| ECO A15 in 1950 play it! vasily smyslov defeats black's lublinsky v in 74 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nd2 c5 9. Qc2 a6 10. O-O Rb8 11. a3 Qc7 12. Rb1 Bd7 13. Nce4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Rbc8 15. b3 b5 16. h4 Bf5 17. h5 e6 18. h6 Bh8 19. Rd1 e5 20. f3 Nb7 21. g4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Bf6 23. g5 Be7 24. Bh3 Rce8 25. Kh1 f6 26. gxf6 Bxf6 27. Rg1 b4 28. a4 a5 29. Bd2 Nd8 30. Rg2 Kh8 31. Rbg1 Qe7 32. Bc1 Nf7 33. Rg4 Nd8 34. Kg2 Kg8 35. Kf1 Kh8 36. Ke1 Rf7 37. Kd1 Rff8 |
| ECO A15 in 1974 play it! vasily smyslov defeats black's janis klovans in 67 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. O-O Rb8 7. a4 b6 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Qxc4 c5 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. e4 Rfd8 16. Qe2 e5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bd2 Qe6 19. Nh4 Bb4 20. Nd5 Bxd2 21. Rxd2 Nc5 22. Rfd1 Kh8 23. Nxf6 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Qxf6 25. Nf5 Nb3 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. h4 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Nc5 29. f3 Kh7 30. b4 Ne6 31. Qd7 Nd8 32. b5 a6 33. Ne7 axb5 34. Qxd8 |
| ECO A15 in 1956 play it! vasily smyslov defeats black's bogdan sliwa in 109 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. e3 Rc8 11. Rc1 Rc7 12. Qe2 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. a3 Be7 16. e4 N5f6 17. Nd4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Qa8 19. b4 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. h3 Bf8 22. Qd3 a5 23. Qb3 axb4 24. axb4 Nb8 25. Bc3 Nc6 26. Nc2 Nb8 27. Ne3 Nbd7 28. Kh2 Qa8 29. Qc4 Qb8 30. Qd4 Qd6 31. Qxd6 Bxd6 32. f4 Bf8 33. Nec4 Ne8 34. Bf1 Nd6 35. Nxd6 Bxd6 36. Bd3 Bc7 37. Kg2 e5 38. f5 Kf8 39. Kf3 f6 40. g4 Nb8 41. b5 Bd6 42. Nc4 Bc5 43. g5 Nd7 44. h4 Bd4 45. Bb4+ Bc5 46. Nxb6 Bxb4 47. Nxd7+ Ke7 48. Nb6 Be1 49. Nc4 Kd7 50. h5 h6 51. Nxe5+ fxe5 52. f6 Ke8 53. fxg7 Kf7 54. gxh6 Bd5 55. exd5 |
| ECO A15 in 1950 play it! vasily smyslov defeats black's alexei sokolsky in 45 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Bd2 d6 7. Qc1 Nd4 8. Rb1 h5 9. h3 Rb8 10. e3 Nc6 11. a3 Be6 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. Qc2 a6 14. Ne2 b5 15. Bc3 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nb4 17. Qd2 Nbxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxg7 Rh7 20. Bc3 Qd7 21. e4 Nxc3 22. Nxc3 h4 23. g4 |
| ECO A10 in 1968 play it! vasily smyslov defeats black's vlastimil jansa in 89 moves | 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. O-O c6 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Rad1 Nf8 14. Nde4 g5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bg3 Qg6 17. Ne4 f5 18. Nd6 Re7 19. f4 gxf4 20. exf4 e4 21. Bh4 Rc7 22. Nxc8 Raxc8 23. c5 Kh7 24. Rd6 Ne6 25. Bc4 Re8 26. Rfd1 Bf8 27. Rd7+ Rxd7 28. Rxd7+ Kh8 29. b4 b6 30. Be1 bxc5 31. Bc3+ Kg8 32. bxc5 Bxc5+ 33. Kh1 Re7 34. Rxe7 Bxe7 35. Qa4 Kf8 36. Qxa7 Nd8 37. Qd7 Qg4 38. Be5 e3 39. h3 Qh5 40. Qd3 Nf7 41. Qxe3 Nd6 42. Be2 Qf7 43. Qa7 Qd5 44. Qa8+ Kf7 45. Bf3 |
