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2018

Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

Directed by Alan Byron

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.

Duration

1h 25m

Released

October 26, 2018

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Cast4

  • Anatoli Karpov
  • Viktor Korchnoi
  • Garry Kasparov
  • Viswanathan Anand

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