Match / Karpov-korchnoi (campeonato Mundial de Ajedrez 1978)

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

Douglas Griffin on X: Karpov-Korchnoi, 18th match-game, FIDE Candidates' final, Moscow 1974. (Source: TASS, photographer: V. Savostianov.) #chess / X

The Dirtiest World Chess Championship EVER

Netherlands x URSS (Match) 25' Lodewijk Prins vs Viktor Korchnoi (L) Watching the game standing we see Tigran Petros…

Keene, Karpov vs Korchnoi 1978 : Fadaga : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Viktor Korchnoi vs Anatoly Karpov (1978) Halvin' Can Wait

Jesse February on X: 1975, Fischer refused to defend his WC title against Karpov due to his dispute over the match format. 1978, Karpov played his first WC match, beating Korchnoi. 2023

Viktor Korchnoi, chess player and cold war defector, 1931-2016

Karpov against the Isolated Queen's Pawn - TheChessWorld

Anatoly Karpov with his wife - Vintage Photograph