| ECO A26 in 1965 play it! vasily smyslov defeats black's shreder e in 77 moves | 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nge7 6. Rb1 O-O 7. b4 d6 8. e3 Kh8 9. b5 Nb8 10. Nge2 Nd7 11. a4 Rb8 12. a5 Nc5 13. d4 exd4 14. exd4 Ne6 15. O-O Nf5 16. d5 Nc5 17. Ne4 Re8 18. N2c3 b6 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bf4 Nh6 21. Re1 Nf7 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Qf1 Bd7 25. Re1 Qf8 26. Bd2 Re8 27. a6 Rxe1 28. Bxe1 Qe7 29. Nd1 Bf5 30. Ne3 Be4 31. Bd2 Bxg2 32. Nxg2 Bh6 33. f4 Qe4 34. Ba5 Bg7 35. Bxc7 Qd4+ 36. Kh1 Qb2 37. Qe1 h5 38. b6 axb6 39. a7 |
| ECO A15 in 1947 play it! vasily smyslov defeats black's genik kasparian in 81 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. O-O Nxd2 8. Nbxd2 Bxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. Qc3 Nd7 11. Rac1 e5 12. c5 e4 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Qc7 Re8 16. Qxe7 Rxe7 17. Nc4 d5 18. Nd6 Be6 19. Rc5 Ne8 20. Nxe8 Raxe8 21. Rfc1 Kf8 22. f4 Rd8 23. Kf2 Ree8 24. R5c3 Ke7 25. Ra3 a6 26. Rb3 Bc8 27. a4 Rd6 28. Rc7+ Kf8 29. a5 Rdd8 30. Rbc3 g6 31. e3 Be6 32. Rxb7 Rb8 33. Rb6 Rxb6 34. axb6 Rb8 35. Rb3 Bc8 36. Bf1 Ke7 37. g4 Kd6 38. g5 Kc6 39. b7 Be6 40. Bxa6 Kc7 41. Rc3+ |
| ECO A13 in 1949 play it! vasily smyslov defeats black's lev aronin in 69 moves | 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 Bxh3 13. Bxh3 Re8 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Rb1 Rad8 16. b4 Bd6 17. Bd2 a6 18. Bg2 Be5 19. a4 Bf6 20. b5 Ne5 21. bxa6 Qxa6 22. Rb5 Nc4 23. Bc1 Nb6 24. Qb3 Nxa4 25. Bxd5 Rxe2 26. Bxf7+ Kh8 27. Bc4 Nc3 28. Rb6 Qa5 29. Rxb7 Re4 30. Bb2 Qe5 31. Rb6 Rc8 32. Ba6 Rc7 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. Bd3 Qe6 35. Qxe6 |
| ECO A10 in 1969 play it! vasily smyslov defeats black's vladimir liberzo in 63 moves | 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. cxd5 O-O 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. O-O Rc8 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bxd4 15. Rad1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qd6 17. h4 h5 18. Rd4 Kg7 19. Rf4 Rc7 20. Re6 Qd8 21. Re3 Qd6 22. Rfe4 a5 23. a4 Qf6 24. Rf4 Qd6 25. Re6 Qc5 26. Rxg6+ fxg6 27. Rxf8 Qxc3 28. Qf7+ Kh6 29. Qf4+ Kg7 30. Rf7+ Kg8 31. d6 Qxb3 32. Rf8+ |
| ECO A10 in 1954 play it! vasily smyslov defeats black's karl robatsch in 67 moves | 1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. e4 e5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Bg5 Nge7 7. d5 Nb8 8. Nc3 h6 9. Bd2 f5 10. exf5 Nxf5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Ne4 Nf6 14. Bd3 g5 15. Bc3 Ne7 16. Ng3 Bg4 17. h3 Bd7 18. Nd2 Qe8 19. Nde4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Ng6 21. Bb1 Nh4 22. Qd3 Nf5 23. Rce1 Qf7 24. Re3 Qe7 25. Rf3 e4 26. Nxe4 Nh4 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. Rxf6 Rxf6 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qxd7 Re8 32. Qxc7 g4 33. hxg4 Qf4 34. Bf5 |
