[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.e3 c5 6.a3 cxd4 7.axb4 dxc3 8.bxc3 O-O
9.Nf3 Qc7 10.Qb3 b6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Be2 Nc6 13.Bb2 Be6 14.O-O Ne4 15.Rad1 Rac8
16.Ba6 Rb8 17.Bd3 Rfc8 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.cxd4 Nd6 20.Rc1 Qd7 21.b5 Bf5 22.Be2 Be6
23.Bd3 Bf5 24.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor Ivanovich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.a3 a6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Bd3 b5 11.O-O Bb7 12.a4 b4 13.Nb1 Re8 14.Nbd2 Qa5 15.Nb3 Qxa4
16.Rc7 Rab8 17.Ne5 Nf8 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Qh5 Ng6 20.Nd7 Qxb3 21.Nxf6+ gxf6
22.Rxf7 Re7 23.Qxh7+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry Osipovich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E17"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.b3 Bb7
9.Bb2 Nbd7 10.Nc3 c6 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Rfe1 Bf8 13.Rad1 Rc8 14.e4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 dxe4
16.Ne5 Nf6 17.Bxe4 Nxe4 18.Rxe4 Qd5 19.Rh4 h6 20.f3 c5 21.dxc5 Bxc5+ 22.Kg2 Bd4
23.Qxc8 Bxc8 24.Re4 Qxe4 25.fxe4 Bxb2 26.Nc4 Bf6 27.e5 Bb7+ 28.Kf2 Bxe5  0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Belavenets, Sergey Vesevolodovi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Qe7 8.e3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 d6 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Rc1 g5 12.Bg3 h5 13.h4 g4 14.Nd2 Bxg2 15.Rg1 Bb7
16.b4 e5 17.Kf1 e4 18.Bc2 a5 19.b5 O-O 20.a4 Kh7 21.Kg2 Kg8 22.Kf1 Kh7 23.Kg2 Kg8
24.Kf1 Kh7 25.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Verlinsky, Boris"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B26"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.d3 d6 8.Be3 Nd4
9.Qd2 Nec6 10.f4 Qa5 11.Nc1 Bd7 12.Qf2 Nb4 13.Nb3 Qb6 14.Rac1 O-O 15.e5 Nf5
16.Bd2 dxe5 17.Qxc5 exf4 18.Rxf4 Nc6 19.Qxb6 axb6 20.a3 Na5 21.Rb4 Nxb3 22.Rxb3 Bc6
23.Ne2 b5 24.Rb4 Rfd8 25.g4 Nh4 26.Bxc6 bxc6 27.Kf2 h6 28.Rf1 g5 29.Bc3 f5
30.Bxg7 Kxg7 31.Kg3 Kf6 32.Nc3 Kg6 33.h3 h5 34.a4 bxa4 35.Nxa4 hxg4 36.hxg4 Kf6
37.Nc5 Rd5 38.Rc4 Ra2 39.b4 Ke7 40.Re1 Rd6 41.gxf5 Nxf5+ 42.Kh3 Nd4 43.c3 Ne2
44.Re4 Nf4+ 45.Kg4 Rg2+ 46.Kf3 Rc2 47.c4 Kf7 48.Kg4 Rg2+ 49.Kf3 Rd2 50.Kg4 Rg2+
51.Kf3 Rd2 52.Kg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shipunov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O O-O 11.c4 c6 12.Bb2 Na6 13.Ne5 Qd6 14.Rac1 Rac8 15.e4 f6
16.Ng4 Qe6 17.Ne3 dxc4 18.Nxc4 Rfd8 19.a3 Nc7 20.Rfd1 Nb5 21.Qa4 Qd7 22.Ne3 Bf8
23.Rc2 Kh8 24.Rcd2 Qe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D61"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Qc2 c5 8.Bd3 h6
9.Bh4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nb6 11.Be2 cxd4 12.Rd1 Nfd5 13.Rxd4 Bxh4 14.Rxh4 Nxc3
15.bxc3 Bd7 16.O-O Rc8 17.Rc1 Qe7 18.Qb3 Rc7 19.Rd4 Rfc8 20.Ne5 Be8 21.Bd3 Qc5
22.f4 Nd5 23.Kf2 Qe7 24.Bc4 Qh4+ 25.Kf3 f6 26.Bxd5 exd5 27.Ng4 Kh8 28.f5 Qg5
29.Rf4 Rc4 30.Nf2 Bc6 31.g4 Re8 32.Re1 h5 33.h4 Qxh4 34.Rh1 Rxf4+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor Parfenovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 c6
9.h3 Ne8 10.Be3 Qe7 11.Qd2 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Bh6 e4 15.Bxg7 Nxg7
16.Nh2 Ne5 17.b3 Rd8 18.Qf4 Rd3 19.Ne2 Ng6 20.Qh6 Be6 21.Nf4 Nxf4 22.Qxf4 Rad8
23.Rfe1 a5 24.Qe5 Qb4 25.Bf1 Rd2 26.a3 Qb6 27.Re3 Qd4 28.Qxd4 R8xd4 29.f3 Rb2
30.Rae1 Kf7 31.R1e2 Rxe2 32.Bxe2 a4 33.bxa4 Bxc4 34.Bxc4+ Rxc4 35.Rb3 Rxa4
36.Rxb7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pogrebissky, Iosif"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.c4 Be7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e3 O-O 8.d4 cxd4
9.exd4 Qc8 10.b3 d5 11.Qe2 Nc6 12.Be3 dxc4 13.bxc4 Na5 14.Ne5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Qb7+
16.Kg1 Rac8 17.Rab1 Nd7 18.Nxd7 Qxd7 19.c5 bxc5 20.Rfd1 Qc6 21.d5 exd5 22.Nxd5 Rfe8
23.Nxe7+ Rxe7 24.Qb5 Qxb5 25.Rxb5 Nb7 26.Rdb1 Nd6 27.Rxc5 Ra8 28.a4 f6 29.a5 a6
30.Rb6 Nb7 31.Rd5 Kf7 32.Kg2 Nd8 33.h4 Ne6 34.Kf3 Nc7 35.Rdd6 Rae8 36.Rb7 Ra8
37.Bc5 Nd5 38.Rxe7+ Nxe7 39.Rd7 Re8 40.Ke4 Ke6 41.Rxe7+ Rxe7 42.Bxe7 Kxe7
43.Kd5 Kd7 44.Kc5 Kc7 45.h5 f5 46.f3 g6 47.hxg6 hxg6 48.f4 Kd7 49.Kb6  1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Freiman, Sergey Nikolaevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 b6
9.Bb2 Bb7 10.Qe2 c5 11.Rfd1 Rc8 12.Rac1 Rc7 13.Ne5 Qa8 14.f4 dxc4 15.bxc4 Ne4
16.Bxe4 Bxe4 17.d5 Nf6 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.Qg4 Rf5 21.Qf3 Qb7 22.Rd3 Nf6
23.Qxb7 Rxb7 24.g4 Rxe5 25.Bxe5 Nxg4 26.Bc3 Kf7 27.a4 e5 28.Bxe5 Nxe5 29.fxe5 Ke6
30.Rf1 Bg5 31.Rd6+ Ke7 32.Rf3 Ke8 33.e4 Re7 34.e6 Bf6 35.Rf5 Bd4+ 36.Kg2  1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Nc3 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.d4 f6 8.Be3 g6
9.Qd2 Bg7 10.O-O-O Qd7 11.h4 Qf7 12.h5 gxh5 13.dxe5 fxe5 14.Nd5 O-O-O 15.Qa5 h6
16.Nd2 Bxd5 17.exd5 Ne7 18.Nc4 Bf6 19.Kb1 Rhg8 20.Rh3 Rg4 21.Na3 Rxg2 22.Bxh6 Bg5
23.Bxg5 Rxg5 24.Ka1 Rdg8 25.b3 Rg1 26.Rd3 e4 27.Rd2 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Qxf2 29.Qc3 e3
30.Kb2 e2 31.Rh1 Nxd5 32.Qh3+ Kb8 33.Qxh5 Qd4+ 34.Kb1 Rg1+ 35.Rxg1 Qxg1+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makogonov, Mikhail Andreevich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 h6
9.Bh4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.O-O a6 13.a3 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.b4 Ncd7
16.Nd4 Nb6 17.Nb3 Rc8 18.Na5 Ba8 19.Qb3 Nfd5 20.Bg3 Nxc3 21.Rxc3 Qd2 22.Bc7 Qxe2
23.Bxb6 Bd5 24.Rxc8 Bxb3 25.Rxf8+ Bxf8 26.Nxb3 Qb2  0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Yudovich, Mikhail Sr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bd3 Qe7
9.O-O e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd2 14.Qxd2 Qxd5
15.Qc2 g6 16.Rad1 Qe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Panov, Vasily N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D51"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 h6 7.Bxf6 Nxf6 8.e3 Be7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.Rfd1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Qa5 14.Ne4 Rd8 15.a3 Bd7
16.Ng3 Rac8 17.Qe2 Qb6 18.Bb5 Bxb5 19.Nxb5 a6 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Nc3 Qb3 22.Rd1 Rxd1+
23.Nxd1 Bd6 24.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kopaev, Nikolay Antonovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Be6 8.Qa4+ Nc6
9.e3 O-O 10.Bb5 Be7 11.Nf3 Nb8 12.Bd3 Nbd7 13.O-O c6 14.Qc2 Nh5 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 g6 18.f4 Ng7 19.Kh1 c5 20.Qf2 Rad8 21.Rad1 a6 22.Bc2 b5
23.Qf3 Qb7 24.Bb3 c4 25.Bc2 h5 26.h3 Rd7 27.Ne2 f5 28.Qg3 Bf7 29.Nd4 Qb6
30.Qh4 Qd8 31.Qxd8 Rfxd8 32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 fxg4 34.Rg1 g5 35.f5 Bh5 36.Rdf1 Re8
37.e6 Rdd8 38.Kg2 b4 39.Rh1  1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 dxe5 6.Nxe5 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.c3 Nxe5
9.dxe5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Ng4 11.f4 Be6 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.h3 Rad8 14.Re1 Nh6 15.Na3 Rd5
16.Nc2 c5 17.Be3 b6 18.c4 Rdd8 19.Rad1 Nf5 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Kf2 g5 22.g3 gxf4
23.gxf4 Bh6 24.Rg1+ Kf7 25.Ke2 Rf8 26.Ne1 Rb8 27.Nd3 Rd8 28.b3 Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kaiev, Lev Alexeevich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 d6 8.e3 Re8
9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 e5 11.Be2 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Rae1 Qe7 14.Nd2 Na5 15.Bd3 Rad8
16.f3 Qe6 17.Bf5 Qe7 18.Re2 Ba6 19.Bd3 Qe6 20.Bf5 Qe7 21.Bd3 Qe6 22.Bf5 Qe7
23.Bd3 c5 24.Rfe1 Nc6 25.Qa4 Na5 26.Qc2 Nc6 27.d5 Nb8 28.a4 Nbd7 29.a5 g5
30.Bf2 Nf8 31.axb6 axb6 32.Ra1 Ra8 33.Ree1 Kg7 34.Reb1 Reb8 35.Rb2 Ng6 36.Rab1 Qc7
37.Ra2 Bb7 38.Rab2 Ba6 39.Ra2 Bc8 40.Rab2 Bd7 41.Bf5 Ra5 42.Bxd7 Nxd7 43.Ra2 b5
44.cxb5 Raxb5 45.Rxb5 Rxb5 46.c4 Rb4 47.g3 Qb7 48.e4 Ne7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Trade Unions"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Troitsky, PN."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.Qc2 dxc4 7.e4 b5 8.e5 h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Nxg5 hxg5 11.Bxg5 Rh5 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.exf6 Qxd4 14.Be2 Rd5 15.a4 b4
16.Rd1 Qxf6 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.O-O b3 19.Qd2 Bg7 20.Rfe1 Be6 21.Bg4 Qxb2 22.Qb4 Qf6
23.Rxe6+ fxe6 24.Bh5+ Kd7 25.Qb7+ Kd6 26.Qxa8 Qe7 27.Re1 Bd4 28.Be8 Qc7 29.Bxc6 b2
30.Bb5 Qf7 31.Qc6+ Ke7 32.Qd7+ Kf8 33.Qd8+ Kg7 34.Qg5+ Kf8 35.Qd8+ Kg7 36.Qg5+ Kf8
37.Kh1 Bf6 38.Qg3 a5 39.h3 Be7 40.Qf3 Qxf3 41.gxf3 Bg5 42.Rb1 Bf6 43.Kg2 Ke7
44.Kf1 Kd6 45.Ke2 Kc5 46.Kd1 Kb4 47.Kc2 Ka3 48.f4 c3 49.Bd7 d4 50.Bxe6 Kxa4
51.Rg1 Ka3 52.f5 Bg5 53.f4 Bxf4 54.f6 Be5 55.f7 Bd6 56.h4 Kb4 57.h5 Bf8 58.Bf5 Bc5
59.h6 a4 60.Be6  1-0

[Event "Trade Unions"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mazel, Isaak"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 8.Rd1 h6
9.Bh4 Qa5 10.Be2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nb6 12.Be2 cxd4 13.exd4 Bd7 14.O-O Rac8 15.Qb3 Nbd5
16.Nxd5 Qxd5 17.Qxd5 Nxd5 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Rd2 Bc6 20.Ne5 Rfd8 21.Bf3 Bd5
22.Bxd5 Rxd5 23.Rfd1 Nf5 24.Nf3 Ra5 25.a3 Rb5 26.Kf1 Ne7 27.Re2 Rb3 28.Rdd2 Rc1+
29.Re1 Rc7 30.Ree2 Rc1+ 31.Re1 Rc7 32.Ree2 Rc1+ 33.Re1 Rc8 34.Ree2 Rb6 35.Rc2 Rbc6
36.Rxc6 Rxc6 37.Ke1 Nd5 38.Kd2 Rc4 39.g3 g5 40.Kd3 Rc1 41.Rc2 Rh1 42.Rc8+ Kg7
43.Rb8 b6 44.Rb7 Rd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Trade Unions"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Qe7 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bh4 h6 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 g5 12.Bg3 h5 13.h3 Ne4 14.Bd3 f5 15.Bh2 O-O-O
16.Rg1 Rdg8 17.Nd2 Nxd2 18.Qxd2 g4 19.O-O-O h4 20.Bf4 Rg7 21.Rde1 e5 22.Bxf5 exf4
23.exf4 Qf8 24.hxg4 d5 25.Kb2 Kb8 26.cxd5 Bxd5 27.Re3 Nf6 28.f3 Ne8 29.Rge1 Nd6
30.Bd3 h3 31.gxh3 Rxh3 32.Qg2 Qh8 33.R1e2 Bc4 34.g5 Bxd3 35.Rxd3 Qh4 36.Qf1 Rh2
37.Kb3 Rxe2 38.Qxe2 Qxf4 39.Qe5 Qc1  0-1

[Event "Trade Unions"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kopaev, Nikolay Antonovich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.e3 O-O 7.Qb3 Qa5 8.Be2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Be6 11.Qc2 Bf5 12.Qc1 Nbd7 13.O-O b4 14.Nb1 Bxb1 15.Qxb1 c5
16.Rd1 Rac8 17.Ne5 cxd4 18.exd4 Nb6 19.a3 Nbd5 20.Bd2 Qb6 21.Bxb4 Nxb4 22.axb4 Rfd8
23.Ra6 Qb7 24.b5 Nd5 25.Nc6 Qxa6 26.Nxe7+ Nxe7 27.bxa6 Rxd4 28.Rxd4 Bxd4
29.b3 Bb6 30.Bc4 Rd8 31.Qe1 Rd7 32.h4 h5 33.g3 Kf8 34.Kg2 Nf5 35.Qc3 Ng7
36.Qf6 Re7 37.Kf1 Rd7 38.Kg2 Re7 39.Kh3 Rd7 40.f3 Ne8 41.Qh8+ Ke7 42.Qe5+ Kf8
43.g4 Ng7 44.Qb5 Ke7 45.Qe5+ Kf8 46.Qf6 Rc7 47.Qd6+ Re7 48.Qf6 Rc7 49.Qf4 Kg8
50.Qd6 Kh7 51.Qf6 Ne8 52.Qf4 hxg4+ 53.fxg4 Kg7 54.h5 Re7 55.Kg2 Be3 56.h6+ Kh7
57.Qb8 Bxh6 58.Bxf7 Rxf7 59.Qxe8 Kg7 60.Qe5+ Kg8 61.g5 Bf8 62.Qe4 Kh7 63.b4 Rc7
64.Qf4 Rc2+ 65.Kf1 Bg7 66.b5 Rb2 67.Qh4+ Kg8 68.Qe4 Kh7 69.Qh1+ Kg8 70.Qa8+ Bf8
71.Qc6 Rb1+ 72.Ke2 Rb2+ 73.Kd1 Kh7 74.b6 Ra2 75.Qd7+ Kh8 76.Qd4+ Kh7 77.b7  1-0

[Event "Trade Unions"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kamishov, Mikhail Pavlovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nc6 5.e3 Bd7 6.Qxc4 Bd6 7.f4 Nf6 8.Nf3 a6
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Na5 11.Qd3 c5 12.Bd2 Nc6 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Nxd4
16.Qxd4 Be7 17.Bf3 Bb5 18.Rfd1 Qxd4 19.exd4 Rab8 20.Rac1 Rfd8 21.Be3 Rd7
22.d5 exd5 23.Rxd5 Rxd5 24.Bxd5 Bd6 25.Bxb7 Rxb7 26.Rc8+ Bf8 27.Bc5 h5 28.Rxf8+ Kh7
29.Rd8 Rd7 30.Rxd7 Bxd7 31.Kf2 Kg6 32.Ke3 Kf5 33.Bf8 g6 34.b4 Bc6 35.g3 Kg4
36.Kf2 Kh3 37.Kg1 Bd7 38.Be7 Kg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Trade Unions"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shamaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.Nf5 Nb6
9.c4 Nxc4 10.Qa4+ Qd7 11.Qxd7+ Nxd7 12.b3 Ncb6 13.Nc3 g6 14.Ne3 Bh6 15.Ke2 Bxe3
16.Bxe3 Ke7 17.Rhd1 a6 18.a4 Rac8 19.Rac1 f5 20.a5 Na8 21.Rd3 Rc6 22.Rcd1 Nc7
23.R1d2 f4 24.Bf2 g5 25.b4 Ra8 26.Rb2 Ke6 27.Rbd2 Nf6 28.Bb6 Nb5 29.Nxb5 axb5
30.Bf2 Ke7 31.Ra2 Rd8 32.Rda3 Ra8 33.Rd3 Rc4 34.Rad2 Ne8 35.Rd5 Rxb4 36.Rxe5+ Kf6
37.Rf5+ Kg6 38.Bb6 h6 39.h4 Rc8 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.g3 Rcc4 42.Kf2 fxg3+ 43.Kxg3 Rb3
44.Bd4 Ng7 45.Rd5 Ne6 46.Rxd6 Rxd4 47.R2xd4  1-0

[Event "Trade Unions"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 Nd7 5.Nbd2 f5 6.Bd3 Nh6 7.Qc2 Qf6 8.b3 Bd6
9.O-O O-O 10.Bb2 Kh8 11.Rfe1 g5 12.Nf1 Rg8 13.Kh1 g4 14.Ng1 Nf7 15.Ne2 Ng5
16.Nf4 Qh6 17.Ng3 Nf6 18.a4 Nfe4 19.Ba3 Bb8 20.b4 Nf7 21.b5 Bxf4 22.exf4 Qxf4
23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.Bb2 Rg6 25.d5+ Kg8 26.dxc6 bxc6 27.Rad1 Qc7 28.f3 gxf3 29.gxf3 cxb5
30.axb5 a6 31.Nh5 e5 32.Rg1 Bb7 33.Rxg6+ hxg6 34.Qg2 Qb6 35.h3 exf3 36.Qg3 axb5
37.c5 Qe6 38.Kh2 f4 39.Qg1 f2 40.Qxf2 gxh5 41.Rg1+ Kh7 42.Qc2+ Kh6 43.c6 Bxc6
44.h4 Ra2 45.Qb1 Be4 46.Qc1 Qb3 47.Rg2 Bxg2 48.Qc8 Qg3+  0-1

[Event "Trade Unions"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Budo, A."]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nc3 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.Qc2 Re8
9.a3 h6 10.Bh4 a6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Bg3 Qa5 13.Qa4 Qxa4 14.Nxa4 Ne4 15.Nd2 Nxg3
16.hxg3 e5 17.dxe5 b5 18.Nc3 Bb7 19.f4 b4 20.axb4 Bxb4 21.Be2 f6 22.Bh5 Re7
23.Bf3 Rc8 24.O-O Bxc3 25.Rxc3 Rxc3 26.bxc3 fxe5 27.c4 Nf6 28.Rb1 exf4 29.gxf4 Kf8
30.Rb6 Ke8 31.Kf2 Rd7 32.Nb3 Ne4+ 33.Bxe4 dxe4 34.Nc5 Rd2+ 35.Ke1  1-0

[Event "Trade Unions"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Grechkin, Dmitry Makarovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c6 7.a3 Nbd7 8.Qc2 Re8
9.Rd1 a6 10.h3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Ba2 Bb7 13.O-O Qb6 14.e4 c5 15.d5 exd5
16.e5 d4 17.Ng5 c4 18.exf6 Nxf6 19.Be5 Qc6 20.f4 d3 21.Rxd3 cxd3 22.Bxf7+ Kh8  0-1

[Event "Trade Unions"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.c3 g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Bg5 f6 9.Be3 Nh6
10.Re1 Nf7 11.c4 O-O 12.Nc3 Bg4 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 f5 16.d5 f4
17.Bd2 c5 18.Qd1 h5 19.Kf1 Qg5 20.f3 Bf6 21.Qe2 Rab8 22.Reb1 Qh6 23.Nd1 Rb7
24.b4 cxb4 25.Rxb4 Rxb4 26.Bxb4 g5 27.Nf2 g4 28.fxg4 Bh4 29.Bd2 Ng5 30.gxh5 Qg7
31.Qg4 Bxf2 32.Kxf2 Nxe4+ 33.Ke2 Qxg4+ 34.hxg4 Rb8 35.Ba5 Rb2+ 36.Kf1 Ng3+
37.Kg1 e4 38.Be1 Ne2+ 39.Kh2 e3 40.g5 Nd4 41.Bc3 Nf3+ 42.Kh1 Rc2 43.gxf3 Rxc3
44.Rb1 Rxc4 45.Kg1 Rd4 46.Rb8+ Kg7 47.h6+ Kh7 48.Rc8 Rd1+  0-1

[Event "Trade Unions"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Panov, Vasily N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D32"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxd4 exd5 7.Qxd5 Nc6 8.e3 Nf6
9.Qd1 Bb4 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Nf3 Qe7 12.Be2 Rfd8 13.a3 Ba5 14.O-O Bg4 15.Qc2 Rac8
16.Rfd1 Bb6 17.Be1 Re8 18.Qa4 h6 19.Rac1 a6 20.h3 Be6 21.Ne4 Nd5 22.Nc3 Rcd8
23.Nxd5 Bxd5 24.Qh4 Qe6 25.Bc4 Bxc4 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Qxc4 Qxc4 28.Rxc4 f6
29.Kf1 Kf7 30.Ke2 Rd7 31.Rc2 Ke6 32.Bc3 Ba7 33.Rd2 Rxd2+ 34.Kxd2 h5 35.Kd3 b5
36.Bd4 Bb8 37.Ke4 g6 38.Bc3 Ne7 39.Nd4+ Kd7 40.Ne2 f5+ 41.Kd3 Nc6 42.f4 Ba7
43.Ng1 Bc5 44.Nf3 Be7 45.Ng1 Ke6 46.e4 g5 47.fxg5 Bxg5 48.Nf3 Bd8 49.Ke3 a5
50.Bg7 a4 51.Nd4+ Nxd4 52.Bxd4 Bg5+ 53.Kf3 Bh6 54.exf5+ Kxf5 55.g4+ hxg4+
56.hxg4+ Ke6 57.Ke4 Bg5 58.Bc3 Bc1 59.Kd4 Kd6 60.Ke4 Ke6 61.Kd4 Kd6 62.Bb4+ Ke6
63.Bc3 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Trade Unions"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.a3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5
9.O-O Nb6 10.Ba2 cxd4 11.exd4 Bd7 12.Ne5 Bc6 13.Rc1 Nbd5 14.Bb1 Rc8 15.Nxc6 Rxc6
16.Qd3 g6 17.Qf3 Qb6 18.Ba2 Qxb2 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.Rxc6 bxc6 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Qxf6 Qxa2
23.Qxc6 Qc4 24.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Trade Unions"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Levitas, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 d5 5.c3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 e5
9.e4 Re8 10.exd5 cxd4 11.cxd4 exd4 12.Ne4 Ne5 13.Bg5 Bg4 14.Be2 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Be7
16.Qxd4 Nxf3+ 17.gxf3 Nxd5 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Nd6 Nc6 20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.Qe4 Qd7
22.Nf5 Qd2 23.Re1 h6 24.Re2 Qg5+ 25.Qg4 Rd8 26.Ne7+ Kf8 27.Qxg5 hxg5 28.Nxc6 bxc6
29.Rc2 Rd6 30.b3 Ke7 31.Kg2 Ke6 32.Kg3 f5 33.h3 g6 34.Rc5 Ke7 35.b4 Ke6 36.a3 Ke7
37.Ra5 Rd7 38.Ra6 Rc7 39.f4 Kf6 40.b5 gxf4+ 41.Kxf4 g5+ 42.Kg3 Ke5 43.Rxc6 Rg7
44.Rc5+ Ke6 45.a4 Rd7 46.Rc6+ Ke5 47.f3 Rd4 48.Ra6 Rd7 49.Rg6 Rd4 50.Ra6 Rd7
51.Rg6 Rd4 52.Ra6 Rd7 53.Rc6 Rd4 54.Ra6 Rd7 55.Rc6 Rd4 56.Ra6 Rd7 57.Rg6 Rd4
58.Ra6 Rd7 59.Rc6 Rd4 60.Ra6 Rd7 61.Ra5 Kf6 62.Ra6+ Ke5 63.Ra5 Kf6 64.h4 Kg6
65.Ra6+ Kh5 66.hxg5 Kxg5 67.f4+ Kh5 68.Kf3 Rd3+ 69.Ke2 Rd7 70.Ke3 Re7+ 71.Kf3 Rd7
72.Ke3 Re7+ 73.Kf3 Rd7 74.Kg3 Rg7+ 75.Kh3 Rd7 76.Kg3 Rg7+ 77.Kf3 Rd7 78.Rf6 Rd3+
79.Ke2 Rd4 80.Ra6 Rd7 81.Rc6 Rd4 82.Ra6 Rd7 83.Re6 Rd4 84.Ra6 Rd7 85.Ke3 Re7+
86.Kf3 Rd7 87.Rf6 Rd3+ 88.Ke2 Rd4 89.Ra6 Rd7 90.Re6 Rd4 91.Ra6 Rd7 92.Ke3 Re7+
93.Kf3 Rd7 94.Rf6 Rd3+ 95.Ke2 Rd4 96.Ra6 Rd7 97.Ke3 Re7+ 98.Kf3 Rd7 99.Rf6 Rd3+
100.Ke2 Rd4 101.Ra6 Rd7 102.Kf3 Rd3+ 103.Kf2 Rd7 104.Ke3 Re7+ 105.Kf3 Rd7
106.Rf6 Rd3+ 107.Ke2 Rd4 108.Rxf5+ Kg6 109.Rc5 Rxa4 110.Kf3 Rb4 111.Kg4 Kf6
112.Rc6+ Kf7 113.Rc5 Kf6 114.Kf3 Ke6 115.Ke3 Kd6 116.Re5 Ra4 117.Kf3 Rb4
118.Kg4 Rb1 119.Kg5 Rb4 120.Kf5 Rc4 121.Re6+ Kd7 122.Ra6 Rc7 123.Kg6 Ke8
124.f5 Rb7 125.f6 Rxb5 126.Rxa7  1-0

[Event "Trade Unions"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vasiliev, Victor Andreevich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e4 d6
9.Be2 a6 10.O-O Qc7 11.Rad1 O-O 12.Rfe1 Bd7 13.c5 dxc5 14.e5 Ne8 15.Bxe7 Nxe7
16.Ne4 Bc6 17.Neg5 g6 18.Qxc5 h6 19.Nh3 Bxf3 20.Qxc7 Nxc7 21.Bxf3 Ncd5 22.Be4 Rac8
23.f4 Rc4 24.g3 Rfc8 25.Nf2 Kg7 26.Re2 R8c7 27.Kg2 Nb4 28.a3 Nbd5 29.Kf3 b5
30.Ng4 Rc1 31.Rxc1 Rxc1 32.Rc2 Re1 33.Re2 Rc1 34.Rc2 Re1 35.Re2 Rf1+ 36.Rf2 Re1
37.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Trade Unions"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bastrikov, Georgy Vladimirovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4
9.Bxe4 Nf6 10.Bc2 Qa5+ 11.Kf1 b6 12.Bd2 Bb4 13.Bf4 Ba6 14.Ne5 Qd5 15.Qd3 Qd8
16.Nxc6 Qc8 17.Ba4 Kf8 18.Rc1 Nd5 19.Qb3 f6 20.Kg1 Nxf4 21.Qxb4+ Kf7 22.Qe7+ Kg6
23.Qd6 Ne2+ 24.Kf1 Nxc1 25.Ne7+ Kf7 26.Nxc8 Bxc4+ 27.Ke1 Nd3+ 28.Kd2 Rhxc8
29.Bd7 Nxf2 30.Re1 Rd8 31.Bxe6+ Bxe6 32.Qxe6+ Kg6 33.d5 h5 34.d6 Rac8 35.d7  1-0

[Event "Trade Unions"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexey"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A00"]

1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.b5 d5 4.e3 Be6 5.d4 Nd7 6.dxe5 fxe5 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Nbd2 Ngf6
9.c4 c6 10.Be2 O-O 11.Ng5 Qe7 12.Nxe6 Qxe6 13.O-O Kh8 14.a4 Rad8 15.Qc2 e4
16.Ba3 Ne5 17.Bxd6 Rxd6 18.c5 Rd7 19.Nb3 Nfg4 20.h3 Nh6 21.Nd4 Qe7 22.a5 Nf5
23.Nxf5 Rxf5 24.bxc6 bxc6 25.Rab1 Qf8 26.a6 Rdf7 27.Rb7 h6 28.Rfb1 Kh7 29.Rxf7 Qxf7
30.Rb7 Qg6 31.Rxa7 Rg5 32.g3 Rxg3+ 33.fxg3 Qxg3+ 34.Kf1 Qxh3+ 35.Ke1 Qxe3
36.Kd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Trade Unions"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bg5 Re8 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6
9.e3 e5 10.Be2 Qe7 11.O-O b6 12.Rae1 Bb7 13.Nd2 Na5 14.Bd3 h6 15.Bh4 e4 16.Be2 g5
17.Bg3 h5 18.f4 exf3 19.Bxf3 h4 20.Bxb7 Nxb7 21.Qf5 Nh7 22.Bf2 Qe6 23.Qd3 Nd8
24.e4 Qg6 25.Qf3 Ne6 26.Be3 Ng7 27.Qg4 Re7 28.d5 Rae8 29.Bd4 Nh5 30.Rf5 N5f6
31.Bxf6 Nxf6 32.Qxg5 Nxe4 33.Nxe4 Rxe4 34.Rxe4 Rxe4 35.Qd8+ Kh7 36.Rg5 Re8
37.Rxg6 Rxd8 38.Rg4 c6 39.Rxh4+ Kg7 40.Rg4+ Kh7 41.Rf4 Kg7 42.Rg4+ Kh7 43.Kf2 Rc8
44.dxc6 Rxc6 45.Rd4 Rc5 46.Ke3 Ra5 47.Rxd6 Rxa3 48.Rd3 a5 49.Kd4 Ra2 50.c5 bxc5+
51.Kxc5 Rxg2 52.Rh3+ Kg6 53.Rg3+ Rxg3 54.hxg3 f5 55.c4 Kg5 56.Kb5 a4 57.Kb4 Kg4
58.c5 a3 59.Kb3 Kxg3 60.c6 a2 61.Kxa2 f4 62.c7 f3 63.c8=Q f2 64.Qg8+ Kh2
65.Qc4 Kg2 66.Qe2 Kg1 67.Qg4+ Kh1 68.Qf3+ Kg1 69.Qg3+ Kh1 70.Qxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Trade Unions"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Zagoriansky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.e4 Nc6 7.Nge2 e5 8.d5 Ne7
9.O-O Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.Qd2 Nf6 12.f3 Nh5 13.c5 Bd7 14.a4 Qe8 15.Rfc1 Nf6
16.h3 h5 17.b4 Qf7 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Nb5 Bxb5 20.axb5 Nc8 21.Ra3 Qd7 22.Qd3 Rf7
23.b6 fxe4 24.fxe4 Qd8 25.bxa7 b6 26.Qa6 Rc7 27.Rxc7 Qxc7 28.Rc3 Qd7 29.b5 Bf8
30.Rxc8 Qxc8 31.Qxc8 Rxc8 32.Bxb6 Nd7 33.Bf2  1-0

[Event "Trade Unions"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3 Nb6
9.e3 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.e4 h6 12.Qb3 Kh7 13.Be3 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Rad1 Ng6
16.Nd2 Nd7 17.Nc4 f4 18.Bc1 Nf6 19.Rfe1 Kh8 20.Qc2 fxg3 21.fxg3 Qe8 22.d6 Qf7
23.dxc7 Qxc4 24.Qxg6 Ng4 25.Be4 Qg8 26.Rd8  1-0

[Event "Trade Unions"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gothilf, Solomon Borisovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Qb3 e6 8.Be2 b6 9.a4 Nbd7
10.O-O Ba6 11.Rfe1 Qc8 12.a5 Qb7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Bxa6 Qxa6 15.Ra3 b5 16.Na2 Rfc8
17.Nb4 Qb7 18.Raa1 Bf8 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Ne4 21.Nd3 Nd2 22.Qc2 Nc4 23.Bg3 b4
24.Qa4 Qb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Trade Unions"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry Osipovich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 g6 6.d4 Bd7 7.Bg5 f6 8.Be3 Nh6 9.Nbd2 Nf7
10.Bb3 Qe7 11.O-O Bg7 12.Re1 O-O 13.Nf1 Kh8 14.Ng3 Ncd8 15.Qd2 Bg4 16.Bd1 Be6
17.Nh4 f5 18.exf5 Qxh4 19.fxe6 Nxe6 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Qd5 Nd8 22.Qe4 Qxe4 23.Nxe4 Nc4
24.Bc1 Re8 25.Re2 Nc6 26.Ng5 N6e5 27.b3 Nd3 28.bxc4 Bxc3 29.Rb1 Nxc1 30.Rxc1 Bd2
31.Nf7+ Kg7 32.Rc2 Rxe2 33.Bxe2 Bf4 34.g3 Rf8 35.gxf4 Rxf7 36.Bg4 b6 37.Bc8 a5
38.Re2 Rxf4 39.Re7+ Rf7 40.Rxf7+ Kxf7 41.Kg2 Kf6 42.f4 c6 43.Bd7 d5 44.cxd5 cxd5
45.Kf3 g5 46.fxg5+ Kxg5 47.Ke3 Kf6 48.Kd4 Ke7 49.Bb5 Kd6 50.a4 h6 51.h4 Ke6
52.Bc6 Kd6 53.Bxd5 b5 54.axb5 a4 55.b6 a3 56.b7 Kc7 57.Kc3  1-0

[Event "URS-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 dxc4 8.e4 c5
9.d5 exd5 10.exd5 Nb6 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.Re1 Re8 13.f4 Bf5 14.h3 Bd3 15.Nxd3 cxd3
16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Qxd3 Qe1+ 18.Kh2 c4 19.Qd1 Re8 20.Bd2 Qf2 21.Be1 Qe3 22.Qd2 h5
23.Qxe3 Rxe3 24.Nb5 Bb8 25.d6 Re2 26.Bc3 Nfd5 27.Bd4 Rd2 28.Re1 Bxd6 29.Re8+ Kh7
30.Kg1 Nf6 31.Rd8 Bc5 32.Kh1 a6 33.Bxf6 Rxd8 34.Bxd8 axb5 35.Bxb7 Na4 36.b3 Nc3
37.bxc4 b4 38.f5 Nxa2 39.Bc7 f6 40.Bf4 b3 41.Bd2 Bb4 42.Bxb4 Nxb4 43.Be4 Na2
44.Kg2 Nc3 45.Bd3 b2 46.c5 Kg8 47.c6 Nb5 48.h4 Kf8 49.g4 Ke7 50.gxh5 Kd6
51.Kg3 Kxc6 52.h6 gxh6 53.Kg4 Kd5 54.Kh5 Na3  0-1

[Event "URS-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E26"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Qc2 d6 8.Nf3 Bd7
9.Bd3 Ba4 10.Qb2 Nbd7 11.O-O O-O 12.e4 e5 13.Bg5 Rfe8 14.Rae1 Rab8 15.Nh4 b5
16.Qc1 bxc4 17.Bxc4 exd4 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Nf5 Re5 20.Nxd6 Qxc3 21.Qf4 d3 22.Re3 Bc2
23.Nxf7 Ree8 24.e5 Qd4 25.Qg5 Qxc4 26.Nh6+ Kf8 27.exf6 g6 28.Nf5 Qf7 29.Nd6 Rxe3
30.Qh6+ Kg8 31.Nxf7 Kxf7 32.fxe3 Ke6 33.f7  1-0

[Event "URS-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bb3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nf6
9.d3 Nd4 10.Qg3 Nh5 11.Qg5 Qxg5 12.Bxg5 a5 13.Ne2 Ne6 14.Be3 c6 15.a4 b4
16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.d4 exd4 18.Nxd4 Kd7 19.e5 dxe5 20.Nf3 Bd6 21.O-O-O Ke7 22.Rd2 Nf6
23.Bg5 h6 24.Be3 Nd5 25.Re1 Rhc8 26.Rde2 c5 27.Nd2 c4 28.Ne4 Rf8 29.Bc5 Bxc5
30.Nxc5 Rac8 31.Ne4 b3 32.Nc3 Nb4 33.Rxe5 Rxf2 34.Rxe6+ Kf7 35.R6e2 Rxe2
36.Rxe2 bxc2 37.Nb5 Rb8 38.Nd6+ Kg6 39.Nxc4 Rc8 40.b3 Rd8 41.Ne3 Re8 42.g3 Re7
43.Kb2 Kh7 44.h4 h5 45.Kc1 g6 46.Kb2 g5 47.hxg5 Kg6 48.Kc1 Kxg5 49.Kb2 Re5
50.Kc1 Nd5  0-1

[Event "URS-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Pogrebissky, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Qxd5 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Nc3 Qh5 8.h3 Qa5
9.Qb3 Nc6 10.Bd2 Be6 11.Qc2 Nb4 12.Qc1 Qa6 13.O-O Nbd5 14.Ng5 Nxc3 15.Bxc3 Bc4
16.Re1 h6 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Rad8 19.Qe3 Qb6 20.Red1 c6 21.b3 e5 22.Qd2 Be6
23.Ba5 Qxd4 24.Qc2 Qxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26.Qxd1 Bxh3 27.Qd6 Re8 28.Bc3 Bc8
29.Qc7 a6 30.Bd3  1-0

[Event "URS-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D35"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 O-O 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.O-O cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.exd4 Be6 12.Rc1 Ne8 13.Re1 Bd6 14.Be5 f6 15.Bxd6 Qxd6
16.Qc2 g6 17.Nb5 Qd7 18.Qe2 Kf7 19.Qd2 a6 20.Qa5 Rc8 21.Rxc8 Qxc8 22.Nc3 Qc7
23.Qxc7+ Nxc7 24.Na4 Bd7 25.Nc5 Bc6 26.Rc1 Rc8 27.h4 Nb5 28.Bxb5 Bxb5 29.Rc3 b6
30.Na4 Rxc3 31.Nxc3 Bc6 32.Kf1 Ke6 33.Ke2 Kf5 34.Kf3 h5 35.Nd1 Bb5 36.Ne3+ Ke6
37.Kf4 Be2 38.f3 Bd3 39.Nd1 Bf1 40.g3 Bb5 41.Nc3 Bd7 42.g4 Bc6 43.b3 hxg4
44.fxg4 Kf7 45.Nd1 Bd7 46.Ne3 Be6 47.Nc2 Bc8 48.Nb4 Bb7 49.g5 Kg7 50.Nd3 Bc8
51.Ke3 Kf7 52.Nf4 Bb7 53.Kd2 Bc6 54.Kc3 Bb7 55.b4 Ba8 56.b5 a5 57.Kd3 Bb7
58.Ke3 Ba8 59.Nd3 Bb7 60.Nb2 Bc8 61.Na4 Bd7 62.Nxb6 Bxb5 63.Nxd5 fxg5 64.hxg5 Bc4
65.Nc3 Ke6 66.Ke4 Kd6 67.d5 Kc5 68.Ke5 Ba6 69.d6 Bc8 70.Nd5 Bf5 71.Ne7 Bd7
72.Nxg6 Kb4 73.Nf8  1-0

[Event "URS-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Nf3 b6 8.Qc2 c5 9.cxd5 exd5
10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Be2 Be6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Rfd1 Qb6 14.b3 Rac8 15.e4 d4 16.Na4 Qb7
17.Nd2 Nb6 18.Nb2 Rfe8 19.h3 Bd6 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Re1 Kh8 22.Ndc4 Nxc4 23.Nxc4 Bxc4
24.Bxc4 Rg8 25.Qe2 Rg6 26.Kh1 Rcg8 27.Qh5 Qe7 28.Rad1 Qf8 29.g3 Kg7 30.Rd3 Rg5
31.Qh4 Re5 32.f4 Re7 33.Rf3 Qe8 34.Bd5 Rf8 35.Qg4+ Kh7 36.Qf5+ Kg7 37.Qg4+ Kh7
38.Kh2 Qc8 39.Qh4 f5 40.e5 f6 41.e6 Qe8 42.Bc4 Kg7 43.g4 fxg4 44.Rg1 Kh8
45.Bd3 h5 46.Rxg4 Rxe6 47.Rg6 Re2+ 48.Kg3 Re7 49.Rh6+ Kg8 50.Kf2  1-0

[Event "URS-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.d3 Nb6 7.Nxf6+ gxf6 8.Bb3 Qd6
9.Qe2 Be6 10.c4 O-O-O 11.d4 c5 12.Be3 Nd7 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.O-O h5 15.dxc5 Bh6
16.Bxh6 Rxh6 17.Nd4 Qe5 18.c6 bxc6 19.Qf3 Rg8 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Qxc6+ Qc7 22.Qxe6 Rhg6
23.g3 f5 24.Qxf5 e6 25.Qf3 h4 26.Rd3 Kb8 27.Bc2 Rg5 28.Rfd1 hxg3 29.hxg3 Nc5
30.Re3 Rh8 31.b4 Nd7 32.Rxd7 Qxd7 33.Qf4+ e5 34.Qxg5 Re8 35.Rxe5 a6 36.Rxe8+ Qxe8
37.Qf4+ Kc8 38.Bf5+ Kb7 39.Qe4+ Qxe4 40.Bxe4+ Kc7  1-0

[Event "URS-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Panov, Vasily N"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D40"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bg5 O-O 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.O-O Nc6 11.a4 Qb6 12.Qb3 Qxb3 13.Bxb3 Rd8 14.Rfd1 Nb4 15.Ne5 Bd7
16.Ne4 Nfd5 17.Bxe7 Nxe7 18.Nd6 Be8 19.Nxb7 Rdb8 20.Nc5 Rd8 21.h3 Nec6 22.Nxc6 Bxc6
23.Rac1 Kf8 24.Bc4 Rd6 25.b3 Rad8 26.a5 Bd5 27.Bxd5 Rxd5 28.Rc4 Rb8 29.Ra1 Rd6
30.Ne4 Rd7 31.Ra4 Nd3 32.Rc6 Rxb3 33.Rxa6 Rb4 34.Rxb4 Nxb4 35.Ra8+ Ke7 36.a6 Nc6
37.Rc8 Nxd4 38.Nc5 Ra7 39.Rb8 Kd6 40.Rb7 Rxb7 41.Nxb7+ Kc7 42.Nd6 Kb6 43.Nxf7 Kxa6
44.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Yudovich, Mikhail Sr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.e4 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5
9.Bxf6 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 gxf6 11.O-O Nd7 12.Kh1 Nb6 13.Bb3 Bd7 14.Qf3 Ke7 15.Qe3 Rac8
16.Rac1 Nc4 17.Qe2 Nb6 18.Qd3 Rc5 19.f4 Rhc8 20.c4 Be8 21.e5 fxe5 22.fxe5 Rxe5
23.Rcd1 Qc5 24.Qg3 Re4 25.Rf5 exf5 26.Nxf5+ Kf6 27.Rd6+ Kxf5 28.Qf3+ Rf4
29.Qh5+ Ke4 30.Bc2+ Ke3 31.Rd3+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd4 Bg6 5.e6 Qb6 6.Qg4 c5 7.exf7+ Kxf7 8.Nf3 Nf6
9.Qc8 Qe6+ 10.Qxe6+ Kxe6 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4+ Kf7 13.c3 e5 14.Nf3 Bd6 15.Nbd2 Nc6
16.Be2 Rhe8 17.O-O Bc5 18.Nb3 Bb6 19.Be3 Bxe3 20.fxe3 Rad8 21.Nc5 Re7 22.e4 Bxe4
23.Ng5+ Kg6 24.Ngxe4 dxe4 25.Rae1 Rd2 26.Rf2 e3 27.Rf3 Rxb2 28.Rxe3 Kf7 29.Bc4+ Ke8
30.Rd1 Na5 31.Bf1 Rxa2 32.Bb5+ Kf7 33.Nd3 e4 34.Nb4 Rb2 35.Ra1 b6 36.Rd1 Re5
37.Bf1 Rc5 38.Rd8 Rb1 39.Ra8 Rf5 40.Rxa7+ Kg6 41.h3 Rfxf1+ 42.Kh2 Nh5  0-1

[Event "URS-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D07"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4 Bg4 4.Qa4 Bxf3 5.exf3 e6 6.Nc3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Qxd4 8.Be3 Qd7
9.Rd1 Bd6 10.Ne4 Nge7 11.Bc5 Nc8 12.Bb5 O-O 13.O-O a6 14.Rd2 Rb8 15.Bxc6 Qxc6
16.Qxc6 bxc6 17.b3 Rd8 18.Rfd1 Rb5 19.Kf1 Kf8 20.Rc1 f5 21.Bxd6+ cxd6 22.Ng5 Ke7
23.Rxc6 h6 24.Rc7+ Rd7 25.Nxe6 Kxe6 26.Rxc8 d5 27.f4 Rb6 28.Rd4 Kd6 29.Re8 Kc5
30.Rd2 g6 31.Rc8+ Kb4 32.Rcc2 a5 33.Rd4+ Kb5 34.Ke2 Rc6 35.Rcd2 Rc5 36.Kd3 Re7
37.Re2 Rxe2 38.Kxe2 Rc2+ 39.Ke3 Rxa2 40.Rxd5+ Kc6 41.Rd8 Rb2 42.Rg8 Rxb3+
43.Kd4 Rb4+ 44.Kd3 a4 45.Rxg6+ Kb5 46.Rg8 Rxf4 47.Rb8+ Kc5 48.f3 a3 49.Rc8+ Kb5
50.Rb8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rabinovich, Ilya Leontievich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Nbd2 Nc6 5.c3 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.e4 Qc7 10.Qe2 Bd6 11.Re1 Ng4 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.h3 Nge5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.exd5 exd5
16.Be3 f5 17.Bd4 Rae8 18.Qc2 a6 19.Bxe5 Bxe5 20.Ne3 g6 21.Nxd5 Qc5 22.c4 Bc6
23.Re2 Bxd5 24.cxd5 Qxc2 25.Rxc2 Kf7 26.Rd1 Bd6 27.Rc3 Re7 28.g3 Rfe8 29.Kf1 Rd8
30.Be2 Rc7 31.Rb3 Re8 32.Bf3 Ree7 33.h4 Rc2 34.Re1 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Nf3 b6 8.Qc2 c5 9.cxd5 Nxd5
10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Rc1 Na6 14.Qa4 Qf6 15.Bb5 Rb8 16.O-O Rb6
17.b3 Bb7 18.Bxa6 Bxa6 19.Rfe1 Rc8 20.Qa5 Rb5 21.Qc3 Qxc3 22.Rxc3 Ra5 23.Rc2 Bd3
24.Rd2 Be4 25.Rc1 c4 26.a4 Rb8 27.Nd4 cxb3 28.Nc6 b2 29.Rxb2 Rxb2 30.Nxa5 Ra2
31.f3 Rxa4 32.Rc8+ Kh7 33.fxe4 Rxa5 34.exd5 Rxd5 35.Rc7 Re5 36.Rxa7 Rxe3
37.Rxf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Belavenets, Sergey Vesevolodovi"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7
9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Ne6 11.Bc1 c5 12.Bf1 Qc7 13.g3 Re8 14.d5 Nf8 15.c4 Ng6 16.Bg5 Qe7
17.h3 Bd7 18.Nd2 h6 19.Be3 Nh7 20.Kh2 f5 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.Bg2 Rf8 23.Ne4 Nf6
24.Nxf6+ Qxf6 25.Qd2 Rae8 26.Rf1 Bd7 27.Be4 Nf4 28.h4 Bf5 29.f3 Ng6 30.Kg2 Ne7
31.Rf2 Qg6 32.Qd3 Rf7 33.Rh1 Bxe4 34.fxe4 Ref8 35.Rhf1 Qg4 36.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nd2 e5 10.a4 a5 11.f4 e4 12.Be2 Qe7 13.Ba3 O-O-O 14.Qb3 h5 15.Rfb1 Ng4
16.c5 dxc5 17.Nf1 Qh4 18.Ra2 g5 19.dxc5 gxf4 20.Bb5 Nde5 21.c6 Nxc6 22.exf4 e3
23.Qxf7 Rhe8 24.Qf5+ Kb8 25.Re2 Nd4 26.cxd4 Be4 27.Qf7 Bxb1 28.Bxe8 Qf6 29.Be7 Qxf7
30.Bxf7 Rxd4 31.Bxh5 Rxf4 32.h3 Nf6  1-0

[Event "URS-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Dubinin, Peter Vasilievich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.Qb3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Nb6
9.Qd3 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nb5 Nbd5 12.Nbxd4 Qb6 13.Qb3 Qxb3 14.Nxb3 b6 15.Nbd4 Ba6
16.a3 Rac8 17.b4 Nc3 18.Re1 Rfd8 19.e3 Nfe4 20.Bf1 Bxf1 21.Kxf1 Bf6 22.a4 Rc4
23.Bb2 Rdc8 24.Bxc3 Nxc3 25.b5 Nxa4 26.Ra2 Bxd4 27.Nxd4 g6 28.Kg2 R8c5 29.Rea1 Nc3
30.Rxa7 Nxb5 31.Nxb5 Rxb5 32.R1a2 Rcb4 33.h3 Rb2 34.Ra1 Rc2 35.g4 h6 36.Kg3 Rbb2
37.Rf1 Kg7 38.h4 Rc4 39.Rd1 Rcc2 40.f4 Re2 41.Kf3 Rf2+ 42.Kg3 Rg2+ 43.Kf3 Rgf2+
44.Kg3 Rg2+ 45.Kf3 Rh2 46.Kg3 Rbg2+ 47.Kf3 Rc2 48.Kg3 Rcg2+ 49.Kf3 Rc2 50.Kg3 Rhd2
51.Rxd2 Rxd2 52.Rb7 Rb2 53.g5 h5 54.Kf3 Rb4 55.Ra7 b5 56.Rb7 Rb2 57.Ke4 Rb3
58.Kd4 b4 59.Rb5 Rb1 60.Kc4 Re1 61.Kd4 Rd1+ 62.Kc4 Rh1 63.Kd4 Rxh4 64.Rxb4 Rg4
65.Rb1 Rg3 66.Rb7 Rg2 67.Rb1 Ra2 68.Ke4 Ra4+ 69.Ke5 Ra8 70.Ke4 Ra7 71.Ke5 Rd7
72.Ke4 Kf8 73.Ra1 Ke7 74.Ra8 Kd6 75.Ra1 Rd8 76.Ra7 Rd7 77.Ra1 Ke7 78.Ra8 Rd8
79.Ra7+ Kf8 80.Ra1 Kg7 81.Ra7 Rh8 82.Ra2 Rb8 83.Ra7 Rb4+ 84.Ke5 Rb2 85.Ra1 Rg2
86.Kd4 Rg3 87.Ra7 h4 88.Ra1 h3 89.Rh1 f6 90.Ke4 Kf7 91.Kd3 e5 92.Ke4 fxg5
93.fxg5 Ke6 94.Rh2 Rg4+ 95.Kf3 Rh4 96.e4 Rh5 97.Ke3 Kd6 98.Kd3 Rh4 99.Ke3 Kc5
100.Kd3 Kb4 101.Rb2+ Ka3 102.Rh2 Kb3 103.Rh1 h2 104.Rb1+ Ka2 105.Rh1 Kb2
106.Ke3 Rh3+ 107.Kd2 Rc3 108.Rf1 Rc2+ 109.Kd3 Rc1 110.Rf2+ Kb3 111.Rxh2 Rc3+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d5 6.e3 O-O 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 Bd7
9.b3 a5 10.Bd3 a4 11.Nd2 Re8 12.O-O e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Bb2 axb3 15.Nxb3 Ne4
16.Qc2 Nxc4 17.Bxc4 dxc4 18.Qxc4 Qg5 19.f4 Qg6 20.Rfd1 Nd6 21.Qd3 Bf5 22.Qc3 Be4
23.Rd2 Bc6 24.Qd3 Nf5 25.Be5 f6 26.Bxc7 Rxe3 27.Qc4+ Kh8 28.Bb6 Ree8 29.Qf1 h5
30.Nd4 Nxd4 31.Bxd4 Re4 32.Re1 Rxe1 33.Qxe1 Rxa3 34.Kh1 Ra8 35.Re2 Kh7 36.h3 Re8
37.Qf2 Qxg2+ 38.Qxg2 Rxe2  0-1

[Event "URS-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.e3 cxd4
9.exd4 Nc6 10.Bb5 O-O 11.Ne2 Qb6 12.Qd3 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Ne4 14.O-O Bf5 15.Ba4 Rfe8
16.Rfe1 Qa5 17.Bb3 g5 18.Bg3 Re6 19.Be5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Rxe5 21.Qd4 Rae8 22.Ng3 Bg6
23.f3 Nxg3 24.Rxe5 Rxe5 25.hxg3 Qc7 26.Bxd5 Re2 27.Kh2 b6 28.Bc4 Re8 29.Rd1 h5
30.Bb3 h4 31.Qd6 Qxd6 32.Rxd6 hxg3+ 33.Kxg3 Kg7 34.Rd7 Rc8 35.Rxa7 Rxc3 36.Rb7 Rc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Bd3 c5 9.O-O cxd4
10.exd4 Nc6 11.a3 Bb7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Bg3 dxc4 14.Bb1 Na5 15.Be5 Nb3 16.Rc2 Qd7
17.Re2 Rfd8 18.Re3 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Nxd4 20.Qh3 Nf5 21.Rf3 Rc5 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.g4 Bxc3
24.bxc3 Ne7 25.Rg3 Qd2 26.f4 Ng6 27.Bxg6 fxg6 28.g5 Rd6 29.Re3 Rf5 30.gxh6 gxh6
31.Rg3 Kg7 32.Qg4 Rf6 33.Kh1 Qd5+ 34.Kg1 Qe4 35.Rg2 Rd3 36.Re2 Re3 37.Rd2 Rd3
38.Re2 Qf5 39.Qh4 Qc5+ 40.Kh1 Qc6+ 41.Kg1 Rxc3 42.Qe1 Rf3 43.Ref2 Qc5 44.Kg2 Rxf2+
45.Rxf2 c3  0-1

[Event "URS-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.Qc2 h6 10.h4 c5 11.O-O-O Nc6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Kb1 Bc8 14.a3 Be6 15.Bh7+ Kh8
16.Bf5 cxd4 17.exd4 Rc8 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Qg6 Qe8 20.Qg4 Na5 21.Rd3 Rc6 22.Re1 h5
23.Qg3 Qf7 24.Ne2 Kh7 25.Nf4 Nc4 26.Nh3 Kg8 27.Ka2 a5 28.Nfg5 Qe8 29.Nf4 Qd7
30.Nxh5 Bxg5 31.hxg5 Rfc8 32.Nf6+ gxf6 33.gxf6+ Kf8 34.Rh1 e5 35.Qg6  1-0

[Event "URS-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qd1 Be6 7.Nf3 g6 8.Be2 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Nh5 13.Qd2 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Ne5 15.b3 Nxf3+
16.Bxf3 c6 17.Rac1 Qa5 18.g4 Rfd8 19.Rfd1 h5 20.gxh5 g4 21.Be2 Qxh5 22.Qd3 Be5
23.g3 Kg7 24.Bf1 Rh8 25.Bg2 Rh6 26.Ne2 Rah8 27.Kf1 Rf6 28.c5 d5 29.exd5 cxd5
30.Qe3 Bc7 31.Rd4 Be5 32.Rd2 Bc7 33.Rcd1 Rf3 34.Qd4+ Be5 35.Qb4 Qh2 36.Rxd5 Bxd5
37.Qxg4+ Kf8 38.Rxd5 Qh7 39.Rd8+ Ke7 40.Qd7+ Kf6 41.Bxf3  1-0

[Event "URS-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 O-O 7.e3 c6 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.Qc2 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.O-O Qe7 13.Rfe1 Ng6 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Bg5 Qf8
16.Re2 Be6 17.f4 Nh7 18.Bh4 Be7 19.Bf2 Nf6 20.Rf1 Bb4 21.Bh4 Bxc3 22.Bxf6 Bb4
23.f5 gxf5 24.Bh4 c5 25.a3 g6 26.Bb5 Ba5 27.Bxe8 Rxe8 28.Qxc5 Qxc5 29.dxc5 Bd7
30.Rd1 Bb5 31.Rf2 Bc6 32.b4 Bc7 33.Re2 Be5 34.Kf2 a5 35.bxa5 Ra8 36.Ra2 Rxa5
37.Be7 f6 38.Rc1 Kf7 39.Bd8 Ra4 40.Rb1 Ra8 41.Bb6 g5 42.a4 f4 43.a5 fxe3+
44.Kxe3 d4+ 45.Kf2 Ke6 46.Rba1  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Panov, Vasily N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 Re8
9.d5 Nc5 10.Ne1 a5 11.h3 Bd7 12.Be3 b6 13.Nd3 Nh5 14.Kh2 Rf8 15.Qe2 Nxd3
16.Qxd3 f5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.f4 exf4 19.gxf4 Qh4 20.Rf3 Nf6 21.Bd4 Rae8 22.Raf1 Rf7
23.Kg1 Ne4 24.Bxg7 Rxg7 25.Re3 Kf7 26.Nxe4 fxe4 27.Qc3 Reg8 28.Rf2 Bf5 29.Rfe2 Qxf4
30.Rf2 Qg5 31.Kf1 Qh5 32.Kg1 Ke7 33.Kh2 Qg5 34.Qd2 Kd8 35.Rc3 Qg6 36.Qe3 Re7
37.Qf4 Re5 38.Re3 Kc8 39.b3 Qh5 40.Bxe4 Rxe4 41.Qf3 Qxf3  0-1

[Event "URS-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nge2 d6 6.f3 e5 7.Be3 exd4 8.Nxd4 c6
9.Qd2 d5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.e5 Ne8 12.f4 f6 13.exf6 Nxf6 14.Be2 Nc6 15.O-O Re8
16.Kh1 Bg4 17.Bxg4 Nxg4 18.Bg1 Nxh2 19.Bxh2 Nxd4 20.Rae1 Qd7 21.Qd3 Rad8
22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.Bg1 Qf5 24.Qd1 Ne2 25.Nxe2 Qh5+ 26.Bh2 Rxe2 27.Re1 Re4 28.Qc1 Rxe1+
29.Qxe1 h6 30.Qd2 Qf5 31.Bg1 Qh5+ 32.Bh2 Kh7 33.b3 d4 34.Qd3 Qf5 35.Qd2 Qe4
36.Bg1 b5 37.b4 a6 38.Kh2 g5 39.g3 gxf4 40.gxf4 Kg6 41.Bf2 Bf6 42.a4 bxa4
43.Qa2 d3 44.Qxa4 Qe2 45.Kg3 h5 46.Qxa6 h4+ 47.Kg2 Qe4+ 48.Kf1 Qh1+ 49.Bg1 Qf3+
50.Bf2 d2 51.f5+ Kh5  0-1

[Event "URS-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Stolberg, Mark Moiseevich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qb3 c6 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O-O Nd7 10.e4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Bd3 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Kb1 Be6
16.Qc2 Qa5 17.Rc1 Rfd8 18.Rcd1 Rab8 19.Rd2 Bxc3 20.bxc3 b4 21.cxb4 Rxb4+
22.Kc1 Qa3+ 23.Kd1 Rbd4 24.Ke2 c5 25.e5 Kf8 26.Rhd1 Qa5 27.Ke3 Bxa2 28.f4 Bd5
29.g3 Be6 30.Be4 Bb3 31.Qxb3 Rxd2 32.Rxd2 Qxd2+ 33.Kf3 Qd1+ 34.Qxd1 Rxd1
35.Ke3  0-1

[Event "URS-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O e6 8.f4 Be7
9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qg3 Bd7 12.Rf2 b5 13.a3 Rfd8 14.Raf1 b4 15.axb4 Nxb4
16.f5 e5 17.Bh6 Bf8 18.Ne6 fxe6 19.fxe6 Bxe6 20.Rxf6 Re8 21.Rxe6 Rxe6 22.Bc4 Qxc4
23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.Qxg7+ Ke8 25.Bg5 Rc8 26.h4 h6 27.Bxh6 Qd4+ 28.Kf1 Qc4+ 29.Kg1 Re7
30.Qg3 Kd7  0-1

[Event "URS-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Qa5+ 7.Nc3 a6 8.b4 Qd8
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Bxd7+ Bxd7 11.Nd5 b5 12.Nh4 Rc8 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.exf5 Bg7 15.O-O O-O
16.Rae1 Re8 17.Re2 Rc6 18.Rfe1 e5 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Rxe6 Rxe6 21.Rxe6 Rxc2
22.Qe3 Kf8 23.h4 h5 24.Re7 Qc8 25.Ra7  1-0

[Event "URS-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 a6
9.a4 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qe2 Nd5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Rfc1 Rfc8 14.a5 Nxc3 15.Rxc3 b5
16.Bd3 c5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Rac1 g6 19.Nd2 Rc6 20.Bb1 Rac8 21.f3 Qd8 22.Ra3 Rd6
23.Rc2 b4 24.Ra1 b3 25.Rxc5 Rxc5 26.Nxb3 Rd1+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 a5
9.Be2 Qe7 10.O-O e5 11.b3 Bg4 12.Re1 e4 13.Nd2 Bxe2 14.Rxe2 d5 15.f4 Qe6
16.c5 Ne7 17.Nf1 Nf5 18.Bd2 h5 19.Be1 h4 20.b4 a4 21.b5 Nh7 22.Bf2 Kh8 23.Qe1 Qh6
24.g4 hxg3 25.Bxg3 Rfe8 26.Rg2 Re6 27.Raa2 Rg6 28.Qe2 Nf8 29.Be1 Rxg2+ 30.Qxg2 Ne6
31.Qg4 Qf6 32.Kh1 g6 33.Rg2 Neg7 34.Qh3+ Kg8 35.Rg4 b6 36.c6 Nd6 37.Qg2 Nxb5
38.h4 Nd6 39.Rg5 Ndf5 40.h5 Ne6 41.Rg4 Kg7 42.Qa2 Rh8 43.Qxd5 Rxh5+ 44.Kg1 Ng3
45.Qa2 Nxf1 46.Kxf1 Rh1+ 47.Rg1 Rh3 48.Rg3 Qf5 49.d5 Nxf4 50.exf4 Rh1+ 51.Kg2 Rxe1
52.Qd2 Rb1 53.d6 Qb5 54.Qd4+ f6 55.Qxe4 Rb2+ 56.Kg1 Qc5+ 57.Re3 Qc1+ 58.Re1 Qd2  0-1

[Event "URS-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E19"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3
9.Qxc3 c5 10.Rd1 d6 11.b3 Nc6 12.Bb2 Bf6 13.Qd2 Rb8 14.d5 exd5 15.cxd5 Bxb2
16.Qxb2 Ne7 17.e4 Ng6 18.Nd2 Bc8 19.f4 Re8 20.Re1 f6 21.a4 Rb7 22.a5 Rbe7
23.axb6 axb6 24.Ra8 Qc7 25.Rea1 Bb7 26.R8a7 b5 27.Qc3 Rb8 28.Bh3 Kf8 29.Be6 Qd8
30.h4 Rc7 31.Kf2 Ne7 32.Qa5 Nc8 33.Bxc8 Rcxc8 34.Qxb5 Bxd5 35.Qd7 Qxd7 36.Rxd7 Be6
37.Rxd6 Ke7 38.Rd3 Rc7 39.Ke3 Rbc8 40.Rc3 Kf8 41.Ra6 Ke7 42.f5 Bf7 43.Rb6 g6
44.g4 Rc6 45.Rb5 gxf5 46.exf5 Kf8 47.Ne4 Kg7 48.Rb7 h6 49.Rd7 Kg8 50.Nd6 R6c7
51.Rxf7 Rxf7 52.Nxc8  1-0

[Event "URS-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E26"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Ne4 8.Bd3 Nxd2
9.Qxd2 d6 10.f4 cxd4 11.exd4 Nd7 12.Nf3 O-O 13.O-O Nf6 14.Rab1 Qc7 15.Qe1 b6
16.Qh4 Bb7 17.Rbe1 Rfe8 18.Re3 h6 19.g4 Kf8 20.g5 Ng8 21.gxh6 gxh6 22.Ng5 hxg5
23.fxg5 Re7 24.Qh8 Qc6 25.Rg3 Ke8 26.Qxg8+ Kd7 27.Qh7 f5 28.Qh4 Rf8 29.d5 exd5
30.Bxf5+ Kc7 31.g6 Re5 32.Qh7+ Kb8 33.g7 Qc5+ 34.Kg2 dxc4+ 35.Kh3 Rfxf5 36.Rxf5 Rxf5
37.g8=Q+ Bc8 38.Qxf5 Qxf5+ 39.Kh4 Qf6+ 40.Kh5 Qf5+ 41.Kh6 Qf6+ 42.Kh5 Qf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil N"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.Nf3 Qe7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 e5 8.O-O Bxc3
9.Qxc3 Nc6 10.d5 Nb8 11.Nh4 a5 12.b3 Re8 13.e4 b6 14.a3 Nbd7 15.Nf5 Qd8 16.b4 Nf8
17.Ne3 Ng4 18.h3 Nxe3 19.Bxe3 f5 20.c5 bxc5 21.bxc5 fxe4 22.Rab1 Ba6 23.Rfc1 Bd3
24.Rb7 Qc8 25.c6 Ng6 26.Ba7 a4 27.Qb4 Re7 28.Qxa4 Qf5 29.Qb4 Rf8 30.Rb8 Rf7
31.Rxf8+ Rxf8 32.Re1 Qf7 33.Bxe4 Bxe4 34.Qxe4 Ra8 35.Qb4 Qxd5 36.Qb7 Rf8
37.Qxc7 e4 38.Be3 Ne5 39.Rc1 h6 40.Qb6 Nd3 41.Rc3 Ne5 42.Kg2 Qf7 43.c7 Qf3+
44.Kh2 Qe2 45.Rc1 Kh7 46.Kg2 Nc4 47.Qd4 d5 48.Kg1 Qh5 49.Qc5 Rc8 50.Rxc4 Qd1+
51.Kh2  1-0

[Event "URS-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O e6 8.f4 Nc6
9.Kh1 Be7 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Qe1 b5 12.a3 O-O 13.Qg3 Rfd8 14.Bf3 Rab8 15.Rad1 b4
16.axb4 Rxb4 17.e5 Ne8 18.f5 Nxe5 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Bg5 Nf6 21.Nf5 exf5 22.Nd5 Nxd5
23.Bxd5+ Kh8 24.Bxe7 Re8 25.Bxd6 Qxd6 26.Bf7 Qe7 27.Bxe8 Qxe8 28.Rde1 f4
29.Rxf4 Rxb2 30.Rfe4 Rxc2 31.Rxe5 Qg6 32.Re7 Be6 33.R7xe6  1-0

[Event "URS-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 Bd7
9.Bd3 a5 10.O-O a4 11.Bd2 Na5 12.Ne5 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Nb3 14.Rad1 c5 15.dxc5 Rc8
16.Nb6 Rxc5 17.Qb4 Nd5 18.Nxd5 Rxd5 19.Bc3 Bc6 20.Bc2 Nc5 21.Rxd5 Qxd5 22.Qg4 g6
23.Rd1 Qh5 24.Qxh5 gxh5 25.Rd4 Rc8 26.g4 e5 27.Rc4 Bd5 28.Rb4 f6 29.gxh5 Bf3
30.Rc4 Kh8 31.Kf1 b5 32.Bf5 Rc6 33.Rb4 Rb6 34.Bg4 Bd5 35.Be2 Bc6 36.f3 Kg7
37.Rg4+ Kh6 38.Bb4 Ne6 39.Kf2 Kxh5 40.Be7 f5 41.Rg8 f4 42.e4 Bd7 43.Bf6 b4
44.axb4 h6 45.Bxe5 Rxb4 46.Bc3 Rb6 47.Ra8 Ng5 48.Ra6 Rb8 49.Bc4 Rc8 50.Bd5 Be8
51.h4 Kxh4 52.Rxh6+ Bh5 53.Kg2 Nxf3 54.Bf7 Ng5 55.Be1+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 Bc6 7.Nf3 Bd5 8.Qd3 Be4
9.Qd1 c5 10.Nc3 Bc6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Qd3 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Be7 15.Rd1 O-O
16.Qb5 Qc8 17.Bf4 a6 18.Qd3 Nb6 19.Rac1 Qd7 20.Qf3 Nbd5 21.Nf5 Rfc8 22.Be5 exf5
23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Nxd5 Qb5 25.Rxc8+ Rxc8 26.Qxf5 Re8 27.Nxf6+ gxf6 28.Qxb5 axb5
29.Kf3 Re6 30.Rd7 Rb6 31.b4 Kg7 32.e4 Kg6 33.Ke3 Kg7 34.h4 h5 35.Kd4 Kg6
36.f4 Kg7 37.e5 fxe5+ 38.fxe5 Kf8 39.Rd6 Rc6 40.Rxc6 bxc6 41.Kc5 Ke7 42.Kxc6  1-0

[Event "URS-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 d5 4.c4 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Be2 c4 8.O-O Bb4
9.Ne5 O-O 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.f3 c5 12.a3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qa5 14.Bd2 Bd7 15.Be1 Rab8
16.Qd2 cxd4 17.exd4 Rb3 18.Bd1 Rxa3 19.Rxa3 Qxa3 20.Bh4 Qd6 21.Bc2 a5 22.Bg3 Qa6
23.Be5 Ra8 24.Qc1 Ne8 25.Re1 a4 26.Qa3 Qh6 27.Re2 Qg5 28.g3 g6 29.Bf4 Qd8
30.Re1 Ra6 31.Kf2 Ng7 32.Rb1 Qf8 33.Rb8 Ne8 34.Rb4 Nd6 35.Bb1 Nb5 36.Qc1 a3
37.Ba2 Qe8 38.h4 Re6 39.Be3 Ra6 40.Qd2 Qe6 41.Bf4 Qh3 42.Kg1 Re6 43.Rb1 h6
44.Rc1 g5 45.hxg5 hxg5 46.Bb8 f6 47.Qc2 Be8 48.Rf1 Kg7 49.Bb1 Rb6 50.Re1 Rxb8
51.Re7+ Kf8 52.Rh7 Nxc3 53.Rxh3 Rxb1+ 54.Qxb1 Nxb1  0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zagoriansky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.g3 Bf5 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nc3 e5 6.e4 Bg4 7.f3 Bh5 8.Nge2 Nbd7
9.O-O Be7 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 Ne8 12.Qc2 Rc8 13.Kh1 Nc7 14.g4 Bg6 15.f4 exf4
16.Nxf4 Ne6 17.Nce2 Bg5 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.Ba3 c5 20.Rad1 Nf6 21.dxc5 Qa5 22.Bc1 Bxc1
23.Qxc1 Qxa2 24.Rd2 Qxb3 25.Rb2 Qa3 26.g5 Nxg5 27.cxd6 Ngxe4 28.d7 Rc7 29.Bxe4 Nxe4
30.Qb1 Rxd7 31.Rxb7 Nd2  0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yudovich, Mikhail Sr"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Be3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bd3 b6 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Ba6 12.Bxa6 Nxa6 13.Qa4 Qb7 14.c4 Rac8 15.Qb3 Nb8
16.a4 Qc7 17.Rfc1 Nc6 18.Bg5 Na5 19.Qd3 Rfd8 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Rc3 Rd7 22.Qe4 Qd8
23.Rac1 Nb7 24.Qg4+ Kh8 25.h4 Rdc7 26.h5 Nd6 27.d5 e5 28.Nh4 Qg8 29.Qe2 Qg5
30.g3 Rc5 31.Ng2 Nf5 32.Rd1 Nd4 33.Qf1 Qxh5 34.Nf4 Qg4 35.Qd3 Rg8 36.Kg2 Qxf4
37.d6 Qg4 38.Rh1 Qg6 39.Qe3 Rd8 40.Rh6 Nf5  0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram Davidovich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.O-O c5
9.d5 exd5 10.Nh4 d6 11.Nf5 Na6 12.Bg5 Nc7 13.b3 Re8 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.e3 Rad8
16.Qf3 Qe5 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.cxd5 Ba6 20.Rfe1 f5 21.Rad1 Qe4 22.Qh5 Qg4
23.Qh6 Re5 24.h3 Qg6 25.Qf4 Bb7 26.Kh2 Rde8 27.Bf3 Kh8 28.Rg1 Bc8 29.Rg2 Bd7
30.Rdg1 f6 31.g4 Qf7 32.gxf5 Bxf5 33.Qh6 Qf8 34.Rg8+  1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory Ionovich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Qe5 8.Bg2 Qxd4
9.Qe2 f5 10.Nc3 e6 11.Nb5 Qb6 12.Be3 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.Bf4 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Qxd4
16.Be5 Qb6 17.O-O-O d6 18.Bd4 Qc7 19.f4 Bd7 20.Rhe1 Kf7 21.g4 fxg4 22.Qxg4 h5
23.Qe2 Rh6 24.f5 Re8 25.Rd3 exf5 26.Bd5+ Kg6 27.Bg8 Re4 28.Qg2+ Rg4 29.Qd5 Bc8
30.h3  1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Na3 b5 11.Nd5 Be6 12.c3 Bg7 13.Nc2 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Nce3 Be6
16.Qf3 O-O 17.Bd3 Ne7 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.O-O Qg5 20.Be4 Rad8 21.Bd5 Qf4 22.Rfd1 Rfe8
23.g3 Qxf3 24.Bxf3 Bh6 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.Bxd5 Rb8 27.Be4 Bf8 28.Rd3 Rec8 29.Bd5 Rc7
30.Kg2 Kg7 31.g4 Be7 32.Kg3 h6 33.Rf3 Bf6 34.Rd1 b4 35.c4 Rb6 36.b3 a5 37.h4 Ra6
38.Kh3 a4 39.Rg1 axb3 40.axb3 Bd8 41.g5 hxg5 42.hxg5 Ra2 43.Kg4 Rca7 44.Kf5 e4
45.g6 f6 46.Rh3 Rxf2+ 47.Ke6 Re7+ 48.Kxd6 f5 49.Rh7+ Kf6 50.g7 Bc7+ 51.Kc6 Rxg7
52.Rh6+ Ke5 53.Rxg7 Bd8 54.Rg8 e3 55.Rxd8 f4 56.Kc5 e2 57.Rf8  1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherbakov, Vitaly S"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Qc2 Bd6 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.Bg5 f6 8.Bh4 Ne7
9.e3 Bf5 10.Bd3 Bg6 11.Bg3 Na6 12.a3 Nc7 13.e4 Bxg3 14.hxg3 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Qd5
16.O-O-O O-O-O 17.Rhe1 Rhe8 18.Qa4 Kb8 19.Bc4 Qh5 20.Qb3 Ned5 21.Rh1 Qg4
22.Nc5 b6 23.Rh4 Qc8 24.Bd3 Nb5 25.Ne4 Ne7 26.Nc3 Nf5 27.Bxf5 Qxf5 28.Rf4 Qd7
29.a4 Nxc3 30.bxc3 Re2 31.Rd2 Qe7 32.Qb2 Rxd2 33.Kxd2 Re8 34.Kd1 Bd3 35.Rh4 Be2+
36.Kc2 g5 37.Rh1 Qd7 38.Nd2 Qf5+ 39.Kb3 Qxf2 40.Rxh7 Bd3  0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qa4+ Nc6
9.Rc1 O-O 10.e3 Qg6 11.Qb3 Be6 12.a3 Ba5 13.Qxb7 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Rab8 15.Qxc6 Rb1
16.Kd2 Rfb8 17.Bd3 R1b2+ 18.Rc2 Qxg2 19.Rf1 R2b6 20.Qxc7 Qxf3 21.Qg3 Qf6
22.Qe5 Bh3 23.Qxf6 Rxf6 24.Re1 Rxf2+ 25.Re2 Rf6 26.e4 Bg4 27.Re3 Rb1 28.c4 Ra6
29.Rc3 Rd1+ 30.Kc2 dxe4 31.Rxe4 Rxd3 32.Re8+ Kh7 33.Kxd3 Rf6 34.d5 Rf2 35.c5 Bd7
36.Rd8 Bb5+ 37.Ke3 Rxh2 38.c6 f5 39.c7 Ba6 40.d6 g5  1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 cxd4 10.Rd1 O-O 11.exd4 Nd5 12.Be3 b6 13.Ne4 Bb7 14.Rac1 Ncb4 15.Bg5 Rc8
16.Qd2 Bxg5 17.Nexg5 Qd6 18.Ne5 Rc7 19.Re1 Rfc8 20.b3 a5 21.Rcd1 Qd8 22.f4 h6
23.Ne4 Nf6 24.Ng3 Bd5 25.f5 Re7 26.Qe2 Rcc7 27.Ng4 Nxg4 28.Qxg4 exf5 29.Nxf5 Rxe1+
30.Rxe1 Qf6 31.Qf4 Rd7 32.Nxh6+ Qxh6 33.Re8+ Kh7 34.Qf5+ Qg6 35.Qh3+ Qh6
36.Qxd7 Bxc4 37.bxc4 Qc1+ 38.Kf2 Nd3+ 39.Ke2 Nf4+ 40.Kf3 Qf1+  1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Aramanovich, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.g3 Qe7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Bxc3
9.Qxc3 Ne4 10.Qc2 f5 11.Be3 Bd7 12.a3 a5 13.d5 Nb8 14.Nd4 exd5 15.cxd5 Na6
16.g4 f4 17.Bxe4 fxe3 18.Bxh7+ Kh8 19.Bf5 Nc5 20.Qc3 Qh4 21.Nf3 Qh3 22.Bxd7 Nxd7
23.fxe3 Qxg4+ 24.Kh1 Qe4 25.Rad1 Rae8 26.Rg1 Re5 27.Rd4 Qxe3 28.Rh4+ Kg8
29.Nxe5 Qxc3 30.bxc3 Nxe5 31.Kg2 Rf5 32.Rf1 Rg5+ 33.Kf2 Ng4+ 34.Ke1 Ne3 35.Rf2 Nxd5
36.Rc4 c6 37.e4 Nb6 38.Rd4 d5 39.Rb2 Nc4 40.Rxb7 Nd6 41.exd5 Nxb7 42.dxc6 Re5+
43.Kd2 Re7 44.Rd5 Kf7 45.cxb7 Rxb7 46.Rxa5 Ke6  1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor Ivanovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O e5 8.b3 Re8
9.e3 c6 10.Qc2 Nf8 11.Ba3 e4 12.Nd2 d5 13.b4 Bf5 14.b5 Qc8 15.Qb3 Qe6 16.Rfc1 h5
17.bxc6 bxc6 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Nb5 Reb8 20.Qa4 Qe8 21.Nc3 Qe6 22.Qa5 Rb6 23.Bf1 h4
24.Nb5 Ra6 25.Qc3 Ne8 26.Nb3 Qf6 27.Nc5 Rc6 28.Qb3 hxg3 29.hxg3 Rd8 30.Nc3 Rb6
31.Nxd5 Rxd5 32.Qxd5 Nc7 33.Qc4 Nce6 34.Bg2 Ng5 35.Na4 Nf3+ 36.Bxf3 exf3
37.Nxb6 axb6 38.Bxf8 Bxf8 39.Qc6 Be6 40.d5 Qf5 41.dxe6 fxe6 42.Rd1 Bc5 43.Rd8+ Kg7
44.Rc1 Kh6 45.Qd7 Bxe3 46.Rh8+  1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A92"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Qe8 7.d5 Bc5 8.Nc3 a6
9.Nd4 Qh5 10.Bf4 c6 11.h3 g5 12.Bc7 Ne8 13.Na4 Ba7 14.Bb6 e5 15.Nxf5 Rxf5
16.g4 Qh6 17.gxf5 d6 18.e4 c5 19.Qd2 Nd7 20.Bxa7 Rxa7 21.b4 Nef6 22.bxc5 dxc5
23.Rab1 b5 24.Nb2 Nh5 25.Rfe1 Nf4 26.Re3 Nf6 27.Nd3 g4 28.Qa5 Re7 29.d6 Re8
30.Qc7 Bd7 31.Nxc5 gxh3 32.Nxd7 hxg2 33.Nxf6+ Qxf6 34.d7 Rd8 35.cxb5 Qh4
36.Rg3+ Kf7 37.Qc4+ Kf6 38.Rxg2 Nxg2 39.Qe6+ Kg5 40.Rb3 Kf4 41.Kxg2  1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Panov, Vasily N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C28"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bg5 h6 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 Bb4 8.Nge2 Na5
9.f3 c6 10.a3 Nxc4 11.dxc4 Ba5 12.O-O-O Be6 13.b3 Bc7 14.g4 Qe7 15.Ng3 O-O-O
16.Qf2 b6 17.Kb2 h5 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.gxf5 Ne8 20.Rhg1 Rd7 21.a4 Bd8 22.Bg5 Nf6
23.Rd3 Qf8 24.Qd2 Be7 25.Rd1 Ne8 26.a5 Bxg5 27.Qxg5 Qe7 28.Qg1 Rb7 29.axb6 axb6
30.Ra1 Qc7 31.Ra6 Kd7 32.Na4 Ke7 33.Nxb6 Nf6 34.c5 d5 35.exd5 cxd5 36.Nxd5+ Nxd5
37.Rxd5 Kf8 38.c6 Rb8 39.Rd7 Qc8 40.c7 Rxb3+ 41.cxb3 Qxd7 42.Qc5+  1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 O-O 6.a3 Be7 7.Bd3 b6 8.O-O Bb7
9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Qc2 f5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Ne5 Nd7 13.Nb5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 c5 15.Rd1 Qb8
16.f3 Qxe5 17.fxe4 fxe4 18.Bf1 a6 19.Nc3 d4 20.Qb3+ Kh8 21.Ne2 Bd6 22.g3 Qf6
23.Nf4 Bxf4 24.gxf4 Qg6+ 25.Kf2 Qh5 26.Kg1 Qg4+ 27.Bg2 Rxf4 28.Bd2 Raf8 29.Rf1 b5
30.Qc2 Rxf1+ 31.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 32.Kxf1 Qf5+ 33.Kg1 d3 34.Qd1 Qg5 35.Qf1 h6 36.Qf7 Qg4
37.Qf1 Kh7 38.Bc3 Bd5 39.h3 Qg5 40.Kh2 Bc6 41.Qf2 h5 42.h4 Qe7 43.b4 Be8
44.bxc5 Bg6 45.Qg3 a5 46.c6 Qxa3 47.Bxe4 Qa2+ 48.Qg2 Qxg2+ 49.Bxg2 b4 50.c7 bxc3
51.c8=Q d2 52.Qd7 a4 53.Bf3 a3 54.Qd4 a2 55.Qxc3 Kh6 56.Qa1 Bf5 57.Qxa2  1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E29"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 d6 6.e3 e5 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Ne2 c5
9.O-O Nc6 10.e4 Re8 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Nh5 14.Bc2 Bd7 15.f3 Qe7 16.Bf2 Na5
17.Qd3 Be6 18.d5 Bd7 19.g3 Kh8 20.Be3 Rg8 21.Kf2 Bh3 22.Rg1 Raf8 23.Ke1 f5
24.g4 fxe4 25.fxe4 Nf6 26.Bxc5 Bxg4 27.Bb4 b6 28.Bxa5 bxa5 29.Kd2 Qc7 30.Raf1 Bc8
31.Ng3 Ba6 32.Bb3 a4 33.Ba2 Qb6 34.Kc2 Rb8 35.Rb1 Qf2+ 36.Qd2 Qxd2+ 37.Kxd2 Rgc8
38.Kd3 Nd7 39.Nf5 Nc5+ 40.Ke3 Rxb1 41.Rxb1 Rd8 42.Nxh6 Kg7 43.Nf5+ Kf6 44.Rf1 Kg6
45.Rg1 Kf6 46.Rf1 Kg6 47.Rg1 Kf6 48.h4 gxh4 49.Nxh4 Bc8 50.Rg6+ Ke7 51.Rg7+ Kf6
52.Rg6+ Ke7 53.Bb1 Rh8 54.Nf3 Bd7 55.Bc2 Rh1 56.Rg1 Rxg1 57.Nxg1 Bg4 58.Bd3 Kd8
59.Be2 Bd7 60.Nf3 Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 a6 7.Qf3 Nbd7 8.O-O-O Qc7
9.Qg3 b5 10.Bxb5 axb5 11.Ndxb5 Qa5 12.Rxd6 Bxd6 13.Qxd6 Rb8 14.e5 Rxb5 15.exf6 gxf6
16.Nxb5 Qxb5 17.Be3 Bb7 18.Rd1 Bxg2 19.Qg3 Bd5 20.b3 Ke7 21.Qc7 Ra8 22.c4 Qc6
23.Qxc6 Bxc6 24.Kb2 Rg8 25.b4 Rg4 26.Kc3 Ne5 27.f4 Ng6 28.b5 Bg2 29.a4 e5
30.a5 Nh4 31.f5 Nxf5 32.Bc5+ Ke6 33.a6 Nd4 34.Bxd4 exd4+ 35.Rxd4 Rxd4 36.Kxd4 Kd6
37.c5+ Kc7 38.b6+ Kd7 39.Kc3 Bf1 40.a7 Bg2  0-1

