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

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

Documentary
Release Date: 2018, October 26
Directors: Alan Byron
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Screenbound Productions
Cast: Garry Kasparov, Anatoli Karpov, Viktor Korchnoi, Viswanathan Anand

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

espionage cold war spy chess kgb soviet union chess champion chess match chess tournament