Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin (2018)
47K Documentary Genre Alan Byron Anatoli Karpov Boris Gelfand Emil Sutovsky Garry Kasparov Gennadi Sosonko Jan Timman Michael Adams Michael Stean Raymond Keene Stuart Conquest Veselin Topalov Viktor Korchnoi Viswanathan Anand Vlastimil Hort Yannick Pelletier Yasser Seirawan 6.9 Alan Byron English United Kingdom
Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin: Directed by Alan Byron. With Michael Adams, Viswanathan Anand, Stuart Conquest, Boris Gelfand. Fascinating 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.
“Great movie. It tells a story about when chess was political. It makes me want to learn more about chess history. Fantastic movie, highly recommended.”
