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Apr 17, 2023 · The first international chess match at the national team level after the Second World War. The USSR national team transmitted moves from Moscow, and the US team — from New York. Negotiations were actively underway already in 1948, but at that moment, Soviet-Yugoslav relations worsened, not to mention the Cold War.
Mar 29, 2020 · The 1970 match USSR vs Rest of the World, "an epoch-making battle" in the words of GM Garry Kasparov, had virtually all the top players—including GM Bobby Fischer—together for one week in Belgrade, the capital of what was then Yugoslavia.
- Peter Doggers
The match was played half a century ago, in 1970, in Belgrade, the capital of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia. Such a match could fit in those times, when Russians were a force to reckon with. In their squad there were five ex-world champions and the then reining one, Spassky.
Jul 7, 2020 · How Fischer Beat Petrosian (1970, World vs. USSR): Robert James Fischer - Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian 5. White. Robert James Fischer. Black. Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian. Date. 2020.07.07. Result. 1-0.
- Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian
- 1-0
- 2020.07.07
- Robert James Fischer
The narrow victory for the USSR was an ominous sign that the Soviet grip on world class chess was nearly ended… The names are great but the fire seems to be going out. The first fact is that the USSR has not produced youngsters to replace the aging greats like Botvinnik, Smyslov, Keres.
One of the most impressive chess tournaments of recent times was the so-called 'match of the century' held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia in March and April, 1970. Since the USSR had first joined the FIDE Olympiads in 1952, they had won every one of these biennial team tournaments.
The match between the USSR and the "Rest of the World" in Belgrade 1970 – the "Match of the Century" – was a fantastic event. Vlastimil Hort played in Belgrade for the "World" and in an interview with ChessBase he shares his memories and talks about Fischer and Keres and rumours that the Soviet cheated in the final round.