[Event "URS-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 e5 8.Ne2 e4
9.Bc2 dxc4 10.Ng3 Re8 11.O-O c5 12.f3 cxd4 13.cxd4 exf3 14.Qxf3 Qd5 15.Qf4 Nc6
16.Bb2 Nh5 17.Qh4 g6 18.Nxh5 Qxh5 19.Qf6 Qd5 20.e4 Qe6 21.Qf4 Nd8 22.Kh1 Qg4
23.Qf2 Bf5 24.h3 Qh5 25.Bd1 Qg5 26.exf5 Qe3 27.Qh4 c3 28.fxg6 hxg6 29.Bc1 Qd3
30.Qf6 Re6 31.Qf2 Rc8 32.Bb3 Re7 33.Bg5  1-0

[Event "URS-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexey"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E07"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Qb3 Nbd7 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O b6
9.Bf4 Bb7 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Rad1 Bf6 13.Ne5 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Qe8 15.Rfe1 Nc5
16.Qc3 Rd8 17.Bc1 Qe6 18.b4 Ne4 19.Qe3 Rfe8 20.Bb2 Qf5 21.Qf4 Qg6 22.h4 c5
23.Bxe4 Qxe4 24.Qxe4 dxe4 25.bxc5 bxc5 26.Rd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory Ionovich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 b5 8.Bb3 b4
9.Ne2 Bb7 10.O-O Be7 11.Nf4 O-O 12.Ng5 Qb6 13.e4 e5 14.Nxf7 exf4 15.Ng5+ Kh8
16.Ne6 Nxe4 17.Qg4 g5 18.Nxf8 Nxf8 19.Bxf4 Qxd4 20.Rad1 Qxb2 21.Bc1 Qg7 22.Qxe4 Bf6
23.Qxb4 Ng6 24.Rd6 Bc3 25.Qc5 Nf4 26.Rfd1 Nd5 27.Rxc6 Nf4 28.Rc8+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khavin, Abram Leonidovich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A08"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 e6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 b6
9.c3 Ba6 10.e5 Nd7 11.Qa4 Qc8 12.Bf1 Rb8 13.a3 b5 14.Qg4 Re8 15.b4 f5 16.exf6 Bxf6
17.d4 cxd4 18.cxd4 e5 19.Bh3 Re7 20.Nb3 Qe8 21.Bg5 e4 22.Bf4 Rd8 23.Bd6 Rf7
24.Bc7 Nb6 25.Bxd8 Bc8 26.Qh5 g6 27.Qh6 Bg7 28.Qh4 Rxf3 29.Bxb6 Bf6 30.Qh6 Rxb3
31.Bxc8 Qxc8 32.Bc5 Bxd4 33.Rac1 Bg7 34.Qd2 Rd3 35.Qa2 Ne5 36.Rxe4 Qh3 37.Rxe5 Bxe5
38.Qe2 Qf5 39.Re1 Bf6 40.Qe8+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Be7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O cxd4
9.exd4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Qc7 11.Qe2 Nd7 12.Bd2 Rd8 13.Bb3 Nf8 14.Ne5 f6 15.Nd3 Bd6
16.f4 Kh8 17.Rae1 a5 18.Rf3 a4 19.Bc2 b5 20.Bb1 Bb7 21.Rh3 Rac8 22.Qh5 g6
23.Qxb5 Ra8 24.Nb4 Ra5 25.Qf1 a3 26.c4 Ra4 27.Rb3 Bc5 28.Nc2  1-0

[Event "URS-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Na2 e6 8.Bxc4 Bb7
9.O-O c5 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.Rd1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Qb8 13.Bd2 Bd6 14.Bxb4 Bxb4 15.Nxb4 Bxg2
16.Nb5 Bb7 17.Nd6+ Kf8 18.Ba6 Bd5 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.Bb7 Qxd6 21.Bxa8 Ke7 22.Bxd5 Nxd5
23.Qd3 N7f6 24.e4 Ng4 25.e5 Qxe5 26.Qh3 Ngf6 27.Re1 Ne4 28.Qh4+ Ndf6 29.f3 g5
30.Qg3 Nxg3 31.Rxe5+ Kd6 32.Rxg5 Ne2+ 33.Kf2 Nf4 34.Ra5 Rb8 35.Rd1+ N6d5
36.Rd2 Rb7 37.b4 f6 38.b5 Rg7 39.Ra6+ Ke5 40.Rc6 Rg2+ 41.Ke1  0-1

[Event "URS-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D93"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.e3 O-O 7.Qb3 Qa5 8.Be2 Na6
9.O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Be2 Be6 12.Qc2 Rac8 13.e4 Rfd8 14.a3 Nc7 15.h3 Bd7
16.Rfd1 Ne6 17.Be5 Be8 18.b4 Qb6 19.Bf1 a5 20.Qb2 Nf8 21.Ne1 Ne6 22.Nf3 a4
23.Rd3 Nf8 24.Rad1 N8d7 25.Bf4 Qb7 26.Qc1 Nb6 27.Ne5 Nfd7 28.R3d2 f6 29.Ng4 Nf8
30.Be3 h5 31.Nh2 Bf7 32.Nf3 Bb3 33.Re1 Rd7 34.Rb2 Kh7 35.Nd2 Bf7 36.Ne2 e5
37.f4 Nc4 38.Nxc4 Bxc4 39.dxe5 fxe5 40.f5 gxf5 41.exf5 h4 42.Nc3 Bd5 43.Bg5 c5
44.f6 Bh8 45.Bxb5 cxb4 46.Rxb4 Rdc7 47.Bd3+ e4 48.Rxb7 Bxb7 49.Qf4 Ng6 50.Qg4  1-0

[Event "URS-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Nge2 Re8 10.O-O-O Nf8 11.Ng3 b5 12.Kb1 a5 13.Nce2 Ra6 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.Bxf5 a4
16.Nf4 b4 17.Qe2 Rb6 18.h4 a3 19.b3 Ne4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Bxe7 Qxe7 22.Rc1 Nd7
23.g3 Qd6 24.Qc4 Ra8 25.Rhd1 Ra5 26.d5 Qe5 27.Qd4 c5 28.Qxe5 Nxe5 29.d6 Nd7
30.Nd5 Rb7 31.Rc4 f5 32.Ne7+ Kf7 33.Nxf5 Nf6 34.Rdc1 Ke6 35.Rxc5 Rxc5 36.Rxc5 Nd5
37.Nd4+ Kxd6 38.Rc6+ Kd7 39.Rc4 Nc3+ 40.Kc2 Rb6 41.Rxb4 Rxb4 42.Kxc3 Rb6
43.Kd2 Kd6 44.Ke1 Ke5 45.Kf1 Kf6 46.Kg2 Rb7 47.Nc2 Ra7 48.Kf1 Kf5 49.Nd4+ Kg4
50.Kg2 Ra5 51.Kh2 Rc5 52.Kg2 g6 53.b4 Rc1 54.Nb5 Rb1 55.Nxa3 Rxb4 56.Nc2 Rb2
57.Nd4 Rxa2 58.Ne6 Kf5 59.Nd4+ Ke5 60.Nc6+ Kd6 61.Nd4 Kd5 62.g4 Ra7 63.Ne2 Rf7
64.Nf4+ Ke5 65.Kg3 Rf8 66.h5 g5 67.Nh3 h6 68.Ng1 Rd8 69.Ne2 Rd2 70.Nc3 Rc2
71.Nb5 Rc4 72.Na3 Rc5 73.Nb1 Rc1 74.Nd2 Rg1+ 75.Kh3 Rd1 76.Nb3 Kd5 77.Kg2 Rd3
78.Nc1 Rd2 79.Nb3 Rd1 80.f3 Rd3 81.fxe4+ Kxe4 82.Nc5+ Kxe3 83.Ne6 Rd6 84.Ng7 Kf4
85.Nf5 Rf6 86.Kh3 Ra6  0-1

[Event "URS-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B24"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.Be3 Nd4 7.Qd2 b6 8.O-O-O Bb7
9.Kb1 d6 10.Nce2 Qd7 11.h4 h5 12.Nc1 Nf6 13.c3 Nc6 14.Bg5 Ng8 15.Nge2 Nge7
16.f3 d5 17.g4 dxe4 18.fxe4 hxg4 19.h5 gxh5 20.Ng3 h4 21.Rxh4 Rxh4 22.Bxh4 O-O-O
23.Rf1 Rh8 24.Rxf7 Bxc3 25.bxc3 Rxh4 26.Qg5 Rh2 27.Bf1 Ba6 28.e5 c4 29.Ne4 cxd3
30.Nd6+ Kc7 31.Bxd3 Bxd3+ 32.Nxd3 a5 33.Qf4 Rh3 34.Qc4 Rxd3 35.Qxd3 Nxe5
36.Nb5+ Kc6 37.Nd4+ Kc7 38.Nb5+ Kc6 39.Nd4+ Kc7 40.Qg3  1-0

[Event "URS-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bronstein, David I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 c6
9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bc1 f5 12.Bg5 Qe8 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Re1 e4
16.Nh4 Nge5 17.f4 h6 18.Nxf5 Rxf5 19.Nxe4 Qf8 20.Nd6 Rxg5 21.fxg5 hxg5 22.Rf1 Qe7
23.Nf5 Qc5+ 24.Kh1 Nf6 25.Nxg7 Neg4 26.Rxf6 Kxg7 27.Rf1 Bf5 28.Qe2 Rh8 29.h3 Ne3
30.b4 Qe5 31.Rae1  1-0

[Event "URS-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.c4 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bb5+ Kf8 10.b3 a6 11.Be2 Nc6 12.Bb2 Rc8 13.Ne5 Bd6 14.Nxc6 Rxc6 15.Bf3 c4
16.g3 Rc8 17.bxc4 Rxc4 18.Qd3 Qc8 19.Rac1 Qe6 20.Bg2 h5 21.Ne2 b5 22.Nf4 Qe7
23.Qd1 h4 24.Qf3 Kg8 25.Rfd1 Ne4 26.Nd3 Rh6 27.Qe2 hxg3 28.fxg3 Qg5 29.Bxe4 dxe4
30.Nf4 Bxf4 31.exf4 Qd5 32.Qg2 Rhc6 33.Rxc4 Rxc4 34.h3 b4 35.Kh2 e3 36.Qxd5 Rc2+
37.Kg1 Bxd5  0-1

[Event "URS-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 d6 10.Qc2 Nc6 11.d5 Na5 12.e4 exd5 13.exd5 h6 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Be3 Bc8
16.Rae1 f5 17.Bc1 Bd7 18.Re2 g5 19.g3 Ng7 20.h4 g4 21.Ne1 Qf6 22.Qd2 Kh7
23.Qf4 Rae8 24.Qxg4 Rxe2 25.Qxe2 Re8 26.Qf3 Kg8 27.Bb2 Re5 28.Ng2 Qf7 29.Bc1 Qf6
30.Qf4 Kh7 31.g4 b5 32.g5 Qg6 33.cxb5 Rxd5 34.Qf3 Qe6 35.Nf4 Rxd3 36.Qxd3 Qe5
37.Nd5 Nh5 38.Qd1 Bxb5 39.Qxh5 Qxd5 40.Re1  1-0

[Event "URS-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Qe7 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Bd6 10.Qc2 dxc4 11.bxc4 e5 12.Ng5 Bc7 13.Rab1 Re8 14.c5 h6 15.Nf3 Rb8
16.Bc4 e4 17.Ne1 Bxh2+ 18.Kh1 Bc7 19.g3 Nf8 20.Kg2 Bg4 21.f3 Bh5 22.Nxe4 Nxe4
23.Qxe4 Qxe4 24.fxe4 Rxe4 25.Nd3 Re7 26.Nf4 Bg4 27.d5 cxd5 28.Nxd5 Rd7 29.e4 Be6
30.Bc3 Ng6 31.Rfd1 Be5 32.Ba5 Rc8 33.Bb5 Rxc5 34.Bxd7 Rxa5 35.Rxb7 Rxa2+
36.Kg1 Bxd7 37.Rxd7 Bxg3 38.Ne7+ Kh7 39.Nf5 Bf2+ 40.Kf1 Ne5 41.R7d2 Rxd2
42.Rxd2 Bb6 43.Ne7 Nf3 44.Rd7 Ng5 45.e5 a5 46.Rd5 Ne6 47.Nc8 Bc7 48.Rd7 Bxe5
49.Rxf7 Kg6 50.Ra7 Bc3 51.Ne7+ Kh5 52.Nd5 Bd4 53.Rxa5 g5 54.Ra6 Nc5 55.Rc6 Ne4
56.Kg2 Ba1 57.Ne7 Bf6 58.Nf5 Kg6 59.Nxh6 Kxh6 60.Re6 Kg6 61.Rxe4 Kf5 62.Kf3 Be5
63.Rb4 Bf4 64.Rb5+ Be5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E01"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O e6 6.c4 cxd4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd4 Bd7
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bc5 11.Rb1 Qc8 12.Be3 Be7 13.Qa4 Nd8 14.Qb3 e5 15.Nb5 a6
16.Na3 Be6 17.Qb2 O-O 18.Rfd1 Bc5 19.Nc2 Qc7 20.Bxc5 Qxc5 21.Ne3 Rc8 22.c4 Rb8
23.Qb6 Qxb6 24.Rxb6 Rc8 25.Bd5 Rc7 26.Bxe6 Nxe6 27.Ng4 Rxc4 28.Nxe5 Rc2 29.e3 Rxa2
30.Rxb7 Ng5 31.Kg2 Ne4 32.Kf3 Nxf2 33.Rf1 Nh3 34.Kg4 Nf2+ 35.Kf3 Nh3 36.Kg4 Rxh2
37.Rfxf7 Rxf7 38.Rxf7 Nf2+ 39.Kf3 Nd3 40.Re7 Rf2+ 41.Ke4 Nxe5 42.Kxe5 Rf3
43.e4 Rxg3 44.Ra7 h5 45.Kf4 h4 46.e5 Kh7 47.Rxa6 Rg1 48.Ra3 Kg6 49.Re3 Kf7
50.Ra3 Ke6 51.Ra6+ Kf7 52.Ra3 Kg6 53.Re3 Kh5 54.e6 g5+ 55.Ke5 Kg6 56.e7 Kf7
57.Kf5 Ke8 58.Kf6 g4 59.Ra3 Rf1+ 60.Ke6 Re1+ 61.Kf6 h3 62.Ra8+ Kd7 63.Rd8+ Kc6
64.Rh8 Kd7 65.Rd8+ Kc7 66.Rh8 Kd6 67.Rd8+ Kc6 68.Rh8 Kc7 69.Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C98"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.a4 Be6 15.Ng5 Bd7
16.Nf1 Rad8 17.Qe2 h6 18.Nf3 c4 19.axb5 axb5 20.Nh4 Rfe8 21.Qf3 Nh7 22.Nf5 Bg5
23.Bxg5 Nxg5 24.Qg3 Bxf5 25.exf5 Nh7 26.Be4 Na5 27.Ne3 Nf6 28.Ng4 Nxg4 29.Qxg4 Rd6
30.Rad1 Nb3 31.Rxd6 Qxd6 32.Rd1 Qb6 33.Rd5 Rd8 34.Rxe5 Nc1 35.f6 Qxf6 36.Rxb5 g6
37.Bd5 Nd3 38.Qf3 Nf4 39.Bxc4 Rd2 40.Kh2 Qd6 41.g3 Ne6 42.h4 Qd7 43.Rd5 Qb7
44.b4 Rc2 45.Rd3 Qa7 46.Kg2 Nf8 47.Rd4 Kg7 48.Rf4 f5 49.Qd5 Qe7 50.Rf3 h5
51.Qg8+ Kh6 52.Qh8+ Nh7 53.Bg8 Qb7 54.Qxh7+ Qxh7 55.Bxh7 Kxh7 56.Rd3 Kg7
57.Rd7+ Kf6 58.Rc7 f4 59.gxf4 Rd2 60.b5  1-0

[Event "URS-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 Qe7 8.g3 b6
9.Bg2 Bb7 10.O-O O-O 11.b4 Rac8 12.a4 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.b5 d5 15.cxd5 exd5
16.e3 Ne4 17.Qc2 Nb6 18.Nd2 f5 19.a5 Nd7 20.Bb2 Kh8 21.Rfe1 Ne5 22.Bxe5 Qxe5
23.f4 Qe6 24.Rab1 Rfd8 25.b6 a6 26.Rbc1 h6 27.Nf3 d4 28.Ne5 dxe3 29.Rxe3 Rd2
30.Qxd2 Nxd2 31.Bxb7 Rd8 32.Bg2 Nb3 33.Ng6+ Qxg6 34.Rxb3 Qe6 35.Rbc3 Rd2
36.b7 Rxg2+ 37.Kxg2 Qd5+ 38.Kg1 Qxb7 39.Rxc5 Qe4 40.Kf2 Qd4+ 41.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E29"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d6 5.Bd3 c5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nc6 8.Ne2 e5
9.O-O O-O 10.e4 exd4 11.cxd4 Nd7 12.Bb2 b6 13.f4 Bb7 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Rf3 Nxd4
16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.Bb1 f5 18.Qxd4 Nf6 19.Re1 fxe4 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Qc7 22.Rg3 Qc5
23.Qxc5 Rxc5 24.Re7 g6 25.Rd3 Rxc4 26.Rxd6 Rxf4 27.g3 Rf5 28.Rxa7 b5 29.Bd4 g5
30.Re6 g4 31.Ree7 Rc8 32.Rg7+ Kh8 33.Rxg4 Rd8 34.Rg5 Rf3 35.Kg2  1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Model, Abram Y"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 Qe7 5.Nf3 b6 6.g3 Bb7 7.Bg2 Ne4 8.O-O Bxc3
9.bxc3 Nc6 10.Ba3 Na5 11.Bxe7 Nxb3 12.axb3 Kxe7 13.Ng5 f5 14.Rfd1 a5 15.Nxe4 Bxe4
16.Bxe4 fxe4 17.d5 e5 18.Ra4 Kd6 19.Rda1 Kc5 20.Kf1 Rhf8 21.Ke1 Rf7 22.b4+ Kxc4
23.bxa5+ Kxd5 24.a6 d6 25.Rb4 Ra7 26.Raa4 Rf8 27.Ra2 Rfa8 28.Rba4 b5 29.Ra5 Kc4
30.Kd2 c6 31.Ke3 d5 32.Ra1 Kc5 33.c4 Kxc4 34.R5a2 Kc5 35.Rc2+ Kb6 36.Rac1 Re8
37.f4 exf3 38.exf3 Rxa6  0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zagoriansky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 c5 7.c3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Be7
9.Bd3 Ne5 10.Bd2 Bd7 11.O-O Nc6 12.Nf3 Qc7 13.Qe2 Rc8 14.Bg5 O-O 15.Rad1 Rfd8
16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 g6 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Qh4 Nf5 20.Bxf5 exf5 21.Qe7 f6 22.Rd4 b6
23.Rfd1 Be8 24.Rxd8 Qxe7 25.Rxc8 Qe6 26.Rb8 Kg7 27.Re1 Qxa2 28.Rbxe8 Qxb2
29.R1e7+ Kh6 30.Rh8 Qc1+ 31.Ne1 Kg5 32.Rhxh7 f4 33.g3 fxg3 34.hxg3 Qxc3 35.Kg2 Kf5
36.Rh4 g5 37.Rhe4 a5 38.Nf3 Kg6 39.g4  1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 Qb6 6.Na3 a6 7.Ba4 Qc7 8.h3 b5
9.Bd1 Bb7 10.d3 e6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.O-O Ne5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.f4 c4 15.Bc2 cxd3
16.Bxd3 Bxa3 17.bxa3 Qxc3 18.fxe5 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Qd4+ 20.Qe3 Qxe4 21.Qg3 Rc8
22.Rad1 Bd5 23.Rd2 Qg6 24.Qh4 O-O 25.Be7 Rc4 26.Qg5 Qxg5 27.Bxg5 Rfc8 28.Kf2 Kf8
29.Re1 Ra4 30.Re3 h6  0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Yudovich, Mikhail Sr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 c6 6.O-O Bxf3 7.Bxf3 dxe5 8.dxe5 e6
9.Qe2 Nd7 10.c4 Ne7 11.Bd2 Nf5 12.Bc3 Bc5 13.Rd1 Qb6 14.b4 Bxb4 15.a4 a5
16.Bg4 Ne7 17.Bd4 Qc7 18.f4 O-O 19.Nd2 Nc5 20.Qe3 b6 21.Kh1 Rad8 22.Bh3 Nf5
23.Bxf5 exf5 24.Nb3 Nxb3 25.Qxb3 Bc5 26.Bxc5 bxc5 27.Qe3 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Rd8
29.Rd6 Rxd6 30.exd6 Qxd6 31.Qe8+ Qf8 32.Qxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.Nf1 O-O
9.Ng3 b5 10.Bb3 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.O-O Qc7 13.Ne1 d5 14.Bg5 dxe4 15.dxe4 h6
16.Be3 Nc4 17.Bc1 Be6 18.Nd3 Rfe8 19.Re1 Bf8 20.h3 b4 21.b3 Na5 22.cxb4 cxb4
23.Bb2 Nc6 24.Rc1 Red8 25.Qf3 Nd7 26.Bb1 Qb6 27.Nf5 Rac8 28.h4 f6 29.Qg3 Kf7
30.Ne3 Nd4 31.Rxc8 Rxc8 32.Nd5 Bxd5 33.exd5 Nf5 34.Qh3 Qd6 35.h5 Ne7 36.hxg6+ Kg8
37.Bc1 Qxd5 38.Bxh6 Rc3 39.g7 Bxg7 40.Qg4 Nf5 41.Nxb4 Nxh6  1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor Ivanovich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.Rb1 Be7 7.c3 Bd7 8.Bd3 Bb5
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bxb5+ Qxb5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qe2 Qxe2+ 13.Kxe2 f5 14.Rbg1 h5
15.h4 Nd7 16.c4 Nb6 17.cxd5 Nxd5 18.Rc1 Be7 19.g3 Rg8 20.a3 Bf6 21.Rc2 Rg4
22.Rhc1 Ke7 23.Nc4 Rb8 24.Nfe5 Rgg8 25.Nd3 Rgd8 26.Nce5 Rd6 27.f3 Bxe5 28.Nxe5 Kf6
29.Nd3 e5 30.Rc8 Rxc8 31.Rxc8 e4 32.fxe4 fxe4 33.Nc5 Kf5 34.Rg8 Rg6 35.Rxg6 fxg6
36.Nxb7 Kg4 37.Nd6 Kxg3 38.Nxe4+ Kxh4 39.Kf3 g5 40.Nd6 Kh3 41.Nf7 g4+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 Bc6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Qd3 Nd5 11.Re1 f5 12.Bd2 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Be4 14.Qd2 Bf6 15.Rac1 Nb6
16.b3 Nd5 17.Bb2 Rf7 18.Red1 Qe8 19.Ne1 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Be7 21.Nd3 Bd6 22.Re1 Rf6
23.e4 fxe4 24.Rxe4 Qg6 25.Rce1 Raf8 26.Qe2 Rf3 27.Rd1 Nb4 28.Re3 Rxe3 29.Qxe3 Nd5
30.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.exd4 Bb4+ 8.Nbd2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.O-O b5 11.Bd3 Be7 12.a3 Qd5 13.Re1 Bb7 14.b4 O-O 15.Ne4 Rfd8
16.Rc1 Rac8 17.Nc5 Bxc5 18.Rxc5 Qd6 19.d5 exd5 20.Bf5 Ra8 21.Nd4 Re8 22.Nxc6 Bxc6
23.Re3 Rxe3 24.fxe3 Re8 25.Qc2 Bd7 26.Bxf6 Bxf5 27.Qxf5 Qxf6 28.Qxf6 gxf6
29.Kf2 Re5 30.Rc8+ Kg7 31.Rd8 Kg6 32.Rd6 Re6 33.Rxd5 Rc6 34.Rd3 Kf5 35.Kf3 Ke6
36.g4 Rc4 37.Rd8 Rc3 38.Re8+ Kd6 39.Rh8 Rxa3 40.Rxh7 Ke6 41.Rh8 Ke7 42.h4 Ra4
43.Ra8 Rxb4 44.Rxa6 f5 45.gxf5 Rxh4 46.e4 b4 47.Rb6 b3 48.Ke3 Rh3+ 49.Kd4 f6
50.Re6+ Kf7 51.Rc6 Ke7 52.Rb6 Rg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O e6 8.Be3 b5
9.a3 Bb7 10.f3 Be7 11.Qd2 O-O 12.g4 Nc6 13.g5 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Nh5 15.Be3 e5
16.Rf2 f5 17.Nd5 Qd8 18.c4 bxc4 19.Bxc4 Kh8 20.Rg2 fxe4 21.fxe4 Nf4 22.Bxf4 exf4
23.h4 Rc8 24.b3 Bxd5 25.exd5 Qd7 26.Rf1 Qf5 27.Rf3 Bd8 28.Kh2 Bb6 29.Bxa6 Ra8
30.Qd3 Qxd3 31.Bxd3 Rxa3 32.Bc4 Be3 33.Re2 Rfa8 34.Kg2 g6 35.Rf1 Kg7 36.Kf3 Ra1
37.Rxa1 Rxa1 38.Rh2 Rg1 39.Ra2 Rg3+ 40.Ke4 Kf7 41.Ra6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ratner, Boris"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D49"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 Qb6 13.fxg7 Bxg7 14.b4 O-O 15.O-O f5
16.Qe2 e5 17.Bxb5 e4 18.Bc4+ Kh8 19.Ng5 d3 20.Qh5 Qg6 21.Qxg6 hxg6 22.Rb1 Nb6
23.Bb3 Bd4 24.Be3 Bxe3 25.fxe3 Bd7 26.Rf4 Kg7 27.Rh4 Rh8 28.Rxh8 Rxh8 29.Rc1 Kf6
30.Nh3 Rc8 31.Rxc8 Bxc8 32.Nf2 Ke5 33.Nd1 Nd5 34.a3 g5 35.g3 Bd7 36.Kf2 Be8
37.h4 gxh4 38.gxh4 Bh5 39.Nb2 f4 40.Nc4+ Kf5 41.Nd6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 a6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O b5
9.a3 Bb7 10.f4 Be7 11.Bf3 Qb6 12.Kh1 O-O 13.Bh4 Rac8 14.Qd3 Rfd8 15.Rae1 Ne5
16.Qd1 Nxf3 17.Rxf3 b4 18.axb4 Qxb4 19.Na2 Qc4 20.b3 Qc5 21.Rff1 Rd7 22.Qd3 Qa5
23.Nc1 Nxe4 24.Rxe4 Bxh4 25.f5 Bxe4 26.Qxe4 e5 27.Qxh4 exd4 28.f6 Rdc7 29.Qg4 g6
30.Qxd4 Rxc2 31.Nd3 Rd2 32.Rg1 Qf5  0-1

[Event "URS-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.O-O c5 10.a4 b4 11.Ne4 Bb7 12.Ned2 Bd6 13.Qe2 Bc7 14.Nb3 Qe7 15.Nxc5 Nxc5
16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.e4 O-O 18.Bg5 Ng4 19.Rac1 Qd6 20.g3 Bb6 21.Rcd1 h6 22.Bb1 Qc5
23.Bf4 e5 24.Rc1 Qa5 25.Bd2 Rac8 26.Nh4 Rxc1 27.Bxc1 Nf6 28.Nf5 Bc8 29.Qf3 Qxa4
30.Nxh6+ Kh7 31.g4 Bd8 32.Nf5 Be6 33.g5 Nd7 34.Qh5+ Kg8 35.Nxg7 Bc4 36.Qh6 Nc5
37.Nf5 Ne6 38.g6 fxg6 39.Qxg6+ Kh8 40.Qh6+ Kg8 41.Kh1 Rxf5 42.exf5 Qc6+ 43.Kg1 Bxf1
44.Qg6+ Kh8 45.fxe6  1-0

[Event "URS-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.Nde2 a6
9.O-O b5 10.a3 Qc7 11.h3 Be7 12.Kh1 O-O 13.g4 Kh8 14.Ng3 b4 15.axb4 Nxb4
16.g5 Ng8 17.f4 Bc6 18.Nce2 Bb5 19.Bd2 d5 20.Bc3 dxe4 21.Nh5 f6 22.Nxg7 Bxe2
23.Qxe2 Kxg7 24.Bxe4 Nd5 25.Qh5 Rfd8 26.Rg1 Bc5 27.gxf6+ Kf8 28.Rxg8+ Kxg8
29.Bxh7+ Kf8 30.Qg6 Nxf6 31.Qxf6+ Qf7 32.Qh6+ Ke7 33.Qg5+ Kd7 34.Qxc5 Qxh7
35.Rd1+ Ke8 36.Qc6+ Kf8 37.Bb4+ Kf7 38.Qc7+ Kg6 39.f5+ Kh6 40.Qf4+ Kg7 41.Qg5+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D60"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 a6
9.a4 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qe2 Nd5 12.Bxd5 exd5 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.a5 Rfe8 15.Qc2 Qd6
16.Rfe1 Re6 17.Ne2 c5 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.b4 c4 20.Red1 Bc6 21.Ned4 Ree8 22.Rab1 Nf6
23.Ne2 Red8 24.Nc3 Qc7 25.h3 g6 26.Rb2 Rab8 27.Nd4 Be8 28.Rdb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E26"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.f3 Nc6
9.Ne2 e5 10.O-O d6 11.e4 Qe7 12.f4 Nd7 13.Be3 f6 14.Kh1 O-O-O 15.fxe5 dxe5
16.d5 Na5 17.Nc1 Kb8 18.Nb3 Nxb3 19.Qxb3 Qd6 20.Rf2 a5 21.Rb1 Ka7 22.Rfb2 Ba6
23.Qd1 Rde8 24.Qf1 Rb8 25.Bc2 Rb7 26.Ba4 Nb8 27.Qf2 Rc8 28.h3 Rcc7 29.Qf5 Bxc4
30.Qxh7 Bd3 31.Bc2 Bxc2 32.Rxc2 Re7 33.Rcb2 Na6 34.c4 Qd7 35.Rb5 Qd6 36.Qh5 Rb8
37.R1b2 Reb7 38.Qd1 Nc7 39.R5b3 Ne8 40.Rb5 Nc7 41.R5b3 Ka6 42.Qg1 Ne8 43.Rb5 Nc7
44.Rc2 Qd7 45.a4 Nxb5 46.axb5+ Ka7 47.Bxc5 bxc5 48.Qxc5+ Ka8 49.d6 Rc8 50.Qd5 Kb8
51.Kh2 Rxb5 52.c5 Rc6 53.Rc3 a4 54.Rc4 a3 55.Ra4 Rbxc5 56.Qb3+ Qb7 57.Rb4 Qxb4
58.Qxb4+ Kc8 59.Qxa3 Rc4 60.Qa8+ Kd7 61.Qf8 Rd4 62.Qxg7+ Kxd6 63.Qxf6+ Kd7
64.Qxe5 Rcc4 65.Qf5+ Ke7 66.e5 Rc6 67.Qf3 Rdc4 68.Qd5 R4c5 69.Qe4 Re6 70.Qb7+ Ke8
71.Qb8+ Kd7 72.Qa7+ Kc6 73.Qa8+ Kc7 74.h4 Rexe5 75.Kg3 Kd7 76.Kf4 Rf5+ 77.Ke4 Rce5+
78.Kd4 Ra5 79.Qb7+ Ke6 80.Qc6+ Kf7 81.g4 Ra4+ 82.Ke3 Rxg4 83.Qd7+ Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Ne2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nbc3 Nh5
10.Be3 f5 11.Qd2 Nf6 12.f3 fxe4 13.Nxe4 Nf5 14.Bg5 c5 15.dxc6 bxc6 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6
17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.f4 Bd7 19.Rfe1 Rae8 20.Nc3 exf4 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.Qxf4 Qe7
23.Rd1 Kg7 24.Ne4 d5 25.cxd5 cxd5 26.Qc7 Ba4 27.Qc3+ Qe5 28.Rxd5 Qxc3 29.Nxc3 Bc2
30.Rd2 Ne3 31.Rd7+ Kh6 32.Rxa7 Ng4 33.Bc6 Re1+ 34.Kg2 Bd3 35.Bb5 Bxb5 36.Nxb5 Rb1
37.b3 Rb2+ 38.Kf3 Nxh2+ 39.Ke4 Nf1 40.Kf3 Nh2+ 41.Kf4 Rf2+ 42.Ke4 Nf1 43.g4 Nh2
44.a4 Nxg4 45.a5 Nf6+ 46.Kd4 Rf4+ 47.Kd3 Nd5 48.Rd7 Nb4+ 49.Kc3 Na6 50.Kb2 Nb4
51.Nd4 Nd3+ 52.Kc3 Nc5 53.Rc7 Ne4+ 54.Kd3 Nd6 55.Rd7 Nc8 56.Rd8 Na7 57.b4 g5
58.Rd7 Nc8 59.Rc7 Rf8 60.b5 g4 61.b6 g3 62.Nf5+ Kg5 63.Nxg3 Nxb6 64.axb6 Rb8
65.b7 h6 66.Ne4+ Kf4 67.Nc5 Ke5 68.Rc8  1-0

[Event "URS-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bronstein, David I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 c6
9.h3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nb6 11.b3 d5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.exd5 Nbxd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bb2 Qa5
16.Qf3 Rd8 17.Rfd1 h5 18.a3 Qb6 19.Rd2 h4 20.Rad1 Nf6 21.Kh2 Re8 22.Re2 Rxe2
23.Qxe2 Bd7 24.Qf3 Re8 25.Qxb7 Qd6 26.Qf3 Qe5 27.Rd2 hxg3+ 28.fxg3 Qg5 29.Bc1 Ne4
30.Rd1 Qd5 31.Nc2 Qc6 32.Nb4 Qc8 33.Qd3 Bf5 34.Qc4 Qxc4 35.bxc4 a5 36.Nc6 Nf2
37.Rd8 Rxd8 38.Nxd8 Nd3 39.Be3 a4 40.c5 Bf8 41.Nb7 Be6 42.Nd6 f5 43.Bc6 g5
44.Bb5 f4 45.Bd4 Ne1 46.Bc3 Nc2 47.Bxa4 Nxa3 48.gxf4 gxf4 49.Bb4 Nb1 50.Bc2 Ba2
51.c6 Nd2 52.c7 Be6 53.Bxd2 Bxd6 54.Bb3 Bxc7 55.Bxe6+ Kg7 56.Kg2 Kf6 57.Bd7 Be5
58.Kf3 Kg5 59.Be1 Bd6 60.h4+ Kh6 61.Kg4 Kg6 62.h5+ Kh6 63.Bh4 Be5 64.Bg5+ Kg7
65.Kf5 Bc7 66.h6+ Kh7 67.Be8 Bd8 68.Bg6+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory Abramovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E24"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 d6 6.f3 Nbd7 7.e4 O-O 8.Bd3 e5
9.Ne2 Qe7 10.Ng3 g6 11.Bg5 c5 12.O-O cxd4 13.cxd4 exd4 14.f4 Kg7 15.Be2 h6
16.Bh4 Qe6 17.Qxd4 Kh7 18.Rae1 Ng8 19.Nf5 f6 20.Nxd6 Nb8 21.f5 Nc6 22.Qd1 Qe5
23.fxg6+ Kxg6 24.Bg4 Qc5+ 25.Kh1 Rd8 26.Bxc8 Rxd6 27.Qg4+ Kf7 28.Bg3 h5 29.Bxd6 hxg4
30.Bxc5 Rxc8 31.e5 b6 32.Bd6 Re8 33.Re4 Re6 34.Kg1 Nh6 35.Rxf6+ Rxf6 36.exf6 Kxf6
37.c5 b5 38.Bf8 Nf5 39.Rxg4 a5 40.Rf4 Ke5 41.Rf2 Ne3 42.h4 Ng4 43.h5 Nxf2
44.h6 Nd8 45.h7 Nf7 46.Bg7+ Kd5 47.Kxf2  1-0

[Event "URS-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nge2 exd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Nc2 Be6 10.Nd5 Ne5 11.Nce3 c6 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Qe2 Qa5+ 14.Bd2 Qa6 15.Rc1 b5
16.b3 bxc4 17.bxc4 Qa3 18.O-O Qd3 19.Qxd3 Nxd3 20.Rc2 Rab8 21.Bc3 Bxc3 22.Rxc3 Nc5
23.Rd1 Rfd8 24.Ra3 a6 25.Ra5 f6 26.f4 Ra8 27.e5 Nb7 28.Ra3 dxe5 29.fxe5 Rxd1+
30.Nxd1 Nd8 31.Ne3 fxe5 32.Ra5 Kf7 33.Rxe5 Rb8 34.Ra5 Rb1+ 35.Kf2 Rb2+ 36.Kf3 Bc8
37.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D28"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.Rd1 b5
9.dxc5 Qc7 10.Bd3 Bxc5 11.a4 bxa4 12.Rxa4 Nb4 13.Bb5+ Nd7 14.Ng5 O-O 15.Bd2 Rb8
16.Bxd7 Bxd7 17.Rxb4 Bxb4 18.Qd3 g6 19.Bxb4 Rxb4 20.Qxd7 Qxd7 21.Rxd7 Rc8
22.Nd2 Rc1+ 23.Nf1 Rxb2 24.Ne4 a5 25.g4 f5 26.Nf6+ Kf8 27.Nxh7+ Ke8 28.Nf6+ Kf8
29.h4 Rbb1 30.Kg2 Rxf1 31.g5 Rfd1 32.Ra7 Rh1 33.h5 gxh5 34.Kf3 Rhg1 35.Kf4 Rb5
36.f3 h4 37.Rh7 a4 38.Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d5 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be2 Nc6
9.d5 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Ne5 11.Qb3 c6 12.f4 Ned7 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.e5 Nd5 15.Nxd5 cxd5
16.Qxd5 e6 17.Qd6 Rb8 18.O-O Nb6 19.Qxd8 Rfxd8 20.Re1 Nd5 21.Bf3 Nb4 22.Be4 a5
23.Be3 Bh6 24.b3 Nd5 25.Bxd5 Rxd5 26.Rad1 Rdb5 27.Rd4 Bf8 28.Red1 Kg7 29.Rc4 Rd5
30.Rxd5 exd5 31.Rc7 Bb4 32.Bd4 Kf8 33.Kg2 Ke8 34.Kf3 Be7 35.Ra7 Bb4 36.Rc7 Rd8
37.f5 gxf5 38.Rc6 Bd2 39.Ke2 Bb4 40.Kd3 Kd7 41.Rh6 Rc8 42.Rxh7 Ke7 43.Be3 f4
44.Bxf4 a4 45.Bd2 Bc5 46.f4 axb3 47.axb3 Rb8 48.Kc2 Ke6 49.h4 Rc8 50.Rh6+ Kf5
51.Kd3 Be7 52.h5 Rb8 53.b4 f6 54.Kd4 Rb5 55.Rg6 Rb8 56.Rh6 Rb5 57.Bc3 Bd8
58.Kd3 fxe5 59.fxe5 d4 60.Kc4 Rxe5 61.Bxd4 Re4 62.b5 Kg5 63.Rd6 Bc7 64.Rd5+ Kh6
65.Kd3 Re7 66.Be3+ Kh7 67.b6 Rxe3+ 68.Kxe3 Bxb6+ 69.Kf3 Bg1 70.Rd6 Bc5 71.Rc6  1-0

[Event "URS-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Bb7 6.a3 Be7 7.d5 a5 8.e4 e5 9.Ng3 O-O
10.Bd3 Ne8 11.h4 Na6 12.Nf5 Nc5 13.Bc2 Nd6 14.Nxd6 Bxd6 15.Be3 Be7 16.Rb1 Bc8
17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Na6 19.Na2 d6 20.b5 Nb8 21.Nb4 f5 22.exf5 Bxf5 23.Bxf5 Rxf5
24.g3 Qe8 25.Ra1 Nd7 26.Rxa8 Qxa8 27.Nc6 Rf7 28.O-O Bf6 29.Qg4 Qa2 30.Rc1 Kf8
31.Nb8 Ke8 32.Na6 Bd8 33.Nb4 Qa8 34.Na6 Nf6 35.Qh3 Kf8 36.Rc2 Ng8 37.Ra2 Ne7
38.Nb4 Qb8 39.Bg5 h6 40.Bxe7+ Bxe7 41.Nc6 Qe8 42.Ra7 Kg8 43.Rxc7  1-0

[Event "URS-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O a6 8.f4 Qc7
9.Bf3 Nc6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qe1 Bd7 12.Rd1 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 e5 14.Be3 Bc6 15.Qf2 b5
16.Rfe1 Rac8 17.Kh1 b4 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Bd6 21.Rd2 e4 22.Be2 Bxh2
23.Red1 Bg3 24.Qf5 Qd6 25.Bg5 Rce8 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Rd4 Re5 28.Qg4+ Rg5 29.Qxe4 f5
30.Qe3 Qh6+ 31.Kg1 f4  0-1

[Event "URS-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d6 4.f3 Nf6 5.e4 g6 6.Qd2 Nbd7 7.Bh6 Bxh6 8.Qxh6 c5
9.c3 Qb6 10.Qd2 cxd4 11.cxd4 e5 12.Na3 d5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Bb5+ Kf8 15.exd5 Kg7
16.Ne2 a6 17.Bc4 Re8 18.Rd1 Bh3 19.Kf1 Nxf3 20.Qf4 Ng4 21.Qxf3 Ne3+ 22.Ke1 Bxg2
23.Qf2 Bxh1 24.Rd3 Qb4+ 25.Rd2 Rac8 26.Bb3 Bxd5 27.Bxd5 Nxd5 28.Qd4+ Qxd4
29.Rxd4 Nf6  0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch+"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Nf3 c6 7.Qxc4 Bd6 8.O-O O-O
9.Rd1 Qe7 10.Nc3 e5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.Qd4 Qh5
16.f3 Bh3 17.e4 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Rfe8 19.Rd2 Qa5 20.Rad1 Re7 21.Qc4 Rae8 22.Rd6 Qb6
23.b4 Re6 24.R6d4 R6e7 25.Na4 Qc7 26.Nc5 Qc8 27.R1d2 Nh7 28.h4 Nf8 29.Rd6 Ne6
30.Nxe6 Rxe6 31.Rxe6 Rxe6 32.Qd4 Qf8 33.f4 Re8 34.e5 Qe7 35.a3 a6 36.h5 Qe6
37.Qd7 Re7 38.Qxe6 fxe6 39.Kf3 Rc7 40.Ke4 Kf7 41.Rd6 Ke7 42.f5 exf5+ 43.Kxf5 c5
44.bxc5 Rxc5 45.Rb6 Rc7 46.g4 Kf7 47.a4 Ke7 48.a5 Kf7 49.Ke4 Ke7 50.Kd5 Rd7+
51.Rd6 Rc7 52.e6 Ke8 53.Rb6 Ke7 54.Rb1 Ke8 55.Rb4 Rc1 56.Rxb7 Rd1+ 57.Ke5 Re1+
58.Kf5 Rf1+ 59.Kg6 Rf4 60.g5 Rg4 61.Kxg7 Rxg5+ 62.Kf6  1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch+"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Panov, Vasily N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C28"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bb4 5.f4 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Ne2 Bg4 8.Qd2 Nb6
9.Bb5 Qh4+ 10.Ng3 O-O 11.Bxc6 exf4 12.Qxf4 Bd6 13.Qf2 bxc6 14.Nge4 Qxf2+
15.Kxf2 Be5 16.Be3 f5 17.Ng5 Nd5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.h3 Bh5 20.c3 Rfe8 21.Rhe1 h6
22.Nf3 Bd6 23.g3 g5 24.b4 Bxg3+ 25.Kxg3 Rxe3 26.Rxe3 f4+ 27.Kg2 fxe3 28.Re1 Re8
29.Nd4 Kh7 30.Nb5 Re7 31.Nxa7 e2 32.Kf2 Rf7+ 33.Ke3 c5 34.Nc6 d4+ 35.cxd4 cxb4
36.d5 Rf3+ 37.Kd2 Rf5 38.Ne7 Rf6 39.Nc6 Kg7 40.Nxb4 Kf7 41.a4 Rf4 42.Kc3 Ke7
43.a5 Rf1 44.Nc2 Bf3 45.Kd4 Kd6 46.a6 Rxe1 47.Nxe1 Bxd5 48.Ke3 Kc7 49.Kxe2 Be6
50.h4 gxh4 51.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch+"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Nc6 5.Ne2 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d6
9.e4 O-O 10.g3 Ne8 11.Bg2 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.O-O Nf6 14.f4 Ng6 15.fxe5 Bg4
16.Qd4 Nxe5 17.Bf4 Nfd7 18.Rae1 Bf5 19.Ne4 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 b6 21.Bg2 Qe8 22.Bd2 Qh5
23.Bc3 a5 24.b4 axb4 25.axb4 Rxf1+ 26.Rxf1 Qe2 27.Re1 Qc2 28.Be4 Qb3 29.Rf1 Nf6
30.Bf5 Ra3 31.Be6+ Kh8 32.Qh4 Qxc3 33.Rxf6 Ra8 34.Kg2 Ng6 35.Rxg6 Qc2+ 36.Kh3 Qxg6  0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch+"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Aramanovich, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Ne4 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 dxc4 11.Rxc4 Nd7 12.Qc2 h6 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 b6 15.Rg4 Rd8
16.h4 Rd5 17.Rh3 h5 18.Rg5 Qb4+ 19.Ke2 a5 20.a3 Qc5 21.Qxc5 bxc5 22.Rhg3 g6
23.Bxg6 fxg6 24.Rxg6+ Kh7 25.Rg7+ Kh8 26.Rg8+ Kh7 27.R3g7+ Kh6 28.Kf3 Rb8
29.Rc7 Rxb2 30.Rcxc8 Rb6 31.Rc7 Rxe5 32.e4 c4 33.Kf4 Rc5 34.f3 Rb1 35.Rgg7 Re1
36.g4 hxg4 37.fxg4 Rf1+ 38.Ke3 c3 39.Rh7+ Kg6 40.Rcg7+ Kf6 41.Rf7+  1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch+"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Liublinsky, Victor Alexandrovic"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D40"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.b3 cxd4 8.exd4 Bb4
9.Bd2 dxc4 10.bxc4 Nc6 11.Ne4 b6 12.O-O Bxd2 13.Qxd2 Bb7 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Be4 Rfd8
16.Qe3 Rab8 17.Rfd1 Na5 18.Rac1 Rbc8 19.c5 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 b5 21.Ne5 Rd5 22.Qe1 Qd8
23.Qb4 a6 24.a4 f6 25.Nf3 Nc6 26.Qe1 Qd7 27.axb5 axb5 28.Qe2 b4 29.Rd2 Rb8
30.Rb1 Kf7 31.h3 Rd8 32.Qc4 Kf8 33.Re2 Re8 34.Qb5 Qc7 35.Qc4 Qf4 36.Rxe6 Qf5
37.Rxe8+ Kxe8 38.Ra1 Qd7 39.Re1+ Kf8  0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch+"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D66"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 h6
9.Bh4 a6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.a4 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Qc2 Rc8 14.Qe2 Nb8 15.Bg3 Bd6
16.Ne5 Qe7 17.Bh4 Qd8 18.f4 Be7 19.f5 exf5 20.Bxf5 Rc7 21.Bg3 Bd6 22.Bb1 Re8
23.Qd3 Kf8 24.Rxf6 Qxf6 25.Rf1 Qe6 26.Qh7 Ke7 27.Qxg7 Kd8 28.Bh4+ Rce7 29.Bf5 Bxe5
30.dxe5 Qc6 31.e6 fxe6 32.Bg6 d4 33.Bxe8 Qxe8 34.Rf8  1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch+"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Poliak, Abram Borisovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Qc2 Bb4 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Bd3 h6
9.Bh4 O-O 10.Nf3 Be7 11.O-O a6 12.Rac1 b5 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.f4 Bb7 17.Qd1 Rac8 18.Bb1 b4 19.Qd3 g6 20.Ne2 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.Rf1 Nc5
23.Qd1 a5 24.Nd4 Ba6 25.Rf2 a4 26.Rc2 Qb7 27.h4 b3 28.axb3 Nxb3 29.Rxc8+ Qxc8
30.h5 gxh5 31.f5 Qc1 32.Qxc1 Nxc1 33.Bc2 exf5 34.Bxa4 Nd3 35.b3 Nxe5 36.Nxf5 Kf8
37.Kf2 Bc8 38.Nd4 Ke7 39.Nc6+ Kd6 40.Nxe5 Kxe5 41.Be8 Be6 42.b4 d4 43.exd4+ Kxd4
44.Kg3 Bd5 45.Kh3 h4 46.Kxh4 Bxg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-URS radio-m"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kashdan, Isaac"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O e6 8.f4 Nc6
9.Kh1 Be7 10.Bf3 O-O 11.Nb3 b5 12.Be3 Bb7 13.Qe1 Rac8 14.Qf2 Nd7 15.Rad1 Na5
16.Nxa5 Qxa5 17.a3 b4 18.axb4 Qxb4 19.Bc1 Nc5 20.e5 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Qb8 22.Qg3 dxe5
23.fxe5 f5 24.Rd4 Rfd8 25.Rfd1 Rxd4 26.Rxd4 Rd8 27.Qe3 Nd7 28.Qe2 Nc5 29.Rxd8+ Qxd8
30.Be3 Qb8 31.Bxc5 Bxc5 32.Qxa6 Qxe5 33.Qe2 Qd6 34.Qd1 Qf4 35.Ne2 Qf2 36.Nc1 Bd6
37.Qe2 Qf4 38.Qxe6+ Kf8  0-1

[Event "USA-URS radio-m"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kashdan, Isaac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 c6 6.Bf4 O-O 7.e3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.O-O Nb6 10.Be2 Be6 11.Qc2 Nbd5 12.Be5 Bf5 13.Qb3 Qb6 14.Nd2 Qxb3 15.Nxb3 Rad8
16.Na5 Bc8 17.Bf3 h5 18.h3 Nh7 19.Bh2 Ng5 20.Bd1 c5 21.Bb3 Nxc3 22.bxc3 b6
23.Nc6 Rd7 24.f3 Ba6 25.Nb8 Rxb8 26.Bxb8 Bxf1 27.Kxf1 Ne6 28.Rb1 cxd4 29.cxd4 Rb7
30.Bg3 b5 31.Rc1 a5 32.Rc8+ Kh7 33.Ke2 a4 34.Bxe6 fxe6 35.Rb8 Rxb8 36.Bxb8 b4
37.Kd3 Bh6 38.f4 g5 39.g4 hxg4 40.hxg4 gxf4 41.exf4  1-0

[Event "ENG-URS radio"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "List, Paul"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D40"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.Qe2 Nb6 11.Bb3 Nbd5 12.Re1 b6 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Bg5 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Ne4
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Bc2 Nf6 18.Rad1 Rac8 19.Rd3 Be4 20.Rh3 Bxc2 21.Qxc2 Rfd8
22.Ng4 g6 23.Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.Qb3 Rd5 25.Rhe3 Qf4 26.g3 Qc7 27.Rd1 Qc4 28.Rb1 Ra5
29.Qxc4 Rxc4 30.Rb2 Ra3 31.Rc2 b5 32.d5 exd5 33.Rd2 Rc5 34.Re7 Rcxc3 35.Rxd5 Rxa2
36.Rd8+ Kg7 37.Rdd7 Rf3 38.Rxa7 Raxf2 39.Rab7 Rf1+ 40.Kg2 R3f2+ 41.Kh3 Rh1
42.g4 Rhxh2+ 43.Kg3 Rhg2+ 44.Kh3 Rg1 45.Re4 Rb1 46.Kg3 Rf6 47.Rd4 Rb3+ 48.Kg2 Rc6
49.Rd2 Rb4 50.Kh3 Rc3+ 51.Kh2 Rf3 52.Rg2 Rff4 53.Kh3 h5 54.gxh5 Rh4+  0-1

[Event "ENG-URS radio"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "List, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 c6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Nxc3
9.bxc3 Nd7 10.a4 a5 11.Rb1 Nb6 12.Qb3 Ra6 13.Nd2 Be6 14.Qc2 Qc8 15.e4 Nc4
16.Nb3 b6 17.Qe2 Ra7 18.Re1 Nd6 19.Nd2 Qd8 20.e5 Nc8 21.Bxc6 Rc7 22.Bg2 Rxc3
23.Bb2 Rc7 24.Rbc1 Bd7 25.Rxc7 Qxc7 26.Rc1 Qd8 27.Qc4 Re8 28.d5 Nd6 29.Qb3 Nb7
30.Ne4 Bf5 31.Qb5 Bxe4 32.Bxe4 Nc5 33.Bg2 f6 34.f4 fxe5 35.fxe5 Rf8 36.Bd4 Qb8
37.Re1 Qc7 38.Bh3 h5 39.Qc6 Qd8 40.Bxc5 bxc5 41.Qxg6 Qe8 42.Be6+ Kh8 43.Qg5 Kh7
44.Bf5+ Kg8 45.Re4 Rxf5 46.Qxf5 Qb8 47.Kg2 Qb1 48.d6  1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.e4 Nxe4 8.Nxe4 dxe4
9.Qxe4 Nf6 10.Qc2 c5 11.Bd2 O-O 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.b4 Be7 14.Be2 b6 15.O-O Bb7
16.Bc3 Be4 17.Qb2 Rc8 18.Rfd1 Qc7 19.Be5 Qb7 20.Rd2 Rcd8 21.Rad1 Rxd2 22.Rxd2 Qc8
23.Nd4 Rd8 24.Nb5 Rxd2 25.Qxd2 Qd7 26.Qxd7 Nxd7 27.Bd6 Bxd6 28.Nxd6 Bb1 29.a3 Kf8
30.f4 a6 31.Kf2 Ke7 32.Nb7 Be4 33.Bf3 Bxb7 34.Bxb7 a5 35.Bc6 axb4 36.axb4 Nf6
37.h3 Kd6 38.Bf3 e5 39.Ke3 Ne8 40.Bd5 f6 41.Bg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D96"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 c6 6.Bf4 dxc4 7.Qxc4 Nd5 8.Be5 Bxe5
9.Nxe5 Be6 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.Qc3 Nd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.f3 f5 14.e3 O-O 15.Be2 a5
16.O-O Rfd8 17.a3 Qc7 18.Rad1 Rd6 19.Bd3 Bf7 20.Rf2 Rad8 21.f4 b6 22.Rc1 Qa7
23.Be2 Bd5 24.h3 Rc8 25.Bf3 Bxf3 26.gxf3 b5 27.Rfc2 a4 28.Qb4 Qd7 29.h4 Kf7
30.Rc5 Rd5 31.Kf2 Qe6 32.Qc3 Rxc5 33.Qxc5 Qb3 34.Rc2 e6 35.Qa7+ Kg8 36.Re2 Qd5
37.Qe7 c5 38.h5 Qd8 39.Qxe6+ Kg7 40.Qe5+  1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D45"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bd3 e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Nb5 Bd7 14.Bxe5 Qxe5
15.Nd4 Rac8 16.Qd2 Ne4 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.O-O Qg5 19.Rac1 Bh3 20.f4 exf3 21.Nxf3 Qg6
22.Ne5 Qg5 23.Nf3 Qg6 24.Ne5 Qg5 25.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 c5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.a3 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Bd2 Rad8 13.Rac1 Qb8 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Ne4 Ba8
16.Be1 Qb6 17.Qc2 Rb8 18.Nxc5 Bxc5 19.Qxc5 Qxb2 20.Rb1 Qf6 21.Rxb8 Rxb8 22.e4 Nf4
23.Bf1 h6 24.Kh1 e5 25.Qe3 Ne6 26.Bc4 Ned4 27.Bd5 Nxf3 28.Qxf3 Qxf3 29.gxf3 Nd4
30.Bxa8 Rxa8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 d5 8.cxd5 Qxd5
9.Nf3 cxd4 10.exd4 Nbd7 11.c4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.O-O e5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Bf4 Nfg4
16.dxe5 f6 17.Qc2 h6 18.Qe2 fxe5 19.Bg3 Re8 20.Rfe1 Qc5 21.Rad1 Nf6 22.Qc2 Bg4
23.Rc1 e4 24.Bxe4 Nxe4 25.Rxe4 Bf5 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Qb3 b6 28.h3 Rc8 29.Bf4 Be4
30.Be3 Qf5 31.f3 Bb7 32.Bf2 Re8 33.Rd1 Qf7 34.Qa4 Qg6 35.c5 bxc5 36.Qb3+ Qf7
37.Qxf7+ Kxf7 38.Rd7+ Re7 39.Rxe7+ Kxe7 40.Bxc5+ Ke8 41.Bxa7 h5 42.Kf2 Kd7
43.Kg3 Ba6 44.Kh4 g6 45.g3 Be2 46.f4 Bd3 47.Kg5 Bf5 48.h4 Bd3 49.Kf6 Kc8
50.a4 Kb7 51.Bd4 Ka6 52.Be3 Bc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kottnauer, Cenek"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D49"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 Qb6 13.fxg7 Bxg7 14.O-O O-O 15.Qe2 Bb7
16.Rd1 e5 17.Bxb5 Qd6 18.Bd2 Nb6 19.a4 Nd5 20.Re1 Nc7 21.Bd3 Rfe8 22.Ng5 h6
23.Bh7+ Kf8 24.Ne4 Qe7 25.Qh5 Ra6 26.Ra3 Bxe4 27.Bxe4 Rb8 28.b4 Nb5 29.Rg3 Nc3
30.Bd3 Re6 31.Qg4 Qf6 32.Bc4 Re7 33.b5 e4 34.a5 Rc7 35.Bf1 Rc5 36.a6 h5 37.a7 Ra8
38.Qd7 Rd5 39.Qb7 Qd8 40.b6 Rd7 41.Qa6 Rd6 42.Qa3 e3 43.fxe3 Qxb6 44.Ra1 Ne4
45.Bb4 Be5 46.Rf3 dxe3 47.Be2 Bxa1 48.Qxa1 Qxb4 49.Qh8+ Ke7 50.Qxa8 Rf6 51.Rxf6 Kxf6
52.Qh8+ Ke6 53.Qa1 Nc3 54.a8=Q Nxe2+ 55.Kh1  1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Christoffel, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Qc2 Nd7 5.g3 Ngf6 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.b3 e5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Bb2 Bg4 13.Bc3 Qe7 14.Rae1 Rac8 15.Qb2 Ned7
16.Bd4 b6 17.Be3 Bf5 18.Nh4 Be6 19.Qb1 Ng4 20.Ndf3 Nxe3 21.fxe3 Bg4 22.Nf5 Bxf5
23.Qxf5 Nf6 24.Kh1 Rc3 25.Nd4 Rxe3 26.Bxd5 Re5 27.Nc6 Qb7 28.Nxe5 Qxd5+ 29.e4 Qxe5
30.Qxe5 Bxe5 31.Kg2 Kf8 32.Kf3 Ke7 33.g4 Bxh2 34.Rh1 Be5 35.g5 Nd7 36.Rxh7 Rc8
37.Rh3 Rc2 38.Re2 Rxe2 39.Kxe2 Bf4 40.g6 fxg6 41.b4 g5 42.Ra3 Bb8 43.Rc3 Bd6
44.a3 Be5 45.Rc8 Bb2 46.a4 Ba3 47.Rg8 Kf7 48.Rd8 Ke7 49.Rg8 Bxb4 50.Rxg7+ Ke6
51.Rxg5 Nc5 52.Rg7 a5 53.Rg6+ Ke5 54.Rxb6 Nxa4 55.Rh6 Kxe4 56.Rh4+ Kd5 57.Kd3 Nc5+
58.Kc2 Kc6 59.Kb2 Kb5 60.Ka2 Na4 61.Rh5+ Bc5 62.Kb3 Nb6 63.Kc3 Nc4 64.Rg5 Nd6
65.Rd5 Ka4 66.Kb2 Kb4 67.Rh5 Nb5 68.Kc2 a4 69.Rh4+ Bd4 70.Kb1 Kb3 71.Rh3+ Bc3
72.Rg3 Na3+ 73.Kc1 Nc4 74.Rg8 Bd2+ 75.Kd1 a3 76.Ra8 Ba5 77.Rb8+ Nb6  0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Guimard, Carlos E"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Qe7 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Bd6 10.Qc2 dxc4 11.bxc4 e5 12.Bc1 Re8 13.Re1 e4 14.Nd2 Nf8 15.f4 exf3
16.Bxf3 Ng4 17.Bxg4 Bxg4 18.Nf1 Ne6 19.Bb2 Bh5 20.Qf2 Bg6 21.c5 Bc7 22.e4 Rad8
23.Rad1 f6 24.Ne3 Nxd4 25.Ncd5 cxd5 26.Nxd5 Qe5 27.Nxc7 Ne2+ 28.Qxe2 Qxc5+
29.Qf2 Qxc7 30.Rxd8 Qxd8 31.Qxa7 Bxe4 32.Qd4 Qe7 33.Re3 Qe6 34.a3 h6 35.h3 Kh7
36.Bc3 Qf5 37.Bd2 Qg6 38.Re2 Bc6 39.Qf2 Bxg2 40.Rxe8 Be4+ 41.Kh2 Qxe8 42.Bb4 Qe5+
43.Qg3 Qb2+ 44.Kg1 Qb1+ 45.Qe1 Qd3 46.Qc3 Qe2 47.Qg3 Qd1+ 48.Be1 Bc6  0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Rc1 Nf6 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.O-O dxc4 12.Bxc4 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Ne5 Ncd7 15.Qd4 Nxe5
16.Qxe5 Bd7 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Bb5 19.Rfd1 Rac8 20.Bf3 Ba6 21.h3 b6 22.Rxc8 Rxc8
23.Rd4 Rc1+ 24.Kh2 Qc7 25.Qxc7 Rxc7 26.Kg3 Kf8 27.Rd8+ Ke7 28.Ra8 Bd3 29.b3 Kf6
30.Rd8 Bb1 31.Rd2 Rc3 32.Be2 Rc2 33.Rxc2 Bxc2 34.f4 Ke7 35.b4 Be4 36.Bf3 Bc2
37.e4 f6 38.e5 a5 39.a3 axb4 40.axb4 Bb3 41.Kf2 g5 42.Ke3 Ba2 43.fxg5 fxg5
44.Kd4 Bb3 45.g3 Ba4 46.h4 gxh4 47.gxh4 Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.a3 Be7 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.b4 Bb6
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Be2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Qe7 12.O-O a6 13.Qc2 Bc7 14.Ng5 Bxh2+ 15.Kh1 h6
16.Nd5 exd5 17.Bxf6 Bf5 18.Qxf5 g6 19.Qxg6+ fxg6 20.Bxd5+ Rf7 21.Bxe7 hxg5
22.Kxh2 Nxe7 23.Bxf7+ Kxf7 24.Rac1 Nc6 25.Rfd1 Ke6 26.Rc5 Rh8+ 27.Kg3 Rh5
28.Rdd5 Ne7 29.Rxg5 Rh1 30.Rge5+  1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lundin, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D40"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.b4 Bd6
9.Bb2 O-O 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Be2 Be6 12.O-O Rc8 13.b5 Ne5 14.bxa6 bxa6 15.Nxe5 Bxe5
16.Na4 Bxb2 17.Nxb2 Qa5 18.Qe1 Qb6 19.Na4 Qd6 20.Qa5 Rc6 21.h3 Rb8 22.Rab1 Rxb1
23.Rxb1 Qxa3 24.Bxa6 Rc1+ 25.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 26.Kh2 g6 27.Nc5 Bf5 28.Bb7 Qb2 29.Kg1 Qb1+
30.Kh2 Qb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.d4 Ngf6 6.Ng3 e6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb3 c5
9.c3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qe2 Bd7 13.Re1 Nbd5 14.Bg5 Re8 15.Rad1 Qa5
16.Bd2 Ba4 17.Bxa4 Qxa4 18.b3 Qa5 19.c4 Nb4 20.Nc2 Qb6 21.Nxb4 Bxb4 22.Bxb4 Qxb4
23.Rd3 b5 24.cxb5 Qxb5 25.Ne4 Nxe4 26.Qxe4 Rad8 27.Red1 Rxd3 28.Qxd3 Qb6
29.Qd7 Kf8 30.g3 g6 31.Rd4 e5 32.Rd6 Qa5 33.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Steiner, Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D42"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Ncb4 11.Bb1 b6 12.a3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nd5 14.Qd3 g6 15.Ne5 Bg5
16.Ba2 Bxc1 17.Raxc1 Bb7 18.Qg3 Nf6 19.Re3 Kg7 20.f4 Rc8 21.Qe1 Qd6 22.a4 Qa3
23.Bc4 Rc7 24.a5 Rfc8 25.Ra1 Qd6 26.Bb3 b5 27.Rd1 Nd5 28.Bxd5 Qxd5 29.Nf3 a6
30.Qd2 Qb3 31.Rc1 Bxf3 32.Rxf3 b4 33.f5 exf5 34.Rh3 Kg8 35.Qh6 f6 36.c4 Qb2
37.Qe3 Kg7 38.c5 Re8 39.Qh6+ Kg8 40.Rd1 Rce7 41.Qd2 Re1+ 42.Rxe1 Qxd2 43.Rxe8+ Kf7
44.Rhe3 Qxd4 45.Re7+ Kf8 46.Re8+ Kg7 47.Kh1 f4 48.R3e7+ Kh6 49.c6 Qc5 50.h4 Qxc6
51.Rh8 Kh5 52.Rhxh7+ Kg4 53.Rc7 Qe4 54.Rhe7 Qb1+ 55.Kh2 Qd3 56.Rb7 b3 57.Rb4 Qg3+
58.Kg1 Kf5 59.Re2 Qc3 60.Rb6 Kg4 61.Kh2 Qg3+ 62.Kh1 Qc3 63.Kh2 Kxh4 64.Rf2 g5
65.Rf3 Qe5 66.Rb4 g4 67.Rfxf4 Kg5 68.g3 Qe2+ 69.Kg1 b2 70.Rf1 Qe3+ 71.Kh1 Qc1
72.Kh2 Qd2+  0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E24"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 c5 8.f3 h6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.e3 O-O 11.Ne2 Re8 12.Kf2 Qe7 13.Qd2 Nd7 14.Nf4 Nf6 15.Bd3 Bd7
16.h3 Qd6 17.Rhb1 b6 18.Bf1 Re7 19.a4 Rae8 20.Re1 c4 21.g4 g5 22.Ne2 Rxe3
23.Ng3 Qxg3+ 24.Kxg3 Ne4+  0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Denker, Arnold S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 O-O 8.g3 e5
9.Bg2 Re8 10.d5 Nb8 11.Nd2 a5 12.b3 c6 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.O-O Bb7 15.Bb2 Nbd7
16.b4 Nb6 17.Qc2 Qe7 18.bxa5 Rxa5 19.Nb3 Ra4 20.c5 dxc5 21.Qxc5 Nfd7 22.Qxe7 Rxe7
23.Rfd1 f6 24.Rac1 Nd5 25.Bxd5+ cxd5 26.Rc7 Ba8 27.Nc5 Nxc5 28.Rxe7 Kf8 29.Rc7 Ne6
30.Rc8+ Kf7 31.Rdc1 d4 32.R1c4 Ra6 33.Rb4 h5 34.h4 Be4 35.Bc1 Rd6 36.Bd2 Rd7
37.f3 Bb7 38.Rb8 Ba6 39.Kf2 Nc5 40.Ke1 e4 41.fxe4 Re7 42.Rxd4 Nxe4 43.Bb4 Re6
44.Rd7+ Kg6 45.Rg8 Rc6 46.Rgxg7+ Kf5 47.Rc7 Rxc7 48.Rxc7 Nxg3 49.Rc6 Bxe2
50.Rc3 Kg4 51.Rxg3+  1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ exf6 7.O-O Be7
8.d4 Nb6 9.Bb3 O-O 10.h3 Re8 11.c4 Be6 12.Qd3 g6 13.Bf4 Qd7 14.Rad1 Rad8
15.Qc3 Qc8 16.Rc1 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Rxd6 18.d5 Bd7 19.Qd2 c5 20.Qf4 Qb8 21.Rce1 Rd8
22.Nd2 f5 23.Nf3 f6 24.h4 Be8 25.a4 a5 26.Re7 Bf7 27.Rfe1 Nc8 28.R7e3 Qc7
29.h5 R6d7 30.Qh6 Qd6 31.hxg6 hxg6 32.Nd4 Qf8 33.Nxf5 Qxh6 34.Nxh6+ Kg7 35.Nxf7 Kxf7
36.Bc2 Rh8 37.g3 Nd6 38.b3 Nc8 39.Kg2 Rg8 40.g4 Rh8 41.Kg3 Rdd8 42.Re6 Rd6
43.Rxd6 Nxd6 44.Re6 Nc8 45.g5 f5 46.Bd1 Re8 47.Rf6+ Kg7 48.Bf3 Rd8 49.Kf4 Nd6
50.Bg2 Nf7 51.Rb6 Nd6 52.Ke5 Nf7+ 53.Kf4 Nd6 54.Ke5 Nf7+ 55.Ke6 Re8+ 56.Kd7 Re2
57.d6  1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D28"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O c5 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.Nc3 b5
9.Bb3 Bb7 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.d5 exd5 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4+ Qe7 15.Qf4 Nd8
16.Re1 Ne6 17.Qg4 c4 18.Bg5 h5 19.Qf5 g6 20.Qe5 Qc5 21.Qxh8 Bxf3 22.Re5 Qc6
23.Bc2 Bxg2 24.Qf6 Bh1 25.f3 Bxf3 26.Bxg6 Bc5+ 27.Be3 Bxe3+ 28.Rxe3 Bg4 29.Bxf7+ Kd7
30.Bxe6+ Bxe6 31.Rd1+  1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Bernstein, Ossip"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 d6 3.Nbc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O e6 8.f4 Be7
9.Kh1 Nc6 10.Bf3 Bd7 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Be3 b5 14.a3 Nd7 15.Rad1 Nb6
16.Bxb6 Qxb6 17.Nd5 Qd8 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Qe1 Rfd8 20.Qa5 Rac8 21.Qb4 Bb7
22.Qd2 Qc7 23.c3 Qc4 24.Qf2 Qc5 25.Rd4 Rd7 26.e5 Bxf3 27.Qxf3 Qc6 28.Qd3 Rcd8
29.Rd1 d5 30.Re1 a5 31.Re3 Rb8 32.Rh3 h6 33.Qd2 b4 34.cxb4 axb4 35.axb4 Rc7
36.Rc3 Qa6 37.h3 Rbc8 38.Kh2 Qf1 39.Rdd3 Rc4 40.Rf3 Qb1 41.Qe2 R8c7 42.Rf1 Qf5
43.g4 Qg6 44.Rfc1 Re4 45.Qd2 Rb7 46.Rc8+ Kh7 47.Ra8 Rexb4 48.Rcc8 Qe4 49.Rh8+ Kg6
50.f5+  1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.e3 Nh5 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Bd3 Nf4 11.O-O Nxd3 12.Qxd3 O-O 13.Rfe1 Nf6 14.Ne5 Ne8 15.e4 dxe4
16.Qxe4 Be6 17.Rad1 Rd8 18.Nd3 Nf6 19.Qe5 Rd6 20.Nf4 Rfd8 21.Qa5 Rxd4 22.Rxd4 Rxd4
23.Qxa7 Rd2 24.Qb8+ Ne8 25.Nxe6 Rxb2 26.Qd8 Qxd8 27.Nxd8 Kf8 28.g3 g6 29.Ne4 h6
30.Nc5 Nd6 31.Rd1 Ke7 32.Ndxb7 Rxb7 33.Nxb7 Nxb7 34.Kg2 Nd6 35.Kf3 Kd7 36.Kf4 f6
37.h4 c5 38.Rb1 Kc7 39.Rb2 Nb7 40.Ke4 Kc6 41.Rxb7 f5+ 42.Kd3 Kxb7 43.Kc4 Kb6
44.f4 Kc6 45.a4  1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B24"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 b6 6.Be3 Bb7 7.Nh3 e6 8.O-O Nge7
9.Qd2 Nd4 10.Bh6 O-O 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Ne2 Nxe2+ 13.Qxe2 d5 14.e5 Rb8 15.c3 b5
16.Nf4 Nc6 17.Rfe1 b4 18.Rac1 bxc3 19.bxc3 Ba6 20.Qg4 Ne7 21.c4 dxc4 22.dxc4 Ng8
23.Red1 Qe7 24.Rd6 Rb6 25.Rcd1 Bc8 26.h4 Rxd6 27.exd6 Qd8 28.Qe2 Nf6 29.Qe5 Ba6
30.Qxc5 Kg8 31.d7 Nxd7 32.Qxa7 Bc8 33.c5 Qf6 34.c6 Ne5 35.c7 Ng4 36.Qb6 Qf5
37.Rd8 Qc2 38.Nd3 Qd1+ 39.Bf1 Nh2 40.Kxh2 Qxf1 41.Qd6  0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.O-O-O a6 10.f4 Bd7 11.Kb1 Qb6 12.Nb3 O-O-O 13.Be2 Be7 14.Bf3 Kb8 15.Bh5 Be8
16.Rhf1 Na5 17.Nxa5 Qxa5 18.f5 Rh7 19.Bg4 h5 20.Bh3 Qe5 21.Qf4 Bd7 22.Rd3 Rg8
23.fxe6 fxe6 24.Qxe5 fxe5 25.Rdf3 Rgg7 26.a4 Kc7 27.b3 h4 28.Kb2 Kd8 29.Nb1 Ke8
30.Nd2 Rf7 31.Nc4 Rxf3 32.Rxf3 Rf7 33.Rd3 Rf4 34.Nxd6+ Bxd6 35.Rxd6 Ke7 36.Rd2 Rxe4
37.Rf2 Bc6 38.Kc3 Rf4 39.Re2 Kf6 40.Kd2 Be8 41.g3 Rd4+ 42.Ke3 hxg3 43.hxg3 Bg6
44.Rf2+ Ke7 45.a5 Rd1 46.Bg2 e4 47.Rf1 Rd5 48.Bxe4 Re5 49.Rf4 Bxe4 50.Rxe4 Rxa5
51.Rc4 Re5+ 52.Kf4 Rf5+ 53.Ke3 Kd6 54.g4 Rf1 55.g5 Rg1 56.Kf4 b5 57.Rc8 e5+
58.Kf5 Rf1+ 59.Kg4 Rg1+ 60.Kh5 Rh1+ 61.Kg6 e4 62.Re8 Re1 63.Kf5 Rf1+ 64.Kg4 Kd5
65.c3 a5 66.Rd8+ Ke5 67.Re8+ Kd5 68.Rd8+ Ke5 69.Re8+ Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bonch Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.Be2 Be7
9.O-O-O O-O 10.Nb3 Qb6 11.f4 Rd8 12.Bf3 Qc7 13.g4 b5 14.Qg2 Bb7 15.Kb1 b4
16.Ne2 a5 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.g5 Be7 19.f5 a4 20.Nbd4 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 a3 22.fxe6 axb2
23.exf7+ Kh8 24.Rd3 Qc4 25.Nb3 Qa6 26.Kxb2 Qxa2+ 27.Kc1 Rdc8 28.e5 Bxf3 29.Rxf3 Bxg5+  0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bronstein, David I"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O c5
9.Qe2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.Bg5 Nc5 12.Rad1 Nxd3 13.Rxd3 Qc7 14.Ndb5 Qc6 15.Rfd1 b6
16.Nd4 Qc7 17.Rg3 Kh8 18.Ncb5 Qb7 19.Qe5 a6 20.Nc3 Nd7 21.Bh6  1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Solntsev, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.d5 a5
9.b3 Nh5 10.g3 Nc5 11.Nh4 Nf4 12.Be3 Bh3 13.Re1 f5 14.Bxc5 Nxe2+ 15.Qxe2 dxc5
16.f3 f4 17.Kh1 Rf7 18.Qf2 Qe7 19.g4 Bf6 20.Ng2 h5 21.gxh5 gxh5 22.Rg1 Rg7
23.Rad1 Kh7 24.Rd2 Rag8 25.Qf1 Bh4 26.Na4 Bg3 27.Nb2 Bxh2 28.Kxh2 Rg3 29.Nd3 Bxg2
30.Rgxg2 Qh4+ 31.Kg1 Rh3 32.Nf2 Rxg2+ 33.Qxg2 Rg3 34.Nd3 Kg7 35.Nxc5 Kf6
36.Kf1 Rxg2 37.Rxg2 Qh1+ 38.Kf2 Qc1 39.Nd7+ Kf7 40.Nxe5+ Ke7 41.Rg6 Qb2+
42.Kg1 Qxa2 43.Re6+ Kf8 44.Rf6+ Kg8 45.Rg6+ Kh7 46.Rg5 Qxb3 47.Nd7 Qe3+ 48.Kg2 Kh6
49.Rg8 Qe2+ 50.Kg1 Qxc4 51.Rg6+ Kh7 52.Nf8+ Kh8 53.Nd7 Qd4+ 54.Kg2 Qd2+ 55.Kf1 Qd3+
56.Kf2 Qe3+ 57.Kg2 Qe2+ 58.Kg1 Qd1+ 59.Kg2 Qc2+ 60.Kh3 Qb1 61.Kg2 Qb2+ 62.Kh3 Qa1
63.Kg2 Qa3 64.Nf6 Qf8 65.e5 Qf7 66.Rh6+ Kg7 67.Rh7+ Kg6 68.Rxf7 Kxf7 69.Nxh5 a4
70.Nxf4 a3 71.d6 cxd6 72.exd6 a2 73.d7 Ke7 74.Ne6 Kxd7 75.Nc5+ Kd6 76.Nb3 Kd5
77.f4 b5 78.f5 b4 79.f6 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Bg5 f6 8.Be3 e5
9.Qc4 d5 10.exd5 Qxd5 11.Qxd5 Bxd5 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.O-O-O Bxf3 14.gxf3 Bxc3
15.bxc3 Ne7 16.f4 exf4 17.Bc5 Ng6 18.Rhe1+ Ne5 19.Bd6 O-O-O 20.Bxe5 fxe5
21.Rxe5 Rxd1+ 22.Kxd1 h6 23.h4 Rg8 24.Ke2 Kd7 25.Rf5 g5 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Rf7+ Kc6
28.Rf6+ Kc5 29.Rf7 Kc6 30.Rf6+ Kc5 31.Rf7 Kb6 32.Rf6+ Ka5 33.Rf7 Ka6 34.Rf5 b6
35.c4 Rg7 36.Kd3 Kb7 37.c5 b5 38.Rf6 Rd7+ 39.Kc3 Rd1 40.Rf5 Rf1 41.Rxg5 Kc6
42.Rf5 Rxf2 43.a3 a5 44.Kb3 Rf1 45.Kb2 Rf3 46.Ka2 Rc3 47.Rxf4 Rxc2+ 48.Kb3 Rxc5
49.Rf6+ Kb7 50.Rf7+ Kb6 51.Rf6+ Rc6 52.Rf5 Rh6 53.Rf3 a4+ 54.Kb2 Rh5 55.Rc3 Rh2+
56.Kb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kamishov, Mikhail Pavlovich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qe1 Qc7 11.Kh1 b5 12.f4 Nc5 13.Rc1 Ne8 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.b4 Nxd3
16.cxd3 Bb7 17.a3 Nf6 18.Qh4 Rfd8 19.Nce2 Rac8 20.h3 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Qd7 22.Qe1 Rc8
23.Rxc8+ Qxc8 24.Qc3 Qxc3 25.Nxc3 Kf8 26.Kg1 Ke7 27.Kf2 Nd7 28.Ke3 g6 29.Nf3 e5
30.g3 f6 31.d4 exf4+ 32.gxf4 Nb6 33.Nd2 g5 34.fxg5 fxg5 35.Kf3 h5 36.Kg3 h4+
37.Kg2 Kf6 38.Nd1 Nc4 39.Nxc4 Bxe4+ 40.Kf2 bxc4 41.Nc3 Bb7  0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E26"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3 d6 8.Ne2 e5
9.e4 Qe7 10.O-O Nd7 11.f4 f6 12.Ng3 g6 13.Be2 cxd4 14.Bb2 exf4 15.Rxf4 d3
16.Qxd3 Nde5 17.Qc2 Be6 18.Nf1 O-O 19.Ne3 Na5 20.c5 Nb3 21.Raf1 Nxc5 22.c4 Rac8
23.Qd1 Kg7 24.h4 h6 25.Qb1 b6 26.R4f2 Qb7 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.exd5 h5 29.g4 hxg4
30.Bxg4 Nxg4 31.Rg2 Qe7 32.Rxg4 Qe3+ 33.Kh2 Qd3 34.h5 Qxb1 35.Rxb1 Nd7 36.Rxg6+ Kf7
37.Rbg1 Rg8 38.Rxg8 Rxg8 39.Rxg8 Kxg8 40.Kg3 Kh7 41.Kg4 Ne5+ 42.Kf5 Nxc4
43.Bc1 b5 44.Kxf6 a5 45.Ke6 b4 46.axb4 axb4 47.Ke7 b3 48.Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Baturinsky, Victor Davidovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d5 6.e3 O-O 7.a3 Bd6 8.c5 Be7
9.Bd3 h6 10.h3 e5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.Nxd5 Ndxe5 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.Be2 a5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.O-O Nd7 17.c6 Qc5 18.Qe4 bxc6 19.Bd2 Nf6 20.Qa4 Qg5 21.Kh1 Bxh3 22.Qxc6 Bg4
23.Bf3 Qh5+ 24.Kg1 Bxf3 25.Qxf3 Qxf3 26.gxf3 c5 27.Rfd1 Rfd8 28.Rac1 Rd5
29.Kf1 Rad8 30.Ke2 a4 31.Rc4 Rb8 32.Bc3 Rxd1 33.Kxd1 Nd5 34.Be5 Rb5 35.Rxa4 f6
36.Ra8+ Kh7 37.Rb8 Rxb8 38.Bxb8 h5 39.Kc2 h4 40.Kb3 Nb6 41.a4 Kg6 42.a5 Nd7
43.Bh2 Kf7 44.Kc4 Ke7 45.Kb5 Kd8 46.a6 Kc8 47.b3 h3 48.Bg3 Ne5 49.Kxc5 Kb8
50.b4 Ka7 51.b5 Nxf3 52.Kc6 Ne5+ 53.Kc7 Nc4 54.e4 g5 55.f3 Na3 56.Kc6 Nc4
57.Bh2 Na5+ 58.Kc7 Nc4 59.Bg1+ Ka8 60.b6 Nxb6 61.Kxb6  1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bc4 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Ne4 b6 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Qe2 Qb6 12.Bd2 Na5 13.Bxa5 Qxa5 14.Rac1 Nb6 15.Bd3 c4
16.Bb1 Bb7 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Nd4 Rd7 19.f4 Rad8 20.Qc2 g6 21.Qe2 e5 22.b4 cxb3
23.Nxb3 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25.Qxd1 Qb4 26.Qd2 Nc4 27.Qxb4 Bxb4 28.fxe5 Nxe5
29.Nf6+ Kg7 30.Be4 Bxe4 31.Nxe4 Ng4 32.Nd4 f5 33.Nc2 fxe4 34.Nxb4 Nxe3 35.Nc6 a6
36.Nb8 a5 37.Nd7 Nd1 38.Kf1 Nc3 39.a3 Kf7 40.Nc5 a4 41.Kf2 Kf6 42.Ke3 Ke5
43.Nd7+ Kd5 44.Nf6+ Kc4 45.Nd7 h6 46.Nb6+ Kb5 47.Nxa4 Kxa4 48.Kd4 Kb3 49.a4 Kc2
50.Ke3 Kd1 51.a5 Ke1 52.a6 Nb5 53.g4 Kf1 54.Kxe4 Kg2 55.Kd3 Kf3 56.Kc4 Nc7
57.a7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Estrin, Yacov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 c5 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.Bg5 b5 11.Bb3 Bb7 12.Qd3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nbd7 14.Qe2 Qc7 15.Rfc1 h6
16.Bd2 Ne4 17.Be1 Qf4 18.Nd2 Nb6 19.Nf1 Nd6 20.f3 Ndc4 21.Ng3 Qe3+ 22.Qxe3 Nxe3
23.Ne4 Bd5 24.Nc5 Nec4 25.a4 bxa4 26.Bxa4 Nxa4 27.Rxa4 a5 28.Bg3 Nb2 29.Ra3 Nc4
30.Ra2 Rfc8 31.Rca1 Rc6 32.Kf2 Rb6 33.Bc7 Rb5 34.Ke2 Ra7 35.Bf4 Nb2 36.Ra3 Nc4
37.Ra4 Nb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory Ionovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6
9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 Nc5 11.Nd2 a5 12.Nb5 b6 13.Re1 Nd3 14.Re3 Nxf2 15.Kxf2 Ng4+
16.Ke2 Nxe3 17.Kxe3 f5 18.Kf2 f4 19.Kg1 g5 20.Nc4 Rf6 21.g4 Ba6 22.a4 Qc8
23.Bf1 Qc5+ 24.Kh1 h5 25.Ra3 hxg4 26.Qxg4 Bc8 27.Qg1 g4 28.Qxc5 dxc5 29.Nxe5 Rh6
30.Bxf4 Rf6 31.Nd3 c4 32.Kg2 cxd3 33.Be3 Bd7 34.Bxd3 Re8 35.Nd4 Bf8 36.Ra1 Bd6
37.b3 Be5 38.Rc1 Kf7 39.Nc6 Bxc6 40.dxc6 Rf3 41.Bc4+ Kf6 42.Bxb6 Rh8 43.Bg1 Ke7
44.Rd1 Bd6 45.Rd5 Rd8 46.Bb6 Rc8 47.e5 Bb8 48.Rd7+ Ke8 49.e6 Rxc6 50.Rd8+  1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A82"]

