World Chess Championship 1972
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The World Chess Championship 1972 was the iconic Cold War-era title match in Reykjavík between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky, widely regarded as one of the most famous chess matches in history.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1972 World Chess Championship | 1 |
| World Chess Championship 1972 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8486465 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: World Chess Championship 1972 Context triple: [Pawn Sacrifice, mainSubject, World Chess Championship 1972]
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A.
World Chess Championship 1985
The World Chess Championship 1985 was the title match in which Garry Kasparov won his first world championship, marking the beginning of his reign as World Chess Champion.
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B.
Game of the Century
The "Game of the Century" is the famous 1970 FIFA World Cup semi-final between Italy and West Germany, renowned for its dramatic extra time and status as one of the greatest football matches ever played.
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C.
"Game of the Century"
"Game of the Century" is the famous 1968 college basketball showdown at the Houston Astrodome in which the University of Houston ended UCLA’s 47-game winning streak before a then-record crowd and national TV audience.
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D.
1972 Summit Series
The 1972 Summit Series was an eight-game ice hockey showdown between Canada and the Soviet Union that became a historic Cold War-era sporting event and a defining moment in international hockey.
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E.
World Blitz Chess Championship 2013
The World Blitz Chess Championship 2013 was the official FIDE world championship tournament for blitz chess, notable for being won by Vietnamese grandmaster Lê Quang Liêm.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: World Chess Championship 1972 Target entity description: The World Chess Championship 1972 was the iconic Cold War-era title match in Reykjavík between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky, widely regarded as one of the most famous chess matches in history.
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A.
World Chess Championship 1985
The World Chess Championship 1985 was the title match in which Garry Kasparov won his first world championship, marking the beginning of his reign as World Chess Champion.
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B.
Game of the Century
The "Game of the Century" is the famous 1970 FIFA World Cup semi-final between Italy and West Germany, renowned for its dramatic extra time and status as one of the greatest football matches ever played.
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C.
"Game of the Century"
"Game of the Century" is the famous 1968 college basketball showdown at the Houston Astrodome in which the University of Houston ended UCLA’s 47-game winning streak before a then-record crowd and national TV audience.
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D.
1972 Summit Series
The 1972 Summit Series was an eight-game ice hockey showdown between Canada and the Soviet Union that became a historic Cold War-era sporting event and a defining moment in international hockey.
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E.
World Blitz Chess Championship 2013
The World Blitz Chess Championship 2013 was the official FIDE world championship tournament for blitz chess, notable for being won by Vietnamese grandmaster Lê Quang Liêm.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World Chess Championship match
ⓘ
chess competition ⓘ sporting event ⓘ |
| BobbyFischerNationality | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| BobbyFischerScore | 12.5 ⓘ |
| BobbyFischerTitleAfterMatch | World Chess Champion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| BorisSpasskyNationality | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| BorisSpasskyScore | 8.5 ⓘ |
| BorisSpasskyTitleBeforeMatch | World Chess Champion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category | World Chess Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| challenger | Bobby Fischer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalOrder | 29th World Chess Championship match NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Iceland ⓘ |
| defendingChampion | Boris Spassky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endDate | 1972-09-01 ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| finalScore | 12.5–8.5 in favor of Bobby Fischer ⓘ |
| game1Result | win for Boris Spassky ⓘ |
| game2Result | win for Boris Spassky by forfeit ⓘ |
| game3Result | win for Bobby Fischer ⓘ |
| governingBody | FIDE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Iceland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Reykjavík NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| loser | Boris Spassky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| matchFormat | best of 24 games ⓘ |
| mediaCoverageType | global television and newspaper coverage ⓘ |
| nextEdition | World Chess Championship 1975 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Match of the Century NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
end of Soviet dominance in World Chess Championship
ⓘ
intense Cold War political context ⓘ massive global media coverage ⓘ |
| numberOfGamesScheduled | 24 ⓘ |
| openingCeremonyLocation | Reykjavík NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingGame1 | Queen’s Gambit Declined NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingGame6 | Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizer | FIDE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pointsRequiredToWin | 12.5 ⓘ |
| politicalSignificance | symbolic confrontation between United States and Soviet Union ⓘ |
| previousEdition | World Chess Championship 1969 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultingChampionNationality | American ⓘ |
| sport | chess ⓘ |
| startDate | 1972-07-11 ⓘ |
| timeControl | classical ⓘ |
| titleContested | World Chess Champion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| venue | Laugardalshöll NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winner | Bobby Fischer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1972 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: World Chess Championship 1972 Description of subject: The World Chess Championship 1972 was the iconic Cold War-era title match in Reykjavík between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky, widely regarded as one of the most famous chess matches in history.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
1972 World Chess Championship