Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin
Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

October 26, 2018 | 85 min

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.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Анатолий Карпов

Naomi Scott

Виктор Корчной

Naomi Scott

Гарри Каспаров

Naomi Scott

Viswanathan Anand

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