Grandmaster

Grandmaster is a 1972 Soviet sports drama film directed by Sergey Mikaelyan. Plot The film tells about the emotional chess player Sergey Khlebnikov, who does not play for the sake of victory. And suddenly he becomes the winner of the international match of applicants. Cast Andrey Myagkov as Sergey Khlebnikov Viktor Korchnoi as Khlebnikov's coach Larisa Malevannaya as Elena Dontsova, Khlebnikov's wife Emmanuil Vitorgan as Orlov Lyudmila Kasatkina as Sergey's mother Mikhail Kozakov as Vladimir Yefim Kopelyan as Pavel Maksimovich Nikolay Volkov Sr. as old man from chess pavilion Tamara Sovchi as Anya Anatoliy Solonitsyn as Sergey's father Vladimir Tatosov as Sergey Aleksandrovich Petr Shelokhonov as Fyodor Matveyevich Mikhail Tal, Tigran Petrosian, Yuri Averbakh, Mark Taimanov, Paul Keres, Alexander Kotov, Mikael Tariverdiev as cameo References