Endgame

Arkady Balagan is a genius who found fame as the world chess champion but who, since witnessing the murder of his fiance, has become rather agoraphobic and has been living in a posh hotel in Vancouver. Out of money and with his tab being called due he stumbles into helping find an abducted child. Realising he could make some money as an unofficial consulting detective he takes up a new profession and hires one of his chess fans to do the work which requires leaving the hotel. Arkady continues to work with Pippa Venturi, his late fiance's sister, to solve the murder of Rosemary Venturi, his fiance, and her old friend Greg Lamont. (official distributor synopsis)