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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.

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Status: Released
Release date: December 30, 2021
Runtime: 2h 25m
Budget: $7,535,000
Original language: RU
Original title: Чемпион мира

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