VM i skak 1972

World Chess Championship 1972 - 1972 chess match in Reykjavík, Iceland for the World Chess Championship between challenger Bobby Fischer (USA) and defending champion Boris Spassky (USSR). This event is the 1704^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of events and the 867^th most popular event in Danish Wikipedia. Article “VM i skak 1972” in Danish Wikipedia has 18 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 8 references and 10 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.95 points.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Danish) language version.

Since the creation of article “VM i skak 1972”, its content was written by 18 registered users of Danish Wikipedia and edited by 690 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

World Chess Championship 1972 is on the 867^th place in local ranking of events in Danish Wikipedia and on the 1704^th place in global ranking of events in all the time.

The article is cited 61 times in Danish Wikipedia and cited 1998 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Danish): #2984 in February 2008
• Global: #14622 in January 2025

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Danish): #2697 in August 2021
• Global: #15214 in December 2015

There are 24 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) World Chess Championship 1972		100
2	Polish (pl) Mistrzostwa świata w szachach 1972		92.2778
3	Armenian (hy) Շախմատի աշխարհի առաջնություն 1972		81.8863
4	Hungarian (hu) 1972-es sakkvilágbajnokság		68.6809
5	Basque (eu) 1972ko Munduko Xake Txapelketa		67.5702
6	Catalan (ca) Campionat del món d'escacs de 1972		53.6233
7	German (de) Schachweltmeisterschaft 1972		49.1404
8	Bulgarian (bg) Световно първенство по шахмат 1972		47.535
9	Russian (ru) Матч за звание чемпиона мира по шахматам 1972		46.1715
10	Persian (fa) قهرمانی شطرنج جهان ۱۹۷۲		44.4706

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "VM i skak 1972" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) World Chess Championship 1972		2 214 534
2	Russian (ru) Матч за звание чемпиона мира по шахматам 1972		630 270
3	German (de) Schachweltmeisterschaft 1972		539 348
4	Spanish (es) Campeonato Mundial de Ajedrez 1972		282 637
5	French (fr) Championnat du monde d'échecs 1972		252 767
6	Italian (it) Campionato del mondo di scacchi 1972		241 041
7	Polish (pl) Mistrzostwa świata w szachach 1972		66 344
8	Portuguese (pt) Campeonato Mundial de Xadrez de 1972		47 607
9	Hungarian (hu) 1972-es sakkvilágbajnokság		24 515
10	Norwegian (no) VM i sjakk 1972		21 165

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "VM i skak 1972" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) World Chess Championship 1972		9 398
2	Russian (ru) Матч за звание чемпиона мира по шахматам 1972		2 654
3	German (de) Schachweltmeisterschaft 1972		1 322
4	Italian (it) Campionato del mondo di scacchi 1972		1 287
5	French (fr) Championnat du monde d'échecs 1972		946
6	Spanish (es) Campeonato Mundial de Ajedrez 1972		569
7	Polish (pl) Mistrzostwa świata w szachach 1972		272
8	Portuguese (pt) Campeonato Mundial de Xadrez de 1972		188
9	Hungarian (hu) 1972-es sakkvilágbajnokság		104
10	Ukrainian (uk) Матч за звання чемпіона світу із шахів 1972		61

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "VM i skak 1972" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) World Chess Championship 1972		223
2	German (de) Schachweltmeisterschaft 1972		109
3	Italian (it) Campionato del mondo di scacchi 1972		74
4	Russian (ru) Матч за звание чемпиона мира по шахматам 1972		67
5	French (fr) Championnat du monde d'échecs 1972		47
6	Norwegian (no) VM i sjakk 1972		29
7	Spanish (es) Campeonato Mundial de Ajedrez 1972		19
8	Hungarian (hu) 1972-es sakkvilágbajnokság		19
9	Danish (da) VM i skak 1972		18
10	Polish (pl) Mistrzostwa świata w szachach 1972		15

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "VM i skak 1972" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) World Chess Championship 1972		3
2	Italian (it) Campionato del mondo di scacchi 1972		1
3	Russian (ru) Матч за звание чемпиона мира по шахматам 1972		1
4	Bulgarian (bg) Световно първенство по шахмат 1972		0
5	Catalan (ca) Campionat del món d'escacs de 1972		0
6	Danish (da) VM i skak 1972		0
7	German (de) Schachweltmeisterschaft 1972		0
8	Esperanto (eo) Monda Ŝaka Ĉampionumo 1972		0
9	Spanish (es) Campeonato Mundial de Ajedrez 1972		0
10	Basque (eu) 1972ko Munduko Xake Txapelketa		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "VM i skak 1972" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) World Chess Championship 1972		599
2	Portuguese (pt) Campeonato Mundial de Xadrez de 1972		178
3	German (de) Schachweltmeisterschaft 1972		127
4	Catalan (ca) Campionat del món d'escacs de 1972		112
5	French (fr) Championnat du monde d'échecs 1972		111
6	Russian (ru) Матч за звание чемпиона мира по шахматам 1972		103
7	Italian (it) Campionato del mondo di scacchi 1972		94
8	Norwegian (no) VM i sjakk 1972		87
9	Hungarian (hu) 1972-es sakkvilágbajnokság		85
10	Ukrainian (uk) Матч за звання чемпіона світу із шахів 1972		76

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#	Language	Value
bg	Bulgarian Световно първенство по шахмат 1972
ca	Catalan Campionat del món d'escacs de 1972
da	Danish VM i skak 1972
de	German Schachweltmeisterschaft 1972
en	English World Chess Championship 1972
eo	Esperanto Monda Ŝaka Ĉampionumo 1972
es	Spanish Campeonato Mundial de Ajedrez 1972
eu	Basque 1972ko Munduko Xake Txapelketa
fa	Persian قهرمانی شطرنج جهان ۱۹۷۲
fr	French Championnat du monde d'échecs 1972
he	Hebrew אליפות העולם בשחמט 1972
hu	Hungarian 1972-es sakkvilágbajnokság
hy	Armenian Շախմատի աշխարհի առաջնություն 1972
id	Indonesian Kejuaraan Catur Dunia 1972
it	Italian Campionato del mondo di scacchi 1972
lt	Lithuanian 1972 m. pasaulio šachmatų čempionatas
no	Norwegian VM i sjakk 1972
pl	Polish Mistrzostwa świata w szachach 1972
pt	Portuguese Campeonato Mundial de Xadrez de 1972
ru	Russian Матч за звание чемпиона мира по шахматам 1972
sv	Swedish Världsmästerskapet i schack 1972
uk	Ukrainian Матч за звання чемпіона світу із шахів 1972
uz	Uzbek Shaxmat bo'yicha 1972-yilgi jahon chempionati
vi	Vietnamese Giải vô địch cờ vua thế giới 1972

Best Rank

Danish: #2697 08.2021

Global: #15214 12.2015

Best Rank

Danish: #2984 02.2008

Global: #14622 01.2025

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