1925. José Raúl Capablanca, a famous Cuban chess player and employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, arrives in Moscow for an international chess tournament. The trip, taking place under Machado's dictatorship, casts doubt on his future in this position. The film shows Capablanca's dramatic matches with Lasker, Tartakower, and Bogolubov, his tragic love for Bolshoi Theatre ballerina Sasha Mozhaeva, and a simultaneous game in which he lost to the very young Mikhail Botvinnik.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Galina BelyaevaSashenka Mojaeva | Sashenka Mojaeva |
 César Évora DíazCapablanca | Capablanca |
 Eslinda NúñezNot listed | Not listed |
 Adolfo LlauradóNot listed | Not listed |
 Boris NevzorovNot listed | Not listed |
| JJavier ÁvilaNot listed | Not listed |
 Marina YakovlevaNot listed | Not listed |
 Beatriz ValdésNot listed | Not listed |
| RRamón VelozNot listed | Not listed |
| AAlejandro LugoNot listed | Not listed |
| RRogelio MenesesNot listed | Not listed |
 Vladimir CruzNot listed | Not listed |
 Andrei GusevNot listed | Not listed |
 Igor ShavlakNot listed | Not listed |
| AAleksandr GarinNot listed | Not listed |
 Grigoriy LyampeNot listed | Not listed |
 Elena KostinaNot listed | Not listed |
 Vladimir RazumovskiyNot listed | Not listed |
 Dmitriy OrlovskiyNot listed | Not listed |
 Vladimir UdalovNot listed | Not listed |
| VValeri KuzinNot listed | Not listed |
| AAlexander ZagrudnyNot listed | Not listed |
| GGeorgiy ShakhetNot listed | Not listed |