Selection of studies composed by former Chess World Champion

Vasily Smyslov,

(Russia, 24.3.1921 - 27.3.2010)

There is a lot information about him to be found at Internet i.e. at Wikipedia.

See also an article from Oleg Pervakov in EG181 about him.

A quote by - Vasily Smyslov:

"My fascination for studies proved highly beneficial, it assisted the development of my aesthetic understanding of chess, and improved my endgame play."

He is International Judge of the FIDE for chess compositions since 1957.

(All his studies, more exact dates, possible corrections or cooks and exact details about sources can be found in the

Harold van der Heijden database V (31-12-2015) )