[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "F. M. Malkin"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "7 days of Kotov's life"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "F. M. Malkin"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "Tula"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rudakov"]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q1rk1/pp2ppbp/6p1/5b2/3p1Q2/1P1P1NP1/P1r1PPBP/R2K3R b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1929.??.??"]

1... Qa5 2. Kxc2 Qc3+ 3. Kb1 Bxd3+ 4. exd3 Qxd3+ 5. Kb2 Qc3+ 6. Ka3 Qc5+ 7. b4
Qc3+ 8. Ka4 b5+ 9. Kxb5 9... e5 {#} 10. Qc1 Rb8+ 11. Ka6 Qxb4 12. Qc7 Qa4+ 13.
Qa5 Qc6+ 0-1

[Event "Tula"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Lissenkov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A93"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 d5 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. Rc1 Qe8 11. Ne5 Qh5 12. Ndf3 Ndf6 13. a3 Ng4 14. h3 Nh6
15. b4 g5 16. b5 {#} 16... cxb5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qd3 Be6 19. Qxb5 Nd6 20. Qb3
g4 21. hxg4 Nxg4 22. Nxg4 fxg4 23. Ne5 Rf6 24. Rfd1 Raf8 25. Nd3 Rh6 $6 (25...
Ne4 26. Nf4 Rxf4 27. gxf4 Rxf4) 26. Nf4 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Rxf4 28. gxf4 Qxf4 29. Qg3
Qf8 30. Qe5 Nf7 31. Qe3 Nd6 32. Rc7 Nf5 33. Qb3 Bd6 34. Rxb7 Ng3+ $2 (34... g3
35. Bxd5 Ne3+ 36. Qxe3 Bxd5) 35. Ke1 Ne4 36. Bxe4 dxe4 37. d5 Rh1+ 38. Kd2 Qf4+
39. Qe3 Rxd1+ 40. Kxd1 Qxe3 41. fxe3 Bf5 42. Ke1 Kf8 43. Rxa7 h5 44. Ra6 Ke7
45. Bf6+ Kd7 46. Kf2 g3+ 47. Kg2 Bg4 48. Bh4 Bc5 49. Bg5 Bxe2 50. Ra4 Bf3+ 51.
Kxg3 Kd6 52. Ra5 Bb6 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Bogatyrev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Qd2 Qc7 8. Nge2
e5 9. g4 Nbd7 10. h4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Be2 Be6 13. g5 Nh5 14. f4 Ng3 15.
O-O-O {#} 15... Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Bg4 17. Qf1 Bxd1 18. Kxd1 Qd7 19. h5 Rfd8 20. f5
Ng4 21. Bg1 c5 $2 22. Nde2 gxf5 23. exf5 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Re8 25. Qf4 Ne5 26. Rh3
d5 27. cxd5 Rac8 28. Re3 Nc6 29. h6 Rxe3 30. Bxe3 Ne7 31. d6 Nxf5 32. Ne4 Nxe3+
33. Qxe3 Qa4+ 34. b3 Qd4+ 35. Qxd4 cxd4 36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. d7 Rd8 38. Kd2 b5 39.
b4 a5 40. bxa5 b4 41. a6 Ra8 42. a7 Rd8 43. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Freiman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

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 $2 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"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.04.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1939.??.??"]

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 {#} 22... 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 "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Jaroshevsky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1941.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bg5 Ne7 {#} 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxf5 Nxf5 12. Qd3 Ne7 $2 13. Bxf6 gxf6
14. Nh4 Qd7 15. f4 Qg4 16. Rf3 Kh8 17. Rg3 Qh5 18. Rh3 Rg8 19. Ne2 Ng6 20. Ng3
Qg4 21. Qf5 Qxf5 22. Nhxf5 Be7 23. Nh5 Rge8 24. Nh6 Nf8 25. Nxf7+ Kg8 26. Nh6+
Kh8 27. Rg3 Ng6 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stanishev"]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4rrk1/p5b1/1p1p1np1/n1pP1q1p/2P1pP2/1PN1B1PP/P2QN1K1/4RR2 w - - 0 24"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1941.??.??"]

24. Nb5 Qd7 25. f5 gxf5 26. Nf4 a6 27. Nc3 Rf7 28. Ne6 Nh7 29. Ne2 Be5 30. N2f4
Bxf4 31. Rxf4 Nc6 32. Qe2 Rxe6 33. dxe6 Qxe6 34. Qxh5 Ne5 35. Ref1 Nf3 36. g4
$2 Nf6 37. Qh6 Rh7 38. gxf5 Qe5 39. Rxe4 Qh2+ 40. Kxf3 Rxh6 0-1

[Event "Moscow ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Smyslov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E29"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

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 "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Boleslavsky, I."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3b4/r4pk1/3p4/3Bp1P1/1pP3K1/1P3R2/r4P2/6R1 w - - 0 44"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

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"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Panov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]
[Source "Franco Pezzi"]
[SourceDate "2001.??.??"]

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 {#} 23... 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 "USA-URS radio m"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kashdan, I."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]

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 "Groningen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]

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 "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Euwe, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]
[Source "Brandi & Pezzi"]
[SourceDate "2001.??.??"]

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 $2 {#} 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 "Ch URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Ragozin, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

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 "Ch URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Levenfish, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

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 1-0

[Event "Moscow URS ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Bronstein, D."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

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 "Amsterdam ol"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aloni"]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/3q1b1p/1Rp3p1/3pPp2/3Q1P2/7P/2B3P1/6K1 w - - 0 39"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

39. Qc5 Rc8 40. Bd3 Be8 41. Ba6 Rc7 42. Rb8 Kf7 43. Qb6 Kf8 44. e6 Qe7 45. Qb2
Kg8 46. Qe5 h6 47. Rxe8+ Qxe8 48. Qxc7 Qxe6 49. Qc8+ Kf7 50. Qxe6+ Kxe6 51. h4
*

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden (Sweden)"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Eliskases, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

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 {#} 47... Rf2 48. Ke6 Re2+ 49. Kf5 g4 50. Kg6 Rf2
51. f7+ Kf8 52. Rb8+ Ke7 53. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden (Sweden)"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Barcza, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

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 {#} 29... Nc8 30. h6 Ne7 31. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Y."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

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 {#} 30... 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. Qf8+
Rg8 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Y."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r4nk/1p2b2p/3p1r2/p1pPp3/2P1Pp2/5P1q/PP1QNBRK/5R2 w - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Selected games"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Alexander Kotov"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r4nk/1p2b2p/3p1r2/p1pPp3/2P1Pp2/5P1q/PP1QNBRK/5R2 w - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "URS sf"]
[Site "Erevan"]
[Date "1954.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurgenidze, B."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

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 "Venice"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Letelier, R."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A83"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

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 "Ch URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ravinsky"]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qxc4 c5 6. Bg2 Bc6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
O-O Ngf6 9. Nc3 {#} 9... b5 10. Qd3 Qb6 11. e4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qd3 b4 14.
e5 Ng4 15. Na4 Bxf2+ 16. Kh1 Qb5 17. Qd2 Bxf3 18. Rd1 Bxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Qxa4 20.
Qe2 h5 21. Qe4 Rc8 1-0

[Event "Budapest-Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Szily, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

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 Nec5 17. Rad1 Bc8 18. Qf3 Rb8 19. Nxb4 Rb7 20. Nc6
Qf8 21. Rd6 Rxb5 22. axb5 Nb7 23. R6d2 1-0

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden (Sweden)"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Wade , R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. e4 g6 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bh4 Bg7 7. c5 {#} 7... 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 "URS sf"]
[Site "Erevan"]
[Date "1954.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Bastrikov, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

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 "Hjoncheping"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Enevoldsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

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 Rad8 25. Bd2 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Bonch-Osmolovsky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1941.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
O-O 9. a3 Be7 {#} 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 d6 12. Nd4 Nbd7 13. Nf5 Re8 14. Bf4 g6
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qd2 Nxd5 17. Rfe1 Qf6 18. Bg5 Qg7 19. Be4 Rxe4 20. Nxe4 Qe5
21. Nf6+ N5xf6 22. Rxe5 dxe5 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Qd6 Ne4 25. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Ch URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tolush, A."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1939.??.??"]

