Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin
Documentary
8.5
8.51h 25m
October 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.
Director
Alan Byron
Cast
Anatoli Karpov
self
Viktor Korchnoi
self
Garry Kasparov
self
V
Viswanathan Anand
self
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