Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin
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.
Runtime
1h 25m
Language
EN
Budget
Undisclosed
Revenue
Undisclosed
Cast
Faces behind the story
Anatoli Karpov
self
Viktor Korchnoi
self
Garry Kasparov
self
Viswanathan Anand
self
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