Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin (2018)
2018 · 1h 25m · Documentary
Genres: 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
Writers: Alan Byron
Cast
Anatoli Karpov as selfViktor Korchnoi as selfGarry Kasparov as selfViswanathan Anand as selfMore like this
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