Knight Moves is a 1992 American thriller film, directed by Carl Schenkel and written by Brad Mirman, about a chess grandmaster who is accused of several grisly murders.[4]

Knight Moves
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Directed by	Carl Schenkel
Written by	Brad Mirman
Produced by	Jean-Luc Defait Ziad El Khoury Dieter Geissler [de] Guy Collins Gordon Mark
Starring	Christopher Lambert Diane Lane Tom Skerritt Daniel Baldwin
Cinematography	Dietrich Lohmann
Edited by	Norbert Herzner
Music by	Anne Dudley
Production companies	Cineplex Odeon Films Lamb Bear Entertainment CineVox Entertainment[1] Republic Pictures
Distributed by	InterStar Releasing (North America) Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (International)
Release dates	January 22, 1992 (1992-01-22) (Germany) January 22, 1993 (1993-01-22) (U.S.)
Running time	105 minutes 116 minutes (international cut)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$9 million[2]
Box office	$31.5 million[3]

Plot

In 1972 David and Peter face each other in a chess match. David, the loser, stabs the winner Peter with a fountain pen. The loser's savage attack on his childhood opponent after his public humiliation and defeat leads to the dissolution of his parents' marriage. His father leaves forever, and the boy finds his mother dying from suicide from a slashed wrist, yet he ignores her and retrieves his locked-away chessboard. The boy spends the next twenty years in and out of asylums and foster care and is never seen again.

In the meantime, Peter becomes one of the youngest, most successful chess grandmasters in history. A brilliant yet troubled widower with a beloved daughter, he suddenly finds himself a suspect in his casual lover's murder. When more homicides occur, newly-appointed Police Captain Frank Sedman and his partner Detective Andy Wagner determine that a serial killer is at work. As the chess master becomes more and more connected to the deaths, psychologist Kathy Sheppard is brought in to figure out if the chess prodigy is as innocent as he claims to be.

Cast

Production

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Filming took place on location in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The exterior of the hotel is actually Hatley Castle which is part of the Hatley Park National Historic Site. The interiors were filmed in a German studio as well as the Tea Lobby of the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria.

Lambert and Lane were married in real life during the production, having been married from 1988 to 1994.

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 17% based on reviews from 6 critics.[5]

References

External links

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[ru] Ход конём (фильм, 1992)