| FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 1954-1957 |
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| World Chess Championship rematch :: Moscow 1958 |
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| name | Flag | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | pts | + | = | - |
| GM Botvinnik, Mikhail | |
1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 12½ | 7 | 11 | 5 |
| GM Smyslov, Vassily | |
0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 10½ | 5 | 11 | 7 |
Botvinnik regained crown winning the rematch, after losing 1957 FIDE World Championship match.
| World Chess Championship rematch | |
| Dates: | 4th March - 9th May 1958 |
| City: | Moscow (Soviet Union) |
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| Organizers: | |
| Chief Arbiter: | Gideon Ståhlberg (SWE) |
| Competition format: | The winner was the first player to score 12½ points. A 12-12 tie would mean Smyslov would defend the title. |
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| Website: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1958 |
| Other websites: | http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamps/world/world1958.htm http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=54197 |
| PGN game file: | wc1957-wchr.pgn |