

The World Champion
Visit website6.5/10 • 29
2021-12-30 • 2h 25m
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.
- Directors
- Alexey Sidorov
- Editors
- Dmitry Korabelnikov

The World Champion
Visit website2021-12-30 • 2h 25m
6.5/10 • 29
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.
- Directors
- Alexey Sidorov
- Editors
- Dmitry Korabelnikov
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsKonstantin Khabenskiy
Korchnoi
Ivan Yankovsky
Karpov
Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Gradov
Victor Dobronravov
Sergey Maksimov
Viktor Sukhorukov
Viktor Baturinskiy
Diana Pozharskaya
Veronika
Anatoly Kot
Igor Zaytsev
Mikhail Troynik
Yuriy Balashov
Aleksandr Filippenko
Leonid Brezhnev
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- Russian
- Budget
- $7,535,000.00
- Revenue
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- Keywords
- chesschess champion