In addition to being a wonderful chess player and world champion, Smyslov was also known for his singing. Some other known chess players who love to sing include Portisch and Sutovsky, etc.
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He’s a good singer.
True story about Portisch—well, what another GM said about him.
Yasser Seirwan once opined that Portisch had zero talent at chess, which I thought was an interesting position to take, given Portisch’s successful career.
What I took from that is that Portisch didn’t think about chess the way Yasser did.