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Korchnoi LOSES to the King's Indian
Compiled by ToTheDeath
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The man who tried for 50 years to refute the King's Indian getting smashed.

Viktor's first loss- don't worry there will be many more
Korchnoi vs V Shcherbakov, 1956 
(E64) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System, 33 moves, 0-1

Gligoric shows masterly judgement, Korchnoi swears revenge
Korchnoi vs Gligoric, 1957 
(E86) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6, 46 moves, 0-1

Korky blunders into mate
Korchnoi vs Boleslavsky, 1958 
(E86) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6, 55 moves, 0-1

Bobby Fischer- R.I.P.
Korchnoi vs Fischer, 1962 
(E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 44 moves, 0-1

Efim Geller, one of the true greats of the KID
Korchnoi vs Geller, 1963 
(E88) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6, 56 moves, 0-1

Crushed by a mere IM
Korchnoi vs R Toran, 1969 
(E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 34 moves, 0-1

Gligoric routs Korchnoi in 29 moves
Korchnoi vs Gligoric, 1969 
(E97) King's Indian, 29 moves, 0-1

A mere blitz game? 24...Nh8!!
Korchnoi vs Fischer, 1970  
(E97) King's Indian, 31 moves, 0-1

Romanian champ outplays Viktor from symmetrical position
Korchnoi vs T Ghitescu, 1973 
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 33 moves, 0-1

The great John Nunn traps Korky
Korchnoi vs Nunn, 1981 
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 33 moves, 0-1

Once again Korchnoi understimates the force of Black's attack
Korchnoi vs J Murey, 1986 
(E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 36 moves, 0-1

Viktor refuses to resign a piece down
Korchnoi vs Nunn, 1988 
(E70) King's Indian, 48 moves, 0-1

The Boss wins a sharp endgame
Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 1989 
(E97) King's Indian, 55 moves, 0-1

Completely outplayed
Korchnoi vs Nijboer, 1990 
(E92) King's Indian, 34 moves, 0-1

The passed d pawn can't save your king, Viktor
Korchnoi vs J Ye, 1990 
(E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 52 moves, 0-1

The Greatest of All Time shows us how it's done
Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 1991 
(E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 31 moves, 0-1

Nunn wins the exchange and grinds it out
Korchnoi vs Nunn, 1994 
(E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 82 moves, 0-1

Witness The POWER of the g7 bishop
Korchnoi vs Milov, 1994 
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 33 moves, 0-1

Say goodbye to your Queen, Viktor, and then your king
Korchnoi vs Tkachiev, 1994 
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 28 moves, 0-1

Topalov shows good technique
Korchnoi vs Topalov, 1995 
(E66) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno, 62 moves, 0-1

Excellent knight sac- too much pressure on g2
Korchnoi vs Smirin, 1998 
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 51 moves, 0-1

Shaming the Saemisch
Korchnoi vs M Roeder, 2000 
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 24 moves, 0-1

This ending is a piece of cake for Judit
Korchnoi vs J Polgar, 2006 
(E73) King's Indian, 54 moves, 0-1

Thanks for the pawns Viktor!
Korchnoi vs E Inarkiev, 2008
(E61) King's Indian, 54 moves, 0-1

Korky destroyed in 27 moves
Korchnoi vs I Cheparinov, 2008 
(E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 27 moves, 0-1

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