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Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

2018·Movie·1h 25m

Documentary

8.5 / 10 (4 votes)

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
Original language
English
Released
26 October 2018

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Last verified 2 Nov 2026

Cast

  • Anatoli Karpov

    Anatoli Karpov

    self

  • Viktor Korchnoi

    Viktor Korchnoi

    self

  • Garry Kasparov

    Garry Kasparov

    self

  • VA

    Viswanathan Anand

    self