Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

2018

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.

Anatoli Karpov
as self
Viktor Korchnoi
as self
Garry Kasparov
as self
Viswanathan Anand
as self

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Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

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Anatoli Karpov

Viktor Korchnoi

Garry Kasparov

Viswanathan Anand