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
Mikhail Botvinnik
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Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who held five world titles in three different reigns. The sixth World Chess Champion, he also worked as an electrical engineer
Vasily Smyslov
…the 1940 USSR Chess Championship (Moscow, URS-ch12), he performed exceptionally well for 3rd place with 13/19, finishing ahead of the reigning champion Mikhail Botvinnik. This tournament was the strongest Soviet final up to that time, as it included several players, such as Paul Keres and Vladas Mikėnas, from countries…
Botvinnik in 1962
Botvinnik in 1927
Botvinnik vs. Lasker, 1936
Levenfish vs. Botvinnik (right), 1937