Vasily Smyslov was a Soviet chess grandmaster, born in Moscow in 1921. He died in 2010.
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Within chess, Vasily Smyslov is remembered for a record that stands up against anything his generation produced.
The public record credits Vasily Smyslov with 3 recorded honours. Chess is sport as pure calculation, and its champions are studied like composers, move by move, decades after they played.
Achievements
- Order of Lenin
- Order of Friendship of Peoples
- world chess champion
