Incredible behind the scenes facts about Casablanca

[post_page_title]Ahead of the game[/post_page_title]
One of the earliest shots of Rick Blaine is him playing chess by himself. It’s an art to be able to compete against yourself like this, but it seems that there was more to this game than met the eye. Humphrey Bogart wasn’t simply moving pieces around randomly, he was actually playing a match against someone else. However, his competitor wasn’t in the room with him. The game that was shown onscreen was the continuation of one that he’d been playing long distance with a friend for some time.