Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

8.7
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 85 min
  • Premiere: 2018. October 26.

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.

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Directing

Alan Byron

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Alan Byron

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Directing

Alan Byron

Director

Writing

Alan Byron

Writer