Chess movies między ludologią a historią wizualną – wprowadzenie do zagadnienia. Od Gorączki szachowej (1925) po Gambit królowej (2020)
Chess movies between ludology and visual history: An introduction. From Shakhmatnaya goryachka (1925) to The Queen’s Gambit (2020)

Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt to classify the so-called chess movies – chess films, films about chess and films about chess players. The text lists and characterizes selected films from among 83 included in the filmograph-ic overview. The author proposes an interdisciplinary research approach combining elements of ludology and visual history. Each movie tells us something about the time it was made, including the history of chess and how it was perceived during that historical period.

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