The final match of a commercial tournament in classical chess should hold no surprises: the long-term champion annually breaks the bank, easily beating all opponents. However, this year one opponent has prepared an unusual strategy. When posing for the photographers and shaking hands with the intelligent and constrained Champion, the Opponent quietly tells him that he spent the night with the Champion’s wife.
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Evgeniy Pronin
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Irina Loseva
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Sergey Shnyryov
Known for
The Man Who Saved the World
Vsevolod Korshunov
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Sergey Yakunin
Sergey Ramz Director · Sergey Shapovalov Screenplay Sergey Khmylov Composer
First release June 9, 2017 · Produced in Russia · Original title Цугцванг
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Russia
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Original title
Цугцванг
Original language
Russian
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Russian
Release dates
Russia · June 9, 2017
Premiere · Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr
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