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Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

2018 • 1h25m Documentary

Rating

8.7/10

Popularity

3

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.

Details

Director

Alan Byron

Screenplay

Alan Byron

Cast

Anatoli Karpov

Viktor Korchnoi

Garry Kasparov

Release date

10/26/2018

Status

Released

Origin country

US

GB

Vote count

3