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Notable Games Of
THE 1950s

  1. D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956
    "The Game of the Century"
  2. Polugaevsky vs Nezhmetdinov, 1958
    "Nezhmet Kismet"
  3. Tal vs Smyslov, 1959
    "Tal Tales"
  4. Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953
    "Think Like a Grandmaster"
  5. Tal vs Koblents, 1957
    "Mikhail's Navy"
  6. Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1954
    "The Peasant's Revolt"
  7. M Bobotsov vs Tal, 1958
    "Crying Over Spilt Milko"
  8. Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1958
    "An Opening Trap to Remember"
  9. Fischer vs Tal, 1959
    "Big and Tal"
  10. Fischer vs Larsen, 1958
    "Petty Larseny"


YEAR BY YEAR

1950
  1. Larry Evans vs H Opsahl, 1950
  2. Alatortsev vs Boleslavsky, 1950
  3. Kotov vs Keres, 1950
  4. Bronstein vs Boleslavsky, 1950
  5. Kujoth vs J Fashingbauer, 1950
  6. Bronstein vs Keres, 1950
  7. Szabo vs K Honfi, 1950
  8. Nezhmetdinov vs M Kamyshov, 1950
  9. Rellstab vs Najdorf, 1950
  10. Boleslavsky vs Bronstein, 1950
Honorable mention: Bronstein vs NN, 1950


1951
  1. Botvinnik vs Bronstein, 1951
  2. Lilienthal vs Nezhmetdinov, 1951
  3. Bronstein vs Botvinnik, 1951
  4. Bronstein vs Botvinnik, 1951
  5. Lutikov vs Korchnoi, 1951
  6. W Bialas vs Uhlmann, 1951
  7. Geller vs Novotelnov, 1951
  8. Yanofsky vs Golombek, 1951
  9. I A Horowitz vs M Pavey, 1951
  10. Balanel vs A Pytlakowski, 1951
Honorable mention: Nezhmetdinov vs Lusikal, 1951


1952
  1. Botvinnik vs Keres, 1952
  2. Biegler vs Peperle, 1952
  3. Stoltz vs H Steiner, 1952
  4. Keres vs A Tarnowski, 1952
  5. S Morrison vs T K Hemingway, 1952
  6. Reshevsky vs Najdorf, 1952
  7. Kotov vs G Barcza, 1952
  8. Tolush vs Simagin, 1952
  9. Kotov vs Unzicker, 1952
  10. Ravinsky vs G Ilivitsky, 1952


1953
  1. Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953
  2. Geller vs Euwe, 1953
  3. Euwe vs Najdorf, 1953
  4. Taimanov vs Najdorf, 1953
  5. M Kupferstich vs H Andreasen, 1953
  6. Keres vs Smyslov, 1953
  7. Tal vs M Pasman, 1953
  8. Reshevsky vs Petrosian, 1953
  9. Reshevsky vs Bronstein, 1953
  10. Birbrager vs Tal, 1953


1954
  1. Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1954
  2. Geller vs Averbakh, 1954
  3. Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1954
  4. Bronstein vs Najdorf, 1954
  5. O Bernstein vs Najdorf, 1954
  6. Korchnoi vs Geller, 1954
  7. Botvinnik vs N Minev, 1954
  8. Tal vs Spassky, 1954
  9. Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1954
  10. E J Diemer vs Heinz, 1954
Honorable mention: NN vs Bronstein, 1954


1955
  1. Keres vs Szabo, 1955
  2. Bronstein vs Keres, 1955
  3. Keres vs Spassky, 1955
  4. Kotov vs Botvinnik, 1955
  5. N Speijer vs Couvee, 1955
  6. Geller vs Panno, 1955
  7. Panno vs Spassky, 1955
  8. Petrosian vs Guimard, 1955
  9. J Thomason vs Fischer, 1955
  10. P Moran Santamaria vs E Franco Raymundo, 1955


1956
  1. D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956
  2. Tal vs Simagin, 1956
  3. Tal vs Lisitsin, 1956
  4. J Szukszta vs Tal, 1956
  5. Boleslavsky vs Lisitsin, 1956
  6. Tal vs Tolush, 1956
  7. Fischer vs P Lapiken, 1956
  8. Bronstein vs E Rojahn, 1956
  9. Petrosian vs Bronstein, 1956
  10. Petrosian vs Simagin, 1956


1957
  1. Tal vs Koblents, 1957
  2. Fischer vs J Sherwin, 1957
  3. Gurgenidze vs Tal, 1957
  4. Fischer vs J Sherwin, 1957
  5. E Terpugov vs Petrosian, 1957
  6. Tal vs K Klaman, 1957
  7. Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1957
  8. Tal vs Tolush, 1957
  9. Fischer vs Rodolfo Cardoso, 1957
  10. Sliwa vs Bronstein, 1957


1958
  1. Polugaevsky vs Nezhmetdinov, 1958
  2. M Bobotsov vs Tal, 1958
  3. Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1958
  4. Fischer vs Larsen, 1958
  5. Tal vs Panno, 1958
  6. Petrosian vs Fischer, 1958
  7. Averbakh vs Tal, 1958
  8. Spassky vs Tal, 1958
  9. Tal vs Geller, 1958
  10. F Olafsson vs Fischer, 1958


1959
  1. Tal vs Smyslov, 1959
  2. Fischer vs Tal, 1959
  3. Tal vs Fischer, 1959
  4. Fischer vs Petrosian, 1959
  5. Keres vs Fischer, 1959
  6. Fischer vs Benko, 1959
  7. Keres vs Petrosian, 1959
  8. Tal vs D Keller, 1959
  9. Fischer vs Shocron, 1959
  10. Smyslov vs Fischer, 1959




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