FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 1966-1969

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Candidates' matches :: quarterfinals

 





Amsterdam (Netherlands), 8th - 20th May 1968
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GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman USA ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½
GM Korchnoi, Viktor URS ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½



Porec (Yugoslavia), 6th - 24th May 1968
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GM Portisch, Lajos HUN ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0
GM Larsen, Bent DEN ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1



Sukhumi (Soviet Union), 3rd - 17th April 1968
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GM Geller, Efim URS ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½
GM Spassky, Boris URS ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½



Belgrade (Yugoslavia), 22nd April - 14th May 1968
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GM Tal, Mikhail URS 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1
GM Gligorić, Svetozar YUG 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0







Information

Candidates' matches :: quarterfinals
Dates: April - May 1968
Players participating: 8 (incl. 8 GMs)
Eligible: Loser of 1966 World Championship match (1): Spassky
Loser of Moscow 1965 candidates' final (1): Tal
From Sousse 1967 interzonal (5): Larsen, Korchnoi, Geller, Gligorić, Portisch
From Los Angeles 1968 interzonal play-off (1): Reshevsky
Games played: 35
Competition format: Knock-out
Tie-breaks: none
Other websites: Spassky-Geller
Larsen-Portisch
Korchnoi-Reshevsky
Tal-Gligorić
PGN game file: wc1969-candqf.pgn