The World Champion
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Release Date: December 30, 2021
Genre: Drama
Duration: 2h 25m
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Director: Alexey Sidorov
Cast: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Ivan Yankovsky, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Victor Dobronravov, Viktor Sukhorukov
Storyline
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.