Chess Fever is an entertaining short motion picture from 1928. It is a Russian made silent movie depicting the addiction of Chess and its detrimental effects on dating, work, and daily life. The movie captures the obsession of Chess play in a nation with few other entertainment or competitive choices. Chess fever includes rare footage of most of the leading Grandmasters of the era including Capablanca, Alekhine, Reti, Marshall and many others. TobyChess has also included short clips of other interesting Chess items. The Videos are in AVI filetypes for the computer and may read on some home DVD players