Korchnoi's Chess Games
by David Levy /
1979 / English / PDF
13.2 MB Download
Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi, one of the world's two leading chess
players and five times candidate for the World Championship,
defected from the Soviet Union in 1976 at the age of forty-five and
now lives in Switzerland. Describing Korchnoi in his introduction
to this book, International Master Bill Hartston writes: '...
Korchnoi is unique. When he sits down to a game, he brings to bear
a combination of concentration, determination, and energy which no
other grandmaster can match.' Korchnoi's style of play is of
immense interest to spectators and chess enthusiasts because of his
great fighting spirit and his frequent battles against the chess
clock. Korchnoi's Chess Games comprises almost 1700 games played up
to the beginning of 1978 and is the most comprehensive and
systematic collection of this great player's games ever to be
published. The editors have included every available tournament and
match game played by Korchnoi since 1945, and there are a number of
miscellaneous games from blitz tournaments and simultaneous
exhibitions. With the exception of the introduction, which is
reproduced in a number of major languages, the entire work is
languageless. The games are given in figurine algebraic notation of
the form accepted by the International Chess Federation, with
internationally accepted symbols being used for annotation. The
annotations themselves are by a host of International Grandmasters
and Masters. Korchnoi's Chess Games should take its rightful place
on the bookshelves of every chess fan. With such a wealth of highly
original games, this book will provide almost unlimited
entertainment and instruction for chess players of any strength.
Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi, one of the world's two leading chess
players and five times candidate for the World Championship,
defected from the Soviet Union in 1976 at the age of forty-five and
now lives in Switzerland. Describing Korchnoi in his introduction
to this book, International Master Bill Hartston writes: '...
Korchnoi is unique. When he sits down to a game, he brings to bear
a combination of concentration, determination, and energy which no
other grandmaster can match.' Korchnoi's style of play is of
immense interest to spectators and chess enthusiasts because of his
great fighting spirit and his frequent battles against the chess
clock. Korchnoi's Chess Games comprises almost 1700 games played up
to the beginning of 1978 and is the most comprehensive and
systematic collection of this great player's games ever to be
published. The editors have included every available tournament and
match game played by Korchnoi since 1945, and there are a number of
miscellaneous games from blitz tournaments and simultaneous
exhibitions. With the exception of the introduction, which is
reproduced in a number of major languages, the entire work is
languageless. The games are given in figurine algebraic notation of
the form accepted by the International Chess Federation, with
internationally accepted symbols being used for annotation. The
annotations themselves are by a host of International Grandmasters
and Masters. Korchnoi's Chess Games should take its rightful place
on the bookshelves of every chess fan. With such a wealth of highly
original games, this book will provide almost unlimited
entertainment and instruction for chess players of any strength.