The first undisputed World Champion and one of the first players to study rather than simply play chessFull profile
Often, perhaps unfairly, considered the one World Champion not to have been a great, or at least dominant, player of his timeFull profile
The "patriarch" of Soviet Chess - he played 7 World Championship matches and held onto the title for almost 15 yearsFull profile
Although Smyslov only held onto the World Championship title for a year he outscored Mikhail Botvinnik over the course of their three matchesFull profile
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