The rematch renews a battle that began in 1984 in an epic series of world title games that lasted five months and came to symbolise the competing forces then at play in the Soviet Union.

两人的再次对决让人回想起了1984年的那场史诗般的棋王争霸赛，那场比赛耗时五个月，并象征着随后在苏联内部上演的各股势力之间的明争暗斗。