World Chess Championship 1969
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| Tigran Petrosian | Boris Spassky | |
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| status | Defending champion | challenger |
| Age | 39 years | 32 years |
At the 1969 World Chess Championship , World Champion Tigran Petrosjan lost his title to his challenger Boris Spassky .
prehistory
Petrosjan had successfully defended his title at the previous World Chess Championship in 1966 against Spassky. As a result, Spasski had excellent results in tournaments. So he won the tournaments in Beverwijk and Sochi (both in 1967). As the most successful chess player of 1968, he received the Chess Oscar.
qualification
The six winners from the interzonal tournament in Sousse qualified for the candidate competitions: Bent Larsen , Viktor Kortschnoi , Efim Geller , Svetozar Gligorić , Lajos Portisch and Samuel Reshevsky . Then there were the finalists from the candidate competitions for the 1966 World Chess Championship , Boris Spasski and Michail Tal . The candidate competitions were scheduled for 10 games (quarter and semi-finals) and 12 games (final).
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| Efim Geller
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| Boris Spassky
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| Viktor Korchnoi
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| Viktor Korchnoi
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| Viktor Korchnoi
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| Mikhail Tal
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.svg){kind=small} Svetozar Gligorić
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Course of the candidate competitions
- Quarter-finals Reshevsky - Korchnoi, May 1968 in Amsterdam
1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th Points Samuel Reshevsky
½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 2½ 
Viktor Korchnoi
½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½
- Quarter-finals Portisch - Larsen, May 1968 in Poreč
1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 Points 
Lajos Portisch
½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 4½ Bent Larsen
½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 5½
- Quarter-finals Geller - Spassky, June 1968 in Sukhumi
1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th Points Efim Geller
½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 2½ Boris Spassky
½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½
- Quarter-finals Valley - Gligorić, April / May 1968 in Belgrade
1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 Points Mikhail Tal
0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5½ 
Svetozar Gligorić
1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 3½
- Semifinals valley - Korchnoi, June / July 1968 in Moscow
1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 Points Mikhail Tal
½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ Viktor Korchnoi
½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½
- Semifinals Spasski - Larsen, July 1968 in Malmö
1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th Points Boris Spassky
1 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 5½ Bent Larsen
0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 2½
- Game for 3rd place Larsen - Tal, March 1969 in Ersel
1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th Points Bent Larsen
½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 5½ Mikhail Tal
½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 2½
- Candidate finals Spassky - Korchnoi, September 1968 in Kiev
1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 Points Boris Spassky
½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 6½ Viktor Korchnoi
½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 3½
Organization and rules
The competition took place in Moscow . The competition was scheduled for 24 games, with a tie Petrosyan would keep his title.
course
The match began on April 14th and was initially all about fun: He more than made up for a defeat at the beginning with wins in the 4th, 5th and 8th round. In the ninth game he did not manage to lead the abandoned game to victory, and defeats followed in games 10 and 11. In games 12 and 14 Spasski got into trouble and had to be happy about the draw . At the end of the match he pulled away, however, and on June 17th he was the winner and became the tenth world champion in chess history .
