Olga and Maks are 15 years away. She is a successful woman with an established position, the mother of an adult daughter, he is a handsome young man who enjoys his life in a handful and lives only in the moment. It might seem that these two different worlds will never meet, and yet fate put them in the way.

1962 年古巴导弹危机期间，一名陷入困境的数学天才被选派参加一场美苏象棋比赛，并卷入了一场致命的间谍游戏。　　在这部国际间谍惊悚片中，比尔·普尔曼与洛特·弗贝克、阿列克谢·谢列布里亚科夫、尼古拉斯·法瑞尔在赛场内外斗智斗勇。