This article lists the times taken for game 13 of the 1972 Fischer – Spassky World Chess Championship Match in Reykjavik, Iceland.

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Game 13, August 10-11, 1972

    Spassky         Fischer
    White           Black
    (ar)  (-0:02)   (ar)  (0:06)
 1. e4     (0:00)   Nf6   (0:07)
(Spassky left when he made his move and returned 2 minutes after Fischer made his move. )
 2. e5     (0:02)   Nd5   (0:07)
 3. d4     (0:02)   d6    (0:07)
 4. Nf3    (0:03)   g6    (0:08)
 5. Bc4    (0:05)   Nb6   (0:08)
 6. Bb3    (0:06)   Bg7   (0:08)
 7. Nbd2   (0:23)   0-0   (0:14)
 8. h3     (0:25)   a5    (0:22)
 9. a4     (0:33)   dxe5  (0:25)
10. dxe5   (0:33)   Na6   (0:26)
11. 0-0    (0:47)   Nc5   (0:35)
12. Qe2    (0:50)   Qe8   (0:51)
13. Ne4    (0:58)   Nbxa4 (0:54)
14. Bxa4   (1:04)   Nxa4  (0:56)
15. Re1    (1:08)   Nb6   (0:58)
16. Bd2    (1:12)   a4    (0:59)
17. Bg5    (1:14)   h6    (1:06)
18. Bh4    (1:26)   Bf5   (1:16)
19. g4     (1:29)   Be6   (1:16)
20. Nd4    (1:31)   Bc4   (1:17)
21. Qd2    (1:35)   Qd7   (1:19)
22. Rad1   (1:37)   Rfe8  (1:23)
23. f4     (1:38)   Bd5   (1:30)
24. Nc5    (1:40)   Qc8   (1:31)
25. Qc3    (1:51)   e6    (1:38)
26. Kh2    (1:57)   Nd7   (1:40)
27. Nd3    (2:00)   c5    (1:41)
28. Nb5    (2:00)   Qc6   (1:42)
29. Nd6    (2:04)   Qxd6
30. exd6            Bxc3  (1:42)
31. bxc3   (2:04)   f6    (1:46)
32. g5     (2:05)   hxg5  (1:47)
33. fxg5   (2:05)   f5    (1:47)
34. Bg3    (2:06)   Kf7   (1:50)
35. Ne5+   (2:07)   Nxe5  (1:50)
36. Bxe5   (2:07)   b5    (1:56)
37. Rf1    (2:08)   Rh8   (2:02)
38. Bf6    (2:12)   a3    (2:04)
39. Rf4    (2:22)   a2    (2:08)
40. c4     (2:27)   Bxc4  (2:09)
41. d7     (2:36)   Bd5   (2:16)
42. Kg3(s) (3:08)
(Fischer was 25 minutes late for the second session. This was a 4 hour Friday adjournment session which started at 2:30 PM. The next two time controls were at move 56 with 3:30 and move 72 with 4:30.)
                   (ar)  (2:41)
42. ...             Ra3+  (2:42)
43. c3     (3:08)   Rha8  (2:42)
44. Rh4    (3:10)   e5    (2:42)
45. Rh7+   (3:11)   Ke6   (2:42)
46. Re7+            Kd6
47. Rxe5   (3:12)   Rxc3+
48. Kf2    (3:13)   Rc2+
49. Ke1    (3:13)   Kxd7
50. Rexd5+ (3:14)   Kc6
51. Rd6+   (3:16)   Kb7   (2:43)
52. Rd7+   (3:20)   Ka6   (2:44)
53. R7d2   (3:23)   Rxd2
54. Kxd2   (3:25)   b4
55. h4     (3:26)   Kb5
56. h5     (3:26)   c4    (2:45)
57. Ra1    (3:37)   gxh5  (2:48)
58. g6     (3:39)   h4    (2:49)
59. g7     (3:50)   h3    (2:50)
60. Be7    (4:08)   Rg8   (3:11)
61. Bf8    (4:11)   h2    (3:49)
62. Kc2    (4:11)   Kc6   (3:51)
63. Rd1    (4:13)   b3+   (3:57)
64. Kc3    (4:15)   h1Q   (4:02)
65. Rxh1   (4:15)   Kd5   (4:02)
66. Kb2    (4:18)   f4    (4:03)
67. Rd1+   (4:19)   Ke4   (4:05)
68. Rc1    (4:23)   Kd3   (4:06)
69. Rd1+   (4:26)   Ke2   (4:07)
70. Rc1    (4:27)   f3    (4:08)
71. Bc5    (4:27)   Rxg7  (4:11)
72. Rxc4   (4:28)   Rd7   (4:14)
73. Re4+   (4:45)   Kf1   (4:15)
74. Bd4    (4:49)   f2
    0-1

(ar) indicates the player’s arrival.
(s) indicates a sealed move.

Although Fischer was 25 minutes late for the second session, he still had 45 extra minutes to use at the second time control on move 56.

Fischer took 38 minutes for his 61st move, which was the longest of the match for him.  And he had spent 21 minutes on the previous move that allowed his Rook to be imprisoned.  He had played the first 18 moves of the adjournment quite rapidly, until Spassky’s 60. Be7.

The four-hour playing session had not been exhausted, since Spassky took 32 minutes for his sealed move in the first session, making that session 5 hours 24 minutes long.

After he resigned, Spassky immediately analyzed the last few moves at the board, seeing that at move 69, he would have drawn with Rc3 instead of Rd1. He said something to Lothar Schmidt, but he was busy with the official paperwork. Fischer had already left.

This was one amazing game to watch. I could not believe it when Fischer’s Rook was incarcerated on g8 by Spassky’s Bishop and Pawn.

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