Dangerous Moves Page #2

How will he open?

I'm not asking for advice.

I'm proposing a wager.

$500.

$500.

Your opponent plays

a somewhat primitive name.

He withstood

your favorite opening move.

Now he'll want to beat you

at your favorite defense.

So he'll use an English opening,

confident you'll transpose.

But you won't transpose.

You'll surprise him

with a rarely used variation...

and a damned effective one!

I'm going to use the English opening

tomorrow. He's never beat me on that one.

Liebskind doesn't play

the classic English opening.

He'll transpose...

and you'll end up facing

the Tartakower variation...

with the Queen's Gambit,

his favorite defense.

Exactly.

Then I'll castle queenside.

After that...

G4, H4...

and boom!

Look at that... an English opening.

Liebskind hasn't faced

an English since...

just wait. He'll play B7, B6 and transpose

to the Tartakower variation.

To transpose or not to transpose.

To Tartakower or not.

Knight to E4.

He doesn't transpose.

Check.

Grandmaster Liebskind wins Game 2.

Liebskind 1, Fromm 0.

You taught him a lesson,

Akiva Israelovitch.

Sunday I'll use an English opening.

That's arrogance.

Fromm knows all the variations.

Akiva Israelovitch is right.

If he wins with that opening...

Fromm will be

completely demoralized.

Sure. But if he loses?

It will be a serious error.

I have a rather diabolical

variation in mind.

Knight takes F6, of course.

And here's my invention.

This engine is too noisy!

I want a boat.

A boat?

A boat that noes on the water.

To cross the lake. A sailboat.

Play.

Grandmaster Fromm wins Game 3.

Liebskind 1, Fromm 1.

I'm going to bed.

Don't wake me.

I'm not hungry, Henia.

Go to bed now.

That's enough.

My heart's strong, Henia.

Strong! You hear me?

Are you keeping an eye on Miller?

Day and night.

Even in my sleep.

- Don't worry. The boy's fine.

- Then who is it?

No one, and you know it.

This is ridiculous.

You're your own worst enemy.

Pavius, please.

If it's not Miller,

then maybe it's you.

Mr. Felton, born Piebzhinski,

in Grodno, Poland!

We can destroy his French defense.

After bishop to B5,

he'll capture the pawn D4.

Queen to F6,

you sacrifice your advantage...

but now, queen to C3, check.

You take the rook.

And here's the deathblow: knight to E4.

Simple, isn't it?

Simple? Not really.

Everything depends

on the pawn on D4.

But it's very elegant.

It's dangerous.

But it's very elegant.

I like it. I like taking chances.

By mutual consent, Game 4

is declared a draw at the 39th move.

I tell you

there are microphones here.

Where? Tell me. Where?

Right off, without even thinking,

he played rook G6.

There are microphones...

or someone talked.

You're crazy, Pavius.

Get a grip on yourself.

You're acting like a fool.

And you don't know him!

Nobody's betraying you.

The microphones...

- I'll find them...

- Stop this.

Everyone here is on your side.

That's not true.

I will be the world champion.

Me, not you.

You will never be.

We're leaving.

- We're moving.

- Where to?

That's your problem, not mine.

This is Commissioner Dalcroze,

head of security in Geneva.

He'll personally see

to your safety and your protection.

He's already doing it unofficially.

Thank you, Minister.

We've searched everywhere.

There are no microphones here.

You'll be safe here.

I've put my best men at your disposal.

That will do.

I know what's on your mind.

Marina?

I don't think about that anymore.

It's hopeless.

They'll never let her out.

She wants a divorce.

She's right.

It hurts a little, that's all.

Did Tac-Tac tell you that?

And you believed him?

Sir, I must protest.

My opponent's attitude is intolerable.

There is no rule

dictating punctuality.

He does it on purpose to upset me.

I officially protest.

The grand jury can only accept

your complaint in written form.

I'll draw it up right now.

Grandmaster Fromm wins Game 5.

Liebskind 1, Fromm 2.

Not enough salt in your diet,

Akiva Israelovitch.

Enough of your insolence

and needling.

Good evening.

I officially requested

that the name be nullified.

How dare you request to nullify

a match without consulting me!

But you yourself protested.

So he would apologize

and be humiliated.

Withdraw this ridiculous request.

The jury will reject it.

The name was in accord with the rules.

Read that.

"We recommend an official protest...

on grounds of opponent's

intolerable attitude.

Withdraw if he refuses to apologize.

Have sent Grandmaster Fadenko

and Professor Polotin...

with verbal instructions.

Antonin Karapov."

The minister himself.

What Grandmaster Fromm is doing

is not against the rules.

Listen, I'm here unofficially.

The jury hasn't convened yet.

The Soviets think

that Fromm's repeated tardiness...

is deliberately calculated to destroy

his opponent's concentration.

They want the name nullified.

That's absurd! To disturb your opponent,

you must be present...

and Fromm was not there.

This is ridiculous.

What does Liebskind's letter say?

To my knowledge,

he demands that the two players...

arrive at the same time

at the beginning of each name.

That's not stipulated

anywhere in the protocol.

Liebskind's demand has no legal basis,

and you know it.

The jury would still appreciate it

if Fromm granted this request...

and, as a gesture of appeasement,

he apologized to his opponent.

- But it's unintentional.

- Unintentional but systematic.

- Whose side are you on?

- The Soviets threaten to withdraw.

I'll write your letter of apology.

The bastards!

I won't give them

an excuse to run out on me.

Akiva, eat something.

No, Henia. I'm not hungry.

You took your medication.

You have to eat something.

Well?

I want you to know

that I didn't ask to come.

I know. But I'm glad to see you.

Well?

Fromm plays well.

Good strategy,

but he moves too quickly.

Your name's a little heavy-handed.

Like Georgian champagne.

Too much sugar and not enough body.

They're worried.

Who's that?

A secret weapon.

You are to cooperate.

So they think I need a secret weapon.

Akiva, are you thirsty?

Do you want some tea?

Are you in pain?

I'm afraid, Henia.

What if Akiva Liebskind

is no longer Akiva Liebskind?

Don't cry.

Don't cry. I'm here.

Gentlemen, if you please.

Do you see what I see?

Mate in seven moves.

He didn't notice. Incredible.

Have that man removed.

Remove that man immediately!

What is it?

That man there, in the first row.

He's trying to control me.

I can't concentrate.

He's hypnotizing me.

That's it. He's hypnotizing me.

Remove him or I will leave.

The rules are very clear on this point,

and I must uphold them.

I cannot ask a spectator to leave...

unless both players request it.

Is that man bothering you?

Frankly, no.

I'm the one he's hypnotizing.

They want to kill me.

This is ridiculous.

Fanciful accusations

of a disturbed mind.

Remain calm, please.

Is that man part of your delegation?

Professor Polotin is a respected scientist,

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes