... who can't control their temper, when they lose a game of blitz. Check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9k5oBgaZGI&feature=related

I already knew Korchnoi to be a cantankerous old goat, but this takes the biscuit. I'll have to re-evaluate my impressions of Korchnoi, after that shocking display of bad manners. How embarassing for him (not losing to a young girl) the tantrum afterwards!

She flagged him whilst pawns down in a rook and pawn ending, i would have resigned and shown the guy some respect!

Gumpty my mate, you're a grown man who plays chess socially. Korchnoi's opponent was a child with ambition. Time is an element in speed chess, flagging whilst ahead happens to all of us, he could have shown more grace.

The Petrosian was crying, when he got a news, that the Korchnoi will be his next opponent on the Pretenders Match!

How hard should it be to show a little class?  It was just a speed game.   He may have had an edge, but he lost on time.  He lost.

Who was the worse between the two? Unless I misunderstood the situation, it seemd like Susan (EDIT: It was Sofia... thanks Much_Afraid) unleashed an unprovoked verbal attack against Korchnoi.

"I was afraid to lose the respect, but now... [inaudible]" ... "Excuse me but I won the game... [inaudible]"

Unless there was some backstory to this vignette that could possible justify this, it would seem to me that Susan (EDIT: Sofia) was the instagator. No? Does anyone know more about this?

Maybe she meant: I should have resigned and therefore I am afraid that I lose your respect.

Maybe so, Gert-Jan. In which case Korchnoi sorely misunderstood the context of her words (as did I).