1957 World Chess Championship Vassily Smyslov (USSR) vs. Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR) Moscow, USSR March 5 - April 27, 1957 Conditions: Best of 24 Games. In the event of a 12-12 tie, Botvinnik retains the title.Result: Vassily Smyslov becomes the 7th World Champion.
USSR, 1957 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Score Smyslov 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 12½ Botvinnik 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 9½
# White - Black Locale Date ECO Result 1 Botvinnik - Smyslov Moscow 03-05-1957 A36 0-1 2 Smyslov - Botvinnik Moscow 03-07-1957 B66 ½-½ 3 Botvinnik - Smyslov Moscow 03-09-1957 E66 ½-½ 4 Smyslov - Botvinnik Moscow 03-12-1957 B66 0-1 5 Botvinnik - Smyslov Moscow 03-16-1957 E62 1-0 6 Smyslov - Botvinnik Moscow 03-19-1957 D98 1-0 7 Botvinnik - Smyslov Moscow 03-21-1957 E45 ½-½ 8 Smyslov - Botvinnik Moscow 03-23-1957 B66 1-0 9 Botvinnik - Smyslov Moscow 03-26-1957 E62 ½-½ 10 Smyslov - Botvinnik Moscow 03-28-1957 C98 ½-½ 11 Botvinnik - Smyslov Moscow 03-30-1957 D79 ½-½ 12 Smyslov - Botvinnik Moscow 04-02-1957 A42 1-0 13 Botvinnik - Smyslov Moscow 04-04-1957 E45 1-0 14 Smyslov - Botvinnik Moscow 04-06-1957 C18 ½-½ 15 Botvinnik - Smyslov Moscow 04-09-1957 E45 ½-½ 16 Smyslov - Botvinnik Moscow 04-11-1957 C98 ½-½ 17 Botvinnik - Smyslov Moscow 04-13-1957 D73 0-1 18 Smyslov - Botvinnik Moscow 04-18-1957 C15 ½-½ 19 Botvinnik - Smyslov Moscow 04-20-1957 A36 ½-½ 20 Smyslov - Botvinnik Moscow 04-23-1957 C18 1-0 21 Botvinnik - Smyslov Moscow 04-25-1957 D79 ½-½ 22 Smyslov - Botvinnik Moscow 04-27-1957 C11 ½-½