GENEVA – Chess grandmaster Victor Korchnoi, a prominent Soviet defector who saw his citizenship restored by Mikhail Gorbachev in the waning days of the USSR, has died. He was 85. The Russian chess ...

GENEVA (AP) — Chess grandmaster Victor Korchnoi, a prominent Soviet defector who saw his citizenship restored by Mikhail Gorbachev in the waning days of the USSR, has died. He was 85. The Russian ...

First Soviet Grandmaster to defect was a fighter to the last Viktor Korchnoi, who has died aged 85, was one of the most enduringly consistent Grandmasters on the international circuit and reckoned by ...

GENEVA -- Chess grandmaster Victor Korchnoi, a former Soviet champion who defected to the West and was considered among the best players never to win a world championship, died Monday, his son said.

GENEVA (AP) — Chess grandmaster Victor Korchnoi, a prominent Soviet defector who saw his citizenship restored by Mikhail Gorbachev in the waning days of the USSR, has died. He was 85. The Russian ...

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GENEVA — Chess grandmaster Victor Korchnoi, a former Soviet champion who defected to the West and was considered among the best players never to win a world championship, died Monday, his son said. He ...