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Candidates Tournament 1959: Bled, Zagreb, Belgrad
In contrast to the candidates tournaments in Zürich 1953 and in Amsterdam 1956 only eight players took part in the candidates tournament 1959. But they played a four game round-robin, 28 games altogether. Mihail Tal coped best with this challenge. He won the tournament with 20.0 /28, Keres finished second with 18½ / 28.
Final standings
This result is even more remarkable if one keeps in mind that only a few days before the start of the tournament Tal had to go into a hospital to get his appendix removed. Yuri Averbakh, who supported Tal as a second at the candidates, was "horrified" when he met him: "He looked pale and haggard. Only his eyes were just as piercing, burning with an unquenchable fire." (Quoted in: Dmitry Plisetsky and Sergey Voronkov, Russians vs. Fischer, Everyman 2005, p.32)
Mihail Tal | Photo: Tournament book Candidates Tournament 1959
Tal himself played down the operation: "I was allowed 10 days to recover. ... I was not much troubled by the effects of the operation, apart from in a purely mechanical sense; during a game I did not feel inclined to stroll about, and I was unable to walk quickly. I was able to devote myself to the battle ... ." (Mihail Tal, The Life and Games of Mihail Tal, RHM Press 1976, p.118)
Still he had a bad start into the tournament – in the first three rounds he only scored one point. But then he came back to form. He was particularly successful against the four players at the bottom half of the table: he scored 14½ / 16 against them, winning 13 games and conceding three draws. His result against the players finishing on places two to four was, however, less impressive: Tal only scored only 5½ / 12, and with three wins, four losses, and five draws he did not even reach the 50 percent mark.
On this DVD Dorian Rogozenco, Mihail Marin, Oliver Reeh and Karsten Müller present the 8. World Chess Champion in video lessons: his openings, his understanding of chess strategy, his artful endgame play, and finally his immortal combinations.
But it was the way in which Tal won his games that enchanted chess players all over the world. He did not shy away from risk nor sacrifice. This style caused the occasional defeat but also led to numerous brilliancies. One example for an uncecessary defeat caused by Tal's desire to sacrifice material when ever possible is his loss against Paul Keres in round 10:
