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31 mai 2024 · Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi Versus Karpov and the Kremlin After Fischer beat Spassky in the 1972 World Chess Championship, the Soviets plotted to regain this coveted title by supporting Anatoly Karpov – a loyal member of the Communist Party.
4 juin 2024 · Then, he was set to play against Viktor Korchnoi, who had challenged Karpov in 1978 and 1981, in the semifinal. Kasparov stopped Korchnoi from trying to challenge Karpov for the third time in a row, winning with a score of 4 wins, 1 loss, and 6 draws.
Reply. Award. PieCapital1631. • 14 min. ago. Documentaries: Closing Gambit - focusing on the 1978 World Championship Match Karpov vs Korchnoi and the shenanigans going on - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vsuLl3Qdu4.
19 juin 2024 · This match was also very close, with neither player holding more than a one-point lead at any time. With one game left, Kasparov was down a point and needed a win to draw the match and retain his title. A long, tense game ensued in which Karpov blundered away a pawn just before the first time control. Kasparov then won a long ending to retain ...
Il y a 5 jours · 1978. The second edition was similar in strength to the first edition, again an all-grandmaster event of category 14. No Russian players participated as Karpov and Korchnoi were playing a match at that time and their proposed Russian replacements were not accepted. Portisch won the event.
8 juin 2024 · On page 27 of the September 1985 Chess Life, Raymond Keene claimed that when the score of the 1978 world championship match stood at 5-5 he received an offer from Euwe that the contest be called off, with a rematch between Karpov and Korchnoi the following year. No corroboration of the claim has been found.
Il y a 2 jours · Under these rules, Karpov twice defended his title against Korchnoi. The next match —which began in September 1984 and featured the 21-year-old Garry Kasparov as Karpov's challenger—ultimately saw 48 games played over the span of five months, with neither player able to get to 6 wins.
