The greatest match that never was — when Fischer and Karpov didn’t meet
The history of chess is riddled with missed opportunities.
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Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
“I remember that day very well because I was in Switzerland, and I was together with (dissident and fellow grandmaster) Viktor Korchnoi ... Union as a whole. If Karpov won, it would be a ...
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Where to Watch Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin
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The World Champion
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.