Return Match for the World Chess Championship: Botvinnik Tal

On this day in 1960, Mikhail Tal defeated Mikhail Botvinnik 12½-8½ in Moscow to become the 8th world chess champion! : r/chess

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The Smyslov-Botvinnik World Championship match (Moscow, 1958), with annotations by Botvinnik.

International Chess Federation on X: 1961: Botvinnik Reclaims World Champion Title Mikhail Botvinnik, a former World Champion, faced reigning champion Mikhail Tal in a return match for the World Championship. This intense

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