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| | Vasily Smyslov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Smyslov played in the 1948 World Chess Championship tournament to determine who should succeed the late Alexander Alekhine as champion, finishing second behind Mikhail Botvinnik. | | | They played again in 1957 (Smyslov had again won the candidates tournament, in Amsterdam 1956), and this time Smyslov won by the score 12.5–9.5. | | | After winning the candidates tournament in Zurich 1953, he played a match with Botvinnik for the title the following year. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassily_Smyslov
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| | baysholiss |
| | Smyslov has played over 1600 games, with a winning percentage of over 60 percent. | | | In Chess Olympiad play, Smyslov won 69 games, drew 42, and only lost 2 games. | | | Smyslov's other interest was music and in 1950 tried out for the Bolshoi Opera At the 1950 Budapest Candidates tournamnet, Smyslov took 3rd place, behind Bronstein and Boleslavsky, with 5 wins, 10 draws, and 3 losses. |
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http://www.msnusers.com/baysholiss/smyslovsignedsme.msnw
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| | Who really won the Kramnik vs |
| | Smyslov became a stronger player after that match and would again challenge for the title in 1957. | | | Vassily Smyslov challenged for the world championship in 1948, however he did not play a match against a defending champion. | | | In 1954 Vassily Smyslov challenged the champion for the title. |
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http://www.chessreporter.com/who_really_won__the_kramnik_vsleko.htm
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| | Smyslov vs Rebel |
| | Nowadays Vassily Smyslov retains quite good health (except of very weak sight) in his 79 (touch wood!), and sometimes takes part in any tournaments where he wants strong illumination during a game. | | | Though Smyslov became a master in 1938, in a bit older age than Botvinnik and Bronstein (both at 16), he soon gained a foothold among the strongest Soviet players. | | | Young Smyslov has made first steps in chess with the help of his father Vassily Osipovich and uncle Kirill Osipovich who were strong players. |
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http://www.rebel.nl/smyslov1.htm
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| | Chess Legends History |
| | Smyslov's father once beat Alekhine in a chess tournament in 1912. | | | His first coach at the Pioneer Palace was master Vassily Byvshev, one of the strongest Soviet chess players of the 1950s, who also trained the first Soviet Women’s Chess Champion Ludmila Rudenko and Irina Levitina. | | | His father taught him how to play chess, when he was 6 years old. |
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http://www.geocities.com/citycollegechess/champions.html
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| | The Hindu : A galaxy of great champions |
| | Smyslov was an excellent positional player who displayed considerable originality in openings, used strategies well in the middle- game and handled the end-game masterfully. | | | But he was the World champion only for one year, though he continued to play highly competitive chess well into old age. | | | He finished a clear winner, three points ahead of his nearest rival Vassily Smyslov. |
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http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2000/11/25/stories/0725020e.htm
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| | One of the celebrities of the game, Vassily Smyslov, 73, is in Calcutta participating in the 6th Goodricke International Open tournament. | | | A : (Vassily Smyslov) Normally it is thought that a younger player can play better. | | | Q : (Arvind Aaron) At 73, how do you manage to play chess well. |
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http://www.chess-mate.com/0000107.htm
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| | Hardinge Simpole - Smyslov's Best Games of Chess |
| | Vassily Smyslov was the victor of the two World Championship Candidates Tournaments of 1953 and 1956, and went on to capture the World Title from Botvinnik in 1957. | | | A genius of practical strategy and filigree endgame play, Smyslov was also a miracle of chess board longevity, reaching the final of the 1984 World Title Candidates qualifier against Kasparov at the age of 63 - exactly three times the age of his opponent! | | | The games and results in this volume have been bettered by very few in the history of competitive chess and it is particularly instructive to hear Smyslov's own voice guiding the reader. |
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http://www.hardingesimpole.co.uk/biblio/184382115x.htm
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| | Smyslov vs Rebel |
| | Another (second) arbiter is installed at the place of Vassily Smyslov, the normal rules apply. | | | To ensure fair play the Rebel arbiter is send the Rebel version before the game is started and the arbiter will check all moves played by Rebel. | | | Rebel Company considers playing against living legend Vassily Smyslov a great honor. |
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http://www.rebel.nl/smyslov3.htm
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| | Chessmetrics Ratings: Smyslov, Vassily V |
| | These ratings, calculated for Smyslov, Vassily V, incorporate all games (against rated opponents) played in the year before the "Date of rating", along with the ratings that were already calculated one year previously. | | | If a player has an insufficient number of games in recent years, there may be gaps in the list, even though you may see ratings listed on previous and/or subsequent dates. | | | Click on the link to see the sorted list of all players' ratings on their birthdays when turning that same age. |
