Chess is my Life

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Victor Korchnoi is one of the greatest figures in chess history, which he has helped to shape for the last 50 years. At the beginning of the 21'" century, the aggressive style of this now over 70-years old is undiminished and as awe-inspiring as ever. At tournaments with numerous entrants, the naturalised Swiss citizen leaves world-class players, young enough to be his grandchildren, far behind him.
It is high time, therefore, to update Victor Korchnoi's autobiography. The memories of his childhood during the siege of Leningrad, his time as a student at the university of his native city (now St Petersburg), his rise to the top of the major chess power, the USSR, and the years before and after his defection to the West in 1976 are also of significance as contemporary documents of a life spent in the former Soviet Union. This volume includes many photographs as well as several games, with typical Korchnoi-style comments, which have been of decisive importance in his brilliant... Tovább

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Victor Korchnoi is one of the greatest figures in chess history, which he has helped to shape for the last 50 years. At the beginning of the 21'" century, the aggressive style of this now over 70-years old is undiminished and as awe-inspiring as ever. At tournaments with numerous entrants, the naturalised Swiss citizen leaves world-class players, young enough to be his grandchildren, far behind him.
It is high time, therefore, to update Victor Korchnoi's autobiography. The memories of his childhood during the siege of Leningrad, his time as a student at the university of his native city (now St Petersburg), his rise to the top of the major chess power, the USSR, and the years before and after his defection to the West in 1976 are also of significance as contemporary documents of a life spent in the former Soviet Union. This volume includes many photographs as well as several games, with typical Korchnoi-style comments, which have been of decisive importance in his brilliant chess career. Also included is a CD-ROM (in ChessBase format) which gives a complete record of his 4280 games.
"In all of chess history you cannot find another player with his long-lived discipline, vigour, and ferocity Korchnoi, even in his seventh decade, is still looking for the chess truth. He still wants to play big games with big ideas. He is one of the greatest truth-seekers." Garry Kasparov Vissza