Vasily Osipovich Smyslov
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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). He took 5th at St. Petersburg 1903 (N.A. Panchenko won), tied for 8-10th at Kiev 1929 (Fedor Bohatirchuk won), tied for 4–6th at Moscow 1929, and took 7th at Kiev 1930.
Astrakhan
Astrakhan is a major city in southern European Russia and the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast. The city lies on the left bank of the Volga River, close to where it discharges into the Caspian Sea at an altitude of below the sea level. Population:...
– 1943) was a Russian chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
master, and the father of Vasily Vasilievich Smyslov
Vasily Smyslov
Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster, and was World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958. He was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on eight occasions . Smyslov was twice equal first at the Soviet Championship , and his total of 17 Chess Olympiad medals won...
, World Chess Champion from 1957–8.
Born in Astrakhan, in the Volga Delta
Volga Delta
The Volga Delta is the largest river delta in Europe, and occurs where Europe's largest river system, the Volga River, drains into the Caspian Sea in Russia's Astrakhan Oblast, north-east of the republic of Kalmykia. The delta is located in the Caspian Depression—the far eastern part of the 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
Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine was the fourth World Chess Champion. He is often considered one of the greatest chess players ever.By the age of twenty-two, he was already among the strongest chess players in the world. During the 1920s, he won most of the tournaments in which he played...
at St. Petersburg 1912 (Winter tournament). He took 5th at St. Petersburg 1903 (N.A. Panchenko won), tied for 8-10th at Kiev 1929 (Fedor Bohatirchuk won), tied for 4–6th at Moscow 1929, and took 7th at Kiev 1930.