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: Smyslov was a candidate for the World Chess Championship on eight occasions ( 1948 , 1950 , 1953 , 1956 , 1959 , 1965 , 1983 , and 1985 ) .