Vasily Osipovich Smyslov (1881–1943), Russian chess master and the father of Vasily Vasilievich Smyslov Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov (1921–2010), Soviet...
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Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Смысло́в, romanized: Vasíliy Vasíl'yevich Smyslóv; 24 March 1921 – 27 March 2010) was a Soviet...
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Pyotr Mikhailovich Smyslov (Russian: Пётр Михайлович Смыслов, Lithuanian: Piotras Smyslovas; 14 June 1827 – 6 December 1891) was a Russian astronomer...
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World Chess Championship was played between Mikhail Botvinnik and Vasily Smyslov in Moscow from March 16 to May 13, 1954. Botvinnik had been World Champion...
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Vasily Osipovich Smyslov (1881–1943) was a chess master, and the father of Vasily Vasilievich Smyslov, World Chess Champion from 1957–58. Born in Astrakhan...
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defence was later adopted by a number of prominent players, including Vasily Smyslov, Viktor Korchnoi, Leonid Stein and Bobby Fischer. Garry Kasparov often...
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1954, he drew with Vasily Smyslov over 24 games in Moscow, +7−7=10, again retaining the title. In 1957, he lost to Smyslov by 9½–12½ in Moscow, but the...
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played between Mikhail Botvinnik and Vasily Smyslov in Moscow from March 4 to May 9, 1958. Botvinnik won. Smyslov had unseated Botvinnik in the 1957 match...
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Yury Smyslov (14 April 1920 – 1991) was a Soviet equestrian. He competed in two events at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans...
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Bronstein and Reshevsky, two points behind Smyslov, with 16/28 (+8−4=16). Amsterdam 1956, 2nd, 1½ points behind Smyslov, with 10/18 (+3−1=14). Yugoslavia 1959...
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Botvinnik and Vasily Smyslov in Moscow from March 5 to April 27, 1957. Botvinnik had been World Champion since 1948, while Smyslov earned the right to...
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Ruy Lopez (redirect from Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense)
variation is Smyslov–Reshevsky, 1945 USSR–USA Radio Match. An analysis of the line had just been published in a Russian chess magazine, and Smyslov was able...
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Las Palmas Interzonal ahead of 61-year-old former World Champion Vasily Smyslov. Kasparov, 19 years old, won the Moscow Interzonal by a 1½ point margin...
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points, ahead of Paul Keres with 18½, followed by Tigran Petrosian, Vasily Smyslov, the sixteen-year-old Bobby Fischer, Svetozar Gligorić, Friðrik Ólafsson...
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Anton Aleksandrovich Smyslov (Russian: Антон Александрович Смыслов; born 28 May 1979) is a former Russian professional football player. He made his Russian...
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Denis Alexandrovich Smyslov (‹See Tfd›Russian: Дени́с Алекса́ндрович Смысло́в; born 5 January 1979) is a Russian former professional cyclist, who currently...
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five players: Euwe, Smyslov, Keres, Botvinnik, and Reshevsky Soviet delegation Botvinnik & Soviet ambassador Valkov Keres & Smyslov at the Kurhaus Hotel...
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Championship US Women's Open Chess Championship American Chess Congress "FISCHER, SMYSLOV PLAY IN DEADLOOK; American and Russian Draw in 7th-Round Adjourned Game...
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Slav Defense (section Smyslov Variation: 5...Na6)
champions, this defense was particularly favored by Euwe, Botvinnik, and Smyslov. More recently the Slav has been adopted by Anand, Ivanchuk, Lautier, Short...
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grandmaster who regularly plays the Chigorin Defense; in the 1980s, Vasily Smyslov did employ the opening against Garry Kasparov, achieving a draw. Morozevich...
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3rd–4th places with 12½/19, behind only winners David Bronstein and Vasily Smyslov. Geller defeated such established players as Semyon Furman, Isaac Boleslavsky...
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blitz right into his 80s, allowing many younger players to achieve 4. Smyslov and Keres had very long careers, so much younger players achieved MN4 by...
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tournament won by Vasily Smyslov. It was the Candidates Tournament for the 1957 World Chess Championship match between Smyslov and Mikhail Botvinnik. Wood...
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Lasker 2700: Mikhail Tal 2690: Alexander Alekhine, Paul Morphy, Vasily Smyslov Though published in 1978, Elo's list did not include five-year averages...
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Alexander Kotov, Andor Lilienthal, Miguel Najdorf, Samuel Reshevsky, Vasily Smyslov, Gideon Ståhlberg, and László Szabó. Players still living who, though past...
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have also been International Judges, including Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov, David Bronstein, Paul Keres, Yuri Averbakh and Wolfgang Unzicker, though...
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White intends to play f2–f4 soon. There is similarity to the Smyslov Position (Smyslov–Botvinnik, 1958) if White tries to play something in the lines...
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Stalemate (section Bernstein versus Smyslov)
Bernstein–Vasily Smyslov (first diagram), Black can win by sacrificing the f-pawn and using the king to support the b-pawn. However, Smyslov thought it was...
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Champions at least twice (not necessarily while they were reigning): Vasily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, Tigran Petrosian, Bobby Fischer, Anatoly Karpov, and Garry...
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operatic arias; he has a fine baritone voice, a quality shared by Vasily Smyslov, a chess world champion and grandmaster who also had talent as an operatic...
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