This collection lists in chronological order all known tournaments and matches played by Vasily Smyslov between 1935-1979. The collection features many blue web-links to <Smyslov> tournaments and matches. These web pages provide a full crosstable, all games, and a historical introduction for each event. There are also many links to tournament and match games collections that feature <Smyslov>.

One of <Smylov's> best games from each event is featured as a representative sample. For some events, there may be no surviving game score.

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Moskvoretsky House of Pioneers Championship 1935 (Fall) 1st, with +11 -0 =0. Smyslov was later awarded the 1st category rank in the fall of 1936. Romanovsky, p.xi. In Vasily Smyslov, "My Best Games of Chess (1935-1957)" P.H. Clarke ed., transl. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1958 ; Genna Sosonko, "The World Champions I Knew" (New in Chess 2013), pp.126-27

??? Di Felice's "Chess Results 1936-1940," p.118 lists Smyslov playing in a <"Masters vs. Candidate Masters 1937"> event in Moscow, scoring +4 -0 =2. However, Di Felice does not list a primary source, and I cannot confirm this event. Given the fact that Smyslov wasn't awarded the <candidate master> title until *after* 1937, and that neither Smyslov nor Pyotr Romanovsky's biography of Smyslov mentions such an event, I think this is probably a mistaken entry by Di Felice. Gino Di Felice, "Chess Results 1936-1940" (McFarland 2007), p.118; Romanovsky, pp. xi-xii

3d USSR Junior Championship 1938 In Leningrad (January) 1st, over Zanozdra, Steinsapir, Batygin, Sorin and Lapidus. Di Felice "Chess Results 1936-1940," p.184; Vasily Smyslov, "Smyslov's 125 Selected Games" Ken Neat transl. (Cadogen 1983), p.9; [rusbase-1] Yuri Averbakh, "Centre-Stage and Behind the Scenes" Steve Giddins transl. (New in Chess 2011), p.34

All-Union 1st Category Tournament 1938 In Gorky (August) In the "Group Two" section, Smyslov shared 1st with Ufmitsev and Stolberg. Awarded the candidate master title. Romanovsky, pp. xi-xii; [rusbase-2] Edward Winter, ed. "World Chess Champions" (Pergamon Press 1981), p.149; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1936-1940," p.174

18th Moscow Championship 1938 (October) Shared 1st with Belevenets, with +10 -2 =5. Awarded the Soviet master title. Smyslov, "125 Games," p.9; [rusbase-3] Winter, p.149; Di Felice, "Chess Results, 1936-1940," p.191

Leningrad-Moscow International Training Tournament 1939 Game Collection: 1939 Leningrad/Moscow (3 Jan - 1 Feb) Shared 12th with Keres, behind Flohr, Reshevsky, and Lilienthal, with +4 -5 =8. [rusbase-4] Winter, p.149

19th Moscow Championship 1939-1940 (30 Dec 1939 - 25 Jan 1940) Shared 2d with Panov, behind Lilienthal, with +7 -2 =4. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1936-1940," p. 253, [rusbase-5] Winter, p.149

USSR Championship (1940) <12th USSR Championship> In Moscow (5 Sept - 3 Oct) 3d behind Lilienthal and Bondarevsky, ahead of Keres, Boleslavsky and Botvinnik, with +8 -1 =10. Bernard Cafferty and Mark Taimanov, "The Soviet Championships" (Cadogen 1998), p.48; [rusbase-6] Winter, pp.149

Moscow-Leningrad Telephone Match 1941 (12 Jan) 3d board for Moscow vs. I. Rabinovich, with +1 -0 =0. Leningrad won 7-3. [rusbase-7] Winter, p.152

USSR Absolute Championship (1941) In Leningrad and Moscow (23 March - 29 April). 3d behind Botvinnik and Keres, ahead of Boleslavsky, Lilienthal, and Bondarevsky, with +4 -4 =12. Awarded the Soviet grandmaster title based on 3d place finishes in both the <12th USSR Championship> and the <USSR Absolute Championship>. Smyslov, "125 Games" pp.9-10; [rusbase-8] Winter, p.149

Kuibyshev 1942 Game Collection: Smyslov at Kuibyshev (27 July - 19 Aug). 2d behind Boleslavsky, ahead of Lilienthal and Mikenas, with +7 -2 =2. [rusbase-9] Winter, p.149

22d Moscow Championship 1942 Game Collection: Smyslov at the 22d Moscow Championship (5 Nov - 4 Dec). 1st over Boleslavsky, Kotov, and Lilienthal, with +10 -1 =4. Di Felice "Chess Results 1941-1946," p.72 [rusbase-10] Winter, p.149; Botwinnik, "Schach in Russland 1941-45 mit sämtlichen Partien Swerdlowsk 1943," p.18

Sverdlovsk (1943) (21 April - 15 May). Shared 3d behind Botvinnik and Makogonov, ahead of Boleslavsky and Konstantinopolsky, with +5 -3 =6. [rusbase-11] Winter, p.149; Botwinnik, "Schach in Russland 1941-45 mit sämtlichen Partien Swerdlowsk 1943"

23d Moscow Championship 1943-1944? (5 Dec 1943 - 12 Jan 1944?) Botvinnik dates this event as occurring only in Dec 1943. Smyslov 2d behind Botvinnik, ahead of Alatortsev, Lisitsin, Yudovich, and Averbakh, with +7 -0 =9 (1 win was a default). Because Botvinnik was from Leningrad, Smyslov was actually declared Moscow champion. Winter, p.149; [rusbase-12], Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1946," p.131; Andrew Soltis, "Soviet Chess 1917-1991" (McFarland 1997), p.148; Botwinnik, "Schach in Russland 1941-45 mit sämtlichen Partien Swerdlowsk 1943," p.20

USSR Championship (1944) <13th USSR Championship> In Moscow (21 May - 17 June) 2d behind Botvinnik, ahead of Boleslavsky, Flohr, Makogonov, Mikenas and Tolush, with +8 -3 =5. Cafferty and Taimanov, p.52; p[rusbase-13] Winter, p.149

24th Moscow Championship 1944-1945 Game Collection: Smyslov at the 24th Moscow Championship (10 Dec 1944 - 10 Jan 1945) 1st over Ragozin, Lilienthal, Flohr and Bondarevsky, with +10 -0 =6. Botwinnik, "Schach in Russland 1941-45 mit sämtlichen Partien Swerdlowsk 1943," p. 28, [rusbase-14] Winter, p.149; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1946," p.175

6th Trade Unions Team Championship Final 1945 In Moscow (Dates-???) 1st board for Krylia Sovetov vs Ratner (Bolshevik II), with +0 -0 =1. Krylia Sovetov drew Bolshevik II, 5.0 -5.0 to share 5th/6th places in the overall team placings. There appears to be no surviving Smyslov game score from this event. [rusbase-15] Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1945," p.227