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 dxe4 7.fxe4 e5 8.d5 Bc5 9.Bg5 a5 10.Nf3 Qe7 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.Qe2 h6 13.Bd2 c6 14.Na4 Bd4 15.Nxd4 15.Be3 15...exd4 16.Bf4 Ne5 17.Nb6 Bg4 18.Qc2 Nxd3+ 19.Qxd3 Ra6 20.0-0? 20.Na4 20...Rxb6 21.Bd6?? Qxd6 22.e5 Qe7? 23.Rae1 Nd7 24.e6 fxe6 25.c5 Nxc5 26.Qg6+ Kd8 27.b4 axb4 28.Qxg4 cxd5 29.Qg3 Nd7 30.axb4 Rf8 31.Rxf8+ Qxf8 32.b5 e5 33.Ra1 Kc7 34.Rc1+ Kb8 35.Qb3 Nf6 36.Qc2 Qd8 37.Qa4 Ne4 38.Rf1 Nd6 39.Qa3 Rxb5 40.Ra1 Qb6 0–1
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Tal,M | - | Keres,P | - | 0–1 | 1959 | E20 | Candidates Tournament | 10 |
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But such slips were rare - more often Tal's opponents could not handle the problems Tal posed them:
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1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 e5 4.Ngf3 Nd7 5.d4!? dxe4 5...exd4!? 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Nxd4 6.Nxe4 exd4 7.Qxd4 Ngf6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.0-0-0 0-0 10.Nd6 Qa5 10...Nb6? 11.Nxc8 Rxc8 12.Qh4 Qc7 13.Bd3 h6 14.Bxh6 gxh6 15.Qxh6+- 11.Bc4! 11.Kb1? Bxd6 12.Qxd6 Ne4 11...b5! 11...Bxd6 12.Qxd6 Ne4 13.Qf4 Nxg5 14.Nxg5 Ne5 15.Bb3 h6 16.Ne4 12.Bd2! Qa6! 12...Qa4 13.Nxc8 Bc5 14.Ne7+ Bxe7 15.Bb3 Qxd4 16.Nxd4 13.Nf5 Bd8! 13...Bc5 14.Qh4 bxc4 15.Bc3 Qxa2 16.Rxd7‼ Be3+ 16...Bxd7 17.Nh6+! 17.fxe3 Qa1+ 18.Kd2 Qxh1 19.Bxf6 Qxg2+ 20.Kc3 Bxd7 21.Ne7+ Kh8 22.Ng5 Qxg5 23.Qxg5+- 14.Qh4! 14.Bb3 c5 15.Qh4 c4 14...bxc4 15.Qg5 Nh5 15...g6? 16.Nh6+ 16.Bc3 Qxa2 17.Nh6+ Kg7 18.Nf5+ Kh8= 16...Kg7 17.Bc3 Qxa2 18.Nh4 Re8 19.Rhe1 16.Nh6+ Kh8 17.Qxh5 Qxa2 17...Bf6 18.Nxf7+ 18.Bc3? Bxc3 19.Ng5 Bxb2+! 20.Kxb2 20.Kb1 g6 21.Nhxf7+ Rxf7 22.Nxf7+ Kg8 23.Nh6+ Kf8 24.Qf3+ Bf6-+ 20...gxh6 21.Qxh6 Qb5+ 22.Kc1 Qf5-+ 18.Ng5 Bxg5 19.Qxg5 Qxa2 20.Bc3 f6 18...Kg8 19.N7g5 h6 20.Ne4 Qxa2 21.Nxf6+ Nxf6 22.Qa5 Qxa5 23.Bxa5 Bg4= 18.Bc3 Nf6? 18...Bf6 19.Nxf7+ 19.Ng5?! Bxg5+ 20.Qxg5 f6 21.Qh5 21.Qf4!? Nc5! 21...gxh6? 22.Rhe1+- 22.Nf7+ Kg8 23.Nd6 Na4 21...gxh6 22.Rhe1 22.Qxh6 Rf7! 22...Ne5! 23.Rxe5 Bg4! 24.Qxg4 Qa1+ 25.Kd2 Rad8+ 26.Bd4 Qxd1+ 27.Kxd1 fxe5 28.Kc1 exd4 19...Kg8 20.N3g5 Qa1+! 20...Bxg5+ 21.Nxg5 h6 22.Qg6 21.Kd2 Bxc3+ 22.bxc3 Nf6∞ 19.Qxf7!+- Qa1+ 20.Kd2 Rxf7 21.Nxf7+ Kg8 22.Rxa1 Kxf7 23.Ne5+ Ke6 24.Nxc6 Ne4+ 25.Ke3 Bb6+ 26.Bd4 1–0
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Tal,M | - | Smyslov,V | - | 1–0 | 1959 | B10 | Candidates Tournament | 8 |
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Great interest was caused by the duel between Tal and the 16-year old Bobby Fischer. Tal won all four games against the young American even when Fischer had outplayed him.

Bobby Fischer 1959 | Photo: Tournament book Candidates Tournament 1959
Fischer later included one of his four losses against Tal into his 60 Memorable Games - an indicator how much the defeat affected him.
