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World Chess Championship 1972
1972 chess match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky
The World Chess Championship 1972 was a match for the World Chess Championship between challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. The match took place in the Laugardalshöll in Reykjavík, Iceland, and has been dubbed…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Bobby Fischer
American chess grandmaster (1943–2008)
Robert James Fischer was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Championships at the age of 14. In 1964, he won with an 11–0 score, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Boris Spassky
Russian chess grandmaster (1937–2025)
Boris Vasilyevich Spassky was a Russian chess grandmaster who was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972. Spassky played three world championship matches: he lost to Tigran Petrosian in 1966; defeated Petrosian in 1969 to become world champion; then…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)