| ECO A13 in 1970 play it! vasily smyslov defeats black's fridrik olafsson in 133 moves | 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Qc1 Qc8 13. Bg5 Nbd5 14. Nbd2 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nb3 Bd6 17. Nc5 Bd5 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 a5 20. Qe3 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Qa6 22. Qd3 Nd5 23. e4 Nf6 24. f3 c6 25. Qe3 Rad8 26. Rd6 Rxd6 27. cxd6 c5 28. Qxc5 b4 29. Re1 Rd8 30. Nc6 Ra8 31. Ne7+ Kh7 32. e5 Nd7 33. Qc2+ g6 34. f4 Nb6 35. Qe2 Qb7+ 36. Qf3 Qa6 37. Rc1 Nc4 38. Qe2 Qb7+ 39. Kg1 Nxd6 40. exd6 Qb6+ 41. Qf2 Qxd6 42. Nc8 Qd3 43. Nb6 Rd8 44. b3 Qf5 45. Nc4 Rd3 46. Ne5 Rc3 47. Qd2 Rxc1+ 48. Qxc1 g5 49. Qd2 Kg7 50. Qd3 Qf6 51. Qd4 Qf5 52. Qd3 Qf6 53. Qe4 Qd8 54. Nf3 Qd1+ 55. Kf2 Qc1 56. Qe3 Qb1 57. Qe2 g4 58. Ne5 h5 59. Kg2 f6 60. Nd3 Kf7 61. Nf2 Ke7 62. h3 f5 63. hxg4 hxg4 64. Nd3 Kf7 65. Kh2 Qa1 66. Ne5+ Kf8 67. Qd2 |
| ECO A10 in 1966 play it! vasily smyslov defeats black's samuel schweber in 59 moves | 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 f5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. exf5 gxf5 10. f4 Nc6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Ne7 14. Qb3 Qxd3 15. Rad1 Qe3+ 16. Kh1 h5 17. Nf4 exf4 18. Rfe1 Nc6 19. Rxe3 fxe3 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5 e2 22. Re1 Nd4 23. Qe3 Kg7 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Qg7+ Rf7 27. Qe5+ Kd8 28. Qxc5 Rd7 29. Bd5 Ne6 30. Qe3 |
| ECO A15 in 1958 play it! vasily smyslov defeats black's burkhard malich in 81 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nfd2 c5 9. Nc3 a6 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 Rb8 13. Rab1 Qc7 14. Rfc1 bxc4 15. bxc4 Bf5 16. e4 Bd7 17. Nd1 e5 18. Bc3 Ng4 19. h3 Nh6 20. Rb2 Rxb2 21. Qxb2 Bf6 22. f4 Nb7 23. Nf2 Bg7 24. Rb1 Bc8 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Nd3 Re8 28. Qb6 Qe7 29. Qxa6 f5 30. Qb6 Qg5 31. Nf1 fxe4 32. Nf2 Rf8 33. Nxe4 Qe7 34. d6 Qf7 35. d7 Qxd7 36. Nf6+ Rxf6 37. Qxf6 Qd4+ 38. Kh2 Qxc4 39. Ne3 Qe2 40. Re1 Qd2 41. Nd5 |
| ECO A00 in 1980 play it! vasily smyslov defeats black's maxwell fuller in 79 moves | 1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 c5 3. e4 Bg7 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 d6 8. a3 Be6 9. b4 Qd7 10. Be3 b6 11. b5 Nd8 12. c4 O-O 13. Nbc3 Bh3 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15. a4 f5 16. Bg5 f4 17. f3 fxg3 18. hxg3 Bh6 19. Qd2 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Rf7 21. a5 Ne6 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. fxg4 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Nc7 25. Kg2 g5 26. Nd5 Ncxd5 27. exd5 bxa5 28. Rxa5 e4 29. dxe4 Nc8 30. Ra6 Nb6 31. e5 dxe5 32. Kf3 Nxc4 33. Ke4 Rd8 34. Nc3 Rd7 35. Rc6 Kg7 36. Rxc5 Nd6+ 37. Kxe5 Kf7 38. Ne4 Nxe4 39. Kxe4 Re7+ 40. Kf5 |
| ECO B41 in 1973 play it! vasily smyslov defeats black's vlastimil hort in 63 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O a6 8. f4 O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. a4 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Qe1 Nbd7 13. Bf2 Rac8 14. g4 Nc5 15. g5 Nfd7 16. Rd1 Nb8 17. Be3 Nc6 18. Qg3 Rfe8 19. Bg2 Bf8 20. Rf2 Qd7 21. Nf3 Nb4 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. Ng4 Nd7 24. Bd4 e5 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Rdf1 Re7 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Nxh7 Re6 30. Rxf7 Bc5+ 31. Kh1 Re7 32. Rf8+ |
