

MovieDocumentary
Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin
2018·1 h 25·United Kingdom
8.5/10
Match45%
Why Cozly recommends it
A documentary story that tends to land well.
Synopsis
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.
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Cast

Anatoli Karpov
self

Viktor Korchnoi
self

Garry Kasparov
self
VA
Viswanathan Anand
self
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