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WCC 1972 title

 Reykjavik, Iceland / July 20, 1972 / Game #5

Bobby Fischer complains of the swimming pool, of the Hotel, the size of the Chess board, the color of the pieces, the TV cameras, etc. He arrives as usual, four minutes late after the Arbiter started the Chess clock. He replies to Spassky’s first move (1. d4) with a Nimzoindian Defense (1. ... Nf6), the same he used in the first game and lost. Bobby Fischer won the game after a questionable move from Boris Spassky: 27. Qc2, which allowed Bobby Fischer to play 27. ... Bxa4!


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All twenty one games
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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                                 2.5
Spassky 1 1 0 ½ 0                                 2.5

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