New Chess Video on You Tube

The Player 1978 (The Chess Bear Nightmare)

What is a chess player’s worst nightmare? This classic short film project from 1978 was originally produced on 8mm film, transferred to videotape, then to DVD, and now to the Internet!

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MY worst chess nightmare is that I want to play Bf1-b5, but there are pawns on c3 and d4, and the pieces are so large compared to the board that there’s no room to get the bishop through between them.

Bill Smythe