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World Chess Championship
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King and Pawn endings are notoriously difficult. In the following position, White twice missed h4, which wins.
| Round 4 : Najdorf - Kotov |
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| after 51...Kf7-e7 and 53...Kd7-e7 |
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| Round 4 : Trifunovic - Bondarevsky |
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| after 19.Ne4-f6+ |
| Second Brilliancy Prize |
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| Round 5 : Lilienthal - Najdorf |
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| after 17.Bd3-h7(xP)+ |
| First Brilliancy Prize |
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| Round 7 : Szabo - Book |
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| after 16.Ne2-f4 |
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| Round 14 : Bronstein - Ragozin |
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| after 37.Nf3-e1(xR) |
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Leading the tournament by a half point before the penultimate round, Szabo needed a win to remain ahead of Bronstein, who won against Steiner.
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| Round 18 : Stoltz - Szabo |
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| after 19...Rc4-b4(xP) |
| (only draws; 19...Rf8-c8 should win) |
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Szabo and Bronstein were tied for first place going into the last round.
When the following position was reached, a spectator wiped the pieces off the board and attacked Bronstein. It turned out that he was a Lithuanian who had a grudge against the Soviet Union. All games were halted while the police removed Bronstein's assailant.
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| Round 19 : Bronstein - Tartakower |
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| after 20.Ra1-d1 |
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Bronstein went on to win the game, so Szabo also needed a win to share first place. Szabo's opponent, Lundin, had a solid grip on last place.
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| Round 19 : Szabo - Lundin |
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| after 26.Qc2-c7 |
| (loses two pawns; 26.Qc3 probably wins) |
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