Victor Kortchnoi My Life for Chess Vol. 1
Viktor Kortchnoi is definitely one of the most electrifying personalities of
the chess world. Still playing successful and attractive chess at 73, this two time world championship challenger is also famous for his candid
language. Kortchnoi was never one for mincing his words.
Now you can experience this chess legend “live” with the new ChessBase DVDs
“My Life for Chess”. Kortchnoi has created a vivid memorial to himself and his
great chess career. In Volume 1, he presents eight of his most brilliant effort
from the years 1949-1979, among them games against Smyslov, Geller, Tal, Huebner
and Karpov. In each case Kortchnoi describes in detail the story around the
game, never beating around the bush, sometimes harshly criticizing his
opponents, but also lavishing praise on them when this is warranted. A highlight
is the game against Karpov from the match for the world championship in Baguio
1978. All in all, “My Life for Chess Vol. 1” offers more than three hours of
first-class chess training, plus an extensive interview. A must-have for every
chess fan!
Victor Kortchnoi, two-times contender for the world championship, is a piece
of living chess history. In the 60 years of his career, “Victor the Terrible”
crossed swords with practically all great players of the past and presence,
including Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov. A relentless fighter at the board,
he expressed his never-ending love for the royal game in a very simple phrase –
“Chess is my life”.
System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM,
Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Media Player 9.0, DVD drive.
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