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Player: Mikhail Botvinnik
Player profile: Vasily Smyslov

LIFETIME RECORD:
Classical games: Mikhail Botvinnik beat Vasily Smyslov 29 to 24, with 52 draws.
*The figures above are based only on games present in our database which may be incomplete.

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Smyslov vs Botvinnik ½-½ 48 1940 USSR Championship C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd

2. Smyslov vs Botvinnik 0-1 42 1941 USSR Absolute Championship C19 French, Winawer, Advance

3. Botvinnik vs Smyslov ½-½ 54 1941 USSR Absolute Championship E70 King's Indian

4. Smyslov vs Botvinnik 0-1 60 1941 USSR Absolute Championship C77 Ruy Lopez

5. Botvinnik vs Smyslov ½-½ 15 1941 USSR Absolute Championship C42 Petrov Defense

6. Smyslov vs Botvinnik 1-0 50 1943 23rd Ch Moscow C82 Ruy Lopez, Open

7. Smyslov vs Botvinnik ½-½ 66 1943 Sverdlovsk C19 French, Winawer, Advance

8. Botvinnik vs Smyslov 1-0 40 1943 Sverdlovsk C46 Three Knights

9. Smyslov vs Botvinnik 0-1 40 1944 USSR Championship C19 French, Winawer, Advance

10. Botvinnik vs Smyslov 1-0 31 1945 USSR Championship D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation

11. Botvinnik vs Smyslov 1-0 50 1946 Groningen D98 Grunfeld, Russian

12. Smyslov vs Botvinnik ½-½ 41 1947 Moscow C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed

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