Master Class Band 15 - Viktor Kortschnoi Klassiker instructive and joyful

instructive and joyful

' said Grandmaster Simen Agdestein

Special positions

Instead of subjecting himself to the so-called “Spanish torture” of the Closed Ruy Lopez

Master Class Band 15 - Viktor Kortschnoi Klassiker instructive and joyfulViktor Korchnoi (1931 2016) is one of the greatest players in chess history. He qualified for a Candidates Tournament for the first time in 1962 and then took part in many more Candidates Matches for the World Championship. He played his last Candidates Match in 1983 against Kasparov. Korchnoi was among the absolute world elite for decades. In the late 1970s he was number two in the world rankings behind Anatoly Karpov.