| FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 1948-1951 |
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| Candidates play-off :: Moscow 1950 |
[ Match Results | Information ]
| name | Flag | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | P1 | P2 | pts | + | = | - |
| ⇑ GM Bronstein, David | |
1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 7½ | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| GM Boleslavsky, Isaak | |
0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 6½ | 2 | 9 | 3 |
Bronstein and Boleslavsky tied for 1st-2nd place in the candidates' tournament.
| Candidates play-off | |
| Dates: | 31st July - 27th August 1950 |
| City: | Moscow (Soviet Union) |
| Venue: | Railwaymen's Central Hall of Culture |
| Organizers: | |
| Chief Arbiter: | Nikolay Zubarev (URS) |
| Competition format: | 12 game match. In case of a 6-6 tie, a 2 game play-off, then play continues until someone wins a game (which would have given considerable advantage to whoever would play White in game 15, but all in all it did not happen). |
| Time control: | |
| Website: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1951#1950_Candidates_tournament |
| Other websites: | http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=81350 |
| PGN game file: | wc1951-candplayoff.pgn |