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World Chess Championship 1951

1951 CE · Russia, Asia · Sport

World Chess Championship 1951
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The 1951 World Chess Championship was played between Mikhail Botvinnik and David Bronstein in Moscow from March 15 to May 11, 1951. It was the first match played under the supervision of FIDE; and the first to use a qualifying system of an Interzonal and Candidates Tournament to choose a challenger – a system which stayed in place until 1993.

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