The 1960 World Chess 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 Mikhail Tal

Mikhail Tal

Mikhail Tal was a Soviet–Latvian chess player, a Grandmaster, and the eighth World Chess Champion.Widely regarded as a creative genius, and the best attacking player of all time, he played a daring, combinatorial style. His play was known above all for improvisation and unpredictability....

 in Moscow

Moscow

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 from March 15 to May 7, 1960. Tal won.

1958 Interzonal Tournament

An interzonal chess tournament was held in Portorož

Portorož

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 in 1958.

1958 Interzonal Tournament

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Total
1	Mikhail Tal Mikhail Tal Mikhail Tal was a Soviet–Latvian chess player, a Grandmaster, and the eighth World Chess Champion.Widely regarded as a creative genius, and the best attacking player of all time, he played a daring, combinatorial style. His play was known above all for improvisation and unpredictability....	x	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	13½
2	Svetozar Gligorić Svetozar Gligoric Svetozar Gligorić is a Serbian chess grandmaster. He won the championship of Yugoslavia a record twelve times, and is considered the best player ever from Serbia...	½	x	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	13
3	Pal Benko Pál Benko Pal Benko is a chess grandmaster, author, and composer of endgame studies and chess problems.- Early life :Benko was born in France but was raised in Hungary. He was Hungarian champion by age 20. He emigrated to the United States in 1958, after defecting following the World Student Team...	0	½	x	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	12½
4	Tigran Petrosian Tigran Petrosian Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian was a Soviet-Armenian grandmaster, and World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969. He was nicknamed "Iron Tigran" due to his playing style because of his almost impenetrable defence, which emphasised safety above all else...	½	½	½	x	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	0	1	1	1	½	1	12½
5	Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer Robert James "Bobby" Fischer was an American chess Grandmaster and the 11th World Chess Champion. He is widely considered one of the greatest chess players of all time. Fischer was also a best-selling chess author...	½	½	0	½	x	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	12
6	Friðrik Ólafsson Friðrik Ólafsson Friðrik Ólafsson is an Icelandic chess Grandmaster and former president of FIDE.Friðrik was born in Reykjavík, Iceland. A first-time winner of the Icelandic Championship in 1952 and of the Scandinavian Championship a year later, he rapidly became recognised as the strongest Icelandic player of his...	½	1	½	½	1	x	1	0	½	½	1	½	½	½	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	12
7	Yuri Averbakh Yuri Averbakh Yuri Lvovich Averbakh is a Soviet and Russian chess player and author. He is currently the oldest living chess grandmaster.-Life and career:...	½	½	0	½	½	0	x	½	1	½	0	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	11½
8	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...	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	x	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	0	½	1	11½
9	Aleksandar Matanović Aleksandar Matanovic Aleksandar Matanović is a Serbian chess Grandmaster. He was born in Belgrade.Awarded the GM title in 1955, he was junior champion of Yugoslavia in 1948 and Yugoslav national champion in 1962 , 1969 and 1978...	1	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	x	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	11½
10	Ludek Pachman Ludek Pachman Luděk Pachman was a Czechoslovak-German chess grandmaster, chess writer, and political activist. In 1972, after being imprisoned and tortured almost to death by the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia, he was allowed to emigrate to West Germany...	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	x	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	11½
11	László Szabó László Szabó (chess player) László Szabó was a prominent Hungarian Grandmaster of chess.Born in Budapest, he burst onto the international chess scene in 1935, at the unusually young age of 18...	0	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	0	½	x	1	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	11½
12	Miroslav Filip Miroslav Filip Miroslav Filip was a Grandmaster of chess from the Czech Republic. Filip was awarded the title of International Master in 1953, and the Grandmaster title in 1955...	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	x	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	11
13	Oscar Panno Oscar Panno Oscar R. Panno is an Argentine chess Grandmaster.Panno won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1953, and also won the championship of Argentina the same year....	0	0	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	x	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	11
14	Raúl Sanguineti	½	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	x	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	10
15	Oleg Neikirch Oleg Neikirch Oleg Nikolaev Neikirch was a Bulgarian chess master....	½	0	½	½	½	1	0	½	½	0	1	0	½	0	x	0	½	1	½	1	1	9½
16	Bent Larsen Bent Larsen Jørgen Bent Larsen was a Danish chess Grandmaster and author. Larsen was known for his imaginative and unorthodox style of play and he was the first western player to pose a serious challenge to the Soviet Union's dominance of chess...	0	0	½	1	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	1	x	1	1	½	0	1	8½
17	James Sherwin James Sherwin James Terry Sherwin is an American corporate executive and International Master in chess.Born in New York City in 1933, Sherwin attended Stuyvesant High School, Columbia College and Columbia Law School. He graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Officer Candidate School in 1956 and later...	½	1	½	0	0	1	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	x	1	0	1	1	7½
18	Héctor Rossetto Héctor Rossetto Héctor Decio Rossetto was one of the best chess players in Argentine history.He earned the title of International Master in 1950 and the Grandmaster title in 1960....	0	0	½	0	½	1	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	x	1	½	1	7
19	Rodolfo Cardoso	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	0	x	1	1	6
20	Boris de Greiff Boris de Greiff Boris de Greiff Bernal was a Colombian chess master and writer, born in Medellín and son of the Colombian poet León de Greiff....	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	0	½	0	x	0	4½
21	Géza Füster Géza Füster Géza Füster was a Hungarian-Canadian chess International Master.Born in Budapest, he won his first of many Budapest Championships in 1936. During World War II, he played in several strong tournaments. In 1941, he won the Hungarian Championship...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	x	2