USSR Championship (1945) <14th USSR Championship> In Moscow (1 June - 1 July) Shared 10th with Chekhover, behind Botvinnik, Boleslavsky, Konstantinopolsky, and Bronstein, with +6 -6 =5. Cafferty and Taimanov, p.56; [rusbase-16] Winter, p.149

USSR - USA Radio Match (1945) (1-4 Sept) 2d board vs. Reshevsky, with +2 -0 =0. The USSR won 15.5 - 4.5. Winter, p. 152; [rusbase-17] Soltis, p.158

25th Moscow Championship 1946 Game Collection: Smyslov at the 25th Moscow Championship (25 Jan - 17 Feb) Shared 3d with Alatortsev, Kotov, and Panov, behind Bronstein and Simagin, with +7 -5 =3. [rusbase-18] Winter, p.149

Bratislava-Moscow Match 1946 In Bratislava (March) This was the first event Smyslov played outside of the Soviet Union. He played 3d board vs. Ujtelky, with +1 -0 =1. Moscow won 13 - 3. There appears to be no surviving Smyslov game score from this event. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1946", p.312, from Ceskolovensky Sach 1946

Brno-Moscow Match 1946 In Brno (March) 1st board vs. Florian, with +1 -0 =1. Moscow won 12.5 - 3.5. There appears to be no surviving Smyslov game score from this event. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1946", p.312, from Ceskolovensky Sach 1946

Linz-Moscow Match 1946 In Linz (21 March) 3d board vs. Siourac, with +1 -0 =0. Moscow won 7 - 1. There appears to be no surviving Smyslov game score from this event. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1946", p.313, from Shakhmaty v SSSR 1946

Prague-Moscow Match 1946 In Prague (2-20 March) and Moscow (2-15 May) Smyslov 3d board, scoring +3 -1 =2 in the first leg and +4 -0 =2 in the second leg for a total of +7 -1 =4. Moscow won 51.5-20.5 (23-13, 28.5-7.5). [rusbase-19] Winter, p.152; http://www.olimpbase.org/other/resu... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1946", p.315, from Shakhmaty v SSSR, 1946

USSR-Great Britain Radio Match 1946 Game Collection: 1946. USSR vs GB (Radio match) (19-22 June) 3d board vs. I. Konig, with +2 -0 =0. The USSR won 18 - 6. [rusbase-20] Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 19 June 1946, p.5; http://amici.iccf.com/issues/Issue_...

Groningen (1946) (13 Aug - 7 Sept) 3d, behind Botvinnik and Euwe, ahead of Najdorf, Szabó, Boleslavsky and Flohr, with +7 -1 =11. http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... Winter, p.149

USSR-USA Match 1946 Game Collection: 0 In Moscow (12-15 Sept) 3d board vs. Denker, with +2 -0 =0. The USSR won 12.5 - 7.5. [rusbase-21] Winter, p.152

USSR Championship (1947) <15th USSR Championship> In Leningrad (2 Feb - 8 March) Shared 3d with Bondarevsky, behind Keres and Boleslavsky, ahead of Tolush, Bronstein, Lilienthal and Flohr, with +7 -2 =10. Cafferty and Taimanov, p.59; [rusbase-22] Winter, p.149

Warsaw 1947 Game Collection: Smyslov at Warsaw 1947 (16-27 April) Shared 2d with Boleslavsky, Pachman, and Sajtar, behind Gligoric, with +4 -1 =4. http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... Winter, p.149; http://polbase.w.interia.pl/warszaw...

Parnu National Training Tournament 1947 (14 July - 4 Aug) Shared 4th with Boleslavsky and Bronstein, behind Keres, Kotov, and Lilienthal, with +4 -1 =8. [rusbase-23] Winter, p.149

USSR-Great Britain Match 1947 In London (21-23 Sept) 2d board vs. Golombek, with +1 -0 =1. The USSR won 15 - 5. Harry Golombek, "Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess" (Crown Publishers, Inc. 1977), p.45; NY Times 22, 23 Sept 1947; Winter, p.152

Moscow (1947) <2d Chigorin Memorial International 1947> (25 Nov - 23 Dec) Shared 3d with Boleslavsky, behind Botvinnik and Ragozin, ahead of Kotov and Keres, with +6 -1 =8. [rusbase-24] Winter, p.149

FIDE World Championship Tournament (1948) In the Hague and Moscow (2 March - 17 May) 2d behind Botvinnik, ahead of Reshevsky, Keres and Euwe. http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... Winter, p.149; Harry Golombek, "The World Chess Championship 1948" (Hardinge Simpole 1949), pp. 39-219

1st USSR Republics Team Championship 1948 In Leningrad (12-22 Sept) Played 2 rounds for Moscow on board 1, with +1 -1 =0. Moscow 1st, over Leningrad, RSFSR, Ukraine, Lithuania, Georgia and Uzbekistan. [rusbase-25] Winter, p.149

Moscow-Budapest Match 1949 Game Collection: Smyslov at the Moscow-Budapest 1949 Match In Budapest (5-17 March) and Moscow (2-15 April) Smyslov 2d board, scoring +2 -1 =5 in the first leg and +8 -0 =0 in the second leg for a total of +10 -1 =5. Moscow won 86.5-41.5 (38-26; 48.5-15.5). Di Felice, "Chess Results 1947-1950", pp.308,310; http://www.olimpbase.org/other/resu... Winter, p.152

USSR Championship (1949) <17th USSR Championship> In Moscow (16 Oct - 20 Nov) Shared 1st with Bronstein, ahead of Geller, Taimanov, Furman, Boleslavsky and Keres, with +9 -2 =8. Cafferty and Taimanov, p.67; [rusbase-26] Winter, p.149

Budapest Candidates (1950) (9 April - 16 May) 3d behind Bronstein and Boleslavsky, ahead of Keres, Najdorf, Kotov, and Stahlberg, with +5 -3 =10. http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... Winter, p.149

Venice 1950 Game Collection: Smyslov at Venice 1950 (28 Sept - 14 Oct) 2d behind Kotov, ahead of Rossolimo, Pachman, and Letelier, with +9 -0 =6. http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... Winter, p.149; http://www.torneionline.com/loto/lo...

USSR Championship (1950) <18th USSR Championship> In Moscow (11 Nov - 11 Dec) Shared 5th with Konstantinopolsky, behind Keres, Lipnitsky, Tolush, and Aronin, with +6 -3 =8. Cafferty and Taimanov, p.71; [rusbase-27] Winter, p.149

3d Chigorin Memorial All Russian Tournament 1951 In Leningrad (16 Jan - ? Feb) 1st over Aronin, Taimanov, Simagin and Tolush, with +8 -1 =4. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.44; [rusbase-28] Winter, p.149.

