Vasily Smyslov
7th World Chess Champion · Soviet era · Russia · 1921–2010
World champion in 1957, and a Candidates finalist again at 63; famously harmonious play.
Career In The Collection
1000Games
206Wins
621Draws
173Losses
52%Score
1939–2001Active
Head-to-Head Records
1000 Games · Page 1 of 5
- 2001 vs Zhu Chen White Klompendans B22 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs N Ioseliani Black Klompendans D70 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs S Polgar White Klompendans B22 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Xie Jun Black Klompendans C65 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs A Galliamova White Klompendans B22 1-0
- 2001 vs Zhu Chen Black Klompendans D94 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs N Ioseliani White Klompendans B22 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs S Polgar Black Klompendans C65 1-0
- 2001 vs Xie Jun White Klompendans C48 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs A Galliamova Black Klompendans A12 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs S Polgar White Schuhplattler Veterans vs Ladies B22 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs N Ioseliani Black Schuhplattler Veterans vs Ladies D12 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Xie Jun White Schuhplattler Veterans vs Ladies C47 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Zhu Chen Black Schuhplattler Veterans vs Ladies A22 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs A Galliamova White Schuhplattler Veterans vs Ladies B22 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs S Polgar Black Schuhplattler Veterans vs Ladies C60 0-1
- 2000 vs N Ioseliani White Schuhplattler Veterans vs Ladies B22 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Xie Jun Black Schuhplattler Veterans vs Ladies C76 1-0
- 2000 vs Zhu Chen White Schuhplattler Veterans vs Ladies B22 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs A Galliamova Black Schuhplattler Veterans vs Ladies D12 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Alisa Galliamova Black Flamenco Veterans-Women C43 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Pia Cramling White Flamenco Veterans-Women D03 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Xie Jun Black Flamenco Veterans-Women C76 0-1
- 1999 vs Maia Chiburdanidze White Flamenco Veterans-Women E21 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Zhu Chen Black Flamenco Veterans-Women D94 1-0
- 1999 vs Alisa Galliamova White Flamenco Veterans-Women A80 1-0
- 1999 vs Pia Cramling Black Flamenco Veterans-Women D17 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Xie Jun White Flamenco Veterans-Women C48 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Maia Chiburdanidze Black Flamenco Veterans-Women D94 1-0
- 1999 vs Zhu Chen White Flamenco Veterans-Women A48 0-1
- 1999 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Petrosian mem D37 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Petrosian mem C48 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Bent Larsen Black Petrosian mem D37 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Lajos Portisch White Petrosian mem D41 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Mark E Taimanov Black Petrosian mem A11 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Yuri S Balashov Black Petrosian mem C42 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Borislav Ivkov White Petrosian mem E11 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Pia Cramling Black Cancan Veterans-Women D17 1-0
- 1998 vs Maia Chiburdanidze White Cancan Veterans-Women E21 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Nana Ioseliani Black Cancan Veterans-Women D94 1-0
- 1998 vs Zhu Chen White Cancan Veterans-Women D14 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Xie Jun Black Cancan Veterans-Women C85 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Ketevan Arakhamia White Cancan Veterans-Women B30 1-0
- 1998 vs Maia Chiburdanidze Black Cancan Veterans-Women D30 1-0
- 1998 vs Nana Ioseliani White Cancan Veterans-Women D35 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Zhu Chen Black Cancan Veterans-Women D94 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Xie Jun White Cancan Veterans-Women C77 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Ketevan Arakhamia Black Cancan Veterans-Women C45 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Pia Cramling White Cancan Veterans-Women C00 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Roger Moor White Nagler mem B02 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Yannick Pelletier Black Nagler mem D17 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Richard Forster White Nagler mem B51 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Werner Hug Black Nagler mem A07 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Florian Jenni White Nagler mem C77 1-0
