Smyslov, Vasily (1921-2010)
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Alternative first name spellings: Vasilyevich |
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GENERAL INFO
Description: Vasily Smyslov was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster, and World Chess Champion. He was one of the most important players whose duels with Mijaíl Botvínnik went down in history. In addition, he has a great connection with music, as he was a prominent baritone. His life was divided between the musical performance and the chess tournaments. | |
Sex: Male. | Occupation: Chess player. |
Place of Birth / Death: Moscow, Soviet Union. / Moscow, Russia. | Country Tags: Russia. |
Centuries: XX-XXI. | Title: Grandmaster. |
Wolrd Champion: 1957–1958. | School: – |
Styles: Positional and defensive. | Chess Olympiads: 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958. 1960, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1972. |
IN MUSICHESS
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External links
- Chessbase.com: World Champion Vasily Smyslov dies at 89: https://en.chessbase.com/post/world-champion-vasily-smyslov-dies-at-89 – [07/03/2018].
- Vasily Smyslov chess games at 365Chess.com: https://www.365chess.com/players/Vassily_Smyslov – [07/03/2018].
- Vasily Smyslov: Daily Telegraph obituary: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/7564357/Vasily-Smyslov.html – [07/03/2018].
- Vasily Smyslov on Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/chessopedia/view/vassily-smyslov – [07/03/2018].
- Vasily Smyslov on Chess24: https://chess24.com/en/read/players/vasily-smyslov – [07/03/2018].
- Vasily Smyslov player profile and games at Chessgames.com: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=14676 – [07/03/2018].
- Wikipedia the free encyclopedia: Vasily Smyslov: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Smyslov – [07/03/2018].
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- Elo, Arpad E. (2008). The rating of chess players, Past and Present. New York: Ishi Press.
- Hooper, David. Whyld, Kenneth. (1992). The Oxford companion to chess. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Murray, H. J. R. (1913). A history of chess. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Schonberg, Harold C. (1973). Grandmasters of Chess. J.B. Lippincott.