![Douglas Griffin on Twitter: "The 7th World Champion, Vasily Smyslov - pictured late 1940s? (Photo source: unknown.) #chess https://t.co/AQrSAtuVGA" / Twitter Douglas Griffin on Twitter: "The 7th World Champion, Vasily Smyslov - pictured late 1940s? (Photo source: unknown.) #chess https://t.co/AQrSAtuVGA" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dd5qVXkVQAEbMaj.jpg)
Douglas Griffin on Twitter: "The 7th World Champion, Vasily Smyslov - pictured late 1940s? (Photo source: unknown.) #chess https://t.co/AQrSAtuVGA" / Twitter
![Judit Polgar on Twitter: "Vassily Smyslov, World Champion, Teacher, Author and Singer would be 100 today. I learned from his books, and after we played he named me “The skirty Tal”. https://t.co/kF0PhgXQJK" / Judit Polgar on Twitter: "Vassily Smyslov, World Champion, Teacher, Author and Singer would be 100 today. I learned from his books, and after we played he named me “The skirty Tal”. https://t.co/kF0PhgXQJK" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ExGZ3tqWYAEUUOK.png)
Judit Polgar on Twitter: "Vassily Smyslov, World Champion, Teacher, Author and Singer would be 100 today. I learned from his books, and after we played he named me “The skirty Tal”. https://t.co/kF0PhgXQJK" /
![Vasily Smyslov, 7th World Champion and one of the greatest endgame players ever, was born 96 years ago today. : r/chess Vasily Smyslov, 7th World Champion and one of the greatest endgame players ever, was born 96 years ago today. : r/chess](https://external-preview.redd.it/2MKzHvxzIVJSoticUs1ieIa5bS8UweSQyFrfyns3CqQ.jpg?auto=webp&s=369833f5d839279bbd41a215c11481f2833fcd19)