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Master Class Vol.15 - Viktor Korchnoi and My life for chess by Dr. Karsten Müller, Mihail Marin, Oliver Reeh, Yannick Pelletier

Master Class Vol.15 - Viktor Korchnoi and My life for chess by Dr. Karsten Müller, Mihail Marin, Oliver Reeh, Yannick Pelletier

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Master Class Vol.15 - Viktor Korchnoi and My life for chess by Dr. Karsten Müller, Mihail Marin, Oliver Reeh, Yannick Pelletier

Viktor Korchnoi (born in 1931 in Leningrad) is one of the great players in chess history. He first qualified for a Candidates Tournament for the World Championship as early as 1962, and subsequently took part many times in further Candidates Matches. His final candidates match was against Kasparov in 1983. For decades Korchnoi belonged to the absolute world elite. In the late 1970s he was number two in the world rankings behind Anatoly Karpov.

Master Class Vol.15 - Viktor Korchnoi

Viktor Korchnoi (born in 1931 in Leningrad) is one of the great players in chess history. He first qualified for a Candidates Tournament for the World Championship as early as 1962, and subsequently took part many times in further Candidates Matches. His final candidates match was against Kasparov in 1983. For decades Korchnoi belonged to the absolute world elite. In the late 1970s he was number two in the world rankings behind Anatoly Karpov.

After Korchnoi fled the USSR as a dissident in 1976, he engaged in two exciting and politically heated competitions for the world championship against Karpov, in 1978 and 1981. In 1978, Korchnoi lost by a narrow margin. He continued to play at a high level in many tournaments well into his later years. He cultivated a very combative, concrete style, and was a master of defence. He gladly accepted sacrifices, or won and then defended a material advantage until victory. Korchnoi had outstanding knowledge of the endgame, and was probably the world’s best expert on rook endgames. In this video course, experts including Yannick Pelletier, Mihail Marin, Karsten Müller and Oliver Reeh, examine the games of Viktor Korchnoi. Let them show you which openings Korchnoi chose to play, where his strength in middlegames were, or how he outplayed his opponents in the endgame. Finally, you’ll get a glimpse of his tactical abilities in the Tactics section. This edition features an additional video by Yannick Pelletier, who looks back on Korchnoi’s life, and shares the memory of his experiences with one of the greatest players of all time.

• Video running time: 7 hours 53 minutes(English)
• Interactive tactics test with video feedback
• “Korchnoi Powerbooks”: Korchnoi’s opening repertoire as a variation tree
• Tactical training with 24 games
• Extra video by Yannick Pelletier

My life for chess

Viktor Korchnoi ( 1931 - 2016 ) was undoubtedly one of the most fascinating personalities in the chess world. The two-time World Championship finalist played successful and attractive chess, even into old age. In 2006 he visited ChessBase and recorded his video biography “My life for chess”. With these recordings Korchnoi created a living memorial to himself and his great chess career. This historical document is now available again: remastered by ChessBase, playable on many platforms (Windows, Mac) or as a stream and supplemented with a game database.

Korchnoi presents many of his most brilliant efforts from the years 1949-2005, among them, games against Smyslov, Geller, Tal, Huebner, Karpov, Kasparov, Spassky and Short. In each case Korchnoi describes in detail the story of the game, never beating around the bush, sometimes criticising his opponents harshly, but also lavishing praise on them when due. Embedded in the game commentaries are many details of Korchnoi’s biography; for instance, before commenting on his game against Spassky, the veteran speaks extensively about his personal relationship with the exworld champion. Throughout these lectures, you can feel Korchnoi’s enduring love for chess. Whenever the great master gets to the heart of an opening (King’s Indian, English and French) or shows an astonishing move, one can see the joy sparkling in his eyes. Little wonder – no other chess genius has lived chess as intensively as “Viktor the Terrible”. A must-have for every chess fan!

