Chess in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
January 5, 2012 4:01 PM Subscribe
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows chess question. (Spoilers inside)
In the scene on the balcony over the falls, Holmes and Moriarty play some of a game of chess and then talk through the rest of it. Is there any record online of the moves they made, and any commentary on that particular game? Searching is failing me because of the number of references to chess in general throughout the movie; I am specifically interested in the literal chess game.
Minor bonus question: is the castle where they have the conversation a real place, or extant only in CGI?
Thanks!
In the scene on the balcony over the falls, Holmes and Moriarty play some of a game of chess and then talk through the rest of it. Is there any record online of the moves they made, and any commentary on that particular game? Searching is failing me because of the number of references to chess in general throughout the movie; I am specifically interested in the literal chess game.
Minor bonus question: is the castle where they have the conversation a real place, or extant only in CGI?
Thanks!
Small article here about the CGI on the castle. The castle is faked.
In the Doyle stories
Conan Doyle, its a compound surname.
posted by biffa at 5:03 PM on January 5, 2012
In the Doyle stories
Conan Doyle, its a compound surname.
posted by biffa at 5:03 PM on January 5, 2012
Best answer: That forum thread fills in the details; for comparison's sake, a description of the chess sequence in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone from the person hired to come up with it, noting what did and didn't make it to the final cut.
posted by holgate at 8:47 PM on January 5, 2012
posted by holgate at 8:47 PM on January 5, 2012
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