USSR Clubs Team Championship 1951 In Leningrad (Feb - March) 1st board for Nauka. Smyslov 3d in individual competition behind Lutikov and Kotov. Team Nauka 1st, over Iskra, Zenit, Medik, Lokomotiv, Trud, Burevstnik and Avangard. There appears to be no surviving Smyslov game score from this event. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.93; [rusbase-29]

USSR Championship Semifinal 1951 In Leningrad (25 May - 25 June) 1st over Terpugov, Moiseev, Kopylov and Bondarevsky, with +9 -0 =9. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.44; [rusbase-30] Winter, p.149

USSR Championship (1951) <19th USSR Championship> In Moscow (11 Nov - 14 Dec) 4th behind Keres, Petrosian, and Geller, ahead of Botvinnik, Averbakh, Bronstein and Taimanov, with +9 -4 =4. Cafferty and Taimanov, p.74; [rusbase-31] Winter, p.149; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.53

Maroczy Memorial 1952 Game Collection: Budapest 1952 (3 March - 2 April) Shared 3d with Botvinnik and Stahlberg behind Keres and Geller, ahead of Szabo, Petrosian and Pilnik, with +8 -3 =6. Winter, p.149; http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.121

Training Team Tournament 1952 In Gagra/Voronovo (Date ???) 2d behind Bronstein in individual competition with +3 -2 =3. Team 2 (Bronstein, Geller, Boleslavsky, Petrosian) beat Team 1 (Smyslov, Botvinnik, Keres, Kotov) 16 - 15. [rusbase-32] Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.180

Helsinki Olympiad 1952 (9-31 Aug) Gold medal on 2d board, with +8 -0 =5. The USSR 1st over Argentina, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, USA and Hungary. http://www.olimpbase.org/1952/1952i... http://www.olimpbase.org/1952/1952f... http://www.olimpbase.org/1952/1952u... Winter, p.150; Árpád Földeák, "Chess Olympiads 1927–1968" (Dover 1979), p.??????

USSR Championship (1952) <20th USSR Championship> In Moscow (29 Nov - 29 Dec) Shared 7th with Bronstein and Moiseev, behind Botvinnik, Taimanov, Geller, Boleslavsky, Tolush and Korchnoi, with +6 -4 =9. Cafferty and Taimanov, p.78; [rusbase-33] Winter, p.150

Bucharest 1953 25 Jan - 26 Feb) 3d behind Tolush and Petrosian, ahead of Boleslavsky, Spassky, Szabo and Barcza, with +7 -1 =11. Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.218

Training Tournament 1953 In Gagra (May) 1st over Petrosian, Boleslavsky, Averbakh, Kotov, Taimanov, Geller, Keres, Tolush, and Ragozin with +6 -1 =3 (this score includes a win over Bondarevsky, who only played 3 games in the event) Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.240; [rusbase-34]

Zuerich Candidates (1953) In Neuhausen am Rhein and Zürich (28 Aug - 24 Oct) 1st over Bronstein, Reshevsky, Keres, Petrosian, Najdorf, Geller and Kotov, with +9 -1 =18. Winter, p.150; Di Felice "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.268; Miguel Najdorf, "Zürich 1953" Taylor Kingsford transl. (Russell Enterprises 2012), p.42

Botvinnik - Smyslov World Championship Match (1954) <19th World Chess Championship> In Moscow (16 March - 13 May) Smyslov scored +7 -7 =10. Botvinnik remained champion on draw odds. Winter, p.152; Di Felice "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.408; Harry Golombek, "World Chess Championship 1954" (Macgibbon & Kee 1954), p.xvi; "Tidskrift för schack" nr. 7-8 (July-Aug 1949), pp.153-157 http://www.schack.se/tfs/history/19...

USSR-USA Match 1954 In New York (19-23 June) 1st board vs. Reshevsky, with +0 -0 =4 . The USSR won 20 - 12. Winter, p.152; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.422

53. <USSR-Great Britain Match 1954> In London (3-5 July) 1st board vs. C.H.O.D. Alexander, with +1 -0 =1 . The USSR won 18.5 - 1.5. Winter, p.152; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," pp.420-21

USSR-Sweden Match 1954 In Stockholm (9-12 July) 1st board vs. Stahlberg, with +1 -0 =1 . The USSR won 13 - 3. Winter, p.152; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.423

Amsterdam Olympiad 1954 (4-25 Sept) Bronze medal on 2d board, with +6 -0 =6. The USSR 1st over Argentina, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, West Germany, Hungary, Israel and the Netherlands. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," pp.409-413; http://www.olimpbase.org/1954/1954i... http://www.olimpbase.org/1954/1954f... http://www.olimpbase.org/1954/1954u... Winter, p.150; Földeák, p.????

Hastings (1954/55) (29 Dec 1954 - 7 Jan 1955) Shared 1st with Keres, ahead of Fuderer, Pachman, Szabó, and Unzicker, with +5 -0 =4. Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.426; Chess Life 1955, Jan 20th, p.3; BCM 1955, pp. 61-68

USSR Championship (1955) <22d USSR Championship 1955> (11 Feb - 15 March) 2d to Geller after a 7 game playoff, ahead of Botvinnik, Spassky, Petrosian and Keres, with +7 -2 =10. Cafferty and Taimanov, p.84; [rusbase-35], Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.480

USSR-USA Match 1955 In Moscow (29 June - 6 July) 2d board vs. Bisguier, with +4 -0 =0 . The USSR won 25 - 7. [rusbase-36] Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," pp.522-23

1st European Team Championship Semifinal 1955 In Lodz (23–24 July) USSR vs. Poland. Smyslov 1st board vs. Sliwa, with +2 -0 =0. The USSR won 17 - 3. Winter, p.152; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.522; Olimbase "European Team Championship 1957 Preliminaries" http://www.olimpbase.org/

Zagreb 1955 (1-25 Nov) 1st over Matanovic, Ivkov, Gligoric and Geller, with +10 -0 =9. Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.509

Amsterdam Candidates (1956) In Amsterdam and Leeuwarden (27 March - 30 April) 1st over Keres, Szabo, Spassky, Petrosian, and Bronstein, with +6 -1 =11. Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.7

USSR-Yugoslavia Match 1956 In Belgrade (17-28 June) 1st in individual competition with +3 -0 =5. The USSR won the team competition 38 -26. Winter, p.152; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.93

Moscow Olympiad 1956 (31 Aug - 24 Sept) 2d board, with +5 -1 =7. The USSR 1st over Yugoslavia, Hungary, Argentina, West Germany, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and England. Winter, p.150; http://www.olimpbase.org/1956/1956i... http://www.olimpbase.org/1956/1956f... http://www.olimpbase.org/1956/1956u... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," pp.83-88; Földeák, p.????

