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   Bobby Fischer

   Fischer defeated Bent Larsen in a summer 1962 exhibition game in Copenhagen for Danish TV. ... The Unknown Bobby Fischer.
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   Bent Larsen

   Larsen defeated the seven World Champions who held the title from 1948 to 1985. ... Bobby Fischer vs Bent Larsen, Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970, Sicilian Defence, Velimirovic Attack (B89), 0-1 Larsen surprised Fischer, who was then nearly invincible, with an opening innovation, and plays a near-perfect game to win.
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   Boris Spassky

   Although Spassky did lose the title match, he performed much better than had the three other Candidates (Mark Taimanov, Bent Larsen, and Tigran Petrosian) whom Fischer had defeated convincingly on his approach to the finals. ... | Preceded by Tigran Petrosian | World Chess Champion 1969–1972 | Succeeded by Bobby Fischer |
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   List of people who have beaten Bobby Fischer in chess

   Bent Larsen ... Letelier defeated Fischer in 1959 at Mar del Plata, in a game which according to Mednis (How to Beat Bobby Fischer), featured Fischer's worst move ever.
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   World Chess Championship 1972

   | | | Bent Larsen Denmark | 5½ | ... Brief comments by Bobby Fischer on the upcoming 1972 Match Video Clip
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   Piatigorsky Cup

   The remainder of the field included Bobby Fischer (U.S.A), Samuel Reshevsky (U.S.A), Bent Larsen (Denmark), Lajos Portisch (Hungary), Wolfgang Unzicker (West Germany), Miguel Najdorf (Argentina), Borislav Ivkov (Yugoslavia), and Jan Hein Donner (Netherlands). ... Spassky had defeated Fischer in the eighth round, but they met for the second time in the penultimate round.
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   Borislav Ivkov

   But he lost his first-round Candidates' match at Zagreb to Bent Larsen by 5.5-2.5. ... Ivkov defeated five World Champions: Vasily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, Tigran Petrosian, Bobby Fischer, and Anatoly Karpov.
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   Lajos Portisch

   Portisch's first Interzonal appearance was Stockholm 1962, where he tied for 9th-10th places, and did not advance; the winner was Bobby Fischer. ... In the Candidates' matches, he first advanced to the semifinals after beating Bent Larsen by 6.5-3.5 at Rotterdam 1977, but he then lost to Boris Spassky by 6.5-8.5 at Geneva 1977.
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   FIDE

   The Bobby Fischer controversies ... Fischer then crushed Mark Taimanov, Bent Larsen and Tigran Petrosian in the 1971 Candidates Tournament and won the title match with Spassky to become world champion.
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    First-move advantage in chess

    ↑ The Poisoned Pawn Variation "was considered dubious by certain GMs and crazy by Bent Larsen". ... The Unknown Bobby Fischer.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Bobby Fischer,
• Bent Larsen,
• Boris Spassky,
• List of people who have beaten Bobby Fischer in chess,
• World Chess Championship 1972,
• Piatigorsky Cup,
• Borislav Ivkov,
• Lajos Portisch,
• FIDE,
• First-move advantage in chess