Final Years
In 1991 Smyslov won the inaugural World Senior Chess Championship. He played no competitive games after the 2001 Klompendans Veterans versus Ladies tournament in Amsterdam. His Elo rating after this event was 2494.
Smyslov died of heart failure in hospital in Moscow on the morning of 27 March 2010, three days after his 89th birthday.
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