»Tatort« from Munich: »Zugzwang« with Batic and Leitmayr

Batic and Leitmayr determine in an intrigued stadium full of competition, envy and disgust - one wonders how one can create protagonists so woodcut

An international chess tournament in the Alps is overshadowed by deaths. "Zugzwang" means the strong case in which not everything is black and white.

The Munich commissioners Batic and Leitmayr pulls it into the mountains, on the edge of a chess tournament comes a puzzling death. "Zugzwang" proves to be a wonderfully atmospheric thriller rochade with types, towers and tyrants.

Many false tracks, many bad moves: this gurky guesskrimi from the chess world is another example of the creeping Agatha Christianization of the Munich »Tatort«.

Crime scene: Train forced on television - TV program: In the luxurious ambience of a remote alpine resort, the best chess players in the world meet each other.

The new "Tatort" case from Munich has all the ingredients of a classic thriller. In a noble mountain hotel the elite of chess sports gathers. The tournament in the Bavarian Alps promises exciting encounters and entertainment - until a grandmaster from Armenia falls from a roof terrace to death.