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Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin (2018)

1h 25m | PG-13

⭐ 8.7 / 10

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

Studio: Screenbound Productions

Genre: Documentary

Video: 720p

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Cast

Anatoli Karpov

Anatoli Karpov

as self

Viktor Korchnoi

Viktor Korchnoi

as self

Garry Kasparov

Garry Kasparov

as self

Viswanathan Anand

Viswanathan Anand

as self