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 "Moscow Chigorine mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Tsvetkov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

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 {#} 25... 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 "Stockholm izt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Matanovic, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

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 {#} 12... 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 (40... Rbg7 41. Rd1 a2 42. e7 a1=Q 43. e8=Q Qaa2 44. Rd8
Qab3 45. Qa8 Q2a2 46. Rxg8+ {#}) 41. Rxg8+ Kxg8 42. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Yudovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1940.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Rc1 Rd8 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Qc2 h6 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. f4 Nxe5 $2 {#} 14.
fxe5 Bd7 15. O-O Be8 16. c5 b6 17. Qe2 Rab8 18. Bb1 bxc5 19. Rxc5 Qb7 20. Qc2
g6 21. b3 Qe7 22. Qe2 Rb5 23. Rcc1 a5 24. Bd3 Rb4 25. Rf6 {#} 25... a4 26. bxa4
Rxa4 27. h4 h5 28. g4 Qa3 29. Rd1 Qxa2 30. Rd2 Qa1+ 31. Rf1 Qc3 32. gxh5 Ra1
33. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 34. Rd1 Qc3 35. hxg6 Ra8 36. h5 c5 37. g7 {#} 37... c4 38. h6
cxd3 39. Qh5 Ba4 40. Rf1 Qc7 41. h7+ Kxg7 42. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow URS ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Ragozin, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

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 $2 {#} 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 {#}
27... 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 "Ch URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronin, L."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

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 {#} 18... 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+ 1-0

[Event "Stockolm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Burehell"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A69"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. e6 {#} 12... fxe6 13. O-O exd5 14.
Nxd5 Be6 15. Bc4 Nc6 16. Bg5 Nf6 17. Ne5 Bxd5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxd5+ Qxd5 20.
Bxd5+ Kg7 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Bxc6 Bxb2 23. Rab1 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 {#} 24... Rab8 25.
Bxe8 Rxe8 26. Rb7+ Kh6 27. Rxa7 Re2 28. g3 Kg5 29. Rxh7 Rxa2 30. Rf4 Ra1+ 31.
Kg2 Ra2+ 32. Kf1 Ra1+ 33. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Stockolm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Horberg"]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd1 Nb6 11. Bb5 Na5 12. Qe2 c6 13. Bd3 d5 14. Rad1 e5
{#} 15. exd5 exd4 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Bb5 Qc7 18. Bxc6 dxc3 19. Be4 cxb2 20. Bd4
b1=Q 0-1

[Event "Garga"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Qe2 d5 10. a3 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 {#} 13... Nxg4 14. Qxg4
f5 15. exf5 exf5 16. Qa4 Be8 17. Nhf3 Na5 {#} 0-1

[Event "Riga URS ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Suetin, A."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

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 {#} 28... 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 "Ch URS Leningrad"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Yudovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1939.??.??"]

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 {#} 10... gxf6 (10... Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 Qxc4+ 12.
Kg1 O-O 13. Qg4 g6 14. Qf4 Nd7 15. e5 Nxf6 16. exf6 Kh8 {#} 17. Rc1 17... Qd5
18. Qh6 Rg8 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. Ng5 Qxh6 21. Nxf7# {Simagin}) 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 "Budapest ct"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Keres, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 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 {#} 16... gxh4 17. Nxg6 Re8 18. Nh8 Re7 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. f4 Nxc4
21. f5 exf5 22. O-O {#} 22... Bc8 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Ke8 25. Rxf7 Kd7 26.
Qf5+ Kc6 27. Qf6+ Kd7 28. e6+ Kc6 29. Rxe7 Qxh8 30. Rxc7+ {#} 30... Kb5 31. Qe7
a5 32. Qd7+ Ka6 33. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Parnu"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Tolush, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]
[Source "Franco Pezzi"]
[SourceDate "2000.??.??"]

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 $2 {#
} 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 "Venice"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Donner, J."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

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 {#} 19... Na2 20.
Rxa2 Qxa2 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bd3 hxg5 23. Qxg5 Qd2 24. f4 Bc6 25. Qg3 g6 0-1

[Event "Saltsjöbaden izt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Tartakower, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

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 Nge7 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 Rh4 26. Qc2 Kg7 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 "Stockholm izt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Gligoric, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E64"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

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 {#} 13... 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 {#} 27... 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 {#} 51...
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 "Venice"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Golombek, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

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 $2 {#}
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 "Zuerich ct"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Geller, E."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

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 {#} 21... 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 "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Yudovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1941.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Rd1
Be7 9. dxc5 Qc7 10. a3 Bxc5 11. b4 Bd6 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Bb2 e5 14. Ng5 Bf5 15.
Rac1 h6 16. Ngf3 e4 {#} 17. Bxf6 exf3 18. Qxf3 Bg6 19. Qg4 Kh7 20. Ne4 Bxh2+
21. Kh1 Rae8 22. Bd3 Be5 {#} 23. Ng5+ hxg5 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Rd7
Rxf6 27. Rxc7 Bxc7 28. Qd7 Re7 29. Qc8+ Bd8 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Qxd8+ Kf7 32.
Qd5+ Kf6 33. Kh2 Rce6 34. Qf3+ Ke5 35. Kg3 Kd6 36. Qd1+ Kc7 37. Kg4 Rd6 38.
Qc2+ Rc6 39. Qb2 Rd7 40. Kxg5 Rf6 41. e4 Kd8 42. a4 Rfd6 43. Qc3 Rd2 44. Qe3
R2d4 45. e5 Rxb4 46. a5 Ke8 47. Qc5 {#} 47... Rb5 48. Qc8+ Ke7 49. f4 Rxa5 50.
Kxg6 Rad5 51. Kxg7 a5 52. f5 1-0

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stahlberg , G."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

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 {#} 13... 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 {#} 40... 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 "Groningen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Guimard , C."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]

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 $2
{#} 39... 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 "Moscow URS ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Bronstein, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]

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 Be6 28. Qe2 Rh8 29. h3 Ne3 30. b4 Qe5 31. Rae1 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Aramanovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Rc1 {#} 8... 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 (28... Rxe5 29. e4 c4 30. Rc7) 29. Rc7 Rxb2
30. Rcxc8 Rb6 31. Rc7 Rxe5 32. e4 c4 33. Kf4 Rc5 34. f3 Rb1 35. Rgg7 {#} 35...
Re1 36. g4 hxg4 37. fxg4 Rf1+ 38. Ke3 c3 39. Rh7+ Kg6 40. Rcg7+ Kf6 41. Rf7+
1-0

[Event "Stockholm izt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Unzicker, W."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

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 {#} 26... Nh7
27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Bxh6+ Kg8 29. Rg4+ Rg6 30. e6 1-0

[Event "Ch URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Makogonov , V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1939.??.??"]

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 {#} 13... 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. Nbc4 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 $2 {#} 40... 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 "Ch URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Lisitsin, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E26"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1939.??.??"]

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 {#} 12... e5 13. Bg5 Rfe8 14.
Rae1 Rab8 15. Nh4 b5 16. Qc1 bxc4 17. Bxc4 exd4 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nf5 {#} 19...
Re5 20. Nxd6 Qxc3 21. Qf4 d3 22. Re3 Bc2 23. Nxf7 Ree8 24. e5 Qd4 25. Qg5 {#}
25... 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 sf"]
[Site "Erevan"]
[Date "1954.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Khalilbeili, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E57"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

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 "Moscow Chigorine mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Gligoric, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

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 {#} 12... 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 {#} 37... Qa5 38. Be4
Rf7 39. d5 exd5 40. Qh5 Re7 41. Rxd5 Rxd5 42. Bxd5 Qa6 1-0

[Event "URS-USA"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Steiner, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

