[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Be7 (10... Qc7 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Bg5 Bd6 14.
Rac1 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Be5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ncxb5 Qe7 18. Rxc5 Qxc5 19. Nxe6 fxe6
20. Qh5+ Ke7 21. Bxe6 Kxe6 22. Qg4+ Kf7 23. Rd7+ Qe7 24. Qh5+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Kf7
26. Rxe7+ Kxe7 27. Qg7+ Ke6 28. Qg4+ Ke7 29. Qg7+ Ke6 30. Qxb7 axb5 31. Qd5+
Ke7 32. Qb7+ Ke6 33. Qd5+ {1/2-1/2 (33) Christiansen,L (2620)-Anand,V (2710)
Las Palmas 1993}) (10... Qb8 11. d5 exd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxd5
Be7 15. e4 Qb7 16. Bg5 Nb6 17. Rf5 f6 18. Bh4 O-O 19. e5 Rae8 20. exf6 Bxf6 21.
Qc2 Bxh4 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Nxh4 c4 24. Nf3 Nd5 25. Ng5 Nf6 26. Re1 h6 27. Nf3
Nd5 28. Ne5 Nf4 29. f3 Re8 30. Re4 Nd3 31. Qe2 Rd8 32. h4 Qb6+ 33. Kh2 Qf6 34.
Nxd3 cxd3 35. Re8+ Kf7 {0-1 (35) Ehlvest,J (2615)-Ivanchuk,V (2700) Riga 1995})
11. e4 b4 (11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qb8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16.
Qh5+ Kd8 17. Rxd7+ Kxd7 18. Qf7+ Be7 19. Qxe6+ Kc7 20. Rc1 Bd6 21. Nxb5+ Kb6
22. Nxd6 Ka7 23. Qe7 Rd8 24. Nxb7 {1-0 (24) Sandipan,C (2637)-Danielian,E 
(2431) Chalkis 2010}) 12. e5 bxc3 13. exf6 Bxf6 (13... Nxf6 14. Ba4+ Kf8 15.
bxc3 Qa5 16. Bb3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Qh5 18. f3 e5 19. g4 Qh3 20. Qxe5 Bxf3 21. Nxf3
Qxf3 22. Qxe7+ {1-0 (22) Gareev,T (2613)-Van Wely,L (2683) Los Angeles 2011})
14. d5 e5 15. bxc3 O-O 16. Nd2 Be7 17. Nc4 a5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Bf6 20.
Qg3 c4 21. Ba4 Qe7 22. Bf4 Rfd8 23. d6 Qe4 24. Re1 Qf5 25. d7 h5 26. Re8+ Kh7
27. h4 Ra6 28. Bg5 Rxd7 29. Bxd7 Qxd7 30. Rae1 Rd6 31. Bxf6 Rxf6 32. Qb8 Rf5
33. Rh8+ Kg6 34. Rd8 Qb5 35. Rd6+ Kh7 36. Rd8 Qc5 37. Re3 Bd5 38. Rh8+ Kg6 39.
Qd8 Bf3 40. Rxf3 Rxf3 41. gxf3 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.13"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 "World Championship 20th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1954.04.15"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Annotator "Kasparov"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1954.03.16"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

{Vassely Smyslov, the great innovator with the black pieces, had less
influence on the development of openings theory when he played with the white
pieces. Smyslov was simply satisfied with a comfortable, free game. His
favourite choices with White were quite significant: Vassily Smyslov, der
große Erneuerer mit den schwarzen Steinen, konnte neue Ideen auch in
Eröffnungen produzieren, die gar nicht zu seinem Repertoire gehörten und
auch nicht einmal typisch für ihn waren. Ich möchte das mit einer Partie aus
der Weltmeisterschaft gegen Botvinnik verdeutlichen, in der Smyslov neues
Leben in die Königsindische Verteidigung einhauchte, eine Eröffnung, die zu
meinen eigenen Favoriten gehört.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5.
