[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "K Gerasimov"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 Bd6
7. O-O Qc7 8. a3 b6 9. c4 Bb7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Re1 cxd4 12. exd4
O-O 13. Na4 Bf4 14. Ne5 dxc4 15. bxc4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc6
17. Bf1 Rfd8 18. Qb3 Ng4 19. h3 Rd3 20. Qxb6 Rxh3 21. Bd4 Bh2+
22. Kh1 Bxe5+ 0-1

[Event "t Moscow"]
[Site "t Moscow"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Ng8 5.Qg4 h5 6.Qf4 c5 7.dxc5
Bxc5 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Bd3 Nb4 10.O-O Nxd3 11.cxd3 Bd7 12.Be3 Be7
13.Qg3 g6 14.Bg5 Nh6 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Rac1 Nf5 17.Qf4 Kf8
18.Ne2 Kg7 19.Rc7 Rhc8 20.Rxb7 Rcb8 21.Rxb8 Rxb8 22.b3 Rc8
23.Ned4 Qa3 24.Nxf5+ exf5 25.Qg5 Be6 26.Qf6+ Kg8 27.Ng5 Re8
28.Nxe6 Rxe6 29.Qd8+ Kg7 30.Qxd5 Qxa2 31.h3 Qb2 32.d4 Rb6
33.Qd7 a5 34.Qa7 Qxb3 35.Qxa5 f4 36.Qd2 f3 37.d5 fxg2 38.Kxg2
Qc4 39.d6 Rb7 40.Rd1 Rd7 41.Qd5 Qf4 42.Qd4 Qg5+ 43.Kh2 Kh7
44.Qe4 Kg7 45.Rd4 Ra7 46.Qf4 Qxf4+ 47.Rxf4 g5 48.Rf5 Kg6
49.Rf6+ Kg7 50.h4 gxh4 51.Kh3 Ra4 52.d7 Ra8 53.Rd6 Rd8 54.f4
Kf8 55.f5 Ke7 56.f6+ 1-0

[Event "Leningrad/Moscow training"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[EventDate "1939.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Vsevolodovich Belavenets"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3 b6
7. h3 Bb7 8. Bc4 d5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 Nxd2
12. Qxd2 Re8 13. Bg3 a6 14. Rad1 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Be2 f6
17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bc4+ Kf8 20. Qe3 exf3 21. Rxd8
Raxd8 22. gxf3 Rd6 23. Bd3 Red8 24. Be4 Bc8 25. Kg2 a5 26. Rb1
Be6 27. b3 Bf6 28. a3 Kg7 29. b4 h6 30. bxc5 Bg5 31. Qe2 Rd2
32. Qb5 Be3 33. cxb6 Rxf2+ 34. Kg3 Kf6 35. Re1 Rdd2 36. Rg1 g5
0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.27"]
[EventDate "1940.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nge2 d6 6.f3 e5 7.Be3
exd4 8.Nxd4 c6 9.Qd2 d5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.e5 Ne8 12.f4 f6
13.exf6 Nxf6 14.Be2 Nc6 15.O-O Re8 16.Kh1 Bg4 17.Bxg4 Nxg4
18.Bg1 Nxh2 19.Bxh2 Nxd4 20.Rae1 Qd7 21.Qd3 Rad8 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8
23.Bg1 Qf5 24.Qd1 Ne2 25.Nxe2 Qh5+ 26.Bh2 Rxe2 27.Re1 Re4
28.Qc1 Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 h6 30.Qd2 Qf5 31.Bg1 Qh5+ 32.Bh2 Kh7
33.b3 d4 34.Qd3 Qf5 35.Qd2 Qe4 36.Bg1 b5 37.b4 a6 38.Kh2 g5
39.g3 gxf4 40.gxf4 Kg6 41.Bf2 Bf6 42.a4 bxa4 43.Qa2 d3 44.Qxa4
Qe2 45.Kg3 h5 46.Qxa6 h4+ 47.Kg2 Qe4+ 48.Kf1 Qh1+ 49.Bg1 Qf3+
50.Bf2 d2 51.f5+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1941.07.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Re8 11. Nbd2 d5 12. h3
Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. dxe5 Nxe4 15. Nf1 Na5 16. Bxd5 c6 17. Bxe4
Bxe4 18. Qxd8 Bxd8 19. N3d2 Bd3 20. Bd4 Bg5 21. Ne4 Bf4
22. Nc5 Bg6 23. b3 Reb8 24. Ne3 Nb7 25. Nxb7 Bxe3 26. Rxe3
Rxb7 27. f4 h6 28. f5 Bh7 29. e6 fxe6 30. Rxe6 Rc8 31. b4 Kf7
32. Rae1 Rcc7 33. Kf2 a5 34. a3 axb4 35. axb4 Rc8 36. Kg3 Rd7
37. Kf4 Kf8 38. Bc5+ Kf7 39. Re7+ Rxe7 40. Rxe7+ Kf6 41. h4
Bxf5 42. gxf5 1-0

[Event "USSR Absolute Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad- Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.27"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. a4 Qa5 8. Qd2 Nbc6 9. Nf3 c4 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 f6 12. exf6
Rxf6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Nh4 Nc8 16. f4 N6e7 17. Rfb1
Qc7 18. a5 Bc6 19. Nf3 Ng6 20. Ne5 Nce7 21. Bc5 a6 22. Ng4 Rf7
23. Re1 Nf5 24. Re2 h6 25. Rae1 Qc8 26. Bf3 Kh7 27. Rf1 Qc7
28. Qe1 Nf8 29. Ne5 Rf6 30. g4 Nd6 31. Qg3 Nf7 32. g5 Nxe5
33. gxf6 Nxf3+ 34. Rxf3 gxf6 35. f5 Qxg3+ 36. Rxg3 e5 37. Reg2
Nd7 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. R7g6 Kh7 40. Ba3 exd4 41. Bc1 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch ,HCL 12"]
[Site "Moscow-ch ,HCL 12"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O
Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.d5 Nb8 10.Nd4 e6 11.e4 exd5 12.exd5 N8d7
13.Bf4 Ne5 14.h3 Nbc4 15.b3 Nd6 16.Re1 Re8 17.Rc1 a6 18.Na4
Nb5 19.Ne6 Bxe6 20.dxe6 Rxe6 21.Nc5 Qxd1 22.Rexd1 Rd6 23.Nxb7
Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rb8 25.a4 Nc3 26.Rd2 Re8 27.Nc5 a5 28.Rc2 Nd1
29.Bd2 Bf8 30.Ne4 Rb8 31.Bxa5 Rxb3 32.Bxc7 Nd3 33.Bf1 N1b2
34.a5 f5 35.Nd2 Ra3 36.Nc4 Nxc4 37.Rxc4 Ra1 38.Bb6 Ne5 39.Rc3
Bb4 40.Rc8+ Kf7 41.Kg2 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bc2 Nxf2 12.Rxf2 f6
13.exf6 Qxf6 14.Qf1 Bg4 15.Kh1 Bxf2 16.Qxf2 Rae8 17.Qg3 Ne5
18.Bd1 Nd3 19.h3 Bh5 20.Bc2 Nf4 21.Ng1 c5 22.Ndf3 Ne2 23.Nxe2
Rxe2 24.Bd1 Re6 25.Bd2 h6 26.Kh2 Re4 27.Ng5 hxg5 28.Bxh5 Re5
29.Bf3 Qe7 30.a4 Kh7 31.axb5 axb5 32.Ra7 Qd6 33.Bg4 Rd8 34.Kh1
d4 35.cxd4 cxd4 36.Bf4 Re1+ 37.Qxe1 Qxf4 38.Rd7 Rxd7 39.Bxd7
d3 40.Bg4 d2 41.Qe2 b4 42.Qd3+ g6 43.Kg1 Kh6 44.b3 Kg7 45.Bf3
Qf7 46.Kf2 Qe6 47.Qe3 Qd6 48.Bd1 Qd5 49.g4 Kh7 50.Ke2 1-0

