Which 2014 biographical film about Bobby Fischer stars Tobey Maguire?

The 2014 biographical film about Bobby Fischer starring Tobey Maguire is Pawn Sacrifice. Maguire plays Fischer, the American chess grandmaster whose rise and 1972 world championship match became a Cold War symbol.

Directed by Edward Zwick and written by Steven Knight, the film follows Fischer’s challenge to the Soviet chess establishment and culminates in his match against Boris Spassky in Reykjavík, Iceland. Liev Schreiber portrays Spassky, while Peter Sarsgaard plays chess player and adviser William Lombardy.

The title reflects the political framing of the story: Fischer and Spassky were treated as symbolic pieces in the broader U.S.–Soviet struggle. The film also explores Fischer’s extreme psychological pressures and eccentric behavior, though some details are dramatized and Spassky criticized the movie’s depiction of the match.

Searching for Bobby Fischer is a different film: it is a 1993 drama about young chess prodigy Josh Waitzkin. The Queen’s Gambit is a fictional story, and The Game is not the title of Fischer’s biopic.