Mr. Vasily Smyslov had a perfect understanding of the strengths & limitations of different chess pieces. His game was based on creating simple but uneven positions favourable to his pieces.
Smyslov System can be understood as a combination of Botvinnik and Capablanca systems:
Opening Innovations: Like Botvinnik, Smyslov developed many opening systems.
Simplified Middle-game: Here, Smyslov differed from Botvinnik. While Botvinnik believed in taking the game away from opponent in opening to middle-game phase, Smyslov depended more on his endgame expertise. So, Smyslov kept midddlegame simple (like Capablanca).
Perfect Endgame: It comes out that all the players who learnt chess from their father were excellent in endgame (Capablanca, Smyslov, Karpov). Smyslov is known as a perfect endgame player. His wins came out mostly from his endgame expertise.
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Smyslov System can be understood as a combination of Botvinnik and Capablanca systems:
Opening Innovations: Like Botvinnik, Smyslov developed many opening systems.
Simplified Middle-game: Here, Smyslov differed from Botvinnik. While Botvinnik believed in taking the game away from opponent in opening to middle-game phase, Smyslov depended more on his endgame expertise. So, Smyslov kept midddlegame simple (like Capablanca).
Perfect Endgame: It comes out that all the players who learnt chess from their father were excellent in endgame (Capablanca, Smyslov, Karpov). Smyslov is known as a perfect endgame player. His wins came out mostly from his endgame expertise.
Example Game 1: Smyslov beats Botvinnik in their World Championship Match with positionaly accuracy
Example Game 2: Smyslov punishes small positional mistake by Korchnoi of advancing his b pawn too ahead and wins the game with his endgame accuracy
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