Plot
In this Gilles Carle feature documentary on the game of chess, the international chess match is cast as a classic Western shoot-out. Three chess greats dominate the film: Russia's Anatoly Karpov; Viktor Korchnoi, a Russian defector; and American Bobby Fischer. Chess aficionados Camille Coudari and Fernando Arrabal analyze the personalities and strategies of the players and comment on the interplay of politics and chess.
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Cast
Pascal Rollin
Narrator (voice)
Anatoli Karpov
Self
Viktor Kortchnoi
Self
Fernando Arrabal
Self
Boris Spassky
Self
Bobby Fischer
Self (archive footage)
