Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

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1 hour 25 minutes

2018-10-26

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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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Anatoli Karpov

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Viktor Korchnoi

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Garry Kasparov

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Viswanathan Anand

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Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

Cast

Anatoli Karpov

self

Viktor Korchnoi

self

Garry Kasparov

self

Viswanathan Anand

self

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