Anatoly Karpov vs Viktor Korchnoi World Championship Match (1981)

On this day in 1978, Anatoly Karpov defeated Viktor Korchnoi 16½-15½ in Baguio City, winning one of the most bizarre and controversial world championship matches of all time. : r/chess

The Dirtiest World Chess Championship EVER

Viktor Korchnoi Quote: “The aim was simple: to deprive Karpov of his favourite occupation – standing at the board, staring straight at his oppon”

Books about Korchnoi and Karpov by Edward Winter

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Victor Korchnoi, Soviet-born chess grandmaster, dead at 85

Karpov against the Isolated Queen's Pawn - TheChessWorld

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Anatoly Karpov vs Viktor Korchnoi (1978) Spanish Class

Karpov - Korchnoi 1978 (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics): Keene, Raymond: 9781843821311: : Books