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

Anatoly Karpov: 12th World Chess Champion

CHESS; KARPOV DEFEATS KORCHNOI IN SECOND CHESS GAME - The New York Times

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

Douglas Griffin on X: World Champion Anatoly Karpov on his return to USSR after victory in match v. Viktor Korchnoi at Baguio City, 1978. (Source: TASS) #chess / X

World Chess Championship 1978 - Wikipedia

The chess games of Viktor Korchnoi

Anatoly Karpov by Edward Winter

Karpov - Korchnoi World Championship Match (1981) chess event

Russian chess grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi dies - Stabroek News

Kasparov - Karpov World Championship Match (1987) chess event

The dirtiest chess match in history': Stean on Karpov-Korchnoi, 1978

The Greatest Antagonism: Karpov vs. Kasparov - Woochess-Let's chess

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Viktor Korchnoi