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Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

2018 1h 25m · Documentary · ★ 8.5

Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

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.

Director Alan Byron

Writer Alan Byron

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Anatoli Karpov

Anatoli Karpov

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Viktor Korchnoi

Viktor Korchnoi

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Garry Kasparov

Garry Kasparov

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Viswanathan Anand

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