Monday, December 9 at 6.30 pm
Inauguration of the festival. Presentation by Alberto Papuzzi.
To follow:
showing of:
Entr'acte, by René Clair (France 1924)
Chess fever, by V. Pudovkin e N. Spikovsky (Urss 1925)
A chess game, by Luigi Maggi (Italy 1912).

Wednesday, December 11 at 6.20 pm
Innocent Moves, by Steven Zaillian (Usa 1992).

Friday, December 13 at 6.30 pm
The King of Chess, by Teng Wenji (China 1988).

Saturday, December 14 at 6.30 pm
Dangerous Moves, by Richard Denbo (France/Switzerland 1985)

Sunday, December 15 at 6.30 pm
The Seventh Seal, by Ingmar Bergman (Sweden 1956)

Monday, December 16 at 6.30 pm
The chess players, by Satyajit Ray (India 1977).

All showings at the Massimo Cinema, via Montebello 8. Admission: Monday, December 9 by invitation and other seats as available.
For other showings, 7,000 lire.

Monday, December 9 at 6pm
Centre Culturel Français, via Pomba 23
Lecture on "Mozart, Haydn, Philidor or the uncertainties of the profession". Lecturer, the musicologist Corrado Rollin, author of the essay "Philidor, the chess-playing musician". The lecture, accompanied by passages from the music of Philidor, will look at the birth of professionalism which moved its first timid paces in the Eighteenth Century in both music and chess. The links between music and chess will also be discussed.

Tuesday, December 10 at 6pm
ILO (BIT) - Conference Hall, corso Unità d'Italia 125
Lecture on "Chess in the history of literature". Speaker Paolo Maurensig, author of the novel “La variante di Lüneburg”.
To follow: "Chess in the mirror", recital of literary passages for voice and bass with Maurizio Babuin and Saverio Miele.

Friday, December 13 at 6pm
Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery, Lecture room, via Magenta 31
Lecture on "Marcel Duchamp and chess, too". Lecturer Arturo Schwarz.

Saturday December 14, 3.30 p.m.
ILO (BIT) Lecture hall, 125 Corso Unità d'Italia Lecture on "A Short History of Artificial Players" by Paolo Ciancarini, Lecturer in Information Technology at Bologna University and author of the essay "The Artificial Players".

An evocative stroll through the city centre, will take visitors on a voyage of discovery or rediscovery as they encounter the delights of Turin's history-laden colonnades and squares with their ancient cafes and an infinite variety of shopping experiences to satisfy every taste. Here in the heart of the city, Scaccomatto will also be making its presence felt in a rather unusual way. The windows of many shops along piazza Vittorio, via Garibaldi, piazza Statuto, via Cibrario, via XX Settembre, piazza San Carlo, via Palazzo di Città, via Pietro Micca, piazza Carlo Felice, piazza Paleocapa, corso Vercelli, corso Belgio, corso Giulio Cesare will be displaying dozens of games and chess boards kindly donated by private collectors. A window onto a world of its own, showing how chess has been interpreted in dozens of countries on five continents.

Throughout Scaccomatto, Turin's Baratti & Milano, Fiorio, Platti and Torino cafes will make several chessboards available to players, thereby reviving an ancient tradition that has gradually disappeared from the city with the closing of many chess cafes. Simultaneous games against Turin Chess Club Masters will be held on Tuesday-Thursday December 10-12 at 6-8 p.m.
Venues:
Baratti & Milano 1875 - Piazza Castello 27
Fiorio 1780 - Via Po 8
Platti 1870 - Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 72
Torino 1903 - Piazza San Carlo 204

At 7 p.m. on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 December, all chess fans are invited to a "merenda sinoira" (the traditional Piedmontese version of the "High Tea") on the Association's premises at 6, via Vanchiglia. The "merenda" will be followed (at 8.30-11.00 p.m.) by a chess exhibition given by a Turin Chess Club Master. Tickets cost Lit. 20,000. To book, telephone ++39-11-8127411-8127511.

Several Turin restaurants will be offering a chess-inspired menu at a special price during "Chess Week". For further information contact the Fiavet Committee travel agencies. (Opening hours 9-12 p.m., 3-6 p.m.) tel. ++39-11-501518.