Can you analyze this Cinematic end-game? 'The Luzhin Defense'
I only watched the trailer of the movie and they explained a bit what was the scenario in it, and basically it looked SOOOO different from the book (excellent book, by the way), from the plot to the characters (Luzhin in the book is quite the opposite as in the movie)... And they made the movie much less psychological and more "political". I'll probably watch it sometimes, but I don't really like watching television...
" It looks drawn to me. 1.Kg4 and 1...f5+ or 1...h5+ 2.Kg5"
But if you follow the moves, you see that it loses.
Could you please help show how? Black has a lull that white could use, perhaps
Either 3.Nd5... or 3.g4....
I remember watching this movie while on a trans-atlantic flight. John Turturro is one of my favorite actors and I will pretty much watch anything he's in without question.
The movie 'The Luzhin Defense' didn't really make a lot of headway in the US, but I really enjoyed the movie. The movie was based off of a novel by Nabakov (Lolita) about his close friend, Curt von Bardeleben, who committed suicide in 1924.
Here is a diagram for the final moves of the game between Luzhin (Turturro) and his arch-rival, Turati. Luzhin is black and is behind on material.
As we havel often seen in sports or competetive events depicted in cinema, at times; the actual moves can be very elementary. I'm interested in hearing an analysis of this end-game from our fellow chess.com community members.
The film is gripping and fitting of most Turturro roles. I highly recommend it.