Viktor Korchnoi

Even the legendary grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi, 80, appeared on the stage with the commentators.

Lubomir Kavalek: The Great London Chess Debate Lubomir Kavalek 2011

Even the legendary grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi, 80, appeared on the stage with the commentators.

Lubomir Kavalek: The Great London Chess Debate Lubomir Kavalek 2011

For some mental athletes, such as the late world chess champion Mikhail Tal or the legendary grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi, performing without cigarettes was unthinkable.

Lubomir Kavalek: Chess in Clouds of Smoke Lubomir Kavalek 2012

In the immediate postwar era, the great Soviet grandmasters—Mikhail Botvinnik, Viktor Korchnoi, Boris Spassky—were dominant.

Windows on the Cold War Charles Cumming 2011

For some mental athletes, such as the late world chess champion Mikhail Tal or the legendary grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi, performing without cigarettes was unthinkable.

Lubomir Kavalek: Chess in Clouds of Smoke Lubomir Kavalek 2012

Viktor Korchnoi, a Russian-born Swiss grandmaster who at 77 is the oldest player still on the circuit, will complete the eight.

Chess Legends to Play at a Special Celebration Jan 2009

* Most games: Viktor Korchnoi 1,709 (and counting) followed by Jan Timman 1,703 (also still going)

Archive 2008-02-01 Jan 2008

Mr. Kasparov's rival and predecessor as world champion, Anatoly Karpov, titled his autobiography "Chess Is My Life" -- as did Karpov's frequent challenger Viktor Korchnoi.

It's Your Move 2007

Gorbachev restored Soviet citizenship to many intellectuals who had been exiled, including writers Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Vladimir Voinovich, poet Irina Ratushinskaya, historian Lev Kopelev, chess player Viktor Korchnoi, and physicist Yury Orlov.

June-Aug. 13 2001

One of the strongest grandmasters of his generation, 79-year-old Viktor Korchnoi, said:

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