World Chess Championship 1957
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The 1957 World Chess Championship
was played between Mikhail Botvinnik
and Vasily Smyslov
in Moscow
from March 5 to April 27, 1957. Smyslov won.
Smyslov won.
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 Vasily Smyslov
Vasily Smyslov
Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster, and was World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958. He was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on eight occasions . Smyslov was twice equal first at the Soviet Championship , and his total of 17 Chess Olympiad medals won...
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 5 to April 27, 1957. Smyslov won.
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 | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 12½ | |
| 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 9½ |
Smyslov won.
External links
- 1957 World Chess Championship at the Internet Archive record of Graeme Cree's Chess Pages