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http://www.chessmetrics.com/PL/PL37910.htm
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| | The Week in Chess 258 |
| | In the open section Vassily Yemelin scored 7.5/9 to take clear first place ahead of a group of nine players on 7 points. | | | Zhu Chen beat Vassily Smyslov in 44 moves on the black side of a Queen's pawn opening. | | | In round two a combataive round there were three drawn games (two over 80 moves) and perhaps an indication that Korchnoi is going to score very heavily in this event and that also perhaps for Smyslov this is an event too far. |
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http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic259.html
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| | Books, Anthology: World Chess Championship Matches, Vol. 2 |
| | Vassily Smyslov's preface:In 1946 the World Champion Alexander Alekhine died undefeated and a complicated question arose: how to determine a new chess king, the sixth in the history of the game? | | | The book you see covers the period of Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky and Fischer as the world title holders. | | | Of course all the world champions without any exception have made a significant contribution to the development of our game. |
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http://products.convekta.com/615/2
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| | Vasili Smyslov - Wikipedia |
| | Vader Smyslov kon goed schaken: hij won zelfs een keer van Alexander Aljechin. | | | In 2001 is hij met het spelen van toernooien gestopt, hij is bijna blind... | | | In de Konings-Indische schaakopening heeft Smyslov een variant op zijn naam staan met de volgende zetten: |
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http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassily_Smyslov
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| | Chess Player biographies R-Z |
| | Steinitz, Wilhelm (1836-1900) was the first player to hold the title of world champion and was the dominant player in the world from 1872 until 1893. | | | Amazingly strong from an early age, at age 16, Spassky was invited to the Bucharest tournament 1953 where he finished equal 4th after Alexander Tolush, Tigran Petrosian and Vassily Smyslov, but managed to upset Smyslov, then world number 2, in their game. | | | Made his closest approach to the Candidates by coming 5th in the Amsterdam Interzonal 1964, good enough for a Candidates berth, but saw his place ceded to 7th Ivkov and 8th Portisch because of the same rule limiting the number of qualifiers from one nation. |
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http://www3.sympatico.ca/g.giffen/playersR-Z.html
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| | M. Botvinnik - V. Smyslov; WCM, (14) Moscow, (RUS) 1954. |
| | GM's who were watching this game felt for the great Smyslov's play - at this point. | | | I was unable to confirm this, but a player who was also a student of Jack Collins, told me, (that Collins told him); that this game was also a favorite of a young Bobby Fischer. | | | Is Smyslov daring Botvinnik to play Rb1 here? |
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http://www.geocities.com/lifemasteraj/smysl-botvi_1.html
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| | Smyslov, Vassily - The Game Beat ... Games . Online . Puzzles . Magazines - SearchBeat.com |
| | Brain Games Network: Smyslov - Features a recollection of the events when he was the top player in the world. | | | Top : Games : Board Games : Genres : Abstract Strategy : Battle Games : Chess : People : World Champions : Smyslov, Vassily | | | Games We Play - Web sites that would bring back the old fashioned fun of "Kick the Can" or "Blindman's Bluff." |
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http://www.searchbeat.com/Games/BoardGames/Genres/AbstractStrategy/BattleGames/Chess/People/WorldChampions/Smyslov,Vassily
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| | Efim Geller - Wikpedia |
| | He played in 23 USSR chess championships, a record equalled by Mark Taimanov, acheiving good results in many and winning in 1979 and 1955 when, despite losing five games, he finished with 12/19 and then defeated Vassily Smyslov in a playoff match. | | | He reached the later stages of the World Championship several times, most notably finishing just half a point short of playing in the final match when he scored 17/27 at the 1962 Candidates Tournament in Curacao (the event was won by Tigran Petrosian who went on to win the title). | | | Among his best results in other tournaments were equal first with Mikhail Botvinnik at Wijk aan Zee 1969 (ahead of Paul Keres), first at Moscow 1975 (ahead of Boris Spassky, Viktor Korchnoi and Tigran Petrosian) and equal first with Vassily Smyslov at Wijk aan Zee 1977. |
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http://www.bostoncoop.net/~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Efim_Geller
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| | MIME Attachment View |
| | The first chess book that Smyslov did ever hold in hand was Alekhine& My best games | | | As Smyslov describes in his search for a style ”From my first tournament encounters I did not avoid going into | | | Conclusion: A very high quality made tournament book! |
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http://www.chessmail.com/books/elburg64.html
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| | A.J.'s End-game course; Position #5 re-play Page |
