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N°
FLAGS
NAME
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
TOTAL
01
Vasily Smyslov
½
½
½
½
½
½
½
1
1
1
1
½
1
½
½
½
½
1
1
1
1
1
1
17.0
02
Bent Larsen
½
1
½
0
1
0
½
1
½
1
1
1
½
½
½
1
1
½
1
1
1
1
1
17.0
03
Boris Spassky
½
0
½
½
½
½
1
1
1
0
½
1
½
1
1
½
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
17.0
04
Mikhail Tal
½
½
½
½
½
½
½
½
½
½
½
1
1
1
1
½
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
17.0
05
Leonid Stein
½
1
½
½
0
1
½
0
1
½
1
½
1
1
1
1
½
½
½
1
1
1
1
16.5
06
David Bronstein
½
0
½
½
1
½
½
½
½
1
½
½
1
½
½
1
1
1
½
1
1
1
1
16.0
07
Borislav Ivkov
½
1
½
½
0
½
½
½
½
0
1
1
½
½
½
½
1
1
1
½
1
1
1
15.0
08
Samuel Reshevsky
½
½
0
½
½
½
½
½
½
½
½
½
1
½
½
1
½
½
1
1
1
1
1
14.5
09
Lajos Portisch
0
0
0
½
1
½
½
½
½
0
½
½
1
1
1
½
1
½
1
1
1
1
1
14.5
10
Svetozar Gligoric
0
½
0
½
0
½
½
½
½
½
1
1
½
1
½
1
½
1
1
0
1
1
1
14.0
11
Klaus Darga
0
0
1
½
½
0
1
½
1
½
0
½
1
½
1
½
½
1
1
½
½
1
½
13.5
12
Bela Lengyel
0
0
½
½
0
½
0
½
½
0
1
½
½
1
½
1
½
½
1
1
1
1
1
13.0
13
Ludek Pachman
½
0
0
0
½
½
0
½
½
0
½
½
½
1
½
1
1
1
1
1
1
½
½
12.5
14
Larry Evans
0
½
½
0
0
0
½
0
0
½
0
½
½
1
½
0
1
1
1
½
½
1
½
10.0
15
Georgi Tringov
½
½
0
0
0
½
½
½
0
0
½
0
0
0
½
1
½
½
1
½
½
1
1
9.5
16
Pal Benko
½
½
0
0
0
½
½
½
0
½
0
½
½
½
½
½
0
1
0
1
½
½
½
9.0
17
Héctor Rossetto
½
0
½
½
0
0
½
0
½
0
½
0
0
1
0
½
½
½
½
0
1
0
1
8.0
18
Alberto Foguelman
½
0
0
0
½
0
0
½
0
½
½
½
0
0
½
1
½
0
0
1
1
0
1
8.0
19
Istvan Bilek
0
½
0
0
½
0
0
½
½
0
0
½
0
0
½
0
½
1
½
1
1
½
½
8.0
20
Oscar Quiñones
0
0
0
0
½
½
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
½
1
½
½
1
½
1
7.0
21
Yosef Porath
0
0
0
0
0
0
½
0
0
1
½
0
0
½
½
0
1
0
0
½
0
½
½
5.5
22
F.J. Perez
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
½
0
0
½
½
½
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
5.0
23
Bela Berger
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
½
0
0
½
1
1
½
½
½
0
0
4.5
24
Zvonko Vranesic
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
½
0
½
½
0
½
0
0
½
0
½
0
1
4.0
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World Chess Championship 1966
The 1966 World Chess Championship was played between Tigran Petrosian and Boris Spassky in Moscow from April 9 to June 9, 1966.
The match was played as best of 24 games. If it ended 12-12, Petrosian, the holder, would retain the Championship.
Petrosian retained his title.
World Chess Championship 1966. (29 November 2010 at 16:23). In Wikipedia. Retrieved 16 January 2011 , at 12.05, from
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