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World Chess Championship 1958

1958 CE · Russia, Asia · Sport

World Chess Championship 1958
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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.

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