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Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

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Duration85 min.
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Release DateOct 26, 2018

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.

Genres

  • Documentary

Casts

Anatoli Karpov

Anatoli Karpov

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Viktor Korchnoi

Viktor Korchnoi

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Garry Kasparov

Garry Kasparov

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Viswanathan Anand

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