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Feature film — 2018

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

8.51h 25mDocumentary

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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A high-signal pick with 4 votes.

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Director: Alan Byron

On screen

Cast & crew

Anatoli Karpov as self

Anatoli Karpov

self

Viktor Korchnoi as self

Viktor Korchnoi

self

Garry Kasparov as self

Garry Kasparov

self

V

Viswanathan Anand

self

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