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 2 of 5
- 1995 vs Marek Vokac Black Cappelle op E11 0-1
- 1995 vs Xie Jun Black Women-Veterans C90 0-1
- 1995 vs Xie Jun White Women-Veterans A49 0-1
- 1995 vs Valeri Yandemirov White RUS-ch C72 0-1
- 1995 vs Igor A Zaitsev White Furman mem A48 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Ketevan Arakhamia White Veterans-Women A07 1-0
- 1994 vs Ketevan Arakhamia Black Veterans-Women C87 0-1
- 1994 vs David Bronstein White Donner mem-B B14 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Maia Chiburdanidze Black Veterans-Women D43 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Maia Chiburdanidze White Veterans-Women A15 1-0
- 1994 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Donner mem-B C16 0-1
- 1994 vs Robert G Hartoch Black Donner mem-B A49 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Vlastimil Hort White Donner mem-B B22 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Nana Ioseliani White Veterans-Women B52 1-0
- 1994 vs Nana Ioseliani Black Veterans-Women D45 1-0
- 1994 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Tilburg rapid20 C77 1-0
- 1994 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Tilburg C45 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Tilburg rapid20 B15 1-0
- 1994 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Tilburg C68 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Tilburg blitz B30 0-1
- 1994 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Tilburg blitz B00 1-0
- 1994 vs Gert Ligterink White Donner mem-B B52 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Ludek Pachman Black Donner mem-B E61 0-1
- 1994 vs Zsuzsa Polgar Black Veterans-Women D46 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Zsuzsa Polgar White Veterans-Women B31 1-0
- 1994 vs Judit Polgar Black Veterans-Women C67 1-0
- 1994 vs Judit Polgar White Veterans-Women B22 1-0
- 1994 vs Hans Ree Black Donner mem-B A28 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Yasser Seirawan White Tilburg B15 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Yasser Seirawan Black Tilburg E11 0-1
- 1994 vs Evgeny Sveshnikov White Moscow PCA-op rapid A11 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Wolfgang Unzicker Black Donner mem-B C79 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Dragoljub Velimirovic White Donner mem-B B22 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Xie Jun Black Veterans-Women C77 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Xie Jun White Veterans-Women C85 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Yochanan Afek Black Rishon Le Ziyyon B22 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Ketevan Arakhamia White Women-Veterans A48 1-0
- 1993 vs Ketevan Arakhamia Black Women-Veterans C76 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Evgeny Bareev White Moscow blitz C08 0-1
- 1993 vs Valery Beim Black Rishon Le Ziyyon A41 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Nathan Birnboim White Rishon Le Ziyyon E11 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Manuel Bosboom White Sportland NRW-Cup B42 0-1
- 1993 vs Alexandar Budnikov Black Moscow blitz A21 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Maia Chiburdanidze White Women-Veterans A49 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Maia Chiburdanidze Black Women-Veterans C99 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Dao Thien Hai White Sportland NRW-Cup B26 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Nigel R Davies White Rishon Le Ziyyon C92 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Sergey Dolmatov White Rostov C10 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Alexey Dreev Black Moscow blitz A85 1-0
- 1993 vs Semen I Dvoirys White Biel Interzonal B92 1-0
- 1993 vs Daniel Edelman Black Sportland NRW-Cup C55 0-1
- 1993 vs Jaan Ehlvest White Biel Interzonal E23 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Vladimir Epishin White Rostov E61 0-1
- 1993 vs Vladimir Epishin Black Biel Interzonal E11 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Vladimir Epishin Black Moscow blitz A90 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Alisa Galliamova Black Women-Veterans E38 0-1
- 1993 vs Alisa Galliamova White Women-Veterans B25 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Kiril Georgiev Black Biel Interzonal C76 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Efstratios Grivas White Rishon Le Ziyyon B53 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Yehuda Gruenfeld White Rishon Le Ziyyon B22 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Ilya Gurevich White Biel Interzonal B42 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Curt Hansen White Biel Interzonal B46 1-0
- 1993 vs Jakob Heissler Black Sportland NRW-Cup B58 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Alejandro Hoffman White San Martin D63 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Michael Hoffmann Black Sportland NRW-Cup E38 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Moscow blitz C00 0-1
- 1993 vs Bozidar Ivanovic Black Moscow blitz C02 0-1
