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The 1988 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament held from 16 April to 2 May 1988 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, it was the sixth and final ranking event of the 1987–88 snooker season and the twelfth consecutive World Snooker Championship to be held at the Crucible since 1977. At Preston Guild Hall, 113 players competed in a qualifying event, 16 of whom reached the final to join the 16 invited seeded players. The tournament was broadcast in the UK by the BBC, and was sponsored by cigarette brand Embassy. The winner received £95,000 from the prize fund of £475,000. Defending champion Steve Davis (pictured), who had previously won the championship four times, met Terry Griffiths, the 1979 champion, in the best-of-35-frames final. Davis won 18–11, after being level at 8–8 at the end of the first day. The event's highest break was 140 by Steve James, and there were 18 century breaks during the championship. (Full article...)