

The World Champion
6.12021 · 2h 25m
Drama
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.
Top cast
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 30, 2021
- Runtime
- 2h 25m
- Budget
- $7,535,000
- Original language
- RU
- Original title
- Чемпион мира


















