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
{#} 33... Rdf7 34. Rg6 Qe7 35. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Bondarevsky, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nd2 O-O 7. Nh3 Nc6 8. Nf3 c4
9. Nf2 cxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. c3 Ng4 12. O-O Rb8 13. Bd2 b5 14. Nd1 Rd8 15. h3
Nf6 16. Ne3 e6 {#} 17. Nd4 d5 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. e5 Nd7 20. Nc2 Nc5 21. Nd4 Qb6
22. Qe3 Bb7 23. Be1 Ne4 24. g4 f5 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Kh2 Re8 27. Rg1 Bc8 28.
Bxe4 dxe4 29. Rxg7+ $2 (29. Bh4 Rb7 30. Bf6 Rf8 31. Bxg7 Rxg7 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7
33. Rg1+ Kf7 34. Qg3) 29... Kxg7 30. Bh4 Kf7 $2 (30... Rg8) 31. Qe2 Rg8 32.
Qh5+ Rg6 33. Rg1 {#} 33... Kf8 34. Rxg6 hxg6 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Bf6 Qc5 37. Qg7+
Ke8 38. Qxg6+ Kf8 39. b4 1-0

[Event "Moscow, sf 13th ch URS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Lisitsin, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E29"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]

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 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nd7 12. Bb2 b6 13. f4 Bb7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15.
Rf3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bb1 $2 f5 18. Qxd4 Nf6 19. Re1 $2 fxe4 $2 (19... Qe7
) 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qc7 22. Rg3 Qc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Re7 {#} 24... 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 {#} 34... Rf3 35. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Stockholm izt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stoltz, G."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

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 {#} 11... 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 "Stockholm izt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Golombek, H."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A24"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

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 "Match Moscow-Ukraine, Kiev"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Poliak, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A82"]
[Annotator "Iv. Josifov"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 e3 5. Bxe3 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Qd2 b6 8. Nh3
Ba6 9. O-O-O Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nc6 11. Nf4 Nb4 {#} (11... O-O 12. d5 Nb4 13. Qc4
Nbxd5 14. Nfxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qxd5+ Kh8 17. Qxd7) 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Kb1
Qc8 14. a3 Nbd5 15. Ncxd5 exd5 16. g4 Qb7 17. h4 b5 18. Qd3 Ne8 $2 (18... Bd6)
19. h5 Rf6 (19... Bg5 20. h6 Bxh6 (20... Bxf4 21. hxg7 Nxg7 22. Qxh7+ $18) (
20... gxh6 21. Ne6 dxe6 22. Bxg5 $40) (20... Rxf4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. hxg7 Nxg7 (
22... Nf6 23. Qf5) 23. Qxh7+ Kf7 24. Rh5 $18) 21. g5 Bxg5 22. Qxh7+ Kf7 23.
Qg6+ $18) 20. g5 Rd6 (20... Rf8 21. h6 g6 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Qh5
$18) 21. Qf5 b4 22. axb4 a5 23. g6 Nf6 24. h6 $1 {#} 24... hxg6 25. Qxg6 Bf8 (
25... Ne8 26. h7+ Kh8 27. Qxd6 cxd6 28. Ng6#) 26. h7+ (26. Rdg1 Ne8 27. h7+ Kh8
28. Qxd6 $18) 26... Nxh7 (26... Kh8 27. Qf7 Nxh7 28. Rxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rh1+ Rh6
30. Rxh6+ Kxh6 31. Qg6#) 27. Qxh7+ Kf7 28. Qf5+ Kg8 29. Ng6 Rf6 30. Rh8+ Kf7
31. Ne5+ Ke8 32. Qxd7# 1-0

[Event "ENG-URS"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Crown, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

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 {#} 34... bxc5 35. Rg8+ Ke7 36. Qxc5+ Kd7 37. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neistadt, Y."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nce7 8. Qd2
h6 {#} 9. Ng1 Bxe2 10. Ngxe2 f5 11. f3 Nf6 12. O-O-O fxe4 13. fxe4 Ng4 14. Bg1
O-O 15. Ng3 Qd7 16. h3 Nf6 17. Be3 Kh7 18. Qd3 a6 19. Kb1 b5 {#} 20. Nf1 b4 21.
Ne2 c6 22. c4 bxc3 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. Nxc3 Rab8 25. Ng3 Rb4 26. Rd2 Rfb8 27. Rc1
Qb7 28. Rcc2 d5 29. exd5 e4 {#} 30. Qe2 Nexd5 31. Nd1 Nd7 32. Rc4 Rxc4 33. Qxc4
Nxe3 34. Nxe3 Bxb2 35. Qb3 Bg7 36. Rxd7 Qxd7 37. Qxb8 Qd3+ 38. Kc1 Qxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rossolimo, N."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

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 {#} 46... 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 {#} 60... Be7 61. Rf7 Nd3 62. Qa1 Qc2 63. Nc5 Bxc5 64. dxc5 Rh7
65. Rf3 Rxh3 66. Rxd3 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Moscow URS ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Keres, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 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 $2 {#} 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 "Moscow URS ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lilienthal, A."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

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 $2 Nxb2 26. Qxa7 Nd3
27. Rd1 Rd7 {#} 0-1

[Event "City ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lilienthal, A."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]

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 $2 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 "Zurich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.08.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Szabo, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

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 {#} 25... 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 "Ch URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Spassky , B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

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 {#} 20... 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 "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Kalmanok"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Bc4 c6 9. Qd2 9... b6 10. Qh6 {#} 10... Bf8 11. Qf4 Bb7 12. O-O-O h5 13. Kb1
Be7 14. Qg3 Nf8 15. Rhe1 f5 16. d5 cxd5 17. Bb5+ Nd7 18. Ne5 Qc7 {#} 19. Bxd7+
Kd8 20. Qg7 Rf8 21. Ng5 Qc5 22. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Moscow-Prague"]
[Site "Moscow-Prague"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Kottnauer, C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]

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 {#} 16... 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 "Groningen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "O'Kelly, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]

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 {#} 18... 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 "Moscow URS ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Flohr, S."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A98"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

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 $2 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-ch13 Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Lilienthal, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

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-ch25 Riga"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, A."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
[Source "Franco Pezzi"]
[SourceDate "2000.??.??"]

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 "Leningrad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronin, L."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3
c6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qd2 Nh5 12. g4 Nf4 {#} 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Qxf4
Nb6 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. b3 f5 18. gxf5 Rxf5 19. Qe3 Bd4 20. Qh6 Qc7
21. Nf3 Rh5 22. Nxd4 Bxh3 {#} 23. Ndb5 cxb5 24. Nxb5 Qc8 25. Qe3 Bxg2 26. Kxg2
Qg4+ 27. Qg3 Qe4+ 28. f3 Qxe2+ 29. Qf2 Qe5 30. Rh1 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow URS ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Levenfish, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

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 {#} 13... 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 {#} 28... 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 Rd8 1-0

[Event "Budapest-Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Gereben, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

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 {#} 20... 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 "Moscow URS ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Furman, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

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+ {#} 15... 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 {#} 31... 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 "Amsterdam"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Arnlaugsson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E26"]
[PlyCount "211"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

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 {#} 20... 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 {#} 61... 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
$3 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 "Moscow Chi mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Plater, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E28"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

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 {#} 16... 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. Kg3 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 $2
{#} 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 "Moscow URS ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bondarevsky, I."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

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 {#} 15... 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 "Stockolm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lundin"]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 f5 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. b3 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ba3 Rf7 11. Qc2 e4 12. Ng5 Rd7 13. c5 {#} 13... Nc6 14. Bc4+
Kh8 15. Rad1 Ne5 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nd4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Rd5 19. Ne2 c6 20. Nc3 h6 21.
Nh3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 g5 23. Rd6 Ng4 24. Bb2 Ne5 25. Qe2 Nd3 26. Na4 Nxb2 27. Nxb2
f4 28. Nc4 f3 29. Qd1 Bxh3 30. gxh3 {#} 30... Qf8 31. Re6 Qxc5 32. Qd7 Rf8 33.
Rg6 Rg8 34. Nd2 Kh7 35. Rd6 Rf8 36. Nxe4 Qc2 37. Ng3 Qxa2 38. e4 Qb1+ 39. Rd1
Qxb3 40. e5 Rf7 41. Qd4 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Moscow URS ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bronstein, D."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

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 {#} 19... 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 "Leningrad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ravinsky"]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 Nh5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. Nc3 g5
9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Qa5 11. Nd2 cxd4 12. Nb3 Qe5 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Nf3 Qa5 15.
Rc1 O-O 16. Bd3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. O-O Bd7 19. b3 Bc6 20. Bb1 e6 21. Qd3 f5
22. g4 fxg4 23. Ne2 {#} 23... Kf7 24. Ng3 Ke7 25. Qe2 h5 26. Nxh5 Rh8 27. Qxg4
Rxh5 28. Qxh5 Rh8 29. Bh7 Be4 {#} 30. f4 Qb2 31. Qxg5+ Bf6 32. Qxf6+ Kxf6 33.
Bxe4 Qxa2 {White resigned on 55 move} 0-1

