Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin (movie)

Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin (movie)

  • User score: 8.7
  • Production country: United Kingdom
  • Producer: Alan Byron
  • Production companies: Screenbound Productions
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release date: 10/26/2018
  • Run time: 85 min.

Movie description

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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Anatoli Karpov

Anatoli Karpov

Role(s): self

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Viktor Korchnoi

Viktor Korchnoi

Role(s): self

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Garry Kasparov

Garry Kasparov

Role(s): self

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Viswanathan Anand

Viswanathan Anand

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