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