World Chess Championship 1969 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23 Victories Points Petrosian 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 4th 10½ Spassky 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 6th 12½
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- Spassky – Petrosyan 0-1
- Moscow, April 14, 1969
- Sicilian opening , B42
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. 0-0 d5 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. De2 Be7 10. b3 0-0 11.Bb2 a5 12. f4 g6 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. c4 a4 15. f5 exf5 16. exf5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qf2 axb3 19. axb3 Ra2 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. h3 De7 22. Qd4 c5 23. Qf4 Bb7 24. Tde1 Qg7 25. De3 d4 26. De6 + Qf7 27. De2 Re8 28. Qf2 Rxe1 29. Qxe1 De8 30. Qxe8 + Nxe8 31. Be4 Rxd2 32.Bxb7 Nd6 33.Bd5 + Kg7 34. b4 cxb4 35. c5 Nf5 36. c6 Rc2 37. g4 Nd6 38.Rf4 d3 39.Rd4 d2 40. Bb3 Rxc6 41.Rxd2 Ne4 42.Rd7 + Kf6 43.Rxh7 Rc1 + 44. Kg2 Nc5 45. Bf7 b3 46. g5 + Kxg5 47. h4 + Kf6 48. h5 Rc2 + 49. Kf3 b2 50.Ba2 gxh5 51.Rxh5 Rc1 52.Rh6 + Ke5 53.Rb6 Sa4 54.Re6 + Kd4 55.Re4 + Kc5 56.Rxa4 Ra1 0: 1
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- Petrosyan – Spassky 0: 1
- Moscow, April 21, 1969
- Queen's Gambit rejected ( Tarrasch Defense ), D34
- 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Nb3 Be6 13.Rc1 Re8 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Bc5 Tac8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. e3 Ted8 18. De2 Bg4 19. f3 Bf5 20. Rcd1 Ne5 21. Nd4 Bg6 22. Bh3 Rc4 23. g4 Rb4 24. b3 Nc6 25. Qd2 Rb6 26. Nce2 Bh7 27. Bg2 Re8 28. Ng3 Nxd4 29. exd4 Re6 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. Rc1 Bg6 32.Bf1 Nb7 33. Qf4 Nf8 34. Rc5 Bb1 35. a4 Ng6 36. Qd2 Qf6 37. Kf2 Nf4 38. a5 Bd3 39. Nf5 Qg5 40. Ne3 Qh4 + 41. Kg1 Bxf1 0: 1
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- Spassky – Petrosyan 1-0
- Moscow, April 23, 1969
- Queen's Gambit Rejected ( Improved Tarrasch Defense ), D41
- 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4 + 9. Bd2 Bxd2 + 10. Qxd2 0-0 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. 0- 0 b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Sa5 17. Qf4 Qc7 18. Qf5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qc2 20. Qf4 Qxa2 21. d6 Rcd8 22. d7 Qc4 23. Qf5 h6 24.Rc1 Qa6 25.Rc7 b5 26.Nd4 Qb6 27.Rc8 Nb7 28.Nc6 Nd6 29.Nxd8 Nxf5 30.Nc6 1: 0
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- Petrosyan – Spassky 0: 1
- Moscow, May 2, 1969
- Queen's Gambit declined, D37
- 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 c5 6. dxc5 Sa6 7. e3 Nxc5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 Be6 11. Be5 Rc8 12. Rc1 a6 13. h3 b5 14. Bd3? d4 15. Bxd4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bc4 17. Qb1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Nd5 19. Ne2 Bf6 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Nfd4 De5 23. Qd3 Rfd8 24. a4 bxa4 25. Ta1 Ne4 26. Qxa6 Ra8 27 Qd3 Re8 28.Nf4 g6 29. Qa3 Qf6 30. Nd3 Tec8 31.Rd1 Rc4 32. b4 Tac8 33. b5 Rc3 34. Qa1 Rxd3 35.Rxd3 Qxf2 + 36.Kh2 Qg3 + 37.Kg1 Qf2 + 38.Kh2 Qg3 + 39.Kg1 Nf2 40.Nc6 Nxh3 + 41. Kh1 Nf2 + 42. Kg1 Nxd3 43. Ne7 + Kf8 44.Nxc8 Qxe3 + 0: 1
consequences
Petrosyan was no longer able to regain his title. In qualifying for the following World Cup in 1972, he was defeated in 1971 in the candidate finals to later world champion Bobby Fischer ; In 1974 he made it to the semi-finals, in 1977 and 1980 under the last eight.
literature
- Salo Flohr : Spassky World Champion! Ten Have, Amsterdam 1970.
- Raymund Stolze : Contested Crown - The duels of the world chess champions from Steinitz to Kasparow . Sportverlag, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-328-00526-9 .
Web links
- Tournament report and games at chessgames.com. Retrieved November 6, 2012 .