Closing Gambit:1978 - Korchnoi vs Karpov and the Kremlin

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Sociopolitical Documentary hosted by Tara MacGowran, published by Screenbound Productions in 2018 - English narration

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Soviet Loyalist vs Russian Dissident. Fascinating 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. After Fischer beat Spassky in the 1972 World Chess Championship, the Soviets plotted to regain this coveted title by supporting Anatoly Karpov - a loyal member of the Communist Party and epitome of the young Soviet 'New Man'. The riveting, true story of an event so extraordinary - it could have been culled from the pages of a John Le Carre bestseller... Summer 1978 saw World Chess Champion, Anatoly Karpov take on the recently defected dissident, Victor Korchnoi, for the World Chess Championship in Baguio City in the Philippines. On the surface, it was just a game of chess, but as the world's press flocked to what became known as The Battle of Baguio, it became clear that the Soviet regime were fighting for victory on every front. Before the two chess gladiators even battled over the chess board, the KGB fought a dirty tricks campaign to ensure their man gained every advantage. As the sporting championship became a war of attrition where every win was precious, the two rival teams became embroiled in the shady world of gamesmanship and double bluff. Parapsychologists, thought waves, flag wars, mirrored sunglasses, coded yoghurts, KGB agents and two Eastern mystics wanted for attempted murder, were just some of the everyday events in this dramatic story of chess, politics and sporting endeavour. Written and Directed by Alan Byron ; A Screenbound Production

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Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L4
Video Bitrate: 2 940 Kbps
Video Resolution: 1920x1080
Display Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames Per Second: 25.000 fps
Audio Codec: E-AC3
Audio Bitrate: 224 kb/s CBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 2
Audio Languages: english
RunTime Per Part: 1 h 21 min
Number Of Parts: 1
Part Size: 1.80 GB
Source: WEB DL
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