Viktor Korchnoi - Wikipedia
WEBViktor Lvovich Korchnoi (Russian: Виктор Львович Корчной, IPA: [vʲiktər lʲvovʲɪtɕ kɐrtɕˈnoj]; 23 March 1931 – 6 June 2016) was a Soviet (before 1976) and Swiss (after 1980) chess grandmaster (GM) and chess writer. He is considered one of the strongest players never to have become World Chess Champion.
Viktor Korchnoi | Top Chess Players - Chess.com
WEBJun 6, 2016 · GM Viktor Korchnoi (1931-2016) was a Soviet and later Swiss grandmaster who achieved nearly every possible chess success in a roughly 70-year career (approximately from 1945 to 2015) other than a world championship. He played in 10 Candidates tournaments over nearly 30 years from 1962-91, winning two of them but …
Viktor Korchnoi | World Champion Challenger, Defector, Soviet ...
WEBApr 25, 2024 · Viktor Korchnoi (born March 23, 1931, Leningrad, Russia, U.S.S.R. [now St. Petersburg, Russia]—died June 6, 2016, Wohlen, Switzerland) was a world chess champion contender who was one of the fiercest competitors in the history of chess. During his prime years he was known as “Viktor the Terrible.”
Viktor Korchnoi, Chess Giant Who Drew Soviet Ire, Dies at 85
WEBJun 7, 2016 · Viktor Korchnoi, who was widely considered one of the greatest chess players in history but never captured the world championship in more than 60 years as an elite competitor, died on Monday in...
Garry Kasparov On Viktor Korchnoi - Chess.com
WEBJun 7, 2016 · GM GarryKasparov. Updated: Jun 7, 2016, 4:07 AM | 121 | Chess Players. The great Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi died Tuesday in Switzerland at the age of 85. His longevity as a top-level player and his fighting spirit were such that it was easy to hope that he might trick Death himself in a rook endgame and live forever!
The Almost Champ: who is Viktor Korchnoi - Chess.com
WEBJan 31, 2024, 11:46 PM | 0. In the chess world, Viktor Korchnoi is the maestro who nearly won it all but never got the big prize—the World Chess Championship. Born in 1931 in Russia, Korchnoi was a chess wizard with a never-give-up attitude and a flair for playing chess beautifully. Korchnoi's middle game was characterized by sharp tactical ...
Viktor Korchnoi, chess player and cold war defector, 1931-2016
WEBJun 10, 2016 · Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi was born in Leningrad on March 23 1931, his mother a Jewish pianist and his Christian father a literature teacher. His father died fighting the Nazis. Korchnoi endured...
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