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Master Class Vol. 14: Vasily Smyslov
Oliver Reeh
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Smyslov cultivated a clear positional style and even in sharp tactical positions often relied more on his intuition than on concrete calculation of variations. Let our authors introduce you into the world of Vasily Smyslov.
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Let our team of experts Yannick Pelletier, Mihail Marin, Karsten Müller and Oliver Reeh introduce you into the world of Vasily Smyslov.

  • Video running time: 7 h 45 min (English)
  • All Smyslov games, and short biography
  • Smyslov Powerbook: The opening repertoire of the 7th world champion as a variation tree
  • Tactics training with 24 Smyslovgames

Contents

1
Short biography
2
Opening
3
Introduction
4
Double fianchetto
5
Main Lines
6
French and Caro Kann
7
Spanish
8
Slav
9
Grunfeld
10
Conclusion
11
Strategy
12
Introduction
13
Geller-Smyslov
14
Smyslov-Botvinnik
15
Gligoric-Smyslov
16
Smyslov-Hort
17
Smyslov-Ribli
18
Smyslov-Oll
19
Tactics 1-10
20
Gerasimov-Smyslov, 1935
21
Smyslov-Kirilov, 1940
22
Kotov-Smyslov, 1940
23
Smyslov-Finogenov, 1942
24
Lisitsin-Smyslov, 1944
25
Smyslov - Alatortsev, 1946
26
Smyslov-Kottnauer, 1946
27
Smyslov-Euwe, 1948
28
Smyslov-Florian, 1949
29
Uhlmann-Smyslov, 1959
30
Tactics 11-20
31
Smyslov-Tolush, 1961
32
Smyslov-Letelier, 1962
33
Smyslov-Padevsky, 1963
34
Benko-Smyslov, 1964
35
Smyslov-Rossetto, 1966
36
Smyslov-Fuller, 1969
37
Smyslov-Liberzon, 1969
38
Smyslov-Addison, 1970
39
Smyslov-Karpov, 1971
40
Smyslov-Dzindzichashvili, 1972
41
Tactics 21-24
42
Biyiasas-Smyslov, 1980
43
Smyslov-Timman, 1981
44
Smyslov-Sosonko, 1984
45
Polgar-Smyslov, 2000
46
Endgames
47
Rook endings
48
The wall of umbrellas
49
Complete attacking harmony
50
Textbook defence against h- and f-pawn
51
Miscellaneous endgames
52
Miraculous defence in the pawn ending
53
The clumsy knight
54
The mighty knight
55
The blockading knight
56
An old riddle
57
The classic against Reshevsky
58
A light initiative weighs heavily
59
The attacker does not exchange attacking potential
60
Interactive videos
61
Duel of the passed pawns
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