 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kunyange zvazvo Keres akapinda mumutambo weWorld Championship muna 1948, rakarongwa kuti rione shasha yenyika pashure porufu rwaAlekhine muna 1946, kuita kwake kwakanga kuri kure nezvakanakisisa zvake. Yakaitirwa pamwe chete muThe Hague neMoscow, mutambo wacho wakaganhurirwa kuvatori vechikamu vashanu: Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov, Paul Keres, Samuel Reshevsky, uye Max Euwe. Rubheni Fine akanga akokwawo asi akaramba. Mutambo wacho wairidzwa uchitambwa kaviri. Keres akapedza ari wechitatu, aine 1012 pamapoinzi makumi maviri. Mumutambo wake mumwe nomumwe nomukundi, Botvinnik, akarasikirwa nemitambo mina yemitambo mishanu, achikunda bedzi mumutambo wokupedzisira apo mugumisiro wemutambo wakanga watosarudzwa. 