Alekhine Memorial (1956) In Moscow (9 Oct - 2 Nov) Shared 1st with Botvinnik over Taimanov, Gligoric, Bronstein, Najdorf and Keres, with +7 -0 =8. Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.48; [rusbase-37] De Waarheid 10 Oct 1956; De Tijd 11 Oct and 3 Nov 1956

Botvinnik - Smyslov World Championship Match (1957) In Moscow (5 March - 27 April) Smyslov scored +6 -3 =13 to become the 7th world chess champion. Harry Golombek, "The World Chess Championships of 1957 and 1958" (Hardinge Simpole, 1958), pp.1-127; Winter, p.152; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.181

1st European Team Championship Final 1957 In Baden bei Wien (22-28 Aug) Gold medal on 1st board for the USSR with +2 -1 =3. The USSR finished 1st over Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and West Germany. Winter, p.157; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," pp.185-186; http://www.olimpbase.org/1957e/1957... http://www.olimpbase.org/playerse/4...

Smyslov - Botvinnik World Championship Rematch (1958) In Moscow (4 March - 8 May) Smyslov scored +5 -7 =11, losing the world championship title to Botvinnik. Winter, p.152, Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.279; Harry Golombek, "World Championship Match 1958," pp. 85-106, in "The World Chess Championships of 1957 and 1958" (originally published in the BCM)

Munich Olympiad 1958 (30 Sept - 23 Oct) Silver medal on 2d board, with +7 -0 =5. The USSR 1st over Yugoslavia, Argentina, USA, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, West Germany and Switzerland. Winter, p.150, http://www.olimpbase.org/1958/1958i... http://www.olimpbase.org/1958/1958f... http://www.olimpbase.org/1958/1958u... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," pp.281-286; Földeák, p.????

Leningrad-Moscow Match 1958 In Moscow (5-7 Dec) 1st board for Moscow vs. Spassky, with +0 -0 =2 . Match drawn 40 - 40. Winter, p.150; [rusbase-38] Di Felice "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.295

Moscow Central Chess Club International 1959 Game Collection: Moscow 1959 (6-20 April). There is some indication that this may also have been an <Alekhine Memorial>. Smyslov shared 1st with Bronstein and Spassky, over Filip, Vasiukov and Portisch, with +3 -0 =8. Winter, p.150; [rusbase-39] Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.342; Tidskrift för schack (June/July 1959), p.132; "Russian Bulletins" (Moscow 1959) http://www.chesslund.com/detail.asp...

10th Leningrad-Moscow Match 1959 In Leningrad (9-11 May) 1st board for Moscow vs. Spassky, with +1 -0 =1 . Match drawn 10 - 10. Winter, p.152; [rusbase-40] Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," pp.383-84

Moscow-Belarus Match 1959 In Moscow (18-20 May) 1st board vs. Boleslavsky, with +0 -1 =1. Moscow won 10.5 - 7.5. [rusbase-41] Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.384

USSR-Yugoslavia Match 1959 In Kiev (1-9 July) 1st board vs. Gligoric, with +1 -1 =2 . The USSR won 24.5 - 15.5. Winter, p.152; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.383, [rusbase-42]

Moscow 2d Spartakiad 1959 (Final played 6-15 Aug) Gold medal on 2d board for Moscow, with +5 -0 =2. Moscow won Group 1 final. [rusbase-43] Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p. 377-378; http://www.olimpbase.org/1959st/195... Winter, p.150

Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959) (7 Sept - 29 Oct) 4th behind Tal, Keres and Petrosian, ahead of Fischer and Gligoric, with +9 -7 =12. Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.310; Harry Golombek, "4th Candidates' Tournament, 1959- Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade- September 7th - October 29th" (Hardinge Simpole 2009), pp.1-272 (originally published in the BCM Quarterly No.3, 1960)

11th Moscow-Leningrad Match 1960 In Leningrad (16–17 Jan) 1st board for Moscow vs. Spassky, with +0 -1 =1 . Leningrad won 46 - 34. [rusbase-44] Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.499

USSR Championship (1960) <27th USSR Championship> In Leningrad (26 Jan - 26 Feb) Shared 7th with Taimanov, behind Korchnoi, Geller, Petrosian, Bagirov, Polugaevsky and Averbakh, with +3 -1 =15. Winter, p.150; [rusbase-45] Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.426; Cafferty and Taimanov, p.103

Moscow Central Chess Club International 1960 (24 May - 7 June) Shared 1st with Kholmov, ahead of Korchnoi, Bagirov, Antoshin and Polugaevsky, with +6 -0 =5. Winter, p.150; [rusbase-46] Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.432

USSR Republics Team Championship 1960 In Moscow (1-15 Oct) 1st board for Moscow, with 3.5/5. Moscow 2d behind Leningrad, ahead of RSFSR, Latvia, Ukraine, and Estonia. [rusbase-47] Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.492

Leipzig Olympiad 1960 (16 Oct - 9 Nov) Gold medal on 1st reserve board with +10 -0 =3. The USSR 1st over USA, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Argentina, West Germany and East Germany. Winter, p.150; http://www.olimpbase.org/1960/1960i... http://www.olimpbase.org/1960/1960f... http://www.olimpbase.org/1960/1960u... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," pp.484-490; Földeák, p.????

12th Moscow-Leningrad Match 1960 In Moscow (3–5 Dec) 2d board for Moscow vs Spassky, with +1 -0 =1. Leningrad won 40.5 - 39.5. [rusbase-48] Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.499

28th USSR Championship Game Collection: USSR Championship 1961a In Moscow (11 Jan - 11 Feb) Shared 5th with Spassky, behind Petrosian, Korchnoi, Stein and Geller, with +5 -2 =12. Winter, p.150; [rusbase-49] Cafferty and Taimanov, p.107

Moscow Central Chess Club International 1961 (29 May - 12 June) Shared 1st with Vasiukov, ahead of Olafsson, Aronin, Bisguier, Portisch and Bronstein, with +4 -0 =7. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," pp.74-75; [rusbase-50] Winter, p.150

2nd European Team Championship Final 1961 In Oberhausen (20 June - 2 July) Gold medal on 5th board with +7 -0 =2. USSR 1st over Yugoslavia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, West Germany and Spain. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," pp.132-134; http://www.olimpbase.org/1961e/1961... http://www.olimpbase.org/playerse/4... Winter, p.150

Dortmund 1961 (4-16 July) Shared 2d with Udovic behind Taimanov, ahead of Bilek, Larsen, Trifunovic, and Teschner, with +4 -1 =6. Winter, p.150; http://www.365chess.com/tournaments... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," p.39

USSR Championship 1961b (1961) <29th USSR Championship> In Baku (16 Nov - 20 Dec) Shared 8th with Gipsilis, Keres, and Kholmov, behind Spassky, Polugaevsky, Bronstein, Vasiukov, Tal, Averbakh, and Taimanov, with +6 -4 =10. Winter, p.150; [rusbase-51] Cafferty and Taimanov, p.112

USSR Clubs Team Championship 1961 In Moscow (22-28 Dec) 1st board for Burevestnik, shared 1st with Geller (Soviet Army) and Korchnoi (Trud), with +2 -1 =2. Burevestnik finished 1st over Avangard, Trud, Spartak, Daugava and Soviet Army. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," p.130; [rusbase-52] Winter, p.150