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.08.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Keres, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

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 {#}
25... 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 "Pjarnu"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1947.07.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Boleslavsky, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D75"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

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 Rcxf6 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 "Tournament (candidates)"]
[Site "Budapest (Hungary)"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stahlberg , G."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 $2 Bg4 7. Be2 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 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Budapest-Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Szabo, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

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 {#}
26... 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 "USA-URS radio m"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Kashdan, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]

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 "Moscow Chigorine mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Novotelnov, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

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 {#} 33... 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 "Budapest-Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Barcza, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

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 {#} 15... 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 {#} 31... 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 "?"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Florian, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

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 {#} 31... Nxd4 32. Rxd4
Rb8 33. Rb1 Nd3 34. Rb3 Rc7 35. Rbxd3 Bxd3 36. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Chi mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Sokolsky, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A99"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

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 "Moscow-Prague"]
[Site "Moscow-Prague"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Opocensky, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]

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 {#}
14... 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 {#} 54... Rbb8 55. Re7+ Kf8 56. f6 gxf6 57. gxf6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Chigorine mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, V."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

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 {#} 44... 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 "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Secrets of chess thinking"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "A. Kotov"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1brr2k1/1b3pp1/pp2pqnp/4N2Q/3P4/1B4R1/PP1B1PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "8"]

1. Bxh6 (1. Nxg6 Bxg3 2. hxg3 fxg6 3. Rxe6 gxh5 4. Rxf6+ Kh7 $19) (1. Ng4 Qf5 (
1... Qxd4 2. Nxh6+ gxh6 3. Rxg6+ (3. Rxe6 $1)) (1... Qh4 2. Nxh6+ Kf8 $1 3.
Qxh4 Nxh4 4. Nxf7 Kxf7 5. Bxe6+ Kf8 6. Rg4 Nxg2 7. Bb4+ Bd6 8. Bxd6+ Rxd6 9.
Bxc8 Nxe1 10. Bxb7) 2. Nxh6+ gxh6 3. Qxf5 exf5 4. Rxg6+ Kh7 5. Rxh6+ Kg7 6. Rh5
$18) (1. Bc3 Nf4 2. Qg4 h5 3. Qd1 h4) 1... gxh6 2. Qxh6 Bxe5 3. Rxe5 Qg7 4. Qe3
Bd5 *

[Event "Moscow Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Panov, V."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bqrbk1/1pp2n1p/6p1/3Pp3/1pP1Pp2/1N4PP/N1Q2PBK/1R3R2 w - - 0 22"]
[PlyCount "22"]

22. c5 Ng5 23. Rfd1 (23. Rfe1 f3 24. Bf1 (24. h4 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 fxg2) 24... Bxh3
25. Bxh3 Nxh3 26. Kxh3 Qg5 27. g4 Be7 28. Kg3 Qf4+ 29. Kh3 Qh6+ 30. Kg3 Bh4+
31. Kxf3 Rf8+ 32. Kg2 Rxf2+) 23... f3 24. h4 Nxe4 25. Bxf3 Rxa2 26. Qxa2 Nc3
27. Qd2 Qf6 28. Bg2 e4 29. Rbc1 Nxd1 30. Rxd1 Qc3 31. Qe3 Bf5 32. Kh1 Qxe3 *

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Flohr, S."]
[Black "Fine"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1r3k1/p4ppp/bpq1Nn2/4R3/1PBR4/2Q1PP2/6PP/6K1 w - - 0 24"]
[PlyCount "7"]

24. b5 (24. Nd8) 24... Bxb5 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 (25... Bxc4 26. Nf5 Qc7 (26... Kh8
27. Rxc4) (26... Qa4 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28. Rg4+ Kf8 29. Qxf6) 27. Rg4+ Kh8 28. Re8+
) 26. Rg4+ Kf8 (26... Kh6 27. Reg5) (26... Kh8 27. Rxb5 Rg8 28. Rxg8+ Kxg8 29.
Rg5+ Kh8 30. Rf5 Kg7 31. g4 $18) (26... Nxg4 27. Rg5+ Kf8 28. Qg7+ Ke7 29.
Qxf7+ Kd6 30. Qf4+ $18) 27. Qb4+ *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chigorin"]
[Black "Tarrasch"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3b1kn1/6p1/3q1p2/4pPP1/pP1pP1N1/3P1NQ1/1rr5/5RRK w - - 0 48"]
[PlyCount "47"]

48. Qh3 (48. gxf6 Bxf6 49. Qh3 a3 50. Nxf6 Qxf6 51. Rg6 a2 52. Rxf6+ gxf6)
48... a3 49. Qh8 fxg5 50. f6 Bxf6 51. Nxg5 a2 52. Nh7+ Kf7 53. Nhxf6 Nxf6 54.
Nh6+ Ke6 55. Rxf6+ gxf6 56. Qg8+ Kd7 57. Rg7+ Qe7 (57... Kc6 58. Qa8+) 58. Qd5+
Kc8 (58... Ke8 59. Rg8+ Qf8 60. Qf7+ Kd8 61. Rxf8#) 59. Qa8+ Kd7 60. Qb7+ Rc7
61. Rxe7+ Kxe7 62. Qxc7+ Ke6 63. Qc8+ Ke7 (63... Kd6 64. Nf5#) 64. Nf5+ Kf7 65.
Qd7+ Kg6 66. Qg7+ Kh5 67. Qh6+ Kg4 68. Qh4+ Kf3 69. Qg3+ Ke2 70. Qg2+ Kxd3 71.
Qxb2 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2b1k/4P1pp/8/ppq5/2p5/P1Q1R1P1/1B4KP/3r4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]

1. e8=Q Rxe8 (1... Rd2+ 2. Kf3 (2. Kf1 Qf5+) (2. Qxd2 Rxe8 3. Rxe8 Qc6+) (2.
Kh1 Rd1+) (2. Kh3 Qf5+ 3. g4 Qf1+ 4. Kh4 Rxh2+ 5. Kg5 Rc5+ 6. Qce5 Qf6#) 2...
Qf5#) 2. Qxg7+ Bxg7 3. Rxe8+ Qf8 4. Rxf8# *

[Event "18th USSR Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, I."]
[Black "Flohr, S."]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bd3 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Qxd4 9. Be3 Qd8 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Bc4 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Rhe1 Nxe4 14.
Rxe4 Nf6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rxe6+ Kf7 (16... Be7) 17. Rxf6+ gxf6 18. Qh5+ (18.
Re1 Qb5 (18... Rd8)) 18... Kg8 (18... Ke7 19. Re1+ Kd6 (19... Kd8 20. Qe8+ Kc7
21. Bf4+ Bd6 22. Re7#) (19... Kd7 20. Qf7+ Kd6 21. Bf4+ Kc5 22. Be3+) 20. Bf4+
Kd7 21. Qf7+ Kd8 22. Re8#) (18... Ke6 19. Re1+) (18... Kg7 19. Qg4+ (19. Bh6+
Kg8 20. Qg4+ Kf7 21. Rd7+ Be7 22. Qg7+) 19... Kf7 20. Qh5+) 19. Qg4+ Kf7 (19...
Bg7 20. Qe6+ (20. Bh6 Qc7 21. Rd7 $2 Qxd7 22. Qxd7 Bxh6+) 20... Kf8 21. Bf4 Rd8
22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Bd6+ Qxd6 24. Qxd6+ $18) 20. Qc4+ Kg6 (20... Ke8 21. Re1+ (
21. Qe6+ Be7) 21... Be7 (21... Kd8 22. Qd3+ Kc7 23. Bf4+ Kc8 24. Re8+) 22. Bb4
Qc7 23. Qc5) (20... Kg7 21. Be3 Qc7 (21... Qb5 22. Rd7+ Kg6 23. Qf7+ Kf5 24.
g4+ Ke4 (24... Ke5 25. Bf4+ Kxf4 26. Qxf6+ Qf5 27. Qxf5#) 25. Qxf6) 22. Qg4+
Kf7 23. Rd7+) 21. Qe4+ Kf7 22. Ba5 Qc5 (22... Bh6+ 23. Kb1 Rad8 (23... Rhd8 24.
Qxh7+ Bg7 25. Qh5+) 24. Qc4+ Kg7 25. Qg4+) 23. Rd7+ Be7 24. Bb4 Qg5+ 25. f4 *

