This article lists the times taken for the moves of game 12 of the 1972 World Chess Championship Match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky.

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Game 12, August 8-9, 1972

    Fischer         Spassky
    White           Black
    (ar)   (0:09)
 1. c4     (0:10)
(Spassky arrived 30 seconds after Fischer's clock was started and then disappeared until five minutes after Fischer made his move.)
 1. ...             e6    (0:05)
 2. Nf3    (0:11)   d5    (0:06)
 3. d4     (0:11)   Nf6   (0:06)
 4. Nc3    (0:11)   Be7   (0:06)
 5. Bg5    (0:11)   h6    (0:06)
 6. Bh4    (0:12)   0-0   (0:06)
 7. e3     (0:12)   Nbd7  (0:06)
 8. Rc1    (0:17)   c6    (0:09)
 9. Bd3    (0:20)   dxc4  (0:09)
10. Bxc4   (0:20)   b5    (0:10)
11. Bd3    (0:21)   a6    (0:11)
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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)
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This article lists the times taken for the moves of game 14 of the 1972 Fischer – Spassky World Chess Championship Match.

Game 14, August 15th, 1972

    Fischer        Spassky
    White          Black
    (ar)  (0:07)   (ar)  (-:01)
 1. c4    (0:07)
(Spassky appeared one minute before the game was to start.  By the time Fischer arrived and made his move, Spassky had left and did not return until 3 minutes later.)
                  (ar)  (0:03)
 1.                e6    (0:04)
 2. Nf3   (0:07)   d5
 3. d4    (0:08)   Nf6   (0:05)
 4. Nc3   (0:08)   Be7   (0:05)
 5. Bf4   (0:08)   0-0   (0:11)
 6. e3    (0:08)   c5    (0:14)
 7. dxc5  (0:08)   Nc6   (0:15)
 8. cxd5  (0:09)   exd5  (0:20)
 9. Be2   (0:09)   Bxc5  (0:20)
10. 0-0   (0:09)   Be6   (0:23)
11. Rc1   (0:11)         (0:27)
(Spassky was gone for 4 minutes and so took only 9 minutes for his 11th.)
11. ...            Rc8   (0:36)
12. a3    (0:12)   h6    (0:47)
13. Bg3   (0:16)   Bb6   (0:56)
14. Ne5   (0:24)   Ne7   (1:08)
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This article lists the times taken for the moves of game 15 of the 1972 Fischer – Spassky World Chess Championship Match.

Game 15, August 17-18, 1972

    Spassky         Fischer
    White           Black
                    (ar)  (0:04)
 1. e4     (0:00)   c5    (0:04)
(Spassky left after making his first move and returned 3 minutes after Fischer made his move.)
    (ar)   (0:03)
 2. Nf3    (0:03)   d6    (0:05)
 3. d4     (0:03)   cxd4  (0:05)
 4. Nxd4   (0:03)   Nf6   (0:05)
 5. Nc3    (0:03)   a6    (0:05)
 6. Bg5    (0:04)   e6    (0:05)
 7. f4     (0:05)   Be7   (0:05)
 8. Qf3    (0:05)   Qc7   (0:05)
 9. 0-0-0  (0:07)   Nbd7  (0:05)
10. Bd3    (0:07)   b5    (0:10)
11. Rhe1   (0:07)   Bb7   (0:12)
12. Qg3    (0:07)   0-0-0 (0:43)
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This article lists the times taken for the moves of game 16 of the 1972 Fischer – Spassky Match.

Game 16, August 20th, 1972

    Fischer        Spassky
    White          Black
    (ar)  (0:09)   (ar)  (-:01)
 1. e4    (0:09)
(Spassky appeared a minute before play was to begin.  When Fischer arrived and played his move, Spassky had gone.  He returned  two minutes later.)
                   (ar)  (0:02)
 1.                e5    (0:03)
 2. Nf3   (0:09)   Nc6   (0:03)
 3. Bb5   (0:09)   a6    (0:03)
 4. Bxc6  (0:10)   dxc6  (0:03)
 5. 0-0   (0:10)   f6    (0:04)
 6. d4    (0:10)   Bg4   (0:06)
 7. dxe5  (0:10)   Qxd1  (0:06)
 8. Rxd1  (0:10)   fxe5  (0:06)
 9. Rd3   (0:16)   Bd6   (0:06)
10. Nbd2  (0:20)   Nf6   (0:07)
11. Nc4   (0:27)   Nxe4  (0:11)
12. Ncxe5 (0:29)   Bxf3  (0:25)
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This article lists the times for the moves of game 17 of the 1972 Fischer – Spassky World Chess Championship Match.

Game 17, August 22th, 1972

    Spassky          Fischer
    White            Black
                     (ar)  (0:05)
 1. e4      (0:00)   d6    (0:05)
 2. d4      (0:02)   g6    (0:05)
 3. Nc3     (0:06)   Nf6   (0:09)
 4. f4      (0:07)   Bg7   (0:09)
 5. Nf3     (0:07)   c5    (0:24)
 6. dxc5    (0:12)   Qa5   (0:24)
 7. Bd3     (0:13)   Qxc5  (0:25)
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This article lists the times taken for the moves of game 18 of the Fischer – Spassky World Chess Championship Match.

Game 18, August 24-25, 1972

    Fischer        Spassky
    White          Black
    (ar)  (0:08)
 1. e4    (0:08)   c5     (0:02)
 2. Nf3   (0:09)   d6     (0:02)
 3. Nc3   (0:09)   Nc6    (0:03)
 4. d4    (0:09)   cxd4   (0:03)
 5. Nxd4  (0:09)   Nf6    (0:03)
 6. Bg5   (0:10)   e6     (0:04)
 7. Qd2   (0:10)   a6     (0:04)
 8. 0-0-0 (0:10)   Bd7    (0:05)
 9. f4    (0:10)   Be7    (0:06)
10. Nf3   (0:12)   b5     (0:06)
11. Bxf6  (0:13)   gxf6   (0:07)
12. Bd3   (0:18)   Qa5    (0:30)
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