Which championship did Viktor play for in 1978 and 1981?
USSR Championship
European Championship
World Chess Championship
Senior Chess Championship
Answer
Viktor Korchnoi was a Russian-born Swiss chess grandmaster who was one of the best chess players in the world in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the World Chess Championship runner-up in 1978 and 1981. In 1978, he lost to Anatoly Karpov in a match that was controversial at the time because of Korchnoi's allegations of cheating.
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