MATCH OF THE CENTURY

The title given to the first match between the teams of USSR and the Rest of the World held in Belgrade in 1970 (see USSR vs. Rest of the World).

Time trouble is blunder time. Alexander Kotov
” (about Lasker) For me, this personality, notwithstanding his fundamentally optimistic attitude, had a tragic note. The enormous mental resilience, without which no chess player can exist, was so much taken up by chess that he could never free his mind of this game, even when he was occupied by philosophical and humanitarian questions.” Albert Einstein
We must finish once and for all with the neutrality of chess. We must condemn once and for all the formula “chess for the sake of chess”, like the formula “art for art’s sake”. We must organize shock brigades of chess-players, and begin immediate realization of a Five-Year Plan for chess. Nikolai Vasilyevich Krylenko
I think the players in this world championship are in different leagues. Karjakin is excellent—Carlsen is special. Garry Kasparov
2016
In the 70s Karpov was a darling of the Politburo or the political elite. So Kramnik is now. Just like the old days. But at least Karpov, unlike him, played in and won qualifying matches. Veselin Topalov

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