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help| The World Chess Championship 1972 match between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky in Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík, Iceland, has been dubbed the Match of the Century. Fischer won the match 12½-8½. The match was played during the Cold War, but during a period of increasing détente. The Soviet chess system had long held a monopoly on the game at the highest level. Spassky was... Read enhanced Wikipedia article |
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World Chess Championship 1972
The World Chess Championship 1972 match between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky in Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík, Iceland, has been dubbed the Match of the Century. ... Chess World Championship 1972: Fischer vs. Spassky. -
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Development of the World Chess Championship
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1972 - Bobby Fischer beats Boris Spassky for the World Chess Championship 1972, giving chess an unprecedented level of publicity. -
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Match of the Century
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Larry Evans
He was Fischer's second for the Candidates matches leading up to the World Chess Championship 1972 against Boris Spassky, though not for the championship match itself, after a disagreement with Fischer. -
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Max Euwe
The events leading up to Bobby Fischer's participation in the World Chess Championship 1972 match against Spassky, which led to Fischer's becoming the first non-Soviet champion since World War II. -
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William Lombardy
Although Lombardy was still a Roman Catholic priest, he was allowed to take time off from the priesthood to go to Reykjavík, Iceland to serve as the official "second" to Fischer during the World Chess Championship 1972, between Fischer and Boris Spassky. -
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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.
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