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Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin. Available on Peacock, Prime Video, Tubi TV, Amazon Freevee. After Fischer beat Spassky in the 1972 World Chess Championship, the Soviets plotted to regain this coveted title by supporting Anatoly Karpov - a loyal member of the Communist Party and epitome of the young Soviet 'New Man'.
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Karpov is favoured by the Party with his Moscow apartment and country dacha; whereas Korchnoi is the traitor: airbrushed from Soviet chess history. As the rivals fight on the chess board, their teams are locked in a war of espionage, parapsychologists, coded yoghurts, KGB agents, death threats, and a mystic sect wanted for murder. What happened during that summer of 1978 is the most incredible ...
Karpov has always been part of the system, but I don't think he's directly evil. He is just extremely greedy and wants to win no matter what. That's not quite evilness. But the doc also gets to that at the end. Karpov just grew up with evil people around him and always just accepted it blindly. I don't think he enjoyed KGB ruining chess for his opponents. Rather he enjoys winning and being ...
Título original: Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin. Sinopsis: El documental cubre la historia de la final del Campeonato Mundial de Ajedrez de 1978 entre el protegido del Partido Comunista, Anatoly Karpov, y el desertor soviético, Viktor Korchnoi.Puedes ver Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin mediante en las plataformas:
This 1978 Karpov - Korchnoi match has enough material that could work for some Coen-esque dark comedy, from the eccentric personalities (particularly of Korchnoi), political notes, bizarre controversies, pettiness, parapsychologists and convicted murderers being employed by the players teams respectively in order to get a psychological edge. Oh and pretty interesting over the board happenings.
Synopsis. Fascinating story of the 1978 World Chess Championship between the Soviet Communist Party's protege, Anatoly Karpov and the traitor and Soviet defector, Viktor Korchnoi. One of those instances in life where truth is stranger than fiction.
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