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4 days ago · [30] With the exception of the American Bobby Fischer in 1972, Soviet citizens won every championship from 1948 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. With the further exception of Viktor Korchnoi, who had defected from the USSR in 1976, each challenger was also a Soviet citizen.
2 days ago · He was a replacement for the Soviet defector Viktor Korchnoi, who was originally invited but withdrew due to the threat of a boycott from the Soviets. [34] Kasparov won this high-class tournament, emerging with a provisional rating of 2595, enough to catapult him to the top group of chess players (at the time, number 15 in the world ...
2 days ago · Players in the first six places qualified for the Candidates Tournament, the winner of which would have the right to challenge the world champion ( Mikhail Botvinnik) for the crown. By the way, Cuellar showed himself to be no pushover – in the second round he beat Viktor Korchnoi.
7 hours ago · FIDE World Chess Championship 1998. The FIDE World Chess Championship 1998 was contested in a match between the FIDE World Champion Anatoly Karpov and the challenger Viswanathan Anand. The match took place between 2 January and 9 January 1998 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The challenger was determined in a tournament held in Groningen, Netherlands ...
1 day ago · Blitz Top-100 chess players in the world including Carlsen, Nakamura, Firouzja, So, Duda, Giri, Aronian and immediate updates of their ratings and rankings.
4 days ago · La historia de Viktor Korchnoi es un testimonio de que la perseverancia, el esfuerzo continuo y la resiliencia son fundamentales para alcanzar el éxito en el Ajedrez y en cualquier otro ámbito de la vida.
5 days ago · Live Chess Ratings for players with Elo ratings of 2700. You may review the latest games played by top players, download their games (PGN), follow big chess tournaments, and get a widget for Top 10 chess players in the world. Also included are FIDE blitz and rapid ratings, twitter @2700chess, and live games.
