| FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 1975-1978 |
[ Competition summary || European zonal A | European zonal B1 | European zonal B2 | European zonal C | European zonal D | Soviet zonal | US zonal | Canadian zonal |
| Caribbean-Central American zonal 1 | Caribbean-Central American zonal 2 | South American zonal | West Asian zonal | Asian Pacific zonal | Mediterranean-African zonal ||
|| Biel interzonal | Manila interzonal || Candidates QF | Candidates SF | Candidates F || WCh match ]
| Candidates' matches :: quarterfinals |
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| Candidates' matches :: quarterfinals | |
| Dates: | February - March 1977 |
| Players participating: | 8 (incl. 8 GMs) |
| Eligible: | Loser of 1975 World Championship match (1): Fischer (quit chess) Loser of Moscow 1974 candidates' final (1): Korchnoi From Biel 1976 interzonal (3): Larsen, Petrosian, Portisch From Manila 1976 interzonal (3): Mecking, Hort, Polugaevsky Replacements (1): Spassky (highest ranked player from previous candidates' cycle) |
| Games played: | 50 |
| Competition format: | 12-game match. First to score 6½ point wins. If tied 6-6, two game play-offs are repeated until someone breaks a tie. |
| Tie-breaks: | none |
| Other websites: | Polugaevsky-Mecking Korchnoi-Petrosian Hort-Spasski Larsen-Portisch |
| PGN game file: | wc1978-candqf.pgn |