The long anticipated chess match between world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union, and United States champion Bobby Fischer

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11 juil. 1972

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Événement

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64.15° N, 21.93° W

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

The long anticipated chess match between world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union, and United States champion Bobby Fischer, begins in Iceland at Reykjavík.

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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