[Event "t Moscow"]
[Site "t Moscow"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nf3 e6 7.Bg5
Nge7 8.Qd2 h6 9.Be3 e5 10.O-O Be6 11.Ne1 Qd7 12.a3 Bh3 13.f4
Nd4 14.Rb1 exf4 15.Bxf4 Bxg2 16.Qxg2 O-O 17.g4 Rad8 18.Kh1 Ne6
19.Bd2 d5 20.Nf3 d4 21.Ne2 Nc6 22.Qh3 Kh7 23.Ng3 f6 24.Nf5
gxf5 25.gxf5 Nc7 26.Rg1 Ne8 27.Rg6 Rf7 28.Rbg1 Kg8 29.Rxh6 Kf8
30.Rh7 Ke7 31.Qh5 Kd6 32.Bf4+ Ne5 33.Bxe5+ fxe5 34.f6 Nxf6
35.Qxe5+ Kc6 36.Rhxg7 Kb5 37.Nxd4+ Kb6 38.b4 Rc8 39.Rxf7 Qxf7
40.Qd6+ Rc6 41.Nxc6 Nxe4 42.bxc5+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.06"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Grigory Ionovich Ravinsky"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "E02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4
Bc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6
12. Rad1 Qd6 13. Qd3 Qb4 14. Qc2 Qa5 15. e4 Rfd8 16. Rfe1 Be8
17. a3 c6 18. Na4 Rac8 19. b4 Qc7 20. Qb3 b6 21. Rc1 c5
22. dxc5 Bxa4 23. Qxa4 bxc5 24. Bf1 Qb6 25. b5 c4 26. h3 c3
27. Qb3 Bc5 28. Rc2 Rd2 29. Rxd2 cxd2 30. Re2 Bxf2+ 31. Kg2
Rc3 32. Qd1 Be3 33. Nxd2 Qd4 34. Qe1 Nxe4 35. Nxe4 Qxe4+
36. Kh2 Qd4 37. Rg2 Rc1 38. Qe2 Qa1 39. Qxe3 Rxf1 40. g4 Re1
0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.22"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Vladimir Andreevich Makogonov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Be3 Qb6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. Bd3 c5
7. c3 c4 8. Bc2 Qxb2 9. Ne2 Qa3 10. O-O Nb6 11. exd5 exd5
12. Re1 Bd7 13. Nf1 O-O-O 14. Bc1 Qa5 15. a4 Bd6 16. Ne3 Ne7
17. Bd2 Rde8 18. Ng3 h5 19. Nef5 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5+
Kb8 22. f4 g6 23. Bc2 f5 24. Qf3 Re4 25. Qg3 Rg8 26. Qg5 Be7
27. Qh6 Bf6 28. Qh7 Rg7 29. Qh8+ Nc8 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Qf8 Qd8
32. Qb4 Rc7 33. a5 a6 34. Rab1 Be7 35. Qa4 Qd7 36. Qa2 Qd5
37. Rb2 Na7 38. Rb6 Nc6 39. Reb1 Kc8 40. Qb2 Nxa5 41. Rxg6 Nb3
42. Be3 a5 43. Qe2 a4 44. Rb2 Qa5 45. Rg8+ Bd8 46. Ra2 b5
47. Qxh5 Qxc3 48. Qxf5+ Rd7 49. Kf2 Qa5 50. Qe6 Qc7 51. f5 Kb7
52. Rg6 Kc8 53. Qxe4 Qb7 54. Rc6+ Kb8 55. d5 Na5 56. Qe5+ Ka8
57. Qe6 Kb8 58. Rb2 Nb3 59. Bf4+ Ka7 60. Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "15, Moscow-ch ;HCL 43"]
[Site "15, Moscow-ch ;HCL 43"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Alexander Konstantinopolsky"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6
7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Rc8
12. h4 Bc4 13. Bf3 Re8 14. h5 Qa5 15. a3 Qa6 16. hxg6 hxg6
17. Nd5 e5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bc3 Rc6 20. Bg4 Rd8 21. f4 Qb5
22. f5 gxf5 23. Bxf5 Kf8 24. Bb4 b6 25. Rh6 a5 26. Rxf6 axb4
27. Qh6+ Ke8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qh4 Rh8 30. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1945.06.??"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Iosif Rudakovsky"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5
12. Be3 Be6 13. f5 Bc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Bg5 Rfe8 16. Bxf6
Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. c3 b5 19. b3 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Rc8 21. Rf3 Kh8
22. f6 gxf6 23. Qh4 Rg8 24. Nxf6 Rg7 25. Rg3 Bxf6 26. Qxf6
Rcg8 27. Rd1 d5 28. Rxg7 Rxg7 29. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "USSR - USA Radio Match"]
[Site "Moscow RUS and New York USA"]
[Date "1945.09.03"]
[EventDate "1945.09.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4
7. Na2 e6 8. Bxc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 a5
12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. Nc1 Qb6 14. Nb3 c5 15. Be1 Rfd8 16. Bb5 Bd5
17. Nbd2 Qb7 18. Nc4 Nb6 19. Nce5 Ne4 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Nd4
Rdc8 22. f3 Nb3 23. Nxb3 Bxb3 24. Rd3 Bc2 25. Rd2 b3 26. Bf2
Bb4 27. Rd4 Nd5 28. Nd3 e5 29. Nxe5 Bc3 30. Nc4 Bxd4 31. exd4
Qc7 32. Bg3 Qa7 33. Qe5 Nb4 34. Nd6 Rf8 35. Qe3 Rad8 36. Qc3
Qe7 37. Re1 Qg5 38. Qe3 Qg6 39. Ne4 Bxe4 40. Qxe4 Nc2 41. Qxg6
hxg6 42. Rc1 Nxd4 43. Bc7 Rd5 44. Bc4 Rc8 45. Ba6 Re8 46. Kf1
Nc2 47. Kg1 Re1+ 48. Rxe1 Nxe1 49. Kf2 Nc2 50. Ke2 Rc5 51. Bg3
Nb4 52. Bd3 g5 53. Be4 Rc4 54. Be1 Kf8 55. Bc3 f6 56. g4 Ke7
57. Kd2 Kd6 58. Ke2 Nd5 59. Bxa5 Rxa4 60. Be1 Ra2 61. Kd3 Rxb2
62. Kc4 Re2 63. Bg3+ Nf4 64. Kxb3 Rxe4 65. fxe4 Ke5 66. h4
Kxe4 67. hxg5 fxg5 68. Kc4 Kf3 69. Be1 Kxg4 70. Kd4 Kf3
71. Ke5 g4 0-1

