The World Champion

About The World Champion: 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

Release date

December 30, 2021

Runtime

2h 25m

Director

Alexey Sidorov

Status

Released

Original title

Чемпион мира

Quality

WEB-DL

Dub / voiceover

Не требуется

Budget

$7,535,000