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Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

Documentary
8.5·2018·1h 25m

The story of the 1978 World Chess Championship between the Soviet Communist Party's protege, Anatoly Karpov and the traitor and Soviet defector, Vikto...

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Anatoli Karpov

Anatoli Karpov

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Viktor Korchnoi

Viktor Korchnoi

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Garry Kasparov

Garry Kasparov

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Viswanathan Anand

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Alan Byron

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.