Halkan waxaan ku haynaa trailer ee waxa noqon kara u tartamaya abaalmarinta Hollywood Academy daabacaada xigta, 'Allabariga Pawn'.
Filimku wuxuu ahaa oo lagu soo bandhigay Bandhig Faneedkii u dambeeyay ee Toronto, dib bishii Sebtembar 2014, helitaanka dib u eegis aad u wanaagsan. Ugu dambeyntiina, bandhigeeda ugu horreeya ee Mareykanka ma imaan doono sanadkaas mana u qalmi karto xilli ciyaareedka abaal-marinaha, laakiin waxay sidaas ku sameyn kartaa tartankan cusub ee Oscar ee bilaaban doona xagaaga ka dib.
'Pawn Sacrifice' ayaa ka warramaya Ciyaarta chess-ka ee Bobby Fischer iyo Boris Spaski, dhexda dagaalka qabow. Maraykanka iyo Soofiyeedka ayaa soo jiitay indhaha caalamka ciyaar is daba joog ah oo aan ahayn ciyaarta Shataranjiga, xilli dagaal kasta oo dhexmara Maraykanka iyo Midowgii Soofiyeeti ay labada waddanba u arkayeen waqti ku habboon oo aad awooddiinna ku muujin karto. .
Filimku waa waxaa agaasimay Edward Zwick, qoraaga cajaladaha sida 'Legends of passion' (»), 'Samurai-gii u dambeeyay' ('The Last Samurai') ama 'Dheemanka dhiigga' ('Dhiiman Dheeman'). Tobey Maguire, kii soo xidhay suudhka Spiderman, wuxuu keenaa Bobby Fischer noloshahalka doorka Boris Spaski wuxuu ku dhacayaa Liev Schreiber, Kaasoo aan ku aragnay Sabretooth filimka 'Wolverine'.