World Chess Championship Petrosian Vs Spassky 1966
Tal, Mikhail / Sloan, Sam
The 1966 World Championship Match was one of the hardest fought and most exciting matches of this series. It was played under the traditional rules of a 24 game match, time limit was 40 moves in 2¿ hours, and if a 12-12 tie the champion would retain his title.This was a significant factor since the Botvinnik-Bronstein match and the first Botvinnik-Smyslov Match had both ended in a 12-12 tie.There were political implications in this because the...