Stamp: World Chess Championship Korchnoi - Karpov (Korea, North(World Chess championship) Mi:KP 2075

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

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

Viktor Korchnoi, chess grandmaster – obituary

Karpov x Korchnoi, mundial de 1978

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

Karpov vs Korchnoi Chess Life Academy

International Chess Federation on X: The famous Soviet, and then Swiss grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi was born #onthisday in 1931. A 10-time World Championship Candidate, he contested a Candidates final and two matches

Anatoly Karpov with his wife - Vintage Photograph

Karpov Korchnoi 1981