Mar del Plata 1962 (21 March - 12 April) Shared 2d with Szabo behind Polugaevsky, ahead of Byrne, Najdorf, Sanguineti, Pachman and Panno, with +5 -1 =9. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," pp.193-194; http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... Winter, p.150

Capablanca Memorial 1962 In Havana (29 April - 30 May) Shared 4th with Gligoric behind Najdorf, Spassky and Polugaevsky, ahead of Ivkov, Pietzsch, Ciocaltea, Guimard,and Pachman, with +10 -0 =11. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," p.189; Winter, p.150; American Chess Bulletin (July/August 1962), p.49

USSR Republics Team Championship 1962 In Leningrad (20 Oct - 2 Nov) 1st board for Moscow, with +2 -0 =6. Moscow finished 3d behind Leningrad and the RSFSR, ahead of Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Estonia, Lithuania and Moldavia. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," pp.243-244; [rusbase-53]

13th Leningrad-Moscow Match 1962 In Leningrad (3-5 Nov) 1st board for Moscow vs. Spassky, with +0 -0 =2 . Leningrad won 40.5 - 39.5. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," pp.259-260; [rusbase-54] Winter, p.153

Hastings (1962/63) (27 Dec 1962 - 5 Jan 1963) 3d behind Kotov and Gligoric, ahead of Marovic, Littlewood and Tan, with +3 -0 =6. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," p.267; http://storiascacchi.altervista.org... Winter, p.150; The Times (Dec 28 1962), p.8; The Times (Jan 7 1963), p.10

Chigorin Memorial International 1963 In Sochi (1-14 June) 2d behind Polugaevsky, ahead of Krogius, Kholmov, Antoshin and Ciocaltea, with +4 -1 =6. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," p.344; [rusbase-55] Winter, p.150

Moscow 3d Spartakiad 1963 (7-16 Aug) 3d board for Moscow, with +2 -0 =3. Moscow finished 2d to RSFSR in Group 1 final, ahead of Belarus, Leningrad, Ukraine and Georgia. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," pp.370-372; [rusbase-56] Winter, p.150

Moscow (1963) <Moscow Central Chess Club International> (29 Oct - 20 Nov) 1st over Tal, Gligoric, Antoshin, Vladimirov, Liberzon, Keres, Simagin, Szabo, Hort and Matanovic, with +8 -0 =7. Hilary Thomas, "Complete games of Mikhail Tal 1960-66" Batsford, 1979; [rusbase-57] Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," pp.329-330; Winter, p.150

Stockholm 1963-1964 (26 Dec 1963 - 4 Jan 1964) 1st over Boleslavsky, Arnlind, Laurine and Soderborg, with +7 -0 =1. Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.4

Amsterdam Interzonal (1964) (19 May - 24 June) Shared 1st with Larsen, Spassky and Tal, with +11 -0 =12 Edward Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," pp.5-6

Capablanca Memorial 1964 In Havana (25 Aug - 26 Sept) Shared 1st with Uhlmann over Taimanov, Evans and Portisch, with +11 -0 =10. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," pp.46-47; Winter, p.150

USSR Clubs Team Championship 1964 In Moscow (11-21 Nov) 1st board for Burevestnik, finished shared 5th with Stein (Avangard), behind Botvinnik (Trud), Tal (Daugava), Geller (Soviet Army), and Petrosian (Spartak), with +1 -3 =2. Burevestnik finished 2d behind Trud, ahead of Soviet Army, Spartak, Avangard, Daugava and Lokomotiv. [rusbase-58] Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," pp. 96-97

Tel Aviv Olympiad 1964 (2 - 25 Nov) Gold medal on 3d board with +10 -1 =2. The USSR 1st over Yugoslavia, West Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, USA, Bulgaria, Romania and Argentina. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," pp.101-109; http://www.olimpbase.org/1964/1964i... http://www.olimpbase.org/1964/1964f... http://www.olimpbase.org/1964/1964u... Winter, p.150; Földeák, p.????

Geller - Smyslov Candidates Quarterfinal (1965) In Moscow (17-28 April) Smyslov was eliminated +0 -3 =5. Winter, p.153; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.205; De Tijd de Maasbode (29 April), p.7

Moscow Championship of Trade Union Teams 1965 In Moscow (5-16 May) 1st board for Burevestnik. Placed 1st in individual competition over Botvinnik, Aronin, Flohr and Molchadsky, with +2 -0 =2. Burevestnik tied Trud for 1st in team competition, over Lokomotiv, Spartak and Vodnik. http://www.pic-upload.de/view-22761... "Смыслов - В поисках гармонии" 1979, p.145; "Смыслов - Летопись шахматного творчества" 1993 p.484; Vasily Smyslov, "Endgame Virtuoso" Ken Neat transl. (Everyman Chess 1997), p.17; Sergei Soloviov, "Mikhail Botvinnik Games II 1951 - 1970" (Chess Stars 2001), pp.366-367

3d European Team Championship Final 1965 In Hamburg (6-16 June) Gold medal on 4th board with +3 -0 =6. USSR won over Yugoslavia, Hungary, West Germany, Romania, and the Netherlands. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," pp.208-209; http://www.olimpbase.org/1965e/1965... http://www.olimpbase.org/1965e/1965... Winter, p.150

8th Spartakiad of Trade Unions 1965 In Moscow (3-12 Aug) 2d board for Moscow, with 4.5/6. In Final Group B, Moscow 1st over Leningrad and Belarus. There may be no surviving Smyslov game score from this event. [rusbase-59] Sergei Soloviov, "Mikhail Botvinnik Games II 1951 - 1970" (Chess Stars 2001), pp.366-367

Capablanca Memorial 1965 Game Collection: Havana 1965 (25 Aug - 26 Sept) 1st over Fischer, Ivkov, Geller, Kholmov and Pachman, with +13 -3 =5. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.157; Winter, p.150; Plisetsky & Voronkov, pp. 127–128

Santiago 1965 (13 Oct - 3 Nov) 1st over Geller, Foguelman, Quinones and Bielicki, with +9 -0 =4. Edward Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.184

Mar del Plata 1966 (12-31 March) 1st over Stein, Portisch, Reshevsky and Bolbochan, with +7 -0 =8. Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.273

4th Rubinstein Memorial 1966 In Polanica Zdrój (7-27 Aug) 1st over Liebert, Lengyel, Smederevac and Damjanovic, with +8 -0 =6. http://polbase.w.interia.pl/rub66.h... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.293; Winter, p.151

USSR Clubs Team Championship 1966 In Moscow (24 Sept - 6 Oct) 1st board for Burevestnik. Placed 5th in individual competition behind Botvinnik, Geller, Petrosian and Tal, with +2 -1 =7. Burevestnik finished 4th in team competition, behind Soviet Army, Trud and Spartak, ahead of Avangard, Daugava and Lokomotiv. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.333; [rusbase-60] Winter, p.151

Prague-Moscow 1966 In Prague (8-11 Dec) 1st board vs. Hort, with +1 -0 =1. Moscow won 11 - 7. Winter, p.153; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.342

