World Chess Champioship: 1968 Candidates Matches

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Site: Kiev Date: IX 1968 FINAL MATCH

N°	FLAGS	NAME	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	TOTAL
01		GM Boris Vasilievich Spassky	½	1	½	1	½	0	1	1	½	½	6.5/10
02		GM Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi	½	0	½	0	½	1	0	0	½	½	3.5/10

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Site: Eersel Date: III, 1969 PLAYOFF FOR 3rd PLACE

N°	FLAGS	NAME	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	TOTAL
01		GM Bent Larsen	½	½	1	1	0	1	½	1	5.5/8
02		GM Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal	½	½	0	0	1	0	½	0	2.5/8

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Site: Moscow Date: VI-VII, 1968 SEMIFINAL MATCH 1

N°	FLAGS	NAME	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	TOTAL
01		GM Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal	½	½	½	0	0	1	½	½	½	½	4.5/10
02		GM Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi	½	½	½	1	1	0	½	½	½	½	5.5/10

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Site: Malmö Date: VII 1968 SEMIFINAL MATCH 2

N°	FLAGS	NAME	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	TOTAL
01		GM Boris Vasilievich Spassky	1	1	1	½	0	½	1	½	5.5/8
02		GM Bent Larsen	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	½	2.5/8

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Site: Amsterdam Date: V 1968 QUARTERFINAL MATCH

N°	FLAGS	NAME	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	TOTAL
01		GM Samuel Herman Reshevsky	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	2.5/8
02		GM Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	½	5.5/8

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Site: Porec Date: V, 1968 QUARTERFINAL MATCH

N°	FLAGS	NAME	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	07	08	TOTAL
01		GM Lajos Portisch	½	0	0	1	½	½	1	½	½	0	4.5/10
02		GM Bent Larsen	½	1	1	0	½	½	0	½	½	1	5.5/10

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Site: Sukhumi Date: V, 1968 QUARTERFINAL MATCH

N°	FLAGS	NAME	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	TOTAL
01		GM Efim Petrovich Geller	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	2.5/8
02		GM Boris Vasilievich Spassky	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	½	5.5/8

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Site: Belgrade Date: IV-V, 1968 QUARTERFINAL MATCH

N°	FLAGS	NAME	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	08	TOTAL
01		GM Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	5.5/9
02		GM Svetozar Gligoric	1	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	4.5/9

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World Chess Championship 1969

The 1969 World Chess Championship was played between Tigran Petrosian and Boris Spassky in Moscow from April 14 to June 17, 1969. Spassky won.

Qualification

The Interzonal Tournament was played in Sousse, Tunisia. Robert Fischer was leading the tournament with seven wins and three draws in ten rounds, however he abandoned the event over a dispute with the organisers. After Fischer's withdrawal, Bent Larsen went on to win ahead of Viktor Korchnoi, Efim Geller, and Svetozar Gligoric, who shared second place.

Boris Spassky and Mikhail Tal were seeded into the Candidates matches and the top six finishers in the Interzonal would join them. Larsen, Korchnoi, Geller, Gligoric, and Lajos Portisch took the top five places. There was a three-way tie for sixth place among Sammy Reshevsky, Vlastimil Hort, and Leonid Stein, who played a three-way match to determine the final place in the Candidates matches, which eventually went to Reshevsky. Spassky won the Candidates Matches to challenge Petrosian for the World Championship, which he did successfully. (Spassky had unsuccessfully challenged Petrosian in 1966.)

World Chess Championship 1969

The World Championship Match

The match was played as best of 24 games. If it ended 12-12, Petrosian, the title holder, would retain the Championship.

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