According to the return match clause, after the war of antipodes of 1960 between Botvinnik and Tal, negotiations about the new match began. Already toward the end of the 1960 match, Botvinnik started thinking about…
Botvinnik – Tal World Championship Match 1960
While Botvinnik and Smyslov battled in the 1957 match and in the 1958 return match, the remainder of the chess world was struck by a flash of genius like never before. In 1957, a bright…
Botvinnik – Smyslov Return Match 1958
According to the FIDE rules, after his defeat in the 1957 match against Smyslov, Botvinnik was entitled to a return match for the crown. Smyslov had to play Botvinnik again in the spring of 1958;…
Botvinnik – Smyslov, World Championship Rematch 1957
After Botvinnik defended his title against Smyslov in 1954, another qualifying cycle was once again held in three stages. After seven Zonal tournaments, a total of 21 players assembled in Gothenburg in 1955 to play…
Botvinnik – Smyslov World Championship Match 1954
At FIDE’s 26th General Assembly, held in Copenhagen in 1950, the chief chess organization confirmed the regulations regarding the upcoming World Championship Cycle. As in the previous cycle, the qualification process consisted of three stages. …
Botvinnik – Bronstein World Championship Match 1951
Starting with the FIDE World Championship Tournament 1948, the jurisdiction over the World Chess Championship title had fallen completely into FIDE’s hands. At the 1947 FIDE Congress, the qualifying system for the subsequent World Championships…
FIDE World Championship Tournament 1948
After defeating Euwe in 1937, Alekhine was invited by Fide President Reub to play a match for the title against official FIDE challenger, Salo Flohr. Initially, Alekhine declined invitation; precisely during those years the new…
Alekhine – Euwe World Championship Rematch 1937
According to the regulations of the 1935 World Chess Championship match, in the event of Alekhine losing the title, he was granted the right to return match. Soon after the match has ended, Alekhine challenged…
History of the World Chess Championship
Introduction The title of the World Chess Champion is the highest accolade a chess player can achieve. A number of chess players in the history have been able to climb the chess summit and write…
Alekhine – Euwe World Championship Match 1935
Max Euwe, born at a dawn of the 20th century in Amsterdam, started competing in the international tournament only in the 1920s. Although he didn’t play chess professionally, pursuing mathematical studies all along, his talent…
Alekhine – Bogoljubow World Championship 1934
On 12th November 1929, one day after the finish of Alekhine – Bogoljubow 1929 World Championship match, the former champion Jose Raul Capablanca sent a letter to Alekhine in which he informed him he „confirmed…
Alekhine – Bogoljubow World Championship Match 1929
Already in Buenos Aires, immediately after their World Championship match in 1927, Alekhine and Capablanca met to discuss the conditions regarding the potential Alekhine – Capablanca rematch. According to Kasparov (Garry Kasparov On My Great…