Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin
2018•1h 25m•8.5•Released
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.
Director
Alan Byron
Writer
Alan Byron
Languages
English
Studio
Screenbound Productions
Cast
Anatoli Karpov
self
Viktor Korchnoi
self
Garry Kasparov
self
Viswanathan Anand
self
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