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.

The World Champion

Stefan is a 40-year-old loser, although, thanks to his carefully built facade, he seems like an attractive city slicker. He lost his job, but also his wife, who threw him out of the apartment, and he was left without a lover. Now he works as a private detective, but also illegally.