Vassily Smyslov
Vassily Vassiliévitch Smyslov (in Russian ВасилийВасильевичСмыслов) (born the March 24th 1921 with Moscow, Russia -) is a world champion of the failures.
Biography
In 1938, Smyslov gained the championship of the USSR junior. The same year, it took part in the match of decides between for the first place of the championship of Moscow.It was second with the tournament of 1948 which saw the victory of Mikhaïl Botvinnik. It could again try its chance in 1954 and 1957, which was the good one.
The International federation of the failures organized, after 1948, a match every three years between the world champion and his challenger. To be candidate, it was necessary to be victorious several tournaments: zonal (level country), interzonal (unintermitting level), then candidates: Smyslov gained the tournament of Zurich in 1953, then that Amsterdam in 1956.
The beaten champion could ask for a match revenge the following year. What made Botvinnik, which regained its title. He became also president of the powerful Soviet federation of the failures.
Smyslov played very high level until a advanced age, still playing the final of the candidates of 1984 against Garry Kasparov. He was then still world champion, but veterans in 1991.
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Vassily Smyslov, - Mikhail Botvinnik, 19551.Cf3 Cf6 2.g3 g6 3.Fg2 Fg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d3 c5 6.e4 Cc6 7.Cbd2 d6 8.a4 Ce8 9.Cc4 e5 10.c3 f5 11.b4 cxb4 12.cxb4 fxe4 13.dxe4 Fe6 (Cxb4 14. Db3) 14.Ce3 Cxb4 15.Tb1 a5 16.Fa3 Cc7 17.Fxb4 axb4 18.Txb4 Fh6 19.Tb6 Fxe3 20.fxe3 Fc4 (does Cd5 21.exd5 Dxb6 22.dxe6 give the advantage to the White) 21.Txd6 De8 22.Te1 Tf7 23.Cg5 Te7 24.Ff1 Fxf1 25.Txf1 Dxa4? (h6) 26.Td8+ Te8 (if Rg7 or Ce8 27. Df3 gains) 27.Df3 Dc4 28.Td7 the 1-0 (threat is Df6, if 28… Tf8 29. Cf7 threat either Df6, or Ch6+)
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