Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

Name: Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2018-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 8.5

About Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

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.

Alan Byron's Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin is a 2018 documentary film. At 85 minutes long, it arrived in October 2018.

Its themes are cold war, espionage, soviet union, and KGB.

Anatoli Karpov appears as self, Viktor Korchnoi as self, Garry Kasparov as self, and Viswanathan Anand as self. The screenplay is by Alan Byron. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Dox Amazon Channel.

Pawn Sacrifice, Searching for Bobby Fischer, and 23 make useful companions to Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin, all filed under chess, chess champion, and chess tournament.