A live, semi-documentary TV broadcast investigates why former prisoner Dr. Benet collapsed after defeating world chess champion Mirko Čentovič aboard the ship Victoria. The crew stages a detailed reconstruction of the fateful game on deck, interviews witnesses to piece together events, and deliberately blurs fact and fiction to draw viewers into Benet’s psychological unraveling and the deeper mysteries behind his victory.
Unfortunately the movie Šach mat is not yet available on Disney Plus.
| Directing | Alfréd Radok | Director |
| Camera | Vladimír Opletal | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Soňa Slomovičová | Editor |
| Sound | Vladimír Štěpánek | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jindřiška Hirschová | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ota Šejnoha | Makeup & Hair |
| Writing | Alfréd Radok | Writer |
| Writing | Stefan Zweig | Novel |
| Art | Jindřich Dušek | Production Design |
| Camera | Přibyslava Mrázová | Still Photographer |
| Production | Eva Heřmanová | Production Manager |
| Production | Jan Bočánek | Production Manager |
| Directing | Alena Kopalová | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Miloš Novotný | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Alois Nožička | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Vladimír Řezníček | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Josef Souček | Camera Operator |