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WCC 1972 title

 Robert Fischer vs. Boris Spassky

In 1972, American Robert J. Fischer challenged Soviet Boris Spassky for the World Championship which was held in Reykjavik, Iceland. The match was scheduled for twenty four games and was the most worldwide publicized Championship in Chess history since it took place during the height of the Cold War between the United States and the USSR. As a consequence, both players were under considerable pressure to win. When Fischer defeated Spassky, he became the first American to win the World Championship and also ended 35 years of Soviet domination of the world Chess title.


Fischer and Spassky 1 Fischer and Spassky 2 Fischer and Spassky 3

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 ½ ½ ½ 1 12.5
Spassky 1 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0   8.5

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