Back Campionat del món d'escacs de 1963 Catalan VM i skak 1963 Danish Schachweltmeisterschaft 1963 German Monda Ŝaka Ĉampionumo 1963 Esperanto Campeonato Mundial de Ajedrez 1963 Spanish Championnat du monde d'échecs 1963 French אליפות העולם בשחמט 1963 HE 1963-as sakkvilágbajnokság Hungarian Շախմատի աշխարհի առաջնություն 1963 Armenian Campionato del mondo di scacchi 1963 Italian
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Defending champion |
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 Mikhail Botvinnik |
Tigran Petrosian | |||||
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Born 17 August 1911 51 years old |
Born 17 June 1929 33 years old | |||||
| Winner of the 1961 World Chess Championship | Winner of the 1962 Candidates Tournament | |||||
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At the World Chess Championship 1963, Tigran Petrosian narrowly qualified to challenge Mikhail Botvinnik for the World Chess Championship, and then won the match to become the ninth World Chess Champion. The cycle is particularly remembered for the controversy surrounding the Candidates' Tournament at Curaçao in 1962, which resulted in FIDE changing the format of the Candidates Tournament to a series of knockout matches.
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