World Chess Championship 1959

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf chess match
gptkbp:aftermath Tal_became_a_prominent_figure_in_chess
gptkbp:audience Thousands
gptkbp:brandAmbassadors Positional play
gptkbp:broadcasts Television
gptkbp:careerEnd Sicilian Defense
gptkbp:chessOpening Engaged
Evolved
Inspired books
Algebraic_notation
gptkbp:currentChampion Set precedents
gptkbp:decidedBy Game 24
gptkbp:drawings 8
gptkbp:endsAt Critical
gptkbp:finaleDate 1959-05-08
gptkbp:focusArea Intuitive approach
gptkbp:gameFeatures Several hours
Botvinnik 12, Tal 12
gptkbp:heldIn 1959
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Milestone in chess history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label World Chess Championship 1959
gptkbp:humanInteraction High pressure
gptkbp:impact Increased popularity of chess
gptkbp:isCelebratedFor In-depth
gptkbp:launchDate 1959-03-15
gptkbp:legacy Influenced future championship formats
gptkbp:location gptkb:Moscow
gptkbp:loser gptkb:Mikhail_Tal
gptkbp:matchType Best of 24 games
Title match
gptkbp:mediaCoverage Extensive
gptkbp:membership Used
gptkbp:notable_player Mikhail Botvinnik
gptkbp:notableGames Game 6
Game 24
Game 10
gptkbp:numberOfEpisodes 10
6
gptkbp:opened gptkb:Najdorf_Variation
gptkbp:previousName 24
gptkbp:productionCompany Extensive
gptkbp:racingSeries gptkb:Mikhail_Tal
gptkbp:referee gptkb:Alexander_Kotov
gptkbp:returnPolicy Scientific approach
gptkbp:significance First match between Botvinnik and Tal
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Soviet_government
gptkbp:terroir Aggressive tactics
gptkbp:venue gptkb:Central_Chess_Club
gptkbp:winner Mikhail Botvinnik