1959 Candidates Tournament

The 1959 Candidates Tournament was held in Yugoslavia in Bled

Bled

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, Zagreb

Zagreb

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, and Belgrade

Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

.
Mikhail Tal won, becoming the challenger in the 1960 championship match.

1959 Candidates Tournament

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Score	Tie break
1		xxxx	0 0 1 0	= = = =	0 1 = 1	1 = 1 1	1 1 1 1	1 1 1 =	1 1 1 =	20
2		1 1 0 1	xxxx	0 = = =	1 = = 0	= = 1 1	0 1 0 1	1 1 1 0	1 1 1 1	18½
3		= = = =	1 = = =	xxxx	= = 0 =	0 = = 1	1 1 = =	1 0 0 =	= 1 1 =	15½
4		1 0 = 0	0 = = 1	= = 1 =	xxxx	0 = 1 0	= = 1 0	= 1 = 1	= 0 1 1	15
5		0 = 0 0	= = 0 0	1 = = 0	1 = 0 1	xxxx	0 1 = =	= = 1 0	= 1 = =	12½	162.00
6		0 0 0 0	1 0 1 0	0 0 = =	= = 0 1	1 0 = =	xxxx	0 1 = 1	= 1 = 1	12½	156.50
7		0 0 0 =	0 0 0 1	0 1 1 =	= 0 = 0	= = 0 1	1 0 = 0	xxxx	0 0 = 1	10
8	Pal Benko Pál Benko Pal Benko is a chess grandmaster, author, and composer of endgame studies and chess problems.- Early life :Benko was born in France but was raised in Hungary. He was Hungarian champion by age 20. He emigrated to the United States in 1958, after defecting following the World Student Team... (stateless)	0 0 0 =	0 0 0 0	= 0 0 =	= 1 0 0	= 0 = =	= 0 = 0	1 1 = 0	xxxx	8

1960 Championship match

The best of 24 game match was held in Moscow. In the event of a 12–12 tie, Botvinnik, the title holder, would retain the Championship.
Tal won.

World Chess Championship Match 1960

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Points
	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	0	0	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	12½
	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	1	1	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	8½

External links

• 1960 World Chess Championship at the Internet Archive record of Graeme Cree's Chess Pages