Best Chess Games of the 1950s
50 top games 17 notable players
Notable Players
Key Events
Gothenburg Interzonal105 gamesPortoroz Interzonal90 gamesWchT U2654 gamesSaltsjobaden Interzonal39 gamesWorld Championship 20th24 gamesWorld Championship 19th24 gamesWorld Championship 22th23 gamesWorld Championship 21th22 gamesWch U20 final-A17 gamesWch U20 fin-B9 gamesWch U20 qual7 gamesWch U20 prel-B7 gamesWch U20 prel-A7 games
Top Games
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1-0
World Championship 22th 1958.??.?? A12
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1/2-1/2
World Championship 22th 1958.??.?? A16
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1-0
World Championship 22th 1958.??.?? E81
Spassky, Boris V vs Fuchs, Reinhart1-0
WchT U26 1958.??.?? C18
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1-0
World Championship 22th 1958.??.?? A16
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail0-1
World Championship 22th 1958.??.?? B11
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily0-1
World Championship 22th 1958.??.?? A95
Larsen, Bent vs Bronstein, David I1/2-1/2
Portoroz Interzonal 1958.??.?? C76
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1/2-1/2
World Championship 22th 1958.??.?? D98
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail1/2-1/2
World Championship 22th 1958.??.?? B34
Panno, Oscar vs Tal, Mihail1/2-1/2
WchT U26 1958.??.?? E07
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail1/2-1/2
World Championship 22th 1958.??.?? B10
Fischer, Robert James vs Tal, Mihail1/2-1/2
Portoroz Interzonal 1958.??.?? C92
Mititelu, Gheorghe vs Tal, Mihail0-1
WchT U26 1958.??.?? E46
Tal, Mihail vs Djurasevic, Bozidar1-0
WchT U26 1958.??.?? B66
Tal, Mihail vs Bronstein, David I1/2-1/2
Portoroz Interzonal 1958.??.?? E46
Tal, Mihail vs Petrosian, Tigran V1/2-1/2
Portoroz Interzonal 1958.??.?? E79
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail1-0
World Championship 22th 1958.??.?? B12
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail1/2-1/2
World Championship 22th 1958.??.?? B72
Fischer, Robert James vs Larsen, Bent1-0
Portoroz Interzonal 1958.??.?? B77
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail0-1
World Championship 22th 1958.??.?? B19
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail1-0
World Championship 22th 1958.??.?? D99
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail1/2-1/2
World Championship 22th 1958.??.?? B72
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail1-0
World Championship 22th 1958.??.?? B72
Fischer, Robert James vs Bronstein, David I1/2-1/2
Portoroz Interzonal 1958.??.?? C92
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail1/2-1/2
World Championship 22th 1958.??.?? D47
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1-0
World Championship 22th 1958.??.?? E81
Tal, Mihail vs Malich, Burkhard1-0
WchT U26 1958.??.?? B67
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent1-0
Portoroz Interzonal 1958.??.?? B94
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1/2-1/2
World Championship 22th 1958.??.?? A30
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail1/2-1/2
World Championship 22th 1958.??.?? A05
Tal, Mihail vs Portisch, Lajos1-0
WchT U26 1958.??.?? E54
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail1-0
World Championship 22th 1958.??.?? B11
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1-0
World Championship 22th 1958.??.?? A16
Spassky, Boris V vs Sanguineti, Raul1-0
WchT U26 1958.??.?? C67
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1/2-1/2
World Championship 22th 1958.??.?? A16
Larsen, Bent vs Petrosian, Tigran V1-0
Portoroz Interzonal 1958.??.?? A03
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1/2-1/2
World Championship 22th 1958.??.?? E69
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Fischer, Robert James1/2-1/2
Portoroz Interzonal 1958.??.?? E62
Bobotsov, Milko G vs Tal, Mihail0-1
WchT U26 1958.??.?? E81
Bronstein, David I vs Petrosian, Tigran V1/2-1/2
Portoroz Interzonal 1958.??.?? E15
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1-0
World Championship 21th 1957.??.?? E45
Tal, Mihail vs Persitz, Raaphi1-0
WchT U26 1957.??.?? E79
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1/2-1/2
World Championship 21th 1957.??.?? D79
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1-0
World Championship 21th 1957.??.?? E62
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail0-1
World Championship 21th 1957.??.?? B66
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail1/2-1/2
World Championship 21th 1957.??.?? B66
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1/2-1/2
World Championship 21th 1957.??.?? E66
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1/2-1/2
World Championship 21th 1957.??.?? A36
Larsen, Bent vs Lombardy, William James1-0
WchT U26 1957.??.?? E80