De film vertelt het waargebeurde verhaal van Bobby Fischer (Tobey Maguire) tijdens het hoogtepunt van de Koude Oorlog in 1972. Fischer doet mee aan een aangrijpend schaakkampioenschap in Reykjavik met Boris Spassky (Liev Schreiber) uit de Sovjet Unie. Ondertussen moet hij de strijd aangaan met zijn psychologische problemen. De hele wereld wacht in spanning de uitslag af.
Nee, helaas is Pawn Sacrifice nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Christopher Wilkinson | Screenplay |
| Writing | Steven Knight | Screenplay |
| Directing | Edward Zwick | Director |
| Production | Gail Katz | Producer |
| Production | Tobey Maguire | Producer |
| Writing | Stephen J. Rivele | Screenplay |
| Editing | Steven Rosenblum | Editor |
| Camera | Bradford Young | Director of Photography |
| Art | Helene Lamarre | Art Department Coordinator |
| Sound | Matthew Haasch | Foley Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marianne Bobet | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Raymonde Daliberté | Assistant Hairdresser |
| Art | Annie Carpentier | Assistant Property Master |
| Sound | Daði Freyr Pétursson | Boom Operator |
| Art | Daniel Hamelin | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Isabel Henderson | Post Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Darin Rivetti | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Lon Bender | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Bill R. Dean | Sound Editor |
| Production | Matthew Plouffe | Co-Producer |
| Production | Troy Putney | Associate Producer |
| Production | Edward Zwick | Producer |
| Art | Isabelle Guay | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mireille Piché | Hairstylist |
| Art | Veronique Meunier | Set Designer |
| Art | Geneviève Parent | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Directing | Stéphane Byl | Third Assistant Director |
| Directing | Renato De Cotiis | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Bobbi Banks | ADR Supervisor |
| Sound | Tom Fleischman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | James Newton Howard | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rocco Stallone | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Eric Hirsch | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Silver Butler | Third Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nathalie Garon | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Michael Miller | ADR Mixer |
| Art | Robert Parle | Art Direction |
| Art | André Valade | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kathy Kelso | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Victoria Thomas | Casting |
| Art | Jean-Pierre Paquet | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cynthia Patton | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Anik Drapeau | Third Assistant Director |
| Art | Claire Alary | Property Master |
| Sound | Louis Marion | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Chris Navarro | ADR Mixer |
| Art | Martine Giguère-Kazemirchuk | Set Decoration |
| Production | Jacky Lavoie | Unit Production Manager |
| Art | Charlotte Rouleau | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Justine Baker | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Kris Fenske | Sound Designer |
| Art | Frédéric Berthiaume | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Colleen Quinton | Makeup Department Head |
| Art | Josiane Jospitre | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Sound | Eric McAllister | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Art | Paul Hotte | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renée April | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anne-Marie Lanza | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Production | Didier Communaux | Unit Manager |
| Art | Jean Gagnon | Set Designer |
| Art | Roger Paquin | Greensman |
| Art | Aron Bergmann Magnússon | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean-Jacques Dion | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sabrina Trudel | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Cedric Charron | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Dan Korintus | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Beauxregard Neylon | ADR Mixer |
| Camera | Ryan Rayner | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Visual Effects | Louis Craig | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Camera | George Billinger III | Steadicam Operator |
| Lighting | Sylvain Girouard | Rigging Grip |
| Camera | Takashi Seida | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Mark Orton | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Steven Rosenblum | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Jim Weidman | Supervising Music Editor |
| Crew | Eva Jensen | Studio Teacher |
| Camera | Sylvaine Dufaux | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Camera | Marie-Ève Gosselin | Second Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Sean Graham | Stunts |
| Lighting | Mike Bonnaud | Best Boy Electric |
| Lighting | Jacob Fortier | Rigging Gaffer |
| Lighting | Patrick Bourbonniere | Rigging Grip |
| Camera | Jean-Maurice de Ernsted | Dolly Grip |
| Lighting | Eames Gagnon | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Etienne Geoffron | Rigging Grip |
| Camera | Gary Pachany | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mario Davignon | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Françoise Labelle | Wardrobe Master |
| Editing | Cynthia E. Thornton | Associate Editor |
| Production | Roman Martyn | Assistant Location Manager |
| Sound | Allan Zaleski | Sound Editor |
| Lighting | Miguel Chouinard | Rigging Grip |
| Camera | Shannon DeWolfe | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Claude Fortin | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Jean Kavanagh | First Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Christian Lalonde | Rigging Grip |
| Lighting | Maude Turcot | Rigging Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Martine Gagnon | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Directing | Lorette Leblanc | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Bill Sweeney | Foley Editor |
| Crew | Tim Connolly | Stunts |
| Crew | Alex Krimm | Stunts |
| Camera | Thor Eliasson | First Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Emile Gonin Robidoux | Rigging Grip |
| Camera | David A. Seekins | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Editing | Roman Hankewycz | Colorist |
| Lighting | Francis Comeau | Rigging Grip |
| Camera | Soupharak Keoborakoth | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Alain Masse | Key Grip |
| Production | Jamal Bilal | Post Production Coordinator |
| Crew | Siurbjorn Gudmundsson | Stunts |
| Crew | Tyler Hall | Stunt Coordinator |
| Lighting | Alexandre Bouchard | Rigging Grip |
| Editing | Timothy Donovan | First Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Kris A. Jeffrey | Stunts |
| Lighting | Pierre Daudelin | Best Boy Electric |
| Lighting | Paul Duchesne | Rigging Grip |
| Lighting | Patrick St. Denis | Rigging Grip |
| Production | Pierre Blondin | Location Manager |
| Production | Marie-Elaine Bailly | Production Coordinator |
| Camera | Felice Grana | Second Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Hélèna Laliberté | Rigging Grip |
| Crew | Steev Beeson | Production Controller |
| Camera | François Daignault | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Martine Leclerc | First Assistant "C" Camera |
| Visual Effects | Linda Drake | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Camera | Tommy Diotte | Best Boy Grip |
| Crew | Robert Harrison | Set Medic |
| Crew | Alexis Bureau | Stunt Double |
| Camera | Eric Aubin | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Lighting | Kim Larouche | Rigging Grip |
| Crew | Irina Cazazaeva | Dialect Coach |
| Crew | Puelo Deir | Unit Publicist |
| Crew | Denis Lavigne | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Michael Buster | Dialect Coach |
| Crew | Charles Castonguay | Unit Publicist |
| Crew | Stéphanie Croteau | Set Medic |
| Visual Effects | Alan Munro | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Lighting | Stephane St-Pierre | Rigging Grip |
| Editing | Joe Gawler | Senior Colorist |
| Sound | David Olson | Music Editor |
| Editing | Marlène Poulin | First Assistant Editor |
| Production | Christopher Wilkinson | Executive Producer |