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 Nc6 5.d5 Ne5 6.fxe4 d6 7.Bf4 Ng6 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Nge2 e5 11.dxe6 Qxe6 12.Qd3 c6 13.O-O-O Be7 14.Bg3 Ne5 15.Qd2 Nh5
16.Kb1 Nxg3 17.Nxg3 g6 18.Nce2 O-O-O 19.Nd4 Qd7 20.Rhf1 Rhf8 21.h3 Bf6 22.Nge2 c5
23.Nb3 Nc4 24.Qh6 Qe7 25.Nc3 Bg5  0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.Be2 Qa5 13.O-O O-O-O 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.f4 Nb6 16.a4 a6
17.axb5 cxb5 18.Bf3 Rxd4 19.Bxb7+ Kxb7 20.Rad1 Bc5 21.Rxd4 Bxd4+ 22.Kh1 Qc6
23.Rd1 Bxc3 24.Qxc3 Qe4 25.Qa3 Rc8 26.h4 Nd5 27.Ra1 Rc6 28.f5 b4 29.Qa5 c3
30.bxc3 b3 31.Qa3 Rb6 32.Qb2 exf5 33.c4 Qxc4 34.Re1 a5 35.Re8 Qc3 36.Re7+ Kc6
37.Qb1 Nxe7 38.fxe7 Qe5 39.Qb2 Rb5 40.Bf4 Qe1+ 41.Kh2 Qxe7  0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Panov, Vasily N"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 b5 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O e6
9.a3 Qc7 10.f4 Nc6 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Be3 O-O 13.Qe2 Na5 14.Nxa5 Qxa5 15.Rfd1 Qc7
16.Rd2 Rfd8 17.Rad1 Bc6 18.Bd4 Rac8 19.Kh1 Qb8 20.g4 e5 21.Be3 Qb7 22.fxe5 dxe5
23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.exd5 Qc7 25.g5 Ne8 26.Qf2 Qc4 27.Qg3 Qc7 28.Rf1 Nd6 29.Rdf2 Re8
30.Bc1 Bf8 31.b3 g6 32.Qg4 Rcd8 33.Bb2 Bg7 34.h4 Qd7 35.Qxd7 Rxd7 36.Kh2 Rc7
37.Re1 e4 38.Bxg7 Kxg7 39.Rf6 Rd8 40.Re2 Rc3 41.Rf4 h6 42.Rf6 hxg5 43.hxg5 Nf5
44.Bxe4 Rh8+ 45.Kg1 Rh5 46.Rxa6 Ng3 47.Re1 Nxe4 48.Rxe4 Rxg5+ 49.Kf1 Rxc2
50.Rd4 Rg3 51.b4 Rh3 52.Kg1 Rg3+ 53.Kf1 Rh3 54.Kg1 Rb3 55.Rd1 Rg3+ 56.Kf1 Rh3
57.Kg1 Rg3+ 58.Kf1 Rh2 59.d6 Rh1+ 60.Ke2 Rh2+ 61.Kf1 Rh1+ 62.Ke2 Rg2+ 63.Kf3 Rxd1
64.Kxg2 Kf6 65.Rb6 Rd5 66.Rb7 Ke6 67.Re7+ Kf6 68.Rb7 Rd2+ 69.Kf1 Rd3 70.d7 Ke7
71.d8=Q+ Kxd8 72.Rxf7 Rxa3 73.Kf2 Rb3 74.Rg7 Rxb4 75.Rxg6 Kc7 76.Ke3 Kb7
77.Kd3 Rc4 78.Rh6 Ka7 79.Rg6 Rc1 80.Rh6 Kb7 81.Rg6 Rc6 82.Rxc6 Kxc6 83.Kc3 Kc5
84.Kb3 b4 85.Kb2 Kc4 86.Kc2 b3+ 87.Kb2 Kb4 88.Kb1 Kc3 89.Kc1 b2+ 90.Kb1 Kb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-USA"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kashdan, Isaac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.a3 Ba5 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.exd4 d5
9.O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4 a6 11.Bg5 b5 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Ne4 Nbd7 14.Rc1 h6 15.Bh4 Bc7
16.Nxf6+ Nxf6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Qd2 Kg7 19.Nf4 f5 20.Rfe1 Rc8 21.Qe3 Rg8 22.f3 Qh4
23.g3 Bxf4 24.Qxf4 Qxf4 25.gxf4 Bxf3 26.Kf2 Bd5 27.Rg1+ Kf6 28.Rxc8 Rxc8
29.Ke3 Bb7 30.h4 Bd5 31.Ke2 Be4 32.Ke3 Bxd3 33.Kxd3 a5 34.h5 b4 35.axb4 axb4
36.Ra1 Rg8 37.Kc4 Rg2 38.Rb1 Rd2 39.b3 Rf2 40.Kxb4 Rxf4 41.Kc5 Rf3 42.b4 Ke7
43.b5 Rc3+ 44.Kb6 f4 45.Ka7 Ra3+ 46.Kb8 f3 47.b6 Kd7 48.b7 f6 49.Rc1 e5 50.dxe5 fxe5
51.Rc7+ Ke6 52.Rc6+ Kf5 53.Kc7 Ra7 54.Rxh6 e4 55.Rh8 e3 56.Rf8+ Kg4 57.h6 e2
58.Re8 f2 59.h7 f1=Q 60.Rg8+ Kf5 61.Rf8+ Kg4 62.h8=Q Qc1+ 63.Kb8 Rxb7+ 64.Kxb7 Qb1+
65.Kc7 Qc2+ 66.Kb7 Qe4+ 67.Kb6 Qe6+ 68.Kc5 Qe7+ 69.Kd4 Qd6+ 70.Kc4 Qe6+ 71.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-Prague"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E28"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 O-O 6.e3 d6 7.Bd3 e5 8.Ne2 e4
9.Bb1 Be6 10.Qb3 b6 11.Ng3 d5 12.cxd5 Bxd5 13.c4 Bb7 14.O-O Nbd7 15.Bb2 Re8
16.Qc3 Qe7 17.f4 Qe6 18.h3 c6 19.Ba2 Rad8 20.Rad1 Nb8 21.Bb1 Qc8 22.f5 Rd7
23.Ne2 b5 24.c5 Nd5 25.Qd2 b4 26.axb4 Ba6 27.Rf2 Bxe2 28.Qxe2 Rb7 29.Ba3 Nc3
30.Qc2 Nxd1 31.Qxd1 Nd7 32.Ba2 Nf6 33.Qa4 Qd7 34.Bc4 Nd5 35.Qb3 Nxb4 36.Bxb4 Reb8
37.Rb2 Rxb4 38.Qxb4 Rxb4 39.Rxb4 Qc7 40.Kf2 h6 41.d5 cxd5 42.Bxd5 Qxc5 43.Rb8+ Kh7
44.Bxe4 Qe5 45.Rb4 h5 46.h4 a5 47.Rd4 Kh6 48.Bc2 Qc5 49.Bd3 Qc6 50.Be4 Qf6
51.Kg3 g5 52.fxg6 fxg6 53.Bf3 Qe5+ 54.Kf2 Qf5 55.Kg3 Qe6 56.Re4 Qd6+ 57.Kf2 Qd2+
58.Be2 Qc2 59.Rc4 Qb3 60.Rf4 a4 61.Bc4 Qb2+ 62.Kg3 a3 63.Bf7 Qe2 64.Kh2 Qxe3
65.g3 Kg7 66.Bc4 Qd2+ 67.Kg1 a2 68.Bxa2 Qxa2 69.Rf2 Qd5 70.Rf4 Qd2 71.Kh1 g5
72.hxg5 Kg6 73.Rf6+ Kxg5 74.Rf4 Qe3 75.Kg2 Qe2+ 76.Kg1 Qd1+ 77.Kg2 Qd2+ 78.Kh1 Qe2
79.Kg1 h4 80.Rxh4 Qf3 81.Rh2 Qd1+ 82.Kg2 Qd5+ 83.Kf2 Qd2+ 84.Kg1 Qe1+ 85.Kg2 Qe2+
86.Kg1 Qf3 87.Rf2 Qd1+ 88.Kg2 Qe1 89.Rf4 Qe2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-USA"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kashdan, Isaac"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 e6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O c5
9.c3 O-O 10.Qe2 b6 11.Re1 Bb7 12.Ne5 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nd5 14.Bd2 Bb4 15.Rac1 Bxd2
16.Qxd2 N7f6 17.a3 Qd6 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Rac8 20.b4 h6 21.h4 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Rc8
23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Qc2 Qc7 25.Qc6 Qd8 26.Qa8 Qc7 27.Nc6 Qb7 28.Ne7+  1-0

[Event "Moscow-Prague"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Opocensky, Karel"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dxc4 4.Nf3 c5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 Bc6 7.Bg2 Nd7 8.O-O Ngf6
9.Nc3 b5 10.Qd3 Qb6 11.b3 Rd8 12.a4 b4 13.a5 Qb7 14.Na4 cxd4 15.a6 Qa8 16.Qxd4 Nc5
17.Qc4 Bd5 18.Qb5+ Nfd7 19.Nxc5 Bxc5 20.Bb2 O-O 21.Rac1 Bd6 22.Nh4 Nb6 23.e4 Bxe4
24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Qg5+ Kh8 26.Qf6+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-Prague"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 c6 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.e3 Ne4 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Bd3 f5
9.Ne5 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.Nb3 cxd4 12.exd4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Nd7 14.Rc1 Nd6 15.Re1 Nb6
16.Be2 Rd8 17.Bf3 Nb5 18.Nc4 Nxc4 19.Rxc4 Rb8 20.Qe2 Nd6 21.Rcc1 Nf7 22.g3 Qd6
23.Bg2 Re8 24.Qc2 Bd7 25.Qc7 Rbc8 26.Qxb7 a5 27.Red1 a4 28.Nc5 Rc7 29.Qa6 Rb8
30.Qxd6 Nxd6 31.Nxd7 Rxd7 32.Bc6 Ra7 33.Re1 Rxb2 34.Rxe6 Ne4 35.Bd5 Kf8 36.Rc8+ Kf7
37.Ra6+  1-0

[Event "Moscow-Prague"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kottnauer, Cenek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Bf5 4.Nc3 h6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 e5 8.O-O g6
9.c5 c6 10.b3 Qc7 11.cxd6 Bxd6 12.Bb2 Rd8 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 f5 15.Qh4 e4
16.d5 Be7 17.Qh3 Bf6 18.Nd4 Bxd4 19.Bxd4 Rh7 20.dxc6 Qxc6 21.Qg3 Rc8 22.f3 Nf8
23.fxe4 Qxe4 24.Rac1 Qe6 25.e4 fxe4 26.Qf4  1-0

[Event "Moscow-Prague"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zita, Frantisek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.e3 e5 8.Be2 Re8
9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Qe7 11.Nd2 Nf8 12.Bd3 h6 13.Bh4 Qe6 14.f4 exd4 15.exd4 Ng4
16.f5 Qd7 17.Rf4 Ne3 18.Qc1 d5 19.c5 f6 20.Qa3 Qf7 21.Qb3 c6 22.Re1 Qh5 23.Qb1 b5
24.Bg3 Nc4 25.Rxe8 Qxe8 26.Qe1 Bd7 27.Qxe8 Rxe8 28.Nf1 a5 29.Rf2 Re1 30.Bf4 Kf7
31.g4 a4 32.Re2 Rxe2 33.Bxe2 h5 34.h3 hxg4 35.hxg4 Nh7 36.Nh2 Ng5 37.Bxg5 fxg5
38.Bxc4 dxc4 39.Nf3 Kf6 40.Ne5 Be8 41.Kf2 a3 42.Ke2 Ke7 43.Ke3 Kf6 44.Ke4 Ke7
45.d5 cxd5+ 46.Kxd5 b4 47.Kxc4 bxc3 48.Kxc3 Bb5 49.Kb4 Be2 50.Ka5 Bd1 51.Kb6 Bb3
52.c6 Bxa2 53.c7 Be6 54.fxe6 a2 55.c8=Q a1=Q 56.Qd7+  1-0

[Event "Moscow-Prague"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Katetov, Miroslav"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 a6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Qc2 h6 11.Bf4 b5 12.a4 b4 13.Nb1 Bb7 14.O-O Qb6 15.Bc7 Qa7
16.Ba5 Rfc8 17.Qd2 Ne4 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Bd5 21.Bxb4 Bxb4
22.Qxb4 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Rb8 24.Qd2 Qb7 25.Nc3 Qxb2 26.Qxb2 Rxb2 27.Nxd5 exd5
28.h4 Rb4 29.Rc8+ Kh7 30.Rc7 Kg8 31.Rc8+ Kh7 32.Rf8 d4 33.exd4 Rxd4 34.Rxf7 e3
35.fxe3 Rxa4 36.Ra7 Rxh4 37.Rxa6 Re4 38.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-Prague"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D41"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bb5+ Nc6
9.Qa4 O-O 10.Bxc6 Nb6 11.Qa5 bxc6 12.O-O Nd5 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Ne5 Nb4 15.Be3 f6
16.Nf3 c5 17.dxc5 Nc2 18.b4 a5 19.b5 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Bxc5 21.Nd4 Rxd4 22.exd4 Bxd4+
23.Kh1 Bxc3 24.Rac1 Bd4 25.Rc7 Be5 26.Rc6 Kf7 27.Rfc1 Bb7 28.Rc7+ Bxc7 29.Rxc7+ Kg6
30.Rxb7 Rc8 31.h3 Rc2 32.Re7 e5  0-1

[Event "Moscow-Prague"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Opocensky, Karel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be6 8.O-O Be7
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Na4 Be7 11.Be3 O-O 12.Nc5 Bxc5 13.Bxc5 Re8 14.Nd4 Ne4 15.Nxc6 bxc6
16.Bd4 Qa5 17.Qc2 Rac8 18.f3 Nd2 19.Rfd1 Nc4 20.b3 Nb6 21.Qc5 Qa6 22.Bf1 Qb7
23.e3 Rc7 24.Qa5 f6 25.Rac1 Nd7 26.Rc3 Ne5 27.Kf2 h5 28.Rdc1 Bd7 29.Ba6 Qb8
30.Bc5 Nf7 31.Qb4 Qd8 32.Qd4 Bc8 33.Be2 Qd7 34.Qh4 Qf5 35.Bd3 Qg5 36.Qxg5 fxg5
37.Bg6 h4 38.g4 Re6 39.Bb1 Rf6 40.Bd4 Rd6 41.b4 Ba6 42.Ra3 Bc4 43.Bxa7 Rb7
44.Bc5 Rd8 45.f4 gxf4 46.exf4 Bb5 47.Rd1 Nd6 48.Re3 Nc4 49.Re6 Nb2 50.Rd2 Kf7
51.f5 Nc4 52.Rd3 Nb2 53.Rb3 Nc4 54.g5 Rbb8 55.Re7+ Kf8 56.f6 gxf6 57.gxf6  1-0

[Event "Moscow-Prague"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sajtar, Jaroslav"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Qxc4 a6
9.Qc2 c5 10.Nbd2 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nb6 12.N2f3 Bd7 13.Ne5 Ba4 14.Qd3 Bc5 15.Be3 Qc7
16.b3 Qxe5 17.Nf3 Qh5 18.Bxc5 Qxc5 19.bxa4 Nxa4 20.Rac1 Qh5 21.Rfe1 b5 22.Rc6 Nb2
23.Qc2 Nc4 24.Nd2 Ne5 25.Rc5 Rfd8 26.Nb3 Nd5 27.Qd2 Nc4 28.Qc1 Rac8 29.Bf3 Qg6
30.Bxd5 Rxc5 31.Nxc5 exd5 32.Nd3 Rc8 33.Nf4 Qe4 34.Rd1 d4 35.Qa1 Rd8 36.Qb1 Qxb1
37.Rxb1 Kf8 38.a4 Na3 39.Rb3 g5 40.Rxa3 gxf4 41.axb5 axb5 42.gxf4 b4 43.Rd3 Ke7
44.Kf1 Rb8 45.Rxd4 b3 46.Rd1 b2 47.Rb1 Kd6 48.Ke1 Kd5 49.Kd2 Ke4 50.Kc2 Kxf4
51.Rxb2 Rxb2+ 52.Kxb2 Kg4 53.Kc3 Kh3 54.Kd4 h5 55.Ke5 Kxh2 56.Kf6 h4 57.Kxf7 h3
58.f4 Kg3 59.f5 h2 60.f6 h1=Q 61.Kg8 Qa8+ 62.Kg7 Qa1  0-1

[Event "Moscow-Prague"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kottnauer, Cenek"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D49"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 Qb6 13.fxg7 Bxg7 14.Qe2 O-O 15.O-O Nc5
16.Bxh7+ Kxh7 17.Ng5+ Kg6 18.Qg4 f5 19.Qg3 Kf6 20.Bf4 Ke7 21.Rac1 Ra7 22.Rfe1 Bd7
23.b4 Na6 24.Nxe6 Bxe6 25.Qxg7+ Rf7 26.Bg5+ Kd7 27.Qh8 Qb8 28.Qxd4+  1-0

[Event "Moscow-Prague"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zita, Frantisek"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O a6 8.Be3 Qc7
9.Nb3 b5 10.f3 Be7 11.a4 b4 12.Nb1 d5 13.N1d2 Bd6 14.h3 Nh5 15.Bf2 O-O 16.Bd3 Bh2+
17.Kh1 Ng3+ 18.Bxg3 Bxg3 19.Qe2 Qf4 20.Rfd1 Qf6 21.c4 bxc3 22.bxc3 Be5 23.Rac1 Rb8
24.Rb1 Qf4 25.Nf1 Bxc3 26.exd5 exd5 27.Bxa6 Qxa4 28.Bxc8 Rfxc8 29.Nc5 Qa7
30.Rxb8 Rxb8 31.Rxd5 Nb4 32.Rf5 g6 33.Ne4 gxf5 34.Nxc3 Qd7 35.Qe3 Nc2 36.Qg5+ Kh8
37.Ne2 Qd6 38.Nfg3 f4 39.Nf5 Qe5 40.Nh6 Qxg5 41.Nxf7+ Kg7 42.Nxg5 Kf6 43.h4 Ke5
44.Nf7+ Kf5 45.Nh6+ Kg6 46.Ng4 Rb4 47.Nf2 Kf5 48.Nd3 Ra4 49.Kg1 Ne3 50.Kf2 Nd5
51.g4+ fxg3+ 52.Kxg3 Ne7 53.Ndf4 Rc4 54.Ng2 Nd5 55.Ng1 Ra4 56.Nh3 Ra8 57.Ng5 Rg8
58.Kf2 Rg7 59.Ne4 Ra7 60.Ng5 Nf6 61.Ne3+ Ke5 62.Nh3 Nh5 63.Ng4+ Kd4 64.Kg2 Ra2+
65.Nhf2 Ng7 66.Kg3 Nf5+ 67.Kf4 Nxh4 68.Kg5 Nxf3+ 69.Kh6 Ra7 70.Nf6 Ke3 71.Nd1+ Kf4
72.Nxh7 Rd7 73.Nc3 Rd6+ 74.Kg7 Kf5 75.Nf8 Ng5 76.Nb5 Rd5 77.Nc7 Rd8 78.Nb5 Ne6+
79.Nxe6 Kxe6 80.Nc3 Ke5 81.Kg6 Rd3 82.Nb5 Rb3 83.Nc7 Rb6+ 84.Kg5 Rb7 85.Ne8 Re7  0-1

[Event "Moscow-Prague"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Katetov, Miroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.e3 O-O
9.Bd3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.O-O-O Qa5 12.Kb1 Bb4 13.Nd2 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 Qxc3 15.bxc3 Ne6
16.Bh2 Ng5 17.Kc2 Nge4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Rhf1 Bd7 20.Rb1 b6 21.f3 Ng5 22.Kd2 f5
23.a4 Nf7 24.a5 b5 25.Rf2 h5 26.h4 Re7 27.Bf4 g6 28.g4 Kh7 29.gxh5 gxh5 30.Rg2 Rg8
31.Rxg8 Kxg8 32.Kc2 Kh7 33.Rg1 Re8 34.Kb3 Rc8 35.Kb4 c5+ 36.dxc5 a6 37.e4 dxe4
38.fxe4 Rc6 39.exf5 Rf6 40.Rg6  1-0

[Event "ENG-URS"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Crown, G."]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B24"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.Be3 b6 7.Nge2 Nf6 8.h3 Ba6
9.Qd2 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Bg5 Qd7 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.Bh6 Bxb2 14.Rb1 Be5 15.O-O d4
16.Rfe1 O-O-O 17.Nf4 Rhe8 18.Nd5 Qd6 19.Nxb6+ axb6 20.Rxb6 Bb7 21.Reb1 Re7
22.Qc1 Rdd7 23.Bf8 Rc7 24.Qa3 Qe6 25.Bxe7 Qxe7 26.Qa4 Nd8 27.Qb5 h5 28.a4 h4
29.gxh4 Bd6 30.a5 Qd7 31.a6 Qxb5 32.axb7+ Kb8 33.R1xb5 Bf4 34.Ra6 Nxb7 35.Rab6  1-0

[Event "ENG-URS"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Crown, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.Qd2 e5 8.d5 a5 9.g4 Nc5
10.O-O-O Ne8 11.h4 f5 12.gxf5 gxf5 13.Bh3 f4 14.Bf2 h6 15.Bxc8 Rxc8 16.Nh3 Rf7
17.Rdg1 c6 18.Kb1 Qd7 19.Rd1 cxd5 20.Nxd5 Qd8 21.Rhg1 Qd7 22.Rh1 Qd8 23.Qe2 a4
24.Rhg1 Kf8 25.Rg6 Rc6 26.Rdg1 Qc8 27.Bxc5 dxc5 28.Nf2 Rxg6 29.Rxg6 Qd8 30.Nd3 Qxh4
31.Qg2 Nf6 32.Nxf6 Bxf6 33.Qg1 b6 34.Nxc5 bxc5 35.Rg8+ Ke7 36.Qxc5+ Kd7 37.Qc8+  1-0

[Event "Chigorin mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D60"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qb3 c6 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Rad1 Qc7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Rc1 Qd8 13.Bf4 Nh5 14.Be5 Kh8 15.Nd2 Nhf6
16.Bg3 Ne8 17.Nf3 Bd6 18.Ne5 Qe7 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.a4 Bxg3 21.hxg3 Nd6 22.a5 b5
23.Na2 Nc4 24.Qc3 Qd8 25.b3 Nxa5 26.Nb4 Qb6 27.Ra1 Rac8 28.Rfc1 f5 29.Qc2 Qd8
30.Qa2 c5 31.Rxc5 Rxc5 32.dxc5 Nc6 33.Nxc6 Bxc6 34.Qa6 Qf6 35.Rd1 h6 36.Bxb5 Bxb5
37.Qxb5 a6 38.Qd3 Rd8 39.Rc1 d4 40.Rd1 Rd5 41.exd4 Qc6 42.Qc4 a5 43.Ra1 Rd8
44.Qa4 Qe4 45.c6 Rc8 46.Rc1 f4 47.gxf4 Qxf4 48.Qa1 Rf8 49.Qb2 Rf7 50.Qc2 Qc7
51.d5 Rf6 52.Re1 Kg8 53.Qc4 Kh7 54.Re8 h5 55.Qe4+ Kh6 56.Rh8+ Kg5 57.Qe3+ Kg6
58.Qe8+  1-0

[Event "Chigorin mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O e6 8.f4 Nc6
9.Be3 Be7 10.Qe1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.a3 Bb7 13.Qg3 O-O 14.Rad1 Rfd8 15.Rf2 Ne8
16.Qe3 Rd7 17.Bg4 Nf6 18.Bh3 Qc6 19.Qg3 Nh5 20.Qf3 Nf6 21.Qg3 Nh5 22.Qf3 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nf6 3.Nbc3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Nxd5 Qxd5 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Qxd4
8.Nxd4 a6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.O-O-O Nc6 11.Nb3 e6 12.Nc5 O-O-O 13.Be2 Be8 14.c3 Be7
15.Bf3 Rxd1+ 16.Rxd1 Nd8 17.g3 Bc6 18.Be2 e5 19.Bg4+ Kb8 20.Nd7+ Bxd7 21.Rxd7 Re8
22.Bb6 Nc6 23.Bc7+ Ka8 24.Kc2 f6 25.Bf5 h6 26.Be4 g5 27.b4 h5 28.a4 f5 29.Bxf5 Rf8
30.Be4 Rxf2+ 31.Kd3 Nxb4+ 32.cxb4 Bxb4 33.Kc4 Rd2 34.Rxd2 Bxd2 35.a5 g4 36.Kd5 Bg5
37.Kd6 h4 38.Kd7  1-0

[Event "Chigorin mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A85"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 d6 7.Ne2 c5 8.d5 Bxc3+
9.Nxc3 exd5 10.cxd5 Ng4 11.O-O Na6 12.Be2 Bd7 13.b3 Qe7 14.Bb2 Rae8 15.Rae1 Nc7
16.Bxg4 fxg4 17.e4 Nb5 18.f4 gxf3 19.Rxf3 Rxf3 20.gxf3 Nd4 21.Qg2 Rf8 22.Rf1 Qh4
23.Qg3 Qxg3+ 24.hxg3 Bh3 25.Rf2 Nxf3+ 26.Kh1 Nd4 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Kg1 Ke7
29.Kf2 Bg4 30.Ke3 g5 31.Nb1 Nf3 32.Nd2 Nxd2 33.Kxd2 h5 34.Kd3 Bh3 35.Ke3 Bg2
36.Bc3 b6 37.b4 h4 38.gxh4 gxh4 39.bxc5 bxc5 40.Be1 h3 41.Bg3 Bf1 42.a3 Bc4
43.Kd2 Ba2 44.Kc3 Bb1 45.e5 Ba2 46.exd6+ Kd7 47.Bh2 Bxd5 48.Bg3 Kc6 49.Bh2 Be6
50.Bg3 Kb5 51.Bh2 Ka4 52.Kb2 a5 53.Bg3 Bf5 54.Bh2 c4 55.Bg3 c3+ 56.Kxc3 Kxa3
57.Bh2 Ka2 58.Bg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qe2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Ne4 12.Bg3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bd6 14.e4 Bxg3 15.fxg3 c5
16.Rad1 cxd4 17.cxd4 Rc8 18.e5 Nb8 19.Rf2 Bd5 20.Bd3 f5 21.exf6 Rxf6 22.Bb1 Nd7
23.Qe3 Qe7 24.Re2 Qb4 25.Qd3 Nf8 26.Ne5 Bc4 27.Nxc4 Qxc4 28.Qe3 Rd8 29.Bc2 Kh8
30.Bb3 Qb5 31.Rc2 Rf7 32.h3 Qf5 33.Rc6 Qb5 34.Qe4 Qf5 35.Qe2 Rf6 36.Bc2 Qg5
37.Kh2 Qa5 38.Be4 Rf7 39.d5 exd5 40.Qh5 Re7 41.Rxd5 Rxd5 42.Bxd5 Qa6  1-0

[Event "Chigorin mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Ne8 8.Nf3 f5 9.exf5 Bxf5
10.O-O Na6 11.Be3 Nac7 12.Qe2 Rb8 13.Nd2 Qd7 14.a4 a5 15.Nde4 Nf6 16.Rad1 Nxe4
17.Bxe4 b6 18.Bc1 Rbe8 19.b3 Bd8 20.f3 Rf7 21.g4 Bxe4 22.Nxe4 Ref8 23.Qg2 Ne8
24.Qg3 h6 25.Be3 Nf6 26.Nd2 Nh7 27.h4 Qe7 28.Bf2 Qf6 29.Kg2 Qg6 30.Be3 Qc2
31.g5 hxg5 32.hxg5 Rxf3 33.Rxf3 Qxd1 34.g6 Qe2+ 35.Kg1 Qd1+ 36.Kg2 Qe2+ 37.Bf2 Ng5
38.Rxf8+ Kxf8 39.Qe3 Qh5 40.Qd3 e4 41.Qg3 Qxg6 42.Be3 Kf7 43.Qg4 Nf3 44.Qxg6+ Kxg6
45.Nxe4 Nh4+ 46.Kh3 Nf5 47.Bf4 Nd4 48.Nxd6 Bc7 49.Kg4 Nxb3 50.Nc8 Bd8 51.Nd6 Bc7
52.Nc8 Bd8 53.Na7 Kf7 54.Nc6 Bf6 55.Kf5 Nd4+ 56.Nxd4 cxd4 57.Ke4 Be7 58.Kxd4 Bc5+
59.Ke5 Ke7 60.Bg5+ Kd7 61.Kf5 Bd4 62.Bc1 Ke7 63.Kg6 Ke8 64.Ba3 Bc3 65.Bd6 Bd4
66.Ba3 Bc3 67.Kf5 Kf7 68.Ke4 Be1 69.Bb2 Bf2 70.Ke5 Bg3+ 71.Kf5 Bf2 72.Ba3 Bg3
73.Bc1 Bf2 74.Bg5 g6+ 75.Ke4 Bg1 76.Bh4 Bh2 77.c5 bxc5 78.Bd8 Ke8 79.Bxa5 Kd7
80.Bd2 Kc7 81.Kd3 Kb6 82.Kc4 Bd6 83.Be3 Ka5 84.Bxc5 Bf4 85.Kb3 g5 86.Bb4+ Kb6
87.Kc4 g4 88.Kd3 g3 89.Ke2 Bb8 90.Kf3 Bc7 91.a5+ Kb5 92.Be1 Bxa5 93.Bxg3 Kc5
94.Ke4 Bc3 95.Be5 Bd2 96.Bg7 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolay Alexandrovi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Qb3 c6 7.Nf3 Qa5 8.Nd2 Nbd7
9.Be2 Nh5 10.Bxh5 dxc4 11.Qd1 Qxh5 12.Qxh5 gxh5 13.Nxc4 b6 14.Ne4 c5 15.Rd1 cxd4
16.exd4 Nf6 17.Nc3 Rd8 18.Ne3 Ba6 19.f3 Rd7 20.Kf2 e6 21.Be5 Rad8 22.Rhg1 Bb7
23.Rge1 Ne8 24.Nc2 Nd6 25.d5 exd5 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Nd4 Kf6 28.Nce2 Nf5 29.Nf4 Ng7
30.h4 Re7 31.Rxe7 Kxe7 32.Re1+ Kd7 33.Re5 f6 34.Re2 Rc8 35.Rd2 a6 36.Nde2 Ke7
37.Nc3 d4 38.Rxd4 Nf5 39.Rb4 b5 40.a4 Rd8 41.axb5 a5 42.Rc4 Rd2+ 43.Ke1 Rd7
44.Rc5 Ng3 45.b6 Kd6 46.Rxa5 Kc6 47.Nfd5 f5 48.b4 Kd6 49.Kf2 Nh1+ 50.Ke3 Rg7
51.Nf4 Re7+ 52.Kd4 Ng3 53.Nb5+ Kc6 54.Na7+ Kd6 55.Rc5 Ne2+ 56.Nxe2 Rxe2 57.Rc7  1-0

[Event "Chigorin mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Plater, Kazimierz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E28"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 O-O 6.e3 d6 7.f3 e5 8.e4 c5
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Ne2 b6 11.O-O Qe7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Be3 Bd7 14.Kh1 Rac8 15.g4 g5
16.d5 Na5 17.h4 Ne8 18.Kg2 f6 19.Rh1 Ng7 20.Ng3 Kf7 21.Rh2 Ke8 22.hxg5 hxg5
23.Rh7 Kd8 24.Qh1 Kc7 25.Qh6 Rf7 26.Qg6 Rcf8 27.Rah1 Nb7 28.R1h6 Nd8 29.Kf2 Nb7
30.Bf1 Nd8 31.Bh3 Kc8 32.Nf5 Nxf5 33.gxf5 Rxh7 34.Rxh7 Rf7 35.Rh6 Rf8 36.Bg4 Be8
37.Rh7 Rf7 38.Rxf7 Qxf7 39.Bxg5 fxg5 40.Qxd6 Qc7 41.Qf6 Nf7 42.Bh5 Qd6 43.Qg7 Qh6
44.Qxh6 Nxh6 45.Bxe8 Ng8 46.d6 Nf6 47.Bc6 Kd8 48.Ke2 Kc8 49.Kd2 Kd8 50.Kc2 Kc8
51.Kb3 Kb8 52.Ka4 a6 53.Kb3 Kc8 54.Kc2 Kb8 55.Kd2 Kc8 56.Ke2 Kb8 57.Kf2 Kc8
58.Kg2 Kb8 59.d7 Kc7 60.Bb7 Kxd7 61.Bxa6 Kc7 62.Bb5 Kd6 63.Ba4 Kc7 64.Bd1 Kd6
65.Kf2 Kc7 66.Ke3 Kc6 67.Kd3 Kb7 68.Be2 Ka7 69.Bf1 Kb7 70.Bh3 Ka7 71.Kc2 Ka6
72.Kb3 Ka5 73.Bg4 Ka6 74.Ka4 Ka7 75.Kb5 Kb7 76.a4 Ne8 77.a5 Nd6+ 78.Ka4 Ne8
79.Bh3  1-0

[Event "Chigorin mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A99"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.b3 Qe8 8.Ba3 a5 9.Nc3 Na6
10.Bb2 Qh5 11.a3 c6 12.Na2 Ne4 13.Nd2 e5 14.Nxe4 fxe4 15.Bxe4 Bg4 16.f3 Bh3
17.Rf2 exd4 18.Bxd4 Nc5 19.Nc3 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 d5 21.g4 Qf7 22.cxd5 Qxd5 23.Bb6 Qe6
24.Qd3 Bh4 25.Qc4 Qxc4 26.bxc4 h5 27.gxh5 Bxf2+ 28.Kxf2 Be6 29.Rg1 Bxc4 30.h6 g6
31.Rxg6+ Kh7 32.Rd6 Rf5 33.h4 Rg8 34.Be3 Rg6 35.Rd7+ Rf7 36.Rd8 Rxh6 37.Bxh6 Kxh6
38.Nd6 Rf4 39.Kg3  1-0

[Event "Chigorin mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tsvetkov, Alexandar K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4
9.Bxe4 O-O 10.O-O f5 11.Bc2 e5 12.Bg5 Qe8 13.dxe5 Bc7 14.Re1 Nc5 15.b4 Ne6
16.c5 a5 17.a3 axb4 18.axb4 Rxa1 19.Qxa1 h6 20.Bc1 Qh5 21.Bb3 Kh7 22.Nd4 Re8
23.f4 Nxd4 24.Qxd4 Qg6 25.Qa1 Be6 26.Qa2 Qf7 27.Bxe6 Rxe6 28.Rd1 g5 29.Qa8 gxf4
30.Qxb7 f3 31.Qc8 Re7 32.Bf4 Qg6 33.g3 Qh5 34.Rd2 f2+ 35.Rxf2 Qd1+ 36.Kg2 Qd5+
37.Kh3 Kg6 38.Qf8 Qe6 39.Qxh6+ Kf7 40.Qh7+ Ke8 41.Qh8+ Kf7 42.Qh5+  1-0

[Event "Chigorin mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kottnauer, Cenek"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.a3 Ba5 8.b4 Bc7
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Qc2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.Ba2 exd4 14.Nxd4 Nb6 15.Nf5 Bxf5
16.Qxf5 Rfe8 17.O-O Qe5 18.Qh3 a5 19.Rd4 axb4 20.Rxb4 Qg5 21.Bb1 h6 22.Rh4 Qe5
23.Nd1 Qe6 24.Bf5 Qd6 25.g4 Nc4 26.Bxf6 Qxf6 27.g5 Qxg5+ 28.Rg4 Qxf5 29.Rxg7+ Kxg7
30.Qxf5 Nd2 31.Qg4+ Kh7 32.Qf5+ Kg7 33.Re1 Re5 34.Qh3 Rg5+ 35.Kh1 Rxa3 36.Rg1 Ra5
37.f4 Rxg1+ 38.Kxg1 Ra2 39.Qg4+ Kf6 40.Qh4+ Kg7 41.Qg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E09"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O Nbd7 6.c4 c6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Qc2 b6
9.e4 Bb7 10.Rd1 Rc8 11.b3 Qc7 12.Bb2 Rfd8 13.Rac1 Qb8 14.Qd3 dxe4 15.Nxe4 c5
16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Qe2 Qa8 18.Ne1 h6 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Ng2 Kh7 21.d5 exd5 22.Rxd5 Bxb2
23.Qxb2 Nf6 24.Qc2+ g6 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rd1 Rd4 27.Rxd4 cxd4 28.Qd3 Qe4 29.Nf4 g5
30.f3 Qxd3 31.Nxd3 Nd7 32.Kf2 Kg6 33.h3 Kf5 34.Nb4 Ne5 35.Nc2 Nc6 36.Ke2 h5
37.b4 h4 38.gxh4 gxh4 39.b5 Ne5 40.Nxd4+ Kf4 41.Kf2 Nxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Rc1 a6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 c6 10.O-O Ne4 11.Bf4 Ndf6 12.Ne5 Bd6 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Bb1 Be6 15.Bg3 Bd5
16.Bh4 Be7 17.Bg3 Ne8 18.Qc2 Nd6 19.f3 f6 20.Ng4 Re8 21.Nf2 f5 22.fxe4 Nxe4
23.Be5 Bg5 24.Nxe4 fxe4 25.Qe2 Qd7 26.g3 Qe6 27.h4 Be7 28.Rf4 Bd6 29.Bxd6 Qxd6
30.Rcf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B24"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 b6 6.f4 Bb7 7.Nf3 e6 8.O-O Nge7
9.Bd2 a6 10.Rb1 d5 11.e5 b5 12.Ne2 Qb6 13.c3 b4 14.Qe1 a5 15.c4 Rd8 16.Qf2 dxc4
17.dxc4 Nd4 18.Nexd4 cxd4 19.Rbc1 Rd7 20.c5 Qd8 21.Ng5 Qa8 22.Bxb7 Qxb7 23.Qf3 Qxf3
24.Rxf3 Nc6 25.Ne4 Ke7 26.g4 h6 27.Rh3 Rd5 28.Kf1 g5 29.fxg5 Rxe5 30.Re1 hxg5
31.Rxh8 Bxh8 32.Bxg5+ Kd7 33.Bf4 Rd5 34.Bd6 d3 35.b3 Rd4 36.Nf2 e5 37.Re4 Rd5
38.g5 Bg7 39.h4 Ke6 40.Re3 d2 41.Nd1 Rd4 42.h5 Kf5 43.Rf3+ Kxg5 44.Rxf7 Bh6
45.Rc7 Re4 46.Rxc6 Re1+ 47.Kf2 Kxh5 48.Nb2 e4 49.Be5 e3+ 50.Kf3 Bg5 51.Rd6 Rf1+  0-1

[Event "Chigorin mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trifunovic, Petar"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 Nf6 4.Nbd2 c5 5.e3 Qb6 6.Rb1 Nc6 7.c3 Bd6 8.Bd3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Bxe5 11.Nf3 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Rd8 14.O-O h6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6
16.Qxf6 Bxf6 17.Rfd1 Ke7 18.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Parnu"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Renter, Raul"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.e3 O-O 6.Ne2 c5 7.Ng3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bd3 f5 11.O-O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 f4 13.Bxh7+ Kh8 14.Bd2 Qh4 15.Bg6 Nxf2
16.Ne4 Nxh1 17.Rxh1 e5 18.d5 Ne7 19.Nxd6 Qf6 20.Nf7+ Rxf7 21.Bxf7 Qxf7 22.Re1 Bf5
23.Qb3 Ng6 24.c5 e4  0-1

[Event "Parnu"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Randviir, Juri"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 a6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Qa4+ Nbd7 7.Nf3 g6 8.d4 Bg7
9.d6 exd6 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Be2 b5 12.Qa3 Re8 13.O-O d5 14.Rfe1 Nb6 15.Ne5 Bf8
16.Qb3 Nc4 17.Bf3 Be6 18.Rac1 Rc8 19.Bg5 Be7 20.Ne2 Qb6 21.Red1 Ne4 22.Bf4 f6
23.Nxc4 dxc4 24.Qe3 Ng5 25.Bxg5 fxg5 26.Nc3 Kg7 27.d5 Qxe3 28.fxe3 Bd7 29.d6 Bf6
30.Rd2 g4 31.Bxg4 Bxg4 32.d7 Bxd7 33.Rxd7+ Kh6 34.Kf2 Rxe3 35.Rd6 Be7 36.Rcd1 Re5
37.Rxa6 Bc5+ 38.Kg3 Re3+ 39.Kg4 b4 40.Nd5 Re2 41.Nf4 Rxb2  0-1

[Event "Parnu"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.Nf3 Be7 10.Rd1 d5 11.a3 b6 12.Bd3 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Na5 14.Ba2 Ba6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.b4 Nc4 17.b5 Bb7 18.Bxc4 Rc8 19.Be2 Qc7 20.Rc1 e5 21.Nxe5 Bxg2 22.Rg1 Bb7
23.Qf5 Qd6 24.Bd3 Rfe8 25.Kd2 Rcd8 26.Rxg7+ Bxg7 27.Qxf7+ Kh8 28.Rg1 Re7
29.Ng6+ Qxg6 30.Qxg6 Kg8 31.Qh7+ Kf8 32.Rxg7 Rxg7 33.Qh8+ Rg8 34.Qf6+ Ke8
35.Bc4  1-0

[Event "Parnu"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 Nfd7
9.Be2 Nb6 10.Qd3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 e6 12.h4 Nc6 13.O-O-O Qd7 14.h5 Rfd8 15.hxg6 hxg6
16.e5 Nb4 17.Qe4 Qc6 18.Kb1 N6d5 19.Rc1 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Qxe4+ 21.fxe4 c5 22.Nb5 cxd4
23.exd4 Nc6 24.Rcd1 a6 25.Nd6 Rd7 26.Bg4 Nxd4 27.Rxd4 Bxe5 28.Rhd1 Rad8 29.Nxf7 Bxd4
30.Nxd8 Rxd8 31.Bxe6+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Parnu"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A36"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O Nc6 6.d3 Nf6 7.c4 O-O 8.Nbc3 Ne8
9.h3 Nc7 10.Be3 Ne6 11.f4 Ned4 12.g4 Rb8 13.f5 b5 14.Rb1 bxc4 15.dxc4 Nxe2+
16.Qxe2 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Rxb1 18.Rxb1 Qa5 19.Bh6 Re8 20.Qb2 Ba6 21.e5 Nxe5 22.Qb8 Qd8
23.Qxa7 Bxc4 24.Rb7 gxf5 25.gxf5 e6 26.Qa4 exf5 27.Bf4 d5 28.Bg3 Re6 29.Qa7 Nc6
30.Qxc5 Qg5 31.Qf2 Re2 32.Qf4 h6 33.a4 Ne5 34.a5 Ng6 35.Qxg5 hxg5 36.Rd7 Re3
37.Bf2 Rxc3 38.a6 Rc1+ 39.Kh2 Bxa6 40.Bxd5 Bc4 41.Rxf7 Bxd5 42.Rxf5 Rh1+
43.Kg3 Be6 44.Rxg5 Rxh3+ 45.Kg2 Kf7 46.Bg3 Kf6 47.Ra5 Rh7 48.Kf3 Rb7 49.Ra3 Rb4
50.Ke3 Ne7 51.Kd2 Nd5 52.Bd6 Rh4 53.Ra8 Bf5 54.Ra6 Kg5 55.Kc1 Rh1+ 56.Kd2 Rg1
57.Ke2 Be4 58.Bc5 Rg2+ 59.Kf1 Rc2 60.Ra5 Kg4 61.Bd4 Nf4 62.Ra3 Bd3+ 63.Ke1 Re2+
64.Kd1 Bc2+ 65.Kc1 Nd3+ 66.Rxd3 Bxd3  0-1

[Event "Parnu"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E17"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.e3 d5 9.d4 Nbd7
10.Nbd2 Rc8 11.Rc1 Rc7 12.Qe2 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Qa8 14.Rfd1 Rd8 15.Ne1 Bxg2 16.Nxg2 Rdc8
17.dxc5 Rxc5 18.Nf4 b5 19.Nd2 Rc2 20.Nd3 a6 21.Rxc2 Rxc2 22.Rc1 Rxc1+ 23.Nxc1 Qc6
24.Qd3 h6 25.Ne2 Bb4 26.Nc3 e5 27.Nde4 Bxc3 28.Nxf6+ Qxf6 29.Qxc3 Qd6 30.e4 f6
31.Kg2 Nb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Parnu"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4 8.Ne5 Be6
9.d5 Bc8 10.Be2 e6 11.Bf4 exd5 12.exd5 Ne8 13.O-O Nd6 14.Qd3 Nd7 15.Nc4 Nxc4
16.Qxc4 Ne5 17.Qb3 Re8 18.Rfd1 a6 19.Rac1 Bf5 20.Qxb7 Rb8 21.Qxa6 Qh4 22.Bg3 Qb4
23.d6 cxd6 24.b3 Ra8 25.Qxd6 Qxd6 26.Rxd6 Nd7 27.Bf1 Bxc3 28.Rxc3 Rxa2 29.Bf4 Ra1
30.Be3 Rb1 31.Bh6 Rb8 32.f3 R1xb3 33.Rc7 R3b7 34.Rxb7 Rxb7 35.Bc4 Rb8 36.g4 Ne5
37.Bd5 Be6 38.Bxe6 fxe6 39.Bf4 Nxf3+ 40.Kf2 e5 41.Bh6 e4 42.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Parnu"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.O-O b6
9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nd7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Qh5 g6 13.Qf3 Nc5 14.Bc2 f5 15.Rfd1 Be6
16.Qe2 g5 17.Bg3 Qe8 18.f3 a5 19.b3 b5 20.Qe1 Nd7 21.Ne2 c5 22.Nc3 Nb6 23.Qe2 b4
24.Nb5 Qc6 25.a4 bxa3 26.Rxa3 d4 27.exd4 c4 28.Nd6 cxb3 29.Bxb3 Bxb3 30.Rxb3 Nd5
31.Qb2 a4 32.Rb5 Bxd6 33.exd6 f4 34.Re1 Kh8 35.Rc1 Qxd6 36.Qa2 Ne7 37.Rxg5 Nf5
38.Qa1 h6 39.Rg4 Kh7 40.d5 Rf7 41.Rc4 a3 42.Rgxf4 a2 43.h4 Qxd5 44.Ra4 Rfa7
45.Qxa2 Qxa2 46.Rxa2 Rxa2 47.Rxf5 Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Parnu"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 d5 4.c4 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.dxc5 Na6
9.Nbd2 Nxc5 10.Nb3 Na4 11.Nbd4 Bd7 12.Qb3 Nab6 13.a4 a5 14.e4 Nb4 15.e5 Qe8
16.e6 Bxa4 17.exf7+ Rxf7 18.Qe6 Ra6 19.Ne5 Bxe5 20.Qxe5 Nc6 21.Qc5 Nd7 22.Qa3 Nxd4
23.Qxa4 Nf3+ 24.Bxf3 Rxf3 25.Bf4 Nf6 26.Qc4+ e6 27.Kg2 Rc6 28.Qd4 e5 29.Bxe5 Rf5
30.Rxa5 b6 31.Rb5 Nd7 32.Bh8 Rf7 33.Qd5 Nf6 34.Bxf6 Rxf6 35.Rb3 Qc6 36.Rd3 Qxd5+
37.Rxd5 Kg7 38.f4 Rc6 39.Rf2 Re7 40.Rfd2 Rcc7 41.Rd6 Rb7 42.Kf3 Kf7 43.Rc6 b5
44.Rd5 b4 45.Rd4 Rb8 46.Rcc4 b3 47.Rb4 Reb7 48.Rxb7+ Rxb7 49.h3 Kf6 50.Ke3 Rb6
51.Kd3 h5 52.Rd5 Ke6 53.Re5+ Kf6 54.h4 Rb8 55.Kc4 Rb6 56.Re3 Kf5 57.Rxb3 Rc6+
58.Kd4 Rd6+ 59.Kc4 Rc6+ 60.Kd3 Kg4 61.Kd2 Rd6+ 62.Rd3 Rb6 63.Kc3 Rc6+ 64.Kd4 Rb6
65.b3 Rb8 66.Ke5 Rb6 67.Rc3 Kh3 68.Kd5 Rb8 69.Ke6  1-0

[Event "Parnu"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 d6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Re1 Qc7
9.a4 bxa4 10.Rxa4 Nbd7 11.Bd2 Nc5 12.Rc4 e5 13.Nf5 Qd7 14.Bh3 Ne6 15.Ba5 g6
16.Ne3 Rc8 17.Nc3 Rxc4 18.Nxc4 Qc6 19.b3 Nc5 20.Nxe5  1-0

[Event "Parnu"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Nxc4 Qd5 7.Ne3 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+
9.Qxd2 Qd8 10.Bg2 Ne4 11.Qc2 Qa5+ 12.Nd2 Qxd2+ 13.Qxd2 Nxd2 14.Kxd2 Ke7 15.Rhd1 Rd8
16.Ke1 Na6 17.Rac1 Bd7 18.Nc4 Be8 19.Na5 Rab8 20.Rc3 Nc7 21.Rb3 Nb5 22.e3 f6
23.f4 Rdc8 24.Rc1 Kd7 25.Kd2 Nd6 26.Ra3 Kc7 27.Nb3 Nb5 28.Ra5 a6 29.Ra4 Bf7
30.Nc5 Rd8 31.Ke1 Re8 32.Kf2 Re7 33.Rb4 Be8 34.Bf1 Ra8 35.a4 a5 36.Nxe6+ Kb6
37.Rb3 Rxe6 38.axb5 a4 39.Rb4 cxb5 40.Rc5 Ra5 41.Bd3 Re7 42.Bxh7 a3 43.Rc1 axb2
44.Rxb2 Ra3 45.Re1 g6 46.Bg8 f5 47.Rd2 Kc7 48.d5 Kd6 49.Be6 Rh7 50.Kg2 b4
51.g4 Bd7 52.Rb2 Bxe6 53.dxe6 fxg4 54.Rxb4 Rh3 55.Rb6+ Ke7 56.Rxb7+ Kxe6
57.Rb6+ Kf5 58.Rb5+ Kf6 59.Re2 Rhxe3 60.Rxe3 Rxe3 61.Rg5 Ra3 62.Rxg4 Kf5
63.Rg5+ Kxf4 64.Rxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Parnu"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Bd6 8.e4 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Bxe5 11.Bd2 Ng4 12.Nd1 O-O 13.Ne3 Qh4 14.Nxg4 Bxg4 15.h3 Rfe8
16.Be3 Rad8 17.Be2 Bxe2 18.Kxe2 Bd4 19.Rhd1 Rxe4 20.Kf1 c5 21.Bg5 Qxg5 22.Qxe4 Qf6
23.Rd2 g6 24.Qxb7 Qf4 25.Rad1 Qh2 26.Qf3 Re8 27.g4 Re6 28.Rxd4 cxd4 29.Rxd4 Qe5
30.Rd8+ Kg7 31.Qc3 Qxc3 32.bxc3 Rc6 33.Rd3 h5 34.gxh5 gxh5 35.Ke2 Rc4 36.Kd1 Ra4
37.Rd2 Rh4 38.Rd3 Ra4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Parnu"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bronstein, David I"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Qc7 8.f4 Nc6
9.Be3 Be7 10.Qe1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.a3 O-O 13.Qg3 Bb7 14.Bd3 e5 15.fxe5 Nh5
16.Qe3 dxe5 17.Bb6 Qd6 18.Rad1 Nf4 19.Be2 Qg6 20.Bf3 Bg5 21.Qc5 Rfe8 22.Rd6 Be7
23.Rfd1 Bxd6 24.Rxd6 Re6 25.Rxe6 Nxe6 26.Qe7 Bc6 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.exd5 Ng5
29.Bd8 Nxf3+ 30.Kf2 Qxc2+ 31.Kxf3 Qd3+ 32.Kf2 Qd2+ 33.Kf1 Qc1+ 34.Ke2 Qxb2+
35.Ke3 Qd4+ 36.Ke2 h5 37.d6 Kh7 38.Bc7 Qg4+ 39.Ke3 Qf4+ 40.Ke2 Qe4+ 41.Kf2 Qf5+
42.Ke3 Rc8 43.h4 Qf4+ 44.Ke2 g6 45.Qd7 Qc4+ 46.Ke3 Qd4+ 47.Ke2 Rf8 48.Bd8 Kg7
49.Bg5 e4 50.Qc6 Qd3+ 51.Kf2 f6 52.Qd7+ Rf7 53.Bh6+ Kxh6 54.Qxf7 Qxd6 55.Qg8 Qd4+
56.Kg3 f5 57.Qf8+ Kh7 58.Qe7+ Qg7 59.Qe6 Qc7+ 60.Kf2 a5 61.Qb3 Qc4 62.Qd1 Qd3
63.Qc1 e3+ 64.Kf3 Qe4+ 65.Ke2 Qxg2+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 e5 10.dxe5 Nfd7 11.cxd5 Nxe5 12.Qd1 cxd5 13.Be2 Nbc6 14.Nxd5 Rc8 15.e4 Qh4
16.f4 Nd7 17.Be3 Rfe8 18.Bg4 f5 19.Bf2 Bd4 20.exf5 Bxf2+ 21.Rxf2 h5 22.Bf3 gxf5
23.Qd3 Rf8 24.Re1 Rf7 25.Ne3 Nc5 26.Qd6 Nb4 27.Nxf5 Rxf5 28.Qg6+ Kh8 29.Qxf5 Qd8
30.Re5 Nbd3 31.Qxh5+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronin, Lev Solomonovich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O a6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 e5 8.Qd3 Be7
9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Nc3 a5 11.Bg5 f6 12.Be3 g6 13.Qc4 Ba6 14.Qe6 Qc8 15.Qb3 Qb7
16.Nd2 Qb4 17.Qe6 Kf8 18.Rab1 Kg7 19.a3 Qb8 20.b4 axb4 21.axb4 Qc8 22.Qxc8 Rxc8
23.Ra1 Bb5 24.Ra7 Kf7 25.Rb7 h5 26.Nxb5 cxb5 27.Rc1 f5 28.f3 Nf6 29.Rxb5 Rc3
30.Kf2 Rhc8 31.h3 Rxc2 32.Rxc2 Rxc2 33.Ke1 Ke6 34.Rb7 d5 35.Kd1 Rc3 36.exf5+ gxf5
37.Bg5 d4 38.b5 Rc5 39.b6 Rb5 40.Rb8 Bd6 41.Rh8 Nd7 42.Rxh5 Kd5 43.g4 e4
44.Bh6 e3 45.Rxf5+ Ne5 46.Bxe3 dxe3 47.f4 Rb2 48.Nf3 Ke4 49.fxe5 Ba3 50.e6 e2+
51.Kc1 Rb5+ 52.Kd2 Rxf5 53.gxf5 Kxf3 54.b7 Bb4+ 55.Kc2 Bd6  0-1

[Event "URS-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A93"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d5 7.b3 c6 8.Qc2 Ne4 9.Bb2 Nd7
10.Ne1 b6 11.Nd3 Bb7 12.f3 Nd6 13.Nf4 Rf6 14.Nd2 Rh6 15.Rfe1 Bg5 16.e3 c5
17.dxc5 bxc5 18.Rad1 Qb6 19.Nb1 dxc4 20.bxc4 Nf8 21.Na3 Nf7 22.Rb1 Qc7 23.Nb5 Qe7
24.Nd3 a6 25.Nc3 Qc7 26.Na4 Bc6 27.f4 Be7 28.Ne5 Bxg2 29.Qxg2 Re8 30.Nxf7 Kxf7
31.Red1 Nd7 32.Bc3 Rb8 33.Rxb8 Nxb8 34.Rb1 Qd7 35.Nxc5 Qc8 36.Nd3 Nd7 37.Qb7 Qxc4
38.Qxd7 Qxc3 39.Rc1 Qa3 40.Rc8 g6 41.Qe8+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qb6 13.exf6 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.O-O O-O-O 16.Qe2 Bd4
17.Rad1 Nc5 18.Bxb7+ Qxb7 19.Rxd4 Rxd4 20.Qe5 Rd5 21.Nxd5 Qxd5 22.Re1 Qc6
23.Qe3 Nd3 24.Rb1 Rd8 25.h4 Nxb2 26.Qxa7 Nd3 27.Rd1 Rd7  0-1

[Event "URS-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.d5 Nf6 5.e4 c6 6.Bxc4 Bb4 7.Qb3 Qa5 8.Bd2 O-O
9.a3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Qc7 11.Nf3 Nxe4 12.Bxe5 Qe7 13.O-O Nd7 14.Bf4 cxd5 15.Bxd5 Nb6
16.Rfe1 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Nf6 18.Qg5 Be6 19.Nd4 Rfd8 20.Be5 h6 21.Bxf6 hxg5 22.Bxe7 Rxd4
23.Bxg5 Rc8 24.Be3 Ra4 25.Rac1 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 a6 27.h3 Rc4 28.Rd1 Rc2 29.Bd4 Rc7
30.Bc3 Rd7 31.Re1 Kh7 32.Re3 Rd1+ 33.Kh2 g5 34.Kg3 Kg6 35.f4 gxf4+ 36.Kxf4 Rf1+
37.Ke5 Rf5+ 38.Kd6 Rf2 39.Rg3+ Kh6 40.Rg8 Rf5 41.g4  1-0

[Event "URS-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Ne2 O-O
9.O-O Nd7 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Qc1 b6 12.Nf4 e6 13.d5 e5 14.d6 Qb8 15.Nd5 Qxd6 16.Bg5 Qb8
17.Rd1 Kh8 18.Be7 Re8 19.Bb5 Qb7 20.Rb1 a6 21.Bxd7 Qxd7 22.Bf6 Rb8 23.Qh6 Rg8
24.Qh4 Qe6 25.Rd3 Rf8 26.Rh3 h5 27.Qg5 Qxf6 28.Nxf6 Bxh3 29.gxh3  1-0

[Event "URS-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D41"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.d4 Be7 7.Bc4 Nxc3 8.bxc3 O-O
9.O-O Nd7 10.e4 Qc7 11.Bd3 b6 12.Bg5 Bxg5 13.Nxg5 h6 14.Nh3 e5 15.Rc1 Qd6
16.d5 Nf6 17.Qf3 Bg4 18.Qg3 Bxh3 19.Qxh3 c4 20.Bxc4 Nxe4 21.Qe3 Nc5 22.Rfe1 e4
23.f3 Rae8 24.Bb5 Re5 25.fxe4 Rxe4 26.Qd2 Rd8 27.c4 f5 28.Qc3 Rf8 29.a4 Rf7
30.a5 Rfe7 31.Rf1 f4 32.Qh3 Qe5 33.Rcd1 Rd4 34.Qf3 Ne4 35.Rde1 Nd2 36.Qh3 Re4
37.Rxe4 Qxe4 38.Rd1 Qe2 39.Ra1 Qe5 40.Rd1 Qd4+ 41.Kh1 Qf2 42.Rg1 Ne4 43.Qc8+ Kh7
44.c5 Qe3 45.g3 Qf3+ 46.Rg2 Nf2+ 47.Kg1 Re1+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.a4 Bb4 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Qc2 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e5 Nd5 11.Ne4 Nd7 12.Bd2 Be7 13.b3 cxb3 14.Qxb3 O-O 15.Qd3 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C05"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.Ne2 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6
9.O-O Be7 10.Ng3 O-O 11.Qg4 f5 12.exf6 Rxf6 13.Nh5 Rg6 14.Qe2 Nc7 15.Nf3 Bd6
16.g3 e5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Re6 19.Qg4 g6 20.Nf6+ Nxf6 21.exf6 Qxf6 22.Bf4 Ne8
23.Rad1 Qf7 24.Qf3 Nf6 25.c4 Rae8 26.cxd5 Re2 27.Qb3 Nd7 28.Rd3 g5 29.Bc7 Nf6
30.Rf3 Qxc7 31.Rxf6 c4 32.Qb5 Qe5 33.Rc6 Rxb2 34.Qxc4 Rd2 35.Rc8 Rxc8 36.Qxc8+ Kf7
37.Rc1 Qxd5 38.Rc7+ Kg6 39.Qe8+ Kf5 40.Qf8+ Kg4 41.f3+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 b5 8.Be2 a6
9.e4 b4 10.e5 bxc3 11.exf6 Bb4 12.O-O Nxf6 13.bxc3 Bxc3 14.Ba3 Bxa1 15.Qxa1 Nd5
16.Qc1 f6 17.Nd2 Ne7 18.Qc5 Kf7 19.Nc4 Nd5 20.Rb1 Qc7 21.Nd6+ Kg6 22.Rb3 h6
23.Qc2+ f5 24.Nc4 Kh7 25.Ne5 Rb8 26.Rg3 Nf4 27.Bf1 Rd8 28.Rc3 Bb7 29.Bc5 Ng6
30.Nxg6 Kxg6 31.g4 Bc8 32.Rg3 Kh7 33.Bd3 Qf4 34.gxf5 exf5 35.Qe2 Rb7 36.h3 Qh4
37.Qe5 Qf6 38.Qf4  0-1

[Event "URS-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Furman, Semen Abramovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne2 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Qd3 Nc7 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.c4 Rb8 15.Qc2 Re8
16.Bb2 dxc4 17.Rad1 Qe7 18.Ba1 Qe4 19.Qa4 c3 20.Nxc3 Qxa4 21.Nxa4 Ne6 22.Rc1 Ne4
23.Rfd1 Rb3 24.Bb2 Reb8 25.Rc2 R8b5 26.f3 Nf6 27.Kf2 Kf8 28.Be5 Ne8 29.Nc3 Ra5
30.a4 c4 31.Bg3 Nc5 32.Rd4 Nd3+ 33.Ke2 Nb4 34.Rc1 Nd3 35.Rc2 Nb4 36.Rc1 Nd3
37.Rb1 Rxb1 38.Nxb1 Rxa4 39.Nd2 Nb2 40.Rd8 Ke7 41.Rb8 Ra2 42.Rb7+ Ke6 43.e4 Na4
44.Ke3 Nb6 45.f4 f5 46.Bh4 Nf6 47.Bxf6 Kxf6 48.e5+ Ke6 49.Nf3 Kd5 50.Rc7 Rxg2
51.Nh4 Rxh2 52.Nxf5 Rh3+ 53.Kf2 g6 54.Ng7 Kd4 55.e6 Nd5 56.Rd7 Rh2+ 57.Kf3 Rh3+
58.Kf2 Rh2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 a6 6.Qc2 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.e4 c5 10.Bg5 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bb7 12.O-O b4 13.Na4 Rc8 14.Qb3 Qa5 15.Bxf6 Nxf6
16.Rac1 Rxc1 17.Rxc1 Bd6 18.Nxe6 Qe5 19.f4 Qxe6 20.Qxe6+ fxe6 21.e5 Bb8 22.exf6 Bxf4
23.fxg7 Rg8 24.Rc4 Be3+ 25.Kf1 Rxg7 26.Bf3 Bxf3 27.gxf3 e5 28.Rxb4 Rd7 29.Re4 Bf4
30.Re2 Kf7 31.Nc5 Rd6 32.Ne4 Rh6 33.Ng3 Ke6 34.Kg2 Kd5 35.Rc2 Rg6 36.b3 Kd4
37.Rc7 h6 38.Kf2 Kd3 39.Rc4 h5 40.Nxh5 Be3+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D41"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bc4 Be7 8.O-O Nb6
9.Bb3 O-O 10.Ne4 Nd7 11.Qe2 b6 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Nc3 Nf6 14.Nb5 Qb8 15.e4 a6
16.Nc3 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Rxd4 Qe5 19.Rd3 Bb7 20.f4 Qc7 21.e5 Nd7 22.Rh3 Rfd8
23.Bc2 Nf8 24.Kh1 f5 25.exf6 Bxf6 26.Ne4 Bxe4 27.Bxe4 Qc4 28.Bd3 Qd4 29.Rb1 Rd6
30.Rf3 Rad8 31.Bc2 Qd5 32.a3 Ng6 33.h3 Nh4 34.Bb3 Qf5 35.Ra1 Nxf3 36.Bc2 Nd4  0-1

[Event "URS-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Bb7 8.e5 Nd5
9.Ne4 h6 10.a4 a6 11.Bd2 Nd7 12.b3 c5 13.axb5 axb5 14.bxc4 bxc4 15.dxc5 Nxc5
16.Bxc4 Nxe4 17.Bb5+ Ke7 18.Qc2 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 Qb6 20.Qxe4 Qxb5 21.Qd4 Kd7
22.Ra5 Qb3 23.Qa1 Be7 24.Nd4 Qc4 25.Ra4 Ra8 26.Rxa8 Bxa8 27.Qa7+ Nc7  0-1

[Event "URS-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.d5 a5
9.e4 Nc5 10.Ne1 Kh8 11.Nd3 Nfd7 12.Be3 b6 13.Qd2 Ba6 14.b3 f5 15.exf5 gxf5
16.f4 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Qf6 18.Ne2 Rae8 19.Rae1 Bc8 20.Qd2 Qg6 21.Nc3 Nf6 22.Nb5 Rf7
23.fxe5 dxe5 24.Kh1 Ng4 25.Bd4 Rg8 26.Bb2 e4 27.Bxg7+ Rfxg7 28.Bh3 e3 29.Qe2 Nf2+
30.Rxf2 exf2 31.Qxf2 f4 32.Bxc8 fxg3 33.Qxg3 Qxg3 34.hxg3 Rxc8 35.Kg2 Rcg8
36.Re3 h5 37.Kh3 h4 38.gxh4 Rg1 39.Kh2 R8g2+ 40.Kh3 Rg7 41.Re2 a4 42.bxa4 R1g3+
43.Kh2 R3g4 44.Kh3 Rg3+ 45.Kh2 R3g4 46.Kh3 Rxc4 47.d6 cxd6 48.Nxd6 Rxa4 49.Rb2 Rc7
50.Nf5 Rc3+ 51.Ng3 Raa3 52.Rg2 Rc4 53.Rb2 Rcc3 54.Rg2 b5 55.Kg4 Ra4+ 56.Kh3 Raa3
57.Kg4 Ra4+ 58.Kh3 Rca3 59.Rb2 b4 60.Rc2 Rxa2 61.Rc8+ Kg7 62.Rb8 Rc2 63.Rb7+ Kf6
64.h5 Rc3 65.Rb6+ Kf7 66.Rb7+ Ke6 67.Kg4 b3+ 68.Kh3 Rd4 69.h6 Rdd3 70.Rg7 Rxg3+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ilivitzki, Georgi A"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 c5
9.O-O Bb7 10.dxc5 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 Bxc5 12.b3 Nbd7 13.Bb2 O-O 14.Rac1 Rac8 15.Nd4 Rc7
16.Kf1 Rfc8 17.Bf3 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 Kf8 19.Ne2 Nd5 20.e4 N5f6 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.Bxe5 Rc6
23.f3 Ke8 24.Bb2 Bf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Panov, Vasily N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E07"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 b6
9.Bb2 Ba6 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.Rc2 c5 12.Qa1 dxc4 13.Nxc4 b5 14.Nce5 c4 15.Rfc1 Nb6
16.a4 cxb3 17.Rxc8 Nxc8 18.Nc6 Qb6 19.a5 Qb7 20.Nd2 b4 21.Bf3 Nd5 22.Nxb3 Bg5
23.Rc5 f5 24.Ne5 Nce7 25.Rc2 Qb5 26.e3 Qe8 27.Nc5 Bc8 28.Qa2 Bf6 29.Qc4 Bxe5
30.dxe5 Qg6 31.Rd2 f4 32.Be4 Qg5 33.exf4 Nxf4 34.Qxb4 Ned5 35.Qd4 Nh3+ 36.Kh1 Qh5
37.f4 Ndxf4 38.gxf4 Rxf4 39.Qe3 Qh4 40.Bg2  1-0

[Event "URS-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Bronstein, David I"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 Nf6 8.Nxf6+ Qxf6
9.Nf3 O-O 10.Be2 Nd7 11.Qe3 b6 12.O-O c5 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.b4 Na6
16.a3 Rfd8 17.Ne5 Nc7 18.Bh5 g6 19.Be2 Ne8 20.f3 Qe7 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Rd1 Rxd1+
23.Bxd1 f6 24.Nd3 Nc7 25.Bb3 Kg7 26.a4 Qd6 27.c5 bxc5 28.Nxc5 Bc8 29.b5 e5
30.Ne4 Qb6 31.Qxb6 axb6 32.Nd6 Bd7 33.Bc4 Na8 34.Bd5 Nc7 35.Bc6 Be6 36.Nb7 Kf7
37.a5 bxa5 38.Nxa5 Ke7 39.Kf2 Bd7 40.b6 Na6 41.Bb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Trifunovic, Petar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.O-O c5 10.a4 b4 11.Ne4 Bb7 12.Ned2 Be7 13.a5 O-O 14.Nc4 Be4 15.Bxe4 Nxe4
16.Qd3 Nd6 17.Nce5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Qc7 19.Bd2 cxd4 20.Bxb4 Nb5 21.Bxe7 Qxe7
22.exd4 Qb4 23.d5 Qxb2 24.Nc6 exd5 25.Qxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bronstein, David I"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Ne2 O-O
9.Be3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.O-O Bg4 12.f3 Na5 13.Rc1 Nxc4 14.Rxc4 Bd7 15.Qb3 Qa5
16.Nc3 b6 17.Rc1 Rfc8 18.Nd5 Rxc4 19.Qxc4 e6 20.Ne7+ Kf8 21.Nc6 Bxc6 22.Qxc6 Rd8
23.Qc7 Re8 24.Qd7 Qb4 25.Kf1 Qe7 26.Qxe7+ Rxe7 27.Bg5 f6 28.Be3 Ke8 29.Rc8+ Kd7
30.Ra8 Kc6 31.Ke2 Rf7 32.Rc8+ Kd7 33.Rg8 Bf8 34.Kd3 Kc6 35.Bd2 b5 36.Ba5 a6
37.h3 f5 38.e5 Kd7 39.Kc3 Kc6 40.Bb4 Bxb4+ 41.Kxb4 a5+ 42.Kxa5 Rd7 43.Rc8+ Kd5
44.Kxb5 Kxd4 45.f4 Ke4 46.g3 Rd3 47.a4 Kf3 48.a5 Kxg3 49.a6 Ra3 50.Rc4 h5
51.Ra4 Rd3 52.a7 Rd8 53.Kc6 h4 54.a8=Q Rxa8 55.Rxa8 Kxf4 56.Kd6 g5 57.Ra4+ Kg3
58.Kxe6 g4 59.Kxf5  1-0

