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Vasily Smyslov
Soviet chess grandmaster (1921–2010).
Born March 24th, 1921 in Moscow.
Died March 27th, 2010 at 89 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]
Occupations
chess composer, chess player, journalist, non-fiction writer, singer, writer
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