Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

2018·85'

Alan Byron

Documentary

EN - English

Letterboxd TMDB #564549

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.

Cast

Anatoli Karpov self Viktor Korchnoi self Garry Kasparov self

Viswanathan Anand self