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rossolimo, N."]
[Black "Nestler"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/2q2p1p/p1b2p2/1p1Np3/1P2P3/P2BB3/2P1Q1PP/6K1 b - - 0 23"]
[PlyCount "18"]

23... Qd6 (23... Bxd5) 24. Qh5 Rfe8 (24... f5 25. Bc5 Qe6 26. Qg5+ Kh8 (26...
Qg6 27. Ne7+) 27. Bxf8 Qg6 (27... Rxf8 28. Nf6) 28. Qxg6 hxg6 (28... fxg6 29.
Bd6 Re8 30. Ne7) 29. Bd6) (24... Kh8 25. Bc5 (25. Qh6 Rg8) 25... Qe6 26. Be7
Bxd5 (26... Rg8 27. Bxf6+ Rg7 28. Qg5 Rag8 29. Ne7 Qxe7 30. Bxg7+ Rxg7 31. Qxe7
) 27. exd5) (24... Rae8 25. Bc5 Qd8 (25... Qe6 26. Qh6 Bxd5 27. exd5) 26. Bxf8
Rxf8 (26... Bxd5 27. Qh6 Rxf8 28. exd5) 27. Qh6) (24... Bxd5 25. exd5 Rfe8 (
25... Rfd8 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Bc5) (25... Rfc8 26. Qh6) (25... f5 26. Bxf5 Rfc8
(26... h6 27. Bxh6 Qf6 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Bg5 Qg7 30. Bf6 (30. Qh4+) 30... Qxf6
31. Qh5+) 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. Qg4+) (25... e4 26. Bxe4 f5 27. Bxf5 h6 28. Qg4+
Kh8 29. Bd4+ f6 30. Qg6 Ra7 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Be6+ Raf7 33. Bxf6) 26. Qxh7+ Kf8
27. Bc5 $18) 25. Bc5 Qd8 26. Bb6 Qd6 27. Bc7 Qf8 28. Nxf6+ Kg7 29. Bd6 Qxd6 (
29... Re7 30. Bxe7 Qxe7 31. Qxh7+ Kxf6 32. Qh6#) 30. Qg5+ Kh8 (30... Kf8 31.
Nxh7#) 31. Qh6 Qxf6 32. Qxf6+ *

[Event "USSR TU Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, I."]
[Black "Ravinsky"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1k1r/p2q1Npp/1p6/4P3/3b2n1/BQ6/P4PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 20"]
[PlyCount "6"]

20... Ke8 (20... Bc5) 21. Nd6+ Kf8 22. e6 (22. Qf3+ Nf6 23. Rd1 $1 {wins} (23.
Re1 Bc5 24. exf6 Qxd6 25. fxg7+ Kxg7 26. Bb2+ Bd4 27. Bxd4+ Qxd4 28. Re7+ Kh6
29. Qh3+ Kg5 30. Qg3+ Kh5 (30... Kf5 $1 {draws}))) 22... Qe7 (22... Qc6 23. e7+
Kxe7 24. Qf7#) (22... Bxf2+ 23. Kh1) (22... Qxd6 23. Qf3+ Bf6 (23... Nf6 24.
Qb7) 24. Bxd6+ Rxd6 25. Re1 Rd4 (25... Nh6 26. e7+ Kf7 27. Qb3+ Ke8 28. Qb5+) (
25... h5 26. h3 Nh6 27. e7+) 26. h3 Nh6 27. e7+ Kf7 28. Qh5+) 23. Nf5 *

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Levenfish, G."]
[Black "Flohr, S."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2bk4/1p4p1/p1p2p1p/2N5/PPn2P2/3B2P1/4PK1P/8 b - - 0 33"]
[PlyCount "40"]

{8192kB, classic.ctg. Pentium
} 33... Nb2 34. a5 Nd1+ (34... Kc7 35. Ke3 Nxd3
36. Kxd3 b6 37. Na4 $1 bxa5 38. bxa5 Kd6 39. Kd4 Bg4 40. e3 Be2 41. Nc5 Bf1 42.
e4 Be2 43. e5+ fxe5+ 44. fxe5+ Ke7 45. h4 Bf1 46. Ke4 Kf7 47. Kf5 Bh3+ 48. g4
$1 g6+ 49. Kf4 Bf1 50. g5 h5 51. e6+ Ke7 52. Ke5 Bc4 53. Nd7 Bxe6 (53... Bb5
54. Nb6) 54. Nb8 Bc4 55. Nxc6+ Kd7 56. Nb4 Ke7 57. Kd4 Bf1 58. Kd5 Be2 59. Nc6+
Kf7 60. Ne5+ Kg7 61. Kc6) 35. Kf3 Nc3 (35... Kc7 36. e4 h5 37. e5 fxe5 38. fxe5
Bg4+ 39. Ke4 {with a won ending}) 36. Bc4 Kc7 37. e4 b6 38. axb6+ Kxb6 39. e5
fxe5 40. fxe5 Nd5 (40... a5 41. e6) 41. Bxd5 cxd5 42. e6 Kc7 43. e7 Bd7 44.
Nxa6+ Kd6 45. Ke3 Kxe7 46. Kd4 Kd6 47. Nc5 Bb5 48. Nb7+ Kc6 49. Nd8+ Kd6 50.
Nf7+ Ke6 51. Ne5 Kd6 52. Ng6 Bc4 53. Nf4 {and White wins} *

[Event "Pitsyan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Treybal"]
[Black "Alekhine"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/6pp/5P2/1q4P1/1bp2Q1P/7K/1P1p4/2B2R2 b - - 0 33"]
[PlyCount "37"]

33... Qd7+ (33... dxc1=Q 34. Rxc1 Rc8 35. Qg4) 34. Kg2 d1=Q 35. Rxd1 Qxd1 36.
Qxc4+ Rf7 37. Qxb4 Qxc1 38. Qb8+ Rf8 39. f7+ Kxf7 40. g6+ (40. Qb3+) 40... Kxg6
(40... hxg6) 41. Qxf8 Qxb2+ 42. Kf3 Qc3+ 43. Kg2 Qd2+ 44. Kg3 Qe3+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+
46. Kg3 Qe5+ 47. Kg2 Kh5 48. Qf3+ Kxh4 49. Qh3+ Kg5 50. Qxh7 Qe2+ 51. Kg3 Qg4+
*

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rudakov"]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q1rk1/pp2ppbp/6p1/5b2/3p1Q2/1P1P1NP1/P1r1PPBP/R2K3R b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1... Qa5 $1 2. Kxc2 Qc3+ 3. Kb1 Bxd3+ 4. exd3 Qxd3+ 5. Kb2 (5. Kc1 Rc8+) 5...
Qc3+ 6. Ka3 (6. Kb1 d3) 6... Qc5+ 7. b4 (7. Kb2 d3+) (7. Ka4 b5+ 8. Ka5 Qb6+ 9.
Kb4 a5+ 10. Ka3 Qc5+ 11. Kb2 d3+) 7... Qc3+ 8. Ka4 b5+ $1 9. Kxb5 (9. Ka5 Qc6)
9... e5 10. Qc1 Rb8+ 11. Ka6 Qxb4 12. Qc7 Qa4+ 13. Qa5 Rb6+ 14. Kxa7 Qxa5# *

[Event "Pan Slav Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Plater, K."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k1b3/p4nQ1/1p1q4/2pPpPpB/2P1P3/P1P2P2/5K2/8 b - - 0 43"]
[PlyCount "86"]

