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Searching for Bobby Fischer

1993Age guide: 7+

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A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

★ 7.1/10 · 678 TMDB audience ratings

Starring

  • Max PomerancJosh Waitzkin
  • Joe MantegnaFred Waitzkin
  • Joan AllenBonnie Waitzkin
  • Ben KingsleyBruce Pandolfini
  • Laurence FishburneVinnie
  • Michael NirenbergJonathan Poe
  • Robert StephensPoe's Teacher
  • David PaymerKalev

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