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WCC 1972 title

 Reykjavik, Iceland / August 22/23, 1972 / Game #17

Surprise, Bobby Fischer arrives on time to this game but quickly makes an official protest for the noise caused by the audience and he threats to leave the match. Efim Geller, World Champion Boris Spassky’s chief second, accused Bobby Fischer of using unethical means to disturb Spassky’s concentration. In this game, Bobby Fischer sacrificed the exchange but Boris Spassky was unable to win with his material advantage. He allowed a draw by triple repetition at the second session.


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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 ½ ½         10.0
Spassky 1 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½           7.0

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