Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

85 mins | Documentary | Oct. 26, 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.

Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

85 mins | Documentary | Oct. 26, 2018

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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Screenbound Productions
Original title Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin
Directors Alan Byron
Writers Alan Byron

Cast

Anatoli Karpov

as self

Viktor Korchnoi

as self

Garry Kasparov

as self