

Pawn Sacrifice
On the board he fought the Cold War. In his mind he fought his madness.
During the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $19M
- Box office
- $5.6M
- Language
- English
- chess
- cold war
- 1970s
- victory
- biography
- chess champion
- chess tournament
- reykjavík, iceland
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-1316 Sept 2015
- PhysicalPG-1322 Dec 2015
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1211 Aug 2017
CanadaCA
- Premiere14AToronto International Film Festival11 Sept 2014
- Theatrical14A25 Sept 2015
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1228 Apr 2016
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1517 Sept 2015
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP16 Sept 2015
GermanyDE
- Theatrical628 Apr 2016
GreeceGR
- TheatricalK128 Oct 2015
IcelandIS
- Theatrical25 Sept 2015
JapanJP
- Digital / OTTPG1225 Dec 2015
LithuaniaLT
- Theatrical25 Sept 2015
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical143 Dec 2015
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Pawn Sacrifice was released on 16 September 2015.
Audience reviews
2- R7/10
Reno
9/29/2016
**With this 'Searching for Bobby Fischer' is over for me.** I know Bobby Fischer a genius American chess player, in fact, after watching the 'Searching for Bobby Fischer', which is another biopic as this one. Other than that I know nothing about his life, so I'm very thankful for this film. From the director of many sensational flicks comes this to inspire you. Wait, did I say inspire, but I'm little confused over…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
6/14/2025
This could have been a fascinating account of the troubled life of American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer - unfortunately, Tobey Maguire just couldn't quite convince me that he was that man! The well documented life of this chess genius and of his many demons is the stuff of public record, but this interpretation borders on the melodramatic just a bit too often, and the lead performance is way too one-dimensional for m…
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