Bobby Fischer

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Sources

1. BookThe Oxford Companion to Chess
2. BookBobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time

Relations

defeated:

• Boris Spassky1 Sep 1972

  World championship match, 12½–8½.

  Sources: Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time, The Oxford Companion to Chess

played at:

• Laugardalshöll11 Jul 1972 – 1 Sep 1972

  Sources: Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time

rival of:

• Boris Spassky

  Sources: Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time

succeeded:

• Boris Spasskysince Sep 1972

  As world chess champion.

  Sources: The Oxford Companion to Chess

was succeeded by:

• Anatoly Karpovsince Apr 1975

  As world chess champion.

  Sources: The Oxford Companion to Chess

Appears in7 items

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  • The Soviet era1948
  • Fischer–Spassky, Reykjavík11 Jul 1972
  • Game 1: Fischer takes a poisoned pawn11 Jul 1972
  • Game 2: Fischer forfeits13 Jul 1972
  • Game 3: Fischer’s first win over Spassky16 Jul 1972
  • Game 6: Spassky applauds23 Jul 1972
  • Spassky resigns by telephone1 Sep 1972