[Event "Soviet-ch01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1920.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grigoriev, Nikolay"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1920.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Bg5 (6. O-O) 6... Bg7
7. c3 h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. O-O Nxd4 10. cxd4 c6 11. Bc4 g5 12. Bg3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5
14. Be5 Be6 15. Nd2 f6 16. Bg3 Qb6 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nc5 (19. Nd6 f4
20. Qh5 fxg3 21. hxg3 Qxd4 22. Rad1 Qc5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Qf7+
Kh7 26. Qxe6 Rf8 27. Nf5) 19... Bf7 20. Bd6 Qxb2 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rb1 Qxd4 23.
Rxb7 Qg4 24. f3 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Bxf3 (25... Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Qxf3#)
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1920.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pavlov Pianov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1920.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. c3 Bg4 7. Bg5 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 Nf8 9. Bxe7 Qxe7+ 10. Qe2 Ne6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bf5 O-O 13. O-O-O Qf6 14. Bc2
(14. g4 Bg6 15. Bxg6 Qxg6 16. Nf1) 14... Nf4 15. Qf1 Bg6 16. Ne1 Rae8 17. g3
Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Bxc2 19. gxf4 (19. Kxc2 Qf5+ 20. Kb3 Ne6 21. a3) 19... Bg6 20.
Re5 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Qf5 22. Qd1 c5 23. dxc5 Qxf2 24. Re1 Qxc5 25. Nb3 Qf2 26. Nd4
Qg3 27. b3 Qxc3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1920.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kubbel, Arvid"]
[Black "Tselikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1920.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxe5 Qe7 6. Nf3 Nxb5 (6... Nxe4 7.
O-O) 7. Nxb5 Qxe4+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Nd5 10. Re1 (10. c4 a6) 10... a6 11.
Kf1+ Be7 12. Nbd4 d6 13. c4 Nf6 14. b3 c5 15. Ne2 O-O 16. Nf4 Re8 17. Bb2 b5
18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd5 Be6 20. Nxe7+ (20. Nc7 bxc4 21. bxc4 Bxc4+ 22. Kg1 Kf8)
20... Rxe7 21. d3 Rb7 22. Nd2 d5 23. Rac1 Bf5 24. Re3 bxc4 25. dxc4 d4 26. Rf3
Bg6 27. Re1 (27. Rxf6 a5 28. Rc6 a4 29. Rxc5 axb3 30. axb3 Ra2) 27... a5 28.
Ne4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 a4 30. Rh3 axb3 31. axb3 Rab8 32. Rg4+ Kf8 33. Rgg3 Ke7 34.
Rf3 Rb6 35. g4 Kf8 (35... Rg8 36. Rfg3 f5) 36. Rxh7 Rxb3 37. Rxf6 Rb1+ 38. Ke2
R8b7 39. g5 Rg1 (39... Kg8 40. g6 R7b2+ 41. Kf3 fxg6 42. Rc7 Rg1) 40. h4 Rd7
41. Kd3 Rd1+ (41... Re7 42. Kd2 Ra1) 42. Kc2 Rg1 43. g6 Ra7 44. gxf7 Ra2+ 45.
Kb3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1920.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Pavlov Pianov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1920.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. c4 c5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. Rfd1 cxd4 (12... Qb6 13. Nxf6+
Bxf6) 13. Qxd4 Qa5 14. Bd6 Bxd6 15. Nxd6 b6 16. a3 Qa4 17. b4 h6 18. h3 a5 19.
Qc3 Qc6 20. Rac1 axb4 21. axb4 Rfd8 22. Nb5 Ne4 23. Qe3 Ndf6 (23... Qb7) 24.
Ne5 Qb7 25. f3 Ng3 26. Nd6 Nf5 27. Nxf5 (27. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Nxe3 29. Rd8+
Rxd8 30. Nxd8) 27... exf5 28. Qf4 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qc8 30. Qd4 Qc7 31. Qd6 Qxd6
32. Rxd6 Rb8 33. Kf2 Re8 34. Nc6 f4 35. Nd4 Rc8 36. Rc6 Rxc6 37. Nxc6 Kf8 38.
Ke2 Ke8 39. Kd3 Kd7 40. Ne5+ Ke6 41. Kd4 Ne8 42. Nd3 g5 43. c5 b5 44. Ne5 Nc7
45. Nc6 Na6 46. Kc3 Nc7 47. Kd4 Na6 48. Na7 Nxb4 49. Nxb5 Nc2+ (49... Nc6+ 50.
Kc4 Ne5+) 50. Kc3 Ne3 51. c6 Nxg2 52. Kd4 Ne3 53. Kc5 h5 (53... Nd5 54. c7 Ne7
55. Kb6 Nd5+ 56. Kb7 Nxc7 57. Kxc7 f5) 54. Nd6 Nd5 55. Nxf7 g4 56. Ng5+ Ke5 57.
fxg4 hxg4 58. hxg4 Nc7 59. Kb6 Kd6 60. Ne4+ Ke5 61. Kxc7 Kxe4 62. Kd6 f3 63. c7
f2 64. c8=Q f1=Q 65. Qc2+ Ke3 66. Qc3+ Ke4 67. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1920.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1920.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 Bb4 6. Qc2 Ne4 7. Bd3 f5 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 Qh4 11. f3 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. e4 fxe4 14. Bxe4 (14.
fxe4 d6 15. Be3 e5) 14... Na5 15. Rae1 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Qh5 17. Qa4 (17. Re5 Rf5
18. Rxf5 Qxf5 19. Qxf5 exf5 20. c5 Nc4 21. Bf4) 17... Nxc4 18. Re2 (18. Qxc4 d5
19. Qb5 a6) 18... b5 19. Qb3 Qf5 20. Rfe1 Rab8 21. Bc1 a5 22. Re4 a4 23. Qd1
Rbe8 24. Qe2 c5 25. Be3 cxd4 26. Bxd4 e5 27. f4 (27. Bc5 d5 28. Rxc4 bxc4 29.
Bxf8 Qxf8) 27... d6 28. h3 Re6 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. Bc5 Rf7 31. Rb1 h6 32. Rxb5
Nd2 33. Rxa4 Qc2 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Kh1 Rf1+ 36. Bg1 Rxg1+ 37. Kxg1 Qc1+ 38. Kf2
(38. Kh2 Nf1+) 38... Rf6+ 39. Ke3 Nb1+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1920.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Zubarev, Nikolay"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1920.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. d3 O-O 7. Bg5 c6 8. Bb3
(8. Nxe5 d6 9. Nf3 Bg4) 8... h6 9. Bxf6 (9. Bh4 d6 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Ne2) 9...
Qxf6 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Ne2 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 d6 13. Ng3 Kh7 14. h3 Bd7 15. Kg1 Qe5
16. Kh2 f5 17. exf5 Rae8 18. Rf1 Rxf5 19. Kh1 (19. c3 dxc3 (19... Bc5) 20. d4
Qf4 21. Bc2 cxb2 22. Rb1) 19... Rff8 20. Qh5 Qf4 21. a3 g6 22. Qd1 Ba5 23. c3
dxc3 24. bxc3 Bxc3 25. Rc1 Qe5 26. Rc2 d5 27. f4 Rxf4 28. Rxf4 Qxf4 29. Ne2 Qf2
30. Ng1 Qf6 31. Nf3 (31. Re2) 31... Re1+ 32. Nxe1 Qf1+ 33. Kh2 Be5+ 34. g3
Qxh3+ 35. Kg1 Bd4+ 36. Rf2 Qxg3+ 37. Ng2 Bxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch02"]
[Site "Petrograd"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Lebedev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. c4 e5 4. Nf3 Ngf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Be7 8. h3
O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Nd2 Nf8 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ng6 13. Bg3 Qb6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
a4 Bf8 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Kh1 d5 18. c5 Qd8 19. e5 Nd7 20. Ne2 Be7 21. Nf4 Nxf4
22. Bxf4 Bg5 23. Qd2 h6 24. Rf3 Bxf4 25. Rxf4 Nf8 (25... f6 26. exf6 Nxf6) 26.
Raf1 Ng6 27. R4f2 Qc7 28. Bb1 Nf8 29. Nc1 b6 30. Nd3 Ra7 (30... Ng6 31. cxb6
Qxb6 32. Nc5) 31. cxb6 Qxb6 32. Nf4 g6 (32... c5 33. Nh5 cxd4 (33... Rb8 34.
Nxg7 Kxg7 35. Rf6 Ng6 36. Bxg6 fxg6 37. Rxg6+ Kxg6 38. Rf6+) 34. Nf6+ gxf6 35.
exf6) 33. Rf3 c5 34. Rg3 (34. Nh5 gxh5 35. Qxh6) 34... Qb4 35. Qc1 Qxd4 (35...
Qc4 36. Bc2 cxd4 37. Nh5) 36. Nh5 Nh7 37. Qxh6 Qxe5 38. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch02"]
[Site "Petrograd"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. a3 b5 12. Ba2 a5 13. O-O g5 14. Bg3 Qd7 15. Ne2
h5 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. c3 Bb6 18. Qf3 Bd8 (18... Ke7) 19. d4 g4 20. hxg4 hxg4 21.
Qe3 Bb6 22. f4 (22. a4) 22... exd4 23. cxd4 O-O-O 24. Rad1 d5 25. e5 Ne4 26.
Bb1 f5 27. exf6 Rde8 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Qc3 Kb7 30. Rfe1 Qh7 31. Kf2 (31. Rxe4
Qh1+ 32. Kf2 Qxd1 33. Re7+ Ka6 34. Ke3 Rh1 35. f7 Bxd4+ 36. Qxd4 Qc1+ 37. Ke2
Qf1+) 31... Rhe8 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. Kg1 Qh8 34. Bf2 Rxf4 35. Be3 Rxf6 36. Rf1 g3
37. Rxf6 Qxf6 38. Qd3 Bc7 39. b3 Bf4 40. b4 axb4 41. axb4 Qh6 42. Bxf4 Qxf4 43.
Qf3 Qc1+ (43... Qc1+ 44. Qf1 Qe3+ 45. Kh1 Qh6+ 46. Kg1 Qh2#) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch02"]
[Site "Petrograd"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 f5 5. Nxe5 (5. d4) 5... Nxe5 6. d4 Qh4 7.
dxc5 fxe4 (7... Qxe4+ 8. Qe2 Nf6) 8. Qd4 Ng6 (8... Qe7 9. O-O Nf6) 9. Qxg7 N8e7
10. Qh6 Qg4 (10... b6) 11. Qg5 Qe6 (11... Qxg5 12. Bxg5 h6 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14.
Nd2) 12. Be3 b6 13. Na3 bxc5 14. Bc4 d5 15. Nb5 Kd7 16. O-O-O c6 17. Bxc5 cxb5
18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5+ Ke8 20. Qd8+ Kf7 21. Qc7+ Ne7 22. Re5 Qh6+ 23. Kb1 Re8
24. Rxe7+ Rxe7 25. Qxe7+ Kg6 26. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch02"]
[Site "Petrograd"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kubbel, Arvid"]
[Black "Vigodchikov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Nce7 (11... Bg4) 12. Qb3 c6 13.
Rfe1 Qb6 14. Qa3 Qc7 (14... Ng6) 15. Re5 Be6 16. Ng5 Qb6 (16... Ng6 17. Rxe6
Qf4 18. Ree1 Qxg5) 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Nf3 Nf5 19. Rxe6 Rad8 20. Rd1 Kh8 21. Bxd5
(21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Qxf8#) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch02"]
[Site "Petrograd"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Black "Vilner, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. d4 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Be2 Qb6
9. O-O f6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. b3 a5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Bd3 f5 14. g4 Nf8 (14... fxg4
15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. fxg5 Ncxe5 (16... cxd4 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. g6+) 17. dxe5 Nxe5)
15. gxf5 exf5 16. c4 Be6 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Nc3 Bxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Nxd4 20. Nd5 Qd8
21. Qg2 b5 (21... Kh8 22. Rad1 Nfe6) 22. Rad1 Ra6 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxc5 Nfe6 (
24... Bxe5 25. fxe5 Rg6 26. Qb7 Rc6 27. Rg1 Rc7) 25. Bxd4 Nxd4 26. Bxb5 Nxb5
27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Qb7 Nc7 29. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch02"]
[Site "Petrograd"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. d4 Qc7 12. Bd2 Nb7 (12... O-O 13. O-O Nb7) 13.
Bc3 Nd5 14. Qd2 O-O 15. Na3 f6 16. Nec4 Bxh2 17. g3 (17. Ne3 Bf4 18. O-O-O)
17... Bxg3 18. fxg3 e3 (18... Qxg3+ 19. Kd1 Bg4 20. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 21. Qe2) 19. Qd3
Qxg3+ 20. Kd1 Nf4 21. Qe4 (21. Qxe3 Nxe2 22. Kd2 (22. Kxe2 Qg2+ 23. Qf2 Bg4+)
22... Qxe3+ 23. Nxe3 Ng3 24. Rh2) 21... Bg4 22. Re1 (22. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 23. Kc1
Ne2+ 24. Kb1 Qxe4) 22... Bxe2+ 23. Rxe2 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch02"]
[Site "Petrograd"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lebedev, Sergey"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5
8. Bg5 (8. O-O) 8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 Ng4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nd2 Rb8 13.
Qc2 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. h3 (15. Rfe1) 15... Nh6 16. Nh2 (16. Nd4 Bxh3 17. gxh3
Qxh3 18. f3 c5) 16... Kh8 17. f4 c5 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. Qf2 c4 20. Bxc4 (20. Be2
Qg6 21. Bxc4 Bxh3 22. Rxd5) 20... Bxh3 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. gxh3
Qxa2 24. b4 Qa6 25. Re1 Nf5 26. Re5 Qg6+ 27. Qg2 Rc8 28. Qxg6 (28. Ng4 h5 29.
Ne3) 28... hxg6 29. Rc5 (29. Nf3 f6 30. Rc5 Rxc5 31. bxc5 a5 32. Nd4 Ne7 33.
Kf2 a4 34. Nb5) 29... Rxc5 30. bxc5 a5 31. Nf3 a4 32. Nd2 (32. Nd4) 32... a3
33. Kf2 Kg8 34. Ke2 Kf8 35. Kd3 a2 36. Nb3 Ke7 37. Kc2 Ne3+ 38. Kb2 Ng2 39.
Kxa2 Nxf4 40. Ka3 Nxh3 41. Kb4 Kd7 42. Nd4 Nf4 43. Kc4 g5 44. c6+ Kc7 45. Nf5
g4 46. Kd4 Ne6+ 47. Ke4 Kxc6 48. Ng3 Kc5 49. Kf5 Kc4 50. Kxg4 g6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 03 match"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. d4 g6 5. e4 Nf6 (5... Nb6) 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. h3
O-O 8. Be3 c6 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. O-O f6 14.
Bh6 fxe5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 (15... e4 16. Qh6 exf3 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Bh8 Kf7 19.
Qh7+ Ke6 20. Rfe1+ Kd6 21. Qxg6+ e6 22. Rac1) 16. dxe5 Nc5 17. Nd4 Ne6 18. Ne2
Rf8 19. f4 Qb6+ 20. Kh2 Nd4 (20... Nc5 21. Nd4 Bd7) 21. Nc3 e6 22. Rad1 Nf5 (
22... Nc6 23. Nb5 Bd7 24. Nd6) 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Ne2 Bd7 25. Nd4 Rf7 26. h4
Raf8 (26... Rc8) 27. Rf3 Kh8 28. Rc1 Qd8 29. Kg3 Rg8 30. Qb4 Qb8 31. Qd6 Qe8
32. Rc7 Bc8 33. Rxf7 Qxf7 34. Rc3 Qe8 35. Rc7 Rg7 36. Nb5 a6 (36... Qxb5 37.
Qf8+) 37. Qc5 Rxc7 38. Nxc7 Qf7 (38... Qd8 39. Qd6 Qxd6 40. exd6 Kg7 41. Na8)
39. Nxd5 Bd7 40. Nf6 Bc6 41. Qd6 h5 42. Kh3 Kg7 43. g4 Bf3 44. gxh5 gxh5 45.
Qd3 Bg4+ 46. Nxg4 hxg4+ 47. Kxg4 Kh6 48. Qd8 Kh7 49. Qf6 Qg8+ 50. Qg5 Qc8 51.
h5 Qc6 52. Qg6+ Kh8 53. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 03 match"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O (4. d3) 4... d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7.
Nc3 g6 8. h3 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rad1 a6 12. Kh2 Rc8 13. Bh6 Bh8 14.
Nxc6 Bxc6 15. e4 Qb6 16. Qc1 Qa5 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Bd4 Rc4 19. Kg1 Qh5 20. h4 b5
21. Nd5 (21. a3) 21... Nxd5 22. Bxh8 Nb4 23. b3 (23. Bd4 Rxc2 24. Qb1) 23...
Rxc2 24. Qa1 f6 25. a3 Kxh8 (25... Bg4 26. Bxf6 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Ra2) 26. axb4 Bc8
27. Qb1 Rc7 28. Rd5 Qe2 29. Re1 (29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 Qa2 31. Rd3) 29... Qc2
30. Qa1 Qc3 31. Qd1 Be6 32. Rd3 Qxb4 33. h5 Kg7 34. Ree3 Rec8 35. Qf3 Rc1+ 36.
Kh2 Qc5 37. Rd5 Bxd5 38. exd5 Rc7 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. Qg4 Qc2 41. Qd4 Qd1 42. Qe4
Qg1+ 43. Kh3 Qxf2 44. Rf3 Qc2 45. Qe3 Qc3 46. Qf2 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 03 match"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Ne4 6. Bd3 f5 7. Ne5 Qh4 8. O-O
Nxd2 (8... Bd6 9. f3 Nf6) 9. Bxd2 Bd6 10. f4 g6 11. Rf3 Qe7 12. Rh3 Qg7 13. g4
Nd7 14. gxf5 exf5 (14... gxf5+ 15. Rg3 Qh6) 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qb3 Bxe5 17. dxe5
Qf7 18. Bb4 Qe6 19. Rc1 Kf7 20. Rc7 Kg7 21. Qc3 a6 22. Bd6 h5 23. Rg3 Kh6 24.
Qc1 Nf6 25. Re7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch03"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 (5... exd6) 6. Be3 g6 7.
Nc3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. Qd2 d5 11. c5 Nc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. O-O Bf5
14. Rfd1 Nb4 (14... Bd3) 15. Bh6 b6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. a3 Nd3 (17... Nc6) 18. c6
Qd6 19. d5 Qf6 20. Qe3 Nxb2 21. Rd4 b5 22. g4 Bd3 23. Nxb5 g5 24. Ne5 Rfd8 25.
f4 h6 26. Nd7 Rxd7 27. cxd7 Rd8 28. fxg5 hxg5 29. d6 Rxd7 30. Nc7 Kf8 31. Re1
e6 (31... exd6 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. Ne6+) 32. h4 gxh4 33. Rf4 Qg6 34. Qe5 Qh6 35.
g5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch03"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Selezniev, Alexey"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Re8 10. Ba6 Qc8 11. Bxb7 Qxb7 12. Rfd1 Nf8 13. Nf1 Ne4 14. Ng3 Nxg3
15. hxg3 d5 16. c4 Nd7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Rac1 c6 19. Rc2 Bf6 20. Rdc1 Rac8 21.
Ne1 Nb8 22. Nd3 Rcd8 23. Nf4 Qd7 24. Qd3 Be7 25. Qc3 Bd6 26. b4 Bxf4 27. gxf4
b5 28. Qd3 Rc8 29. Bc3 Qb7 30. Be1 Nd7 31. f3 f5 32. Qxf5 Rxe3 33. Bf2 Ree8 34.
Qd3 Nb6 35. Re2 Rxe2 36. Qxe2 Qf7 37. g3 (37. Re1 Qxf4 38. Qe7 Qf7 39. Bh4)
37... Re8 38. Qd3 Nc4 39. Re1 Rxe1+ 40. Bxe1 Qe6 41. Bf2 g6 42. g4 Kf7 43. a3
a5 44. bxa5 Nxa5 45. Be3 (45. a4 bxa4 46. Qa6 Nc4 47. Qxa4) 45... Nc4 46. Kf2
Qe7 47. f5 (47. Bc1 Qh4+ 48. Kg2 Qe1 49. Qf1 Qc3 50. Qh1 Qxd4 51. Qxh7+ Qg7 52.
Qh4) 47... Qxa3 48. fxg6+ hxg6 49. Qxa3 Nxa3 50. Bd2 (50. Bc1 Nc2 51. Bb2 Kf6
52. Ke2 b4 53. Kd3 Na3 54. Bc1) 50... Nc2 51. Bc3 b4 52. Bb2 Na3 53. Ke2 Nc4
54. Bc1 b3 55. Kd3 b2 56. Bxb2 Nxb2+ 57. Kc3 Nc4 58. Kb4 g5 59. Kc5 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch03"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 d5 5. O-O Nc6 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Ne5
Qc7 9. f4 cxd4 10. exd4 Nb4 11. Nc3 (11. c4 Nxd3 12. Qxd3) 11... Nxd3 12. Qxd3
Bd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. f5 Rac8 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. a3 Ng4 17. h3 Nf6 18. Rae1 Bb8
19. Rf3 (19. g4 Qd6 20. Re2) 19... Qd6 20. g3 Nh5 21. Re5 g6 22. Rfe3 Rf6 23.
Qe2 Rcf8 24. Kg2 Qd8 25. Nd1 (25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Bxg3) 25... Bxe5 26. dxe5
Rf4 27. Kh2 Rf1 28. Bd4 b6 29. Rc3 R1f7 30. Nf2 Rc7 31. Rd3 Qg5 32. c3 Qc1 33.
a4 Qb1 34. b4 Qa1 35. Qc2 Qf1 36. Rd1 Qc4 37. Rd3 Qxb4 38. Ng4 Rf1 39. Qe2 Qb1
40. Bf2 Rc1 41. Qf3 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch03"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3
e6 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. Bxh7 Nxh7 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. Bd2 Be7 13. O-O-O Nhf6 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. c4 Qe4 18. Rde1 Qxe2 19. Rxe2 O-O 20. g4 Nxg4 21.
Rg1 f5 (21... Nf6 22. Bxh6 Nxh5 23. Re5 Kh7 24. Rxh5 gxh6 25. Rgh1 Rh8 26.
Rxh6+ Kg7) 22. Ne5 (22. Rxe6 Bf6 23. Re2) 22... Nxe5 23. dxe5 Kf7 24. Be3 Rfd8
25. Kc2 b6 26. f3 Rd7 27. Reg2 Bf8 28. Bf2 b5 29. b4 a5 30. Bc5 axb4 31. Bxf8
Rxa2+ 32. Kb3 Rxg2 33. Rxg2 Kxf8 34. cxb5 cxb5 35. Kxb4 Rd3 36. Ra2 Rxf3 37.
Ra8+ Kf7 38. Ra7+ Kg8 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40. Re8 Re3 41. Rxe6 f4 42. Re8 f3 43. e6
Rxe6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch03"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Black "Grigoriev, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 a6 6. d3 b5 (6... d6) 7. O-O
Bb7 8. f4 Nd4 9. Nd5 d6 (9... e6 10. Ne3 Ne7) 10. c3 Ne6 11. f5 Nc7 12. Nef4
Nf6 13. Nxc7+ Qxc7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 c4 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. d4 Bf6 18. Be3
Rh5 19. g4 Rh4 (19... Rxd5) 20. g5 Bh8 21. Qf3 Rh7 22. Bh3 Kd8 (22... e6 23.
Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qf8+ Kd7 25. Rf7+ Rxf7 26. Qxf7+ Kc8 27. Qxe6+ Qd7 28. Rf1 Qxe6
29. dxe6 Kc7 30. Rf7+ Kc6 31. d5+ Kxd5 32. Rxb7 Kxe6) 23. Rae1 Bc8 24. Be6 fxe6
25. Qf8+ Kd7 26. Qg8 exd5 27. Qxh7 Bb7 28. Rf7 Qd8 29. Bd2 Kc6 30. Rfxe7 Qc8
31. R1e6 Kb6 32. Rxb7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch03"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 Be7 5. d5 Nb8 6. Nxe5 c6 7. Bd3 cxd5 8.
exd5 O-O (8... Nxd5 9. Nxf7 Kxf7 10. Bc4) (8... Nc6 9. Nxf7 Kxf7 10. dxc6 dxc6)
9. O-O d6 10. Nf3 Nxd5 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. Na3 Be6 14. Ng5+ Bxg5
15. Qxg5 Qxg5 16. Bxg5 a6 17. Rfd1 d5 18. c3 f6 19. Be3 Rad8 20. Bb6 Rd7 21.
Nc2 Rc8 22. Bd4 Kg6 23. h3 Kf7 24. Ne3 Ne7 25. a4 Nf5 26. Re1 Nxe3 (26... Nxd4
27. cxd4 g5) 27. Rxe3 Re7 28. Rae1 Ree8 29. a5 Bd7 30. f3 Rxe3 31. Bxe3 Rc4 32.
Rd1 Ke6 33. Kf2 Ra4 34. Bc5 Rxa5 35. Re1+ Kf5 36. g4+ Kg6 37. Bf8 Kf7 (37...
Kh7 38. Re7 Kg8 39. Bxg7 Bc6 40. Bxf6) 38. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch03"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Grigoriev, Nikolay"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 Bb4 7. O-O Qe7 8.
Ne2 Bg4 9. c3 Bd6 10. dxe5 fxe5 11. Bg5 Nf6 12. Nd2 (12. Ng3 O-O-O 13. h3 Be6
14. Qc2) 12... O-O-O 13. b4 h6 14. Be3 Nh5 15. f3 Be6 16. Qc2 g5 17. a3 Nf4 18.
Nc1 c5 (18... g4) 19. c4 Bf7 (19... g4) 20. Ndb3 Qe6 21. bxc5 Be7 22. Qb2 Qxc4
23. Qxe5 (23. Rb1 Qb5 24. Qxe5 Rhe8 25. Qa1) 23... Rhe8 24. Rb1 Bd6 25. Qb2 Be5
26. Qf2 Qa4 27. Kh1 Bc4 28. Re1 Nd3 29. Nxd3 Bxd3 30. c6 b6 (30... Bxb1 31.
cxb7+ Kb8 32. Ba7+ Kxb7 33. Nc5+) 31. h4 (31. Rb2 Re6) 31... Bxb1 32. Rxb1 Rd3
33. Nd2 Qxc6 34. Nf1 Bf4 35. Re1 Qf6 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. g3 Rh8+ 38. Kg1 Qh6 39.
Qg2 Bxe3+ 40. Rxe3 Rd1 41. e5 Qc6 42. Qe2 Qc1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch03"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 a5 7. O-O a4 8. d3 c6
9. Nbd2 Na6 10. d4 a3 11. Bc3 b5 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. Nb1 (13. Rc1 b4 14. Ba1)
13... b4 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Ne5 Bb5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd2 Qb6 19. Ndf3
Rac8 20. Qd2 Rc3 21. Ng4 Be7 22. Nfe5 Rfc8 23. Rfe1 Bg5 24. f4 Be7 25. Ne3 Nb8
26. Rad1 Nc6 27. Nxc6 R8xc6 28. h4 Bf6 29. Kh2 Ba6 30. f5 Qb8 31. Kh3 exf5 32.
Bf3 (32. Nxd5 Qxg3#) 32... g5 33. Kg2 (33. hxg5 Bxg5) 33... gxh4 34. gxh4 Bxh4
35. Rg1 Bg5 36. Kh1 Kf8 37. Rxg5 hxg5 38. Nxf5 Qf4 39. Qxf4 gxf4 40. Kg2 Rc1
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch03"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Verlinsky, Boris"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d3
O-O 9. Nd5 Na5 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Ne1 (11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4) 11... Nxb3 12. axb3
Nd7 13. f4 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Nf3 Bb7 (15... exf4 16. Nd4 Rf7 17. Bxf4 Qf6
18. Be3 Qxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1) 16. Bd2 (16. Qe2 Re8 17. Re1) 16... exf4
17. Nd4 Rg5 18. Nf3 Rg4 19. h3 (19. Rf2) 19... Rxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 (21.
Kf2 Qg3+ 22. Ke2 Qg2+ 23. Ke1 Re8+) 21... Ne5 22. Qe2 Qg3 23. Qg2 Nxf3 24. Bc3
(24. Qxg3 Nxd2+) 24... Nd4 25. Qxb7 Qxh3+ 26. Kg1 Ne2+ 27. Kf2 Qe3+ (27... Qe3+
28. Kg2 (28. Ke1 Nxc3#) 28... Qg3+ 29. Kh1 Qh3#) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch04"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1925.08.11"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 e5 12. d5 Qc7 13. dxc6 bxc6 (13... Qxc6
14. Qxc6 bxc6 15. e4 Rfd8) 14. e4 Rab8 15. b3 Nb6 16. Ba6 Rfe8 17. Bg5 Nfd7 18.
b4 Nf8 19. Rac1 Ne6 20. Nb5 Nxg5 (20... cxb5 21. Rxc7 Nxc7 22. a4 h6 23. Bh4
Nxa6 24. a5 Nc8 25. Rd7 Rf8 26. Qb3 Ra8) 21. Nxc7 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Red8 23. Rxd8+
Rxd8 24. Rxc6 Rd2 25. a3 Ra2 (25... Bf8 26. Nb5 Be7 27. Nxa7 Bh4) 26. Nb5 Na4
27. Rc7 Bf6 28. Bb7 (28. Nd6 Rxa3 29. Bc4) 28... Nb6 29. Bd5 Nxd5 30. exd5 Bh4
31. d6 Rd2 32. d7 a6 33. Na7 Bxf2+ 34. Kf1 Bb6 35. Rb7 Bxa7 36. Rxa7 Kf8 37.
Ke1 Rd4 38. Rxa6 Rxd7 39. b5 Ke7 40. a4 Rd3 41. Ra7+ Kd6 42. a5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch04"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Black "Zubarev, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1925.08.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bc2 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Qd3 (13. Ne5) 13...
g6 14. Rad1 Be7 15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Bf4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bf6 19. Qf3 Bxe5
(19... Bg5) 20. dxe5 Qe7 21. Rd6 Rfd8 (21... c5 22. Qf4 f6) 22. Red1 Rxd6 (
22... c5 23. Qf4 Rxd6 24. exd6 Qd7) 23. exd6 Qd7 24. c5 bxc5 25. Qa3 Ba8 26.
Qxc5 Rb8 27. Ba4 Rd8 (27... Rxb2 28. Bb3 Re2 29. f3) 28. h4 h5 29. b4 Rb8 30.
a3 Kf8 31. b5 cxb5 32. Bxb5 Rxb5 33. Qxb5 Qxb5 34. d7 Kg7 35. d8=Q Qc6 36. Qd4+
Kg8 37. f3 Qc2 38. Re1 Qc7 39. Qe5 Qb6+ 40. Kh2 Bd5 41. Kg3 a5 42. Re2 a4 43.
Rb2 Bb3 44. Rd2 Bd5 45. Rd4 Qd8 46. Rb4 f6 47. Rb8 fxe5 48. Rxd8+ Kg7 49. Rd7+
Kf6 50. Ra7 Bb3 51. Kf2 Bd1 52. Rh7 Bc2 53. Ke3 e4 54. fxe4 Ke5 55. Ra7 Bxe4
56. Ra5+ Bd5 57. g3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch04"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Freiman, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1925.08.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 (7...
exd5) 8. Qb3 (8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1) 8... Bb4 9. Rc1 c5 10. Be2 b5 (10... f6 11.
Bh4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nf4 13. Kf1) 11. O-O c4 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ba3 14. Rb1 Nb6
15. e4 Bb7 16. Bd2 f6 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 O-O (18... Bxd5 19. Nd4 a6 20. Bh5+
g6 21. Bxg6+ hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kd7 23. Qg7+ Be7 24. Nf5 Qa3 25. Rfe1) 19. Nd4 Bxd5
20. Rxb5 Qa6 21. Bg4 Kh8 (21... Bf7 22. Bf5 g6 23. Be4 Rac8) 22. Bf5 Bg8 (22...
g6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qxg6 Qb7 25. Qh5+ Qh7 26. Rxd5 Nxd5 27. Qxd5 Qf7 28. Qf5)
23. Be4 Rae8 24. Rh5 Re5 25. Rh3 h6 26. Bxh6 gxh6 27. Rxh6+ Kg7 28. Bb7 Kxh6
29. Bxa6 Bd5 30. Nf5+ Kh7 31. f4 Bc5+ 32. Kh1 Re4 33. Qd1 Kg6 34. Qg4+ Kf7 35.
Qh5+ Ke6 36. Bb5 Rd8 37. Be8 Ba8 38. Qf7+ Kxf5 39. g4+ Kxg4 40. Qh5# 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch04"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1925.08.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 Ne4 8. Re1
Nc5 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Nxd4 Ne6 11. Be3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bf5 (12... c5) 13. Nc3 O-O
14. Ne4 Re8 15. c4 b6 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. f4 Bc2 18. Qd2 (18. Qxc2 Qxd4+) 18... Bb4
19. Qxb4 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 Qxf4 21. Qc3 Bg6 22. Rad1 (22. c5 Rad8 23. cxb6 cxb6 24.
Qxc6 Qd4 25. Rad1 Rxe5) 22... Rad8 23. Ne2 Qf2 24. Nd4 c5 25. Nf3 Qc2 26. Qxc2
Bxc2 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Kg1 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. b3 h6 31. h4 a5 32. Rc1 Bf5 33.
Ke3 a4 34. Kf4 Bh7 35. bxa4 Rd3 36. a5 bxa5 37. h5 Ra3 38. Ra1 a4 39. e6 f6 40.
Rd1 Kxe6 41. Rd5 Rxa2 42. Rxc5 Kd7 43. Ra5 Bg8 44. c5 Bd5 45. Nd4 Rf2+ 46. Ke3
Rxg2 47. Rxa4 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch04"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Zubarev, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1925.08.11"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 d4 3. Nce2 e5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Ng3 c5 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. d3 Be6 8. Nf5
Bxc4 9. dxc4 Bf8 10. O-O g6 11. Ng3 Bg7 12. Ne1 Nge7 13. Nd3 Qd6 14. f4 f6 15.
a3 a5 16. Qg4 h5 17. Qh3 b6 (17... h4 18. Nh1 f5) 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 fxe5
20. Bg5 Rf8 21. Ne2 Ng8 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 (22... Kxf8 23. Rf1+ Bf6 24. Qd3 Kg7)
23. Rf1 Bg7 24. Nc1 Bf6 (24... Qc6 25. Nd3 Ra7 26. Qf3 Qe6) 25. Qh4 Bxg5 26.
Qxg5 Ra7 27. Nd3 Re7 28. b4 Re6 (28... axb4 29. axb4 Re6 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. Rb1)
29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Rb1 Nf6 31. Qxg6+ Kd8 32. Rb5 Nd7 33. Qxh5 Rf6 34. h3 Qe6 35.
Qh8+ Ke7 36. Rb7 Qc6 37. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch04"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Selezniev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1925.08.11"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bg2 Bd7 (8... Ne7 9. O-O O-O) 9. O-O Ne7 10. c5 d5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 O-O 13.
Bh6 Be6 (13... Bxh6 14. Nf6+ Kh8 15. Nxd7 Rg8 16. Ne5 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 f6 18.
Nf7+ Kg7 19. Nxh6 Kxh6 20. Rfe1) 14. Qc1 Nd5 (14... Qd4) 15. Rd1 Qb8 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 17. h4 f6 18. Nd2 Qb7 19. Nb3 Rae8 20. Nd4 Bf7 21. b4 Qxb4 (21... Re5 22.
Rb1 Rfe8) 22. Nxc6 Qa4 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 (23... Qxc6 24. Rh5) 24. Bxd5 Re2 25. Qd1
Qxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rc2 27. Bb3 Rc3 (27... Rxc5 28. Nd4) 28. Rd7+ Kh8 29. Nd8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch04"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Verlinsky, Boris"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1925.08.11"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 (4. Nxd5 exd5 5. d4) 4... d6 5. Nf3 Nxc3 6.
bxc3 Nd7 7. Bf4 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bd6 (8... Nxe5 9. Bxe5 f6) 9. Bg3 Bxe5 10. dxe5
Qe7 11. Qd2 Qc5 12. Rb1 a6 13. f4 b6 14. Rd1 Qc6 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. O-O O-O-O 17.
Bh4 f6 18. Qe2 g5 19. Bg3 (19. fxg5 fxg5 20. Bxg5 Rhg8) 19... gxf4 20. Bxf4 (
20. Rxf4 fxe5 21. Be4 Qc5+ 22. Bf2 Qa3) 20... fxe5 21. Bg3 b5 22. Rde1 Qxc3 23.
a4 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Qxa4 25. c4 Nc5 (25... b4 26. Rf7 h5) 26. Qxe5 Qa5 27. Qxc5 (
27. Rf7 Nd7 28. Rxd7 Kxd7 29. Qxe6#) 27... Rxd3 28. cxb5 Rhd8 (28... Rd7 29.
Rc1 axb5) 29. Rc1 R3d7 30. Rfe1 (30. Rf8 Rxf8 31. Qxf8+ Rd8 32. Qe7 Rd7 33.
Qe8+ Rd8 34. Qxe6+ Kb8 35. b6) 30... axb5 31. Rxe6 Qd2 (31... Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2
Qa2+ 33. Kh1 Qxe6 34. Qxc7+ Rxc7 35. Rxc7+ Kb8 36. Re7+ Qd6) 32. Qxc7+ Rxc7 33.
Rxc7+ Kb8 34. Rc1+ (34. Rc2+ Ka7 35. Rxd2 Rxd2) 34... Ka7 35. Ra1+ Ba6 36.
Raxa6+ Kb7 37. Reb6+ Kc8 38. Ra8+ Kd7 39. Rxd8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch04"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Verlinsky, Boris"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1925.08.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. a3
Ba5 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. exd4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. O-O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 (13. Be3 Nd4
14. Nxd4 Bxd1 15. Rxd1 exd4 16. Bxd4) 13... Nd4 (13... Bxf3 14. Bxh7+ Nxh7 15.
Rxd8 Bxd8 16. Bxd8 Nd4 17. Qb1 Bh5 (17... Nb3+ 18. Kc2 Nd4+ 19. Kc1) 18. Be7
Rfe8 19. Nd5 Nb3+ 20. Kc2 Bg6+ 21. Kxb3 Bxb1 22. Rxb1 Nf8) 14. Nxd4 Bxd1 15.
Rxd1 Qxd4 (15... exd4 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Nd5 Qd6) 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18.
Rxd4 exd4 19. Qf5 Bd8 20. f4 Bxg5 21. fxg5 Ne7 22. Qh3 Rfd8 23. Bd3+ Kg8 24.
Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ng8 26. Bh7 Ke7 27. Qxg7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 05"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Model, Abram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. axb4 dxc3 7. bxc3 Qc7 8.
Nf3 Ne7 9. Bd3 Nd7 (9... Ng6) 10. O-O Nxe5 11. Bf4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 e5 13. Bb5+
Kf8 14. Bg3 Bf5 (14... f6) 15. Qe3 f6 16. f4 e4 17. Rxa7 Rxa7 18. Qxa7 Kf7 19.
Bf2 Rc8 20. Bc5 Bd7 21. c4 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Qd7 23. b6 Nf5 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. c3 Nh4
26. Qa2 Ng6 27. Be3 Qe6 28. c4 (28. Qe2) 28... d4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Bxd4 Nxf4
31. Be3 g5 32. b5 Nd3 33. Qc2 (33. Qa8 Qd7) 33... f5 (33... Qe5) 34. c5 f4 35.
Bd4 (35. Bf2) 35... Qd5 36. Qc3 Qa2 37. Qa1 Qxa1+ 38. Bxa1 Nxc5 39. Kf2 Ke6 40.
Ke2 Kf5 41. h3 h5 42. Bd4 Nd7 43. Kf2 e3+ 44. Kf3 g4+ 45. hxg4+ hxg4+ 46. Ke2
Ke4 47. Bg7 f3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 05"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Model, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qb3
Qe8 9. Bf4 Qh5 10. Rad1 Nbd7 11. h3 h6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 (13... g5) 14.
cxd5 exd5 15. Bxd5+ Kh8 (15... cxd5 16. Nxd5) 16. Bf3 (16. Bg2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 f4
) 16... Qxh3 17. Bc7 Nf6 18. d5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Be6 20. Bg2 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qh5 22.
Bf3 Ng4 23. Bxg4 Qxg4 24. Qxb7 Qe4 25. Be5 Rae8 26. e3 h5 27. Rb5 Qg4 28. Kg2
Bf6 29. Rb4 Qg6 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. Qf3 g6 32. Rc1 Rf7 33. Rc6 Qg7 34. Ra4 Rc7
35. Raa6 Rxc6 36. Qxc6 Rg8 37. b4 Kh7 38. b5 Qe7 39. a4 Rg7 40. Qd5 h4 41. Qd4
hxg3 42. fxg3 Qf7 43. Qh4+ Kg8 44. Rd6 Qa2+ 45. Kf3 g5 46. Rd8+ Kf7 47. Qh5+
Kf6 48. Qh6+ Kf7 49. Rd7+ Ke8 50. Qxg7 g4+ 51. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 05"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grigoriev, Nikolay"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Be3 Ne7 8.
Ne2 c5 9. Nd2 Ng6 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Nxd6+ Qxd6 12. Qd2 Nh4 13. Rg1 Bh3 14. f4 (
14. O-O-O Nxg2 15. f4) 14... Nxg2+ 15. Kf2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17. Nxf4 g5 18.
Rg3 Bd7 19. Nd5 O-O-O 20. Kg1 Kb8 21. Qc3 Rdf8 22. Rf1 f5 23. Rxg5 Rhg8 24.
Rxg8 Rxg8+ 25. Kh1 fxe4 26. dxe4 Bc6 27. Qf3 c4 28. b3 Bxd5 29. exd5 Qg6 30.
bxc4 Qxc2 31. Rg1 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 Qxc4 33. Qf8+ Ka7 34. Qf2+ b6 35. Qf7 h6 36.
h4 Kb7 37. Qf3 Qxh4 38. d6+ Ka7 39. dxc7 Qg5+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. Kh3 Qxc7 42. Qf6
Qb7 43. Kg3 Qh7 44. Kh4 h5 (44... Qe4+ 45. Kh5 Qe3) 45. Qe6 Kb7 46. Qd5+ Ka7
47. Qe6 a5 48. a3 Kb7 49. Qd5+ Kb8 50. Qe5+ Kc8 51. Qe6+ Kc7 52. Qe5+ Kc6 53.
Qe6+ Kb7 54. Qd5+ Ka7 55. Qe6 a4 56. Qe8 Kb7 (56... Qc2) 57. Qxa4 Qf5 58. Qb4
Qf2+ 59. Kxh5 Qc5+ 60. Qxc5 bxc5 61. Kg4 Ka6 62. Kf4 Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch 05"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Model, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Qb6 9. Rb1 (9. e5 Nd7 10. Re1) 9... Qa6 (9... d4 10. Nd1 e5) 10. Bg5 dxe4 11.
Nxe4 Qxa2 (11... Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Qxe4 Qxa2) 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxf6 gxf6
14. Nd2 f5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nc4 Qa4 17. Ra1 Qb4 18. Ra5 f6 19. f4 Qb7 20. Rxc5
a5 21. Qe3 a4 22. Kf2 Qc7 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. Qd4 Ba6 25. Ne3 (25. Ra1) 25... Bb5
26. Qc3 Qg7 27. Rg2 Qh6 28. Ke2 Rad8 29. Qa3 e5 30. fxe5 fxe5 31. Rxe5 f4 32.
gxf4 Qxf4 33. Qc3 Rd4 34. Rf5 Rxf5 35. Nxf5 Qe4+ 36. Kd1 Qf3+ 37. Re2 Qf1+ 38.
Re1 Qf3+ 39. Kc1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 05"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. g3 dxe4 4. Bg2 Bd7 5. Nh3 Bc6 6. O-O Nd7 (6... Nf6 7. Qe2
Bc5) 7. Nxe4 Ngf6 8. d3 Be7 9. Nf4 O-O 10. Bd2 e5 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Bxc6 bxc6
13. Ng2 Qd7 14. Ne3 Nd5 15. Nc4 f6 16. Be3 Rae8 17. a3 a6 18. Kg2 Bd6 19. f3 f5
20. Bg1 Rf6 21. Qe2 h5 22. Kh1 h4 23. gxh4 Nf4 24. Qd2 Rh6 25. Be3 Rxh4 26.
Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Rae1 Qf7 28. Qg2 Qh5 29. Re3 Re6 30. Rg1 Qh6 31. b4 Rh4 32. Qe2
Qf4 33. Qg2 (33. Rg2) 33... Rg6 34. Qf2 e4 35. Nxd6 Rxh2+ 36. Qxh2 Rh6 37. Re2
Qxf3+ 38. Reg2 Rxh2+ 39. Kxh2 Qh5+ 40. Kg3 cxd6 41. dxe4 Qg4+ 42. Kf2 Qf4+ 43.
Ke2 Qxe4+ 44. Kd2 Qd4+ 45. Ke2 Kf7 46. Rg6 Qc3 47. Kd1 d5 48. R6g3 Qd4+ 49. Ke2
Qe4+ 50. Kd2 Qf4+ 51. Ke2 Qh6 52. R1g2 g6 53. a4 f4 54. Rc3 g5 55. b5 Qh5+ 56.
Kd2 cxb5 57. axb5 axb5 58. Rc7+ Kf6 59. Rc6+ Kf5 60. Rc5 Qf7 61. Rxb5 g4 62. c4
f3 63. Rg1 f2 64. Rf1 g3 65. Rxd5+ Kg4 66. Rd4+ Kh3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 05"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Black "Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. b3 Nbd7 5. Bb2 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. c4 c6 8. Na3
h6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Be7 11. d3 O-O 12. Qd2 Bh7 13. Bh3 Re8 14. Bc3 (14.
Rac1 Rf8 15. Nc7) 14... a6 15. Nbd4 Bd6 16. b4 Qe7 17. Qb2 Rec8 18. a4 g5 19.
Bg2 e5 20. Nc2 Rc7 21. Rfc1 Rac8 22. Be1 e4 23. dxe4 dxe4 24. Nfd4 Nd5 25. Bh3
e3 26. Bf5 (26. Nxe3 Nxe3 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. fxe3) 26... exf2+ 27. Bxf2 Qe5 28.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qb1 Kg8 30. Rf1 Rxc2 31. Nxc2 Nc3 32. Qb3 Nxe2+ 33. Kg2 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 05"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Kf8 (5... Ne7) 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4
Qa5 (7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qa5) 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. a3 f5 (9... Nxe5 10. Qg3 Bd6 11.
Ndb5 Bb8 12. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nc4+ 14. Bxc4 Bxg3 15. hxg3 exd5 16. Bxd5) 10.
Qf4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qf4 Qd8 13. Na4 Be7 14. g4 Nh6 15. Rg1 Nf7 16. gxf5
exf5 17. Qd4 Be6 18. Nc5 Qb6 19. Nxe6+ Qxe6 20. O-O-O Qxe5 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22.
Bc3 d4 23. Bxd4 Bf6 24. Bg2 g6 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Bh1 Kg7 27. Bxa7 Rbc8 28. b3
Rhe8 29. Bd4 Re7 30. Kb1 Ng4 31. Bxf6+ Kxf6 32. Rd2 Rce8 33. Bc6 Re2 34. Rxe2
Rxe2 35. a4 Ke5 36. Rd1 Nxf2 37. Rd5+ Ke6 38. Rd8 Ne4 39. a5 f4 40. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 05"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nenarokov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O d6 8. c3
Nbd7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Rad1 Nf8 11. e4 N6d7 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Rfe1 Qe7 14. Nf1 e5
15. Ng3 g6 16. d5 Bg7 17. c4 Nc5 18. Bf1 a5 19. b3 Bc8 20. Nd2 h5 21. f3 h4 22.
Ne2 g5 23. Nc3 Ng6 24. Be2 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Nb5 h3 27. g4 fxg3 28. hxg3
Be5 29. Nf1 Kg7 30. Kh2 f5 31. Bd3 Rf8 32. exf5 Nxd3 33. Qxd3 Bxf5 34. Qd2 Bd7
35. Nd4 Qf6 36. Re3 Rae8 37. Nc6 Bxc6 38. dxc6 Rf7 39. Rde1 Ref8 40. Rd3 Qg6
41. Qe2 g4 42. f4 Bxf4 43. gxf4 Rxf4 44. Kg1 Rf2 45. Qe3 Rg2+ (45... Rxf1+ 46.
Rxf1 h2+ 47. Kxh2 Rxf1) 46. Kh1 Rff2 47. Rd2 g3 48. Rxf2 (48. Qd4+ Kg8 49. Qh4
Rxd2 50. Qd8+ Kh7 51. Qh4+) 48... Rg1+ (48... Rg1+ 49. Kxg1 gxf2+ 50. Kxf2 Qg2#
) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 05"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Black "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 b6 8. Bd2
Bb7 9. e4 f5 10. Nd5 h6 11. Nh4 f4 12. Qg4 g5 13. Nf5 Nxf5 14. exf5 Kh8 15. Be4
Na5 16. f6 Rxf6 (16... Bxf6 17. Qf5 Rf7 18. Qg6 Qf8 19. Nxf6 Bxe4 20. Nxe4) 17.
Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxa5 Bxe4 19. dxe4 bxa5 20. Rfd1 d6 21. c5 Be7 22. Rd3 Rb8 23.
gxf4 gxf4 24. Rh3 Bf8 25. Kh1 Qf6 26. Rg1 Bg7 27. cxd6 cxd6 28. Rc3 Qf7 29.
Rgc1 Rb7 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Rc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Qf6 33. Qf5+ Qxf5 34. exf5 Kg8 35.
Rd7 e4 36. Rxd6 e3 37. fxe3 fxe3 38. Kg2 Bf8 39. Rd8 Kf7 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Kf3
Kf7 42. Kxe3 Kf6 43. Kf4 a4 44. b4 axb3 45. axb3 a6 46. b4 Kf7 47. Ke5 h5 48.
h4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 05"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. b3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. d3 b5 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Rf3 (13. c4) 13... d4
14. e4 Nd7 15. Rh3 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Bg5 17. Bc1 f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Nf3 Bxc1 20.
Rxc1 g6 (20... Rae8 21. Rf1 e5) 21. Qd2 Rae8 22. Ng5 Re7 23. Rf3 Qg7 24. Rxf8+
Qxf8 25. Rf1 Qe8 26. Qf4 e5 27. Qh4 Bc8 28. Rf6 Rc7 29. h3 Kh8 (29... a5) 30.
Qh6 Kg8 31. Nxh7 Rxh7 32. Rxg6+ Kh8 33. Qg5 Qf8 (33... Rf7 34. Qh4+ Rh7 35.
Qf6+ Rg7 36. Qxg7#) 34. Qxe5+ Rg7 35. Rh6+ Kg8 36. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 05"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. d4 b5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. Bb3 Bd6 10. Bg5 Ke7 (10... Bg4 11. Nbd2 Ne6) 11. Nc3 c6 12. Rad1
Nb7 (12... Bg4) 13. Rxd6 Kxd6 (13... Nxd6 14. Nxe5 Bb7 15. Ng4 h6 16. Nxh6 gxh6
17. Bh4 Nde8 18. e5 Kf8 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. exf6 c5) 14. Rd1+ Kc7 15. Nxe5 Be6
16. Nxf7 Bxb3 17. axb3 Rhe8 18. Bf4+ Kb6 19. e5 Re7 20. Ng5 Ng4 21. Nf3 Rf8 22.
Bg3 Nc5 23. h3 Nh6 (23... Rxf3 24. gxf3 Nxe5) 24. Rd6 Kb7 25. Nd4 Nf5 26. Nxf5
Rxf5 27. b4 Ne6 28. Ne4 Kb6 29. Nc3 Kb7 30. Ne4 Kb6 31. Kf1 h6 32. f3 Nf4 33.
Bf2+ Kc7 34. Bd4 Nd5 (34... Ne6 35. Bc3 h5) 35. c3 Nb6 (35... Rfxe5 36. Bxe5
Rxe5 37. Rg6 Re7) 36. Nc5 Nc4 37. Nxa6+ Kc8 38. Rxc6+ Kb7 39. Rg6 Nxe5 40. Nc5+
Kc8 41. Rb6 Nc4 42. Rxb5 g6 43. b3 Nd2+ 44. Kf2 Nxb3 45. Rb6 Nxd4 46. cxd4 Rg5
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 05"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Black "Grigoriev, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Nf3 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qa6 8.
Qxa6 Nxa6 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Nf5 11. b4 Be7 12. Ke2 Kd7 13. Rhb1 b6 14. a4 Nc7
15. a5 c5 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Nb3 c4 18. Nc5+ Bxc5 19. dxc5 Nxe3 20. Kxe3 Rhb8
21. Nd4 Na6 22. c6+ Kc7 23. f4 g6 24. g4 Nc5 25. f5 exf5 26. gxf5 Nb3 27. fxg6
hxg6 (27... Nxa1 28. Rf1) 28. Rf1 f5 29. Ra2 (29. exf6 Nxa1 30. Rxa1 g5 31. f7
Kd6 32. Rf1) 29... Re8 30. Nf3 g5 31. Nxg5 Rxe5+ 32. Kf4 Rae8 33. Nf7 R5e7 34.
Nh6 Nc5 35. Nxf5 Rf7 36. Kg4 Rg8+ 37. Kh5 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch06"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1929.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. a4 a6 6. Nc3 (6. c3) 6... Nf6 7.
Nd5 Nxe4 (7... Nxd5 8. exd5 Nd4) 8. O-O O-O (8... d6 9. d3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be6) 9.
d3 Nf6 (9... Nxf2 10. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 11. Kxf2 h6 12. Kg1 d6) 10. Bg5 d6 11. Nd2 Bg4
(11... Bf5 12. Ne4 Bxe4 13. dxe4 Nd4 14. Ra3 Ne6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qh5) 12.
Bxf6 Qc8 13. Nxb6 cxb6 14. f3 Be6 15. Bh4 Nxb4 16. Be7 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Rfe8 18.
Ne4 Qc6 19. Bxd6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch06 final"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Freiman, Sergey"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1929.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. a3 Nxd2 (7...
Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2) 8. axb4 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Qh4 10. Bd2 f5 11. Qe2 Qh5
12. e4 O-O 13. Bc3 d6 14. d5 exd5 15. Rg1 d4 16. Bxd4 Rf7 17. exf5 Nc6 18. Bc3
Qxh2 19. O-O-O Ne5 (19... Qf4+ 20. Qe3 Qxe3+ 21. fxe3 Ne5) 20. Be4 Bxe4 21.
fxe4 (21. Qxe4 Raf8 22. f4 Nd7 23. Rh1 Qxf2 24. Rd2 Qg3 25. Rg2) 21... Qf4+ 22.
Kb1 Re8 23. Rg3 Nd7 24. Rdg1 (24. Re1) 24... Qxe4+ 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. Rxg7+ Kf8
27. Rxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rg7+ Ke8 29. f6 Rxc4 30. Re7+ Kd8 31. Rxh7 Ke8 (31... Nf8
32. Rf7 Ne6) 32. f7+ Kd8 (32... Ke7 33. f8=Q+) 33. Bf6+ Kc8 34. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch06 final"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Verlinsky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1929.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. exf6 hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8. h4
gxh4 9. Qh5 Qf6 10. Nf3 Qxg7 11. Qxh4 Nc6 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Nb5 (13. g3) 13...
Ba5 14. Bd3 a6 15. Nc3 Bb4 16. Rde1 (16. g3) 16... Be7 17. Qf4 O-O-O 18. Qe3
Kb8 19. Ne2 Rh8 20. Rhg1 (20. Rxh8 Rxh8 21. c3 Qxg2 22. Ng3 Qh3 23. Rh1) 20...
Nb4 21. a3 Nxd3+ 22. Qxd3 c5 23. Qe3 Bf6 24. c3 cxd4 25. Nexd4 Rc8 26. g4 Rh3
27. Qf4+ Ka8 28. g5 Rxf3 29. gxf6 (29. Nxf3 Bxc3) (29. Qxf3 Bxd4) 29... Qxg1
30. Nxf3 Qxf2 31. Qe3 Qg2 32. Ne5 Ba4 33. Qd2 Qg8 (33... Qg3 34. Nxf7 d4 35.
Ne5 dxc3) 34. Qf4 Be8 35. Rh1 d4 36. c4 (36. Qg4 Qxg4 37. Nxg4 dxc3 38. Rh8
cxb2+ 39. Kxb2 Kb8 40. Ne5) 36... Rd8 37. Rd1 (37. Qg4) 37... Ba4 38. Re1 Qh7
39. Qd2 Kb8 40. b3 Bxb3 41. Kb2 Ba4 42. Rc1 Qh3 43. Nd3 Rg8 44. Qf4+ Kc8 45.
Qxd4 Rd8 46. Qc5+ Kb8 47. Rc3 Qg2+ 48. Kb1 Qf1+ (48... Rxd3 49. Rxd3 (49. Qf8+
Kc7 50. Qc5+ Qc6 51. Qxc6+ Bxc6 52. Rxd3 Be4) 49... Qc2+ 50. Ka1 Qxd3 51. Qf8+
Kc7 52. Qxf7+ Kd6 53. Qe7+ Ke5) 49. Nc1 Qxf6 50. Qb4 Bc6 51. Nd3 Be4 52. Kc2
Qf2+ 53. Kb3 Bxd3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch06 final"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Verlinsky, Boris"]
[Black "Freiman, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1929.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. e4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Qc7 (10... O-O) 11. O-O Nd7 12. c4 Rd8 (12... e5
13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Bb2 Qg5 16. e5 O-O-O) 13. Bb2 O-O 14. e5 g6 15.
Be4 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Bf8 17. Rad1 Bg7 18. h4 (18. Ng5 Bc8 19. f4 f6 20. Nf3) 18...
f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bd3 c5 21. Ng5 cxd4 22. Nxe6 (22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qxg6 Qc6
24. f3) 22... Qc6 23. Nf4 Rxe1+ (23... Bh6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. cxd5
Qxc2 27. Bxc2 Bxd5) 24. Rxe1 Qd6 (24... Bh6 25. Re6 Rd6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Nd5
Nxd5 28. cxd5 Bxd5 29. Bxd4) 25. Bc1 Rf8 26. Re6 Qd7 27. Qe2 Kf7 (27... Bc8 28.
Re7 Qd6 29. Rxa7 Re8) 28. Nh3 Re8 29. Ng5+ Kg8 30. Bb2 Bc8 31. Rxe8+ Nxe8 (
31... Qxe8 32. Bxd4 Qxe2 33. Bxe2) 32. c5 bxc5 33. Bc4+ (33. Bc4+ Kh8 34. Nf7+
Kg8 35. Ne5+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch07"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1931.??.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 (14. a4)
14... Nxd5 15. Bd2 Bf8 16. Ng3 Bb7 17. a4 b4 18. Ng5 h6 19. N5e4 g6 20. Qf3 f5
21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Qxf5 Bg7 (22... Kh8 23. d4 bxc3 24. Nxc5 Qc7 25. bxc3 Bxc5
26. dxc5 Qg7) 23. Nxc5 Bc8 24. Qg6 Nce7 25. Qh5 Nf5 (25... bxc3 26. bxc3 Bf5)
26. d4 Rf8 27. dxe5 bxc3 28. bxc3 Qe7 29. e6 Qxc5 30. Bxf5 Qe7 31. Bxh6 Rxf5
32. Qxf5 Bxh6 33. Qxd5 Bb7 34. Qd7 Bg5 35. Rab1 Bc8 36. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch07"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sorokin, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1931.??.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. O-O
a6 9. a4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qe2 h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Rfd1 Nh5 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rd2 Nb6 17. Rad1 Qc5 18. Ba2 Nf6 19. e4 e5 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. fxe3
Bg4 22. a5 Nc8 23. Rc1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Ne7 25. Nd5 Nc6 (25... Nfxd5 26. Bxd5 (26.
exd5 Rac8 27. Rdc2 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Rc8) 26... Nxd5 27. Rxd5 Rac8 28. Rdc5 Rxc5
29. Rxc5 Rd8) 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Rd7 Rab8 28. Kf2 Nxa5 29. Rcc7 Rbc8 30. Rxf7
Rxc7 31. Rxc7+ Kh8 32. Bd5 b5 33. b3 Rd8 34. Kg3 f5 35. Kh4 fxe4 36. fxe4 Rd6
37. Kh5 Rf6 38. h3 Rd6 39. h4 Rb6 40. Kg4 Rf6 41. Ra7 Rb6 42. Re7 Rd6 43. Rc7
Rf6 44. Ra7 Rb6 45. Rc7 Rf6 46. Kh5 Rd6 47. Bf7 Rf6 48. Bg6 Nxb3 49. Kxh6 Rf8
50. Rh7+ Kg8 51. Rg7+ Kh8 52. Bf7 Rxf7 53. Rxf7 Kg8 54. Kg6 Nd2 55. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch07"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1931.??.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2
Nd7 9. d5 Ne7 10. g3 f5 11. Bg2 fxe4 12. fxe4 Nf6 (12... a6) 13. h3 b6 14. b3
Kh8 15. g4 Neg8 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. O-O-O h6 18. g5 hxg5 19. h4 Bg4 (19... gxh4 20.
Rxh4+ Nh5 21. Rdh1 Ngf6 22. Bf3 Be8 23. Bg5) (19... g4 20. h5 Kh7 21. hxg6+
Kxg6 22. Rdf1) 20. hxg5+ Nh5 21. Nce2 Ne7 22. Rh4 Qd7 23. Rdh1 Kg8 24. Rxg4
Qxg4 25. Bh3 Qf3 26. Rf1 Nxg3 27. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch07"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A98"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1931.??.10"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Qe8 8. Qc2
Qh5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Ba3 Bd7 11. d5 Nd8 12. Ne5 dxe5 (12... Ng4 13. Nxg4 fxg4 14.
dxe6 Nxe6 15. Bxb7 Rae8) 13. Bxe7 Rf7 14. Ba3 exd5 15. Nxd5 f4 16. Rad1 (16.
gxf4 Ne6 17. fxe5 Nd4) 16... Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Be6 18. Qd3 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nc6 20.
Bc5 Re8 (20... Qxe2 21. Qe6 Qh5 22. Rd7 Qg6 23. Qd5) 21. b4 a6 (21... Qg6 22.
b5 Nd4 23. Bxd4 c6 24. bxc6 bxc6) 22. b5 axb5 23. cxb5 Na5 24. Qe6 Ra8 (24...
Rxe6 25. Rd8+) 25. Rd7 Qg6 (25... Qf5 26. Qxf5 Rxf5 27. Rxc7) 26. Qd5 h6 27.
Rxc7 Re8 28. Bb4 b6 29. Bxa5 bxa5 30. b6 Qe6 31. Qxe6 Rxe6 32. Rb1 Re8 33. Rxf7
Kxf7 34. b7 Rb8 35. gxf4 exf4 36. Kg2 Ke6 37. Kf3 g5 38. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch07"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Riumin, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1931.??.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 e5 8. e4
O-O 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 exd4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nc5 (12... Ne5) 13. Bc2
Bg4 14. Qxd4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Re8 16. Rd1 Re2 17. Bf5 g6 18. Bh3 Nd7 19. Be3 Be5
20. Qc4 Rxb2 21. Rac1 Nb6 22. Qe4 Qd6 (22... Bd6) 23. f4 Bg7 24. Bc5 Qd8 25.
Be7 Qe8 26. d6 Qb5 27. d7 Nxd7 28. Bxd7 Qb6 29. Qe3 Qxe3 30. fxe3 Rxa2 31. Bc8
h5 32. Rd8+ Kh7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch08"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rauzer, Vsevolod"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B74"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1933.??.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Nb3 Be6 9. f4 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Bf3 Bc4 13. Re1 (13. Rf2) 13...
Rfd8 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Rac1 e5 16. b3 (16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Qf2) 16... d5 17. exd5 (
17. bxc4 dxe4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 exf3) 17... e4 18. bxc4 exf3 19. c5 Qa5 20.
Red1 (20. Qd3 Ng4 21. Ne4 f5 22. Ng5 f2+ 23. Bxf2 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 Qxc5+ 25. Kg3
Rxd5 26. Qb3 Qc3+) 20... Ng4 21. Bd4 (21. Ne4 Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 fxg2+
24. Kxg2 Rxd5) 21... f2+ 22. Kf1 (22. Kh1 Rxd5 23. Nxd5 f1=Q+ 24. Rxf1 Qxd2)
22... Qa6+ 23. Qe2 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Qf6 25. Rcd1 (25. Qd3 Re8 26. Re4 Rxe4 27.
Nxe4 Qxf4) 25... Qh4 26. Qd3 Re8 27. Re4 f5 28. Re6 Nxh2+ 29. Ke2 Qxf4 (29...
Qxf4 30. Rf1 Rxe6+ 31. dxe6 Qe5+) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch08"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Savitsky, Leonid"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1933.??.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. c4 e5 5. dxe5 Ng4 6. Bg2 Nxe5 7. Nbd2 Be7 (
7... Nxf3+ 8. Nxf3) 8. O-O Ng6 9. Nb1 O-O 10. Nc3 Na6 11. h4 Bf6 12. h5 Ne7 13.
Qc2 Nc5 14. Be3 Re8 15. Rad1 Bxc3 16. Bxc5 (16. Ng5 g6 17. Qxc3) 16... Bf6 17.
Bd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Nc6 19. Rg4 Qf6 20. Ng5 Qh6 21. Bd5 Re7 22. Qf5 Rf8 (22...
Nd8) 23. Be4 (23. Re4 Rxe4 (23... g6 24. Qf6 Rxe4 25. Bxf7+) 24. Nxf7 Qe6 25.
Nh6+) 23... Re5 24. Qxh7+ Qxh7 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Bd3 Nb4 27. f4 Re7 28. h6 (28.
f5 Nxd3 29. exd3 Re2 30. Rf2 Re1+) 28... gxh6 29. Rh4 Kg7 30. Nf3 (30. f5 f6
31. Ne4) 30... Nxd3 31. exd3 Re3 32. Nd4 f5 33. g4 fxg4 34. Rxg4+ Kh7 35. Nc2
Re2 (35... Rh3 36. Nb4 Bf3) 36. Re1 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch08"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1933.??.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Qd2 Ng4 9. Bxg4 Bxg4 10. Nd5 O-O 11. c4 Bd7 12. O-O f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nxf5
Rxf5 15. Rad1 Qd7 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Raf8 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Ne3 Rh5 20. f3 Qe6
21. b3 Qf6 22. f4 Nc6 23. Rde1 Qg7 (23... Qd4 24. Qxd4 Nxd4) 24. Nd5 g5 (24...
e5 25. fxe5 Rxe5) 25. Qe2 Qh6 (25... Rh6 26. Nxe7+ Nxe7 27. Qxe7 gxf4 28. Qxg7+
Kxg7 29. Re7+) 26. fxg5 Rxg5 27. Nxe7+ Kh8 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Nxc6 bxc6 30. Qe7
(30. Qe8 Qxe8 31. Rxe8+ Kg7 32. Re7+) 30... Qxe7 31. Rxe7 Ra5 32. a4 d5 33.
cxd5 cxd5 34. Rd7 a6 35. Ra7 d4 36. Rd7 Rc5 37. Rxd4 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Kf1
Rb2 40. Rd8+ Kg7 41. Rb8 a5 42. Rb5 Kg6 43. h4 h5 44. Kg1 Kh6 45. Kh2 Kg6 46.
Kg3 Rb1 47. Kf2 Kh6 48. Ke3 Rg1 49. Rxa5 Rxg2 50. Rb5 Rg3+ 51. Kf2 Rg4 52. Rb6+
Kg7 53. a5 Rxh4 54. a6 Rh2+ 55. Kg3 Ra2 56. b4 h4+ 57. Kxh4 Kf7 58. b5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Belavenets, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 Bg4
8. c3 Qc7 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 e6 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. Nc4 O-O
15. Bd2 Nd5 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. O-O-O b5 18. Rhe1 Rfc8 19. Re4 Nf6 20. Re5 Nd7
21. Re2 Qd5 22. Qxd5 cxd5 23. Kb1 Kf8 24. g5 Nb6 25. Bf4 Rc6 26. Rd3 Nc8 27. h4
Ne7 28. h5 Nf5 29. Re1 Ke7 30. Rg1 Rc4 31. Bd2 Rcc8 32. Bc1 h6 33. gxh6 gxh6
34. Rdd1 Rg8 35. Kc2 Kd7 36. Bf4 Rg7 37. Be5 Rgg8 38. Kd3 Ke7 39. Bf4 Kd7 40.
f3 Rxg1 41. Rxg1 Rc8 42. Rg2 Kc6 43. Be5 Kd7 44. Bf6 Kc6 45. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Freiman, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nd2 Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Bh4 Be7 12. O-O Nf8 13. a3 Nh5 (13... Ng6)
14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. b4 Qd8 16. a4 Nf6 17. b5 Rc7 18. Rfc1 Qd6 19. Nf3 Bd7 20.
bxc6 Rxc6 (20... Bxc6 21. Ne5) 21. Ne5 Ng4 22. Bb5 Nxe5 (22... Rc7 23. Nxg4
Bxg4 24. Ne4 Rxc2 25. Nxd6 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1) 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Ne2
Ne6 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27. Nxc3 Kf8 28. Rab1 Ke7 29. Rb2 Kd8 30. Kf1 Bc8 31. Ne2 Kc7
32. Nd4 Ba6+ 33. Ke1 Nxd4 34. exd4 Re8+ 35. Kd2 Re4 36. Kc3 c5 37. Rd2 Bb7 38.
f3 Re3+ 39. Rd3 Rxd3+ 40. Kxd3 c4+ 41. Kc3 a5 42. Re1 Kd7 43. Rb1 Bc6 44. Rb6
Bxa4 45. Rb7+ Ke8 46. Ra7 Bd7 47. Rxa5 Be6 48. f4 g6 49. f5 gxf5 50. Ra8+ Ke7
51. Rh8 Kf6 52. Rxh7 f4 53. Rh8 Kg6 54. Rg8+ Kh6 55. Rf8 Kg6 56. Rg8+ Kh6 57.
Rd8 Kg6 58. Kd2 Kf5 59. Rg8 Ke4 60. Kc3 Kf5 61. h4 Kf6 62. h5 Bf5 63. h6 Bg6
64. Kd2 Bf5 65. Kc3 Bg6 66. Rd8 Be4 67. Rd6+ Kg5 68. h7 Bxh7 69. Rxd5+ Kg4 70.
Re5 f3 71. gxf3+ Kxf3 72. d5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rauzer, Vsevolod"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1
Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bb3 Kh7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bc5 (13. Qe2) 13...
b6 14. Ba3 Na5 15. Bd5 c6 16. b4 Nb7 17. Bb3 Qc7 18. Qe2 c5 19. Nf1 Bb5 20. c4
Bc6 21. Bc2 Nc8 (21... cxb4 22. Bxb4 Nc5) 22. Ne3 Ncd6 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Nd2
Kg8 25. Bb2 Rae8 26. Nd5 Qc8 27. Rab1 Nd8 28. Ba1 Ne6 29. Qg4 Qd8 30. Bc3 Nd4
31. Bd3 Kh7 32. f3 Re6 33. Rb2 f5 34. Qg3 fxe4 35. Nxe4 (35. fxe4) 35... N4f5 (
35... Nxc4 36. Bxc4 (36. Nef6+ Rexf6 37. Nxf6+ Rxf6 38. Bxc4 Nxf3+ 39. gxf3
Rxf3 40. Qg2 Rxc3 41. Qxc6 Rxc4) (36. Nxc5 Rxf3 37. gxf3 Qxd5 38. Bxd4 Nxb2 39.
Nxe6 Nxd3) 36... Bxd5 37. Bxd5 Qxd5) 36. Qf2 Nxc4 37. Bxc4 (37. Ndf6+ Bxf6 38.
Bxc4) 37... Bxd5 38. Qxc5 Bxc4 39. Qxc4 Qc8 40. Qxc8 Rxc8 41. Rd1 Rec6 42. Rd3
R8c7 43. Kf2 g5 44. Ba5 Rc2+ 45. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 46. Rd2 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Veresov, Gavril"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 h6 11. Qc2 Kh7 12. Rad1 c6 13. c5 Qe7 14. b4 Nf8 15. Rd6
Bf5 16. Qa4 Rec8 17. Bc1 e4 18. Nd4 Ne8 19. Rd1 Nxd6 20. cxd6 Qe8 21. Nxf5 gxf5
22. Qc2 Rd8 23. Na4 Ne6 24. Be3 Kg8 25. Qd2 Rxd6 26. Qxd6 Rd8 27. Qxd8 Nxd8 28.
Bxa7 Ne6 29. Nb6 Nd4 30. a4 Qe6 31. e3 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Riumin, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qe1 a6 11. Qg3 Qc7 12. Rad1 b5 13. a3 (13. e5 Ne8 14. Ne4)
13... Rfc8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd4 Rd8 16. Kh1 Rab8 17. Rd2 Rd7 18. Rfd1 Qb7 19.
Bf3 Rbd8 20. Rd3 Kh8 (20... g6) 21. Nd5 Ne8 (21... exd5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5
Qxd5 24. Bxf6) 22. Nxe7 Rxe7 23. Qe1 Red7 24. Bc3 d5 25. e5 d4 26. Bxc6 Qxc6
27. Ba5 Nc7 (27... Rc8 28. c3 dxc3 29. Rxd7 c2 30. Rxf7 Kg8 31. Re7 cxd1=Q 32.
Qxd1 Kf8 33. Bb4) 28. Qf2 h6 29. h3 Kg8 30. Kh2 Kh7 31. R1d2 g6 32. Rd1 Kg7 33.
R1d2 Kh7 34. Rd1 Kg7 35. c3 Re8 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. Qxd4 Nd5 38. b3 Kh7 39. Rc1
Kg7 40. c4 bxc4 41. bxc4 Qa4 42. Bd2 Ne7 43. Qd3 Nc6 44. Qe3 Rb8 45. f5 g5 46.
fxe6 fxe6 47. h4 Qb3 48. Qe4 Ne7 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Qg4 Rh8+ 51. Kg1 Kf7 52.
Rf1+ Nf5 53. Rxf5+ exf5 54. Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
Qf3 c5 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. Qxf5 Qd7 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. O-O Be7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bg5 Nd5
(14... Rfe8) 15. Nxd5 Bxg5 16. Qg3 Bd8 17. Rad1 f5 (17... Qe6) 18. e5 Re8 (
18... c6 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Rxd6) 19. exd6 cxd6 20. Rfe1 Re6 21. Nf4 Rxe1+ 22.
Rxe1 Ba5 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. h4 Rb7 25. c4 Kf7 26. Qf3 Kg8 27. Qe2 g6 (27... Bxh4
28. Qh5) 28. h5 Kf8 29. h6 Bg5 (29... Qf7) 30. Qb2 Kg8 31. f4 Bd8 32. Nf6+ Bxf6
33. Qxf6 d5 34. cxd5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qc2 h6 (10... g6 11. Rb1 b6) 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bb2 b6 13.
Rac1 Bb7 14. c4 cxd4 (14... Rad8) 15. exd4 Nb4 16. Bb1 Bf6 17. Ne5 Rfd8 18. f4
Nc6 (18... Rac8) 19. d5 exd5 (19... Nxe5 20. fxe5 Bg5 21. Rcd1 exd5 22. e6) (
19... Ne7 20. Qh5 Rf8 21. Ba3) 20. cxd5 Rxd5 21. Qe4 Rc5 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Rce1
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bc4 Nh6 6. Nf3 f6 7. h3 Nf7 8. Be3 Bg7
9. Qd2 O-O 10. g4 Nd7 11. Rg1 Nb6 12. Be2 Bd7 13. a4 Nc8 14. h4 Ne7 (14... a6
15. a5 Na7) 15. Nh2 Kh8 16. h5 Kg8 17. Nf1 a6 18. f3 Qa5 19. Ra3 Rfc8 20. Ng3
g5 21. Kf2 Bf8 22. Rga1 h6 23. Qc1 Rcb8 24. Nf1 Qc7 25. a5 Re8 26. Nd2 Nc8 27.
Nc4 Rb8 28. Na4 Bb5 29. Nab6 Nxb6 30. Nxb6 Bxe2 31. Kxe2 Be7 32. Rb1 Bd8 33. b4
cxb4 34. Rxb4 Qe7 35. Nc4 Rc8 36. Qb1 Qf8 37. Kd3 Bc7 38. Rxb7 Rb8 39. Rab3
Rec8 40. Rxb8 Rxb8 41. Bb6 Qe7 42. Bxc7 Rxb3+ 43. Qxb3 Qxc7 44. Qb6 Qc5 45. c3
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Qd2 Ng4 9. Bxg4 Bxg4 10. Nd5 Rc8 11. c4 Qa5 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. b3 Bd7
15. O-O Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Bc6 19. Qe3 e6 20. Rd3 Rd7
21. Rcd1 Rcd8 22. Qg3 Qc5 23. h3 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Rc1 Bxe4 26. Rdd1 Qf5 27.
Qe3 Ba8 28. Ne2 e5 29. Ng3 Qf6 30. Qe2 h5 31. Qxb5 h4 32. Nf1 Qg5 33. Ne3 d5
34. Rc8 Rxc8 35. Qxd7 Rd8 36. Qg4 Qf6 37. Qe2 e4 38. Ng4 Qg7 39. Qa6 Qc3 40.
Qf6 Rc8 41. Nh6+ Kh7 42. Qxh4 Kg7 43. Ng4 Rc7 44. Kh2 f5 45. Qh6+ Kf7 46. Ne3
Qe5+ 47. Kg1 Bb7 48. h4 Rc8 49. h5 gxh5 50. Qh7+ Qg7 51. Qxf5+ Kg8 52. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Savitsky, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 b5 7. Bg5 (7. dxe6 fxe6
8. cxb5 Be7) 7... exd5 8. Nfd2 bxc4 (8... Qb6 9. cxb5 d4) 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Nxc4
O-O 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nxd5 Bc6 13. O-O Na6 14. Qd2 Rb8 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bxc6
Qxc6 17. Rfd1 Qe6 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Qd6 Nb4 20. Rd2 Nc6 21. Qxc5 d5 22. Ne3 d4
23. Nf5 Rd5 24. Qxc6 Qxf5 25. Rad1 Rbd8 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Rf8 28. Qe4 Qc8
29. Rc4 Qd7 30. Rd4 Qc8 31. Qe7 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qc6+ 33. Qe4 Qc8 34. Rc4 Qb8 35.
Rb4 Qc8 36. Rb7 a6 37. Ra7 h5 38. Qc4 Qb8 39. Rxa6 Rc8 40. Qe4 h4 41. Ra4 Re8
42. Qf4 Qc8 43. Qg4 Re6 44. Rc4 Qa8+ 45. Qf3 Qxa2 46. Rxh4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nd2 f5 5. Ngf3 Nh6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (
7... Nxd7) 8. Ng5 Na6 9. Ne6 Nc7 10. Nxc7+ Qxc7 11. Nf3 fxe4 12. Ng5 Nf5 13.
Qg4 Qd7 14. Qxe4 g6 15. O-O O-O-O 16. a4 (16. b4) 16... Re8 17. Be3 Be7 (17...
Bh6 18. Ne6 Bxe3 19. fxe3) 18. Ne6 Bd8 19. b4 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Rab1 Re7
22. bxc5 dxc5 23. Rb5 Qd6 (23... b6 24. c4 dxc3 25. Qc4) 24. Qg4 Kb8 25. Rxc5
Rhe8 (25... Rxe6 26. Qxe6 Qxc5 27. Qe5+) 26. Qg3 Qxg3 27. hxg3 Rd7 28. Rb1 a6
29. Nxd4 Ka7 30. Rc8 (30. Ne6 Bb6 31. Rc3 Rxd5 32. Nc7 Bxc7 33. Rxc7 Rb8 34.
Rxh7) 30... Rxd5 31. Rd1 Rde5 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Nc6+ bxc6 34. Rxd8 Kb6 35. Rd7
Ka5 36. Rxh7 Kxa4 37. f4 Rc5 38. Rg7 a5 39. Rxg6 Kb4 40. Re6 a4 41. Re4+ Rc4
42. Re8 Rc5 43. Re4+ Rc4 44. Re1 a3 45. Rb1+ (45. f5 a2 46. f6 Rd4 47. g4 Rxg4
48. f7 Rf4 49. Re4+ Kb5 50. Rxf4 a1=Q+ 51. Kf2 Qa7+ 52. Ke2 Qe7+ 53. Kf1 Qf8
54. g4) 45... Kc5 46. Ra1 Ra4 47. Ra2 Kd4 48. Kf2 Ke4 49. Ke2 Ra8 50. Kd2 Rd8+
51. Kc1 Ra8 52. Kd2 Rd8+ 53. Kc3 Rg8 54. Kc4 Rxg3 55. c3 Kxf4 56. Rxa3 Rxg2 57.
Ra6 Rg6 58. Kc5 Ke4 59. Ra4+ Kd3 60. c4 Kc2 61. Ra3 Rg4 62. Rh3 Rf4 63. Kb4 Rf5
64. c5 Rf8 65. Rh6 Rc8 (65... Rb8+ 66. Kc4 Rc8) 66. Rd6 (66. Ka5 Kb3 67. Kb6
Kc4 68. Kb7 Rg8 69. Kxc6) 66... Rb8+ 67. Kc4 Rc8 68. Rh6 Kb2 69. Rg6 Ka3 70.
Rg3+ Kb2 71. Rb3+ Kc2 72. Ra3 Kd2 73. Rd3+ Ke2 74. Rd6 Ke3 75. Kb4 Rb8+ 76. Kc4
Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Panov, Vasily"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 g6 8. d4
Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 Re8 12. h3 Re7 13. Bc2 Qe8 14. Be3 Rd8 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qc1 Kh7 18. Bc5 Re6 19. Qe3 Ba4 20. b3 Bc6 21. Rad1
Bf8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Rd1 Qe8 24. c4 Kg7 25. Bxf8+ Qxf8 26. c5 Re8 27. b4 a5
28. a3 axb4 29. axb4 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 Nf8 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Ka1 Kb8 14.
Na4 Nd7 15. Rc1 Nhf6 16. Nc5 Rc8 17. Qa4 Bg4 (17... Ng4) 18. f3 Nxc5 19. dxc5
Bd7 20. Rc3 Rc7 21. Rhc1 Bc8 22. Ra3 a6 23. Rb3 Ka8 24. Qb4 Nd7 25. Kb1 Nb8 26.
e4 dxe4 27. Bxe4 Rd8 28. Nd4 Qe5 29. Nc2 f5 30. Bd3 Be6 31. Re1 Qf6 32. Bc4
Bxc4 33. Qxc4 Re7 34. Rbe3 Rxe3 35. Nxe3 Rd2 36. Qb4 Qd8 37. a3 a5 38. Qc3 Na6
39. Nxf5 Rd1+ 40. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 41. Qc1 Qd5 42. Ne3 Qd4 43. Nc4 Qxc5 44. Qc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Freiman, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bb7 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qg4 Qf6 11. Be3 g6 12. Rfe1 Bg7 (12... Be7) 13. e5 dxe5
14. Bg5 Qd6 15. Rad1 Qb4 16. Re4 O-O 17. Nb3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Qc8 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qb3 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Ned2 Na5 13. Qa4 Qc6 14. Qxc6
dxc6 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Ne1 Ba6 17. b3 b5 18. Nc2 Kc7 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. b4 Nc6
21. Bxc6 Kxc6 22. Nb3 Kb6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Re8 25. Na5 Bc8 26. a3 Rd8 27.
Rxd8 Bxd8 28. g4 Bc7 29. h3 f5 30. f3 fxg4 31. fxg4 f5 32. Kd2 Bd8 33. Ne3 fxg4
34. hxg4 Kc7 35. Kd3 Kd6 36. Nb3 Bf6 37. Nd4 Bd7 38. Nd1 Bxd4 39. Kxd4 e5+ 40.
Ke3 Bxg4 41. Nc3 Bd7 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. e3 Kf5 44. Kg3 Bc6 45. Kh4 Be8 46. Kg3 a6
47. Kh3 Bg6 48. Kh4 h6 49. a4 bxa4 50. Nxa4 Ke4 51. Nc5+ Kxe3 52. Nxa6 Kd4 53.
b5 Kd5 (53... e4 54. Kg3 e3 55. Nc7 Bf7 56. b6 Kd3 57. b7 e2 58. Kf2 Kd2 59.
b8=Q e1=Q+) 54. Nb4+ Kc5 55. Nc6 e4 56. Ne5 Bh7 (56... e3 57. Kg3 Be4 58. Ng4
Kd4 59. Nxe3) 57. Ng4 Kxb5 58. Nxh6 Kc4 59. Ng4 Kd4 60. Kg5 Bg8 61. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rauzer, Vsevolod"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1
Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Bb3 b6 14. a4 a5
15. Bc4 Qe8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Qe2 f5 18. f3 f4 19. Bf2 g5 20. Nb1 Qg6 21. Na3 g4
22. Kh1 g3 23. Bg1 Qh5 24. Nb5 Ng6 25. Ra2 (25. Nxc7 Rac8 26. Nd5) 25... Nh4
26. Qf1 gxh2 27. Bxh2 Bf6 28. Rd1 Bc8 29. Bd5 Rb8 30. Nxc7 Ng6 31. Rad2 Bh4 32.
Be6 Bxe6 33. Nxe6 Rfe8 34. Nc7 Rg8 35. Rd7 Nf8 36. R7d6 Nh7 37. Rc6 Bg3 38. Qg1
Rg6 39. Rdd6 Rxd6 40. Rxd6 Rg8 41. Nd5 Qh4 42. Rd7 Nf8 (42... Bxh2 43. Qxh2
Qe1+) 43. Rf7 Ne6 44. Nf6 Rg7 45. Rxg7 Kxg7 46. Nd7 h5 47. Nxe5 Nc5 48. Nc4 (
48. b4 axb4 49. cxb4 Nxa4 50. Nd3 Kh7 51. Nxf4 Qxf4 52. Bxg3 Qxg3 53. Qd1)
48... Kh7 49. Nb2 Nxb3 50. Nd3 Nc5 51. Nb2 Kg8 52. e5 Kf7 53. Nc4 Ke6 54. Nb2
Ke7 55. Nc4 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 c4 8. g3
Nbc6 9. Bg2 Bd7 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Qd2 h6 13. Qf4 Rdf8 14. Bd2 Nf5
15. h4 Nce7 16. g4 g5 17. Qh2 Nxh4 18. Nxh4 gxh4 19. Qxh4 Ng6 20. Qf6 Qd8 21.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bf3 h5 23. gxh5 Rdg8 24. Kh1 Ba4 25. Rbc1 Nh4 26. Be2 Nf5 27.
Rg1 Ng7 28. h6 Nf5 29. Rxg8+ Rxg8 30. Bh5 Be8 31. Rg1 Rh8 32. Bg5 Nxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yudovich, Mikhail Sr"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nd7 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. e4 N5f6 11. Bf4 c6 12. Qa4 Re8 13. Rad1 Bf8 14. Rd2 a5 15.
e5 b5 16. Qd1 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Rc2 Nb6 19. b3 Bb4 20. Bd2 Be7 21. Bf1 Qd7
22. Bd3 Rec8 (22... b4 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Ba6) 23. Ng5 g6 (23... h6 24. Qh5
Bxg5 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Qh7+ Kf8) 24. Qf3 Bxg5 (24... Rf8) 25. Bxg5 Rxc2 26. Qf6
Qd8 27. Qxd8+ Rxd8 28. Bxd8 Rd2 (28... Rc6 29. Bxb5) 29. Bxb5 Na8 30. Rc1 Rxd4
31. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. e4 g6 4. d5 Nb8 5. c4 Bg7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. h3
O-O 9. Be3 e6 10. O-O Re8 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. e5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 Qd4
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Bg7 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. h4 Qd8 20. h5 Qh4 21.
hxg6 hxg6 22. Rfe1 Rad8 23. Ng3 e4 24. Bxe4 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Rd8 26. Qc2 Bxe4 27.
Rxe4 Qf6 28. Re2 e5 29. Rd2 Rd4 30. Ne2 Rd6 31. Nc3 Rd4 32. Nb5 Rxd2 33. Qxd2
c6 34. Nd6 b6 35. Ne4 Qh4 36. Qd3 Qf4 37. g3 Qf7 38. b3 Bf8 39. Kg2 Qf5 40. f3
Be7 41. Qd2 Kg7 42. Qd3 Kf8 43. Nf2 Ke8 44. Ne4 Kf7 45. Nf2 Ke8 46. Qe4 Kd7 47.
g4 Qg5 48. Qd3+ Kc7 49. Qe2 Bc5 50. Ne4 Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 (11... bxa4 12. Qxa4) 12. O-O b4 13. Ne4
Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 (14... Nxf2 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Rxf2 Qxe7 17. Be4) 15. Bxe4
Rac8 16. Nd2 e5 17. Qc2 Nf6 18. Bf3 Rfd8 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Nc4 Qc5 21. e4 Rd4 (
21... Nd7) 22. e5 Ne8 23. Rfe1 Rcd8 24. e6 fxe6 25. Rxe6 Nc7 26. Re5 Nd5 27. h3
Rf4 28. b3 Rdf8 29. Qd2 h6 30. Rce1 Rd4 31. Qc2 Rdf4 32. Qg6 R4f6 33. Qh5 Qd4
34. Re8 Nf4 35. Rxf8+ Rxf8 36. Qe5 Qc3 37. Nd6 Nxh3+ 38. Kh2 Ng5 39. Bg4 (39.
Nxb7 Rxf3) 39... Qxe5+ 40. Rxe5 Ba8 41. f4 Rxf4 42. Bf5 Rxf5 (42... g6 43. Re8+
Kg7 44. Rxa8 gxf5 45. Rxa6 c5 46. a5 Rf1 47. Rc6 Ne4) 43. Nxf5 Kf7 44. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rb1 b6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Qa6
cxd4 15. cxd4 Rfd8 16. Rbc1 Qc4 17. Qxa7 Ra8 18. Qb7 Rxa2 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5
Re8 21. Qxe7 Raa8 (21... Rxe7 22. Rd8+ Re8 23. Rxe8+ Bf8 24. Bh6 Qc5) 22. Qd6
Bxe5 23. Qxb6 Rab8 24. Qc5 Rbc8 25. Qa3 h5 26. h3 Rc6 27. c3 Rec8 28. Qa5 Bf6
29. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 O-O 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. Nf3
f6 (8... c5 9. Bxh7+ Kxh7 10. Ng5+ Kg6 11. h4) 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qe2 Re8 11. g4
c5 (11... Nxg4 12. Bxh7+) 12. g5 Nh5 (12... Nd7 13. Qxe6+ Kh8 14. O-O-O c4 15.
Bf1 Nf8 16. Qe1 Neg6) 13. Ne5 g6 14. dxc5 Nf5 15. O-O-O Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qxg5+ 17.
Kb1 Nf4 18. Qf3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 b6 20. Rhg1 Qe7 21. c6 a5 22. Qf3 Qh4 23. Rg4 Qh5
24. Rdg1 Kf8 25. Qf4 Ra7 26. Rg5 Qh3 27. Nxg6+ hxg6 28. Rxg6 Qh7 29. Qg5 e5 30.
Bxe5 Be6 (30... Rxe5 31. Qd8+ Re8 32. Rg8+) 31. Qf6+ Bf7 32. Rg8+ Qxg8 33.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O d6 6. d4 f6 7. Be3 Ne7 8. Qd3
Be6 9. c4 Ng6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. d5 Bg4 12. dxc6 (12. Nd2) 12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qc8
14. Rfd1 Nh4 15. Qf1 g5 (15... f5 16. Qh3 f4 17. Qxc8+ Rxc8 18. Bd2 Nxf3+) 16.
Kh1 f5 17. Nd5 f4 18. Bd2 Bd8 (18... Nxf3 19. c5 dxc5 20. Ba5 Bd6 21. Nxc7+
Bxc7 22. Rd7 Bxa5 23. Qc4) 19. c5 dxc5 20. Rac1 Nxf3 21. Ba5 Ra7 22. Rxc5 Qe6
23. Rc3 Nd4 24. Qh3 (24. Bb6 cxb6 25. c7) 24... Kf7 25. Qxe6+ Kxe6 26. Nb4 Be7
27. Nc2 Nb5 28. Rcd3 Nd6 29. f3 h5 30. b3 g4 31. Kg2 Rg8 32. Nb4 gxf3+ 33. Kxf3
Nf7 34. Nd5 Bd6 35. Nc3 (35. Kf2) 35... Raa8 36. R3d2 Rg4 37. Ke2 Ng5 38. Kd3
f3 39. b4 Rf8 40. Rf1 Rg2 41. Rdf2 h4 42. Nd5 Rf7 43. Ne3 (43. Nc3 Nh3 44. Rxf3
Rxf3+ 45. Rxf3 Nf4+ 46. Kc4 Rxh2 47. a4) 43... Rxf2 44. Rxf2 Rf4 45. Nd5 Rxe4
46. Nxc7+ Bxc7 47. Bxc7 Rd4+ 48. Kc2 Rc4+ 49. Kb2 e4 50. b5 e3 51. Rf1 e2 52.
Re1 axb5 53. Bd8 Nf7 54. c7 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qa5 8. Bd2
Qa4 (8... Ng6) 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Ne2 (11. Nf3) 11... Nbc6 12. f4
Rg6 13. h4 Bd7 (13... Qxc2 14. h5 Qb2 15. Rc1) 14. h5 Rg8 15. h6 O-O-O 16. Qd3
Rg6 17. h7 Rh8 18. Nxd4 Nf5 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Qxd5 Be6 21. Qd3 Rg7 22. c4 Na5 (
22... Rgxh7 23. Rxh7 Rxh7 24. Qb3 Qa6 25. Qb5) 23. Bb4 Nxc4 24. O-O-O Qe8 25.
Qd4 Nb6 26. Rh3 Rgxh7 27. Bb5 Bd7 (27... Qxb5 28. Rxh7 Rxh7 29. Qd8#) 28. Rc3+
Bc6 29. Rxc6+ bxc6 30. Ba6+ Kb8 31. Qd6+ (31. Qd6+ Ka8 32. Qc7) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mazel, Isaak"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 d5 9. O-O Be6 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Rd1 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bc2 Re5 14. e4 Bxc3
15. bxc3 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Bf4 Re7 18. fxe4 Qe8 19. Re1 Bf5 20. e5 f6 21.
Rad1 fxe5 22. Bxe5 Qg6 23. Qf2 Bg4 24. Bf4 Rf7 25. Rd4 Raf8 26. c5 Be6 27. Qe2
Bg4 28. Qc4 (28. Qe3 Qc2 29. a4) 28... Bf3 29. Bg3 Bd5 30. Qd3 (30. Qa4 Qg5 31.
Qa6 Re7 32. Rdd1 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Qd2 34. Qe2 Qxc3 35. Bf2) 30... Qxd3 31. Rxd3
Bxa2 32. h3 a5 33. Ra1 Bc4 34. Rdd1 a4 35. Ra3 Bb3 36. Rd4 Re7 37. c4 Rf5 38.
Bf2 h6 39. Ra1 Kh7 40. Rd8 Rf4 41. Rc1 Bxc4 42. Rd4 Rxd4 43. Bxd4 Bb3 44. Kf2
Re4 45. Bb2 Bd5 46. Rc3 g5 47. Rd3 Rc4 48. Rc3 Rb4 49. Bc1 Kg6 50. g3 Kf5 51.
Re3 Rc4 52. Ba3 Rc2+ 53. Re2 Rc4 54. Re3 Be4 55. h4 gxh4 56. gxh4 Kg4 57. Rg3+
Kxh4 58. Rg7 Rc3 59. Bb4 Rb3 60. Bd2 a3 61. Bxh6 a2 62. Rg1 Rb2+ 63. Ke3 Rb1
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Belavenets, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. c5 g6 8. Bxf6
exf6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. Bf3 f5 11. Nge2 O-O 12. O-O Qd7 13. Rb1 b6 14. cxb6 axb6
15. Qd2 Na5 16. b3 Nc6 17. Rbc1 Rfc8 18. a4 h5 19. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. O-O Qc8 8. b3
Bh3 9. Bb2 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Qd7 (10... O-O 11. Nd5 e4 12. Ng5 Qf5) 11. Qd2 e4 12.
Ng5 Qf5 13. d5 Ne5 14. Qf4 Qg6 (14... Qxf4 15. gxf4 Ng6 16. e3) 15. Ngxe4 Nh5
16. Qc1 f5 17. Nd2 Bg5 18. Qc2 Nf4+ (18... O-O 19. e3) 19. Kh1 (19. gxf4 Bxf4+
20. Kh1 Qh5) 19... Qh5 20. f3 Qh6 21. gxf4 Bxf4 22. Rf2 Bxd2 23. Nb5 O-O-O 24.
f4 Be3 25. fxe5 Bxf2 26. Qxf5+ Kb8 27. Qxf2 a6 28. Qa7+ Kc8 29. e6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Yudovich, Mikhail Sr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. d4 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. f4 cxd4 13. cxd4 g6 14. Bd2 Re8 15.
Bb5 Bd6 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Rc8 18. Qf3 Re7 19. Rac1 Nb8 20. Ba8 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Rc7 22. Rd1 Bf8 23. Bc3 Rd7 24. Nf1 Nd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Ne3 Nc6 27. f5
Bg7 28. Qf4 Re7 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Veresov, Gavril"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. f4
e5 9. Ne2 (9. Nf3) 9... Nfd7 10. O-O c5 11. Ng3 g6 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. d5 h5 14.
Be3 Qe7 15. Rf2 f6 16. Raf1 a5 17. Qa4 Kd8 18. Qd1 Ba6 19. Qe2 Ra7 20. Bc2 Kc8
21. Ba4 Qd6 22. Qd3 Rc7 23. Ne2 Kb7 24. Kh1 Rcc8 25. Ng1 Rcf8 26. Nf3 Ka7 27.
Nd2 h4 28. Qe2 Bc8 29. Rf3 Rh5 (29... g5) 30. g4 Rhh8 (30... hxg3 31. Rxg3 Rg8
32. Qxh5) 31. g5 Ka8 32. Qf2 fxg5 33. Bxg5 Rxf3 34. Nxf3 Ba6 35. Nd2 h3 36. Qg3
Bc8 37. Rf7 Na6 38. Be7 Qb8 39. Bc6+ Ka7 40. Bf6 Rf8 41. Rxf8 Nxf8 42. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Be3 Ne7 8.
Nc3 Ng6 9. h4 Be7 10. h5 Nf8 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. Ng1 Qc8 13. f3 Be6 14. Nge2 Qb7
15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. d5 cxd5 17. exd5 Bf7 18. g4 Nd7 19. Na4 g6 20. c4 gxh5 21.
gxh5 Rdg8 22. Rh2 Nc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Qa5 f5 25. f4 exf4 26. Rf1 f3 27. Rxf3
Rg4 28. Rb3 Rxc4+ 29. Nec3 Rb4 30. Nxc5 Bxc5 31. Qxc5 Rxb3 32. axb3 Qb6 33.
Qxb6 cxb6 34. Rf2 Bxh5 35. Rxf5 Be8 36. Rf4 h5 37. Rh4 Bf7 38. Kd2 Rd8 39. Rd4
h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Riumin, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
a6 9. a4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O N5f6 13. e4 b5 14. Ba2 b4 15.
e5 bxc3 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Rxc3 Rb8 18. Qc2 Qb4 19. Rb1 Bb7 20. Rc4 Qd6 21. Rc5
Nd7 22. Rc3 Nf6 23. Re1 Ba8 24. Bc4 Rb4 25. b3 Rbb8 26. Re5 g6 27. Ra5 Qb4 28.
Re5 c5 29. dxc5 Ne4 30. Re3 Nxc5 31. h4 Bd5 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Rxd5 Nxb3 34. Re4
Qb7 35. Qd3 Rfc8 36. Re1 Nc5 37. Qd1 Ne6 38. Rd7 Rc7 39. Rd6 Rbc8 40. Ng5 Rc1
41. Qxc1 Rxc1 42. Rxc1 Nf4 43. Rcc6 Qb1+ 44. Kh2 Qf1 45. Kg3 Ne2+ 46. Kf3 Ng1+
47. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Savitsky, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 (6. c3 O-O 7. d4)
6... d6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nc3 Ng4 11. Qf3 (11. h3 Ne5 12.
Qh5) 11... O-O 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Rae1 (13. Bxc6 Nxh2 14. Bxh2 Bxc6 15. Nd5 Bxd5
16. exd5) 13... Rae8 14. Qg3 f5 15. h3 g5 16. hxg4 gxf4 17. Qxf4 fxg4 18. Qg3
h5 19. e5 h4 20. Qd3 Bf5 21. Qe2 (21. Qxa6 g3 22. Nd1 h3 23. Qxc6 Qh4) 21... g3
22. Nd1 gxf2+ 23. Nxf2 Qg5 24. Kh1 Rxe5 25. Qc4+ Be6 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. Qxh4
Bxf2 28. Qh6 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 c5 9. dxc5 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nxc5 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. Bc2 Bf6 13. Rb1 Bd7 14.
Bg5 Bc6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nh4 (16. Ke2 O-O-O 17. Rhd1) 16... O-O-O 17. Rd1
Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Rd8+ 19. Ke2 Rd4 20. Nf3 Rg4 (20... Rxc4 21. Bxh7 f5 22. h4 Ne4
23. h5 Bb5 24. Rh2 Nf6 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. h6 Rh4+ 27. Ke1 Rxh2 28. Nxh2 Bc6) 21.
Rg1 Be4 22. h3 Rf4 23. Ke3 (23. Bb1 Bxb1 24. Rxb1) 23... Rxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
f4 e6 9. Qe1 b5 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. Kh1 b4 12. Nd1 Be7 13. Nf2 Nc5 14. a3 bxa3 15.
Rxa3 O-O 16. Re3 a5 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. Nc3 Rfe8 19. Ng4 Rac8 20. Qg3 Nxg4 21. Qxg4
Nd7 22. Qg3 Bf8 23. f5 exf5 24. exf5 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Nf6 26. Rd3 d5 27. Bg5 d4
28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Ne4 Qh4 30. Rxd4 Rxc2 31. Qd3 Rxb2 32. f6 g6 33. Ng3 Qh6 34.
Rd7 Qe3 35. Qxe3 Rxe3 36. Ra7 h5 37. Rd1 Re5 38. Ra8 h4 39. Nf5 (39. Nf1 g5 40.
h3 Ree2 41. Rdd8 Rb1 42. Rxf8+ Kh7 43. Rh8+ Kg6 44. Rhg8+ Kxf6 45. Ra6+ Ke7 46.
Ra7+ Kf6) 39... gxf5 40. h3 f4 41. Rdd8 Rb1+ (41... Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Ree1 43. Rxf8+
Kh7 44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. Rhg8+ Kxf6 46. Ra6+ Ke7 47. Ra7+) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 N7b6 9. a3 Bb4 (9... Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+) 10. Rc1 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxa3 12. e4
Ne7 13. Bd3 f6 14. Be3 Ng6 15. O-O Qe7 16. Qa2 Nd7 17. Rb1 e5 (17... O-O) 18.
Bc1 Ndf8 19. Re1 Bg4 20. Nd2 Nf4 21. Bf1 Be6 22. Qa5 (22. Nc4) 22... N8g6 23.
Ba3 Qd8 (23... Qf7 24. d5 cxd5 25. Qb5+ Qd7 26. Qxb7) 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxb7
exd4 26. Nc4 Rd7 27. Nd6+ Kd8 28. cxd4 Rxb7 29. Nxb7+ Kc7 30. Rb1 Bc8 31. Nd6
Rd8 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33. Ba6 Rb8 34. Bd6+ Kxd6 35. Rxb8 Ne6 36. Rb7 Nxd4 37. Rxg7
Ne7 38. Rxh7 Nb5 39. f4 Nc7 40. e5+ fxe5 41. fxe5+ Kd7 42. Bc4 a5 43. h4 a4 44.
h5 a3 45. h6 Ncd5 46. Rg7 Ne3 47. Ba2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Mazel, Isaak"]
[Black "Bohatirchuk, Fedor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 a6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 d6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Na7 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Qd3 Bd7 15.
Rc2 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Rc5 17. Rxc5 dxc5 18. d6 exd6 19. Rc4 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Nb5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Panov, Vasily"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1
Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bc2 Qc8 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Nc4 b6
15. Ba3 Kh7 16. Qe2 Ng8 17. Rad1 Nd8 18. Ne3 Ne6 19. Qd2 Bb5 20. Nd5 Rb8 21. b3
c6 22. Ne3 c5 23. Nd5 Rb7 24. Bb2 Bc6 25. Bc1 Rd7 26. Qe2 Qb7 27. c4 b5 28. Bd3
Qb8 29. Be3 Ne7 30. Qc2 b4 31. a3 a5 32. axb4 axb4 33. Ra1 Nd4 34. Nxd4 cxd4 (
34... exd4) 35. Bd2 Rb7 36. Ra6 Rc8 37. f4 Bxd5 38. exd5 exf4 39. d6 Nd5 40. d7
Rxd7 41. Bxg6+ fxg6 42. Qxg6+ Kh8 43. cxd5 Rf8 44. Rae6 (44. Rb6 Qa8 45. Bxb4)
44... Rxd5 45. Re8 Rd6 46. Bxf4 Rxg6 47. Bxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch10"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1937.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Be2 (11. Bd3) 11... Rc8 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Rxc3
Nd7 14. Qa4 c5 15. Ba6 Nf6 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. dxc5 Ne4 18. Rcc1 (18. c6 Nxc3 19.
cxb7 Nxa4 20. b3 Nc3) 18... Nxc5 19. Qb5 a6 20. Qe2 Rd8 21. Rfd1 Qe4 22. Kf1 e5
23. a3 Qf5 24. Ne1 e4 25. b4 Nd3 26. Nxd3 exd3 27. Qf3 Qe5 28. g3 Ra7 29. Kg2
Rad7 30. Rd2 Rc7 31. Rc6 (31. Rxd3 Rxd3 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. Rxc7) 31... Rxc6 32.
Qxc6 Rd6 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qc4 Qf5 35. e4 b5 36. Qd4 (36. Qd5 Qxd5 37. exd5 Rxd5
38. Kf3 Kg6 39. Ke4) 36... Qe6 37. Qe3 Qc4 38. Qf4 Rd4 39. Qf5+ g6 40. Qf6 Rd7
41. Qe5 Qb3 42. Qe8 Rc7 43. Qd8 Rc3 44. Qd7 (44. Qd5 Qxd5 45. exd5) 44... Qc4
45. Kf3 Rxa3 46. e5 Rb3 47. Kg2 Qe4+ 48. f3 Qc4 49. Ra2 Rb1 50. Rd2 Rxb4 51.
Rxd3 a5 52. g4 Rb2+ 53. Kg3 Qe6 54. Qc7 (54. Qxe6 fxe6 55. Rd7+ Kg8 56. Re7 a4
57. Rxe6 a3 58. Rxg6+ Kf8 59. Ra6 a2) 54... Re2 55. f4 Qa2 56. Qb7 Rxh2 57. Qf3
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch10"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1937.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. e4 c5 6. Ne2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O
Qb6 9. Nb5 Bg4 10. Qe1 Nc6 11. Be3 Qd8 12. f3 (12. N1c3) 12... Be6 13. Nd2 Nd7
14. Rb1 Rc8 15. Qf2 Qa5 16. Rfc1 Nde5 17. Bf1 f5 18. Nb3 Qd8 19. N5d4 Qd7 20.
exf5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. f4 Ng4 23. Qe2 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 e5 25. Bd3 Qh3 26. Rf1
Bh6 27. Rbe1 exf4 28. Qe6+ Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Ne5 30. Be4 Nxc4 (30... b6) 31. Bxb7
Rc7 32. Bd5 Kh8 33. Bxc4 Rxc4 34. Rxd6 fxg3 35. Rxf8+ Bxf8 36. Rd8 gxh2+ 37.
Kxh2 Kg8 38. Nd4 Kf7 39. b3 Be7 (39... Ke7 40. Rxf8 Rxd4 41. Rh8 Rd2+ 42. Kg3
Rxa2 43. Rxh7+) 40. Rd7 Rc7 41. Rd5 Bf6 42. Nb5 Rc2+ 43. Kg3 a6 44. Rd7+ Ke8
45. Rc7 Be5+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch10"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rauzer, Vsevolod"]
[Black "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1937.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. f4 Nc6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Bd3 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qh3 11. Qf3 (11. Bf1 Qe6 12. Be3 f6) 11... Bc5 12. Be3
(12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bd2) 12... O-O 13. Nd2 f6 14. exf6 (14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Bf1 Qe6
16. O-O-O fxe5 17. Qc3) 14... Re8 15. Nf1 (15. Ne4 dxe4 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. f7 Rd8
) 15... Nxf6 16. Kd2 Bg4 17. Qf2 d4 18. Bxd4 Re2+ (18... Re2+ 19. Bxe2 Ne4+)
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch10"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1937.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Qc7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Nb3 b6 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Qe1 Rfe8 (13... Rac8) 14.
Rd1 Nd7 15. Qg3 Bf8 (15... Bf6) 16. Rf2 Nc5 17. f5 Ne5 18. Nd4 (18. f6) 18...
Kh8 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Bh5 Qd8 (20... Bxg5 21. Qxg5 Qe7) 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. fxe6
fxe6 23. Nf3 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 e5 25. Rfd2 Re6 26. b4 Nd7 (26... Qc7 27. Bg4 Rg6
28. bxc5 Qxc5+ 29. Rf2 Rf8) 27. Bg4 Rf6 28. Rxd6 (28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Bc8
30. Qxe5) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch10"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Panov, Vasily"]
[Black "Yudovich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1937.04.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 f6 7. Bd3 (7. Qh5+ Kf8
8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Qf3) 7... c5 8. Qh5+ Kf8 9. Nxd5 (9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6)
9... fxg5 (9... exd5 10. e6 Qe8 11. exd7 Bxd7) 10. Rh3 (10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O
) 10... g4 11. Nf4 (11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. Rg3) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 gxh3 13. Bxh7 (
13. O-O-O h2 14. Ngh3 Nc6 15. Ng6+ hxg6 16. Qxh8+ Kf7 17. Bxg6+ Kxg6 18. Nf4+
Kf5 19. Qh5+ Bg5) 13... Rxh7 14. Qxh7 h2 15. Ke2 h1=Q 16. Ng6+ Kf7 17. Nh8+
Qxh8 18. Qxh8 Nc6 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Nh3 Qxg2 21. Qe8+ Bf8 22. Ng5 Nxe5 23. c4
Qg4+ 24. Kf1 Qxc4+ 25. Kg1 Qg4+ 26. Kf1 Bd7 (26... Bd7 27. Qxa8 Bb5+ 28. Ke1
Qe2#) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch10"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1937.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nxd2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 d6 7. Bg2 e5 8.
d5 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 Nd7 11. Ne1 f5 12. Nd3 f4 13. gxf4 exf4 14. Nf3 Ng6
15. Rc1 Qe7 16. Re1 Nde5 17. Nfxe5 Nxe5 18. f3 (18. c5 f3 19. Nxe5 fxg2 20. Nd3
) 18... b6 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. Qc3 Rfe8 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. a3 a5 24.
b3 Kf7 25. Kf2 Kf6 26. Ke2 Rh5 27. Rh1 Ke5 28. Kd3 h6 (28... g5) 29. h3 (29. h4
g5 30. Bh3) 29... Rg5 30. Rh2 Rg3 31. h4 Rg8 32. Ke2 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Kf2
g4 35. Rh5+ Kd4 36. Rd1+ (36. Rh7 gxf3 37. Bxf3 Bg4 38. Rd1+ Kc3 39. Bxg4 R8xg4
40. b4 Kc2 41. Re1 Rxa3 42. bxa5 bxa5 43. e5 dxe5 44. Rxc7) 36... Kc3 37. Rh7
gxf3 38. Bf1 (38. Bxf3 Rxf3+ 39. Kxf3 Bg4+) 38... Kc2 39. Rd3 Bh3 40. Rxf3
Rxf3+ 41. Kxf3 Bxf1 42. Rxc7 Rf8 43. Rc6 Kd3 44. Rxd6 Be2+ 45. Kf2 f3 46. Rh6
Rg8 47. Rh2 Kxe4 48. Rh4+ Kd3 49. Rh2 Rg6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch10"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1937.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. f4
Bd7 9. Nb3 Rc8 10. g4 O-O 11. h4 (11. g5 Ne8 12. Qd2) 11... Na5 (11... Nb4 12.
a3 Nxe4 13. axb4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxc3+) 12. Bd4 Nc4 13. g5 Ne8 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15.
Qd3 Rc6 16. O-O-O Be6 17. h5 Bxb3 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Qh3 (19. axb3 Bxd4 20. Qxd4
) 19... h5 20. axb3 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Rxf4 22. Nd5 Rf7 23. e5 (23. Rc4) 23... Qa5
24. Kb1 dxe5 25. Qd7 Kf8 26. Rdd1 Ra6 27. Kc1 Qa1+ 28. Kd2 Qxb2 29. Rhf1 Qd4+
30. Ke2 Qg4+ 31. Kd3 Qxd7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch10"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Belavenets, Sergey"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1937.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Be7 4. Bb2 b6 5. e3 O-O 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
c5 9. Nbd2 (9. Nc3) 9... Bb7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Ne5 h6 12. f4 b5 13. Rae1 bxc4 14.
bxc4 Qc7 15. Rc1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Qd1 f5 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. h3 Qd7 20. Kh2
Rcd8 21. Rfd1 Qa4 22. g4 (22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. a3) 22... Qxa2 23. Rc2 dxc4 24.
Nxc4 Qa4 (24... Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Be4) 25. gxf5 exf5 26. Nxb6 axb6 27. Bc4+ Kh8 28.
Rg1 (28. Ra1 Qc6 29. Rg1) 28... Bf3 29. Qf2 (29. Bb5 Bxe2 30. Bxa4 Bd1 31. Rc4
b5) 29... Bh4 30. Qxf3 Qxc2+ 31. Rg2 Qxc4 32. Qh5 Be7 33. e6 Qxe6 34. Rxg7 Rd2+
35. Rg2+ Rxb2 36. Rxb2 Kh7 37. e4 Qxe4 38. Rxb6 Qxf4+ 39. Kh1 Qf1+ 40. Kh2 Bd6+
41. Rxd6 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch10"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparian, Ghenrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E72"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1937.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 (8... Ne7) 9. b3 c5 10. O-O Nh5 11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 exf4 14.
Bxf4 Nxf4 15. gxf4 Bd7 16. Qd3 Qf6 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Qe7 (
19... b6 20. Bh3 Bh6) 20. Ng3 Qxe1 (20... Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Qxe1 22. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23.
Bf1 b6) 21. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 22. Bf1 Bd4+ 23. Kg2 Ra1 (23... b6 24. Nxf5) 24. b4
Rxa2+ 25. Kh1 Rf2 26. bxa5 Rxf4 27. Bh3 Be5 28. Bxf5 c4 29. Qc2 Kh8 30. Kg2 c3
31. Bd3 Rb4 32. Qe2 Rh4 33. Bf5 Rg8 (33... Rxf5 34. Nxf5 Rxh2+) 34. a6 bxa6 35.
bxa6 Rb8 36. Bc2 Rd4 37. Ne4 Rg8+ 38. Kh3 Rf8 39. Qh5 Rf4 40. Ng5 Rh4+ 41. Qxh4
Rxh4+ 42. Kxh4 Bxh2 43. Nxh7 Kg7 44. Kh5 Be5 45. Kg4 Bd4 46. Ng5 Kf6 47. Nf3
Be3 48. Kg3 Ke7 49. Kg4 Kd7 50. Kf5 Kc7 51. Ke4 Bf2 52. Kd3 Kb6 53. Kxc3 Kxa6
54. Kc4 Ka5 55. Nd4 Bg3 56. Bf5 Bh2 57. Bd7 Kb6 58. Nb3 Bg3 59. Bc6 Bf2 60. Kd3
Bg3 61. Ke4 Bf2 62. Kf5 Be3 63. Ke6 Kc7 64. Na5 Bd2 65. Nc4 Bf4 66. Be8 a6 67.
Bc6 Bg3 68. Nd2 Bf4 69. Ne4 Bh2 70. Nf6 Kb6 71. Kd7 Kc5 72. Ne4+ Kb4 73. Nxd6
a5 74. Ne4 a4 75. d6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch10"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Goglidze, Victor"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1937.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. e3 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Be2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Qe7 (11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Be5) 12. Nf3 Be6
13. Nb5 Bb8 14. Nbd4 Bd7 15. Rc1 Ne4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 (16... Bxc6) 17. Ba6 Qd6 (
17... Nc5 18. Qd4 Ne6 19. Qc3 Bd6 20. Ne5 c5) 18. Bb7 Ng5 19. Ne5 Rxe5 20. f4 (
20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. f4 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Bxf4) 20... Re8 (20... Rxe3 21. Qd4 Nh3+ 22.
Kh1) 21. Bxa8 f6 22. Qc2 Ne4 23. Rfd1 Rc8 24. Bb7 Rc7 25. Ba6 Bf5 26. g4 Bc8
27. Qxe4 Bxa6 28. Qe8+ Qf8 29. Qxf8+ Kxf8 30. Ba3+ Ke8 31. Bd6 Rc8 32. Bxb8
Rxb8 33. Rxc6 Be2 34. Rxd5 Bf3 35. e4 Rb7 36. f5 Kf7 37. Rdc5 Bxe4 38. Rc7+
Rxc7 39. Rxc7+ Kf8 40. Rxa7 Bf3 41. h3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch10"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B74"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1937.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Nb3 Be6 9. f4 Rc8 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe1 Nb4 12. Rc1 a6 13. Nd4 Bc4 14. a3 Bxe2
15. Qxe2 (15. Ndxe2) 15... Nc6 (15... Rxc3 16. bxc3 (16. axb4 Rxe3 17. Qxe3 Ng4
18. Qd2 Qb6 19. Rfd1 e5) 16... Na2 17. Rce1 Nxc3 18. Qd3 Nfxe4) 16. Rcd1 Nd7
17. Rf2 Na5 18. Bc1 Nc4 19. Nd5 b5 20. b3 Ncb6 21. Nb4 Nc5 22. e5 Qc7 23. Nf3
Rcd8 24. Re1 Ne6 25. Nxa6 Qd7 26. Nb4 d5 27. Rd1 Nc5 (27... d4) 28. Nd4 f6 29.
e6 Qb7 30. f5 Ne4 31. Rf3 Ng5 32. Rg3 Ne4 33. Rh3 Ng5 34. Rh4 Na8 35. Qxb5 Qxb5
36. Nxb5 gxf5 37. Nc6 Nxe6 38. Nxe7+ Kf7 39. Nxf5 Kg6 40. Nxg7 Nxg7 41. Rg4+
Kf7 42. Bh6 Rg8 43. Rxg7+ Rxg7 44. Bxg7 Kxg7 45. c4 Nb6 46. Nc7 Rb8 47. cxd5
Nc8 48. d6 Nxd6 49. Rxd6 Rxb3 50. a4 Ra3 51. Rd4 Ra1+ 52. Kf2 Ra2+ 53. Kf3 Ra3+
54. Ke4 Ra2 55. Ne6+ Kf7 56. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch10"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Goglidze, Victor"]
[Black "Budo, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1937.04.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Qxd2 d6 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. Rfe1 f5 (12... Nd7) 13. Nh4
Bxg2 14. Nxg2 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Rad1 Nc6 17. c5 Nd4 18. Rc1 Rad8 19. b4 f4
20. Kh1 Kh8 21. gxf4 exf4 22. e3 Nf3 23. Red1 Qf7 (23... Qg5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8) 24.
Rxd8 Rxd8 25. exf4 (25. Nxf4 Qxa2 26. Kg2 Nh4+ 27. Kg3 Nf5+ 28. Kg2 Nh4+) 25...
Qh5 26. h4 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch10"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1937.04.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 cxd4 (9... Nf6) 10. exd4 Bf6 11. Bc2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14.
Be4 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Qb3 Nd6 (16... e4 17. Nd4 Ne7 18. Qxb7 Nxd5) 17. Be3
Qc7 18. Nd2 Rfc8 19. c4 Nxc4 20. Ne4 Qe7 (20... Be7 21. Rfc1 b5 22. Qxb5 Bxa3
23. Rc2 Qb8 24. Qxb8 Raxb8 25. Bxa7) 21. d6 (21. Rfd1) 21... Qe6 (21... Nxd6
22. Bc5 Rxc5 23. Nxc5 Re8) 22. Nc5 Qxd6 (22... Na5 23. Qb5 Qf5 24. Nxb7) 23.
Qxc4 Be7 24. Qe4 Rxc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qxb7 Rc8 27. a4 f5 28. Rad1 Bf6 29. Rd7
a5 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. Rd1 Qb4 32. Qb5 Qc3 (32... Qc3 33. Rd8+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch10"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Panov, Vasily"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1937.04.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Qe7+ 7. Be2 Qc7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Nfd4 O-O 13. c3 Ne5 14. h3 (
14. Bf4 Nf3+ 15. Bxf3 Qxf4 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rxe6 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Ng4+ 19. Ke2)
14... Nc4 15. Bd3 Rae8 16. Ne2 (16. Qc2) 16... Bxh3 17. Bf4 (17. gxh3 Rxe2 18.
Rxe2 Qg3+ 19. Kh1 Qxh3+ 20. Kg1 Ng4) 17... Qd7 (17... Rxe2 18. Bxc7 Bxf2+ 19.
Kf1 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Bxe1) 18. gxh3 (18. Bxc4 Qg4 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Bg3 Rxe2 21.
Rxe2 Nf4 22. Re3) 18... Qxh3 19. Bxc4 Qg4+ 20. Kf1 Bxf2 21. Kxf2 Ne4+ 22. Kf1
Qf3+ 23. Kg1 Qf2+ 24. Kh1 Re6 25. Bxd5 Qf3+ 26. Kh2 Rg6 27. Bxf7+ Rxf7 28. Qd8+
Rf8 29. Qd5+ Kh8 30. Ng3 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch10"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Rauzer, Vsevolod"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "1937.04.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 cxd4 6. exd4 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Qe2 a6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Rfe1 (12. Rfd1) 12... b4 13. Na4
Bd5 (13... Nbd7) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Qc2 a5 17. Rac1 Ra6 18. Nc5
Rc6 19. Qa4 Qc7 20. Nb3 Rc8 21. Rxc6 Nxc6 22. Nxa5 Qxa5 23. Qxc6 Qa8 24. Qxa8
Rxa8 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. Ra1 Rc8 27. a4 bxa3 28. bxa3 Ke7 29. a4 Rc6 30. Ke2 Kd6
31. Kd3 Bd8 32. Ne5 Rc7 33. Ra2 f6 34. Ng4 Ra7 35. Ne3 g6 36. Nd1 Ba5 37. Rb2
Kc6 38. Rb5 Be1 39. Ke2 Ba5 40. Kd3 Be1 41. Ke2 Ba5 42. Rc5+ Kd6 43. Rb5 Kc6
44. Kd3 Be1 45. Ke2 Ba5 46. Rc5+ Kd6 47. Rb5 Kc6 48. Kd3 Be1 49. Rc5+ Kd6 50.
Ke2 Ba5 51. Ne3 Bb6 52. Rxd5+ Kc6 53. a5 Rxa5 54. Rxa5 Bxa5 55. Kd3 Bc7 56. h3
Ba5 57. Ng4 Bd8 58. Kc4 Kd6 59. Ne3 Ba5 60. Nd5 f5 61. Nf6 Be1 62. f3 h5 63.
Nd5 Bd2 64. Nc3 Be3 65. Nb5+ Kc6 66. Na3 Bf2 67. Nc2 Kd6 68. Kd3 Kd5 69. Ne3+
Ke6 70. Ke2 Bg3 71. Nf1 Bc7 72. Kd3 h4 73. Ne3 Bf4 74. Nd1 Kd5 75. Nc3+ Kc6 76.
Kc4 Be3 (76... Bd2 77. Nd5 Kd6) 77. Nd5 Bg5 78. f4 Bd8 79. Nb4+ Kd6 80. Nd3 g5
81. Ne5 Ke6 82. d5+ Kf6 83. Kc5 gxf4 84. Nc6 f3 85. gxf3 Kg5 86. Nxd8 Kf4 87.
Ne6+ Kxf3 88. d6 f4 89. Nxf4 Kxf4 90. d7 Kg3 91. d8=Q Kxh3 92. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch10"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Rauzer, Vsevolod"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1937.04.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. b3 d4 (6... Nd7) 7. Ne2
c5 8. Nf4 Nc6 9. Nd3 Nf6 10. g3 Be7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. e5 Nd5 13. Qe4 Rc8 14. O-O
b6 15. Bb2 Ndb4 16. Nf4 Bg5 17. a3 Bxf4 18. axb4 (18. gxf4 Nd5 19. f5 Nde7)
18... Bxd2 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Ra6 Nb4 21. Rxa7 c4 (21... Nd5) 22. Rd1 c3 23. Ba3
Nc6 (23... Rb8 24. Ra4 Qe7 25. Qxd4 Nxc2 26. Bxe7 Nxd4 27. Rxd4) 24. Ra6 Nb8
25. Ra4 d3 26. Bxf8 dxc2 27. Qxc2 Qxf8 28. Rxd2 cxd2 29. Qxd2 Nc6 30. Qd6 Ne7
31. Ra7 Nf5 32. Qxf8+ Kxf8 33. Ra8 Rxa8 34. Bxa8 Ke7 35. Be4 Nd4 36. b4 h6 37.
Kf1 f5 38. exf6+ gxf6 39. Ke1 f5 40. Bd3 e5 41. Kd2 f4 42. Be4 fxg3 43. fxg3
Kd6 44. Kd3 Ne6 45. h4 Ng7 46. g4 Ne6 47. Kc4 Nd4 48. b5 Ne6 49. b6 Nf8 50. Bf5
Kc6 51. b7 Kxb7 52. Kd5 e4 53. Kxe4 Kc6 54. Ke5 Kc5 55. Kf6 Kd6 56. Kf7 Ke5 57.
Kxf8 h5 58. gxh5 Kxf5 59. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch10"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1937.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. h4 a6 (12... Nh5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7)
13. h5 b5 (13... Nxh5 14. Bxg7 Nxg7 15. Qh6 Nh5 16. g4) 14. g4 Re8 (14... b4
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5) 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qc7 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bd3 Qb7 19.
Qg5 Rc4 (19... Kf8 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Qxg6 e5 22. dxe6 Rxe6 23. g5 Qf7 24. Qf5)
20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Rd2 c3 22. Bxc3 Ne4 23. fxe4 Bxc3 24. b3 Qb4 25. Rdh2 Bg7 26.
Qe3 e6 27. Rh7 exd5 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qh6+ Kf6 30. Rf1+ Ke7 (30... Ke6 31. Qg7
Re7 32. Rf6+ Kd7 33. Rxf7 Qxe4 34. Rxe7+ Qxe7 35. Qxe7+ Kxe7 36. b4 Kf6 37. a4)
31. Qg5+ Kd7 32. Rxf7+ Kc8 33. Qxd5 Qxe4 34. Qxd6 Qe1+ 35. Kb2 Qe5+ 36. Qxe5
Rxe5 37. Rf6 Rg5 38. Rxa6 Rxg4 39. Ra7 g5 40. Rg7 Rg1 41. a4 g4 42. a5 g3 43.
b4 g2 44. b5 Kb8 45. a6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch10"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1937.04.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Ne5 Qd6 9. d4 f6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Be3 (11. Qf3) 11... O-O-O 12. Qd3 g5 13.
O-O-O e6 14. Ne2 Nb4 15. Qb3 Qb6 (15... a6 16. Ba4 b5 17. Qc3+ Kb7 18. Bb3) 16.
Ba4 Qa6 17. Nc3 Nh6 18. f4 gxf4 19. Bxf4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Nb5 Qf4+ 22. Kb1
Nc6 23. Rhf1 Qh2 24. Qc3 Kb8 (24... Qb8) 25. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch10"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1937.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Qc7 8. a4
b6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Bd3 (10. f4) 10... Be7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rae1 Bb7 13. Kh1 Rac8
14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Bd2 Rfe8 16. b4 Nxd3 17. cxd3 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Nb1 a5 20. bxa5
bxa5 21. Nc3 Ba6 22. f4 Qb6 23. Ndb5 (23. Ncb5 Bc5 24. Bc3) 23... Bb4 24. Be3
Bc5 (24... Qd8 25. Rc1 Nb6) 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Rc1 Bxb5 27. axb5 (27. Nxb5 Qxc1)
27... d4 28. Na2 Qxb5 29. Qe4 Qb2 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. f5 Nc5 32. Qg4 Qxa2 33. f6
g6 34. Qf4 Qe2 35. Rc1 Qe3 36. Qxe3 dxe3 37. Kg1 (37. d4 e2 38. Kg1 e1=Q+ 39.
Rxe1 Nd3) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch match"]
[Site "Moscow/Leningrad"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1937.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nbd7 9. Be2 Nb6 10. Bf3 Bf5 (10... Bg4) 11. Rd1 Qd7 12. h3 h5 13. Be5 Rfd8
14. Bxf6 exf6 (14... Bxf6 15. Nge2 h4 16. O-O Rac8) 15. Nge2 Rac8 16. O-O Nc4 (
16... h4) 17. Ng3 Nd6 18. Rfe1 Bf8 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Ngxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Kg7 22.
Qf3 f5 23. Nc3 b5 24. a3 a5 25. Qg3 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27. Ne2 Kh7 (27... Bd6)
28. Nf4 Re8 29. Qf3 Rcd8 30. Re5 Bg7 31. Rde1 Rc8 (31... Bxe5 32. dxe5 Qc7 (
32... Qa7 33. Qd3 Qc5 34. Nxh5 gxh5 35. Qxf5+ Kg7 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Qh6+ Ke7 38.
d6+ Kd7 39. Rc1) 33. Qe3 Qc4 34. e6 Qc7 35. Ra1 Ra8 36. Rc1 Qd8 37. Rc6 fxe6
38. Nxe6 Qb8 39. g3) 32. d6 Rf8 33. Rd5 Rfe8 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Nd3 Rd8 36. Nc5
Qc6 37. d7 Bxd4 38. Rxd4 Qxc5 39. Qd5 Qxd5 40. Rxd5 Kg7 41. Kf1 (41. Kf1 Kf6
42. Ke2 Ke6 43. Rd4 Rxd7 44. Rxd7 Kxd7 45. Kd3) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1939.??.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. cxd5
Rd8 9. Qd2 (9. Bc4) (9. Qa4 Qxa4 10. Nxa4 Nxd5) 9... Nxd5 10. Bc7 Qxc7 11. Nxd5
Rxd5 12. Qxd5 Be6 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. Rd1 (14. Rc3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Bxa2 16. Nf3)
14... Rd8 15. Qc1 Qa5+ 16. Rd2 Rd5 17. Ne2 Rxc5 18. Nc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rxc3 20.
Qb2 Ra3 21. Qb5 Qc3 22. Qb2 Qc5 23. Qb1 (23. Qxb7 Qc1+ 24. Ke2 Bc4+ 25. Kf3
Qxd2 26. Bxc4 Ne5+ 27. Kg3 Rxe3+) 23... Bxa2 24. Rxa2 Qa5+ 25. Rd2 Ra1 26. Bd3
Rxb1+ 27. Bxb1 Ne5 28. Ke2 Qb5+ 29. Bd3 Nxd3 30. Rxd3 a5 31. Rhd1 Qc4 32. Kf3
b5 33. Rd7 b4 34. Ra7 a4 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Rda8 a3 37. g3 Qb5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1939.??.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 (7...
Nbc6 8. Be2 Bd7) 8. a4 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nbc6 10. Bd3 c4 11. Be2 f6 12. Ba3 O-O-O 13.
O-O Nf5 14. g4 Nfe7 15. Rfb1 Qa6 16. a5 Rdf8 17. Ne1 (17. Bd6) 17... fxe5 18.
Nd3 cxd3 19. Bxd3 Qxa5 20. Bxe7 Qc7 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Bb5 Rf4 23. h3 (23. Bxc6
Bxc6 24. Rxa7 Rxg4+ 25. Kh1) 23... a6 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Re1 e4 26. Re3 Bb5 27.
Rg3 g5 28. Kg2 Qf7 29. Qe3 Qf6 30. Re1 (30. f3) 30... Be8 31. Qe2 Kb8 32. Rb1
Bb5 33. Qe3 Be8 34. Qe2 Kc7 35. Rh1 Bg6 36. Re1 Be8 37. Rh1 h5 38. Kg1 (38.
gxh5 Bxh5 39. Qxh5 Rxf2+ 40. Kg1 Rf1+ 41. Kh2 Qf2+ 42. Rg2 Qf4+ 43. Rg3 Rf2+
44. Kg1 Qxg3#) (38. Qd2 h4 39. Re3 Bb5 40. Ra1) 38... Bb5 39. Qe1 (39. Qd2 h4
40. Re3 Bc4 41. Kg2 b5 42. Ra1 Kb6) 39... h4 40. Re3 Bc4 41. Rh2 (41. Qd2 a5
42. Kg2 a4 43. Ra1 b5) 41... b6 42. Qa1 Qf8 43. Rg2 a5 44. Qa4 Qe7 45. Qa1 Kb7
46. Qa4 Rf8 47. Re1 Qd6 48. Qa1 Ka6 49. Re3 b5 50. Qb2 Rf3 51. Kh1 (51. Rxf3
exf3 52. Rh2 a4 53. Qb4 Qxb4 54. cxb4 Bf1) 51... Rf6 52. Kg1 Kb6 53. Rh2 Rf7
54. Rg2 Rf3 55. Kh1 Rf8 56. Kg1 Rf6 57. Rh2 Kc6 58. Rg2 Rf3 59. Kh1 Bf1 60.
Rxf3 exf3 61. Rh2 a4 62. Kg1 a3 63. Qc1 Bc4 64. Qxg5 a2 65. Qc1 e5 66. dxe5
Qxe5 67. Qa1 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1939.??.15"]

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
(8... Bb7) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14.
b3 Rac8 15. e4 d4 16. Na4 Qb7 17. Nd2 Nb6 18. Nb2 Rfe8 19. h3 Bd6 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Re1 Kh8 22. Ndc4 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 (23... Bb8) 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
(38... Qd7 39. Qh4 f5 40. g4 fxe4 41. Bxe4+ Rxe4 42. Rxe4 f5) 39. Qh4 f5 40. e5
f6 41. e6 Qe8 42. Bc4 Kg7 43. g4 fxg4 44. Rg1 Kh8 45. Bd3 h5 (45... f5 46. hxg4
Rxe6 47. gxf5 Qe7) 46. Rxg4 Rxe6 (46... f5 47. Rg5 Rh7 48. Bxf5) 47. Rg6 Re2+
48. Kg3 Re7 49. Rh6+ Kg8 50. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1939.??.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Nf1 h6 13. h3 Be6 14. Ne3 Rad8 15.
Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Nc6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. Be3 Rfe8 20. Rc1 c4 21. g4
Ne4 22. Bb1 Bd6 23. Nh4 Bf4 24. Qf3 Bg5 25. Ng2 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Re7 27. Qf4 Nxd4
28. Qxc7 Nf3+ 29. Kf1 Ned2# 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1939.??.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 d6 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bd3 h6 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 Nd7
15. f5 Nf6 16. Ne4 Qd8 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Be4 Rb8 19. Rad1 b6 20. h3 Ba6 21.
Bd5 b5 22. cxb5 Rxb5 23. c4 Rb6 24. Rb1 Rd8 (24... Rfb8 25. Rxb6 Rxb6 26. Qa4
Kf8 27. Qa5 Qe7 28. f6 gxf6 29. Qe1 Bc8 30. e4 Bd7 31. Qa5 Be6) 25. Rxb6 axb6
26. e4 Bc8 27. Qa4 Bd7 (27... Rd7 28. Qa8 Qd8 29. Qb8 Rd6) 28. Qa7 Be8 29. Rb1
Rd6 30. a4 Kh7 31. a5 bxa5 32. Qxa5 Ra6 33. Qxc5 Ra2 34. Qe3 Qa6 35. Rb8 Qa4
36. Kh2 Ra3 (36... Qc2 37. Qg3 Ra1 38. Rxe8 Qd1 39. Qg6+ fxg6 40. Bg8+ Kh8 41.
Bf7+ Kh7 42. fxg6#) 37. Qc5 Ra2 38. Ra8 Qxa8 39. Bxa8 Rxa8 40. Qxe5 Bc6 41. Qc7
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Pogrebissky, Iosif"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1939.??.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8.
Bd3 Qa5 9. Qd2 c4 10. Be2 Qa4 11. O-O Bd7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 O-O-O 14. f4 (14.
Nf4) 14... f6 15. Nf2 h5 16. Nd1 Nf5 17. Nb2 Qa5 18. a4 g5 19. Nd1 g4 20. exf6
(20. Ne3) 20... Rdf8 21. Ba3 Rxf6 22. Bb4 (22. Bc5) 22... Nxb4 23. cxb4 Qb6 24.
c3 Qc7 25. Nb2 (25. Ne3) 25... Rhf8 26. Bd1 Ne7 27. g3 Rh8 28. Bc2 h4 29. Kg2
Nf5 30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. Qe2 Rfh5 32. Rh1 e5 33. dxe5 Bf5 34. Rag1 hxg3 35. Kf1
Rxh2 36. Rxh2 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch11"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1939.??.15"]

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 (9. b4) 9... a5 10. Bd3 a4 11. Nd2 (11. b4 dxc4 12. Bxc4) 11...
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 (19. h4 Qxh4 20. Qd4 Qf6 21. Qxe4 Qxb2 22. Qxb7 Bf5
23. Nc5) 19... Qg6 20. Rfd1 (20. Qxc7 Bh3 21. Qc2 Rac8 22. Qe2 Nd6 23. Rac1
Rxe3 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Qd2) 20... Nd6 21. Qd3 Bf5 22. Qc3 Be4 (22... Bh3 23.
g3 Ne4 24. Qc2 Bf5) 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 (32. Bc5 Rae8 33.
Rc1) 32... Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Rxa3 34. Kh1 Ra8 35. Re2 Kh7 36. h3 Re8 (36... Qd3 37.
Be3 Ra1 38. Qxa1 Qxe2 39. Qb1+ Kh6 40. Qg1 Bxg2+) 37. Qf2 (37. Qd2 Rxe2 38.
Qxe2 Qf5 39. Kg1 b5) 37... Qxg2+ 38. Qxg2 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1940.??.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Ne2 d6 9. e4 (9. Ng3) 9... e5 10. d5 Na5 11. O-O a6 (11... b6 12. Ng3 Ba6) 12.
Ng3 b5 13. cxb5 c4 14. Bc2 axb5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nd7 17. Be3 Nc5 (17... Qc7
18. Rb4 Nc5) 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qh5 f6 20. Rfa1 Bd7 21. R4a3 Qb6 22. Qd1 Ra7 23.
Nf1 Rfa8 24. Ne3 Kf8 25. R1a2 Ra6 26. h3 Qd8 (26... g6 27. Rxa5 Rxa5 28. Nxc4
Qd8 29. Nxa5 Rxa5 30. Qa1) 27. Nxc4 Bb5 28. Nxa5 Rxa5 29. Qa1 Rxa3 30. Rxa3
Rxa3 31. Qxa3 Qc7 32. Qa8+ Kf7 33. Bd1 Kg6 34. Bg4 Bd7 35. d6 Qxd6 36. Qd8 Qd2
37. Qxd7 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1940.??.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Nxe4 7. d4 Bd7 8. Re1
f5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nbd2 (10. Bxc6) 10... Nxf2 11. Nxe5 (11. Kxf2 Bc5+ 12. Kf1
O-O) 11... Nxd1 12. Nxc6+ Be7 13. Nxd8 Bxa4 14. Ne6 Kf7 15. Nf3 Rhe8 (15... Bf6
16. b3 Bxc3 17. Neg5+ Kg8 18. Rxd1 Bxb3 19. axb3 Bxa1) 16. b3 Nxc3 17. bxa4 Bf6
18. Nfg5+ Kg8 19. Bb2 Rac8 20. Kf1 h6 21. Nf3 c5 (21... Ne4 22. Bxf6 Rxe6) 22.
Nf4 Re4 23. Nh5 Bd4 24. Ng3 Rf4 25. Bc1 Rg4 26. Nxf5 Rf8 27. h3 Re4 28. Rxe4
Nxe4 29. N5xd4 cxd4 30. Bb2 d3 31. Rd1 d2 32. Bd4 Rc8 33. Ke2 Rc4 34. a5 Ra4
35. Kd3 Nd6 36. Rxd2 Rxa5 37. Be5 Ra3+ 38. Kd4 Ra4+ 39. Kc3 Nc4 40. Re2 b5 41.
Kd4 g5 42. Kc5 Na5 43. Bd4 Kf8 44. Ne5 Nb7+ 45. Kd5 b4 46. Bb6 Ke7 47. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1940.??.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. O-O c6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Qc2
b6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb7 12. Re1 (12. Bf4) 12... Re8 13. Qc2 g6
(13... c5 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Bc6 Red8) 14. Bf4 c5 15.
d5 exd5 16. cxd5 Bf6 (16... Bxd5 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Ne5) 17. Rxe8+
Qxe8 18. Re1 Qf8 19. Qa4 Qd8 20. Nd2 g5 (20... Bxb2 21. Nc4 Bc3 22. Rc1 Bd4 23.
Nd6) 21. Ne4 Bxd5 (21... gxf4 22. Qxd7) 22. Rd1 (22. Bc7 Qxc7 23. Qxd7 Qxd7 24.
Nxf6+) 22... Bd4 23. Bxg5 f6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Nxf6+ Nxf6 26. Bxd5+ Nxd5 27.
Rxd4 cxd4 28. Qxd4 Rd8 29. h4 Kf7 30. h5 Rd7 31. g4 Nf6 32. Qf4 Kg7 33. h6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1940.??.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 a5 8. g3
O-O 9. Bg2 Qe7 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 Bg4 (12... Ne4 13. Qc2 f5) 13.
h3 Bh5 14. Qb3 Rab8 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. Qb5 h6 17. Rac1 Qe6 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nd2 (
19. Qb3) 19... Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Nf3 c6 22. Qb6 (22. Qxa5 b6 23. Qd2 c5)
22... Qxe2 23. Nxd4 Qe5 24. Nf3 Qf4 25. Qxa5 Re2 26. Qb6 (26. Re1 Rxb2 27. Qe5)
26... Ne4 27. Rf1 (27. Re1 Rxf2 28. Nh4 Qg3 29. Qe3 Qxh4 30. Bxe4 Rxb2 31. Bxg6
fxg6) 27... Nxf2 28. Rce1 Nxh3+ 29. Kh1 Rxg2 30. Kxg2 Qxg4+ 31. Kh2 Nf4 32. Qf2
Qh3+ 33. Kg1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1940.??.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Qd2 Na6
9. Nge2 Nc5 10. O-O-O Ne8 11. g4 f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. Bg5 (13. Rg1 f4 14. Bf2)
13... Bf6 14. h4 f4 15. Bh3 Bxh3 16. Rxh3 Kh8 17. Rdh1 Rg8 18. Nd1 Qe7 19. Nf2
Bxg5 20. hxg5 Rxg5 21. Ng4 Nd7 (21... Rxg4 22. Rxh7+ Qxh7 23. Rxh7+ Kxh7 24.
fxg4 Nf6 25. Nc3 Nxg4) 22. Ng3 Ndf6 23. Nf5 Qf7 24. Qh2 (24. Qg2 h5 25. Nxf6)
24... h5 25. Rg1 Qg6 26. Ne7 Qf7 27. Nf5 Rd8 (27... Qg6) 28. Rg2 (28. Nxf6
Rxg1+ 29. Qxg1 Nxf6 30. Qg5) 28... Qg6 29. Ne7 Qf7 (29... Qg7) 30. Nxf6 Rxg2
31. Rxh5+ Kg7 32. Qxg2+ Kf8 (32... Kxf6 33. Qg5#) 33. Ng6+ Kg7 34. Nxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Panov, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1940.??.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Bb6 7. h3 (7. Bg5)
7... Nf6 8. Re1 h6 9. b4 a5 10. b5 Nb8 11. Ba3 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Nh7 (12... O-O)
13. Nf1 Ng5 14. Ne3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qf6 16. Qd1 g6 17. Nd5 Qg7 18. Qd2 g5 19.
Be2 h5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Bb2 Qg7 22. c4 f6 23. Nxb6 Nxb6 24. c5 Na4 (24... dxc5
25. e5) 25. cxd6 Nxb2 26. Qxb2 cxd6 27. Rad1 g4 28. h4 Qe7 29. Bc4 Be6 30. Qd4
O-O 31. Bxe6+ Qxe6 32. Qxd6 Qxa2 33. e5 Qf7 34. e6 Qg6 35. e7 Rfc8 36. Qd8+ Qe8
37. Qd5+ Kh8 38. Qxb7 a4 39. Qd5 Rcb8 40. b6 Kg7 (40... Rxb6 41. Qxa8) 41. b7
Ra7 42. Rb1 a3 43. Qd8 a2 44. Qxe8 axb1=Q (44... Rxe8 45. b8=Q axb1=Q 46. Qxb1)
45. Qf8+ Rxf8 46. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 47. Rxb1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stolberg, Mark"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1940.??.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bd6 11. h3 h6 12. b4 Re8 13. Qb3 (13. Be3 Be6 14. Re1)
13... Be6 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. f4 Bf5 16. Qc2 Be4 17. b5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Na5 19. Ng3
Nc4 20. Bc1 (20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxc4 Ne3 22. Bxe3 Rxe3) 20... Rac8 21. Ra2 Bf8
22. a4 Bb4 23. Nd1 Ne4 24. f5 Nxg3 25. Qxg3 Bd6 26. Qf3 Be7 27. Qg3 Bf6 28.
Bxh6 Bxd4+ 29. Kh1 f6 30. Bc1 Re4 31. Qd3 Ne5 32. Qb1 Rc4 33. a5 Bc5 34. b6 a6
35. Nb2 Rc3 36. Bd2 Rb3 37. Qc2 Qb5 38. Rc1 Bf8 39. Rd1 Re2 40. Qc1 Rxh3+ 41.
gxh3 d4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1940.??.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Bd3 f5 8.
exf6 Bxf6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Nxd4 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. Bxf5 (13. c3)
13... Nxf5 14. Ne6 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Rfe8 16. Nxc7 Rad8 17. Bf4 Re2 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8
19. Rd1 Bf6 20. Rd2 Re4 21. Nd5 (21. g3 g5 22. Rd5) 21... Bxb2 22. Rd3 Ra4 23.
g4 (23. Rb3 Bd4+ 24. Kf1 Rxa2 25. Rxb7 Rxc2 26. g4) 23... Nd4 24. Re3 Nc6 25.
Rb3 Bd4+ 26. Kg2 (26. Be3 Rxa2 27. Rxb7 Rxc2 28. Bxd4 Nxd4 29. h4) 26... b6 27.
a3 Bc5 28. Bc1 Rxg4+ 29. Rg3 Rxg3+ 30. hxg3 Nd4 31. c4 Nb3 32. Bf4 Na5 33. a4
Nxc4 34. Bb8 a5 35. Bc7 Kf7 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. Nc3 Bd6 38. Bd8 Kd7 39. Bg5 Kc6 40.
Bc1 Be5 41. Nb5 Kc5 42. g4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1940.??.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. c4 g6 6. b3 Bg7 (6... exd4 7. Nxd4
Bg7) 7. Bb2 O-O 8. O-O e4 9. Ne1 d5 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. c5 Nbd7 13. Nc2
Re8 14. Nb5 Ng4 15. Bc1 Nf8 16. b4 (16. f3 exf3 17. exf3) 16... Ne6 17. bxa5 h5
18. Ra3 Nh6 19. Bxh6 Bxh6 20. Nb4 Bf8 21. Nc3 Rxa5 22. Nbxd5 c6 23. Nb6 Nxd4
24. Nxe4 (24. Nxc8 Bxc5 25. Ra1) 24... Bg4 25. Re3 Nxe2+ (25... Rxe4 26. Rxe4
Nxe2+ 27. Rxe2 Qxd1 28. Rxd1 Bxe2) 26. Rxe2 Qxd1 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Rxe8 Qb3 (
28... Qd4 29. Nxg4 Kg7 30. Nf6 Qxf6 31. Rxf8 Qe7) 29. Nxg4 Kg7 30. Nd7 (30. Nf6
Kxf6 31. Rxf8) 30... hxg4 31. Rxf8 Qe6 32. Rd1 Qe2 33. Rd4 Qb2 34. Rxg4 (34.
Rf4 f5 35. Re8) 34... Qd2 35. Rh4 (35. Rd8 Qd1+ 36. Bf1 Qxg4 37. Rg8+) 35...
Qxd7 36. Rhh8 Qd1+ 37. Bf1 Rxc5 38. Rhg8+ Kf6 39. Rd8 Qxa4 40. Rd6+ Ke7 41.
Rgd8 Rc1 42. R8d7+ Kf8 43. Kg2 Qe4+ 44. f3 Rc2+ 45. Rd2 Rxd2+ 46. Rxd2 Qb4 47.
Rc2 c5 48. Rc4 Qd2+ 49. Kh3 Qf2 50. Bg2 b5 51. Rc1 c4 52. f4 Qb2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1940.??.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Qe2 Be7 (6... Bg4 7. h3
Bxf3 8. Qxf3) 7. Nxe5 Nd4 8. Qe4 (8. Nxf7 Nxe2 9. Nxd8 Nxc1 10. Bxd5 Kxd8 11.
Be4 Be6 12. Nc3 Nxa2 13. Nxa2) 8... Nf6 9. Bxf7+ (9. Qf4 O-O 10. Kd1 Ne6) 9...
Kf8 10. Qh4 (10. Qf4 Nxc2+ 11. Kd1 Nxa1 12. Bc4) 10... Ng4 11. Ng6+ Kxf7 12.
Nxh8+ Kg8 13. Qh5 Nxc2+ 14. Kd2 Nb4 15. Qb5 Be6 16. Na3 c6 17. Nf7 Kxf7 18.
Qh5+ Kg8 19. Rd1 Nxf2 20. Qe2 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Stolberg, Mark"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1940.??.05"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5
8. Qe2 e6 9. Bf4 (9. Bg5) 9... Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nd5 13.
Bd2 a5 14. Kb1 Nb4 15. Qe4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 cxd5 17. a4 Bd6 18. Ne1 (18. c3 Nc6 19.
b3) 18... Rfb8 19. c3 Nc6 20. Nd3 b5 21. Bf4 Bxf4 22. Nxf4 bxa4 23. Kc2 Rc8 24.
Kd2 a3 25. bxa3 a4 26. Nd3 Na5 27. Nb2 Nb7 28. Ra1 Nd6 29. f3 g5 30. Rhb1 Rcb8
31. Kc2 Kg7 32. Ra2 h5 33. Nd3 Rxb1 34. Kxb1 Nc4 35. Kc1 Kg6 36. Nc5 Kf5 37.
Kc2 f6 38. Kd3 e5 39. Ra1 g4 40. fxg4+ hxg4 41. Ra2 (41. h3 g3 42. Ke2) 41...
Rc8 42. Nxa4 e4+ 43. Ke2 Rh8 44. Kf2 e3+ 45. Kg1 Rb8 46. Ra1 (46. Kf1 Rb1+ 47.
Ke2 Rh1 48. Kd3 Kf4 49. Nc5 Rxh2 50. Nd7 Kg5 51. Re2 f5) 46... Nxa3 47. Nc5 Nb1
48. Na4 g3 (48... Ra8 49. Rxb1 Rxa4 50. Kf1 Ke4) 49. hxg3 Kg4 50. Kf1 Kxg3 51.
Ke2 f5 52. Ra2 (52. Kxe3 f4+ 53. Kd3 Kxg2 54. Kc2 f3 55. Nb2 Nd2 56. Nd3 Nc4
57. Nf4+ Kg3 58. Nxd5 f2 59. Kd3) 52... f4 53. Kd3 Nd2 54. Nb2 Re8 55. Ra1 Kxg2
56. Re1 f3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1940.??.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Qa5+ (6... a6) 7.
Nc3 a6 8. b4 Qd8 (8... e5 9. bxa5 exd4) 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Bxd7+ Bxd7 11. Nd5 b5
12. Nh4 Rc8 (12... Rg8 13. O-O Rg4 14. g3 f5) 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Bg7 15. O-O
O-O 16. Rae1 Re8 17. Re2 Rc6 18. Rfe1 e5 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rxe6 Rxe6 21. Rxe6
Rxc2 22. Qe3 Kf8 23. h4 h5 24. Re7 Qc8 25. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1940.??.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 c6 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. e5 (9. O-O) 9... Ne8 (9... Nb6) 10. e6 fxe6 11. Qxe6+ Kh8 12. Ng5 (12.
Bg5 Ndf6 13. Qb3) 12... Ne5 13. Qb3 Qxd4 14. Be3 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 Qxd3 16. Rd1 Qf5
17. h4 (17. O-O Nd6 18. Rfe1) 17... Nd6 18. h5 h6 19. Ne2 gxh5 20. Rxh5 Qg6 21.
Rh1 Rf5 22. Rd3 (22. f4 Rf8 23. Nd4) 22... Rxg5 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. Rg3 Qa5+ 25.
Kf1 Qd5 26. Qxd5 cxd5 27. Nf4 Ne4 28. Rd3 e6 29. Nh5 Bd7 30. Rdh3 Be5 31. f4
Bb5+ 32. Kg1 Bd4+ 33. Kh2 Nf2 34. Rb3 Be2 35. Ng3 Bc4 36. Rxb7 Nxh1 37. Kxh1
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1940.??.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Nb3 (9. Kh1) 9... b6 10. f4 Bb7 (10... Be7) 11. f5 Be7 12. fxe6 fxe6 13.
Bh5+ g6 14. Bg4 Bc8 15. Bh6 Rg8 16. Bg5 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Ne5 18. Qh4 Ra7 (18...
Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Ra7) 19. Qxh7 Rf8 20. Bxe7 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Qxe7 22. Qg8+ Kd7 23.
Nd4 Kc7 24. Rf8 Ra8 25. Nf3 (25. Re8 Qf6 26. Qh7+) 25... Nxf3+ 26. Rxf3 Qg5 27.
h3 Ra7 28. Nd5+ exd5 29. Rc3+ Kd7 30. Qxc8+ Ke7 31. Rf3 dxe4 32. Rf8 (32. Rf2
Qc5 33. Qf8+ Ke6 34. Qf6+) 32... Qc5+ 33. Kf1 Qxc8 34. Rxc8 Ke6 35. Ke2 b5 36.
a5 b4 (36... Ke5 37. Ke3 d5) 37. Rc4 Kd5 (37... Ke5 38. Rxb4 Rc7 39. c3 Rc5 40.
Ke3 d5) 38. Rxb4 Rc7 39. c3 Rc5 40. Ke3 Rxa5 41. Rd4+ Ke5 42. Rxe4+ Kf6 43. Kd4
Rb5 (43... Ra2 44. Re2 a5 45. c4 a4) 44. Re2 a5 45. Kc4 Rc5+ 46. Kb3 d5 47. Ka4
Kf5 48. g3 Kf6 49. Re8 Kf5 50. Ra8 Rc6 51. Kxa5 Re6 52. Rf8+ Ke5 53. b4 Rc6 54.
Re8+ Kd6 55. Rd8+ Ke5 56. Re8+ Kd6 57. Re3 Rc8 58. h4 g5 59. hxg5 Rg8 60. Kb5
Rxg5 61. Rd3 Rg4 62. Rd4 Rxg3 63. c4 Kc7 64. Rxd5 Rg6 65. c5 Rh6 66. c6 Rh4 67.
Rd7+ Kc8 68. Kc5 Rg4 69. b5 Rg6 70. b6 Rg5+ 71. Rd5 Rg8 72. b7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1940.??.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. c4 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be2 c4 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. f3 c5 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Bd7 15.
Be1 (15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxc4) 15... Rab8 16. Qd2 cxd4 17. exd4 Rb3 18. Bd1 Rxa3
19. Rxa3 Qxa3 20. Bh4 Qd6 (20... Ne8 21. Re1 Nd6) 21. Bc2 a5 22. Bg3 Qa6 23.
Be5 Ra8 24. Qc1 Ne8 25. Re1 a4 26. Qa3 Qh6 27. Re2 Qg5 28. g3 g6 29. Bf4 Qd8
30. Re1 Ra6 31. Kf2 Ng7 32. Rb1 Qf8 33. Rb8 Ne8 34. Rb4 (34. Bc1 Qxa3 35. Bxa3)
34... Nd6 35. Bb1 Nb5 36. Qc1 a3 37. Ba2 Qe8 38. h4 Re6 39. Be3 Ra6 40. Qd2 Qe6
41. Bf4 Qh3 42. Kg1 Re6 43. Rb1 h6 44. Rc1 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Bb8 f6 47. Qc2
Be8 48. Rf1 Kg7 49. Bb1 Rb6 50. Re1 Rxb8 51. Re7+ Kf8 52. Rh7 Nxc3 53. Rxh3
Rxb1+ 54. Qxb1 Nxb1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1940.??.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Be2 h6 12. Bxf6 (12. Bh4) 12... Bxf6 13.
Qxd6 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxa2 15. Qb4 b5 16. Qxb5 (16. Bxb5 e5 17. f5 Ba6 18. Qa4)
16... Qa3+ 17. Qb2 Qc5 18. Rd4 e5 19. Qb4 Qc7 20. Rd5 exf4 21. Qc5 Qb7 22. Kd2
Be6 23. Rd4 Rac8 24. Qb4 Qc7 25. Ra1 f3 26. Bxf3 Qf4+ 27. Ke2 Qxh2 28. Kf2 f5
29. e5 f4 30. Rxa7 Qg3+ 31. Kf1 Rb8 32. Rb7 Ra8 33. Rd1 Bh3 34. Qe4 (34. Qc4+
Kh8 35. Qe2) 34... Bxg2+ 35. Bxg2 f3 36. Bh1 Qh3+ 37. Kf2 Qh2+ 38. Ke3 Qe2+ 39.
Kd4 Rad8+ 40. Kc5 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1940.??.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Qc2 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Nf3 c5 12. Be2 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. O-O Qf6 16. Rad1 Rab8 17. Rd2 Rb7 18. Qa4 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Nc7 20. Qa5 Ne6
21. Qc3 Qf5 22. h3 Rdd7 23. a3 Rd6 24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. Nxe5 d4 26. exd4 cxd4 27.
Rc1 Rd5 28. Nd3 a5 29. Rc4 Rdb5 30. Kf1 Rb8 31. Ke2 h5 32. h4 Kf8 33. Rdc2 Ke7
34. g3 R8b6 35. Kd2 Kd6 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Kd5 38. Rc8 Ke4 39. Ke2 Rxb4 40.
f3+ Kd5 41. Nxb4+ Rxb4 42. Ra8 Rb3 43. Ra5+ Kd6 44. Kf2 g6 45. Rd2 Rb7 (45...
Ke7 46. Ra7+ Kf6) 46. Rda2 Rd7 47. Ra7 Rxa7 48. Rxa7 f6 49. Ke2 Kd5 50. Ra8 f5
51. Ra6 (51. Rg8 f4 52. g4) 51... f4 52. g4 d3+ 53. Kd2 Nd4 54. Kxd3 Nxf3 55.
gxh5 Ne5+ (55... gxh5 56. Ra5+ Ke6 57. Rxh5 Kf6 58. Ke4 Kg6 59. Rh8 Kg7) 56.
Ke2 gxh5 57. Ra4 Ng6 58. Ra5+ Ke4 59. Rxh5 f3+ 60. Kf2 Kf4 61. Rh7 Ne5 62. Rg7
Ng4+ 63. Kf1 Nf6 (63... Ne3+ 64. Kf2 Ng4+ 65. Ke1) 64. Rf7 Kf5 65. Kf2 Kg6 66.
Ra7 Kh5 67. Ra4 Ng4+ 68. Kxf3 Ne5+ 69. Kg3 Ng6 70. Ra5+ Kh6 71. Kg4 Nf8 72.
Ra6+ Kg7 73. h5 Nh7 74. h6+ Kf7 75. Kf5 Nf8 76. Ra7+ Kg8 77. Rg7+ Kh8 78. Kf6
Nh7+ 79. Kf7 Nf6 80. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1940.??.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. Qc2 f5 11. Ne1 Nc6 (11... Bxg2 12. Nxg2 Bf6) 12. d5 exd5
13. cxd5 Nb4 (13... Ne5) 14. Qd2 a5 15. a3 Na6 16. b4 Bf6 17. Bb2 Qd7 (17...
Nb8 18. Nd3 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Nd7) 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Nd3 a4 20. Rac1 Qf7 21. Nf4
Bc8 22. Rc3 Bd7 23. Rfc1 h6 24. h4 Ra7 25. h5 Ra8 26. Re3 Kh7 27. Rcc3 Rb8 28.
Qd3 Ra8 (28... b5) 29. Ng6 Rxg6 (29... Re8 30. Qxa6) 30. hxg6+ Kxg6 31. Re6+
Kh7 32. g4 c5 33. b5 (33. Rxd6) 33... Nc7 34. gxf5 Nxb5 35. f6+ Kg8 36. Rc4 Re8
37. Rg4 g5 38. Rxe8+ Bxe8 39. Re4 Kf8 40. Re7 Qg6 41. Be4 Qh5 42. Bf3 Qg6 43.
Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1940.??.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bc2 c5 12. Bg5 h6 (12... cxd4) 13. Bh4 Nh5 (
13... cxd4 14. Qd3 g6) 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rfe1 Qe7 (
17... b5 18. cxb5 Bb7 19. Re5 Qb6) 18. Qe3 Kh7 19. Ne5 Ng7 20. Rad1 Nf5 21. Qh3
a5 22. Ng4 Qh4 23. Qa3 Bd7 24. Rxd7 Qxg4 25. Qc3 b6 26. Re4 Qg5 27. f4 Qh4 28.
g3 Qh3 29. Qf6 Kg8 30. Re2 a4 31. Bxf5 (31. Be4) 31... Qxf5 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33.
Red2 Rfc8 34. R2d4 Rab8 35. b4 axb3 36. axb3 b5 37. cxb5 Rc3 38. Rd3 Rc1+ 39.
Rd1 Rc3 40. R7d3 Rxd3 41. Rxd3 Rxb5 42. Kf2 Kf8 43. Ke3 Ke7 44. Kd2 Rb8 45. Kc3
Rc8+ 46. Kb2 Rb8 47. Rd4 h5 48. b4 Rd8 (48... f6 49. Kb3 e5) 49. Rc4 Rd2+ 50.
Ka3 Rxh2 51. b5 Rg2 52. Rc3 (52. b6 Rxg3+ 53. Ka4 Rg8 54. Kb5) 52... Rg1 53.
Kb4 Kd6 54. b6 Rb1+ 55. Ka5 f6 56. Ka6 e5 57. b7 Kd5 58. Rc8 Ke4 (58... exf4
59. gxf4 Ke4 60. b8=Q Rxb8 61. Rxb8 Kxf4 62. Kb5 Ke3 63. Kc4 f4 64. Re8+ Kf2
65. Kd3 f3 66. Kd2 h4 67. Rh8 Kg2) 59. b8=Q Rxb8 60. Rxb8 Kf3 61. Rb3+ Kg4 62.
Kb5 exf4 63. gxf4 h4 64. Kc4 h3 65. Rb8 Kxf4 (65... h2 66. Rh8 Kg3 67. Kd5) 66.
Kd3 h2 67. Rh8 Kg3 68. Ke2 Kg2 69. Rg8+ Kh3 70. Kf2 h1=N+ 71. Kf3 Kh2 72. Rg2+
Kh3 73. Rg6 Kh2 74. Rxf6 Kg1 75. Rxf5 Nf2 76. Rd5 Nh3 77. Rd1+ Kh2 78. Rd2+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch12"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1940.??.05"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. O-O c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Qc2 (11. Qe2) 11... g6 12. Bf4 Nb6 13.
Bc7 Qe7 14. Be4 Nd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Be5 Bf5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qb3 Be4 19. Ne5
Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rfc1 Rfc8 22. a3 Bf5 23. g4 Be6 24. h3 f6 25. Nd3 g5 26.
f3 Kf7 (26... Rc4 27. Rxc4 dxc4 28. Nb4 Bf7) 27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Ke3 Kd6 29. Rxc8
Rxc8 30. h4 h6 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Rh1 Re8 33. Kd2 Bd7 34. Rh6 Rf8 35. Ne1 Ke7
36. Nc2 Rf7 37. Ne3 Be6 38. Kc3 Kd6 39. Kb4 Bd7 40. Nf5+ Kc7 (40... Bxf5 41.
gxf5 Kc6 42. a4 Rf8 43. Rh7) 41. a4 Be6 42. Ng3 Bd7 (42... Kd6 43. b3 Bd7 44.
Nf5+ Kc7 45. Rh8 Bxf5 46. gxf5 Rd7 47. Kb5 Rd6 48. Rh7+ Kc8) 43. Nh5 f5 44. Nf6
fxg4 45. Nxd5+ Kb8 46. fxg4 Bxg4 47. Nxb6 Rf2 48. b3 Bd1 49. d5 Kc7 50. a5 Rd2
51. Rh7+ Kb8 52. d6 Rd4+ (52... Rxd6 53. Rh8+ Kc7 54. Rc8#) 53. Kc5 Rh4 54. d7
Kc7 55. d8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Absolute ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1941.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 (11. Bxc6+) 11... O-O 12. Qd2 Qb6
13. a4 Bf5 14. Nfd4 Nxd4 15. exd4 Rac8 16. Nc5 a6 17. Rae1 Rc7 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19.
Qxd3 Qd6 (19... Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qa2) 20. c3 a5 21. Qf3 Ng6 22. Re3 b6 23. Nd3 Rd7
24. Rfe1 Qc6 25. g3 Rd6 (25... Qxa4 26. h4) 26. h4 f6 27. Qf5 Qc8 28. Qxc8 Rxc8
29. h5 Nf8 30. Re7 Rcd8 31. Nf4 R8d7 32. g4 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 g5 34. hxg6 (34. Ng2
Re6 35. Rb7 Re4 36. Rxb6 Rxg4 37. Rxf6) 34... Nxg6 35. Nxg6 hxg6 36. Rb7 Kf8
37. Kf2 Ke8 38. Ke3 g5 (38... Re6+ 39. Kd3 (39. Kf4 Re4+ 40. Kf3 Re6) (39. Kf3
g5) 39... f5) 39. Kd3 Re6 40. b4 axb4 41. cxb4 Kd8 42. a5 Kc8 (42... bxa5 43.
bxa5 Ra6 44. Rb5 Rd6 45. Kc3 Kc7 46. Kb4 f5 47. gxf5 g4 48. Kc5 Rf6 49. Rb6
Rxf5 50. Rg6 Rf4 51. a6) 43. a6 b5 44. Rxb5 Rxa6 45. Rxd5 Ra1 46. Rc5+ Kb7 47.
d5 Rf1 48. Rc4 f5 (48... Rd1+ 49. Ke4 Re1+ 50. Kf5 Re5+ 51. Kxf6 Rxd5 52. Rc5)
49. Ke2 (49. gxf5 Rxf5) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "251"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Be3 a6 11. Bd3 Ncb4 12. Bb1 b5 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Bd2 Qb6 15.
Re1 Rac8 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bc1 Qc7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Nd4 Nc7 21. Be3
Qd5 22. f3 Qh5 23. Qb3 Nbd5 24. Bf2 Kh8 25. Be4 f5 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Qa3 Qf7
28. Rac1 Rcd8 29. Qe3 Rd7 30. b3 Qf6 31. Qf4 Ne8 32. Nc6 Bxc6 33. Rxc6 Qb2 34.
Rcxe6 Nf6 35. Qxf5 Rd2 36. Re8 (36. Qc5 Nd7 37. Re8 Kg8 38. Rxf8+ Nxf8 39. Re8)
36... Rg8 37. Rxg8+ Nxg8 38. Qc5 Qxa2 39. b4 Re2 40. Rxe2 Qxe2 41. h3 Qe6 42.
Bh4 h6 43. Bd8 Qd7 44. Bh4 Qe6 45. f4 Qe4 46. Qd6 Kh7 47. Bd8 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qe4
49. Qd2 Ne7 50. Bxe7 Qxe7 51. Kg3 Qe4 52. Kf2 Qc4 53. Ke3 Qe6+ 54. Kd4 Qd6+ 55.
Kc3 Qc6+ 56. Kb2 Qf6+ 57. Kb1 Kh8 58. Kc2 Qg6+ 59. Kc3 Qc6+ 60. Kd4 Qd6+ 61.
Ke3 Qe6+ 62. Kf2 Qe4 63. g4 Kh7 64. Kg3 Qb1 65. Kg2 Qe4+ 66. Kf2 Kh8 67. Kg3
Qb1 68. f5 Qa1 69. Qe3 Qf6 70. Qe6 Qc3+ 71. Kh4 Qd2 (71... Qxb4) 72. Qe7 Qf4 (
72... Qc3) 73. Kh5 Kh7 74. h4 Qc4 (74... Qd4 75. Qe8 Qf4) 75. g5 hxg5 76. hxg5
Qc8 77. Qe4 Qf8 78. f6+ (78. g6+ Kg8 79. Qe6+ Kh8 80. f6 gxf6 81. Qd7 Qg7 82.
Qd8+ Qg8 83. Qxf6+ Qg7 84. Qd8+ Qg8 85. Qxg8+ Kxg8 86. Kh6 a5 87. bxa5) 78...
Kg8 79. Qe6+ Qf7+ 80. Qxf7+ Kxf7 81. fxg7 Kxg7 82. g6 a5 83. bxa5 b4 84. a6 b3
85. a7 b2 86. a8=Q b1=Q 87. Qa7+ Kf6 88. Qf7+ Ke5 89. Kh6 Qh1+ 90. Kg7 Kd4 91.
Qf6+ Kc5 92. Kg8 Kb5 93. g7 Ka4 94. Kf7 Qh5+ 95. Ke7 Qc5+ 96. Qd6 Qg5+ 97. Kf8
Qf5+ 98. Ke8 Qh5+ 99. Kf8 Qf5+ 100. Ke7 Qg5+ 101. Qf6 Qc5+ 102. Kd7 Qd5+ 103.
Kc7 Qa5+ 104. Kb7 Qb5+ 105. Qb6 Qd7+ 106. Qc7 Qb5+ 107. Ka7 Qd5 108. Kb8 Qg8+
109. Ka7 Qd5 110. Qf4+ Ka5 111. Qf6 Qc5+ 112. Kb7 Qb5+ 113. Kc7 Qc5+ 114. Kd7
Qd5+ 115. Ke7 Qc5+ 116. Kf7 Qc4+ 117. Ke7 Qc5+ 118. Ke6 Qc8+ 119. Ke5 Qc3+ 120.
Kf5 Qd3+ 121. Kg5 Qe3+ 122. Kg6 Qe8+ 123. Kh6 Qg8 (123... Qe3+ 124. Qg5+) 124.
Qe5+ Ka4 125. Kg6 Qc8 126. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 c5 14. dxc5 (14.
e5) 14... dxc5 15. e5 Nd7 16. a4 c4 17. Qg3 Re8 18. Rd1 Bh4 19. Qg4 (19. Qc3
Qe7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Bf4) 19... Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Nxe5 21. Rxd8
Nxg4+ 22. hxg4 Raxd8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bd2 Rd3 25. Ra5 Rb3 26. Bc1 (26. Bc3 b4
27. Nd2 bxc3 28. Nxb3 cxb2 29. Nd2 c3 30. Nb1 c2) 26... f6 27. Ra3 Rd3 (27...
Rc8 28. Nc3 b4 29. Rxb3 cxb3 30. Ne2 Rc2) 28. Rxd3 cxd3 29. Be3 Re4 30. Kf3 Rb4
31. Bc1 g5 32. g3 Rc4 33. Be3 h5 (33... Rb4 34. Bc1 Rc4 35. Be3) 34. gxh5 g4+
35. Kf2 Rc2+ 36. Nd2 Rxb2 37. Bf4 Ra2 38. Ke3 Ra3 39. Kd4 Kf7 40. Ke4 b4 41.
Kd4 Ra5 (41... Rc3 42. Bd6 Rc1 43. Kxd3 Rh1 44. Bxb4 Rxh5) 42. h6 Rb5 43. Kc4
Rb6 44. Kc5 Rb7 45. Nb3 Kg6 46. Kc4 Rb6 47. Nc5 Kh7 48. Kb3 d2 49. Bxd2 Rd6 50.
Bf4 Rd1 51. Ne4 (51. Kxb4 Rd4+ 52. Kc3 Rxf4) 51... Kg6 52. Nf2 Rb1+ 53. Kc2 Ra1
54. Kb2 Ra3 55. Nxg4 Rc3 56. Ne3 Rd3 57. Nc2 Rd8 58. Nxb4 Kf5 59. Nc6 Rd7 60.
Kc3 Ke4 61. Kc4 Kf5 62. Nd4+ Ke4 (62... Kg6 63. g4 Re7 64. Kd3 Re1) 63. Ne6 Kf5
64. Nf8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. a3 Ba5 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 c4 12. Qe3+ (12. e4 O-O 13. exd5 b5
) 12... Be6 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. g4 O-O-O 15. f4 (15. Bg2) 15... Rhe8 16. Qf3 Qe7
17. e3 Na5 18. Bg2 f6 19. Ng6 Qc7 20. Kb1 (20. f5 Bf7 21. Nf4) 20... c3 21. Rc1
Nc4 22. Rxc3 Nd2+ 23. Kc2 Nxf3 24. Bxf3 Bf7 25. Nh4 Rxe3 26. Rxc7+ Kxc7 27. Kd2
Rde8 28. Rc1+ Kb6 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. bxc3 g6 31. Ng2 Kc7 32. Ne3 Kd6 33. h4 Rh8
34. h5 gxh5 35. gxh5 Be6 36. c4 dxc4 37. Bxb7 Rb8 38. Be4 Rb2+ 39. Kc3 Rb3+ 40.
Kd2 Rxa3 41. d5 Rxe3 42. Kxe3 Bxd5 43. Bc2 Kc5 44. Bf5 a5 45. Bc2 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 c6 7. d3 e5 8.
Be3 Qd8 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Be6 14. d4 Qd7
15. Bd3 Bg4 16. Qd2 Bh5 17. Bf5 Qc7 18. Raf1 Bg6 19. Rh4 Rfe8 20. Bf4 Qd8 21.
Bxg6 fxg6 (21... hxg6 22. Be5 Nh5 23. Rh3) 22. Rh3 Qd7 23. a3 Rad8 24. Rd3 Qe6
25. d5 cxd5 26. cxd5 Qa6 27. Rd1 Bd6 28. h3 h6 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Re3 Rxe3 31.
Qxe3 a6 32. Qd3 Nh5 33. Re1 Ng3+ 34. Kg1 Rf8 35. Qe3 Kh7 36. Ne4 Nxe4 37. Qxe4
Rf5 38. Rd1 Rf6 39. Qb4 Qxb4 40. axb4 Rd6 41. Kf2 Kg8 42. Ke3 Kf7 43. Rf1+ Rf6
(43... Ke7 44. Kd4 Rb6 45. Kc5 Rb5+ 46. Kc4 Rb6 47. Rf4 g5 48. Rf2 Rg6) 44.
Rxf6+ gxf6 45. g4 Ke7 46. h4 Kd6 47. Ke4 b6 48. h5 gxh5 49. gxh5 a5 50. Kf5 (
50. bxa5 bxa5 51. b3 Kc5 52. Kf5 Kxd5 53. Kxf6 Kd4 54. Kg6) 50... axb4 51. Kxf6
Kxd5 52. Kg6 Ke6 53. Kxh6 Kf6 54. b3 Kf7 (54... b5 55. Kh7 Kf7 56. h6) 55. Kg5
Kg7 56. Kf5 Kh6 57. Ke5 Kxh5 58. Kd5 Kg5 59. Kc6 Kf5 60. Kxb6 Ke6 61. Kc5 Kd7
62. Kxb4 Kc6 63. Ka5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Nbc6 8. Nf3
Qa5 (8... Bd7) 9. Bd2 c4 (9... Bd7) 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3 Ng6 12. Qf3 Bd7 13. Nf4
Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Ne7 15. h4 Bxa4 16. h5 Qb5 17. Kd1 Rc8 18. Bc1 Rc6 19. Be2 Ra6
20. Kd2 O-O (20... Qb6) 21. g4 f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Qc7 Rf7 24. Qd8+ Kh7 25. f4
Qa5 26. Qb8 (26. Qxa5 Rxa5 27. Ba3) 26... Nc6 (26... e5 27. Qxe5 Nc6 28. Qe3
Re7) 27. Qe8 Re7 28. Qg6+ (28. Qf8 Qd8 29. Qxd8 Nxd8 30. g5) 28... Kg8 29. Ba3
e5 30. fxe5 (30. dxe5 Nd4 31. Bb4 Qb5 32. Bxe7 Rxg6 33. Rhb1 Qd7 34. cxd4)
30... Nxd4 31. Bb4 Qd8 32. Qxa6 bxa6 33. cxd4 Rb7 34. Rxa4 Qg5+ 35. Kd1 a5 36.
Bf3 Rxb4 37. Bxd5+ Kf8 38. Rf1+ Ke8 39. Bc6+ Ke7 40. Rxb4 Qxg4+ 41. Kc1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 f6 (6... a5 7. a4 Be7
) 7. Bb5 Be7 8. Bf4 O-O 9. exf6 gxf6 (9... Nxf6 10. O-O Ne4) 10. O-O Nb6 11.
Re1 Bd6 12. Bg3 a6 13. Bd3 Na4 14. Rb1 b5 15. c3 Bd7 16. Nh4 Rf7 17. Re3 Rg7
18. Qe2 Qf8 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rg3 Rxg3 21. hxg3 Qe7 22. Re1 Qg7 23. Qc2 Nd8 (
23... e5) 24. Nc1 Rc8 25. b3 Nb6 26. b4 Ra8 27. Nb3 Nb7 28. Nc5 Nxc5 29. bxc5
Na4 (29... Nc4 30. c6 Bc8 31. Nf5 Qf8) 30. c6 Bc8 (30... Bxc6 31. Rxe6 Bd7 32.
Nf5) 31. c4 bxc4 32. Bxc4 Nb6 33. Bd3 Rb8 34. Qc5 Qf8 (34... Qf7) 35. Bxh7+ Kg7
36. Nf5+ exf5 37. Re7+ Kh8 38. Bg6 Be6 39. Rxe6 Qxc5 40. dxc5 Na4 41. Bxf5 Nc3
42. Re7 Nb5 43. Bd3 Rc8 44. a4 Nd4 45. Bxa6 Nxc6 46. Re6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. c4 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bb5+ Kf8 (9... Nbd7) 10. b3 a6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Ne5 Bd6 14.
Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Bf3 c4 16. g3 (16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxh2+) 16... Rc8 17. bxc4
Rxc4 18. Qd3 Qc8 19. Rac1 (19. e4 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. Bxc3 dxe4) 19... Qe6
20. Bg2 h5 21. Ne2 b5 22. Nf4 Qe7 23. Qd1 (23. h4) 23... h4 24. Qf3 Kg8 25.
Rfd1 Ne4 26. Nd3 Rh6 27. Qe2 hxg3 28. fxg3 Qg5 29. Bxe4 (29. Ne5) 29... dxe4
30. Nf4 Bxf4 31. exf4 Qd5 32. Qg2 Rhc6 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. h3 b4 35. Kh2 e3 36.
Qxd5 Rc2+ 37. Kg1 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C22"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Nge7 (5... Nf6 6. Bd2 d6) 6.
Bd2 O-O 7. O-O-O d6 8. Qg3 Kh8 9. f4 f5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Qe8 12. Nf3 f4 13.
Qf2 (13. Bxf4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qf7) 13... Bg4 14. Re1 Rd8 15. Bd3 Qh5 16. Be4 Ba5
17. h3 Bf5 18. Rhf1 Bb6 19. Qe2 Be6 20. a3 a6 21. Bd3 Ba7 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. g4
Qe8 24. Neg5 Bg8 25. Qe4 Ne3 26. e6 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 h6 (27... Nxf1 28. Rxf1 h6)
28. Nf7+ (28. Nh4 Ne5 29. Qe4 Nxf1 30. Bc3) 28... Bxf7 29. exf7 Qxf7 30. Bxe3
Bxe3+ 31. Kb1 Rd8 32. Qc3 Qd5 33. h4 Qe4 34. h5 Rd5 35. g5 hxg5 36. h6 Qg6 37.
hxg7+ Qxg7 38. Rh1+ Kg8 39. Qc4 Qf7 40. Qb3 (40. Qe4 g4 41. Rh4 gxf3 42. Reh1
Bd4 43. Rg4+ Bg7 44. Rxf4 Bf6 45. Rxf6) 40... Nd8 41. Rh5 Qxh5 42. Qxd5+ Nf7
43. Qe4 Kf8 44. Rd1 g4 45. Ne1 Nd6 46. Qe6 g3 47. Rd5 Qf7 48. Qh6+ Qg7 49. Qh4
Nf7 50. Ng2 Qg6 (50... Qh6 51. Qg4 Qh1+ 52. Ka2 Qxg2 53. Qf5 Qxd5+ 54. Qxd5 c6)
51. Rd7 Kg8 52. Qe7 b6 53. Nh4 Qh5 54. Qf6 Bc5 55. Ng6 g2 56. Qxf7# 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 Nb6 13. Rd1 Qh4 14. Bb3 Bh5
15. Qe1 Qxe1+ 16. Rxe1 Nd5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Bd2 O-O (18... Rc8 19. Ne4 Be7)
19. Ne4 Be7 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. exd6 Rfd8 22. Bb4 Rac8 23. Rac1 f6 24. a5 Be8 25.
Kf2 Bb5 26. Bc5 a6 27. Red1 Kf7 28. g4 Ba4 29. Rd4 Bb5 30. Rc3 Bc6 31. Rd1 Ba4
32. Rd2 Bb5 33. Kg3 Bc6 34. e4 dxe4 35. Bb6 Rd7 36. h4 h5 37. g5 Re8 38. Bc7
Kg6 39. Rf2 Kf5 40. Rc5+ Bd5 41. Rf1 Rf8 42. Rc3 Rff7 43. Rf2 e5 (43... Bc6 44.
Rc5+ Bd5 45. Rc3) 44. fxe5+ Kxe5 45. g6 Rf8 46. Rd2 e3 47. Rxe3+ Be4 48. Bb6 f5
49. Bd4+ Ke6 50. Kf4 Rxd6 51. Bxg7 Rxd2 52. Bxf8 Kf6 53. Rg3 Bd5 (53... Rf2+
54. Ke3 f4+ 55. Kxf2 fxg3+ 56. Kxg3 Bxg6) 54. Bc5 Rd1 55. Rg5 Rf1+ 56. Ke3 Rf3+
57. Kd4 Bg8 58. Bd6 Ke6 59. Bb8 Rb3 60. Rxh5 Rb4+ 61. Ke3 Rg4 62. Rh8 Rxg6 63.
h5 Rg4 64. Bf4 Bf7 65. Rh6+ Kd5 (65... Ke7) 66. Rd6+ Kc5 67. h6 Rh4 68. Rd7
Rh3+ 69. Kd2 Bd5 70. h7 Bc6 71. Re7 Be4 72. Be5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 f6 4. e3 e5 5. Bb5+ (5. d4) 5... Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7.
Be2 Nge7 8. d3 Be6 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Re1 Qd7 11. Bf1 O-O 12. c4 d4 13. Ne4 Bc7 14.
Qd2 Bg4 15. Be2 f5 16. Ng3 e4 17. dxe4 Bxg3 18. hxg3 fxe4 19. Nh2 (19. Ng5 Bxe2
20. Rxe2) 19... Bf5 (19... Bxe2 20. Qxe2 d3) 20. g4 Bg6 21. Nf1 Rf7 22. Ng3
Raf8 23. Rf1 Qc7 24. Rae1 d3 25. Bd1 Ne5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Nh1 h5 28. f4 exf3
29. gxf3 hxg4 30. f4 (30. fxg4 Be4 31. Rxf7 Rxf7 32. Qh2 Qxh2+ 33. Kxh2 Ng6)
30... Qd6 31. Rf2 Be4 32. Ng3 Bb7 33. Rh2 (33. Bxg4 g5) 33... Nf5 34. Nxf5 Rxf5
35. Rh4 (35. Bxg4 Rg5 36. Rh8+ Kxh8 37. Qh2+ Kg8 38. fxg5 Qxh2+ 39. Kxh2 Rf2+
40. Kg3 Rg2+ 41. Kf4 Rxa2) 35... g3 36. Rf1 g5 37. Rg4 Qh6 38. Bf3 Qh3 39. Qg2
Qxg4 40. Bxg4 Bxg2 41. Kxg2 R5f6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D22"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1945.??.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Ra7 (
7... b5 8. Be2 Nf6) 8. Bd2 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Be2 c5 11. d5 e5 12. a4 Bd6 13.
O-O Qe7 14. Kh1 e4 15. Rg1 exf3 16. Bxf3 Ne5 (16... Qe5 17. Rg2 g5) 17. Be2 O-O
18. f4 Ng6 19. Bd3 Raa8 20. Qc2 Qc7 21. b3 Rfe8 22. Raf1 Rad8 23. Qd1 Bxf4 24.
exf4 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Rg3 Red8 27. Qe2 Qd7 28. Rff3 Rd4 (28... Qc6 29.
Be4 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Rxd2 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Rd3 Rxd3 33. Rxd3) 29. Bc3 Re8 30. Qf1
Nh4 31. Bxd4 cxd4 32. Rf2 Re3 33. Kg1 Qe7 34. Re2 Qc5 35. Rc2 Qf8 36. Rxe3 dxe3
37. Qh3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1945.??.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd2
c4 9. a4 Nd7 (9... Bd7) 10. Be2 (10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3) 10... Nb6 11. O-O Nxa4 12.
Nh4 Ng6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Bf1 b5 16. Qf3 Rb8 17. Reb1 Qc7 18. Bc1
a5 19. Ba3 Rb6 20. Qg3 Qd8 21. Bd6 Rxd6 22. exd6 Bc6 23. h3 Kd7 24. Re1 Qh4 25.
Qe5 Qf6 26. Qg3 Rh4 27. Re3 Rf4 28. Be2 Qh4 29. Bf3 b4 30. Qxh4 (30. Bg4 Qxg3
31. fxg3 Rxg4 32. hxg4 Nxc3 33. Rxc3 bxc3 34. Rxa5 Kxd6 35. Kf2 e5 36. Ke3)
30... Rxh4 31. g3 (31. cxb4 axb4 32. Bg4 Rh8 33. Rb1 Rb8) 31... Rh8 (31... Rxh3
32. cxb4 axb4 33. Rb1) 32. cxb4 axb4 33. Rb1 Rb8 34. h4 Rb7 35. Kh2 Kxd6 36. g4
(36. Be2 Nc3 37. Rb2 Nb5 (37... f6 38. f4) 38. Rxb4 Ra7 39. c3) 36... Nc3 37.
Ra1 (37. Rb2 f6) 37... Nb5 38. Rd1 Ra7 39. h5 g5 40. Kg2 Ra2 41. Be2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1945.??.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Rac1 Bd6 12. e4 dxc4 13. bxc4 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 (
14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bd4+ 17. Kh1) 15. Rcd1 Qe7 16. Nh4 Qb4 17. Qc2
Nc5 (17... Rcd8 18. f4 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Nc5 20. a3 Qb3 21. Qxb3 Nxb3 22. Nf5 Nc5)
18. a3 Qa5 (18... Qb3 19. Qxb3 Nxb3 20. Nf5 Rcd8 21. f4 Bd4+ 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23.
e5) 19. Nf5 Rcd8 20. f4 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Qxc4 23. fxe5 Rxd3 24. exf6
Rd7 25. Qc1 Rfd8 26. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1945.??.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Kh1 h6 10. Be3 a6 11. Be2 e5 12. Nb3 O-O 13. Nd5 Nxd5 (13... Nxe4
14. Bb6 Qc8 15. f3 Nf6 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. Qxd6 Qxc2 18. Bd3 Qc6) 14. exd5 Na5
15. Nd2 b5 16. b4 Nb7 17. c4 f5 18. f3 (18. f4) 18... Bg5 19. Qb3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3
Qg5 21. f4 exf4 22. Qb6 Rab8 23. Qxa6 Qe7 24. Rae1 (24. Bf3 Qe3 25. Rfd1 Ra8
26. Qxb7 Ra7 27. Nf1 Rxb7 28. Nxe3 fxe3 29. c5) 24... Qe3 25. Nf3 (25. c5 Qxd2
26. c6) 25... Ra8 26. Qxb7 Ra7 27. Bd3 Rxb7 28. Rxe3 bxc4 29. Re7 cxd3 30. Ne1
Rf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Nxd3 Bb5 33. Rd1 Bxd3 34. Rxd3 Rxb4 35. Rd1 Ra4 36. Rd2
g5 37. h4 Kf6 38. Kg1 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ratner, Boris"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1945.??.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. a4 (10. Be3) 10... Qc7 11. Ba2 b6 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Re1
Rad8 14. Qb3 (14. Nf4 Bb7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 cxd4 17. Bxd4) 14... e5 15. d5
c4 16. Qa3 f5 17. Bg5 (17. a5 f4 18. axb6 Qb7 19. Bc1 axb6 20. Qb4) 17... Bf6
18. Bh6 Rf7 19. exf5 gxf5 20. a5 b5 21. Rad1 Nc5 22. Ng3 Be7 23. Qc1 f4 24. Nh5
Qd6 25. Bg7 Rxg7 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Bb1 Bc8 28. Qc2 Rh8 29. Qe2 Bf6 30. Qh5 Bd7
31. Bc2 e4 32. Bxe4 Qe5 33. Qf3 Re8 34. Bd3 Qxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Bf1 Ne4
37. Qxf4 Nxc3 38. Qg3+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1945.??.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. d4 g6 8. Nbd2
Qe7 9. Re1 Bg7 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Qe8 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. Ne3 Ne7 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rd8 18. Qe2 Nc8 19. Rad1 c6 20. Rd2 Qe7 21.
Red1 Nb6 (21... Be6 22. Bb3 Bxb3 23. axb3 Nb6 24. Rd3 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Rc8 26. Nc4
Nxc4 27. bxc4 Kf8) 22. b4 Be6 23. Bb3 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Bxb3 25. axb3 Qe6 (25...
Re8 26. c4 Na8 27. c5 Nc7 28. Nc4 Nb5) 26. c4 Bf6 27. c5 Nc8 28. Qd7 Qxb3 (
28... Rd8 29. Qxb7 Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Ne7 31. Ne3 Qxb3 32. Ng4 Qe6 33. Nxf6+ Qxf6
34. Qb8+) 29. Qxb7 Bg5 30. Nxg5 hxg5 31. Qxa6 Ne7 32. Qb7 Re8 33. Qd7 Kf8 34.
Qd6 Qxb4 35. Ng4 Ra8 36. Qxe5 Qb3 37. Rd7 Ng8 38. Qd6+ Kg7 39. Qd4+ Kh7 40.
Nf6+ Nxf6 41. Qxf6 Kg8 42. Kh2 Rf8 43. Qxc6 Kg7 (43... Qb2 44. Qd6 Qh8+ 45. Kg1
Qa1+ 46. Qd1) 44. Qd5 Qb1 45. Qd4+ Kh7 46. c6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1945.??.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qb3 Bd6 9. e3 (9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qe7 11. O-O-O Bf4+ 12. Ned2) 9... Nd7 10.
Bd3 Qe7 11. O-O-O Nf6 12. Rhe1 Be6 13. Qc2 O-O-O 14. Ne5 Kb8 15. f4 c5 16. Kb1
(16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5) 16... c4 17. Bf5 (17. Be2 g6 18. Ka1 Bf5 19. e4 Bxe4
20. Nxe4 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nxe4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Rxe4 Qc5 24. Rc1) 17... Bxf5 18.
Qxf5 Bb4 19. Qc2 Rd6 20. Re2 Bxc3 21. bxc3 (21. Qxc3 Ra6) 21... Ne4 22. Ka1 Ra6
23. Qc1 Rd8 24. Rc2 Rdd6 25. Ng4 Rg6 26. h3 h5 27. Ne5 Rgb6 28. Nf3 Qa3 29. Ng5
(29. Qxa3 Rxa3 30. Ne5 Kc7 31. Rdc1 f6 32. Ng6 Rbb3) 29... Nxc3 30. Qxa3 Rxa3
31. Rdc1 Nb5 32. Nxf7 Rxe3 33. Ne5 Kc7 34. g4 Nxd4 35. Rd2 Ne2 36. Re1 Nc3 37.
Rc1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1945.??.01"]

