FIDE World Championship  •  Reykjavik, Iceland
July 18, 1972 / Game 4

At six o'clock, the main Arbiter German Lothar Schmidt starts Fischer's clock and thus, the beginning of game 4. However none of the players is present.  This is the first time that the World Champion is not by the board at the beginning of the game.  At 6:04, Spassky enters the auditorium and takes a seat and 6 minutes later Fischer appears and does the same.  Fischer starts the game by advancing his King's Pawn 2 squares: 1. e4


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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 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 12½
Spassky 1 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0  8½

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