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Album 61: Documentary by Halil Efrat. Boris Gelfand vs Viswanathan Anand. 2012 World Chess Championship. High Definition with English subtitles.
- 70 min
- 4K
- Philosophia Entis
Album 61: Directed by Halil Efrat. With Boris Gelfand, Viswanathan Anand, Ilya Smirin, Albert Kapengut. Boris's father has designated his son to become a world champion, He's devoted his life to Boris's talent while obsessively documenting the process.
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- Documentary, Biography
- Halil Efrat
- 2013-07
Whatever the reason, the director Halil Efrat has done a great service in the high quality documentary, depicting not only a champion forged from his earliest years, but a system and structure that westerners can only wonder at.
Despite his loss against Anand he was celebrated like a national hero when returning from Moscow. The documentary "Album 61" by director Halil Efrat from Israel uses the World Championship match between Anand and Gelfand in Moscow as a point of departure to depict Gelfand's chess career.
Halil Efrat, himself an average chess player, sets out in the footsteps of the fascinating character of Boris Gelfand, and in search of the answer to the question: can every one of our children, with a little bit of good Soviet education, turn into a genius?
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Jun 14, 2013 · Halil Efrat. Reviews. 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.