Nc3 {I guess Botvinnik was quite pleased that Smyslov didn't take the
opportunity to switch to the Grunfeld with 4...d5. The King's Indian had never
occurred before in Smyslov's games, while Botvinnik had great experience in
this opening. Ich schätze, daß Botvinnik ganz zufrieden war, daß sein
Gegner nicht die Gelegenheit wahrnahm, mit 4...d5 in die Grünfeldverteidigung
einzuschwenken. Smyslov hatte nie zuvor Königsindisch gespielt, während
Botvinnik große Erfahrung mit dieser Eröffnung besaß.} d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O
e5 8. e4 c6 9. Be3 {It is important to note that Botvinnik's last move was a
novelty, at least for official openings theory. However, in his deep
preparation of unusual openings (for his style at least) Smyslov predicted
such a turn of events. With his counter he eventually put White's idea out of
business! Today the best options are 9.h3 or 9.b3. Es ist wichtig festzuhalten,
daß dieser Zug von Botvinnik eine Neuerung darstellt - jedenfalls für die
offizielle Eröffnungstheorie. Aber die gründliche Vorbereitung von Smyslov
auch in dieser für ihn völlig atypischen Eröffnung hatte Botvinniks Zug
bereits berücksichtigt. Seine Erwiderung hat die weiße Idee letztendlich
außer Betrieb gesetzt. Heute spielt man statt dessen 9.h3 oder 9.b3.} ({After
the match in 1954 the King's Indian had practically vanished from Smyslov's
playing repertoire. But in 1980, playing Bukal, he showed how profound his
preparations for the first match with Botvinnik had been: Nach dem WM-Kampf
von 1954 verschwand Königsindisch aus Smyslovs Eröffnungsrepertoire. Aber
1980 in einer Partie gegen Bukal zeigte er, wie gründlich seine Vorbereitung
für das Match gegen Botvinnik gewesen war.} 9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4
Ne8 $1 {For years the world's best experts had been playing automatically 11...
Re8 and experiencing certain difficulties in this opening. Smyslov's invention
in 1954 (!) dramatically changed the character of the position.Wherever the
white knight on d4 goes Black is able to develop effective counterplay. That
is why white players today predominantly prefer 10. c5 – even Karpov has
finally switched to this very sharp line. What could be a higher appreciation
of Smyslov's knight retreat to e8 in the King's Indian. Seit Jahren hatten die
besten Experten der Welt automatisch 11...Te8 gespielt und damit einige
Schwierigkeiten mit dieser Eröffnung bekommen. Smyslovs Erfindung von 1954 (!)
hat den Charakter der Stellung drastisch verändert. Egal, wohin der weiße
Springer auf d4 zieht, Schwarz kann effektives Gegenspiel erzeugen. Aus diesem
Grund spielt man heute lieber 10.c5 - sogar Karpov ist zum Schluß zu dieser
sehr scharfen Variante umgeschwenkt. Es gibt keine größere Anerkennung für
Smyslovs Rückzug des Springers nach e8 in Königsindisch.}) 9... Ng4 $1 10.
Bg5 Qb6 11. h3 exd4 $1 12. Na4 Qa6 13. hxg4 b5 {Now the temporarily sacrificed
piece will be returned, after which the multiple pawn weaknesses on both sides
make the position dynamically equal. Jetzt bekommt Schwarz die vorübergehend
geopferte Figur zurück. Danach ist die Stellung, die auf beiden Seiten
mehrfache Bauernschwächen aufweist, dynamisch ausgeglichen.} 14. Nxd4 ({Many
years later, in 1992, Yussupov tried an improvement against me in the Linares
tournament: Viele Jahre später, 1992 beim Turnier in Linares, hat Jussupow
gegen mich eine Verbesserung versucht:} 14. Be7 Re8 15. Bxd6 bxa4 16. e5 {
Nevertheless after Aber nach} c5 $1 {Black holds the balance, e.g. kann
Schwarz das Gleichgewicht halten, z.B.} 17. Nxd4 ({Yusupov's attempt to
complicate the situation further with Jusupovs Versuch, mit} 17. b4 $5 cxb4 18.