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. b3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Bb2 Nc5 12. Qc2 Ng4 13. Rad1 Qg5 (13... Qb6) 14.
h3 Nh6 15. b4 Ne6 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. Rfe1 f6 18. Kh2 Nf7 19. Nh4 Nf8 20. f4 a5 21.
b5 Be6 (21... Qc7) 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Nf5 Qb7 (23... gxf5 24. exf5) 24. Nxg7
Kxg7 25. c5 dxc5 26. Na4 Qb4 27. Nxc5 Bc4 28. Qf2 Rab8 29. Ba1 Red8 30. e5 Rxd1
31. Rxd1 Rb5 32. Nd7 Qa4 33. exf6+ Kg8 34. Rd2 Rb1 35. Nxf8 Rxa1 (35... Kxf8
36. Qc5+) 36. Nd7 Qb4 37. Rb2 Rxa2 38. Qe3 Nd6 39. Qe7 Bf7 40. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1945.??.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Ne4 8.
Qb3 Na5 (8... O-O) 9. Qa4+ c6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 Bf5 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Qc2 (13.
b4 Nc4 14. Qc2) 13... Nb3 14. Rb1 c5 15. Nh4 (15. dxc5 Nbxc5 16. Nd4 Nxd3+ 17.
Qxd3 Bg6) 15... Be6 16. O-O Rc8 17. Bxe4 cxd4 18. Qd3 dxe4 19. Qxe4 O-O 20.
exd4 Rfe8 21. d5 (21. Be3 Bc4 22. Qg4 Bxf1 23. Nf5 Qf6 24. Rxf1) 21... Bd7 22.
Qd3 Qb5 (22... Rxc1 23. Rbxc1 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Qh6 25. Qc4 Bb5 26. Qc5 b6) 23. Qd1
(23. Qxb5 Bxb5 24. Rd1 Bd3 25. Be3) 23... Qc4 (23... Rc4 24. f4 Rd4 25. Qf3
Rxd5) 24. Be3 Re5 25. g3 (25. Re1 Qxh4 26. Qxb3 Rh5 27. h3 Bxh3 28. gxh3 Qxh3)
25... Bg4 26. f3 Bh3 27. Re1 g5 28. f4 Rxd5 29. Qf3 gxh4 30. g4 Nd2 31. Bxd2
Rxd2 32. Qxh3 Qxf4 33. Qxh4 Rcc2 34. Qg3 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1945.??.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. b3
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 f6 11. Ne1 Bf5 12. Na4 Na6 13. Nc2 (13. Ba3) 13... Qd7
14. Ne3 Be6 15. d3 Nd4 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Ba1 (17. Nc4) 17... Rad8 18. Qd2 f5 19.
Nc4 Bf6 20. Rfd1 b5 21. Nb2 (21. Na3 Nxa2 22. Nxa2 Nxb3 23. Qc2 Nxc1 24. Nxc1)
21... e4 22. e3 (22. dxe4 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Rxd2) 22... Nf3+ 23. Bxf3
exf3 24. Qe1 Rc8 25. d4 cxd4 26. exd4 Bg5 27. d5 Bf7 28. a3 Rfe8 29. Qf1 Bxc1
30. Rxc1 Nxd5 31. Nd3 Nxc3 32. Bxc3 Bxb3 33. Nf4 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1945.??.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bf4 O-O 8. c5
c6 9. Bd3 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 axb4 (11... Ba6) 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Nh5 14.
Qa7 Nxf4 15. exf4 bxc5 16. bxc5 f6 17. O-O e5 18. Bf5 exd4 19. Na4 Nb6 20. Bxc8
(20. cxb6 Bxf5 21. Nxd4 Bd7 22. b7 Qb8 23. Qa6) 20... Nxc8 21. Qb7 d3 22. Qxc6
Na7 23. Qa6 Qc7 24. Qxd3 Qc6 25. Qc2 Nb5 26. Qb3 Kh8 27. Rb1 Ra8 28. g3 Ra5 (
28... Nc7) 29. Qb4 Qa6 30. Nb6 Na3 (30... Nd4 31. Nxd4 Bxc5 32. Qe1 Bxd4 33.
Nxd5 Qa8) 31. Rc1 Rb5 32. Qe1 Bxc5 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Nxd5 Qd6 35. Qe4+ Kh8 36.
Rd1 Rb2 37. Ne3 Qf8 (37... Qb8 38. Rd7) 38. Nh4 Kg8 39. Qe6+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ Kg8
41. Ng6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. d5 Nb8 10. Bf4 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Qc1 e5 13. Bh6 Qe7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. b3 Bg4 16. Qe3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. h3 Bf5 19. g4 Bd7 20. Rfd1 f5 21.
gxf5 Bxf5 22. Ne1 Nd4 23. Nd3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Nf5 25. Qe4 Rxd3 26. exd3 Nh4 27.
Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Bf4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. e3 c6 8. Be2
a6 9. O-O b5 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. Bh2 Be6 12. b3 h6 13. Qc2 Nfd7 14. a4 b4 15. Na2
a5 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Nc1 Rd8 18. Nf3 Nf8 19. Bd3 Qb7 20. Ne2 Bd7 21. e4 Be8 22.
Qc1 Nbd7 23. Bf4 Kh7 24. Bc2 e5 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Be3 Ne6 27. Rd6 Ndc5 28. Rfd1
Qe7 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparian, Ghenrikh"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nd5 (5. Bb5) 5... Bg7 6. Bg5 Nc6
7. Qc3 O-O 8. Bxf6 exf6 9. O-O-O f5 10. Qc4 fxe4 11. Qxe4 d6 12. Nf3 Bf5 13.
Qa4 Rc8 14. Bc4 Bxc2 15. Kxc2 Na5 16. Nd2 (16. b3 a6 17. Kb1 b5 18. Bxb5 axb5
19. Qxb5 Rc5 20. Qd3 Qa8) 16... a6 (16... Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Rc5 18. Kb1 Qh4) 17.
Kb1 b5 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Qb4 Nc6 20. Qb3 (20. Qxb5 Nd4 21. Qd3 Rc5) 20... Ra8 (
20... Nd4) 21. Nb4 (21. Ne4 Na5 22. Qf3 f5 23. Nec3 Nc4) 21... Nxb4 22. Qxb4
Ra4 23. Qb3 Qa5 24. a3 Re8 25. Qf3 b4 26. Nc4 Qa7 27. Rhe1 Rb8 28. Rxd6 bxa3
29. Qc6 a2+ 30. Kc2 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Be6 8. axb5
Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxb5 10. Ng5 Bd5 11. e6 fxe6 12. Qg4 h5 13. Qf4 Qd6 14. Qf7+ Kd7
15. Ba3 Qc7 16. Be2 Nc6 17. Bxh5 (17. O-O Nd8 18. Qg6 Qf4 19. Bf3) 17... Ne5
18. dxe5 Qxe5+ 19. Kf1 Qxg5 20. Bf3 Qf6 21. Bxd5 Qxf7 22. Bxa8 a5 23. g3 Qf5
24. Kg2 g5 25. h3 Bg7 26. Rad1+ Kc7 27. g4 Qf7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Nd7 11. Nd2 dxc4 12. Nxc4 b6 13. O-O c5 14. Be4 Rb8
15. Qa3 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Rfd1 Rc7 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. e4 Nf6 20. d5 exd5 21.
exd5 Rd7 22. d6 Qd8 23. Qb3 Qf8 24. Qb5 Rcd8 25. Rd3 Ne4 26. Rcd1 Ng5 27. Qc6
f6 28. Re3 Nf7 29. Red3 Ne5 30. Nxe5 fxe5 31. Rd5 Qf7 32. f3 Qe6 33. a4 Rf7 34.
a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rab1 Be6 14. b4
Rad8 15. Na4 a6 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Bf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Nf6 19. Qe5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4
21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Nd2 Nd7 23. Nc4 Nf6 24. a4 Nd5 25. Rfc1 Rc7 26. Rb3 Kf8 27.
f3 exf3 28. gxf3 Ke7 29. Kf2 f6 30. h4 b5 31. Nb2 bxa4 32. Nxa4 Rb8 33. Nc3 Kd7
34. Nxd5 cxd5 35. Rxc7+ Kxc7 36. Rc3+ Kd7 37. Ra3 Rb6 38. Kg3 Ke6 39. Ra5 g6
40. Kf4 h6 41. Kg4 Rd6 42. f4 h5+ 43. Kf3 Rb6 44. f5+ Kxf5 45. Rxd5+ Ke6 46.
Ra5 Ke7 47. Ke4 Kd6 48. Rd5+ Kc6 49. Rd8 Kb5 50. Rg8 Kxb4 51. Rxg6 f5+ (51...
a5) 52. Kxf5 Rxg6 53. Kxg6 a5 54. Kf7 (54. Kf5) 54... Kc4 (54... a4) 55. Ke6 a4
56. d5 a3 57. d6 a2 58. d7 a1=Q 59. d8=Q Qa6+ 60. Kf5 Qa7 61. e4 (61. Qe8 Qh7+
62. Kg5 Kd3 63. Qg6+) 61... Qh7+ 62. Ke5 Qg7+ 63. Qf6 Qg3+ 64. Qf4 Qg6 65. Qg5
Qe8+ 66. Kf4 Qf8+ 67. Qf5 Qh6+ 68. Kf3 Qd6 69. Qf7+ Kd4 70. Qg7+ Kc4 71. Qg8+
Kd4 72. Qg1+ Kc4 73. Qc1+ Kb5 74. Qb2+ Kc6 75. Qc3+ Kd7 76. Qg7+ Kc6 77. e5 Qd4
78. Qg6+ Kc5 79. Qe4 Qd1+ 80. Kf2 Qd5 81. Qe3+ Kc4 (81... Kb5) 82. Qe2+ (82. e6
) 82... Kd4 (82... Kc5 83. Kg3 (83. Qxh5 Kd4) 83... Kd4 84. Kf4 Qf7+ 85. Kg5
Qe7+ 86. Kxh5 Kd5 87. e6 Kd6) 83. e6 Qf5+ 84. Ke1 Kc3 85. e7 Qg6 86. e8=Q Qg1+
87. Qf1 Qg3+ 88. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O c4 13. Bc2 Nc6 14. Ba4 Bd7
15. b3 Na5 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Ne5 Qe6 18. bxc4 Nxc4 19. Nd3 Rfd8 20. Re1 Rac8
21. Rc1 a6 22. Nf4 Qd6 23. Qg4 Rc6 24. h4 Qa3 25. Rc2 Qf8 26. Rec1 b5 27. Qh5
Rcd6 28. Nd3 Qe7 29. Nc5 Rb6 30. Re2 Rc6 31. a4 Rb6 32. axb5 axb5 33. Ra2 b4
34. Rb1 Kh7 35. g3 g6 36. Qe2 Rdb8 37. Rb3 Nd6 38. Qf3 Ne4 39. Nxe4 dxe4 40.
Qd1 Qd7 41. Rc2 Rb5 42. Qe2 Ra5 43. Kg2 Ra3 44. Rcb2 Rxb3 45. Rxb3 Qd5 46. Qc2
Rb5 47. Kf1 Qe6 48. Ke1 Rb7 49. h5 Rb8 50. hxg6+ Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. Qd3 Ne4 15.
Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd6 17. Nxb5 (17. Nc6 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qd6+ 19. Kg1 Qxc6 20.
f3 Bf5 21. fxe4 Bxe4 22. Qe2) 17... Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 axb5 (18... Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Rf5
20. Nxc7 Nxf2 21. Qxf5 Nh3+ 22. gxh3 Qg3+ 23. Kh1 Qxh3+) 19. Kg1 Bf5 20. Qxb5
Nxc3 21. bxc3 Bxc2 22. Be3 Rf5 23. Qe2 Ba4 24. Bd4 Qd6 25. Qg4 Rf7 26. Qg3 Qf8
(26... Qxg3 27. fxg3) 27. Rfe1 c5 28. Be5 Qd8 29. Qe3 Qf8 30. Re2 Re8 31. Qg3
Rd8 32. Rb1 d4 33. Rd2 Rfd7 34. cxd4 cxd4 35. Qg4 h5 36. Qe6+ Qf7 37. Qxf7+
Kxf7 38. Rb4 Bc6 39. Rbxd4 Rxd4 40. Rxd4 Rxd4 41. Bxd4 g6 42. Kh2 Ke6 43. Kh3
Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Rc1 a6 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. Ng3 g6 12. Ne5 c5 13. f4 c4 14. Bb1 b5 15. h4 Ne4
16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. h5 Bd5 18. Qg4 Qf6 19. Qh3 Ra7 20. O-O (20. hxg6 fxg6 21. g4)
20... Qd8 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. f5 Qc8 23. fxg6 Qxh3 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. gxh3 Bxe5
26. dxe5 Rg7 27. Bb4+ Ke8 28. Rd1 Rxg6+ 29. Kh2 Bc6 30. Rd6 Nd7 31. Rxg6 hxg6
32. Bd6 Kf7 33. Kg3 Ke6 34. Kf4 Nxe5 35. Bxe5 g5+ 36. Kxg5 Kxe5 37. h4 b4 38.
h5 Bd7 39. Bc2 Bf5 40. Bd1 a5 41. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparian, Ghenrikh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bg5 Ne4 8.
Bf4 e6 9. Qb3 Qc8 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 Be7 12. Nxe4 O-O 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. f3
Bf5 15. O-O Rac8 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Qb5 a6 18. Qe2 Na5 19. Nb3 Nc4 20. Nbc5 Qd5
21. b3 Na3 22. Rac1 Qc6 23. Be3 Nb5 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. Nxg5 a5 26. a4 Nc7 27.
Red1 h6 28. Nge4 Nd5 29. c4 Nb4 30. Qe3 Qb6 31. Rc3 Nc6 32. d5 Nb4 33. d6 Rc6
34. g4 Bg6 35. Kg2 Na2 36. Rcd3 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nge7
8. Nxe4 O-O 9. c3 e5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Nxe5 12. Bf4 N7g6 13. Be3 (13.
Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Kc2 Bf5 15. Rhe1) 13... Bg4+ 14. Kc2 a6 15. Bf1 Bf5 16. f3 Rfe8
17. Re1 Rad8 18. Kc1 Bxe4 19. fxe4 Nd7 20. Bd4 Re7 21. b4 Rde8 22. Bd3 Nf4 23.
Kc2 Nxd3 24. Kxd3 f5 25. Rhf1 fxe4+ 26. Ke3 b6 27. c4 c5 28. Bb2 cxb4 29. axb4
Rc8 30. Rc1 a5 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. Rf5 a4 33. c5 Rb8 34. c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparian, Ghenrikh"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bg5 c6 10. Nxe5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ng4 Bxg4 13. hxg4 Na6 14. Be2 Nb4
15. Rc1 Bg5 16. Rd1 Bf6 17. Rc1 Bg5 18. Rd1 Bf6 19. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc3 Na5 14. Bc2 f5 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 c5 19. d5 Nc4 20. Rb1 Qd7 21. b3
Qf5 22. Qc2 Nd6 23. Re2 Qxd5 24. Ba3 Nb7 25. Rd1 Qc6 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Rac8
28. Rde1 Rfe8 29. Qf5 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Rf8 31. Qg5 Qd7 32. Re7 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qd6+
34. f4 Rf7 35. Re8+ Rf8 36. Re7 Rf7 37. Re8+ Rf8 38. Bb2 Qg6 39. Qd5+ (39.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 40. Qe5 Nd8 41. Qxc5+) 39... Qf7 40. Re7 Qxd5 41. Rxg7+ Kh8 42. Rf7+
Kg8 43. Rg7+ Kh8 44. Rxb7+ Rf6 45. Bxf6+ Kg8 46. Rg7+ Kf8 47. Rc7 c4 48. bxc4
bxc4 49. Be5 Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

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 Nd5 (9... hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7) 10. Nxf7 Qxh4 11. Nxh8 Bb4 12. Qd2 c5 13.
O-O-O Nxc3 (13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 (14... Qg5+ 15. f4 Nxf4 16. Qd2) 15. Rxd4
Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxc3 17. Rg4 Bxe5 18. Rg8+ Kd7 19. Be2) 14. bxc3 Ba3+ 15. Kb1 Bb7
16. Be2 Nd7 17. Ka1 cxd4 18. cxd4 O-O-O 19. Nf7 Rf8 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. exd6 a6
22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qf4 24. Qxf4 Rxf4 25. Rhg1 Kb7 26. Rg6 Rxf3 27. Rxe6 Rxf2
28. d5 Nc5 29. Re7+ Kb6 30. d7 Rf8 31. Re6+ Kb7 32. Re8 Nxd7 33. Rxf8 Nxf8 34.
Rf1 Nd7 35. Rf7 Kc7 36. Rh7 b4 37. Rxh6 Nb6 38. Rc6+ Kb7 39. Rc5 c3 40. d6 a5
41. h4 a4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Kasparian, Ghenrikh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3 Rc8 14. Be2 Nd7
15. O-O Qf8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nd2 Rab8 18. e4 d4 19. f4 f5 20. e5 Nb6 21. Nc4
Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Qf7 23. b3 Rb4 (23... Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Qd5) 24. Qa6 Re8 25. Bxe6
Rxe6 26. Qc8+ Kh7 27. Qxc5 Qb7 28. Qf8 d3 29. Rc8 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 d2 31. Qxf5+ Rg6
32. Qf8 Rxg2 33. Qg8+ Kg6 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Kxg2 Rxf4 36. Rxf4 d1=Q 37. Qg8+ Kg6
38. Qf7+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ (39. Qg8+ Kg6 40. Rf6+ Qxf6 41. Qe8+ Qf7 42. Rc6+ Kh7 43.
Qxf7 Qg4+ 44. Kf2 Qd4+ 45. Kf3 Qd3+ 46. Kg2 Qe2+ 47. Kg3 Qe1+ 48. Qf2 Qxe5+ 49.
Qf4 Qe1+ 50. Kh3) 39... Qg6+ 40. Qxg6+ Kxg6 41. Rc6+ Kh5 42. Rcc4 Qd2+ 43. Rf2
Qd5+ 44. Kg3 Qxe5+ 45. Kf3 g5 46. Re2 Qd5+ 47. Ke3 g4 48. Rec2 Kh4 49. Rc5 Qd6
50. Ke4 h5 51. R5c3 Qd8 52. Rc5 Qd6 53. R5c3 Qd8 54. Rc6 Kh3 55. R6c3+ Kh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Bd7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qb3 Qd6 12. e3 Bf5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O b6
15. Nd2 Na5 16. Qa2 c5 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Rac8 19. Rac1 Rc7 20. Rfd1 Rfc8
21. Ba6 Rb8 22. Bf1 (22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Bd3) 22... c4 23. Qb2 b5 24. Re1 a5 25.
f3 Re7 26. Ra1 g5 27. e4 (27. g4 Bg6 28. Bg2 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. e4) 27...
dxe4 28. a4 b4 29. fxe4 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Bxe4 31. Bxc4 Rc8 32. Qe2 Bg6 33. Bd3
Bxd3 34. Qxd3 Rxc3 35. Qe4 b3 36. Rf1 Qe6 37. Qxe6 fxe6 38. Rb1 Kf7 39. Kf2
Rc2+ 40. Kf3 b2 41. h3 Ke7 42. g4 Kd6 43. Ke4 Rh2 44. d5 exd5+ 45. Kd4 Rg2 46.
Kc3 Kc5 47. Rf1 d4+ 48. Kb3 Rf2 49. Re1 d3 50. Ka2 Kc4 51. Re8 d2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 Qb6 8.
Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. h3 O-O 12. a3 Na5 13. Ne5 Rfc8 14. Rab1 Nc4
15. Bg5 Bd6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxc4 Rxc4 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nf6+ Kg7 20. Nh5+ Kh8
21. f4 Qd8 22. Rbc1 Rac8 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Kh2 Qh4 25. Qe2 a6 26. Rg1 Rc8 27.
g4 Rg8 28. gxf5 Rxg1 29. Kxg1 Qxh3 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Nf6 Be7 32. Ng4 Kg7 33.
Nf2 Qg3+ 34. Kf1 Bh4 35. Nd3 b6 36. Ne5 Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg3+ 38. Kf1 Qh3+ 39. Kg1
Bf6 40. Nd7 Bd8 41. Ne5 h5 42. Qg2+ Qxg2+ 43. Kxg2 Bc7 44. Nd3 Bd6 45. a4 Kf6
46. Kf3 Kf5 47. b3 Be7 48. Nf2 Bh4 49. Nd3 a5 50. Ne5 Be1 51. Nd3 Bb4 52. Nf2
Bd2 53. Ke2 Bc1 54. Kf3 Bb2 55. Nh3 Ba3 56. Ng5 Be7 57. Nh3 Ba3 58. Nf2 Bb2 59.
Nd3 Bc3 60. Nf2 Bd2 61. Ke2 Bc1 62. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparian, Ghenrikh"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 dxe4 5. dxe4 Bc5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. h3 e5 8. Ngf3
Be6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Ng5 O-O-O 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. c3 h5 13. Qe2 Qd3 14. Qxd3 Rxd3
15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Kh2 a5 17. a4 h4 18. g4 Nh7 19. Be3 (19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 e5
21. Bd2 Rhd8 22. Be1 g5 23. Rf7) 19... Bxe3 20. fxe3 Rxe3 21. Rf7 Rg8 22. Raf1
b6 23. R1f2 Nd8 24. R7f3 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 Ng5 26. Rf2 Nc6 27. Bf1 Rd8 28. Ba6+ Kb8
29. Kg2 Ne7 30. Rd2 Rf8 31. Rd7 Ng6 32. Rxg7 Nf4+ 33. Kh1 Nfxh3 34. Nd2 Rf2 35.
Rd7 Nf4 36. Rg7 Ngh3 37. Rd7 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. c4 c5 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Nf1 Be6
15. Rb1 Rb6 16. Ne3 Qe7 17. Qd2 Rfb8 18. Rb3 Qd7 19. Qa5 R8b7 20. Reb1 Qc6 21.
Rxb6 Rxb6 22. Rxb6 Qxb6 23. Qxb6 cxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Be3
Nc5 9. Nd2 a5 10. Be2 Ne8 11. g4 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Qc2 Na6 14. f3 Bh6 15. g5
f4 16. Bf2 Bxg5 17. h4 Bh6 18. Nde4 Bf5 19. a3 Nf6 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Bd3 Bxd3
22. Qxd3 Qf5 23. Ne4 Nb8 24. Qb3 (24. c5) 24... b6 25. O-O-O Nd7 26. Rdg1+ Kh8
27. Qa4 Nf6 28. Nxf6 Qxf6 29. Qc2 Rg8 30. Kd1 Rxg1+ 31. Rxg1 Rg8 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8
33. Ke2 Qg6 34. Qd3 (34. Qxg6+ hxg6 35. b4 a4 36. Kd3) 34... a4 35. b3 axb3 36.
Qxb3 e4 37. Kf1 e3 38. Be1 Qf5 39. Kg2 Qg6+ 40. Kf1 Qf5 41. Kg2 Bg7 42. c5 Bd4
43. cxd6 cxd6 44. Qc4 Bc5 45. a4 Qg6+ 46. Kh2 Qf5 47. Qb5 Kf7 48. Qc6 Qc2+ 49.
Kh3 Qf5+ 50. Kh2 Kg6 51. Qe8+ Kh6 52. Qe7 Kg6 53. Qe8+ Kh6 54. Qe7 Qc2+ 55. Kh3
Qf5+ 56. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

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 Nd5 10. Nxf7 Qxh4 11. Nxh8 Bb4 12. Rc1 c5 (12... Qe4+ 13. Be2 Nf4 14.
Qd2 Nd3+ 15. Kf1 Nxc1 16. Qxc1) 13. dxc5 Nd7 14. Be2 Bb7 (14... Nxe5 15. O-O
Bb7 16. Nxb5 Bxc5 17. Ng6 Nxg6 18. Rxc4 Ndf4 19. Rxc5) 15. Bh5+ Kd8 16. O-O
Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Kc7 18. Ng6 Qe4 19. Rg3 Nxc5 20. Bf3 Qf5 21. Qd4 Kb6 22. b4 cxb3
23. axb3 Qc2 24. Bxd5 Rd8 25. Nf4 Bxd5 26. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxb3 13. N2xb3 Qd7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6
15. f4 Bf5 16. Be3 Qg6 17. Qf2 f6 18. e6 Rfe8 19. Bc5 Qh5 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Qc5
Rxe6 22. Nd4 Rd6 23. Qxc7 Rd7 24. Qc6 Rdd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. O-O Bg4 12. Bg5 Ng6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Be2 h6 15. Be3
Qe7 16. Rc1 a6 17. Re1 Nh5 18. Bf1 Nhf4 19. Ne2 Qf6 20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21. Kh2 g5
22. Ng1 Qg6 23. g3 Nh5 24. Bd3 Ng7 25. g4 c6 26. dxc6 Bxc6 27. Ne2 Rad8 28. Qc2
Ne6 29. Ng3 Qf6 30. Nf5 Nd4 31. Bxd4 exd4+ 32. Kg1 Qe5 33. Nxd6 Rxd6 34. Qc5
Re8 35. Qxe5 Rxe5 36. f3 Kg7 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. Rc2 Ba4 39. Rc7 Rb6 40. b4 a5 41.
Rb1 Rc6 42. Rxc6+ bxc6 (42... Bxc6) 43. Rc1 axb4 44. axb4 Re7 45. Ra1 Bb5 46.
Bxb5 cxb5 47. Ra5 Rc7 48. Rxb5 Rc2+ 49. Ke1 Rb2 50. Rf5+ Ke6 51. b5 d3 52. Kd1
Ke7 53. Rc5 d2 54. Ke2 Ke6 55. Rf5 (55. h4 gxh4 56. Rh5 Ke7 57. Rxh4 Rxb5 58.
Rxh6) 55... Ke7 56. Kd1 Ke6 57. Rc5 Kf6 (57... Kd7 58. Ke2 Ke8 59. Rc6 Rxb5 60.
Kxd2) 58. Rc6+ Kg7 59. b6 Kh7 60. Rf6 Kg7 61. Rd6 Kh7 62. e5 Kg7 63. Rc6 Kh7
64. Rc7 Kg6 (64... Rxb6 65. Rxf7+ Kg6 66. Rf5 Rb2 67. h4 gxh4 68. Rh5 Rb3 69.
f4 h3 70. Kxd2 h2 71. f5+ Kg7 72. Kc2 Ra3 73. Kb2 Re3 74. e6 Rg3 75. Rxh2 Rxg4
76. Re2 Rb4+ 77. Kc3 Rb8 78. Rh2 Kf6 79. Rh5 Rd8 80. Kc4 Ke5 81. Kc5 Rc8+ 82.
Kb6 Rc1) 65. b7 (65. b7 Kg7 66. e6) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D54"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3 Rc8 14. Nf3 Qf6
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. O-O Qb6 17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. e4 Re8 19. Nd2 Re7 20. Nb3 Rxe4 21.
Bf3 Rb4 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Nf6 24. Rdxc5 Ne4 25. R5c2 Rd8 26. Rf1 f5 27.
Rc6 Qb8 28. Qa6 Rb5 29. Rc2 Rbd5 30. f3 Nd2 31. Nxd2 Rxd2 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. Rxd2
Rxd2 34. Rc1 Qb6+ 35. Qxb6 axb6 36. b3 Rd6 37. Kf2 Kg8 38. Ke3 Kf7 39. a4 g5
40. Rc4 Ke6 41. g3 h5 42. f4 g4 43. Rd4 Rc6 44. Kd2 h4 45. gxh4 Rc8 46. Rb4
Rd8+ 47. Ke3 Rd1 48. Rxb6+ Kf7 49. a5 Re1+ 50. Kd3 Rh1 51. Rb5 Kf6 52. a6 Ra1
53. Rb6+ Kg7 54. Rb7+ Kh6 55. a7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Ba2 O-O 12. Re1 Nbd5 13. Bg5 Nb4 14. Bb3 Nfd5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxg5 17. Be4 Bf6 18. Ra3 Rb8 19. Ne5 g6 20. Rd1 Bd7 21.
Qf3 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1
O-O 9. Ng3 b5 10. Bc2 d5 11. O-O dxe4 12. dxe4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Re8 14. a4 Rb8 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Be3 Bf8 17. h3 Bd6 18. Nd2 Nd7 19. b4 Nf8 20. Nb3 Ne6 21. Kf1 Rd8
22. Ne2 Bd7 23. f3 Be8 24. Kf2 Bf8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparian, Ghenrikh"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. Nc3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nf3 Bd6 8.
Bf4 Bxf4 9. gxf4 O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. h4 Ng4 13. e3 h5 14. Bf1 Nh6
15. Bh3 Bg4 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. Ne5 f6 18. Ng6 Nxg6 19. Qxg6 Qd7 20. Ne2 Qf5 21.
Qxf5 Nxf5 22. Rdg1 Nh6 23. Kd2 Kf7 24. Nc1 Rh8 25. Ne2 Rac8 26. Ng3 Ke6 27. h5
f5 28. Ne2 Ng8 29. f3 gxf3 30. Rg6+ Nf6 31. Ng3 Rcg8 32. Ke1 Rh6 33. Kf2 Rxg6
34. hxg6 Ne4+ 35. Kxf3 Nxg3 36. Kxg3 Kf6 37. b4 Kxg6 38. Rc1 Kf6 39. Rc5 Ke6
40. b5 Kd6 41. a4 cxb5 42. axb5 Rh8 43. Kg2 g6 44. Kf3 Rh2 45. Rc8 Rb2 46. Ra8
Rxb5 47. Rxa7 Kc7 48. Ra8 Rb6 49. Ke2 Rd6 50. Kd3 b6 51. Kc3 Rc6+ 52. Kb4 (52.
Kd3) 52... Re6 53. Ra7+ Kd8 54. Kb5 Ke8 55. Rb7 Rxe3 56. Kc6 Re4 57. Kxd5 Rxf4
58. Ke5 Rf1 59. Rg7 (59. Rxb6 Re1+ 60. Kf6 f4 61. Kxg6) 59... Re1+ 60. Kf6 (60.
Kd5) 60... f4 61. Rg8+ (61. Rxg6 f3 62. Rg8+ Kd7) 61... Kd7 62. Rf8 Re6+ 63.
Kg5 Re4 64. Rf6 b5 65. d5 b4 66. Kg4 g5 67. Rb6 Kc7 68. Rb5 Kd6 69. Kf5 Rd4 70.
Kg4 Rc4 71. Ra5 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D95"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6 7. Be2 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O Bb7 10. a4 a5 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Na2 Ne4 14. Be1 Bf8 15.
Qc2 Bd6 16. b4 axb4 17. Nxb4 Qf6 18. Qb3 Qe6 19. Bb5 Red8 20. Be2 Ndf6 21. a5
bxa5 22. Nd3 Ba6 23. Rxa5 Bc4 24. Qa4 Rab8 25. Qa1 Nd7 26. Rb1 g5 27. Rxb8 Rxb8
28. Ra8 Rxa8 29. Qxa8+ Kg7 30. Nc1 Nb6 31. Qa1 g4 32. Nd2 Nxd2 33. Bxd2 Qh6 34.
g3 Bxe2 35. Nxe2 Qg6 36. Qe1 Qc2 37. Bc3 Nc4 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 h5 40. Qf1
Qf3 41. Qe1 Kg6 42. Nc1 h4 43. Qe2 Qxe2 44. Nxe2 h3 45. Kf1 Kf5 46. Be1 c6 47.
Nc3 Bb4 48. Nb1 Bxe1 49. Kxe1 Nd6 50. Nd2 Ne4 51. Nf1 Ng5 52. Nd2 Ke6 53. Ke2
f5 54. Kd3 Kd6 55. Kc3 Kc7 56. Kb3 Kb6 57. Kb4 Ne4 58. Nxe4 fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nb6 8. Be3
O-O 9. Rd1 Be6 10. Qc2 Bc4 11. Be2 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 N8d7 13. Nf4 Qc8 14. O-O e5
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Nd3 Bg7 18. Nc5 Qc7 19. Rd3 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rxd3
21. Rxd3 Bf6 (21... Re8 22. f4 Bf8) 22. g3 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Qc3 Nd7 (
24... Be7 25. Bh6) 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Bxa7 b6 27. Bb8 Bc7 28. Bxc7 Qxc7 29. Qd4
c5 30. Qd5 b5 31. a3 b4 32. axb4 cxb4 33. Kg2 h5 34. h4 Qb6 35. e5 Kg7 36. Kf3
Qb8 37. Qd4 Qb7+ 38. Ke3 Kh7 39. Kd3 Qb5+ 40. Qc4 Qd7+ 41. Ke3 Qa7+ 42. Qd4 Qa4
43. Qd5 Qa7+ 44. Ke2 Kg8 45. e6 fxe6 46. Qe4 Qa6+ 47. Qd3 Qb6 (47... Qa2 48.
Qxg6+ Kf8) 48. Qxg6+ Kf8 49. Qxh5 Qd4 50. Qf3+ Kg7 51. b3 Qb2+ 52. Kf1 Qc1+ 53.
Kg2 Qc3 54. Qe3 e5 55. h5 Qc6+ 56. Kg1 Qc3 57. Qg5+ Kf7 58. Qg6+ Ke7 59. h6
Qxb3 60. h7 Qd1+ 61. Kg2 Qd5+ 62. f3 Qd2+ 63. Kh3 Qd7+ 64. Qg4 Qd1 65. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qe7 10. e3 O-O 11. b4 Bg4 12. Be2 e4 13. b5 exf3 14. gxf3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 Rfe8 17. Qf5 Rad8 18. O-O Ng6 19. Bb4 Qe4 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21.
Rfd1 f5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 b6 25. Bb3 Nc5 26. Bc2 Ne7 27. Kf1
Kf7 28. Ke2 Ke6 29. f3 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bf4 Nh5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Nd7 8. d5
c6 (8... c5) 9. Bd4 Nhf6 10. e4 O-O 11. h3 Qa5 12. Bd3 Nc5 13. O-O Nxd3 (13...
e5 14. Be3 cxd5 15. cxd5 b6) 14. Qxd3 e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nd2 d5 (16... Rad8
17. f4 Bc8 18. f5 g5) 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. exd5 Bf5 (18... Nxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
Qd4+ Kh7 21. Nde4 Nxc3 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. bxc3 Rad8 24. Nd7+ f6 25. Qe3 Bxd7 26.
Qxh6+) 19. Qf3 Qa6 20. g4 Bd7 21. Nb3 h5 22. gxh5 Bf5 23. h6 Bxh6 24. Nc5 Qc4
25. Rfd1 Nh5 26. b3 Qb4 27. d6 Nf4 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. Qxd5 b6 30. Nd3 Qa3 31. Bb2
Qa6 32. Qd4 Kh7 33. Nf4 Rad8 34. Nd5 Rxd6 35. Nf6+ Rxf6 36. Qxf6 Qe2 37. Re1
Qb5 38. Rad1 Bxh3 39. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bc4 c5 7. O-O b6 8. c3
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Nc7 11. h3 Qd7 12. a4 cxd4 13. exd4 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Ncd5
15. Bh2 Bh6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qh4 Bg7 19. Bf4 Qf5 20. Qg5 Qc2 21.
Qb5 a6 22. Qe2 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Nd5 24. Bg3 Rec8 25. Ra3 Bh6 26. Ne1 f6 27. Nd3
Kf7 28. f4 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rb3 Rab8 31. Kf2 b4 32. Nxb4 Nxb4 33. cxb4 Rb5
34. Ke3 Rc4 35. Kd3 d5 36. h4 f5 37. Be1 Bxf4 38. Ra3 Bc7 39. Ra7 Rxd4+ 40. Kc3
Rc4+ 41. Kb3 Rb8 42. Rxc7 Rxc7 43. Bg3 e5 44. Bxe5 Re8 45. Bxc7 Rxe2 46. g3 Ke6
47. Kc3 Kd7 48. Bf4 Kc6 49. b3 Re4 50. Bd2 Rg4 51. Bf4 h6 52. Bxh6 Rxg3+ 53.
Kd4 Rg4+ 54. Ke5 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. e3 Nxc5 8.
Bd2 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Nb5 Bxd2 12. Nxd2 Ra8 13. b4 Nce4 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. Qb2 Qe7 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. a3 Bc6 18. Nc3 Rc7 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. f3 Nh5
21. Bf1 f5 22. e4 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Qg5 25. Qd2 Nf4 26. g3 e5 27. c5
Ne6 28. Bc4 Qg6 29. cxb6 axb6 30. Bxe6+ Qxe6 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Nc7 (7...
Be7) 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 e5 (9... O-O 10. Rc1 Bf6) 10. Rc1 f6 11. Na4 b6 (11...
Na6 12. Ba3 Qa5 13. Ne1 Ncb4 14. Bxb4 cxb4) 12. Nh4 Bd7 (12... Bb7 13. b4) 13.
e3 O-O 14. d4 exd4 15. exd4 Rc8 16. dxc5 b5 17. Nc3 f5 (17... Bxc5 18. Nxb5)
18. Rc2 Bxh4 19. Rd2 Rf7 (19... Nb8 20. c6) 20. gxh4 Ne6 21. Nxb5 Nxc5 22. Nd6
Re7 23. Nxc8 Qxc8 24. Ba3 Ne4 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Bxe7 Nxe7 27. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D54"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Be2 c5 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ne2
Na6 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Qa4 Nb4 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Rd2 Bc6 19. Qa3 Qa7 20. b3 Rac8
21. h3 d4 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Qa4 Rcd6 24. exd4 cxd4 25. a3 Na6 26. Qxa5 d3 27.
Nf4 Qb7 28. Qc3 Qe4 29. g3 Qf5 30. b4 g5 31. Nh5 f6 32. b5 Nb8 33. Qc4+ Kf8 34.
Qc7 Qd7 35. Qc5 Kf7 36. Qc4+ Kg6 37. g4 Rd4 38. Qc7 f5 39. f3 f4 40. b6 Rd6 41.
Rc3 Na6 42. Qa7 Qxa7 43. bxa7 Ra8 44. Rdxd3 Rxd3 45. Rxd3 Rxa7 46. Rd5 Nb8 47.
Rd3 Kf7 48. h4 Nc6 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Rd5 Rxa3 51. Rxg5 Nd4 52. Kg2 Ra2+ 53. Kf1
Ra1+ 54. Kg2 Ra2+ 55. Kf1 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. a4
Nbc6 9. Qd2 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Ng6 12. O-O Bd7 13. c4 O-O-O 14. Ra3 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Kb8 16. dxc5 Nce5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qb4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 e5 20. f4 Rhg8
21. fxe5 Bc6 22. Rg3 Rxg3 23. hxg3 fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 b6 8. Qe2
a6 9. a4 Nh5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 cxd4 12. cxd4 (12. exd4 Nf4 13. Qe4 Nxg2+ 14.
Kf1 Nxh4 15. Qxa8 Bh3+) 12... Nc6 13. O-O Nb4 14. Rfc1 Bb7 15. Ne1 Qd7 16. Nd3
Nd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nb4 Bb7 19. Nc4 Qe6 20. d5 (20. Nxb6 Nf4) 20... Nf4 21.
Qd2 Bxd5 (21... Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Nxb6 Bxg2) 22. exf4 Bxc4 23. Nc6 Kh7 24.
Nxe7 Qe2 25. Qxe2 Bxe2 26. Rc2 (26. Nc6 b5 27. f5) 26... Bg4 27. f5 Bxf5 28.
Nxf5 gxf5 29. Rd1 Rfc8 30. Rcd2 Rc4 31. Be7 Rxa4 32. Rxd6 Re8 (32... Bxb2 33.
Rxb6 Ra1 34. Rxa1 Bxa1) 33. Bf6 Rb4 34. h3 Bxf6 35. Rxf6 Kg7 36. Rxf5 Rxb2 37.
Rd7 Rf8 38. Rd4 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Re1 40. Rg4+ Kh7 41. Rgf4 Kg7 42. Rg4+ Kh7 43.
Rgf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Kasparian, Ghenrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 d5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. a3 Ba5 (9... Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd5) 10. Qa4 Rd8 11. Rad1 Bb6 12. Be3 Na5
13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Qc2 Be8 15. Ne4 Bb5 16. Bg5 h6 (16... Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Rxd4 18.
Ng4) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ng4 f5 19. Ngf6+ Kh8 20. Qc1 Qf8 21. Nc3 Be8 (21... Nb3
22. Qf4 Bxd4) 22. Qf4 Qg7 23. Nh5 Qg6 24. Qe5+ Kg8 25. Nf6+ Kf8 26. d5 Rd6 27.
e4 Ke7 28. Nxe8 Rxe8 29. Nb5 f6 (29... Rd7 30. dxe6 Qxe6) 30. Qc3 fxe4 (30...
Rd7 31. b4 cxb3 32. dxe6 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Nc6 34. Nxc7) 31. Nxd6 cxd6 32. dxe6 Qf5
33. Qd2 Qe5 34. Qxh6 (34. Bxe4) 34... f5 35. Bh3 Rf8 36. Qh7+ (36. Rd5 Qxd5 37.
Qg7+ Kxe6 38. Qxf8) 36... Kxe6 37. g4 d5 38. gxf5+ Kd6 39. Kh1 Rh8 40. Qg6+ Kc5
41. f4 Qe8 42. Bg2 Nb3 43. Qg7 Rg8 (43... Rf8 44. Rfe1 (44. Qxb7 Qf7) (44. Qe5
Qxe5 45. fxe5 Nd4) 44... Rf7 45. Qc3 Ba5 46. Rxd5+ Kxd5 47. Rxe4 Bxc3 48. Rxe8+
Kd4 49. Rd8+ Ke3) 44. Qxb7 Qc6 45. Qe7+ Kb5 46. Qe5 Rd8 47. Bxe4 Kc5 48. Bg2
Bc7 49. Qe7+ Kb6 50. f6 Nc5 51. f7 Ne6 52. b3 c3 53. Rfe1 Nf8 54. Qb4+ Qb5 55.
Qxc3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O Nfd7 7. Qe2 e6 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. Nb3 e5 10. c3 Qe8 11. h3 a5 12. a4 Nb6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Nd4 Rfe8 17. Bd2 Qe7 18. Bf4 c6 19. Bd3 d5 20. exd5 Qxe2 21. Nxe2
Nxd5 22. Bg3 Be6 23. Bc2 Nb6 24. Nf4 Bc4 25. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8.
e3 b6 9. Be2 Ba6 10. O-O d5 11. cxd5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Nxd5 14. Rfd1
Qf6 15. Qd4 a5 16. Rac1 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Nb4 18. Nc3 Ncd3 19. Rb1 Rac8 20. a3 Nxb2
21. axb4 Rxc3 22. bxa5 bxa5 23. h3 Rb3 24. Rd2 Rfb8 25. Nd4 R3b6 26. Nc6 Rxc6
27. Rbxb2 Rcc8 28. Ra2 Ra8 29. Rd7 h5 30. Rb7 Rd8 31. Rc2 a4 32. Rcc7 Rdb8 33.
Ra7 Rxa7 34. Rxa7 Rb4 35. f4 h4 36. Kf2 Re4 37. Kf3 f5 38. Rb7 Kh7 39. Rb8 Kg6
40. Ra8 Kf6 41. Rf8+ Ke7 42. Rg8 Kf7 43. Ra8 g6 44. Rb8 Kf6 45. Rb7 g5 46. Ra7
Rb4 47. g3 g4+ 48. Kg2 Rb2+ 49. Kg1 hxg3 50. hxg4 Ra2 51. Ra6 a3 52. g5+ Kf7
53. Kf1 Rf2+ 54. Kg1 a2 55. Kh1 Kg6 56. Kg1 Kh5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C04"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8.
Bg5 Qf7 9. Bh4 e5 10. dxe5 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 Bd6 13. Bg3 O-O 14. O-O
Bd7 15. Nd4 Rad8 16. Qd2 c5 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bc6 19. Rae1 Kh8 20. Bxd6
Rxd6 21. Re5 d4 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Ne4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. Nb5 Nc6 11. c4 Ndb4 12. a3 (12. Be3) 12... Qxd1 13. Bxd1
Nd3 14. Nc7 Rb8 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. Nd6 (16. b4 Nd4 17. Be3) 16... Be6 17. b4 Nd4
18. Be3 b5 19. f4 (19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Bb3) 19... bxc4 20. fxe5 Bxd5 21. Bxd4 Bb6
22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Nf5 Rfe8 24. Ne3 Rxe5 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Bc2 g6 27. Bxd3 Rxd3
28. a4 Rb3 29. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 30. Rxb1 Kg7 31. Rc1 Rc8 32. a5 b5 33. a6 (33. Kf2
Kf6 34. Ke3 Ke5 35. Kd2) 33... Kf6 34. Kf2 Ke5 35. Ke3 Kd5 36. g4 Re8+ 37. Kd2
Kd4 (37... Ra8 38. Ra1 f5) 38. Rf1 Re6 (38... Ra8 39. Rf6) 39. Rf4+ Ke5 40. a7
Ra6 41. Rxf7 Ra2+ 42. Kc3 Ra3+ 43. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc4 12. Qe2 Nxe3 13. fxe3 e5 14. d5
Ne7 15. Bg4 Kh8 16. O-O Ng8 17. d6 cxd6 18. Nb5 Nf6 19. Nxd6 Qe7 20. Bf3 Rad8
21. Nb5 a6 22. Nc3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Qc4 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qc2 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Qd3 Rd8
15. Qe2 Bb7 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 c5 18. Rfd1 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. Qe2 Rac8
21. h3 Qb7 22. Rac1 Qa6 23. Qxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Kasparian, Ghenrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Bd7 8. e4
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Ne1 Nh5 11. Nd3 Qc8 12. Re1 Bh3 13. Bh1 f5 14. f3 fxe4 15.
Nxe4 Bf5 16. Ndf2 Nf6 17. Bg5 Kh8 18. Nxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxf6+ Rxf6 20. f4 Qf8 21.
fxe5 dxe5 22. Rxe5 Qg7 23. Qe1 Ng8 24. Qc3 Raf8 25. Re2 h5 26. Rae1 Qf7 27. Ne4
Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Kh7 29. Bg2 Qd7 30. Re6 Rxe6 31. dxe6 Qe7 32. Qd4 Nf6 33. h3 Rd8
34. Qe5 c6 35. Rf1 Rf8 36. c5 Kg7 37. Rd1 Rd8 38. Rd6 Kg8 39. Bf1 Ne8 40. Rxd8
Qxd8 41. e7 Qd1 42. Qf4 Qe1 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Qxe8 (44. Qxe8 Qe3+ 45. Kh1 Qf3+
46. Bg2 Qd1+ 47. Kh2) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Nc5 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. Re1 Ne6 12. h3 Bh5 13. a4 Na5 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Qe2 c6 16. Nbd2 Bg6 17. Nf1 Be7 18. Ng3 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 O-O 20. Nf5 Qd7 21. Nxe7+
Qxe7 22. Nd4 Qd7 23. Nf5 c5 24. Qd3 d4 25. cxd4 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. Re4 Qe6
28. Rxd4 Qxe5 29. Bf4 Qxd4 30. Qxd4 Nb3 31. Qd5 Nxa1 32. Qxb5 Nc2 33. Be5 Rfd8
34. Bc3 Nd4 35. Qe5 f6 36. Qe4 Kh8 37. Kh2 Nb5 38. Bb4 Rab8 39. Bc5 Nd6 40. Qf4
Nb5 41. h4 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Nb4 17. Bb1 a3 18. Qb3 Qa5 19. bxa3 Qxa3 20. Qxa3 Rxa3 21. dxe5
dxe5 22. Nxe5 Be6 23. Ndf3 Rc8 24. Nd4 Bc4 25. Rc1 Raa8 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27. Nf5
Bf8 28. Bd4 Nd7 29. Ne3 Ra4 30. Nxc4 Na6 31. Bd3 Nb4 32. Be2 Rxa2 33. Rxa2 Nxa2
34. Ra1 Nb4 35. Ne3 Nc6 36. Bb2 Nc5 37. e5 Rb8 38. Nc4 Ne6 39. Rd1 Na5 40. Ba1
Nb3 41. Bc3 Rc8 42. Bf1 g6 43. Bb2 Bc5 44. Rd7 Rb8 45. Bc3 Nbd4 46. Nd2 Rd8 47.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 48. Ne4 Ba7 49. Bc4 N8e6 50. Nf6+ Kg7 51. Nd7 Nc6 52. Kf1 Bd4 53.
Bxd4 Nexd4 54. f4 h6 55. Kf2 Ne7 (55... g5 56. fxg5 hxg5) 56. g4 Ne6 57. Ke3
Nc7 58. Nf6 Kf8 59. Kd4 Ne6+ 60. Bxe6 fxe6 61. Kc5 Kf7 62. Kd6 Nc8+ 63. Kc7 Na7
64. Kb6 Nc8+ 65. Kb7 Ne7 66. Kc7 Kf8 67. Kd6 Kf7 68. Kd7 g5 (68... h5 69. Nh7
hxg4 70. Ng5+) 69. fxg5 Ng6 70. Kd6 hxg5 71. Ne4 Nf4 72. Nxg5+ Kg6 73. h4 Ng2
74. Nf3 Ne3 75. h5+ Kf7 76. g5 Nc4+ 77. Kc6 Ne3 78. h6 Nd5 79. Nh4 Nf4 80. g6+
Kg8 81. Kd7 Kf8 82. Kd6 Kg8 83. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

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 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. b4 a6 13. Rb1 Qe7 14. a4 Nb6 15.
Bd2 Rfe8 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Ne2 Ne4 20. Bb4 Qc7 21. Nf4
Qe5 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qe2 Rec8 24. Rd4 Qe8 25. Rd6 Nc4 26. Rd5 Nb6 27. Rd6 Nc4
28. Rdd1 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. b3 Ba6 6. Bb2 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Qh4 d5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. c4 Be7 14. Rfd1
Ne4 15. Qg4 Bf6 16. Nxe4 Bxb2 17. Rab1 f5 18. Qe2 fxe4 19. Rxb2 Rf5 20. cxd5
exd5 21. Rc2 Qh4 22. Rdc1 Raf8 23. g3 Qh3 24. Qf1 Qg4 25. Qd1 Qg5 26. h4 Qg6
27. Qf1 h6 28. Qh3 Kh7 29. Rd1 Qf7 30. Qg2 Qe6 31. Rdd2 Rf3 32. Rc7 Qe5 33.
Rcc2 R8f6 34. Rc1 Rg6 35. Kh1 Rgf6 36. Kg1 Qf5 37. Rf1 Qe6 38. Kh2 Qf7 39. Kg1
Qh5 40. Re1 Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d5 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 h6 10. Bh4 Be6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qa4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 a6
15. Qb4 Nc5 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. Bxc4 b5 19. Bb3 Ng5 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21.
f3 Qc7 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Be1 Qb6 25. Bd2 Ne6 26. Kf2 Nc5 27. Bc2
Qd6 28. Qd4 Qxd4 (28... Qc7 29. Bb4 Ne6) 29. exd4 Ne6 30. Ke3 Kf8 31. Be4 Nc7 (
31... Nxe4 32. fxe4) 32. Bb4+ Ke8 33. Bc6+ Kd8 34. Ba5 Kc8 35. Kf4 Nd7 (35...
Ncd5+ 36. Bxd5 Nxd5+ 37. Ke4 Nf6+ 38. Ke5 Kd7 39. Bb4 Kc6) 36. h4 Ne6+ 37. Ke4
Nc7 38. g4 Nb8 39. Bd5 Nxd5 40. Kxd5 Kd7 41. Kc5 Nc6 42. Bd2 Ne7 43. d5 Ng6 44.
h5 Nh4 45. Bc3 f6 46. Kb6 Nxf3 47. Kxa6 b4 48. Bxb4 Ne5 49. Kb7 Nxg4 50. a4 Ne3
51. a5 Nxd5 52. Bf8 f5 53. a6 f4 54. a7 Nc7 55. Bxg7 f3 56. Bd4 Kd6 57. Bf2 Kd7
58. Bg3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Nb6 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Rfe1 Qd7 14. Rac1 Bf8
15. Qc2 Qe6 16. Qb3 Ne4 17. Ndxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe6 Rxe6 19. Red1 Rc8 20. Rc2 Bb4
21. Ne2 Nd5 22. Bg3 g5 23. a3 Bf8 24. Nc3 Rd8 25. Kf1 f5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Ke2
Be7 28. Be5 Kf7 29. f3 exf3+ 30. gxf3 Rh6 31. e4 fxe4 32. fxe4 Rb5 33. Rd3 Rh4
34. Re3 Ke6 35. Bb8 Bd6 36. Bxd6 Kxd6 37. Kf1 Rf4+ 38. Kg2 a5 39. b3 g4 40. Kg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. a4 Nf6 5. e3 Bg4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Be2
Bd6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O Re8
15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. b3 Qd7 17. Bb2 Qe6 18. Nb5 axb5 19. axb5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Re4
21. bxc6 Qxc6 22. Qf3 Ne8 23. Ra4 Re6 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. Ra8 Re6 26. Rb8 b6 27.
Kf1 f6 28. Ke2 Kf7 29. Bd4 Ke7 30. Kd3 Kd7 31. g4 Nd6 32. h4 Re8 33. Rxe8 Nxe8
34. e4 c5 35. Bc3 b5 36. f4 Nd6 37. h5 Ke7 38. Bd2 g6 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. Be3 c4+
41. bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparian, Ghenrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Qc7 10. Bd2 Ngf6 11. O-O-O e6 12. c4 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5+ 14. Kb1 Qb7
15. Rhe1 Be7 16. Rc1 a6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rd8 19. Qe2 Nd5 20. Qg4 Kf8 21.
Ne4 b4 22. Qg3 a5 23. Nd6 Qa6 24. Rc5 Rxd6 25. exd6 Bxd6 26. Rxa5 Qb6 (26...
Qxa5 27. Qxd6+ Kg8 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Qxe6+ Kh7 30. Qf5+ Kg8 31. Qe6+) 27. Ra8+
Ke7 28. Rxe6+ Kxe6 (28... fxe6 29. Qxg7#) 29. Qg4+ f5 30. Qe2+ Kf6 31. Rxh8 Qd4
32. Re8 Be7 33. Rc8 Kg6 34. Rc1 Qb6 35. h5+ Kf6 36. Qf3 Qb5 37. g4 f4 38. Qe4
Kg5 39. Bxf4+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. d3 dxe4 10. dxe4 Qxd1 11. Bxd1 Rd8 12. Bc2 h6 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. Nf1 Nd7
15. Be3 Bc5 16. b4 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Nb6 18. a3 f6 19. Red1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Ke2 Ke7 24. Nd2 Nb7 25. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kasparian, Ghenrikh"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. e5 Nd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Qe1 Rb8 11. b3 Qe8 12. Ba3 Ba6 13. Nd1 f5 14. Qa5 Bb7 15. Nb2
(15. Qxa7 Qc8) 15... Qd8 16. Qc3 Ba6 17. Na4 d4 18. Qd2 Bb5 19. Nb2 Nb6 20. Nc4
h6 21. Kh1 Kh7 22. Rae1 Rb7 (22... Nd5 23. Nd6 Qb6) 23. Rg1 Nd5 (23... Nxc4 24.
dxc4 Ba6) 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. exd6 Qxd6 26. Re5 (26. Nxd4 Nxf4 27. Bxc5 Qxc5 28.
Qxf4) 26... Rf6 27. Rge1 Rb6 (27... Nb4 28. Qf2 Rd7 29. Ng5+ hxg5 30. fxg5 Rf8
31. Qh4+ Kg8 32. g6 Rf6 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qh8+) 28. Nxd4 Ra6 29. Qc1 Nb4 30.
Nxe6 Nxc2 31. Qxc2 Rxa3 32. Qb2 Ra5 33. Nxc5 Bxd3 34. Nxd3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Bb3 Nb6 13. Qd4 e5 14. Qc5
Qb8 (14... Qxc5 15. bxc5 Nbd7 16. Ba3) 15. f4 Bg4 16. Ng3 Nbd7 17. Qa5 Qd6 18.
c4 b6 19. Qa3 exf4 20. exf4 Rfe8 21. Bb2 Re3 22. c5 Qd3 (22... bxc5 23. Bxf7+)
23. Bc4 Qd2 24. Qa2 Be6 25. Bxf6 Qxa2 26. Bxa2 Nxf6 27. c6 Bxa2 28. Rxa2 Rc3
29. b5 Rc5 30. Rd1 Kf8 31. Rad2 a6 32. bxa6 Rxc6 33. Rd8+ Rxd8 34. Rxd8+ (34.
Rxd8+ Ke7 35. a7) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8.
O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. c4 Re8 12. b3 b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxe5 Ng4 18. Bc3 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Bc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. d4
Bb7 9. Nbd2 c5 10. e3 dxc4 11. bxc4 Qc7 12. a4 Ne4 13. Qb3 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 cxd4 16. exd4 e5 17. d5 a5 18. f4 Bd6 19. Ne4 exf4 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21.
Rxf4 Rfe8 22. Qc3 f6 23. Re1 Rac8 24. Ba3 Qc7 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Qd4 Ne5 27. c5
bxc5 28. Bxc5 Nd7 29. Ba3 Qc2+ 30. Rf2 Qe4+ 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Rb2 (32. Rf4 Rxf4
33. gxf4 Kf7 34. Bb2 Nb6 35. Bc3 Nxd5 36. Bxa5 Nxf4+) 32... Rxa4 33. Bd6 Rd4
34. Rb5 a4 35. Kf3 a3 36. Ra5 a2 37. Rxa2 Rxd5 38. Bf4 g5 39. Ke4 Rb5 40. Be3
Kf7 41. Bd4 Kg6 42. Ra6 Nc5+ 43. Bxc5 Rxc5 44. Kf3 Rc2 45. h3 (45. h4 gxh4 46.
gxh4) 45... Rh2 46. h4 gxh4 47. gxh4 Rxh4 48. Ra5 Rh5 49. Ra8 Rb5 50. Kf4 Rb4+
51. Kf3 Kg5 52. Rg8+ Kf5 53. Ra8 Rb3+ 54. Kf2 Kg5 55. Ra4 f5 56. Rc4 h6 57. Ra4
Rh3 58. Rb4 Rh4 59. Rb3 Rh2+ 60. Kg3 Rd2 61. Rb4 h5 62. Rg4+ Kf6 63. Ra4 Rd1
64. Ra8 Rg1+ 65. Kf3 Rg4 66. Rf8+ Kg5 67. Rg8+ Kh4 68. Ra8 Rg1 69. Kf2 Rg6 70.
Ra4+ Kg5 71. Kf3 Rc6 72. Rb4 Rc3+ 73. Kf2 Rc2+ 74. Kf3 h4 75. Ra4 Rd2 76. Ra8
h3 77. Rg8+ Kf6 78. Rh8 h2 79. Kf4 Kg6 80. Ke3 Ra2 81. Kf4 Rb2 82. Kg3 Kg5 83.
Rg8+ Kf6 84. Rh8 Ke5 85. Re8+ Kd4 86. Rd8+ Ke4 87. Re8+ Kd3 88. Rd8+ Ke2 89.
Kxh2 Kf3+ 90. Kh3 f4 91. Ra8 Kf2 92. Ra1 f3 93. Kh2 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Nh5 10. Nf1 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. d4 Bd7 13. Bc2 Qf6 14. h3 Rad8 15.
Qd2 Bc8 16. Rad1 h5 17. Qc1 Bh6 18. N1d2 g5 19. e5 Qg7 20. Ne4 dxe5 21. dxe5
Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Ng3 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Qd6 25. Qxd6 cxd6 26. Nxh5 Bg7 27. h4
gxh4 28. Nxf4 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Qb3 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
a6 9. O-O b5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rac1 Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. Na2 Bd6 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15.
exf4 a5 16. Ne5 Ne4 17. Qe3 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. b3 f6 20. Nd3 Re8 21. Rc2 Ra7
22. Rfc1 Nd6 23. Nc5 Nf8 24. Rd1 Qb6 25. Nc1 Rc7 26. Ne2 Ne4 27. f3 Nd6 28. Qf2
Rec8 29. Ng3 Nb7 30. Rdc1 Nxc5 31. dxc5 Qc6 32. Ne2 e5 33. Qg3 Nd7 34. fxe5
fxe5 35. f4 e4 36. Qe3 Qf6 37. Qd2 Qf7 38. c6 Nf6 39. Rc5 Qe7 40. Qd4 e3 41.
Rxa5 h5 42. Rac5 Qe8 43. h3 h4 44. Qxb4 Qh5 45. Qb5 Qf5 46. Rd1 Qe6 47. Qd3 Re8
48. Rc2 Qd6 49. Qd4 Rxc6 50. Rxc6 Qxc6 51. Qd3 Qb6 52. Rc1 Qb4 53. Rc7 Re4 54.
Kh2 Qd6 55. Rc8+ Kf7 56. Qc2 d4 57. Rc7+ Kf8 58. Rc8+ Kf7 59. Rc6 Qd5 60. Rc5
Qd6 61. Qc4+ Qe6 62. Qb5 Qd6 63. Qc4+ Qe6 64. Qb5 Qd6 65. Rc6 Qe7 66. Qc4+ Kg6
67. Rc7 Qe8 68. Qc5 Kh7 69. Rc8 Qf7 70. Rd8 Qh5 71. Qxh5+ Nxh5 72. Rxd4 Rxd4
73. Nxd4 Nxf4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nb4 10. Qb1 Nc6 (10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nf6) 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Rd1 Qa5
13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Ne4 Qf5 (14... Qh5) 15. Bc3 Rd8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Nb6 (
17... e5 18. Rd5 f6) 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Qd1 (19. Nd6 Qxb1+ 20. Rxb1) 19... Be7
20. Qd4 Qg6 21. Nc5 Nd5 22. Rd1 b6 (22... Nxc3 23. Qd8+ Bf8 24. bxc3) 23. Nxe6
Bxe6 24. Bxd5 Rd8 25. e4 Bg4 (25... Bxd5 26. exd5 Bc5) 26. Rd3 Kh8 27. Qe5 Bf6
(27... Bd6 28. Bb3) 28. Qc7 Rd7 29. Qc6 Bh3 30. Be6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. O-O Bd6 6. b3 Qe7 7. c4 c6 8. Qc2 Qf6
9. Bg5 Qg6 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. gxf4 Nh6 12. Ne5 Qh5 13. Qd3 Nxe5 14. fxe5 f4 15.
Qf3 Qg5 16. Nc3 Nf5 17. Rad1 O-O 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. Rg1 Be8 20. Qh3 Qh5 21. e4
fxe3 22. fxe3 Qxh3 23. Bxh3 Bh5 24. Rdf1 Nxe3 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.
Rc1 Rf2 28. Bh3 Rf3 29. Be6 Rf2 30. Bh3 g5 31. cxd5 cxd5 32. Kg1 Rd2 33. e6 g4
34. Bf1 Nf5 35. Ne2 Kg7 36. Rc7+ Kf6 37. Rxh7 Bg6 38. Rxb7 Ne3 39. e7 Rxa2 40.
Nf4 Ra1 41. Kf2 Rxf1+ 42. Kxe3 Rf3+ 43. Kd2 Rxf4 44. Kc3 Re4 45. Rxa7 Rxe7 46.
Rxe7 Kxe7 47. Kb4 Bc2 48. Kc3 Bd1 49. b4 Ba4 50. Kd3 Kf6 51. Ke3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3
b4 9. Ne2 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Nf4 O-O 12. Ng5 Qa5 13. h4 (13. e4 Qxg5 14. Nd5
Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Nf4 Qh6 17. Nd5) 13... c5 14. Re1 Rac8 15. Nfxe6 fxe6 16.
Bxe6+ Kh8 17. d5 c4 18. e4 (18. Nf7+ Rxf7 19. Bxf7) 18... Bc5 (18... Ne5 19.
Qd4 Bc5 20. Qxe5 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Ng4+) 19. e5 Nxd5 (19... Bxd5 20. exf6 Rxf6)
20. Qh5 N5f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Nf7+ Rxf7 23. Qxf7 Rc7 24. Bd7 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2
Qc5+ 26. Be3 Qd6 27. Rad1 Rxd7 28. Qxd7 Qxd7 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. Bd4 Bd5 31. Re8+
Bg8 32. Re7 Nf6 33. Rxa7 b3 34. a4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B58"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rad1 Na5 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Rc8 14. Bxa7 b6
15. Qb4 Nd7 16. Bb5 Nc5 17. Be2 Nd7 18. Bb5 Nc5 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Bf5 Nc4 21. b3
Qc7 22. Qxc4 Qxa7 23. Qb5 Rfd8 24. a4 Rc5 25. Qe2 Nf6 26. c4 Qa5 27. Qd2 Rc7
28. Ra1 g6 29. Bc2 Qxd2 30. Nxd2 Ra8 31. b4 Nd7 32. Bb3 f5 33. f3 Bg5 34. Ra2
Be3+ 35. Kh1 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Kasparian, Ghenrikh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Qe7
8. Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. O-O Be6 10. b3 Bxc4 11. bxc4 Na6 12. Re1 Kd7 13. Rb1 b6 14.
Rb3 Rhe8 15. Rd3+ Bd6 16. Ba3 Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 c5 18. Re3 Bf4 19. Re2 Rb8 20. g3
Bd6 21. Re3 b5 22. cxb5 Rxb5 23. Rb3 Ra5 24. c4 Kc6 25. Nd3 Nc7 26. Nc1 Ne6 27.
Ne2 f5 28. f4 g5 (28... f6) 29. fxg5 Nxg5 30. Kf2 Ne4+ 31. Ke3 Bf8 32. Nf4 Bh6
33. d3 Ng5 34. d4 cxd4+ 35. Kxd4 Ne6+ 36. Nxe6 fxe6 37. Kd3 Re5 38. h4 Re3+ 39.
Kc2 Re2+ 40. Kb1 Re1+ 41. Kc2 Re2+ 42. Kb1 Re4 43. Rd3 Be3 44. Rd8 Bf2 45. Rc8+
Kd7 46. Rh8 Bxg3 47. Rxh7+ Kc6 48. h5 Rxc4 49. Re7 Kd5 50. Rd7+ Ke4 51. h6 Be5
(51... f4 52. h7 Rc8) 52. h7 Rc3 53. Bc1 (53. Bb2 Rh3 54. Bxe5 Kxe5 55. Rxa7
Kf6 56. a4 f4 57. Kc2 e5 58. a5 e4 59. a6 Rh2+ 60. Kc3 f3 61. Rf7+ Kxf7 62. a7
f2 63. a8=Q Rh3+ 64. Kd2 f1=Q 65. Qd5+ Kf6 (65... Kg7 66. Qg8+) 66. h8=Q+ Rxh8
67. Qd4+ Kf5 68. Qxh8 Qd3+ 69. Ke1) 53... f4 (53... Rh3) 54. Re7 (54. Bb2)
54... Rh3 55. Rxe6 Rxh7 56. Ba3 Kd5 57. Ra6 f3 58. Ra5+ Ke4 59. Bc5 Kd3 60. a4
Rh1+ 61. Ka2 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qb3 a5 10. Na2 Be7 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qa6 Ra8 13. Qb7 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[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 (12... Nxd3 13. Qxd3
Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 cxd5 16. Rd1) 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 "Soviet-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[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 (11... Ba6 12. Qd2 Rd8) 12. Be3 g6 13.
Qc4 (13. Nd2 Ba6 14. Nc4) 13... Ba6 14. Qe6 Qc8 15. Qb3 Qb7 16. Nd2 Qb4 17. Qe6
Kf8 18. Rab1 Kg7 19. a3 Qb8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Qc8 22. Qxc8 Rxc8 23. Ra1 Bb5
24. Ra7 Kf7 25. Rb7 h5 26. Nxb5 cxb5 27. Rc1 (27. Nb1 Rxc2 28. Na3 Rb2 29. Nxb5
) 27... f5 28. f3 (28. f4 Nf6 29. exf5 gxf5 30. fxe5 dxe5 31. Nf3) 28... 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 (43. Bh6 Ke6 44. Bg5 Nxb6) 43... e4 44. Bh6 (44. Bf6 Nxf6
45. Rxf5+) 44... e3 45. Rxf5+ Ne5 46. Bxe3 (46. Bf4 Rb2 47. Ne4 e2+ 48. Ke1 d3)
46... dxe3 47. f4 Rb2 48. Nf3 Ke4 49. fxe5 Ba3 50. e6 (50. b7 Rxb7 51. e6 Rb1+
52. Kc2 Rc1+ 53. Kb3 Be7 54. Rf7 e2 55. g5 Rf1 56. Nd2+ Kd3 57. Rxf1 Kxd2 58.
Rg1 Bxg5) 50... e2+ 51. Kc1 Rb5+ 52. Kd2 Rxf5 53. gxf5 Kxf3 54. b7 Bb4+ 55. Kc2
Bd6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d5 7. b3 c6 8. Qc2 Ne4
9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Ne1 b6 11. Nd3 Bb7 12. f3 Nd6 13. Nf4 Rf6 14. Nd2 Rh6 15. Rfe1
Bg5 16. e3 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Nb1 dxc4 20. bxc4 Nf8 (20... e5
21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rb8) 21. Na3 Nf7 22. Rb1 Qc7 23. Nb5 Qe7 24. Nd3 a6 25.
Nc3 Qc7 26. Na4 Bc6 27. f4 Be7 28. Ne5 (28. Naxc5 Bxc5 29. Nxc5 Bxg2 30. Qxg2
Rc8 31. Bd4) 28... Bxg2 29. Qxg2 Re8 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 31. Red1 Nd7 32. Bc3 Rb8 33.
Rxb8 Nxb8 34. Rb1 Qd7 (34... Nc6) 35. Nxc5 Qc8 (35... Bxc5 36. Rb7) 36. Nd3 Nd7
37. Qb7 Qxc4 38. Qxd7 Qxc3 39. Rc1 Qa3 40. Rc8 g6 41. Qe8+ (41. Qe8+ Kg7 42.
Qh8+ Kf7 43. Ne5#) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. O-O
a6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. dxc5 Qc7 13. e4 Nd7 (13... Bxc5 14. h3
Bb7) 14. Nd5 exd5 15. exd5 Nxc5 16. dxc6 Bd6 17. Bc2 Qxc6 18. b4 Nb7 19. Bb2 (
19. Be4 Qe8 20. Qc2 Bxb4 21. Bb2) 19... Qc4 20. Bd3 Qf4 (20... Qxb4 21. Be4 Rb8
22. Rd4 Qc5 23. Qd3) 21. g3 Qg4 22. a3 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Nh4 Qe6 25. Qf3
Rab8 26. Nf5 Be5 27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Rac1 Rfe8 29. Rd7 Nd8 30. Rcc7 Rb6 (30...
Rf8 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Kg2) 31. Rc8 Rb8 32. Rcxd8 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[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 (12... Qa5) 13. exf6 c5 14.
dxc5 (14. d5) 14... Bxc5 15. O-O O-O-O 16. Qe2 Bd4 17. Rad1 Nc5 (17... Bxg2 18.
Kxg2 Nc5) 18. Bxb7+ Qxb7 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Qe5 Rd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Re1 (22.
Qxd5 exd5 23. Re1) 22... Qc6 23. Qe3 Nd3 24. Rb1 Rd8 25. h4 Nxb2 26. Qxa7 Nd3
27. Rd1 (27. Qxf7 Ne5 28. Qh7 Nf3+ 29. Kf1 Nh2+ 30. Kg1 Nf3+) 27... Rd7 (27...
Rd7 28. Qe3 Nf4 29. Rxd7 Qg2#) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. d5 Nf6 5. e4 c6 6. Bxc4 Bb4 (6... b5 7. Bb3 b4
) 7. Qb3 Qa5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qc7 11. Nf3 Nxe4 12. Bxe5 Qe7 (
12... Qa5+ 13. Qb4 Qxb4+ 14. axb4 Bg4) 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bf4 cxd5 15. Bxd5 Nb6
16. Rfe1 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Nf6 18. Qg5 Be6 19. Nd4 Rfd8 20. Be5 h6 (20... Rac8 21.
Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Rd2 25. Rxf6 Rxb2) 21. Bxf6 hxg5
22. Bxe7 Rxd4 23. Bxg5 Rc8 24. Be3 Ra4 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 a6 27. h3 Rc4 28.
Rd1 Rc2 29. Bd4 Rc7 (29... f6 30. Bc3 Kf7) 30. Bc3 Rd7 31. Re1 Kh7 (31... Rd3)
32. Re3 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 g5 34. Kg3 Kg6 (34... Bd5 35. f3 Kg6 36. h4 gxh4+ 37. Kxh4
Kf5) 35. f4 gxf4+ 36. Kxf4 Rf1+ 37. Ke5 Rf5+ 38. Kd6 Rf2 39. Rg3+ Kh6 40. Rg8
Rf5 41. g4 (41. g4 Rb5 42. h4) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Panov, Vasily"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. f4
a6 9. Nd6 Qb6 (9... cxd4 10. Nf3 Nbc6) 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bd7 12. Nf3 Nbc6 (
12... Nc8) 13. Be2 f6 14. O-O-O Nc8 15. Nxc8 Raxc8 16. Kb1 Be8 17. a3 fxe5 18.
fxe5 Na5 19. Bd3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Rc1 Bg6+ 22. Ka1 Rfd8 23. Rhf1 Bd3 24.
Rf2 Rf8 25. Rc3 Qc6 26. Ne1 Rxf2 27. Qxf2 Bg6 28. Qf3 Qd7 29. Rc1 b5 30. Qc3
Ra8 31. Nf3 Qd5 32. Qb4 Rd8 33. Qa5 Ra8 34. Qb6 h6 35. Ne1 Kh7 36. Nf3 Be4 37.
Rc3 a5 38. Qc7 b4 (38... Bxf3 39. Rxf3 Qxd4 40. Rg3 Rg8 41. Qxa5 Qxe5) 39. Rxc4
bxa3 40. bxa3 Qb5 41. Rc1 Qe2 42. Qc3 (42. Re1 Qd3 43. Qc1) 42... Qxg2 43. Nd2
Bg6 44. Nf3 Qf2 45. Nd2 Rd8 46. Nb3 a4 47. Nc5 Rxd4 48. Nxe6 Rd2 49. Qc4 Qf5
50. Re1 Rc2 51. Qd5 Re2 52. Rg1 Rxe5 53. Nxg7 Qf6 54. Rxg6 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Qc1 (11. Rc1) 11... b6 12. Nf4 e6 13. d5 (
13. Bxe6 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Nd5 Qe5 16. Bxd7 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. Nxc3
Bxd7) 13... e5 (13... Ne5 14. Be2 c4) 14. d6 Qb8 (14... Qxd6 15. Rd1 Qb8 16.
Nd5 Nf6) 15. Nd5 Qxd6 16. Bg5 Qb8 17. Rd1 Kh8 18. Be7 Re8 19. Bb5 Qb7 20. Rb1
a6 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Bf6 Rb8 23. Qh6 Rg8 24. Qh4 (24. Ne7 Qxe7 25. Qxg7+ Rxg7
26. Bxe7) 24... Qe6 25. Rd3 Rf8 (25... Qd6 26. Bg5 c4 27. Nf6 Qxf6 28. Rh3 Bxh3
29. Bxf6) 26. Rh3 h5 27. Qg5 Qxf6 (27... Kg8 28. Ne7+ Kh8 (28... Kh7 29. Rxh5+
gxh5 30. Qxg7#) 29. Qh6#) 28. Nxf6 Bxh3 29. gxh3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Be7 7. Bc4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. e4 (10. Qe2) 10... Qc7 11. Bd3 b6 12. Bg5 (12. g3 Bb7
13. Bf4 Bd6 14. e5) 12... Bxg5 13. Nxg5 h6 14. Nh3 e5 15. Rc1 Qd6 16. d5 Nf6
17. Qf3 Bg4 18. Qg3 Bxh3 19. Qxh3 c4 20. Bxc4 Nxe4 21. Qe3 Nc5 22. Rfe1 e4 23.
f3 Rae8 24. Bb5 Re5 25. fxe4 Rxe4 26. Qd2 Rd8 27. c4 f5 28. Qc3 Rf8 29. a4 Rf7
30. a5 Rfe7 31. Rf1 f4 32. Qh3 Qe5 33. Rcd1 Rd4 34. Qf3 Ne4 35. Rde1 (35. axb6
axb6 36. Rde1 Nd2 37. Qf2 Re4 38. Rxe4 Nxe4 39. Qxb6) 35... Nd2 36. Qh3 (36.
Qf2 Re4 37. Rxe4 Nxe4 38. Qxf4 Qd4+) 36... Re4 37. Rxe4 Qxe4 38. Rd1 Qe2 39.
Ra1 Qe5 (39... f3 40. gxf3 Nxf3+ 41. Kh1 Ne1) 40. Rd1 Qd4+ 41. Kh1 Qf2 42. Rg1
Ne4 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. c5 (44. Qf5+ g6 45. Qf8 Qh4 46. Ra1 Ng3+ 47. Kg1 Nf5)
44... Qe3 45. g3 Qf3+ 46. Rg2 Nf2+ 47. Kg1 Re1+ (47... Re1+ 48. Bf1 Nh3+ 49.
Kh1 Rxf1#) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qb3 Be7 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
a6 9. O-O b5 10. cxb5 (10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rac1) 10... cxb5 11. Rfd1 Bb7 12. a4
b4 13. Na2 h6 14. Bh4 Bd6 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 a5 17. Rac1 (17. Nc1) 17... Ne4
18. Nd2 Nb6 19. Rc2 Nd6 20. Bb5 Nbc4 21. Qd3 Nxb5 22. axb5 Nxd2 23. Rdxd2 Bc8
24. e4 (24. Rc5 Bd7 25. Rdc2) 24... dxe4 25. Qxe4 Rb8 26. Rc5 Bd7 27. d5 (27.
Qe5 Qb6) 27... Qb6 28. Qe3 exd5 29. Nc1 Rfe8 30. Qd4 Bxb5 31. Nd3 Rbd8 32. f3
Rc8 33. Rxd5 Qxd4+ 34. Rxd4 b3 35. Nf4 Rc2 36. g4 a4 37. Kh2 Kf8 38. Nd5 Rxd2
39. Rxd2 Rd8 40. Rd1 a3 41. bxa3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. O-O Be7 10. Ng3 (10. f4) 10... O-O 11. Qg4 f5 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Nh5 Rg6
14. Qe2 Nc7 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. g3 e5 (16... Qe7) 17. Nxe5 (17. dxe5 Re6 18. Bf4
Qe8 19. Ng5 Rg6 20. Rae1 Bxe5 21. h4) 17... Bxe5 18. dxe5 Re6 19. Qg4 g6 20.
Nf6+ Nxf6 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Bf4 Ne8 23. Rad1 Qf7 24. Qf3 Nf6 (24... Re5 25. Qg2
Re4) 25. c4 Rae8 26. cxd5 Re2 27. Qb3 Nd7 28. Rd3 g5 29. Bc7 (29. Bxg5 c4 30.
Qxc4 Ne5) 29... Nf6 (29... Nf8 30. Bd6 Nd7 31. Rf3 Qg7) 30. Rf3 Qxc7 31. Rxf6
c4 32. Qb5 (32. Qf3) 32... Qe5 33. Rc6 Rxb2 (33... Qxb2 34. Qxc4 Qxa2 35. Qxa2
Rxa2 36. d6 Rd2) 34. Qxc4 Rd2 35. Rc8 Rxc8 36. Qxc8+ Kf7 37. Rc1 Qxd5 38. Rc7+
Kg6 39. Qe8+ Kf5 40. Qf8+ Kg4 41. f3+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[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 (11... cxb2 12. fxg7 Bxg7 13. Bxb2) 12.
O-O Nxf6 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Ba3 (14. Rb1) 14... Bxa1 15. Qxa1 Nd5 16. Qc1 f6 17.
Nd2 Ne7 18. Qc5 Kf7 19. Nc4 Nd5 20. Rb1 Qc7 21. Nd6+ Kg6 (21... Kg8 22. Ne8)
22. Rb3 (22. Qc2+ Kh6 23. Qc1+ g5 24. h4 Rd8 25. Ne4) 22... h6 23. Qc2+ f5 24.
Nc4 Kh7 25. Ne5 (25. Bd6 Qd8 26. Be5) 25... 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 "Soviet-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 a6 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. e4 c5 10. Bg5 (10. e5) (10. d5) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. O-O b4 13.
Na4 Rc8 14. Qb3 Qa5 15. Bxf6 (15. Be3) 15... Nxf6 16. Rac1 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Bd6
18. Nxe6 Qe5 (18... fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Be7 20. Nb6 b3 21. Rc7) 19. f4 Qxe6 20.
Qxe6+ fxe6 21. e5 Bb8 22. exf6 Bxf4 23. fxg7 Rg8 24. Rc4 Be3+ 25. Kf1 Rxg7 26.
Bf3 Bxf3 27. gxf3 e5 28. Rxb4 Rd7 (28... Rg1+ 29. Ke2 Bf4) 29. Re4 Bf4 30. Re2
Kf7 31. Nc5 Rd6 32. Ne4 Rh6 33. Ng3 Ke6 34. Kg2 Kd5 35. Rc2 Rg6 36. b3 Kd4 37.
Rc7 h6 38. Kf2 Kd3 39. Rc4 h5 40. Nxh5 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. e4 (
8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3) 8... Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 e5 11. O-O-O (11. dxe5
Nxe5 12. O-O-O) 11... Nf6 12. Qc2 e4 13. Ng5 Bf5 14. Be3 (14. f3 e3 15. Qxf5
exd2+ 16. Kb1) 14... b5 15. c5 Bc7 16. h4 h6 17. Nh3 Nd5 18. a3 b4 19. Be2 (19.
axb4 Nxb4 20. Qa4 a5 21. Nf4) 19... bxa3 20. bxa3 Rb8 21. g4 Be6 22. Bd2 Ba5
23. Bc4 Nc3 24. Bxc3 Bxc4 25. Bxa5 Qxa5 26. Qxc4 Qxa3+ 27. Kd2 Rb2+ 28. Ke1 Qf3
29. Rh2 e3 30. Qd3 Re8 31. Nf4 exf2+ 32. Kf1 Qxf4 33. Rh3 Re1+ 34. Rxe1 fxe1=Q+
35. Kxe1 Qf2+ 36. Kd1 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bc4 (6. d4) 6... Nxc3 7.
bxc3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. d4 b6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Nd2 cxd4
14. cxd4 e5 15. Rac1 Qd8 16. f4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Qe3 Qd7 20.
e5 Rad8 21. Nf3 Qf5 22. Nd4 Qg6 23. Rf2 (23. Nf3) 23... Qe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25.
Nb5 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 g6 (26... Bd5 27. Nxa7 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 Rd2+ 29. Kf3 Rxa2) 27.
Nd6 Bc8 28. Ke3 Bd7 29. Bb3 b5 30. Rc7 a5 (30... Be6 31. Rxa7 Ra8 32. Rb7 Rfb8)
31. Nb7 Be6 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Nxd8 Rxd8 34. Re7 Rc8 35. Rxe6 Rc2 36. g4 Rxa2
37. f5 Ra1 (37... gxf5 38. gxf5 Rxh2 39. Rb6) 38. f6 Kf8 39. Rb6 Kf7 40. g5
Re1+ 41. Kd4 a4 42. Rb7+ Kf8 43. Rxb5 Rd1+ 44. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[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 (8... O-O) 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 (27. Qxe4 Rac8) 27... Qc4 28. Bd3 Qd4 29. Rb1 Rd6 30. Rf3 Rad8 31. Bc2
Qd5 32. a3 Ng6 33. h3 (33. Be3) 33... Nh4 34. Bb3 (34. Rd3 Nf5 35. Rxd5 Ng3+
36. Kh2 Nxe2 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. Be3) 34... Qf5 35. Ra1 (35. Bc2 Nxf3 36. Bxf5
Rd1+) 35... Nxf3 36. Bc2 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Bb7 8. e5 (
8. a4 a6 9. Bg5) 8... Nd5 9. Ne4 h6 10. a4 a6 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. b3 c5 (12... cxb3
13. Qxb3 Be7) 13. axb5 axb5 14. bxc4 bxc4 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bxc4 Nxe4 17. Bb5+
Ke7 18. Qc2 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qb6 20. Qxe4 Qxb5 21. Qd4 Kd7 22. Ra5 Qb3 23. Qa1 Be7
24. Nd4 Qc4 25. Ra4 Ra8 26. Rxa8 Bxa8 27. Qa7+ Nc7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C75"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2
Ng6 9. Nc4 Be7 10. Ne3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 (11... Bf6) 12. Re1 Bf8 13. Bc2 Nh4 14.
Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Nd5 Rac8 16. Rf1 Ne7 17. Ne3 Ng6 18. g3 Qh3 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4
f5 21. Rf3 Qh5 22. exf5 Nh4 23. Rf1 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 c5 (24... c6) 25. Kf2 Be7 26.
Bb3+ Kh8 27. Be6 Bxe6 28. fxe6 cxd4 29. cxd4 (29. Rxd4 d5 30. Rxd5 Rc6 31. f5
g6) 29... d5 30. Nxd5 Bd6 31. Bd2 Rxe6 32. Rac1 Rf8 33. Re1 Rg6 34. Rg1 Rf5 35.
Rxg6 Nxg6 36. Nc3 (36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Nc3) 36... Nxf4 37. Ke3 Ng2+ 38. Kd3 Bxh2
39. d5 Rf3+ 40. Ke4 Rf2 41. Rd1 Kg8 42. Na4 Nh4 43. Be3 Rg2 44. Nc5 Rxb2 45.
Rd2 Rb4+ 46. Rd4 Rb6 47. Ne6 Bd6 48. Bf4 Ng6 49. Bxd6 Rxd6 50. Kf5 Kf7 51. Nc5
(51. Rd2 h5 52. Rd1 h4 53. Kg5) 51... Rf6+ 52. Ke4 b6 53. Nxa6 Ke7 54. Nc7 Nf8
55. Nb5 g5 56. d6+ Kd7 57. Ke3 Ne6 58. Rb4 Ng7 59. Nd4 Rxd6 60. Ra4 Ke7 61. Ra6
Kf6 62. a4 Nf5+ 63. Nxf5 Kxf5 (63... Kxf5 64. a5 Re6+) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5
a5 9. e4 Nc5 10. Ne1 Kh8 11. Nd3 Nfd7 12. Be3 b6 13. Qd2 Ba6 14. b3 f5 15. exf5
gxf5 16. f4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qf6 18. Ne2 Rae8 19. Rae1 Bc8 20. Qd2 Qg6 21. Nc3 Nf6
22. Nb5 Rf7 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Kh1 Ng4 25. Bd4 Rg8 26. Bb2 e4 27. Bxg7+ Rfxg7
28. Bh3 (28. Qc3) 28... e3 29. Qe2 Nf2+ (29... f4 30. Rxf4 Nf2+ 31. Kg1 Qxg3+)
30. Rxf2 exf2 31. Qxf2 f4 32. Bxc8 fxg3 33. Qxg3 Qxg3 34. hxg3 Rxc8 35. Kg2
Rcg8 36. Re3 h5 37. Kh3 h4 38. gxh4 Rg1 39. Kh2 (39. Re2 R8g7 40. Kh2 R1g4 41.
Kh3 Rg3+ 42. Kh2 Rd3) 39... R8g2+ 40. Kh3 Rg7 41. Re2 a4 42. bxa4 R1g3+ 43. Kh2
R3g4 44. Kh3 Rg3+ 45. Kh2 R3g4 46. Kh3 Rxc4 47. d6 cxd6 48. Nxd6 Rxa4 49. Rb2
Rc7 50. Nf5 (50. Rxb6 Rc3+ 51. Kg2 Rxa2+ 52. Kf1 Rc1#) 50... Rc3+ 51. Ng3 Raa3
52. Rg2 Rc4 53. Rb2 Rcc3 54. Rg2 b5 55. Kg4 Ra4+ 56. Kh3 Raa3 57. Kg4 Ra4+ 58.
Kh3 Rca3 59. Rb2 b4 60. Rc2 Rxa2 61. Rc8+ Kg7 62. Rb8 Rc2 63. Rb7+ Kf6 64. h5
Rc3 65. Rb6+ Kf7 66. Rb7+ Ke6 67. Kg4 b3+ 68. Kh3 Rd4 69. h6 Rdd3 70. Rg7 Rxg3+
(70... Rxg3+ 71. Rxg3 Rxg3+ 72. Kxg3 Kf6) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O c5
9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qc2 Qb6 15.
Ng3 f5 16. Nh5 Rf7 17. Rab1 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Rd6 (18... Bd6) 19. Nf4 Kh8 (19... Bf6
20. Bxf6 Rfxf6) 20. Bf1 Qd8 (20... d4 21. Bc4 Rf8 22. Nd5 Qd8) 21. Nxd5 Bh4 22.
Nxh4 Qxh4 23. Nf4 Rfd7 24. Nh3 Nd2 25. Qxf5 Ne7 26. Qf7 Qh6 27. f4 Ng8 28. Qf8
Nxb1 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Ng5 Bd5 31. e4 Bxb3 32. e5 Rd1 33. e6 Bxe6 34. Nxe6 Rd4
35. Bxd4 cxd4 36. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Panov, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Ba6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Rc2 (11. Qc2) 11... c5 12. Qa1 dxc4 13. Nxc4 b5 (
13... Bb7) 14. Nce5 c4 15. Rfc1 Nb6 16. a4 cxb3 17. Rxc8 Nxc8 18. Nc6 Qb6 (
18... Qe8 19. e3 b4) 19. a5 Qb7 20. Nd2 b4 21. Bf3 Nd5 22. Nxb3 Bg5 23. Rc5 f5
24. Ne5 Nce7 25. Rc2 Qb5 26. e3 Qe8 27. Nc5 Bc8 28. Qa2 Bf6 29. Qc4 Bxe5 30.
dxe5 Qg6 31. Rd2 f4 32. Be4 Qg5 33. exf4 Nxf4 34. Qxb4 Ned5 35. Qd4 Nh3+ 36.
Kh1 Qh5 37. f4 Ndxf4 38. gxf4 Rxf4 39. Qe3 Qh4 (39... Rf1+ 40. Kg2 Rg1+) 40.
Bg2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O
Be6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bf1 (10. Be3) 10... O-O 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. Be2 Bxf3
14. Bxf3 Nd4 15. Qd3 Qa5 16. Rec1 Rfd8 17. g3 d5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Ba3 20.
Bxd4 (20. Bxa3 Rc3) 20... Bxc1 21. c4 (21. Bxe5 Qe1+ 22. Kg2 Qxe5 23. Rxc1)
21... exd4 22. Rxc1 Qxa2 23. Kg2 Qa3 24. Rd1 b5 25. Qxd4 bxc4 26. bxc4 Qc5 27.
Qa1 Rd6 (27... Qxc4 28. Qxa7 Qb4) 28. Rd4 Rf6 29. Rg4 Qb6 30. h4 a6 31. h5 Qd6
32. Re4 Kf8 33. Qe1 Qc5 34. Bd1 Rd6 35. Ba4 Rdd8 36. Qe2 a5 37. Rf4 Qa3 38. Bc2
Rd6 39. Qe4 Qc3 40. Qh7 (40. Bd3 Re8 41. Qh7 Ke7 42. Bc2 Red8 43. Re4+ Kd7 44.
Ba4+ Kc8 45. Qf5+) 40... Rxc4 41. Rf3 Qxc2 42. Qh8+ Ke7 43. Qxg7 Qe4 44. Qxf7+
Kd8 45. Kh2 Rc1 46. Qf8+ Kc7 47. Rf7+ Rd7 48. d6+ Kb6 49. Rf3 Ka7 50. Qf6 Qd5
51. Qxh6 Re1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

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

[Event "Soviet-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8.
Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 (9... Nc6) 10. Bd3 f5 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. g3 Nc6 13. O-O Bd7
14. Qd2 Be8 15. Rae1 Rd8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Bf7 18. Nd1 Nd7 19. Ree1 Qd4+
20. Qe3 Qxe3+ 21. Rxe3 Nc5 22. Nf2 Rc8 23. c3 Rfd8 24. Rd1 Rd6 25. Rd2 Rb6 26.
Bc2 Kf8 27. Nd3 Ne4 28. Rg2 Be8 29. Ne5 Nf6 30. Bd1 Ne4 31. Rd3 Ke7 32. Rd4 Nd6
33. Bb3 a5 34. g4 Nb5 35. Rdd2 Nd6 36. Rge2 Bb5 37. Re1 Ne4 38. Rd4 Be8 39. Re2
Kf8 (39... Nc5) 40. f5 exf5 41. Bxd5 Nf6 42. gxf5 a4 43. Bg2 (43. Bc4) 43... a3
44. b3 Rxc3 45. Nc4 Rb5 46. Nd6 Rc1+ 47. Kf2 Rbc5 48. Bxb7 Bh5 49. Bf3 R5c2 (
49... Bxf3 50. Kxf3 R1c2 51. Rdd2 Rxd2 52. Rxd2 Ke7) 50. Bxh5 Nxh5 51. Rdd2
Rxd2 52. Rxd2 Ke7 53. Nc4 Kf6 54. Nxa3 Kxf5 55. Nc2 Nf6 56. Kf3 Ke5 57. Ne3 Rc3
58. Rc2 Nd5 (58... Kd4 59. Rxc3 Kxc3 60. Kf4 Kb2) 59. Rxc3 Nxc3 60. a4 g6 61.
Kg4 h6 62. Nc4+ Kd4 63. Nd6 Ke5 64. Nf7+ Kf6 65. Nxh6 Kg7 66. Nf5+ gxf5+ 67.
Kxf5 Kf7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C74"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O Bd3 8. Re1
Be7 9. Re3 e4 10. Ne1 (10. Nd4) 10... Bxb1 (10... Bg5 11. Rg3 Bh4) 11. Rxb1 Nf6
12. d3 d5 13. Rh3 (13. Bb3) (13. Re2) 13... Qd7 14. b4 b5 15. Bb3 Ne5 16. Bg5
Rd8 (16... O-O-O) 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. dxe4 dxe4 19. Qc2 Qc6 20. Re3 Kd7 21. Rxe4
Kc8 (21... Rhe8 22. Bd5 Qb6 23. Rd1 Kc8 24. a4) 22. Rxe5 Bxe5 23. Qf5+ Kb8 24.
Qxe5 Rhe8 25. Qxg7 Qe4 26. Nc2 Rd2 27. Rf1 Rxc2 28. Bxc2 Qxc2 29. f4 Qxa2 30.
Qxh7 Qd2 31. Qh3 Re1 32. Qf3 Re3 33. Qf2 Qxc3 (33... Re2 34. Qg3 Re3 35. Qg8+
Kb7 36. c4) 34. f5 Re7 35. f6 Rf7 36. Qf4 a5 37. bxa5 b4 38. a6 Qc5+ 39. Kh1
Qb6 40. g4 b3 41. g5 b2 42. Qe4 Qxa6 43. Rb1 Qa3 44. g6 Rxf6 45. g7 Qb3 46.
Qe8+ Ka7 47. g8=Q Rf1+ 48. Rxf1 b1=Q 49. Rxb1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 e4 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. e3 c6 7. Be2 d5 8. Qb3 Qd7
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f4 exf3 11. Nxf3 Bd6 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. O-O Nc6 15.
Rd1 O-O 16. Bf3 Qe6 17. Qxd5 Rad8 18. Qxe6 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 fxe6 20. Nxe4 Bxe4
21. Bd2 Nxe5 22. Bc3 Rf5 23. Bb3 Kf7 24. Rd1 Rg5 25. Rf1+ Ke8 26. Rf4 Bc6 27.
g3 Nd3 28. Rh4 Nc5 29. Rxh7 Nxb3 30. axb3 Kf7 31. Rh4 Rf5 32. e4 Rf3 33. Rh7
Kf8 34. Rh4 Kf7 35. Rg4 g6 36. h3 a6 37. Kg2 Re3 38. Rf4+ Ke7 39. Kf2 Rxe4 40.
Rf6 Be8 41. Kf3 Bc6 42. Rxg6 Rh4+ 43. Ke3 Rxh3 44. Kf4 Be8 45. Rg8 a5 (45...
Bc6 46. Rg7+ Kd6 47. Bb4+ Kd5) 46. g4 b6 47. g5 e5+ 48. Bxe5 Rxb3 49. Bf6+ Kd7
(49... Kf7 50. Rg7+ Kf8) 50. g6 Bxg6 51. Rxg6 a4 52. Be5 a3 53. Rd6+ Kc8 54.
bxa3 Rxa3 55. Rxb6 Kd7 56. Ke4 Ra4+ 57. Kf5 Rc4 58. Rd6+ Kc8 59. Ke6 Kb7 60.
Kd5 Rc1 61. Rd7+ Kc8 62. Rh7 Rd1+ 63. Ke6 Rc1 64. Rh8+ Kb7 65. Rb8+ Ka7 66. Rb4
Rh1 67. Kd6 Rh6+ 68. Kc7 Ka6 69. Bc3 Rh7+ 70. Kc6 Rh6+ 71. Kc5 Rh5+ 72. Kc4 Rh1
73. Rb3 Rh3 74. Rb1 Rh4+ 75. Bd4 Rh6 76. Rb3 Rc6+ 77. Kd5 Rh6 78. Be3 Rh5+ 79.
Kc6 Rb5 80. Ra3+ Ra5 81. Rd3 Rb5 82. Bc5 Rb6+ 83. Kd5 Rh6 84. Rb3 Ka5 85. Rb7
Ka6 86. Rb1 Ka5 87. Be3 Rh5+ 88. Kc4 Rh4+ 89. Bd4 Ka6 90. Rb6+ Ka5 91. Rg6 Re4
92. Rg1 Ka6 93. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nfd7 8.
Be3 Nb6 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Rd1 Bg4 11. d5 Ne5 12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bh5 14. f4
Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Qc8 (15... Qd7) 16. Rc1 c6 17. f5 Nd7 (17... gxf5 18. Bd4 Bxd4
19. Nxd4 fxe4 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Nxc6 Kh8 22. Rg1) 18. Rg1 Kh8 19. fxg6 hxg6 (
19... fxg6 20. Nf4) 20. Bd4 Nf6 21. Rc3 Nxe4 22. Rxg6 fxg6 23. Rh3+ Kg8 24.
dxc6+ e6 25. cxb7 Qc6 26. bxa8=Q Rxa8 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Qe3 Nf6 29. Nd4 Qh1+
30. Ke2 Qd5 31. Nxe6+ Kg8 32. Rh8+ Kf7 (32... Kxh8 33. Qh6+ Nh7 34. Qg7#) 33.
Ng5+ Kg7 34. Rxa8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. f3 (8.
Bg2 O-O 9. Nge2) 8... O-O 9. Nh3 a6 10. a4 b6 11. Nf2 Re8 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. O-O
Rb8 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Rc1 h5 16. f4 c4 17. b4 b5 18. a5 Qa7 19. Kg2 Nf8 20. h3
Rb7 21. Bf3 Rbe7 22. Re1 Qd4 23. Qc2 Qa7 24. Be3 Qb8 25. Qd2 N6h7 26. Bd4 Bxd4
27. Qxd4 Qa7 28. Qxa7 Rxa7 29. Ne2 Rae7 30. Nd4 Bb7 31. Re2 (31. Nc6 Rc7 32. e5
dxe5 33. Nxe5) 31... f5 32. e5 dxe5 33. d6 e4 (33... Bxf3+ 34. Nxf3 Re6 35.
Rxe5 Nd7) 34. dxe7 Rxe7 35. Kf1 (35. Bxh5) 35... Rd7 36. Rd1 (36. Bxe4 fxe4 37.
Rd1) 36... exf3 37. Re3 Nf6 38. Nxf3 Rxd1+ 39. Nxd1 Bxf3 40. Rxf3 Nd5 41. Rf2
Nxb4 42. Rd2 Nd3 43. Ne3 Ne6 44. Nxc4 bxc4 45. Rc2 h4 46. gxh4 Ndxf4 47. Rxc4
Nd3 48. Rc8+ Kg7 49. Rc6 Ndc5 50. Rc8 Kf6 51. Rh8 Nb3 52. Ra8 Nec5 53. Rc8 f4
54. Rc6+ Kf5 55. h5 gxh5 56. h4 f3 57. Rh6 Ne4 58. Rxh5+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Nc4 14. Ng3 Rfc8 15.
Bd3 (15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nf5) 15... Nb6 16. Nh4 Bf8 17. f4 cxd4 18. cxd4 exd4 19.
Nf3 Nc4 20. Qe2 b4 (20... a5 21. b3 a4) 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Bb5 (22... Ne3 23.
Nxd4 Ned5) 23. Bg5 (23. exf6 Qxg3 24. Qe4 Qg6 25. Qxa8) 23... Ne8 24. Rac1 Qa7
25. e6 f6 26. e7 Qxe7 27. Bxh7+ Kh8 28. Qd1 Ne3 (28... Qa7 29. Bg6 fxg5 30.
Nxg5 Nf6 31. Re4 Nd6 32. Rh4+ Kg8) 29. Bxe3 dxe3 30. Bf5 (30. Qd5 Kxh7 31. Rxc8
Rxc8 32. Qf5+ g6 33. Qxc8) 30... e2 (30... Rxc1 31. Qxc1 Qc5) 31. Qd4 Rxc1 (
31... Qc5 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33. Kf2 Qxc1 34. Rxc1 Rxc1 35. Qh4+ Kg8 36. Nxe2) 32.
Qh4+ Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf7 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Bh7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. a4 b4 11. Nd4 Nxe5 12. f4 Bg4 13. Qc2 c5 14. fxe5 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Rc8 (15... O-O) 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Nd2 Ng5 (17... Be6) 18. Rf2 (18. h3 Bh5
19. Qxa6 Ne6 20. g4 Bg6 21. Nf3) 18... Rc6 19. Nf1 Bh5 (19... Ne4 20. Rc2 Rxc2
21. Qxc2 Qa8) 20. Ng3 Bg6 21. Nf5 Kh8 22. Be3 Ne6 (22... Ne4 23. Rff1 Bg5) 23.
Qd2 Bg5 24. Nd6 (24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Qxg5 Nxg5 26. Bxd5) 24... Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Nc7
26. a5 Qe7 27. Qd2 Rb8 28. Ba4 Rc4 29. Nxc4 dxc4 30. Rc1 Qe6 31. d5 Nxd5 32.
Rxc4 Ne7 33. Bb3 Qxe5 34. Re2 Qf6 35. Qxb4 (35. Qxb4 Rxb4 36. Rc8+ Ng8 37.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Re8#) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Be3 Nc5 11. f3 Nfd7 (11... c6) 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. b3 c6 14.
Rad1 a5 15. Nde2 Ned3 16. Nc1 Nxc1 17. Bxc5 Bxc3 18. Qxc1 Bb4 19. Bd4 Qe7 20.
Kh1 a4 21. Qb2 a3 22. Qc1 Ra5 23. Qh6 Qf8 24. Qh4 g5 25. Qh5 Re6 26. f4 Rh6 27.
Qe2 gxf4 28. gxf4 (28. Rxf4 Rah5 29. h4) 28... Rah5 29. Rd3 Rxh2+ 30. Kg1 f6
31. Rg3+ Kf7 32. e5 Bh3 33. Rxh3 (33. Rf2 Rxg2+ 34. Rfxg2 Bxg2 35. e6+ Ke7 36.
Qxg2 Rg6 37. f5) 33... R2xh3 34. Qg4 (34. Bxh3 Rxh3 35. Qg4 Qh6 36. Qd7+ Kg6
37. Qg4+) 34... Rh1+ 35. Kf2 (35. Bxh1 Rg6) 35... Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 fxe5 37. fxe5
dxe5 38. Bxe5 Rg6 39. Qd7+ Kg8+ 40. Kg1 Bc5+ 41. Kh2 Rh6+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[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 (15... Nd6) 16. Qxc5 b6 17. Qc2 Qd6 18. Rfc1 g6 19. Rb3 Nd7 20. h3
Nb8 (20... c5 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Rc3 Rec7 24. Nd4 Na6) 21. a3 Bd7
22. Rc3 Be8 23. h4 a6 24. h5 Ra7 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Ne5 a5 27. b5 Rac7 28. bxc6
Kg7 (28... Nxc6 29. Bb5 Nxd4 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Qxc7 Nxb5 32. Qxd6 Nxd6) 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 "Soviet-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Liublinsky, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be8 10. Bb3 Nd7 11. Nf1 Bf6 12. Ne3 Ne7 13. Ng4 Ng6 14. g3 Be7 15.
h4 Nf6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qh5 Nh8 (18... hxg5 19. hxg5 Be7 20. Qxg6)
19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 Qe7 (20... hxg5 21. hxg5 g6 22. Qh4 Bg7 23. Kg2 Bc6 24.
Rh1 Re8 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Bc5+ Re7 27. Qxh8+ Bxh8 28. Rxh8+ Kg7 29. Rxd8 Rxd8
30. Bxe7) 21. Bd5 c6 22. Bb3 Bd7 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. Rd2 Bc8 25. Red1 Rxd2 26.
Rxd2 Qc7 (26... c5 27. Bd5 b6) 27. Bc5 Rd8 (27... hxg5 28. Bxf8) (27... Be7 28.
Bxe7 Qxe7 29. Nf3 Qf6) 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Nxf7 Nxf7 30. Bb6 Qd7 (30... Qxb6 31.
Qxf7+ Kh7 32. Qg8+ Kg6 33. Qe8+) 31. Bxd8 Kh7 32. Bxf7 Qxd8 33. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Qd4 11. f4 Bc5 12. Rf1 Qd8 13. d4 (13. c3) 13... Bb6 (
13... Qxd4 14. Qxd4 Bxd4) 14. Be3 Nd5 15. Bg1 O-O 16. c4 Nb4 17. Qd2 Nd3+ 18.
Bxd3 exd3 19. Qxd3 Re8 20. Nc3 f6 21. O-O-O fxe5 22. fxe5 Rf8 23. Be3 (23. b4)
23... Bg4 24. Rde1 Qd7 25. b3 Bf5 26. Qd2 Rad8 27. d5 cxd5 28. Bxb6 axb6 29.
cxd5 Nb7 30. e6 Qe7 31. Re5 Bg6 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Kb2 Ra8 34. a4 Rc8 35. Re3 (
35. Qd4 b5 36. axb5 Nd6 37. g3) 35... Qb4 36. e7 Na5 37. Ka2 Qxb3+ 38. Ka1 Qa3+
39. Na2 Nb3+ 40. Rxb3 Qxb3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Ne7 7. e3 c4 8. Be2
Nbc6 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 dxe4 12. Nd2 Qa5 (12... f6 13. Be3 Nd5 14.
Qc2 f5 15. Bxc4 Kh8) 13. Nxe4 Be6 14. Bd2 Bd5 15. Qc2 Rad8 (15... Nxd4 16. cxd4
Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxd2 18. Rfd1 Qg5 19. Bxc4 Nc6) 16. Rfe1 Ng6 17. Bf1 Qc7 18. Re3
Nce7 19. Rae1 Qc6 20. Ng5 h6 21. Rxe7 hxg5 22. R7e3 f5 23. Rg3 g4 24. h3 gxh3
25. Rxh3 Rde8 (25... f4) 26. Rxe8 Qxe8 27. Bc1 f4 (27... b5) 28. Rh5 Be6 (28...
Qe6 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 30. Qxg6) 29. d5 Bd7 30. Bxc4 Rf6 31. Qe2 Qc8 32. Rg5 Nf8 33.
Bd3 Bf5 34. Bxf5 Rxf5 35. Qg4 g6 36. Bxf4 Kf7 37. c4 Kf6 38. Be3 b6 39. Qd4+
Kf7 40. Qg4 Qd7 41. Rxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. f3 (10. h3) 10... Nfd7 11. Be3 c6 12. Qd2 a5 13. Rad1 Ne5
14. b3 a4 15. Nde2 (15. f4 Ng4 16. Nxc6 Qe8 17. Nd4) 15... axb3 16. Bxc5 Nxc4
17. Qc1 bxa2 (17... Qa5 18. Bd4 bxa2) 18. Nxa2 Qa5 19. Qxc4 Be6 20. Qc1 dxc5
21. Nac3 b5 22. Nb1 (22. f4) 22... b4 23. Nf4 Bb3 24. Rd6 c4 (24... Rfd8 25.
Rxc6 Ba4) 25. Rxc6 c3 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Qxd5 28. f4 Qd4+ 29. Kh1 Ra2 30.
Bf3 Rb2 31. f5 Be5 32. Qe1 Rd8 33. Be4 Kg7 34. f6+ Kg8 35. Ra6 h5 36. Ra5 h4
37. Bxg6 Rxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Bxg3+ 39. Qxg3 hxg3+ 40. Kh3 fxg6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexey"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
Qf3 c5 9. Nf5 h6 (9... Bxf5) 10. Bf4 Bxf5 11. exf5 Rb8 12. O-O-O Be7 13. h4 Qc8
14. g4 Qb7 15. Qxb7 Rxb7 16. g5 Nh5 17. Be3 Kd7 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. c4 Re8 20. Kc2
Rb8 21. Rd3 Re4 22. b3 Be7 23. Nc3 (23. Bxc5) 23... Rg4 24. Bxc5 a6 25. Be3 Rh8
26. c5 (26. f6 gxf6 27. gxh6 f5 28. Rd5) 26... Nf4 27. Rdd1 hxg5 28. cxd6 Bxd6
29. hxg5 Rxh1 30. Rxh1 Rxg5 31. f6 g6 32. Rh8 Rf5 33. Ra8 a5 34. Ne4 Nd5 35.
Kd2 (35. Kd3 Nb4+ 36. Kc4 Nxa2 37. Rg8) 35... Nxf6 36. Nxf6+ Rxf6 37. Kd3 Rf5
38. Kc4 Kc6 39. Re8 Rh5 40. Ra8 Rf5 41. Re8 Kb7 42. Re4 Rh5 43. a4 Bb4 44. Rf4
f5 45. Rf3 Rh4+ 46. Rf4 Rh3 (46... g5 47. Rd4 c5 48. Rxh4 gxh4) 47. Rd4 Kc6 48.
Rd8 Rh1 49. Re8 Rh4+ 50. Kd3 Kd5 51. Rd8+ Ke6 52. Re8+ Kd7 53. Rg8 Rg4 54. Rg7+
Kc6 55. Rg8 Rg1 56. Kc4 (56. Bf4 Rg4 57. Be5) 56... f4 57. Ba7 Rc1+ 58. Kd3 Kd5
59. Rd8+ Bd6 60. Rg8 Rb1 61. Kc2 Rg1 62. Kd3 g5 63. f3 Rg2 64. Bd4 (64. Rg7)
64... Rg3 65. Bc3 Rxf3+ 66. Kd2 Rg3 67. Bxa5 f3 68. Rg7 Bf4+ 69. Kd3 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. Nbd2 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2 Bd6 (12... Qc8 13. Bd5 Qd7) 13.
Rd1 Na5 14. Bc2 Qc8 15. Nf1 Re8 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Nh4 Nb7 18. Qf3 Nc5 19. Nhf5
Bf8 (19... Ne6 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Bh6+ Kxh6 22. Qxf6 Ng7 23. Qh4+ Nh5 24. Nxh5
Bxh5 25. g4) 20. Be3 Ne6 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. Bb3 c5 23. h4 c4 24. Bc2 Nd7 (24...
Bc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5) 25. Nhf5 f6 (25... Qc6 26. h5 Bxf5 27. Nxf5 Rad8) 26. h5 Bf7
27. h6 g6 28. Nd6 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 Kg8 30. Rad1 Re7 (30... Nef8 31. Nf5 Be6) 31.
Nf5 gxf5 32. exf5 Nf4 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. Rxd7 Qxd7 35. Qxa8+ Be8 36. Bxf4 exf4
37. Qxa6 Qe7 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Qxe7+ Kxe7 40. Be4 Kd6 41. g4 fxg3 42. fxg3 Ke5
43. Bc2 Bd7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O c6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qe2 (7. e5
d5) 7... d6 8. e5 dxe5 9. Qxe5+ Be7 10. Re1 b5 (10... Kf8) 11. Bb3 a5 12. a4
Ra7 13. axb5 O-O 14. b6 (14. bxc6 Bd6 15. Qb5 Re8 16. Rf1 (16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.
Qf1 Re7) 16... Ba6 17. Qxa5 Qxa5 18. Rxa5 Bxf1 19. Rxa7 Re1 20. Ra8+ Bf8 21. f3
Bb5+ 22. Kf2 Rf1+ 23. Kg3 Bxc6) 14... Qxb6 15. d3 Bb4 16. Rf1 Qd8 17. Bg5 Re8
18. Qg3 (18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qg3+ Kh8 20. Na3) 18... Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Nd2 h6
21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Ne4 Re6 23. Qh3 Qd5 24. c3 dxc3 25. bxc3 Be7 26. f4 (26. Ra4
f5 27. c4 Qe5 28. Ng3) 26... f5 27. c4 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 g6 29. Rab1 h5 30. Rb8+ Kf7
31. Qg3 (31. Ng5+ Bxg5 32. fxg5 Qf4) 31... fxe4 32. f5 Rf6 33. Rh8 Qxd3 (33...
Kg7 34. Qb8 Bf8) 34. fxg6+ Kg7 35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. Qxd3 exd3 37. Rxf6 Bxf6 38.
Rxa7 Bd4 39. Rf7 d2 40. Rf1 Bb2 41. Kg1 a4 42. Kf2 a3 43. Ke2 a2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. e3 Nc6 8.
Be2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 (9... Nxd4) 10. O-O Bd6 11. Rc1 Ne5 12. Nf3 (12. Ncb5 Bb8
13. Qc2) 12... a6 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bf3 Be6 15. b3 Qd6 16. h3 Qa3 17. Qc2 Rac8
18. Qd3 Rcd8 19. Nb1 Qe7 (19... Qxa2 20. Rc2) 20. Bc3 Bb8 21. Rfd1 Rfe8 22. Nd2
Nd7 23. Be2 f6 24. Nf1 Nc5 25. Qb1 Ne4 26. Ba5 Rd7 27. Bd3 f5 28. Be1 Qg5 29.
Nd2 Qh5 30. Bf1 Qh6 31. Nf3 (31. Bd3) 31... f4 32. exf4 Qxf4 33. Bd2 Nxd2 34.
Rxd2 Rf7 35. Re2 (35. Rc3) 35... Qd6 36. Rxe6 Rxe6 37. Rc8+ Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Qxf8
39. Ng5 Rg6 40. h4 Qd6 41. Bd3 Qh2+ 42. Kf1 Qh1+ 43. Ke2 Qxb1 44. Bxb1 Rh6 45.
g3 Kf8 (45... g6) 46. Nxh7+ Ke7 47. Ng5 Rc6 48. Kd2 Ba7 49. Nh3 Bc5 50. h5 Bb4+
51. Kd1 Re6 52. Bd3 Re1+ 53. Kc2 Ra1 54. Kb2 Rd1 55. Nf4 Kd6 56. Bc2 Rf1 57. g4
(57. Nd3 Bc5 58. Nxc5 Kxc5 59. f4 Rg1) 57... Rxf2 58. Nd3 Ba3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Nb6 9. Qd3 h6 10. Nbd2 a6 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rfd1 Bb5 14. Nc4 Nxc4
15. bxc4 Ba4 16. Rdb1 Bc6 17. Qc3 Ne4 18. Qc2 Nd6 19. Rd1 Qe8 20. a4 Bf6 21.
Bf1 Be4 22. Qb3 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. cxb5 Bd5 25. Qb4 Qxb5 26. Qxb5 Nxb5 27.
Ne5 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Ra8 30. Rxa8+ Bxa8 31. f3 Kf8 32. Kf2 c5 33. e3
Bc6 34. Be2 Ke7 35. Ke1 Kd8 36. Kd2 Kc7 37. Kd3 Na7 38. Bd1 Nc8 39. Ba3 Kb6 40.
e4 Na7 41. f4 Bb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Be7 (7...
dxe4 8. Nxe4 Qxd4) 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Qg3 Bf8 10. O-O Qb6 11. Be3 (11. Ne2) 11...
Qxb2 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. c4 Qa6 14. Nf4 dxc4 15. Be2 g6 16. h4 Be7 17. h5 Nf8 (
17... Nb6 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qxg6+ Kd8 21. Qxe6) 18. Rfc1 Nbd7 19.
Bxc4 Qa5 20. Rab1 Nb6 21. Bb3 O-O-O (21... Rd8) 22. Qf3 Nfd7 (22... Ba3 23. Rc2
Kb8) 23. Ne2 Rhf8 24. Bh6 Nd5 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Qxd5 exd5 28.
hxg6 fxg6 29. Rb3 Nb6 30. Rh3 Rf7 31. f4 Nc4 32. Rd1 Bd8 33. g4 Bb6 34. Kh2 Kd7
35. Rf3 Ke6 36. Kg3 c5 37. f5+ gxf5 38. Nf4+ Ke7 39. Nxd5+ Kf8 40. e6 Rg7 41.
Rxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. e3
Bg4 9. Ne5 Bh5 10. f4 Qa5 (10... Qe8 11. Bd3 Ng4 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Qd3 Nxe3 14.
Qxe3 Kxh7) 11. Bd3 h6 (11... Re8 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bxh7+ Kf8 14. Qf5) (11...
Bg6 12. f5 Bh5 13. g4 Nxg4 14. Nxg4 Bxg4 15. Qg2 f6 16. Bh6 gxh6 17. Qxg4+ Kh8)
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. g4 fxe5 14. fxe5 Be7 15. O-O-O Bg5 (15... Bxg4 16. Qg2) 16.
gxh5 Kh8 (16... Bxe3+ 17. Kb1) 17. Qf2 f5 18. h4 Be7 19. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nd2 c6 7. Qxc4 e5 8.
dxe5 Nxe5 9. Qc3 Bd6 10. Ngf3 Qe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qc2 Bc7 14. e4
Re8 15. b3 Bg4 16. Nc4 Rad8 17. Ba3 Qe6 18. f3 Bh3 19. Rad1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 h5
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rd7 23. Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Re1 Be7 10. dxc5 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Nd2 g5 14. Bg3
Bxc5 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Qf3 Re6 17. c3 Qe7 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Re8 20. h3 Ne4
21. Qd3 c5 22. b3 Bc8 23. Nf3 Ba6 24. Qc2 c4 25. bxc4 Bxc4 26. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. c5 Nxf4 11. gxf4 Qc7 12. Qd2 b6 13. b4 Ba6 14. Qe3 bxc5 15.
bxc5 Rab8 16. Kh1 g6 17. Rg1 Bf6 18. h4 (18. Ne5) 18... Rb4 19. Rad1 Nxc5 20.
dxc5 Rxf4 21. Rge1 (21. Qd2) 21... Rd8 (21... d4 22. Rxd4 (22. Nxd4 Rxh4+ 23.
Kg1 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Rg4 25. Qf3 Rxd4) 22... Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxh4+ 24. Bh3 Bc8 25.
Kg2 e5 26. Nf5 Rxh3 27. Qxh3 Bxf5) 22. Nb1 e5 23. Qa3 Bc8 24. e3 Rf5 25. e4 Rf4
26. Nbd2 Bg4 27. Rb1 Bxf3 28. Bxf3 Rxh4+ 29. Kg1 Bg5 30. Nf1 Bf4 31. Rb3 Qe7
32. Bg2 Rg4 33. Ne3 Rg5 (33... Bxe3 34. Rbxe3 d4) 34. exd5 cxd5 35. c6 Qc7 36.
Qc5 Bxe3 37. Rexe3 e4 38. Rb7 Qe5 39. Re7 Qa1+ 40. Kh2 Rh5+ 41. Rh3 Re5 42. Rd7
Rc8 43. c7 Ree8 44. Qxd5 Qf6 45. Kg1 h5 46. Re3 Re5 47. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C75"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nh4
Nc8 9. Nf5 g6 10. Ng3 Bg7 11. O-O exd4 12. f4 dxc3 13. Nxc3 Nb6 14. f5 Ne5 (
14... Bd4+ 15. Kh1 g5) 15. Be3 (15. fxg6 fxg6 16. Nh5) 15... Nbc4 16. Bd4 Bb5 (
16... O-O 17. fxg6 Be6 18. gxf7+ Rxf7) 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Bxc4 (18. Nd5 c5 (
18... Nxb2 19. Bxb2 Bxf1 20. Nxf1 c6 21. Nf4) 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21.
Qg4 Qd6 22. Nh5) 18... Bxc4 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Qa4+ b5 21. Qc2 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Rf8
23. Nd5 Rxf1+ 24. Nxf1 Kd7 25. Qd3 Qh4 26. a4 Rf8 27. g3 Qh3 28. Nde3 c6 29.
axb5 axb5 30. Ng2 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qc2 d6 9. e4 a6 10. a4 b4 11. Nfd2 Be7 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Bd3 a5 15.
O-O Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Nc4 Rd8 18. Rac1 Qg5 19. Rfd1 g6 20. Bf1 Bf8 21. b3
Ba6 22. Nd2 Bc8 23. Qb2 Bg4 24. Re1 Ra7 25. Nc4 Re8 26. Ne3 Bd7 27. Bc4 Kh7 28.
Qe2 Rb8 29. Red1 Kg7 30. Qb2 Kh7 31. Rf1 Rb6 32. Bd3 Rb8 33. h4 Qxh4 34. Qxe5
Re8 35. Qh2 Qf6 36. Nc4 Qd4 37. Bb1 Bg4 38. Rfe1 (38. Nd6 Bxd6 39. Qxd6) 38...
h5 39. Ne3 Bd7 40. Bc2 Qb2 41. Red1 (41. Nc4) 41... Bh6 42. Nc4 Qa2 43. f4 Bxa4
44. Bb1 (44. Qg3) 44... Qxb3 45. Rd3 Qxb1 46. Rxb1 Bc2 47. Rbd1 Bxd3 (47...
Rxe4) 48. Rxd3 Rxe4 49. Nd2 Bxf4 50. Qh3 Re2 51. d6 Rxd2 52. d7 Rxd3 53. Qxd3
Bg5 54. Qd5 Kh6 55. Qxg5+ Kxg5 56. d8=Q+ Kh6 57. Qh8+ Kg5 58. Qf8 Rd7 59. Qxc5+
Kh6 60. Qxa5 Kh7 61. Qxb4 Rd5 62. Kf2 Rf5+ 63. Ke3 Kg8 64. Qb8+ Kg7 65. Qc8
Re5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ng4 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 d5 8. exd6
Bxd6 9. Nc3 (9. Re1+ Ne7) 9... O-O 10. Ne2 (10. Ne4) 10... Ne3 11. Bxe3 fxe3
12. a3 Qf6 13. Qd3 (13. Ne5 Qh6 14. Rxf7 Rxf7 15. Bxf7+ Kh8) 13... Qh6 14. Rae1
Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Nc3 Rae8 17. Nd5 e2 18. Rf2 (18. Rxe2 Rxe2 19. Qxe2 Nxd4)
18... Bg3 19. c3 Na5 20. Rexe2 Bxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 c6 23. Nb4 Bxf3 24.
Rxf3 Qc1+ 25. Kh2 Qxb2 26. d5 a5 27. Nd3 Qxa3 28. Rg3 Qd6 29. Qd4 g6 30. c4
cxd5 31. cxd5 f5 32. Nc5 b6 33. Nb7 Qc7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 b5 8.
Be2 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nd2 (10. Rg1 Bf8 11. Nd2) 10... Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. a4
b4 13. a5 Nbd7 14. Nc4 Nd5 15. e4 Qe7 16. Kh1 Nc7 17. f4 Nb5 18. Be3 Nd4 19.
Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Rad1 Ba7 (20... Bc5) 21. Nd6 Nc5 22. Qc4 Kh8 (22... Nb7 23. Qxa6
Nxd6 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Bb8 26. Ra6 Rxa6 27. Bxa6 Bc7) 23. Rg1 Qh4 24. Qd4
f6 25. Rg4 Qh3 (25... Qh6 26. Qxb4) 26. Rdg1 g6 27. R1g3 Qh6 28. Qxb4 Rab8 29.
Qd2 Nb3 30. Qc3 Nd4 (30... Qg7) 31. Bxa6 Rb3 32. Qc7 Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34.
Rxb3 Nxb3 35. Rg3 Nc5 36. Bf1 Bb8 37. Nb5 Rd8 38. Rc3 Nxe4 39. Rc6 Rd2 40. Rxe6
Nxf2+ 41. Kg1 Rxb2 42. Re8 (42. a6 Nh3+ 43. Bxh3 Rxb5 44. Re7+ Kh6 45. a7 Bxa7+
46. Rxa7 Rb4 47. f5 Rb3 48. Bg2 gxf5 49. Kf2) 42... Nh3+ 43. Bxh3 Rxb5 44. a6
Ba7+ 45. Kf1 Kh6 46. Re7 Bc5 47. Rc7 Ra5 48. Rc6 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C75"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4 Bd7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2
Ng6 9. Nc4 Be7 10. O-O Bg5 11. Ne3 Bxe3 12. Bxe3 O-O 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Bc2 Bb5
15. Re1 Nc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. Qf3 Be6 18. b3 Qe7 19. Qg3 c5 20. f4 cxd4 21.
cxd4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Rac8 24. Bd3 Rc3 25. Qd2 Rcc8 26. Rac1 Qg5 27.
Qxg5 hxg5 28. Kf2 f6 29. Kf3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Be7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O d5 8. d4
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Nbd2 Ba6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Re1 Na5 13. Bd3 Bb4 14. Re3 Qe7
15. Ne5 Ba3 16. Bxa3 Qxa3 17. Rh3 h6 (17... Qxa2 18. Bxh7+ Nxh7 19. Qh5) 18. g4
Rfd8 19. Rc2 (19. Ndf3) 19... Nc6 20. f4 Nxd4 21. g5 dxc4 (21... Nxc2 22. gxf6
Qc5+ 23. Kh1 dxc4 24. Qh5 Bb7+ 25. Be4) 22. Rxc4 Bxc4 23. bxc4 Qc5 24. gxf6
Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Nxf4 26. Qg4 g5 27. Ndf3 (27. Bh7+ Kf8 (27... Kxh7 28. Qxg5) 28.
Nd3 Qa5 29. Nxf4 Rxd2 30. Rxh6 Qe5 31. Bf5 Ke8 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Qh5+ Kd7 34.
Qf7+ Kc6 35. Qxe6+ Qxe6 36. Bxe6 Rf8) 27... Rxd3 28. Nxd3 Nxd3 29. Qh5 Qf2 (
29... Qf2 30. Qxh6 Qf1+ 31. Ng1 Nf2#) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. f4 Qc7 12. d4 O-O (12... exd3 13. Bxd3 O-O 14.
O-O Bxe5 15. fxe5 Qxe5) 13. c3 c5 14. Na3 a6 15. Nc2 Rd8 16. O-O Rb8 17. Qe1
Nc6 18. Kh1 Ne7 19. Bc4 Rf8 20. Ne3 cxd4 21. cxd4 Nf5 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Bxa6
Be6 24. b3 Nd7 25. Bc4 (25. Qxe4) 25... Bxe5 26. fxe5 Bxc4 27. bxc4 Qxc4 28.
Ba3 Rfe8 29. Bd6 Rb6 30. Qf2 e3 31. Qf5 Nf8 32. Bc5 (32. Rae1 e2 33. Rf2 Rb2
34. Qf3 Ng6 35. Qe3) 32... Rb2 33. Rac1 Qxa2 34. Bxf8 Rxf8 35. Rc8 (35. Rc8
Rxc8 36. Qxc8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a5 10. a3 a4 11. Nd4 h6 12. Bh4 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ndb5 Qb6
14. f4 Rd8) 12... Qb6 13. Ndb5 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Qxd6 (15. Qd4 Qxd4 16.
Rxd4 Nxf2 17. Rg1 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Nc7) 15... Nc6 16. Qc7
Qxf2 17. Bd3 Nge5 18. Be2 b6 19. Rd6 Ba6 20. Rxc6 Qf4+ 21. Kb1 Rfc8 22. g3 Qg5
23. Rxb6 Bxb5 24. Qxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rxb5 f6 26. Rd1 (26. Rb4 Qe3 27. Bb5) 26...
Qe3 27. Bf1 Kh7 28. Bh3 Rxc3 29. Bxe6 (29. bxc3 Qe2) 29... Rc7 30. Rb8 Qxe4 31.
Rf1 Qxc2+ 32. Ka1 Qe2 33. Rf4 Nd3 34. Bg8+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Qa5 7. Bh4 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 (10... Re8) 11. Bxh7+ Nxh7 12. Bxe7 Re8 13. Bxd6
Nxc4 14. Bg3 Qb6 15. Nb3 a5 16. O-O-O a4 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 Qa5 (18... a3
19. b3 Nf6) 19. Rd4 b5 20. Bd6 Be6 21. Rh4 g6 22. Bc5 Qd8 23. g3 Bf5 24. Qd2 (
24. e4 Be6 (24... g5 25. Rh6 Re6 26. Rxe6 Bxe6 27. h4) 25. f4 Bc4 26. Rd1)
24... Qf6 25. Rd4 Ng5 26. Rd6 Qe5 27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. Bxd4 b4 29. h4 Nh7 30. e4
Bg4 31. Nb1 Bf3 32. Re1 Bxe4 33. a3 Bd5 34. Re3 bxa3 35. bxa3 Rec8 36. Nc3 Bb3
37. Bc5 Nf8 38. Rd2 Ne6 39. Be7 Nc7 40. Bf6 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Be2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nb4 9. O-O Nbxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Nb5 c6 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. Nd4 Bf6 14.
Rd1 Rd8 15. e4 Nc7 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rb1 c5 20. b3
Bd4 21. Rd1 Kf8 22. Kf1 Ke7 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Bc4 Bg4 26. f3 Bh5
27. Ke2 Kd6 28. Kd3 Ke5 29. Bd5 b6 30. Bc6 f6 31. b4 g5 32. a3 Bf7 33. g3 Bb3
34. Bd7 Bd1 35. f4+ gxf4 36. gxf4+ Kxf4 37. Kxd4 h5 38. h4 (38. Kd5 h4 39. Bf5
Bc2 40. Kd4 Kf3 41. Kd5 Ke3 42. Bg6 b5 43. Bh7 Bd3 44. Bf5 Kf3 45. Kd4 Bc4 46.
a4 Kg2 47. axb5 Bf1 48. Kd5 Kxh2 49. Ke6 Kg3 50. Kxf6 h3 51. Bxh3 Kxh3 52. e5)
38... Kg3 39. e5 fxe5+ 40. Kxe5 Kxh4 41. Kf4 Bg4 42. Ba4 Kh3 43. Bb3 Kg2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d5 11. Bf4 c6 12. Be5 Be6 13. O-O-O f6 14.
Bh5+ Bf7 (14... g6 15. Bxf6 Bh6+ 16. Kb1 Rf8) 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Bd4 Bd6 17.
Rhe1 b5 18. h3 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 d6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e3 f5 7. Nc3 Nh6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 (9... Kxd8 10. e4 Be6) 10. e4 Nhf7 (10... fxe4) 11. Nd5 Ne6
12. exf5 gxf5 13. Nh4 c6 14. Nxf5 cxd5 15. cxd5 Nd4 16. Nxg7+ Kf8 17. Ne6+ Bxe6
18. dxe6 Nc2+ 19. Kd1 (19. Ke2) 19... Nxa1 20. exf7 Rd8+ 21. Bd2 Kxf7 22. Kc1
Rc8+ 23. Bc3 b5 24. Kb1 Nc2 25. Bxe5 Rhe8 26. Bd5+ Kf8 27. Bf4 Nd4 28. Bh6+ Ke7
29. Be3 Nc6 30. Rd1 Kf6 31. h4 a6 32. Bg2 Ne5 33. Rd6+ Kf7 34. Bd5+ Ke7 35.
Rxa6 Nc4 36. Bf4 Kd7 37. Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O c6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8.
Re1+ Ne7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qh5 Rc8 12. Na3 Rc6 13. d3 g6 14. Qh4
Re6 15. Rxe6 Qxe6 16. Bd2 Nf5 17. Qh3 Qb6 18. Re1+ Be7 19. g4 Ng7 20. Qg3 Ne6
21. Qb8+ Bd8 22. Bh6 Rg8 23. Qe5 Qc5 24. Bd2 Kd7 25. Nc4 dxc4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexey"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. b5 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. c4 Bd6 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2
b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Qe7 11. a4 a5 12. bxa6 Rxa6 13. d4 Ra7 14. Ne5 Rfa8 15.
f4 cxd4 16. exd4 Bb4 17. Ndf3 Ne4 18. Qb3 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Rc8 20. Rac1 Nd2 21.
Nxd2 Bxd2 22. Rc2 dxc4 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Bxc4 Qg5 25. d5 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Qxb3 27.
Bxb3 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rd1 Be3 30. Rxd5 h6 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Rd3 Bc5 33. h3
(33. Rf3 Rxa4 34. Rxf7 Ra2 35. Bc1 Ra1) 33... Rxa4 34. Kh2 Rb4 35. Ba3 Rd4 36.
Rb3 Re4 37. Bb2 Re1 38. Rf3 Bg1+ 39. Kg3 Kg6 40. Bc3 Re4 41. Rd3 Kf5 42. Rf3+
Ke6 43. Rd3 h5 44. Kf3 Kf5 45. g3 Bc5 46. e6 fxe6 47. Bxg7 Ra4 48. Bb2 Rb4 49.
Bc3 Rc4 50. Bb2 h4 51. g4+ Kg5 52. Be5 Rc2 53. Bc7 Kg6 54. Bd8 Bf2 55. Rb3 Kf7
56. Bxb6 Bxb6 57. Rxb6 Rh2 58. g5 Rxh3+ 59. Kg4 Rh1 60. Rb7+ Kf8 61. Rh7 Rg1+
62. Kf4 Rf1+ 63. Kg4 e5 64. Rxh4 Kf7 65. Rh6 e4 66. Rf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. e4 Qxc5 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Rad1 Bc6 14. Nxc4 Qa6
15. b3 Nbd7 16. f4 Nb6 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. a4 Bb4 19. Rd3 Nd7 20. Rdf3 b5 21.
axb5 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Qxb5 23. Rd1 Be7 24. Bf1 Nc5 25. Qe3 Qb4 26. e5 Rd8 27. Nd6
Bxd6 28. exd6 Ra3 29. f5 Qxb3 (29... Rxb3 30. Qg5 f6) 30. Qg5 Qb6 31. Rxa3 Nd3+
32. Kg2 (32. Kh1 Nf2+ 33. Kg1 Nxd1+) 32... Qc6+ 33. Kg1 Qc5+ (33... Qb6+) 34.
Kh1 Nf2+ 35. Kg2 f6 36. Qc1 Qxf5 37. Rf3 Qh3+ 38. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 39. Bg2 Qh5 40.
Qc7 Qe8 41. d7 Qe7 42. Rc3 Kf7 43. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 d5 12. Qe1 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3
O-O 15. Be5 Nd7 16. Bd6 Re8 17. e5 Rc8 18. Qe3 Bb5 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Rd4 Qb6
21. Rd3 Qa6 22. Rhd1 Rc6 23. Rc3 Rec8 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 25. Rd2 b6 26. b3 f5 27.
Kb2 Nc5 28. h3 Nb7 29. Bb4 Nc5 30. Qd4 Qe8 31. Re2 Qh5 32. Re3 Qg5 33. Re2 Qg3
(33... Qc1+ 34. Ka2 (34. Kxc1 Nxb3+) 34... Na6 35. Bc3 b4 36. Bb2 Rxc2 37. Rxc2
Qxc2 38. Qxb6 Nc5 39. Qxb4 Nd3 40. Qc3 Nc1+ 41. Ka1 Nxb3+ 42. Ka2 Nc1+) 34. Be1
Qg5 35. Bd2 Qg3 (35... Qe7) 36. Qb4 Qh2 37. Qxb5 Qg1 38. Be3 Qd1 39. Rd2 Qe1
40. Qe2 Qg3 41. Bd4 g5 42. a4 Kf7 43. Rd1 h5 44. a5 g4 45. hxg4 fxg4 46. axb6
gxf3 47. Rf1 Ke7 48. Rxf3 Qg4 49. Bxc5+ Rxc5 50. Qf2 Rb5 51. Rf7+ Ke8 52. Rf8+
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bc4
c6 9. a4 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Be3 Nb4 12. Qb3 Ne8 13. Rfd1 Nd6 14. Bf1 Kh8 15. d5
e5 (15... cxd5 16. Nxd5 Be6) 16. Bc5 b6 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Qxb4 c5 19. Qb3 f5
20. Nd2 Bh6 21. Nc4 Nxe4 22. Qxb6 Qh4 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. g3 (24. Qxc5 e3 25.
fxe3 Bxh3 26. Rd2 Qg3) 24... Qe7 25. d6 Qf7 26. Qxc5 e3 27. f3 (27. Qxe5+)
27... Qxf3 28. Qxe5+ Kg8 29. Bg2 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Bb7+ 32. Kg1 Rf2
33. Nxe3 Re2 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. d7 Rf8 36. Qe5+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ Kh8 38. Qf6+ Rxf6
39. d8=Q+ Rf8 40. Qd4+ Bg7 41. Qd3 Rff2 42. Qxe2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E78"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nc2 Be6 10. Be3 Qc8 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Qd2 Ng4 13. Bg1 Nh6 14. h3 f5 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. Be3 Bxc2 17. Rxc2 Nf5 18. Bf2 e5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Ne4 Ncd4 21.
Rc3 Rd8 22. Bd3 Bh6 23. Qd1 Ne3 24. Bxe3 Bxe3 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Nd5 Bg5 27. h4
Bh6 28. Be4 Rf8 29. h5 Ne6 30. hxg6 Qc5 31. Re3 Nf4 32. Rxh6 Kxh6 33. Qg4 hxg6
34. Rh3+ Kg7 35. Nxf4 Qb4+ 36. Kd1 Qd6+ 37. Nd5 Rf4 38. Qe2 b5 39. g3 Rff8 40.
Qh2 Rh8 41. cxb5 Qc5 42. Nc3 Rad8+ 43. Kc2 Rxh3 44. Qxh3 Qf2+ 45. Kb3 Qf7+ 46.
Kc2 Qf2+ 47. Kb3 Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Liublinsky, Victor"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Re1
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. h3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Nf1 Nd7 15. Ng3
d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nf5 Rae8 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 f6 20. Bd2 Ne7 21. d4 Nxf5
22. Bxf5 Be6 23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. Qf3 Rfe8 26. Rxe5 Nxe5 27. Qd5+
Qf7 28. Qxc5 Nc4 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 Qe6 31. Kf1 Nxb2 32. Qd4 h6 33. Qe3
Qxa2 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ Kh8 36. Qa8+ Qg8 37. Qxa6 Qc4+ 38. Kg1 Qe4 39. Bd2
Nc4 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qd7 Kg6 42. f3 Qe5 43. Qg4+ Kh7 44. Bf4 Qd5 45. h4 Qd3 46.
Qe6 b4 (46... b4 47. cxb4 Qd4+) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a5 10. a3 a4 11. Nd4 h6 12. Bh4 Bd7 (12... Qb6 13. Ndb5 Ng4)
13. Ndb5 Ne5 14. Qd2 Bxb5 15. Bxb5 Qa5 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17. Rd4 Qb6 (17... Rxc3 18.
Rxa4 Qd8 19. bxc3 Rxa4 20. Bxa4 Qa5) 18. Rxa4 Rxa4 19. Nxa4 Qa5 20. f3 Ng6 21.
Be1 Qc7 22. Bc3 e5 (22... d5) 23. Rd1 Nf4 24. Qf2 d5 25. exd5 N4xd5 26. Qe1
Nxc3 27. Qxc3 Qb8 28. Qb3 e4 29. g3 Qc7 30. f4 h5 31. Rd4 Qa5 (31... Bc5) 32.
Bc4 Kh7 33. Kb1 Bc5 34. Rd1 Bf2 35. Nc3 e3 36. Ne2 Rd8 37. Rxd8 Qxd8 38. Bd3+
Kg8 39. Qxb7 g6 40. Bc4 Qd7 41. Qxd7 Nxd7 42. a4 Kf8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Qd3 Na5 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Ne5 Bxb5 14. Qxb5 a6
15. Qe2 Nd5 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Rad1 Nc6 18. Bc1 Nxc3 19. bxc3 b5 20. Rd3 Qd5 21.
Ng4 Rfd8 (21... b4) 22. Rg3 b4 23. Nh6+ Kf8 24. Rxg7 Kxg7 25. Qg4+ Bg5 26. c4 (
26. Bxg5 Rf8 27. h4) 26... Qxd4 27. Qxg5+ Kf8 28. Be3 (28. Qg8+ Ke7 29. Qxf7+
Kd6 30. Bf4+ Ne5 31. Ng4) 28... Qh8 29. Bc5+ Ke8 30. Ng4 Kd7 (30... Rd3 31.
Nf6+ Kd8 32. Qf4 Qg7 33. Nd5 Ne5 34. Bb6+ Kd7 35. Nf6+ Ke7 36. Qxe5 Qxf6 37.
Bc5+) 31. Bb6 Rb8 32. Rd1+ Ke8 33. Bxd8 Rxd8 34. Rxd8+ Nxd8 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36.
Qc5+ Kg7 37. Nh5+ Kh6 38. h4 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 f6 40. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. d5 Rfc8 15.
Bd3 Nd7 16. Nf1 Nc5 17. Ne3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc4 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. b3 Nb6 21. Bd2
Nd7 22. Ng5 h6 23. Nf3 Kh7 24. N3h4 Qc2 25. Qe3 Nc5 26. Bb4 g6 27. Qf3 Nxe4 (
27... gxf5 28. Re2) 28. Rxe4 (28. Nxd6 Ng5 29. Qe3 Bxd6 30. Bxd6 Bxd5 31. Bxe5)
28... Bxd5 29. Rae1 Rc6 (29... Bxe4 30. Rxe4 d5) 30. Ng3 Be7 31. Rd1 Be6 (31...
Bxe4 32. Qxf7+ Kh8 33. Qxe7 Qxd1+ 34. Kh2) 32. Ree1 Rcc8 33. Rd2 Qc7 34. Nhf5
gxf5 35. Nxf5 Bg5 36. Rxd6 Bf4 37. Rxe6 fxe6 38. Ne7 Rf8 39. Qe4+ Kg7 40. Qg6+
Kh8 41. Qxe6 Kh7 42. Qg6+ Kh8 43. Bd6 Qc3 44. Bxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Bf6 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Rad1 Rc8 12. Qa3 Na5 (12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2
14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Kxg2 Qc7) 13. b3 Be7 14. dxc5 f6 15. Bh3 Kf7 16. Rd2 bxc5 17.
Rfd1 d6 18. Ne1 (18. Bf4) 18... Qb6 19. Qc1 h5 20. f3 h4 21. g4 Nc6 22. Ng2 Nd4
23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Qa6 25. g5 fxg5 26. f4 g4 27. Bxg4 h3 28. Qe3 Rh6 29.
Ne1 Rg6 30. Qxh3 Qc6 (30... Rh6) 31. Nf3 Qe4 32. Qg3 (32. Kf2 Rh6 33. Qg3 Rch8
34. h3) 32... Kg8 33. Rd3 Rf8 34. Be3 e5 35. Qg2 exf4 36. Bd2 Bd8 37. h3 Re8
38. Kf1 d5 39. Rd4 Qb1+ 40. Be1 dxc4 41. Rxc4 (41. Rxc4 Bh4) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 f5 5. exf5 exf5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Ne2 Nge7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Qc2 Qe8 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. O-O-O Na5 12. Bf4 b5 13. Rde1 b4 14. Bxd6
cxd6 15. cxb4 Nac6 16. a3 a5 17. b5 Nb4 18. axb4 Rc8 19. Nc3 axb4 20. Kd2 (20.
Qe2 Rf7 21. Ng5) 20... Qf7 21. Qb3 bxc3+ 22. bxc3 Rb8 23. Re3 h6 24. Rhe1 Nc8
25. c4 Nb6 26. cxd5 Rfc8 27. Re7 Qf6 28. h4 Ra8 29. R7e2 f4 30. Ne5 (30. Rd1)
30... dxe5 31. dxe5 Qe7 32. Re4 (32. d6+ Be6 33. dxe7 Bxb3 34. Bf5 Rc5) 32...
Ra3 33. Qb2 Bf5 34. Qd4 Ra2+ 35. Kd1 Qa3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Liublinsky, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Nf3 cxd5
9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Ne8 11. Nc4 a6 12. a4 b6 13. a5 b5 14. Nb6 Nxb6 15. Bxb6
Qe7 16. Bd3 f5 17. O-O Nf6 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 e4 20. Bc2 Qf7 21. Qd2 Bb7 22.
Rad1 Rac8 23. Bb3 Nd7 24. Be3 Nc5 25. Bc2 b4 26. Ne2 Nd3 27. Bxd3 exd3 28. Qxd3
Bxb2 29. Rf3 h6 30. Kh2 Bg7 31. Qb3 Kh7 32. Bf2 (32. Qxb4 Bxd5) 32... Rfe8 33.
Rd2 Rxe2 34. Rxe2 Bxd5 35. Qxb4 Bxf3 36. gxf3 Qd5 37. Re7 Rg8 (37... Qxf3 38.
Qd4 Rg8) 38. Bd4 Qxf3 (38... Kg6 39. Bxg7 Rxg7 40. Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. Qc3+ Kg6 42.
Qc8) 39. Qxd6 Qh5 40. Qxa6 Kh8 41. Bxg7+ (41. Bxg7+ Rxg7 42. Qf6 Qg6 43. Qxg7+)
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 Ne7 8. c3
Ba5 9. Ng3 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. d4 Be6 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Nf5 d5 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Bb6 19. Bd2 dxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21.
Qxe4 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Qe7 23. Qg4 Qd6 24. Re1 Qd5 25. b3 h5 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. Rxe4
f6 28. Kf1 Kf7 29. Ba5 b6 30. Bc3 Rd8 31. Bb2 Rd6 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Re6 34.
f3 Ne7 35. Bc1 Nd5 36. Bd2 Rd6 37. Ke2 Rd8 38. Kf2 Nc7 39. a4 Ne6 40. Be3 Rd5
41. Kg3 Ke7 42. g5 (42. Kf2 Kd7 43. b4) 42... f5 43. Re5 Kd6 44. Rxd5+ Kxd5 45.
g6 a5 46. Kh4 Nxd4 47. Bh6 Ne6 48. Be3 c5 49. Kh5 Ke5 50. Bc1 Nd4 51. Bh6 Kf6
52. Bg5+ Ke6 53. Bh6 (53. Bd8 Kd7 54. Bf6 Ne6 55. Be5 Kc6 56. Bxg7 Nxg7+ 57.
Kg5 Ne8 58. Kxf5 Kd6) 53... gxh6 54. Kxh6 Nc6 55. g7 Ne7 56. Kh7 Kf7 57. Kh6
Kg8 58. f4 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Nc5 11. c4 d4 12. Nbd2 Bf5 13. Nf1 b4 14. Ng3 Bg6 15.
Be3 d3 16. Qe1 Nxb3 17. axb3 O-O 18. h3 Qd7 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. Re1 a5 21. Ne2 Bf8
22. Bf4 Bh5 23. Nh2 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Nd4 25. Re3 Rad8 (25... Red8) 26. Qxd3 Nf3+
27. Nxf3 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Rxd3 29. Rxa5 Rxb3 30. Ra2 Rd8 31. Kf1 Rd1+ 32. Ke2 Rb1
33. Ra8 R1xb2+ 34. Nd2 h6 35. Be3 Ra3 36. Rc8 Ra5 37. c5 Rc2 38. Kd1 Rcxc5 (
38... Rc3) 39. Bxc5 Rxc5 40. f4 Rc3 41. Ke2 (41. Ke2 c5 42. f5 Ra3 43. e6 fxe6
44. fxe6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 O-O 8. b4
d5 9. b5 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb2 c5 12. Be2 c4 13. O-O a6 14. a4 Bb4 15. Qc2
Qd7 16. Rfb1 Re8 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Qd6 19. Ra2 a5 20. Qc1 Nbd7 21. Qa3 Qxa3
22. Rxa3 Nf8 23. h4 Rad8 24. Bf3 Ne6 25. Nh5 Nxh5 26. Bxh5 g6 27. Bf3 f5 28.
Ra2 Kg7 29. Kf1 h6 30. g3 Kf6 31. Kg2 Rh8 32. Rh1 Rhe8 33. Rd2 Re7 34. Re2 Ree8
35. Kf1 Rh8 36. Ke1 Rhe8 37. Kd2 Re7 38. Ree1 Ree8 39. Ne2 Rh8 40. g4 Rhg8 41.
Reg1 fxg4 42. Bxg4 Rdf8 43. Bxe6 Kxe6 44. Nf4+ Kd6 45. Rh2 Rf6 46. Rhg2 Bc8 47.
Rxg6 Rgxg6 48. Rxg6 Rxg6 49. Nxg6 Bf5 50. Ne5 Bb1 51. Kc3 Ba2 52. e4 dxe4 53.
Nxc4+ Bxc4 54. Kxc4 h5 55. d5 Ke5 56. d6 Kxd6 57. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[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 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 (30... Nf4 31. gxf4 exf4) 31. h3 Bc8 32. Na8 b5
33. Nxa6 (33. Nxc7 Qxc7 34. Rf1) 33... Ra7 34. Nc5 (34. N8c7 Rxc7 35. Nxc7 Qxc7
) 34... 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 "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Ne8 8. Nc3
f5 9. d4 Bf6 10. Qc2 Nd6 11. Rad1 Nc6 12. Qb1 Qe8 13. d5 Ne7 14. dxe6 dxe6 15.
Nd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nc6 17. Ndb5 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Rf7 20. Rd2 a6 21.
Nd4 Rd8 22. Rfd1 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Qc6+ 24. f3 Rfd7 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27.
Kf2 Qd6 28. f4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Nb6 (
7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 e5) 8. d5 Nb8 (8... Na5) 9. Bf4 c6 10. Qb3 N8d7 11. Rd1 Qc8
12. Bh3 g6 13. Na4 f5 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. exf5 Nc5 16. Qxb6 e5 17. dxe6 Ra6 18.
f6 Nxe6 19. Qb3 Kf7 20. O-O c5 21. Rfe1 c4 22. Qb5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nge7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d6 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 Bf5 10. h3 h6 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Qd7 13. Kh2 Be6 14. b5 Nd8 15. Nd2
f5 16. Nd5 Bf7 17. Qc2 Nc8 18. Bb2 Ne6 19. Ra1 Nb6 20. Nb4 Nc5 21. Nb3 Nba4 22.
Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Nd5 Be6 24. Bc3 Kh7 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Ra1 Rxa1 27. Bxa1 Bxd5 28.
Bxd5 c6 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Bg2 Qa7 31. Qb1 Qa6 32. Bc3 Nb7 33. Qb2 Kg8 34. f4
Nc5 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Qxd6 Nb7 37. Qe7 Kg8 38. Bxe5 Bxe5 39. fxe5 Qb6 40. e6 f4
41. Qf7+ Kh8 42. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rc1 Bb6 12. Na4 d4 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. a3 h6 15.
Bf4 Bd5 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Re8 18. Rc2 Qd5+ 19. f3 Re7 20. Nd3 Rae8 21. Bc1
Qb3 22. Re1 Nd5 23. Nf2 Ne3+ 24. Bxe3 Rxe3 25. Rd2 Qb5 26. Nd3 Na5 27. Kf2 Nc4
28. Rc2 R3e7 29. Qc1 Ne3 30. Rc8 Qh5 31. Kg1 Qh3 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Nf4 Qd7 34.
Qd2 g5 35. Ng2 Nc4 36. Qc2 Qe6 37. Kf2 b5 38. Rd1 Qh3 39. Kg1 Qxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
cxd4 9. Na4 Be7 10. exd4 Qc7 11. b4 Ng4 12. g3 f5 13. Re1 f4 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15.
gxf4 Qxf4 16. d5 exd5 17. Rxe7 Nc6 18. Re1 Rf8 19. Be4 dxe4 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21.
Qxe4 Qf6 22. Qxg4 Nd8 23. Qg3 Bxf3 24. Rac1 Ne6 25. Nc3 Nd4 26. Re3 Bc6 27. Nd5
Qf7 28. Rce1 b5 29. Re7 Qg8 30. Kf1 bxc4 31. Ne3 c3 32. Rc1 c2 33. Nxc2 Qc4+
34. Ke1 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 c5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. d5 Na5
9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Kh7 12. Bd3 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. b3 Nd7 15. Rc1
Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Nd5 Nc6 18. Qd2 Nd4 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. a4 Bf6 21. Rc2 Be7
22. Qe2 a5 23. Re1 Bc5 24. Kh1 Re8 25. Rec1 Kg7 26. Re1 Qd6 27. f3 Bb4 28. Rec1
Ba3 29. Ra1 Bb4 30. Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Rb8 7. Qd2 b5 8. Nd1 b4
9. h3 e6 10. Ne2 Nd4 11. O-O Ne7 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Bh6 O-O 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4
e5 16. b3 Qc7 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nb2 f6 19. f5 a5 20. h4 bxa3 21. Rxa3 Nb4 22. Nc4
gxf5 23. Rxa5 fxe4 24. dxe4 Be6 25. Rfa1 Bxc4 26. Ra7 Rb7 27. Rxb7 Qxb7 28.
bxc4 Nc6 29. Kh2 Ra8 30. Rf1 Ra2 31. Rxf6 Qe7 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. c5 Rxc2 34. cxd6
Qg7 35. d7 Qxh6 36. Rxh6 Nd8 37. Rd6 Kf7 38. g4 Ke7 39. Rd5 Nf7 40. g5 Rc6 41.
Bh3 Rd6 42. Kg2 Rxd5 43. exd5 Nd6 44. h5 Ne4 45. g6 hxg6 46. hxg6 Nf6 47. d6+
Kd8 48. g7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. dxc6 Qc7 13. Bg5 Nc4 14. Nbd2 Nxb2 15.
Qb1 Na4 16. Bxa4 bxa4 17. Qb4 Qxc6 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Qxe7 Nd7 20. c4 Rfb8 21.
Rab1 Be6 22. Be3 h6 23. f3 Kh7 24. Qa3 Nb6 25. Rbc1 Nd7 26. c5 a5 27. Nc4 Qb5
28. Qc3 f6 29. a3 Ra6 30. Nb6 Bb3 31. Qd2 Nf8 32. Qe2 Qxe2 33. Rxe2 Ne6 34. Rd2
Ra7 35. c6 Rc7 36. Rd7 Rd8 37. Kf2 Kg8 38. Rxd8+ Nxd8 39. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O b5 10. a3 Be7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Nh4 Bd8 14. Qe1 Nc5 15.
Bg5 Be6 16. Nf5 Nh5 17. Qh4 Nf4 18. g3 (18. Nxg7 Ncxd3 (18... Kxg7 19. Rxf4
exf4 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Bf6 Bxf6 22. e5 Nxd3 23. exf6 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nh3+ 25. Kf1
Bc4+ 26. Ne2 Bxe2+ 27. Ke1) 19. Bxd8 Qxd8 20. Qh6 Kh8 21. cxd3 Rg8 22. Rxf4
exf4 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6 Qxd3 25. Qf6+ Rg7 26. Rd1 Qc2 27. Rd8+) 18... Bxg5
19. Qxg5 f6 20. Qg4 Nfxd3 21. cxd3 g6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Kh8 24. Ne3 f5 25.
Qd1 Na4 26. Qd2 Qd6 27. Qb4 Qxb4 28. axb4 Nxb2 29. Ra3 Na4 30. Raa1 Nb6 31.
Rac1 f4 32. Ng4 Nxd5 33. Nxe5 fxg3 34. Rxf8+ Rxf8 35. hxg3 Nxb4 36. Rc7 Kg8 37.
Rd7 g5 38. d4 a5 39. Rb7 a4 40. Rxb5 a3 41. Ra5 a2 42. Kg2 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

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
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Rac1 e5 14. Bf1 exd4
15. exd4 Qd6 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Qc3 Nf8 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Rxc5 Red8
21. g3 Ne6 22. Rc2 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rd2 Ng5 25. Bg2 Ne4 26. Re2 f5 27.
Kh2 Bf8 28. f3 Nf6 29. Bf1 Kf7 30. Rg2 Bd6 31. Bd3 Nh5 32. f4 Nf6 33. Rc2 Re8
34. Re2 Ne4 35. Kg2 h6 36. h4 Kf6 37. Bc1 Bb4 38. Rc2 Be1 39. Re2 Bc3 40. Be3
Re6 41. Kf3 h5 42. Rc2 Rc6 43. a3 Be1 44. Rxc6+ bxc6 45. b4 Nd6 46. Bf2 Bc3 47.
Ke2 Ke6 48. Kd1 Ne4 49. Kc2 Nxf2 50. Kxc3 Kd6 51. a4 Ne4+ 52. Kc2 Nxg3 53. b5
Ne4 54. bxc6 a5 55. Bb5 Kc7 56. Kd3 Nd6 57. Kd2 Nf7 58. Ke3 Nd8 59. Ke2 Ne6 60.
Ke3 Kd6 61. Be2 Kxc6 62. Bb5+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. h3 Rc8 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Rac1 Rfd8
15. Rfd1 Na5 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Nc6 19. Kf1 Kf8 20. Ke2 Ke8
21. Nc3 Rc8 22. Kd1 Kd7 23. Bg3 h5 24. Ne2 h4 25. Bh2 g5 26. Rc2 Rg8 27. Nc1
Bd6 28. Bxd6 Kxd6 29. Ke2 f6 30. Nd3 b6 31. f3 Re8 32. Rc1 Re7 33. Kd2 Rc7 34.
b3 Re7 35. Ke2 Re8 36. Kd2 Rh8 37. Ke2 Rg8 38. Kd2 Rg7 39. Ke2 Rh7 40. Kd2 Rb7
41. Ke2 Rh7 42. Kd2 Rh8 43. Nf2 e5 44. dxe5+ fxe5 45. Nd1 Rc8 46. Nc3 Ke6 47.
Ne2 Kd7 48. Nc3 Ne7 49. Rg1 Ke6 50. Re1 Nc6 51. Rc1 Nb4 52. a3 Nc6 53. b4 Ne7
54. Re1 Kd7 55. Kd3 Rc6 56. Rg1 Rf6 57. Rc1 Rf8 58. Rd1 Rd8 59. Rc1 Rc8 60. Rg1
Ke6 61. Re1 Nf5 62. e4 Ne7 63. Nxd5 Nxd5 64. exd5+ Kxd5 65. Re4 Ke6 66. b5 Rc5
67. a4 Kf5 68. Rg4 Rd5+ 69. Ke3 Rd1 70. Ke2 Rc1 71. Kd2 Rc5 72. Kd3 Rd5+ 73.
Ke3 Rd7 74. Ke2 Rd4 75. Ke3 Rd1 76. Ke2 Ra1 77. Ke3 Ra3+ 78. Ke2 Kf6 79. Kd2
Ra2+ 80. Ke3 Kg6 81. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Qe2 g6 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bf6
15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Qa8 19. Bd6 Rd8 20. e5 Bg7 21.
Rc7 Qe4 22. Nd2 Qe1+ 23. Nf1 Nf8 24. Qxa7 Bh6 25. Rxf7 Qb1 26. Qe7 Rc8 27. Rxh7
Nxh7 28. Qxe6+ Kg7 29. Qd7+ Kg8 30. Qxc8+ Kg7 31. Qc7+ Kg8 32. e6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 (7.
Qxd5) 7... Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 Nf6 9. Bc4 e6 10. Ne3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Nd5 13.
Bf1 Rb8 14. Rd3 Rd8 15. Rb3 Bd7 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Be3 Bf6 18. c3 Ra8 19. Ba6
Bc6 20. h3 e5 21. Rc1 Rd7 22. Be2 Be7 23. Bb5 Rc8 (23... Bxb5 24. Rxb5 d4) 24.
Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rb8+ Bf8 26. Rd1 f6 27. Rb5 d4 28. cxd4 a6 (28... Bc5 29. Rc1
exd4 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Rcxc5 Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Rd2) 29. Rb8 Kf7 30. d5
Rc2 31. Rb6 a5 32. Rb5 a4 33. Rc1 Rxc1+ 34. Bxc1 Bd6 35. Be3 Rc7 36. Ra5 Rc2
37. Ra7+ Kg6 38. Ra6 Bb4 39. d6 Rxb2 40. d7 Rb1+ 41. Kh2 Rd1 42. Rxa4 Be7 43.
Ra7 Bd8 (43... Kf5 44. d8=Q Bxd8 45. Rxg7 h5) 44. a4 Rd5 45. g4 h5 46. Kg2 hxg4
47. hxg4 e4 48. Kh3 f5 49. Ra6+ Kf7 50. gxf5 Rxd7 51. Kg4 Bf6 52. Ra7 Rxa7 53.
Bxa7 Be5 54. a5 Ke8 55. a6 Kd7 56. Be3 Kc6 57. Kg5 Bc7 58. Bd4 Bd6 59. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

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

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Nb6 9. Qd3 Be4 10. Qb3 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qb3 Bd5 13. Qe3 Rc8 14. Nc3 Bc6
15. Qd3 Bb4 16. Re1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Be4 18. Qb5+ c6 19. Qc5 Qd5 20. Qa3 a5 21.
Bf1 Nc4 22. Qb3 Bxf3 23. exf3 b5 24. a4 O-O 25. f4 Rb8 26. Bg2 Qd7 27. Bf1 Qd5
28. Bg2 Qd7 29. Bf1 Qd5 30. Bg2 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. h3
a6 9. a4 O-O 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qe2 Ne4 13. Rfc1 f5 14. Na2 g5 15. Bc7
Qe8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bd8 18. f3 Nf6 19. Nb4 a5 20. Bb5 Nd7 21. Nd3 Qe7 22.
Bh2 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Rc1 Bb7 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 f4 27. Qd2 fxe3 28.
Qxe3 Rf7 29. Rc3 Qb4 30. b3 Rf5 31. Bc7 Bf6 32. Bxb6 Qd6 33. Bc7 Qe7 34. Bd3
Qb4 35. Bxf5 exf5 36. Qe6+ Kg7 37. Be5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Ng3 h5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 h4 10. Nf1 h3 11. g3 O-O 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. f3 Bc8 14. b4 a5 15. b5
Nb8 16. O-O c5 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 Ba6 19. Nb3 Bb5 20. Nbc5 Na6 21. Nxa6 Bxa6
22. Rb1 Qc7 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Qd3 Ra7 25. Bd2 Bd6 26. e4 dxe4 27. fxe4 Rd8 28.
Qf3 Bf8 29. Bc3 Re8 30. e5 Nd5 31. Bd2 Qd7 32. Rb3 Rb7 33. Rxb7 Qxb7 34. Nc3
Nxc3 35. Bxc3 Bxa3 36. Bxa5 Bb2 37. Bb6 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E56"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3
Ba5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Rb1 Qxc5 13. Rb5 Qe7 14. c4 a6
15. Rb2 dxc4 16. Bxc4 b5 17. Be2 Bf5 18. a4 b4 19. a5 Qc5 20. Qa4 Nd5 21. Nd4
Nxd4 22. exd4 Qxd4 23. Bf3 Rad8 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Be7 8.
Rd1 O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Qg3 Nfxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14.
O-O e5 15. Bf3 Nf4 16. Ne2 Nxe2+ 17. Bxe2 Bf5 18. Bd3 Qe6 19. b3 Rac8 20. Rfe1
Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Qe7 22. h3 b6 23. Qe4 f6 24. Rd5 Rfd8 25. Red1 Rxd5 26. Qxd5+ Kf8
(26... Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rd7+ Kg6 29. c4 a6 30. a4 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32.
cxb5 Rc3) 27. c4 g6 28. a4 Rc7 29. a5 bxa5 30. Qxa5 Rd7 31. Rd5 Qe6 32. Qc5+
Kf7 33. Rxd7+ Qxd7 34. b4 Ke6 35. g3 Qd1+ (35... h5 36. b5 g5 37. h4 Qd1+ 38.
Kh2 Qf1) 36. Kg2 Qd7 37. h4 Qb7+ 38. Kh2 Qd7 39. Qf8 h5 40. Qg8+ Kf5 41. c5 Qd4
42. Qc8+ Ke4 43. Kg2 Kd3 (43... Qxb4 44. c6 Qc4 45. c7) 44. Qa6+ Kd2 45. Qd6
Ke2 46. Qxd4 exd4 47. c6 d3 48. c7 d2 49. c8=Q d1=Q 50. Qe6+ Kd3 51. Qd7+ Ke2
52. Qe7+ Kd3 53. Qxa7 Qg4 54. Qe3+ Kc4 55. Qc5+ Kd3 56. Qe3+ Kc4 57. Qc5+ Kd3
58. b5 Qe4+ 59. Kh2 Qa8 60. Qc6 Qa2 61. Kg2 g5 62. b6 gxh4 63. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. c4 c5 10. b3 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Qd3 Nf8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. Ne5 Ng6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qc3 a5 19. Rfe1 a4 20. Re3 axb3 21.
axb3 Red8 22. Red3 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Bc6 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. f3 Ne8 27.
Qe1 Bf6 28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. Qe5 Qd2 30. Qxc5 Qxc2 31. Qxc6 Qd1+ 32. Kf2 Qd4+ 33.
Kf1 Qd1+ 34. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bf4
b6 9. Nfd2 Bb7 10. e4 Rc8 11. Nc3 c5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 cxd4
15. Qa4 (15. Qf5 g6 16. Qd3) 15... Nc5 16. Qxd4 Ne6 17. Qe4 Rc5 18. Be3 Bxd5
19. Qb1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rd5 21. Rd1 Bf6 22. Kg1 Re8 23. a4 h5 24. Nc4 h4 25. Qc2
h3 26. Qe2 (26. Rac1 Qa8 27. f3 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Nd4 29. Kf2) 26... Nd4 27. Qf1
Qc8 (27... Nf3+ 28. Kh1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Qa8 30. Qxh3 Nd2+) 28. Bxd4 Bxd4 29. Rd2
Qg4 30. Rad1 (30. Rc1) 30... Bxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Qxd1+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 Nd7
9. Bg5 Ndf6 10. h3 c5 11. Qd2 a6 12. a4 Bd7 13. g4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Qxf4
b5 16. O-O b4 17. Nd1 Qe7 18. Bd3 Rae8 19. Re1 h5 20. Nh2 Nh7 21. Nf3 Nf6 22.
Nh2 Nh7 23. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 b6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Na4 Ne4 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 c4 16. Rfd1 Bb4 17. Qf4 Bd6 18. Qd2 Bb4 19. Qf4 Bd6 20. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

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

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. Bh6 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Bxg4 hxg5 14. Bxd7 Qxd7
15. Qxg5 b4 16. Ne2 Nxe4 17. Qe3 Nf6 18. Rad1 Rh8 19. h3 Rh5 20. Qb3 Re5 21.
Ng3 Qb5 22. Rfe1 c4 23. Qf3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxd5 25. Rxe7 Qxf3 26. gxf3 d5 27.
Rb7 a5 28. Ne2 Re8 29. Kf1 Rh8 30. Kg2 Ra8 31. a3 d4 32. Nxd4 c3 33. bxc3 bxa3
34. Rb3 a2 35. Ra3 Nd5 36. c4 Nf4+ 37. Kg3 Nh5+ 38. Kg4 Rc8 39. Rxa5 Rxc4 40.
c3 Kh6 41. h4 Rxc3 42. Rxa2 Rc4 43. Rd2 f5+ 44. Kh3 Nf4+ 45. Kh2 Kh5 46. Nc2
Ne6 47. Ne3 Rxh4+ 48. Kg1 Ng5 49. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nge2 Ne7 8. d4 c6
9. O-O O-O 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Bf4 Nd5 16. Bxe4 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Qh4 18. Qf3 Bh6 19. Qg3 Qxf4 20. Rfe1 Re8 21.
Nf3 Re7 22. Kg2 Bg4 23. h3 Bh5 24. Bd5 Rd8 25. Rad1 Kg7 26. Qxf4 Bxf4 27. Bb3
Bxf3+ 28. Kxf3 Rxd1 29. Bxd1 Bxe5 30. b4 f5 31. Ba4 Kf6 32. Rd1 Bc3 33. b5 Re4
34. Bb3 Bd4 35. Bd5 Rh4 36. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 exd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. Nf1 c5 13. a3 Nc6 14. d5 Ne5
15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Ng3 Ne8 17. f4 Bd6 18. Nf5 f6 19. g3 g6 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. f5
c4 22. h4 Bc5+ 23. Kg2 gxf5 24. Nxf5 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Bxd6 26. Rf1 f5 27. Bh6 Rf7
28. exf5 Rxf5 29. Qc2 Rxf1 30. Rxf1 Rg8 31. Qf5 Qxf5 32. Rxf5 Rg6 33. Bg5 Kg8
34. h5 Rg7 35. Kf3 b5 36. Bh6 e4+ 37. Kxe4 Rxg3 38. Rf6 Bc5 39. d6 Kh8 40. Kd5
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. exd5 Na6 10. Nf3 Nc7 11. O-O b5 12. Qd2 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Qd7 14. Bh6 Bb7 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Qf4 h6 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 Re8 20. Nc2 Re5 21.
Ne3 Qe7 22. a3 a5 23. Ba2 h5 24. Kh2 (24. Qa4 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 Ne6
27. Rf1 (27. dxe6 Qxh3+) 27... Nd4) 24... Ne4 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. Qf3 Ba6 27. g3
Qe5 28. Rd2 (28. Re1) 28... Ne8 29. Bb1 Rd4 30. Rxd4 Qxd4 31. Qe4 Nf6 32. Qxd4
cxd4 33. Ng2 Nxd5 34. Ne1 Kf6 35. Kg2 Nb6 36. Bd3 Bc8 37. h4 a4 38. Kf1 Ke5 39.
Ke2 Kd5 40. Kd2 Kc5 41. Bc2 Nc4+ 42. Kc1 Bd7 43. Nd3+ Kb6 44. Nf4 Bc6 45. Bb1
Ne5 46. Kd2 Bb5 47. Bc2 Kc5 48. Be4 Bc4 49. Bc2 Kb5 50. Be4 Bb3 51. Bb1 Ng4 52.
Ke1 Kb6 53. Be4 Bc4 54. Bc2 Ka5 55. Be4 Kb5 56. Bc2 Ne5 57. Kd2 Ka5 58. Be4 Kb6
59. Bb1 Bb5 60. Bc2 Kc5 61. Be4 Ng4 62. Ke1 d3 63. Bxd3 Bxd3 64. Nxd3+ Kc4 65.
Nc1 d5 66. Ke2 d4 67. Nd3 f6 68. Kd2 Ne5 69. Nf4 Kb3 70. Kc1 g5 71. hxg5 (71.
Nxh5 Nd3+ 72. Kb1 gxh4 73. gxh4 Nxb2 74. Nxf6 Nc4 75. Ne4 Nxa3+ 76. Ka1 Nc2+)
71... fxg5 72. Nxh5 Nd3+ 73. Kb1 Nxb2 74. Nf6 Nc4 75. Ne4 g4 76. Nc5+ Kxa3 77.
Kc2 Ne5 78. Na6 d3+ 79. Kc3 Ka2 80. Nc5 a3 81. Ne4 Kb1 82. Kb3 Kc1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. b4 Nbd7 8. Bb2
c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a5 12. b5 Nb6 13. Bd3 cxb5 14. Nxb5 Bd7 15.
Ne5 Rc8 16. Qe2 Na4 17. O-O Qb6 (17... Nxb2 18. Qxb2 Qb6) 18. Rab1 (18. Nxd7
Nxd7 19. Bc1 Nc3 20. Nxc3 Rxc3 21. Rb1) 18... Nxb2 19. Rxb2 Red8 20. Rfb1 Be8 (
20... a4 21. Qd2 Bf8) 21. Qd2 a4 22. Na7 Qxa7 23. Rxb7 Qa8 (23... Qxb7 24. Rxb7
Bxa3) 24. Rxe7 Rb8 25. Rc7 Rxb1+ 26. Bxb1 Nd5 27. Rc1 Qb8 28. Qc2 g6 29. Ba2
Ne7 30. h3 Kf8 31. Qc7 Rc8 32. Qxb8 Rxb8 33. Rc2 Nf5 34. Nc4 Rc8 35. Rb2 Ne7
36. e4 Rd8 37. Rd2 Bb5 38. Ne3 Nc6 39. d5 Ne5 40. Rb2 Bd3 41. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nb6 10. Qd3 Nfd7 11. b3 a5 12. Be3 a4 13. Rad1 Nc5 14. Qc2 axb3
15. axb3 Re8 16. Bc1 c6 17. Bf4 Bf8 18. e4 Nbd7 19. b4 Na6 20. b5 Nb4 21. Qb2
c5 22. Nc2 Nxc2 23. Qxc2 Nb6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Be6 26. Rd2 Qa5 27. Rc1 Qa4
28. Qxa4 Rxa4 29. Bf1 Bg4 30. Bxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Bb1 d5 16. exd5 exd4 (16... e4) 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Nxd5 19. Qd3 (19. Bf5 Rcd8
20. Qxd4) 19... g6 20. Bg3 Bd6 (20... Qb6) 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Qd2 (22. Qxd4 Rfd8
23. Be4) 22... Nf4 23. Qxa5 (23. Be4 Rfe8 24. Bxb7 Nxb7 25. Nxd4) 23... Bxf3
24. gxf3 Nxh3+ 25. Kg2 Nf4+ 26. Kg1 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Nf4+ 28. Kg1 Qd5 29. Ng3 d3
30. Ne4 Qf5 31. Qb4 (31. Qd2 g5 32. Bxd3 Rcd8 33. Re3 Rxd3) 31... Rfe8 (31...
Rfe8 32. Bxd3 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Qg5+ 34. Kf1 Qg2+ 35. Ke1 Nxd3+) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

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

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 O-O 8. e4
d6 9. Be2 c5 10. e5 Ne8 11. dxc5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Bxd8 13. Bf3 Nc7 14. cxb6 axb6
15. Bxa8 Nxa8 16. Nd3 Nc6 17. b3 Nd4 18. Rb1 Nxb3 19. Nb5 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 Nc7 21.
a4 Bb7 22. O-O Na6 23. Nxe5 Nc5 24. Rfd1 Bg5 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Nd6 Bf6 27. f4
Bxe5 28. fxe5 Bc6 29. Nb5 Nd7 30. Rd6 Nxe5 31. Re1 Bxb5 32. cxb5 f6 33. Rxb6
Rxa4 34. Rb1 Kf7 35. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Kb1 a5 14. f4
Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Ng4 16. Rhe1 Nxe3 17. Bd3 Nxc2 18. Rxe7 Nb4 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Bc4
Bf5+ 21. Kc1 b5 22. Bb3 c5 23. Rd5 c4 24. Rxf5 cxb3 25. axb3 Ra1+ 26. Kd2 Rb1
27. Kc2 Rg1 28. Re2 f6 29. Rxb5 Rc8+ 30. Kd3 Rd1+ 31. Ke3 Re8+ 32. Kf2 Rxe2+
33. Kxe2 Rb1 34. Rxb4 Rxb2+ 35. Kf3 h5 36. h4 f5 37. Rb7 Kh7 38. Kg3 Kg6 39.
Rb6+ Kf7 40. Kf3 Rb1 41. Ke3 Rb2 42. Kf3 Rb1 43. b4 Rb3+ 44. Kf2 Rb2+ 45. Kg3
Rb3+ 46. Kh2 Ke7 47. b5 Kf7 48. Rb8 Kg6 49. b6 Kf7 50. Kg1 Rb2 51. Kf1 Kg6 52.
g3 Rb3 53. Ke2 Rxg3 54. Rc8 Rb3 55. Rc6+ Kf7 56. Kd2 Ke7 57. Kc2 Rb5 58. Kc3
Kd7 59. Rg6 Rb1 60. Rxg7+ Kd6 61. Kc4 Rc1+ 62. Kb5 Rb1+ 63. Ka6 Ra1+ 64. Kb7
Ra4 65. Rg5 Rxf4 66. Rxh5 Rf1 67. Kc8 Rc1+ 68. Kb8 Ke6 69. b7 f4 70. Ka7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. g3 Nd7 12. Qe2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qe7 14. Bg2 Bb7 15.
O-O-O Bg7 16. f4 O-O 17. Rd6 (17. Ne4) 17... Rad8 18. Rhd1 Rxd6 19. exd6 Qd8
20. Ne4 Qa5 21. Kb1 Qb6 22. Qg4 (22. d7 Rd8 23. Qg4 c5 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25. Nh7+)
22... f5 23. Qg6 c5 24. g4 Bxe4+ 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. g5 hxg5 27. fxg5 Qd8 28.
Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Qg4 Qe8 30. g6 Bh6 31. Qxh4 Kg7 32. d7 Qd8 33. Qxe4 Bg5 34. a4
Qe7 35. Qg4 Qf6 36. Ka2 b4 37. Rg1 b3+ 38. Ka3 Be3 39. Qh5 Bh6 40. Qxc5 Rd8 (
40... Be3 41. Qxc4 Qd6+ 42. Kxb3 Bxg1) 41. Rd1 Kxg6 42. Qg1+ Kh7 43. Kb4 Rb8+
44. Kc5 Be3+ 45. Qxe3 Qb6+ 46. Kxc4 Qxe3 47. d8=Q Rxd8 48. Rxd8 Qe6+ 49. Rd5 a5
50. h4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Be3 Bd7 8. h3
a6 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh2 b5 11. Qd2 b4 12. Nd1 Ne8 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rb8 15. a3
bxa3 16. Rxa3 Nc7 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Rb5 20. Re1 Qa8 21. Qd2
Rfb8 22. Rae3 Ne6 23. b3 Rb4 24. Nc3 Rd4 25. Qc1 Nc5 26. Nd5 e5 27. c3 Nd3 28.
Rxd3 Rxd3 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Qc2 Rxg3 31. Nh5+ gxh5 32. fxg3 Qb7 33. Rf1 f6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Rad1 a5 14. Qf2 Nxb3 15.
axb3 f6 16. Qg3 fxe5 17. fxe5 Bd7 18. Bh6 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Bf8 20. Ndb5 Ne7 21.
Nd6 Ng6 22. Be3 Bxd6 23. exd6 Bc6 24. Rd1 Qh4 25. Qxh4 Nxh4 26. Bb6 Nf5 27. Bc7
b5 28. Ra1 Kf7 29. Ne2 e5 30. Ng3 Nd4 31. c3 Nxb3 32. Rf1+ Ke6 33. Nf5 d4 34.
cxd4 exd4 35. Nxg7+ Kd5 36. Nf5 Bd7 37. Nh4 Re8 38. Kf2 a4 39. Rd1 b4 40. Nf3
a3 41. bxa3 bxa3 42. Bb6 a2 43. Bxd4 Nxd4 44. Nxd4 Ra8 45. Ne2+ Ke5 46. Ra1
Kxd6 47. Kg3 Be6 48. Nc1 Rg8+ 49. Kf2 Bd5 50. g3 Ra8 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Nd3+ Kf5
53. Kd4 Be6 54. Nc5 Bf7 55. Nb7 Kg4 56. Nd6 Bg6 57. Nb5 Kh3 58. Ke5 Ra5 59. Kf6
Rxb5 60. Rxa2 Rc5 61. Ra3 Kxh2 62. g4 Rd5 63. Rb3 Rd3 64. Rb4 Kg3 65. Kg5 Rd5+
66. Kh6 Re5 67. g5 Re4 68. Rb3+ Kf4 69. Rb6 Rd4 70. Ra6 Bf5 71. Rb6 Rd1 72.
Rb4+ Be4 73. Ra4 Rd6+ 74. Kg7 Re6 75. Ra5 Re5 76. Ra4 Rxg5+ 77. Kh6 Rg6+ 78.
Kh5 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bb3 a6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Be3 Na5 11. Qe2 (11. Qf3) (11. f5) 11... b5 12. f5 (12. a3
) 12... Nxb3 13. axb3 b4 14. Na4 e5 15. Nf3 Bb7 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nd5 (17. Nd2
Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qg4 Rxb6 20. Qxe4 Rc6 21. Qxb4) 17... Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxd5
19. Rxa6 O-O 20. Ra7 Rb7 21. Rxb7 (21. Rfa1) 21... Bxb7 22. Qc4 Qa5 23. Qg4 f6
24. Rc1 Rc8 25. h4 d5 26. h5 Bc5 27. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 28. Kh2 e4 29. h6 Qc7+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. Na3 O-O 12. Bd2 cxd4 13. exd4 bxa4 14. Bxa4 Nb6
15. Ba5 Qd6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Nfe5 Rac8 19. Rac1 Bd5 20. h3 Qa7 21.
b3 Rfd8 22. Na5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxd4 24. Nac6 Qf4 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 26. Qb2 Qg5 27.
Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Bc6 Nf4 29. Kf1 f6 30. Qa3+ Kg8 31. Qe7 Rc8 32. Re1 Qf5 33. Be4
Qh5 34. Bf3 Qe8 35. Qxe8+ Rxe8 36. Nc6 Kf7 37. h4 e5 38. Ra1 e4 39. Be2 e3 40.
g3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[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. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 a5 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qc2 a4 13. Be3 c6 14. Rad1 Qa5 15.
Bf4 Bf8 16. Bf1 Nh5 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Bc1 Ng7 20. Kh2 Bd7 21. a3 Nge6
22. Be3 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Nb3 24. Be3 Be6 25. f4 Rad8 (25... Be7 26. Qf2 Qh5 27.
Qe2 Qxe2+ 28. Bxe2) 26. Qf2 Qa6 (26... Nc5 27. f5 Bc8) 27. Bb6 Rd7 28. c5 (28.
Nd5 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Qa8 30. e5 Qc8 31. Bc4) 28... Bc4 29. Bxc4 Qxc4 30. e5 d5 31.
Ne4 dxe4 (31... Be7 32. f5 d4 33. Nd6 Bxd6 34. exd6 Rxe1 35. Rxe1) 32. Rxd7
Bxc5 33. Bxc5 Nxc5 34. Rd4 Qe6 35. Qc2 b6 36. Rd6 Qc8 37. Qc4 h5 38. Rxg6+ Kf8
39. Rf6 Qd7 40. Rd6 Qf5 41. Rf6 Qd7 42. Rd1 Qc7 43. Qe2 h4 44. Qg4 Rd8 45.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 46. Rd6 hxg3+ 47. Kxg3 Qc7 48. Qh4 Ke8 49. Qh8+ Ke7 50. Qf6+ Ke8 51.
Rxc6 Qd7 52. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. d4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 c4 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 c5 12. a3 Ba5 13. Nxc5 Rb8 14. Qc2 Bc7 15.
Bd2 Ng4 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. f4 Qf6 18. Bc3 Bf5 19. Qa4 Bb6 20. Nd7 Bxd7 21. Qxd7
Rfd8 22. Qg4 Re8 23. Rae1 Re4 24. Qh5 Rd8 25. Rf3 g6 26. Qh3 Rde8 27. Ref1 Bc7
28. g4 a5 29. Be1 Bd8 30. g5 Qe7 31. Bd2 Bc7 32. Qh6 f5 33. gxf6 Qxf6 34. Rg3
Qf7 35. Rg2 Bd8 36. Rf3 Qf5 37. Rh3 R4e7 38. Rf3 Rb7 39. Bc3 Qb1+ 40. Rf1 Qf5
41. Rg3 Rb3 42. Qh3 Qxh3 43. Rxh3 Be7 44. e4 dxe4 45. f5 Bf6 46. Re3 g5 47.
Rfe1 Rb5 48. Rxe4 Rxe4 49. Rxe4 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 e5
9. Kh2 Nd4 10. Be3 b5 11. a3 Bd7 12. Ne2 a5 13. c3 Nxe2 14. Qxe2 Qe7 15. Nd2
Bc6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 cxb4 18. cxb4 Qe6 19. Rfc1 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Ra8 21. Rxa8+
Bxa8 22. Qd1 d5 23. Qa1 Bc6 24. Nb3 d4 25. Nc5 Qc8 26. Bd2 Nd7 27. Nb3 Nb6 28.
Qa7 Qb7 29. Qa5 Qb8 30. h4 Na4 31. Bh3 Bf8 32. Qa6 Qb7 33. Qxb7 Bxb7 34. Bd7
Be7 35. Na5 Ba8 36. Bxb5 Nc3 37. Bd7 Bxb4 38. Nc4 f6 39. f4 exf4 40. Bxf4 Ne2
41. Bd6 Bxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Qd2
Qa5 9. O-O Re8 10. Bh6 Bh8 11. Ng5 a6 12. f4 Qb4 13. Kh1 Qxb2 14. Rab1 Qa3 15.
e5 dxe5 16. d6 exf4 17. Rxf4 c4 18. Bxc4 Ne5 19. Qe2 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Be6 21. Nxe6
b5 22. Qc6 Rac8 23. Nc7 exd6 24. Rf3 Qa5 25. Qxa6 Qxc7 26. Nxb5 Qxc2 27. Rbf1
Qe2 28. a4 Rc2 29. Rg1 Ng4 30. Bf4 Nf2+ 31. Rxf2 Qxf2 32. Bg3 Qe3 33. Nxd6
Qxg1+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Qe2 Ne8 11. e5 Nac7 12. h4 b5 13. Nd1 Qd7 14. c4 f5 15. Bf4
Rb8 16. Rc1 Na6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. d4 Nb4 19. Nc3 Nc7 20. Qd2 Rfc8 21. Bg5 Bf8
22. Bh3 Qf7 23. Rfd1 Qe8 24. Bf1 a5 25. Be3 a4 26. Qe1 Nc6 27. Ne2 Nb4 28. Nc3
Nc6 29. Ne2 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bd2 Nge7 7. e3 O-O 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nf5 10. Qb3 Nce7 11. Bd3 b6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O Be6 14. Rac1 Qd7
15. Bb4 Nd6 16. Qc2 c6 17. Bxh7+ Kf7 18. Bd3 a5 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Nd2 Rfc8 21.
Rfe1 c5 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. e4 d4 24. Nc4 Bxc4 25. Bxc4+ Kf8 26. e5 fxe5 27. Qh7
Qh6 28. Qxh6 gxh6 29. Rxe5 Rab8 30. b3 Rc7 31. a4 Rb4 32. g3 Nc8 33. Bf1 Rxb3
34. Rexc5 Rxc5 35. Rxc5 Nb6 36. Rxa5 Ra3 37. Rf5+ Ke7 38. a5 Ke6 39. Rf4 Rxa5
40. Rxd4 Ra1 41. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 d5 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 c6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Nh5 Nxh5 13. Qxh5 f5 14. Qe2 Rc8 15.
f3 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. Rad1 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Rce8 20. f4 Nf6 21. e4
Ng4 22. e5 Be7 23. Rd3 Rc8 24. Qg2 Qh5 25. h3 Nh6 26. Bc1 g5 27. fxg5 Bxg5 28.
Bxg5 Qxg5 29. Ne2 Nf7 30. Nf4 Qh6 31. Qe2 Ng5 32. Kh2 Rfd8 33. Qh5 Qxh5 34.
Nxh5 Nf7 35. Re1 Kf8 36. g4 fxg4 37. hxg4 Ke7 38. Kg3 b5 39. c5 a5 40. Kf4 Rg8
41. Nf6 Rg7 42. Rh1 h6 43. a4 b4 44. Rd2 Rg6 45. Ke3 Rd8 46. Rdh2 Rb8 47. Rf2
Rh8 48. Rhf1 Nd8 49. Rf4 Rg7 50. Rh1 Rg6 51. Ne4 Rhg8 52. Kf3 R8g7 53. Nd2 Rg8
54. Nb3 Nb7 55. Kg3 R8g7 56. Rh2 Rg8 57. Rh4 Rh8 58. Kf3 Rh7 59. Nd2 Nd8 60.
Nc4 Nb7 61. Rh3 Rhg7 62. Ne3 Rh7 63. Rh2 Nd8 64. Ke4 Rf7 65. Nc4 Rxf4+ 66. Kxf4
Nb7 67. Kg3 Kf7 68. Nd2 Nd8 69. Nb3 Nb7 70. Rf2+ Kg7 71. Kh4 Kh7 72. Nc1 Nd8
73. Nb3 Nb7 74. Nd2 Rg8 75. Rf7+ Rg7 76. Rxg7+ Kxg7 77. Kh5 b3 78. Nxb3 Kh7 79.
d5 exd5 80. e6 Kg7 81. e7 Kf7 82. Kxh6 Kxe7 83. g5 Nd8 84. g6 Ne6 85. Nxa5 d4
86. Nxc6+ Kd7 87. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd2 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. e3
Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Rhg1 Rfd8 13. g4 g6 14. g5 Nh5 15.
Ne4 Bc7 16. Be2 a5 17. Bc3 Nb4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Nf6+ Nxf6 20. Bxf6 Ra1+ 21.
Kd2 Ba4+ 22. Nd4 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qxf6 24. gxf6 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 cxd4 26. exd4 Rxd4+
27. Kc2 Rxd1 28. Bxd1 Bxh2 29. c5 Be5 30. Kb3 Bxf6 31. Bf3 Bd4 32. Kxb4 Bxb2
33. Kc4 Be5 34. Bxb7 f5 35. Kd3 Kf7 36. Ke3 g5 37. Kf3 h5 38. Kg2 g4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 e5 10. O-O O-O 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+
Kg8 15. Qxe5 Re8 16. Qc3 Bf5 17. Be3 Qd3 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Qxd3 Bxd3 20. Rfe1
b6 21. f3 f6 22. Kf2 Kf7 23. h4 c5 24. g4 Rh8 25. Red1 Rd7 26. Rc3 Bf5 27.
Rxd7+ Bxd7 28. Rd3 Be6 29. Kg3 Re8 30. b3 Bc8 31. Bf4 Be6 32. Rd6 Re7 33. Rd8
Rb7 34. h5 Ke7 35. Rb8 Rxb8 36. Bxb8 Kd7 37. Bxa7 Kc7 38. f4 Kb7 39. Bxb6 Kxb6
40. g5 Bf5 41. g6 Kc6 42. Kh4 Be6 43. h6 gxh6 44. Kh5 Kd6 45. Kxh6 Ke7 46. g7
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[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 (15... hxg2 16. Bxg2 Nd7) 16. a4 Nb8 17. a5 Nbd7 18. gxh3 Nh5 19. Be3 f5
20. Nxh5 (20. d5) 20... Rxh5 21. Bg2 bxa5 22. O-O Nb6 23. Qb3 Ba6 24. Rfd1 Bxc4
25. Qa3 fxe4 26. fxe4 Be2 (26... a4) 27. dxc5 Nc4 28. Qa2 Nxe3 29. Qxe2 Qxc5 (
29... Nxd1 30. Qa6+ Kd7 31. c6+ Qxc6 32. Rb7+ Qxb7 33. Qxb7+ Ke8 34. Bf3) 30.
Rd4 e5 31. Qxe3 exd4 32. cxd4 Qg5 33. Qc3+ (33. Qb3) 33... Kd7 34. e5 Ke7 (
34... Rc8) 35. Qc7+ Kf8 36. e6 Kg8 37. Qf7+ Kh7 38. e7 Rb8 39. Re1 Qh4 40. Be4+
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 c6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Bg7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Nf4
Qa5 9. Be2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd3 Nbd7 12. O-O Re8 13. a4 Nf8 14. b4 Qc7 15.
a5 Ne6 16. Rd1 Nh5 17. Bf1 Qe7 18. Rb1 Kh8 19. Nc5 Nd4 20. Ne2 b6 21. Na4 bxa5
22. bxa5 Ne6 23. Qd2 Bf8 24. Qc3 Qc7 25. Nc1 Nhf4 26. g3 Nh5 27. Nd3 f6 28. Nb4
Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Qxd4 Be6 31. Nc5 Qxa5 32. Nxe6 Rxe6 33. Nd3 Rd6 34. Qa1
Qxa1 35. Rxa1 Rad8 36. Ra6 c5 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. Ra1 c4 39. Nf2 Rd2 40. Rd1 c3
41. Rxd2 cxd2 42. Nd1 Bc5+ 43. Kg2 f5 44. exf5 gxf5 45. Bb5 f4 46. g4 Nf6 47.
c4 h6 48. Kf1 Nh7 49. h4 Nf8 50. Ke2 Ng6 51. Nc3 Nxh4 52. Ne4 Be3 53. Ba4 Ng6
54. c5 Nf8 55. c6 Ne6 56. Nxd2 Bb6 57. Nb3 Kg7 58. Kd3 Kf6 59. Ke4 Bc7 60. Kd5
a6 61. Nd2 Ng5 62. Bd1 Ke7 63. Nc4 Nf7 64. Nb2 Nd6 65. Be2 a5 66. Ba6 Ne8 67.
Na4 Bd6 68. Ke4 Kf6 69. Nb6 Nc7 70. Bc4 Kg5 71. Bf1 Bc5 72. Na4 Bd6 73. Bc4 Kf6
74. Nc3 Be5 75. Na4 Bd6 76. Kd4 Be5+ 77. Kc5 Ke7 78. Nb6 Bd6+ 79. Kd4 Bb4 80.
Ke5 Bc3+ 81. Kf5 Kd6 82. Na4 Bd4 83. Kg6 Kxc6 84. Kxh6 Ne8 85. g5 Ng7 86. g6
Bf6 87. Kh7 Nf5 88. Bd3 Ng7 89. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Be3 f5
9. exf5 gxf5 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Qc2 Na6 12. g3 Nb4 13. Qb3 a5 14. O-O-O f4 15.
gxf4 Bf5 16. Ne1 (16. Rdg1 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nd7 18. Bg5 Nc5) 16... exf4 17. Bd4
Kh8 18. a3 c5 19. Bxf6 (19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Nc2) 19... Qxf6 20. axb4 axb4 21. Nb5
Ra1+ 22. Kd2 f3 (22... Rfa8) 23. Nc2 (23. Rxa1 Bh6+ 24. Kd1 fxe2+ 25. Kxe2 Bg6
26. f3 Re8+ 27. Kf2 Qe5) (23. Bxf3 Bb1 24. Ke2 Ba2 25. Qc2 Re8+ 26. Be4 b3) (
23. Nxf3 Bh6+ 24. Ke1 Bc1 25. Rg1 Rb1) 23... Bxc2 24. Kxc2 fxe2 25. Rxa1 Qg6+
26. Kd2 (26. Qd3 e1=N+ 27. Rhxe1 Rxf2+) 26... Bh6+ 27. Qe3 Rxf2 28. Rhe1 Bxe3+
29. Kxe3 Qg3+ 30. Kd2 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. e3 c6 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Nb6 9. b3 d5 10. cxd5 Nbxd5 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. h3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nd5
15. Bb2 Qa5 16. Rfc1 Rfd8 17. Rc5 Qb6 18. Rac1 e6 19. R5c4 Rd7 20. h4 h5 21.
Be4 Rad8 22. Bg2 a6 23. Qe1 Qc7 24. Bh3 Nb6 25. Rc5 Bf8 26. R5c2 Nd5 27. Rc4
Nb6 28. R4c2 Nd5 29. Rc4 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb6 15.
d5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. f4 Bf6 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qf3 exf4 20. e5 Bh4 21. Rd1 Bb7
22. Bxf4 Bxd5 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qe7 25. Ne3 Rad8 26. Qc6 (26. Bh6 Rxd1+ 27.
Rxd1 Rd8 28. Rf1) 26... Bg5 27. g3 Bxf4 28. gxf4 Nc4 29. Nxc4 bxc4 30. Qf6 (30.
Qe4) 30... Qxf6 31. exf6 Rd4 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Rc1 Rc8 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. b3 c3
36. Ke2 Rc6 37. Kd3 Rxf6 38. Kxd4 Rxf4+ 39. Kc5 Rf2 40. a4 Rxh2 41. Kb6 g5 42.
Kxa6 Rb2 43. Rxc3 g4 44. a5 h5 45. Kb6 h4 46. a6 g3 47. a7 Ra2 48. Rc8+ Ke7 49.
Rc7+ Kd8 50. Rxf7 h3 51. a8=Q+ Rxa8 52. Rf8+ Kd7 53. Rxa8 h2 54. Rg8 h1=Q 55.
Rxg3 Qc6+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Ba6 7. e4 d5 8. e5
Ng8 9. Nh3 Ne7 10. Bg5 Bxc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. O-O Qd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 Nc6
15. f5 O-O-O 16. Qg4 h6 17. a4 Qd7 18. Nf4 Rhg8 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe6 Qxe6 21.
Nxe6 Rde8 22. Nf4 Ne7 23. a5 b5 24. a6 c6 25. Rf3 Ref8 26. Raf1 Kd7 27. h4 g5
28. hxg5 Rxg5 29. Ne2 Rxf3 30. Rxf3 c5 31. Rf6 cxd4 32. Rd6+ Ke8 33. cxd4 Rg6
34. e6 Rg5 35. Rb6 Rd5 36. Rb7 Nc6 37. Nc3 Rxd4 38. Nxb5 Rd1+ 39. Kf2 c3 40.
Nxc3 Rd2+ 41. Kg1 Nd8 42. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxb3 13. N2xb3 Qd7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6
15. Be3 Bf5 16. Rfd1 Qg6 17. f3 c6 18. Qf2 Rfe8 19. Re1 f6 20. Bd4 fxe5 21.
Bxe5 a5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 c5 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Nxa5 Qb6 26. b4 Qb5 27. Nb3
cxb4 28. Nd4 Qd7 29. Nxf5 Qxf5 30. Qd4 bxc3 31. Bxg7 c2 32. Bh6 Qf7 33. Rc1 Bf6
34. Qg4+ Kh8 35. Rxc2 Qa7+ 36. Kf1 Qa6+ 37. Kf2 Qb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Qd4 11. f4 Bc5 12. Rf1 Bb6 13. c3 Qd6 14. b4 Nb7 15.
Na3 O-O 16. Nac4 Qc7 17. a4 a5 (17... a6) 18. Rb1 axb4 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Ba3
Qc7 21. cxb4 Nd5 22. g3 Bh3 23. Rc1 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 c5 25. bxc5 Rfd8 26. Qc2 Na5
27. c6 f6 (27... e3 28. d4 Nf6) 28. Ng6 Qf7 29. c7 Qxg6 30. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 31.
Rb1 Nxf4 32. Qc7 Ne6 33. Qxa5 e3 34. d3 Rxd3 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. Bb4 Rb3 (36...
Qe4 37. Qa8 Rd5 38. Kg1 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+) 37. Qd5 Rb1+ 38. Be1 Rxb8 39. Qxe6
Re8 40. Qd7 Kh8 41. Bd3 f5 42. a5 e2+ 43. Kg2 Rf8 44. Qe7 Qc6+ 45. Kh3 Rf6 46.
a6 Qc8 47. Qb7 Qe8 48. a7 Rf8 49. Bb5 Qe3 50. a8=Q Rxa8 51. Qxa8+ Kh7 52. Qd5
Kg6 53. Bd3 Qg5 54. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. O-O Rb8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Rac1
Ba7 15. e3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Ne4 Qxc2 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Rxc2 Ba4 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Rd2 Rc8 22. h3 Bb6 23. b3 Rc1+ 24. Kh2 Bb5 25. Nd4 Ba5 26. Rc2 Rxc2
27. Nxc2 Bd3 28. b4 Bc7 29. Ne1 Bc4 30. Bxb7 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a3
Ba5 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 cxd4 11. exd4 a6 12. Ba2 b5 13. b4 Bb6 14. d5 exd5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Ra7 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Qb2 Nf6 19. Bh6 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Ng4 21.
Qd4 Nxh6 22. Rac1 Qe7 23. Re1 Be6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rc6 Nf5 26. Qf2 a5 27.
Rcxe6 Qd7 28. R6e5 axb4 29. axb4 Rc7 30. Qb6 Rb7 31. Qc5 Rc8 32. Ng5 g6 33. Qf2
Rbc7 34. Ne4 Kh8 35. Nc5 Qf7 36. g4 Ng7 37. Qd4 Rf8 38. R5e2 Kg8 39. g5 Qf5 40.
Rg2 Rcf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Nc4 c5 12. a4 f6 13. Nfd2 Be7 14. f4 exf4
15. Rxf4 Nf8 16. Qh5 Be6 17. Raf1 Qd7 18. Ne3 Bf7 19. Qd1 Bd6 20. R4f2 Ng6 21.
Ng4 Be6 22. Ne3 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nf5 Be5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. h3 Ra2 27. Nf3
Nxf3+ 28. Rxf3 c4 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Kh1 cxd3 31. Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Qd7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. d5 Na5 15.
Qc2 c6 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Nbd2 Rac8 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Nf1 Nc4 20. b3 Nb6 21. Ne3
d5 22. Ng4 d4 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qb2 dxc3 25. Rxc3 Nd7 26. Rec1 Rxc3 27. Qxc3
Qd6 28. Qc6 Nf6 29. Qxd6 Rxd6 30. Nxe5 Nxe4 31. f3 Ng5 32. f4 Ne6 33. f5 Nd8
34. Rc8 Kf8 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Ke3 Rd1 37. Ra8 Kf6 38. Nd3 Nc6 39. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

