The World Champion
The World Champion
NR
6.3
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2021

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145m

The World Champion

Summary

Some sporting victories are about more than just claiming a title. Some of them go down in history. The film follows the most dramatic and legendary showdown in the history of chess – the match between Anatoly Karpov, then world champion, and Viktor Korchnoi, a recent emigrant from the USSR. In this battle between two outstanding chess players, a duel of personalities under immense psychological pressure, the stakes are incomprehensibly high.

Director, Screenplay

Alexey Sidorov

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

Russian

Budget:

$7,535,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Keywords

chess
chess champion