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Pawn sacrifice is a 2014 american biographical drama film. Pawn sacrifice and a tree of iron win the top awards at the golden rhyton film festival festivals awards bulgaria. Anchored by a sensitive performance from tobey maguire, pawn sacrifice adds another solidly gripping drama to the list of films inspired by chess wiz bobby fischer. Fischer is a wonder when he sits down to play, but when hes not engaged in a match, his life is at best a juggling act of coherence, paranoia, and delusion, making him often impossible to deal with. All pawn sacrifice movie posters,high res movie posters image for pawn sacrifice.
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