title: Fool's Mate (1989 film)
text: # Fool's Mate (1989 film)
  
  Fool's Mate (German: Zugzwang) is a 1989 West German drama film by the director Mathieu Carrière. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Victoria Tennant as Alice Gordon
  * Stuart Wilson as Nikos Mitradis
  * Michael Marwitz [de] as Lucas Tillman
  * María Barranco as Teresa
  * Anatoly Karpov as Chess player (actual two-time World Chess Champion)
  * Alexandar Rasic as Alex
  * Clayton George as Clarence White
  * Mareike Carrière as Judy Miller
  * Peter Sattmann as Häusermann
  * Harvey Friedman as Blind Chessplayer
  * Mathieu Carrière as Herbert
  * Harry Baer
  