Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin (2018)

8.5 85 min Movie
Documentary

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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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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