FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 1975-1978 |
[ Competition summary || European zonal A | European zonal B1 | European zonal B2 | European zonal C | European zonal D | Soviet zonal | US zonal | Canadian zonal |
| Caribbean-Central American zonal 1 | Caribbean-Central American zonal 2 | South American zonal | West Asian zonal | Asian Pacific zonal | Mediterranean-African zonal ||
|| Biel interzonal | Manila interzonal || Candidates QF | Candidates SF | Candidates F || WCh match ]
Candidates' matches :: semifinals |
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Candidates' matches :: semifinals | |
Dates: | July - August 1977 |
Players participating: | 4 (incl. 4 GMs) |
Eligible: | Four winners of quarterfinals. |
Games played: | 28 |
Competition format: | 16-game match. First to score 8½ point wins. If tied 8-8, two game play-offs are repeated until someone breaks a tie. |
Tie-breaks: | none |
Other websites: | Spassky-Portisch Kortschnoj-Polugaevsky |
PGN game file: | wc1978-candsf.pgn |