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Viktor 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.
Jun 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 never becoming champion.
Apr 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.”
Jun 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!
Jun 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...
Apr 15, 2024 · The Korchnoi entry duly corrected his date of birth from 23 July 1931 to 23 March 1931. (7046) Regarding the 1972 film Гроссмейстер (C.N. 7747) Javier Asturiano Molina quotes from pages 83-84 of Chess is my Life by Victor Korchnoi (London, 1977):
Jan 31, 2024 · Jan 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.
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