The March issue of FIDE newsletter opens with the lines "58 years ago, the FIDE Congresses Saltsjöbaden, 1948 and in Paris, 1949 had decided to hold a Candidates Tournament for the World Chess Championship challenger in Budapest, in April-May 1950..."The rest of the article would tell us how Bronstein and Boleavsky shared 1st place in the said events but a year later, Bronstein won against Boleavsky to earn the right to challenge the incumbent world champion, Mikhail Botnivik.
And yes, prominent names I only read from chess books were mentioned like Averbah, Simagin, Tolush, Alatortsev, Sokolsky and Yudovich.
Events that took place from this era have affected the game positively that it is considered to one of the momentous gathering of chess people in the history. Thanks and congratulations to all who have made such enduring contribution... for the love of the game!
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