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In 1966, who was the player that defeated Spassky in a world championship match?

  • Bobby Fischer

  • Vladimir Kramnik

  • Tigran Petrosian

  • Anatoly Karpov

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Tigran Petrosian was the player that defeated Spassky in a world championship match in 1966. Petrosian was a Soviet Armenian chess grandmaster and the eighth world chess champion, having held the title from 1963 to 1969. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest defensive players in the history of chess.
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