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 4 of 5
- 1973 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Petropolis Interzonal A70 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Lajos Portisch White Petropolis Interzonal A29 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Petropolis Interzonal E17 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Boris Spassky White URS-ch41 B40 0-1
- 1973 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch41 E61 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs David Bronstein White Las Palmas D90 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Anatoly Karpov Black URS-chT Moscow C42 1-0
- 1972 vs Bent Larsen White Hastings7273 C00 0-1
- 1972 vs Bent Larsen Black Las Palmas C42 1-0
- 1972 vs Lajos Portisch Black Hoogovens A11 1-0
- 1972 vs Lajos Portisch Black Las Palmas A07 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Jan Timman White Hoogovens B06 1-0
- 1971 vs David Bronstein Black Moscow C67 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch39 C42 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch39 C43 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black IBM D07 0-1
- 1971 vs Anatoly Karpov White Moscow E03 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Anatoly Karpov White URS-ch39 D42 1-0
- 1971 vs Paul Keres Black IBM B15 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Moscow A15 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian White Moscow D43 1-0
- 1971 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch39 A30 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Lajos Portisch Black Candidats reserve A81 0-1
- 1971 vs Lajos Portisch White Candidats reserve B26 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Lajos Portisch White Candidats reserve B24 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Lajos Portisch Black Candidats reserve E17 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Lajos Portisch White Candidats reserve B92 0-1
- 1971 vs Lajos Portisch Black IBM E56 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Lajos Portisch Black Candidats reserve D07 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Boris Spassky White Moscow A48 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Mikhail Tal Black Moscow C67 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch39 C42 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Jan Timman White IBM B08 1-0
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer Black Herceg Novi blitz A03 1-0
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer White Rovinj/Zagreb B26 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal A36 0-1
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer White Buenos Aires A37 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer White Herceg Novi blitz D79 0-1
- 1970 vs Efim Geller Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal C98 1-0
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal E48 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Rovinj/Zagreb E61 0-1
- 1970 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Rovinj/Zagreb C93 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Bent Larsen White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal E61 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Miguel Najdorf White Buenos Aires E56 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Tigran Petrosian White Herceg Novi blitz A33 0-1
- 1970 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Rovinj/Zagreb E12 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal A49 1-0
- 1970 vs Lajos Portisch Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal E54 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Belgrade URS-World C98 1-0
- 1970 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Belgrade URS-World A07 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Buenos Aires E19 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Belgrade URS-World A17 1-0
- 1970 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal B17 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Mikhail Tal Black Herceg Novi blitz C98 0-1
- 1969 vs David Bronstein White Monte Carlo A23 1-0
- 1969 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch37 E61 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Hastings6970 A38 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch37 E55 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch37 E16 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Lajos Portisch Black Monte Carlo A17 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Lajos Portisch Black Hastings6970 A07 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch37 A38 1-0
- 1969 vs Jan Timman White Hastings6970 A38 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Monte Carlo D25 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Hastings6869 D40 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Bent Larsen Black Monte Carlo E19 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Lajos Portisch Black Monte Carlo A26 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Palma de Mallorca D13 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs David Bronstein Black Moscow D13 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Bobby Fischer Black Monte Carlo C69 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Efim Geller Black Monte Carlo D16 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Efim Geller White Moscow D11 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Palma de Mallorca E43 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Monte Carlo D02 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Capablanca mem E43 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Moscow E54 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Paul Keres White Moscow E03 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Moscow-Leningrad m D94 0-1
- 1967 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Moscow-Leningrad m E03 1-0
- 1967 vs Bent Larsen White Palma de Mallorca D35 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Bent Larsen White Monte Carlo B08 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Bent Larsen White Capablanca mem E18 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Miguel Najdorf White Moscow D79 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Moscow D13 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Capablanca mem E02 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Lajos Portisch White Palma de Mallorca A14 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Lajos Portisch Black Moscow E54 0-1
- 1967 vs Boris Spassky Black Moscow C68 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Mikhail Tal White Moscow E05 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black URS-chT A25 1-0
- 1966 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch34 B14 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch34 D58 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Efim Geller White URS-chT E61 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Paul Keres White URS-chT E18 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch34 A34 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-chT E18 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch34 D25 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Lajos Portisch Black Mar del Plata E43 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Mar del Plata E18 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-chT C68 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-chT C90 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Bobby Fischer Black Capablanca mem C77 1-0
