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 3 of 5
- 1990 vs Assem Afifi White Manila Interzonal B38 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Leonid Bass White Barcelona A49 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Daniel H Campora White Buenos Aires D36 1-0
- 1990 vs Branko Damljanovic Black Manila Interzonal A42 1-0
- 1990 vs Jesus Maria De la Villa Garcia White Barcelona D91 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Milan Drasko Black Rome op D11 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Fouad El Taher White Manila Interzonal A22 0-1
- 1990 vs Giuseppe Fabiano White Rome op B39 1-0
- 1990 vs Jose L Fernandez Garcia White Buenos Aires A15 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Jose L Fernandez Garcia Black Barcelona C55 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Fabian Fiorito Black Buenos Aires D15 0-1
- 1990 vs Zenon Franco Ocampo Black Barcelona D15 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Lubomir Ftacnik Black Beersheba D17 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Lubomir Ftacnik White Beersheba A15 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Lubomir Ftacnik White Beersheba A15 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Silvino Garcia Martinez Black Rome op B08 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Jorge H Gomez Baillo Black Buenos Aires B47 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Julio E Granda Zuniga White Barcelona D35 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Alon Greenfeld White Beersheba C26 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Alon Greenfeld Black Beersheba E32 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Alon Greenfeld White Beersheba A32 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Slaheddine Hmadi Black Manila Interzonal B08 0-1
- 1990 vs Miguel Illescas Cordoba Black Barcelona D49 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Bozidar Ivanovic White Manila Interzonal B07 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Lasha Janjgava White Rome op D91 1-0
- 1990 vs Carlos A Juarez Flores Black Manila Interzonal C54 0-1
- 1990 vs Gata Kamsky White Manila Interzonal D03 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Beersheba C42 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Beersheba D76 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Beersheba A21 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Zigurds Lanka White Rome op A49 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Lin Ta Black Manila Interzonal E25 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Jorge Magem Badals White Barcelona B14 1-0
- 1990 vs Sergio Mariotti Black Rome op B06 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Rico Mascarinas White Rome op D40 1-0
- 1990 vs Gilberto Milos Black Buenos Aires A21 0-1
- 1990 vs Ivan Morovic Fernandez White Buenos Aires E68 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs F Javier Ochoa de Echaguen Black Barcelona C42 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Carlos Paglilla White Buenos Aires B08 1-0
- 1990 vs Oscar Panno White Buenos Aires B40 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Leon David Piasetski White Manila Interzonal B07 1-0
- 1990 vs Miguel A Quinteros Black Buenos Aires A11 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Pablo Ricardi Black Buenos Aires E20 0-1
- 1990 vs Ian Rogers Black Manila Interzonal B23 1-0
- 1990 vs Spartaco Sarno Black Rome op E14 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Semko Semkov White Rome op D20 1-0
- 1990 vs Jaime Sunye Neto White Manila Interzonal A30 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Jaime Sunye Neto White Buenos Aires E32 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Herman C Van Riemsdijk Black Buenos Aires B43 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Herman C Van Riemsdijk White Manila Interzonal E59 0-1
- 1990 vs Reynaldo Vera Black Barcelona D10 1-0
- 1990 vs Evgeny Vladimirov Black EUCup Moscow-ZSKA C76 1-0
- 1990 vs Alonso Zapata Black Manila Interzonal B06 1-0
- 1989 vs Simen Agdestein White Aker Brygge A85 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Simen Agdestein Black Aker Brygge D45 0-1
- 1989 vs Demetrios Agnos White Lloyds Bank op D00 1-0
- 1989 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Groningen C60 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Ulf Andersson Black Haninge A28 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Jon L Arnason White Haninge E21 1-0
- 1989 vs Zurab Azmaiparashvili White Groningen D14 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Alexander G Beliavsky White Aker Brygge E32 0-1
- 1989 vs Alexander G Beliavsky Black Aker Brygge D35 1-0
- 1989 vs Edgar M Blokhuis White Lloyds Bank op D30 1-0
- 1989 vs Joris Brenninkmeijer White Groningen E21 1-0
- 1989 vs Pia Cramling Black Haninge E11 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Lubomir Ftacnik Black Haninge D45 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Svetozar Gligoric White GMA Baleares Open C28 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Mark Hebden Black Lloyds Bank op C44 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Ferdinand Hellers White Haninge D02 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Ferdinand Hellers Black Groningen C99 1-0
- 1989 vs Gata Kamsky White New York op B82 1-0
- 1989 vs Marinus Kuijf White Groningen D43 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Peter G Large White Lloyds Bank op D35 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Slobodan Martinovic White Groningen E61 1-0
- 1989 vs Jeroen Piket White Groningen E68 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Haninge D26 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Ian Rogers Black Groningen B08 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Gyula Sax White Haninge D40 0-1
- 1989 vs Ivan Sokolov Black Haninge D94 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Vasil Spasov Black Groningen C76 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Mikhail Tal White Aker Brygge D40 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Mikhail Tal Black Aker Brygge C42 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs John TH Van der Wiel White Haninge A46 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Tom Wedberg Black Haninge B06 1-0
- 1989 vs Michael Wilder White Haninge E52 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Michiel A Wind Black Lloyds Bank op D00 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White URS-ch55 D42 1-0
- 1988 vs Anatoly Karpov White URS-ch55 C92 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Garry Kasparov Black URS-ch55 D36 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Hastings8899 A06 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Hastings8899 E40 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Bent Larsen White Hastings8899 A04 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Bent Larsen Black Hastings8899 A11 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Nigel Short White Hastings8899 D53 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Nigel Short Black Hastings8899 C42 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Lajos Portisch White New York op E15 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Nigel Short Black Subotica Interzonal C73 1-0
