Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin (2018)
- HD 1080
- Runtime: 85m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: Alan Byron
- Stars: Anatoli Karpov, Viktor Korchnoi, Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand
- keywords: chess, espionage, spy, cold war, soviet union, kgb, chess champion, chess tournament, chess match
- Production_studio: Screenbound Productions
- providers: Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus
- The Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin is featured in the top rankings of 2018
- #25 in Top Documentary Movies of 2018
The story of the 1978 World Chess Championship between the Soviet Communist Party's protege, Anatoly Karpov and the traitor and Soviet defector, Viktor Korchnoi. One of those instances in life where truth is stranger than fiction.