Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin
8.5
4 votes·2018
·1h 25m
·MovieDocumentary
Overview
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.
Keywords
chessespionagespycold warsoviet unionkgbchess championchess tournamentchess match
Cast
Anatoli Karpov
self
Viktor Korchnoi
self
Garry Kasparov
self
Viswanathan Anand
self
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