Qxd4 Bb7 {led to a murky position that eventually backfired. He underestimated
Black's potential and eventually lost the game. weitere Komplikationen zu
schaffen, führte zu einer unklaren Stellung, die zum Schluß auch noch ins
Auge ging. Er unterschätzte das schwarze Angriffspotential und verlor die
Partie.} 19. Rae1 Rac8 20. c5 Qb5 21. Qf4 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nxc5 23. Be2 Qb6 24.
Rc1 Ne6 25. Qxb4 Nd4 26. Bc4 Bxe5 27. Qxb6 axb6 28. Bxe5 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Nxe5 30.
Bb5 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Rd8 32. Bxa4 Rd2 33. g5 Rxa2 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Bb3 Rb2 36. Rc3
b5 37. Re3 Ng4 38. Rf3 f5 39. gxf6+ Nxf6 40. Rd3 Ne4 41. Rd7+ Kh6 42. Bg8 Rxf2+
43. Kg1 Rb2 44. Rxh7+ Kg5 45. Rb7 Kg4 46. Kf1 g5 47. Bh7 Nc3 48. Rc7 b4 49. Rc5
Rd2 50. Ke1 Re2+ 51. Kf1 Rd2 52. Ke1 Rd5 53. Rxd5 Nxd5 54. Kd2 Kxg3 55. Be4 Nb6
56. Kd3 g4 57. Bc6 Kf2 58. Kc2 Nc4 59. Bd7 g3 {0-1 (59) Jussupow,A (2655)
-Kasparov,G (2780) Linares 1992}) 17... Bb7 18. Nb5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bxe5) 14...
bxa4 15. Nxc6 {White takes up the challenge. Weiß nimmt die Herausforderung
an.} (15. b3 {was also playable: war ebenfalls spielbar:} Ne5 16. Be7 Bxg4 17.
f3 Rfe8 18. Bxd6 Rad8 19. c5 Bc8 {is unclear ist unklar} (19... Nd3 20. Nxc6 $1
)) 15... Qxc6 16. e5 Qxc4 17. Bxa8 Nxe5 {[#] In return for the exchange Black
has excellent compensation. The white pawns are vulnerable, his pieces
disorientated, his king's position weakened. Schwarz hat für die Qualität
eine hervorragende Entschädigung erhalten. Die weißen Bauern sind anfällig,
seine Figuren sind ohne rechte Orientierung und die Königsstellung ist
geschwächt.} 18. Rc1 ({In case of Im Falle von} 18. Qxd6 Bxg4 (18... Qxg4 $6
19. Bf6 $1) 19. Bd5 Qd3 {Black shouldn't worry too much. sollte sich Schwarz
keine allzu großen Sorgen machen.}) 18... Qb4 $6 (18... Qb5 $1 {is far more
unpleasant for White. ist viel unangenehmer für Weiß.}) (18... Qxa2 19. Be7)
19. a3 {Botvinnik is missing an opportunity to push his opponent to the edge.
Botvinnik verpaßt eine Gelegenheit, seinen Gegner zum Äußersten zu treiben.}
({The tempting Nach} 19. Be7 Bxg4 20. Bxd6 $1 {would have left Black with a
narrow path to avoid slightly worse, dull endgames. hätte Schwarz nur einen
sehr schmalen Pfad, um ein langwieriges und etwas schlechteres Endspiel zu
vermeiden.} Qb6 21. Qd5 Bf3 $1 (21... Rd8 22. Bc7 Rxd5 23. Bxb6 Rd2 24. Bxa7
Rxb2 25. a3) 22. Qc5 Rxa8 23. Bxe5 Qe6 $1 24. Qe3 (24. Bxg7 $4 Qh3 {mating.
