A non-political chess journalist wrongfully imprisoned in a fictional Latin American dictatorship. After political prisoners are freed, he remains in a criminal jail. To cope, he invents a guerrilla war game for his illiterate cellmate, which ultimately becomes the real strategy for the revolution.
Arcibel attempts to teach Pablo conventional chess before pivoting to a custom strategy game.
They form a strategic bond through daily chess matches and shared intellectual pursuits in confinement.
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