GAME TO BE ADDED No.???
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USSR Championship (1966/67) In Tbilisi (28 Dec - 2 Feb) Shared 10th with Savon and Kholmov, behind Stein, Geller, Gipslis, Korchonoi, Taimanov, Lein, Krogius, Bronstein and Polugaevsky, with +4 -4 =12. Cafferty and Taimanov, pp.132-136; [rusbase-61] Winter, p.151

Monte Carlo (1967) (24 March - 4 April) 2d behind Fischer, ahead of Larsen, Geller, Matanovic, Gligoric and Lombardy, with +4 -0 =5. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," pp.396-397; Winter, p.151

Moscow-Leningrad Match 1967 In Leningrad (7-9 May) 1st board for Moscow, +2 -0 =0 vs. Korchnoi. Moscow won 25.5 - 10.5. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," pp.472-473; [rusbase-62] Winter, p.153

Moscow (1967) <50th Jubilee International> (21 May - 16 June) Shared 2d with Gipslis, Bobotsov and Tal, behind Stein, ahead of Portisch, Bronstein, Spassky, Geller and Najdorf, with +4 -1 =12. "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.398; [rusbase-63] Winter, p.151

USSR Republics Team Championship 1967 In Moscow (23 July -3 Aug) 3d board for Moscow, with +4 -0 =1 (semifinal) +1 -1 =3 (final). Moscow won over RSFSR, Ukraine, Belarus, Leningrad and Georgia. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," pp.453-462; [rusbase-64] Winter, p.151

Capablanca Memorial 1967 In Havana (25 Aug - 20 Sept) 3d behind Larsen and Taimanov, ahead of Polugaevsky, Filip, and Gligoric, with +8 -1 =10. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.390; Winter, p.151

Moscow 50th Jubilee National 1967 (21 Oct - 4 Nov) Shared 1st with Polugaevsky, over Bronstein and Zaitsev, with +5 -0 =6 (his win against Liberzon was by default). Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.397; [rusbase-65] Winter, p.151

Palma de Mallorca (1967) (27 Nov - 17 Dec) Shared 2d with Botvinnik, behind Larsen and ahead of Portisch, Gligoric and Ivkov, with +9 -1 =7. Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.408

Monte Carlo (1968) (3-17 April) Shared 3d with Hort, behind Larsen and Botvinnik, ahead of Byrne, Benko, Gheorghiu and Portisch with +4 -0 =9. http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," P.53

6th Rubinstein Memorial 1968 In Polanica Zdroj (3-25 Aug) 1st over Kavalek, Doda, Padevsky and Simagin, with +9 -1 =5. http://polbase.w.interia.pl/rub68.h... Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," p.63

Lugano Olympiad 1968 (17 Oct - 7 Nov) Gold medal on 2d reserve board, with +10 -0 =2. http://www.olimpbase.org/1968/1968i... http://www.olimpbase.org/1968/1968u... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," pp.98-107; Winter, p.151

Moscow-Leningrad Match 1968 In Moscow (22-24 Nov) 1st board, +1 -1 =0 vs. Taimanov. Match drawn 40 - 40. [rusbase-66] Winter, p.153; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," pp.123-124

6th USSR Clubs Team Championship 1968 In Riga (10-24 Dec) 3d board for Burevestnik with +3 -1 =3. Burevestnik 1st over Soviet Army, Spartak and Trud. [rusbase-67] Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," pp.111-114

Hastings (1968/69) (28 Dec - 8 Jan) 1st over Gligoric, Tukmakov, Keene and Smejkal, with +7 -1 =3. Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," p.130

Monte Carlo 1969 (31 March - 11 April) Shared 1st with Portisch, over Hort, Lombardy, Schmid and Gheorghiu, with +5 -0 =6. Wikipedia article: Monte Carlo chess tournament; Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," p.178

Skopje-Kruševo-Ohrid 1969 (26 July - 19 Aug) Shared 3d with Uhlmann, and Kholmov, behind Hort and Matalovic, with +5 -0 =10. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," p.202; Winter, p.151

Moscow-Bucharest Match 1969 In Moscow (6-9 July) 1st board, +1 -0 = 1 vs. Gheorgiu. Moscow won 11.5 - 8.5. Winter, p.153, [rusbase-68] Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," pp.244-245

USSR Championship (1969) <37th USSR Championship> In Moscow (6 Sept - 12 Oct). This was also a FIDE zonal tournament. Shared 3d with Taimanov and Geller, behind Polugaevsky and Petrosian, ahead of Stein, Balashov and Kholmov, with +6 -1 =15. Winter, p.151; [rusbase-69] Cafferty and Taimanov, pp.144-149

Hastings (1969/70) (29 Dec 1979 - 7 Jan 1980) 4th behind Portisch, Unzicker and Gligoric, ahead of Timman and Drimer, with +3 -1 =5. Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," p.251; "Chess Magazine," Vol.35, nos. 597-8, Feb 1970

USSR vs. Rest of the World (1970) In Belgrade (29 March - 4 April) 5th board, +2 -1 =1 vs. Reshevsky. The USSR won 20.5. - 19.5. Winter, p.153; Chess Life & Review, June 1970, pp. 297–301; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," p.374

Herceg Novi Blitz Championship 1970 (8-9 April) 8th behind Fischer, Tal, Korchnoi, Petrosian, Bronstein, Hort and Matulovic, with +8 -11 =3. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," p.295

Rovinj / Zagreb (1970) (12 April - 8 May) Shared 2d with Gligoric, Hort and Korchnoi behind Fischer, ahead of Petrosian, Ivkov and Minic, with +6 -1 =10. Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," p.332

4th European Team Championship 1970 In Kapfenberg (10-17 May) Gold medal on 5th board with +4 -0 =2. USSR finished 1st over Hungary, East Germany, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia. Winter, p.151, http://www.olimpbase.org/1970e/1970... http://www.olimpbase.org/1970e/1970... http://www.olimpbase.org/1970e/1970... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," pp.360-362

Buenos Aires (1970) (19 July - 15 Aug) 7th behind Fischer, Tukmakov, Panno, Gheorghiu, Najdorf and Reshevsky with +1 -0 =16. Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," pp.276-277

Siegen Olympiad 1970 (5-27 Sept) Gold medal on 1st reserve board with +5 -0 =6. USSR 1st over Hungary, Yugoslavia, Hungary, USA and Czechoslovakia. Winter, p.151; http://www.olimpbase.org/1970/1970i... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," pp.364-373

Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970) (9 Nov - 12 Dec) Shared 7th with Portisch, behind Fischer, Larsen, Geller, Huebner, Taimanov and Uhlmann, with +7 -3 =13. Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," pp.320-321

Smyslov-Portisch Match (For Official Reserve, Candidates) 1971 In Portoroz (30 March - 7 April) +1 -1 =4. Portisch was declared the winner on previous tie breaks from their shared 7th place finish at the <Palma de Mallorca 1970 Interzonal>, but subsequently, no reserve was required in the cycle. Winter, p.153; Wikipedia article: Lajos Portisch; GDR chess magazine "Schach" 5/1971, p.143; Egon Varnuzs "Selected Games of Lajos Portisch" (B.T. Batsford 1979), p.125, "CHESS" June 1971, p.269; Larousse "Journal de année" 1971 http://www.larousse.fr/archives/jou...

