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   Bobby Fischer

   The final match victory allowed Fischer to challenge World Champion Boris Spassky, whom he had never beaten (+0=2−3). ... Anatoly Karpov eventually emerged as his challenger, having defeated Spassky in an earlier Candidates match.
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   List of people who have beaten Bobby Fischer in chess

   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. ... Fischer did not defeat Spassky until the third game of their 1972 World Championship match.
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   Boris Spassky

   In the 1974 Candidates' matches, Spassky first defeated American Robert Byrne in Puerto Rico by 4½-1½ (+3 =3 -0). ... | Preceded by Tigran Petrosian | World Chess Champion 1969–1972 | Succeeded by Bobby Fischer |
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   Laugardalshöll

   Perhaps the most prominent event to be held at Laugardalshöll was the World Chess Championship 1972, often dubbed the "Match of the Century", in which American challenger Bobby Fischer defeated the Russia champion Boris Spassky.
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   1972 in chess

   Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in Reykjavik, to become the eleventh World Chess Champion.
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   1972

   September 1 – Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in a chess match at Reykjavík, Iceland, becoming the first American chess champion (see Match of the Century).
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   World Chess Championship 1972

   | Bobby Fischer (USA) | 0 | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 12½ | ... Spassky and Fischer, 1972
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   Timeline of events in the Cold War

   May: The Huk revolt in the Philippines is defeated. ... September 1: Bobby Fischer defeats Russian Boris Spassky in a chess match at Reykjavík, Iceland, becoming the first official American chess champion (see Match of the Century).
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   Timeline of chess

   1972 - Bobby Fischer beats Boris Spassky for the World Chess Championship 1972, giving chess an unprecedented level of publicity. ... 1975 - Anatoly Karpov becomes the twelfth World Champion without having defeated the reigning champion as Fischer forfeits his crown.
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    William Lombardy

    Lombardy defeated future World Chess Champion Boris Spassky in their individual game. ... In 1972, Bobby Fischer was scheduled to play a match against Boris Spassky for the World Chess Championship.

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• Timeline of events in the Cold War,
• Timeline of chess,
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