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 7.0-0 Be7 8.Bb3 Qc7 9.f4 b5 10.f5 b4 11.fxe6!? 11.Nce2 e5 12.Nf3 Bb7-+ 11...bxc3 12.exf7+ Kf8 13.Bg5 Ng4!-+ 7...b5! 7...Be7? 8.f4 0-0 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.f5! 10.0-0? b5 11.f5 b4! 12.Na4 e5 13.Ne2 Bb7 10...e5 10...Nc6 11.Be3 11.Nde2 b5 12.a3 Bb7 13.g4 8.f4!? 8.0-0 Be7 8...b4 9.Na4 Nxe4 10.Re1 Nf6 11.Bg5 9.Qf3!? Qc7 9...Bb7? 10.Bxe6! 10.Qg3 b4 11.Nce2 g6 12.a3? 12.Bh6! 12...Nxe4 13.Qe3 Nf6 14.axb4 0-0∞ 8.Qf3 Bb7 9.Bg5 9.0-0! Nbd7 9...b4 10.Nd5 exd5 11.Ba4+ Nbd7 12.exd5 Be7 13.Nc6 Qc7 14.Re1 Bxc6 15.Bxc6 Rb8 16.Bh6! 10.Re1 Nc5 11.Bd5 exd5 12.exd5+ Kd7 13.b4 Na4 14.Nxa4 bxa4 15.c4± 9...b4 10.Na4 Nbd7 11.0-0 Qa5 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Rfe1 Be7= 8...b4! 8...Be7 9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Nfd7 11.Bxe6 Nxe5 12.Bxc8 Qxc8 13.Nd5 Ra7 13...Bc5 14.b4 Qd7! 15.Nf3 Bd6 16.0-0 Nbc6 17.Nb6 Qa7 18.Be3 Rd8 19.Nc4 Qe7 20.Nxd6+ Rxd6 21.Qe1 Nd7 22.Nh4! g6 23.Qg3 Re6 24.Bh6 14.Qh5 Nbc6 15.Nf5 0-0 15...0-0 16.Be3!± 9.Na4 Nxe4 9...Bb7 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nd5 11...Nfd7 12.0-0 Nxe5 13.Bxe6 Nbc6 14.Be3 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 fxe6 16.Bxe5 Qxd1 17.Raxd1± 12.0-0 Qh4 13.Nf3 Qh5 14.Qe1 Be7 15.Bxd5 Bxd5 16.Nb6 Bc5+ 17.Be3 Bxb6 18.Bxb6 0-0 19.Qxb4 Rc8 10.0-0 g6? 10...Bb7 11.f5 e5 12.Ne6! fxe6 13.Qh5+ 10...Nf6 11.Qf3 d5 12.f5 e5 12...Bd6 13.Re1 0-0 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.Nxe6 Bxe6 16.Rxe6± 13.Re1 e4 13...Bd6!? 14.Qg3 Bd6? 15.Qxg7 Bxh2+ 16.Kxh2 Rg8 17.Rxe4++- 10...d5? 11.f5 Ra7 12.fxe6 11.f5! gxf5 11...exf5 12.Bd5 Ra7 13.Nxf5! gxf5 14.Qd4+- 12.Nxf5 Rg8 12...d5 13.Nh6 Bxh6 14.Bxh6 14.Qh5!? 12...exf5? 13.Qd5 Ra7 14.Qd4+- 12...Bb7!? 13.Nh6 13.Qd4 Rg8 13...Bxh6 14.Qh5 Qe7 15.Bxh6 Rg8 16.g3 Nd7 17.Rae1 Ne5 17...Rg6!? 18.Bf4 13.Bd5! 13.Qh5!? Nf6 14.Qf3 Ra7 15.Ng3 Ng4 16.h3 Ne5 17.Qf2 Rc7 18.Bf4 13...Ra7 13...exd5 14.Qxd5 Bxf5 14...Ra7 15.Qxe4+ 15.Rxf5 Ra7 16.Qxe4+ Re7 17.Qxb4 Re2 18.Bg5! Rxg5 19.Rxg5 Qxg5 20.Qxb8++- 14.Bxe4? 14.Be3! Nc5 15.Qh5! Rg6 15...Nxa4 16.Bxa7 exd5 17.Rae1+ 16.Rae1! 14...exf5 15.Bxf5 15.Bd5± 15.Bf3 15.Be3? Re7 16.Bb6 Qd7 17.Bxf5 Qxa4 18.Bxc8 Qc6!