• Video running time: 7 hours 36 minutes(English)
• Database with more than 5,000 games by Viktor Korchnoi/p>

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Master Class Vol.15 - Viktor Korchnoi

My life for chess

    Master Class Vol.15 - Viktor Korchnoi

  1. Introduction
  2. Short biography
  3. Viktor Korchnoi Spotlight
  4. Opening
  5. Introduction
  6. Leningrad Dutch
  7. King's Indian Defence
  8. Classical Openings
  9. English Opening
  10. Black vs 1.d4
  11. Black vs 1.e4
  12. Conclusion
  13. Strategy
  14. Introduction
  15. Kortschnoj-Petrosian 1980
  16. Korchnoi-Petrosian, Candidates 1980
  17. Kortschnoj-Jussupov 1981
  18. Korchnoi-Jussupow, Lone Pine 1981
  19. Karpov-Kortschnoj 1978
  20. Karpov-Korchnoi, World Championship Game 28 1978
  21. Gruenfeld-Kortschnoj 1985
  22. Gruenfeld-Korchnoi, Brussels 1985
  23. Kortschnoj-Polugaevsky 1987
  24. Korchnoi-Polugaevsky, Candidates 1977
  25. Kortschnoj-Plakhetka 1969
  26. Korchnoi-Plachetka, Luhacovice International 1969
  27. Caruana-Kortschnoj 2011
  28. Caruana-Korchnoi, Gibraltar 2011
  29. Tactics 1-10
  30. Korchnoi-Shapkin 1949
  31. Korchnoi-Cherepkov 1953
  32. Korchnoi-Gusev 1956
  33. Fuchs-Korchnoi 1965
  34. Byrne-Korchnoi 1967
  35. Corral-Korchnoi 1968
  36. Kozma-Korchnoi 1969
  37. Korchnoi-Balashov 1971
  38. Korchnoi-Ree 1972
  39. Ivanov-Korchnoi 1973
  40. Tactics 11-20
  41. Korchnoi-Karpov 1974
  42. Langeweg-Korchnoi 1976
  43. Huss-Korchnoi 1979
  44. Sigurjonsson-Korchnoi 1980
  45. Korchnoi-Huebner 1981
  46. Portisch-Korchnoi 1983
  47. Korchnoi-Beliavsky 1990
  48. Korchnoi-Timman 1991
  49. Korchnoi-Wade 1992
  50. Korchnoi-Romanishin 1992
  51. Tactics 21-25
  52. Ballmann-Korchnoi 1995
  53. Fressinet-Korchnoi 1996
  54. Korchnoi-Lepelletier 1996
  55. Korchnoi-Bach 1997
  56. Korchnoi-Solak 2002
  57. Endgames
  58. Introduction
  59. Rook endings
  60. The cut-off
  61. Reaching the Lucena position
  62. The rook belongs behind the passed-pawn
  63. Kasparov's king advance
  64. Kasparov's king retreat
  65. Korchnoi's king
  66. The power of the passed e-pawn
  67. The power of connected passed pawns
  68. Races with hurdles
  69. The world championship match Karpov-Korchnoi Baguio City 1978
  70. The will to win
  71. Karpov's cut off
  72. Deep problems
  73. Korchnoi's initiative
  74. Karpov's drawing zone
  75. Rook vs bishop
  76. The dangerous corner
  77. A non-standard draw
  78. Powerplay on the light squares
  79. Powerplay on the dark squares
  80. Rook and knight vs rook
  81. Coordination problems
  82. Queen endgame
  83. Queen plus h- and f-pawn win against queen
  84. Knight vs bishop endgame
  85. Zugzwang is the sharpest endgame weapon
  86. The knight strikes back
  87. Bonus
  88. Training Questions
  89. All Games
  90. Korchnoi book with White
  91. Korchnoi book with Black

    My life for chess

  1. Part 1: 1949 - 1979
  2. Golenichev - Korchnoi 1949
  3. Smyslov - Korchnoi 1952
  4. Korchnoi - Geller 1954
  5. Korchnoi - Tal 1962
  6. Korchnoi - Udovcic 1967
  7. Navara - Korchnoi 2004
  8. Korchnoi - Huebner 1973
  9. Korchnoi - Karpov 1978
  10. Filguth - Korchnoi 1979
  11. Part 2: 1986 - 2004
  12. Kasparov - Korchnoi 1986
  13. Korchnoi - Spassky 1989
  14. Korchnoi - Piket 1992; Korchnoi - Gallagher 1998
  15. Van der Wiel - Korchnoi 1991
  16. Korchnoi - Short 1990
  17. Korchnoi - Onischuk 1997
  18. Felgaer - Kortchnoi 2002
  19. Korchnoi - Moskalenko 2004
  20. Extra
  21. Interview
  22. All Games


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