World Chess Championship 1958

Defending champion	Challenger
Vasily Smyslov	Mikhail Botvinnik
10½	12½
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
← 1957	1960 →

The 1958 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.

Results[]

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.

External links[]

• 1958 World Chess Championship at the Internet Archive record of Graeme Cree's Chess Pages