43... 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. Kg3 Kb8 59. d7 Kc7 60. Bb7 Kxd7 (60... a5 61. Bc6) 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 (71... Kb7 72. Kb3 Ng8 73.
Ka4 Ka6 74. Bg4 Nf6 75. Bh3 Ng8 76. Bf1 $22 Nf6 77. Bg2 Ng8 (77... g4 $142) 78.
Bh3 Nf6 79. Bg4 Ng8 80. Bh5 Nf6 81. Bf7 g4 82. fxg4 Nxg4 83. Be6 Nf6 84. Bc8+
Ka7 85. Kb5 Nxe4 86. Kc6 Nf6 87. Be6 e4 88. Bd5 Nxd5 89. cxd5 e3 90. f6 e2 91.
f7 e1=Q 92. f8=Q $18) 72. Kb3 Ka5 73. Bg4 Ka6 74. Ka4 Ka7 75. Kb5 Kb7 76. a4
Ne8 77. a5 Nd6+ 78. Ka4 Ne8 79. Bh3 Ka6 80. f6 Nxf6 81. Bc8+ Ka7 82. Kb5 bxa5
83. Kxc5 a4 84. Kb4 Kb8 85. Bf5 Kc7 86. Kxa4 $18 *

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine"]
[Black "Reti"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8.
d4 Bd6 9. dxe5 Bxe5 10. f4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 O-O 12. e5 c5 13. exf6 (13. c4 d5 14.
exf6 Re8+ 15. Kf1 Qxf6) (13. O-O c4 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Qd5 Qb6+) (13. Bd5 Nxd5
14. Qxd5 Qb6 15. Be3 Bb7 16. Qxc5 (16. Bxc5 Bxd5 17. Bxb6 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Be4)
16... Qg6) (13. Ba3 $1 Qa5 $1 14. O-O Qxa3 15. exf6 c4 16. Qd5 Qa5 17. fxg7
Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Kxg7 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Qxa8 Bb7 21. Rab1) 13... Re8+ 14. Kf1 c4 *

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine"]
[Black "Tartakower"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k5/2b5/pp6/4p3/1P4P1/1KP2p2/1P1R4/8 w - - 0 36"]
[PlyCount "11"]

36. Rd5 $3 (36. Kc2 e4 37. Rd4 e3 38. Kd1 Bg3 39. Re4 e2+ 40. Kd2 Bh4 41. Re5
Bg3 $11) (36. g5 e4 37. Rd5 (37. g6 Be5 $19) 37... f2 38. Rf5 e3 39. g6 e2 40.
g7 f1=Q 41. g8=Q+ Kb7 42. Qd5+ Ka7) (36. Rh2 e4 37. Rh8+ Kd7 38. Rf8 Bg3 39. g5
Bd6 40. Rf6 Be5 41. Rf7+ Ke6 $11 {
as Black keeps attacking the R which must remain on the f file}) (36. Kc4 e4
37. Kd4 Bf4 38. Rf2 e3 39. Rxf3 e2 $19) 36... e4 37. Rf5 Bg3 38. g5 Kd7 39. g6
Ke6 40. g7 Kxf5 41. g8=Q $18 *

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine"]
[Black "Sterk"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/p4ppp/qp2p3/b5B1/n1R5/5N2/PP2QPPP/1R4K1 w - - 0 23"]
[PlyCount "13"]

23. Bf6 Rfc8 24. Qe5 Qxc4 (24... Rxc4 25. Qg5 Rg4 26. Qxg4 g6 27. Qxa4) (24...
gxf6 25. Rg4+) (24... Rc5 25. Qg3 g6 26. Rxa4) 25. Qg5 Kf8 26. Qxg7+ Ke8 27.
Qg8+ Kd7 28. Ne5+ Kc7 29. Qxf7+ *

[Event "Canditates Curacao"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal"]
[Black "Keres, P."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq1rk1/5ppp/p1Np1b2/1p6/4P3/P2n3P/1PBB1PP1/R2QR1K1 b - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "11"]

19... Nxf2 (19... Qb6 20. Bxd3 Qxc6 21. Rc1 $16) 20. Qf3 (20. Nxd8 Nxd1) (20.
Qh5 g6 (20... Qb6 21. e5 Ne4+ (21... Nd3+ 22. Be3 Qxc6 23. exf6 Qxc2 24. Qg4 {
with forced mate}) 22. Kh2 g6 (22... Bxe5+ $142 23. Nxe5 Nf6 24. Qh4 dxe5 25.
Bc3 (25. Bg5 h6) 25... Re8) 23. exf6 (23. Qe2 $143 Qxc6 24. Bxe4 Bxe5+ 25. Kh1
d5) 23... gxh5 24. Bxe4 $40) (20... Nxh3+ 21. gxh3 (21. Qxh3 Qb6+) (21. Kh2
Be5+ (21... g6 22. Qxh3 (22. Qd5 Qd7 $19) (22. Nxd8 gxh5 $19) (22. Qf3 Be5+ 23.
Nxe5 dxe5 24. Bh6 Qh4 $19) 22... Be5+ 23. Kh1 Qc7 $19) 22. Qxe5 dxe5 23. Nxd8
Rxd8 24. Ba5 $18) 21... Qb6+) 21. Qf3) (20. Kxf2 Qb6+) 20... Nxh3+ (20... Qb6
21. e5 Ng4+ 22. Kh1 (22. Be3 Nxe3 23. exf6 Nxc2+ 24. Kh2 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 $40)
22... Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 dxe5 25. Qxa8 Bb7 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. Qxf8 Qf2
28. Rg1 Qg3 {Black wins}) 21. Kh2 (21. Qxh3 Qb6+) (21. Kh1 Qb6 22. e5 Bg4 $19)
(21. Kf1 Qb6 22. e5 Bg4 23. Be3 (23. Qe3 Qxc6 24. Rac1 Qc4+ $19) 23... Bxf3 24.
Bxb6 Bxc6 $19) (21. gxh3 Qb6+ $19) 21... Be5+ 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Red1 Nf4 24. g3
(24. Bxf4 Qh4+ $19) 24... Ne6 $19 *

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tartakower"]
[Black "Alekhine"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/pq3ppp/1pn5/2b1N3/2Q5/6P1/PB2PP1P/R4RK1 w - - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "4"]

17. Nxc6 (17. Ng4 h5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5) (17. Nd3 Bd6 18. Qg4 f5 19. Qf3 Na5
20. Qxb7 Nxb7 $11) (17. Rad1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rad8) (17. Qd5 Na5 ({not} 17... Rac8
18. Nd7 Rcd8 19. Qg5) 18. Qxb7 Nxb7 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 $11) (17. Qe4 Nd8 18. Qg4 Ne6
19. Rad1 Rad8) (17. Qg4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 f6) 17... Qxc6 18. Qg4 Qg6 {
and ends in a draw} *

[Event "Gagra"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, V."]
[Black "Boleslavsky, I."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/1p3ppp/pb6/2npq1B1/3N4/Q1P3N1/PP3KPP/3R4 w - - 0 24"]
[PlyCount "10"]