| | Smyslov, through extremely clever play, has forced an ending that is very favorable | | | This is the complete version of this game as it exists on my hard drive in my endgame database, | | | See also: (# 2.) "125 Selected Games," by GM V. Smyslov. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/games4/lifemasteraj/endgames/eg_14_rpg0.html
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| | GrandMaster Square >>> Interview with GM Vassily Smyslov |
| | To improve the situation, we plan to translate some of such materials. | | | GrandMaster Square >>> Interview with GM Vassily Smyslov | | | Smyslov, aged 82, is almost blind now, but he still creates in chess &; he is active in chess composition. |
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http://www.gmsquare.com/interviews/smyslov.html
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| | Hardinge Simpole - World Candidates’ Chess Tournament - Switzerland 1953 |
| | Combined with the companion Hardinge Simpole volume on the World Championship Candidates Tournament 1956 this book begins a record of staggering tournament expertise and determination by the immortal Smyslov. | | | Subject [Chess ] [Chess - Tournaments ] [Smyslov ] [Keres ] [Bronstein ] [Reshevsky ] [Petrosian ] | | | Vassily Smyslov is one of the greats of chess and this tournament victory is one of the greatest ever chess sporting performances. |
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http://www.hardingesimpole.co.uk/biblio/1843820854.htm
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| | World Champion - Vassily Smylslov |
| | His book "My Best Games" is considered to be among the most importance collections of games written by a grandmaster. | | | Smyslov's games are famous for their originality in the opening, imagination in the middlegame, and virtually in the endgame. | | | Mostly Smyslov didn't try to bend chess to his will. |
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http://www.chessindia.org/WorldChampions_files/vassily_smyslov.html
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| | Vassily Smyslov - parkcitychess.org |
| | He once said, "I have always lived between chess and music." And he certainly brought music to his games. | | | He learned to play chess at the age of 6. | | | Smyslov was an opera singer but made chess his career after narrowly failing an audition for the Bolshoi Opera in 1950. |
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http://www.parkcitychess.org/bios/smyslovbio.html
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| | Rebel vs Smyslov Photo Gallery |
| | Bondarevsky, Keres, Smyslov, Liliental at the time of participating in match-tournament in 1941. | | | Fans at the time of fighting against M.Botvinnink. | | | Vassily Smyslov during a visit Club Kasparov for training to play Rebel, March 23, on the eve of his 79th birthday. |
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http://www.rebel.nl/smyspic.htm
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| | Welcome to chesschamps.com |
| | Alas, Smyslov, who was then clearly the strongest player in the world, did not hold the championship for long: the previous era did not want to give way. | | | In addition, Smyslov’s style was much lighter and more airy compared with Botvinnik& tank-like onslaught. | | | Clicking on a thumbnail will open a new browser window. |
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| | Chess Column |
| | The Darling Down Open, traditionally held every Easter, is on next weekend in Toowoomba details from www.caq.org.au or Keven Duncan on 4635 1255. | | | Smyslov became the seventh world champion by defeating Mikhail Botvinnik in 1957, scoring +6 =13 3. | | | He was also challenger against Botvinnik in 1954, but Botvinnik retained the title when the match was drawn +7 =10 7. |
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http://www.auschess.org.au/columns/sm/sm080401.htm
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| | Pakistan Chess Player |
| | Smyslov preferred to go to Siberian towns on a simultaneous tour. | | | One thing is, however, doubtless: those who played against him in simuls later became masters and even grandmasters. | | | I don't know if Vassily Smyslov gained much in terms of money in Siberia. |
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http://pkchess.bizland.com/chesspress/chesspress5/cpress5_4.html
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| | Iversen Lapp on Chess |
| | Meanwhile Botvinnik prepared thoroughly for the revenge match. | | | Vassily Smyslov had two passions: chess and music. | | | But in 1967 he got the Lenin order, which he received for his distinguished services for chess in the USSR. |
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http://brainsturgeon.com/iversen/000610.shtml
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| | Doubled pawns: |
| | In the following game Vassily Smyslov took advantage of such position masterfully. | | | Since there are practically no pieces around the King, Smyslov develops decisive attack quickly. | | | Better was 17...Rd7, still according to Smyslov, 18.a4 would keep the pressure. |
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http://www.chessplayer.com/doubled.htm
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| | Smyslov |
| | Smyslov foi o primeiro jogador que conseguiu bater Botvinnik. | | | A primeira tentativa foi em 1954 onde empatou o match, mas de acordo com as regras, o campeão manteve o título. | | | Venceu os Campeonatos Russos de 1942 a 1944, sendo sempre constante nos demais, por vezes a meio ponto do campeão. |
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http://www.xadrez.pro.br/campeoesmundiais/smyslov.htm
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| | Vassily SMYSLOV : astrology and planets, Map of the Heavens, Interactive Birth Chart |