Amsterdam IBM 1971 (July) 1st over Portisch, Keres, Browne, Gligoric and Ivkov with +5 -0 =10. Winter, p.151; http://www.365chess.com/tournaments...

USSR Championship (1971) <39th USSR Championship> In Leningrad (15 Sept - 18 Oct) Shared 2d with Tal, behind Savon, ahead of Karpov, Balashov, Stein, Bronstein, Polugaevsky and Taimanov, with +6 -0 =15. Winter, p.151, [rusbase-70] Cafferty and Taimanov, pp.154-156

Moscow (1971) <Alekhine Memorial International> (24 Nov - 18 Dec) 3d behind Karpov and Stein, ahead of Tukmakov, Petrosian, Spassky, Tal, Byrne and Hort with +4 -0 =13. Winter, p.151; [rusbase-71]

Wijk aan Zee (34th Hoogoven) 1972 (January) Shared 5th with Savon, behind Portisch, Hort, Pomar and Browne, with +3 -2 =10 Winter, p.151; http://www.tatasteelchess.com/histo... http://www.tatasteelchess.com/histo...

USSR Republics Team Championship 1972 In Moscow (1-13 March) 2d board for Moscow with +2 -2 =4. Moscow 1st over RSFSR, Ukraine, Leningrad, Georgia and Latvia. http://www.olimpbase.org/1972st/197... Winter, p.151; [rusbase-72]

Las Palmas (1972) ( 29 May - 17 June ) Shared 2d with Larsen, behind Portisch, ahead of Bronstein, Benko, Tatai, Gheorghiu and Andersson, with +8 -1 =6. Winter, p.151; La Vanguardia 20 June 1972, p.44; Revista 64, 11 July 2011

Skopje Olympiad 1972 (18 Sept - 13 Oct) Silver medal on 3d board with +8 -0 =6. USSR 1st over Hungary, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and West Germany. Winter, p.151; http://www.olimpbase.org/1972/1972i... http://www.olimpbase.org/1972/1972u...

Hastings 1972-73 (27 Dec 1972 - Jan 1973) 9th, with +3 -3 =9. Winter, p.151; http://www.365chess.com/tournaments...

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Capablanca Memorial 1973 In Cienfuegos ( ) 1st over Kuzmin, Uhlmann and Martinez, with +12 -0 =9. http://mychess.blogspot.kr/2008/05/..., Winter, p.151, http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing...

Dating Clue: <Capablanca Memorial 1972> in Ceinfuegos (20 Feb - 17 March) http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19...

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5th European Team Championship 1973 In Bath (6-14 July) 6th board (4th board in round 3) with +3 -0 =2. The USSR first, over Yugoslavia, Hungary, Poland and West Germany. Winter, p.151, http://www.olimpbase.org/1973e/1973... http://www.olimpbase.org/1973e/1973...

Petropolis Interzonal (1973) (23 July - 17 Aug) 5th behind Mecking, Geller, Polugaevsky and Portisch, with +7 -2 =8 Winter, p.151, http://www.365chess.com/tournaments...

USSR Championship (1973) <41st USSR Championship 1973> In Moscow (2-26 Oct) 15th behind Spassky, Karpov, Petrosian, Polugaevsky, Korchnoi, Kuzmin, Geller and others, with +4 -2 =3. Winter, p.151, [rusbase-73]

Reykjavik 1974 (???) 1st over Forintos, Velimirovic and Bronstein, with +10 -0 =4 Winter, p.151, http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing... "Catch of the Day"- Smyslov vs F Olafsson, 1974

USSR Clubs Team Championship 1974 In Moscow (20 Aug - 2 Sept) 1st board for Burevestnik, with +4 -2 =3. Burevestnik 1st, over Soviet Army, Trud, Spartak and Dinamo. Winter, p.151, [rusbase-74]

Chigorin Memorial International 1974 In Sochi (5-26 Sept) Shared 4th with Kholmov and Cseshkovsky, behind Polugaevsky, Suetin and Espig, with +4 -2 =9. Winter, p.151, [rusbase-75], "Schach" Dec 1974, p.364

USSR Championship 1st League 1974 In Odessa (4-27 Oct) Shared 5th with Balashov, behind Romanishin, Dvorietzky, Kupreichik and Cseshkovsky, with +6 -3 =8. Winter, p.151, [rusbase-76]

Venice 1974 (9-24 Nov) 2d to Liberzon, ahead of Suttles, Andersson, Timman, Benko and Savon, with +5 -0 =8. Winter, p.151, http://www.torneionline.com/loto/lo...

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USSR Republics Team Championship 1975 In Riga (14-27 July) 2d board for Moscow with +1 -2 =4. Moscow finished 5th behind RSFSR, Ukraine, Leningrad and Georgia. Winter, p. 151, [rusbase-77]

Teesside Alexander Memorial 1975 In Teesside (UK) (???) 2d to Geller, ahead of Bronstein, Hort, Huebner and Sax with +4 -1 =9 http://www.clevelandchessassociatio..., Winter, p.152, http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing...

Szolnok 1975 Game Collection: Smyslov at Szolnok 1975 (14-28 October) 1st over Barczay, Westerinen, Zaitsev, Bilek and Benko, with +5 -0 =9. Smyslov revived the <Ruy Lopez Fianchetto Defense (C60)> in this event. Winter, p.152, http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing..., http://www.365chess.com/tournaments...

JFQ's "Catch of the Day" E Mednis vs Smyslov, 1975

European Club Championship Semifinal 1976 In Lund (20-22 Feb) 1st board for Burevestnik vs. Wahlbom (Lund ASK) with +2 -0 =0. Burevestnik beat Lund ASK 9.5 - 2.5. Winter, p.152, http://www.olimpbase.org/1976c/1976...

Lone Pine 1976 (7-14 March) Shared 2d behind Petrosian, with Panno, Christiansen, Quinteros, Miles, Najdorf, Rogoff, Browne, Forintos and others with +3 -0 =4. http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing..., Winter, p.152, Wikipedia article: Lone Pine International#1976

USSR Clubs Team Championship 1976 In Tbilisi (14-26 April) 1st board for Burevestnik with +0 -0 =7. Burevestnik first over Trud, County Societies, Soviet Army and Avangard. Winter, p.152, [rusbase-78]

European Chess Club Championship Final 1976 In Solingen (8-10 May) 1st board for Burevestnik vs. Huebner (SG Solingen) +0 -0 =3. Burevestnik and SG Solingen drew 9-9. http://www.olimpbase.org/1976c/1976..., Winter, p.152, http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing...