führt zum Matt}) (24. Rc3 Bb7 25. Re3 Qh3 26. f3 {is not clear, but roughly
equal. ist unklar aber etwa gleich.})) 19... Qxb2 20. Qxa4 Bb7 $1 {Now White's
king safety is becoming a serious issue. Jetzt wird die weiße
Königssicherheit zur Kernfrage.} 21. Rb1 $2 {The result of an obvious
miscalculation Das Ergebnis einer offensichtlichen Fehlkalkulation:} (21. Bxb7
Qxb7 22. Rc3 h6 (22... Nf3+ 23. Rxf3 Qxf3 24. Be7) 23. Bf4 Nf3+ 24. Rxf3 Qxf3
25. Bxd6 Rd8 26. Bc5 {would have settled the game peacefully. hätte zu einem
friedlichen Ausgang geführt.}) 21... Nf3+ 22. Kh1 Bxa8 $1 23. Rxb2 Nxg5+ 24.
Kh2 Nf3+ 25. Kh3 Bxb2 {Black has got quite enough in return for one queen. His
four pieces get together quickly and organize the final attack on the
defenceless white king. Schwarz hat allemal genügend Kompensation für die
Dame bekommen. Seine vier Figuren werden schnell zusammenwirken, um den
schutzlosen weißen König in die Enge zu treiben.} 26. Qxa7 Be4 27. a4 Kg7 28.
Rd1 Be5 29. Qe7 Rc8 {The rook is preparing to deliver the mortal blow. Der
Turm steht bereit, den Todesstoß zu versetzen.} 30. a5 (30. Rxd6) 30... Rc2
31. Kg2 Nd4+ 32. Kf1 Bf3 33. Rb1 Nc6 {and White resigned.} (33... Nc6 34. Qc7
Bd4 35. Qxd6 Rxf2+ 36. Ke1 Re2+ 37. Kf1 Rh2 {requires no comment. braucht
keine weitere Erläuterung.}) 0-1

[Event "World Championship 20th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1954.04.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1954.03.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 "World Championship 20th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1954.04.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D22"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1954.03.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 b5 8.
Be2 Nd7 9. a4 b4 10. f4 Ngf6 11. Bf3 Ra7 12. Bc6 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nc4 a5 15.
Ne5 Nb8 16. Bd2 Nd5 17. e4 Nb6 18. Be3 Bd6 19. Bb5 Qh4 20. Rc1 Kh8 21. Be2 Bxe5
22. dxe5 N8d7 23. Bb5 Rd8 24. Bd2 Nxe5 25. Qe3 Ng4 26. Qg3 Qxg3 27. fxg3 Nf2
28. Kxf2 Rxd2+ 29. Ke3 Rxb2 30. Rb1 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 c5 32. Rd1 Ra8 33. Rd6 Rb8
34. Kd2 c4 35. Kc2 g6 36. Rc6 c3 37. Kb3 Rc8 0-1

[Event "World Championship 20th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1954.04.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1954.03.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 c5 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. e5 dxe5
15. Rxe5 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Bd6 17. Rxe8+ Nxe8 18. Nd2 Be5 19. Nb3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 c4
21. Nc5 Bc6 22. Rd8 g5 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Bg3 a5 25. f3 f5 26. Be5 Kf7 27. f4
Nd6 28. Na6 Ne8 29. Kf2 Be4 30. g3 Kg6 31. Ke3 Kh5 32. Kd4 Kg4 33. Kxc4 Kh3 34.
