Original: Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov ( ; 24 March 1921 & ndash ; 27 March 2010 ) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster , and was World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958 .
Simplified: He was one of the five players selected to compete for the 1948 World Chess Championship tournament to determine who should succeed the late Alexander Alekhine as champion .