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

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Be7 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Bf6 8. d4
Bg4 9. d5 Na5 10. Bc2 Ne7 11. a4 O-O 12. Na3 c6 13. b4 Nc4 14. Nxc4 bxc4 15.
dxc6 Qc7 16. h3 Be6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Nxc6 19. a5 Rad8 20. Qe2 Na7 21. Qe3
Bc8 22. Rfd1 f6 23. Nf3 Rf7 24. Rd2 Bd7 25. Qb6 Bb5 26. Qe3 Rfd7 27. Nh4 g6 28.
f4 d5 29. exd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Be4 Rd7 32. fxe5 Qxe5 33. Nf3 Qg3 34. Re1
Kg7 35. Nd4 Qd6 36. Bf3 Ba4 37. Ne6+ Kg8 38. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Bd3 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. O-O Qc8 10. Qe2 d5 11. h3 Qb7 12. Ne5 Rac8 13. a4 Rfd8 (13... Nc7) 14.
Rfb1 Nb8 15. a5 b5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Nb3 Rcc8 18. a6 Nxa6 (18... Qb6 19. Ra5 b4
20. Rb5 Qe6 21. Rxb4 Nh5 22. Nd4 Qd6) 19. Nd4 Nc5 (19... Rd6 20. Nxg6 Rb6 21.
Ne5 Nc5) 20. Qxb5 Qxb5 21. Nxb5 a6 22. Na7 Ra8 23. Nac6 Re8 24. Ra5 Nb7 25. Ra3
Ne4 26. Rba1 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 f6 28. Bh2 Nbc5 29. Nb4 Red8 30. Nxa6 Nd3 31. f3 Nd6
32. Nb4 Rxa3 33. bxa3 Nc5 (33... Nxb4 34. Bxd6 Nc6 35. Bc5) 34. Nc6 Rd7 35.
Nxe7+ Kf7 36. Nxd5 Nc4 37. e4 Rb7 38. Nb4 Rd7 39. Bg3 Rd2 40. Bf2 Nb3 41. Rb1
Nba5 42. a4 f5 43. Be1 Rb2 44. Rxb2 Nxb2 45. Kf2 fxe4 46. fxe4 Nxa4 47. Ke3 Nc5
48. Nd3 Ne6 49. Ne5+ Kf6 50. c4 Nb7 51. Nd3 Ned8 52. Bc3+ Ke6 53. Nf4+ Kd6 54.
Bb4+ Kd7 55. Nd5 Nc6 56. Bc3 Ke6 57. Nf4+ Kd7 58. Nd3 Nd6 59. c5 Nc4+ 60. Kf4
Ke6 61. Kg5 Ne3 62. Nf4+ Kf7 63. e5 Nd8 64. Ba5 Nc6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D49"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 Bb7 13. O-O gxf6 14. Bxb5 Rg8
15. Bf4 Ra5 16. a4 Rxb5 17. axb5 Ne5 18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. Ra7 Qd5 20. Rxb7 Qxb7
21. g3 Bd6 22. Re1 f6 23. Qb3 Kf7 24. Nxd4 Qd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. Nf5 Ke6 27.
Nxd6 Kxd6 28. Rc1 d4 29. Rc6+ Kd5 30. Rxf6 Rc8 31. Kf1 Rc2 32. Rf7 Rxb2 33.
Rxh7 Rb1+ 34. Ke2 Rb2+ 35. Kf1 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 e4 37. Rd7+ Kc4 38. h4 Rb2 39. Kf1
Rb1+ 40. Kg2 Rb2 41. Kf1 Rb1+ 42. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Ne2 Bg4 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Ng3 Rfd8 14. Be2 Nf8
15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qe6 17. Nd3 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Ng6 19. Rac1 Qa6 20. a3 Ba5 21.
Nxc5 Qxe2 22. Nxe2 Bb6 23. Na4 Ne4 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 a6 26. f3 Nd6 27. Rxc8
Rxc8 28. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b3
Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. e4 Nf8 12. d5 c5 13. Ne1 Nh5 14. Bf3 Qd8 15. Qe2
Nf6 16. a3 h5 17. b4 b6 18. Bg2 N8h7 19. Nf3 Rf8 20. Bd2 Ne8 21. b5 Bf6 22. a4
a5 23. bxa6 Rxa6 24. Nb5 Bg4 25. h3 Bd7 26. Ra3 Ng5 27. Nxg5 Bxg5 28. Be1 Qc8
29. Kh2 Bd8 30. Rda1 h4 31. g4 f6 32. f3 g5 33. Bf1 Qa8 34. Qb2 Kf7 35. Bd3 Ke7
36. Bc3 Nc7 37. Be2 Nxb5 38. cxb5 Ra7 39. Bc4 Bc7 40. Qa2 Qb7 41. Kg2 Qa8 42.
Qd2 Rb8 43. Qb2 Kf7 44. R1a2 Rbb7 45. Kf1 Ra5 46. Ke2 Raa7 47. Qa1 Qh8 48. Kd2
Ke7 49. Kc2 Kd8 50. Kb3 Kc8 51. Qb2 Bd8 52. Qa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

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

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Na5 8.
Ne5 (8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. e4) 8... Nd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10.
cxd5 exd5 11. Bf4 Bb5 12. h4 (12. Qb1 Bc4 13. Qb4 b6 14. e4) 12... O-O 13. Rb1
Qd7 14. Rh3 Rfe8 15. Rg3 Nc4 16. Bh6 g6 17. Qc1 Nd6 18. Qf4 (18. h5) 18... Ba6
(18... Nf5 19. Rxb5 Re4) 19. e3 (19. h5 Re4 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Qg5) 19... Nf5
20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. Rb7 Rab8 22. Rxc7 Rb1+ 23. Ke2 Qa4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 Re8 6. Nge2 e5 7. dxe5 Rxe5 8.
O-O Re8 9. Nd5 Bf8 10. Ng3 (10. Qc2 g6 11. Bd2 Bg7 12. Bc3) 10... d6 11. Bd2
Nbd7 12. Bc3 g6 13. Qd2 Bg7 14. Rac1 h5 15. f3 c6 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. e4 Be6 18.
Ne2 Qe7 19. Rcd1 Rad8 20. Rfe1 d5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. e5 (22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Bd4)
22... Ne4 23. Qc2 (23. fxe4 dxe4 24. Nf4 exd3 25. Nxd3 Bg4 26. Rc1 Bf5) 23...
Nxc3 24. Nxc3 (24. Qxc3) 24... Qb4 (24... Qg5 25. Qe2 d4) 25. Nb5 (25. Qf2)
25... Bd7 26. a3 Qf4 27. Nd6 Bxe5 28. Nxe8 Qxh2+ 29. Kf1 Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Bd4+ 31.
Re3 Qh4+ 32. g3 Qh2+ 33. Ke1 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Be2 Ne4 7. O-O c5 8. Qc1
cxd4 9. Bxd4 Bxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Qe3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 e6 14. Rfd1
Qf6 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Rac8 17. Ng4 Qf4 18. c3 h5 19. Ne3 Rc7 20. g3 Qf6 21.
Rd3 Rfc8 22. Re1 b5 23. Nc2 Ne7 24. Rf3 Nf5 25. Qd2 Qg7 26. Rd3 a5 27. Ne3 Nd6
28. f3 Qf6 29. Kg2 Nf5 30. Re2 Qg5 31. a3 h4 32. f4 Qh5 33. Nxf5 gxf5 34. gxh4
Rxc3 35. Rg3+ Kh7 36. Rf2 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Qe1 Qxh4 39. Qe5 Rg8 40. Rff3
Rc2+ 41. Kf1 Rxh2 42. Qe3 Ra8 43. Rg7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

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

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nf3 Nxc3
8. bxc3 c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Rb1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Be4
Na5 15. Qd3 h6 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Ne5 Rac8 18. Rbc1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rc3
Rxc3 21. Qxc3 f6 22. Ng6 Kf7 23. Qd3 Qc8 24. h4 Qc4 25. Qe4 Nc6 26. Nf4 Ne7 27.
h5 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qc6 29. Qd3 Nd5 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Qd3 Qc7 32. g3 Nxf4 33. gxf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Qe7
8. Qxe7+ Kxe7 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Bxb3 11. axb3 Na6 12. Nd4 Kd7 13. Nf5 g6 14.
Nxd6 Kxd6 15. Ra4 Nc7 16. d3 Ne6 17. Bd2 f5 18. f3 a6 19. g4 b5 20. Ra5 Rhe8
21. b4 Kc7 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Raa1 Kb7 24. Rae1 Rad8 25. Kf2 Rd5 26. Rg1 Rc8 27.
Rg3 f4 28. Rh3 h5 29. Rh4 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 Nf8 9. Nf3 Ng6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. h4 Nf8 12. Ne5 N6d7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Kb1
Bxg5 15. hxg5 O-O-O 16. Na4 Qe7 17. Rc1 Kb8 18. Qb3 Rd6 19. Qb4 Qd8 20. Nc5 Bc8
21. Rc3 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Bf5 Ree8 24. Bxc8 Qxc8 25. Qd6+ Qc7 26. Qh2 Re6
27. Rcc1 f6 28. Qh3 Qe7 29. Qg3+ Ka8 30. Rh5 g6 31. gxf6 Qxf6 32. Rh6 a6 33.
Rch1 Qf5+ 34. Ka1 Rf8 35. f3 Rxe3 36. Rxh7 Qf4 37. Qxg6 Rfe8 38. Rd1 Re1 39.
Rh1 R1e2 40. a3 Qe3 41. Rd3 Qf2 42. Rb1 Qxg2 43. Qf7 R2e7 44. Qf4 Qg6 45. Rbd1
Re2 46. Ka2 R2e7 47. Rb3 Rf7 48. Qd2 Qe6 49. Rc1 Qe2 50. Qb4 Qe7 51. Qa5 Qc7
52. Rb6 Re6 53. Rc3 Rd6 54. Rcb3 Qc8 55. R6b4 Rdd7 56. Ra4 Rc7 57. Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. d5 Nb8 8. g4 c6
9. g5 Ne8 10. a3 a6 11. Be3 b5 12. Be2 c5 13. a4 b4 14. Nb1 f5 15. gxf6 Bxf6
16. Nbd2 Nd7 17. Nc4 a5 18. b3 Nb6 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Nd2 Qd8 21. Bb5 (21. Rg1
Bh4 22. Bg4) 21... Bg5 22. Ke2 (22. Qe2 Bxe3 23. Qxe3) 22... Bf4 23. Qg1 Ra7
24. Qg2 Raf7 25. Rag1 Qh4 26. Bxe8 Rxe8 27. Bxf4 Qxf4 28. Qg3 Ba6+ 29. Ke1 Qf6
30. Rh2 Rc8 31. Qg4 Rcc7 32. Nc4 Bxc4 33. bxc4 Qe7 34. Rhg2 Rf4 35. Qe2 Qe8 36.
Rg4 Rcf7 37. Rxf4 Rxf4 38. Rg4 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 g5 5. Bg3 Ne4 6. Nbd2 Nxg3 7. hxg3 Bg7 8.
c3 d6 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. O-O-O a5 13. e4 a4 14. a3 Na5 15.
Rde1 O-O-O 16. Kb1 Kb8 17. e5 d5 18. g4 Rc8 19. Qd1 c5 20. Bc2 Qe8 21. dxc5
Rxc5 22. g3 Nc6 23. Re3 Ra5 24. Rhe1 Bf8 25. c4 Bc5 26. R3e2 Ne7 27. Ka1 Qd8
28. Rh1 Ba7 29. Qb1 Rc5 30. cxd5 exd5 31. Bf5 Nxf5 32. gxf5 Bb5 33. Ree1 Rc7
34. Rh2 g4 35. Nh4 Qg5 36. f4 gxf3 37. Nhxf3 Qxg3 38. e6 fxe6 39. fxe6 Rhc8 40.
Rxh6 Bf2 41. Reh1 Qg4 42. Rg6 Qf4 43. Rg5 Qd6 44. Qf5 Be3 45. Qxd5 Qxd5 46.
Rxd5 Bc6 47. Rhh5 Bxd5 48. Rxd5 Re7 49. Re5 Bh6 50. Re4 Rc6 51. Rxa4 Rexe6 52.
Re4 Rf6 53. Ka2 Kc7 54. Re7+ Kc8 55. Re2 Rc2 56. Kb1 Rcc6 57. Nd4 Rcd6 58. N2b3
Bg7 59. Ka2 Rf1 60. Nc2 Rf5 61. Rg2 Bf6 62. Nb4 Kd7 63. Rh2 Kc7 64. Nc2 Rg5 65.
Nd2 Re6 66. Nb4 Bg7 67. Kb3 Re3+ 68. Ka2 Re6 69. Kb3 Re3+ 70. Ka2 Re8 71. Kb3
Kb8 72. Nb1 Re3+ 73. Nc3 Reg3 74. Rd2 Rg2 75. Rxg2 Rxg2 76. Nd3 Rh2 77. Kc4 Rd2
78. a4 Ka7 79. Nb5+ Kb6 80. b4 Rc2+ 81. Kb3 Rg2 82. Nc3 Rg3 83. Kc4 Rg4+ 84.
Kb3 Rg3 85. Kc4 Bxc3 86. a5+ Kc7 87. Kxc3 Kc6 88. Kc4 Rg4+ 89. Kc3 Kb5 90. Nc5
Rc4+ 91. Kd3 Rxb4 92. Nxb7 Kc6 93. a6 Kd5 94. Nd8 Rd4+ 95. Ke3 Re4+ 96. Kd3 Rf4
97. a7 Ra4 98. Nf7 Rxa7 99. Ng5 Ra3+ 100. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. c5 Nc6 8. Bb5
O-O 9. O-O Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Bf6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bf4 a5 14. a4 Re8
15. Rfe1 Ba6 16. Rab1 Qc8 17. b4 axb4 18. Rxb4 Bd8 19. Rb2 Bc4 20. Reb1 Ba5 21.
Qc2 f6 22. Rb7 Ba6 23. Rb8 Qd7 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. h3 Qe8 26. Rb3 Bc4 27. Rb7 Ba6
28. Rb3 Bc4 29. Rb7 Ba6 30. Rb3 Qd7 31. Qb1 Re8 32. Rb8 g5 33. Bd6 Rxb8 34.
Qxb8+ Qc8 35. Qb3 Qb7 36. Qe3 Qf7 37. Nh2 Bc8 38. Ng4 Kg7 39. h4 h6 40. hxg5
hxg5 41. Qh3 Bd8 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. a5 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Nh6 7. Qc1 Ng4 8. Bd2
Nd4 9. h3 Ne5 10. Nce2 Qb6 11. f4 Nxc2+ 12. Qxc2 Qxb2 13. Qxb2 Nxd3+ 14. Kf1
Bxb2 15. Rb1 Be6 16. Bc3 (16. Rxb2 Nxb2 17. Bc3 O-O 18. Bxb2 Bxa2) 16... Bxa2 (
16... Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Bc4) 17. Rxb2 Nxb2 18. Bxb2 (18. Bxh8 f6) 18... Rg8 19. Kf2
Bc4 20. Nf3 Bxe2 21. Kxe2 Kd7 22. Rd1 a5 23. Ne5+ Kc7 (23... Ke6 24. f5+) 24.
Nxf7 a4 25. e5 a3 26. Ba1 Rge8 27. Ng5 Ra5 28. Ne6+ Kd7 29. Bd5 a2 30. g4 Rc8
31. Ng5 Rf8 32. f5 gxf5 33. gxf5 h6 34. Be6+ Kc7 35. exd6+ exd6 36. Ne4 Ra3 37.
Nxd6 Rxh3 38. Be5 Ra8 39. Nc4+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. c4 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 b6 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O c5 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 cxd4 14.
exd4 Nb4 15. Qa4 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 a5 17. a3 Nd5 18. Rc6 Rxc6 19. Qxc6 Rd8 20. Rc1
h6 21. g3 Nb8 22. Qc4 Qb7 23. Ne5 Nd7 24. Ne4 N7f6 25. Nd2 Ne7 26. Qc7 Qxc7 27.
Rxc7 Rxd4 28. Rxe7 Rxd2 29. Nxf7 Nd7 30. Nd8 Kf8 31. Rxe6 Nc5 32. Rxb6 Rxd8 33.
Rb5 Nd3 34. Rxa5 Nxb2 35. Kg2 Rd4 36. h4 Rd2 37. a4 Nd1 38. Rf5+ Ke7 39. Kf1
Ra2 40. a5 Ke6 41. Rf4 Rxa5 42. Re4+ Re5 43. Rd4 Nc3 44. Kg2 Nd5 45. Ra4 Nf6
46. g4 h5 47. Ra6+ Kf7 48. g5 Nd5 49. Kg3 Ne7 50. Ra7 Re4 51. f3 Rd4 52. g6+
Ke6 53. Ra6+ Rd6 54. Rxd6+ Kxd6 55. Kf4 Ke6 56. Kg5 Nd5 57. f4 Nf6 58. f5+ Kd5
59. Kf4 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a4 c4 10. Bc2 Nbd7 11. e4 Be7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Rfd1 h6 15.
Bf4 Nf8 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Nf1 Qc7 18. Bg3 N6d7 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21.
Ra3 f6 (21... Qf4 22. Rg3 e5) 22. Rg3 Nf8 23. e5 (23. Qh5) 23... Qe7 (23...
fxe5 24. dxe5 Qc7 25. Rd6 Red8) 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Ne3 Rad8 26. Ng4 Qf4 27. Qe3
Qxe3 28. fxe3 Kh8 29. Rf1 Re7 30. Ne5 Kg8 31. Ng4 Kh8 32. Ne5 Kg8 33. Rf6 Nd7
34. Nxd7 Rdxd7 35. Rxh6 e5 36. Bf5 exd4 37. Bxd7 Rxd7 38. exd4 b4 39. a5 c3 40.
bxc3 bxc3 41. Rh5 c2 42. Rc5 Be4 43. Kf2 Rb7 44. Rgc3 Rb2 45. Ke3 Bh7 46. h4
Kf7 47. Rc7+ Ke6 48. R3c6+ Kd5 49. Rc5+ Kd6 50. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E26"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8. e4
d6 9. Ne2 e5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Qa4 Qc7 12. d5 Na5 13. Ng3 O-O 14. Qd1 Re8 15. Nf5
Nf8 16. Ne3 Ng6 17. g3 Qe7 18. Ra2 Bh3 19. Re1 Bd7 20. f3 a6 21. a4 Reb8 22.
Bf1 Qe8 23. Nf5 Qf8 24. Rb2 f6 25. f4 Nh8 26. Qg4 Bxf5 27. Qxf5 Nf7 28. Qh5 Rb7
29. Qe2 Qe8 30. Qd1 Rab8 31. Bd3 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. cxb5 c4 34. Bc2 Qc8 35.
Ba4 Nb3 36. Be3 Ra8 37. Ra2 Rxb5 38. Bxb3 cxb3 39. Rxa8 Qxa8 40. c4 Rb4 41. Bd2
Qa7+ 42. Kh1 Rb8 43. Qf3 Qd4 44. Qc3 Qf2 45. Qe3 Qxe3 46. Bxe3 b2 47. Rb1 Rb3
48. c5 Rxe3 49. Rxb2 g6 50. c6 Rc3 51. Rb7 Kg7 52. c7 Rc2 53. Kg1 h5 54. h4 Rc4
55. Kg2 Rc2+ 56. Kf1 Rc4 57. Kg2 Rc2+ 58. Kf1 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B37"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nb5 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
N1c3 O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5 Bb7 14. O-O
e5 15. Be3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. a4 Bb7 18. Qd2 Qh4 19. f3 h6 20. Qxd6 e4 21.
f4 Bxb2 22. Rad1 Rac8 23. f5 Rfd8 24. Bd7 Rc6 25. Qg3 Qxg3 26. hxg3 Rc3 27. Bb6
e3 28. Bxd8 Rc2 29. Rf3 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Rd2 31. Re1 Rxd7 32. Bb6 gxf5 33. f4 Rd2
34. Bxe3 Rd3 35. a5 Ra3 36. Bb6 Rxg3+ 37. Kf2 Ra3 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. Ra8 Ra4 40.
Ke3 Bc1+ 41. Kd3 Bxf4 42. a6 Ra3+ 43. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. c5 Rb8 6. Bf4 Nge7 7. e3 a6 8. Nc3
Ng6 9. Bg3 Be7 10. Qd1 Qd7 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. O-O f5 14. Rab1 Nh8
15. b4 g5 16. a4 Ng6 17. h3 f4 18. Bh2 a5 19. b5 Nb4 20. Qe2 b6 21. c6 Qd6 22.
Rfe1 Bf6 23. exf4 gxf4 24. Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Kf7 26. Re2 Rfe8 27. Rbe1 Rxe2
28. Rxe2 Rd8 29. Kf1 Nd3 30. Rd2 Nc5 31. dxc5 Bxc3 32. Rd3 d4 33. cxb6 cxb6 34.
g3 Ne7 35. Ng5+ Kg6 36. Ne6 Rd6 37. Nxf4+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

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

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. a4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nb4 10. Nd5 Nbxd5 11. exd5 Nd7 12. a5 Bf6 13. c3 (13. Ne6 fxe6 14.
dxe6 Kh8 15. exd7 Bxd7 16. Bd3 Qe8) 13... Ne5 14. Bb3 Re8 15. Bc2 Bd7 16. f4
Ng6 17. Qd3 c5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 d5 21. Bd2 Nf8 22. Qd3 c5
23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 c4 25. Qe2 Qc7 26. Qf3 Rd8 27. Bf2 d4 28. Qe4 g6 (28...
d3 29. Bb6 Qb8 30. Bd1) (28... Qb8 29. cxd4 Re8 30. Qf5 Re2) 29. cxd4 Rb8 30.
d5 (30. Ra2) 30... Rxb2 31. Rd1 c3 32. d6 (32. Bb6 Qe7 33. Qxe7 Bxe7 34. Re1)
32... Qxa5 33. d7 Qc7 34. Qe8 Bd8 35. Qe4 Bf6 36. Qe8 Rb8 37. Kh1 (37. Bb3 Rxb3
38. d8=Q Bxd8 39. Rxd8 Qxd8 40. Qxd8 c2 41. Be3 Rxe3 42. Qd2 Re2) 37... Rd8 38.
Ba4 c2 39. Rc1 Qxf4 40. Be3 Qxa4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 e5 9. a3 exd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Ne5 12. Bb3 Bf5 13. Nd4 Qc8 14. Ra5
b5 15. Rxb5 Re8 16. f4 Bg4 17. Qc2 Ned7 18. Qa2 Rf8 19. h3 Bh5 20. g4 Nxg4 21.
Rxh5 Ngf6 22. Rg5 Ne4 23. Rg2 Ndf6 24. Kh2 a5 25. bxa5 c5 26. Nf3 Qc7 27. a6
Ra7 28. Bc2 Re8 29. c4 Re6 30. Qb2 Raxa6 31. Ng5 Nxg5 32. Rxg5 Ne8 33. Re5 Rxe5
34. Qxe5 Qxe5 35. fxe5 Nc7 36. Be4 Kf8 37. Bd5 Ne6 38. e4 Ke7 39. Be3 Ra3 40.
Bg1 h6 41. Rb1 Ra2+ 42. Kh1 Ng5 43. Bxc5+ Kd7 44. Rb3 Re2 45. Re3 Rf2 46. Kg1
Rd2 47. Bb6 Ne6 48. c5 Nd4 49. Bxf7 g5 50. Bc4 Rc2 51. Rd3 Rxc4 52. Rxd4+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E56"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Ba5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. c4 Qc3 13. cxd5 Qxa1 14. Qc2
Na5 15. e4 Bd7 16. Bb2 Qa2 17. Nd4 Rfc8 18. Ra1 Rxc5 19. Rxa2 Rxc2 20. Nxc2 Rc8
21. f3 Bb5 22. Ne1 Bxd3 23. Nxd3 Nd7 24. Bd4 b6 25. Nb4 Rc4 26. Be3 f5 27. exf5
Kf7 28. Re2 Kf6 29. g4 Ne5 30. Kg2 g6 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. h4 Nf7 33. Kg3 Nb3 34.
Nc6 Rc3 35. Bf2 Rd3 36. Re3 Rxe3 37. Bxe3 Nd6 38. Bg5+ Kf7 39. Nxa7 Nc5 40. Bf4
Nc4 41. Nb5 Ke7 42. h5 gxh5 43. gxh5 Kf6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Nf3 a6 9. O-O b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nb1 O-O 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Rfc1 Qb8
15. Nb3 Ne4 16. Bh4 a5 17. Bb5 Ndf6 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Bc7 20. Bg3 Ne4 21.
Bxc7 Qxc7 22. c6 Bc8 23. Bd3 Nf6 24. Nd4 e5 25. Nb5 Qe7 26. Qc2 e4 27. Be2 Qe5
28. Qd2 Ng4 29. Bxg4 Bxg4 30. Rc5 Be6 31. Qd4 Qg5 32. Qxe4 dxe4 33. Rxg5 Rfc8
34. Rc5 Ra6 35. Nd4 Kf8 36. Rac1 Ke7 37. h4 Kd6 38. Kh2 g6 39. Kg3 Bd5 40. Kf4
h6 41. Nb5+ Ke6 42. b3 f6 43. Nd4+ Kd6 44. h5 g5+ 45. Kf5 Bf7 46. Kxf6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "212"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 g6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bb3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nxb3 14. axb3 Ng4
15. Bf4 f6 16. exf6 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Nxf6 18. Rae1 Nd5 19. Be5 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bxe5
21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 e6 23. Rd1 b5 24. Kg1 Ra7 25. Rc5 Raf7 26. Ne5 Rf5 27.
h4 Rf4 28. Rd6 Re4 29. Rb6 Re1+ 30. Kh2 a5 31. Rbxb5 Ba6 32. Rxa5 Bf1 33. Nd3
Re2 34. Rg5 Rxc2 35. Nc5 Rff2 36. Ra8+ Kf7 37. Ra7+ Kg8 38. Ra8+ Kf7 39. Ra7+
Kg8 40. Nxe6 Bxg2 41. Nd4 Rcd2 42. Re7 Bf1+ 43. Kg1 Bd3 44. Re1 Kg7 45. b4 Kh6
46. Rd1 Rg2+ 47. Rxg2 Rxd1+ 48. Kf2 Rc1 49. Rg3 Rxc3 50. Re3 Rc4 51. Rxd3 Rxb4
52. Nf3 Kh5 53. Rd5+ Kg4 54. Rg5+ Kf4 55. Ng1 Rb2+ 56. Ne2+ Ke4 57. Rc5 h6 58.
Rc6 Kf5 59. Kf3 Rb3+ 60. Nc3 Ke5 61. Kg4 Rb4+ 62. Kg3 Rb3 63. Kg4 Rb4+ 64. Kg3
Rb3 65. Rc4 Kf5 66. Rf4+ Ke5 67. Rf3 Rb4 68. Re3+ Kf5 69. Nd5 Rg4+ 70. Kh3 Rd4
71. Ne7+ Kf6 72. Nc6 Rd5 73. Rf3+ Kg7 74. Rg3 Rd1 75. Kg4 Rh1 76. Nd4 Kf6 77.
Nf3 Ra1 78. Kh3 Rb1 79. Rg1 Rb3 80. Kg3 Ra3 81. Rc1 Rb3 82. Rc6+ Kf5 83. Rc5+
Kf6 84. Rd5 Ra3 85. Kg4 Ra6 86. Rd4 Kg7 87. Rd7+ Kf6 88. Kg3 Ra3 89. Rd4 Rb3
90. Kg4 Rb5 91. Rd3 Rb4+ 92. Kg3 Rb6 93. Nh2 Rb7 94. Ng4+ Kg7 95. Kf3 Rf7+ 96.
Ke3 Re7+ 97. Kd4 Rd7+ 98. Ke4 Rxd3 99. Kxd3 h5 100. Nh2 Kf6 101. Nf3 Kf5 102.
Ke3 Kg4 103. Kf2 Kh3 104. Ke2 Kg3 105. Ke3 Kg4 106. Ke4 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

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

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nf3 Nxc3
8. bxc3 O-O 9. e3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bh7+ Kh8 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4
Nd7 15. O-O c5 16. a4 Rab8 17. Rfb1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rfc8 19. Qd3 Qd8 20. Rc1
Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rc4 Kg8 23. h3 Rc7 24. Qc2 Rxc4 25. Qxc4 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke7
27. Qb4+ Ke8 28. Qc3 Kf8 29. Ke2 Qb8 30. Qc6 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O h6 8. h3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. e4 e5 11. Be3 a6 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Qc2 Re8 14. a3 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Ne5 (15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 c5) 16. Bf1 Ng6 (16... c5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5
Qc7) 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. g3 Nxe4 19. Bc1 f5 20. Bg2 Ne5 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Nxe4 Nf7
23. Qb3 Rab8 24. Bd2 Qe6 (24... Be6 25. Qc2 Bf5 26. f4 c6) 25. Qxe6 Rxe6 26.
Nxd6 cxd6 27. Bd5 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Kf8 29. Rc1 Nd8 30. Rc7 Be6 (30... Rc8 31. Ba5
) 31. Bxe6 Nxe6 32. Rd7 Ng5 33. Bxg5 hxg5 34. Rxd6 Rc8 35. Kg2 Rc5 36. Rb6 Rc7
37. Kf3 Rf7+ 38. Kg4 Rxf2 39. Rxb7 Rh2 40. a4 a5 41. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D29"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. a4 Nbd7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Nc3 b4 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. e4 cxd4
15. Nfxd4 Nc5 16. e5 Nfd7 17. Bf4 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 Be7 19. Rd1 Ba6 20. Nc7+ Qxc7
21. Qxa6 O-O 22. Nd4 Nc5 23. Qc4 Rd8 24. Ra1 Qb7 25. Be3 Bf8 26. h3 Ra8 27.
Rxa8 Qxa8 28. Qxb4 Qe4 29. Qb5 Nd3 30. Nf3 Nf4 31. Qe8 h6 32. Kh2 Nd3 33. Qb5
g5 34. b3 Bg7 35. Qe8+ Bf8 36. Qb8 Kg7 37. Qb5 Kg6 38. Qa4 Qd5 39. Qd4 Qxd4 40.
Bxd4 Kf5 41. Nd2 Bb4 42. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. b3 Bf6 11. Bb2 a5 12. Qd2 Na6 13. Rfd1 Qe8 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15.
Nxg2 g5 16. Re1 Qg6 17. f3 Bg7 18. e3 d6 19. Rad1 Rae8 20. Re2 Kh8 21. Rf1 e5
22. a3 Qh5 23. Ne1 Qf7 24. Qd3 Nb8 25. Rg2 Nd7 26. a4 Re7 27. Nc2 Qg6 28. b4
exd4 29. exd4 Rfe8 30. bxa5 bxa5 31. Bc3 c5 32. Bxa5 cxd4 33. Nxd4 Nc5 34. Qd1
f4 35. gxf4 Nd3 36. Nc6 Re3 37. Bd2 R3e6 38. Rxg5 Qf7 39. Nb4 Nb2 40. Qc2 Re2
41. Bc3 Rxc2 42. Bxg7+ Qxg7 43. Rxg7 Rxc4 44. Rb7 Rg8+ 45. Kh1 Rg7 46. Rb8+ Rg8
47. Rb7 Rg7 48. Rb5 Nxa4 49. Nd5 Rc8 50. f5 Nc3 51. Rc1 Rgc7 52. Rxc3 Rxc3 53.
Nxc3 Rxc3 54. Kg2 Kg7 55. Rb7+ Kf6 56. Rxh7 Kxf5 57. Kg3 d5 58. Rd7 Ke6 59. Rd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 f5 4. b3 Nf6 5. Bb2 Be7 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Be2 a5
9. h3 Ne4 10. d3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bf6 12. d4 Qe8 13. O-O Nd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5
Be7 16. a3 b6 17. b4 a4 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Bd4 Bd8 20. Rac1 Bb7 21. f4 Bc7 22.
Bd3 Qe6 23. g4 fxg4 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Bg6 c5 26. f5 Qe7 27. hxg4 Qh4 28. Rf2
Kg8 29. Rh2 Qxg4+ 30. Rg2 Qh3 31. bxc5 Bxe5 32. Qe2 Bxd4 33. exd4 Rf6 34. Qe7
bxc5 35. Bh5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. O-O a6 8.
Qb3 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. a4 b6 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Nc4 Nd5 14. Rfc1 a5 15.
Na3 Bc6 16. Nb5 Qb7 17. Bg5 N5f6 18. e4 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Ne8 20. Nd2 g5 21. Be3 Ne5
22. Bf1 Ng4 23. Nc4 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Bf6 25. Be2 Bg7 26. Rf1 Rd7 27. Rf2 Bxb5 28.
Qxb5 Nd6 29. Nxd6 Rxd6 30. e5 Bxe5 31. d4 Rxd4 32. exd4 Bxd4 33. Raf1 Rd8 34.
Qb3 Qd5 35. Qxd5 Rxd5 36. Bc4 Bxf2+ 37. Rxf2 Rd4 38. b3 Kg7 39. Kf1 Kg6 40. Ke2
Rd6 41. Rf3 f5 42. Rd3 Rxd3 43. Kxd3 Kf6 44. Ba6 Ke5 45. Kc4 f4 46. gxf4+ Kxf4
47. Kb5 h5 48. Kxb6 g4 49. Kxa5 h4 50. Kb6 e5 51. Bf1 g3 52. hxg3+ hxg3 53. a5
e4 54. a6 e3 55. a7 e2 56. Bxe2 g2 57. a8=Q g1=Q 58. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. e5 Qd8 8. Bd3
d5 9. Ne2 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Rad1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Be7 15.
Nf4 g5 16. Ne2 g4 17. Ne1 Nxd4 18. Bxa6 Nc6 19. Bc4 Bg5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Nc5 8. Bc2 a5
9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. g4 Kh7 12. Nf3 Ng8 13. Rg1 Ne7 14. Qd2 c6 15. h4 cxd5
16. cxd5 b5 17. h5 b4 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Bxa4 gxh5 20. gxh5 Ng8 21. Rg3 f5 22.
exf5 Bxf5 23. Ke2 Rc8 24. Rag1 Rf7 25. Ke1 Be4 26. Bd1 Qe7 27. Qe2 Bf5 28. Rg6
Kh8 29. R6g3 Bh7 30. Qa6 Qd8 31. Nh4 Ra8 32. Qc4 Nf6 33. Ng6+ Bxg6 34. Rxg6 Rc8
35. Qd3 e4 36. Qd2 Ng8 37. Bg4 Rc4 38. Be6 Re7 39. Bxg8 Qxg8 40. Rxh6+ Bxh6 41.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 42. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. Qd2 d5 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
Nxd5 Bxd4 9. Nxc7+ Kf7 (9... Qxc7 10. Bxc6+ Qxc6 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Nf3) 10. Nf3
(10. Nxa8 Bxf2+ 11. Kd1 Be3 12. Qxd8 Rxd8+ 13. Ke1 Nd4 14. Rb1 Nxc2+) 10...
Bxb2 (10... Bxf2+ 11. Kxf2 Qxc7) 11. Rb1 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Bc3 13. Rb3 (13. Nxa8
Rd8 14. Rd1 Be6) 13... Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Be6 15. Nxe6 Kxe6 16. Rxb7 Rhd8+ 17. Kc1
Nd4 18. Re1 Rac8 19. Rb2 Rc5 20. e3 Nb5 21. Rd1 Rdc8 22. Rd5 (22. Rd2) 22...
Rxd5 23. Bxd5+ Kxd5 24. Rxb5+ Ke4 25. Rb7 Re8 26. Rxa7 (26. Kd2 Kf3 27. Ke1 Rc8
) 26... Kf3 27. a4 Kxf2 28. a5 g5 29. a6 Kxe3 30. Rb7 e5 31. a7 (31. Rb5 e4 32.
Rxf5 Ra8 33. Rf6) 31... Ra8 32. Rxh7 f4 33. gxf4 gxf4 34. Kd1 f3 35. c4 Rd8+
36. Kc2 f2 37. Rf7 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. d5 Bc8 15.
Nf1 Bd7 16. N3h2 Rfc8 17. Bd3 Nb7 18. b4 a5 19. Bd2 axb4 20. Bxb4 Nc5 21. a3
Qa7 22. Ng3 Bd8 23. Bf1 Ba5 24. Qf3 Qb6 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. hxg4 g6 27. Rab1 Qd8
28. Qe3 Qh4 29. Be2 Bxg4 30. Bxb5 Bb6 31. Bc6 Rab8 32. Bd2 Bd7 33. Bxd7 Nxd7
34. Qd3 Bd4 35. Be3 Nc5 36. Qc2 Bxe3 37. Rxe3 Rxb1+ 38. Qxb1 Qd8 39. Nf1 Rb8
40. Qc2 Ra8 41. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 e5 7. Nge2 Qe7 8. O-O
e4 9. h3 h5 10. Nf4 c6 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Ba3 a6 14. Bb2 Nb6 15. c5
Nbd7 16. a4 d5 17. b5 h4 18. Ba3 Nf8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Rab1 g5 21. Nh5 g4 22.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Rb6 gxh3 24. Bh1 Qg5 25. Kh2 Bg4 26. Qd2 Re6 27. Ne2 Bxe2 28.
Qxe2 hxg3+ 29. fxg3 Rg6 30. g4 Nd7 31. Rf5 Qh4 32. Rh5 Qd8 33. a5 Nf6 34. Rh4
Qc7+ 35. Kxh3 Bh6 36. Bb4 Bg5 37. Be1 Kg7 38. Rh5 Qd7 39. Kh2 Nxg4+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Be7 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Bf6 8. a4
Bd7 9. d4 Na5 10. Bc2 Ne7 11. b4 Nb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Nd8 17. Qh5 Qa2 18. Bd3 Ng6 19. g3 h6 20. Nf3 Qe6 21. Na3
c6 22. Nc2 O-O 23. Ne3 Re8 24. Nd2 Qd6 25. Qe2 Bh3 26. Rd1 Ne6 27. Nb3 Qe7 28.
Qh5 Ng5 29. Nc5 Qf6 30. Nf5 Kh7 31. Bc2 Rd8 32. Nd7 Qe6 33. Bb3 Qe8 34. Nf6+
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Rb1
Nc5 9. b4 Ne6 10. Ng5 c6 11. b5 Qc7 (11... Bd7 12. Nxe6 fxe6) 12. bxc6 bxc6 13.
Nb5 cxb5 14. Bxa8 bxc4 15. Nxe6 (15. dxc4 Nxg5 16. Bxg5 Bh3 17. Bg2) 15... Bxe6
16. Bg2 c3 17. Rb7 Qa5 18. Be3 a6 19. Qc2 Rc8 20. Rfb1 Nd7 21. a4 d5 22. Bb6
Nxb6 23. R7xb6 (23. R1xb6 Bd7 24. Rxa6 Qxa6 25. Rxd7 Qb6 26. Bxd5 Qb2 27. Bxf7+
Kf8 28. Bb3 Rb8 29. Qxb2 cxb2 30. Ba2) 23... Bd7 24. Rb8 Rxb8 25. Rxb8+ Bf8 26.
Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Qxc3 Kg7 28. a5 Bd6 29. Rb6 Bh3 30. e4 Qa2 31. Qb2 Qxa5 32. Qb1
Bc5 33. Rb2 Bd4 34. Ra2 Qb5 35. Qxb5 axb5 36. Ra5 b4 37. Rb5 Bc3 38. f4 Bd7 39.
Rb7 Bc6 40. Rb8 Ba4 41. fxe5 b3 42. Rb7 Bxe5 43. Kf2 b2 44. Ke3 Bc2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Qe1 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Kh1 Re8 14. Qf2 Bf8 15.
Bd2 d5 16. Nxd5 Rxc2 17. fxe5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nxe5 19. Nd4 Nd3 20. Nxc2 Nxf2+ 21.
Rxf2 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Bc3 Qc4 24. Raf1 f6 25. Rd1 Re2 26. b3 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 d6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 Bg7 7. d5 Nb8 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rb1 Nbd7 13. Be2 Ne8 14. b3 e5 15.
dxe6 fxe6 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. Rbd1 Rd8 18. f4 Ndf6 19. Bf3 Nc7 20. g4 b5 21. g5
Nfe8 22. h4 b4 23. Ne4 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 d5 25. Nf2 Qg7 26. Qxg7+ Nxg7 27. Ng4 Nf5
28. Kf2 dxc4 29. bxc4 a5 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Nd7 Rf7 32. Nxc5 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Nxh4
34. Nd7 Nxf3 35. Kxf3 Nd5 36. Nc5 Nc7 37. Ke4 h6 38. Rd6 hxg5 39. fxg5 Kf8 40.
Rc6 Ke8 41. Ke5 Kd8 42. Rb6 Kc8 43. Kd6 Rf2 44. Kc6 Rc2 45. Rb7 Ne8 46. Ra7 Kb8
47. Re7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

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

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. e5 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ndf3 Bd7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3
Nge7 9. Bf4 Bb6 10. Bg3 Bc7 11. Qe2 Qb8 12. Kf1 Nf5 13. Bf4 Nfe7 14. Bg3 h6 15.
h4 f6 16. Re1 O-O 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. g4 Raf8 20. g5 R6f7 21. gxh6
gxh6 22. Rh2 Rg7 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Nc6 26. Re3 e5 27. Rg2 Rf4
28. Reg3 Rxg3 29. Rxg3+ Kf7 30. Bg6+ Kf6 31. h5 e4 32. Ke2 Ne5 33. Ke3 Rg4 34.
Kd4 Rxg3 35. fxg3 Nxg6 36. hxg6 Bg4 37. c4 dxc4 38. Kxe4 Kxg6 39. Kf4 h5 40.
Ke4 Kf6 41. Kd4 b5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E30"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 g5 6. Bg3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nxg3 8.
hxg3 d5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Nd7 11. e3 c6 12. Nf3 Qf6 13. Be2 Nf8 14. b4 Bd7
15. Ne5 Ng6 16. f4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qg6 18. Bh5 Qe4 19. O-O dxc4 20. Bxf7+ Ke7 21.
Bh5 Raf8 22. Bf3 Qd3 23. Qxd3 cxd3 24. Be4 d2 25. Rxf8 Rxf8 26. Rd1 a5 27. Rxd2
axb4 28. axb4 Ra8 29. Kf2 Ra3 30. Rb2 Be8 31. g4 Kd8 32. Bf3 Kc7 33. Be2 Rc3
34. Bf3 Bg6 35. b5 Rc2+ 36. Rxc2 Bxc2 37. bxc6 bxc6 38. Ke1 Kb6 39. Kd2 Bb1 40.
Kc3 Ba2 41. Be2 Bd5 42. g3 c5 43. Bc4 Bf3 44. Bxe6 Kc6 45. Kd3 Bg2 46. Bf5 Bf1+
47. Kd2 cxd4 48. exd4 Bg2 49. Ke3 Kd5 50. Bc2 Bh3 51. Bb3+ Kc6 52. Kf3 Bf1 53.
Ke4 Bh3 54. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxb5 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qg4 Be7 13. Be2 Nd7 14. h4 h5 15.
Qg3 Nb6 16. O-O a5 17. Rb1 b4 18. f4 Qd7 19. Ra1 b3 20. f5 gxf5 21. Nh3 a4 22.
Qg7 O-O-O 23. Bg5 a3 24. Qxf7 Bxg5 25. Nxg5 Qxf7 26. Nxf7 a2 27. Nxd8 Kxd8 28.
Rfd1 Rg8 29. d5 Bxd5 30. Bf3 Ke7 31. Kf2 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Nd5 33. Rd2 Nxc3 34. Ke3
Nd5+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Nbd2 b6 8. b3
Bb7 9. Bb2 Rc8 10. Rc1 c6 11. e3 Qc7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4 Rfd8 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. Qg4 (16. Bxd5 Bc5) 16... c5 (16... Ba6 17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. Bd4 Nd3
19. Rc2) 17. Nf3 Qc6 (17... Kh8 18. Nd4 Nf8) 18. e6 Nf6 19. exf7+ Kf8 20. Qh3
h6 21. Ne5 Qd6 22. Qf5 Rc7 23. g4 Bc8 24. Qg6 Nxg4 25. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bf4 Kh7 11. h3 e6 12. Bd6 Rh8 13. e5 Ne8 14. Ne4 Na5 15. Nfd2
Nxd6 16. Nxd6 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rf8 18. f4 f6 19. Qe2 Nc6 20. Nf3 a6 21. h4 h5 22.
Qe4 Qc7 23. Rae1 Rab8 24. Rh1 Ne7 25. b3 Qc6 26. Re2 fxe5 27. fxe5 Qxe4 28.
Nxe4 Nc6 29. Rf1 Kg8 30. Nd6 Rxf3 31. Rxf3 Nd4 32. Re4 Nxf3 33. Kxf3 Rf8+ 34.
Ke2 Rb8 35. a4 Bf8 36. d4 Bxd6 37. exd6 Rc8 38. d5 Kf8 39. dxe6 dxe6 40. Rf4+
Kg7 41. Rf1 Rd8 42. Rd1 Kf6 43. Ke3 Kf5 44. d7 Ke5 45. Rd2 Kf5 46. Rd6 Ke5 47.
Rd1 Kf5 48. b4 a5 49. b5 Kg4 50. Ke4 Kxg3 51. Ke5 Kxh4 52. Kxe6 g5 53. Ke7 Ra8
54. d8=Q Rxd8 55. Kxd8 g4 56. Kc7 g3 57. Kxb6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

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

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxb5 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qg4 Be7 13. Be2 Nd7 14. h4 h5 15.
Qg3 Nb6 16. O-O a5 17. d5 (17. Rb1 b4 18. f4 Qd7 19. Ra1 b3) 17... Nxd5 18. Rd1
Qc7 19. Ne4 O-O-O (19... Rg8 20. Bg5 f6 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. exd6 Qd7) 20. Bg5
Bxg5 21. Qxg5 a4 (21... f6 22. exf6 Nf4) 22. Qg3 f5 (22... Bc6) 23. Nd6+ Rxd6
24. exd6 f4 25. Qxg6 Qxd6 26. Bf3 Bc6 27. Re1 Re8 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Rad1 Qf5
30. Qxf5 exf5 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. f3 Kc7 33. Kf2 Kb6 34. Ke2 Ka5 35. Rb1 a3 36.
Kd2 b4 37. cxb4+ Ka4 38. Kc3 a2 39. Ra1 Ka3 40. Kxc4 Kb2 41. Rd1 a1=Q 42. Rxa1
Kxa1 43. b5 Bd7 44. b6 Bc8 45. Kd4 Kb2 46. Ke5 Kc3 47. Kxf4 Kd4 48. Kg5 Ke5 49.
Kxh5 Kf6 50. g4 Bb7 51. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 Rb8 7. O-O e6 8. a3
Nge7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 b5 11. Bh6 Nd4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 e5
15. c3 dxc3 16. bxc3 Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. f4 f6 19. h3 Nc6 20. Rab1 Qa5 21. Kh2
Nd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Rb4 Qxa3 24. Rxd4 Bg8 25. e5 fxe5 26. fxe5 Rxf1 27. Bxf1
dxe5 28. Rd7+ Bf7 29. Bg2 Re8 30. Rb7 a6 31. Qf2 Re7 32. Rb6 Re6 33. Rxe6 Bxe6
34. Qa7+ Kf6 35. d4 exd4 36. Qxd4+ Kf7 37. Qh8 Qf8 38. Qxh7+ Qg7 39. Qh4 Qxc3
40. Qf4+ Qf6 41. Qd6 Bc4 42. Qc7+ Kf8 43. h4 Bf7 44. Qc1 b4 45. Qc5+ Qe7 46.
Qd4 Kg8 47. h5 g5 48. Bf3 a5 49. g4 a4 50. Be4 Qc7+ 51. Kg2 Qc8 52. Bf5 Qc6+
53. Be4 Qc8 54. Bf5 Qc6+ 55. Be4 Qc8 56. Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Rd1
Re8 9. Nc3 c6 10. e4 a6 11. h3 b5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 Qe7 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
a4 Bb7 16. Nd2 b4 17. Ne2 Bf8 18. Nc4 Qe6 19. Nc1 Ba6 20. b3 Bxc4 21. bxc4 Bc5
22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. a5 Reb8 24. Nb3 Nfd7 25. f4 Qe7 26. f5 Rb7 27. Kh2 Rba7 28.
Rdb1 Rb7 29. Qd2 Na6 30. Rb2 Ndc5 31. Nxc5 Qxc5 32. f6 Nc7 33. Ra4 Na6 34. Qh6
Qf8 35. Qg5 Nc5 36. Ra1 h6 37. Qe3 Kh7 38. Rd2 Ne6 39. a6 Rba7 40. Rda2 c5 41.
h4 Qd6 42. h5 g5 43. Qf2 Nd4 44. Rd2 Kg8 45. Rda2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Qxd1+
8. Nxd1 Ne4 9. Bg2 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Nc5 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nc3 O-O-O 13. f4 Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Na4 15. Rc1 Bd5 16. Bh3+ Kb8 17. Rg1 Rhe8 18. Kf2 Be4 19. Rgd1 Rxd1 20.
Rxd1 Nxc3 21. Rc1 Nxa2 22. Ra1 Nb4 23. Bxa7+ Ka8 24. Bb6+ Kb8 25. Ba7+ Ka8 26.
Be3+ Na6 27. Ra4 Bd5 28. Bd7 Rd8 29. Bb5 Be6 30. Bxa6 bxa6 31. Rxa6+ Kb7 32.
Ra5 Rd1 33. Rc5 Rh1 34. Kg2 Ra1 35. Rb5+ Kc6 36. Rc5+ Kd7 37. f5 Bxf5 38. Rxc4
Ra6 39. g4 Be6 40. Rd4+ Kc8 41. Kf3 Ra5 42. g5 c5 (42... Rxe5 43. Rh4 Bf5 44.
Bd4) 43. Rh4 c4 44. Rxh7 g6 45. Rh8+ Kc7 46. Rd8 Bd5+ 47. Kf2 c3 48. Rd6 c2 49.
h4 Bc4 50. Rd4 Ba6 51. Rf4 (51. Bf4 Kc6 52. Rd6+) 51... Rxe5 52. Rxf7+ Kc6 53.
Rf6+ Kd5 54. Rxa6 (54. Bf4 Re4 55. Bc1 Rxe2+ 56. Kf3 Re1 57. Bd2 Bd3 58. h5
gxh5 59. Rh6 Re6 60. Rh8 Bg6) 54... Rxe3 55. Ra1 Rc3 56. Rc1 Kc4 57. Ke1 Kb3
58. Kd2 Kb2 59. Rxc2+ Rxc2+ 60. Kd3 Kb3 61. e4 Rc4 62. e5 Kb4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Qd2 Be7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Ne4 Bf5 13. Nc5 a5 14. b3 Nd7 15.
Bd3 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Ndxe5 17. Bxf5 Qxd2+ 18. Bxd2 exf5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bc3 Rfe8
21. Rhe1 f6 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 fxe5 24. Rd7 Rc8 25. Kd2 h5 26. h4 Kh7 27.
Rd5 Re8 28. Rd7 Rc8 29. Rd5 Re8 30. c6 bxc6 31. Rxa5 Kg6 32. Rc5 f4 33. Rxc6+
Kf5 34. Rxc7 g5 35. hxg5 Rg8 36. Ke1 Rxg5 37. Kf2 h4 38. Rh7 Kg4 39. c5 e4 40.
b4 e3+ 41. Ke2 Kg3 42. c6 Rg8 43. Rf7 Rh8 44. Rg7+ Kh2 45. Kf3 Re8 46. Ke2 Ra8
47. a3 Rxa3 48. Kf3 Ra2 49. Kxf4 e2 50. Re7 Rb2 51. Kf3 Rxb4 52. Rxe2 Rb3+ 53.
Re3 Rb2 54. Rc3 Rxg2 55. Rc4 Rg3+ 56. Kf4 Kh3 57. Rc1 Rg4+ 58. Kf5 Ra4 59. c7
Ra5+ 60. Kf4 Ra4+ 61. Kf3 Ra3+ 62. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Qc2
a5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. O-O-O d5 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Be1 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Bd5 16. f3 Bxc4 17. fxe4 Qb5 18. a4 Qb3 19. Qxb3 Bxb3 20. Rd3 Bxa4 21.
exf5 Rxf5 22. Rc3 c6 23. Bg3 Raf8 24. b3 Bb5 25. Kb2 a4 26. Ra1 axb3 27. Kxb3
h6 28. Kb2 Rf1 29. Rxf1 Rxf1 30. Bc7 Rf2+ 31. Rc2 Rf7 32. Bg3 Ra7 33. Rc3 Kh7
34. Bb8 Rb7 35. Be5 Kg6 36. e4 Rf7 37. Kb3 Kh7 38. h4 h5 39. Kb4 Ra7 40. Kb3
Rf7 41. Kb4 Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. f3 Nd7 8. Be3
e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Bb1 Qh4+ 11. Bf2 Qg5 12. Ng3 h5 13. h4 Qe7 14. Nge2 c5 15.
dxc6 bxc6 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Ne5 18. Bc2 Nxc4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd4+ Ne5
21. O-O-O Qf6 22. Qxd6 Be6 23. Qd2 Qe7 24. Qd6 Qf6 25. Qd2 Qe7 26. f4 Nc4 27.
Qd4+ f6 28. f5 Rad8 29. Qf2 Bf7 30. Bb3 gxf5 31. Qg3+ Kh7 32. Bxc4 Bxc4 33.
exf5 Bf7 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Re1 Qd7 36. Ne4 Qd4 37. Qe3 Kg7 38. Qg3+ Kh6 39.
Qf4+ Kh7 40. Qd2 Qc4+ 41. Qc3 Kg7 42. Qxc4 Bxc4 43. Nc3 Rd4 44. g3 Kf7 45. b3
Bd3 46. Re6 c5 47. Rc6 Bxf5 48. Rxc5 Rd3 49. Rc7+ Ke8 50. Nb5 a6 51. Rc5 Bg4
52. Nc7+ Ke7 53. Nxa6 Rxg3 54. Rc7+ Kd6 55. Rf7 f5 56. b4 Ke6 57. Rf8 Ke7 58.
Rc8 f4 59. Rc7+ Kd6 60. Rf7 f3 61. b5 Ke6 62. Rf8 Bf5 63. Nc5+ Ke5 64. Kd2 f2
65. Ke2 Rf3 66. Rxf5+ Kxf5 67. Kf1 Kf4 68. Ne6+ Ke3 69. Ng7 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

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

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D49"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. Qf3 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 Qd5
15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxb5+ Ke7 17. Ke2 f6 18. Nc6+ Kd6 19. Nxb4 Nxb4 20. Bd2 Nxa2
21. Bb4+ Kd5 22. Bd3 Rb8 23. Ba3 Nb4 24. Rhc1 Nxd3 25. Kxd3 Ba6+ 26. Kd2 Rhc8
27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Be7 Bb5 29. Ra5 Rb8 30. Ba3 Rb7 31. Ra8 e5 32. f3 Bf1 33.
Rd8+ Ke6 34. g4 Bg2 35. Rd6+ Kf7 36. f4 exf4 37. Rxd4 g5 38. Rd3 Rc7 39. Bb4
Be4 40. Rd6 Rc2+ 41. Ke1 Bf3 42. Bc3 Bxg4 43. Rxf6+ Kg8 44. h4 Re2+ 45. Kf1 f3
46. hxg5 Bh3+ 47. Kg1 Rg2+ 48. Kh1 f2 49. Bd4 Rg1+ 50. Kh2 f1=Q 51. Rxf1 Rxf1
52. Kxh3 Rf4 53. Bc5 Rf5 54. b4 Rxg5 55. Kh4 Rd5 56. Kg4 Kf7 57. Kf4 Ke6 58.
Kg4 Rf5 59. Bd4 h5+ 60. Kg3 Rg5+ 61. Kh3 Kf5 62. Bc5 Kg6 63. Bd6 Rd5 64. Bc5
Re5 65. Bd6 Re3+ 66. Kh4 Re4+ 67. Kg3 h4+ 68. Kg2 Kh5 69. Kh2 Kg4 70. Kg2 Re2+
71. Kg1 Rb2 72. Bb8 Rxb4 73. Bc7 Rb2 74. Bd6 Kf3 75. Bc7 Rg2+ 76. Kh1 Rg6 77.
Bb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Rd1 Nd5 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15.
Bd2 N7f6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Ngf3 Qb6 18. Qe1 Qd6 19. a3 Rfe8 20. Ba2 Qb8 21. Bb1
Nb6 22. h4 Nc4 23. Bc1 Qa8 24. Qe2 Be4 25. Re1 Bxb1 26. Rxb1 Qd5 27. g4 Nxe5
28. Nxe5 Nd7 29. Qf3 Nxe5 30. Qxd5 exd5 31. dxe5 Bxh4 32. Re2 f6 33. e6 Rc6 34.
Be3 Rexe6 35. Rd2 Rc4 36. Rxd5 Rxg4+ 37. Kf1 Bg5 38. Bxg5 Rxg5 39. Rxg5 fxg5
40. Rd1 Rc6 41. Rd7 Kh7 42. Ra7 Kg6 43. b3 g4 44. a4 bxa4 45. bxa4 h5 46. a5
Rf6 47. Kg2 h4 48. Rb7 Kh6 49. Rb6 Kh5 50. Kg1 h3 51. Rb7 g6 52. Rb4 Rf5 53.
Ra4 g5 54. Ra2 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O h6 8. d3
Bc5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qc2 Bh7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Nf6 14. Ne5 Qb6
15. Nd3 Nxe4 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qc3 f6 18. Qe3 Nd3 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Bc3 Rfe8
21. Qg4 Rad8 22. Qh5 Ne5 23. Rad1 Bg6 24. Qh4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nd3 26. Bd4 (26.
Qd4) 26... Qa5 27. h3 (27. Bxf6 Re1+ 28. Bf1 Kh7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qd4+ Qe5 31.
Rxd3 Bxd3 32. Qxd3) 27... Kh7 28. Bf3 Ne1 (28... Qxa2 29. Bh5 Qxb3 30. Bxg6+
Kxg6 31. Qg4+ Kf7 32. Qh5+ g6 33. Qf3 Qxd1+) 29. Bh1 Nc2 30. Bf3 Re1+ 31. Rxe1
Qxe1+ 32. Kh2 b6 33. Qf4 c5 34. Be3 Nxe3 35. Qxe3 Qxe3 36. fxe3 Bb1 37. a3 a5
38. Bd1 Kg6 39. Kg2 Kf5 40. Kf3 Ke5 41. a4 g5 42. Ke2 Bf5 43. g4 Bb1 44. Kf3 f5
45. gxf5 Kxf5 46. Kf2 Be4 47. Kg3 Kg6 48. Kf2 h5 49. Kg3 h4+ 50. Kf2 Bf5 51.
Kg2 Kf6 52. Kh2 Ke6 (52... Ke6 53. Kg2 Ke5 54. Kh2 Bb1 55. Kg2 Ke4 56. Kf2 Kd3)
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bd2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Rfd1
Nxc3 15. Rxc3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qe7 17. Rdc1 Nc5 18. b4 Ne4 19. R3c2 Nd6 20. Ba6
Rxc2 21. Rxc2 e5 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Rd8 24. h3 g6 25. Qb2 Kg7 26. Be2 Ne8
27. Qc3 Kg8 28. a4 Kg7 29. a5 bxa5 30. bxa5 Rd7 31. f4 f6 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. Rc5
Kf6 34. Rc6+ Kg7 35. Rc8 Nd6 36. Rc5 Kf6 37. Rc6 Kg7 38. Bg4 Nf5 39. Kh2 h5 40.
Bxf5 gxf5 41. Rc5 h4 42. Kg1 Qd6 43. Rc6 Qd5 44. Rc4 Kg6 45. Rxh4 Qd2 46. Qc6+
Qd6 47. Qa8 Qf6 48. Qg8+ Rg7 49. Qe8+ Rf7 50. Rh8 Kg5 51. a6 e4 52. Qg8+ Rg7
53. Qb8 Kg6 54. Qe8+ Qf7 55. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 Ne8 9. Qd2 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. f4 Nc7 12. O-O-O d6 13. Bf3 Bd7 14. h3 Na5
15. Qe2 e5 16. Nb3 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 e4 18. Bh5 Ne8 19. Bxe8 Bxe8 20. Qd2 a5 21.
Bd4 a4 22. b4 Bf7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. g4 Bg6 26. g5 Bf7 27. Nd5 Bxd5
28. Qxd5+ Kh8 29. Qd4+ Kg8 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. c5 Qe8 32. cxd6 Qd7 33. Kb1 a3 34.
Rc1 a2+ 35. Ka1 Rfc8 36. Qe5+ Kg8 37. Rc7 Rxc7 38. dxc7 Re8 39. Qxe8+ Qxe8 40.
Rd1 Kf7 41. Rd8 Qb5 42. c8=Q e3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bb3
O-O 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Nf3 Nc5 11. Qe1 Nxb3 12. axb3 Qc7 13. Kh1 e6 14. Be3 Bd7 15.
Bd4 Bc6 16. Qh4 Nxe4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Ng5 Bxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Qxc2+
21. Qf2 Rac8 22. Rac1 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 d5 24. h4 Rc6 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. Ra1 Rb8
27. Rxa6 h6 28. Nf3 Rxb3 29. Rxc6 Rxb2+ 30. Kg3 Rb7 31. Ne5 Rb3+ 32. Kg2 Rb2+
33. Kf3 Rb3+ 34. Kg2 Rb7 35. Kg3 Kf6 36. Ng4+ Kg7 37. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O a6 10. Be2 Bd7 11. f4 Qb6 12. Bh5 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14.
Rxd4 Rg8 15. g3 Be7 16. Rf1 Bc6 17. f5 Rg5 18. Be2 Bd8 19. Rxd6 Ke7 20. Rdd1
Bc7 21. Bf3 Be5 22. Ne2 Bb5 23. Rfe1 Rgg8 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Bg2 Bc7 26. Nf3 Rad8
27. Rd2 Bc8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rd1 Rg8 30. Bh3 Bd7 31. Nh4 Bc6 32. Bg2 Be5 33.
Bf3 Rg5 34. c3 Rg8 35. Re1 b5 36. Bd1 Bc7 37. Nf3 Bb7 38. Nd4 e5 39. Nc2 Bd6
40. Bf3 Rc8 41. a3 a5 42. Kb1 Bb8 43. Ne3 Ba7 44. Nd5+ Bxd5 45. exd5 b4 46.
axb4 axb4 47. cxb4 Bd4 48. Rc1 Rxc1+ 49. Kxc1 Bg1 50. h3 Bf2 51. g4 Be1 52. b5
Ba5 53. Kc2 Kd6 54. Kd3 Kc5 55. d6 Kxd6 56. Kc4 Bb6 57. b4 Bf2 58. Be4 Bb6 59.
Bc2 Bf2 60. Bb1 Bb6 61. Be4 Bf2 62. Bf3 Bb6 63. Kd3 Bf2 64. Be4 Bb6 65. Ke2 Bd4
66. Kf3 Bc3 67. b6 Bxb4 68. b7 Kc7 69. Ke2 Bc5 70. Kd3 Bf2 71. Kc4 Be1 72. Kb5
Bf2 73. Ka6 Kb8 74. Bd5 Bd4 75. Bxf7 e4 76. Bd5 e3 77. Bf3 Be5 78. h4 Bg3 79.
g5 fxg5 80. hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E26"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 d6 8. Ne2
e5 9. O-O Nd7 10. e4 b6 11. Ng3 g6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. Rd1 Bb7 15.
Nf1 O-O-O 16. Ne3 Na5 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. Rb1 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nb8 20. a4 Kc7 21. Bd2
Nb7 22. Rb2 Qe7 23. Rdb1 Rd6 24. Be3 a5 25. Ba6 Nd7 26. Qb5 Nd8 27. Qc4 f5 28.
Rb5 Qf6 29. f4 Re8 30. Bxc5 bxc5 31. Rxc5+ Nxc5 32. Qxc5+ Kd7 33. Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1
Qh5 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Nc6 12. Bf4 Bf6 13. Qd2 Kh8 (13... Bd7
14. Rae1 Rae8) 14. Rae1 Bd7 15. c5 dxc5 (15... Nxd4 16. Rxd4 (16. Nxd4 e5)
16... Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Bc6) 16. dxc5 e5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bc6 19. Bxf6 Bxe4
20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21. Qd4+ Rf6 22. Rxe4 Raf8 23. h4 Kh8 24. Re7 Qf5 25. f4 Qg6 26.
Kh2 R8f7 27. Re8+ Kg7 28. Be4 Qg4 29. Bd5 Qd7 30. Qe5 h6 31. Bxf7 Kxf7 32. Rf8+
Kxf8 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. h5
Qd1 39. Qg6+ Kh8 40. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. d4
Bb7 9. Nbd2 Rc8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Bh3
Ndxe5 15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. exf3 Nf6 17. Bxc8 Qxc8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qd4 c5 20.
Qxf6 Qd8 21. Qf4 d4 22. Rfe1 Qd5 23. Kg2 f6 24. Re7 Rf7 25. Rce1 d3 26. Qg4+
Qg5 27. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[PlyCount "228"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

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

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. O-O
Bxd2 (8... Nxd2 9. Nxd2) 9. Nxd2 Qh4 10. f3 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 O-O 12. b4 Nc6 13. c5
a6 14. Bc3 Ne7 15. Qf2 Qh5 16. Bd2 Rf6 17. a4 Ng6 18. g3 Nh8 19. Be2 Nf7 20. f4
Qg6 21. Rfc1 Be4 22. cxb6 cxb6 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Rc8+ Nd8 25. Rxd8+ Rf8 26.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qe2 Ra8 28. a5 bxa5 29. bxa5 Qe8 30. a6 Kg8 31. d5 Bxd5 32. Bc3
Qc8 33. Qd3 Qc5 34. Ra5 Qc4 35. Qxc4 Bxc4 36. a7 d6 37. Bb4 Bd5 38. Bxd6 Rc8
39. Bc5 Kf7 40. Kf2 Ke8 41. Ke2 h6 42. Kd3 g5 43. Rb5 Kd7 44. Kd4 g4 45. Rb8 h5
46. Bb6 Bf3 47. Ke5 Bd5 48. Kf6 Re8 49. Kg5 Rc8 50. Kxh5 Be4 51. Kg5 Bd5 52.
Kf6 Re8 53. Bd4 Rc8 54. Be5 Re8 55. Kf7 Rc8 56. Rb6 Bc6 57. Bb8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D25"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Bxc4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. Be3
Nfd7 9. Be2 Nb6 10. O-O Nc6 11. d5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Be2 c6 14. Qb3 cxd5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. a4 Qd6 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Qxb7 Rcb8 20. Qc7 Rxb2
21. Bb5 Ng4 22. Qxd6 exd6 23. Bb6 h5 24. Rc6 Bf8 25. h3 Ne5 26. Rc7 Bg7 27.
Rfc1 Nd3 28. Rd1 Nb4 29. Rd7 Na2 30. Bc6 Re8 31. Be3 Nc3 32. Rf1 Ne2+ 33. Kh1
Rxe3 34. fxe3 Ng3+ 35. Kg1 Nxf1 36. Kxf1 Be5 37. Rb7 Ra2 38. Be8 Kf8 39. Bxf7
Rxa4 40. Bxg6 Ra2 41. Bxh5 a4 42. Bd1 a3 43. Ra7 Bg3 44. Bb3 Rf2+ 45. Kg1 Re2
46. Bc4 Rxe3 47. Bf1 Rb3 48. h4 Kg8 49. Ra4 Kh7 50. Ra7+ Kh6 51. Ra8 Re3 52.
Rh8+ Kg6 53. Rf8 Kg7 54. Ra8 Kf7 55. Ra7+ Kf6 56. Ra8 Rc3 57. Ra4 Ke5 58. Rc4
Rxc4 59. Bxc4 Kd4 60. Ba2 Bxh4 61. Kh2 Kc3 62. Kh3 Kb2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

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

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. d5 Bc8 15.
Rb1 Bd7 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Nf1 Bd8 18. Ng3 Qa7 19. Rf1 Ne8 20. Kh1 Nb7 21. b4 a5
22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 Be7 24. Ne2 Bd8 25. Bd2 Bb6 (25... Be7) 26. Nc3 Bxf2 27.
Nxb5 Qb6 28. Qe2 Bg3 29. Be3 Qd8 30. Na7 Rc3 31. Qd2 Ra3 32. Nc6 Qf6 33. Nfxe5
Bxe5 34. Rxf6 Bxf6 35. Bc4 Rc3 36. e5 Rxc4 37. exf6 Nxf6 38. Bd4 Bxc6 39. dxc6
Rxc6 40. Qg5 d5 41. Rf1 h6 42. Qg3 Ne8 43. Qe5 Rd8 44. Qh5 Nf6 45. Bxf6 Rxf6
46. Rxf6 gxf6 47. Qf3 Rd6 48. Qg4+ Kh7 49. Qc8 Rb6 50. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. Be3 Bf6 11. Qd2 d6 12. Rfd1 Qe8 13. Rac1 Be4 14. Ne1 Bxg2
15. Nxg2 Nd7 16. Qc2 a5 17. Qa4 Nb8 18. Qxe8 Rxe8 19. h4 e5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21.
Rd2 Nd7 22. Nf4 Bxf4 23. Bxf4 Nc5 24. Kg2 Re4 25. f3 Re7 26. Kf2 Rae8 27. Rc3
Kf7 28. Bg5 Re5 29. Bf4 R5e7 30. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Qb3 e6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. e4 Nxc3 8.
exf5 Nd5 9. a3 Qd6 10. Qxb7 Rb8 11. Qa6 Be7 12. Bb5 Rb6 13. Bxc6+ Rxc6 14. Qd3
exf5 15. O-O O-O 16. Qxf5 Rb6 17. Ne5 Qe6 18. Qxe6 Rxe6 19. Bd2 f6 20. Nf3 Rb8
21. b4 Rc6 22. Rfc1 Rbb6 23. Ne1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Ra6 25. Nc2 Bd6 26. Kf1 Kf7 27.
Ke2 Rc6 28. g3 h5 29. Kd3 Ra6 30. Kc4 c6 31. Ra1 Rb6 32. Ne3 Nxe3+ 33. Bxe3 Ke6
34. Re1 Kd7 35. Rd1 Ra6 36. Rd3 Bb8 37. d5 cxd5+ 38. Kb5 Rd6 39. Bc5 a6+ 40.
Ka4 Re6 41. Rxd5+ Kc6 42. Rxh5 Bc7 43. Rh7 g6 44. Re7 Rxe7 45. Bxe7 f5 46. Bg5
Bb6 47. Be3 Bd8 48. h4 Bc7 49. Kb3 Kd5 50. a4 Bd8 51. b5 Ba5 52. bxa6 Kc6 53.
a7 Kb7 54. Kc4 Be1 55. Kd5 f4 56. gxf4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 d6 6. d4 e4 7. f3 exf3 8. Nxf3 g6
9. O-O Bg7 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd4 O-O 12. Nce2 g5 13. Nc3 Ng4 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6
c6 16. Ne4 Nc8 17. c5 d5 18. Rxf5 Rxf5 19. Qxg4 Re5 20. Nf2 Qe8 21. Nd3 h5 22.
Qb4 Rxe6 23. Qxb7 Ne7 24. Bh3 g4 25. Bg2 Nf5 26. Nf4 Re7 27. Bxd5+ cxd5 28.
Qxd5+ Rf7 29. Ne6 Ne7 30. Qc4 Qd7 31. Ng5 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Raf8 33. Nxf7 Rxf7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bb5+ Bc6 10. Qa4 Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ Qd7 12. Ne5 Qxb5 13. Nxb5 Na6 14. Rd1
O-O 15. Nc6 Rfe8 16. Nbxa7 Bf8 17. Bd2 Re6 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Bc3 Nb8 20. Nxb8
Rxa7 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Rxd5 Rd6 23. Rxd6 Bxd6 24. Rd1 Rxa2 25. g3 Rxb2 26. Rxd6
Rxb8 27. Rc6 g6 28. Rxc5 h5 29. Rc2 Kg7 30. Kg2 Rb5 31. Kf3 Kf6 32. h4 Rf5+ 33.
Kg2 Ra5 34. Kh3 Ra4 35. Rd2 Ke5 36. Rb2 Kf6 37. Rb5 Ra2 38. Kg2 Ra4 39. Kf3 Ra3
40. Kf4 Ra2 41. f3 Re2 42. e4 Re1 43. Rb6+ Kg7 44. Ra6 Rb1 45. Rc6 Rg1 46. Rc2
Kf6 47. Ra2 Kg7 48. Re2 Kf6 49. Re3 Kg7 50. e5 Kf8 51. g4 hxg4 52. fxg4 Kg7 53.
Kg5 Rf1 54. Re4 Rf3 55. h5 gxh5 56. gxh5 f6+ 57. Kg4 Rf1 58. h6+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bd3 Nh6 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Qc2 Qe7 10. h3 Kh8 11. O-O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5
15. f4 Bc7 (15... Bf6) 16. g4 Be6 (16... Qxe3+ 17. Kb1) 17. Bd3 Rad8 18. Kb1
Qh4 19. g5 Ng8 20. Nb5 Bb6 21. Qc3 Rf7 22. Qe5 Bd5 23. Nd6 Rxd6 (23... Re7 24.
Nxf5 Rxe5 25. Bxe5) 24. Qxd6 Bxh1 25. Rxh1 Qh5 26. Bc4 Qf3 27. Rd1 Bc5 (27...
Re7 28. Qd2 Bxe3 29. Qd8 Qe4+ 30. Ka1 Re8 31. a3) 28. Qd3 Rf8 29. b4 Bxb4 30.
Qd4 Qe4+ 31. Qxe4 fxe4 32. Rd7 Ne7 33. Be6 b5 34. h4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 Rb8 7. a4 Nh6 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 f5 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Qd2 Nf7 12. f4 Bd7 13. Kh2 Bc6 14. Rab1 a5 15. Bg1
Qd7 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Ne2 e5 18. c3 dxc3 19. Nxc3 exf4 20. gxf4 b5 21. exf5
Bxg2 22. Qxg2 Qxf5 23. axb5 Rfe8 24. b6 a4 25. Nxa4 d5 26. b4 Ra8 27. Nc5 Bh6
28. Qg4 Ra2+ 29. Kh1 Nd6 30. Rbe1 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Rb2 32. b7 Rxb4 33. Qxf5 gxf5
34. Ra1 Nxb7 35. Ra8+ Kf7 36. Ra7 Rxf4 37. Rxb7+ Kg8 38. Kg2 Rh4 39. Bf2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 c6 8. O-O
Nb6 9. b3 d5 10. cxd5 Nbxd5 11. Na4 Nd7 12. Bb2 N5b6 13. Nac3 a5 14. Qc2 Nf6
15. Nf4 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Nd3 Nbd5 18. Na4 Bf5 19. Qe2 Be4 20. Bf1 Bf5 21.
Ne5 Rc7 22. Bg2 Nb4 23. a3 Na6 24. Bc3 Rc8 25. Nc5 Nd5 26. Nxb7 Qb6 27. Bxa5
Qxb7 28. e4 f6 29. Nc4 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 Qxb3 31. Rdb1 Qa4 32. Bc2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Be3 c6 7. Qd2 b5 8. Bd3
Ng4 9. Bf4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bg3 h5 12. Bh4 f6 13. h3 Bh6 (13... g5 14. Bg3
Nh6) 14. Qe2 b4 15. Na4 g5 16. Bg3 h4 17. Bh2 Nxh2 18. Nxh2 Nd7 19. Bc4 Bf8 20.
Ng4 Nb6 21. Rd1 Qe7 22. Bb3 Rb8 23. O-O Nxa4 24. Bxa4 Rb6 25. Qc4 Qe6 26. Qd3
Qe7 27. Qd5 Be6 28. Qd3 Bg7 29. Bb3 O-O 30. Ne3 Bxb3 31. Qxb3+ Qf7 32. Nf5 Qxb3
33. axb3 Rf7 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Ra1 Bf8 36. Ra8 Rbb7 37. Rd1 Rbc7 38. Rdd8 Bg7
39. Kf1 Rfd7 40. Rxd7 Rxd7 41. Rc8 Kg6 42. Rg8 Kh7 43. Rxg7+ (43. Rc8 Kg6 44.
Ke2) 43... Rxg7 44. Nxg7 Kxg7 45. g4 (45. Ke2 Kg6 46. Kd3 f5 47. exf5+ Kxf5 48.
Kc4 g4 49. hxg4+ Kxg4 50. Kxb4 e4 51. Kc3 Kf4 52. Kd2 e3+ 53. fxe3+ Kg3 54. e4
Kxg2 55. e5 h3 56. e6 h2 57. e7 h1=Q 58. e8=Q) 45... hxg3 46. fxg3 g4 47. h4 c5
48. Ke2 Kh7 49. Kd3 Kh6 50. c3 (50. Kc4 f5 51. exf5 e4 52. c3 a5) 50... a5 51.
cxb4 axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Nb3 Nge7 9. Bxc6+ Nxc6 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Nfxd4 O-O 12. Bf4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bf5 14.
c3 Qd7 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Qd2 Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. Nd4 Bc5 19. Be3 Bb6 20. Kh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d6 4. h3 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Nbd2 Qxb2 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Rb1
Qc3 9. O-O O-O 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Bc7 Nfd7 12. Ng5 Qf6 13. Nde4 Qc6 14. Bg3 Nb6
15. Bb5 Qd5 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Rfd1 Nb4 18. Bc4 h6 19. Nxf7 b5 20. Rxb4 bxc4 21.
Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Bxb8 Bf5 23. Be5 Kxf7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Nxc5 Rc8 26. e4 Rxc5 27.
exf5 Ra5 28. fxg6 Rxa2 29. Rd7 Kxg6 30. Rxe7 Kf6 31. Rh7 Rxc2 32. Rxh6+ Ke5 33.
Ra6 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Rf1 35. Rxa7 Rxf2 36. Rc7 Kd4 37. Rd7+ Kc3 38. Kg3 Rf5 39. Rc7
Kd4 40. Rd7+ Ke3 41. Rc7 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8.
e3 Nf8 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Bg3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Rab1 Nh5 13. b4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 a6
15. Rfc1 Bd6 16. a4 Qf6 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Bg4 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Nh2 Be6 21.
Rb6 Bd7 22. Nf3 Qd8 23. Rcb1 Qe7 24. Na4 Reb8 25. Rb7 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 Rb8 27. Ra7
Qd8 28. Nc5 Be8 29. Qa4 Qb6 30. Nd7 Bxd7 31. Rxd7 Bc7 32. Ng5 Nf8 33. Rxf7 h6 (
33... Bd8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Nxh7+ Kg8) 34. Qd1 (34. Qa3 hxg5 35. Qe7) 34...
hxg5 35. Qh5 Bd6 (35... Bd8 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Qh5+ Ke6 39. Qe8+
Be7) 36. Rf3 (36. Rxf8+) 36... Qb7 37. e4 Qe7 (37... g6 38. Qxg5 Qe7) 38. e5
Bc7 39. g4 (39. Rxf8+) 39... Rb4 (39... Qe6 40. Qxg5 Rb4) 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41.
Qh8+ Kf7 42. Bg6+ (42. Bg6+ Ke6 43. Qc8+ Qd7 44. Qg8+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

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 (12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4
14. Nd5 Qc5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qh4 f5 18. Nxe7) 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14.
Rac1 Qd6 15. Bb1 Qf4 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Nb8 18. Rd4 Qd6 19. Rcd1 Bf8 (19...
Nbd7 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Nf6) 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22. Qxe4 Qh6 (22...
g6 23. Qd4 f6 24. h4 (24. Qxf6 Qxf6 25. Bxf6 Bxd5) 24... Rd8 25. Be4 Nd7 26. h5
Qf4) 23. Ng5 Bd6 24. h4 Nd7 25. Qf5 Nf6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 (26... Qxf6 27. Qxh7+ Kf8
28. Re1 Qh6 29. Qf5) 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 "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Bg5 Na5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 h6 12. Be3 e6 13. O-O b6 14. f3 Bb7
15. c4 Kh7 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. b4 Rfd8 18. c5 Bc6 19. Rfd1 bxc5 20. bxc5 f5 21. Nc3
f4 22. Bf2 Qxc5 23. Nd5 Qd6 24. Nxf4 Be8 25. Ra5 g5 26. e5 Qe7 27. Qc2+ Kg8 28.
Ne2 Rdb8 29. Qe4 c6 30. h4 Rb2 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Rda1 Qb7 33. g4 Qb3 34. Ng3
Qc3 35. Qe3 Qxe3 36. Bxe3 Rb3 37. Kf2 Rb2+ 38. Ke1 Rab8 39. Rxa7 Bf8 40. Ne4
Bg6 41. Nf6+ Kh8 42. Ra8 Bb4+ 43. Kf1 Rxa8 44. Rxa8+ Kg7 45. Ra7+ Kh8 46. Bxg5
Bc3 47. Rd7 Rb1+ 48. Kg2 Rb2+ 49. Kh3 Rb1 50. Be3 c5 51. Kh4 cxd4 52. Kg5 Bc2
53. Bxd4 Bd2+ 54. f4 Rf1 55. Rd8+ Kg7 56. Nh5+ Kh7 57. Bc5 Rd1 58. Nf6+ Kg7 59.
Rd7+ Kh8 60. Bf8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

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

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8.
Nc3 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Bd3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. e4 Rc8 14. Rd1 Bc7
15. Bg5 Be5 16. Rac1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 h6 18. Bh4 Qb6 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Bb1 Ng6 21.
Bg3 O-O 22. Kh1 Rfd8 23. f4 Re8 24. Rf1 Qa5 25. h4 h5 26. e5 Ng4 27. Nxe6 Rxe6
28. f5 Rxe5 29. Bxe5 N6xe5 30. f6 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Qxc3 32. Be4 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch19"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. e4 a6 (7...
b4) 8. a4 bxa4 (8... b4 9. a5 Qc7 10. Na4 Qxa5 11. d6) 9. Nxa4 Qc7 10. Be2 d6
11. O-O Be7 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Bg4 O-O 14. Ra3 Rb8 15. Rg3 Kh8 16. Bf5 Qd8 17. Qg4
Rg8 18. Qh5 Qe8 19. b3 Bf8 20. Qe2 (20. Qf3 g6 21. Bxd7 Bxd7 22. Qxf6+) 20...
g6 21. Bh3 f5 22. f4 Nf6 23. Re1 (23. Nc3) 23... fxe4 24. Bxc8 Qxc8 25. Nxe4
Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Bg7 27. Rd3 (27. Kf1 Rb4 28. c4 Qb7 29. Ree3 Bd4 30. Ref3 Qd7 31.
Qc2 Re8 32. Nc3 Qe7 33. Ne2) 27... Rb4 28. Qf3 c4 29. Rd2 cxb3 30. cxb3 Qf5 31.
g3 g5 32. Qd3 Qxd3 33. Rxd3 gxf4 34. Re7 fxg3 35. hxg3 Rgb8 36. Rxf7 Rxb3 37.
Rxb3 Rxb3 38. Kg2 Rb4 39. Rf4 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8.
Bc4 e6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Be7 (10... Nb6) 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. a3 Rfe8 13. Bg3 Qb6
14. Qd3 Rad8 15. b4 Nf8 16. Rad1 Bd6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Bxg3 (18... Qc7) 19.
Qxg3 Rd7 20. c3 Qc7 21. Qg5 Qd8 22. Qh5 Qf6 23. a4 b6 24. Rde1 Red8 25. f4 Rb7
26. Qf3 Rc7 27. g4 g6 (27... c5) 28. Re5 Kg7 29. Qg3 c5 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. f5
exf5 (31... gxf5 32. Rxf5 Qe7 33. Qe5+ Kg8 34. d5 Ng6) 32. Rxf5 gxf5 33. Qxc7
cxd4 34. Re7 Rd7 35. Rxd7 Nxd7 36. Qxd7 dxc3 37. Bd3 fxg4 38. Qxg4+ Kf8 39.
Qc8+ Kg7 40. Qg4+ Kf8 41. Qb4+ Kg8 42. Kg2 h5 43. h4 Qc6+ 44. Qe4 Qf6 45. Kg3
Kf8 46. Qb4+ Kg7 47. Bc2 a6 48. Qc5 Qf1 49. Qxc3+ Kg8 50. Qe3 Qc4 51. Qe4 Qc3+
52. Kf2 Qd2+ 53. Kf3 Qc3+ 54. Ke2 Kf8 55. Bd3 a5 56. Qf4 Qb2+ 57. Kf3 Qc3 58.
Qe4 Qf6+ 59. Ke2 Qb2+ 60. Bc2 Qc3 61. Bd1 Kg7 62. Qf4 f6 63. Qe4 Kf8 64. Qa8+
Kg7 65. Qd5 Qb2+ 66. Kf1 Qb1 67. Qxh5 Qd3+ 68. Qe2 Qf5+ 69. Qf3 Qb1 70. Kg2
Qb2+ 71. Kh3 Kf8 72. Qa8+ Kg7 73. Qg2+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Bivshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Re8 7. Bd3 e5 8.
Ne2 e4 9. Bb1 b6 10. Ng3 Nc6 11. f3 exf3 12. O-O fxg2 13. Rf2 d5 14. cxd5 Bg4 (
14... Qxd5 15. e4 Qd7) 15. Qd3 Qxd5 16. a4 Qg5 17. Rxf6 gxf6 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19.
Ba3+ (19. Be4) 19... Nb4 20. Be4 (20. Bxb4+ c5 21. Ba2 Qxe3+) 20... Qxe3+ 21.
Kxg2 Qd2+ (21... Qxc3) 22. Kf1 Qf4+ 23. Kg2 Qd2+ 24. Kf1 Qf4+ 25. Kg1 Qe3+ 26.
Kg2 Qd2+ 27. Kh1 Qxc3 28. Bxb4+ Qxb4 29. Rf1 Rad8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qxf6+ Kd7
32. Qc6+ Ke7 33. Bf5 (33. Qxc7+) 33... Bxf5 (33... Qxd4) 34. Nxf5+ Kf8 35. Qh6+
Kg8 36. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bivshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Kb1 h6 12. h4 Rd8 13. g4 e5 14. Qg1 exf4
15. Bxf6 (15. Bxf4 Bxg4 16. Rd5) 15... Bxf6 16. Nd5 Be5 17. g5 h5 18. Bc4 g6
19. Rd3 Be6 20. Rb3 Rab8 21. Rh2 (21. Qf1 Qc5 22. Rb5) 21... Qc5 22. Qf1 Kg7
23. Rd2 Rdc8 24. Be2 a6 25. c4 Qa5 26. Rc2 Bxd5 27. exd5 b5 28. Ra3 Qb6 29. Rb3
Qa7 30. cxb5 Rxc2 31. Kxc2 axb5 32. Kb1 b4 33. Qd1 Ra8 34. a3 bxa3 35. Rxa3 Qb6
36. Rb3 Qf2 37. Qf1 Qxh4 38. Qg1 f3 39. Bxf3 Qa4 40. Qd1 Qa2+ 41. Kc2 Rc8+ 42.
Kd3 Rc1 43. Qxc1 Qxb3+ 44. Ke4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Goldenov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Qd7 5. Qxc4 c5 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Qb5 a6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 (8... axb5 9. Bxb5 Ne7 10. Bxd7+ Bxd7) 9. Qa4 Rb8 10. Nf3 f6 11. d3
Ne7 12. Nc4 e5 13. Bd2 Nd5 14. Ba5 Be7 15. e4 (15. O-O O-O 16. Rac1) 15... Nb4
16. O-O-O Qg4 (16... Nxd3+ 17. Kb1) (16... Qb7 17. Kd2 Be6 18. Qb3 O-O 19. a3
Nd5) 17. Ne1 Bd7 18. a3 Nd5 19. Qc2 Rb5 20. f3 Qe6 21. Ng2 O-O 22. Rhe1 Rfb8 (
22... Rc8 23. f4 Nc7) 23. f4 Bf8 (23... Bd6 24. Nh4 Qe7 25. fxe5 (25. exd5 cxd5
) 25... fxe5 26. Kb1 Nf6) 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. exd5 cxd5 26. Nf4 Qh6 27. Rxe5 dxc4
28. Rh5 Qf6 29. Bc3 Qf7 30. dxc4 g6 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Nxg6 R5b6 33. Nxf8 Kxf8
34. Rxh7 Qg4 35. Qf2+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. e3 O-O 8.
Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O a5 (9... e5 10. d5 Ne7) 10. b3 a4 11. Nxa4 Nxa4 12. bxa4 Bf5
13. Ba3 Qd7 14. Rc1 Bh3 15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Nf4 Qd7 17. Qb3 Rab8 (17... Rfb8) 18.
Rc5 Rfd8 19. Rd5 Qe8 20. Rc1 e6 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. d5 exd5 23. Nxd5 h5 24. Rd1
Qc8 25. Bb2 Qf5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qc3+ Kh6 28. Qd2 Kg7 29. Nxc7 Ne5 30. Qd4 Kg8
31. Qf4 (31. Qd5) 31... Qc2 32. Rd5 Nd3 33. Rxd3 Qxd3 34. e4 Rd8 35. Nd5 Qd1+
36. Kg2 Qd4 37. h4 (37. Qh4 Ra8 38. Qe7 Qxa4 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Qe5) 37... Kg7
38. Kh3 Re8 39. f3 Qa1 40. g4 Qh1+ 41. Kg3 Qg1+ 42. Kh3 hxg4+ 43. Qxg4 Qf1+ 44.
Kg3 Qg1+ 45. Kh3 Qxg4+ 46. Kxg4 Rc8 47. Nb6 Rc2 48. Nd7 f6 49. h5 gxh5+ 50.
Kxh5 Kf7 51. Kg4 Ke6 52. Nb6 Rxa2 53. f4 Rc2 54. f5+ Kd6 55. Kf4 Rc1 56. Ke3
Re1+ 57. Kd4 Rd1+ 58. Ke3 Rb1 59. a5 Rd1 60. Ke2 Rd4 61. Kf3 Ke5 62. Nd5 Rxd5
63. exd5 Kxf5 64. Kg3 Ke5 65. Kg4 Kxd5 66. Kf5 Kc5 67. Kxf6 Kb5 68. a6 bxa6 69.
Ke5 a5 70. Kd4 Kb4 71. Kd3 Kb3 72. Kd2 Kb2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Ng3 Be7 11. Nf3 (11. Qg4 g6 12. Nf3 h5 13. Qh3) 11... h5
12. Ne1 g6 13. Nd3 Qc8 14. Be3 c4 15. Nf4 b5 16. Nh3 Qd8 17. Qd2 a5 18. a3 Nb8
19. Bg5 Nc6 20. Rfe1 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Ne7 22. Qf4 Nf5 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Re3 Qe7
25. Rg3 Kd7 26. Nf3 Rh7 27. Rg5 Kc6 28. h4 Rb8 29. Nh2 b4 (29... Rhh8) 30. axb4
axb4 31. Qc1 Rhh8 32. b3 bxc3 33. bxc4 dxc4 34. Qxc3 Qb4 35. Qf3+ Nd5 36. Nf1
Qc3 37. Qd1 Qb3 38. Qe1 Qc3 39. Qd1 Qb3 40. Qe1 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
(8. Nf4) 8... O-O 9. Bg2 Na5 10. O-O c6 11. Na4 b6 12. Nac3 Ba6 13. Rb1 Rc8 14.
Qc2 Bd6 15. b4 Nb7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Re8 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rfd1
Nd6 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Nc3 Bc4 23. Qd2 Nb5 24. Ne4 Qg6 25. a4 (25. Rbc1 Bb3 26.
Re1 Red8 27. Re3 Be6 28. a4 Nxd4 29. Rd3 c5 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. Nxc5) 25... Rxe4
26. axb5 (26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27. axb5 Bd5) 26... Re2 27. Qf4 Bxb5 28. Bf3 Re7 29. h4
Rd8 30. Rbc1 Red7 31. d5 cxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Bxd5 Qf6 34. Rc7 (34. Qxf6 gxf6
35. Bc4 Bxc4 36. Rxc4) 34... Qxf4 35. gxf4 Be8 36. Bc4 Kf8 37. b5 Rd4 38. Kg2
Rxf4 39. Kg3 Rf5 40. Rxa7 Bxb5 41. Ra8+ Ke7 42. Ra7+ Bd7 43. Rb7 b5 44. Bd3 Rc5
45. Bxh7 g6 46. Bg8 Rd5 47. h5 Rg5+ 48. Kf4 Rxh5 49. Ke4 Rf5 50. f4 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bd2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. a3 cxd4 11. axb4 dxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 (12... Nbd7) 13. Qxd8
Rxd8 14. Rfd1 Rc8 (14... Nd7 15. Bb5 Bd5) 15. Be1 Kf8 16. Rd4 Ke7 17. Rad1 Rc7
18. Ne5 f6 19. Bd3 Nd6 (19... Ng5 20. Rc4 Rxc4 21. Nxc4 Nd7) 20. Bxh7 fxe5 21.
Rxd6 Bd5 22. R6xd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Rc1 24. Kf1 Nc6 25. Ke2 Rd8 (25... Ke6 26. Be4
Rd8 27. Rxd8 Nxd8 28. f4 Nf7) (25... Rh8 26. Be4 Rxh2 27. b5) 26. Rxd8 Nxd8 27.
Bc3 Ke6 28. Bg8+ Kd6 (28... Kf5 29. h4) 29. f4 exf4 30. exf4 Ne6 31. Be5+ Kd5 (
31... Ke7 32. f5 Ng5 33. Bd5) 32. Bxg7 Rc8 33. Bxe6+ Kxe6 34. Kf3 Rc4 35. Bc3
Kd5 36. h4 a5 37. bxa5 Rxc3+ 38. bxc3 bxa5 39. h5 Ke6 40. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bxe7 Nxc3 7. Qg4 (7. Bxd8
Nxd1) 7... Qxe7 8. Qxg7 Qb4 9. Qxh8+ Kd7 10. bxc3 (10. Nf3 Ne4+ 11. Ke2 Nc6 12.
Ke3 Nxd4 13. Bd3 Nf5+ 14. Ke2 Nd4+) 10... Qxc3+ 11. Ke2 Qxc2+ 12. Kf3 Qc3+ 13.
Kg4 Qxa1 (13... Qxd4+ 14. f4 Qxa1 15. Bb5+ c6) 14. Nf3 Qb1 15. Qf8 Qf5+ 16. Kh4
Qe4+ 17. Kh5 Qg6+ 18. Kh4 Nc6 19. Bb5 Qe4+ 20. Kh5 Qg6+ 21. Kh4 Qe4+ (21... b6
22. Bxc6+ Kxc6 23. Ng5 Kd7 24. Qxf7+ Qxf7 25. Nxf7 Ba6) 22. Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Goldenov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 exd5 11. Bd3 c6 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Qb1 Re8
15. b4 a6 16. a4 Qd6 17. Rfc1 Bd7 18. Ng3 h5 (18... Rac8 19. b5 cxb5) 19. b5
cxb5 20. axb5 a5 21. Rc7 b6 22. Nf5 Qb4 23. Qxb4 axb4 24. Nd6 Red8 25. h3 Ra3
26. Be2 Be6 27. R7c6 Rxd6 (27... Rb8) (27... b3 28. Rb1 Kf8 29. Rxb6 Ke7 30.
Nb7 Rda8) 28. Rxd6 Bf5 29. g4 Be4 30. f3 Bg6 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Rdd8 Bb1 33. Ra8
Rxe3 34. Kf2 Re6 35. Bd1 Bd3 36. g5 b3 37. Bxb3 Re2+ 38. Kg3 h4+ 39. Kxh4 Rg2
40. Rh8+ Kg6 41. gxf6 Kxf6 42. f4 Kf5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Rd1
Re8 9. Nc3 c6 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qe7 12. h3 Nc5 13. f3 a5 14. g4 (14. Bg5 h6
15. Be3) 14... Nfd7 15. Rb1 Ne5 16. b3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. gxf5 (18. Nxf5 Bxf5
19. gxf5 Qh4 20. Ba3) 18... Ned3 19. Rxd3 (19. Nce2 Ne1 20. Qd2 Ncd3 21. Qg5
Nxc1 22. Qxe7 Nxf3+ 23. Nxf3 Rxe7) 19... Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qe1+ 21. Bf1 Qg3+ 22.
Kh1 Re1 23. Be3 Qxh3+ 24. Kg1 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Qh4+ 26. Kg2 Rxe3 27. Qxe3 Bxd4 28.
Qe8+ Kg7 29. f6+ Bxf6 30. Qe4 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Re1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Qe2 (12. Qc2) 12... Bb7 13. Qe4
g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qg4 Rc8 16. Rxe6 Bf6 (16... fxe6 17. Bxg6) 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8
18. Re1 Qd8 19. Qf4 Bg7 20. Ng5 Qd5 21. c4 Qd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. d5 Nb4 24.
Qd4+ f6 25. Ne6+ Kf7 26. Qg4 Qd6 27. Qh4 Nxd3 28. Qxh7+ Ke8 29. Qxg6+ Kd7 30.
Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Nd5 8.
d4 (8. O-O) 8... Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. g3
Nb6 (13... fxg3 14. Ng5 gxh2+ 15. Kh1 g6 16. Rxf7 Kh8 17. Rxh7#) 14. Bb3 c5 15.
c4 (15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. gxf4 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Qc7 18. dxc5 Qxc5+ 19. Qd4) 15... Qf6
16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxf4 Qh5 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. a4 (20. Re3 Be2 21.
Re1) 20... Be2 21. Qc3 Nd7 22. a5 Nf6 23. Ba4 Re6 24. Kg2 Ne4 25. Qa3 g5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
a5 9. Bf1 Re8 10. Rb1 c6 11. b3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. f3 d5 (13... Nfd7) 14.
cxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Rxe1 16. Qxe1 Bxd4+ 17. Be3 Qf6 18. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 Bd7
20. Rd1 Qf6 21. Qe3 b6 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Re8 24. Kg1 Re1 25. dxc6 Bxc6 26.
Rd6 Re6 27. Rd8+ Kg7 28. Kf2 Re7 29. Rc8 Bb7 30. Rb8 Rc7 31. Bc4 Nd7 32. Re8
Nf6 33. Rd8 Ba6 34. Bxa6 Rxc3 35. Bd3 b5 36. Ke2 Rc5 37. Ke3 b4 (37... Rh5 38.
h3 Nd5+ 39. Kf2 b4) 38. Bc4 Rh5 39. h3 Re5+ (39... h6 40. Rd6 Re5+ 41. Kd4) 40.
Kd4 Re7 (40... Rh5 41. Ra8 Ng8 42. Ra7) 41. Ra8 Nh5 42. Rxa5 Nf4 43. Kc5 Nxg2
44. Kxb4 h5 45. a4 Nf4 46. Rb5 Nxh3 47. a5 Ra7 48. Kc5 Nf4 49. Kb6 Re7 50. a6
h4 51. a7 Re8 52. Ra5 h3 53. a8=Q Rxa8 54. Rxa8 f5 55. Kc5 g5 56. Kd4 h2 57.
Ra1 g4 58. fxg4 fxg4 59. Ba6 Kf6 60. Bb7 g3 61. Rf1 Kg5 62. Rxf4 Kxf4 63. b4
Kf5 64. b5 Ke6 65. Bg2 Kd6 66. b6 Kd7 67. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Re8 9. Nge2 Nf8 10. O-O c6 11. Rab1 Bd6 (11... Ng6) 12. Kh1 Ng6 13. f3 Be7
14. Rbe1 Nd7 (14... Be6 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Ng4) 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Ng3 Nf6 17.
Qf2 Be6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 (18... Re8 19. g4 Qc7) 19. Bxf5 Qb6 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4
Rd8 22. e5 Nd5 23. Ne4 Nf8 24. Nd6 Qc7 25. Be4 Ne6 (25... Rxd6) 26. Qh4 g6 27.
Bxd5 cxd5 28. Rc1 Qd7 29. Rc3 Rf8 30. Nf5 Rfe8 31. Nh6+ Kf8 (31... Kg7 32. Qf6+
Kxh6 33. Rh3#) 32. Qf6 Ng7 33. Rcf3 Rc8 34. Nxf7 Re6 35. Qg5 Nf5 36. Nh6 Qg7
37. g4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 h5 (11... f4) 12. Nd3 f4 13. Bf2 g5 14. c5 Nf6
15. Rc1 g4 16. Qb3 Bh6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nxe5 (18. Rc2 Rf7 19. Nb5) 18... g3 (
18... dxe5 19. d6+ Kh8 20. dxe7 Qxe7 21. Bh4) 19. Be1 dxe5 20. d6+ Kh8 21. dxe7
Qxe7 22. Nb5 Be6 (22... Ne8 23. Bc4 a6 24. Nc3) 23. Bb4 Qf7 24. Qc3 gxh2+ 25.
Kh1 Rg8 26. Qxe5 Qg6 27. Rf2 Bxa2 28. Bc3 Bg5 29. Bf1 Rae8 30. Qc5 Be6 31. Nd6
Ref8 32. Rd2 h4 33. Qe5 Kh7 34. Qxe6 Qh5 35. e5 Ne8 36. Nxe8 Rxe8 37. Qf5+ Rg6
38. Bd3 Reg8 39. Qf7+ Kh6 40. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Bivshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc7 8. d3
Be7 9. Be3 e5 10. Rc1 Ne6 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Nd2 Qb5 (12... O-O 13. Nc4 Qc7) 13.
Nc4 f6 14. Na3 (14. Nc3 Qa6 15. Nd5) 14... Qa5 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Qc2 Rb8 17.
b3 Nd4 18. Qd1 Bh3 19. Re1 O-O 20. Bd2 Qa6 21. Nc4 h5 22. f3 Qc8 23. e3 Ne6 24.
Bc3 Qe8 25. Qe2 Qg6 26. Nd2 Rbd8 27. Ne4 Bf5 28. Bb2 Rd7 29. Red1 Rfd8 30. Kg2
Bxe4 31. dxe4 Qe8 32. Ba3 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Rxd1 34. Qxd1 c4 35. Bxe7 Qxe7 36. bxc4
Qa3 (36... Qb4 37. Qc2 Qe1 38. Qd3 Qb4 39. Qc2) 37. Qb3 Qxb3 38. axb3 Kf7 39.
b4 Ke7 40. c5 Nc7 41. Nb2 Na6 42. Nd3 g5 43. Kf2 Nc7 44. Ke2 Nb5 45. Kd2 Ke6
46. Nb2 g4 47. fxg4 hxg4 48. Nd1 f5 49. Kd3 Nc7 50. exf5+ Kxf5 51. e4+ Kg5 52.
Nc3 Ne6 53. Kc4 a6 54. Kb3 Nd4+ 55. Ka4 Kf6 56. Ka5 Nc2 57. Na2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d3
e6 9. Ne5 Rc8 10. Nd2 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. a4 Be8 13. a5 Kh8 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. c4
Nb8 16. cxd5 exd5 17. e4 f6 18. Nef3 Nc6 19. Nh4 dxe4 20. dxe4 Nd4 (20... Nxa5)
21. Qg4 Qd7 22. f5 Nc2 23. Nc4 Nxa1 24. Bxa1 (24. Nb6 Qd8 25. Nxc8 Nxb3 26.
Nxe7 Qxe7 27. Ng6+ Bxg6 28. fxg6 h6) 24... Rd8 25. Nb6 Qd3 26. Nd5 Rxd5 27.
exd5 Qxd5 28. Re1 Bd8 29. Qh3 Kg8 30. Bc3 Qxb3 31. Qe3 Qd5 32. Qe6+ Bf7 33.
Qxd5 Bxd5 34. Nf3 Kf7 35. Rd1 Bc6 36. Nd2 Be7 37. Nc4 Rd8 38. Rxd8 Bxd8 39. Kf2
h5 40. h3 h4 41. g4 hxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Bc7+ 43. Kg4 Bd7 44. Nb6 Bxb6 45. axb6 g6
46. h4 Bxf5+ 47. Kf4 Ke6 48. Ke3 Bc2 49. Kf4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O e6 8. d3 d5
9. Nbd2 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. d4 Nbd7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rc1 Re8 14. e3 a5 15.
Re1 a4 16. Nb1 (16. Qc2) 16... axb3 17. axb3 Qb6 18. Nbd2 Ra2 19. Qc2 Bc6 (
19... Ne4 20. Rb1 Nc3 21. Ra1 Rxb2) 20. Ra1 Rxb2 21. Qxb2 Ne4 22. Qc2 Nxd2 23.
Nxd2 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Ra8 25. Rxa8+ Bxa8 26. h3 Bb7 27. Kh2 Qf6 28. Kg1 h5 29. h4
Ne5 30. Qa2 Ng4 31. Nf1 Qc3 32. Qa7 (32. Nh2 Qe1+ 33. Nf1 Bc6 34. Qd2 Qxd2 35.
Nxd2) 32... Qxb3 33. Qxc5 Qb2 34. f3 Qf2+ 35. Kh1 d4 36. e4 Ne3 37. Nxe3 dxe3
38. Qb6 Qd2 39. Bf1 Qd1 40. Qxe3 (40. Kg2 e2) 40... Qxf1+ 41. Kh2 Ba6 42. g4
hxg4 43. fxg4 Qe2+ 44. Qxe2 Bxe2 45. Kg3 Kg7 46. g5 Kf8 47. Kf4 Ke7 48. Ke5 Bd1
49. Kd5 Bb3+ 50. Ke5 Be6 51. Kf4 Kd6 52. Ke3 Ke5 53. Kf3 Bd7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 (11... h5) 12. Bf2 g5 13. Nd3 (13. a4)
13... Rf6 14. c5 Rh6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Nb5 Nf8 17. Be1 (17. Nxa7 Bd7 18. Qb3
Qe8 19. Qxb7 Qh5 20. h4 Neg6 21. Qxa8 Nxh4 22. Bxh4 Qxh4 23. Bd1 g4 24. fxg4
Qh2+ 25. Kf2 Qg3+ 26. Kg1) 17... a6 18. Na3 b5 19. Nc2 Nd7 (19... Bd7) 20. a4
bxa4 21. Rxa4 Nf6 22. Nf2 Bd7 23. Ba5 Qe8 24. Rb4 Qh5 25. h3 Qf7 26. Na3 Nh5
27. Rb7 Bc8 28. Rc7 Ng3 29. Re1 Rb8 30. Nc4 Qe8 (30... Rb7 31. Rxb7 Bxb7) 31.
Nb6 Rf6 32. Qc2 Rf8 33. Rc1 Bf5 34. Bd3 Bg6 35. Nd7 Nxd5 36. Bc4 Rb5 37. Nxf8
Bxf8 38. Bxd5+ Rxd5 39. Qc4 Ne2+ 40. Kh2 g4 41. Nxg4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 4. O-O e6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. e5 Nd7 8. d4
Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. b4 Ne4 11. Nd4 h6 12. f3 Ng5 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nd2 f5 (14...
f6 15. f4 Nf7) 15. f4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Nxd4 17. Nf6+ Rxf6 18. Bxd4 Rf8 19. g4 Bd7
20. Bd3 g6 21. Kh1 Kh7 22. Rg1 a6 23. a4 Rg8 24. Rg3 Raf8 25. Rh3 Be8 26. Rg1
Bxa4 27. gxf5 exf5 28. Qg2 Be8 (28... Qd8 29. e6 Bh4) 29. Rxh6+ (29. e6 Qd8 30.
Rxh6+ Kxh6 31. Qh3+ Bh4 32. Rg5) 29... Kxh6 30. Qh3+ Kg7 31. e6+ Bf6 (31... Rf6
32. Qxf5 Kf8 33. Qh3 Bd8 34. Rg5 Qg7) 32. Qxf5 Bxd4 33. Rxg6+ Bxg6 34. Qxg6+
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Goldenov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. O-O c5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qa4 Nd7
15. Bb5 Nf6 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. exd4 Ne4 18. Bc6 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Nf6 20. Rfc1 Rxc6
21. Rxc6 Nd5 22. g3 Qb4 (22... Qb7) 23. Qxb4 Nxb4 24. Rc7 f6 25. Ng6 Nd5 (25...
Nxa2 26. Nf4) 26. Ne7+ Nxe7 27. Rxe7 Rd8 28. Rxa7 Rxd4 29. Rb7 Rd6 30. Kf1 h5
31. Ke2 e5 32. a4 Kh7 33. b4 Kg6 34. h4 Kh6 35. Ke3 g5 36. hxg5+ Kxg5 37. a5
bxa5 38. bxa5 Rd4 39. a6 Ra4 40. a7 e4 41. Rg7+ Kh6 42. Re7 Kg5 43. Rg7+ Kh6
44. Rc7 Kg5 45. Re7 Kf5 46. Kd2 Kg5 47. Kc3 f5 48. Kb3 Ra1 49. Kc4 h4 (49... f4
) 50. gxh4+ Kxh4 51. Rg7 Kh5 (51... f4 52. Kd4 e3 53. fxe3 f3) 52. Kb5 Kh6 53.
Rc7 Kg5 54. Kb6 Kf4 55. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Goldenov, Boris"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. Be2 Qc7 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. O-O Rfc8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. c5 d5 15.
Na4 Rd8 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bd4 Bf5 20. Rc3 Re8 21. Rb3
a5 22. Rb6 Bd8 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Qc8 25. Rb3 Rae7 26. Qd2 Bc7 (26... Re2
27. Qf4 Bc7) 27. Bxg7 Qf5 (27... Kxg7 28. Qg5+) 28. Bh6 (28. Bd4) 28... Re2 29.
Qg5+ Qxg5 30. Bxg5 Be5 31. Rd1 Bxb2 32. Kf1 Rc2 33. Rd2 (33. Re3 Re6 34. Rxe6
fxe6 35. Rd2) 33... Rc1+ 34. Kf2 Bc3 35. Re2 Be1+ 36. Rxe1 (36. Kf1 Bd2+ 37.
Kf2 Rxe2+) 36... Rcxe1 37. Rb6 R1e2+ 38. Kg3 Rc8 39. a3 Rc2 40. Be7 Rc3 41. Kf4
Re8 42. Bd6 d4 43. Rxc6 d3 44. Be5 Rc4+ 45. Kf5 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. Nf3 a6 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. O-O (9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O) 9... b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. exd4
O-O 13. Ne5 Nb6 14. Rcd1 Nfd5 15. Bc1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rc8 17. Rd3 Nd5 18. Bd2 Nf6
19. Rh3 b4 20. Rd1 bxc3 21. Bxc3 Nd5 22. Bd2 Bg5 23. Rg3 Bh4 24. Rh3 Bg5 25.
Qd3 f5 (25... g6) 26. Bxg5 Qxg5 27. Rg3 Qe7 28. Qd2 Rc7 29. Nd3 Nc3 (29... f4
30. Rg4 f3) 30. Nc5 (30. Nf4 Nxd1 31. Nxe6) 30... Rxc5 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. Qxc3
Rd8 (32... Qd7) 33. Qa5 Kf8 (33... Bd5 34. Qxa6 f4) 34. Bxe6 g6 35. d5 Qd6 36.
h3 Bc8 37. Re1 Re8 38. Qc3 Bxe6 39. Qh8+ Kf7 40. dxe6+ Rxe6 41. Qxh7+ Kf6 42.
Qh8+ Kf7 43. Rb1 Re7 44. a4 Qc5 45. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparian, Ghenrikh"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. c5 Be7 7. Bb5+ (7. Bd3)
7... c6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. b4 Nd7 12. a4 Qe8 13. Nbd2 g5 14.
Bb2 a5 15. b5 g4 16. Ne1 Qh5 17. f3 g3 18. h3 Nf2 19. f4 Nf6 20. Ndf3 N6e4 21.
Ne5 Rf6 22. Qe2 Qe8 23. Bc1 Rh6 24. Bc2 Qf8 25. Be3 Qg7 26. Ra3 Ng4 27. Rf3 (
27. hxg4 Rh1+ 28. Kxh1 Qh6+) (27. Nxg4 fxg4 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. f5 Rh4 30. hxg4)
27... Nxe5 (27... Nh2) 28. fxe5 Rg6 29. Bf4 Bd8 30. b6 h5 31. Nd3 h4 32. Bc1
Kh8 33. Nf4 Rh6 34. Qe1 Ng5 35. Rfb3 Ne4 36. Rf3 Qf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 (7...
e5 8. Ne2 e4) 8. e4 Ne8 9. e5 f5 10. Nh3 Ba6 11. O-O Na5 12. Bg5 Qc8 13. Qe2 d6
14. Rad1 dxe5 15. dxe5 Qb7 16. Be7 Rf7 17. Bb4 Qc6 18. Ng5 Rd7 19. Qh5 h6 20.
Bxf5 (20. Be2 Bxc4 21. Bf3 Bd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. e6 Nf6 24. Qg6) 20... exf5 21.
e6 hxg5 (21... Nd6 22. exd7 hxg5) 22. Rxd7 Qxc4 23. Qf7+ Kh7 24. Qxf5+ Kh6 25.
Re1 Qf4 26. Qh3+ Qh4 27. Qxh4+ (27. Qf3 Bb7 28. Qf7) 27... gxh4 28. Bxa5 bxa5
29. e7 Bb7 30. Re5 h3 31. gxh3 (31. g4) 31... Kg6 32. f4 Kf7 33. Rd8 a4 34. Kf2
a5 35. Rxa8 Bxa8 36. Rxa5 Bc6 37. Re5 Nd6 38. h4 Nb5 39. Rc5 Be8 40. c4 Nxa3
41. Rxc7 Ke6 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. Rc8 Kd7 44. Rc5 Bf7 45. Kd4 Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Bg5 Nc7 11. Qd2 Nd4 12. Bh6 e6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nc2 Nxc2
15. Qxc2 Rb8 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. d4 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Bc6 19. e5 Qc5 20. Qd2 Qxe5 21.
Bxc6 dxc6 22. Re1 Qf5 23. g4 Qf3 24. Re3 Qf6 25. Rd7 Rfd8 26. Red3 Rxd7 27.
Rxd7 Ne8 28. Ne4 Qf3 29. Qd4+ Kg8 30. Ng5 c5 31. Nxf3 cxd4 32. b3 Rc8 33. Nxd4
Nf6 34. Rxa7 Nxg4 35. Rb7 Rd8 36. Nf3 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Ra1 38. h3 Nf6 39. Ng5 (39.
a4) 39... Rxa2 40. Kf3 Rb2 41. Rxb6 h6 42. Ne4 Nd7 43. Rb5 Kf8 (43... f5 44.
Nd6 Rd2 45. Nb7 Rc2) 44. Ke3 f5 45. Nd2 Ke7 46. c5 Nf6 (46... Ne5) 47. Rb7+ Kd8
48. Nc4 Nd5+ 49. Kd4 Ne7 (49... Rxf2 50. Ke5) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. e3 a5 8. Nge2
a4 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 c6 11. Ne4 N8d7 12. Rc1 Nd5 13. N2c3 a3 14. bxa3 Rxa3 15.
Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bb4 Ra6 (16... Rxa2 17. Nc3 Ra8 18. Nxd5) 17. Nc3 Nf6 18. Qb3 Be6
19. Nb5 Ne8 (19... Rc6 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Nc3) 20. Rc5 b6 21. Rc3 Bd7 22. a4 Nf6
23. Rfc1 h5 24. Bf1 Kh7 25. Ra1 Bxb5 26. Bxb5 Ra7 27. Rc6 Rh8 28. Rac1 h4 29.
Qc2 e5 30. dxe5 Ng4 31. Qe2 (31. f4 Nxe3 32. Qd3) 31... Nxe5 32. Rd6 Qa8 33. f4
Nc4 34. Bc6 Qf8 35. Rd7 Qxb4 36. Rxa7 Nxe3 37. Rxf7 Qd4 38. Qf2 Rc8 39. Re1 Kg8
40. Bd7 hxg3 41. Rxg7+ Qxg7 42. Be6+ Kf8 43. Qxe3 gxh2+ 44. Kh1 d4 45. Qa3+ Rc5
46. Qf3 Qa7 47. Bb3 Qd7 48. Qa8+ Rc8 49. Qe4 Rc3 50. Qe5 Re3 51. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Qe8 9. e4 e5 (9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxe4 11. Re1 Nxc3 12. Qd3 Nd5 13. Ng5 (
13. Bxd5 Nb4) 13... Nf6 14. Ba3) 10. d5 Nd4 (10... Ne7) 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4
Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxe4 14. Qxe4 Nxe4 15. Re1 Nd6 (15... Bf5 16. g4 Nd6) 16. Bf1 Bd7
17. Bf4 Rfe8 18. c4 Rxe1 (18... b6) 19. Rxe1 Re8 (19... b6) 20. Rc1 Re4 21. Be3
Re8 22. Bf4 Re4 23. g3 Bg4 24. h3 Bf3 25. c5 Ne8 26. Rc3 g5 27. Bxg5 Bd1 28.
Bg2 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Re2 30. Re3 b6 31. d6 cxd6 32. cxd6 Nxd6 33. Rd3 Ba4 34. Rxd6
Rxa2 35. Bh6 Re2 36. Rd4 Bb5 37. Rg4+ Kh8 38. Be3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 Ne4 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Nd7 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 Qe7 11. Nb1 b6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Nd2 f5 16. Qb2 Rac8 17. Rac1 Ba6 18. Nc4 Rc7 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Nf6 21.
f3 Bb7 22. fxe4 Nxe4 23. Nd2 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Qb4 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27.
Qc4 Qe1+ 28. Bf1 Bd5 29. Qc8+ Kf7 30. Qc7+ Kg6 31. Qf4 h6 32. h4 Kh7 33. h5 Qa1
34. e3 (34. Qd2 e5 35. e3) 34... Qxa2 35. Qf7 Qa3 36. Bh3 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qc2+ 38.
Bg2 Qc6 39. b4 a5 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. g4 a4 42. g5 hxg5 43. Qg6+ Kh8 44. h6 Qc7+
45. Kg1 a3 46. hxg7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nd2
c5 9. Qc2 a6 10. O-O Bf5 11. e4 Bd7 12. b3 b5 13. Bb2 bxc4 14. bxc4 Rb8 15.
Rab1 Rb4 16. a3 Rb8 17. Nd1 Qc7 18. Ne3 Rb7 19. Bc3 Rfb8 20. h3 Rxb1 21. Rxb1
Rxb1+ 22. Nxb1 Qb6 (22... e5 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Qb2 e5 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. cxd5 Qb7
) 23. Nd2 Ne8 24. Bxg7 Nxg7 25. Kh2 Ne8 26. f4 Nf6 27. e5 Ne8 28. Qc3 f6 29. e6
Ba4 30. Be4 Ng7 31. Bd3 Nh5 32. Be2 Ng7 33. h4 Ne8 34. Bd3 Ng7 35. f5 Nb3 36.
Qb2 Qa5 37. Nxb3 Qe1 38. Ng2 Qd1 39. Nc1 gxf5 40. Be2 Qd4 41. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Kasparian, Ghenrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 Ne8 8. Be3
Bg5 9. Qd2 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Qh4 11. g3 Qh3 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Ng1 Qh5 14. f4 Qh6
15. Re1 a6 16. Nf3 f6 17. h4 Nb6 18. h5 Bd7 19. Nd1 f5 (19... Nc8) 20. fxe5
fxe4 21. Qxh6 gxh6 22. Bxe4 Nxc4 23. e6 Bb5 24. b3 Nb6 25. Nh4 Ng7 26. g4 Rf4
27. Nf5 Nxf5 28. gxf5 Kg7 29. a4 Be8 30. Rhf1 Rxf1 31. Rxf1 Kf6 32. Ne3 Bxh5
33. Rh1 Kg5 34. f6 Bf7 35. Rf1 Rf8 36. Rf5+ Kh4 37. exf7 Rxf7 38. Nc4 Nd7 39.
Nxd6 Rxf6 40. Nxb7 Rb6 41. Na5 Kg4 42. Rf1 Nf6 43. Nc4 Rxb3 44. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nd5 9. Bg3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Qe2 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Rc8
15. Rac1 Qa5 16. Qe4 Qa3 17. Bb5 Bf6 18. d5 Na5 19. Qc2 c4 20. Qa4 Qxa4 21.
Bxa4 a6 22. e4 b5 23. Bd1 e5 24. dxe6 (24. f4 Rce8 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5
27. Rf6) 24... fxe6 25. Bg4 Rfe8 26. f4 h5 27. Bf3 e5 28. Rfd1 Rcd8 29. fxe5
Bg5 30. Rb1 Rd3 31. e6 Rxc3 32. Rd6 Ra3 33. e7 Kh7 34. e5 Rxe7 35. Rxa6 c3 36.
Be4 Rg7 (36... c2 37. Bxc2 Rxg3 38. Rxa5) 37. Rxb5 Nc4 38. Rc6 Be3+ 39. Kh2 (
39. Kh1 Nd2 40. Bd5) 39... Nd2 40. Bd3 c2 41. Be2 Rxa2 42. e6 Ra1 43. Rxc2 Bg1+
44. Kh1 Ne4 45. Rb3 Re7 46. h4 Nxg3+ 47. Rxg3 Bd4+ 48. Kh2 Be5 49. Rc5 Bd6 50.
Rd5 Rxe6 51. Rxd6 Rxd6 52. Bf3 Rd4 53. Rh3 Kg7 54. Kg3 Kf6 55. Rh2 Kf5 56. Rh3
Rb1 57. Be2 Rd2 58. Bf3 Rf1 59. Rh2 Rc2 60. Bd5 Rc3+ 61. Bf3 Ke5 62. Rh3 Rcc1
63. Bb7 Rh1 64. Rxh1 Rxh1 65. Bc8 Kf6 66. Bd7 g5 67. hxg5+ Kxg5 68. Bc8 h4+ 69.
Kf3 Rc1 70. Bd7 Rc2 71. Be6 Rc7 72. g4 (72. Bh3 Rc3+ 73. Ke4 Rg3 74. Ke5 Re3+
75. Kd4 Kf4) (72. Ke4 Re7 73. Ke5 Re8) 72... Rc3+ 73. Kg2 h3+ 74. Kh2 Kh4 75.
g5 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Bd3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nge2
O-O 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Bb7 11. O-O Re8 12. b5 Bd6 13. h3 Nf8 14. a4 Ne4 (14...
c5 15. bxc6 Bxc6) 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bc4 Qf6 17. Ba3 Rad8 (17... Bxa3 18. Rxa3
c5) 18. a5 Ng6 19. axb6 axb6 20. Bxd6 cxd6 (20... Rxd6 21. Ra7 Rb8 22. Ng3 Rd7)
21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Qe6 23. Nc3 Nf8 24. Qxe6 fxe6 (24... Rxe6 25. Nd5 Nd7 26.
Ra6 Rb8 27. Rc1) 25. Nxe4 d5 26. Ng5 e5 27. dxe5 d4 28. exd4 Rxd4 29. Ra7 Rd5
30. f4 Rxb5 31. Ne4 Rb8 32. Nd6 Ra5 33. Rxa5 bxa5 34. f5 Nd7 35. e6 Nf6 36. g4
h6 37. Ra1 Rd8 38. Nc4 Rc8 39. Ne5 Rc5 40. Ng6 Rb5 41. Rc1 Rb8 42. Rc4 Ra8 43.
Ra4 Nd5 44. Ne5 Nc3 45. Rc4 Nb5 46. Nd7 Nd6 47. Ra4 Ne8 48. Kf2 Nf6 49. Ne5 Kf8
50. Kf3 Nd5 51. Nc6 g6 52. Rd4 Rc8 53. Rxd5 Rxc6 54. Rxa5 gxf5 55. gxf5 Ke7 56.
Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qa4 c5 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Rd1 Na5 (11... Ne4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ng5 Nd4
14. Rd2) 12. c5 Bd7 13. Qa3 Ne8 14. Bg5 Be6 (14... Bf6 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Nd5)
15. cxd6 Nxd6 16. Rxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxa5 b6 18. Qa4 Bd7 19. Qh4 Bxc3 20. Bxe7 Qe6
21. bxc3 Rfe8 22. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Qd2
Nb6 9. b3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Be2 c6 12. O-O d5 13. exd5 Qe7 14. Bf2 cxd5 15.
c5 Qxc5 16. Nf5 Qxf2+ (16... Qb4 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. Bd4) 17. Rxf2 Bxf5 18. Nb5
Rad8 19. Nd4 (19. Rc1) 19... Ne4 20. Qb4 Nxf2 21. Kxf2 Bd7 22. Rd1 Rc8 23. a4
Bf8 24. Qd2 a6 25. h4 Re5 26. Qf4 Rce8 27. h5 Bc5 28. Bd3 Rxh5 29. b4 g5 30.
Qf6 Re6 31. Qd8+ Re8 32. Qf6 Re6 33. Bxh7+ Rxh7 34. Qxg5+ Rg7 35. Qd8+ Re8 36.
Qc7 Rc8 37. Qxb7 Bxd4+ 38. Rxd4 Rg6 39. a5 Rc2+ 40. Ke3 Re6+ 41. Kf4 Rf6+ 42.
Kg5 Rg6+ 43. Kf4 Bc8 44. Qe7 Nd7 45. g4 Nf6 46. Qd8+ Kg7 47. Rd1 Bd7 48. Rh1
Rc8 49. Qe7 Rc4+ 50. Kg3 Bxg4 51. Re1 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nge2 exd4 7. exd4 d5 8. c5
O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 bxc5 13. dxc5 Ne5 14. Nd4 Ng6
15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Re1 Bd7 17. f3 g5 18. Bg3 g4 19. c6 Bc8 20. Nb5 Rf7 21. c4
gxf3 (21... a6 22. Nc3 d4 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd4 gxf3 25. gxf3 Qf6 26. Qxd5 Kh7)
22. Qxf3 Bg4 23. Qf4 dxc4 24. Qxc4 Qd5 25. Rac1 Rc8 26. h3 Bf5 27. Qxd5 Nxd5
28. Rc5 Nb4 29. Nd4 Bg6 30. Re6 Kh7 31. a3 Nd3 32. Rd5 Nf4 33. Bxf4 Rxf4 34.
Re7 Rf7 35. Rdd7 Rxe7 36. Rxe7 Be8 37. Nf5 (37. Nb5) 37... Kg6 38. g4 Kf6 (
38... Bf7) 39. Rxg7 Bxc6 40. Rh7 Be4 41. Rxh6+ Kg5 42. Kf2 (42. Rh5+) 42... Rb8
(42... Rf8 43. Rh5+ Kg6 44. Ke3 Bxf5 45. gxf5+ Rxf5 46. Rxf5 Kxf5) 43. Rh5+ Kf4
44. Nd4 Bg6 45. Ne6+ Ke4 46. Rh6 Rg8 47. Kg3 c6 48. Nf4 Be8 49. Re6+ Kd4 50.
Re1 Bf7 51. Re7 Bb3 52. Rd7+ Kc4 53. h4 c5 54. g5 a5 55. g6 Bc2 56. h5 Kb3 57.
g7 c4 58. h6 Bh7 59. Nd5 c3 60. Rb7+ Kxa3 61. Rc7 Kb2 62. Nf6 a4 63. Nxh7 a3
64. Nf6 a2 65. Rb7+ Ka1 66. Nd5 Rc8 67. Nb4 c2 68. Nxc2+ Rxc2 69. Ra7 (69. g8=Q
Rg2+) 69... Rc1 70. Rxa2+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O a6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Bc4 h5 12. Kb1 Qb6 13. Rhf1 (13. Nb3)
13... Qxd4 14. Qxd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Rc8 16. Bb3 Rg8 17. Rd2 h4 18. f5 Ke7 19.
Rdf2 Bh6 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Rxf6 Rcf8 22. Rxf8 Bxf8 23. Rf2 Bh6 24. Bc4 Be3 25.
Re2 Bg1 26. g3 hxg3 27. hxg3 Rxg3 28. a3 Be8 29. Ka2 Bh5 30. Re1 Bd4 31. Rh1
Rg5 32. Kb3 Be5 33. Bd3 Bg6 34. Rh4 Rg3 35. a4 Bf6 36. Rh1 Rg4 37. Re1 Be5 38.
Nd1 Rf4 39. Nc3 Rf3 40. Nb1 Bg3 41. Rg1 (41. Re2) 41... Bxe4 42. Nd2 Bd5+ 43.
Ka3 Rf2 44. Ne4 Bh2 45. Rg6 Bxe4 46. Bxe4 d5 47. Bd3 Be5 48. Rg8 Kd7 49. b4 Bf6
50. Rg1 Rh2 (50... e5) 51. Kb3 Kd6 52. Rd1 Ke7 53. c4 Rb2+ 54. Ka3 dxc4 55.
Bxc4 Rc2 56. Bb3 Bb2+ 57. Ka2 Rf2 58. Bc4 a5 59. bxa5 Bc3+ 60. Kb3 Bxa5 61. Bb5
b6 62. Kc4 Kf6 63. Kd4 Rf4+ 64. Ke3 Ke5 65. Rh1 Re4+ 66. Kd3 Rg4 67. Rh5+ Kd6
68. Rh8 Ke5 69. Rh5+ Kf4 70. Rh3 Rg8 71. Rh4+ Ke5 72. Rh5+ Kd6 73. Rh4 Rg3+ 74.
Ke4 Bd2 75. Bd3 Bg5 76. Rh5 Kc5 (76... Kc5 77. Ke5 Rxd3 78. Rxg5 Rd5+) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 20 Playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
O-O-O c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Kb1 a6 11. Bc1 c4 12. g4 Nb6 13. h3 Re8 14. Bg2 Bb4
15. Ne5 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Ne4 17. Qc2 Nd6 18. Bd2 a5 19. Be1 f6 20. Nf3 Bd7 21. Rc1
Ba4 22. Qe2 Bb5 23. Bc3 Na4 24. g5 Bd7 25. gxf6 Bf5+ 26. Ka1 Bd3 27. Qd1 Nxc3
28. bxc3 gxf6 (28... Qxf6 29. Ne5 Rxe5 30. dxe5 Qxe5) 29. Ne1 (29. Nh4 Ne4 30.
Qh5 Nxf2 31. Bxd5+ Kh8 32. Rh2) 29... Be4 30. Bxe4 Nxe4 31. Rc2 Kh8 32. Ng2 Rg8
33. Nf4 Qd7 34. f3 Ng5 35. Rb2 b5 36. Re1 Rae8 37. h4 Ne6 38. Nxe6 Rxe6 39. e4
Rge8 40. Rbe2 b4 41. Qd2 Qe7 42. e5 bxc3 43. Qxc3 Qb4 44. Qb2 (44. Qxb4 axb4
45. f4) 44... fxe5 45. Qxb4 axb4 46. Rxe5 Rxe5 47. Rxe5 Rxe5 48. dxe5 d4 49. e6
Kg7 50. f4 Kf6 51. f5 d3 52. Kb2 h5 (52... h5 53. Kb1 b3 54. axb3 cxb3 55. Kc1
Ke7) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 20 Playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Bd2 Bc7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Rae1 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Be2 Bg4
15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Ne5 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Ne4 Qd8 20. Nc5 Rb8 21.
Rfe1 Qd5 22. Nf3 Bd6 23. Qe4 Rfd8 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 25. g3 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch 20 Playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nge2 c5 8. a3
Ba5 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Ng4 11. Nf4 Ne5 12. Be2 Qe7 13. O-O Na6 14. b3 Bd7 15.
Bb2 Nc7 16. Rad1 b5 17. Nb1 Rac8 18. Nd2 Ng6 19. Nh5 Ne8 20. a4 Bxd2 21. Qxd2
b4 22. f4 Rf7 23. Rde1 Qf8 24. Bd3 Rc7 25. e4 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Bg4 27. Bf3 Bxf3
28. Rxf3 Rce7 29. Re6 Nc7 (29... Nh4 30. Rd3 Rxe6 31. dxe6 Rf5 32. Bc1 Qe7) 30.
Rxd6 Qe8 31. Bxg7 Re2 32. Qd3 Qe7 33. Rxg6 hxg6 34. d6 Re1+ 35. Kf2 Qh4+ 36.
Ng3 (36. Rg3) 36... Kxg7 37. Kxe1 Ne6 38. Qe4 Nd4 39. Rf2 Qxh2 40. Qe5+ Kh7 41.
Nf1 Qh5 42. Ng3 Qh2 43. Qxc5 Rxf4 44. Rxf4 (44. Qc7+ Kh6 45. Rxf4 Qxg3+ 46. Rf2
Qe3+ 47. Kf1) 44... Qg1+ 45. Nf1 Nf3+ 46. Rxf3 Qxc5 47. Rd3 Qf5 48. Rd2 Qe6+
49. Kf2 Qf5+ 50. Ke2 Qg4+ 51. Kf2 Qf5+ 52. Kg1 Qc5+ 53. Kh2 Qh5+ 54. Kg1 Qc5+
55. Kh1 Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch 20 Playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 O-O 9. Be2 Bf5 (9... Be6 10. Nxe6 fxe6) 10. g4 Be6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. O-O
Qd7 13. f4 Nd8 14. Bd3 Nf7 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Nd6 17. Qf3 a4 18. Ra2 c6 19. bxc6
Qxc6 20. Rc2 Qd7 21. g5 Nfe8 22. Bxh7+ (22. Bb2) 22... Kxh7 23. Qh3+ Kg8 (23...
Kg6 24. Nxd5 Bd8 25. Nb4) 24. Nxd5 Bd8 25. g6 Nf6 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. g7 (27. d5
) 27... Re8 (27... Kxg7 28. Rg2+ Kf7) 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Rg2 Nf7 31.
Rf3 Ra5 32. Qh4 e5 33. Rh3 Qxh3 34. Qxh3 exf4 35. exf4 Bb6 36. Bb2 Rb5 37. Kf1
Ba5 38. Rc2 Rb3 39. Qd7 Rbe3 40. Qxa4 Re1+ 41. Kf2 Bc7 42. Qxe8+ (42. Rxc7
R1e2+ 43. Kg3 R8e3+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20 Playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 c4 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. Qe1 Re8 (13... Bxf3 14.
gxf3 Qd7) 14. Nh4 Bh5 (14... Na5) 15. f3 Bg6 (15... Na5) 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. e4
dxe4 18. fxe4 Qd7 19. Bg5 Nh7 20. Be3 Ne7 21. Rf3 f5 22. e5 Nf8 23. h4 Ne6 24.
Rd1 Qd5 25. Bc1 Rf8 26. Ba3 Rae8 27. Qg3 g5 (27... Kh7 28. h5) 28. Bxe7 Rxe7
29. Rxf5 Rxf5 30. Bxf5 Nf4 31. Qxg5 Rxe5 32. dxe5 Qxd1+ 33. Kh2 Qd2 34. Be6+
Kh7 35. Bxc4 g6 36. Be6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 20 Playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Nbd7 9. e4 e5 10. Nd2 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. f3 Nf8 13. Nf1 Ne6 14. Bc2 c5 15.
Ba4 Rf8 16. d5 Nc7 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bf2 Nce8 20. Ne3 Ng7 21. g4 h5 22.
h3 h4 23. Qd2 Nh7 24. Reb1 Qc7 25. Bd1 Rfb8 26. a4 Bc8 27. Kh2 Nf8 28. Ng2 f6
29. Be2 Ng6 30. Bf1 Bd7 31. Rb2 Ne8 32. Qc2 Qd8 33. Be1 Nc7 34. Bd2 Qe8 35. Kg1
a6 36. Raa2 Ra7 37. Kf2 Rab7 38. Kg1 Ne7 39. Ne3 Ng6 40. Ng2 Kg7 41. Ra3 Nf4
42. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch 21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. d3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 (8. Ng5) 8... O-O (8... Nxe4 9. Ne5 Nc5 10. Bxb7 Nxb7 11. Qf3) 9. e5 Nfd7
10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. a3 a5 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qc4 Nc5 15. b3 Bf8 16. Qf4
Rd7 17. Nf1 Qd8 18. Be3 Ne7 19. Qg4 Nf5 20. Bf4 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Bxb7 Nxb7
23. h4 (23. Red1) 23... Nc5 24. Nh2 Qd7 25. Nf3 Rd5 26. h5 Kh8 27. h6 gxh6 28.
Kg2 Bg7 29. b4 Nb7 30. Qh4 Rg8 (30... Qd8 31. Qh5 Qf8) 31. Bxh6 Bxh6 32. Qxh6
Rg6 33. Qh4 Kg7 34. Re4 Qd8 35. c4 Rd3 36. Qxd8 Nxd8 37. bxa5 bxa5 38. Rd4 Rxd4
39. Nxd4 Nb7 40. Rb1 Nc5 41. Rb5 Nd3 42. Rxa5 Rg5 43. Ra7 Rxe5 44. Rxc7 h5 45.
Rd7 Nc5 46. Ra7 Nd3 47. a4 Re4 48. Nb5 Re2 (48... Rxc4 49. Rxf7+) 49. Kf3 Rc2
50. Rc7 Ne5+ 51. Ke4 Re2+ 52. Kd4 Nf3+ 53. Kd3 Rxf2 54. Ke3 Rf1 55. Ke2 Nh2 56.
c5 Kg6 57. c6 Rc1 58. Rc8 Kf5 59. c7 Ke4 60. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 e5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. h3 (11. Be2) 11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nd4 13.
fxe5 (13. Qg2 Rc8 14. Rg1) 13... dxe5 14. Rg1 Nxf3 15. Qf2 Qb6 16. Be3 Nd4 17.
Rxd4 exd4 18. Bxd4 Qd8 19. Nd5 Ne8 20. Qg3 f6 (20... Bh4 21. Qf4 Kh8 22. c3)
21. Bc4 Rf7 22. Nf4 Bd6 (22... Qxd4 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qb3+) 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24.
Qb3+ Ke7 25. Bxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. b3
Bf5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 Qd7 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Bb2 Rab8 14. Qd2 Bh3
15. Bh1 h5 16. d5 Bf5 17. Re2 a6 18. a4 Qc7 19. Nd1 Qb6 20. b4 Bg4 21. Bd4 Qc7
22. f3 Bd7 23. Ne3 h4 24. a5 Nh5 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Qd4 b6 27. Rb2 (27. axb6
Qxb6 28. Qxb6 Rxb6) 27... bxa5 28. Rxa5 Rxb4 29. Rxa6 Rxb2 30. Qxb2 Rb8 31. Qd4
Rb1+ 32. Nf1 Nf5 33. Ra8+ Bc8 34. Qf2 Qxc4 35. Bg2 (35. g4 Ng3 36. hxg3 hxg3)
35... Kg7 36. g4 Bb7 37. Ra2 Nd4 38. Rd2 Nb3 39. Re2 Bxd5 40. Rxe7 Nd4 41. h3
Be6 42. Qe3 Ne2+ 43. Kf2 Nf4 44. Nd2 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. d5 e5
9. Be3 Ne7 (9... Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Bxd4 Nxe4) 10. h3 Nd7 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. g4
f5 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Bd3 Nc5 (15... Kh8 16. Bxf5 Rxf5) 16. Bxc5
dxc5 17. O-O-O Kh8 18. Rhg1 Qd6 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Rg2 Bd7 21. Rdg1 Rf7 22. Rg6
Rg8 23. d6 cxd6 24. Nxd6 Nxd6 25. Rxh6+ Bxh6 26. Qxh6+ Rh7 27. Rxg8+ Kxg8 28.
Bxh7+ Qxh7 29. Qxd6 Qxh3 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Nxe5 Bf5 33. Kd2 b6 34.
Qf7+ Kh8 35. Ng6+ Bxg6 36. Qxg6 Qf1 37. Qf7 Qb1 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. a3 Qf1 40.
Qe6+ Kg7 41. Qe2 Qb1 42. Kc3 Qf5 43. Qe7+ Kg6 44. Qd6+ Kg7 45. Qg3+ Kf6 46. b4
cxb4+ 47. axb4 Qb1 48. Qd6+ Kf7 49. Qd7+ Kf6 50. Qd4+ Ke6 51. Qe3+ Kf7 52. c5
bxc5 53. Qxc5 Qa1+ 54. Kd3 a6 55. Ke4 Qe1+ 56. Kf4 Qa1 57. Qd5+ Kf8 58. Kf5
Qb1+ 59. Qe4 Qf1 60. Qa8+ Ke7 61. Qb7+ Kd6 62. Qb6+ Kd7 63. Qd4+ Ke7 64. Qc5+
Kd7 65. Qd5+ Ke7 66. f4 Qh3+ 67. Kg6 Qa3 68. Qc5+ Kd7 69. f5 Qg3+ 70. Kf7 Qb3+
71. Kf8 Qb2 72. Qa7+ Kd6 73. Qe7+ Kc6 74. f6 Qh2 75. Qc5+ Kd7 76. Qd5+ Kc7 77.
Qd4 Kb7 78. f7 Qh6+ 79. Ke7 Qg5+ 80. Qf6 Qe3+ 81. Qe6 Qg5+ 82. Ke8 Qh5 83. Kd8
Qh8+ 84. Qe8 Qh2 85. Qe7+ Kb6 86. Qc5+ Kb7 87. f8=Q Qd2+ 88. Qfd6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1
Ne4 9. Qc2 Qg6 10. Be3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12. c5 Nf6 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Qb3 Nd5
15. Bd2 b6 (15... Rb8) 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Bb7 18. e4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Ne7 (
19... Rfd8) 20. Nxd6 Bxg2 (20... Bd5) 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Bh3 23. Rxe7 Rad8
24. Ne4 Rxd4 25. Re1 h6 26. Rxa7 Rc8 27. f3 Rc2 28. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg4 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. h3 Bxf3 (12... Bh5) 13. Qxf3 e5 14.
d5 Nb6 (14... Qc5) 15. Bb3 cxd5 16. a5 d4 17. axb6 dxc3 18. bxc3 Bc5 19. bxa7 (
19. Rxa7 Rxa7 20. bxa7 Bxa7 21. Bg5) 19... h6 (19... Rxa7 20. Rxa7 Bxa7) 20.
Be3 b6 21. Bd5 Rxa7 22. Rxa7 Qxa7 23. Bxh6 Nxd5 24. Qg3 f5 25. Rxd5 fxe4 26.
Be3 Qa1+ 27. Kh2 Bxe3 (27... Qxc3 28. Bxc5 Qxg3+ 29. Kxg3 bxc5 30. Rxe5 Rc8 31.
Rxe4 c4 32. Re2 c3 33. Rc2) 28. Qxe3 Qa2 29. Rd2 Qb3 30. Rd7 Rf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7
32. Qxe4 Qxc3 33. Qb7+ Kg8 34. Qxb6 Qc2 35. Qd8+ Kf7 36. Qd7+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ Kh7
38. Qf7 Qe4 39. g3 Kh6 40. Kg1 Kh7 41. Kh2 Qe2 42. g4 Qd2 43. Kg3 Qc3+ 44. Kh4
Qd4 45. Qf5+ g6 (45... Kg8 46. Kh5 e4 47. g5) 46. Qf7+ Kh6 47. Qf6 Kh7 48. Kg5
Qd2+ 49. f4 exf4 50. Qf7+ Kh8 51. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. a4
Bd7 9. Nc4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Ng5 Nb6 13. Ne3 a5 14. h4 h6 15.
Ne4 Nd4 16. h5 g5 17. c3 Nf5 18. Qb3 Nd6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxe4 21. Qxe4
Rab8 22. Qd5 e6 23. Qa2 Bc6 24. Qc4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qc6+ 26. Qe4 (26. f3) 26...
Rfd8 27. Be3 (27. Qxc6 bxc6 28. Re3) 27... Rd5 28. Rad1 Rbd8 (28... f5 29. Qf3
g4 30. Qe2 f4) 29. Kf1 c4 30. d4 Qxa4 31. g4 Qd7 32. Ra1 a4 33. Re2 b5 34. Rae1
b4 35. f4 gxf4 36. Bxf4 a3 37. Rg2 Qe7 38. Qe3 Qf6 39. Kg1 axb2 40. g5 hxg5 41.
Be5 Rxe5 42. dxe5 Qxe5 43. Qxe5 Bxe5 44. Rxg5+ Kh7 45. Rgxe5 bxc3 46. Rb5 Rd1 (
46... Rd1 47. Rxd1 c2) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.
Be3 Be6 9. O-O-O+ Nfd7 10. g3 Nc6 11. Bh3 Nd4 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. f4 c5 14. fxe5
Ke7 15. Nge2 Nf3 16. Rhf1 Rhf8 (16... Nfxe5) 17. Rxd7+ Kxd7 18. Bxc5 Bh6+ (
18... Rf7 19. Nf4 Nxe5 20. Rd1+ Kc6 21. Nxe6 Nxc4) 19. Nf4 Rfc8 20. Bd6 Nxh2
21. Rh1 Ng4 22. Kb1 g5 23. Nd3 Rxc4 24. Nc5+ Rxc5 (24... Kc6 25. Nxe6 Re8 26.
Nc7 Rh8) 25. Bxc5 b6 26. Bd6 Rg8 27. Nb5 a6 28. Nd4 Rc8 29. Rf1 Ke8 30. Nxe6
Rc4 31. Nc7+ Kd7 32. Rf7+ Kc6 33. Nd5 Rxe4 34. Nc3 Nxe5 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 36. Rf6+
Kc5 37. Rxh6 b5 38. Rxh7 b4 39. Nd1 Re1 40. Rd7 Rg1 41. Rd3 Kc4 42. Kc2 Rg2+
43. Rd2 Rxg3 44. b3+ Kb5 45. Nb2 g4 46. Kd1 Rh3 47. Rg2 Rh1+ 48. Kc2 Ra1 49.
Rxg4 Rxa2 50. Kb1 Ra3 51. Rg3 a5 52. Nc4 Rxb3+ 53. Rxb3 Kxc4 54. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. Ba2 Bd7 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qh5 13. f3 Rfc8 14. Rae1 Qc5
15. Qd3 Bc6 16. Be3 Qa5 17. f4 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. c4 Bc6 21.
Bd2 Qd8 22. Qc2 Bf6 23. f5 exf5 24. Rxf5 Qd4 25. Bc3 Qh4 26. c5 Rf8 (26... Bxc3
27. Qxc3 Bxg2+ 28. Kg1 Qg4 29. Bxf7+ Kh8 30. Rf2 Bf3+ 31. Kf1) 27. Rxf6 gxf6
28. Re3 Rad8 (28... Qf4 29. Rg3+ Kh8) 29. h3 (29. Rg3+ Kh8 30. Bb1 (30. Kg1 Qf4
) 30... Be4 31. Qc1 Qf4) 29... Rfe8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Qf5 Be4 32. Qg4+ Qxg4
33. hxg4 Bc6 34. Bc4 Re4 35. Bf1 Rxg4 36. Kg1 Kg7 37. Kf2 h5 38. g3 h4 39. gxh4
Rxh4 40. b4 a6 41. Ke3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. f3 a5 11. Be3 a4 12. Rf2 c6 13. Rd2 (13. Nc2) 13... Qa5 (
13... Nfd7) 14. Nc2 Be6 (14... Ne8 15. b4 Qa6 16. Nd5 cxd5 17. bxc5 Bxa1) 15.
Rxd6 Ne8 16. Rd2 Bxc4 17. Na3 (17. b4 Qa6 18. Bxc5 Bxc3) 17... Be6 18. Rc1 Nf6
19. Nd5 cxd5 20. Rxc5 Qb6 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Bf2 Nf6 23. Nc4 Qb4 24. Bf1 Bh6 (
24... Rac8 25. a3 Qb3) 25. Rd6 Ra6 26. Rxa6 bxa6 27. Rc6 Rb8 28. Rxa6 Bxc4 29.
Rxa4 Qxb2 30. Bxc4 Qb1 31. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 32. Kg2 Rb2 33. Kg1 Rb1+ 34. Bf1 Nd5 35.
Ra8+ Kg7 36. Bd4+ f6 37. f4 Rd1 38. Ra7+ Kg8 39. Bc5 Rc1 40. Ba3 Rc3 41. Bb2
Rc2 42. Bd4 f5 43. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O a5 10. b3 Nb4 11. Bd2 Bf5 12. a3 Nc6 13. Qc1 a4 14. bxa4 Nc4 15. Ra2
e5 16. Nxe5 N6xe5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. e4 Be6 19. Bg5 Qd3 20. Nd5 (20. Rc2) 20...
Nf3+ 21. Kh1 (21. Bxf3 Qxf3 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. Bxe3 c6 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Rc2 Rfe8
26. Bc5 Bf6) 21... Qxe4 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Qf5 24. Ba1 Qh5 25. h4 Rxa4 26.
Bxf3 Qxf3+ 27. Kh2 Bd5 28. Rg1 Bxa2 29. Qb2 f6 30. Qxa2+ Rf7 31. Re1 Rxa3 32.
Qc2 Rd3 33. Bb2 Kg7 34. Bc1 Rfd7 35. Be3 b6 36. Qa2 Rd1 37. Qa4 Qd5 38. Rxd1
Qxd1 39. Qf4 Qd6 40. Qg4 Qd5 41. Qf4 c5 42. Qb8 Qb7 43. Qe8 Rd1 44. f3 Qd7 45.
Qe4 Rd5 46. Bf4 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd7 10. e3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Bg2 f5 13. Rb1 a5 14. b3 Nc5 15. Ne2
Qd7 16. Qc2 b5 17. cxb5 Qxb5 18. Ba3 Na6 19. Qc4 Qb6 20. Rfc1 Rfb8 21. Nc3 e4
22. Bf1 Rb7 23. Qa4 Nb4 (23... Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Nb4 25. Bxb4 Qxb4) 24. Bxb4 Qxb4
25. Qd7 Kf8 (25... Bxc3 26. Qxe7 Bg7 27. Rc6) 26. Nb5 Nxd5 27. Qc6 Rab8 28. a3
Qd2 29. Rd1 Qxd1 30. Rxd1 Ne7 31. Qc2 Rxb5 32. Bxb5 Rxb5 33. Qxc7 d5 34. a4
Rxb3 35. Qxa5 Rb2 36. Qd8+ Kf7 37. a5 g5 38. Rxd5 Nxd5 39. Qxd5+ Kg6 40. a6
Rb1+ 41. Kg2 Ra1 42. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. dxc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bf4 d6 7. Qd2 Nc6 8.
O-O-O Bg4 9. exd6 cxd6 10. Be2 Qa5 11. a3 O-O 12. Bh6 Qb6 (12... Rac8) 13. h4
Bxf3 14. gxf3 Rfc8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h5 Qxf2 (16... Qc5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Qh6+
Kf6 19. Qf4+ Qf5) 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Qh6+ Kf6 19. Qf4+ Kg7 20. Rh2 Qc5 21. Rh7+
Kxh7 22. Qxf7+ Kh6 23. Rh1+ Qh5 (23... Kg5 24. f4#) 24. Qf4+ Kg7 25. Rxh5 gxh5
26. Qg5+ Kf7 27. Qxh5+ Ke6 28. Qg4+ Kf6 29. Bc4 Nd8 30. Qh4+ Kf5 31. Qh7+ Kf4
32. Qxe7 Kxf3 33. Qxd6 a6 34. Bd5+ Kg4 35. Qf6 Rab8 36. Bf3+ Kg3 37. Be4 Nc6
38. Qg5+ Kf2 39. Qg2+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. Be3 d6 11. Ng3 Qd7 12. O-O Ba6 13. f4 f5 (13... Na5 14.
Qe2 cxd4 15. cxd4 d5) 14. Qa4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Bb7 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Nb8 (17...
Ne5 18. Qc2 Nc4) 18. Qc2 Nf6 19. Bf5 Qc7 20. c4 b5 21. Ne4 bxc4 22. Nxf6+ gxf6
23. Be6+ Kh8 24. Bd2 Nd7 25. Qf5 Nb6 26. a4 Nc8 27. Ra3 Ne7 28. Qh5 Bc8 29. Rh3
Ng8 30. f5 c3 31. Bf4 Bxe6 32. Bxd6 Qf7 33. fxe6 Qxh5 34. Rxh5 Rfc8 35. Rc1 a5
36. Rxc3 c4 37. Ba3 Rab8 38. d6 Rb3 39. d7 Rd8 40. Rxc4 Rxa3 41. Rc8 Ra1+ 42.
Kf2 Ra2+ 43. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. Qa4 Bd7 8.
Qe4 e6 (8... Ne6) 9. O-O Be7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Be3 Ne8
14. Rac1 Nf6 15. Qf4 Bd8 (15... Qb8) 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nb5 Bb6 18. Nd6 Qb8 19.
Bxb6 axb6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rxc6 Rxa2 22. Qd4 h6 (22... Qa8 23. Rxb6 (23. Qxb6
Rxb2) 23... Rd8) 23. Rdc1 Ra8 24. Nc8 Kh7 25. Qd3+ g6 26. Nxb6 Ra7 27. Qd4 Kg7
28. Rd6 Re8 29. f4 Kh7 30. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Ilivitzki, Georgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb4 7. d5 O-O 8. a3
N4a6 9. Ne2 e6 10. O-O c6 11. Nbc3 cxd5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nc6 14. Nec3 Nc7
15. Nxc7 Qxc7 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. h4 h6 (17... Be6 18. Bg5 Qc8 19. Nf6+ Kh8) 18.
Bf4 Bf5 19. Rc1 g5 (19... Bxb2 20. Bxh6 Re8 21. Qb3 Bxc1 22. Rxc1) 20. hxg5
hxg5 21. Qh5 Bg6 22. Qxg5 Qxg5 23. Bxg5 Bxb2 24. Bf6 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Rad8 (25...
Rae8 26. Bc3 Rd8 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Nd7+ Kg8 29. Nxf8 Kxf8) 26. f4 Rd6 27. Kf2
Rxf6 (27... Rfd8 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. g4 Bd3 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. g5) 28. Nxf6+ Kg7
29. Bxc6 Rc8 30. Ne8+ Kf8 31. f5 Bh7 (31... Rxc6 32. Rxc6 bxc6 33. fxg6 Kxe8
34. g7) 32. g4 bxc6 (32... Rxc6 33. Rxc6 bxc6 34. Nf6 Kg7 35. Nxh7 Kxh7 36. g5)
33. Nd6 Rc7 34. f6 c5 35. Re1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexey"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. b3
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 f6 11. Na4 b6 12. Nh4 Bd7 13. a3 Qe8 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. e3
Ne6 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 c4 18. Bd5 (18. f5 Ng5 19. Qxc4+) 18... Kh8 19. bxc4
b5 20. Nc3 bxc4 21. Qe4 Nc5 22. Qxc4 Qh5 23. Ng2 Na5 24. Qe2 (24. Qb4 Nc6 25.
Qc4) 24... Bg4 25. Bf3 (25. Qb5 Nab3 26. Bxb3 Rb8) 25... Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Qxf3 27.
Rxf3 Nd3 28. Rc2 Nc4 29. Bc1 (29. Ba1 Rfd8 30. Rf1 Nxa3 31. Ra2) 29... Nxc1 30.
Rxc1 Nxd2 31. Rf2 Ne4 32. Rfc2 Bxa3 33. Ra1 Bb4 34. Nxe4 Rxc2 35. Rxa7 Rd8 36.
h4 h6 37. Rb7 f5 38. Nf2 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 Nge7 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
exd4 9. exd4 Bg4 (9... Nf5 10. d5 Ne5) 10. f3 Bc8 11. d5 Ne5 12. b3 a6 13. Bg5
h6 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Bf2 Re8 16. Qd2 Rb8 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bd7 (18... c5 19.
dxc6 bxc6 20. f4 c5) 19. h3 f5 20. f4 Nf7 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qf8 23. Kf2
Re8 24. Rxe8 Bxe8 25. Ne2 Nd8 26. Qe3 Kf7 27. b4 Bd7 28. Bf1 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 Bc8
30. Be2 Bd7 31. Bd1 Qg7 32. c5 Qf6 33. Bb3 Kg7 34. cxd6 cxd6 35. Qc3 g5 36. Ne2
Qxc3 37. Nxc3 gxf4 (37... Kf6 38. Bc4 Nf7 39. a4 Nh8 40. a5 Ng6 41. Ke3 Ne7)
38. gxf4 Kf6 39. Bc4 Nf7 40. a4 Ke7 41. h4 Nh8 42. h5 Nf7 43. a5 Nd8 44. b5 Bc8
(44... axb5 45. Bxb5) 45. Ke3 Ke8 46. Kd4 Ke7 47. Bd3 Nf7 48. Na4 axb5 49. Bxb5
Bd7 50. Bxd7 Kxd7 51. Kc4 Kc7 52. Kb5 Nd8 53. Nc3 Nf7 54. Ne2 Nd8 55. Nd4 Nf7
56. Nxf5 Kd7 57. Kb6 Kc8 58. Ka7 Kc7 59. Nd4 Nd8 60. Nb5+ Kd7 61. Kb6 Ke7 62.
Kc7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Livshin, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Re8 8. Bd2
d6 9. Rb1 a5 10. Ne1 Nd4 11. e3 Ne6 12. a3 c6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 d5 15. cxd5
cxd5 16. Qb3 Nc7 17. Na4 Ne6 18. Nc2 b6 19. Bc3 Qd6 20. b5 Bb7 21. Bb4 Qd8 22.
Ra1 Rc8 23. Rfc1 e4 24. d4 g5 25. h3 h5 26. Be1 Qd6 27. Qa3 Qxa3 28. Rxa3 Nd7
29. Nc3 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Nb4 Nf6 32. Bf1 Bf8 33. Na6 Bd6 34. Be2 g4 35.
hxg4 hxg4 36. Na4 Nd7 37. Bxg4 Bxa6 38. bxa6 Rxa6 39. Nc3 Nf6 40. Be2 Ra8 41.
Nb5 Be7 42. Bd1 Kf8 43. Bb3 Ng5 44. Kf1 Nf3 45. Bc3 Kg7 46. Ke2 Rh8 47. Nc7 Rh2
(47... Ba3 48. Ra1 Rc8) 48. Nxd5 Ng4 49. Rf1 Bd6 50. Nf4 f5 51. Be6 Kf6 52. d5+
Kg5 53. Bd7 Nfe5 54. Ne6+ Kf6 55. Bc8 Rh8 56. Ba6 Kg6 57. Rb1 Rh2 58. Be1 Nxf2
59. Nf4+ Kf7 60. Bxf2 Ng4 61. Rxb6 (61. Rf1) 61... Rxf2+ 62. Ke1 Bc5 63. Rb7+
Kf6 64. d6 Rh2 (64... Bxd6 65. Rb6 Ke7) 65. d7 Rh1+ 66. Kd2 Bxe3+ 67. Kc3 Rh8 (
67... Rd1) 68. Nd5+ Ke5 69. Ne7 Bd4+ 70. Kb4 Ke6 71. Ng8 Rxg8 72. Bc4+ Ke7 73.
Bxg8 Ne5 (73... Be5 74. Be6 e3 75. Bc4 Bxg3) 74. Bc4 Bf2 75. Bb5 Bxg3 76. Kc3
Bh4 77. Kd4 Kd6 78. Rb6+ Kc7 79. Rh6 Bg5 80. Rh7 Nf3+ 81. Kd5 e3 82. Rh8 Bd8
83. Rh1 Kb6 84. Be2 Ng5 85. Rc1 f4 86. Rc8 Nf7 87. Bh5 Bh4 88. Bxf7 f3 89. Bh5
(89. Bh5 e2 90. Rc1) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Nxe4 11. Qe1 Nf6 12. Nf5 Qa5 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14. Rxd6
O-O-O 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qh4 Ne7 17. Rd2 (17. Qxf6 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qe1#) 17... Qf5
(17... Bc6 18. Qxf6 Nd5) 18. Bd3 Ng6 19. Qf2 Qxf4 20. Bxg6 Qxf2 21. Rxf2 fxg6
22. Rxf6 g5 23. Ne4 Rdf8 24. Rhf1 Rxf6 25. Rxf6 b6 26. Kd2 Kc7 27. Rf7 Kc6 28.
Ke3 Bc8 29. c4 b5 30. c5 b4 31. Kd4 g4 32. Kc4 g3 (32... a5 33. Ra7 g3 34. Nxg3
Rd8) 33. Nxg3 (33. hxg3) 33... a5 34. Ne4 Rd8 35. Nd6 Ba6+ 36. Kd4 Rg8 37. g3
Rg4+ 38. Ne4 Bc4 39. b3 Bd5 (39... e5+ 40. Kxc4 Rxe4+ 41. Kd3 Re1 42. Ra7 Kxc5
43. Rxa5+ Kb6 44. Ra8 Kc5 45. Ra6 h5) 40. Rf4 Rg8 41. Nf6 Rd8 42. Ke5 Kxc5 43.
Rd4 a4 44. bxa4 (44. g4 axb3 45. axb3 Kc6 46. h4) 44... Ra8 45. Ne4+ Bxe4 46.
Rxe4 Rxa4 47. Re2 Ra6 48. Rc2+ Kb5 49. g4 Ra3 50. Kxe6 (50. h4 Rg3 51. Kf4 Rh3
52. h5 Rh1 53. Re2 Ra1 54. g5) 50... Rh3 51. Kf5 Ka4 52. g5 hxg5 53. Kxg5 Rc3 (
53... b3 54. axb3+ Kxb3) 54. Re2 Rc5+ 55. Kg4 Rc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch 21"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 e5 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. a4 h6 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Nfd2 Qd7 12. Nf1 Rad8 13. a5 Rfe8 14. f4 (14. Nfe3
) 14... Bg4 15. Qd2 (15. Bf3 Nd4 16. Bxg4 Qxg4 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. Rd1 Nxc2)
15... exf4 16. gxf4 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. c3 Bh3 19. Bf3 Rxe1 20. Qxe1 Nf6 21.
Be3 Qxd3 22. Nfd2 Be6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Ne5 Qf5 25. Nxc6 Re8 26. Bf2 (26. Nxa7
Ng4 27. Qg3 Bd7) 26... Nh5 27. Qe4 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 Bd7 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. fxe5 Qxe4+
31. Nxe4 Bc6 32. Kg1 Bxe4 33. Bxc5 a6 34. Bd6 Ng7 35. Ra4 Bc6 36. Rb4 Ne6 37.
Rb6 Bb5 38. b3 Ra8 39. c4 Be8 40. Kf2 g5 41. b4 Kg7 42. Be7 Kg6 43. c5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a4 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Ra6 11. Rc1 f5 12. Nb5 f4 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Nd2 Bxc5 15.
Rxc5 Nd7 16. Rc1 Nf6 17. Nb3 Bxb3 18. Qxb3+ Kh8 19. Qc4 fxg3 20. fxg3 Rb6 21.
e3 Nb4 22. Qxc7 Qxc7 23. Rxc7 Nxd3 24. b3 Nb4 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Bg2 Nbd5 27.
Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Rc5 Nxe3 29. Rfc1 Rf6 30. Rc8+ Rf8 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Re1 Ng4 33.
h3 Nf6 34. Rxe5 Rd8 35. Kf2 Rd3 36. Re3 Rd2+ 37. Kf3 h5 38. Na3 g5 39. Nc4 Rh2
40. Re2 (40. Re5) 40... Rxh3 41. Kg2 g4 42. Re6 (42. Nxa5 h4 43. gxh4 Nd5 44.
Re4 Rc3 45. Nc4) 42... Kg7 43. Ne3 (43. Nxa5 h4 44. gxh4 Nh5 45. Re4 Rg3+ 46.
Kf2 Rf3+ 47. Ke1) 43... h4 44. gxh4 Rxh4 45. Nf5+ Kf7 46. Re7+ (46. Rxf6+ Kxf6
47. Nxh4 Ke5) 46... Kf8 47. Re5 Rh3 48. Ng3 Rh7 49. Rf5 Rf7 50. Kg1 Kg7 51.
Rxa5 Rb7 52. Rb5 Rxb5 53. axb5 Nd7 54. Kf2 Kf6 55. Ke3 Ke5 56. Ne4 Kd5 57. Kf4
g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 c4 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Qxd2 Nc6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 Be6 13. e3 Qd6 14. Ne1
Rfc8 15. Nd3 b6 16. Rfc1 Na5 17. Qb2 a6 18. Qa3 Qxa3 19. Rxa3 Nac6 20. Kf1 Bf5
21. Ke2 Bxd3+ 22. Kxd3 Nb4+ 23. Kd2 f5 24. Ra4 a5 25. Raa1 Kf7 26. Nb5 Rc6 27.
Rxc6 Nexc6 28. Rc1 Rd8 29. Nc7 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3 Rc8 14. Ne5 Kf8
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Be2 a5 17. O-O Nc6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Bf3 c4 20. Qxe7+ Kxe7
21. e4 Rd8 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rc2 Kd6 25. Re1 Re5 26. Kf1 a4 27.
Rec1 Kd5 28. Rd1+ Ke6 29. Rd4 Rec5 30. Ke2 Rb6 31. Ke3 a3 32. bxa3 Ra6 33. Rc3
Re5+ 34. Kd2 Rd5 35. Ke3 Re5+ 36. Re4 f5 37. Rxe5+ Kxe5 38. Kd2 Kd4 39. Rf3 g6
40. h4 h5 41. Kc2 Ra7 42. Rf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 b6 8. Nf3
Bb7 9. Be2 Bd6 10. c5 bxc5 11. Qa4+ Bc6 12. Bb5 Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Nd7 14. O-O cxd4
15. Bg5 Qg6 16. Rfe1 dxc3 17. Rad1 Rb8 18. Qc6 Rb6 19. Qa4 Rb4 (19... Qh5 20.
g4 Qh3 21. Ne5 O-O 22. Re3 Rb4 23. Qxb4 c2 24. Qa4 cxd1=Q+ 25. Qxd1 Qxe3 26.
Bxe3 Nxe5 27. Bxa7 Ra8) (19... f6 20. Rxe6+ Kd8 21. Bc1 Nc5 22. Qxa7 Nxe6 23.
Qa8+ Kd7 24. Qxh8 Qc2) 20. Qc6 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3
Nc7 9. Nd2 a6 (9... Rb8) 10. a4 Rb8 11. a5 Nd7 12. Qc2 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. b3
e6 15. e4 f5 16. Bb2 fxe4 17. Ndxe4 (17. dxe6 Nxe6 18. Ncxe4 Nd4 19. Qd3) 17...
exd5 18. cxd5 Bb7 19. Rad1 Nbxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxg7 Bxe4 22. Qb2 Rf7 23.
Be5 Bxg2 24. Rxd6 Rd7 (24... Bxf1 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Kxf1) 25. Rfd1 Bd5 (25...
Bh3 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 27. Qd2 Ne6 28. Qd5 Rb4 29. Qxe6+ Bxe6 30. Rxd8+ Kf7) 26.
R1xd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Bxb8 Qc6 29. Qc2 Qb6 30. Be5 Qc6 31. Bb2 Qd6 32.
Qc4 Kf8 33. h4 h5 34. Qe4 Kf7 35. Ba3 Nb4 36. Qc4+ Kf8 37. Bc1 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qd5
(38... Qd4 39. Bh6+ Ke7 40. Bg5+ Kf8) 39. Qxd5 Nxd5 40. Ba3 Nb4 41. Kg2 Ke7 42.
Kf3 a5 43. Ke4 Kd6 44. f3 (44. Bxb4 axb4 45. Kd3 Kd5 46. f3 Ke5 47. Kc4 Kd6 48.
g4) 44... Nd5 45. g4 hxg4 (45... Nc3+ 46. Kf4 Nb5 47. Bb2 Ke6 48. Kg5 Kf7 49.
gxh5 gxh5 50. Ba1 Nd6 51. Kxh5 c4) 46. fxg4 Nc3+ 47. Kf4 Nb5 48. h5 Nd4 49. h6
Ne6+ 50. Ke4 Ng5+ 51. Kd3 Ke5 52. Bxc5 Nh7 53. Be3 g5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bc2 e5 12. Be3 Re8 13. Re1 e4 14. Nd2 f5 15. f3
Nf6 16. Bf2 Qc7 17. h3 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Bg3 19. Bxg3 Qxg3 20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Nxe4
Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxh3 23. Qf3 (23. gxh3 Qxh3+ 24. Kg1 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Qg3+) 23...
Qxf3 24. Bxf3 Bf5 (24... Bd7 25. d5 cxd5 26. cxd5 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Re8) 25. d5 c5
26. d6 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rd8 28. Re5 Bb1 29. Bxb7 Rxd6 30. Rxc5 Rb6 31. Bd5+ Kh8
32. a4 Rxb2 33. Rb5 Rxb5 34. cxb5 Bd3 35. Bc6 Kg8 36. a5 Kf8 37. a6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
dxe4 9. dxe4 b6 (9... e5 10. c3 h6) 10. e5 Nd7 11. Ne4 (11. Nd4 cxd4 12. Bxc6
Rb8 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Nxd4 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Qxe5 16. Bf4 Qc5 17. Bxb8 Bf6) 11... Ba6
12. Bf4 b5 13. c3 Qb6 14. Qc2 Rfd8 15. h4 Nf8 16. h5 Rac8 (16... h6 17. Nd6 b4)
17. h6 Ng6 18. hxg7 Kxg7 (18... Nxf4 19. gxf4) 19. Qc1 Rd3 20. Bg5 Bxg5 (20...
Qd8 21. Bf6+ Kg8 22. Nxc5) 21. Qxg5 Rxf3 22. Bxf3 Ncxe5 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Rad1
Bb7 25. Bh5 Bd5 26. Qg5 (26. Bxg6 Nxg6 27. Rxd5 exd5 28. Nd6 Rf8 29. Re8 Qc7
30. Nf5) 26... Nd7 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Qe7 Rc7 29. Qh4 Rc8 30. b3 Kg7 31. Qe7 Nf8
32. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 a5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4
Nb6 9. h3 c6 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Kh2 Rfd8 14. Qc1 Rac8 15.
Rd1 Qe8 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Bf1 Bc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qc2 b5 20. Qe2 Nc7 21. Rac1
Nb6 22. b3 b4 23. Nb1 Nb5 24. Be3 Nd7 25. d5 Nc3 26. Nxc3 Bxc3 27. dxc6 Rxc6
28. Qb5 Rf6 29. Nd4 Nf8 30. Qxe8 Rxe8 31. Nb5 Be5 32. Nc7 Bxc7 33. Rxc7 Re6 34.
Rd4 Ra8 35. Rdc4 f6 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. Rb7 g5 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 f5 40. Kf3 Rh6
(40... Ng6) 41. exf5 Rxh3+ 42. Ke4 Rh1 43. Rcc7 Re8 44. Bc5 Re1+ 45. Kf3 h5 46.
Bf2 (46. Ra7) 46... Rf1 47. Kg2 Ra1 48. Bh4 Rxa2+ 49. Kf3 Rd2 50. Rxe7+ Rxe7
51. Rxe7+ Kg8 52. Ke3 Rd6 (52... Rb2 53. Bf6 Rxb3+ 54. Kf2 Ra3 55. Rg7+ Kh8)
53. Ra7 Nd7 54. Rxa5 Rc6 55. Ra7 Rc3+ 56. Kd4 Nc5 57. f6 Nxb3+ 58. Ke4 Rc6 59.
Bg5 Nc5+ 60. Kd5 Rc8 61. Bh6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. b3 a5 7. a4 Nc6 8. Bb2
Bf5 9. Nh4 Bd7 10. Na3 Qc8 11. Nb5 Nb4 12. Re1 c6 13. Na3 Bh3 14. Bh1 d5 15.
Ng2 Nh5 16. c3 Na6 17. e4 e6 18. e5 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Bc1 Qf8 21. Ra2 Re8
22. Nh4 Rf7 23. f4 c5 (23... Nf6) 24. Nb5 Nc7 25. Nf3 Bg4 26. Qd3 Bf5 27. Qe3
cxd4 (27... b6) 28. Nbxd4 Bh6 (28... Bf6 29. Ba3 Be7 30. Bxe7 Rfxe7 31. Ne5)
29. Ba3 Qg7 30. Ne5 Rf6 31. Bf3 Bh3 32. Rf2 Nxf4 (32... Kh8 33. Qe2) 33. gxf4
Bxf4 34. Qe2 h5 35. Bg2 Bxg2 36. Rxg2 Kh7 37. Ndf3 Rg8 38. Bc1 Bxc1 39. Rxc1
Rf5 40. Ng5+ Kh8 41. Re1 Rgf8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e3 b5 8. a4 c6
9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Qb6 11. e4 (11. Qc2 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. b3) 11... Bb7 12.
Qc2 a6 13. Rad1 c5 14. d5 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 O-O (15... exd5 16. exd5 O-O) 16. a5
Qc7 17. d6 Qc8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Qc1 Qc6 20. Rfe1 f6 21. exf6 N7xf6 22. Ne5 Qxd6
23. Ng6 Rf7 24. Bf3 Re8 25. Ne5 Rff8 26. Ng6 Rf7 27. Ne5 Rff8 (27... Rc7 28.
Bxf6 gxf6 29. Ng4) 28. Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Bd3
Nd7 9. O-O c4 10. Be2 Nb6 11. Ne1 Na4 12. Bd2 Bd7 (12... Qa5 13. Bg4 Nxc3 14.
Qf3) 13. g3 O-O-O 14. Ng2 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bg4 Ng6 (16... e5) 17. Re1 Rde8
18. Qf3 Rhf8 19. Bh6 Rf7 20. Nf4 Qd6 21. Re3 e5 (21... f5) 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23.
dxe5 Rxe5 24. Bf4 Rfe7 (24... Rxe3 25. Qxe3) 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Qf8+ Kc7 27.
Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Rae1 e4 29. Qf6 Qd6 30. Qxd6+ Kxd6 31. f4 b5 32. Kg2 (32. g4)
32... Nxc3 33. Rxc3 d4 34. a4 dxc3 35. axb5 Kc5 36. g4 (36. Kf2 Kxb5 37. Ke3
Rd7 38. h4 Rd2 39. Rc1 Rg2 40. Kxe4 Rxg3 41. Kd5) 36... Rd7 37. Re2 (37. f5
gxf5 38. gxf5 Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Rxc2 40. f6 Rd2 41. Rxe4 c2 42. f7 Rd8 43. Re8 Rxe8
44. fxe8=Q c1=Q) 37... Kxb5 38. h4 a5 39. h5 gxh5 40. g5 Rd2 41. Kf2 h4 42. g6
Rxe2+ 43. Kxe2 h3 44. g7 h2 45. g8=Q h1=Q 46. Qd5+ Kb4 47. f5 Qf3+ 48. Ke1 Qe3+
49. Kd1 Qf2 (49... Qf2 50. Qd6+ Ka4 51. Qc6+ Ka3 52. Qd6+ Ka2) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg5 f6 (6... Be7) 7. Bf4
c4 (7... g5 8. Be3 c4) (7... Be6) 8. e4 Bb4 (8... dxe4 9. Nd2 Nxd4 10. Bxc4 Be6
) 9. Nd2 Nge7 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. O-O-O
Bf5 15. f3 g5 16. Bc7 Kd7 17. d6 b6 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Kxd6
21. Kd2 Rac8 22. Rc1 Rc7 23. Bb3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rc3 h6 26. g3 Bd7 27.
Bf7 Rf8 28. Bc4 Rc8 29. a3 Bc6 30. Bd3 Re8 31. Bg6 Re7 32. Bf5 Bb7 33. Bc8 Bc6
34. Bg4 Re8 35. Bh5 Re7 36. Rc1 (36. Re3) 36... Bb5 37. Rc2 Kd5 38. Rc8 Re2+
39. Kc3 Rxh2 40. Rd8+ Ke6 41. Bg4+ f5 42. Bxf5+ Kxf5 43. Rd5+ Kf6 44. Rxb5 Rh3
45. Kd3 Rxg3 46. Ke4 Rg2 47. Rf5+ Kg6 48. Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6
8. Re1 g6 9. c4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bd2 e6 13. Qd3 Rfd8 14. Qf3
Rdc8 15. b3 Ne8 16. Rad1 Qc6 17. Rc1 Nc7 18. Red1 Rd8 19. Bf4 Rd7 20. Qe3 b6
21. h4 Rad8 22. Rd3 Na6 23. f3 Qc5 24. Kf1 Nb4 25. Rd2 Qxe3 26. Bxe3 Bf6 27. g3
Kg7 28. Ke2 h5 29. Bd4 (29. Nb5 Be7 30. Rcd1 Nc6 31. Bf4 a6 32. Nxd6 e5 33.
Nf5+ gxf5 34. Rxd7 exf4) 29... Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2
Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. Re1 Ng4 11. Nb3 e5 12. h3 Nf6 13. a5 Be6 14. Nfd2 Ne8 15. f4 (
15. Nc4) 15... exf4 16. gxf4 Qh4 17. Nc4 Bxh3 18. Be3 Qg3 (18... f5 19. Bf2 Qh6
20. e5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 dxe5 22. Bxc5) 19. Qf3 Qxg2+ 20. Qxg2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rd8
22. e5 d5 23. Nb6 d4 24. Bd2 dxc3 25. Bxc3 Nc7 26. Nxc5 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nf4 Qb7 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Rc1 c5
15. Nd3 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Rfd8 17. Qb3 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 d4 5. a3 Nbd7 6. b4 e5 7. bxc5 Bxc5 8. d3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. Nb3 b6 12. Nxc5 (12. Nh4) (12. a4) 12... Nxc5
13. Nd2 (13. Rb1) 13... Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. Ne4 Ba4 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qe1 Nb3
18. Rb1 Nxc1 19. Qxc1 Bc6 20. Qd2 Qd6 21. Rb3 Rbc8 22. Ra1 f5 23. a4 e4 (23...
f4) 24. dxe4 (24. a5) 24... fxe4 25. a5 d3 26. e3 exf3 27. Bf1 Be4 28. axb6
axb6 29. Rd1 Rcd8 30. Bxd3 Qg6 31. c5 f2+ 32. Kf1 (32. Kxf2 Qf7+) 32... Qe6 33.
Qc2 Qh3+ 34. Ke2 Qg2 35. Rf1 Bf3+ 36. Kd2 Qxf1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. O-O Ne4 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Ne1 f5 11. d5 Bxg2 12. Nxg2 e5 13. e4 (13. d6 Bxd6 14. Bb4
Nc6 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Qxd6) 13... fxe4 14. Qg4 Na6 15. Rab1 (15. Qxe4 Nc5 16.
Qe2 a5) 15... Nc5 16. b4 Nb7 17. Qxe4 a5 18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 Nd6 20. Qe2 (20.
Qc2) 20... Ra2 21. c5 bxc5 22. bxc5 Nf7 23. Rbc1 Qa8 24. Qd3 e4 25. Qxe4 Rxd2
26. Qxe7 Qxd5 27. Ne3 Qh5 28. g4 Qh6 29. h4 Nd8 (29... Qf4 30. Rc4 Qf3 31. Qe4
Qe2 32. Rd4 Rxd4 33. Qxd4) 30. Rcd1 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Qf4 32. Rxd7 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1
Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qe2+ 35. Kg1 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Nf7 37. Ng2 c6 38. Qe3 Qf1+ 39. Kh2 Qf6
40. Re7 Nh6 41. Kg3 Qg6 42. Qe6+ Qxe6 43. Rxe6 Rc8 (43... Nf7 44. Rxc6 Ne5 45.
Rc7 Rf3+) 44. Ne3 Kf7 45. Rd6 Re8 46. Kf4 Re6 47. Rd7+ Kf8 48. Rc7 Rf6+ 49. Ke4
Re6+ 50. Kd4 Nf7 51. Rc8+ Ke7 (51... Re8 52. Rxc6 Nd8 53. Rd6 Ne6+ 54. Kc4 Nxc5
) 52. Nf5+ Kf6 53. Rf8 h6 54. Nd6 (54. Kc3 Re1 55. Nd6 Re7 56. Kb4 Ke6 57. Rxf7
Rxf7 58. Nxf7 Kxf7 59. Ka5 Ke6 60. Kb6 Kd5 61. h5) 54... Re7 55. Nxf7 Rxf7 56.
Rc8 Rd7+ 57. Kc4 Ke5 58. Rxc6 Rd4+ 59. Kb5 Rxg4 60. h5 Rg5 61. Rg6 Rxh5 62. c6
Kf4+ 63. Kb6 Rh1 64. c7 Rb1+ 65. Ka6 Rc1 66. Kb7 Rxc7+ 67. Kxc7 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nc7 10. Qc1 Re8 11. Bh6 Bh8 12. h4 Bg4 13. Qg5 Bf5 14. h5 Bf6 15.
Qe3 Nd4 16. hxg6 hxg6 (16... Nc2 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qxc5) 17. Rac1 Rb8 18. Nd2
b6 19. Nde4 Qd7 20. Bf4 Bg7 21. Qd2 Rbc8 22. Be3 Red8 23. Kh2 Qe8 24. b3 Ncb5
25. Rh1 Nxc3 26. Nxc3 Qf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Qc7 8. Be3
Be7 9. f4 Nc6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Bd7 12. Rad1 Kh8 13. Kh1 b5 14. a3 Rfd8 (
14... Rad8) 15. Bd3 Be8 16. Qh3 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 g6 20.
fxe5 (20. Bc3 Kg8 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Rde1 Bd6 23. Qe3) 20... dxe5 21. Qh6 Kg8
22. Bc3 Bf8 23. Qg5 Bg7 24. Be4 Rac8 25. Bb4 Qc4 26. Rfe1 f6 27. Qh4 Rd7 28.
Rd3 Rcd8 29. b3 Qc7 30. Rc3 Qb8 31. d6 Rxd6 32. Bxd6 Rxd6 33. Rh3 h6 34. c4 Bf7
35. Rd3 f5 36. Bd5 Bxd5 37. Rxd5 Rxd5 38. cxd5 Qd6 39. Rd1 e4 40. Qf2 f4 41.
Qc2 e3 42. b4 Kh7 43. Qe4 Be5 44. Rc1 Qf6 45. h3 h5 46. Kg1 Kh6 47. Rd1 Kg7 48.
Rf1 Qd6 49. Rc1 Qf6 50. Kf1 Kh6 51. Rd1 Bd6 52. Qd4 Be5 53. Qd3 Bd6 54. Qd4 Be5
55. Qe4 Bd6 56. Qf3 Qc3 57. Qe4 Qb2 58. Qf3 Qxa3 59. g3 Qxb4 60. gxf4 Bxf4 61.
d6 Qc4+ 62. Kg2 e2 63. Re1 Bxd6 64. Rxe2 b4 65. Qe3+ Kg7 66. Qa7+ Kh6 67. Qe3+
Kg7 68. Qa7+ Kf6 69. Rf2+ Bf4 70. Qe3 Kf5 71. h4 b3 72. Qe7 Qd5+ 73. Kg1 Qd1+
74. Kg2 Qd5+ 75. Kg1 Kg4 76. Qe2+ Kg3 77. Rg2+ Kh3 78. Rxg6 Qc5+ 79. Kf1 Qc1+
80. Kf2 Qc2 81. Rxa6 Bg3+ 82. Kf3 Qf5+ 83. Ke3 b2 84. Rb6 Qe5+ 85. Kd3 Qd5+ 86.
Ke3 Qe5+ 87. Kd3 Qd5+ 88. Ke3 Qc5+ 89. Kf3 Qf5+ 90. Ke3 b1=Q 91. Rxb1 Qxb1 92.
Qxh5 Qb3+ 93. Ke4 Qc4+ 94. Ke3 Qc3+ 95. Ke4 Qc2+ 96. Kd5 Qd3+ 97. Ke6 Qd6+ 98.
Kf7 Qd7+ 99. Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E56"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Ba5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. c4 Ne5 13. Bb2 Nxc4 14. Bxc4
dxc4 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rfc1 Be6 18. Nd4 Bd5 19. Nf5 Kf8 20. Nd6
b6 21. Nxc4 Rac8 22. Nd6 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 bxc5 24. Nb5 a6 25. Nc3 Bc6 26. Rd1 Rb8
27. Rb1 Rd8 28. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Qc7 7. e3 a6 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Bf3 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Qe2 d5 16. e4 (16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Qc2 18. Rfb1 Bxa3 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qe2
Qxe2 21. Bxe2) 16... Qb7 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qe5 Bf6 20. Bxd5 exd5
21. Qe2 Rfe8 22. Qd2 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Re4 24. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d3
Nc5 9. f4 c6 10. h3 Ne6 (10... Qb6 11. Kh2 Nfd7) 11. f5 Nd4 12. g4 Ne8 13. Be3
a6 14. Qd2 b5 15. Bg5 Bf6 (15... f6 16. Be3 b4) 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 (16... Nxe2+ 17.
Nxe2 Nxf6 18. g5 Nd7 19. f6 Qb6+) 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Ne2 Qb6 (18... c5 19. e5)
19. cxb5 axb5 20. Qh6 Bd7 21. g5 Nh5 22. Nf4 Ng7 23. f6 (23. f6 Ne8 24. Nd5
cxd5 25. Rf4) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. g3 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Bg2
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. O-O c6 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. Qc1 Na6 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Rxd8+ Qxd8
15. Qe3 Qe7 16. Rd1 Bf5 17. h3 h5 18. Kh2 Nb4 19. Qc1 Rd8 20. a3 Na6 21. Rxd8+
Qxd8 22. b4 Nc7 23. Na4 Ne8 24. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. d4 d6 7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3
Nc7 9. h3 Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. a5 Nd7 12. Bd2 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. b3 e5 15. dxe6
Nxe6 16. Ne1 a5 17. Ra3 Bd7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Qf6 20. Nd3 Nd4 21. Bg2 Rxb3
22. Rxb3 Ba4 23. Nc1 Nxb3 24. Nxb3 Qb2 25. Bxa5 Bxb3 26. Qxd6 Bxc4 27. Qxc5
Bxe2 28. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 (
7... bxc6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Ne4) 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. e5 Nd7 10. f4 Kc7 11. Be3 b5 12.
Ne4 Nb6 (12... f6 13. O-O-O Be7) 13. Bc5 Bxc5 14. Nxc5 Nd5 15. O-O Rd8 16. Rf3
f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. a4 Kb6 19. Ne4 a5 20. Rd1 Ba6 (20... Bb7 21. c4 bxc4 22.
Bxc4 e5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Nxf6 e4) 21. axb5 cxb5 22. f5 Ne7 (
22... e5 23. Rfd3 Bb7 24. Nxf6) 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. fxe6 Bb7 25. Rd3 Rxd3 26.
Bxd3 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 f5 28. Bd3 Kc5 29. Kf2 b4 30. b3 Kd5 31. Ke3 Kxe6 32. Kd4
Kd6 33. g3 h6 34. h3 Ke6 (34... h5 35. h4) 35. Kc5 Ke5 36. Kb5 Kd4 37. Kxa5 Kc5
38. Ka4 f4 39. gxf4 Nd5 40. f5 Nf6 41. Ka5 Nd5 42. Ka6 Nf6 43. Kb7 Nd5 44. Bc4
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Bb2 cxd4 14. exd4 Qf5
15. Kg2 d5 16. g4 Qf6 (16... Qe6 17. Ba3 Qf6 18. cxd5 Nb6 19. dxc6 Qxc6+ 20.
Qf3 Qxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Bxd4) 17. cxd5 Nb6 18. dxc6 Qxc6+ 19. d5 Qb7 20. Qf3 Rac8
21. Rac1 Rc7 (21... Bxc3 22. Bxc3 Nxd5) 22. Rfd1 Rfc8 23. Na4 (23. d6 Qxf3+ 24.
Kxf3 exd6) 23... Bxb2 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Nxb2 Rc2 26. Nc4 Nxc4 27. bxc4 Rxc4 28.
d6 Qxf3+ 29. Kxf3 exd6 30. Rxd6 Ra4 31. Rd2 Ra3+ 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. f3 g5 34. Kg3
Kg6 35. Rc2 f6 36. Rh2 (36. Rc6 Rxa2 37. h4 gxh4+ 38. Kxh4 Ra4 39. Kg3 Ra3 40.
Rc7 a5 41. Ra7 Ra1 42. Ra6 a4 43. Kf4) 36... h5 37. Rc2 h4+ 38. Kf2 a6 39. Rb2
Rc3 40. Kg2 a5 41. Rf2 Ra3 42. Kf1 Kf7 43. f4 gxf4 44. Rxf4 Kg6 45. Rf2 (45.
Rf2 Rxh3) (45. Rf5 a4 46. Ra5 Rxa2 47. Kg1) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Ne8
9. a3 f5 10. b4 Na6 11. Rb1 Nf6 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne1 b6 15. Nd3
Nc7 16. Bf3 Ba6 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. a4 Bd8 19. Ra1 Ne8 20. Nb2 Nf6 21. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Bg7 6. Bg5 Nce7 7. Nxe7 (7.
Nxd4) 7... Nxe7 8. Bc4 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. O-O (10. Nxd4) 10... d5 11. exd5 g5
12. Bg3 Nxd5 13. Be5 (13. Nxd4 Nb6) (13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxc7 Bg4) (13. Re1 c5
14. Ne5 Be6 15. Qf3 Nb4 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qe2) 13... c5 14. Re1 Nb6 15. Bd3 Be6
16. Bxg7 (16. Qe2 c4 17. Bg6 Re8) 16... Kxg7 17. Ne5 Qf6 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Bb5 (
19. Qe4 c4) 19... Bc4 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Rxe5 22. Qb5 Qb6 23. a4 Rae8 24.
Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Qxb6 axb6 26. Kf1 Kf6 27. c4 Re4 28. Ra3 Ke7 29. Rb3 Re6 30. Rf3
f6 31. Rb3 Kd7 32. Rf3 Kc7 33. Rd3 f5 34. Rf3 f4 35. g4 Kb8 36. Rb3 Ka7 37. h3
Ka6 38. Kg2 Ka5 39. Kf3 Kxa4 40. Rd3 Kb4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 c4 8. b3
cxb3 9. Qxb3 Be7 10. Ba3 O-O 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e3 Rfc8 14. Ne2 Rc7
15. Nf4 Qd6 16. Ng5 Rac8 17. Qb1 h6 18. Ngxe6 fxe6 19. Bh3 Nd8 20. Qg6 Qe7 21.
f3 Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. e4 g5 24. Nd3 (24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. e5 Nd7
27. f4) 24... Ke7 25. Rae1 Rc4 26. Nc5 (26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Nc5 Rc6 28. Nb3)
26... dxe4 27. Nxe4 Rxd4 28. Nxf6 Kxf6 29. Re2 Rc6 30. Rfe1 Rcd6 31. Kf2 Rd2
32. f4 gxf4 33. gxf4 Nc6 34. Kg3 R6d3+ 35. Kh4 Nd4 36. Rxd2 Rxd2 37. Re4 Nf5+
38. Bxf5 Kxf5 39. Ra4 a6 40. Kg3 Rd3+ 41. Kg2 Rd2+ 42. Kg3 Rd3+ 43. Kg2 Re3 44.
Kf2 Rh3 45. Kg2 Rh4 46. Ra5+ Kxf4 47. h3 e5 48. Rd5 Kf5 49. Rd6 Ra4 50. Rxh6
Rxa2+ 51. Kg3 Ra3+ 52. Kg2 b5 53. h4 Kg4 54. Kf2 e4 55. h5 Kg5 56. Rh8 Rf3+ 57.
Ke2 Rh3 58. Re8 Kf4 59. Rf8+ Ke5 60. Rh8 Kd4 61. h6 Kc3 62. Kf2 e3+ 63. Ke2 Kb4
64. h7 a5 65. Kd3 a4 66. Ke2 a3 67. Kd3 a2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bxf6
Rxf6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. c5 Ne7 (13... b6
14. cxb6 axb6 15. Rfb1 Ba6) 14. Qa4 Nd5 15. Rfc1 b6 16. c4 Nf4 17. cxb6 Qb7 18.
Ne1 Rg6 19. d5 axb6 20. Qb3 Qc7 21. Bf1 Bb7 22. Nd3 (22. Rab1 Qc5 23. Qxb6 Nh3+
24. Kh1 Nxf2+ 25. Kg1) 22... Nh3+ (22... exd5 23. Nxf4 Qxf4 24. cxd5 Qd6) 23.
Kh1 exd5 24. c5 (24. gxh3 dxc4+) (24. cxd5 Qd6) 24... Kh8 (24... bxc5 25. Rxc5
Nxf2+ 26. Nxf2 Qxc5 27. Qxb7 Qc6) 25. cxb6 Qd6 26. Rc7 Ba6 27. b7 Rg8 28. b8=Q
Bxd3 29. g3 Nxf2+ 30. Kg2 Bc4 31. Rc8 Qxb8 32. Qxb8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 Nf5 8. Nc2
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. O-O
O-O 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Bd3 Qd8 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 h6 20. Rc5
Be6 21. h4 b6 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Ne1 Bd7 24. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rfc1
Bb7 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Rxc5 bxc5 19. Rd1 Qc6 20. f3
Qb6 21. Bc4 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. Ne3 Re8 14. d4 exd4 (14...
Bf8) 15. cxd4 Bf8 16. b3 (16. d5 Nb4 17. Bb1 a5 18. a3 Na6) 16... Nb4 (16...
Nxd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 d5 19. exd5 Bd6) 17. Bb1 Nxe4 18. Bb2 Bb7 19. d5 c4
20. bxc4 bxc4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Ng5 Re7 (22... Ree8 23. Qg4 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Nxd5
25. Rh3 Qc8 26. Qf3 Nf6 27. Qf4) 23. Qh5 h6 24. Nf5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 hxg5 26. Re3
Bc8 (26... f6 27. Qg6 Bc8 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Bxf6 Nxd5 30. Re8) 27. Bxg7 Bxg7 28.
Re8+ Bf8 29. Rxf8+ (29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qh8#) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 O-O 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 Na6
(8... Ne8 9. Bd3 f5) 9. g4 Nc7 10. h4 a6 11. h5 Bd7 12. Nge2 b5 13. Ng3 bxc4
14. a4 (14. Qh2 Rb8 15. g5 Nfe8 16. Bxc4 f6 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Qh7+ Kf7 19. Rh6)
14... Qb8 15. Bxc4 Qb4 16. b3 Rfb8 17. Rc1 Rb7 18. Bh6 Qa3 19. Rc2 Bxh6 20.
Qxh6 Rxb3 21. Bxb3 Qxb3 22. Kd2 Bxa4 23. Nxa4 Qxf3 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. g5 Qf4+
26. Kd1 Qf3+ 27. Re2 Qd3+ 28. Rd2 Qb3+ 29. Ke2 Qc4+ 30. Kf3 Nh5 31. Rxh5 Rf8+
32. Nf5 Rxf5+ 33. exf5 Qf4+ 34. Ke2 Qc4+ 35. Rd3 Qe4+ 36. Kd2 Qf4+ 37. Re3 gxh5
38. Nc3 Qf2+ 39. Re2 Qxf5 40. Qxd6 Qxg5+ 41. Kc2 Qg6+ 42. Qxg6+ hxg6 43. d6 Ne6
44. Rxe5 Kf7 45. d7 Nd4+ 46. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. a4 b4 10. d4 bxc3 (10... exd4 11. cxd4 Bg4) 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5
13. Nxc3 a5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Ra6 16. Be3 Bb4 17. Re2 Rd6 18. Qc1 c6 19.
Bxc6 Be6 20. Qc2 Qb8 (20... Bc4) 21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. h3
Rd8 25. Qc4 h6 26. Rec2 Qe6 27. Qe2 Qd7 28. Rc7 (28. Bb6 Rd1+) 28... Qxa4 29.
Bxh6 Rd1+ (29... gxh6 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. Qh5 Be7 32. Qxh6+ Ke8 33. R1c4 Qd1+ 34.
Kh2 Bf8 35. Qf6 Qh5) 30. Kh2 Rxc1 31. Qg4 (31. Bxc1) 31... Rh1+ 32. Kg3 (32.
Kxh1 Qd1+) 32... Rd3+ 33. Be3 Rxe3+ 34. fxe3 Be1+ 35. Kf3 e4+ 36. Kf4 Rf1+ 37.
Ke5 Qb5+ 38. Kd4 Qb6+ 39. Rc5 Bb4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. Nb3
Nd7 9. Ng5 O-O 10. e3 dxe3 11. Bxe3 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bg7 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxc5 Qc7
15. Re1 h6 16. Nh3 Bxh3 17. Bxh3 Rfd8 18. Bg2 e6 19. Be3 Rac8 20. Qd2 Kh7 21.
Bf4 Qd7 22. c5 Bf8 23. Rec1 e5 24. Be3 Rc7 25. Rb3 Nd4 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27. c6 Rc7
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Nd5 Ng4 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. h3 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bg5 f6
15. Bc1 e6 16. f4 Bd6 17. Nc3 Qe7 18. e3 Bd7 19. b3 (19. Ne4 Bc7 20. Nxc5)
19... Rad8 20. Bb2 Be8 21. Qe2 Qg7 22. g4 e5 23. f5 gxf5 24. gxf5 Kh8 25. Rad1
Rg8 26. Rd2 Qh6 27. Ne4 Be7 28. Kh2 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 Nd8 30. Bc1 Nf7 31. e4 Ng5
32. Nf3 Nxf3+ 33. Bxf3 Qh4 34. Qe1 Qxe1 35. Rxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. d3
Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne4 c4 11. dxc4 Na5 12. Qc2 Naxc4 13. Rd1 Qe8 14. a4 a5 15.
Rb1 Bf5 16. Nd4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nd6 18. Nb5 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qc6 20. Qxc6 bxc6 21.
Nd4 Rfd8 22. Be3 Rd6 23. Nf5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nd5 25. Nxg7 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Kxg7 27.
Rc1 Ra6 28. Rc3 Rb6 29. Rc5 Ra6 30. Kf2 Kf6 31. e4 Ke6 32. Ke3 Kd6 33. Kd4 Kc7
34. e5 Ra8 35. Kc3 Kb6 36. Rc4 c5 37. Rf4 Rf8 38. Kc4 Kc6 39. Rf3 f5 (39... Rb8
40. Rxf7 Rxb2 41. Rxh7 Rb4+ 42. Kc3 Rxa4 43. Rxe7 Kd5) 40. exf6 exf6 (40...
Rxf6 41. Rxf6+ exf6 42. g4) 41. Re3 Rb8 (41... Kd6 42. Rd3+ Kc6 43. Rd5) 42.
Re6+ Kd7 43. Rxf6 Rxb2 44. Kxc5 Rxe2 45. Rf7+ Ke6 46. Rxh7 Rb2 47. Rh4 Ke5 48.
Rg4 Kf5 49. Rc4 Ke5 50. h4 Rb3 51. Rg4 Kf6 52. Kd5 Rc3 53. Rf4+ Kg7 54. g4 g5
55. hxg5 Kg6 56. Rc4 Ra3 57. Kc6 Kxg5 58. Kb5 Kf6 59. Re4 Rb3+ 60. Kxa5 Rb8 61.
Ka6 Rb1 62. a5 Kg5 63. Ka7 Rb5 64. a6 Rb3 65. Ka8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. Bxf5
gxf5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qb3 b6 11. Ne5 e6 12. Bd2 Nfd7 13. Nd3 Nc6 14. Ne2 Rc8
15. Rfc1 Ndb8 16. Nef4 Qd7 17. Nh5 f6 18. Rc2 Ne7 19. Rac1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Rc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. f3 Bb7 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. Bf1 d5 (
14... Rfd8) 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qxc2 17. Qxc2 Rxc2 18. Rab1 Rd8 (18... Bb4
19. Bd3 Rcc8 20. Bf5 Rfd8) 19. d6 (19. a5 b5 20. Bd3 Rcc8 21. Bf5 Ba8 22. Rbc1
Rxc1 23. Nxc1) 19... Bf8 20. Nd2 Nf6 (20... h6 21. Bd3 Rcc8 22. Nc4 e4 23. fxe4
Bxe4 24. Nxb6 Bxd3 25. Nxc8 Bxb1 26. Ne7+ Kh7 27. Rxb1 Bxe7 28. dxe7 Re8 29. b4
Rxe7) 21. Nc4 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nxe5 Nd5 24. Bd4 Rxd6 25. Bf2 (25. Bd3 Rc7
26. Bxb5) 25... b4 26. Nc4 Re6 27. Bd3 b3 28. Na5 Rxf2 29. Nxb7 (29. Kxf2 Bc5+
30. Kg3 Bd6+ 31. Kf2) 29... Rc2 30. Na5 Ne3 31. Nxb3 Rxg2+ 32. Kh1 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E74"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Bd2 e6
9. Nf3 exd5 10. cxd5 Re8 11. O-O Na6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Bb5 (13. Qb3) 13... Nd7
14. Be2 Rab8 15. a3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 b5 17. Na2 Qb6 18. Rb1 c4 19. Nb4 (19. b3)
19... Ne5 20. Nxa6 Qxa6 21. Be2 Nd7 22. Bf1 Nc5 23. Qf3 Rb7 24. Bb4 Qb6 25.
Bxc5 Qxc5 26. g3 Rbe7 27. Re2 a5 28. Kg2 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Rc1 c3 31. bxc3
bxc3 32. Qd3 Rb7 33. e5 (33. e5 Rc8 (33... Bxe5 34. f4) (33... Rxe5 34. Rxc3)
34. exd6 Qxd6 35. Kg1 Qc5 36. Bg2 Rcb8 37. Bf3 Rb2 38. Rcc2 Bd4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. f3 Re8 13. Bf2 (13. e4 dxe4 14.
fxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxh4 16. Nd6 Re6 17. Nxf7 Qe8) 13... c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Rad1 Ne5 16. Qb5 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. b3 Nc6 19. Nf4 Nb4 20. Nd3 (20. Nfxd5
Nfxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxa2 23. e4 Rxf2 24. Rxf2 Ra8 25. Rxc5 bxc5 26.
Rc2) 20... Nxa2 21. Nxa2 Rxa2 22. Rfe1 Bd6 23. h3 Rc2 24. Kf1 Rc3 25. b4 b5 26.
Re2 Rb3 27. Be1 Nh5 28. g4 Ng3+ 29. Bxg3 Bxg3 30. Kg2 Bd6 31. Kf2 Rc8 32. Red2
Rc4 33. Nc1 Rbxb4 34. Rxd5 Rb2+ 35. Ne2 (35. R1d2 Rxd2+ 36. Rxd2 Bc5 37. Nb3
Bb6) 35... Bb4 36. Kf1 Bc5 37. Nd4 b4 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Rc8 Rc3 40. Ne2 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3
Qc8 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. Nd5 Re8 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Qd2 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Nd7
15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. Ne1 Rb8 17. Rac1 Qf5 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Ng2 Ng4 20. f3 Qc5+ 21.
Qd4 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 Nbd7 8. a4
cxd4 9. exd4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rd1 Nbd5 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Bg5 Bc6
15. Rd3 Qd6 (15... Nb4 16. Rg3 Qxd4 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 (17... Kxf7 18. Qxe6+ Ke8 19.
Re1) 18. Qxe6 Nbd5 19. Rd1) 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Rh3 g6 18. Bc1 Rac8 19. Qd2 Nh5 (
19... Bf8 20. Qg5 Bg7 21. Qh4 h5 22. Bg5 Be8) 20. Rxh5 gxh5 21. Ne4 Qb4 22. Qd3
h4 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 f6 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 (25... Rxd5 26. Bxf6 Qf8) 26. Bxf6
Rf8 27. Bxh4 (27. Ng4) 27... Qxb2 28. Nd7 Rc3 29. Qf1 Rfc8 30. Bg5 Bc4 31. Qe1
Qe2 32. Nb6 Rc6 33. a5 Qxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Bb3 35. h4 Rd3 36. Re4 Rd6 37. Bf6 h5 38.
Be5 Rc6 39. Rf4 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Ra1 (40... Rxb6 41. axb6 a5) 41. Nd7 (41. d5 Rxb6
42. Bxa1) 41... Rxa5 42. Rf8+ Kh7 43. Rf7+ Kg6 44. Rg7+ Kh6 45. Nf8 Bc2 46. Bf6
e5 47. dxe5 Ra4 48. Rg8 Rxf6 49. exf6 Rxh4+ 50. Kg3 Rc4 51. f4 Rc7 52. Rh8+ Bh7
53. Ne6 Rc3+ 54. Kh4 Kg6 55. f7 Kxf7 56. Ng5+ Kg6 57. Rxh7 Rb3 58. g4 hxg4 59.
Kxg4 Rb4 60. Rd7 Kf6 61. Rf7+ Kg6 62. Re7 a5 63. Re6+ Kg7 64. Kf5 a4 65. Re7+
Kf8 66. Rc7 Rb6 67. Ne6+ Kg8 68. Kf6 a3 69. Rc8+ Kh7 70. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Bd5 Bc8 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bh4 a6 16. a4 Bd7 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Bxa4 20. Qb4 g5 21.
Bxg5 hxg5 22. Qxa4 e6 23. Ba2 Nc6 24. d5 exd5 25. Bxd5 Qb6+ 26. Kf1 Nb4 27. Qb3
a5 28. Bc4 Qh6 29. h3 Be5 30. Qe3 b6 31. h4 Bf4 32. Nxf4 gxf4 33. Qd4 Qxh4 34.
Qxb6 Qh1+ 35. Qg1 Qh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 O-O 11. Bf4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qe3 Qa5 14. a3
Rfe8 15. h3 Rad8 16. Be5 Nd7 17. b4 Qa4 18. Bc7 Rc8 19. Bg3 b6 20. Rab1 Qc2 21.
Rbc1 Qf5 22. Rfd1 a5 23. Qb3 axb4 24. axb4 Ra8 25. Ra1 Nf6 (25... b5) 26. Ne5
Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Qe4 28. Qc3 Rc8 29. Kh2 Qe2 30. Ra7 Ne4 31. Qa3 Nd2 32. Ra8 Rxa8
33. Qxa8+ Bf8 34. Nd7 h6 35. Qxf8+ Kh7 36. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
d4 Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb2 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bxd7 dxc3 13. Bxc3 Qxd7 14.
Qd4 f5 15. Qd5+ Qf7 16. Qxb7 f4 17. exf4 Qxf4 18. Qd5+ Qf7 19. Qg5 h6 20. Qg4
Rab8 21. f4 Rb5 22. Bd4 Rb4 23. Qd1 Rd8 24. Be3 Qe6 25. Bf2 Rxf4 26. Qb3 Qxb3
27. axb3 Rdf8 28. Rac1 (28. Bxa7 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Bxh2+) (28. Rxa7 Rxf2 29. Rxf2
Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Bc5+) 28... a5 29. Rc2 Rb4 30. Rc3 Rfb8 31. Be1 Rxb3 32. Rxb3
Rxb3 33. Bxa5 Be5 34. Rc1 c5 35. Be1 Bb2 36. Rc2 Bd4+ 37. Kf1 Rb2 38. Rxb2 Bxb2
39. Ke2 c4 40. Ke3 Kf7 41. Ke4 Ke6 42. g4 Kd6 43. Bh4 Kc5 44. g5 hxg5 45. Bxg5
Kb4 46. h4 c3 47. h5 c2 48. Kd3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Na3 Be6 11. g3 f5 12. Bg2 Bg7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. O-O Qa5
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 (15... Rad8 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 e4 18. Rad1 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Ne7)
16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Rab8 18. Rad1 e4 19. b3 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Nc2 b4 (
21... Ra8 22. Nce3) 22. f3 Ra8 23. fxe4 Rxa2 (23... fxe4 24. Ncxb4 Nxb4 25.
Nxb4 Bc3 26. Nc6 Bxd2 27. Rxd2 Re8 28. Bxe4 Ra3) 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Ncxb4 Rxd2
26. Rxd2 Nxb4 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Nxf5 Be5 29. Kf2 Ke8 30. e4 f6 31. Bf1 d5 32.
Bb5+ Kf8 33. exd5 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Nxd5 35. Bc4 Ne7 36. Nh4 Bd6 37. Ke3 Kg7 38.
Ke4 h5 39. Be6 Bc5 40. Ng2 Bg1 41. h4 Ng6 42. b4 Ba7 43. b5 Ne5 44. Ne3 Kg6 45.
Nd5 Bf2 46. Kf4 Bc5 47. b6 Nc4 48. b7 Bd6+ 49. Kf3 Na5 50. Bc8 Nc4 51. Nf4+ Kh6
52. Be6 Nd2+ 53. Ke3 Nf1+ 54. Kf2 Nd2 55. Bd5 Nb1 56. Bf3 Nd2 57. Bxh5 Ne4+ 58.
Kg2 Nc5 59. Bf3 Be5 60. Bd5 f5 61. Kf3 Bd6 62. Ne6 Nd7 63. Nd4 Kg6 64. Be6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 h6 8. Bh4
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Qe2 g5 11. Bg3 Bd7 12. h4 Rg8 (12... g4) 13. hxg5 hxg5
14. Nf3 Qc7 15. Qe3 Be7 16. Be2 b5 17. a3 Rb8 18. Nd4 Qc5 19. b4 Qc7 20. Bxe5
dxe5 21. Nb3 Rc8 22. Rd3 (22. Kb2 Qxc3+ 23. Qxc3 Rxc3 24. Kxc3 Nxe4+) 22... g4
23. Kb1 Bc6 24. f3 g3 25. Qh6 Nd7 26. Qh7 Nf6 27. Qh6 Qa7 28. Bd1 Nd7 29. Qh7
Rg6 (29... Nf6) 30. Qh8+ Bf8 31. f4 exf4 (31... Rg7 32. Bh5 Qc7 33. Rhd1 Nf6
34. Nc5 Ke7 35. Nxa6 Qa7 36. fxe5 Nd7 37. Rxd7+ Bxd7 38. Be2 Qe3 39. Nc5 Bc6
40. Bxb5) 32. Bh5 Rg7 33. Nd4 Ke7 34. Nd5+ Bxd5 (34... exd5 35. Nf5+) 35. exd5
Nf6 (35... Ne5 36. Rdd1) 36. Re1 e5 37. Nc6+ (37. Nf5+ Kd7 38. Nxg7 Bxb4 39.
Qh6) 37... Rxc6 38. dxc6 Qc7 39. Bf3 Rh7 40. Qxh7 (40. Rd7+ Qxd7 41. Rxe5+ Qe6
42. Rxe6+ fxe6 43. c7) 40... Nxh7 41. Rd7+ Qxd7 42. cxd7 (42. cxd7 Bg7 43. Rd1
Kd8 44. Bc6 Ng5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 Bd7 7. O-O Qc8 8. Nd5
Nd8 9. d4 c6 10. Ndc3 f5 11. b4 Ne7 12. Ba3 Be6 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15.
cxd5 Bd7 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. Qb3 O-O 18. Rc2 Nf7 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21.
Qa4 Kf8 22. f4 e4 23. Bf1 Ke7 24. Qb3 Bd7 25. Bb2 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 Qh8 27. Qa3 Qd8
28. Nd4 Qb6 29. Rc3 Rc8 30. Qc1 Qd8 31. Bb5 Rxc3 32. Qxc3 Qc8 33. Qxc8 Bxc8 34.
Kf2 Nh6 35. h3 Ng8 36. Bc4 Bd7 37. Ke2 Nf6 38. Kd2 Be8 39. Ne2 Bf7 40. Nc3 h5
41. a3 Kd7 42. Kc2 a6 43. a4 Kc7 44. Kb3 Bg8 45. Ka3 Bf7 46. a5 b5 47. axb6+
Kxb6 48. Kb3 Bg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. Rd1 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 Na5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Nc3 Bb4 15.
Qd3 Bh5 16. Bg5 Bg6 17. Qd2 Nc4 18. Qc1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxd5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Bd3 Re6 22. a4 Rae8 23. axb5 axb5 24. h3 Kg7 25. Nh2 Qg5 (25... Bxd3 26. Rxd3
Kh8 27. Rg3 Nd6) 26. Bxc4 Qxc1 27. Rdxc1 bxc4 28. Ng4 Bd3 29. Ne3 c5 30. d5 Rb6
31. Ra5 Rc8 32. Ra4 (32. Kh2 Rb2 33. Kg3 f5 34. f3 Re2 35. Kf4 Re8 36. d6 Kf6
37. Rxc5 R8xe3 38. d7 Ke7 39. Rd5 Kd8 40. Ra1) 32... Rd8 33. Ra7 f5 34. g3 Rdb8
35. Ra4 Kf6 36. d6 (36. Nxc4 Rb1) 36... Rxd6 37. Nxc4 Re6 38. Ne3 Be4 39. Rd1
Bf3 40. Rc1 Reb6 41. g4 fxg4 42. hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 d6 8. Ne2
b6 9. O-O Qd7 10. e4 Ba6 11. Bg5 O-O-O 12. Ng3 (12. f4) 12... h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6
14. Nh5 (14. Qf3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxf6 Nb3 17. Rad1 Nc5 18. Be2) 14...
cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxf6 Qe7 17. Qa4 Bb7 18. Nh5 (18. Qxa7 Qxf6 19. Qxb6
Rhg8 20. f3 Qg5 21. Qb2 Qe3+) 18... Rhg8 19. Qd1 (19. Qxa7 Rxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Bxe4+
) (19. Ng3 Kb8 20. Qd1 Qg5 21. Qc1) 19... f5 20. Re1 Qh4 21. f4 e5 22. Rc1 exf4
23. Bf1 Qxe1 24. Qxe1 Nf3+ 25. Kf2 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 f3 27. gxf3 fxe4 28. fxe4
Rdf8+ 29. Ke3 Bxe4 30. Bh3+ Bf5 31. Bxf5+ Rxf5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nh5 7. Be3 f5 8. Nge2 O-O
9. Qd2 Nd7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. Kb1 fxe4 12. fxe4 Nf6 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. h3 Ne8 15.
Ng1 Nd6 16. Nf3 Nf7 (16... Qe7) 17. Bd3 Bh6 18. Qf2 b6 19. Rdf1 Qf6 20. Qe1 Qe7
21. h4 Bg7 22. Qg3 Qd7 23. Be2 a6 24. Nh2 (24. h5 Qg4 25. Qe1 Qf4 26. hxg6 hxg6
27. Rh4 Qf6 28. Nh2 Qg5 29. Bg4) 24... Qe7 25. h5 Qg5 26. Qd3 gxh5 27. Nf3 Qg3
28. Rxh5 Bg4 29. Rhh1 Nd6 30. Bd1 (30. Rxh7 Bxf3 31. Rhh1 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 Qxd3+
33. Bxd3) 30... Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 a6 9. Be3 Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Ne5 Qc7 (11... Bd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. d5 exd5
14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rfd8) 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Ba2 Rd8 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. Qf3 Bd7
16. d5 e5 (16... Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bxd5) 17. h3 Rac8 18. Rfe1 h6 19. Bd2
Re8 20. Ne2 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Ng3 Qd7 24. Bc3 Bd6 25. Bb1
Qc7 26. Bf5 Bd7 27. Bxd7 Nxd7 28. Nf5 Bf8 29. d6 Bxd6 30. Qg3 g6 31. Nxh6+ Kf8
32. Qf3 Nc5 33. Qf6 Ne4 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Ng8+ (35. Qg7 Qc4 36. Bxe5 Bc5 37. Ng4
Bxf2+ 38. Nxf2 Qc5 39. Bd4 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+) 35... Ke6 36. Nh6 Nxc3 37. bxc3 (
37. bxc3 Qb8 38. Qh7 Qf8 39. a4 e4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 Nge7 6. Nge2 d6 7. d4 exd4 8.
exd4 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. d5 Ne5 11. b3 Bg4 12. f3 Bc8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 a6 15.
Qd2 Nf5 16. Bf2 h5 17. h3 Rb8 18. Nd4 (18. f4 Nd7 19. Rae1 Nf6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Bxd4 Bf5 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Kh2 Re8) 18... Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bf5 20. f4
Nd7 21. Rfe1 Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Qf6 23. Qxf6 Nxf6 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.
Re1 b6 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. Ke3 a5 29. Nb5 Kd8 30. a3 Ne8 31. Nd4 Ng7 32. Bf1 Bd7
33. Nf3 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2
Bd6 9. b3 Qe7 10. Qc2 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qe5
15. f4 Qe7 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. Rc2 Bc5 18. Na4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Bf5 20. Bb4 Qd7 21.
Rc3 Ne4 22. Rcc1 b6 23. Rfd1 f6 24. Nc3 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 Be4 26. Qd2 Qg4 27. h3
Qg6 28. Qf2 h5 29. Kh2 a5 30. Ba3 b5 31. Bc5 b4 32. Rcc1 Rdc8 33. Bd4 Bc2 34.
Rd2 Be4 35. Rdd1 Qf5 36. Qe2 Qg6 37. Qf2 a4 38. Rxc8+ Rxc8 39. bxa4 Qe8 40. Rd2
Qxa4 41. Qh4 (41. Rb2 Rc2 42. Rxc2 Bxc2 43. Qd2) 41... Rc2 42. Rxc2 Qxc2 43.
Qg3 Qxa2 44. Bxf6 Qxg2+ 45. Qxg2 Bxg2 46. Bd4 Be4 47. Kg3 Kf7 48. h4 g6 49. Kf2
Ke6 50. Ke2 Kf5 51. Kd2 Kg4 52. Bf6 Kg3 53. Be7 Kh3 54. Bf6 Kg4 55. Be7 Bf5 56.
Bf6 Kf3 57. Be7 b3 58. Kc3 Be6 59. Bc5 (59. Kd2 b2 60. Kc2 Kxe3 61. Kxb2 Kxf4
62. Kc3) 59... g5 60. fxg5 (60. hxg5 h4 61. f5 Bxf5 62. Kxb3 h3 63. Bd6 Kxe3)
60... d4+ 61. exd4 (61. Bxd4 Kg3 62. g6 Kxh4 63. Kd2 Kh3 64. Ke2 h4 65. Bf6 Kg2
) 61... Kg3 62. Ba3 Kxh4 63. Kd3 Kxg5 64. Ke4 h4 65. Kf3 Bd5+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. Qd2 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Rc8 13. Rfc1 Qe7 14. Rc2 Ne8
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rac1 Nd6 17. b3 Bc6 18. e3 Rc7 19. Ne2 Rfc8 20. Nf4 Bb5 21.
Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. f3 a5 24. Kf2 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. b3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bb2 Qf6 14. Qd2 Nxf3+
15. Bxf3 Be5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Rfe1 Qc5 18. Qc3 a5 19. a3 Be6 20. Re5 Qb6 21.
Re3 Qc5 22. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Nxc3 9. Qc2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qg5+ 11. Kh1 Qh5 12. Rg1 Qxf3+ 13. Rg2 f5 14.
Qxc3 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 O-O 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 (13... Rac8 14.
Bf1 d5) 14. Bf1 Bc6 15. Qf2 Qb7 16. Bc4 Nc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Qe2 Rxd1+ 19.
Rxd1 Ne8 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Bd6 22. Qc4 Qc6 23. Rd1 Nc7 24. Qd3 Rd8 25. Nd5
Kf8 (25... Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27. Rxd5 a5) (25... c4 26. Qe2 Nxd5 27. Rxd5 Bc7)
26. Qb3 b5 (26... Nxd5 27. Rxd5 Ke8) 27. Nxc7 Bxc7 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. axb5 axb5
30. Qc3 Bb6 31. Qxe5 f6 32. Qc3 c4 33. Kf2 Bxe3+ 34. Kxe3 Qc5+ 35. Qd4 Qg5+ 36.
Kf2 Qc1 37. Qc3 h5 38. Kg3 Kf7 39. b3 g5 40. bxc4 Qf4+ 41. Kf2 b4 42. Qxb4 Qxh2
43. c5 g4 44. Qb3+ Kg7 45. fxg4 h4 46. Qe3 Qe5 47. c6 Kg6 48. Ke1 Qa5+ 49. Kf2
Qe5 50. Kg1 Kg7 51. g5 fxg5 52. c7 Qa1+ 53. Kf2 Qf6+ 54. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 e5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Bf1 Ng4 11. h3 Qf6 12. hxg4 Qxd4 13. g5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Qxd1
15. Raxd1 Be5 16. Be3 (16. Bxe5 dxe5) 16... Nc5 17. f3 a5 (17... Be6) 18. Rc1
a4 19. Rc2 Be6 20. a3 f6 21. gxf6 Bxf6 22. Rd1 Be5 23. Ne2 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Bb4 5. e5 Ne7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8. cxd5
Qxd5 9. Nf3 c5 10. c4 Qe4+ 11. Be2 Nbc6 12. dxc5 Nxe5 13. Bb2 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3
Qc6 15. Rg1 Qxc5 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Rg3 Nf5 18. Bf6 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Nxg3+ 20. fxg3
Bb7 (20... Ba6 21. Qc2 Qf5) 21. Bd3 Qh5 22. Qa4+ b5 23. Qxb5+ Qxb5 24. cxb5
Bxf3 25. Bxh7 Rg4 26. Rc1 Ra4 27. Rc7 Be4 (27... Rxa3) 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. h4 Kf8
30. Kg2 Kg8 31. h5 Ra4 32. Bb2 Re8 33. Rc5 Kh7 34. Kh3 f5 35. Rc7+ Kh6 36. Bc1+
Kxh5 37. Rg7 Rg4 38. Rxa7 Rc8 39. Bf4 Rc3 40. Be5 Rb3 (40... Re3 41. Bd6 e5)
41. Rh7+ Kg6 42. Rg7+ Kh6 43. Rxg4 fxg4+ 44. Kxg4 Rxb5 45. Kf4 Kg6 46. Ke4 Rc5
47. Bd6 Rc4+ 48. Ke5 Kf7 49. Bb4 Rg4 50. Kd6 Kf6 51. Kc5 Ke7 52. Kc6+ Kf6 53.
Kc5 Ke5 54. a4 Rg8 55. a5 Rc8+ 56. Kb5 Kd5 57. Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e3 Bd6 7. d4 exd3 8.
Bxd3 Qe7 9. Qc2 Be6 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Bb2 h5 12. O-O-O h4 13. h3 Nd7 14. Bf5
Rde8 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Ne2 Rh5 (16... c5) 17. Nd4 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Rxe4 19. Nf3 g6
20. Rhe1 Nc5 21. Kc2 a5 22. Rd4 f5 23. Re2 g5 24. Rxe4 Nxe4 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26.
Kxd2 Rh6 27. e4 Bf4+ 28. Ke1 fxe4 29. Rxe4 c5 30. Bc3 a4 (30... Kd7) 31. bxa4
Rb6 32. Ke2 Kd7 33. Kd3 Rb1 34. Re1 Rb6 35. Kc2 Rg6 36. Re4 Rd6 37. Re1 Rg6 38.
Re2 b6 39. Re4 Rd6 40. Re1 Rg6 41. Re4 Rd6 42. a3 Rg6 43. a5 Rg8 (43... bxa5
44. Bxa5 Ra6 45. Bd2 Bxd2 46. Kxd2 Rxa3 47. Rg4) 44. a4 Rf8 45. Re2 bxa5 46.
Kd3 Rd8 47. Re4 Kc6+ 48. Ke2 Kb6 49. Re6+ c6 50. Re7 Ka6 51. Re4 Kb6 52. Re6
Kb7 53. Re7+ Ka6 54. Re4 Kb6 55. Be1 Bc1 56. g3 hxg3 (56... Rd4 57. Rg4 hxg3
58. fxg3 Rxg4 59. hxg4 Ba3 60. Bd2 Bb4 61. Bxg5) 57. fxg3 Rh8 58. h4 gxh4 59.
gxh4 Bb2 60. Bd2 Bd4 61. Kf3 Bb2 62. Bg5 Rf8+ 63. Rf4 Rg8 64. Rf5 Bd4 65. h5
Kc7 66. h6 Kd7 67. Kg4 Ke6 68. Rf4 Rb8 69. Re4+ Kf7 70. Re7+ Kg8 71. Kf5 Rf8+
72. Kg6 Kh8 73. Rh7+ Kg8 74. Rd7 Kh8 75. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Ne4 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 Qc7 12. Qe2 b6 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Bd3 Rfd8 15.
Rfd1 Na5 16. a4 Rac8 17. Ra2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bb4 19. Rc2 Qe7 20. Rdc1 Ba3 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qc2 Bb7 24. Ne5 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Qxe5 15. f3 Bd7 16. Re1 Ba4 17. Qb2 Rad8 18. Bf1 b6 19. c4 Qe6 20. Qc3 Nd7 21.
Bb2 f6 22. Rac1 Ne5 23. f4 Nc6 24. Be2 Ne7 25. Bf3 Rd6 26. e4 Rd4 27. e5 f5 28.
Qe3 Rd7 29. h3 Rfd8 30. Kh2 Bc6 31. Be2 Kf8 32. Qg3 Ba4 33. Bc3 h6 34. Qh4 Kg8
35. Qh5 Bc6 36. Bf1 Ng6 37. g3 Ne7 38. Rcd1 Bb7 39. Rxd7 Rxd7 40. Qe8+ (40. Qe2
Qc6 41. Bg2) 40... Kh7 41. Re2 (41. Be2 Qc6 42. Rg1 Qe4 43. Bf1 Rd1 44. Bg2 Qe2
) 41... Rd3 42. Rd2 (42. Be1 Bc6 43. Qf8 Qxc4 44. Qxe7 Re3 45. Rf2 Rxe1) (42.
Rc2 Rd1 43. Bg2 Bxg2 44. Rxg2 Qxc4 45. Qxe7 Qf1) 42... Bc6 (42... Rxc3 43. Rd6)
43. Qf8 Rxd2+ 44. Bxd2 Qd7 45. Bc3 Qd1 46. e6 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Nf4 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nc6 12. c5 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 Na5 14. Bf4 Qc6
15. Qxc6 dxc6 16. Bd6 Rfc8 17. f3 Nc4 18. Bg3 Nd5 19. Rfc1 Na3 20. Nb4 f6 21.
Kf2 bxc5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Bd6 Nc4 24. Bxc5 Nb2 25. Ke3 Na4 26. c4 Nxc5 27.
dxc5 Rxc5 28. cxd5 Rxd5 29. Rc7 Ra5 30. a4 Rb8 31. Rd1 Rb3+ 32. Kf4 Rf5+ (32...
Rxa4+) 33. Kg3 Rg5+ 34. Kh3 h6 35. Rxa7 Rb2 36. g4 h5 37. Rd3 f5 38. Kh4 Rg6
39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Raa8 Rh6 41. g5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O a6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. f4 Qa5 12. Bc4 Be7 13. Rhe1 Rb8 14. Qd3
Kf8 15. Bb3 Qc5 16. Qf3 a5 17. e5 d5 18. f5 exf5 19. Qh5 Be6 20. g4 (20. Qe2)
20... fxg4 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Ne4 Qe7 23. Nxf6 Qxf6 24. Re5 Rg8 25. Rde1 Rg5 26.
Qh4 Qf4+ 27. R5e3 Re5 28. Qg3 Qxg3 29. hxg3 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Ke7 31. Re2 h5 32.
Rh2 Rh8 33. Kd2 Kd6 34. Ke3 Ke5 35. c3 c5 36. Re2 Bf5 37. Kf2+ Be4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 b5 8. cxb5
cxb5 9. a3 Nc6 10. g3 Na5 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 Nc6 14. Nd5 Bd7 15.
Nxf6+ exf6 16. Bg2 a5 17. O-O axb4 18. axb4 Qb6 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21.
e5 dxe5 (21... Re8 22. exf6+ Kxf6 23. d5 Nxb4) 22. dxe5 Rd8 23. exf6+ Kh7 24.
Qe3 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Nxb4 26. Rd1 Nc2 27. Bc6 Bxc6 28. Rxd8 Nxe3 29. Nd4 Bd5 30.
Nxb5 g5 31. Nc7 Bc4 32. Rd4 Ba2 33. Ra4 Bb1 34. Kf2 Nf5 35. Nd5 Kg6 36. Ra6 g4
37. Ne7+ Kg5 38. Nxf5 Bxf5 39. Ke3 Kg6 40. Kf4 Be6 41. Ke5 Bf5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 e6 8. Be3
Nge7 9. Bd2 (9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 a6) 9... Qc7 10. Be2 a6 (10... Bxf3 11. Nb5
Qxe5 12. Nd6+ Kd7 13. gxf3) 11. O-O Ng6 12. Na4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ncxe5 14. Nb6 Rd8
15. b4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bd6 17. g3 O-O 18. Rad1 (18. c4 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Ne5 20.
Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Rad1) 18... Qc6 19. c4 Bc7 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Bc3 Bxb6 22. cxb6
Rfe8 23. Rd3 (23. Bd4) 23... Ne5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Rfd1 (25. Qf4 f6 26. Qd4 Rd6
27. a3 Qxb6 28. Qxb6 Rxb6 29. f4 Rh5 30. Kg2 Rc6 31. Rf2) 25... Qxb6 26. Rxd5
Rexd5 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Qxd5 Qxb4 29. Qd8+ Qf8 30. Qc7 Qa8 31. h4 (31. Qb6 Qc8
32. a4 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Qc6+) 31... b5 32. Qb6 Qc8 33. Kg2 h5 34. a3 g6 35. Kh2 Qf5
36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 Qe6 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qa5 Qc6 40. Kf1 Kf6 41. Ke2 Ke6 42.
Kf1 Kd7 43. Kg1 Kc8 44. Qb4 Qd5 45. Qa5 Qd6 46. Qc3+ Kb8 47. Qe3 f5 48. Qc3 Kb7
49. Qa5 f4 50. gxf4 Qd1+ 51. Kh2 Qe2 52. Kg2 Qg4+ 53. Kf1 Qxh4 54. Qb4 Qh3+ 55.
Kg1 Qg4+ 56. Kh2 Qe6 57. Qc5 Qf6 58. Qb4 Kc6 59. Kg1 Qd6 60. Qe4+ Kb6 61. Kh2
a5 62. Qe3+ Ka6 63. Kh3 b4 64. a4 Kb7 65. Qe4+ Kc7 66. Qa8 Qe6+ 67. Kh2 Qb6 68.
Kg1 Qc5 69. Qg8 Qf5 70. Qc4+ Kd6 71. Qa6+ Ke7 72. Qa7+ Kf8 73. Qa8+ Kg7 74.
Qa7+ Kh6 75. Qb8 Qf6 76. Kg2 h4 77. Kh3 Kh5 78. Qc7 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 d6 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Nd2 Qc7 15.
a4 e5 (15... d5 16. c5 a5 17. Nb5 Qb8) 16. d5 a5 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. bxa5 bxa5 19.
Nb3 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. Rb1 Rc8 22. Bc3 Nd7 (22... Rb8 23. Qd2) 23. Nxd6 Bxd6
24. Rxb7 e4 25. Qg4 Nf6 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Rxe4 Qa1+ 28. Rb1 Qxa4 29. c5 Qa3 30.
Qe2 Rxe4 31. Qxe4 Qxc5 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 33. Re1 f6 34. Bf5 Qc1 35. Rf1 Rc5 36. Be6
Qh6 37. Qg8+ Ke7 38. Qf7+ Kd8 39. Qd7# 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nc3 Nb6 7. Bf4 Bf5 8.
Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 Nbd5 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. Be5 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 Qb6 17. Na4 Qb4 18. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. e3 Qc7 8. d3
dxe3 (8... Bc5 9. exd4 Bxd4) 9. Bxe3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Qa4 a6 13.
Nc3 b5 14. cxb5 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. bxa6 Rxa6 17. Qb5 Qa8 18. d4 Ng4 (18...
Rb8 19. Qe2 Rab6 20. Rab1 d5) 19. Qe2 (19. Qxd7 Bb4 20. Qb5 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rxa2
22. Rxa2 Qxa2) 19... f5 20. Bd2 Rb6 21. b3 Ba3 22. Bc1 Bb4 23. Na4 Rc6 24. Bb2
(24. d5 exd5 25. Bb2) 24... Nf6 25. Rac1 f4 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 27. f3 h5 28. Bc1 Bd6
29. gxf4 Nd5 30. Nc5 (30. Kh1) 30... Bxc5 31. dxc5 Qxc5+ 32. Qf2 Qa5 33. Kh1
Nxf4 34. Bxf4 Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 c6 6. d4 O-O 7. Ne5 dxc4 8. Nxc4
Be6 9. Qd3 Na6 10. Rd1 Qc8 (10... Nb4 11. Qc3 c5 12. Bxb7 Rb8 13. Bg2 cxd4 14.
Rxd4 Nfd5) 11. e4 Rd8 12. Qe2 Nc7 13. Nc3 Bh3 14. Bh1 Ng4 (14... Qe6) 15. d5
Nb5 16. Nxb5 cxb5 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Qc4 19. Qd2 Rdc8 20. Rdc1 Qa4 21. Bc5
Rc7 22. b3 Qa6 23. Bb4 (23. Bd4 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxa2) 23... Rac8
24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Re1 Be5 26. Bg2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qf6 (27... Bd6 28. Bxd6 Qxd6
29. Rc1 Rc5) 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 g5 30. h4 (30. f3) 30... h6 (30... gxh4 31.
Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qg4+ Kf8 33. f4 hxg3) 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Bd2 Qg6 33. Qc8+ Kg7 34.
Qg4 f6 35. Bb4 Kf8 36. f3 Qe8 37. Qe6 Qd8 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 Bd6 (39... Bxf4
40. Qxf6+) 40. Bxd6 exd6 41. Kf3 Kg7 42. Kg4 b4 (42... b4 43. Kf5 a5 44. e5
dxe5 45. fxe5 fxe5 46. Qxe5+ Kh7 47. d6) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Be2 e6 11. O-O Nb6 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Bf3 c6
15. Rac1 Nfd5 16. Bg3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 f6 18. Nd3 Bf7 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. cxb4 e5 21.
dxe5 fxe5 22. a3 Nc4 (22... Bc4 23. Rfd1 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 a5) 23. Nc5 e4 24. Nxe4
Bb2 25. Rc2 Bxa3 26. Rb1 Bd5 27. Nd2 b5 28. Nxc4 bxc4 29. Ra2 a5 30. b5 Bxf3
31. gxf3 cxb5 32. Rxa3 b4 33. Raa1 c3 34. Be5 Rfc8 35. Kf1 c2 36. Rc1 a4 37.
Bd6 b3 38. Ba3 Rcb8 39. Bb2 a3 40. Rxa3 Rxa3 41. Bxa3 Ra8 42. Bb2 Ra2 43. Bc3
b2 44. Bxb2 Rxb2 45. Ke2 g5 46. Kd2 Rb4 47. Kxc2 Rh4 48. Rg1 h6 49. Rg2 Kf7 50.
Kd3 Kf6 51. Ke2 Rh3 52. e4 h5 53. Ke3 Rh4 54. Kd3 Rh3 55. Ke2 Rh4 56. Kf1 Rf4
57. Ke2 Rh4 58. Kf1 Rf4 59. Rg3 h4 (59... Rh4 60. h3 Rf4 61. Ke2 Rh4 62. Ke3
Rf4) 60. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 f5 12. d5 (12. O-O) 12... exd5 13. cxd5
Bxd5 14. Nd4 Nd7 15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qf6 17. Bxf5 O-O-O 18. Qa4 a5 19. Kf2 h5
(19... Qf7 20. e4 Bb7) 20. Rab1 (20. e4 Bb7 21. Ne6) 20... h4 (20... Bb7 21. e4
d5 22. Ne6 dxe4 23. fxe4 (23. Nxd8 e3+)) 21. e4 Bb7 22. gxh4 gxh4 23. Ne6 Ne5 (
23... Qxc3 24. Qd1 (24. Rhc1 Qd2+ 25. Kg1 h3 26. Rxc7+ Kb8 27. Rxb7+ Ka8 28.
Bxh3 Qe3+ 29. Kh2 Rxh3+)) 24. Qd4 Rdg8 (24... Qe7) 25. Nxc7+ Kb8 26. Qxb6 Nd3+
27. Kf1 Nb4 28. Rxb4 axb4 29. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be3 c5 9. d5 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. exd5 Qb6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. a3 Ne8
15. b4 Nd6 16. Qb3 Rfe8 17. Rac1 c4 18. Qc2 Rxe3 19. fxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Re8 21.
Rfe1 Nc7 (21... Qf2 22. Nf3 Bxc3) 22. h3 Qf4 23. Nf3 Nf5 24. Bf1 Ng3+ 25. Kg1
Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Nxf1 27. Kxf1 Bxh3 28. Qe4 Qg3 29. gxh3 Bxc3 30. d6 Bxe1 31. Nxe1
Qxd6 32. Qxc4 Ne6 33. Qe4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. d3 b5
9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. d4 Nf6 13. c5 Nc7 14. a3 a5 15. Qc2
a4 16. b4 Bc8 17. Ne5 Ra6 18. Qb2 Be6 19. h3 h5 20. Kh2 Nd7 21. f4 f6 22. Nef3
Rh8 23. Nh4 Bf7 24. Rce1 Ra7 25. Qc2 Nf8 26. Qd3 Qd7 27. Nb1 Ra8 28. Nc3 Rd8
29. e3 Rh7 30. Rf2 Kg8 31. Kg1 Rg7 32. Ref1 Nh7 33. Kh2 Nf8 34. Rg1 Qe8 35. Bf1
e5 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. dxe5 Nd7 38. Nf3 g5 39. Ne2 g4 40. Nh4 Nxe5 41. Qc3 Bg6
42. Nd4 Ne6 43. Ndf5 Bxf5 44. Qxe5 Be4 45. Rf6 Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 g6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 e6 8. h3 b6
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qb3 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. a4 Bf8 15.
a5 b5 16. Nxb5 cxb5 17. Qxb5 Qb4 18. a6 Qxb5 19. Bxb5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21.
Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bd7 24. Bd3 Ne8 25. Bb8 Bc8 26. Be2 Bb4 27. Bf3
Nf6 28. Be2 Ne8 29. Bf3 Be6 30. Be2 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