[Event "RUS"]
[Site "Ch Moscow Moscow  (14)"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 b6 6.Be3 Bb7 7.Nh3 e6
8.O-O Nge7 9.Qd2 Nd4 10.Bh6 O-O 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Ne2 Nxe2+
13.Qxe2 d5 14.e5 Rb8 15.c3 b5 16.Nf4 Nc6 17.Rfe1 b4 18.Rac1
bxc3 19.bxc3 Ba6 20.Qg4 Ne7 21.c4 dxc4 22.dxc4 Ng8 23.Red1 Qe7
24.Rd6 Rb6 25.Rcd1 Bc8 26.h4 Rxd6 27.exd6 Qd8 28.Qe2 Nf6
29.Qe5 Ba6 30.Qxc5 Kg8 31.d7 Nxd7 32.Qxa7 Bc8 33.c5 Qf6 34.c6
Ne5 35.c7 Ng4 36.Qb6 Qf5 37.Rd8 Qc2 38.Nd3 Qd1+ 39.Bf1 Nh2
40.Kxh2 Qxf1 41.Qd6 1-0

[Event "Moskva"]
[Site "Moskva"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Bondarevsky"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. Re1 Nd7 8. d4 exd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nc5 11. Qxd8
Bxd8 12. Nc3 f5 13. e5 Ne6 14. Bd2 g5 15. Ne2 c5 16. Bc3 b5
17. b3 Bb7 18. Ng3 g4 19. Nd2 Be7 20. Nh5 Kf7 21. Nf1 Kg6
22. Nf6 Rad8 23. Rad1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Ne3
f4 27. Nd1 Bxf6 28. exf6 Be4 29. Bb2 b4 30. f3 Bxc2 31. Nf2
gxf3 32. gxf3 Bb1 33. Ne4 Bxa2 34. Nd2 a5 35. Kf2 Nd4 36. Bxd4
cxd4 37. Ke2 Kxf6 38. Kd3 Ke5 39. Kc2 a4 40. bxa4 c5 41. a5 c4
42. a6 d3+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jaroslav Sajtar"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Bc6
7. Bf4 dxc4 8. Qxc4 O-O 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 e6
12. Qd3 Qe7 13. Qc2 Bh6 14. f3 Nd5 15. Qb3 a5 16. a4 Ne3
17. Rd3 Qb4 18. Qxb4 axb4 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Rxa4 21. Bxc7
f5 22. e5 Rc8 23. Bd6 Ng4 24. e3 Ra1+ 25. Ke2 Rc2+ 26. Rd2 b3
0-1

[Event "UK - USSR radiomatch"]
[Site "UK - USSR radiomatch"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Imre Koenig"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. Nbd2 cxd4
12. cxd4 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. a4 O-O 15. Bd3 b4 16. g4 Bg6
17. Qe2 h5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nh4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Bh7 21. Nf5 Bc5
22. g5 Nd7 23. Nf1 Nb3 24. Rb1 Nd4 25. Qg4 Rfd8 26. N1g3 Nf8
27. g6 Bxg6 28. Bc4 Nc2 29. Rf1 Ra7 30. Bg5 Rd7 31. Nxg7 Bxf2+
32. Rxf2 Qxc4 33. Ne8 Nh7 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Bh6+ Kh8 36. Nxd7
Qd4 37. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1946.08.14"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Herman Steiner"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Nxd2
6. Nbxd2 Nc6 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Qe7 9. Qc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Re8
11. Rd5 b6 12. e3 Bb7 13. Be2 Rad8 14. O-O Nb8 15. Rc1 Bxd5
16. cxd5 d6 17. Bb5 Rf8 18. e4 a6 19. Bd3 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Rd6
21. Nc4 Rh6 22. Ne3 Qh4 23. Qxc7 Rf6 24. g3 Qh5 25. e5 Rh6
26. h4 Qf3 27. Rc4 b5 28. Rf4 Qh5 29. Ng4 Rg6 30. Bxg6 Qxg6
31. e6 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 f5 33. e7 Re8 34. Qd8 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1946.08.22"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qe8
12. Nbd2 Nh5 13. Nf1 g5 14. Bg3 Ne7 15. a4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Be6
17. d4 f6 18. Bb3 Bxb3 19. Qxb3+ Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21. Ne3
Rfb8 22. axb5 axb5 23. d5 h5 24. Kf1 g4 25. Nh4 Bh6 26. Nef5
Ng8 27. Ke2 Ra4 28. Rxa4 bxa4 29. Rb1 Rb3 30. Kd3 a3 31. Kc2
Rxb2+ 32. Rxb2 axb2 33. Kxb2 Bd2 34. Kc2 Be1 35. f3 Ne7
36. Nxe7 Kxe7 37. fxg4 hxg4 38. Nf5+ Kf7 39. c4 Kg6 40. Kb3
Kg5 41. Ka4 Bxg3 42. Nxg3 Kf4 43. Nh5+ Kxe4 44. Nxf6+ Kf5
45. Ne8 e4 46. Nxc7 e3 47. Nb5 Kf4 48. Nc3 Kg3 49. c5 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1946.08.17"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
Bd7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nf1 Nc4 15. b3 Nb6 16. a4 c4 17. a5 cxb3
18. axb6 Qxc3 19. Bxb3 Qxa1 20. Qd2 Ba3 21. b7 Rab8 22. Ba2
Be6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qa5 Bb2 25. Qc7 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxb7
27. Qc6 Rb6 28. Qc7 Qa3 29. Qxb6 Qxc1 30. Qxa6 Nxe4 31. Qxb5
Nxf2 32. Nxe5 Qg5 33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. Kg1 Nxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1946.08.30"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Cenek Kottnauer"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O b5 8. Bf3 Ra7 9. Qe2 Rc7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. a4 bxa4
12. Nxa4 Bb7 13. e5 Nxe5 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. Qxa6 Qb8 16. Nc6
Nxc6 17. Qxc6+ Nd7 18. Nc5 dxc5 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Rb6
21. Qxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Moskau, UdSSR - USA"]
[Site "Moskau, UdSSR - USA"]
[Date "1946.09.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Arnold Denker"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 Nd4
7. Nce2 d6 8. c3 Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5
12. Be3 Ne7 13. Ne2 O-O 14. O-O Be6 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Rfc1 f5
17. c4 fxe4 18. Nc3 Nf5 19. Nxe4 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 h6 21. Rd1 Rfd8
22. Rac1 Rac8 23. b3 b6 24. Nc3 Qe7 25. Bd5 Kh7 26. Bxe6 Qxe6
27. Rd3 Rc7 28. Rcd1 Rf7 29. Ne4 Bf8 30. Rd5 Qg4 31. R1d3 Be7
32. Nxd6 Bxd6 33. Rxd6 Rdf8 34. Qxe5 Rxf2 35. Rd7+ R2f7
36. Rxf7+ Rxf7 37. Rd8 Rg7 38. Qe8 g5 39. Qh8+ Kg6 40. Rd6+
Kf7 41. Qxh6 Qf5 42. Rd1 Qc5+ 43. Kg2 Qe7 44. Rf1+ Kg8 45. Qf6
Qe8 46. Qf5 g4 47. Rf2 Qe7 48. Qd3 Rg5 49. Re2 Qf8 50. Qe4 Rg7
51. Qd5+ Qf7 52. Re6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad (RUS)"]
[Date "1947.02.02"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5
7. a4 Be6 8. axb5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxb5 10. Ng5 Bd5 11. e6 fxe6
12. Qg4 h5 13. Qf4 Qd6 14. Qf7+ Kd7 15. Ba3 Qc7 16. Be2 Nc6
17. Bxh5 Ne5 18. dxe5 Qxe5+ 19. Kf1 Qxg5 20. Bf3 Qf6 21. Bxd5
Qxf7 22. Bxa8 a5 23. g3 Qf5 24. Kg2 g5 25. h3 Bg7 26. Rad1+
Kc7 27. g4 Qf7 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad (RUS)"]
[Date "1947.02.11"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 Nd5 10. Nxf7 Qxh4 11. Nxh8 Bb4
12. Rc1 c5 13. dxc5 Nd7 14. Be2 Bb7 15. Bh5+ Kd8 16. O-O Bxc3
17. Rxc3 Kc7 18. Ng6 Qe4 19. Rg3 Nxc5 20. Bf3 Qf5 21. Qd4 Kb6
22. b4 cxb3 23. axb3 Qc2 24. Bxd5 Rd8 25. Nf4 Bxd5 26. Rc3 1-0

