Viktor Korchnoi

Defected in 1976, challenged Karpov twice, and was still beating grandmasters at 80.

Career In The Collection

Head-to-Head Records

1000 Games · Page 1 of 5

• 1999 vs Pia Cramling Black Flamenco Veterans-Women E32 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Xie Jun White Flamenco Veterans-Women E99 1-0
• 1999 vs Maia Chiburdanidze Black Flamenco Veterans-Women E14 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Zhu Chen White Flamenco Veterans-Women D48 1-0
• 1999 vs Alisa Galliamova Black Flamenco Veterans-Women E12 0-1
• 1999 vs Pia Cramling White Flamenco Veterans-Women A59 1-0
• 1999 vs Xie Jun Black Flamenco Veterans-Women C08 1-0
• 1999 vs Maia Chiburdanidze White Flamenco Veterans-Women D53 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Zhu Chen Black Flamenco Veterans-Women D02 0-1
• 1999 vs Alisa Galliamova White Flamenco Veterans-Women D43 1-0
• 1999 vs Christopher Lutz Black Ehrat mem C11 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Christian Gabriel White Ehrat mem D43 1-0
• 1999 vs Raj Tischbierek Black Ehrat mem B10 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Vlastimil Hort White Ehrat mem D96 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Lothar Vogt Black Ehrat mem C05 0-1
• 1999 vs Christopher Lutz White Ehrat mem D37 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Christian Gabriel Black Ehrat mem A09 0-1
• 1999 vs Raj Tischbierek White Ehrat mem D43 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Ehrat mem C08 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Lothar Vogt White Ehrat mem E81 1-0
• 1999 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black FIDE-Wch k.o. D26 1-0
• 1999 vs Vladimir Kramnik White FIDE-Wch k.o. A32 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Sergey Dolmatov White FIDE-Wch k.o. g/15+10 A87 1-0
• 1999 vs Sergey Dolmatov Black FIDE-Wch k.o. g/15+10 B40 0-1
• 1999 vs Sergey Dolmatov Black FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10 C11 0-1
• 1999 vs Sergey Dolmatov White FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10 A87 0-1
• 1999 vs Sergey Dolmatov Black FIDE-Wch k.o. C65 1-0
• 1999 vs Sergey Dolmatov White FIDE-Wch k.o. A88 1-0
• 1999 vs Friso Nijboer White Sonsbeek SNS D85 1-0
• 1999 vs Xie Jun Black Sonsbeek SNS C08 1-0
• 1999 vs Matthew Sadler White Sonsbeek SNS D20 1-0
• 1999 vs Xie Jun White Sonsbeek SNS A65 1-0
• 1999 vs Friso Nijboer Black Sonsbeek SNS C11 0-1
• 1999 vs Matthew Sadler Black Sonsbeek SNS E43 1-0
• 1999 vs Miguel Illescas Cordoba White Dos Hermanas D85 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Veselin Topalov Black Dos Hermanas C11 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Dos Hermanas C12 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Peter Svidler White Dos Hermanas D85 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Dos Hermanas E18 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Dos Hermanas E05 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Michael Adams Black Dos Hermanas C67 1-0
• 1999 vs Judit Polgar White Dos Hermanas D85 1-0
• 1999 vs Boris Gelfand Black Dos Hermanas D26 1-0
• 1999 vs Boris Spassky Black St Petersburg m C48 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Boris Spassky White St Petersburg m A87 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Boris Spassky Black St Petersburg m C33 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Boris Spassky White St Petersburg m A59 1-0
• 1999 vs Boris Spassky White St Petersburg m D70 1-0
• 1999 vs Boris Spassky Black St Petersburg m C66 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Boris Spassky White St Petersburg m D85 0-1
• 1999 vs Boris Spassky Black St Petersburg m C02 0-1
• 1999 vs Boris Spassky Black St Petersburg m C02 1-0
• 1999 vs Boris Spassky White St Petersburg m D85 1-0
• 1999 vs Giorgi Bagaturov Black Hessen-ch int D27 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Vladimir Epishin Black Hessen-ch int D26 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Richard Gerber Black SWZ-chT E54 1-0
• 1999 vs Igor V Glek Black Hessen-ch int C11 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Michele Godena White SWZ-chT D23 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Ketino Kachiani Gersinska White Hessen-ch int E15 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Hansjuerg Kaenel White SWZ-chT A85 1/2-1/2
