1921 - 2010
Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Смысло́в, tr. Vasíliy Vasíl'yevich Smyslóv; 24 March 1921 – 27 March 2010) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster, who was World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958. He was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on eight occasions (1948, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1965, 1983, and 1985). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasily Smyslov has received more than 432,805 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Vasily Smyslov is the 17th most popular chess player (down from 15th in 2019), the 246th most popular biography from Russia (down from 214th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Russian Chess Player.
Vasily Smyslov is most famous for being a Russian chess grandmaster. He was born in Moscow, Russia in 1927. He became a grandmaster in 1952 and was the World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958.
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Among chess players, Vasily Smyslov ranks 17 out of 374. Before him are Tigran Petrosian, Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, François-André Danican Philidor, Paul Morphy, and Samuel Reshevsky. After him are Adolf Anderssen, Paul Keres, Viktor Korchnoi, Vera Menchik, Ruy López de Segura, and Siegbert Tarrasch.
1929 - 1984
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 11
1963 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 12
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 13
1726 - 1795
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 14
1837 - 1884
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 15
1911 - 1992
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 16
1921 - 2010
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 17
1818 - 1879
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 18
1916 - 1975
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 19
1931 - 2016
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 20
1906 - 1944
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 21
1530 - 1580
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 22
1862 - 1934
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 23
Among people born in 1921, Vasily Smyslov ranks 37. Before him are Nancy Reagan, Kenneth Arrow, Patricia Highsmith, Kurt Knispel, Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Lana Turner. After him are Marija Gimbutas, Georges Brassens, Dirk Bogarde, Akio Morita, Edgar Morin, and Herschel Grynszpan. Among people deceased in 2010, Vasily Smyslov ranks 23. Before him are Ali Hassan al-Majid, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Maurice Allais, Georges Charpak, Alois Brunner, and Jean Simmons. After him are Viktor Chernomyrdin, Dino De Laurentiis, Miep Gies, Francesco Cossiga, Blake Edwards, and Néstor Kirchner.
1921 - 2016
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 31
1921 - 2017
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 32
1921 - 1995
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 33
1921 - 1945
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 34
1921 - 2019
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 35
1921 - 1995
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 36
1921 - 2010
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 37
1921 - 1994
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 38
1921 - 1981
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 39
1921 - 1999
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 40
1921 - 1999
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 41
1921 - Present
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 42
1921 - 1942
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 43
1941 - 2010
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 17
1916 - 2010
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 18
1911 - 2010
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 19
1924 - 2010
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 20
1912 - 2010
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 21
1929 - 2010
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 22
1921 - 2010
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 23
1938 - 2010
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 24
1919 - 2010
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 25
1909 - 2010
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 26
1928 - 2010
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 27
1922 - 2010
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 28
1950 - 2010
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 29
Among people born in Russia, Vasily Smyslov ranks 246 out of 3,262. Before him are Gustav Bauer (1870), Boris Berezovsky (1946), Lyudmila Putina (1958), Pyotr Kapitsa (1894), Vasily I of Moscow (1371), and Grigori Perelman (1966). After him are Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856), Ivan Kramskoi (1837), Alexander Blok (1880), Pitirim Sorokin (1889), Viktor Chernomyrdin (1938), and Alexander Oparin (1894).
1870 - 1944
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 240
1946 - 2013
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 241
1958 - Present
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 242
1894 - 1984
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 243
1371 - 1425
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 244
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 245
1921 - 2010
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 246
1856 - 1929
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 247
1837 - 1887
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 248
1880 - 1921
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 249
1889 - 1968
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 250
1938 - 2010
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 251
1894 - 1980
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 252
Among chess players born in Russia, Vasily Smyslov ranks 5. Before him are Alexander Alekhine (1892), Boris Spassky (1937), Mikhail Botvinnik (1911), and Anatoly Karpov (1951). After him are Viktor Korchnoi (1931), Vera Menchik (1906), Savielly Tartakower (1887), Mikhail Chigorin (1850), Yuri Averbakh (1922), Andor Lilienthal (1911), and Elisaveta Bykova (1913).
1892 - 1946
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 1
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 2
1911 - 1995
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 3
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 4
1921 - 2010
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 5
1931 - 2016
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 6
1906 - 1944
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 7
1887 - 1956
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 8
1850 - 1908
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 9
1922 - 2022
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 10
1911 - 2010
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 11
1913 - 1989
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 12