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Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Early years [ ] Smyslov (pronounced 'smis-LOFF') first became interested in chess at the age of six. His father,, worked as an engineering technician and had represented the St. Petersburg Technical Institute in intercollegiate chess competitions.

Smyslov's father had also studied chess for a time under the tutelage of and the senior Smyslov became the boy's first teacher. The elder Smyslov gave his son a copy of 's book My Best Games of Chess 1908–1923 and the future world champion would later write that this book became his constant reference. He would also write that '.I was later to read everything that my father had in his library: handbook, separate numbers of the Soviet chess magazines Chess and Chess Sheet, the text-books of and, and the collections of games of Soviet and international tournaments. The games of the great Russian chess master M. Chigorin made an indelible impression on me; it was with interest that I read the various declarations on questions of strategy by; I studied attentively the genius of prominent Soviet masters.' Smyslov's competitive chess experiences began at the age of 14, when he started taking part in classification tournaments. In 1938, at age 17, Smyslov won the USSR Junior Championship.

That same year, he tied for 1st–2nd places in the, with 12½/17. However, Smyslov's first attempt at adult competition outside his own city fell short; he placed 12th–13th in the –Moscow International tournament of 1939 with 8/17 in an exceptionally strong field. In the Moscow Championship of 1939–40 Smyslov placed 2nd–3rd with 9/13. War years [ ] In his first Soviet final, the 1940 (Moscow, URS-ch12), he performed exceptionally well for 3rd place with 13/19, finishing ahead of the reigning champion. This tournament was the strongest Soviet final up to that time, as it included several players, such as and, from countries annexed by the USSR, as part of the of 1939.

The Soviet Federation held a further tournament of the top six from the 1940 event, and this was called the 1941 Absolute Championship of the USSR, one of the strongest tournaments ever organized. The format saw each player meet his opponents four times. The players were Botvinnik, Keres, Smyslov,,,. Smyslov scored 10/20 for third place, behind Botvinnik and Keres. This proved that Smyslov was of genuine world-class strength at age 20, a very rare achievement at that time. World War II forced a halt to most international chess, but several tournaments involving Soviet players only were still organized.

Smyslov was exempted from military service due to being severely nearsighted, and he won the 1942 Moscow Championship outright with a powerful 12/15. At 1942, he placed second with 8/11. In a strong field at 1943, Smyslov tied for 3rd–4th places with 8/14.

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