World Chess Championship 1958

A World Chess Championship was played between Mikhail Botvinnik and Vasily Smyslov in Moscow from March 4 to May 9, 1958. Botvinnik won. Smyslov had unseated Botvinnik in the 1957 match, so he was entitled to this rematch a year later.

World Chess Championship 1958
 
Defending champion
Challenger
 
Vassily Smyslov
Vassily Smyslov
Mikhail Botvinnik
Mikhail Botvinnik
  Soviet Union Vasily Smyslov Soviet Union Mikhail Botvinnik
 
10½Scores12½
  Born 24 March 1921
36/37 years old
Born 17 August 1911
46 years old
  Winner of the 1957 World Chess Championship Former world champion
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Results

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The match was played as best of 24 games. If it ended 12-12, Smyslov, the holder, would retain the Championship.

World Chess Championship Match 1958
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Points
  Mikhail Botvinnik (Soviet Union) 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 12½
  Vasily Smyslov (Soviet Union) 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 10½

Botvinnik regained his title.

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