Vasily Smyslov playing the Nimzo Indian as Black

Player profile: Vasily Smyslov
Opening: Nimzo-Indian (E20-E59)

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 125  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Alatortsev vs Smyslov 0-1 40 1939 03, Leningrad/Moscow ;HCL 32 E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 2. V Makogonov vs Smyslov 1-0 31 1940 URS-ch E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 3. I Rudakovsky vs Smyslov 0-1 33 1940 4, Moscow URS ch E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 4. P Dubinin vs Smyslov   ½-½ 39 1940 9, Moscow URS ch E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 5. Bondarevsky vs Smyslov   ½-½ 27 1941 Leningrad/Moscow ;HCL 01 E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 6. Lilienthal vs Smyslov   ½-½ 43 1941 Leningrad/Moscow ,HCL 01 E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 7. Bondarevsky vs Smyslov   ½-½ 35 1941 03, Leningrad E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 8. Lilienthal vs Smyslov ½-½ 35 1941 Leningrad/Moscow ,HCL 01 E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 9. Keres vs Smyslov 1-0 65 1941 Lening/Moskva ch-SU (01.04.41) E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 10. Kotov vs Smyslov   ½-½ 60 1942 Ch Moscow E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 11. Flohr vs Smyslov   ½-½ 25 1944 Ch URS E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 12. Tolush vs Smyslov 0-1 41 1945 Moscow E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 13. Alatortsev vs Smyslov   ½-½ 25 1945 14, Moscow E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 14. Denker vs Smyslov 0-1 43 1946 Moscow tt E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 15. J Gadalinski vs Smyslov 0-1 28 1947 it, Warsaw (Poland) E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 16. Lilienthal vs Smyslov 1-0 44 1947 Paernu E26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 17. Bronstein vs Smyslov   ½-½ 25 1947 Tournament, Parnu (Estonia) E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 18. Keres vs Smyslov   ½-½ 41 1947 Parnu E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 19. Bondarevsky vs Smyslov   ½-½ 40 1947 3, Leningrad URS ch E20 Nimzo-Indian 20. Szabo vs Smyslov   0-1 80 1949 11, Budapest E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 21. Geller vs Smyslov ½-½ 55 1949 USSR E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 22. Kotov vs Smyslov   ½-½ 54 1949 RUS E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 23. Ragozin vs Smyslov 0-1 41 1949 Ch URS E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 24. Kotov vs Smyslov 0-1 44 1950 candidates E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 25. Bronstein vs Smyslov 1-0 58 1950 Budapest E26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 125    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Smyslov wins | Smyslov loses

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