"Closing Gambit"
Thursday, July 1, 2021 at 6:44PM
Dennis Monokroussos in Anatoly Karpov, Viktor Korchnoi

Perhaps in the context of my recent post about grandmasters on TV, reader Pedro E. wrote in to mention a 2018 documentary about the circus that was the 1978 World Championship match between Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi. Somehow I had missed this, but it seems to widely and inexpensively available at various sites. More about the film, here.

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