World Chess Championship cycle 1955-1957

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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH — REVENGE
	host city			year			pts	+	=	-	PGN
	Moscow			1958	Botvinnik, Mikhail		12½	7	11	5
					Smyslov, Vassily		10½	5	11	7

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
	host city			year			pts	+	=	-	PGN
	Moscow			1957	Smyslov, Vassily		12½	6	13	3
					Botvinnik, Mikhail		9½	3	13	6

CANDIDATES
	host city			year	qualified to WCh match		system	players	games	PGN
	Amsterdam			1956	Smyslov, Vassily		DRR	10	180

INTERZONAL
	host city			year	qualified to candidates		system	players	games	PGN
	Gothenburg			1955	Bronstein, David Keres, Paul Panno, Oscar Petrosian, Tigran Geller, Efim Szabó, László Filip, Miroslav Pilnik, Herman Spassky, Boris		RR	21	210
					Smyslov, Vassily		Pre-qualified as winner of 1953 Candidates

ZONALS
no.	host city			year	qualified to interzonal		system	players	games	PGN
1.	Munich			1954	Unzicker, Wolfgang Donner, Jan Rabar, Braslav Fuderer, Andrija		RR	20	190
2.	Moscow			1955	Geller, Efim Ilivitsky, Georgy Spassky, Boris Petrosian, Tigran		RR	20	190
3.	Prague Mariánské Lázně			1954	Pachman, Luděk Szabó, László Śliwa, Bogdan TBD		RR	20	190
4.	New York City			1954	Bisguier, Arthur Evans Larry		RR	14	91
5.	Winnipeg			1953	Yanofsky, Daniel		RR	9	36
6.	Caracas			1954	Medina García, Antonio		DRR	7	42
7.	Mar del Plata			1954	Panno, Oscar Najdorf, Miguel Pilnik, Herman Guimard, Carlos Enrique		RR	22	231
					Bronstein, David Keres, Paul Reshevsky, Samuel		Pre-qualified from 1953 Candidates
					Ståhlberg, Gideon Filip, Miroslav		No play-off between Filip and Ståhlberg (zonal 3) was necessary, since Reshevsky, Evans and Yanofsky did not arrive.

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