A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.
Rikas dekkarikirjailija ja hänen vaimonsa vienyt työtön näyttelijä selvittelevät välejään, kun molemmat punovat kilvan ovelia suunnitelmia toisen nöyryyttämiseksi - kenties jopa murhaamiseksi.
Erolin perhe elää onnellista elämää, mutta sitten perheen isä katoaa mystisesti. 12 vuotta myöhemmin hänen eteensä tulee uusia perhetragedioita. Onneksi Erolin isoisällä on hallussaan jotain, millä kaiken saisi palautettua ennalleen.
Famed culinary consultant Henry Ross is a charming food industry insider in San Francisco. When suspicious sabotage ends in a shocking murder at his friend’s five-star restaurant, Henry is put on the case with strong-willed police detective and single mom, Maggie Price. Despite Maggie’s protests, they must work together to decipher the clues and investigate all of San Francisco’s top culinary pros.
In a dimly lit room, two boys engage in an intense chess match. As tension rises and strategies unfold, the game becomes a battleground of wits and wills, leading to an unexpected climax that goes beyond the boundaries of the board.
Against the backdrop of Cold War, Glory to the Queen reveals stories of four legendary female chess players from Georgia who revolutionized women’s chess across the globe and became Soviet icons of female emancipation.
The story of the 1978 World Chess Championship between the Soviet Communist Party's protege, Anatoly Karpov and the traitor and Soviet defector, Viktor Korchnoi. One of those instances in life where truth is stranger than fiction.