24. Bd2 (24. Qb4 Qxg5 25. Qxb6 Qe3+ 26. Kf1 Nd3) (24. Nf3 Ne4+ 25. Ke1 (25. Kf1
Qxg3) 25... Qe6 26. Nxe4 h6 27. Bxh6 (27. Qa4 Qxe4+ 28. Qxe4 dxe4 29. Nd4 hxg5)
27... Qxh6 28. Rxd5 Qc1+ 29. Ke2 Rxe4+ 30. Kd3 Qb1+ 31. Kd2 Be3+ 32. Ke2 Bf4+)
(24. h4 h6 25. Bc1 Qf6+ 26. Kg1 Qxh4 27. Ngf5 (27. Ndf5 Nd3+ 28. Kf1 Qh2 29.
Be3 Bxe3 30. Nxe3 Rxe3) (27. Nge2 Rxe2 28. Nxe2 Nd3+ 29. Nd4 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Ne1
31. Rd2 (31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Kh2 Bc7+) 31... Qf1+ 32. Kh2 Bc7+ 33. g3 (33. Kh3
Qh1+ 34. Kg4 g6) 33... Be5 34. Re2 Bxd4 35. Rxe1 Bg1+ 36. Kh1 Qxe1) (27. Nf1
Qg4 28. Rd2 (28. b4 Qxd1 29. bxc5 Re1) 28... Re1 29. b4 Ne4 30. Rd3 Qe6 31. Rf3
Ng3) 27... Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 29. Kh2 Qxc1) (24. Bc1 Qf6+ 25. Kg1 (25. Nf3 $1
Qg6 $1 26. Kg1 (26. Nd4 Qg4 27. Rd2 (27. b4 Ne4+ 28. Nxe4 Rxe4 29. Rd2 Qf4+) (
27. Nde2 Ne4+ 28. Ke1 Nxg3) (27. Rf1 Nd3+ 28. Kg1 Bxd4+ 29. cxd4 Qxd4+ 30. Kh1
Nf2+) (27. Nge2 Nd3+ 28. Kf1 Bxd4) 27... Qf4+) 26... Qc2 27. Rf1 Nd3+ 28. Kh1 (
28. Nd4 Ne1) 28... Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Nd1+ 30. Kh1 (30. Nd4 Re1 31. h3 Rxf1+ 32. Nxf1
Qf2+ 33. Kh2 Bc7+) 30... Qxc1 31. Nd4 Re1 32. Qd6 h5 33. Qxb6 Ne3) 25... Nd3
26. h3 (26. Nh1 Re2 27. Qa4 Qe5 28. Ng3 Re1+ 29. Nf1 Qe2 30. Rxe1 Qf2+ 31. Kh1
Qxe1) 26... Re1+ 27. Kh2 Rxd1 28. Qa4 Re1 29. Bd2 Nc5 30. Qb4 Re8) (24. b4 $1
Ne6 (24... Ne4+ 25. Nxe4 Qxe4 26. Qc1) (24... Qxg5 25. bxc5 Qe3+ 26. Kf1 Qf4+
27. Kg1 Qe3+) 25. Be3 f5 26. Ndxf5 Qf4+ 27. Ke2) 24... Nd3+ 25. Kf1 Bxd4 26.
cxd4 Qf6+ 27. Kg1 Qf2+ (27... Qxd4+) 28. Kh1 Ne1 *

[Event "Gronigen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Smyslov, V."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2r2k1/pp2ppbp/1np2np1/3P4/4PPq1/2N1B3/PP2QPBP/2RR2K1 w - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "17"]

18. Qxg4 Nxg4 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. dxc6 (20. e5 c5 21. a4) 20... bxc6 21. e5 Rac8
(21... Nh6 22. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rc8 24. Bd5 {and White won}) 22. Bh3 (22.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bxc6 {Black has the d file for counterplay}) 22... h5 23. f3 Ne3
$1 {maintaining material equality} 24. Bxc8 Nxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxc8 26. Rd7 *

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Y."]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r4nk/1p1qn2p/3p1r2/p1pPp3/2P1Pp2/5P1P/PP1QNBRK/5R2 b - - 0 30"]
[PlyCount "1"]

30... Qxh3+ *

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Keres, P."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2q1rk1/p1p2p2/bp2p1np/n2pP1p1/2PP3B/P1P2P1N/2Q3PP/RB2K2R w KQ - 0 16"]
[PlyCount "1"]

16. Nf4 $3 *

[Event "Trade Union Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ravinsky"]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/pp4b1/2bpp2p/4q1p1/2P3p1/1P1QP3/P3NPP1/1BR2RK1 b - - 0 23"]
[PlyCount "21"]

23... Kf7 $1 24. Ng3 Ke7 25. Qe2 (25. Nh5 $142) 25... h5 $1 26. Nxh5 Rh8 27.
Qxg4 Rxh5 28. Qxh5 Rh8 29. Bh7 Be4 30. f4 Qb2 31. Qxg5+ Bf6 32. Qxf6+ Kxf6 33.
Bxe4 Qxa2 *

[Event "Kiev Cand. Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky , B."]
[Black "Korchnoi"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5bk1/2n1qr2/p1Q2pp1/2p1p3/4P3/2N1BPP1/PP6/2KR4 w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "19"]

26. Qb6 $1 Kg7 27. Nd5 Qe6 28. Bxc5 Bxc5 29. Qxc5 Nb5 30. Qe3 Qc6+ 31. Kb1 Nd4
32. Rc1 Qb5 33. Nc7 Qe2 34. Ne6+ Kh7 35. Qh6+ *

[Event "W Ch Tournament"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, V."]
[Black "Reshevsky"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn5k/1p2qpp1/pB1pn2p/4p3/4P1Q1/1BP3P1/PP3P1P/3R2K1 w - - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "13"]

25. Bxe6 (25. Rd2 Nd7) 25... fxe6 26. Qh4 $1 Qd7 27. Qd8+ Qxd8 28. Bxd8 Nd7 29.
Bc7 Nc5 30. Rxd6 Rc8 31. Bb6 {with advantage of a P} *

[Event "17th Soviet Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Levenfish, G."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5k1/1n1bpp2/p5pp/3Pq3/1p2pN2/1P2P3/P1R2PPP/3Q1BK1 w - - 0 28"]
[PlyCount "13"]

28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. exd4 g5 30. Rc7 Bb5 31. Rxb7 gxf4 32. Rxe7 Rc8 33. Bxb5 axb5
34. h4 *

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, V."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p2PB1pk/1p5p/3Qq3/2p3K1/2Pn1P2/6PP/8 w - - 0 47"]
[PlyCount "3"]

47. Qxd3+ (47. Qd6 $1 {wins}) 47... cxd3 48. d8=Q {with a draw} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Golubev"]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r2/4kBpp/2p5/BpPpN1q1/p2P4/P3P3/1P3PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "2"]

1... Rxf7 $4 2. Bd8+ *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3nrrk1/p3b1pp/1pq2p2/3pPb2/3P4/1N3N1P/P3Q1B1/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "16"]

1. exf6 Bxf6 2. Ne5 Qe6 (2... Bxe5) 3. Ba3 Rf7 4. Qb5 {both B have to move}
4... Bxe5 5. Bxd5 Qg6+ 6. Kh1 Be4+ 7. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 8. Kg1 Qe3+ *

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Smyslov, V."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4qn1k/2b2p1p/2p2pr1/1p1p1N1R/1r1P1P1R/4P3/4QKPP/1B6 w - - 0 39"]
[PlyCount "10"]

39. Rxh7+ $2 Nxh7 40. Qh5 Qg8 41. Ne7 Rxg2+ 42. Kf3 Rf2+ $3 43. Kxf2 Rb2+ *

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky"]
[Black "Lasker"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2r1k/pp1bbppp/2nppn2/q7/3NP3/1P4P1/PBPQNPBP/3R1RK1 b - - 0 13"]
[PlyCount "23"]

13... Qxa2 14. Ra1 Qxb2 15. Rfb1 Qxb1+ 16. Rxb1 Rfd8 17. c4 Ne8 18. f4 a6 19.
Kh1 Nc7 20. Qe3 Rb8 21. Rd1 Nb4 22. Qc3 a5 23. Ra1 b6 24. Qe3 e5 *

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres, P."]
[Black "Filip"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2qk1/1R3n1p/p3p1p1/3pB3/P4Q2/7P/5PP1/6K1 w - - 0 38"]
[PlyCount "3"]

38. Qf6 (38. Kh2 $2 Rc4 $1 39. Qf6 Nxe5 40. Qxe5 Qf4+ {with won ending}) 38...
Nxe5 39. Qxe5 *

[Event "9th USSR Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Freiman"]
[Black "Kan"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/1b3pb1/p3pq2/1p2N3/3P1nQ1/2R3P1/PP3P1P/1B4K1 b - - 0 28"]
[PlyCount "3"]

28... Rxd4 (28... Nh3+ $4 29. Qxh3 Qxe5 30. dxe5 (30. Qh7+ $4 Kf8 31. Re3 Rxd4)
30... Rd1+ 31. Qf1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1) 29. gxf4 Qxe5 *

[Event "Moscow Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1920.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grekov"]
[Black "Ilyin Zhenevsky"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq1rk1/pp1nbppp/2pp1n2/4p3/2BPP3/2N1BN2/PPP1QPPP/2KR3R b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "8"]

1... b5 2. dxe5 dxe5 (2... bxc4 3. exf6 Nxf6 4. Qxc4 $18) 3. Nxe5 bxc4 4. Nxc6
Qe8 5. e5 $1 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1919.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky"]
[Black "Grigoriev"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/1p3ppp/2q1b3/p2pQ3/2rP4/PnB3P1/1P3PBP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