[Event "London tt"]
[Site "London tt"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Harry Golombek"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 Nd4
7. Nce2 Ne7 8. c3 Nxe2 9. Nxe2 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 Re8
12. d4 Qc7 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Rfd1 b6 15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Ba6
17. Bf1 Be5 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Rad1 Nc6 20. f4 Bb8 21. e5 Rxd2
22. Rxd2 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. b3 Kg7 25. c4 f6 26. exf6+
Kxf6 27. Nc3 Bb7 28. Bg2 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Nc6 30. Kf3 Nb4 31. Bd2
Ke7 32. Ke4 Nc6 33. Nd1 Bd6 34. Nf2 Nd8 35. Bc3 Nf7 36. Ng4 h5
37. Bf6+ Kd7 38. Nf2 Bc7 39. Nd3 Kc6 40. Ne1 Nd6+ 41. Kd3 Nf5
42. Nf3 Kd7 43. Ke4 Nd6+ 44. Ke3 Nf5+ 45. Kf2 Bd6 46. h3 Bc7
47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4 Nh6 49. Kg3 Nf7 50. g5 Bd8 51. Kg4 Bxf6
52. gxf6 Kd6 53. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1947.12.19"]
[EventDate "1947.11.26"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Alexey Sokolsky"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. Rd1 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bc5
12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Qe7 14. Qc3 Nd8 15. b4 O-O 16. Nbd2 Bg4
17. h3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 c6 19. Rd2 h6 20. b3 Re8 21. Nd4 Qg5
22. Rf1 Ne6 23. f4 Nxf4 24. Rdf2 Ne6 25. Nf5 Rec8 26. h4 Qd8
27. Qg3 Kh7 28. Nd6 Rc7 29. Nxf7 Qe7 30. Nd6 Rg8 31. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1947.12.16"]
[EventDate "1947.11.26"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandar Tsvetkov"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O b6
7. Be3 Bb7 8. Nd2 e5 9. d5 Ne8 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. Qd2 Kh8 12. f4
exf4 13. Rxf4 Qe7 14. Raf1 Kg8 15. R4f2 Ne5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh6
Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Rd8 19. Nd2 c5 20. Qh4 Bc8 21. h3 Rf7 22. Nd1
Ng7 23. Ne3 f5 24. Qg3 Rdf8 25. exf5 Nxf5 26. Nxf5 Rxf5
27. Nc4 Nxc4 28. Bxc4 Rxf2 29. Rxf2 Qe1+ 30. Bf1 Rxf2 31. Qxf2
Qe5 32. Qe2 Qd4+ 33. Kh2 Kf8 34. c4 Bf5 35. g4 Bb1 36. a3 Be4
37. Kg3 Qe5+ 38. Kf2 Qf4+ 39. Ke1 Kg7 40. Qd2 Qe5 41. Qc3
Qxc3+ 42. bxc3 g5 43. Kf2 Kf6 44. Ke3 Ke5 45. Be2 Bc2 46. Kd2
Bb1 47. Ke3 h6 48. Bf3 Bc2 49. Be2 a6 50. Kd2 Ba4 51. Ke3 b5
52. cxb5 axb5 53. Bf3 Bb3 54. Be2 Bc4 55. Bxc4 bxc4 56. a4
Kxd5 57. a5 Kc6 58. Ke4 d5+ 59. Ke5 d4 60. cxd4 c3 61. d5+ Kd7
62. a6 c2 63. a7 c1=Q 64. a8=Q Qf4# 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "The Hague NED"]
[Date "1948.03.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nf1
cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Re2 O-O 15. Ng3 Rfe8 16. b3 Bf8 17. Bb2
g6 18. Qd2 Bg7 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. Ree1 Nc6 21. Bb1 Qb6 22. d5 Ne7
23. Bc3 Ba8 24. h4 h5 25. Ba5 Qb8 26. Nf1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rc8
28. Ne1 Nc5 29. Qg5 Kf8 30. Qe3 Ng8 31. Qh3 Bh6 32. Rc3 Ne7
33. Bc2 Nb7 34. Rxc8+ Qxc8 35. Qxc8+ Nxc8 36. Bc3 Nc5 37. Bb4
Ke7 38. f3 Kd7 39. Nd3 Nxd3 40. Bxd3 Ne7 41. g4 hxg4 42. fxg4
Bc1 43. g5 Bb7 44. Kf2 Nc8 45. Ne3 Ke7 46. Ba5 Ba3 47. Kg3 Bc5
48. Bd2 Kf8 49. Nc2 Ke7 50. Be2 Na7 51. Ba5 Nc8 52. Bg4 f6
53. Be6 fxg5 54. hxg5 Nb6 55. b4 Nc4 56. bxc5 Nxa5 57. cxd6+
Kxd6 58. Bf7 Nc4 59. Bxg6 a5 60. Kg4 b4 61. Bf5 Ke7 62. Be6
Nd6 63. Ne3 Nxe4 64. Kf5 Nd6+ 65. Kxe5 Nf7+ 66. Kf4 Nd8
67. Nf5+ Kf8 68. g6 Nxe6+ 69. dxe6 a4 70. Ke5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "Hague NLD/Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1948.04.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4 Bd7
7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2 Ng6 9. Nc4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne3 Bf6
12. Nd5 Re8 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Rd1
Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Qe7 18. Qf5 Nf8 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Rad1 Red8 21. g3
Rd6 22. Rxd6 cxd6 23. Qg4 Kh8 24. Bb6 Nb8 25. Bxe6 fxe6
26. Qh4 Qd7 27. Qd8+ Qxd8 28. Bxd8 Nd7 29. Bc7 Nc5 30. Rxd6
Rc8 31. Bb6 Na4 32. Rxe6 Nxb2 33. Rxe5 Nc4 34. Re6 Nxb6
35. Rxb6 Rxc3 36. Rxb7 Rc2 37. h4 Rxa2 38. Kg2 a5 39. h5 a4
40. Ra7 Kg8 41. g4 a3 42. Kg3 Re2 43. Kf3 Ra2 44. Ke3 Kf8
45. f3 Ra1 46. Kf4 a2 47. e5 Kg8 48. Kf5 Rf1 49. Rxa2 Rxf3+
50. Kg6 Kf8 51. Ra8+ Ke7 52. Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "Hague NLD/Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1948.04.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3
Be7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Qc2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Rab1 Ng6 12.b4 Bd6 13.b5
Bd7 14.bxc6 Bxc6 15.Qb3 Be7 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Bb5 Qd6 18.Rfc1 h5
19.Ne2 h4 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Qa4 Ne7 22.Rb7 a5 23.h3 Reb8 24.Rcb1
Rxb7 25.Rxb7 c5 26.Rb5 cxd4 27.Nexd4 Rc8 28.Nb3 Bc3 29.Qxh4
Rc4 30.g4 a4 31.Nbd4 Bxd4 32.Nxd4 Qe5 33.Nf3 Qd6 34.Ra5 Rc8
35.Rxa4 Ng6 36.Qh5 Qf6 37.Qf5 Qc6 38.Ra7 Rf8 39.Rd7 d4 40.Rxd4
Ra8 41.a4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "Hague NLD/Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1948.05.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. Rd1 Nxb3 11. axb3 Qc8
12. c4 dxc4 13. bxc4 Bxc4 14. Qe4 Ne7 15. Na3 c6 16. Nxc4 bxc4
17. Qxc4 Qb7 18. e6 f6 19. Rd7 Qb5 20. Qxb5 cxb5 21. Nd4 Rc8
22. Be3 Ng6 23. Rxa6 Ne5 24. Rb7 Bc5 25. Nf5 O-O 26. h3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "Hague NLD/Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1948.05.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "24"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Max Euwe"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "D99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. Be3 Nfd7 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. a4 a5 11. d5 Bxf3
12. gxf3 Qd6 13. Nb5 Qb4+ 14. Qxb4 axb4 15. Nxc7 Rxa4 16. Rb1
N6d7 17. Nb5 Rc8 18. Be2 b3 19. Na3 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Rxa3 21. Kd2
Na6 22. Rhb1 Nac5 23. Bd4 e5 24. dxe6 Nxe6 25. Be3 Ndc5
26. Bxc5 Nxc5 27. Kc3 Ra4 28. Kd2 Kg7 29. Ke3 Rd8 30. Rc1 b6
31. Bc4 Rda8 32. Bd5 Ra2 33. Rcb1 R8a4 34. Kd2 Rd4+ 35. Ke2
Na4 36. Rxa2 bxa2 37. Ra1 Nc3+ 38. Ke3 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nf6
7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Be7 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 d5
12. dxe5 Bb4+ 13. Nc3 Nxe4 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qe7 16. cxd5
cxd5 17. c4 Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qc3 19. cxd5 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Nc3
21. Bxc7 Nxd5 22. Bg3 Rfc8 23. Rfd1 Rc5 24. Rd2 h6 25. Re1
Rac8 26. Bd6 Rc1 27. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Kg2 Nb6 29. Bg3 Rc6
30. Kf1 f6 31. Ke2 Kf7 32. Kd3 Rc5 33. Rb2 Nd7 34. Kd4 Ra5
35. Rc2 Ke6 36. Rc6+ Kf5 37. Rc7 Ne5 38. Rc5 Ra3 39. Bxe5 Ra4+
40. Rc4 fxe5+ 41. Kd5 Rxa2 42. Rg4 g5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.18"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 e5 11. Nb3 b5 12. a3
Bb7 13. Bf3 Rd8 14. Nd2 Nbd7 15. Kh1 Rac8 16. Qe2 Nb6 17. Qf2
Nc4 18. Nxc4 Qxc4 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rad1 Qc5
22. Be2 Qxf2 23. Rxf2 d5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rxc2 26. b3 e4
27. g4 e3 28. Rg2 Rd2 29. Rxd2 exd2 30. Bd1 Rxd5 31. Kg1 Kf8
32. Kf1 Bg5 33. a4 h5 34. h3 h4 35. axb5 axb5 36. Rf2 Ke7
37. Rf3 Re5 38. Be2 Rd5 39. Bd1 Kf6 40. Rc3 Bf4 41. Ke2 Kg5
42. Rf3 b4 43. Kf1 Re5 44. Be2 Be3 45. Bd1 Kf6 46. Be2 Re4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.05"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Victor Liublinsky"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 Be8 10. Bb3 Nd7 11. Nf1 Bf6
12. Ne3 Ne7 13. Ng4 Ng6 14. g3 Be7 15. h4 Nf6 16. Ng5 h6
17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qh5 Nh8 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 Qe7 21. Bd5
c6 22. Bb3 Bd7 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. Rd2 Bc8 25. Red1 Rxd2
26. Rxd2 Qc7 27. Bc5 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Nxf7 Nxf7 30. Bb6
Qd7 31. Bxd8 Kh7 32. Bxf7 Qxd8 33. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "it, Budapest/Moscow"]
[Site "it, Budapest/Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Tibor Florian"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Na6 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Qa5
12. a3 Bf5 13. Qh4 Rfe8 14. Bh6 Ne4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ng5 Nxc3
17. Qxh7+ Kf6 18. bxc3 Kxg5 19. Qg7 Re4 20. f4+ Rxf4 21. Rxf4
Kxf4 22. Rf1+ Ke3 23. Qe5+ Kd2 24. Bc4 Qxa3 25. Rf2+ 1-0

