Chess Informant Book: Soviet Union vs the World 1970 The Match of the Century - $90 - (Rosedale, MD)

For your consideration is the hard to find Soviet Union vs. the World 1970 hardback book, "The Match of the Century" published by Chess Informant containing 160 pages. The best 10 players in the world including Bobby Fischer, Sammy Reshevsky, Lajos Portish and Bent Larsen were matched against the 10 strongest Soviet players at that time including Boris Spassky, Tigran Petrosian, Viktor Korchnoi, Lev Polugayevsky and Mikhail Tal. In Russian and English. The laminated HB covers show wear with peeling along the spine and corner dings. See pictures. Pages clean with no writing. This " Match of the Century" team chess event was held in Belgrade in 1970. Almost all the games are annotated in some depth by the participants - the notes of the Soviet players in Russian and of the World players in English so each game can be followed from the point of view of both players. Contents include player bios ( in Russian only), photos, facsimile signatures of participants, round-by-round results and 40 annotated games. Soviet Union won 20.5 : 19.5. A classic history chess book that belongs in every one's collection. FREE SHIPPING. No International shipping. Thanks for looking. Here are matches featuring USSR vs. Rest of the World, in 1970. Starring Grandmasters: USSR Team - World Team. Table one: Spassky/Stein - LarsenTable two: Petrosian - FischerTable three: Korchnoi - PortischTable four: Polugaevsky - HortTable five: Geller - GligoricTable six: Smyslov - Reshevsky/OlafssonTable seven: Taimanov - UhlmannTable eight: Botvinnik - MatulovicTable nine: Tal - NajdorfTable ten: Keres - Ivkov Illustrated book with Russian and English texts on chess match commented games

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