A Cold War thriller where a brilliant but alcoholic chess player navigates espionage, betrayal, and nuclear brinkmanship during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Warsaw, Poland, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Josh Mansky, a troubled math genius and former US chess champion, is recruited to hold a dangerous public match against the Soviet champion, while playing the deadly game of espionage hidden in the darkest shadows of a hostile territory.
Łukasz Kośmicki
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