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WCC 1972 title

 Reykjavik, Iceland / July 11, 1972 / Game #1

Chess World Champion Boris Spassky, wins the first match game after a series of incidents caused by Bobby Fischer which arrived late to the Iceland Capital on July 11. The game is started with a Queen's Gambit that later drifts into the Nimzoindian Defense. However, instead of settling for a draw on move twenty and again on move twenty nine (K-f7), Bobby Fischer pushes his luck with a questionable sacrifice on move 29... Bxh2? in exchange for two Pawns.


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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                                         0.0
Spassky 1                                         1.0

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