[Event "16, Budapest"]
[Site "16, Budapest"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Erno Gereben"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6
7. Be2 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. a4 c5
12. a5 Qc7 13. Bd2 Bc6 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Nc3 c4 16. Qa3 b5
17. Na2 a6 18. Bb4 Re8 19. Nc3 Ng4 20. h3 Nh6 21. Ne1 f5
22. Nc2 Nf7 23. Be7 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Nb4 Bb7 26. Bf3 Qd8
27. g3 Ng5 28. Bg2 Nge4 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. Nc2 g5 31. Ne1 Qf6
32. Nf3 f4 33. exf4 gxf4 34. g4 Rad8 35. Re1 h5 36. Ne5 hxg4
37. hxg4 Qh4 38. Qf3 Rd6 39. Rad1 Rf8 40. Bf1 Rh6 41. Bg2 b4
42. Kf1 Ng5 43. Qe2 f3 44. Nxf3 Nxf3 45. Bxf3 Rhf6 46. Kg2
Rxf3 47. Qxf3 Rxf3 48. Kxf3 Bc6 49. Re5 c3 50. bxc3 bxc3
51. Rc1 Qh3+ 52. Kf4 Bd7 53. Re3 Qxg4+ 54. Ke5 Qe6+ 55. Kf4
Qf5+ 56. Kg3 c2 0-1