- 1998 vs Roger Moor Black Nagler mem A05 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Yannick Pelletier White Nagler mem D46 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Richard Forster Black Nagler mem C30 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Werner Hug White Nagler mem C00 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Florian Jenni Black Nagler mem C68 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Belgrade-Moscow D19 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Belgrade-Moscow C68 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Josef Ask Black Rilton Cup 97/98 B18 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Haroon Azizi White Rilton Cup 97/98 B05 1-0
- 1998 vs Malte Burwick Black Rilton Cup 97/98 D17 0-1
- 1998 vs Emil Hermansson Black Rilton Cup 97/98 B42 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Mikael Kallgren White Rilton Cup 97/98 C63 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Kjell Arne Mork Black Rilton Cup 97/98 C16 1-0
- 1998 vs Axel Ornstein White Rilton Cup 97/98 B40 1-0
- 1998 vs Ingemar Schutz White Rilton Cup 97/98 B58 1-0
- 1998 vs Mats Sjoberg White Rilton Cup 97/98 B40 1-0
- 1997 vs Alexander Morozevich Black FIDE-Wch k.o. B18 1-0
- 1997 vs Alexander Morozevich White FIDE-Wch k.o. D12 0-1
- 1997 vs Loek Van Wely White VAM B73 0-1
- 1997 vs Emil Sutovskij Black VAM C60 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Emil Sutovskij White VAM A48 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Loek Van Wely Black VAM D17 1-0
- 1997 vs Judit Polgar Black VAM C67 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Eduardas Rozentalis Black Sigeman & Co D02 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Jan Timman White Sigeman & Co A48 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Johan Hellsten White Sigeman & Co B40 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Ferdinand Hellers Black Sigeman & Co C60 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Ivan Sokolov White Sigeman & Co B54 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Curt Hansen Black Sigeman & Co C67 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Pia Cramling White Sigeman & Co D03 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Jonny Hector Black Sigeman & Co C30 0-1
- 1997 vs Ralf Akesson White Sigeman & Co D02 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Ketevan Arakhamia Black Veterans-Women C25 1-0
- 1997 vs Ketevan Arakhamia White Veterans-Women B40 0-1
- 1997 vs Pia Cramling White Veterans-Women B20 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Pia Cramling Black Veterans-Women E11 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Nana Ioseliani Black Veterans-Women D17 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Nana Ioseliani White Veterans-Women B50 1-0
- 1997 vs Judit Polgar White VAM D03 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Xie Jun White Veterans-Women C49 1-0
- 1997 vs Xie Jun Black Veterans-Women C76 0-1
- 1997 vs Zhu Chen Black Veterans-Women D19 0-1
- 1997 vs Zhu Chen White Veterans-Women A48 1-0
- 1996 vs Ketevan Arakhamia Black Women-Veterans C59 1-0
- 1996 vs Ketevan Arakhamia White Women-Veterans C00 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Ennio Arlandi White Turin op B10 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Etienne Bacrot White Albert m B51 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Etienne Bacrot Black Albert m E11 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Etienne Bacrot Black Albert m E35 1-0
- 1996 vs Etienne Bacrot Black Albert m D16 1-0
- 1996 vs Etienne Bacrot White Albert m B72 0-1
- 1996 vs Etienne Bacrot White Cannes mT D02 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Etienne Bacrot White Albert m B23 0-1
- 1996 vs Etienne Bacrot Black Cannes mT E32 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Klaus Berg White Turin op B11 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Martin Christoffel Black Staunton mem C02 0-1
- 1996 vs Pia Cramling Black Women-Veterans E12 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Pia Cramling White Women-Veterans A05 1-0
- 1996 vs Arnold S Denker White Staunton mem A05 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Jaan Ehlvest White Tallinn rapid B42 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Mathias Eklund White Rilton Cup 96/97 C19 1-0
- 1996 vs Robert Fontaine White Cannes mT D20 1-0
- 1996 vs Robert Fontaine Black Cannes mT C45 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Laurent Fressinet Black Cannes mT C50 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Laurent Fressinet White Cannes mT D46 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Carlos E Guimard White Staunton mem C04 1-0
- 1996 vs Ferdinand Hellers White Rilton Cup 96/97 B52 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Johan Ingbrandt White Rilton Cup 96/97 C77 1-0
- 1996 vs Nana Ioseliani White Women-Veterans D02 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Nana Ioseliani Black Women-Veterans E11 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Tallinn rapid D16 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Toni Johansson Black Rilton Cup 96/97 C26 0-1
- 1996 vs Mario Lanzani Black Turin op C16 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Benoit Lepelletier White Cannes mT A07 1-0
- 1996 vs Benoit Lepelletier Black Cannes mT C07 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Riho Liiva White Tallinn rapid B30 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Vallo Maidla Black Tallinn rapid C46 0-1