- 1993 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Moscow blitz A91 1-0
- 1993 vs Stefan Kindermann White Sportland NRW-Cup A81 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Yona Kosashvili White Rishon Le Ziyyon E17 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Alexander Krays White Rishon Le Ziyyon C16 1-0
- 1993 vs Nikolai V Krogius Black San Martin C43 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Rene Libeau White Sportland NRW-Cup C06 0-1
- 1993 vs Eran Liss Black Rishon Le Ziyyon B43 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Smbat G Lputian Black Rostov D23 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Lembit Oll White Rostov A81 1-0
- 1993 vs Sofia Polgar Black Sportland NRW-Cup C45 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Sofia Polgar White Women-Veterans B30 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Sofia Polgar Black Women-Veterans C76 0-1
- 1993 vs Zsuzsa Polgar White Women-Veterans B27 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Zsuzsa Polgar Black Moscow blitz A80 1-0
- 1993 vs Zsuzsa Polgar Black Women-Veterans A92 1-0
- 1993 vs Lev Psakhis Black Rostov C60 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Nikolai Pushkov White Rostov A13 0-1
- 1993 vs Yuri S Razuvaev Black Rostov D19 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Andres Rodriguez Black San Martin C07 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Daniel Rotman Black Rishon Le Ziyyon C47 0-1
- 1993 vs Jorge A Rubinetti Black San Martin A48 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Enrique Scarella White San Martin A48 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Markus Schaefer White Sportland NRW-Cup C19 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Samuel Schweber Black San Martin B42 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Yasser Seirawan Black Biel Interzonal E61 1-0
- 1993 vs Alexander Shabalov White Tilburg D30 1-0
- 1993 vs Alexander Shabalov Black Tilburg rapid20 B12 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Alexander Shabalov Black Tilburg C10 1-0
- 1993 vs Alexander Shabalov White Tilburg rapid20 B05 0-1
- 1993 vs Alexei Shirov White Moscow blitz B50 0-1
- 1993 vs Ilia Smirin White Rostov B24 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Ilia Smirin Black Biel Interzonal A42 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Ivan Sokolov Black Biel Interzonal D43 1-0
- 1993 vs Guillermo Soppe White San Martin A13 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Maxim Sorokin White San Martin D26 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Hugo Spangenberg White San Martin A41 1-0
- 1993 vs Jonathan S Speelman Black Biel Interzonal C88 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Jorge Szmetan Black San Martin C60 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Sven Telljohann Black Sportland NRW-Cup A21 0-1
- 1993 vs Jan Timman White Moscow blitz B31 1-0
- 1993 vs Sergei Tiviakov Black Rostov C07 1-0
- 1993 vs Sergei Tiviakov White Moscow blitz B51 0-1
- 1993 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov Black Rostov E11 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Wolfgang Unzicker Black Sportland NRW-Cup B08 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Rafael A Vaganian White Moscow blitz C00 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Rafael A Vaganian White Rostov C01 0-1
- 1993 vs Herman C Van Riemsdijk Black San Martin C92 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Jan Votava Black Rishon Le Ziyyon C11 1-0
- 1993 vs Xie Jun Black Women-Veterans C07 1-0
- 1993 vs Xie Jun White Women-Veterans E70 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Xu Jun White Biel Interzonal E61 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Ye Jiangchuan White Biel Interzonal B47 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Leonid Yudasin White Biel Interzonal D32 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Yaacov Zilberman Black Rishon Le Ziyyon D14 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Vladimir Akopian Black Alekhine op E11 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Ketevan Arakhamia White Women-Veterans E61 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Ketevan Arakhamia Black Women-Veterans C18 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Vladimir Bagirov White Alekhine op D02 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Maia Chiburdanidze White Women-Veterans D03 1-0
- 1992 vs Maia Chiburdanidze Black Women-Veterans A21 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Pia Cramling White Women-Veterans D30 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Pia Cramling Black Women-Veterans E11 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Sergey Dolmatov Black Alekhine op C60 1-0
- 1992 vs Jaan Ehlvest White Alekhine op B08 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Oleg Eismont White Alekhine op E21 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Alisa Galliamova Black Women-Veterans E69 1-0