• 1999 vs Daniel J King Black SWZ-chT B14 1-0
• 1999 vs Ralf Lau White Hessen-ch int E15 1-0
• 1999 vs Damir Majer White Hessen-ch int E91 1-0
• 1999 vs Christian Senk Black Hessen-ch int A45 0-1
• 1999 vs Georg Seul White Hessen-ch int D06 1-0
• 1999 vs Peter Supplieth White Hessen-ch int B07 1-0
• 1998 vs Veselin Topalov White Tilburg Fontys E34 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Jeroen Piket Black Tilburg Fontys D40 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Tilburg Fontys D43 0-1
• 1998 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Tilburg Fontys A34 1-0
• 1998 vs Peter Svidler White Tilburg Fontys D71 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Matthew Sadler Black Tilburg Fontys E52 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Vadim Zvjaginsev White Tilburg Fontys D58 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Joel Lautier Black Tilburg Fontys E12 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Loek Van Wely Black Tilburg Fontys D33 1-0
• 1998 vs Michael Adams White Tilburg Fontys A14 0-1
• 1998 vs Peter Leko Black Tilburg Fontys C11 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Xie Jun Black Cancan Veterans-Women C02 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Ketevan Arakhamia White Cancan Veterans-Women A65 1-0
• 1998 vs Pia Cramling Black Cancan Veterans-Women D27 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Maia Chiburdanidze White Cancan Veterans-Women A21 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Nana Ioseliani Black Cancan Veterans-Women D29 0-1
• 1998 vs Zhu Chen White Cancan Veterans-Women D18 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Ketevan Arakhamia Black Cancan Veterans-Women B15 0-1
• 1998 vs Pia Cramling White Cancan Veterans-Women A57 1-0
• 1998 vs Maia Chiburdanidze Black Cancan Veterans-Women E32 0-1
• 1998 vs Nana Ioseliani White Cancan Veterans-Women D37 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Zhu Chen Black Cancan Veterans-Women D27 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Xie Jun White Cancan Veterans-Women A65 1-0
• 1998 vs Yannick Pelletier White Nagler mem A34 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Richard Forster Black Nagler mem C01 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Werner Hug White Nagler mem E80 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Florian Jenni Black Nagler mem B19 0-1
• 1998 vs Roger Moor White Nagler mem A16 1-0
• 1998 vs Yannick Pelletier Black Nagler mem E12 0-1
• 1998 vs Richard Forster White Nagler mem A65 1-0
• 1998 vs Werner Hug Black Nagler mem A48 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Florian Jenni White Nagler mem E82 1-0
• 1998 vs Roger Moor Black Nagler mem D02 0-1
• 1998 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Bad Homburg A13 0-1
• 1998 vs Zhu Chen White Bad Homburg D46 1-0
• 1998 vs Artur Jussupow Black Bad Homburg D58 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Eugenio Torre White Bad Homburg A21 1-0
• 1998 vs Eric Lobron Black Bad Homburg D34 0-1
• 1998 vs Peter Svidler White Bad Homburg D85 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Bent Larsen Black Bad Homburg D34 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Rustem Dautov White Bad Homburg E52 1-0
• 1998 vs Christian Gabriel White Bad Homburg D54 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Frankfurt Ordix op D20 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Eric Lobron Black Frankfurt Ordix op D05 1-0
• 1998 vs Andras Adorjan White Chess Classics Masters A59 1-0
• 1998 vs Alexander G Beliavsky Black Chess Classics Masters D24 1-0
• 1998 vs Lajos Portisch Black Chess Classics Masters D27 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Jan Timman White Chess Classics Masters E15 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Andras Adorjan Black Chess Classics Masters D31 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Valery Beim Black Chess Classics Masters D31 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Alexander G Beliavsky White Chess Classics Masters D37 0-1
• 1998 vs Robert Huebner Black Chess Classics Masters D31 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Artur Jussupow White Chess Classics Masters A26 1-0
• 1998 vs Valery Beim White Chess Classics Masters A88 0-1
• 1998 vs Robert Huebner White Chess Classics Masters D18 0-1
