Vasily Smyslov playing the Ruy Lopez, Closed as Black

Player profile: Vasily Smyslov
Opening: Ruy Lopez, Closed (C84-C99)

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Boleslavsky vs Smyslov 1-0 60 1945 Moscow C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 2. Yanofsky vs Smyslov   ½-½ 60 1946 13, Staunton, Groningen NED C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 3. Pachman vs Smyslov 0-1 38 1946 RUS C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 4. Boleslavsky vs Smyslov 0-1 34 1946 05, Staunton, Groningen NED C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 5. Bondarevsky vs Smyslov 0-1 42 1946 Moskva C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 6. I Koenig vs Smyslov 0-1 53 1946 Moscow/London radio C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 7. Boleslavsky vs Smyslov   ½-½ 58 1947 it, Warsaw (Poland) C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 8. Euwe vs Smyslov 0-1 42 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 9. Wade vs Smyslov   ½-½ 25 1950 Venice C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 10. Boleslavsky vs Smyslov 1-0 83 1950 Ch URS, Moscow C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 11. Botvinnik vs Smyslov   ½-½ 64 1951 Training Game C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 12. Aronin vs Smyslov   ½-½ 55 1952 Ch URS, Moscow C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 13. Byvshev vs Smyslov   1-0 66 1952 Moscow, URS Ch C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 14. Z Milev vs Smyslov   0-1 36 1953 Bucharest C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 15. Averbakh vs Smyslov ½-½ 32 1953 Zurich ct C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 16. Karaklajic vs Smyslov 0-1 41 1955 Zagreb C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 17. A Fuderer vs Smyslov   0-1 30 1955 Zagreb C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 18. Keres vs Smyslov 0-1 39 1955 Moskva ch-SU C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 19. O'Kelly vs Smyslov   ½-½ 19 1955 Zagreb C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 20. Antoshin vs Smyslov   ½-½ 42 1955 Ch URS, Moscow C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 21. A Matanovic vs Smyslov   ½-½ 37 1955 Zagreb C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 22. A Matanovic vs Smyslov   ½-½ 28 1956 Belgrade YUG-URS C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 23. Bronstein vs Smyslov   ½-½ 62 1959 Moscow C87 Ruy Lopez 24. Keres vs Smyslov   ½-½ 41 1959 Bled ct (21.09.59) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 25. Bronstein vs Smyslov   ½-½ 24 1960 06, Leningrad C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Smyslov wins | Smyslov loses

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