Now you can own all three volumes of the Smyslov Endgames  lectures (Chess Lectures Volumes 48, 49 and 50) in one complete set!

GM Jesse Kraii reviews Vassily Smyslov, one of his favorite players of all time. Jesse claims studying Smyslov’s endgames helped him to become a Grandmaster.Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov (Russian March 24, 1921 – 27 March 2010) was a Soviet and Russian Grandmaster and was World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958. He was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on eight times (1948, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1965, 1983, and 1985). Smyslov twice tied for first at the Soviet Championship (1949, 1955), and his total of 17 Chess Olympiad medals won is an all-time record. In five European Team Championships, Smyslov won ten gold medals.

Vol 48 ECO: D74, D99, C92, C71, A30

Vol 49 ECO: E03, B82, C14, D18, D76

Vol 50 ECO: E48, E54, E53, A13

Content: Over 6 hours of instruction and analysis in a series of 15 lectures.

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Fans on Chesslecture.com said: Wow, this was a GREAT game and your explanations were very clear and concise. I look forward to watching the rest of this series. 5 stars. 

GM Jesse Kraai: currently resides in Berkeley, California. His most notable chess achievements are winning the Denker Tournament of High School Champions in 1989 and 1990, and competing in the US championship from 2002-2006. Jesse received his final GM norm at the Foxwoods Open 2007 and has a Ph.D in Philosophy. from the Univeristy of Heidelberg. Jesse is an active chess coach.