tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812670776373470303.post6433180922595531957..comments2024-03-11T15:46:13.155-04:00Comments on In The Arena: Ruminations About Competition: Rest in Peace, Viktor KorchnoiDavid Friedmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08444347475303187373noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6812670776373470303.post-23290158217227278072016-06-26T09:42:05.855-04:002016-06-26T09:42:05.855-04:00Anatoly Karpov: "Korchnoi Was a Chess Phenome...Anatoly Karpov: "Korchnoi Was a Chess Phenomenon"<br />Tuesday, 07.06.2016 13:21<br />The Russian-language R-Sport website quotes Anatoly Karpov:<br /><br />"We should give respect where respect is due. Korchnoi was a chess phenomenon. His style was inimitable. He had an absolutely unique approach to chess. He was a workaholic and a special talent, a very top level chess player. It is very sad for chess that one of the last players from that era has left us.<br /><br />I first met Korchnoi when I was ten years old. I was a little boy facing him in a simultaneous game. He was visiting the Urals and I played against him in Chelyabinsk – in fact they were short of boards so I played him two versus one with my friend. And after that Korchnoi, at the time a young and gifted player, gave us some lectures. Then we became friends for a short time, then enemies, but then we straightened things out and became friends again."Paul Gottliebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14062464400324829622noreply@blogger.com