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Vasily Smyslov

1921 - 2010

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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 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 (1948, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1965, 1983, and 1985). Smyslov twice tied for first place at the USSR Chess Championships (1949, 1955), and his total of 17 Chess Olympiad medals won is an all-time record. In five European Team Championships, Smyslov won ten gold medals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vasily Smyslov is the 13th most popular chess player, the 178th most popular biography from Russia (up from 198th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Russian Chess Player.

Vasily Smyslov is most famous for being a Russian chess grandmaster. He was born in Moscow, Russia in 1927. He became a grandmaster in 1952 and was the World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Vasily Smyslov ranks 13 out of 461. Before him are Emanuel Lasker, Mikhail Botvinnik, Anatoly Karpov, Tigran Petrosian, Max Euwe, and Garry Kasparov. After him are François-André Danican Philidor, Howard Staunton, Frank Marshall, Paul Morphy, Adolf Anderssen, and Paul Keres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Vasily Smyslov ranks 32. Before him are Aaron T. Beck, Joseph Beuys, Ágnes Keleti, Paulo Freire, Arthur Leonard Schawlow, and Fawzia Fuad of Egypt. After him are Gianni Agnelli, Yoichiro Nambu, Patricia Highsmith, Ralph Asher Alpher, Lana Turner, and Robert Bruce Merrifield. Among people deceased in 2010, Vasily Smyslov ranks 22. Before him are Éric Rohmer, Bobby Farrell, Alois Brunner, Claude Chabrol, Dennis Hopper, and Néstor Kirchner. After him are Marshall Warren Nirenberg, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Zecharia Sitchin, Ali Hassan al-Majid, Francesco Cossiga, and Harry Mulisch.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasily Smyslov ranks 178 out of 3,761. Before him are Eduard Limonov (1943), Boris Berezovsky (1946), Alexey Stakhanov (1906), Gala Dalí (1894), Wladimir Köppen (1846), and Alexander Oparin (1894). After him are Ilya Frank (1908), Gotthard Heinrici (1886), Igor Tamm (1895), Anna Netrebko (1971), Andrey Vlasov (1901), and Alexander Herzen (1812).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Russia

Among chess players born in Russia, Vasily Smyslov ranks 5. Before him are Boris Spassky (1937), Alexander Alekhine (1892), Mikhail Botvinnik (1911), and Anatoly Karpov (1951). After him are Viktor Korchnoi (1931), Vera Menchik (1906), Mikhail Chigorin (1850), Savielly Tartakower (1887), Olga Rubtsova (1909), Yuri Averbakh (1922), and Andor Lilienthal (1911).

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