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WCC 1972 title

 Reykjavik, Iceland / August 17/18, 1972 / Game #15

World Champion Boris Spassky begins game fifteen with 1. e4, same opening move he made on game thirteen playing white too.  Bobby Fischer now with a  8½ to 5½ advantage, showed up on time to this game. This game was another Sicilian Najdorf, however Bobby Fischer avoided the poison Pawn variation which had cost him game eleven. He lost a Pawn early in the game, developed a strong attack, and missed a win. Game ended with an agreed draw in forty three moves.


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All twenty one games
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 x x x

Games 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Total
Fischer 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½             9.0
Spassky 1 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½             6.0

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