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Main Menu Home Online Chess Chess Software Theory Chess Games Database World Chess Championship        1990-2007 Fide/Pca      1948-1990 Fide        1886-1948 Pre-Fide        Unofficial Events FIDE Grand Prix Chess Tournaments Chess Curiosities Chess Informant Online Databases Chess Archeology Chess Links Chess Books Fide Ratings Banners 1948-1990 FIDE   1990 - Kasparov - Karpov (V)   1987 - Kasparov - Karpov (IV)   1986 - Karpov - Kasparov (III)   1985 - Karpov - Kasparov (II)   1984 - Karpov - Kasparov (I)   1981 - Karpov - Korchnoi   1978 - Karpov - Korchnoi   1975 - Fischer - Karpov (forfeit)   1972 - Spassky - Fischer   1969 - Petrosian - Spassky   1966 - Petrosian - Spassky   1963 - Botvinnik - Petrosian   1961 - Tal - Botvinnik   1960 - Botvinnik - Tal   1958 - Smyslov - Botvinnik   1957 - Botvinnik - Smyslov   1954 - Botvinnik - Smyslov   1951 - Botvinnik - Bronstein   1948 - FIDE Title Tournament by Baruch H. Wood Editorial Review: Winning the candidates' competition is the ultimate and uniquely necessary passport to achievement of glory on the World Chess Championship stage. Only four contenders in the organised history of the World Chess Championship have ever succeeded in winning the "Candidates" twice - these were Spassky, Korchnoi, Karpov and Vassily Smyslov. Having won the 1953 Candidates and drawn with Botvinnik in 1954, Smyslov returned to the charge with an equally devastating performance in the 1956 qualifier, surging ahead of Keres, Bronstein , Spassky , Geller and Petrosian. by Harry Golombek Editorial Reviews: This book combines the account and eye witness analysis by Golombek of the second and third of the three titanic world title clashes between Botvinnik and Smyslov, unquestionably the dominant players of the 1950s, with the games and notes to the 1958 match.        World Chess Championship - FIDE    1956  Amsterdam - Candidates Tournament                          View all games in full screen N°  NAME 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 TOTAL 01    Vassily Smyslov ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 11.5 02    Paul Keres ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 10.0 03    László Szabó ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 9.5 04    Boris Spassky 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 9.5 05    Tigran Petrosian ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 9.5 06    David Bronstein ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 9.5 07    Efim Geller 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 9.5 08    Miroslav Filip ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 8.0 09    Oscar Panno 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 8.0 10    Herman Pilnik ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 5.0         Books - Vasily Smyslov Vasily Smyslov: Endgame Virtuoso - by Vasily Smyslov Smyslov's Best Games Of Chess - by Vasily Smyslov         Books - David Bronstein Modern Chess Self-Tutor - by David Bronstein, Ken Neat Sorcerer's Apprentice - by Tom Furstenberg, David Bronstein         Books - Paul Keres Paul Keres: The Road to the Top - by Paul Keres Paul Keres: The Quest for Perfection - by Paul Keres         Books - Tigran Petrosian; Petrosian's Best Games of Chess 1946-1963 - by Peter H. Clarke The World Chess Championship 1963 - by Mikhail M. Botvinnik, Tigran Petrosian, R. G. Wade

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