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
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Qe2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nd5
15. Rac1 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Nf1 a4 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Ne3 Bf8 15.
Nf5 Nc5 16. Ng3 g6 17. d4 Ncd7 18. Bg5 h6 19. Be3 c5 20. Nh2 cxd4 21. cxd4 d5
22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 Qh4 24. exd5 Nf6 25. dxe5 Rxe5 26. Bd4 Bxg4 27. Qd3 Rxe1+
28. Rxe1 Bd7 29. Re6 fxe6 30. Qxg6+ Bg7 31. Ne4 Rf8 32. g3 Qxe4 33. Bxe4 Be8
34. dxe6 Bxg6 35. Bxg6 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Nbd7 8.
Bd2 Nxc5 9. Bb5+ Ncd7 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qe2 Bb7
15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. c4 Rad8 18. Rfe1 h6 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Bh4 Bb4
21. Rf1 Qc6 22. Bc2 Be7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. b3 g6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.
Bxd1 e5 28. Ne1 e4 29. Nc2 Qd6 30. Ne3 Qd4 31. Nd5 Bg5 32. g3 f5 33. h4 Bd8 34.
Bc2 Kf7 35. Qd1 Qxd1+ 36. Bxd1 Ke6 37. Nf4+ Kf6 38. Kf1 g5 39. hxg5+ hxg5 40.
Nd5+ Ke5 41. a4 Kd4 42. Be2 Bc8 43. Kg2 Bd7 44. Kf1 Be8 45. Kg1 Bf7 46. Kg2 (
46. Kf1 Be6 47. Ke1 b5 48. axb5 axb5 49. Kf1 bxc4 50. bxc4 Ba5 51. Kg2 Bd2 52.
Kf1 f4 53. gxf4 gxf4 54. f3) 46... a5 47. Kf1 f4 48. gxf4 gxf4 49. Nxf4 Kc3 50.
Bd1 Kd2 51. Bg4 Kc2 52. Be6 (52. Ne6 Be7 53. Nd4+ Kc3 54. Nc6 Bc5) 52... Bxe6
53. Nxe6 Be7 54. Nd4+ Kc3 55. Nf5 Bf8 56. Ng3 Kxb3 57. Ke2 Kxa4 58. Nxe4 Kb3
59. Kd3 a4 60. Nd2+ Kb2 61. c5 b5 62. c6 Bd6 63. Ne4 Bb8 64. Nc3 a3 65. f4 Bxf4
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Be7 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Qe3 Nb4 (8... Nxd5 9. exd5 Bxg5 10. f4) 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ (10. Qe2 Bxb5 11.
Qxb5+ Nd7 12. Qxb4) 10... Qxd7 11. Qd2 exd5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. exd5 Bxc3 14.
Qxc3 (14. bxc3 Nxd5 15. Ne2) 14... Nxd5 15. Qe5+ (15. Qxg7 O-O-O 16. Ne2 Rhe8
17. Rc1+ Kb8 18. Rd1 Rxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Re8+) 15... Kf8 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Qg5 f6 18.
Qd2 Qb5 19. Kf1 Kf7 20. h4 Re5 21. Rh3 Rhe8 22. Re1 Qc4 23. b3 Qg4 24. Rd3 Nf4
25. Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. d4 c5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. e3 Rac8 12. Re1 h5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bg4
15. Qc1 h4 16. Bc3 Qd8 17. Qb2 Ne5 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. f4 Nc6 20. Nb5 Qf5 21. Bg2 (
21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nxa7 Nxa7 23. Qd4+) 21... a6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nd4 Qd7 24.
Nxc6 bxc6 25. c5 d5 26. Qd4+ f6 27. e4 hxg3 28. hxg3 Bh3 29. Bf3 Bg4 30. Bg2
Bh3 31. Bf3 Bg4 32. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Bg2 d6 9. Nd4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Be6 14. Rfd1
Re8 15. Be5 Qa5 16. Qd2 Qa6 17. Qd3 Qa5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rad8 20. e4 Bxd5
21. exd5 Bb4 22. Bf4 Bd6 23. Bd2 Qa4 24. Bc3 Qg4 25. Kg2 h5 26. Qf3 Re7 27. Re1
(27. Rd4 Qxf3+ 28. Kxf3) 27... Red7 28. Rad1 Qxf3+ 29. Kxf3 Bf8 30. Ke4 g6 31.
Kf3 Bg7 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Re5 Kf6 34. Ke4 Rc8 35. Rd2 Rc4+ 36. Kd3 Ra4 37. f4
Rxa2 38. Kc4 Ra4+ 39. Kb5 Ra1 40. d6 Ra6 41. Red5 Rc6 42. h3 Ke6 43. Re5+ Kf6
44. Red5 Ke6 45. Re5+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3
Bd6 9. Re1 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. b3 e5 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Nbd2 f5 14. Bb2 Nc5 15. Rab1
Qf6 16. Ba1 Kh8 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. bxc5 (19. Rxa1 Nxb4 20. Qb1 Nbxd3
) 19... Rxb1 20. Qxb1 Bxc5 21. Qb5 Bd6 22. Ra1 Qe7 23. Re1 Bd7 24. Qb6 Bc5 25.
Qb1 Bb4 26. Re2 Be8 27. Ne1 Bh5 28. Bf3 Bxf3 29. Ndxf3 Bxe1 30. Rxe1 Re8 31.
Qb5 g6 32. Qb6 Qd7 (32... Kg8) 33. Nxe5 Nxe5 34. Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nge7 7. Rb1 O-O 8. b4
Bf5 9. d3 Qd7 10. b5 Nd8 11. Re1 h6 12. Qc2 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
cxd5 Qd7 16. Bd2 f5 17. Rec1 Rf7 18. Rb4 a5 19. bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qb3 c5 21. Rb6
Rxb6 22. Qxb6 e4 23. Ne1 Re7 24. Be3 Nf7 25. dxe4 fxe4 26. Ng2 Qf5 27. Rd1 g5
28. a4 Rd7 29. a5 Ne5 30. a6 bxa6 31. Qxa6 Qh3 32. Qc8+ Bf8 33. Rc1 Ng4 34. Kf1
Nxe3+ 35. fxe3 Rf7+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bd3 e5 5. Na3 Nf6 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f3 Qe7 10. Qe2 Nc5 11. Bc2 a5 12. Qf2 Ne6 13. Ne2 b6 14. Nc1 Rd8 15.
Nd3 Nh5 16. g3 Ba6 17. O-O-O Rd6 18. f4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Nexf4 (19... Nhxf4 20.
gxf4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bxc3 22. f5 Nf8 23. h4) 20. gxf4 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Nf6 22. e5
Ne4 23. Qg2 Rb8 24. Nc2 Nc5 25. Bf3 Nd3+ 26. Kb1 c5 27. h4 b5 28. h5 b4 29.
hxg6 hxg6 30. cxb4 axb4 31. Bd5 Bb7 32. Bxb7 Qxb7 33. Qxb7 Rxb7 34. Ne1 c4 35.
Nxd3 cxd3 36. Rc1 g5 37. fxg5 b3 38. axb3 Bxe5 39. Rc5 Bg7 40. Rd5 Rxb3 41. Bc1
Kh7 42. Ka2 d2 43. Rxd2 Rb5 44. Rg2 Kg6 45. Ka3 Bf8+ 46. Ka4 Rb4+ 47. Ka5 Rc4
48. Be3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Be7 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Qd2 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 exd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qxd5 O-O 12. f3 Nb4 13. Qd6 (13. Qc5) (
13. Qc4 Be6 14. Qe2 Bxa2) 13... Qxd6 14. Nxd6 Nc2+ 15. Kd2 Nxa1 16. Bd3 Rd8 17.
Ne4 Rxd3+ 18. Kxd3 b6 (18... Be6 19. Ne2 Rd8+ 20. Kc3 Rc8+ 21. Kd2 Rd8+ (21...
Nc2 22. Rc1 Nb4 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Nd6) 22. Kc3 (22. Kc1 Bxa2)) 19. Nh3 Bxh3 (
19... Ba6+ 20. Kd2 Rd8+ 21. Kc1 Bd3 22. Nf4 Rc8+ 23. Nc3) 20. gxh3 Rd8+ 21. Kc3
f5 22. Ng3 Rc8+ 23. Kd2 Rc2+ 24. Kd3 Rxb2 25. Rxa1 Rxh2 26. Nxf5 Rxh3 27. Ke4
g6 28. Nd4 Rh5 29. Nc6 Rh4+ 30. Ke5 Rh3 31. f4 Rh5+ 32. Ke4 a6 33. Rd1 Rh2 34.
Ke5 Rc2 35. Nb4 Rc5+ 36. Rd5 a5 37. Rxc5 bxc5 38. Nd5 Kf7 39. Nf6 c4 40. Ne4 h5
41. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Kh1 Be7 11. f4 d6 12. Bf3 O-O 13. Qe1 Nd7 14. Qg3 Bf6 15.
Nde2 Nb6 16. Rad1 Nc4 17. Bc1 b4 18. e5 dxe5 19. Ne4 Be7 20. fxe5 Rad8 21. b3
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nb6 (22... Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Bh6) (22... Nxa3 23. Nd6 Rd8
24. Bb2 Nb5 25. Nf4) 23. Nf6+ (23. Nd6 Rd8 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Nd4 Qc7 26. Bh6)
23... Bxf6 24. exf6 Qxg3 25. Nxg3 bxa3 26. Bxa3 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Ne4 e5
29. fxg7 (29. Be7 Ne6 30. fxg7 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 Kxg7) 29... Kxg7 30. Be7 Nc6 31.
Nc5 Nxe7 32. Nxb7 Ned5 33. Be2 Nc7 34. c4 f5 35. Kg1 Kf6 36. Kf2 Nd7 37. Ke3
Nb8 38. Na5 Ne6 39. g3 Nd4 40. Bf3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Nc2 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Nc3 Ng4 (9... Bd7) 10. Bd2 Rb8 11. Qc1 a6 12. h3 Nf6 (12... Nge5 13.
b3 Re8 14. Kh2) 13. Bh6 Bd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nd5 b5 (15... e5) 16. Nxf6 exf6 (
16... Kxf6 17. Qh6) 17. cxb5 Rxb5 18. Ne3 Qc8 19. h4 Ne5 20. b3 Be6 (20... Bc6
21. Bxc6 Rc5) 21. Rd1 Qb8 22. Qa3 Rb6 23. Rd4 Rd8 24. Rad1 h5 25. Ra4 Qa7 26.
Rd2 Rc8 27. Rad4 (27. Rxd6 Ng4 28. Nxg4 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Rc1+ 30. Kh2) 27... Rc3
28. Nd1 Rc5 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Qc7 31. Rd2 (31. Rxa6 Rc1 32. Rd6 Qc2) (31.
Qxa6 Ra5) 31... a5 32. Ne3 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Qc3 34. Rd8 Nd7 35. Qe7 Qe1 36. Nf1
Qxf2 (36... Qb4 37. Rxd7 Bxd7 38. Qxd7 Qe1 39. Qa7 Qxe2 40. Bd5 Kh6 41. Qe3+
Qxe3 42. Nxe3) 37. Qe8 g5 38. Qh8+ Kg6 39. e4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Nxb3 8.
axb3 Ne7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qd5 Bb7 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. Bf4 Nd8 13. Qd2 Ne6 14. Bg3 d6
15. Nd3 Qd7 (15... Bxe4 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Rfe1) 16. Nc3 Be7 17. f4 f5 18. exf5
Nd4 19. f6 gxf6 (19... Bxf6 20. Rae1+ Kf7) 20. Rae1 Nf5 21. Nb4 O-O-O 22. Ncd5
a5 23. Na2 Rde8 24. Nac3 Bd8 25. Ne4 Qf7 26. c4 b4 27. Bf2 Rhg8 28. Re2 h5 29.
Ra1 Qg6 30. Bd4 (30. Ng3 Rxe2 31. Qxe2 h4 32. Qe6+ Kb8 33. Rxa5 c5 34. Rb5 hxg3
35. Rxb7+ Kxb7 36. Qd7+) 30... Nxd4 31. Qxd4 f5 32. Nb6+ cxb6 33. Nxd6+ Kb8 34.
Nxe8 Rxe8 35. Rd2 Bc7 36. Rad1 Rg8 37. Qf2 Bxg2 38. Qxg2 Qf7 39. Rd7 Rxg2+ 40.
Kxg2 Qg6+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "219"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. e5 Ne8 8. Bf4
Nb6 9. h3 c6 10. Qc1 f6 11. exd6 exd6 12. Bd3 d5 13. Ne2 Nd6 14. Ng3 Be6 15. a4
a5 16. b3 Qd7 17. Qd2 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Nf7 19. h4 Nc8 20. c4 dxc4 21. bxc4 Ncd6
22. Qc2 Bh6 23. Bxg6 Bxf4 24. Nh5 Kh8 25. Nxf4 (25. Nxf6 Qe7 26. Nxe8) 25...
Bxc4 26. Bd3 (26. Nh5 hxg6 27. Qxg6) 26... Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Qg4 28. g3 Rad8 29.
Rad1 Rg8 30. Kf1 Rde8 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Nxe1 Qf5 34. Nc2 Qxd3+
35. Nxd3 b5 36. Nc5 Nc4 37. Ke2 (37. d5 cxd5 38. axb5) 37... Nfd6 38. Ne3 Nb6
39. Kd3 (39. Nb3 Nb7 40. axb5 cxb5 41. Kd3) 39... bxa4 40. Kc2 Kg8 41. Ne6 Ne4
42. Nf5 Kf7 43. Nd8+ Kg6 44. g4 Nxf2 45. Ne7+ Kg7 46. Nf5+ Kf8 47. g5 fxg5 48.
hxg5 Nc4 49. Nxc6 a3 50. Kb1 Ne4 51. Ka1 Nc3 52. d5 a4 (52... Nxd5) 53. Nfd4
Nd2 54. Na5 Ke8 55. Nc2 a2 56. Nc6 Nde4 57. Ne5 Nxg5 58. d6 Ne6 59. Kb2 Ne4 60.
Nb4 Nxd6 61. Nd5 Ne4 62. Kxa2 Kf8 63. Ka3 N6c5 64. Nf4 Ke7 65. Ng4 Nc3 66. Kb4
N5e4 67. Nh5 Ke6 68. Ne3 Ke5 69. Ng2 Kf5 70. Ne3+ Ke5 71. Ng7 Kd4 72. Nc2+ Kd3
73. Ne1+ Kd2 74. Nf3+ Kc2 75. Ne1+ Kb1 76. Nd3 Ka2 77. Nc1+ Kb2 78. Nd3+ Kc2
79. Ne1+ Kd2 80. Nf3+ Ke3 81. Ne5 Kf4 82. Nd7 Kg5 83. Nf8 h6 84. Nge6+ Kf5 85.
Ng7+ Kf6 86. Nh5+ Kf7 87. Nd7 Kg6 88. Nf4+ Kf5 89. Ng2 h5 90. Nh4+ Kg5 91. Nf3+
Kf4 92. Nh4 Kg4 93. Ng6 Nd5+ 94. Kxa4 Nf4 95. Nde5+ Kf5 96. Nxf4 Kxf4 97. Ng6+
Kg5 98. Ne5 Nd2 99. Kb4 Kf5 (99... Kf4 100. Ng6+ (100. Kc3 Nf3) 100... Kf5 101.
Nh4+ Kg4 102. Ng6 Nf3 103. Kc3 Kg5) 100. Kc3 Ne4+ 101. Kd4 Ng5 102. Nd3 Kg4
103. Ne5+ Kf5 104. Nd3 Kg4 105. Ne5+ Kg3 106. Ng6 Ne6+ 107. Ke3 Nf8 108. Nxf8
h4 109. Ne6 h3 110. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. h3 Bf5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Qf3 Bg6 15.
Nde4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bc7 17. Bd5 Kh8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nc3 Qe8 20. e4 Qe6 21. Be3
Qb3 22. Qe2 Rfb8 23. Rfc1 Ba5 24. Nd1 Bxe4 25. Bxa7 Bd3 26. Qe3 Rc8 27. Bc5 Re8
28. f3 Rad8 29. Nf2 f5 30. Bb4 f4 31. Qc5 Bxb4 32. axb4 Bb5 33. Rd1 Qxb2 34.
Rxd8 Qxa1+ 35. Rd1 Qb2 36. Re1 h5 37. Qd6 Qc3 38. Rd1 Qc2 39. Ne4 Ba4 (39...
Bc4 40. Rd2 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Bf7 42. Qxc6 Qxb4 43. Rd7 Rf8) 40. Rd2 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 c5
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 g6 7. d4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Nc2 Rfc8 12. Ne3 Nb6 13. Qe2 Qa6 14. e5 (
14. Ncd5 Nfxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Qxe2 17. Rxe2 Rc7) 14... dxe5 15. b3 Nbd7
16. Bb2 Qe6 17. Rad1 e4 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 f5 21. Qa3 Kf7 22.
Qc1 Nf6 23. Qf4 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Rd8 25. Red1 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Qf6 27. h4 Rc8 (27...
Qa1+ 28. Kh2 Qxa2 29. Rb5 Qa6 30. g4) 28. Kh2 Qc6 29. Qh6 Kg8 30. Qd2 Qf6 31.
g3 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nde2 O-O 10. h3 Rc8 11. Nf4 Na5 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Ne3
Bb5 15. Re1 Qc7 16. c3 Rfd8 17. Qf3 Nc6 (17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Rd1 Qxa1
20. Bd2 Qxa2 (20... Qb2) 21. Qf6) 18. Ng4 h5 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Bg5 Ne5 21. Qf4
Nd7 (21... Nd3 22. Qh4 Nxe1 23. Rxe1) 22. g4 e5 (22... Nxf6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24.
Qxf6+ Kh7 25. gxh5 Rg8 26. e5) 23. Nd5 exf4 24. Nxc7 f6 25. Nxb5 fxg5 26. Nxd6
Ne5 27. Nxc8 Rxc8 28. gxh5 f3 29. h6 (29. Bf1 gxh5 30. Rad1) 29... Bxh6 30. Bf1
Kg7 31. Rad1 g4 32. Rd5 Bf4 33. Red1 Rh8 34. Rxe5 Bxe5 35. Rd5 Kf6 36. hxg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bh5 14. e5 Nd5 15.
Bd2 Be7 16. Ne4 Qb6 17. Be3 a5 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qd3 Nf8 21. Ne4
Nb4 22. Qc3 Nd5 23. Qc2 Nb4 24. Qc1 Qc7 25. Nfd2 g5 26. Nc4 Ng6 27. Ncd6 Bxd6
28. Nxd6 Rf8 29. Qc4 Nd5 30. Bd2 Qe7 31. Ra3 Qd7 32. Rb3 b6 33. Rc1 Nge7 34.
Ra3 Ra7 35. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 d4 4. e3 c5 5. b4 dxe3 6. fxe3 cxb4 (6... Qf6 7. d4
cxd4 8. exd4 Bxb4+) 7. d4 Nf6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Nbd2 g6 10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Qe2 Nd7 12.
h4 h6 13. Ne4 (13. O-O) 13... O-O 14. h5 f5 15. Nd6 Nf6 16. Nxc8 Nxh5 17. Rg1
Ng3 18. Qf2 Ne4 19. Qc2 b3 20. axb3 (20. Qxb3 Rxc8 21. Qxb7 Nc5 22. dxc5 Rf7
23. Qb3 Rb8) 20... Nb4 21. Qb1 Nxd3+ 22. Qxd3 Qxc8 23. g4 g5 24. gxf5 exf5 25.
Ra5 Qd8 26. Rd5 Qe7 27. Re5 Qb4+ 28. Ke2 Rae8 29. Ra1 g4 30. Nh4 Bxe5 31. dxe5
Rd8 32. Bd4 Nc5 33. Qc3 Qxb3 34. Rxa7 Qxc3 35. Bxc3 f4 36. exf4 Rxf4 37. Ra3
Rxc4 38. Nf5 Re4+ 39. Kf2 Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. d3 Nc6 5. Bf4 e6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Na3 e5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nc2 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rb1 a5 14. a3 a4 15. Nd2
Be6 16. b4 axb3 17. Rxb3 Qc7 18. e3 Rfb8 19. exd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Qb1
Be7 22. Qb2 Ra7 23. Ra1 Bd7 24. Qb1 Ba4 25. Rb2 Bd7 26. Rb3 Ba4 27. Rb2 Bd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 (9. f4) 9... Be7 10. g4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bxe7 Ncxe7 13. Ne4
Qc7 14. c4 (14. Kb1) 14... b5 15. c5 O-O 16. Kb1 e5 17. Nf5 (17. Nb3 a5 18. Nc1
) 17... Bxf5 18. gxf5 Rad8 19. Bd3 (19. f6 Nc3+) 19... Nxf5 20. Qg5 Nd4 21. Nd6
f6 22. Qh4 f5 23. Qh5 Nf4 24. Qg5 Nde6 25. Qg3 Nxc5 26. Rhg1 Ncxd3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. Bc4 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 c6 (7...
O-O) 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Bxf4 f6 11. Bxd5 cxd5 12. Nd3 Bf7 (12... Nc6 13.
Nc5 Bf7 14. Nxb7 Qb6 15. Nd6 Qxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Nxd4) 13. Qg4 Kh8 14. Bxb8 Rxb8 15.
Rae1 Re8 (15... b5 16. Nd1 Qc7 17. Ne3 Bd6) 16. Ne5 Rf8 (16... Bg8 17. Ng6+
hxg6 18. Rf3 (18. Re3 Bf7 19. Rh3+ Kg8 20. Qh4 Be6 21. Qh7+ Kf7) 18... Bh7 19.
Rh3 Bb4 (19... Bd6 20. Rf1 Re7 21. Qxg6 Qg8 22. Rf5) 20. Rd1 Kg8 21. Qh4 Bxc3
22. Qxh7+ Kf7 23. bxc3 Rh8 24. Qxh8 Qxh8 25. Rxh8 Rxh8) 17. Nxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qe6
Kg8 19. Nxd5 Bf8 20. Re4 Bd6 21. c4 b6 22. b4 Qf8 23. c5 bxc5 24. bxc5 Bxc5 25.
dxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Kh1 Rd8 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Nc6 Qb5 29. Rfe1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 d5 6. Nd2 dxe4 7. Nxe4 e5 8. Nb3
Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4+ 11. Be2 O-O-O+ 12. Nbd2 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bg6 14. a3
Nf6 15. Nxf6 gxf6 16. Ke2 f5 17. f3 Bg7 18. Raf1 Rhe8 19. h3 b5 20. Ke1 e4 21.
fxe4 fxe4 22. Be2 Bxb2 23. h4 f6 24. h5 Bf7 25. Kf2 Nd4 26. Rb1 Bc3 27. Bg4+ f5
28. Bh3 Bxh5 29. Nb3 Bg6 30. Nxd4 Bxd4 31. a4 Re5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Rb3 Rc5 34.
Bxd4 Rxd4 35. Ke3 Rdc4 36. Rhb1 Rxc2 37. Rxb5 R2c3+ 38. Kd4 Rxb5 39. Rxb5 Rf3
40. Re5 Kc7 41. Kd5 Kb6 42. Kd6 f4 43. gxf4 Rxf4 44. Bg2 Bf5 45. Kd5 h5 46.
Bxe4 Bc8 47. Kd4 h4 48. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Qc2 Nh5 10. Rd1 (10. O-O-O Nxg3 11. hxg3) 10... Nxg3 11. hxg3 Na6 12. Be2
Bb7 13. Qc1 Bg7 14. O-O Qb6 15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17. e5 c5 18. Nxb5 cxd4
19. Nbxd4 Rfd8 20. Qe3 Nb4 21. Bc4 Rd7 22. Bb5 (22. Nb5 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Rxd1 24.
Rxd1 g4 25. Nh2 h5 26. Rd7 Bc6 27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Nxa7 Bb7 29. Nb5 Bxe5) 22...
Rd5 23. Bc4 g4 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Qd2 gxf3 26. Nxf3 Ba6 27. Rfe1 Qxb3 28. Ra1
Bd3 29. Nd4 Qc4 30. Nc6 Qxc6 31. Qxd3 a5 32. f4 Nb4 33. Qb3 Bf8 34. Rec1 Qd5
35. Qa4 Nd3 36. Rc7 Nc5 37. Qc6 Qxc6 38. Rxc6 a4 39. Kf2 a3 40. Ra2 Nd3+ 41.
Ke3 Nb4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. O-O e4 10. Ne1 Re8 11. Nc2 c6 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Nc3 Nf8 14. Rad1 Qe5 15.
Qd4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 h5 17. Ba1 (17. Rfd1) (17. Rd6) 17... Ne6 18. Rdd1 Ng5 19.
Rfe1 Bf5 20. Ne3 Nh3+ 21. Kf1 Ng4 22. Nxg4 hxg4 23. f3 (23. Na4) 23... exf3 24.
exf3 Rxe1+ 25. Kxe1 Re8+ 26. Kf1 gxf3 27. Bxh3 (27. Bxf3 Re3) 27... Bxh3+ 28.
Kf2 Bg2 29. g4 f5 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. h4 Bf6 32. Kg3 f4+ 33. Kh2 Bxh4 34. Na4
Bg3+ 35. Kg1 Bh3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Qxe5 15. f3 Be6 16. Re1 (16. e4) 16... Rfd8 17. Rb1 c4 18. Bf1 Qc7 19. e4 Nd7
20. Be3 Nc5 21. Rb5 Nb3 22. Qf2 f6 (22... a6 23. Rh5 Qe7) 23. Bxa7 Rd2 24. Qb6
Qd7 (24... Qxb6+ 25. Bxb6 Rxa3 26. e5 f5 27. Rb4) 25. Rb4 (25. e5 Rxa7 26. exf6
Ra6 27. Qxb7 Qxb7 28. Rxb7 gxf6 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. Bxc4) 25... Rd6 26. Qf2 b5
27. Be3 Rxa3 28. Qg3 Raa6 29. e5 fxe5 30. Qxe5 Rd5 (30... Ra5) 31. Qb8+ Kf7 32.
Bf2 (32. Bxc4 bxc4 33. Rb7) 32... h6 (32... Nd2) 33. Bxc4 Rd1 34. Bxb5 Qd2 35.
Qf4+ Kg6 36. Qxd2 Rxd2 37. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. dxc5 O-O 12. Bc2 b4 13. c6 Bxc6 14. Ne5 Qc7 15.
Nxc6 Qxc6 16. b3 Rac8 17. Ra2 Rfd8 18. Bd2 a5 19. Be1 Ne5 20. Nd2 Nd5 21. Nf3
Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Nc3 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. Bxc3 bxc3 26. Ra1 Be7 27.
Rd1 f5 28. Kf1 Bd6 29. f4 Kf7 30. Ke2 Kf6 31. Rd4 Bb4 32. Rd7 h6 33. h4 g5 34.
hxg5+ hxg5 35. Rd1 Rc8 36. Rh1 Rg8 37. Kf3 Rd8 38. Rd1 Rh8 39. Rd7 Rh4 40. Rd8
Rh1 41. Rd1 Rh8 42. Rd7 Re8 43. fxg5+ Kxg5 44. e4 fxe4+ 45. Kxe4 Kf6 46. g4 Kg5
47. Rg7+ Kh6 48. Rf7 Kg5 49. Rg7+ Kf6 50. Rd7 Rg8 51. Kf4 Ba3 52. Rb7 Bd6+ 53.
Kf3 Rh8 54. Rh7 Rxh7 55. Bxh7 Ke5 56. Bc2 Be7 57. Bb1 Bg5 58. Bc2 Kd4 59. Bb1
Kc5 60. Ke2 Kb4 61. Bc2 Ka3 62. Kd1 Kb2 63. Bg6 Kxb3 64. Bc2+ Ka3 65. Ke2 e5
66. Kd1 Bh6 67. Ke2 e4 68. Bxe4 Kxa4 69. Bc2+ Kb4 70. Kd3 Bg7 71. Bd1 a4 72.
Kc2 a3 73. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. c3
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qd7 11. Kh2 Nh5 12. f4 (12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bxf7+) 12...
Nxf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Rg1 O-O 15. Qh5 Bf6 16. Nd2 Kh8 17. Bd5 Rae8 18. e5 Bd8
(18... dxe5 19. Ne4 Bd8 20. Rxg7 Kxg7 21. Rg1+ Kh8 22. Nf6 Bxf6 23. Be4) 19.
Ne4 g6 20. Qf3 Nb8 21. exd6 cxd6 22. Qxf4 f5 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Re2 25. Rae1
Ree8 (25... Rxf2+ 26. Kh1 f4 27. Qh4 Rxb2 28. Re7) 26. Qh6 (26. h4) 26... Qg7
27. Qf4 Qf6 28. h4 Kg7 29. b3 Re7 30. c4 Rfe8 31. Rxe7+ Rxe7 32. cxb5 axb5 33.
a4 (33. Rc1) 33... bxa4 34. bxa4 Na6 35. Bf3 Nc7 36. d5 Na6 37. Qg5 Nc5 38.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. Ra1 Ra7 40. Bd1 Ke5 41. a5 Kxd5 42. Kg3 Ke5 43. Ra3 Ne4+ 44. Kg2
Kd4 45. Be2 d5 46. a6 Nd6 47. Kf3 Nc4 48. Ra1 Ke5 49. Ra4 Nd6 50. Bd3 h6 51.
Ke3 g5 52. hxg5 hxg5 53. Kf3 Nc4 54. Bxc4 dxc4 55. Rxc4 Rxa6 56. Rc5+ Kf6 57.
Rc3 g4+ 58. Kg3 Kg5 59. Rc5 Ra3+ 60. Kg2 Rd3 61. Ra5 Kf4 62. Ra4+ Ke5 63. Ra5+
Ke4 64. Ra4+ Rd4 65. Rxd4+ Kxd4 66. f3 g3 67. Kxg3 Ke3 68. f4 Ke4 69. Kg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 e6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. d4 O-O 8.
Nbd2 Qe7 9. Ne5 a6 10. Bd3 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. c4 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 Ne4 14. Rac1
Nxd2 15. Rxd2 cxd4 16. exd4 (16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Bxd4 dxc4 18. bxc4) 16... dxc4
17. Nxc4 Qg5 18. Ne3 Nf6 19. g3 Ne4 20. h4 Qg6 21. Ng2 f5 22. Rdc2 b5 23. Qe3
Rf8 24. Nf4 Qh6 25. Bf1 Rad8 26. Bg2 Rd7 27. Re2 Re8 28. Rd1 Rc7 29. Nd3 Qxe3
30. Rxe3 Rc2 31. Rc1 Rec8 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 33. Bf3 Bd5 34. Re2 Rc7 35. Bg2 a5 36.
Nf4 (36. Ne5 b4 37. Bxe4 fxe4 38. h5 a4 39. bxa4 Bf8 40. g4 Ra7 41. Rc2 Rxa4
42. Rc8 Rxa2 43. Nd7 Ra8 44. Rxa8 Bxa8 45. Nxf8 Kxf8) 36... Bxf4 37. gxf4 Nf6
38. Bxd5 Nxd5 39. f3 Kf7 40. Kf2 Nxf4 41. Rd2 Nd5 42. Kg3 b4 43. f4 Kg6 44. Re2
Rc6 45. Kf3 Kh5 46. Rd2 h6 47. Re2 g6 48. Rd2 a4 49. bxa4 Ra6 50. Re2 Rxa4 51.
Rxe6 Rxa2 52. Re2 Nb6 53. Rg2 Nc4 54. d5 Nxb2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Be2 Bd6 11. Nd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bf5 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ra2 Bb8
15. Qa1 Qd6 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Nf3 Bh3 18. Re1 Ne4 19. Bxg7 Qg6 20. Be5 (20. Bd4
Bxg3 21. hxg3 Nxg3 22. Kh2 Nxe2 23. Kxh3 Qf5+ 24. Kg2 Qg4+) 20... Bxe5 21. Nxe5
Qf5 22. f4 (22. Nd3 Nc3 23. Nf4 Nxa2 24. Qxa2) 22... f6 23. Nf3 Nc3 24. Nh4 (
24. Nd4 Qe4 25. Bf3 Qd3 26. Rc2 (26. Kf2 Nxa2 27. Bxd5+ Kg7 28. Qxa2 Rxe3 29.
Rxe3 Qf1#) 26... Rxe3 27. Rxc3 Rxc3 28. Rd1 Rxf3 29. Rxd3 Rfxd3 30. Kf2 Kf7 31.
Qe1 Bd7) 24... Qe6 25. Bh5 Nxa2 26. Bxe8 Rc1 27. Qxc1 Nxc1 28. Bb5 a6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 c5 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nbd2 d6 8. a4
Ne8 9. Nc4 e5 10. c3 f5 11. b4 cxb4 12. cxb4 fxe4 13. dxe4 Be6 14. Ne3 Nxb4 15.
Rb1 a5 16. Ba3 Nc7 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Rxb4 Bh6 (18... Na6 19. Rxb7 Nc5 20. Rb4
Rxa4 21. Rxa4 Bb3) 19. Rb6 (19. Rxb7 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Na6) 19... Bxe3 (19... Ne8
20. Rxb7 Qa5 21. Re7 Bf7 22. Qd3 Qxa4) 20. fxe3 Bc4 (20... Ne8 21. Rxb7 Bc4 22.
Rf2) 21. Rxd6 Qe8 22. Re1 Rf7 23. Ng5 Re7 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Qxa4 26. Rd8+
Re8 27. Qf3 Qc4 28. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 e5 4. d5 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Bg5 c6 8. Qd2
cxd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. f3 a6 11. Nh3 b5 12. Nf2 Nb6 13. b3 Qe8 14. O-O Nh5 15.
a4 b4 16. Ncd1 a5 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Be3 Nc8 19. Rc7 f5 20. Qc2 f4 21. Bd2 Bf6 22.
Rb7 Rf7 23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. Rxf7 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Kxf7 26. Bg4 Ng7 27. Qc7+ Qe7 28.
Qc6 Qa7+ 29. Nf2 Qb8 30. Be6+ Nxe6 31. Qd7+ Ne7 32. Qxe6+ Kg7 33. Ng4 Ng8 34.
g3 Qc8 35. gxf4 Qxe6 36. dxe6 exf4 37. Rxf4 Re8 38. Rxf6 Nxf6 39. Bh6+ Kh8 40.
Nxf6 Rxe6 41. Nd5 g5 42. Bf8 Kg8 43. Be7 Kf7 44. Bd8 Rxe4 45. Kf2 Rd4 46. Ne3
Rd3 47. Bxa5 Rxb3 48. Ke2 Ke6 49. h3 h5 50. Bd8 d5 51. Kd2 d4 52. Nc2 Rxh3 53.
Bxg5 Kf5 54. Be7 b3 55. Nxd4+ Ke4 56. Nb5 h4 57. Nc3+ Kd4 58. Nb5+ Kc4 59. Na3+
Kd5 60. a5 b2 (60... Rh2+ 61. Ke1 h3 62. a6 Rg2 63. a7 Rg8 64. Kf1 h2 65. a8=Q+
Rxa8 66. Kg2 b2 67. Bf6 Rxa3 68. Bxb2 Rf3 69. Kh1 (69. Bg7 Rg3+) (69. Bh8 Rh3)
69... Rf1+ 70. Kxh2 Rf2+) 61. Bxh4 Rxh4 62. Kc3 Rh2 63. a6 Kc6 64. Kb3 Kb6 65.
Nc4+ Kxa6 66. Nxb2 Kb5 67. Nd3 Re2 68. Kc3 Re4 69. Kb3 Kc6 70. Kc3 Kd5 71. Nb4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. d4
Bd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. O-O b5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Be3 c4 15.
Nc5 Bc6 16. b4 O-O 17. a4 Rfe8 18. f3 Nh5 19. g3 Qc8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8
Qxa8 22. Qa1 Qc8 23. Kg2 f5 24. Rd1 Nf6 25. Qb1 f4 26. gxf4 Ng4 27. fxg4 (27.
Bd2 exf4 28. Qc1 Ne5 29. Bxf4 Nxf3 30. Kxf3 Qh3+ 31. Kf2 Rf8 32. Kg1 Bh6 33.
Bxh6 Qg4+) 27... Qxg4+ 28. Kf1 exf4 (28... Qh3+ 29. Ke2 Qg2+ 30. Bf2 exf4) 29.
Bd4 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 g5 33. Rf1 Bxd4+ 34. cxd4 Qe3+ 35.
Kh1 Qxd4 36. Qd1 Qe5 37. Rg1 Re7 38. Qg4 (38. h4) 38... h6 39. Rd1 Kg7 40. Qc8
Be8 41. Qd8 f3 42. Qd6 Qxd6 43. Rxd6 Ra7 44. Kg1 Ra2 45. Ne6+ Kh7 46. Nd4 Bg6
47. Rd5 g4 48. Rxb5 Ra1+ 49. Kf2 Rh1 50. Rb7+ Kh8 51. Nxf3 gxf3 52. Kxf3 Rxh2
53. Ba4 Rh3+ 54. Kg4 Re3 55. Bc6 c3 56. Rc7 c2 57. Bd5 Bxe4 58. Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. f3 Bb7 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Rd8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15.
c4 Bf6 16. Bf1 Re8 17. Qf2 g6 18. Nd2 a5 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. Qh4 f5 21. Ng5 Nf8 22.
Qf2 Qe7 23. Ne6 Nxe6 24. dxe6 Qxe6 25. Bxb6 e4 26. Re1 Qe5 27. Rad1 Qxb2 28.
fxe4 Bxe4 29. Qxb2 Bxb2 30. Rxd6 Rab8 31. Bc7 Rb7 32. Bxa5 Ba3 33. Rd8 Bc5+ 34.
Kh1 Rxd8 35. Bxd8 Rb2 36. Bg5 Rxa2 37. Be3 Bxe3 38. Rxe3 Rc2 (38... Bxg2+ 39.
Bxg2 Ra1+) 39. Kg1 Kg7 40. g3 Kf6 41. Re2 Rxc4 42. Kf2 Ke5 43. Rb2 Ra4 44. Bg2
g5 45. Bf3 g4 46. Bxe4 fxe4 47. Rb8 h5 48. Re8+ Kf5 49. Rf8+ Kg5 50. Ke3 Ra2
51. Rb8 Rxh2 52. Rb5+ Kg6 53. Rb6+ Kf5 54. Rb5+ Kf6 55. Rb6+ Ke5 56. Rb5+ Kd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be2 Rd8 12. Qc2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. c4 Nfg4
15. Ng5 Ng6 16. Ne4 Nh4 17. Kf1 Qc6 18. Qc3 f6 19. f3 Ne5 20. Ng3 Be6 21. Kf2
Qa4 22. Rhc1 Rd7 23. Nf1 Nhg6 24. f4 Nf7 25. Qc2 Qxc2 26. Rxc2 Nd6 27. Ng3 Rad8
28. Bc1 Nf5 29. Ne4 b6 30. g4 Re7 31. Nc3 (31. gxf5 Bxf5 32. Rd2) 31... Nd6 32.
f5 Nxf5 33. gxf5 Bxf5 34. Rd2 Rde8 35. Nd5 Rf7 36. Bb2 Be4 37. Rad1 Ne5 38. Nc3
Bb7 39. Nb5 Ref8 40. Nd6 Re7 41. Nxb7 Rxb7 42. Bxe5 fxe5+ 43. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 a5 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Rbd1 Bf8
15. h3 Qb6 16. Kh1 Rac8 17. Bh2 Bg7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qc3 f6 23. Rc1 Rcd8 24. Qc5 Qa6 25. Qc4 Qxc4 26. Rxc4 Rd5 27. a4
Ra8 28. b4 axb4 29. Rxb4 Ra7 30. Rfb1 Rd7 31. g4 h5 32. gxh5 g5 33. h4 Kh6 34.
hxg5+ fxg5 35. Kg2 Kxh5 36. Rh1+ Kg6 37. Rh8 Rf7 38. Rg8+ Kh5 39. Rh8+ Kg6 40.
Re8 b5 41. Rxe4 (41. axb5 Ra2 42. Rxe4 Rfxf2+ 43. Kg3 Rg2+) 41... bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 Bb7 5. a4 a6 6. axb5 axb5 7. Rxa8 Bxa8 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9. Nd2 b4 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Na4 Qc7 12. f3 d6 13. e4 g6 14. Bd3 Bg7 15.
O-O O-O 16. Bg5 e6 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. b3 Ba6 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. e5 Nh5 21. exd6
Qxd6 22. Ne4 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Qc7 24. Qe1 Nd7 25. Qh4 Bb7 26. Re1 Ne5 27. Be2 Rf7
28. Bd8 Qc6 29. Bg5 Rf5 30. Bh6 Nf7 31. Bc1 Nf6 32. Bd3 Qc7 33. Nxf6+ (33.
Naxc5) 33... Bxf6 34. Qg3 Qxg3 35. hxg3 Rh5+ 36. Kg1 Bd4+ 37. Be3 Re5 38. Kf2
Rxe3 39. Rxe3 Bc6 40. Nb6 Nd6 41. Ke2 Bxe3 42. Kxe3 Kf7 43. g4 h6 44. f4 g5 45.
g3 Ke7 46. Bg6 Kd8 47. Kd3 Nb7 48. Na4 Ke7 49. Ke3 Kf6 50. Be4 Bxa4 51. bxa4
Na5 52. Kd3 Ke7 53. Bg2 Kd6 54. Be4 Kc7 55. f5 exf5 56. gxf5 h5 57. Bd5 Kd6 58.
f6 h4 59. gxh4 gxh4 60. f7 Ke7 61. Be6 Nc6 62. Bd5 Ne5+ 63. Kc2 Nxf7 64. a5 Nd6
65. a6 Nc8 66. Bg2 Kd6 67. Kb3 Kc7 68. Bb7 h3 69. Ka4 h2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Nf3 Nb6 8. Bb3
Ne7 9. O-O h6 10. Qe2 Ned5 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bd2 a5 13. a3 Nd7 14. Rad1 O-O 15.
Bc1 Qb6 16. Bc2 Rfd8 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qe4 Nf8 20. Nh4 Bxh4 21.
Qxh4 Rd7 22. Ne4 Qd8 23. Qh3 b6 24. Nd6 Ne7 25. Qf3 Nf5 26. Qxc6 Nxd6 27. exd6
Rxd6 28. Qe4 Rc8 29. Be3 Rdc6 30. Bd2 Qd5 31. f3 Qxe4 32. fxe4 Rd8 33. Be3 Nh7
34. e5 g5 35. Rf2 Nf8 36. Rfd2 Ng6 37. d5 exd5 38. Rxd5 Re8 39. Rd6 Nxe5 40.
Bxb6 Rxd6 41. Rxd6 Nc4 42. Rc6 Re4 43. b3 Nxb6 44. Rxb6 a4 45. Kf2 axb3 46.
Rxb3 Rc4 47. Rb2 Ra4 48. Ra2 Kf7 49. Ke3 Ke6 50. Kd3 Kd5 51. Kc3 Kc6 52. Kb3
Rh4 53. Rc2+ Kb6 54. h3 Re4 55. Rc4 Re2 56. Rg4 Kb5 57. a4+ Ka5 58. Kc4 Rd2 59.
Kc3 Rd1 60. Kc2 Rd5 61. Re4 Rd7 62. Rc4 Rd6 63. Kc3 Rd1 64. Rg4 Rd6 65. Rd4 Rf6
66. Kd3 Rf2 67. Rg4 Rf6 68. Ke3 g6 69. Rd4 Rb6 70. Kf3 Rf6+ 71. Kg3 Rb6 72. Kg4
Rc6 73. Re4 Rb6 74. Rc4 Rd6 75. Kf3 Rb6 76. Rd4 Rc6 77. Rg4 Re6 78. Rc4 Rb6 79.
Ke4 Rb2 80. Rc6 Rxg2 81. Rxg6 Rg3 82. Rxh6 Kxa4 83. Kf5 Kb4 84. h4 gxh4 85.
Rxh4+ Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb4 7. e3 Qe7 8. Bd3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd2 e5 12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 g5 14. Nxf6+
Qxf6 15. Bg3 O-O (15... h5 16. f4 h4 17. fxe5 Qg6 18. Qf3 Rd8 19. Be1 dxe5) 16.
f4 exf4 (16... Qe6 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Qh5 Qg6 19. Qxg6+ fxg6) 17. exf4 Qg6 18.
Qf3 Rae8 19. Qc6 Nf6 (19... gxf4 20. Rxf4 Nf6 21. Qxc7 Ne4) 20. f5 Qh5 21. Rae1
Qg4 22. Qxc7 Ne4 23. Qc6 (23. Bxd6 Rc8) 23... Nxg3 24. Rxe8 Nxf1 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8
26. Qc8+ (26. Qc8+ Kg7 27. f6+ Kxf6 28. Qxg4) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Bd6 9. b3 (9. e4) 9... dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. Bb2 Re8 (11... exd4 12. exd4 Re8)
12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 h6 (13... g6 14. Bd3 Qe7 15. c5 Bc7 16. Bc4 e4 17. Nd2
Nf6) 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Bh7+ (15. Rxd4 Nf6) 15... Kh8 16. Rxd4 Bc5 (16... Nf6
17. c5 Nxh7 18. Rxd6) (16... Qc7 17. Rfd1 Be7 18. Rxd7 Bxd7 19. Rxd7 Qxd7 20.
Ne5 Qe6 21. Bf5 Qf6 22. Ng6+ fxg6 23. Bxf6 gxf5 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Qxf5 Rd8 26.
h4) 17. Rf4 Qe7 18. Re4 Qf8 19. Rh4 f6 (19... Nf6 20. Rxh6) 20. Bg6 Re7 21. Rh5
Bd6 22. Rd1 Be5 23. Ba3 c5 24. Nh4 (24. Nh4 Qg8 25. Bh7 Qxh7 26. Ng6+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Qxa8 11. d3 d6 12. c3 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. Nbd2 g6 15.
Nf1 Re8 16. Ng3 Bf8 17. Nh4 d5 18. Qf3 Re6 19. Bg5 dxe4 20. dxe4 Bg7 21. Ra1
Qd8 22. Rd1 Rd6 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Nhf5 gxf5 25. Nxf5 Qe6 26. Qd3 Nc4 27. Qd8+
Ne8 28. b3 Na3 29. Bd1 Bxe4 30. Be7 Bc6 31. Bg4 Qd5 32. Qxd5 Bxd5 33. Bxc5 Bf8
34. Ne7+ Bxe7 35. Bxe7 Nb1 36. Bd7 Nc7 37. Bd6 Be6 38. Bc6 Nd5 39. Bxb5 Nbxc3
40. Bc4 f6 41. b4 Nf4 42. Ba6 Kf7 43. f3 Ke8 44. Kf2 Kd7 45. Bc5 Bf5 46. Bf8
Ne6 47. Bh6 Nd5 48. Bd2 Nef4 49. g4 Bd3 50. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 51. Kg3 N3xb4 52. Kh4
Nc6 53. Kg3 Nd4 54. g5 f5 55. h4 Ne2+ 56. Kf2 Nef4 57. Ba5 Nh5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb4 7. e3 Qe7 8. Qc2
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 d6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rac1
c5 15. b4 Qe7 16. bxc5 dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 f5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qb3 a5 6. Bd2 b6 7. g3 Bb7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. Rad1 a4 12. Qa3 Re8 13. Bh3 d5 14. Ne5 dxc4
15. Nxc4 Nc6 16. f3 Bd5 17. Ne5 Qc8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Rfe1 Qb7 20. Bg2 Rad8 21.
Bb4 Rd7 22. b3 axb3 23. axb3 Red8 24. Qa1 h6 25. Bc3 Rf7 26. Bd2 Rfd7 27. Bc3
Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O d5 5. d4 Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Qc1 b6 10. Ba3 Bb7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 Qxa3 13. Nxa3 Nbd7 14. Rfc1 Rfc8
15. Ne1 Kf8 16. Nd3 Ke7 17. Rc2 c5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Rac1 cxd4 20. Nb5 a6 21.
Nxd4 g6 22. Rc7 Rab8 23. Ne5 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Kd6 25. Nxd7 Nxd7 26. Rc1 Rc8 27.
Rd1 Nc5 28. Kf1 Ne6 29. Nxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Qxe5 15. f3 Bd7 16. e4 (16. Re1 Ba4) 16... c4 17. Be2 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Rfe8 19. Qb2
Rac8 20. Bf4 (20. Qxb7 Rb8 21. Qa6 Rec8 22. Rd1 Rc6 23. Qa4 Rb3 24. Rd4) 20...
Nh5 21. Bd2 f5 (21... b5 22. Rad1 f5) 22. Qxb7 Bb5 23. Rfe1 Rc6 (23... Rc7 24.
Qd5+ Qxd5 25. exd5 Nf6 26. d6 Rd7 27. Bf4 Nd5) 24. Be3 Qe5 (24... Qxe3 25.
Bxc4+) 25. f4 Ng3+ 26. hxg3 Rh6+ 27. Kg1 Qxc3 28. Qxa7 fxe4 29. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A97"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 f5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qb3 c6 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Rxe4 Qd8 14. Bf4 Na6
15. Re2 Nc7 16. Rae1 Bf6 17. Qb4 Na6 18. Qb3 Nc7 19. Qb4 Na6 20. Qb3 Nc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qd3 b5 13. a3 (13. Nxb5 Bxe4)
13... a5 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Qe3 b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Ne2 Ra5 19. c3 (
19. Rxa5 Qxa5) 19... Bxg2 20. cxb4 (20. Kxg2 Qa8+) (20. Rxa5 Bxf1 21. Ra7 Bg5
22. Qe4 Bxe2 23. Bc2 g6 24. Qxe2) 20... Bxb4 21. Rxa5 Bxf1 22. Rb5 Bxe2 23.
Rxb4 Ba6 24. Bc2 Qe7 25. Bc3 Rc8 26. Ra4 Bb7 27. Ra7 Bc6 28. Be4 Bxe4 29. Qxe4
Qg5+ 30. Kf2 Nc5 31. Qf3 Rf8 32. Ra8 Nd3+ 33. Ke2 Nf4+ 34. Kf1 Nd5 35. Rxf8+
Kxf8 36. Ke2 Qh4 37. Kd3 Qxh2 38. Kc4 Qc2 39. Qg3 Qa4+ 40. Kc5 Qb3 41. Qh4 Ke8
42. Qg3 g6 43. Qe1 h5 44. Qg3 Qa4 45. Qg5 Kd7 46. Qg3 Ne3 47. Qf2 Qc4+ 48. Kb6
Nd5+ 49. Ka7 Qa4+ 50. Kb7 Qb5+ 51. Ka7 Kc8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
Re8 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Re1 a5 12. Rb1 Nfd7 13. Be3 c6 14. b3 Ne5 15.
Qc2 a4 16. Red1 axb3 17. axb3 Na6 18. Na2 Qe7 19. f4 Nd7 20. Bf2 Nac5 21. Nc3
Nf6 22. Qd2 Ra3 (22... Bd7 23. Re1 Red8 24. Rbd1 Ne8 25. b4 Na4) 23. Re1 Nfd7
24. Qc2 Nf8 25. b4 Nce6 26. Nde2 Bd7 27. Qd2 Rea8 28. Red1 Be8 29. b5 Nc5 (
29... Rd8 30. f5 Nc7 31. Bd4 Be5) 30. Qxd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Na4 32. Nd1 Ne6 33. e5
Bf8 34. Rd2 Nac5 35. Ndc3 Nb3 36. Rc2 Rd8 37. Ne4 cxb5 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Nxe8+
Rxe8 40. cxb5 Nbc5 41. b6 Nd3 42. Bxb7 Nxf2 43. Kxf2 Bc5+ 44. Kg2 Rb8 45. Bd5
Rxb6 46. Rxb6 Bxb6 47. Rc6 Ba7 48. Bxe6 fxe6 49. Nc3 g5 50. Rxe6 h5 51. Nb5
Ra2+ 52. Kf3 Bc5 53. Rc6 Bg1 54. f5 Rf2+ 55. Ke4 Re2+ 56. Kd5 Bh2 57. Nd4 Rd2
58. Rc7+ Kh6 59. f6 Bxg3 60. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
Qc7 9. c3 (9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe2) 9... b5 10. Nf1 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bb7 12. Bf4 e5 13.
Bg5 Rad8 14. Qc2 Na5 (14... c4 15. Ne3 Rfe8) 15. a4 b4 16. cxb4 Nc6 17. bxc5
Nb4 18. Qc3 Qxc5 19. Ne3 Nd3 20. Qxc5 Bxc5 21. Re2 Bxe4 22. Bxf6 Bxf3 23. Bxf3
gxf6 24. Rd1 Bb6 (24... Nxf2 25. Rxd8 Nh3+ 26. Kg2 Rxd8 27. Kxh3 Rd3 28. Nd5
Rxf3 29. Kg2 Rb3 30. Nxf6+ Kg7) (24... Bxe3 25. fxe3 f5) 25. Nd5 Nc5 26. b4
Nxa4 27. Nxf6+ Kh8 (27... Kg7 28. Nh5+ Kh6 29. Rxe5 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Nc3 31. Bf3
Rb8) 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxe5 Bd4 30. Rf5 Nb2 31. Ne4 f6 32. Nc5 Re8 33. Rd5 Bc3
34. b5 Nc4 35. Bh5 Rb8 36. Nd7 Rd8 37. Be2 Ne5 38. Nxf6 Nf3+ 39. Bxf3 Bxf6 40.
Rf5 Bd4 41. Bc6 Bb6 42. Kg2 Rd2 43. g4 h6 44. h4 Kg7 45. Kg3 Bc7+ 46. f4 Rd3+
47. Kg2 Bd8 48. g5 hxg5 49. hxg5 Bc7 50. Be8 Bb6 51. Rf7+ Kg8 52. Rd7 Ra3 53.
Bf7+ Kf8 54. Be6 Ra1 55. Kf3 Rg1 56. Ke4 Ke8 57. Kf5 Rb1 58. Rd5 Rb4 59. g6 Kf8
60. Rd7 Bd4 61. Rf7+ Kg8 62. Rxa7+ Kf8 63. g7+ Bxg7 64. Rf7+ Kg8 65. Kg6 Bd4
66. Rf5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 b5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. f4 b4 11. Na4 c5 (11... Nxe4 12. Bb6 Qd7 13. Bf3 Nd2
14. Rf2 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3) 12. c3 Rb8 13. Bf3 e5 (13... bxc3 14. b3) 14. fxe5 Qxe5
15. g3 g5 16. cxb4 Rxb4 17. Rc1 Bh3 18. Re1 Nd7 19. a3 Rb8 20. b4 Rd8 21. Qd5
Be6 22. Qc6 cxb4 23. Nc5 (23. Bb6) 23... h5 (23... Bxc5 24. Bxc5 bxa3 25. Bxa3
g4 26. Be2 h5) 24. Red1 Rh6 25. Bd4 (25. axb4) 25... Qb8 26. Nxa6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 c6 7. Na3 e6 8. Bf4 b6
9. Qc1 Bb7 10. Bh6 Nbd7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. b3 Rc8 13. Qb2 Qe7 14. Rac1 Kg8 15.
b4 Rb8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rc2 a5 18. b5 Qb4 19. Rfc1 Qxb2 20. Rxb2 Rfc8 21. Rbc2
Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Nd2 Kf8 25. Nab1 Ke7 26. Nc3 Ne8 27. f3
Bb7 28. Kf2 Nd6 29. e3 f6 30. f4 f5 31. Bf3 Ne4+ 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Nc4 Bd5 34.
Ne5 Nf6 35. h3 Kd6 36. g4 Bb7 37. a3 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 (6... Bc5 7. Nb3
Be7) 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 a5 (9... d6 10. Bd2 O-O) 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Bd2
O-O 12. a3 (12. f4 Ng6 13. e5) 12... Bxc3 13. Bxc3 b6 (13... d6 14. f4 Ned7)
14. f4 Ng6 15. Bg2 Ba6 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. h4 (17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rc1) 17... Bxc4
18. Nxc4 Qxc4 19. h5 Qxe2+ 20. Kxe2 Ne7 21. h6 d5 (21... Ne8 22. hxg7 Nxg7 23.
Rh6 f5 24. Rah1 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Ngf5 26. R6h3 Rf7) 22. hxg7 Kxg7 23. exd5 Nexd5
24. Bxd5 exd5 25. g4 Rfe8+ (25... Rxc3 26. bxc3 Nxg4 27. Rh5 Re8+ 28. Kd3 Nf6
29. Rg1+ Kf8 30. Rh6 Re6 31. f5 Rc6 32. a4 Ke7) 26. Kf3 h6 27. Rac1 Kg6 28. f5+
Kg7 29. Bd4 (29. Bxf6+ Kxf6 30. Rxh6+ Ke5 31. Re1+ Kd4 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Rxb6)
29... Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Re4 31. Rd1 b5 (31... a4 32. Bc3 Rc4 33. Rd4 Rc6 34. Rxa4
Kf8 35. Ra8+ Ke7 36. Bb4+ Kd7 37. Rf8) 32. b3 a4 33. b4 Re8 34. Bb2 Rb8 (34...
Rd8 35. Be5 Rd7 36. Kf4 Rd8 37. g5) 35. Rxd5 Rb6 36. Bd4 Kh7 37. Bxf6 Rxf6 38.
Rxb5 Rd6 39. Ke4 Kg7 40. Ra5 Kf6 41. Rxa4 Rb6 42. Kf4 Rb7 43. Ra6+ Kg7 44. Ke5
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 a5 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. Nc3 dxe4 14. Nxb5 Bb7 15.
Nc3 Qd7 16. Bf4 Rad8 17. Qe2 Qf5 18. Bxc7 Rxd4 19. Rad1 Rb4 (19... Rxd1 20.
Rxd1 Qc5 21. Bg3 Rd8) 20. Bd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Nh5 22. Nd5 Qe5 23. Rd7 Nf6 24.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Qh5 a4 26. Qc5 Rb6 27. Bxa4 Rxb2 28. Red1 h6 29. Bb3 Bc8 30.
R7d6 Be6 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. R6d2 Rfb8 33. Qe3 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Rb4 35. Kh2 Kh7 36.
Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 d5 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nf6 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. b4 Ne4
15. Be1 c6 16. Qb2 a6 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. a4 Rfe8 19. Bf1 b5 20. a5 Bb8 21. Nd2
Nd6 22. Nb3 Rcd8 23. Bd3 Nc4 24. Qc2 Kh8 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. Bf5 Qc7 27. g3 Rd6 28.
Bd2 Rf6 29. e4 dxe4 30. Bxe4 h6 31. Bc3 Rd6 32. Re1 Ba7 33. d5 cxd5 34. Bxd5
Rdd8 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Qd3 Bxc5 37. bxc5 Bb7 38. Qf3 Bxd5 39. Qxd5 Rd8 40. Qh5
Kg8 41. Qg4 Ne5 42. Bxe5 Qxe5 43. c6 f5 44. Qb4 Rc8 45. h4 Kh7 46. Rc5 Qe4 47.
Qxe4 fxe4 48. c7 b4 49. Rc6 b3 50. Rxa6 Rxc7 51. Rb6 Rc1+ 52. Kg2 Ra1 53. Rxb3
Rxa5 54. Kf1 Kg6 55. Rb7 Kf6 56. Ke2 Ra3 57. Rb5 Rc3 58. Rb8 Ra3 59. Rf8+ Ke5
60. h5 Ra2+ 61. Kf1 Ra7 62. Kg2 Re7 63. Kh3 Kd6 64. Kg4 e3 65. fxe3 Rxe3 66.
Kf4 Re6 67. Rg8 Rf6+ 68. Ke4 Rf7 69. Ra8 Ke6 70. Ra6+ Ke7 71. Ke5 Rf1 72. g4
Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Nc3 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
c5 (8. cxd5 Qxd5) 8... b6 9. cxb6 axb6 10. e3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. O-O Qd7 13.
Qe2 Qc6 14. Rfc1 Ra4 15. Ne1 (15. Nd2) 15... Nd7 16. Nd3 Rfa8 17. Rc2 e6 18. h4
(18. Nb4 Qb7 19. Qb5 c5 20. Nc6) 18... Ra3 19. h5 Qc4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qd2 b5
22. g4 Re8 (22... f5 23. g5 Kf7) 23. Rb1 e5 24. Rb4 Qc6 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5
Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Qd3 Re4 29. Rxe4 dxe4 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32. Qd8+
Kg7 33. Qe7 Qd5 (33... Qd5 34. Qxa3 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qxg4+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3
O-O 9. Nd2 Re8 10. a4 e4 11. a5 Ne7 12. a6 bxa6 13. f3 exf3 14. Bxf3 Rb8 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 17. Bd3 Rf8 18. Ra2 Ng6 19. Raf2 Qe7 20. Qa4 c5 21. Qa5
Rb6 22. Qa2 Bd7 23. Qc2 Rbb8 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Qe6 26. Qd3 Rxf5 27. Rxf5
cxd4 28. cxd4 Rc8 29. d5 Qd7 30. Bb2 Rxc4 31. Rf2 Qc8 32. h3 a5 33. Bd4 a6 34.
Kh2 a4 35. Qa3 Qd7 36. Rb2 Ne7 37. Qd3 Rc7 38. Qxa6 h6 39. Rb6 Nf5 40. Rb8+ Kf7
41. Qf1 Kg6 42. Qd3 Kf7 43. Bb2 Rc8 44. Rb4 (44. Rxc8 Qxc8 45. e4) 44... Kg8
45. e4 Nh4 46. e5 Qf5 47. Qxf5 Nxf5 48. exd6 Rd8 49. g4 (49. Rb7) 49... Nxd6
50. Kg3 Ne8 51. Rb5 a3 52. Bxa3 Nf6 53. d6 Ne4+ 54. Kf4 Nxd6 55. Rd5 Rf8+ 56.
Rf5 (56. Kg3 Ne4+ 57. Kg2 Rf2+ 58. Kg1 Rf3) 56... g5+ 57. Ke5 Nc4+ 58. Ke6 Nxa3
59. Rxf8+ Kxf8 60. Kf6 Nb5 61. Kg6 Nd4 62. Kxh6 Nf3 63. Kg6 Ke7 64. Kf5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Bb4 7. Bd2 Qe7 8. axb5
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. d5 Nf6 11. d6 Qb7 12. Bxf6 (12. b3) (12. Qd4) 12... gxf6
13. Qd4 Nd7 14. Be2 Qb6 (14... Qc6) 15. O-O (15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Nd4 a6 17. Bf3
Rb8 18. Nc6 Ra8 19. Ne7 Ra7 20. Ke2 Rxe7 21. dxe7 Kxe7) 15... Bb7 16. b3 (16.
Qd2 Rg8 17. Rfd1) 16... Rg8 17. Rfd1 (17. Qh4 Qxd6 18. Rfd1 Qc6 19. Qxh7 Rg6)
17... Qxd4 18. Rxd4 cxb3 19. Rb4 a6 20. Rxb3 Rc8 21. g3 Nc5 22. Rb4 Kd7 23. Rf4
Kxd6 24. Rxf6 Ke7 25. Rf4 Nb3 26. Re1 Nc1 27. Bf1 Bxf3 28. Rxf3 Rc3 29. Rf4 Nd3
30. Bxd3 Rxd3 31. Rc1 Rd7 32. Ra1 Ra8 33. Rb4 Rb7 34. Rab1 Rc8 35. Ra1 Rc6 36.
Kf1 Kd6 37. Ke2 Kc5 38. Rb2 Kb6 39. Rba2 Ra7 40. Ra5 Rc2+ 41. Kf3 b4 42. g4 Rc5
43. R5a2 a5 44. Rb2 Kb5 45. Rab1 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 O-O 7. d5 Nh5 8. Be3 f5
9. Qd2 a6 (9... Nd7) 10. O-O-O b5 11. c5 b4 12. Na4 fxe4 13. fxe4 Nf6 14. cxd6
(14. Qxb4 a5 15. Qc4) 14... Nxe4 15. Qxb4 Nf2 (15... Nxd6) 16. dxc7 (16. Bxf2
Rxf2 17. dxc7 Qxc7+ 18. Kd2 Nd7 19. Ke1) 16... Qxc7+ 17. Nec3 Nxd1 18. Kxd1 a5
19. Qb3 Ba6 20. Nb5 (20. Nb6 Ra7 21. d6+ Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Rfxf7 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24.
Ncd5 Nd7 25. Ke2) 20... Qd7 21. Be2 Qf5 22. Kd2 (22. Nac3 Qd7 23. Qc4 Rc8 24.
Qe4) 22... Nd7 23. Nd6 Qf6 24. Ne4 Qh4 25. Bf3 Rab8 26. Bg5 Rxb3 27. Bxh4 Rb4
28. Nac3 Rxb2+ 29. Ke3 Nb6 30. Ng5 Nc4+ (30... Nc4+ 31. Ke4 Rf4+ 32. Kd3 Rd2#)
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Qc2 Ngf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
O-O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. Bb4 (11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bc3) 11... Re8 12.
Nd6 Bxd6 13. Bxd6 e4 14. Bc7 Qe7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Bd6 Qe6 18. Kb1
Bd7 19. Qd2 Bc6 20. Bc5 Nxe5 21. Bd4 Qf5 22. h3 a6 23. Rg1 Rac8 24. Ka1 f6 25.
g4 Qd7 26. Be2 Bb5 27. g5 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Nf3 29. gxf6 Nxg1 30. Rxg1 g6 31. h4
Kf7 32. a3 Rg8 33. f3 Rc6 34. h5 g5 35. h6 Qc8 36. Kb1 Qf5 37. fxe4 Qxe4+ 38.
Ka2 g4 39. Qh2 Qf5 40. Qg3 Rc2 41. Rh1 Rgc8 (41... b5 42. Rg1 a5) 42. Qd6 Qe6
43. Qb4 b5 44. Rh5 R8c4 (44... Kg6 45. Re5 Qxf6 46. Re4 Qf1 47. Qd6+ Kh5 48.
Qxd5+ Kh4 49. Bg7 R8c4 50. Re6 Rc5 51. Qd4 Qc4+) 45. Qb3 Qe4 46. Re5 g3 47.
Rxe4 dxe4 48. Bc3 g2 49. Qxc2 g1=Q 50. Qd2 Qg4 51. Ka1 Qg1+ 52. Ka2 Qg4 53. Ka1
Qg1+ 54. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Nd7 9. exd6 exd6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 d5 14. f5 Bf6
15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Rb8 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. g4 (18. Nxd5 Qxd2 19. Ne7+ Kg7 20.
Rxd2 Re8) 18... Qb4 19. b3 Qxg4 20. h4 Bxf5 21. Bh3 Qh5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. h5
Ne6 24. Ne2 g5 25. Rde1 h6 26. Qc3 c5 27. Rhf1 Qh7 28. Ng3 d4 29. Qc4 Rb4 30.
Qa6 Nf4 31. Re5 Rb6 32. Qxa7 Re6 33. Qxc5 Rxe5 34. Qxe5 d3 35. Nf5 dxc2+ 36.
Kxc2 f6 37. Qe4 Kh8 38. Kb2 Qd7 39. Nxh6 Re8 (39... f5) 40. Qc4 (40. Rd1) 40...
Qd2+ 41. Kb1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 d6 6. e3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Qc2 O-O
9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 e5 (10... c5) 11. d5 c6 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bb2
Rfd8 15. Qb3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Nf8 17. Nd2 Ne6 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. Nc3 Qb7 20. Bf3 e4
21. Be2 h5 22. Qa2 Qe7 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Ng5 25. Rc6 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E57"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 a6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd3 h6 12. Bh4 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Ne5 Nf6
15. Rad1 b5 16. Ba2 Bb7 17. f4 (17. Rfe1) 17... Qb6 18. g4 Rad8 19. Bb1 Nc6 (
19... Rd6) 20. Nxc6 (20. Nf3) 20... Qxc6 21. Qh3 Qb6 22. Qd3 g6 23. g5 (23. h3
Qc6 24. Qg3) 23... hxg5 24. fxg5 Nh5 25. Qe3 e5 26. Qxe5 Rfe8 27. Qc5 Qe6 28.
d5 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Rxd5 (29... Ng3+ 30. hxg3 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 Qxg3+ 32. Kh1 Kg7 33.
Qd4+ Re5) 30. Rxd5 Nf4 31. Qg1 Qxg1+ 32. Kxg1 Nxd5 33. Ba2 Re5 34. h4 Kf8 35.
Bxd5 Bxd5 36. Rf4 Be6 37. Kf2 Rc5 38. Rd4 Ke7 39. Ke3 Rc8 40. Kf4 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 b6 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. f3 Qe7 11. Bd3 e5 12. e4 Nf8 13. Bf2 Ne6 14. g3 O-O 15.
Qe2 Rfe8 16. O-O Ng5 17. Be3 Nfh7 18. h4 Ne6 19. Rae1 Qf6 20. Nb3 a5 21. a4 Qg6
22. Qg2 Nf6 23. Kh2 Nh5 24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 f5 27. d5 Nc5 28.
Nxc5 bxc5 29. e5 g6 30. Be2 Nf6 31. Bf3 Nd7 32. e6 Nb6 33. h5 Nxc4 34. hxg6 Ba6
35. Rg1 Kg7 36. Kf2 Rab8 37. Rb1 Nb6 38. Bd2 Bc4 39. Be2 Bxe2 40. Kxe2 Nxd5 41.
c4 (41. Rxb8 Rxb8 42. c4 Nb6 43. Bc3+ Kf8 44. Bf6 Re8 45. e7+ Kg8 46. Rh1 Nd7)
41... Rxe6+ 42. Kf3 Rxb1 43. Rxb1 Nb4 44. Bc3+ Kxg6 45. Rg1+ Kf7 46. Rg7+ Ke8
47. Rxc7 Re4 48. Bxb4 axb4 49. a5 Kd8 50. Rf7 Rxc4 51. a6 b3 52. Rxf5 Ra4 53.
Rf7 Rxa6 54. Rb7 c4 55. Ke4 Rc6 56. Kd5 c3 57. Kxc6 c2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d3 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Qc2 Bf8 12. Rfe1 a5 13. Rac1 Bc5 14. Qb1 a4
15. b4 Bf8 16. a3 c5 17. bxc5 Nxc5 (17... Bxc5) 18. Bc3 Nfd7 (18... Rc8 19. Qb2
Nfd7) 19. Bb4 Ne6 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Qb4 Re8 22. d4 Ra5 23. e3 Ba6 24. Qd6 Nef8
25. Bh3 Nb8 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Ne5 f6 (27... Rd6 28. Rc7 f6) 28. Nc6 Nxc6 29.
Rxc6 Rb8 30. Rb1 Rb5 31. Bf1 Rxb1 32. Nxb1 Bxf1 33. Kxf1 Ng6 34. Nc3 Ne7 35.
Rc7 Kf8 36. Nxa4 Rc8 37. Rb7 Ra8 38. Nxb6 Rxa3 39. Nd7+ Kf7 40. Nc5 Ra1+ 41.
Kg2 Ra8 42. h4 Rd8 43. Nd3 Rd6 44. Nf4 Rd8 45. g4 Rd6 46. Kf3 Kf8 47. Kg3 Kf7
48. Nh5 g5 49. hxg5 fxg5 50. Ng7 Kxg7 51. Rxe7+ Kg6 52. Re5 Rd7 53. Re6+ Kf7
54. Re5 Kg6 55. f3 Rd6 56. Kf2 Rd7 57. Kg3 Kf6 58. f4 gxf4+ 59. exf4 Rd6 60.
g5+ Kf7 61. f5 Rd7 62. Kg4 Rd6 63. Kh5 Kf8 64. f6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. b3 Re8 11. h3 c6 12. Be3 a5 13. Re1 a4 14. Nxa4 Rxa4 15.
bxa4 Nxc4 16. Bg5 Qa5 17. Qc2 Qxg5 18. Qxc4 Qh5 19. e5 dxe5 20. g4 Qh6 21. Nf3
Be6 22. Qc1 Qxc1 23. Raxc1 e4 24. Nd2 Bh6 25. Rc2 Bd5 26. Nc4 Ra8 27. Nd6 Rxa4
28. Nxb7 Nd7 29. Nd6 f5 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Nxf5 Bf8 32. Rb1 Kf7 33. Rb7 Ke6 34.
Ne3 Bd6 35. h4 Nf6 36. Bh3+ Ke5 37. Rg7 Bf8 38. Rg5+ Kd6 39. Rf5 Be7 40. Rg5
Bf8 41. Rd2 h6 42. Rf5 Be7 43. Bf1 Ke6 44. Rc2 Rb4 45. Ba6 Rb1+ 46. Kg2 Rb8 47.
Bc4 Bd6 48. Kh3 Rb1 49. Kg2 Rb8 50. Kf1 Rb4 51. Bb3 Bxb3 52. axb3 Nd5 53. Rh5
Nxe3+ 54. fxe3 Rxb3 55. Rxh6+ Kd5 56. Rd2+ Rd3 57. Ke2 Bf8 58. Rg6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. b4 c5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. b5 Ne7 8. e3 dxe3
9. dxe3 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Ng6 11. h4 h5 12. Ke2 Ng4 13. Rd1 f6 14. a4 Bd7 15. Nfd2
O-O-O 16. Nb3 N6e5 17. Na3 Kc7 18. f4 (18. Na5 b6 19. Nb3 Bd6 20. a5) 18... Nf7
19. Nb1 Nd6 20. N1d2 Nf5 21. Nf1 Be7 22. Ba3 b6 23. a5 Bc8 24. axb6+ axb6 25.
Bc1 Rxd1 26. Ra7+ Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 c5 6. c3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
(8. dxc5) 8... Qb6 9. Qb1 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. e4 Ncxe5 (11... Be6 12. exd5 Bxd5
) 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. exd5 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Bf5 15. Ne4 Qxb2 16. d6 Qb6 17. Rfe1 Qc6
18. Be7 c4 (18... Rfe8 19. Rad1 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd7) 19. Qf3 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Bxc3 (
20... Rfe8 21. Rf4 Qxf3 22. Rxf3 f5 23. Rb1 Rab8) 21. Rc1 f5 22. Re2 Qxf3 23.
gxf3 Bg7 24. Rxc4 Rfb8 25. d7 Bf8 26. Rec2 Bxe7 27. Rc8+ Kf7 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29.
Rc8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Qa5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Qc2
d6 9. Nf3 e5 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. g3 Nb6 12. Bg2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa4 14. Qd3 Bd7 15.
O-O O-O-O 16. f4 h5 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Rxf7 (18. Rf6 Kc7 19. Rxf7 h4 20. g4)
18... h4 19. Rg7 hxg3 20. hxg3 Kb8 21. Bf3 Bc8 22. Be4 (22. Bg4) 22... Rdf8 23.
Bg6 Rh6 24. Qc2 Rfh8 25. Kf2 (25. Qxa4 Nxa4 26. Kf2 Nxc3 27. Ke3 b5 28. Nb1 Rh1
29. Nxc3 Rxa1 30. Nxb5 Rd8 31. Nxa7 Rd7) 25... Rh2+ 26. Ke3 Nxc4+ 27. Nxc4 Qxc4
28. Qd3 Qg4 29. Kd2 c4 30. Qe4 Qg5+ 31. Kc2 Qxg3 32. Rf1 R8h4 33. Qf3 Qxf3 34.
Rxf3 Rxe2+ 35. Kd1 Rg2 36. Rf1 Rhg4 37. Rf6 Rxa2 38. Bb1 Rxg7 39. Bxa2 Rg1+ 40.
Kc2 Rg2+ 41. Kb1 b5 42. Rxd6 e4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Bf5 7. O-O Qc8 8. c4
Bh3 9. Nc3 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 Re8 14. e4 c6
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Rad1 Bg7 17. Rfe1 f6 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Nf1 Ne6 20. h4 Bf8 21.
Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Be2 d5 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bf5 10. b3 Qd6 11. Bb2 Rfd8 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. cxd5 Qh6 (13...
Nxc3 14. Bxc3 cxd5 15. Ba5 Rac8) 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Rxc6 Qg5 16. Bf3 (16. g3
Rxd5 17. Qc1 Bd6 18. Rc4) 16... Rxd5 17. Bd4 Rxd4 18. exd4 Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rd8
20. Bf3 (20. d5 Rd6 21. g3) 20... g6 21. Qc1 (21. Bc6 Rd6 22. g3) 21... Rxd4
22. Qxc7 Bc5 23. Qa5 Rb4 24. Qa6 Rd4 25. Qa5 Rb4 26. Kh1 Qe7 27. g3 Bb6 28. Qa6
Rd4 29. Qc8+ Qd8 30. Qc6 Rd2 31. Re1 Qd4 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. Re2 Rxe2 34. Qxe2
Qxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 (
8. e5 Nd7 9. c4) 8... b6 9. e5 Nd7 10. h4 Re8 11. Na3 f6 12. d4 (12. exf6 Bxf6)
12... cxd4 13. cxd4 fxe5 14. dxe5 Nc5 15. Rd1 Ba6 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. a4 Rac8 18.
Bg5 Bf8 19. Bf1 h6 20. Bf4 Qf7 21. Ne1 (21. Qe1) 21... Be7 (21... Nb3 22. Rab1
Bxb5 23. axb5 Ncd4 24. Qd3 Rc4) 22. Qg4 Rf8 23. Nf3 h5 24. Qh3 Qg6 25. Ng5 Rf5
(25... Rcd8) 26. b4 Nxb4 (26... Bxg5 27. hxg5 Ne4 28. Bd3 Bxb5 29. axb5 Nxe5
30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. f4 Rf5 32. Rxa7 Rc3 33. Rb7 e5 34. Bxe4 dxe4 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36.
Rbb8 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Rc2+ 38. Kf1 Qxg5) 27. Nd4 Rff8 28. Bxa6 Nbxa6 29. Ndxe6 Rfe8
30. Nxc5 (30. Rxd5 Nb4 31. Rdd1 Ncd3) 30... Bxg5 31. hxg5 Rxc5 32. Be3 Ra5 33.
f4 Qe4 (33... Qf7) 34. Bf2 g6 (34... Qg6) 35. Qd7 Rf8 36. Rd4 Qf5 37. Rxd5 Qxd7
38. Rxd7 Rf7 39. Rd8+ Rf8 40. Rd6 Kg7 41. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 Bc7 10. Bd2 a6 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rfe1 Qd8 14. e4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 h6 16. Bc4 (16. Bb4 Re8 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6) 16... Nd5 17. Ba2 Re8
18. Nc3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 N7f6 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Ne5 Be6 22. f3 Rc8 23. Qd3 Ba5
24. Ng6 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 Qd6 26. Nf4 Bf5 27. Bb1 Bxb1 28. Rxb1 Rc4 29. Rc1 Kf8 30.
b3 Rc6 31. Rxc6 Qxc6 32. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb4 7. d5 c6 8. Ne2
e6 9. a3 N4a6 10. Nbc3 O-O 11. O-O Nc7 12. Nf4 cxd5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nfxd5
exd5 15. Nxd5 Nc6 16. Bf4 Bf5 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. Bh6 f6 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Qc3 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Be6 23. Rd1 Bh3 24. Bf3 Ne5 25. Be2 Qc6 26. Qxc6
Nxc6 27. f4 Rd8 28. Kf2 h5 29. Nc3 Rxd1 30. Bxd1 Kf7 31. Ke3 Be6 32. Nb5 Ke7
33. Bf3 Kd7 34. Nd4 Nxd4 35. Kxd4 b6 36. Be4 Bf7 37. Bd5 Be8 38. h4 Kd6 39. b4
Bd7 40. Be4 Bf5 41. Bf3 Bh3 42. Be2 Be6 43. Bf1 Bc8 44. Bb5 Bf5 45. Ba6 Bg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nd2
c5 9. Qc2 e6 (9... a6) 10. O-O exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. b3 (12. e4) 12... b5 13.
Bb2 (13. Nxb5 Bf5 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxa1) 13... Rb8 (13... b4 14. Nce4 Nxd5
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. bxc4 Nb6 18. Rfd1) 14. a3 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Nb7 16.
Nce4 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qb2+ f6 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Bxd5 Nd6 21. e4 Rc8 22.
Rac1 Nf7 23. Nf3 Be6 24. Rcd1 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qe7 26. e5 Red8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28.
e6 Nd6 29. Qc3 Nf5 30. Re4 h5 31. Re1 Rd5 32. Qc2 Qd6 (32... Nd4 33. Qe4 Nxf3+
34. Qxf3 Re5) 33. Qxf5 (33. Qe2 Qc6 34. e7 Qe8) 33... Rxf5 34. e7 Qd7 35. e8=Q
Qxe8 36. Rxe8 Rxf3 37. Re7+ Kh6 38. b4 Rxa3 39. bxc5 a5 40. Rb7 b4 41. c6 Rc3
42. c7 b3 43. Rxb3 Rxc7 44. Ra3 Ra7 45. Ra4 Kg5 (45... Kg7 46. h4 Kf7 47. Kf1
Ke6 48. Ke2 Kd6 49. Kd3 f5 50. f3 Kc6 51. g4 Kb5 52. Rd4 a4 53. Kc2 a3 54. Kb1
Ra4 55. Rd6 hxg4 56. Rxg6 gxf3) 46. f3 Kf5 (46... f5 47. Kf2 Kf6 48. h4 Ke5 49.
Ke3 Kd5 50. g4 fxg4 51. fxg4 Kc5 52. Kd3 Kb5 53. Re4 Rc7 54. gxh5 gxh5 55. Re8)
47. g4+ hxg4 (47... Kg5 48. gxh5 Kxh5 49. h4) 48. fxg4+ Ke5 49. h4 Kd5 50. h5
gxh5 51. gxh5 Ke6 (51... Kc5 52. h6 Kb5 53. Rh4 Rh7 54. Rh5+ Kb4 55. Rh4+ Kb3
56. Rh3+ Kb2 57. Rh4) 52. h6 Kf7 53. Rg4 Kf8 54. Rf4 Ra6 55. Rg4 Ra7 56. Rf4
Kg8 57. Rxf6 a4 58. Rf2 Kh7 59. Ra2 Kxh6 60. Kf2 Kg5 61. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Ne2
b6 9. O-O Qd7 10. e4 Ba6 11. Bg5 O-O-O (11... h5 12. Bxf6 gxf6) 12. Nc1 (12.
Ng3) (12. f4) 12... Na5 (12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. a4 Nc6 15. Nb3) 13. Nb3
Qa4 (13... Nxc4 14. a4 cxd4 15. cxd4) 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bd2 d5 (
16... Kb8) 17. cxd5 c4 18. Be2 exd5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Be1 Ng5 21. a4 Bb7 22. h4
Ne6 23. f4 Bc6 24. f5 Nc7 25. Bg3 Bd7 26. Qd2 Kb7 27. h5 Rc8 28. Qc2 f6 (28...
Rce8 29. Bf4) 29. e6 Bc6 30. Bd6 Ne8 31. Be7 Ka8 32. Rfb1 Rb8 33. Bf3 Qa6 34.
Qc1 Qb7 35. Qa3 Nc7 36. Bd6 Rhd8 37. a5 b5 38. a6 Qc8 39. Bf4 Rb6 40. Qe7 Nxa6
(40... Ne8 41. Ra5) 41. Qxg7 Bb7 42. Qxf6 b4 43. Qe5 Qc6 44. cxb4 Nxb4 45. e7
Rg8 46. f6 Qe8 47. Rxb4 Rxb4 48. Qe6 Qc8 49. Qxc8+ Rxc8 50. f7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 g5 5. Bg3 Ne4 6. Nfd2 Nxg3 7. hxg3 d5 8.
e3 c5 9. dxc5 Bg7 10. c3 Qc7 11. e4 O-O 12. Be2 Rd8 13. exd5 Rxd5 14. O-O Na6
15. Bf3 Rd8 16. c6 bxc6 17. Qc2 Nc5 18. Nc4 Ba6 19. Nba3 Nd7 20. Rfd1 Nb6 21.
Be2 Bf8 22. Qe4 Nd5 23. Nc2 Rab8 24. Bd3 Bg7 25. N2a3 Qe7 26. Rd2 Re8 27. Rad1
Qc7 28. g4 Rbd8 29. g3 Bc8 30. Qf3 Rf8 31. Ne3 Bb7 32. Be4 Rb8 33. Nac4 Nf6 34.
Nd6 Nxe4 35. Qxe4 Ba8 36. Qc4 c5 37. Ne4 Qc6 38. f3 Be5 39. Qxc5 Qxc5 40. Nxc5
Bxf3 41. Nd7 Bxd1 42. Rxd1 Bxg3 43. Nxb8 Rxb8 44. Nc4 Rb7 45. Rd3 Bf4 46. b4 f5
47. Na5 Rf7 48. gxf5 exf5 49. Nc6 g4 50. c4 h5 51. Rd5 Be3+ 52. Kf1 f4 53. Rxh5
f3 54. Re5 Bf4 55. Re8+ Kh7 56. Ne5 Bxe5 57. Rxe5 Rf4 58. c5 Kg6 59. c6 Rxb4
60. c7 Rc4 61. Re4 Rc1+ 62. Kf2 Kg5 63. Kg3 Rg1+ 64. Kf2 Rg2+ 65. Ke3 Rc2 66.
Re7 f2 67. c8=Q f1=N+ (67... Rxc8 68. Kxf2 Rc2+ 69. Kg3 Rxa2 70. Rg7+ Kf5 71.
Rg5+ Kxg5) 68. Kd3 Rxc8 69. Rxa7 g3 70. Ke2 Nh2 71. Rg7+ Kf4 72. Rf7+ Kg4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nh6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
f5 9. d3 e5 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Nd5 Ne7 12. Ne1 Bh6 13. e3 Nxd5 14. Bxd5+ Kh8 15.
b4 Bg7 16. Rb1 Nf6 17. Bg2 Re8 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. d4 e4 20. Ne1 cxb4 21. Qxb4 d5
22. cxd5 Nb6 23. Nc2 Nxd5 24. Qb3 b6 25. Rfc1 a5 26. Bf1 a4 27. Qb5 Ba6 28. Qc6
Ne7 29. Qc3 Nd5 30. Qd2 Bxf1 31. Kxf1 Qd7 32. Kg1 Nf6 33. Ba1 Qe6 34. a3 Ra5
35. d5 Rxd5 36. Nd4 Qe7 37. Qb4 Qxb4 38. Rxb4 Ra8 39. Rxb6 Nd7 40. Rb7 Be5 41.
Kg2 Kg8 42. Rc6 Re8 43. h4 Rc5 44. Ra6 Nf6 45. Raa7 (45. Rxa4) 45... Ng4 46. h5
Rc1 47. Bb2 Rb1 (47... Rd1) 48. hxg6 hxg6 49. Rxa4 Rc8 50. Rab4 Nxe3+ (50...
Rd1 51. Ne2 Rc2 52. Bxe5 Nxe3+ 53. Kh2 Ng4+ 54. Kg2 Ne3+) 51. fxe3 Bxd4 52. Rb8
Rxb8 53. Rxb8+ Kf7 54. exd4 g5 55. d5 Rd1 56. Rb7+ Kg6 57. Bc3 Rxd5 58. a4 Rd1
59. Rb3 Rc1 60. Ra3 Rc2+ 61. Kf1 f4 62. g4 e3 63. Be1 Rh2 64. a5 Rh1+ 65. Ke2
Rh2+ 66. Kf3 Rh3+ 67. Kg2 Rh7 68. a6 Ra7 69. Kf3 Kf6 70. Bc3+ Ke6 71. Bd4 Ra8
72. a7 Kd5 73. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bb5+ Bc6 11. Bc4 (11. Bxc6+ Nxc6) 11... O-O 12. Ne5 Bb7 13.
Qf3 Nd7 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Ng4 Nf6 16. Bf4 (16. Bg5) 16... Ne4 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18.
Rac1 Qd7 19. h3 f6 20. Ne3 Rfe8 21. Qh5 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Ba3 23. Rc2 Qf7 24. Qf3
Qg6 25. Rdd2 Qe4 26. Qg3 Red8 27. Qg4 g5 28. Bg3 Qxg4 29. hxg4 Bc6 30. Rd3 Ba4
31. Re2 Bf8 (31... Bc1 32. Re1 Bb5 33. Rdd1 Ba3 34. Rb1 Ba4) 32. Rb2 Kf7 33.
Nf5 Ba3 34. Rbd2 Rc6 35. f4 (35. c4 Bb4 36. Rb2 dxc4 37. Rxb4 cxd3 38. Rxa4 d2)
35... Rdc8 36. fxg5 Rxc3 37. gxf6 Kxf6 38. Bh4+ Kg6 39. Ne7+ (39. Rxc3 Rxc3 40.
Re2) 39... Bxe7 40. Rxc3 Rxc3 41. Bxe7 Bd7 42. g5 Kh5 (42... Re3 43. Bd8 Re8
44. Bf6 h6) 43. Kf2 Kg4 44. Re2 Bf5 45. Bd6 (45. Re3) 45... Be4 46. Be5 Kxg5
47. g3 Ra3 48. Bd6 Rf3+ 49. Ke1 Kg4 50. a4 Rb3 51. a5 b5 (51... Kf3 52. Ra2 b5
53. a6 b4 54. Bc5 Re3+ 55. Kd1 b3 56. Rb2 Bc2+) 52. Rf2 Bf3 (52... Rb1+ 53. Kd2
Bf3) 53. Rc2 b4 (53... Rb1+) (53... Re3+) 54. Rc7 Rb2 55. Rxa7 b3 56. Rb7 Re2+
57. Kf1 Re6 58. Be5 Ra6 59. Rxb3 Rxa5 60. Rb7 Ra1+ 61. Kf2 Ra2+ 62. Ke3 Re2+
63. Kd3 h5 64. Rf7 Ra2 65. Ke3 Bd1 66. Rd7 Ra3+ 67. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Nxe4 11. Qe1 Nf6 12. Nf5 Qc7 (12... Qa5) 13. Bxf6
gxf6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Bd3 (15. Qe3) 15... Ne5 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. Qb4 (17. Nde3
exf5 18. Bxf5) 17... exd5 18. Nxd6+ Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qe7 20. Qxd5 Bc6 21. Qa5 O-O
22. Rde1 Rae8 23. Rhf1 f5 24. Qd2 Qe6 25. Rf4 e4 26. Rh4 Rf6 27. Qc3 Bb5 28.
Bxb5 axb5 29. Qb3 Qxb3 30. axb3 Kf7 31. Rf4 Ke6 32. g4 (32. Kd2 Ke5 33. Ke3 Rg8
34. g3) 32... Ke5 33. Ref1 (33. Rxf5+ Rxf5 34. gxf5 Kxf5 35. Kd2) 33... Ref8
34. Rxf5+ Rxf5 35. Rxf5+ Rxf5 36. gxf5 Kxf5 37. Kd2 Kf4 38. Ke2 b4 39. c3 h5
40. Kf2 h4 41. cxb4 b5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 c5 5. bxc5 Bxc5 6. e3 O-O 7. d4 Be7 8. Nbd2
b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Ne8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. c4 Nf6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15.
Qe2 Bb7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. f3 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bd6 19. Nf1 Re8 20. Ba6 Qb8 21. Bxb7
Qxb7 22. Qc2 h6 23. Qc6 Qe7 24. a4 Ba3 25. Qc3 Bd6 26. Qb3 Qe6 27. Ba3 Bxa3 28.
Qxa3 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. Qe7 Qa6 31. Qb4 Qd3 32. h3 h5 33. h4 Qe2 34. Qa3
Qe1 35. Qd3 Qxh4 36. Qa6 Qe1 37. Qxa7 Qb4 38. Qa8+ Kh7 39. Qc6 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Nxb3 8.
axb3 Ne7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qd5 Bb7 11. c4 (11. Ne5) 11... Be7 12. Rd1 bxc4 13.
bxc4 d6 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Bf4 Qc8 16. Qh5 Qe6 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. Re1 f6 19. Ra3 (19.
b3) 19... Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Rxf7 21. Rb3 Bc8 22. Rc1 Ne5 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Bg3 a5 25.
f4 a4 26. Ra3 c6 27. fxe5 fxe5 28. Nxc6 Bxc6 29. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Nxb3 8. axb3
f6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Nh4 Ne7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qf3 Qd7 13. Rd1 Qe6 14. Be3 g5 (
14... h5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qg4) 15. Nxb5 axb5 (15... Rc8 16. Qh5+ Qf7 17.
Rd8+) 16. Qh5+ Qf7 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. Rd8+ Kxd8 19. Qxf7 gxh4 20. Qxf6 Rg8 21.
f3 h3 22. g3 Ke8 23. Qxe5 Rg6 24. Qxb5+ Bc6 25. Qb8+ Kf7 26. Qxc7 Rf6 27. Bg5
Re6 28. b4 Kg8 29. Qb8 Ng6 30. Kf2 Ne5 31. b5 Be8 32. Be3 Bd6 33. Qc8 Kf7 34.
b6 Rf6 35. Bf4 Bd7 36. b7 Be6 37. Bxe5 Bxe5 38. b8=Q Bxc8 39. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Be3 e5 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. Nh2 Nb6 14. Bd3 Be6 15.
b3 Rad8 16. f4 d5 17. fxe5 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qf2 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nxe4
Bh4 22. Qf4 g5 23. Qf6 Bxe1 24. Rxe1 Nd5 25. Qf3 Kg7 26. Bd2 Nf6 27. Ng3 Qd7
28. c4 Qxd4+ 29. Be3 Qd3 30. h4 Bc8 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Nh5+ Nxh5 33. Qxh5 Qg6
34. Bd4+ Rxd4 35. Qxg6+ Kxg6 36. Rxe8 Bf5 37. Nf3 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Ra1 39. Rg8+ Kf6
40. Rf8+ Ke6 41. Nd4+ Ke5 42. Nxf5 Rxa2 43. Ne3 Rb2 44. Rf3 Kd4 45. Nf5+ Kc5
46. Rd3 a5 47. Nd6 b5 48. Nxb5 cxb5 49. Rd5+ Kb4 50. Rxb5+ Ka3 51. c5 Rc2 52.
c6 Kb2 53. Rxa5 Kxb3 54. Rxg5 Rxc6 55. Kg3 Kc4 56. Kf4 Kd4 57. g4 Ra6 58. Rb5
Ra8 59. g5 Rf8+ 60. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Bxf3 (9... Be7) 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. a3 Bf8 13. Nc3 Rc8
14. Rac1 Na5 15. Ne2 Nc6 (15... d5 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5) 16. Rfd1 e5 17.
Bg5 Be7 18. Qh3 h6 19. Be3 Bf8 20. d5 Na5 21. b4 (21. Ng3 e4 22. Be2) 21... e4
22. bxa5 exd3 23. Rxd3 bxa5 (23... b5 24. c5 (24. cxb5 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Qxa5)
24... Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Bxc5 Rxe2 27. Kf1 Rb2 28. Bxa7 Qxa5 29. Rc3) 24.
Ng3 Ne4 25. Qg4 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Bc5 27. Bxh6 Qf6 28. Be3 Qb2 (28... Bxe3 29. fxe3
d6) 29. Rf1 Qc2 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Qc3 32. Rf4 Re1 33. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 34. Kh2
Qe7 35. Qh5 f6 36. Rh4 Rf8 37. Qh7+ Kf7 38. a4 Qe5 39. Rg4 Rg8 40. Qg6+ Kf8 41.
Rh4 Qc3 42. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. b3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb2 c5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 d5 11. Nd2 Qd7 12. cxd5 Qxd5+ 13. N4f3 Nbd7 14. Nc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Bg4 8. Bd3
Bh5 9. Nge2 Bg6 10. Ng3 Na6 11. Bf5 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxh5 Bxh5 14. Qb3 Bg6
15. Bh3 Nb4 16. O-O Bc2 17. Qa3 O-O 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. b3 Bg6 20. Rfd1 a5 21. g3
h5 22. Bf1 h4 23. Qb2 Bh5 24. Re1 Bf3 25. a3 Na6 26. Nb1 hxg3 27. hxg3 Nc7 28.
Nd2 Bh5 29. Bd3 Ne6 (29... Qd6 30. Kg2 Bg6) 30. Kg2 Nf8 31. Rh1 Bg6 32. Be2 Ne6
33. Rh4 f6 34. Rch1 Ng5 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 Kf7 37. b5 Qa3 38. Qxa3 Rxa3 39.
bxc6 bxc6 40. Nb1 (40. Re1 Rb8 41. f4 Ne6 42. Nf1) 40... Ra2 (40... Ra2 41. Bh5
Bxh5 42. Rxh5 Rxe3) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Nc2 O-O 8.
Nc3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. b3 Nh5 (10... d6) 11. Bb2 f5 12. e3 e6 13. Rb1 (13. Qd6
Rf7 14. Rfd1 Nf6 15. Rab1 Ne8) 13... Na5 14. Nb5 Bxb2 15. Rxb2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 a6
17. Nd6 Qc7 18. Qd3 Nb7 19. Rd1 Nxd6 20. Qxd6 Qb7+ 21. f3 Rf7 22. h4 Raf8 23.
Ne1 h6 24. Nd3 Nf6 (24... g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Rh1 Rh7 27. Ne5 g4 28. Rf2 gxf3+
29. Rxf3 Re8) 25. c5 Nd5 26. Kf2 bxc5 27. Rc2 Rc8 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Qxc5 Rf8
30. Qd4 Qc7 (30... Rc8) 31. Rc1 Qa5 32. Rc2 Nf6 33. Ne5 Qd8 34. Nxg6 Rf7 35.
Qd6 Rg7 36. Qxa6 Ne4+ 37. fxe4 Qf6 38. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O c5 13. Qa4 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Nxc3
15. Rxc3 a6 16. Qa3 Kf8 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Rdc1 Nd7 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 c5 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nbd2 d6 8. c3
Ne8 9. Qe2 Nc7 10. Nb3 b6 11. Rd1 Ba6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Kh7 14. Qc2 e5 15. d4
Qe7 16. d5 Nb8 17. a4 Nd7 18. a5 b5 19. Nxc5 (19. Nbd2 c4 20. Nh4) 19... Nxc5
20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. d6 Qd7 22. dxc7 Qxc7 23. c4 b4 24. Nd2 Rad8 25. Nb3 Bf6 26.
Bf1 Bb7 27. f3 Bg5 28. Qf2 Be7 29. Be2 Kg7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1
Bc8 (32... Bc6 33. Qd2 (33. Nxc5 Qd6) 33... Ba4 34. Kg2 Bxb3 35. Bxb3 Qxa5) 33.
Qd2 Be6 34. Be2 Bg5 35. Qd3 f5 36. Kf2 f4 37. g4 h5 38. h3 Be7 39. Ke1 Bh4+ 40.
Kf1 Qe7 41. Qd1 Qc7 42. Qd2 Be7 43. Kg2 Qc6 44. Nc1 Qc7 (44... Qa6 45. Nd3 Bxc4
46. Qc2 Bxd3 47. Qxd3 Qxa5 48. Qd7 Qd8 49. Qxd8 Bxd8 50. b3) 45. Nb3 Bf7 46.
Bf1 Kf8 47. Be2 Qc6 48. Nc1 Qc7 49. Nb3 Ke8 50. Qd1 Be6 51. Kf1 Bd8 52. Kg2 Be7
53. Kf1 Kf7 54. Kg2 Kf6 55. Qe1 Qd7 56. Qf2 Qd6 57. Bf1 Qc7 58. Qd2 Qc6 59. Qf2
Bf7 60. Qh4+ Ke6 61. Qf2 Kd6 62. Be2 Kc7 63. Bf1 Kb8 64. Qd2 Kc8 65. Qf2 Qa4
66. Nxc5 Qxa5 67. Nd3 Bxc4 68. Qc2 Qc7 69. Qa4 (69. b3 Be6 70. Qxc7+ Kxc7)
69... hxg4 70. hxg4 a5 71. Qe8+ Kb7 72. Qxg6 Bd6 73. Nc5+ (73. Qe8 Bf7 74. Qa4)
73... Qxc5 74. Bxc4 Qxc4 75. Qxd6 Qe2+ 76. Kg1 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. O-O e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. e4 Ne7 8. b3
O-O 9. Ba3 Re8 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nd4 12. Qd3 c6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nd1 (14.
Ne2 Qa5 15. b4 Qa4 16. f4) 14... Qa5 15. b4 Qb6 16. f4 a5 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. Rf3
b6 19. e5 Ba6 20. Qe4 (20. c4 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxd4 Rad8) 20... Nxe5 21.
fxe5 Rxe5 22. Qxc6 Re1+ 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qxa3 26. Rb1 d3
27. Rxb6 Rd8 28. Qc7 Qa8 (28... dxc2 29. Qxc2 (29. Qxd8+ Bf8) 29... Qf3+ 30.
Nf2 Bd4 31. Rb3 Be3) 29. Rb7 Rf8 30. cxd3 Qxa2 31. Rb8 (31. Nf2 Bd4 32. Qf4
Bxf2 33. Qxf2 Qd5 34. Re7 Qxd3+ 35. Kg2) 31... Qxh2 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 33. Nf2 Qh5
34. g4 Qd5 35. Qc8 h6 36. Ke2 Qe5+ 37. Kf3 Qd6 38. Qc4 Bg7 39. Ne4 Qh2 40. Qc8+
Kh7 41. Qd7 Qh3+ 42. Kf2 Qh2+ 43. Ke3 Qa2 44. Nd6 (44. Kf3) 44... Qd5 45. Ke2
h5 46. gxh5 Qxh5+ 47. Ke3 Qe5+ 48. Kf3 Qd5+ 49. Ke2 f5 50. Kd2 Qg2+ 51. Kd1
Qf3+ 52. Kd2 Qf2+ 53. Kd1 Qf1+ 54. Kd2 Qf4+ 55. Kc2 Kh6 56. Nf7+ Kh5 57. Qe7 g5
58. Nd6 Qa4+ 59. Kd2 Qa2+ 60. Kd1 Qb3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bb1 Re8 13. Bg3 Nf8 14. Ne5 a6 15.
Qf3 Bd6 16. Rfd1 b5 17. Nd3 c4 18. Nc5 Bxg3 (18... Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qc8 20. Nxd5
Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Qe6 22. Rcd1 Rad8 23. Bd6) 19. hxg3 Bc8 20. Bf5 b4 21. N3a4 a5
22. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 Na6 8. a3
Nc7 9. e3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Nf3 Re8 12. O-O Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ne5 Nf6 15.
Rae1 c5 16. f4 c4 17. Be2 b5 18. g4 Nd7 19. Bf3 Bb7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. h4 (21.
g5) 21... a5 22. g5 Ra6 23. Qg2 f5 24. gxf6 Rxf6 25. Nd1 Qf7 26. Kh2 Bc8 27.
Rg1 Re7 28. Nf2 Bf5 29. Bg4 Be4 (29... b4) 30. Bf3 Bf5 31. Bg4 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Re1 Bh7 11. d4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 a5
15. e4 a4 16. Qc2 Bb4 17. Bc3 Qa5 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. Rab1 Nf6 20. e5 Nh7 21. Re3
b5 22. a3 axb3 23. Rexb3 Qa4 24. cxb5 cxb5 25. Qd3 Rfc8 26. h4 Nf8 27. Rxb5
Qxa3 28. Qxa3 Rxa3 29. Rb8 Rac3 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rb7 Rc2 32. Nf3 Rc8 33. Nd2
Ng6 34. h5 Nf8 35. Kf1 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Rc2 37. Nf3 Rc8 38. Nh4 Rc4 39. Rb8 Rxd4
40. f4 Ra4 41. f5 exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Ne2
b6 9. e4 (9. O-O Qd7 10. e4) 9... Qd7 10. Bc2 Ba6 11. O-O Bxc4 12. Re1 e5 13.
d5 Ne7 14. Ng3 O-O (14... h6) 15. Bg5 Ne8 16. Ba4 b5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nf5 Qc7
19. Bc2 g6 20. Ne3 Ng7 21. Nxc4 bxc4 22. Qe2 Rab8 23. Reb1 (23. Qxc4) 23...
Rxb1+ 24. Rxb1 Qa5 25. Qxc4 Qxa3 26. Ba4 Ne8 (26... f5 27. exf5 Nxf5) 27. g3
Nc7 28. Qb3 Qxb3 29. Rxb3 f5 30. Rb7 Ne8 (30... Rf7) 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Rxa7 Nf6
33. Bd7 Ne4 34. Be6+ Kh8 35. Rd7 f4 36. g4 Nxc3 37. Rxd6 Ne2+ 38. Kf1 Nd4 39.
Rc6 Re8 40. Bd7 Rd8 41. Rc7 c4 42. Be6 Nxe6 43. dxe6 Re8 44. e7 Kg7 45. f3 Kf6
46. h4 Rxe7 47. Rxc4 Re6 48. Ke2 h6 49. Kd3 Rd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 a6 9. a3 Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 O-O 13. Qb3 Qa5 (13... Qc7
14. Be3 Bg4) 14. Be3 Qb5 15. Qxb5 axb5 16. Rac1 Bd7 (16... b4 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18.
axb4 Ba6 19. Rfd1 Bb5) 17. Rfd1 b4 18. a4 Bf6 19. b3 Be6 (19... Rac8) 20. Bxe6
fxe6 21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Rfd8 (22... Na5 23. Rc7 Rf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Be5)
23. Bb6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Ra6 25. Bc7 Ne7 (25... e5) 26. Rd7 Ng6 27. g3 Rc6 28.
Ba5 Rc3 29. Rxb7 Rxb3 30. Bxb4 Ne5 31. a5 Nc6 32. a6 h5 33. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6. d3 Be7 7. b4 cxb4 8. a3
bxa3 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Bxa3 Nf6 11. Qb5 O-O (11... Qc7 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. e3) (
11... Bxa3 12. Nxa3 Qe7 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qa6 Rb6 15. Qa4 O-O 16. Rfb1 Rfb8) 12.
Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 (14. Nxa3) 14... Bc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Re1 Qb6
17. Nd2 Qb4 (17... Rfe8 18. Qa5 c5) 18. Qa5 Qd6 19. Rb3 Rfe8 (19... Rfd8 20.
Rb7 Rd7) 20. Rb7 Re5 21. Qc7 Qe6 22. Nf3 Rh5 (22... Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Qxe2 24.
Qxf7+) 23. Nxd4 Qe8 24. Reb1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd3 a6 10. Rad1 Qc7 11. Kh1 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. a3
Bb7 15. f4 Rac8 16. f5 Qc5 17. Qd2 Qe5 18. Qh6 Kh8 19. Qh3 a5 20. Bd3 (20. Bg4
Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Bxe6 Rc5 24. Bf5) 20... b4 21. axb4 axb4
22. Ne2 d5 23. exd5 exd5 24. Nf4 Bd6 25. b3 (25. Rde1 Qxb2 26. Ng6+ fxg6 27.
Re7 Bxe7 28. fxg6) 25... Rce8 26. Qh4 Rg8 27. Rde1 Qc3 28. Ne2 Qb2 29. Nd4 Be5
30. Nf3 Qc3 31. Bb5 Rc8 32. Bd3 Rce8 33. Bb5 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
e3 Nc6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Be6 12. Ba3 Bd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Nf4
Qd7 15. Qa4 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Qf5 17. Rab1 Qe4 18. Nd3 b6 19. Nb4 Nxb4 20. Qxb4 e6
21. Rbc1 h5 22. Qc4 Rd5 23. Qd3 (23. Qe2) 23... Qxd3 24. Rxd3 e5 25. Bb2 exd4
26. Bxd4 Rad8 27. Rc7 R8d7 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Rc4 b5 30. Rc2 a5 31. a3 Bxd4 32.
Rcd2 Kg7 33. exd4 Rc7 34. Kg2 g5 35. h3 f5 36. g4 hxg4 (36... fxg4 37. hxg4 h4)
37. hxg4 fxg4 38. Kg3 Rf7 39. Kxg4 Rf4+ 40. Kg3 Kf6 41. f3 Ke6 42. Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Be6 12. Rac1 Bd6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. Na4 b6
15. Nc3 Rfb8 16. Qd1 Rd8 17. Re1 Ng6 18. g3 Qe7 19. Bf1 c5 20. Bg2 Qa7 21. Nd2
Ne7 22. Qh5 Rac8 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Nb3 d4 25. exd4 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27. Qe2
b5 28. a3 b4 29. axb4 Rxb4 30. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Nxb3 8. axb3
f6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Ne7 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Nh4 Qe6 13. Be3 Rd8 14. d5 Qd7 15.
Qf3 Kf7 16. Ne2 c5 17. Ng3 g6 18. Qe2 Bg7 19. c4 b4 20. Rf1 Rhf8 21. f4 exf4
22. Bxf4 Kg8 23. Nf3 Rde8 24. Qd2 Nc8 25. Bh6 Nb6 26. Bxg7 Qxg7 27. e5 dxe5 28.
Ne4 Nd7 29. Qf2 Rc8 30. Nd6 Rb8 31. Qh4 h6 32. Nxb7 Rxb7 33. Rxa6 f5 34. Re6 e4
35. Qg3 f4 36. Qxg6 exf3 37. Rxf3 Qxg6 38. Rxg6+ Kh7 39. Re6 Rf6 40. Re7+ Kg8
41. Rf1 Kf8 42. Rfe1 Rf7 43. Re8+ (43. Rxf7+ Kxf7 44. Re4) 43... Kg7 44. Rc8
Ra7 45. d6 Ra6 46. Rd1 Rf8 47. Rxf8 Kxf8 48. Kf2 Kf7 49. Kf3 Ke6 50. Kxf4 Rxd6
51. Rxd6+ Kxd6 52. h3 Ne5 53. Ke4 Ke6 54. g3 Nc6 55. g4 Nd4 56. h4 Nxb3 57. g5
h5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Qe1 c5 7. d3 Nc6 8. c3
Bg4 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. Nb3 b6 11. d4 cxd4 (11... Qd6) 12. exd4 Ne4 13. Be3 Bxf3
14. Rxf3 f5 15. Rh3 e6 16. Rc1 Ne7 17. Qh4 Kf7 18. Nd2 Nxd2 (18... h6 19. Nf3
Bf6 20. Qe1 Kg7) 19. Bxd2 Ng8 20. c4 (20. Qxh7 Nf6 21. Qh4 Rh8 22. Qg3 Ne4 23.
Qd3 Rxh3 24. gxh3 Rh8) 20... Rac8 21. cxd5 (21. Qf2 Qd7 22. c5) 21... Qxc1+ 22.
Bxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Kf2 Bxd4+ 24. Kf3 exd5 25. Qxh7+ Bg7 26. Rg3 (26. Qh4) 26... Ne7
27. Rxg6 (27. Rh3 Rh8 28. Qxh8 Bxh8 29. Rxh8) 27... Nxg6 28. Qh5 Bxb2 29. Bd3
Kg7 30. g3 Rc3 31. Ke2 Rc6 32. h4 Re8+ 33. Kf1 Re3 34. Qxf5 Ne7 35. Qh7+ Kf8
36. g4 Bg7 37. Kf2 d4 38. g5 Rc3 39. Be2 Rc5 40. h5 Rf5 41. h6 Rxf4+ 42. Ke1
Be5 43. Kd1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Ne2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Bxf7+ Rxf7 14. fxg4
Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Qd7 16. h3 Qe6 17. Qd3 Qc4 18. Qd2 Qa6 19. Qc2 Nc4 20. Qb3 Kh8
21. Kg1 Nd2 22. Bxd2 Qxe2 23. Be3 Rf8 24. e5 b5 25. Rc1 a5 26. Bg5 (26. a3 e6
27. Qc3 b4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Qb3) 26... h6 (26... Qf2+ 27. Kh1 Qxd4 28. Qxb5 (
28. Bxe7 Bxe5 29. Bxf8 Qf4) 28... Qxe5 29. Qxe5 Bxe5 30. Bxe7) 27. Bxe7 a4 28.
Qd1 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Rf2 30. Qg1 Qf4 (30... Qxd4 31. Bc5) 31. a3 Kh7 32. Bc5 h5 33.
gxh5 Bh6 34. hxg6+ Kg7 35. Re1 Qg3 36. Bb4 Be3 37. Qh2 Qg5 38. e6 Bf4 39. Qg1
Qh4 40. e7 Rf3 41. Qh2 (41. e8=N+ Kh8 42. g7+ Kg8 43. Nf6+ Kxg7 44. gxf3+) (41.
Qh2 Bxh2 42. e8=Q Bd6 43. Qd7+ Kxg6 44. gxf3) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 Na6 8. a3
Nc7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nce8 11. O-O Nd6 12. b4 g6 13. a4 Nh5 14. Be5 Bg4 15. b5
Qd7 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Nd2 f6 18. Bg3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bf5 20. Rab1 Rab8 21. Na2
Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qf5 23. Qc3 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Rc8 25. Nb4 Nc4 26. Rc1 (26. g4 Qe6 27.
Nxc4 dxc4 28. Rc1 Rb8) 26... Bxb4 27. Qxb4 Nxd2 28. Qxd2 Qd7 29. Qb4 Kf7 30. a5
Qe7 31. Qb3 Qd6 32. Qb7+ Qc7 33. a6 Ke6 34. Rb1 Kd7 35. Qb3 f5 36. Kf1 (36. g4
fxg4 37. Qd1) 36... h5 37. Kg1 Rh8 38. Qb4 Rc8 39. Qb2 Rh8 40. Qb7 Rc8 41. Qb3
Ra8 42. Kh2 Rc8 43. Kh3 Qa5 44. Qd3 Qa2 45. f3 Rc7 46. Kh2 Qf2 47. Rf1 Qb2 48.
Re1 h4 (48... Qb5) 49. Qf1 h3 (49... hxg3+ 50. Kxg3 Kd6) 50. Kxh3 Qb5 51. g4
Rc8 52. gxf5 gxf5 53. Kg3 Rg8+ 54. Kf2 Qb8 55. f4 Qb2+ 56. Re2 Qb5 57. Qh1 Rg7
58. Qh5 Kc7 59. Rc2 Qxa6 60. Qxf5 Rd7 61. Qe5+ Rd6 62. Qe7+ Rd7 63. Qc5 Rd6 64.
Rb2 Qa4 65. g4 Qa1 66. Qb4 Rd8 67. Qb7+ Kd6 68. Rc2 Qa4 69. Qh7 Rh8 70. Qg6+
Kd7 71. Kg3 Re8 72. Qf5+ Kd6 73. Kf3 Re4 74. Qf8+ Re7 75. Rc1 Kd7 76. Rb1 Re8
77. Qf5+ Re6 78. g5 Qa3 79. Qf7+ Kd6 80. Qf8+ Re7 81. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Ngxe7 7. Nbd2 O-O (
7... Nf5 8. Nb3 Qe7) 8. Nb3 Nf5 9. Qd2 a5 10. Rd1 a4 11. Nbxd4 Nfxd4 12. Nxd4
Nxe5 13. e3 Qf6 14. Be2 Qg6 15. Rg1 Qh6 16. h3 a3 17. b3 Qf6 18. f4 Nc6 19.
Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bd3 c5 21. Kf2 Bb7 22. Rge1 Rad8 23. Qc2 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Rfe8 25.
Bf1 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Rd8 27. Qc1 Qg3 28. Re2 g6 29. e4 h6 30. Qxa3 Qxf4 31. Qxc5
Rd1 32. Qf2 Qc1 33. Qf6 Bc8 34. Rf2 Be6 35. Qf4 Qb1 36. Rd2 Rxd2 37. Qxd2 Qxe4
38. Qxh6 Qc2 39. Qe3 Qxa2 40. Be2 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Qb2 42. Bf3 Kg7 43. Kg3 Kg8 44.
Bg4 Bxg4 45. hxg4 Qf6 46. g5 Qd6+ 47. Qf4 Qd3+ 48. Kh2 Qxb3 49. Qxc7 Qe3 50.
Qd8+ Kg7 51. Qd5 Kf8 52. c5 Qf4+ 53. g3 Qf2+ 54. Kh3 Qf1+ 55. Kh4 Qe2 56. Qd8+
Kg7 57. Qd4+ Kf8 58. Kh3 Qf1+ 59. Kg4 f5+ (59... f5+ 60. gxf6 Qf5+ 61. Kh4 Qh5#
) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. a4 Bb4 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O (
8. Qc2 Bb7 9. O-O) 8... O-O (8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nxe4 10. Qc2 Nf6) 9. Qc2 h6 10.
axb5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 cxb5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nd2 (13. Ba3 Re8 14. Nd2) 13... Nc6 14.
Ne4 a5 15. Rd1 Rb8 16. Rb1 Qe7 17. f4 Rd8 18. Bd2 Qa7 19. Nd6 Rxd6 (19... b4
20. Bxc4 bxc3 21. Rxb8 Nxd4 22. Qd3 Nf5+ 23. Kh1 Nxd6 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 25. Bxc3
Nce7) 20. exd6 Qd7 21. Bf3 Qxd6 22. f5 (22. Be4 f5 23. Bf3) 22... exf5 23. Re1
Be6 24. Qc1 Nce7 25. Ra1 a4 26. Qa3 Qb6 27. Kh1 Nc6 28. Qd6 Rd8 29. Qg3 Kh7 30.
Bc1 Na5 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. Ba3 Qg6 33. Qh3 Be4 34. Ra2 Re8 35. Ree2 Re6 36. Kg1
Qg5 37. Bc1 Qxc1+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 a6 8. e4 b5
9. Qe2 (9. e5 Ne8 10. Qe2) 9... bxc4 10. Qxc4 a5 11. Re1 Nfd7 12. Na4 Nb6 13.
Nxb6 Qxb6 14. Qc3 Na6 15. Be3 Nc7 16. Rec1 (16. Rac1 Bb7 17. b3) 16... Bd7 17.
Qd2 Rfb8 18. Rc2 a4 19. Bf1 (19. Ne5 Be8 (19... dxe5 20. dxe5 Qb5 21. Qxd7 Bxe5
22. Rb1) 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. d5 Qa5 22. Qxa5 Rxa5 23. Rxc6 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Ne8 25.
Rxb2 Rxb2 26. Rc8) 19... Qb7 20. Bc4 Bg4 21. Ne1 Be6 22. Nd3 a3 23. Rb1 Ra4 24.
b4 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Ne6 26. Qc2 Qb5 27. Rc1 Raa8 28. e5 dxe5 29. dxe5 Bxe5 30.
Nxe5 Qxe5 31. Rxc6 Qb2 (31... Rxb4 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Qxc8+ Kg7 34. Qc3 Qxc3 35.
Rxc3 Ra4) 32. Rb1 Qe5 33. Qc4 Qf5 34. Rb3 Rd8 35. Kg2 Rd1 36. Rc8+ Rxc8 37.
Qxc8+ Kg7 38. Qc6 Rd5 39. Rxa3 (39. Qc3+ f6 40. Rxa3) 39... h5 (39... Qe4+ 40.
Kf1 Qh1+ 41. Ke2 Qd1#) 40. h4 g5 (40... Qe4+ 41. Kh2 Qxb4) 41. Bxg5 Nxg5 42.
hxg5 Qxg5 43. Re3 e6 44. a4 Rd4 45. a5 h4 46. a6 Qf5 47. Rf3 Qb1 48. Qb7 h3+
49. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Ngf3 Bg4 (6... exd4 7.
Bc4 Qf5 8. cxd4) 7. Bc4 Bxf3 8. Qb3 Na5 (8... Qd7 9. Nxf3 exd4 10. O-O Na5 11.
Bxf7+) (8... O-O-O 9. Bxd5 Bxd5 10. Qd1) 9. Qa4+ Qd7 (9... b5 10. Bxd5 bxa4 11.
Bxf3) 10. Bxf7+ Kd8 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. Nxf3 exd4 13. Nxd4 c5 14. Nf3 Ke7 15.
Bd5 Nf6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6+ Kxf6 18. O-O-O Bd6 19. g3 Rhe8 20. Nd2 Bf8 21.
Ne4+ Kf5 22. f3 Red8 23. h4 Nc6 24. h5 Be7 25. Rhe1 Ne5 26. Nf2 g5 27. hxg6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d5 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2
Nd7 9. Nfd2 Ndf6 10. Nc3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. Na4 b6 13. Rac1 Qd7 14. Rfd1
Rac8 15. Qb4 Bh3 16. Bh1 Rfd8 17. Nc3 Bh6 18. Rb1 (18. e3) 18... Bf5 19. Ra1
Bc2 20. Rf1 Bd2 21. Qa3 b5 22. Nb1 Bh6 23. Qa5 Be4 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. cxb5 cxb5
26. Na3 a6 27. Bc1 (27. Qxa6 b4 28. Nb1 Rc2) 27... Bf8 28. Nb1 Rc2 (28... Bg7
29. Be3 Rc6) 29. Qxa6 Rdc8 30. Na3 Rxe2 31. Qxb5 Qxb5 32. Nxb5 Rcc2 33. Be3
Rxa2 34. Rxa2 Rxa2 35. Rc1 Ra8 36. Nc7 Rd8 37. f3 Nd6 38. Nxd5 Nf5 39. g4 Nxe3
40. Nxe3 Rxd4 41. Rc3 e6 42. Nc4 Bb4 43. Rc2 Rd3 44. Kg2 Rxb3 45. Rb2 Rxb2+ 46.
Nxb2 Bd6 47. Nd3 f6 48. h3 Kf7 49. Kf2 e5 50. Ke3 Ke6 51. Ke2 f5 52. gxf5+ gxf5
53. Kf1 Kf6 54. Kg2 Kg5 55. f4+ exf4 56. Ne1 Bc7 57. Nf3+ Kf6 58. Nh2 Ke5 59.
Nf3+ Ke4 60. Ng5+ Ke3 61. Nf3 h6 62. Ng1 Bb6 63. Nf3 Ke2 64. Nh2 Bg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 e5 8. e4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. Bg2 a6 12. Be3 Nd4 13. Qd2 c6 14. Kh2 h5 15.
Ne2 Nxe2 16. Qxe2 Nc5 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Qe7 19. Rae1 a5 20. Kh1 Rfe8 21. f5
Nd7 22. Rg1 c5 23. Bf3 Ne5 24. Bxh5 Qh4 (24... gxh5 25. Qxh5) 25. Bg4 Bh6 26.
fxg6 fxg6 27. Bf2 Qe7 28. Bg3 (28. Bf5 Kh7 (28... Kg7 29. Bxg6 Nxg6 30. Qh5 Qe6
31. Rxg6+ Qxg6 32. Rg1) (28... Qf7 29. Qh5) (28... Qg7 29. Rxg6 Nxg6 30. Rg1)
29. Rxg6 Nxg6 30. Rg1 Rg8 31. Qh5 Qg7 32. Be3) 28... Kh7 29. Ref1 Rf8 30. Kh2
Bg5 31. Kh1 Bh6 32. Bh2 Rxf1 33. Rxf1 Rf8 34. Rxf8 Qxf8 35. Kg2 Qf6 36. Bg3 Bg7
37. b3 b6 38. Bf2 Nc6 39. Bg3 Ne5 40. Bc8 Qf7 41. h4 Bh6 42. Bg4 Kg7 43. Qd1
Be3 44. Be2 Qf6 45. Qh1 Qe6 46. Qh2 Kf7 47. Be1 Ke7 48. Qg3 Bh6 49. Bc3 Bg7 50.
Bg4 Qf7 51. Bh3 Qf6 52. Bg4 Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Rd1
Re8 9. Nc3 c6 10. e4 Ng4 11. h3 Nh6 12. Be3 Qe7 13. b4 f5 14. dxe5 (14. d5)
14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. b5 f4 17. gxf4 Qh4 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. f5 gxf5 20.
exf5 Bxf5 21. Ne4 (21. Qd2 Rad8 22. Bg5 Rxd2 23. Bxh4 Rd4 24. Bxc6 Re6 25. Rxd4
exd4 26. Nd5) 21... Re6 22. Bg5 Bxe4 23. Qd2 Rg6 (23... Qxg5 24. Qxg5 Rg6) 24.
Bxh4 Rxg2+ 25. Kf1 Bf3 26. Bg3 Rf8 27. Qg5 Nf7 28. Qe7 Bh6 29. h4 e4 30. Re1
Bd2 31. Re2 Ba5 32. Qe6 Kg7 33. Rb1 Bb6 34. c5 Bxc5 35. Rb7 Bxe2+ 36. Kxe2 Bd4
37. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Nf3 c4 10. Be2 Nd5 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. a4 N7f6 13. Qg5 O-O 14. Qh4 (14.
Qe5 Qc6 15. Bg5) 14... Nxc3 15. Ra3 (15. Bf4 Qc6 16. Bh6) 15... Nxe2 16. Kxe2
c3 17. Rd1 b6 18. Kf1 Ba6+ 19. Kg1 Be2 20. Re1 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nd5 22. Re5 f5 23.
Bf4 Qd8 24. Qg3 Qf6 25. Kh1 Qg6 26. Qh4 Qe8 27. Ra1 Rf6 28. Ree1 Rg6 29. Bg5
Qf7 30. Rg1 f4 31. Rg4 Qf5 32. Rag1 Qxc2 33. Bh6 Qf5 34. Rg5 c2 35. Qh5 Rxg5
36. Bxg5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bd2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. a3 cxd4 (11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne4) 12. Nxd4 Bc5
13. Nb3 Be7 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Qc8 17. Qb5 Qc7 18. Nd4 a6 19.
Qe2 Rfc8 20. a4 Qc4 21. Be1 Bb4 22. b3 Qxe2 23. Ndxe2 Rd8 24. Nd4 Rac8 25. Rac1
Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke8 27. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22 play-off"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. Ne2 (10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Nf3) 10... Nc6 (10... c4 11. Bc2
Nc6) 11. dxc5 d4 12. exd4 Nxd4 13. O-O (13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qxd4 Re8 15. Qe3 Bg4
16. Qxe7 Rxe7 17. f3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rae8 19. O-O Rxe2 20. Rf2 Re1+ 21. Rxe1
Rxe1+ 22. Kg2 Rc1 23. b4 a5) 13... Bg4 14. f3 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Qxc5+ 16. Qf2
Qxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Be6 18. Be4 Rab8 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Kf8 22. a3
Ke7 23. Kf2 b6 24. Rc2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22 play-off"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Bf4 Bh5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15.
Rfc1 a6 16. Qe3 Qb6 17. Nd2 Rec8 18. Nb3 Be7 19. Qh3 Bg6 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qd3
Qb4 22. Bd2 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 (23. Nxc1 Qb6 (23... Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qa3 25. Qxa3 Bxa3
26. Rxb7 Rc8 27. Nb3 Rb8)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22 play-off"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Rab1 a5 14. Qc2 Bf8
15. a3 Nb6 16. Ne5 Nfd7 17. Nd3 Nc4 18. Rbd1 f5 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20. Bh2 Qf7 21. a4
Rac8 22. Nb1 Qe7 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Ra8 25. Qc2 Nb8 26. Ne5 Qe6 27. Qb3 Bb4
28. Re2 Na6 29. Kh1 Re7 30. Rc1 Bd6 31. Nd3 Bxh2 32. Kxh2 Qd6+ 33. g3 Nb4 34.
h4 Nxd3 35. Qxd3 Qb4 36. Ra1 h5 37. Rc2 Ra6 38. Kg2 Rb6 39. Ra2 Qd6 40. Rc5 Ra6
41. Ra3 Qe6 42. Ra1 Qe4+ 43. Qxe4 fxe4 44. Rb1 Rf7 45. b3 Kf8 46. Rf1 Rf3 47.
Rb1 Ke7 48. b4 axb4 49. Rxb4 b5 50. Rc2 (50. axb5 Ra2 51. bxc6 Rfxf2+ 52. Kg1)
50... bxa4 51. Ra2 a3 52. Rb3 Rf8 53. Rbxa3 Rxa3 54. Rxa3 Kd6 55. Ra7 Rf6 56.
Ra8 Ke7 57. Rg8 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22 play-off"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bd2 (13. Nxd5) 13... c5
14. Rfd1 cxd4 15. Nxd5 Bxd2 16. Qe4 (16. Rxd2 exd5 17. Bf5) 16... g6 (16... Bg6
17. Qxd4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nb6 19. Nf6+) 17. g4 (17. Rxd2 Bxf3 (17... exd5)) 17...
exd5 18. Qxd4 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 Bh6 20. Bb5 Nc5 21. Bc4 Qc8 22. Qxc8 Raxc8 23. Rxd5
Rfd8 24. Rad1 Rxd5 25. Bxd5 Kf8 26. Rd4 Rd8 27. b4 Na6 (27... Na6 28. Bxb7 Rxd4
29. Nxd4 Nxb4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22 play-off"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nd2 Bg7 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. b3
c5 9. Bb2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 dxc4 11. bxc4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Rfd1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Rb8 17. c5 Be6 18. Ra4 a6 19. Rb1 Rfd8 (19... Rfc8
20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Bxb7 Rxc5 22. Bxa6) 20. h4 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxa6 Rxc5
23. Ra7 Rc2 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. a4 Ra2 26. f3 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22 play-off"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. h3 O-O 10. Nh4 Be4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. Qc2 Nef6 14. a5 a6 15.
e4 e5 16. Ra4 c5 17. d5 Qd8 18. Bd2 Bxd2 19. Nxd2 Ne8 20. Be2 Nd6 21. Rfa1 g6
22. R4a3 Qh4 23. Rg3 f5 24. Qa4 Rad8 25. exf5 Qxa4 26. Rxa4 Nxf5 27. Rc3 Nd4
28. Bf1 Rf4 29. Rac4 Nb5 30. Re3 (30. Rxf4 exf4 31. Rc4) 30... Rd4 31. Rc2 Kg7
32. Bc4 Nd6 33. Bb3 Nf5 34. Rec3 Rb4 35. Rc4 Rxc4 36. Rxc4 Nd6 37. Rc1 Rc8 38.
Ba4 Nf6 39. Re1 e4 40. f3 Nxd5 41. fxe4 Nb4 42. e5 Nb5 43. Nc4 Rc7 44. Nd6 Re7
45. Nxb5 Nd3 46. Re3 axb5 47. Bxb5 Nxe5 48. Kf2 Kf6 49. Rc3 Rc7 50. Ke3 Nf7 51.
Rd3 Ke7 52. Bc4 Ne5 53. Rc3 Nxc4+ 54. Rxc4 Kd6 55. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch22 play-off"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E89"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. d5
cxd5 9. cxd5 Ne8 (9... a6) 10. Qd2 f5 11. h3 (11. O-O-O) (11. Nc1) 11... Nd7
12. g3 Nb6 13. b3 f4 14. gxf4 exf4 15. Bd4 (15. Bxf4 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Rxf4 17.
Nxf4 Qh4+) 15... Nd7 16. h4 Ne5 17. Bg2 Bd7 18. Bf2 (18. O-O-O) 18... Rc8 19.
Nd4 Qa5 20. Rc1 Nc7 21. Rc2 Na6 22. O-O Nc5 23. Nce2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Nxe4 25.
fxe4 f3 26. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 27. Bxf3 Rxf3 28. Bxa7 Rh3 29. Bf2 Be5 30. Nd4 (30. Rc1
Rf8 31. Bd4 Bxd4+ 32. Nxd4 Rxh4 33. Rc7 Bh3 34. Re7) 30... Bg4 31. Be1 Re3 32.
Bf2 Rxe4 33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34. Bxe1 Rc1 (34... Rc1 35. Kf2 Bf6 36. Kg3 Rxe1 37.
Kxg4 Re4+) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 (7...
b6) 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. d3 Bb7 11. Ne1 Qc7 12. f4 Rfd8 13. Bf3 Rd7 14. Qe2
Rad8 15. a3 a6 16. Rb1 Ne8 17. Ba1 Ba8 18. Ne4 Qa7 19. g4 b5 20. g5 bxc4 21.
dxc4 Nd6 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23. Qb2 Bf8 24. Ng2 Na5 25. Qc3 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Qa8 27.
Rbf1 Rd1 28. R3f2 Nc6 29. f5 R8d3 30. Qc2 Qd8 31. fxe6 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 fxe6 33.
Qf2 Qe8 34. Nf4 Rxa3 (34... Rd8) 35. Bb2 Rb3 36. Nxe6 Bd6 37. Nxg7 Bxh2+ (37...
Qxe3 38. Qxe3 Rxe3 39. Nf5 Re6 40. Nh6+) 38. Kxh2 (38. Kh1) 38... Qb8+ 39. Kg1
Rxb2 40. Qf7+ Kh8 41. Rf2 (41. Qe8+) 41... Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. f4 (13. Qd3) 13...
Rac8 14. Ng3 Rfd8 15. Qf3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qc3 17. Rb1 Nb8 (17... Qc6 18. e4 Qc3)
18. f5 Nbd7 19. Bb2 Qa5 (19... Qb3 20. e4 Qxf3 21. Rxf3 Rc4) 20. fxe6 fxe6 21.
e4 Rf8 22. Qb3 Rce8 (22... Rfe8) 23. Bc3 Qg5 24. Bb4 Rf7 25. e5 a5 26. Be1 Ng4
27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Ne4 Qf4 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Ne3 31. Nd6+ Kf8 32. Nxe8 Kxe8
33. Rc1 Nd5 34. Rc6 Nf8 35. Rd6 Kf7 36. Bh4 b5 37. Ra6 b4 38. Rxa5 bxa3 39.
Rxa3 h6 40. Ra7+ Kg6 41. Kf2 Kh5 42. Rf7 Kxh4 43. Rxf8 g5 44. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Bd3 e5
9. d5 Nbd7 10. Nge2 Nc5 11. Bc2 h6 12. Be3 (12. Bxh6 Nfxe4 13. Nxe4 Qh4+) 12...
cxd5 13. cxd5 Kh7 (13... a5) 14. b4 Ncd7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Bb3 Bd7 17. Rfc1 Rc8
18. Qd3 Nh5 19. a4 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Ne4 Nf4 22. Qd2 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Nd7 24.
Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Rc1 Nxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Qd8 27. a5 Rf7 28. Ba4 Nf6 29. Bb6 Qf8 30. g4
Ng8 31. Be3 Bf6 32. Rf1 Bg5 33. Bxg5 hxg5 34. Bd7 Rf4 35. Be6 Qd8 (35... Qb8
36. Rxf4 gxf4 37. Qc2 Qa7+) 36. Rc1 Ne7 37. Qe3 Kg7 38. Kg2 Kf6 39. Rc2 (39.
Qa7) 39... Qb8 (39... Qe8) 40. Qb6 Rxe4 41. Rc8 Qxc8 (41... Qxc8 42. Bxc8 Nxc8
43. Qd8+ Ne7 44. Qf8#) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Qxe4 e5 10. Bd3 f5 11. Qe2 (11. Qxf5 Nf6 12. Qg5 e4 13. c5 Bc7) (11.
Qh4 Qxh4 12. Nxh4 e4) 11... e4 12. Ng5 (12. Bc2 O-O 13. O-O) 12... Bb4+ 13. Kf1
Nf6 14. c5 h6 15. Nh3 g5 16. Bc4 Qe7 (16... Qxd4 17. Be3 Qe5) 17. a3 Ba5 18. b4
Bc7 19. Bb2 Nd5 20. Qh5+ Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Ng1 Be6 23. Rc1 Rhd8 24. h4 g4
25. g3 Nf6 26. Ne2 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Nd5 28. Bc1 h5 29. Kg2 Ke6 30. Bg5 Rf8 31. Rb1
a6 32. a4 f4 33. gxf4 Bxf4 34. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 35. Nxf4+ Rxf4 36. Rc2 Rg8 37. b5 (
37. d5+ Kxd5 38. Rd1+ Ke5 39. Rd7 g3 40. fxg3 Rf3) 37... axb5 38. axb5 g3 39.
fxg3 Rf3 40. bxc6 bxc6 41. Kh2 Rgxg3 42. Rg2 Rxg2+ 43. Kxg2 Kd5 44. Rb8 Kxd4
45. Re8 Rf5 46. Kg3 Ke3 47. Ra8 Rxc5 48. Ra3+ Kd4 49. Kf4 Rc1 50. Ra4+ Kd5 51.
Ra8 Rg1 52. Rd8+ Kc4 53. Kxe4 Rg4+ 54. Ke5 Rxh4 55. Rd1 c5 56. Rc1+ Kb5 57. Kd5
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f4 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. e5 Nd5 8. O-O
Nxc3 9. bxc3 e6 10. Ng5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 h6 12. Nxf7 (12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3) 12...
Kxf7 13. f5 dxe5 (13... Kg8 14. fxe6 Nxe5 15. Be3) 14. fxe6+ (14. Qh5+ Ke7 15.
fxe6 Kxe6 16. Rb1) 14... Kxe6 15. Rb1 Qxb1 (15... Qa6 16. Qg4+ Ke7 17. dxe5)
16. Qc4+ Kd6 17. Ba3+ Kc7 18. Rxb1 Bxa3 19. Qb3 Be7 20. Qxb7+ Kd6 21. dxe5+
Nxe5 22. Rd1+ Ke6 23. Qb3+ Kf5 24. Rf1+ Ke4 (24... Kg6 25. Qe6+ Bf6 26. Qf5+
Kf7 27. Qxe5) 25. Re1+ Kf5 26. g4+ Kf6 27. Rf1+ Kg6 28. Qe6+ Kh7 29. Qxe5 Rhe8
30. Rf7 Bf8 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Kf2 (32. Kf1) 32... Bc5+ 33. Kg3 Re3+ 34. Kh4 Rae8
35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qxc5 R8e6 (36... Rf3 37. Qxa7+ Kg6 38. Qg1 Ree3 39. Qg2 Rxc3
40. a4 Kg7 41. a5 Ra3 42. a6) 37. Qxa7+ Kg6 38. Qa8 Kf6 39. a4 Ke5 40. a5 Kd5
41. Qd8+ Ke4 42. a6 Kf3 43. a7 Re2 44. Qd3+ R6e3 45. Qxe3+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ng5 Bd4 12. Qd3 (12. Qc2) 12... g6 13. Qb3
Bf6 14. Qxd5 Nd4 15. Qxd8 (15. e4 Ne2+ 16. Kh1 Nxc1) 15... Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 Rxd8
17. Ne4 Be7 18. Be3 Nd4 (18... Be6) 19. Rad1 Nf5 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Rd1 Be6 22.
Bxa7 Bxa2 23. Nc3 Rxa7 (23... Bf6 24. Nb5 Bb3 25. Rd2 Re8 26. Bxb7 Bc4) 24.
Rxd8+ Kg7 25. Rb8 Bc4 (25... Nd6 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. Rxb7 Nxb7 28. Nxa2) 26. Bxb7
Ra1+ 27. Kg2 Bf1+ 28. Kf3 Re1 29. Rd8 h5 30. h4 Nh6 31. Bc8 f6 32. Rd7+ Nf7 33.
g4 Kf8 34. Rc7 Ne5+ 35. Kg3 hxg4 36. Bxg4 Ba6 37. Bd1 Ke8 38. f4 Nd3 39. Be2 f5
40. Kh2 Kf8 41. b3 (41. Ra7 Bc4 42. b4) 41... Nb4 42. Bf3 (42. Bxa6 Nxa6 43.
Rc6 Rc1 44. Rxa6 Rxc3 45. Rxg6 Rxb3 46. Rf6+ Kg7 47. Rxf5) 42... Re3 43. Kg3
Ke8 44. Kf2 Rd3 45. Ne2 Rd2 (45... Rxb3 46. Nd4 Nd3+ 47. Kg3 Ra3) 46. Rc3 Nc2 (
46... Bxe2 47. Re3+ Kf7 48. Rxe2 Rd4 49. Kg3 Rd3 50. Rb2 Kf6) 47. Rc6 Bb5 (
47... Bxe2 48. Re6+ Kf7 49. Rxe2) 48. Rc5 Nd4 49. Rxb5 Nxb5 50. Bc6+ Kf7 51.
Bxb5 Kg7 52. Bc4 Kh6 53. Ke3 Rb2 54. Nd4 Kh5 55. Bf7 Kh6 56. Nf3 Kh5 57. Ne5
Kxh4 58. Nxg6+ Kg3 59. Ne7 Kg4 60. Be6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. e4 c5 10. Ne1 Nd7 11. Nd3 f5 12. f3 Kh8 13. Be3 Ng8 14. Qd2 Ndf6 15.
Rae1 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Bd7 18. Rb1 a5 19. b3 Qc7 20. Nf2 Nf6 21. a3
b6 22. Rfc1 Ng4 23. Nxg4 Bxg4 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Ra3 26. Rb2 Rfa8 27. bxc5
bxc5 28. Rcb1 Ra1 29. h3 Bc8 30. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 31. Kh2 Ra7 32. h4 Rb7 33. Rxb7
Qxb7 34. Qa5 Qd7 35. Bg5 Kg8 36. Qb6 Kf7 37. Qc6 Bf6 38. Bh6 Ke8 39. Bd2 h5 (
39... Kf7) 40. Bh3 Qxc6 41. dxc6 Bg4 (41... Bxh3 42. Kxh3 Kd8 43. Ba5+ Kc8 44.
c7 Bg7 45. g4 Bf6 46. g5 Be7 47. Kg3 Bf8 48. Kf3 Be7 49. Ke3 Bf8 50. Kd3 Be7
51. Kc2 Bf8 52. Kb3 Kb7 53. Ka4 Be7 54. Kb5 Bxg5 55. hxg5 h4 56. Be1 h3 57. Bg3
Kxc7) 42. Ba5 (42. Bxg4 hxg4 43. Ba5) 42... Bg7 43. Bf1 Bh6 44. Bd3 Bc1 45. Bc2
Ba3 46. Ba4 Bb4 47. Bb6 Ke7 48. Bb5 Bc8 49. Kg1 Be1 50. Kg2 Ke8 51. Bc7 Ke7 52.
Kh2 Bf2 53. Ba5 Be3 54. Kg2 Bc1 55. c7 Be3 56. Kf3 Bc1 57. Ke2 Bb2 58. Bd2 Bd4
59. Be1 Bg4+ 60. Kd3 Bc8 61. Kc2 d5 62. cxd5 Kd6 63. Ba5 Bf2 64. Be8 Bxg3 65.
Bxg6 Bxh4 66. Bf7 Bf2 67. Be6 Ba6 68. c8=Q Bxc8 69. Bxc8 h4 70. Kd3 Bg3 71. Kc4
Bf2 72. Bh3 Bg3 73. Bd8 Bf2 74. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 (11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5) 11... d6 12. Bf4
Rd8 (12... e5) 13. e5 dxe5 14. Rxe5 Qxc3 15. Re3 Qa5 16. Be5 Ba6 17. Rc1 Qc5
18. Qe2 (18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qg4+ Kf8 20. Qh4 Ke7 21. Qxh7 Rh8 22. Qe4) 18... Rd7
19. Rg3 Ne8 20. Qe4 f5 21. Qe2 Rad8 22. Rc3 Rxd3 23. Rgxd3 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Qxc4
25. Bd4 e5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qe2 a6 10. Rad1 Qc7 11. Bb3 (11. h3) 11... b5 12. a3 Na5 13. f4 (13.
Ba2) 13... Bb7 14. Bf2 Nxb3 15. cxb3 (15. Nxb3 d5 16. e5 Ne4) 15... Rac8 16.
Rd3 Qd7 17. Rh3 (17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Nf5) 17... Rxc3 18. bxc3 (18.
Rxc3 Nxe4 19. Rc2) 18... Nxe4 19. Be1 f5 20. Rd3 (20. Qh5 Nf6 21. Qe2) 20...
Bf6 21. Qa2 Rc8 22. Kh1 h6 23. h3 Kh7 24. Kh2 g5 25. fxg5 Bxg5 26. Qe2 Bf6 27.
g3 Ba8 28. Qh5 (28. Qe3) 28... Rg8 29. Bd2 (29. Rg1 Rg6 30. Rd1) 29... Nxd2 30.
Rxd2 Be5 31. Rd3 Rg5 (31... Qb7 32. Qe2 f4) 32. Qe2 Qg7 33. Qe1 (33. Nxe6 Rxg3
34. Nxg7 Rg2+) (33. Qf2 Qg6 34. Ne2 Qh5 35. Qa7+ Kg6 36. Ng1 Be4) 33... Qg6 34.
Ne2 f4 35. Rdf3 fxg3+ 36. Nxg3 Bxf3 37. Rxf3 Rxg3 38. Rxg3 Qxg3+ 39. Qxg3 Bxg3+
40. Kxg3 Kg6 41. Kf4 Kf6 42. Ke4 Kg5 43. c4 bxc4 44. b4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bg5 (6. Qb3) 6... Be7 7.
h4 Nf6 8. Qc2 O-O 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Ne5 c4 12. Be2 Bb4 13. Bf3 Nb6 14.
Ke2 Be6 15. h5 Be7 16. Rag1 Ne8 17. Bxe7 (17. h6 g6 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. g4 Nc7)
17... Qxe7 18. g4 Qg5 (18... f6 19. Ng6 hxg6 20. hxg6 Nc7 21. Rh7 Rfd8 22. Rgh1
Kf8 23. Rh8+ Bg8 24. R1h7 Ne6) 19. Rh2 f6 20. Ng6 hxg6 21. hxg6 f5 22. Qb1 Nd6
(22... Qxg6 23. g5 Bd7 24. Rh6 gxh6 25. gxh6 Kh7 26. Rxg6 Kxg6 27. Qg1+ Kxh6)
23. Rh5 Qxg6 24. gxf5 Qf6 (24... Qf7 25. Rgh1 Qf6 26. Rh8+ Kf7 27. fxe6+ Kxe6
28. R8h3) 25. Rg6 Bxf5 26. Rxf6 Bd3+ (26... Bxb1 27. Rxd6 Bd3+ 28. Ke1 Rxf3 29.
Rxb6) 27. Ke1 Rxf6 28. Qd1 Raf8 29. Nxd5 R6f7 (29... Rxf3 30. Ne7+) 30. Nf4 Bh7
31. Bg4 Rf6 32. Be6+ Kh8 33. Qg4 Rxf4 34. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nh4
exd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Bxf7+ (11. Qd5 Qxh4 12. Qxf7+) 11... Kxf7
12. Qd5+ Be6 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. O-O Ne5 15. Nf5 g6 16. Qh3 gxf5 17. exf5 Bc4 18.
f4 Nd7 19. Rf3 Bg7 20. Nc3 Nf6 21. Be3 c5 (21... Qe8 22. Rc1 Qh5) 22. Bf2 b5
23. Bh4 b4 24. Ne4 Bd5 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Re1 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Rh7 28. Rg3+ Rg7 29.
Rg6 Rxg6 30. fxg6 Qf8 (30... Qe7 31. Qxh6 Bg7 32. Qh7+ Kf8) 31. Qd7 Bg7 32. Ng3
Rd8 33. Qg4 Re8 34. Rd1 Bxa2 35. f5 c4 36. h4 d5 37. Rf1 Bf6 38. Qd1 d4 (38...
c3 39. bxc3 bxc3 40. Qa4 Bc4) 39. Qa4 Bb3 40. Qc6 Qe7 41. Nh5 Rf8 42. Qd5+ Kh8
43. Nxf6 Qxf6 (43... Rxf6 44. Qxd4 Ba4 45. Rf4 Bc6) 44. Qb7 Qg7 45. Qxb4 Kg8
46. h5 Qd7 (46... Qc7 47. f6 Qe5 48. g7 Rf7 49. Rf5 Qg3 50. Rf3 Qe5 51. Rf5)
47. f6 Qg4 48. f7+ Kg7 49. Qc5 Qh4+ 50. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. f3
Nc6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. e4 Ne8 12. Ng3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. f4 Nxc4 15.
f5 f6 16. a4 (16. Rf4) 16... e5 17. Bxc4+ Rxc4 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. Qb3 d5 20. Ba3
Rf7 21. Rad1 (21. Rfd1 Qa8) 21... Rfc7 (21... Qd7 22. exd5 Qxa4) 22. exd5 Bxd5
23. Bb2 (23. Rfe1 Qa8 24. Rxe5) 23... R7c5 24. f6 Nxf6 25. Bxe5 Rc2 26. Bxf6
Rxg2+ 27. Kh1 Rd2+ 28. Ne4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Qe8 30. Qg3 (30. Rxd5 Qxe4+ 31. Kg1
Qxd5) 30... Qxe4+ 31. Kg1 Qh1+ 32. Kf2 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 c6 8. Qc2
Na6 9. a3 Nc7 10. Rd1 Kh8 11. d5 Bd7 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. h3 Ne6 14. b4 a5 15. Rb1
axb4 16. axb4 Qc7 17. e3 Nd8 18. Bd2 Nf7 19. Rdc1 e5 20. b5 e4 21. Ne1 (21. Nd4
) 21... Ne5 22. bxc6 Bxc6 23. Nb5 Qd7 24. Nd4 Ba4 25. Qb2 Rfc8 26. Bf1 Qf7 27.
Nb5 Bxb5 28. cxb5 Nfd7 29. Qb3 Qe7 30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 31. Bb4 Nc5 32. Qd5 Ned7 33.
Ng2 Nb6 34. Qd1 Be5 35. Nf4 Qf7 36. h4 Qa2 37. Rc1 Qa4 38. Qxa4 Ncxa4 39. Rc6
Kg8 40. Bc4+ Kf8 41. Rxc8+ Nxc8 42. Nd5 Nc5 43. b6 Ne7 44. Nxe7 Kxe7 45. Bd5
Kd7 46. Bg8 Ne6 (46... h6 47. Bf7 g5 48. Bd5) 47. b7 d5 48. Bxh7 Nd8 49. Bc3
Bb8 50. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e3 Re8 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O Bf8 8. d3
d6 9. a3 Bd7 10. h3 Qc8 11. Kh2 Nd8 12. f4 c6 13. e4 exf4 14. gxf4 Qc7 15. Ng3
Kh8 16. b3 Ng8 (16... Ne6 17. Be3 c5) 17. Bb2 (17. f5) 17... f6 18. Qh5 g6 19.
Qf3 Bg7 20. f5 Nf7 21. Rad1 Ng5 22. Qf2 gxf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 d5+ 25. Kh1
dxc4 26. bxc4 Rad8 27. Ne2 Qb6 28. Bc3 Qe3 29. Nf4 Nh6 30. Qa5 Rd7 31. Qb4 Nhf7
(31... Ne6 32. Rf3 Qc5 33. Nxe6 Qxb4 34. axb4 Rxe6) 32. Rde1 Qb6 33. Qxb6 axb6
34. h4 Ne5 (34... Ne6 35. Nxe6 Rxe6 36. Bh3) 35. hxg5 fxg5 36. Nh5 Rxd3 37. Ba1
Rd6 38. Nxg7 Kxg7 39. Rf5 Rde6 40. Rxg5+ Kh6 41. Rxe5 Rxe5 42. Bxe5 Rxe5 43.
Rb1 b5 44. cxb5 cxb5 45. Rc1 Kg5 46. Rc7 h5 47. Rxb7 Kh4 48. Kh2 Rc5 49. Rf7
Rc3 50. Rf3 Rc2 51. Rf4+ Kg5 52. Rf5+ Kg4 53. Rxb5 Rc3 54. a4 h4 55. Rf5 Ra3
56. Bf3+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. h3 e5 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. O-O Qe7 10. Qc2 (10. d5) 10... Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5 (11... Nxe5 12. Rad1
Be6) 12. Rad1 Nh5 13. Rd2 Nf4 14. Rfd1 Nxe2+ 15. Rxe2 Nf8 16. Na4 Ne6 17. Red2
f5 (17... c5) 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Qxf5 Nf4 20. Qg5 Qf8 21. Rd8 h6 22. Rxe8 Qxe8
23. Qd8 Bf5 24. Qxe8+ Rxe8 25. b3 Be4 (25... Ne2+ 26. Kf1 Nd4) 26. Ne1 b6 (
26... Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nd4 28. Nc5) 27. Rd7 Ra8 28. Nc3 Bg6 29. Rc7 Be8 30. Nf3 Ne6
31. Re7 Bf7 (31... Nd4 32. Ne4 (32. Ne1 Kf8 33. Rb7 Ne6 34. Nd3 Nd8 35. Rc7 Ne6
) 32... Nxf3+ 33. gxf3 c5) 32. Ne4 Kf8 33. Rb7 Be8 34. Nd6 Bg6 35. Nh4 Bb1 36.
Nhf5 Bf6 37. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E75"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 h6
9. Bd2 exd5 10. exd5 Bf5 (10... Re8) 11. O-O Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qc1 Kh7 14.
Ne1 (14. Bc3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd7 16. Re1) 14... Re8 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. Qc2 Qh4 17.
Rc1 (17. g3 Qe7 18. f3 Bxd3 19. Nxd3 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Qf6 21. a4) 17... b5 18. Bxe4
Qxe4 19. cxb5 (19. b3) 19... Qxd5 20. Qd3 (20. a4 Re2 21. Rd1 Nf6 22. Nf3)
20... Nb6 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. Nd3 Reb8 23. a4 (23. b4 cxb4 24. Nxb4 Rxb5 25. Nxd5
Rxd5 26. Rfd1) 23... a6 24. bxa6 Rxa6 25. Rc4 Rb3 26. Nf4 Rxb2 27. Nxd5 Rxd2
28. Nc7 Rc6 29. Nb5 d5 30. Rf4 f5 31. g4 c4 32. gxf5 gxf5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O
Be7 (8... Nb6) 9. Nbd2 (9. Qe2) 9... dxe5 10. dxe5 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nd4 12. Nxd4
Qxd4 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Rd1 Bc6 15. Nc4 Qe4 16. Qxe4 Bxe4 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Be3
Bc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rac1 Ra5 21. Rd6 Ke7 22. f3 (22. Rcd1) 22... Bc6 23. Kf2
c4 24. Bxc4 Rxe5 25. Rd2 g5 26. Re2 Rxe2+ 27. Bxe2 Rd8 28. Rd1 Ra8 29. a3 Ra4
30. Rc1 Kd6 31. Rc4 Rxc4 32. Bxc4 Kc5 33. Bd3 f5 34. Ke3 f4+ 35. Kd2 h5 36. Kc3
g4 37. b4+ Kd6 38. Be2 (38. fxg4 hxg4 39. g3 f3 40. Kd2 e5 41. Bf5 Bd7 42. Be4
b5 43. Ke3) 38... h4 39. h3 g3 40. Kd2 e5 41. Ke1 e4 42. fxe4 Bxe4 43. Kf1 Bc6
44. b5 Bd5 45. a4 b6 46. Bd1 Kc5 47. Kg1 Kb4 48. Kf1 Kc5 49. Kg1 Kd6 50. Kf1
Ke5 51. Kg1 Bc4 52. Kh1 Be6 53. Kg1 f3 54. Bxf3 Bb3 55. a5 bxa5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. e3 Bg7 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Qa5 13. e4 Nbd7 14. Ne6 fxe6
15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Bxd7 b4 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. Nd5 (18. Na4 Qe5 19. Rac1) 18... f5
19. Nf4 Qe5 20. Ne6 Rf7 21. Ng5 (21. Rac1) 21... Re7 22. Qc4 fxe4 23. Nf7+ Rxf7
24. Qxf7 e3 25. fxe3 (25. Bh3) 25... Rf8 26. Qb3 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Rf2
29. Bg4 Qh4 30. Bh3 Be5 31. Rd8+ Qxd8 32. Qe6 Rxh2+ 33. Kg1 Qg5+ 34. Kf1 Qxe3 (
34... Rh1+ 35. Kf2 Rxa1) 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Qe7+ Kh6 37. Qf8+ (37. Qh4+ Kg7 38.
Qe7+) 37... Bg7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 Rc8 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 (13...
Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxf6) 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bxe7 (15. Qxd5 Nb4 16. Qd2 Qxc2+
) 15... Nxe7 16. Bd3 O-O 17. Qg5 Bb5 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Nd4 Ng6 20. c3 b4 (20...
Qxe5 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Nf5 Rcd8 23. Ne7+) 21. cxb4 Nxe5 22. Rc1 Nc4 23. b3 h6 (
23... Na3+ 24. Kb2 Qb6 25. Nf5 Qf2+ 26. Ka1 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1) 24. Qg4 Nd2+ 25.
Kb2 Qb8 26. Qg3 Qxg3 27. hxg3 Rfd8 (27... Ne4 28. Rhd1 Nxg3) 28. b5 Ne4 29.
Rhe1 g6 30. a4 Kf8 31. b6 Ra8 (31... Nxg3 32. Rc7 Ne4 33. Nb5 Rb8) 32. Rc7 Rd6
(32... Nd6 33. Nb5 Nxb5 34. axb5 Rd6 35. Rxb7 d4) 33. Rf1 f5 34. Rxb7 Nc5 35.
Ra7 Re8 36. a5 Re4 37. Rd1 Ke8 38. b7 Rd8 39. Nc6 Re2+ 40. Ka3 Re3 41. Nxd8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. h3 Rc8 11. Nd5 Ne5 (11... Nxd5) 12. Nd4 Nc6 13. Ne2 Ne5
14. Nef4 Nxd5 15. exd5 Qb6 16. c3 Rfe8 17. Re1 Qa6 18. a4 Qa5 19. Ne2 b5 20. b4
Qc7 21. a5 (21. f4 Qb6+ 22. Kh2 Nc4 23. axb5 Bxb5 24. Nd4) 21... Bf5 (21... Qc4
22. Be3 Nd3 23. Rf1 Nb2 24. Qd2 Na4) 22. Be3 (22. g4 Bd3 23. f4 Bxe2 24. Qxe2
Nc4 25. Qd3) 22... Nd3 (22... Nc4 23. Bd4) 23. Rf1 Nb2 24. Qb3 Nc4 25. Bf4 (25.
Bd4 Nd2) 25... Qd7 26. Kh2 Bd3 27. Rfe1 Ne5 28. Nd4 Bc4 29. Qd1 Nd3 30. Re3
Bxd4 31. cxd4 Nxb4 32. Qd2 Nxd5 33. Bxd5 Bxd5 34. Rae1 Rc7 35. g4 Qc8 36. Kg3
Rc2 37. Qb4 Qb7 38. Bxd6 e6 39. Bc5 Qc7+ 40. Bd6 Qc6 41. Be5 Rc4 42. Qd2 Rc2
43. Qb4 Qc4 44. Qd6 Qa2 45. Rf1 Qxa5 46. h4 Qd8 47. Ra1 Qxd6 48. Bxd6 Rd8 49.
Bb4 Rc4 50. Bc5 b4 51. Bxa7 (51. Rxa7 b3 52. Rxb3 Rxc5 53. dxc5 Bxb3) 51... Ra8
52. Ra5 Rc6 53. Re1 b3 54. Ra3 b2 55. Rb1 Rc7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qe7 7. e3 b6 8.
Nf3 Bb7 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. h3 h4 (13... O-O-O)
14. Bh2 Rg8 15. f3 Nh5 16. c5 f5 (16... bxc5 17. Qa4 Kf8 18. Qb5) 17. Qa4 dxc5
18. Bxc7 Rc8 19. Be5 a6 20. Bxa6 Ra8 21. Nc4 Bxa6 (21... Rxa6 22. Qb5 Ra7 23.
Bb8 Ba6) 22. Nxb6 Kf7 23. Qxd7 Qxd7 24. Nxd7 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 cxd4 26. Bxd4 Ke7
27. Ne5 Rgc8 (27... Ra4) 28. a4 Ng3+ (28... Nf6) 29. Ke1 Rab8 30. Nd3 g4 31. a5
gxh3 32. gxh3 Rg8 33. Kf2 f4 34. e4 Rb3 35. a6 Ra8 36. a7 Nh5 37. Ra5 Nf6 38.
Rg5 Ne8 39. Nxf4 Rb2+ 40. Ke3 Ra2 41. Rg6 Nc7 42. Be5 Ne8 43. Rxe6+ Kd7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Nxc6 (10. Bxf6 gxf6) 10... Bxc6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. e5 dxe5
13. fxe5 Nd7 (13... Nd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Be4 (15. Qf4 Nc5)
15... Nxe5 (15... Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe5) 16. Bxc6+ (16. Qf4 Bxe4 (16... f6 17.
Qxe5) 17. Qxe5) 16... Nxc6 17. Nd5 Qb7 18. Qc3 (18. Qe3 O-O 19. Nf4) 18... exd5
19. Rhe1+ Kf8 20. Rxd5 h5 21. Red1 Rh6 22. Rg5 Rh7 23. Rc5 b4 24. Qg3 Rh6 25.
Rg5 Qb8 26. Qf2 Qe8 27. Re1 Qd7 28. Rf5 Re8 29. Rf1 Re7 30. Qc5 Kg8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. b3 d6 6. Bb2 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. O-O
Nxe5 (8... Nc6) 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nc3 Nd7 (10... Nc6) 11. Qd2 Nf6 (11... c6 12.
Rad1 Qa5 13. Nd5 Qc5 14. Ne3) 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Bf5 15.
Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bc6 Bxc2 17. Rc1 Bf5 18. Nb5 Bh6 19. Rc4 Be6 20. Ra4 Rd8 21. Bxe5
Rd1+ 22. Kg2 Rc1 23. Bf3 Nd5 24. Nd4 Bg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rxa7 Kf6 27. Nxe6
fxe6 28. Ra5 Nc3 29. a4 e5 30. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Be4 (9... Ne4) 10. Ra2 Nc6 11. Ne5 Na5 12. Be2 (12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13.
Qd3 f5 14. f3) 12... d6 13. Nf3 Rc8 14. Nd2 Bg6 (14... cxd4 15. exd4 d5) 15.
Bb2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bc1 Bg6 (17... cxd4 18. Qxd4 f5) 18. d5 Qe7 19. Rd2
Rcd8 20. f3 exd5 21. Rxd5 f6 22. e4 Bf7 23. Bf4 Bxd5 24. cxd5 c4 25. g4 b5 26.
Rf2 Nb3 27. Rg2 Nc5 28. Be3 a6 29. Qe1 Nd7 30. Bd4 Ne5 31. Qg3 g5 32. Bf1 Rf7
33. Rb2 Rg7 34. Be2 Qe8 35. Kf2 h5 36. h3 hxg4 37. hxg4 Rh7 38. Rb1 Rh6 39. Ke3
Rd7 40. a4 Rdh7 41. axb5 axb5 42. Ra1 Rh3 43. Qg1 R7h4 44. Qb1 Nxg4+ 45. Kd2
Ne5 46. Bxe5 Qxe5 47. Qxb5 Rxe4 48. Ra8+ Kg7 49. Qd7+ Qe7 50. Qxe7+ Rxe7 51.
Bxc4 Rxf3 52. Rd8 g4 53. Rxd6 g3 54. Rd8 Rf2+ 55. Kd3 g2 56. d6 Rf3+ 57. Kd2
Rf2+ 58. Kd3 Rf7 59. Bxf7 Kxf7 60. Rd7+ Kg6 61. Rd8 Kh7 62. Rg8 Kxg8 63. d7
g1=Q 64. d8=Q+ Kg7 65. Qd7+ Kh6 (65... Kh6 66. Qh3+ Kg6) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 (11. h4) 11... Qxe7 12. Nf3 Nb6 13. Bd3
Bd7 14. Qe1 f5 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. g3 Rfc8 (16... Rae8) 17. Kb1 Nb4 18. Ne5 Nc6 (
18... Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Rc7) 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. f5 Nde5 (20... exf5 21. Nxd5 Qe5 22.
Qxe5 Ndxe5 23. Bxf5) 21. fxe6 Rd8 (21... Qxe6 22. Nxd5) 22. Rf1 Qe7 (22... Qxe6
23. Bf5) 23. Bf5 d4 24. Ne4 Rd5 (24... Nc4 25. h4 h6 26. Bh3) 25. Qe2 d3 26.
cxd3 Nd4 27. Qg2 (27. Qh5 g6 28. Qh4 Qxh4 29. gxh4) 27... Nxf5 28. Rxf5 Qxe6
29. Ng5 Qd7 30. Qe4 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Qxd3+ 32. Qxd3 Nxd3 33. Rd5 Nf2 (33... h6 34.
Rxd3 hxg5 35. Rd7) 34. Rd7 b6 35. Ne6 g6 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. Re7 Ng4 38. h3 Nf6
39. Kc2 a6 (39... Ng8 40. Rd7 Re8 41. Nf4 Re7) 40. Kd3 Nd5 41. Rd7 Nb4+ 42. Kd4
Nxa2 43. Ng5 Nb4 44. Nxh7 Ra7 45. Rxa7 Nc6+ 46. Kd5 Nxa7 47. Nf8 Kg7 48. Nd7 b5
49. b4 Nc8 50. Nb8 Ne7+ 51. Kc5 Kf6 52. Nxa6 Ke5 53. Nc7 Ke4 54. Nxb5 Kf3 55.
g4 Kg3 56. Nd6 Ng8 57. g5 Kh4 58. b5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3
Bf5 (8... Rb8) 9. Bb2 Qd7 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Nd5 g5 12. Nd2 Nc5 (12... Nf6 13. e4
Bh3) 13. b4 Ne6 14. Nb3 Bg6 15. Qd2 f5 16. a4 f4 17. b5 axb5 18. cxb5 Ncd8 19.
Rec1 Rb8 20. Nb4 Rf7 21. Bh3 (21. d5 Nf8 22. Bxg7 Rxg7 23. Qc3) 21... Bf5 22.
Bxf5 Rxf5 23. d5 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Ng7 25. Nd4 Rf6 26. Qc2 Ne8 27. Qb3 fxg3 28.
fxg3 Qh3 (28... Qg4) 29. Qe3 Nf7 30. Rf1 Ne5 31. Ne6 (31. Qxg5+) 31... Qxh2+
32. Kxh2 Ng4+ 33. Kg1 Nxe3 34. Rxf6 Nxf6 35. Nxc7 Ne4 36. a5 (36. Ne6 Nc3 37.
Nc6 Ra8) 36... Nxg3 (36... Rf8 37. Nd3 Nxg3 38. Kh2 Nxe2 39. Re1 Ng4+ 40. Kg2
Ne3+) 37. a6 bxa6 38. bxa6 Rf8 39. Re1 Ne4 40. a7 Rf2 41. a8=Q+ Kg7 (41... Kg7
42. Ne6+ Kh6 43. Qf8+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 (10... Nfd7 11. f5 Nxe5) 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Ne4 (12.
Bc4) 12... Qxa2 (12... h6) 13. Rb3 Qa1+ 14. Kf2 Qa4 (14... h6) 15. Bb5 (15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Rf8+ 18. Kg3 Nf6 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Be2) 15...
axb5 16. Nxb5 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 (17... Nxf6 18. Nbd6+ Bxd6 19. Nxd6+ Ke7) 18.
Re1 Ra6 (18... Nc6 19. Bxf6 Qxe4 20. Rxe4 Nxf6) 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Nxf6+ Kf7 21.
Rf3 (21. Ne4) 21... Qh4+ 22. Kf1 e5 23. Qd5+ (23. Nh5+ Kg6 24. Rg3+ Bg4 25. h3)
23... Be6 24. Nd7+ Kg6 (24... Ke7 25. Qc5+ Ke8 26. Qc8+ Ke7) 25. Nxe5+ Kg7 26.
Rg3+ Qxg3 27. Qxb7+ Nd7 28. hxg3 Rb6 29. Qc7 Bc5 30. Nxd7 Bc4+ 31. Re2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Playoff-1pl"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1956.02.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. d3 d4 10. Nbd2 Rb8 (10... Bg4) 11. a4 (11. cxd4 exd4 12. Nb3) 11... dxc3
12. bxc3 b4 13. Nc4 Bg4 14. Bb2 Bc5 15. Rad1 bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nd4 (16... Bd4 17.
Bd2 Nh5) 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nd7 20. Rb1 Qg5 21. Kh1 (21. Ne3 g6
22. Bb3) 21... g6 22. Ne3 Nc5 23. Nc4 Kg7 24. Qe2 Ne6 25. g3 Bc5 26. Rxb8 (26.
Qd2) 26... Rxb8 27. Kh2 Qf6 28. Kg2 h5 29. h4 Nd4 30. Qd1 Qe6 31. Qd2 Bb4 32.
Qd1 Be7 33. f4 exf4 34. Rxf4 f6 35. a5 Bd6 36. Rf2 Rb4 37. Qe1 c5 (37... Rxc4
38. dxc4 Bxg3 39. Kxg3 Qg4+ 40. Kh2 Qxh4+ 41. Kg2 Nxc2 42. Qe2 Qg5+) 38. Bd1
Be5 39. Qd2 (39. Qe3) 39... Nc6 40. Kh2 Bd4 41. Rg2 Ne5 42. Nxe5 Bxe5 43. Qe3
Rb1 44. Rd2 Bc3 45. Rc2 Rxd1 46. Qxc5 (46. Rxc3 Qa2+ 47. Kh3 Rh1#) 46... Be5
47. Qa7+ Qf7 48. Qxa6 Qd7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Playoff-1pl"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E74"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1956.02.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Bd2 a6
9. a4 e5 (9... e6) 10. g4 Ne8 11. h4 f5 12. h5 f4 13. g5 Qd8 (13... Rf7) 14.
Bg4 Nc7 15. Bxc8 Qxc8 16. Nf3 Nc6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Nh4 (18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Ra3
Ne6 20. Ne2 Qd8 21. Rd3) 18... Qe8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qg4 Rb8 21. Nd1 (21. O-O-O
) 21... Ne6 22. Ra3 Nd4 23. Rah3 Qf7 24. Bc3 Rfe8 25. R3h2 Qxc4 (25... d5) 26.
Nxg6 Re6 27. Bxd4 (27. Rh8+ Bxh8 28. Rxh8+ Kg7 29. Rxb8 f3 30. Nf4 exf4 31.
Qxf3 Qd5 32. Qh5 Qxe4+ 33. Kf1 Qd3+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. f3 Qe2+ 36. Nf2) 27...
Rxg6 28. Qf5 Qe6 29. Qxe6+ Rxe6 30. Bc3 d5 31. f3 Rb3 32. Rh3 c4 33. Kd2 Rg6
34. Rg1 d4 35. Ba5 Bf8 36. Rg4 Rd6 37. Kc2 Rd7 38. g6 Rdb7 39. Be1 c5 40. Rgh4
Bg7 41. Ba5 (41. Bd2 c3 42. bxc3 Ra3 43. Bc1) 41... c3 42. bxc3 Ra3 43. cxd4
exd4 44. Rxf4 Ra2+ 45. Kd3 Rb1 46. Rh1 Rxa4 47. Kc2 Rb5 48. e5 d3+ (48... Bxe5)
49. Kxd3 Rxf4 50. Bc3 Rxf3+ 51. Ke4 Rg3 52. Kf4 Rxg6 53. Ne3 Rb8 54. Nf5 Rf8
55. Rh5 Re8 56. Ke4 Rg1 57. Rh3 Bf8 58. Kd5 Rd1+ 59. Ke4 Rc1 60. Kd5 Rd1+ 61.
Ke4 Rd7 62. Nh6+ Bxh6 63. Rxh6 Rh7 64. Rg6+ Kf7 65. Rf6+ Ke7 66. Rc6 Kd7 67.
Rxc5 Rh6 68. Kd5 Rb6 69. Ba5 Rb5 70. Rxb5 axb5 71. e6+ Rxe6 72. Kc5 Re5+ 73.
Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch23"]
[Site "Playoff-1pl"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1956.02.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. b3 a6 7. Bb2 b5 8. Nbd2
Bb7 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Ne3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5
15. Qc1 h5 (15... Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Ng4 f5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Qd5) 16.
Bxe5 dxe5 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qd6 20. a3 f5 21. Rb1 e4 22. b4 Nd7
23. c4 bxc4 24. Qxc4 Ne5 25. Qc5 Qf6 (25... Qxc5 26. bxc5 Rab8) 26. d6 c6 27.
d7 Nd3 (27... Rad8 28. Rd6 Qe7 29. Rbd1 Rf6) 28. Rxd3 exd3 29. Bxc6 Rad8 30.
Rd1 h4 31. gxh4 Qxh4 32. Rxd3 f4 33. Qc4+ Kg7 34. Qc3+ Rf6 35. Bg2 f3 36. Bxf3
Qf4 37. Qc5 Kh6 38. Bg2 Rf5 39. Rh3+ Kg7 40. Qc3+ Qe5 41. Qd2 Rf4 42. Re3 Qa1+
43. Re1 Qf6 44. Bh3 Qg5+ 45. Kh1 Qf6 46. Re7+ Qxe7 47. Qxf4 Rf8 48. Qd2 Qh4 49.
Qe3 Qf6 50. Bg4 Rb8 51. h3 Rb6 52. Qc5 Rd6 53. a4 Rd2 54. a5 Rd4 55. Kg2 Kf7
56. b5 axb5 57. a6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. a4 bxa4 12. Bxa4 Nxa4 13. Qxa4 Bd7 14. Qc4 Qc8 15.
Nbd2 Qb7 16. Nf1 exd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. Ne3 c5 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Nf5 Be6 21. Qe2
Rfd8 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Bd2 Nd3 24. Red1 Bb3 25. Rdb1 Bc4 26. Qe3 Bb5 27. Bc3
Bc6 28. Nd2 Qh4 29. Rd1 Qf4 30. Qxf4 Nxf4 31. Be5 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 (32. Kh2) 32...
Bb5 33. Ke1 Re8 34. Bh2 Nd4 35. Rdc1 Bd3 36. Kd1 Bxe4 37. Nxe4 Rxe4 38. Ra3
Rae8 (38... Ne6) 39. Rxc5 Re1+ 40. Kd2 R8e2+ 41. Kd3 Rd1+ 42. Kc4 h6 43. Rd5
Rh1 44. Be5 Ne6 45. Rxa6 Rxf2 46. b4 Rc1+ 47. Bc3 Rxg2 48. b5 Rg3 49. Ra8+ Kh7
50. Rd3 Rxd3 51. Kxd3 Rb1 52. Rb8 Nc7 53. b6 Nd5 54. Bd4 Nxb6 55. Rxb6 Rh1 56.
Ke4 Rxh3 57. Kf5 Rf3+ 58. Kg4 Rf1 59. Kg3 Rd1 60. Be3 Rd5 61. Bc1 f6 62. Rb7
Kg6 63. Kf3 h5 64. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. Re1
Qg6 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Nc6 (11... e5) 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Bd2 e5 14.
dxe5 dxe5 15. Bc3 Bf5 16. Nh4 Bxh4 17. Rxh4 Rae8 18. Qe3 h6 (18... b6) 19. b4
Qf6 20. b5 Nd8 (20... g5 21. bxc6 gxh4 22. cxb7 hxg3 23. hxg3) 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22.
f4 (22. c5 c6 23. bxc6 Nxc6 24. f4) 22... exf4 23. Qd2 (23. Qxe8 Qb6+) 23...
Qb6+ 24. Bd4 Qg6 25. Qxf4 Kh7 26. Qxc7 Bb1 27. Be5 Ne6 28. Qd6 (28. Qa5 Ng5 29.
Qe1 Bc2 30. Qc3) 28... Qf5 29. Bf4 Ng5 30. Qb4 Be4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. Rf1 Re2
33. Qd6 Rxa2 34. Qd5 Qc2 35. c5 Rd8 (35... Ne4) 36. Bd6 Re8 (36... Re8 37. Kh1
Rb2 38. Bf4 Re2 39. g4 Rb1) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaac"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5
