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   Bobby Fischer

   Robert James "Bobby" Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was the eleventh World Chess Champion. ... In the next World Championship cycle, Fischer won the 1962 Stockholm Interzonal by 2½ points, scoring an undefeated 17½/22.
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   Interzonal

   The top three, Bobby Fischer, Samuel Reshevsky, and James Sherwin qualified for the Interzonal Tournament that was held in Portorož in 1958. ... The last FIDE Interzonal was Biel 1993, won by Boris Gelfand.
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   List of people who have beaten Bobby Fischer in chess

   The following people have beaten Bobby Fischer (1943–2008) in a regular game of chess—not a game played at odds. ... Fischer won their only other meeting at the 1958 Portoroz Interzonal.
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   Timeline of chess

   1851 - First international tournament is held in London, and won by Adolf Anderssen. ... 1970 - Bobby Fischer wins the Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 3½ points ahead of his nearest rival.
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   Garry Kasparov

   At age 19, he was the youngest Candidate since Bobby Fischer, who was 15 when he qualified in 1958. ... In looking at the best player of all time, many would look to the Fischer of 1972, who won the Interzonal by 3 1/2 points, two candidates matches 6-0, and 20 games in a row before defeating Spassky.
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   Bent Larsen

   In 1970 he shared 2nd in the Palma de Mallorca Interzonal, on 15/23, behind Bobby Fischer. ... In 1976 he won the Biel Interzonal, but lost his 1977 Candidates' match, a rematch of their 1968 encounter, to Lajos Portisch by 3.5-6.5 at Rotterdam.
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   Robert Byrne

   He placed 6th in the U.S. Championship 1962-63 with 6/11, as Fischer won again. ... Byrne achieved his career highlight of third place at the Leningrad Interzonal in 1973, with 12.5/17, which made him only the fourth American (after Samuel Reshevsky, Bobby Fischer, and Pál Benkő) to qualify for the Candidates Tournament (part of the world chess championship process).
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   Ed Edmondson (chess official)

   Edmondson played a key role in Bobby Fischer's path to the World Chess Champion in 1972. He asked Pal Benko, who had qualified for the 1970 Interzonal, to yield his spot to Fischer.
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   Boris Spassky

   Then, in the 1964 Soviet Zonal at Moscow, a seven-player double round-robin event, Spassky won with 7/12, to advance to the Amsterdam Interzonal the same year. ... | Preceded by Tigran Petrosian | World Chess Champion 1969–1972 | Succeeded by Bobby Fischer |
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    World Chess Championship 1963

    Interzonal ... The 23-player single round-robin tournament was won convincingly by 18 year old American Bobby Fischer with 17.5 points out of 22 (13 wins, 9 draws, no losses), a margin of 2.5 points.

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• Interzonal,
• List of people who have beaten Bobby Fischer in chess,
• Timeline of chess,
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• Ed Edmondson (chess official),
• Boris Spassky,
• World Chess Championship 1963

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