FIDE World Championship  •  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, 4 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 1st game and lost. Fischer won the game after a questionable move from Spassky: 27. Qc2, that allowed Fischer to play 27. ... Bxa4!


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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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