Player: Vasily Smyslov
Player profile: Lajos Portisch

Classical games: Vasily Smyslov beat Lajos Portisch 5 to 4, with 23 draws.     *The figures above are based only on games present in our database which may be incomplete.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 32  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Smyslov vs Portisch   ½-½ 15 1959 Moskva A30 English, Symmetrical 2. Portisch vs Smyslov 0-1 65 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal E15 Queen's Indian 3. Portisch vs Smyslov   ½-½ 57 1964 Havanna E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 4. Portisch vs Smyslov   ½-½ 25 1966 Mar del Plata E41 Nimzo-Indian 5. Portisch vs Smyslov 0-1 39 1967 Moscow E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 6. Smyslov vs Portisch   ½-½ 58 1967 Palma de Mallorca A14 English 7. Portisch vs Smyslov   ½-½ 42 1968 Monaco A26 English 8. Portisch vs Smyslov   ½-½ 29 1969 Hastings A07 King's Indian Attack 9. Portisch vs Smyslov ½-½ 47 1970 Palma de Mallorca Interzonal E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 10. Portisch vs Smyslov   ½-½ 58 1970 Monaco A17 English 11. Portisch vs Smyslov   ½-½ 56 1971 Portoroz D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense 12. Smyslov vs Portisch   ½-½ 72 1971 Portoroz B24 Sicilian, Closed 13. Smyslov vs Portisch 0-1 42 1971 Portoroz B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 14. Portisch vs Smyslov   ½-½ 49 1971 Amsterdam 12/593 E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 15. Portisch vs Smyslov   ½-½ 21 1971 Portoroz E17 Queen's Indian 16. Smyslov vs Portisch   ½-½ 21 1971 Portoroz B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 17. Portisch vs Smyslov 0-1 37 1971 Portoroz A81 Dutch 18. Portisch vs Smyslov 1-0 41 1972 Wijk aan Zee A04 Reti Opening 19. Portisch vs Smyslov   ½-½ 43 1972 Las Palmas A04 Reti Opening 20. Smyslov vs Portisch   ½-½ 41 1973 Petropolis Interzonal A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 21. Smyslov vs Portisch   ½-½ 17 1976 Biel E17 Queen's Indian 22. Smyslov vs Portisch   0-1 40 1978 Hungary A63 Benoni, Fianchetto, 9...Nbd7 23. Smyslov vs Portisch 0-1 57 1979 Tilburg B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 24. Smyslov vs Portisch   ½-½ 13 1981 Moskva A30 English, Symmetrical 25. Portisch vs Smyslov 0-1 41 1981 Amsterdam D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 32    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Smyslov wins | Smyslov loses