| FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 1978-1981 |
[ Competition summary || European zonal 1 | European zonal 2 | European zonal 3 | 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 ||
|| Riga interzonal | Rio de Janeiro interzonal || Candidates QF | Candidates SF | Candidates F || WCh match ]
| Candidates' matches :: semifinals |
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| Candidates' matches :: semifinals | |
| Dates: | 2nd - 24th August 1980 |
| Players participating: | 4 (incl. 4 GMs) |
| Eligible: | Four winners of 1981 Candidates' Matches quarterfinals. |
| Games played: | 25 |
| Competition format: | 12 game match. First to score 6½ point wins. If tied 6-6, two game play-off. Then, another two game play-off. If still equal, more games won with Black decide. |
| Tie-breaks: | none |
| Other websites: | Hübner-Portisch Kortschnoj-Polugaevsky |
| PGN game file: | wc1981-candsf.pgn |