GIA: <N.O.F. NAJDORF: I don't know about Smyslov's mother, but it is likely that he had at least a Jewish grandfather, as his father had a Jewish patronym, namely Osipovich.> Nonsense. The man called Osip Smyslov couldn't be Jewish at least because of his Russian family name. The ...
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