Bb7 9. e3 Be7 10. Be2 h6 11. Bh4 d5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. cxd5 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Bxd5
15. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 (7...
O-O 8. d3) 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. h3 Bb6 11. d4 Bb7 12. d5 Na5 13. Bc2 c6
14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nbd2 Ne7 18. Nf1 (18. a4) 18... Ng6
19. g3 Qe6 20. Ne3 (20. Kh2 Bc8 21. Ng1) 20... Qxh3 21. Rxd6 Bc5 22. Rxg6 (22.
Rd2 f5) 22... fxg6 23. Nxe5 Kh7 24. Rd1 (24. Qg4 Qxg4 25. N3xg4 Rad8 26. Nd3
Bb6) 24... Rxf2 25. Kxf2 (25. Qxf2 Rf8 26. Qe1 Rf1+ 27. Qxf1 Bxe3+) 25... Qh2+
26. Ke1 Qxg3+ 27. Kd2 Qxe5 28. Nd5 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Rxc4 Nd7 13. Bb1 e5 14. Qc2 f5
15. O-O (15. dxe5) 15... e4 16. Nd2 Nb6 17. Rc5 Be6 18. a4 Bd5 19. a5 Nd7 20.
Rc3 Qb4 21. Ra3 Rac8 22. Ba2 Nf6 23. Nc4 a6 24. Ne5 Qd6 25. Bxd5+ Nxd5 26. Rb3
Rc7 27. f3 f4 28. Nc4 Nxe3 29. Nxd6 (29. Nxe3 fxe3 30. Qc4+ Qd5 31. Qxd5+ cxd5
32. fxe4 e2 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Kf2) 29... Nxc2 30. fxe4 Nxd4 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32.
Nxb7 Rb8 33. Nc5 Rxb2 34. Rd1 Rb5 (34... Nb3 35. Nxb3 Rxb3 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Ra8
) 35. Nxa6 Rxa5 36. Rxd4 Rxa6 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 Qa5 7. Nge2 b5 8. Nc1
Qc7 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Nb3 a6 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Bb7 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. Qe3 e5
15. dxe5 dxe5 16. a4 Qb6 17. Kf2 Kc7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rhd1 Ra8 20. Rac1 Rhd8
21. g3 Qxe3+ 22. Kxe3 Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. Nd5 Na5 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. d3 Nxb3 12. axb3 c5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. Nd2 Qg5 16. Re3 f5 17. exf5 Bb7 18. Ne4 Qxf5 19. Qe2 Qe6 20. Re1 Rf4 21.
Qd2 Raf8 22. R3e2 b4 23. Rf1 Qg6 24. Re3 R8f7 25. Qe2 Qe6 26. Rg3 Kh7 27. h3
Rh4 28. Rg4 Rxg4 29. hxg4 (29. Qxg4) 29... Qe7 30. Re1 Rf4 31. f3 g6 32. Qe3
Qf8 33. Kh2 Kg7 34. Kg3 Bc8 35. Rh1 Qe7 36. Kf2 Bxg4 37. Kg1 Bh5 (37... d5 38.
Qxc5 Qxc5+ 39. Nxc5 Bc8) 38. g4 Bxg4 39. fxg4 Rxg4+ 40. Kf1 Rf4+ 41. Ke2 d5 42.
Nd2 g5 43. Rf1 Qd6 44. Rxf4 exf4 45. Qe8 g4 46. Kf2 a5 47. c3 bxc3 48. bxc3 Qf6
(48... Kf6 49. Qh5 Qe5 50. Qxh6+ Ke7 51. Qh7+) 49. Qd7+ Kh8 50. Qc8+ Kh7 51.
Qxc5 Qh4+ 52. Ke2 f3+ 53. Kd1 Qf6 54. Qxd5 Qxc3 55. Qf5+ Kh8 56. Qxg4 Qa1+ 57.
Kc2 Qa2+ 58. Kc1 Qa1+ 59. Nb1 Qf6 60. Qc8+ Kh7 61. Qc7+ Kg6 62. Qg3+ Kh5 (62...
Qg5+ 63. Qxg5+ Kxg5 64. d4 Kf4 65. Nd2 h5 66. Kc2 h4 67. Kd3 h3 68. Ne4 h2 69.
Nf2) 63. Kc2 Qf5 64. Nd2 f2 65. Qg2 Qf4 66. Nf1 a4 67. bxa4 Qxa4+ 68. Kd2 Qb4+
69. Ke3 Qe1+ 70. Kf3 Qd1+ 71. Ke4 Qa4+ 72. Ke3 Qa7+ 73. Ke2 Qa2+ 74. Nd2 Qe6+
75. Kxf2 Qb6+ 76. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 d5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Qf3
Nc6 9. a3 Bd6 10. Qg3 Ne7 11. Qh3 c5 12. b3 Ne4 13. Bb2 (13. f3 Ng5) 13... Nf5
14. Rfd1 cxd4 15. exd4 Rc8 16. Nef3 Qf6 17. c4 Bf4 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nf1 Rce8
20. g3 Bb8 21. Qg2 Rc8 22. Rac1 Bd6 23. Re1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qe7 25. b4 (25. a4)
25... a5 26. Ne5 (26. bxa5 Bxa3) 26... axb4 27. f3 bxa3 28. Ba1 Qg5 29. Re1
Nxd4 30. f4 Qe7 (30... Bc5 31. fxg5 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Nxe1 33. Bxe4 dxe4) 31. Bxd4
Bc5 32. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 33. Ne3 Ra8 34. Bxe4 a2 35. Bxh7+ Kxh7 36. Qc2+ Kg8 37. Qxc5
bxc5 38. Nc2 d4 39. Ra1 Be4 40. Ne1 f6 41. Nd7 Ra5 42. Nb6 (42. Nxc5) 42... Rb5
43. Rxa2 Rxb6 44. Ra8+ Bxa8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Rb1 f5 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bd2 h6 10. b4 Qe8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Qc1 e4 14. Ne1 Nxd5 15.
Bxh6 Nc3 16. Rb2 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 a5 18. dxe4 axb4 (18... fxe4) 19. exf5 Rxf5 20.
Rxb4 Qf7 21. Qd2 Nxa2 22. Rh4 Qf6 23. Nd3 Nc3 24. e4 Ra2 (24... g5 25. exf5
gxh4) 25. Qh6 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Rf3 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Nb4 Rxf2 29. Qh8+ Qxh8 30.
Rxh8+ Kg7 31. Rxc8 Rxf1+ 32. Bxf1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 d6 7. Bg5 Qa5+ 8. c3
cxd4 9. Bd3 dxc3 10. O-O Nc6 (10... cxb2) 11. Re1 Be6 12. bxc3 h6 13. Bh4 g5
14. Bg3 (14. Qb3 gxh4 15. Qxb7 Rc8 16. exd6) 14... Bg7 15. exd6 Bxc3 16. Rxe6+
fxe6 17. Bg6+ Kd7 18. Rb1 b5 19. Qe2 b4 (19... g4 20. Ne5+ Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Nxe5
22. Qxe5 Rhf8 23. Re1 Rf6 24. Bf7 Qxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Rxf7) 20. Bf7 Rae8 (20... Nd8
21. Bg6 Rg8 22. Ne5+ Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxg6 24. Qh8) 21. Rd1 d4 22. Bxe8+ Rxe8 23.
Qd3 Qf5 24. Qa6 (24. Ne5+ Nxe5 25. Qb5+ Kxd6 26. Qxe8) 24... e5 25. h3 Qc2 26.
Rf1 d3 27. Kh2 Kxd6 28. Qc4 d2 29. Qe2 Kc7 30. Rd1 a6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 d6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Bd2 c5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. h3 cxd4 11. exd4 Rc8 12. g4 Ne7 13. gxf5 Nxf5 14. d5 Nh5 (
14... g6 15. dxe6 Bxe6) 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Ng5 Bd7 17. Be4 Kh8 18. Bd5 Nf6 (
18... Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Nf6 20. Nf7+ Rxf7 21. Bxf7 Qf8) 19. Nf7+ Rxf7 20. Bxf7 Bc5
21. Qd3 Qf8 22. Bd5 Nd4 (22... Nxd5 23. Nxd5 b5) 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Be3 Bf5 25.
Qd2 Nc2 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Bg2 Nd4 28. Ne2 Ne6 29. Ng3 Bg6 30. Qd6 Qc8 31. Rhe1
Rb6 32. Qe7 Ng8 33. Qxa7 Rb4 34. b3 Nf4 35. Be4 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 Nxh3 37. Qd7 Qf8
38. Qxh3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. Qc2 h6 10. h3 Nc6 11. a3 Re8 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Nd4 c5 15.
Nf5 Qf8 16. Rae1 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Rc1 Rad8 19. Nc4 b5 20. Na5 c4 21. Rfd1
Bc8 22. Rd4 Nb6 23. Rcd1 Rxd4 24. exd4 Ng6 25. Ne3 Nf4 26. Bf3 Re6 27. Nc6 Bb7
28. Ne5 Bxf3 29. Nxf3 Nbd5 30. Nxd5 Nxd5 31. Qf5 Qd6 32. Ne5 Nf6 33. a4 a6 34.
axb5 axb5 35. Ra1 Qd5 36. Ra7 b4 (36... Re8 37. Qf4 Rf8) 37. Rc7 g6 38. Qf4 Qe4
39. Qxe4 Nxe4 40. Rxc4 b3 41. Rc8+ Kg7 42. Rc7 Rf6 43. f3 Ng3 44. Kf2 Nf5 45.
d5 Nd6 46. g4 Rf4 47. Ke3 Ra4 48. Rc6 Nb7 49. Rb6 Nc5 50. Rb5 Kf6 51. Nc6 (51.
d6 Kxe5 52. d7 Ra8 53. Rxc5+ Ke6 54. Rc8) 51... Rc4 52. h4 h5 53. g5+ Kf5 54.
Na5 Rc2 55. Nxb3 Nxb3 56. Rxb3 Ke5 57. Rb7 Kxd5 58. Rxf7 Rxb2 59. Rf6 Rh2 60.
Rxg6 Rxh4 61. Rf6 Rh1 62. Kf4 h4 63. Rh6 h3 64. Kf5 h2 65. f4 Kd4 66. g6 Kd5
67. g7 Rg1 68. Rxh2 Rxg7 69. Rd2+ Kc6 70. Kf6 Rg1 71. f5 Rf1 72. Ke6 Re1+ 73.
Kf7 Rf1 74. f6 Re1 75. Kg7 Rg1+ 76. Kf8 Rf1 77. f7 Rg1 78. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f5 Bh6 12. Qxh6 Qxc3+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2
Ke7 15. Rb3 Nd7 16. Rg3 Nc5 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rg7+ Kf8 20. Rg3 Kf7
21. Rf3 Rhg8 22. g3 Raf8 23. Rhf1 Ke7 24. Ke3 Be8 25. Rf4 Bg6 26. R4f2 Rf7 27.
Ne2 Rc8 28. Nf4 Rff8 29. g4 Nd7 30. Kd2 Be8 31. h3 Rg8 32. Rb1 Rc7 33. Ne2 Rg5
34. Nd4 Ra5 35. Rxb7 Rc8 36. Ra7 Rxa2 37. Rxa6 Rxa6 38. Bxa6 Rc7 39. Bd3 Nc5
40. Rf1 Ra7 41. Rb1 Ra4 42. Ke3 Bg6 43. Rb6 Ra1 44. Nb5 Bxe4 (44... Rh1 45.
Nxd6 Rxh3+ 46. Kd4 Nxd3 47. cxd3 Rg3) 45. Bxe4 Re1+ 46. Kf2 Rxe4 47. Nxd6 Rd4
48. Rc6 Rd5 49. Nc4 Kf7 50. Kf3 Nd7 51. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaac"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E57"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
cxd4 9. exd4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qa5 12. Qe2 Qxc3 13. Bd2 Qc2 14. Bd3
Qa4 15. Rfc1 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Bb4 Bd7 (17... Re8 18. Rd1 Qb6 19. Bb5 Rd8
20. Bc5 Qc7 21. Qe5 Qa5 22. Bd6) 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Bb5 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 (5... Nge7) 6. c4 dxc4 (
6... Qd7) 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Qa4 Ne7 9. Qxc4 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. a3 Bh5 12. b4
Rb5 13. e4 Bf4 14. a4 Rb6 15. Ba3 f5 16. Rfe1 Bf7 17. Rad1 e5 18. Qc5 Bxd2 19.
Nxd2 Bh5 20. f3 Qxd4+ 21. Qxd4 exd4 22. b5 Re8 23. Nc4 Rbb8 24. Na5 fxe4 25.
Bxe7 exf3 26. Nxc6 f2+ 27. Kxf2 Bxd1 28. Rxd1 Ra8 29. Rxd4 a6 30. Rd7 axb5 31.
axb5 Ra2+ 32. Kf3 Rb2 33. Nd4 Rd2 34. Bc5 Rd3+ 35. Kf4 g5+ 36. Kf5 Rd2 37. Kf6
Rxg2 38. Nf5 Rxh2 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Kf7 (40. Kf7 Ra8 41. Rg8+ Rxg8 42. Bd4+ Rg7+
43. Bxg7#) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qd3 Qe7 10. Rd1 a6 11. a4 Ba5 12. b3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 b6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Ba3 Bb7 16. Qe5 Rfc8 17. Nd4 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Rac1 Rac8 (19... Rd8) 20. a5
b5 (20... bxa5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Nxe6 Re5 (22... fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kf8 24. Bxc8
Rxc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Rd8+) 23. Nf4 Kf8) 21. Bxb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Rd7 23. Nd6
Nxb3 24. Nxc8 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 Rd3 26. Bb4 h5 27. h3 Nd5 28. Be1 Ra3 29. Nd6 Ba6
30. Ne4 Kh7 31. Nc5 Bb5 32. g3 Ra2 33. Rb1 Bc4 34. e4 Nc7 35. Rc1 Bb5 36. Nb7
Na6 37. Nd6 Bd3 38. Nxf7 Kg8 39. Ng5 Bc2 40. Nf3 Nc5 41. Nd4 Nd3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3
h6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Rfd1 Qc7 11. d5 Ng4 12. Bc1 Nf8 13. h3 Nf6 14. Be3 Bd7 15.
Rac1 c5 16. a3 Ng6 17. b4 b6 18. Rb1 Nh5 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Nb5 Qc8 21. Nxe5
Nxe5 22. Bxh5 a6 23. Nc3 Nxc4 24. Bc1 Bf6 25. Be2 Ne5 26. Na4 Rb8 27. Nb6 Qb7
28. Bf4 Bb5 29. Bxb5 axb5 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Rxb5 Bd4 (31... Qa6 32. Rdb1 Qxa3
33. Nc4 Qa7 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Rxb8+ Qxb8 36. Nxe5 dxe5 37. Qxc5 Qb1+ 38. Kh2
Qxe4 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. d6 Qf4+ 41. Kg1) 32. a4 Qe7 33. Nc4 Rbd8 34. Nd2 f5 35.
exf5 Qe2 36. Rf1 Re5 37. Rbb1 (37. f6 Rg5 (37... Rxd5 38. Qg6 Rg5 39. f7+ Kf8
40. Qh7 Kxf7 41. Rb7+ Ke6 42. Ne4) 38. Qe4 Qxe4 39. Nxe4 Rxd5 40. fxg7) 37...
Rf8 38. Qd1 Qxd1 39. Rbxd1 Rexf5 40. Nf3 (40. Nf3 Bf6 41. Rfe1 Rf4 42. Re6 Rd8
43. a5 Ra4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bg5 Qa5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
e3 Bb4 9. Qd2 Rg8 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Kf2 f5 14. g3 d6 15.
Be2 a5 16. Na4 Qc7 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Qc3 Ke7 19. h3 Bd7 20. g4 e5 21. Qxe5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 b5 11. Rhe1 b4 12. Nce2 Nc5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qe3 O-O
15. Ng3 a5 (15... e5 16. fxe5 Bxe5) 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Be7 18. Nh5 Ba6 19.
Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Kb1 a4 21. Nb5 (21. Qg3 g6 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. exf6 Qxg3 24. hxg3)
21... Qa5 22. Nd6 b3 23. cxb3 axb3 24. a3 Nd7 25. Nc4 (25. Qg3 g6 26. Nxf7 Bxa3
) 25... Qb5 26. Rd4 Rc8 27. Qd3 Rac6 28. Nd6 (28. Rg4 Nf8 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30.
Rxf7 Rxc4 31. Qe3 Ng6 32. Rxe7 Qc5) 28... Qxe5 29. Rd1 Bxd6 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31.
Qxd6 Qxh5 32. Qxd7 Qf5+ 33. Qd3 (33. Ka1 Qc5 34. Qd8+ Rxd8 35. Rxd8+ Qf8 36.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Kb1 e5 38. Kc1 e4 39. Kd2 f5) 33... Rd8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8.
Qe2 Qe7 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Rfd8 13. Rd1 Nf8 14. Bb2
Ng6 15. g3 Ba3 16. Bc3 Bb4 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1
Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 e5 8. Qc2 Nbd7
9. Nge2 Nf8 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Nxc3 Ng6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Bd3 Ne7 14. f4 exf4 15.
exf4 f5 16. O-O Nxg3 17. hxg3 O-O 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. Re2 Kh8 20. Rfe1 Ng8 21. Nd1
Qf6 22. Qc3 a6 23. Qxf6 Nxf6 24. Ne3 Ng8 25. b4 Rac8 26. Rb1 b5 27. cxb5 axb5
28. bxc5 Rxc5 29. Reb2 Re8 (29... Rb8 30. Bxf5 Bxf5 31. Nxf5 Rxd5) 30. Bxf5 (
30. Nxf5 Rxd5 31. Bxb5) 30... Rxe3 31. Bxd7 Rxg3 (31... Rxd5 32. Rxb5 Rxb5 33.
Rxb5 Nf6) 32. Rxb5 Rc2 33. Bh3 Rxa3 34. Rb8 Rxh3 35. gxh3 Rd2 36. Rd8 Kh7 37.
Rxd6 Ne7 38. Rd7 Nf5 39. Rb6 Ne3 40. Rbb7 Nf5 41. Rb6 Ne3 42. d6 Nf5 43. Kf1
Nd4 44. Ra7 Ne6 (44... Nf3 45. Ra3) 45. f5 Nc5 46. f6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
cxd4 9. axb4 dxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
f6 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Be3 e5 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Qd6 (18. Qf7 e4 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Ne6
) 18... Qc8 (18... Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Be8) 19. b5 (19. Ng5 fxg5 20. Bxg5 Be6 21.
Bxd8 Nxd8 22. Qf8+ Bg8 23. c5 a6 24. b5) 19... Bh3 20. Qa3 (20. bxc6 Rxd6 21.
Rxd6) 20... Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qg4 22. Ne1 Qxd1 23. gxh3 Qxe1+ 24. Kg2 Nd4 25. cxd4
exd4 26. Bf4 Qe4+ 27. Kg3 h5 28. Qd6 Kh7 29. Qd7 Re8 30. h4 Qg6+ 31. Kf3 Re1
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ng8 5. Bd3 b6 6. c3 Ne7 7. Ne2 Qd7 8. Nf3
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qd3 Nb8 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh7 Nbc6 13. Nxf8 Rxf8 14. b4 f6
15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Bf4 Ng6 17. Bg3 Nce7 18. O-O Nf5 19. c4 Nxg3 20. hxg3 dxc4
21. Qxc4 O-O-O 22. Rfc1 Rf7 23. a4 Kb8 24. a5 Qd5 25. axb6 cxb6 26. Qd3 Qf5 27.
Qe3 e5 28. Rc4 e4 29. Nc3 Ne7 30. Rc1 (30. Nxe4 Nd5 31. Qd3 Re7 32. Nc5 Qxd3
33. Nxd3 Rc7 34. Rxc7 Nxc7) 30... Nd5 31. Nxd5 Qxd5 32. Qc3 Qd7 33. Qc2 Re7 34.
b5 e3 35. fxe3 Rxe3 36. d5 Re7 37. Qd2 Kb7 38. Qb4 Rf7 39. Qa4 Kb8 40. Qa6 Rf6
41. Rc6 Rd6 42. Qa3 Rxd5 43. Rc7 Qxc7 44. Rxc7 Kxc7 45. Qxa7+ Kc8 46. Qa8+ Kc7
47. Qc6+ Kb8 48. Qxb6+ Kc8 49. Qc6+ Kb8 50. Qb6+ Kc8 51. Qc6+ Kb8 52. b6 R8d7
53. g4 R5d6 54. Qb5 Kb7 55. g5 hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E28"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Bd3 d6 8. Ne2
b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. d5 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Ng6 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. f4
Nxg3 16. Nxg3 e5 17. f5 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1
Ne8 9. a3 Nc7 10. b4 Ne6 11. h3 Ned4 12. d3 Rb8 13. Kh2 Bd7 14. Be3 Nxe2 15.
Nxe2 Nd4 16. f4 b5 17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. a4 Bd7 20. Qb3 Qb6 21. f5 g5
22. h4 h6 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Bf3 Be5 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. Rh1 Rh8 27. Bh5 Be8 28. Qa2
Rc8 29. Qd2 Bf6 30. b5 Rc5 31. a5 Qb7 32. b6 axb6 33. axb6 Bb5 34. Qa2 d5 35.
Bf3 Rxh1 36. Rxh1 Bxd3 37. Qa3 (37. e5 Bxe5 38. Qa3 g4 39. Qxd3 gxf3+ 40. Qxf3
Qxb6 41. Ra1) 37... dxe4 38. Qxd3 exf3+ 39. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 40. Kxf3 Rxf5+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Bb4 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qd3 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. f4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Bf3 (13. c4) 13... Nc5
14. Qe2 Na4 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Nb3 Ne7 17. Qf2 Rac8 18. Rfe1 Nxc3 19. Re3 Ne4 20.
Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nd4 Bc6 22. Bb4 Rfe8 23. Bd6 Qb6 (23... Qd7) 24. Rb3 Qa7 25. c4
Nf5 26. Nxc6 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Rxc6 28. c5 e3+ 29. Ke1 Nd4 30. Rb2 Rd8 (30... b6
31. cxb6 Nc2+ 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 33. Rb1 Rxg2 34. Rb3 g5 35. fxg5 Rc8 36. Bc7 Kg7
37. h4 h6 38. gxh6+ Kxh6 39. Rxe3) 31. Rd1 Nb5 32. Rb3 Nxd6 33. cxd6 Rc2 34.
Rxb7 Rxg2 35. Rd3 (35. Rdb1 Kf8 (35... Rg1+ 36. Ke2 Rxb1 37. Rxb1 g5 38. Kxe3)
36. Rd7 Rc8 37. Rc7 Rd8 38. Rbb7 f5 (38... f6 39. f5) (38... Rxh2 39. Rxf7+ Kg8
40. f5 exf5 41. e6) 39. Kf1 e2+ 40. Ke1 Kg8 41. h3 Kf8 42. a4 h6 43. h4 h5 44.
a5 Ra8 45. Rb6 Rh2 46. Rbc6 Ke8 47. d7+ Ke7 48. Rc8 Kxd7 49. R6c7#) 35... Rxh2
36. Rdb3 Rc2 37. Re7 Rd2 38. Rbb7 g5 (38... h5 39. Rxf7 Rg2 40. Kf1 e2+ 41.
Kxg2 e1=Q 42. Rxg7+) 39. Rxf7 gxf4 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Rxh7+ Kg8 42. Rbg7+ Kf8 43.
Rg4 f3 44. Rh8+ Kf7 45. Rh7+ Kf8 46. Rh8+ Kf7 47. Rf4+ Kg7 48. Rxd8 Re2+ 49.
Kf1 Rf2+ 50. Ke1 Re2+ 51. Kd1 Rd2+ 52. Kc1 f2 53. Rd7+ Kg8 54. Rdf7 e2 55. Kxd2
e1=Q+ 56. Kd3 Qd1+ 57. Ke3 f1=Q 58. Rxf1 Qb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Qa4 Qxa4 11. Nxa4 b6 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxb7
Rab8 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Bf3 Rfd8 18. b3 Ng7 19. e3 Kf8 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Qe2
(14. Qc2 h6 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rac1) 14... Bb7 15. Rfd1 Qa5 16. Qc2 h6 17. b4 Qe5
18. Re1 Qh5 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Nd5 21. a3 Rac8 22. Qd2 Rc6 23. Rac1 Rfc8 24.
Rc5 Qh4 25. g3 Qe7 26. Qd4 Qd7 27. Rec1 Rxc5 28. Nxc5 Qb5 29. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 a6 8. g4 b5
9. g5 Nh5 10. Nge2 e5 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. c5 dxc5 13. dxc5 Qa5 14. Qc2 (14. Qd6
Nb8) 14... Re8 (14... b4 15. Qa4) 15. Bh3 Nf8 16. Bg4 Bxg4 17. fxg4 Nf4 18.
Nxf4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Qb4 (19... Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qa3+) 20. Bd6 Ne6 21. e5 (21. h4
Nxc5 22. h5) 21... Nxg5 22. Rde1 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Qf4+ 24. Kb1 Rxe5 25. Qg2 Rae8
26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Qxc6 Qxg4 28. a3 Qf5+ 29. Ka1 Rxc5 30. Qxa6 Ne6 31. Rd1 Qe5
32. Rd7 Qxh2 33. Qa8+ Kg7 34. Qe8 Ng5 35. Rd8 Qg1+ (35... Qe5 36. Qf8+ Kf6 37.
Rd6+ Kf5) 36. Ka2 Kh6 37. Nxb5 (37. Ne2 Qf2 38. Qf8+ Kh5 39. Nf4+ Qxf4 40. Qxc5
) 37... Ne6 38. Nd4 Rc1 39. Nxe6 Ra1+ 40. Kb3 Qb6+ 41. Kc2 Qxe6 (41... fxe6 42.
Qf8+ Kg5 43. Qe7+ Kg4) 42. Qxe6 (42. Qxe6 fxe6 43. Rd1 Rxd1 44. Kxd1) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. c4 e5 8.
Qd3 Qc7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rfd1 Rd8 13. h3 Be6 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Rac1 Qb7 16. b3 Be7 17. Qe2 f6 18. Ne1 Bf8 19. Nc2 g6 20. Ne3 Qf7 21.
g4 Kg7 22. Kh2 Kh8 23. Rd3 Qb7 24. Rcd1 Be7 25. Na4 Qb4 26. Qc2 Kg7 27. Qc1
Rac8 28. Kg2 Bf7 29. Qd2 Qxd2 30. R1xd2 Be6 31. f3 Kf7 32. Kf2 Rh8 33. Kg2 h5
34. Rc2 hxg4 35. fxg4 Rcd8 36. Rf2 Rh7 37. Nc3 Rdh8 38. Nf1 Kg7 39. Ne2 Rh4 40.
Ng1 a5 41. Ne3 R4h7 42. a3 Rb8 43. Rb2 Kf7 44. b4 Bd7 45. Rdb3 a4 46. Rd3 Ke6
47. Rbd2 Bc8 48. Ne2 Bb7 49. Kg3 Rbh8 50. Ng1 Bf8 51. Rd1 Rd7 52. Nf3 Bh6 53.
g5 Bxg5 54. Nxg5+ fxg5 55. c5 Rhd8 (55... d5 56. Ng4 Rf8) 56. Rxd6+ Rxd6 57.
Rxd6+ Rxd6 58. cxd6 Ba6 59. Nd1 Kxd6 60. Nc3 c5 61. Nxa4 cxb4 62. axb4 Kc6 63.
Nc5 Bf1 64. Ne6 Kb5 65. Nxg5 Kxb4 66. Kf2 Bc4 67. Nf3 Be6 68. Ng5 Bc4 69. Kg3
Kc5 70. Nf3 Kd6 71. Kh4 Be6 72. Ng1 Bc8 73. Nf3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nh5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Be6 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qb4 Bf7 15.
Rfd1 e6 16. e4 Rb8 17. Qa3 b5 (17... Nc6) 18. b4 Nc4 19. Qxa7 Be8 (19... Re8
20. Bxc4 Ra8 21. Qc5 bxc4) 20. Bxc4 Rf7 21. Qa3 (21. Qa6 Rb6 22. Qa5 dxc4 23.
a4) 21... bxc4 22. exd5 exd5 23. Qb2 g5 (23... Rfb7 24. a3 Bc6) 24. Qd2 Rxb4 (
24... Rfb7 25. a3 Qd6) 25. Nxd5 Rb8 26. Ne3 Rc8 27. Rac1 Rfc7 28. Rc3 Bg6 29.
Rdc1 Bf7 30. d5 Bf8 31. a3 Bc5 32. Rxc4 Bxa3 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Qxc7 35.
Qd4 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qb2 37. Qe4 Bf8 38. Nd4 h5 39. Ndc2 Qb7 40. Nd4 Qb2 41. Ne6
Qxf2 42. Nf5 h4 43. Nxf8 hxg3+ 44. Kh3 Qg1 45. Kxg3 Kxf8 46. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8.
Nbxd2 Ne7 9. Rc1 c6 10. e3 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nc8 13. O-O O-O 14. Qf5
Nd6 15. Qf4 Nfe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Ne5 f5 18. h4 Qe7 19. g3 Rae8 20. Nd3 Rf6
21. Kg2 Qd8 22. Rc2 Nd6 23. Qf3 Qe7 24. Nf4 Rf7 25. Nd3 Nc4 26. Nf4 Qd7 27. Re1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Rg1 c5 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2
cxd4 15. exd4 f5 16. Kb1 Nf6 17. f3 e5 (17... Rfd8) 18. d5 e3 19. Nb3 f4 20. g3
Rac8 21. Qg6 b5 22. Na5 Ba8 (22... bxc4 23. d6 Qf7 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7
26. Nxc4 Nd7) 23. gxf4 e4 24. Rg3 (24. Qxh6 exf3 25. Bxf3 bxc4 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27.
dxc6) 24... bxc4 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. dxc6 Rxc6 27. Rdg1 Rf7 28. Qxh6 c3 29. f5 Qb7
30. b3 c2+ 31. Kc1 Qe7 32. b4 exf3 (32... Kf8) 33. Bxf3 Rc7 (33... Rb6 34. a3
Ne4 35. Qxe3 Nxg3 36. Qxe7 Rxe7 37. Rxg3) 34. Bd5 Nxd5 35. Rh3 Rf8 36. Qh7+ Kf7
37. Rxg7+ Ke8 38. Rxe7+ Rxe7 39. Qh5+ Kd8 40. f6 Nxf6 41. Qa5+ (41. Qh6 Nd7 42.
Rxe3 Rf1+ 43. Kxc2 Rf2+ 44. Kb3 Rxh2 45. Qg5 Rhh7 46. Qg8+ Kc7 47. Rc3+ Kd6 48.
Qg6+ Ke5 49. Re3+) 41... Ke8 42. Qb5+ Nd7 43. Qe2 Rf2 44. Rh8+ Nf8 45. Qb5+ Kf7
46. Qh5+ Ng6 47. Rh7+ Kf6 48. Rxe7 Nxe7 49. Qh6+ Ng6 50. Qxe3 Rxh2 51. Qg3 (51.
Qd4+ Kf7 52. Qxa7+ Ne7 53. Qg1 Rh6 54. Kxc2) 51... Rh7 52. Qd6+ Kf5 53. Kxc2
Ne5 54. Qc5 Rd7 55. b5 Ke6 56. a4 Nf7 57. Kb3 Nd6 58. Kb4 Rb7 59. Qc6 Ke7 60.
Ka5 Rd7 61. Ka6 Kd8 62. Qc5 Nc8 63. a5 Rc7 64. Qg5+ Kd7 65. Qd5+ Nd6 66. Qd4
Ke6 67. b6 axb6 68. Kxb6 Rc4 69. Qe3+ Kd7 70. Qh3+ Ke7 71. Qh7+ Kd8 72. Qg8+
Kd7 73. Qh7+ Kd8 74. Qd3 Ke7 75. Qe3+ Kd7 76. Qh3+ Ke7 77. a6 Nc8+ 78. Kb7 Nd6+
79. Kb8 Rb4+ 80. Kc7 Rc4+ 81. Kb6 Nc8+ 82. Kb7 Nd6+ 83. Ka7 Rb4 84. Ka8 Rb5 85.
Qg4 Kf6 86. Qd7 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Ne2 Bg4 12. c3 Bd6 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2
Re8 15. Qf3 h6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Bc2 Ne5 18. Qf5 g6 19. Qf4 h5 20. Qa4 Nc4 21.
Qxc6 Rc8 22. Qb7 Rc7 23. Qb5 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rxe3 25. Rad1 Rc5 26. Qb7 Re7 27.
Qa6 (27. Qb3) 27... Ra5 28. Qd3 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Bc7 30. Rf3 Rxa2 31. Qxd5 Rxb2 32.
Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Rf1 Bf4 34. Rxf4 Qc7 (34... Qb7 35. Be4 Qc7 36. Rf6 Kf8 37. Qg5
Rf2 38. Qh6+ Ke7 39. Rxf7+ Rxf7 40. Qg5+ Rf6 41. Bxg6 Qxc3 42. Bxh5 a5) 35. Rf6
Kf8 36. Qg5 Rxf6 37. Qxf6+ Qf7 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qe5+ Qe6 40. Qg7+ Kd6 41. Qd4+
Qd5 42. Qf6+ Kc5 43. Qe7+ Qd6 44. Qxa7+ Kc4 45. Qf7+ Kxc3 46. Qxg6 Qd4 47. Qc6+
Kd2 48. Be4 Ke3 49. Bg6 h4 50. Qc1+ Qd2 51. Qxd2+ Rxd2 52. Bh5 Kf4 53. Kh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bg5
Rb8 9. Rc1 Bg4 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd7 12. Nd5 Re8 13. Be3 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Rfd1 (15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 Nf8) 15... Nd4 16. Bg2 c6 17. Nc3 Qe7 18. Ne4 Nf6
19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. h4 Rbd8 21. Qe1 h5 22. Bd2 e4 23. Ba5 Rb8 24. Bc3 Red8 25.
Rd2 (25. e3 Nf3+ 26. Bxf3 exf3) 25... e3 26. fxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Qf2 (27. Kh2) 27...
Nxe2+ 28. Rxe2 Qxc1+ 29. Re1 Bxc3 30. Rxc1 Bd4 31. Rc2 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Kg7 33.
b4 Rd4 34. a4 Rbd8 35. Ke2 Rd3 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 cxb5 38. cxb5 Rb3 39. Bxb7
Rxb5 40. Rc7 Re8+ 41. Kf2 Rf5+ 42. Kg1 Re1+ 43. Kg2 Re2+ 44. Kg1 Rb5 45. Kf1
Rd2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaac"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 Bb6 6. Nxe5 (6. O-O) 6... Qe7 (
6... Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qg4 Bxf2+ 9. Kd1 Qh4 10. Qxg7) 7. Bf4 (7. Bxc6 bxc6
8. O-O) 7... d6 8. Nxc6 Qxe4+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 a6 11. Ba4 Bd7 12. Nd2 Bxc6
13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Nc4 Ba7 15. Kd3 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. f3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. exd4 Bb7 10. a4 bxa4 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nxa4 Nc6 (13... Nbd7)
14. Rfd1 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nc5 Qe7 16. Qe4) 14... Nb4 15. Bb1 Nd7 16. Bf4 Nd5
17. Bg3 g6 18. Nc3 Qb6 19. Ne4 N5f6 20. Nc3 Nd5 21. Ne4 N5f6 22. Nc3 Rfc8 23.
Ba2 Bb4 24. Qd3 (24. d5 exd5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5) 24... a5 25. Rab1 a4 26.
Ne5 Qa6 27. Nxd7 Nxd7 28. Nb5 (28. Qe3) 28... Nf6 29. f3 Bd5 30. Bxd5 Nxd5 31.
Rbc1 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rc8 33. Rc4 Kg7 34. Qc2 Rxc4 35. Qxc4 Be7 36. h3 Bf6 37. Be5
(37. Bd6) 37... Bxe5 38. dxe5 Qb6+ 39. Kh2 Qf2 40. Qc1 Ne3 41. Qg1 Qxb2 (41...
Qxg1+ 42. Kxg1 Nd1 43. Kf1 Nxb2) 42. Qxe3 Qxb5 43. Qc3 h5 44. Kg3 Qb3 45. Qc5
a3 46. Qe7 Qe3 47. Qf6+ Kg8 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Qa5 Qb3 50. Qc7 Kg7 51. Qe7 Qc3
52. Qf6+ Kg8 53. Kh4 a2 54. Kg5 Qc8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nc3 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Rc1
Qb6 15. Qc2 h6 16. Rfd1 Bg4 17. Rd2 Rac8 18. Rcd1 Rfe8 19. h3 Ne5 20. Qb3 Qxb3
21. axb3 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Bxf3 23. exf3 Re6 24. Rxd4 Rc2 (24... Rb6 25. b4 Rc2)
25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. R1d2 Re2 27. Rxe2 Rxe2 28. Rd7 f6 29. Rxb7 Rxb2 30. Kg2 a5 31.
Rb5 Ra2 32. h4 a4 33. bxa4 Rxa4 34. g4 Ra7 35. f4 Rc7 36. Kg3 Ra7 37. Rd5 Ra3+
38. f3 Ra7 39. g5 hxg5 40. fxg5 Ra1 41. Kg4 Ra4+ 42. f4 fxg5 43. hxg5 Kg6 44.
Rd6+ Kf7 45. Rb6 Ra7 46. Kh5 Ra5 47. Rb7+ Kg8 48. Kg6 Ra6+ 49. Kh5 Ra5 50. Re7
Kh7 51. Rd7 Rb5 52. Kg4 Rb4 53. Kf5 Rb5+ 54. Ke4 Kg6 55. Rd6+ Kh5 56. Rd5 Rb4+
57. Kf5 g6+ 58. Ke5 Rb8 59. Rd6 Re8+ 60. Re6 Rf8 61. Rf6 Re8+ 62. Kd5 Kg4 63.
Re6 Rf8 64. Rf6 Re8 65. Rf7 Re1 66. Rf8 Re2 67. Kd6 Re4 68. f5 Kxg5 69. f6 Re1
70. Kd5 Kf5 71. Kd4 Re6 72. f7 Re7 73. Ra8 Rxf7 74. Ra1 Re7 75. Rf1+ Kg5 76.
Rg1+ Kh6 77. Rh1+ Kg7 78. Rg1 Re6 79. Kd5 Re2 80. Kd4 Re8 81. Kd5 Re3 82. Kd4
Re2 83. Kd5 Re7 84. Kd4 Re6 85. Kd5 Kf7 86. Rf1+ Rf6 87. Rg1 Rf4 88. Ke5 Rf2
89. Rg4 Rf5+ 90. Ke4 Kf6 91. Rf4 Kg5 92. Rxf5+ gxf5+ 93. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. d5 O-O 7. Nh3 c6 8. Nf4 Qe8
9. h4 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Nxe6 (11. Qb3) 11... Qxe6 12. Bf4 Na6 13. Qxd6 Qxc4
14. Qd2 Rad8 15. Qc1 Ng4 16. O-O Nc5 17. Bg5 Rde8 18. Bd2 Ne6 19. b3 Qc5 20. e3
Rd8 21. Be1 Ne5 (21... Rd3 22. Na4 Qe5) 22. Na4 Qxc1 23. Rxc1 Nd3 24. Rc2 Nxe1
25. Rxe1 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. h4 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Ne7 (7... Nd4
) 8. h5 c6 9. h6 Bf8 10. Bg5 Nfg8 11. Qd2 c5 12. f4 f6 13. fxe5 fxg5 14. Qxg5 (
14. Nb5 dxe5 (14... Nf5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qc3) 15. d6 Kf7 16. Nc7) 14... Nc6
15. Qxd8+ Nxd8 16. Nb5 Rb8 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Nf7 19. Nf3 Nf6 20. e5 Nxd5
21. Bc4 Be6 22. O-O-O Nf4 23. Bxe6 Nxe6 24. Rde1 Kd7 25. Rh4 Rbe8 26. Kd2 Nfg5
27. Nxg5 Nxg5 28. b4 Ne6 29. bxc5 Nxc5 30. Rf4 Rhf8 31. Ref1 Ne4+ 32. Ke3 Rxf4
33. Rxf4 Ng5 34. Rg4 Rxe5+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Bd2 Ba6 6. Qg4 Bf8 (6... Bxf1 7. Qxg7
Bxg2 8. Qxg2) 7. Nb5 Bb7 (7... Qd7) 8. Nf3 Qd7 9. Bd3 a6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. a3
O-O-O 12. b4 Nce7 13. Nh4 Kb8 14. Qe2 Ka7 15. O-O Ng6 16. Nf3 Nh6 17. a4 Ra8 (
17... Bxb4 18. Nb5+ axb5 19. Bxb4) 18. Na2 f5 19. Nc1 Nf7 20. Nb3 Kb8 (20...
Be7) 21. Rfb1 Kc8 22. Re1 Qd8 23. c4 dxc4 24. Bxc4 Qd7 25. d5 Bxd5 26. Bxa6+
Rxa6 (26... Kd8 27. Bc4) 27. Qxa6+ Bb7 28. Qb5 (28. Qe2 Qd5 29. Nbd4) 28...
Qxb5 29. axb5 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Nfxe5 31. Nd4 Kd7 32. Ra8 Nc4 (32... Bc5 33. Rxh8
Bxd4 34. Rxh7 Nxf3+ 35. Kh1 Nxe1 36. Bxe1) 33. Nxe6 (33. Rxe6 Nxd2 34. Ree8)
33... Be7 34. Rxh8 Nxd2 35. Nd4 Nxh8 36. Rd1 Nc4 37. Nxf5+ Nd6 38. Nxg7 Nhf7
39. f4 Bf8 40. Nf5 Nh6 41. Nd4 (41. Ne3 Ke6 42. Rd5) 41... Bg7 42. Nc6 Nhf5 43.
Kg2 Bf6 44. Kf3 h5 45. Rd2 Ke6 46. Rd1 Bc3 47. Rg1 Bf6 48. Rd1 Nxb5 49. Nd8+
Ke7 50. Nc6+ Ke6 51. Nd8+ Bxd8 52. Rxd8 Nbd6 53. Rh8 h4 54. Rh7 c5 55. bxc5
bxc5 56. Ke2 Kd5 57. Kd3 c4+ 58. Kc3 Ne4+ 59. Kb4 Kd4 60. Rd7+ Ned6 61. Ra7 Ke4
62. Ra3 Kd5 63. Ra5+ Kd4 64. Ra7 Ke4 65. Ra3 Kxf4 66. h3 Nd4 67. Ra8 Ke4 68.
Rh8 N4f5 69. Kc3 Kd5 70. Rh5 Kc5 71. f3 Nb5+ 72. Kd2 Nbd4 73. Kc3 Ne2+ 74. Kd2
Neg3 75. Rh8 Nd4 (75... Kd4) 76. Rc8+ Kb4 77. Rb8+ Nb5 78. Rf8 Nf1+ 79. Ke2
Ng3+ 80. Kd2 c3+ 81. Kd3 Nh1 82. Kc2 (82. Rb8 Nf2+ 83. Ke3 Nd1+ 84. Kd3) 82...
Na3+ 83. Kc1 Nf2 84. Rb8+ Kc4 85. Rc8+ Kb3 86. Rb8+ Ka2 87. Rc8 Kb3 (87... c2
88. Rd8 Nxh3 89. Rd4 Ng1) 88. Rb8+ Kc4 89. Rc8+ Kd4 90. Rd8+ Ke3 91. Re8+ Kf4 (
91... Kxf3 92. Re3+) 92. Rd8 Ke3 (92... c2 93. Rf8+ Kg3) 93. Re8+ Kd4 94. Rd8+
Kc4 95. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Ne2 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Nf4 Ndf6 14. Ne5 cxd4
15. Bxd4 Rxc1 16. Qxc1 Bd6 17. Qa1 Qe7 18. Nf3 Rc8 19. h3 Bb4 20. Ne2 Bc5 21.
Rc1 Bxd4 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qxd4 Qa3 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Nd2 Qe7 26. Nc3 Bb7 27.
b4 h6 28. a4 a5 29. b5 Qb4 30. Nc4 Ne8 31. Nxb6 Qxd4 32. exd4 Nd6 33. Nd7 f5
34. Nc5 Kf7 35. h4 g6 36. g3 Ke7 37. Kf1 Ba8 38. Ke2 Nc4 39. Nb3 Kd6 40. Nd2
Nb6 41. Ke3 Ke6 42. g4 Bd5 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Nf1 Bb3 46. Ne3 Bxa4 (
46... Nxa4 47. Ncd5+ Kg6 (47... Ke6 48. b6) 48. Nxf5 Bxd5 49. Ne7+ Kh5 50. Nxd5
) 47. Nxa4 Nxa4 48. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 Nb6 10. O-O a5 11. a4 Re8 12. f3 c5 13. g4 h6 14. b3 Bd7 15. dxc5
Bxc5 16. Qd3 Rc8 17. Bd2 Bc6 18. Nd4 Nbd7 19. Rad1 Ba7 (19... Ne5) 20. Nce2 Ne5
21. Qb1 Ng6 22. Nf5 Qc7 (22... b5) 23. Qb2 Kh7 24. Kh1 Bb8 25. Neg3 Ne5 (25...
Ne7) 26. f4 Nd3 (26... Ned7 27. g5 hxg5 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. fxg5) (26... Nexg4
27. h3) 27. Qd4 Nb4 28. g5 hxg5 29. fxg5 Nh5 (29... Nh5 30. Qh4) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Ne7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. O-O Nbc6 8.
Nd4 Na5 9. b3 e5 10. Nc2 Be6 11. Ne3 Qd7 12. Nd5 Rae8 13. Ba3 b6 14. Qd2 Nxd5
15. cxd5 Bh3 16. c4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 f5 18. Rac1 Nb7 19. b4 f4 20. c5 bxc5 21.
bxc5 dxc5 22. Bxc5 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Be3 Bf6 12. Nbd2 Na5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bxb6 cxb6
15. Bd5 Bb7 16. b4 Nc6 17. c4 Qb8 18. Rc1 Nxb4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qb3 Nc6 21.
cxb5 Na5 22. Qb2 Rfc8 23. a4 h6 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 axb5 27.
axb5 Qd7 28. Qb1 Bg5 29. Nf1 Nc4 30. Ng3 Be7 31. Nf5 Bc5 32. Qa2 Qe6 33. Qa8+
Kh7 34. h4 Na3 35. Qc6 Qa2 36. Kh2 Bxf2 37. Nxe5 Qe6 (37... Bg1+ 38. Kxg1 Qa1+
39. Kf2 Qxe5 40. Qd5 Qf4+) 38. Nd7 Bc5 (38... Qxc6 39. bxc6 Nb5) 39. Qxc5 Qxd7
40. Qxa3 Qxb5 41. Qa1 (41. Qa1 f6 42. Qa7) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E75"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2
exd5 9. exd5 Qb6 10. O-O-O Na6 11. Bh6 Bd7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nf3 Rae8 14. Rhe1
Bg4 15. Qf4 Nb4 16. a3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Na6 18. Bd3 Nb8 19. Qg3 Nbd7 20. f4 a6 21.
Qf3 Qd8 22. Kd2 Qb6 23. Kc2 Qc7 24. g4 b5 25. g5 Nh5 26. cxb5 c4 27. Bf5 Nc5
28. Bg4 Nd3 (28... Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Nd3) 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Bxh5 gxh5 31. Ne4 Qa5
32. Qe3 Qa4+ (32... Kf8 33. Qd4 Qa4+ 34. Kd2 Rxe4 35. Qxe4 Qxd1+ 36. Kxd1 Nf2+
37. Kc2 Nxe4 38. bxa6) 33. Kd2 c3+ (33... Kf8 34. Qd4 Rxe4) 34. Nxc3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 g6 7. Bd2 Bg7 8.
Bc3 Bg4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qe3 b6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. a4 a5 13. f4 Be6 14. O-O Qc7 15.
Rae1 Ne8 16. Nef3 f6 17. f5 gxf5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nh4 Bg6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21.
Qe6+ Kh7 22. Qxe7 (22. Rf3 Nd6 23. Rh3+) 22... Rf7 23. Qxc7 Nxc7 24. Ne4 (24.
Nc4 Rb8 25. Ne5) 24... Rcf8 25. Nd6 Rd7 26. Nc4 Nd5 27. Bd2 Rff7 28. Re6 Rc7
29. Rfe1 Bh6 30. Bxh6 Kxh6 31. Re8 Kg7 32. Rb8 Rfe7 (32... Rb7) 33. Rxe7+ Rxe7
34. Kf2 f5 35. Nxb6 (35. h4) 35... Nb4 36. Nc4 Nxc2 37. Nxa5 Nb4 38. Rd8 Ra7
39. Nc4 Rxa4 40. Rd7+ Kf6 41. h4 Nxd3+ 42. Rxd3 Rxc4 43. Rd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Qc7 9. c3 Bd7 10. Qe2 f6 11. a3 a5 12. a4 Rae8 13. Nf1 d4 14. N1d2 e5 15. Nc4
Nc8 16. Nfd2 Be7 17. Qf1 Rd8 18. f4 Be6 19. f5 Bf7 20. Qf3 Nd6 21. Nxd6 Rxd6
22. c4 Nb4 23. Re2 Nc2 24. Rb1 Ne3 25. Nf1 Qd7 26. b3 Nd1 27. Re1 Nc3 28. Rb2
Rb6 29. Qg4 Ra8 30. Bf3 Raa6 31. Bd1 Rb4 32. Rg2 Nxd1 33. Qxd1 Rab6 34. Nd2 (
34. Bd2 Rxb3 35. Bxa5 Rb1) 34... Ra6 35. g4 h6 36. h4 Kf8 37. Kf2 Ke8 38. Reg1
Kd8 39. Ba3 Rbb6 40. Nf3 Rc6 41. Bc1 Rc8 42. Bd2 Kc7 43. Qe1 b6 44. Ke2 Raa8
45. Qg3 Bd6 46. g5 Rg8 (46... hxg5 47. hxg5 Rh8 48. Rh2 Rxh2+ 49. Qxh2 Rf8) 47.
Qf2 (47. gxh6) 47... Rh8 48. Qg3 Rag8 (48... hxg5) 49. gxh6 gxh6 50. Qxg8 Rxg8
51. Rxg8 Bxg8 52. Rxg8 Qf7 53. Rg6 h5 54. Nh2 Bf8 55. Nf1 Qh7 56. Rxf6 Be7 57.
Rh6 Qg8 58. Rg6 Qh7 59. Bg5 Bxg5 60. Rxg5 Kd8 61. Ng3 b5 62. axb5 a4 63. bxa4
Qa7 64. Rg8+ Kd7 65. Rg7+ Kd6 66. Rg6+ Kd7 67. Ra6 Qb8 68. f6 Qg8 69. Ra7+ Ke6
70. Rg7 Qh8 71. Nf5 Kxf6 72. b6 Qe8 73. b7 Qxa4 74. b8=Q Qc2+ 75. Ke1 Qc1+ 76.
Kf2 Qd2+ 77. Kg1 Qe1+ 78. Kh2 Qf2+ 79. Rg2 Qf4+ 80. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 h6 11. Bh4 Qa5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Qxe5 14. fxe5
Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bb5 (16. Bd3) 16... Rb8 (16... a6 17. Bd3 Bd7 (17... b5
18. Be4 Ra7 19. Rhe1 Rc7) 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Rxd7 Nc6 20. Rxb7 Nxe5) 17. Rhe1 b6
18. g3 Rb7 19. Ne4 Rc7 20. Nd6 Rc5 (20... Bd7) 21. b4 Rc7 22. Kb2 Bd7 23. Kb3
Bxb5 24. Nxb5 Rb7 25. c4 Rfb8 26. Rd6 a6 27. Nd4 Rc8 28. Rd1 Kf8 29. a4 Rbc7 (
29... Ke8 30. b5 a5 (30... axb5 31. axb5) 31. Nc6 Nxc6 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. bxc6
Rc7 34. Rd6 Ke7 35. c5 bxc5 36. Kc4 f6 37. Kxc5 fxe5 38. Rd1) 30. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Nf3 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O e5 14. Qb1 e4
15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Rfc1 Bf5 17. f4 Rfe8 18. a3 Be6 19. b4 Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c4 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
dxc5 O-O 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Be2 (10. Qxd5 Ndxe5 11. Qxd8 Nxf3+) 10... Nxc5 11. O-O
Bg4 12. Be3 Ne6 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Rc2 (14. Re1 Rc8 15. a3) 14... Bf5 15. Rd2 Be4
16. Bd3 Qb8 17. a3 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. f4 Qf5 20. g4 Qf6 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22.
Qe1 Rad8 23. Bxa7 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Qg6 25. Qg2 f5 26. gxf5 Qxf5 27. Nd4 (27. Be3
Rd8 28. Nc1 Nd4) 27... Bc5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O Nc6 7. a3 Nd4 8. h3
Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 b6 12. Rab1 Bb7 13. Bg5 Rfe8 14. Nh2 h6
15. Bh4 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Rxe7 18. Qb2 Qc6 19. f3 b5 20. a4 e5 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Qxb5 Qxb5 23. Rxb5 (23. cxb5) 23... Bc6 24. Rb3 f5 25. Re1 Kf7
26. Kf2 Ree8 27. Nf1 Ra2+ 28. Re2 Rea8 29. Ng3 f4 30. Nf1 g5 31. Rb1 R8a3 32.
Rc1 Ke6 33. Rd2 h5 34. Ke2 Kf5 35. Rb1 Rxd2+ 36. Nxd2 Rxc3 37. Rb8 g4 38. hxg4+
hxg4 39. Rf8+ Ke6 40. fxg4 Bxg2 (40... Ke7 41. Rh8 Rc2) 41. g5 Bh3 (41... Bh3
42. g6 Bg4+ 43. Kf2 Rc2 44. g7 Rxd2+ 45. Kg1 Rd1+ 46. Kf2 Rd2+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bb4 (4... Nf6) 5. e5 b6 6. Bd3 Qd7 7. Bd2
Bb7 8. O-O Bf8 9. a3 f5 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. Bf5 Nd8
14. a4 Nh6 15. Bh3 a6 16. Na2 Kb8 17. Nb4 Bxb4 18. Bxb4 Qg7 19. a5 b5 20. b3
Rhg8 21. c4 Bc6 22. g3 Nf5 23. cxb5 Bxb5 24. Qc2 Nc6 25. Bc5 Qd7 26. Bf1 (26.
b4 Nd6 27. Rac1 Ne4 28. Nd2) 26... Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Nd6 28. Bxd6 cxd6 29. Rfc1 Kb7
30. Qd2 Rc8 31. Rc2 Na7 32. Rac1 Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Nb5 34. Qf4 Qe7 35. Qc1 Qd7 36.
Qf4 Rg7 37. Kg2 Rf7 38. Qh6 Qe8 39. Qe3 Re7 40. Re2 Qg6 41. Nh4 Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2
Nc6 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Rc8 11. Re1 Bd6 12. c4 Ne7 13. Ne5 Bb8 14. Be2 d5 15.
Bf3 Nf5 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Qc2 Bd6 18. Nd3 Bxa3 19. c5 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Ba6 21. Qc3
bxc5 22. Nxc5 Bb5 23. g3 Rfd8 24. Bg2 Nd6 25. Qa5 Qc7 26. Qa3 Qb6 27. Ra1 Nf5
28. Nf3 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Rxc5 30. Qxa7 Qxa7 31. Rxa7 Be8 32. Rb7 Rdc8 33. Bf1 R5c7
34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. b4 Rb7 36. b5 Ne4 37. f4 Kf8 38. Rc1 Nd6 39. Rc5 Ke7 40. Bd3
h6 41. Kf2 Bd7 42. f5 (42. Ke3 f6) 42... Ne8 43. fxe6 fxe6 44. Rc2 Nc7 45. Nc6+
Bxc6 46. bxc6 Rb3 47. Bh7 Kf7 48. h4 g6 49. h5 gxh5 50. Rc1 Kg7 51. Ra1 Rc3 52.
Bd3 Rxc6 53. Ra7 e5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Ne2 Nb8 (10... O-O-O) (10... c5) 11. Nf4 Qf7 (11... Nc6
12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qxg7 O-O-O 14. Qxh8 Qg6) (11... Kf7) 12. c4 (12. Nxe6 Qxe6
13. Qxg7) 12... Ne7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne2 b5 15. Qb3 Qd7 (15... c6) 16. Rb1 c6
17. a4 a6 18. c4 Nb6 (18... bxc4 19. Qxb8+) 19. axb5 axb5 20. cxb5 O-O 21. Ba3
Rd8 22. Bc5 Na4 23. Bd6 Ra5 24. O-O cxb5 25. Nf4 Re8 26. d5 exd5 27. Rfc1 Nb6
28. Rc7 Qd8 29. Qc3 Ra4 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. e6+ Kh6 32. Qh3+ Kg7 33. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E75"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 a6
9. Nf3 Qa5 10. O-O b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Bxb5 exd5 13. exd5 Bb7 14. Rad1 Ba6 15.
Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Bh6 Nbd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rfe1 Nb6 19. Re7 Re8 20. Qe2 Rxe7 21.
Qxe7 h6 22. Rd3 Nbd7 23. h3 Qb4 24. Rd2 Qc4 25. Qe3 Nb6 26. b3 Qb4 27. Ne1 Ra8
28. Nc2 Qh4 29. Rd3 Qh5 30. Qe7 Qf5 31. Rf3 Nfxd5 32. Nxd5 Qxd5 33. Ne3 Qe6 34.
Qb7 d5 35. Ng4 h5 36. Re3 Qd7 37. Qxb6 hxg4 38. Qxc5 Rxa2 39. Qd4+ f6 40. hxg4
g5 41. Rf3 Qe6 42. Rf5 Kg6 43. Qxd5 Ra1+ 44. Kh2 Qe8 45. Qd6 Qh8+ 46. Kg3 Rh1
47. Rd5 Rb1 48. Rxg5+ Kxg5 49. Qf4+ Kg6 50. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaac"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Nc5 14. Rg1 b4 15.
Nce2 e5 16. f6 exd4 17. fxe7 d3 18. cxd3 b3 19. axb3 Nxd3+ 20. Kb1 Ne5 21. Qc3
Qxe7 22. Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. d5
Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nb5 (10. Qxd4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qd2) 10... h6 11. Bh4
c5 12. Bd3 (12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Nxd4 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nxe4+) 12... a6
13. Na3 g5 14. Bf2 Nd7 15. O-O Ne5 16. Bg3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 f5 18. b4 f4 19. Be1
Be5 20. Rb1 h5 21. Rf2 Rf6 22. Rfb2 b6 23. Nc2 Rg6 24. Bf2 g4 25. Kf1 gxf3 26.
gxf3 Ra7 27. a4 Rag7 28. Ne1 Qd7 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Rb8 Kh7 31. Ke2 Qh3 32. Ra8
Rg1 33. Bxg1 Rxg1 34. Rxc8 (34. Kd1 Bg4 35. Rb3) 34... Qxc8 35. Kf2 Qg8 36. Qb3
Rh1 37. Ke2 Qg1 38. Qb7+ Kh6 39. Qf7 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. O-O Qc8 8. Re1
Re8 9. d5 e5 10. e4 a5 11. Be3 Na6 12. a3 Bh3 13. Bh1 Ng4 14. Bd2 f6 15. Qe2
Nh6 16. Nb5 Nf7 17. Bxa5 f5 18. Bd2 f4 19. Rec1 Rf8 20. b4 Qd7 21. Nc3 Bg4 22.
Nd1 Bh6 23. c5 fxg3 24. hxg3 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 dxc5 26. Bxh6 Nxh6 27. Bg2 b6 28.
Qb2 Qe7 29. Bh3 cxb4 30. Be6+ Nf7 31. axb4 h5 32. Rc3 c5 33. Rca3 Nc7 34. Rxa8
Nxa8 35. bxc5 bxc5 36. Nc3 Kh7 37. Nb5 Ng5 38. Ra7 Qxa7 39. Nxa7 Nc7 40. Qb7
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. O-O Bd7 7. Nc3 Qc8 8. e4
Bg4 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 h5 12. Nd5 Nh7 13. Bg2 e6 14. Nc3 e5 15.
d5 Ne7 16. c5 h4 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Rfc1 (18. Nb5 Qd7 19. Qb4) 18... hxg3 19.
hxg3 Qd7 20. Rc2 f5 21. Bh3 Nf6 22. f3 Kf7 23. Rac1 Rh8 24. Bg2 a6 25. Nd1 Rac8
26. Nf2 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Rc8 28. Nh3 Nh7 29. Rxc8 Nxc8 30. Qb4 Bf6 31. Bf1 Ne7 32.
Kg2 Kg7 33. Qc4 Qc8 34. Qxc8 Nxc8 35. Bd3 fxe4 36. fxe4 Bd8 37. Be2 Nb6 38. b3
Nd7 39. Bg4 Bb6 40. Bxd7 Bxe3 41. Kf3 Bc1 42. Bc8 Ng5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 fxe4 6. dxe4 d6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bc4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qd3 Nb4 11. Qe2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qd7 13. Kh2 Nc6 14. f4 Nd4
15. Qd3 c6 16. Ne2 Nxe2 17. Qxe2 O-O-O 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. f4 Bd6 20. f5 Qe7 21.
Bg5 Bc7 22. Rad1 Kb8 23. c3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Kg2 a5 27. Qe3
b5 28. Be2 Kb7 29. Qd3 Bb6 30. Be3 Nd7 31. Bxb6 Nxb6 32. Qe3 a4 33. Kg3 Nd7 34.
h4 h6 35. Bf3 Qd6 36. Be2 Nf6 37. Bf3 b4 38. cxb4 Qxb4 39. Qe2 Qd4 40. Kg2 Kb6
41. Qc2 Nd7 42. Be2 Nc5 43. Kf3 Kc7 44. Qc4 (44. Bf1 Qg1 45. Bg2 Kd6 46. Qd2+)
44... Qg1 45. Bf1 Kd6 46. Qe2 Qh1+ 47. Bg2 Qb1 48. Qd2+ Qd3+ 49. Qe3 Qd4 50.
Qe2 Nd3 51. Bf1 (51. b3 axb3 52. axb3 Qc3 53. Qd1 Kc5) 51... Nxb2 52. Kg4 Nd1
53. Bg2 Nf2+ 54. Kg3 (54. Kh5 Nd3) 54... Nd3 55. Qd2 c5 56. Kh2 Nf4 57. Qa5 Qf2
58. Qd8+ Kc6 59. Qc8+ Kb6 60. Qb8+ Ka5 61. Qa7+ Kb4 62. Qxg7 (62. Qb6+ Ka3)
62... Qxh4+ 63. Kg1 Ne2+ 64. Kf1 Ng3+ 65. Kg1 Qf4 66. Bh3 Ne2+ 67. Kg2 Qe3 68.
Kh2 Qf2+ 69. Qg2 Qxg2+ 70. Kxg2 Nf4+ 71. Kh2 Nh5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 b6 8. b4
Qc7 9. Nf3 Nd7 (9... cxb4 10. Bxb4 a5 11. Bd2 (11. Bd6 Qc3+) 11... Ba6) 10. Be2
Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. dxc5 Ncxe5 (13... Nxc5 14. Bd3 Ba6) 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. Qd4 f6 16. f4 Nc6 17. Qe3 Rd8 18. Rad1 e5 (18... Rb8) 19. fxe5 fxe5
20. Bb5 Bb7 (20... d4 21. Qe4 Bb7 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Rf7 Rd7 24. Rdf1) 21. Qg3
Rd7 (21... Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Bxc6 (23. Rxd5 Nd4) 23... Qxc6 24. Bxe5 Qxc5+
25. Bd4 Qe7 26. Bxa7) 22. Rf2 Re8 23. h3 Ba8 (23... d4 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. Rdf1
Qc8 26. Rf7) 24. Ba4 Bb7 25. Kh1 Ba8 26. Rf5 e4 (26... d4 27. Bb3+ Kh8 28. Rdf1
Qd8 29. Rf7 Rxf7 30. Rxf7 Rg8 31. Bd2) 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28. Rfxd5 e3 29. Rd7 e2
30. Bb3+ Re6 31. Bxe6+ Kf8 32. Bxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d6 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 Re8 10. Nd2 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. Kh2 h6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 d5 15. b5
Ne7 16. cxd5 Nfxd5 17. Bb2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Bd5 19. Nc4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ (6... Nxd5 7.
Bxd8 Nxc3 8. Qb3 Ne4+ 9. Kd1 Nxf2+ 10. Kc2 Kxd8 11. Qg3 Nxh1 12. Qxg7 Re8 13.
Nh3 Nc6 14. e3 f5 15. Be2) 7. bxc3 e5 8. Qc2 d6 9. e3 Qe7 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Nd2
e4 12. O-O-O O-O 13. g4 g5 14. Bg3 Ne5 15. h3 Ng6 16. Be2 Re8 17. Rdg1 Bd7 18.
h4 Rab8 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Rh5 Nxh5 21. gxh5 Nf8 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxe4 24.
Bxd6 Rbe8 25. Rxg5+ Kh8 26. Bxc5 f6 27. Rg3 b6 28. Bd4 Nh7 29. Kd2 Rg8 30. Rg6
Be8 31. Bd3 Bxg6 32. hxg6 Rxd4 33. cxd4 Nf8 34. c5 bxc5 35. dxc5 Nd7 36. c6 Nb6
37. e4 (37. d6 Rd8 38. d7 Nxd7 39. cxd7 Rxd7) 37... Kg7 38. Ba6 Kxg6 39. a4 Kf7
40. a5 Na8 41. Bc4 Rd8 (41... Rd8 42. f4 Ke7 43. e5 fxe5 44. fxe5 Nc7 45. d6+
Rxd6+ 46. exd6+ Kxd6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 Nc6 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Qxd4 12. Qc2 c6 13. e3 Qg7 14. Ne4 e5
15. Nc5 Nd5 16. Qc4 Rd8 17. Rfd1 b6 18. Nb3 Bb7 19. d4 Ne7 20. Qa4 a5 21. Rac1
Rd6 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Nd4 Rd8 25. Qc4 Qf6 26. Qe2 Nd5 27. a3 c5
28. Nf3 Nc7 29. h4 Ba6 30. Qc2 Bd3 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. Rxc3 Be2 33. Rc2 Rd1+ 34.
Kh2 Bd3 35. Rd2 Rxd2 36. Nxd2 c4 37. Kg1 b5 38. Bf1 Bc2 39. Bg2 Kf8 40. Kf1 b4
41. axb4 axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 Be6 8. Ng5
Bf5 9. Be2 h6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. O-O dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nh5 14. Bxh5 Bxc4
15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 e5 17. Bg3 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nf6 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Rc4 Ne4 21.
Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Qb6 9. Nb3 a5 10. Rb1 g6 11. Be2 h5 12. O-O a4 13. Na1 Ne7 14. Nc2 Nf5 15. Ne3
Nb8 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Be3 Nc6 18. b4 Be7 19. Bf2 Bd7 20. b5 Nd8 21. Bh4 Bxh4
22. Nxh4 Ne6 23. Rb4 a3 24. g3 Qa5 25. Qd2 Rc8 26. Rfb1 O-O 27. Ng2 Rfd8 28.
Ne3 Nc7 29. Qd1 Qb6 30. Qb3 Qa5 31. Qa4 Qxa4 32. Rxa4 Ra8 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. b6
Ne6 35. Bf3 Nxd4 36. Bxd5 Ne2+ 37. Kf2 Nc3 38. Rc1 Nxd5 39. Nxd5 Kf8 40. Rc7
Bc6 41. Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc2 d6 7. Be2 Be6 8. O-O
Rc8 9. Ne3 Nd4 10. Bd3 Nh6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Ned5 Bd7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Nc6 15.
c5 Nf7 16. Qb3 e6 17. Nf4 dxc5 18. Bxc5 Re8 19. Be3 Na5 20. Qd1 a6 21. Qe2 Qe7
22. Rfd1 Ne5 23. Rac1 b5 24. b3 b4 25. Na4 Nxd3 26. Nxd3 Bb5 27. Bc5 Qb7 28.
Qe3 Bxa4 29. bxa4 Nc6 30. Bd6 e5 (30... a5 31. Nc5 Qf7) 31. Nc5 Qf7 (31... Qb6
32. Qb3+ Kh8 33. Qf7 Nd4) 32. Nxa6 Qxa2 33. Nc7 Red8 34. Rxc6 Bf8 35. Qc1 (35.
Qb6 Qxa4 36. Rf1) 35... Qxa4 36. Rd2 b3 37. Rc4 Qa5 38. Rc5 Qb4 39. Rc4 (39.
Nd5 Rxc5 40. Bxc5 b2 41. Rxb2 Qxc5 42. Qxc5 Bxc5 43. Rc2 Bd4 44. Nxf6+) 39...
Qa5 40. Nb5 Bxd6 (40... Ra8 41. Rb2 Qxb5) 41. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Ndf3 Nc6 7. Nh3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 f6 9. Nf4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 12. Qd2 Ke7 13. exf6+ gxf6 14.
Rc1 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Kd6 16. Bb5 e5 17. Nh5 Rf8 18. Rhe1 e4 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Nh4
f5 21. Nf4 Rb8 22. b3 c5 23. dxc5+ Nxc5 24. g3 Rb4 25. Rc2 Bd7 26. Rec1 Rc8 27.
Nhg2 d4 28. Ne1 a5 29. Rc4 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Ne6 31. Rxc8 Bxc8 32. Nxe6 Bxe6 33.
Ng2 Kc5 34. Nf4 Bf7 35. h3 Kd6 36. Ne2 Ke5 37. Nf4 Be8 38. Ne2 Bb5 39. Nf4 Ba6
40. Ng2 Bb5 41. Nf4 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. a3
Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qe8 11. Bb3 Kh8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nh4 f6 14. g3 Bh3
15. Re1 Rd8 16. Qe2 f5 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nd5 20. Bg5 Nd4 21.
cxd4 Bxd4+ 22. Kh1 Ne3 23. Bc2 Ng4 24. Nf3 Qc6 25. Bxd8 Rxf3 26. Qxf3 Nf2+ 27.
Qxf2 Bxf2 28. Bf6+ Kg8 29. Bb3+ Kf8 30. Rad1 Bxe1 31. Rd8+ Qe8 32. Rxe8+ Kxe8
33. Bc3 Bxc3 34. Nxc3 Ke7 35. Kg1 c5 36. a4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Qc7 8. Bg5
d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Ba4 h6 12. Be3 e5 13. Rac1 Rae8 14. Rfe1 Qd8 15.
Nf1 Qe7 16. Bb3 Kh7 17. Qd2 Ng8 18. d4 Nf6 19. Ng3 Na5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Qe2
Nxb3 22. axb3 Bc6 23. Nd2 Rd8 24. Rcd1 Rfe8 25. f3 b5 26. Ndf1 Bf8 27. Bf2 Rxd1
28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. f3 Bh5 (12... Be6 13. Bg5 Qb6+
14. Kh1 Nd7) 13. Bg5 Ne7 14. Kh1 Qd6 15. Re1 (15. Nb5 Qb6 16. Re1 Nc6 17. Bxf6
gxf6) 15... a6 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Bf4 Qc6 19. Be5 Bg6 20. Qf2 Nd7
21. Bg3 Nc5 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Ba3
Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Re8 10. Nc3 Bd7 (10... e4 11. Nd4 a6) 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. Bxb7 Bc6
13. Bxa8 Bxa8 14. Rd8+ Re8 15. Rad1 Nc6 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. Nd5 Bf8 18. Bxf8
Kxf8 19. c4 Na5 20. Nxc7 Nxc7 21. Rd7 Na6 22. Rxa7 Bb7 23. b4 Nxb4 24. Rxa5 Nc6
25. Rb5 Nd8 26. a4 Bc6 27. Rb8 Ke7 28. a5 Ne6 29. a6 Kd6 30. a7 Nc7 31. h4 h5
32. f3 Na8 33. Kf2 Kc5 34. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O Qe8 8.
c3 e5 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Nh5 11. g4 Nhf6 12. h3 h5 13. Nh2 hxg4 14. hxg4 Nb6 15.
Be2 Bd7 16. Rae1 Qc8 17. Qd1 Bc6 18. f4 exf4 19. exf4 Re8 20. Bf3 Rxe1 21. Rxe1
Qd7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. g5 Bg7 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Ng4 Re8 26. Ne3 Kf8 27. Nf3 Na4
28. d5 Qb5 29. Nd4 Nxb2 30. Nxb5 Nxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxe3 32. Kf2 Re4 33. Kf3 Rc4 34.
Rd3 a6 35. Nd4 Ra4 36. f5 gxf5 37. Nxf5 Be5 38. Ne3 Bf4 39. Nc2 Bxg5 40. a3 Bf6
41. Ke2 Be5 42. Rd2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Be3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. Nc3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 (
14... Na5 15. Bc2 Nac4) (14... Nd5 15. Bg5) 15. d5 Na5 (15... Bxe4 16. Bxb6
cxb6 17. Rxe4 Na5 18. Bc2 Nc4) 16. d6 cxd6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Ng3 Be6 19. Bxe6
fxe6 20. Rxe6 Bf6 (20... Rae8 21. Qd5 Qc6 22. Rxd6+ Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Bf6) 21. Rxd6
Qb8 22. Nh5 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Nc4 24. Rd7 Ra7 25. Rxb2 Nxb2 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. Qd4
Rxd7 28. Qxd7 Rg8 29. Ng5 h6 30. Nf7+ Kh7 31. h4 (31. Qf5+ g6 32. Qd7 gxh5 33.
Ng5+ Kg6 34. Qe6+ Kxg5 35. g3 h4 36. f4+ Kh5 37. Qf5+ Rg5 38. g4#) 31... Qc8
32. Nf6+ Kg6 33. Nxg8 Qxd7 34. Ne5+ Kh7 35. Nxd7 Kxg8 36. Nc5 a5 37. Kf1 Nd1
38. Ne4 b4 39. Ke2 Nb2 40. Kd2 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nge7 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nf1 dxe4 10. dxe4 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 b6 12. c3 Ba6 13. Bf4 Rfd8 14. Rd2 Kf8
15. Rad1 Rxd2 16. N1xd2 Rd8 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Na5 19. Ke2 Nec6 20. Nb3 Nc4
21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. Bc1 Nc6 23. Nfd2 Nd6 24. f4 e5 25. Na1 f5 26. exf5 exf4 27.
gxf4 Nxf5 28. Nc2 Ke7 29. Ne4 Nd6 30. Kf3 Nxe4 31. Kxe4 Ke6 32. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. e4 c4 14. Bxc4 exd4
15. cxd4 Na5 16. Bd3 Qxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 Be7 6. Bf4 c5 7. e3 c4 8. Nc3
Qa5 9. Be2 b5 10. O-O b4 11. Qa4+ (11. Na4 Bd7 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5) 11...
Qxa4 12. Nxa4 Ne4 13. Rfd1 (13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Bd1 Nd7 15. Bc2 Rc8 16. Rfd1)
13... Nd7 14. b3 (14. Nd2 f5 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5) 14... Nb6 15.
Nxb6 axb6 16. Rdc1 Nc3 17. Bf1 b5 18. Nd2 (18. bxc4 dxc4 19. a3) 18... Rxa2 19.
Rxa2 Nxa2 20. Ra1 Nc3 21. e4 O-O 22. f3 Be6 23. Ra7 Re8 24. Bg3 dxe4 25. fxe4
Bg5 26. Nf3 Be3+ 27. Bf2 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 29. Ke3 Bd5 30. Ne5 Nd6 31. Rd7
Nf5+ 32. Kf4 Be6 33. Rb7 f6 34. Nf3 g5+ 35. Nxg5 fxg5+ 36. Kxg5 Nxd4 37. Kf6
Bf7 38. bxc4 h6 39. Rb6 bxc4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaac"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a3 Kh8 11. Re1 exd4 12. cxd4 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Rc1 d5
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rxc6 Bd6 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Rc3 h6 19. Bh4 Rab8 20. b4 Bg4 21.
Bg3 Nf4 22. Qc1 Qf5 23. Qc2 Qh5 (23... Rfe8 24. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Qxf4 26.
Nef3) 24. Rce3 Ra8 25. Ne5 Bf5 26. Qc3 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Ng6 28. R5e3 Qg5 29. Nf3
Qf6 30. Qxc7 Be4 31. Qd6 Qf7 32. Ne5 Nxe5 33. Qxe5 Rac8 34. f3 Bf5 35. Qd6 Rc2
36. Re7 Qh5 37. Be5 Rg8 38. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qd3 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Ne5 Bc6 15.
Bg5 Be7 16. a5 Nbd5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. a3 Ba5 7. Nge2 cxd4 8.
exd4 d5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 h6 11. Bf4 Bc7 12. Bxc7 Qxc7 13. Ba2 Rd8 14. Rc1
Nc6 15. b4 Qb8 16. Qc2 a6 17. Rfd1 Ne7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bd7 20. Ng3 Ba4
21. Re1 Bc6 22. Qg4 Qd6 23. Rcd1 Kh8 24. Nh5 Rg8 25. Nf4 a5 26. Bb1 axb4 (26...
Ba4 27. Rc1 axb4 28. axb4 Rac8) 27. axb4 (27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Ng6+ Kh7 29. Nxe7+
g6 30. Bxg6+ Kh8 31. Qh5) 27... Qxb4 28. Nd3 Qd6 29. Ne5 Rgf8 30. h4 Kg8 31.
Re3 f5 32. Qe2 Nd5 33. Rg3 Nf4 34. Qd2 Nh5 35. Rg6 Be8 36. g4 Bxg6 37. Nxg6
fxg4 38. Nxf8 Rxf8 39. Qc2 Nf6 40. Qg6 Qd5 41. Rc1 Qd7 42. Ba2 Ra8 43. Bb3 Qxd4
44. Bxe6+ Kh8 45. Bf5 b5 46. Rc7 Qd1+ 47. Kg2 Qd5+ 48. Kg1 Qg8 49. Rb7 Ra1+ 50.
Kh2 Re1 51. Bxg4 Re4 52. Bf3 Rxh4+ 53. Kg2 Nd5 54. Qd6 Nf4+ 55. Kg3 Rh3+ 56.
Kxf4 (56. Kg4 h5+ 57. Kxf4 Qc4+ 58. Kg5 Qc1+ 59. Qf4 Qg1+ 60. Bg4) 56... Qc4+
57. Be4 Rh4+ 58. Kg3 Rg4+ 59. Kxg4 Qxe4+ 60. f4 Qxb7 61. Qd8+ Kh7 62. Qd3+ Kg8
63. Qb3+ Kh8 64. Qe6 Qg2+ 65. Kh4 b4 66. Qd6 Qe4 67. Kg4 Kh7 68. Qb8 Qg6+ 69.
Kf3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 Bb7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 d6
9. e4 bxc4 10. Nfd2 Nbd7 11. Nxc4 Rb8 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. Na5 Ba8 14. Na3 Nfd7 15.
Rb1 e6 16. Nb5 Nc8 17. Qa4 Ne5 18. Nc4 exd5 19. exd5 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Nb6 21. Qd3
Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Rxb5 24. Bg5 Bf6 (24... Qb6) 25. Bh6 Re8 26. Qxd6
Bd4 27. Qxd8 Rxd8 28. b3 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 Ne5 10. Qe2 Nc4 11. Bc1 d6 12. b3 Ne5 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Rad1 O-O 15.
f4 Nc6 16. Nf3 Rad8 17. Kh1 Bc8 18. Ne1 b5 19. g4 b4 20. Na4 d5 21. Bxf6 (21.
e5 Nd7 22. c3) 21... Bxf6 22. e5 Be7 23. Rd3 f6 (23... g5) 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. f5
exf5 (25... d4 26. fxe6 Rxe6) 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Bxd5+ Kh8 28. gxf5 Bxf5 29. Nf3
Nd8 30. Re1 Be6 31. Bxe6 Nxe6 32. Qe4 g6 33. Nb2 Qc3 34. Nd3 (34. Na4) 34...
Qxc2 35. Nde5 Qf2 (35... Qxe4 36. Rxe4 Bd6) 36. Ng4 Qxf3+ 37. Qxf3 Rxf3 38.
Rxe6 Bc5 39. Rxa6 Rf4 40. Ne5 Rf1+ 41. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8.
d3 Nd7 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc5 12. Ne2 Ne6 13. Qg3 Qf6 14. c3 h5
15. h4 O-O-O 16. f4 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Qg6 18. Qxg6 fxg6 19. Rf3 Be7 20. g3 Rhf8 21.
Kg2 Rd7 22. b4 Rfd8 23. f5 gxf5 24. exf5 Nf8 25. d4 exd4 26. Nxd4 c5 27. bxc5
Bxc5 28. Be3 Re8 29. Ne6 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 Rd2+ 31. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d5 Ne7 8. Be3 c5
9. Qd2 a6 10. g4 Bd7 11. h4 h5 12. g5 Nh7 13. Nc1 f6 14. Be2 fxg5 15. hxg5 O-O
16. a4 Qa5 17. Ra3 Rae8 18. Nb3 Qd8 19. a5 Rf7 20. Nc1 Nc8 21. Nd3 Bf8 22. Kd1
Be7 23. Rg1 Ref8 24. Kc2 (24. f4 exf4 25. Nxf4 Rg7 26. Ne6 Bxe6 27. dxe6 Na7
28. Nd5 Qc8 29. Rb3 Nc6) 24... Rxf3 25. Bxf3 Rxf3 26. Nf2 b5 27. axb6 Nxb6 28.
b3 a5 29. Ncd1 a4 30. Nb2 axb3+ 31. Rxb3 Na4 32. Nbd3 Nb6 33. Nb2 Na4 34. Nbd3
Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Nf3 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. Re1 a6 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Bd2 Re8 15. h3
(15. b4 Nd7 16. b5) 15... b5 16. axb5 Nxb5 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. b4 Nd7 19. Qc2 Qc7
20. Kh2 Ba6 21. Nd1 Rbc8 22. Rc1 Qb7 (22... Nb6 23. Ne3 Bb7) 23. Qb1 Rc7 24.
Ne3 Nf6 25. e5 dxe5 (25... Nxd5 26. exd6 Rcc8 27. Nxd5 Qxd5 28. bxc5 Rxe1 29.
Rxe1 Rxc5 30. Re8+ Bf8 31. d7 Qxd7 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Bb4 Qd6 34. Ne5 Kg8 35.
Qg1) 26. d6 Rcc8 (26... exf4 27. Nf5 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 gxf5 29. dxc7 Qxc7 30. Qxf5
c4 31. Bc3) 27. fxe5 Nd7 28. Ng4 Qd5 (28... c4 29. Qa1 Qc6 30. Nh6+ Kf8 31. Bg5
Bb7 32. Be7+ Rxe7 33. dxe7+ Kxe7) 29. Rcd1 Qe6 (29... Bb7 30. Bh6 Qc4) 30. Bh6
Bb7 (30... Bh8 31. Ng5 Qf5 32. Qa2) 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qc1 Bxf3 33. Qh6+ Kh8 (
33... Kg8 34. Nf6+ Nxf6 35. exf6 Qxf6 36. d7 Bc6 37. Rxe8+ Rxe8 38. dxe8=Q+
Bxe8 39. Qe3) 34. Nf6 Nxf6 35. exf6 Qxf6 36. d7 Bc6 37. dxe8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. b3
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 b6 11. Ne1 Qd7 12. Nd3 f6 13. b4 Nxb4 14. Nxb4 cxb4 15.
Nb5 Qxb5 16. Rxc7 Bd6 17. Rc6 Be7 18. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. a3 d6 8. Rb1
Ne5 9. d3 Bg4 10. h3 Bf3 11. O-O Nfd7 12. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 13. Kg2 Nde5 14. Ng1 Nxg1
15. Rxg1 e6 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Qd2 f5 18. f4 Nc6 19. Kh2 Nd4 20. Qg2 b5 (20... a6)
21. cxb5 Nxb5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Nxb5 Qxb5 24. g4 fxg4 25. Qxg4 Qd7 26. d4 Kh8
27. dxc5 dxc5 28. Rbd1 Qf7 29. b3 Rg8 30. Qf3 e5 (30... Rac8 31. Rc1 e5) 31.
Bxc5 Rae8 32. Rg4 exf4 33. Kh1 (33. Rxf4 Qc7 34. Qf2 Rd8 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Kg1)
33... Be5 34. Bf2 Rxg4 35. hxg4 Rg8 36. Bd4 Qf6 37. Bxe5 Qxe5 38. Rf1 Rf8 39.
Rc1 Qe3 40. Qxe3 fxe3 41. Re1 Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 a5 10. Kh1 (10. a4) 10... a4 11. Nd2 exf4 12. Nc4 (12. Rxf4 d5)
12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 d5 14. Bxf4 (14. Ned6 dxc4 15. Bxf4) 14... dxe4 15. Qxd8
Bxd8 16. Nd6 Nd4 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Be5 (19. c3 Ne2 20. Be5 Rxf1+
21. Rxf1 Bc7 22. Re1 Bxd6 23. Bxd6 Rd8 24. Rxe2 Rxd6 25. Kg1) 19... Nxc2 20.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Rf1+ Kg8 22. Rf7 (22. Nxe4) 22... Bf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rxf6 e3
25. Rxe6 Rd8 26. Kg1 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 e2 28. Re6 e1=Q+ 29. Rxe1 Nxe1 30. Kf2 Nd3+
31. Ke3 Nxb2 32. Kd4 Kf7 33. Kc3 Nd1+ 34. Kb4 Ne3 35. Kxa4 Ke7 36. Kb5 Kd7 37.
Kb6 Kc8 38. Kc5 Nxg2 39. Kd6 Nh4 40. h3 Ng6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Nf3 Qa5 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. O-O Qa4 14. Qe2 Bd7
15. Nd2 Bc6 16. f4 Qa5 17. g4 Na4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. g5 hxg5 20. fxg5 f5 21. Qh5
Qxc3 22. Qg6+ Kh8 (22... Qg7 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Bxf5 Qxg5+ 25. Bg4 Rg8) 23. Qh6+
Kg8 24. Qxe6+ Kg7 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Qxa1+ 27. Nf1 Kh8 28. g6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. d4 d6 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.
Nf3 e4 9. Ng5 Ke8 10. f3 h6 11. Nh3 exf3 12. Bxf3 Nbd7 13. Nf4 Nc5 14. b3 Kf7
15. Nd3 Nxd3+ 16. exd3 Bc5 17. Rf1 Bd4 18. Bd2 Re8+ 19. Kd1 f4 20. Kc2 Bh3 21.
Rfe1 fxg3 22. hxg3 Bf2 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxg3 26. Rg1 Bf2 27.
Rh1 (27. Bg6+ Kg8 28. Rh1 Re6 29. Bh5 Bf5 30. Rf1 Rf6 31. Bc3 Rf8 32. Rxf2
Bxd3+ 33. Kxd3 Rxf2) 27... Rxe4 28. dxe4 Bg2 29. Rc1 Bxe4+ 30. Kc3 Bg2 31. Kd3
g5 32. Be3 Bxe3 33. Kxe3 c5 34. Rd1 Bc6 35. a3 a5 36. Rd8 h5 37. Kf2 h4 38. Ra8
Kf6 39. Kg1 g4 40. Kh2 Kg5 41. Rg8+ Kf4 42. Rh8 Kg5 43. Rg8+ Kf4 44. Rh8 h3 45.
Rf8+ Ke3 46. a4 Kd4 47. Rf5 Kc3 48. Rxc5 Kb4 49. Rg5 Kxb3 50. Rxa5 Kxc4 51. Rg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nf8 9. Nge2 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. h3 g6 12. O-O-O Ng7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4
Bf5 (14... f5 15. Bf3 Nd7) 15. d5 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Qxe4 17. Nxe4 cxd5 18. Nf6+ Kd8
19. Nxd5 Rc8+ 20. Nec3 Ke8 (20... Nd7 21. Kb1 Rc6 22. Rd2) 21. Kb1 Nfe6 22. Nb5
Rd8 23. Nxa7 Kf8 24. Nb5 Ne8 25. Nb6 Kg7 26. Rxd8 Nxd8 27. Rd1 Nf6 28. Nd6 Ne6
29. a4 Rb8 30. a5 Kf8 31. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. h4 h6 8. Bd2 d6
9. a3 a6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 b5 13. c5 d5 14. Qc1 Be6 15. O-O Qd7
16. Re1 f6 17. Nh2 h5 18. Rb2 O-O 19. Bh6 Kh7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd2 Ra8 22. Ra1
f5 23. e3 f4 24. exf4 exf4 25. Ne2 fxg3 26. fxg3 Bh3 27. Nf4 Bxg2 28. Qxg2 Nf5
29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Nxd5 Kh6 31. Nf1 Rad8 32. Nf4 Ra8 33. Ne6 Rf6 34. Nc7 Ra7 35.
Nd5 Rff7 36. Nb6 Ne5 37. Rd1 (37. Ra3) 37... Nd4 38. Kg2 a5 39. Nc8 Ra6 40. Nd6
Rc7 41. Ra2 (41. Ra2 Rca7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nde2 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd1 Bb7 14. b3 d5 15. e5
Ne4 16. Bb2 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Ne3 a5 21. Rd1
Raf8 22. c4 bxc3 23. Qxc3 Ba6 24. Rd2 (24. Nc4) 24... Bxe2 25. Rxe2 Rxf4 26.
Rc1 Qf7 27. g3 Rf2 28. Rxf2 Qxf2 29. Rf1 Qe2 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. h4 Ne7 32. Ng2
Qf3 33. Qxa5 Nf5 (33... Qxg3 34. b4) 34. Qd8+ Kf7 35. Qd7+ Kf6 36. Qd8+ Kf7 37.
Qd7+ Kf6 38. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Rb1
Ne8 9. a3 Nc7 10. b4 Ne6 11. d3 Rb8 12. Nd5 Ned4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bg5 Re8 15.
Qd2 b6 16. Rfe1 f6 17. Be3 Bd7 18. b5 e6 19. Nc3 f5 20. f4 Qf6 21. a4 Nf3+ 22.
Bxf3 Qxc3 23. e5 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 dxe5 25. fxe5 Bc8 26. Bc3 Bb7 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. a5
Bxf3 29. Kxf3 Red8 30. Ke2 Rd7 31. axb6 axb6 32. Ra1 Ke8 (32... g5 33. Ra6 Kg6
34. Rea1 f4) 33. Ra6 Kd8 34. Rea1 Kc8 35. Ra7 Rxa7 36. Rxa7 Rb7 37. Ra6 Kc7 38.
d4 cxd4 39. Bxd4 Rb8 40. Kd3 g5 41. g4 (41. Ra7+ Rb7 42. Ra8 Rb8 43. Rxb8 Kxb8
44. Bxb6 Bxe5 45. Bd4 Bxd4 46. Kxd4 f4) 41... fxg4 42. Ke4 Bf8 43. Ra7+ Rb7 44.
Ra8 Rb8 45. Bxb6+ Kb7 46. Rxb8+ Kxb8 47. Bd8 (47. Be3 Be7 48. c5 h5 49. c6 Kc7
50. Bd2 h4 51. Ba5+ Kc8 52. b6 Bc5) 47... h6 48. Kd4 Kc8 49. Ba5 h5 50. Bd2 Be7
51. Ke4 (51. c5 h4 52. Be3 g3 53. hxg3 h3 54. Bg1 g4 55. c6 Kc7 56. Ke4 Bg5)
51... h4 52. Ke3 Bc5+ 53. Ke2 g3 54. hxg3 h3 55. Kf1 g4 56. Ba5 Kd7 (56... Bd4
57. Be1 Kb7) 57. Bc3 Kc7 58. Ba5+ Kc8 59. Bc3 Kb7 60. Bb2 Kc7 61. Bc3 Kb6 62.
Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. d5 Nc5 11. Qc2 cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. Be3 Rac8 14. Nd2 Qa6 15.
Rfc1 b5 16. Bf1 Qb7 17. b4 Na4 18. Qd3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Rc8 21. Qd3
Ne8 22. Nb3 f5 23. Na5 fxe4 24. Qb3 Qc7 (24... Qa8 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. dxc6+ Kh8)
25. Nc6 a6 (25... Bxc6 26. dxc6+ Kh8) 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Nxc8 Qxc8 28. Rc1 Qb7
29. Bg2 Nf6 30. Bg5 h6 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32. Bxe4 Bxh3 33. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. exf5 Nd4 (5... e4) 6. Nxe5 Bc5 7.
O-O O-O 8. Nf3 c6 (8... Nxb5 9. Nxb5 d5) 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Bd3 d5 11. Ne2 Be5
12. Ng3 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. d3 (14. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qh4+ 16. Kg1 Qxe4) (
14. Qe2 Bxg3 15. fxg3 Bxf5 16. Qe3) 14... exd3 15. Qxd3 Qxd3 16. cxd3 Bxg3 17.
hxg3 Bxf5 18. d4 Rad8 19. Be3 Rd5 20. Rfc1 Rb5 21. b3 Rd8 22. Rc4 Rbd5 23. Rac1
Kf7 24. Ra4 a6 25. Rc5 Bd3 26. Ra3 Rxc5 27. dxc5 Bb5 28. b4 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Bc4
30. Bf4 Rf1 31. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. c5 Be6 (10... b6 11. b4 a5) 11. Bf3 Qd7 12. Bf4 Rfd8
13. Be5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 (14. Bxg7 Nxc3 15. Qb3 Kxg7 16. Qxc3) 14... dxe4 15. Bxe4
Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qb5 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Rd4 19. b3 Rcd8 20. h3 Rd2 21. Qc3 Qe2
22. Qf3 Bd5 23. Qxe2 Rxe2 24. Bd3 Rxe5 25. Rc3 Bc6 26. b4 a6 27. Rac1 Red5 28.
Bc4 Rd4 29. a3 e6 30. R3c2 h5 31. Rb2 Rd2 32. Rxd2 Rxd2 33. Re1 Rc2 34. Bb3 Rc3
35. Re3 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 h4 37. Rd3 Rf1 38. Rd2 (38. f3) 38... Ra1 39. Ra2 Rxa2 40.
Bxa2 Kg7 41. f4 Kf6 42. g3 (42. g4 g5 43. fxg5+ Kxg5 44. Kg1 Kf4 45. Kf2 Ke4
46. Ke2 Bd5) 42... Kf5 43. Bb1+ Be4 44. Ba2 Bd3 45. Kg2 Ke4 46. gxh4 (46. Bb3
Ke3 47. gxh4 Kxf4 48. Kf2 Bb5) 46... Kxf4 47. Kf2 Ke5 (47... Bc2 48. Bc4 Ba4
49. Ba2 (49. Be2 f5 50. h5 (50. Bf3 Bc6) 50... gxh5 51. h4 e5 52. Bxh5 e4)
49... Ke5 50. Bc4 f5 51. Ke3 Bc6 52. Kf2 Bd5 53. Be2 Kf4 54. a4 e5 55. b5 axb5
56. axb5 e4 57. c6 bxc6 58. b6 e3+ 59. Ke1 c5 60. Ba6 Kg3) 48. Bb3 Kd4 (48...
f5 49. h5 gxh5 50. h4 f4 51. Bd1 Kf5 52. Bxh5 e5 53. Bf7 e4 54. Bd5 Kg4 55.
Bxb7 e3+ 56. Kg2) 49. Bd1 e5 50. h5 gxh5 51. Bxh5 f5 52. h4 f4 (52... e4 53.
Be2) 53. Bd1 (53. Be2 Bf5 54. h5 e4 55. h6 Kc3 56. b5) 53... e4 54. h5 Ke5 55.
h6 Kf6 56. Bb3 e3+ 57. Kf3 Be4+ 58. Ke2 Kg6 59. Be6 Kxh6 60. Bd7 Kg5 61. a4 Kf6
62. b5 axb5 63. axb5 Ke5 64. Bg4 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e4 dxe4 6. d5 f5 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Bb5+
(8. Nh3) 8... Kf7 9. Nh3 Nf6 10. Bc4 a6 11. a4 Re8 (11... h6) 12. Qd2 Qe7 13.
a5 Nbd7 14. Ng5+ Kg6 15. Ne6 h6 16. g4 fxg4 17. O-O-O Ne5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19.
Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Qc2 Qf6 (20... Bxe6 21. dxe6 Qg5+ 22. Kb1 Rad8 23. Rd7 Qf5 24.
Bd3 Qxe6 25. Bxe4+ Kf6 26. Bf5 Qc6 27. Rhd1 Bd4) 21. Rhe1 Bxb2+ 22. Kb1 Bxe6 (
22... Kf7 23. Rxe4 Be5 24. Rxg4 Bxe6 25. dxe6+ Kg8 26. f4 Bd4) 23. dxe6 Bd4 24.
Rxe4 Kg5 25. Rxg4+ Kxg4 26. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Qa5 10. Rb1 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O 13. Bd3 Rd8 14.
Rhc1 Nc6 15. Ke3 f6 16. h4 Na5 17. g4 Bd7 18. Rc5 b6 19. Rc7 Bc6 20. g5 Rdc8 (
20... Rd7) 21. Re7 Re8 22. gxf6 Rxe7 23. fxe7 Re8 24. Ne5 Bb7 25. Rc1 Rxe7 26.
Bb5 g6 27. f3 Kg7 28. Kf4 a6 29. Bd7 b5 30. Rc7 Kf6 31. Kg4 h6 32. h5 (32. Nd3
Bc8 33. Nc5 Bxd7 34. Nxd7+ Kg7 35. Nc5) 32... gxh5+ (32... g5 33. a3 Kg7 34.
Kg3 Ba8 35. Ra7 Nc6 36. Rxa8 Nxe5 37. dxe5 Rxd7 38. Rxa6 Kf7) 33. Kxh5 Kg7 34.
a3 Kh7 (34... Ba8 35. Rc8 Bb7 36. Rb8 Kh7 37. Ng6 Rf7 38. Bxe6 Rxf3 39. d5) 35.
d5 Rg7 36. dxe6 Rg5+ 37. Kh4 Rxe5 38. e7 Kg6 39. e8=Q+ Rxe8 40. Bxe8+ Kf6 41.
Kg3 Ke5 42. f4+ Kd6 43. Rd7+ Kc5 44. f5 Bc6 45. f6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaac"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Ba4 Nf6 6. exf5 Bc5 7. d3 O-O 8.
O-O d5 9. Nxe5 Bxf5 10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Bh4 Rae8 13. Bg3 Qd8 14. Ne2
Rxe5 15. Bxe5 Bg4 16. Qd2 (16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. c3 Bb6 18. d4 Ne4 19. Rf1 Bc7 20.
Qe1 (20. Qd3 Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Nxf2 23. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kh2 Rf6) 20...
Qh4 21. f4 Qh6 22. Bd1) 16... Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Ne4 19. Rf1 Rxf2 20.
Rxf2 Bxf2+ 21. Kf1 Qf8 22. dxe4 Bd4+ 23. Qf3 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Bf4 e6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. c5
Bxg3 9. hxg3 b6 10. Qa4 Ne7 11. b4 a5 12. b5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Nd5 15.
Rc1 e5 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. Nb3 Rad8 18. Be2 Qxe5 19. Nd4 Nb4 20. O-O bxc5 21. Nxf5
Qxf5 22. Qxa5 Qe5 23. Qa3 Rd5 24. Bc4 Rdd8 25. Be2 Rd5 26. Bc4 Rdd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Qg3 Nc5 11. Re1 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Ne8
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Ne4 f5 (16... b6 17. Nxc5 Qxc5) 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Nxc5 Qxc5
19. c3 (19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Rxe6 Rac8 21. Bd3) 19... Qd5 20. Kb1 Ne4 21. Qe3 Nf2
22. Rg1 Ng4 23. Qe4 Qxe4+ 24. Rxe4 e5 25. Bc4+ Kh7 26. Ne6 Rf6 27. Rxg4 Bxe6
28. Bxe6 Rxe6 29. Rf1 Rg6 30. Rxg6 Kxg6 31. Kc2 Rd8 32. Rf2 Rd6 33. Rd2 Rf6 34.
Kd3 Kf5 35. Ke2 Ke4 36. Rd7 Rg6 37. g3 b5 38. Rd3 h5 39. Re3+ Kf5 40. Rf3+ Ke4
41. Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3
Rb8 9. Be3 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Nd2 Qe8 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Ncb1 Rc8 14. Na3 Nd8
15. Nb3 e5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Bd4 Qe7 18. Nb1 b4 19. N1d2 Bb5 20. Nc4 Ne6 21.
Ne3 c5 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Rc2 c4 24. Qc1 cxb3 25. Rxc8 Nd4 (25... bxa2 26. Rxf8+
Nxf8 (26... Bxf8 27. Nd5) 27. Bd5 Bxe2 28. Re1 Qxb2 29. Qxb2 Bxb2 30. Bxa2 Bf3)
26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27. Qb1 Bxe2 28. Re1 bxa2 29. Qxa2 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 Bxf3 31. Qb3
Bc6 (31... d5 32. Nxd5 Bxd5 33. Qxd5 Qxb2) 32. Nc2 Bh6 33. Nxb4 Bd2 34. Nxc6
Bxe1 35. Qe3 d5 (35... Qe6 36. Qxe6 fxe6 37. b4) 36. Ne7+ Kf8 37. Nxd5 (37.
Qxe1 Qxe7 38. Qxe7+ Kxe7 39. Kf1) 37... Qf5 38. Qh6+ Ke8 39. Qe3+ Kf8 40. Qh6+
(40. Qxe1 Qxd5 41. b4) 40... Ke8 41. Qe3+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. h4 h5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nb3 Nf6 8. Bg5
d6 9. f3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. O-O-O Bxb3 12. cxb3 Rc8 13. Kb1 Qa5 14. a3 Qb6 15.
b4 Bxc3 (15... Qd4 16. Qxd4 Nxd4) 16. Qxc3 O-O 17. Be3 Qd8 18. Be2 a5 19. b5
Nce5 20. Qd4 Nc5 21. f4 Ng4 (21... Ne6 22. Qd5 Nd7) 22. Bxg4 hxg4 23. h5 Ne6
24. Qd5 g5 25. fxg5 Nc7 26. Qf5 e6 27. Qf1 Qd7 28. a4 e5 29. Qf6 Ne8 30. Qxe5
Qc7 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. bxc3 Rxc3 33. Rhe1 Ng7 34. Rxd6 Rfc8 35. h6 Ne8 36. h7+
Kxh7 37. Rh6+ Kg8 38. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Ne2 e6 5. Nf4 h6 6. c3 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. Bd3 Qc7
9. O-O Be4 10. Nd2 g5 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nh5 Qxe5 13. Nc4 Qxc5 14. Qe2 g4 15.
Ng3 f5 16. Rd1 Ne5 (16... b5 17. Na3 a6) 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qc4 Ne7 19. Nh5 f4
20. Nxf4 Kf7 21. Be3 b5 22. Qe2 Qf5 23. Rd2 Bg7 24. Rad1 a6 25. g3 Be5 26. Rd7
Kf6 27. Ng2 Nd5 28. Nh4 Qh5 29. Bc1 Qe8 30. R1xd5 exd5 31. Qxg4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qc2 d6 9. e4 a6 10. a4 b4 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. O-O Re8 15.
Nfd2 g5 16. Rfe1 Bf8 17. Rad1 Ra7 18. a5 Qd8 19. e5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Rxe5
dxe5 22. Nc4 Qf6 23. Qe2 Bd6 24. b3 Kf8 25. Nb6 Qd8 26. Qf3 Bd7 27. Nxd7+ Rxd7
28. Qh3 h5 (28... Kg7 29. Qf5 Kf8 30. Qh3) 29. Qxh5 Qf6 30. Bxa6 (30. Qg4)
30... Ra7 31. Bd3 Rxa5 32. Qe2 Ra3 33. Qc2 Kg7 34. Bc4 Ra8 35. h3 Rh8 36. Re1
g4 37. hxg4 (37. Re3 gxh3 38. Rxh3 Rxh3 39. gxh3 Qg5+) 37... Qh4 38. Qe4 (38.
Kf1 Qxg4 39. Kg1 Qh4 40. Kf1 Qh1+ 41. Ke2 Qxg2) 38... Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8.
dxc5 Nbc6 9. Nf3 b6 10. cxb6 Qxb6 11. O-O-O Rb8 12. b3 Qc5 13. Nbd4 a5 14. Kb1
a4 15. Bd3 h6 16. Rhe1 Rb6 17. Bf1 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Re2 Rb8 20. Nxc6 Nxc6
21. Nd4 Na5 22. f4 Ra7 23. Qc1 Nc4 24. Ka1 Na3 25. Qb2 Nb5 26. Nxb5 Qxb5 27.
Re3 Rc7 28. Red3 Qc5 29. R3d2 Rbc8 30. Kb1 Qa7 31. g3 Rc3 32. Re1 a3 33. Qc1
Qc5 34. Qd1 Kh7 35. Ree2 g6 36. Rd4 Rf3 (36... Rxg3 37. hxg3 Qc3 38. Qc1 Qxd4
39. Rd2 Qc5) 37. Rd3 Rxd3 38. cxd3 Qd4 39. Qd2 Rc3 40. Qe3 Qb4 41. Rd2 h5 42.
h3 Qb7 43. Qf2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 c6 9. Qc2 a5 10. Be3 Na6 11. a3 Nd7 12. Rab1 Nf6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Nc7
15. Bd4 Bg4 16. Be5 Ne6 17. Qb2 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qd7 21.
Bg2 Rfd8 22. h4 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Qd6 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 d6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. f3 Nh5 11. Be3 Be5 12. g3 Bg7 (12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bxg3
14. Qd2 Bxe1 15. Rxe1 Ne6) 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rad1 Ne6 15. Bf1 Nf6 16. Qf2 Bd7 17.
Rd2 Qc8 18. Nd5 b6 19. Bg2 c6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Red1 Nc5 22. Nb3 Nb7 23. Bd4
Qd8 24. f4 Bg4 25. Rf1 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Bd7 27. e5 Rc8 28. f5 (28. Rfd1 Bg4 29.
Nxc6 Qd7 30. Nxa7 Bxd1 31. Nxc8) 28... Rxe5 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. b4
Qe7 32. Rdf2 Nd8 33. Qf4 Ne6 34. Qh6 Rh5 35. Qe3 Re5 36. Qh6 Rh5 37. Qd2 Nxd4
38. Qxd4+ Qe5 39. Qxe5+ Rxe5 40. Rf8+ Rxf8 41. Rxf8+ Kg7 42. Ra8 Kf6 43. Rxa7
Be6 44. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb2 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Qe2+ Be7 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Rfe1 Bd6 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. Nh4
Rae8 15. h3 Bh5 16. Kf1 Bg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Re1 Re5 20. Na4 Qb7
21. c4 Qe7 22. Rxe5 Qxe5 23. Nc3 d4 24. Ne4 Be7 25. g4 f5 26. Ng3 fxg4 27. hxg4
Bh4 28. Ne2 Bg5 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. f3 a5 31. Ng3 Bf4 32. Ne2 Bg5 33. Ng3 Qf4 34.
Nf1 f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Qe2 Bh4 37. Qe6 Qg5+ 38. Kh3 Qh5 39. Kg2 Qg5+ 40. Kh3
Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. c3 b6 10. Nf1 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Ba6 13. Bf4 Rad8 (13... Nxe4
14. Nh4 f5 15. Nd2 Bd3 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Re1 e5) 14. Ne5 Rxd1 15.
Rxd1 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Nxd8 17. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2
Bxb2 9. Qxb2 Nf6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Be2 Nh5 12. O-O Nf4 13. Rfe1 e5 14. Bf1 Bg4
15. b4 Ne6 16. b5 Na5 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Rc8 19. Red1 Qc7 20. h4 b6 21. Rac1
Nb7 22. Qd2 Rcd8 23. g3 Nbc5 24. Qe3 (24. Qb2) 24... Qb7 25. Re1 (25. Nd2 f5
26. exf5 gxf5 27. Bg2 Qg7 28. Bd5) 25... f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Bg2 Qg7 28. Nh2
f4 29. Qc3 Nd4 30. Rcd1 Kh8 31. Be4 (31. Rd2 Nf5 32. Nf1) 31... fxg3 32. fxg3
Nxe4 33. Rxe4 Rf3 34. Nxf3 Qxg3+ 35. Kf1 Nxf3 36. Qe3 (36. Re3 Rf8 37. Ke2 Qg2+
38. Kd3 Rf4) 36... Nh2+ (36... Rg8 37. Ke2 Qh2+ 38. Kxf3 Rg3#) 37. Ke2 Qg2+ 38.
Kd3 Ng4 39. Rxg4 Qxg4 40. Rg1 Qxh4 41. Kc3 Rc8 42. Qd3 Qh2 43. Rg4 Qf2 44. Kb3
Rf8 45. Rg3 Rf7 46. Rh3 Qf6 47. Qd5 Qg6 48. Rf3 Rxf3+ 49. Qxf3 Kg7 50. Qb7+ Qf7
51. Qg2+ Qg6 52. Qb7+ Qf7 53. Qg2+ Kh6 54. Qh2+ Kg7 (54... Qh5 55. Qd2+ Kg7 56.
Qxd6 Qf3+) 55. Qg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 a6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 Ne8 12. Qc2 Nc7 13. a4 Qe8 14. Bh4 (14. e4)
14... Rc8 15. Ra1 f5 16. Bg3 b6 17. Rfd1 Qf7 18. Nf3 h6 19. Rab1 Nb7 20. Qb3
Na8 21. Ne1 g5 22. Rbc1 Bf6 23. Nd3 e5 24. dxe6 (24. f3) 24... Bxe6 25. Qa3
Bxc4 26. f4 (26. Bf3) 26... g4 27. e4 Bd4+ 28. Bf2 Bxf2+ (28... b5 29. axb5
axb5) 29. Nxf2 Bxe2 30. Nxe2 Rce8 31. Ng3 fxe4 32. f5 Kh7 33. Nxg4 Rg8 (33...
Nc7 34. Qe3 Qg7 35. h3 Qg5) 34. h3 Rg5 35. Qe3 d5 36. Qf4 Rxg4 (36... Nc7 37.
Nxh6) 37. hxg4 Qc7 38. Qe3 Qe5 39. g5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb4 7. e3 c5 8. Be2
cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rc1 Ne7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. a3 Bd6 14. d5 Ng6
15. Re1 f5 16. Bf1 O-O 17. Qd4 Re8 18. Rcd1 Bf8 19. Qe3 Qf6 20. dxe6 dxe6 21.
Rd7 Re7 22. Rxe7 (22. Red1) 22... Qxe7 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Qg5 25. Qe2 (25.
Nb5 Rxc4 26. Qb8 Bd5 27. Nc3 Qf4 28. Qxf4 Rxf4 29. Nxd5 exd5) 25... Bg7 26. Nb5
Rd8 27. Rd1 f4 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Nxa7 f3 30. gxf3 Bxb2 31. Nb5 Qg5+ 32. Bg2
Qc1+ 33. Qf1 Qf4 34. Qd3 Bc6 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qd3 Bf6 37. h3 h5 38. Nc3 Qc1+
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O
Qc8 9. Bg5 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 d6 12. e4 Nbd7 13. Re1 Qb8 14. Bf1 a6 15. a4
Re8 16. Ra3 Qc7 17. Nd2 Bc8 18. Nc4 h6 19. Bf4 g5 20. Bc1 Ne5 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22.
Bc4 Bd6 23. Qd3 Kg7 24. Nd1 Ng8 25. Ne3 Ne7 26. Qe2 f6 27. h4 Rg8 (27... Bd7
28. Qh5 b5) 28. Qh5 Bd7 (28... Rh8 29. Ng4 Ng6) 29. Ng4 Bxg4 (29... Rh8 30.
Nxf6 Kxf6 31. Rf3+) 30. Qxg4 Qc8 31. Qh5 Qd7 32. Qe2 Qb7 33. Kg2 Ng6 34. hxg5
hxg5 35. Rh1 a5 36. Qg4 Qc8 37. Qe6 Qxe6 38. dxe6 Rgd8 39. Rd3 Bc7 40. Rhd1
Rxd3 41. Rxd3 Rd8 42. Rxd8 Bxd8 43. Bd5 Kf8 44. Kf3 Ke7 45. Kg4 Kd6 46. Bc4 Ne7
(46... Nf8 47. Kf5 Ke7 48. f4 gxf4 49. gxf4 Bc7 50. fxe5 Bxe5) 47. f4 exf4 48.
gxf4 Nc6 49. e5+ fxe5 50. fxg5 e4 (50... Nd4 51. g6 Nxe6 52. Bh6 Bf6 53. Kf5
Bg7 54. Bxg7 Nxg7+ 55. Kf6 Nh5+ 56. Kf7) 51. g6 Bf6 52. Bh6 e3 53. Bf8+ Kc7 54.
e7 Ne5+ 55. Kh5 Bxe7 56. Bxe7 Nxc4 57. g7 e2 58. Bh4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O c5 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. a4 b4 12. Nb1 cxd4 13. exd4 Nd5 14. Be3 Be7 15.
Nbd2 O-O 16. a5 Qa7 17. Nc4 Rac8 18. Bd2 Rfd8 19. Re1 Nf8 20. Nce5 Bf6 21. Rad1
Rc7 22. Ng4 Ng6 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. g3 Qa8 25. Nh4 (25. Kg2) 25... Nde7 26. Nxg6
hxg6 27. Qe3 Bh1 28. Kf1 (28. f3) 28... Qg2+ 29. Ke2 Nd5 30. Rxh1 (30. Qh6 Qf3+
31. Kf1 Qxd3+) 30... Nxe3 31. Bxe3 e5 32. dxe5 Rxd3 33. Rhg1 Rxe3+ 34. Kxe3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nbd2 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Qe2 Bc5 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Qd6 17. b4 Bb6 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bb3 Ne7 20. Bg5 c5 21. bxc5
Bxc5 22. Nh4 Kh8 23. Rad1 Qc7 24. Qf3 f6 25. Be3 Rad8 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Nf5 Qc7
28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rd1 Be8 30. g5 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Nxf5 32. exf5 Qd7 33. Qf3 fxg5
(33... Qc6 34. Bd5 Qd6) 34. Qa8 h5 35. Be6 Qc6 (35... Qe7 36. Qxa6 g4) 36. Qb8
(36. Qd8) 36... Kh7 37. Qxe5 Qf3 (37... Bd7 38. Bf7 Qf6 39. Bg6+ Kh6 40. Qe2 g4
41. hxg4 Qg5 42. Bxh5 Bxf5) 38. Bd5 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Bd7 40. f6 Bxh3+ 41. Kxh3 Qf1+
42. Bg2 Qxf2 43. Qxg5 gxf6 44. Be4+ Kh8 45. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Bb4 8.
Bd2 Nc6 (8... Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nxe4 10. Bb4 d6 11. Bf3 Nc5 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Rfd1
Nbd7 14. Nb3) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Rae1 e5 13. Qe2 d6 14.
Kh1 Bg4 15. f3 Bh5 16. Bxa6 d5 (16... Qb6 17. Bc4 Qxb2 18. Bb3 Qa3) 17. exd5
cxd5 18. g4 Bxg4 (18... Bg6 19. g5 Nd7 20. Nxd5) 19. fxg4 d4 20. Qc4 (20. Bd3
dxc3 21. Bxc3 Rxa2 22. Qxe5 Qc6+ 23. Be4) 20... Qb6 21. Rxe5 dxc3 22. Bxc3 Qxa6
23. Qxa6 Rxa6 24. Rxe7 Nd5 25. Rd7 Nxc3 26. bxc3 Rxa2 27. Rf2 Ra4 28. h3 h5 29.
g5 Rc4 30. Rf3 Kh7 31. Rd4 Rc7 32. c4 Re8 33. Rc3 Re5 34. h4 Kg6 35. Kg2 Kf5
36. Kf3 f6 37. Rf4+ Ke6 38. gxf6 gxf6 39. Re4 Rg7 40. Rxe5+ fxe5 41. c5 Rf7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nbxd2 Nf6 6. e3 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5
8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qa3 Qb8 12. O-O a5 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Rfc1
Rfb8 15. b3 Be8 16. Rc2 Rd8 17. Rac1 Rd6 18. b4 Qxb4 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. Rb1 Ra4
21. Nd3 Nd7 22. Rxb4 Ra7 23. Nc5 (23. Nb3) 23... Nxc5 24. Rb8 Kf8 25. dxc5 Re6
26. Nb3 Ke7 27. Nd4 Re5 28. h3 Kd7 29. Rb4 f6 30. Rb8 Bg6 31. Rcb2 Re8 32. Rxe8
Bxe8 33. f4 Ra5 34. Rc2 Ra4 35. Kf2 Rb4 36. a3 Rb1 37. Ra2 Kc8 38. a4 Bd7 39.
a5 Kb7 40. a6+ Ka7 41. f5 Rb8 42. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 d6 (4... Nxe4 5. d5 Nb8 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Qd4
d6) 5. d5 Nb8 6. Bd3 g6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Be3 Bg7 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. g3 O-O 11. Qe2 c6
12. c4 c5 13. O-O-O a6 14. h4 (14. Rdg1 b5) 14... Nf4 15. gxf4 exf4 16. Bxf4
Qf6 17. Rdg1 (17. e5 Qxf4 18. exd6 b5 19. Rde1) 17... Qxf4 18. h5 b5 19. hxg6
hxg6 20. Kd1 Qf6 21. Ng5 (21. b3 Qa1+ 22. Bb1) 21... Re8 22. Rh4 Nb6 23. Bc2 (
23. e5 Rxe5 24. Nde4 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Bd7) 23... Nxc4 24. e5 Rxe5 25. Nde4 Qe7 (
25... Rxd5+ 26. Ke1 Qxb2 27. Nf6+ Qxf6 28. Qe8+ Bf8 29. Rh8+) 26. f4 Rxd5+ 27.
Ke1 Bf5 28. Rgh1 Rd2 29. Qf3 f6 (29... Rxc2 30. Rh8+ Bxh8 31. Rxh8+ Kg7 32.
Rh7+) 30. Kf1 fxg5 31. Nf6+ Qxf6 32. Qxa8+ Kf7 33. Rh8 Bd3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. a3
cxd4 9. axb4 dxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qb3 b6 12. c4 Nf6 13. Bc3 Bb7 14. Qb2 Qe7
15. Be2 O-O 16. b5 Na5 17. Bb4 Qc7 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. O-O Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nd7 21.
Rfd1 Nc5 22. Qc3 Rc8 23. Ra3 Qe7 24. Rxa5 bxa5 25. Qxa5 h6 26. Bc6 Kh7 27. g3
g6 28. Qa3 Rc7 29. h4 Kg7 30. Qc3+ Kh7 31. Qe5 f6 32. Qd4 Kg7 33. Qc3 h5 34.
Qa3 Kf7 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Rd4 Kf7 37. Qb4 Rc8 38. Qb1 a5 39. Qa2 Qc7 40. Qa3 Qb6
41. Rd6 Kg7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaac"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. Ne3 g6 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh2 Rad8 17. Qf3 Be6 18. Nhg4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Qc6 (19... Nc4) 20.
Qg3 f6 21. g5 Kh8 22. b3 Rf8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qxd5 25. gxf6 Bxf6 26. Bh6
Rfe8 27. Be4 Qe6 28. Qf3 Qe7 29. Rad1 Bg7 30. Be3 Rf8 31. Qh3 Kg8 32. Qg4 Bf6
33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rd1 Nb7 35. Bxb7 Rxd1+ 36. Qxd1 Qxb7 37. Qd6 Kf7 38. Bxc5 h5
39. c4 bxc4 40. bxc4 Qb1+ (40... e4) 41. Kh2 Qb7 42. Be3 e4 43. c5 Be7 44. Qb6
Qd5 45. c6 Bd6+ 46. g3 h4 47. c7 hxg3+ 48. Kg2 Qd1 49. Qxd6 Qxd6 50. c8=Q gxf2
51. Qb7+ Ke6 52. Qxe4+ Kd7 53. Qb7+ Ke6 54. Qb3+ Kd7 55. Kxf2 Qh2+ 56. Kf3 Qh3+
57. Ke4 Qf5+ 58. Kd4 Kc6 59. Kc3 Qe5+ 60. Kc2 Qe4+ 61. Kc1 Kd7 62. Kd2 Qg2+ 63.
Kd3 Qc6 64. Kd4 Qf6+ 65. Kc4 Qc6+ 66. Kd3 Qb5+ 67. Kd4 Qc6 68. Bf4 Qf6+ 69. Ke3
Qc6 70. Kd4 Qf6+ 71. Be5 Qf2+ 72. Kd5 Qf7+ 73. Kc5 Qe7+ 74. Kd4 Qh4+ 75. Kd5
Qh1+ 76. Kc5 Qc1+ 77. Kb4 (77. Kb6 Qc6+) 77... Qc6 78. Qf7+ Kc8 79. Qf8+ Kd7
80. Qc5 g5 81. a4 a5+ 82. Qxa5 Qe4+ 83. Ka3 Qe3+ 84. Bc3 Qc1+ 85. Kb3 Qb1+ 86.
Ka3 Qc1+ 87. Kb4 Qb1+ 88. Kc5 Qg1+ 89. Kb5 g4 90. Ka6 g3 91. Qd5+ Ke7 92. Qb7+
Ke8 93. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bd7 9. dxc5 Bc6 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nbd4 Bxc5 12. b3 Bd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Bb2 Nbd7
15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Ne2 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. f3 Bb7 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. Rac1 Bc6 15.
Bf1 Rd8 16. Qf2 Qb7 17. Bc4 Rdc8 18. Bd3 Rd8 19. Qd2 h6 (19... Nc5) 20. Qe2 Nf8
21. Bc4 Ne6 22. Qf2 Rab8 23. Rd2 d5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5
27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Bxb6 e4 (28... Rc8 29. Be3 Qc4 30. a5 Nf4 31. Bxf4 exf4) 29.
fxe4 Qxe4 30. a5 Qe5 31. Qg3 Bd6 32. Qxe5 Bxe5 33. Rb1 Kf8 34. c3 Ke7 35. Nd2
Bd6 36. b4 Bf4 37. Nf3 Rc8 38. Rb3 Kd7 39. g3 Bd6 40. Nd2 f5 41. c4 Be7 42. Kf2
Bg5 43. Be3 Bd8 44. Rd3+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. c3 Qd5 13. cxb4 O-O 14. Bc3
Rad8 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. Re4 Ne6 17. Qxd5 Rxd5 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. a3 Rg5 20. Re5
Rxe5 21. Bxe5 c6 22. Rd1 Re8 23. h3 Bd5 24. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nd3 Nxe4 8.
O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 (9. dxc3) 9... Ne6 10. Kh1 Bd6 11. f4 O-O 12. Bb3 b6 13. Qg4
Bb7 14. Bb2 Rae8 15. Rae1 f5 16. Qh5 Rf6 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Kh8 19. Kg1 Ref8
20. Rfe1 (20. Qe2) 20... Qd6 21. Bxe6 dxe6 22. d3 Rg6 23. R1e2 Qc6 24. Qh3 Qa4
25. Qe3 Qxa2 26. Qc1 Re8 27. Ba3 h6 28. c4 c5 29. h3 Rd8 30. Bb2 (30. Rxe6 Rxe6
31. Rxe6 Rxd3) 30... Rd6 31. R5e3 Qa4 32. Be5 Qc6 33. Bxd6 Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 Rg6 (
34... Rg1+ 35. Kxg1 Qh1+ 36. Kf2 Qxc1 37. Rxe6 Qh1) 35. Rh2 Qxd6 36. Rf2 Qc6
37. Ke2 a6 38. Re5 b5 39. Qe3 (39. cxb5 Qxb5 40. Qe3 Rg1 41. Qxc5 Qb1 42. Qc3)
39... bxc4 40. dxc4 Rg1 41. Kd2 (41. Rh2 Ra1 42. Qc3 Rc1 43. Kf2) 41... Qa4 42.
Qc3 Be4 (42... Be4 43. Ke2 Qe8) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Nd5
Na5 9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 (11. d3) 11... Nxb3 12. axb3 c5 13. dxe5
dxe5 14. Qd3 h6 15. Nh4 Rd8 16. Qf3 g6 (16... Ra7) 17. Qe3 (17. Bxh6 Ng4) 17...
g5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nd5 20. Qe4 Nf6 21. Qe2 Qd7 22. Be3 Rdc8 (22... Qxf5
23. Bxc5 Rdc8 24. b4 Nd7) 23. Qf3 Kh7 24. Qh3 Kg7 25. Rad1 Qc7 26. Qg3 Nh5 27.
Qf3 Nf6 28. h4 e4 29. Qe2 gxh4 (29... Rh8) 30. Qd2 Ng8 (30... Kh7 31. Bxh6 Rg8
32. Bg5 Rad8) 31. Bf4 Qe7 32. Qc3+ Kh7 33. Rd6 Rd8 34. f6 Qc7 35. Qe5 Rxd6 36.
Qxe4+ Kh8 37. Bxd6 Qc8 38. Re3 Ra7 39. Qxh4 Rd7 40. Qg4 Nxf6 41. Be5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Ne8 8. h4 f5
9. Bg5 Bf6 10. exf5 gxf5 (10... Bxf5) 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. O-O-O c5 13. Rdg1 e4 14.
Nh2 Bxg5 (14... Ne5 15. f4 Nf7) 15. hxg5 Ne5 16. f4 exf3 17. Nxf3 Qe7 18. Rh4
Rf7 19. Rgh1 Rg7 20. Bd3 Bd7 21. Ne2 b5 (21... Rb8) 22. cxb5 Rb8 23. Nc3 Nxf3
24. gxf3 Qxg5 25. Qxg5 Rxg5 26. Rxh7 Rg1+ 27. Rxg1+ Kxh7 28. a4 Nf6 29. Kc2 Re8
30. Kd2 Rb8 31. b3 Kh6 32. Bc4 Nh7 33. f4 Nf8 34. Ne2 Ng6 35. Rb1 Kg7 36. b4
cxb4 37. Rxb4 a6 38. Bd3 axb5 39. axb5 Ne7 40. Nc3 Nc8 41. Ra4 Kf6 42. Ra1 Nb6
43. Ke3 Rb7 44. Kd4 Be8 45. Rh1 Nc8 46. Rh8 Bd7 47. Kc4 Ne7 48. Rh1 Nc8 49. Kb4
Kg6 50. Rg1+ Kf6 51. Be2 Be8 52. Rg8 Kf7 53. Rh8 Bd7 54. Bh5+ Ke7 55. Rh7+ Kd8
56. Rh8+ Kc7 57. Bg6 Rb8 58. Rh7 Kd8 59. Bf7 Ne7 60. Rh8+ Kc7 61. Rxb8 Kxb8 62.
Nd1 Nc8 63. Be6 Nb6 64. Ne3 Kc7 65. Nxf5 Nxd5+ 66. Bxd5 Bxf5 67. Ka5 Bd3 68.
b6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Kh2 Ne5 15.
Qa4 Qxa4 16. Nxa4 Nc4 17. Bf4 (17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bd4 e5 19. Bc3) 17... g5 18.
b3 Bd7 (18... gxf4 19. bxc4) 19. bxc4 gxf4 20. Nc3 dxc4 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Nd5
Bd8 23. Nc6 (23. Bc6 Bxc6 24. Nxc6 fxg3+ 25. fxg3 Nxd5 26. Nxb8 Bg5 27. Rb1 c3
28. Nc6 Re8 29. e4 Rxe4 30. h4 Bd2 31. Rb8+ Kg7 32. Rb7 c2 33. Rbxf7+ Kg8)
23... Rxb7 24. Nxd8 fxg3+ 25. fxg3 Ng4+ 26. hxg4 Rxd8 27. Rxc4 Be6 28. Nf6+ Kg7
29. Rc2 Rdb8 30. Nh5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. d4
Nbd7 9. O-O Qe7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Rfe8 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. Re1 Ng6
15. g3 Qd7 16. Bf1 h5 17. Bg2 h4 18. e4 hxg3 19. hxg3 dxe4 20. Ndxe4 Nxe4 21.
Nxe4 Bb4 22. Re3 Bd5 23. Qh5 Rad8 (23... c6) 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. Bxd5 Kg7 (25...
Rxe3 26. Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Bc6 Re1+ 29. Rxe1 Qxc6 30. d5) 26. Bc6 Rh8
27. Qxh8+ Nxh8 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. Bc3 Bd6 30. Kg2 Ng6 31. Rh1 Ne7 32. Re4 Ba3
33. Reh4 Nd5 34. Bd2 Bb4 35. Bh6+ Kg6 36. Kf3 f5 37. Be3 Bf8 38. Rh8 Bg7 39.
Rg8 f4 40. gxf4 f5 41. Rg1+ Kh7 42. Re8 Bf6 43. Rf8 a5 44. Bc1 Re7 45. Be3 Kh6
46. Rfg8 Kh7 47. R8g3 Rg7 48. Rh1+ Kg8 49. Rh5 Ne7 50. d5 Kf7 51. d6 cxd6 52.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 53. Bxb6 Kg6 54. Rh1 Nc6 55. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb2 e5 12. h3 (12. Be2) 12... Bf5 13. Bb5 e4
14. Nh4 Be6 15. c4 cxd4 16. exd4 Rad8 (16... a6 17. d5 axb5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19.
dxe6 fxe6 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qxe4 bxc4) 17. d5 Ne5 18. Qb3 Bd7 19. Qg3 Rfe8 20.
Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Nf5 Ng6 (21... Nh5 22. Qh4 (22. Qg5 g6 23. Nh6+ Kf8 24. Ng4 Nd3
25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Qg5+ Kf8) 22... Nxc4 23. Rac1 g6 24. Ng7 Nxg7 25. Qf6 Nxb2 26.
Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Qxb2 Rd7) 22. Qg5 Qf4 (22... Qb6 23. Rab1 Rc8 24. Rfc1) 23. Bxf6
gxf6 24. Qxf6 Qe5 25. Nh6+ Kf8 26. Ng4 Qd6 27. Qf5 Rc7 28. Rac1 Qf4 29. Qh5 f5
30. Nf6 Ree7 31. c5 Rg7 32. d6 Rc8 33. Nxh7+ Kg8 34. Nf6+ Kf7 35. Nd5 Qe5 36.
Ne7 Rh8 37. Qxf5+ Qxf5 38. Nxf5 Rgg8 39. Ng3 Nf4 40. Rc4 Rh4 41. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. a3 b5 10. Be2 Ke7 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Nbd2 Nbd7 14. Nb3
Rac8 15. Nfd4 Nb6 16. Na5 Bd5 17. Rac1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Nxc8 20. f3
Bc7 21. e4 Ba8 22. a4 bxa4 23. Bxa6 Nb6 24. g3 Nfd7 25. Ndc6+ Kf8 26. Kf2 Nb8
27. Nxb8 Bxb8 28. Bd4 Bc7 29. Nc4 Nxc4 30. Bxc4 Bd6 31. b5 e5 32. Bc3 f6 33.
Ke2 Bc5 34. Kd3 Ke7 35. Bg8 h6 36. Kc4 Kd6 (36... Bd6 37. Bb4 f5 38. Bh7 a3)
37. Bb4 Bxb4 38. Kxb4 f5 39. Bh7 f4 40. gxf4 exf4 41. Kxa4 g5 42. h3 h5 43. Bf5
g4 44. hxg4 h4 45. g5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Bg4 10. c3 Nd7 11. h3 Be6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. Qe2 Qh5
15. Bc2 Bd5 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qd5 18. Qxd5 cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nc2
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Ba3 Be6 12. Qe2 Qa5 (12... Qc7) 13. O-O Qxc3
14. Rab1 dxc4 (14... O-O-O 15. Bb2 Qa5) 15. Bf5 O-O-O 16. Bb2 Qd2 17. Bxe6+
fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Qd7 19. Qxc4 Qd5 20. Qa4 (20. Qh4 Qxa2 21. Qh3+ Nd7 22. Nd4)
20... Rhe8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ne3 Qe4 23. Qb3 Nd4 24. Qb6 Qc6 25. Qb2 Kb8 26. a4
Rd7 (26... Nf3+ 27. Kh1 Nd2 28. Rbc1 Qxa4) 27. Rfc1 Qe4 28. h3 f5 29. Rc5 Rg8
30. Kh1 f4 31. Ng4 f3 32. Rh5 (32. g3) 32... fxg2+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. Kg1 Rxg4
35. hxg4 Nf3+ 36. Kxg2 Qxg4+ 37. Kf1 Qxh5 38. Qh8+ Ka7 39. Kg2 Qg4+ 40. Kf1
Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. O-O Bg7 8. cxd4
O-O 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 d6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. a4 Bf5 (12... a6 13. Ba3 Qc7 14.
Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Bxe7 Re8) 13. Ba3 Qc7 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17.
Qh6 Rfe8 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Be6 20. Bc5 Rd5 21. Qh4 Rh5 22. Qg3 Qd7 23. Rab1
Kg7 24. Rb8 Rxb8 25. Qxb8 a5 26. c4 h6 27. Qb3 Rg5 28. Kh1 Kh7 29. Qc3 Rh5 30.
Ba3 Qc7 31. g3 Qd7 32. Kg1 Kg8 33. Bb2 f6 34. Ba3 Bf7 35. h4 e5 (35... e6 36.
f4 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5) 36. dxe5 Rxe5 37. Rxe5 fxe5 38. Qxe5 Bxc4 39. Bb2 Bd3 40.
Qf6 (40. Qh8+ Kf7 41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. h5 Be4 43. Qh8+ Kf7 44. Qg7+ Ke8 45. Qe5+
Qe7 46. Qxa5) 40... h5 41. Kh2 Bf5 42. Bd4 Bc2 43. Bc5 Qd5 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45.
Qe7+ Kg8 46. Qa7 Bf5 47. Qb8+ Kh7 48. Bd6 Qd4 49. Qc7+ Kg8 50. Qd8+ Kh7 51.
Qe7+ Qg7 52. Qe3 Qd7 53. Qc5 Kg8 54. Bf4 Qd5 55. Qe7 Qd7 (55... Bh3) 56. Qe1
Kf7 (56... Qd4) 57. Qxa5 c5 58. Bg5 Qc6 59. Qa7+ Qd7 60. Qa8 Qd4 61. Be3 Qe4
62. Qa7+ Ke8 (62... Qe7) 63. Qb8+ (63. Bxc5 Bh3 64. f3) 63... Kd7 64. Qb5+ Qc6
65. Qc4 Qe4 66. Qf7+ Qe7 67. Qd5+ Qd6 68. Qg8 Qc6 69. a5 Kc7 (69... c4) 70.
Qf7+ Kb8 71. Qf8+ Kb7 72. Bxc5 Ka6 73. Bb6 Qf3 74. Qf7 Be4 75. Qxf3 Bxf3 76.
Kg1 Be4 77. Kf1 Bb1 78. Ke2 Bc2 79. Ke3 Bb1 80. Kf4 Bc2 81. Kg5 Bb1 82. f4 Bc2
83. g4 hxg4 84. Kxg4 Bb1 85. Kg5 Bc2 86. f5 Bxf5 87. h5 gxh5 88. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 O-O 8. Be3
b6 9. Qc1 (9. d4) 9... Ba6 10. Rd1 f5 11. e5 (11. Qd2) 11... Bxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5
13. d4 (13. Bxa8 Qxa8) 13... Nd3 14. Rxd3 Bxd3 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. dxc5 f4 17.
Bxf4 bxc5 18. Qe3 (18. Nd2 Nf5 19. Qd1 Nh4 20. f3 Qd5 21. Kf2) 18... c4 19. Qd4
Qb7 20. b4 Nf5 21. Qe5 Be4 (21... Nh4 22. gxh4 Qf3 23. Nd2 Qxf4 24. Qxf4 Rxf4)
22. Nd2 Bh1 23. f3 (23. Kf1 Qg2+ 24. Ke2) 23... Bxf3 24. Rf1 Bd5 25. g4 d6 26.
Qe2 g5 27. Bxg5 Qg7 28. h4 (28. Nf3 Qxc3 29. gxf5 Rxf5 30. Be3 Qg7+ 31. Ng5
Rxg5+ 32. Bxg5 Qxg5+) 28... Qxc3 29. Qf2 Qh3 (29... Qh3 30. Nf3 Ne3) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 Nbd7 8. Rd1
b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 Qb6 13. Nbd2 Qc6 14. b3 Ne5
15. Be4 (15. Bb2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Rd8 17. Qc2) 15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3
(17. Qxf3) 17... Be7 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 O-O 20. Kg2 Qb6 21. Rd6 Qc7 22. Rd4
f5 23. Ng3 Rac8 24. Raa4 Qe5 25. Rac4 a5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qd2 h6 28. Ra4 Rc5
29. b4 Rd5 30. Qc2 axb4 31. Rxb4 Rc5 32. Qb2 Qxb2 33. Rxb2 Rc7 34. Ne2 e5 35.
Kg3 g5 36. h3 Rg7 37. Rb5 Ba6 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3
Nc7 9. a4 Rb8 10. Bf4 a6 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Rxb6 13. Ra2 Bd7 14. e4 Qb8 15. Qe2
Nh5 16. Be3 Rb4 17. h3 e5 18. Ne1 Be8 19. Bf3 Nf6 20. Bc1 Qc8 21. Kh2 Na8 22.
Nc2 Nb6 (22... Rb3) 23. Nxb4 cxb4 24. Nb1 Nxc4 25. b3 Bb5 26. Rc2 Ne3 27. Rxc8
Nxf1+ 28. Kg1 Rxc8 (28... Bxe2 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Bxe2 Nxg3 31. fxg3 Nxe4 32.
Bxa6 f5) 29. Qd1 Bd3 30. Bg5 Bxb1 31. Qxb1 Rc3 32. Bg2 h6 33. Bc1 Nxg3 34. fxg3
Rxg3 35. Bd2 a5 36. Be1 Rg5 37. Kh2 Nd7 38. h4 Rg4 39. Bh3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. e5 Ne8 8. d4
Nc7 9. Ba4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. h3 Rb8 12. Bc2 b6 13. Bd2 Ba6 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Qd7 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Qe2 Rbc8 18. a3 Nc6 19. b4 Ne6 20. Qd3 f6 21. exf6
Bxf6 22. Ne2 Bg7 23. Rac1 a5 (23... a6 24. Qxa6 (24. Rc2 b5) 24... Ncxd4 25.
Nfxd4 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4) 24. b5 Nb8 (24... Na7 25. a4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8) 25.
Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nf4 Rc4 27. Nxe6 Qxe6 28. Re1 Qd6 29. g3 Nd7 (29... Rc8 30. Bf4
Qd7) 30. Bf4 Qf6 31. Bg5 Qf8 32. Rxe7 Nf6 33. Qe2 h6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Nf5 8. Bd3
h5 9. Qh3 cxd4 10. Nf3 (10. Bxf5 exf5 11. cxd4) 10... Nc6 (10... Qc7 11. Rb1
dxc3) 11. g4 Nfe7 12. gxh5 Qc7 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Qg4 Nxf4 15. Qxf4 dxc3 16. Qg5
Qe7 17. Qxg7 Qf8 (17... Rxh5 18. Rg1 Qf8 19. Qf6 Rh6) 18. Qg5 Qh6 19. Rg1 Qxg5
20. Rxg5 Bd7 21. Ke2 (21. h6 Ke7 22. h7) 21... Ke7 22. Ke3 Raf8 23. Rag1 Be8
24. Nd4 f5 (24... f6 25. Rg7+ Bf7 26. Nxc6+ bxc6 27. f4 Rxh5 28. Bg6 Rh3+ 29.
Kd4 Rh4 30. Ke3 Rh3+) 25. Nxc6+ Bxc6 26. Kd4 f4 27. Rg7+ Rf7 28. Rg8 Rxg8 29.
Rxg8 Rf8 30. Rxf8 Kxf8 31. h6 b6 32. Kxc3 Kg8 33. Bg6 a5 34. Kd4 Kf8 35. c3 Kg8
36. h7+ Kg7 37. Bf7 Bd7 38. Bg8 Bc8 39. Kd3 Bd7 40. Ke2 Kh8 41. Kf3 b5 42. Kxf4
d4 43. cxd4 b4 44. axb4 a4 45. d5 a3 46. dxe6 a2 47. exd7 a1=Q 48. d8=Q Qc1+
49. Kf5 Qb1+ 50. Ke6 Qg6+ 51. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E79"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. O-O a6 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Rac1 Qa5 13. Nb3 Qb4 14. Qd1 Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Qa3 17. Bc1 Bxc1 18. Qxc1 Qxc1 19. Rbxc1 a5 20. Nc3 b6 21.
Rfd1 Rb8 22. Nd4 Rfc8 23. Nd5 Kf8 24. Rb1 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Rc6 26. Rd2 Bf5 27. Rb5
e6 28. Nc3 h5 29. Rdb2 d5 30. c5 Rbc8 31. cxb6 Rxc3 32. b7 Rb8 33. Rxa5 d4 34.
Ra8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Qc2 c5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. Qxf5 Nc6 12. O-O (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxc5
Rc8 14. Rd1 Nd4 15. Qd5 Nc2+ 16. Ke2) 12... Qd7 13. Qf4 Qg4 14. Nd5 Qxf4 15.
Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. Bxf4 Ng6 17. Bd6 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. f3 Ne8 20. Bg3 Ne7 21.
e4 Kf8 (21... Rd4 22. Bb3 Rcd8 23. Bf2 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 b6) 22.
Rac1 Nc6 23. Bd5 b6 24. a3 Nf6 25. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxc6 27. e5 Ne8 28. Rd7
a6 (28... Rc7 29. e6) 29. Rb7 Nc7 30. f4 g6 31. Bh4 Nd5 32. Bg5 Ke8 33. Kf2 h5
(33... f6 34. exf6 Nxf6 35. Kf3 Nd7) 34. Kf3 b5 (34... f5 35. exf6 Nxf6) 35.
Ke4 Nc7 36. Rb8+ Kd7 37. Rd8+ Ke6 38. h3 c4 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 f5+ 41. exf6
c3 (41... Rc5 42. Kd4 Rc6 43. Rh8) 42. f5+ gxf5+ 43. gxf5+ Kf7 44. Rd7+ Kg8 45.
bxc3 Rc4+ 46. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. axb3 Qd7 (11... exd4 12. cxd4 d5) 12. d5 Nd8 13.
c4 c6 14. Nc3 cxd5 (14... Nb7 15. Be3 Rfb8 16. Qd3 Bd8) 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5
Nc6 17. Bd2 Qb7 18. Rec1 b4 19. h4 h6 20. g3 Rfd8 21. Kg2 Qc8 22. Be3 Bf8 23.
Nh2 Ne7 24. Qd3 f5 25. f3 Kh8 26. Rd1 fxe4 27. Qxe4 Ng8 28. Ng4 Qe6 29. Qd5 Qg6
30. Qd3 Qe6 31. Qd5 Qg6 32. Qd3 Qe6 33. Nf2 Ne7 34. Ra5 (34. Bb6) 34... Nf5 35.
Ne4 Be7 (35... d5 36. cxd5 Rxd5 37. Rxd5 Qxd5 38. Qxd5 Nxe3+) 36. Bf2 Rf8 37.
h5 Bd8 38. Ra4 Qf7 39. g4 Nh4+ 40. Bxh4 Bxh4 41. Qe3 Be7 42. Ra5 Qe6 43. Rad5
Rad8 44. R1d3 Rde8 45. Nxd6 Bxd6 46. Rxd6 Qe7 47. Rd7 Qg5 48. Qxg5 hxg5 49. Re3
Rd8 50. Re7 Rd2+ 51. Kg3 Rxb2 52. R7xe5 Rc2 53. Rxg5 Rc3 54. Rge5 Rd8 55. Rxc3
bxc3 56. Re3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaac"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Qg4 f5 6. Qg3 b6 7. a3 Bf8 8. Nf3 Ba6
9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. h4 (10. O-O c5 11. Bf4) 10... c5 11. Bg5 Nh6 12. h5 Nf7 13.
O-O-O Nxg5 14. Qxg5 Nc7 15. g4 fxg4 16. Qxg4 O-O-O 17. Ng5 cxd4 18. Ne2 Bc5 19.
f4 Rdf8 20. Rh3 Be7 21. Nxd4 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d4 Nbd7 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ng4 12. hxg4 Bxd4 13. Qd2 Bg7 14. b3 (14.
Qxd6 Nc5 15. Qd1 Be6) 14... Ne5 15. g5 f5 (15... f6) 16. Na4 Qd8 17. Bb2 fxe4
18. Rxe4 Bf5 19. Rd4 Nf7 20. f4 Re8 21. Qf2 h6 22. gxh6 Nxh6 23. Bf3 Ng4 24.
Bxg4 Bxg4 25. Rd2 Bxb2 26. Nxb2 Qf6 27. Re1 Kf7 28. Nd1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Re8 30.
Qf1 Qa1 (30... Qf5 31. Qf2 Qb1 32. Qf1) 31. Ne3 Qc3 32. Rd3 Qa5 33. Qf2 Qh5 34.
Nxg4 Qxg4 35. Re3 Rh8 36. Qe2 Qh3 37. Qg2 Qh5 38. Qe4 Qh2+ 39. Kf1 Qh1+ 40.
Qxh1 Rxh1+ 41. Kg2 Ra1 42. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 c6 7. Bg5 Qa5 8. Qd2
O-O 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Nxd5 12. cxd5 f6 13. Be3 Nd7 (13... Na6
14. Nc3 Nc7) 14. Nc3 a6 15. g4 b5 (15... f5) (15... b6) 16. Be2 Bb7 17. b4 f5
18. g5 Rfb8 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 f4 21. Bf2 Bf8 22. Rha1 Be7 23. b5 axb5 24.
Rxa8 Bxa8 25. Bxb5 Nf8 26. h4 Bb7 27. Bc6 Bc8 28. Nb5 Bh3 29. Ba7 Rc8 30. Bb6
Bd7 31. Ra7 (31. Bxd7 Nxd7 32. Bc7) 31... Bxc6 32. dxc6 Rxc6 33. Rxe7 (33. Ba5
Rc5 34. Nc3) 33... Rxb6 34. Nc3 Rb2+ 35. Kd3 Rf2 36. Nd5 Rxf3+ 37. Kc4 Ra3 38.
Nf6+ Kh8 39. Rf7 Ra8 40. Kd5 Rd8 41. Kc6 f3 42. Kd5 Ra8 43. Ng4 Rd8 44. Rxf3
Kg7 45. Nh6 Rd7 46. Rf1 Re7 47. Rc1 Rd7 48. Rc8 Re7 49. Kxd6 Rd7+ 50. Kxe5 Re7+
51. Kd5 Rd7+ 52. Kc6 Rd4 53. Rc7+ Kh8 54. Re7 Rd1 55. Nf7+ Kg8 56. Nh6+ Kh8 57.
Rf7 Rc1+ 58. Kd6 Rd1+ 59. Ke7 Rd7+ 60. Ke8 (60. Kxf8 Rd8+ 61. Ke7 Re8+ 62. Kd6
Re6+) 60... Rxf7 61. Nxf7+ Kg7 62. Ke7 h5 63. gxh6+ Kg8 64. Ng5 Kh8 65. e5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 (10. f5) 10... dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Bc4 (12. Ne4)
12... Be7 (12... Bb4 13. Rb3 Qa5 14. O-O O-O) 13. Rb3 (13. Bxe6 Bxg5 14. Bxf7+
Kxf7 15. O-O+ Bf6) 13... Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Qe7 (14... Qc5 15. Bxe6 O-O (15... Qxd4
16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. Nd5 Qa1+ 18. Kd2 Qxh1 19. Bxd7+ Nxd7 20. e6 Nc5 21. e7 Ne4+
22. Ke2 Bg4+ 23. Qxg4 Qd1+ 24. Kxd1 Nf2+ 25. Kc1 Nxg4 26. Rxb7 Rg8 27. h3 Rg5
28. Nc7+) 16. Nf5 Qxe5+ 17. Ne4 fxe6 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Qh4 g5) 15. Qxg7 Qf8 (
15... Rf8) 16. Qg5 Rg8 17. Qf4 Nc5 (17... Rxg2 18. Ne4) 18. O-O Qg7 19. Rf2
Nbd7 (19... Nxb3 20. Bxb3 Nd7 21. Ne4) 20. Nd5 Nxb3 (20... exd5 21. Bxd5 Nxe5
22. Re3) 21. Nc7+ Ke7 (21... Kd8 22. Ndxe6+) 22. Bxb3 Qxe5 23. Qxf7+ Kd6 24.
Ndxe6 Nf6 25. Rxf6 Qe1+ 26. Rf1 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Bxe6 28. Nxe6 Rac8 29. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. e3 c5 (7...
Be7 8. Bxc4 O-O) 8. Ndb5 a6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. O-O-O+ Nbd7 11. Nd6 Bxd6 12. Rxd6
Ke7 13. Rd2 Nb6 (13... b5 14. Nd5+ Kf8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Be2) 14. e4 Ke8 (14...
h6 15. Be3 Nfd7 16. a4 a5) 15. e5 Nfd7 16. Rd6 h6 17. Be3 Kd8 18. a4 Re8 19. a5
Rxe5 20. axb6 Ke7 21. Rd5 Rxe3 22. fxe3 Nxb6 23. Rxc5 Be6 24. Be2 Rd8 25. Rd1
Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Kd8 27. Bf3 Nd7 28. Ra5 Kc7 29. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. h4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nb3 d6 8. Be2
Be6 9. h5 O-O (9... Nxh5 10. Nd5 Nf6 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Nxf6+ exf6 13. Rxh6 d5)
10. Bg5 Rc8 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. Nd4 Bc4 13. Bxf6 exf6 (13... Bxf6 14. hxg6 fxg6 15.
Qh6 Rf7) 14. f4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nc6 16. O-O-O f5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. e5 Re8 (18...
Qa5 19. Nb3 Qb4 20. Nd5 Qa4 21. g4) 19. Ndb5 d5 20. Rxd5 Qb6 21. Nd6 Qb4 22. g3
Red8 23. Rhd1 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Bf8 25. Nd5 Qc5 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Qh2 Qe3+ 28. Kb1
Bxd6 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bd7 9. dxc5 Bc6 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nbd4 Bxc5 12. Bd2 Bd5 13. Rc1 Be7 14. Qb3 Nbd7
15. Bb4 Bxb4 16. Qxb4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Bxd5 Nbxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 d6 8.
e6 Bxe6 9. axb5 Ne5 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. f4 Ng6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Nd5 f5 (13... O-O
14. f5 Ne5 15. f6 Bxf6 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Qh5) 14. b6 (14. Qd3 c6
15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne3) 14... cxb6 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Bc3 Rf7 17. Re1 Bf8 18. Qh5
Ne7 19. Ne3 h6 20. Rad1 Rc8 21. Nf3 Qc7 22. Bd4 Be8 23. c3 Rf6 (23... Qc6 24.
Qh4 a6) 24. Qh3 Re6 25. Nxf5 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Nxf5 27. Qxf5 Bf7 28. Qg4 Re8 29.
Rxe8 Bxe8 30. f5 Qf7 31. f6 Qg6 32. Qxg6 Bxg6 33. fxg7 Bxg7 34. Kf2 Bf8 35. Ke3
Kf7 36. g4 Bc2 37. h3 Be7 38. Kf4 Bd1 39. Be3 d5 40. Bd4 Bd6+ 41. Be5 Bc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. e5
Ne8 (8... Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4) 9. Nc2 Be7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. f4 f6 13.
exf6 Nxf6 14. O-O b6 15. Ne4 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Kh1 (17. Bxb5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4
Qb6+) 17... Bb7 18. a3 Na5 19. Nd4 Qb6 (19... Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Nc4)
20. Nf3 (20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21. Nxb5 Nb3 22. Be3 Bc5 23. Rae1) 20... Nc4 21. Nxf6+
Bxf6 22. Bb4 Rfd8 23. Ne5 Ne3 24. Rg1 (24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Qf7+)
24... Nf5 25. Qh5 Qd4 (25... g6 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. Qxg6+ Bg7 28. Bxf5) 26. Bxf5
exf5 27. Qxf5 Qe4 (27... Be4 28. Qg4 Qxb2 29. Rae1 Bxe5 30. Rxe4 Bf6 31. Rd1)
28. Qxe4 Bxe4 29. Bd6 Rac8 30. Rge1 Bb7 31. Rac1 Bxe5 32. fxe5 (32. Bxe5 Rxc1
33. Rxc1 Rc8 34. Rxc8+ Bxc8 35. Kg1) 32... Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Rc8 34. Rxc8+ Bxc8 35.
Kg1 Kf7 36. Kf2 Ke6 37. Ke3 Bb7 38. g3 Kd5 39. b3 Bc6 40. Kd3 Ke6 (40... h5)
41. Kd4 Bf3 42. a4 Bd1 43. axb5 (43. a5 Bxb3 44. Kc5) 43... Bxb3 44. Kc5 (44.
Kc5 Bd1 45. Kb6 Be2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A23"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nb3
Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Bg2 Bf5 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Qd2 Re8
15. Rfe1 h6 16. a4 exd3 17. exd3 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Qb6 19. Qd1 Na5 20. Nd4 Bd7 21.
Be3 Qb2 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nd6 Rc6 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. Qb1 Rxd6 26. Qxb6 Rxb6 27. Bc7
Re6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Bxa5 Bxa4 30. Kf1 Nd7 31. Ke2 Bb5 32. Ke3 Ne5 (32... b6
33. Bb4 Ne5) 33. Bf1 Kf7 (33... Ng4+ 34. Ke2 (34. Kd4 Nxf2) 34... Nxh2 35. Bh3
Kf7 36. Bc7 h5) 34. h3 Nc6 35. Bb6 Ba4 36. f4 Bb3 37. Kd2 e5 38. fxe5 Nxe5 39.
Bg2 Ke6 40. Ke3 Kd6 41. Kd2 Ba4 42. h4 Bb5 43. Bf1 Bd7 44. c4 Be6 45. Kc3 Nc6
46. Bg2 Ne7 47. Kb4 Kc6 48. Bd4 Nf5 49. Bf2 Nd6 50. Bd4 Nf5 51. Bf2 Ne7 52. Bd4
g6 53. Be3 h5 54. Bg5 Nf5 55. Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Be1 Rfd8
15. b4 cxd4 16. Rxd4 e5 17. Rdd1 Nf8 18. Ba6 Ng6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. h4 Nf6 21.
h5 Nxh5 22. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 c5 9. Nde2 Bb7 10. O-O g6 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. f3 Bg7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Bh6 Rfe8
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. Rfe1 Qe5 18. Qf4 Nd7 19. b3 a5 20. Qxe5+ Rxe5
21. Nf4 Nb6 22. Nd3 Ree8 23. e5 c4 24. bxc4 Nxc4 25. exd6 cxd6 26. Rxe8 Rxe8
27. Kf2 g5 28. Ne2 Rb8 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. Re1 Kf6 31. h3 h6 32. f4 Nb2 33. fxg5+
hxg5 34. Nxb2 Rxb2 35. a3 Be6 36. Re3 Bd5 37. Re2 Rb1 38. Re3 Rc1 39. Re2 Rd1
40. Nf3 Kf5 41. Re3 Kf4 42. g3+ Kf5 43. c3 (43. Rd3 Rxd3 44. cxd3 Bxf3 45. Kxf3
g4+ 46. hxg4+ Kg5 47. Kf2 Kxg4 48. Kg2 a4 49. Kf2 d5 50. Kg2 d4 51. Kf2 f6)
43... Kf6 44. Nd4 (44. h4 gxh4 45. gxh4 Ra1 46. Rd3 Ke6 47. h5 Rxa3 48. h6 Ra2+
49. Kg3 Rb2 50. c4 Bxf3 51. Rxf3 Rb1 52. Kf4 Rh1 53. Kg5 Rg1+ 54. Kh5) 44...
Bc4 45. Nc6 a4 46. Na5 Be6 47. h4 g4 48. Re1 (48. c4 Rc1 49. Re1 Rc2+ 50. Re2
Rc3 51. Re3) 48... Rd5 49. Nb7 Ke7 50. Re4 Rf5+ 51. Rf4 Rxf4+ 52. gxf4 Bd5 53.
Na5 f5 54. c4 Be4 55. c5 dxc5 56. Nc4 Bd5 57. Ne3 Be6 58. Nd1 Bf7 59. Nc3 Be8
60. Ke3 Kd6 61. Ne2 Kd5 62. Ng3 Kc4 63. Nxf5 Kb3 64. Kd2 Kxa3 65. Kc3 Ka2 66.
Ne3 g3 67. f5 Kb1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Qg3 (10. g4) 10... h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5 Rg8 13. Be2 (
13. Qe1) 13... Ne5 14. g6 Rxg6 (14... Nxg6) 15. Qh3 b5 16. a3 Bb7 17. Rhf1 (17.
Rhe1) 17... Nxe4 18. Bh5 Nxc3 19. Nxe6 Qc4 (19... fxe6 20. Qxe6 Nxd1 21. Bxg6+
Nxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kd7 23. Bxe7 Ne3 24. Rf7 Bd5) 20. Bxg6 Ne2+ (20... Nxd1 21.
Bxf7+ Nxf7 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Qf5+ Ke8 24. Ng7+ Kd8 25. Qf8+ Kc7 26. Qxe7+ Kb6
27. Qxd6+ Ka7) 21. Kb1 Bc8 (21... Nxg6 22. Ng7+ Kf8 23. Bxe7+ Kxg7 24. Bf6+ Kh7
25. Bg5 Rh8 26. Qd7 Rf8 27. Qxb7 hxg5) 22. Ng7+ Kf8 23. Bxe7+ Kxg7 24. Bf5 Nf4
25. Rxf4 Qxf4 26. Bxc8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Ndf3 Be7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 Bf6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nc4 Re8 14. Ne3
Nf8 15. Ng4 Be7 16. Ne5 Bf6 17. f4 c5 18. e3 b5 19. g4 Qb6 20. g5 Bxe5 21. dxe5
d4 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. exd4 Rad8 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. Rxf3 cxd4 26. Bd2 Ne6 27. Ra3
Rc8 28. f5 Nc5 29. Re1 g6 30. f6 a6 31. h4 Na4 32. Bb4 Nxb2 33. e6 fxe6 (33...
Rxe6 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Rxa6 Nc4 36. Rxe6 d3 37. Re7 d2 38. Rd7 Ne5 39. f7+ Nxf7
40. Bxd2) 34. Rxa6 Nd3 35. Ra7 Nxb4 36. f7+ Kh8 37. fxe8=Q+ Rxe8 38. Rf1 Nc6
39. Rc7 Ne5 40. Rc5 Nc4 41. Rf7 d3 42. Rd7 e5 43. Rxd3 e4 44. Rd7 Ne5 45. Rdc7
Nf3+ 46. Kg2 Nxh4+ 47. Kh3 Nf5 48. Rc8 Rxc8 49. Rxc8+ Kg7 50. Rc5 Nd4 51. Rd5
Nf3 52. Kg3 b4 53. Kf4 Ng1 54. Ke3 h5 55. gxh6+ Kxh6 56. Rb5 Kg7 57. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. Bxc6 bxc6 (
7... dxc6) 8. d4 Ne6 9. dxe5 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Rb8 12. b3 f5 13. Rad1 Qe8
14. Nd4 f4 15. Nxe6 dxe6 (15... f3 16. gxf3 Qg6+ 17. Ng5 Bxg5) 16. Bc1 c5 (
16... f3 17. gxf3 c5) 17. f3 Qh5 18. Bb2 c4 19. Qxc4 Qxe5 20. Na4 Qa5 21. Bc3
Bb4 22. Bxb4 Rxb4 23. Qc6 Rb5 24. c3 Rh5 25. Rf2 h6 26. Re2 Qg5 27. Qxc7 e5 28.
Rd5 (28. Qc4+ Kh7 29. Qc5 Qh4 30. h3) 28... Qh4 29. Rexe5 (29. h3 Bxh3 30.
Rexe5 Bxg2 31. Rxh5 Qg3 32. Rdg5 hxg5 33. Qc4+ Rf7 34. Qc8+ Rf8) 29... Qxh2+
30. Kf1 Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Rh2 32. Rg5 hxg5 33. Rxg5 Rxg2+ (33... Rh7) 34. Rxg2 Qh4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. Qd2 Ne8
9. Bd3 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. O-O-O a6 12. Nge2 b5 13. Rdg1 Nd7 14. cxb5 e4 15.
fxe4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 axb5 17. Bxb5 (17. Ng5 Ndf6 18. Kb1) 17... Rxa2 18. N2c3 Ra7
19. Rf1 Ndf6 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Kc2 Ng4 22. Bg5 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Qb6 (23... Bxc3
24. Qf4 Be5 25. Bxd8 Bxf4 26. Rxf4 Ne3+ 27. Kd2 Nxd5 28. Bc4 Be6 29. Re4 Bf7
30. Rg4+ Kf8 31. Rh4 Kg7 32. Rg4+) 24. Qe2 Ne5 25. Qh5 Rf7 26. Rxf7 Nxf7 27.
Bd3 Nxg5 28. Qe8+ Bf8 29. Qxc8 c4 30. Be2 Qb3+ 31. Kb1 Nf7 32. Qxc4 Qb6 33.
Qg4+ Bg7 34. Kc2 Qd8 35. Ne4 Qc7+ 36. Kb1 Qb6 37. Bb5 Qd4 38. Qc8+ Bf8 39. Qc4
Qg1+ 40. Qf1 Qxh2 41. Nf6+ Kg7 42. Ne8+ Kg8 43. Nf6+ Kg7 44. Bd3 Be7 45. Ne8+
Kg8 46. Bf5 Ne5 47. Be6+ Kh8 48. Nxd6 Qh4 49. Qa6 Bxd6 50. Qxd6 Qe4+ 51. Ka1
Kg7 52. g4 Qf4 53. Qc7+ Kh6 54. Bf5 Qd4 55. Qxh7+ Kg5 56. Qh5+ Kf4 57. Qh2+ Kg5
58. Qh5+ Kf4 59. Qh6+ Kg3 60. Qd6 Kh4 61. Qd8+ Kg3 62. Qa5 Kf4 63. Ka2 Nc4 64.
Qb4 Kg5 65. d6 Qd5 66. d7 Ne3+ 67. b3 Nxf5 68. gxf5 Qxd7 69. Qc5 Qb7 70. b4
Qa6+ 71. Kb2 Qe2+ 72. Kc3 Qe1+ 73. Kb3 Qd1+ 74. Kc4 Qe2+ 75. Kd4 Qg4+ 76. Kd5
Qg2+ 77. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Qg3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5 Rg8 13. Qe1 hxg5 14. Bg3 Ne5
15. Nf3 b5 16. a3 Bd7 17. Qd2 Rb8 18. Qd4 (18. Nxg5 Nh5 19. Bh4 Qd8) (18. Bxe5
dxe5 19. Nxg5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. h4 d4) 18... Nfg4 19. h3 Nxf3 20. gxf3 Ne5
21. Be2 (21. f4 Nc6 22. Qe3 b4 23. axb4 Nxb4) 21... a5 22. Nb1 (22. Na2) 22...
b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. b3 (24. Rd2) 24... Bb5 25. Bxb5+ Rxb5 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27.
Qd3 Ra5 28. Kd2 (28. Qc4 Rc5 29. Qd3) 28... Ra2 29. Ke2 (29. Rh2) 29... Qxc2+
30. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 31. Rd2 Rc8 32. Ra2 Kf8 33. Nd2 Rc3 34. Ra7 Bc5 35. Rd7 Re3+ 36.
Kd1 Kg7 37. Rg1 Ra8 38. Rxg5+ Kf6 39. Rg2 Bd4 40. Rc7 Bc3 41. h4 Ra1+ 42. Kc2
Ra2+ 43. Kd1 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Bb4 8.
Bd2 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 a5 11. Qe2 d5 12. a3 Be7 13. exd5 exd5 14. Rae1
Be6 15. f4 O-O 16. f5 Bc5+ 17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Bd7 19. Na4 Ng4 20. Qf4 Qa7+
21. Kh1 Nf6 22. Qd6 Rfd8 23. Qc5 Qc7 24. Qd4 Re8 25. Nc5 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Re8 27.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Kg1 Qe7 29. Kf1 h5 30. Be2 Bd7 31. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qa5 9. Bxf6 (9. f4) 9... gxf6 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. f4 Rg8 (11... Bg7 12. Kb1
Qc5) 12. g3 e6 (12... f5 13. e5 Bg7) 13. Bh3 (13. Qxf6 Bg7) 13... Qc5 14. Qd2
b5 15. Rhe1 b4 16. Ne2 Qc4 17. Kb1 Qxe4 18. Nd4 (18. f5 e5 19. Nf4 Qc6 20. Nd5)
18... Qb7 19. Qd3 Be7 (19... Rh8 20. Nf5 d5 21. Bg2 Bc6 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5
Qxd5 24. Rxd5) 20. Qxh7 Rf8 21. Bg4 Qc7 22. Ka1 f5 (22... Qc5) 23. Bxf5 exf5 (
23... b3 24. Bd3 bxa2 25. f5 e5 26. Qg7 Qb6 27. f6 Qxd4 28. Ba6) 24. Rxe7+ Kxe7
25. Re1+ Kd8 26. Qh4+ f6 27. Qh6 Qa5 28. Nb3 (28. Qxf8+ Kc7 29. Qxf6 b3) 28...
Qd5 29. Qxf8+ Kc7 30. Qxf6 Re8 31. Rc1 Ba4 32. Qd4 Qb7 33. Rd1 Re6 34. Qc4+ (
34. Qc4+ Kd7 35. Nc5+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 a5 7. a4 Bd7 8. Bb2
Qc8 9. Re1 Bh3 10. Bh1 h6 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nc4 Re8 13. e4 Ng4 14. d5 Bxb2 15.
Nxb2 Nce5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qd2 Kh7 (17... g5) 18. f4 Nd7 (18... Ng4) 19. Nd3
Nf8 20. f5 gxf5 21. Nf2 fxe4 22. Rxe4 Ng6 23. g4 Ne5 24. Nxh3 Rg8 25. Nf2 Nxg4
26. Nxg4 Rxg4+ 27. Bg2 Rg7 28. Rf1 f6 29. Rf3 c6 30. Rg3 Rxg3 31. hxg3 Qf8 32.
Qe3 Re8 33. Bh3 cxd5 34. Bf5+ Kh8 35. Rh4 e6 36. Rxh6+ Kg7 37. Rh7+ Kg8 38. Qf3
exf5 39. Qh5 Re1+ 40. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 (11... Nxf6) 12. a3 (12. f5) 12...
Nc5 13. f5 Rb8 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. g5 fxg5 16. b4 g4 17. Qxg4 Nb3+ 18. Nxb3 Qxc3
19. Qh5+ Kd8 20. Bh3 Bd7 21. Rd3 Qf6 (21... Qc4 22. e5 Rc8 23. Qe2 d5 24. Kb1
Re8) 22. Kb1 Qg6 23. Qe2 Rf8 24. Rhd1 Rb6 (24... Rb7 25. Nc5 dxc5 26. Qd2) 25.
Qe3 Rc6 26. Qa7 Rc7 27. Qb6 Qxe4 28. Nc5 Qc6 29. Nxe6+ Kc8 (29... Bxe6 30.
Rxd6+) 30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. Nxf8 Bxf8 32. Rf1 Bh6 33. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Be2 O-O 11. h4 f5 (11... d6) 12. h5 f4 13. Bxd4 exd4
14. Nd5 (14. hxg6 hxg6 (14... dxc3 15. Qd5+ Kh8 16. Rxh7#) 15. Nd5) 14... g5
15. Bg4 Re8 16. Qf3 h6 (16... d6 17. O-O Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Rxe4 19. h6 Bxh6 20.
Rfe1 Re5 21. Rxe5 dxe5 22. Qe6+ Kg7 23. Qxe5+) 17. O-O d6 18. Bf5 Re5 19. g4
Bd7 20. Qd3 Bc6 21. b4 Re8 22. a4 a5 23. b5 Bd7 (23... Bxd5 24. cxd5) 24. Bxd7
Qxd7 25. f3 Qd8 26. b6 Rc8 27. Nc7 Re7 28. Rab1 Qd7 29. Rb5 Re5 30. Nd5 Rc5 31.
Rfb1 Rexd5 32. exd5 Rc8 33. Re1 Re8 34. Re4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaac"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3
Nge7 9. dxe5 (9. d5) 9... dxe5 10. Bc5 b6 11. Ba3 b5 12. Bc2 O-O 13. Nbd2 a5
14. Bc5 a4 15. b3 axb3 16. axb3 Rb8 17. b4 Qe8 18. Nb3 Nd8 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Nc5
Bc8 21. Nxe6 (21. Qe2) 21... Bxe6 22. Bc5 Rd8 23. Qc1 f5 (23... f6 24. Ra7 Rd7)
24. exf5 gxf5 25. Re1 e4 26. Nd4 Bc4 27. f3 Nd5 28. Bxf8 Qxf8 29. Ne6 Qe7 30.
Nxd8 Qxd8 31. fxe4 Nxc3 32. e5 Qd4+ 33. Qe3 Bxe5 34. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 35. Kh1 Nd5 36.
Rad1 Bc3 37. Bxf5 Bxe1 38. Be6+ Kg7 39. Rxe1 Kf6 40. Bxd5 Bxd5 41. Kg1 c6 42.
Kf2 h5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Bf4 (12. e5 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nh5)
12... a6 13. h3 b5 14. Bd3 b4 15. Na4 Qa5 16. b3 Be7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Nd2 Ne5
19. Bb1 Bc6 (19... Rfd8) 20. Nb2 (20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxa6) 20... Bb5 21. Ndc4
Nfd7 22. Rfd1 Bf6 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 (23... Nxc4 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. bxc4 Bxd7 26. e5
Be7 27. Qd3) (23... Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Nxd7 26. Bd6) (23... Rxc4 24.
Nxc4 Nxd7 25. Nxa5 Bxe2 26. Bd6) 24. e5 Bxc4 25. Qc2 (25. Rxc4 Bxe5 26. Bxe5
Rxc4 27. Nxc4 Qb5) 25... g6 (25... Rfd8 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Nxc4 Rxc4 28. bxc4
Nxe5) 26. exf6 Nxf6 27. Nxc4 Qb5 28. Qb2 Nh5 29. Bh6 Rfd8 30. g4 f6 31. gxh5
Qxh5 32. Bf4 e5 33. Bg3 Qxh3 34. Qe2 h5 35. Bxg6 h4 36. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2