- 1996 vs Vidmantas Malisauskas Black Tallinn rapid C69 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Pietro Mola Black Turin op C09 0-1
- 1996 vs Sahbaz Nurkic Black Turin op B12 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Sofia Polgar Black Women-Veterans C60 0-1
- 1996 vs Sofia Polgar White Women-Veterans E03 1-0
- 1996 vs Eloi Relange Black Cannes mT C45 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Eloi Relange White Cannes mT E60 1-0
- 1996 vs Mikhail Rytshagov White Tallinn rapid A48 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Stefan Sanden White Rilton Cup 96/97 B26 0-1
- 1996 vs Umberto Scotti Black Turin op B13 0-1
- 1996 vs Alexei Shirov Black Tallinn rapid C80 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Johan Upmark White Rilton Cup 96/97 D90 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Milivoje Vujovic White Turin op B10 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Xie Jun Black Women-Veterans C76 0-1
- 1996 vs Xie Jun White Women-Veterans A05 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Jon L Arnason Black Reykjavik Olafsson C76 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Dimitry Atlas White Cappelle op C00 1-0
- 1995 vs Vladimir Bagirov Black Furman mem D94 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Evgeny Bareev Black Moscow PCA-Intel qual E04 1-0
- 1995 vs Vladimir Belikov Black RUS-ch C54 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Vladimir Burmakin Black RUS-ch D19 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Pia Cramling Black Women-Veterans A90 1-0
- 1995 vs Pia Cramling White Women-Veterans C00 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Sergey Daniliuk Black RUS-ch C05 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Jaan Ehlvest White Moscow PCA-Intel qual B51 1-0
- 1995 vs Vladimir Epishin White Moscow PCA-Intel qual B17 0-1
- 1995 vs Ilya Frog Black RUS-ch A34 1-0
- 1995 vs Efim Geller Black RUS-ch D13 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Giorgi Giorgadze White Cappelle op B15 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Igor V Glek Black Moscow PCA-Intel qual C01 1-0
- 1995 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Reykjavik Olafsson C17 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Helgi Ass Gretarsson Black Reykjavik Olafsson A80 1-0
- 1995 vs Efstratios Grivas Black Karditsa D94 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Efstratios Grivas White Karditsa E61 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Bukhuti Gurgenidze Black Furman mem A12 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Johann Hjartarson White Reykjavik Olafsson B40 0-1
- 1995 vs Nana Ioseliani Black Women-Veterans E14 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Nana Ioseliani White Women-Veterans C45 1-0
- 1995 vs Evgenij Kalegin White RUS-ch B85 0-1
- 1995 vs Ratmir D Kholmov White RUS-ch C88 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Vasilios Kotronias White Karditsa B31 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Vasilios Kotronias Black Karditsa C67 0-1
- 1995 vs Maris Krakops Black Cappelle op C16 1-0
- 1995 vs Bent Larsen Black Reykjavik Olafsson C50 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Alexander Lastin White RUS-ch B31 0-1
- 1995 vs Irina S Levitina White Furman mem A10 1-0
- 1995 vs Andrei M Lukin White RUS-ch B85 1-0
- 1995 vs Vladimir P Malaniuk White Cappelle op C68 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Oleg Nikolenko White Cappelle op C14 1-0
- 1995 vs Fridrik Olafsson Black Reykjavik Olafsson A81 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Helgi Olafsson Black Reykjavik Olafsson C07 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Viatcheslav Osnos Black Furman mem E16 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Margeir Petursson White Reykjavik Olafsson B70 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Sofia Polgar White Reykjavik Olafsson A06 1-0
- 1995 vs Zsuzsa Polgar Black Women-Veterans E16 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Zsuzsa Polgar White Women-Veterans B31 1-0
- 1995 vs Judit Polgar Black Women-Veterans C60 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Judit Polgar White Women-Veterans B22 0-1
- 1995 vs Aleksandr Poluljahov Black Cappelle op E04 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Mathias Roeder Black Cappelle op E12 0-1
- 1995 vs Vladimir A Savon White Furman mem E14 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Spyridon Skembris Black Karditsa D45 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Spyridon Skembris White Karditsa B22 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Hannes Stefansson White Reykjavik Olafsson E12 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Mark E Taimanov Black Furman mem D13 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Throstur Thorhallsson White Reykjavik Olafsson B01 1-0
- 1995 vs Gennady Tunik White RUS-ch E14 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Evgeni Vasiukov White Furman mem B17 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Boris T Vladimirov White Furman mem A34 1/2-1/2
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