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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
![Fischer-Spassky 1972 World Chess Championship Chess Board, Table, Pieces to be Auctioned this Thursday in Copenhagen ~ Chess Magazine Black and White Fischer-Spassky 1972 World Chess Championship Chess Board, Table, Pieces to be Auctioned this Thursday in Copenhagen ~ Chess Magazine Black and White](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bfnfOgfaYK8/T9hpZ6RdPSI/AAAAAAAAB5E/xU_HLi6QMtY/s1600/fischer+spassky.jpg)
Fischer-Spassky 1972 World Chess Championship Chess Board, Table, Pieces to be Auctioned this Thursday in Copenhagen ~ Chess Magazine Black and White
![Chessable on Twitter: "On September 1, 1972, Bobby Fischer defeated Russian champion Boris Spassky to become the first American to win the World Chess Championship title. For more, check out this course: Chessable on Twitter: "On September 1, 1972, Bobby Fischer defeated Russian champion Boris Spassky to become the first American to win the World Chess Championship title. For more, check out this course:](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eg0tS-FVkAEsbHV.jpg)
Chessable on Twitter: "On September 1, 1972, Bobby Fischer defeated Russian champion Boris Spassky to become the first American to win the World Chess Championship title. For more, check out this course:
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