From which country did Viktor Korchnoi defect in 1976?
Germany
Denmark
Netherlands
USA
Answer
Viktor Korchnoi was a Soviet chess grandmaster who defected to the Netherlands in 1976. He was one of the world's top chess players at the time, and his defection was a major international incident. Korchnoi had been a vocal critic of the Soviet government, and his defection was seen as a sign of his disapproval of the Soviet system.
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