Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin

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.

Top Cast

Anatoli Karpov

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Viktor Korchnoi

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Garry Kasparov

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Viswanathan Anand

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