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| ROUND ORDER | PLAYERS | RESULT | MOVES | OPENINGS | ROUND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965.04.25 |
Geller, Efim P
vs
Smyslov, Vassily V
|
1-0 | 31 | Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation | ROUND 5 |
| 1965.04.07 |
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
vs
Keres, Paul
|
0-1 | 33 | Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation | ROUND 1 |
| 1965.04.08 |
Keres, Paul
vs
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
|
1/2-1/2 | 62 | Ruy Lopez: Closed, Smyslov Defense | ROUND 2 |
| 1965.04.10 |
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
vs
Keres, Paul
|
1-0 | 50 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Variation, Benoni Defense | ROUND 3 |
| 1965.04.11 |
Keres, Paul
vs
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
|
0-1 | 39 | Ruy Lopez: Closed, Smyslov Defense | ROUND 4 |
| 1965.04.14 |
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
vs
Keres, Paul
|
1-0 | 43 | Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense | ROUND 5 |
| 1965.04.15 |
Keres, Paul
vs
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
|
1/2-1/2 | 29 | English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian | ROUND 6 |
| 1965.04.17 |
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
vs
Keres, Paul
|
1/2-1/2 | 40 | Queen's Indian Defense | ROUND 7 |
| 1965.04.18 |
Keres, Paul
vs
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
|
1-0 | 25 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation, with Ne4 | ROUND 8 |
| 1965.04.21 |
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
vs
Keres, Paul
|
1/2-1/2 | 40 | Ruy Lopez: Open | ROUND 9 |
| 1965.04.23 |
Keres, Paul
vs
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
|
0-1 | 35 | King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Normal Attack | ROUND 10 |
| 1965.05.27 |
Geller, Efim P
vs
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
|
1/2-1/2 | 30 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation | ROUND 1 |
| 1965.05.28 |
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
vs
Geller, Efim P
|
1-0 | 55 | Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Modern Main Line | ROUND 2 |
| 1965.05.30 |
Geller, Efim P
vs
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
|
1/2-1/2 | 41 | Tarrasch Defense | ROUND 3 |
| 1965.05.31 |
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
vs
Geller, Efim P
|
1/2-1/2 | 32 | Ruy Lopez: Closed | ROUND 4 |
| 1965.06.02 |
Geller, Efim P
vs
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
|
1/2-1/2 | 32 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation | ROUND 5 |
| 1965.06.04 |
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
vs
Geller, Efim P
|
1-0 | 44 | Ruy Lopez: Closed, Karpov Variation | ROUND 6 |
| 1965.06.06 |
Geller, Efim P
vs
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
|
1/2-1/2 | 41 | Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation, Main Line | ROUND 7 |
| 1965.06.08 |
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
vs
Geller, Efim P
|
1-0 | 39 | Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Modern Bc4 Variation | ROUND 8 |
| 1965.11.01 |
Tal, Mihail
vs
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
|
1/2-1/2 | 37 | Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack | ROUND 1 |
| 1965.11.03 |
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
vs
Tal, Mihail
|
0-1 | 41 | Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Knight Variation | ROUND 2 |
| 1965.11.05 |
Tal, Mihail
vs
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
|
0-1 | 66 | Ruy Lopez: Closed, Breyer Defense | ROUND 3 |
| 1965.11.08 |
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
vs
Tal, Mihail
|
1/2-1/2 | 23 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation | ROUND 4 |
| 1965.11.10 |
Tal, Mihail
vs
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
|
1/2-1/2 | 41 | Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack | ROUND 5 |
| 1965.11.11 |
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
vs
Tal, Mihail
|
1/2-1/2 | 70 | Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Knight Variation | ROUND 6 |
| 1965.11.15 |
Tal, Mihail
vs
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
|
1/2-1/2 | 53 | Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack | ROUND 7 |
| 1965.11.17 |
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
vs
Tal, Mihail
|
1/2-1/2 | 25 | Queen's Indian Defense | ROUND 8 |
| 1965.11.19 |
Tal, Mihail
vs
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
|
0-1 | 70 | Ruy Lopez: Closed, Anti-Marshall | ROUND 9 |
| 1965.11.22 |
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
vs
Tal, Mihail
|
1-0 | 41 | Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations | ROUND 10 |
| 1965.11.24 |
Tal, Mihail
vs
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
|
0-1 | 41 | Ruy Lopez: Closed | ROUND 11 |