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Release date: 12/30/2021
Popularity: 7
Original language: RU
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The World Champion
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Drama
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.
Alternative titles
Chempion mira
Champion of the World
El duelo del siglo