My 55 Wins with Black

For Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi, the main "villain" of modern chess, the game and life are inseparable. Both at the board and outside of it, the renowned chess player, a longtime contender for the crown, does not recognize compromises and always remains sincere in his assessments of both chess variations and people (though sometimes, perhaps, a bit too harsh). The reader is granted a unique opportunity to peek into the home laboratory of the outstanding analytical grandmaster, as well as to learn about what he was thinking, under the influence of what vivid ideas or misconceptions he found himself during the game. Over more than half a century of career (which, we hope, is far from ending), the author has accumulated more than two thousand winning games. This book contains the most vivid and interesting ones.