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D07"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Qa4 Bxf3 5.exf3 e6 6.Nc3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Bd6 8.Ba6 Qc8
9.d5 Ne7 10.dxc6 bxa6 11.O-O O-O 12.Ne4 Qe8 13.Rd1 Rd8 14.Nxd6 Rxd6 15.Rxd6 cxd6
16.Qxa6 Qxc6 17.Qxa7 Nd5 18.Bd2 Ra8 19.Qd4 Ra4 20.Qd3 Nf4 21.Qb3 g5 22.h3 e5
23.Kh2 Ne6 24.Rc1 Qa8 25.a3 Kg7 26.Qc2 Rh4 27.Qc6 Qd8 28.Bb4 Qf6 29.Bxd6 g4
30.fxg4 Qf4+ 31.g3 Qxf2+ 32.Qg2 Rxh3+ 33.Kxh3 Ng5+ 34.Kh2 Nf3+ 35.Kh1 Qe3
36.Qc2 Nd4 37.Bxe5+ Qxe5 38.Qc3 Qe4+ 39.Kh2 Kg6 40.Rf1 Qe2+ 41.Kg1 Qxg4 42.Qd3+ f5
43.Kg2 Ne6 44.Qf3 Qg5 45.Re1 Qd2+ 46.Re2 Qd6 47.Qe3 Ng5 48.Qe8+ Kh6 49.Qb5 f4
50.gxf4 Qxf4 51.Qc6+ Kh5 52.Qe8+ Kh4 53.Rf2 Qg3+ 54.Kf1 Qh3+ 55.Ke2 Qg4+
56.Kd3 Ne6 57.Qe7+ Kg3 58.Qa7 Qd1+ 59.Kc3 Qe1+ 60.Rd2 h5 61.Kc2 Nf4 62.Qg7+ Kf3
63.Qb7+ Kg3 64.a4 Qe5 65.Qb3+ Kg4 66.Qg8+ Kf5 67.Qc4 Qe3 68.a5 h4 69.Qc8+ Kg5
70.Qg8+ Kf5 71.Qc8+ Kg5 72.Qg8+ Kf5 73.Qh7+ Kg4 74.a6 Qc5+ 75.Kb1 Qc4 76.Qd7+ Kg5
77.a7 Qe4+ 78.Ka2 Qc4+ 79.b3 Qa6+ 80.Qa4 Nd3 81.Qxa6  1-0

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O c5 8.e4 Nf6
9.e5 Nd5 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.dxc5 Qa5 12.Nbd2 Qxc5 13.Nb3 Qb6 14.Rd1 e6 15.Nbd2 Qc7
16.Nc4 b6 17.Ne3 Nxe5 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Nxe5 Qxe5 20.Qxe5 Bxe5 21.Bxd5 Rb8
22.Bh6 Re8 23.Bc6 Bg4 24.Bxe8 Bxd1 25.Bxf7+ Kxf7 26.Rxd1 Bxb2 27.Rd7+ Kg8
28.Rxa7 b5 29.Bf4 Rb6 30.Be3 Rb8 31.Bf4 Rb6 32.Ra8+ Kf7 33.Be3 Rc6 34.Ra7+ Kg8
35.Rb7 Ra6 36.Ra7 Rc6 37.Kg2 b4 38.Kf3 Rc4 39.Rd7 Bc3 40.Ke2 Bb2 41.Rd8+ Kf7
42.Rd7+ Kg8 43.Kd3 b3 44.Kxc4 bxa2 45.Ra7 a1=Q 46.Rxa1 Bxa1 47.Bd4 Bxd4 48.Kxd4 Kf7
49.Ke5 Ke7 50.g4 Kf7 51.g5 Ke7 52.Kd5 Kd7 53.Ke5 Ke7 54.Kd5 Kd7 55.Ke4 Ke6
56.Kf4 Kd5 57.Kg4 Ke5 58.f4+ Ke6 59.Kf3 Ke7 60.Ke3 Kd7 61.Ke4 Kd6 62.Ke3 Kd7
63.Kd4 Ke6 64.Ke4 Kd6 65.h3 Ke6 66.h4 Kd6 67.Kd4 Ke6 68.Ke4 Kd6 69.f5 gxf5+
70.Kxf5 Ke7 71.Ke5 Kf7 72.h5 h6 73.g6+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Steiner, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 b4
9.Na4 Ba6 10.O-O O-O 11.Ne5 Qd5 12.Qe2 Bxd3 13.Nxd3 Nbd7 14.b3 Qb5 15.Bb2 Rac8
16.Rac1 c5 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Qg4+ Kh8 20.Ndxc5 Nxc5 21.Nxc5 Rxc5
22.Qd4 Rfc8 23.Qxf6+ Kg8 24.Rxc5 Qxc5 25.h3 Qd5 26.Qf4 Qd2 27.Qg4+ Kf8 28.Qh4 Rc2
29.Qxh7 Rxa2 30.h4 Qb2 31.h5 Ra1 32.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 33.Kh2 Qe5+ 34.Kg1 Qa1+ 35.Kh2 Qe5+
36.g3 a5 37.h6 Qh5+ 38.Kg2 Qd5+ 39.Kh2 Qh5+ 40.Kg2 Qd5+ 41.f3 Qd2+ 42.Kh3 Qc3
43.Qe4 Kg8 44.Qf4 f5 45.Qg5+ Kh7 46.Kh4 Qb2 47.Qe7+ Kg6 48.Qe8+ Kxh6 49.Qxe6+ Kg7
50.Kg5 Qc2 51.Qd7+ Kf8 52.Kg6 f4+ 53.e4  1-0

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 Nfd7
9.Rd1 Nb6 10.Qb3 e5 11.dxe5 N8d7 12.Be2 Qe7 13.O-O Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe2 15.Nxe2 Qxe5
16.Nc3 Rad8 17.f4 Qe7 18.e5 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Rd8 20.Ne4 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 h6 22.Bc5 Qe8
23.h3 Qc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.c3 Bg4 8.Be2 e6
9.O-O Be7 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Re1 Nd5 12.Bg3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Bd6 14.Qd2 Bxg3 15.hxg3 Qc7
16.Re5 Rad8 17.Rae1 Ne7 18.Qc2 Ng6 19.R5e3 b6 20.Qa4 Rd6 21.Qc4 Qc8 22.g4 Rfd8
23.Be4 c5 24.dxc5 Qxc5 25.Qxc5 bxc5 26.Bxg6 hxg6 27.Re5 Rd2 28.R1e2 Rxe2
29.Rxe2 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Nf3 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Rc1 Be6 12.Bd3 c5 13.b3 a5 14.O-O a4 15.Re1 axb3
16.axb3 Nd7 17.e4 Qf6 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.e5 Qf4 20.Bb1 Rac8 21.Nd4 Ne4 22.Bxe4 dxe4
23.Nc6 Kh8 24.b4 Rc7 25.Qd4 Rfc8 26.b5 Rd7 27.Qxb6 Rd3 28.Qc5 Bd5 29.Re3 Rd2
30.Rf1 Qxe5 31.Qc1 Qb2 32.Qxb2 Rxb2 33.Ne7 Rc5 34.Nxd5 Rxd5 35.Rxe4 Rdxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Qc7 8.a4 Nc6
9.Be3 Be7 10.Kh1 O-O 11.f4 Rd8 12.Qe1 Na5 13.Rd1 Nc4 14.Bc1 Bd7 15.b3 Na5
16.Bb2 Nc6 17.Bf3 Nxd4 18.Rxd4 Bc6 19.Rd2 Rac8 20.Qe3 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Ne2 b4
23.Nd4 Qb6 24.Re1 Bb7 25.Nf5 Qxe3 26.Nxe7+ Kf8 27.Rxe3 Kxe7 28.h3 Ne8 29.Red3 Ba6
30.Rd4 Rb8 31.e5 d5 32.Rxb4 Nc7 33.Rxb8 Rxb8 34.Ba3+ Kd7 35.Rd1 Nb5 36.Bb2 Rc8
37.c4 Nc7 38.cxd5 Nxd5 39.Bxd5 exd5 40.Rxd5+ Ke8 41.Rd6 Bf1 42.Kg1 Bxg2 43.Kxg2 Rc2+
44.Kf3 Rxb2 45.Rb6 Kd7 46.Rd6+ Ke7 47.Rd3 g6 48.Ke4 Ke6 49.Rd6+ Ke7 50.Rd3 Ke6
51.Kd4 Rf2 52.Ke3 Rh2 53.Ke4 Rf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qb3 e6
9.Rd1 Qe7 10.Bd2 Rd8 11.e4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Bf1 b4 14.Na4 Nxe4 15.Bxb4 Qe8
16.Ba5 Nb6 17.Qc2 Nd6 18.Nxb6 axb6 19.Bxb6 Rd7 20.Ne5 Rb7 21.Bc5 Nb5 22.a4 Nc7
23.Nc4 Bf8 24.Nb6 Rab8 25.a5 e5 26.Bxf8 Bf5 27.Qc5 Ne6 28.Qxe5 Qxf8 29.d5 f6
30.Qe3 cxd5 31.Rxd5 Ng5 32.Qc5 Qh6 33.Rad1 Kg7 34.Nd7 Re8 35.Qc6 Be4 36.Qxf6+  1-0

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lundin, Erik"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Qc7 8.Be3 b5
9.f3 Bb7 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 b4 12.Na2 d5 13.Nxb4 dxe4 14.f4 Nb6 15.c4 Nxc4
16.Rfc1 Nxd2 17.Rxc7 Bxb4 18.Rxb7 Nd5 19.Kf2 Bc5 20.Rd1 Nxe3 21.Kxe3 Bxd4+
22.Kxd2 O-O 23.Bc4 Rfd8 24.Ke2 g6 25.g4 a5 26.b3 Rac8 27.h3 Rc5 28.Rb5 Rxb5
29.Bxb5 Kg7 30.Rc1 Ba7 31.Bc6 Rc8 32.Rc2 e3 33.Be4 Rxc2+ 34.Bxc2 Kf6 35.Bd3 h6
36.Kf3 Ke7 37.h4 Kd6 38.Bb5 e5 39.Bc4 f6 40.fxe5+ Kxe5 41.Bf7 g5 42.hxg5 fxg5
43.Bg6 Kd4 44.Ke2 Bc5 45.Bd3 h5 46.gxh5 Bf8 47.b4 g4 48.Bf5 g3 49.Kf3 axb4
50.a5 g2 51.Kxg2 Kc3 52.a6 Bc5 53.Bg4 b3 54.h6 b2 55.h7 Bd4 56.a7 b1=Q 57.a8=Q Qc2+
58.Kf3 Qf2+ 59.Ke4 Qg2+ 60.Bf3 Qg6+ 61.Kf4 Qh6+ 62.Kg4 Qg7+ 63.Kf4 Qf7+ 64.Kg4 Qg7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Qc2 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 c5 8.f3 Qc7
9.Ra2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qxc2 11.Rxc2 Nc6 12.e3 Bf5 13.Rb2 O-O 14.Bd2 Rfe8 15.Kf2 Re7
16.g4 Bg6 17.h4 h6 18.Nh3 Rd8 19.Nf4 Bh7 20.g5 Ne8 21.Rb5 hxg5 22.hxg5 Nc7
23.Rxb7 Ne6 24.Rxe7 Nxe7 25.Nxe6 fxe6 26.Bb4 Nc6 27.Bc5 Rb8 28.Bh3 Bf5 29.Bxf5 exf5
30.g6 Rc8 31.Rh5 Ne5 32.dxe5 Rxc5 33.Rxf5 Rc2+ 34.Kg3 Rc6 35.Rg5 Rc3 36.Kf4 Rc4+
37.Kf5 Rc3 38.Ke6 Rxe3 39.Rf5 Rb3 40.Kxd5 Rxa3 41.Rf7 Ra5+ 42.Ke6 Ra6+ 43.Kf5 Ra5
44.Rc7  1-0

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D75"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 O-O 5.O-O c5 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 a6 11.Ba3 Qc7 12.Qb3 Re8 13.Rab1 Nd7 14.Rfc1 Bh6 15.e3 Rb8
16.c4 e5 17.Ne2 Nc5 18.Qb6 Qxb6 19.Rxb6 Bf8 20.Nc3 Na4 21.Bxf8 Nxb6 22.Bd6 Be6
23.Bxb8 Rxb8 24.c5 Nd7 25.Nd5 Kf8 26.Nb6 Ke7 27.Nxd7 Kxd7 28.Bxb7 Bxa2 29.Bxa6 Kc6
30.Bd3 Bd5 31.e4 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bg4
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nbd7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.e4 e5 13.Bb3 exd4 14.Rxd4 Nh5 15.Rd1 Nc5
16.Bc4 b5 17.Be3 Qe7 18.Bb3 Nxb3 19.axb3 Qe6 20.b4 Rfe8 21.Ra6 Be5 22.Rda1 Qc4
23.Rxa7 Rxa7 24.Rxa7 Nf6 25.Bc5 Nxe4 26.b3 Qxb3 27.Qxe4 Qxc3 28.g3 Rc8 29.Kg2 h5
30.Ra6 f5 31.Qe2 Rc7 32.Qd1 Kh7 33.Rxc6 Rxc6 34.Qd7+ Bg7 35.Qxc6 Qc4 36.Qb7 Kg8
37.Qc8+ Kh7 38.Qb7 Kg8 39.Qa8+ Kh7 40.Qb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Nbd2 c6 8.Nxc4 Be6
9.Qc2 Na6 10.Ng5 Bc8 11.e4 h6 12.Nf3 Nb4 13.Qe2 Be6 14.a3 Na6 15.b3 Nc7 16.Bb2 a5
17.Rac1 a4 18.b4 Nb5 19.Na5 Qb6 20.h3 Rfd8 21.Rfd1 Nh7 22.Nc4 Bxc4 23.Qxc4 e6
24.Bf1 Ng5 25.Nxg5 hxg5 26.e5 Rd5 27.Bg2 Rd7 28.d5 cxd5 29.Qg4 Qd8 30.Bf1 Nd6
31.Rc2 Nf5 32.Bb5 Rc7 33.Rxc7 Qxc7 34.Qxg5 Bxe5 35.Rc1 Qd6 36.Bxe5 Qxe5 37.g4 Nd4
38.Qxe5 Nf3+ 39.Kg2 Nxe5 40.Rc7 g5 41.Rxb7 Rc8 42.Ra7 Ng6 43.Bxa4 Nf4+ 44.Kh2 Rc3
45.b5 Rxh3+ 46.Kg1 Ne2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D60"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 c5
9.O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4 a6 11.a4 cxd4 12.exd4 Nb6 13.Ba2 Nbd5 14.Re1 Nb4 15.Bb3 Bd7
16.Ne5 Bc6 17.Qd2 Bd5 18.Nxd5 Nbxd5 19.Qd3 Rc8 20.Rad1 Qc7 21.Qe2 Bd6 22.Bg3 Rfe8
23.f4 Qb6 24.Qf3 Bb4 25.Re2 Bc3 26.Ba2 Bxd4+ 27.Kh1 Bc5 28.f5 Ne3 29.fxe6 fxe6
30.Rde1 Rf8 31.a5 Qxa5 32.Bxe6+ Kh7 33.Rxe3 Bxe3 34.Qxe3 Rcd8 35.Bf5+ g6
36.Bxg6+ Kg7 37.Bb1 Qd2 38.Qb6 Rfe8 39.Rf1 Qd6 40.Qxb7+ Re7 41.Qc6 Nh5  1-0

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D60"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Qb3 Qb4 10.Qxb4 Nxb4 11.O-O-O Nd5 12.Bd3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 c5 14.Ng5 h6 15.Ne4 cxd4
16.cxd4 Nb6 17.Nc5 Nd5 18.Kb2 b6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Book, Eero"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Nf3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Be2 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D62"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 g6 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.O-O Bg4 14.Nd4 Rac8 15.Qd2 Ne6
16.Rac1 Nxd4 17.exd4 Rxc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest-Moscow"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Florian, Tibor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 a6 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 c5
9.dxc5 Qxd1+ 10.Bxd1 Bxc5 11.O-O Nbd7 12.b3 Bb7 13.Bb2 Ke7 14.Rc1 Bd6 15.Nd4 Nc5
16.Be2 Rhd8 17.Rfd1 Rac8 18.Bf3 b4 19.Nce2 Nce4 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Rc1 Rxc1+
22.Nxc1 Bd5 23.Nd3 g6 24.h3 Nd7 25.Nc1 f5 26.Nc2 e5 27.a3 bxa3 28.Nxa3 Ndc5
29.Be2 Nd2 30.Nc4 Bxc4 31.bxc4 Na4 32.Ba1 Ba3 33.Nd3 e4 34.Nf4 Bb2 35.Bd1 Bxa1
36.Bxa4 Nxc4 37.Kf1 Be5 38.Ne2 a5 39.Nc1 Kd6 40.Nb3 Nb6 41.Be8 a4 42.Nc1 Kc5
43.Ke2 Kb4 44.Kd2 Bc3+ 45.Kc2 Be1 46.f3 Nc4 47.fxe4 fxe4 48.Bc6 Nxe3+ 49.Kb1 Nc4
50.Kc2 Nd6 51.Bd5 Kc5 52.Bg8 h6 53.Bh7 g5 54.Ne2 Kd5 55.Bg8+ Ke5 56.Ba2 Nf5
57.Kd1 Bb4 58.g3 Nd4 59.Ng1 Nb5 60.Bc4 Nc3+ 61.Kc2 Kd4 62.Be6 Ke3 63.h4 gxh4
64.gxh4 Ne2  0-1

[Event "Budapest-Moscow"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Benko, Pal C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne2 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Qd3 Nc7 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.c4 Rb8 15.Qc2 dxc4
16.Rd1 Qe7 17.Qxc4 Ncd5 18.Ng3 Rfd8 19.Bd2 Nb6 20.Qc2 Ne8 21.Rac1 Qd7 22.Bb4 Qa4
23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Qxc5 Nd6 25.Qg5 f6 26.Qg4 Qd7 27.Qxd7 Rxd7 28.Rd1 Ndc4 29.Rc1 Rd5
30.e4 Rd3 31.Kf1 Nxa3 32.Ke2 Rb3 33.Bxa3 Rxa3 34.Nh5 Ra4 35.Kd3 Ra3+ 36.Ke2 Ra2+
37.Ke3 Ra3+ 38.Ke2 Ra4 39.Rc7 Rxe4+ 40.Kf3 Re5 41.g4 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest-Moscow"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bc5 7.c4 O-O 8.Nb3 Bb6
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Na3 Nc6 11.Nc4 Bc7 12.Ne3 Nce7 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.e4 Nb4 15.Bd2 Qe7
16.Qc1 Bb6 17.Qc3 a5 18.a3 Nc6 19.e5 a4 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Nd4 c5 22.Nc2 Qd7
23.Rfd1 Bb7 24.f3 Qc6 25.Ne1 f6 26.Bf4 Ba5 27.Qe3 fxe5 28.Bxe5 Bxe1 29.Rd6 Rxf3
30.Qxe1 Qe8 31.Bxg7 Kxg7 32.Rxe6 Qh5 33.Re7+ Rf7 34.Qc3+ Kg8 35.Re5 Qg4 36.Qxc5 h6
37.Rae1 Raf8 38.Re6 Qf3 39.Rg6+ Kh7 40.Rxh6+ Kxh6 41.Re6+ Kh7  0-1

[Event "Budapest-Moscow"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gereben, Erno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Be6
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Qe2 Nb4 11.Bb1 N8a6 12.e4 Nc7 13.Bf4 Bc8 14.a3 Ne6 15.Be3 Na6
16.Rd1 Qc7 17.Ba2 Nf4 18.Qd2 Ne6 19.Rac1 Rd8 20.d5 Nf8 21.Ng5 e6 22.d6 Qd7
23.f4 h6 24.Nf3 b6 25.b4 Bb7 26.Ne5 Qe8 27.Qf2 Nd7 28.Nxd7 Qxd7 29.e5 Rdc8
30.Qg3 Kh7 31.h4 h5 32.Ne4 c5 33.Nf6+ Bxf6 34.exf6 Be4 35.f5  1-0

[Event "Budapest-Moscow"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tipary, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D94"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.d4 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 e6 10.b4 Nbd7 11.Bb2 Nb6 12.Qe2 Nxc4 13.Bxc4 dxc4 14.Qxc4 Rc8 15.e4 Nd7
16.Rad1 Qe7 17.f4 b5 18.Qb3 Nb6 19.a3 Nc4 20.Bc1 Rfd8 21.Ne2 a5 22.bxa5 Nxa5
23.Qf3 f5 24.Bd2 Nc4 25.Bb4 Qf7 26.Kh1 Ra8 27.Rfe1 Qd7 28.Ng3 Bf8 29.Bxf8 Kxf8
30.Rd3 Qd6 31.Rc1 Ra4 32.Rcc3 Rda8 33.d5 Rxa3 34.dxe6 Rxc3 35.Rxc3 Ra1+ 36.Kh2 Qd4
37.Ne2 Qxe4 38.Qf2 Qxe6 39.Qd4 Kg8 40.Rxc4 Qxc4 41.Qxa1 Qxe2 42.Qa8+ Kf7
43.Qxc6 b4 44.Qc7+ Qe7 45.Qc4+ Kg7 46.Qd4+ Kh6 47.Qd5 Qe3 48.Qd6 b3 49.Qf8+ Kh5
50.Qb8 h6 51.Qb4 Kh4 52.Qd6 Qg3+ 53.Kh1 Qe1+ 54.Kh2 Qg3+ 55.Kh1 Kh5 56.Qd1+ Kh4
57.Qd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest-Moscow"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Szily, Jozsef"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.h3 Nbd7 7.Be3 e5 8.d5 Nc5
9.Nd2 a5 10.g4 Ne8 11.Rg1 f5 12.Nb3 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Nd2 Qh4 15.Nxe4 Bh6
16.Qd2 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 b6 18.O-O-O Rf4 19.Bd3 Nf6 20.Rg3 Ba6 21.b3 Rf8 22.Rd2 Bc8
23.Kb2 Bd7 24.Re2 Be8 25.Nd2 Nd7 26.Nf3 Qf6 27.g5 Qf7 28.Be4 Nc5 29.Nd2 Rxf2
30.Bf3 Rxe2 31.Bxe2 Qf2 32.a3 Bd7 33.b4 axb4 34.axb4 Qh2 35.Rf3 Rxf3 36.Qxf3 e4
37.Qf6 Qxe2 38.Qd8+ Kf7 39.Qf6+ Ke8 40.Qh8+ Ke7 41.Qf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest-Moscow"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.a3 Bxc5 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 d5 11.e3 Qa5 12.Nd2 Qd8 13.O-O-O Qe7 14.Nb3 Rd8 15.Nb5 b6
16.Nc7 Rb8 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Na6 Bxa6 19.Bxa6 Ra8 20.Kb1 Ne5 21.Qf5 Ng6 22.Ka2 Ne4
23.Rxd5 Rxd5 24.Qxd5 Rd8 25.Qf5 Bxa3 26.Bc4 Nh8 27.bxa3 Nc3+ 28.Kb2 Na4+
29.Kb1 b5 30.Bxb5 Qxa3 31.Bxa4 Qxa4 32.Kb2 Qb4 33.Rc1 a5 34.Rc8  1-0

[Event "Budapest-Moscow"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vajda, Arpad"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Qc7 8.f4 Nc6
9.Kh1 Be7 10.Bf3 Bd7 11.Nb3 O-O 12.Be3 Rfd8 13.Qe1 b5 14.g4 b4 15.Ne2 e5
16.f5 d5 17.g5 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.f6 Bf8 20.fxg7 Bxg7 21.Qh4 Ne7 22.Ng3 Ng6
23.Qh5 Qc8 24.Qe2 Bg4 25.Qf2 Bf3+ 26.Kg1 Nf4 27.Bxf4 exf4 28.Nxe4 Bxe4 29.Qxf4 Bg6  0-1

[Event "Budapest-Moscow"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Florian, Tibor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Qc7 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.Bb2 b6 12.Nd2 e5 13.f3 Bb7 14.e4 exd4 15.cxd4 cxd4
16.Bxd4 Ne5 17.Bb3 Qd6 18.Be3 Qd3 19.Qxd3 Nxd3 20.Nc4 Ba6 21.Nd6 Rad8 22.Nf5 Rd7
23.Bg5 Nh5 24.Rfd1 h6 25.Be3 Rfd8 26.Ba4 b5 27.Bb3 Nhf4 28.Rd2 Ne6 29.Rad1 b4
30.Bd5 Ndc5 31.Nd4 Nxd4 32.Rxd4 Rb8 33.Rb1 Nd3 34.Rb3 Rc7 35.Rbxd3 Bxd3 36.Bf4  1-0

[Event "Budapest-Moscow"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 d5 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bb2 Qa5
9.Nd2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nbd7 11.Qb3 Ne4 12.Qb4 Qxb4 13.axb4 Nxd2 14.Kxd2 dxc4
15.Bxc4 Nb6 16.Bd3 Bd7 17.b5 Rfc8 18.Rhc1 Rxc1 19.Bxc1 Nd5 20.Ba3 Nc7 21.Rb1 f6
22.Bd6 Ne8 23.Bg3 Kf7 24.Ra1 Ke7 25.Kc3 Nd6 26.Kb4 h6 27.e4 Nc8 28.Bc7 Nd6
29.Bb6 Nc8 30.Bc5+ Ke8 31.Kc3 b6 32.Bb4 a5 33.bxa6 Na7 34.Kd2 Bb5 35.f4 Bxd3
36.Kxd3 Nb5 37.Kc4 Nc7 38.a7 Kd7 39.d5 exd5+ 40.exd5 Rc8 41.d6  1-0

[Event "Budapest-Moscow"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benko, Pal C"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 a6 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 c5
9.dxc5 Qxd1+ 10.Bxd1 Bxc5 11.O-O Nbd7 12.b3 Bb7 13.Bb2 Ke7 14.Rc1 Bd6 15.Nd4 Nc5
16.Be2 Rhd8 17.Rfd1 Rac8 18.Bf3 b4 19.Nce2 Nce4 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Rc1 Rxc1+
22.Nxc1 Bd5 23.Nd3 g6 24.h3 Nd7 25.Nc1 f5 26.Nc2 e5 27.a3 bxa3 28.Nxa3 Ndc5
29.Be2 Nd2 30.Nc4 Bxc4 31.bxc4 Na4 32.Ba1 Ba3 33.Nd3 e4 34.Nf4 Bb2 35.Bd1 Bxa1
36.Bxa4 Nxc4 37.Kf1 Be5 38.Ne2 a5 39.Nc1 Kd6 40.Nb3 Nb6 41.Be8 a4 42.Nc1 Kc5
43.Ke2 Kb4 44.Kd2 Bc3+ 45.Kc2 Be1 46.f3 Nc4 47.fxe4 fxe4 48.Bc6 Nxe3+ 49.Kb1 Nc4
50.Kc2 Nd6 51.Bd5 Kc5 52.Bg8 h6 53.Bh7 g5  0-1

[Event "Budapest-Moscow"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gereben, Erno"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 Nfd7
9.Rd1 Nb6 10.Qb3 Nc6 11.d5 Ne5 12.Be2 Nxf3+ 13.gxf3 Bh5 14.h4 Qd7 15.f4 Bxe2
16.Kxe2 e6 17.dxe6 Qxe6 18.Qxe6 fxe6 19.h5 gxh5 20.Rxh5 Rad8 21.Rdh1 Nc4
22.Rxh7 Nxb2 23.e5 Nd3 24.R7h4 b6 25.Ne4 Nb4 26.Nf6+ Bxf6 27.exf6 Kf7 28.Rh7+ Kxf6
29.R1h6+ Kf5 30.Rh5+ Kf6 31.R5h6+ Kf5 32.Kf3 e5 33.Rh5+ Ke6 34.Rxe5+ Kd6
35.Rh6+ Kd7 36.f5 Kc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest-Moscow"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tipary, Lajos"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Bf4 O-O 5.h3 b6 6.Nbd2 Bb7 7.e3 d6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Rd1 c5 10.Be2 Rc8 11.O-O a6 12.Bh2 b5 13.a3 Qb6 14.Qb1 Qc6 15.Nb3 Ba8 16.Ne1 Qb6
17.Bf3 Rfe8 18.Bxa8 Rxa8 19.Nc1 e5 20.Ne2 Qc6 21.Ng3 Nb6 22.Nd3 Re7 23.Rfe1 e4
24.Nf4 c4 25.Nf1 Rae8 26.Ne2 Nfd5 27.Nd2 f5 28.b3 Rd7 29.bxc4 Nxc4 30.Qa2 Rc8
31.a4 bxa4 32.Ra1 Nxd2 33.Qxd2 Nb6 34.Reb1 d5 35.Qa2 Bf8 36.Be5 a3 37.Rb3 Nc4
38.Rab1 Nb2 39.Nf4 a5 40.Ra1 a4 41.Rb6 Qxb6 42.Nxd5 Qb3 43.Nf6+ Kf7 44.Nxd7 Qxa2
45.Rxa2 Nc4 46.Bb8 Ke7 47.Ne5 Nxe5 48.Bxe5 Ke6 49.Kf1 Rxc3 50.Ke2 Rb3 51.Kd2 Bb4+
52.Kc2 Bc3 53.Bc7 Kd5 54.Bd8 Kc4 55.Be7 Bb2  0-1

[Event "Budapest-Moscow"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Szily, Jozsef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Na2 e6 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.O-O Bb7 10.Qe2 c5 11.Rd1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bc5 13.e4 Nxe4 14.Be3 Qe7 15.Bb5 Bxd4
16.Rxd4 Nc5 17.Rad1 Bc8 18.Qf3 Rb8 19.Nxb4 Rb7 20.Nc6 Qf8 21.Rd6 Rxb5 22.axb5 Nb7
23.R6d2  1-0

[Event "Budapest-Moscow"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Fuster, Geza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bb3 c5
9.O-O Bb7 10.Qe2 cxd4 11.exd4 Be7 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Rad1 b4 14.Na4 Nbd7 15.Ne5 Nxe5
16.dxe5 Nd5 17.Bxd5 Bxd5 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Qe3 Qb7 20.f3 Rfd8 21.b3 Rac8 22.Rd2 Bc6
23.Nb6 Rb8 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Qc5 Bb5 26.Rc1 h5 27.Nc8 Rd2 28.h3 Bd7 29.Nd6 Qd5
30.Qxb4 Rxa2 31.Qf4 Qxb3 32.Qxf7+ Kh7 33.Ne4 Kh8 34.Kh1 Qb2 35.Rg1 Ra1 36.Qxd7 Rxg1+
37.Kxg1 a5 38.Qxe6 Qa1+ 39.Kh2 a4 40.Qc8+ Kh7 41.Qf5+  1-0

[Event "Budapest-Moscow"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 Nfd7
9.Qb3 Nb6 10.Rd1 Nc6 11.d5 Ne5 12.Be2 Nxf3+ 13.gxf3 Bh3 14.Rg1 Qd6 15.f4 c6
16.a4 Bc8 17.a5 Nd7 18.dxc6 Qxc6 19.Nd5 Kh8 20.Nxe7 Qc7 21.Qb4 b6 22.Bd4 Nc5
23.Nd5 Qb7 24.axb6 axb6 25.Nxb6 Ne6 26.Bxg7+ Kxg7 27.f5 Rb8 28.Qc3+ f6 29.Nd5 Nd8
30.fxg6 hxg6 31.Bh5  1-0

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexey"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O a6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 e5 8.Qd3 Nf6
9.Rd1 Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Nbd2 Qc7 12.Nc4 Rd8 13.Ne3 Be6 14.c4 Rab8 15.Qc2 Rb7
16.Rac1 Qb8 17.b3 h6 18.Bh4 g5 19.Bg3 Nd7 20.h4 f6 21.Ne1 Nc5 22.Nd3 Qa7
23.Nxc5 Qxc5 24.Qe2 Bf8 25.Qh5 Kh7 26.Ng4 Bg7 27.Ne3 a5 28.Qf3 a4 29.bxa4 Ra8
30.Nf5 Bf8 31.Rb1 Rf7 32.a5 Rxa5 33.Rb8 d5 34.Qh5 d4 35.Rdb1 Rd7 36.Nxh6 Bxh6
37.Rh8+ Kxh8 38.Qxh6+ Rh7 39.Qxf6+ Rg7 40.Rb7  1-0

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A82"]

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 d5 6.Ne5 Bf5 7.g4 Be6 8.g5 Nfd7
9.Qh5+ g6 10.Nxg6 Bf7 11.Bd3 Bg7 12.Rf1 Ne5 13.dxe5 hxg6 14.Qe2 e6 15.Bf4 Nc6
16.O-O-O Qd7 17.Bg3 Qe7 18.h4 O-O-O 19.Bb5 Nb8 20.Qf2 Rdf8 21.Qxa7 Be8 22.Rf6 Bxf6
23.exf6 Qf7 24.a4 Rh7 25.a5 Bc6 26.Bxc6 Nxc6 27.Qa8+ Kd7 28.Qxb7 Rc8 29.a6 Nd8
30.Qb5+ c6 31.Qc5 Ke8 32.Nxd5 cxd5 33.Qxc8 Qd7 34.Qxd7+ Rxd7 35.h5 Kf7 36.h6 Nc6
37.h7 Rd8 38.Rh1 Rh8 39.b4 Na7 40.Bb8 Nc8 41.b5 e5 42.a7  1-0

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E02"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qxc4 Bc6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bg2 Ngf6 8.Nc3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Ne4 11.Qd3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 f5 13.Qe3 Bd5 14.Ng5 Bxg5 15.Qxg5 Qxg5
16.Bxg5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Liublinsky, Victor Alexandrovic"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Qc7 8.a4 Nc6
9.Nb3 b6 10.f4 Be7 11.Be3 O-O 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Qe2 Nb4 14.g4 Nd7 15.g5 Nc5 16.Nd4 e5
17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Nf5 Ne6 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.Qg2 Nd4 21.Bxd4 exd4 22.Nd5 Nxd5
23.exd5 Bf5 24.Rad1 Rbc8 25.Rf2 Qe3 26.Bg4 Bxc2 27.Bxc8 Bxd1 28.Bxa6 Bxa4
29.Qg3 Qc1+ 30.Kg2 Bc2 31.Qf4 Qb1 32.d6 Be4+ 33.Kg3 g6 34.Rf1 Qc2 35.Rf2 Qb3+
36.Kh4 Bf5 37.Bf1 Re8 38.Bg2 Re4 39.Qxe4 Bxe4 40.Bxe4 Qe3 41.Rg2  0-1

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.g3 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O Bxc3
9.Qxc3 O-O 10.b3 Qe8 11.Bb2 Ne4 12.Qc2 f5 13.Ne1 a5 14.Nd3 a4 15.f3 Nef6
16.Rad1 e5 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.Qc3 axb3 19.axb3 e4 20.Nf4 Qe7 21.Rd2 Rae8 22.Rfd1 Rf7
23.b4 Ne5 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.cxd5 b5 26.Qxe5 Qxe5 27.Bxe5 Rxe5 28.f4 Re8 29.e3 Rd7
30.Bf1 Rb8 31.Be2 Kf8 32.h3 Rbd8 33.d6 Rxd6 34.Rxd6 Rxd6 35.Rxd6 cxd6 36.Bxb5 Nd5
37.Bd7 g6 38.b5 Ke7 39.Bc6 Nxe3 40.b6 Kd8 41.Kf2 Nc4 42.b7 Kc7 43.Bd5 Nb6
44.Bc6 Nc4 45.Bd5 Na5 46.Ke3 Nxb7 47.Bg8 h6 48.Bf7 Kd7 49.Bxg6 Ke6 50.g4 fxg4
51.hxg4 d5 52.g5 hxg5 53.Bxe4 dxe4 54.Kxe4 gxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 O-O
9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Rab1 Be6 12.b4 Rc8 13.Na4 Ne4 14.Bxe7 Rxe7 15.Nc5 Nxc5
16.Qxc5 b6 17.Qc2 Qd6 18.Rfc1 g6 19.Rb3 Nd7 20.h3 Nb8 21.a3 Bd7 22.Rc3 Be8
23.h4 a6 24.h5 Ra7 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Ne5 a5 27.b5 Rac7 28.bxc6 Kg7 29.Qb1 Nxc6
30.Qxb6 Rb8 31.Qxb8 Nxb8 32.Rxc7 Qxa3 33.Bxg6 Nc6 34.R1xc6 Bxc6 35.Rxf7+ Kh6
36.f4 Qxe3+ 37.Kh2 Qxe5 38.fxe5  1-0

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Nxd5 cxd5 10.Qxc8+ Qd8 11.Bb5+ Nc6 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Qxc6+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d5 Bf5 5.h3 h6 6.g4 Bh7 7.Bg2 e4 8.g5 hxg5 9.Bxg5 Be7
10.h4 c5 11.Nh3 Nbd7 12.Rg1 Bf5 13.Qb3 Qc8 14.Nf4 Ne5 15.Nd1 Nh5 16.Nh3 f6
17.Bc1 Ng6 18.Bf1 Nxh4 19.Qe3 Bh7 20.Nc3 Nf5 21.Qxe4 Nd4 22.Qh4 g6 23.Kd1 Qf5
24.Qe4 Qd7 25.Qg4 Qxg4 26.Rxg4 g5 27.Rg1 Bc2+ 28.Kd2 Bf5 29.f3 Bf8 30.Nb5 Nxb5
31.cxb5 Bxh3 32.Bxh3 Nf4 33.Bf5 Rh2 34.Re1 Nxd5 35.Be4 Ne7 36.Bxb7 Rb8 37.Ba6 Nd5
38.b3 Nc7 39.Bb2 Kf7 40.Kd3 d5 41.Rh1 Rxh1 42.Rxh1 Nxa6 43.bxa6 Rb6 44.f4 gxf4
45.Rh7+ Bg7 46.Rh5 c4+ 47.Kc2 cxb3+ 48.axb3 Rxa6 49.Rxd5 Ke6 50.Rh5 Bf8 51.Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.b3 Nc6 10.Ba3 Bb7 11.Rc1 a6 12.Na4 Nd7 13.Rc2 Qb8 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nh3 Rc8
16.Nf4 b5 17.Nc5 Nf6 18.Qf3 Nd8 19.Rfc1 Bc6 20.Bf1 Ne4 21.Nxe4 dxe4 22.Qd1 b4
23.d5 Bd7 24.Bb2 Bxb2 25.Rxb2 Qe5 26.Rbc2 Rxc2 27.Rxc2 Nb7 28.Qd4 Qxd4 29.exd4 g5
30.Rc7 Bb5 31.Rxb7 gxf4 32.Rxe7 Rc8 33.Bxb5 axb5 34.h4 f5 35.Re5 Kg7 36.Rxf5 e3
37.fxe3 fxe3 38.Kf1 Rc2 39.d6 Rxa2 40.d7 Ra8 41.Ke2  1-0

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bf4 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.c4 Nb4 6.Na3 c6 7.Be2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nd5
9.Bg3 Qa5+ 10.Nd2 Bxa3 11.bxa3 Nc3 12.Qb3 b5 13.f3 Nf6 14.Bf1 O-O 15.Bd6 Nfd5
16.Bb4 Qd8 17.Bxf8 Qh4+ 18.g3 Qh6 19.f4 Rxf8 20.Rc1 e5 21.dxe5 Ne4 22.Bg2 Nxd2
23.Kxd2 Rd8 24.Ke1 Qg6 25.Bf3 Be4 26.Rf1 Bd3 27.Rf2 Bc4 28.Qd1 Bd3 29.Qd2 h5
30.Bxh5 Qe4 31.Bf3 Qxe3+ 32.Qxe3 Nxe3 33.Rxc6 Nc4 34.Rc7 a5 35.Bg4 Rd4 36.Rd7 Re4+
37.Re2 f5 38.Rd8+ Kf7 39.Rxd3  1-0

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Rc1 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Qe2 Nd5 13.Bxd5 Bxd5 14.Bxe7 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Qxe7
16.Rfd1 Rad8 17.Nb5 e5 18.e4 Ne6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory Abramovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Qc2 Bd7
10.Ne5 Na6 11.Nd2 Be8 12.Ndf3 Bh5 13.a3 Rac8 14.b4 Nb8 15.Bc1 Ne4 16.Nd3 g5
17.Nfe5 h6 18.f3 Nf6 19.Bd2 Nbd7 20.Rae1 Bb8 21.Qb2 Nb6 22.Qc1 Nfd7 23.Nxd7 Qxd7
24.Nc5 Qf7 25.cxd5 cxd5 26.e4 dxe4 27.fxe4 f4 28.Bh3 Rce8 29.Rf2 g4 30.Bf1 fxg3
31.Rxf7 gxh2+ 32.Kh1 Rxf7 33.Bxh6 Kh7 34.e5 g3 35.Bg2 Rg8 36.Ne4 Nd5 37.Ng5+ Rxg5
38.Qxg5 Bg6 39.Qh4 Bc7 40.Bd2+ Kg8 41.Qxg3  1-0

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.f3 Nfd7 11.Be3 c6 12.Qd2 a5 13.Rad1 Ne5 14.b3 a4 15.Nde2 axb3
16.Bxc5 Nxc4 17.Qc1 bxa2 18.Nxa2 Qa5 19.Qxc4 Be6 20.Qc1 dxc5 21.Nac3 b5 22.Nb1 b4
23.Nf4 Bb3 24.Rd6 c4 25.Rxc6 c3 26.Nd5 Bxd5 27.exd5 Qxd5 28.f4 Qd4+ 29.Kh1 Ra2
30.Bf3 Rb2 31.f5 Be5 32.Qe1 Rd8 33.Be4 Kg7 34.f6+ Kg8 35.Ra6 h5 36.Ra5 h4
37.Bxg6 Rxh2+ 38.Kxh2 Bxg3+ 39.Qxg3 hxg3+ 40.Kh3 fxg6  0-1

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Furman, Semen Abramovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A34"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb4 6.Nf3 N8c6 7.O-O e5 8.d3 Be7
9.Nd2 Nd4 10.Nc4 f6 11.f4 exf4 12.gxf4 O-O 13.a3 Nbc6 14.e3 Nf5 15.Bd5+ Kh8
16.e4 Nfd4 17.f5 Bd7 18.Rf4 Be8 19.Rh4 Ne5 20.Kh1 g5 21.fxg6 Bxg6 22.Bh6 Re8
23.Rh3 Bf8 24.Bf4 Qd7 25.Rg3 Rac8 26.Qf1 Bg7 27.Qf2 Bh5 28.Nd2 Ng4 29.Qg2 Ne5
30.Rg1 Ng6 31.Be3 Nc2 32.Nc4 Nxe3 33.Nxe3 Re5 34.Nf5 b5 35.Qh3 Nf4 36.Qh4 Rxf5
37.exf5 Nxd5 38.Qxh5 Rg8 39.Rh3 Bf8 40.Rxg8+ Kxg8 41.Rg3+ Bg7  1-0

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 d4 8.O-O Be7
9.Na3 O-O 10.Nc4 Be6 11.Ng5 Bd5 12.e4 dxe3 13.dxe3 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 h6 15.Nf3 Qc8
16.Nfe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Qe6 18.Qf3 Nd5 19.Nd3 f5 20.Rfe1 Qe4 21.Rac1 Qxf3+ 22.Kxf3 b6
23.Red1 Rad8 24.Nf4 Nxf4 25.Kxf4 g5+ 26.Kf3 g4+ 27.Ke2 Kf7 28.h3 h5 29.hxg4 hxg4
30.Rh1 Kg6 31.Rcd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A98"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.Qc2 Qh5
9.b3 a5 10.Bb2 Na6 11.Rae1 c6 12.a3 Bd8 13.e4 e5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Nc5
16.b4 Ncxe4 17.Nxe4 fxe4 18.c5 Be6 19.Bxe4 Nxe4 20.Rxe4 Bd5 21.Re2 axb4 22.axb4 Bf6
23.f4 Ra2 24.Ref2 Rfa8 25.Qd3 R8a4 26.g4 Qh4 27.Qf5 Ra8 28.g5 Qh5 29.h3 h6
30.Nd3 Bxb2 31.Nxb2 R2a3 32.Kh2 Re3 33.Rg1 Be6  0-1

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bronstein, David I"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bc4 Nxc3 8.bxc3 cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Qc2 Bd7 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.a3 Bf6 13.Qe2 Na5 14.O-O Rxc3 15.Bd2 Rc8
16.Rab1 O-O 17.Ne5 Be8 18.Qe4 g6 19.Ng4 Bg7 20.Qf4 Nc6 21.Rxb7 e5 22.Qg5 exd4
23.Re1 Qxg5 24.Bxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O e6 8.f4 Nc6
9.Be3 Be7 10.Qe1 Bd7 11.Rd1 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bc6 13.Bd3 O-O 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Nd7
16.Ne4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 g6 18.Qe3 Bc5 19.c3 Rad8 20.h4 Kg7 21.h5 Bxd4 22.cxd4 f5
23.exf6+ Rxf6 24.h6+ Kf7 25.Qg5 Rf8 26.d5 Qc5+ 27.Kh1 Kg8 28.Rxf6 Rxf6 29.Be4 e5
30.d6 Qb6 31.Bd5+ Kf8 32.Bb3 Qd8 33.Kh2 Ke8 34.Bg8 Rf5 35.Qxd8+ Kxd8 36.g4 Rf8
37.Be6 g5 38.Kg3 Rf6 39.Bf5 Rxh6 40.Rd5 Rh1 41.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronin, Lev Solomonovich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Qc7 8.f4 Nc6
9.Kh1 Be7 10.f5 O-O 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Bc4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Kh8 14.Bg5 b5 15.Bb3 Bd7
16.a4 bxa4 17.Nxa4 Bb5 18.Rf3 Ng4 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Nc3 e5 21.Qg1 Qh4 22.Nxb5 axb5
23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Bd5 Rd8 25.h3 h6 26.c3 b4 27.cxb4 Rb8 28.Qa7 Qe1+ 29.Qg1 Qxg1+
30.Kxg1 Nf6 31.Rb3 Nxd5 32.exd5 Rb5 33.Kf2 Kg8 34.h4 h5 35.g4 hxg4 36.Kg3 Kf7
37.Kxg4 Ke7 38.Kf5 Kd7 39.h5 Rxd5 40.Rg3 Rd2 41.Rxg7+ Kc6 42.h6 Rf2+ 43.Kg6 Rg2+
44.Kf7 Rf2+ 45.Kg8 Rxb2 46.Rg4 d5 47.h7 Rh2 48.h8=Q Rxh8+ 49.Kxh8 d4 50.Rg8 Kd5
51.Kg7 e4 52.Rd8+ Kc4 53.b5 e3 54.b6 e2 55.Re8 d3 56.b7 d2 57.b8=Q e1=Q 58.Qf4+ Kd3
59.Qf3+ Kd4 60.Rd8+  1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.b3 Qe7
9.O-O dxc4 10.bxc4 e5 11.Bb2 Re8 12.Rae1 e4 13.Nd2 Nf8 14.f3 exf3 15.Bxf3 Ng4
16.Bxg4 Bxg4 17.e4 f6 18.e5 fxe5 19.Nce4 Bc7 20.dxe5 Ng6 21.c5 Rf8 22.Nd6 b6
23.Qe4 Be6 24.Qxc6 bxc5 25.N2e4 Rab8 26.Bc3 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Bb6 28.a4 c4+ 29.Kh1 Rf8
30.Rd1 h6 31.a5 Be3 32.Nf6+ gxf6 33.exf6 Rxf6 34.Bxf6 Qxf6 35.Nxc4 Bd4 36.h3 Nf8
37.Nd2 Qf2 38.Nf3 Bg7 39.Rd8 Bf7 40.a6 Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Na6 8.Be2 c5
9.d5 e6 10.O-O exd5 11.exd5 Qb6 12.a3 Bf5 13.Nh4 Bc2 14.Bd1 Bxd1 15.Rxd1 Ne8
16.Ne4 Nd6 17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.Nf3 Rfe8 19.Rb1 Qd7 20.d6 b5 21.Qd5 Rac8 22.Be3 Rc6
23.Bg5 Rcc8 24.Be7 h6 25.Nh4 c4 26.b4 c3 27.Rbc1 c2 28.Rd2 Rxe7 29.dxe7 Qxe7
30.Nxg6 Qf6 31.Qf5 Rc4 32.Qxb5 Qb2 33.Ne7+ Kf8 34.Re1 Re4 35.Rd8+ Kxe7 36.Rxe4+ Kxd8
37.Re8+  1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bronstein, David I"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Na6
9.Bc3 Ne7 10.Bxg7 Rg8 11.Bc3 Qxg2 12.Qd2 Qxh1 13.O-O-O Nd5 14.Nf3 Qxd1+ 15.Bxd1 Nxc3
16.Qxc3 Ke7 17.Ne5 Bd7 18.Qa3+ c5 19.Qf3 Rad8 20.Qxf7+ Kd6 21.Qf4 Rdf8 22.Nf7+ Ke7
23.Bh5 Bc6 24.Qd6+ Kf6 25.Nh6 Rg1+ 26.Kd2 Kg7 27.Ng4 Rxg4 28.Qe7+ Kh6 29.Bxg4 Rxf2+
30.Ke3 Rf1 31.h4 Kg6 32.Bh5+  1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D60"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Qb3 c6 8.Be2 dxc4
9.Qxc4 Nd5 10.Bf4 Nxf4 11.exf4 Nb6 12.Qb3 Nd5 13.g3 Nxc3 14.Qxc3 Qb6 15.O-O Rd8
16.Rad1 Bd7 17.Ne5 Be8 18.Nc4 Qc7 19.b4 b6 20.Bf3 Rac8 21.Rb1 c5 22.dxc5 Bb5
23.Rfc1 bxc5 24.Ne5 Qb6 25.bxc5 Rxc5 26.Qb2 Rxc1+ 27.Qxc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.O-O e6
9.Bh5 Qc4 10.Nxe6 Qxe6 11.Nd5 Kd8 12.Bg4 Qe5 13.f4 Qxe4 14.Bxd7 Bxd7 15.Nxf6 gxf6
16.Bxf6+ Kc7 17.Bxh8 Bc6 18.Qd2 Bh6 19.Rae1 Qg6 20.Re7+ Kd8 21.Rfe1 a5 22.Bd4 Ra6
23.Qf2 Bf8 24.Bb6+ Kc8 25.Re8+ Bxe8 26.Rxe8+ Kd7 27.Rxf8  1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Nc6 7.e3 e5 8.dxe5 Ne4
9.Qd3 Nc5 10.Qc2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nxe5 12.Bb5+ c6 13.Qxc5 Qa5+ 14.Ke2 Qxb5+ 15.Qxb5 cxb5
16.Nf3 Bg4 17.h3 Bxf3+ 18.gxf3 Nc4 19.Rg1 O-O 20.b3 Na5 21.Rb1 f6 22.Bd2 Nc6
23.Rbc1 Rfe8 24.Bc3 Kf7 25.f4 Rad8 26.Rcd1 g6 27.f3 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Rd8 29.Rh1 Rd5
30.e4 Rh5 31.b4 Ne7 32.Kf2 f5 33.Bd2 fxe4 34.fxe4 Nc8 35.Kg3 Nd6 36.Re1 Nc4
37.Bc1 a6 38.Kg4 Ke7 39.Rd1 Nd6 40.Rd3 Nf7 41.Rd1 Nd6 42.h4 Nc4 43.Rd4 Ke6
44.Rd1 Ke7 45.Rf1 Rh6 46.Rf3 Rh5 47.Rc3 Kd7 48.Be3 Nd6 49.Rd3 Kc6 50.Rd4 Nf7
51.Bf2 Nh6+ 52.Kf3 Nf7 53.Bg3 b6 54.Rd1 Nh6 55.Rd8 Nf7 56.Rc8+ Kd7 57.Rb8 a5
58.Rb7+ Ke8 59.Rxb6 axb4 60.axb4 Nd8 61.Kg4 Nf7 62.Bf2 Kd8 63.Bc5 Kc8 64.Rf6 Nd8
65.Bb6 Kd7 66.Bxd8  1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O e6 8.f4 Nc6
9.Be3 Be7 10.Qe1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Qg3 O-O 13.a3 Bb7 14.Kh1 Rfd8 15.Bd3 Ne8
16.Qh3 Bf8 17.Rae1 Bc6 18.e5 g6 19.Ne4 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 Rac8 21.c3 Rd7 22.f5 exf5
23.Rxf5 Bg7 24.e6 fxe6 25.Rff1 Bxd4 26.Qxe6+ Kg7 27.cxd4 Re7 28.Qh3 Nf6 29.Qh4 Rf8
30.Bf3 Rxe1 31.Rxe1 Re8 32.Rxe8 Nxe8 33.h3 Qc1+ 34.Kh2 Nf6 35.Qg3 Qc7 36.b4 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 Nf6 8.Nxf6+ Qxf6
9.Nf3 O-O 10.Be2 c5 11.dxc5 Rd8 12.Qe3 Qxb2 13.O-O Bd7 14.Rab1 Qxa2 15.Rxb7 Qa6
16.Rfb1 Be8 17.Ng5 Nd7 18.Ne4 Rab8 19.R7b5 Qc6 20.Qf4 e5 21.Qf5 g6 22.Qf3 f5
23.Nd6 Qxf3 24.Bxf3 e4 25.Be2 Rxb5 26.Rxb5 a6 27.Ra5 Nb8 28.g4 Bd7 29.gxf5 gxf5
30.f3 Bc6 31.f4 Bd7 32.Kf2 Bc8 33.Ra3 Nd7 34.Ra5 Nb8 35.Ke3 Kf8 36.Ra1 Be6
37.Rb1 Ke7 38.Rb7+ Nd7 39.Kd4 Rb8 40.c6 Kxd6 41.cxd7 Rd8 42.c5+ Kc6 43.Rb6+ Kxd7
44.Ke5 Bf7 45.Rd6+ Kc7 46.Rxd8 Kxd8 47.Kd6  1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Ne2 c6 7.O-O e5 8.Nbc3 Nbd7
9.f3 Re8 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Rc1 Nf8 12.Qd2 b6 13.b4 Bb7 14.d5 c5 15.bxc5 bxc5
16.Nb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D29"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O c5 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7
9.a4 Nbd7 10.e4 cxd4 11.axb5 Nc5 12.Bc4 d3 13.Qe3 Bxe4 14.bxa6 Bd6 15.b4 Ncd7
16.Nbd2 Bg6 17.Ba3 Qe7 18.Rfb1 O-O 19.Rb3 Rfb8 20.b5 Nb6 21.Ne5 Bxa3 22.Nxg6 Qc7
23.Raxa3 hxg6 24.Bxd3 Nfd5 25.Qe1 Rd8 26.Nf3 Rac8 27.Ne5 Qc1 28.Ra1 Qg5 29.Nc6 Rd7
30.Bf1 Ne7 31.Rg3 Qc5 32.Rc1 Qd6 33.Rd3 Ned5 34.g3 Kf8 35.Rdd1 Kg8 36.Bg2 Re8
37.Ne5 Rc7 38.Rxc7 Qxc7 39.Rc1 Qd6 40.Bf1 Qb4 41.Qxb4  1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E28"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 d6 7.Ne2 e5 8.Ng3 Re8
9.f3 c5 10.e4 exd4 11.cxd4 cxd4 12.Be2 Nc6 13.O-O Nd7 14.Rb1 Nc5 15.Bb2 Qf6
16.Qd2 a5 17.Bd3 Ne5 18.Bxd4 Ncxd3 19.f4 Qh6 20.Rbd1 Nxf4 21.Rxf4 Nxc4 22.Qf2 Be6
23.Nf5 Bxf5 24.exf5 Ne5 25.f6 Rac8 26.Be3 Qg6 27.Qf1 Rc2 28.h3 Qg3 29.Re4 h5
30.fxg7 Re6 31.Bf4 Qg6 32.Red4 Rf6 33.Kh1 Nc6 34.Rc4 Ne5 35.Rcd4 b5 36.Qg1 Nc4
37.Qh2 Re6 38.Rd5 Ree2 39.Rg5 Qe4 40.Rg1 h4 41.Bxd6 Re1 42.Qf4 Qxf4 43.Bxf4 Rxg1+
44.Kxg1 b4 45.axb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.e3 Ne4 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Bd3 Bf5 12.Ne5 Nxc3 13.Bxf5 Nb5 14.O-O Nd6 15.Rae1 Nxf5
16.Qxf5 Rd8 17.e4 Qf8 18.Re3 dxe4 19.Rxe4 Rd5 20.Qh3 Na6 21.Rf4 Qb4 22.Nxf7 Qe7
23.Qg4 Kh7 24.Ne5 Qg5 25.Qf3 Re8 26.h4 Qd8 27.Qd3+ Kg8 28.Nf7 Qc7 29.Nxh6+ Kh8
30.Nf7+ Kg8 31.Rf3 Re6 32.Ng5 Rh6 33.Re1 Qd7 34.Rfe3 Nc7 35.Re7 Re6 36.R1xe6  1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bronstein, David I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Qc2 c5 8.b3 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 d5 11.Bb2 Qc8 12.cxd5 Qxc2 13.Nxc2 Nxd5 14.e4 Nf6 15.Nc3 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.g3 Bg4 7.Bg2 Nfd7 8.O-O Nc6
9.Be3 e5 10.d5 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nd4 12.Bxd4 exd4 13.Nb5 a6 14.Nxd4 Qf6 15.Nc2 Qxb2
16.Qc1 Qc3 17.Bg2 Nc5 18.Rb1 Qxc4 19.Nb4 Qxc1 20.Rfxc1 Rae8 21.Nc2 f5 22.exf5 Re2
23.Ne3 Rxa2 24.Bh3 Bd4 25.Rc2 Rxc2 26.Nxc2 Bc3 27.fxg6 hxg6 28.f4 b5 29.Bf1 b4
30.Bc4 a5 31.Kf2 Na4  0-1

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E24"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Nc6 6.f3 b6 7.e4 Ba6 8.e5 Ng8
9.Nh3 Na5 10.Qa4 Ne7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 d5 14.Bb1 g5 15.Qc2 Ng6
16.Nf4 gxh4 17.Nxg6 Re8 18.Nh8 Re7 19.Qh7+ Kf8 20.f4 Nxc4 21.f5 exf5 22.O-O Bc8
23.Bxf5 Bxf5 24.Rxf5 Ke8 25.Rxf7 Kd7 26.Qf5+ Kc6 27.Qf6+ Kd7 28.e6+ Kc6 29.Rxe7 Qxh8
30.Rxc7+ Kb5 31.Qe7 a5 32.Qd7+ Ka6 33.Rb1  1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 a6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.O-O e5 8.Qd3 Be7
9.Rd1 Nf6 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nh4 Kh8 13.Nd2 Bg4 14.Re1 d5 15.Nf1 Rg8
16.Ne3 Be6 17.c3 Qa5 18.Nhf5 Bf8 19.Red1 Qb5 20.Qc2 Qb7 21.Rd2 Bc5 22.Rad1 Rad8
23.Kh1 Rd7 24.f3 Rgd8 25.exd5 cxd5 26.Ng4 e4 27.Nd4 f5 28.Nf6 Rd6 29.Nb3 Be3
30.fxe4 Bxd2 31.Qxd2 fxe4 32.Qd4 Bf5 33.Rf1 Qc8 34.Nxe4+ Kg8 35.Nxd6 Rxd6
36.Qe5 Bd3 37.Qg3+  1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.a3 Ba5 8.Bg5 Ne7
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.e3 c6 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.Nh4 Qd6 13.b4 Bb6 14.O-O Ng6 15.Nf5 Bxf5
16.Bxf5 O-O 17.Ne2 Kh8 18.Ng3 Rg8 19.Bd3 Bc7 20.f4 Bb6 21.Nf5 Qd7 22.Rf3 a5
23.Rb1 axb4 24.axb4 Ra3 25.Rh3 Nf8 26.Rf1 Qe6 27.Rff3 Ra1+ 28.Kf2 Rg6 29.Qb2 Ra4
30.Rfg3 Bd8 31.Bc2 Ra8 32.Rh5 Bc7 33.Bd3 Ra4 34.Bc2 Ra6 35.Rgh3 b5 36.Bb1 Qe8
37.R3h4 Ra4 38.Qe2 Rxb4 39.Rxh7+ Nxh7 40.Qh5 Qg8 41.Ne7 Rxg2+ 42.Kf3 Rf2+
43.Kxf2 Rb2+  0-1

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 c6 10.Nf3 O-O 11.e3 Re8 12.Be2 Bg4 13.O-O Nd7 14.b4 Qd6 15.Rfc1 Nf6
16.Qc5 Ne4 17.Qxd6 Nxd6 18.Kf1 Kf8 19.Ne5 Bxe2+ 20.Kxe2 f6 21.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Steiner, Herman"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Bd6 6.Bg3 Nf6 7.Qc2 Bxg3 8.hxg3 g6
9.e3 Bf5 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Nbd7 12.Nge2 Qe7 13.O-O-O Ng4 14.Rdf1 f5 15.Nf4 O-O-O
16.Qc2 Kb8 17.Kb1 Nb6 18.Nd3 Nc4 19.Ka1 Rhe8 20.Re1 Qg7 21.Re2 Re7 22.Na4 Rde8
23.Nac5 b6 24.Na6+ Kb7 25.Qa4 Rc8 26.Rc1 Qf6 27.Rec2 Qd6 28.b3 Na5 29.Ndb4 Nf6
30.Nc5+ Ka8 31.Ncd3 Kb7 32.Nc5+ Ka8 33.Ncd3 Kb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O e6 8.b3 Nbd7
9.Ba3 Re8 10.Bd6 b6 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.h3 a6 13.Qe2 c5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.dxc5 Nxc5
16.Bxc5 bxc5 17.Na4 c4 18.bxc4 Qa5 19.Qd1 dxc4 20.Rxc4 Rad8 21.Rc5 Qb4 22.Nd4 Ne4
23.Bxe4 Bxe4 24.Qb3 Rb8 25.Rc7 Qf8 26.Qc4 a5 27.Nc5 Rb4 28.Qa6 Ra8 29.Ra7 Rxa7
30.Qxa7 Qa8 31.Qxa8+ Bxa8 32.Rc1 Bxd4 33.exd4 Bd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Letelier, Rene"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A83"]

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nc6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Qd4 Nf7 7.h4 c6 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.O-O-O f5 10.f3 Qb6 11.Qxb6 axb6 12.fxe4 fxe4 13.g4 Bg7 14.Nge2 Ne5 15.Kb1 d6
16.Nxe4 Bxg4 17.dxc6 bxc6 18.Rg1 O-O 19.N4g3 Kh8 20.Bg2 Rf2 21.Rde1 Bf3 22.Bh1 Nc4
23.b3 Na3+ 24.Kc1 Bxh1 25.Rxh1 d5 26.Ref1 Raf8 27.Kd1 Be5  0-1

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D65"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 a6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O c6 11.Qc2 Nf8 12.a3 g6 13.b4 Ne6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.a4 Ng7
16.b5 axb5 17.axb5 Bf5 18.Bxf5 Nxf5 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.Na4 Rc8 21.Qc5 Nd6 22.Nd2 Re7
23.Rb1 Rb7 24.Rxb7 Nxb7 25.Qa7 Nd6 26.Qa6 Qc7 27.Rc1 Bd8 28.Nc5 Qa5 29.Qd3 Qb5
30.g3 Bb6 31.Rb1 Qxd3 32.Nxd3 Ba5 33.Nb3 Bd8 34.Nbc5 Be7 35.Nd7 Rc7 36.Nb8 Nc4
37.Ra1 Rc8 38.Nd7 Rc7 39.Ra8+ Kg7 40.N7e5 Nxe5 41.Nxe5 Bd6 42.Nd3 Kf6 43.g4 Ke6
44.Kg2 Rb7 45.Re8+ Re7 46.Rh8 f6 47.h4 Rb7 48.Kf3 Rf7 49.Re8+ Re7 50.Rd8 Ra7
51.Nc5+ Ke7 52.Rc8 Bxc5 53.dxc5 Kd7 54.Rh8 Ke6 55.Rd8 Ke7 56.Rd6 Ra6 57.g5 fxg5
58.hxg5 Kf7 59.Kg3 Ke7 60.f3 Ra3 61.Kf4 Ra4+ 62.Ke5 Ra3 63.Rxc6 Rxe3+ 64.Kxd5 Rd3+
65.Ke4 Rc3 66.f4 Rc1 67.Rc7+ Kd8 68.Rxh7 Rxc5 69.Rf7  1-0

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Castillo, Manuel"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Qc2 d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Rad1 Re8 12.Bf4 c6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Ne5 Nd5 15.Bxe4 N7f6
16.Nxd5 cxd5 17.Bf5 Bd6 18.Rfe1 g6 19.Bg5 Be7 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.Nxg6 Kg7 22.Nxe7 Rxe7
23.Qf5 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Rc8 25.Bh4 Rc6 26.Qg5+ Kh7 27.Qf5+ Kg7 28.Qg5+ Kh7 29.Qf5+ Kg7
30.Qg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Paoli, Enrico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 b6
9.Bb2 Bb7 10.Qe2 Rc8 11.Rfd1 Qc7 12.Rac1 Qb8 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 g6
16.Qg4 Bf6 17.Rc2 Rcd8 18.Bc1 c5 19.Bh6 Rfe8 20.Be4 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 cxd4 22.Nxd4 Nc5
23.Qg4 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Qe5 25.Rd1 Qe4 26.h3 Qxc2 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Qg5 Rd1+ 29.Kh2 Qxf2
30.Qe7 Qg1+ 31.Kg3 Rd3+  0-1

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.d4 Nf6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.e5 Nfd7
9.Qg3 g6 10.Ne2 c5 11.c3 Nc6 12.O-O Qb6 13.Qf4 h5 14.a3 g5 15.Qe3 c4 16.Bc2 O-O-O
17.Rb1 Na5 18.f4 gxf4 19.Nxf4 Rdg8 20.Bd1 Rg5 21.Kh1 Nb3 22.Bf3 Rf5 23.g4 hxg4
24.Bxg4 Rg5 25.Qe2 Nxc1 26.Rbxc1 Rh4 27.Rg1 Kb8 28.Rcf1 Qd8 29.Bh5 Qg8 30.Rxg5 Bxg5
31.Bg4 Nb6 32.Ng2 Rh7 33.Qc2 a6 34.Kh2 Nd7 35.Qe2 Qg6 36.Nf4 Qh6 37.Nh5 Qg6
38.Nf4 Qh6 39.Nh5 Ka7 40.Kh1 Qg6 41.Kh2 Nb6 42.Nf6 Rh8 43.Qd1 Bh4 44.Rf3 a5
45.Kg2 Ka6 46.a4 Ka7 47.Kf1 Kb8 48.Kg2 Ka7 49.Kf1 Qh6 50.Ke2 Qf8 51.Kf1 Qc8
52.Bh5 Qc6 53.Bxf7 Nxa4 54.Qc2 Nb6 55.Nh5 Qa4 56.Qc1 Qb3 57.Ng7 Na4 58.Bxe6 Nxb2
59.Bxd5 a4 60.Ne6 Be7 61.Rf7 Nd3 62.Qa1 Qc2 63.Nc5 Bxc5 64.dxc5 Rh7 65.Rf3 Rxh3
66.Rxd3 Rxd3  0-1

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Nestler, Vincenzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Ne4 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 f5 10.O-O Nd7 11.Qe2 Rf6 12.Nd2 Rh6 13.Bxe4 fxe4 14.f3 Qd6 15.h3 exf3
16.Qxf3 Nf6 17.e4 dxe4 18.Ndxe4 Qxd4+ 19.Rf2 Qd8 20.Rd1 Qe7 21.Qd3 e5 22.Qd8+ Qf8
23.Rd6 Bxh3 24.Qxf8+ Kxf8 25.gxh3 Ke7 26.Rg2 Rh4 27.Rxg7+ Kf8 28.Rxb7 Nxe4
29.Nxe4 Rxe4 30.Rxc6 Rd8 31.Rxh7 Kg8 32.Rxa7 Re2 33.Rg6+ Kh8 34.Rg2 Re3 35.Ra3 Rxa3
36.bxa3 Rd3 37.Rc2 Rd6 38.c5 Rc6 39.a4 Kg7 40.a5 Kf6 41.a6 Rxa6 42.c6 Ra8
43.c7 Rc8 44.Kf2  1-0

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mueller, Hans"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.c4 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.Qc2 c6
9.Rd1 Qc7 10.e4 Re8 11.d5 cxd5 12.cxd5 b5 13.Ne1 a6 14.f3 Nb6 15.b3 Bd7 16.Be3 Qd8
17.Qf2 Rb8 18.Bf1 Nh5 19.Rac1 f5 20.Nd3 a5 21.Nb1 Nf6 22.Nd2 Rf8 23.Qg2 fxe4
24.fxe4 Ng4 25.Qe2 Nxe3 26.Qxe3 Bg4 27.Re1 Bf6 28.Nf2 Bg5 29.Qd3 Bc8 30.Rc2 Nd7
31.Nf3 Nc5 32.Qd1 Bh6 33.Nd3 Bg4 34.Bg2 Rc8 35.Nf2 Bd7 36.Bh3 Bxh3 37.Nxh3 Rc7
38.Kg2 Rc8 39.Nf2 Qd7 40.h3 b4 41.Ng4 Bg7 42.Rc4 h5 43.Ne3 Bh6 44.Qe2 Rf7
45.Rf1 Qb5 46.Nd2 Rcf8 47.Rxf7 Rxf7 48.Nef1 Kg7 49.Nf3 a4 50.N1d2 Ra7 51.h4 axb3
52.Nxb3 Rc7 53.Qc2 Be3 54.Ne1 Rf7 55.Nf3 Na4 56.Rc7 Nc3 57.Rxf7+ Kxf7 58.a3 bxa3  0-1

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.a4 Bb4 7.e4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qa5
9.e5 Ne4 10.Bd2 Qd5 11.Qc2 c5 12.Be3 Nc6 13.Be2 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Qc1 c3
16.O-O Bd7 17.Ne1 Rc8 18.f3 Nd2 19.Bxd2 Na2 20.Rxa2 Qxa2 21.Bg5 h6 22.Bd3 hxg5
23.Qxg5 Qd2 24.f4 Bc6 25.Qg3 g6  0-1

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E24"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 d6 6.f3 e5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Be3 b6
9.Bd3 O-O 10.Ne2 Ba6 11.Ng3 Qd7 12.Nf5 Ne8 13.f4 f6 14.d5 Na5 15.c5 Bxd3
16.c6 Qd8 17.Qxd3 g6 18.Nh6+ Kg7 19.f5 g5 20.h4 Nb3 21.Rb1 Nc5 22.Bxc5 dxc5
23.Qg3 Kh8 24.hxg5 fxg5 25.Ng4 Nf6 26.Qxe5 Qd6 27.Qxd6 cxd6 28.Nxf6 Rxf6
29.Kd2 Re8 30.Kd3 Kg7 31.a4 Rf7 32.a5 bxa5 33.g4 Rfe7 34.Rhe1 Kf6 35.e5+  1-0

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Czerniak, Moshe"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 b5 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O e6
9.a3 Qc7 10.f4 Be7 11.g4 Nc6 12.Be3 h5 13.Ndxb5 axb5 14.Nxb5 Qa5 15.Nxd6+ Bxd6
16.Qxd6 Nxg4 17.e5 Nxe3 18.Bxc6+ Bxc6 19.Qxc6+ Kf8 20.Rf3 Qa7 21.Kh1 Rd8
22.Re1 Nf5 23.Rd3 Rxd3 24.cxd3 g6 25.b4 Kg7 26.b5 Qf2 27.Rg1 h4  0-1

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Primavera, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D54"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Rc1 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Be2 Be6 12.Bf3 Na6 13.Ne2 Qb4+ 14.Qd2 Qxd2+ 15.Kxd2 c5
16.Nf4 Rad8 17.Be2 c4 18.b3 b5 19.a4 cxb3 20.axb5 Nb4 21.Rc3 Rc8 22.Rb1 a5
23.Rbxb3 Bf5 24.Rc5 g5 25.Nh5 Rfd8 26.Ra3 Ra8 27.b6 Rdb8 28.Rb5 Nc2 29.Rc3 Nb4
30.e4 Bxe4 31.b7  1-0

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Qc7 8.f4 Be7
9.Be3 O-O 10.Qe1 b5 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.a3 Nbd7 13.Rd1 Rac8 14.Rf2 Nb6 15.Bc1 Rfd8
16.Kh1 Nfd7 17.Re2 Nc4 18.b3 Na5 19.Bb2 Bf6 20.Red2 Qb6 21.Nce2 Nf8 22.Ng3 Bh4
23.Rd3 Ng6 24.Qd2 Nc4 25.bxc4 bxc4 26.Bc3 cxd3 27.cxd3 Bf6 28.Nge2 Rd7 29.f5 exf5
30.Ba5 Qa7 31.Nxf5 Ne5 32.Neg3 g6 33.Qh6 Nxf3 34.gxf3 Qf2 35.Rf1 Qb2 36.Nh5 Be5
37.f4 Rc1 38.Be1 Bc3 39.d4 Bxe4+  0-1

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Szabados, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 b6
9.Bb2 Bb7 10.Ne5 c5 11.Qe2 Ne4 12.Rad1 f5 13.Bxe4 fxe4 14.Nxe4 cxd4 15.Nxd7 Qxd7
16.Rxd4 Qc8 17.Ng3 Bf6 18.Rg4 Kh8 19.Nh5 Rf7 20.Nxf6 gxf6 21.Rf4 e5 22.Bxe5 Qe6
23.Qh5 Raf8 24.Bd4 dxc4 25.bxc4 Rg7 26.f3 Rg6 27.Rg4 Rfg8 28.h3 Bc8 29.Rc1 Qf7
30.Rxg6 Rxg6 31.Kh1 Kg8 32.Qd5 Be6 33.Qd8+ Kg7 34.c5 Bxh3 35.gxh3 Qe6 36.Qc7+ Kg8
37.Qb8+ Kg7 38.Qxa7+ Kh6 39.Qc7 Qxh3+ 40.Qh2  1-0

[Event "Leningrad-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Levin, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D07"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.cxd5 Bxf3 5.gxf3 Qxd5 6.e3 e5 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Bd2 Qd7
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.f4 Nc6 11.Qb3 Nge7 12.Rg1 O-O 13.O-O-O Rfd8 14.Bc4 Ng6 15.a3 Bd6
16.Ne4 b5 17.Qxb5 Rab8 18.Qh5 Bxa3 19.Bc3 Qe7 20.Ng5 Rxd1+ 21.Kxd1 Rd8+ 22.Kc1  1-0

[Event "URS-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d5 Bf5 5.g3 Be7 6.Nf3 Ne4 7.Nxe4 Bxe4 8.Bh3 c6
9.O-O cxd5 10.Nd2 Bg6 11.Qa4+ Nd7 12.cxd5 f5 13.e4 O-O 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Bxf5 Rxf5
16.Ne4 Nc5 17.Qc2 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Rf7 19.h4 Qb6 20.b3 Bd8 21.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Nf6 6.a3 Ba5 7.Rb1 Na6 8.Ng3 Bb7
9.f3 h5 10.e4 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 h4 12.Ne2 h3 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Bf4 d6 15.Ng3 O-O-O
16.a4 Nb8 17.a5 Nbd7 18.gxh3 Nh5 19.Be3 f5 20.Nxh5 Rxh5 21.Bg2 bxa5 22.O-O Nb6
23.Qb3 Ba6 24.Rfd1 Bxc4 25.Qa3 fxe4 26.fxe4 Be2 27.dxc5 Nc4 28.Qa2 Nxe3 29.Qxe2 Qxc5
30.Rd4 e5 31.Qxe3 exd4 32.cxd4 Qg5 33.Qc3+ Kd7 34.e5 Ke7 35.Qc7+ Kf8 36.e6 Kg8
37.Qf7+ Kh7 38.e7 Rb8 39.Re1 Qh4 40.Be4+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronin, Lev Solomonovich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.f4 Nc6 8.Be3 e6
9.O-O Be7 10.Qe1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Nd7 14.Ne4 Bb7 15.Bh5 O-O
16.Nf6+ Kh8 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.c3 Kg8 19.Rd1 Qc6 20.Bf3 Qc7 21.Bh5 Bd5 22.a3 Rac8
23.Qe3 Bc5 24.Rf2 Bxd4 25.cxd4 Qb7 26.Rdf1 Rc7 27.Be2 Bc4 28.Rc1 Bxe2 29.Rxe2 Rfc8
30.Rc5 Rd8 31.b4 Rcd7 32.Rd2 Rd5 33.Qe4 Qe7 34.Rxd5 Rxd5 35.Kf2 a5 36.Rc2 f5
37.exf6 Qxf6+ 38.Ke3 axb4 39.axb4 Rd8 40.Rc6 Kf7 41.Rc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O e6 8.f4 Nc6
9.Be3 Be7 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Rd1 Bd7 12.Qg3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bc6 14.Bd3 Nh5 15.Qh3 e5
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 exd4 18.Qxh5 g6 19.Qf3 Bf6 20.f5 Rae8 21.Rde1 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Qa5
23.Rf1 Qxa2 24.h4 Qa5 25.Qe2 Qd8 26.fxg6 hxg6 27.h5 Bg5 28.g3 Be3+ 29.Kg2 Qg5
30.hxg6 fxg6 31.Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.Qf3+ Kg7 33.Qe4 Qf6 34.Qg4 Qf7 35.Qf3 Qe7 36.Qg4 Qe8
37.b3 a5 38.Qe6 Qxe6 39.dxe6 Kf6 40.e7 Kxe7 41.Bxg6 d5 42.Kf3 Bc1 43.Bd3 Kd6
44.Ke2 Kc5 45.Bg6 b5 46.Be8 Kb4 47.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bronstein, David I"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Re8
9.Qc2 c6 10.Rd1 Qa5 11.e4 Nf8 12.d5 c5 13.a4 Nh5 14.Ne1 f5 15.Nd3 Qd8 16.a5 Nd7
17.f3 Rf8 18.Nb5 Ndf6 19.b4 fxe4 20.fxe4 a6 21.Nc3 cxb4 22.Na4 Qxa5 23.Be3 Qc7
24.Bb6 Qe7 25.c5 Bg4 26.Re1 Rac8 27.Nxb4 Nd7 28.c6 Nxb6 29.Nxb6 Rc7 30.Qb3 Bh6
31.h3 Bc8 32.Na8 b5 33.Nxa6 Ra7 34.Nc5 dxc5 35.d6+ Qf7 36.Qxf7+ Raxf7 37.Nb6 Be6
38.d7 Nf6 39.Rad1 Nxd7 40.cxd7 Rd8 41.Bf1 c4 42.Kg2 Kg7 43.g4 Bg5 44.Rd6 Bxd7
45.Red1 c3 46.Nxd7 c2 47.Bxb5 cxd1=Q 48.Rxd1 Bf4 49.Rd5 Rc8 50.Nc5 Re7 51.Kf3 Ra8
52.Ba4 Rf8 53.Bd7 Rf6 54.h4 Bg5+ 55.Kg3 Bf4+ 56.Kf3 Bc1+ 57.Ke2 Ba3 58.g5 Rb6
59.Nd3 Rd6 60.Bg4 Rxd5 61.exd5 Ra7 62.Nxe5 Ra4 63.Kd3 Rf4 64.h5 Bb2 65.h6+ Kh8
66.Nc4 Rd4+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.Nb3 Be6 11.Nxc5 dxc5 12.Qe2 c6 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.Bf4 Rad8 15.Na4 Rd4
16.Rxd4 cxd4 17.c5 b5 18.cxb6 axb6 19.Qc2 b5 20.Qc5 Qb7 21.Nb6 Ng4 22.e5 Rb8
23.h3 g5 24.Bd2 Nxe5 25.Ba5 d3 26.a4 b4 27.Re1 Qa6 28.Qd6 Re8 29.Rxe5 d2
30.Bf1 Bxe5 31.Qxd2 Qxa5 32.Qxg5+ Kh8 33.Nc4 Bxc4 34.Bxc4 f6 35.Qh5 Re7 36.Qg4 Qd8
37.a5 Bxb2 38.a6 Bd4 39.Qf3 Rc7  0-1

