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
Bobby Fischer
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Robert James Fischer was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Championships at the age of 14. In 1964, he won wit
Vasily Smyslov
…the following year. In 1966, there were victories at Mar del Plata and at the Rubinstein Memorial in Polanica-Zdrój. In 1967, he was second (behind Fischer) at Monte Carlo, won at Moscow, and finished second (behind Stein) at the city's Alekhine Memorial tournament. He placed third the same year at the…
Fischer in 1972
William Lombardy (left) and Fischer analyzing, with Jack Collins (center) looking on
Fischer in Cuba, March 1956
Fischer in 1956