Movie, 2018

Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

Name: Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2018-10-26
Duration: 85 min
Cast: Anatoli Karpov, Viktor Korchnoi, Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand

8.5, 85 min, Documentary, United Kingdom

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.