Robert Carradine's character is inspired in the chess-master Bobby Fischer. Considered the best player in the world during the 60's and 70's years, he played and won the match of the century against his Russian rival, Boris Spassky, in Iceland's capital Reikiavik in 1972. Lately he turned insane and missed from the eye public, dying finally in 2008.
Goren finds 24 gaming chips from the Macau casino hidden in Roger Withers' suitcase. With an exchange rate of $0.1289 USD/HKD, each chip would be worth approx. $1,289 US Dollars, meaning the hidden chips were worth just under $31,000 in total.