Victor Korchnoi (1931–2016)
Author of Chess Is My Life
About the Author
Image credit: Credit: Dralon (Wikipedia), Pasching, Upper Austria, 2006
Series
Works by Victor Korchnoi
125 games: (translations of notes by Korchnoi and other grandmasters from Russian and Latvian) (1972) 6 copies
Antischach (Persona non grata) 2 copies
My Life for Chess Volume 1 2 copies
My Life for Chess Volume 2 2 copies
C83 Španska partija 1 copy
C80-81 Španska partija 1 copy
Kortchnoi C83 — Ruy Lopez 1 copy
ECO C82 Ruy Lopez 1 copy
ECO C83 Ruy Lopez 1 copy
ECO C18-19 French Defence 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich
- Other names
- Корчной, Виктор Львович
- Birthdate
- 1931-03-23
- Date of death
- 2016-06-06
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Leningrad State University
- Occupations
- chess grandmaster
author - Organizations
- Международная шахматная федерация (ФИДЕ|Швейцария)
- Nationality
- Russia (birth)
Switzerland - Birthplace
- Leningrad, Soviet Union
- Places of residence
- Netherlands
Switzerland
Leningrad, Soviet Union - Place of death
- Wohlen, Switzerland
- Associated Place (for map)
- Leningrad, Soviet Union
Members
Reviews
This man demolished me in 22 moves in Hong Kong, but I was very happy to pay for the privilege and get his autograph on this book. One of the the all-time great chessmasters, Korchnoi candidly tells the story of his growth as a competitor and as a person.
The King's Gambit is one of the oldest openings and leads to a sharp struggle from the first moves. Bobby Fischer tried to refute it in the early 1960s and yet a few years later he was playing it hi mself. David Bronstein and Boris Spassky are other great players who have been attracted by the opening's complexities.
This completely revised and algebraicised edition of a book first published in 1974 provides a complete system for the enterprising tournament player. The material has been show more updated to include master praxis of the last decade and is essential for all players who defend
1 e4 with 1.. . e5.
Grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi, twice challenger for the World Championship, is probably the most combative and uncompromising player ever. Vladimir Zak was trainer of both Spassky and Korchnoi and is regarded as an authority an the King's Gambit.
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This completely revised and algebraicised edition of a book first published in 1974 provides a complete system for the enterprising tournament player. The material has been show more updated to include master praxis of the last decade and is essential for all players who defend
1 e4 with 1.. . e5.
Grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi, twice challenger for the World Championship, is probably the most combative and uncompromising player ever. Vladimir Zak was trainer of both Spassky and Korchnoi and is regarded as an authority an the King's Gambit.
80diagrams show less
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Statistics
- Works
- 52
- Members
- 405
- Popularity
- #60,013
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 6
- ISBNs
- 40
- Languages
- 7
- Favorited
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