Player: Vasily Smyslov
Player profile: Mikhail Botvinnik

Classical games: Mikhail Botvinnik beat Vasily Smyslov 29 to 24, with 53 draws.     *The figures above are based only on games present in our database which may be incomplete.

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 106  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Smyslov vs Botvinnik ½-½ 48 1940 USSR Championship C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 2. Smyslov vs Botvinnik 0-1 42 1941 USSR Absolute Championship C19 French, Winawer, Advance 3. Smyslov vs Botvinnik 0-1 60 1941 USSR Absolute Championship C77 Ruy Lopez 4. Botvinnik vs Smyslov ½-½ 54 1941 USSR Absolute Championship E70 King's Indian 5. Botvinnik vs Smyslov ½-½ 15 1941 USSR Absolute Championship C42 Petrov Defense 6. Smyslov vs Botvinnik 1-0 50 1943 Moscow C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 7. Smyslov vs Botvinnik   ½-½ 66 1943 Russia C19 French, Winawer, Advance 8. Botvinnik vs Smyslov 1-0 40 1943 Sverdlovsk C46 Three Knights 9. Smyslov vs Botvinnik 0-1 40 1944 USSR Championship C19 French, Winawer, Advance 10. Botvinnik vs Smyslov 1-0 31 1945 USSR Championship D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 11. Botvinnik vs Smyslov 1-0 50 1946 Groningen D98 Grunfeld, Russian 12. Smyslov vs Botvinnik   ½-½ 41 1947 Moscow C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 13. Smyslov vs Botvinnik ½-½ 17 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted 14. Botvinnik vs Smyslov ½-½ 79 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament D98 Grunfeld, Russian 15. Smyslov vs Botvinnik ½-½ 44 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 16. Botvinnik vs Smyslov ½-½ 80 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 17. Smyslov vs Botvinnik 0-1 41 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 18. Smyslov vs Botvinnik 1-0 41 1951 Training B24 Sicilian, Closed 19. Botvinnik vs Smyslov 1-0 22 1951 Training Game E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 20. Botvinnik vs Smyslov 1-0 36 1951 Training D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 21. Botvinnik vs Smyslov   ½-½ 64 1951 Training Game C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 22. Smyslov vs Botvinnik 1-0 39 1951 USSR Championship C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 23. Smyslov vs Botvinnik 1-0 41 1951 Training Game E03 Catalan, Open 24. Botvinnik vs Smyslov ½-½ 71 1952 USSR Championship D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 25. Smyslov vs Botvinnik   ½-½ 15 1952 Budapest C07 French, Tarrasch  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 106    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Smyslov wins | Smyslov loses