White skilfully built up the pressure.
Gligoric vs Lombardy, 1958  (C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 42 moves, 1-0
Battle with heart
Pilnik vs Sliwa, 1958 (C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 54 moves, 0-1
Surprisingly White went on to a winning ending.
Sliwa vs Szabo, 1958 (C48) Four Knights, 47 moves, 1-0
Sharp French lines require quick piece development.
A Dueckstein vs J Kupper, 1958 (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 24 moves, 0-1
Canadian prodigy
Yanofsky vs Portisch, 1958  (C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 41 moves, 1-0
Shameful Soviet
A Dueckstein vs Botvinnik, 1958  (B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 51 moves, 1-0
...but then revenge is always good
Botvinnik vs A Dueckstein, 1958  (A22) English, 43 moves, 1-0
Sleek
Unzicker vs Reshevsky, 1958  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 36 moves, 1-0
Outplaying Larsen
A Dueckstein vs Larsen, 1958 (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 45 moves, 1-0
White tempted for a piece but their pawn shield was destroyed
K S Ojanen vs Euwe, 1958  (E59) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line, 31 moves, 0-1
Euwe vs Yanofsky, 1958 (E66) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno, 37 moves, 1-0
22.Rh5!
E Rojahn vs A Aggos, 1958  (A15) English, 22 moves, 1-0
E Chalabi vs Barcza, 1958 (A21) English, 62 moves, 1-0
Awkward vs Smooth
F J Perez Perez vs Keres, 1958  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 0-1
9 Ba3?!
J Penrose vs Smyslov, 1958  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1
Excellent attack left Black helpless.
S Dittmann vs Barcza, 1958  (E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 26 moves, 1-0
That's hat we called drama
Smyslov vs Filip, 1958  (A14) English, 109 moves, 1-0
Tal is a tactic specialist
A Beni vs Tal, 1958  (B20) Sicilian, 38 moves, 0-1
Petrosian vs J Kozma, 1958  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 1-0
Risky Petrosian
P H Clarke vs Petrosian, 1958  (C02) French, Advance, 41 moves, 0-1
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