-+ 15...Re7! 16.Bxc8 Qxc8 17.Bf4? 17.c3! Qc6 18.Rf2± 17.Qxd6? Rxg2+ 18.Kxg2 Re2+ 19.Kf3 Bxd6 20.Kxe2 Qxc2+-+ 17...Qc6! 18.Qf3 Qxa4! 18...Qxf3 19.Rxf3 Re2 20.Rf2 Rxf2 21.Kxf2 19.Bxd6 Qc6! 20.Bxb8 20.Bxe7 Qxf3∞ 20...Qb6+ 20...Qxf3 21.Rxf3 Bg7 21...Re2 22.g3 22.Bg3 Bc5+ 23.Bf2 Rxc2 22...Bc5+ 22.c3± 21.Kh1 Qxb8 22.Qc6+ 22.Rae1 Kd8! 22...Rg6? 23.Qxf7+ Kd7 24.Rd1+! Rd6 25.Rxd6+ Kxd6 26.Rf6++- 23.Rd1+ 23.Rxe7!? Bxe7 24.Qxf7 Rg6 24...Re8 25.Rd1+ Bd6 26.Qxh7∞ 25.Qxh7± 25.Rd1+ Bd6 26.Qxh7∞ 23...Kc7! 23...Kc8? 24.Qc6++- 24.Qf4+ 24.Rd4 Qb7! 24...Kb7 25.Rd6 Qc7 26.Qxb4+ Kc8 27.Rxa6 Qb7! 28.Qxb7+ Kxb7 29.Raf6 Rg7= 22...Rd7 23.Rae1+ 23.Rad1 Bd6 23...Qc7 24.Rfe1+ Be7 25.Qa8+ Rd8 24.Rxf7 24.Rf6 Rg6 25.Rdxd6? Qxd6!-+ 24...Qc7 23.Rxf7 Qd6 23...Be7 23...Kd8? 24.Rxf7! Be7 25.Rfxe7 Rxe7 26.Rd1++- 24.Rxf7 Kxf7 25.Qe6+ Kf8! 25...Kg7? 26.Qxd7+- 26.Qxd7 26.Rf1+ Kg7 27.Rf7+ Kh8 28.Qxd7 Rd8 29.Qg4 29.Qxe7?? Rd1+ 29.Rxh7+ Kxh7 30.Qxe7+ Kg6 31.Qe6+ Kg5 32.h4+ Kxh4-+ 29...Qe5-+ 26...Qd6 27.Qb7 Rg6 28.c3! a5 28...bxc3 29.Qc8+ Bd8 30.Qxc3= 29.Qc8+ 29.cxb4! Qxb4 29...axb4 30.a3! bxa3 31.bxa3 Qxa3= 30.Qf3+ Kg7 31.Qe2 29...Kg7 30.Qc4 Bd8 31.cxb4 axb4 31...Qxb4 32.Qe2= 32.g3? 32.Qe4 Bc7 33.Qe7+ Kg8 34.Qe8+ Qf8 35.Qe4= Qf2 32.a3 Bc7 32...Qd2 33.Qe4 33.Rg1? Bb6-+ 33.g3 b3! 34.Re3 34.Qxb3 Qc6+ 35.Kg1 Bb6+ 36.Kf1 Rf6+ 37.Ke2 Qe4+-+ 32...Qc6+ 33.Re4 Qxc4 34.Rxc4 Rb6!-+ 34...Be7? 35.a3 b3 36.Rc7 Re6 37.Rb7= 35.Kg2 Kf6 36.Kf3 Ke5 37.Ke3 37.a3 b3! 37...bxa3? 38.bxa3= 37...Bg5+ 38.Ke2 Kd5 39.Kd3 Bf6 40.Rc2? 40.b3 Be7 41.Rd4+ 40...Be5 41.Re2 Rf6 42.Rc2 Rf3+ 43.Ke2 Rf7 44.Kd3 Bd4! 45.a3 45.b3 Rf3+ 46.Ke2 Rf2+ 47.Kd3 Rxc2 48.Kxc2 Ke4-+ 45...b3 46.Rc8 46.Re2 Rf3+ 47.Kd2 Bxb2-+ 46.Rd2 Rf3+ 47.Ke2 Rf2+-+ 46...Bxb2 47.Rd8+ Kc6 48.Rb8 Rf3+ 49.Kc4 Rc3+ 50.Kb4 Kc7 51.Rb5 Ba1 52.a4 b2 0–1
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Fischer,R | - | Tal,M | - | 0–1 | 1959 | B87 | Candidates Tournament | 27 |
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No other World Champion was more infamous both inside and outside the chess world than Bobby Fischer. On this DVD, a team of experts shows you the winning techniques and strategies employed by the 11th World Champion.