1. f4 (1. h3 $2 b5 2. f4 b4 3. axb4 axb4 4. Bf1 bxc3 5. Bxc4 Qxc4 6. bxc3 Bxh3)
1... g6 2. g4 *

[Event "W Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine"]
[Black "Euwe, M."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/3bbpp1/p3pn2/1p2q1N1/1P5Q/2N3P1/P3PP1P/2B3K1 w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "1"]

26. Qh8+ (26. Bb2 Bc6 27. a3 Bd6) *

[Event "W Ch Tournament"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Euwe, M."]
[Black "Smyslov, V."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/4Qp1p/n4bp1/p5N1/P4q2/5B1P/1P3P2/2R2RK1 w - - 0 27"]
[PlyCount "1"]

27. Qe3 $2 (27. Qxf7+ $1 Rxf7 28. Rc8+ Kg7 (28... Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Ne6+)
29. Ne6+) *

[Event "W Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bronstein, D."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3N4/1p6/8/p7/2P2k2/1KP1p3/8/8 w - - 0 57"]
[PlyCount "2"]

57. Kc2 Kf3 (57... Kg3 $1) *

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lengyel"]
[Black "Kotov, A."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/3n1pp1/2pq3p/1pNp4/1PnP2b1/3BPN2/R1Q2PPP/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]

1. Bh7+ Kh8 2. Bf5 Bxf5 3. Qxf5 Ndb6 4. Qxf7 *

[Event "Moscow Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky"]
[Black "Nenarokov"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3k3/1p5p/p2R4/4p1Q1/4P1bP/PBq5/6P1/5K2 w q - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]

1. Bf7+ Kf8 (1... Kxf7 2. Rf6+ Ke8 3. Qg8+ Kd7 4. Qg7+ Ke8 5. Rf8#) 2. Qh6+ (2.
Qxg4) 2... Kxf7 3. Rf6+ Ke8 (3... Kg8) 4. Qf8+ Kd7 5. Qg7+ Kc8 6. Rf8# *

[Event "Match 3rd game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky"]
[Black "Nenarokov"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/ppp2ppn/2np3p/1B2p1q1/4P3/2PP1QNP/PP3PP1/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "8"]

1. Rf1 g6 2. Qe3 Ne7 3. f4 exf4 4. Qxf4 Qxb5 *

[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine"]
[Black "Blackburne"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq1knr/pp3pbp/6p1/1B1p4/3p1P2/3P4/PPP3PP/RNBQ1RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "4"]

1. Nd2 Qa5 2. a4 a6 *

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Bronstein, D."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1rb2r1k/1p1n2q1/p2Q2p1/P2Npn1p/2P1N2P/6P1/1R3PB1/1R5K w - - 0 36"]
[PlyCount "2"]

36. Ng5 $4 Nxd6 *

[Event "Moscow Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bronstein, D."]
[Black "Bonch-Osmolovsky"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/1p1R1pb1/6b1/4p3/4p1Q1/8/4B3/1q3KR1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

1. Kg2 e3 2. Rxb1 *

[Event "11th USSR Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky"]
[Black "Kasparian"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p4p2/3p1k2/2pPnPp1/2P3B1/r6P/1Q4RK/4q3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "2"]

1... Rxh3+ 2. Bxh3 *

[Event "10th USSR Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ebralidze"]
[Black "Ragozin, V."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p2Rbk1p/6p1/8/2rN4/1P6/P6K/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "2"]

1... Rc7 $4 2. Rxc7 *

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres, P."]
[Black "Smyslov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2rq1rk1/pb3p1p/1p2pbp1/3p3R/2PP4/PP5R/1B3PPP/3Q1BK1 b - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "19"]

19... dxc4 (19... gxh5 20. Qxh5 Re8 21. a4 dxc4 (21... Qd6 22. c5 bxc5 (22...
Qd8 23. c6 Rxc6 24. Ba3 Rd6 25. Qh6 Bxd4 26. Bd3) (22... Qf4 23. Rf3 Qg5 (23...
Qh4 $1) 24. Rg3) 23. Qh6 Bg7 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. dxc5) 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Ba3+ Re7
24. Rg3) 20. Rxh7 (20. bxc4 gxh5 21. Qxh5 Be4) (20. Qg4 c3 21. Bxc3 Rxc3 22.
Rxc3 Qxd4 23. Qxd4 Bxd4 24. Rc7 gxh5 25. Rxb7 $11) 20... c3 21. Qc1 Qxd4 22.
Qh6 Rfd8 23. Bc1 Bg7 24. Qg5 Qf6 25. Qg4 c2 26. Be2 Rd4 27. f4 Rd1+ 28. Bxd1
Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "19th USSR Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres, P."]
[Black "Taimanov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. d4 Bb7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Rac1 Qd6
15. Bb1 Qf4 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 (17. Nxd5 Nxd5 (17... Qh6 18. Re1) 18. cxd5
Bf6 19. dxc6 (19. Qc2 Bxb2 20. dxc6 Bxc1 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. cxb7 (22. Rd7 Qh6) (
22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Rd7+ Kf6 24. Qh5 g6) 22... Rcd8) 19... Rxe2 20. cxb7 Rxc1 (
20... Rce8 21. Bxf6 (21. Rc8 Bxb2 22. Rdd8 Qc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rxd8 24. Rc8 Ree8)
21... gxf6 (21... Qxf6 22. Rc8 Qe6 23. Rdc1 $16) (21... Qb8 22. Nd4 $18) 22.
Rc8 Kg7 23. b8=Q Qxb8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. g3 {with a won ending for White}) (
20... Rb8 21. Be5 $1 Rxe5 22. Nxe5 g6 (22... Qxe5 23. Rc8+ Qe8 24. Rdc1 Be5 25.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Re1) 23. Nd7 Rxb7 24. g3 Qf3 $141 25. Be4) (20... Rf8 21. Ba3 (
21. Bxf6 $143 Qxf6 22. Rc8 Ree8 23. b8=Q Rxc8 24. Qxa7 Qb2 $132) 21... Be7 22.
Bxe7 (22. Rc8 Bxa3 23. Rdd8 Qc1+ $1 $19) 22... Rxe7 23. Rc8 g6 24. b8=Q Qxb8
25. Rxb8 Rxb8 {and White may not be able to win the ending}) 21. Rxc1 Bd8 (
21... Re8 22. Rc8 Qa4 23. g3 Qd7 24. Bf5 $18) 22. Rc8 Qd6 23. g3 Rxb2 24. Be4)
17... Nb8 18. Rd4 Qd6 19. Rcd1 Bf8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22. Qxe4 Qh6 23.
Ng5 Bd6 24. h4 Nd7 25. Qf5 Nf6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Nxf7 Qc1 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29.
Nxd6 Qxd1+ 30. Kh2 Qxd5 31. Nxb7 Qe5+ 32. g3 Rc7 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. h5 Rxb7 35.
Qh7+ Ke6 36. Qxb7 Qxh5+ 37. Kg2 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 *

[Event "10th USSR Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Belavenets"]
[Black "Lisitsin, G."]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Bf5 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. Nc3 e5 6. cxd5 Nb4 7. e4 Nxe4 8.
Bb5+ c6 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 Be6 *

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine"]
[Black "Flohr, S."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "kr6/p4r2/2p1p3/2Pb2PP/2BR1P2/4R3/P7/2K5 w - - 0 46"]
[PlyCount "1"]

46. Rxe6 $1 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, V."]
[Black "Levenfish, G."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3k2r/pppnqp2/5n1p/3p1Q2/1b1P3p/2NBPN2/PP4PP/R3K2R b KQkq - 0 13"]
[PlyCount "17"]

13... Qxe3+ (13... h3 $2 {and now not} 14. g3) (13... Ng4 14. Qxg4 (14. O-O
Qxe3+ 15. Kh1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qxf2 18. Re1+ Kd8 19. Qxf7 $18) 14...
Qxe3+ 15. Be2 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Kf2 Nf6 18. Qf4 Ne4+ $19) 14. Kf1 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Ne4 $1 (15... Kf8 $3 16. Re1 Ng4 17. Ne5 Ndxe5 18. dxe5 Re8 19. h3
Qxe1+ $19) 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Re1 Qd3+ 18. Kf2 O-O-O 19. Qxe4 Qxc3 20. Rb1 Nb6
21. Rhc1 Qa3 $19 *

