Ben Kingsley is the instinct-squelching teacher, who passes his own fear and loathing about winning and losing to his student, while Laurence Fishburne is the intuitive one, a Washington Square Park speed-chess freak who inspires exuberant invention.
The series will be based on DreamWorks' upcoming movie, "Turbo, " which is about a snail who gets the power of super speed after getting in a freak accident.