| LC control no. | n 79063395 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Korchnoĭ, Viktor, 1931-2016 |
| Variant(s) | Kortchnoï, Victor, 1931-2016 Kortsjnoi, Viktor, 1931-2016 Korchnoĭ, Viktor Lʹvovich, 1931-2016 Korchnoi, Victor, 1931-2016 Kortschnoi, Viktor, 1931-2016 Корчной, Виктор, 1931-2016 Корчной, Виктор Львович, 1931-2016 |
| Associated country | Soviet Union Switzerland |
| Birth date | 1931-03-23 |
| Death date | 2016-06-06 |
| Place of birth | Saint Petersburg (Russia) |
| Place of death | Switzerland |
| Field of activity | Chess |
| Profession or occupation | Defectors Chess players |
| Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script references not evaluated. |
| Found in | Hartston, W. P. Karpov-Korchnoĭ 1974, 1974. Sauvageot, J. En direct de Merano, c1981: cover (Kortchnoï) p. 3, etc. (Victor Kortchnoï) His Antishakhmaty, 1981: t.p. (Viktor Korchnoĭ) added t.p. (Viktor Korchnoi) Antishakhmaty, 1992: t.p. (Viktor Korchnoĭ) t.p. verso (Korchnoĭ V.L.) colophon (Viktor Lʹvovich Korchnoĭ) Korchnoi 125 games, 1972: verso t.p. (Victor Korchnoi) Antischach, c1980: t.p. (Viktor Kortschnoi) New York times WWW site, viewed June 7, 2016 (in obituary published June 6: Viktor Korchnoi; b. Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi, Mar. 23, 1931, Leningrad; defected from the Soviet Union, 1976; eventually became a Swiss citizen; d. Monday [June 6, 2016], Switzerland, aged 85; widely considered one of the greatest chess players in history but never captured the world championship in more than 60 years as an elite competitor) |
| Associated language | rus |
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