Károlyi/Renette: Korchnoi Year by Year: Volume I 1945-1968 (paperback) ushopaid_bundle_product It is no wonder that

It is no wonder that the grandmaster with such profound practical endgame knowledge

led him to study for a degree in psychology

The legendary Bobby Fischer would likely vote for the bishop

This book traces the extraordinary life of this chess master as far as the limited sources allow

Solution diagrams for all tasks make it possible for even inexperienced players to solve almost everything easily from the page

Károlyi/Renette: Korchnoi Year by Year: Volume I 1945-1968 (paperback) ushopaid_bundle_product It is no wonder thatViktor Korchnoi (1931 to 2016) was a giant of the chess world with a career embracing seventy years and over 5,000 recorded games. He contested two world championship matches against Anatoly Karpov, coming within a whisker of being crowned World Champion in 1978. He was a world championship candidate, Soviet champion and Olympiad medal winner on numerous occasions. In this first of four volumes on Viktor Korchnois chess career, FIDE Master Hans