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Cast & Crew
Directed By
Cast
- Bobby Fischer
- Self
- David Edmonds
- Self - Author
- Anthony Saidy
- Self
- Susan Polgar
- Self
- Henry Kissinger
- Self
- David Shenk
- Self - Author
- Gudmundur Thorarinsson
- Self - Match Organizer
- Boris Spassky
- Self
- Mikhail Tal
- Self
- Garry Kasparov
- Self
- Mikhail Botvinnik
- Self
- Tigran Petrosian
- Self
- Russell Targ
- Self
- Larry Evans
- Self - Former Champion
- Shelby Lyman
- Self
- Sam Sloan
- Self
- Malcolm Gladwell
- Self
- Fernand Gobet
- Self
- Dick Cavett
- Self
- Harry Sneider
- Self - Personal Trainer
- Harry Benson
- Self - Photographer
- Paul Marshall
- Self
- Fridrick Olafsson
- Self
- Mik Magnusson
- Self - Newscaster
- Saemi Palsson
- Self
- Clea Benson
- Self
- Lothar Schmid
- Self - Arbiter
- Nikolai Krogius
- Self
- Asa Hoffman
- Self
- Regina Fischer
- Self
- Frank Brady
- Self - Reporter
- LeRoy Neiman
- Self
- Dick Schaap
- Self
- Anatoli Karpov
- Self
- Zita Rajcsanyi
- Self
- Jeremy Schaap
- Self
- Kári Stefánsson
- Self
Produced By
- Nancy Abraham
- senior producer
- Stanley F. Buchthal
- producer
- Dan Cogan
- executive producer
- Nick Fraser
- executive producer
- Julie Gaither
- line producer
- Liz Garbus
- producer
- Maya Kamila Hoffmann
- executive producer
- Christopher Jorg
- co-producer
- Matthew Justus
- producer
- Rory Kennedy
- producer
- David Koh
- co-producer
- Serin Marshall
- associate producer
- Sheila Nevins
- executive producer
- Martin Pieper
- executive producer
- Amy Schewel
- archive producer
- Amy Shatsky-Gambrill
- line producer
Music
Cinematography
Sound
- Neil Cedar
- dialogue editor
- Jay Fisher
- sound editor
- Árni Gústafsson
- sound
- Stevie Haywood
- sound recordist
- Mark Maloof
- sound recordist
- Bill Marino
- re-recording mixer
- Brian Miklas
- additional sound recordist
- James David Redding III
- sound effects editor
- Matthew Sutton
- sound
Editing
Visual Effects
- Brian Oakes
- director of graphic design / director of motion graphics
Art Department
- Natella Kataev
- graphics person
- Youngbum Kim
- graphics person
- Brian Oakes
- director of graphics
Editorial
- Lauren Barker
- assistant editor
- Milan Boncich
- colorist
- John Eremic
- supervising digital intermediate producer
- T.J. Seiler
- digital intermediate assistant
- Benjamin Moses Smith
- digital intermediate producer
- Matt Sutter
- post-production assistant
Other
- Gigi Benson
- thanks
- Fred Buchthal
- thanks
- Claes Bucththal
- thanks
- Lola Cohen
- thanks
- Sammy Estimo
- thanks
- Maryann Feierstein
- special thanks
- Stephen Lash
- thanks
- Penny Lewis
- thanks
- Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn
- thanks
- Stephen Sherrill
- thanks
- Sigurjon Sighvatsson
- thanks
- Karen Sim
- thanks
- Rex Sinquefield
- thanks
- Magnus Skulason
- thanks
- Kate Taverna
- thanks
- Eugene Torre
- thanks
- Jinky Young
- thanks
- Marilyn Young
- thanks
- Jack Youngelson
- thanks
Music Department
- Corina Belcea
- musician
- Jim Boyd
- musician
- Paul Cassidy
- musician
- Geoff Foster
- engineer
- Christy Gerhart
- music consultant
- Janice Graham
- musician
- Bonnie Greenberg
- music consultant
- Richard Harwood
- musician
- Magnus Johnson
- musician
- Josephine Knight
- musician
- Julian Leaper
- musician
- Belinda Mikhail
- musician
- Philip Sheppard
- musician
- Roger Linley
- musician
Camera Department
- Nick Bennett
- additional photography
- Jonathan Devaney
- gaffer
- Marco di Giulio
- gaffer
- Ned Hallick
- gaffer
- Kevin Hunt
- gaffer
- Tom Hurwitz
- additional photography
- John Romeo
- assistant camera
- Buddy Squires
- additional photography
Location Management
- Peter Bjarnarsson
- locations: Iceland
- Holly Carlson
- locations: London
- Bjarni Fior Petursson
- locations: Iceland
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