Bobby Fischer Against The World

Bobby Fischer Against the World is the first documentary feature to explore the life of the late chess Grandmaster and 11th World Champion Bobby Fischer from USA. It incorporates interviews with chess players Anthony Saidy, Larry Evans, Sam Sloan, Susan Polgar, Garry Kasparov, Asa Hoffmann, Friðrik Ólafsson and others. It includes never-before-seen footage from the World Chess Championship 1972.

Initial release date:

  • Jan 2011

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Runtime:

  • 1 h 30 min

Also known as:

  • 64 cases pour un gĂ©nie: Bobby Fischer,
  • Zug um Zug in den Wahnsinn

Film

Directed by

Liz Garbus

Liz Garbus is an award-winning documentary film director and producer. Her most recent film, Bobby Fischer Against the World, opened the Premiere Documentary Section of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, reserved for master American documentary filmmakers. In January 2011 Garbus was nominated for her...

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Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • Dec 5, 2011

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Runtime:

  • 1 h 30 min
  • 1 h 33 min
  • 1 h 34 min
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