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| Sep-11-14 | | fisayo123: <visayanbraindoctor> Good post. |
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Sep-12-14
 | | alexmagnus: In Korchnoi's case age hardly matters anything - he peaked around the age at which other top players are long retired. He played his WC matches at 46 and 49, his rating peaked on several occasions between 47 and 50 (chessmetrics gives his peak at 47 btw). That is - when at his <peak>, Korchnoi was older than Anand is now - and many consider Anand kind of a miracle case :D |
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| Sep-12-14 | | Olavi: <visayanbraindoctor> Good post, but again, the newer head to heads on this site can not really be trusted. For instance, Anand beat Korchnoi in Tilburg 1991, izt 1993 and in 1998 and 2000, but the other four wins that are listed as classical games were in fact rapid. |
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Sep-13-14
 | | Penguincw: < In December 2012 Korchnoi suffered a stroke, and it is uncertain if he will be able to return to competitive chess. > He may not return to <competitive> chess, but at least he's still playing. http://en.chessbase.com/post/pegasu... |
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| Oct-21-14 | | john barleycorn: Spassky on Korchnoi:
<I remember fondly one conversation I had a few years back with Boris Spassky. We were discussing Victor Korchnoi (‘Victor the Terrible’). Boris and Victor had been bitter adversaries for more than 40 years at the time of this conversation, and they had played more than 60 times in official competitions..(including 2 candidates finals)… only Karpov can boast to have played Victor more times.
Boris, at one point, came up with the incredible statement that Korchnoi had every quality necessary to become world champion BUT lacked ONE very essential quality…and it was precisely this quality that prevented him from attaining chess’ highest title. I coaxed Boris on…
He began to list Korchnoi’s many qualities:
…Killer Instinct (nobody can even compare with Victor’s ‘gift’)
…Phenomenal capacity to work (both on the board and off the board)
…Iron nerves (even with seconds left on the clock)
…Ability to Calculate (maybe only Fischer was better in this department)
…Tenacity and perseverance in Defense (unmatched by anyone)
…The ability to counterattack (unrivaled in chess history)
…Impeccable Technique (Flawless, even better than Capa’s)
…Capacity to concentrate (unreal)
…Impervious to distractions during the game
…Brilliant understanding of strategy
…Superb tactian (only a few in history an compare with Victor)
…Possessing the most profound opening preparation of any GM of his generation
…Subtle Psychologist
…Super-human will to win (matched only by Fischer)
…Deep knowledge of all of his adversaries
…Enormous energy and self-discipline
Then Boris stopped, and just looked at me, begging for me to ask the question that needed to be asked….I asked: ‘But, Boris, what does Victor lack to become world champion?‘ Boris’ answer floored me:”He has no chess talent !”
And then Spassky roared with laughter…> |
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| Oct-28-14 | | PhilFeeley: < john barleycorn: Spassky on Korchnoi: > I've heard this before, but I'm beginning to think it's silly. So what if Spassky thinks he has no "chess talent" whatever that is. Clearly Korchnoi got to where he did on hard work, and that's nothing to sneer at. |
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| Oct-28-14 | | PhilFeeley: BTW: How is the old man these days? I haven't heard any news about his health. |
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| Oct-28-14 | | john barleycorn: <And then Spassky roared with laughter…> I think it was exaggeration typically for a joke. Korchnoi himself said that his talent for chess was not up there with others. I have to search for that interview. However, what does this assessment of talent mean? Nothing. Performance counts. And Korchnoi had a strong and long-lived performance. |
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| Nov-26-14 | | themindset: <Joshka> Personally I'd LOVE to see another country compete and win the World Series. Yeah, even a team from Toronto or something at least. |
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| Dec-11-14 | | norami: Odd bit of trivia - Korchnoi is one day younger than Kirk and three days older than Spock. |
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Dec-11-14
 | | perfidious: Throw Viktor Lvovich in there as the crusty Dr McCoy and we've got ourselves a lineup. |
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| Dec-26-14 | | diagonal: New site <http://www.chessdiagonals.ch> is honouring Viktor Korchnoi's life and chess achievements and gives a comprehensive survey of his tournamant wins: international invitation tournaments (round robin), international open tournaments (swiss system), official FIDE competitions, national championships, matches, team events and first board prizes, with an exclusive World Ranking survey and 1st Prizes chronology of Viktor Korchnoi: Master of aggressive counter-attacking, full of fantasy, with a unique willingness to enter double-edged, unbalanced positions. The iron man of chess who played and beat grandmasters of five generations, from Levenfisch (born 1889) and Lilienthal to Carlsen and Caruana (born 1992), with a persistant search for new ideas and truth at the chess board, winner of more than 220 tournaments, matches and team events. Included is a historical abstract of the four longest - annually - running major international (originally invitational) tournaments, <Hastings> *1920/21 (winter congresses with first summer congress in 1895), today continued as an Open, <Wijk aan Zee, Beverwijk> *1938, <Sarajevo> (Bosna) *1957 today played as an Open, and <Havana>, sometimes also at other cuban venues (Capablanca Memorial) *1962; as well as the International Chess Festival of <Biel / Bienne>, plus for the first time in the world wide web, a wrap-up is featuring the legendary tournaments of <Banja Luka> (with stories about Kasparov, Chiburdanidze and Korchnoi) and <Lugano>, a big International Open Festival in the 1980s (among the winners are Sosonko, Seirawan and Korchnoi). People of all ages, from every region and walk of life, study and play it. Like all truly classic things, chess stands the test of time. I am deeply appreciated of the time and effort of all chess friends devoted to the development of the art of the royal game. I pay tribute to them and gratefully acknowledge their contributions in a link collection of informative chess websites: <http://www.chessdiagonals.ch/402840...> My homepage is strictly non-commercial, non-selling, has no political, religious, racial, sexual, or whatsoever hidden intention. Just enjoy. Happy boxing day, everyone! |
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| Jan-29-15 | | Tomlinsky: <December 2013, Switzerland, the small town of Wohlen not far from Zurich, 13:02 local time. In the canteen of the local old people’s clinic twenty or so patients are wearily watching us – a group of three people arrived from Moscow. Somehow you just don’t want to believe that Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi is living here now, which may explain the roundabout route we end up taking. Finally, a door on one of the upper floors opens: “Where on earth have you been – I’ve been waiting for you for a whole hour!” All’s well - “Viktor the Terrible” is still in a fighting mood after his stroke.> by Vlad Tkachiev - Is Ivanchuk a genius?
