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Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin (2018)

Documentary | 85 minutes
3,54 13 votes

Genre: Documentary

Duration: 85 minuten

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Alan Byron

Stars: Garry Kasparov and Anatoli Karpov

IMDb score: 7,0 (214)

Releasedate: 26 October 2018

Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin plot

After Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spasski at the World Chess Championship in 1972, the Soviets were eager to regain the title through the efforts of Anatoli Karpov, a staunch member of the Communist Party. Fischer refused to defend his title and so Karpov won. His first defense of the title was against Viktor Korchnoi, a critic of the Soviet regime and known defector since 1976. As the rivals settle their battle on the chessboard, a psychological war rages behind the scenes involving KGB agents, death threats, coded yogurt and a stranger. sect against whom a charge was made for murder.

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