Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin
2018·85'
Alan Byron
Documentary
★ 8.5
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.
Stills
4
Cast
Anatoli Karpov self
Viktor Korchnoi self
Garry Kasparov self Viswanathan Anand self
Screenings in Brussels
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