| FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 1963-1966 |
[ Competition summary || European zonal 1 | European zonal 2 | European zonal 3 | Soviet zonal | US zonal | Canadian zonal | Central American zonal | South American zonal | West Asian zonal | South-East Asian zonal || Interzonal || Candidates QF | Candidates SF | Candidates F || WCh match ]
| Candidates' matches :: semifinals :: Tbilisi 1965 |
[ Match Results | Information ]
| name | Flag | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | pts | + | = | - |
| GM Spassky, Boris | |
½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| GM Tal, Mikhail | |
½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
Play-off for third place: Larsen-Geller 5—4
| Candidates' matches :: semifinals | |
| Dates: | 1st - 26th November 1965 |
| City: | Tbilisi (Soviet Union) |
| Venue: | |
| Organizers: | FIDE |
| Chief Arbiter: | |
| Competition format: | Best of 12 (the one to score 6½ is the winner). |
| Eligible: | Two winners of candidates' semifinal matches. |
| Time control: | |
| Website: | http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=80929 |
| PGN game file: | wc1966-candf.pgn |