FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 1963-1966

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Candidates' matches :: quarterfinals

 





Bled (Yugoslavia), 27th June - 10th July 1965
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GM Larsen, Bent DEN 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1
GM Ivkov, Borislav YUG 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0



Riga (Soviet Union), 7th - 23rd April 1965
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GM Spassky, Boris URS 6 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1
GM Keres, Paul URS 4 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0



Moscow (Soviet Union), 17th - 28th April 1965
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GM Geller, Efim URS 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½
GM Smyslov, Vassily URS 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½



Bled (Yugoslavia), 27th June - 8th July 1965
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GM Portisch, Lajos HUN ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0
GM Tal, Mikhail URS ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1







Information

Candidates' matches :: quarterfinals
Dates: 1964
Players participating: 8 (incl. 8 GMs)
Eligible: From CuraƧao 1962 Candidates (2): Keres, Geller
From Amsterdam 1964 interzonal (6): Smyslov, Larsen, Tal, Spassky, Ivkov, Portisch
Botvinnik was entitled to enter as ex-World Champion, but decided to leave World Championship cycle forever.
Games played: 34
Competition format: Match of four games.
Tie-breaks: none
Website: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=83505
PGN game file: wc1966-candqf.pgn