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.
| Title | The World Champion |
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| Release Date | 2021-12-30 |
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| Genres | Drama |
| Production Companies | Studio Trite, Central Partnership, KIT Film Studio, Cinema Foundation of Russia, Russia-1 |
| Production Countries | Russia |