Grandmaster Dorian Rogozenco delves into Fischer’s openings, and retraces the development of his repertoire. What variations did Fischer play, and what sources did he use to arm himself against the best Soviet players? Mihail Marin explains Fischer’s particular style and his special strategic talent in annotated games against Spassky, Taimanov and other greats. Karsten Müller is not just a leading international endgame expert, but also a true Fischer connoisseur.
In 1959 there were no suspicions at all that the Soviet players had tried to manipulate the tournament by arranging games. Though Tal and Petrosian apparently had agreed to a non-aggression pact – their four games ended all more or less quickly with a draw – Tal's result against Keres and Smyslov was much too bad for serious conspiracy theories.
But three years later, at the candidates tournament 1962 in Curacao, such theories came back with a vengeance. Tal also played in Curacao but as a former world champion. In 1960 he had won the world championship match against Botvinnik but Botvinnik again used his right for a return match which he won to regain the title.
Candidates Tournament Curacao 1962
The format of the candidates tournament 1962 was the same as three years before: eight players, 28 rounds, four games round-robin. One should think that these conditions were difficult enough to let the best players win. But the tournament in Curacao created a scandal. This was caused by Bobby Fischer. On August 20, 1962, he published an article with the title "The Russians Have Fixed World Chess" in the American magazine Sports Illustrated that made the news all over the world. In this article Fischer claimed that the Soviet players (which Fischer, ignoring political and national nuances, always calls "Russians") had manipulated the tournament:
"The international Candidates' Chess Tournament that ended June 28 in Curacao left me with one conviction: Russian control of chess has reached a point where there can be no honest competition for the world championship. The system set up by the Fédération International des Echecs, the governing body of world chess, insures that there will always be a Russian world champion because only a Russian can win the preliminary tournament that determines the challenger. The Russians arranged it that way."
The result of the tournament in Curacao was indeed a triumph for the Soviets. First place went to Tigran Petrosian (17½ /28) who one year later became new world champion after winning his title match against Botvinnik - who this time lost his title for good because the FIDE no longer granted the reigning world champion the right of a return match.

Tigran Petrosian 1959 | Photo: Tournament book Candidates Tournament 1959
Half a point behind Petrosian followed Keres and Geller on places two and three. Fischer finished fourth, three points behind Keres and Geller. On place five followed Viktor Kortschnoi, ahead of Pal Benkö. Miroslav Filip and Tal shared last place - Tal's health had troubled him again. A short time before the tournament he had to undergo a kidney operation and in Curacao the kidney troubled him again. After 21 rounds he withdrew from the tournament and went into hospital.
Final standings
No wonder Boleslavsky, coach and attendant of the Soviet delegation, was happy:
"Our overall objective at the tournament in Curacao - which was that the challenger for the world championship title should become a Soviet player - proved not so difficult, since the first two rounds showed that our main rival, Robert Fischer, was not properly prepared for the forthcoming struggle." (Quoted in: Dmitry Plisetsky and Sergey Voronkov, Russians vs. Fischer, London: Everyman 2005, p.84)
But were Fischer's claims that the Soviet players had manipulated the tournament still justified? Was there an agreement between four Soviet players or only between Petrosian, Geller and Keres? Were these private agreements or were they politically orchestrated? Was there political pressure to lose certain games? Or were Fischer's claims only the nagging complaints of a 19-year old spoiled chess genius and bad loser who was not ready to acknowledge that he was not yet the world's best player? Fischer admits that
"[a]ny loser explaining why we can't win the world championship, or arguing that the setup makes it impossible for us to compete with the Russians on equal terms, seems to be suffering from sour grapes; it's said that there is nothing in the Russian control of international chess that a few victories by others wouldn't fix. Well, I now know better."
