Vassily Smyslov
Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who was the seventh World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958. He was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on eight occasions. Smyslov twice tied for first place at the USSR Chess Championships, and his total of 17 Chess Olympiad medals won is an all-time record. In five European Team Championships, Smyslov won ten gold medals.
Tournaments won by Vassily Smyslov
| Tournament | Year | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Politiken Cup | 1986 | Copenhagen (Denmark) |
| Politiken Cup | 1980 | Copenhagen (Denmark) |
| Reykjavik Open | 1974 | Reykjavik (Iceland) |
| Capablanca Memorial | 1973 | Cienfuegos (Cuba) |
| IBM international chess tournament | 1971 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) |
| Monte Carlo chess tournament | 1969 | Monte Carlo (Monaco) |
| Rubinstein Memorial | 1968 | Polanica-Zdrój (Poland) |
| Hastings | 1968 | Hastings (England) |
| Rubinstein Memorial | 1966 | Polanica-Zdrój (Poland) |
| Mar del Plata International Chess Tournament | 1966 | Mar del Plata (Argentina) |
| Capablanca Memorial | 1965 | Havana (Cuba) |
| Havana | 1965 | Havana |
| Santiago | 1965 | Santiago |
| Capablanca Memorial | 1964 | Havana (Cuba) |
| Amsterdam (Interzonal Tournament) | 1964 | Amsterdam |
| Moscow | 1963 | Moscow |
| Moscow | 1960 | Moscow |
| Moscow | 1959 | Moscow |
| World Chess Championship 1957 | 1957 | Moscow (Soviet Union) |
| Candidates Tournament 1956 | 1956 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) |
| Alekhine Memorial | 1956 | Moscow (Soviet Union) |
| Moscow | 1956 | Moscow |
| Zagreb | 1955 | Zagreb |
| Hastings | 1954 | Hastings (England) |
| Candidates Tournament 1953 | 1953 | Zurich |
| Gagra | 1953 | Gagra |
| Chigorin Memorial | 1951 | Leningrad (Russia) |
| 1949 USSR Chess Championship | 1949 | Moscow |
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Born: Thursday, March 24, 1921
Died: Saturday, March 27, 2010
Puzzles with Vassily Smyslov
Vassily Smyslov - Bozidar Ivanovic
Bugojno
1984
Bugojno
1984
Vassily Smyslov - Igor Bondarevsky
URS Absolute-ch, Moscow URS
1941.04.24
URS Absolute-ch, Moscow URS
1941.04.24
Evgeny Terpugov - Vassily Smyslov
19th URS-ch, Moscow URS
1951
19th URS-ch, Moscow URS
1951
Anatoly Lein - Vassily Smyslov
34th URS-ch, Tbilisi URS
1966
34th URS-ch, Tbilisi URS
1966
Vassily Smyslov - Mark Taimanov
19th URS-ch, Moscow URS
1951
19th URS-ch, Moscow URS
1951
Vassily Smyslov - Florin Gheorghiu
Monte Carlo-A, Monte Carlo
1969.04.06
Monte Carlo-A, Monte Carlo
1969.04.06
Svetozar Gligoric - Vassily Smyslov
URS-YUG, Kiev
1959
URS-YUG, Kiev
1959
Nikolai G Kopylov - Vassily Smyslov
Leningrad Chigorin Memorial, Leningrad
1951
Leningrad Chigorin Memorial, Leningrad
1951
Vassily Smyslov - Vasily Mikhailovich Byvshev
Leningrad Chigorin Memorial, Leningrad
1951
Leningrad Chigorin Memorial, Leningrad
1951
Mikhail Botvinnik - Vassily Smyslov
URS Spartakiad, Moscow
1964.10.15
URS Spartakiad, Moscow
1964.10.15
Vassily Smyslov - Kirilov
Moscow
1940
Moscow
1940
Vassily Smyslov - Lembit Oll
Rostov on Don
1993
Rostov on Don
1993
Alexander Kotov - Vassily Smyslov
13th URS-ch, Moscow URS
1944.05.24
13th URS-ch, Moscow URS
1944.05.24
Vassily Smyslov - Juan P Dominguez Sanz
Las Palmas
1972
Las Palmas
1972
Vassily Smyslov - Bernard Huguet
Las Palmas
1972
Las Palmas
1972
Evgeny Zagoriansky - Vassily Smyslov
Sverdlovsk
1943
Sverdlovsk
1943
David Bronstein - Vassily Smyslov
Moscow-ch, Moscow
1946
Moscow-ch, Moscow
1946
Vassily Smyslov - Mikhail Podgaets
URS-ch sf, Odessa
1974
URS-ch sf, Odessa
1974