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Mar-24-09
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| suenteus po 147: Happy birthday, world champion Smyslov! |
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| Mar-24-09 |
| Cees Verhagen: Happy birthday mr Smyslov!!! |
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| Mar-24-09 |
| AnalyzeThis: Great endgame player! Happy Birthday! |
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Mar-24-09
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| whiteshark: Wishing you the very very best for your birthday, Vasily, and health. |
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| Mar-24-09 |
| TheChessGuy: Happy birthday, Vasily Vasilievich!! |
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Mar-24-09
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| paulalbert: Happy Birthday to one of the all time greats, both a chess artist and magnificent practical player. Paul Albert |
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Mar-24-09
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| talisman: Happy Birthday Vasily! |
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Mar-24-09
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| diagonal: "A virtuoso of the endgame" (Tal) with intuition and a sense of harmony, truly a fine universal player: happy birthday and good health, Mr. Smyslov. |
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| Mar-25-09 |
| stanleys: Happy birthday,Maestro! |
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| Mar-25-09 |
| Karnatakiaditya: Happy Birthday!!! |
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| Jun-26-09 |
| smyslovVchess: if ever a student wished too learn from one of the greatest chess masters of all time then if he God would allow him to teach me i gloriously accept |
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| Jun-26-09 |
| M.D. Wilson: Smyslov is one of the greatest. Superlative endgame technique. |
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| Jun-27-09 |
| wolfmaster: Happy 1/4 birthday! |
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| Aug-24-09 |
| VaselineTopLove: Why didn't they invite Smyslov to the Zurich congregation? Was he considered too old or too weak a player or is he not in good health? |
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| Aug-26-09 |
| wolfmaster: 88's pretty old. |
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Aug-26-09
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| AgentRgent: <VaselineTopLove: Why didn't they invite Smyslov to the Zurich congregation? Was he considered too old or too weak a player or is he not in good health?> I don't think it's that he's too weak. Last I heard he was still a very strong player even for his age. This probably has a lot to do with his style of play. I suspect his health/age were the reason he didn't attend, I've heard that his eyesight is almost completely gone. |
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Sep-11-09
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| parisattack: <AgentRgent: <VaselineTopLove: Why didn't they invite Smyslov to the Zurich congregation? Was he considered too old or too weak a player or is he not in good health?> I don't think it's that he's too weak. Last I heard he was still a very strong player even for his age. This probably has a lot to do with his style of play.
I suspect his health/age were the reason he didn't attend, I've heard that his eyesight is almost completely gone.> When I first learned chess I did not know that there were many books on the game. My mother found 'World Champion Smyslov' at the state employees library. She must have checked it out 10 times for me over a several months! His endgames absolutely amazed me (still do). I also developed quite an affection for the Closed Sicilian with which I scored a win against a senior master. Cpoceba, Vasily! |
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| Sep-11-09 |
| TheChessGuy: He's almost totally blind, from what I've heard. |
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| Oct-07-09 |
| Everett: Besides his father, did Smyslov ever have a particular coach or mentor? |
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| Oct-22-09 |
| Plato: I've been analyzing the Tal-Smyslov games from the Candidates Tournament in Yugoslavia, 1959. Tal won the tournament in dominating fashion and won his mini-match vs Smyslov 2.5-1.5, with two wins, one loss and a draw. But it is noteworthy that Smyslov had completely winning positions in three out of four games. In their first game from that tournament Smyslov (playing White) outplayed Tal from beginning to end as he grinded out a 65 move victory in his typical style. In their second game Smyslov blundered on move 18 and lost a few moves later. In their third game they agreed to a draw when the time control was reached but even at move 37 Smyslov had a completely winning position, blundered in time trouble on move 38 which allowed Tal to escape with a draw by perpetual check. In their final game from that tournament Smyslov, as Black, had a completely winning position on move 39, blundered in time trouble on move 40 as the time control was reached, and resigned the next move. Head-to-head Smyslov edged out Tal 4 games to 3 over their careers, though it is clear that Tal was the superior tournament player. Tal's enterprising style was better suited for beating the weaker opponents, whereas Smyslov drew against them more often. Going over their games, though, one gets the feeling that Smyslov was overall the more accurate player. This is not suprising, given their styles. Smyslov was a perfectionist while Tal was a player who made great practical decisions over the board, aiming for "messy" positions where he could usually outplay his opponents. |
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Nov-14-09
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| Bjornemann: Best endgame player ever. A good way way to become better at chess endings is to study Smyslov's games. |
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| Nov-19-09 |
| KamikazeAttack: Can anyone please recommend Smyslov's games where he exhibited his renowned endgame skills? |
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| Nov-19-09 |
| Plato: <kamikazeattack> Here are three that received some praise here on chessgames: Smyslov vs Larry Evans, 1952
Smyslov vs D E Rumens, 1976 Smyslov vs Filip, 1958 |
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| Nov-19-09 |
| KamikazeAttack: Many thx Plato. |
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Jan-15-10
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| whatthefat: I'm not sure whether others have seen this 2003 interview, but I found it amusing, if a little quirky: http://www.gmsquare.com/interviews/...
<My own experience shows that Devil fights God in chess as in real life, and the field of the battle is not the chessboard but in people’s hearts. I realized this after my match against Huebner that ended in a draw. Lots were cast for the winner, in a casino. It was the first time I had the feeling that I could not influence my own fate. Roulette was to decide the outcome and a golden ball was used to avoid magnetism. If the ball landed on a red number I would be the winner. A black number would give victory to Huebner. The ball was thrown and it fell on the “zero”, as in Dostoevsky. There was no winner. The ball was thrown again and this time it landed on the red number “three” (the first number of Pushkin’s famous three cards: three, seven, ace). I won the match in this way. Later it dawned on me that God had been fighting Satan in the casino and they had made a draw the first time. But, eventually, God won and sentenced Huebner to defeat. As far as I know there were good reasons: Huebner’s behaviour was incorrect during the match.> |
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