

With an international chess tournament in progress, a young man becomes completely obsessed with the game. His fiancée has no interest in it, and becomes frustrated and depressed by his neglect of her, but wherever she goes she finds that she cannot escape chess. On the brink of giving up, she meets the world champion, Capablanca himself, with interesting results.
You can stream Chess Fever on Kanopy.
Chess Fever was directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Mykola Shpykovskyi.
Chess Fever holds an average rating of 6.4/10 on TMDB, and it lands best with fans of comedy. Join the discussion below to add your take.
Chess Fever runs for 24min, and was released in 1925.
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