fxg5 hxg5 35. Nxc7 Nxc7 36. Bxc7 Kxh2 37. Kb5 Kh3 38. c4 Kg4 39. c5 f4 40. gxf4
gxf4 41. Bxa5 Kf5 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1956.04.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Nc3 c6 6. d5 d6 7. Nf3 e5 8. O-O
cxd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. a4 $5 a5 11. Rb1 Nc5 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. b3 Rc8 14. Ba3 Ne8
15. Nce4 b6 16. Nc4 Bf5 17. Nxc5 $1 bxc5 (17... Bxb1 $2 18. Nb7 Qc7 19. Nbxd6
$18) 18. e4 Bd7 19. Qd2 {>< a5} f5 {19...Ra8 20.Bb2 /\ Bc3  >< a5} 20. Qxa5 Qg5
21. Nb6 Rd8 22. b4 cxb4 23. Qxb4 Qh5 24. Qc3 fxe4 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Bxe4 Nf6
27. Bg2 e4 28. Qc4 e3 29. h3 Qg5 30. Rb3 Re8 31. Bc1 exf2+ 32. Rxf2 Qh5 33. Bb2
Rf7 34. Rbf3 Re1+ 35. Rf1 Re4 36. Qc2 Re5 37. Bxe5 dxe5 38. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "World Championship 21th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.03.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.03.05"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. a3
Bd7 9. h3 Ne8 10. d3 Nc7 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Be3 b5 13. cxb5 Nxb5 14. Nxb5 Rxb5 15.
d4 Qc8 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Kh2 Rd8 18. Qc1 Nd4 19. Nc3 Rb7 20. f4 Bc6 21. Rf2 a5
22. Qf1 Nb5 23. e5 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Bxg2 25. Rxg2 Rxb1 26. Qxb1 Qc6 27. Rd2 Rxd2+
28. Bxd2 c4 29. Be3 f6 30. Bd4 Kf7 31. Qd1 a4 32. Qe2 Qd5 33. Kg1 (33. exf6)
33... Bf8 34. f5 fxe5 (34... gxf5 35. Qh5+ Ke6) 35. fxg6+ hxg6 36. Bxe5 e6 37.
Qf2+ Ke8 38. Qf6 Bxa3 39. Qxg6+ Kd7 40. Qh7+ Be7 41. Bf6 0-1

[Event "World Championship 21th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D98"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1957.03.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 "World Championship 21th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.03.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. Kb1 b5 12. Bd3 Ng4 13. Bg1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5
15. Bg1 exf4 16. Nd5 Ne3 17. Bxe3 fxe3 18. Qxe3 Be6 19. Qa7 Bxd5 20. exd5 Be7
21. Rhe1 Qc7 22. Qxa6 O-O 23. c3 Bf6 24. Bxb5 Ra8 25. Qc6 Qb8 26. Qc4 Rc8 27.
Bc6 Ra7 28. Qb3 Qc7 29. Re4 g6 30. Rf1 Be5 31. h3 Kg7 32. Rb4 Rf8 33. a3 h5 34.
Ka2 Qd8 35. Qc2 f5 36. Qf2 Raf7 37. a4 g5 38. Rb5 g4 39. a5 f4 40. hxg4 hxg4
41. a6 1-0

[Event "World Championship 21th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.04.02"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1957.03.05"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Bg4 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nf6 11. Nd4 Nxe4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxa7 Bf5
14. f3 (14. Bd4 e5 15. Bxe5) 14... Nd6 (14... Nxc3 15. a4) 15. a4 Ra8 16. Bb6
O-O 17. c5 Nc8 18. g4 Be6 19. a5 Nxb6 20. cxb6 Rfb8 21. Bd3 Rxb6 22. axb6 Rxa1+
23. Kd2 Ra2+ 24. Ke3 Bc8 25. Rd1 Rb2 26. Bc4 Kg7 27. Rd8 Be6 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29.
Rb8 e5 30. c4 Kf7 31. c5 Ke6 32. Rd8 g5 33. h3 Rb1 34. Kd2 Rb5 35. Kd3 Rb1 36.
Kc4 Rc1+ 37. Kb4 Rb1+ 38. Ka4 Ra1+ 39. Kb4 Rb1+ 40. Ka3 Ra1+ 41. Kb2 Ra5 42.
Rd3 Ra8 43. Kb3 Ra5 1-0

[Event "World Championship 21th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.04.13"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D73"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1957.03.05"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
b6 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. O-O e6 12. f4 Bg7 13. Rc1 f6 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. e3
Qd7 16. Qe2 Na5 17. h4 Nc4 18. Bh3 Nd6 19. Kh2 a5 20. Rfe1 b5 21. Nd1 b4 22.
