X-Men (Film Series)

Films: X-Men (Bryan Singer, 2000), X2 (Bryan Singer, 2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (Brett Ratner, 2005), X-Men: First Class (Matthew Vaughn, 2011), X-Men: Days of  Future Past (Bryan Singer, 2014), X-Men: Apocalypse (Bryan Singer, 2016), Dark Phoenix (Simon Kinberg, 2019)
Game: Chess
Chess is practically a leitmotiv in the X-Men film series, and Magneto (Ian McKellen/Michael Fassbender) and Xavier (Patrick Stewart/James McAvoy) keep playing it against each other throughout the films. In fact, very often they compare their real life confrontations with a chess match.

This and next image: X-Men: a crystal chess for Magneto's imprisonment


This and next image: The Last Stand, the chess set will be a classic feature in Xavier's office


This and the next two images: The Last Stand. Magento plays solo chess in a park full of players



This and the next three images: First Class. Eric and Xavier play chess in several occasions




Days of the Future Past: the messy office of Xavier

This and next image: Days of Future Past. Magneto and Xavier play in the jet


This and next image: Apocalypse. The chess set is seen at Xavier's office again


In Dark Phoenix, we see the chess set again at Xavier's office 

X-Men: Dark Phoenix. Xavier and Eric play chess in Paris at the end of the movie


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