The World Chess Championship 1972 was a match between challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion Boris Sp…

Sep 26, 2019 - The World Chess Championship 1972 was a match between challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union for the World Chess Championship. The match took place in the Laugardalshöll arena in Reykjavík, Iceland and has been dubbed the Match of the Century. Fischer became the first American born in the United States to win the World Championship Fischer's win also ended, for a short time, 24 years of Soviet domination of the World Championship.

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On this day in 1972, Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky 12½-8½ in Reykjavík to become the 11th world chess champion. : r/chess