Player: Vasily Smyslov
Player profile: Samuel Reshevsky

Classical games: Vasily Smyslov beat Samuel Reshevsky 5 to 4, with 15 draws. Including rapid/exhibition games: Vasily Smyslov beat Samuel Reshevsky 7 to 5, with 15 draws. Only rapid/exhibition games: Vasily Smyslov beat Samuel Reshevsky 2 to 1.     *The figures above are based only on games present in our database which may be incomplete.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 27  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Reshevsky vs Smyslov 1-0 70 1939 Leningrad/Moscow training D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 2. Reshevsky vs Smyslov 0-1 71 1945 02, USA-URS radio-m ;HCL 27 D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 3. Smyslov vs Reshevsky 1-0 41 1945 M:URS-USA, Moscow C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 4. Smyslov vs Reshevsky ½-½ 41 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 5. Reshevsky vs Smyslov ½-½ 41 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 6. Reshevsky vs Smyslov ½-½ 45 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 7. Smyslov vs Reshevsky 1-0 52 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 8. Smyslov vs Reshevsky ½-½ 73 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 9. Smyslov vs Reshevsky 1-0 56 1953 Zurich Candidates A17 English 10. Reshevsky vs Smyslov   ½-½ 19 1953 Zurich Candidates E41 Nimzo-Indian 11. Reshevsky vs Smyslov   ½-½ 19 1954 New York D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 12. Reshevsky vs Smyslov   ½-½ 19 1954 2, New York USA-URS D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 13. Smyslov vs Reshevsky ½-½ 56 1954 New York A13 English 14. Smyslov vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 28 1954 1, New York USA-URS A14 English 15. Reshevsky vs Smyslov   ½-½ 20 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 16. Smyslov vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 20 1966 7, Mar del Plata E17 Queen's Indian 17. Smyslov vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 23 1970 Buenos Aires E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 18. Reshevsky vs Smyslov   ½-½ 30 1970 USSR vs. Rest of the World A07 King's Indian Attack 19. Reshevsky vs Smyslov 1-0 54 1970 USSR vs. Rest of the World C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 20. Reshevsky vs Smyslov   ½-½ 23 1970 Palma de Mallorca Interzonal B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 21. Smyslov vs Reshevsky 1-0 63 1970 USSR vs. Rest of the World A17 English 22. Reshevsky vs Smyslov   ½-½ 47 1973 Petropolis Interzonal E17 Queen's Indian 23. Smyslov vs Reshevsky 0-1 60 1991 Moscow Veterans [Boensch,U B83 Sicilian 24. Reshevsky vs Smyslov 0-1 49 1991 Moscow m 30' A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 25. Reshevsky vs Smyslov 1-0 59 1991 Moscow Veterans D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 27    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Smyslov wins | Smyslov loses