Viktor Korchnoi - Wikipedia
WEBViktor Lvovich Korchnoi [3] (Russian: Виктор Львович Корчной, IPA: [vʲiktər lʲvovʲɪtɕ kɐrtɕˈnoj]; 23 March 1931 – 6 June 2016) was a Soviet (before 1976) and Swiss (after …
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Viktor Korchnoi | Top Chess Players - Chess.com
WEBLearn about the life and career of Viktor Korchnoi, a chess legend who played in 10 Candidates tournaments but never became world champion. See his achievements, …
Viktor Korchnoi | World Champion Challenger, Defector ...
WEBViktor 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 …
Garry Kasparov On Viktor Korchnoi - Chess.com
WEBA tribute to the late chess legend Viktor Korchnoi by his former rival and world champion Garry Kasparov. Kasparov shares his personal anecdotes and impressions of Korchnoi's …
Viktor Korchnoi obituary | Chess | The Guardian
WEBViktor Korchnoi, who has died aged 85, was a chess grandmaster who defected from the Soviet Union, then twice challenged the USSR’s Anatoly Karpov for the world title. Their …
Viktor Korchnoi, Chess Giant Who Drew Soviet Ire, Dies at 85
WEBViktor 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, …
Viktor Korchnoi | World Chess Hall of Fame
WEBLearn about Viktor Korchnoi, the strongest player never to become world chess champion, who played three matches with Anatoly Karpov. See his notable games, photos and …
Viktor Korchnoi, chess player and cold war defector, 1931-2016
WEBViktor 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. …
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 …
The Life and Chess of Victor Korchnoi - YouTube
WEB23K views 9 years ago. Though never a World Champion, no player has sustained a championship level of play for as long as Viktor Korchnoi. From his first USSR Junior …
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