Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

IMDb 8.5 2018 • 85 min • Documentary

Director

Alan Byron

Country

GB

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Anatoli Karpov
Anatoli Karpov self
Viktor Korchnoi
Viktor Korchnoi self
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov self
Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan Anand self

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