Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin
2018•1h 25m•8.5/10
Documentary
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8.5/10(4)
The story of the 1978 World Chess Championship between the Soviet Communist Party's protege, Anatoly Karpov and the traitor and Soviet defector, Viktor Korchnoi. One of those instances in life where truth is stranger than fiction.
Production
Screenbound Productions
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
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Cast
Anatoli Karpov
self
Viktor Korchnoi
self
Garry Kasparov
self
Viswanathan Anand
self
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