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The World Chess Championship is a juicy battle, rife with passion, power and money. Boris Gelfand has spent his entire life getting ready for this moment; he was raised to become a champion since the age of six. His father devoted all his life to cultivating Boris' talent while obsessively documenting the process. The photo albums tell the father's story as much as that of the son, revealing a simple truth about a man living his own dreams through his son under the Soviet regime. Can any child, given fine Soviet education, become a genius? And is becoming a genius worth the price?

Top Cast

  • Boris Gelfand

    Boris Gelfand

    Self

  • Viswanathan Anand

    Viswanathan Anand

    Self

  • Ilya Smirin

    Ilya Smirin

    Self

  • Albert Kapengut

    Albert Kapengut

    Self

  • Maxim Rodhstein

    Maxim Rodhstein

    Self

  • Pavel Eljanov

    Pavel Eljanov

    Self

  • Evgeny Tomashevsky

    Evgeny Tomashevsky

    Self

  • Vladimir Kramnik

    Vladimir Kramnik

    Self

  • Abram Izakovitsh

    Abram Izakovitsh

    Self (archival footage)

Overview

The World Chess Championship is a juicy battle, rife with passion, power and money. Boris Gelfand has spent his entire life getting ready for this moment; he was raised to become a champion since the age of six. His father devoted all his life to cultivating Boris' talent while obsessively documenting the process. The photo albums tell the father's story as much as that of the son, revealing a simple truth about a man living his own dreams through his son under the Soviet regime. Can any child, given fine Soviet education, become a genius? And is becoming a genius worth the price?

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