Ludmila – King Vladimir's beautiful daughter – has been known for her wayward and disobedient personality since she was a little child. For a very long time, Ludmila has been in love with a boy of her age – Ruslan, with whom she spends her carefree time and of marriage with whom she dreams. However, King Vladimir doesn't consider Ruslan worthy of his daughter's hand and wants to arrange her a marriage of convenience, with a more suitable groom. Ruslan and Ludmila will go through plenty of adventures, battles and magic in Chernomor's fairytale lands before they get hold of their right for love and happiness.
Some sporting victories are about more than just claiming a title. Some of them go down in history. The film follows the most dramatic and legendary showdown in the history of chess – the match between Anatoly Karpov, then world champion, and Viktor Korchnoi, a recent emigrant from the USSR. In this battle between two outstanding chess players, a duel of personalities under immense psychological pressure, the stakes are incomprehensibly high.