World Chess Championship 1969

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:chess_match
gptkbp:championship gptkb:12.5
gptkbp:current_champion gptkb:Tigran_Petrosian
gptkbp:defeated gptkb:11
gptkb:12
gptkbp:draws gptkb:10
gptkbp:duration from March to May
gptkbp:event_type gptkb:chess_match
gptkbp:events Algebraic notation
gptkbp:federation gptkb:FIDE
gptkbp:finale_date gptkb:Game_24
gptkbp:gameplay gptkb:24
gptkbp:genre Classical chess
gptkbp:held_in gptkb:1969
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:Monarch
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label World Chess Championship 1969
gptkbp:laps gptkb:Boris_Spassky
gptkbp:legacy Influenced future chess championships.
gptkbp:location gptkb:Moscow
gptkbp:loser gptkb:Tigran_Petrosian
gptkbp:match_type World Championship match
Best of 24 games
gptkbp:media_coverage gptkb:battle
Extensive
gptkbp:movement 1.e4 c5
gptkbp:notable_games gptkb:Game_10
gptkb:Game_16
gptkb:Game_24
gptkbp:notable_match gptkb:Central_Chess_Club
May 1969
March 1969
gptkbp:notable_performers gptkb:Various
gptkbp:notable_quote " The most important thing is to have a good time."
" Chess is a war over the board."
gptkbp:number_of_games gptkb:24
gptkbp:number_of_matches gptkb:battle
Spassky became World Champion
gptkbp:number_of_teams 2
gptkbp:opened gptkb:Sicilian_Defense
gptkbp:predecessor World Chess Championship 1966
gptkbp:result Spassky won 12.5 -11.5
gptkbp:setting 40 moves in 2 hours
20 moves in 1 hour
Rest in 30 minutes
gptkbp:significance First title for Boris Spassky
gptkbp:speed gptkb:battle
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Monarch
gptkbp:successor gptkb:World_Chess_Championship_1972
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Boris_Spassky
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Boris_Spassky
gptkb:Tigran_Petrosian
gptkb:Spassky
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4