Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who became the seventh World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1957 to 1958. He was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on eight separate occasions and twice tied for first place at the USSR Chess Championship. His total of seventeen Chess Olympiad medals remains an all time record, and he won ten gold medals across five European Team Championships.
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Career HighlightSeventh World Chess Champion, 1957 to 1958; holds the all-time record of 17 Chess Olympiad medals. 1 Classification
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How long was Vasily Smyslov World Chess Champion?
He held the title from 1957 to 1958 as the seventh World Chess Champion.
Vasily Smyslov was the seventh World Chess Champion and held the title from 1957 to 1958. Although his time as champion was brief, he was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on eight separate occasions, and he twice tied for first place at the USSR Chess Championship. His seventeen Chess Olympiad medals remain an all time record.
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Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Смысло́в, romanized: Vasíliy Vasíl'yevich Smyslóv; 24 March 1921 - 27 March 2010) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who was the seventh World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958.
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Smyslov twice tied for first place at the USSR Chess Championships (1949, 1955), and his total of 17 Chess Olympiad medals won is an all-time record.
Competed In: World Chess Championship, lead paragraph, competed-in
He was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on eight occasions (1948, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1965, 1983, and 1985).
Plays: Chess, Lead sentence
was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who was the seventh World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958.
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