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A Legend Speaks:Part II

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Submitted by chessbibliophile on Fri, 07/03/2009 at 3:48am.

Korchnoi

 In his illustrious career Korchnoi has played a number of memorable games. For this review I have chosen his game against Kasparov from the DVD.Garry also annotated this game in brief for the Informant. I have made use of his comments as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Korchnoi calls this game a shameful encounter and says, Kasparov also concurs with his opinion. But it is marvelous entertainment for chess fans. Unfortunately, the game had an adverse psychological effect convincing him of Kasparov’s invincibility. He was never to win a game against Garry after this fateful encounter.

To return to the DVD, the database is also full of surprises. For starters, do not miss miniatures like the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Viewing this DVD should only serve as a beginning for understanding this great player. There is a lot more to know about Viktor and his eventful life. For instance, in this DVD he does not get to speak of the harrowing years of war, a moving account of which is found in his autobiography, Chess is my life (Edition Olms, 2004). It is also important to know that opponents like Karpov have a very different view of him. Don’t miss Anatoly’s book, Karpov on Karpov: Memoirs of a world champion (Atheneum 1992).

Highly Recommended.

Links:

http://www.chess.com/article/view/korchnoi-speaks

http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Annotated_Games/VictorisHisName.htm

http://www.chessville.com/reviews/MyBestGamesVol1_Korchnoi.htm

http://www.chessville.com/reviews/MyBestGamesVol2_Korchnoi.htm

http://www.amazon.com/Karpov-Memoirs-Chess-World-Champion/dp/0689120605

 

 

 

 

 

 

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by chessbibliophile - 2 months ago
Bangalore India
Member Since: May 2009
Member Points: 902

Dear friend,

Iam glad you liked it.

by pmrichard_93 - 2 months ago
CT United States
Member Since: Sep 2009
Member Points: 64

ty for the articele its really good

by chessbibliophile - 5 months ago
Bangalore India
Member Since: May 2009
Member Points: 902

Thank you for the appreciation. I can recognise only William Hartston (young man wearing the dark blazer) among others.

by vanmar - 5 months ago
opwijk Belgium
Member Since: Apr 2009
Member Points: 6

Thank you for the nice articele. In the picture I recognize next to the table Tom Furstenberg, author of the brilliant chess book "The Sorcerer's apprentice" about David Bronstein. And to his left IM Michel Jadoul.

 

Kind regards,

 
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