Nf2 Ba6 23. Qd1 Rfc8 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Qc6 27. Nd3 Qc2+ 28.
Qxc2 Rxc2+ 29. Rf2 Rxf2+ 30. Nxf2 Nc4 31. Nd1 Kf7 32. b3 Nd6 33. Kg2 h5 34. Kh3
Ne4 35. g4 hxg4+ 36. Kxg4 f5+ 37. Kh3 Bf6 38. Ne1 Kg7 39. Nd3 Nc3 40. Nxc3 bxc3
41. Ne1 Kh6 42. Nc2 Be7 43. Kg3 Kh5 44. Kf3 Kxh4 45. Ne1 g5 46. fxg5 Kxg5 47.
Nc2 Bd6 48. Ne1 Kh4 49. Nc2 Kh3 50. Na1 Kh2 51. Kf2 Bg3+ 52. Kf3 Bh4 53. Nc2
Kg1 54. Ke2 Kg2 55. Na1 Be7 56. Nc2 Kg3 57. Ne1 Bd8 58. Nc2 Bf6 59. a3 Be7 60.
b4 a4 61. Ne1 Bg5 62. Nc2 Bf6 63. Kd3 Kf2 64. Na1 Bd8 65. Nc2 Bg5 66. b5 Bd8
67. Nb4 Bb6 68. Nc2 Ba5 69. Nb4 Ke1 0-1

[Event "World Championship 21th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.04.23"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1957.03.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 1-0

[Event "World Championship 22th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1958.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1958.03.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. h4
O-O 9. h5 d5 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5
cxd5 15. O-O-O Bb7 16. f4 d4 17. Bxd4 Bxg2 18. Rhg1 Be4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rd7
Kf6 21. Rd4 Bf5 22. Rgd1 Rac8 23. R1d2 Rc7 24. b3 Rh8 25. Bc4 Rh3 26. Kb2 Re3
27. a4 e5 28. fxe5+ Kxe5 29. a5 Be6 30. Bxe6 Kxe6 31. Rd8 Ke7 32. Rb8 Re6 33.
c4 a6 34. Kc3 f5 35. Rdd8 f4 36. Re8+ Kf6 37. Rxe6+ Kxe6 38. Kd4 Rf7 39. Ke4
Kd6 40. Rb6+ Kc5 41. Kd3 1-0

[Event "World Championship 22th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1958.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D99"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1958.03.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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. Rd1 Nb6 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bh5 14. h4
Qd7 15. a4 a5 16. Nb5 Nc8 17. Bd4 Nd6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd4 Kg8 20. Rg1 Qh3 21.
Qe3 c5 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Qg5 c5 24. Nc6 1-0

[Event "World Championship 22th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1958.04.10"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1958.03.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Qb6 7. a3 c5 8. Nge2 Nc6
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. Nec3 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. exd5 Nd4 14. Bd3 exd5
15. O-O O-O 16. f4 g6 17. Qe1 Bg7 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. b4 Qd8 20. Rd1 b6 21. Qf2 Be6
22. Ba6 Qf6 23. Rd2 Rad8 24. Nd1 Nf5 25. Nac3 d4 26. Ne4 Qe7 27. Bd3 a5 28.
bxa5 bxa5 29. a4 Qb4 30. Re2 Bd5 31. Ng3 Nxg3+ 32. Qxg3 Rde8 33. Ref2 Bf6 34.
