Candidates Tournament 1959

Candidates Bled / Zagreb / Belgrade, Yugoslavia 1959

The four-cycle marathon that 22-year-old Mikhail Tal won by a crushing margin, earning his 1960 title match against Botvinnik.

Games (1)

1-0 The Magician Against the Maestro Mikhail Tal vs Vasily Smyslov 1959 · Candidates Tournament 1959 · Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer Variation ⚙ Analysed The Soviet School