Ne8 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nd2 Bf6 11. Nde4 Be7 12. f4 Ndf6 13. Nf2 Ng4 14. Nxg4 Bxg4
15. h3 Bd7 16. e4 Bf6 17. Re1 Bd4+ 18. Kh2 Nc7 19. Ne2 Bf6 20. Ng1 Re8 21. Nf3
Bb5 22. e5 Be7 23. b3 dxe5 24. Nxe5 f6 25. Nc4 Bxc4 (25... Bd6 26. Be3 Qd7) 26.
bxc4 Bd6 27. Be4 f5 28. Bd3 Qf6 29. Rb1 Rxe1 30. Qxe1 Re8 31. Qd2 b6 32. Bb2
Qf8 (32... Qf7 33. Qc2 Rf8) 33. Re1 (33. Qc2 g6 34. Qc3) 33... Rxe1 34. Qxe1
Qf7 35. Be5 Ne8 36. Qb1 g6 37. Qb2 Qd7 38. Qa3 Qe7 39. Qb2 Qd7 40. Bc2 Bf8 41.
Qa3 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. a3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bf4
Nc6 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Rxc4 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qd5 14. Qc2 f5
15. O-O Bd7 16. Rd1 Rac8 17. Be3 Na5 18. Rxc8 (18. Rc3 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Nc4) 18...
Rxc8 19. Qe2 Bd6 20. Ne5 Ba4 21. Re1 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rd8 23. b4 (23. Bc2 Bxc2 24.
Qxc2 Nc6 25. f4 Qb5 26. Rc1 Rd3 27. Bc5) 23... Bc6 24. f3 Qxd3 25. Qxd3 Rxd3
26. bxa5 Rxa3 27. Bxa7 Rxa5 28. Bd4 Ra2 29. Rb1 Rd2 30. Bc3 Rc2 31. Bd4 Kf7 32.
h4 (32. Rb2 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 f4 34. Ke2) (32. h3 f4 33. Rb2 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 g5 35. Ba7
Kg6 36. Bb8 Kf5 37. Bd6 h5 38. Bb8 Bd5 39. Bd6 g4 40. hxg4+ hxg4 41. fxg4+ Kxg4
42. Bb8 b5 43. Bd6 (43. Rxb5 Rc2) 43... Re1 44. Bb8 b4 45. Bd6 b3 46. Rd2 f3
47. Rd4+ Re4 48. Rxe4+ Bxe4 49. gxf3+ Kxf3 50. Ba3 Ke2) 32... Kg6 33. Rb4 h6
34. Rb2 Rxb2 35. Bxb2 Kh5 36. Ba3 Kxh4 37. Bf8 Kg3 38. Bxg7 h5 39. Bh6 Bxf3 40.
gxf3 Kxf3 41. Kf1 b5 42. Bd2 h4 43. Bb4 h3 44. Kg1 Ke2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Nb6 7. exd6 cxd6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nc3 N8d7 11. b3 Nf6 12. Rc1 h6 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nbd7 (
14... d5 15. c5 Nbd7) 15. Qf3 Rb8 16. Qg3 Kh7 17. d5 Qa5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Qh3
e5 20. Nf3 Kg8 21. Nh4 Rf7 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. Rfd1 b5 24. Nxb5 d5 25. Nbd6 d4 26.
Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Nxd4 Re8 29. Nb5 Kg8 30. a3 Ne5 31. b4 Qb6 32. Qb3
Kh8 33. Nd4 Ne4 34. c5 Qg6 35. h3 Qf6 36. Qe3 Ng6 37. Qf3 Nf4 38. Kh1 (38. Kh2
Qe5 39. Kh1) 38... Qh4 (38... Ne2 39. Qxf6 gxf6) 39. Rc2 g6 40. Kg1 Ng5 41. Qg3
Qh5 42. f3 Re4 43. Kf1 Nd5 44. Nf5 Nxf3 45. Rxd5 Nd4 46. Rxd4 Qxf5+ 47. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Ng5 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Bg7 10. Bd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qd5 12. Qf3 Nd7 (12... Qxd4 13. Bb5+
Kf8 14. Rd1) 13. Ng5 Qxf3 14. Nxf3 O-O 15. O-O-O Nb6 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Bxe7 Rfc8
18. a3 Nd5 19. Bb4 a5 20. Be1 Bf8 21. Kb2 b5 22. Bd3 b4 23. a4 Rab8 24. Bd2 Nb6
25. Ra1 (25. Bb5 Bc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Kb3) 25... Nc4+ 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Be3 (
27. Rhe1 Rbc8 28. Rac1 Bd5 29. Re3 Bxf3 30. Rxf3 Rxd4) 27... Rbc8 28. Rac1 Bf5
29. Ne1 Bg7 30. Nd3 Bxd4+ 31. Bxd4 Rxd4 32. Rhd1 Rcd8 33. Rd2 Kg7 34. Rcd1 h5
35. Kc1 b3 36. Nb2 bxc2 37. Rxd4 cxd1=Q+ 38. Rxd1 Rc8+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Ne5 e6 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qd2 a5 13. Rfd1 Ba6 14. Rac1 Re8
15. Na4 Bb5 16. Nc3 Ba6 17. Na4 Bb5 18. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 Re8 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 e4 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Nd2 Re8
15. b5 Nd4 16. e3 Ne6 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Qf6 19. Rb1 Nc5 20. Nb3 Bf5 21. Rc1
Nd3 22. Ra1 Nb2 (22... Qc3) 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qf3 Qc3 (24... Nxc4 25. Qxb7 Ra3
26. Nd4 Bd3 27. Rd1 Ra2 28. Qf3) 25. Qxb7 Re8 26. Qc6 Re7 27. Nd4 (27. b6 cxb6
28. Qxb6 Kg7 29. Rc1) 27... Bd3 28. Qa8+ Kg7 29. Qd8 Bxf1 30. Qxe7 Bxc4 31. h4
Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Qxf2 33. h5 Bd5 34. e4 Qxd4 35. exd5 Nc4 36. h6+ Kxh6 37. Qxf7 Ne3
38. Qf8+ Kg5 39. Qe7+ Kh6 40. Qf8+ Kg5 41. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 f5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6
9. Qc2 Bb7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nb5 Ne8 12. Rfc1 Nc6 13. Ne5 Na5 14. Nd3 Nc4 15.
Qd1 g5 16. Bg3 a6 17. Nc3 Ned6 18. b3 Na5 19. f3 Nc6 20. Ne5 f4 21. Nxc6 Bxc6
22. Bf2 fxe3 23. Bxe3 Nf5 24. Bf2 Qd7 25. Na4 Bxa4 26. bxa4 b5 27. Rab1 Rab8
28. Qd3 bxa4 29. Qxa6 Bf6 30. Bb5 Qf7 31. Qxa4 Ra8 32. Qc2 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd4 Re8 14. b4
Nce4 15. e3 Qd7 16. a4 Rac8 17. b5 Bb7 18. a5 Nc3 19. Qb3 Rc5 20. Bf1 Rec8 21.
axb6 axb6 22. Ra7 R5c7 23. N2f3 Nce4 24. Ne5 Qd6 25. Nec6 g6 26. Qb2 Re8 27.
Qb4 Nc5 28. Rd1 h5 29. Nb3 Ra8 30. Rxa8+ Bxa8 31. Nbd4 Bb7 32. Bg2 Rc8 33. Ra1
Kg7 34. Qc3 Re8 35. Re1 Kg8 36. h3 Nfe4 37. Qc2 Ra8 38. Rd1 Ra3 39. Ne2 Bxc6
40. Bxe4 (40. bxc6 f5 (40... Qxc6 41. Bxe4 dxe4 42. Rd8+) 41. Rd4) 40... Bxb5
41. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E79"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. f4 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. O-O a6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rfe1 e5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Bf3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nd7 17. Bg4 (17. Bxd6 Ne5 18. Be2 Qh4 19. Rcd1 Rcd8) 17...
Qa5 18. b3 Rcd8 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Nd5 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 Bd4+ 22. Kf1 Kg7 23. a4 f5
24. exf5 Rf7 25. f6+ Bxf6 26. Nxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Qd2 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bd7
15. Rad1 Bc6 16. Bd3 e6 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. Kh1 h5 (18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qa5) 19.
Qxh5 Qxb2 20. Nd5 exd5 21. exd5 f5 (21... Rfe8 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Bh7+ Kf8) 22.
dxc6 bxc6 23. Qxg5 Qf6 24. Qh5 Rf7 25. g4 fxg4 26. Bg6 Re7 27. Qxg4 Re6 28. Be4
Kf7 29. g3 Rc8 30. Kg2 Rc7 31. Rh1 Re5 32. Rh5 Rxh5 33. Qxh5+ Ke7 34. Re1 Kd8
35. Bc2 Kc8 36. Bf5+ Kb7 37. Rb1+ Ka6 38. c5 Qe5 39. cxd6 Qxd6 40. Qe2+ Ka5 41.
Qe1+ Ka6 42. Rb3 c5 43. Ra3+ Kb5 44. Qa5+ Kc6 45. Qa6+ Kd5 46. Qd3+ Bd4 47.
Qe4+ Kc4 48. Be6+ Kb4 49. Qb1+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. d5 Ne7 8. Bd3
d6 9. Na3 c6 10. c4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bg5 Nd7 13. g4 f6 14. Bd2 Nc5 15. Bc2
Bg6 16. Qe2 a5 17. Kh2 Qc7 18. Rg1 Rae8 19. Rg2 Kh8 20. Rag1 Bf7 21. Be3 Nd7
22. Qd2 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Nc5 24. Nh4 g5 25. Nf5 Nxf5 26. gxf5 h5 27. Nb1 b5 28.
cxb5 cxb5 29. a3 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Qxb4 Rb8 32. Qc3 Qb6 33. Nd2 Qxb2 34.
Qxb2 Rxb2 35. Nc4 Rxc2 36. Rxc2 Nxe4 37. Nb6 Kg7 (37... Rb8 38. Rc6 Kg7 39. Ra1
Rb7) 38. Ra1 Rb8 39. Ra7 Rxb6 40. Rcc7 Rb2+ 41. Kg1 Rb1+ 42. Kg2 Rb2+ 43. Kf3
Nd2+ 44. Ke2 Ne4+ 45. Kd1 Kg8 46. Rxf7 Ra2 47. Rg7+ Kf8 48. Raf7+ Ke8 49. Re7+
Kf8 50. Rc7 Ra8 51. Rh7 Kg8 52. Rcg7+ Kf8 53. Rg6 Ra1+ 54. Kc2 Rf1 55. Rh8+ Kf7
56. Rhg8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 e5 5. O-O Ne7 6. e4 Nbc6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Nc4 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bd2 Nb6 12. Na5 Nxa5 13. Bxa5 c6 14. Bc3
Qc7 15. a4 Bf5 16. Nh4 Be6 17. Nf3 Bd5 18. a5 Nd7 19. Nd2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nf6 21.
Nc4 Nd5 22. Bd2 Re6 23. Qc1 Kh7 24. Be3 e4 25. Bc5 f5 26. Qd2 a6 27. dxe4 fxe4
28. Rad1 Bf8 29. Bd4 Bg7 30. Bc5 Bf8 31. Bd4 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. d5 Na5 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. a3 e5
9. Nd2 b6 10. h3 O-O 11. g4 Bd7 12. Qc2 a6 13. g5 Ne8 14. Nde4 b5 15. b3 Rb8
16. Bd2 bxc4 17. bxc4 Nb3 18. Rb1 Nxd2 19. Kxd2 Rxb1 20. Qxb1 Bf5 21. Ke2 f6
22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Ng3 Bd7 24. Qb3 Qc8 25. Qb6 Ne8 26. h4 (26. Nce4 Bxh3 27.
Nxd6 Nxd6 28. Qxd6) 26... Bg4+ 27. Ke1 Bf3 28. Rg1 Qh3 29. Be4 Qh2 30. Rf1 Bg4
31. Qb2 Qxh4 32. Qb6 Qf6 33. f3 Bc8 34. Qc6 Qd8 35. Kd2 Bh6 36. Rh1 Kg7 37. Rb1
Bd7 38. Qxa6 Qg5 39. Rb7 (39. Nf1 Bh3) 39... Qxe3+ 40. Kc2 Rf7 41. Qa7 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f4 d6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Qb7 14. Bf2 Rac8
15. Bh4 Kh8 16. Rad1 Ng8 17. Nd5 b5 18. f5 bxc4 (18... Be5) 19. Nxe7 Rce8 20.
Rxd6 Be5 (20... Nxe7 21. f6 Nf5 22. fxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rxc6 Nxh4 24. Rxc4) 21. Rxc6
Nxe7 22. Rxc4 Qxb2 23. Qxb2 Bxb2 24. Bf2 gxf5 25. Rb1 fxe4 26. Rxe4 Bf6 27. Bc5
Rg8 28. Rbe1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. Bd3
b4 9. axb4 Bxb4 10. Ra4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nf6 12. Rc4 Qa5 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Ba3 d6
15. Qe2 Nbd7 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd5 18. Kd2 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Rf1 f5 21.
Bd6 g6 22. g4 Qd8 23. Kc1 Qg5+ 24. Kb2 Qxg4 25. Qxg4 fxg4 26. Rg1 Ne3 27. Kc1
Bb7 (27... Nb6 28. Rg3 Ned5 29. c4 Ne7 30. Rxg4 Rf8) 28. Kd2 Ng2 (28... Nf5 29.
Rxg4 Nxd6 30. exd6 O-O) 29. Nd4 Nf8 30. Rb1 Bf3 31. Nxf3 gxf3 32. Rb7 Nd7 33.
Be4 Nh4 34. Bc6 f2 35. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 c5 9. Nf3 d6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. Nxe5 Be7 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Nc6
Bd6 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Bg5 Bxc2 17. Rac1 Bf5 18. Na5 (18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ne4)
18... Ng4 19. Nc4 (19. h3) 19... Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Bd6 (20... f6 21. Be3 Bd6) 21.
Nxd6 cxd6 22. Be7+ Kg8 23. Kg1 Ne5 24. Bxd6 Nd3 25. Nd5 g6 26. Be5 Nxe5 27.
Rxe5 Kg7 28. Rxc5 Rhe8 29. Ne3 Be6 30. a3 Red8 31. Rc7 Rd6 32. b4 Rb8 33. Rec5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 d5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Rfd8 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Ne4
15. Be1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. Ba2 Rac8 18. Bb1 Ng6 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. f3 Nf6 21.
e4 Nh5 22. g3 Nf6 23. Ba2 h6 (23... Rd8 24. Bb4 Qe8) 24. Bb4 Qe8 25. Bd6 e5 (
25... Rd8 26. e5 Nd5) 26. Nf5 Qa4 27. Bb4 Ne8 28. Qd3 Rc7 (28... Ba6 29. Qd7
Qxd7 30. Rxd7) 29. Bb3 Qc6 30. Bd5 Qa4 31. Bb3 Qc6 32. Bd5 Qa4 33. b3 Qa6 34.
Bc4 b5 35. Bxb5 Qb6+ 36. Kg2 Nf6 37. Bc4 Rd7 38. Qc2 (38. Qxd7 Nxd7 39. Rxd7
Nh8 40. Bc3) 38... Rxd1 39. Qxd1 Nxe4 40. Bxf7+ Kxf7 41. Qd7+ Kf6 42. Qxg7+
Kxf5 43. g4+ Ke6 44. Qxg6+ Nf6 45. Qf5+ Kf7 46. Qxe5 Qe6 47. Qc7+ Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Ne5 (10... a5) 11. O-O-O Qe7 (11... a5 12. Nb5 Nxf3 13.
Nxd6 Qxd6 14. gxf3 axb4 15. Bxf6 gxf6) 12. Nb5 Ned7 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Qc3 Re8
15. g4 Qf8 16. Bd3 Nb6 (16... e5 17. Bf5 (17. g5 Ng4) 17... e4 18. g5 exf3 19.
gxf6 Nxf6 20. Qc2 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Ne4 22. Rhg1) 17. g5 Na4 18. Qc2 (18. Qd4 Nxb2
19. Kxb2 dxc4 20. gxf6 cxd3 21. Rxd3 g6 22. Ne5) 18... Nxb2 19. Kxb2 dxc4 20.
gxf6 cxd3 21. Qxd3 e5 22. Ng5 (22. Rhg1 g6 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Bf5) 22... g6
23. h4 Bf5 24. e4 Bg4 25. h5 Rad8 (25... Red8 26. hxg6 Rxd3 27. gxh7+ Kh8 28.
Rxd3 Qe8 (28... Be6 29. Rg1 Qh6 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. f7 Qxh7 32. Rg8+ Rxg8 33.
fxg8=Q+) 29. Rc1 Be6 30. Rc7 Qb5) 26. hxg6 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 hxg6 28. Rh7 Rc8 (
28... Re6 29. Nxe6 Bxe6 30. Rg7+ Kh8 31. Rd1 Bg4 32. f3 Bh3 33. Rh1 Qc8 34.
Rxf7 Kg8 35. Rg7+ Kf8 36. Rh7 Be6 37. Rg7) 29. f3 Rc6 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. Nxf7
Kxf7 32. fxg4 Kxf6 33. Rd7 Rb6 34. Kc3 Kg5 35. a4 a6 36. Kc4 Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nh5 7. Be3 f5 8. exf5
gxf5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. Nge2 Nc5 12. Kb1 a5 13. Ng3 Nf4 14. Nb5 Bd7
15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nh5 Be5 (16... Bxb5 17. cxb5 Be5 18. g3 Qg5) 17. g3 fxg3 18.
f4 Be8 19. hxg3 Bh8 20. Be2 (20. g4) 20... Bg6 21. Rdg1 Qd7 22. g4 Rae8 23. Ka1
Na4 24. a3 Re3 25. Rg3 Nxb2 (25... Rxg3 26. Nxg3 Nxb2) 26. Rxe3 Nxc4+ 27. Rc3
Qxb5 28. Ka2 Qxd5 29. Bxc4 Bf7 30. gxf5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 Nge7 10. Qd3 h6 11. Be3 b6 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Bb3 Bg4 14. Nbd2 O-O 15.
h3 Be6 16. Nf1 Rd8 17. Qe2 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Bxb3 19. axb3 Qe6 20. b4 f5 21. Bc1 f4
22. Kh2 a5 23. b5 Nd8 24. N1d2 Nf7 25. Qc4 Qxc4 26. Nxc4 Kf8 27. Kg1 Ke8 28.
Kf1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Ke2 Kd7 31. b3 Nc8 32. Kd3 Na7 33. Na3 Bf8 34. c4
Bc5 35. Ke2 g5 36. Nb1 Nc8 37. Bb2 Ke6 38. Nfd2 Ncd6 39. f3 (39. Nc3 Bd4 40.
Na4) 39... Nb7 40. Na3 Bb4 41. Nc2 Nc5 42. Nxb4 axb4 43. Bc1 Kd6 44. Nb1 (44.
Bb2 Nd8 45. Ba1 Nde6 46. Bb2 Nd4+ 47. Bxd4 exd4) 44... Nxb3 45. Bb2 Nd8 46. Kd3
Nb7 47. Nd2 N7c5+ 48. Kc2 Na5 49. Ba1 Na4 50. Kd3 b3 51. Bc3 Nxc3 52. Kxc3 Kc5
53. Nxb3+ Nxb3 54. Kxb3 Kd4 55. Kb4 Kd3 56. Kb3 Kd2 57. Kb4 Kc2 58. c5 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaac"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nf6 7. g3 Bb4 8. Bd2
d4 9. Nb1 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Qa5 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 h5 13. h4 Ng4 14. Bh3 Ndf6 15.
O-O O-O-O (15... e5) 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. e5 Ne8 18. a4 f5 19. exf6 Nexf6 20. b4
Rhf8 (20... Rhe8 21. b5 Rd5) 21. b5 Kb8 22. bxc6 Qxc6 23. Bg2 Qc7 (23... Nd5
24. Rab1 Rd7) 24. Rab1 Nd5 25. Qxe6 Rxf2 26. Rxf2 Qxg3 27. Rf3 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 b6
29. a5 Nf4 30. Rxb6+ axb6 31. Qxb6+ Kc8 32. Qc6+ Kb8 33. Qb5+ Kc7 34. Rf2 Rd5
35. Qb6+ Kc8 36. Qc6+ Kd8 37. Qa8+ Ke7 38. Qb7+ Rd7 39. Qe4+ Ne6 40. Re2 Kf8
41. Qxe6 (41. Qxe6 Qf4+ 42. Bf3 Qxf3+ 43. Ke1 Qg3+ 44. Kd1 Nf2+ 45. Kc1) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nh6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 f5 9. exf5 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 (10. Bxh6 Rxf5 11. O-O) 10... Nxf5 11. Bc5 d6 12.
Ba3 Nfd4 13. O-O Bf5 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Nd5 Rf7 16. b3 Raf8 17. Bb2 e5 18. b4 Be6
19. Bd3 (19. b5 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Ne7) 19... Bg4 20. f3 (20. Qd2 e4
21. Bxe4 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Nxc1 23. Bxc1) 20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nxf3+ 22. Kh1 Qh3 23.
Rf2 (23. Qe2 Nxh2) 23... Ne1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 11. Re1 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. h3 (14. Bxg4
Bxg4 15. Nc4) 14... Nxf2 15. Kxf2 Qh4+ 16. Kf1 Bd4 17. Nd1 Qxh3 (17... Bxh3 18.
Bf3 Bg4 19. Ne3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Nxd5) 18. Bf3 Qh2 19. Ne3 (19. Nf2 Nxd5 20. exd5
Ba6+ 21. Be2 Rxe2 22. Rxe2 Bxe2+ 23. Kxe2 Qxg2) 19... f5 20. Ndc4 fxe4 21. Bxe4
Ba6 22. Bf3 Re5 23. Ra3 Rae8 24. Bd2 (24. Rd3 Rf5 25. Ke2 Rxf3 26. Kxf3 Nxd5)
24... Nxd5 25. Bxd5+ Rxd5 26. Ke2 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Bxc4+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nf4 O-O 13. Re1 Bd7 (13... Re8)
14. Nxe6 Rfe8 15. Bf5 Re7 (15... Bb4) 16. Bg5 Rae8 17. Nxg7 Rxg7 18. Bxd7 Rxe1+
19. Qxe1 Nxd7 20. Qe6+ Rf7 (20... Kh8 21. Bh6 Rg6 22. Qxd7 Rxh6 23. Re1 Ne7 24.
Rxe7 Bxe7 25. Qe8+ Kg7 26. Qxe7+ Kg8 27. Ne5) 21. Qxd6 Nxd4 22. Qxd5 Nxf3+ 23.
gxf3 Qxb2 24. Re1 Nf8 25. h4 Qc2 26. Re7 Qg6 27. Kh2 b5 28. Rxa7 Qe6 29. Qd4
Rxa7 30. Qxa7 Qf7 31. Qa8 Kg7 32. Be3 Qc7+ 33. Kg2 Ne6 34. Qd5 Qc4 35. Qxc4
bxc4 36. h5 Kf6 37. Kf1 Ke5 38. Ke2 Kd5 39. Kd2 Ng7 40. h6 Nf5 41. Kc3 Nh4 42.
a4 Nxf3 43. a5 Ne5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Be2 Nc6 11. b3 (11. Bd2 Ne4 12. h3 Be6 13. Qb3) 11... Ne4
12. Nxe4 (12. Nxd5 Bxh2+ 13. Nxh2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qxd5) 12... dxe4 13. Nd2 Bxe2
14. Qxe2 Nb4 15. Nc4 Re6 16. h3 Rg6 17. Rf1 b5 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. a4 Nd3 20. f3
d5 21. fxe4 dxe4 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bd2 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 h6 (24... Nf4 25. exf4
Qxd4+ 26. Kh2 Qxa1 27. Qxe4 h6) 25. Kh1 Qd5 26. b4 Kh7 27. Ra7 Rc6 28. Kg1 Rg6
29. Be1 f5 30. Bd2 f4 31. exf4 e3 (31... Qxd4+ 32. Qe3 Nxf4 33. Qxd4 Ne2+ 34.
Kf2 Nxd4) 32. Bxe3 Qe4 33. f5 Rg3 (33... Qxf5 34. Re7 Qxh3 35. Bd2) 34. f6 Rxe3
35. Rxg7+ Kh8 36. Qa2 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. g3 Qf2+ 39. Qxf2 Nxf2 40. Re7 (40.
Rg6 Kh7 41. f7 Re2 42. f8=N+ (42. f8=Q Nd3+ 43. Kg1 Re1+ 44. Kg2 Re2+ 45. Kf1
Re1+) 42... Kh8 43. Kg2) 40... Rd1 (40... Nd3 41. d5 Kg8) 41. Re8+ Kh7 42. f7
Rd2 43. f8=Q 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. Be2
Rb8 9. O-O Ne8 10. a4 a6 11. a5 Nc7 12. Nc4 Qe8 13. Na4 Na8 14. c3 Ne5 15. Nxe5
Bxe5 16. Bh6 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. b4 cxb4 19. Qd4+ f6 20. cxb4 Bd7 21. Nc3 Rc8
22. Rac1 Qd8 23. f4 Qc7 24. Bd3 Qb8 25. Rfe1 Kg8 26. e5 fxe5 27. fxe5 Bf5 28.
Bc4 Rc7 29. g4 Qc8 30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. Rxe4 Qb8 32. Rce1 b5 33. axb6 Qxb6 34. Qxb6
Nxb6 35. Bxa6 dxe5 36. Rxe5 Rf4 37. g5 Rxb4 38. Bf1 Rg4+ 39. Kh1 Rf4 40. Bh3
Kf8 41. Rb1 Nc4 42. Be6 Kg7 43. Re2 Nd6 44. Rbe1 Nf7 45. Bxf7 Kxf7 46. Re5 Rd7
47. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 O-O 8. b4
b6 9. Nge2 c5 10. b5 a6 11. O-O axb5 12. Bxb5 Bb7 13. Ng3 g6 14. Bb2 Nc6 15.
Nce2 Na7 16. Bd3 c4 17. Bc2 b5 18. f3 Nc6 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Ng4 21. Rf4 Ne3
22. Qd2 Nxc2 23. Qxc2 Qb6 24. Kh1 b4 25. axb4 Nxb4 26. Qxc4 Rxa1+ (26... Nd5
27. exd5 Qxb2) 27. Bxa1 Ba6 28. Qb3 Bxe2 29. Nxe2 Qa6 30. Qd1 Bg5 31. Rf1 Qc4
32. Bc3 Nd3 33. Rf3 Be3 34. Qf1 Nf2+ 35. Rxf2 Bxf2 36. Qxf2 Rb8 37. h3 Ra8 38.
d5 Kf8 39. Qe3 Ra2 40. Ng3 Ra3 41. Bg7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. a3 d6 8. Rb1
Ne8 9. b4 Nc7 10. O-O Ne6 11. d3 Ned4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Ne2 b6 14. Nxd4 Bxd4
15. Bb2 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 Bb7 17. f4 e6 18. f5 exf5 19. exf5 Bxg2 20. Rxg2 Qf6 21.
Rgf2 Qd4 22. Kg2 Rae8 23. Rf4 Qe3 24. R1f2 Re5 25. Qf1 g5 26. R4f3 Qd4 27. h4
Rfe8 28. Qc1 Re3 29. hxg5 Rxd3 30. Qh1 (30. Rf4 Qe3 31. Qxe3 Rexe3 32. R4f3
Rxa3 33. Rxe3 Rxe3 34. Ra2) 30... Rxf3 31. Rxf3 Qd2+ 32. Kh3 Qxg5 33. Qd1 Qh5+
34. Kg2 Re3 35. bxc5 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. Bg5
c5 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bc2 11. Rd4 Nc6 12. Rxc4 a5 13. Nd3 Bxa4 (13... Bxd3
14. exd3 Ne5) 14. Nxb4 axb4 15. Nxa4 Rxa4 16. e4 Ra1+ 17. Rc1 Rxc1+ (17... Ra2
18. Rb1 Nd7) 18. Bxc1 O-O (18... Ke7) 19. Be2 Nd4 20. Be3 Nc2+ 21. Kd2 Nxe3 22.
Kxe3 Nd7 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Kd4 b6 (24... Rd8 25. Ra1 Rc8 26. Ra4 Nxc5 27. Rxb4
Rc7) 25. c6 e5+ (25... Nc5 26. Rxc5 bxc5+ 27. Kxc5) 26. Kd5 Nf6+ 27. Kd6 Rd8+
28. Kc7 Rd2 29. Kxb6 Ne8 30. Rd1 Rxe2 31. Rd8 Kf8 32. c7 Rc2 33. c8=Q Rxc8 34.
Rxc8 Ke7 35. Rc4 g6 36. Rxb4 f5 37. Kc6 Ke6 38. Kc5 fxe4 39. fxe4 Nf6 40. Rb6+
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D74"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 c5 8. e4
Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 f5 5. Nc3 Nh6 6. Bd2 Bd6 7. Qc2 a5 8. Ne5 O-O
9. f4 Nd7 10. O-O-O Nf6 11. h3 Nf7 12. g4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. g5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Be7 16. h4 Bd7 17. Kb1 b5 18. cxb5 (18. c5) 18... cxb5 19. Bc1 (19. Rc1
Rc8 20. Qd1 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Qb6 22. h5 Rc8 23. Qd1) 19... Qb6 20. Bh3 Rac8 21.
Qf2 Rc7 22. Bd2 b4 23. Rc1 Bc5 24. h5 a4 25. Qg3 Bb5 26. Bf1 Bxf1 27. Rhxf1 Qb5
28. Qe1 a3 29. Qd1 Qd3+ 30. Rc2 Be7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 b5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 O-O 8. e4 Bb7
9. a4 a6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Na3 b4 13. Nc4 Nbd7 14. Bg5 Nb6 15.
Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Nd2 h6 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Qd3 Ng4 20. Ra1 Nxe3 21. Qxe3
Ra8 22. Rxa8+ Bxa8 23. e5 Bb7 24. exd6 exd6 25. Qf4 Qe7 26. Qe3 (26. Qxd6 Qe1+
27. Bf1 Bd4 28. Qf4 Bxd5) 26... Qd8 27. Qf4 Bf8 28. h4 h5 29. Kh2 Qe7 30. b3
Ba6 31. Be4 Bxc4 32. bxc4 Bh6 33. Qf3 Kg7 34. Kg2 f5 35. Bd3 Kf6 36. Qd1 Qe5
37. f4 (37. f3 f4 38. g4) 37... Qe3 38. Qa1+ Kf7 39. Qa7+ Qe7 40. Qb8 Bg7 41.
Qc8 Bd4 42. Kf1 Qe3 43. Qe6+ Kg7 (43... Qxe6 44. dxe6+ Kxe6 45. Ke2 d5 46.
cxd5+ Kxd5 47. Bb5) 44. Qxe3 Bxe3 45. c3 bxc3 46. Ke2 Bg1 47. Bc2 Kf7 48. Kf1
Bd4 49. Ke2 Ke7 50. Bd1 Kd7 51. Ba4+ Kd8 52. Bb3 Kc7 53. Ba4 Kb6 54. Be8 Ka5
55. Bxg6 Kb4 56. Bxf5 Kb3 57. Kd1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 e5 (11... d5) 12. Bg3 b5 13. Bh4 g5
14. Bg3 Be7 15. Kb1 Qc7 16. h4 O-O-O 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Rxh8 Rxh8 19. a4 Qb7 20.
axb5 axb5 21. Na2 Nh5 22. Bf2 Nf4 23. Nb4 Bd7 24. Qc3+ Kd8 25. g3 Ne6 26. Nd5
Ke8 27. Qb4 Qc6 28. c4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Rh2 30. Be3 g4 31. fxg4 Bd8 32. Rc1 Nc5
33. Nc3 (33. Qb8 Nxe4 34. Bb3 Nc5 35. Nf6+ Ke7 36. Rxc5 dxc5 37. Qxe5+ Be6 38.
Bxc5+) 33... Qb6 34. Bxc5 dxc5 35. Qxb6 Bxb6 36. Bb5 c4 37. Rc2 Rh1+ 38. Ka2
Rg1 39. Bxd7+ Kxd7 40. Nd5 Bd4 (40... Bd8 41. Rc3 Rg2 42. Rxc4 Rxg3 43. b4 Rxg4
44. b5 f5) 41. Rxc4 Rxg3 42. b4 Kd6 43. b5 Rg2+ 44. Kb3 Rb2+ 45. Ka4 Ra2+ 46.
Kb4 Rb2+ 47. Ka5 Ra2+ 48. Ra4 Rg2 49. b6 Rb2 (49... Rxg4 50. b7 Rg8 51. Ka6 Rb8
52. Nb6) 50. Rb4 Rg2 51. Rc4 Ra2+ 52. Kb5 Rb2+ 53. Nb4 Bxb6 54. Kxb6 Rg2 55.
Nd5 Rb2+ 56. Rb4 Rg2 57. Ne3 Re2 58. Rb3 f6 59. Rd3+ Ke6 60. Kc6 Re1 61. Rd6+
Kf7 62. Nf5 Rxe4 63. Rd7+ Kf8 64. Kd5 Ra4 65. Ke6 Ra6+ 66. Nd6 e4 67. Kxf6 Kg8
68. Rd8+ Kh7 69. g5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 O-O 8.
h3 d6 9. Bc4 e5 (9... Qb6 10. Qb3 Qxb3) 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nh5 12. Nxc6
bxc6 13. Bh2 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bc3 15. Rb3 Ba5 16. Rd3 Qg5 17. g4 Nf6 18. O-O h5 19.
Bf4 (19. Nf3 Qc5 20. Qc1 Be6 21. Bxe6 Qxc1 22. Bxf7+ Rxf7 23. Rxc1 hxg4 24.
hxg4 Nxg4 25. Rxc6 Nxh2 26. Nxh2) 19... Qh4 20. Qa1 Bxd2 21. Bg3 Qg5 22. Rxd2
hxg4 23. Qe5 (23. h4 Qf5 24. Be5 Nh5) 23... Qxe5 24. Bxe5 Ne4 25. Rd4 Ng5 26.
f4 Nf3+ 27. Rxf3 gxf3 28. f5 g5 29. e4 Kh7 (29... Re8 30. Bf6 Rb8) 30. Bf6 (30.
Bd6 Rd8 31. Bxf7 Rb8 32. Kf2 c5 33. Bxc5 Rxd4 34. Bxd4 Rb4) 30... Rb8 31. Rd6
c5 32. Be7 Re8 33. f6 Rb2 34. e5 Bxh3 35. e6 f2+ 36. Kh1 Bxe6 37. Bd3+ Kh6 38.
Kg2 c4 39. Bf1 Kg6 40. Ra6 Rh8 41. Kg3 Rh1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nc2 (7. Bd3
Nc6 8. Nc2) 7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qa5 9. f3 (9. Qd3) 9... d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e5
(11. exd5 Qxc3+ 12. Bd2 Qe5+ 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Bxe2 Nxd5 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Nd4)
11... Qxc3+ 12. Kf2 Nfd7 13. Ba3 Nc6 14. Bd6 Ndxe5 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Rc1 Qa5 17.
f4 d4 18. fxe5 dxe3+ 19. Kg3 Rd8 20. Qe1 Qd2 21. Rd1 Qxe1+ 22. Rxe1 f6 23. Rxe3
Kf7 24. Be2 Bxa2 25. Rf1 h5 26. h4 Nd4 27. exf6 Rxd6 28. Re7+ Kg6 29. Bd3+ Kh6
30. fxg7 Rg8 31. Rxb7 Bd5 32. Ra7 Nc6 33. Rc7 a5 34. Rf5 Nb4 35. Bb1 Rxg7+ 36.
Rxg7 Kxg7 37. Rxh5 a4 38. Rh7+ Kf6 39. h5 a3 40. Kf4 a2 41. Bxa2 Bxa2 42. g4
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A23"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nb3
Bb4 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. dxe4 dxe4 12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nbd7 14. Nd4 Bg6
15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Bf4 Rfd8 18. Bh3 Bh5 19. c4 Bg4 20. Bg2 Nc5 21.
Qxb6 axb6 22. h3 Ne6 23. hxg4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Nxd4 25. Be5 Nxe2+ 26. Kf1 Nxg4 27.
Bb2 Nxg3+ 28. fxg3 Ne3+ 29. Kf2 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 Ra4 31. Kf2 Rxc4 32. Ke3 b5 33.
Bd4 f5 34. Rb1 b4 35. Rb2 b5 36. Be5 Kf7 37. Rf2 Kg6 (37... g6) 38. Rd2 Kf7 39.
Rd5 Rc2 40. Bd4 Rxa2 (40... g6 41. Rxb5 Rxa2 42. Rxb4 Ra3+ 43. Kf2 g5) 41.
Rxf5+ Kg6 42. Re5 Ra3+ 43. Kf4 Rf3+ 44. Kg4 h5+ 45. Kh3 b3 46. Rxe4 Rd3 47. Bf2
Kf5 48. Rb4 g5 49. Rxb5+ Kf6 50. Rb4 h4 51. Kg4 Ke5 52. gxh4 gxh4 53. Kxh4 Rf3
54. Bg3+ Kd5 55. Kg4 Rc3 56. Bf4 Kc5 57. Rb8 Kc4 58. Be5 Re3 59. Kf4 Rxe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 d5 12. Qe1 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3
O-O 15. Rd2 Qe7 16. Be5 Rfd8 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. exd5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5
Bxd5 21. Bd3 f5 22. Kd2 Kf8 23. Ke3 Ke7 24. Rd1 Bc6 25. c4 a5 26. Bc2 a4 27.
Rd4 (27. g3 Rc8 28. f4) 27... e5 28. Rh4 f4+ 29. Ke2 Rg8 30. Kf2 Rd8 31. Ke2
Rg8 32. Kf2 Rd8 33. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 c6 8.
Bc4 d6 9. a4 Nf6 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. exd6 O-O 12. Bd3 Nxd6 13. Bf4 Nf5 14. Na3
Bc7 15. Bxc7 Qxc7 16. Qf3 Nh6 17. h3 Be6 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Nc2 c5 20. Be4 Rd2
21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bb3 23. Qd3 Bxa4 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Be4 Re8 26. Qc4 b5
27. Qd5 Qf4 28. Bd3 c4 29. Qc6 Rd8 30. g3 Qb8 31. Be2 Bxc2 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33.
Qxb5 Bd3 34. Bh5 Qe7 35. Kg2 Nf5 36. Bf3 Nd6 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. Kh2 Ne4 39. Qf4
Nxf2 40. Bd5 Nxh3 41. Qh4+ Qxh4 42. gxh4 Nf2 43. Bxf7 Nd1 44. b3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 h6 11. Bh4 Qa5 12. Qd3 Rd8 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Qg3
Bc6 15. Bf3 e5 16. f5 b5 17. Kb1 b4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qc7 21.
h4 a5 22. Qe1 Rdc8 23. Qd2 a4 24. Be2 (24. Rxd6 b3 25. cxb3 axb3 26. a3 Be7 27.
Rd7 Qc2+ 28. Qxc2 bxc2+ 29. Kc1 Rxa3 30. bxa3 Bxa3+ 31. Kd2 c1=Q+ 32. Rxc1
Bxc1+ 33. Kd3) 24... Ra5 (24... b3 25. cxb3 axb3 26. a3 Ra4) 25. Rxa5 Qxa5 26.
g4 Qc5 27. Ba6 Ra8 (27... Rc7 28. g5 Bd8 29. gxh6 gxh6 30. Qxh6 Qxc2+) 28. Bb7
Rb8 29. g5 Rxb7 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. Qxh6 b3 (31... Qd4 32. Rh3 Qf2 33. Qc1 Rc7)
32. cxb3 Qd4 33. Rc1 Rb8 34. Qxf6 Qxe4+ 35. Ka1 Qe3 36. Rd1 (36. Rb1 axb3 37.
Qxd6 Rc8 38. Qd1 Kg7) 36... Rc8 37. Qg5+ Qxg5 38. hxg5 axb3 39. axb3 e4 40.
Rxd6 Rc5 41. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 c6 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Bf3 e5 15.
dxe5 Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Rxe5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nc4 Re7 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Nd6 Be6 21.
Nb5 d4 (21... a6 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Kd2 Rc7) 22. Nxd4 Bxa2 23. b3
Rd8 24. O-O Rxd4 25. exd4 Bxb3 26. Rc8+ Kh7 27. Rd8 a5 28. d5 a4 29. f4 (29. d6
Re4 30. Rc1 b5 31. d7 Rd4) 29... Re2 30. d6 Rd2 31. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
Nde2 b5 9. O-O Bb7 10. a3 Be7 11. h3 O-O 12. g4 b4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Bf4 d6 15.
Qd2 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Ng3 Qc6 (17... e5 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nf5
Bg5 21. Qe2 Bf4) 18. g5 Nd7 19. Nce2 a5 (19... Qc4 20. b3 Qb5 21. Nd4 Qc5 22.
Be3) (19... Nxc2 20. Rac1 Qc4 21. b3 Qc6 22. Nf1) 20. c3 Na6 21. Rxa5 Ne5 22.
Raa1 Nc5 23. Qc2 Ba6 24. Nd4 Qb7 25. b4 Ncd3 (25... Bd3 26. Qc1 Na6) 26. Bxe5
Nxe5 27. b5 Bxb5 28. Rab1 Rc5 29. Bf1 Bxg5 30. Rxb5 Qd7 31. Qb3 Rc7 32. Rb6 Qe7
33. Rb8 g6 34. Nge2 Kg7 35. Rxd8 Qxd8 36. Bg2 Bh4 37. f4 Nc4 38. Rd3 Qa8 39.
Nb5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Nf3 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O Qe7 12. a3 Nd7 13. b4 Nb6 14. Qb3 Be6 15.
Rfe1 f5 16. Bf1 g5 17. Ne2 Nc4 18. Ra2 Rae8 19. b5 Bd7 (19... cxb5 20. Qxb5 a6
21. Qb3 b5) 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Qb4 g4 22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Bh6 24. g3 Rf6 25.
Rb1 Re6 26. Rb3 Bc8 27. Qd3 Qf7 28. h4 gxh3 29. Bxh3 R6e7 30. Rb8 Kg7 31. Rab2
Bg5 32. Qc2 Qh5 33. Bg2 (33. Bxf5 Rxe3 34. fxe3 Bxe3+ 35. Kg2 Bxf5 36. Qxf5
Qxf5 37. Rxe8 Qf2+) 33... Qg6 34. Qc5 (34. Bxd5 cxd5 35. Rxc8) 34... Ba6 35.
Rxe8 Qxe8 36. Nf4 Bxf4 37. gxf4 Qd7 38. Bh3 Kh6 39. Kh2 Bd3 40. Rb8 Qe6 41. Rc8
Bb5 42. Bxf5 Qf6 43. Rg8 Bf1 44. Rg5 Be2 45. Qc2 Bh5 46. Bxh7 Rg7 47. Qf5 Qxf5
48. Bxf5 Rc7 49. Be6 Re7 50. Bh3 Bf7 51. Rg1 Rb7 52. Rc1 Be8 53. Rc5 Kg6 54.
Bc8 Rb8 55. Bg4 Kf6 56. Kg3 Rb7 57. Ra5 Bg6 58. Ra6 Be8 59. Kf3 Ke7 60. f5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaac"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 exd5 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. O-O-O O-O-O
14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Nf5 12. Nc3 f6 13. g4 Nfe7 14. exf6 Bxf6 (
14... Rxf6) 15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd2 a6 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. Ng5 Rf6 20.
f4 Qb8 21. Ne2 Nd8 22. Nf3 Bb5 23. Ne5 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Qd6 25. Qe3 Rc8 26. Rxc8
Nxc8 27. Rc2 Ne7 28. Bf1 Ndc6 29. a3 b5 30. b4 Rf8 31. Nd3 Kg8 32. Rf2 Nd8 33.
Nc5 Nec6 34. Bd3 Qe7 35. Nxa6 Qf6 36. Bxb5 Nxd4 37. g5 Qg7 38. Bd3 Nf5 39. Bxf5
Rxf5 40. Qb6 Rf8 41. Nc5 Qd4 42. Nd7 Qd1+ 43. Rf1 Qg4+ 44. Kh1 Qe2 45. Qf2 Qxf2
46. Rxf2 Rf5 47. Ne5 Nf7 48. Nd3 e5 49. fxe5 Rxf2 50. Nxf2 Nxe5 51. a4 Kf7 52.
a5 Nc6 53. a6 Na7 54. Kg2 Ke6 55. Kf3 Kd6 56. Kf4 Nb5 57. Ng4 Kc6 58. Nf6 Nc7
59. Ke5 d4 60. Kxd4 Nxa6 61. Kc4 Nc7 62. Nxh7 Ne6 63. h4 Kd6 64. b5 Kc7 65. Nf6
Kd6 66. Ne4+ Kc7 67. Kd5 Nf4+ 68. Ke5 Ng2 69. h5 gxh5 70. g6 Ne3 71. g7 Ng4+
72. Kf4 Nh6 73. Kg5 Ng8 74. Kxh5 Kb6 75. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Bc4 d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O (7. Nxd4
exd4 8. Ne2 fxe4 9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxd4 Nf6 11. Bg5) (7. Ng5 Qe7 8. Bf7+) 7...
Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 f4 9. d4 c6 10. Qd3 g5 11. a4 Qb6 12. Rd1 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 exd4 14.
Rxd4 Ng4 15. Be2 Ke7 16. a5 Bg7 17. Rd1 Be6 18. Na2 h5 19. Nb4 Ne5 20. Nd3 (20.
h4 Bh6 21. hxg5 Bxg5 22. Nd3 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Bc4 24. Rd2) 20... Nxd3 21. Bxd3 Be5
22. Ra4 b5 23. axb6 axb6 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. f3 b5 26. c3 Bb3 27. Re1 Bc4 28.
Bxc4 bxc4 29. g3 Ra1 30. Kf2 Ra2 31. Re2 Kf6 32. Rc2 Ra1 33. Kg2 h4 34. gxh4
gxh4 35. Kh3 Kg5 36. Rg2+ Kh5 37. Rg1 Rb1 38. Rd1 Bg7 39. Rg1 Bh6 40. Kg2 Bg5
41. Rd1 Be7 42. Kf2 Bd8 (42... Ra1 43. Ke2 Bg5) 43. Ke2 Bb6 44. h3 Ba7 45. Bxf4
Rxb2+ 46. Rd2 Rxd2+ 47. Kxd2 d5 48. Bd6 Bb6 49. Ke2 Ba5 50. Be5 Bb6 51. Bf6 Bc5
52. Bd8 (52. e5 Kg6 53. Bxh4 Kf5 54. f4) 52... Bd6 53. Ke3 Be5 54. Ba5 Kg5 55.
Bd8+ Kh5 56. Ba5 Kg5 57. Bb4 Bf4+ 58. Kd4 Bg3 59. exd5 cxd5 60. Kxd5 Kf4 61.
Kxc4 Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. d4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Rc1 Ba7 (12... Qd6) 13. Nd4 Bd7 14.
Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bf3 Ne4 16. Ne2 Ng5 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qg5 20.
Rc5 Rfe8 21. Rfc1 Re6 22. h3 Qg6 23. a4 Qe4 24. Qg4 Rg6 25. Qxe4 dxe4 26. b4
Bd7 27. Rc7 Rc6 28. R1xc6 Bxc6 29. a5 Rd8 30. Kh2 f6 31. g4 Rd7 32. Rc8+ Kf7
33. Kg3 Rd5 34. Rh8 Kg6 35. Kf4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 h6 8. Nd2
O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ndxe4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Rd1 Nxe4 14. Bxe4
Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Bg5 16. b3 Bxc1 17. Raxc1 Qa5 18. Rc2 Rad8 19. Rcd2 Rd7 20. Qe5
Qb6 21. h4 Rfd8 22. Kf1 Qb4 23. Qe4 a5 24. Rd3 a4 25. g4 axb3 26. axb3 Qe7 27.
h5 Qg5 28. Kg2 Kh8 29. Kg3 f5 30. Qf4 Qf6 31. f3 fxg4 32. fxg4 Qe7 33. Re3 Qb4
34. Rdd3 Qd6 35. Re5 Rf8 36. Qe4 Rdf7 37. Kh3 (37. c5 Qc7 38. Qe3 Kg8) 37...
Rf2 38. c5 Qb8 39. Rg3 Qa8 40. Rxe6 Qa1 41. Rg2 (41. Qe1 Qb2 42. Qg1 Qxd4 43.
Re7 Qxc5 44. Rxb7) 41... R8f3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 f6 6. e4 d4 7. Nh4 Be6 8. f4 Qd7
9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. f5 Bf7 11. Bf3 Nge7 12. Bh5 Bg8 13. b3 Kb8 14. a4 Nb4 15. Rf2
Nec6 16. Rg2 Bd6 17. Nc4 Bc7 18. g4 h6 19. Ng6 Rh7 20. h4 Ba5 21. Rh2 Na6 22.
Nxa5 Nxa5 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Nb4 25. Qf3 Rc8 26. Ba3 Nxc2 (26... Nac6 27.
gxf6 gxf6) 27. Rxc2 Nxb3 28. Raa2 b6 29. Bg4 Na5 30. Bc1 (30. Rh2 Rxh2 31. Rxh2
Qxa4 32. Bb2 Nc6) 30... Bxa2 31. Rxa2 Nb3 32. Qd1 Nxc1 33. Qxc1 c4 34. dxc4 Qc6
35. Bf3 Qxc4 36. Qxc4 Rxc4 37. Nf8 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Rhh1 (38... Rh8 39. Ne6 fxg5
40. Kg3) 39. gxf6 gxf6 40. Nd7+ Kc7 41. Nxf6 Kd6 42. Be2 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. b3 a5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb2
Qe7 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. d4 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. Rae1 Re8 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nf3 Bc7 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Nd2 a4 19. d5 e4 20. Rd1 Nc5 21. Rfe1 Bf5
22. Nf1 Ba5 23. Ng3 Bg6 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Red8 26. f4 f6 27. Qb4 Qd6 28. a3
Rab8 29. h4 b6 30. h5 Bh7 31. Rf1 Qc7 32. Rd4 Rd6 33. dxc6 Qxc6 34. Rxd6 Qxd6
35. Rd1 Qc7 36. Qb5 Kf8 37. Rd4 Ke7 38. Bd1 Ra8 39. Bc2 Ne6 40. Rd5 Nc5 41. Qb1
Kf8 42. Nxe4 Bxe4 43. Bxe4 Re8 44. Bg6 Rxe3 45. Qd1 Ke7 46. Rd4 Nb3 47. Rd5 Nc5
48. Rd4 Re6 49. Bf5 Rd6 50. Qe2+ Kd8 51. Bg6 Qe7 52. Rxd6+ Qxd6 53. Qe8+ Kc7
54. Bf5 Kb7 55. Qf7+ Qc7 56. Qd5+ Ka7 57. g3 Qe7 58. Kf2 Kb8 59. Bc2 Qe8 60.
Bd1 Kc7 61. Bf3 Qd7 62. Qxd7+ Kxd7 63. Ke3 Kd6 64. Bd1 Nb3 65. Kd3 Kc5 66. Bg4
Na5 67. Be6 Nb7 68. Kc3 Nd6 69. Kd3 Nb7 70. Kc3 Na5 71. Kd3 Nb3 72. Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Nce4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Bb7 18. b4 Nc4 19. Qc3 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 d5 21.
Bg2 cxb4 (21... Qe7) 22. Qxb4 Qd6 23. Rab1 Qxb4 24. Rxb4 Nd6 25. Bh3 Kf7 26. a4
bxa4 27. Rxa4 Ra8 28. Rfa1 Rxa4 29. Rxa4 Re8 30. Ra7+ Re7 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. g3 (7.
Ng5 Ke8 8. Nb5 Bd6) 7... Bc5 8. Ng5 (8. Bg2) 8... Ke7 9. Bg2 h6 10. Nge4 Nxe4
11. Nxe4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 a5 13. Nc3 c6 14. O-O (14. a3) 14... Nb6 15. b3 Rd8 16.
Be1 Bc5 17. Ne4 Bd4 18. Rc1 Bf5 19. e3 Bb2 20. Rb1 Ba3 21. Bc3 f6 22. Rbd1 Rxd1
23. Rxd1 Nd7 24. f4 Bg4 25. Re1 Bb4 26. Rc1 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 Bf5 28. c5 Bxe4 29.
Bxe4 exf4 30. gxf4 (30. exf4) 30... Ke6 31. Kf2 g5 32. a3 f5 33. Bf3 Nf6 34.
Rd3 Ke7 35. Rd2 Rd8 36. Ke2 (36. Rxd8 Kxd8 37. fxg5 hxg5 38. Kg3 Ke7 39. h4 g4
40. Bg2 Nh5+ 41. Kf2 Ke6 42. b4 axb4 43. axb4) 36... g4 37. Bg2 Rxd2+ 38. Kxd2
Ke6 39. Kd3 h5 40. Kd4 h4 41. h3 (41. h3 gxh3 42. Bxh3 Ne4 43. Bf1 Nf2) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 (4... e5 5. Nc3 Bb4) 5. Nc3 Qa5 6.
d5 O-O-O 7. Bd2 Bxf3 8. exf3 (8. gxf3 Ne5 9. e4) 8... Nb4 (8... Nd4) 9. a3 Nxd5
10. Na4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Ne4 (9... Be7) 10. c5 bxc5 11. a3 Ba5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bc7
14. Bg5 Qe8 (14... f6 15. Bd2 Qe8 16. Nd4) 15. Nd4 Nc6 16. Bf6 Bd8 (16... gxf6
17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qh4 f5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qf6+ Kg8 21. Nxf5) 17. Qh5 (17. Bxd8
Qxd8 18. Bb5) 17... g6 18. Qh4 d6 19. Rfc1 (19. Bb5) 19... Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qc6
21. Bf1 dxc5 22. Qf4 Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Rad8 24. Rc2 Rd5 25. Rac1 Qd6 26. Qf3 Rd8
27. Qe3 Re5 28. Qg3 Qd4 (28... Qd4 29. b4 cxb4 30. Rc7 Ba6 31. Bxa6 Qd1+ 32.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Bf1 Ree1) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Qe7 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Ng5 Bc7 12. Rae1 h6 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Nb6
15. Bb3 Bf5 16. Qc5 Qd7 17. Bc2 Rfe8 18. f4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 exd4 20. exd4 Nd5 21.
Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 cxd5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Bxf4 26. Kf2 Kh7
27. h3 Kg6 28. Kf3 Bc1 29. b3 h5 30. Bg3 Kf5 31. Bf2 g5 32. g4+ Kg6 33. Bg3 a6
34. Bh2 Bb2 35. Bg1 f5 36. Be3 Bc3 37. Bg1 Bb2 38. Be3 Ba3 39. Bd2 Bd6 40. Be3
fxg4+ 41. hxg4 h4 42. Bd2 Bf4 43. Bb4 Kf7 44. Kg2 Be3 45. Bc3 b5 46. b4 Ke6 47.
Kh3 Kd6 48. Kg2 Kc6 49. Kh3 a5 50. bxa5 b4 51. Bxb4 Bxd4 52. Bd2 Bf6 53. a4 Kb7
54. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 c6 8.
Ba4 d6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Nd2 Ng4 13. Bc5 Be7 14. Bxe7
Kxe7 15. Bb3 Be6 16. Rad1 Rhd8 17. Bxe6 Kxe6 18. Nc4 Nf6 19. f3 Ne8 20. Kf2 Nd6
21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6+ Kxd6 23. Rd1+ Ke6 24. Ke3 g6 25. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 (5. Qa4+) 5... a6 6. O-O Nc6 7.
Nc3 Bb4 8. Bg5 (8. Qc2 O-O 9. Rd1 Be7) 8... O-O 9. Rc1 (9. Ne4 Be7 10. Nxf6+
Bxf6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6) 9... Be7 10. e3 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Ncxe7 12. Ne4 b5 13. b3 cxb3
14. Qxb3 a5 15. Ne5 b4 16. Nc5 Qe8 17. Rfe1 Ra7 18. e4 Nb6 19. d5 (19. f4)
19... exd5 20. exd5 Qd8 21. Red1 Qd6 22. f4 Nd7 23. Ncxd7 Bxd7 24. Qe3 Nc8 25.
Nc6 Ra6 26. Bf1 Ra8 27. Qc5 Bxc6 28. Qxc6 Ra7 29. Bh3 Ne7 30. Qc5 Rfa8 31. Re1
Qxc5+ 32. Rxc5 Kf8 33. Rec1 Rd8 34. Bg2 a4 35. Rb5 b3 36. axb3 a3 37. Ra1 Nf5
38. b4 Nd4 (38... Rda8) 39. Ra5 Rb7 40. R5xa3 Rxb4 41. R3a2 Rdb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Qd3
Bf5 9. e4 Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd4 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Be3 Nd7 15.
Rc1 Qa5 16. Bd2 Nde5 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Bc3 e6 19. Ne3 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. a3 Qb6
22. Kh1 Rfd8 23. Qd2 Na5 24. Bxa5 Qxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E75"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2
exd5 9. exd5 Qb6 10. O-O-O Re8 11. Bh6 Bh8 12. f3 Nbd7 13. g4 Ne5 14. h4 Qb4
15. a3 (15. Nb5 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2) 15... Qb3 16. Qc2 Qxc2+ 17. Kxc2 a6 (17... Bxg4
18. fxg4 Nfxg4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Bf4 Nf2) 18. Nh3 Bd7 19. a4 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Nf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 c5 6. d5 b5 7. cxb5 d6 8. Nc3 a6
9. bxa6 Bxa6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Rd1 Rfb8 13. h3 Nb6 14. Nd2 Nfd7 15.
Rb1 Nc8 (15... Qa7) 16. b3 Qa5 17. Bb2 c4 18. Ba1 cxb3 19. Nxb3 Qc7 20. Nd4
Rxb1 21. Qxb1 Rb8 22. Qc1 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxe2 24. Kh2 Ba6 25. Qh6 Nf8 (25... f6
26. Rh4 Nf8) 26. Ra4 Qb6 27. Ne4 f6 28. Bxf6 exf6 29. Nxf6+ Kf7 30. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bd6 7. Be3 Ng6 8.
dxe5 Ncxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. f4 Bf6 11. Qh5 d6 12. Nd2 Ne7 13. f5 d5 (13... Bd7
14. Bxd7 Qxd7) 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Nf3 Rae8 17. Qh3 (17. Bf2) 17...
Qc8 18. e5 Nxf5 19. exf6 (19. Bc5 Be7 20. Rxd5 c6 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Rd3) 19...
Nxe3 20. Qg3 g6 21. Qg5 Qg4 22. Qxg4 Nxg4 23. Rxd5 Ne3 24. Rd7 Nxf1 25. Kxf1
Re6 26. Rxc7 Rb8 27. Nd4 Rxf6+ 28. Ke2 Kf8 29. b4 Ra6 30. b5 Rxa2+ 31. Kf3 a6
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
Re1 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Qf3 Bg4 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. h3 Be6 14. Rad1
Rad8 15. e5 Ne8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. exd6 cxd6 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. Nf4 Bf5 20. Qg5 Bg6
21. h4 Nf6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 h6 24. h5 Bh7 25. Re3 Rfe8 26. Rde1 Kf8 27. c3
a6 28. a4 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Nf3 Qc6 32. Qd4 Kf8 33. Qa7 Be4
34. Qb8+ Ke7 35. Nd4 Qe8 36. Qc7+ Qd7 37. Qb6 Qd8 38. Qa7 Qc8 39. f3 Bd5 40. a5
g6 41. hxg6 fxg6 42. Kf2 Qc5 43. Qb8 Qxa5 44. Qh8 Qa1 45. Qxh6 Qxb2+ 46. Kg3
Bf7 47. Qh4+ Kd7 48. Qh3+ Kc7 49. Qh8 Qa2 50. Qf8 Qd5 51. Qe7+ Kb6 52. f4 Ka7
53. Kh4 Qh5+ 54. Kg3 Qd5 55. Kh4 Bg8 56. g4 Qc5 57. Qf6 a5 58. Qxg6 Bc4 59. Qe8
Bd3 60. Qe3 Bc4 61. f5 a4 62. Qe8 a3 63. Qa4+ Kb6 64. Nb3 Qd5 65. Nd2 Bb5 66.
Qd4+ Qxd4 67. cxd4 Kc6 68. Kg5 Kd7 69. Kg6 Ba4 70. f6 a2 71. f7 Bc2+ 72. Kg7
a1=Q 73. Nf3 Qa8 74. f8=Q Qxf8+ 75. Kxf8 Ke6 76. g5 b5 77. Nh4 b4 78. g6 Bxg6
79. Nxg6 Kf5 (79... Kd5 80. Ne7+ Kxd4 81. Nf5+ Kc5 82. Ke7 d5 83. Ne3 d4 84.
Nd1 d3 85. Ke6 Kd4 86. Kf5 d2 87. Kf4 Kd3 88. Kf3) 80. Ne7+ Ke6 81. d5+ Kf6 82.
Nc8 Ke5 83. Ke7 b3 84. Nxd6 Kxd5 85. Nb5 b2 86. Na3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 c5 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Re8 11. f3 Ba6 12. Bc2 Nc6 13. Rf2 Qc7 14. g4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Rac8 17. Qd3 g6 18. Ba4 Red8 19. Bd2 Qb7 20. Bb5 Nb8 21. Qb3
Ne8 22. Be1 Nd6 23. Bh4 Rf8 24. Bd3 Rfe8 25. Rd1 Kg7 26. Bg3 Nc4 27. e4 Kg8 28.
a4 Nd7 29. e5 Nf8 30. f4 Ne6 31. Bb1 Na5 32. Qe3 Nc4 33. Qf2 Na3 34. Ba2 Qd7
35. Rd3 Nc4 36. f5 Ng5 37. Bf4 Ne4 38. Qh4 Qxa4 (38... gxf5 39. Rxe4 fxe4 40.
Qg5+ Kf8 41. Qh6+) 39. f6 Qb4 40. Rb3 Qf8 (40... Ncd2 41. Qh6 Qf8 42. Bxd2) 41.
Bh6 Nxe5 42. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch24"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. Bg5 c6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. d5 c5 (9... Nb6 10. b3 (10. Nc1 cxd5 11. cxd5 Bd7) 10... cxd5 11. Nxd5
Nbxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7) 10. g4 a6 (10... h6 11. Bxh6 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qh4+ 13. N2g3
Bxh6) 11. Ng3 Re8 (11... b5) 12. h4 Qa5 13. Bh6 Nf8 14. h5 Qc7 15. Bd3 b5 16.
O-O-O bxc4 17. Bb1 Bh8 18. Rdg1 Rb8 19. Nf5 N6d7 20. Bg5 Bg7 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22.
Bh6+ Kg8 23. f4 exf4 24. Qxf4 Qd8 25. hxg6 (25. Qxd6 Rb6 26. Qf4 Ne5) 25...
Nxg6 26. Qh2 Nde5 27. Bf4 Nf8 28. Qh6 Neg6 29. Bg5 f6 30. e5 Rxe5 31. Bxg6 Rb7
(31... hxg6 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Rh7+ Ke8 34. Bh6) 32. Ne4 fxg5 33. Rf1 Rxe4 (33...
Nxg6 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. Qxh7+ Rxh7 36. Rxh7#) 34. Bxe4 Rg7 35. Rf6 Bxg4 36. Rhf1
Nd7 37. Rxd6 Qe7 38. Rxa6 Kh8 39. Bxh7 Nb8 40. Bf5+ Kg8 41. Be6+ Bxe6 42. Rxe6
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 Re8 12. Ba3 c4 13. Bc2 Ne4 14. Qe1 Qd8
15. Bxe4 Rxe4 16. Nd2 Re8 17. f3 (17. e4) 17... Qa5 18. Bb2 b5 19. axb5 Qxb5
20. Ba3 Na5 21. Qe2 Bd7 22. Rfb1 Nb3 23. Nxb3 cxb3 24. Qxb5 Bxb5 25. Rxb3 Bc4
26. Rb7 Rxe3 27. Rab1 h5 28. Rb8+ Re8 29. Bd6 (29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Rb7) 29... a5
30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rb8 Rxb8 32. Bxb8 Kf8 33. Kf2 (33. Bd6+ Ke8 34. h4 Kd7 35.
Bf8 g6 36. Kf2 Kc6 37. Ke3 Kb5 38. Kd2 Bf1 39. g3 Kc4 40. Kc2) 33... Ke7 34.
Ke3 Kd7 35. Ba7 Kc6 36. Bc5 Kb5 37. Kd2 Bf1 38. g3 Kc4 39. Kc2 Bg2 40. f4 Bh3
41. Bf8 g6 42. Bd6 a4 43. Be7 Bf5+ 44. Kb2 Kd3 45. Bd6 Ke4 46. Ka3 Kf3 47. Kxa4
Kg2 48. Be7 Kxh2 49. Bh4 Bd3 50. Kb4 f6 51. Kc5 Bc4 52. Kd6 g5 53. fxg5 fxg5
54. Bxg5 Kxg3 55. Ke5 h4 56. Bf4+ Kg2 57. Kf5 h3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a3
cxd4 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. axb4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 dxe3 13. Bxe3 Nbd5 14. Bc5
Re8 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 b6 17. Bd4 Bb7 18. Rd1 Qe8 19. Be5 Qb5 20. Bxf6 gxf6
(20... Nxf6 21. Qe7 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Qb7 Rd8) 21. Qe4 Qxb4 22. Nd4 f5 23.
Qe5 Ne7 24. Qf6 Bd5 25. Nc6 Qxb3 26. Nxe7+ Kf8 27. Re1 Be6 28. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
Qd2 e6 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bb3 (10. Bxe6) 10... Bb7 (10... b4 11. Nd5) 11. Rhe1 Be7
12. f4 Nc5 13. e5 (13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e5) 13... dxe5 (13... b4 14. exf6 bxc3)
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 (14... gxf6 15. fxe5 fxe5) 15. fxe5 Bh4 16. g3 Be7 17. Bxe6 O-O (
17... fxe6 18. Nxe6) 18. Bb3 Rad8 19. Qf4 b4 20. Na4 h6 (20... Nxb3+ 21. axb3
g6) 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 (21... Bg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Nxb7) 22. h4 Bd5 23. Nf5 Bxb3
24. axb3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rc8 26. Qe4 Bf8 27. e6 fxe6 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Qe4 Qc6
30. Qd3 Re8 31. h5 Be7 32. Nxe7 Rxe7 33. Qg6 Qe8 34. g4 Re1 35. Qxe8+ Rxe8 36.
Rd4 a5 37. Kd2 Re5 38. c4 bxc3+ 39. bxc3 Rg5 40. c4 Kg8 41. Rf4 g6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 h6 11. Bh4 Qa5 12. Qg1 Bd7 13. g4 Bc6 14. Be1 (
14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5) 14... Qc7 15. Bd3 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. h4 b5
19. Bg3 (19. g5 h5 20. g6) 19... b4 20. Ne2 Bd5 21. Rxd5 exd5 22. Qd1 Rfd8 23.
Nd4 Qc4 24. Kb1 Bc5 25. Bf2 a5 26. g5 h5 27. e6 fxe6 28. g6 (28. b3 Qa6 29.
Qxh5 a4 30. g6 axb3 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Nxe6+ Ke7 33. Qxg7+ Kxe6 34. Qe5+ Kd7 35.
Qxd5+ Bd6 36. Qxb3 Kc7) 28... a4 (28... Rdc8 29. Qxh5 Bxd4 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31.
Qh8+ Ke7) 29. Nxe6 d4 30. f5 d3 31. Bxc5 b3 32. cxb3 axb3 33. axb3 Qa6 34. Ba3
d2 35. Nxd8 Qd3+ 36. Ka2 e3 37. Rh2 Qxd8 38. f6 gxf6 39. Qxh5 Ra7 40. Rh1 Qd3
41. Qc5 Rxa3+ 42. Qxa3 d1=Q 43. Rxd1 Qxd1 44. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 Bb7 12. Nc3 c6 13. a3 Qc7 (13... Rb8) 14. Bg5
Rae8 (14... h6) 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Ba2 Kh8 (16... c5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. cxb5 axb5
19. Nxb5 Bxe4) 17. b4 c5 18. bxc5 exd4 19. c6 dxc3 20. cxb7 Qxb7 21. cxb5 Qxb5
22. Rxc3 Nc5 23. Rce3 Ne6 (23... Nfxe4 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Ng5 d5 26. Bxd5 Rd7
27. a4 Nxa4 28. Nxf7+ Rfxf7 29. Rb3) 24. e5 Ng4 (24... dxe5 25. Rxe5) 25. hxg4
Nxg5 26. exd6 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Bg5 28. a4 Qd7 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. d7
Qf8 32. Qe2 Qe7 33. Qd3 h6 34. Bc4 a5 35. Bxf7 Bh4 36. Kg2 Bf6 37. Bc4 Qd8 38.
Qd5 Bg5 39. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. g4 Ne8
9. h4 f5 10. gxf5 (10. exf5 gxf5 11. g5) 10... gxf5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Bd3 e4
13. fxe4 Qe7 14. exf5 Qxe3+ 15. Qe2 Qg3+ 16. Kd2 Nc7 17. Qh2 Qxh2+ 18. Rxh2 Nd7
19. Ne4 (19. Rg2 Kh8 20. Nf3) 19... Kh8 20. Rg2 (20. Rb1 b5 21. b3) 20... b5
21. Nf3 (21. Nxd6 bxc4 22. Bxc4) 21... bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rab8 23. Rb1 Rxf5 24. Nfg5
Ne5 25. Bb3 (25. Nxd6 Rf4 26. Bb3 c4 27. Nxc4 Nxc4+ 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Nf7+ Kg8
30. Nh6+ Kh8) 25... c4 26. Bc2 Nxd5 27. Nxd6 Rf6 28. Nf5 Rd8 29. Ke1 Nf4 30.
Rg3 Ned3+ 31. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Nxg7 Kxg7 34. Ke2 h6 35. Ne4 Re6 36.
Rg1+ Rg6 37. Rc1 Rg2+ 38. Nf2 Rd4 39. Kf3 Rg6 40. Ne4 Re6 41. Rg1+ Kf8 42. Rg4
Ra6 43. h5 Ra5 44. Rf4+ Ke7 45. Rg4 Rxh5 46. Kf4 Kf7 47. Ke3 Rd3+ 48. Kf4 Rh2
49. Ke5 Re2 50. Rf4+ Ke7 51. Kf5 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Bf4 Nb4 12. Qb1 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Nfd2 Nxd5
15. Bxd6 (15. Bg5 Qxg5 16. Nxg5 Bxb1 17. Bc4) 15... Nf6 16. Bf3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4
Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxd6 19. Qc2 Re7 20. Bf3 Rae8 21. Rad1 Bd4 22. a4 b6 23. b3 Re5
24. Rd2 h5 25. Re2 Rxe2 26. Bxe2 h4 27. Kh1 Qf4 28. g3 Qf6 29. Qd1 Rd8 30. Bg4
Bxf2 31. Qe2 Rd2 32. Qe8+ (32. Qxd2 Qc6+) 32... Kg7 33. gxh4 Qd4 34. Bh3 Qd3
35. Bg2 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 b5 6. Qc2 Na6 7. Be2 g6 8. Bg5
Bg7 9. O-O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nc7 12. h4 Qb8 13. f4 Ne6 14. e5 Nd5 15.
f5 Nxg5 16. hxg5 gxf5 17. Qxf5 Qc8 18. Qe4 Qe6 19. Rxh7 Rxh7 20. Qxh7 Qg6 21.
Qg8+ Bf8 22. Qxg6 fxg6 23. Ne4 (23. Bf3 e6 24. Rh1) 23... Kf7 24. Bg4 Rd8 25.
Nc5 Nf4 26. e6+ Kg8 27. Nd7 Nd3+ 28. Rxd3 cxd3 29. Kd2 Bg7 30. Kxd3 c5 31. dxc5
Bxb2 32. Ke4 Rc8 33. Kd5 Kg7 34. Be2 b4 (34... a6 35. c6 Ba3) 35. Ba6 Rc7 36.
Nb8 Bc1 37. Nc6 Bxg5 38. Nd4 Kf6 39. Nb5 Bf4 40. Nxc7 Bxc7 41. Kc6 Bh2 42. Kd7
g5 43. c6 g4 44. Bc4 g3 45. fxg3 Bxg3 46. c7 Bxc7 47. Kxc7 a5 48. Kd7 a4 49.
Bd3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be6 6. e3 c5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nge2 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O Rg8 12. Kh1 f5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14.
Nf4 Bd6 15. Nce2 Qb6 16. Rc1 Kd7 17. Qc2 Rgc8 18. Rfd1 Rab8 19. Rd2 Bb4 20. Rd3
Bd6 21. Rb3 Qa7 22. Rd3 Qb6 23. b3 a5 24. Rd4 Qd8 25. Rcd1 Rb4 26. Kg1 Qf6 27.
R4d2 a4 28. Rc1 axb3 29. axb3 Ke8 30. Nd3 Rg4 31. Ndf4 h5 32. h3 Rg5 33. Qd1 h4
34. Rdc2 Kd7 35. Nd4 (35. b4 Bxb4 36. Rxc6 Rxc6 37. Qa4) 35... Rcg8 36. f3 Qg7
37. Ndxe6 fxe6 38. Qf1 Qe5 39. Re1 d4 40. Qa6 Rc8 41. Rc4 c5 42. Kf2 Rcg8 43.
Qb7+ Bc7 44. g4 fxg4 45. hxg4 Rb8 46. Qa6 Rb6 47. Qa2 h3 48. Qc2 h2 49. Kg2
h1=Q+ 50. Kxh1 Rb8 51. Kg2 Rh8 52. b4 Qg7 53. Rg1 dxe3 54. Qd3+ (54. Kf1 Qa1+
55. Kg2 Qg7) 54... Rd5 55. Qxe3 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. a3 a6 6. Rb1 Rb8 7. b4 cxb4 8. axb4
b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nf3 d5 11. Qb3 Nf6 12. d3 O-O 13. Bf4 Rb6 14. Rc1 Bb7 15.
O-O d4 16. Nb1 Nd5 17. Bd2 e6 18. Rc5 Re8 19. Na3 Bf8 20. Rxb5 Rxb5 21. Nxb5
Ndxb4 (21... e5) 22. Rb1 Qb6 23. Bxb4 Nxb4 24. Nbxd4 Rb8 25. Nc2 Bxf3 26. Bxf3
Bc5 27. Rf1 Nxc2 28. Qxc2 Bf8 29. Kg2 Qc5 30. Qa4 h5 31. Rd1 Rb2 32. Ra1 Qb4
33. Qe8 Qe7 34. Qa8 Rc2 35. Rb1 Rc7 36. Rb8 Kg7 37. Qa1+ Kh7 38. Be4 Bg7 39.
Qa4 Qc5 40. Rb5 Ra7 41. Rxc5 Rxa4 42. Rxh5+ Kg8 43. Rb5 Ra2 44. Bf3 Ra7 45. h4
Bf6 46. h5 g5 47. e3 Kg7 48. d4 Rd7 49. d5 exd5 50. Bxd5 Bd8 51. Kh3 Ra7 52. e4
f6 53. Kg4 Bc7 54. f4 gxf4 55. gxf4 Ba5 56. Rc5 Bb6 57. Rc6 Bd4 58. h6+ Kxh6
59. e5 Kg7 60. Rxf6 Rd7 61. Be6 Ra7 62. Kf5 Be3 63. Rg6+ Kh7 64. Rg3 Bf2 65.
Rf3 Be1 66. Rf1 Bb4 67. Bc4 Rc7 68. Bd5 Kg7 69. Rg1+ Kh7 70. Ke6 Ra7 71. f5
Ra6+ 72. Kf7 Ra7+ 73. Kf6 Ra6+ 74. Be6 Bf8 75. Kf7 Bh6 76. f6 Ra7+ 77. Ke8 Ra8+
78. Ke7 Be3 79. Bf5+ Kh6 80. Rg4 Bc5+ 81. Kd7 Ra7+ 82. Kc6 Ba3 83. e6 Ra6+ 84.
Kb7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. g4 f5 8. gxf5
gxf5 9. Qh5+ Kf8 10. Bh3 Nf6 11. Qf3 a6 12. exf5 Qe8 13. Nge2 Qh5 14. Qxh5 Nxh5
15. Bg5 Nxf5 16. Ng3 Nd4 (16... h6 17. Bd2 Nd4) 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 (17... Nxg3 18.
fxg3 Rxc8 19. Rf1+ Ke8) 18. Nxh5 Nf3+ 19. Ke2 Nxg5 20. Rag1 Bh6 21. h4 Nf7 22.
Ne4 c6 23. Kd3 cxd5 24. cxd5 Bf4 25. Ng7 Ra8 26. Nf5 Rd8 27. Rg4 Rg8 28. Rxg8+
Kxg8 29. Rg1+ Kh8 30. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. a4 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Na3 Rc8 11. Bg5 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nc4 d5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. exd5 cxd5 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. f4 Rb8 18. Qd2 Rb6 19. Re3 a5 20. b4 Rc8 21. b5
Be8 22. Rae1 Qd6 23. Qd1 Rb7 24. Qf3 (24. Nb3) 24... Rbc7 25. Ng4 Bg7 26. f5 (
26. Kh1) 26... Rxc3 27. f6 (27. Rxc3 Bxd4+ 28. Rce3) 27... Rxe3 28. Qxe3 Bxf6
29. Nxf6+ Qxf6 30. Nf3 e6 31. Rc1 Qd8 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Qd2 Qd8 34. h4 f6 35.
Nd4 (35. Qd4) 35... Qb6 36. Kf1 e5 37. Nf3 d4 38. Qc2 Bf7 39. h5 Kf8 40. Qc8+
Ke7 41. Nd2 gxh5 42. Ne4 Bd5 43. Ng3 Be6 44. Qh8 Qc5 45. Qxh7+ Kd8 46. Qh8+ Kd7
47. Qg7+ Kc8 48. Qh8+ Kb7 49. Qg7+ Qc7 50. Qxc7+ Kxc7 51. Nxh5 f5 52. Ng7 Bc4+
53. Ke1 f4 54. Ne8+ Kd7 55. b6 Ba6 56. Nf6+ Ke6 57. Ne4 Kd5 58. Nf6+ Kc5 59.
Nd7+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. g4 Ne8
9. h4 f5 10. gxf5 gxf5 11. exf5 Bf6 12. Bd3 Ng7 (12... Bxh4+ 13. Kd2 Ng7 14. f6
Qxf6 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Ne4 Qd8 17. Bg5) 13. Qe2 Bxh4+ 14. Kd2 Bxf5 15. Ne4 Be7
(15... Na6 16. Rd1 Qa5+ 17. Kc1 Be7 18. Nc3 Rf7) 16. Nh3 b5 17. Rag1 bxc4 18.
Bc2 Qa5+ 19. Nc3 Bxc2 20. Kxc2 Na6 (20... Rf7 21. Nf4 exf4 22. Qh2) 21. Bh6
Nb4+ 22. Kb1 Rf7 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Rxg5 Rb8 25. Bxg7 Rxg7 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qe4
Rh8 28. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Nc4 14. Ne3 Nxe3 15.
Bxe3 Be6 16. Nd2 Rfe8 17. f4 Rad8 (17... exf4 18. Bxf4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nh5) 18.
fxe5 dxe5 19. d5 Bd7 20. c4 Rb8 21. a4 b4 22. a5 Rf8 23. Ba4 Bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rbd8
25. Qf3 Rd6 26. Nb3 Nd7 27. Raa1 Rg6 28. Rf1 Bd6 (28... Bg5) (28... Qd6 29. Qh5
h6) 29. h4 Qd8 30. h5 Rf6 31. Qg4 Rf4 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Nd2 Ne5 34. Qxf4 (34.
Qh3 f3 35. Rf2) 34... Nxc4 35. e5 Nxe5 (35... Nxd2) 36. Ne4 h6 37. Rae1 (37. b3
) 37... Bb8 38. Rd1 c4 39. d6 Nd3 40. Qg4 Ba7+ 41. Kh1 f5 42. Nf6+ Kh8 43. Qxc4
Nxb2 44. Qxa6 Nxd1 45. Qxa7 Qxd6 46. Qd7 Qxf6 47. Qxd1 Rb8 48. Rf3 Ra8 (48...
Rb5 49. Qa4 Qh4+ 50. Kg1 Qd4+ 51. Kh2 Re5 52. Qc6 Qh4+ 53. Rh3 Qf4+ 54. Rg3 Re3
55. Qg6 Qe5 56. a6 Re4) 49. Qe1 Rxa5 50. Qxb4 Re5 51. Qf4 Kh7 52. Kh2 Rd5 53.
Rf1 Qg5 54. Qf3 Re5 55. Kg1 Rc5 56. Qf2 Re5 57. Qf3 Ra5 58. Kh2 Kh8 59. Kg1 Ra2
60. Qd5 Rc2 61. Qa8+ Kh7 62. Qf3 Rc1 63. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 64. Kh2 Qc7+ 65. Kh3 Qe5
66. g4 fxg4+ 67. Kxg4 Qg5+ 68. Kh3 Qf6 69. Qe4+ Kg8 70. Qe8+ Qf8 71. Qxf8+ Kxf8
72. Kg4 Kf7 73. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. O-O c4 12. Be2 f6 (12... f5) 13. Re1 O-O (13...
fxe5 14. dxe5 O-O 15. Ba3) 14. Ba3 Rf7 15. Bd6 Qd8 16. Bf1 Nf5 17. Ba3 fxe5 18.
Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bxa4 20. Rxe6 Qd7 21. Re5 Bc6 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qg5 Qd8 24. Qg4
Qd7 25. g3 Re8 26. Rae1 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Nd6 28. Qh4 Nf5 29. Qg5 Ng7 30. h4 Rf5
31. Qe3 Rxe5 32. Qxe5 h5 33. Qf6 Qe6 34. Qf8+ Kh7 35. Qb8 Qd7 36. Bd6 a5 (36...
Ne8 37. Be5 Qb7 38. Qd8 Qd7 39. Qg5) 37. Be5 Ne8 (37... b5 38. Qf8 a4 39. Bh3)
38. Qxb6 a4 39. Qc5 Kg8 40. Bh3 Qxh3 41. Qxc6 Kf7 42. Qb7+ Kf8 43. Qxd5 Qc8 44.
Qb5 Qa8 45. Qc5+ Kf7 46. Qxc4+ Kf8 47. d5 a3 48. Qc5+ Kf7 49. c4 a2 50. Ba1 Qa6
51. Qd4 Nf6 52. d6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 Nfd7 7. Be3 Bh6 8. Bf2
O-O 9. h4 c5 10. d5 Re8 (10... Nb6 11. b3 a5) 11. g4 Na6 12. g5 Bg7 13. Ng3 Nc7
14. Be3 Nf8 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. a3 b6 17. b4 f5 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Qh2 h5 20. b5 Nh7
21. Ra2 Kh8 22. Rg2 Qe7 23. Bd3 Bd7 24. Kd2 Rg8 25. Nge2 Rbe8 26. Rhg1 Qf7 27.
Kc2 Bc8 28. Nc1 Ref8 29. Be2 Bd7 30. Bd2 Qe7 31. Nd3 Be8 32. f4 Bf7 33. fxe5
dxe5 34. Nd1 a6 35. Bc3 Re8 36. a4 Rgf8 37. Rf1 Bg7 38. Bxh5 axb5 (38... gxh5
39. Rxg7 Kxg7 40. Bxe5+) 39. axb5 Nxb5 40. cxb5 c4 41. Nb4 gxh5 42. Rxg7 Kxg7
43. Nc6 Qd6 44. Nxe5 Nf6 45. Rxf6 Qxf6 46. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B98"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Be2 Bd7 11. f5 O-O 12. g4 b5 13. a3 Rfc8 14. Kb1 Qb7 (
14... Rab8) 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nb3 Be8 (17... Rf8) 18. Bd3 Rab8 (
18... b4) 19. Qh3 Bg6 (19... g6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6) 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 (
21... gxf6 22. g5 f5 23. Qh6) 22. g5 Bxg5 23. Ne4 Bh6 24. Nbc5 Qa7 25. Rd7 Rc7
26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Nf5 8. Bd3
h5 9. Qh3 cxd4 10. Nf3 (10. Bxf5 exf5 11. Qg3) 10... Qc7 11. Rb1 dxc3 12. g4 (
12. O-O) 12... Ne7 13. gxh5 Nbc6 14. Bf4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Ngxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17.
Kf1 Bd7 18. Qh4 f6 (18... Bc6 19. Qd4 f6 20. Rg1 O-O-O 21. Qxa7 Rxh5) 19. Bxe5
Qxe5 20. Rxb7 Rb8 21. Rxb8+ Qxb8 22. Qg4 Kf8 23. Rg1 g5 24. hxg6 Kg7 25. h4 a5
26. Rg3 Qb1+ 27. Kg2 Qb7 28. h5 d4+ 29. Be4 Bc6 30. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 31. Kg1 Qd5 32.
Qf4 Qe5 33. h6+ (33. Qf3 Qd5 34. Qf4) 33... Rxh6 34. Qxh6+ Kxh6 35. g7 Qxg3+
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Rxd4 Qe7 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. Be1 e5 14. Rh4 (14.
Rdd1 e4 15. Nd4 Qe5 16. Nd5) 14... e4 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Nf5 (16. Bb3 Nd3) (16.
Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Ng6 18. Rh3) 16... Qc5 17. Na4 Qa5 18. Ne7+ (18. Bxb4 Qxb4
19. b3 Ng6 20. Rh3 Bc8) 18... Kh8 19. Bb3 Bxe1 20. Qxe1 Nf3+ 21. gxf3 Qg5+ 22.
Kh1 Qxh4 23. Qg1 Qh5 24. Rc1 Qxf3+ 25. Qg2 Rad8 26. Qxf3 exf3 27. Rc7 Rd2 28.
Rxb7 Rxf2 29. h3 Ne4 30. Nf5 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qa5 10. Re1 Re8 11. a3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Bf1 a6 14. Bd2 Qb6 15.
Be3 c5 16. Nb3 Be6 17. Nd2 Nc6 18. b4 Ng4 19. hxg4 Bxc3 20. Rc1 Bg7 21. Nb3
Rad8 22. Nd2 Qc7 23. Rb1 Ne5 24. Be2 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Bxb5 Bxg4 27. Be2 Qd7
28. Bxg4 Nxg4 29. Kg2 h5 30. Bg5 Bd4 31. Re2 (31. Rf1 f6 32. Bf4 g5 33. f3)
31... f6 32. Bf4 g5 33. f3 Nf2 (33... gxf4 34. fxg4 Qxg4) 34. Rxf2 (34. Qb3+ d5
35. Be3 Qh3+ 36. Kxf2 Qh2+ 37. Ke1 Qxg3+ 38. Kd1) 34... Bxf2 35. Kxf2 gxf4 36.
gxf4 Qa7 37. Qb3+ c4+ 38. Qe3 Qxe3+ 39. Kxe3 d5 40. Rg1+ Kf7 41. Ke2 c3 42. Nb3
dxe4 43. Rc1 exf3+ 44. Kxf3 Rd3+ 45. Kf2 c2 46. Nc5 Rd2+ 47. Kf3 Re1 48. Rxe1
Rd1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6 8.
Qc2 Nf8 9. Nf3 Ng6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. h4 Nf8 12. Rhe1 N8d7 13. Kb1 h6 14. Bf4
Rc8 15. Rg1 b5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bd6 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qd7 20. Qxd7+
Kxd7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Kc2 f5 23. g3 Rhg8 24. Kd3 Rg4 25. Rc1 Rc7 26. Rc2 Rg8 (
26... f4 27. exf4 Bxf4) 27. Ne2 Rg6 28. Ra1 Rg8 29. Nc1 Re8 (29... c5) 30. Kd2
Bb4+ 31. Ke2 Bd6 32. Nd3 Rg8 33. a4 a6 34. axb5 axb5 35. Ra6 Rgc8 36. Rc1 Ke6
37. Rg1 Rg8 38. Rga1 Rgc8 39. Rb6 Rd8 40. Rba6 Rdc8 41. Ra8 Kf6 42. R1a7 Rxa8
43. Rxa8 Kg7 44. Kd2 Kf6 45. Rh8 Kg7 46. Rd8 Be7 47. Re8 Bd6 48. Nc5 f4 (48...
Ra7 49. Rc8 Bxc5 50. dxc5 Ra6 51. Kc3 h5 52. b3 f6 53. Kb4 Kg6 54. Rb8 Ra7 55.
Rb6 Rc7 56. Ka5) 49. gxf4 h5 50. Nd3 Be7 51. f5 Bxh4 52. Nf4 Bxf2 53. Nxh5+ Kh7
54. Nf6+ Kg7 55. Nh5+ Kh7 56. Ke2 Bh4 57. Kf3 Bg5 58. Kg4 f6 (58... Bh6 59.
Nf6+ Kg7 60. Ng8 f6 61. Nxh6 Kxh6 62. Re6 Kg7 63. b4 Kf7) 59. b4 Ra7 60. Re6
Rf7 61. Kf3 Kh6 62. Nf4 Rc7 63. Ng6 Ra7 64. Ne7 Ra3 65. Nxc6 Rb3 66. Ne7 Rxb4
67. Nxd5 Rb1 68. Nxf6 Bxf6 69. Rxf6+ Kg5 70. Rf8 b4 71. Ke4 b3 72. Rg8+ Kf6 73.
Rg6+ Kf7 74. Rb6 b2 75. Rb7+ Kf6 76. d5 Rd1 77. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Qd3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Na5 12. f4 Nxb3 13. axb3 Nd7 14. Na3 exd4
15. cxd4 c5 16. d5 Bf6 17. Nc2 Re8 18. b4 c4 19. Qd1 a5 20. Ra3 g6 21. Rg3 Bg7
22. f5 axb4 23. Nxb4 Qf6 24. Nc6 Nc5 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Rf3 Qh4 27. e5 Bxe5 28.
Rxe5 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 dxe5 30. d6 e4 31. Ne7+ Rxe7 32. dxe7 exf3 33. Qd8+ Kh7 (
33... Kg7 34. e8=N+) 34. e8=Q Qh3+ 35. Ke1 Nd3+ 36. Kd2 Qh6+ 37. Kc3 Qxc1+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 Ne4 5. Bh4 d5 6. c3 c6 7. Nbd2 Nd6 8. Be2
Nd7 9. O-O Nf5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bf4 g5 12. Bd3 e6 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Bd6 Nf8 15.
Ba3 Be6 16. Rc1 Ng6 17. c4 Kf7 18. Ne1 Rc8 19. Nd3 Rc7 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. cxd5
cxd5 22. Qa4 b6 23. Na6 Bxa6 24. Qxa6 Qc8 25. Rxc7+ Qxc7 26. b3 Qd7 27. Rc1 Rd8
28. Qa4 f4 29. Qxd7+ Rxd7 30. g4 Bf8 (30... Nh4 31. h3 f5) 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32.
Kf1 Ke7 33. Ke2 fxe3 34. fxe3 Nh4 35. Nf3 Nxf3 (35... Ng6) 36. Kxf3 Kd6 37. Rc8
Rf7 38. Rd8+ Ke6 39. e4 dxe4+ 40. Kxe4 Ke7 (40... h5 41. h3 hxg4 42. hxg4 Rh7)
41. Ra8 Ke6 42. d5+ Kd6 43. Re8 Rc7 44. Re6+ Kd7 45. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Bb4 9. e5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nd5 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. f4 h5 14. Qf3 Nc6 15.
f5 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qc7 17. c4 (17. Ba3+ b4 18. Bxb4+) 17... bxc4 18. Ba3+ Kg8 19.
Bd6 Qa7 20. Bc5 Qc7 (20... Qb7) 21. Rac1 Qc6 22. Kg1 exf5 23. Rxc4 Rc8 24. Rfc1
Nb6 25. Qxc6 Rxc6 26. Rb4 Rhh6 27. Rcb1 Nd5 28. Rb8+ Kh7 29. R1b7 Rc7 30. Rxc7
Nxc7 31. Rd8 Ne6 32. Rxd7 Nxc5 33. dxc5 Re6 34. Rd5 f6 (34... g5) 35. exf6 Rxf6
36. Rd6 Kg6 37. Rb6 Kf7 38. Kf2 Re6 39. c6 Re4 40. Rxa6 f4 41. Ra5 fxg3+ 42.
hxg3 h4 (42... Rc4) 43. Rc5 hxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Re8 45. Kf4 Ra8 (45... g5+ 46. Kf5 (
46. Rxg5 Rc8) 46... g4 47. a4 g3 48. Rc1 g2) 46. Ke5 Ke7 47. Rd5 Ra7 48. a4 g5
49. a5 g4 50. Rb5 (50. Rc5 Kd8 (50... Ra8 51. Rb5) 51. Kd6 Rg7 52. Rf5 Rg6+ 53.
Kd5) 50... g3 51. Rb7+ Rxb7 52. cxb7 g2 53. b8=Q g1=Q 54. Qc7+ Ke8 55. Qc8+ Ke7
56. Qc7+ Ke8 57. Kd6 Qd4+ 58. Kc6 Qe4+ 59. Kb6 Qb4+ 60. Ka6 Qa4 (60... Qa3) 61.
Kb7 (61. Ka7) 61... Qb4+ (61... Qb3+) 62. Qb6 Qe7+ 63. Kc8 Qe4 64. Qb5+ Kf8 65.
a6 Qe6+ 66. Kc7 Qe7+ 67. Qd7 Qc5+ 68. Qc6 Qe3 69. Kb7 Qe7+ 70. Kc8 Qe3 71. Qf6+
Kg8 72. Qd8+ Kh7 73. Qc7+ Kh6 (73... Kh8) 74. a7 Qe4 75. Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nxf7 Rxf7 (12... Kxf7 13. Bxe6+
Ke8 14. d5) 13. Qxe6 Qf8 14. Re1 Nc6 15. Bf4 Rd8 16. Rad1 Bd6 17. Qf5 (17. Be5
Bc8 18. Qxf7+) 17... Ne7 18. Bxd6 Nxf5 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Bxf7 Kxf7 21. d5 (21.
Ne2) 21... h6 22. Re5 Nd6 23. f3 b4 24. Na4 Nc4 25. Re2 Nxd5 26. b3 Na3 27. Nc5
Bc6 28. Red2 (28. Nxa6 Bb5 29. Red2 Bxa6 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5) 28... a5 29.
Nd3 Re8 30. f4 Nc3 31. Rf1 Bb5 32. Rf3 Kg8 33. h4 Rd8 34. f5 Nab1 35. Rdf2 Rxd3
36. Rf4 Rd2 37. Rxd2 Nxd2 38. Kf2 Nxa2 39. g4 Nc3 40. g5 Nde4+ 41. Ke3 Nd5+ 42.
Kxe4 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. h4 Na5 10. Bb3 (10. Bd3) 10... c5 11. h5 Nxb3 12. axb3 cxd4 13. cxd4
Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Be3 Bb5 17. Nc3 Qd7 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. g4 (19.
Rxa7 Ba6 20. Nd5) 19... f6 20. Nd5 Kf7 21. Kf2 Rh8 22. Kg2 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Rh8
24. Rxh8 Bxh8 25. Qc1 Bg7 26. Qh1 Qc8 27. Nf4 g5 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Nd5 Qd8 30.
Qh2 Bc6 31. Nc7 Bd7 32. d5 b6 33. Kh3 Qc8 34. Qc2 e5 35. Qc4 Kh7 36. d6 Kg6 37.
Kg3 Qb7 38. Nd5 Bf8 (38... Be6 39. Qc7 Qxc7 40. dxc7 Kf7 41. Bxb6 axb6 42. Nxb6
Bf8 43. c8=Q Bxc8 44. Nxc8 Bc5 45. b4) 39. Nxf6 (39. Ne7+ Bxe7 40. Qg8+ Kh6 41.
dxe7 Qc6 42. Qb8 Kg6 43. Qxa7) 39... Kxf6 40. Qg8 Bh6 (40... Bg7) 41. Qh7 Bf8
42. Bxg5+ Kxg5 43. Qg8+ Kh6 44. Qxf8+ Kh7 45. Qe7+ Kh8 46. Qxe5+ Kg8 47. Qg5+
Kh8 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Qe7+ Kh8 50. g5 Qc8 51. Qf6+ Kg8 52. Qg6+ Kh8 53. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. d4 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Ba3
15. Qc1 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Rac8 17. Rac1 h6 18. Bd3 Qd6 19. h3 Nd7 (19... Ne4) 20.
Nf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 g6 22. Bg4 h5 (22... Rxc1 23. Rxc1 f5) 23. Bf3 Ne5 24. Be2
Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rd8 26. Rd1 Qf6 27. Qd4 Qe7 28. Qb6 Rd7 29. b4 Nc6 30. Bxa6 Nxb4
31. Bb5 Rc7 (31... Qd6 32. Qd4 Nc6) 32. a3 Nc2 33. Rxd5 Nxa3 34. Qd4 Rc8 35.
Bd3 b5 36. Bxg6 fxg6 37. Rd7 Qf8 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. Qe5+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ Kh8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. b4 cxb4 13. cxb4 Nc4 14. Nbd2 d5 15.
exd5 exd4 16. Nxc4 (16. a3) 16... bxc4 17. Qxd4 Bxb4 18. Rb1 Bxe1 19. Rxb7 Re8
(19... Ba5 20. d6 Rb8) 20. d6 Qc8 21. Bg5 (21. Rc7) 21... Re2 (21... Qxb7 22.
Bxf6 Re2 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Kf1 Bxf2 25. Qg4 gxf6 26. Bf5 Rg8 27. Qf4 Kg7 28.
Kxe2) 22. Rc7 Qe6 23. Nxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Kh2 Rd8 25. Bxf6 gxf6 (25... Qxf6 26. Qxf6
gxf6 27. d7) 26. Re7 Qxd6+ 27. Qxd6 Rxd6 28. Rxe1 Rd2 29. Rc1 Rxf2 30. Be4 Rxa2
31. Rxc4 a5 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. d4 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Bb5 Qc7 8.
Nbd2 Bd7 9. Nf1 a6 10. Be2 Nd8 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Ne3 Bc6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. a4 g6
15. Bc4 Ne6 16. g3 Rd8 17. h4 O-O 18. a5 Rfe8 19. Nd2 Bg7 20. Nd5 Qb8 21. h5
Nc7 22. Ne3 Qc8 23. Nf3 Bb5 24. b3 Ne6 25. Nd5 Bc6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. O-O-O Bb5
28. Rh4 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Nc7 30. Nb6 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qd8 32. Qxd8 Rxd8 33. Kc2 Ne8
34. Rh1 Nf6 35. Re1 Ng4 36. Re2 f5 37. exf5 gxf5 38. Nh4 f4 39. Nd5 fxg3 40.
fxg3 Rf8 41. Nf5 Rf7 (41... Kh8 42. Nd6 Rf3 43. Nxb7 Bf8 44. Nb6 Rxg3 45. Nd7)
42. Nd6 Rd7 43. Ne4 Rf7 44. Nxc5 e4 45. Nxe4 Ne5 46. c5 Nc6 47. Nd6 Rd7 48.
Re8+ Kh7 49. Nb6 Rc7 50. Nd5 Rd7 51. g4 Nxa5 52. Re6 Nc6 53. Nb6 Rc7 54. Nd5
Rd7 55. Nf6+ Bxf6 56. Rxf6 Ne5 57. g5 Rc7 58. Ne4 Rc6 59. Rd6 Rxd6 60. cxd6 b6
61. Nd2 (61. Nf6+ Kg6 62. d7 Nc6 63. Ne4 Kf5 64. Kb3) 61... Kg6 62. Nc4 Nd7 63.
Kd3 b5 64. Na5 Kxg5 65. Ke4 Kf6 66. Kd5 Kf5 (66... Kf7 67. Kc6 Ke6) 67. Nb3 Nb8
68. Nd4+ Kf6 69. Kc5 Nd7+ 70. Kc6 Nf8 71. Nb3 Ke5 72. Nc5 a5 73. d7 Nxd7 74.
Nxd7+ Ke4 75. Nc5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qc7 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qe2
Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. a4 b4 11. Nd1 c5 12. Ne3 Ne7 13. b3 (13. Nc4) 13... Nc6
14. Bb2 Bd6 15. h3 Be5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Nc6 18. e5 Nd4 19. Qh5 O-O-O 20.
Nc4 Nxb3 21. Nd6+ (21. Rab1 g6 22. Qg5 Nd4 23. Nd6+ Rxd6 24. exd6 Qxd6) 21...
Rxd6 22. exd6 Qc6 23. d7+ Kc7 24. Qe5+ Kxd7 25. Qxg7 Nxa1 26. f5 (26. Rxa1 Rd8
27. Qxf7+ Kc8 28. Qg7 c4) 26... Qxg2+ 27. Qxg2 Bxg2 28. fxe6+ fxe6 29. Kxg2 c4
30. Be4 Nxc2 31. Bxc2 b3 32. Be4 Kd6 33. Rc1 Kc5 34. Kf3 Kb4 35. Ke3 c3 36. Rb1
Ka3 37. Ra1+ Kb2 38. Rb1+ Ka2 39. Rg1 c2 40. Kd2 Rd8+ 41. Kc1 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Be2
Bd7 9. O-O Rc8 10. Rad1 Be7 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh6 Kh8 14. Qh5 Rg8
15. f4 Rg6 16. Kh1 Qb6 17. a3 Rcg8 18. Bf3 Bf8 19. Ne2 (19. Qh4) 19... f5 (
19... Rh6 20. Qxf7 Qd8 21. Nc5 Rg7 22. Nxe6 Rxf7 23. Nxd8 Nxd8) 20. exf5 Rh6
21. Qxf7 Qd8 22. fxe6 Bxe6 23. Qxb7 Qh4 24. Kg1 Ne7 25. Nbd4 Bc8 26. Qb4 Bg7
27. Qe1 (27. Be4 Qxh2+ 28. Kf2 Qh4+ 29. g3) 27... Qxh2+ 28. Kf2 Bf6 (28...
Bxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Nf5) 29. Ke3 Nf5+ 30. Nxf5 Bxf5 31. Rh1 (31. Qb4) 31... Qxh1 32.
Qxh1 Rxh1 33. Rxh1 Bxb2 34. Kd2 Bxa3 35. Ra1 Bc5 36. Rxa6 Re8 37. Ra8 Be3+ 38.
Kd1 Rxa8 39. Bxa8 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
e3 Nc6 9. Ne2 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rb1 b6 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Ba3 Bf5 (13... cxd4)
14. e4 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. d5 Na5 17. c4 Bd7 18. Bb2 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 e5 20. f4 Qe7
21. Qc3 Rce8 22. Nc1 f5 (22... f6) 23. Nd3 exf4 24. e5 fxg3 25. hxg3 Qg5 (25...
Qg7 26. Re1 Nb7) 26. Nf4 Nxc4 (26... Qe7 27. Re2 Qg7 28. Rfe1) 27. e6 Nxb2 28.
exd7 Rd8 29. Ne6 Qf6 30. Qxf6 Rxf6 31. Nxd8 Rd6 32. Nb7 Rxd7 33. d6 Nc4 34.
Bd5+ Kg7 35. Bxc4 Rxb7 36. Re1 Rb8 37. d7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. a3 Nc6 6. Rb1 e6 7. b4 cxb4 8. axb4
d5 9. b5 Ne7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Nf3 Nf5 13. O-O d4 14. Nd1 Re8 15.
Re1 Ne4 (15... a6 16. bxa6 Rxa6) 16. d3 Nc3 17. Nxc3 dxc3 18. Bg5 Qb6 19. e4
Nd4 20. Be3 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Qf6 22. Bg2 Bg4 23. d4 (23. e5 Qe6 24. Bxb7) 23...
Bf3 24. e5 Qf5 25. Bxf3 Qxf3 26. Rbc1 Rac8 27. Qb3 h5 28. h4 Kh7 29. Rxc3 Rxc3
30. Qxc3 f6 31. Bd2 Qf5 32. Bf4 fxe5 33. Bxe5 Rc8 34. Qe3 Bh6 35. Qa3 Rf8 36.
Rf1 Rf7 37. Qa2 (37. Qxa7 Be3 38. Qa2 Qf3) 37... Qf3 38. Re1 Kg8 39. Qe2 Qxe2
40. Rxe2 Rd7 41. Rc2 Kf7 42. Rc8 Bd2 43. Kg2 a6 44. bxa6 bxa6 45. Rc6 a5 46.
Rf6+ Ke7 47. Rxg6 Bc3 48. Rh6 a4 49. Ra6 Bxd4 50. Bb8 Rb7 51. Bd6+ Kd7 52. Ba3
Rb3 53. Rxa4 Rd3 54. Bc1 Ke6 55. Ra5 Rd1 56. Be3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bg2 Qc8 5. h3 Bd7 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nd4 (10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. f4) 10... O-O 11. g4 Nd5 12. Bxe7
Nxe7 13. f4 Nc4 14. Qc1 c5 15. Nde2 b5 16. b3 Nb6 17. Qd2 b4 18. Nd1 (18. Qxd6
Ng6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Bb5) 18... d5 19. Nf2 Ng6 20. O-O Bb5 21. Rfe1 Qc7 (
21... Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Qc7 23. e5 Nh4) 22. exd5 Bxe2 23. d6 Rad8 24. Ne4 Qd7 25.
Rxe2 f5 26. Nxc5 Qxd6 27. Qxd6 Rxd6 28. Ne6 Rf6 29. gxf5 Rxf5 30. a3 Ra5 31. a4
Nd7 32. Rf1 Nf6 (32... Rf5 33. Rff2 Nf6 34. Be4 Nxe4 35. Rxe4 a5) 33. f5 Nh4 (
33... Re5 34. Rxe5 Nxe5 35. a5 g6) 34. Rf4 Nxg2 35. Rxg2 Nh5 36. Rxb4 Rxf5 37.
Rb8+ Kf7 38. Nxg7 Nxg7 39. Rb7+ Kf6 40. Rbxg7 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 h5 42. R7g6+ Ke5 43.
Ra6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[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 (9... f5) 10. Bd3 b5 11. Qd2 bxc4 (11... b4 12. Nd1 f5) 12. Bxc4 Nd7
13. h5 Nb6 14. Bd3 a5 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Qh2 Nf6 17. Nh3 Qe7 18. Ne2 (18. Ng5 h6
19. Ne6) 18... Rb8 19. Ng3 c4 20. Bc2 (20. Be2) 20... Nbxd5 21. exd5 Rxb2 22.
Ng5 h6 (22... e4 23. O-O-O exf3) 23. N5e4 Nxd5 24. Bxh6 (24. Bc1 Rxc2 25. Qxc2
Nb4) 24... Nb4 25. Bg5 Qc7 (25... Nxc2+ 26. Qxc2 Rxc2 27. Bxe7 Rxf3 28. Rb1
Bxg4) 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. Rh6 Nxc2+ 28. Kf1 Nd4 (28... Ke8 29. Qxg6+ Rf7 30. Nh5)
29. Qxg6+ Kg8 30. Qh7+ Kf7 31. Nxd6+ Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Ne6 33. Nf5 Rh8 34. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Qc7 8. Re1
Nc6 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 (9... dxc6 10. e5 c5) 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nf6 12. Bd2 Nxd5 13.
exd5 Qc5 (13... Qxd5 14. Be4 Qxe4 15. Rxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxb4) 14. Be4 f5 15. Bf3
Bxd5 16. Bxb4 Bxf3 (16... Qxb4 17. Qxd5 Ra7 18. Qe5) 17. Qxf3 Qc8 18. Bc3 Kf7
19. Rad1 Be7 20. g4 Rf8 21. gxf5 Kg8 22. Qg2 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Rxd7 Qxd7
25. Qxa8+ Rf8 26. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Ne2
e4 9. Bb1 b6 10. Ng3 Ba6 11. f3 (11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxc4) 11... Bxc4 12.
Nf5 O-O 13. Nd6 Bd3 (13... Na5 14. fxe4 Nb3 15. e5) 14. Bxd3 exd3 15. Qxd3 cxd4
16. cxd4 Ne8 17. Nf5 d5 18. a4 Nd6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Ba3 Nb4 21. Qb3 a5 22. O-O
Rfc8 23. Rac1 Qe6 24. Bxb4 (24. e4 dxe4 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. fxe4 Nd3 27. Rxc8+
Rxc8 28. d5 exd5 29. exd5 Nc5) 24... axb4 25. Kf2 Qd6 26. h3 Kf8 27. Rc2 Rxc2+
28. Qxc2 g6 29. Rc1 Qd7 30. Qc6 Qxc6 31. Rxc6 Ra6 (31... Rxa4 32. Rxb6 Ke7) (
31... b5 32. axb5 Ra2+ 33. Kg3 Ra5) 32. a5 b3 33. axb6 b2 34. b7 b1=Q 35. Rc8+
Kg7 36. b8=Q Ra2+ 37. Kg3 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qxe3 39. Rg8+ Kf6 (39... Kh6 40. Qf8+
Kh5 41. Qxf7 Rxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Qe2+) 40. Qd6+ Qe6 41. Qf4+ Qf5 42. Qd6+ Qe6 43.
Qg3 Qe3 44. h4 Re2 45. Qd6+ Qe6 46. Qf4+ (46. Qd8+ Qe7 47. Qxd5 Rxg2+) 46...
Qf5 47. Qh6 Ke7 (47... Qxf3 48. Qg5+) 48. Qf8+ Kf6 49. Qg7+ Ke7 50. Ra8 Qd7 51.
Qf8+ Kf6 52. Ra6+ Re6 53. Qh8+ Ke7 54. Ra8 Re1 (54... Re2 55. Kg1 Re6 56. Qb8
Kf6 57. g4) 55. Kg3 h5 56. Kf2 Re6 57. Rc8 Rd6 (57... Rb6 58. Qf8+ Kf6) 58.
Qf8+ (58. g4 hxg4 59. Qf8+ Kf6 60. fxg4 Re6 61. Rc3 Re4 62. Rf3+ Ke6 63. g5 Qe7
64. Qc8+ Kd6 65. Qc5+ Kd7 66. Qxd5+ Ke8 67. Qxe4) 58... Kf6 59. Re8 (59. g4)
59... Re6 60. Qh8+ Kf5 61. Qh6 Kf6 62. Qh8+ Kf5 63. Rd8 (63. Qh6 Kf6 64. Rg8
Ke7 65. Qg5+ Rf6 66. Ra8) 63... Qc6 64. Rc8 Qa6 65. Kg3 Qd6+ 66. Kh3 Re1 67. g3
(67. g4+ hxg4+ 68. fxg4+ Kf4 69. Rc3) 67... Rg1 (67... Qa6 68. g4+ Kf4 69. Qh6+
Kxf3 70. Rc3+ Ke4) 68. f4 Re1 69. Rc2 (69. Re8 Rxe8 70. Qxe8 Qe6) 69... Qe6 70.
Rf2 Rh1+ 71. Kg2 Qe4+ 72. Rf3 Kg4 73. Qc8+ f5 (73... f5 74. Qc3 Rf1) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch 25"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Be2 h6 8.
Be3 Qc7 (8... e6) 9. O-O e5 10. Nb3 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 Nxe4 13. Nxb4 Ndf6 14.
f3 Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Bb7 18. Qc4 Be7 19. b4 O-O 20. b5
Kh8 21. Rad1 axb5 22. axb5 Rae8 23. Qb3 Qb6 24. Bc4 Bg5 25. Rd7 Bxe3+ 26. Qxe3
f5 27. Rfd1 f4 28. Qd2 Bc8 29. Rd6 Qc7 30. b6 Qb7 31. Bb5 Re6 32. Rxe6 Bxe6 33.
Qd6 Rf6 34. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Qd5 Nc5 9. Na3 Ne6 (9... Ne7) 10. Bd3 Ne7 11. Qe4 Ng6 12. Bc2 f5 13. Qe2 Bc5
14. b4 Be7 15. Nc4 b6 16. Ne3 Ngf4 17. Qc4 Bb7 18. Nd4 b5 19. Nxe6 (19. Qxb5
Be4 20. Qc4) 19... bxc4 20. Nxd8 Bxd8 21. Rd1 (21. Nxc4 Nxg2) 21... Ne2+ 22.
Kf1 Nxc3 23. Rxd7 Bc8 24. Rd4 Be6 25. a4 Be7 26. Ba3 f4 27. Nxc4 Rad8 28. Rxd8
Rxd8 29. Na5 Kf7 (29... Rd2) 30. b5 (30. Ke1) 30... Rd2 31. Bxe7 Rxc2 32. Bc5
Nxb5 33. Bb4 (33. Nb7 Bc4+ 34. Kg1 Nc3 35. Bxa7) 33... Nd4 34. Ba3 Bd5 35. Rd1
c5 36. Rc1 Ke6 (36... f3 37. gxf3 Ra2 38. Bxc5 Nxf3 39. Bxa7 Nxh2+ 40. Ke1 Nf3+
41. Kf1 Rxa4) 37. Rxc2 Nxc2 38. Bxc5 a6 39. Bd6 (39. f3 Kxe5 40. Ke2 Nd4+ 41.
Kd3) 39... g5 40. f3 Ne3+ 41. Kf2 g4 42. fxg4 Nxg4+ 43. Kg1 Nxe5 44. Bc7 Kf5
45. g3 f3 46. h3 Nd3 47. Bb6 Ke4 48. Ba7 Nb2 49. Kf2 Nxa4 50. g4 Nb2 51. Kg3
Nd1 52. h4 Kd3 53. g5 Ne3 54. Kf2 Nf5 55. h5 Ke4 56. Bb8 Ne3 57. Ba7 Ng4+ 58.
Kg3 Kf5 59. g6 hxg6 60. hxg6 Nf6 61. Nb3 Bxb3 62. Kxf3 Kxg6 63. Ke3 Kf5 64. Kd2
Ne4+ 65. Kc1 a5 66. Kb2 a4 67. Bd4 Ke6 68. Bc3 Kd5 69. Bb4 Kc4 70. Ka3 Kb5 71.
Bf8 Nd2 72. Kb2 Nc4+ 73. Kc3 Bd1 74. Bg7 (74. Be7 a3 75. Bf6 a2) 74... a3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yukhtman, Jacob"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bb4 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. e5 (9. Ba3 Bg4) 9... dxe5 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Ba3 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 Bf5 13.
Bxf8 Rxf8 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Rb1 e4 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Bf1 c5 19. Nb5 c4
(19... Rd8) 20. f3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nxf3+ 22. Kf2 Ng4+ (22... Nxe1 23. Kxe1 a6 24.
Nc7 b5 25. Rb2) 23. Kg3 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 f5 25. Bxc4+ Kh7 26. Be2 Ne5 27. Kf4 Ng6+
28. Ke3 f4+ 29. Kd4 (29. Kxe4 f3 30. Nxa7 fxe2 31. Rxe2) 29... Kh8 (29... Nh4
30. Rb1 e3 31. Bg4 Kg6) 30. Rg1 Nh4 31. Kxe4 Re8+ 32. Kd3 f3 33. Bd1 (33. Bf1
Re1) 33... Ng2 34. Kd2 Nh4 35. Nd4 Rd8 36. Rf1 Rd5 37. Kd3 Ra5 38. Bb3 g5 39.
Nxf3 Rf5 40. Nd2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
Qd2 e6 9. O-O Be7 (9... h6 10. Bh4 Be7) 10. Rad1 Nc5 (10... h6) 11. Rfe1 Bd7
12. a3 (12. Nf5 Ncxe4 (12... exf5 13. exf5) 13. Nxg7+ Kf8 14. Nxe4 Qxd2 15.
Nxe6+ Bxe6 16. Nxd2) 12... Qc7 13. b4 Na4 (13... Ncxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4
Qxc4 16. Bxe7) 14. Nxa4 Bxa4 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Qxc2 17. Qd4 Kf7 18. Rc1
Qa2 19. e5 dxe5 (19... Kxe6 20. exf6+) (19... Qxe6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Rhc8
(21... Qxf6 22. Qd5+ Kf8 23. Re6) 22. Bxg7 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8) 20. Qxe5 Qxf2+ (
20... Qd5 21. Bxf6 Qxe5 22. Bxe5 Kxe6 23. Bxg7+ Kd7 24. Bxh8 Rxh8) 21. Kxf2
Ng4+ 22. Kg1 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5+ Kg6 25. Ne6 Rhe8 (25... Rae8 26. Re3
Rhg8) 26. Re3 Rac8 27. Rf1 Bb5 28. Rg3+ Kh6 29. Nxg7 Rf8 30. Re1 Rf6 31. h3 Rc2
(31... Bd7 32. Re5 Rg6) 32. Re4 Rc4 33. Re5 Rc1+ (33... Rg6 34. Nf5+) 34. Kh2
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Qe2 d6 12. Kh1 b5 13. f4 b4 14. Nb1 (14.
Na4 Qc6 15. e5 Nd7 16. b3) 14... e5 15. a3 O-O 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Nd2 (17. c3)
17... Qxb2 18. Nc4 Qd4 19. Qf2 Qxf2 20. Rxf2 Rd8 21. fxe5 Ng4 22. Rff1 Nxe5 23.
Nxe5 dxe5 24. Bc4 Ra7 25. Bd5 Be6 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Ra5 Rd6 28. h3 Rc7 29. Rf2
Rf7 30. Re2 Rf1+ 31. Kh2 Rc6 32. Rxe5 Ra1 33. Rf2 h6 34. h4 (34. c3 Ra3 35. Rf3
) 34... Ra3 35. h5 Rac3 36. Kg1 (36. g4 Rxc2 37. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 38. Kg3 Kf7 39. Ra5
Rc6 40. Kf4) 36... R3c5 37. Rxc5 Rxc5 38. Kf1 a5 39. Ke1 Rxh5 40. Kd2 Rb5 41.
Kd3 a4 42. c4 Ra5 43. Kc3 a3 44. Ra2 Kf7 45. Kb4 Ra8 46. Kb5 (46. Rxa3 Rxa3 47.
Kxa3 h5 48. Kb4 Ke7) 46... Ke7 47. Kc6 (47. Kb6 Rb8+ 48. Kc7 Rb3 49. c5) 47...
Rc8+ 48. Kb5 Kd6 49. e5+ (49. Rxa3 Rb8+ 50. Ka4 Ra8+) 49... Kxe5 50. Rxa3 Kd4
51. Ra7 (51. Rg3 Rc5+ 52. Kb6 Kxc4 53. Rg4+ Kd5 54. Rxg7 Rc6+ 55. Kb5 e5) 51...
Rc5+ 52. Kb6 Rxc4 53. Rxg7 e5 54. Rd7+ Ke3 55. Rh7 e4 56. Rxh6 Kf2 57. g4 e3
58. Rf6+ Ke1 59. g5 Re4 60. g6 Re7 61. Kc5 e2 62. Kd6 Re3 63. Kc6 Kd1 64. g7
Re8 65. Rf8 e1=Q 66. g8=Q Qe4+ 67. Kb5 Re5+ 68. Kb6 Qd4+ 69. Ka6 Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 c6 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Bd3 d5 9. exd6 Nf6 10. Qe2+ Be6 11. Bg5 Qxd6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd2 Qe5 14. Ne4
Bb6 15. Kh1 O-O-O 16. a4 Kb8 17. a5 Bc7 (17... Bxa5 18. f4 Qc7 19. Nxf6 Bb6 20.
Ne4) 18. f4 Qd4 19. Nc3 f5 20. a6 b5 21. Qf3 Qb6 22. Qh3 Qc5 23. Qf3 b4 24. Na4
Qd6 25. Qh3 Rhg8 26. Be2 (26. Rad1) 26... Qd2 27. Bf3 Bc4 28. Rfd1 Qxf4 29.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Bxc6 Be2 (30... Qd2 31. Bf3 Re8 32. Qh4 Bd8 33. Qxc4 Re1+) 31.
Rg1 Rd1 32. g4 Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qxc2 35. Qxh7 Bb5+ 36. Kg1 Qd1+ 37.
Kf2 Qf1+ 38. Ke3 Qf4# 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 c5 (9... g5 10. Bg3 Nh5) 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. Nb5 Be8 12. a3 Qd7 13. g4 Nc7
14. Nc3 a6 15. a4 Qc8 16. h3 Rb8 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. b3 b6 19. Nd1 b5 20. a5 Kh8
21. Bg3 Ng8 22. Ne3 Ne7 (22... bxc4 23. bxc4) 23. Bh4 Qe8 24. b4 Nc8 (24...
cxb4 25. c5 Rc8 26. c6 Nxc6 27. dxc6 Bxc6) 25. bxc5 dxc5 26. cxb5 Nxb5 27. Bxb5
Rxb5 28. O-O f5 29. f3 Rf7 30. Ndc4 Rb4 31. Be1 Rb7 32. Bc3 h5 (32... f4) 33.
gxf5 gxf5 34. exf5 e4 35. Kh2 exf3 36. Rxf3 Bd4 37. Qd3 Bf6 38. Rg1 Kh7 39.
Bxf6 Rxf6 40. Qc3 Qf8 41. Rg6 Rf7 42. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. exd5 (6. e5) 6... exd5
7. dxc5 Nf6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Qe2+ Kf8 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Qd2 Na6 12. Ne2 Nxc5 13.
O-O Rc8 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Qe1 Kg8 16. Bf4 Qa5 17. Be5 Ng4 18. Bd4 Qc7 19. f4 h5
20. h3 Nf6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qh4 Qd6 23. Ng3 Kf8 24. Nxh5 Rh6 25. f5 b5 (25...
Qe5 26. Rf3 Bc6) 26. Qg4 Rh7 27. Rbe1 Nxd3 (27... Re8 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Re1
Bd7) 28. cxd3 Rxc3 29. Rf3 Qc5+ 30. Kh2 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Qxc1 32. Nxf6 Rg7 33. Qb4+
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Be2
Bd6 9. Qd2 Be5 10. f4 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxf4 13. g3 Qc7 14. e5 Nd5
15. Nxd5 exd5 16. O-O-O b5 17. Rhf1 Bb7 18. e6 dxe6 (18... O-O 19. exf7+ Rxf7
20. Rxf7 Kxf7) 19. Qxg7 Rf8 20. Bh5 (20. Bg4 O-O-O 21. Bxe6+ Kb8 22. Bxd5)
20... O-O-O 21. Rde1 Kb8 22. Rxf7 Rxf7 23. Qxf7 Bc8 24. Kd2 Qa5+ 25. Kd1 Qc7
26. Qf6 Qd6 27. Qd4 Rf8 28. Re5 Bd7 29. Be2 Be8 30. Bd3 Kb7 31. Rg5 Rf7 32. Qe5
Qxe5 33. Rxe5 Re7 34. Kd2 Kc6 35. Ke3 Kd6 36. Kd4 Bg6 37. Bxg6 hxg6 38. Rg5 e5+
39. Ke3 Rg7 40. h4 Ke6 41. h5 Kf6 42. Rxg6+ Rxg6 43. hxg6 Kxg6 44. b3 Kf5 45.
c4 (45. c3 Kg4 46. Kf2 e4 47. Ke3 Kxg3 48. c4 dxc4 49. bxc4 bxc4 50. Kxe4)
45... dxc4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Nf3 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Ne7 12. b4 Bf5 (12... Bg4) 13. Bxf5 Nxf5
14. b5 Qd6 15. Qb3 Ne7 16. Rfc1 Kh8 17. Rc2 h6 18. Rac1 c6 19. Na4 Rab8 20. g3
Kh7 21. Nc5 Rfd8 (21... b6 22. Nd3 cxb5 23. Qxb5 Rfc8) 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Qa4
Qf6 24. Kg2 Ra8 25. Nb7 Re8 26. Na5 g5 27. h3 Qf5 28. Nxc6 Qe4 29. Rc5 f5 30.
Qc2 Nxc6 31. Rxc6 f4 32. exf4 gxf4 33. g4 Bxd4 34. Qd2 Bg7 35. Re1 Qa4 36. Qxd5
Rxe1 37. Nxe1 Rf8 38. Nf3 Kh8 39. Rc7 a6 40. Qb7 Rg8 41. Nh4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Be4 (12... Ne4) 13. Bf1 Qc7 14.
Nd2 Bg6 15. Bb2 Ne4 (15... e5) (15... Rac8 16. Rc1 Rfd8) 16. f3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2
e5 (17... c4) 18. e4 Rfd8 19. Qf2 f6 (19... c4 20. a4 f6) 20. a4 Bf7 21. d5 Nf8
22. c4 Ng6 23. Ra3 Rab8 (23... Be8 24. a5 bxa5 25. Rea1 a4) 24. a5 Be8 25. axb6
axb6 26. Rea1 Bd7 27. h4 Qd6 28. g3 Rf8 29. h5 Nh8 30. Ra7 Nf7 31. Bc1 h6 32.
R1a3 Ng5 33. Bg2 Nf7 34. Be3 Rfd8 35. Rb3 Bc8 36. Qa2 Bd7 37. Kh2 Ng5 38. Qb2
b5 39. cxb5 c4 40. Rb4 Rdc8 41. b6 c3 42. Qb3 c2 43. Rc4 Rxb6 44. Rxc8+ Bxc8
45. Qxc2 Rb8 46. Bxg5 hxg5 47. Qc6 Qd8 (47... Qxc6 48. dxc6 Rb6 49. Ra8 Rxc6
50. Bh3) 48. d6 Be6 49. Re7 Bf7 50. Qc7 Rc8 51. Rxf7 Rxc7 52. dxc7 Qa8 53. Rd7
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 Bb7 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 (16. Bh4) 16... a5 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Nb4 19. Bb1 Bc6 20. Ra3
Rfb8 21. Bc3 d5 22. dxe5 (22. Nxe5 Nxe4 23. Nd2) 22... Nxe4 23. Bd4 (23. e6
fxe6 24. Be5 Qb6 25. Nfd4) 23... Na6 24. Ra1 Bb4 25. Re3 Bd7 26. Rxe4 dxe4 27.
Bxe4 Bc6 28. Rc1 Bxe4 29. Rxc7 Nxc7 30. Nh4 Ne6 31. Be3 Be7 32. Nf3 a4 33. Nbd2
Bg6 34. Qc1 Rc8 35. Qf1 Nc5 36. Bd4 Nd3 37. Kh2 Rc2 38. h4 Nxb2 39. Qb5 a3 40.
Qb7 Re8 41. Qb3 Rcc8 42. g4 Rb8 43. Qa2 Rb5 44. h5 Bd3 45. Kg2 Rd8 46. Kg3 Kf8
47. Kh3 Na4 48. Kg2 Rb4 49. Qa1 Nc5 50. Qc3 Ne6 51. Be3 a2 52. Qa1 Ra8 53. Kg3
Ra3 54. Qc1 Rb8 55. Qa1 Rb1 56. Qxb1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bd3
Qb6 9. Rb1 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 (10... h6 11. Bh4 Nb4) 11. Ne5 Qd8 12. Qf3 Nb4 13.
Be2 Be8 14. a3 Nc6 15. Bd3 Nd7 (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7) 16. Nxc6
bxc6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. e4 a5 19. Rfe1 Qd8 20. Rbc1 Qb6 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Qe3
Nb8 (22... Nf6) 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Qxe8 g6 25. Qb5 Qxd4 26. Red1 Ra6 27. Bxg6
Rc6 28. Bd3 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Nd7 30. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. d3 (
8. d4) 8... O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Ng5 Bg4 12. f3 Bc8 13. Ng3 h6 14.
Nh3 Bc5 15. Nf2 Be6 16. O-O Ne7 (16... Qd7 17. Bb3 Rad8) 17. d4 exd4 18. e5 Nd7
19. Qd3 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. cxd4 Bb6 22. Be3 Bf7 23. Ng4 Nc6 24. Rae1 Nb4 25.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Bg8 28. Ne4 (28. Be4 Rad8 29. Kh1) 28... Qg6
29. Bb3 Kf7 (29... Ke7 30. Nc5 Be6 31. Bg5+ Kf7) 30. Bd2 Bh7 31. Bxb4 Rxh8 32.
Bxd5+ Ke8 33. Nc5+ Kd8 34. Bxa8 Re8 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8 36. Re1 Qg6 (36... Qg8 37.
Bc6 Bg6) 37. Ne6+ Kc8 38. Nf8 Qf7 39. Nxh7 (39. Bc6) 39... Bxd4+ 40. Kh1 c5 41.
Ba5 Kd7 (41... Qxa2) 42. b4 Qg8 43. Be4 Qxa2 44. Nf8+ Kd6 45. bxc5+ Kxc5 46.
Rc1+ Kd6 47. Bb4+ Ke5 48. Ng6+ Ke6 49. h4 a5 50. Nf4+ Ke5 51. Ng6+ Ke6 52. Nf4+
Ke5 53. Nd3+ Ke6 54. Rc6+ (54. Bh7) 54... Kd7 55. Rd6+ Kc7 56. Rxd4 Qa1+ 57.
Kh2 Qxd4 58. Bxa5+ Kd7 59. h5 Ke7 60. Bb4+ Kf7 61. Bc5 Qd8 62. g4 Qg5 63. Kg3
Qd2 64. Ba3 Kg8 65. Bc1 Qd1 66. Kf4 b4 67. Ke5 b3 68. Kd4 Qc2 69. Bb2 Kh8 70.
Bc3 Qa2 71. Bb2 Qb1 72. Kc3 Qc2+ 73. Kb4 Kg8 74. Ka3 Qc4 75. Nc1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4 O-O (6... d5) 7.
c3 d6 8. Qc2 Qe8 9. Bd3 d5 10. e5 Be7 11. a3 b6 12. c4 c6 13. O-O Na6 14. Rfe1
Nc7 15. c5 Bd7 16. b4 Qh5 17. a4 Rfb8 18. b5 bxc5 (18... Qe8 19. bxc6 Bxc6 20.
cxb6 Rxb6 21. a5 Rb7 22. Rec1 Bb5) 19. dxc5 cxb5 20. c6 Be8 21. axb5 Nxb5 22.
Reb1 Nc7 (22... Na3 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Qc3) 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Rxa7 Bd8 25. Qc5
Qg4 26. Qd6 h6 27. h3 Qg6 28. Rxc7 Bxc7 29. Qxc7 Ra8 30. Qb7 Ra1+ 31. Bb1 Qf7
32. c7 Bd7 33. c8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Bd4 Bh6 12. Qd1 Ne5 13. Nd5 (13. Bxe5 dxe5
14. Qxd8 Rxd8) 13... e6 14. Ne3 Nc6 15. Ng4 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd2 e5 18.
Ne3 Be6 19. O-O Qa5 20. Qxa5 Nxa5 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Rd2 Nc6 23. Bg4 f5 (23...
Bxg4 24. Nxg4 f5) 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Bh3 Kf6 (25... Nd4 26. f4 Kg6) 26. f4 e4 (
26... Kg6 27. g3 Nd4) 27. Rfd1 Ke7 28. g3 h5 29. Rd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Nb4 (30...
Rf6 31. Rb5 (31. Nxf5+ Kf7) 31... Nd4 32. Rxb7+ Ke6 33. Rxa7 Rff8 34. Nd5 Rf7
35. Rxf7 Kxf7) 31. Rb5 Nd3 32. Rxb7+ Ke6 33. b3 Rf7 34. Rb5 Rdf8 35. Kf1 Nc5
36. b4 Nd3 37. a3 h4 38. Ke2 hxg3 39. hxg3 Nb2 40. g4 fxg4 41. Bxg4+ Kf6 42.
Rg5 Ke7 43. Rg6 Rh8 44. Kd2 Rh2+ 45. Kc3 Nd3 46. Nd5+ Kf8 47. Be6 Rg7 48. Rf6+
Ke8 49. Bf5 Ne1 50. Rxd6 Rg3+ 51. Kd4 e3 52. Re6+ Kf7 53. Rxe3 Rxe3 54. Nxe3
Nf3+ 55. Ke4 Nh4 56. Bd7 Ng6 57. c5 Rf2 58. f5 Nf8 59. Bb5 Nh7 60. Bc4+ Ke8 61.
c6 Nf6+ 62. Ke5 Ke7 63. c7 Nd7+ 64. Kd4 Rf4+ 65. Kc3 Nb6 66. c8=Q Rxc4+ 67.
Qxc4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. b3 c5 4. e3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 (9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bd7) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. c5 dxc5 12. Qxd8
Rxd8 13. Bxe5 Rd5 14. Bc3 Bf5 15. Nd2 Nd7 16. Nb1 Bxb1 17. Bxg7 Bxa2 18. Rxa2
Kxg7 19. Rfa1 Nb6 (19... Ne5 20. Rxa7 Rb8 21. f4 Nd3) 20. h4 Nc8 21. Ra6 Rd6
22. Bg4 h5 23. Bh3 f5 24. e4 Ne7 25. Rxa7 Rd1+ (25... Rxa7 26. Rxa7 Rd1+ 27.
Kh2 Kf6) 26. Rxd1 Rxa7 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Rc1 Ra5 29. Rc3 Rb5 30. g3 Kf6 31. Bf1
Rb8 (31... Ra5 32. Rc4 Ra3 33. Be2 Rxb3 34. Rxc5 f4) 32. Be2 Kg6 33. Re3 Rb7
34. Re6+ Kf7 35. Bc4 Kg7 36. Kg2 Rd7 37. Be2 f4 38. Bxh5 fxg3 39. fxg3 Nf5 40.
Bg4 Rd2+ 41. Kh3 Nd4 42. Re7+ Kf6 43. Rc7 Rd3 (43... Rb2 44. h5 Rb1 45. Kh4
Rh1+ 46. Bh3 Nf3+ 47. Kg4 Ne5+) 44. h5 Rxb3 45. h6 Rb8 (45... Rb1 46. h7 Rh1+
47. Kg2 Rh6 48. Be2) 46. Bc8 Kg6 47. h7 Rxc8 48. Rxc8 Kxh7 49. Re8 c4 50. Re3
Kg6 51. Rc3 Kf5 52. Rxc4 Ke5 53. g4 Kd5 54. Rc1 Ne6 55. Kh4 c5 56. g5 c4 57. g6
Kd4 58. Re1 Ng7 59. Rd1+ (59. Re7 Nf5+) 59... Ke4 60. Rd7 Ne6 61. Re7 Kf5 62.
g7 Nxg7 63. Rxg7 Ke4 64. Rc7 Kd3 65. Kg3 c3 66. Kf2 Kd2 67. Rd7+ Kc1 68. Ke1 c2
69. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 c6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Qc2
Na6 (8... O-O) 9. a3 Qb6 10. Rb1 g6 (10... g5 11. Bg3 g4) 11. e3 Bf5 12. Bd3
Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qd8 14. b4 Nb8 (14... Nc7) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. O-O O-O 17. b5 Qa5 (
17... Qd6) 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne2 Nd7 20. Rfc1 Rac8 21. Nf4 Bg7 22. Rb7 Rfd8 23.
h3 Rb8 24. Rxb8 Nxb8 25. Rc3 Re8 26. Qc2 Qd8 27. Nd3 Qd6 28. Nb4 Re6 29. Qb1
Re8 30. Qc2 Re6 31. g3 Bf6 32. Qa4 Qd7 33. Nd3 Rd6 (33... Re7) 34. Rb3 Qc7 35.
Qb4 Nd7 36. Qb7 Bd8 37. Qxc7 Bxc7 38. Rb7 Bb6 39. Nfe5 Nxe5 40. Nxe5 Rf6 41.
Nd7 Re6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Ng4 5. Bxc6 (5. Qe2) 5... dxc6 6. O-O g6
7. Re1 Bg7 8. h3 Nh6 9. Nc3 b6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 c5 (11... Nf5 12. Nxc6 Qxd1
13. Rxd1 Bd7 14. Nb4 Bxe5) 12. Nc6 Qd7 (12... Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bd7 14. Nd5 Bxc6
15. Nc7+ Kf8 16. Nxa8 Bxa8 17. Rd8#) 13. Nxe7 Kxe7 (13... Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Kxe7
15. Bg5+ Ke6 16. Rd6+ Kf5 17. f4 Bxe5 18. Rd5) (13... Qxe7 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Nf6+
Bxf6 16. exf6+ Be6 17. Bxh6) 14. Bxh6 Bxh6 (14... Qxd1 15. Bg5+ Ke6 16. Raxd1)
15. Qf3 Bg7 16. Nd5+ Kd8 17. Rad1 Bb7 (17... Qb7 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20.
Nxb6+) 18. Qb3 Bc6 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Qxf7 Bxe5 21. Rxd7+ Bxd7 22. Rxe5 Kc7 23.
Re7 Rad8 24. a4 g5 25. Qd5 Rhe8 26. Rxh7 g4 27. a5 gxh3 28. axb6+ Kxb6 29. Rxd7
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
Qd2 e6 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rad1 Ne5 12. Bb3 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 (13... Bd7)
14. Ba4+ b5 (14... Kf8) 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Nc6 Qc7 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Bb3 Nf6 19.
Qe3 Bb7 20. a4 b4 21. Na2 a5 22. c3 Ba6 23. Rfe1 bxc3 24. Rc1 (24. bxc3) 24...
Rab8 25. Rxc3 Qb6 26. Qxb6 Rxb6 27. Rc7+ Kd6 28. Ra7 Bb7 29. Bc4 Ra8 30. Rd1+
Ke7 31. Rxa8 Bxa8 32. Bb5 Bxe4 33. b4 axb4 34. Nxb4 Bb7 35. Nd3 e4 36. Ne5 Bd5
37. Rb1 Rb8 38. Rc1 Rb7 39. Kf1 Ne8 40. Rd1 Nc7 (40... Nd6 41. Be2 f6 42. Ng4
Ra7) 41. Be2 f6 42. Ng4 f5 43. Ne5 Rb2 44. Rc1 (44. Ra1 Bb7 45. a5 Ba6 46. Bxa6
Nxa6 47. Nc4) 44... Ra2 45. Ng6+ (45. Rxc7+ Kd6 46. Rh7 Ra1+ 47. Bd1 Kxe5 48.
Ke2 f4) 45... Kd6 46. Nh8 e5 47. Rd1 Ke6 48. Bh5 Kf6 49. Bf7 Bxf7 50. Nxf7 Kxf7
51. Rd7+ Ke6 52. Rxc7 f4 53. Rc6+ Kd5 54. Rxh6 f3 55. gxf3 exf3 56. Ke1 Rxa4
57. Rb6 Ra1+ 58. Kd2 Rf1 59. Ke3 g4 60. Rb5+ Kc4 (60... Kc4 61. Rxe5 Re1+ 62.
Kf4 Rxe5 63. Kxe5 Kd3 64. Kf4 Ke2 65. Kg3 Kf1) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. Qe2
d5 9. cxd5 (9. a3) 9... exd5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Re8 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Nd2 c4
14. Bc2 b5 15. f3 a5 16. e4 b4 17. e5 (17. axb4 axb4 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. e5 b3
20. Bf5) 17... b3 18. Bb1 a4 19. f4 Nd7 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qg4 Bc8 22. Qf3 Qa5 23.
Nxc4 dxc4 24. Qxc6 Ra7 25. Qf3 f5 26. g4 (26. exf6 Nxf6 27. f5 gxf5 28. Bxf5
Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Qxf5 30. Rxf5) 26... Nb6 27. h3 Qd5 28. Qg3 Rg7 29. Kh2 Bb7 30.
Rg1 Ree7 31. Qf2 Ref7 32. Qe3 Qe6 33. Qe2 Bd5 34. Bc1 Kh8 35. Bd2 Rf8 36. gxf5
gxf5 37. Rxg7 Kxg7 38. Be1 Rg8 39. Bh4 Kf8 40. Bg3 Qg6 41. Qf2 h5 42. h4 Qg4
43. Qe3 Ke7 44. e6 Rg6 45. Qf2 Qd1 46. Be4 Qxa1 47. Bxd5 Nxd5 48. Qf3 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
N1c3 Be6 (8... a6) 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. c4 a6 12. Nc3 Nf5 13. Bg5 Be7
14. Bd3 Nd4 (14... e4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxg5 17. Bxf5 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 O-O)
15. Be3 Nd7 16. O-O O-O 17. f4 Nc5 18. b4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4
Qb6 22. Nb5 Bf6 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. c5 Qd8 26. Rxa8 Qxa8 27. Nxd4
Re8 28. Nf5 Qa2 29. d6 Re2 30. Qf3 Qd2 31. Qxb7 h5 32. Ne7+ Bxe7 33. dxe7 Kh7
34. Qf3 Qd4+ 35. Kh1 Rxe7 36. Qxh5+ Kg8 37. Qd1 Qc4 38. Re1 Re6 39. Qb1 Kf8 40.
Rxe6 fxe6 41. b5 Qxc5 42. b6 Qc8 43. b7 Qb8 44. Qb6 Ke7 45. Qc6 Qe5 46. h3 Qe1+
47. Kh2 Qe5+ 48. g3 Qe2+ 49. Qg2 Qb5 50. h4 Kd7 51. Qf2 Ke7 52. Qf3 Qb2+ 53.
Kh3 Qb5 54. h5 e5 55. Kh4 Qb4+ 56. Qg4 g5+ 57. Kxg5 Qxb7 58. Qf5 Qd5 59. h6
Qg8+ 60. Kh4 Qc4+ 61. g4 Qd4 62. Kh5 e4 63. Qg5+ Kf7 64. h7 Qh8 65. Qg6+ Kf8
66. g5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 Nb4 11. Rd1 a5 (11... O-O) 12. g4 Bg6 13. e4 h5 (13...
O-O) 14. g5 Nh7 (14... Nd7 15. d5 e5 16. d6) 15. h4 (15. d5) 15... Qc7 16. Ne5
Nf8 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bg3 O-O-O 19. Rac1 Kb8 20. Bb3 Qe7 21. d5 f6 22. Nxc6+ bxc6
(22... Nxc6 23. Bxd6+ Rxd6 24. dxc6 Rxc6 25. Qe3) 23. dxc6 Kc8 24. c7 Rd7 25.
Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Nb5 Qb6 28. Qd2 Nc6 29. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Be2 Nxd5 5. d4 g6 6. c4 Nb6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
c5 Nc8 9. d5 c6 10. Qb3 b6 11. Bf3 O-O 12. Be3 cxd5 (12... bxc5 13. Bxc5 Na6)
13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Nb5 Qb7 16. Nd4 Rb8 17. Ngf3 e5 (17... e6) 18.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 (19... Qxc6 20. Ng5 Be8 21. Nxf7 Bxf7 22. Rd8+ Bf8 23.
Bh6) 20. Rd8+ Bf8 21. Nxe5 bxc5 22. Bh6 c4 23. Qxb7 Rbxb7 24. Nxf7 Rxf7 25.
Rxc8 Bxg2 26. Rg1 Bb7 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O d5 8. Qb3
Nc6 (8... dxc4 9. Qxc4 Bd6) 9. Rd1 a6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Qc2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qe8 13.
Ng5 (13. Bd3 Rd8 14. b4) 13... h6 14. Nge4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Na5 16. Ba2 Qb5 17.
Nc3 Qh5 18. h3 Rad8 19. b4 Nc6 20. Qe4 e5 21. d5 Ne7 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 e4
24. Bb2 Be5 25. Rac1 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Bxd5 27. Rxc7 Bxa2 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxe7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Liberzon, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 Na6
9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Nxe5 f4 13. gxf4 (13. Bc1 Bxe5 14. Bxh5
Qe7 15. O-O) 13... Nxf4 14. Nd3 Ng2+ 15. Kd2 Qh4 16. Rg1 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bf5 18.
Qe1 Qe7 (18... Qxh2 19. Nf4 Nc5 20. Rh1 Bxc3+ 21. Kxc3 Ne4+ 22. Kd4 Qf2 23.
Qxf2 Nxf2 24. Rh2) 19. Nf4 Kh8 20. Bg4 Nc5 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 22. Nd3 (22. b4 Bxc3+
23. Kxc3 Re5) (22. Kc2) 22... Raf8 23. Nd1 (23. Nxc5 Rf2+ 24. Kc1 dxc5 25. Nd1
Qh4) 23... Nxd3 24. Kxd3 c6 25. dxc6 d5 26. Kc2 Qe4+ 27. Kc1 Qxc4+ 28. Kd2 d4
29. Qg3 dxe3+ 30. Qxe3 Rd8+ 31. Ke1 Re5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. g4 b5 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. Rhe1 Nb6 (12... b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14.
exd5 Kf8) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. g5 Be7 15. h4 b4 16. Nce2 g6 17. Kb1 d5 18. e5 Na4
(18... a5) 19. h5 Qb6 20. Rh1 O-O-O 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rh6 Kb8 23. Rdh1 Rhf8 24.
Rh7 a5 25. Rg7 Ba6 26. Rhh7 Bc5 27. Nb3 Rd7 (27... Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Bd4 29. Nxd4
Qxd4 30. Qb5+ Kc8 31. Qc6+) 28. Bf1 Rb7 29. Nec1 Bxf1 30. Qxf1 Bd4 31. Nd3 (31.
Nxd4 Qxd4 32. Nd3) 31... Bxb2 32. Nxb2 Nc3+ 33. Ka1 a4 34. Nc1 (34. Nd2 b3 35.
Rh3 bxc2 36. Qc1 a3 37. Nb3 axb2+ 38. Qxb2 Qxb3) 34... Qd4 35. Rh2 a3 36. Nbd3
Nd1+ 37. Kb1 Nc3+ 38. Ka1 Ne2+ 39. Kb1 Nxc1 40. Qxc1 b3 41. cxb3 (41. axb3 a2+)
41... Qxd3+ 42. Qc2 Qd4 43. Qd2 Qg1+ 44. Kc2 Rc7+ 45. Kd3 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e3 Ne4 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Qb4+ 11. Nd2 Qxb2 12. Qb1 Qc3 13. Bd3 c5 14.
Ke2 Qa5 15. Nf3 cxd4 16. exd4 Nf6 17. a4 O-O 18. Qb5 Qd8 19. a5 Rb8 20. Rhd1
Bd7 21. Qg5 Bc6 22. Ne5 Be4 23. Qe3 Bxd3+ 24. Rxd3 Qc7 25. Kf1 Rbd8 26. a6 Nd7
27. Rc3 b6 28. Nf3 Nf6 29. h3 Rc8 30. Rac1 Rfd8 31. Ne5 Qd6 32. Qf3 Rc7 33. g4
h6 34. h4 Rdc8 35. Rd1 b5 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 Nh7 38. Qh1 (38. g6 fxg6 39.
cxb5) 38... Nxg5 39. f4 f6 (39... Qb4 40. Re3 Rxc4 41. fxg5 Rxd4 42. Rde1 Rf4+
43. Kg1 Qd2 44. Qg2 Qxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Rf5) 40. fxg5 fxe5 41. g6 Qf8+ 42. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 b6 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Ncxe7 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Bf1 f5 13. Ne5 (13. c4) 13...
Qc7 14. Rc1 Rae8 15. c4 Nf6 16. Qb3 d6 17. Nef3 Ng6 18. c5 Bd5 19. Qa3 dxc5 20.
dxc5 Ne4 (20... Rd8) 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Nd2 Qf4 23. Qe3 bxc5 24. Rxc5 Qf6 25.
Rc2 Ne5 26. Qg3 (26. Nxe4 Qg6 27. Ree2 Bc4 28. Re1 Bd5) 26... Qf5 27. Rc7 Rf7
28. Rxf7 Nxf7 29. b3 Ne5 (29... Rf8) 30. f3 e3 31. Rxe3 Nc6 32. Ne4 Rf8 33. Ng5
Qf6 34. Nxe6 Re8 (34... Bxe6 35. Rxe6 Qxe6 36. Bc4) 35. Nxg7 Rxe3 36. Nf5+ Kf8
37. Nxe3 Qd4 38. Qf2 Bf7 39. h3 Nb4 40. a3 Na2 41. Nc4 Qxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Nc1 43.
b4 Na2 44. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Ne5 e6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Na4 Ba6 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. b3 Rfc8 15.
Bd6 (15. Re1) 15... Bb5 16. Nc3 Qb6 17. Bc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Nxd5 Qa3 20.
Nc3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Qxa2 22. Bf3 Rd8 23. Qc1 Rac8 24. Qe3 Qd2 25. Qc5 Qd4 26.
Rfc1 Qxc5 27. Rxc5 a6 28. Kg2 Kf8 29. R1c3 Ke7 30. e4 Kd6 31. e5+ Kc7 32. Re3
Kb6 33. Rcc3 Rd2 34. Re4 Rcd8 35. Rf4 R8d7 36. h4 R2d4 37. Be4 c5 38. Kh3 a5
39. Kg4 h6 40. f3 Bc6 41. Re3 (41. Bxc6 Kxc6 42. Rxd4 Rxd4+ 43. f4 Kb5) 41...
Bxe4 42. fxe4 a4 43. bxa4 c4 44. Rf1 Rd3 45. Kf3 Ka5 46. Rxd3 cxd3 47. Ke3 d2
48. Rd1 Kxa4 49. Rxd2 Rxd2 50. Kxd2 Kb3 51. Kd3 h5 52. Ke2 Kc2 53. Ke3 Kc3 54.
Kf3 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. a3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Bf2 Qc7 13. Be2 b5 14. O-O O-O 15.
Rad1 Rfd8 16. Bg3 Rac8 (16... Bc8) 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Qd4 Nc6 20.
Bxc7 Nxd4 21. Bxd8 Nxe2+ 22. Nxe2 Bxd8 23. Nc3 (23. Rxf6 Bxf6 24. Rxd7 Bxb2 25.
Rd6 Rxc2 26. Kf2 Bxa3 27. Rxa6) 23... Bc6 24. Rd6 Be7 25. Rd2 Kf8 26. Na2 (26.
Rfd1) 26... Bd8 27. Nb4 Bb7 28. Nd3 (28. Kh1 Ke7 29. c3 Bb6 30. Nd4) 28... Bb6+
29. Kh1 Ne4 30. Re2 Ke7 31. Rfe1 f5 32. Nbc1 h5 33. Nb3 h4 34. Nd2 Rxc2 35.
Nxe4 Rxe2 36. Rxe2 Bxe4 37. Nf2 Bd5 38. Kg1 g5 39. Rc2 g4 40. Kf1 Bc4+ 41. Ke1
Bd4 42. Rd2 Be3 43. Rd1 g3 44. hxg3 hxg3 45. Nd3 Kf6 46. b4 f4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C74"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O Bd3 8. Re1
e4 9. Bc2 Kd7 10. Bxd3 exd3 11. Nd4 (11. Qa4) 11... Qh4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qf3
Nh6 14. Qxd3 Be7 15. Qg3 (15. h3 Rhf8 16. Qf1) 15... Rae8 16. d4 Bg5 17. Bd2
Qxg3 18. hxg3 Rxe1+ 19. Bxe1 Bc1 20. a4 Bxb2 21. Ra2 Rb8 22. Kf1 Bc1 23. Nd2
Bxd2 24. Bxd2 Nf7 25. Ke2 (25. c4) 25... d5 26. Ra1 (26. Bf4 Nd6 27. Be5 g6 28.
Bxd6 Kxd6 29. Kd3) 26... Nd6 27. Ra2 Rb1 28. f3 Nc4 29. g4 Rb2 30. Rxb2 Nxb2
31. a5 Nc4 32. Bf4 Nxa5 33. Be5 g6 34. f4 Nc4 35. Bg7 Ke6 36. Kd3 a5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8.
e3 d6 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Be2 Ng5 13. c5 Be4 14. Qc3 Bd5 15.
c6 Ne4 16. Qc1 Ndf6 17. O-O Qe8 18. b5 Qh5 19. Qd1 Qh6 20. a4 (20. Qd3 Ng4 21.
h3 Rf6 22. hxg4 fxg4 23. Nh2 Nxf2 24. Rxf2 Rxf2 25. e4 g3 26. Ng4) 20... Ng4
21. h3 Rf6 22. hxg4 (22. Bd3 Rg6 23. hxg4 fxg4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Ne1 Qh4 26. f4
Rh6) 22... fxg4 23. Nh2 Nxf2 24. Rxf2 g3 25. Ng4 gxf2+ 26. Nxf2 Qxe3 27. Qe1
Raf8 28. Bf3 Rxf3 29. gxf3 Qxf3 30. Kf1 Bc4+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Bd5+ 33. Ne4
Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 Bd7 8.
Be2 e6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc6 11. Bf3 Rc8 12. a4 Be7 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ke7 18. Rd3 Rc7 19. c4 a5 20. c5 (20.
e5 Bxf3 (20... Bd7 21. Rb3 Rb8 22. Be2) 21. Rxf3 Rxc4 22. Rb3 Rd8 23. Rxb7+ Rd7
24. Rxd7+ Kxd7 25. Kf1 Kc6 26. Ra3 Kd5 27. Rf3) 20... Bd7 21. Rb3 Rb8 22. Be2
Rxc5 23. Bd3 Bc6 24. Kf1 g5 25. f3 Rd8 26. Ke2 f5 27. exf5 exf5 28. Kf2 Kf6 29.
c4 Rd4 30. Ra2 Rd6 31. Be2 f4 32. Rc3 Rd4 33. Rb3 Re5 34. Rc3 Ke7 35. c5 Bd5
36. Rb2 (36. Ra1 Rd2 37. Re1 Bc6) 36... Rxa4 37. Bd1 Rd4 38. Be2 Bc6 39. h4
gxh4 40. Bf1 Kf6 41. Be2 Kg5 42. Rc1 Re3 43. Bb5 Rb4 44. Rxb4 axb4 45. Bxc6
bxc6 46. Rc4 Rb3 47. Ke2 Rb2+ 48. Kd3 Rxg2 49. Rxb4 h3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 f5 9. e4 fxe4 10. Qc2 exf3 (10... O-O) (10... e3) 11. Nxf3 Qa5 12. Bd3 Nc6
(12... Qxc5) 13. O-O Qxc5+ 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. Ng5 Ne5 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Bg5 Rf8 (
17... Nf7 18. c4 Nxg5 19. Nxg5 Ne3 20. Bg6+ hxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kd8 22. Nf7+) 18. c4
Ne7 19. c5 Bc6 20. Nd6+ Kd7 21. Qc3 (21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. Qc3) 21... Nxd3 22. Bxe7
Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Nf4+ 24. Rxf4 Rxf4 25. Rd1 Qc6+ 26. Kg3 Qa4 27. c6+ (27. Rb1
Rg4+ 28. Kh3 Kxe7 29. Qf3 Rh4+ 30. Kg3 Rg4+ 31. Qxg4 Qxa3+ 32. Kh4) 27... bxc6
28. Qxg7 Rf3+ 29. Kxf3 Qxd1+ 30. Ke3 Qc1+ 31. Kd3 (31. Kf3 Qd1+ 32. Ke3 Qb3+
33. Kd2 c5 34. Nb7 Qxb7 35. Bxc5+ Kc6 36. Qg2+) 31... Qb1+ 32. Ke3 Qg6 33. Qb2
Kxe7 34. Qb7+ Kxd6 35. Qxa8 Qg1+ 36. Kd3 Qf1+ 37. Kc2 Qc4+ 38. Kb2 Qd4+ 39. Kc2
Kd5 40. Qe8 Qe4+ 41. Kc3 Qe5+ 42. Kb3 Kd4 43. Qe7 a5 44. Qa7+ Kd3 45. Qxh7+ Qf5
46. Qc7 Qb5+ 47. Ka2 Kc2 48. Qh7+ Qf5 49. Qb7 Qd5+ 50. Ka1 Qb5 51. Qh7+ Qd3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. h3 e5 8. d5 Ne7
9. e4 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. Qd2 c5 12. Ng5 Nc7 13. O-O-O Rb8 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6
f4 16. gxf4 Nxe6 17. Qxd6 Nxf4 18. Qxd8 Rbxd8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Bf1 b6 21. Nd5
Nexd5 22. cxd5 Kf7 23. Kc2 Ke7 24. Kb3 Kd6 25. Ka4 Nh5 26. h4 Rf8 27. Bh3 Nf6
28. f3 Nh5 29. Bg4 Nf6 30. b4 cxb4 31. Bd2 Nd7 (31... a5 32. Be3 Nxg4 33. fxg4
Rf3 34. Bxb6 Ra3+) 32. Bxb4+ Nc5+ 33. Bxc5+ bxc5 34. Rb1 Rf7 35. Rb8 Bf6 36.
Re8 Bxh4 (36... Be7 37. Rc8 Bxh4 38. Rc6+ Ke7 39. d6+ Kf8) 37. Re6+ Kc7 38.
Rc6+ Kb7 39. Bc8+ Kb8 40. d6 Rf8 (40... a6 41. Bxa6 Rxf3 42. Kb5) 41. Ba6 Ka8
42. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Nd5 8.
O-O Bd6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. d4 Nd7 (12... a5) 13. Qe2 g5 (
13... a5 14. c4 a4 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bc2 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Rc8 18. Bxf4 Nf6) 14. c4
N5b6 15. h4 h6 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Nfxg5 Bxg5 18. Bxf4 (18. Qh5 Bf6 19. d5 Bd4+
20. Nf2 cxd5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Ne5 24. Qe4 Nd3) 18... Bf6 (
18... Bxf4 19. Rxf4 f5 20. Qh5 fxe4 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Qxe6+) 19.
Rad1 Bf5 20. Be5 (20. Bh6 Bxe4 21. Qxe4) 20... Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qg5
23. Rf5 Qg7 24. Qf4 Rfe8 25. Rg5 Nxe5 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rd6 Ng6 28. Qf6+ Kg8
29. Bc2 Nxc4 30. Rd7 (30. Rd7 Nce5 31. Bxg6) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Liberzon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 b5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nb3
Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. f4 d6 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. Be3 Rd8 13. Qh3 Bc8 14. Qg3 O-O 15.
Rae1 Kh8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Be3 Be6 20. Qf3 Bc5 21. Kh1
Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Rd4 23. Qe2 Nd7 24. Rg3 (24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 g6 (25... Nf6 26.
Rxf6) 26. c3 Rxd5 27. c4) 24... Nc5 25. Qe3 f6 26. Bxb5 Qb7 27. b4 Nxe4 28.
Nxe4 Rxe4 (28... Rxe4 29. Bxa6 Qxa6) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Nd5 8.
O-O Bd6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. c4 Nf6 11. d4 c5 12. d5 Bg4 13. Nc3 Nbd7 (13... a6) 14.
Nb5 Be5 15. Qd3 a6 16. Nc3 Bd6 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Rae8 20. Qd3
Bh5 21. Rfe1 Bg6 22. Qc3 Nf6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Re1 (24. Bc2) 24... Rxe1+ 25.
Bxe1 Qe7 26. Bc2 Qe2 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. b3 (28. h3 Ne4 29. Qb3 Be5) 28... Qxa2
29. Qd3 Ng4 30. h3 Ne3 31. Bd2 Qa1+ 32. Kf2 Nf5 33. Qe4 Qf1+ 34. Kxf1 Ng3+ 35.
Ke1 Nxe4 36. Ba5 (36. h4) 36... g5 37. Ke2 Kh7 38. Ne1 f5 39. Nd3 g4 40. hxg4
fxg4 41. b4 cxb4 42. Nxb4 (42. Bxb4 Bxb4 43. Nxb4 a5) 42... f3+ 43. gxf3 gxf3+
44. Kxf3 Nd2+ 45. Ke2 Nxc4 46. Nc6 Kg6 47. Bd8 Kf5 48. Kd3 Ne5+ 49. Kd4 Nxc6+
50. dxc6 Ke6 51. Bg5 Ba3 (51... a5 52. Kc4 a4 53. Bd2 a3 54. Kb3) 52. Bf4 Bb4
53. Kc4 Be7 54. Kb3 g5 55. Bg3 Bc5 56. Kc4 Be3 57. Kb4 Bb6 58. Kc4 Ke7 59. Be5
Be3 60. Kb4 (60. Kd5 Bf4) 60... Bf4 61. Bd4 Kd6 62. Ka5 Kxc6 63. Kxa6 g4 64.
Bf2 Kd5 65. Kb5 Ke4 66. Kc4 Kf3 67. Bh4 Be3 68. Kd3 Bf2 69. Be7 g3 70. Bd6 g2
71. Bh2 Bb6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 Ne5 7. c4 (7. N1a3
Nf6 8. Bxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Rd1+) 7... a6 8. N5c3 Nf6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O
O-O 11. Nd2 b6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. f4 Ng6 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. f5 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17.
fxg6 Qxd2 18. gxf7+ Rxf7 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 20. Rd1 Qe3+ 21. Kh1 Qc5 22. Na4 Qa5 (
22... Qc6 23. Bf3 Ne5 24. Nxb6 Rf8) 23. c5 Re8 (23... Nxc5 24. Rf1+ Kg8 25. Qf3
) 24. Nxb6 Nxb6 (24... Nxc5 25. Qf3+ Kg8 26. Rf1) 25. cxb6 Bxe4 26. Bf3 Bxf3
27. Qxf3+ Qf5 28. Rxd6 Rc8 29. Qxf5+ exf5 30. h3 Rb8 31. a4 Ke7 32. Rc6 a5 33.
b4 axb4 34. a5 b3 35. Rc3 Kd6 36. Rxb3 Kc6 37. Re3 f4 38. Re7 Kb5 39. Ra7 g5
40. b7 h5 41. a6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. a3 (12. Bf4) 12... Re8 13. Rd1
Ne4 14. Be3 Nd6 15. Qf4 Ne4 16. Nb5 (16. d6 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Re4 18. Qg5 f6 19.
Qg3 Rg4 20. Qh3) 16... Bxb2 17. Ra2 Bg7 18. Bc4 Nf6 19. Nd6 Nh5 20. Nxb7 Qc8
21. Qd6 (21. Nd6 Qb8 22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. Nxe8 Qxe8 24. Bxa6 Qa4 25. Be2 Nf4)
21... Nb8 22. Bb5 Rxe3 23. fxe3 Bf8 24. Qd8 Qxb7 25. Bc4 Nc6 26. Qh4 Na5 27.
Bf1 Qb3 28. Rad2 Qxe3+ 29. Kh1 Be7 30. Qa4 Qc3 31. d6 Bf6 32. d7 Rd8 33. Re2
Kg7 34. Kg1 Qb3 35. Qxb3 Nxb3 36. h3 Ng3 37. Re3 Nxf1 38. Rxb3 Bc2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. dxc3 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Be4 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Ne1 d6 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. f3 Nf6 14. e4 Ne8
15. f4 Qe7 16. Qf3 Rd8 17. b3 Qb7 18. g4 Ne7 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Ng2 Qxe4 21. Qe2
h5 22. h3 hxg4 23. hxg4 Qg6 24. g5 Ne4 25. Rd3 Ng3 26. Qd1 Qh7 27. Kf2 Ne4+ 28.
Kg1 f6 29. Qg4 Qf5 (29... Kf7 30. Rad1 Rh8) 30. Qxf5 Nxf5 31. Re1 fxg5 32. Bc1
Nfg3 33. fxg5 e5 (33... d5) 34. Rde3 d5 35. cxd5 Rxd5 36. Rxe4 Nxe4 37. Rxe4
Rd1+ 38. Re1 Rxe1+ 39. Nxe1 Rd8 40. Kf2 Rd1 41. Be3 Kf7 42. Nf3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bc4 b5 (7...
Be7) 8. Bb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rad1 O-O 12. e5 dxe5 (12... Bb7 13.
exd6 Bxd6 14. Qh3 b4) 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qxa8 Bb7 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Rxd7 (16.
Qxb7 Qxb7 17. Bxd7 b4) 16... Nxd7 17. Qxb7 Qxb7 18. Bxe7 Re8 19. Bd5 Qc7 20.
Bh4 Nb6 21. Be4 Nc4 22. Re1 Nxb2 23. Re3 Qd7 24. h3 Qd4 25. Kh2 b4 26. Ne2 Qc4
27. Ng3 Nd1 28. Rf3 Nc3 29. Re3 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Qxc2 31. Rxb4 Qxf2 32. Rg4 Qxa2
33. Nf5 Qe6 34. Nxg7 Qxg4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 e5 11. b3 c4 12. bxc4 Bb4 13. Bb2 bxc4 14. Bc2 Rb8 15. O-O
Qa5 16. Ne2 (16. Qe1) 16... c3 17. Bc1 Qc7 18. Ng3 O-O 19. Nh4 Nb6 20. Nhf5
Bxf5 (20... Nc4) 21. Nxf5 Nc4 22. Bg5 Ne8 23. Qd3 Rb6 (23... f6) 24. Bb3 Nb2 (
24... Ned6 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nc6 Nd2) 25. Qf3 Kh8 26. Rac1 Qd7 (26... Nd6 27.
Nxg7 Rg8 28. Nh5) 27. Rxc3 Rg6 28. Bc1 Bxc3 29. Qxc3 Na4 30. Qb4 Nd6 31. Bxa4
Qc8 32. Ba3 Rd8 33. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6
8. Be3 e5 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. Nd2 Bc5 11. Ke2 Bxe3 12. Kxe3 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Nd2 Nge7 7. Nf3 cxd4 (7...
Nf5) 8. Nexd4 Ng6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Qe2 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nd4 Kf7
14. f4 c5 15. Qh5 (15. Nb5 Qb6 16. c4) 15... cxd4 16. Bxg6+ hxg6 17. Qxh8 dxc3
18. Qh7+ Bg7 19. Be3 (19. O-O cxb2 20. Bxb2 Ba6) 19... cxb2 20. Rd1 Ba6 21. f5
exf5 22. Qh3 Qc2 23. Qf3 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Nh5
9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qc1 e5 11. a5 Qc7 12. Be2 Nd7 13. g3 Rb8 14. Nh4 Ndf6 15. Ng2 b6
16. axb6 Rxb6 17. O-O Re8 18. Bd2 Bd7 19. Bd1 Reb8 20. b3 Bc8 21. Ra3 Qd7 22.
f3 Ne8 23. Qc2 Qh3 24. Be2 Nhf6 25. Nd1 Qd7 26. Nf2 Qe7 27. Bd3 Qf8 28. Ba5
R6b7 29. Bc3 Nh5 30. Be2 Nhf6 31. Rb1 Re7 32. Nd3 Nd7 33. Rf1 f5 34. b4 Rf7 35.
bxc5 dxc5 (35... fxe4 36. fxe4 Rxf1+ 37. Bxf1 Nxc5) 36. exf5 gxf5 37. f4 Qe7
38. fxe5 Nxe5 39. Nxe5 Bxe5 40. Bxe5 Qxe5 41. Re3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ Nbd7 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. e5
d4 9. Bxc4 dxc3 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Bg5 Qc6 (11... Qf5) (11... Qb6 12. O-O f6 13.
Rfe1+ Kd8 14. bxc3 fxg5 15. Nxg5 Kc7 16. Rad1 Nf6 17. Nf7 Rg8 18. Ne5) 12.
O-O-O cxb2+ 13. Kxb2 Be7 14. Rhe1 f6 (14... Qxa4 15. Rxe7+ Kf8 16. Rxf7+ Kg8
17. Rfxd7+) 15. Bb5 Qb6 16. Kc1 fxg5 17. Bxd7+ Kf8 18. Rxe7 Kxe7 19. Qe4+ Kd8
20. Bf5+ Kc7 21. Qe5+ Kc6 22. Rd6+ Kb5 23. Qb2+ (23. Qb2+ Ka6 24. Qa3+ Kb5 25.
Nd4+ cxd4 26. Bd3#) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A64"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Na3 Bd7 15. a5
Nc8 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Re1 Bb5 18. Qb3 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nd7 20. Qh4 b6 21. axb6 Rxb6
22. Ra4 Ne7 23. Qc4 Qb7 24. Ne4 Nf6 25. e3 Nf5 26. Nd2 Nd7 27. Rd1 Rb5 28. Ra2
a5 29. Qa4 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. d5 Bxc3 (11... exd5) 12. dxe6 Ba5 13. exd7 Qc7
14. e4 Nxd7 15. Ng5 Rad8 16. Bxf7+ (16. Qh5 Nf6 17. Bf4 Qe7 (17... Qxf4 18.
Qxf7+) 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Qh3 Bxe4 20. Bb3) 16... Rxf7 17. Ne6 Qc8 18. Nxd8 Ba6
(18... Qxd8 19. e5 Qe8 20. e6 Rf6 21. e7 (21. exd7 Qxe2 22. d8=Q+ Rf8) 21...
Rg6 22. f3 Kf7 23. Qc4+ Kxe7) 19. Qe3 Re7 20. Qb3+ c4 21. Qa3 Nc5 22. Be3 Rxe4
23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D22"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Rd1
Bd6 9. h3 Bh5 10. e4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e5 12. Qg3 Qe7 (12... O-O 13. d5 Nd4) 13. d5
Nd4 14. Nc3 g6 15. Bg5 Qd8 16. Qh4 Be7 17. f4 Nc2 (17... Ng8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19.
Qf2 f6 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. d6) 18. fxe5 Nd7 (18... Nxa1 19. d6 cxd6 20. exf6) 19.
Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qxe7+ Kxe7 21. d6+ Kf8 22. dxc7 Nxe5 23. Rac1 Nb4 24. Nd5 Nbc6
25. Nb6 Ke7 26. Bd5 Rac8 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Rc5 f6 29. Nxc8+ Rxc8 30. Ra5 Rxc7
31. Rxa6 Rb7 32. b3 h5 33. Kf2 h4 34. Ke3 g5 35. Ra8 c5 36. Rc8 Ra7 37. Rd2 Ra5
38. Rc2 c4 39. bxc4 Ra3+ 40. Ke2 Rg3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O c6 6. Ba4 Bc5 7. c3 Ne7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Nd2 dxc3 10. bxc3 d5 11. d4 Bb6 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Bc2 Bc7 14. e5 Nf5
15. Qb1 g6 16. Re1 Rb8 17. Nf3 Be6 18. Qc1 f6 (18... Nh4 19. Qf4 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3
Qh4) 19. g4 Ng7 20. Qh6 Rf8 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Ng5 Re8 24. Qxh7+
Kf8 25. Qxg6 Qf4 26. Nh7+ Kg8 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nb5 Qb8 6. g3 a6 7. N5c3 e6 8.
Bg2 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Rd8 12. Nd2 b5 13. h3 Bb7 14. f4 d5 15.
e5 Ne4 16. Ncxe4 dxe4 17. Qe2 Qa7+ 18. Kh2 e3 19. Nf3 b4 20. Rfe1 Bc5 21. Rad1
a5 22. Ng5 h6 23. Ne4 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. Nd6 Ba6 26. Qh5 Bc3 27. Bxa8 (27.
Bxa8 Bxe1 28. Rxe1 Rxa8 29. Qf3 e2) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Bd6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. d4 O-O 7. Bd3 Nd7 8.
O-O h6 (8... Nf6 9. Ne5 Nfxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5) 9. Ne4 Nxd5 10. c4 Ne3 11. Bxe3
fxe3 12. c5 Be7 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Qd3 e2 (14... Nf8) 15. Nd6 (15. Rf2 Nf8 16. Ne5
Be6) 15... Nf8 (15... exf1=Q+ 16. Rxf1 Bxd6 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Qh8+
Ke7 20. Re1+ Ne5 21. Qxg7) 16. Nxf7 exf1=Q+ 17. Rxf1 Bf5 (17... Kxf7 18. Ne5+
Kg8 19. Qh7+ Nxh7 20. Bb3+ Kh8 21. Ng6#) 18. Qxf5 Qd7 19. Qf4 Bf6 20. N3e5 Qe7
21. Bb3 Bxe5 22. Nxe5+ Kh7 23. Qe4+ (23. Qe4+ g6 24. Rxf8 Rxf8 25. Qxg6+ Kh8
26. Qxh6+ Qh7 27. Ng6#) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 a6 11. Na4 Ba7 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Rc1 Bg4 (13... Be6) 14.
Nc3 Be6 15. Bd3 Nf6 (15... Ng5) 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Nf4 Re8 (17... Ne4) 18. Ng5 d4
19. Qc2 (19. Nfxe6 fxe6 20. Qc2 Ne5 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Qe2) 19... Ne5 20. Bxh7+
Kh8 21. Qb1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nfg4 23. Nfxe6 fxe6 24. Bg8 (24. Nh3 dxe3 25. f3 e2+
26. Kh1 Rf8 27. Be4 Qd2 28. Bc3 Qf4 29. Nxf4 Nf2+) 24... g6 (24... d3 25. Bxe5
Qxg5) 25. Nf7+ Nxf7 26. Bxf7 Qh4 27. Qxg6 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Qxb2 29. Qh5+ Kg7 30.
Qxg4+ Kxf7 31. Rc7+ Re7 32. Qh5+ Kf6 33. Qh6+ Kf5 34. g4+ Kxg4 35. Qf4+ Kh5 36.
Rxe7 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qg6+ 38. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Liberzon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qe1 g6 12. Qh4 Bg7 13. Kh1 O-O 14. fxe5 dxe5 15.
Bh6 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ng5 Ndf6 18. Rf3 h6 19. Nh3 Rad8 20. Raf1 Qd6 21. Nd1
(21. g4) 21... Qb6 22. Ne3 Rd4 23. Nf2 Qd8 24. Kg1 Nf4 25. g3 Ne6 26. c3 Ng5
27. Rxf6 Qxf6 28. Be2 Rd6 29. Nfg4 Qe7 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Qh4 Bxe4 32. Qh6 f5
33. Nc4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 Bf5 6. Nc3 dxe5 7. fxe5 e6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O f6 (10... Nc6 11. Be3 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6) 11. Bf4 (11. Be3
) 11... Nc6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. d5 (13. Be3) 13... Na5 14. Ne5 Bxe5 (14... exd5
15. cxd5 Qe7) 15. Bxe5 Naxc4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxg7 Ne3 18. Qe2 Nxf1 19. Bxf8
Nxh2 20. Bc5 Ng4 21. dxe6 Qh4 22. e7 Qh2+ 23. Kf1 Qf4+ 24. Kg1 (24. Ke1 Qg3+
25. Kd2 Qf4+ 26. Ke1) 24... Re8 25. Qf3 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh5 27. Qd5+ (27. Kg1 Qh2+
28. Kf1 Qh5) 27... Kg7 28. Qd4+ Kg6 29. Ne2 Qh1+ 30. Ng1 (30. Qg1 Qxg1+ 31.
Kxg1 b6 32. Ba3 Ne3 33. Rc1 c5 34. b4 Nc2 35. g4 Be4 36. Nc3 Nxa3 37. Nxe4 Rxe7
38. Nd6 cxb4) 30... b6 31. Qd8 Nf6 32. Ba3 Be4 33. Qd2 c5 34. b4 c4 35. b5 Bd3+
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. Bd2 (7. g3 Bb4
8. Bd2 d4 9. Nb1) 7... Be7 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Na6 10. Qe2 Nb4 11. Bc1 Qa5 12. O-O
dxe4 (12... d4 13. Nb1 Nxa2) 13. dxe4 Qa6 14. Re1 Qxe2 15. Rxe2 e5 16. a3 Na6
17. f4 Nd7 18. f5 Rfd8 19. Kh2 b5 20. h4 Nb6 21. b3 Nc5 22. Be3 a5 23. Rf1 Ncd7
24. Bc1 (24. a4 b4 25. Nb1) 24... a4 25. b4 Nc4 26. Rf3 Nf6 27. Kh3 h5 28. Rd3
Rab8 29. Bf3 Rd4 30. Nb1 (30. Re1 Rbd8 31. Red1) 30... c5 31. Rxd4 cxd4 32. Re1
