Times change. The stakes remain the same
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.
chess
cold war
affectation
macabre
cuban missile crisis
1960s
warsaw, poland
math genius
ironic
malicious
vindictive
clinical
dramatic
critical
egotistical
antagonistic
apologetic
appreciative
audacious
awestruck
cliché
conceited
cruel