For a quarter-century after he fled the Soviet Union, Alexander Alekhine was treated as a traitor and an enemy of the people. This attitude softened within a decade of his death, and in 1956 the Soviet Union held an important international event in his memory. Earlier that year, in April, a Soviet delegation, including Smyslov, Keres, Bronstein, Geller and Petrosian, had marked the tenth anniversary of his death at a ceremony, organised by FIDE, in the Montparnasse cemetery in Paris. ... [more]
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Player: Vasily Smyslov
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Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. Gligoric vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 23 | 1956 | Alekhine Memorial | E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation |
2. Smyslov vs Botvinnik |
| ½-½ | 46 | 1956 | Alekhine Memorial | B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation |
3. Uhlmann vs Smyslov |
  | 0-1 | 18 | 1956 | Alekhine Memorial | E15 Queen's Indian |
4. Smyslov vs Keres |
| ½-½ | 41 | 1956 | Alekhine Memorial | A07 King's Indian Attack |
5. Golombek vs Smyslov |
 | 0-1 | 33 | 1956 | Alekhine Memorial | E00 Queen's Pawn Game |
6. Szabo vs Smyslov |
  | 0-1 | 36 | 1956 | Alekhine Memorial | E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch |
7. Smyslov vs V Ciocaltea |
 | 1-0 | 42 | 1956 | Alekhine Memorial | B58 Sicilian |
8. Pachman vs Smyslov |
 | ½-½ | 38 | 1956 | Alekhine Memorial | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
9. Smyslov vs Bronstein |
| ½-½ | 17 | 1956 | Alekhine Memorial | E14 Queen's Indian |
10. N Padevsky vs Smyslov |
 | 0-1 | 50 | 1956 | Alekhine Memorial | C47 Four Knights |
11. Smyslov vs Najdorf |
 | ½-½ | 39 | 1956 | Alekhine Memorial | E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno |
12. Unzicker vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 26 | 1956 | Alekhine Memorial | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
13. Smyslov vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1956 | Alekhine Memorial | E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
14. Sliwa vs Smyslov |
  | 0-1 | 60 | 1956 | Alekhine Memorial | A92 Dutch |
15. Smyslov vs Stahlberg |
  | 1-0 | 78 | 1956 | Alekhine Memorial | A05 Reti Opening |
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