''Grandmaster'' (russian: Гроссмейстер, Grossmeyster) is a 1972 Soviet sports drama film directed by

Sergey Mikaelyan Sergey Gerasimovich Mikaelyan (russian: Серге́й Гера́симович Микаэля́н; 1 November 1923 – 10 December 2016) was a Soviet Union, Soviet film director and winner of the USSR State Prize (1976). He directed ten fi ...

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 Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi ( rus, Ви́ктор Льво́вич Корчно́й, p=vʲiktər lʲvovʲɪtɕ kɐrtɕˈnoj; 23 March 1931 – 6 June 2016) was a Soviet (before 1976) and Swiss (after 1980) chess grandmaster (GM) and chess writer. H ...

as Khlebnikov's coachШахматист Виктор Корчной скончался на 86-м году жизни
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Larisa Malevannaya Larisa Ivanovna Malevannaya (russian: Лари́са Ива́новна Малева́нная) is a Russian film and theater actress, theater director, and writer. Biography and career Malevannaya was born on January 22, 1939, in the village of ...

as Elena Dontsova, Khlebnikov's wife *

Emmanuil Vitorgan Emmanuil Gedeonovich Vitorgan (russian: Эммануи́л Гедео́нович Виторга́н; born 27 December 1939) is a Soviet, Russian film and theater actor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1990). People's Artist of Russia (1998). He act ...

as Orlov *

Lyudmila Kasatkina Lyudmila Ivanovna Kasatkina (russian: Людмила Ивановна Касаткина; 15 May 192522 February 2012) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian actress who starred in a string of war-related films directed by her husband Sergey Kol ...

as Sergey's mother * Mikhail Kozakov as Vladimir *

Yefim Kopelyan Yefim Zakharovich Kopelyan (russian: Ефим Захарович Копелян; 12 April 1912 – 6 March 1975) was a Soviet Union, Soviet actor of theatre and cinema, one of the legendary masters of the Bolshoi Theatre of Drama (BDT) in Leni ...

as Pavel Maksimovich * Nikolay Volkov Sr. as old man from chess pavilion * Tamara Sovchi as Anya * Anatoliy Solonitsyn as Sergey's father *

Vladimir Tatosov Vladimir Mikhailovich Tatosov (russian: Влади́мир Миха́йлович Тато́сов; 10 May 1926 – 24 December 2021) was a Russian stage, television, voice and film actor. He had an honorary title People's Artist of the RSFSR (1 ...

as Sergey Aleksandrovich *

Petr Shelokhonov Petr Illarionovich Shelokhonov, ( pl, Piotr Szełochonow, russian: Пётр Илларио́нович Шелохо́нов, be, Пятро Ларывонавіч Шэлахонаў, uk, Петро Іларіонович Шелохонов; in ...

as Fyodor Matveyevich *

Mikhail Tal Mikhail Nekhemyevich Tal; rus, Михаил Нехемьевич Таль, ''Mikhail Nekhem'yevich Tal' '', ; sometimes transliterated ''Mihails Tals'' or ''Mihail Tal'' (9 November 1936 – 28 June 1992) was a Soviet-Latvian chess player ...

Tigran Petrosian Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (, ; 17 June 1929 – 13 August 1984) was a Soviet-Armenian chess grandmaster, and World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969. He was nicknamed "Iron Tigran" due to his almost-impenetrable defensive playing style ...

Yuri Averbakh Yuri Lvovich Averbakh (russian: Ю́рий Льво́вич Аверба́х; 8 February 1922 – 7 May 2022) was a Russian chess grandmaster and author. He was chairman of the USSR Chess Federation from 1973 to 1978. He was the first centenari ...

Mark Taimanov Mark Evgenievich Taimanov (russian: Марк Евгеньевич Тайманов; 7 February 1926 – 28 November 2016) was one of the leading Soviet and Russian chess players, among the world's top 20 players from 1946 to 1971. A prolific ch ...

Paul Keres Paul Keres (; 7 January 1916 – 5 June 1975) was an Estonian chess grandmaster and chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s, and narrowly missed a chance at a World Chess Championship match on five ...

Alexander Kotov Alexander Alexandrovich Kotov (Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Ко́тов; – 8 January 1981) was a Soviet chess grandmaster and author. He was a Soviet chess champion, a two-time world title Candidate, and a prolific write ...

Mikael Tariverdiev Mikael Leonovich Tariverdiev (russian: Микаэл Леонович Таривердиев, hy, Միքայել Թարիվերդիև; 15 August 1931 – 25 July 1996) was a prominent Soviet composer of Armenian descent. He headed the Composers' ...

as cameo

References

External links

* 1972 films 1970s Russian-language films 1970s sports drama films 1972 drama films Films about chess Lenfilm films Films directed by Sergei Mikaelyan Soviet sports drama films 1972 in chess {{1970s-USSR-film-stub