World Chess Championship 1957

World Chess Championship 1957

	Defending champion	Challenger
	Mikhail Botvinnik	Vasily Smyslov
	9½ Scores 12½ Game 1 0 41 moves → 1 Game 2 ½ 45 move draw ½ Game 3 ½ 41 move draw ½ Game 4 1 ← 41 moves 0 Game 5 1 ← 54 moves 0 Game 6 0 28 moves → 1 Game 7 ½ 23 move draw ½ Game 8 0 41 moves → 1 Game 9 ½ 40 move draw ½ Game 10 ½ 47 move draw ½ Game 11 ½ 23 move draw ½ Game 12 0 43 moves → 1 Game 13 1 ← 41 moves 0 Game 14 ½ 46 move draw ½ Game 15 ½ 56 move draw ½ Game 16 ½ 55 move draw ½ Game 17 0 69 moves → 1 Game 18 ½ 62 move draw ½ Game 19 ½ 15 move draw ½ Game 20 0 42 moves → 1 Game 21 ½ 13 move draw ½ Game 22 ½ 11 move draw ½
	Born 17 August 1911 45 years old	Born 24 March 1921 35/36 years old
	Winner of the 1954 World Chess Championship	Winner of the 1956 Candidates Tournament

A World Chess Championship was played between Mikhail Botvinnik and Vasily Smyslov in Moscow from March 5 to April 27, 1957. Botvinnik had been World Champion since 1948, while Smyslov earned the right to challenge by winning the 1956 Candidates tournament. This was the second World Championship match between the pair, after the drawn 1954 match.

Smyslov won the match and became the seventh World Chess Champion. He lost the title, however, in the 1958 rematch.