在这部超级赢家悬疑/惊悚片中,讲述美丽女记者与国际象棋冠军彼得一夕缠绵后竟暴毙在他家中，警官法兰联同心理学家嘉芙暗中接近疑凶，希望从中找到证据，却被彼得识破。凶案一再发生，彼得同时接到神秘电话，留下杀人的线索，似乎要向他挑战。嘉芙凭着专业知识，希望帮助彼得一把，加上彼得的智能，终于发现杀人布局与他当年的一盘棋局相同。二人紧密合作并擦出爱的火花，但嘉芙同时发现彼得藏有行凶计划资料。
A chess grandmaster is in a big tournament, and when his lover is found painted up and the blood drained out of her body he becomes a chief suspect. After he gets a call from the killer urging him to try and figure out the game, he cooperates with police and a psychologist to try and catch the killer, but doubts linger about the grandmaster's innocence as the string of grisly murders continues.
