FEATURE FILM / 2018

Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

★ 8.51h 25mDocumentary

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.

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Director

Alan Byron

Status

Released

Budget

N/A

Availability

4 provider(s)

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CAST

Faces behind the story

Anatoli Karpov

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Viktor Korchnoi

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Garry Kasparov

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Viswanathan Anand

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