- 1992 vs Alisa Galliamova White Women-Veterans E08 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs David Garcia Ilundain White Oviedo rapid45 E11 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Herman Grooten Black Tilburg E14 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Herman Grooten White Tilburg A63 1-0
- 1992 vs Boris F Gulko White Tilburg D77 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Boris F Gulko Black Tilburg rapid E34 0-1
- 1992 vs Boris F Gulko Black Tilburg E34 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Boris F Gulko White Tilburg rapid A06 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Smbat G Lputian Black Alekhine op D23 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Maxim Novik Black Alekhine op C96 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Jeroen Piket Black Oviedo rapid45 E11 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Zsuzsa Polgar White Women-Veterans A06 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Zsuzsa Polgar Black Women-Veterans E14 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Judit Polgar Black Women-Veterans B14 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Judit Polgar White Women-Veterans A49 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Grigory Serper White Tilburg E51 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Grigory Serper White Tilburg rapid E51 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Grigory Serper Black Tilburg rapid A29 0-1
- 1992 vs Grigory Serper Black Tilburg A29 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Anatoli I Shvedchikov White Alekhine op D94 1-0
- 1992 vs Marcelino Sion Castro Black Oviedo rapid45 C96 0-1
- 1992 vs Sergei Soloviov White Oviedo rapid45 A49 1-0
- 1992 vs Evgeny Sveshnikov Black Tilburg rapid C43 1-0
- 1992 vs Evgeny Sveshnikov White Tilburg D45 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Evgeny Sveshnikov Black Tilburg C45 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Evgeny Sveshnikov White Tilburg rapid15 D30 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Evgeny Sveshnikov Black Tilburg rapid15 B07 1-0
- 1992 vs Evgeny Sveshnikov White Tilburg rapid A06 1-0
- 1992 vs Peter Svidler Black Alekhine op C47 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs M. Vega Black Oviedo rapid45 C60 0-1
- 1992 vs Aleksandr Veingold White Oviedo rapid45 E05 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Vladimir Bagirov White Moscow Veterans D13 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Stefan Balster White Gelsenkirchen B81 1-0
- 1991 vs Reinhard Baumhus Black Gelsenkirchen B07 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Ralph Blasek White Gelsenkirchen A52 1-0
- 1991 vs Jean Luc Costa White Gelsenkirchen A13 1-0
- 1991 vs Andreas Dueckstein Black Wch Seniors C60 0-1
- 1991 vs Efim Geller Black Moscow Veterans C43 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Efim Geller Black Wch Seniors C76 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Wolfgang Gergs White Wch Seniors D30 1-0
- 1991 vs Aivars Gipslis Black Moscow Veterans C42 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs H. Grachul White Wch Seniors D30 1-0
- 1991 vs Werner Hug Black Gelsenkirchen C49 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Ratmir D Kholmov Black Moscow Veterans C47 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Sergey Kishnev Black Gelsenkirchen D17 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Milorad Knezevic White Moscow Veterans A13 1-0
- 1991 vs Nikolai V Krogius White Moscow Veterans E05 1-0
- 1991 vs Reinhard Lendwai White Gelsenkirchen B26 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Ludek Pachman White Wch Seniors D42 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Nikola Padevsky White Gelsenkirchen A90 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Juergen Pichler Black Gelsenkirchen C84 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Moscow rapid E38 0-1
- 1991 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Moscow rapid A29 0-1
- 1991 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Moscow rapid C92 0-1
- 1991 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Moscow rapid B83 0-1
- 1991 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Moscow Veterans D94 1-0
- 1991 vs Victor Secula Black Wch Seniors D02 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Alexey S Suetin White Wch Seniors D04 1-0
- 1991 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White Wch Seniors D53 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Wolfgang Unzicker Black Moscow Veterans B41 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Mark Usachyi Black Wch Seniors A28 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Evgeni Vasiukov Black Moscow Veterans C42 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Alexey Vyzmanavin Black Gelsenkirchen D94 1-0
- 1991 vs Robert Graham Wade Black Wch Seniors B20 0-1
- 1991 vs Herbert Weigel White Wch Seniors E14 1-0
- 1991 vs Beat Zueger White Gelsenkirchen E70 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Diego Adla White Buenos Aires C10 1/2-1/2
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