The World Champion

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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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Cast

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Konstantin Khabenskiy actor

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Ivan Yankovsky actor Владимир Вдовиченков actor

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Victor Dobronravov actor Виктор Сухоруков actor

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Diana Pozharskaya actor

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Anatoly Kot actor

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Mikhail Troynik actor Александр Филиппенко actor Larisa Shakhvorostova actor Антон Богданов actor

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Dmitriy Miller actor

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Zurab Miminoshvili actor

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David Brodsky actor

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Dmitriy Iosifov actor

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Arseny Topolaga actor Денис Котов actor

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Anton Lunin actor

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Irina Zamula actor

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Sergey Taktarov actor