1931 - 2016
Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi (Russian: Виктор Львович Корчной, IPA: [vʲiktər lʲvovʲɪtɕ kɐrtɕˈnoj]; 23 March 1931 – 6 June 2016) was a Soviet (before 1976) and Swiss (after 1980) chess grandmaster (GM) and chess writer. He is considered one of the strongest players never to have become World Chess Champion.Born in Leningrad, Soviet Union (USSR), Korchnoi defected to the Netherlands in 1976, and resided in Switzerland from 1978, becoming a Swiss citizen. Korchnoi played four matches, three of which were official, against GM Anatoly Karpov. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viktor Korchnoi has received more than 867,391 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Viktor Korchnoi is the 20th most popular chess player (down from 14th in 2019), the 332nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 209th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Russian Chess Player.
Viktor Korchnoi is most famous for being a chess grandmaster and a three-time world chess champion.
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Among chess players, Viktor Korchnoi ranks 20 out of 374. Before him are François-André Danican Philidor, Paul Morphy, Samuel Reshevsky, Vasily Smyslov, Adolf Anderssen, and Paul Keres. After him are Vera Menchik, Ruy López de Segura, Siegbert Tarrasch, Richard Réti, Akiba Rubinstein, and Miguel Najdorf.
1726 - 1795
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 14
1837 - 1884
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 15
1911 - 1992
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 16
1921 - 2010
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 17
1818 - 1879
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 18
1916 - 1975
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 19
1931 - 2016
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 20
1906 - 1944
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 21
1530 - 1580
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 22
1862 - 1934
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 23
1889 - 1929
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 24
1880 - 1961
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 25
1910 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 26
Among people born in 1931, Viktor Korchnoi ranks 62. Before him are Ronald Dworkin, Ettore Scola, Riccardo Giacconi, Ivan Rebroff, Burton Richter, and Arata Isozaki. After him are Alfred Brendel, Jean-Claude Carrière, Klaus Hasselmann, Don King, Clive Cussler, and Charles Taylor. Among people deceased in 2016, Viktor Korchnoi ranks 59. Before him are George Martin, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Michèle Morgan, Jacques Rivette, Harry Kroto, and Hans-Dietrich Genscher. After him are Esma Redžepova, Patricio Aylwin, Vesna Vulović, Takahito, Prince Mikasa, Sonia Rykiel, and Ahmed Zewail.
1931 - 2013
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 56
1931 - 2016
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 57
1931 - 2018
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 58
1931 - 2008
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 59
1931 - 2018
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 60
1931 - 2022
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 61
1931 - 2016
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 62
1931 - Present
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 63
1931 - 2021
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 64
1931 - Present
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 65
1931 - Present
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 66
1931 - 2020
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 67
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 68
1926 - 2016
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 53
1926 - 2016
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 54
1920 - 2016
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 55
1928 - 2016
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 56
1939 - 2016
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 57
1927 - 2016
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 58
1931 - 2016
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 59
1943 - 2016
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 60
1918 - 2016
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 61
1950 - 2016
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 62
1915 - 2016
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 63
1930 - 2016
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 64
1946 - 2016
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 65
Among people born in Russia, Viktor Korchnoi ranks 332 out of 3,262. Before him are Igor Smirnov (1941), Nikolay Pirogov (1810), Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1822), Eduard Limonov (1943), Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (1860), and Lila Kedrova (1918). After him are Leonid Govorov (1897), Arthur Adamov (1908), Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya (1923), Otto Nicolai (1810), Nikolai Trubetzkoy (1890), and Vasily Vereshchagin (1842).
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 326
1810 - 1881
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 327
1822 - 1892
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 328
1943 - 2020
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 329
1860 - 1922
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 330
1918 - 2000
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 331
1931 - 2016
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 332
1897 - 1955
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 333
1908 - 1970
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 334
1923 - 1941
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 335
1810 - 1849
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 336
1890 - 1938
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 337
1842 - 1904
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 338
Among chess players born in Russia, Viktor Korchnoi ranks 6. Before him are Alexander Alekhine (1892), Boris Spassky (1937), Mikhail Botvinnik (1911), Anatoly Karpov (1951), and Vasily Smyslov (1921). After him are Vera Menchik (1906), Savielly Tartakower (1887), Mikhail Chigorin (1850), Yuri Averbakh (1922), Andor Lilienthal (1911), and Elisaveta Bykova (1913).
1892 - 1946
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 1
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 2
1911 - 1995
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 3
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 4
1921 - 2010
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 5
1931 - 2016
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 6
1906 - 1944
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 7
1887 - 1956
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 8
1850 - 1908
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 9
1922 - 2022
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 10
1911 - 2010
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 11
1913 - 1989
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 12