Grandmaster (chess)
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Grandmaster is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. Once achieved, the title is
Siegbert Tarrasch (1862–1934)
Akiba Rubinstein (1880–1961)
Jacques Mieses (1865–1954), one of the first FIDE Grandmasters
Vasily Smyslov
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Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who was the seventh World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958. He was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on eight occasions
Smyslov in 1977
Botvinnik vs. Smyslov (right) at the World Chess Championship 1957
Smyslov at the Amsterdam Interzonal in 1964
Karpov (left), Euwe (bottom) and Smyslov at the 1977 Tilburg chess tournament