| | Only 6 diagrams out of 11 are displayed, and precision of these computations is of course not of the same level than those for the case of the known time of the event. | | | Texts are not translated, so if you wish to read interpretations associated with theses computations, you need to go to the full astrological Portrait of Vassily SMYSLOV and to use this Automatic Free Website Translator. | | | Of course, if the exact time of the event is not known, houses are not computed and only signs and planets parameters are used to get these astrological results : for example, Dominant Houses or Hemispheres distribution are not available. |
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http://www.astrotheme.fr/en/portraits/2UttpQt362dX.htm
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| | DemoChoice Results |
| | No new candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory, so the last-place candidate (Vassily Smyslov) is eliminated. | | | The dotted line represents the number of votes that guarantees victory (25% of counted votes). |
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http://www.demochoice.org/dcresults.php?poll=chswks01
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| | Master |
| | Former world champion Vasily Smyslov learned the game at 6 by studying chess books in his father’s library. | | | These would include Lasker, Smyslov and Korchnoi who thrashed Nigel Short (Wijk aan Zee tournament in Holland, 1997). | | | Bent Larsen learned the moves at age six. |
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http://chess-dictionary-chesmayne.net/Master.htm
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| | ChessBase.com - Chess News - Aeroflot Open in Moscow |
| | Vassily Smyslov held the opening speech and spoke about the relations of the generations and the fact that Moscow has always been the center of the chess world. | | | Guest of honour ex world champion Vassily Smyslov | | | The cream of the Moscow journalistic community was present at the press confrerence |
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http://www.chessbase.com/newsprint.asp?newsid=784
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| | DemoChoice Results |
| | No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (25%), so the last-place candidate (Vassily Smyslov) is eliminated. | | | Note: If this doesn't make sense, try reading the How it works page, or ask a question. |
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http://www.demochoice.org/dcpies.php?poll=chswks01
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| | Misha in his Prime |
| | Here is Tal's win against Vassily Smyslov on the way to the championship. | | | Please be patient if the second applet appears to sleep for half a minute -- java is loading twenty kilobytes of text. | | | Now Botvinnik spent more than half an hour deliberating over this position.." |
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http://ic.net/%7Ejnbohr/chess/MikhailTal.html
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| | Veterans vs Ladies |
| | They take on the Veterans Team Hans Bouwmeester (The Netherlands), Vlastimil Hort (Germany he is also the captain) Victor Korchnoi (Switzerland) Vassili Smyslov (Russia) Mark Taimanov (Russia). |
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http://www.chess.gr/tourn/2000/veterans_vs_ladies
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| | 1958 World Championship Match |
| | In the event of a 12-12 tie, Smyslov retains the title. | | | Moscow, USSR March 4 - May 9, 1958 |
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http://members.aol.com/graemecree/chesschamps/world/world1958.htm
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| | Rg4 1-0 [Event "World Championship 20th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1954.04.13"] [Round "13"] [White "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B24"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1954.03.16"] [Source "ChessBase"] 1. | | | Kg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship 20th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1954.04.29"] [Round "19"] [White "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C15"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1954.03.16"] [Source "ChessBase"] 1. | | | Rxa3 Rh2+ 0-1 [Event "World Championship 20th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1954.05.06"] [Round "21"] [White "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C15"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1954.03.16"] [Source "ChessBase"] 1. |
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http://www.chessaid.com/chess_download/games/1954_botsmy.pgn
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| | Smyslov |
| | No solo por su método de juego, sino también por sus movimientos corporales, Smyslov da esta impresión. | | | Alto y de constitución fuerte, anda con firmeza y asentamiento, su manera de hablar es mesurada, pero no condescendiente, sus modales lentos y dignos. | | | No es pomposidad, sino buen humor, que quizá brota de la creencia de Smyslov de que está por encima de las pequeñas debilidades humanas. |
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http://members.fortunecity.com/jaquemate/Campeones/Smyslov.htm
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| | Vassily Smyslov - Wikipédia |
| | Vassily Smyslov (24 mars 1921 à Moscou, Russie -) est un champion du monde des échecs. | | | Smyslov joua à un très haut niveau jusqu'à un âge avancé, jouant encore la finale des candidats de 1984 contre Garry Kasparov. |
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassily_Smyslov
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