The numbers are not in favour of Fischer: after all, in the end the American was no less than 3½ points behind the tournament winner and did not win even one of the mini-matches against the first three. Against Petrosian and Geller he lost 1½-2½, against Keres he drew 2-2.
But at least one claim of Fischer is definitely correct: Petrosian, Geller, and Keres had made a non-aggression pact and drew all their games against each other, usually after only a few moves.
At the same time the Soviet players betrayed each other. One example: In the penultimate round Keres had to play against Benko and with a win he would have passed Petrosian and taken the lead. This would have given him good chances to win the tournament. Keres had won all his previous seven games against Benko but in this crucial encounter luck deserted him. When the game was adjourned Keres was worse and could at best hope for a draw. But Benko reports that Petrosian and Geller visited him secretly - though Benko, a refugee from Hungary, was actually a persona non grata for the Soviets - and offered to help him analysing the adjournament. Benko rejected the help and won the game easily. (See Pal Benko: My Life, Games and Compositions, Los Angeles: Siles Press 2003, p.127-128).
For all the questions what really happened in Curacao it seems to be certain that Keres, Petrosian, and Geller teamed up, and that Petrosian and Geller then secretly teamed up against Keres when winning the tournament was at stake. One might assume that those responsible in the Soviet delegation did not propose the pact between Petrosian, Geller, and Keres but that they agreed to it because it would help a Soviet player to win the tournament. But the Soviet delegation probably did not go so far to force individual players to lose games - even if only because there never was any danger that a non-Soviet player would win the tournament.
All this leads to the conclusion that Fischer's claim that the Soviet players were willing to manipulate the candidates tournaments to give no western player the chance to challenge the world champion was justified. However, in 1962 Fischer was probably not yet strong enough to become world champion.
The discussion about manipulations in Curacao overshadowed the tournament and only a few games from this candidates tournament became better known. One of these games in Petrosian's brutal victory against Viktor Kortschnoi.
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1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 4...e6 5.Nc3 Bb4 5.Nc3 d5 5...Bg7 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Be3 6.Bg5!? 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Ndb5 Nxc3 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nxc3 6...dxc4 6...Ne4!? 7.Nxe4 dxe4 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qc2 Nc6! 10.Qxe4 Bg7 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 7.e3 Qa5?! 7...Bg7 8.Bxc4 0-0 9.0-0 a6 9...Bd7 10.Qd2! 10.a4! Nbd7 11.Qe2 8.Bxf6! exf6 9.Bxc4 Bb4 9...Bg7 10.Rc1 a6?! 10...0-0 11.0-0 Nd7 11...0-0 12.Nd5!± 12.a3 12.Nd5!? 12...Be7?! 12...Bxc3 13.Rxc3 Ne5! 13.b4! Qe5 13...Qxa3 14.Nd5! 13...Qd8 14.Bxf7+! Kxf7 15.Qb3+ Ke8 16.Ne6 Qb6 17.Nd5!+- 14.f4! Qb8 14...Qxe3+ 15.Kh1 15.Bxf7+! Kxf7 16.Qb3+ Ke8 16...Kg7 17.Ne6+ Kh6 18.Rf3+- 17.Nd5 Bd6 18.Ne6 b5 19.Ndc7+ Ke7 20.Nd4! Kf8 20...Bxc7 21.Nc6++- 20...Qxc7 21.Rxc7 Bxc7 22.Qe6+ Kf8 23.Qc6 Ra7 24.Ne6++- 21.Nxa8 1–0
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Petrosian,T | - | Kortschnoj,V | - | 1–0 | 1962 | A31 | Candidates Tournament-05 | 23 |
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Fischer's public criticism drew attention to the manipulation of the candidates tournaments by the Soviets and had far-reaching consequences. In the next world championship cycle the FIDE replaced the candidates tournament with candidate matches, which FIDE then later replaced with a mix of matches and tournaments. Only in 2013 did FIDE reintroduce the classical candidates tournaments.
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