The World Champion
Overview
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.
RATING
6.50
DIRECTOR
Alexey Sidorov
COUNTRIE
Russia
RELEASE DATE
2021
TIME
2h 25m
GENRE
Drama
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