• 1998 vs Artur Jussupow Black Chess Classics Masters D27 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Lajos Portisch White Chess Classics Masters D37 1-0
• 1998 vs Jan Timman Black Chess Classics Masters E18 1-0
• 1998 vs Evgeny Bareev Black Sarajevo Bosnia E32 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Zdenko Kozul White Sarajevo Bosnia E81 1-0
• 1998 vs Predrag Nikolic White Sarajevo Bosnia A84 1-0
• 1998 vs Emir Dizdarevic Black Sarajevo Bosnia A30 0-1
• 1998 vs Smbat G Lputian White Sarajevo Bosnia E07 1-0
• 1998 vs Kiril Georgiev Black Sarajevo Bosnia A29 1-0
• 1998 vs Jeroen Piket White Sarajevo Bosnia D31 1-0
• 1998 vs Bojan Kurajica Black Sarajevo Bosnia D02 0-1
• 1998 vs Ivan Sokolov White Sarajevo Bosnia A20 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Xu Jun Black Anibal op 5th A17 1-0
• 1998 vs Marc Narciso Dublan White Anibal op 5th A85 1-0
• 1998 vs Sergio Estremera Panos Black Anibal op 5th E52 0-1
• 1998 vs Julian Estrada Nieto White Anibal op 5th A19 0-1
• 1998 vs Boris Alterman White Dresden zt A59 1-0
• 1998 vs Etienne Bacrot Black Cannes Generations E16 1-0
• 1998 vs Etienne Bacrot White Cannes Generations A20 1-0
• 1998 vs Fabrizio Bellia Black Bratto op C08 0-1
• 1998 vs Giulio Borgo White Bratto op D46 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Duilio Collutiis White Bratto op A57 1-0
• 1998 vs Goran Dizdar Black Dresden zt E16 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Sinisa Drazic White Bratto op D30 1-0
• 1998 vs Ivan Farago White Bratto op D38 0-1
• 1998 vs Joseph G Gallagher White Dresden zt E70 1-0
• 1998 vs Michele Godena Black Bratto op B18 0-1
• 1998 vs Aljosa Grosar Black Bratto op C02 0-1
• 1998 vs Dmitry Gurevich Black Bratto op D00 1-0
• 1998 vs Christopher Lutz Black Dresden zt C67 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Vadim Milov Black Dresden zt A28 0-1
• 1998 vs Kamil Miton Black Krynica m D20 1-0
• 1998 vs Kamil Miton White Krynica m A85 1-0
• 1998 vs Kamil Miton Black Krynica m E25 0-1
• 1998 vs Kamil Miton White Krynica m A85 1-0
• 1998 vs Kamil Miton Black Krynica m E25 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Kamil Miton White Krynica m A81 1-0
• 1998 vs Igor Alexandre Nataf Black Cannes Generations C01 0-1
• 1998 vs Igor Alexandre Nataf White Cannes Generations E99 0-1
• 1998 vs Dusko Pavasovic White Dresden zt D30 1-0
• 1998 vs Ruslan Ponomariov White Cannes Generations A13 1-0
• 1998 vs Ruslan Ponomariov Black Cannes Generations C47 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Lev Psakhis Black Dresden zt A28 0-1
• 1998 vs Tal Shaked Black Cannes Generations C45 1/2-1/2
• 1998 vs Tal Shaked White Cannes Generations A32 1-0
• 1998 vs Ilia Smirin White Dresden zt E94 0-1
• 1998 vs Ivan Sokolov Black Dresden zt E34 1-0
• 1998 vs Emil Sutovskij White Dresden zt D85 1-0
• 1998 vs Robert Zelcic White Dresden zt E11 0-1
• 1997 vs Nigel Short White FIDE-Wch k.o. D53 1/2-1/2
• 1997 vs Nigel Short White FIDE-Wch k.o. A10 0-1
• 1997 vs Nigel Short Black FIDE-Wch k.o. C00 1/2-1/2
• 1997 vs Nigel Short Black FIDE-Wch k.o. C00 1/2-1/2
• 1997 vs Nigel Short White FIDE-Wch k.o. A10 1/2-1/2
• 1997 vs Nigel Short Black FIDE-Wch k.o. C11 1/2-1/2
• 1997 vs Gilberto Hernandez Black FIDE-Wch k.o. C11 1/2-1/2
• 1997 vs Gilberto Hernandez White FIDE-Wch k.o. A53 1-0
• 1997 vs Amador Rodriguez White WchT 4th A46 1/2-1/2
• 1997 vs Alex Yermolinsky White WchT 4th E94 1/2-1/2
• 1997 vs Bogdan Lalic Black WchT 4th D27 1/2-1/2
• 1997 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White WchT 4th A16 1/2-1/2
• 1997 vs Pavel Kotsur Black WchT 4th C08 1/2-1/2
• 1997 vs Evgeny Bareev White WchT 4th D17 1/2-1/2
• 1997 vs Nigel Short Black WchT 4th B36 1/2-1/2
• 1997 vs Vladimir Akopian Black WchT 4th A34 1/2-1/2
• 1997 vs Etienne Bacrot Black Albert m D55 1/2-1/2
• 1997 vs Etienne Bacrot White Albert m A20 1-0
• 1997 vs Etienne Bacrot Black Albert m D41 1-0
• 1997 vs Etienne Bacrot White Albert m E55 1/2-1/2
• 1997 vs Etienne Bacrot Black Albert m D53 0-1
• 1997 vs Valery Beim Black Linz A17 1-0
• 1997 vs Oleg M Romanishin White Linz D85 1/2-1/2
• 1997 vs Markus Wach Black Linz C18 1/2-1/2
• 1997 vs Igor V Glek Black Linz C00 1-0
• 1997 vs Ian Rogers White Linz E91 1/2-1/2
• 1997 vs Zigurds Lanka White Linz E99 1/2-1/2
• 1997 vs Etienne Bacrot White Linz A29 1-0
• 1997 vs Valery Salov White St Petersburg A28 1/2-1/2
• 1997 vs Josif D Dorfman Black Enghien Les Bains D27 1/2-1/2

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