[Event "Budapest Candidates"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1950.04.12"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7
12. Bg2 Rg8 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. a4 b4 16. Ne4 Qf5
17. Qe2 O-O-O 18. Qxc4 Bg7 19. Qxb4 Bxd4 20. O-O Qe5 21. Kh1
a5 22. Qc4 Rh8 23. Rfe1 Qh5 24. h4 Qg4 25. Qe2 Qxe2 26. Rxe2
Kc7 27. Rc1 Rd5 28. Nc3 Rc5 29. Rec2 Kb6 30. Ne4 Rxc2 31. Rxc2
Rd8 32. Nd2 Kc7 33. Nc4 Ra8 34. f4 f6 35. Kh2 e5 36. fxe5 fxe5
37. Be4 Bc8 38. Na3 Bd7 39. Nb5+ Kb6 40. Nxd4 exd4 41. Rc4 Rb8
42. b4 Re8 43. bxa5+ Kc7 44. Rxd4 c5 45. Rc4 Bc6 46. Bxc6 Kxc6
47. h5 Kd5 48. Rc1 Re4 49. Kh3 Rxa4 50. h6 Rxa5 51. h7 Ra8
52. Kg4 Rh8 53. Rh1 c4 54. Kg5 c3 55. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice ITA"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Rene Letelier Martner"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. a4 Qa5 8. Qd2 Nbc6 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 Nf5
12. Bc3 Bd7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Kd2 O-O 15. a5 Rc7 16. Rhe1 f6
17. Bxf5 exf5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Rab1 h6 20. Rb5 Be6 21. Reb1
Rff7 22. Ne1 f4 23. f3 g5 24. Nd3 Kh7 25. Re1 Rf6 26. Rc5 Rc8
27. Nb4 Nxb4 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxc8 Nc6 30. a6 bxa6 31. Rc7+
Kg6 32. Rd7 Ne7 33. Bb4 Nf5 34. Rxd5 Ne3 35. Rd8 Nxg2 36. d5
Rb6 37. Bc5 Rb7 38. Rc8 Nh4 39. Ke2 Nf5 40. Rc6+ Kh5 41. d6
Rd7 42. Rc7 {Analysis: Rd8 43. d7 g4 44. fxg4+ Kxg4 45. Rxa7
f3+ 46. Kf2 Nh4 47. Bb6} 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.15"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Bondarevsky"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O c5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Ba6
12. b3 Rc8 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Nh5
17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Ne5 Nf6 19. a4 Nc6 20. f4 Nb4 21. f5 Nxd3
22. Qxd3 exf5 23. Qxf5 Bb7 24. Rbc1 a6 25. Nc3 Qd6 26. a5 dxc4
27. bxc4 b5 28. c5 Qd8 29. Ra1 b4 30. Ne2 Be4 31. Qh3 Bc2
32. Rf1 b3 33. Qc3 Nd5 34. Qb2 Ne3 35. Rfe1 Qd5 36. Nf3 Rfe8
37. Rac1 Rc6 38. Nc3 Qf5 39. Nd1 Rce6 40. Nxe3 Rxe3 41. Rxe3
Rxe3 42. Kf2 Qe4 43. Re1 Rxe1 44. Nxe1 Bd1 45. c6 Qxc6 46. Nd3
Qc4 47. Ke3 Bc2 48. Ne1 Bf5 49. Kd2 Qb5 50. Kd1 Bg4+ 51. Kc1
Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.24"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lev Aronin"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6
7. Qe4 f5 8. Qe2 Nge7 9. Nf3 Ng6 10. Bd2 a6 11. O-O-O Qc7
12. Re1 Bc5 13. h4 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. f4 b5 16. h5 Ne7
17. Qd3 Bf2 18. Rd1 Bb7 19. Qd6 Qc8 20. Rh3 Bc5 21. Qd3 bxc4
22. Qxc4 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Qc2 Qb7 25. Kb1 Rc8 26. Rc3 Kf7
27. Bc1 Bb4 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Qa4 a5 30. Bb5 Rc5 31. Bxd7 Ke7
32. Be3 Qxd7 33. Qxd7+ Kxd7 34. a3 Bxa3 35. bxa3 Rc3 36. Bc1
Rg3 37. h6 gxh6 38. Rh1 Rg6 39. Rh2 Bxg2 40. Bd2 a4 41. Bb4
Bf3 42. Kc2 h5 43. Rh3 Rg2+ 44. Kc3 Rf2 45. Kd4 Bg4 46. Rd3
Kc6 47. Kc3 Kb5 48. Rd6 Rf3+ 49. Kd2 Rxf4 50. Rxe6 Re4 51. Kd3
h4 52. Re7 h3 53. Bd6 h5 54. e6 Be2+ 55. Kd2 Bc4 56. Rh7 Rd4+
0-1

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. Qd2
Nbd7 13. Rfc1 c4 14. Bh6 Bh8 15. Qf4 Rb8 16. h3 b5 17. axb5
axb5 18. Nd4 Nh5 19. Qh4 b4 20. Nd1 Ne5 21. Nc6 Nxc6 22. Rxc4
Bf6 23. Rxc6 Qxc6 24. dxc6 Bxh4 25. c7 Rb6 26. gxh4 Ra6
27. Rxa6 Bxa6 28. Ne3 Nf6 29. Bg5 Kg7 30. Bxf6+ Kxf6 31. Nd5+
Ke6 32. Nxb4 Bb5 33. Bb7 Bd7 34. Nd5 Bc8 35. Bc6 Rg8 36. b4 g5
37. h5 g4 38. h4 Ba6 39. b5 Bc8 40. b6 g3 1-0

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "E02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4
Bc6 7. Nf3 Bd5 8. Qa4+ Bc6 9. Qd1 Nbd7 10. O-O h6 11. Nbd2 Bb4
12. Nc4 O-O 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Nce5 Be4 15. Nd3 Bd6 16. Nc5 Bxc5
17. dxc5 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Na4 19. Bxc7 Rfc8 20. Bd6 Nxc5 21. Rd4
Bd5 22. Bf1 Rc6 23. Be7 Bxf3 24. Bxf6 Be4 25. Be7 Bd5 26. b4
Ne4 27. f3 Nc3 28. e4 Rc7 29. Bd6 Rd7 30. Be5 f6 31. Rd3 Na4
32. exd5 fxe5 33. dxe6 Rxd3 34. Bxd3 Kf8 35. Re1 Rd8 36. Bc2
Nc3 37. Rxe5 Ke7 38. Bb3 Rd2 39. Rc5 Ne2+ 40. Kf1 Nd4 41. Rc7+
Ke8 42. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1951.11.22"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 Qd7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6
Bxf6 14.d5 Na5 15.Qc2 c6 16.dxc6 Qxc6 17.Nbd2 Rac8 18.Rac1
Rfd8 19.Nf1 Nc4 20.b3 Nb6 21.Ne3 d5 22.Ng4 d4 23.Nxf6+ Qxf6
24.Qb2 dxc3 25.Rxc3 Nd7 26.Rec1 Rxc3 27.Qxc3 Qd6 28.Qc6 Nf6
29.Qxd6 Rxd6 30.Nxe5 Nxe4 31.f3 Ng5 32.f4 Ne6 33.f5 Nd8 34.Rc8
Kf8 35.Kf2 Ke7 36.Ke3 Rd1 37.Ra8 Kf6 38.Nd3 Nc6 39.Rxa6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1951.11.26"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Isaac Lipnitsky"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. bxc3 Na5 8. Ne5 Nd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bf4 Bb5
12. h4 O-O 13. Rb1 Qd7 14. Rh3 Rfe8 15. Rg3 Nc4 16. Bh6 g6
17. Qc1 Nd6 18. Qf4 Ba6 19. e3 Nf5 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. Rb7 Rab8
22. Rxc7 Rb1+ 23. Ke2 Qa4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1951.11.28"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Nh6
7. Qc1 Ng4 8. Bd2 Nd4 9. h3 Ne5 10. Nce2 Qb6 11. f4 Nxc2+
12. Qxc2 Qxb2 13. Qxb2 Nxd3+ 14. Kf1 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Be6 16. Bc3
Bxa2 17. Rxb2 Nxb2 18. Bxb2 Rg8 19. Kf2 Bc4 20. Nf3 Bxe2
21. Kxe2 Kd7 22. Rd1 a5 23. Ne5+ Kc7 24. Nxf7 a4 25. e5 a3
26. Ba1 Rge8 27. Ng5 Ra5 28. Ne6+ Kd7 29. Bd5 a2 30. g4 Rc8
31. Ng5 Rf8 32. f5 gxf5 33. gxf5 h6 34. Be6+ Kc7 35. exd6+
exd6 36. Ne4 Ra3 37. Nxd6 Rxh3 38. Be5 Ra8 39. Nc4+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1951.12.05"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Vladimir Simagin"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.e3 d6 5.d4 Bg4 6.Be2 Bg7 7.d5 Nb8
8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Qd2 a6 12.Rb1 Nbd7 13.Be2
Ne8 14.b3 e5 15.dxe6 fxe6 16.Bb2 Qe7 17.Rbd1 Rd8 18.f4 Ndf6
19.Bf3 Nc7 20.g4 b5 21.g5 Nfe8 22.h4 b4 23.Ne4 Bxb2 24.Qxb2 d5
25.Nf2 Qg7 26.Qxg7+ Nxg7 27.Ng4 Nf5 28.Kf2 dxc4 29.bxc4 a5
30.Nf6+ Kg7 31.Nd7 Rf7 32.Nxc5 Rxd1 33.Rxd1 Nxh4 34.Nd7 Nxf3
35.Kxf3 Nd5 36.Nc5 Nc7 37.Ke4 h6 38.Rd6 hxg5 39.fxg5 Kf8
40.Rc6 Ke8 41.Ke5 Kd8 42.Rb6 Kc8 43.Kd6 Rf2 44.Kc6 Rc2 45.Rb7
Ne8 46.Ra7 Kb8 47.Re7 1-0

