We lovingly called it Peshka,” meaning a chess pawn. He recalls fear only after ... He adds: “If you feel nothing, you’re not human. And in the end we’re all human.” ...

The Elo (chess ranking estimate ... and principles that were previously underappreciated or counterintuitive to human intuition. These lessons span positional play, pawn structures, king management, ...

Speaking about what drew him into the project, writer-director Kabeer explains, “It is the human story ... a move similar to the ‘pawn sacrifice’ to win a round of chess he plays with ...