Biel Interzonal (1976) (11 July - 6 Aug) Shared 5th with Byrne and Huebner, behind Larsen, Petrosian, Portisch and Tal, ahead of Andersson, Csom, Geller and Smejkal with +5 -0 =13. Winter p.152, http://www.worldchesslinks.net/ezdo...

October Revolution 60th Anniversary (1977) In Leningrad (24 June - 19 July) 3d, behind Romanishin and Tal, ahead of Vaganian, Karpov, Taimanov and Ribli, with +4 -0 =13 Winter p.152, [rusbase-79]

Tilburg Interpolis (1977) (23 Sept - 6 Oct) 10th, behind Karpov, Miles, Hort, Huebner and Timman, with +0 -2 =9 Winter p.152, http://www.365chess.com/tournaments...

45th USSR Championship 1977 In Leningrad (28 Nov - 22 Dec) Shared 12th, behind Gulko, Dorfman, Polugaevsky, Petrosian, Geller, Tal and others, with +2 -4 =9 Winter p.152, [rusbase-80]

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4th USSR Championship Zonal 1978 In Lvov (4-28 April) Shared 7th with Beliavsky, behind Balashov, Vaganian, Tseshkovsky, Romanishin, Kuzmin and Tukmakov, with +4 -4 =6. Smyslov failed to qualify for the <Riga Interzonal 1979> tournament. Winter p.152, [rusbase-81]

European Club Cup Round of Sixteen 1978 In Budapest (Some time between September and early November) 1st board for Burevestnik, with +0 -1 =1 vs. Portisch. Burevestnik beat MTK Vörös Meteor Budapest to advance to the quarterfinals. http://www.olimpbase.org/1979c/1979...

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Sao Paulo 1978 (Some time between September and early November) 1st over Dorfman, Ivkov, Quinteros and Sosonko, with +6 -0 =7 Winter p.152, http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19...

Buenos Aires 1978 (November) Shared 2d with Vaganian and Panno behind Andersson, ahead of Browne, Gheorgiu and Najdorf, with +4 -0 =9 Winter p.152, http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing...

DATING CLUE: The Buenos Aires Olympiad was played 25th October - 12th November 1978. None of the players in the <Sao Paulo> event played in the Olympiad. <Vaganian> and <Browne> played in both the <Buenos Aires> event *and* the Olympiad, so they cannot have been concurrent. Chessmetrics lists the date of the Buenos Aires tournament as November, so it may have been contested shortly after 12 Nov, when the Olympiad ended.

Di Felice's list of Brazilian Chess periodicals: http://books.google.co.kr/books?id=...

European Club Championship Quarterfinal 1979 In Moscow (Some time before March) 1st board for Burevestnik, with +0 -1 =1 vs. Gligoric. Burevestnik beat ŠK Partizan Belgrade to advance to the semifinals. Winter, p.152, http://www.olimpbase.org/1979c/1979...

European Club Championship Semifinal 1979 In Solingen (Some time before March) 1st board for Burevestnik, with +0 -2 =0 vs. Kavalek. Burevestnik beat SG Solingen to advance to the finals. Winter, p.152, http://www.olimpbase.org/1979c/1979...

Republics Team Match-Tournament 1979 In Tbilisi (24-31 March) Smyslov 8th board for Moscow. Moscow finished 1st over Georgia, Leningrad and Latvia. [rusbase-82]

7th Spartakiad 1979 In Moscow (July) Smyslov played for Moscow, with +2 -1 =6. Karpov won the gold medal in the individual competition; Ukraine won the team competition. Winter, p.152, http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//...

Berlin DSV Turnier 1979 In East Berlin (Start day- 11 Sept) Shared 1st with Csom, over Bagirov, Suba, Vogt and others, with +5 -0 =9 Winter, p.152, http://www.365chess.com/tournaments..., http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing..., Wikipedia article: Istv%C3%A1n Csom

Tilburg Interopolis 1979 Game Collection: Tilburg Interpolis 1979 (October) 12th, behind Karpov, Romanishin, Portisch, Sax and others, with +1 -7 =3 Winter, p.152, User: suenteus po 147

European Club Championship Final 1979 In Bad Lauterberg (23-27 Nov) Shared 2d board with Georgadze for Burevestnik, with +0 -0 =2 vs. Timman. Burevestnik beat Volmac Rotterdam to win the overall championship, over SG Solingen, Spartacus Budapest, ŠK Partizan Belgrade and others. Winter, p.152, http://www.olimpbase.org/1979c/1979...

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Di Felice, Gino "Chess Results 1956-1960" McFarland, 2010

Di Felice, Gino "Chess Results 1961-1963" McFarland, 2013

Di Felice, Gino "Chess Results 1964-1967" McFarland, 2013

Di Felice, Gino "Chess Results 1968-1970" McFarland, 2013

Földeák, Árpád "Chess Olympiads 1927–1968" Dover, 1979

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Golombek, Harry "The World Chess Championship 1948" Hardinge Simpole, 1949

Golombek, Harry "The World Chess Championships of 1957 and 1958" Hardinge Simpole, 1958

Golombek, Harry "World Chess Championship 1954" Macgibbon & Kee, 1954

Najdorf, Miguel "Zürich 1953" Taylor Kingsford transl. Russell Enterprises, 2012

Plisetsky & Voronkov "Russians v. Fischer" Everyman Chess, 2005

Revista 64

Romanovsky, P.A. "Vassily Vassilievitch Smyslov" Published in Vasily Smyslov, "My Best Games of Chess (1935-1957)" P.H. Clarke ed., transl. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1958

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Smyslov, Vasily "Smyslov's 125 Selected Games" Ken Neat transl. Cadogen, 1983

Smyslov, Vasily "Endgame Virtuoso" Ken Neat transl. Everyman Chess, 1997

Soloviov, Sergei "Mikhail Botvinnik Games II 1951 - 1970" Chess Stars, 2001

Soltis, Andrew "Soviet Chess 1917-1991" McFarland, 1997

Sosonko, Genna "The World Champions I Knew" New in Chess, 2013

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Journals and Newspapers

American Chess Bulletin

British Chess Magazine

Ceskolovensky Sach 1946

CHESS

Chess Life

Chess Life & Review

Chess Magazine

De Tijd

De Tijd de Maasbode

De Waarheid

Evening Telegraph

La Vanguardia

NY Times

Schach (GDR)

Shakhmatny Bulletin

Shakhmatny v SSSR

The Times

Tidskrift för schack

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ICCF AMICI http://amici.iccf.com/

ITN Source http://www.itnsource.com/en/

Jan Van Reek http://www.endgame.nl/index.html

Larousse "Journal de année" (archive) http://www.larousse.fr/archives/jou...

NovaMakedonija http://www.novamakedonija.com

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picupload http://www.pic-upload.de/view-22761...

Polbase http://polbase.w.interia.pl/

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