World Chess Championship 1954

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/World_Chess_Championship_1954

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:chess_match
gptkbp:championship	gptkb:12.5
gptkbp:current_champion	gptkb:Mikhail_Botvinnik
gptkbp:draws	gptkb:12
gptkbp:end_date	May 1954
gptkbp:format	Best of 24 games
gptkbp:gameplay	gptkb:24
gptkbp:held_in	gptkb:1954
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	World Chess Championship 1954
gptkbp:is_a_venue_for	gptkb:Central_Chess_Club
gptkbp:is_challenged_by	gptkb:Vasily_Smyslov
gptkbp:launch_date	March 1954
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Moscow
gptkbp:loser	gptkb:Mikhail_Botvinnik
gptkbp:match_type	Title match
gptkbp:notable_battle	gptkb:3 gptkb:9
gptkbp:notable_games	gptkb:Game_10 gptkb:Game_15 gptkb:Game_24 gptkb:Game_12
gptkbp:number_of_games	gptkb:24
gptkbp:opened	gptkb:King's_Gambit gptkb:Four_Knights_Game gptkb:French_Defense gptkb:Ruy_Lopez gptkb:Sveshnikov_Variation gptkb:Philidor_Defense gptkb:Pirc_Defense gptkb:national_football_team gptkb:Sicilian_Defense gptkb:English_Opening gptkb:Italian_Game gptkb:Dutch_Defense gptkb:Grünfeld_Defense gptkb:Scotch_Game gptkb:Nimzo-Indian_Defense gptkb:Scandinavian_Defense gptkb:Chigorin_Defense gptkb:Vienna_Game gptkb:Queen's_Gambit_Declined gptkb:King's_Indian_Defense gptkb:Catalan_Opening gptkb:Evans_Gambit gptkb:Two_Knights_Defense gptkb:Alekhine's_Defense Modern Defense Tarrasch Defense
gptkbp:organizer	gptkb:Soviet_Chess_Federation
gptkbp:result	Smyslov won the match
gptkbp:setting	40 moves in 2 hours 20 moves in 1 hour 5 minutes for the rest
gptkbp:significance	First title won by Smyslov
gptkbp:speed	Gideon clock
gptkbp:winner	gptkb:Vasily_Smyslov
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Botvinnik
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4