Karpov-Korchnoi: 40 years after

Today 40 years ago, on October 17th, 1978, a battle of nerves, which lasted over four months and 32 games, ended in Baguio City, the Philippines. The Soviet defector Viktor Korchnoi fought against the Soviet loyalist World Champion Anatoly Karpov for the chess world's highest title. We take a look at a few more details of the match, with photos and discussion of the new feature documentary "Closing Gambit" with producer Alan Byron. | Photos: Screenbound Pictures

Korchnoi Mirrored Sunglasses, 1978 World Chess championship : r/chess

Anatoly Karpov by Edward Winter

Korchnoi-Karpov (5th match-game, World Championship, Baguio 1978), with annotations by Averbakh.

Karpov - Korchnoi World Championship Match (1978) chess event

World Chess Championship 1984–1985 - Wikipedia

Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin (2018) - IMDb

World Chess Championship 1978 - Wikipedia

Anatoly Karpov by Edward Winter

Viktor Korchnoi, 1931-2016

Viktor Korchnoi (1931 to 2016) was a giant of the chess world with a career embracing seventy years and over 5,000 recorded games. He contested two

Korchnoi Year by Year: Volume I (1945-1968)

KORCHNOI AND KARPOV DRAW 80-MOVE 8TH GAME OF MATCH - The New York Times

Chess Grandmaster Karpov Hospitalized After Mysterious Fall

Chess: Korchnoi Show Determination But Allows Karpov to Draw - The New York Times

Viktor Korchnoi, chess grandmaster – obituary

Chess is my Life - Schachversand Niggemann