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   Bobby Fischer

   Anatoly Karpov eventually emerged as his challenger, having defeated Spassky in an earlier Candidates match. ... Garry Kasparov has argued that Karpov would have had a good chance to defeat Fischer in 1975.
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   Piatigorsky Cup

   Spassky had defeated Fischer in the eighth round, but they met for the second time in the penultimate round. ... In the final round tied with 10.5 points each, Spassky defeated Donner while Fischer was fortunate to draw with Petrosian, making Spassky the tournament winner by half a point.
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   Boris Spassky

   In the 1974 Candidates' matches, Spassky first defeated American Robert Byrne in Puerto Rico with 4½/6 (+3 =3 -0). ... | 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

   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. ... Boris Spassky
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   World Chess Championship 1972

   Spassky and Fischer, 1972 match. ... | | | Bobby Fischer United States | 6 | |
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   Ratmir Kholmov

   He made a notable result at Havana 1965 with 5th place on 14.5/21, as Smyslov won, but Kholmov defeated Bobby Fischer. ... He scored wins over World Champions Petrosian, Spassky, Fischer, and Garry Kasparov.
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   World Chess Championship

   After the 1962 Candidates Tournament, Bobby Fischer publicly alleged that the Soviets had colluded to prevent any non-Soviet – specifically him – from winning. ... Having defeated his Candidates opponents Mark Taimanov, Bent Larsen, and Tigran Petrosian (the first two by the previously unheard-of scores of 6–0), Fischer easily qualified to challenge Spassky.
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   Bent Larsen

   Larsen defeated the seven World Champions who held the title from 1948 to 1985. He won games against Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, Tigran Petrosian, Boris Spassky, Bobby Fischer, and Anatoly Karpov.
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   Threefold repetition

   In the twentieth game of the Bobby Fischer versus Boris Spassky World Chess Championship 1972, Fischer claimed a draw because of threefold repetition. ... Hsu, Feng-hsiung (2002), Behind Deep Blue: Building the Computer that Defeated the World Chess Champion, Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-09065-3
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    Anatoly Karpov

    Spassky thought that Fischer would have won in 1975 but Karpov would have qualified again and beaten Fischer in 1978. ... | Preceded by Bobby Fischer | World Chess Champion 1975–1985 | Succeeded by Garry Kasparov |

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• Bobby Fischer,
• Piatigorsky Cup,
• Boris Spassky,
• List of people who have beaten Bobby Fischer in chess,
• World Chess Championship 1972,
• Ratmir Kholmov,
• World Chess Championship,
• Bent Larsen,
• Threefold repetition,
• Anatoly Karpov