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The third volume of Elk and Ruby's treatise on Viktor Korchnoi, penned by FM Hans Renette and IM Tibor Karolyi, covers the period 1981-1991. This encompasses Korchnoi's famous world championship match with Karpov at Merano in 1981, his candidates matches against Portisch and Kasparov in 1983, Hjartarson in 1988 and Sax and Timman in 1991, as well as the candidates tournament of 1985 at Montpellier, the GMA world cup series and major tournament performances. Much biographical colour is supplied on his life and character, with this period including his family's arrival from the Soviet Union to the West in 1982 and its subsequent breakup. Like in volumes I and II, original material is provided from interviews with key protagonists and sources from a wide range of languages are used. 140 games and fragments are analysed in detail in this work. Other opponents include Tal, Spassky, Ivanchuk, Topalov, Gulko, Larsen, Sosonko, Seirawan, Ribli, Torre, Yusupov, Van der Wiel, Van der Sterren, Andersson, Polugaevsky, Nunn, Miles, Short, Speelman, and Beliavsky, among others. The book is supplemented with a generous supply of photos, some taken from the Korchnoi family archive and never before published.

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""Elk and Ruby's excellent series on Viktor Korchnoi continues with this highlyanticipated third volume. After the bizarre, controversial and extremely close world championship of 1978, which saw Korchnoi fight back against Anatoly Karpov from 2-5 down to 5-5, only to fall at the final hurdle, one might think that Korchnoi's story was virtually over, at least in terms of being a major force in the chess world. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth, for this volume 'encompasses Korchnoi's famous world championship match with Karpov at Merano in 1981, his candidates matches against Portisch and Kasparov in 1983, Hjartarson in 1988 and Sax and Timman in 1991, as well as the candidates tournament of 1985 at Montpellier, the GMA world cup series and major tournament performances.' Even by Elk and Ruby's high standards, this is an exemplary series. For Korchnoi fans, every volume is a must-buy, and the same goes for anyone who is simply interested in fighting chess, in which every game is a fullbloodied struggle. As I understand it, there is one volume left to come, which will be published either later on this year or possibly in 2025. Don't be fooled by the post-Baguio era; this volume is every bit as exciting, entertaining and instructive as the first two books in the series."" - Sean March, CHESS Magazine, September 2024

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