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Friday, 16 Apr 2021 09:30
A film to watch: Glory to the Queen

This year, two Georgian superstars - Nona Gaprindashvili and Maia Chiburdanidze - are celebrating remarkable anniversaries. Nona will turn 80 on May 3 and Maia has already turned 60 on January 17. One of the early presents, not only to them but to all of us, is the documentary GLORY TO THE QUEEN, by Tatia Skhirtladze, that premiered at CineDoc Tbilisi on September 04, 2020.

Leading us to Tbilisi, Georgia, the film reveals the interwoven biographies of the world chess heroes Nona Gaprindashvili, Nana Alexandria, Maia Chiburdanidze and Nana Ioseliani, narrated by Serbian chess star Milunka Lazarević.

As top players, they dominated the chess scene from the beginning of the 1960s to the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s and brought the world championship title to Georgia ten times in a row. Nona Gaprindashvili won the chess crown in 1962 and became the first woman to get the title of grandmaster. She remained world champion for 15 years and then the unexpected happened: Maia Chiburdanidze, aged only 17, dethroned her. 

Nana Alexandria and Nana Ioselliani were always on their heels and the four of them were practically unbeatable. Glory to the Queen gives them the monument they deserve with a film about victory and defeat on the chessboard and in life.

Since the premiere, the film has been screened in a number of festivals and won the Audience Award at the Serbian FreeZone Festival. In April and May, continue touring around the world, it will be shown at five more festivals in the USA, Italy, Germany, and South Korea. You can find updates about the screenings and all the news on the official film page and the dedicated Facebook page: Glory to the Queen.