Chempion mira

Good sport biopic, much better than "moving up" and others SB for last years. Excellent game of Khabensky and very neat to real events. So, don't miss.

This is a better than average chess film. Why? Because it has a real-life plot which is usually better than fictionalized plots. In this one, we have a former Russian chess Champion, Korchnoi, having defected to the West, is playing Karpov, the new young icon of Russian chess. Karpov is also a former student of Korchnoi, which complicates the plot and makes it more interesting. In this situation. Will the hot new young rising star win? Or will the old, wily veteran, who knows a bit more about the real world win? Will the teacher beat the student, or will the student best the teacher? Watch for yourself.

A superb movie based-on a real chess event, one of the best made, if not the best, on the 1978 Baguio City World Chess Championship between Anatoly Karpov and Victor Korchnoi.

• (+) Wonderful acting by almost all the cast, especially the two rivals who shone unequivocally.

• (+) Very believable atmosphere throughout, being chess-wise or depicting emotions.

• (+) Very true to the real events, from minute one (introduction) up to the last.

• (+) Masterful depiction and development.

• (+) Great VFX combined with classic camera work.

• (+) Loved Anatoly's father (Evgeniy) and love interest (Veronika) acting. Brought tears to my eyes.

• Nothing negative to my eyes, besides wanting it to have a longer runtime, as in a series!

Recommended of course to all people. Chess lovers and not!

• Screenplay/story: 8.5
• Development: 9
• Realism: 9
• Entertainment: 9.5
• Acting: 9
• Filming/cinematography: 8.5
• Visual/special effects: 9
• Music/score: 9
• Depth: 9
• Logic: 8.5
• Flow: 9
• Drama: 9
• Ending/closure: 9.

Among other films or TV series shot on the wave of increased interest in the topic of chess, I think this is quite a good option.

For knowledgeable people, this will be a curious artistic interpretation of history. As an amateur in this matter, it was just interesting for me to watch what was happening and get lost with delight in words like "endgame", "debut" or the visual thought process of chess players.

I also quite liked the presented entourage of the Soviet era. Interiors, clothes, this sincere patriotism and team spirit ... the only thing that really disappointed was the disclosure (or rather complete absence) of the character of Konstantin Khobensky, grandmaster Korchnoi. I think he was not necessarily a good person, but definitely an interesting and creative person. And in the film we see only an angry man on the verge of madness.

The main character has principles, life problems, accompanying experiences, and so on, and so on. I would like the same from the picture of the "villain".

In general, a good film to broaden your horizons.

This movie deserves 10.

Konstantin khabensky deserves an oscar for great acting.

I loved the story, vfx, atomsphere, acting, score, directing, everything. Its glamorous, better than most of the hollywood movies.

P. N. I knew every thing that konstantin involved would be great and also watched because of him. The movie got me from the first moment to the last minute. I also like how they compared the chess table to a battle ground, the rivals watching around. It was mesmorising. Well job done.

For a not russian i hope someone created a website that provides english subtitle to russian movies and tv shows, because most of the shows dont have. If you know any site please let me know.