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/is... |
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| Jan-30-15 | | pcomanici: "Quote.....Imagine a baseball team in Russia challenging the World Series winner to a 7 game match and winning say in 5 or 6 games!! I hope I live for the day when Cuban baseball teams play in the "Major's. When a certain country dominates an activity year after year, then loses it, it creates havoc within that country!! Personally I'd LOVE to see another country compete and win the World Series. Just to show us how silly we have been calling it the World Series for all these years. When they do, THEN it can properly be titled such." As a "Cultured American" I agree. American professional sports are all about monopolizing that particular activity. They control the venues & players to maximize owner profits..... I try to explain world wide sports like FIFA with their relegation rules and how that makes a fair playing field. Yet my fellow American just don't get it. We are kinda Xenophobic when it comes to sports... If we can't dominated it, then it's a lame sport filled with whimps and losers... And we wonder why the rest of the world calls us ignorant??? Take Draws in professional Chess or Soccer/football... American's just don't understand it... makes their brains hurt just thinking about the concept.. lol |
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| Jan-30-15 | | Estoc: <Personally I'd LOVE to see another country compete and win the World Series.> You mean like Canada, when the Toronto Blue Jays won the World Series in 1992 and 1993? |
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| Feb-02-15 | | waustad: The Zurich Chess Festival will include a 4 round rapid match between Viktor Korchnoi and Wolfgang Uhlmann. With two of the most famous practicioners of the French Defense playing, perhaps we'll see a theoretical discussion. |
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| Feb-02-15 | | waustad: Maybe not. I looked and couldn't find a single game where either player played 1.) e4 against the other. |
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| Feb-02-15 | | lost in space: Would be so good to see Vik playing again. I don’t care what opening, if good or bad, short or long, against whom and why. |
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| Feb-09-15 | | NBAFan: Korchnoi will be back at the board against Wolfgang Ulhmann on February 15 and 16: http://chess-news.ru/en/node/17989
Best of luck! |
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Feb-10-15
 | | HeMateMe: From a recent interview with Karpov
"Korchnoi was also inspired by his wife to hate the enemy. Petra Leeuwerik did not tolerate anything connected to the Soviet Union. She showed this in her behavior and comments. Wasn't she sent to a Soviet camp?
Yes, but it is connected. She has spent the best years in a Soviet prison, but for good reason. She said so herself. She was - it seems to me not too successful - a spy. However, she only managed to work in this capacity for three days." Korchonoi's wife was a convicted spy who was sent to the gulag? First I've heard of this. |
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| Feb-10-15 | | Karposian: <HeMateMe: Korchonoi's wife was a convicted spy who was sent to the gulag? First I've heard of this.> I remember reading about Petra Leeuwerik in the book "The KGB Plays Chess" by Gulko & Korchnoi et al. Leeuwerik was a university student in East Germany shortly after the war and got arrested and deported to the Soviet Union were she was later tried and convicted for espionage. She spent several years in a gulag before being able to return to the West. She met Korchnoi and married him several years later, I think. I seem to remember from the book that she has always maintained her innocence. |
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| Feb-12-15 | | disasterion: Larsen on Korchnoi:
<Korchnoi is fantastic at calculating complex variations, especially when he is hard pressed; but he must analyse because his judgment when he doesn’t calculate is very bad – he has to get through a lot of variations before he knows what’s happening.> http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... |
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| Feb-15-15 | | NBAFan: Korchnoi and Uhlmann are currently tied at 1-1. During the first game, Korchnoi slipped into an inferior rook endgame, and lost. However, he made a recovery in Round 2, smoothly outplaying his opponent. The games can be found here:
http://en.chessbase.com/post/zurich... |
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Feb-15-15
| | HeMateMe: Larsen has a respectable record against Korchnoi, losing 6-4 with four draws, in classical chess. Impressive, not many have a good record against the Lazarus Leningrader. |
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| Feb-16-15 | | Andrijadj: Korchnoi played in total 12 world champions (Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, Carlsen)and won against 9 of them (all above except Kramnik and Anand). If Caruana, Svidler, Grischuk or Topalov ever become a WC (unified title, of course), Korchnoi will have played 13 world champions and have had victories against 10 of them, which is an absolute record. |
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