CinemaOSMovie · 2018 · 1h 25m

Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

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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.

Directed byAlan Byron

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 25m
Language
EN
Released
October 26, 2018
Studios
Screenbound Productions

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Closing Gambit (2018) Official Trailer

Closing Gambit (2018) Official Trailer

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4 credited
Starring
Anatoli Karpov

Anatoli Karpov

self

Viktor Korchnoi

Viktor Korchnoi

self

Garry Kasparov

Garry Kasparov

self

Viswanathan Anand

self

Creative team
Directed by
Alan Byron
Written by
Alan Byron

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