World Chess Championship 1951
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The 1951 World Chess Championship
was played between Mikhail Botvinnik
and David Bronstein
in Moscow
from March 15 to May 11, 1951. Botvinnik retained his title.
Botvinnik retained the Championship.
World Chess Championship
The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the board game chess. Men and women of any age are eligible to contest this title....
was played between Mikhail Botvinnik
Mikhail Botvinnik
Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik, Ph.D. was a Soviet and Russian International Grandmaster and three-time World Chess Champion. Working as an electrical engineer and computer scientist at the same time, he was one of the very few famous chess players who achieved distinction in another career while...
and David Bronstein
David Bronstein
David Ionovich Bronstein was a Soviet chess grandmaster, who narrowly missed becoming World Chess Champion in 1951. Bronstein was described by his peers as a creative genius and master of tactics...
in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
from March 15 to May 11, 1951. Botvinnik retained his title.
Results
The match was played as best of 24 games. If it ended 12-12, Botvinnik, the holder, would retain the Championship.| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 12 | |
| ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 12 |
Botvinnik retained the Championship.
External links
- 1951 World Chess Championship at the Internet Archive record of Graeme Cree's Chess Pages