The Luzhin Defence (2000)

John Turturro: Luzhin

Quotes 

• Aleksandr Ivanovich Luzhin : There's a pattern emerging, a definite pattern. Not Turati. I repeat that game. I've beaten him. And his moves are repeated, repeated, repeated moves. I must keep track... of every second. Every second I must keep track of, every second.

  Natalia Katkov : It sounds like such a lonely battle.

• Aleksandr Ivanovich Luzhin : As Pushkin's doomed duelist said, "Let's start if you're willing."