

"On the board he fought the Cold War. In his mind he fought his madness."
American chess champion Bobby Fischer prepares for a legendary match-up against Russian Boris Spassky.
Bobby Fischer

Father Bill Lombardy

Boris Spassky

Paul Marshall

Joan Fischer

Young Joan

Teen Bobby Fischer

Carmine Nigro

Young Bobby Fischer

Donna

Regina Fischer

Uncle Paul

Maria

KGB Agent

KGB Agent

Reporter

Party Guest #3

Donald Byrne

Theodore Tremblay

Yovanovic

KGB Bodyguard
Lothar Schmid

Cyril Pustan

Japanese Anchorman

German Reporter

Geller

Deli Customer
Tremblay's Aide

Icelandic Journalist

Iivo Nei

Russian Bookstore Owner

Bookstore Owner's Wife
Motel Clerk

Businessman (Motel)

Referee - Santa Monica

Foreign Reporter #1 (French)
Foreign Reporter #2 (East Indian)
Foreign Reporter #3 (Dutch)

ABC News Anchor
50's Reporter
Official (Soviet Accres.)

Russian Opponent (Bulgaria 1967)
Party Guest #1 (Fischer Apt.)

Party Guest #2 (Fischer Apt.)
Reporter #1 (Vancouver)

Reporter #2 (Vancouver)

Bus Driver
Long Haired Hippy
Joan's Daughter
Joan's Husband
JFK Airport Journalist

President Nixon

Arbiter - Bulgaria
NBC Reporter

Marshall Heavy
Bent Larsen
President Brezhnev
Bobby Fischer Fan (uncredited)
Press Conference (uncredited)
Texan Trucker (uncredited)

Icelandic Policeman (uncredited)
Bikini Babe (uncredited)

Kissing Woman (uncredited)

(uncredited)

Henry Kissinger (voice, uncredited)

Self (archive footage)
