World Chess Championship 1948: The Hague-Moscow Valery Murakhveri and articles in the magazine

and articles in the magazine Schackkultur

Gideon Ståhlberg (1908–1967) reigned among the world’s best chess players for over three decades

he rose to become the principal challenger to the world champion Emanuel Lasker in the years leading up to the First World War

historians

ISBN: 978-91-527-3514-5

World Chess Championship 1948: The Hague-Moscow Valery Murakhveri and articles in the magazineAfter Alexander Alekhine died in 1946, the chess world suddenly had no reigning champion. FIDE resolved that Alekhines successor would be decided by a tournament in The Hague and Moscow in early 1948. Five top grandmasters Botvinnik, Smyslov, Reshevsky, Keres, and Euwe battled for the vacant title for over two months. Mikhail Botvinnik emerged as the new world champion, initiating the Soviet dominance of the international chess scene that would endure