1974 Candidates Matches

CYCLE 9: 8-Man Knockout

Six qualifiers from two Interzonal tournaments, plus two seeds play knockout matches, with the winner playing a World Championship match against Fischer in 1975.

(Black background indicates black in the first game) 

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Karpov        ½½½1½1½1  3
Polugaevsky   ½½½0½0½0  0
    
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Spassky       ½½11½1  3
Byrne         ½½00½0  0
    
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Korchnoi      ½½½½1½1½½½½01  3
Mecking       ½½½½0½0½½½½1½  1
    
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Petrosian     ½½½½1½½½10½01  3
Portisch      ½½½½0½½½01½10  2
    
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Karpov    0½1½½1½½1½1  4
Spassky   1½0½½0½½0½0  1
    
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Korchnoi  1½101  3
Petrosian 0½010  1
    
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Karpov    ½1½½½1½½½½½½½½½½1½0½0½½½  12½
Korchnoi  ½0½½½0½½½½½½½½½½0½1½1½½½  11½

THE PLAYERS

# Player Country Status
1 Anatoly Karpov USSR Qualified from Interzonal
2 Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi USSR Qualified from Interzonal
3 Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian USSR Seeded; lost last Candidates Final
4 Boris Spassky USSR Seeded; Lost last Championship Match
5 Lajos Portisch Hungary Qualified from Interzonal
6 Henrique Mecking Brazil Qualified from Interzonal
7 Lev Polugaevsky USSR Qualified from Interzonal
8 Robert Byrne USA Qualified from Interzonal

THE QUARTERFINALS (3 Wins or Best of 16)

Moscow, Jan 16 - Feb 4 '74 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Karpov ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 3 (w/5 draws)
Polugaevsky ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 (w/5 draws)

San Juan, Jan 14-29 '74 1 2 3 4 5 6
Spassky ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 3 (w/3 draws)
Byrne ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 (w/3 draws)

Augusta, Jan 16 - Feb 13 '74 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Korchnoi ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 3 (w/9 draws)
Mecking ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 (w/9 draws)

Palma, Jan 18 - Feb 17 '74 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Petrosian ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 3 (w/8 draws)
Portisch ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 2 (w/8 draws)

THE SEMI-FINALS (4 Wins or Best of 20)

Leningrad, Apr 9 - May 20 '74 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Karpov 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 4 (w/6 draws)
Spassky 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 (w/6 draws)

Odessa, Apr 12-30 '74 1 2 3 4 5
Korchnoi 1 ½ 1 0 1 3 (w/1 draw)
Petrosian 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 (w/1 draw)
Petrosian resigned the match prematurely

THE FINALS (5 Wins or Best of 24)

Moscow, Sept 16 - Nov 23 '74 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Karpov ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 12½
Korchnoi ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 11½

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