Vasily Osipovich Smyslov

Vasily Osipovich Smyslov (1881, Astrakhan – 1943) was a Russian chess master, and the father of Vasily Vasilievich Smyslov, World Chess Champion from 1957–8.

Born in Astrakhan, in the Volga Delta, he studied at the St. Petersburg's Institute of Technology, and became an economic engineer. He was a strong chess player who once defeated Alexander Alekhine at St. Petersburg 1912 (Winter tournament).^[1] He took 5th at St. Petersburg 1903 (N.A. Panchenko won), tied for 8-10th at Kiev 1929 (Fedor Bohatirchuk won),^[2] tied for 4–6th at Moscow 1929, and took 7th at Kiev 1930.^[3]

References

^ http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/relative.htm&date=2009-10-25+09:50:51
^ http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/pics/cn5606_smyslov.jpg
^ http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01

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Name	Smyslov, Vasily Osipovich
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Date of birth	1881
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Date of death	1943
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