The World Champion

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

Duration:

145 min

Cast:

Konstantin Khabensky, Ivan Yankovsky, Vladimir Vdovichenkov

Quality:

HD

Director:

Alexey Sidorov

Release:

2021

Country:

Russia

Rating:

6.0