From the chess collection of Lothar Schmid
World Championship, 1972 | Scoresheets, round 17, 22-23 August 1972
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The World Chess Championship Match, Iceland, 1972
Partially printed scoresheets, used in round 17 of the competition, completed by Boris Spassky (2 pages, signed at foot), Bobby Fischer (2 pages, signed at foot by Fischer and Spassky), and arbiter Lothar Schmid (3 pages, including one blank), altogether 7 pages, A4 (294 x 204mm), 22-23 August 1972 with original envelope summarising the game
UNIQUE RELICS OF THE MOST FAMOUS CHESS MATCH OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Round seventeen (of 21) was played on 22–23 August 1972 and ended in a draw. By this point in the championship Fischer had pulled ahead, having won six games to Spassky's three.
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