Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in a chess match in Reykjavík

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1. Sept. 1972

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64.15° N, 21.93° W

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Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in a chess match in Reykjavík, Iceland, becoming the first American world chess champion.

Platziert: coordinates of the event it links, World Chess Championship 1972.

Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in a chess match in Reykjavík, Iceland, becoming the first American world chess champion

Match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky

The World Chess Championship 1972 was a match for the World Chess Championship between challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. The match took place in the Laugardalshöll in Reykjavík, Iceland, and has been dubbed the Match of the Century. Fischer became the first US-born player to win the world title.

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