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Viktor Korchnoi

1931 - 2016

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Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi (Russian: Виктор Львович Корчной, IPA: [vʲiktər ˈlʲvovʲɪtɕ kɐrtɕˈnoj]; 23 March 1931 – 6 June 2016) was a Soviet (before 1976) and Swiss (after 1980) chess grandmaster (GM) and chess writer. He is considered one of the strongest players never to have become World Chess Champion. Born in Leningrad, Korchnoi defected to the Netherlands in 1976, and resided in Switzerland from 1978, becoming a Swiss citizen. Korchnoi played four matches against GM Anatoly Karpov, three of which were official. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Viktor Korchnoi is the 21st most popular chess player (down from 20th in 2019), the 262nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 303rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Russian Chess Player.

Viktor Korchnoi is most famous for being a chess grandmaster and a three-time world chess champion.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Viktor Korchnoi ranks 21 out of 461. Before him are Howard Staunton, Frank Marshall, Paul Morphy, Adolf Anderssen, Paul Keres, and Nona Gaprindashvili. After him are Ruy López de Segura, Samuel Reshevsky, Siegbert Tarrasch, Judit Polgár, Vera Menchik, and Akiba Rubinstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Viktor Korchnoi ranks 53. Before him are Khieu Samphan, John Gavin, John le Carré, Nawal El Saadawi, Kakuichi Mimura, and William Shatner. After him are Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Hamilton O. Smith, Michael Lonsdale, Caterina Valente, Takashi Takabayashi, and Jim Jones. Among people deceased in 2016, Viktor Korchnoi ranks 51. Before him are George Kennedy, Vera Rubin, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Reinhard Selten, Bernardo Provenzano, and Esma Redžepova. After him are Gene Wilder, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Michael Cimino, Yasuo Takamori, Vesna Vulović, and George Gaynes.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Viktor Korchnoi ranks 262 out of 3,761. Before him are Aleksey Kuropatkin (1848), Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg (1599), Alexandre Kojève (1902), Vasily Blyukher (1889), Algirdas Julien Greimas (1917), and Johann Georg Hamann (1730). After him are Viktor Vasnetsov (1848), Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia (1891), Igor Kurchatov (1903), Viktor Chernomyrdin (1938), Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1804), and Vladimir Ashkenazy (1937).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Russia

Among chess players born in Russia, Viktor Korchnoi ranks 6. Before him are Boris Spassky (1937), Alexander Alekhine (1892), Mikhail Botvinnik (1911), Anatoly Karpov (1951), and Vasily Smyslov (1921). After him are Vera Menchik (1906), Mikhail Chigorin (1850), Savielly Tartakower (1887), Olga Rubtsova (1909), Yuri Averbakh (1922), and Andor Lilienthal (1911).

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