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Mar 24, 1921 Moscow, Russia Died on 27 Mar 2010 (aged 89)
Chess grandmaster
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About Vasily Smyslov
- Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov (Russian: ??????? ?????????? ???????; 24 March 1921 – 27 March 2010) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster, who was World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958.
- He was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on eight occasions (1948, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1965, 1983, and 1985).
- Smyslov twice tied for first place at the Soviet Championships (1949, 1955), and his total of 17 Chess Olympiad medals won is an all-time record.
- In five European Team Championships, Smyslov won ten gold medals. Smyslov remained active and successful in competitive chess well after the age of sixty.
- Despite failing eyesight, he remained active in the occasional composition of chess problems and studies until shortly before his death in 2010.
- Besides chess, he was an accomplished baritone singer.
