Vasily Smyslov playing the Ruy Lopez as Black

Player profile: Vasily Smyslov
Opening: Ruy Lopez (C60-C99)

page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 214  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Panov vs Smyslov ½-½ 42 1939 07, Leningrad/Moscow ;HCL 32 C77 Ruy Lopez 2. Boleslavsky vs Smyslov   ½-½ 65 1941 Leningrad/Moscow ;HCL 01 C66 Ruy Lopez 3. Boleslavsky vs Smyslov   ½-½ 42 1941 Leningrad/Moscow ;HCL 01 C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 4. L Abramov vs Smyslov   ½-½ 50 1942 01, Kuibyshev ;HCL 32 C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 5. R Kofman vs Smyslov 0-1 32 1942 08, Kuibyshev ;HCL 32 C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 6. Boleslavsky vs Smyslov 1-0 60 1945 Moscow C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 7. Boleslavsky vs Smyslov 0-1 34 1946 05, Staunton, Groningen NED C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 8. Pachman vs Smyslov 0-1 38 1946 RUS C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 9. Bondarevsky vs Smyslov 0-1 42 1946 Moskva C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 10. I Koenig vs Smyslov 0-1 53 1946 Moscow/London radio C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 11. Yanofsky vs Smyslov   ½-½ 60 1946 13, Staunton, Groningen NED C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 12. Boleslavsky vs Smyslov   ½-½ 33 1947 Moscow-ch C77 Ruy Lopez 13. Boleslavsky vs Smyslov   ½-½ 29 1947 18, Leningrad URS ch C77 Ruy Lopez 14. Aronin vs Smyslov 0-1 58 1947 5, Leningrad URS ch C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 15. Boleslavsky vs Smyslov   ½-½ 58 1947 it, Warsaw (Poland) C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 16. Boleslavsky vs Smyslov   0-1 42 1948 Leningrad C71 Ruy Lopez 17. Euwe vs Smyslov 0-1 42 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 18. A Vajda vs Smyslov   ½-½ 53 1949 02, Budapest C66 Ruy Lopez 19. Wade vs Smyslov   ½-½ 25 1950 Venice C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 20. Boleslavsky vs Smyslov 1-0 83 1950 Ch URS, Moscow C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 21. Keres vs Smyslov   ½-½ 31 1950 Budapest ct (06.05.50) C78 Ruy Lopez 22. Averbakh vs Smyslov   1-0 40 1951 4, Moscow URS ch C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 23. Botvinnik vs Smyslov   ½-½ 64 1951 Training Game C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 24. Aronin vs Smyslov   ½-½ 55 1952 Ch URS, Moscow C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 25. Byvshev vs Smyslov   1-0 66 1952 Moscow, URS Ch C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin  page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 214    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Smyslov wins | Smyslov loses

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