🔥Showdown in Little Kyiv: Korchnoi and Spassky One Step Away from the Chess Crown

1968. Petrosian had been sitting on the throne for too long. The entire chess world was already waiting for a new world champion, one who would inspire rather than induce boredom and drowsiness. By the late 1960s, Korchnoi and Spassky had already emerged as the two leading contenders for the chess crown. In the final of the 1968 Candidates Matches, they would face each other in an uncompromising struggle and one of the most exciting matches of the era. Both were just moments away from the chess crown. And for one of them, Kyiv would be the springboard to the chess Olympus. The only question was: for whom? 00:00 - Intro / historical context 03:20 - Before the match 06:00 - The games of the match 12:35 - After the match / what next?