Viktor Korchnoi
Soviet era · Switzerland · 1931–2016
Defected in 1976, challenged Karpov twice, and was still beating grandmasters at 80.
Career In The Collection
1000Games
272Wins
501Draws
227Losses
52%Score
1951–1999Active
Head-to-Head Records
1000 Games · Page 4 of 5
- 1980 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Candidats sf2 A33 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Candidats sf2 A33 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Candidats sf2 E19 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Candidats sf2 A30 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Candidats sf2 A34 0-1
- 1980 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Candidats sf2 E19 0-1
- 1980 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Candidats sf2 A29 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Candidats sf2 A17 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Candidats sf2 A33 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Candidats sf2 E17 0-1
- 1980 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Candidats sf2 E17 1-0
- 1980 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Candidats sf2 E17 1-0
- 1980 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Candidats sf2 A33 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Candidats sf2 A33 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Nigel Short Black Phillips&Drew C77 0-1
- 1980 vs Jan Timman Black Hoogovens E12 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Jan Timman White Phillips&Drew E13 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Konex D36 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Lone Pine op A34 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Buenos Aires ol (Men) E55 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov Black World Championship 29th A34 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov White World Championship 29th E05 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov White World Championship 29th A22 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov Black World Championship 29th C80 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov Black World Championship 29th C82 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov White World Championship 29th D53 0-1
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov Black World Championship 29th C08 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov White World Championship 29th E42 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov Black World Championship 29th B15 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov Black World Championship 29th C82 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov Black World Championship 29th A21 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov Black World Championship 29th C83 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov White World Championship 29th A19 1-0
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov Black World Championship 29th B08 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov White World Championship 29th D36 1-0
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov Black World Championship 29th C82 0-1
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov Black World Championship 29th C80 1-0
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov White World Championship 29th E47 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov White World Championship 29th D37 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov White World Championship 29th D58 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov Black World Championship 29th A43 1-0
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov Black World Championship 29th A29 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov Black World Championship 29th C81 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov Black World Championship 29th C82 1-0
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov White World Championship 29th D37 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov White World Championship 29th A29 0-1
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov Black World Championship 29th C08 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov White World Championship 29th D37 1-0
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov White World Championship 29th B20 1-0
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov White World Championship 29th E06 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov White World Championship 29th E47 0-1
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov White World Championship 29th E42 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Miguel Najdorf White Hoogovens A30 1-0
- 1978 vs Lajos Portisch White Hoogovens D41 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Jan Timman White Hoogovens D85 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats qf1 E14 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats qf1 E05 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats qf1 E17 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats qf1 D41 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats qf1 E15 0-1
- 1977 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats qf1 A29 1-0
- 1977 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats qf1 E05 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats qf1 E19 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats qf1 D41 1-0
- 1977 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats qf1 D61 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats qf1 E05 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats qf1 D41 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Candidats sf1 D47 1-0
- 1977 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Candidats sf1 A17 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Candidats sf1 E11 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Candidats sf1 D47 1-0
- 1977 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Candidats sf1 D47 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Candidats sf1 A17 1-0
- 1977 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Candidats sf1 D02 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Candidats sf1 E19 0-1
- 1977 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Candidats sf1 D87 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Candidats sf1 A40 0-1
- 1977 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Candidats sf1 A21 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Candidats sf1 A17 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Candidats sf1 E11 1-0
- 1977 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats final C19 0-1
- 1977 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats final A33 1-0
- 1977 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats final D01 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats final A33 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats final C19 0-1
- 1977 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats final D58 0-1
- 1977 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats final C02 0-1
- 1977 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats final D34 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats final A10 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats final C19 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats final C18 0-1
- 1977 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats final E18 1-0
- 1977 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats final C26 1-0