| ECO B46 in 1974 play it! vasily smyslov defeats black's yury razuvaev in 65 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 Bb4 9. Bg5 Qd6 10. Nxc6 Qxd1 11. Nxd1 dxc6 12. e5 Nd7 13. f4 Bd2 14. Bh4 h6 15. Bg3 g5 16. fxg5 hxg5 17. Nf2 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Be5 O-O 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Ne4 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Bf4 23. g3 Be5 24. c3 Bd7 25. Nxg5 c5 26. Bg4 Rd8 27. Kg1 Bc6 28. Nxe6 Rd2 29. Rf8+ Kh7 30. Bf5+ Kh6 31. Rf7 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Bxd7 33. Nd8 |
| ECO B24 in 1946 play it! vasily smyslov defeats black's cenek kottnauer in 73 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Qa5 8. Nge2 Nd4 9. O-O Ne7 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. f4 Rb8 12. g4 h5 13. f5 Be5 14. fxg6 Nxg6 15. g5 Nxe2 16. Qxe2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Qf2 Qg7 19. d4 b6 20. Rad1 Bb5 21. Rfe1 O-O 22. Qg3 Rbc8 23. d5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Rcd8 25. Bd2 h4 26. Qb3 Bc6 27. Rf5 Qd4 28. Rf6 c4 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. Bxc3 Rfe8 31. Kg1 Rd7 32. Bh3 Rde7 33. Rxd6 Bxe4 34. Bf6 Bxc2 35. Bxe7 Ba4 36. Rd8 Rxd8 37. Bxd8 |
| ECO C77 in 1940 play it! vasily smyslov defeats black's vladimir petrov in 109 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. h3 dxe4 11. dxe4 h6 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. a4 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15. b4 Ne7 16. Nb3 Ng6 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Be3 Nh5 19. Kh1 Nhf4 20. Qf1 Qf6 21. Ng1 Ne6 22. Ra5 Bd7 23. Bd3 Ng5 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Bxb5 Bxb5 26. Rxb5 Rxb5 27. Qxb5 Qxf2 28. Qe2 Qf6 29. Na5 Qe6 30. Qc4 Qc8 31. g3 Ne7 32. g4 Ng6 33. Nc6 Qa8 34. Nf3 Qa4 35. Rd2 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qc1 37. b5 Ra8 38. Rf2 Ra1 39. Nd8 Qf4+ 40. Kg2 Be7 41. Nxf7 Qxf7 42. Qxf7+ Kxf7 43. Nxe5+ Ke6 44. Nxg6 Bd6 45. Nf8+ Ke7 46. Nh7 Bf4 47. h4 Rc1 48. Nxg5 Bxg5 49. hxg5 Rxc3 50. g6 Ke6 51. Rf7 Rc5 52. Kg3 Rxb5 53. Kf4 Rc5 54. Rxg7 Kf6 55. Rg8 |
| ECO C75 in 1956 play it! vasily smyslov defeats black's christian poulse in 79 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. Nf1 Qc8 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Ng5 Nd8 14. f4 a4 15. Bc2 h6 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nf3 exd4 18. e5 Nh7 19. Qd3 Nf8 20. cxd4 c6 21. Be3 Be6 22. Qd2 f6 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Nh5 Nf7 25. Bxh6 Qd8 26. Bf4 Bd5 27. Rxe8 Qxe8 28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29. Qf2 Ne6 30. Qg3+ Kf8 31. Bd2 Ke7 32. Re1 Kd7 33. Bf5 Qg8 34. Qf4 Nd6 35. Bxe6+ Bxe6 36. Bb4 Ne8 37. d5 Bxd5 38. Re7+ Kc8 39. Qf5+ Kb8 40. Qd7 |
| ECO C75 in 1952 play it! vasily smyslov defeats black's gideon barcza in 65 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 exd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. Nf1 d5 13. Ne5 Qe6 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. e5 Ne8 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. Qf3 c6 19. Nf5 Kh8 20. Bd2 Rg8 21. Rac1 Nc7 22. Rc3 Rge8 23. Qf4 Bf8 24. Rh3 Re6 25. Ree3 h6 26. Bb4 g5 27. Qxg5 Rg6 28. Qh5 Ne6 29. Bxf8 Nf4 30. Bg7+ Kg8 31. Nxh6+ Kxg7 32. Nf5+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ |