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Patarei partii

2022 | Other categories | Director: Liisa Rita Viitung
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The Player

Original title: Mängija

2008 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kaupo Kruusiauk

Documentary about Jaan Ehlvest, legendary Estonian chess player, international grandmaster. The film investigates his self-searching and relationship with professional sports and his family.

The documentary about professional chess player Jaan Ehlvest and his daily life in a harsh world of professional sports where every result influences one's income and subsistence. The protagonist questions whether it is worth living a life where between championships he keeps running through different American cities and staying in hotels that look exactly the same. So it is not that much a sports documentary but rather a view into a development story of a talented and selfish man.
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Videoringvaade "Eestimaa" nr.4

1989 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director:
Hello, Minsk! ... Hello, Zagreb!

Title in Estonian: Halloo, Minsk! ... Halloo, Zagreb!

1987 | Documentary | Director: Peep Puks

Documentary portrait directed by Peep Puks about Jaan Ehlvest, a, Estonian chess grandmaster and his success in an international arena.

The documentary provides an emotional overview about Estonian chess grandmaster Jaan Ehlvest's performance at chess tournaments in Minsk and Zagreb. Ehlvest gains 3th-4th place at the championship of USSR in Minsk and shares 2nd-3rd place at the world championship in Zagreb. The competition stress mainly reflects from the coaches's and journalists's emotions, their support and forwarding news to the radio audience.
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The Game

Original title: Partii

1987 | Documentary | Director: Peep Puks

Documentary by Peep Puks about a speed chess tournament where the well-known people in Estonian culture participate.

The speed chess tournament that has taken place once in a month for already 35 years involves well-known people from the field of culture. The game has no other purposes than the game itself. Some hobbies may seem funny for bystanders; however, for the practitioners of a hobby it may be even more serious activity than their main occupation. Work is compulsion, game is freedom. The documentary is a document of cultural history that has recorded well-known people in a situation that is unfamiliar for the public.
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Tiksuv vaikus

1987 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Raul Rebane
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P.Kerese nim. Rahvusvaheline maleturniir Tallinn 83

1983 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Evald Vaher
J.Ehlvest

1979 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Harri Rehe
Maleturniir Tallinn-75

1975 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Reet Kasesalu
P.Keres in memoriam

1975 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Semjon Školnikov

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