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Soviet chess grandmaster (1921–2010)

Also known as: Wassili Wassiljewitsch Smyslow, Vasily Vasiliyevich Smyslov, Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov, Wassili Smyslow, Wassily Smyslow, Смыслов, Василий Васильевич

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