Ng Hong Sang is not the 2nd chess player Hsia Yi (partnering Kong Yeung). He plays the cowardly swordsman who directs a later fight from a throne, then runs away. I cannot remember this character's name.
I am confident that the 2nd chess player is Wong Wing Sang.

Magic Blade http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?i ... ay_set=eng
Ng Hong Sang http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?i ... ay_set=eng
Wong Wing Sang http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?i ... ay_set=eng

Had the immense pleasure of watching Magic Blade on SBS last night

Please do the update for me, after a decent interval for discussion/dissension.

The second chess player is in my opinion Ng Hong-Sang. Added image:

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail ... ay_set=eng

I know no movie with Wong Wing-Sang shot in Hong Kong.

He plays the cowardly swordsman who directs a later fight from a throne, then runs away

I guess that is Chan Shen. Image:

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail ... ay_set=eng

Michael Kistner wrote:The second chess player is in my opinion Ng Hong-Sang. Added image:

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail ... ay_set=eng

I know no movie with Wong Wing-Sang shot in Hong Kong.

I bow to your superior knowledge, though I still harbour some doubt.
The 2nd chess player appears for less than a second, and would need a freeze-frame to be certain.

Michael Kistner wrote:

He plays the cowardly swordsman who directs a later fight from a throne, then runs away

I guess that is Chan Shen. Image:

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail ... ay_set=eng

I am very confident that this guy is Ng Hong Sang. He does not have any of the facial features of Chan Shen. Perhaps he played two roles ?

I'm sure that this is Ng Hong-Sang (as the 2nd chess player)

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail ... ay_set=eng

and this is Chan Shen:

http://hkmdb.com/db/people/image_detail ... ay_set=eng

I would like to agree with you, but I can not say what I do not think so. I'd like to agree with all identifications in the forum - but this does not always work .

Is there an opinion of a third party (apart from my brother, who agrees with me)???

Michael Kistner wrote:and this is Chan Shen:

http://hkmdb.com/db/people/image_detail ... ay_set=eng

I think an image capture of this character (from the actual movie - the pic above is not this character from The Magic Blade) is in order, placed next to similar images of the two actors in question. I would not normally dispute one of MK's IDs, but I think there is a case for this one.

There is also a possibility, though marginal, that MK and I are referring to two different characters.

Added two more images of Chan Shen to the database:

The first one shows Chan Shen in the scene you mentioned (cowardly swordsman who directs a later fight from a throne, then runs away):

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail ... ay_set=eng

The second one shows Chan Shen as the same character in another scene (with same hairpiece by the way):

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail ... ay_set=eng

Michael Kistner wrote:Added two more images of Chan Shen to the database:

The first one shows Chan Shen in the scene you mentioned (cowardly swordsman who directs a later fight from a throne, then runs away):

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail ... ay_set=eng

The second one shows Chan Shen as the same character in another scene (with same hairpiece by the way):

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail ... ay_set=eng

That is definitely *not* the character I am referring to.
My concern with this credit stands.

Now I see that Siu Gam fits perfectly to your role description:

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail ... ay_set=eng

I had previously ignored Siu Gam, because I didn't get the idea that you mean him.

Thanks to HARLOCK for a full cast page :

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/images.mhtml ... ay_set=eng