[Event "URS-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qa4+ Nc6 5.e3 e6 6.Ne5 Bd7 7.Nxd7 Nxd7 8.Qxc4 e5
9.dxe5 Ndxe5 10.Qe4 Qd7 11.Bb5 Bb4+ 12.Nc3 f5 13.Qc2 Qd5 14.Bxc6+ Qxc6 15.Bd2 O-O
16.O-O Rf6 17.f3 Kh8 18.Rac1 Nc4 19.Nb1 Nxd2 20.Nxd2 Qe8 21.a3 Qxe3+ 22.Rf2 Bxd2
23.Qxd2 Qxd2 24.Rxd2 Rf7 25.Rcd1 g6 26.Kf2 Re8 27.f4 Kg7 28.Kf3 Rfe7 29.Rd3 Kf6
30.h3 h6 31.g4 Re2 32.R1d2 R8e3+ 33.Rxe3 Rxd2 34.b4 Rh2 35.Kg3 Ra2 36.Rc3 c6
37.Kh4 Rf2 38.Kg3 Rd2 39.Kf3 a6 40.Re3 Rd7 41.Rc3 Rd2 42.Re3 Rd5 43.Kg3 a5
44.bxa5 Rxa5 45.Kf3 b5 46.Rc3 Ra6 47.Re3 c5 48.gxf5 gxf5 49.Rb3 Ra5 50.Rc3 c4
51.Ke3 Ra8 52.Kd4 Rd8+ 53.Kc5 Rd3 54.Rc1 Rxa3 55.Kxb5 Rxh3 56.Kxc4 Re3 57.Rh1 Kg6
58.Rh4 Rg3 59.Rh1 Rg4 60.Kd3 h5 61.Ke3 h4 62.Ra1 Kh5 63.Ra8 Rg6 64.Kf3 Rg3+
65.Kf2 Kg4 66.Rg8+ Kxf4 67.Ra8 Rd3 68.Ra4+ Kg5 69.Kg2 Re3 70.Kf2 Re4 71.Ra8 Rc4
72.Kg2 Kg4 73.Rg8+ Kf4 74.Ra8 Rc3 75.Ra4+ Kg5 76.Ra8 Rd3 77.Ra4 Rg3+ 78.Kf2 Rg4
79.Ra8 h3 80.Rg8+ Kf4 81.Rh8 Rg2+ 82.Kf1 Kg3 83.Rg8+ Kf3 84.Rh8 Kg3 85.Rg8+ Kf3
86.Rh8 Rg3 87.Rh7 Ke3 88.Rh8 Kf3 89.Rh4 f4 90.Rh8 Kg4 91.Rg8+ Kf5 92.Rf8+ Ke4
93.Re8+ Kf3 94.Rh8 Ke3 95.Rh7 Kd2 96.Kf2 Re3 97.Rd7+ Rd3 98.Rh7 Kd1 99.Kf1 Rf3+
100.Kg1 Ke2 101.Ra7 Rd3 102.Re7+ Re3 103.Ra7 Rd3 104.Re7+ Kf3 105.Kh2 Kf2
106.Ra7 Re3 107.Ra1 Re1 108.Ra2+ Kf1 109.Kxh3 Re3+ 110.Kg4 f3 111.Kg3 f2+
112.Kh2 Re8 113.Ra1+ Ke2 114.Ra2+ Kf3  0-1

[Event "URS-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 Nxc5
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qxf6 gxf6 11.f3 a5 12.e4 b6 13.Rd1 a4 14.Ne2 Rd8 15.Nc3 Ba6
16.Rd6 Rab8 17.Be2 Kf8 18.Kf2 Ke7 19.Rhd1 Rdc8 20.Na2 Rc6 21.R6d2 Rc7 22.Nb4 Bb7
23.Ke3 Rg8 24.Bd3 Nb3 25.Rc2 Rc5 26.g3 Rgc8 27.Re1 Na5 28.Rec1 Nb3 29.Rd1 Na5
30.Rdc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Nd7
9.g3 e5 10.Bg2 exd4 11.Nxd4 Be7 12.f4 Qd6 13.Nf5 Qf6 14.Nxe7 Qxe7 15.O-O O-O
16.Ne4 Kh8 17.Rfd1 f5 18.Nd6 Nb6 19.Qd4 Be6 20.Qe5 Rab8 21.Nxf5 Qf6 22.Qxf6 gxf6
23.Nd6 Rfd8 24.Kf2 Kg7 25.e4 Rd7 26.Bf3 Kf8 27.b3 Ke7 28.e5 fxe5 29.fxe5 Rf8
30.Rd4 Rc7 31.Kg2 Bh3+ 32.Kxh3 Rxf3 33.Rf4 Rxf4 34.gxf4 Nd5 35.f5 Nf4+ 36.Kh4 Nd3
37.f6+ Ke6 38.f7 Nxe5 39.Re1 Kxd6  1-0

[Event "URS-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.g3 e5 4.Bg2 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O Nb6
9.b3 exd4 10.Nxd4 d5 11.cxd5 Nbxd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.Bb2 c5 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.Qxd5 Bd3
16.Qxb7 Bxf1 17.Rxf1 Rb8 18.Qxa7 c4 19.Be5 Rb5 20.Bc7 Qd3 21.bxc4 Qxc4 22.a4 Bc5
23.Qa6 Rb4 24.Qxc4 Rxc4 25.a5 Bxe3 26.fxe3 Rxc7 27.a6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O Nf6 8.f4 Nc6
9.Be3 Be7 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qg3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Kh1 Rfd8 15.Bd3 Ne8
16.Rae1 Bf8 17.e5 g6 18.Ne4 Bxe4 19.Bxe4 Rab8 20.f5 exf5 21.Bxf5 dxe5 22.Bxe5 Bd6
23.Bd3 Rd7 24.Bxd6 Nxd6 25.b3 Re7 26.Rxe7 Qxe7 27.Re1 Qf6 28.Qe5 Kg7 29.g3 Qxe5
30.Rxe5 Kf6 31.Rd5 Ke6 32.Rd4 a5 33.Kg2 f5 34.Kf3 Ke5 35.Ke3 g5 36.c4 bxc4
37.bxc4 Rb3 38.Rd5+ Ke6 39.Kd4 Rxa3 40.Re5+ Kf6 41.Rd5 Ke6 42.g4 fxg4 43.Rxg5 Ra2
44.Re5+ Kd7 45.Rh5 Rd2 46.c5 Nb5+ 47.Kc4 Na3+ 48.Kc3 Rd1 49.Be2 Rb1 50.Bxg4+ Kc6
51.Bf3+ Kb5 52.c6+ Kb6 53.Rxh7 Nb5+ 54.Kc2 Rb4 55.Rb7+ Kc5 56.c7 Nd6 57.c8=Q+ Nxc8
58.Rc7+ Kb6 59.Rc6+ Kb7 60.h4 Kb8 61.h5 Rf4 62.Be2 Ne7 63.Ra6 Kc7 64.Rxa5 Nc6
65.Ra8 Nd4+ 66.Kd3 Nxe2 67.Kxe2 Rh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 a5 10.h3 Nc5 11.Re1 Re8 12.Qc2 a4 13.Be3 c6 14.Rad1 Qa5 15.Bf4 Bf8
16.Bf1 Nh5 17.Be3 Nf6 18.Bf4 Nh5 19.Bc1 Ng7 20.Kh2 Bd7 21.a3 Nge6 22.Be3 Nxd4
23.Bxd4 Nb3 24.Be3 Be6 25.f4 Rad8 26.Qf2 Qa6 27.Bb6 Rd7 28.c5 Bc4 29.Bxc4 Qxc4
30.e5 d5 31.Ne4 dxe4 32.Rxd7 Bxc5 33.Bxc5 Nxc5 34.Rd4 Qe6 35.Qc2 b6 36.Rd6 Qc8
37.Qc4 h5 38.Rxg6+ Kf8 39.Rf6 Qd7 40.Rd6 Qf5 41.Rf6 Qd7 42.Rd1 Qc7 43.Qe2 h4
44.Qg4 Rd8 45.Rxd8+ Qxd8 46.Rd6 hxg3+ 47.Kxg3 Qc7 48.Qh4 Ke8 49.Qh8+ Ke7
50.Qf6+ Ke8 51.Rxc6 Qd7 52.Qd6  1-0

[Event "URS-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg L"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.f3 a5 11.Be3 c6 12.Nb3 Ne6 13.Na4 Ra6 14.Qd3 Bd7 15.Rfd1 c5
16.Nc3 a4 17.Nc1 Qa5 18.N1e2 Nc7 19.Bd2 Qb6 20.Rab1 Be6 21.Nf4 Nd7 22.Nxe6 Ne5
23.Qf1 fxe6 24.Kh1 Raa8 25.Bg5 Rf7 26.Rd2 h6 27.Bf4 g5 28.Bxe5 Bxe5 29.Qd3 Qa5
30.Bh3 Raf8 31.Bg4 a3 32.Rc2 Rh7 33.bxa3 h5 34.Bh3 Rhf7 35.Qe3 Bd4 36.Qxg5+ Rg7
37.Qd2 Rxf3 38.Nb5 Qxd2 39.Rxd2 Nxb5 40.Bxe6+ Kh8 41.Rxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nc6
9.O-O Nd7 10.Bg2 Nxd4 11.Bxb7 Rb8 12.Bg2 a5 13.e3 Ne6 14.Qc2 Nec5 15.Rd1 f5
16.Nb5 Rb6 17.Bd2 c6 18.Nd4 Qa8 19.Bc3 Nf6 20.Nb3 Nfe4 21.Bxa5 Nxb3 22.axb3 Ra6
23.b4 c5 24.Ra3 Rb8 25.Rda1 cxb4 26.Bxb4 Rxa3 27.Bxa3 Qb7 28.Rb1 Be5 29.Bf3 Ra8
30.Rd1 Qc6 31.Bg2 Ra5 32.Rc1 Bf6 33.Qb3 Kg7 34.Rc2 Ra6 35.Qd3 h5 36.h4 Ra4
37.Bf3 Ra6 38.Qd1 Qa4 39.Rc1 Qa5 40.Rc2 Nc3 41.Qe1 Ne4 42.Qxa5 Rxa5 43.Kf1 Kf7
44.Ke2 Ke8 45.Kd3 Nc5+ 46.Kd2 Nb3+ 47.Kd1 Kd7 48.Bd5 e6 49.Bg2 Ra4 50.Bf1 Kc6
51.Bg2+ Kd7 52.Bf1 Kc6 53.f3 Ra7 54.Rh2 Be5 55.Rg2 Bf6 56.Bd3 Nc5 57.Bc2 Rb7
58.Kc1 Ra7 59.Kb1 Rg7 60.b4 Ra7 61.Ka2 Bc3 62.bxc5 Bb4 63.Kb3 Bxa3 64.cxd6 Bxd6
65.Kc3 Be5+ 66.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolay Alexandrovi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 c6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bd6 10.Rd1 Qe7 11.Ne2 c5 12.Ng3 a6 13.e4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxg3 15.hxg3 b5
16.Bf1 Bb7 17.f3 Rac8 18.Qf2 Rfd8 19.Bf4 Ne8 20.Nb3 e5 21.Be3 Nf8 22.Bc5 Qf6
23.Bb4 Qh6 24.Bd2 Qg6 25.Qa7 Ba8 26.Ba5 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Qc6 28.Bc3 f6 29.Na5 Qe6
30.a4 Nc7 31.Bb4 Qf7 32.Rc1 Nfe6 33.axb5 axb5 34.Bxb5 Rd8 35.Bc4 Qd7 36.Qxc7 Qxc7
37.Bxe6+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.a3 Be7 7.Bf4 Be6 8.e3 O-O
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Nf3 c5 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Qe2 Qb6 14.O-O Bd6 15.Na4 Qc6
16.Bb5 Qc7 17.dxc5 Bxf4 18.exf4 Rae8 19.g3 e5 20.fxe5 Rxe5 21.Qc2 a6 22.Bd3 Qc6
23.b4 Ng4 24.h3 Ngf6 25.Nc3 Qe6 26.Kg2 Rh5 27.Rh1 Ne5 28.Rae1 Qc6 29.Rhf1 d4+
30.Ne4 Nf3 31.Re2 Ng4 32.Qb3+ Kh8 33.a4 Qc8 34.Rh1 Ngh2 35.h4 Qg4 36.Rxh2 Nxh2
37.Kxh2 Rf3 38.Nf6 Rxh4+ 39.Kg2 Qh3+ 40.Kxf3 Qh1+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 e6 5.dxe6 fxe6 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.e3 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Bd3 Bd7 10.a3 Ng4 11.Bf4 e5 12.Bg3 Nh6 13.Nd5 Bf5 14.Bxf5 Nxf5 15.Nd2 Rb8
16.Ne4 Qe8 17.O-O Qg6 18.f3 h5 19.Bf2 Rf7 20.Qe2 Rbf8 21.Rad1 h4 22.h3 Bd8
23.Rd3 Nh6 24.Kh2 Rf5 25.Ndc3 Nf7 26.Rfd1 Be7 27.Nb5 Rd8 28.Qd2 Nd4 29.exd4 exd4
30.Nc7 Ne5 31.Nd5 Qf7 32.Qe1 g5 33.Rb3 Nxc4 34.Nxe7+ Qxe7 35.Nxg5 Ne3 36.Bxe3 dxe3
37.Ne4 d5 38.Rxe3 dxe4 39.Rxe4 Rxd1 40.Qxd1 Re5 41.Rg4+ Kh8 42.Qd2 Re6 43.Qc3+  1-0

[Event "Helsinki olm"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bhend, Edwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A84"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 d5 5.Bd3 c6 6.Nge2 Bd6 7.f3 O-O 8.Qc2 a6 9.Bd2 Kh8
10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Nf4 Qd6 14.Nce2 Nc6 15.Rad1 e5 16.Nd3 Ba7
17.Kh1 Be6 18.Ng3 Rac8 19.Bxe6 Qxe6 20.Nc5 Qe7 21.Nb3 g6 22.Qc4 Rfd8 23.Qe2 Rd7
24.Rc1 Rcd8 25.Rc4 Kg7 26.Rfc1 Qe6 27.Nf1 e4 28.f4 Kg8 29.h3 Rd3 30.Kh2 Qd6
31.Be1 Rd1 32.Bh4 Kg7 33.Qc2 Rxc1 34.Qxc1 Qd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Helsinki olm"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Koltanowski, George"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.h3 c6
9.Be3 h6 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Rad1 Ne8 12.c5 dxc5 13.d5 Nd6 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Na4 Nf5
16.Bxc5 Nxc5 17.Nxc5 Rb8 18.e4 Nd6 19.Rd2 Rb4 20.Qc3 Rc4 21.Qd3 Rd8 22.Qe3 Nb5
23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.Nd3 Qd6 25.Rc1 Be6 26.b3 Rxc1+ 27.Nxc1 Qd1+ 28.Kh2 Qc2 29.Qd2 Qxe4
30.Qd8+ Bf8 31.Nd3 Qd5 32.Qxd5 cxd5 33.Nfxe5 Nc3 34.Nc6 Nxa2 35.Nxa7 Bf5
36.Bf1 Nb4 37.Nxb4 Bxb4 38.Nc6 Bd6 39.Bg2 Be6 40.Nd4 Bd7 41.Bxd5 Bc5 42.Nf3 Bxf2
43.Ne5 Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Helsinki olm"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zografakis, Aristides"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E29"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nc6 8.Ne2 e5
9.f3 d6 10.O-O Re8 11.e4 h6 12.Qc2 b6 13.f4 exd4 14.cxd4 cxd4 15.Bb2 Ng4
16.Nxd4 Na5 17.Rad1 Bd7 18.h3 Nf6 19.e5 Nh5 20.Qf2  1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Na2 e6 8.Bxc4 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Rd1 a5 12.b3 Nbd7 13.Bb2 c5 14.Nc1 Qc7 15.Nd3 Rac8
16.Rac1 Qb8 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Nxc5 Rxc5 19.Ba6 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Bd5 21.Bc4 Bb7
22.Ba6 Bd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Baranov, Boris Fedorovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3 Be7 8.Re1 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 g6 13.Nf1 Kg7 14.Ne3 Re8 15.b3 Bf8 16.Bb2 c4
17.b4 Nc6 18.a4 Rb8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.exd5 Nd8 22.Bc1 Kg8 23.Bg5 Bg7
24.dxe5 dxe5 25.Qd2 Rb6 26.Be3 Ra6 27.Rxa6 Bxa6 28.Ra1 Bb7 29.Ng5 f5 30.Rd1 h6
31.Nf3 Nf7 32.d6 Qd7 33.Nh4 Re6 34.Bc5 Rf6 35.Qe2 e4 36.Bd4 Rxd6 37.Nxg6 Bxd4
38.Rxd4 Rxd4 39.cxd4 Kg7 40.Nh4 Bc8 41.Qh5 Qxd4 42.Qg6+ Kf8 43.Nxf5 Bxf5
44.Qxf5 e3 45.fxe3 Qxe3+ 46.Kf1 Qd2 47.Be4 Ke7 48.Bd5 Qd1+ 49.Kf2 Qd4+ 50.Kf1 Qd1+
51.Kf2 Qd4+ 52.Kf1 Qf6 53.Qxf6+ Kxf6 54.Bc6 Nd6 55.g4 Ke5 56.h4 Kd4 57.g5 hxg5
58.hxg5 c3 59.Ke2 Kc4 60.g6 Nf5 61.Kd1 Kxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory Ionovich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nh3 Nd7 8.Nf4 Bh7
9.Bc4 Ngf6 10.O-O Nb6 11.Bb3 Qc7 12.Qe2 Nbd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.c4 Nf4 15.Qf3 g5
16.d5 O-O-O 17.Be3 Rg8 18.dxc6 Qxc6 19.Qxc6+ bxc6 20.hxg5 hxg5 21.Bxa7 e5
22.Rfd1 Bd3 23.Bb6 Rd6 24.Bc5 Rh6 25.Bxf8 Rxf8 26.Rd2 e4 27.Bc2 f5 28.Bxd3 Nxd3
29.Kf1 g4 30.Rad1 Rh2 31.f3 gxf3 32.gxf3 Rh3 33.Rg2 Rg8 34.fxe4 Rhxg3 35.Rxg3 Rxg3
36.exf5 Nxb2 37.Rd6 Kc7 38.Rf6 Nxc4 39.Kf2 Ra3 40.Re6 Kd7 41.Re2 Ra5  0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.c3 Be7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bc2 f5 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Ng5 Bg4 14.f3 Bc8 15.Re1 Qd6
16.Qe2 Bd7 17.Nb3 Rae8 18.Ne6 Bxe6 19.Qxe6+ Qxe6 20.Rxe6 Bd6 21.Rxe8 Rxe8
22.Bd2 Ne5 23.Re1 Kf7 24.Nd4 c5 25.Nf5 Bf8 26.Kf2 g6 27.Ng3 Bd6 28.h3 Nc4
29.Rxe8 Nxe8 30.Bc1 Ng7 31.f4 h5 32.Kf3 Be7 33.Nf1 Nf5 34.g4 hxg4+ 35.hxg4 Nfd6
36.g5 Bf8 37.Ng3 Bg7 38.b3 Nb6 39.Bd2 Nbc8 40.f5 Nxf5 41.Nxf5 gxf5 42.Bxf5 Nd6
43.Bc2 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir S"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Ngf6 10.c4 e6 11.Qe2 Bd6 12.O-O O-O 13.Bc3 b6 14.Rad1 c5 15.dxc5 bxc5
16.Rd3 Rad8 17.Rfd1 Be7 18.Ng5 Nb6 19.Be5 Qc8 20.Nh5 Nxh5 21.Qxh5 h6 22.Ne4 Nxc4
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Rg3+ Kh7 25.Rxd8 Qxd8 26.Rh3 Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gusev, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 Nf6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 e5 5.Nf3 Bc5 6.c3 d6 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bd7
9.d3 Bb6 10.Na3 a5 11.Nc4 Ba7 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.Nxe3 O-O 14.Nh4 Be6 15.Qf3 Qd7
16.g4 Ne7 17.d4 Ng6 18.Nhf5 Bxf5 19.exf5 Nf4 20.Qxb7 Rab8 21.Qa6 e4 22.Rfb1 g5
23.Qxa5 Kg7 24.c4 h5 25.h4 Nxg4 26.f6+ Kh7 27.Qxg5 Rg8 28.Qxf4 Nxe3 29.Qxe4+ Nf5
30.Kf1 Rg4 31.Qd3 Rxd4 32.Qf3 Rxh4 33.Re1 Rg8 34.Qd5 Kh8 35.Re4 Rh2 36.Rf4 Nh6
37.Bf3 Qh3+ 38.Ke1 c6 39.Qxd6 Rh1+ 40.Bxh1 Qxh1+ 41.Kd2 Qxa1 42.Qe5 Rd8+
43.Kc3 Qc1+ 44.Kb3 Qd1+ 45.Kb4 Qd2+ 46.Kb3 Qd1+ 47.Kb4 c5+ 48.Kxc5 Qa4 49.Qc7 Rd7
50.Qb6 Qa8 51.Rd4 Qc8+ 52.Kb5 Rb7 53.Rd8+ Qxd8 54.Qxb7 Qxf6 55.b4 h4 56.a4 Nf5
57.c5 Nd4+ 58.Kc4 Nf3 59.a5 Kg7 60.Qc8 Qf4+ 61.Kc3 Ne5 62.a6 Qc4+ 63.Kd2 Qd4+
64.Kc2 Qe4+ 65.Kd2 Qxb4+ 66.Ke3 Qc3+ 67.Kf4 Qd4+ 68.Kg5 Qxf2  0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B25"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nge2 Rb8 7.O-O b5 8.f4 Nd4
9.f5 gxf5 10.Nf4 Nf6 11.Ncd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 b4 13.Nh5 Be5 14.Bf4 O-O 15.Qd2 Kh8
16.Rae1 f6 17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.c3 Nb5 19.d4 cxd4 20.c4 Nd6 21.b3 Rg8 22.c5 Ne4
23.Rxe4 fxe4 24.Bxe4 Rg5 25.Bf3 Bh3 26.Rc1 Rxh5 27.c6 Qe8 28.c7 Rc8 29.Qxb4 Rf5
30.Be2 Qd7 31.Qb7 Rg5 32.d6 Qxd6 33.Kf2 d3  0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Yudovich, Mikhail Sr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.Nf3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Rab1 Nh5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.b4 a6 14.a4 Bg4 15.Ne5 Nf6
16.Rfc1 Rad8 17.Na2 Ng6 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.b5 axb5 20.axb5 Rd6 21.bxc6 bxc6
22.Rb6 Bd7 23.Qc5 Bf5 24.Qa3 Qc7 25.Ra6 Bxd3 26.Qxd3 Rde6 27.Qc2 Ng4 28.g3 Qe7
29.Rxc6 Rxc6 30.Qxc6 Nxf2 31.Re1 Ng4 32.Nc3 Rd8 33.Nxd5 Qe4 34.Nb4 Rxd4 35.Qxe4 Rxe4
36.Nc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kogan, S."]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A54"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qc7 8.e3 g6
9.Be2 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rad1 Re8 12.Bc1 Nf8 13.b4 Bg4 14.h3 Bf5 15.Qb3 e4
16.Nh2 h5 17.d5 N8h7 18.Rfe1 Ng5 19.Bf1 Nd7 20.h4 Nh7 21.Ne2 c5 22.a3 Qd8
23.Ng3 Qxh4 24.Nxf5 gxf5 25.Bb2 Nhf6 26.Be2 b6 27.g3 Qg5 28.Kg2 Ne5 29.Bxe5 Rxe5
30.bxc5 bxc5 31.f4 exf3+ 32.Nxf3 Qg6 33.Nxe5 dxe5 34.Rh1 Ne4 35.Rh3 h4 36.g4 fxg4
37.Rxh4 Qf6 38.Rxg4 Qf2+ 39.Kh3 Qxe2 40.Rxe4 Qf3+ 41.Kh2 Qxe4 42.d6 Rd8  0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Estrin, Yacov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.h3 a5 10.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 Bb7 13.Bc2 c5 14.Nd2 cxd4 15.Nf3 d5
16.e5 Ne4 17.Nxd4 f6 18.Be3 Ra6 19.Nxb5 fxe5 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Qxd8 Rxd8 22.Rac1 Rc6
23.Na7 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Rd7 25.Nc6 Bd8 26.Nxe5 Rc7 27.b3 Rxc1+ 28.Bxc1 Bc7 29.Nc4 Kf7
30.Bb2 Bd5 31.a4 g5 32.Kf1 Ke6 33.Ke2 h5 34.Bd4 g4 35.hxg4 hxg4 36.g3 Bd8
37.Kd2 Be7 38.Kc2 Bxc4 39.bxc4 Kd7 40.Bc3 Bc5 41.Be1 Kc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bg4 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 e6 7.d3 Nd7 8.Nbd2 Be7
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Qa4 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Qc7 12.Bg5 Bxg5 13.Nxg5 O-O 14.Rad1 Rab8
15.Rd2 Rb5 16.Qd1 Rfb8 17.b3 c4 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.dxc4 Rg5 20.Rxd6 Nf6 21.e5 Ng4
22.f4 Rg6 23.c5 Rf8 24.b4 Qf7 25.g3 Qf5 26.Rd8 h5 27.Qd6 Rxd8 28.Qxd8+ Kh7
29.Re2 h4 30.Qd2 Nh6 31.Rg2 Qb1+ 32.Kf2 h3 33.Kf3 Qh1 34.Qf2 Nf5 35.Qg1 hxg2  0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir Pavlovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.e3 Nd7
9.Ne2 O-O 10.O-O Rb8 11.a4 b6 12.e4 Ba6 13.Be3 e5 14.Re1 exd4 15.cxd4 Bxe2
16.Rxe2 cxd4 17.Bxd4 Bxd4 18.Qxd4 Nc5 19.Qb2 Qe7 20.h4 Rfd8 21.Re3 Qd6 22.Qa2 Qd2
23.Qb1 Rd4 24.Ra2 Qa5 25.Qb5 Rxa4 26.Qxa5 Rxa5 27.Rxa5 bxa5 28.Rc3 Rb1+ 29.Kh2 Ne6
30.f4 Rb5 31.Rc6 Rb6 32.Rc4 Rb4 33.Rc6 a4 34.f5 gxf5 35.exf5 Nd4 36.Ra6 Nxf5
37.Rxa7 Rb2 38.Kh3 Rb3 39.Ra5 Rxg3+ 40.Kh2 Rxg2+ 41.Kxg2 Nxh4+ 42.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.a4 c5
9.O-O Nc6 10.dxc5 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 Bxc5 12.Bd2 Bd7 13.Be1 Rfd8 14.Kf1 Kf8 15.Rac1 Be8
16.Rxd8 Rxd8 17.Na2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Glotov, Vladimir G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.d5 a5
9.Ne1 Nc5 10.Nd3 Nxd3 11.exd3 Bg4 12.f3 Bd7 13.Be3 b6 14.d4 exd4 15.Bxd4 Qc8
16.Re1 Re8 17.Qd2 Rxe1+ 18.Rxe1 Qf8 19.a3 Re8 20.Rc1 Nh5 21.Bf2 Qe7 22.b4 axb4
23.axb4 Ra8 24.g4 Nf6 25.Re1 Qf8 26.Ne2 Ra3 27.Ng3 b5 28.c5 dxc5 29.bxc5 c6
30.d6 Nd5 31.Bd4 Ra2 32.Bxg7 Rxd2 33.Bxf8 Kxf8 34.Ra1 b4 35.Ne4 Rc2 36.Ra8+ Kg7
37.Rb8 f5 38.Rb7 fxe4 39.Rxd7+ Kf8 40.fxe4 Ne3 41.Bf3 b3 42.Rb7 b2 43.Rb8+ Kf7
44.d7 Rd2 45.Rxb2 Rxd7 46.Be2 Kf6 47.Kf2 Nd1+ 48.Bxd1 Rxd1 49.Rb6 Ke5 50.Rxc6 Kxe4
51.Kg3 Rc1 52.Kh4 Rc2 53.h3 Rc3 54.Rc8 Kf4 55.Rg8 Rxc5 56.Rg7 g5+ 57.Kh5 Rc3
58.h4 gxh4 59.Kxh4 Rc1 60.Rf7+ Ke4 61.Kg5 Rh1 62.Re7+ Kd5 63.Re2 Ra1 64.Rh2 Ra7
65.Kf6 Ke4 66.Rh4 Ra6+ 67.Kg5 Rg6+ 68.Kh5 Kf4 69.Rh1 Rg5+ 70.Kh6 Rxg4 71.Rf1+ Kg3
72.Rg1+ Kf3 73.Rxg4 Kxg4 74.Kxh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Liublinsky, Victor Alexandrovic"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.a4 Qc7 8.Be2 e6
9.Bh4 Be7 10.Bg3 Nc5 11.f3 O-O 12.Bf2 d5 13.exd5 exd5 14.O-O Bd6 15.g3 Bh3
16.Re1 Rad8 17.Bf1 Bc8 18.a5 h5 19.Qd2 h4 20.Kg2 hxg3 21.hxg3 g6 22.Na4 Nxa4
23.Rxa4 Kg7 24.Ne2 Qd7 25.Rh4 Rh8 26.Rxh8 Rxh8 27.Ng1 Qf5 28.Bd3 Qh5 29.Kf1 Qh1
30.Ke2 Rh2 31.Kd1 Bxg3 32.Bxg3 Rxd2+ 33.Kxd2 Qg2+ 34.Ne2 Qxf3 35.Be5 Kg8
36.Nd4 Qg2+ 37.Kc1 Ne4 38.Kb1 f6 39.Bxe4 dxe4 40.Bc7 Qf2  0-1

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D51"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Qc2 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.e4 Nxc3
9.Bd2 e5 10.bxc3 exd4 11.cxd4 Bb4 12.Rb1 Bxd2+ 13.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14.Kxd2 Nb6
15.Bd3 Be6 16.a4 O-O-O 17.Ne2 Nxa4 18.Ra1 Nb2 19.Rxa7 Kb8 20.Rha1 Bc4 21.Bxc4 Nxc4+
22.Kd3 Nb6 23.g4 Kc7 24.f4 Rd7 25.R7a5 Rhd8 26.Rg5 f6 27.Rga5 Nc8 28.f5 g5
29.h4 h6 30.hxg5 hxg5 31.Rh1 Nd6 32.Rh6 Re7 33.Nc3 Rde8 34.e5 fxe5 35.Nd5+ cxd5
36.Rc5+ Kb8 37.Rxd6 exd4 38.Rcxd5 Re3+ 39.Kc4 Rc8+ 40.Kxd4 Rg3 41.f6 Rxg4+
42.Ke5 Rf4 43.Rd8 Rxd8 44.Rxd8+ Kc7 45.Rg8 Kd7 46.Rg7+ Ke8 47.Rxb7 Rf2 48.Ke6 Re2+
49.Kf5 g4 50.Kg6 Rf2 51.f7+ Kf8 52.Rb8+ Ke7 53.Re8+  1-0

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Qc2 c6
9.b3 Re8 10.Rd1 e4 11.Nd2 d5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nb5 Re6 14.Qc7 Qe8 15.Nd6 Qf8
16.Ba3 Ne8 17.Nxe8 Qxe8 18.Nf1 Rc6 19.Qf4 Nf8 20.Qd2 Bd7 21.Rac1 Ne6 22.Rxc6 Bxc6
23.e3 f5 24.Rc1 g5 25.Qd1 Qg6 26.Rc2 f4 27.Bh3 Bd7 28.Kh1 h5 29.gxf4 gxf4
30.f3 exf3 31.Rf2 Qe4 32.exf4 Nxf4 33.Bxd7 Nd3 34.Qd2 Nxf2+ 35.Qxf2 Bxd4
36.Be6+ Kh8 37.Bb2 Bxb2 38.Qxb2+ Kh7 39.Bh3 Rg8 40.Qf2 Qf4 41.Qxa7 f2 42.Bg2 Qf3  0-1

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaitonis, Paul"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Qc2 c6
9.b3 Re8 10.d5 cxd5 11.cxd5 e4 12.Nd2 e3 13.fxe3 Ng4 14.Nde4 Qc7 15.Bd2 f5
16.Bh3 Rxe4 17.Bxg4 Rxg4 18.Rac1 Nf6 19.Nb5 Qxc2 20.Rxc2 Ne4  0-1

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 Na6 8.O-O Nc7
9.e4 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 a6 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.Rd1 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Nxb5 Nxb5
16.Qxb5 Qc7 17.Qc4 Rfb8 18.Qc2 Qa7 19.a3 Qa4 20.Qxa4 Rxa4 21.Ra2 c4 22.Bf1 Nc5
23.f3 Na6 24.Rd2 Nb4 25.Ra1 c3 26.Rg2 Nxd5 27.b3 Rxb3 28.exd5 Ra5 29.Bc4 Rb8
30.Rc2 Rc5 31.Be2 Rxd5 32.Kf2 Ra5 33.f4 d5 34.Raa2 e6 35.a4 d4 36.Bc4 Rc8
37.Bd3 h5 38.Ke2 Rd8 39.Bc4 Rc5 40.Bd3 Ra5 41.Ra1 e5 42.Rca2 f5 43.fxe5 Bxe5
44.Kf3 Rb8 45.Rb1 Rxb1 46.Bxb1 Kf7 47.Bd3 Ke6 48.Bc4+ Kd7 49.Bb5+ Kd6 50.Ba3+ Kd5
51.Bb4 Rxb5 52.axb5 Kc4 53.Be7 Kxb5 54.Ke2 Kc4 55.Ra4+ Kb3 56.Ra5 Kc2 57.Rd5 Bg7
58.h4 Bh8 59.Bd8 Be5 60.Bb6 Bxg3 61.Bxd4 Kb3 62.Rc5 Bxh4 63.Rxc3+ Kb4 64.Rc6 g5
65.Rh6 Kc4 66.Bf6  1-0

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ned2 Nb6 7.g3 Bg4 8.Bg2 e6
9.O-O Bd6 10.b3 Qe7 11.c4 Nbd7 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Qc1 Rfd8 14.h3 Bf5 15.Nh4 Bd3
16.Re1 h6 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Bxe4 19.Rxe4 Qf8 20.d5 exd5 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.Rg4 Be5
23.Ba3 Qe8 24.Nf5 Qe6 25.Nxh6+ Kh7 26.Qb1+ g6 27.Qc1 Rac8 28.Qd2 Bxa1 29.Rh4 Kg7
30.Ng8 Kxg8 31.Qh6 Nc5  0-1

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 O-O
9.Ne2 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.f3 Nb8 13.Qd3 Re8 14.Ng3 Nc6 15.Bb2 Rc8
16.Rae1 h6 17.e4 cxd4 18.cxd4 dxe4 19.fxe4 Ne5 20.Qd1 Nc4 21.Bc1 Nh7 22.e5 Re6
23.Re4 Nf8 24.Nf5 Kh8 25.Qh5 Rc7 26.Rh4 Nh7 27.Nxg7 Kxg7 28.Bxh6+ Kg8 29.Rg4+ Rg6
30.e6  1-0

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A24"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3 Nh5 8.e4 Nc6
9.Be3 Re8 10.Qd2 Nd4 11.Ne2 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Bh3 13.Bg2 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 c6 15.Nc3 f5
16.Rae1 Qf6 17.f4 Rf8 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.g4 f4 20.Bc5 Qg5 21.Kh1 Qxg4 22.Bxf8 Rxf8
23.Qf2 Rd8 24.Rd1 Bf8 25.Ne2 Nf6 26.Qg2 Qxg2+ 27.Kxg2 Ng4 28.Rf3 Bc5 29.d4 Bxd4
30.Rdd3 g5 31.h3 Ne3+ 32.Kh1 Nxc4 33.b3 Ne3 34.Nxd4 exd4 35.Rf2 Kf7 36.Rfd2 c5
37.b4 b6 38.bxc5 bxc5 39.Rb3 c4 40.Rb7+ Ke6 41.Rc7 d3  0-1

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Qc2 c6 10.Be2 Nd7 11.O-O Nef6 12.Rad1 a6 13.a3 b5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.a4 b4
16.Na2 Rb8 17.Nc1 b3 18.Nxb3 Qb4 19.Na1 Qxb2 20.Rb1 Qxc2 21.Nxc2 Ne4 22.Bd3 Nc3
23.Rxb8 Nxb8 24.a5 Bb7 25.Ra1 Rc8 26.Kf1 Kf8 27.Nd2 Ne4 28.Ke2 Nxd2 29.Kxd2 Rc7
30.Nb4 Ke7 31.Be2 Kd8 32.Nd3 Nd7 33.f4 Bc8 34.g4 Nf6 35.Bf3 Rb7 36.Kc3 Rc7+
37.Kb3 Rb7+ 38.Nb4 Rc7 39.g5 hxg5 40.fxg5 Nd7 41.h4 g6 42.Be2 Nb8 43.Nd3 Ke7
44.Ne5 Nc6 45.Kb2 Rb7+ 46.Kc3 Kd6 47.Nxc6 Rc7 48.Kd2 Rxc6 49.Rf1 Rc7 50.h5 gxh5
51.Bxh5 Rb7 52.Kc3 Rc7+ 53.Kb3 Rb7+ 54.Kc3 Rc7+ 55.Kd2 Rb7 56.Rxf7 Rb2+ 57.Ke1 Rg2
58.Rg7 Bd7 59.Bf3 Rh2 60.Rg8 Ke7 61.Rg7+ Kd6 62.Be2 Rh1+ 63.Kf2 Rh2+ 64.Kf3 Be8
65.g6 Rh8 66.Bxa6 e5 67.dxe5+ Kxe5 68.Bb7 Rf8+ 69.Kg3 Kf6 70.Rc7 Bxg6 71.a6 d4
72.exd4 Rg8 73.Kf2  1-0

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Qc2 c6 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7 13.O-O b6 14.Rfd1 Bb7 15.Rac1 Rfc8
16.Bd3 c5 17.Qa3 Kf8 18.Kf1 cxd4 19.Qxe7+ Kxe7 20.Nxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 Nd7 4.e4 g6 5.Bg5 f6 6.Bh4 Bg7 7.c5 dxc5 8.dxe5 Qe7
9.Nc3 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.Bg3 Qe6 12.Nd5 Kf7 13.Nxc7 Qxe4+ 14.Be2 Bh3 15.Nxa8 Bxg2
16.Rg1 Bh6 17.Qb3+ Kg7 18.f3 Qd4 19.Rxg2 Bd2+ 20.Kf1 Ne7 21.Nc7  1-0

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Be2 e6 8.Be3 Qc7
9.O-O Be7 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Rd1 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Qg3 Rfd8 15.Kh1 Ne8
16.Qf2 Rd7 17.Rd2 Bc6 18.e5 Qb7 19.Rfd1 dxe5 20.Bxe5 Rxd2 21.Rxd2 a5 22.Nd1 Nf6
23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Rd3 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Bxd8 26.Bf3 Bxf3 27.Qxf3 Qxf3 28.gxf3 Bf6
29.Kg2 Kf8 30.Kf2 Ke7 31.Ke3 Kd6 32.Kd3 Kc6 33.Nc3 Be7 34.a4 bxa4 35.Nxa4 Bd6
36.Ke3 f5 37.h3 Kb5 38.Nc3+ Kc4 39.Ne2 Bc5+ 40.Kd2 a4 41.Nc1 Bb4+ 42.Ke3 Bc5+
43.Kd2 Bb4+ 44.Ke3 Bd6 45.b3+ axb3 46.cxb3+ Kb4 47.Kd4 g6 48.h4 Ka3 49.Kc4 Bxf4
50.Ne2 Bd2 51.Nd4 e5 52.Ne6 Be1 53.Nf8 Bxh4 54.Nxh7 Be7 55.Kd5 e4 56.fxe4 f4
57.Kc4 g5 58.Nxg5 Bxg5 59.e5 Kb2 60.Kd3 f3 61.e6 Kc1 62.e7 Bxe7 63.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.a4 Rd8 12.Ba3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Qxc4 15.Be7 Rd5
16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Qf3 Bd7 18.Qxf6 Qc7 19.Rab1 b6 20.Nf3 Qd8 21.Qf4 Rc8 22.e4 Ra5
23.Ne5 f6 24.Nxd7 Qxd7 25.Qxf6 Rf8 26.Qh6 Rxa4 27.Rb3 Qe7 28.Rg3+ Kh8 29.e5 Rh4
30.Qc1 Rhf4 31.Rc3 a5 32.Rc7 Qb4 33.Qe3 a4 34.g3 R4f7 35.Rc6 Rb7 36.Rxe6 a3
37.Rf6 Ra8 38.e6 Qb2 39.Qf3 Rg8 40.Rf8 Ra7 41.Rxg8+  1-0

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Sanchez, Luis A"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bg5 c6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.O-O-O Kc7
9.a3 Ng4 10.Bh4 f6 11.h3 Nh6 12.g4 Nb6 13.e3 Be6 14.Nd2 Nf7 15.Be2 Be7 16.Bg3 a5
17.Rhe1 h5 18.gxh5 Bxh3 19.Rg1 Nd7 20.Bh2 Bf8 21.Nce4 b6 22.f4 Be6 23.Rdf1 exf4
24.exf4 Bf5 25.Bf3 Re8 26.Re1 Nh6 27.Re2 Bh7 28.Ng5 Rxe2 29.Bxe2 Bf5 30.Nge4 Rg8
31.Re1 Nc5 32.Nxc5 Bxc5 33.Bf3 Rd8 34.Ne4 Re8 35.Bg3 Bd4 36.Nd2 Rxe1+ 37.Bxe1 Be3
38.Bg3 Bd3 39.Kd1 Nf5 40.Be4 Nxg3 41.Bxd3 Nxh5 42.f5 Bxd2 43.Kxd2 Kd6  0-1

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Qc2 Nf8
9.Nge2 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.f3 O-O 12.Rd1 Re8 13.O-O Nh5 14.Bf2 f5 15.Kh1 Neg7
16.e4 fxe4 17.fxe4 Be6 18.exd5 cxd5 19.Ng3 Bd6 20.Nxh5 Nxh5 21.Qd2 Bf4 22.Qc2 Qg5
23.Be2 Nf6 24.Bf3 Bg4 25.Bg1 Be3 26.Bxe3 Rxe3 27.Bxg4 Nxg4 28.h3 Nf6 29.Qf2 Re6
30.Qf4 Qxf4 31.Rxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Bd6 8.Bxd6 Qxd6
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.Be2 Bf5 14.Qd4 Qxd4 15.exd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 c5 5.c3 Qb6 6.Qb3 d6 7.Nbd2 Be6 8.Bc4 Bxc4
9.Nxc4 Qxb3 10.axb3 Nbd7 11.h3 Nd5 12.Bg3 cxd4 13.exd4 O-O 14.Ne3 Nxe3 15.fxe3 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Qc7 8.f4 Nc6
9.Be3 Be7 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qg3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Kh1 Rfd8 15.Bd3 Ne8
16.Rae1 Bf8 17.Qh4 Qe7 18.Qh3 g6 19.f5 e5 20.Be3 Nc7 21.f6 Qe8 22.Qh4 d5
23.Rf3 d4 24.Rh3 h5 25.g4 Bc8 26.Rg3 hxg4 27.h3 gxh3 28.Rg5 dxe3 29.Reg1 Be6
30.Kh2 Rd6 31.Rh5 Bg7 32.fxg7 gxh5 33.Qxh5 f6 34.Qh6 Kf7 35.Nd5 Bxd5 36.exd5 e4
37.Qh7 Qg8 38.Qh5+ Ke7 39.Bxe4 Nxd5 40.Bh7 Qe6 41.g8=Q Rxg8 42.Bxg8  0-1

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nge2 exd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Nc2 Be6 10.b3 Qd7 11.O-O Bh3 12.f3 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 a6 14.Bb2 Na7 15.Qd2 b5
16.Ne3 c6 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Ne2 Qc7 19.Bc3 Qe7 20.Nd4 Ne8 21.Ndf5 gxf5 22.Nxf5 Qc7
23.Nxg7 Nxg7 24.Bf6 Kh8 25.Qg5 Rg8 26.h4 Rde8 27.h5 Re5 28.Bxe5 dxe5 29.Qf6 Nc8
30.h6 Ne7 31.Rd2  1-0

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 O-O 10.e3 c6 11.Nf3 Bf5 12.Bd3 Nd7 13.O-O Rfe8 14.Bxf5 Qxf5 15.Rac1 Nf6
16.Nd2 Ne4 17.Nxe4 Rxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Steiner, Herman"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D67"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Ne4 N5f6 12.Ng3 Qb4+ 13.Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.Kxd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-training"]
[Site "Garga"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Bd6 7.g3 Nc6 8.Bg2 a6
9.O-O b5 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.e3 Na5 13.f4 O-O 14.Nd3 Nc4 15.Qe2 Nd6
16.Rac1 Nd7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Nb1 Rfc8 19.Nd2 a5 20.Rxc8+ Bxc8 21.Rc1 Ba6 22.Nc5 Nxc5
23.Rxc5 Rc8 24.Nb3 Nc4 25.Rxc8+ Bxc8 26.Nc5 Nd6 27.Qd2 Qc7 28.Bf1 b4 29.Bd3 Bd7
30.Qc2 g6 31.Nxd7 Qxd7 32.Qc5 Qd8 33.Kf1 Kg7 34.Ke2 h5 35.Kd1 Ne8 36.Kc2 Nf6
37.Kb3 Ng4 38.Ka4 Nxh2 39.Qxa5 Qc8 40.Qc5 Qa8+ 41.Kb3 Ng4 42.Qxb4 Qc8 43.Qc5 Qb8+
44.Qb5 Qc7 45.Qc5 Qb8+ 46.Qb4 Qc7 47.Qd2 Qb8+ 48.Kc2 g5 49.a4 h4 50.gxh4 gxh4
51.Bf1 Nf6 52.Qg2+ Kf8 53.Qg5 Ne4 54.Qh6+ Kg8 55.Bd3 Qb4 56.Bxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-training"]
[Site "Garga"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Ne7 6.Nf3 Nbc6 7.b4 a6 8.O-O g6
9.Bb2 Bg7 10.a3 O-O 11.d3 a5 12.b5 Nd4 13.Nd2 c6 14.bxc6 Nexc6 15.e3 Ne6
16.Qc2 h5 17.Nc4 h4 18.Nb5 Ng5 19.f4 Nh3+ 20.Kh1 hxg3 21.hxg3 exf4 22.exf4 Nd4
23.Nxd4 Bxd4 24.Kh2 Kg7 25.Bxh3 Rh8 26.f5 Bxf5 27.Rxf5 gxf5 28.Rf1 Qd5 29.Bxd4+ Qxd4
30.Rxf5 Ra6 31.Rg5+ Rg6 32.Rxg6+ fxg6 33.Qe2 Rf8 34.Bg2 Rh8+ 35.Bh3 Rf8 36.Ne3 Qe5
37.Bg2 Rh8+ 38.Kg1 Qxg3 39.Ng4 Rf8 40.a4 Rf7 41.d4 Rc7 42.Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-training"]
[Site "Garga"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D28"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O c5 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bb3 cxd4
9.exd4 Bb7 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Rad1 Nbd7 13.a3 Nb6 14.Ne5 Nbd5 15.Rd3 Nxc3
16.bxc3 Ne4 17.Bc1 Rc8 18.Bb2 Bd5 19.Bc2 f5 20.f3 Nd6 21.Re3 Bf6 22.Bc1 Bxe5
23.dxe5 Nc4 24.Rd3 Qe7 25.Kh1 Nxa3 26.Rxd5 exd5 27.Bb3 Nc4 28.f4 Qc5 29.g4 d4
30.cxd4 Qd5+ 31.Qg2 Rfd8 32.Rf3 fxg4 33.Qxg4 Rc6 34.f5 Qxd4 35.Qg3 Kh8 36.Bg5 Nd2
37.f6 Rc1+ 38.Kg2 Rg1+ 39.Kh3 Rxg3+ 40.Rxg3 Nxb3 41.fxg7+ Kg8  0-1

[Event "URS-training"]
[Site "Garga"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 g6 3.d4 f6 4.h4 d6 5.h5 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.Nf3 e4 8.h6 Bf8 9.Ng1 f5
10.Nc3 Nf6 11.f3 exf3 12.exf3 d5 13.c5 Be7 14.Nge2 O-O 15.Be3 b6 16.O-O Re8
17.Bf2 Bf8 18.Qd2 Ba6 19.Rfd1 Qd7 20.Bf1 Nd8 21.b4 Nf7 22.Be3 Re7 23.Bg5 Nxg5
24.Qxg5 Bxe2 25.Nxe2 Nh5 26.Nc3 Rf7 27.Re1 c6 28.Kg2 Be7 29.Qd2 Qc7 30.Qf2 bxc5
31.dxc5 Bf6 32.Rac1 Bg5 33.Rcd1 a6 34.Ne2 Bxh6 35.Nd4 Rb8 36.Re6 Rf6 37.Rde1 Rxe6
38.Rxe6 Rxb4 39.Nxc6 Ra4 40.Ne7+ Kf8 41.Nxd5 Qc8  1-0

[Event "URS-training"]
[Site "Garga"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.d3 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.Nxd4 Bxd4
9.Be3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 c6 11.Bb3 d5 12.f3 Be6 13.Qe1 Nd7 14.Qg3 Re8 15.exd5 Bxd5
16.f4 exf4 17.Rxf4 Nf6 18.Bd4 Nh5 19.Qg4 g6 20.Rf5 Qd7 21.Raf1 Bxb3 22.axb3 c5
23.Qh4 cxd4 24.Rxh5 gxh5 25.Qg5+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-training"]
[Site "Garga"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O a5 8.a3 c6 9.Rb1 Kh8
10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 Be6 12.b5 Qc7 13.Qb3 Nbd7 14.Bd2 Nc5 15.Qb2 Nfd7 16.Ra1 h6
17.Rxa8 Rxa8 18.Ra1 Rxa1+ 19.Qxa1 Nb3 20.Qa8+ Kh7 21.Be1 Bf6 22.h4 Nb6 23.Qa7 d5
24.bxc6 Qxc6 25.Qa2 Nc5 26.Nxd5 Nxd5 27.cxd5 Bxd5 28.Ng5+ hxg5 29.Bxd5 Qd6
30.hxg5 Bxg5 31.Bb4 b6 32.Qa8 Qd8 33.Qc6 Bf6 34.Bc3 g6 35.f4 Qe7 36.Kf1 Bg7
37.fxe5 Bxe5 38.d4 Bg7 39.dxc5 Bxc3 40.cxb6 Be5 41.Qa8 Qd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-training"]
[Site "Garga"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.f4 e5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Re8
9.Bb2 e4 10.Ne1 h5 11.Nc2 h4 12.gxh4 Nh5 13.Qe1 f5 14.Qc1 Be6 15.Nd5 Rc8
16.d3 exd3 17.exd3 Qxh4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Qb2+ Kh7 20.Nce3 Bxd5 21.Nxd5 Ne7
22.Qf2 Qxf2+ 23.Rxf2 Nxd5 24.Bxd5 c6 25.Bg2 Re3 26.Rd1 Rce8 27.Kf1 R8e7 28.b4 Kg7
29.a4 c5 30.b5 b6 31.Bc6 Kf6 32.Bd5 Kg7 33.Bg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-training"]
[Site "Garga"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 f5 6.Nge2 e4 7.d3 exd3 8.Qxd3 Nf6
9.b3 d6 10.O-O O-O 11.Ba3 a5 12.Rad1 Nb4 13.Qd2 Qe7 14.Nf4 g5 15.Ncd5 Nbxd5
16.Nxd5 Qf7 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.c5 a4 19.cxd6 Rd8 20.Bd5+ Be6 21.Bb2 Qf7 22.Bxe6 Qxe6
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Qc3+ Kg6 25.dxc7 Rdc8 26.b4  1-0

[Event "URS-training"]
[Site "Garga"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A84"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 f5 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.Nge2 Nf6 7.b3 O-O 8.Qc2 Qe7
9.Bb2 b6 10.f3 Na6 11.a3 dxc4 12.bxc4 c5 13.Nb5 Bb8 14.O-O Bb7 15.Rae1 Nc7
16.Nbc3 Nce8 17.Ng3 h5 18.Nge2 g5 19.d5 Ng7 20.dxe6 Qxe6 21.Ng3 Nd7 22.Nd5 Be5
23.Bxe5 Nxe5 24.Nxf5 Nxd3 25.Nfe7+ Kf7 26.Qxd3 Rad8 27.f4 g4 28.f5 Qxe7 29.f6 Qe5
30.Qh7 Rg8 31.fxg7+ Ke6 32.Qg6+ Kd7 33.Rf7+ Kc8 34.Ne7+ Kb8 35.Nc6+  1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Nd2 Re8 12.a5 b5 13.axb6 Nxb6 14.Nb3 Qc7 15.Na5 Bd7
16.h3 Bb5 17.Be3 Nfd7 18.Qb3 Nf6 19.Rfc1 Bd7 20.Qd1 Rxe3 21.fxe3 Bh6 22.Qd3 Re8
23.Kh2 Rxe3 24.Qxa6 Re5 25.Rf1 Bc8 26.Qb5 Bd7 27.Nc6 Kg7 28.Ra6 Nc8 29.Qb8 Qxb8
30.Nxb8 Bf5 31.Rc6 Re8 32.e4 Bd7 33.e5 Rxe5 34.Nxd7 Nxd7 35.Rxc8 Re3 36.Rc6 Ne5
37.Rxd6 Rd3 38.Rd1 Re3 39.Rc6  1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.Qc2 g6 8.e3 Bf5
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nbd7 11.h3 Nf8 12.g4 Ne6 13.Bg3 Qa5 14.Nd2 O-O 15.O-O-O Bb4
16.Kb1 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Qxc3 18.bxc3 Ne4 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Kc2 Rad8 21.a4 f5 22.gxf5 Rxf5
23.c4 Rd7 24.Kc3 Ng7 25.Rd2 Kf7 26.Bb8 b6 27.Ra2 Ra5 28.Be5 Nf5 29.Rg1 h5
30.Bf4 Nh4 31.Rg5 Rxg5 32.Bxg5 Nf3 33.h4 Nxg5 34.hxg5 Ke6 35.a5 h4 36.Ra1 bxa5
37.Kd2 h3 38.Ke2 h2 39.f3 Rh7 40.Rh1 exf3+ 41.Kxf3 a4  0-1

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D28"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7
9.Nc3 b5 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Rfe1 Nc6 13.Rad1 Na5 14.d5 Nxb3 15.dxe6 Qb6
16.axb3 fxe6 17.Nd4 Bd6 18.Qxe6+ Kh8 19.Nf3 Rad8 20.Bf4 Bxf3 21.Rxd6 Rxd6
22.Qxd6 Qxd6 23.Bxd6 Re8 24.Rxe8+ Nxe8 25.Be5 Bc6 26.b4 h5 27.f3 Kh7 28.Ne2 g5
29.Kf2 h4 30.g3 hxg3+ 31.hxg3 Kg6 32.g4 Bb7 33.Ke3 Bc6 34.Nc3 Bb7 35.Ne4 Bd5
36.Nc5 Kf7 37.Nxa6 Ke6 38.Bc3 Ba8 39.Nc5+ Kf7 40.Ne4 Kg6 41.Be5 Bd5 42.Nd2 Kf7  1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.f4 e5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Rxd8+ Bxd8 14.Bc4 Be7 15.h3 Bd7
16.Rd1 Be8 17.a3 Kf8 18.Be3 Nh5 19.Ne2 Nf6 20.Nc3 Nh5 21.Ne2 Nf6 22.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.O-O O-O 10.f3 Qc7 11.Qe1 b5 12.a3 Nb6 13.Qf2 Rb8 14.Rab1 Be6 15.Kh1 Nc4
16.Bxc4 bxc4 17.Nc1 Rb7 18.N1a2 d5 19.exd5 Bxd5 20.Nb4 Bxb4 21.axb4 Qc6 22.Bg5 Rd7
23.Rfe1 Re8 24.Rbd1 Nh5 25.Qh4 g6 26.Nxd5 Rxd5 27.Rxd5 Qxd5 28.Qe4 Qxe4 29.Rxe4 f6
30.Be3 Rc8 31.g4 Ng7 32.g5 Kf7 33.gxf6 Kxf6 34.Bd2 Nf5 35.Bc3 Nd4 36.f4 Nxc2
37.Re2 Na1 38.Rxe5 Kf7 39.Ra5 Nc2 40.Rxa6 Rb8 41.Rc6 Nxb4 42.Rc7+ Ke6 43.Rxc4 Nd3
44.b4 Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D71"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2 dxc4 6.Qa4+ Nfd7 7.e3 O-O 8.Qxc4 c5
9.Nf3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Ne5 11.Qe2 Nbc6 12.Nxc6 Nd3+ 13.Kd2 Nxc1+ 14.Nxd8 Nxe2
15.Nxb7 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Be6 17.Rhc1 Rac8 18.Rc2 Rc7 19.Rac1 Bf5 20.Rb2 Rd7+
21.Ke2 Rc8 22.Rb3 Bg4+ 23.Bf3 Bxf3+ 24.Kxf3 Rdc7 25.c4 Rxc4 26.Rxc4 Rxc4
27.Ra3 h5 28.Rxa7 g5 29.Na5 Rc2 30.Nb3 g4+ 31.Kg2 e6 32.a4 Bh6 33.Kf1 Rb2
34.Rb7 Rb1+ 35.Kg2 Rb2 36.Kf1 Rb1+ 37.Kg2 Rb2 38.Nc5 Rc2 39.Ne4 Bxe3 40.Kf1 Bd4
41.Rd7 e5 42.Rd8+ Kg7 43.Rd6 Ra2 44.a5 Rxa5 45.Nf6 Kf8 46.Nxh5 Ke7 47.Rc6 f5
48.Ng7 e4 49.Rc7+ Kf6 50.Nh5+ Ke5 51.Rc2 Ra1+ 52.Kg2 Ra3 53.Nf4 Rf3 54.h3 gxh3+
55.Nxh3 Ra3 56.Nf4 Kf6 57.Rc6+ Ke7 58.Rc4 Ba7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 g6 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 Ne8 10.Rb1 Nc7 11.b4 c5 12.dxc5 dxc5 13.Ba3 Ne6 14.bxc5 Re8 15.Nb5 Ndxc5
16.Qd5 Na4 17.Rb3 Nb6 18.Qd1 Bd7 19.c5 Nc8 20.Rd3 Nd4 21.Nbxd4 exd4 22.Nxd4 Qa5
23.Nb3 Qxa3 24.Rxd7 Ne7 25.Rxb7 Qxa2 26.Bb5 Red8 27.Qf3 Bf8 28.Bc4 Qb2 29.Qxf7+ Kh8
30.e5 Qc3 31.Kf1 Rab8 32.c6 Rbc8 33.Be6 Qd3+ 34.Kg1 Qe2 35.Qxf8+ Rxf8 36.Rxe2 Rxc6
37.Rxe7 a5 38.h4 a4 39.Nd4 Rc1+ 40.Kh2 Rd1 41.Nb5 Rb1 42.Nd6  1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bronstein, David I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 Re8
9.d5 a6 10.Ne1 Rb8 11.Nc2 Qe7 12.b4 Rf8 13.Ne3 Ne8 14.Qc2 Ndf6 15.a4 a5 16.bxa5 Ra8
17.Ba3 Nd7 18.Bh3 h5 19.Ncd1 Rxa5 20.Nb2 Nef6 21.Bb4 Ra6 22.a5 Nh7 23.Bg2 h4
24.Nd3 Ndf6 25.c5 Ng5 26.Qc4 Bh6 27.Bd2 Ra8 28.Rfc1 Nh5 29.cxd6 cxd6 30.Qc7 Qf6
31.Ne1 hxg3 32.hxg3 Nh3+ 33.Bxh3 Bxh3 34.Ng4 Bxg4 35.Bxh6 Rfc8 36.Qxb7 Rcb8
37.a6 g5 38.Qxb8+ Rxb8 39.a7 Ra8 40.Rcb1 Kh7 41.Rb8 Rxa7 42.Rxa7 Kxh6 43.Rbb7 Kg6
44.f3 Bc8 45.Rc7 Qd8 46.g4 Nf6 47.Kg2 Bd7 48.Nc2 Bxg4 49.fxg4 Nxg4 50.Rxf7 Qb6
51.Rg7+ Kh5 52.Rh7+ Nh6 53.Rac7 Qb3 54.Kf2 g4 55.Ne3 Qd3 56.Nf5 Qf3+ 57.Kg1 Qd1+
58.Kf2 Kg5 59.Nxh6 Qd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 Be6 8.Bg2 b5
9.O-O Nbd7 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Bg4 13.Bd2 a5 14.c3 bxc3 15.Bxc3 Qb6
16.h3 Bh5 17.Kh2 Be7 18.f4 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Bf6 20.Qc4 O-O 21.Qc6 Rfd8 22.Rae1 Qb8
23.Rb1 Ra7 24.Qc4 Rc8 25.Qe4 Qb3 26.fxe5 Bxe5 27.Qf5 Rf8 28.Qf2 Raa8 29.Qf5 Qxa4
30.Rf4 Bxf4 31.gxf4 g6 32.Qg5 Rae8 33.Rg1 Re2 34.Kh1 Qc2 35.Qg4 Nc5 36.Qh4 Ne4
37.Bd4 Nf2+ 38.Kh2 Ne4 39.f5 Qd3 40.fxg6 fxg6 41.Bb6  0-1

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 d4 5.b4 c5 6.Bb2 Qb6 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.b5 Na5 9.Qc2 Bd6
10.e3 e5 11.exd4 exd4 12.O-O O-O 13.d3 Bd7 14.Nbd2 h6 15.Rae1 Rae8 16.Bc1 Rxe1
17.Rxe1 Re8 18.Rxe8+ Bxe8 19.Nh4 a6 20.a4 Qa7 21.Nf5 Bf8 22.Ne4 Nxe4 23.Bxe4 b6
24.Qd1 axb5 25.axb5 Bd7 26.Qh5 Be6 27.Bf4 Nb3 28.Qd1 Qa2 29.h4 Na1 30.h5 Nc2
31.Be5 Qb2 32.Bc7 Na3 33.Qg4 Qc1+ 34.Kg2 Nb1 35.Bf4 Nd2 36.Qe2  1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bd3 Ngf6 8.O-O e6
9.Re1 Be7 10.c4 O-O 11.Bxg6 hxg6 12.Bf4 Re8 13.Qc2 c5 14.Rad1 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Bb4
16.Bd2 Bxd2 17.Qxd2 a6 18.b4 Qc7 19.Rc1 Rad8 20.Qc3 Nb6 21.Nf3 Qf4 22.Qe3 Qxe3
23.Rxe3 Rc8 24.Rec3 Red8 25.Kf1 Kf8 26.Ke2 Ke7 27.a3 Rc7 28.R3c2 Rdc8 29.Kd3 Nfd7
30.Nf1 f5 31.Ne3 e5 32.Nd2 e4+ 33.Ke2 Ne5 34.c5 Nd3 35.Rd1 Nf4+ 36.Kf1 Ke6
37.Nxe4 Nd7 38.Nd6 Rh8 39.g3 Nh3 40.Nd5 Rc6 41.Re2+  1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.Nf3 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O a6
9.b3 Re8 10.Bb2 Bf8 11.Qd3 b5 12.Nd2 Bb7 13.Kh1 exd4 14.Qxd4 c5 15.Qd3 Ne5
16.Qc2 Nc6 17.Nd5 Nd4 18.Qd3 g6 19.Bxd4 cxd4 20.Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.Kg1 Qe5 22.Rfe1 Bg7
23.Rac1 Re7 24.Nf3 Qc5 25.Bf1 h6 26.cxb5 Qxb5 27.Qd1 Qb6 28.Nd2 Rae8 29.Bd3 d5
30.e5 Rxe5 31.Rxe5 Rxe5 32.Nf3 Re4 33.Qd2 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Re8
9.Rd1 Bf8 10.Rb1 a5 11.d5 Nc5 12.Be3 Qc7 13.h3 Bd7 14.Rbc1 g6 15.Nd2 Rab8
16.Nb3 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 c5 18.Kh2 Kh8 19.Qc2 Ng8 20.Bg4 Nh6 21.Bxd7 Qxd7 22.Qd2 Ng8
23.g4 f5 24.f3 Be7 25.Rg1 Rf8 26.Rcf1 Rf7 27.gxf5 gxf5 28.Rg2 f4 29.Bf2 Rf6
30.Ne2 Qxh3+ 31.Kxh3 Rh6+ 32.Kg4 Nf6+ 33.Kf5 Nd7 34.Rg5 Rf8+ 35.Kg4 Nf6+
36.Kf5 Ng8+ 37.Kg4 Nf6+ 38.Kf5 Nxd5+ 39.Kg4 Nf6+ 40.Kf5 Ng8+ 41.Kg4 Nf6+
42.Kf5 Ng8+ 43.Kg4 Bxg5 44.Kxg5 Rf7 45.Bh4 Rg6+ 46.Kh5 Rfg7 47.Bg5 Rxg5+
48.Kh4 Nf6 49.Ng3 Rxg3 50.Qxd6 R3g6 51.Qb8+ Rg8  0-1

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Qd2 f5 9.O-O-O Nd7
10.Bd3 Nc5 11.Bc2 f4 12.Bf2 a6 13.Nge2 a5 14.Kb1 Bd7 15.Nc1 Rf7 16.Nd3 b6
17.Rc1 Bf6 18.Rhf1 Bh4 19.Bxc5 bxc5 20.Ba4 Bxa4 21.Nxa4 Qd7 22.Nc3 g5 23.h3 Nf6
24.Nb5 h5 25.Rh1 Rh7 26.Rc3 g4 27.hxg4 hxg4 28.Ra3 Bg3 29.Rxh7 Qxh7 30.Nc1 Qh1
31.Nxc7 gxf3 32.gxf3 Ra7 33.Ne6 Be1 34.Qd1 Rh7 35.Rd3 Rh2 36.a3 Nd7 37.Qa4 Qg2
38.Rb3 Bc3 39.Ne2  1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.O-O a6 6.Qc2 b5 7.Ne5 Nd5 8.d3 cxd3
9.Nxd3 Bb7 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.a4 Nd7 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Bxa8 14.Na3 Bxa3 15.bxa3 O-O
16.Nc5 N7b6 17.e4 Ne7 18.Bf1 Bc6 19.f3 Rd8 20.Bg5 Rxd1 21.Qxd1 Ng6 22.Qd8+ Be8
23.Qxc8 Nxc8 24.Bd8 c6 25.f4 e5 26.f5 Nf8 27.Kf2 Nd7 28.Nb7 f6 29.Ke3 Kf8
30.h3 Bf7 31.Ba5 Ke8 32.g4 Ndb6 33.Bb4 Bc4 34.Bg2 Ba2 35.Bf1 Bc4 36.Bg2 Ba2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 c6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 Re8
9.b3 Bf8 10.Bb2 Nh5 11.g3 g6 12.Rad1 Nhf6 13.d5 c5 14.Nh4 Bg7 15.a3 Nb6 16.Bf3 Rf8
17.Ne2 Bd7 18.Bc3 Ne8 19.Ba5 Qe7 20.Rde1 Rc8 21.Bd2 Qd8 22.Qc1 Bf6 23.Ng2 Be7
24.Bh6 Ng7 25.h4 f5 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Nc3 Be8 28.Bd1 Nd7 29.Bxg7 Kxg7 30.Qe3 Bf6
31.Bc2 Bg6 32.Qe2 e4 33.Nf4 Re8 34.Ne6+ Rxe6 35.dxe6 Bxc3 36.exd7 Qxd7 37.h5 Bxe1
38.hxg6 Bc3 39.gxh7 Rh8 40.Qe3 Kg6 41.Rd1 Bd4 42.Qf4 Qxh7 43.Kf1 Qh1+ 44.Ke2 Qh5+
45.g4 Qxg4+ 46.Qxg4+ fxg4 47.Bxe4+ Kg5 48.Rh1 Re8 49.f3 b5 50.Kf1 bxc4 51.bxc4 g3
52.Rh7 Rb8 53.Bb7 Be5 54.Kg2 Kf4 55.Rf7+ Ke3 56.f4 Bxf4 57.Re7+ Be5 58.Rf7 a5
59.a4 Kd4 60.Bd5 Rb2+ 61.Kf1 Ra2  0-1

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E66"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.d4 Nc6 8.d5 Na5
9.Qd3 a6 10.Nd2 Rb8 11.b3 b5 12.Rb1 bxc4 13.Nxc4 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 Ne8 15.Bb2 Nc7
16.Nd1 Rb4 17.Qc2 Bxb2 18.Nxb2 Bf5 19.e4 Bd7 20.Nd3 Rd4 21.Rfe1 e5 22.dxe6 Nxe6
23.Rbd1 Bb5 24.Nc1 Qa5 25.Bf1 Re8 26.Bxb5 axb5 27.Ne2 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Ng5 29.Kg2 Nxe4
30.f3 Ng5 31.Rxd6 Qa8 32.Rd3 Ne6 33.Qd2 b4 34.Kf2 Qb8 35.Re3 Qa7 36.f4 Rd8
37.Qc2 Qd7 38.Ke1 Qd5 39.Ng1 Qd4 40.Qe2 Qa1+ 41.Kf2 Ra8 42.Qd3 Rxa2+ 43.Ne2 Qd4
44.Kf3 Qxd3 45.Rxd3 Kf8 46.Re3 Ke7 47.g4 f5 48.gxf5 gxf5 49.Ng3 Kf6 50.Re5 Nd4+
51.Ke3 Rc2 52.Nh5+ Kg6 53.Ng3 h5 54.h4 Rc3+ 55.Kf2 Rf3+ 56.Kg2 Rxf4 57.Rxc5 Rxh4
58.Rc4 Rg4 59.Kh3 Nxb3 60.Rc8 Nd4 61.Rg8+ Kh6 62.Rh8+ Kg5 63.Rg8+ Kf4 64.Nxh5+ Kf3
65.Rb8 Ne6 66.Rb5 Ng5+ 67.Kh2 Rh4+ 68.Kg1 Nh3+  0-1

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Qc2 e5 12.Ba2 Bg4 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.e4 Rfe8
16.Bb1 Rad8 17.f3 Bd7 18.Bb2 Bc6 19.Ba2 Nh5 20.Rad1 Nf4 21.Rd2 Ba4 22.Qc1 Qg5
23.Bd5 Nxd5 24.exd5 Rxd5 25.Rxd5 Qxd5 26.c4 Qd3 27.Re1 f6 28.Rxe8+ Bxe8 29.Qc3 Qe2
30.Bc1 Bf7 31.Qd2 Qe7 32.Qe3 Kf8 33.h4 Qxe3+ 34.Bxe3 b6 35.a4 Ke7 36.a5 Bxc4
37.axb6 axb6 38.Kf2 Kd6 39.Bf4+ Kc6 40.Ke3 Bf7 41.g4 b5 42.h5 b4  0-1

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.b3 g6 5.Bb2 Bg7 6.d4 O-O 7.Bd3 c5 8.O-O cxd4
9.Nxd4 e5 10.Nb5 a6 11.N5c3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Be2 Bb7 14.Nd2 e4 15.b4 Qe7
16.a3 Rd8 17.Qc2 Nbd7 18.Nb3 Rac8 19.Rfd1 Nd5 20.Rxd5 Bxc3 21.Rxd7 Rxd7 22.Bxc3 Bd5
23.Nc5 Rd6 24.Bb2 f6 25.Bd4 Qf7 26.h3 Re8 27.Rc1 h5 28.a4 f5 29.Bb2 Kh7 30.Qc3 Bc4
31.Bxc4 bxc4 32.Qxc4 Rd1+ 33.Kh2 Qxc4 34.Rxc4 Rd2 35.Bf6 Rxf2 36.Rd4 f4 37.Rd7+ Kh6
38.h4 g5 39.Bxg5+ Kg6 40.Bxf4  1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E07"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.b3 Nbd7 8.Bb2 b6
9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.e3 c5 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nc5 14.Rfd1 Qd7 15.N2f3 Rfd8
16.Ne5 Qe8 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.Ndc6 Rxc6 19.Nxc6 Qxc6 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.b4 Nfe4
22.bxc5 bxc5 23.Qg4 g6 24.h4 Qe6 25.Qxe6 fxe6 26.Be5 c4 27.Rc2 Nc5 28.Rb1 Kf7
29.Bd4 Rd7 30.Rcb2 e5 31.Bxc5 Bxc5 32.Rc2 Rc7 33.e4 Ke6 34.Kf1 Bd4 35.f3 c3
36.Ke2 Rf7 37.Rf1 Kd6 38.Kd3 Kc5 39.Re2 Rb7 40.f4 dxe4+ 41.Rxe4 Rd7 42.Kc2 Kd5
43.Rfe1 Rb7 44.Kc1 Rb2 45.R4e2 e4 46.Rxe4 Rxa2 47.g4 Rg2 48.f5 gxf5 49.gxf5 Rf2
50.Re7 Kc4 51.R1e4 Kd3 52.Rxd4+ Kxd4 53.Rxh7 a5 54.Rd7+ Ke4 55.h5 Rxf5 56.h6 Rh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 d5 8.Qe2 Nbd7
9.b3 a6 10.Bb2 Bd6 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Bxe4 14.Qxe4 Qe7 15.Rae1 Rfe8
16.Re2 a5 17.Rfe1 Bb4 18.Rd1 Rad8 19.Rd3 f6 20.Rde3 Qf7 21.g3 Bd6 22.Qc6 Nb8
23.Qb5 Nd7 24.Kg2 Bf8 25.a3 Rc8 26.Qc6 Nb8 27.Qb7 Qd7 28.Qe4 Qf7 29.Qg4 h5
30.Qe4 c5 31.Rd3 Nc6 32.Red2 cxd4 33.Nxd4 Ne5 34.Rc3 Rcd8 35.f4 Ng4 36.Nf3 Rxd2+
37.Nxd2 Rd8 38.Rd3 Rxd3 39.Qxd3 Qb7+ 40.Qe4 Qd7 41.Nf3 Bc5 42.Bd4 Bxd4 43.Nxd4 Kf7
44.h3 f5 45.Qd3 Nf6 46.Nf3 Qxd3 47.Ne5+ Ke7 48.Nxd3 Ne4 49.b4 Kd6 50.Ne5 a4
51.Kf3 g5 52.Ke3 g4 53.hxg4 hxg4 54.Nxg4 Nc3 55.Ne5 Nb1 56.Kd3 Nxa3 57.b5 Nxb5
58.cxb5 Kc5 59.Nf3 Kxb5 60.Nd4+ Kb4 61.Kc2 e5 62.fxe5 Kc5 63.e6 Kd6 64.Kc3 b5
65.Kb4 Ke7 66.Kc5 a3 67.Kd5  1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Bronstein, David I"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxg2
9.Kxg2 Qc8 10.Qd3 Nc6 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Rd8 13.Rac1 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Bc5 15.Qf4 Qb7+
16.Kg1 d5 17.cxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c5 8.Bd3 Nh5 9.Nge2 f5
10.exf5 gxf5 11.Qc2 e4 12.fxe4 f4 13.Bf2 Nd7 14.Ng1 Qg5 15.Bf1 Ne5 16.Nf3 Qe7
17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.O-O-O Nf6 19.h3 Bd7 20.Bd3 a6 21.Nb1 f3 22.gxf3 Nh5 23.Nd2 Nf4
24.Bf1 b5 25.h4 Kh8 26.Rg1 Bf6 27.Nb3 Rab8 28.Be1 b4 29.Kb1 Ra8 30.Bg3 Rg8
31.Qh2 Rxg3 32.Rxg3 Ne2 33.Qxe2 Qxg3 34.Nc1 a5 35.Nd3 Bd4 36.h5 Qh4 37.Bg2 Rg8
38.Rh1 Qg3 39.Bf1 a4 40.Kc2 a3 41.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 Be6 11.O-O a6 12.Rfc1 Bd6 13.Qd1 Ne7 14.Na4 b6 15.Nc3 Rfd8
16.Qf1 c6 17.Na4 Rdb8 18.Rc3 a5 19.Rac1 Bd7 20.a3 Ng6 21.Bd3 Qe6 22.Qd1 Bc7
23.Qc2 Ne7 24.Re1 f5 25.b4 axb4 26.axb4 Bd6 27.Rb1 b5 28.Nc5 Bxc5 29.Rxc5 Ra4
30.Ne5 Rba8 31.Qe2 Be8 32.Qf3 Ra1 33.Rcc1 Rxb1 34.Rxb1 g6 35.h4 Kg7 36.Qg3 Qd6
37.f4 h5 38.Be2 Ra4 39.Bd1 Rxb4 40.Ra1 Nc8 41.Ra8 Qe6 42.Bxh5 Kf8 43.Bxg6 Bxg6
44.Nxg6+ Ke8 45.Ne5 Kd8 46.Qg7 Ra4 47.Rb8 c5 48.Rb7  1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E87"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c5 8.g4 Ne8 9.h4 f5
10.exf5 gxf5 11.g5 e4 12.f4 b5 13.cxb5 a6 14.Qd2 axb5 15.Bxb5 Ba6 16.Bxa6 Nxa6
17.Nge2 Nb4 18.O-O Nc7 19.Nc1 Qe8 20.a3 Qh5 21.Rf2 Qf7 22.axb4 Rxa1 23.bxc5 dxc5
24.Bxc5 Rd8 25.d6 Ne8 26.Kg2 Bf8 27.N1e2 Nxd6 28.Qd5 Nb7 29.Qxf7+ Kxf7 30.Bxf8 Rxf8
31.Ng3 Nd6 32.Rd2 Ke6 33.Rd5 Rb8 34.Rxd6+ Kxd6 35.Nxf5+ Kc6 36.Nxe4 Rxb2+
37.Kf3 Rb4 38.Nfg3 Raa4 39.h5 Ra3+ 40.Kg4 Kd7 41.g6 hxg6 42.hxg6 Ke7 43.Nf5+ Ke6
44.Ng7+ Ke7 45.Nf5+ Ke6 46.g7 Ra8 47.Neg3 Rg8 48.Nh5 Rxf4+ 49.Kxf4 Rxg7 50.Nhxg7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Qc2 c6
9.Rd1 Re8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Ng5 Qe7 12.Nge4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Nc5 14.Nd6 Rd8 15.Nxc8 Rxd1+
16.Qxd1 Rxc8 17.Be3 Rd8 18.Qc2 f5 19.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Ng3 Re8
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O a6 11.Qc2 Bf8 12.Bd2 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Rad1 Bg4 15.Be2 Be6
16.Nf5 Rc8 17.Nd4 Bd6 18.Bf3 Nce4 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Qb3 Nc5 21.Qa2 Qc7 22.g3 Qf7
23.Bc1 Be5 24.Ne2 Rc7 25.Bg2 g6 26.Qb1 Nb3 27.Bd2 Nxd2 28.Rxd2 Rec8 29.h3 Rc4
30.Rc1 Qc7 31.Rxc4 Qxc4 32.f4 Bb8 33.Nd4 Qc1+ 34.Qxc1 Rxc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qe2 a6
9.a3 cxd4 10.exd4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Be7 12.Ba2 Nb6 13.Bg5 Nfd5 14.Bxe7 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Qxe7
16.c4 Na4 17.Bb3 Bd7 18.Qc2 Nb6 19.c5 Rac8 20.Ne5 Rfd8 21.Qe4 Nd5 22.Bxd5 exd5
23.Qf4 f6 24.Nxd7 Qxd7 25.Rab1 Re8 26.f3 Re7 27.Rf2 Rce8 28.Rfb2 Re1+ 29.Rxe1 Rxe1+
30.Kf2 Re8 31.Rb6 Qe7 32.Qd2 Rd8 33.Qe3 Qxe3+ 34.Kxe3 Rd7 35.h4 Kf7 36.h5 g5
37.hxg6+ Kxg6 38.Kf4 h5 39.g3 Rh7 40.Ke3 Re7+ 41.Kf4 Rh7 42.a4 h4 43.gxh4 Rxh4+
44.Ke3 Rh7 45.Rd6 Re7+ 46.Kd3 Kg5 47.Rxd5+ Kf4 48.Rd6 f5 49.Rf6 Re1 50.Rf7 Rb1
51.a5 Rb3+ 52.Kc4 Rb1 53.Rf6 Rh1 54.Rb6 Rh7 55.Rb3 Rd7 56.d5 Ke5 57.d6 f4
58.Rb1 Rh7 59.Re1+ Kf6 60.c6 bxc6 61.Kc5 Rh2 62.Rd1  1-0

[Event "Amsterdam olm"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fred, Aatos"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.h3 O-O 5.e3 c5 6.Nbd2 b6 7.c3 d6 8.Bc4 Ba6
9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Qe2 Nc7 11.O-O Qd7 12.Rfd1 Rfe8 13.Bh2 Ne6 14.Qd3 Qb7 15.Rac1 b5
16.Qb1 a5 17.c4 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.exd4 Bh6 20.Rc2 Bxd2 21.Rdxd2 bxc4 22.Rxc4 Rac8
23.Rdc2 Rxc4 24.Rxc4 Rc8 25.Rxc8+ Qxc8 26.Bf4 Qc4 27.Be3 Nd5 28.a3 f5 29.Qc1 Qd3
30.Bh6 Qa6 31.b3 Kf7 32.g3 Ke6 33.Qc2 Kd7 34.Bc1 Nc7 35.h4 Qc6 36.Qd2 Nd5
37.Bb2 Qb5 38.Qc2 f4 39.a4 Qb7 40.Qd1 e6 41.Qf3 Qb4 42.Qd3 fxg3 43.fxg3 Qe1+
44.Kg2 h5 45.Ba3 Ke7 46.Qxg6 Qe2+ 47.Kg1 Qe1+ 48.Kg2 Ne3+ 49.Kf3 Nf5 50.Qg5+ Kd7
51.Kg2 Qe2+ 52.Kg1 Qd1+ 53.Kh2 Qxb3 54.Bc1 Qxa4 55.d5 Qa2+ 56.Kh3 Qxd5 57.Qxh5 Qh1+  0-1

