Vasily Smyslov: the life and the game

Vasily Smyslov was seventh in 36 years in the history of chess world champion (1957-58). Six previous chess kings took the coveted milestone on the first attempt. And those who could not overpower the defending champion, in the future, as a rule, did not show their ambitions, remaining in the role of "great losers"...
Externally he gives the impression of a dangerous fighter is a typical modest intellectual, with a leisurely gait and enigmatic smile. This is for the uninitiated, but for chess dreamer D. Bronstein image Smyslov sometimes associated with the gait of a bear, wandering ahead in chess the wilds, and Woe to anyone who accidentally gets in his way!