A cinematic tale of Polish chess players, and members of the pre-war Polish national team, which stood at the forefront of the world for over a decade. The matches played by them remain an example of masterful moves and games to this day. The heroes of the film, set in the reality of the 1930s, are extraordinary personalities – Akiba Rubinstein, Dawid Przepiórka, Ksawery Tartakower, and the later continuers of their successes, Mieczysław Najdorf, along with Paulin Frydman and Kazimierz Makarczyk. Like characters from the American cinema of the 1930s or later Cinema Noir, they form a tight-knit group of friends, led by the charismatic David Przepiórka, while the brilliant Akiba Rubinstein shines as its most splendid world-famous star. The chess players' struggles for the greatest trophies and the accompanying difficulties with the health problems of grandmaster Akiba Rubinstein are the main themes of the film. The outbreak of war marks the end of an elegant world and leads to the final disintegration of a golden, brilliant team, known in the Polish chess world as the Bombenmannschaft.