[Event "Amsterdam olm"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Arnlaugsson, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E26"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 b6 8.e4 d6
9.Ne2 Bb7 10.O-O Qd7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.d5 Na5 14.Nf4 O-O-O 15.Nh5 Qe7
16.Rb1 Ba6 17.Re1 Rhg8 18.Qe2 Kb8 19.f4 e5 20.f5 Rg5 21.h4 Rgg8 22.a4 Rh8
23.Kh2 Rdg8 24.Rf1 Kc7 25.Kh3 Qd8 26.Rf3 Kd7 27.Re1 Ke7 28.Qa2 Rh7 29.Ree3 Rhh8
30.Re1 Rh7 31.Ra1 Rhh8 32.Rf2 Qd7 33.Rb1 Qc7 34.Rg1 Qd8 35.Rf3 Qd7 36.Re3 Qc7
37.Ree1 Qd7 38.Be2 Qe8 39.Bf1 Qd7 40.Bd3 Qe8 41.Re3 Qd8 42.Rf1 Rh7 43.Rff3 Rhh8
44.Be2 Qe8 45.Rg3 Rxg3+ 46.Rxg3 Rg8 47.Rf3 Qd8 48.Ng3 Qe8 49.Bd3 Qd8 50.Nf1 Qe8
51.Ne3 Qd8 52.Qc2 Qf8 53.Rg3 Rh8 54.Qe2 Bc8 55.Qg4 Bd7 56.Bc2 Bc8 57.Qf3 Ba6
58.Bd3 Bc8 59.Rg4 Bd7 60.Bc2 Qe8 61.Rg7 Qf8 62.Qg3 Kd8 63.Bd1 Be8 64.Kh2 Kc8
65.Rg4 Kd8 66.Kg1 Bd7 67.Rg7 Be8 68.Kf2 Kc8 69.Ke1 Kd8 70.Kd2 Kc8 71.Kd3 Kd8
72.Nf1 Kc8 73.Qg4 h5 74.Qg3 Kd8 75.Ne3 Nb7 76.Kd2 Na5 77.Ke1 Nb7 78.Kf2 Na5
79.Kg1 Nb7 80.Kh2 Na5 81.Kh3 Nb7 82.Bxh5 Rxh5 83.Rg8 Qh6 84.Ng4 Qg5 85.Rxg5 fxg5
86.Qe3 Rxh4+ 87.Kg3 Rxg4+ 88.Kxg4 f6 89.Qh3 Ke7 90.Qh7+ Bf7 91.Qh8 Be8 92.Qg8 Nd8
93.Qh7+ Bf7 94.a5 bxa5 95.Qh1 a4 96.Qb1 Be8 97.Qb8 a5 98.Qc7+ Bd7 99.Kh5 Nf7
100.g4 Nd8 101.Kg6 Nf7 102.Kg7 Nd8 103.Qxa5 Nf7 104.Qb6 Be8 105.Qb1 Nd8 106.Qh1  1-0

[Event "Amsterdam olm"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Johansson, Ingi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E68"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.O-O exd4
9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.f3 a5 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.Rad1 Qc8 14.Ndb5 Na6 15.g4 Be6
16.b3 Nd7 17.h3 Ndc5 18.f4 f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.g5 Ne4 21.Nxe4 fxe4 22.Kh2 Nc5
23.Nc3 Bf5 24.Bd4 Bf8 25.Nd5 Nd7 26.Ba1 c6 27.Ne3 Nc5 28.Qc3 Nd3 29.Qh8+  1-0

[Event "Amsterdam olm"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aloni, Izak"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d6 6.Nge2 e5 7.O-O Nfd7 8.f4 f5
9.Bc2 Nc6 10.a3 a5 11.Rb1 Ne7 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 exd4 14.exd4 d5 15.c5 Nf6
16.b5 Be6 17.Be3 b6 18.Na4 Ne4 19.Qd3 Kh8 20.Rfd1 Ng8 21.Bc1 Re8 22.Bb2 Ngf6
23.h3 Nd7 24.Ba3 Bf7 25.Bb4 bxc5 26.Nxc5 Nb6 27.Nb7 Qd7 28.Na5 Nc4 29.Nc6 Ned6
30.Ne5 Nxe5 31.dxe5 Nxb5 32.Bc5 c6 33.Nd4 Nxd4 34.Qxd4 Kg8 35.Rb6 Reb8 36.Rdb1 Rxb6
37.Rxb6 Bf8 38.Bxf8 Rxf8 39.Qc5 Rc8 40.Bd3 Be8 41.Ba6 Rc7 42.Rb8 Kf7 43.Qb6 Kf8
44.e6 Qe7 45.Qb2 Kg8 46.Qe5 h5 47.Rxe8+ Qxe8 48.Qxc7 Qxe6 49.Qc8+ Kf7 50.Qxe6+ Kxe6
51.h4 Kd6 52.Kf2 Kc5 53.Ke3 Kd6 54.Kd3 Kc7 55.Kc3 Kd7 56.Kd4 Kd6 57.Bc8 c5+
58.Kd3 Ke7 59.Bb7 Kd6 60.Ba8 Ke6 61.Bc6  1-0

[Event "Amsterdam olm"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Van Scheltinga, Theo D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A12"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 Bf5 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.Nh4 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5
9.g4 Ng8 10.Ng2 Bg6 11.Nf4 Qg5 12.e3 dxc4 13.bxc4 e5 14.Nxg6 Qxg6 15.Qc2 h5
16.gxh5 Qxh5 17.Be2 Qh4 18.Bg4 Ngf6 19.Nf3 Qh7 20.Ke2 Bd6 21.Rag1 Nxg4 22.hxg4 Qxh1
23.Rxh1 Rxh1 24.d4 O-O-O 25.dxe5 Be7 26.Qf5 Rf8 27.e6 fxe6 28.Qxe6 Bf6 29.Ne5 Bxe5
30.Bxe5 Rh6 31.Qe7 Rg6 32.g5 c5 33.Bxg7 Rg8 34.Bf6  1-0

[Event "Amsterdam olm"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Bh4 c6
9.O-O-O Ng4 10.Bg3 f6 11.Nh4 Nh6 12.e4 Bb4 13.Be2 Ke7 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 g5
16.Be3 Ne5 17.Nf3 Nhg4 18.Bg1 Be6 19.Nd4 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Nh6 21.Nxe6 Kxe6 22.c5 Rhd8
23.Bd4 Nhf7 24.Rhf1 Ke7 25.Rf2 Rf8 26.Bh5 Nh8 27.Bxe5 fxe5 28.Rf5 Rxf5 29.exf5 Rf8
30.g4 b6 31.Rd6 Rf6 32.Rxf6 Kxf6 33.Kd2 Ng6 34.fxg6 hxg6 35.cxb6 axb6 36.c4 gxh5
37.c5 b5 38.gxh5 g4 39.Ke3 Kg5 40.Ke4 Kxh5 41.Kxe5 Kh4 42.Kf6 Kh5 43.a3  1-0

[Event "ARG-URS"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Rossetto, Hector"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Nf8
9.Nf3 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rab1 Ng7 13.b4 a6 14.Na4 Bf5 15.Nc5 Qc8
16.Ne5 Rd8 17.Rfc1 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Nf5 19.Bg5 h6 20.Bf4 Nh5 21.a4 Nxf4 22.exf4 Kg7
23.b5 axb5 24.axb5 Bxc5 25.Rxc5 Rd6 26.h3 Ra4 27.Qc3 Qe8 28.bxc6 bxc6 29.Rb7 Rf6
30.Rb4 Rxb4 31.Qxb4 h5 32.Ra5 Nd6 33.Qa4 Rxf4 34.Qxc6 Qxc6 35.Nxc6 Kf6 36.Rxd5 Ke6
37.Ra5 Rf5 38.Ra6 Rb5 39.g3 Rb2 40.Ne5 Rb7 41.Nc4 Rd7 42.Kf1 Ke7 43.Nxd6 Rxd6
44.Rxd6 Kxd6 45.Ke2  1-0

[Event "ARG-URS"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rossetto, Hector"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5 5.e4 c6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Re8
9.Bf1 Bf8 10.Rb1 a5 11.b3 g6 12.Qc2 Bg7 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Na4 Nf8 15.Rd1 N6d7
16.Be3 Qc7 17.c5 Ne6 18.Rd2 Nf6 19.Nb6 Rb8 20.Rbd1 Nf8 21.h3 Be6 22.Bc4 h6
23.Rd6 Bxc4 24.Qxc4 Re6 25.R1d3 Rbe8 26.Nd2 Rxd6 27.cxd6 Qd8 28.Qc5 Ne6 29.Qxa5 Nd7
30.Ndc4 Nd4 31.Nxd7 Qxd7 32.Qb6 f5 33.f3 fxe4 34.fxe4 Rf8 35.Bxd4 exd4 36.e5 Qf5
37.Qxd4 b5 38.Ne3 Qf2+ 39.Kh1 Qg3 40.Qg4 Qe1+ 41.Kh2 Bxe5+ 42.g3 Rf1 43.Qxg6+ Kf8
44.Nxf1 Qf2+ 45.Kh1 Qxf1+ 46.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ARG-URS"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Rossetto, Hector"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.Nf3 e5 8.O-O exd4
9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.f3 a5 11.Be3 Re8 12.Rf2 Nfd7 13.Qd2 c6 14.Rd1 a4 15.Bf1 Qa5
16.Nc2 Bf8 17.Rb1 Ne5 18.b4 axb3 19.axb3 Qc7 20.h3 Bg7 21.Nd4 Qe7 22.Rd1 Ned7
23.b4 Ne6 24.Kh2 Nxd4 25.Bxd4 Bf8 26.Re1 Qd8 27.Nd1 Nf6 28.Ne3 Bg7 29.Rd1 Be6
30.Qb2 Qe7 31.Bg2 Nh5 32.f4 Bxd4 33.Qxd4 Ra3 34.f5 Bc8 35.Ng4 Qf8 36.Rdf1 Qg7
37.Qxd6 gxf5 38.exf5 Kh8 39.Rf3 Ra2 40.R1f2 Ree2 41.Rxe2 Rxe2 42.Qd8+ Qg8
43.Qh4 Ng7 44.Nf6  1-0

[Event "ARG-URS"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rossetto, Hector"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E19"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3
9.Qxc3 f5 10.Rd1 Bf6 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.Bd2 d6 13.Rac1 c5 14.Bc3 e5 15.dxe5 dxe5
16.Ne1 e4 17.Bxf6 Rxf6 18.Rd2 Nc6 19.Rcd1 Nd4 20.Qa3 Qe5 21.e3 Nc6 22.Rd5 Qe6
23.Qc3 Re8 24.b3 Ne5 25.Rd8 Rxd8 26.Rxd8+ Rf8 27.Qd2 Qf6 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.Bf1 Ke7
30.Be2 g5 31.Qd1 g4 32.Ng2 Nf3+ 33.Bxf3 exf3 34.Nf4 Qb2 35.h3 Be4 36.hxg4 fxg4
37.Nd5+ Kf7 38.Nxb6 Bf5 39.Na4 Qe2 40.Nc3 Qb2 41.Na4 Qxa2 42.Nxc5 Qe2 43.Qa1 a5
44.e4 Bxe4 45.Qxa5 Bc2 46.Qc7+ Kg6 47.Qd6+ Kh5 48.Qd5+ Kh6 49.Qd6+ Kh5 50.Qd5+ Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URU-URS"]
[Site "Montevideo"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ibarburu"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Nbd7 8.Be3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.a4 b6 11.f3 Bb7 12.Bc4 Qc7 13.Qe2 Rfc8 14.Nd2 Nc5 15.Bxc5 Qxc5+
16.Kh1 Nh5 17.g3 Nf6 18.Bb3 Rd8 19.Rad1 Rac8 20.Nc4 Bf8 21.Ne3 Qa5 22.Rd2 g6
23.Rfd1 Kg7 24.Ncd5 Nxd5 25.Nxd5 Rc5 26.Qe3 Rdc8 27.f4 Bxd5 28.Rxd5 Rxd5
29.Rxd5 Rc5 30.fxe5 Rxd5 31.exd5 Qc5 32.Qxc5 bxc5 33.exd6 Bxd6 34.a5 Bc7
35.Bc4 Bxa5 36.Bxa6 Bc7 37.Kg2 Kf6 38.Bc4 Bd6 39.Kf3 Ke5 40.c3 f5 41.Ba2 g5
42.Bb1 g4+ 43.Kg2 Be7 44.h3 h5 45.hxg4 hxg4 46.Kf2 f4 47.gxf4+ Kxf4 48.Bd3 g3+
49.Kg2 Ke3 50.b4 cxb4 51.Bb5 Bd6 52.cxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URU-URS"]
[Site "Montevideo"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ibarburu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 Nc6 6.Nge2 d6 7.O-O Bd7 8.d4 Qc8
9.Re1 Bh3 10.Bh1 h5 11.Nf4 h4 12.Nxh3 hxg3 13.hxg3 Qxh3 14.Bg2 Qh2+ 15.Kf1 Nd7
16.a3 cxd4 17.exd4 Kf8 18.Be3 Rb8 19.Ne4 Qh5 20.b4 Qxd1 21.Raxd1 Nb6 22.c5 Nc4
23.d5 N6e5 24.Bd4 Nxa3 25.cxd6 exd6 26.Nxd6 Nec4 27.Bxa7 Ra8 28.Nxc4 Rxa7
29.Nxa3 Rxa3 30.d6 Bf6 31.d7 Kg7 32.Re8 Ra8 33.Rxa8 Rxa8 34.Bxb7 Rb8 35.Bc8 Bd8
36.Re1 Rxb4 37.Re8 Rb1+ 38.Kg2 Bb6 39.d8=Q Bxd8 40.Rxd8 Rb8 41.Re8  1-0

[Event "USA-URS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Byrne, Robert E"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 c6
9.h3 Re8 10.Re1 a5 11.Be3 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Qc2 a4 14.Rad1 Qa5 15.f4 Bd7
16.Bf2 Re7 17.g4 Rae8 18.f5 gxf5 19.Nxf5 Bxf5 20.exf5 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 a3 22.g5 axb2
23.gxf6 Rxe1+ 24.Bxe1 Bxf6 25.Qxb2 Nd3 26.Qe2 Nxe1 27.Qxe1 Bd4+ 28.Kh1 Kf8
29.Qd2 Qxc3 30.Qxc3 Bxc3 31.Bf3 Ke7 32.Kg2 Kf6 33.Bh5 Kxf5 34.Bxf7 Ke4 35.Kf2 Kd3
36.Be6 h6 37.Kf3 Be5 38.Kf2 Bf6 39.Kf3 Bg5 40.Kf2 Bh4+ 41.Kf3 Bg5 42.Kf2 h5
43.Kg3 h4+ 44.Kg4 Bd8 45.a4 Kd4 46.a5 d5 47.cxd5 c5 48.Bc8 c4 49.Kf3 Bxa5
50.Ke2 b5 51.d6 b4 52.Kd1 b3 53.Kc1 Kc3 54.Bf5 Bd8 55.Kb1 Bg5 56.d7 Kb4 57.Bg4 c3
58.Bf5 Kc5  0-1

[Event "USA-URS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Byrne, Robert E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A34"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nc7 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O e6 8.d3 Be7
9.Be3 O-O 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nb4 12.Ndb5 Nxb5 13.Nxb5 Qa5 14.Nc3 Rd8 15.Qc1 Nc6
16.a3 Bd7 17.b4 Qh5 18.Ra2 Be8 19.Rc2 f5 20.Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 Rd8 22.Rd2 Rxd2
23.Qxd2 b6 24.Qa2 Qf7 25.Qc4 Nd8 26.a4 Bf6 27.a5 bxa5 28.bxa5 Qd7 29.Bf3 Nc6
30.Qc5 Ne5 31.Na2 Nxf3+ 32.exf3 a6 33.Qb6 Qc8 34.Nb4 Bb5 35.h4 Bd8 36.Qd6 Bxa5
37.Bd4 Bd8 38.Kh2 Kf7 39.Bc5 Bf6 40.Nc2 Qd8 41.Qf4 Qc8 42.Qd6 Qd8 43.Qf4 Qd5
44.Qc7+ Qd7 45.Qb8 h6 46.Ne1 Qe8 47.Qc7+ Kg8 48.Bd6 Kh7 49.f4 Qc6 50.Qxc6 Bxc6
51.Nd3 Bd4 52.Nc5 Bb5 53.Nxe6 Bxf2 54.Be5 g6 55.Nf8+ Kg8 56.Nxg6 Kf7 57.h5 Be2
58.Bc3 Bxh5 59.Ne5+ Ke6 60.Kg2 Bc5 61.Kh3 Bd6 62.g4 fxg4+ 63.Kh4 Be8 64.Kxg4 h5+
65.Kg3 Kf5 66.Bd2 Be7 67.Nf3 Bf6 68.Ba5 Bb5 69.Bd2 Be2 70.Kf2 Bd1 71.Kg3 Ba4
72.Ba5 Bb5 73.Ng5 Be2 74.Nf3 Bd1 75.Ng5 Be7 76.Nf3 Bd6 77.Ne5 Bg4 78.Bd2 Bc7
79.Nf7 Bd1 80.Ne5 Ba4 81.Nf3 Bd7 82.Ne5 Be8 83.Nf3 Bc6 84.Ne5 Bb5 85.Nf3 Be2
86.Ne5 Bg4 87.Nf3 Bb6 88.Ne5 Be2 89.Nf3 Bb5 90.Bc3 Be3 91.Bd2 Bxd2 92.Nxd2 Be8
93.Nc4 Bf7 94.Nd6+ Ke6 95.Nb7 Kd5 96.Kh4 Be8 97.f5 Kc6 98.Na5+ Kb6 99.Nc4+ Kc5
100.Na5 Kb6 101.Nc4+ Kc5 102.Na5 Bf7 103.Nb7+ Kb6 104.Nd6 Bd5 105.f6 a5 106.f7 Bxf7
107.Nxf7 a4 108.Ne5 Kb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-URS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Byrne, Robert E"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E29"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nc6 8.Ne2 b6
9.e4 Ne8 10.Be3 d6 11.O-O Ba6 12.Ng3 Na5 13.Qe2 Rc8 14.d5 Qd7 15.a4 e5 16.f4 f6
17.f5 Kf7 18.Rf3 Ke7 19.Nf1 Kd8 20.Rh3 Rh8 21.g4 Kc7 22.Ng3 Kb8 23.Kf2 Nc7
24.Qa2 Rcd8 25.Rg1 Qe7 26.Be2 Bc8 27.Nf1 Bd7 28.Nd2 g5 29.Nf1 Be8 30.Ng3 h6
31.Nh5 Bxh5 32.gxh5 Ne8 33.Bg4 Ng7 34.Ke2 Kc7 35.Kd3 Ra8 36.Rb1 Rhb8 37.Rb2 a6
38.Kc2 Qd7 39.Rg3 Qe8 40.Bd2 Ra7 41.Rh3 b5 42.axb5 axb5 43.cxb5 Rxb5 44.Rxb5 Qxb5
45.c4 Qxc4+ 46.Qxc4 Nxc4 47.Bxg5 Nxf5 48.exf5 fxg5 49.f6 e4 50.f7 Ra8 51.Rc3 Ne5
52.Ra3 Rf8 53.Be6 Kb6 54.Rb3+ Kc7 55.Ra3 Kb6 56.Rb3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-URS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Byrne, Robert E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D36"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 exd5 4.d4 c6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 Re8 11.O-O Ne4 12.Bg3 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Bd6 14.Rab1 a5 15.Na4 Nf6
16.Nc5 b6 17.Na4 Bd7 18.Nd2 c5 19.dxc5 bxc5 20.Bf5 Bxa4 21.Qxa4 Qb6 22.Qc2 a4
23.b3 axb3 24.axb3 Bf8 25.Bd3 Ra7 26.e4 Nxe4 27.Nxe4 dxe4 28.Bxe4 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-URS"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Boutteville, Cesar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2 h6 8.Bf4 O-O
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Nge2 c5 11.O-O c4 12.Bf5 Nb6 13.Ng3 Bd6 14.Be5 Ng4 15.Bxg4 Bxg4
16.f4 Bxe5 17.dxe5 d4 18.exd4 Qxd4+ 19.Kh1 Rad8 20.Rae1 Qd2 21.Qxd2 Rxd2
22.f5 Rd3 23.Rf4 h5 24.Nge4 Rfd8 25.Nd6 f6 26.Nxb7 fxe5 27.Rff1 Rf8 28.Rxe5 g6
29.Nc5 Rd2 30.f6 Rxb2 31.Rg5 Kh7 32.N5e4 Bf5 33.h4 Nd7 34.Rfxf5 gxf5 35.Rxf5 Kh6
36.Nd5 Rb5 37.f7 Rxf7 38.Rxf7 Rxd5 39.Re7 Rd4 40.Re6+ Kg7 41.g3 a5 42.Kg2 Kf7
43.Ng5+ Kf8 44.Kf3 c3 45.Re2 Rd3+ 46.Kf4 Rd2 47.Ke3 Rb2 48.Ne6+ Kf7 49.Nd4 Nc5
50.Rc2 Na4 51.Kd3 Kf6 52.Re2 Rb6 53.Rf2+ Kg6 54.Rf5 Rd6 55.Rg5+ Kh6 56.Rg8 c2
57.Rc8 Rg6 58.Nf5+ Kh7 59.Rc7+ Kh8 60.Rxc2 Rg4 61.Rc6 Rb4 62.Ke3 Kg8 63.Ra6 Nb6
64.Kf3 Rb5 65.Ke4 Nd5 66.Nd4 Nc3+ 67.Kd3 Rc5 68.Nb3 Rc7 69.Rxa5 Kg7 70.Nc5  1-0

[Event "FRA-URS"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Boutteville, Cesar"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e3 c6
9.b3 Re8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qc2 Nc5 12.e4 Bg4 13.Be3 Nfd7 14.Rad1 Ne6 15.Ne2 Qe7
16.Ne1 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 a5 18.Nd3 f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.Qh5 Rf8 21.Bh3 Qf6 22.Nc1 Ndc5
23.Rd6 Ne4 24.Bxf5 Qxf5 25.Qxf5 Rxf5 26.Rxe6 Kf7 27.g4 Rf3 28.Rh6 Bxh6 29.Bxh6 Rg8
30.Kg2 Rf6 31.f3 Rxh6 32.fxe4+ Rf6 33.Rxf6+ Kxf6 34.Kg3 Rd8  0-1

[Event "URS-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bb5 Qa5+ 7.Nc3 e6 8.Be3 Ne7
9.Bd2 Qc7 10.Be2 a6 11.O-O Ng6 12.Na4 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Ncxe5 14.Nb6 Rd8 15.b4 Nxf3+
16.Qxf3 Bd6 17.g3 O-O 18.Rad1 Qc6 19.c4 Bc7 20.cxd5 exd5 21.Bc3 Bxb6 22.cxb6 Rfe8
23.Rd3 Ne5 24.Bxe5 Rxe5 25.Rfd1 Qxb6 26.Rxd5 Rexd5 27.Rxd5 Rxd5 28.Qxd5 Qxb4
29.Qd8+ Qf8 30.Qc7 Qa8 31.h4 b5 32.Qb6 Qc8 33.Kg2 h5 34.a3 g6 35.Kh2 Qf5
36.Kg2 Qe4+ 37.Kg1 Qe6 38.Qd8+ Kg7 39.Qa5 Qc6 40.Kf1 Kf6 41.Ke2 Ke6 42.Kf1 Kd7
43.Kg1 Kc8 44.Qb4 Qd5 45.Qa5 Qd6 46.Qc3+ Kb8 47.Qe3 f5 48.Qc3 Kb7 49.Qa5 f4
50.gxf4 Qd1+ 51.Kh2 Qe2 52.Kg2 Qg4+ 53.Kf1 Qxh4 54.Qb4 Qh3+ 55.Kg1 Qg4+ 56.Kh2 Qe6
57.Qc5 Qf6 58.Qb4 Kc6 59.Kg1 Qd6 60.Qe4+ Kb6 61.Kh2 a5 62.Qe3+ Ka6 63.Kh3 b4
64.a4 Kb7 65.Qe4+ Kc7 66.Qa8 Qe6+ 67.Kh2 Qb6 68.Kg1 Qc5 69.Qg8 Qf5 70.Qc4+ Kd6
71.Qa6+ Ke7 72.Qa7+ Kf8 73.Qa8+ Kg7 74.Qa7+ Kh6 75.Qb8 Qf6 76.Kg2 h4 77.Kh3 Kh5
78.Qc7 Qc3+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furman, Semen Abramovich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Bd3 e5 12.Qc2 Bg4 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.f3 Be6
16.Re1 Rfd8 17.Rb1 c4 18.Bf1 Qc7 19.e4 Nd7 20.Be3 Nc5 21.Rb5 Nb3 22.Qf2 f6
23.Bxa7 Rd2 24.Qb6 Qd7 25.Rb4 Rd6 26.Qf2 b5 27.Be3 Rxa3 28.Qg3 Raa6 29.e5 fxe5
30.Qxe5 Rd5 31.Qb8+ Kf7 32.Bf2 h6 33.Bxc4 Rd1 34.Bxb5 Qd2 35.Qf4+ Kg6 36.Qxd2 Rxd2
37.Bxa6  1-0

[Event "URS-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy K"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 b6
9.Nd2 Bb7 10.f3 Qe7 11.Bd3 e5 12.e4 Nf8 13.Bf2 Ne6 14.g3 O-O 15.Qe2 Rfe8
16.O-O Ng5 17.Be3 Nfh7 18.h4 Ne6 19.Rae1 Qf6 20.Nb3 a5 21.a4 Qg6 22.Qg2 Nf6
23.Kh2 Nh5 24.f4 exf4 25.gxf4 Qxg2+ 26.Kxg2 f5 27.d5 Nc5 28.Nxc5 bxc5 29.e5 g6
30.Be2 Nf6 31.Bf3 Nd7 32.e6 Nb6 33.h5 Nxc4 34.hxg6 Ba6 35.Rg1 Kg7 36.Kf2 Rab8
37.Rb1 Nb6 38.Bd2 Bc4 39.Be2 Bxe2 40.Kxe2 Nxd5 41.c4 Rxe6+ 42.Kf3 Rxb1 43.Rxb1 Nb4
44.Bc3+ Kxg6 45.Rg1+ Kf7 46.Rg7+ Ke8 47.Rxc7 Re4 48.Bxb4 axb4 49.a5 Kd8 50.Rf7 Rxc4
51.a6 b3 52.Rxf5 Ra4 53.Rf7 Rxa6 54.Rb7 c4 55.Ke4 Rc6 56.Kd5 c3 57.Kxc6 c2  0-1

[Event "URS-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Bd3 e5 5.Na3 Nf6 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.Be3 O-O
9.f3 Qe7 10.Qe2 Nc5 11.Bc2 a5 12.Qf2 Ne6 13.Ne2 b6 14.Nc1 Rd8 15.Nd3 Nh5
16.g3 Ba6 17.O-O-O Rd6 18.f4 exf4 19.Nxf4 Nexf4 20.gxf4 Rxd1+ 21.Bxd1 Nf6
22.e5 Ne4 23.Qg2 Rb8 24.Nc2 Nc5 25.Bf3 Nd3+ 26.Kb1 c5 27.h4 b5 28.h5 b4 29.hxg6 hxg6
30.cxb4 axb4 31.Bd5 Bb7 32.Bxb7 Qxb7 33.Qxb7 Rxb7 34.Ne1 c4 35.Nxd3 cxd3
36.Rc1 g5 37.fxg5 b3 38.axb3 Bxe5 39.Rc5 Bg7 40.Rd5 Rxb3 41.Bc1 Kh7 42.Ka2 d2
43.Rxd2 Rb5 44.Rg2 Kg6 45.Ka3 Bf8+ 46.Ka4 Rb4+ 47.Ka5 Rc4 48.Be3 Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherbakov, Vitaly S"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Qc7 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 Nc6 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qg3 Bd7 12.Rad1 Kh8 13.Kh1 b5 14.a3 Rfd8 15.Bd3 Be8
16.Qh3 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 e5 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 g6 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.Qh6 Kg8 22.Bc3 Bf8
23.Qg5 Bg7 24.Be4 Rac8 25.Bb4 Qc4 26.Rfe1 f6 27.Qh4 Rd7 28.Rd3 Rcd8 29.b3 Qc7
30.Rc3 Qb8 31.d6 Rxd6 32.Bxd6 Rxd6 33.Rh3 h6 34.c4 Bf7 35.Rd3 f5 36.Bd5 Bxd5
37.Rxd5 Rxd5 38.cxd5 Qd6 39.Rd1 e4 40.Qf2 f4 41.Qc2 e3 42.b4 Kh7 43.Qe4 Be5
44.Rc1 Qf6 45.h3 h5 46.Kg1 Kh6 47.Rd1 Kg7 48.Rf1 Qd6 49.Rc1 Qf6 50.Kf1 Kh6
51.Rd1 Bd6 52.Qd4 Be5 53.Qd3 Bd6 54.Qd4 Be5 55.Qe4 Bd6 56.Qf3 Qc3 57.Qe4 Qb2
58.Qf3 Qxa3 59.g3 Qxb4 60.gxf4 Bxf4 61.d6 Qc4+ 62.Kg2 e2 63.Re1 Bxd6 64.Rxe2 b4
65.Qe3+ Kg7 66.Qa7+ Kh6 67.Qe3+ Kg7 68.Qa7+ Kf6 69.Rf2+ Bf4 70.Qe3 Kf5 71.h4 b3
72.Qe7 Qd5+ 73.Kg1 Qd1+ 74.Kg2 Qd5+ 75.Kg1 Kg4 76.Qe2+ Kg3 77.Rg2+ Kh3 78.Rxg6 Qc5+
79.Kf1 Qc1+ 80.Kf2 Qc2 81.Rxa6 Bg3+ 82.Kf3 Qf5+ 83.Ke3 b2 84.Rb6 Qe5+ 85.Kd3 Qd5+
86.Ke3 Qe5+ 87.Kd3 Qd5+ 88.Ke3 Qc5+ 89.Kf3 Qf5+ 90.Ke3 b1=Q 91.Rxb1 Qxb1
92.Qxh5 Qb3+ 93.Ke4 Qc4+ 94.Ke3 Qc3+ 95.Ke4 Qc2+ 96.Kd5 Qd3+ 97.Ke6 Qd6+
98.Kf7 Qd7+ 99.Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilivitzki, Georgi A"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A97"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 f5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.Re1 d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Qb3 c6 11.e4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 fxe4 13.Rxe4 Qd8 14.Bf4 Na6 15.Re2 Nc7
16.Rae1 Bf6 17.Qb4 Na6 18.Qb3 Nc7 19.Qb4 Na6 20.Qb3 Nc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Qc7 12.Nf1 Nc6 13.Ne3 Re8 14.d4 exd4 15.cxd4 Bf8
16.b3 Nb4 17.Bb1 Nxe4 18.Bb2 Bb7 19.d5 c4 20.bxc4 bxc4 21.Bxe4 Rxe4 22.Ng5 Re7
23.Qh5 h6 24.Nf5 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 hxg5 26.Re3 Bc8 27.Bxg7 Bxg7 28.Re8+ Bf8 29.Rxf8+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 e5 8.Rd1 Re8
9.Nc3 c6 10.e4 Ng4 11.h3 Nh6 12.Be3 Qe7 13.b4 f5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 dxe5
16.b5 f4 17.gxf4 Qh4 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.f5 gxf5 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Ne4 Re6 22.Bg5 Bxe4
23.Qd2 Rg6 24.Bxh4 Rxg2+ 25.Kf1 Bf3 26.Bg3 Rf8 27.Qg5 Nf7 28.Qe7 Bh6 29.h4 e4
30.Re1 Bd2 31.Re2 Ba5 32.Qe6 Kg7 33.Rb1 Bb6 34.c5 Bxc5 35.Rb7 Bxe2+ 36.Kxe2 Bd4
37.Qxe4  1-0

[Event "URS-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nd7 5.O-O e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.e4 Ne7 8.b3 O-O
9.Ba3 Re8 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Nc3 Nd4 12.Qd3 c6 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.Nd1 Qa5 15.b4 Qb6
16.f4 a5 17.bxa5 Qxa5 18.Rf3 b6 19.e5 Ba6 20.Qe4 Nxe5 21.fxe5 Rxe5 22.Qxc6 Re1+
23.Bf1 Bxf1 24.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 25.Kxf1 Qxa3 26.Rb1 d3 27.Rxb6 Rd8 28.Qc7 Qa8 29.Rb7 Rf8
30.cxd3 Qxa2 31.Rb8 Qxh2 32.Rxf8+ Bxf8 33.Nf2 Qh5 34.g4 Qd5 35.Qc8 h6 36.Ke2 Qe5+
37.Kf3 Qd6 38.Qc4 Bg7 39.Ne4 Qh2 40.Qc8+ Kh7 41.Qd7 Qh3+ 42.Kf2 Qh2+ 43.Ke3 Qa2
44.Nd6 Qd5 45.Ke2 h5 46.gxh5 Qxh5+ 47.Ke3 Qe5+ 48.Kf3 Qd5+ 49.Ke2 f5 50.Kd2 Qg2+
51.Kd1 Qf3+ 52.Kd2 Qf2+ 53.Kd1 Qf1+ 54.Kd2 Qf4+ 55.Kc2 Kh6 56.Nf7+ Kh5 57.Qe7 g5
58.Nd6 Qa4+ 59.Kd2 Qa2+ 60.Kd1 Qb3+ 61.Kd2 Qc3+ 62.Ke2 Qc2+ 63.Ke1 Bc3+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 e5 6.Nge2 O-O 7.d5 Nh5 8.Be3 f5 9.Qd2 a6
10.O-O-O b5 11.c5 b4 12.Na4 fxe4 13.fxe4 Nf6 14.cxd6 Nxe4 15.Qxb4 Nf2 16.dxc7 Qxc7+
17.Nec3 Nxd1 18.Kxd1 a5 19.Qb3 Ba6 20.Nb5 Qd7 21.Be2 Qf5 22.Kd2 Nd7 23.Nd6 Qf6
24.Ne4 Qh4 25.Bf3 Rab8 26.Bg5 Rxb3 27.Bxh4 Rb4 28.Nac3 Rxb2+ 29.Ke3 Nb6 30.Ng5 Nc4+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bd3 h6 12.Bf4 Re8 13.Rfd1 Bh5 14.e5 Nd5 15.Bd2 Be7
16.Ne4 Qb6 17.Be3 a5 18.Ng3 Bg6 19.Bxg6 fxg6 20.Qd3 Nf8 21.Ne4 Nb4 22.Qc3 Nd5
23.Qc2 Nb4 24.Qc1 Qc7 25.Nfd2 g5 26.Nc4 Ng6 27.Ncd6 Bxd6 28.Nxd6 Rf8 29.Qc4 Nd5
30.Bd2 Qe7 31.Ra3 Qd7 32.Rb3 b6 33.Rc1 Nge7 34.Ra3 Ra7 35.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Ne8 9.a3 f5
10.b4 Na6 11.Rb1 Nf6 12.Bg5 Qe8 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Ne1 b6 15.Nd3 Nc7 16.Bf3 Ba6
17.Qb3 Qd7 18.a4 Bd8 19.Ra1 Ne8 20.Nb2 Nf6 21.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A37"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nh6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 f5
9.d3 e5 10.Qd2 Ng4 11.Nd5 Ne7 12.Ne1 Bh6 13.e3 Nxd5 14.Bxd5+ Kh8 15.b4 Bg7
16.Rb1 Nf6 17.Bg2 Re8 18.Nf3 Nd7 19.d4 e4 20.Ne1 cxb4 21.Qxb4 d5 22.cxd5 Nb6
23.Nc2 Nxd5 24.Qb3 b6 25.Rfc1 a5 26.Bf1 a4 27.Qb5 Ba6 28.Qc6 Ne7 29.Qc3 Nd5
30.Qd2 Bxf1 31.Kxf1 Qd7 32.Kg1 Nf6 33.Ba1 Qe6 34.a3 Ra5 35.d5 Rxd5 36.Nd4 Qe7
37.Qb4 Qxb4 38.Rxb4 Ra8 39.Rxb6 Nd7 40.Rb7 Be5 41.Kg2 Kg8 42.Rc6 Re8 43.h4 Rc5
44.Ra6 Nf6 45.Raa7 Ng4 46.h5 Rc1 47.Bb2 Rb1 48.hxg6 hxg6 49.Rxa4 Rc8 50.Rab4 Nxe3+
51.fxe3 Bxd4 52.Rb8 Rxb8 53.Rxb8+ Kf7 54.exd4 g5 55.d5 Rd1 56.Rb7+ Kg6 57.Bc3 Rxd5
58.a4 Rd1 59.Rb3 Rc1 60.Ra3 Rc2+ 61.Kf1 f4 62.g4 e3 63.Be1 Rh2 64.a5 Rh1+
65.Ke2 Rh2+ 66.Kf3 Rh3+ 67.Kg2 Rh7 68.a6 Ra7 69.Kf3 Kf6 70.Bc3+ Ke6 71.Bd4 Ra8
72.a7 Kd5 73.Bf6  1-0

[Event "URS-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.e3 Nc6
9.Ne2 O-O 10.O-O cxd4 11.cxd4 Be6 12.Ba3 Bd5 13.Bxd5 Qxd5 14.Nf4 Qd7 15.Qa4 Rfd8
16.Rfd1 Qf5 17.Rab1 Qe4 18.Nd3 b6 19.Nb4 Nxb4 20.Qxb4 e6 21.Rbc1 h5 22.Qc4 Rd5
23.Qd3 Qxd3 24.Rxd3 e5 25.Bb2 exd4 26.Bxd4 Rad8 27.Rc7 R8d7 28.Rc8+ Kh7 29.Rc4 b5
30.Rc2 a5 31.a3 Bxd4 32.Rcd2 Kg7 33.exd4 Rc7 34.Kg2 g5 35.h3 f5 36.g4 hxg4
37.hxg4 fxg4 38.Kg3 Rf7 39.Kxg4 Rf4+ 40.Kg3 Kf6 41.f3 Ke6 42.Re3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 Nbd7 8.O-O Be7
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 O-O 11.Bf4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Nf6 13.Qe3 Qa5 14.a3 Rfe8 15.h3 Rad8
16.Be5 Nd7 17.b4 Qa4 18.Bc7 Rc8 19.Bg3 b6 20.Rab1 Qc2 21.Rbc1 Qf5 22.Rfd1 a5
23.Qb3 axb4 24.axb4 Ra8 25.Ra1 Nf6 26.Ne5 Rxa1 27.Rxa1 Qe4 28.Qc3 Rc8 29.Kh2 Qe2
30.Ra7 Ne4 31.Qa3 Nd2 32.Ra8 Rxa8 33.Qxa8+ Bf8 34.Nd7 h6 35.Qxf8+ Kh7 36.Qxf7  1-0

[Event "URS-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c4 dxc4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Nc3 Nd7 7.Nf3 Nb6 8.Bb3 Ne7
9.O-O h6 10.Qe2 Ned5 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Bd2 a5 13.a3 Nd7 14.Rad1 O-O 15.Bc1 Qb6
16.Bc2 Rfd8 17.Ng3 Bg6 18.Bxg6 fxg6 19.Qe4 Nf8 20.Nh4 Bxh4 21.Qxh4 Rd7 22.Ne4 Qd8
23.Qh3 b6 24.Nd6 Ne7 25.Qf3 Nf5 26.Qxc6 Nxd6 27.exd6 Rxd6 28.Qe4 Rc8 29.Be3 Rdc6
30.Bd2 Qd5 31.f3 Qxe4 32.fxe4 Rd8 33.Be3 Nh7 34.e5 g5 35.Rf2 Nf8 36.Rfd2 Ng6
37.d5 exd5 38.Rxd5 Re8 39.Rd6 Nxe5 40.Bxb6 Rxd6 41.Rxd6 Nc4 42.Rc6 Re4 43.b3 Nxb6
44.Rxb6 a4 45.Kf2 axb3 46.Rxb3 Rc4 47.Rb2 Ra4 48.Ra2 Kf7 49.Ke3 Ke6 50.Kd3 Kd5
51.Kc3 Kc6 52.Kb3 Rh4 53.Rc2+ Kb6 54.h3 Re4 55.Rc4 Re2 56.Rg4 Kb5 57.a4+ Ka5
58.Kc4 Rd2 59.Kc3 Rd1 60.Kc2 Rd5 61.Re4 Rd7 62.Rc4 Rd6 63.Kc3 Rd1 64.Rg4 Rd6
65.Rd4 Rf6 66.Kd3 Rf2 67.Rg4 Rf6 68.Ke3 g6 69.Rd4 Rb6 70.Kf3 Rf6+ 71.Kg3 Rb6
72.Kg4 Rc6 73.Re4 Rb6 74.Rc4 Rd6 75.Kf3 Rb6 76.Rd4 Rc6 77.Rg4 Re6 78.Rc4 Rb6
79.Ke4 Rb2 80.Rc6 Rxg2 81.Rxg6 Rg3 82.Rxh6 Kxa4 83.Kf5 Kb4 84.h4 gxh4 85.Rxh4+ Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.O-O O-O 8.Bd2 Bd6
9.b3 Qe7 10.Qc2 e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nd4 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Qe5 15.f4 Qe7
16.Rac1 Rd8 17.Rc2 Bc5 18.Na4 Bxd4 19.Qxd4 Bf5 20.Bb4 Qd7 21.Rc3 Ne4 22.Rcc1 b6
23.Rfd1 f6 24.Nc3 Nxc3 25.Rxc3 Be4 26.Qd2 Qg4 27.h3 Qg6 28.Qf2 h5 29.Kh2 a5
30.Ba3 b5 31.Bc5 b4 32.Rcc1 Rdc8 33.Bd4 Bc2 34.Rd2 Be4 35.Rdd1 Qf5 36.Qe2 Qg6
37.Qf2 a4 38.Rxc8+ Rxc8 39.bxa4 Qe8 40.Rd2 Qxa4 41.Qh4 Rc2 42.Rxc2 Qxc2 43.Qg3 Qxa2
44.Bxf6 Qxg2+ 45.Qxg2 Bxg2 46.Bd4 Be4 47.Kg3 Kf7 48.h4 g6 49.Kf2 Ke6 50.Ke2 Kf5
51.Kd2 Kg4 52.Bf6 Kg3 53.Be7 Kh3 54.Bf6 Kg4 55.Be7 Bf5 56.Bf6 Kf3 57.Be7 b3
58.Kc3 Be6 59.Bc5 g5 60.fxg5 d4+ 61.exd4 Kg3 62.Ba3 Kxh4 63.Kd3 Kxg5 64.Ke4 h4
65.Kf3 Bd5+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Na6 8.Be3 c5
9.d5 e6 10.Be2 exd5 11.exd5 Qb6 12.O-O Bf5 13.Nh4 Bd7 14.a3 Ne8 15.b4 Nd6
16.Qb3 Rfe8 17.Rac1 c4 18.Qc2 Rxe3 19.fxe3 Qxe3+ 20.Kh1 Re8 21.Rfe1 Nc7 22.h3 Qf4
23.Nf3 Nf5 24.Bf1 Ng3+ 25.Kg1 Rxe1 26.Rxe1 Nxf1 27.Kxf1 Bxh3 28.Qe4 Qg3 29.gxh3 Bxc3
30.d6 Bxe1 31.Nxe1 Qxd6 32.Qxc4 Ne6 33.Qe4  0-1

[Event "URS-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4
9.Bxe4 O-O 10.O-O h6 11.Bc2 e5 12.Be3 Re8 13.Re1 e4 14.Nd2 f5 15.f3 Nf6 16.Bf2 Qc7
17.h3 Bh2+ 18.Kh1 Bg3 19.Bxg3 Qxg3 20.fxe4 fxe4 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Bxe4 Bxh3
23.Qf3 Qxf3 24.Bxf3 Bf5 25.d5 c5 26.d6 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Rd8 28.Re5 Bb1 29.Bxb7 Rxd6
30.Rxc5 Rb6 31.Bd5+ Kh8 32.a4 Rxb2 33.Rb5 Rxb5 34.cxb5 Bd3 35.Bc6 Kg8 36.a5 Kf8
37.a6  1-0

[Event "URS-USA telex"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Steiner, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.Bd3 c6
9.Qc2 Re8 10.Nge2 Nbd7 11.O-O Bd6 12.Rab1 a5 13.Rbc1 Nf8 14.h3 Be7 15.Bg3 Bd6
16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Na4 Ne6 18.Nb6 Rb8 19.Bf5 Qc7 20.Nxc8 Rbxc8 21.Nf4 Rcd8 22.Nxe6 fxe6
23.Bg6 Re7 24.f4 Ne8 25.Rf3 Nd6 26.g4 Rf8 27.Kh1 Kh8 28.Rg1 Qd8 29.Rfg3 Rd7
30.g5 Nf5 31.Bxf5 exf5 32.gxh6 gxh6 33.Qg2 Rdf7 34.Rg6 Qe7 35.Rg8+  1-0

[Event "URS-USA telex"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Steiner, Herman"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Ne2 d5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.Bb3 Nbd7 11.Bg5 b5 12.Rc1 Bb7 13.Ng3 Rc8 14.Qe2 Qb6 15.Rfd1 Bxc3
16.bxc3 Bd5 17.Rd3 Qc6 18.Nh5 Nxh5 19.Qxh5 Be4 20.Re3 Bg6 21.Qe2 Qd6 22.Re1 Nb6
23.Rg3 Nd5 24.Qd2 Qc6 25.Rc1 Nb6 26.h4 Nc4 27.Qd1 f6 28.h5 Bf5 29.Bh6 Rf7
30.Qe2 Qe4 31.Re1 Qxe2 32.Rxe2 Kf8 33.Bc1 Rb7 34.Bxc4 bxc4 35.Ba3+ Kf7 36.Bc5 Rb1+
37.Kh2 Rcb8 38.d5 e5 39.f4 Bd3 40.Rf2 e4 41.f5 Re1 42.d6 Rbb1 43.Rh3 Ke8
44.h6 gxh6 45.Rf4 h5 46.Kg3 Rb7 47.Kh2 Rf7 48.Rf2 Kd7 49.Rb2 Kc6 50.Bf2 Rb1
51.Rxb1 Bxb1 52.a3 Kxd6 53.Rxh5 Ke5 54.Bg3+ Kd5 55.Bf2 Kc6 56.Bd4 Rd7 57.Bxf6 e3
58.Bh4 Kd5 59.f6+ Ke6 60.Rc5 Bd3 61.Rc6+ Kf5 62.Rxa6 e2 63.Kh3 Kf4 64.Kh2 Ke3
65.Be1 Bg6 66.Re6+ Kd3 67.a4 Rd5 68.Kg1 Bh5 69.Re7 Rf5 70.Bh4 Rf4 71.Rd7+ Kxc3  0-1

[Event "URS-USA telex"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kevitz, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.d5 Ne5 4.e4 e6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Nxf3+ 7.Qxf3 exd5 8.cxd5 Qe7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.a3 Bc5 12.b4 Bd4 13.Ra2 d6 14.Rc2 Ng4 15.Qd1 Bd7
16.Nf3 Bb6 17.Re2 a5 18.b5 f6 19.h3 Ne5 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Be3 Bxe3 22.Rxe3 c5
23.dxc6 bxc6 24.Qa4 Rec8 25.Rc1 Qe8 26.bxc6 Rxc6 27.Rxc6 Bxc6 28.Qd4 Rd8
29.Qb6 a4 30.Bc4+ Kf8 31.Ba2 Bb5 32.Qb7 Bc6 33.Qb4 Bb5 34.Rc3 Qe5 35.f4 Qh5
36.e5 fxe5 37.Qxb5 Qd1+ 38.Kh2 Qd2 39.Qc4 Qxf4+ 40.Qxf4+ exf4 41.Rc4 g5 42.Rxa4 Kg7  1-0

[Event "URS-USA telex"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kevitz, Alexander"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E94"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Nh6 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bd2 c6 11.b4 f5 12.d5 cxd5 13.cxd5 Ndf6 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Rc1 Qe7
16.h3 Nh6 17.Nb5 Ne8 18.Nxa7 Bd7 19.Nb5 Rxa2 20.Qb3 e4 21.Bg5 Qf7 22.Qxa2 exf3
23.gxf3 f4 24.Bxh6 Qg6+ 25.Kh1 Qxh6 26.Rg1 Qxh3+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch 1L"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.e5 Ne8 10.f4 Na6 11.Nd5 Kf8 12.Bd2 Bd7 13.Nf3 Bc6 14.Ne3 Nec7 15.O-O-O Rd7
16.Bc3 Rad8 17.a3 Ke8 18.Rxd7 Rxd7 19.Re1 Rd8 20.Ng5 Bxg2 21.Nxg2 h6 22.Ne4 Kd7
23.Ne3 Kc6 24.Kc2 b5 25.b3 bxc4 26.bxc4 Ne6 27.Nd5 Rd7 28.Rb1 Nac7 29.Nxc7 Kxc7
30.Ba5+ Kc8 31.Bc3 Kc7 32.Rb5 Kc6 33.Rb8 Rd8 34.Rxd8 Nxd8 35.g4 Bf8 36.f5 gxf5
37.gxf5 h5 38.Bd2 Kb6 39.Bf4 Nc6 40.Kd3 Nd4 41.Nxc5 Kxc5 42.Be3 e6 43.Bxd4+ Kc6
44.a4 a6 45.f6 Bb4 46.Ke4 Be1 47.Kf4 Bh4 48.h3 Kc7 49.Bg1 Kc6 50.Bh2 Kc5
51.Bg3 Bxg3+ 52.Kxg3 Kxc4 53.Kh4 Kd4 54.Kxh5 Kxe5 55.Kg5 Kd4 56.h4 e5 57.h5 e4
58.h6 e3 59.h7 e2 60.h8=Q e1=Q 61.Qd8+ Kc4 62.Qc7+ Kb3 63.Qxf7+ Kxa4 64.Qc4+ Ka3
65.Qxa6+ Kb2 66.f7 Qg3+ 67.Kh6 Qh3+ 68.Kg7 Qd7 69.Qe2+ Ka1 70.Qe4 Qc7 71.Qe1+ Kb2
72.Qd2+ Kb1 73.Qd3+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch 1L"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lebedev, B."]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O Nbd7
9.a4 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.f3 Qc7 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 O-O 14.c4 a5 15.Qd2 Nc5
16.Nxc5 bxc5 17.Bd3 Nd7 18.g4 g6 19.Kh1 Bh4 20.Bc2 f6 21.b3 Qd8 22.Qc3 Rf7
23.Rg1 Bg5 24.Bf2 Qf8 25.Rg2 Qh6 26.Rd1 Kh8 27.Qe1 f5 28.gxf5 gxf5 29.Qe2 Bf4
30.Rdg1 Raf8 31.Be1 Be3 32.Bf2 Bd4 33.Rg5 Rf6 34.Bxd4 cxd4 35.Qd2 Qh3 36.R5g3 Qh5
37.Qxa5 f4 38.Rg4 Rh6 39.Qd2 Nf6 40.R4g2 Qxf3 41.Bd1 Qh3  0-1

[Event "URS-ch 1L"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Pimenov, Sergey Ivanovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c5 5.c4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.Nc3 Bc5
9.Nc2 d6 10.e4 e5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nd5 Qf7 14.b4 Bd4 15.b5 axb5
16.cxb5 fxe4 17.bxc6 Qxd5 18.Nxd4 Qxd4 19.Qh5+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch 1L"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.a3 Be7 11.b4 Re8 12.Bb2 a6 13.Ne2 Bd6 14.Ng3 g6 15.Rac1 Rc8
16.Nd2 Qe7 17.Rfe1 h5 18.Ngf1 Nf8 19.Nb3 N8h7 20.Nc5 bxc5 21.bxc5 Qd7 22.cxd6 cxd6
23.Qe2 Qa4 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Rc1 Rxc1 26.Bxc1 Nf8 27.Qc2 Qxc2 28.Bxc2 N8d7
29.f3 Kf8 30.Nd2 Ke7 31.Bb2 Nb6 32.Bb3 Bc6 33.Bc3 Bb5 34.Bb4 Nc4 35.Bxc4 dxc4
36.e4 Ke6 37.d5+ Ke7 38.Kf2 Nd7 39.Ke3 Ne5 40.Kd4 g5 41.Nf1 h4 42.Ne3 Bd7
43.h3 f6 44.Kc3 Nd3 45.Kxc4 Bb5+ 46.Kc3 Nf4 47.Kd2 Kd7 48.Bc3 Nh5 49.Ke1 Bd3
50.Kf2 Bb1 51.Nf5 Bc2 52.Bb4 Nf4 53.Bxd6 Nxd5 54.Bb4 Nf4 55.Bd2 Nd3+ 56.Ke2 Bb1
57.Nd4 Nc5 58.Bc3 Bd3+ 59.Ke3 Bb1 60.Ne2 Ke6 61.Bb4 Nd7 62.Nc3 Bc2 63.Nd5 Nb8
64.Bc3 Nd7 65.Nc7+ Kf7 66.Nxa6 Nb6 67.Bb4 f5 68.exf5 Nd5+ 69.Kd4 Nf4 70.Bd2 Nxg2
71.Ke5 Bd1 72.Nb4 Bxf3 73.Bxg5 Bd1 74.Bd2 Ke7 75.Nd3 Kf7 76.Nc5 Ke7 77.a4 Kf7
78.a5 Bf3 79.a6 Bc6 80.a7 Ke7 81.Na4  1-0

[Event "URS-ch 1L"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalilbeili, Sultan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E57"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.a3 cxd4
9.exd4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Be7 11.Qd3 Nd5 12.Ne4 a6 13.Ba2 Nf6 14.Bf4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Bf6
16.Rad1 Ne7 17.h4 Bd7 18.Bb1 g6 19.Be5 Nd5 20.h5 Qe7 21.Qg4 Rfd8 22.Rfe1 Rac8
23.Nd2 Ba4 24.Rc1 Bg7 25.Nf3 Be8 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Ba2 Nf6 28.Qh4 Bc6 29.hxg6 hxg6
30.Ng5 Bd5 31.Bxd5 exd5 32.Re3 Qd7 33.Bxf6 Bxf6 34.Qh7+ Kf8 35.Ne6+ Qxe6
36.Rxe6 fxe6 37.Qxg6 Ke7 38.Qh7+ Kd6 39.Qxb7 Rc1+ 40.Kh2 Bxd4 41.Qb4+ Bc5
42.Qf4+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch 1L"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ilivitzki, Georgi A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.d5 a5 9.h3 Bc8
10.Be3 Na6 11.O-O Nh5 12.Kh2 Qe8 13.Qa4 Qxa4 14.Nxa4 f5 15.Nc3 Nf6 16.Rfc1 b6
17.Ne1 Nc5 18.f3 f4 19.gxf4 exf4 20.Bf2 Nfd7 21.Rc2 Bxc3 22.Rxc3 Ne5 23.b3 g5
24.Bd4 h5 25.Bxe5 dxe5 26.Nd3 Nxd3 27.Rxd3 Rd8 28.c5 Kf7 29.Rc1 Bd7 30.Rdc3 Ke7
31.Bf1 g4 32.a4 gxf3 33.Rxf3 bxc5 34.Rxc5 Kd6 35.Rfc3 Ra7 36.Bb5 Rb8 37.Rc6+ Bxc6
38.Rxc6+ Kd7 39.Rb6+ Kc8 40.Re6 Rxb5 41.axb5 Rb7 42.Rxe5 Rxb5 43.h4 Rxb3
44.d6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch 1L"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bastrikov, Georgy Vladimirovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nf3 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nd2 Nfd7 12.f4 f6 13.O-O Re8 14.b3 Na6 15.Bb2 Nc7 16.Qf3 Qb8
17.a4 a6 18.h4 h6 19.Qh3 Nf8 20.Rf2 b6 21.Ne2 Qc8 22.f5 Bf7 23.Nf3 Nh7 24.Nf4 b5
25.a5 Qb7 26.Bc2 Rec8 27.Rg2 Ne8 28.g5 fxg5 29.hxg5 Nxg5 30.Nxg5 Bxg5 31.Rxg5 hxg5
32.Ng6 Bxg6 33.fxg6 Nf6 34.Qe6+ Kf8 35.Bxf6 gxf6 36.Rf1  1-0

[Event "URS-ch 1L"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e3 c6 8.Qc2 Nf8
9.Bd3 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.O-O Ng7 12.b4 O-O 13.b5 cxb5 14.Nxb5 Nf5 15.Bg5 Bd7
16.Rfc1 Ne8 17.Bf4 Ned6 18.Qb3 Bc6 19.Nxd6 Bxd6 20.Bxf5 Bxf4 21.exf4 gxf5
22.Ne5 Rc8 23.Rc5 f6 24.Nxc6 bxc6 25.Rac1 Re8 26.g3 Qd7 27.Qc2 Re4 28.Rxc6 Rxc6
29.Qxc6 Qxc6 30.Rxc6 Kg7 31.Rc7+ Kg6 32.Rxa7 Rxd4 33.a4 Re4 34.a5 d4 35.f3 Re2
36.h3 d3 37.Kf1 Re3 38.Kf2 Re2+ 39.Kf1 Re3 40.Rd7 Rxf3+ 41.Kg2 Re3 42.Kf2 Re2+
43.Kf3 Ra2 44.Rd5 d2 45.Ke2 Ra3 46.Kxd2 Rxg3 47.Rd3 Rg2+ 48.Kc3 Rf2 49.Rd4 Rf3+
50.Kb4 Rxh3 51.a6 Rh1 52.Rd3 Rb1+ 53.Rb3 Ra1 54.Ra3 Rb1+ 55.Ka5 Rb8 56.a7 Ra8
57.Kb6 Kh5 58.Rg3 Kh4 59.Rg7 Kh3 60.Kb7 Rxa7+ 61.Kxa7 h5 62.Kb6 h4 63.Kc5 Kh2
64.Kd4 h3 65.Ke3 Kh1 66.Kf3  1-0

[Event "URS-ch 1L"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 c6 8.Qb3 Nbd7
9.O-O-O Qa5 10.Kb1 Rb8 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qa4 Qxa4 13.Nxa4 Re8 14.Nc1 Nf8 15.Nb3 N6d7
16.Be2 Bf6 17.Rd2 Kg7 18.Rhd1 h6 19.Nac5 Nxc5 20.Bxc5 Ra8 21.Bf2 Bg5 22.Rc2 Be6
23.Na5 Rab8 24.Bg3 Bf4 25.c5 Bxg3 26.hxg3 Bc8 27.Nc4 f6 28.f4 exf4 29.gxf4 f5
30.e5 Be6 31.Nd6 Bd5 32.Rxd5 cxd5 33.Bf3 Ne6 34.Bxd5 Nd8 35.Nxb7 Rxb7 36.Bxb7 Nxb7
37.c6 Rb8 38.cxb7 Rxb7 39.a3 g5 40.b4 Rd7 41.Re2 Rd4 42.e6 Kf8 43.fxg5 hxg5
44.Re5 Rf4 45.e7+ Ke8 46.Kc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch 1L"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.exd5 Nd4 6.Bg2 Bg4 7.d3 Nxd5 8.Bxd5 Qxd5
9.f3 Qxf3 10.Rf1 Qg2 11.Be3 Nf3+ 12.Rxf3 Qxf3 13.Bxc5 h5 14.Kd2 g6 15.Be3 h4
16.Qg1 hxg3 17.hxg3 Bh3 18.Nb5 Rc8 19.Re1 a6 20.Nbd4 Qg2 21.Qxg2 Bxg2 22.Nf4 Bh1
23.Bg1 Bg7 24.c4 Rd8 25.Nc2 e5 26.d4 Kf8 27.Ne2 exd4 28.Ncxd4 Bf3 29.Ke3 Bg4
30.Kf4 Bxe2 31.Nxe2 Rd2 32.Nc3 Rh5 33.Nd5 Bd4  0-1

[Event "URS-ch 1L"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Be3 Na5 10.Qf3 O-O 11.Rad1 Nxb3 12.axb3 Qc7 13.Qg3 b5 14.Bh6 Ne8 15.b4 Bb7
16.Rfe1 Rc8 17.Nb3 Bf6 18.Rd3 Ba8 19.Bg5 Qe7 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Na5 Qe7 22.Qf4 e5
23.Qd2 f5 24.exf5 Rxf5 25.Rd1 Qh4 26.Nd5 Bxd5 27.Rxd5 Rc7 28.Rd3 Rcf7 29.Rf1 h6
30.Rh3 Qe7 31.Rc3 Nf6 32.Rc8+ Kh7 33.Qe3 Nd5 34.Qe4 Nf4 35.Qa8 Qg5 36.Rh8+ Kg6
37.Kh1 d5 38.g4 R5f6 39.Nc6 Nh3 40.f3 Rxf3 41.Rxh6+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch 1L"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 b6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5
9.a3 dxc4 10.Nxc4 Be7 11.Nce5 Bb7 12.Qe2 Nbd7 13.Be3 Rc8 14.Rad1 Ne4 15.Bc1 Ndf6
16.Rfe1 Bd5 17.h3 Nd6 18.Bg5 Nfe4 19.Bf4 Qe8 20.Ng4 Qa4 21.Ne3 Bb7 22.Bc2 Qa5
23.Ne5 Nf6 24.Bg5 Rc7 25.Bb1 Rfc8 26.f3 Ba6 27.Qf2 Nfe4 28.fxe4 Bxg5 29.Nf3 Bb7
30.Nxg5 Qxg5 31.d5 e5 32.Bd3 g6 33.Ng4 Kg7 34.Qe3 Qxe3+ 35.Nxe3 h5 36.Rf1 f6
37.Rf2 Rc1 38.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 39.Rf1 Rc7 40.Rf2 Bc8 41.h4 Rc1+ 42.Rf1 Rxf1+ 43.Kxf1 f5
44.Nc4 Nf7 45.Kf2 Kf6 46.Ke3 f4+ 47.Ke2 Bd7 48.Nd2 g5 49.hxg5+ Nxg5 50.Kf2 Bg4
51.b4 h4 52.Bf1 Bd1 53.Bd3 Ke7 54.Nc4 Nf7 55.Ke1 f3 56.Kf2 fxg2 57.Ne3 Bf3
58.Nf5+ Kf6 59.Nxh4 Ng5 60.Nxg2 Bxe4 61.Bxe4 Nxe4+ 62.Kf3 Nc3 63.Ne3 b5 64.Ng4+ Kf5
65.Ne3+ Kg5 66.Kg3 Kg6 67.Kf3 Kf6 68.Ng4+ Kf5 69.Ne3+ Kg5 70.Kg3 a6 71.Kf3 Kf6
72.Ng4+ Kf5 73.Ne3+ Kg5 74.Kg3 e4 75.d6 Kf6 76.Kf4 Ke6 77.Nf5 Nb1 78.Kxe4 Nxa3
79.Kd4 Nc2+ 80.Kc5 Kd7 81.Ng3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch 1L"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Bb3 Na5
9.f4 b5 10.f5 e5 11.Nde2 Nxb3 12.axb3 Qb6+ 13.Kh1 Bb7 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Rc8
16.Bg5 f6 17.Bh4 Be7 18.Bf2 Qc7 19.c4 bxc4 20.Rc1 Qd7 21.bxc4 Qxf5 22.c5 dxc5
23.Bxc5 Qd7 24.d6 Rxc5 25.Rxc5 Qxd6 26.Rc3 O-O 27.Qxd6 Bxd6 28.Rd1 Bb4 29.Rc7 Bc8
30.Rdc1 Bg4 31.Ng3 Bd2 32.Ra1 a5 33.h3 Be6 34.Ne4 Bb4 35.Nc5 Bf5 36.Rf1 Rc8
37.Rxc8+ Bxc8 38.Rc1 Bf5 39.Rc4 h5 40.Kg1 Kf7 41.Kf2 g5 42.Ke3 g4 43.hxg4 Bxg4
44.Ke4 Kg6 45.Rc1 Kg5 46.Kd5 Kg6 47.Rc2 Bd1 48.Rc1 Bg4 49.Rc2 Bc8 50.Rc1 h4
51.Rh1 Kh5 52.Rf1 Bxc5 53.Kxc5 f5 54.Kd5 e4 55.Kd4 Kg4 56.Ke3 Kg3 57.Rf4 Be6
58.Rf2 Kg4 59.Rf4+ Kg5 60.Rf1 a4 61.Rc1 Bf7 62.Rc8 Bg6 63.Rf8 Kg4 64.Rf6 Kg5
65.Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nc2 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 d5 10.exd5 exd5 11.Qe2+ Be6 12.Ba3 Qc7 13.O-O Qe5 14.c5 Qxe2 15.Bxe2 Ne4
16.Bd3 O-O 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Rfb1 Rfd8 19.Rxb7 Bxa2 20.Nb4 Na5 21.c6 Be6 22.h3 Rdc8
23.Bb2 Nc4 24.Bc1 a5 25.c7 Nd6 26.Rb8 Raxb8 27.cxb8=Q Rxb8 28.Bf4 Rb6 29.Rxa5 f6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory Abramovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Qb3 c6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nge2 O-O 8.Nf4 Nc6
9.Be2 Na5 10.Qb4 g5 11.Nd3 Nc4 12.h4 h6 13.hxg5 hxg5 14.e4 a5 15.Qb3 Nxe4
16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Qxc4 Be6 18.Qb5 exd3 19.Qxd3 Re8 20.Qh7+ Kf8 21.Bxg5 Qxd4
22.Be3 Qf6 23.Rh5 Qg6 24.Qxg6 fxg6 25.Rb5 a4 26.a3 Bb3 27.Rb1 Bc2 28.Rc1 Bb3
29.Rc7 Bxb2 30.Bc5 Bf6 31.Rbxb7 Bd5 32.Ra7 Bxg2 33.f3 Rxa7 34.Rxa7  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blagidze, Alexander"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Be3 Bg7 4.Qd2 Nc6 5.f3 e5 6.d5 Nce7 7.Nc3 f5 8.O-O-O a6
9.h3 f4 10.Bf2 Nf6 11.Kb1 b5 12.Nce2 Nh5 13.Nc1 O-O 14.Nb3 Bd7 15.Na5 Qb8
16.Qb4 Rc8 17.c4 Ng3 18.Bxg3 fxg3 19.c5 dxc5 20.Qxc5 Bf8 21.Qe3 c5 22.dxc6 Be6
23.Ne2 Qc7 24.Nb3 Nxc6 25.Rc1 Qf7 26.Nxg3 Nd4 27.Be2 Bxb3 28.axb3 Qf4 29.Qxf4 exf4
30.Rhd1 Rxc1+ 31.Kxc1 Rc8+ 32.Kb1 Bc5 33.Rxd4 Bxd4 34.Nf1 Rc5 35.Nd2 Be3
36.b4 Rg5 37.Kc2 Rxg2 38.Kd3 Bxd2 39.Kxd2 Kg7  0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.b4 c6 6.Nf3 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qb3 Nxc3
9.dxc3 Be6 10.Qb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shianovsky, Vladislav I"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.O-O O-O 8.Qe2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bd6 10.e4 e5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Qe7 13.Rae1 Re8 14.Qc2 exd4 15.e5 Nxe5
16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.f4 dxc3 18.Rxe5 Qf8 19.Qxc3 Rxe5 20.fxe5 Nd5 21.Bxd5 cxd5
22.Qc7 b6 23.Rc1 Be6 24.Qd6 Qe8 25.b3 Kh7 26.h3 Rc8 27.Rc7 Qb5 28.Rxc8 Bxc8
29.Qc7 Be6 30.Bf2 Qe2 31.Qxa7 b5 32.Qd4 Qxa2 33.Qd3+ Kg8 34.Qxb5 Qa1+ 35.Qf1 Qxe5
36.Qd3 Qa1+ 37.Kh2 Qa2 38.Bd4 Qa3 39.Qg3 Qf8 40.b4 Bd7 41.Qe5 Bc6 42.Kh1 Kh8
43.b5 Bxb5 44.Qxd5 Ba4 45.Bxg7+ Qxg7 46.Qa8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.O-O O-O
9.Nb3 Be6 10.f4 Qc8 11.h3 Rd8 12.Bf3 Bc4 13.Rf2 e5 14.Rd2 Bh6 15.Rxd6 Qc7
16.Rxd8+ Rxd8 17.Qe1 exf4 18.Bf2 Ne5 19.Nd4 Bg7 20.Rd1 Rd7 21.b3 Nxf3+ 22.Nxf3 Be6
23.Nd4 Qe5 24.Rd3 a6 25.Nxe6 Qxe6 26.Qd1 h6 27.Bd4 Kh7 28.Qf3 Nxe4 29.Qxe4 Qxe4
30.Nxe4 Rxd4 31.Nd6 b5 32.Nxf7 g5 33.Kf2 Re4 34.Nd6 Re6 35.Kf3 Kg6 36.c4 bxc4
37.bxc4 Bf8 38.c5 Re5 39.Rc3 Bxd6 40.cxd6 Rd5 41.Rc6 Kf5 42.Rxa6 h5 43.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 a6 8.O-O Qc7
9.Nce2 Nbd7 10.h3 Nc5 11.g4 g5 12.Ng3 Rg8 13.c4 Ncd7 14.b3 Ne5 15.Be3 Bd7
16.a4 h5 17.Nf3 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 hxg4 19.hxg4 Nh7 20.a5 Bc6 21.Bb6 Qc8 22.b4 Nf8
23.Rc1 Ng6 24.b5 Bd7 25.Nh5 Ne5 26.Be2 f6 27.c5 dxc5 28.Bxc5 Bxc5 29.Nxf6+ Ke7
30.Nxg8+ Qxg8 31.Rxc5 Qh7 32.Kg2 Ng6 33.Rh1 Nf4+ 34.Kf3 Qf7 35.Kg3 Rf8 36.f3 Nxe2+
37.Qxe2 Qf4+ 38.Kg2 Bxb5 39.Rh7+ Kd6 40.Rxb5 axb5 41.Qd3+ Kc6 42.Qc3+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bastrikov, Georgy Vladimirovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.a3 Bg7 6.Rb1 a5 7.d3 O-O 8.Nh3 d6 9.Nf4 e6
10.Bd2 Bd7 11.Nb5 Qe7 12.O-O Rfc8 13.e3 Be8 14.Qe2 Ne5 15.Nc3 Bc6 16.f3 Be8
17.b3 Nc6 18.Be1 Rd8 19.Qc2 b6 20.Na4 Ra6 21.Rf2 d5 22.Bf1 d4 23.e4 Ne5 24.Ng2 Bc6
25.h3 Ned7 26.Re2 Ne8 27.f4 f5 28.exf5 gxf5 29.Nh4 Qf7 30.Bg2 Bxg2 31.Kxg2 e5
32.fxe5 Nxe5 33.Rf2 Nd6 34.Bd2 Qb7+ 35.Kh2 Rf8 36.Rbf1 Raa8 37.Bf4 Rae8 38.Qd1 Qc6
39.Nf3 Ng6 40.Bd2 f4 41.gxf4 Nf5 42.Ne5 Nxe5 43.fxe5 Ne3 44.Rxf8+ Bxf8 45.Bxe3 dxe3
46.Nc3 Bg7 47.Ne4 Bxe5+ 48.Kg2 Kh8 49.Qh5 Rg8+ 50.Kf3 Bd4 51.Ke2 Qg6 52.Qxg6 Rxg6
53.Kf3 Rg8 54.a4 Re8 55.Rg1 Rf8+ 56.Ke2 Rf5 57.Rg2 h6 58.Rg6 Rh5 59.Nf6 Bxf6
60.Rxf6 Rxh3 61.Rxb6 Kg7 62.Rb5 h5 63.Rxa5 Rg3 64.Rxc5 h4 65.Rh5 h3 66.a5 Kg6
67.Rh8 Kf5 68.a6  1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nf6 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nxe4 8.Nxe4 dxe4
9.Qe2 f5 10.O-O Qf6 11.d3 exd3 12.Qxd3 Nd7 13.Be3 Bc5 14.Rad1 Ne5 15.Qb3 Bxe3
16.Qxe3 Nf7 17.Rfe1 e5 18.Qc5 h5 19.Rd3 Rh6 20.Red1 Qe6 21.Qb4 b6 22.Qd2 h4
23.gxh4 Rxh4 24.Rd7 Kf8 25.Qc3 Rh6 26.Qa3+ Kg8 27.Re7 Qf6 28.Rdd7 Rf8 29.Qb3 Rg6
30.Kf1 e4 31.a4 a5 32.c3 b5 33.axb5 cxb5 34.h4 b4 35.cxb4 axb4 36.Qxb4 Ne5
37.Qb3+ Kh7 38.Rc7 Qa6+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bonch Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D35"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.d4 Be7 6.Bf4 c6 7.Qc2 Na6 8.a3 Nc7
9.e3 Ne6 10.Be5 Bd6 11.Bd3 Qe7 12.O-O h6 13.Rae1 O-O 14.Nh4 Ng5 15.f4 Nge4
16.Bxe4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Bxe5 18.fxe5 Qxh4 19.Ng3 f5 20.Rf4 Qg5 21.Ref1 Be6 22.R1f3 Rf7
23.h4 Qg6 24.Nxf5 Bxf5 25.Rxf5 Raf8 26.Rxf7 Qxc2 27.Rxf8+ Kh7 28.h5 c5 29.Rc8 Qd1+
30.Kh2 cxd4 31.e6 Qe1 32.Rc7 Qh4+ 33.Rh3 Qe4 34.Kg1 Qe5 35.Rxb7 dxe3 36.Kf1 d4
37.Ke1 Qe4 38.e7 Qxg2  0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.O-O Nf6
9.Qe2 e5 10.f4 Bd6 11.Be3 h5 12.Na4 Rb8 13.h3 Kf8 14.Rfe1 h4 15.Bd4 exd4
16.e5 Bb4 17.exf6 gxf6 18.c3 dxc3 19.bxc3 Ba3 20.c4 d6 21.Rab1 Rxb1 22.Rxb1 Rg8
23.Kh1 d5 24.Nb6 Be6 25.f5 dxc4 26.fxe6 cxd3 27.Nd7+ Ke7 28.exf7+ Kxf7 29.Qxd3 Qg3
30.Qf1 Bd6 31.Kg1 Qh2+ 32.Kf2 Rg5 33.Qc4+ Kg7 34.Qxc6 Rf5+ 35.Ke2 Qf4 36.Kd3 Qg3+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D47"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bb3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.a3 a5 11.e4 Ba6 12.e5 Nd5 13.Ne2 b4 14.Re1 bxa3 15.bxa3 a4 16.Bc2 c5
17.Nf4 N7b6 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.dxc5 Rc8 20.h4 Nc3 21.Qxd8 Rfxd8 22.Bg5 Kf8 23.Bxh7 Rxc5
24.Kh2 Bb7 25.Bxe7+ Kxe7 26.Ng5 Rd4 27.Kh3 Rcc4 28.g3 Rd2 29.f3 Bc6 30.Rac1 g6
31.h5 Rdd4 32.hxg6 fxg6 33.Bxg6 Nb5 34.Rxc4 Rxc4 35.Re3 Rc1 36.Be4 Be8 37.Nh7 Ra1
38.Nf6 Nxa3 39.Nxe8 Kxe8 40.Rc3 Ke7 41.Bd3  1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O b5 8.e5 Nfd7
9.a4 b4 10.Ne4 Nb6 11.Bd2 a5 12.Qe1 Be6 13.Neg5 Bf5 14.Nxh7 Kxh7 15.g4 e6
16.gxf5 exf5 17.Ng5+ Kg8 18.e6 Bxd4+ 19.Kh1 fxe6 20.Nxe6 Qf6 21.Nxf8 Kxf8
22.c3 bxc3 23.bxc3 Bc5 24.Bf3 Nc4 25.Rb1 d5 26.Rb7 Nd6 27.Rh7 Kg8 28.Rh3 Nd7
29.Qg3 Qg7 30.c4 Nf6 31.cxd5 Nde4 32.Bxe4 Nxe4 33.Qd3 Rd8 34.Bxa5 Rxd5 35.Qb3 Qd4
36.Qb8+ Bf8 37.Qb7 Nf6 38.Be1 Qe4+ 39.Kg1 Bc5+ 40.Bf2 Bxf2+ 41.Rxf2 Rd1+
42.Rf1 Rxf1+ 43.Kxf1 Qh1+ 44.Ke2 Qg2+ 45.Kd1 Qxh3 46.Qxc6 Qd3+ 47.Kc1 Kg7
48.Qc7+ Qd7 49.Qe5 Kf7 50.a5 Ne4 51.Kc2 Qc6+ 52.Kd3 Nc5+ 53.Kd2 Nb3+ 54.Kd1 Qc1+
55.Ke2 Qd2+ 56.Kf3 Qxa5 57.Qh8 Qd5+ 58.Kg3 Qd3+ 59.Kg2 Qd4 60.Qb8 Qe4+ 61.Kg3 Nd4
62.Kh4 Qe1+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.e5 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 Ne4 10.Qc2 d5 11.exd6 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 Qxd6 13.O-O-O Qf4+ 14.Qe3 Qxe3+
15.fxe3 Nd7 16.Be2 Ne5 17.b3 Re8 18.Rd2 f5 19.Rf1 Nf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Furman, Semen Abramovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Rb1 c6 6.Nf3 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Qa4 Nc6
9.b4 d4 10.b5 dxc3 11.bxc6 bxc6 12.O-O cxd2 13.Bxd2 Bf5 14.Ba5 Qc8 15.Rbc1 Be4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexey"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A42"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.e4 Nc6 5.d5 Nd4 6.Be3 e5 7.dxe6 Nxe6 8.Qd2 Ne7
9.O-O-O O-O 10.Nge2 f5 11.f4 Qe8 12.h3 fxe4 13.g4 Qc6 14.Ng3 Nc5 15.Bxc5 Qxc5
16.Ngxe4 Qb4 17.Bd3 Be6 18.Nb5 Qxd2+ 19.Rxd2 Bd7 20.Re1 Bxb5 21.cxb5 Rxf4
22.Nxd6 cxd6 23.Rxe7 Rd4 24.Kb1 Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Nikolaevsky, Yuri V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Nbd2 d6 6.h3 Nbd7 7.c3 c5 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.a4 a6 11.Bh2 Re8 12.b4 cxb4 13.cxb4 Rc8 14.Qb3 Bd5 15.Qb2 Nb8
16.Rfc1 Qd7 17.Nc4 Qb7 18.a5 Bxc4 19.Rxc4 b5 20.Rcc1 Rxc1+ 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.Ne1 Rxc1
23.Qxc1 Qc6 24.Qc2 Nd5 25.Qd2 Nc3 26.Bf3 Qc4 27.Nd3 Bh6 28.Qc2 Bf8 29.g4 e6
30.Kg2 Nc6 31.Bxc6 Qxc6+ 32.f3 Qc4 33.Bg3 Nd5 34.Qxc4 Nxe3+ 35.Kf2 Nxc4 36.d5 e5
37.Bh4 f5 38.Ke2 Kf7 39.Bd8 Be7 40.Bc7 Ke8 41.Bb8 Bg5 42.Ba7 Bd2 43.Bb6 Ke7
44.Bc7 Be3 45.Bb8 Bd4 46.Nc1 Kd7  0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Reshko, Aron G"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E17"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 Nbd7 7.Bb2 b6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nc3 Bb7 10.Rc1 Re8 11.d4 Bf8 12.e3 c6 13.Rc2 Bd6 14.Qc1 Qe7 15.Nb1 Ne4
16.Ba3 f5 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Qa3 Qxa3 19.Nxa3 a5 20.Nb1 a4 21.Nbd2 axb3 22.axb3 Ra3
23.Bh3 Nd6 24.Rfc1 g6 25.g4 fxg4 26.Bxg4 Nf6 27.Ne5 c5 28.Bh3 Re7 29.Nef3 c4
30.Ne5 b5 31.Bg2 Kf8 32.Rb1 Bc8 33.bxc4 dxc4 34.e4 c3 35.Nf1 Nfxe4 36.Bxe4 Nxe4
37.Rxb5 Ba6 38.Rb8+ Kg7 39.f3 Nd6 40.Ne3 Nb5 41.Rd8 Nxd4 42.Rxd4 Rxe5 43.Rd7+ Kf8
44.Kf2 Rb5 45.Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bf4 c5
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.O-O Bg4 11.Be5 c4 12.Bc2 Qd7 13.Qe2 Qe6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.b3 Rfe8
16.Qd2 Bxf3 17.gxf3 cxb3 18.Bxb3 Rad8 19.Ne4 Be7 20.Ng3 g6 21.Kg2 Qf6 22.f4 Bb4
23.Qd3 h5 24.Rg1 h4 25.Ne2 Kf8 26.Kh1 Qe6 27.Rg2 a6 28.Rag1 Ne7 29.Bc2 Rc8
30.Qb3 Bd6 31.Rg5 f5 32.Bd3 b5 33.Qb1 Qf6 34.Qf1 Kf7 35.Qh3 Rh8 36.Rd1 Ke8
37.Ng1 Rc7 38.Nf3 Rc3 39.Bb1 Bb8 40.Kg2 Qc6 41.Kh1 Qc4 42.Rgg1 b4 43.Qg2 a5
44.Nd2 Qc6 45.Qf1 Kf7 46.Bd3 Qb6 47.Nf3 Bd6 48.Rc1 Rxc1 49.Qxc1 Rc8 50.Qd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Esposito, Alfredo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 c5 6.a3 Nc6 7.Rb1 d6 8.b4 Ne8 9.Nge2 Nc7
10.O-O Ne6 11.d3 Rb8 12.Nd5 b6 13.Be3 Bd7 14.Qd2 Ned4 15.Nxd4 Nxd4 16.Bh6 Bh3
17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.f4 Bxg2 19.Qxg2 e6 20.Ne3 f5 21.Rf2 Qd7 22.Ra2 Rbe8 23.a4 Rb8
24.b5 e5 25.Nd5 fxe4 26.dxe4 Rf7 27.a5 bxa5 28.Rxa5 Qg4 29.h3 Qf3 30.Rba1 Rbb7
31.R1a3 Qd1+ 32.Kh2 Qb1 33.Ra6 Rbd7 34.h4 h5 35.Re3 Qc1 36.Rc3 Qd1 37.Raa3 Qe2
38.Qxe2 Nxe2 39.Re3 Nd4 40.Ra6 Ne6 41.fxe5 Rf2+ 42.Kg1 Rc2 43.Rxd6 Rc1+ 44.Kg2 Rc2+
45.Kh3 Rf7 46.Rxe6 Rff2 47.g4 Rh2+ 48.Kg3 Rhg2+ 49.Kf4 Rxg4+ 50.Kf3 Rcg2
51.Re2  1-0

