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Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

8.5 2018 1h 25m
Documentary

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.

Directed by Alan Byron

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Selected stills from the film

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The people behind the story

Anatoli Karpov
Anatoli Karpovself
Viktor Korchnoi
Viktor Korchnoiself
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparovself
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Viswanathan Anandself
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