Rc8 33. Bg5 g6 34. fxg6 fxg6 35. Be2 Kf7 36. Bxf6 (36. c3 Ke6 37. cxd4 exd4 38.
Bf4) 36... Bxf6 37. Bd3 Ke7 38. Rd1 Nb2 39. Rf1 Nxd3 40. cxd3 Bg7 41. g4 hxg4+
42. Kxg4 Bh6 43. h5 gxh5+ 44. Kxh5 Bf4 45. Rd1 Rh8+ 46. Kg4 Rh2 47. Kf3 Kf6 48.
Kg4 Rc2 49. Kh5 Rc1 50. Rxc1 Bxc1 51. Kg4 Kg6 52. Kh4 Be3 53. Kg4 Bg5 54. Kg3
Kh5 55. Kf3 Bf4 56. Ke2 Kg4 57. Nd2 Bxd2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. Qe2 Bb4 (10... Bd6) 11. h4 Qb6 (11... Nge7 12. h5 Be4) 12.
a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nge7 14. h5 Be4 15. f3 f6 16. Nxc6 (16. h6 fxe5 17. fxe4 g6
18. exd5 exd5 19. Qxe5 Rf8 20. Rb1) 16... bxc6 17. Ba6 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxa6 19.
h6 Rg8 20. hxg7 Rxg7 21. Qxf6 Rg6 22. Qh8+ (22. Qf3 Rg7 23. Qf6) 22... Kd7 23.
Qxh7 c5 24. g5 cxd4 25. Rh6 Rf8 26. Rh1 d3 27. cxd3 Qxd3 28. Bd2 Rf2 29. O-O-O
Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Qxc3+ 31. Rc2 Qxa3+ 32. Kb1 e5 33. Rb2 Qd3+ 34. Rc2 Rb6+ 35. Kc1
Qe3+ 36. Rd2 Ra6 37. Rh3 (37. Qh3+ Qxh3 38. Rxh3) 37... Rc6+ 38. Kd1 Qg1+ 39.
Ke2 Qg2+ 40. Ke3 d4+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch27"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nd4 Qd7 12. f3 Nc5 13. Bc2 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15.
Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Qxe6+ Nxe6 17. Bb3 Rad8 18. Rd1 Ne7 19. Nd2 (19. Re1 Rd6 20. a4)
19... Kf7 20. Rf1 c5 21. f4 c4 22. Bd1 Nc6 23. Nf3 d4 24. Ng5+ Bxg5 25. fxg5+
Ke7 26. Re1 Kd6 27. cxd4 Nexd4 28. Bd2 Rde8 29. Rc1 Kd5 30. b3 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1
Ne5 32. bxc4+ bxc4 33. Rb1 Rc8 34. Bc3 Nb5 35. Ba1 c3 36. a4 Nd6 (36... Na3 37.
Rc1 Kd4 38. Be2 a5 39. Ba6 Rc5 40. Rd1+) 37. Bb3+ Ke4 38. Re1+ Kf5 (38... Kd3
39. Rxe5 c2 40. Bxc2+ Rxc2 41. Rd5+ Ke2) 39. Bc2+ Ke6 40. Bb3+ Kf5 41. Bc2+ Ke6
42. Re3 Ndc4 43. Rxc3 Rd8 44. h3 g6 45. Bb3 Kf5 46. Kh2 Rc8 47. Rc2 Rc6 48. Re2
Rb6 49. Bc2+ Ke6 50. Bd4 Rd6 51. Bc3 Rb6 52. Kg3 Kd5 53. Kf4 Nc6 54. Re1 Rb7
55. Be4+ Kc5 56. Rc1 Rb3 57. Bg7 Nb4 58. Bf8+ Kd4 59. Rd1+ Nd3+ 60. Rxd3+ Rxd3
61. Bg7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 Bf5 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Nf4 (10. Ng3) 10... c5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Re8 13. O-O
Rc8 14. Rb1 Qa5 15. Rxb7 Nb6 16. g4 h6 17. h4 cxd4 18. g5 dxe3 (18... hxg5 19.
hxg5 Rxc3 20. Bd2 Rxd3 21. Bxa5 Rxa3 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. gxf6 dxe3 24. Nxd5 e2
25. Re1 Rxf3) 19. gxf6 Rxc3 20. Qg6 (20. Qg6 fxg6 21. Rxg7+ Kf8 22. Nxg6#) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Ne4 10. Rc1 Bf5 11. Qb3 e5 12. Qxb7 (12. dxe5 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 d4 14.
Nd5 dxe3 15. fxe3 Be6) 12... Nxd2 13. Nxd2 exd4 14. Qxc6 dxc3 15. bxc3 Rc8 16.
Qa4 Bxc3 17. Nb1 Bb2 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Qxa7 Qc2 20. Qa6 (20. Bf3 Bd3 21. Re1)
20... Bc1 21. g4 Be4 22. f3 Qxb1 23. fxe4 Qxe4 24. Bf3 Bxe3+ 25. Kh1 Qe6 26.
Qb7 Rd8 27. a4 d4 28. a5 Qc4 29. Be2 (29. Bg2) 29... d3 30. Qe7 Rf8 31. Bf3 Bc5
32. Qd7 (32. Qe5 d2 33. Be2 Qa4 34. Qxc5 Qe4+ 35. Bf3 d1=Q) 32... d2 33. Rd1
Bb4 34. Qa4 Qc3 35. Bd5 Rd8 36. Qa2 Qe5 37. Bf3 Bxa5 38. Qc4 Re8 39. Qd3 Qf4
40. Kg2 Re3 41. Qd5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Bg5 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Be4 Nf6 14. Bxb7
Qxb7 15. d5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Rfd1 Qb7 18. Ng5 O-O 19. Qd3 g6 20. Qh3 h5
21. g4 Qe7 22. Qg2 Nc6 23. gxh5 Rad8 24. Kh1 Qf6 (24... Ne5) 25. hxg6 fxg6 26.
Qxc6 Qxg5 27. Qxe6+ Kg7 28. Rac1 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rf7 (29... Rxf2 30. Rd7+ Kf8
31. Qd6+ Ke8) 30. Qe2 Qf4 31. Rd2 Rc7 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33. fxe3 Kf6 34. Kg2 Ke5 35.
Kf3 Rf7+ 36. Kg4 Rf1 37. Rg2 Kf6 (37... Rf5 38. Rc2 Ke4 39. Rc6 Rf2) 38. h4 b4
39. Rc2 a5 40. b3 Rg1+ 41. Kf3 Rh1 42. Rc6+ Kg7 43. Ra6 Rh3+ 44. Ke4 Rxh4+ 45.
Kd3 Rh5 46. e4 Kf7 47. Kd4 Rb5 48. e5 g5 49. Rf6+ Ke7 50. Rg6 Rb8 51. Kc5 Rc8+
(51... Rf8 52. Kb5 Rf5 53. Kxa5 Rf7 54. Rh6 Rf4) 52. Kb5 Rc2 53. Kxa5 Rxa2+ 54.
Kxb4 Rg2 55. Kc5 g4 56. b4 g3 57. b5 Rc2+ 58. Kb6 g2 59. e6 Kd6 60. Ka6 Ra2+
61. Kb7 Rb2 62. b6 Ke7 63. Kc7 Rc2+ 64. Kb8 Ra2 65. b7 Rb2 66. Kc7 Rc2+ 67. Kb6
Rb2+ 68. Kc6 Rc2+ 69. Kd5 Rd2+ 70. Kc4 Rd8 (70... Rb2 71. Rxg2) 71. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Qg4 Bf8 10. f4 g6 11. b3 Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13. h4 h5 14. Qe2 Be7 15. Bb2
a6 16. Nd1 a5 17. O-O a4 18. b4 Nb5 19. Ne3 Qb6 20. Qd3 O-O-O 21. Kh2 Qa7 22.
Rac1 Nb6 23. Rfd1 Kb8 24. Qe2 d4 25. c4 dxe3 (25... Nc7 26. c5 dxe3 27. cxb6
Qxb6 28. dxe3 Nb5) 26. cxb5 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 exd2 28. Qxd2 cxb5 29. Bd4 Rc8 30.
Rxc8+ Kxc8 31. Qe3 Bd8 32. Qc3+ Kb8 33. Qc5 Qa6 34. Qf8 Kc8 35. Qxf7 Nd7 36.
Qxg6 Bb6 37. Bb2 Bd8 38. Qxh5 Qb6 39. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Qd7 11. a3 Nh7 12. f3 f5 13. b4 axb4 (13... Ng5) 14. axb4
Rb8 15. Rb1 Nf6 16. Bf2 Qe7 17. c5 Kh7 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. O-O f4 (19... Nh5) 20.
Nc4 Nc7 21. Nb6 g5 22. Ra1 Rg8 23. Kh1 Bd7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Na4 Bf8 26. Nb6
Qg7 27. g4 h5 (27... fxg3 28. hxg3 g4) 28. h3 Rh8 29. Kg2 Kg8 30. Rh1 hxg4 31.
hxg4 Rxh1 32. Qxh1 Nd7 33. Qc1 Nxb6 34. Bxb6 Na8 35. Ba7 Rd8 36. Bb5 Be7 37.
Bf2 Kf7 38. Qc2 Rh8 39. Rh1 Rxh1 40. Kxh1 Qh8+ 41. Kg2 Qb8 42. Bd7 Nc7 43. Qc1
Na6 44. Qh1 Kg7 45. Bf5 Qh8 46. Qb1 Qe8 47. Qh1 Qh8 48. Qa1 Qb8 (48... Nxb4 49.
Qb1) (48... Qe8) 49. Qa4 Kf8 50. Qd7 Nxb4 51. Qe6 Qc7 52. Bh7 Ke8 53. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bb5 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Qd5 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. O-O a6 12. Ba4 Rfd8 13. Rfc1 Rac8 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Nb8 17. Rc2 Rd5 18. Rac1 c6 19. Bb3 Rh5 20. Kg2 Nd7
21. a4 e6 22. Bd2 Rd8 23. f4 c5 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Bb4 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Bf8 27.
Bxf8 Kxf8 28. Rc7 b6 29. Bc4 a5 30. Rc6 Rb8 31. Bb5 Rb7 32. Kf3 Ke7 33. e4 Nf6
34. Rc8 Nd7 35. e5 g5 36. Rg8 (36. Bc6 Ra7 37. Bxd7 Rxd7 38. fxg5) 36... gxf4
37. Kxf4 Nf8 38. Ke4 Rc7 39. Rg3 Rc2 40. f4 (40. Rc3 Rxf2 41. Rc8 f5+ 42. exf6+
Rxf6 43. Rc7+) 40... Rxb2 41. Rc3 Rb4+ 42. Ke3 (42. Kf3 Ng6 43. Rc7+ Kf8 44.
Rc4 Rb3+ 45. Kg4) 42... Ng6 43. Rc8 f5 44. Rc7+ Kf8 45. Bc4 Rxa4 46. Bxe6 Re4+
47. Kd2 Nxf4 48. Bxf5 Re2+ 49. Kc3 Nd5+ 50. Kd3 Rxe5 51. Rc8+ Kg7 52. Be4 Nf4+
53. Kd4 Re7 54. Rb8 Ne2+ 55. Kd3 Nc1+ 56. Kd4 Ne2+ 57. Kd3 Nc1+ 58. Kd4 Nb3+
59. Kd5 Nc5 60. Bb1 Nd7 61. Rd8 Nf6+ 62. Kc6 Re6+ 63. Kb7 (63. Kb5 Re3 64. Bc2)
63... b5 64. Ra8 a4 65. Ra5 Nd5 66. Rxb5 Nc3 67. Rg5+ Kh6 68. Rg1 a3 69. Bd3
Re3 70. Bc4 Re4 71. Bg8 Re7+ 72. Kb6 Rg7 73. Rc1 Rxg8 74. Rxc3 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Be3
Re8 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bd2 Ngf6 11. b4 c5 12. a3 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Ne1 Rf8 15.
Nc2 Ne8 16. Ne3 g6 17. Bg4 Ng7 18. Qc2 Ra6 19. a4 Bg5 20. Bh3 f5 21. exf5 gxf5
22. f4 exf4 (22... Bxf4 23. Nxf5 Nxf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Qxf5 Bxd2 26. Qf7+ Kh8
27. Ne4) 23. Ned1 (23. Nxf5 Ne5 24. Nxg7 Bxh3 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26. dxe6 Qe8) 23...
Ne5 24. Nb2 Nh5 25. Kh1 Qf6 26. Ne2 f3 27. gxf3 Bxd2 28. Qxd2 Qh4 29. Ng1 (29.
Qe1 Qxh3 30. Ng1 Ng3+ 31. Qxg3+ Qxg3 32. hxg3 f4) 29... Nf4 30. Qf2 Qh6 31. Qd2
Rf6 32. Bg2 Rb6 33. Rf2 Qh4 34. Bf1 Rg6 35. Nd1 Qg5 36. Ne2 Ned3 37. Ng3 Nxf2+
38. Qxf2 h5 39. a5 Rb3 40. Qe1 h4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qd2 Be6 11. f4 exf4 (11... Nbd7 12. f5 Bc4) 12. Rxf4 Nbd7
13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Nf5 Rac8 15. Raf1 Rfe8 16. Bd4 Bf8 (16... b5) 17. Bd3 Nfd7 18.
Rh4 Ng6 (18... Nc5) 19. Rh3 Nde5 20. Qd1 b5 21. Qh5 h6 22. Rg3 Kh7 23. Nd5 Bxd5
24. exd5 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Qb7 (25... Nf4 26. Nxg7 (26. Rxf4 Re1+ 27. Kf2 Rf1+ 28.
Kxf1 Qc1+) 26... Ne2+ 27. Qxe2 Rxe2 28. Nh5 Qe7 29. Nf6+ Qxf6 30. Bxf6) 26. Kh1
Rc2 27. Ne3 Rd2 28. Ng4 Qd7 (28... Rde2 29. Be3 Rxb2 30. Bxh6 gxh6 31. Nf6+ Kh8
32. Nxe8 Qe7) 29. h4 Qe7 30. Re3 Qd7 (30... Re2 31. Rf6 Kg8 32. Nxh6+ gxh6 33.
Rxg6+) 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 Nb6 9. O-O Nxc4 10. Qxc4 c6 11. Be5 Bh6 12. Rfd1 Be6 13. Qb4 b6 14. Qa4 Qe8
15. Rac1 Nd5 16. Nd2 Qd7 17. Qa3 Rac8 18. Ne2 a5 19. Nc4 Qa7 20. b3 Rfd8 21. h3
Qa6 22. Qb2 f6 23. Bg3 Bf7 24. Kh2 Rd7 25. Nc3 Nxc3 26. Qxc3 Rcd8 27. Rc2 e5 (
27... a4) 28. Rcd2 e4 29. d5 Bxd5 30. Qxf6 Bg7 31. Qg5 Rf8 (31... a4) 32. Qg4
Rdf7 33. Nd6 Re7 34. Rxd5 cxd5 35. Qg5 Bf6 (35... Qa7 36. Qxd5+ Kh8 37. Nxe4 a4
) 36. Qxd5+ Kh8 37. Nxe4 Bg7 38. Nd6 Qa8 39. Qb5 Qa7 40. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. e4
c5 9. Re1 e5 10. a4 Ne8 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bd2 b6 13. Bf1 Qc8 14. Nh4 Nb7 15. Bd3
a6 16. Qe2 Nc7 17. Ng2 Nd8 18. Ne3 Ne8 19. Reb1 a5 20. Bb5 Bh6 (20... f5) 21.
Nf5 gxf5 22. Bxh6 Ng7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qh5 f6 (24... fxe4 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qe7
) 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. exf5 Nf7 27. Re1 Nh6 28. g4 Rg8 29. Kh1 Qe8 30. Qh4 Nf7 31.
Ne4 Qe7 32. c4 Ng5 33. Re3 Nxe4 34. Rxe4 Kf8 35. Rae1 Qg7 36. R1e3 Ra7 37. Rh3
Qg5 38. Qh6+ Qxh6 39. Rxh6 Rf7 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Rh4 Re8 42. Re3 Rh8 43. f4 h6
44. fxe5 fxe5 45. Reh3 e4 46. Re3 Re7 47. Kg3 b5 48. axb5 a4 49. bxa4 Ra8 50.
Kf4 Rxa4 51. g5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Qc7 8. f4
Nbd7 9. Kh1 b5 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Qe1 Ba8 13. Be3 Be7 14. Rd1 O-O 15.
e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Ndxb5 axb5 20. Rxd6 Qxd6
21. Bxe5 Qd8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qh4 f5 24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Qe5+ f6 26. Qxe6 Qd2 27.
Qxf5 Rae8 28. g3 Re5 29. Qf2 Qd7 30. Kg1 Qe6 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Rd1 Re8 33. Qf3
Re7 34. Rd4 h5 35. Rd2 h4 36. Rd4 (36. gxh4 Kh6 37. Qf4+ Kh7 38. Rd3 Rf5 39.
Qd2 Qc6+ 40. Kg1) 36... h3+ 37. Kg1 Re1+ 38. Kf2 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Qc7 8. f4
Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. Qe1 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. e5 dxe5 (12... Ne8) 13. fxe5 Nfd7 14.
Qg3 Kh8 (14... Bxf3 15. Nxf3 f5) 15. Bf4 Nc6 16. Nd5 exd5 17. Nf5 (17. e6 Qd8
18. Nf5 Bf6 19. exd7 Qxd7) 17... g5 18. e6 (18. Bxd5 Nd4) 18... Qxf4 19. Qxf4
gxf4 20. exd7 Rad8 21. Bxd5 Rxd7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Nf5 8. Bd3
h5 9. Qf4 Nc6 10. Ne2 (10. Nf3) 10... Nce7 (10... Nfe7) 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. Qd2 Bd7
13. Rb1 Rb8 14. O-O c4 (14... Nfe7) 15. Be2 Nxg3 16. fxg3 h4 17. Bg4 hxg3 18.
hxg3 Qe7 (18... Ba4) 19. a4 Bxa4 20. Ra1 b5 21. Ba3 Qd7 22. Rf2 Rb7 23. Raf1
Qd8 24. Qd1 Rh6 (24... b4 25. cxb4 (25. Bxb4 Qg5) 25... c3 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27.
Qg4 Nxe5 28. Qxe6+ Re7 29. Qa6 Qd7 30. dxe5 Qc6) 25. Bc1 Rh7 (25... Rh8 26. Bh5
) 26. Bxe6 (26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Qg4) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. d4 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 c5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. dxc5 Qxc5 (11... Bxc5 12. Bb5+ Ke7) 12. Bd2 Nc6
13. Rc1 Qd6 (13... Qd5 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Bc3 Qh5) 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. O-O h6 (15...
Ne5 16. Qa4+ Bc6 17. Bb5) 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Bc3 Qb8 18. Qa4 Rfd8 19. Qe4 g6 20.
Qg4 h5 (20... Kh7 21. Bxg6+ fxg6 22. Qxe6) 21. Qh3 f5 22. Bc4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1
Kf7 24. e4 Qf4 25. Re1 Qg4 26. exf5 Qxc4 27. fxg6+ Ke8 (27... Kxg6 28. Rxe6+
Kf7 29. Rxc6 Qxc6 30. Ne5+) 28. g7 e5 29. Qxh5+ Kd7 30. Rd1+ Bd6 31. Bxe5 Nd4
32. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Bg5 c6 8. Re1
Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 e3 (10... Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qe5) 11. Bxe3 Bxd4 12. Bxd4
Qxd4 13. c3 Qc5 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. Qd2 Bf5 16. Ng5 Rd8 (16... f6) 17. Qf4 e5 (
17... Qxb2 18. e4) 18. Qxe5 h6 19. e4 Bc8 20. Nxf7 (20. Nf3 Qxb2 21. Rad1)
20... Kxf7 21. Re3 Kg8 (21... Qxb2 22. Rf1 Nd7 23. Rf3+) 22. Bf1 Rd7 23. Qe8+
Kg7 24. Rf3 Qc5 25. Rd1 h5 26. Rxd7+ Nxd7 27. Rf7+ Kh6 28. Qh8+ Kg5 29. h4+ (
29. h4+ Kg4 30. Rf4#) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Na5 7. a3 a6 8. Bd3
Nc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc4 10. Qd3 Qc7 11. Nde2 b5 12. Bf4 Qc6 13. Nd4 Qb7 14. O-O d6 15.
Nb3 e5 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Na5 Qc7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Rc8 20. Qd2 h6 21. Be3 Nf6
22. f3 Be7 23. c4 Bd8 24. b4 bxc4 25. Rac1 c3 26. Qd3 O-O 27. Rc2 Qd7 28. Nc4
d5 29. exd5 Qxd5 30. Qxc3 Be7 31. Rfc1 Qb5 32. Qb3 Rcd8 33. a4 Qd5 (33... Qxb4)
34. b5 e4 35. bxa6 exf3 36. Qb7 Qe6 37. Qxf3 Qxa6 38. Nb6 Rfe8 39. Rc6 Qa5 40.
Bf2 Bf8 41. Kh1 Nd5 42. Rf1 Nb4 43. Rc7 f6 44. Bg1 Rd6 (44... Nd3) 45. Qb3+ Kh8
(45... Rde6 46. Re1 Bd6 47. Rc8 Rxc8 48. Rxe6) 46. Qf7 Rde6 47. Rc8 Qe5 48. Nd7
Rxc8 49. Nxf8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nbd2 Qc7 14. Nh2 Rad8 15.
Qf3 Bc8 (15... Rd6) 16. Ndf1 Nc4 17. Ng3 g6 18. b3 Na5 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. Nhf1
Kh8 21. Bg5 Ng8 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Ne3 Qf6 24. Qe2 Bb7 25. Rad1 Ne7 26. Rd3 Rxd3
27. Qxd3 Nec6 (27... Qe6) 28. Nd5 Qd6 29. Qf3 Kg7 (29... f5 30. exf5 Ne7 31.
fxg6 Bxd5 32. Qh5 Nxg6 33. Rd1) 30. Rd1 Rd8 31. Qg4 Qe6 (31... Kh8 32. Qh4 Qf8)
32. Qg5 Kh8 33. Qh6 f6 34. Rd3 Qf7 35. Rf3 Rd6 36. Qe3 Ne7 37. Qxc5 Rd7 38.
Nxf6 Rd2 39. Nd5 Nf5 40. Nxf5 Rxc2 41. Nh6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. c4 Nc5 10. Bc2 d6 (10... Nxe5) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Qh5
g6 14. Qh6 Be6 15. Nc3 Bxc4 16. Rd1 f5 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Qh4 Qf7 19. Rd4 Be6 20.
Rad1 Rfe8 21. Bf4 Be7 22. Bg5 (22. Qg3 Bxa2 23. Nxa2 Qxa2 24. Bxf5 Ne6 25.
Bxe6+ Qxe6) 22... Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Bxa2 24. Nxa2 Ne6 25. Qd2 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxa2
27. Bd3 Re4 28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. Qxe4 Qxb2 30. h4 (30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Qe7) 30... Rf8
31. f3 Qf6 32. Qc4+ Rf7 33. Qxa6 Qxh4 34. Qxc6 Kg7 35. Qd5 Qf4 36. Rd4 Qe3+ 37.
Kh2 Re7 38. Re4 (38. Rc4) 38... Rxe4 39. fxe4 Qf4+ 40. g3 Qd6 41. Qg5 h6 42.
Qc1 c5 43. Qc4 h5 44. Kg2 Kf6 45. Qf1+ Ke6 46. Kh3 Qc6 47. Qc4+ Ke5 48. Kh2 Qd6
49. Qa4 Qd2+ 50. Kh3 Qe1 51. Qe8+ Kd4 52. Qd8+ Ke3 53. Qg5+ Ke2 54. Kh2 Qf2+
55. Kh1 Qf3+ 56. Kh2 Qf2+ 57. Kh1 c4 58. e5 Qc5 59. Qxg6 Qxe5 60. Qc2+ Kf3 61.
Qg2+ Kg4 62. Kh2 c3 63. Qh3+ Kf3 64. Qf1+ Ke3 65. Qe1+ Kd4 66. Qd1+ Kc5 67. Qa1
Qe2+ 68. Kh3 Kb4 69. Qb1+ Kc4 70. Qb6 Qe4 71. Qa6+ Kb3 72. Qb6+ Kc2 73. Qf2+
Kd3 74. Qf1+ Qe2 75. Qf5+ Kd2 76. Qf4+ Qe3 77. Qd6+ Ke2 78. Qg6 Qf3 79. Kh2 Kd2
80. Qh6+ Kd1 81. Qd6+ Ke1 (81... Ke1 82. Qb4 Kf2 83. Qb6+ Qe3 84. Qf6+ Ke2 85.
Qa6+ Qd3 86. Qe6+ Kd1 87. Qc6 c2 88. Qa4 Ke2 89. Qa2 Qd2) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Bg5 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 (12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4
14. Rad1 Qc5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qe4) 13. Rad1 Nb4 14. Bb1 Rc8 15. Ne5 Nbd5 16.
Qd3 Nxc3 (16... g6 17. Bh6 Re8) 17. bxc3 Qd5 (17... g6 18. Bh6 Re8) 18. Qh3 (
18. f3) 18... Rxc3 19. f3 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Be4 Qxe4 22. Rxe4 Bxe4 23. Nd7
Bc2 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Rc1 Kg7 26. d5 exd5 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. Qd4 Rfc8 29. Qxf6+
Kg8 30. Qxh6 d4 31. h4 d3 32. h5 R3c5 33. Re1 Rd8 (33... Rd5 34. Re4 d2 35.
Rg4+ Bg6 36. hxg6 d1=Q+ 37. Kh2) 34. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. O-O
e5 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. a4 Re8 11. Qd2 b6 12. Rad1 a6 13. Ra1 Bb7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Bh6 Qd6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qe3 b5 18. Bf1 Qb4 19. Nd1 Qe7 20. Nd2 Nc5 21. Nc3
Rad8 22. b4 (22. axb5 cxb5 23. f3) 22... Ne6 23. Na2 Nd4 24. Qc3 (24. Bd3 bxa4
25. Reb1) 24... bxa4 25. Bd3 Nh5 26. Nc4 Nf4 27. Bf1 c5 28. bxc5 Qxc5 29. Nc1
Bc6 30. Qa3 Qxa3 31. Nxa3 Nxh3+ 32. Kh2 Nxf2 33. Bd3 Nb3 34. Rb1 Nc5 35. Rb6
Ncxd3 36. cxd3 Nxd3 37. Nxd3 Rxd3 38. Rxc6 Rxa3 39. Rc7 Re6 40. Ra7 Ra2 41. Re3
Rf6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Ne4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. Bd3 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Bxd3+ 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. h4 f5 13. Ke2 d6 14. g4 Nd7
(14... fxg4 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 g6 17. Qe4) 15. Rag1 fxg4 16. Rxg4 Nf6 17.
Rg5 Qd7 18. h5 Ne8 19. Rg2 b5 (19... c5) 20. c5 dxc5 21. h6 Rf5 22. Be5 c4 23.
Qe4 Qd5 24. Qg4 c3 25. b3 b4 26. e4 Qb5+ 27. Ke3 Rf7 28. hxg7 Nf6 29. Bxf6 Rxf6
30. Rxh7 Rxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Qd3+ 32. Kf4 Bd6+ 33. Kg5 Kxh7 34. Kh5 (34. Kf6 Qxd4+
35. Kf7) 34... Qb5+ 35. Kh4 Be7+ 36. Kh3 Qg5 37. Qxg5 Bxg5 38. Rxg5 Rd8 39. f4
(39. f3) 39... Kg8 40. Rc5 Rxd4 41. Rxc7 Rxe4 42. Kg4 e5 43. a3 Rxf4+ 44. Kg5
a5 45. Kg6 Rg4+ 46. Kf6 Kh7 47. g8=Q+ Kxg8 48. Kxe5 Rg1 49. Kf6 Rf1+ 50. Ke5
Rb1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. Qd2 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Bd3 a6
9. Nge2 e5 (9... Nbd7 10. O-O b5) 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a3 Nh5 12. f3 Bf6 13. Bh6
Ng7 14. g3 Rb8 15. Kh1 Qc7 (15... b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Qxb4
19. Be3) 16. b3 Be7 17. Rab1 Kh8 18. Rb2 Nf6 19. b4 Ng8 20. Be3 f5 21. bxc5
dxc5 22. Rfb1 Nf6 23. Rb6 Bd6 24. Bh6 Rf7 25. Ng1 f4 (25... Nd7) 26. gxf4 Nd7 (
26... exf4 27. Rxd6) 27. fxe5 Bxe5 28. Re6 b5 29. cxb5 c4 30. Rc6 Qd8 31. Bxc4
Qh4 32. Rc1 Nh5 33. Bg5 Ng3+ 34. Kg2 Nxe4 35. Nxe4 Qxh2+ 36. Kf1 Rxf3+ 37. Nxf3
Qh1+ 38. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 a6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O e6 10. Kb1 Qb6 11. Nb3 O-O-O 12. f4 h5 13. Be2 Be7 14. Bf3
h4 15. Rhe1 Bf8 16. Re3 Kb8 17. a3 Be8 18. Rd3 Rc8 19. Na2 Be7 20. c4 Na7 21.
Rc1 Ba4 22. Na5 Rc7 (22... Rc5 23. e5 Rxa5 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. axb4 Rxe5) 23. b4
Be8 (23... Rhc8 24. Nc3 Be8) 24. e5 fxe5 25. fxe5 d5 26. cxd5 Rxc1+ 27. Nxc1
exd5 28. Bxd5 Qg6 29. e6 Nc8 30. Qf4+ Bd6 31. Qd4 Bb5 32. Nxb7 Bxd3+ 33. Nxd3
fxe6 34. Be4 e5 35. Qd5 Qg8 36. Qc6 Qb3+ 37. Nb2 Rf8 38. Bf3 Rxf3 39. gxf3 Qg8
40. Na5 Qg1+ 41. Ka2 Qb6 42. Qe4 h3 43. Nbc4 Qb5 44. Kb3 Kc7 45. Qc2 Qd5 46.
Kb2 Kd8 47. Qf5 Qd4+ 48. Ka2 Qf2+ 49. Kb3 e4 50. Nc6+ Kc7 51. Qh7+ Be7 52. Qxe4
Bd6 53. N6e5 Ne7 54. Nf7 Nc6 55. Nfxd6 Qxf3+ 56. Qxf3 Nd4+ 57. Kc3 Nxf3 58. Ne4
Nxh2 59. Ng5 Kc6 60. Nxh3 Nf3 61. Nf4 Ng5 62. Nd3 Ne6 63. a4 Kd5 64. Na5 Nc7
65. Nb3 Kc6 66. Kc4 Kb6 67. Nbc5 Ka7 68. Ne5 Kb6 69. Ned7+ Ka7 70. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 O-O 8. e5
Ne8 9. f4 cxd4 10. cxd4 b6 11. Nf3 Ba6 (11... d5) 12. Bd3 f5 13. d5 (13. Qa4
Bb7 14. O-O) 13... Na5 14. d6 Rc8 15. O-O g6 16. c5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rxc5 18. Be3
Rd5 19. Qa6 Nc6 20. Rfc1 Ng7 21. Rxc6 Ra5 (21... dxc6 22. Qxa7 c5) 22. Qxa5
bxa5 23. Rc7 h6 24. Rb1 Ne8 25. Rxa7 g5 26. Bb6 Qb8 27. Rxd7 Qc8 28. Re7 Qc2
29. Rf1 Qc6 30. Bf2 Ng7 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. Nxg5 Qd5 33. Nf3 f4 34. Rc7 Nf5 35.
Rb1 Ne3 36. h3 Qd3 37. Rbc1 Nd5 38. R7c6 Ne3 39. R6c3 Qb5 40. Bxe3 fxe3 41.
Rxe3 Qb6 42. Rcc3 Kg7 43. Kh2 Kh6 44. Re4 Qb2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. f3 Qc7 (11... Rc8) 12. Rac1 Rfb8 13. Rfd1 Qd8 14.
a4 Rc8 15. b3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Be6 17. f4 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f5 gxf5 20. Qg5+
Kh8 21. exf5 f6 22. Qh5 Bg8 23. Kh1 Ne5 24. Bf3 Rab8 25. Bd5 Qb6 26. Bxg8 Rxg8
27. Nd5 Qf2 (27... Qxb3 28. Nxe7 Rg5) 28. Qh3 Rg7 29. Rf1 Qb2 30. Nf4 Rbg8 31.
Rce1 Qd2 32. Re2 Qb4 33. Ng6+ Nxg6 34. fxg6 Qc5 35. Re4 Qc8 36. Rf5 Qe8 37.
gxh7 Rxh7 38. Rh4 Rgg7 (38... Rxh4 39. Qxh4+ Kg7 40. Qe4 b6) 39. Rfh5 Qg8 40.
Qd7 Rxh5 41. Rxh5+ Rh7 42. Rxh7+ Qxh7 43. Qe8+ Qg8 44. Qxe7 Qg5 45. Qe1 Qf4 46.
h3 b6 47. Qg1 b5 48. cxb5 axb5 49. axb5 d5 50. b6 d4 51. b7 d3 52. Qd1 d2 53.
Qxd2 Qxd2 54. b8=Q+ Kg7 55. b4 f5 56. b5 f4 57. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 Ne8 8. h3 Nd7
9. Qe2 a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. Bd2 Nc7 12. Nd1 (12. O-O) 12... b6 13. Ne3 Nf6 14. g4
g6 15. Rg1 Bd7 16. Nf1 b5 17. b3 bxa4 18. bxa4 Rb2 19. Ne3 Nce8 20. Nd1 Rb7 21.
a5 Ng7 22. Qe3 Rb3 23. Bc3 h5 24. g5 Nh7 25. Bc2 Rb7 26. h4 f6 27. gxf6 Nxf6
28. Ng5 (28. Qd3 Ng4 29. Rh1) 28... Ng4 29. Qg3 Bxg5 30. hxg5 Qxg5 31. f3 h4
32. Qg2 h3 33. Qxh3 Ne3 34. Rxg5 Nxc2+ 35. Kd2 Bxh3 36. Kxc2 Kh7 37. Rg3 Bc8
38. Nb2 Nh5 39. Rh1 Rbf7 40. Na4 Rxf3 41. Rxf3 Rxf3 42. Bd2 Rf2 43. Nc3 Kg7 44.
Nd1 Rf7 45. Bg5 Bg4 46. Nc3 Rf2+ 47. Kb3 Kf7 48. Nb5 Rf3+ 49. Ka2 axb5 50. cxb5
Bc8 51. a6 Ke8 52. Rb1 Kd7 53. b6 Bxa6 54. b7 Bc4+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 c5 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. a6 bxa6 13. Rb1 Be6 14. Be3 Re8 15.
Rb6 Qc7 16. Qa4 Bd7 (16... Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bxd4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxd4) 17.
Qb3 Reb8 18. Rb1 Rxb6 19. Bxb6 Qc8 20. Qd1 Bf8 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Na7 23. a4
Qe8 24. Rb4 a5 25. Rc4 (25. Bxa5 Nc8) 25... Nc8 26. Bc7 Be7 27. Qb3 Bd8 28. Nd2
Bg5 29. Nb1 Kg7 30. Nc3 Be7 31. h3 h5 32. Nd1 Bd8 33. Nb2 Bxc7 34. Rxc7 Ne7 (
34... Qd8 35. Qb7 Ra7 36. Rxc8 Rxb7 37. Rxd8 Rxb2 38. Rxd7 Rxe2 39. f3 Ra2) 35.
Qb6 Rb8 (35... Nc8 36. Qb7 Ra7 37. Qb8 Rxc7 38. Qxc7 Bxa4 39. Ba6 Bd7 40. Qxa5
f5 41. Qc7) 36. Qxd6 Nc8 37. Qa3 Rb4 38. Nc4 Qd8 39. Rc5 Rxa4 40. Qb2 f6 41.
Qb7 Rb4 42. Qc7 Qe7 43. Rxa5 Kh6 44. Ra8 Rb1+ 45. Kh2 Qb4 46. Qxd7 Qe1 47. Rxc8
Qxf2 48. Rh8+ Kg5 49. Rxh5+ (49. Rxh5+ gxh5 50. Qf5+ Qxf5 51. exf5 Re1 52. d6)
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Qe7 9. a3 Ba5 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. Bd2 Nc6 (11... Bc6) 12. Rad1 cxd4 13. exd4 Rac8
14. Qd3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Nd5 16. Bd2 Qf6 17. Ng5 Qg6 18. Qh3 h6 19. Bxd5 hxg5 20.
Ba2 Nxd4 21. Qg4 Nf5 (21... Nc2 22. Bc4 Bc6 23. Bxg5 Be4) 22. Bxg5 Bb5 23. Rfe1
Nh6 (23... Rc2 24. h4 Rxb2 25. h5 Qh7 26. Bb1 Bc6) 24. Qf4 Rc5 25. h4 Bc6 26.
b4 Rf5 27. Qg3 Qh5 28. Rd4 Rb5 29. Qf4 e5 (29... Rf5 30. Qg3 Rb5 31. a4) 30.
Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Qxe5 Re8 32. Qf4 Qe2 33. Bc4 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Re4 35. Rd8+ Kh7 (35...
Be8 36. Rxe8+ Rxe8 37. Bxh6) 36. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qb6 4. Qe2 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. d4 cxd4 (9... c4 10. Ba4 Qb4 11. Bxc6 dxc6) 10. Bg5 (10. Rb1 O-O
11. Bf4) 10... Bxg5 11. Nxg5 h6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Rad1 (13. Qd3 Re8 14. Qb3 a6
15. Bc4 Qxb3 16. Bxb3) 13... Re8 14. c3 d6 (14... dxc3 15. Rxd5) 15. cxd4 Bg4
16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. h3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 dxe5 19. dxe5 Qb4 20. Qe3 Re6 21. f4 f6 22.
Kh1 Rf8 23. b3 fxe5 24. fxe5 Rf4 25. f3 Qf8 26. Rde1 Qf7 27. Kh2 d4 28. Qe2 Rh4
29. Qg2 Rg6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. f4 O-O 8. e5
Ne8 (8... Nd5 9. Nxd5 exd5) 9. Nf3 f6 10. Bd3 fxe5 11. fxe5 d6 12. exd6 Nxd6
13. O-O Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. Qe1 Rae8 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Qg3 Qa5 18. Qh3 (18. b4
Qh5 19. b5 Nb8 20. Nd4) 18... g6 19. Rad1 Bc8 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. Ne4 Nxe4 (21...
e5 22. g4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Be6) 22. Bxe4 Rd8 23. Bd2 Qc7 24. Bd3 Rd5 25. Qg4 Ne5 (
25... Bf6) 26. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Qxe5 28. Qf3 Qg7 29. Bh6 Rf5 30. Bxf5 Qxh6
31. Bg4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 c5 (10... f5) 11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxd5 13. Qe2 cxd4
14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bb1 Bb7 16. b4 Ne4 17. Bb2 Rc8 18. Rcd1 Qe8 19. Qf3 Nd6 (19...
f5 20. a3 (20. Nxe6 Nc5) 20... Bf6) 20. Qg3 g6 21. Qe5 f6 22. Qxe6+ Qf7 23.
Qxf7+ Rxf7 24. a3 Nc4 25. Bc1 a6 26. Ba2 b5 27. Nb3 Bf8 28. Na5 Ba8 29. Nxc4
bxc4 30. Bb2 Kg7 31. Bc3 Be4 32. Rd4 Bd3 33. Rd1 a5 34. bxa5 Bxa3 35. Bb1 Be2
36. Re1 Bd3 37. Bxd3 cxd3 38. Rxd3 Bf8 39. g3 Rfc7 40. Bd2 Rc2 41. Rd7+ Kg8 42.
Ra1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
a4 c5 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Rb1 O-O 12. O-O Na5 13. d5 Bxb5 14. axb5 Nc4
15. Qa4 Nb6 16. Qb3 Rc8 17. Qa2 Rc4 18. Qxa7 Rxe4 19. Ng3 Ra4 20. Qxb7 Nxd5 21.
Bb2 Bxb2 22. Rxb2 Qd6 23. Rc1 Kg7 24. Rd2 (24. Qc6) 24... e6 25. Ne2 Rb8 26.
Qc6 Qe5 27. h3 Re4 28. Kf1 Rxb5 29. Ng3 Reb4 30. Re2 Qf4 31. Rce1 Rb2 32. Qc1
Rxe2 33. Nxe2 Qf6 34. Qd2 Rb4 35. Qd3 Qb2 36. Rd1 Nf4 37. Nxf4 Rxf4 38. Qe2 Qf6
39. g3 Rf5 40. h4 Qc3 41. Qe4 Qf6 42. Rd2 Rb5 43. Kg2 Rb2 44. Qd4 Rxd2 45. Qxd2
Qe5 46. f3 Qd5 47. Qc3+ e5 48. Qb2 Qd4 49. Qb7 Qd2+ 50. Kg1 Qc1+ 51. Kg2 Qc2+
52. Kg1 Qf5 53. Kg2 Qc2+ 54. Kg1 Qd1+ 55. Kg2 Qd2+ 56. Kg1 Qd6 57. Kg2 Qe6 58.
Qc7 Qa2+ 59. Kf1 Qd5 60. Ke2 Kf6 61. Qb6+ Ke7 62. Qc7+ Ke6 63. Qb6+ Qd6 64. Qb7
Kf6 65. Qb5 Kg7 66. Kf2 f5 67. Kg2 (67. Ke2) 67... Qd2+ 68. Kh3 (68. Kf1 Qe3
69. Qd7+ Kh6 70. Qd1 e4 71. fxe4 fxe4 72. Kg2) 68... Qe1 69. Kg2 Kh6 70. Qe8
Qe2+ 71. Kg1 Kh5 72. Qe7 h6 73. Qb7 f4 74. gxf4 Kxh4 75. Qg7 Qe1+ 76. Kg2 Qg3+
77. Kf1 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. a3 cxd4 11. axb4 dxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bb2 e5 14. e4 Nb6 15.
Bd3 Bg4 16. Ra5 Nh5 17. g3 Rad8 18. Qe3 f6 19. Rc5 Qd7 20. Be2 (20. Rd1) 20...
Bh3 21. Ra1 (21. Rd1 Qxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Ne1 Rfd8 24. Ba3 R8d3 25. Qe2
R3d2 26. Qe3 Ra2 27. Bc1 Bg4 28. h3 Re2 29. hxg4 Nxg3) 21... Nf4 22. Rca5 Qg4
23. Bc1 Rd6 24. R5a2 Rfd8 25. Ne1 Nxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Rd1 28. f3 Nc4
29. Kf2 R8d3 30. Rc2 Rd7 31. g4 g5 32. Rca2 h5 33. gxh5 Be6 34. Re2 Rh7 35. Ng2
Rxh5 36. h4 gxh4 37. Re1 Rxe1 38. Nxe1 Rh7 39. Nc2 h3 40. Be3 Rd7 41. Re1 Kh7
42. Ke2 Nb2 43. f4 Nd1 44. f5 Bc4+ 45. Kf3 Rd3 46. Rh1 Bb3 47. Rxh3+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Be3
b6 9. Qc2 Ng4 10. Bd2 Bb7 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. h3 Ngf6 13. Be3 Rfe8 14. Rd2 Bf8 15.
Rfd1 Rad8 16. a3 Qb8 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. b4 Be7 19. c5 bxc5 20. bxc5 Bxc5 21.
Rxd7 (21. Bxc5) 21... Nxd7 22. Rxd7 Bxe3 23. Rxd8 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qxd8 25. Na4
Qe7 26. Qc5 Bc8 27. Qxe7 Rxe7 28. Nc5 g6 29. Nd2 Be6 30. Ke3 Kg7 31. Bd3 f6 32.
Ba6 f5 33. Bb7 Kf6 34. Kd3 Rc7 35. Ba6 Bc8 36. Bc4 Ke7 37. Ba2 Kd6 38. Na4 Rd7
39. Kc3 Ba6 40. Nb2 Ke7 41. Bb1 Kf6 42. exf5 gxf5 43. g4 e4 44. Nbc4 (44. gxf5
e3 45. Nf3) 44... Bxc4 45. Nxc4 Re7 46. Kd4 c5+ 47. Ke3 fxg4 48. hxg4 Kg5 49.
Bxe4 Kxg4 50. Kd3 Kf4 51. Ba8 h5 52. a4 h4 53. Nd2 h3 54. Ne4 Re8 55. Bc6 Rc8
56. Bb7 Rb8 57. Bc6 h2 58. Nc3 c4+ 59. Kc2 Ke3 60. Bh1 Rf8 61. Nd1+ Kd4 62. Kd2
Rf1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 Bd7 8. Nge2
a6 9. Nc1 e5 10. Nb3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qb8 12. Be2 b5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nd5 Bd7 15.
Bd4 Qd8 16. O-O bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bb5 18. Rfc1 Bxc4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rxc4 Rb8 21.
Rb1 c5 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. b3 Rb6 24. Rd1 Qe5 25. Rc3 Rc8 26. Qc2 a5 27. Rd5 Qe7
28. h3 a4 29. bxa4 Ra8 30. e5 dxe5 31. Rcxc5 Qh4 (31... Re6) 32. a5 Qe1+ 33.
Kh2 Rb1 34. Rxe5 Qg1+ 35. Kg3 h5 36. h4 Rb4 37. Rc8+ Rxc8 38. Qxc8+ Kg7 39. Qc3
Qd4 40. Qxd4 Rxd4 41. Re4 Rd6 42. Ra4 Ra6 43. Kf4 Kf8 44. g3 f6 45. Ke4 Ke7 46.
Kd5 Kd7 47. Kc5 Kc7 48. Kb5 Rd6 49. Rc4+ Kb7 50. a6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 exd4 8.
Bf4 Nge7 9. Bd6 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Re1 b6 12. h4 (12. Ng5) 12... Bb7 13. h5
Nc8 14. Bg3 Ne5 15. h6 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Bxh6 17. Qxd4 Bg7 18. e5 Bc6 19. Bxc6
dxc6 20. Qc4 Qd5 21. Qxd5 cxd5 22. Red1 Ne7 23. Rd3 h6 24. Rad1 Rac8 25. Nd4
Rc5 26. f4 Rec8 27. Bh4 g5 28. fxg5 Ng6 (28... h5) 29. gxh6 Bxe5 30. Nf3 Bxb2
31. Rxd5 Rc4 32. Bg5 Bc1 33. Bxc1 Rxc1 34. Kf2 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Kh7 36. Rh1 (36.
g4 Rc2+ 37. Kg3 Kxh6 38. Rd7 Rxa2 39. Rxf7 Ra5 40. g5+ Rxg5+) 36... f6 37. a4
Rc2+ 38. Kg3 Ra2 39. Kg4 Ne7 40. Re1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Be2 d6 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qd3 b5 13. Rad1 Ke7 14. a3
Bb7 15. Rd2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rhd8 17. Qd4 (17. Bf3 Kf8 18. Qd4) 17... Qxd4 18.
Rxd4 e5 19. Rb4 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5+ Bxd5 22. c3 f5 23. Kf1 Bc6 24. g3
Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 f4 26. Ke1 (26. gxf4 a5 27. Rb3 Bd5 28. Rxb5 Bc4+) 26... g5 27.
Be2 Rd8 28. a4 a5 29. Rb3 bxa4 30. Rb6 Bd7 31. f3 (31. Bb5) 31... fxg3 32. hxg3
h5 33. Rg6 Rb8 34. Rxg5 Kf6 35. f4 Rxb2 36. Rxe5 a3 37. Bc4 a2 38. Bxa2 Rxa2
39. Rxh5 a4 40. Ra5 Be6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qd3 Qe7 10. a3 Ba5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qc2 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Bd7 14. b4 Na4 (
14... Rac8 15. bxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne5 Bb5 17. Bb2 Bxc4 18. Rfc1 Qe7 19. Nxc4 b5) 15.
Qe5 Nb6 16. Ba2 Bc6 17. Bb2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Rfd8 20. f4 h6 21. f5
Nbd7 22. Qb5 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Nf8 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Bd4 Nd5 26. Qf1 Ng6 27. Qh3
Ngf4 (27... Ndf4 28. Qg4 h5 29. Qf3 Rxd4 30. exd4 Ne2+ 31. Qxe2 Qg5+) 28. Qg4
h5 29. Qf3 Nd3 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. Qxh5 Rf5 32. Qe2 Ne5 33. f4 Nc6 34. Bb2 Qf7 35.
Bb1 Rh5 36. Rf2 Nce7 37. Rg2 Nf5 38. Bxf5 Qxf5 39. e4 Nxf4 40. exf5 Nxe2+ 41.
Rxe2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1961.01.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. O-O d5 8. exd6
O-O 9. dxc7 Qf6 (9... Qxc7) 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Nc3 Rfe8
14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bg5 Bxf3 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Bxc7 19. Rc1
Bb6 (19... Re6 20. Bd2) 20. Rxc6 Bxd4 21. Be3 Bxb2 22. Bxa7 Re1+ 23. Kg2 Kf8
24. Rc7 Ke8 25. Be3 Rd1 26. a4 Bd4 27. Bg5 (27. a5 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Ra1) 27... h6
28. Bc1 Bb6 29. Rc2 Rd5 30. Rb2 Bc7 31. Be3 Kd7 32. Rb5 Rd3 33. Rb4 h5 (33...
Ra3) 34. Rd4+ Rxd4 35. Bxd4 g6 36. Bc3 Kc6 37. h3 Kc5 38. Kf1 Kc4 39. Bd2 Bd8
40. Ke2 g5 41. f4 g4 (41... g4 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. a5 Kb5 44. Ke3 Bxa5 (44... f5
45. Kd4) 45. Bxa5 Kxa5 46. Ke4) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kots, Yury"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. d3 Qd7 10. Nbd2 (10. Bxc6 Qxc6) 10... g5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nf1 h5 13. N3h2
hxg4 14. hxg4 O-O-O 15. Bxc6 (15. Qe2 Rh3 16. f3 Rdh8) 15... Qxc6 16. Bxg5 Qd7
17. Be3 Nxg4 (17... d5 18. f3 Rh3) 18. Qxg4 (18. Nxg4 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. f3
Rdg8 21. Nfh2 Bh4 22. Bf2 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qe7) 18... f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Qe2 (
20. Qf3 Rdg8+ 21. Ng3 Bxd3) 20... Rdg8+ 21. Ng3 Bh4 22. Qf3 (22. Nhf1 Qc6 23.
Rad1 Bxg3 24. Nxg3 Rh1#) 22... Bxd3 23. Bd2 Bxg3 24. Qxd3 Qh3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bf6 9. Ne4 O-O 10. d3 Be7 11. a3 Nb6 12. b4 Bg4 13. c3 a6 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Nc5 Rb8 16. Bb2 Bd6 17. Qb3 Nd7 18. d4 Re8 19. Re3 exd4 (19... Bxc5 20. bxc5 b6
21. cxb6 Nxb6 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Nd7 24. Qc2 Nxe5) 20. cxd4 Rxe3 21. Qxe3
a5 (21... Nb6 22. Nxb7 Rxb7 23. Qe4) 22. b5 Ne7 23. Re1 Nd5 24. Qb3 N5f6 25.
Nd3 Nb6 26. Nfe5 a4 27. Qc2 Bg6 28. Nxg6 hxg6 29. Ne5 Nbd5 (29... Qe8 30. Qe2
Qe6) 30. Qxa4 b6 31. Nd3 (31. Qb3) 31... Bf8 32. Ne5 Qd6 33. Nc6 Re8 34. Re5
Ne7 35. Qc4 Nf5 36. Rxe8 Nxe8 37. Ne5 Qe7 38. Nxf7 Qe1+ 39. Bf1 Nxg3 40. Ne5+
Kh7 41. fxg3 Qxg3+ 42. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. g3 Bc5 11. Na4 Bf8 12. Bg2 d6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Be3 Ne5 15.
Bd4 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Nac3 g6 18. b3 Nh5 19. Qd2 f5 20. f4 Nf7 21. Bf2 Bg7 22.
Nd4 Rc8 23. b4 Qf6 24. Rac1 g5 25. Nce2 gxf4 26. gxf4 Qg6 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Kh1
Qh6 29. Ne6 (29. Rc1) 29... Bxe6 30. dxe6 Qxe6 31. Nd4 Qd7 32. Bh3 Nh6 33. Nxf5
Nxf5 34. Qd5+ Kh8 35. Bxf5 Qc7 36. Qf3 Qf7 37. Be4 b6 38. Bh4 Rf8 39. Qd3 (39.
f5 Nf6 40. Bc6) 39... Nxf4 40. Qxd6 Qc4 41. Bg2 Ng6 42. Rxf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O
Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. f4 f5 (11... Qa5) 12. Kh2 Kh8 13. exf5 gxf5
14. c3 dxc3 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Be3 Nc5 (16... Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Qxc3 18. Rc1 Qg7 19.
Rc7) 17. Bd4 e5 18. Be3 Be6 19. Rb1 Rad8 20. d4 Ne4 21. Rxb7 Qxa2 22. Rb4 Bd5
23. Rg1 Ba8 24. Ra4 Qb2 25. Rb4 Qa2 26. Ra4 Qb2 27. Rxa7 Nxc3 28. Nxc3 Qxc3 29.
Qh5 exd4 (29... Qxe3 30. Qg5 Rg8 31. Rxg7 e4) 30. Rxg7 (30. Rxg7 Kxg7 31. Rc1
Qxc1 32. Bxd4+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Ba6 7. b3 c6 8.
Bg2 d5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. Na3 Qe7 13. Qb2 c5 14. Nb5 Nb8
15. Ne5 dxc4 16. bxc4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. a5 Nbd7 20. Nxd7 Nxd7
21. axb6 axb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 f6 6. e4 d4 7. Nh4 Be6 8. f4 Qd7
9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. a4 (10. f5 Bf7 11. Bf3) 10... Bd6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bd2 Nge7 13.
f5 Bxc4 14. dxc4 Ba5 15. Rf2 (15. Bc1) 15... Bxd2 16. Rxd2 Kb8 17. Qf3 Qc7 18.
Bf1 Nc8 19. g4 Nd6 20. Rg2 Qf7 21. Qe2 g6 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Nf3 g5 24. Rf2 Qe6
25. Ne1 Rh6 26. b3 Qe7 27. Nd3 Ne8 28. Bg2 Nc7 29. Re1 Ne6 30. Rf5 Rdh8 31. h3
Nb4 32. Ref1 Nxd3 33. Qxd3 Nf4 34. R1xf4 gxf4 35. Kf2 Qc7 36. Qd2 Rg8 37. Ke2
Rg5 38. Rxg5 fxg5 39. Kf3 Qb6 40. Bf1 Qb4 41. Qxb4 cxb4 42. Kg2 d3 43. Bxd3 Kc7
44. Bf1 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 a5 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 a4 12. Bc2 Nb4 13. d5 Nd7 14. Na3 Bf6 (14...
Nxc2 15. Qxc2 b4 16. Nb5 Ne5) 15. Nxb5 Nc5 16. Nbd4 Ba6 17. Re3 Nxc2 18. Qxc2
Re8 19. Nc6 Qd7 20. e5 Be7 21. Bd2 Bf8 22. Bb4 h6 23. Rd1 Bb7 24. Nfd4 Ra6 25.
Bxc5 dxc5 26. e6 fxe6 (26... Qxd5 27. Re5 Qxa2 28. e7 cxd4 29. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 30.
Nb4 Qb3 31. Qxb3 axb3 32. Nxa6 Bxa6 33. Rxd4) 27. Ne5 Qd6 (27... Qxd5 28. Ndf3
Qxa2 29. Ra3) 28. Nxe6 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Qxe6 30. Ng6 Qf7 31. Rxe8 Qxe8 32. Nxf8
Kxf8 33. Qxc5+ Kg8 34. Qxc7 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qxf2 36. Qc4 Kh7 37. Qe4+ (37. Qxa6
Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qe3+ 39. Kf1 Qf4+ 40. Ke2 Qe4+ 41. Kd2 Qxg2+ 42. Qe2 Qxd5+ 43.
Qd3+ Qxd3+ 44. Kxd3 g5) 37... Rg6 38. Rb5 Qg3+ 39. Kh1 Qf2 40. Rb4 a3 41. bxa3
Qf1+ 42. Kh2 Qf6 43. Qb1 h5 44. Rb5 Qf4+ 45. Kh1 Kh6 46. Qd1 Rg5 47. a4 Rf5 48.
Rb3 (48. Rxf5 Qxf5 49. Qd2+ Kg6 50. Qd6+ Kh7 51. Qc7) 48... Rc5 49. Rb6+ g6 50.
Rb1 Rc3 51. a5 Ra3 52. Qd5 Qc7 53. Qd2+ Kh7 54. Rc1 Qxa5 55. Qd6 (55. Qd7+ Kh6
56. Qd6 Rxa2 57. Qf4+ Kg7 58. Rc7+) 55... Rc3 56. Qd7+ Kg8 57. Rd1 Qe5 58. a4
Re3 59. Qc8+ Kg7 60. Qb7+ Kh6 61. Qb4 Re2 62. a5 Ra2 63. Qf8+ Kg5 64. h4+ Kxh4
65. Qd8+ Kg4 66. Qg8 Ra1 67. Qxg6+ Kh4 68. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 69. Kh2 Qh1+ 70. Kxh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 c6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bh5 10. O-O-O Nf8 11. h3 Ne6 12. g4 Nxg5 13. Nxg5 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6
15. Kb1 Bb4 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. Nf4 Bd6 18. Nd3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Qe2 O-O-O 21.
f3 Qe7 22. e4 dxe4 23. fxe4 Bc7 24. Nc5 Bb6 25. Nb3 a5 26. Qc2 Rhe8 27. Rhe1 a4
28. Nc1 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Bxd4 30. Qxa4 Rd8 31. Nb3 Be5 32. a3 Kb8 33. Rc1 Bd4 34.
Ka2 Bb6 35. Rc4 Qg5 36. Qb4 Kc7 37. a4 Qe5 38. a5 Be3 39. a6 b6 40. Rc3 Bg5 41.
Qc4 Qe6 42. Qxe6 (42. Qa4 Bf6 43. Rc4) 42... fxe6 43. Rf3 Ra8 44. Rf7+ Kd6 45.
Rxg7 (45. a7 Be3 46. h4 b5 47. Rxg7 Rxa7+ 48. Rxa7 Bxa7 49. Na5 Be3 50. b4)
45... Rxa6+ 46. Kb1 Ra4 47. Rxg6 Bf4 48. Nc1 Rxe4 49. Nd3 Bg3 50. Rg8 Re2 51.
g5 Rg2 52. Rh8 (52. g6 Bh4 53. Nf4) 52... c5 53. g6 Bh2 54. Rg8 Ke7 55. h4 e5
56. h5 e4 57. Ne1 (57. h6 exd3 58. h7 Be5 59. g7 Rxg7 60. h8=Q Rg1+ 61. Rxg1
Bxh8 62. b3) 57... Rg1 58. h6 Be5 59. g7 Rxe1+ 60. Kc2 Bxg7 61. hxg7 Rg1 62.
Rb8 Rxg7 63. Rxb6 Rg2+ 64. Kc3 e3 65. Kd3 e2 66. Kd2 Kd7 67. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. c4 c6 8. Na3
Nbd7 9. Rc1 a5 10. b5 a4 11. d3 e5 12. bxc6 (12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qe7 14. Bb2
Qxe2) 12... bxc6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc2 e4 15. dxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Ba3 Re8
18. Ne3 Ne5 19. Nxg4 Nexg4 20. Nc4 e3 21. f3 Nf2 22. Qxa4 Nd5 23. f4 Nc3 24.
Qc2 Qd4 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Rec8 27. Bf3 Qd2 28. Kg2 Qd7 29. Bd6 Nce4 30. e6
(30. Bxb8 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 Nxg3 33. hxg3 Ng4 34. Bxg4 Qxg3+ 35. Kh1
Qh4+ 36. Kg2 Qxg4+ 37. Kh2) 30... Qxe6 31. Bxb8 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 g5 33. Kg1 (33.
Ba7 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 Nxg3) 33... Nd2 34. Rfc1 Nxf3+ 35. exf3 Nd3 36. Rc6 Qxa2 37.
R6c2 Qa4 38. Rc8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5
dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. exf6 Qe5+ 11. Ne4 Qxe4+ 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Qd2 h6 14. Be3 Bb7
15. Ng3 Qe5 16. fxg7 Bxg7 17. Bd3 Nb4 18. O-O Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Rd8 20. Qe2 h5 (
20... Qxb2 21. Qf2 f5 22. Nxf5 O-O 23. Ne7+ Kh7 24. Qg3 Qxc2) 21. Rae1 (21. Qf2
Qxe3 22. Qxe3 Bd4 23. Qxd4 Rxd4) 21... h4 22. Qf2 Rd7 23. Ne2 h3 24. gxh3 Rxh3
25. Ng3 Qd5 26. Bb6 Be5 27. Rxe5 Qxe5 28. Re1 Qg5 29. Be3 Qg4 30. Rf1 f5 31.
Bf4 Rd1 32. c3 Rh4 33. Bc7 f4 34. Qxf4 Qxf4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qd5
8. c4 Qd6 9. Nxa7+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Nb5 (11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qe5+ Kf7 13. Nb5
) 11... Nf6 12. O-O c6 13. Nc3 Bc5 14. d4 exd3 15. Re1+ Kf7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17.
Rxe3 Rad8 18. Qf3 (18. Qd2 Rhe8 19. Rae1 Rxe3 20. Rxe3 Qd4 21. b3 Qxc3 22. Qxc3
d2) 18... Rhe8 19. Ne4 Qd4 20. Nxf6 Rxe3 21. fxe3 Qxf6 22. Kf2 Ke6 23. Qxf6+
gxf6 24. Ke1 Rg8 (24... h5 25. Kd2 h4) 25. g3 Rg5 26. Rd1 Rh5 27. h4 Rf5 28.
Rxd3 Rf3 29. g4 Rh3 30. h5 Rg3 31. Rb3 Rxg4 32. Rxb7 Rxc4 33. Rxh7 Rc2 34. h6
Rxb2 35. Ra7 Rh2 36. h7 c5 37. a4 Kd5 38. Rf7 (38. Rc7 Kd6 39. Rf7 Ke6 40. Rb7
c4 41. a5) 38... c4 39. a5 c3 40. Kd1 Kc4 41. a6 c2+ 42. Kc1 Kb3 43. Rb7+ Kc3
44. Rc7+ Kb3 45. a7 Rh1+ 46. Kd2 Rd1+ 47. Ke2 Rd8 48. e4 Kb2 49. Rb7+ Kc3 50.
Rb8 c1=Q 51. Rxd8 Qh1 52. Rc8+ Kb3 (52... Kb3 53. h8=Q (53. a8=Q Qg2+ 54. Ke3
Qg3+ 55. Kd4 Qe5+) 53... Qg2+ 54. Ke3 Qg3+ 55. Kd4 Qe5+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. b4
O-O 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. b5 a6 14. bxa6 Bxa6
15. e4 Qd6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qe2 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Nf3 g6 5. d5 Bg7 6. Nd4 Bd7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2
e6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. f3 c5 13. Nb3 a6 14. a4 b6 15. Nd2
Bc8 16. Nc4 Ra7 17. O-O Rb7 18. Kh1 (18. Qc2) 18... g5 19. Bf2 Ree7 20. Bg3
Rbd7 21. f4 (21. Qb3) 21... Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Bd3 Rd4 25.
Qf3 Bb7 26. Qf5 Bxd5 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Ne3 Bb7 (28... Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Be6 30. Rae1
Kg8) 29. Nf5 Qf6 30. Nxd4 Qxd4 31. Rad1 Qxb2 32. Rf2 Qd4 33. Bc2 Qc3 34. Bf5
Qb3 35. Rdf1 Rd8 36. Bc2 Qd5 (36... Qe6 37. Bg6 f6 38. Re2 Qxe2 39. Rxf6+ Bxf6
40. Qf7#) 37. Bg6 Rd7 38. Bxd6+ Ke8 39. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 Nxg3 12. fxg3 g4 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. O-O Qxe3+
15. Kh1 Nd7 (15... O-O 16. Bh7+ Kg7 17. Rxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qg6+ Ke7 19. Qg7+ Rf7
20. Ng6+) 16. Rf4 Rg8 17. Raf1 O-O-O 18. R1f2 Qe1+ 19. Rf1 Qe3 20. Rxf7 Rdf8
21. Qe2 Qxe2 22. Bxe2 h5 23. Kg1 Be4 24. Rxf8+ Nxf8 (24... Rxf8 25. Rxf8+ Nxf8
26. h3 c5) 25. Kf2 Ng6 26. Ke3 Bc6 27. Rf6 Nxh4 28. gxh4 g3 (28... Bxg2) 29.
hxg3 Rxg3+ 30. Kf4 Rxg2 31. Bxh5 Rxa2 32. Rxe6 a5 (32... Rf2+ 33. Kg5 Rg2+ 34.
Kf4 Rf2+) 33. Bg4 Kd8 34. h5 Rh2 (34... Bd7 35. Rg6 Bxg4 36. Kxg4 Rh2 37. h6 a4
) 35. h6 Bd7 36. Kg3 Rh1 37. Bf3 Rg1+ (37... Bxe6 38. Bxh1 Bg8 39. Be4 a4 40.
h7 Bxh7 41. Bxh7 a3 42. Bb1) 38. Bg2 Rc1 39. h7 Rxc3+ 40. Kh2 Bxe6 41. h8=Q+
Ke7 42. d5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. c3
d3 9. a4 Bd7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Bg5 h6 (
14... Qxe4 15. Qxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Nc5 17. Bxd6 cxd6) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. f4 Qc6
17. Nd2 (17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. fxe5 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Qxe5 21. Qxd7+ Kg6)
17... O-O 18. Nf3 b4 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Be7 21. Nd4 Qb6 22. Kh1 bxc3 23. bxc3
c5 24. Bc2 g6 25. Rb1 Qd8 26. e6 Bxe6 27. Nxe6 Qxd3 28. Bxd3 fxe6 29. Bc4 Rf6
30. g3 Kf7 31. Rb6 h5 32. Kg2 Bf8 33. Rc6 g5 34. h3 h4 35. Bb3 Be7 36. Bc4 Bd8
37. gxh4 gxh4 38. Rxc5 Bb6 39. Re5 Ke7 40. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Rfc1
Rac8 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 Qxc5 17. Rxc5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Kf1 Rb8 (19...
f6 20. Be3 Rfd8) 20. b3 Rb5 21. Rac1 Rfb8 22. Bf4 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Rc8 24. Ke1 Kf8
25. Ra5 Ra8 26. Ra6 Bd5 27. Kd2 Ke7 28. Kc3 Kd7 29. Kd4 f6 30. Kc5 g5 31. Be3
Kc7 32. g4 Kb7 33. Ra4 Rd8 34. Kb4 a6 35. Ka5 c5 36. Bxc5 Kc6 37. Be7 Rb8 38.
Rd4 Re8 (38... Rb5+ 39. Ka4 (39. Kxa6 Rb8) 39... Rb7 40. Bxf6 Rf7 41. Bxg5 Rxf2
) 39. Bxf6 Rf8 40. Bxg5 Rxf2 41. Rd2 Rxh2 42. Kxa6 Rg2 43. Bf4 e3 44. Rc2+ Kd7
45. g5 Be4 46. Rb2 Kc6 47. Bxe3 Bd3+ 48. Ka5 Kb7 49. a4 Rxe2 50. Rxe2 Bxe2 51.
b4 Bd1 52. b5 Be2 53. Kb4 Kc7 54. Kc5 Bf1 55. a5 Kb7 56. a6+ Ka7 57. Kc6+ Kb8
58. Kb6 Bg2 59. Ka5 Kc7 60. Bf4+ Kc8 61. b6 Bf3 62. Kb4 Bg2 63. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. a3
Bd7 9. b4 Re8 10. g3 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Bg2 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15. Qd3
cxd5 16. exd5 Qb8 17. Kh1 h6 18. Bg1 h5 19. Ra2 h4 20. gxh4 Qb7 (20... Bf5 21.
Qxb5 Nfxd5 22. Qxb8 Rexb8) 21. f4 e4 (21... Nf5 22. fxe5 dxe5) 22. Nxe4 Nxe4
23. Bxe4 Nf5 24. Ng3 Nxg3+ 25. hxg3 Rac8 26. Rc2 Rc4 27. Rxc4 bxc4 28. Qf3 Qc8
(28... Bh3 29. Rf2 f5 30. Bb1 Bg4) 29. Rc1 (29. f5) 29... Bg4 30. Qg2 c3 31.
Bd3 Qa8 32. b5 (32. Ra1 c2) 32... Qxa3 33. Rb1 c2 (33... Bf3 34. Qxf3 c2 35.
Rf1 c1=Q 36. Rxc1 Qxc1) 34. Qxc2 (34. Bxc2 Bf3) 34... Rc8 35. Qb3 Qa5 36. Be4
Rc3 37. Qb4 Qa2 38. Rb2 Qa1 39. Rb1 Qa2 40. Rb2 Qa1 41. Rb1 (41. Rb1 Qa2) (41.
Kh2 Rxg3 42. Kxg3 Bxb2 43. Be3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A27"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. d5 exf3 6. dxc6 fxg2 7. cxd7+ Qxd7 8.
Qxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxg2 c6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Be3 Be6 12. b3 Bd6 13. Rad1 Be5 14. Bd4
Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Rd8 16. e3 Ke7 17. Ne2 g6 18. Nf4 Bf7 19. Rfd1 Nd7 20. Kf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Be7 8.
dxe5 Nxe4 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Bg4 11. Bc3 d5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qd3 c5 14. Ba5 c4
15. Qe3 Qd7 16. Nd4 O-O 17. e6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ (18. Nxe6 Rf7 19. Nxc7 Rb8 20.
Qe5 Rf5 21. Qe6+ Qxe6 22. Nxe6 Rf6 23. Nd4 Rxb2 24. Bc3) 18... Qxe6 19. Nxe6
Rfc8 20. Rae1 (20. Nxc7 Bd8 21. Nxa8 Bxa5 22. b4 Bd8) 20... Bd6 21. Bc3 Bg6 22.
f4 Bxc2 23. f5 Re8 24. g4 Re7 25. g5 Rae8 (25... Be4 26. Bd4 c6) 26. f6 gxf6
27. gxf6 Rd7 28. f7+ Rxf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Ng5+ Kf8 31. Bg7+ Kxg7 32. Rxe8 a5
33. Kf2 a4 34. a3 Kf6 35. Nf3 c5 36. Rd8 Ke6 37. Re8+ Kd7 38. Re2 Bf5 39. h4
Kc6 40. Ne5+ Kb5 41. Nf7 Bh2 42. Kg2 Bc7 43. Re7 Kc6 44. Ne5+ Kd6 45. Rf7 Be4+
46. Kf2 Ba5 47. Ra7 Bd2 (47... c3 48. bxc3 Bxc3) 48. Nf7+ Kc6 49. Ra6+ Kb7 50.
Rxa4 Bf4 51. Nd8+ Kb6 52. Ne6 Be5 53. Ra8 Bf5 54. Re8 Bxb2 55. Rb8+ Ka5 56. Nc7
c3 57. Nxd5 c2 58. a4 Kxa4 (58... c1=Q 59. Ra8#) 59. Nb6+ Kb3 60. Nd5+ Ka2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. c4 e5 8.
O-O Bc5 9. Nd2 Qh4 (9... Nf6 10. Qa4 Qc7) 10. Qa4 Rb8 11. a3 Nf6 12. Nf3 Qh5
13. b4 Bb6 14. c5 Bc7 15. Bb2 (15. Bg5) 15... O-O 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Rad1 Qg4 18.
h3 Qh5 19. Rfe1 a5 20. Bc3 g5 (20... d5 21. cxd6 Bxd6 22. Ba6 axb4 23. Bxc8
Rbxc8 24. Rxd6 bxc3 25. Qxc3 c5) 21. Be2 Qg6 22. Qb2 axb4 23. axb4 g4 24. Nxe5
Bxe5 25. Bxe5 gxh3 26. Bf3 Rxb4 27. Qxb4 Rxe5 28. Qb8 Rg5 29. g3 Kg7 30. Kh2
Ba6 31. Rd6 Rxc5 32. Qb2 Rb5 33. Qc3 Qg5 34. e5 Ng4+ 35. Bxg4 Kf8 36. e6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f4 d6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Kh1 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. b4 (13. Rae1 Nc5 14. e5
dxe5 15. fxe5 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Nd7 17. Qg3) 13... Nb6 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nfd7
16. Rae1 Rad8 17. Rf4 (17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Re3 Nxe5 20. Rh3 f6 21.
Nxe6 Bxg2+ 22. Kg1 Bxh3 23. Nxc7 Bg4 24. Qh4 Rxd2) (17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh3 Nxe5 19.
Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kg7) 17... Nc4 18. Ndxb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qc6 (19... Qxe5 20.
Bxc4) 20. Bxc4 Nxe5 21. Bc3 Nxc4 22. Rg4 e5 23. Qxc4 h5 24. Rge4 Qg6 25. R4e2
Bd5 26. Qc7 (26. Qd3 Qc6 27. Qg3 h4 28. Qxe5 Bf6 29. Qe3 Qxb5 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31.
Qf4) 26... Bh4 27. Rg1 Rc8 28. Qxe5 Bc4 29. Re4 (29. Nd6 Bxe2 30. Nxc8 Rxc8)
29... Bf6 30. Qf4 Bg5 31. Qe5 Bxb5 32. Qxg7+ Qxg7 33. Bxg7 Rfe8 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8
35. Bd4 Re2 36. h3 Rxc2 37. Re1 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 Na6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. a4 O-O 10. Bg5 Nc7 11. Qd3 h6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bd2 Na6 14. Qe2 Nb4
15. Rac1 e6 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. Nb5 Rfc8 (17... Nd5 18. Rce1 Ndf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4
20. Qe3 g5) 18. Nfd4 cxd4 19. Bxb4 Rc4 20. Bxd6 a6 21. Na3 (21. Nc7 Qxd6 22.
Nxa8 Rc8) 21... d3 22. Qf3 d2 (22... Rxa4 23. e5 d2 24. Qxb7 Rd8 25. Rcd1 Bxe5
26. Bxe5 Qxe5) 23. Rcd1 Rxe4 24. Rxd2 Bxb2 25. Qb3 Rd8 26. Qxb2 Rxd6 27. Rxd6
Qxd6 28. Qxb7 Rxa4 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. Nc4 Qd4 31. Ne3 Nf6 32. g3 Ne4 33. Qg4 Qe5
34. Qe2 Rd4 35. Qxa6 Nd2 36. Rd1 Nf3+ 37. Kg2 Rxd1 38. Nxd1 Qe4 39. Ne3 Nd4+
40. Kg1 Nf3+ 41. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bb5
Qa5 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Nge2 Ne5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Nxc3 f6 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Ne4 Qd8
15. Qd2 Re8 16. f3 f5 17. Nf2 Bd7 18. Rfc1 b5 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qb6 21. h4
a5 22. a3 c4 23. Qd2 Rac8 24. Kf2 Rc7 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. exd4 Bc8 27. Bxd6 Rd7
28. Bc5 Rxd5 29. a4 b4 30. Rxc4 f4 31. Rcc1 Bd7 32. Re1 Rh5 33. Rxe8+ Bxe8 34.
Re1 Bxa4 35. Ra1 Bc6 36. Rxa5 b3 37. Ra3 Bd5 38. Bd6 Rh6 39. Bxf4 Rc6 40. Ra8+
Kf7 41. Ra7+ Ke6 42. Rxg7 (42. Rxg7 Rc2+ 43. Ke3 Rxb2 44. Rg8 Rc2 45. Rb8 Rxg2
46. Rb6+ Kf7 47. Bd6 Rg6 48. Kd3 Rh6 49. Bc7 Rxb6 50. Bxb6 Bxf3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Bf3 d6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 Ne5 13. Bg5 (13. Nxb4 d5) 13...
Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Be7 15. Bd2 a5 16. Qd3 O-O 17. c3 d5 18. Nb5 (18. e5 bxc3 19.
Nxc3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4) 18... Qc6 19. cxb4 dxe4 20. Qf1 (20. Qe2 Qc2 21. Qd1)
20... Qc2 21. Bc3 Qxa4 22. b3 Qxb3 23. Reb1 Qc2 24. bxa5 Ba6 25. Qe1 Nd5 26.
Nd4 Qd3 27. Nc6 Bd6 28. Ne5 Qe2 29. Qxe2 Bxe2 30. Nd7 Bc4 31. Bd4 (31. Nxf8
Bxa2 32. Rxa2 Nxc3) 31... Rfc8 32. Nb6 Nxb6 33. Rxb6 Bc7 34. Rc6 Bxa2 35. Rxa2
Bxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Rxc6 37. Rb2 Rc4 38. Be3 f5 39. Bb6 Ra4 40. Rb5 Kf7 41. Rc5 Kf6
42. g3 g5 43. Rc7 R8xa5 44. Bxa5 Rxa5 45. Rxh7 e3 46. fxe3 Ra2+ 47. Kg1 Re2 48.
Ra7 Rxe3 49. Kf2 f4 50. gxf4 gxf4 51. Ra5 e5 52. Ra8 Kf5 53. Ra7 Rd3 54. Ke2
Ke4 55. Ra4+ Rd4 56. Ra3 f3+ 57. Kf2 Rd2+ 58. Ke1 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8.
Qf3 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. dxc5 Nbd7 11. cxd5 (11. cxb6 Bxc4 12. bxa7 Bxe2 13. Qxe2
Rxa7) 11... Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nxc5 13. b4 Nb3 14. Rb1 Nxc1 15. Rxc1 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 c6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O
b5 9. Bh6 bxc4 (9... Qa5 10. h4 b4 11. Nb1 c5) 10. h4 d5 11. h5 Bxh6 12. Qxh6
g5 13. Nh3 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Kh8 15. Rg1 Rg8 16. e5 Ne8 17. h4 Nc7 18. Rxg5 (18.
hxg5 Qf8 19. Qxf8 Rxf8 20. Bh3) 18... Ne6 19. Rxg8+ Qxg8 20. Bh3 Nd7 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Ne2 Qf8 23. Qxe6 Qxf3 24. Nc3 Qe3+ 25. Rd2 Rg8 26. Qxd7 Rg2 27. Qe8+
Kg7 28. Qxe7+ Kg8 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. h6+ Kxh6 31. Qf8+ Kh5 32. Qf5+ Kh6 33. Ne2
Rf2 (33... Rxe2 34. Qg5+) 34. Qg4 c5 35. Qg5+ Qxg5 36. hxg5+ Kxg5 37. dxc5 h5
38. c6 h4 39. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 Qc7 8.
Qf3 g6 9. O-O-O Bg7 10. Be2 h6 11. Bh4 e5 12. Ndb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qa5 14. Nxd6+
Kf8 15. Bc4 (15. Qb3 Qxa2 16. Qxa2 Rxa2 17. Nxc8 exf4) 15... exf4 16. Nxf7 Qc7
17. Bb3 (17. Nxh8 Bxh8) 17... Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Rd8+ Ne8 20. c3 g5 (20...
Bf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Rhd1 Bg4 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxg4 Rxe4) 21. Qh5 Qe7 22.
Bf2 Bg4 23. Rxe8+ (23. Qxe8+ Qxe8 24. Bc5#) 23... Rxe8 24. Qxg4 Be5 25. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nge2 e6 8. Ng3 h6
9. Bd2 exd5 10. exd5 Ng4 11. Be2 Qh4 12. Qb3 f5 13. Bxg4 fxg4 14. Nce4 Nd7 15.
O-O-O (15. Nxd6 Qe7+ 16. Nde4 Nf6 17. Qe3 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qf6) 15... Qe7 16. Rhe1
Ne5 17. Bc3 Rb8 18. Qc2 Bd7 19. Kb1 b5 20. cxb5 Bxb5 (20... Rxb5) 21. Nxc5 Rfc8
(21... dxc5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Qxg6+ Qg7 24. Qe6+) 22. Ne6 (22. Bxe5 Rxc5 23.
Qxc5 Bd3+ 24. Ka1 dxc5 25. Bxb8 Qb7 26. Be5 Qxd5) 22... Bd3 23. Rxd3 Nxd3 24.
Nxg7 (24. Qxd3 Rxc3 25. Qxg6 Rxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Qb7+ 27. Ka1 Rc1#) 24... Qxe1+ 25.
Bxe1 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Qc2 c5 14. dxc5 d5
15. e5 Bg6 16. Qc3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nd4 Qd5 19. Nb3 a5 20. Be3 Qd3 21.
Rac1 Red8 22. Nd4 Rd5 23. Ne2 Qxc3 24. Rxc3 Rxe5 25. Rd1 Bf6 26. Ra3 Ree8 27.
b3 Bf5 28. Ra4 h5 29. Nf4 h4 30. Nd5 Be5 31. Bf4 Bxf4 32. Nxf4 Kf8 33. Rd5 g6
34. c6 Ra6 35. Rc5 Rd8 36. Nd5 Rd6 37. Raxa5 Rxa5 38. Rxa5 Rxc6 39. Kf1 Ke8 40.
Ke2 Kd7 41. Kd2 Rd6 42. Kc1 Re6 43. a4 Re5 44. Nb6+ Ke6 45. Rxe5+ Kxe5 46. Nc4+
Kd4 47. Kd2 Be6 48. a5 f5 (48... Bc8 49. Na3 Ba6) 49. a6 f4 50. a7 Bd5 51. Ke2
g5 52. g3 hxg3 (52... g4 53. gxf4 gxh3 54. Ne3 h2 55. Nxd5 h1=Q 56. a8=Q Qf3+)
53. fxg3 e3 54. gxf4 gxf4 55. Nxe3 fxe3 56. h4 Bb7 57. h5 Ke5 58. b4 Kf5 59.
Kxe3 Bc6 60. Kd4 Kf6 61. h6 Kg6 62. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nd2 Nf4 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bg4 Nf6 14. Bxc8 Qxc8 15. f3
Kh8 16. a3 b6 17. b4 h5 18. Bf2 Bh6 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Ne2 Ne8 21. Ng3 Ng7 22.
Qc2 g4 23. Nf5 Nxf5 24. exf5 Rg8 25. Kh1 gxf3 26. g3 Nh3 27. Nxf3 Rg4 28. Be1
e4 (28... Qa6 29. Bd2 Bxd2 30. Qxd2 Kh7) 29. Bd2 Bg7 30. f6 Bxf6 31. Bc3 exf3 (
31... Bxc3 32. Qxc3+ Kg8 33. Nh4 Qd7) 32. Bxf6+ Kg8 33. Rxf3 Ng5 34. Rf5 Nh7
35. Raf1 Nxf6 36. Rxf6 Rg7 37. Rxd6 h4 38. Rc6 Qh3 39. Qg2 Qg4 40. Rf4 Qd1+ 41.
Qf1 Qd2 42. Rxh4 Re8 43. Rch6 Kf8 44. Re6 Rxe6 45. dxe6 Ke8 46. Qf3 Qc1+ 47.
Kg2 Qb2+ 48. Kh3 Qb6 49. exf7+ Rxf7 50. Qa8+ Kd7 51. Qd5+ Ke7 52. Re4+ Kf8 53.
Qa8+ Kg7 54. Rg4+ Kf6 55. Qh8+ Ke7 56. Re4+ Kd6 57. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bxc5 Qa5 11. Ba3 Bxc4 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Rac8 14. Qf4 (
14. Bxe7 Nd5 15. Qh4 Nxe7 16. Qxe7 b5 17. a3 Rfe8) 14... g5 (14... Nh5 15. Qe3
Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Rc7) 15. Qe3 Rc7 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Rd4 b5 (17... h6
18. Rfd1 b5) 18. Qxg5 h6 19. Qd2 b4 20. Nb1 Nd5 21. Rg4 h5 22. Rg5 Rc5 23. b3
Nc3 (23... bxa3 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. bxc4) 24. Rxc5 Qxc5 25. Nxc3 bxc3 26. Bxc5
cxd2 27. bxc4 Rb8 28. Bxa7 Rb2 29. e3 Rxa2 30. Bc5 e5 31. Bf3 h4 32. Rd1 hxg3
33. hxg3 Rc2 34. Be2 Rb2 35. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. c4 Ne7 8. Be3
Ng6 9. h3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. g4 a5 12. d5 Qe8 13. dxc6 Qxc6 14. Qd5+ Qxd5 15.
cxd5 Bd7 16. O-O-O Kf7 17. Rd2 Rh8 18. Rc2 h5 19. Rg1 hxg4 20. hxg4 Rh3 21. Ne1
Nh4 22. Ne2 Bd8 23. Rc3 a4 24. Bd2 Rh2 25. Be3 Rb8 26. Ng3 Rc8 27. Ba7 c5 28.
dxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Bxc6 30. Nc2 Bd7 31. Nf1 Rg2 32. Rxg2 Nxg2 33. Nfe3 Nf4 34.
f3 Ke6 35. b3 Ne2+ 36. Kd2 Ng1 37. Nf5 Nxf3+ 38. Ke3 Nh2 39. Nxg7+ Kf7 40. Nf5
axb3 41. axb3 Be7 42. Bb8 (42. Nb4 Nxg4+ 43. Kf3 Nh2+ 44. Kg2) 42... Nxg4+ 43.
Kf3 d5 44. Nxe7 (44. Kxg4 dxe4 45. Ba7 Kg6 46. Nce3 Bb4 47. Bb6 Bd2) 44...
dxe4+ 45. Kxe4 Kxe7 46. Ne3 Nf2+ 47. Kf3 Nh3 48. b4 Ng5+ 49. Kg3 Ke6 50. Kg4
Ne4 51. Kh5 Be8+ 52. Kg4 Nf2+ 53. Kf3 Nd3 54. Ba7 Bh5+ 55. Kg3 Nxb4 56. Kh4 Be2
57. Kg3 Nd3 58. Ng2 f5 59. Bb8 f4+ 60. Nxf4+ Nxf4 61. Kf2 Kd5 62. Ke3 Bh5 63.
Kd2 Ne6 64. Bxe5 Kxe5 65. Kc3 Kd5 66. Kd3 Bg6+ 67. Kc3 Nc5 68. Kb2 Kc4 69. Ka1
Kc3 70. Ka2 Nb3 71. Ka3 Bb1 72. Ka4 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kots, Yury"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bg2
Qc7 9. Qe2 a5 10. c4 Ba6 11. b3 Bc5 12. O-O Ne7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nd2 a4 15. Rab1
Rfb8 16. Rfc1 Nf5 17. Bh3 axb3 18. axb3 Nd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Nf3 Bc5 21. Qc2
dxc4 22. bxc4 h6 23. Bf1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Rb8 25. Ra1 Qb6 26. Bd3 Bc8 27. Qe2 Bd7
28. Rf1 Be8 29. Qe4 Kf8 30. Qh7 Qb3 31. Ne1 Bb4 32. Ng2 Qc3 33. Qe4 Rd8 34. Bb1
Bc5 35. Nf4 Qd4 36. Qe2 Bb4 37. Bc2 Qc3 38. Rd1 Rxd1+ 39. Bxd1 Qd4 40. Bb3 Bc5
41. Kg2 Bd7 42. Ba4 Bb6 43. Nh3 Ke7 44. f4 Qa1 45. Bc2 Bd4 46. Nf2 c5 47. Be4
Ba4 48. Bf3 Bb3 49. Ne4 Qc1 50. Nd2 Ba4 51. Ne4 Bb3 52. Nd2 Ba2 53. Qd3 g5 54.
Kh3 gxf4 55. gxf4 Kf8 56. Nb3 (56. Qh7 Qxd2 57. Qh8+ Ke7 58. Qf6+ Kf8) 56...
Qxf4 (56... Bxb3 57. Qxb3 Qxf4) 57. Nxd4 Qxd4 58. Qxd4 cxd4 59. c5 d3 60. Bd1
Ke7 61. Kg3 Bb1 62. Bf3 d2 63. Bd1 Kd7 64. Ba4+ Kc7 65. Kf4 Bd3 66. Ke3 Bb5 67.
Bd1 Kc6 68. Kd4 Bf1 69. Ba4+ Kc7 70. Ke3 Bb5 71. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Nxc6
Qxc6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Bd4 Qc7 12. Qd2 (12. f4) 12... e5 13. Be3 Nf6
14. f3 Bc5 15. Rfd1 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Qc5 17. Qxc5 Rxc5 18. Rd6 Ke7 19. Rb6 Rb8
20. a4 Rc6 21. Rxc6 dxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. a4 d5 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2 c5
9. e3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qa5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qd5 Qc7 (
14... Qb4 15. Ba3 Qc3 16. Qxb7 Qxe5) 15. Bxe4 Rad8 (15... Rfd8 16. Qxb7 Qxb7
17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bg2 Rd2 19. Rac1 Rxc2) 16. Qxb7 Qxb7 17. Bxb7 Bxc2 18. Rfc1
Bxb3 19. Rxc5 Rd7 20. Bc8 Rd5 21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. Rc1 Bf3 23. a5 Rd8 24. Bd4 Rd5
25. Bb7 Rxd4 26. exd4 Bxb7 27. Rc7 Bf3 28. Rxa7 e6 29. a6 Bh6 30. Rc7 Bd2 31.
a7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 c5 8. Bb2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 (12... a6) 13. Nb5 Bxb5
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qg4+ (15. cxb5 Rac8 16. Qh5 f5 17. g4) 15... Kh8 16. Qh4
Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 f5 18. Qf6+ Kg8 19. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nc2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 (13. Ne3) 13... Qb6
14. Ne3 Nxe3 15. Bxe3 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Nd2 Qa6 19. a4 b6 20.
Nc4 Qa7 21. Qd2 Qc7 22. h4 Rce8 23. b3 Re7 24. Bf3 f5 25. Kg2 Bf6 26. Rh1 Ref7
27. Rbg1 Bd8 28. Qh6 Qe7 29. Qc1 Bc7 30. Re1 Qf6 31. Qh6 Rd8 32. Nd2 Qg7 33.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Reg1 Rb8 35. Nc4 Re7 36. Re1 Kf6 37. Bc6 Rc8 38. Bb7 Rd8 39. Bc6
Bc8 40. Bf3 Rg7 41. Reg1 Re7 42. Kf1 h5 43. Ke1 Bd7 44. Kd2 Rb8 45. Kc2 Ree8
46. Ra1 Kg7 47. Rhg1 Re6 48. Rae1 Ree8 49. Ra1 Re6 50. Rae1 Rbe8 51. Kd2 Rf6
52. Kc2 Kf8 53. Nd2 Rfe6 54. Nc4 Kg7 55. Kd2 Rb8 56. Kc2 Kf6 57. Ra1 Re7 58.
Kd2 Ree8 59. Na3 Re6 60. Nc4 b5 61. axb5 Rxb5 62. Ra3 Ra6 63. Rga1 f4 64. gxf4
Bxf4+ 65. Kc2 Bc7 66. Be4 Be8 67. Rg1 Kg7 68. Raa1 Bd8 69. Rh1 Rb4 70. Bd5 a4
71. bxa4 Raxa4 72. Rxa4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Bd7 8.
Bd3 Bc6 9. c3 Nd7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rad1 Nf6 13. c4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 c6
15. Bb1 Qc7 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. Rd3 c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. b3 Rxd3 20. Nxd3 Qc7 21.
Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch29"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1961.11.??"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d5 11. Bf4 c6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Rhe1 O-O-O
14. Bd3 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch30"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1962.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Zaitsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1962.??.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nfd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Rc1
Nf6 (14... Nxc3 15. bxc3) 15. Qe2 Qb4 16. Ne4 Nbd5 17. Nc5 Qa5 (17... Bd7 18.
a3 Qb6 19. Ne5 Be8) 18. Ne5 Qb6 19. Qf3 Rf8 20. g4 Qd8 (20... h6 21. h4 Qd8 22.
g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Nh7 24. g6 fxg6 25. Qg3) 21. g5 Ne8 22. h4 f6 (22... Nec7 23.
Bc2 f5) 23. g6 h6 (23... fxe5 24. gxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qxf8) 24. Nf7 Rxf7 (24... Qb6
25. Nxe6 Bxe6 26. Rxe6) 25. gxf7+ Kxf7 26. Nxe6 Bxe6 27. Rxe6 Kxe6 28. Qe4+ Kf7
29. Bxd5+ (29. Bxd5+ Kf8 30. Qe6) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch30"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1962.11.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1962.??.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Nd4
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Be3 Nxd4 (11... Rc8) 12. Qxd4 Bc6 13. f3 Qb8 14.
Qd3 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 d5 17. e5 (17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nd4 Bc5 19. Rfc1
Qxb2 20. Rab1 Qa3 21. Qxa3 Bxa3 22. Rxc6 Nxe3) 17... Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Qxe5 19. Qb6
Rfb8 20. Qd4 Bd6 21. f4 Qxd4 22. Bxd4 Ra4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. b3 Rxf4 25. Rxf4
Bxf4 26. Rb1 f5 27. g3 Be3+ 28. Kg2 Rc8 29. a4 Rc2 30. Kf1 (30. b4 Rxe2+ 31.
Kf3 Rxh2 32. Kxe3 Ra2 33. b5) 30... Ra2 31. b4 Rxa4 32. b5 Ra7 33. h3 Kf8 34.
g4 fxg4 35. hxg4 h6 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Rb3 Bd4 38. Rd3 Ra2 39. Kf1 Ra4 40. Kg2 Rb4
41. Bd1 Bb6 42. Rb3 Rxb3 43. Bxb3 Kf6 44. Kg3 Ke5 45. Kf3 Kd4 46. Bc2 e5 47.
Bh7 Bc7 48. Bg8 e4+ 49. Ke2 f6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch30"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1962.11.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Khodos, German"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1962.??.22"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nxe4 7. Bxf7+ Rxf7 8.
Nxe4 h6 9. h3 Nd7 (9... Qf8 10. Re1 Nc6 11. d5 Rxf3 12. gxf3 Nd4) 10. Qd3 Nf8
11. Bd2 Bf5 12. Qe2 c6 13. c3 Qb6 14. Ng3 Be6 15. b3 a5 16. Nh4 Bd7 17. Qd3 g5
18. Nhf5 Qb5 19. Qxb5 cxb5 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. f4 g4 22. f5 (22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. f5
) 22... gxh3 23. Nh5+ Kh7 24. g4 Bc6 25. Kh2 Bg2 26. Rf4 a4 27. Re1 axb3 28.
axb3 Ra2 (28... Nd7 29. Rf2 e5) 29. Rf2 e6 30. Nf4 (30. fxe6 Rxf2 31. e7 Raxd2)
30... exf5 31. Nxg2 hxg2 32. gxf5 Rg7 33. f6 Rg4 34. Rg1 Ra3 (34... b4 35. c4
Rh4+ 36. Kxg2 Rxd4 37. Bxb4 Rxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Rf4+ 39. Ke3 Rxf6) 35. Rgxg2 Rxg2+
36. Rxg2 Rxb3 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. Bxh6 Rxc3 39. Rxb7 Ng6 40. Kg2 b4 41. f7 Rc8 42.
Kf3 Nf8 43. Kg4 Kh7 44. Kh5 Ra8 45. d5 b3 46. Rxb3 Nd7 47. Rf3 Nf8 48. Kg5 Ra5
49. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch30"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1962.11.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mnatsakanian, Eduard"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1962.??.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. Be3
Be7 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Qe2 b5 12. Nxc6 (12. a3) 12... Bxc6 13. a3 Qb7 14.
Bf4 O-O 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rd3 (16. Re1) 16... a5 17. Re3 b4 18. Nd1 h6 19. g4
Nd7 20. Bg3 Nc5 21. f4 e5 22. axb4 axb4 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Qc4 (24. Qe1 Qa1 25.
Re2) 24... Nxe4 25. Qxb4 (25. Bxe4 d5 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Qxb4 Bh1) 25... Nxg3
26. Rxg3 Qa7+ 27. Kh2 d5 28. Qd2 e4 29. Ne3 Bh4 30. Nf5 Bxg3+ 31. Kxg3 d4 32.
Qb4 Kh8 33. Qc4 Ba8 34. Qb5 Qc7 35. Nxd4 Rxd4 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qxa8 Qxc2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch30"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1962.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Mnatsakanian, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1962.??.22"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 Qe7 11. Bd3 g5 (11... e5) 12. Bf2 e5 13. e4 Nh5 14.
Nf1 exd4 15. cxd4 f5 (15... Nf4 16. Ne3 d5 17. cxd5 Qa3 18. Bc4 Nxg2+ 19. Nxg2
Qc3+) 16. Ne3 fxe4 17. Nf5 Qf7 18. fxe4 Nf4 19. O-O Nxd3 (19... Nxg2 20. Bg3
Nf4 21. Bxf4 gxf4 22. Rxf4) 20. Qxd3 O-O-O 21. Bg3 Qe6 22. Rae1 Kb8 23. c5 bxc5
24. d5 Qe8 25. a4 c4 26. Qd4 (26. Qxc4 Nb6 27. Qd3 Qxa4) 26... c3 27. Qxc3 Nc5
28. e5 Nxa4 29. Qa5 dxe5 30. Bxe5 Qd7 31. Bxh8 Rxh8 32. Ra1 Nb6 33. Qxa7+ Kc8
34. d6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch30"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1962.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1962.??.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. e4 Nd7 10. b4 a5 (10... f5) 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. a4 f5 13. Ba3 Bh6 14. exf5
Nxf5 15. Bb4 Ra6 16. a5 Nf6 17. Re1 c5 18. dxc6 Rxc6 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Bxf8
Qxf8 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. a6 Nd4 23. a7 Bb7 24. Rb1 Qf7 25. Rxe5 c5 26. Rxb7 Qxb7
27. Nd5 Qxa7 (27... Nxd5 28. Re8+) 28. Nxf6+ Kf7 29. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch30"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1962.12.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Novopashin, Arkady"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1962.??.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Rb3 (12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O) 12...
Qa5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. f5 (14. O-O) 14... exf5 15. O-O Be6 (15... fxe4 16. Qd4
Qe5 17. Qb6 Qc5+ 18. Qxc5 dxc5) 16. Rb7 fxe4 17. Rxf6 O-O-O 18. Rfxf7 Bxf7 19.
Rxf7 d5 20. Kh1 (20. Nxe4 Qb6+ 21. Nf2 Bd6) 20... Kb8 21. Nxe4 Qxd2 22. Nxd2
Re8 23. Bxa6 Re1+ 24. Nf1 Bc5 25. g4 Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27. Kg2 h6 28. Kf3 Bd6
29. Bd3 Ra1 30. Ne3 Bxh2 31. Nf5 c5 32. Nxh6 c4 33. Bf5 d4 34. g5 Be5 35. g6
Rxa2 36. Nf7 Bg7 37. Nd6 d3 38. cxd3 c3 39. d4 Bxd4 40. Bb1 c2 41. Bxc2 Rxc2
42. Nf5 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch30"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1962.12.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1962.??.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. Qg3 d5 (12... b5) 13. e5 (13. exd5
exd5 14. Bf3 Be6 15. Rad1) 13... Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. f5 Nxd4 16. Bh6 (16. f6
Bxf6 17. Bxd4 Be7 18. Qe3) 16... g6 (16... Bf6 17. exf6 Qxg3 18. fxg7 Qxg7) 17.
f6 Bc5 18. Qg5 Nf5 19. Rxf5 exf5 20. Bg7 Qxe5 21. Qh6 Rfe8 22. Rf1 Qxb2 23. Rf4
Qc1+ 24. Bf1 Bf2 25. Rxf2 Qxh6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch30"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1962.12.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1962.??.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. Be3 b5 8.
Nxc6 Qxc6 9. e5 (9. Bf3 Bb7 10. O-O) 9... Bb7 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. O-O Rc8 12. a4 (
12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. Qd3) 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 b4 14. Ne4 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qf5 (15...
Qxb2 16. Qe3 e5 17. Qa7) 16. Rad1 d5 17. Ng3 Qg6 (17... Qf6) 18. Qe2 Rc6 19.
Rxd5 Nf6 20. Rg5 (20. Rb5 axb5 21. Qxb5 Qxc2 22. Rc1 Qxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Kd7 24. Ne2
) 20... Qxc2 21. Qf3 h6 22. Ra5 Be7 23. Rc1 Qxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Nf1 O-O
26. Rxa6 Nd5 27. g3 Bf6 28. Kg2 Bxb2 29. Qe2 Bf6 30. Ne3 b3 31. Nxd5 exd5 32.
Rxf6 gxf6 33. Qb2 (33. Qg4+ Kh8 34. Qf4 Rc6 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Qf4) 33... Rc6
34. Qxb3 Rd8 35. Qf3 Rdd6 36. Qg4+ Kf8 37. Qd4 Rc4 38. Qa7 (38. Qe3 Kg7 39. a5)
38... Kg7 39. Qb8 Rcc6 40. Kf3 d4 41. Ke2 d3+ 42. Kd2 Rc2+ (42... Rc2+ 43. Kd1
Rd4 44. Qb3 Rxf2 45. Qb6 Rxa4) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch30"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1962.12.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1962.??.22"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 (6... Qa5) 7.
e3 O-O 8. Be2 d5 (8... Qa5 9. Bh4 Rd8) 9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7
12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Bf3 Nc6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Qc5 16. Rd4 Rb8 17. Rhd1 Qb6
18. Qa3 c5 (18... e5 19. Re4 f6) 19. Na4 Qc7 20. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Nxc5 Rb5 22.
Rc4 e5 23. Nd7 Re8 24. a4 Rb7 25. Nxe5 Be6 26. Rc3 Rb4 27. Rd4 Rxd4 28. exd4
Bd5 29. f3 f6 30. Nd3 g5 31. Kd2 Re7 32. b4 h5 33. b5 Rd7 34. Nb4 Bf7 35. d5
Kf8 36. Rc8+ Ke7 37. Ke3 g4 38. Kd4 gxf3 39. gxf3 h4 40. a5 Rb7 41. Nc6+ Kd7
42. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch30"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1962.12.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1962.??.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. a4 (19. Qf1) 19... b4 (19...
f5) 20. Qf1 Qh5 21. c4 dxc4 22. Qxc4 g5 (22... Rg6) 23. d5 Rh6 (23... Rg6) 24.
h4 Rc8 25. Qd3 gxh4 26. Bxh6 hxg3 27. fxg3 Qxh6 28. Rac1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Bb8 30.
Qd4 Bd7 31. Rc2 Qh5 32. Ne4 Be5 33. Qd2 Bxa4 34. d6 Qg6 35. Rc5 Bf6 (35... Qxe4
36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Qg5+ Qg6 38. Qxe5+) 36. Nxf6+ Qxf6 37. d7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch30"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1962.12.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1962.??.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
N1c3 a6 9. Na3 Rb8 10. Bg5 (10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne7) 10... b5 11. Nd5 Qa5+
12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Bg5 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bd3 Be7 17. O-O O-O 18.
Nb1 b4 19. Qh5 a5 20. Be3 g6 21. Qh6 Be6 22. Nd2 Rfc8 23. Nf3 Qg7 24. Qxg7+
Kxg7 25. Nd2 f5 26. f3 Bd8 27. Ba6 Rc7 28. b3 (28. Bd3 f4 29. Bf2 a4 30. b3)
28... Ne7 29. Bc4 (29. Bd3 d5 30. a3) 29... d5 30. exd5 (30. Bd3 Rc3 31. a3)
30... Nxd5 31. Bf2 Bg5 32. Bg3 Be3+ 33. Kh1 f4 34. Be1 Bf7 35. Ne4 Bd4 36. c3 (
36. Rc1 Ne3) 36... bxc3 37. Bf2 Nb4 38. Nd6 Bxc4 39. Nxc4 c2 40. Rac1 a4 (40...
a4 41. a3 axb3 42. Bxd4 exd4) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch30"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1962.12.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1962.??.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Bg5 b5 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Bb1 Rc8
15. a3 Na5 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Ne5 Nc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. Bf4
Red8 22. Be5 Ng4 23. Qe2 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Rd4 25. Be4 Rcd8 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. Ne4
Qb5 28. Nc3 Qb3 29. Rc2 Rd3 30. g3 (30. Ne4) 30... R8d4 (30... Bxa3) 31. Nd1
Qb5 32. Ne3 Bg5 33. Nf1 (33. Nxc4 Be7 34. Nd2 Qd5 35. Nb1) 33... a5 34. f4 Be7
35. Rec1 Bc5 36. Kh1 Qb7+ 37. Qg2 Qd5 38. a4 Rf3 39. Nd2 Rf2 40. Qxd5 exd5 41.
Nf1 Rd3 42. Rc3 (42. Rxf2 Bxf2 43. Rc3 Rxc3 44. bxc3 d4) 42... Rxc3 43. bxc3 d4
44. cxd4 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch30"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1962.12.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1962.??.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. h3 Nc7 11. e4 Nd7 (11... Rb8) 12. Re1 Ne8 (12... Qe7) 13.
Bg5 Bf6 (13... f6 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Nh2 f5 16. f4 Nc4 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxc5 Ned6)
14. Be3 Rb8 15. a4 a6 16. Bf1 Qe7 17. Nd2 Nc7 18. f4 b5 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nde4
Qd8 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. d6 (22. Bxc5) 22... Ne6 23. fxe5 b4 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25.
Qxd5 Bb7 26. Qd2 Qd7 27. Kh2 b3 28. Rac1 Qxa4 29. Bc4 Bc8 30. Rf1 Rb4 31. Bxe6
Bxe6 32. Bh6 Re8 (32... Rfb8 33. Qg5 Re4 34. Qf6 Re2+ 35. Rf2 Rxf2+ 36. Qxf2
Qd4 37. Qxd4 cxd4) 33. Qg5 Re4 34. Rf2 f5 35. Qf6 Qd7 36. Rxc5 Rc4 37. Rxc4
Bxc4 38. Rd2 Be6 39. Rd1 Qa7 40. Rd2 Qd7 41. Rd1 Qa7 42. Rd4 Qd7 43. g4 a5 44.
Kg3 Rb8 45. Kh4 Qf7 46. Kg5 fxg4 47. hxg4 Bd7 48. Rc4 a4 49. Rc7 a3 50. Rxd7
Qxd7 51. e6 Qa7 (51... Qb5+ 52. Kh4 g5+ 53. Kh5 Qe8+ 54. Kxg5 Qg6+ 55. Qxg6+
hxg6 56. d7 axb2 57. e7 Rb5+ 58. Kh4 b1=Q 59. e8=Q+ Kh7 60. Qe7+ Kxh6 61. g5+)
52. Qe5 axb2 53. e7 Kf7 54. d7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch30"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1962.12.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1962.??.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qf3
O-O 9. Bd3 e5 10. Nde2 Bg4 11. Qf2 d5 12. fxe5 (12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5)
12... Nxe5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 Qxd5 16. O-O Qxd3 17. Nf4 Qb5
18. a4 Qb3 19. Bxa7 Rfc8 20. Bd4 Rc2 21. Qe1 Bf8 22. Qh4 Bd7 23. a5 Bc6 24. Bc3
Qc4 25. Qg5 (25. Qg3) 25... Qc5+ 26. Qxc5 Bxc5+ 27. Kh1 g5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch30"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1962.12.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1962.??.22"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Re1
Ne4 9. Qd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. e4 Qa5 12. Bg5 Re8 (12... fxe4 13. Qxe4 d5) 13.
Nh4 f4 (13... fxe4 14. Bxe4 d5) 14. gxf4 h6 15. Bxh6 Bxh6 16. Qg3 Bg7 17. Qxg6
Rf8 (17... Qd8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nd7 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. d5 Nf8) 18. Nf5 Bxf5
19. exf5 e4 20. f6 (20. Qe6+ Rf7 21. f6 Bxf6 22. Bxe4) 20... Rxf6 21. Qe8+ Rf8
(21... Bf8 22. Re3 Qc7 23. Bxe4 Qd7 24. Rg3+ Kh8 25. Qh5+ Rh6 26. Qg5 Qf7 27.
Rb1 b6 28. Rb5 cxb5 29. Bd5) 22. Qe6+ Rf7 23. Bxe4 Na6 24. Bg6 Raf8 25. Qh3 Bf6
26. Bxf7+ Rxf7 27. Re8+ Kg7 28. Kh1 Re7 29. Qh8+ Kg6 30. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch30"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1962.12.15"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1962.??.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Qd7 12. Nbd2 Rfe8 13. a4 Na5 14. Qd1 (14. Qc2
) 14... Bf8 15. b3 c5 16. d5 Reb8 17. b4 Nb7 18. a5 g6 19. Nf1 cxb4 20. cxb4
Rc8 21. Bg5 Bg7 22. Rc1 h6 (22... Ne8) 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. Rxc8 Rxc8
26. Rc1 Rc7 27. Ne3 Be7 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Qc2 Qxc2 30. Nxc2 Bd8 31. Nd2 f5 32.
Kf1 Kf6 33. Ke2 fxe4 34. Nxe4+ Ke7 35. Na3 Bxa5 36. bxa5 Nxa5 37. Nc2 Nb3 38.
Nb4 a5 39. Nc6+ Kd7 40. Kd3 a4 41. Kc3 Nc5 42. f3 a3 43. Nb4 Kc7 44. Nc2 Na6
45. Kb3 b4 46. Nd2 Kb6 47. Nxb4 Nxb4 48. Kxb4 a2 49. Nb3 g5 50. g4 Ka6 51. Na1
Kb6 52. Nc2 Ka6 53. Kb3 Kb5 54. Kxa2 Kc5 55. Ne3 Kd4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch30"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1962.12.16"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1962.??.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nb3 d6 9. e4 a5 10. a4 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Nd2 Qc7 15.
Rfc1 Nc4 16. Nxc4 Qxc4 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Nb5 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bxb2 20. Nd4 (20. Qxa5
Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Qxc2 22. Nd4) 20... Bd7 21. Bf1 Qc3 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23. Bd2 (23.
Bd3) 23... Rc5 24. Nb3 Bxa1 25. Nxa1 Bxa4 26. Bd3 Rfc8 27. Rb1 d5 28. e5 d4 29.
Rxb7 Rxe5 30. Kf2 (30. Nb3 Bxb3 31. cxb3) 30... Bc6 31. Rb6 a4 32. Ba6 Rc7 33.
Bh6 Rf5+ 34. Kg1 f6 35. g4 Rc5 36. Bf4 e5 37. Bd2 Be4 38. Bb4 R5c6 39. Rb8+ Kg7
40. Bb5 Rc8 41. Rb7+ R6c7 42. Rb6 Rb7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch30"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1962.12.19"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Novopashin, Arkady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1962.??.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 (6... g6) 7.
g3 Qa5 8. Bg2 e5 9. O-O Bd6 (9... e4 10. Ne5 Be6) 10. Qb3 e4 11. Qxb7 O-O 12.
Qxc6 Bb4 13. Ne5 Rac8 (13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rfc8 15. Nc4 Qd8) 14. Ndc4 Rxc6 15.
Nxa5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxa5 17. f3 exf3 18. exf3 Bc8 19. exf6 Re8 20. Bf4 Rc2 21.
Rfc1 Rxb2 22. Be5 Rd2 23. f4 gxf6 24. Bxf6 Bf5 (24... Bb6+ 25. Kh1 Rxg2 26.
Rxc8 Rxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Rxc8) 25. Kh1 Rxg2 (25... Ree2 26. Re1 Rxa2 27. Rxe2 Rxe2
28. Rxa5 Re1+ 29. Bf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kg2 Bd3 31. Rxa7 h6) 26. Kxg2 h5 27. h3 Be4+
28. Kh2 Bf3 29. Rc2 Re6 30. Bd4 h4 31. Rg1 Kh7 32. g4 Bd8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch31"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1963.11.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Klovans, Janis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1963.11.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. c4 Qf6 8. Qb3 (
8. Nc3) 8... O-O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nh2 (10. hxg4 hxg4 11. Nh2 Qh4 12. Qg3 Qxg3
13. fxg3 d5 14. Nxg4 Nf6 15. Rxf6) 10... Be6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nf3 Ne7 13. Nbd2
Ng6 (13... g5 14. e5 Qg6 15. Nxd4) 14. Qa4 Nf4 15. Nb3 c5 (15... Nxh3+ 16. Kh2
c5 17. Qxa6+ Kd7 18. Qb5+ c6 19. Qb7+ Ke8) 16. Qxa6+ Kd7 17. Qb5+ Ke7 18. e5 (
18. Na5 Bd7 19. Nc6+ Ke8 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Qb7) 18... Qf5 (18... Nxh3+ 19. Kh1
Qf5 20. Na5 Bd7 21. Nc6+ Ke8) 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Rfe1 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Kf6 22. Nxc5
Bxc5 23. Qxc5 g6 24. Rad1 Kg7 25. b3 Rhe8 26. Nc6 Ra8 27. a4 Bf5 28. Qxd4+ Qxd4
29. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Bd3 31. Rd1 Be4 32. f3 Bb7 33. Nb5 c6 34. Nd6 Ba6 35.
b4 Rd8 36. b5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch31"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1963.11.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1963.11.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 Rfd8 12. Qa4 a5 13. e4 Bg6 14. a3 Qa7
15. e5 (15. Nh4 b5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qc2 Qxd4 18. Nf3 Qc5 19. Qe2) 15... Nd5
16. Ne4 c5 17. Bg5 cxd4 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxe5 21. Nc5 Nd3
22. Nxd3 Bxd3 23. Bxb7 Rab8 24. Nc6 Nxc6 25. Bxc6 Rxb2 26. Re5 Bb1 27. Rxa5 (
27. Bf3) 27... Rd1+ 28. Kg2 g6 29. Bf3 Rdd2 30. Kg1 Ba2 (30... Rxf2 31. Rxb1)
31. Rf1 Bc4 32. Rc1 Rxf2 33. Be4 (33. Rxc4 Rxf3 34. Rf4 Rxf4 35. gxf4 Kg7)
33... Bd5 34. Bxd5 exd5 35. Rd1 Rg2+ 36. Kf1 Rbf2+ 37. Ke1 Ra2 38. Kf1 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch31"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1963.11.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Osnos, Viatcheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1963.11.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qa5 10. Bh4 (10. Nb3) 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Ne5 12. Be2 Ng6 13. Nb3
Qb6 14. Bg3 Bd7 15. h4 Rfc8 16. h5 Nf8 17. h6 g6 (17... gxh6 18. Rxh6 Ng6) 18.
O-O Bb5 19. Bxb5 Qxb5 20. Qxg6+ hxg6 21. Nxb5 Rc2 22. Be5 Rc6 23. Rc1 N8d7 24.
Rxc6 bxc6 25. Bd6 cxb5 26. Bxe7 Rc8 27. Rd1 Kh7 28. g4 g5 (28... Kxh6 29. g5+
Kxg5 30. Rxd7) 29. Nd4 Kxh6 (29... Nxg4 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Rxd7 Kxh6) 30. Nxb5
Rc2 31. Ba3 Ne5 32. Nd4 Rc8 33. f3 Nd5 34. Kf2 Nc4 35. Rc1 Ndb6 36. Rc3 Kg6 37.
Nb5 Rd8 38. Ke1 a6 39. Nc7 Rh8 40. Nxa6 Rh1+ 41. Kf2 Nxa3 42. bxa3 Rh2+ 43. Ke1
Rxa2 44. Nb4 Ra1+ 45. Kf2 Na4 46. Nc2 Nxc3 47. Nxa1 f5 48. Nb3 Kf6 49. Nc5 Ke7
50. Kg3 Kd6 51. Nd3 Ne2+ 52. Kg2 Nc3 53. Nf2 Nd5 54. e4 Ne3+ 55. Kg3 f4+ 56.
Kh2 Nc2 57. Nh3 (57. a4 Ne1) 57... Nxa3 58. Nxg5 Nc4 59. Kh3 Ne5 (59... Ke7 60.
Kh4 Kf6 61. Kh5 Nd2 62. Kh6 Ke5 63. Kg6 Kd4 64. Nxe6+ Ke3 65. Ng5 Nxf3 66. Nxf3
Kxf3 67. e5 Kxg4) 60. Kh4 Kd7 61. Kh5 Ke7 62. Kh6 Kf6 63. Nh7+ Kf7 64. g5 Ng6
65. Nf6 Ne5 66. Nh5 Ng6 67. e5 Nxe5 68. Nxf4 Nd7 (68... Nxf3 69. g6+ Kg8 70.
Nh5) 69. g6+ Kf8 70. Nxe6+ Ke7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch31"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1963.11.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Novopashin, Arkady"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1963.11.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 f5 20. f4 (20. Qf1 f4 21.
Qxh3 Bxh3 22. Rxa6 fxe3 23. Rxe3) 20... Bxf4 21. Bf2 (21. gxf4 Rg6 22. Bxd5+
cxd5 23. Rxa6 Be2+ 24. Rxg6 Bxd3 25. Rg3) 21... Rxe1+ 22. Bxe1 Re8 (22... Re8
23. Qf1 Be3+ 24. Bf2 Bxf2+ 25. Qxf2 Re2) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch31"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1963.11.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Klovans, Janis"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1963.11.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Ba2 b4 12. Ne2 c5 13. Ng3 b3 (13... Bc8) 14. cxb3
Nc6 15. Nf5 Nb4 16. Bb1 a5 17. Bg5 Bc8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Nd2 h6 20. Be3 g5 21.
Nf1 (21. Nc4) 21... Ne8 22. Ng3 Ng7 23. Qd2 f6 24. Bc2 Qf7 25. Bd1 Qg6 26. Be2
h5 27. Qd1 g4 28. f4 gxf3 29. Bxf3 h4 30. Nh5 Ra7 31. Rf1 f5 32. Nxg7 Rxg7 33.
exf5 (33. Bd2 f4 34. Bxb4 axb4 35. Kh1) 33... Bxf5 34. Qd2 Bxd3 35. Bh6 Bxf1
36. Rxf1 e4 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. Be2 (38. Qc3+ Kh7 39. Be2 Rxf1+ 40. Bxf1) 38...
Rxf1+ 39. Bxf1 Qf6 40. Qe2 Qf4 41. Qb5 Kh6 42. Qe8 (42. Qxa5 Qe3+ 43. Kh1 Nd3)
42... Qe3+ 43. Kh1 Qf2 44. Qh8+ Kg5 45. Qg7+ Kf4 46. g3+ hxg3 47. hxg3+ Qxg3
48. Qh6+ Kf3 49. Qd2 Kg4 50. Bb5 Nd3 51. Bxd3 exd3 52. Qxa5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch31"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1963.11.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Osnos, Viatcheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1963.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nbd2 Qxb2 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. exd4 Qc3 (
7... Qb6) 8. O-O d5 9. Re1 Be7 10. Re3 Qc7 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. c3 Nxe5 (12... Nd7)
13. dxe5 Ng8 14. Nf3 h6 15. Bf4 Bd7 16. Nd4 Bg5 (16... Qxc3 17. Nxe6) 17. Bxg5
hxg5 18. Qg4 Qxc3 19. Nb3 Nh6 (19... Ne7 20. Qxg5 Rc8) 20. Qxg5 Qb4 21. Rg3 (
21. Qxg7 O-O-O) 21... Qf8 (21... g6 22. Rh3 Qf8) 22. Rc1 f6 23. Qe3 f5 24. Nc5
f4 25. Bg6+ Ke7 26. Qa3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch31"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1963.11.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "1963.11.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qe1 Bd7 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Kh1 Rad8 14. e5 (14.
Rae1 b6 15. e5) 14... dxe5 15. Bxe5 Qb6 16. f5 exf5 17. Rxf5 Bd6 18. Qxg7+ (18.
Rg5) (18. Bxd6 Rxd6 19. Raf1) 18... Kxg7 19. Bxf6+ Kh6 (19... Kg6 20. Raf1 Qe3
21. Bd3 Kh6) 20. Raf1 Qe3 (20... Rde8 21. Rh5+ Kg6 22. Rg5+) 21. Rh5+ Kg6 22.
Rh4 Bf4 23. Rhxf4 h5 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Bd3+ Rxd3 26. cxd3 Qxd3 27. Rf6+ Kg5 28.
Rxf7 h4 29. Kg1 Qe3+ 30. R7f2 Kh5 31. Ne2 Kh6 32. Nf4 a5 33. Rd1 a4 34. h3 Kh7
35. Nd5 Qc5 (35... Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Qc1+ 37. Rf1 Qxb2) 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. a3 Kg6 38.
Ng4 Kg7 39. Re1 Qd6 40. Ne3 Kg6 41. Nf5 Qd8 42. Re6+ Kf7 43. Nd4+ Kg7 44. Re4
Bd7 45. Nf3 Bf5 46. Rd4 Qe8 47. Rxh4 Qe3 48. Rc4 b5 49. Rc3 Bd3 50. Nd2 Qe1+
51. Nf1 Qb1 52. Kh2 Qe1 (52... Bxf1 53. Rg3+ Kh6 54. Rf6+ Kh5 55. Rf8 Qxb2 56.
Rxf1) 53. Rc7+ Kg6 54. Rcf7 Bxf1 55. Rxf1 Qe5+ 56. R7f4 Qxb2 57. R1f3 Qe5 58.
Rg3+ Kh5 59. Rb4 Qb8 60. Rbg4 Qe5 61. h4 Kh6 62. Rg6+ Kh7 63. R6g5 Qe8 64. R3g4
Qb8+ 65. Kh3 Qe8 66. Rf5 Qe3+ 67. Kh2 Qe8 68. Rb4 Qe3 69. Rfxb5 Qxa3 70. Rb7+
Kg6 71. Rg4+ Kh6 72. Rb6+ Kh7 73. Rbb4 Qe3 74. Rxa4 Qe5+ 75. Rgf4 Kg6 76. Ra6+
Kh7 77. Raf6 Kg7 78. R6f5 Qe2 79. Kh3 Qe1 80. Rf1 Qe3+ 81. R5f3 Qe5 82. g4 Qd5
83. h5 Qe5 84. g5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch31"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1963.11.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Klovans, Janis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1963.11.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
Qc7 9. Nf1 dxe4 10. dxe4 Rd8 11. Qe2 Nd4 (11... e5) 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. e5 Nd5
14. a3 Bd7 15. Qd3 (15. Be4) 15... Ba4 16. Be4 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bf4 Qb6 19.
Qc4 Bb5 20. Qb3 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Rd5 22. Rae1 Bd7 23. Qxd5 exd5 24. Rxe7 Bf5 25.
Be5 Rc8 (25... Bxc2 26. Rxg7+ Kf8 27. Rg4) 26. c3 dxc3 27. bxc3 Rc4 28. Rxg7+
Kf8 29. Nd2 Rg4 30. Rc7 Be4 (30... Rg6) 31. c4 Rg5 32. c5 Qa5 33. Bd6+ Ke8 (
33... Kg8 34. Re2 Qa4 35. f3 Rf5) 34. Re2 Qc3 35. Nxe4 dxe4 36. Rxe4+ (36.
Rxe4+ Kd8 37. c6 bxc6 38. Rf4) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch31"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1963.11.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1963.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nbd2 b6 6. c3 c5 7. h3 d6 8. Be2
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O (10. Qe2 Nc7 11. O-O) 10... Qd7 11. Qe2 Nc7 12. dxc5
bxc5 13. e4 e5 (13... Ne6 14. Bh2 Bh6 15. e5 Nh5) 14. Be3 Rab8 15. b3 Qc6 16.
Qc4 Nd7 17. Nh2 (17. b4 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5) 17... Nb6 18. Qd3 d5 19. f3 Rbd8 20.
Qc2 f5 21. Rad1 Ne6 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nc4 Nef4 24. Rf2 Nxe3 25. Nxe3 Rxd1+ 26.
Qxd1 (26. Nxd1 c4) 26... e4 27. Qc2 (27. fxe4 Qxe4 28. Qd2 Bh6 29. Nhf1) 27...
Bh6 28. Nhf1 Nd3 29. Rd2 c4 30. Nxc4 (30. bxc4 Qb6) 30... Qc5+ 31. Kh2 Bf4+ 32.
g3 Ne1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch31"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1963.11.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "1963.11.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Bb3 Bg7 16. a4 c5 17. d5 c4 18. Bc2 Nc5 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Qd2 Reb8 21. Ra3 Bc8
22. Rea1 Bd7 23. axb5 Bxb5 24. Qe2 Rb7 25. Nd2 Rab8 26. Bb1 Bd7 27. Nxc4 Bb5
28. b3 Bxc4 29. Qxc4 Nxb3 30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. R1a2 Nc5 32. Bc2 Nfd7 33. Ne2 Bf8
34. f3 h5 35. Ba4 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Nb6 (36... Nxa4 37. Rxa4 Nb8) 37. Bc6 Nc4 (37...
Ra7 38. Bxc5 dxc5 39. Rxa6 Rxa6 40. Rxa6 Rb2) 38. Bxc5 dxc5 39. Rxa6 Ne3 40.
Ra1 Rb2 41. R6a2 Rxa2 42. Rxa2 h4 43. Ra8 Kg7 44. Kg1 c4 45. Ra5 Nd1 46. Kf1
Ne3+ 47. Kf2 Nd1+ 48. Ke1 Nxc3 49. Nxc3 Bb4 50. Ra4 Bxc3+ 51. Ke2 Kf6 (51...
Bb2 52. Rxc4 Ba3) 52. Rxc4 Ba5 53. d6 Rc8 54. f4 Bb6 (54... Bd8) 55. d7 Rf8 56.
Bb5 Bd8 57. Rc6+ Ke7 58. fxe5 Rh8 59. Bc4 Kxd7 60. Ra6 Rh5 61. Bxf7 Rxe5 62.
Bxg6 Ra5 63. Bf5+ Ke7 64. Rh6 Kf7 65. Rh7+ Kg8 66. Rb7 Bf6 67. Kf3 Be5 68. Kg4
Bg3 69. Kg5 Kf8 70. Rh7 Rc5 71. Rxh4 Bxh4+ 72. Kxh4 Kg7 73. Kg5 Rc3 74. Kf4 Rc2
75. g4 Kh6 76. h4 Rh2 77. Kg3 Rh1 78. g5+ Kh5 79. Bg4+ Kg6 80. Bf3 Rg1+ 81. Kf4
Rf1 82. h5+ Kf7 83. e5 Kg7 84. h6+ Kg6 85. e6 Rf2 86. e7 Kf7 87. h7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch31"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1963.11.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1963.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Qe7 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Bd2 (10. Rd1) 10... Rd8 11. a3 cxd4 12. exd4 Ba5 13. Bg5 h6
14. Bh4 (14. Be3) 14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rxd4 16. Ne4 Rxe4 17. Qxe4 g5 18. Bxg5
hxg5 19. Qe5 Bd2 20. g3 g4 21. Rad1 Bh6 22. Rd4 Bd7 23. Qc7 e5 24. Re1 Re8 25.
Qd6 (25. Qxb7 Bf5 26. Qa6) 25... Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Kg7 27. Bd5 Bc8 28. Bg2 e4 29.
Rd4 Bf5 30. Rc4 Re7 31. Rc5 Kg6 32. Rb5 Rd7 33. a4 b6 34. Re5 Rd2 35. b4 Bf8
36. Rb5 Bd6 37. h4 gxh3 38. g4 Bxg4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch31"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1963.11.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Zakharov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1963.11.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 g6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 a6 11. Be3 Be6 12. b3 Nd7 13. Bd4 Ne5 (13... Bxd4
14. Qxd4 Qb6 15. Qxb6 Nxb6) 14. Qd2 f6 15. f4 Nc6 16. Be3 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18.
Rad1 Qa5 19. Nd5 Qa3 (19... Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Rf7) 20. g4 Bd7 21. Nb6 Rad8 22. Nxd7
Rxd7 23. g5 e5 (23... Rdd8 24. Bg4 Kh8) 24. Bg4 Re7 25. f5 gxf5 26. Bxf5 Kh8
27. Qg2 e4 28. Qh3 Be5 29. Bxh7 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Bxh2+ (30... Rxh7 31. Qc8+ Kg7
32. Qf8+ Kg6 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Qf8#) 31. Kh1 Be5 32. Bxe4+ Kg8 33.
Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch31"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1963.11.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1963.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b6 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. bxc3 Bb7 13. Be2 Nbd7 (13... Nc6)
14. Rd1 a5 15. Bb2 axb4 16. cxb4 Rxa1 (16... Nd5 17. e4 Nf4) 17. Rxa1 Ra8 18.
Rxa8+ Bxa8 19. Nd2 Nd5 20. b5 f6 21. e4 Nc7 22. f3 Bb7 23. Kf2 Kf7 24. Ba3 g5
25. Ke3 f5 26. g3 Kf6 27. Bd3 fxe4 (27... h6) 28. Nxe4+ Bxe4 29. Kxe4 h6 30.
Bc4 Ne8 31. f4 gxf4 32. Kxf4 Kf7 33. g4 Nc7 34. h3 Ne8 35. Kg3 Ndf6 36. Bc1
Ne4+ 37. Kg2 N4d6 38. Bd3 Nc7 (38... Kg7) 39. Bxh6 Ndxb5 40. h4 Nd4 41. Be3 e5
42. g5 Nce6 43. Kg3 Nc5 44. Bc4+ Kf8 45. Kg4 Nd7 46. h5 b5 47. Bd3 b4 48. h6 b3
49. g6 Nf6+ 50. Kg5 Ne8 51. Bxd4 exd4 52. g7+ Nxg7 53. h7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch31"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1963.11.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1963.11.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Bg4 7. c3 Nd7 8. d4
Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Bg5 (10... O-O) 11. Na3 Bxc1 12. Raxc1 O-O 13. Rcd1 Qe7
14. Nc2 b5 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Ne3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Qe6 18. Nd5 Rac8 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20.
Qg3 f6 21. f4 Nc6 22. b4 Rfe8 23. Kh2 Qf7 24. Qg4 Rcd8 (24... Ne7) 25. Ra1 Nb8
26. f5 Re5 27. Nf4 Rde8 28. Ne6 Re7 29. b3 Re8 30. c4 Nc6 31. Rxa6 (31. Rec1
Nd8 32. cxb5) 31... Nd8 32. Nxd8 Rxd8 33. Rc6 Rde8 34. cxb5 Rxb5 35. Rec1 Re7
36. R1c4 Rbe5 37. Qf3 g6 (37... h6) 38. fxg6 hxg6 39. Qc3 Rxe4 40. Rxe4 Rxe4
41. Rxc7 Qe6 42. b5 Re3 43. Qc4 Qxc4 44. bxc4 Rb3 45. Rd7 Rb4 46. Rxd6 Rxc4 47.
Rxf6 Kh7 48. Rc6 Rb4 49. b6 Kh6 50. Kg3 Kg5 51. Kf3 Rb2 52. h4+ Kh6 53. g4 Rb3+
54. Ke2 Kg7 55. Rc7+ Kf6 56. b7 Ke5 57. h5 gxh5 58. gxh5 Kf6 59. h6 Kg6 60. h7
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch31"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1963.11.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1963.11.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ng8 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bd7 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Nf3 c4 10. Bc2 h6 11. Re1 (11. b4) 11... O-O-O 12. b3 Na5 13. Nf4 Be8
14. Nd2 Kb8 15. Re3 Ne7 16. Qe2 g5 17. Nh5 Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Nf6 (19. f4)
19... f4 20. Rf3 Be7 21. Nxe8 Rhxe8 22. bxc4 (22. b4) 22... f6 23. cxd5 fxe5
24. dxe5 (24. Bb2 exd4 25. Qd1) 24... Rxd5 25. Rd3 Rxe5 26. Qh5 Bc5 27. Nf1 Qb6
28. Bd2 Bxf2+ 29. Kh1 Nc4 30. h3 Qc6 31. Rf3 Re2 32. Rd3 Be1 33. Bxf4+ gxf4 34.
Rd8+ Kc7 35. Rd5 Kb8 36. Rd8+ Rxd8 37. Qxe2 Bg3 38. Rd1 Rxd1 39. Qxd1 Nd6 40.
Qd4 a6 41. Nxg3 fxg3 42. Qe5 Ka7 43. Qxg3 Qc5 44. Qf4 h5 45. Kh2 Nb5 46. Kg3
Nxc3 47. Kh4 Nxa2 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Nc3 50. g5 Nd5 51. Qe5 Qf2+ 52. Kh5 Nf4+
53. Kh6 Qh4+ 54. Kg7 Qxg5+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Bd3 Qa5 9. Ne2 Ng6 (9... O-O) 10. h4 (10. Bd2 dxc3 11. Bxc3) 10... Nc6 11. h5
Ncxe5 12. Qxd4 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 e5 14. Qe3 d4 15. Qg3 (15. Qf3 Ne7 16. Bd2 dxc3
17. Bxc3) 15... Ne7 16. Qxg7 Rg8 17. Qf6 dxc3 18. O-O Qc7 19. d4 Bg4 20. f3 Nd5
21. Qh4 Be6 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Re1 Rc8 24. Rb1 b6 25. Rb5 a6 26. Rb3 Qg7 27. Qf2
Rc4 28. h6 Qf6 29. Nxc3 Nxc3 (29... Rxc3 30. Bb2 Rxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Qd4+ 32. Kf1
Qd3+) 30. Rxb6 Qd8 31. Rxa6 Rg6 32. Qb2 Ke7 33. Ra7+ Kf6 34. Re4 (34. Be3)
34... Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Rxe4 36. Qxc3+ Re5 (36... Qd4 37. Qxd4+ Rxd4 38. Bb2 Rxh6+
39. Kg1 Rhh4 40. Ra4 Ke5 41. g4) 37. Bf4 Qe2 38. Bxe5+ Qxe5+ 39. Qxe5+ Kxe5 40.
Ra5+ Kd4 41. Rh5 Bd5 42. Kh3 f5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. b3 Bb7 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. Qf3
Re8 15. Rfd1 Be5 16. Na4 Bxb2 17. Nxb2 c5 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Qf4 Nh5 20. Qg4 g6
21. Na4 Ng7 22. Bb5 Red8 23. Bf1 Ne6 24. Nb2 Qf6 25. Rd2 (25. Na4 d4 26. Bc4)
25... d4 26. Nc4 Rd5 27. Rcd1 Rg5 28. Qh3 Bf3 29. Re1 Rg4 30. Ne5 Ng5 31. Qxg4
Bxg4 32. Nxg4 Qd6 33. exd4 Qf4 34. Ne3 cxd4 35. Rc2 Re8 36. Rc5 Ne4 37. f3 Nd2
38. Nd5 Rxe1 39. Nxf4 Rxf1# 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Ngf6 8.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 e6 11. Qd3 b6 12. Bg5 c5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. Qg3 Qc7 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Qe3 Bd5 (17... Rad8) 18. b3 Rfc8 19. Rad1 Bxc4
20. Nxc4 Qa6 21. Nd6 Nd5 22. Qf3 Nxf4 23. Nxc8 Nxh3+ 24. Qxh3 Qxc8 25. Qf3 c4
26. Rd6 cxb3 27. cxb3 Bf8 28. Rc6 Qe8 29. Rc7 Rc8 30. Rxa7 Bc5 31. Rb7 Bd4 32.
Qe4 e5 33. a4 Qe6 34. a5 Qd6 35. b4 Rc3 36. b5 Ra3 37. a6 Qf6 38. Qe2 e4 39.
Rd1 (39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Re8) 39... e3 40. Rxd4 (40. f3 Ra2) (40. Rc7) 40... Qxd4
41. g3 (41. fxe3 Ra1+ 42. Kf2 Qf6+) 41... exf2+ 42. Kh2 f1=N+ 43. Qxf1 Ra2+ 44.
Kh3 Qd5 45. g4 Qb3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8.
O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Nf3 (10. Nb3) 10... O-O 11. Qe2 b6 12. Bf4 Bb7 13.
Rad1 Nd5 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Nh5 Kh8 16. Be4 f6 17. Bh4 Bd6 18. c4 Ba6 19. Nxg7
Kxg7 20. Nd4 Nc5 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. Qxe6 Rae8 24. Qxd5 Bxh2+ 25.
Kh1 Qf4 26. Qh5 Qxe4 27. Rfe1 Qg6 28. Qxg6 hxg6 (28... Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 hxg6 30.
Kxh2 Bxc4) 29. Bxf6+ Kg8 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Kxh2 Bxc4 32. Rd7 Re6 33. Bc3 Bxa2
34. Rxa7 Bc4 35. Kg3 Bd5 36. f3 Kf8 37. Bd4 b5 38. Kf4 Bc4 39. Kg5 Ke8 40. Ra8+
Kf7 41. Ra7+ Ke8 42. b4 Bd5 43. Ra3 Kf7 44. g4 Re2 45. Bc5 Re5+ 46. Kh6 Re6 (
46... g5 47. Bd4) 47. Rd3 Bc6 48. Rd8 Re8 49. Rd4 Re6 50. f4 Ke8 51. Kg7 Be4
52. Bb6 Bf3 53. Rd8+ Ke7 54. Rd3 Be2 55. Bd8+ Ke8 56. Rd2 Re3 57. Bg5 Bd3 58.
f5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O b5 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. f4 d6 (12... Bc5) 13. Bd4 Be7
14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 17. Rf2 Nd7 18. Be4 Qc7 19. Qh5 g6 (
19... Nc5 20. Bxb7 Nxb7) 20. Qh4 Qc4 21. Rd1 f5 22. exf6 O-O-O 23. f7 Rhf8 24.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd7+ Rxd7 27. f8=Q Qd4 28. Qf3+ Ka7 29. Qe4 Qb6
30. Kf1 Qd6 31. g3 g5 32. Qe3+ Ka8 33. Ne4 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bh4 Nh7 14. Bg3 Bf6 15.
Qe2 Ng5 (15... Qe7) 16. Rad1 Re8 17. dxe5 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 dxe5 19. Nh4 Bxh4 20.
Qg4 Nf6 21. Rxd8 Nxg4 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. Bxh4 Nf6 24. f3 Nd7 25. Bf2 Bc6 26. Rd1
Nb6 (26... Kf8 27. c4 b4 28. c5 Ke7) 27. Bxb6 cxb6 28. Rd6 Rc8 29. Re6 fxe6 30.
Bxe6+ Kf8 31. Bxc8 a5 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. b4 axb4 34. cxb4 Kf6 35. Ke3 g5 36. g3
Be8 37. f4 gxf4+ 38. gxf4 Bc6 39. Kf3 Be8 40. a3 Bh5+ 41. Bg4 Be8 42. Kg3 Bf7
43. Bd7 Bc4 44. Kf3 Bf1 45. Bc8 Bc4 46. Ke3 Bf7 47. Bd7 Bc4 48. h4 Ke7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. b3 Nd7 8.
Nc4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Bxc4 11. bxc4 Nc5 12. Qe3 Qe7 13. O-O O-O 14. g3
Rfe8 15. Kh1 f5 16. Nd2 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd6 19. Kg2 Re6 20. a4 a5
21. Rfe1 Rae8 22. h4 b6 23. f3 Qb4 24. Qe2 Qc3 25. Rf1 R6e7 26. Ra2 Qb4 27. Qe1
Qc5 28. Rf2 Re6 29. Re2 Kf7 30. Re4 Qd6 31. Ra1 Ke7 32. Qe2 Kd7 33. Re1 c5 34.
h5 g6 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Kg1 Qc6 37. f4 exf4 38. Qg4 fxg3 39. Re5 Qd6 40. Rd5
Ke7 41. Qg5+ Kd7 42. Rxe6 Rxe6 43. Qxg3 Ke8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Qe7 9. a3 Ba5 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Bd2 cxd4 12. exd4 Bc6 (12... Nc6) 13. d5
Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Bb4 Qd8 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Rac1 Nc6 19.
Rfd1 a5 20. Ng5 Qe7 21. Ne4 a4 22. Rc3 h6 23. Rg3 f5 24. Nc3 Bb3 25. Rd2 f4 26.
Rf3 e5 27. Qe4 Re8 28. Rfd3 (28. Ne2) 28... Nd4 29. h3 Qf7 30. Kh2 Bc4 31. Rxd4
exd4 32. Qxd4 f3 33. gxf3 b5 34. Qg4 Re6 35. f4 Kh7 36. Qf3 Qf5 37. Nd5 Re4 38.
Ne3 Rxf4 39. Nxf5 Rxf3 40. Nd4 Rf6 41. Nc2 Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 b6 10. Qc2 g6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rd1 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Rb8 14. Bc2 Qb6 15.
Rb1 Ba6 16. b3 f5 17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Qe1 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Qa5 20. Qxa5 Nxa5 21. Rbb1
Rfd8 22. Ne5 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Rd8 (23... Bb5 24. Rc1 Rd8) 24. b4 cxb4 25. axb4
Nc4 26. Nc6 Rd7 27. Ra1 Bb7 28. Nxa7 Rd2 29. Bb3 Bd5 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Nc6 Rb2
32. h4 Bb5 33. Nd4 Rxb4 34. Nxe6 Rxh4 (34... Kf7 35. Ng5+ Ke7 36. Ra7+ Bd7 37.
Nxh7 Rxh4 38. Nf8 Kxf8 39. Rxd7 Ra4) 35. Ra8+ Kf7 36. Ng5+ Kg7 37. f4 Bc6 38.
Ra6 Bd5 39. Rd6 Bg8 40. Rd8 Rh5 41. Rd7+ Kf6 42. e4 fxe4 43. Nxe4+ Kf5 44. Ng3+
Kxf4 45. Nxh5+ gxh5 46. Kh2 Be6 47. Rxh7 Kg4 48. Re7 Bf5 49. Rg7+ Kf4 50. g3+
Kf3 51. Rg5 Bg4 52. Re5 Kf2 53. Re8 Be2 54. Rf8+ Bf3 55. Rf7 Ke3 56. Kg1 Be4
57. Rf8 Bd3 58. Ra8 Bf5 59. Ra5 Bg4 60. Kg2 Bf3+ 61. Kf1 Be2+ 62. Ke1 Bg4 63.
Ra3+ Ke4 64. Kf2 Bd1 65. Ra5 Bg4 66. Ra8 Kf5 67. Rd8 Ke4 68. Rf8 Bh3 (68... Kd3
69. Re8 Kd4 70. Ke1 Kd3) 69. Ke2 Bg4+ 70. Kd2 Bf5 71. Rf7 Bg4 72. Rf4+ Ke5 73.
Ke3 Be6 74. Rf8 Bh3 75. Ra8 Kf5 76. Ra5+ Kg6 (76... Kg4 77. Kf2) 77. Kf4 h4 78.
Ra6+ Kg7 79. gxh4 Bf1 80. Rb6 Be2 81. Kg5 Bd1 82. Rb7+ Kg8 83. Kh6 Bf3 84. Rb3
Be4 85. Rg3+ Kf7 86. Kg5 Bc2 87. Kf4 Bg6 88. Rg5 Kf6 89. h5 Bf5 90. h6 Bg6 91.
Rg3 Bb1 92. Rg7 Bg6 93. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Nbc6 8. Nf3
Bd7 9. Be2 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Qd2 Qxc5 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. O-O O-O
15. Rfd1 Rf7 16. c4 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Rc8 18. a5 Ng6 19. a6 b6 20. Rad1 Nf4 21. Bf1
e5 22. cxd5 Na5 23. g3 Nh3+ 24. Kg2 Nc4 25. Bb4 (25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Bb2) 25...
e4 26. Nd4 Nxf2 27. Re1 (27. Kxf2 e3+) 27... Nxd2 28. Bxd2 Ng4 29. Rxe4 Ne5 30.
Bb4 Rg7 31. h3 Be8 32. c4 Bg6 33. Re1 (33. Re3 Nxc4 34. Rc3 Be4+ 35. Kf2 Bxd5
36. Nf5 Rd7 37. Ne7+ Rxe7 38. Bxe7 Kf7 39. Bb4) 33... Bd3 34. Ne6 Rd7 35. Bc3
Bxc4 36. Bxe5 Bxd5+ 37. Kg1 fxe5 38. Rxe5 Bxe6 39. Rxe6 Rc1 40. Kg2 Rd2+ 41.
Be2 Kf7 42. Re4 Rc6 43. Kf1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. c4 Bd6 8. d4
O-O 9. Nc3 Qe7 10. Qc1 Rac8 11. Re1 c5 12. cxd5 Bxf3 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxf3
Nce4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qe3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 exd5 18. Qd4 Qg5 19. Bd2 Qf6 (19...
Qf5 20. e4 Be5 21. Qxd5 Qf6 22. Rad1 Rfd8) 20. Qxd5 Be5 21. Rad1 Rfd8 22. Qe4
Rd4 23. Qb1 h5 24. Be3 Rg4 25. Qd3 a6 26. Qd7 Rc3 27. Qd8+ Kh7 28. Qxf6 Bxf6
29. Rc1 Kg6 30. Bf4 (30. Bf4 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Bg5 32. e3) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Liavdansky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bd3 g6 13. Rd1 a6 14. Kh1 Rc8 15.
Qg3 b5 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nh5 (17... Qxd4 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20.
Rxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. h4 e5) 18. Qg4 Qc7 19. Qh3 Ng7 20. Qh6 (20. Ne4)
20... Qb7 21. Rd2 Rcd8 22. Rf4 (22. Qf4) 22... Nf5 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. e6 f6 25.
Rh4 Bd6 26. Bb6 Bf4 (26... Rfe8 27. Bxd8 Rxe6 28. Kg1 Bf8 29. Qf4 Bc5+ 30. Kf1
Be3) 27. Qxf4 Rxd2 (27... g5 28. Bxd8 gxf4 29. e7 Re8 30. Rxf4 b4 31. Nd1 Rxe7
32. Bxe7 Qxe7 33. Rf1 f4) 28. Qxd2 Qxb6 29. e7 Re8 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. Qxd5+ Kg7
32. Rxh7+ Kxh7 33. Qf7+ Kh6 34. Qxe8 Qf2 35. Qh8+ Kg5 36. h4+ Kg4 37. e8=Q Qf1+
38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kg1 Qc1+ 40. Kf2 Qf4+ 41. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Be7 9. b3 d6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. Rfd1 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 b5 15.
Nb1 Bb7 16. c4 e5 17. Qe3 b4 18. Nd2 Nd7 19. Nf3 Bc6 20. Rc2 a5 21. Ne1 Qb6 22.
Qxb6 Rxb6 23. Nd3 f6 24. Bc1 Ra8 25. Be3 Nc5 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. f4 Rd8 28. Rcd2
Rb7 29. Kf2 (29. fxe5 Rbd7 30. Bh3 Rd4 31. Be6+ Kh8 32. Bd5) 29... Rbd7 30. Ke2
Rd4 31. fxe5 Bxe4 32. Nf4 Rxd2+ 33. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 34. Kxd2 Bb1 35. Kc1 Bf5 36.
Bd5+ Kh8 37. Be6 fxe5 38. Bxf5 exf4 39. gxf4 Bd6 40. h3 Bxf4+ 41. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Osnos, Viatcheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. e3 h6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. Bd3 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3
f5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bf1 Kh8 13. g3 Rb8 14. Bg2 a6 15. h4
Na5 16. b3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nc6 18. h5 Ne7 19. Ne2 c6 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Nf4 Kh7
22. Rcd1 Qc7 23. e4 Rf8 24. Qd3 (24. exf5 Nxf5 25. Nxg6 Kxg6 26. Qg4+ Kf6 27.
Be4 Ne7 28. Bh7 Qd6 29. Rd3) 24... Qd6 25. e5 Qc7 26. d5 cxd5 27. cxd5 Qc5 28.
Rc1 Qa5 29. d6 Ng8 30. e6 Rfe8 31. a3 Qxa3 32. exd7 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Rd8 34. Bc6
Qc5 35. Qd5 Qc3 36. Re8 Nf6 37. Qc4 Qa1+ 38. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Petersons, Andrejs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. e4 Nb6 10. Be2 O-O 11. Be3 Bg6 12. Bd3 Nfd7 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. e5 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 Be7 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Qe4 c6 18. Rd3 Nd5 19. Bc1 Nf8 20. h4 Nxc3 21.
bxc3 Qd5 22. Qg4 f6 (22... Qxa2 23. Bh6 Ng6) 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Ng5 Qf5 (24...
Bxg5 25. Bxg5 e5 26. Bf6 Qd7 27. Qxd7 Nxd7 28. Bxe5 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Rxe5 30. Rd7
Rb8 31. Rfd1 Kf8 32. Rc7 Re7 33. Rdd7 Rxd7 34. Rxd7 a5 35. Rc7 Re8) 25. Qe2 h6
26. Ne4 Be7 27. Rf3 Qd5 28. Bxh6 gxh6 29. Rg3+ Kf7 30. Qg4 Red8 (30... Rec8 31.
c4 Qa5 32. Qg7+) 31. Qg7+ Ke8 32. Qxe7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 a5 11. a3 Qc7 12. c4 Rfd8 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Qc2 Be7 15.
Rb1 h6 16. Rfc1 Nh7 17. e3 Bf6 18. d4 Be7 19. c5 Qc7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 b5
22. cxb6 Qxb6 23. Bc3 Rdc8 24. Ne1 Nhf6 25. Nd3 Ne8 26. Bf1 Nd6 27. Nc5 Qc7 28.
Be1 Nb6 (28... Nxc5 29. bxc5 Ne4) 29. Nb3 Ndc4 30. Qd1 e5 31. Na5 exd4 32. Nxc4
dxc4 33. Qxd4 c5 34. bxc5 Bxc5 35. Qg4 Bf8 36. Bc3 Na4 37. Bd4 c3 38. Bg2 Rab8
39. Ra1 Rb4 40. Be4 Rd8 41. Qf5 g6 42. Qf6 Rbxd4 43. exd4 Bg7 44. Qf3 Rxd4 45.
Rab1 Qe7 46. Rb8+ Kh7 47. Rb7 Rxe4 48. Rxe7 Rxe7 49. Qc6 Nb2 50. Rxc3 Bxc3 51.
Qxc3 Nd1 (51... Rb7 52. Qc6 Rb4) 52. Qd2 Nxf2 53. Qxf2 h5 54. Qf6 Rb7 55. Qc3
Rb1+ 56. Kf2 Kg8 57. Ke3 Rb5 58. Ke4 Rf5 59. Qd3 Kh7 60. g4 hxg4 61. hxg4 Rg5 (
61... Rf2) 62. Qd7 Kg7 63. Kf4 Ra5 64. Qd4+ Kh7 65. Qc4 Kg8 66. Qc8+ Kh7 67.
Qf8 Ra4+ (67... g5+ 68. Ke4 Kg6 69. Qg8+) 68. Kg5 Ra5+ 69. Kf6 Ra6+ 70. Kxf7
Ra7+ 71. Kf6 Ra6+ 72. Kg5 Ra5+ 73. Kh4 Ra7 74. Qc5 Rb7 75. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Ne5 13. Qh3 O-O 14. g5 (14.
Nce2) 14... b4 (14... fxg5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Qd7 17. Nd5 Qxe6 18. Qxe6+
Bxe6 19. Nxe7+ Kf7 20. Nf5) 15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. Rg1+ Kh8 17. Qh6 (17. Nce2) 17...
Qe7 18. Nc6 Nxc6 19. e5 Bg5+ (19... Bxe5 20. f6 Bxf6 21. Bd3 Bg5+ 22. Rxg5 f5
23. Rdg1 Ra7 24. Ne2 Ne5 25. Nf4 Qf7 26. Be2) (19... Nxe5 20. Ne4 Ng6 21. Nxf6
Qxf6 22. fxg6 Qg7 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. gxh7+ Kh8 25. Rxd6) 20. Rxg5 f6 21. exd6
Qf7 22. Rg3 bxc3 23. Bc4 cxb2+ 24. Kb1 Nd8 25. Rdg1 Ra7 26. d7 Rxd7 27. fxe6
Nxe6 28. Bxe6 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Bxe6 30. Kxb2 Rb8+ 31. Ka1 Bxa2 32. Rgd3 Qe7 33.
Kxa2 Qe6+ 34. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nb6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nbd2 c5 15.
dxc5 dxc5 16. Qe2 c4 17. Nh2 Bg5 18. Rd1 Qf6 19. Ndf3 Bxc1 20. Rdxc1 Be6 21.
Ra3 Nb7 22. Rca1 Rxa3 23. Rxa3 Qf4 24. Qe1 Nd7 25. Ra6 Nbc5 26. Rc6 Ra8 27. Qd1
Nb3 28. Bxb3 Qxe4 (28... cxb3 29. Rxe6) 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Qxd7 Qd5 31. Qe7 cxb3
32. Ng4 h6 33. Nfxe5 Rf8 34. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch32"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bf4 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 Nc6 7. Bc4 Bg4 8. Qc2
d5 9. Be2 Nxe4 (9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5
14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. O-O Re8) 10. Nxe4 Bf5 11. Bd3 dxe4 12. Bxe4 e6 13. Bxf5 exf5
14. O-O Qd5 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 (15... Rac8) 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Rc8
19. d5 Nb8 20. Bxc7 Rxc7 21. Re8+ Bf8 22. Rxb8 Kg7 23. Ra8 Rc5 24. Rd8 Rb5 25.
b4 Be7 26. Rd7 Kf8 27. Kf1 (27. Nd4 Rb6 28. Kf1) 27... Ke8 28. Rc7 Bd6 29. Rc8+
Ke7 (29... Kd7) 30. Ra8 a6 31. Nd4 Rb6 (31... Rxd5 32. Ra7) 32. Ke2 Bxh2 33. g3
f4 34. g4 f3+ 35. Nxf3 Bf4 36. Kd3 Bc1 37. b3 Rf6 38. Ke2 Kd6 39. c4 Ba3 40. b5
Kc7 41. bxa6 bxa6 42. Ne5 Kb7 43. Re8 h5 44. gxh5 gxh5 45. Nd3 Rb6 46. c5 Rxb3
47. d6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch31 playoff-1pl"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1964.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. h4 Na5 10. Bb3 c5 11. h5 Nxb3 12. axb3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 (13... Bg4)
14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Qd3 (15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Rxh6 Kg7 17. Qd2) 15... Qb6 16. Bd2 (
16. Qg3 Rfc8 17. Qh4 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Qb4+ 19. Kf1 Bb5) (16. Ba3 Be6 17. Rb1)
16... Rfc8 17. Ra5 a6 18. Rc5 Rxc5 19. dxc5 Qc7 20. Bc3 e5 21. b4 Rd8 22. Qg3
Bb5 23. f4 (23. Qe3) 23... Qd7 24. Kf2 Bxe2 25. Kxe2 a5 26. Kf2 axb4 27. Bxe5
Bxe5 28. fxe5 Qd4+ 29. Kf3 Qd3+ 30. Kf4 Qd2+ 31. Kg4 Rd4 32. Rf1 Rxe4+ 33. Kh3
Qh6+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch31 playoff-1pl"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1964.01.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e5 (5. d4) 5... Ng4 6. d4 Ne3 (
6... Bh4+ 7. Ke2 Nf2 8. Qe1 d6) 7. Bxe3 fxe3 8. Bc4 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 Nc6
11. exd6 (11. Rae1) 11... cxd6 (11... Bxd6 12. Qxe3 Qe7) 12. Rae1 Bg4 13. Rxe3
Kh8 (13... Qd7 14. Nd5 Bd8) 14. Nd5 Bg5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Rg3 Qh5 17. Ne3 Bd7
18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 Qh4 20. c3 Qe7 21. Re3 Qd7 22. Ref3 Nd8 23. Qe4 g6 (23...
Re8 24. Qh4 Qe7 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Bxf7) 24. Qh4 Rg8 (24... Qxf5 25. Rxf5 gxf5
26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Bd3) 25. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch33"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1965.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1965.12.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 b6 6. a3 Bb7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Qd2
Nd7 9. O-O-O g5 10. Nb5 Kd8 11. h4 g4 12. e5 Qg7 13. Ne1 a6 14. Nc3 d5 15. f4
f5 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. h5 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. g3 Bc6 20. Rh4 Rg8 21. Nd3 Rb8 22.
Nf2 c4 23. Nxg4 (23. Rxg4 Rxg4 24. Nxg4 Qg7 25. Be2) 23... Qe7 24. Re1 Rxb2 25.
Kxb2 Qxa3+ 26. Kb1 Bg7 27. Ne5 (27. Re3 d4 28. Nb5 dxe3 29. Qxd7+ Kxd7 30. Nxa3
Rb8+ 31. Kc1 Bb2+ 32. Kd1 Bxa3 33. Ne5+ Kc7 34. Bxc4) 27... Kc7 28. Nb5+ axb5
29. c3 Bxe5 30. fxe5 Rxg3 31. Rh3 Rg5 32. Rhe3 Nc5 33. Rf3 Be8 34. Qa2 Qxa2+
35. Kxa2 Rxh5 36. Ka3 Ne4 37. Rf8 Bd7 38. Kb4 Rxe5 39. Ra1 Rf5 40. Rh8 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch33"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1965.11.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1965.12.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Qb8 12. Nbd2 Qb6 13. d5 Na5 14. Qd1 c5 15.
b4 Nb7 16. Rb1 Rfc8 17. Nf1 a5 18. Qe2 axb4 19. axb4 Ra4 20. Ng3 g6 21. Be3 Qa6
22. Nd2 Ra2 23. f4 (23. f3 c4 24. Qf2) 23... exf4 24. Bxf4 cxb4 25. cxb4 Nd8
26. Rf1 Rcc2 27. Rf2 (27. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rb2 29. Rb1 Rxb1+ 30. Nxb1) 27...
Nd7 28. Qg4 (28. Ngf1) 28... Ne5 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Qd7 Kf8 31. Ngf1 Qb6 32. Qh3
Bg5 33. Rd1 Qd4 34. Qxh7 Bxd2 35. d6 Ke8 (35... Qxd6 36. Nxd2 Rxd2 37. Rfxd2
Rxd2 38. Qh6+) 36. Qh4 Qxd6 37. Kh1 Qd4 38. Qf6 Ra1 39. Rxa1 Qxa1 40. Qd6 Bg5
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch33"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1965.11.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Osnos, Viatcheslav"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1965.12.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. e3 (
8. d5) 8... Bf5 9. Re1 a5 10. d5 Nb4 11. e4 Bd7 12. a3 Na6 13. Rb1 Nc5 14. b4
axb4 15. axb4 Na4 16. Nxa4 Rxa4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 (18. Bd2) 18... Qxf6 19. c5
Rfa8 20. c6 bxc6 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Qc2 Bd7 23. Qxc7 Bg4 24. Qc3 Ra3 25. Rb3 Ra2
26. Qd3 Be6 27. Rc3 d5 28. Rc6 (28. exd5 e4 29. Qxe4 Bf5 30. Rc6 Bxe4 31. Rxf6
Ra1) 28... d4 29. b5 R2a3 30. Qd1 Qe7 31. Nd2 Qb4 32. Bf1 Ra2 33. Nc4 Qxb5 34.
Rb6 Qc5 35. Rxe6 fxe6 36. Bd3 Kh7 37. Kg2 Qb4 38. Qb1 Qxb1 39. Rxb1 Rf8 40. Rb2
Rxb2 41. Nxb2 Rb8 42. Nd1 Rb3 43. Be2 Bf8 44. h4 Bc5 45. h5 g5 46. Bg4 Rb1 47.
Kf1 d3 48. Ke1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch33"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1965.11.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1965.12.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Bxd2 9. Bxd2 d6 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Rfd1 Nd7 12. Be1 Qe7 (12... f5 13. Nd2 Qf6) 13.
Nd2 Nef6 14. Nf1 Rfd8 15. Ng3 Nf8 16. Bc3 Ng6 17. Rd2 d5 (17... cxd4 18. Bxd4
Rac8) 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. cxd5 exd5 (19... Rxd5 20. Rad1 Rad8) 20. Rad1 a5 21.
Bb1 Qe6 22. Qb5 d4 (22... c4 23. Bxg6 Bc6 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7) 23. Qxb7 Rdb8 24. Qf3
dxc3 25. bxc3 Qb3 (25... Ne5 26. Qf4 Ng6 27. Qc7 Rc8 28. Rd8+) 26. Ne4 Qe6 27.
Rd6 Qe5 28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29. Rxf6 Rd8 30. Rc1 Rab8 31. g3 Qg5 32. Rf5 Qe7 33. Ba2
Ne5 34. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch33"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1965.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Lepeshkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1965.12.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b4 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Bb2 c6 6. Na3 O-O 7. c4 Qb6 8. Qb3
Ne4 9. O-O Nc5 10. bxc5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Bxb2 12. Ra2 Bf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nb5
Na6 15. d4 Bd7 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Rd2 Rac8 18. Na2 Nxa2 19. Rxa2 a6 20. e3 b6 21.
b4 (21. Rxa6 bxc5 22. dxc5 Bb5) 21... Bb5 22. Rc1 Bc4 23. Raa1 e6 24. Bf1 a5 (
24... Bxf1 25. Kxf1 bxc5 26. bxc5 Rc6 27. Rcb1) 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. bxa5 bxc5 27.
Rxc4 cxd4 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Nxd4 Kf8 30. a6 Bxd4 31. exd4 Ke7 32. Kg2 Kd6 33.
Kf3 Kd5 34. Ke3 Ra8 35. a7 f5 36. Ra5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch33"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1965.11.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1965.12.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 f5 9. e4 fxe4 10. Qc2 e3 11. g3 Nd7 12. Bd3 Qf6 13. Bb2 (13. Ne2 Qxf3 14.
Rf1 Qh5 15. Nf4) 13... Nxc5 14. Bxh7 Ne7 15. c4 e5 16. f4 (16. Be4 Bd7 17. Ne2
Ba4 18. Qc1 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Qf2#) 16... Qc6 17. Bxe5 Bg4 18. Nf3 Qxf3 19. Bg6+
Nxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kd8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch33"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1965.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1965.12.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 b6 9. e4 d6 (9... d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg5 c4) 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Ne8
12. Be4 Qc7 13. Bf4 h6 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Qg4 Qe7 (15... Kh8 16. Rae1 Rd8 17. Nf3
Na5) 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxh6 f5 (17... f6 18. Bf4 Rd8) 18. Qg3 Qf7 19. Bf4 Rd8
20. Rad1 Ba4 21. Nb3 Rd7 22. Qf3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qe7 24. Qg3 Qf7 25. Qh4 Qb7 26.
f3 Nc7 (26... Qa6 27. Rd8 Qxc4 28. Nd2 Qxa2 29. Qe7 Qa1+ 30. Kf2 Qxc3 31. Qxe6+
Kh7 32. Qe7 Kg8) 27. Rd6 Qc8 28. Nc1 Bd7 29. Ne2 Rf7 30. Bg5 Be8 31. Nf4 Rd7
32. Be7 Na6 33. Qg5 Rxd6 34. exd6 Qd7 35. Bf6 Kh8 36. Be5 Nb8 37. Nxe6 Nc6 38.
Bxg7+ Kg8 39. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch33"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1965.12.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1965.12.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. f4 exf4 10. gxf4 Ng4 11. e4 f5 12. h3 Nf6 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Nd5 Qd7 (14...
Nd4 15. Ne3 c6) 15. Kh2 Nd4 16. Bd2 c6 17. Ne3 Qf7 18. Bc3 Nd7 19. Qd2 Rab8 20.
Rae1 Kh8 21. b3 a6 22. Qb2 c5 23. Ne2 Nxe2 24. Bxg7+ Qxg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26.
Rxe2 Nf6 27. Rfe1 Bd7 28. Nd5 fxe4 29. dxe4 Nxd5 30. cxd5 g5 31. fxg5 Re5 32.
Rf2 (32. h4) 32... Rxg5 33. Ref1 Rd8 34. Rf7+ Kg8 35. R1f6 Rg6 36. e5 Rxf6 37.
Rxf6 dxe5 38. Rd6 Kf8 39. Be4 Ke7 40. Rh6 Bc8 41. Rxh7+ Kd6 (41... Kf6 42. Rh5
(42. Rh6+ Kg5 43. Rh7 Kf4) 42... Rg8) 42. Rh6+ Ke7 43. h4 Kf7 44. Kg3 Rg8+ 45.
Kf3 a5 46. h5 a4 47. Rh7+ Kf6 48. h6 axb3 49. axb3 Rg4 50. Rh8 Rf4+ 51. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch33"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1965.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1965.12.??"]

