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 5 of 5
- 1970 vs Lajos Portisch White Belgrade URS-World C90 0-1
- 1970 vs Lajos Portisch White Belgrade URS-World C95 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Lajos Portisch Black Belgrade URS-World A33 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Lajos Portisch Black Belgrade URS-World E55 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Herceg Novi blitz A07 1-0
- 1970 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Herceg Novi blitz E51 1-0
- 1970 vs Vasily Smyslov White Rovinj/Zagreb C93 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Mikhail Tal Black Herceg Novi blitz C08 1-0
- 1969 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Capablanca mem E97 0-1
- 1969 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Sarajevo D89 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Paul Keres White Luhacovice E15 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Bent Larsen Black Palma de Mallorca A11 1-0
- 1969 vs Miguel Najdorf White Palma de Mallorca E56 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Palma de Mallorca A32 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky Black Palma de Mallorca A36 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Palma de Mallorca E58 0-1
- 1968 vs Bent Larsen Black Palma de Mallorca D42 0-1
- 1968 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Palma de Mallorca A09 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Lajos Portisch White Hoogovens C72 0-1
- 1968 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Candidats qf1 E46 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Candidats qf1 A07 1-0
- 1968 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Candidats qf1 B25 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Candidats qf1 C93 1-0
- 1968 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Candidats qf1 E46 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Candidats qf1 E19 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Candidats qf1 E53 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Candidats qf1 E08 1-0
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky White Palma de Mallorca E16 1-0
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats final A27 0-1
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats final B40 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats final D42 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats final D31 1-0
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats final A14 0-1
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats final B23 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats final E83 1-0
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats final E51 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats final C98 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats final D31 0-1
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal White Hoogovens E51 1-0
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats sf1 E19 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats sf1 E53 1-0
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats sf1 C98 0-1
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats sf1 D42 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats sf1 A87 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats sf1 B35 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats sf1 C86 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats sf1 E19 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats sf1 E06 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats sf1 E05 0-1
- 1967 vs Bobby Fischer White Sousse Interzonal+ A35 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Efim Geller Black Budva C83 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Efim Geller White Sousse Interzonal E54 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Sousse Interzonal E98 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Budva D71 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Paul Keres Black URS-chT D41 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Bent Larsen White Sousse Interzonal E21 1-0
- 1967 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-chT E05 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Lajos Portisch White Sousse Interzonal C91 1-0
- 1967 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Sousse Interzonal E51 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Vasily Smyslov White Moscow-Leningrad m D94 0-1
- 1967 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Moscow-Leningrad m E03 1-0
- 1967 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-chT E53 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Mikhail Tal White Budva E53 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch34 A13 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch34 E96 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Moscow Training E12 1-0
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian White Moscow Training C86 0-1
- 1966 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch34 A36 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Sochi A17 1-0
- 1966 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-chT A05 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch34 A34 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky White Sochi E43 1-0
- 1965 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch33 A10 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black URS-JUG D27 0-1
- 1965 vs Paul Keres White URS-ch33 A46 0-1
- 1965 vs Tigran Petrosian White Moscow-Leningrad E50 1-0
- 1965 vs Tigran Petrosian White Yerevan E32 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Moscow-Leningrad C83 0-1
- 1965 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch33 A38 1-0
- 1965 vs Lajos Portisch White Yerevan E05 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch32 C65 1-0
- 1964 vs David Bronstein Black Belgrade D87 1-0
- 1964 vs David Bronstein White Moscow zt E06 1-0
- 1964 vs David Bronstein Black Moscow zt D24 1-0
- 1964 vs Efim Geller White Moscow zt D55 1-0
- 1964 vs Efim Geller Black Moscow zt D27 0-1
- 1964 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Belgrade E64 1-0
- 1964 vs Bent Larsen White Belgrade C05 1-0
- 1964 vs Boris Spassky White Moscow zt A54 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Boris Spassky Black Moscow zt E18 1-0
- 1964 vs Boris Spassky White Belgrade E46 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch32 D42 1-0
- 1963 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch31 A17 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Efim Geller Black Capablanca mem C88 1-0
- 1963 vs Efim Geller White URS Spartakiad E89 0-1
- 1963 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch31 A39 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Svetozar Gligoric White JUG-URS E64 1-0
- 1963 vs Paul Keres Black URS-chT A30 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS Spartakiad A30 0-1
