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New US World Champion – Nakamura follows in Bobby Fischer's footsteps

Ding Topples Nepomniachtchi In Chaotic Game 12, Evens Score With 2

FIDE distributes €35,000 among veterans

Olimpiu Di Luppi on X: Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer at the start of one of the games in the epic 1972 world championship match in Reykjavík. / X

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

Bobby Fischer in Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam for talks with FIDE president Max Euwe (right) on the world championship duel with Boris Spassky, January 31, 1972, chess, sports, The Netherlands, 20th century

FIDE - International Chess Federation - One of the most charismatic world champions and the oldest living one, legendary Boris Spassky turns 86 today! Spassky held the title from 1969 to 1972

Chess pieces of history: Board in 1972 battle up for auction

Half a century after Fischer, chess's icons are now Carlsen and Stockfish

Play Like a World Champion: Tigran Petrosian