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
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Head-to-Head Records

Opponent Games Wins Draws Losses
Mikhail Botvinnik 94 20 48 26 view games
Efim Geller 52 8 36 8 view games
Svetozar Gligoric 41 8 28 5 view games
Paul Keres 40 9 22 9 view games
Lajos Portisch 31 5 23 3 view games
David Bronstein 30 6 20 4 view games
Tigran Petrosian 30 4 22 4 view games
Samuel Reshevsky 27 7 15 5 view games
Mikhail Tal 26 5 18 3 view games
Lev Polugaevsky 22 3 16 3 view games
Bent Larsen 21 3 16 2 view games
Boris Spassky 21 2 15 4 view games
Viktor Korchnoi 20 4 13 3 view games
Garry Kasparov 17 0 11 6 view games
Jan Timman 16 4 10 2 view games
Anatoly Karpov 14 1 9 4 view games
Miguel Najdorf 12 1 11 0 view games
Bobby Fischer 11 1 5 5 view games
Vassily Ivanchuk 9 2 3 4 view games
Judit Polgar 8 1 5 2 view games
Max Euwe 8 7 0 1 view games
Nigel Short 6 0 5 1 view games
Alexander Morozevich 2 0 0 2 view games
Alexei Shirov 2 0 1 1 view games
Gata Kamsky 2 1 1 0 view games
Peter Svidler 1 0 1 0 view games
Savielly Tartakower 1 0 1 0 view games
Viswanathan Anand 1 0 1 0 view games

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