- 1963 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch31 A25 1-0
- 1963 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS Spartakiad E12 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch31 A30 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Mikhail Tal White Capablanca mem D47 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs David Bronstein Black URS-chT C83 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs David Bronstein White URS-chT D25 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Bobby Fischer Black Candidats Tournament B88 0-1
- 1962 vs Bobby Fischer White Candidats Tournament E62 0-1
- 1962 vs Bobby Fischer White Candidats Tournament A43 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Bobby Fischer Black Candidats Tournament B09 0-1
- 1962 vs Bobby Fischer Black Stockholm Interzonal C91 1-0
- 1962 vs Efim Geller White Candidats Tournament E60 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Efim Geller White Candidats Tournament D71 0-1
- 1962 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats Tournament C83 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Efim Geller Black Stockholm Interzonal B05 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats Tournament D29 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Stockholm Interzonal C93 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament E03 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament B48 1-0
- 1962 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament A23 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament D34 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats Tournament C90 0-1
- 1962 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats Tournament D23 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Tigran Petrosian White Stockholm Interzonal B18 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats Tournament A31 1-0
- 1962 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats Tournament C97 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Lajos Portisch Black Stockholm Interzonal A12 1-0
- 1962 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch30 D42 0-1
- 1962 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats Tournament D41 0-1
- 1962 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats Tournament B48 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats Tournament C83 0-1
- 1962 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch30 A62 1-0
- 1961 vs David Bronstein Black Maroczy mem A48 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch28 D85 0-1
- 1961 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch28 D34 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch28 D83 1-0
- 1961 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch28 E55 1-0
- 1961 vs Lajos Portisch Black Maroczy mem E52 0-1
- 1961 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch28 B36 1-0
- 1961 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch28 B48 0-1
- 1960 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch27 A17 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Bobby Fischer Black Buenos Aires B21 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch27 B03 0-1
- 1960 vs Efim Geller White URS-chT E72 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Buenos Aires E64 1-0
- 1960 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Santa Fe B47 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Paul Keres White URS-chT E50 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch27 A16 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch27 D97 0-1
- 1960 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Moscow CCCT E54 1-0
- 1960 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Buenos Aires E60 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-chT D94 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Moscow CCCT B70 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch27 D79 0-1
- 1960 vs Boris Spassky White URS-ch27 D22 1-0
- 1959 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch26 D36 1-0
- 1959 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch26 E69 1-0
- 1959 vs Paul Keres Black URS-ch26 B92 1-0
- 1959 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch26 D61 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-chT D36 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch26 E55 1-0
- 1959 vs Boris Spassky White URS-ch26 B11 0-1
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch26 B94 0-1
- 1958 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch25 C08 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch25 C97 1-0
- 1958 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch25 D54 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Sochi B94 0-1
- 1958 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch25 D95 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch25 C16 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch25 C18 0-1
- 1957 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch24 E60 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Svetozar Gligoric White URS-JUG E86 0-1
- 1957 vs Paul Keres White URS-ch24 A23 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch24 D79 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch sf B50 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch24 D34 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch24 C10 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Svetozar Gligoric White JUG-URS E60 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch sf A38 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch sf D29 1-0
- 1956 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch23 D31 1-0
- 1956 vs Boris Spassky White URS-ch23 A49 1-0
- 1956 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch sf E81 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch23 A19 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White URS-ch22 A04 0-1
- 1955 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch22 E30 0-1
- 1955 vs Paul Keres Black URS-ch22 B70 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch22 D45 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch22 E18 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch22 D88 1-0
- 1955 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch sf C83 0-1
- 1954 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch21 B64 1-0
- 1954 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-chTJ Coop D88 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch21 E60 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-chTJ Coop E06 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White URS-ch20 A11 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch20 C50 0-1
- 1952 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch20 C58 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Paul Keres Black URS-ch20 A89 1-0
- 1952 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch20 A31 0-1
- 1951 vs Vasily Smyslov White Chigorin mem C50 1/2-1/2
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