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During the Cold War era, an orphaned chess prodigy struggles with addiction on a quest to become the greatest player in the world.

Arkady Balagan is a genius who found fame as the world chess champion but who, since witnessing the murder of his fiancée, has become rather agoraphobic and has been living in a posh hotel in Vancouver. Out of money and with his tab being called due he stumbles into helping find an abducted child.