Company: Студия Всегда! – Studiya Vsegda!
Country: KAZAKHSTAN
Section: DOCUMENTARY – GREAT CHAMPION
Discipline: Chess
Director: Edward Kulbayev
Edting: Edward Kulbayev
Actors: Vasily Smyslov
Photo: Ermek Mambetov
Soundtrack: Sergey Szurakov
Producer: Edward Kulbayev
Co Producer: Kazbek Jarylgapov, Kulandam Kulbayeva
Running Time: 82 min
SYNOPSYS:
Vasily Smyslov, pierced with drama and ups and downs of the fight for the chess crown, as well as passion for opera. As the youngest grandmaster in the world before WWII broke out, Smyslov had every chance to join in the fight for the chess crown right then and play a match against the world champion Alexander Alekhine. The war had delayed this goal by 16 years. He also could have become a soloist with the Bolshoi Theatre, as he was also an excellent baritone. At the age of 62, Smyslov accomplished a sporting feat: he became the third world chess player after Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov. It’s considered unlikely that such an achievement will ever be surpassed.