Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin (2018)
- Directed by
- Alan Byron
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rating
- 8.5 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary covers the 1978 world chess championship match between Anatoly Karpov and his defected opponent Viktor Korchnoi. It shows how the Cold War tension and Soviet politics influenced the game.
tenseinsightfulslow-burncerebralhistoricalsuspensefulcold-waragonizing
What happens
Closing Gambit: 1978 - Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin is een documentaire uit 2018 over de finale van het wereldkampioenschap schaken in 1978 tussen USSR-communistische partijlid Anatoly Karpov en Viktor Korchnoi, die was overgelopen uit de Sovjet-Unie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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