Qh3 Kg7 35. Bb5 Re1 36. Qd3 Be4 37. Qb3 Rxf1+ 38. Rxf1 Qd2 39. Nf2 Ba8 40. Qd3
Qxf4 41. h3 h5 42. Qe2 Qe3 43. Qxe3 dxe3 44. Nd1 Rc8 45. Nxe3 Rc3 46. Bd3 Rc5
47. Nc4 Rg5 48. Rf2 Bc6 49. Nd6 Re5 50. Nc4 Rg5 51. Nd6 Rd5 52. Nb5 Re5 53. Re2
Rxe2 54. Bxe2 Be7 55. Kg1 {time} 1-0

[Event "World Championship 22th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1958.04.22"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1958.03.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. a3 Be7 8. g4
Nfd7 9. d4 Nf8 10. Be3 Ng6 11. Qg3 Bh4 12. Qh2 Nd7 13. O-O-O Qb8 14. f4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qf2 Bh4 18. Qf3 Ne7 19. Bd3 g6 20. f5 exf5 21.
Bf4 Qd8 22. gxf5 Qd5 23. Qg4 Bf6 24. Rhe1 h5 25. Qg3 h4 26. Qg4 gxf5 27. Bxf5
Kf8 28. Be4 Qa2 29. c3 Rd8 30. Rf1 Nd5 31. Bd2 Rd6 32. Qc8+ Ke7 33. Qxb7+ Rd7
34. Rde1 Qa1+ 35. Bb1+ 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B58"]
[Annotator "Chekhov"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. b3
(8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. Bf1 Qa5 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nxd6 Qc5 $1 14.
Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 Rad8 16. Nd2 e4 17. c3 Bd6 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Nc4 Bc7 20. Be3
Qxf5 $15 {Xie Jun-Ioseliani,N/Monaco/1993/1:0 (58) Inf 59/217/}) 8... Be7 9.
O-O O-O 10. Bb2 Bg4 $6 (10... Be6 $5 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Rad1 Qa5 13. h3 Rfd8 14.
Qe3 a6 15. a3 b5 16. Nd5 $10) (10... a6 $5) 11. Re1 Rc8 12. h3 Bxf3 (12... Be6
$5) 13. Bxf3 Nd4 14. Qd3 b5 15. Bd1 $1 b4 16. Ne2 Ne6 (16... Nxe2+ 17. Bxe2 (
17. Rxe2 $5) 17... d5 18. exd5 e4 19. Qd2 Qxd5) 17. Ng3 $16 g6 18. a3 a5 19.
axb4 axb4 20. Nf1 Nf4 21. Qb5 $6 (21. Qf3 $5 {/\ Nd2-c4/}) 21... Rb8 22. Qc6
Rb6 (22... Rc8 23. Qb7 (23. Qa4 $5) 23... Rb8 24. Qa7 Ra8 $1 $13) 23. Qc4 Qd7
24. Nd2 Rc8 25. Qf1 Rbb8 (25... Rbc6 $5) 26. Nc4 h5 27. Bc1 Ne6 28. Be3 Nc5 (
28... Nxe4 29. Nb6 Rxb6 30. Bxb6 Qc6 31. Be3 d5) 29. Bf3 Qc6 (29... Nfxe4 30.
Bxe4 Nxe4 31. Nb6 Rxb6 32. Bxb6 d5) 30. Ra7 Bf8 31. Bxc5 Qxc5 32. Rea1 $16 Rc7
33. R7a5 Qc6 34. Ra6 Qc5 35. Qd3 Nd7 36. Be2 Rc6 37. R6a5 Rb5 38. Ra7 Rc7 39.
Rxc7 Qxc7 40. Nxd6 $18 Ra5 41. Rxa5 Qxa5 42. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "YUG-URS"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Djurasevic, Bozidar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Bb2 Be7 8. d3
O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. Bc3 Rfd8 13. Qb2 Nc5 14. Bd4 dxc4 15.
dxc4 Qc7 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Ncd7 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. c5 Qb8 20. Nc4 Be4 21. Bh3
Bf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Rd1 Qf8 24. Ne3 g6 25. Ne5 Rd8 26. N5c4 Ra8 27. Bc3 Qc8
28. Qb3 Ne8 29. Bb2 Ra6 30. Qd3 Ndf6 31. Nd6 Qe6 32. Nxb7 Ra2 33. Qc3 Bf8 34.
Nd8 Qc8 35. Nc4 1-0

