1968 Candidates Tournament
Spassky won the Candidates Matches to challenge Petrosian for the World Championship, which he did successfully. (Spassky had unsuccessfully challenged Petrosian in 1966.)
| 1st Round |
Semifinals |
Final |
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| Boris Spassky | 5½ | ||||||||||||||
| Efim Geller | 2½ | ||||||||||||||
| Boris Spassky | 5½ | ||||||||||||||
| Bent Larsen | 2½ | ||||||||||||||
| Lajos Portisch | 4½ | ||||||||||||||
| Bent Larsen | 5½ | ||||||||||||||
| Boris Spassky | 6½ | ||||||||||||||
| Viktor Korchnoi | 3½ | ||||||||||||||
| Svetozar Gligorić | 3½ | ||||||||||||||
| Mikhail Tal | 5½ | ||||||||||||||
| Mikhail Tal | 4½ | ||||||||||||||
| Viktor Korchnoi | 5½ | ||||||||||||||
| Samuel Reshevsky | 2½ | ||||||||||||||
| Viktor Korchnoi | 5½ | ||||||||||||||
Larsen and Tal contested a third place playoff in the Dutch town of Eersel in March 1969, which Larsen won 5½-2½.
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