When I received an email invite for a \u201cblindfolded chess match\u201d against Alec Baldwin<\/strong>, I immediately hit reply. \u201cI would love to go”\u2014SEND<\/p>\n I pulled up to the privately-emailed address earlier tonight, a spacious, very-Utah house sitting at the end of a long driveway. (Ubers were confused, but that’s nothing new this weekend. Uber chaos.)<\/p>\n After signing in, I was ushered into a living room, where match-goers were enjoying drinks and light bites. Then, it started.<\/p>\n With his drink sitting next to him, Alec readied himself for the match against the star of Netflix’s \u2018Queen of Chess’\u2014premiering here at Sundance later this week\u2014Judit Polg\u00e1r<\/strong>. Before blindfolding Polg\u00e1r (to even the playing field), Baldwin quipped: \u201cIf I win, I get to buy Warner Brothers. If you win, you get to buy Warner Brothers,” and \u201cI have a whole Hungarian strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n Then, with a Chess.com emcee on the mic that seemed to get on Baldwin’s nerves (a hand gesture was made at one point), the match began. Baldwin bantered throughout, saying, \u201cto be awarded the point, to make it more even\u2026you must answer a movie trivia question\u2026’Who directed Casablanca?’\u201d<\/p>\n He put up a good fight, but the match was over before it begun. Polg\u00e1r, as we’re all soon to learn in the forthcoming doc, is a chess legend. (Chess Queen!)<\/p>\n After the match ended, the two took questions. Baldwin talked the entertainment business: \u201cThe great thing about this business\u2026is the people you get to meet.\u201d<\/p>\n And Sundance: \u201cI’m a huge fan of Sundance. I can’t believe Bob [Redford]<\/strong> is gone, he was always so kind to me.\u201d<\/p>\n And later talked about his kids having a penchant for chess: \u201cMy three older boys, they play\u2026They don\u2019t hesitate, they give it to me\u2026if I play chess with them\u2026but I usually win.” Then joked: \u201cMy kids can be very cruel\u2026We go shopping the other day, and my kids are all born and raised in Manhattan\u2026I said, \u2018I think you should get this coat in this color.\u2019 And my third oldest son looked at me and goes, \u2018What do you know, you\u2019re from Long Island.'”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.vanityfair.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When I received an email invite for a \u201cblindfolded chess match\u201d against Alec Baldwin, I immediately hit reply. \u201cI would love to go”\u2014SEND I pulled up to the privately-emailed address earlier tonight, a spacious, very-Utah house sitting at the end of a long driveway. 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