- 1977 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats final A91 0-1
- 1977 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats final C18 1-0
- 1977 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats final D58 1-0
- 1977 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats final C19 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats final A33 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Jan Timman White NLD-ch A28 1-0
- 1976 vs David Bronstein Black Hastings7576 B74 1-0
- 1976 vs Jan Timman White Leeuwarden m A16 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Jan Timman Black Leeuwarden m C69 0-1
- 1976 vs Jan Timman Black Leeuwarden m C18 1-0
- 1976 vs Jan Timman Black Leeuwarden m E30 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Jan Timman White Leeuwarden m A10 1-0
- 1976 vs Jan Timman White Leeuwarden m E94 1-0
- 1976 vs Jan Timman Black Leeuwarden m C19 0-1
- 1976 vs Jan Timman White Leeuwarden m A86 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Efim Geller Black Moscow C08 1-0
- 1975 vs Tigran Petrosian White Moscow E07 1-0
- 1975 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-chT A26 0-1
- 1975 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-chT D79 1-0
- 1975 vs Boris Spassky White Moscow D58 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Mikhail Tal White Moscow A40 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Nice olm fin-A D71 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov White Candidats final A17 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Candidats final B78 1-0
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov White Candidats final A17 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Candidats final C09 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov White Candidats final E18 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Candidats final C09 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Candidats final C42 1-0
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Candidats final D25 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Candidats final C09 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov White Candidats final E17 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov White Candidats final A29 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Candidats final C09 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov White Candidats final A46 1-0
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov White Candidats final A11 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov White Candidats final E04 0-1
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov White Candidats final E17 1-0
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov White Candidats final E17 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Candidats final C09 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Candidats final C09 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov White Candidats final E17 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Candidats final C09 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Candidats final E03 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Candidats final C70 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov White Candidats final A17 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats sf2 D79 1-0
- 1974 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats sf2 A17 1-0
- 1974 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats sf2 A17 1-0
- 1974 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats sf2 D03 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats sf2 B39 1-0
- 1974 vs Jan Timman Black Nice olm fin-A C19 0-1
- 1973 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch41 E97 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Leningrad Interzonal E99 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Leningrad Interzonal B08 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Anatoly Karpov White URS-ch41 A05 0-1
- 1973 vs Paul Keres Black URS-ch41 C80 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Bent Larsen Black Leningrad Interzonal A20 0-1
- 1973 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch41 D91 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch41 E56 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch41 C97 1-0
- 1973 vs Boris Spassky White URS-ch41 E42 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Mikhail Tal Black Leningrad Interzonal A30 0-1
- 1973 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch41 C09 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-chT Moscow D13 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-chT Moscow E18 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black IBM A34 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Palma de Mallorca E18 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-chT Moscow A36 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Jan Timman White IBM D78 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs David Bronstein Black Moscow B87 0-1
- 1971 vs Efim Geller White Candidats qf2 E60 1-0
- 1971 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats qf2 B85 0-1
- 1971 vs Efim Geller White Candidats qf2 E97 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats qf2 B81 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats qf2 B78 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats qf2 B78 1-0
- 1971 vs Efim Geller White Candidats qf2 D58 1-0
- 1971 vs Efim Geller White Candidats qf2 E97 1-0
- 1971 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Hoogovens E41 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Hastings7172 E42 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Anatoly Karpov White Moscow A30 0-1
- 1971 vs Anatoly Karpov White Hastings7172 A47 1-0
- 1971 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Hastings7172 D94 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Miguel Najdorf White Hoogovens D41 1-0
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian White Moscow D60 0-1
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats sf2 E15 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian White Hoogovens A07 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats sf2 E11 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats sf2 D75 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats sf2 A09 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats sf2 A20 1-0
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats sf2 E02 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats sf2 D40 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats sf2 E35 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats sf2 E17 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats sf2 E11 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Moscow A15 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Boris Spassky White Moscow E08 1-0
- 1971 vs Mikhail Tal Black Moscow C07 0-1
- 1970 vs David Bronstein Black Herceg Novi blitz C02 1-0
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer Black Rovinj/Zagreb B88 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer White Herceg Novi blitz E97 0-1
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer Black Herceg Novi blitz C19 0-1
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Rovinj/Zagreb E41 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Anatoly Karpov White URS-ch38 Riga A34 1-0
- 1970 vs Tigran Petrosian White Rovinj/Zagreb E19 1/2-1/2
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