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korchnoi kicks's tal's A IMO, korchnoi is the greatest player never to become WC. he won the USSR championship 4 times (1960, 1962, 1964 and 1970), and was 2nd or =2nd twice (1954, 1961). his 45-year tenure near the top of world chess (<1960 to the present) is astonishing, and he continues to play top-rank chess even today, in his late 70s. he had a large plus score against tal (+13 =29 -6 in chessgames.com). this is a collection of some of his refutations of tal's attacks. 8 games, 1955-1973 Suttles loses to world champions (former, curren My first encounter with a Suttles games collection struck me as the ultimate in humility: it opened with 6 straight losses to world champions. I collect them (and others) here, not because I wish to mock the man, but to celebrate the mere fact that he was admitted to these stratospheric circles. Me they wouldn't even let near the playing hall! 10 games, 1965-1974