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The Luzhin Defense The Luzhin Defense recreates to perfection the world of 1920s chess tournaments. Unfortunately, The Luzhin Defense's melodramatic story fails to plumb the psychodynamics contained in the Nabakov story on which it is based. Nice nuanced performances by John Turturro and Emily Watson are wasted, but chess fans will like the delicious (but predictible) combination at the end. Grade: C
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