
The World Champion | Чемпион мира
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.
Description: 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.
Genres: Drama
Budget: $7,535,000 | Revenue : $0
Runtime: 145 minutes

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Played Korchnoi

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Played Vasiliy Brykin

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Played Guladze

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Played Boris Zelenin

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Played French reporter

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Played Announcer's helper

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Played Marisol

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Played Chess player

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Played Karpov's father

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Played Aranovich

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Played Philippov

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Played Schmid

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Played Paola

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Played Gofdrey

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Played Kampomanes

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Played Spasskiy

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Played Fischer

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Played Captain Romeo
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Played Petrosyan

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Played Luzhniki announcer

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Played Press room journalist

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Played Roommate
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Played Murei Yakov
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Played Polugaevskiy

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Played Grigoriy Naumovich

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Played Accountant

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Played Zlatoust audience

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Played Chess player

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Played Korchnoi's parapsychologist
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Played Fragella

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Played Professor Melnikov

Evgeny Chupin
Played Main grandmaster

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Played Brezhnev's referent

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Played Kazhic
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