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World Champion Vasily Smyslov dies at 89
27.03.2010 – He was "one of the great chess geniuses of the twentieth century" (Boris Spassky). Vasily Vasiliyevich Smyslov was born on March 24, 1921, auditioned as a baritone singer at the Bolshoi Theatre before he took up chess as a full-time career. In 1957 he beat Botvinnik in the world championship match and held the title for a year. Smyslov died in the night to Saturday March 27, 2010. In memoriam.(chessbase)
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6219
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I hate to hear that. Such a nice guy. He beat Botvinnik the year I was born.
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I've been playing through Zurich 1953. The guy was solid. He seemed to be a very nice person too. I liked him!
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Does anyone think that this site could run a Chess Ghoul Pool so that we could bet on the next famous chess player to croak?
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