Anya Taylor-Joy in The Queen's Gambit (2020)
Beth Harmon
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Poll: Checkmate
Which of these fictional, skilled chess-playing characters would you like to play a game of chess with?
*AI and animated characters are excluded
Vote in another poll about chess here.
Make Your Choice
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Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Andy Dufresne -
Steve McQueen in The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
Thomas Crown -
Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons in The Big Bang Theory (2007)
Sheldon Cooper -
John Mahoney in Frasier (1993)
Martin Crane -
Sylvester McCoy in Doctor Who (1963)
The Doctor -
Leonard Nimoy and Robert Walker Jr. in Star Trek (1966)
Spock -
Jeff Goldblum in Independence Day (1996)
David Levinson -
Rupert Grint in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Ron Weasley -
Basil Rathbone in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
Sherlock Holmes -
Sam Heughan in Outlander (2014)
Jamie Fraser -
Michael Emerson and Graubaer's Boker in Person of Interest (2011)
Harold Finch -
Jack Nance in Twin Peaks (1990)
Pete Martell -
Professor X & Magneto
Magneto -
James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Professor X -
Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Jessica Fletcher -
Christopher Lambert in Knight Moves (1992)
Peter Sanderson -
Hugh Laurie and Nick Lane in House M.D. (2004)
Dr. Gregory House -
Robin Tunney, Fisher Stevens, and Simon Baker in The Mentalist (2008)
Patrick Jane -
Martin Sheen in The West Wing (1999)
President Josiah Bartlet -
Shawn Doyle and Grayson Gabriel in Endgame (2011)
Arkady Balagan -
Joe Turkel in Blade Runner (1982)
Dr. Eldon Tyrell -
Saeed Jaffrey in The Chess Players (1977)
Mir or Mirza -
Vladek Sheybal in From Russia with Love (1963)
Kronsteen -
Max von Sydow and Bengt Ekerot in The Seventh Seal (1957)
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