The World Champion

The World Champion

2021
2h 25min

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.

The World Champion

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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.
    Released
    30 December 2021
    Runtime
    2h 25min
    Budget
    $7,535,000
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    Russian
    Production
    Studio Trite, Central Partnership, KIT Film Studio, Cinema Foundation of Russia, Russia-1
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