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 ...
Vasily Vasiliyevich Smyslov was born in Moscow. A talented singer, Smyslov narrowly missed joining the Bolshoi Opera. Opera's loss was the chess world's gain.
Vasily Smyslov
Russian chess grandmaster
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. Wikipedia
Born: March 24, 1921, Moscow, Russia
Died: March 27, 2010 (age 89 years), Moscow, Russia
Peak rating: 2620 (July 1971)
World Champion: 1957–58
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Vasily Smyslov, the seventh world champion, had a long and illustrious chess career. He played close to 3,000 tournament games over seven decades, from the time ...