In early May, Mikhail Botvinnik defeated Vasily Smyslov, 12.5 to 10.5 to regain the world championship.
Two players were lost that year. On January 19, 1958, Edmund Adam (1894-1958) died in Frankfurt, Germany at the age of 63 on January 19eth. He was a correspondence Master and served as as president of the German Correspondence Chess Association from 1946 to 1956.
On September 11, 1958, IM Carl Carls (1880-1958) died at the age of 77 in Bremen, Germany. He was German champion in 1934.
In October the 13th Olympiad began in Munich, Germany.
Of course, the Soviet team (Botvinnik, Smyslov, Keres, Bronstein, Tal, Petrosian) won again. The US team (Reshevsky, Lombardy, Bisguier, Evans and Rossolimo) finished fourth behind Yugoslavia and Argentina.
A long-forgotten tournament in Jonkoping, Sweden began on December 27, 1958 nd ended January 4, 1959. Jonkoping is in southern Sweden and today it’s home to 112,766 inhabitants. It’s situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vattern. Only three titled players participated: Kotov and Rgozin were GMs and Barda was an IM.
The winner of the below game was Olaf Barda (August 17, 1909 – 2 May 2, 1971). He was the first Norwegian awarded the International Master title which he received in 1952.
Barda won the Norwegian Championship six times, 1930 (only then under the bame of Olsen), 1947, 1948, 1952, 1953 and 1957. He also wrote a chess column. His eldest son Yngvar Barda (1935–1999) also was chess master.
Barda was a strong correspondence player, winning the Norwegian correspondence championship in 1946 and 1949/1950. He received the title of Correspondence GN title in 1953 and finished fourth in the First World Correspondence Championship.
His opponent was Hans Ek (1928-2014) who won the Swedish Correspondence Championship in 1967.
Most of the game is pretty boring, but the finish is pleasing.
Olaf Barda–Hans Ek1–0A10JonkopingJonkoping1958Stockfish 16
A26: English Opening vs King's Indian 1.c4 d6 2.g3 g6 3.f4 g7 4.f3 e5 5.d3 e7 6.c3 bc6 7.g2 0-0 8.0-0 d7 8...exf4 9.gxf4 d5 10.cxd5 xd5 11.xd5 xd5 Neither side has much to brag about. 9.e3 9.d2 a6 10.a3 c8 11.f2 h8 12.c1 g4 13.e3 is equal. Nei,I (2365)-Aurlund,K Berlin
1998 9...c8 10.d5 xd5 11.cxd5 e7 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.e4 d8 14.b3 b6
Striking at the center with 14...c6 was a better option. 15.d2 c5 16.ac1 c8 17.c3 e7 18.d2 h6 This is good enoughto keep the position
evenly balanced. 18...b5 This (apparently) too tactical for black who
prefgers to play quietly (passively(. 19.a5 d6 This tactical route
requires precise play on black's part. 20.xc5 b7 21.xb5 c5 21...xb5 22.xb5 xa5 23.xa5 and white is better. 22.c4 xb5 23.xb5 ab8 24.c4 xd3 25.xd3 c5+ 26.h1 xa5 with an unclear position that would be
challenging to both sides. In Shootouts black won 2 games and three were drawn.
19.ce1 Be prepared to be bored for the next few moves. d6 20.c4 f6 21.xd6 xd6 22.a3 a5 23.d4 With this move white gets aggressive, but
with care black should be able to hold his own. exd4 24.xd4 d2 25.e5
A good followup to his 23rd move. b8 25...fxe5 was also playable, but the
complications are head whirling. 26.xe5 xf1+ 27.xf1 f8 28.d6 f7 28...xe1 loses 29.c4+ f7 30.xf7+ 29.e4 c6 30.d3 30.e2 f8 30...d8 31.xd2 d5 32.d3 c6 33.f2 e6 34.c4 d5 35.xd5+ xd5 is
winning for white. 31.h3 b4 32.d3 c4 33.d1 f3 Blavk wins. 30...g5 31.e2 c4 32.d4 f3 33.g2 xe2 34.d5+ xd5 35.xd5+ f8 36.xa8+
with a likely draw. 26.c3 xe1 27.xe1 fxe5 28.xe5 c8 29.e3 f7
This should lose. 29...b5 30.d6 c6 31.c3 e8 with an
unclear position where blacj should be OK. A sample continuation... 32.f2 xg2 33.xe8+ xe8 34.f6 e3+ 35.xg2 e2+ 36.g1 d1+ draws 30.d6
Missing the win, but the winning move is a difficult to find retreat. 30.c3 e8 31.g5 f8 32.e5 g7 33.xg7+ xg7 34.xg7 xg7 35.e7+ 30...c6
Black has again missed white's winning retreat 30...f8
Agter this white can only claim a modest advantage. 31.b3 e8 32.d5 a4 33.xb6 e6 34.xc5 h5 and 5 Shootouts were drawn. 31.c3 This time Barda
does not miss the winning move and black is not given another chance. aa7 32.e5 g7 33.d5+ xd5 33...h8 34.d7 xd7 34...axd7 35.e8+ xe8 36.xe8# 35.b8+ d8 36.xd8+ e8 37.xe8# 34.xd5+ gf7 35.e7 axe7 36.dxe7 e8 37.f6 Preparing a nice finish. b5 38.d8 xe7 39.xe7 Black
resigned...the ending is lost. 39.xe7 xe7 40.xe7 c4 41.d8 a4 42.a5
With the black Ps held up all white has to do is bring up his K. f7 43.f2 e6 44.e3 d5 45.c3 d6 45...h6 46.a3 h5 47.h4 Black's K must mow
yield. d6 48.e4 e6 49.f4 d5 50.g5 46.d4 c6 47.b4 b6 48.d5 c7 49.c5 etc. 1–0
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