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Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

8.5/10(4)
2018
85 min
Documentary

Overview

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.

Production

Screenbound Productions

Cast & Characters

Anatoli Karpov as self

Anatoli Karpov

self

Viktor Korchnoi as self

Viktor Korchnoi

self

Garry Kasparov as self

Garry Kasparov

self

Viswanathan Anand

self

Directors & Crew

A

Alan Byron

Director

A

Alan Byron

Writer

Screenshots & Stills

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