Viktor Korchnoi
Viktor Korchnoi
Viktor Lvovich Korchnoiwas a Soviet-born Swiss chess grandmaster and writer. He is considered one of the strongest players never to have become World Chess Champion...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionCelebrity
Date of Birth23 March 1931
CountryRussian Federation
years chess lasts
The only positive contribution to chess from Fischer in the last 20 years.
play boards opponents
It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against myself on the clock.
thinking winning chess
Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess.
morning mistake player
It is unpleasant for the players, when the organizers arrange for play to take place in the morning. The games from such last rounds, in view of the large number of mistakes, are not fit for publication!