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Match of the Century

The Match of the Century: the first contest between the USSR and a Rest of the World team.

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About this book

Before this game, a team of one country never opposed the world team. The team of Soviet chess players entered into a single combat with a team of the best chess players of the world. "Match of the Century" - that's what they called it. This book tells about the hard path that the Soviets took to this match, about the development of the combat, about all the unexpected and dramatic struggles. The book covers all forty games of the match, commented in detail by the participants of the Soviet team and other grandmasters, reviews of the Soviet and foreign press, theoretical articles and other materials. Everyone who loves chess will find a lot of interesting and instructive in this book.

Products specifications

Attribute name Attribute value
Original title Матч Века
Language Russian
Publication year 1971