- 1987 vs Mikhail Tal White Subotica Interzonal D38 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Efim Geller Black Sochi C76 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Sochi C93 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Lajos Portisch White Reggio Emilia8687 C01 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Nigel Short White Dortmund E52 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Boris Spassky White Reggio Emilia8687 E11 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Mikhail Tal White Sochi E55 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Portoroz/Ljubljana C92 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats Tournament D02 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Bent Larsen Black Copenhagen D36 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Lajos Portisch White Portoroz/Ljubljana A30 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Lajos Portisch White Candidats Tournament E38 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Nigel Short White Candidats Tournament A30 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats Tournament D02 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats Tournament E03 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Jan Timman White Candidats Tournament E52 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Bugojno C92 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Garry Kasparov Black Candidats final D52 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Garry Kasparov White Candidats final D34 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Garry Kasparov White Candidats final D34 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Garry Kasparov White Candidats final D34 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Garry Kasparov Black Candidats final D52 1-0
- 1984 vs Garry Kasparov White Candidats final D56 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Garry Kasparov Black Candidats final D44 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Garry Kasparov White Candidats final D34 0-1
- 1984 vs Garry Kasparov Black Candidats final D07 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Garry Kasparov Black Candidats final D52 1-0
- 1984 vs Garry Kasparov White Candidats final D37 0-1
- 1984 vs Garry Kasparov Black Candidats final D91 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Garry Kasparov Black Candidats final D52 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Bent Larsen Black Bugojno D94 0-1
- 1984 vs Lajos Portisch White Tilburg D53 1-0
- 1984 vs Boris Spassky Black Bugojno C92 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Mikhail Tal Black Bugojno C42 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Jan Timman Black Bugojno C45 1-0
- 1984 vs Jan Timman Black Tilburg C87 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Tilburg C42 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Bent Larsen White Tilburg A48 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Bent Larsen Black Las Palmas Interzonal D94 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Tigran Petrosian White Las Palmas Interzonal D27 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Tigran Petrosian White Tilburg E18 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Lajos Portisch White Tilburg A46 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Jan Timman Black Las Palmas Interzonal D94 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Jan Timman Black Tilburg C60 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Efim Geller Black Moscow C43 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Moscow D94 1-0
- 1981 vs Anatoly Karpov White Amsterdam E15 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Moscow-4teams C42 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Garry Kasparov White Moscow-4teams A30 0-1
- 1981 vs Garry Kasparov White Moscow D77 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Garry Kasparov Black Moscow-4teams C70 1-0
- 1981 vs Tigran Petrosian White Moscow A49 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Amsterdam A14 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Moscow A14 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Lajos Portisch Black Amsterdam D18 0-1
- 1981 vs Lajos Portisch White Moscow A14 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Nigel Short White Hastings8182 A30 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Jan Timman White Amsterdam A46 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Jan Timman White Moscow A39 1-0
- 1979 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Tilburg B15 1-0
- 1979 vs Bent Larsen White Tilburg A05 1-0
- 1979 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS Spartakiad E11 1-0
- 1979 vs Lajos Portisch White Tilburg B95 0-1
- 1979 vs Boris Spassky Black Tilburg C67 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Jan Timman Black Tilburg D38 1-0
- 1978 vs Efim Geller Black Lvov zt C43 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Clarin E19 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Sao Paulo D27 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch45 D01 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Tilburg B58 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Tilburg C82 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Anatoly Karpov Black October Revolution 60 C82 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch45 E19 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch45 E19 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Mikhail Tal White October Revolution 60 E18 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch45 C80 0-1
- 1977 vs Jan Timman White Tilburg B58 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Efim Geller Black Biel Interzonal C43 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch44 E67 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Anatoly Karpov White URS-ch44 A30 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Bent Larsen Black Biel Interzonal C28 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Tigran Petrosian White Biel Interzonal D27 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch44 E18 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch44 A30 1-0
- 1976 vs Lajos Portisch White Biel Interzonal E18 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch44 A49 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Mikhail Tal Black Biel Interzonal C60 0-1
- 1975 vs David Bronstein White Teeside E61 0-1
- 1975 vs Efim Geller Black Teeside D13 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-chT D79 1-0
- 1975 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-chT E91 0-1
- 1975 vs Jan Timman Black Teeside E31 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch sf A11 1-0
- 1974 vs Jan Timman White Venice E12 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs David Bronstein Black Petropolis Interzonal C91 1-0
- 1973 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch41 C69 0-1
- 1973 vs Efim Geller White Petropolis Interzonal D59 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Anatoly Karpov White URS-ch41 B92 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Paul Keres Black URS-ch41 C93 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Paul Keres Black Petropolis Interzonal C97 0-1
- 1973 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch41 C97 1-0
- 1973 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch41 E41 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch41 B23 1/2-1/2
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