[Event "01, Helsinki"]
[Site "01, Helsinki"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Gedeon Barcza"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Nd5
7. O-O O-O 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Bc4 Nce7 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Qb3 c6
12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Ne4 d5 15. exd6 Nf5 16. Rfe1 Qd8
17. Ne5 Nxd6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxf7+ Kh7
21. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Zurich Candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.05"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Gideon Stahlberg"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qe2 Nb6 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. O-O Qe7
12. Rfe1 Rad8 13. Rad1 Ba4 14. Bxa4 Nxa4 15. Qb5 Nb6 16. c4 c6
17. Qb3 Qc7 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qe3 Kg7 20. Ne5 Qe7 21. Ng4 Rg8
22. Nh6 Qc7 23. Nxg8 Rxg8 24. b3 Kh8 25. Qh6 Rg6 26. Qh4 Nd7
27. Re3 Qa5 28. Rh3 Nf8 29. Rg3 Qxa2 30. Rxg6 Nxg6 31. Qxf6+
Kg8 32. Qf3 Qc2 33. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Zurich Candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.13"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[Round "24"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 b6 7.d4
cxd4 8.exd4 d5 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Re1 Nb4
13.Bf1 Ne4 14.a3 Nxc3 15.Rxc3 Nc6 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.Rxe5 Bf6
18.Rh5 g6 19.Rch3 dxc4 20.Rxh7 c3 21.Qc1 Qxd4 22.Qh6 Rfd8
23.Bc1 Bg7 24.Qg5 Qf6 25.Qg4 c2 26.Be2 Rd4 27.f4 Rd1+ 28.Bxd1
Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "match"]
[Site "Ch World , Moscow (Russia) (14)"]
[Date "1954.04.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O
e5 8.e4 c6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.h3 exd4 12.Na4 Qa6 13.hxg4
b5 14.Nxd4 bxa4 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.e5 Qxc4 17.Bxa8 Nxe5 18.Rc1
Qb4 19.a3 Qxb2 20.Qxa4 Bb7 21.Rb1 Nf3+ 22.Kh1 Bxa8 23.Rxb2
Nxg5 24.Kh2 Nf3+ 25.Kh3 Bxb2 26.Qxa7 Be4 27.a4 Kg7 28.Rd1 Be5
29.Qe7 Rc8 30.a5 Rc2 31.Kg2 Nd4 32.Kf1 Bf3 33.Rb1 Nc6 0-1

[Event "match"]
[Site "Ch World , Moscow (Russia) (9)"]
[Date "1954.04.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Qg4 Ne7
8.bxa5 dxc3 9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qxh7 Nd7 11.Nf3 Nf8 12.Qd3 Qxa5
13.h4 Bd7 14.Bg5 Rc8 15.Nd4 Nf5 16.Rb1 Rc4 17.Nxf5 exf5
18.Rxb7 Re4+ 19.Qxe4 dxe4 20.Rb8+ Bc8 21.Bb5+ Qxb5 22.Rxb5 Ne6
23.Bf6 Rxg2 24.h5 Ba6 25.h6 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1954.12.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Andrija Fuderer"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 c6 4. d4 Qc7 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. e4 a5 9. h3 Na6 10. Be3 Re8 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Qe2
Bf8 13. Rfd1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ndc5 15. Kh2 Bd7 16. Qf3 a4 17. Nf5
Re6 18. Qf4 Rf6 19. g4 Re8 20. Qg3 h6 21. Rd2 Bc8 22. Rcd1 Qa5
23. Bf4 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Qb4 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Bxd6 27. Rxd6
Kh7 28. e5 Qxc4 29. Rg6 Rg8 30. Rg4 Qd3 31. Be4 Qd2 32. e6
fxe6 33. fxe6+ Nxe4 34. Nxe4 Qxb2 35. Qf4 Nb4 36. e7 Nd3
37. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.21"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Vitaly Sergeevich Sherbakov"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Bg5 c6
7. Qd2 b5 8. cxb5 cxb5 9. a3 Nc6 10. g3 Na5 11. Qc2 h6
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 Nc6 14. Nd5 Bd7 15. Nxf6+ exf6 16. Bg2 a5
17. O-O axb4 18. axb4 Qb6 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. e5
dxe5 22. dxe5 Rd8 23. exf6+ Kh7 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Nxb4
26. Rd1 Nc2 27. Bc6 Bxc6 28. Rxd8 Nxe3 29. Nd4 Bd5 30. Nxb5 g5
31. Nc7 Bc4 32. Rd4 Ba2 33. Ra4 Bb1 34. Kf2 Nf5 35. Nd5 Kg6
36. Ra6 g4 37. Ne7+ Kg5 38. Nxf5 Bxf5 39. Ke3 Kg6 40. Kf4 Be6
41. Ke5 Bf5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.28"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d3 c5 6.e4 Nc6 7.Nbd2
d6 8.a4 Ne8 9.Nc4 e5 10.c3 f5 11.b4 cxb4 12.cxb4 fxe4 13.dxe4
Be6 14.Ne3 Nxb4 15.Rb1 a5 16.Ba3 Nc7 17.Bxb4 axb4 18.Rxb4 Bh6
19.Rb6 Bxe3 20.fxe3 Bc4 21.Rxd6 Qe8 22.Re1 Rf7 23.Ng5 Re7
24.Bf1 Bxf1 25.Rxf1 Qxa4 26.Rd8+ Re8 27.Qf3 Qc4 28.Rd7 1-0

[Event "USSR-USA match"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Arthur Bisguier"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O
Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.Rc1 a6 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.f4 c5
13.Qf3 b5 14.Qh3 g6 15.Nxd7 Nxd7 16.f5 Be7 17.fxg6 hxg6
18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.Bb1 Nd7 20.Ne2 b4 21.Nd4 Nf6 22.Nf5 Ne4
23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.Qg3 Rc8 25.Rcd1 Qe8 26.Nd6 Bxd6 27.Qxd6 b3
28.axb3 Qe6 29.Qb4 Bc6 30.Bc3 Rcd8 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.Qb6 Qc8
33.h3 Rd5 34.Qb4 Qe8 35.Bd4 Bb5 36.Rc1 Rd8 37.Qc5 Bd7 38.Qg5
1-0

