In the midst of a high-stakes chess match against the Russian champion in Warsaw, a former US chess champion and struggling alcoholic, Josh Mansky, finds himself entangled in a web of espionage and global conflict between superpowers. As tensions escalate, the chess match becomes a crucial battleground, with the Americans fighting to avoid defeat in both the game and the game of global domination.

The Coldest Game
A troubled mathematician is lured into a high-pressure chess tournament between the US and Soviet Union during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, but soon uncovers a sinister plot using the game as a cover for espionage.