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The World Champion

2021
145 minutes
Drama
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3.65
Directed By: Alexey Sidorov
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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.

Language
Russian
Release Date
December 30, 2021
Budget
$7,535,000
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