In their book A M Arkanov and Yu L Zerchaninov tell how they "joined" the fight for the world title between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. For the authors of this artistic and journalistic narrative, events in the world of chess are inseparable from the changes that take place in the life of our society. Some of their judgments are polemical, controversial and do not coincide in everything with the point of view of publishers.