Piotr Czarny is a charming thirty-something lawyer. He is constantly chasing adrenaline, women and parties. His goal was to fill the list of mistresses with names for every letter of the alphabet. His plan is put in jeopardy when a colleague, Olga - the only woman he's completely honest with and doesn't sleep with - gives him an ultimatum.
乔什（马科斯·波麦兰 Max Pomeranc 饰）是一个平凡而又普通的美国男孩，某日，他和父亲弗雷德（乔·曼特纳 Joe Mantegna 饰）一起下国际象棋，竟然奇迹般的打败了经验丰富的父亲。之后，乔什又参加了国际象棋公开赛，一路过关斩将，展现出了惊人的天赋。父母决定将乔什培养成一名天才棋手。 某日，一位名叫维尼（劳伦斯·菲什伯恩 Laurence Fishburne 饰）的男子出现在了乔什身边，随着时间的推移，两人之间结下了深厚的友谊。与此同时，父母找来了德高望重的围棋老师布鲁斯（本·金斯利 Ben Kingsley 饰）指导乔什。然而，没过多久，乔什便对日复一日的坐在棋盘前的枯燥生活感到了厌倦。
