
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.
Korchnoi

Karpov

Gradov

Sergey Maksimov

Viktor Baturinskiy

Veronika

Igor Zaytsev

Yuriy Balashov

Leonid Brezhnev

Karpov's mother

Vasiliy Brykin

Sevastyanov

Guladze

Boris Zelenin

Mikhail Tal

Pavel

Reporter

Wedding photographer

French reporter
Unknown Role

Announcer's helper
Marisol

Chess player

Karpov's father

Aranovich

Philippov

Schmid

Paola

Gofdrey

Kampomanes

Spasskiy

Fischer

Captain Romeo

Petrosyan
Luzhniki announcer

Press room journalist

Roommate

Murei Yakov
Polugaevskiy
Grigoriy Naumovich

Accountant

Zlatoust audience

Chess player

Korchnoi's parapsychologist

Fragella
Professor Melnikov

Main grandmaster

Brezhnev's referent

Kazhic

Bit part
Unknown Role
