Best Chess Games of the 1950s
50 top games • 17 notable players
Notable Players
Key Events
Gothenburg Interzonal105 gamesPortoroz Interzonal90 gamesWchT U2654 gamesSaltsjobaden Interzonal39 gamesWorld Championship 19th24 gamesWorld Championship 20th24 gamesWorld Championship 22th23 gamesWorld Championship 21th22 gamesWch U20 final-A17 gamesWch U20 fin-B9 gamesWch U20 prel-A7 gamesWch U20 prel-B7 gamesWch U20 qual7 games
Top Games
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail1/2-1/2
World Championship 22th • 1958.??.?? • B10
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail1/2-1/2
World Championship 22th • 1958.??.?? • D47
Panno, Oscar vs Tal, Mihail1/2-1/2
WchT U26 • 1958.??.?? • E07
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1/2-1/2
World Championship 22th • 1958.??.?? • D98
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail1/2-1/2
World Championship 22th • 1958.??.?? • B72
Spassky, Boris V vs Fuchs, Reinhart1-0
WchT U26 • 1958.??.?? • C18
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail1-0
World Championship 22th • 1958.??.?? • B72
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1-0
World Championship 22th • 1958.??.?? • A12
Fischer, Robert James vs Larsen, Bent1-0
Portoroz Interzonal • 1958.??.?? • B77
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail0-1
World Championship 22th • 1958.??.?? • B19
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail1-0
World Championship 22th • 1958.??.?? • D99
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail1/2-1/2
World Championship 22th • 1958.??.?? • B34
Larsen, Bent vs Bronstein, David I1/2-1/2
Portoroz Interzonal • 1958.??.?? • C76
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1-0
World Championship 22th • 1958.??.?? • E81
Tal, Mihail vs Bronstein, David I1/2-1/2
Portoroz Interzonal • 1958.??.?? • E46
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1-0
World Championship 22th • 1958.??.?? • A16
Tal, Mihail vs Petrosian, Tigran V1/2-1/2
Portoroz Interzonal • 1958.??.?? • E79
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail1-0
World Championship 22th • 1958.??.?? • B12
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1/2-1/2
World Championship 22th • 1958.??.?? • A16
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily0-1
World Championship 22th • 1958.??.?? • A95
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail0-1
World Championship 22th • 1958.??.?? • B11
Fischer, Robert James vs Bronstein, David I1/2-1/2
Portoroz Interzonal • 1958.??.?? • C92
Spassky, Boris V vs Sanguineti, Raul1-0
WchT U26 • 1958.??.?? • C67
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1-0
World Championship 22th • 1958.??.?? • E81
Fischer, Robert James vs Tal, Mihail1/2-1/2
Portoroz Interzonal • 1958.??.?? • C92
Bronstein, David I vs Petrosian, Tigran V1/2-1/2
Portoroz Interzonal • 1958.??.?? • E15
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1-0
World Championship 22th • 1958.??.?? • A16
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Fischer, Robert James1/2-1/2
Portoroz Interzonal • 1958.??.?? • E62
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail1/2-1/2
World Championship 22th • 1958.??.?? • A05
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail1-0
World Championship 22th • 1958.??.?? • B11
Tal, Mihail vs Portisch, Lajos1-0
WchT U26 • 1958.??.?? • E54
Bobotsov, Milko G vs Tal, Mihail0-1
WchT U26 • 1958.??.?? • E81
Mititelu, Gheorghe vs Tal, Mihail0-1
WchT U26 • 1958.??.?? • E46
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1/2-1/2
World Championship 22th • 1958.??.?? • E69
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail1/2-1/2
World Championship 22th • 1958.??.?? • B72
Tal, Mihail vs Malich, Burkhard1-0
WchT U26 • 1958.??.?? • B67
Larsen, Bent vs Petrosian, Tigran V1-0
Portoroz Interzonal • 1958.??.?? • A03
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent1-0
Portoroz Interzonal • 1958.??.?? • B94
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1/2-1/2
World Championship 22th • 1958.??.?? • A30
Tal, Mihail vs Djurasevic, Bozidar1-0
WchT U26 • 1958.??.?? • B66
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1/2-1/2
World Championship 22th • 1958.??.?? • A16
Palmason, Gundmundur vs Spassky, Boris V1/2-1/2
WchT U26 • 1957.??.?? • A61
Larsen, Bent vs Munoz, Cesar0-1
WchT U26 • 1957.??.?? • A39
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily0-1
World Championship 21th • 1957.??.?? • D73
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail0-1
World Championship 21th • 1957.??.?? • B66
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily1-0
World Championship 21th • 1957.??.?? • E62
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily0-1
World Championship 21th • 1957.??.?? • A36
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Padevsky, Nikola1-0
WchT U26 • 1957.??.?? • B96
Tal, Mihail vs Persitz, Raaphi1-0
WchT U26 • 1957.??.?? • E79
Larsen, Bent vs Lombardy, William James1-0
WchT U26 • 1957.??.?? • E80