[Event "Zagreb"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Petar Trifunovic"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Bc4 Qd8 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. O-O Nxe5
12. Bxe5 Bf6 13. d4 cxd4 14. exd4 Bd7 15. Qh5 Bc6 16. Rad1 Be4
17. Rfe1 Bc2 18. Rd2 Bg6 19. Qe2 Be7 20. Rdd1 Qb6 21. d5 exd5
22. Rxd5 Bf6 23. Rd6 Qc5 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Bxf6 Qh5 26. Qe3 h6
27. h3 Qf5 28. Bc3 Kh7 29. g4 Qg5 30. f4 Qh4 31. Kg2 Rg8
32. Qe7 Qxe7 33. Rxe7 Rae8 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. f5 a6 36. Kf3 Rc8
37. Bd4 b5 38. Bd3 Rc1 39. fxg6+ fxg6 40. h4 Rd1 41. Ke2 Rh1
42. h5 Rh2+ 43. Bf2 Kg7 44. hxg6 h5 45. gxh5 Rxh5 46. Bd4+ Kg8
47. Be4 a5 48. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Zagreb"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Andreas Dueckstein"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Bg4 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 g5
12. Bg3 Nh7 13. Na4 Bb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. d4 exd4 16. Qd3 f5
17. exf5 Ra5 18. Qxd4 Qd7 19. Qc4+ Kg7 20. b4 Raxf5 21. a4 Nf6
22. a5 bxa5 23. bxa5 Rc5 24. Qa4 Ra8 25. a6 Qf5 26. Rfe1 Kf8
27. c4 Nd7 28. Qb4 Nb6 29. Bxd6+ cxd6 30. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.03.28"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "E26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 b6
7. Ne2 Nc6 8. Ng3 O-O 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. e4 Ne8 11. Be3 Na5
12. Qe2 Rc8 13. d5 Qh4 14. O-O Nd6 15. Rad1 f5 16. dxe6 dxe6
17. exf5 exf5 18. Qf3 Bb7 19. Qf4 Qf6 20. Bb1 Ne4 21. Rd7 Qc6
22. Rxb7 Qxb7 23. Nxf5 Rce8 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Ng3 Nxg3 26. hxg3
Qf7 27. Qh4 h6 28. Bd3 Qf6 29. Qh5 Rd8 30. Be2 Qf5 31. Qh4 Qf6
32. Qh5 Nc6 33. g4 Qf7 34. Qh4 Ne7 35. Qh3 Ng6 36. Qh2 Nf4
37. Bf3 Qxc4 38. g5 Rd6 39. Rc1 Rg6 40. gxh6 Rxh6 41. Qg3 Qe4
42. Qxf4 Qxf4 43. Bxf4 Rxf4 44. Re1 Ra4 45. Re8+ Kh7 46. Be4+
g6 47. g4 Rxa3 48. Re6 Rxc3 49. Kg2 b5 50. f3 b4 51. g5 Rh4
52. Bxg6+ Kg7 53. Kg3 Rd4 54. Be8 b3 55. g6 Rd8 56. Re7+ 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.03.31"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Oscar Panno"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6
12. Kh1 Qb6 13. Qd2 Rac8 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Nd7
17. Rad1 Ne5 18. Qe3 b5 19. Qg3 b4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 g6
22. Bxa6 Ra8 23. Bb5 Ra5 24. Bc6 Nxc6 25. dxc6 Qxc6 26. c3 Rg5
27. Qf2 Qa6 28. Qe3 Qb7 29. Rf2 Rg4 30. cxb4 Qxb4 31. Bc3 Qa4
32. b3 Qc6 33. Qxe7 Qxc3 34. Qxd6 h5 35. h3 Rg3 36. Kh2 h4
37. Qf4 g5 38. Qf5 Qc7 39. Kh1 Qc8 40. Rd7 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.21"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Miroslav Filip"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
Kh8 13. b4 cxb4 14. cxb4 Nc6 15. a3 exd4 16. Bb2 Nd7 17. Nxd4
Bf6 18. N2b3 Nb6 19. Qd3 Ne5 20. Qg3 Nbc4 21. Bc3 Bd7 22. Ne2
Qd8 23. Nf4 Bh4 24. Qh2 Rc8 25. Nd4 Nb6 26. Nfe2 Bf6 27. Red1
Na4 28. Bxa4 bxa4 29. Qg3 Bh4 30. Qe3 Bg5 31. f4 Nc4 32. Qf3
Bf6 33. Ng3 g6 34. Nde2 Bc6 35. Rac1 Bb7 36. Bd4 Kg8 37. Kh2
Re8 38. Bxf6 Qxf6 39. Rd4 Nb6 40. Rxc8 Nxc8 41. Qd3 h5 42. Nf1
Qe7 43. Nc3 Qf6 44. Qd2 h4 45. Kg1 Re6 46. Nh2 Qe7 47. f5 gxf5
48. exf5 Re3 49. Nf1 1-0

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Borislav Ivkov"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 f6 7.Be3
Ne7 8.Nc3 Ng6 9.Qd2 Be7 10.O-O-O Be6 11.h4 h5 12.dxe5 fxe5
13.Ng5 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 Qb8 15.b3 Qb4 16.f3 a5 17.Na4 c5 18.Kb2
O-O 19.Qxb4 axb4 20.c3 Rfb8 21.cxb4 Rxb4 22.Nc3 c4 23.Nd5 Rb7
24.Ne7+ Nxe7 25.Bxe7 c3 26.Kxc3 Rxa2 27.Rb1 Rxg2 28.Rhf1 Ra2
29.f4 Bh3 30.Ra1 Re2 31.Rfe1 Rxe1 32.Rxe1 exf4 33.Bg5 f3
34.Be3 Kf7 35.Ra1 c5 36.Ra6 Be6 37.Ra3 Rb4 38.e5 Re4 39.Kd2
Rxe5 40.Ra7+ Kg6 41.Re7 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1956.10.12"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wolfgang Uhlmann"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. Bg2 Bb4+
7. Nfd2 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bb2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nc3 Rc8
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Na4 Nd4 14. Nc3 Qe7 15. Re1 Nc2 16. Rf1 Nxa1
17. Qxa1 Rfd8 18. Bf3 Ba3 0-1

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Moscow  (6)"]
[Date "1957.03.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4
Bg4 8.Be3 Nfd7 9.O-O-O Nc6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nb6 12.Qc5 f5
13.Ne2 Qd6 14.e5 Qxc5+ 15.dxc5 Nc4 16.f4 Rfd8 17.Bg2 Nxe3
18.fxe3 Nb4 19.Bxb7 Rab8 20.c6 Kf7 21.Nd4 e6 22.Nb5 Nd5
23.Rxd5 exd5 24.Nxc7 Rdc8 25.Bxc8 Rxc8 26.Nxd5 Rxc6+ 27.Kd2
Ke6 28.Nc3 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.04.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Qg4
f6 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Qg3 Qf7 10.dxc5 Nge7 11.Bd3 fxe5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5
13.Qxe5 O-O 14.O-O Nc6 15.Qg3 e5 16.Be3 Bf5 17.Rab1 Bxd3
18.cxd3 Rae8 19.f4 Qc7 20.fxe5 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Qxe5 22.Qxe5 Nxe5
23.Rd1 Kf7 24.h3 Nc6 25.Bf4 Re7 26.Bd6 Rd7 27.Rf1+ Ke6 28.Re1+
Kf7 29.Kf2 b6 30.Rb1 Ke6 31.Rb5 d4 32.c4 bxc5 33.Bh2 Rf7+
34.Ke2 Re7 35.Rxc5 Kd7 36.Kd2 Re6 37.Rg5 g6 38.Rd5+ Kc8 39.Bg1
Rf6 40.Bxd4 Nxd4 41.Rxd4 Rf2+ 42.Kc3 {Smyslov says that
Botvinnik resigned without resuming play, and then gives the
variation 42...Rxg2 43.Rf4 h5 44.Rf7 Rg3 45.Rg7 as evidence
for why Black's game was hopeless at that point.} 1-0

