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Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

8.5/ 1020181h 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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Behind the frames

4 stills

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The cast

Faces behind the story

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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