1960 World Chess Championship Mikhail Tal (USSR) vs. Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR) Moscow, USSR March 15 - May 7, 1960 Conditions: Best of 24 Games. In the event of a 12-12 tie, Botvinnik retains the title.Result: Mikhail Tal becomes the 8th World Champion.
USSR, 1960 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Score Tal 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 12½ Botvinnik 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 8½
# White - Black Locale Date ECO Result 1 Tal - Botvinnik Moscow 03-15-1960 C18 1-0 2 Botvinnik - Tal Moscow 03-17-1960 A61 ½-½ 3 Tal - Botvinnik Moscow 03-19-1960 B11 ½-½ 4 Botvinnik - Tal Moscow 03-22-1960 E27 ½-½ 5 Tal - Botvinnik Moscow 03-24-1960 B18 ½-½ 6 Botvinnik - Tal Moscow 03-26-1960 E69 0-1 7 Tal - Botvinnik Moscow 03-29-1960 B18 1-0 8 Botvinnik - Tal Moscow 03-31-1960 A60 1-0 9 Tal - Botvinnik Moscow 04-02-1960 B18 0-1 10 Botvinnik - Tal Moscow 04-05-1960 E89 ½-½ 11 Tal - Botvinnik Moscow 04-07-1960 D78 1-0 12 Botvinnik - Tal Moscow 04-12-1960 D40 ½-½ 13 Tal - Botvinnik Moscow 04-14-1960 A30 ½-½ 14 Botvinnik - Tal Moscow 04-19-1960 E24 ½-½ 15 Tal - Botvinnik Moscow 04-21-1960 B18 ½-½ 16 Botvinnik - Tal Moscow 04-23-1960 E24 ½-½ 17 Tal - Botvinnik Moscow 04-26-1960 B18 1-0 18 Botvinnik - Tal Moscow 04-28-1960 E24 ½-½ 19 Tal - Botvinnik Moscow 05-03-1960 A87 1-0 20 Botvinnik - Tal Moscow 05-05-1960 E24 ½-½ 21 Tal - Botvinnik Moscow 05-07-1960 E19 ½-½