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Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.
Each player begins the game with sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns, each of these types of pieces moving differently. Pieces are used to attack and capture the opponent's pieces. The object of the game is to 'checkmate' the opponent's king by placing it under an inescapable threat of capture. In addition to checkmate, the game can be won by the voluntary resignation of one's opponent, which may occur when too much material is lost, or if checkmate appears unavoidable. A game may also result in a draw in several ways, where neither player wins. The course of the game is divided in three phases. The beginning of the game is called the opening (with the development of pieces). The opening yields to the phase called the middlegame. The last phase is the endgame, generally characterized by the disappearance of queens.
Derren Victor Brown (born 27 February 1971) is an English illusionist, mentalist, painter, writer and sceptic. He is known for his appearances in television specials, stage productions, photographic memory, and British television series such as Trick of the Mind and Trick or Treat. Since the first broadcast of his show Derren Brown: Mind Control in 2000, Brown has become increasingly well known for his "mind-reading" act. He has written books for magicians as well as the general public. His caricature artwork has received gallery exhibition and is available in a single volume documenting his portrait collection.
Though his performances of mind-reading and other feats of mentalism may appear to be the result of psychic or paranormal practices, he claims no such abilities and frequently denounces those who do. Brown states at the beginning of his Trick of the Mind programmes that he achieves his results using a combination of "magic, suggestion, psychology, misdirection and showmanship". Using his knowledge and skill, he appears to be able to predict and influence people's thoughts with subtle suggestion, manipulate the decision-making process and read the subtle physical and psychological signs or body language that indicate what a person is thinking.
Actors: Ian Fisher (actor), Ian Fisher (director), Ian Fisher (producer), Dominique Swain (actress), Sasha Krane (producer), Danay Garcia (actress), Yaniv Raphael Bar (editor), Yaniv Raphael Bar (producer), Yaniv Raphael Bar (actor), Kathrine Kohl Thorbek (actress), Giuseppe Schillaci (actor), Louis-Karim Nébati (actor), Tal Berkovich (actress), Tal Berkovich (producer), Tal Berkovich (writer),
Genres: Short, Thriller,Actors: Andre Royo (actor), Vern Moen (editor), Vern Moen (producer), Vern Moen (director), Paula Malcomson (actress), Michael Gladis (actor), Grant Lee Phillips (actor), Jesse Gloyd (director), Matt Maust (director), Jesse Gloyd (writer), Matt Maust (producer), Jesse Gloyd (producer), Robert Pierce (producer),
Genres: Crime, Drama, Short,Actors: Ricci Harnett (actor), Kristin McIlquham (producer), Henry Blake (writer), Henry Blake (director), Paulo Pandolpho (editor), Victoria Bavister (producer), Ronin Traynor (actor), James Pickering (composer), Asami Ohkubo (miscellaneous crew), June Walker (miscellaneous crew), Zarrien Masieh (actor), June Walker (actor), Ross Philip Lynch (writer), Andre Fyffe (miscellaneous crew), Andre Fyffe (actor),
Plot: Addi & Chess are best mates. However both of them are changing and so is the world around them. Over one day their lives are tested as is the friendship they thought would never change. The film explores an intense bond between two teenage boys set in an area of London which is redefining itself.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Glenn Hoeffner (actor), Geno Brooks (actor), Jason Michael Brescia (writer), Jason Michael Brescia (director), Jason Michael Brescia (producer), Cameron Barsanti (actor), Sebastian Pardo (producer), Sebastian Pardo (actor), Bob Burton (editor), Andreas Robichaux (actor), Robert S. Amidon (actor), Bryson Pintard (actor), Bryson Pintard (producer), Lexi Sakowitz (actress), Bryson Pintard (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Takeshi Aono (actor), Hiroaki Hirata (actor), Kazuya Nakai (actor), Bin Shimada (actor), Kappei Yamaguchi (actor), Kazuki Yao (actor), Masako Nozawa (actress), Mayumi Tanaka (actress), Ikue Ôtani (actress), Akemi Okamura (actress), Yuriko Yamaguchi (actress), Kenichi Ono (actor), Eiichiro Oda (writer), Kenji Nomura (actor), Yûsuke Numata (actor),
Genres: Action, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy,Actors: Takehito Koyasu (actor), Hisao Egawa (actor), Unshô Ishizuka (actor), John Ledford (producer), Samantha Inoue Harte (actress), Fumihiko Tachiki (actor), Charles Campbell (actor), Hideyuki Tanaka (actor), Tatsuya Fujiwara (actor), Mark Williams (producer), Romi Pak (actress), Sanae Kobayashi (actress), Lowell Bartholomee (actor), Kôji Ishii (actor), Gackt (actor),
Genres: Action, Animation,Actors: Bob Minor (actor), Richard Anderson (actor), Larry D. Mann (actor), Jack Arnold (director), Gene Ruggiero (editor), Cyril Delevanti (actor), Fred Williamson (actor), Ray Quiroz (miscellaneous crew), Walter Scott (actor), Maree Cheatham (actress), Teddy Wilson (actor), Rosemary Forsyth (actress), Belinda Balaski (actress), Bella Bruck (actress), William O'Connell (actor),
Plot: Fred Williamson stars as Stone, a Los Angeles-area private eye. After a movie star's funeral, the star's signature walking cane disappears. Stone discovers that the cane is somehow connected to a string of murders. Stone's investigation takes him onto a porn movie set and into a religious cult. A major subplot involves Stone's intermittent relationship with a young bisexual woman, and the tension therein.
Keywords: african-american, baptism, barefoot, based-on-novel, beach, bisexual, blaxploitation, cane, car-chase, cocktail-partyActors: John Russell (actor), Philip Ahn (actor), Richard Reeves (actor), James Dime (actor), Victor McLaglen (actor), Robert Douglas (actor), Paul Fix (actor), John George (actor), John Halloran (actor), Chuck Hayward (actor), Robert Douglas (actor), Fred MacMurray (actor), Al Kikume (actor), Keye Luke (actor), Charles Sullivan (actor),
Plot: The Dutch East Indies, at the end of the nineteenth century. An adventurous captain of an American merchant vessel is looking for a sunken Dutch vessel containing 10,000 precious diamonds. Unfortunately, he's not the only one and then there's also that volcano on the nearby island of Krakatau, waiting to explode in its historical, disastrous eruption...
Keywords: based-on-novel, hidden-treasure, pirate, south-seas, trucolor, volcano, whipping