The World Champion 2021
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The World Champion 2021 Synopsis - 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.
- Released: 2021-12-30
- Runtime: 145 minutes
- Genre: Drama
- Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Ivan Yankovsky, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Victor Dobronravov, Viktor Sukhorukov
- Director: Artyom Vasilev, Dmitry Korabelnikov, Margarita Lenskikh, Aleksandr Vdovenko, Ekaterina Molochnaya
- Network: The World Champion
- Source: CWR CRB
