Adaptations
This novella was the inspiration of the 1960 Gerd Oswald film Brainwashed, originally titled Die Schachnovelle, as well as for the 1980 Czechoslovakian film Královská hra (The Royal Game).
An opera based on the novel will premiere at the Kiel Opera House on 18 May 2013. The music is by Cristóbal Halffter, and the libretto is by Wolfgang Haendeler.
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