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Fabiano Caruana Wins The Candidates Tournament, Becomes First American to Challenge for World Chess Championship Title Since Bobby Fischer in 1972
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Fischer-Spassky 1972 World Chess Championship Chess Board, Table, Pieces to be Auctioned this Thursday in Copenhagen ~ Chess Magazine Black and White
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Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky to become the first American world chess champion in 1972 - New York Daily News
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