Viktor Korchnoi, (born March 23, 1931, Leningrad, Russia, U.S.S.R. [now St. Petersburg, Russia]), he is a professional chess player, author and until recently the oldest active grandmaster on the tournament circuit. He is widely considered the strongest player to have never become World Chess Champion. A world chess champion contender who was one of the fiercest competitors in the history of chess. During his prime years he was known as “Viktor the Terrible.” As a youngster, Korchnoi lived through the World War II siege of Leningrad (1941–43). He became a Soviet chess master in 1951, an international master in 1954, and an international grandmaster in 1956. In the years from 1960 to 1970, he won four U.S.S.R. championships—by far the strongest national chess championships in the world during those years.
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