![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" /
![The Life and Games of Vasily Smyslov: Volume I - The Early Years: 1921-1948: 9781949859249: Terekhov, Andrey, Svidler, Peter: Books - Amazon.com The Life and Games of Vasily Smyslov: Volume I - The Early Years: 1921-1948: 9781949859249: Terekhov, Andrey, Svidler, Peter: Books - Amazon.com](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/IMAGERENDERING_521856-T1/images/I/61wXSmHhmBL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg)