Career Highlights:

1949

USSR Champion (1955 lost playoff)

1957-1958

World Champion

1948

World Championship match tournament (+6-4=10); 2nd out of 5; The Hague/Moscow

1953

Candidates tournament - 1st (+9-1=18); Zurich

1954

Title match vs. Botvinnik (+7-7=10); Moscow

1956

Candidates tournament - 1st (+6-1=11); Amsterdam

1957

Title match vs. Botvinnik (+6-3=13); Moscow

1958

Title match vs. Botvinnik (+5-7=11); Moscow

1984

Candidates final match vs. Kasparov (+0-4=9); Vilnius

Non-title Tournaments:

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Famous Chess Tournaments

1956

Moscow (1st-2nd)

1959

Moscow (1st-3rd)

Articles on About Chess:

• (Famous Chess Players)

Related Resources on About Chess:

• World Chess Champions
• World Chess Champions - Links
• Google Games - World Chess Champions