Books on the world championship matches used to appear regularly, with some having multiple written accounts. In recent years, though, these have declined, not least because of the decision by Fidé, the World Chess Federation, to keep reducing the length of the matches.
When Labourdonnais and Macdonnell clashed in London in a series of contests during 1834, the total number of games played was 85.
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