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
agonizing champion dead hard heading longer realized start suddenly twice
At one point, after having already become a Grandmaster and champion of the USSR,I suddenly realized that I am heading for a dead end... I had to start everything over. But how hard and agonizing it is when you're no longer 16, but twice that age!
chess
Chess you don't learn, chess you understand.
skeletons coconuts slim
Skeletons of mice are often to be found in coconuts, for it is easier to get in, slim and greedy, than to get out, appeased but fat.
elements chess flaws
The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost.
study
I don't study; I create.
player people world
Chess players, people who travel all over the world, should be trusted or else not sent anywhere at all. Why are these four people (Antoshion and three other official 'minders') sent along to supervise us? With their meagre experience, all that thay did was interfere, more than ever before. And when they were needed, they weren't to be found ...
reflection simple glasses
The aim was simple: to deprive Karpov of his favourite occupation - standing at the board, staring straight at his opponent. While I was wearing these glasses, all he could admire was his own reflection.