Knight Moves is a 1992 thriller film, directed by Carl Schenkel and written by Brad Mirman, about a chess grandmaster who is accused of several grisly murders.

The loser's savage attack on his childhood opponent after his public humiliation and defeat lead to the dissolution of his parents' marriage.

His father leaves forever, and the boy finds his mother dying from suicide from a slashed wrist, yet he ignores her and retrieves his locked-away chessboard.

A brilliant yet troubled widower with a beloved daughter, he suddenly finds himself a suspect in his casual lover's murder.

When more homicides occur, newly-appointed Police Captain Frank Sedman and his partner Detective Andy Wagner determine that a serial killer is at work.