- 1965 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats qf4 E50 1-0
- 1965 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats qf4 D87 1-0
- 1965 vs Efim Geller White Candidats qf4 A38 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Efim Geller White Santiago A39 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Efim Geller White Candidats qf4 E08 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Efim Geller White Candidats qf4 A37 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Efim Geller White Candidats qf4 A39 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats qf4 E41 1-0
- 1965 vs Efim Geller Black Capablanca mem E54 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats qf4 E55 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black URS Spartakiad A22 1-0
- 1964 vs David Bronstein White Amsterdam Interzonal A05 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Efim Geller Black URS Spartakiad B17 1-0
- 1964 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Amsterdam Interzonal C00 1-0
- 1964 vs Bent Larsen White Amsterdam Interzonal A39 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Lajos Portisch Black Amsterdam Interzonal E15 0-1
- 1964 vs Lajos Portisch Black Capablanca mem E54 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Amsterdam Interzonal D13 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Boris Spassky White Amsterdam Interzonal B17 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Mikhail Tal Black Amsterdam Interzonal C96 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Mikhail Tal White URS Spartakiad A36 0-1
- 1963 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Alekhine mem B17 0-1
- 1963 vs Paul Keres White Alekhine mem E39 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Sochi E19 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Boris Spassky White URS-chT E19 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Mikhail Tal White Alekhine mem A30 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Efim Geller White URS-chT B92 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Capablanca mem B92 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Hastings6263 D25 0-1
- 1962 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Mar del Plata D22 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Capablanca mem E55 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Mar del Plata A27 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Capablanca mem D22 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-chT E15 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Boris Spassky White Capablanca mem D58 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-chT D16 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-chT B25 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch29 C87 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch28 B50 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch28 E54 1-0
- 1961 vs Paul Keres Black URS-ch29 B42 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch28 B36 1-0
- 1961 vs Bent Larsen White Dortmund B08 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch28 E12 1-0
- 1961 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch28 E14 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch29 C26 1-0
- 1961 vs Boris Spassky White URS-ch29 A05 0-1
- 1961 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch28 C49 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch29 C93 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch27 C92 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch27 C77 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-chT D94 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Moscow CCCT B70 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch27 D79 0-1
- 1960 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch27 B92 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch27 E14 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Moscow CCCT D94 0-1
- 1960 vs Boris Spassky White URS-chT B05 1-0
- 1960 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch27 D15 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs David Bronstein Black Alekhine mem C87 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Bobby Fischer Black Candidats Tournament B11 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Bobby Fischer Black Candidats Tournament B87 0-1
- 1959 vs Bobby Fischer White Candidats Tournament B99 0-1
- 1959 vs Bobby Fischer White Candidats Tournament B50 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Candidats Tournament E54 0-1
- 1959 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Candidats Tournament D16 1-0
- 1959 vs Svetozar Gligoric White URS-JUG C87 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Candidats Tournament E56 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black URS-JUG D19 1-0
- 1959 vs Svetozar Gligoric White URS-JUG C77 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Candidats Tournament E61 0-1
- 1959 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black URS-JUG D87 0-1
- 1959 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament C92 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament E53 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament C99 0-1
- 1959 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament B33 0-1
- 1959 vs Bent Larsen White Alekhine mem B45 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats Tournament A21 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats Tournament D29 0-1
- 1959 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats Tournament A30 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats Tournament E61 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Lajos Portisch White Alekhine mem A36 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Boris Spassky White Alekhine mem B85 1-0
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats Tournament B42 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats Tournament B84 1-0
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats Tournament B10 1-0
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats Tournament B92 1-0
- 1958 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 22th B34 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 22th A30 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 22th B72 1-0
- 1958 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 22th B19 0-1
- 1958 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 22th D47 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 22th A95 0-1
- 1958 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 22th B11 0-1
- 1958 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 22th B10 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 22th B12 1-0
- 1958 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 22th B72 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 22th B11 1-0
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