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cuellar Gacharna, Miguel"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.c3 e5 6.Ne2 h5 7.h3 Qf6 8.d5 Nb8 9.c4 h4
10.Nbc3 a5 11.Be3 Bh6 12.Qd2 Na6 13.g4 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Bd7 15.Nc1 Ne7 16.Nd3 Nc8
17.b3 Nc5 18.Rf1 Qe7 19.Nxc5 dxc5 20.d6 Qxd6 21.Qf2 Qe6 22.Nd5 Kd8 23.Qxf7 Qxf7
24.Rxf7 Ra6 25.O-O-O Rd6 26.Rdf1 Re6 27.g5 Nd6 28.Rf8+ Rxf8 29.Rxf8+ Re8
30.Rf6 Be6 31.Nc3 Ke7 32.Rxg6 Rg8 33.Rxg8 Bxg8 34.Kd2 Be6 35.Nd1 Nf7 36.g6 Ng5
37.Nf2 Kf6 38.Ke2 b6 39.Kd3 Kxg6 40.Kc3 Kf6 41.a4 Bf7 42.Kd3 c6 43.Kc3 Ke7
44.Kc2 Kd7 45.Kc3 Kd6 46.Kd2 b5 47.Kc3 bxa4 48.bxa4 Bh5 49.Kd2 Nf3+ 50.Bxf3 Bxf3
51.Ke1 Ke6 52.Kd2 Ke7 53.Ke1 Kf6 54.Kd2 Kg5 55.Ke1 Kf6 56.Kd2 Ke6 57.Kd3 Kd6
58.Kd2 Bh5 59.Kd3 Bf7 60.Kc3 Be6 61.Kb3 Ke7 62.Kc3 Kf6 63.Kd3 Kg5 64.Kc3 Bxh3
65.Nxh3+ Kg4 66.Ng1 Kg3 67.Ne2+ Kg2  0-1

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Albert, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A53"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Be7 5.d4 d6 6.d5 Nb8 7.e4 O-O 8.h3 c6 9.Be3 cxd5
10.cxd5 Nbd7 11.Nd2 Ne8 12.Nc4 Bg5 13.Qd2 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 a5 15.Be2 b6 16.O-O Nc5
17.f4 exf4 18.Rxf4 f6 19.Nb5 Ba6 20.Nd4 Qc7 21.Rc1 g5 22.Rf2 Ng7 23.Nd2 Bxe2
24.Qxe2 Rae8 25.Qb5 Qd8 26.Nc6 Qc7 27.Qc4 Nh5 28.Rf3 Nf4 29.Rcf1 Rf7 30.Kh2 Qc8
31.Nd4 Qd8 32.Nf5 Kh8 33.Qd4 Re5 34.Nh6 Rf8 35.Ng4 h5 36.Nxe5 fxe5 37.Qc3 h4
38.a3 a4 39.Qb4 Qc7 40.Nc4 Rb8 41.Ne3 Rg8 42.Ng4 Rg7 43.Rc1 Qd8 44.Rc4 b5
45.Qxb5 Rb7 46.Qc6 Rb6 47.Rxc5 Rxc6 48.Rxc6 Ne2 49.Rf7  1-0

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mangini, Jose Thiago"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.c3 e5 7.Nc2 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Be6 10.Qf3 Bd6 11.Ne3 Nxe3 12.Bxe3 O-O 13.Nd2 f5 14.Bc4 Qe7 15.Bxe6+ Qxe6
16.b4 e4 17.Qe2 Qe5 18.Qc4+ Kh8 19.g3 Rac8 20.Rfd1 Qf6 21.Qb3 Be5 22.Nc4 f4
23.Bc5 e3 24.Bxf8 exf2+ 25.Kg2 Rxf8 26.Rd3 fxg3 27.Nd2 gxh2 28.Nf1 Qg6+ 29.Rg3  0-1

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Casas, Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.dxe6 fxe6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Nf3 Bb7
9.Bd3 d6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Ng5 Qc8 13.Bxh7+ Kh8 14.O-O-O a6 15.Bg6 Ng4
16.Bh5 Bxg5 17.Bxg4 Be7 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.cxd5 Qc7 20.dxe6 Rf6 21.Rd5 Raf8 22.f4 c4
23.Rh5+ Rh6 24.Qg6 Rf6 25.Qe8+ Bf8 26.Qd7 Qxd7 27.exd7 Be7 28.Rxh6+ Rxh6
29.e4 Kg8 30.Rd1 Bd8 31.a4 Kf8 32.h3 Rf6 33.g3  1-0

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ader Hausman, Walter"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 c5 5.dxc5 Qa5+ 6.Nbd2 Qxc5 7.Nb3 Qc7 8.Bd3 Nf6
9.Qe2 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.Kh1 a6 12.c3 b5 13.Bd2 e5 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Be3 Nh5
16.Qf2 Rb8 17.Rad1 Rd8 18.Rd2 f5 19.Bc2 f4 20.Bc5 Be6 21.Ng5 Bc4 22.Rfd1 Bf6
23.Bd6 Rxd6 24.Rxd6 Bxg5 25.Qc5 Rc8 26.Rd7 Qb8 27.Qa3 b4 28.cxb4 Qxb4 29.Nd2 Qxa3
30.bxa3 Be2 31.Bb3+ Kh8 32.Rc1 f3 33.gxf3 Bxf3+ 34.Kg1 Be3+ 35.Kf1 Bg4  0-1

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sanguineti, Raul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 d5 8.Ne5 O-O
9.O-O c6 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Ng4 f5 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Nc6 15.Bf4 Rc8
16.Rc1 a6 17.h4 Na5 18.b3 b5 19.Nb1 Qb6 20.Qd2 Nc6 21.e3 Na7 22.Rxc8 Rxc8
23.Rc1 b4 24.Rxc8+ Bxc8 25.Qc2 Bd7 26.Bf1 Qb7 27.Qc7 Qxc7 28.Bxc7 Bb5 29.Bb6 Bxf1
30.Kxf1 Nb5 31.Ke2 Kf7 32.Kd3 Ke8 33.Nd2 Nc3 34.Kc2 Kd7 35.Ba5 Nxa2 36.Nb1 Kc6
37.Kb2 Kb5 38.Bc7 Nc3 39.Nxc3+ bxc3+ 40.Kxc3 Bb4+ 41.Kc2 Be1 42.f3 g6 43.Bd6 Bb4
44.Bf4 Be7 45.Kc3 Bd8 46.Kc2 Kb4 47.Bd6+ Ka5 48.Bf4 Kb5 49.Kc3 Be7 50.Be5 g5
51.h5 g4 52.fxg4 fxg4 53.Bf4 Bf8 54.Kc2 Kb4 55.Kb2 Be7 56.Kc2 Ka3 57.Kc3 Ka2
58.Kc2 Bf8 59.e4 dxe4 60.Kc3 a5 61.Kc2 Bb4 62.Be3 Bd6 63.Bf2 Bc7 64.Kc3 e3
65.Bxe3 Bxg3 66.Bd2 Bd6 67.Kc4 g3 68.d5 exd5+ 69.Kxd5 Bb4 70.Bf4 g2  0-1

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lombardy, William James"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 cxd4 7.axb4 dxc3 8.Nxc3 O-O
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Be2 Be6 11.O-O Nc6 12.b5 Na5 13.Ra4 Qc7 14.Rd4 Nc4 15.Bf3 Rfd8
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Bxd5 18.Rxd5 Rxd5 19.Qxd5 Rd8 20.Qe4 Rc8 21.h3 Qb6 22.b3 Nd6
23.Qg4 Rc2 24.Rd1 h6 25.Qd7 Nxb5 26.Bd2 Qc6 27.Qd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Bd3 e5 12.Qc2 Re8 13.e4 c4 14.Bxc4 exd4 15.cxd4 Na5
16.Bd3 Qxc2 17.Bxc2 Nxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Rossetto, Hector"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E14"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 b6 7.d4 Bb7 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.O-O c5 10.Qe2 Rc8 11.Rac1 dxc4 12.bxc4 Qc7 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.Ne5 Qb8 15.f4 Nf8
16.d5 exd5 17.cxd5 Ng6 18.Ng4 Nxg4 19.Qxg4 Bf6 20.Bf5 Rc7 21.e4 Bd4+ 22.Kh1 Re7
23.Rf1 Ba6 24.Rf3 b5 25.e5 b4 26.d6 bxc3 27.dxe7 cxb2 28.exd8=Q+ Qxd8 29.Re1 Nh4
30.e6 fxe6 31.Bxe6+ Kh8 32.Rb3 g6 33.Bd7 Kg7 34.Re8 h5 35.Qe6 Qf6 36.Rg8+ Kh6
37.Qxf6 Bxf6 38.Rgb8 Bf1 39.Rxb2 Bxb2 40.Rxb2 c4 41.g3  1-0

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Panno, Oscar"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D29"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7
9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Nc3 cxd4 11.exd4 b4 12.d5 bxc3 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Ne5 Qb6 15.Ba4 O-O-O
16.Nf7 Bc5 17.Nxh8 Rxh8 18.bxc3 Rd8 19.Bf4 Nd5 20.Bd2 e5 21.c4 Nc7 22.Be3 Bxe3
23.fxe3 Qg6 24.Rab1 Be4 25.Rb2 Nc5 26.Rxd8+ Kxd8 27.Rb8+ Ke7 28.Bd1 Nd7 29.Rb2 Ne6
30.Qf2 Nec5 31.Be2 Nf6 32.h3 h6 33.Kh2 Bc6 34.Rb6 Nfd7 35.Rb2 e4 36.Bg4 Qd6+
37.Qg3 Ne5 38.Be2 g5 39.Kh1 Ncd3 40.Rb1 Nxc4 41.Qg4  0-1

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Rubio Aguado, Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E64"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nf3 c5 7.Bd2 Nc6 8.d5 Na5
9.b3 a6 10.a4 Bd7 11.Ra3 b5 12.axb5 axb5 13.cxb5 Qb6 14.O-O Bxb5 15.Qc2 Ra6
16.Rfa1 Rfa8 17.Nxb5 Qxb5 18.e4 R6a7 19.Ra4 Nxd5 20.Rxa5  1-0

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Incutto, Carlos"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A42"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d5 Nd4 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 Nxe2 8.Bxe2 f5
9.f3 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.b4 Rf7 12.c5 f4 13.Bf2 g5 14.Rc1 Bf8 15.Rc2 Rg7 16.Qd2 g4
17.cxd6 g3 18.hxg3 fxg3 19.Be3 Nh5 20.Rfc1 Qh4 21.Bb5 Qh2+ 22.Kf1 Qh1+ 23.Bg1 Nf4
24.d7 Rxd7 25.Nd1 Rf7 26.Qe1 Rg7 27.Qd2 Nxg2  0-1

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 c6 6.b3 d5 7.Bb2 Nbd7 8.Na3 a5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.Nc4 N5b6 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.Qc3+ Kg8 14.Qe3 Re8 15.h4 Nd5
16.Qg5 f6 17.Qh6 e5 18.e4 Ne7 19.h5 Nf8 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.Nh2 Be6 22.f4 Nh7
23.Bh3 Bxc4 24.bxc4 Kh8 25.Ng4 Rf8 26.Rf2 exf4 27.gxf4 f5 28.Ne5 Rf6 29.Rg2 fxe4
30.Re1 Raf8 31.Rxe4 g5 32.Qh5 Rxf4 33.Rxf4 Rxf4 34.Rxg5 Qb6+ 35.Kh2 Rf2+
36.Bg2 Rf8 37.Qh6 Nf5 38.Rxf5 Rxf5 39.Ng6+ Kg8 40.Ne7+ Kh8 41.Nxf5  1-0

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.Qe2 a6 10.a4 Nb6 11.Bb3 cxd4 12.exd4 Bd7 13.Rd1 Rc8 14.Rd3 Nbd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.Qe4 Bc6 17.Ne5 Nf6 18.Qh4 Bd5 19.Bg5 Be7 20.Rh3 Re8 21.Bd1 Qa5 22.Bh5 Red8
23.Bxf7+ Kf8 24.Bh6 Ne8 25.Qf4 Bf6 26.Bxg7+ Ke7 27.Bxe8 Bxg7 28.Rxh7  1-0

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Behrensen, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Rb1 d6 6.Nf3 e5 7.b4 Bf5 8.d3 Qc8
9.h3 e4 10.Nh4 exd3 11.Nxf5 Qxf5 12.Bxb7 dxe2 13.Qxe2 Nbd7 14.Bxa8 Rxa8 15.Kf1 h5
16.Kg2 Re8 17.Qf3 Qe6 18.Nd5 Ne5 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.Qe4 Nxc4 21.Qxe6 Rxe6 22.Kf3 Bd4
23.Rd1 c5 24.Bf4 Rf6 25.h4 Kg7 26.Rbc1 Ne5+ 27.Kg2 Nc6 28.Rxd4 Nxd4 29.bxc5 Re6
30.cxd6 Ne2 31.Rd1 Nxf4+ 32.Kf3 Re8 33.Kxf4 Kf6 34.d7 Rd8 35.Rd6+ Ke7 36.Ke5 a5
37.a4 Rxd7 38.Rxd7+ Kxd7 39.Kd5 f6 40.Kc5 Ke6 41.Kb5  1-0

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Wexler, Bernardo"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B08"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.h3 c6 6.Bf4 Qb6 7.Rb1 Nbd7 8.e5 dxe5
9.dxe5 Ng8 10.Bc4 Nf8 11.Ng5 Nh6 12.Qe2 Ne6 13.Nxe6 Bxe6 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.Qc4 Nf7
16.Qxe6 Qd4 17.Bg3 Nxe5 18.Qb3 Qb6 19.O-O Qxb3 20.axb3 Rd8 21.Ne4 b6 22.Rfe1 Nf7
23.Ra1 Rd7 24.Ra6 O-O 25.Rea1 Bxb2 26.Rxa7 Rfd8 27.Rxd7 Rxd7 28.Ra8+ Kg7
29.Rc8 Rd4 30.f3 Rd1+ 31.Kf2 Bd4+ 32.Ke2 Rg1 33.Bf2 Rxg2 34.Kf1 Rxf2+ 35.Nxf2 Ng5
36.Kg2 c5 37.Nd3 e5 38.f4 exf4 39.Nxf4 b5 40.c3 Bxc3 41.Rxc5 Ne4 42.Rxb5 Nd6
43.Rb6 Nf5 44.Kf3 Ba5 45.Rb7+ Kf6 46.b4 Bd8 47.Rd7 Be7 48.b5 Ke5 49.b6 Nd4+
50.Ke3 Nc6 51.Rd5+ Kf6 52.Ke4 Nb8 53.b7 Kf7 54.Nd3 Bh4 55.Ne5+ Ke6 56.Nd7  1-0

[Event "Santiago"]
[Site "Santiago"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gordon, Bernardo"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Nf3 Ne8
9.O-O Nc7 10.a4 Nba6 11.Nd2 Nb4 12.Nc4 b6 13.Bf4 Ba6 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.Rfd1 Qd7
16.Rd2 Rfd8 17.e4 f6 18.e5 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 fxe5 20.Bxe5 dxe5 21.d6+ Qe6 22.Bd5 Nbxd5
23.dxe7 Nxe7  0-1

[Event "Santiago"]
[Site "Santiago"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B68"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7
9.f4 Be7 10.f5 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 exf5 12.Bd3 h6 13.Bf4 fxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 O-O
16.Bxd6 Bg4 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Rde1 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Santiago"]
[Site "Santiago"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gutierrez, JA."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D48"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.d5 e5 11.b3 Bd6 12.O-O O-O 13.a4 c4 14.bxc4 b4 15.Ne2 Qc7 16.Ng3 Nc5
17.Bg5 Ne8 18.Nh4 f6 19.Be3 g6 20.a5 Rb8 21.Bb1 Be7 22.f4 Nd6 23.fxe5 fxe5
24.Rxf8+ Bxf8 25.Qc2 b3 26.Qe2 b2 27.Ra2 Ncxe4 28.Nxe4 Nxe4 29.Bb6 Rxb6 30.axb6 Qc5+
31.Kf1 Nc3 32.b7 Nxe2 33.b8=Q Qxc4 34.Ra4 Ng3+ 35.Kf2 Nh1+ 36.Ke1 Qxa4 37.Qxc8 Qxh4+
38.g3 Qb4+ 39.Kf1 Qb6 40.Kg2 Qf2+ 41.Kh3 Qf1+  0-1

[Event "Santiago"]
[Site "Santiago"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jimenez Rojas, Hector"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.a3 Nf6 7.Be2 b5 8.O-O Bb7
9.Bd3 Be7 10.Kh1 O-O 11.f4 d6 12.f5 e5 13.Nb3 Nbd7 14.Qf3 Rfe8 15.Bd2 Rac8
16.Rae1 Nb6 17.Bc1 d5 18.exd5 Nbxd5 19.Ne4 Nb6 20.Nbd2 Nbd7 21.c3 Rcd8 22.Bc2 Bd5
23.Bb3 Bc6 24.Qg3 Nh5 25.Qf3 Nf4 26.Bc2 Bf8 27.Nb3 Nd5 28.Qg3 N7f6 29.Bg5 Nxe4
30.Bxe4 f6 31.Bc1 Nb6 32.Qf3 Bxe4 33.Qxe4 Rd7 34.Rd1 Red8 35.Rxd7 Rxd7 36.Nd2 Nd5
37.Nf3 Qc8 38.h3 Nb6 39.Be3 Nc4 40.Bc1 Qd8 41.a4 Rd1 42.Rg1 Rxg1+ 43.Nxg1 Qd1
44.axb5 axb5 45.Qc6 h6 46.b3 Qxb3 47.Qe6+ Kh7 48.Qf7 Qxc3 49.Bxh6 Qa3 50.Nf3 e4
51.Qg6+ Kg8 52.Nh4 Ne5 53.Qe8 gxh6  0-1

[Event "Santiago"]
[Site "Santiago"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Letelier, Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Bxf6 Qxb3
9.axb3 gxf6 10.Kd2 Bd6 11.Nf3 Nd7 12.Nh4 Be6 13.f4 Nb6 14.Bd3 a6 15.Nf5 Nc8
16.Raf1 Bb4 17.Ng3 h5 18.f5 Bd7 19.h4 Nd6 20.Be2 Ke7 21.Bd3 Rag8 22.Rh3 Rg4
23.Ke2 Nb5 24.Kf3 Nxc3 25.bxc3 Bd6 26.Nxh5 Rhg8 27.g3 c5 28.Rg1 c4 29.bxc4 dxc4
30.Bc2 Bc6+ 31.e4 b5 32.Kf2 a5 33.Bd1 Bxe4 34.Bxg4 Rxg4 35.Re1 b4 36.Nf4 Bxf4
37.Rxe4+ Kd6 38.Rxf4 Rg8 39.cxb4 axb4 40.h5 b3 41.Ke3 c3 42.Rf1 Rc8 43.Rhh1 c2
44.Kd2 b2 45.Rc1 bxc1=Q+ 46.Kxc1 Kd5 47.Rh4 Rc3 48.h6 Kc4 49.h7 Ra3 50.g4  1-0

[Event "Santiago"]
[Site "Santiago"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Salas Romo, Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E62"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d5 Na5 8.Nd2 Nd7
9.Qc2 Ne5 10.b3 c5 11.dxc6 Naxc6 12.Nde4 h6 13.f4 Nd4 14.Qd1 Nec6 15.Bb2 Nb4
16.Rc1 Nf5 17.Qd2 Bd4 18.Nd1 Bxb2 19.Qxb2 Bd7 20.a3 Nc6 21.O-O Qb6+ 22.c5 dxc5
23.Nxc5 Nd8 24.e4 Ng7 25.Ne3 Bc6 26.f5 gxf5 27.exf5 Bxg2 28.Qxg2 Rc8 29.b4 a5
30.f6 exf6 31.Nd5 Qd6 32.Nxf6+ Kh8 33.Qe4  1-0

[Event "Santiago"]
[Site "Santiago"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Flores Alvarez, Rodrigo"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Nf3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Qc2 Nf6 10.a3 Nbd7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Be2 Nb6 13.O-O Bg4 14.Ne5 Bxe2 15.Nxe2 c6
16.Rfc1 Nfd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jonkoping"]
[Site "Jonkoping"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.O-O e5 8.Nd2 Bd6
9.a4 Ne7 10.Nc4 Bc7 11.Be3 Ng6 12.Qh5 O-O 13.Rfd1 Be6 14.Bf1 Qe7 15.a5 Nf4
16.Bxf4 exf4 17.Bd3 g6 18.Qh6 Bxc4 19.Bxc4 Qxe4 20.Bd3 Qe5 21.b4 Rad8 22.Rab1 Rd4
23.Qh3 f3 24.g3 Qd6 25.Qf1 Rxb4 26.Rxb4 Qxb4 27.Rb1 Qxa5 28.Rxb7 Re8 29.Rb1 Qc3
30.Bxa6 Qxc2 31.Qc1 Qe4 32.Bf1 Ra8 33.Rb3 Ra2 34.Qd1 Be5 35.Re3 Qd4 36.Qxf3 Qc5
37.Re2 Ra7 38.Kg2 Kg7 39.Qe4 Bc3 40.Rc2 Ra3 41.Bc4 Qd6 42.Qf3 Bf6 43.Bb3 Ra6
44.Ra2 Rxa2 45.Bxa2 Qc7 46.Qe4 Kf8 47.Bb3 c5 48.Bc4 Bd4 49.Qa8+ Kg7 50.Qe4 Qd6
51.Qe8 Qf6 52.Qe2 Qd6 53.Qe8 Qc7 54.Qe4 Qd7 55.Bb3 Qa7 56.Bc4 Qd7 57.Bb3 Qa7
58.Bc4 h6 59.Qf3 Qe7 60.Qe2 Qd7 61.Qe4 Qd6 62.Qf3 Qe7 63.Qe2 Qb7+ 64.Qf3 Qc7
65.Qe4 g5 66.h4 gxh4 67.Qg4+ Kf8 68.Qxh4 Qc6+ 69.Kf1 Qd6 70.Kg2 Qg6 71.Qf4 Kg7
72.Bd5 Qh5 73.Bf3 Qe5 74.Qxe5+ Bxe5 75.Bd5 f5 76.f3 Kf6 77.f4 Bc3 78.Kf3 Bd2
79.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jonkoping"]
[Site "Jonkoping"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Koskinen, Heikki"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be2 c6 5.Be3 b5 6.Qd2 Nf6 7.f3 Nbd7 8.Nh3 Nb6
9.Nf2 O-O 10.O-O Be6 11.Bh6 b4 12.Ncd1 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Bxc4 15.Re1 Qb6
16.e5 Nd5 17.Re4 f6 18.exd6 exd6 19.Ne3 Nxe3 20.Qxe3 f5 21.Re7 Rf7 22.b3 Bd5
23.Rd1 Qd8 24.Rxf7 Bxf7 25.Qf4 a5 26.h4 Qe7 27.Nd3 Re8 28.Re1 Qf6 29.Rxe8+ Bxe8
30.Qe3 Bf7 31.g3 Kg7 32.Kg2 h6 33.Nf2 g5 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.g4 f4 36.Qd2 Bd5
37.Qd3 Qe6 38.Kh2 Qe3  0-1

[Event "Jonkoping"]
[Site "Jonkoping"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ljungqvist, Lennart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Qd2 Qh4+
9.Bf2 Qe7 10.O-O-O f5 11.Kb1 b6 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Nge2 f4 14.Ne4 Bf5 15.Nc3 Na6
16.Bd3 Nb4 17.Be2 Nf6 18.a3 Na6 19.Bd3 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Nb8 21.Bxf5 Rxf5 22.Qc2 Rf7
23.Qa4 Qd7 24.Qxd7 Nxd7 25.Kc2 a6 26.b4 Bf6 27.Ne4 Be7 28.Rd2 Rg7 29.Be1 h6
30.Re2 b5 31.cxb5 axb5 32.Kb3 Nb6 33.Nc3 Bd8 34.Bf2 Rb8 35.Bxb6 Rxb6 36.Rc1 Kf8
37.Ne4 Ke8 38.Rc6 Rb7 39.Ra6 Kd7 40.Rc2 Rg8 41.Ra8 Rf8 42.Rc6 Be7 43.Rca6 Rxa8
44.Rxa8 c6 45.dxc6+ Kxc6 46.Rg8 h5 47.Rg7 Rd7 48.Rg6 Kd5 49.Nc3+ Kc6 50.Kc2 Ra7
51.Rg7 Rd7 52.Ne4 Bd8 53.Rg6 Be7 54.Rh6 h4 55.h3 Ra7 56.Rh7 Kd7 57.Nc3 Rc7
58.Kd3 Kc6 59.Ke4 Bd8 60.Rh8 Rd7 61.Nd5 Bg5 62.Rc8+ Kb7 63.Rg8 Bd8 64.Kf5 Bc7
65.Ke4 Rh7 66.Nf6 Rh6 67.Kf5 Kc6 68.Kg5 Rxf6 69.Kxf6 d5 70.Kf5 e4 71.Rg6+ Kb7
72.fxe4 d4 73.Rg7  1-0

[Event "Jonkoping"]
[Site "Jonkoping"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nilsson, Zandor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E32"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.Qc2 b6 5.e4 Bb7 6.f3 Nc6 7.Be3 e5 8.Ne2 O-O
9.a3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Bc5 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Bxc5 bxc5 13.O-O-O Nh5 14.g3 g6 15.Bh3 Ng7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jonkoping"]
[Site "Jonkoping"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Barda, Olaf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d6 5.Bd3 c5 6.Ne2 Nc6 7.O-O O-O 8.Ne4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bd3 Qf6 14.Qc2 h6 15.Bd2 Bxd2
16.Qxd2 Rb8 17.b3 Bf5 18.Bxf5 Qxf5 19.Rac1 Rb6 20.Qa5 Qd7 21.Qc5 Re8 22.Rfd1 Ra6
23.Rd2 Qe7 24.Qc3 Qe5 25.Qd3 Rb6 26.Rdc2 Re6 27.Rc5 Qb2 28.R5c2 Qa3 29.h3 Qb4
30.Rc5 Rg6 31.Qf5 Rf6 32.Qe5 Ra6 33.R5c2 Re6 34.Qf5 Qe4 35.Qxe4 Rxe4 36.Rxc6 Rxa2
37.Rc8+ Kh7 38.R1c7 d4 39.exd4 Re1+ 40.Kh2 Rxf2 41.Rc2 Rxc2 42.Rxc2 Rd1 43.Rc7 Rxd4
44.Rxa7 Rb4 45.Ra3 g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jonkoping"]
[Site "Jonkoping"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ek, Hans"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A42"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nd7 5.c4 e5 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.e4 O-O 8.O-O exd4
9.Nxd4 Ne5 10.b3 N7c6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bb2 Rb8 13.Rb1 c5 14.Ne2 Bb7 15.Qd2 Re8
16.f3 Ra8 17.Bc3 Nc6 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.f4 f6 20.h4 Qd7 21.f5 Re5 22.fxg6 hxg6
23.Rf4 Rae8 24.Rbf1 Qe7 25.g4 Rh8 26.Ng3 Rxh4 27.Qf2 Rh8 28.Rxf6 Nd8 29.Qf4 Bc8
30.g5 Be6 31.Kf2 Rxg5 32.Kg1 Re5 33.Qf2 Nf7 34.Ne2 Ng5 35.Nf4 Bf7 36.Nd5 Bxd5
37.cxd5 Rh6 38.Rf8 Rh8 39.Rf4 Rh5 40.Rf8 Rh7 41.Rf4 Rh5 42.Rf8 Rxe4 43.Rc8 Re5
44.Qf8+ Qxf8 45.Rfxf8 Re1+ 46.Rf1 Re7 47.Ra8 Nh3+ 48.Bxh3 Rxh3 49.Rd1 Rg3+
50.Kf2 Rg5 51.Rd3 Rf7+ 52.Rf3 Rxd5 53.Rxa7 Rd2+ 54.Kg3 Rxf3+ 55.Kxf3 Kf6
56.Ke3 Rh2 57.Ke4 Ke6 58.a4 Rh3  0-1

[Event "Jonkoping"]
[Site "Jonkoping"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lindman, Karl Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E87"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 Nbd7 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 O-O 8.Bd3 Ne8
9.Nge2 Nc5 10.Bc2 a5 11.Qd2 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Ng3 Bxc2 14.Qxc2 Qh4 15.Ne4 Nxe4
16.Qxe4 Qxe4 17.Nxe4 b6 18.Ke2 h6 19.Kd3 Rd8 20.a3 Nf6 21.Nxf6+ Rxf6 22.b4 axb4
23.axb4 Rff8 24.Ra7 Rf7 25.Ke4 Bf8 26.Rha1 Kh8 27.Ra8 Rxa8 28.Rxa8 Kg7 29.Rc8 Kf6
30.Bf2 g5 31.Be3 Kg6 32.Re8 Be7 33.Rg8+ Kh7 34.Rc8 Bf8 35.Re8 Be7 36.Kd3 Kg6
37.Rg8+ Kh7 38.Rc8 Bf8 39.c5 bxc5 40.b5 Kg6 41.Bd2 Bg7 42.Ba5 Rf4 43.Bxc7 g4
44.b6 gxf3 45.gxf3 Rxf3+ 46.Kc4 Rf4+ 47.Kb5 Rb4+ 48.Kc6 e4 49.b7 e3 50.Bxd6 Re4
51.b8=Q e2 52.Bg3 Be5 53.Qb1  1-0

[Event "Jonkoping"]
[Site "Jonkoping"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lilliestrom, Malte"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.c4 Bg4 5.Be2 Nc6 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nce7 8.Nc3 Nf6
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 O-O 11.Be2 Nd7 12.Qc2 f5 13.f3 Kh8 14.O-O-O fxe4 15.fxe4 Ng8
16.Rhf1 Bh6 17.Bxh6 Nxh6 18.Qd2 Kg7 19.Rxf8 Nxf8 20.Rf1 Nf7 21.Qe3 Qe7 22.Bg4 h5
23.Be6 Nxe6 24.dxe6 Qxe6 25.Nd5 c6 26.Rf6 Qd7  0-1

[Event "Jonkoping"]
[Site "Jonkoping"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Enevoldsen, Jens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Na2 e6 7.Bxc4 Nf6 8.e5 Nd5 9.Qg4 Ba6
10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.Nf3 Ne7 12.Bg5 Qd5 13.O-O Nf5 14.Nc1 h6 15.Be3 c5 16.Ne2 Be7
17.Nf4 Qd7 18.d5 g5 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.Rad1 gxf4 21.Qg6+ Kd8 22.Rxd7+ Kxd7 23.Rd1+ Kc7
24.Qxe6 Rhd8 25.Bd2  1-0

[Event "URS-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O Qc7 8.Qe2 Nf6
9.Bd2 Nc6 10.Nxc6 Qxc6 11.a3 Bc5 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Qxd5
16.Qg3 O-O 17.Rfe1 Qd4 18.c3 Qb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furman, Semen Abramovich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Ne7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nge2 d6 7.O-O Nd7 8.b3 Kh8
9.d4 f5 10.Bb2 c6 11.d5 c5 12.f4 e4 13.Qd2 Nf6 14.a4 Bd7 15.Nd1 Qc7 16.Nf2 b6
17.Rfc1 Rfb8 18.Nc3 a6 19.Bf1 Qd8 20.Be2 Ne8 21.g4 Ng8 22.Kg2 Nc7 23.gxf5 gxf5
24.Rg1 Nf6 25.Kh1 Qe7 26.Rg3 Rg8 27.Rag1 Raf8 28.R1g2 h6 29.Qc1 Kh7 30.Qg1 Bh8
31.Bd1 Rxg3 32.Rxg3 b5 33.Bc2 bxc4 34.bxc4 Rb8 35.Ba1 Rb4 36.Qf1 Be8 37.Na2 Rb8
38.Qh3 Bg6 39.Bc3 Qf7 40.Rg1 Ng8 41.Rb1 Rxb1+ 42.Bxb1 Na8 43.Bc2 Qb7 44.Bxh8 Kxh8
45.Nd1 Nb6 46.Qf1 Bh5 47.h3 Qg7 48.Kh2 Bf3 49.Bb3 Qa1 50.a5 Na4 51.Qe1 Qb1
52.Nc1 Qxc1 53.Bxa4 Bxd1 54.Bxd1 Nf6 55.Kg3 Qxc4 56.Be2 Qb3 57.Qc1 Qb4 58.Bxa6 Qxa5
59.Bc8 Qa2 60.Qc3 Kg7 61.Bxf5 Qxd5 62.Bc8 Qd3 63.Qc1 c4 64.Be6 d5 65.f5 Qe2
66.Qa3 Qf3+ 67.Kh2 Qf2+ 68.Kh1 Qe1+ 69.Kg2 Qe2+ 70.Kg3 Qf3+ 71.Kh2 Qf2+ 72.Kh1 Qe1+
73.Kg2 Qe2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.Qe2 d6 8.f4 Nbd7
9.g4 Nc5 10.g5 Nfd7 11.Bd2 b5 12.b4 Nxd3+ 13.cxd3 Nb6 14.Rc1 Qd7 15.O-O h6
16.gxh6 g6 17.a3 Bxh6 18.Be3 Na4 19.Nxa4 bxa4 20.Nf3 Bb7 21.Ng5 f6 22.Nh3 Kf7
23.Nf2 Rac8 24.Qb2 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Rc8 26.Kg2 d5 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 28.Qc1 Qxc1 29.Bxc1 dxe4
30.dxe4 f5 31.Kf3 e5 32.Be3 fxe4+ 33.Nxe4 exf4 34.Bxf4 g5 35.Bd2 Kg6 36.Ke3 g4+
37.Kd4 Bg7+ 38.Ke3 Bxe4 39.Kxe4 Bb2 40.Kd3 Kf5 41.Kc4 Bxa3 42.b5 axb5+ 43.Kxb5 Bd6
44.Kxa4 Bxh2 45.Ba5 Bf4 46.Bb6 Ke4 47.Kb3 g3 48.Kc2 Be3 49.Bc7 g2 50.Bh2 Kf3
51.Kd3 Bb6  0-1

[Event "URS-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E54"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 b6
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.a3 a6 13.b4 Be7 14.Bb2 b5 15.Bd3 Qb8
16.Ng5 Ne5 17.Nce4 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 Rd8 20.Qc2 Rd5 21.Bd4 Qd8 22.Bc5 Qc7
23.Rxd5 Bxd5 24.Nc3 Bb7 25.Bxe7 Qxe7 26.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.a3 Ba5 8.Qc2 O-O
9.O-O Bc7 10.Bd2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Ba2 exd4 13.exd4 Nb6 14.h3 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.Rfe1 Qd6 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Bb4 Qd5 19.Bxf8 Nxf2 20.Kxf2 Rxf8 21.Qe4 Rf6 22.Qxd5 Nxd5
23.g3 Bb6 24.Kg2 h6 25.Re4 Kf7 26.Rae1 Ke7 27.h4 Kd6 28.Ne5 Nc7 29.Rg4 Ne8
30.Nc4+ Ke7 31.Nxb6 axb6 32.Re3 b5 33.b3 Kf7 34.Rge4 Ke7 35.g4 Nd6 36.Re5 Nf7
37.Rf5 Nd6 38.Rxf6 gxf6 39.Kf3 Ne8 40.Ke4 Nc7 41.Rg3 Kd6 42.a4 bxa4 43.bxa4 Nd5
44.a5 Kc7 45.Ra3 Nb4 46.a6 bxa6 47.Ra4 Nd5 48.Rxa6 Kb7 49.Ra1 Kb8 50.Kd3 Kb7
51.Kc4 Ne3+ 52.Kc5 Nxg4 53.Kd6 e5 54.Rb1+ Kc8 55.dxe5 fxe5 56.Ke6 h5 57.Kf5 Kc7
58.Kg5 e4 59.Kxh5 Ne5 60.Re1 Kd6 61.Rxe4 c5 62.Kg5 Kd5 63.Kf5 Nf7 64.Re7 Nd6+
65.Kg6 c4 66.Re1 c3 67.h5 Nc4 68.h6 Ne5+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.h4 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 e5 6.d5 Nb8 7.Ne2 Nh5 8.Nd2 Be7 9.Nf3 Nd7
10.g4 Nhf6 11.g5 Nh5 12.Be3 c6 13.Ng3 Nf4 14.Bxf4 exf4 15.Ne2 h6 16.gxh6 Rxh6
17.Nxf4 g5 18.Ng2 g4 19.Nd4 Ne5 20.h5 c5 21.Bb5+ Kf8 22.f4 cxd4 23.fxe5 dxe5
24.Be2 dxc3 25.bxc3 Bg5 26.Bxg4 Qa5 27.Rh3 Qc5 28.Rg3 Qg1+ 29.Ke2 Qh2 30.Kf3 Rf6+
31.Bf5 Bxf5 32.exf5 Rxf5+ 33.Kg4 Rf2 34.Qd3 Rxg2  0-1

[Event "URS-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E69"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6
9.h3 Qa5 10.Re1 Re8 11.a3 exd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Bf1 a6 14.Bd2 Qb6 15.Be3 c5
16.Nb3 Be6 17.Nd2 Nc6 18.b4 Ng4 19.hxg4 Bxc3 20.Rc1 Bg7 21.Nb3 Rad8 22.Nd2 Qc7
23.Rb1 Ne5 24.Be2 b5 25.cxb5 axb5 26.Bxb5 Bxg4 27.Be2 Qd7 28.Bxg4 Nxg4 29.Kg2 h5
30.Bg5 Bd4 31.Re2 f6 32.Bf4 g5 33.f3 Nf2 34.Rxf2 Bxf2 35.Kxf2 gxf4 36.gxf4 Qa7
37.Qb3+ c4+ 38.Qe3 Qxe3+ 39.Kxe3 d5 40.Rg1+ Kf7 41.Ke2 c3 42.Nb3 dxe4 43.Rc1 exf3+
44.Kxf3 Rd3+ 45.Kf2 c2 46.Nc5 Rd2+ 47.Kf3 Re1 48.Rxe1 Rd1  0-1

[Event "URS-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E87"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c5 8.g4 Ne8 9.h4 a6
10.Bd3 b5 11.Qd2 bxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7 13.h5 Nb6 14.Bd3 a5 15.hxg6 fxg6 16.Qh2 Nf6
17.Nh3 Qe7 18.Ne2 Rb8 19.Ng3 c4 20.Bc2 Nbxd5 21.exd5 Rxb2 22.Ng5 h6 23.N5e4 Nxd5
24.Bxh6 Nb4 25.Bg5 Qc7 26.Qh7+ Kf7 27.Rh6 Nxc2+ 28.Kf1 Nd4 29.Qxg6+ Kg8 30.Qh7+ Kf7
31.Nxd6+ Qxd6 32.Rxd6 Ne6 33.Nf5 Rh8 34.Nh6+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6
9.h3 Qb6 10.d5 Nc5 11.Ne1 cxd5 12.cxd5 Nfd7 13.Rb1 a5 14.Be3 f5 15.exf5 gxf5
16.Nd3 a4 17.a3 Qa5 18.f4 e4 19.Nb4 Nb6 20.Rf2 Nb3 21.Bf1 Bd7 22.g4 Rac8
23.Rg2 Nc4 24.Bxc4 Rxc4 25.Ne2 Qd8 26.Qe1 Kh8 27.Kh2 Rg8 28.Qf2 Qf6 29.Rg3 fxg4
30.Rh1 gxh3 31.Rhg1 Rcc8 32.Nc3 Qe7 33.Qc2 Nd4 34.Qxe4 Qxe4 35.Nxe4 Nf5 36.Ng5 h6
37.Rxh3 Bxb2 38.Bf2 Rg6 39.Nd3 Rc2 40.Rg2 Bg7 41.Ne6 Bxe6 42.Rxg6 Bxd5 43.Kg1 Rc3
44.Bb6 Rxa3 45.Rh5 Bf7 46.Rxf5 Bxg6  0-1

[Event "URS-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B14"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Qb3 c5 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.exd4 Nbd7
9.Be2 Nb6 10.Bf3 e6 11.d6 Ne8 12.Nge2 Nxd6 13.O-O Ndc4 14.Rad1 Bd7 15.Qc2 Bc6
16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Ne4 Qd5 18.Bh6 Nd6 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Nxd6 Qxd6 21.Nc3 Nd7 22.Rfe1 Nf6
23.Na4 Rad8 24.Nc5 Qb8 25.a3 Rd5 26.Na6 Qb6 27.Nb4 Rxd4 28.Rxd4 Qxd4 29.Rd1 Qb6
30.Rd6 a5 31.Rxc6 Qb8 32.Nd3 Rd8 33.g3 Qb5 34.Nf4 Qe5 35.Ne2 Rb8 36.Nc3 Qe1+
37.Kg2 Rd8 38.Qe2 Qxe2 39.Nxe2 Rd2 40.Kf1 Rxb2 41.Rc5 a4 42.Rc4 Nd5 43.Nd4 Nb6
44.Rc7 Kf6 45.h4 h6 46.Ra7 Rd2 47.Ne2 Ra2 48.Nc3 Rxa3 49.Nb5 Ra1+ 50.Ke2 Nc4
51.f4 Rb1 52.Nc3 Rb3 53.Ne4+ Kg7 54.Nc5 Rxg3 55.Nxe6+ Kg8 56.Ra8+ Kh7 57.Rxa4 fxe6
58.Rxc4 Kg7 59.h5 g5 60.fxg5 Rxg5 61.Rh4 Rf5 62.Ke3 Kf6 63.Rh1 Kg5 64.Kd4 Ra5
65.Rh2 Kg4 66.Ke4 Kg3 67.Rh1 Kg2 68.Rb1 Rxh5 69.Rb6 Rh1 70.Kf4 Re1 71.Rb2+ Kh3
72.Rb3+ Kh4 73.Rb2 Rf1+ 74.Ke4 Kg3 75.Rb3+ Kg4 76.Rb8 Re1+ 77.Kd3 h5 78.Rg8+ Kf4
79.Rf8+ Ke5 80.Rh8 Rh1 81.Ke3 h4 82.Rh5+ Kd6 83.Kf3 h3 84.Kg3 e5 85.Rh6+ Kd5
86.Ra6 Rg1+ 87.Kxh3 e4 88.Ra2 Rg8 89.Ra3 Kd4 90.Ra4+ Ke3 91.Ra7 Kf3 92.Rf7+ Ke2
93.Re7 e3 94.Ra7 Kf2 95.Rf7+ Ke1 96.Ra7 e2 97.Rd7 Rg5  0-1

[Event "URS-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A38"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.d3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.Be3 d6
9.h3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Rb8 11.Bh6 b5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.b3 bxc4 14.dxc4 Qa5 15.Rad1 Rfd8
16.Rfe1 Qb4 17.Qe3 Re8 18.Qc1 a5 19.e4 Nd4 20.Nxd4 cxd4 21.Rxd4 e5 22.Rd3 a4
23.Nb1 Bc6 24.Qd2 Qb7 25.Qe3 Re6 26.Nd2 Nd7 27.Rc3 Qb4 28.h4 Nc5 29.h5 f6
30.Bf3 Ree8 31.Kg2 Qa3 32.Rc2 Ne6 33.hxg6 hxg6 34.Rh1 g5 35.Qc3 Nd4 36.Rb2 Nxf3
37.Nb1 Qc5 38.Qxf3 Qd4 39.Re2 Rh8 40.Rhe1 Qa7 41.Kf1 Qd7 42.Re3 g4 43.Qd1 f5
44.Nc3 f4 45.gxf4 exf4 46.Qd4+ Kg8 47.Nd5 Rf8 48.Nf6+ Rxf6 49.Qxf6 fxe3 50.Qg6+ Qg7
51.Qe6+ Qf7 52.Qxg4+ Kf8 53.Rxe3 Bd7 54.Qg3 Qe6 55.e5 Qh3+ 56.Qxh3 Bxh3+
57.Ke2 Ke7 58.Kd3 Bf5+ 59.Kc3 Rh2 60.exd6+ Kxd6 61.Re2 Rh3+ 62.Kb4 Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bronstein, David I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Qe7 4.e4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 d6 8.O-O Nd7
9.a3 Qf6 10.d5 Ne7 11.b4 Ng6 12.Re1 O-O 13.Nb3 Rd8 14.Bf1 Ndf8 15.Qd4 Qf4
16.Qe3 Qf6 17.Qg5 Qxg5 18.Nxg5 Bd7 19.Rac1 Ba4 20.Nd4 c5 21.bxc5 dxc5 22.Ne2 e5
23.g3 Bd7 24.Nc3 f6 25.Nh3 Ne7 26.Rb1 b6 27.f4 Nc8 28.fxe5 fxe5 29.Ng5 Nd6
30.Kf2 Re8 31.Ke3 h6 32.Nf3 Nh7 33.Kd3 Nf6 34.a4 Re7 35.a5 Nc8 36.axb6 axb6
37.Ra1 Rb8 38.Ra6 Bg4 39.Nd2 Nd6 40.Rb1 Reb7 41.Na4 Nc8 42.Be2 Bd7 43.Nc3 Nd6
44.Bd1 Nfe8 45.Nf3 Nc7 46.Raa1 Re8 47.Ba4 Bxa4 48.Rxa4 Re7 49.Ra2 Rb8 50.Nd2 Rf7
51.Ke3 Rf6 52.Ra7 Rf7 53.Ra2 Rf6 54.Ra7 Rf7 55.Raa1 Nce8 56.Ra6 Rfb7 57.Na4 Nc8
58.Nb2 Nf6 59.Nd3 Ng4+ 60.Ke2 Nd6 61.h3 Nf6 62.Ke3 Nd7 63.Ne1 Nf7 64.Nef3 g6
65.Ng1 Kg7 66.Ne2 Ng5 67.h4 Nh7 68.Nc3 Nhf6 69.Nb5 Ng4+ 70.Ke2 Rf8 71.Nd6 Rc7
72.Nf3 Ndf6 73.Rbxb6 Nh5 74.Ne8+ Rxe8 75.Rxg6+ Kf7 76.Rxg4 Nf6 77.Rf4 exf4
78.e5 Ng4 79.gxf4 Rb7 80.Nd2 Rb2 81.Kd3 Nf2+ 82.Ke3 Ng4+ 83.Kd3 Nf2+ 84.Ke3 Ng4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A00"]

1.d4  1-0

[Event "URS-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D79"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 c6 6.O-O d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.d4 Nc6
9.Ne5 Nd7 10.Nxd5 Ncxe5 11.dxe5 e6 12.Nf6+ Nxf6 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Bg5 Nd5 15.Bxd8 Bxe5
16.e4 Nb4 17.Rfd1 Nc6 18.Rd2 Bd4 19.Rc1 e5 20.Bg5 Be6 21.b3 a5 22.Bf1 a4
23.bxa4 Rxa4 24.Bb5 Rb4 25.Bxc6 bxc6 26.Kg2 c5 27.Bf6 Rb6 28.f4 Bh3+ 29.Kxh3 Rxf6
30.fxe5 Rf3 31.Re2 Rd3 32.Kg4 h5+ 33.Kh4 Kf8 34.e6 fxe6 35.Rb1 Kg7 36.e5 c4
37.Rb4 c3 38.Kh3 g5 39.Kg2 Kg6 40.a4 g4 41.a5 h4 42.Rb1 h3+ 43.Kf1 Kf5 44.a6 Bc5
45.Ra2 Ke4 46.Ra4+ Rd4 47.Rxd4+ Kxd4 48.Ke2 c2 49.Ra1 Kc3 50.a7 Bxa7 51.Rxa7 c1=Q
52.Rc7+ Kb2 53.Rxc1  1-0

[Event "URS-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Ne4 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qh6 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Qe7
16.f4 f5 17.Rac1 Rad8 18.h4 Rd7 19.Bb5 c6 20.Be2 Qa3 21.Rc2 Rg7 22.Bf3 Qc5
23.Kf2 Bc8 24.Qg5 Ba6 25.Rd1 h6 26.Qg3 Bc4 27.Be2 Bxe2 28.Kxe2 b5 29.Qe1 Rb8
30.Qd2 Rb6 31.Qd4 Qc4+ 32.Kf2 Rgb7 33.Rb1 Qxd4 34.cxd4 Ra6 35.a4 b4 36.Rc5 Rxa4
37.Rxc6 Ra2+ 38.Kf3 Kf7 39.Rbc1 b3 40.Rc7+ Rxc7 41.Rxc7+ Ke6 42.Rc6+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1 Nbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nf3 c6
9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.b4 Be6 13.b5 cxb5 14.Bxb5 Re7 15.Qb3 Rc7
16.Be2 Rac8 17.Ne1 Nd7 18.Nd3 Nb6 19.Rfd1 Be7 20.Bf3 Nc4 21.a4 Na5 22.Qb2 Nc4
23.Qa1 a6 24.Nf4 Ba3 25.Rc2 Bf5 26.Ra2 Bb2 27.Rxb2 Nxb2 28.Qxb2 Rxc3 29.Nxd5 Rc2
30.Qxb7 Bd7 31.Qxa6 Rc1 32.Qf1 Rxd1 33.Qxd1 Bc6 34.Nf4 Bxf3 35.gxf3 Qg5+
36.Kh1 Rc3 37.d5 Qe5 38.d6 Rc8 39.Qd5 Qxd5 40.Nxd5 Rd8 41.Ne7+ Kf8 42.Nf5 g6
43.Nd4 Rxd6 44.f4 Ra6 45.Kg2 Rxa4 46.Nf3 Ke7 47.Kg3 Ra2 48.Kg2 Kd6 49.Kg3 Kd5
50.Kg2 f6 51.Kg3 Ke4 52.h4 Ra5 53.Nd2+ Kd3 54.Nf3 Rh5 55.Nd4 Rd5 56.Nf3 Ke2
57.Kg2 Rd1 58.Nd4+ Kd3 59.Nf3 Ke4 60.Kg3 Kf5 61.Nd4+ Ke4 62.Nf3 Rd5 63.Kg2 h6
64.Kg3 Rd1 65.Kg2 Kf5 66.Kg3 h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O Qc7 8.Qe2 Nc6
9.Nxc6 Qxc6 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Nf6 12.c4 bxc3 13.Nxc3 Bb4 14.Bd2 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 Qxe4 17.Qxe4 Bxe4 18.f3 Bc6 19.Bxg7 Rg8 20.Bc3 Rb8 21.Kf2 Ke7 22.Rfd1 f6
23.Rd4 e5 24.Rh4 Rg7 25.Re1 Ke6 26.g3 d6 27.f4 Rbb7 28.Re2 Be8 29.g4 Bxa4
30.Rh6 Rb5 31.g5 Rg6 32.Rxh7 fxg5 33.fxe5 dxe5 34.Ra7 Kf5 35.Ke3 Rbb6 36.Re7 Rbe6
37.Rf2+ Kg4 38.Rh7 Rh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Bg5 Bc5
9.Nb3 Be7 10.f4 d6 11.Qd3 b5 12.Rae1 Bb7 13.Bd1 b4 14.Na4 a5 15.c4 e5 16.Qe3 h6
17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nb6 exf4 19.Nxa8 Bxa8 20.Qxf4 Bxb2 21.c5 Be5 22.cxd6 Bxd6
23.Qh4 O-O 24.Kh1 Be5 25.Nd2 Bc3 26.Re2 Nd4 27.Ref2 Bc6 28.Bh5 f6 29.Nf3 Bb5
30.Rd1 Nc6 31.Qg4 Qc8 32.Rd5 Bc4 33.Qxc8 Rxc8 34.Bg4 Bxd5 35.exd5 Na7 36.Bxc8 Nxc8
37.Re2 Kf7 38.Re6 a4 39.Rc6 Ne7 40.Rc7 Ke8 41.d6 Nf5 42.a3 Nxd6 43.axb4 Nb5
44.Rc5 a3 45.Rxb5 a2 46.Ra5 a1=Q+ 47.Rxa1 Bxa1 48.g4 Kd7 49.Kg2 Kc6 50.Nh4 g5
51.Nf5 Bc3 52.Kf3 Bxb4 53.Ke4 Kd7 54.Kd5 Bc3 55.Nxh6 Be5 56.h3 Ke7 57.Nf5+ Kf7
58.Ne3 Bh2 59.Nc4 Bc7 60.Nb2 Bb8 61.Nd3 Ba7 62.Nb4 Bg1 63.Na2 Ba7 64.Nc3 Bb8
65.Nb5 Be5 66.Na7 Bg3 67.Nc6 Bh2 68.Nd8+ Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-JUG"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Fuderer, Andrija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.a3 d6 6.Rb1 a5 7.d3 e6 8.Nh3 Nge7 9.Nf4 O-O
10.O-O b6 11.Bd2 Ra7 12.Nb5 Rd7 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Nxb4 15.Bxb4 cxb4 16.Qa4 d5
17.cxd5 e5 18.d6 exf4 19.dxe7 Rxe7 20.Bf3 Bb7 21.Bxb7 Rxb7 22.Qxb4 f3 23.exf3 Qxd3
24.Rb3 Qd5 25.Rfb1 Rd8 26.Kg2 Bf8 27.Qe4 f5 28.Qf4 Bc5 29.R3b2 Rbd7 30.h4 h5
31.Re1 Kh7 32.Rbe2 Bf8 33.Re5 Qb3 34.Qg5 Qf7 35.Qf4 Rd5 36.Qc4 Qd7 37.f4 Bg7
38.Rxd5 Qxd5+ 39.Qxd5 Rxd5 40.Nc7 Rd7 41.Ne6 Bf6 42.Nf8+  1-0

[Event "URS-JUG"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E80"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 Nbd7 6.Be3 c5 7.Qd2 Qa5 8.Nge2 a6
9.Nc1 Rb8 10.Nb3 Qc7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.Be2 Re8 13.O-O b6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Bb7
16.Rc2 Rec8 17.Bf4 Qd8 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.Nc1 b5 20.Be3 Na4 21.Nd3 Rxc2 22.Qxc2 Rc8
23.Qd2 Nb6 24.Nf4 Na4 25.Bd4 Bxd4+ 26.Qxd4 Qb6 27.Qxb6 Nxb6 28.Bd3 Na4 29.Rb1 Kf8
30.Kf2 Ke8 31.h4 Kd7 32.h5 Nc5 33.Ke3 g5 34.Ne2 h6 35.Nd4 e6 36.dxe6+ fxe6
37.g3 Rg8 38.a3 Rf8 39.Bc2 Ke7 40.b4 Nd7 41.Bb3 d5 42.Rc1 Kd6 43.exd5 exd5
44.g4 Ne5 45.Nf5+ Kd7 46.Rc5 Nc4+ 47.Bxc4 dxc4 48.Re5 Kd8 49.Re6 Kc7 50.Nd4 c3
51.Re5 Kd6 52.Rc5 Rc8 53.Nf5+ Ke6 54.Rxc8 Bxc8 55.Kd3 Kf6 56.Nxh6 Bb7 57.Kxc3 Bxf3
58.Kd4 Bd1 59.Kd5 Bb3+ 60.Kc6 Bc2 61.Kd7 Kg7 62.Nf5+ Kf6 63.h6 Kg6 64.Ke7 Bd1
65.Ne3 Be2 66.h7 Kxh7 67.Kf6 Kg8 68.Kxg5 Kf7 69.Nd5 Bf3 70.Nc7 Bb7 71.Kf5 Bc8+
72.Ke5 Bxg4 73.Nxa6 Ke7 74.Kd5 Kd7 75.Kc5 Be2 76.Nb8+ Kc7 77.Nc6 Kb7 78.Nd4  1-0

[Event "URS-JUG"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B21"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bf4 Nf6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 e5 10.Be3 O-O 11.Rfd1 Bg4 12.a3 Qd7 13.h3 Bh5 14.Rd2 a6 15.Rad1 b5
16.Bb3 Kh8 17.Kh2 Rac8 18.Rg1 Na5 19.Ba2 Qb7 20.Bg5 Nc4 21.Bxc4 Rxc4 22.Bxf6 Bxf6
23.Rxd6 Be7 24.Rd5 f6 25.Rgd1 Be8 26.R5d3 b4 27.axb4 Rxb4 28.R3d2 Bc6 29.Nh4 Bc5
30.Rd8 Rd4 31.Rxf8+ Bxf8 32.Ra1 Rb4 33.Qxa6 Bxe4 34.Nxe4 Qxa6 35.Rxa6 Rxe4
36.Kg3 Rb4 37.Ra2 g6 38.Ra6 Bh6 39.Ra8+ Kg7 40.Ra7+ Kg8 41.Ra8+ Kf7 42.Ra7+ Kg8
43.Ra8+ Bf8 44.Nf3 e4 45.Nd2 Kf7 46.Kh2 Bc5 47.Kg3 Bd6+ 48.f4 e3 49.Ra7+ Ke6
50.Nf3 Bxf4+  0-1

[Event "URS-JUG"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fuderer, Andrija"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 b5 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.a4 e5
9.Nb3 b4 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.exd5 a5 12.Bd2 Nfd7 13.c3 Na6 14.cxb4 axb4 15.O-O Be7
16.Qg4 O-O 17.Bxb4 f5 18.Qc4 Nxb4 19.Qxb4 Rb8 20.Qc3 Bf6 21.a5 e4 22.Qc2 Qc8
23.Qd1 Qb7 24.Nd2 Bxb2 25.a6 Qa7 26.Ra2 Ne5 27.Qe2 Nd3 28.Nc4 Bd4 29.Na5 Rb2
30.Rxb2 Bxb2 31.Nc6 Qc7 32.Rb1 Qb6 33.a7 g6 34.Qe3 Qb3 35.Bf1 Qc2 36.Bxd3 exd3
37.Rf1 d2 38.Qe6+ Kg7 39.Qe7+ Rf7 40.Qe2 Rf8 41.Nb8 Qa4 42.Qxd2 Bf6 43.Nc6 Rf7
44.Qf4 Qa6 45.Rb1 Qa2 46.Rb8 Be5 47.a8=Q Qxa8 48.Rxa8 Bxf4 49.gxf4  1-0

[Event "URS-BRD"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bialas, Wolfram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.dxe6 fxe6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.e3 b5 8.cxb5 d5
9.Nf3 a6 10.bxa6 Nc6 11.Bb5 Qb6 12.O-O Bxa6 13.Bxa6 Rxa6 14.Qe2 Rfa8 15.a3 Qb8
16.Rac1 Rb6 17.Rc2 Bd6 18.Bh4 Qe8 19.Nb5 Ne4 20.Ng5 Nxg5 21.Nxd6 Qd8 22.Bg3 e5
23.Nf5 Qf6 24.Qd3 Rd8 25.Rxc5 Ne6 26.Rb5 Rbb8 27.Rxd5 Rxb2 28.Rxd8+ Nexd8
29.h3 Qe6 30.Rc1 Rb3 31.Qe4 Rxa3 32.Rc5 Ra1+ 33.Kh2 Ra7 34.Bxe5 Rf7 35.g4 Ne7
36.Nxe7+ Rxe7 37.Qd5 Qxd5 38.Rxd5 Nf7 39.f4 h6 40.Kg3 g5 41.Bd4  1-0

[Event "URS-BRD"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hottes, Dieter"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 Nc6 5.Be3 e5 6.Nge2 Nh6 7.f3 f5 8.Qd2 Nf7
9.O-O-O O-O 10.Kb1 a6 11.d5 Na5 12.Nc1 c5 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.c5 Be6 15.cxd6 Nb7
16.Na4 fxe4 17.fxe4 Qh4 18.Qc2 Nbxd6 19.Nc5 Bg4 20.Be2 Rab8 21.g3 Qh3 22.Bxg4 Qxg4
23.Rhf1 Rb4 24.Rxd6 Nxd6 25.Qd2 Rfb8 26.N1b3 Nxe4 27.Qc2 Nxc5 28.Bxc5 Qc4
29.Qf2 R4b5 30.Rd1 e4 31.Qe3 a5 32.Qg5 Bf8 33.Rd7 Rxc5 34.Nxc5 Qf1+ 35.Kc2 Qe2+  0-1

[Event "URS-BRD"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Troeger, Paul"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.Nbd2 d6 4.e4 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.c3 Ne7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nd7
9.Qc2 b6 10.a4 a5 11.b4 Bb7 12.Re1 Re8 13.Bc4 Nc8 14.Bb3 Nf8 15.bxa5 Rxa5
16.Nc4 Ra8 17.Bg5 Qd7 18.Rad1 Qc6 19.Rd5 Nd7 20.Red1 Ba6 21.Ncxe5 Nxe5 22.Rxe5 Bxe5
23.Bd5 Qxc3 24.Qxc3 Bxc3 25.Bxa8 f6 26.Bc6 Re7 27.Rd8+ Kg7 28.Bf4 g5 29.Bc1 Nd6
30.Ba3 Bd3 31.e5 Bxe5 32.h4 Bc3 33.hxg5 fxg5 34.Nxg5 Re1+ 35.Kh2 Be5+ 36.g3 Re2
37.Kg2 Bf5 38.Bd5 Bd4 39.Nh3 Kf6 40.Rf8+ Ke5 41.Bxd6+ cxd6 42.Re8+ Kxd5 43.Rxe2 Kc4
44.f3 d5 45.g4 Bb1 46.Nf4 Bc3 47.Re6 Kc5 48.Rxb6 Kxb6 49.Nxd5+ Ka5 50.Nxc3 Bc2
51.Kg3 Kb4 52.Nd5+ Kxa4 53.Kf4 Kb5 54.Ke5 Bb3 55.g5 Kc6 56.Nf6 Bc2 57.f4 Kc7
58.f5 Kd8 59.Nxh7 Ke7 60.g6 Bb3 61.Kf4 Ba2 62.Kg5 Bb3 63.Kh6  1-0

[Event "URS-BRD"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Darga, Klaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A17"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O d6
9.d3 e5 10.e4 Ne8 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bh4 Qa5 14.Qc1 Nc7 15.Bg3 Bg4 16.Re1 Bxf3
17.Bxf3 b5 18.Qd2 b4 19.axb4 cxb4 20.cxb4 Rxb4 21.Rxb4 Qxb4 22.Qxb4 Nxb4
23.Bg4 Rb8 24.Rb1 Rb6 25.d4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-BRD"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Qe2 c6 7.e5 Nd5 8.O-O Nxc3
9.bxc3 Bg4 10.Bf4 dxe5 11.dxe5 Qc7 12.Qe3 Qc8 13.Ng5 h6 14.Nxf7 Rxf7 15.Bxf7+ Kxf7
16.Bxh6 Na6 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qg5 Kf7 19.e6+ Bxe6 20.Rfe1 Nc7 21.Re4 Qd7 22.Rd4 Bd5
23.c4 Ne6 24.Qg4 Qd6 25.cxd5 Nxd4 26.Qxd4 Qxd5 27.Qf4+ Ke8 28.Qh6 Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-BRD"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Pfeiffer, Gerhard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bb3 Be7
9.O-O Bb7 10.Re1 O-O 11.e4 b4 12.Na4 c5 13.d5 exd5 14.e5 Ne8 15.Bxd5 Bxd5
16.Qxd5 Nb6 17.Qb3 Nc7 18.Be3 Ne6 19.Nxb6 axb6 20.a3 bxa3 21.Rxa3 Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-BRD"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lehmann, Heinz Dr"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 d6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 e5 5.d3 f5 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Ne1 Nbd7
9.Rb1 Nc5 10.f4 Ne6 11.Bd2 Ng4 12.Nf3 c6 13.e3 Nc5 14.Qc2 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 e4
16.Qc2 exf3 17.Bxf3 Re8 18.Rbe1 Be6 19.Qd3 Qb6 20.b3 Rad8 21.Na4 Qc7 22.Bc3 Nf6
23.Bd4 Ne4 24.Nc3 Nc5 25.Qd2 Qf7 26.Bxg7 Qxg7 27.e4 fxe4 28.Nxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 Nxc5
9.e3 b6 10.Be2 Bb7 11.O-O d5 12.b4 Nce4 13.Qb3 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Rc8 15.Bb2 Bd5
16.Bxd5 Qxd5 17.Qxd5 Nxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings6263"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Clarke, Peter H"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Nc6 5.Be3 e5 6.d5 Nce7 7.g4 f5 8.f3 Nf6 9.h3 O-O
10.Qd2 c5 11.Bd3 a6 12.Nge2 fxe4 13.Nxe4 b5 14.N2c3 bxc4 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Be4 Bh4+
17.Bf2 Bxf2+ 18.Qxf2 Bd7 19.Qc2 Nc8 20.h4 Rf7 21.h5 g5 22.h6 Kh8 23.O-O-O Na7
24.a4 Rb8 25.Qd2 Qa5 26.Bc2 Qb4 27.Qxg5 Qxb2+ 28.Kd2 Rg8 29.Qe3 Bf5 30.Ne4 Qb4+
31.Nc3 Bxc2 32.Kxc2 Qb3+ 33.Kd2 Qb2+ 34.Ke1 Rgf8 35.Rf1 Qg2 36.Rd2 Qg3+ 37.Ke2 Rf4
38.Ne4 Qh2+ 39.Rf2 Qxh6 40.Kd1 Nc8 41.Rh2 Qg6 42.Rh3 Ne7 43.Kc1 Rb8 44.Rdh2 Rb3
45.Rxh7+ Qxh7 46.Rxh7+ Kxh7 47.Qd2 Kg6 48.Qh2 Nxd5 49.Qh5+ Kg7 50.g5 Rfxf3
51.Qh6+ Kf7 52.g6+ Ke7 53.Qg7+ Kd8 54.Qg8+ Kc7 55.Qxd5 Rbd3 56.Qe6 Rfe3 57.Qxc4 Rd4
58.Qf7+ Kb6 59.g7 Re1+ 60.Kc2 Re2+ 61.Kc1 Re1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings6263"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alexander, Conel Hughes"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Be3 Qa5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Qd2 Ng4 7.Nd5 Qd8 8.Bf4 d6
9.dxc5 Bxb2 10.cxd6 exd6 11.Rd1 O-O 12.c3 Ba3 13.h3 Nf6 14.Bg5 Nxe4 15.Bxd8 Nxd2
16.Rxd2 Rxd8 17.Nc7 Bd7 18.Nxa8 Rc8 19.Nd4 Bc6 20.Nb5 Bxb5 21.Bxb5 Nc6 22.Bxc6 bxc6
23.Ke2 Rxa8 24.Rb1 Re8+ 25.Kd3 Re6 26.Re2 Rf6 27.Rb7 Bc5 28.f3 d5 29.Rc7 Kg7
30.Rc8 Kh6 31.c4 dxc4+ 32.Kxc4 Bb6 33.Re4 Rd6 34.Rce8 Rd2 35.Re2 Rd4+ 36.Kc3 Rd5
37.R8e4 Kg7 38.f4 h5 39.g4 hxg4 40.hxg4 Rd1 41.Rc4 Rf1 42.g5 Rf3+ 43.Kc2 Ra3
44.Kb2 Rf3 45.Kc2 Ra3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings6263"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Hollis, Adrian Swayne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D95"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 e6 6.d4 O-O 7.a4 b6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.a5 Nc6 10.axb6 cxb6 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.O-O Na5 13.Qa4 Bxb5 14.Qxb5 Qd6 15.b3 Rfc8
16.Bd2 Bf8 17.Na4 Qc6 18.Qxc6 Rxc6 19.Nxb6 axb6 20.b4 Ne4 21.Be1 Nc3 22.Ne5 Rc7
23.Nd3 Raa7 24.bxa5 Rxa5 25.Bxc3 Rxc3 26.Nf4 Ba3 27.Rfb1 Bb2 28.Rxa5 bxa5
29.Kf1 Rb3 30.Nd3 Rxd3 31.Rxb2 a4 32.Ke2 Rc3 33.Rb5 Rc2+ 34.Kf3 a3 35.Rxd5 a2
36.Ra5 Kf8 37.Ra7 Ke8 38.h4 h5 39.e4 Rb2 40.g3 Rc2 41.Ke3 Rb2 42.e5 Rc2 43.d5 Rb2
44.f4 Rb3+ 45.Kd4 Rxg3 46.Kc5 Rf3 47.Kd6 Kf8 48.Rxa2 Rxf4 49.Ra8+ Kg7 50.e6 fxe6
51.dxe6 Rxh4 52.e7 Re4 53.e8=Q Rxe8 54.Rxe8 Kf6 55.Rf8+ Kg5 56.Ke5 Kg4 57.Ke4 h4
58.Ke3 Kg3 59.Rg8 h3 60.Rxg6+ Kh2 61.Kf2  1-0

[Event "Hastings6263"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Seters, Frits"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nc3 c6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bf4 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 Ne8 10.Qd2 Nd7 11.Be3 Nc7 12.Rfd1 b5 13.e5 d5 14.a4 b4 15.Ne2 c5 16.dxc5 e6
17.Nd4 Nxe5 18.Be2 a5 19.c3 bxc3 20.Qxc3 Qb8 21.Qc1 Na6 22.Ra3 Rc8 23.Rb3 Nb4
24.Qd2 Nd7 25.c6 Nb6 26.f4 Nxa4 27.Ra3 Nc5 28.Rc1 Ne4 29.Qd1 Nd6 30.Qa4 Nf5
31.Nxf5 gxf5 32.Rb3 Qd6 33.Bb5 d4 34.Bd2 Nd5 35.Rf3 Qc7 36.Kh1 Rcb8 37.b3 Bf8
38.Qc4 Qb6 39.Ba4 Bd6 40.Rg3+ Kf8 41.Rd3 Bxf4 42.Bxf4 Nxf4 43.Rxd4 Ne2 44.Rd7 Ng3+
45.Kh2 Ne4 46.Rf1 Rd8 47.Rb7 Qe3 48.Rf3 Qg5 49.Rd7 Rxd7 50.cxd7 Rd8 51.Qc7 Qe7
52.Rd3 Qh4 53.Rf3 Qe7 54.Rd3 Qg5 55.Rf3 Ke7 56.Rf1 Qd2 57.Rc1 Qd6+ 58.Kg1 Qxc7
59.Rxc7 Nf6 60.Ra7 Nxd7 61.Rxa5 Kf6 62.Bxd7 Rxd7 63.Rb5 f4 64.Kf2 e5 65.Ke2 Kf5
66.Rb8 Ra7 67.Kd3 Ra2 68.Rg8 e4+ 69.Kc4 f3 70.gxf3 exf3 71.Rg1 f2 72.Rf1 Ke4
73.b4 Ke3  0-1

[Event "Hastings6263"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tan Hiong Liong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E41"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.O-O e5
9.Nd2 b6 10.f4 exd4 11.cxd4 cxd4 12.exd4 O-O 13.d5 Nd4 14.Bb2 Bf5 15.Qb1 Ne2+
16.Kh1 Ng4 17.Bxf5 Qh4 18.Bxg4 Ng3+ 19.Kg1 Nxf1 20.Qxf1 Qxg4 21.Ne4 Rad8
22.Re1 Rfe8 23.Nxd6 Rxe1 24.Qxe1 Qxf4 25.Be5 Qg4 26.h3 Qg6 27.Bg3 Rf8 28.Kh2 Qc2
29.Qe5  1-0

[Event "Hastings6263"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marovic, Drazen"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D25"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.Be2 O-O
9.e4 e5 10.Be3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Re8 13.Bg5 c6 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.Kh1 Bb4
16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings6263"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Littlewood, John Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.b3 c6 8.Bb2 a6
9.d4 Rb8 10.Nd2 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.b4 Ne6 13.Nb3 Ng4 14.e3 Ne5 15.Qe2 b5
16.cxb5 axb5 17.Na5 Bd7 18.f4 Nc4 19.Nxc4 bxc4 20.Qxc4 Qc8 21.Qd3 Nc5 22.Qd1 Bg4
23.Nd5 Bxb2 24.Nxe7+ Kg7 25.Qd2 Bxa1 26.Nxc8 Bf6 27.Nxd6 Na4 28.Ne4 Rfd8
29.Qc2 Rxb4 30.Nxf6 Kxf6 31.a3 Rb2 32.Qxa4 Rdd2 33.Qa8 Bd1 34.Qh8+  1-0

[Event "Hastings6263"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.h3 Nbd7 8.e5 Ne8
9.Re1 dxe5 10.dxe5 Nc7 11.Bf4 Ne6 12.Bg3 b5 13.Bf1 Nb6 14.Qe2 Qc7 15.Rad1 Rd8
16.Rxd8+ Qxd8 17.Qe4 Qc7 18.Qh4 a6 19.Ne4 Qd8 20.Neg5 Nxg5 21.Nxg5 h6 22.Ne4 Bf5
23.Bd3 Nd5 24.a3 e6 25.Qxd8+ Rxd8 26.Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings6263"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.cxd5 c6 11.Bc4 b5 12.Bb3 Bb7 13.Bg5 Rc8 14.Rd1 cxd5 15.Bxd5 Bxd5
16.Rxd5 f6 17.Be3 a6 18.O-O Nc6 19.Rd7 Rd8 20.Rfd1 Rxd7 21.Rxd7 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A42"]

1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 d6 3.c4 g6 4.d4 Nd7 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 Nc6
9.Bg5 Bf6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.h3 Re8 12.a3 a6 13.Re1 Rb8 14.Qd2 Kg7 15.Rad1 Bd7
16.Kh2 exd4 17.Nxd4 Kg8 18.Nf3 Ne5 19.c5 Nxf3+ 20.Bxf3 Qc8 21.cxd6 cxd6 22.Rc1 Re6
23.Ne2 Qf8 24.Rc7 Qd8 25.Rc4 Bb5 26.Rd4 Bxe2 27.Rxe2 Qe7 28.Qb4 Re8 29.Re3 h5
30.Kg2 Kf8 31.Qc3 Kg8 32.Rc4 Rd8 33.Rc7 Rd7 34.Rc8+ Kg7 35.Rd3 Re5 36.Rb8 Rc7
37.Qb4 Nxe4 38.Qb6 d5 39.Bxe4 Rxe4 40.Rxd5 Re6 41.Qd4+ Qf6 42.Qxf6+ Rxf6
43.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zlotnik, Boris A"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.exd4 Nc6 7.Bc4 Qxb2 8.Nd5 Nxd4
9.O-O Qxa1 10.Qd3 Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 Qe5 12.Bd2 Nf6 13.Bc3 Qf5 14.Nc7+ Kd8 15.Qe2 Kxc7
16.Qxe7 Ng8 17.Qa3 Bxc3 18.Qxc3 Qf6 19.Qg3+ d6 20.Rd1 Ne7  0-1

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karner, Hillar"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.Bc4 e6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Qd2 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nf6
9.d5 Ne5 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O-O exd5 12.exd5 Qd7 13.h3 Qf5 14.f4 Ned7 15.Bd3 Qh5
16.Rdg1 Nc5 17.Be2 Qh4 18.Bf3 Rfe8 19.f5 Re5 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.Kb1 Rae8 22.a3 Na4
23.Nxa4 Qxa4 24.Qd3 Rf5 25.Rg3 Nd7 26.Bd1 Ne5 27.Qb3 Qa6 28.h4 Nc4 29.Bc1 Bxb2
30.h5 Be5 31.hxg6 Bxg3 32.Qxg3 Qb5+ 33.Ka2 Kf8 34.g7+ Ke7 35.g8=Q Rxg8 36.Qxg8 Qxd5
37.Re1+ Re5 38.Rxe5+ Nxe5+ 39.c4 Qxd1 40.Bg5+ Ke6 41.Qe8+ Kf5 42.f4 Qc2+
43.Ka1 Qc1+ 44.Ka2 Qxc4+ 45.Ka1 Qc3+ 46.Ka2 Qc4+  0-1

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korelov, Alexander P"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Re1 Nbd7 8.Bf1 b5
9.a3 Nb6 10.h3 Be6 11.Bg5 a5 12.e5 b4 13.axb4 axb4 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Nb1 Nfd5
16.c4 bxc3 17.bxc3 h6 18.Bd2 Qa2 19.Qc1 Kh7 20.c4 Nc7 21.c5 dxc5 22.Qxc5 Ncd5
23.Nc3 Nxc3 24.Qxb6 Na4 25.Qb4 Bd5 26.Re3 c5 27.dxc5 Bxf3 28.Rxf3 Rd8 29.Be1 Rd1
30.c6 Qa1 31.c7 Nb6 32.Re3 Nd5 33.Qa5 Qxa5 34.Bxa5 Nxe3 35.c8=Q Rxf1+ 36.Kh2 Bxe5+
37.g3 Rxf2+ 38.Kg1 Bxg3 39.Qa6 Ra2  0-1

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ostrauskas, A."]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Qf3 Qd8 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Ne2 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Bf4 Nb6 10.Bd3 Nbd5 11.Be5 Bg4 12.Qg3 Qd7 13.Nf4 Nxf4 14.Qxf4 Nh5 15.Qe3 f6
16.Bg3 Nxg3 17.hxg3 e5 18.dxe5 Rfe8 19.Bc4+ Kh8 20.Qd2 Rxe5 21.Qxd7 Bxd7
22.Nd2 b5 23.Bd3 Rd8 24.Nf3 Rd5 25.Bc2 Bf8 26.Rad1 Bg4 27.Rxd5 Rxd5 28.Rd1 Rxd1+
29.Bxd1 Bh6 30.Be2 a6 31.Nd4 Bd7 32.Nb3 Bf8 33.Bf3 Bc8 34.Bd5 Bd6 35.Kf1 Kg7
36.Ke2 f5 37.Na5 Bc5 38.b4 Bb6 39.Nb3 Kf6 40.Bc6 Ke5 41.a4 Be6 42.Nd2 bxa4
43.Bxa4 Bd5 44.f3 Bg1 45.Bc2 c5 46.Bd3 cxb4 47.cxb4 Bb7 48.b5 axb5 49.Bxb5 Kd4
50.Nf1 Bd5 51.Ba6 Bb3 52.Bb5 Bc2 53.Kd2 Bb1 54.Ke2 g5 55.Ba6 h5 56.Bb5 h4
57.Nd2 Bc2 58.gxh4 gxh4 59.f4 Be3 60.Nf3+ Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Nikolaevsky, Yuri V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bg2 d6 5.Rb1 Bd7 6.b4 Qc8 7.Nd5 e6 8.Nf4 Nf6
9.b5 Nd8 10.d4 O-O 11.Nf3 a6 12.a4 c5 13.dxc5 axb5 14.axb5 Ne4 15.Qd3 d5
16.cxd5 Nxc5 17.Qe3 e5 18.Nd3 Nxd3+ 19.exd3 Qc2 20.Nd2 f5 21.O-O f4 22.Qe2 Ra2
23.Rb4 e4 24.Bxe4 Qc5 25.Nb3 Qa7 26.b6 Qa8 27.Qd1 fxg3 28.hxg3 Bh3 29.Bg2 Bxg2
30.Kxg2 Nf7 31.Nc5 Qa5 32.Rc4 Ne5 33.Rc2 Ra1 34.Bd2 Rxd1 35.Bxa5 Rxf1 36.Kxf1 Ng4
37.Kg2 Bd4 38.Ne6 Ra8 39.Rc4 Rxa5 40.Rxd4 Ne5 41.d6  1-0

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Petersons, Andrejs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.d5 Ne7
9.e4 O-O 10.Ne1 Ne8 11.Nd3 c5 12.f4 b6 13.Be3 f5 14.Qd2 Nf6 15.fxe5 Nxe4
16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.Rxf8+ Qxf8 18.Rf1 Nf5 19.e6 exd3 20.Bxd3 Be8 21.g4 Nxe3 22.Rxf8+ Kxf8
23.Kh1 Bd4 24.Qf2+ Kg7 25.Qf4 Nd1 26.e7 Bf7 27.Qxd6 Re8 28.Be2 Nf2+ 29.Kg2 Ne4
30.Qc7 Bf6 31.Qxa7 Rxe7 32.Qxb6 Nd2 33.Bf1 Re1 34.d6 Rxf1 35.d7 Nxc4 36.Qxf6+ Rxf6
37.d8=Q Rd6 38.Qe7 Rd2+ 39.Kg3 Rxb2 40.Qxc5 Rxa2 41.Qd4+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Spartakiad"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kots, Yury Isakovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.a3 e6 6.Nh3 Nge7 7.Nf4 O-O 8.Rb1 a5
9.Qa4 d6 10.O-O Bd7 11.Qd1 Rb8 12.Nb5 Be8 13.d3 d5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Nc3 d4
16.Ne4 b6 17.Bd2 h6 18.h4 Bd7 19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 Nxb4 21.Bxb4 cxb4 22.Rxb4 Nc6
23.Rb2 Ne5 24.Qc2 Bg4 25.Rfb1 Kh8 26.Rb5 Bd7 27.Rd5 Qe7 28.Qc7 Rfc8 29.Qd6 Qxd6
30.Nxd6 Rf8 31.Nb5 Bc6 32.Rd6 Bxg2 33.Kxg2 Rfd8 34.Rb4 Nd7 35.Rc6 Kg8 36.Ra4 Nc5
37.Ra7 Be5 38.Nxg6 fxg6 39.Rxg6+ Kf8 40.f4 Bh8 41.Rh7 Re8 42.Nd6  1-0

