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Smyslov, Vassily

Total Games

2627

Wins

906

Draws

1411

Losses

310

34.5% wins53.7% draws11.8% losses

Most Played Openings

D94 - Grünfeld Defense: Flohr Defense52E61 - King's Indian Defense42E11 - Bogo-Indian Defense39A30 - English Opening: Wing Gambit36C42 - Petrov's Defense32A48 - London System29C92 - Ruy Lopez: Closed28A29 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line28B08 - Pirc Defense: Classical Variation27D13 - Slav Defense: Exchange Variation26

Most Faced Opponents

Botvinnik, Mikhail94 gamesGeller, Efim P52 gamesGligoric, Svetozar41 gamesKeres, Paul40 gamesPortisch, Lajos31 gamesBronstein, David I30 gamesPetrosian, Tigran V30 gamesBoleslavsky, Isaak28 gamesTaimanov, Mark E27 gamesReshevsky, Samuel Herman27 games

Featured Games

FCGFCG
0-1

Portisch, Lajos vs Smyslov, Vassily

Amsterdam Interzonal

1964

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FCGFCG
1-0

Morozevich, Alexander vs Smyslov, Vassily

FIDE-Wch k.o.

1997

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FCGFCG
1-0

Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily

World Championship 22th

1958

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FCGFCG
1-0

Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily

World Championship 21th

1957

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FCGFCG
0-1

Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily

World Championship 20th

1954

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FCGFCG
1-0

Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail

World Championship 21th

1957

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FCGFCG
1-0

Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail

World Championship 22th

1958

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FCGFCG
0-1

Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail

World Championship 20th

1954

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FCGFCG
0-1

Tal, Mihail vs Smyslov, Vassily

Biel Interzonal

1976

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FCGFCG
1-0

Smyslov, Vassily vs Weigel, Herbert

Wch Seniors

1991

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Games (2627)

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Ribli, Zoltan vs Smyslov, Vassily
1-0
Candidats sf2 1983 E11
Smyslov, Vassily vs Huebner, Robert
1/2-1/2
Candidats qf3 1983 A34
Huebner, Robert vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Candidats qf3 1983 A28
Smyslov, Vassily vs Huebner, Robert
1/2-1/2
Candidats qf3 1983 A30
Huebner, Robert vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Candidats qf3 1983 D17
Smyslov, Vassily vs Ribli, Zoltan
1/2-1/2
Candidats sf2 1983 A47
Smyslov, Vassily vs Huebner, Robert
1/2-1/2
Candidats qf3 1983 E18
Huebner, Robert vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Candidats qf3 1983 C42
Huebner, Robert vs Smyslov, Vassily
1-0
Candidats qf3 1983 A25
Ribli, Zoltan vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Candidats sf2 1983 D94
Smyslov, Vassily vs Huebner, Robert
1/2-1/2
Candidats qf3 1983 D23
Smyslov, Vassily vs Ribli, Zoltan
1-0
Candidats sf2 1983 D42
Smyslov, Vassily vs Ribli, Zoltan
1-0
Candidats sf2 1983 D42
Huebner, Robert vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Candidats qf3 1983 C54
Smyslov, Vassily vs Huebner, Robert
1/2-1/2
Candidats qf3 1983 D35
Smyslov, Vassily vs Ribli, Zoltan
1/2-1/2
Candidats sf2 1983 E43
Smyslov, Vassily vs Ribli, Zoltan
1/2-1/2
Candidats sf2 1983 D32
Smyslov, Vassily vs Huebner, Robert
1/2-1/2
Candidats qf3 1983 E39
Ribli, Zoltan vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Lloyds Bank op 1983 D48
Smyslov, Vassily vs Huebner, Robert
1-0
Candidats qf3 1983 A34
Huebner, Robert vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Candidats qf3 1983 A29
Huebner, Robert vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Candidats qf3 1983 C42
Ribli, Zoltan vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Candidats sf2 1983 D78
Smyslov, Vassily vs Ribli, Zoltan
1-0
Candidats sf2 1983 E14
Andersson, Ulf vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Moscow 1981 D13
Littlewood, Paul E vs Smyslov, Vassily
0-1
Hastings8182 1981 D45
Smyslov, Vassily vs Andersson, Ulf
1/2-1/2
Hastings8182 1981 E18
Hort, Vlastimil vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Amsterdam 1981 D17
Smejkal, Jan vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Moscow 1981 E32
Smyslov, Vassily vs Chandler, Murray G
1/2-1/2
Hastings8182 1981 B11
Romanishin, Oleg M vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Moscow-4teams 1981 C60
Smyslov, Vassily vs Szabo, Laszlo
1-0
Hastings8182 1981 B70
Smyslov, Vassily vs Langeweg, Kick
1-0
Amsterdam 1981 B82
Ree, Hans vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Hastings8182 1981 E11
Kupreichik, Viktor D vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Hastings8182 1981 C67
Balashov, Yuri S vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Moscow 1981 D94
Miles, Anthony J vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Amsterdam 1981 D13
Lein, Anatoly vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Hastings8182 1981 D11
Torre, Eugenio vs Smyslov, Vassily
0-1
Moscow 1981 D94
Rivas Pastor, Manuel vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Hastings8182 1981 D27
Smyslov, Vassily vs Mestel, A Jonathan
1/2-1/2
Hastings8182 1981 A30
Taulbut, Shaun M vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Hastings8182 1981 C50
Smyslov, Vassily vs Christiansen, Larry Mark
1/2-1/2
Hastings8182 1981 A39
Kavalek, Lubomir vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Amsterdam 1981 C42
Smyslov, Vassily vs Romanishin, Oleg M
1-0
Moscow-4teams 1981 D73
Gheorghiu, Florin vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Moscow 1981 E17
Smyslov, Vassily vs Donner, Jan Hein
1/2-1/2
Amsterdam 1981 E03
Ree, Hans vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Amsterdam 1981 A29
Smyslov, Vassily vs Speelman, Jonathan S
1-0
Hastings8182 1981 B58
Smyslov, Vassily vs Mikhalchishin, Adrian
1/2-1/2
Politiken Cup 1980 D35
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