All the end games of chess shown, but one, are a checkmate, something which hardly ever happens once players have acquired some experience. The one exception is when Phiona resigns a game which is treated as a personal crisis, when in fact it's normal to resign from hopeless positions - especially when playing with the black pieces, for this brings the disadvantage of not making the first move.
Never seen in the movie are any games ending with a draw, which in chess is extremely common.
Never seen in the movie are any games ending with a draw, which in chess is extremely common.
In 19th minute of the movie, the position given as F3 is incorrect and could not have occurred in a valid game of chess, the black square is on the bottom right hand side makes this position impossible in a valid game. If the position game from a valid game, it would have to be F6. A great Chess movie otherwise.