[Event "URS Spartakiad"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E62"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 a6 7.O-O c6 8.b3 b5 9.Nd2 Qb6
10.e3 Nbd7 11.Bb2 Rb8 12.Rc1 c5 13.d5 Qa5 14.Rc2 Ne5 15.Ba1 Nd3 16.Nf3 Nb4
17.Rd2 Nd7 18.Qc1 bxc4 19.bxc4 Nb6 20.a3 Nxc4 21.axb4 cxb4 22.Ra2 Qc7 23.Ne4 Bxa1
24.Rxa1 b3 25.Ra4 b2 26.Qc2 b1=Q 27.Rxb1 Nxe3 28.Qd3 Rxb1+ 29.Qxb1 Nxd5 30.Nfd2 Nc3
31.Nxc3 Qxc3 32.Ne4 Qe5 33.Qb4 Qh5 34.h4 h6 35.Nc3 Qe5 36.Nd5 Kg7 37.f4 Qe2
38.Qc3+ Kh7 39.Re4 Qb5 40.Rxe7 h5 41.Qf6  1-0

[Event "URS Spartakiad"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 a6 6.h4 Nf6 7.Nh3 e5 8.Ng5 d6 9.Nge4 h6
10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.h5 g5 12.a3 Rb8 13.e3 Bd7 14.Be4 Qc8 15.b4 Bg7 16.bxc5 f5
17.Bd5 dxc5 18.Na4 Qc7 19.Rb1 Ne7 20.Nb6 Nxd5 21.Nxd5 Qd8 22.Rb6 Bc6 23.Qb3 O-O
24.e4 Rf7 25.Be3 Bf8 26.Ke2 f4 27.gxf4 exf4 28.Bc1 Bg7 29.Bb2 f3+ 30.Kd2 Qd6
31.Bxg7 Rxg7 32.Qc3 Rf8 33.Ne3 Qf4 34.Rbb1 Rd7 35.Kc2 Kh7 36.Rbg1 Qd6 37.Re1 Ba4+
38.Kd2 Qf4 39.Qa5 b5 40.Qb6 Rf6 41.Qxc5 bxc4 42.e5 Rc6 43.Qb4 a5 44.Qxa5 Rxd3+
45.Kc1 Qd4 46.Nc2 Bxc2 47.Qb4 Rc7 48.Kxc2 Rb3  0-1

[Event "Moscow-Leningrad"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ljavdansky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.d5 Nb4 6.e4 c6 7.c3 Na6 8.O-O cxd5
9.exd5 Nf6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Na3 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nc5 14.Qd1 Qd7 15.Nc2 Rfe8
16.Nd4 a6 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bf4 Rac8 19.Qd2 Kh7 20.Rad1 Na4 21.c4 b5 22.cxb5 axb5
23.g4 Nb6 24.Ne2 Rc5 25.Nc3 b4 26.Ne4 Nxe4 27.Bxe4 Qb5 28.Qe2 Qxe2 29.Rxe2 Na4
30.Rdd2 Rc4 31.f3 Rec8 32.Be3 Rc1+ 33.Kg2 Ra1 34.h4 Rxa2 35.h5 Rxb2 36.hxg6+ fxg6
37.Rxb2 Nxb2 38.Bc2 Rc3 39.Bb1 Nc4 40.Bf2 Bf6 41.f4 b3  0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 Nc6 5.Nge2 e5 6.Be3 f5 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.d5 Nce7
9.Ng3 Nf6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Qd7 12.f3 Rf7 13.Nge4 Bxe4 14.Nxe4 Nf5 15.Qd2 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 Nd4 17.Rae1 Re8 18.Qa5 Rff8 19.c5 b6 20.cxb6 cxb6 21.Qa6 Qb5 22.Qxb5 Nxb5
23.Rc1 Rc8 24.Rc6 Rxc6 25.dxc6 Kf7 26.a4 Nc7 27.a5 bxa5 28.Bxa7 d5 29.Bb6 dxe4
30.fxe4+ Ke6 31.Bxc7 Rc8 32.Bxa5 Rxc6 33.Bc3 Rc4 34.Re1 Bf8 35.Kf2 h5 36.Ke3 Ra4
37.Rd1 Bc5+ 38.Kf3 Be7 39.Rd5 Bd6 40.Ke3 Ra8 41.Rd2 g5 42.h3 g4 43.hxg4 hxg4
44.Kf2 Ra4 45.Re2 Kf6 46.b3 Ra3 47.Rb2 Kg5 48.Ke3 Bc5+ 49.Kd3 Kf4 50.Kc4 Ba7
51.b4 Be3 52.Re2 g3 53.Bb2 Ra8 54.Bxe5+ Kxe5 55.Rxe3 Rc8+ 56.Kb3 Kf4 57.Re2 Ke5
58.Re3 Kf4 59.Rf3+ Kg4 60.e5 Rc1 61.Re3 Kf4 62.Re2 Rf1 63.e6 Rf2 64.Re1  1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Pietzsch, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nh3 e5 7.O-O Nge7 8.f4 O-O
9.e4 Nd4 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Be3 Bd7 12.Qd2 Qc8 13.Nf2 Qc7 14.Bh6 Qd6 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Nfd1 a6 17.Ne3 b5 18.Rf2 Be6 19.Raf1 f6 20.h4 Rad8 21.Qc1 Rf7 22.Kh2 Rdf8
23.Qd1 Nc8 24.Bh3 Nb6 25.b3 Bd7 26.Bxd7 Qxd7 27.Kg2 f5 28.exf5 gxf5 29.Qh5 Qe6
30.Ned5 Nxd5 31.Nxd5 Kh8 32.Kh2 Rg7 33.g4 f4 34.Kh3 Rfg8 35.Rg1 Rg6 36.Re1 Rxg4
37.Kh2 f3 38.Kh1 Rg3 39.Nf4 Qf6 40.Qxe5 Qxe5 41.Rxe5 R3g4 42.Nh3 Rxh4 43.Kh2 Rg6
44.Re4 Rh5 45.Rxd4 cxd4 46.Rxf3 Kg7 47.Rf4 Re6 48.Kg2 Rg6+ 49.Kh2 Rgh6 50.Rf3 Rf6
51.Rg3+ Kf7 52.Kg2 Rg6 53.Rxg6 hxg6 54.Nf4 Re5 55.Nd5 bxc4 56.bxc4 Rxd5 57.cxd5 Kf6  0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 c6 6.Bb3 O-O 7.O-O a5 8.a4 b6 9.e5 Nd5
10.Re1 Bf5 11.Nbd2 Nf4 12.Qe3 Nd5 13.Qe2 Nf4 14.Qe3 Nd5 15.Qe2 Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Mestrovic, Zvonimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E66"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d5 Na5 8.Nd2 c5
9.O-O a6 10.Rb1 b6 11.e4 Rb8 12.b3 e5 13.Bb2 b5 14.Qe2 Bd7 15.Nd1 Ne8 16.Ne3 Qc8
17.Bc3 b4 18.Bb2 Nb7 19.f4 f6 20.f5 Nd8 21.Nf3 Nf7 22.fxg6 hxg6 23.Nh4 Kh7
24.Bc1 Bh6 25.Bd2 Kg7 26.Rf2 Rb7 27.Rbf1 Bg5 28.Bf3 Rh8 29.Nhg2 Bh3 30.Qd1 Nh6
31.Re1 Rf7 32.Nf1 Bxd2 33.Qxd2 Rff8 34.Nfe3 Nf7 35.Nh4 Ng5 36.Qd3 Rh6 37.Bg2 Bxg2
38.Rxg2 Rfh8 39.Kh1 Qh3 40.Nd1 Rxh4 41.Nf2 Qxh2+ 42.Rxh2 Rxh2+ 43.Kg1 Nh3+
44.Nxh3 R8xh3 45.Rf1 Rxa2 46.Qf3 Rhh2 47.g4 g5 48.Ra1 Rxa1+ 49.Kxh2 a5 50.Kg2 a4
51.bxa4 Rxa4 52.Qd1 Ra3 53.Kf2 Kf8 54.Qe2 Ke7 55.Kf1 Ra1+ 56.Kf2 Ra3 57.Kf1 Ra1+
58.Kf2 Nc7 59.Qb2 Ra3 60.Qb1 Rc3 61.Qa2 Kd8 62.Qa5 Kc8 63.Qb6 Ne8 64.Qa6+ Kd8
65.Qb6+ Ke7 66.Qb7+ Kf8 67.Qb5 Rc2+ 68.Kf3 Rh2 69.Kg3 Ra2 70.Qb7 Rd2 71.Qb5 Rd3+
72.Kf2 Rc3 73.Qa6 Rc2+ 74.Ke3 Rc3+ 75.Kf2 Rc1 76.Qb5 Ra1 77.Qb7 Rb1 78.Qa6 Rb2+
79.Ke3 Rh2 80.Qb5 Rh1 81.Kf2 Rb1 82.Qb7 b3 83.Kf3 b2 84.Kg2 Re1 85.Qxb2 Rxe4
86.Kf3 Rf4+ 87.Kg3 Rxc4 88.Qb7 Rd4 89.Kf3 Rf4+ 90.Kg3 e4 91.Qc8 Rf3+ 92.Kg2 Rd3
93.Qe6 Rd2+ 94.Kf1 Rd4 95.Ke2 Ra4 96.Qd7 Ra5 97.Qh7 c4 98.Qxe4 Rc5 99.Qe6 c3
100.Kd1 c2+ 101.Kc1 Rc7 102.Qe4 Rc5 103.Qe6 Rc4 104.Qe2 Rc5 105.Qe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Janosevic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A42"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Be3 e5 6.d5 Nce7 7.c5 f5 8.Bb5+ Kf7
9.Nf3 h6 10.exf5 Nxf5 11.O-O Nf6 12.h3 Rf8 13.g4 Ne7 14.Qd2 Rh8 15.Rac1 Kg8
16.cxd6 cxd6 17.Kg2 a6 18.Bd3 b5 19.a4 b4 20.Ne4 Nfxd5 21.Bc4 Be6 22.Kg3 Qd7
23.Qd3 Nf6 24.Nc5 Bxc4 25.Qxc4+ d5 26.Nxd7 dxc4 27.Nxf6+ Bxf6 28.Rxc4 Kf7
29.Nd2 Nd5 30.Ne4 Be7 31.Rc6 Rhc8 32.Nd6+ Bxd6 33.Rxd6 Nf6 34.Rb6 g5 35.Rd1 Rab8
36.Rxa6 Rc2 37.Ra7+ Kg8 38.Ra6 Rf8 39.Kg2 Rxb2 40.Rdd6 Kg7 41.Rab6 b3 42.a5 Ra2
43.a6 b2 44.Rb5 Ne8 45.Rd7+ Rf7 46.Rxf7+ Kxf7 47.a7 Nc7 48.Rb7 Ke6 49.Kg3 Kd5
50.h4 Kc6 51.Rb6+ Kd7 52.hxg5 hxg5 53.Bxg5 Rxa7 54.Rxb2 Nd5 55.Rb3 Ke6 56.Be3 Ra1
57.Kh4 Kf6 58.Rb5 Rh1+ 59.Kg3 Ke6 60.Rb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.a3 a6 6.Rb1 Rb8 7.b4 cxb4 8.axb4 b5
9.cxb5 axb5 10.e3 e6 11.Nge2 Nge7 12.Nf4 d5 13.d4 Nf5 14.O-O O-O 15.Nd3 Nd6
16.Ra1 Qb6 17.Bd2 Nc4 18.Ne2 Bb7 19.Nc5 Rfd8 20.Bc3 Ra8 21.Qc2 Ne7 22.Rfb1 Na3  0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bogdanovic, Rajko"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 c5 5.dxc5 Qa5+ 6.c3 Qxc5 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Nbd2 e5 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Nc4 b5 12.Na5 a6 13.Nb3 Qc7 14.O-O Nbd7 15.Kh1 Bb7
16.a4 bxa4 17.Rxa4 Bc6 18.Ra3 a5 19.Bg5 h6 20.Bh4 Rfb8 21.Rb1 Bf8 22.Nxe5 Nxe5
23.Bxf6 Nxd3 24.Qxd3 Bxa3 25.bxa3 a4 26.Nd4 Bxe4 27.Qxe4 Qf4  0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A07"]

1.d3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.exf3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.f4 O-O
9.Nd2 e6 10.Nf3 c5 11.Ne5 Nfd7 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Qe2 Nc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.c3 a5
16.Be3 a4 17.Rac1 Qa5 18.Bd2 Rab8 19.Rc2 Rb6 20.c4 Qa8 21.Bc3 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Qb8
23.cxd5 cxd5 24.c4 d4 25.h4 Nf6 26.Bf3 h5 27.Qd2 Rb1 28.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 29.Rc1 Qb6
30.Qc2 Qa7 31.Bc6 a3 32.Qa4 Qxa4 33.Bxa4 Rb8 34.Bb5 Nd5 35.cxd5 Rxb5 36.dxe6 fxe6
37.Kg2 Kf7 38.Rc4 Ra5 39.Rc1 Rb5 40.Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ciric, Dragoljub M"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Bc4 c5 5.c3 Qc7 6.Qb3 e6 7.Bf4 a6 8.dxc5 Qxc5
9.Nbd2 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.a4 Nc6 12.Bd3 d5 13.Rae1 Nh5 14.Be3 Qd6 15.Qb6 f5
16.exd5 exd5 17.Bc5 Qd8 18.Qxd8 Rxd8 19.Bb6 Rd7 20.Nb3 Bf6 21.Nc5 Re7 22.Bb1 Kf8
23.Ba2 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 d4 25.cxd4 Nxd4 26.Nxd4 Bxd4 27.Rd1 Bxb2 28.Rd8+ Ke7
29.Be6 Bxe6 30.Rxa8 Bd5 31.Nxb7 Nf4 32.g3 Nh3+ 33.Kf1 Ng5 34.Ra7 Bc4+ 35.Kg2 Bd5+
36.f3 Bxf3+ 37.Kf2 Kd7 38.Na5+ Kc8 39.h4  1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Honfi, Karoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D80"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Qb3 e6 6.Qa3 Nc6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bb5 Bd7
9.Nf3 Ne7 10.Bxd7+ Nxd7 11.Bd2 O-O 12.O-O Nb6 13.b3 Nf5 14.Qb2 Re8 15.a4 a5
16.Rac1 Re6 17.Ne2 c6 18.Nf4 Re4 19.Nd3 Nd7 20.Bc3 Nh4 21.Nxh4 Qxh4 22.b4 axb4
23.Qxb4 Ra7 24.Qd6 Qe7 25.Qc7 Bf8 26.a5 Qd6 27.Qc8 Qe6 28.Rb1 Qe8 29.Qc7 Re6
30.Bb4 Bxb4 31.Nxb4 Nf8 32.Rfc1 Qa8 33.Ra1 b5 34.Qf4 Rxa5 35.Rab1 Nd7 36.h4 Ra7
37.Nd3 Rf6 38.Qg5 Kg7 39.h5 h6 40.Qg3 Qe8 41.hxg6 Rxg6 42.Qh4 Kh7 43.Ra1 Rxa1
44.Rxa1 Rg5 45.Ra7 Kg7 46.Qh3 Qe4 47.f4 Rg6 48.Nf2 Qb1+ 49.Kh2 Qf1 50.Ng4 Qe2
51.Qf3 Qxf3 52.gxf3 Rd6 53.f5 Kf8 54.Kg3 c5 55.dxc5 Nxc5 56.Ne5 b4 57.Rxf7+ Ke8
58.Rc7 Nd7 59.Rc8+ Ke7 60.Nc6+ Kf6 61.Nxb4 d4 62.e4 d3 63.Rc1 d2 64.Rd1 Nb6
65.Kf2 h5 66.Ke2 Nc4 67.Nd5+ Rxd5 68.exd5 Kxf5 69.Rh1 Ke5 70.Rxh5+ Kd6 71.Kd1 Kc5
72.Kc2 Kd6 73.Rh8 Kxd5 74.Rd8+ Ke6 75.Rd4 Ne5 76.Rf4  1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ong Yok Hwa"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B38"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 d6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Bd7 10.h3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.Qd3 a6 13.f4 e6 14.Rad1 Qe7 15.Bf3 e5
16.Be3 Rfe8 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Bg5 h6 19.Be3 Rad8 20.Qe2 b5 21.Nd5 Qb7 22.b3 Nh7
23.Qd2 h5 24.Kh2 bxc4 25.bxc4 Rb8 26.Qf2 Bf8 27.Qg3 Bg7 28.Rd2 Re6 29.Bd1 a5
30.Rdf2 Be8 31.Be2 Qc8 32.c5 Qd7 33.Bc4 Qa4 34.Bd3 Qa3 35.Bc4 Rb7 36.Nb6 Rf6
37.Rxf6 Nxf6 38.Rxf6 h4 39.Qg5 Bxf6 40.Qxg6+ Bg7 41.Qg5 Kf8 42.Bd5 f6 43.Bc1 Qxc5
44.Qe3 Qxe3 45.Bxe3 Rc7 46.Bd2 Rc2 47.Be1 Bh6 48.Bxh4 Bf4+ 49.Bg3 Bf7 50.a4 Be3
51.Bxf7 Kxf7 52.Nd5 Bd2 53.Nb6 Ra2 54.h4 Be3 55.Nc4 Bd4 56.Nxa5 Rxa4 57.Nb7 Kg6
58.Be1 Ra1 59.Ba5 Kh5 60.Bd8 Kg6  0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gasic, Bozidar"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E62"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 e5 5.d4 Nd7 6.Bg2 Ne7 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 Nc6
9.d5 Ne7 10.Be3 f5 11.Ng5 Nb6 12.c5 Nc4 13.cxd6 Nxe3 14.dxe7 Qxe7 15.fxe3 Qxg5
16.Qd2 Bh6 17.Rf3 Bd7 18.Raf1 Rad8 19.Qc2 Qe7 20.Qb3 Kh8 21.Qxb7 Qc5 22.exf5 Bxe3+
23.Kh1 gxf5 24.Qb3 Bd4 25.Rc1 Rb8 26.Ne2 Rxb3 27.Rxc5 Rxf3 28.Nxd4 Rd3 29.Ne2 Rd1+
30.Ng1 e4 31.h3 f4 32.gxf4 Rg8 33.Rxc7 Bxh3 34.Bxh3 Rgxg1+ 35.Kh2 Rh1+ 36.Kg2 e3
37.Bg4 Rdg1+ 38.Kf3 Rxg4 39.Kxg4 e2 40.Re7 e1=Q 41.Rxe1 Rxe1 42.Kf5 Kg7  0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Damjanovic, Mato"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A07"]

1.d3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Nbd2 e6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.exf3 g6 8.d4 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Nb3 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Re8 12.c3 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Qc2 Nc4 15.Rfd1 Nh5
16.Bc1 Qb6 17.Nd4 Bxd4 18.cxd4 Re6 19.Bf1 Rae8 20.b3 Nd6 21.g4 Ng7 22.Bf4 f6
23.a4 a6 24.Kg2 Nf7 25.h4 R6e7 26.Be3 Rxe3 27.fxe3 Rxe3 28.a5 Qc7 29.Re1 Qf4
30.Rxe3 Qxe3 31.Rd1 Ne6 32.Qd2 Qxb3 33.Re1 Nfd8 34.f4 Ng7 35.Re7 f5 36.Be2 Nde6
37.Bd1 Qb1 38.Qe1 Kf8 39.Rxe6 Nxe6 40.Qxe6 Qxd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Minev, Nikolay N"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Be2 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.h3 b5 8.e5 Ne8 9.Bf4 Nd7
10.Qd2 dxe5 11.dxe5 Nc7 12.Rad1 Ne6 13.Bh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 O-O 10.e3 Bf5 11.Nf3 c6 12.Bd3 Nd7 13.O-O Rfe8 14.Rad1 Bg4 15.Be2 Bf5
16.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Anatoly A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D31"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 exd5 4.d4 c6 5.Bf4 Bf5 6.e3 Nf6 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 Bd6
9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.Kb1 O-O 12.f3 b5 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.e4 dxe4 15.fxe4 b4
16.Nce2 Rad8 17.Nf3 Rfe8 18.e5 Bxe5 19.Nxe5 Rxe5 20.dxe5 Rxd3 21.Rxd3 Ng4
22.Rhd1 h6 23.e6 fxe6 24.a3 Kh7 25.axb4 Qf5 26.Nd4 Qe4 27.Nc2 Nxh2 28.Rg3 Qf4
29.Ra3 Qf2 30.Ne3 Ng4 31.Nxg4 Qf5+ 32.Ka1 Qxg4 33.Rc1 Qxg2 34.Rxa7 h5 35.Rc7 h4
36.R7xc6 h3 37.Rxe6 h2 38.Ree1 g5 39.Ka2 Qd5+ 40.Ka3 g4 41.b5 g3 42.Rc3 g2
43.Re7+ Kg6 44.Rg3+ Kf6 45.Reg7 Qd6+  0-1

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg L"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bc4 Bf5 8.O-O e6
9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.c3 c5 13.dxc5 Qxc5 14.Rad1 Rfd8 15.Bb3 Be4
16.Rxd8+ Rxd8 17.Rd1 Rxd1+ 18.Qxd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zuidema, Coenraad"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be3 Bxf3 7.gxf3 e6 8.Qd2 d5
9.O-O-O Nge7 10.f5 exf5 11.Bh6 O-O 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.h4 h5 14.Bh3 fxe4 15.fxe4 f5
16.e5 Qd7 17.Ne2 Nd8 18.Nf4 Ne6 19.Rhg1 Nxf4 20.Qxf4 Qe6 21.Rg5 Rh8 22.Rdg1 Raf8
23.Bf1 Kf7 24.Kb1 Ke8 25.R5g3 Kd8 26.Rb3 Kc8 27.Qd2 Nc6 28.Rbg3 Rhg8 29.c3 Kb8
30.Qh6 Ne7 31.Qf4 Rc8 32.Be2 c5 33.Qh6 cxd4 34.cxd4 Qb6 35.Qf4 Ka8 36.Rb3 Qe6
37.Bb5 a6 38.Be2 Rc6 39.Rbg3 Rgc8 40.Bd3 R6c7 41.Ka1 Qb6 42.Bb1 Rc4 43.Rd1 Ka7
44.a3 R4c6 45.Qg5 R8c7 46.Qf4 Qb5 47.Rdg1 Qa4 48.Ka2 Rb6 49.Qd2 Qc4+ 50.Ka1 Rb3
51.Rxb3 Qxb3 52.Rc1 Rxc1 53.Qxc1 Qc4 54.Qg5 Nc6 55.e6 Qe2 56.Qxg6 f4 57.Qf5 f3
58.Qxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D35"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.d4 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 Ne4
9.Bxe4 Bxg5 10.Bd3 Be7 11.Qc2 g6 12.O-O Nd7 13.Rab1 a5 14.a3 Bd6 15.b4 Nf6
16.Na4 axb4 17.axb4 Ne4 18.Nc5 Qe7 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Bxe4 Bxb4 21.Ne5 Bd6 22.Nc4 Bc7
23.g3 Re8 24.Bd3 Ra7 25.Rb2 Qf6 26.Rfb1 h5 27.Nd2 h4 28.Ne4 Qe7 29.Qc5 Ra5
30.Qxe7 Rxe7 31.Nc5 hxg3 32.hxg3 b6 33.Nb3 Ra3 34.Rc1 Be6 35.Bc4 Bxg3 36.Nd2 Bh4
37.Rxb6 Bxc4 38.Nxc4 Ra2 39.Rb2 Ra6 40.Ne5 Re6 41.Rbc2 Bf6 42.Nxc6 Rd6 43.Kg2 Kg7
44.Rc5 Ra3 45.R1c3 Ra2 46.Nb4 Rd2 47.Rc2 Rd1 48.Rc1 Rxc1 49.Rxc1 g5 50.Kf3 Be7
51.Nc6 Rf6+ 52.Ke4 Bf8 53.Rc2 Bd6 54.d5 Rh6 55.Nd4 Rh4+ 56.f4  1-0

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Nxd8 8.Nc3 Ne6
9.Rd1 Ne7 10.e4 c6 11.b3 b6 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Rd2 Bh6 14.Rd6 f6 15.Rad1 c5 16.Nb5 Kf7
17.a4 Nd4 18.Nfxd4 cxd4 19.h3 a6 20.Na3 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Nxb5 Ra2 23.Rb1 Bd2
24.Bf1 Kg7 25.Ba3 f5 26.Rb6 Bg5 27.h4 Bf6 28.Bd3 Rd8 29.h5 fxe4 30.h6+ Kxh6
31.Rxf6 exd3 32.cxd3 Nd5 33.Rf7 g5 34.Rc1 Bd7 35.Nc7 Nc3 36.Be7 Rc8 37.Re1 Ne2+
38.Rxe2 Rxe2 39.Bf8+ Kg6 40.Rg7+ Kf5 41.Rxd7  0-1

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Scholl, Eduard C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.Qb3 Nbd7 7.e3 c6 8.a4 b6
9.Bc4 a6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Rfd1 Qc7 12.Bf4 e5 13.Bg3 Nh5 14.dxe5 d5 15.Be2 Nxg3
16.hxg3 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Rxa8 Rxa8 19.e4 Nc5 20.Qb4 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 dxe4 22.Qxe4 Re8
23.Kf1 Bxe5 24.Nxe5 Rxe5 25.Qd4 Rd5 26.Qa7 Rxd1+ 27.Bxd1 Qd8 28.Bf3 Qa8 29.Qxa8+ Bxa8
30.b4 Kf8 31.c4 bxc4 32.b5 Bb7 33.g4 f6 34.bxc6 Bc8 35.Be2 Ke7 36.Bxc4 Kd6
37.f3 Kxc6 38.Kf2 g5 39.Ke3 Kd6 40.Bd3 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ghitescu, Theodor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 Nc6 5.Nge2 e5 6.d5 Nce7 7.f3 f5 8.Be3 Bh6
9.Qd2 Bxe3 10.Qxe3 Nf6 11.g3 O-O 12.Bg2 fxe4 13.Nxe4 Nf5 14.Qc3 Nxe4 15.fxe4 Nh6
16.h3 Qg5 17.Qd2 Qh5 18.Qe3 Nf7 19.O-O-O Qg5 20.Kd2 Bd7 21.Qxg5 Nxg5 22.Ke3 h5
23.Rdf1 Rxf1 24.Bxf1 c5 25.Nc3 a6 26.h4 Nh7 27.Be2 Nf6 28.Rf1 Kg7 29.a3 b6
30.b4 Bg4 31.bxc5 dxc5 32.Rb1 Nd7 33.a4 Rb8 34.Nd1 Nf6 35.Bxg4 Nxg4+ 36.Ke2 Nf6
37.Nc3 Nd7 38.Rb2 Kf7 39.Nb1 g5 40.hxg5 Rg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Langeweg, Kick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A17"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.O-O Be7
9.d4 c4 10.b3 Rc8 11.Bb2 O-O 12.bxc4 Rxc4 13.Ne5 Rc8 14.Qa4 Nb6 15.Qxa7 Nc4
16.Nxc4 Rxc4 17.Rac1 Rc6 18.Qa4 Bd6 19.h3 Re8 20.Nb5 Bb8 21.Rc2 Ne4 22.Rfc1 Qg5
23.Nc3 Nd6 24.Qb3 Nc4 25.f4 Qg3 26.Nxd5 Nxe3 27.Re2 Rce6 28.Rxe3 Rxe3 29.Nxe3 Bxf4
30.Nf1 Qxb3 31.axb3 Bxc1 32.Bxc1 Re2 33.Bf4 f6 34.Nd2 g5 35.Kf1 Re8 36.Bc7 Re3
37.Bb6 Kf7 38.Kf2 Rd3 39.Ke2 Rg3 40.Kf1 Rd3 41.Ke1 Ke6 42.Ke2 Rg3 43.Kf2 Rc3
44.Ne4 Rc2+ 45.Kf3 h6 46.g4 Rb2 47.Nc5+ Kd5 48.Bd8 Rb1 49.Bxf6 b6 50.Nd3 Rxb3
51.Ke2 Kc4 52.Ne5+ Kxd4 53.Nf3+ Kd5 54.Bg7 Ra3 55.Bxh6 Ra2+ 56.Ke3 Ra3+ 57.Ke2 Ra2+
58.Ke3 Ra3+ 59.Kf2 Ra2+ 60.Kg3 Ra3 61.Bf8 Rc3 62.Bg7 Ra3 63.Kf2 Ra2+ 64.Ke3 Ra3+
65.Ke2 Ra2+ 66.Ke3 Ra3+ 67.Kf2 Ra2+ 68.Kg3 Ra3 69.Bf8 Rc3 70.Kf2 Rc2+ 71.Ke3 Rc3+
72.Ke2 Ke4 73.Nxg5+ Kf4 74.Ne6+ Kg3 75.g5 Rc6 76.Nd4 Rg6 77.Be7 b5 78.Bf6 b4
79.Ke3 Kxh3 80.Kf4 Rg8 81.Be7 Kh4 82.Bxb4 Kh5 83.Be7 Ra8 84.Nf3 Ra1 85.Bf6 Rf1
86.Bd8 Ra1 87.Bf6 Rf1 88.Be7 Ra1 89.Nd2 Rd1 90.Nf3 Ra1 91.Bd8 Rc1 92.Bb6 Rf1
93.Be3 Rh1 94.Ne5 Rf1+ 95.Ke4 Rf8 96.Bf4 Rg8 97.Nf3 Rf8 98.Bd2 Re8+ 99.Ne5 Rg8
100.Nf3 Re8+ 101.Kf4 Rf8+ 102.Kg3 Rd8 103.Bc3 Rd3 104.Bf6 Rd1 105.Kf4 Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 Nc6 5.Be3 e5 6.d5 Nb8 7.Bd3 c5 8.dxc6 Nxc6
9.Nge2 Nf6 10.f3 Be6 11.O-O O-O 12.Qd2 Ne8 13.Ng3 Nc7 14.Rfd1 a6 15.Bf1 Nd4
16.Nge2 Bxc4 17.Nxd4 Bxf1 18.Rxf1 exd4 19.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 20.Qxd4 Nb5 21.Nxb5 axb5
22.Rfd1 Qg5 23.Qxd6 Rfd8 24.Qb6 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Rxa2 26.Qd8+ Qxd8 27.Rxd8+ Kg7
28.Rd2 Ra1+ 29.Kf2 Rc1 30.Kg3 Rb1 31.Kf4 b4 32.g3 b3 33.Ke5 h5 34.f4 Rc1
35.Kd4 b5 36.Rd3 Rc2 37.Rxb3 Rxh2 38.Ke3 h4 39.Kf3 h3 40.Kg4 Rh1 41.Rxb5 h2
42.Kh3 Re1 43.Kxh2 Rxe4 44.Kg2 Re3 45.Kf2 Rd3 46.g4 Kh6 47.Rb6 Rd5 48.Ke3 f5
49.gxf5 Rxf5 50.b4 Rf8 51.Rd6 Rc8 52.Rd4 Rb8 53.Kd3 Kh5 54.Kc4 Rc8+ 55.Kd5 Rc1
56.b5 Rb1 57.Kc5 Kg4 58.b6  1-0

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Enevoldsen, Jens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 Be6 5.d3 Qd7 6.e4 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Nd5 Nd8
9.Qb3 c6 10.Qa3 cxd5 11.cxd5 Ne7 12.dxe6 Nxe6 13.Ne2 O-O 14.O-O d5 15.Rad1 d4
16.Bd2 Nc6 17.f4 f6 18.Bh3 Rfe8 19.fxe5 fxe5 20.Qb3 Kh8 21.Rf2 Qd6 22.Rdf1 Nc5
23.Qc4 a5 24.Bg5 Rf8 25.Qd5 Qxd5 26.exd5 Rxf2 27.Rxf2 Nxd3 28.Rf7 Ncb4 29.d6 Nc5
30.Rc7 Nc6 31.d7 Nxd7 32.Bxd7 h6 33.Bd2 e4 34.Bxc6 bxc6 35.Nf4 g5 36.Nh5 e3
37.Bxe3 dxe3 38.Rxg7  1-0

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ciric, Dragoljub M"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A42"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Be3 e5 6.d5 Nb8 7.Be2 Bh6 8.Bxh6 Nxh6
9.Qd2 Ng4 10.f3 Nf6 11.O-O-O Na6 12.g3 Qe7 13.Qe3 Bd7 14.h4 Nc5 15.Nh3 Nh5
16.f4 Bxh3 17.Rxh3 Nf6 18.Bf3 h5 19.Rh2 a5 20.Nb5 Rc8 21.Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ree, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Nge2 e6 8.O-O exd5
9.cxd5 Ne8 10.Bf4 a6 11.a4 Nd7 12.Qd2 Ne5 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bh4 Bd7 15.f4 Nxd3
16.Qxd3 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.f5 b4 19.Rxa8 Qxa8 20.Nd1 Bh6 21.Bg3 Qb7 22.Ne3 Bxe3+
23.Qxe3 gxf5 24.Bxd6 Nxd6 25.Qg3+ Kf7 26.Qxd6 Bb5 27.Rxf5 Qe7 28.Qxe7+ Kxe7
29.Ng3 Ra8 30.Rh5 Ra1+ 31.Kf2 Ra2 32.Rxh7+ Kd8 33.Nh5 Rxb2+ 34.Ke3 b3 35.Rb7 Ba6
36.Rb6 Re2+ 37.Kf3 b2 38.d6 Rd2 39.Nxf6 Kc8 40.e5 Bc4 41.Kf4 Rxg2 42.d7+ Kc7
43.Rc6+ Kxc6 44.d8=Q Rf2+ 45.Kg5 Rxf6 46.Qxf6+ Kb5 47.Qg6  1-0

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zaitsev, Alexander N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A85"]

1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 c6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qc2 e4
9.Nd4 Ne5 10.O-O-O Qe7 11.f3 exf3 12.gxf3 Qf7 13.f4 Nxc4 14.Bxc4 Qxc4 15.Bxf6 gxf6
16.Nxf5 Qc5 17.Qe4+ Kf7 18.Rd8 Bxf5 19.Qe8+ Kg7 20.Rxa8 Kh6 21.Re1 Bg7 22.Qxh8 Bxh8
23.Rxh8 b5 24.a3 a5 25.e4 Qf2 26.Re2 Qxf4+ 27.Rd2 Bg6 28.b4 axb4 29.axb4 c5
30.bxc5 b4 31.Nd1 Qxe4 32.Rb2 Qf4+ 33.Rd2 Qf5 34.Rb2 Qxc5+ 35.Kd2 Qd4+ 36.Kc1 Bh5
37.Nf2 Qc3+ 38.Rc2 Qa1+ 39.Kd2 b3  0-1

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Langeweg, Kick"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 e5 4.Bg2 d6 5.d3 Ne7 6.e4 O-O 7.Nge2 Be6 8.O-O c6
9.Be3 Nd7 10.h3 f5 11.f4 Kh8 12.b3 Bg8 13.Qd2 exf4 14.Bxf4 Nc5 15.exf5 Nxf5
16.g4 Nd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd4+ 18.Be3 Bg7 19.d4 Nd7 20.Rxf8 Qxf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E53"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.h3 c4 11.Bc2 Ne4 12.Bb2 Bf5 13.O-O Re8 14.Nh2 Qd7 15.Re1 Nd6
16.f3 b5 17.Bc1 a5 18.Bd2 Bxc2 19.Qxc2 f5 20.Nf1 Rab8 21.Rab1 b4 22.axb4 axb4
23.cxb4 Nb5 24.Qb2 Ra8 25.Ra1 f4 26.Bc3 Qf5 27.Rxa8 Rxa8 28.e4 Qd7 29.Nd2 Ra3
30.exd5 Qxd5 31.Nb1 Rb3 32.Qd2 Nxc3 33.Nxc3 Qxd4+ 34.Qxd4 Nxd4 35.Re4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ujtelky, Maximilian"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 e5 4.Nc3 Ne7 5.d3 O-O 6.Bd2 c6 7.e4 Na6 8.Nge2 Nc5
9.Be3 Ne6 10.d4 f5 11.f3 fxe4 12.fxe4 Qb6 13.c5 Qxb2 14.dxe5 Bxe5 15.Qc1 Qb4
16.Rb1 Qa5 17.h4 Nxc5 18.Qd2 b6 19.Bh3 Ba6 20.Kd1 Bxe2+ 21.Nxe2 Qxd2+ 22.Kxd2 Nxe4+
23.Kc2 Nd5 24.Kd3 Rf3  0-1

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Flesch, Janos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E29"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.e4 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nh4 h6 12.Qf3 Ng6 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.Qxf5 Qc8 15.Qxc8 Rfxc8
16.g3 b6 17.Ke2 Re8 18.f3 Kf8 19.Be3 Ke7 20.h4 Kd7 21.Bc2 Kc7 22.Rag1 Nf8
23.Kd3 Re7 24.Bd2 Rae8 25.Re1 N8h7 26.Rhg1 Nf8 27.Ba4 N8d7 28.Rg2 Kd8 29.g4 Nh7
30.g5 hxg5 31.hxg5 Nhf8 32.Rh2 Ng6 33.Be3 Kc7 34.Bd1 Rb8 35.Rh7 Rg8 36.Kd2 Ndf8
37.Rh2 Nd7 38.Reh1 Ree8 39.Rh7 Ndf8 40.R7h2 Nd7 41.Ba4 Rh8 42.Rh7 Reg8 43.Ke2 Rxh7
44.Rxh7 Ndf8 45.Rh1 Kd8 46.Kf2 Nf4 47.Rh2 N8g6 48.Kg3 Ke7 49.Bd1 Rb8 50.a4 a5
51.Be2 Rh8 52.Bf1 Rxh2 53.Kxh2 Nh5 54.Bh3 Nhf4 55.Bf1 Kf8 56.Kg3 Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bogdanovic, Rajko"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.c3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bc4 c6 8.O-O a5 9.a4 Na6
10.Qe2 Nac7 11.Na3 Kh8 12.Bd3 f6 13.Nc4 Bh6 14.g3 Bg4 15.Qc2 Qd7 16.Nh4 b5
17.axb5 cxb5 18.Nxa5 fxe5 19.fxe5 Ne3 20.Bxe3 Bxe3+ 21.Kh1 dxe5 22.dxe5 Rxf1+
23.Bxf1 Bb6 24.b4 Rf8 25.Qe4 g5 26.e6 Qxe6 27.Qxe6 Bxe6 28.Ng2 Bd5 29.c4 bxc4
30.Bxc4 Ba8 31.Rf1 Rxf1+ 32.Bxf1 g4 33.Bd3 Bf3 34.Nc4 Bd4 35.Nd2 Bd1 36.b5 Nd5
37.Nc4 Nc3 38.Nd2 Kg7 39.Bf5 h5 40.Bd3 Kh6 41.Nh4 e6 42.Bc4 Be3 43.Nf1 Ba7
44.Bxe6 Be2 45.Ne3 Kg5 46.b6 Bxb6 47.Nd5 Nxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zhukhovitsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D31"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.g4 Be6 8.Bd3 Nd7
9.h3 h5 10.gxh5 Ndf6 11.Nge2 Nxh5 12.Qc2 Ngf6 13.O-O-O Qa5 14.Bf5 Bxf5 15.Qxf5 Nxf4
16.Nxf4 Bb4 17.Rhg1 Rh7 18.Rd3 Bxc3 19.Rxc3 Qxa2 20.Ra3 Qc4+ 21.Kb1 Kf8 22.Nd3 Rh6
23.Nc5 Qe2 24.Qf4 a6 25.Qg3 Nh5 26.Qh2 Kg8 27.Rc3 Nf6 28.Qf4 Qh5 29.Nxb7 Ne4
30.Rc2 Qxh3 31.Na5 Rf6 32.Qe5 Qh7 33.Rxc6 Nd2+ 34.Ka2 Rxc6 35.Nxc6 Nf3 36.Ne7+ Kf8
37.Qd6 Qh6 38.Ng6+ Kg8 39.Qxd5 Nxg1 40.Qxa8+ Kh7 41.Nf8+ Kg8 42.Nd7+ Kh7
43.Qe4+ g6 44.Qe7  1-0

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A42"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Be3 e5 6.d5 Nb8 7.Be2 f5 8.exf5 gxf5
9.Bh5+ Kf8 10.f4 Nf6 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Nh3 Na6 13.O-O Nxh5 14.Qxh5 Qe8 15.Rxf5+ Bxf5
16.Qxf5+ Qf7 17.Qc2 Qg6 18.Qb3 Bh6 19.Ne4 Kg7 20.Bxh6+ Kxh6 21.Nhg5 Rhf8
22.Qe3 Kg7 23.Ne6+ Kg8 24.Nxf8 Rxf8 25.a3 Rf4 26.Re1 Qb6 27.Qxb6 axb6 28.b4 Nb8
29.g3 Rf8 30.Rf1 Rd8 31.Ng5 Nd7 32.Rf5 c6 33.Ne6 Re8 34.Rg5+ Kh8 35.Rg7 cxd5
36.Rxd7 Rxe6 37.cxd5 Rf6 38.Re7 Rf3 39.d6  1-0

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Qa5+ 7.Nbd2 Ne4 8.a3 Bg4
9.b4 Qb6 10.Qc2 Nxg5 11.Nxg5 Be7 12.Ngf3 Nd7 13.Bd3 h6 14.Nb3 O-O 15.Nfd2 Rfe8
16.O-O Bd6 17.h3 Be6 18.Rae1 Rad8 19.Nc5 Bb8 20.f4 Nxc5 21.bxc5 Qc7 22.Nf3 Bc8
23.Ne5 Rf8 24.Qd1 Qe7 25.Bb1 Qe8 26.Rf3 f5 27.Qc2 Rf6 28.Kh1 Qe7 29.Rg1 g5
30.g4 fxg4 31.hxg4 Bxe5 32.dxe5 Re6 33.Qh2 Rf8 34.Bf5 d4 35.exd4 gxf4 36.Rxf4 Qg5
37.Rgf1 Ree8 38.R1f3 Kg7 39.a4 Rd8 40.Qf2 Bxf5 41.gxf5  1-0

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Liebert, Heinz"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 d5 8.e5 Ng4
9.Bg1 f6 10.h3 Nh6 11.g4 f5 12.g5 Nf7 13.h4 e6 14.Be3 Ne7 15.Kf2 Qd7 16.h5 Re8
17.Qg1 b6 18.Qh2 Nh8 19.Rag1 Kf7 20.Rg3 Rg8 21.Rh3 Bb7 22.hxg6+ hxg6 23.Rh7 Kf8
24.Kg3 Nf7 25.Qf2 Rh8 26.Rxh8+ Nxh8 27.a4 Nc6 28.b3 Kg8 29.Bc1 Bf8 30.Nb1 a6
31.Bb2 Qg7 32.Qh2 Rd8 33.Qf2 Na5 34.Qf1 Ra8 35.Ba3 Nf7 36.Bxf8 Kxf8 37.Qe1 Ke7
38.Na3 Rh8 39.Rxh8 Qxh8 40.Qf1 Qc8 41.Qh1 Qh8 42.Nh4 Kd7 43.b4 Nc6 44.c3 Ne7
45.Bf3 Bc6 46.b5 Bb7 47.Nc2 c5 48.Be2 axb5 49.dxc5 bxc5 50.Qb1 Nxg5 51.Bxb5+ Kc8
52.fxg5 Qxe5+ 53.Kf2 Qxc3 54.Qd1 Qh3 55.Nf3 d4 56.Nce1 Nd5 57.Bf1 Qg4 58.Qe2 Ne3
59.Qd3 Kc7 60.a5 Qf4 61.Qb3 Qd6 62.Bc4 Nxc4 63.Qxc4 Bd5 64.Qe2 Be4 65.Nd3 c4
66.Nde5 d3 67.Qe3 c3 68.Qa7+ Kc8 69.Nc4 Qc7 70.Qa6+ Kb8 71.Qxe6 c2 72.Nd6 Qc5+
73.Kg3 f4+ 74.Kg2 Bxf3+  0-1

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 c5 4.Bb2 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.d4 d5 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.Bd3 cxd4
9.exd4 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.Re1 Rc8 12.Rc1 Re8 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.Re3 Bg5
16.Rh3 Bh6 17.Bb1 Nf8 18.Qe1 Bxd2 19.Qxd2 dxc4 20.Qe1 cxb3 21.Rd1 Qe7 22.Rxb3 Red8
23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Ba3 Qg5 25.Bd6 Rc8 26.Rc3 Rxc3 27.Qxc3 Qg4 28.f3 Qc4 29.Qxc4 Bxc4
30.Kf2 Nd7 31.Ke3 f6 32.f4 fxe5 33.fxe5 Bd5 34.g3 Nc5 35.Kd4 Nb7 36.a3 Kf7
37.Bc7 h6 38.Bd3 Na5 39.Bb5 Nb3+ 40.Ke3 Nc5 41.Bb8 a6 42.Be2 b5 43.Bh5+ g6
44.Bd1 a5 45.Kd4 Nb7 46.Kc3 Nd8 47.Bc7 Nc6 48.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bb3 Bg4 7.Be3 Nc6 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nd5 Nd4 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Qg4 Kg7 14.c3 Nxb3 15.axb3 Qd3
16.Qe2 Qxe2+ 17.Kxe2 a6 18.Rhd1 Rad8 19.b4 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Damjanovic, Mato"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E61"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O a6 8.Ne1 Be6
9.b3 b5 10.Nd3 bxc4 11.Nf4 Bf5 12.Bxc4 Nbd7 13.Bb2 Nb6 14.Be2 a5 15.Nd3 h5
16.Bf3 Bg4 17.Bxg4 Nxg4 18.Qf3 Qd7 19.Rac1 Rfc8 20.Rc2 Nf6 21.Rfc1 Rc7 22.Nb5 Rcc8
23.Rxc6 Nbd5 24.Rxc8+ Rxc8 25.Rxc8+ Qxc8 26.Qd1 Nb4 27.a3 Qa6 28.a4 Qc8 29.Nxb4 axb4
30.Qd3 d5 31.Qd1 h4 32.h3 Ne4 33.Qc1 Qf5 34.Qc2 Bh6 35.Bc1 Qe6 36.Bd2 Kh7
37.Be1 g5 38.f3  1-0

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lengyel, Levente"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Nc6 5.Be3 e5 6.d5 Nce7 7.g4 Nf6 8.h3 h5 9.g5 Nh7
10.Qd2 O-O 11.Nf3 Bd7 12.O-O-O Qb8 13.Kb1 Rd8 14.c5 Nc8 15.cxd6 Nxd6 16.Qc2 c6
17.Ka1 Rc8 18.Bc5 b6 19.dxc6 Rxc6 20.Ba3 Be6 21.Qa4 Qc7 22.Ba6 Rd8 23.Kb1 Nc4
24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.Bxc4 Rxc4 26.Rd1 Qa8 27.Qb5 Rxc3 28.bxc3 Qxe4+ 29.Kb2 Qxf3
30.Rd8+ Nf8 31.Bxf8 Qxf2+  0-1

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.c3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 Qe8 8.Ne5 d6
9.Nd3 Nc6 10.b4 a6 11.Qb3 Kh8 12.Bb2 Qh5 13.c4 Qh6 14.Rad1 Bd7 15.d5 Nd8
16.dxe6 Nxe6 17.e3 Bc6 18.Nf4 Nxf4 19.exf4 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Rae8 21.Qf3 c6 22.Nb3 Ne4
23.Na5 Bf6 24.Qb3 Rf7 25.Rfe1 Rfe7 26.Qc2 Bxb2 27.Qxb2 Qh5 28.Rf1 Nf6 29.Rd2 d5
30.h3 Qg6 31.Kh2 Ne4 32.Rc2 b6 33.cxd5 bxa5 34.Rxc6 Qh5 35.d6 Rd7 36.Qd4 Qf3
37.Rc7 Nf6 38.Rxd7 Nxd7 39.bxa5 h5 40.Kg1 h4 41.Qa4 hxg3 42.Qxd7 gxf2+ 43.Kh2 Qxf4+
44.Kh1 Re1 45.Qc8+ Kh7 46.Kg2 Qe4+  0-1

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E39"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.e3 Nxc5 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 a5 10.Be2 a4 11.O-O Qe7 12.Qb4 e5 13.Bd2 d6 14.Rad1 Bf5 15.Ne1 Ra6
16.f3 Nfd7 17.e4 Rb6 18.Qc3 Be6 19.Be3 Rc8 20.Bf2 f5 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.g3 e4
23.Bd4 Ne5 24.Bxe5 Qxe5 25.Qxe5 dxe5 26.fxe4 Bh3 27.Rf3 Rxb2 28.Re3 Rf8 29.Bf3 Ne6
30.Nd3 Rb3 31.Rde1 Ng5 32.Bg2 Rxa3 33.Bxh3 Nxh3+ 34.Kg2 Ng5 35.h4 Nf3 36.Rxf3 Rxf3
37.Kxf3 Rxd3+ 38.Kg4 g6 39.Rb1 Rb3 40.Rd1 a3 41.Rd5 h5+ 42.Kg5 Rxg3+ 43.Kf6 a2
44.Rd8+ Kh7 45.Ra8 Rg2 46.Kxe5 g5 47.Kf5 gxh4 48.e5 h3  0-1

[Event "URS-chT"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.f4 Nf6 5.e5 dxe5 6.fxe5 Nd5 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bc4 c5
9.O-O cxd4 10.Qxd4 e6 11.Bg5 Nc6 12.Bxd8 Nxd4 13.cxd4 Rxd8 14.Bxd5 exd5 15.Ng5 Bh6
16.h4 Bf5 17.Nc3 Rd7 18.Rad1 Bf8 19.Rf4 h6 20.Nf3 Be6 21.Nh2 Kg7 22.Rd3 Be7
23.Rg3 Rc8 24.h5 Bg5 25.Rf1 gxh5 26.Nf3 Bg4 27.Nxg5 hxg5 28.Rf2 a6 29.Na4 Rc1+
30.Rf1 Rdc7 31.Nc3 Rxf1+ 32.Kxf1 Rc4 33.Rd3 Be6 34.Kf2 b5 35.Rd2 f5 36.exf6+ Kxf6
37.Ke3 Rc8 38.Rf2+ Kg6 39.a3 h4 40.Na2 a5 41.Nc3 b4 42.axb4 axb4 43.Na4 Rc1
44.Nc5 Bf5 45.Nd3 Bxd3 46.Kxd3 b3  0-1

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kuijpers, Franciscus Antonius"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.O-O Nd7
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Rxf3 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.f5 Nd4 13.Rf2 c6 14.Qd2 b5 15.Raf1 Nf6
16.Bd3 Qd7 17.Ne2 Nh5 18.Rd1 Rfd8 19.c3 Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 Nf4 21.Qf1 Bh6 22.Bc2 Qe7
23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Rf3 Kh8 25.Kh2 Bg5 26.fxg6 fxg6 27.g3 Ne6 28.Rf7 Qd6 29.Bb3 Be7
30.h4 Re8 31.Rf6 Rf8 32.Rxf8+ Bxf8 33.Qf7  1-0

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Langeweg, Kick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A17"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 b6 6.a3 Bxc3 7.dxc3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.O-O Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.b4 c6 12.Qd3 b5 13.a4 Nc7 14.Nd4 Qd7 15.f3 Rfe8
16.axb5 cxb5 17.Bd2 a6 18.Ra2 Ne6 19.Nb3 Qc6 20.Rfa1 Nd7 21.Na5 Qd6 22.c4 bxc4
23.Nxc4 Qc6 24.Nb2 Ne5 25.Qf1 Nc7 26.Qc1 Qg6 27.Kh1 Nb5 28.Na4 Rac8 29.Qb1 Qxb1+
30.Rxb1 Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D42"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Ncb4 11.Bb1 b6 12.a3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nd5 14.Qd3 g6 15.Bh6 Re8
16.Ne5 Bf8 17.Bxf8 Rxf8 18.Qg3 Bb7 19.Be4 Qe7 20.Bxd5 Bxd5 21.c4 Bb7 22.d5 Rad8
23.h4 Qd6 24.dxe6 Qxe6 25.Ng4 Qc6 26.Re3 h5 27.Ne5 Qf6 28.Rae1 Rd4 29.Qg5 Qxg5
30.hxg5 Kg7 31.f3 Re8 32.Kf2 Ba6 33.Re4 Rd2+ 34.R1e2 Rd1 35.Rf4 Re7 36.Nxg6 Rc7
37.Ne5 Rc1 38.Ree4 Rc2+ 39.Kg3 Ra2 40.Re3 b5 41.cxb5 Bxb5 42.Re1 Rxa3 43.Rh4 Ra2
44.Rxh5 Rcc2 45.Rh2 a5 46.Reh1 Kf8 47.g6 fxg6 48.Nxg6+ Ke8 49.Nf4 Kd7 50.Rh6 Bc4
51.Rg6 Kc8 52.Rh8+ Kb7 53.Rh7+ Ka8 54.Rh8+ Kb7 55.Rh7+ Ka8 56.Rd6 Rcb2 57.Rdd7 Rb6
58.Rc7 Ba6 59.Rh8+ Rb8 60.Rh6 Rg8+ 61.Kh4 Bb7 62.Rhh7 Rb2 63.Kh3 Bc8+ 64.Kh2 Bb7
65.Rc3 a4 66.Rh5 Kb8 67.Ra5 Rb4 68.Nh3 Rc8 69.Ra3 Bc6 70.Rc5 Kb7 71.Re3 Rb3
72.Re7+ Rc7 73.Re1 a3 74.Ra1 Kb6 75.Re5 Ra7 76.Nf4 Bb5 77.Nd5+ Kc6 78.Ne7+ Kd7
79.Nf5 Ra4 80.Re7+ Kc6 81.Ree1 Bd3 82.Rec1+ Kd7 83.Ne3 a2 84.Nd5 Raa3 85.Nc3 Rxc3
86.Rxc3 Rxc3 87.Rxa2  1/2-1/2

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A15"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 e5 7.O-O Nfd7 8.d4 e4
9.Ne1 Re8 10.Nc3 f5 11.Nc2 Nf6 12.d5 Nbd7 13.Qd2 a5 14.Nb5 Nc5 15.Ne3 Bd7
16.Nd4 h5 17.Bc3 Ng4 18.Nxg4 hxg4 19.Nc2 Bxc3 20.Qxc3 Kf7 21.f3 gxf3 22.exf3 exf3
23.Rxf3 Qf6 24.Raf1 Qxc3 25.Rxc3 Re2 26.Rf2 Ne4 27.Bxe4 Rxe4 28.Rf4 Re2 29.Rf2 Re4
30.Re3 Rxe3 31.Nxe3 Re8 32.Re2 Re4 33.Kf2 f4 34.gxf4 Rxf4+ 35.Ke1 Kf6 36.Kd2 Rf3
37.Nd1 Bf5 38.Re3 Rxe3 39.Kxe3 Ke5 40.Nc3 c6 41.dxc6 bxc6 42.Ne2  1/2-1/2

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lengyel, Levente"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Qc2 Nf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 c6 12.O-O Be6 13.Rab1 a5 14.Rfc1 Nbd7 15.a3 Rfc8
16.Na4 Qd6 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 b5 19.Nc5 Nb6 20.Ra1 Nc4 21.Ra2 Nd7 22.Rca1 Rxa2
23.Rxa2 Bg4 24.Bh7+ Kf8 25.Bf5 Bxf5 26.Qxf5 Rc7 27.Qh7 Ndb6 28.Qh8+ Ke7 29.Qxg7 Qg6
30.Qxg6 fxg6 31.Kf1 g5 32.Ra6 Kd6 33.Ne5 Nc8 34.Ng4 h5 35.Nh6 Rh7 36.Nf5+ Kc7
37.h3 g4 38.Ke2 gxh3 39.gxh3 Rf7 40.Ng3 h4 41.Nh5 Kd6 42.Nf4 Rg7 43.Ra8 N4b6
44.Rb8 Ra7 45.Rb7 Rxb7 46.Nxb7+ Kc7 47.Nc5 Ne7 48.Kf3 Kd8 49.Kg4 Ke8 50.Kxh4 Kf7
51.Kg5 Nc4 52.Ncd3 Nd6 53.Ne5+ Ke8 54.f3 Nc4 55.Nxc4 dxc4 56.e4 Kf7 57.Ne2 Ng6
58.f4 Nf8 59.f5 Nd7 60.h4 Nb8 61.h5 Na6 62.h6 Nxb4 63.f6  1-0

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Jongsma, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Qb3 c6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd2 e6 8.Bd3 b6 9.a4 c5
10.dxc5 bxc5 11.O-O Nc6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Bb5 Rb8 14.Qa3 Nb4 15.Rac1 Qd6 16.Be2 a5
17.Rfd1 Bf5 18.Nb5 Qe7 19.Bf1 Ne4 20.Bc3 Rfe8 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Nc3 Nf6 23.Bb5 Red8
24.b3 Rb6 25.Qb2 Kg8 26.Qe2 Re6 27.Rd2 d4 28.Qd1 d3 29.Bc4 Red6 30.Ng5 Nfd5
31.Nxd5 Nxd5 32.h4 h6 33.e4 hxg5 34.Bxd5 Bxe4 35.Bxe4 Qxe4 36.hxg5 Rd5 37.Rc4 Qe5
38.Rg4 Kg7 39.Rg3 Qc3 40.Re3 Rxg5 41.Rdxd3 Rxd3 42.Rxd3 Qe5 43.Re3 Qd5 44.Qa1+ Kh7
45.Rh3+ Rh5 46.Rf3 Rf5 47.Rg3 Rg5 48.Rxg5 Qxg5 49.Qc3 Qd5 50.f3 Kg8 51.Kf2 Qd1
52.Qxc5 Qd2+ 53.Kg3 f5 54.Qe7 Qd4 55.Qe8+ Kg7 56.Qe7+ Kg8 57.Qe6+ Kg7 58.Qc4 Qd2
59.Qf4 Qe1+ 60.Kh2 Kh7 61.Qg3 Qd2 62.Qh4+ Kg7 63.Qe7+ Kg8 64.Qf6 Kh7 65.Kh3 Qd1
66.Qe7+ Kh6 67.Qe5 Qd8 68.Qf4+ Kg7 69.b4 g5 70.Qe5+ Kg6 71.bxa5 Qd7 72.Kh2 Qh7+
73.Kg1 Qa7+ 74.Kf1 Qd7 75.Ke2 Qc6 76.Kd3 Qc1 77.Qe6+ Kg7 78.a6 Qd1+ 79.Kc3 Qa1+
80.Kb4 Qb2+ 81.Kc5 Qc3+ 82.Kd6 Qb4+ 83.Kc7 Qa5+ 84.Kb7 Qb4+ 85.Qb6 Qxa4 86.a7  1-0

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bronstein, David I"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.h5 Bh7 8.Nf3 Nd7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Qc7 11.Bd2 e6 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.c4 Ngf6 14.Bc3 Bd6 15.Ne4 Bf4+
16.Kc2 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Nc5 Bd6 19.Nb3 Qe7 20.a3 Rd7 21.Qe2 Re8 22.Rhe1 Qf8
23.g4 Rde7 24.Qf3 Nh7 25.Na5 f5 26.Nxc6 bxc6 27.Qxc6+ Rc7 28.Qa6+ Kb8 29.c5 Bf4
30.Rxe6 Rxe6 31.Qxe6 Ng5 32.Qxf5 Qxf5+ 33.gxf5 Ne4 34.Ba5 Rd7 35.Be1 Kb7
36.f3 Nf6 37.Kd3 Kc6 38.Bh4 Nxh5 39.Kc4 Nf6 40.Bxf6 gxf6 41.d5+ Kc7 42.d6+ Kc6
43.b4 a6 44.a4 Rb7 45.Rb1 Kd7 46.Kd5 Kd8 47.b5 axb5 48.axb5 Rg7 49.b6 Kc8
50.c6  1-0

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bilek, Istvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Bg5 Nf6 5.Nd2 Nbd7 6.Bc4 c5 7.Ngf3 cxd4 8.cxd4 d5
9.exd5 O-O 10.d6 exd6 11.O-O Nb6 12.Bb3 Bf5 13.Re1 Qd7 14.Nf1 Rfe8 15.Ne3 Be4
16.Nd2 Bc6 17.a4 Nfd5 18.a5 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Nd5 20.Nc4 Re4 21.Nd2 Rg4 22.Nf3 h6
23.Bxd5 Bxd5 24.Bf4 g5 25.h3 gxf4 26.hxg4 fxe3 27.Nh4 Be6 28.Nf5 Bxf5 29.gxf5 Qxf5
30.Rxe3 Qf4 31.Rd3 Re8 32.Ra4 Re4 33.Qf1 Qh4 34.g3 Qe7 35.Qf3 d5 36.Rd2 Qd7
37.Ra3 Qe6 38.Rad3 f5 39.Kg2 Qg6 40.Kh2 f4 41.gxf4 Qf5 42.Rg2 Rxf4 43.Qh3 Qxh3+
44.Kxh3 Kf7 45.Rg4 Rf6 46.Rb3 b6 47.Rc3 Bf8 48.Rc7+ Ke6 49.a6 Rf3+ 50.Kg2 Rb3
51.Rxa7 Kf5 52.Rg8 Rxb2+ 53.Kf1  1-0

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Marovic, Drazen"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.g3 Na6 6.Bg2 Nc7 7.a4 Rb8 8.Nf3 a6 9.a5 b5
10.axb6 Rxb6 11.O-O Bd7 12.e4 e5 13.Ne1 Ne7 14.Nd3 O-O 15.Be3 Rb8 16.f4 exf4
17.Bxf4 Bd4+ 18.Kh1 Nc8 19.Bh6 Bg7 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.e5 dxe5 22.Nxe5 Nd6 23.b3 Nf5
24.Re1 Nd4 25.Ne4 Nxb3 26.Ra3 f5 27.Rxb3 Rxb3 28.Nxc5 Ra3 29.Nexd7 Rf7 30.d6  1-0

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ree, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne2 Bd6 10.Ng3 g6 11.b3 Nbd7 12.Bb2 Qe7 13.Rc1 Ne4 14.Bb5 f5 15.Ne2 Nb8
16.Ne5 a6 17.Bd3 c5 18.f3 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Ng5 20.h4 Ne6 21.Qe1 Nc6 22.Qg3 Rad8
23.h5 Qg5 24.Qxg5 Nxg5 25.Kf2 Ne6 26.hxg6 hxg6 27.g4 fxg4 28.f4 Ne7 29.Rg1 d4
30.Bc4 Bd5 31.Rxg4 dxe3+ 32.Kxe3 Kf7 33.Bd3 Nf5+ 34.Bxf5 gxf5 35.Rg3 Be4
36.Rc3 Rh8 37.Bc1 Rh2 38.Rg1 Nc7 39.e6+ Kxe6  0-1

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bouwmeester, Hans"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 Nc6 5.Be3 e5 6.d5 Nb8 7.Be2 Nd7 8.g4 Bh6 9.Bxh6 Nxh6
10.Qd2 Ng8 11.O-O-O Nc5 12.h4 Nf6 13.f3 h5 14.g5 Nh7 15.f4 exf4 16.Qxf4 O-O
17.e5 dxe5 18.Qxe5 Re8 19.Qd4 Qe7 20.Nh3 Qe3+ 21.Qxe3 Rxe3 22.Nf4 Bf5 23.Rhf1 Rae8
24.Kd2 f6 25.Ne6 Bxe6 26.Kxe3 Bh3+ 27.Kd4 Bxf1 28.Rxf1 Nd7 29.gxf6 Nhxf6
30.c5 Kg7 31.b4 Ne5 32.b5 b6 33.cxb6 axb6 34.a4 Nf7 35.Bd3 Nd6 36.Ne2 Nf5+
37.Bxf5 Rxe2 38.Rg1 Rd2+ 39.Kc3 Rxd5 40.Bxg6 Kf8 41.Rg5 Ke7 42.Kc4 Rd1 43.Bxh5 Rh1
44.Bg6 Rxh4+ 45.Kb3 Nd7 46.Bc2 Nc5+ 47.Kc3 Rh3+ 48.Kb2 Re3 49.Rd5 Ke6 50.Rd8 Rg3
51.Rc8 Kd7 52.Rh8 Nb7 53.Rh6 Na5 54.Rg6 Rf3 55.Rh6 Nc4+ 56.Ka2 Ra3+ 57.Kb1 Rf3
58.Ka2 Ne5 59.Kb2 Ng4 60.Rc6 Ne5 61.Rh6 Nc4+ 62.Ka2 Na5 63.Kb2 Nb7 64.Rg6 Nc5
65.Rh6 Ne6 66.Rg6 Nd4 67.Rg4 Ne6 68.Rg6 Ke7 69.Rh6 Rf2 70.Kc3 Nf4 71.Rc6 Ne6
72.Rc4 Kd6 73.Kb4 Nf4 74.a5 Nd5+ 75.Ka4 Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Zuidema, Coenraad"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.Be3 Bb7 7.Bd3 Nd7 8.a4 b4 9.Nb1 c5
10.c3 Ngf6 11.Nbd2 bxc3 12.bxc3 O-O 13.Rb1 Rb8 14.O-O Ng4 15.Nc4 d5 16.exd5 Bxd5
17.Qe2 Rxb1 18.Rxb1 Nxe3 19.Nxe3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 cxd4 21.cxd4 Bxd4 22.Kh1 Nc5
23.Bc4 Qa5 24.Ng4 Bg7 25.Qc6 Rd8 26.h3 e6 27.Rf1 Qb4 28.Bxa6 Ne4 29.Rf3 Nd2
30.Qc7 Rf8 31.Rd3 Qb1+ 32.Kh2 Nf1+ 33.Kg1 Ng3+ 34.Kf2 Ne4+ 35.Kf3 Qf1+ 36.Kxe4 Qe2+  0-1

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ciric, Dragoljub M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Bd3 e6 7.Nge2 exd5 8.cxd5 O-O
9.O-O Ne8 10.Bf4 Nd7 11.Qc1 Ne5 12.Bc2 Nc7 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 b5 15.f4 Ng4
16.Qh3 f5 17.Rae1 b4 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Nd1 Qf6 20.Qg3 Kh8 21.h3 Nh6 22.Ne3 Bb7
23.Qg5 Nxd5 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.Ng3 Rf7 26.b3 Qd4+ 27.Rf2 Rg8 28.Rd1 Qxd1+ 29.Bxd1 Rxg5
30.fxg5 f4 31.Nh5 Nf5 32.Nxf4 Ne3 33.Bh5 Rf5 34.h4 Bc6 35.g4 Re5 36.g6 h6
37.Nd3 Rd5 38.Rf8+ Kg7 39.Rf7+ Kg8 40.Nf4 Re5 41.Rc7 Bf3 42.Rc8+ Kg7 43.Rc7+ Kg8
44.g5 hxg5 45.Rc8+ Kg7 46.Rc7+ Kg8 47.Bxf3 gxf4 48.Kf2 Nf5 49.h5 Re7 50.Rc8+ Kg7
51.Bd5 Ng3 52.Rg8+ Kh6 53.Rh8+ Kg5 54.Bf3 Rg7 55.Rh7 Kf6 56.Rh8 Kg5 57.Ke1 Nf5
58.Kd2 a5 59.Kd3 Re7 60.Be4 Nh6 61.Rh7 Rxh7 62.gxh7 Nf7 63.Bd5 Nh8 64.Ke4 Kxh5
65.Kxf4 Kg6 66.Be4+ Kf6 67.Kg4 Nf7 68.Kf4 Kg7 69.Kf5 Ne5 70.Ke6 Ng4 71.Kxd6 Ne3
72.Kxc5 Nd1 73.Kd4 Nf2 74.Bg6 Nd1 75.Bc2 Nf2 76.Kc4 Ng4 77.Kb5 Ne3 78.Bd3 Nd5
79.Kxa5 Kh8 80.Kb5 Kg7 81.Kc4 Nc3 82.a4  1-0

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.e3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Nce7 8.e4 Nf6
9.O-O O-O 10.Ne1 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 c5 12.Nd3 Nd7 13.Be3 f5 14.f3 Nf6 15.a3 b6
16.b4 Qd7 17.Rab1 f4 18.Bd2 g5 19.bxc5 bxc5 20.Rb3 Ng6 21.Rfb1 Rf7 22.Qd1 Bf8
23.Be1 Rg7 24.R3b2 g4 25.fxg4 Nxg4 26.Rb7 Qc8 27.Rxg7+ Bxg7 28.Bf2 Kh8 29.Qa4 Nxf2
30.Nxf2 Nh4 31.Qd1 f3 32.g3 Bh6 33.Qd3 Qg8 34.Kf1 Rf8 35.Ncd1 Ng2 36.Rb2 Qg5
37.Qb1 Qh5 38.Kg1 Nf4 39.Kh1 Ne2 40.g4 Qg5 41.Qd3 Qh4 42.Rxe2 fxe2 43.Qxe2  0-1

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 c6 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.Nge2 O-O 9.O-O e5
10.Qe1 b4 11.Na4 exd4 12.Bxd4 c5 13.Be3 Nc6 14.Rd1 Ne5 15.b3 Bd7 16.Nb2 Ne8
17.Qd2 Qe7 18.Bb1 Bc6 19.Nd3 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 a5 21.Bf4 Be5 22.Bg3 Bxg3 23.Nxg3 Rd8
24.f4 Nf6 25.Rde1 h5 26.Qc2 Rde8 27.e5 dxe5 28.Rxe5 Qd6 29.Rd1 Qc7 30.Rde1 h4
31.Nf1 Ng4 32.Rxe8 Rxe8 33.Rxe8+ Bxe8 34.h3 Nf6 35.Qf2 Nh5 36.f5 Qe7 37.Ne3 Qe5
38.Ng4 Qa1 39.Qe1 Qd4+ 40.Kh1 Kf8 41.fxg6 fxg6 42.Qf2+ Qxf2 43.Nxf2 Ng3+
44.Kh2 Ke7 45.Nd3 Kd6 46.Ne1 Ne2 47.Nf3 Nc3 48.Bc2 Nxa2 49.Nxh4 Nc1 50.Nf3 a4
51.bxa4 b3 52.Bb1 Ne2 53.Nd2 Nc3 54.Bd3 b2 55.a5 g5 56.g3 Kc7 57.g4 Kb7 58.Kg3 Ka6
59.Nb3 Ne2+ 60.Kf2 Nf4 61.Bb1 Bg6 62.Nxc5+ Kxa5 63.Ne4 Bxe4 64.Bxe4 Kb4 65.h4 Kxc4
66.Ke3 Nd5+ 67.Kf3 gxh4 68.g5 Kd4 69.g6 Nf6 70.Bb1 Ke5 71.Kg2 Kf4 72.Kh3 Kg5
73.g7 Ng8 74.Bc2 Ne7 75.Bb1 Kh5 76.Bc2 Kh6 77.Kxh4 Kxg7 78.Kg5 Nd5 79.Bb1 Nc3
80.Bc2 Ne2 81.Bb1 Nc3 82.Bc2 Nb5 83.Bb1 Na3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lord John Cup"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Quinteros, Miguel A"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.c4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 Nc6 5.Be3 e5 6.d5 Nd4 7.Nge2 Nxe2 8.Bxe2 Nf6
9.c5 O-O 10.cxd6 cxd6 11.O-O Ne8 12.Qb3 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.f4 Kh8 15.Rad1 Rg8
16.Kh1 Nf6 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.d6 f4 19.Bf2 Qe8 20.Bc4 Rf8 21.Nb5 Bd7 22.Nc7 Qg6
23.Nxa8 Bc6 24.Qh3 Rxa8 25.d7 Rd8 26.Be6 b6 27.Bh4 Bf8 28.Bf5 Bxg2+ 29.Qxg2 Qxf5
30.Rg1 Bh6 31.Rd6 f3 32.Bxf6+ Qxf6 33.Qg8+ Rxg8 34.Rxg8+  1-0

[Event "Lord John Cup"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Law, Andrew P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.Bf4 c5 5.c3 Qb6 6.Qb3 cxd4 7.Qxb6 axb6 8.Nxd4 f6
9.Nb5 Na6 10.f3 Nec5 11.N1a3 e5 12.Bg3 Be7 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nc4 Be6 15.Nxb6 Rd8
16.b4 Nd3+ 17.Bxd3 exd3 18.Kd2 O-O 19.a3 Nb8 20.Nc7 Bf7 21.c4 Nd7 22.Nbd5 Bd6
23.c5 Bxc7 24.Nxc7 b6 25.Bf2 bxc5 26.bxc5 Rc8 27.Na6 Bc4 28.Nb4 Nxc5 29.Bxc5 Rxc5
30.Rhc1 Rcc8 31.a4 f5 32.Rc3 e4 33.Rac1 Be6 34.Rxc8 Bxc8 35.a5 exf3 36.gxf3 Bb7
37.f4 Be4 38.Ra1 h6 39.a6 g5 40.a7 gxf4 41.Nxd3 Rd8 42.Ra3 Kf7 43.Ke1 f3
44.Ne5+ Ke6 45.Nxf3 Kd7 46.Nd4 Ra8 47.Kf2 Kc7 48.Ke3 Kb6 49.Kf4 Rxa7 50.Rxa7 Kxa7
51.Nxf5 Bb1 52.Nxh6 Kb7 53.Ke5 Kc7 54.Ke6 Kd8 55.Kf7 Bc2 56.h4 Bd1 57.Nf5 Bh5+
58.Kf6 Bd1 59.Ne3 Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lord John Cup"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.g3 Bg4 8.Bg2 e6
9.c3 Bd6 10.Qb3 Qb6 11.Nd2 Qxb3 12.axb3 Bf5 13.O-O O-O 14.Re1 Rfd8 15.b4 a6
16.Nb3 Nd5 17.Nc5 Ra7 18.Bd2 Rda8 19.c4 Ne7 20.Ne4 Bc7 21.Be3 b6 22.Nc3 Bd3
23.b3 Bc2 24.Bg5 Bd8 25.Bxe7 Bxe7 26.Rec1 Bxb3 27.Bxc6 Bg5 28.f4 Bf6 29.Ne2 Rc8
30.b5 Rd8 31.Ra3 Rxd4 32.Rxb3 Rd2 33.Kf1 axb5 34.Rxb5 Raa2 35.Rxb6 g5 36.Bf3 Ra3
37.Kg2  1-0

[Event "Lord John Cup"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lambert, Glenn EJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Nbd2 d6 6.h3 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.Bc4 a6
9.a4 cxd4 10.exd4 e5 11.Be3 e4 12.Nh2 d5 13.Ba2 Be6 14.O-O Ne7 15.Nb3 Nd7
16.Qd2 Nf5 17.Bf4 Qe7 18.f3 Nd6 19.Na5 Rfc8 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.fxe4 dxe4 22.Nxb7 Qb6
23.Bxe6 Qxe6 24.Qf2 Qd5 25.Nc5 Nxc5 26.dxc5 Qxc5 27.Qxc5 Rxc5 28.Rad1 f5
29.g4 Rb8 30.Rf2 Be5 31.Nf1 f4 32.Re2 f3 33.Red2 Bc7 34.Ne3 Bb6 35.Kf1 h5
36.Rd6 Rg5 37.h4 Bxe3 38.hxg5 hxg4 39.Rxg6+ Kf7 40.Rdd6 Re8 41.Rdf6+ Ke7  1-0

[Event "Lord John Cup"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Qe2 Bg4 7.e5 Ne8 8.Bg5 Nc6
9.O-O-O Qc8 10.Nd5 Qd7 11.Rhe1 Kh8 12.Ne3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 f6 14.e6 Qd8 15.Bf4 f5
16.c3 Na5 17.h4 Nf6 18.Bd3 b5 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Qxd5 c6 21.Qf3 Nc4 22.h5 g5
23.h6 Bf6 24.Bd2 Rg8 25.Qxf5 Rg6 26.Qf3 Qa5 27.Kb1 Nxd2+ 28.Rxd2 Rxh6 29.Qxc6 Rb8
30.b4 Qb6 31.Qxb6 Rxb6 32.Be4 Bg7 33.Bd5 Rf6 34.g4 Rf4 35.f3 h5 36.gxh5 Rh4
37.Ree2 Rxh5 38.Rh2 Rh4 39.f4 Kh7 40.fxg5 Rxh2 41.Rxh2+ Kg6 42.Rf2 Kxg5 43.Rf7 Bf6
44.Rf8 Kf5 45.Kc2 a6 46.Kb3 Kg5 47.a4 bxa4+ 48.Kxa4 Bg7 49.Rg8 Kh6 50.Rc8 Kg6
51.Bc6  1-0

[Event "Lord John Cup"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Blackstock, Lesly SF"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.Bg5 Bb7 4.Nbd2 c5 5.e3 e6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O h6 8.Bh4 O-O
9.c3 cxd4 10.exd4 d6 11.Qe2 a6 12.Rad1 Nbd7 13.Bb1 b5 14.Ne1 Nd5 15.Qe4 g6
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Qg4 Kg7 18.Qg3 N7f6 19.Qh4 Rac8 20.Nd3 Nh5 21.Qxe7 Nxe7 22.f3 Nd5
23.Rde1 Nhf4 24.Nf2 Rfd8 25.g3 Nh5 26.Nd3 Nhf6 27.Kf2 Rc7 28.g4 Nb6 29.Kg3 Nc4
30.Rf2 Nxd2 31.Rxd2 a5 32.h4 Nd5 33.h5 gxh5 34.gxh5 Rg8 35.Rg2 Kf6+ 36.Kf2 Rxg2+
37.Kxg2 Rc8 38.Kf2 Rg8 39.Rh1 Rg5 40.Rh4 Ke7 41.Bc2 Nf6 42.Nf4 Bc6 43.a3 e5
44.dxe5 dxe5 45.Ng2 Nd5 46.Be4 f5 47.Bxd5 Bxd5 48.a4 f4 49.axb5 Kd6 50.Rh1 Kc5
51.Rd1 Rxh5 52.b4+ axb4 53.cxb4+ Kd6 54.b6 Rg5 55.Nh4 Ke6 56.Ra1 Rg8 57.Ra7 Kf6
58.Rd7 Bc4 59.Rc7 Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lord John Cup"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stean, Michael"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.Be3 Nc6 6.Bb5 a6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.h3 Bd7
9.Qd2 Qb8 10.Rb1 Nf6 11.Bh6 O-O 12.O-O Qb7 13.Rfe1 Rae8 14.e5 Nd5 15.Ne2 f6
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.c4 Nb6 18.b3 fxe5 19.dxe5 Rxf3 20.gxf3 Bxh3 21.Rbd1 Qc8 22.Qc3 Kg8
23.Nf4 Qf5 24.Nxh3 Qxh3 25.exd6 cxd6 26.Rxd6 Nd7 27.Rde6 Kf7 28.Qe3 Nf8 29.Rxe7+ Rxe7
30.Qxe7+ Kg8 31.Qf6  1-0

[Event "Lord John Cup"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nc3 c6 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 Qc7 8.e5 dxe5
9.Nxe5 Be6 10.Bf4 Qc8 11.Na4 Nbd7 12.c4 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 b6 14.Nc3 Rd8 15.Qa4 Qd7
16.Rad1 Bg4 17.Qc2 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Rac8 19.h3 e6 20.Qf3 Qe7 21.d5 cxd5 22.cxd5 exd5
23.Bd4 Qd6 24.Nb5 Qd7 25.Bxf6 Bxf6 26.Qxf6 Qxb5 27.Re7 Rf8 28.Rxa7 Rc2 29.b3 Qe2
30.Ra1 Qe6 31.Qd4 Re8 32.Rd1 Qc6 33.Qf4 Qe6 34.h4 h5 35.g3 Kg7 36.Rd3 Re7
37.Qd4+ Kh7 38.Rxe7 Qxe7 39.Re3 Qd7 40.a4 Rc6 41.Re5 Rd6 42.Kg2 f6 43.Re1 Kg7
44.Ra1 Qe7 45.Rd1 Qe5 46.b4 Kf7 47.a5 Qxd4 48.Rxd4 bxa5 49.bxa5 Ke6 50.Ra4 Ra6
51.f4 Kf5 52.Kf3 d4 53.Ra3 d3 54.Rxd3 Rxa5 55.Rb3 Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lord John Cup"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "D32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 d5 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd6
9.O-O O-O 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.b3 Re8 12.Bb2 Bc7 13.Bf3 Qd6 14.g3  1/2-1/2
