GM Jesse Kraai reviews Vassily Smyslov, his favorite player of all time. Jesse claims studying Smyslov’s endgames helped him become a Grandmaster.
Smyslov Endgames 2
GM Jesse Kraai reviews Vassily Smyslov, his favorite player of all time. Jesse claims studying Smyslov’s endgames helped him become a Grandmaster.
Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov (Russian March 24, 1921 – 27 March 2010) was a Soviet and Russian Grandmaster and was World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958. He was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship eight times (1948, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1965, 1983, and 1985). Smyslov twice tied for first at the Soviet Championship (1949, 1955), and his total of 17 Chess Olympiad medals won is an all-time record. In five European Team Championships, Smyslov won ten gold medals.
Content: Over 1.5 hours of instruction and analysis in a series of 5 lectures.
Includes: ECO: E03, B82, C14, D18, D76
Users rated this series: 4.76 out of 5
Chess Fans have said: Lovely lecture! Just love the way Smyslov’s games flow! There seem to be no tactics, just positional control that he exerts. It’s just amazing. Thanks!
GM Jesse Kraai currently resides in Berkeley, California. His most notable chess achievements are winning the Denker Tournament of High School Champions in 1989 and 1990, and competing in the US championship from 2002-2006. Jesse received his final GM norm at the Foxwoods Open 2007 and has a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Heidelberg. Jesse is an active chess coach.
Outline
- Part VI; The Catalan Bishop in the Endgame
Vasily Smyslov vs. Alberic O’Kelly de Galway
Run Time: 00:20:20 - Part VII; Maneuvering with a Little Bit More Space
Vasily Smyslov vs. Kick Langeweg
Run Time: 00:15:46 - Part VIII; Against the French Structure
Vasily Smyslov vs. Ervin Haag
Run Time: 00:19:16 - Part IX; The Slav Endgame
Lajos Portisch vs. Vasily Smyslov
Run Time: 00:22:06 - Part X; Split Pawns
Vasily Smyslov vs. Andor Lilienthal
Run Time 00:15:52
