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The World Champion

The World Champion Online

  • Genres: Drama
  • Release Date: 30/12/2021
  • Duration : 2 hours 25 minutes
  • Director: Alexey Sidorov
  • Production: Studio Trite, Central Partnership, KIT Film Studio, Cinema Foundation of Russia, Russia-1
  • Country: Russia
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Overview:

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.

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