Chess is my life viktor korchnoi biography

chess is my life viktor korchnoi biography

Book Recap #20- Discussing GM Viktor Korchnoi's Chess Is My ...

    Viktor Korchnoi writes about his life, his childhood, his early start with chess, his life in USSR and later his life in Holland and Switzerland.
Victor Korchnoi is one of the greatest figures in chess history, which he has helped to shape for nearly 50 years now.
Korchnoi was born on 23 March 1931 in Leningrad, USSR, to a Jewish mother and a Polish-Catholic father.
Victor Korchnoi is one of the greatest figures in chess history, which he has helped to shape for nearly 50 years now.

Chess is My Life: Edition OLMS: Korchnoi, Victor ...

    Part biography, part history, and part chess instruction -- "Chess is My Life" is your chance to learn from a master.
Chess Is My Life: Autobiography and Games: Victor Korchnoi ...

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0:00- Why did we pick Korchnoi’s Chess is My Life?

Mentioned: Book Recap #17 of Bronstein’s Zurich 1953, Korchnoi’s Best Games Volume 1 and Volume 2

5:30- We go over Korchnoi’s amazing chess resume and exceptional life story. 

Mentioned: Caruana-Korchnoi 2011 

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17:00- We read a few excerpts from the Preface (by Kasparov), the Foreword(by GM Sergey Ivanov) and the Prologue by Korchnoi himself and discuss Korchnoi’s playing style. 

Mentioned: Book Recap #1 Life and Games of M

Viktor Korchnoi - Wikipedia

  • Part biography, part history, and part chess instruction - Chess is My Life is your chance to learn from a master.

    • Victor Korchnoi (1931-2016) - Chess

  • It is high time, therefore, to update Viktor Kortshnoi’s autobiography Chess is my life, which met with great interest on its publication more than 20 years ago.

    • Chess Is My Life: Viktor Korchnoi: 9780713410259: Books ...

      Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi[a] (Russian: Виктор Львович Корчной, IPA: [vʲiktər ˈlʲvovʲɪtɕ kɐrtɕˈnoj]; 23 March – 6 June ) was a Soviet (before ) and Swiss (after ) chess grandmaster (GM) and chess writer.

    Chess Is My Life: Autobiography and Games : Victor Korchnoi ...

  • Korchnoi's memories of his childhood in Leningrad, his years at university, his rise to the top of the chess world, and the years before and after his flight to the West are an impressive account of a life in chess.

    • Chess is My Life: Autobiography and Games: Korchnoi, Viktor ...

  • Viktor Korchnoi writes about his life, his childhood, his early start with chess, his life in USSR and later his life in Holland and Switzerland.

    • Chess Is My Life - Victor Korchnoi - Chess and Bridge

      Viktor Korchnoi's Chess is My Life was first published nearly 20 years ago; now, in a series of lengthy interviews, Korchnoi has retold the story of his life, right from the beginning.