Nino Manfredi, born March 22, 1921, stole from the best in The Executioner (1963).

Happy 80th birthday to Timothy Dalton, seen here embodying the way I like to imagine I look when I play chess.

Jack Kruschen, born March 20, 1922, is on John Wayne's long list of Hollywood chess opponents. Here they are considering a position in McLintock!

105 years ago today, Norman T. Whitaker put on a 32-board simultaneous exhibition in costume as a "masked marvel." The Rey Enigma of his day! From American Chess Bulletin, April 1921.

Peter Graves, born March 18, 1926, was one of the POWs who found novel uses for the chess set in Stalag 17 (1953).

Happy birthday to Lesley-Anne Down, seen here taking a break from fake romance for some real competition with Sean Kanan on the set of The Bold and the Beautiful in 2004. As seen at soapoperadigest.com.

Mercedes McCambridge, born March 16, 1916, played chess with Herbert Lom in 99 Women (1969).

Happy birthday to Madina Nalwanga, Hollywood's Queen of Katwe (2016).

Quincy Jones, born March 14, 1933, picked up some tips from Maurice Ashley in 2019. Ashley wrote about it on his website: https://mauriceashley.com/how-does-it-feel-to-meet-a-legend/

Happy birthday to former Women's World Champion Zhu Chen, seen here at the 2024 Women's World Rapid and Blitz Championship. Image source: https://www.fide.com/how-womens-world-champions-shaped-chess/