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.

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2021-12-30
  • Runtime: 145 min
  • Country: Russia
  • Language: Russian
  • Status: Released
  • IMDb Rating: 6.333
The World Champion poster