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 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nf4 12. Bc2 Nf6 13. Nc3 b5 (13... a6) 14.
Nxb5 Ba6 15. Na3 Rb8 16. g3 N4h5 17. b3 Bb7 18. Nb1 (18. Ne2) 18... c6 19. dxc6
Bxc6 20. Qxd6 Qe8 21. Re1 Rf7 22. Bd2 Bf8 (22... e4) 23. Qd3 (23. Qxe5 Re7 24.
Qa5 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1) 23... e4 24. Qc3 (24. fxe4 Rd8 25. Qe2 Qe5 26. Bc3) 24...
Bg7 25. Nh3 Ng4 26. fxg4 Bxc3 27. Nxc3 Nf6 28. g5 Nd7 29. Nxe4 Qf8 30. Bc3 Rf3
31. Bb2 Re8 32. Kb1 (32. Bd4 Bxe4 33. Bxe4 Rxe4 34. Rxe4 Nc5 (34... Rf1+ 35.
Re1) 35. Bxc5 Qxc5) 32... Bxe4 33. Bxe4 Rxe4 34. Rxe4 Rf1+ 35. Re1 Qf5+ 36. Ka1
Rxh1 37. Rxh1 Qxh3 38. Bd4 Qg2 39. Rg1 Qd2 40. Bxa7 Ne5 41. Bc5 Nd3 42. Ba3 Nb4
43. Bxb4 Qd4+ 44. Kb1 Qxg1+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch33"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1965.12.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1965.12.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. g3
d5 9. c5 a5 10. Na4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 b6 12. Be3 Nc6 13. O-O bxc5 14. dxc5 Ba6 15.
Re1 Rb8 16. Rc1 Nde5 17. Nd4 (17. Rc3 Nc4 18. Nd4 Nxe3 19. fxe3) 17... Nxd4 18.
Bxd4 Nd3 19. c6 Nxc1 20. Qxc1 Bc4 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Re8 23. Bd4 Rc8 24. a4
Rxc6 (24... f6 25. Re3 Rxc6 26. b3 Rd6 27. f4 Ba6) 25. b3 e5 (25... Bb5 26. Qb2
) 26. Bxe5 Bb5 27. Qa1 Ba6 28. Rd1 Qg5 29. Bxd5 Rc2 30. Be4 Re2 31. h4 Qe7 32.
f3 Qe6 33. g4 Qxb3 34. Qd4 Qe3+ (34... h5 35. Rb1 Qe6) 35. Qxe3 Rxe3 36. Bf4
Ra3 37. Bc6 Rc8 38. Rd7 (38. Bd7 Rd8 39. Bc7) 38... Bc4 39. Ra7 Be6 40. Be4
Rxa4 41. Bc7 Ra2 42. Ra8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch33"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1965.12.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1965.12.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nf3 Ne8 8. h3 Nd7
9. a3 g6 10. Bh6 Ng7 11. g4 Nf6 12. Ne2 Kh8 13. Ng3 Ng8 14. Be3 a6 15. Qc2 b5
16. b3 Bd7 17. Ke2 Rb8 18. Rhg1 Qe8 19. Rab1 Bd8 20. Nd2 Bh4 21. Rbf1 Qe7 22.
Nf3 Bxg3 23. fxg3 bxc4 24. bxc4 f5 25. Nh2 Qe8 26. Rb1 Nf6 27. Rxb8 (27. gxf5
gxf5 28. g4 fxg4 29. hxg4) 27... Qxb8 28. Rb1 Qc8 29. Qb2 fxg4 30. h4 Ngh5 31.
Nf1 Ng8 (31... Qd8 32. Qb6 Qe7 33. Kd2 Bc8) 32. Qb6 Rf6 33. Bg5 Qf8 34. Bxf6+
Qxf6 35. Ke1 Qf3 36. Be2 (36. Qxd6 Qxd3 37. Qxe5+) 36... Qc3+ 37. Kf2 Ngf6 38.
Kg2 (38. Qd8+ Be8 39. Qe7 Qd4+ 40. Ne3 Nxe4+ 41. Kg2 Nef6 42. Rb3) 38... Qc2
39. Rb2 Qxe4+ 40. Kf2 Qd4+ 41. Kg2 (41. Ke1 Qc3+ 42. Rd2 Ne8 43. Qb2 Qa5 44.
Kf2) 41... Bf5 42. Nd2 Qe3 43. Qd8+ Ng8 44. Bf1 Qxg3+ 45. Kh1 Qf2 46. Bg2 Nf4
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch33"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1965.12.10"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1965.12.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Re1 a5 10. a3 Bh7 11. e4 Na6 12. Qe2 Nc5 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Rac1 dxe4 15.
dxe4 Rad8 16. Nd3 Nfd7 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. e5 Nb6 19. Be4 Qe7 (19... Be7) 20.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. a4 Rd7 22. Ne4 Rfd8 23. Rcd1 Nd5 24. Rd3 Ba3 25. Bxa3 Qxa3 26.
Qd2 Qb4 27. c3 Qe7 28. Rd1 b5 (28... f5 29. Nd6 b6) 29. c4 bxc4 30. bxc4 Nb6
31. Rd6 Rxd6 32. exd6 Qa7 33. Qd4 Qa6 34. Rc1 (34. Nc5 Qxc4 35. Qxc4 Nxc4 36.
d7 Nb6 37. Rd6) 34... Nxa4 35. c5 Qb5 36. Ra1 Nb2 37. Ra2 Qd3 38. Qxb2 Qxe4 39.
Qb6 Qe1+ (39... a4 40. Qxd8 Qb1+ 41. Kg2 Qxa2 42. Qa8 Qd5+) 40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. f3
Qd5 42. Qxa5 Rd7 43. Rd2 Qe5 44. Qb4 Kg6 45. Qe4+ Qxe4 46. fxe4 Kf6 47. Rb2 Rd8
48. Rb6 Rc8 49. e5+ Kxe5 50. Rxc6 Rxc6 51. d7 Rxc5 52. d8=Q Rc2+ 53. Kg1 f5 (
53... Rc1+ 54. Kf2 Rc2+ 55. Ke3 Rxh2 56. Qd4+ Kf5 57. Qxg7 f6 58. g4+ Ke5 59.
Qc7+) 54. Qd1 Rc7 55. Qa1+ Kd5 56. Qa8+ Kd6 57. Qb8 Kd7 58. Qf8 Kc6 59. Kf2 Rd7
60. Ke3 Kd5 61. Kf4 g5+ 62. Ke3 Rc7 63. Qd8+ Kc6 64. h4 f4+ 65. gxf4 gxh4 66.
Ke4 h3 67. Ke5 h2 68. Qd1 h1=Q 69. Qxh1+ Kd7 70. Qd1+ Ke8 71. Kxe6 Re7+ 72. Kf5
Rc7 73. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch33"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1965.12.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ljavdansky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1965.12.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 a6 8. O-O b5
9. e5 Ne8 10. Qe2 bxc4 11. Qxc4 Be6 12. Qa4 Nc7 13. Re1 h6 14. exd6 exd6 15.
Bf4 g5 16. Bc1 Qd7 17. h4 f6 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. hxg5 fxg5 21. Nd2
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Ra7 23. Rac1 Qf5 24. Qc4+ Raf7 25. b3 Re8 26. Nf1 (26. f3 d5 27.
Qc3) 26... h5 27. Nh2 Re6 28. Kg1 d5 29. Qf1 Re4 30. Rcd1 Rfe7 31. Kh1 Bf6 32.
Rd3 R4e6 33. Red1 Nd7 34. Qg2 (34. R3d2 Rh7 35. Qd3) 34... g4 35. Kg1 Nf8 36.
Rc3 Nh7 37. Rdc1 Bg5 38. Nf1 Qf6 39. Bf4 (39. Kh1 Bxe3 40. fxe3 Ng5 41. Nd2)
39... Bxf4 40. gxf4 Qxf4 41. Rxc6 Ng5 42. Rxe6 Nf3+ 43. Kh1 (43. Qxf3 gxf3 44.
Rc8+ Kf7 45. Rxe7+ Kxe7 46. Ne3 Kf7) 43... Rxe6 44. Ne3 Qxd4 45. Qg3 Qe5 46.
Qxe5 Rxe5 47. Rc5 d4 48. Rxe5 Nxe5 49. Nf5 d3 50. Kg2 d2 51. Ne3 h4 52. b4 Kf7
53. a4 Ke6 54. b5 axb5 55. axb5 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch33"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1965.12.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1965.12.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Be7 7. f4 Nc6 8. Qf3
O-O 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qa5 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Bb5 (13. Qg3) 13...
Bb4 14. Bxd7 Bxd7 15. a3 Be7 (15... Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qc7) 16. Qxb7 Rfd8 17. Ne4 (
17. Rhf1 Bg5+ 18. Kb1 Be8 19. Rd3) 17... Rab8 18. Qxa7 Qd5 19. Bc3 Qa2 20. h4
Ba4 (20... Bb4 21. Rh3 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Qxb2+ 23. Kd2 Rbc8) 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. exd6
Bxc2 (22... Ra8 23. Qd4 f6 24. Rhf1 Ra6 25. Rxf6 e5 26. Qd3) 23. Kxc2 Rdc8 24.
Kd3 Qc4+ 25. Ke3 e5 26. Kf2 Qg4 27. Qe3 Rc4 28. g3 e4 29. Rhe1 Rc5 30. Qxe4
Rf5+ 31. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch33"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1965.12.16"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lepeshkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1965.12.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3
Bb4 9. Qc2 b5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. f4 (12. h4 g4 13. h5) 12... Bxc3
13. bxc3 c5 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bxc4 (16. a4 gxf4 17. Nxf7 Qxc3 18.
Qxc3 Nxc3 19. Rd8+ Kxf7 20. Rxh8 Kg7 21. Re8) 16... Qa3+ (16... bxc4 17. Nxc4
Qxc3 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Nxb7 Qxc2+ 20. Kxc2 Ne3+) 17. Kb1 bxc4 18. Rxd5 (18. Nxf7
Kxf7 19. Rxd5 Bxd5 20. Qf5+ Kg7 21. Qe5+ Kh7 22. Qf5+) 18... Bxd5 19. Rd1 Qa6
20. Ka1 Qb7 21. Qd2 Nd7 22. Rb1 Nb6 23. Qe3 Qe7 24. Qf2 O-O-O 25. f5 Kb7 26. f6
Qe6 27. Qxc5 Be4 28. Re1 Qd5 29. Qe7+ Ka8 30. Nxf7 Na4 31. Nxd8 Rxd8 32. Bd6 (
32. Qxe4 Qxe4 33. Rxe4 Rd1#) 32... Rxd6 33. Qe8+ Kb7 34. Qxa4 Rxf6 35. Qb4+ Ka8
36. Qe7 Re6 37. Qf8+ Kb7 38. Rf1 Bg6 39. Qg7+ Ka6 40. Qc7 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch33"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1965.12.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Bukhman, Eduard"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1965.12.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
b6 9. e4 c4 10. Bf1 Nxe4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Rxe4 Bb7 14. d5 Qf6
15. Rxc4 (15. Bxc4 exd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxb2 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4)
15... Bxd5 16. Rc3 Nc5 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Na4 19. Rc7 Nxb2 20. Ba6 Na4 21.
c4 (21. Nb3) 21... Nc5 22. Bb5 Bb7 23. Bc6 Rab8 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Rxb7 Nxb7 26.
Nc6 Ra8 27. Rd1 Nc5 28. Nxa7 g6 29. Nb5 Rxa2 30. f3 Rc2 31. Nd6 h5 32. h4 Rb2
33. Kh2 Rb4 34. Ra1 Na4 35. Kh3 Kf8 36. Rd1 Nc5 37. Rd2 e5 38. Rd5 f6 39. Rd2
Ne6 40. Kh2 Nd4 41. Ra2 Ke7 42. Ne4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch33"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1965.12.20"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1965.12.??"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 c6 4. Nd2 e5 5. e4 Be6 6. Ngf3 Nbd7 7. O-O dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Qe2 b5 12. h3 Rfe8 13. c4 b4 14. Ne1 Nf8 15.
Nd3 N6d7 16. Kh1 f6 17. f4 Bd6 18. Rad1 c5 19. Qe3 Nb8 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Nf3
Nfd7 (21... Nbd7) 22. Qd2 a5 23. Nf4 exf4 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 fxg3 26. Ng5
Ra6 27. Rxe6 Raxe6 28. Nxe6 Rxe6 29. e5 Re8 30. Bd5+ Kh8 31. e6 Nf8 32. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch33"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1965.12.21"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1965.12.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qb6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Qc2 Ba6 14. Rfd1
Ng4 15. e3 Qc5 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. Rd4 h5 18. Ra4 Bc8 19. Ba3 Qe6 20. Bxe7 Qxe7
21. e4 Qg5 22. h4 Qg6 23. Ne2 Bd7 (23... Nf6 24. exd5 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 cxd5) 24.
Nf4 Qh6 25. Ra6 g5 (25... dxe4 26. Bxe4 g5 27. hxg5 Qxg5 28. Bxc6 Rac8) 26.
hxg5 Qxg5 27. exd5 cxd5 28. Bxd5 Bf5 29. Qd2 Rad8 30. Rxa7 Be6 31. Rd1 Rd6 32.
Ra5 Qh6 33. Qc1 h4 34. Nxe6 hxg3 35. Qxh6 gxf2+ 36. Kf1 Nxh6 37. Nf4 (37. Nc7)
37... Ng4 38. Ng2 Rf6 (38... Rh6 39. Nf4 Ne3+) 39. Bf3 Rxf3 (39... Nh2+) 40.
Rg5+ Kf8 41. Rxg4 Ra8 42. Rd2 Rc8 43. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch33"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1965.12.23"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Bukhman, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1965.12.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 d4 7. Nbd2 Nbc6 8. Qe2
Bd7 9. c3 Nc8 (9... O-O 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nb3 Re8) 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nb3 O-O
12. Nc5 Nd6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bf4 a5 15. Rac1 a4 16. a3 Ra6 17. Qc2 Rfa8 (17...
Re8 18. Rfe1 Ra5 19. Re2 f6) 18. Rfe1 Rb6 19. e5 Nf5 20. Ng5 Re8 (20... h6 21.
e6 fxe6 22. Nxe6 Ne3 23. fxe3 Qxe6 24. Bxc7 Rb5 25. Bh3) 21. Qxa4 h6 22. Ne4 g5
23. Bd2 (23. Nc5 Qc8 24. Nxb7 gxf4 25. Bxc6 Rxe5 26. Nc5) 23... Rxe5 (23...
Rxb2) 24. Nc5 Qe7 (24... Qc8 25. b4 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Nd6) 25. b4 Nd8 (25... Nd6
26. Nxb7) 26. Rxe5 Bxe5 27. Re1 Rd6 28. Qa8 Kg7 29. Qc8 Rf6 30. f4 gxf4 31.
gxf4 Ne3 32. fxe5 Qxe5 33. Bxe3 dxe3 34. Qh3 b6 35. Nd7 Qc3 36. Qxe3 Rf5 37.
Rf1 Rg5 38. Nf6 Ne6 39. Ne4 Qe5 40. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch34"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 Nf6 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rad1 Nd5
15. Bxd5 Bxg5 16. Be4 Bf6 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Be6 19. Nf4 Qb6 20. Nxe6 fxe6
21. Qd3 h6 (21... g6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Bg7 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Re4) 22. Qd6
Rce8 (22... Rfe8) 23. Bc2 Qb4 (23... Qxb2 24. Qd3 Rd8 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Rb1) 24.
Qd3 Rd8 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Qg6+ Kg8 (26... Ke7) 27. Rxd8 Nxd8 28. Rd1 Qxb2 29. h4
Nc6 30. Rb1 Qa3 31. Rxb7 Be7 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Qxc6 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kh3
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch34"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Qc7 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. e5 Nh5 10. exd6 exd6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qd2 Ndf6 13. h3 Bh8 14. Bg5 Nd5
15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Nh2 Nf6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. c3 Bd7 19. Bf3 Bc6 20. Ng4 Bg7 21.
Qc2 h5 (21... Re6 22. Ne3 Rae8 23. Qb3 Bh6) 22. Ne3 Kf8 23. Qb3 Qa5 24. Rf1 (
24. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bxd4) 24... Re7 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Rae8 27. Rad1
Bf6 28. Rd3 Kg7 29. Re3 Qc7 (29... Rxe3 30. fxe3 Rxe3 31. Qxb7) 30. Rfe1 Bg5
31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Qd1 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 b6 34. Kf1 h4 35. a4 Kf8 36. Qe4 Qe7 37.
Qc2 Bf4 38. Qd3 Kg7 39. Qd1 Kf8 40. Qd3 Kg7 41. b4 Bh6 42. g4 hxg3 43. Qxg3 Qg5
(43... Bd2) 44. Qxg5 Bxg5 45. Ke2 a5 46. Kd3 Kf8 47. c4 Bh4 (47... axb4 48. c5
dxc5 49. dxc5 bxc5 50. Kc4 b3 51. Kxb3 Bd8) 48. f3 Bf2 49. c5 dxc5 50. dxc5 Ke7
(50... axb4 51. cxb6 Bxb6 52. Kc4 Ke7 53. Kxb4 f6 54. a5 Bf2 55. Kb5 Kd6) 51.
c6 (51. bxa5 bxa5 52. Kc4) 51... f6 (51... axb4 52. Bxf7 g5) 52. bxa5 bxa5 53.
Kc4 Kd6 (53... Bb6 54. Kb5 Bd8 55. h4) 54. Kb5 Kc7 55. Be4 g5 56. Kxa5 Be1+ 57.
Kb5 Bd2 58. Bf5 Be3 59. Be6 Bf4 (59... Bf2 60. Bd7 Bg1 61. Kc4) 60. Kc5 Bd2 61.
Bf5 Be1 62. Be4 Bd2 63. Kd5 Kc8 64. Ke6 Bc3 65. f4 Kc7 66. f5 Kc8 67. a5 Bxa5
68. Kxf6 Bd8+ 69. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch34"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. O-O c5 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Rfe8
15. Bg3 Qc6 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Qc8 (17... Nxd5 18. Bc4 N5f6 19. Nc3 a6 20.
Qg6) 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bf5 Qd8 20. d6 g6 21. Bh3 Qc8 22. Re1 Qc6 23. Qd2 Kg7
24. Rad1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rd8 26. Re7 Nf8 27. Qe1 Qd5 (27... Kg8 28. Rc7 Qd5) 28.
Ne5 (28. Be5 Rxd6 29. Bxd6 Bxe7 30. Qxe7) 28... Rxd6 (28... Bxe7 29. dxe7 Re8
30. exf8=Q+ Kxf8) 29. Rxf7+ Kg8 30. f4 (30. Rxf6 Rxf6 31. Ng4 Rc6 32. Nxh6+ Kh7
33. Qe7+ Kxh6 34. Qxf8+ Kh7 35. Qe7+) 30... h5 31. Rc7 Qb3 32. Nd7 Rd1 33.
Nxf6+ Kh8 34. Rxb7 Qe3+ 35. Kf1 Rxe1+ (35... Qd3+ 36. Kg1 Qe2 37. Qxd1 Qxd1+
38. Kf2 Qd4+) 36. Bxe1 Qxf4+ 37. Kg1 (37. Ke2 Qe5+ 38. Kd1 Qxb2 39. Nd5 Qd4+
40. Ke2) 37... Qd4+ 38. Kf1 (38. Kh1 Qe3) 38... Qxf6+ 39. Bf2 g5 40. g3 g4 41.
Bg2 Ne6 42. Rxa7 Qxb2 43. Re7 Qb1+ 44. Be1 Qd3+ 45. Kf2 c4 46. Bf1 Qd4+ 47. Ke2
Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch34"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Ng8 8.
Bc4 d5 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. O-O Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bh6 12. Bxh6 Nxh6 13. Rd2 Nf5 14. Ne4
a5 15. a4 Ba6 (15... O-O) 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Rad1 O-O 18. Rd7 Rb6 19. b3 e5 20.
Ra7 Rb4 21. Re1 Rd8 22. h3 Nd6 (22... Rbb8 23. Rxa5 Nd4 24. Rc5 f5) 23. Nxd6
Rxd6 24. Rxa5 f6 25. Rc5 Rb6 26. Kf1 Kf7 27. Re3 Ke6 28. Rec3 Kd7 29. Ra5 Rb7
30. Ke2 Kc7 31. Ra6 e4 32. Rc4 f5 33. Ra8 Rd7 34. Rf8 Kb6 35. Rf6 Rbc7 36. g4
Rd5 37. Ke3 Kb7 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. b4 h5 40. h4 Rc8 41. Rf7+ Kb6 42. b5 c5 43.
Rf6+ Kc7 44. a5 Rb8 45. Rc6+ Kd7 46. R6xc5 Rxb5 47. Rxd5+ (47. Rxd5+ Rxd5 48.
Rd4) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch34"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. g3 Be6 7. Nd5 Ne5 8. b3
Ne4 9. Qd4 Nc5 10. f4 Nc6 11. Qe3 Be7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. Bb2 O-O-O 14. Nf3 (14.
Bxg7 Rhe8) 14... Rhe8 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qd7 17. Qc3 (17. Qd2) 17... Qc6 18.
Rg1 Bg4 19. Qc2 Qe4 (19... d5) 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. Bxg7 Rde8 22. Kd2 Bxe2 (22...
Rxe2+ 23. Bxe2 Rxe2+ 24. Kc3 a5 25. Bd4 Ne4+ 26. Kd3 f5 27. h3 Rd2+ 28. Ke3
Re2+) 23. Bh3+ Kb8 24. Bf5 R4e7 25. Rae1 Bf3 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Re1 Rxe1 28.
Kxe1 h5 29. Kf2 Bd1 30. h3 c6 31. g4 Ne6 (31... hxg4 32. hxg4 Ne6 33. Bxe6 fxe6
34. g5 Bc2) 32. gxh5 Bxh5 33. Bh6 Nd4 34. Bd3 Kc7 35. Ke3 c5 36. Bg7 Ne6 37.
Bf6 Nf8 38. h4 Kd7 39. Bf5+ Ke8 40. Be4 Nd7 41. Bc3 b6 42. f5 Ne5 43. f6 Ng6
44. Be1 Nf8 45. Bg3 Kd7 46. Bf5+ Ne6 47. Bh3 Bd1 48. Bf4 Bh5 49. Bh6 Bd1 50.
Bf8 Bh5 51. Be7 a5 (51... a6 52. Kf2 b5 53. Kg3 bxc4 54. bxc4 Be2 55. Bf5 a5
56. a3 a4 57. Kf2 Bd1 58. Bh3 Bh5 59. Kg3 Be2 60. Bf5 Bh5 61. Bg4 Bg6 62. h5
Bd3 63. h6 Bc2 64. Bd1) 52. Kf2 Bd1 53. Kg3 a4 54. bxa4 Bxa4 55. h5 Bc2 56. h6
Bg6 57. Bg4 Bh7 58. Kf2 Bb1 59. Ke3 Bh7 60. Kd2 Bb1 61. Kc3 Be4 62. Kb3 d5 63.
cxd5 Bxd5+ 64. Kc3 Be4 65. Kc4 Ke8 66. Bf3 b5+ 67. Kc3 (67. Kxb5 Nd4+) 67...
Ng5 68. h7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch34"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. d4 Nbd7 10. b4 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 (13... Rxd5)
14. Qb3 e6 15. Rfc1 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Bc3 Qa8 18. Qb5 Rd8 19. Bb4 Bf8 20.
Bxf8 Nxf8 (20... Ra5 21. Qb4 Rxf8) 21. g3 Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Qxa2 23. Qxb6 Qa8 24.
Rc7 Rd7 (24... f6 25. Qc5 Re8) 25. Ne5 Rxc7 26. Qxc7 (26. Qxc7 Qe8 27. Ng4 Nd7
28. Qxd7 Qxd7 29. Nf6+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch34"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 f5 (7...
Nc6) 8. Ndf3 Be7 9. Kf2 Nc6 10. h3 Nf8 11. g4 Qb6 12. Kg2 Bd7 13. Rb1 O-O-O 14.
Be3 Kb8 15. Ne2 Be8 16. Ng3 g6 17. b4 h6 18. Bd3 Rc8 19. Ne2 Qd8 20. Qd2 Nd7
21. a4 Bf7 22. Rb2 Qf8 23. Rhb1 fxg4 24. hxg4 Bd8 25. a5 g5 26. fxg5 hxg5 (
26... h5 27. Nh2 hxg4 28. Nxg4 Qg7) 27. Ng3 Qg8 28. Rc2 Rh4 (28... Bg6 29. a6
Nb6) 29. Nxh4 (29. a6 Bg6 30. axb7 Kxb7 31. Ra1) 29... gxh4 30. Ne2 Qxg4+ 31.
Kh2 Bc7 32. Rg1 Qf3 33. Bf4 Nxb4 (33... h3 34. Rg7 Qf2+ 35. Kxh3 Rh8+ 36. Rh7
Qf1+ 37. Kh2 Qf2+) 34. Qxb4 Qxd3 35. Rb2 b6 36. axb6 (36. Qe7 Be8 37. Qxe6)
36... Nxb6 37. Qa5 Rg8 38. Rxg8+ Bxg8 39. Qc5 Bh7 40. Nc3 Qf3 (40... Qc4 41.
Qxc4 dxc4 42. d5 exd5 43. Nxd5) 41. Qf8+ Kb7 42. Na4 Bg6 43. Nc5+ Kc6 44. Nxe6
Qc3 45. Rg2 Be4 46. Qe8+ Nd7 47. Qc8 Qa5 48. Rb2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch34"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Nd2 e5 6. d5 Nb6 7. h3 Bc8 (7...
Bd7) 8. e4 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O c6 11. b4 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. a4 Ra8 14. Nb3
cxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 16. a5 Rc8 17. Qd3 Nc4 18. Qg3 Ne8 19. a6 bxa6 20. Rxa6 Bh4
21. Qd3 g6 22. Bh6 Ng7 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Qe7 25. Ra7 Qe8 26. Rb1 Ra8 27.
Rbb7 Rxa7 28. Rxa7 Qd8 29. g3 Be7 30. h4 f5 31. Qb2 Bc8 32. Qb8 f4 33. Qc7 Qxc7
34. Rxc7 Bf6 35. g4 Rd8 36. g5 Ne8 37. Ra7 Bg7 38. Bxg7 Nxg7 39. Ra8 Rf8 40.
Nb5 Bd7 41. Rxf8+ Kxf8 42. Nxd6 Ke7 43. Nc4 Bb5 44. d6+ Kd8 45. Bf1 Kd7 46.
Nxe5+ Kxd6 47. Nf7+ Kc5 48. Bxb5 Kxb5 49. Kg2 Ne6 50. Kf3 Kc5 51. Ne5 Kd4 52.
Nd7 Kd3 53. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch34"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nh3 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Be3
b6 9. Qd2 d5 10. Bh6 d4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Ne2 e5 13. f4 f6 14. fxe5 (14. f5)
14... Nxe5 15. Nf2 g5 16. b4 cxb4 17. Qxb4 N7c6 18. Qb2 Qd6 19. Rac1 Be6 20. c3
Rad8 21. Rfd1 Rf7 22. Rc2 (22. a3 dxc3 23. Rxc3 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Qb4)
22... dxc3 23. Qxc3 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Kf1 f5 27. exf5 (27.
Ke2 f4 28. gxf4 Rxf4 29. a3) 27... Bxf5 28. Ke2 Ng4 29. Rb2 (29. h3 Nxf2 30.
Kxf2 Bg4+) 29... Nxh2 30. Ke3 Ra4 31. Be4 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 Ng4+ 33. Kd2 Nf2 34.
Nxf2 Rxf2+ 35. Kc3 Ra3+ 36. Rb3 Raxa2 37. Rb5 Kg6 38. Rd5 Rf5 39. Rd6+ Rf6 40.
Rd7 Rg2 41. d4 Rxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch34"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Doroshkievich, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. a3 O-O 8. Rb1
a5 9. d3 e5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne1 Bg7 13. Nc2 a4 14. Ne3 Nd4 15. Re1
Qa5 (15... f5 16. Ned5 Bd7) 16. Ned5 Re8 (16... Bd7 17. e3 Nb3) 17. e3 Ne6 18.
b4 axb3 19. Rxb3 Ra6 20. Qb1 Nc7 (20... f5) 21. Nxc7 Qxc7 22. Bxb7 Bxb7 23.
Rxb7 Qd8 24. a4 e4 25. Nxe4 Rxa4 26. Qb6 Ra3 27. Rd1 Bf8 28. Qb2 Rxd3 29. Nf6+
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch34"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 e5 (5... O-O) 6. dxe5 dxe5 7.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. f4 Be6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O exf4 (10... Nd4 11. Rd1 Nd7) 11. Bxf4
Nd7 12. Rad1 Kc8 13. Nd5 Nce5 14. Nd4 c6 15. Ne7+ Kc7 16. Nef5 Bxf5 17. exf5
Rae8 18. Bg3 Kc8 19. Nb3 Nb6 (19... Nf6 20. fxg6 hxg6) 20. fxg6 f6 (20... fxg6
21. Rf7 Nxf7 22. Bg4+) 21. gxh7 Nbxc4 22. Nd4 Rxh7 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. b3 Nb6 25.
Nd6+ Bxd6 26. Rxd6 Nd5 27. Rc1 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Kxd7 29. Rd1 Ke6 30. Re1 Rg8 31. a4
Kd7 32. Rd1 Ke6 33. Re1 Kd7 34. Bd1 Ng4 35. Bf3 f5 36. h3 Ngf6 37. Kh2 Re8 38.
Rxe8 Kxe8 39. Be5 Kf7 40. Bd4 a5 41. h4 Kg6 42. g3 Nb4 (42... Kh6) 43. Bb6 Nd3
44. Bxa5 Nc5 45. Bd1 Ng4+ 46. Kg1 Ne3 47. Bb6 Nxd1 48. Bxc5 Nc3 49. Kg2 Nd5 50.
Bd6 Kf6 51. Kf3 b6 52. Ba3 c5 53. Bb2+ Kg6 54. Be5 Nb4 55. Ke3 Nc6 56. Bc7 Ne7
57. Bd6 Nd5+ 58. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch34"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. c3 Qf6 8. d4
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 exd4 10. cxd4 Qxd4 (10... O-O-O 11. Be3 Qxf3 12. gxf3) 11. Nc3 Bd6
12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 Qd6 14. e5 Qh6 15. Qb4 b6 16. f4 a5 17. Qa3 Ne7 18. Rad1
c5 19. Ne4 O-O 20. Rd7 Nf5 21. Ng5 h4 (21... Qc6 22. Qd3 g6) 22. Rxc7 Rad8 23.
Qf3 Nd4 24. Qg4 Rde8 25. Kh2 f6 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. Rc8 Rxc8 28. Qxc8+ Rf8 29.
Qg4 Nf5 30. Re1 Qf6 31. Qh5 Nh6 32. Re4 b5 33. b3 (33. Ne6 Rc8 34. Qd5) 33...
Qf5 34. Qxh4 Nf7 35. Re7 Nxg5 36. fxg5 Qd5 37. Qg3 Rf7 (37... c4 38. g6 Qc6 39.
bxc4 bxc4) 38. g6 Rf8 39. Qc7 Qd4 40. Rf7 Re8 41. Rf4 Qe5 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Kh1
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch34"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 Bd6 8.
Nbd2 Qe7 9. a4 Nh6 10. a5 Nf7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. h3 Bd7 13. b3 Rae8 14. Bb2 Nh8
15. Nh4 Qf7 16. Nc4 exd4 17. cxd4 Qh5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Re2 20. Qd3 Rfe8
21. Ba3 (21. Bc3 Nf7 22. Rfe1) 21... Bxa3 22. Rxa3 R2e7 23. Ne3 Rd7 24. Ra4 Nf7
25. Rb4 Nd6 26. Rd1 Qf7 27. Kf1 Red8 28. Qc2 Nb5 29. Qc5 Qf8 30. Qxf8+ Kxf8 31.
Nc2 c5 32. Rc4 cxd4 33. Rd3 Kf7 34. b4 c6 35. g4 h5 36. Ke2 Rd5 37. Kd2 R8d7
38. f3 Rd8 39. Ne1 (39. Na1 g6 40. fxg6+ Kxg6 41. Nb3 R5d7 42. Nc5) 39... hxg4
40. hxg4 Rh8 (40... g6 41. fxg6+ Kxg6) 41. Nc2 Rh2+ 42. Kc1 Rf2 43. Rc5 (43.
Nxd4 Ra2 44. Kd1) 43... Re5 44. Rd2 (44. Nxd4 Re1+) 44... Rxf3 45. Nxd4 Nxd4
46. Rxd4 Rxc5+ 47. bxc5 Rc3+ 48. Kd2 Rxc5 49. Rd7+ Kg8 50. Rxb7 Rxa5 51. Ke3
Kh7 52. Kf4 Ra1 53. Rc7 Kh6 54. Kg3 Rc1 55. Kh4 Rh1+ 56. Kg3 Rc1 57. Kh4 a5 58.
Ra7 Rh1+ 59. Kg3 Ra1 60. Rc7 Rc1 61. Ra7 c5 (61... Rc4 62. Rxa5 Kg5) 62. Kf4
Ra1 63. Rc7 Ra3 64. Ra7 Ra4+ 65. Kg3 Ra1 66. Rc7 Rc1 67. Ra7 c4 68. Kf4 Rf1+
69. Ke3 Rg1 70. Kf4 c3 71. Rc7 Rc1 72. Rc8 g6 73. Ke3 gxf5 74. gxf5 Kg5 75. Rc5
Re1+ 76. Kd3 Re5 77. Rxc3 Kxf5 78. Ra3 Kg4 79. Kd4 Re1 80. Rxa5 f5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch34"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Doroshkievich, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Qa4 c5 9. d5 Qb6 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. O-O e6 12. d6 Bb7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 (14.
Re1 Nb4 15. Re3) 14... Nb4 15. Re1 Nd3 16. Re2 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bh6 Bc6 (
18... Rfb8 19. Rb1 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxd6) 19. Qa3 (19. Qc2 Rfe8 20. Rd1) 19...
Bxe4 20. Qh3 (20. Rxe4 Bxb2) 20... Rfd8 21. Rxe4 Bxb2 22. Rae1 Qxd6 23. Bg5 Rd7
24. Qf3 Rc8 25. h4 Bg7 26. Rc1 Qd5 27. Qe2 Qd3 28. Qe1 c4 29. h5 Qd5 30. hxg6
Qxg5 31. gxf7+ Rxf7 32. Rcxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Qd5 34. Qe2 a5 35. Qg4 Qf5 36. Qg3
Qe5 37. Rc8+ Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Qf3+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch34"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 a6 11. Na4 Re8 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Qc2 Re6 14. Nc5 Rh6 15.
g3 Ndf6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Qd7 18. Ng5 Rh5 19. f4 h6 20. Nf3 (20. Bh7+ Kf8
21. Ne4 Ng4 22. d5 cxd5 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Bd4 b6 25. h4 g6 26. Rac1) 20... Qe8
21. Ne5 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 f6 23. Qf3 (23. f5 a5 24. b5) 23... fxe5 24. dxe5 Bc7 25.
g4 Rh4 26. h3 h5 27. Qg3 Qe7 28. f5 Qg5 29. Rf4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Bd7 31. Rd1 Be8
32. Bc3 Rd8 33. Rxd8 Bxd8 34. Kg2 (34. Be1 Bb6 35. Bf2 Rh7) 34... Bc7 35. Qf3
Bf7 36. Qg3 Bd5+ 37. e4 Bc4 38. Qf3 Be2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch34"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd4 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Be2 Bc5 8.
c3 dxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nxc3 Ke7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Re1 Kf8 13. Bf4 Nbd7 14. Na4
Bb4 15. Rec1 Re8 16. Nd4 (16. Bd3) 16... Re4 17. Be3 Bd2 18. Rc2 Bxe3 19. fxe3
Ne5 (19... Rxe3 20. Nxc6 Nb6) 20. h3 Rxe3 21. Rd1 Nd5 22. Nc5 Bxh3 (22... Rg3
23. Nxc6 Rxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Ne3+ 25. Kg1 Nxc6) 23. gxh3 Rxh3 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 (24...
Ne3 25. Nxe5 Nxc2 26. Rd7 Kg8 27. Bc4) 25. Nd7+ Kg8 26. Rxc6 Nb4 27. Rc7 Nxa2
28. Bc4 Nb4 29. Ne5 h6 30. Bxf7+ Kh8 31. Rdc1 Rg3+ 32. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch34"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Nikolaevsky, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nd5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bc4
Bg4 9. O-O e6 10. Qb3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nb6 12. Be2 Qd5 13. Be3 Qxb3 14. axb3 c5
15. dxc5 Nd5 16. Bb5 Bxe5 17. Nd2 Nc7 (17... Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Rd8 19. Rd3 Nc6) 18.
Ba4 Bg7 19. Nc4 Nba6 20. Nd6 Rab8 21. b4 b6 22. Bc6 Rbd8 (22... bxc5 23. b5)
23. Nb7 Rc8 24. Nd6 Rcd8 25. Bb7 bxc5 26. bxc5 Nb8 27. Rxa7 Rd7 28. Bc8 Re7 29.
Bg5 f6 30. Be3 Nc6 31. Rb7 h6 32. b4 f5 33. b5 Nd8 34. c6 e5 35. Bb6 e4 36.
Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Bxc7 exf3 38. Bxd8 Bxc3 39. Be7 Bd4+ 40. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch34"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. Qe2 Ndf6 8.
Nc5 Nd5 9. Bd2 Ngf6 10. O-O-O b6 11. Nd3 Ba6 (11... O-O) 12. Nfe5 Bxd3 (12...
Nd7 13. Nxc6 Qc7 14. Ncb4 Nxb4 15. Bxb4 O-O) 13. Qxd3 Qd6 14. c4 Nb4 15. Qb3
Qxd4 16. Nf3 Nxa2+ 17. Qxa2 Qxf2 18. Qb3 Rd8 19. Qe3 Qxe3 20. Bxe3 Rxd1+ 21.
Kxd1 Ne4 22. Kc2 Ng3 23. Rg1 e5 24. Nd2 Nf5 25. Bf2 c5 26. Bd3 Nd4+ 27. Bxd4
cxd4 (27... exd4 28. b4 cxb4 29. Ra1 a5 30. c5 bxc5 31. Rxa5) 28. g4 f6 29. b4
O-O 30. Nf3 f5 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Nxe5 Kh8 33. Nf3 Bh6 34. Nh4 Be3 35. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch34"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nbd2 Bg4 4. c3 c6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. e3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Bc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Qc7 11. a3 b5 12. Be2 a5 13. b3 Nc5 14. b4 Na4 15.
e4 Rab8 16. c4 (16. Nf1 axb4 17. cxb4) 16... axb4 17. Bf1 Rfc8 18. cxb5 cxb5
19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Nxe5 Be6 21. Nd3 b3 22. e5 Nd7 23. Rb1 Nc3 24. Rxb3 Bxb3 25.
Nxb3 Nf8 26. Nd4 Ra8 27. Nb4 Ne6 28. Nxe6 (28. Nxb5 Nxb5 29. Bxb5 Bxb4 30. axb4
Rb8 31. Bf1 Rxb4) 28... fxe6 29. g3 Ra4 30. Kg2 Bxb4 31. axb4 Rxb4 32. Ba3 Rb3
(32... Re4) 33. Bd6 Rf7 34. Ra1 g6 35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. f4 Ne4 37. Be2 Nxd6 38.
exd6 Rd7 39. Ra6 Kf6 40. Kf2 b4 41. Bb5 Rd8 42. g4 Rc3 43. Ke2 b3 44. Bd3 b2
45. g5+ Kf7 46. Rb6 Rxd6 47. Rxd6 Rxd3 48. Rb6 Rh3 49. Rb7+ Ke8 50. Kd2 Rxh2+
51. Kc3 Rf2 52. Rxb2 Rxf4 53. Rh2 Rf5 54. Rxh7 Rxg5 55. Kd4 Kf8 56. Ke4 Rf5 57.
Ra7 Rf7 58. Ra2 Ke7 59. Rg2 Rf6 60. Rg3 Kf7 61. Rg1 Rf5 62. Ra1 Kf6 63. Rh1 Kg7
64. Ra1 g5 65. Rh1 Kg6 66. Rh8 Rf1 67. Rg8+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch34"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Be3 Qa6
15. Bd4 Rfd8 16. h3 Be6 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Rac1 Nd7 19. e4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 c5 21.
Be3 Bf6 22. Bf1 c4 23. Rc2 Re8 24. Rcd2 Bxh3 25. Rd6 (25. Bxh3 Bxc3 (25... Rxe4
26. Nxe4) 26. Rd6) 25... Nb6 26. Bxh3 Rxe4 27. Bxc8 Qxc8 28. Nxe4 Be7 29. R6d2
Qe6 30. Nc3 Bb4 31. Bd4 Qg4 32. a3 Ba5 33. Be3 Kh7 34. Rd4 Qg6 35. Rc1 Qe6 36.
Ne2 (36. Re4 Qc6 37. Rd4) 36... Qe5 37. Nf4 Qb5 38. Rc2 Qb3 39. Re2 Na4 40. Rd5
Bc7 41. Rd7 Be5 42. Bxa7 Bf6 43. Kh2 Nxb2 44. Rxf7 (44. Nd5 c3 45. Nxf6+ gxf6
46. Bd4 c2 47. Bxb2 Qxb2 48. Rdd2 Qxa3 49. Rxc2) 44... Nd3 45. Nd5 Kg6 46. Rd7
Ne5 47. Rc7 Qxa3 48. Nxf6 gxf6 49. Be3 Qd3 50. Ra2 Qf1 51. g4 Nxg4+ 52. Kg3 Ne5
53. Kh2 Nf3+ 54. Kg3 Ne1 55. Kf4 Qg2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch34"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Liberzon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 e5 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. d3
Nbd7 9. e4 c6 10. h3 a6 11. Be3 b5 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. f4 b4 14. Nd1 d5 15. f5 Nf8
16. g4 dxc4 17. dxc4 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 N8d7 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Ng3 h6 21. Nf2 b3 22.
a3 Nc5 23. Rfc1 Na4 24. Nd1 (24. Nd3) 24... Nd7 25. Bf1 Bc5 26. Kf2 Bd4 27.
Rab1 Ndc5 28. Kf3 Kg7 29. Ne2 Bxe3 30. Kxe3 a5 31. Nec3 Nb6 32. Nf2 Rd8 33. Rd1
Ba6 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Rd1 Rxd1 36. Nfxd1 Kf6 37. h4 Bxc4 38. Bxc4 Nxc4+ 39. Ke2
Ke7 40. Kf3 Kd6 41. Ke2 Kc7 42. Kf3 h5 43. gxh5 gxh5 44. Ke2 Kb6 45. Kf3 a4 46.
Ne2 (46. Ke2 f6) 46... Nd3 47. Ng3 Ndxb2 48. Nc3 Nxa3 49. Nxh5 Nb5 50. Nb1 a3
51. Nxa3 Nxa3 52. Ng3 Nbc4 53. Ne2 Nb5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch34 playoff"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
O-O 9. e4 Nc6 10. Qd3 d5 (10... d6) 11. e5 Nd7 12. cxd5 Nb4 13. Qe4 Nxd5 14.
Qg4 Re8 15. Ne4 Qb8 16. Bh6 Bf8 17. Bf4 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 h6 (18... f6) 19. Rad1
Rd8 20. Rfe1 Bxe4 (20... Bd5) 21. Qxe4 Nc5 22. Qc2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qe8 24. b4 Qa4
25. Nd4 (25. Ne1 Qxc2 26. Nxc2) 25... Rd8 26. Bf3 Qxc2 27. Nxc2 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1
Nd3 29. f4 Bxb4 30. Be2 Bc5+ 31. Kg2 Nb2 32. Ne1 (32. Na1 Na4 33. Nb3) 32...
Na4 33. Bc4 Nc3 34. Nd3 Be7 35. Nb2 b5 (35... Ba3 36. Nd3 b5 37. Bb3 a5) 36.
Bb3 a5 37. a4 Ba3 38. axb5 Nxb5 39. Nc4 Bb4 40. Nb6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch34 playoff"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 a6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 c4 7. O-O Bd6 8. Re1
Ne7 9. Nf1 Nbc6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. c3 f6 12. Bd2 b5 13. Ne3 f5 14. Nf1 f4 15. h3
Bf5 16. Nh4 Bd7 17. Bg4 Nc8 18. Nh2 Nb6 19. N4f3 Qf6 20. Qc2 Bf5 21. Bxf5 Qxf5
22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. Re6 Rd8 24. Ng4 Kf7 25. Re2 Re8 26. Rae1 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 h6 (
27... Nd7 28. Nh4 Rh5 29. Nf3 Rf5) 28. Nh4 Rg5 29. g3 Rh5 (29... b4 30. gxf4
Rh5 31. Ng6 Nc8) 30. Kg2 Nc8 31. Nf3 Rf5 32. Nge5+ Bxe5 33. g4 Rf6 34. dxe5 Re6
35. Bxf4 a5 36. Rd2 N8e7 37. h4 b4 38. h5 a4 39. a3 bxc3 40. bxc3 Na5 41. Nd4
Ra6 (41... Rb6 42. e6+ Kf8 43. Bc7) 42. Rd1 Nb3 43. Nf5 Nxf5 44. gxf5 Ra5 45.
Be3 Rb5 46. Kf3 Na5 47. Rg1 Nc6 48. e6+ Kf8 49. Bf4 d4 50. Bd6+ Ne7 51. Bxe7+
Kxe7 52. Rxg7+ Kf6 53. Rf7+ Kg5 54. cxd4 c3 55. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch35"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "1967.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1967.12.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 a6 8. Be3
Na5 9. O-O Be7 10. f4 Nxb3 11. axb3 O-O 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. g4 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. g5
Nc5 (15... b6 16. Qh5 Bb7 17. Rf3 Rfe8 18. Rh3 Nf8) 16. Qh5 Ne4 17. Rf3 Nxc3
18. Rh3 h6 19. bxc3 Qxc3 20. Rd1 Kh7 (20... Qc7 21. gxh6 g6 22. h7+ Kh8) 21. f5
(21. Rg3 Bc5 22. gxh6 g6 23. Qg5 Bxd4 24. Qf6) 21... exf5 22. Rg3 Bc5 23. g6+
Kg8 24. Bxh6 Bxd4+ (24... gxh6 25. gxf7+) 25. Kh1 fxg6 26. Qxg6 Bxe5 27. Rxc3
Bxc3 28. Re1 f4 29. Re7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch35"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "1967.12.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1967.12.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nc6 7. c4 Nb6 8. exd6
cxd6 9. b3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 d5 12. c5 Nd7 13. b4 Nxb4 14. Rb1 Nc6 15.
Rxb7 Rb8 16. Rxb8 Ndxb8 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qa5 (18... Bf6) 19. Qd3 Bf6 20.
Rb1 Na6 21. Rb5 Nab4 22. Qd2 Qa3 23. Bd1 e5 24. dxe5 Bxe5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26.
Qxd5 Rd8 27. Qb3 Na5 (27... Rd3 28. Qc2 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Qxe3+ 30. Qf2 Bh2+ 31.
Kf1 Qc1 32. Qe2 Qf4+) 28. Qc2 Nc4 (28... Qxa2 29. g3 Qxc2 30. Bxc2 Nc6) 29. Bg5
Qc3 30. Kf1 f6 31. Qxc3 Bxc3 32. Bb3 fxg5 33. c6 Kf8 34. c7 Re8 35. Rb8 Nb6 36.
Ba4 Rc8 37. Bd7 Be5 38. Bxc8 Bxc7 39. Rb7 Be5 40. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch35"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "1967.12.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1967.12.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 Nf6 6. d5 Nb8 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. e4 e6 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Nd2 Nf4 15. Bg4
Nd7 16. a3 Nf6 17. Bxc8 Qxc8 18. b4 h5 19. f3 Kh7 20. Bf2 b6 21. bxc5 dxc5 (
21... bxc5) 22. a4 Rg8 23. Kh1 Bh6 24. Ne2 Nxe2 25. Qxe2 Ne8 26. a5 Nd6 27. Ra3
Rg6 28. Be3 g4 (28... Rb8) 29. Bxh6 Kxh6 30. f4 f6 (30... exf4 31. e5 Nf5 32.
Rxf4) 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Qe3+ Kg7 33. Qg3 Nf7 34. Qh4 Qb7 (34... Qh8 35. Qe7 Qf8
36. Qc7) 35. Qxh5 Rh8 36. Qf5 Qe7 37. axb6 axb6 38. Kg1 b5 39. cxb5 Nd6 40. Qf2
Nxb5 41. Rg3 Nd6 42. Qxc5 Rxh2 43. Kxh2 Qh4+ 44. Kg1 Qxg3 45. Nc4 Qc3 (45...
Nxc4 46. Qf8+) 46. Qa7+ Kh6 47. Nxd6 Rxd6 48. Qb8 Ra6 49. Qf8+ Kg6 50. Qg8+ Kh6
51. Qxg4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch35"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "1967.12.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Zhuravliov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1967.12.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 d4
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Re8 11. d3 Bf8 12. a3 a5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Nd7 15. Rb5
e5 16. Nd2 (16. Bxb7 Bxb7 17. Rxb7 Nc5 18. Rb5 Rb8) 16... Ra6 17. Qe2 Nc5 18.
b4 Na4 19. Nb3 axb4 20. axb4 Nxb2 21. Qxb2 Rb6 22. Rxb6 Qxb6 23. b5 Bf5 24. Qe2
h6 (24... Qg6 25. Rd1 Re7) 25. Be4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Bb4 27. Ra2 g6 28. Re2 Re6 (
28... Re7 29. Qd5 Qe6) 29. Qd5 Qa7 30. c5 Qa4 31. Qc4 Qa3 32. b6 Bc3 33. Qd5 h5
(33... Kg7 34. Rxe5 Rf6) 34. Qxb7 Qxb3 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. b7 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qxe2
38. b8=Q Kf6 39. Qh8+ Kf5 40. Qbg8 Rf6 41. Qgg7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch36"]
[Site "Alma-Ata"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1968.12.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Qa5 8. e4
Qh5 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bxg5 Ndxe5 14. h4 Nxc4
15. Bxe7 Re8 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Qc1 (17. Ne2 Nxb2 18. Qb1 Qg6 19. Ned4 Qxb1 20.
Raxb1 Nd3 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Re2 h6 23. Bd2 Re7 24. Bh3 h5 25. Ne1 Nxe1 26.
Rbxe1 Rf7 27. Bxg4 hxg4 28. Rxe6) 17... h6 18. Bf4 Qa5 19. Rb1 (19. Qc2 Nxb2
20. Rac1 Nc4) 19... Bf5 20. Nd2 (20. Ra1 Nxb2 21. Qxb2 Bxc3) 20... Nxd2 21.
Qxd2 Bxb1 22. Rxb1 Rad8 23. Qc2 Qc5 24. Rf1 Ne5 25. Be4 Nc4 26. Bc1 Re6 27.
Bh7+ Kh8 28. Bf5 Ree8 29. Bh3 Ne5 30. Qf5 Nd3 31. Qxc5 Nxc5 32. Be3 Nd3 33.
Bxa7 Nxb2 34. Nb1 Ra8 35. Be3 Rxa2 36. Nd2 Nd3 37. Nc4 Ne5 38. Nd6 Nf3+ 39. Kh1
Rxe3 40. Nxf7+ Kg8 41. Bg2 Re1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch36"]
[Site "Alma-Ata"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Platonov, Igor"]
[Black "Zaitsev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1968.12.30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Bg2 dxe4 7. dxe4 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. b3 Qc7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. a4 b6 12. Nc4 Bf8 13. Re1 Bb4 (13... Bb7) 14.
c3 Bf8 15. b4 a5 16. Qb3 h6 17. Nh4 Bb7 18. Ba3 Ra7 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. Bxf8 Rxf8
21. Rad1 Ba6 22. Nd6 Nc5 23. Qa3 Nd3 24. Re3 (24. Re2) 24... Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Ng4+
26. Kf3 Nxh2+ 27. Kf2 Ng4+ 28. Kf3 Nxe3 29. Kxe3 Qb6+ (29... g5 30. Nhf5 Qb6+
31. Kf3 g4+ 32. Kxg4 Be2+) 30. Kf3 g6 (30... Rd8 31. Bh3 c5 32. Nhf5 Rad7) 31.
Qc1 Qb3 32. Nhf5 (32. Bh3 Qxa4 33. Re1) 32... gxf5 33. Nxf5 f6 34. Nxh6+ Kh8
35. Bh3 Bc8 36. Bxc8 Rxc8 37. Nf5 Rh7 38. Rd6 (38. Rh1 Rcc7 39. Rd1) 38... Qf7
39. Kg2 Qh5 40. Qe1 Rb8 41. Nh4 Qg4 42. Nf3 Rg8 43. Ng1 Qh4 44. Kf3 Qh1+ 45.
Ke3 Rh3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch36"]
[Site "Alma-Ata"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zaitsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Klovans, Janis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1968.12.30"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. b3 e6 5. Bb2 Be7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. d3 Nd7 12. Nd2 f6 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. e4 Re8 (
14... f5) 15. exd5 exd5 16. Qh5 Nf8 17. Rae1 Re6 18. f5 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Qd7 20.
Nf1 c4 21. Bd4 cxd3 22. cxd3 b6 23. Ng3 Rc8 24. Qg4 Bc5 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Nh5
Kh8 27. h3 Qf7 28. Nf4 c4 29. dxc4 dxc4 30. bxc4 Rxc4 31. a5 Kg8 32. Qf3 Rc8
33. a6 Qc4 34. Ne6 Re8 35. Qb7 Nxe6 36. Qd7 Qc5+ 37. Kh1 Nc7 (37... Qc8 38. Qb5
Nc7 39. Qc4+ Kf8 40. Qc5+ Kf7 41. Qc4+) 38. Rxe8+ Nxe8 39. Qxe8+ Qf8 40. Qe6+
Qf7 41. Qc8+ Qf8 42. Qc7 Qe8 (42... h5 43. Qxa7 Qd6 44. Qa8+ Kh7 45. a7 Qd1+
46. Kh2 Qd6+ 47. g3 Qc5 48. Qf3 Qxa7 49. Qxh5+ Kg8) 43. Qxa7 Qe1+ 44. Qg1 Qa5
45. a7 h6 46. Qe3 Kh7 47. Qe7 h5 48. Qe3 h4 49. Kg1 Qa4 50. Qc5 (50. Qc5 Qa2
51. Qc7 Qa4 52. Qb8) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch36"]
[Site "Alma-Ata"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Zaitsev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1968.12.30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 a5 7. a4 Be7 8. h4 b6
9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. h5 c5 12. Bb5 Qc7 13. O-O Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2
Ra7 16. Rfe1 O-O 17. Nbd2 Nc6 18. c3 Raa8 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Nf1 f6 21. exf6
Rxf6 22. Red1 Rcf8 23. N1h2 Nd8 24. Ng4 Rf5 25. Nfe5 (25. Nh4 Rxh5 26. Ng6 Re8
27. N4e5) 25... Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Nf7 (26... Rxf2) 27. Ng6 Re8 28. Qg4 Qd7 29. b3
Nd6 30. f3 Qc8 31. Re1 c4 32. Rb1 cxb3 33. Rxb3 Nc4 34. Re2 Qc6 35. Ra2 (35. f4
Qxa4 36. Rxe6 Rxe6 37. Qxf5 Re8) 35... Ne3 36. Qh4 Qc4 37. Rbb2 (37. Rba3 e5
38. dxe5 Qxh4 39. Nxh4 Rxh5 40. Ng6 Kf7 41. Nf4 Rhxe5) 37... Qxc3 38. Re2 Rg5
39. g4 Nf5 40. Qf2 Nxd4 41. Re3 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 e5 (42... Qc4) 43. Rxe5 Rgxe5 44.
Nxe5 Rxe5 45. Qxd4 Qe3 46. Qxe3 Rxe3 47. Rb2 Re6 48. Kf2 Rc6 49. Rb5 Rc4 50.
Rxb6 Rxa4 51. Rd6 d4 52. f4 Rb4 53. g5 hxg5 54. fxg5 Rb5 55. g6 Kf8 56. Rd8+
Ke7 57. h6 (57. Rh8 Rf5+ 58. Ke2 Rf8 59. Rh7 Kf6 60. h6) 57... Kxd8 58. hxg7
Rf5+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch36"]
[Site "Alma-Ata"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Osnos, Viatcheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1968.12.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Bc4 Qa5 11. f4 Bd7 12. Bb3 Bc6 13. Rhf1 b5 14. Bxf6
(14. Nd5 Nxd5 (14... exd5 15. e5) 15. exd5) 14... Bxf6 15. Qxd6 Bxc3 16. Qxc6
Rac8 17. Qd7 Rfd8 18. Qe7 Bd2+ (18... Bf6 19. Qb7 Rb8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. c3
Bxc3) 19. Kb1 Bxf4 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 (20... Qxd8 21. Qxa7 Rc7 22. Qg1 Be5) 21. e5
Qd2 22. a3 Rf8 23. Bxe6 g5 (23... fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. g3) 24. g3 fxe6 (24...
Qe2 25. Rxf4 gxf4 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qh6 Rg8 28. Qf6+ Rg7 29. Bxf7) 25. Qxe6+ Kg7
26. gxf4 Qg2 27. Rd1 gxf4 28. Qd7+ Rf7 29. e6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch36"]
[Site "Alma-Ata"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zaitsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Nikitin, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1968.12.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nd2 f5 (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 f5) 11. f3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qf6 13.
g4 c5 14. d5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 exd5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 (16... fxg4 17. Bc4 Kg7) 17. Qxf5
Qxf5 18. gxf5 Kg7 19. e4 Bg8 20. Nc4 d5 21. Ne3 Nc6 (21... dxe4 22. fxe4 Nd7
23. O-O-O Ne5) 22. Ng4 (22. Ng4 dxe4 23. f6+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch36"]
[Site "Alma-Ata"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Podgaets, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1968.12.30"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bg4 8. O-O
Nh6 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. b3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nf5 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rfe1 a6
15. Qd3 Qd7 16. a4 e5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Rad1 Rae8 19. Ne4 Bd4 20. Bh6 d5 (20...
Rf7 21. Ng5 Rf6 22. Nf3 Bc5) 21. Bxf8 dxe4 22. Rxe4 Rd8 23. Kf1 Kxf8 24. g4 e5
25. gxf5 Qxf5 26. Re3 Qg4 27. Rxe5 Qf4 28. Qg3 Qf7 29. Re4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch36"]
[Site "Alma-Ata"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1968.12.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. Nb3 b6 12. d4 Rc8 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bb2 exd4 15.
cxd4 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Qf8 17. c3 Re8 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. Qf4 Rc8 20. h4 Nd8 21. Qd2
Nc6 22. Re1 Qd6 23. Bc1 Ne7 24. Qe2 Nd5 25. c4 Nf6 26. c5 Qe6 27. Qd2 Qf5 (
27... Qc4 28. d5 bxc5 29. Ba3 Re8) 28. d5 bxc5 29. Nxc5 Rd8 30. Na6 Bf8 (30...
Rc8) 31. Bb2 Bg7 (31... Rc8 32. Rc1 Ne8) 32. Nxc7 Bc6 33. Qg5 Bb7 34. Qxf5 gxf5
35. Rb1 Bc8 36. Nb5 f4 37. Nxa7 Bf5 38. Re1 Ng4 39. Bxg7 Kxg7 40. Nc6 Ra8 41.
Nd4 Bd7 42. Re2 fxg3 43. fxg3 Ra4 44. Rd2 Ne3 45. Nb3 Rc4 46. Bf3 Rc3 47. Kf2
Ng4+ 48. Bxg4 Bxg4 49. Nd4 Kf6 50. Ne2 Rf3+ 51. Kg2 Ke7 52. Nf4 (52. Nd4 Rc3
53. Rf2) 52... Ra3 53. d6+ Kd7 54. Nd5 Bf3+ 55. Kh3 Kxd6 56. Nf6+ Ke5 (56...
Ke7 57. Nxh7 f6) 57. Nxh7 Bd5 58. Re2+ Kf5 59. h5 Bxa2 60. Rf2+ Ke6 61. Nf6 Ke7
62. h6 Be6+ 63. Kh4 Ra4+ 64. g4 Ra8 65. h7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch36"]
[Site "Alma-Ata"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Zaitsev, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1968.12.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Qxd5 Nc6
8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Qd1 Bc5 10. e3 Qe7 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. O-O g5 13. Nd4 g4 14. b4
Bxb4 15. Bb2 h5 (15... Kb8) 16. Ncb5 Kb8 17. Qa4 a6 18. Nxc6+ Bxc6 19. Bxf6
Qxf6 (19... Qe4 20. f3 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 Bd2 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Rad1 Qxe2 24. Qf4+
Ka8) 20. Qxb4 axb5 21. Bxb5 Qd6 22. Rab1 Bd5 23. a4 f5 24. Qxd6+ Rxd6 25. Rbd1
Rhd8 26. f3 Be6 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. fxg4 fxg4 29. Rf8+ Ka7 (29... Kc7 30. Rh8 Rd5
) 30. Rh8 Rd5 31. Kf2 Rc5 32. e4 Rc2+ 33. Kg3 Rc3+ 34. Kf4 Rc2 35. Rxh5 Rxg2
36. Rh6 Bb3 37. e5 Ra2 38. e6 Bxa4 39. Bxa4 Rxa4+ 40. Kf5 Ra2 41. e7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch36"]
[Site "Alma-Ata"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1968.12.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8.
Be3 a5 9. Qd2 Ng6 10. h4 h5 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Ng5 Be7 13. O-O-O Bf6 14. g3 Qe7
15. f4 Ba6 16. f5 Nf8 17. Nd5 Qd7 (17... cxd5 18. Qxd5 Rb8 19. Qc6+) 18. Nxf6+
gxf6 19. Qxa5 (19. Nh3) 19... c5 (19... fxg5 20. hxg5 c5 21. Rh4) 20. Bxc5 (20.
Ne6 Nxe6 21. fxe6 Qc6) 20... Qc6 21. Ba3 fxg5 22. hxg5 Bd3 23. Qd2 Bxe4 24.
Rhf1 Nd7 25. Rde1 Ra4 26. Re3 Rf8 27. f6 Qc4 28. Rfe1 Qxa2 29. Qe2 Rd4 30.
Qxh5+ Kd8 31. Rd3 Bxd3 32. cxd3 Qa1+ 33. Kd2 Rxd3+ 34. Kxd3 Qxe1 35. Qf3 e4+
36. Qxe4 Ne5+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch36"]
[Site "Alma-Ata"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1968.12.30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. c3
Bg4 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. h3 Bd7 11. Nb3 b6 12. d4 c4 (12... cxd4 13. Nfxd4 Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 e5) 13. Nbd2 Na5 14. Ne5 Be6 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Nf1 Nc7 17. h4 f6 18. Ng4 h5
19. Nge3 Qd7 20. Qc2 Bf7 21. Be4 f5 22. Bg2 Rfe8 23. Rd1 b5 24. Nh2 Bd5 25.
Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Nf3 Red8 27. Bg5 Nc6 28. Re1 Re8 29. Re2 e6 30. Rae1 a5 31. Bd2
Bf6 32. Qc1 Nd8 33. Bg5 Bg7 (33... Nf7) 34. Bxd8 Rcxd8 35. Qg5 Kf7 36. Ne5+
Bxe5 37. Rxe5 Nf6 38. a4 Rb8 39. Qh6 bxa4 40. Bf1 Rh8 (40... Rxb2 41. Bxc4 Rb6
42. g4 fxg4 43. Rg5 Rg8 44. Bd3) 41. Qg5 Rhe8 42. Bxc4 Nd5 43. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch36 playoff"]
[Site "Vladimir"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zaitsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1969.03.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Ne5 Qb6 10. a3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bd7 12. Qc2 h6 13. O-O Rfc8 14. Qe2 Be8 15.
Rfd1 Qd8 16. h3 Nd7 17. Bg3 Nb6 18. e4 Na4 19. exd5 Nxc3 20. bxc3 exd5 21. c4
dxc4 22. Bxc4 Ba4 23. Re1 Bf6 24. Be5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Qd4 26. Rac1 Rc6 27. e6
fxe6 28. Bxe6+ Kh8 29. Rxc6 Bxc6 30. Rd1 Qc5 31. Qe3 Qxe3 32. fxe3 g6 33. Rd6
Re8 34. Kf2 Rf8+ 35. Kg3 Re8 36. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch36 playoff"]
[Site "Vladimir"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Zaitsev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1969.03.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qf3 O-O 10. Re1 c5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Qxf5 Nd7 13. Nd5 Nb6 14. Ne3
Qc8 15. e5 d5 (15... Qe6) 16. Qxc8 Rfxc8 17. a4 d4 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. b3 Rd8 20.
a5 Nd5 21. Bd2 Rab8 22. Rab1 (22. Kf1 Rb5 23. Ke2) 22... Rb5 23. Re4 g6 24. Nh4
(24. Ng3) 24... Nb4 25. c3 dxc3 26. Bxc3 Rd3 27. Rc4 Nd5 28. Be1 Rbxb3 29. Rbc1
Bh6 30. Ra1 Rd4 31. Raa4 (31. Rca4) 31... Rb1 32. Nf3 Bd2 33. Kf1 Bxe1 34. Nxd4
cxd4 35. Rxd4 Bc3+ 36. Ke2 Bxd4 37. Rxd4 Rb5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch36 playoff"]
[Site "Vladimir"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zaitsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1969.03.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bd6 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Be6 11. Nb5 Qe7 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Nfd4
Bd7 (14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Ba3) 15. Nc2 Rfd8 16. Nbd4 Bd6 17. g3 Bh3 18. Bg4 Bxg4
19. Qxg4 Ne5 20. Qd1 Qd7 21. f3 Nc5 22. Ne1 Re8 23. Qe2 Nc6 24. Ng2 Ne6 25. Nf5
Bf8 26. g4 g6 27. Ng3 Qe7 28. f4 Qb4 29. Qf3 Rcd8 30. Bf6 Be7 31. f5 Bxf6 32.
fxg6 fxg6 33. Qxf6 Qe7 (33... Qxg4 34. Qf7+ Kh8) 34. Qxe7 Rxe7 35. Nf4 d4 36.
exd4 Rxd4 37. Nxe6 Rxe6 38. Rc4 (38. g5 Rg4 39. Rc5 b6 40. Rd5) 38... Rxc4 39.
bxc4 Ne5 40. Rb1 Re7 41. g5 Nf3+ 42. Kf2 Nxg5 43. Rb3 h5 44. h4 Ne6 45. Ra3 b6
46. Ke3 Nc5+ 47. Kd4 Rd7+ 48. Ke5 Kf7 49. Rf3+ Ke7 (49... Kg7 50. Nf1 Re7+ 51.
Kd5 g5 52. hxg5 Kg6) 50. Ne2 Nd3+ 51. Ke4 Nc5+ 52. Ke5 Rd2 53. Nf4 Nd7+ 54. Ke4
Rxa2 55. Nxg6+ Kd6 56. Rf5 Rg2 57. Rd5+ Kc7 58. Rg5 Rxg5 59. hxg5 Kd6 60. Nf4
h4 61. g6 Ke7 62. Kf5 a5 63. Kg5 Ne5 64. Nd5+ Kf8 65. Kxh4 Nxc4 66. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch36 playoff"]
[Site "Vladimir"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Zaitsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1969.03.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Rad1 b5 12. c5 b4 13. Nb1 a5 14. Nbd2 Ra8 15. e4
Nxe4 (15... Ne8) 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qc2 Nd5 19. Ne5 Bf6 20. Nc4 Ba6
21. Rfe1 Bb5 22. Nd6 Qb8 23. Bc1 Ba6 24. Bxd5 exd5 (24... cxd5) 25. Bf4 Qd8 26.
Be5 Bc8 27. Rd3 Be6 28. Rde3 Be7 29. Nf5 Bf6 30. h4 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Bxf5 32. Qxf5
a4 33. Kg2 axb3 34. axb3 Ra3 35. R1e3 Ra7 36. h5 h6 37. Kh3 Qa8 38. Qf3 Qc8+
39. Kg2 Ra2 40. Re7 Rd2 41. Qf4 Qb8 42. R3e5 Ra2 43. Qe3 Ra8 44. Qe2 Qc8 45.
Qf3 Ra1 46. Qe2 (46. Rf5 Qa6 47. Rfxf7) 46... Rc1 (46... Ra8) 47. Re8 Qd7 48.
R5e7 Rxe8 49. Rxe8+ Kh7 50. Qd3+ f5 51. Qe3 Rc3 (51... Qf7 52. Re7 Qf6 53. Rc7
Qg5 54. Qe8) 52. Qe5 f4 53. Qb8 f3+ 54. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch36 playoff"]
[Site "Vladimir"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zaitsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1969.03.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf3 Be5 11. Nce2 Qd6 12. g3 Bh3 13. Bg2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
Ne4 15. b3 Qd7 16. Bb2 Rfe8 17. Nf4 Ng5 18. Qh5 Nxd4 (18... f6) 19. Bxd4 Bxd4
20. exd4 Ne6 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Qf5 g6 23. Qd3 Rae8 24. Rac1 Re4 25. Rc2 h5 26.
h4 Kg7 27. Rfc1 R8e7 28. Qf3 Qd6 29. Rc8 Re1 30. Rxe1 Rxe1 31. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch36 playoff"]
[Site "Vladimir"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Zaitsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1969.03.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Nc6 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 h6 14. Be3
Qa5 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Qa4 Qxa4 17. Nxa4 b6 18. Nc3 Rd7 (18... Bc5) 19. Nb5 Rad8
20. b3 Ne8 21. Nd4 Bf6 22. h3 Nd6 23. g4 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 f5 25. f3 Nb5 26. e3 Kf7
27. Bb2 fxg4 28. fxg4 Kg8 29. Be5 Bf7 30. a4 Re8 31. Bf4 g5 32. Bh2 Na3 33. Rc3
b5 34. Kf2 Red8 35. Rd4 bxa4 36. bxa4 Nc4 37. Ke2 Be6 38. Bg3 Rb7 39. Rdxc4 (
39. Rdxc4 Rb2+ 40. Rc2) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch37"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O d5 8. a3
Be7 9. b4 c5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Rb1 Ba6 12. Ne5 cxd4 13. exd4 Nfd7 (13... Qc8
14. Rb3 Nc6) 14. Ndf3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bf6 (15... Bxc4 16. Nxc4 dxc4 17. Be4 Nd7
18. Bxa8 Qxa8) 16. Qc2 h6 (16... Bxe5 17. dxe5 Bxc4 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Re1 Nc6
20. Re3 Nd4 21. Qd2 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Kxh7 23. Rh3+ Kg6 24. Rb7 Nxc1 25. Qxc1) 17.
Rd1 Qc8 (17... Nd7 18. Nc6 Qc8) 18. cxd5 Qxc2 19. Bxc2 exd5 20. Bf4 Rd8 21. Ba4
Be7 22. Rb3 g5 23. Bg3 f6 (23... Bd6) 24. Ng6 Bd6 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Ne7+ Kf7
27. Nf5 Re6 28. Rc1 h5 29. h3 h4 30. Rc7+ Kf8 31. Re3 Rxe3 32. Nxe3 Bd3 33.
Rc8+ Kf7 34. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch37"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Bg7 6. Bg5 Nce7 7. Nxd4 c6 8.
Nc3 h6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Qf3 (11. e5) 11... d5 12. exd5 c5 13. Ndb5 (
13. Nb3 Bg4 14. Qf4 (14. Qg3 Nf5 15. Qf4 g5) 14... g5 15. Qe5 Re8) 13... a6 14.
d6 Nf5 15. Nc7 Nxd6 16. O-O-O (16. Nxa8 Nxc4 17. O-O Bg4 18. Qxb7 Nxe3 19. fxe3
Qxa8) 16... Qxc7 17. Bf4 Bg4 18. Qd3 b5 19. Bd5 (19. Bxd6 bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qb6)
19... Rad8 20. f3 b4 21. Qxg6 bxc3 22. fxg4 Qb6 23. b3 Qb4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch37"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14.
Rfe1 Na5 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. d5 exd5 17. e5 Nc4 18. Qf4 Nb2 (18... h6 19. Qf5 g6
20. Qh3 Kg7 21. e6 Qf6 22. exf7 Rc6 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Ne5 Bc8) 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7
20. Ng5+ Kg6 21. h4 Rc4 (21... Qe7 22. Re3 Rh8 23. Rg3 Rh5 24. Ne4+ Kh7 25.
Nf6+ gxf6 26. Qg4) 22. h5+ Kh6 23. Nxf7+ Kh7 24. Qf5+ Kg8 25. e6 Qf6 26. Qxf6
gxf6 27. Rd2 (27. Nd6 Nxd1 28. e7 Rc1 29. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 30. Re8+ Kg7 31. Nf5+)
27... Rc6 (27... Rb4 28. a3 Rb3 29. e7 Re8 30. Nd6) 28. Rxb2 Re8 (28... Bc8 29.
Nh6+ Kh7 30. Nf5 Rxe6 31. Rc1 Kg8) 29. Nh6+ Kh7 30. Nf5 Rexe6 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32.
Rc2 Rc6 33. Re2 Bc8 (33... Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Rc7 35. Re6 Rd7 36. Nd4) 34. Re7+ Kh8 (
34... Kg8 35. Nh4 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Rc4 37. g3 Rc2 38. Kg1) 35. Nh4 f5 36. Ng6+ Kg8
37. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch37"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Kb1 Qa5 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Nd4 Rfd8 14. f3
Be8 15. h4 Rac8 16. g4 a5 17. Qe3 Qc5 18. Qd3 a4 19. a3 Qb6 20. Ka1 Qa6 21. Qe3
Qa5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. g5 Be7 24. Rd3 Bf8 25. f4 b5 26. Qd2 d5 27. exd5 b4 28.
Na2 Rxd5 29. axb4 Qa6 30. Rd1 Rcd8 31. Qe3 Qc4 32. c3 g6 33. Nc1 Bg7 34. Nc2
Rxd3 35. Rxd3 Rc8 36. Na3 Qc7 37. c4 Qb7 38. b5 Bf8 39. Rc3 Bb4 40. Rc2 (40.
Ne2 Bxc3 41. Nxc3) 40... Bxa3 41. Qxa3 Bxb5 42. Qb4 Qe4 43. Rc3 Bxc4 44. Qd6
Qd5 45. Qb4 Qd4 46. Qb7 Rd8 47. Qc7 Bf1 48. Ka2 Qd6 49. Qxd6 Rxd6 50. Ka3 Rd4
51. Rf3 Bc4 52. Na2 Bxa2 53. Kxa2 h5 54. b3 Rd2+ 55. Ka3 axb3 56. Kxb3 Rh2 57.
Kc4 Rxh4 58. Kd4 Kg7 59. Ke5 Rh1 60. Re3 Ra1 61. Ke4 Ra4+ 62. Kf3 Ra5 63. Ke4
Rf5 64. Rg3 Kf8 65. Rg2 Ke7 66. Ra2 e5 67. fxe5 Rxg5 68. Ra7+ Kf8 69. Kd5 h4
70. Kd6 Rf5 71. Ra4 h3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch37"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Averkin, Orest"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 a6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. a4 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Be2 Be6 13. a5 O-O 14. Bb6 Qd7
15. Re1 Bd6 16. Na4 Qe7 17. c3 Ne4 18. Nd2 f5 19. Nf1 Rf6 20. f3 Raf8 21. b4 (
21. fxe4 fxe4 22. Be3) 21... Rh6 22. fxe4 fxe4 23. Bg4 (23. g3 Rxh2 24. Nxh2
Bxg3) 23... Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qf8+ 25. Bf2 Bxg4 26. Qxd5+ (26. Qxg4 Ne5 27. Qg5
Rxh2) 26... Be6 27. Qxe4 Ne5 28. h3 Rf6 29. Qd4 (29. Re2 Bc4 30. Kg1 Bxe2 31.
Qxe2) 29... Bc4+ 30. Re2 Rf4 31. Qe3 Qf5 (31... Nd3 32. Kg1 Nxf2 33. Rxf2 Rxf2
34. Qxf2 Bh2+) 32. Kg1 Bxe2 33. Qxe2 Re4 34. Qa2+ Kh8 35. Nc5 Bxc5 (35... Nf3+
36. gxf3 Qxh3 37. Be1 Bxc5+ 38. bxc5 Qxf3) 36. Bxc5 h6 37. Rf1 Rf4 38. Rd1 Nd3
39. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch37"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.09.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e3 Be6 7. Nd2 c5 8. dxc5
Nd5 9. Bxc4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc4 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qxc4 O-O 13. Nb3 Ne5 14. Qe2
Nd3+ 15. Kf1 Ne5 16. e4 Nc6 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. h4 Qe6 19. h5 a5 20. Rh3 a4 21. Nd4
Qe5 (21... Nxd4 22. cxd4 Bxd4) 22. Qg4 Qxc5 23. Qh4 h6 (23... f6 24. hxg6 hxg6
25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Ne6+ Kf7 28. Nxc5 fxg5) 24. Bxh6 Nxd4 (24...
Bf6 25. Qg3 Rfc8) 25. cxd4 Qxd4 26. hxg6 fxg6 (26... Rac8 27. gxf7+ Kxf7) 27.
Be3 Qf6 28. Qh7+ Kf7 29. e5 (29. Rf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Rh8) 29... Qxe5 30. Rf3+ Ke6
31. Qxg6+ Bf6 32. Qg4+ Kf7 33. Rf5 Qb2 34. Qh5+ Ke6 35. Re1 Kd7 36. Rd5+ Kc7
37. Rc1+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch37"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.09.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxc3 11. dxc3 Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 Bf5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Bxc6
bxc6 15. Nf3 f6 16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. Ne4 c4 18. Nc5 Bf5 19. f3 Bc2 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8
21. Kf2 Kf7 22. b4 Bf5 23. Ke1 e5 (23... Bc8) 24. Nb7 Rd7 25. Na5 c5 26. bxc5
Rd5 (26... Rc7 27. c6 Bc2 28. a4 Ke6 29. Kd2 Bb3 30. Ra3) 27. Nb7 Rd7 28. Nd6+
Ke7 29. g4 Be6 30. Rb1 Rc7 31. Rb7 Rxb7 32. Nxb7 Kd7 33. Nd6 h6 (33... f5 34.
g5 f4 35. Ne4 Kc6 36. Nf6 Kxc5 37. Nxh7 Bf5) 34. Kf2 Kc6 35. Ke3 a5 (35... Kxc5
36. Ne4+) 36. Ne8 f5 37. Ng7 Bd7 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. f4 Kd5 40. c6 Bc8 41. c7 Kd6
42. h4 (42. h4 Bd7 43. Nh5 Ke6 44. fxe5 Kxe5 45. Nf4) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch37"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.09.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zaitsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 d6 5. e3 c6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Be2 a6 8. Nf3 b5
9. O-O Nbd7 10. a3 bxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
b4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qd7 19. Qb3 Rfb8 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21.
exd4 a5 22. Rfe1 axb4 23. axb4 Rb5 24. Rc4 Rab8 25. Qc3 Qd8 26. h3 d5 27. Rc7
e6 28. Rb1 Kg7 29. Rc5 R5b7 30. b5 Qf6 31. Rc8 Qf5 32. Rb3 Qf4 33. Rxb8 Qxb8
34. Qb2 Rb6 35. g3 h5 36. h4 Qc7 37. Kg2 Qc4 38. Rb4 Qd3 39. Qb1 Qd2 40. Qb3
Qe1 41. Qb2 Qe4+ 42. Kh2 Qe1 43. Rb3 (43. Kg2) 43... Qf1 44. f3 Qd1 45. f4 Kf6
46. Kg2 Rb8 47. Qb1 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 Rb6 49. Rb4 Kg7 50. Rb2 Qe3 51. Rb4 Qf2 52.
Qb2 Qf3 53. Kh2 Kf6 54. Qc2 Kg7 55. Qb2 Qf1 56. Rb3 Kf6 57. Rb4 Qd3 58. Rb3 Qf1
59. Rb4 Qd1 60. Kg2 Kf5 61. Rb3 Qe1 62. Kh2 Qd1 63. Kg2 Kf6 64. Rb4 (64. Ra3
Rb8 65. Ra2) 64... Rb8 65. Qb1 Qd2+ 66. Kh3 Rc8 67. Rb2 Qe3 68. Rg2 (68. Rb3
Rc1 (68... Qxd4 69. b6 Rb8 70. b7) 69. Qxg6+ Kxg6 70. Rxe3) 68... Rc3 69. Qb4
Rb3 70. Qc5 Rb1 71. Qc8 Kg7 72. f5 Rh1+ 73. Rh2 Qg1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch37"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.09.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Zaitsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bf4 Qa5 8. Qb3
O-O 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 (10. Qxc3) 10... cxd5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Qd8 13.
Rfc1 Na5 14. Qb4 b6 15. Nd2 Be6 16. h3 Qd7 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bf4 Bf7 19. Bg3 Rfd8
20. c4 dxc4 21. Nxc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 (22... e5 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. e4 Rac8)
23. Rxc4 Bf8 24. Rac1 Qd5 25. Qb1 e6 26. e4 Qd7 27. Qb3 Rac8 (27... Re8 28. Qc3
Rad8) 28. Rc7 Qe8 29. d5 Rxc7 30. Rxc7 e5 (30... exd5 31. exd5 Bd6 32. Bxd6
Rxd6 33. Qc4) 31. Rxa7 Bc5 32. Kh2 Kh8 33. Qf3 Rd6 34. Qg4 Qb8 35. Ra6 (35. Rf7
Qe8 36. Rc7) 35... Qb7 36. Qe2 b5 37. Ra5 Bd4 38. Rxb5 Qa6 39. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch37"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.09.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 e5 8. Nf3
c6 9. Rd1 Qb6 10. O-O Re8 11. d5 cxd5 12. cxd5 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Nd2 Rec8 15.
Qb1 h6 16. Be3 Qd8 17. Rc1 Ng4 (17... a5) 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Nc4 Bf8 20. b4 Na6
21. Na5 Qe7 22. a3 b6 23. Nc6 Qb7 24. Qd3 Nc7 (24... Nb8 25. b5 g5) 25. Qd2 h5
26. f4 exf4 27. Bd4 Ne6 (27... Bh6 28. Ne7+ Kh7 29. Rxf4 Rf8 30. Rcf1 f6 31.
Nxg6 Kxg6 32. Rxf6+) 28. dxe6 Rxc6 29. Nd5 Bxe6 (29... fxe6 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31.
Qxf4) 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Nxh5+ f6 32. Rxc6 Qxc6 33. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch37"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.09.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. c3 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Bf5 8. h3
e6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. a4 Qe7 11. Bh2 Bg6 12. a5 a6 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Qa3 Ne4 15. Nxe4
Bxe4 16. Nd2 Bg6 17. Bc4 h5 18. Bb3 e5 19. Ba4 O-O 20. O-O Rfd8 21. Rfe1 g4 22.
hxg4 hxg4 23. Rad1 e4 24. Bf4 Qh4 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Nf1 f5 27. Ng3 Qf6 28. Qa4
Re7 29. Rd2 Bf7 30. c4 Bf8 31. Qc2 Qg6 32. b3 Rd8 33. Kf1 Bg7 34. Ke2 Rf8 35.
Rh1 Be8 (35... Qe6 36. d5 Qd7) 36. Rh5 Qe6 37. d5 Qd7 38. Rg5 Rf6 39. Rd1 Bg6
40. Rh1 Ref7 41. f3 exf3+ 42. gxf3 Qe8 43. Kf2 c6 44. Qd1 cxd5 45. Qxd5 Qc6 46.
Nh5 Bxh5 47. Rhxh5 Qxd5 48. cxd5 Kf8 (48... gxf3 49. Kxf3 Kf8) 49. fxg4 fxg4
50. Rxg4 Bh6 51. Kf3 Ke8 52. Rgh4 Bxf4 (52... Bg7) 53. Rxf4 Kd7 54. Rh6 Rxh6
55. Rxf7+ Kc8 56. Kg4 Rh1 (56... Rh8 57. Kf4 Re8 58. e4 Re5 59. Rf5 Re7 60. e5
dxe5+ 61. Ke4) 57. Kf5 Re1 58. e4 Re3 59. Ke6 Rxe4+ 60. Kxd6 Re8 61. Rc7+ Kb8
62. Re7 Rd8+ 63. Ke6 Kc8 64. d6 Rh8 65. Rc7+ Kb8 66. Rf7 Kc8 67. Ke7 Rd8 68.
Rf4 Rd7+ 69. Ke6 Rd8 70. Rc4+ Kb8 71. Ke7 Rh8 72. Rf4 Rh7+ 73. Rf7 Rh1 74. Rf8+
Ka7 75. d7 Re1+ 76. Kf7 Rf1+ 77. Kg7 Rg1+ 78. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch37"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.09.23"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Liberzon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
cxd5 O-O 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. O-O Rc8 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
Bxd4 15. Rad1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qd6 17. h4 h5 18. Rd4 Kg7 19. Rf4 Rc7 20. Re6 Qd8
21. Re3 Qd6 22. Rfe4 a5 23. a4 Qf6 (23... Rfc8 24. Rf4 f5) 24. Rf4 Qd6 25. Re6
Qc5 26. Rxg6+ fxg6 (26... Kxg6 27. Bc2+ f5 28. Rxf5 Rxf5 29. Bxf5+ Kg7 30. Qg3+
Kh8 31. Qe5+ Kg8 32. Be6+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kg7 34. Qf7+ Kh6 35. Qf8+ Kg6 36. Bf5#)
27. Rxf8 Qxc3 28. Qf7+ Kh6 29. Qf4+ Kg7 30. Rf7+ Kg8 31. d6 Qxb3 32. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch37"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.09.23"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 f5 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. d5 c5 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Na6 8. O-O Nc7
9. Bd2 O-O 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. a4 Bd7 12. Nf4 a6 13. a5 Qe8 14. Rab1 b5 15. axb6
Rxb6 16. b3 Rb8 17. e4 e5 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Rbe1 Kh8 21. Bh3 Ng4
22. Nd5 Bd4 (22... Qf7) 23. Bc3 Bxc3 (23... Qf7) 24. exf5 Qxe1 (24... Qxd5 25.
cxd5 Bxe1 26. Rxe1 Bxf5 27. Qc3+) 25. Rxe1 Bxe1 26. Bxg4 Kg8 27. Qb2 Bxf5 28.
Bxf5 gxf5 29. Nf6+ Kf7 30. Nd7 Kg6 31. Qa1 Bb4 32. Qxa6 Rbd8 33. Qxd6+ Kh5 34.
Qe7 Rxd7 35. Qxd7 Kg6 36. Kg2 Rf7 37. Qe6+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ Kg6 39. h3 Rf6 40. g4
h6 41. f4 Ba3 42. Kf3 fxg4+ 43. hxg4 Bb4 44. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch37"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.09.24"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 e5 4. d4 d6 5. g3 Nd7 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Rd1 c6 10. b3 Qe7 11. e3 Nf8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. a4 e4 14. Ba3 c5 15. Nd2
Bg4 16. Ncxe4 Nxe4 (16... Bf5 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qa2 Bxa1 19. Qxa1 Rad8) 17.
Bxe4 Rad8 18. Bd5 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 b6 20. Bc6 Nd7 21. Ne4 Rf8 22. Bb2 Bxb2 23.
Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Bxd7 Rd8 25. Bc6 Bg7 26. Bd5 Qe5 27. a5 Qa1+ 28. Kg2 Qxa5 (28...
h6 29. axb6 axb6) 29. Ng5 Bf6 (29... Rf8 30. Nxf7 Qa1) 30. Nxh7 Kxh7 31. Bxf7
Rg8 32. Bxg8+ Kxg8 33. Qxg6+ Bg7 34. h4 Qc3 (34... Qa1 35. h5 Kh8 36. h6 Bc3)
35. h5 Qf6 36. Qxf6 Bxf6 37. Kf3 Kf7 38. Ke4 Ke6 39. f4 a5 40. g4 b5 41. cxb5
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch37"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.09.26"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Platonov, Igor"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qa5 9. f4 h6 10. b4 (10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. O-O-O) 10... Qd8 11. Bh4 g5 12.
fxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Bg7 14. Nd5 (14. O-O-O) 14... Nh5 15. Qd1 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 f6
17. Bh4 Bc6 18. Qd4 Qc8 19. Bc4 Qg4 20. g3 (20. Bf2 Nf4 21. Qxf6 Nxg2+ 22. Kd2
Rh7) 20... Bxd5 21. Qxd5 O-O-O 22. Be2 Qg6 23. Rf1 Kb8 24. Rf3 Rc8 25. c4 Qe8
26. b5 Rc5 27. Qd2 Ng7 28. Ra3 Qd8 29. Bd3 Ne6 30. Qf2 Qg8 31. h3 b6 32. g4 Qh7
33. Bg3 Qxh3 34. e5 Qh1+ 35. Kd2 dxe5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch37"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.09.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Zaitsev, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. b4 f5 11. c5 Nf6 12. f3 a5 (12... f4) 13. bxa5 dxc5 (13...
Rxa5 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Nc4 Ra6) 14. Nc4 Bd7 (14... Nh5) 15. Rb1 Nc8 16. Be3 (
16. Rxb7 Nd6 17. Nxd6 cxd6) 16... fxe4 17. fxe4 Nd6 18. Qd3 Qe7 19. Bxc5 Rab8 (
19... Bc8) 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. Ba7 Ra8 22. Rxb7 Qe8 23. Bb6 Bc8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch37"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.10.01"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Nd7 (7...
e5) 8. a4 e5 9. dxe5 Ncxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Nc4 Re8 12. Ne3 a5 13. f3 Nd7 14.
Qc2 Nc5 15. Rd1 Be6 16. Bc4 Qh4 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Ng4 Nd7 19. Be3 Ne5 20. Bf2
Qh5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bg3 Re7 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Qf2 Rf8 25. Re1 Ref7 26. Rad1
b6 27. Kh1 Rf4 28. Qd4 Qh5 29. Qf2 g5 30. Qg3 Qg6 31. h3 h5 32. b4 Ra8 33. b5
e5 34. Re3 Raf8 35. Kh2 g4 36. fxg4 hxg4 37. Rde1 Kg7 38. hxg4 Rxg4 (38... Rxg4
39. Qxg4 Qxg4 40. Rg3 Rh8+) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch37"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.10.02"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 b5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Re1 d6 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 exd5 12. exd5+ Kd8 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Qe2 (14.
Nc6+ Bxc6 15. dxc6) 14... Kc8 15. c3 b3 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. dxc6 Ne5 18. Ra3 d5
19. Rxb3 Bd6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Bxd5 Nxc6 22. Qg4+ Qd7 23. Qxd7+ Kxd7 24. Rb7+
Bc7 25. Bg2 Rad8 26. Bh3+ Kd6 27. Rd1+ Kc5 28. b4+ Kc4 29. Bf1+ (29. Rb1 Be5
30. Bf1+ Kxc3 31. Rc1+) 29... Kb3 30. Rxc7 Rxd1 31. Rxc6 Kxa4 32. Kg2 a5 (32...
Rhd8 33. Rxa6+ Kb3) 33. bxa5 Rhd8 (33... Kxa5 34. Ra6#) 34. Rxf6 R8d7 35. a6
Rc1 36. Bd3 Rxc3 37. Bxh7 Kb5 38. Be4 Ra3 39. Bb7 Kc5 40. h4 Kd4 41. Rf5 Re7
42. h5 Re5 43. Rf4+ Kc5 44. h6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch37"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.10.08"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. f3 Rfd8 14. Qe1 Be8 15.
Qf2 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Nc5 17. Bf1 Nb4 18. Nc2 Nxc2 19. Qxc2 b5 20. b3 b4 21. Ne2 e5
22. Rd2 Qc7 23. Rcd1 a5 24. Nc1 h6 25. g3 Bc6 26. Bg2 Ne6 27. Nd3 Qb7 28. Rf1
Bg5 29. f4 exf4 30. gxf4 Bf6 31. e5 dxe5 32. Nxe5 Bxg2 33. Rxg2 Nd4 34. Bxd4
Rxd4 35. Ng4 Rd6 36. Nxh6+ Kf8 37. Ng4 Bd4+ 38. Kh1 Re8 39. Ne5 Rf6 40. Qd1 (
40. Nd3 Re3) 40... Bxe5 41. fxe5 Rxf1+ 42. Qxf1 Rxe5 43. Qf2 Qe4 44. h3 Rf5 45.
Qe2 Qd4 46. Qg4 Qf6 47. Re2 g6 48. Qe4 Kg8 49. Qe8+ (49. Kh2 Rf4 50. Qa8+ Kh7
51. Qg2) 49... Kh7 50. Qe4 Rf4 51. Qb7 (51. Qe5 Rf1+ 52. Kh2 Rf2+ 53. Kg1 Qxe5
54. Rxe5 Rxa2 55. Rb5) 51... Rf1+ (51... Qf5 52. Qg2 Rf1+ 53. Kh2 Qf4+ 54. Qg3
Rh1+) 52. Kg2 Rc1 53. Qe4 (53. Qe7 Qf1+ 54. Kg3 Qg1+ 55. Kf3 Rf1+ 56. Ke4 Rf5)
53... Qf1+ 54. Kg3 Qg1+ 55. Qg2 Rc3+ 56. Kf4 Qd4+ 57. Qe4 Qf6+ 58. Kg4 Qf1 59.
Qe5 Qxh3+ 60. Kg5 Qh6+ 61. Kf6 Qg7+ 62. Ke7 f6+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch37"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.10.08"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Zaitsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
b6 9. Ne5 Ra7 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. e4 Nbd7 (11... Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6) 12. Nxc4 Qa8
13. Nc3 Bb4 14. f3 c5 15. Na2 b5 (15... a5 16. Nxb4 axb4 17. dxc5 bxc5) 16.
Nxb4 cxb4 17. axb5 Rc8 18. Qd3 axb5 19. Rxa7 Qxa7 20. Nd6 Rc6 21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22.
Bd2 Qc8 23. Bxb4 Rc1 24. Bf1 e5 25. Rxc1 (25. Rxc1 Qxc1 26. dxe5) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch37"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.10.09"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 Nb6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd6 exd6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. c3 Qd7 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Bd2 Rae8 14. Re2 d5
15. Ng3 Nc4 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. b3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Bf6 19. Rae1 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 a6
21. Qe3 Rd8 22. Qf4 Kf8 23. h4 Qd6 24. Qe3 Ne7 (24... Qd7 25. h5 Re8 26. Qxe8+
Qxe8 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. hxg6 fxg6) 25. h5 gxh5 26. Nxh5 Nf5 27. Qd3 g6 28. Ne5
Bg5 29. Qh3 Kg8 30. f4 Be7 31. g4 Ng7 32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33. g5 Qe6 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35.
Qh4 Qf5 (35... Kg7 36. f5 gxf5 37. Nxf7 Qxf7 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. g6 Qg7 40. Qxg7+
Kxg7 41. Rxe7+ Kxg6 42. Rxc7 Kg5 43. Rxb7 Rc8) 36. Ng4 Kg7 37. Rxe7 Rh8 38. Nh6
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch37"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.10.11"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Platonov, Igor"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nh3 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 Nd5 12. Nc3 (12. c4) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3
Qh4 14. Kh1 Bxh3 15. gxh3 Qxh3 16. Bf3 Bd6 17. Bg2 Qh4 18. Qf3 e4 (18... f5 19.
Qh3 Qf6 20. f4) 19. Qh3 Qxh3 20. Bxh3 exd3 21. cxd3 Rfd8 (21... Rab8 22. Rg1
Kh8) 22. Rg1 Kh8 23. Rb1 Bf8 24. d4 Bd6 25. Be3 Rab8 26. Bg2 Rb6 27. Be4 Rdb8
28. h3 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 30. Bxb1 Nc4 31. Kg2 Nxe3+ 32. fxe3 g6 (32... Ba3
33. c4 c5 34. Kf3 Kg8 35. Ke4 Kf8 36. Kd5 Ke7 37. Kc6 Bc1) 33. Kf3 Kg7 34. c4
c5 35. Ke4 Kf8 (35... cxd4 36. exd4 Bg3 37. Kd5 Bf2 38. c5 Kf6 39. Kd6 Bxd4 40.
c6 Be5+ 41. Kd7 Kg5) 36. Kd5 Ke7 37. Kc6 f5 (37... Ke6 38. a4 h5 39. a5 g5 40.
Bf5+ Kxf5 41. Kxd6 cxd4 42. exd4 g4 43. hxg4+ hxg4 44. c5 g3 45. c6 g2 46. c7
g1=Q 47. c8=Q+ Ke4 48. Qc6+) 38. a4 f4 39. dxc5 Be5 40. exf4 Bxf4 41. Kb7 g5
42. a5 a6 43. Kxa6 Bc7 44. Kb5 Kd8 45. a6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch37"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.10.11"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Zaitsev, Igor"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. Be2 Na5
9. O-O Ne7 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3 O-O-O 12. Nf4 (12. Rb1) 12... g6 13. Rb1 Kb8 14.
g4 Bb5 15. Re1 Nc8 16. Bf1 Be7 17. h3 Qc6 18. Bg2 (18. b4 cxb3 19. Nxb3 Nxb3
20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. Rxb3) 18... Ba4 19. Qe2 Bc2 20. Nxc4 (20. Ra1 Qa4) 20... Bxb1
21. Nxa5 Qc7 22. b4 g5 23. Nh5 (23. Bd2 Bh7 24. Nh5) 23... Qxc3 24. Bd2 Qd3 25.
Qd1 Bc2 26. Qc1 Ba4 27. Be3 Nb6 28. Bf1 Qg6 29. f4 Rc8 30. Qd2 Rc2 31. Bd3 Rxd2
32. Bxg6 fxg6 33. Bxd2 gxh5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch37 playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1970.01.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8. e3 c5
9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. d3 Rc8 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. e4 d4 13. Nb1 (13. Nd1) 13... Ne8 14.
Ne1 e5 15. f4 g6 16. f5 (16. Nd2) 16... Bg5 17. h4 (17. Nc2) 17... Be3+ 18. Kh2
gxf5 19. exf5 (19. Rxf5 Ng7 20. Rf1 f5 21. Nc2) 19... e4 20. Bxe4 (20. dxe4
Nef6 21. Nc2) 20... Bxe4 21. dxe4 Nef6 22. Ng2 (22. Nd2 Rfe8 23. Nd3 Bxd2 24.
Qxd2 Rxe4) 22... Rfe8 23. Nd2 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Qxg3+ 25. Kxg3 Nxe4+ 26. Kf4 Nxd2
27. Rfe1 Nf6 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Re1 Nde4 30. Re2 Kf8 31. Kf3 d3 32. Re3 Rd8 33.
Re1 d2 34. Rd1 Ng4 35. Ne3 Nef2 36. Bc3 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch37 playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1970.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. c3 d5 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. a4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nd7 11. Bg3 c5 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. O-O e5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Bf3 Rad8 19. a5 Bc8 20. axb6 axb6 21.
Re1 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch37 playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1970.01.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qe2 b6 12. Rd1 Na5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. d5 c4 (
14... exd5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Rxd5 Kg8) 15. Bc2 e5 16. Be3 Bc8
17. h3 Rd8 18. Rf1 Bd7 19. Nd2 Bd6 20. Qh5 f6 21. Bd1 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rb4
Be8 (23... b5 24. Bg4 Be8 25. Be6+ Kh8 26. Qe2) 24. Qh4 b5 25. Bh5 g6 26. Bg4 (
26. Qxf6 gxh5 27. Qe6+ Bf7 28. Qa6 Qb6 29. Qxb5) 26... Kg7 27. Rfb1 a6 28. R1b2
Ra7 29. Be2 Qe7 30. a4 Nb7 31. Ra2 Nc5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Rxa7 Qxa7 34. Qg3 Ra8
35. Kh2 Qe7 36. Rb2 Ra3 37. Qe3 Qa7 38. h4 Nb7 39. Qh3 Nd6 (39... Qxf2 40. Bxc4
Ra1) 40. h5 Qe7 (40... Qxf2) 41. h6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch37 playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1970.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Nc3 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Qe2 Rad8 13. Rfd1 Ne4 14. Ba6 Ba8
15. Bb5 Ndf6 16. Ne5 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Ne4 18. Bb2 f6 19. Nd3 Kh8 20. Nf4 Qf7 21.
Qg4 f5 22. Qe2 Bb7 23. Bd3 Bxf4 24. exf4 Rfe8 25. Qc2 Rc8 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27. Qb1
Rxc1 28. Qxc1 Nc5 29. Be5 Rc8 30. Qb2 Nxd3 31. Rxd3 Rc6 32. h3 h6 33. Re3 Rg6
34. Bd4 Kh7 35. Qc2 (35. Qa3) 35... Qd7 (35... Rc6 36. Qe2 Rc7) 36. Kh2 Bc8 (
36... Rc6 37. Qe2 Rc7 38. Be5 d4 39. Rg3 Qe6 40. Qb2 Rd7 41. Bxd4 g6) 37. Rc3
Ba6 38. Rc7 Qe6 39. g4 Bf1 40. Qxf5 Qxf5 41. gxf5 Rg2+ 42. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch37 playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1970.01.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Rad1 b5 12. c5 b4 13. Nb1 Ba6 14. a3 bxa3 15.
Nxa3 Rb8 (15... Ne8) 16. Ra1 Qc8 17. Nb1 Ne4 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Qb7 20. Ra3
Bb5 21. Rfa1 Ra8 22. e4 Nf6 23. e5 Ne4 24. Be1 f5 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Ne5 Bxe5
27. dxe5 Ng5 28. f4 Nf7 29. Bf2 Nh6 30. Qd2 Qf7 31. h3 a6 32. Rd1 Rad8 33. Ra2
Nf5 34. Qc3 h5 35. Qf3 Nh6 36. Rd4 g5 37. fxg5 Qxf3 (37... Qxf3 38. Bxf3 Rxf3
39. gxh6 Kh7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch38"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Zaitsev, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1970.11.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 Bd7 10. b4 c6 11. Ba3 a6 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Re1 b5 14. Bf1 Qb6 15.
Nb3 Rad8 16. Na5 Ba8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Bh6 19. g3 Nh5 (19... Rc8 20. Bh3
Rc7) 20. Bc1 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 f5 22. Nc6 Nxc6 23. Rxc6 Qa7 24. Bh3 fxe4 25. Qd2
Rf6 (25... Ng7 26. Rxe4 Nf5) 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. Rxe3 Rdf8 28. Re2 Ng7 29. Rxa6
Nf5 30. Rxe4 Nd4 31. f4 g5 32. Be6+ (32. fxe5 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Nxe5 34. Be6+ Kh8
35. Re2) 32... Nxe6 33. dxe6 gxf4 (33... Rxe6 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. fxe5 dxe5 36.
Rb6 Ra8 37. Rxb5 Rxa2 38. Rxe5 h6) 34. Rxd6 fxg3 35. Rg4+ Rg6 36. Rxg6+ hxg6
37. hxg3 Kg7 38. e7 Re8 39. Re6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch38"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1970.11.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nfd7 8.
O-O Nb6 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. Qe2 a5 11. a4 (11. Na4 Nxa4 12. Bxa4) 11... Bg4 12. Rd1
e6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qe7 15. Ne4 Nb4 16. Bd2 c6 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. Be1 N6d5
19. Nc3 Rd7 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Rc5 Ra8 22. Bxb4 axb4 23. Rdc1 Rd6 24. Qd1 Re6
25. Qd2 Bf8 26. Re1 Qh4 27. Rcc1 Bd6 28. Qd3 Kg7 29. Re2 f5 30. Rce1 h5 31. f4
Rae8 32. Kh2 (32. Rf1 Qe7 33. Rf3) 32... Qe7 33. Bd1 (33. g3 h4) 33... Rxe3 34.
Rxe3 Bxf4+ 35. g3 Bxe3 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Qxe4 Rxe4 38. Bf3 Re7 39. Rd1 Bh6 40.
Kf1 Kf6 41. Kf2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch38"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1970.11.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 c4 7. O-O Bb4 8. b3
cxb3 9. Qxb3 Nge7 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Qxa3 O-O 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Rab1 b6
15. Rfd1 Na5 16. e4 dxe4 (16... Nc4 17. Qa4 a6) 17. Bxe4 Nd5 18. Rbc1 Rc8 (
18... Nc4 19. Qb3 Rc8) 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Nf5 Nc4 21. Qb4 a5 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23.
Qb3 Nd2 24. Qxd5 Qxe7 25. Rxd2 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Qe1+ 27. Kg2 Qxd2 28. Qxf7 Rg8 29.
Re3 h6 30. Re4 Qc2 31. Re6 b5 (31... Qxa2 32. Rxh6+) 32. d5 Qxa2 33. d6 Qd5+
34. Kh3 Qc4 35. d7 Qf1+ 36. Kh4 g5+ 37. Kg4 h5+ 38. Qxh5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch38"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1970.11.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qb3 a6 10. a4 Qe7 11. Rd1 Ba5 (11... Rd8 12. dxc5 Bxc5) 12. Qc2 cxd4 (
12... Rd8) 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Ba2 h6 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Bb1 Rfd8 17. Rd3 Rac8 (17...
Bc6 18. Rg3 Kf8) 18. Rg3 Kf8 19. Qd2 (19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Ng6+ fxg6 21. Qxg6)
19... Nbd5 20. Bg6 Be8 (20... Bc7 21. Bxf7 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Bc6 23. exf6 Nxf6 24.
Qc2 Qxf7) 21. Qxh6 Qb4 (21... gxh6 22. Bxh6+ Kg8 23. Be4+ Kh8 24. Bg7+ Kg8 25.
Bxf6+) 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxg7 Qxd4 24. Nd3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Nxc3 26. Ba3+ Kd7 27.
Re1 Kc7 28. Be7 Ncd5 29. Bxd8+ Kxd8 30. Be4 Qxa4 31. Bxd5 Nxd5 32. Qg5+ Kc7 33.
h4 Bb5 34. Rc1+ Bc6 35. h5 Qd4 36. Ne5 f6 37. Nxc6 bxc6 38. Qg7+ Kd6 39. h6 Nf4
40. Qg4 Qd2 41. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch38"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1970.11.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxe2+
8. Bxe2 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Bf5 12. O-O-O O-O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch38"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karasev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1970.11.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Ba5 9. b4 Bc7 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qe7 12. e4 e5 13. d5 Nb6 14. Bb3 Rd8 15.
Qe2 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nfxd5 17. exd5 e4 18. Rfe1 Bf5 (18... Nxd5 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20.
Rxe4 Bf5) 19. Qd2 Qd6 20. Be5 Qe7 21. Bxc7 Qxc7 22. Ng5 Qe5 (22... Nc4 23. Qc1
b5 24. Nxe4) 23. f3 Rac8 24. fxe4 Bg6 25. Nf3 Qc3 26. Qxc3 (26. Rab1 Qxd2 27.
Nxd2) 26... Rxc3 27. Nd2 Rd3 28. Ra2 Rc8 29. Rf1 Rcc3 30. Rf3 Bxe4 31. Nxe4
Rxf3 32. gxf3 Rxb3 33. d6 Rd3 34. Kf2 f5 35. Nc5 Rxd6 36. Nxb7 Rd3 37. Ke2 Rc3
38. Nd6 f4 39. Nb5 Re3+ 40. Kf2 Nc4 41. Nxa7 Nxa3 42. Re2 Rb3 43. Re4 Rb2+ 44.
Kg1 g5 45. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch38"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1970.11.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. e5 Qd8 (12... Qf5 13. Bd3 Qh5) 13.
O-O-O (13. d6) 13... Qa5 14. a3 Bd7 15. Qh4 c4 16. Bxc4 Rac8 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18.
Bxe6 Rxc3+ 19. bxc3 Qxc3+ 20. Kb1 fxe6 21. Qd4 Qxa3 22. Qc4 Nc5 23. Rd4 Bxe5 (
23... Rxf3 24. gxf3 Bxe5 25. Rhd1 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Qa5) 24. Nxe5 Rxf2 25. Rd8+ Kg7
26. Nd3 Nxd3 27. Rd7+ Kh8 28. Qc8+ Rf8 29. Qxb7 Qc3 30. Rc7 Qf6 31. Rc8 Kg8 32.
Qb8 Nb4 33. Rxf8+ Qxf8 34. Qxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rc1 Nd5 36. Rc6 Ke7 37. Ra6 Kf6 38.
Rxa7 h5 39. Kc1 Ne3 40. Ra2 Kf5 41. Rf2+ Kg5 42. h3 Nf5 43. Kd2 Kh4 44. Ke1 e5
45. Re2 Kg3 46. Kf1 Kf4 47. Rf2+ Kg5 48. Ra2 Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch38"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Liberzon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1970.11.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Ndb5 d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. O-O g6 13. Nd4 Ng7 14. Bd3 Rc8 15.
Nce2 Qc7 16. c3 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Nb5 Qd8 19. Bc5 Ne7 20. Bd4 Bxb5 21. Bxb5
Ngf5 22. Rae1 Nc6 23. Bf2 Nd6 24. Bd3 Bg7 25. Nc1 e5 26. fxe5 Nxe5 27. Bd4
Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Nec4 29. Qf2 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Qb6 31. Qxb6 Nxb6 32. Ne2 Na4 33. Rb1
Nc5 34. Bc2 Nc4 35. Nd4 Rf8 36. Bb3 Nd3 37. Bxc4 dxc4 38. b3 (38. b4 Rf2 39. a4
Ra2 40. Rf1 Rxa4 41. Ne6) 38... Rf2 39. a3 (39. Ra1) 39... cxb3 40. Rxb3 (40.
Nxb3 Ra2 41. Ra1 Rc2 42. Nd4) 40... Ra2 41. g3 Nc5 42. Rb1 Rxa3 43. Nb5 Ra2 44.
Re1 a5 45. Re8+ Kf7 46. Rc8 b6 47. Rc6 a4 48. Rxb6 a3 49. Rc6 Ra1+ 50. Kg2 a2
51. Rc7+ Kf6 52. Rc6+ Ne6 53. Nd4 Re1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch38"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1970.11.25"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nxc3 (6... e6) 7.
Qxc3 Nc6 8. e4 a6 9. Bc4 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qxc3 11. Bxc3 e6 12. O-O Rg8 13. Rfd1 b5
14. Bd3 f6 15. a4 b4 16. Bd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc5 18. Bc4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Ke7 20.
Rad1 Ra7 21. b3 a5 22. Rd6 Bd7 23. f4 Rc8 24. e5 fxe5 25. fxe5 Rc5 26. Re1 h6
27. h4 Ra8 28. Re3 Rc6 29. Rd4 Rc5 30. Rd6 Rc6 31. Rxc6 Bxc6 32. Rg3 Rg8 (32...
Kf7 33. Rd3 Ke7 34. Rd6 Bd7) 33. Kf2 g5 34. Ke3 g4 35. Kd4 h5 36. Kc5 Be4 (
36... Rc8 37. Kb6 Bxa4 38. Kxa5 Bc6 39. Kxb4 Bb7 40. Kc3 Rf8) 37. Kb6 Ra8 38.
Bd3 Bf5 39. Re3 Rc8 40. Bc4 Bc2 (40... Rxc4 41. bxc4 Bc2 42. c5 b3 43. c6 b2
44. Re1 Kd8 45. Kb7 Be4 46. Rd1+ Ke7 47. Ka6) 41. Kb5 Ra8 42. Re2 Bg6 43. g3
Bf5 44. Rd2 Be4 45. Rd6 Bd5 46. Bxd5 exd5 47. Rxd5 Ke6 48. Rc5 Ra7 49. Kb6 Rd7
50. Kxa5 Rd3 51. Kxb4 Rxg3 52. a5 Rg1 53. Rc2 g3 54. Ra2 Rh1 55. a6 Rxh4+ 56.
Kc3 Rh3 57. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch38"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1970.11.25"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. Rad1 c4 12. Bf5 Re8 13. Ne5 Nf8 14. b3 cxb3 15.
Qxb3 Ne6 16. Bh4 Rc8 17. Rc1 a6 18. a4 g6 19. Bb1 Qd6 20. Ba2 Red8 21. Rb1 Ba8
22. Rfc1 Rb8 (22... g5 23. Bg3 Qa3) 23. Bg3 Qa3 24. Qc2 Bf8 25. Rb3 Qe7 26. Qb1
(26. Qb2 Qa7 27. Rb1) 26... Qa7 27. Rc2 Be7 28. Ne2 Bd6 29. Bh4 Kg7 30. Bxf6+
Kxf6 31. Nc6 Bxc6 32. Rxc6 b5 33. e4 Kg7 34. axb5 axb5 35. exd5 Nxd4 36. Nxd4
Qxd4 37. Rd3 Qe5 38. g3 Ra8 39. Re3 Qd4 40. Kg2 Ra4 41. Rf3 Qe5 42. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch38"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Platonov, Igor"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1970.11.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Na5 9. Qb4 Nxc4 10. Qxc4 c6 11. Be5 (11. O-O) 11... Bg4 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Qe2
Rc8 14. e4 (14. O-O) 14... Bh6 15. Nf3 b5 16. Qc2 Bg4 17. O-O Nh5 18. Ne2 Qd7
19. Qd3 (19. Qc3) 19... c5 20. Rad1 c4 21. Qc3 f5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Ng3 Rf7 24.
Nxh5 Bxh5 25. d5 Rcf8 26. Qd4 Rxf3 27. gxf3 Qh3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch38"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Dementiev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1970.11.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. g3 a5 11. Bg2 Ne7 12. O-O c6 13. a3 Nf5 14. b4 Nd6 15. b5
a4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nc4 18. Qd4 Be6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Rfc1 (20. f4) 20...
Ra5 21. Ne2 Qg5 22. Nf4 (22. f4) 22... Qxe5 23. Bf1 Qxd4 24. exd4 Nd2 25. Rxc6
Nf3+ 26. Kh1 Nxd4 27. Rd6 g5 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Rd1 Rxf2 30. Kg1 Rd2 31. Rxd2
Nf3+ 32. Kf2 Nxd2 33. Rxe6 Nxf1 (33... Nb1 34. Rxh6 Nxa3) 34. Kxf1 Kg7 35. h4
Rc5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Ra6 Rc4 38. Ke2 Kf7 39. Kf2 Re4 40. Rd6 Rd4 41. Ke3 Re4+
42. Kf2 Rd4 43. Ke3 Ke7 44. Rg6 Re4+ 45. Kf3 Rc4 46. Rxg5 Rc3+ 47. Kf2 Kd6 48.
g4 Rxa3 49. Rg6+ Ke5 50. g5 Kf4 51. Rf6+ Kxg5 52. Rd6 Kf4 53. Rxd5 Ke4 54. Rg5
Ra1 55. Kg2 Kd3 56. Rg4 Ra2+ 57. Kh3 Ra1 58. Kh2 Ke2 59. Re4+ Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch38"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1970.11.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Nb3 Nge7 9. Nbxd4 O-O 10. b3 Bg4 11. Bb2 Qb6 12. Be2 Rad8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qd2
Rfe8 15. Rad1 Bg6 16. Rfe1 Bc5 17. Bf1 Be4 18. a3 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qg6 20. Re3
Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Nf5 22. Rc3 b6 23. a4 h6 24. Rc1 Qg5 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. f3 Nxd4 27.
Qxg5 hxg5 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. fxe4 Nxc2 30. exd5 Ne3 31. Rd3 Nxf1 32. Kxf1 Kf8
33. d6 (33. a5 Ke7 34. Rg3 f6 35. h4) 33... Rd8 34. a5 f6 35. Ke2 Kf7 36. Rc3
Ke6 37. axb6 axb6 38. Rc7 Rd7 39. Rc6 Rxd6 40. Rc7 g6 41. Ke3 (41. Rg7 Rd5 42.
Rxg6 Rb5 43. Rg8 Rxb3 44. Rb8) 41... Kf5 42. Rc4 Ke5 43. Rc8 Rd5 44. b4 Rb5 45.
Re8+ Kd6 46. Rd8+ Ke6 47. Rd4 Re5+ 48. Kf3 b5 49. Rd8 Rf5+ 50. Ke3 Rf4 51. Re8+
Kd7 52. Rg8 Ke7 53. Rxg6 Kf7 54. Rh6 Kg7 55. Rh5 Rxb4 56. g3 Rb3+ 57. Kf2 b4
58. h4 Rb2+ 59. Kf3 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch38"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Doroshkievich, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1970.11.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nd7 5. Bf4 Ngf6 6. e3 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 (9... Nd5) 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O b4 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14.
Nd2 Rc8 (14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 (15. Nxe4 g5) 15... Qd7 16. Qc2 c5 17. dxc5 Qd5
18. e4 Qxc5) 15. Bg5 g6 (15... Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxe4 e5 18. Qc5) 16. Rfd1
Qb6 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Bf3 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Nd5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Na5 Ba6 (21... Ba8)
22. Nxc6 Qe8 23. Qc5 Bb7 24. Nxd8 Rxc5 25. dxc5 Qxd8 26. e4 Qd7 27. exd5 exd5
28. Bxd5 Bc8 29. c6 Qc7 30. h3 h5 31. Rc4 a5 32. Rcd4 Kg7 33. Bf3 Qe5 34. b3
Be6 35. Bd5 Bf5 36. Bf3 Be6 37. Rd6 Qc5 38. R6d4 a4 39. R4d3 axb3 40. axb3 Qc2
41. R1d2 Qc1+ 42. Rd1 Qc2 43. Re3 Bxb3 44. Ree1 Qc5 (44... Qc3 45. Rc1 Bc2 46.
Bd5 b3 47. Bxb3 Qxb3 48. c7 Qc3 49. Re2 Qxc7 50. Rexc2 Qf4) 45. Rc1 Bc2 46. Bd5
Qa5 47. Rxc2 b3 48. Rcc1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch38"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1970.11.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. f4 Nc5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Be3 d5 13. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 14. Kh1 a5
15. c4 dxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch38"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1970.11.25"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. h3
Rb8 9. Be3 b5 10. Nd2 Bb7 (10... Bd7) 11. Rc1 (11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Na5 13.
Qa4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 c6 15. Nc3 Rxb2) 11... e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Bg5 b4 14. Na4 Nd7
15. Nb3 h6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. c5 dxc5 18. Naxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 e4 20. Qb3 e3 21.
f4 Bc8 22. Rc4 g5 (22... a5 23. Rf3 Re8) 23. Nd3 Bf5 (23... g4 24. hxg4 Bxg4
25. Re4) 24. fxg5 Qxg5 25. h4 Qg6 26. Rc6 Bxd3 (26... Qh7) 27. Rxg6 Bxg6 28.
Rc1 Rfe8 29. Rxc7 Be5 30. d6 Bxd6 31. Rc6 Rbd8 32. Bf3 a5 33. h5 Be4 34. Bxe4
Rxe4 35. Qc2 Rd4 36. Kg2 Rd2 37. Qc4 Rxb2 38. Qh4 Rxe2+ 39. Kf3 Be7 40. Qxe7
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch38"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E72"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1970.11.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. a4 e6 9.
Nge2 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. h3 Rb8 13. g4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Ng3
Ne5 16. g5 Nfd7 17. f4 Nc4 18. e5 dxe5 19. f5 Nd6 20. Nce4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 c4 22.
Qf3 gxf5 23. Qxf5 Rf8 24. Be3 Nc5 (24... Nc5 25. Nf6+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch38"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Moisieev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1970.11.25"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O h6 5. d3 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Qe1 Bh7 8. e4
O-O 9. Kh1 c6 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bh3 Nc7 13. Nd1 c5 14. Ne3 d4 15. Ng2
Nd5 16. Nfe1 Qc7 17. f4 Rac8 18. b3 b5 19. Bb2 Nc3 20. Qf2 Qb6 21. Nf3 Rfd8 22.
Bxc3 dxc3 23. Ne3 c4 24. d4 cxb3 25. axb3 Be4 26. Rad1 Nf8 27. Bg2 a5 28. Ne1
Bxg2+ 29. N1xg2 f5 (29... a4) 30. g4 g6 (30... fxg4 31. f5 Bg5 32. Nxg4 Rc7)
31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Qg3+ Kh7 33. d5 Ng6 (33... Bc5 34. Qh3 a4) 34. d6 Bf8 35. Rg1
Qb7 36. Nd5 exd5 37. Nh4 d4+ 38. Rg2 Qf7 39. Qxg6+ Qxg6 40. Nxg6 Bxd6 41. exd6
Rxd6 42. Ne5 a4 43. bxa4 bxa4 44. Ra1 Ra6 45. Ra3 Rb8 46. Rg1 Rb2 47. Nd3 Rb8
48. Rga1 Rba8 49. Ne5 Rb8 50. Kg2 Rb2 51. Rc1 Kg7 52. Kf2 Kf6 53. Nd3 Rb8 54.
Rca1 Rba8 55. Nb4 R6a7 56. Nc6 Rd7 57. Rxa4 Rxa4 58. Rxa4 d3 59. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch38"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1970.11.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Be7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Qc7 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Qd2 c5 13. Rad1 Bc6 14. f3 Rb8
15. Rb1 O-O 16. Rfd1 Rb4 17. a3 Rd4 18. Qe3 Rb8 19. Kh1 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 a5 21.
Qc3 Qb7 22. Kg1 a4 23. Ne3 Qb5 24. Bg3 Ra8 25. Rd1 Qa5 26. Be1 Qxc3 27. Bxc3
Bb5 28. Ng4 Kf8 29. Nf2 Bc6 30. Ne4 Rb8 31. Kf2 Bd5 32. Ke3 Ke8 33. Rd2 Ra8 34.
Rd1 Kd8 35. Rd2 Kc8 36. Rd1 Kb7 37. h4 h5 38. g3 Kc6 39. Re1 Rf8 40. f4 Rb8 41.
Rd1 Rf8 42. Nd2 f6 43. Rf1 Bd8 44. Rf2 (44. Ne4 fxe5 45. Bxe5) 44... Bc7 45.
Nf1 Bb6 46. Rd2 (46. Kd2) 46... fxe5 47. Bxe5 Rf7 48. Ke2 d6 49. Bc3 Bc4+ 50.
Ke1 Bxf1 51. Kxf1 e5 52. Kg2 e4 (52... exf4 53. Rf2) 53. Re2 d5 54. Be5 Bc7 55.
Bxc7 Rxc7 56. Kf1 Rb7 57. c3 Kb5 58. Rc2 Kc4 59. Ke2 Rb3 60. Ke3 d4+ 61. Kxe4
dxc3 62. bxc3 Rxa3 63. g4 hxg4 64. Rg2 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch38"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Podgaets, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1970.11.25"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 b6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 c5
9. Qd2 Kh7 10. d5 e6 11. Ng3 exd5 12. cxd5 Nbd7 13. Be2 a6 14. a4 Rb8 15. O-O
Ne8 16. Rab1 Nc7 17. b4 Re8 18. Rfc1 Bb7 19. Bf2 h5 20. Nf1 Qe7 21. Re1 Qf6 22.
Na2 h4 23. Rb3 Ba8 (23... h3 24. g3 b5) 24. Ne3 Ne5 25. Reb1 h3 26. bxc5 dxc5
27. Bg3 Qd8 28. Nc3 hxg2 29. f4 (29. Kxg2) 29... Nc6 30. Nc4 Nb4 (30... Nd4 31.
Rxb6 Rxb6 32. Nxb6 Nxd5 33. Nbxd5 Nxe2+ 34. Nxe2 Rxe4) 31. f5 Bd4+ 32. Kxg2
Ncxd5 33. exd5 Nxd5 34. Bf3 Nxc3 35. Rxc3 Bxc3 36. Qxc3 Re2+ (36... Qg5) 37.
Kf1 Ra2 38. Rd1 Qc8 39. Bxb8 Qxf5 40. Nd2 Rc2 41. Qe3 Qh3+ 42. Kf2 Bxf3 43.
Qxf3 Qd7 44. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch38"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1970.11.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rc1 Qb6 12. Qe2 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch39"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1971.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. Rb1 Nc6 10. Qa4 Qc7 11. d4 Bd7 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Qa3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bf5
15. Rbd1 e6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 h6 18. h4 Qc4 19. Rfe1 Rfd8 20. Rc1 Qb5 21.
Qc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 Bf8 (22... Rac8 23. Ra5 Bc2 24. Bxb7) 23. Rc7 Bb4 24. Rec1
Ba3 25. Rf1 Rac8 26. Rxb7 Bc5 (26... Kg7 27. e4 Bg4 28. f3 Bh5 29. g4) 27. Bxh6
Bg4 28. Re1 Rb8 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Rc1 Bd4 31. e3 Bb2 32. Rb1 Be2 33. Bf4 Bc4
34. a4 Rb4 35. Bc6 Bd3 36. Rd1 Bc4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch39"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1971.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A73"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Qc2 Na6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qb6 (13... Nc7) 14.
b3 Nd7 15. a3 Bd4 16. Rad1 Ne5 17. Be2 Rac8 18. Na4 (18. Nb5 Nc7 19. a4 Nxb5
20. Bxb5) 18... Qd8 19. Bb5 Rf8 20. Bh6 Nc7 21. Bxf8 Nxb5 22. Bh6 Nxa3 23. Qc1
Nb5 24. Be3 Nd7 25. Rde1 Qe7 26. Bxd4 Nxd4 27. Re3 b5 28. Nc3 (28. Nb2) 28...
Nxb3 29. Qa3 Nd4 30. Qxa7 b4 31. Qa6 Rb8 32. Na4 Nc2 33. Re2 b3 34. Rb1 Kg7 35.
Nc3 Nd4 36. Re3 Nc2 37. Re2 Nd4 38. Re3 Rb6 39. Qf1 Nc2 40. Rg3 Nf6 41. Qd3 (
41. Qc1 Nxe4 42. Nxe4 Qxe4 43. Rbxb3 Rxb3 44. Rxb3 Nd4 45. Qc3 Qxd5 46. Rb8)
41... Rb4 42. f4 Rd4 43. Qe2 c4 44. e5 dxe5 45. fxe5 Ne4 46. Nxe4 Qxe5 47. Rf1
Rxe4 48. Qf3 f5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch39"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1971.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Nb3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qf3 Nb4 14. Nd4 g6 15.
Rad1 e5 16. Nde2 d5 17. fxe5 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxe5 19. Qxf6 Nxd3 (19... Bxf6 20.
Nxf6+ Kg7 21. Bd4 Qa5) 20. Bd4 Bxf6 21. Nxf6+ Kg7 22. Nd7 Qxd4+ 23. Nxd4 Nxb2
24. Rb1 Rfd8 25. Ne5 (25. Nxb6 Rab8) 25... Rxd4 26. Rxf7+ Kh6 27. Rxb7 Nxa4 28.
Rb3 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Rd2+ (29... Rf8+ 30. Kg3 g5 31. Ng4+ Kg6 32. Ne5+ Kh6) 30. Kg3
Nc5 (30... g5 31. Rf3) 31. Ng4+ Kg5 32. Re7 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Nxb3 34. Kg3 Kf5 35.
Re5# 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch39"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1971.09.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bg4 7. Be2 (7. f3
Be6) 7... Bxe2 8. Ngxe2 dxc4 9. d5 Ne5 10. O-O h6 (10... g6) 11. Bf4 Ng6 (11...
Nd3 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qxc4 Nxb2 14. Qd4) 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qxc4 Rc8 14. Qb3 e5
15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. Qxb7 Bc5 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Rae1 O-O 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Bd6 Rfd8
21. Bc7 Rf8 22. Nb5 Be5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Qxa7 Nd5 25. Qd4 Ng6 26. h4 Ngf4 27.
Qe4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch39"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1971.09.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 d5 8. O-O
O-O 9. f4 f6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. h3 Bf5 13. Rf2 Kh8 14. c3 g5 15. exf6
exf6 16. Nf1 h6 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Bc2 Qe8 19. b3 Nc8 20. Ba3 Nd6 21. Bxd6 cxd6
22. Re2 Qf7 23. Qb1 Bxc2 24. Qxc2 Rfe8 25. Rae1 Ne7 26. f5 Bf8 27. Re6 Ng8 28.
Nh2 Rec8 29. R1e3 Rc6 30. Qe2 Rac8 31. Qf3 Qc7 32. Ne2 Qa5 33. a4 R6c7 34. Re8
Bg7 35. Qh5 Qb6 36. Ng4 Rxe8 37. Rxe8 Re7 38. Nxh6 Rxe8 39. Nf7# 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch39"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1971.09.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O b6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4
Bb7 9. d5 Na6 10. Bf4 Nc5 11. Rc1 e6 12. b4 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Be5 Bxe5 15.
Nxe5 exd5 16. cxd5 Qe7 17. Qd4 Rae8 18. f4 Nd6 19. Bg4 f5 20. Bf3 Rc8 21. a4
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rd1 Qg7 24. h3 Re8 25. Kh2 g5 26. g3 Rc8 27. b5 h5 28.
Nc6 g4 29. Bg2 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Kf7 31. h4 a6 32. Rd2 axb5 33. axb5 Nxb5 34. Ne5+
Ke8 35. Rb2 Nc3 36. Rxb6 Bxd5 37. Rh6 Ke7 38. Rh7+ Kd6 39. Rxd7+ Ke6 40. Rh7 (
40. Ra7 Bxg2 41. Kxg2 Ne4 42. Ra6+ Kd5 43. Ra5+) 40... Bxg2 41. Rh6+ (41. Rh6+
Kd5 42. Kxg2 Ne4 43. Rxh5 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Nxg3 45. Rg5 Ke4) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch39"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1971.09.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 a6 8.
O-O b5 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. a3 Bb7 11. f4 Be7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Qh3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15.
Ne2 Bc5 16. Nd4 Qc7 17. c3 Qe7 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. f5 exf5 20. Nxf5 Bxe3+ 21.
Rxe3 Qxe5 22. Qh5 Bc8 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rh3 h6 25. Nxh6+ gxh6 26. Rg3+ Kh7 27.
Rxf7+ Rxf7 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Rg6 Qc5+ 30. Kf1 (30. Kh1 Qf8 31. Rxh6+ Qxh6 32.
Qxe8+ Kg7 33. Qe7+ Kg8 34. Qe8+ Qf8) 30... Qf5+ 31. Qxf5 Bxf5 32. Rxh6+ Kg7 33.
Rxa6 e3 34. Ke1 Bd3 35. Rd6 Bc4 36. Rd7+ Kg8 37. Rd4 Rf8 38. Rxc4 bxc4 39. Ke2
Re8 40. a4 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch39"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1971.09.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Ne4 7. Nbd2 Bf6 8.
Nxe4 fxe4 9. Ne5 d5 10. f3 c5 11. Be3 Bxe5 12. dxe5 d4 13. Bc1 Nc6 14. f4 e3
15. b3 Qb6 16. Be4 a5 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. a3 Rd8 19. Qe1 Bd7 20. g4 Be8 21. Qh4 g6
22. Bb2 Qg7 23. Qg3 Rab8 24. h4 Ne7 25. Bd3 b6 26. Ba1 Nc6 27. Kh2 Bd7 28. Qh3
Rf8 29. Qg3 Rf7 30. b4 Rbf8 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Kg1 Qh6 33. g5 Qh5 34. Rf3 Kg7
35. Rb7 Rc8 36. Be4 Nd8 37. Ra7 (37. Rb6 Bc6 38. Rxe3 dxe3 39. Rxc6 Nxc6 40.
Bf3 Qxf3 41. Qxf3) 37... Bc6 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Bxc6 Nxc6 40. f5 gxf5 41. Qg2
Kg6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch39"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1971.09.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Bg5 g6 15.
Rad1 Nd5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Ba4 a6 (17... Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxa3 19. c4) 18. Nxd5 Qxd5
(18... exd5) 19. Qe3 Bf6 (19... Red8 20. Bb3 Qh5 21. d5 exd5 22. Qxb6 Ba8) 20.
Bb3 Qh5 (20... Qd8 21. Ne5 Qe7 22. Ng4 Na5 23. d5) 21. d5 Nd8 22. d6 Rc5 23. d7
Re7 24. Qf4 Bg7 25. Qb8 Qxh6 26. Qxd8+ Bf8 27. Re3 Bc6 28. Qxf8+ Qxf8 29. d8=Q
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch39"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1971.09.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Kapengut, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. d5 e6
15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nf4 Qd6 17. Qg4 Rae8 (17... Rxf4 18. Bxf4 Qxd3 19. Qxe6+ Kh8
20. Be5) (17... e5 18. Qe6+ Qxe6 19. Nxe6 Rf7) 18. Bb5 Re7 19. Rfd1 Qe5 20. Bd7
Qxe4 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Rd4 Rxf4 (22... Bxd4 23. Bxd4+ Qxd4 24. Nxg6+) 23. Rd8+
Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. Qxe4 (25. Qxe4 Bxe4 26. Bd4+ Rg7 27. Rc8) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch39"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1971.10.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karasev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C62"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Bh6 O-O 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. O-O Re8 13. Rae1 c5 14. Nb3
a5 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxc5 Bf5 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Re2 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Ne4
Red8 21. b3 f6 22. f3 Rd4 23. Rfe1 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Kf7 25. Kf2 Ke6 26. Rxd4 Rxd4
27. c3 Rd2+ 28. Re2 Rd1 29. Re1 Rd3 30. Re3 Rd2+ 31. Re2 Rd1 32. Re1 Rd6 33.
Ke2 a4 34. Rd1 Rc6 35. c4 axb3 36. axb3 Ra6 37. Rd2 f5 38. Rb2 c5 39. Kd3 Ra3
40. Kc3 Ra6 41. Rd2 Rd6 42. Rxd6+ Kxd6 43. b4 cxb4+ 44. Kxb4 Kc6 45. c5 (45. h4
) (45. g4) 45... g5 46. Kc4 (46. h3 h5 47. Kc4 h4 48. Kb4 f4 49. Kc4 e4 50.
fxe4 g4) 46... h5 47. Kb4 f4 48. h4 (48. Kc4 g4 49. h3 gxh3 50. gxh3 h4) 48...
gxh4 49. Kc4 e4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch39"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1971.10.02"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Nikolaevsky, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 c6 5. f4 Qb6 6. e5 dxe5 (6... Nh6) 7. c5 Qd8
8. fxe5 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Be2 e5 (10... O-O) 11. dxe5 Qxd1+ 12. Bxd1 Nfd7 13.
Ne4 Nxe5 14. Nd6+ Kd7 15. Be2 b6 (15... Kc7 16. Bf4 Rf8 17. O-O-O Be6) 16. Bf4
Rf8 (16... Kc7 17. Nc4 Re8 18. Nf3) 17. Bg3 Ba6 18. O-O-O Ke6 19. Bxa6 Nxa6 20.
Nh3 Nxc5 21. Ng5+ Ke7 22. Rhe1 Ncd7 23. Nc4 Rf5 24. Nf3 Ke6 25. Rd6+ Ke7 26.
Nd4 Kf8 27. Ne6+ Kg8 28. Nxg7 Nxc4 29. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch39"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1971.10.03"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. Be3
a6 9. h3 Bd7 10. f4 Qc7 11. Qd2 b5 12. Bd3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Qe2 e5 (14...
Be7) 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. fxe5 O-O-O 18. O-O-O Qc6 (18... Bxa2 19.
Qf3 Kb8) 19. Rgf1 dxe5 20. Bxe5 f6 21. Bf5+ Kb7 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Be4 Bc5 (
23... fxe5 24. Rd1 Kb8 25. Bxd5 Qc7 26. a4) 24. Rd1 Ka7 (24... Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1
Rd8+ 26. Kc1 Rd5 27. Qf3) 25. Bxd5 Qe8 26. Be6 fxe5 27. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch39"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1971.10.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Platonov, Igor"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Be3 a6 7. Nge2 Rb8 8. Nc1
e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. N1e2 (10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 O-O) 10... c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12.
Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxd4 Rxb2 14. Nb5 (14. Qc1 Rb4 15. Be2) 14... Nxe4 15. Bxb2 Qa5+
16. Nc3 Nxc3 (16... Bxc3+ 17. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 18. Ke2 Be6 19. fxe4 Bg4+) 17. Bxc3 (
17. Qd2 O-O 18. Bd3 Re8+ 19. Kf2) 17... Qxc3+ 18. Ke2 Be6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch39"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1971.10.06"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nikolaevsky, Yuri"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 Nc6 9. Be3 h6 10. Rc1 e5 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Bc5 Re8 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. b3 a5 15.
Qc2 Qd7 16. Qb1 Nd5 17. Nb5 Bg4 18. Rc4 (18. e4) 18... Ncb4 19. e4 (19. a4)
19... Qxb5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Rxg4 Qxc5 22. Rc4 Qd6 23. h4 Kg8 24. h5 g5 25. Nd2
c6 26. Ne4 Qd7 27. Nc5 Qe7 28. Re1 Rad8 29. Bh3 Nf6 30. Qd1 Rd5 31. Ne4 Nxe4
32. Rexe4 Red8 33. Re3 Rd4 34. Bf5 Rxc4 35. bxc4 b5 36. Qf3 Qf6 37. Be4 Qxf3
38. Rxf3 Rc8 39. Re3 b4 40. Re1 a4 41. g4 Bf8 42. Bf5 Rb8 43. Rxe5 (43. Rxe5 b3
44. axb3 Bg7 45. Re1 a3) (43. Bd7) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch39"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1971.10.09"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Nikolaevsky, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. O-O Na6
9. Qc2 Bd7 10. Ne1 c5 (10... Nc5) 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Ne8 13. Qd2 Kh7 (13... g5)
14. f4 Qe7 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Rae1 (16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Ng5+ hxg5 18. Bxg4 f6 19.
Nb5) 16... exf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Nf6 19. Rh3 Ng8 20. Nb5 Rad8 21. Bg4 Nc7
(21... h5 22. Bxh5 gxh5 23. Rxh5+ Kg6 24. Re3 Kxh5 25. Rg3) 22. Bg5 f6 23. Nxc7
Qxc7 24. Bf4 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Qd3 Kh8 (26... Qf7 27. Re6) 27. Bxf5 Ne7 28.
g4 Nxf5 29. gxf5 Rd7 30. Bxh6 Kg8 31. Rg3 b5 32. cxb5 c4 33. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch39"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1971.10.10"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Ba3 Qc7 8.
Bc4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. d4 Rb8 12. Bb5 b6 13. Nd2 Rd8 14. Qf3 a6 15.
Be2 Bb7 16. Qg3 Qc6 17. Bb2 e5 18. e4 exd4 19. cxd4 Qa4 20. Bc4 (20. Bd1 Qxa2
21. Nc4) 20... cxd4 21. Bb3 Qb5 22. Qf4 Rf8 23. Nf3 Nc5 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 (24...
Nd3 25. Bxf7+ Kh8 26. Qf6) 25. Nxd4 Qe8 26. Bd5 (26. Bc2) 26... Nd3 27. Qf6 Qd8
(27... Nxc1 28. Nf5 gxf5 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Qf6+) 28. Qxd8 Rfxd8 29. Rcd1 Nf4 30.
Nc6 Bxc6 31. Bxc6 Ne2+ 32. Kh1 Nf4 (32... Nc3 33. Rxd8+ Rxd8) 33. Rxd8+ Rxd8
34. Bd5 (34. g3) 34... Kf8 35. g3 Nxd5 36. Rd1 Ke7 37. exd5 Rc8 38. Rd2 Kd6 39.
a4 Rc5 40. Rb2 b5 41. axb5 axb5 42. Kg2 Kxd5 43. Rb4 Kc6 44. Kf3 Rc4 45. Rb1 b4
46. Ke3 Kb5 47. f4 f5 48. Kd2 Rc6 49. Kd3 Ka4 50. Ra1+ Kb3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch39"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1971.10.11"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 a6 8.
O-O Bb4 9. Na4 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Rfxc8 13. Bxa6 Re8 14.
Bd3 Bd6 15. g4 (15. f4 e5 16. f5) 15... h6 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Rb1 Bxb2 18. Rg1 Be5
19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. h4 Bh2 21. Rg2 Bf4 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Nh7 24. Qc1 Bxe3 25.
Qxe3 Rb1+ 26. Rg1 Rxg1+ 27. Kxg1 Qa5 28. e5 Qxa2 29. f4 Nf8 30. Kf2 Qa1 31. Qc5
Qc1 32. Qd4 (32. Kf3) 32... Qd2+ 33. Kg1 (33. Kf3 Ng6 34. Kg3 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 c5
36. Qa4) 33... Ng6 34. Qxd7 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Qxf4 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qxc6 Qxg5+ 38.
Kf1 Qf4+ 39. Kg1 Qxe5 40. Bxg6+ Kxg6 41. c4 Qd4+ 42. Kf1 Qd1+ 43. Kf2 Kf6 44.
c5 g5 45. Qc8 Qd2+ 46. Kf1 Qd3+ 47. Kf2 g4 48. c6 Qf3+ 49. Kg1 Qe3+ 50. Kg2
Qe2+ 51. Kg1 g3 52. Qh8+ Ke7 53. Qh4+ Kd6 54. Qd8+ Kxc6 55. Qc8+ Kd5 56. Qd8+
Ke4 57. Qh4+ Kf5 58. Qh7+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch39"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1971.10.13"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. a3 Rb8 14. h4 b4 15.
axb4 Rxb4 16. Bh3 Qc5 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. h5 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Rhg1 (20. g6)
20... Qa5 21. Kb1 Qa3 22. b3 a5 23. Rd3 a4 24. Na2 Rb8 25. f5 axb3 26. cxb3 Ba6
27. Rc3 Bc4 28. Nc1 d5 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Bxe6 Rf8 31. Bf5 dxe4 32. Qf4 Rb4 33.
Qxe4 (33. Rf1 Be6 34. Qe5) 33... Bxb3 34. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 35. Nxb3 Qxb3+ 36. Ka1
Qa3+ 37. Kb1 Qb3+ 38. Kc1 Rxf5 39. Qa8+ (39. Qxf5 Qe3+ 40. Kc2 Qxg1 41. Qc8+
Bd8 42. Qe6+ Kf8 43. Qd6+ Be7 44. Qb8+ Kf7 45. Qb3+) 39... Kf7 40. g6+ hxg6 41.
hxg6+ Kf6 42. Qc6+ Qe6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch39"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1971.10.14"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. h3
Ne4 9. c3 Qb6 10. Qb3 Nd7 11. Rfd1 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. e4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Be6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Nd6 Rxa2 18. Rxa2 Bxa2 19. Nxb7 Nc4 (19... c5)
20. Ra1 (20. Bxc6 Nxb2 21. Rd2 Bxc3) 20... Bb3 21. Bxc6 Ne5 (21... Nxb2 22. Bd6
Rc8 23. Bd7) 22. Bg2 h6 23. Ra6 b5 24. Nc5 Bc4 25. b3 Rc8 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Nd7
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch39"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1971.10.16"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. e4 a6 8. a4 Be7
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. axb5 Bxb2 11. Ra2 Bf6 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. O-O axb5
15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Bxb5 Nd7 17. Nc4 Nb6 18. Ne3 Qe7 19. Qd3 g6 20. Rb1 Bg7 (
20... Rc8) 21. Bc6 Nd7 22. Nc4 Rd8 23. Nfd2 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Qa6 Bxc6 26.
dxc6 d5 (26... Bc3 27. Rb7 Qe8 28. c7) 27. exd5 Rxd5 28. Nf3 Bc7 29. Re1 Qd6
30. Qa4 Kg7 31. h4 h6 32. Rb1 Rd3 33. Re1 Rd5 34. Rb1 Rf5 35. Rd1 Qf6 (35...
Rf4 36. Qa1+ Qf6) 36. Qe4 (36. Rd7) 36... g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Rd7 Rf4 39. Qe7
g4 40. Ne1 (40. Nd2) 40... g3 41. f3 (41. f3 Qa1 42. Qg5+ Kh8 43. Qxg3 Re4 44.
Rd8+ Bxd8 45. fxe4 Ba5 46. Kf1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch40"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1972.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. a4 d5 10. exd5 Nd4 11. c4 Nxb3 12. Qxb3 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Qd1 Nd7 (
14... bxc4 15. dxc4 e4 16. Nd4) 15. Nc3 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. cxb5 Bb7 18. d4 (
18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5) 18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 exd4 20. Nd5 Bd6 21. Bf4 Nf6 22.
Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Nf5 Qd7 25. Re5 Rxb5 26. Rxb5 Qxb5 27. Ra8 Re8 28.
g3 Qe5 29. Qc6 (29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. Qa8 d3 (30... g6 31. Nxd4 Qxd4 32. Qxe8+ Kg7
33. Qb5) 31. Nd6 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 d2 33. Nxe8) 29... d3 30. Nd6 Qe6 31. Qa4 Rxa8
32. Qxa8+ Ng8 33. Ne4 h6 34. Nc3 Qb3 35. Qd5 Qxb2 36. Qxd3 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch40"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1972.11.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. Bg5
c6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. a4 a5 11. Nb3 Ne5 12. Ra3 Qb6 13. Nd2 e6 14. Rb3 Qc7 15. h3
exd5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. exd5 Bg7 18. Nde4 f5 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nf3 Bd7 21. Qd2 Rae8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch40"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1972.11.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O c5 9. Qa4 Nd7 10. Rb1 e5 11. d3 a6 12. Ng5 (12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qh4) 12... Rb8
13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Be3 h6 15. f4 f5 16. Qc4+ Kh7 17. Nxc5 b5 18. Qb4 (18. Qd5 Nb6
19. Qc6) 18... Re8 19. Nb3 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Bf4 Qb6+ 23. Qc5
Nd7 24. Qxb6 Rxb6 25. Nd4 Bxd4+ 26. cxd4 Rxe2 27. Rfc1 g5 28. Bc7 Rbe6 29. a4
bxa4 30. Ra1 Rd2 31. Rxa4 Ree2 32. Rxa6 Rg2+ 33. Kf1 Rgf2+ (33... Rdf2+ 34. Ke1
Rxh2 35. Re6 Ra2 36. Kd1 Nf6 37. Ba5 Nd5) 34. Kg1 Rg2+ 35. Kf1 Rxh2 36. Kg1
Rhg2+ 37. Kh1 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Rdg2+ 39. Kf1 Rf2+ 40. Kg1 Rhg2+ 41. Kh1 Rh2+ 42.
Kg1 Rfg2+ 43. Kf1 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch40"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1972.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A82"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Nc6 5. fxe4 e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nf3 Bd6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Ng6 10. Bg3 Bxg3+ 11. hxg3 Qe7 12. Qd4 d6 13. Bc4 Be6 14. O-O-O
Bxc4 15. Qxc4 O-O-O 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch40"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1972.11.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 a6 8. h3
Rb8 9. Be3 b5 10. Nd2 Na5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. b4 Nc4 13. Nxc4 bxc4 14. b5 Bb7 15.
d5 e6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. a4 c6 20. Qd2 Rc8 21. Rfd1 d5
22. bxc6 Qxc6 23. Bd4 Re8 24. e4 dxe4 (24... e5 25. exd5 Qc8 26. Be3 Qxh3) 25.
Qe2 Rc7 26. Be5 Rcc8 27. Nb5 e3 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Nd6 exf2+ 30. Qxf2 Rf8 31.
Rxc4 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Rxc4 33. Qd2 (33. Qa2) 33... Rxa4 34. Qe3 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 Ra2+
36. Rd2 Rxd2+ 37. Qxd2 Rd8 38. Qa5 Rd7 39. Qb5 Re7 40. Kf3 Kg7 41. g4 g5 42. h4
gxh4 43. g5 Bd4 44. Kg4 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch40"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1972.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. h3
O-O 9. Bb3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. Nxb5 Nxe4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qd4+ Nf6 14. O-O-O
Bb7 15. Rhg1 Qa5 16. Nc3 Rac8 17. Rge1 e6 18. g4 Rfd8 19. f4 Qc5 20. Qd3 d5 21.
f5 exf5 22. Na4 Qb4 23. gxf5 Qf4+ 24. Kb1 Re8 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch40"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1972.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alburt, Lev"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. f3 c6 5. e4 dxe4 6. fxe4 e5 (6... Qa5) 7.
dxe5 Qa5 8. exf6 (8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. e6) 8... Qxg5 9. fxg7 Bxg7 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11.
Kxd2 Nc5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. Ke2 b5 15. a3 a5 16. h3 Rhe8 17. Rhd1 f5
18. e5 Nd7 19. Re1 Bxe5 20. Kf2 Bf6 21. Re3 Nc5 22. Rae1 Kd7 23. Nxb5 (23. g3
b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Nd1) 23... f4 24. Re5 Nxd3+ 25. cxd3 cxb5 26. Rxb5 Rb8 27.
Ne5+ Kd6 28. Rxa5 Bh4+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch40"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1972.11.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Zilberstein, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. c4 d5 4. e5 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nh6 6. h4 Be6 7. Nge2 dxc4 8. Nf4
Bd5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 e6 11. Bd3 Nf5 12. Bxf5 exf5 (12... gxf5 13. Nh5 Rg8
14. Rh3 Bh8) 13. Ba3 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Rh3 Na6 (
17... Bxb3 18. Rb1 Bc4 19. d5 Qxe5+ 20. Re3 Qxf4 21. Re8+ Kg7 22. Qxf4 Rxe8+)
18. d5 cxd5 (18... Bd7 19. Re3 Qb4 20. e6 Qxf4 21. exd7) 19. Nfxd5 Bxd5 20.
Nxd5 Qxe5+ 21. Re3 Qd6 22. Qc3 f6 23. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch40"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1972.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e4 O-O 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nfd7 12. Qd1 Na6 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Bg3 Qb6
15. Rb1 Rae8 16. Be2 f5 17. Qd2 Qb4 18. a3 Qb3 19. Nb5 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21.
Nxd6 Qe2 22. Rbd1 Re7 23. Bh4 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd7 25. Nb5 Re8 26. d6 Re4 27. Be7
Kf7 28. Rfd1 b6 29. f3 Re6 30. Bh4 Be5 31. Kf1 Nb8 32. Nxa7 Rxa7 33. d7 Nc6 34.
d8=Q Nxd8 35. Rd7+ Rxd7 36. Rxd7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch40"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1972.11.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 Re8 9. O-O Nf8 10. Qc2 Be6 11. Ne5 N6d7 12. Bf4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 c6 14. Na4 f6
15. Bg3 Bf7 16. b4 Bd6 (16... Bxb4 17. Rfb1 a5 18. a3) 17. Rab1 Bxg3 18. hxg3
a6 19. Nc5 Re7 20. a4 Rc7 21. Rfc1 Qe7 22. Rb3 g6 23. Rc3 Rac8 24. Nxb7 Rxb7
25. Bxa6 Ra8 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. Qb3 Ra6 28. b5 cxb5 29. Rc7 Qb6 30. axb5 Ra5 31.
R1c6 Qxb5 32. Qxb5 Rxb5 33. Rxf6 Be8 34. Rc8 Kg7 35. Rf3 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Nd7 37.
Rxe8 Nf6 38. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch40"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1972.12.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 Be7 8. b3
Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qe2 a5 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Rad1 Nc5 14. e5 d5 15.
Bb1 Rb8 16. Ba3 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rfe1 Qg5 19. Rd4 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. f4
Qh6 22. Rf1 Bd7 23. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch40"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1972.12.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Mukhin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bg5 Nc5 11. Bd5 b4 12. Bxb7 Nxb7 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5+ Kd7
15. c3 b3 16. Qxb3 Nc5 17. Qc4 Qc8 18. Nc6 h6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Re3 Kc7 21. b4
Rg8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch40"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1972.12.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Ba6 10. Nbd2 c5 (10... Rc8) 11. e4 dxc4 12. bxc4 cxd4 13. e5 d3 14.
Qxd3 (14. Qc3 Ne8 15. Qxd3) 14... Nxe5 15. Qc2 (15. Nxe5 Qxd3 16. Nxd3 Rad8)
15... Qd3 16. Qa4 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qxd2 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxa6 Bxa1 20. Bxa8 Bd4
21. Bf3 g6 22. Qxa7 Rd8 23. Kg2 Bc5 24. Qc7 Rd6 25. a4 Qa2 26. Qb7 Qxa4 27. Be2
Qc2 28. Qf3 Rd2 29. Re1 Kg7 30. Kf1 Bd4 31. h4 h5 32. Kg2 e5 33. Kf1 Bc5 34.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 35. Bxd1 Qxc4+ 36. Be2 Qd4 37. Kg2 e4 38. Qf4 Qd5 39. Kf1 Bd6 40. Qe3
Bc5 41. Qc3+ Bd4 42. Qc4 Qe5 43. Kg2 Bc5 44. Bd1 Qf6 45. Qe2 Qd4 46. Bc2 f5 47.
Bb3 b5 48. Bc2 b4 49. Bb3 Qc3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch40"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1972.12.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C94"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Ne3 Bf8 15.
b4 Ne6 16. c4 (16. Nf5) 16... g6 17. Bb2 Bg7 18. a4 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nf4 20. Bb3
N6h5 21. Ne3 Rb8 22. Bc4 Bc8 23. Qb3 Qf6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Bxh3 26. d4 Bg4
27. Rac1 Nf4 28. dxe5 dxe5 29. Rc6 Qe7 30. Nxe5 (30. Ba3) 30... Bxe5 (30...
Nxd5 31. exd5 Rxb4 32. Qe3 Bf5) 31. Bxe5 Qxe5 (31... Rxb4 32. Bxf7+ Qxf7 33.
Qxf7+ Kxf7) 32. Bxf7+ Kf8 33. Bxe8 Rxe8 34. Qe3 Re7 (34... Rd8 35. Rc5 Qd6) 35.
Rxa6 Kg7 36. Ra5 Qf6 37. Rc5 g5 38. a5 h6 39. b5 Rd7 40. e5 Qe6 41. a6 Qb6 42.
e6 Re7 43. a7 Qb7 44. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch40"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1972.12.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qa5 9. Bd2 e5 10. Qd3 Rc8 11. f3 a6 12. Nd5 Qc5 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. O-O-O
Be6 15. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch40"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1972.12.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8.
Qe2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 (9... Bb4) 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bg5 a6 (11... Be5) 12. O-O-O
Qc7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Be5 (14... Be7) 15. f4 Bxf4 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Bxf6
gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 (18... Bg5 19. h4 Qf4 20. Qh5 Bh6 21. Rdf1) 19. Rhf1 Be5 20.
Bxh7 f5 (20... Kxh7 21. Rd3) 21. Qh4 Kg7 22. Rf3 Re8 23. g4 f4 24. g5 Kf8 25.
Rxf4 Bxf4 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Qf6+ Kf8 28. g6 Bh6 29. Rf1 (29. Rf1 Rd8 30. Qh8+
Ke7 31. Rxf7+ Kd6 32. Qd4+ Kc6 33. Qc5#) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch40"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1972.12.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. h3 Bh5 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. e3 e6 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2
Qe7 9. a3 c6 10. c4 O-O 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Ne8 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. h4 b5 15. g5
bxc4 16. dxc4 e5 17. b4 a5 18. c5 Bb8 19. Qa4 Qe6 20. Rg1 Nc7 21. Bg4 Qf7 22.
O-O-O (22. Rf1 Nb5 23. e4) 22... axb4 23. Qxc6 (23. Qxb4 Na6 24. Qb7 Ra7 25.
Qxc6 Ndxc5) 23... bxa3 24. Qxd7 axb2+ 25. Kxb2 Ba7 26. Qxf7+ Rxf7 27. Rgf1 Bxc5
28. Nb3 Ba3+ 29. Kc2 Re7 30. Kd3 Rb8 31. Na5 e4+ 32. Kd4 (32. Ke2 Rb2+ 33. Rd2
Rxd2+ 34. Kxd2 Bb4+) 32... Rb4+ 33. Kc5 Rb5+ 34. Kc6 Rxa5 35. Ra1 Rc5+ 36. Kb6
(36. Kd6 Rb5+ 37. Rxa3 Kf7 38. f3) 36... Na8+ 37. Ka6 Rc6+ 38. Kb5 Rb6+ 39. Ka4
Ra7# 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch40"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1972.12.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Zhidkov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Qa4 Na5 13. Rad1 Rc8 (13... Nc4 14.
Bc1 Qc8) 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Nf5 Rc4 16. Qb5 Bxf5 17. Rxd5 a6 18. Qxa5 Qxa5 19.
Rxa5 Bc8 20. Rd5 Be6 21. Rd2 Bb4 22. Rdd1 Rc2 23. a3 Be7 24. Bd4 b5 25. e3 a5
26. Be4 Rcc8 27. f4 Bc4 28. Bd3 Rfd8 29. Bf5 Bxf1 30. Bxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxf1 f5 32.
Kg2 Kf7 33. Kf3 g6 34. Rf2 h5 35. Rd2 a4 36. e4 b4 37. axb4 Bxb4 38. Re2 fxe4+
39. Kxe4 a3 40. bxa3 Bxa3 41. Ra2 Bc5 42. Rc2 Re8+ 43. Be5 Be7 44. Rc7 Rd8 45.
Bd4 Ke6 46. Ra7 Rb8 47. Ra6+ Kf7 48. f5 gxf5+ 49. Kxf5 Rb5+ 50. Be5 Bf8 51. h3
Rc5 52. h4 Rb5 53. Rc6 Ra5 54. Rb6 Rc5 55. Ke4 Ra5 56. Rf6+ Ke7 57. Rg6 Kf7 58.
Rf6+ Ke7 59. Rf5 Ke6 60. Rg5 (60. Rxh5 Bg7) 60... Rb5 61. Rg6+ Kf7 62. Ra6 Rb4+
63. Kf5 Rb5 64. Ra7+ Be7 65. Rc7 Ra5 66. Rb7 Rc5 67. Ke4 Rc6 68. Bd4 Rc4 69.
Kd5 Rc1 70. Be3 Rd1+ 71. Ke4 Re1 72. Kf3 Ke6 73. Rb6+ Kd7 74. Rb5 Bd6 75. Bf4
Rf1+ 76. Kg2 Bxf4 77. Kxf1 Bxg3 78. Rxh5 Ke6 79. Kg2 Be1 80. Kh3 Bd2 81. Kg4
Kf6 82. Rf5+ Kg6 83. Rd5 Bc1 84. Rd6+ Kg7 85. h5 Be3 86. Rg6+ Kh7 87. Rf6 Kg7
88. Kf5 Bd2 89. h6+ Bxh6 90. Rg6+ Kh7 91. Kf6 Be3 92. Kf7 Ba7 93. Ra6 Bb8 94.
Ra8 Bc7 95. Rc8 Bf4 96. Rc4 Bg5 97. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch40"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1972.12.15"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Bg5 Nf6 8.
Nc3 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qh4 Qc7 13. Nxe5 Rfd8 14. Ng4
Nxg4 15. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Ne5 17. Bd6 Ng6 18. Qg3 Qd8 19. f3 Qh4 20. Bb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch40"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1972.12.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kapengut, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. d3 Na6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch40"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1972.12.19"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. b4 Bb7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Qb3 a5 13. b5 Nb8 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15.
Rac1 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Averkin, Orest"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Ba3 O-O 8.
d4 Nd7 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc5 14. Rad1 Nxd3
15. Qxd3 Rc8 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. Qb3 Ba6 18. d5 Bc4 19. Qa3 Qd6 20. Qxd6 exd6 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nd4 Rc5 23. a4 Ra8 24. f3 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ba6 26. Rc1 Ke8 27. Rxc5
dxc5 28. Nb5 Kd7 29. e5 Bxb5 30. axb5 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. f4 (11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Rfxc8 13. Bxa6
Re8) 11... Rb8 12. Bd3 Be7 13. c4 d6 14. Rc1 c5 15. b3 Bb7 16. Nc3 Rbd8 17. Bb1
Rfe8 18. Qf3 Bc6 19. Qh3 h6 20. f5 exf5 21. Qxf5 Qd7 22. Qf3 Qg4 23. Rcd1 Bf8
24. h3 Qh4 (24... Qxf3 25. Rxf3 Rb8 26. Bxh6 Nxe4) 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Re7
27. Bf4 Qh5 28. Qxh5 (28. Qc3 Ne4 29. Qa5) 28... Nxh5 29. Bh2 Re2 30. Rfe1 Rb2
31. g4 Nf6 32. Bf4 Re8 33. Rxe8 Nxe8 34. Bd2 Be7 35. Bc3 Re2 36. Re1 Rxe1+ 37.
Bxe1 Bd8 38. a3 a5 39. Bf5 Nf6 40. Kg2 Kf8 41. Kf3 Ke7 42. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Rb1 Ne8 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Ne2 e5 12. b4 d6 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Nexd4 cxd4
15. Bd2 Nc7 16. Ne1 Ne6 17. Bb4 Re8 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Qc7 20. Qg4 Nc5 21.
Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rb2 Rab8 23. Rbf2 Bc8 24. Qg3 Rb1 25. h4 h5 26. Nf3 Rxf1+ 27.
Bxf1 Bh6 28. Nd2 Kh7 29. Kh2 Bg4 30. e5 f5 31. Qg2 Rb8 32. Kg3 Rd8 33. Nf3 Rd7
34. Rb2 Qa5 (34... Re7) 35. Qd2 Qc3 (35... Qd8) 36. Bg2 Rd8 (36... Bxf3 37.
Bxf3 Qxd2 38. Rxd2 Bf8 39. Rb2 Kg7) 37. Rb3 Qa1 38. Rb7+ Kh8 39. Qe1 Qc3 40. e6
Qxe1+ 41. Nxe1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. h3 b6 8. c4
Ne4 9. Bh4 Bb7 10. Nfd2 Ndf6 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. f3 Nf6 13. Nc3 d5 14. Rc1 c6 15.
Qb3 Qd7 16. f4 e6 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. Rc2 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Rac8 21.
Rdc1 b5 22. Qb3 Nd5 23. Ne4 h6 24. Bf2 a5 25. a3 a4 26. Qd3 f5 27. Nc5 Qd6 28.
Qd2 Rf7 29. Nd3 Kh7 30. Ne5 Rfc7 31. Qe2 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Qe7 33. e4 fxe4 34. Qxe4
Qg5 35. Kh1 Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 Bg7 (17... Be7 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Ra3 Nc5) 18. Qd2 Nc5 19.
Nh2 h5 20. Nf3 Qc7 21. Ra3 Rab8 22. Bh6 Bh8 23. Rea1 Bc8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qe1
Bd7 26. R1a2 Rec8 27. Kh1 Nh7 28. Ra7 Qd8 29. Be3 Be8 30. Qa1 Bf6 31. R2a5 Bd7
32. Qe1 Qe8 33. Ra1 Bd8 34. Nd2 Bb6 35. R7a2 Qe7 36. Qe2 Qf6 37. Ra3 Qh4 38.
Nf3 Qe7 39. Nd2 Kg7 40. Re1 Ra8 41. Raa1 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Be3 Qb6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. a3 Bg4 14. Qd3 Qc4
15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. h3 Qxd3 17. Rxd3 Be6 18. Ng5 Rfd8 19. f4 Ne7 20. g4 g6 21.
Rad1 Rc2 22. R1d2 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rc8 24. Kf2 Rc4 25. e4 dxe4 26. Nxe4 b6 27. Kg3
Kg7 28. Ng5 Bc8 29. Bf3 Rc7 30. Ne4 h6 31. Nd6 Bd7 32. Bd1 Nc8 33. Ne4 Be6 34.
Nc3 Ne7 35. Kf3 a6 36. Rd6 Nc8 37. Rd8 b5 38. Be2 h5 39. Ke3 hxg4 40. hxg4 Kf6
41. Bd3 Ke7 42. Rh8 Nb6 43. f5 gxf5 44. gxf5 Bc4 45. Rb8 Nd5+ 46. Nxd5+ Bxd5
47. Kf4 f6 48. Ke3 Rd7 49. Be4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. Nd2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. b3 Nf6 14. Bf3 Nd5 15.
Bb2 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Rc2 Rfd8 20. Qa1 f6 21. Rfc1
Nb6 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. h3 Bf8 24. Na5 Qe4 25. Nc6 Rd5 26. Ne7+ (26. Bd4 Rg5 27.
g3 Bd6) 26... Bxe7 27. Rxc8+ Nxc8 (27... Kf7 28. R8c4) 28. Rxc8+ Kf7 29. Rc7
Rd2 30. Qc1 Qd3 31. Qc5 Qd8 32. Bd4 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Kf8 34. Rc8 Bxc5 35. Rxd8+ Kf7
(35... Ke7 36. Bxf6+) 36. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 b6 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Bc4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Nf3 e6 (10... Bg7 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Ng5+ Ke8 13. Ne6 Qa5
14. Nxg7+ Kf7 15. Nf5 Ke8 16. Ng3 Qxc3+ 17. Bd2 Qxd4) 11. O-O Bg7 12. Ba3 Na6
13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Bd6 c5 15. e5 c4 16. Bc2 Nc7 17. Ng5 Rd8 18. a4 a6 19. axb5
Nxb5 (19... axb5 20. Bc5 Qc6 21. Ne4) 20. Bc5 Qc7 21. Qxc4 Bf8 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23.
Bxe4 Bxc5 24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. dxc5 Nxc3 26. Bb7 Ke7 27. Rxa6 Rd7 28. Bf3 Rc7 29.
c6 Rb8 30. Rc1 (30. Rfa1) 30... Rb3 31. h4 f6 32. exf6+ Kxf6 33. Rca1 Nd5 34.
Ra7 Rxc6 35. Rxh7 Rbc3 36. Raa7 Rc7 37. Bxd5 (37. Rhxc7 Rxc7 38. Ra5) 37...
Rxh7 38. Rxh7 exd5 39. h5 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 gxh5 41. Rxh5 Ke6 42. Kg3 d4 43. Rh8 (
43. Kf3 Re1) 43... Kd5 44. f3 Rf1 45. Kf4 Re1 46. g4 d3 47. Rd8+ Kc4 48. g5 Rg1
49. Ke4 Re1+ 50. Kf5 Kc3 51. g6 Rg1 52. Rc8+ Kd4 53. Kf6 Ke3 54. Rd8 Rf1 55. g7
Rxf3+ 56. Ke5 Rg3 57. g8=Q Rxg8 58. Rxg8 d2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 Be7 8. f4
Bd7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qe1 (11. Bf3) 11... a6 12. a4 Nb4 13. Bd1 d5 14.
e5 Ne4 15. a5 Rac8 16. Bb6 Qc4 17. Rf3 f5 (17... f6 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 dxe4
20. Rf2) 18. Kh1 Rce8 (18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 Nc6 20. Be2 Qe4 21. Qd1) (18... Rfe8
19. Nd2 Qc6 20. Ncxe4 dxe4 21. Rc3 Qd5) 19. Nxe4 dxe4 (19... Qxe4 20. Qf2) 20.
Rc3 Qd5 21. Bc5 b6 22. axb6 Qb7 23. Na5 Qb8 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Rb3 Nd5 26. g3
Ree8 27. Nc4 g5 28. Nd6 gxf4 29. c4 f3 30. cxd5 exd5 31. Qc3 Bb5 32. Qd4 Re7
33. Rxb5 axb5 34. Bb3 Kh8 35. Bxd5 Rg7 36. Ra7 f4 37. e6 Qxa7 38. bxa7 fxg3 39.
hxg3 f2 40. Nf7+ Kg8 41. Qxf2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Be3
Be7 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nb3 Na5 11. f4 (11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Qd2) 11... Nxb3 12. cxb3
Bc6 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Bf3 Qa5 15. Rfd1 O-O 16. Qf2 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Qd2 (18.
Bd4 Ne4 19. Qe3 Rfe8 20. Bb6 Bc5 21. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24.
Rxd5 Nxb3 25. Rad1) 18... Bb4 19. Bd4 Ne4 20. Qe3 Rfe8 21. Nxe4 (21. Bb6 Nxc3
22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bxa5 Nxd1 24. Bxb4 Nxb2) 21... dxe4 22. Bg4 Rcd8 23. Kh1 (
23. Bb6 Bd2) 23... Rd5 24. f5 (24. Rac1) 24... Bc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qxc5 Rxc5
27. Rac1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Re5 29. Kg1 Kf8 30. Kf2 e3+ 31. Kg3 Ke7 32. Re1 Kf6 33.
Kf4 h5 34. Bh3 (34. Bf3 Rxf5+ 35. Kxe3 Re5+ 36. Kd2 Rxe1 37. Kxe1 Bxf3 38. gxf3
Ke5) 34... Re4+ 35. Kf3 Rb4+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. a3 Bxc5 8. b4
Be7 9. Bb2 b6 10. e3 Bb7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O a5 13. b5 Nb8 14. Nd2 d6 15. Rad1
Qc7 16. e4 Nbd7 17. f4 Rfd8 18. Kh1 Nc5 19. Bf3 Nfd7 20. Ne2 e5 21. g3 Bf6 22.
Nc3 exf4 23. gxf4 Ne6 24. Bg2 Nd4 25. Qd3 Nc5 26. Qe3 Re8 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Bxd4
Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Bb7 30. Rde1 Re7 31. Re3 f6 32. h4 Rce8 33. f5 Re5 34. Rf4 Qe7
35. Rg4 Rxf5 36. Reg3 Ne6 37. Qxb6 Rf4 38. Qe3 Rxg4 39. Rxg4 Nc5 40. Qg3 Bc8
41. Rf4 Qe5 42. Kh2 a4 43. Nb1 (43. Rf3 Qd4 44. Qf2 Qb2 45. Rg3 Bb7 46. h5 Re5
47. h6 g6 48. Kg1) 43... Be6 44. Nc3 Nd3 45. Rf3 Bxc4 46. Nxa4 Bxb5 47. Nb6 Ne1
48. Rf5 Qxg3+ 49. Kxg3 Bc6 50. Bh1 Nd3 51. Nc4 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Bd2 Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. exf5 Nxf5 12. Ne4 (12. g4 Nd4 13. gxh5 Nxe2+ 14.
Qxe2 Bg4) 12... Nf6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bd3 Bg7 16. Kg2 b6 17. h4 Bd7
18. Rh1 Qe7 19. h5 g5 20. Bc2 Rf7 21. Qd3 g4 22. Nh2 Nd4 23. Bd1 Raf8 24. Bxg4
Bxg4 25. Nxg4 Rf3 26. Qd2 Qf7 27. Rh4 (27. Nxh6+ Bxh6 28. Qxh6 Rxf2+) (27. Raf1
) 27... Kh7 28. Rf1 b5 29. b3 bxc4 30. bxc4 Ra3 31. Nh2 Qd7 32. Nc3 Qf5 33. Nb5
Rd3 34. Nxd4 Rxd2 35. Nxf5 Rxf5 36. a4 Ra2 37. Nf3 Rxa4 38. Rb1 Rf7 39. Re4 Ra2
40. Rb7 Bf8 41. c5 dxc5 42. Rxe5 c4 (42... Bd6) 43. Re6 Rg7 44. Ne5 c3 45. Rc6
Bd6 46. Ng4 Rxg4 47. Rxd6 Rg7 48. Rc6 Rf7 49. Rbxc7 Raxf2+ 50. Kh3 Rxc7 51.
Rxc7+ Kg8 52. Rxc3 Rf5 53. Rc8+ Kf7 54. Rc7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
a6 9. a3 Ba5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. a4 Nbd7 13. c6 bxc6 14. Qc2 c5 15.
e4 Qc7 16. Re1 Ng4 17. Kh1 Re8 18. h3 Ngf6 19. e5 Nd5 20. Ng5 Nf8 21. f4 Bb7
22. Ne4 Ng6 23. Qf2 Nb6 24. Bf1 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Qc6 26. Qc2 Nd5 27. a5 Red8 28.
Kh2 Rab8 29. Rea4 Nge7 30. Bd3 Nf5 31. Bxf5 exf5 32. Qxf5 Nxc3 33. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Qe2 b5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Rhe1 Be7 12. Kb1 Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd5
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qg4 O-O-O 18. Nb3 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Kb8 20. Qxg7
Rhg8 21. Qh6 Rxg2 22. Qxh7 Qb4 23. Rc1 Rc8 (23... Qf4) 24. Rd4 Qe7 25. Rf4 Rc7
26. Qh8+ Ka7 27. Qh3 Qg5 28. Qe3+ Ka8 29. Qb6 (29. h4 Re2 30. Qb6) 29... Rc6
30. Qe3 Rc4 31. Nd4 Rxh2 32. c3 Qg6+ 33. Ka1 Ra4 34. c4 Bxc4 35. a3 Bd5 36. Rf2
(36. Nc6 Bxc6 37. Qc5 Bb7 38. Qf8+ Ka7 39. Qc5+) 36... Rxf2 37. Qxf2 Qg5 38.
Re1 Qe7 39. Nc2 Re4 40. Nb4 Bb7 (40... Qc5) 41. Qd2 (41. Rxe4) 41... Rc4 42.
Rf1 Qc7 43. Qe3 Qc5 44. Qxc5 Rxc5 45. Rxf7 Rxe5 46. b3 Re3 47. Kb2 a5 48. Nc2
Rd3 49. Rc7 Be4 50. b4 Rd2 (50... a4) 51. bxa5 Kb8 52. Kc1 Rxc2+ 53. Rxc2 Bxc2
54. Kxc2 Kb7 55. Kb3 Ka6 56. Kb4 e5 57. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Averkin, Orest"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. f4 Rfd8 (13... Nb4 14.
Nc2 Bc6) 14. Qd2 Be8 15. Rfd1 Nb4 16. Qe1 b5 17. Kh1 Rdc8 (17... Bc6) 18. cxb5
axb5 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nd7 (20... Nfd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxd5
Qc7 24. Rd1 Qxe5) 21. Naxb5 Nxe5 22. Bf4 Ned3 (22... Bf6 23. Nd6 Rd8 24. Nce4)
(22... Nbc6 23. a3 f6 24. b4 Qa8 25. Qg3 Rb7) 23. Bxd3 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Bxb5 25.
Rg3 Rb6 (25... Ra8 26. Qe5 g6 27. Bh6 Bf8 28. Bxf8) 26. Bc7 Rxc7 27. Qe5 g6 28.
Qxc7 Bh4 29. Rf3 Be8 30. Rxf7 Bxf7 31. Rf1 Be8 32. Qc8 Kg7 33. Qxe8 Bf6 34. Ne4
e5 35. Nxf6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. Be3 O-O 12. f4 Ne4 13. Nd2 f6 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Qe2 Bg4 16. Qf2 Qd5 (16... Qe8) (16... Bb6 17. h3 Bd7) 17. Nxc6 Ba3 (17...
Bxe3 18. Ne7+ Kf7 19. Nxd5 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Rad8 21. Ne3) (17... Bd6 18. exd6
Qxc6 19. dxc7 Qxc7 20. f5) 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Ne5 Qxe5 20. fxe5 Rxf2 21. Bxf2
Bxb2 22. Rae1 Bf5 23. Bc5 g6 24. e6 (24. g4 Bxg4 25. Rxe4 Be6 26. c4) 24...
Bxe6 25. Rxe4 Bxa2 26. Ra4 Bd5 27. Rxa7 Rc8 28. Re1 Bf6 29. Ra4 Rb8 30. Rf4 Bg5
31. Rb4 Rd8 32. Rd4 Bf6 33. Rd3 c6 34. Ra3 Rd7 35. Ra7 Rxa7 36. Bxa7 Kf7 37.
Kf2 h5 38. Rd1 Be5 39. h3 h4 40. Be3 Ke6 41. Kg1 Bf6 42. Bd4 Be7 43. Re1+ Kf7
44. Ra1 Be4 45. c4 Ke6 46. Ra6 Kd6 47. Ra5 Kd7 48. Be3 Bd8 49. Re5 Bf5 50. Bf2
Bf6 51. Re1 Be6 52. Rc1 Kd6 53. Ba7 Bg5 54. Rc3 Ke5 55. Kf2 Ke4 56. Ke2 Bf4 57.
Be3 Be5 58. Rc1 Bb2 59. Rc2 Bf6 60. Kd2 Bd8 61. Bf2 g5 62. Kc3 Ba5+ 63. Kb3 Kd3
64. Bc5 Bd2 65. Ba3 g4 66. Bc1 Be1 67. Bg5 gxh3 68. gxh3 Bxh3 69. Rc1 Ke2 70.
Bxh4 Bd2 71. Rg1 Bf5 72. Bg5 Be1 73. Bf6 Be4 74. Bc3 Bf2 75. Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Ba2 a6 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. Nexd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc7 14. Bd2 Bd6
15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Bb1 Rc8 17. Qb3 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Qb8 19. h3 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. b4 Bf8 14. a4 a5 15.
bxa5 Rxa5 16. Rb1 Ba6 17. axb5 Rxb5 18. Ra1 Rb6 19. Bb3 h6 20. Ba3 (20. Qc2)
20... c5 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Bc4 Bb7 24. Qc2 Qc7 25. Ra7 Re7 26.
Qa2 Qb8 27. Ra1 Rd7 28. Bb3 g6 (28... Re7 29. Nc4 Rb5) 29. Bxf7+ (29. Qa5 Bc6
30. Nxe5 Rxd2 31. Bxf7+ Kh8 32. Nxg6+ Kg7 33. Nxf8 Rb1+ 34. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 35. Kh2
Qb8+ 36. Qc7 Qxc7+ 37. Rxc7 Kxf8 38. Rxc6 Kxf7) (29. Nc4 Re6 30. Bc2 Bc6 31.
Ra6) 29... Rxf7 30. Nc4 Re6 31. Ncxe5 Rxe5 32. Nxe5 Bd5 33. exd5 Rxa7 34. Qxa7
Qxe5 35. Rd1 (35. c4 Ne4) 35... Ne4 36. Qb6 Bd6 37. Qd8+ Kf7 38. Qd7+ Kf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Averkin, Orest"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 g6 5. Nxc4 Bg7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 c5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Bf5 10. a3 Bd3 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bxd3 Qxd3 13. Nce5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qd5
15. Qc2 Ne4 16. Nc4 Bxb2 17. Nxb2 Rc6 18. d3 Nf6 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20. h3 Qe6 21.
Qc4 Qe5 22. Rd2 Ne8 23. Qh4 Qe6 24. Qc4 Qe5 25. Qh4 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. e3 Bb7 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Rxc3 c5 14. Qe2 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 cxd4 16. exd4 Nf6 17. Re1 Qd6 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Bb3 Rd7 20. g3 Rfd8 21.
Ba4 Rc7 22. Bb3 Rcd7 23. Ba4 Rc7 24. Bb3 Rcd7 25. Ba4 Rc7 26. Bb3 Rcd7 27. Ba4
Rc7 28. Bb3 Rcd7 29. Ba4 Rc7 30. Bb3 Rcd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 Nf6 6. N1c3 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 O-O 13. Nc2 Bg5 (13... Rb8)
14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 a5 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. b3 Be6 18. Qa1 g6 19. O-O Qd7 20. Rd1
f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. b4 axb4 23. cxb4 Kh8 24. b5 Bxd5 (24... Ne7 25. Ra7 Rb7
26. b6 Nxd5 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rfb8) 25. Rxd5 Ne7 26. Qxe5+ dxe5 27. Rxd7
Nc8 28. Rc7 Bd8 29. Rc6 Nb6 30. Rb4 Nxc4 31. Rcxc4 Bb6 32. Kf1 Rfd8 33. Ke2 (
33. Ne3 f4 34. Ng4 Bd4 35. h3) 33... Ba5 34. Rb3 Rd2+ 35. Ke3 f4+ 36. Ke4 Rxf2
37. Kxe5 Rxg2 38. Nd4 Rxh2 39. Rc6 Bb6 40. Ne6 f3 41. Rxf3 Rh5+ 42. Kf6 Rxb5
43. Rd6 Rb2 44. Ke7 Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3
Be7 9. b4 c5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. cxd5 (11. Rb1) 11... cxd4 12. e4 exd5 13. e5 Ne4
14. Nxd4 Nd7 15. N2f3 Re8 (15... Ndc5) 16. e6 fxe6 17. Nxe6 Qb6 (17... Qc8 18.
Bf4 Ndc5 19. Nc7 Rd8 20. Nxa8 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Ba6) 18. Nfg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Ndc5
20. Rb1 Qc7 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 (21... dxe4 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Bb2 Nd3 24. Bxd3 exd3
25. Qxd3 Be4 26. Rbc1 Bxd3 27. Rxc7 Bxf1 28. Bxg7+ Kg8 29. Kxf1) 22. Bb2 Rad8 (
22... Re6 23. Bd4 Ba6) 23. Bd4 Bc8 24. Re1 Qa5 25. Re3 Ba6 26. Qg4 Re7 (26...
g6) 27. Bxg7 Rxg7 28. Qe6+ Rf7 29. Bxa6 Qd2 30. Be2 Rd6 31. Qe5 Rb6 32. Rd1 Qa2
33. Qxd5 Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Nxf2 35. Bf3 Rb2 36. h3 Rc7 37. Kh2 Rb1 38. Rd2 Rf1 39.
Ree2 Nh1 40. Bd5+ Kg7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Black "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Re1 (11. d5) 11... Bg4 (11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4
Bxd4 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Nd5 Bf6 15. Nxe7+) 12. Be3 Na5 13. h3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Be6
15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Be5 Bh6 17. Ne4 f6 18. Nc5 Bf7 19. Bg3 b6 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. Rxe6
Qd7 22. Re1 Rfc8 23. Nh2 Rc6 24. Ng4 Bf8 25. Ne3 Rd8 26. Nxd5 Qxd5 27. Rxa7
Qxd4 28. Qf3 Qd5 29. Rc7 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Rxc7 31. Bxc7 Rd2 32. Bxb6 Rxb2 33. Bc5
e5 34. b4 Bxc5 35. bxc5 Rc2 36. Ra1 Rxc5 37. Kg2 Rc7 38. Ra6 Kf7 39. Kg3 g5 40.
Kg2 Kg6 41. Kg3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 d6 7. dxe5 dxe5
8. Nxe5 Qe7 (8... Qd4 9. Nd3 Nc6) 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. e5 O-O-O (11...
Nh5 12. Qf3 Bc6 13. Qf2 g5 14. fxg5 Qxe5+ 15. Qe2 Qxe2+ 16. Bxe2 Bxg2) 12. Be2
Bc6 (12... Ng4 13. Bxg4 Qh4+ 14. g3 Qxg4) 13. exf6 Qe3 14. Rf1 Bxg2 15. Rf2 Bh3
16. Qc1 Rhe8 17. Nf1 Qe6 18. Qc3 Bg4 19. Ng3 h5 20. Rd1 h4 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22.
f5 gxf5 23. Qd3+ Kc8 24. Nxf5 Qxf6 25. Ne3 Bxe2 26. Rxe2 Qg7 27. Nd5 Qg1+ 28.
Kd2 Qg5+ 29. Kc2 Re6 30. Qf3 b5 31. Rg2 Qe5 32. Rg8+ Kb7 33. Nc3+ c6 34. cxb5
Qxh2+ 35. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3
g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxg3 (10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3 12. Rc1) 11. hxg3 cxd4 12.
exd4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Kf8 14. Bxc6 Qe7+ 15. Kf1 bxc6 16. Kg1 Rb8 17. Qc2 Bg4 18. Nf3
Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qf6 20. Qd3 Ba5 21. b3 Bb6 22. Rd1 Kg7 23. Kg2 Rhe8 (23... h5)
24. Rd2 Ba5 25. Rc1 Re6 26. Rdc2 Rb4 (26... Bxc3) 27. Ne2 Rb8 28. Qa6 Bb6 29.
g4 Kg8 30. Ng3 Qxd4 31. Nf5 Qf6 32. Rxc6 Rbe8 (32... Rxc6 33. Rxc6 Qb2 34.
Nxh6+ Kf8 35. Rxb6 Rxb6 36. Qc8+ Kg7 37. Nf5+ Kh7 38. Ne7 Qg7 39. Qf5+ Kh8 40.
Qd7) 33. Rc8 h5 34. Qb5 Qe5 (34... Kf8 35. Qxd5 h4) 35. Qd7 Bxf2 36. Rxe8+ (36.
Kxf2 Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 Re2+ 39. Kg3 Qh2#) 36... Rxe8 37. Nh6+ Kg7 38.
Qxf7+ Kh8 39. Nf5 Bh4 40. Qxh5+ Kg8 41. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. f4 Qc7 11. f5 Bc4 12. a4 Nbd7 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15.
Kh1 Rfc8 16. Ra2 Rab8 17. Bg5 Bxe2 (17... Nfd5 18. Bxc4 Nxc3 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20.
Qh5+ Kg8 21. bxc3 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Qc4) 18. Qxe2 Qc4 19. Qf3 Nbd7 (19... d5 20.
Nd2 dxe4) 20. Rfa1 d5 21. exd5 Bb4 22. Nd2 Qd4 23. Be3 Qh4 24. Bf2 Qh6 25. Nde4
Bxc3 26. bxc3 (26. Be3 Qh4 27. Nxc3) 26... Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Qd2 28. Be1 Nf6 29.
Qxe5 Qxd5 30. Qxd5 Nxd5 31. Rxa6 Nxc3 32. Bg3 Rb1+ 33. Rxb1 Nxb1 34. Rb6 Na3
35. c3 Nc4 36. Rb5 f6 37. Bf4 Ne5 38. Bxe5 fxe5 39. Rxe5 Rxc3 40. h3 Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8
15. Bb3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 cxb6 17. Na3 Rfd8 18. Nc2 Na5 19. Nb4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4
21. Nxa6 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 h6 23. Nb4 Ra4 24. a3 c3 25. bxc3 (25. Nc2 Bb3 26. Nfe1
) 25... Rxa3 26. h3 Rxc3 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Rb8 Bxh3 29. Rxb6 Be6 30. Nd4 Rc1+
31. Kh2 Nxf2 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Rxe6 h5 34. g3 Rb1 35. Nd5 Rb2 36. Rb6 Re2 37.
Nf4 Ng4+ 38. Kg1 Rxe5 39. Kg2 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Ne5 Qc7 (13... Be7)
14. Bb5 Qd6 15. Rfd1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qd5 17. f4 Qd6 18. c4 Qc7 19. Ba4 a6 20. Bc2
g6 21. Qe1 Kg7 22. Ba4 h6 23. Bh4 b5 24. cxb5 Qd6 25. bxa6 Bxa6 26. d5 Rxc1 (
26... exd5 27. Nxd7 Nxd7 28. Be7) 27. Rxc1 Bc8 28. Bxd7 (28. Nxf7 Rxf7 (28...
Kxf7 29. dxe6+ Qxe6 30. Bb3 Nd5 31. Qxe6+ Kxe6 32. Rc6+) 29. dxe6 Re7 30. Rxc8
Qd4+ 31. Qf2 Qa1+ 32. Qf1 Qd4+ 33. Bf2) 28... Nxd7 29. dxe6 Qxe6 30. Nc4 Ba6
31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. Bg3 (32. g3 Rc8 33. Rd1 Rxc4 34. Rxd7+ Kg8 35. Rd2) 32... Rc8
33. Rd1 Bxc4 34. Rxd7+ Kf6 35. a3 Bd5 36. h3 (36. Bh4+) 36... Rc1+ 37. Kf2 Rc2+
38. Ke3 Rc3+ 39. Kf2 Rxa3 40. Bh4+ (40. Rh7 Kf5 41. Rxh6 Ra2+ 42. Ke3 Bxg2 43.
Rh8 Ra3+ 44. Kf2 Bd5 45. Rf8+ Ke4 46. Bh4 Rxh3 47. Bg3) 40... g5 41. fxg5+ hxg5
42. Bg3 Ra2+ 43. Ke3 Rxg2 44. Bc7 Ra2 45. Rh7 (45. h4) 45... Ra8 46. Kf2 Kg6
47. Rd7 Ra3 48. Rd8 Rf3+ 49. Kg1 Rxh3 50. Rb8 Rc3 51. Bd6 Rc2 52. Rf8 Rc6 53.
Be5 g4 54. Rf6+ Kg5 55. Rf8 Bf3 56. Bf4+ Kg6 57. Kf2 Rc2+ 58. Kg3 Rg2+ 59. Kh4
Re2 60. Bg3 e5 61. Rb8 e4 62. Rb5 Re3 63. Rb6+ Kf7 64. Kg5 Rd3 65. Kf5 e3 66.
Rd6 Rb3 67. Rd7+ Ke8 68. Ke6 e2 69. Re7+ Kf8 70. Kf6 Bd5 71. Bh4 Rf3+ 72. Kg6
Bf7+ (72... Bf7+ 73. Kg5 Kxe7 74. Kxg4+ Rf6) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Qd3 a6 11. Rd1 b5 12. Ba2 Bb6 13. h3 Bb7 14. dxc5 Qxd3 15.
Rxd3 Bxc5 16. b4 Be7 17. Rb1 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Black "Averkin, Orest"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Bc5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Na4 Ba7 (10... Be7 11. e5) 11. c4 b5 12. e5 Nd7 13. cxb5
axb5 14. Nc3 Ba6 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Bf4 Nxe5 17. Qc2 f6 18. Nc5 Bc8 (18... Bxc5
19. Qxc5 Rad8 (19... Qa7) 20. Rfe1 Bb7) 19. b4 Rd8 20. Rad1 Bxc5 21. Bxe5 Bd6 (
21... Bxf2+ 22. Qxf2 fxe5 23. Qf7+) 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Rd1 Qe7 25.
Bxc6 Rb8 26. Bxb5 Bb7 27. Qc5 Qxc5 28. bxc5 Bf3 29. Rb1 Kf8 30. a4 g5 31. Kf1
Ke7 32. Ke1 Rd8 33. a5 f5 34. Rc1 Rb8 35. Bd3 Kd8 36. Kd2 Rb3 37. Bc4 Rb2+ 38.
Rc2 Rxc2+ 39. Kxc2 e5 40. Kc3 Kc7 41. Bd3 e4 42. Bc4 f4 43. gxf4 gxf4 44. Bd5
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. Ng3 (11. g4) 11... b5 12. Be2 h5 13. Bg5 Qb6
14. Nf1 Nh7 15. Be7 Re8 16. Bh4 f5 17. Bf2 Qd8 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Ne3 Qf6 20.
O-O Qg6 21. Kh1 Ndf6 22. a4 f4 (22... b4 23. Na2 a5) 23. Nc2 Bf5 24. Nb4 bxa4
25. Rxa4 Ng5 26. Rxa6 Rxa6 27. Nxa6 e4 28. Qxf4 exf3 29. gxf3 (29. Bxf3 Bd3 30.
Ra1 Nfe4 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 32. Bg1 Bxb2 33. Ra2) 29... Rxe2 30. Nxe2 Bd3 (30... Bd3
31. Rg1 Bxe2 32. Rxg5 Bxf3+ 33. Qxf3 Qxg5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Qb6 12. Nb3 (12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qh3 e5)
12... b4 13. Na4 Qc7 (13... Qc6 14. Na5 Qxa4 15. Nxb7 Rb8 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5
Nd5 18. Bc4 Rxb7 19. Rxd5) 14. Nd4 Be7 15. Qh3 Nc5 (15... O-O-O) 16. Nxc5 dxc5
17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bc4 (18. e5 Nd5 19. Qxe6 Qd7) 18... Rd8 (18... e5 19. fxe5
Nxe4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Bb3 Bc6 22. Rxe4 Bxe4 23. Ba4+ Kf7 24. Rd7) (18... Bc8
19. Bxe6 Bxe6 20. Qxe6 Qc8 21. Qc4 Qc6 22. e5 Ng8 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. g3) 19.
Qxe6 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rf8 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Qg8+ Bf8 (22... Rf8 23. Bf7#) 23. g3
Bc8 (23... Qe7 24. e5 Rh6 25. Bf7+ Qxf7 26. Rd8+ Kxd8 27. Qxf7) (23... Bc6 24.
Qxh7 (24. Bxa6 Qf7) 24... Bb5) 24. e5 Rb6 25. Qxh7 (25. Rd8+ Kxd8 26. Qxf8+ Kd7
27. Qxg7+ Kd8 28. Qg8+ Kd7 29. Qxh7+ Kd8 30. Qh8+ Kd7 31. f5) 25... Be6 26.
Qg6+ Qf7 27. Qe4 Qc7 (27... Bxc4 28. Qa8+) 28. h4 Bxc4 29. Qxc4 Qc6 30. b3 g6
31. Qe2 Qe6 32. h5 Rb7 33. Qe4 Rg7 34. hxg6 Qxg6 35. f5 (35. f5 Qxg3 36. Qc6+
Kf7 37. Qe6#) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4
a6 9. a4 Rb8 10. Qe1 Nd4 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Qf2 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bxf7+ Rxf7
15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Nd5 Bb7 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Bg5 Rf8 19. Qh4 Kg8 20. Rf2 Ne6 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Raf1 Nf4 23. g3 Qg7 24. Kh1 Ng6 25. Qh5 c4 26. Qe2 cxd3 27. cxd3
Qe7 28. h4 Qe6 29. h5 Ne7 30. g4 h6 31. Rg2 Rf7 32. Qf2 Nc6 33. Qf5 Qxf5 34.
gxf5+ Kf8 35. Kg1 Nb4 36. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
exd4 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Be4 Ba6 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Nxd5
exd5 15. Bc2 Rac8 16. Be3 Na5 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Bc3 Rfe8 19. Qg4 Rcd8 20. h3 Bc4
21. Qf5 g6 22. Qf3 a5 23. Re3 b5 24. b3 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.
bxc4 bxc3 28. c5 Qb8 29. Qxc3 Qf4 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Nxd4 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33.
fxe3 Ne6 34. Bb3 Nxc5 35. Bxd5 Nd3 36. Kf1 Kg7 37. Ke2 Ne5 38. h4 Kf6 39. Bb7
Nc4 40. g3 Nd6 41. Bc6 Ke5 42. Kf3 h6 43. Ba4 f5 44. Bc6 Ne4 45. Be8 (45. Bxe4
fxe4+ 46. Kg4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nh4
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Qf3 Ng6 12. Nf5 (12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. O-O Qf6 14.
Qg3 Be7 15. Rd1 Bc6 16. Nd2) 12... Qf6 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. O-O g6 15. Nxe7 Bxe7 16.
Qe3 Rd8 17. b3 Qg5 18. Qe2 Bb5 19. c4 Bd7 20. Nb1 Qh5 (20... Qh4 21. Nc3 Nc6
22. Nd5 Nd4 23. Qd1) 21. Qxh5 gxh5 22. Nc3 Nc6 23. Nd5 Nd4 24. Bd1 h4 25. f4
Bd6 26. Bh5 Be6 27. fxe5 Bxe5 28. Bf4 Bg7 29. Nc7+ Kd7 30. Rad1 Rhg8 31. h3 Kc6
32. Nd5 Rgf8 33. Be3 Rd7 34. Bf2 f5 35. Bxh4 fxe4 (35... b5) 36. Rxf8 Bxf8 37.
Be8 b5 38. Re1 Kb7 39. Bxd7 Bxd7 40. Rxe4 Nf5 41. Bf2 Kc6 42. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Averkin, Orest"]
[Black "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nb3 b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. Re1 d6 11. a4 Nd7 12. a5 bxa5 13. Nd5 Nb6 14. c3 e6 15.
Ne3 a4 16. Nd2 Ne5 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qe7 19. Bg2 Rac8 20. h4 h5 21. Nc2
Rfd8 22. Qe2 Bc6 23. Bg5 Bf6 24. f4 Bxg5 25. hxg5 e5 26. Qf2 Re8 27. Nb4 f6 28.
gxf6 Qxf6 29. Rad1 Rf8 30. Re2 Bb7 31. Bh3 Rcd8 32. f5 Kg7 33. Kh2 gxf5 34.
Bxf5 Bxe4 35. Rxe4 Qxf5 36. Qg2 Qf2 37. Rd2 Qxg2+ 38. Rxg2 a5 39. Nc6 Rc8 40.
Nxa5 a3 41. bxa3 Rxc3 42. Rd2 Rf6 43. Nb7 Nc8 44. a4 Rc7 45. Rb4 Kf7 46. a5 Ke7
47. a6 Rc6 48. Ra4 Na7 49. Kh3 Kd7 50. Rb4 Re6 51. Rd5 e4 52. Rxh5 Rxa6 53.
Rh7+ Kc6 54. Nd8+ Kc5 55. Rb1 Re8 56. Rc7+ Kd4 57. Rxa7 Rxa7 58. Nc6+ Kd3 59.
Nxa7 e3 60. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. f3 Be5 14. b3 Bd6
15. Nd5 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 f5 17. Bd3 f4 18. Bf2 O-O 19. e5 Bxe5 20. Nxe7+ Kg7 21.
Nd5 Nc5 22. Rhe1 Rae8 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Bd4 d6 (24... Rfe8 25. Re1 d6 26. Nxf4)
25. Re1 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Rd8 27. b4 (27. g3 Rf8) (27. Bb5 Kf7) 27... Nd7 28. Rc1
Nf6 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Rc7+ Kh6 31. Rxa7 Nxd5 32. a3 Ne3 33. Ke2 Nd5 (33... Nxg2
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Bd6 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qe7 11. h3 e5 12. Ba2 a5 13. a4 Bb4 14. Rd1 b6 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Bd2 Rad8 18. Be1 Ng6 19. Nf3 Ne5 20. Nd4 Ng6 21. Nf3
Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 c6 10. c3 Bc5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Be3 Bf5 13. Nd2 Qb6 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. f3 Bf5 17. Rad1 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 19. Rxe3 Rd7 20. Kf2
Rfd8 21. Re2 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
Nc3 Qc7 9. d4 b5 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Rc1
Bb7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Nb3 Qc6 17. Ne4 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 O-O 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 (19...
Nxf6 20. Rc6 Ra7 21. O-O Rd8 22. Rd1 Kf8) 20. O-O Ne5 21. Rd1 f5 22. Rd6 Ra8
23. Na5 (23. Nc5 Rc7 24. b4 a5 25. bxa5 Rac8 (25... Rxa5 26. Rd8+ Kg7 27. Nxe6+
) 26. a6 Nd7 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Nxd7 Rxc2 29. a4 b4 30. a7 Rc8) 23... Rd7 24.
Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Rc7 Nf6 26. Nc6 Nd5 27. Rb7 Rc8 28. Rb8 Rxb8 29. Nxb8 a5 30. Nc6
a4 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Ke1 Ke8 33. Kd2 Kd7 34. Ne5+ Ke7 35. a3 f6 36. Nc6+ Kd6 37.
Nd4 Nc7 38. Kc3 Kc5 39. b4+ Kd6 40. Kd3 Kd5 41. f4 Kd6 42. e4 fxe4+ 43. Kxe4
f5+ 44. Kd3 Kd5 45. Ne2 Ne8 46. Nc3+ Kc6 47. h3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O
Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Qb3 Qxb3 (13... Na5 14.
Qxb6 axb6 15. Nd2 Nh5) 14. axb3 Bd7 (14... Nb4) 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Na3 Nh5 (16...
Bc5 17. Nd3 Bf8) 17. Nxd7 Bxa3 (17... Rxd7 18. Bh3 Rdd8 19. Bc7 Rdc8 20. Bxc8
Rxc8 21. Bf4 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Rd8) 18. Rxa3 Nxf4 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Ne5 Ne6 21.
Nxc6 Rd7 22. b4 Rc8 23. b5 Nd8 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Nxa7 Rxc4 26. b3 Rc7 (26...
Rb4 27. Nc6 Nxc6 28. bxc6 Rxb3 29. Rxd4) 27. Rxd4 Ne6 28. b6 Rb7 29. Rb4 Nd8
30. Rc4 Kf8 31. Rc8 Ke7 32. Nc6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Nd4
Bd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nb3 Rc8 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Nd2 Bc6 14. Re1 Ng6 15.
Bg3 Qb6 16. Qb3 Qa7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. h3 h6 19. a3 b6 20. Bf1 Qb7 21. Bh2 Nf8
22. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Bg4 4. e3 e5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 8.
O-O Ngf6 9. Nc3 a6 10. d3 Bb4 11. Bb2 O-O 12. a3 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. dxe4 Qe7 16. Nd2 b5 17. Re1 Nc5 18. Re3 Rac8 19. Rc1 Ne6 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21.
b4 Bb8 22. g3 Rd8 23. Qc2 Qd7 24. Nf3 Ba7 25. Re2 Qd1+ 26. Kg2 f6 27. Qxd1 Rxd1
28. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O c4 8. Re1
Be7 9. c3 Nf6 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 cxb3 13. axb3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 d4 17. cxd4 Qxd4 18. Nc4 Qa7 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. Qd6 Re8 21.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Qe5 Be6 23. h3 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Averkin, Orest"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Ne4 exd4 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Qxd4 Qe7
15. Qe5 Re8 16. Qxe7 Rxe7 17. Rfd1 Bg4 18. b4 Kf8 19. h3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rd7 21.
Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Be2 a5 23. b5 c5 24. f4 b6 25. Rd1 Ke7 26. f3 Rc8 27. h4 Nf8 28.
Kf2 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Kxd8 30. Kg3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. c4 Bd6 8. Kh1
Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Be3 e5 11. c5 Be7 12. f3 O-O 13. Nd2 a5 14. Qc2 Nd7 15.
Rfd1 Rd8 16. Bf1 Nf8 17. Nc4 Be6 18. Qc3 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 h6 20. g3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1
Rd8 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. a3 Bg5 24. Bf2 Ng6 25. h4 Bf6 26. Qd2 Be7 27. b4 axb4 28.
axb4 Nf8 29. Kg2 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Nxd7 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Ke2 Bd8 33. Kd2 b6 34. Kc3
bxc5 35. bxc5 Ba5+ 36. Kb3 Ke7 37. Bf1 Bd2 38. Kc4 h5 39. Be2 g6 40. Bd1 Nf8
41. Kd3 Bc1 42. Ba4 Kd7 43. Bb3 Ne6 44. Be3 Bb2 45. Kc2 Ba1 46. Kd3 Ke7 47. Ba4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qf5 10. d3 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. a3 Rfd8 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Ne4 Na5 15.
Ned2 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b4 Nc6 18. Qb2+ Kg8 19. Nc4 cxb4 20. axb4 b5 21.
Ncd2 Nce5 22. Nd4 Qf6 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. dxe4 a6 25. f4 Nc4 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. e5
Qb6 28. Qa2 Qxb4 29. e6 Nf6 30. Qxa6 Qd6 31. Qa2 fxe6 32. Rxc4 Qd5 33. Ra4 Qxa2
34. Rxa2 Ng4 35. Nxe6 Rd6 36. Ng5 Nxe3 37. Re1 Nd5 38. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. c3 Bb7 4. a4 a6 5. e3 Nc6 6. d4 e6 7. b4 Be7 8. Nbd2 Na7
9. Bd3 O-O 10. e4 d6 11. O-O c5 12. bxc5 dxc5 13. Bb2 Nc6 (13... c4 14. Bc2)
14. e5 (14. axb5 axb5 15. Bxb5 Qb6 16. c4 cxd4 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nxd4 Qb6)
14... Nd5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Qb1 cxd4 17. cxd4 h6 18. Bxb5 Qb6 19. Be2 Rxa1 20.
Bxa1 Qa7 21. Nc4 Rb8 22. Bb2 Ba6 23. Qc2 Qb7 24. Ba1 (24. Nfd2 Na5 25. Nxa5
Qxb2 26. Qxb2 Rxb2 27. Bxa6 Rxd2 28. Nc6) 24... Ncb4 25. Qd2 Rc8 26. Ne3 Nxe3
27. Qxe3 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Rc2 29. Qd1 Qc6 30. h3 Nd5 31. Qd3 Qa4 32. Nd2 Ra2 33.
Nb3 Nb4 34. Qb1 Nd5 35. Rc1 Qa8 36. Rc8+ Qxc8 37. Qxa2 Qc4 38. Qb1 Qe2 39. Qc1
Bg5 40. Qf1 (40. Qb2 Qf3 41. Nc5 Ne3 42. Qb8+ Kh7 43. Qb1+ Kg8 (43... g6 44.
Qb7) 44. Qb8+) 40... Qf3 41. h4 (41. h4 Be3 42. Qg2 Qd1+ (42... Bxf2+ 43. Qxf2
Qxb3 44. Kh2 Qd3 45. Bb2 Ne3 46. Kh3 h5 47. Qf3 Qd2) 43. Kh2 g5 44. Nc5 Qxa1
45. fxe3 Nxe3) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. b4 a5 15.
bxa5 Rxa5 16. Rb1 Ba6 17. axb5 Rxb5 18. Ra1 Rb6 19. Bb3 h6 20. Qc2 (20. Ba3)
20... Bb7 21. Ra5 exd4 22. cxd4 Bxe4 (22... d5 23. e5 Bb4 24. Ra7 Ne4 25. Nxe4
dxe4 (25... Bxe1 26. Nc5) 26. Nd2 Re7) 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Bxf7+
Kxf7 26. Qxe4 Nf6 27. Qc2 Qd7 (27... Kg8 28. Ra7 Nd5 29. Qf5 Rb5) 28. Qc4+ Kg6
29. Be3 Rb8 30. d5 Qe7 31. Ra7 Rc8 32. Ra4 Qe8 33. Bd4 Qe4 34. Qa6 Rb8 35. Bxf6
Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Kxf6 37. Qc6 Kg6 38. Qxc7 Rb7 39. Qc8 Be7 40. Nd2 Qb5 41. Qe6+ Bf6
42. Rg4+ Kh7 43. Ne4 Be5+ 44. f4 Bd4 45. Qf5+ (45. Qf5+ Kh8 46. Qc8+ Kh7 47.
Rh4 Qd7 (47... Qe2 48. Qe8) 48. Ng5+ Kg6 49. Qc2+ Qf5 50. Ne4 Rb2 (50... h5 51.
Rxh5) 51. Qd3) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 a5 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Qc2
b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. a3 Re8 11. Rd1 Bc5 12. Nf1 e4 13. Ne1 Qe7 14. d4 Bd6 15. a4
Qe6 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. Qd2 c5 18. N1c2 Rad8 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Nc6 21. Ba3 axb4
22. Nxb4 Na5 23. Rdb1 Rc8 24. Nbc2 Bc7 25. Bb4 Bc6 26. Qe1 Ra8 27. Qf1 Bd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nf3 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 Bb7 12. h3 Nd7 13. Nd5 Bf6 14. Rb1 Rb8
15. b3 Re8 16. Bf4 h6 (16... Be5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5) 17. Qd2 Be5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19.
Bg3 Qd7 20. Rbd1 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 (21. exd5 f6 22. Qa5 Rb6 23. c4) 21... Qe6 22.
Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qc6 Qe7 (23... Qc3 24. Re2 Qa5) 24. Re3 (24. e5 Rb6 25. Qa4 dxe5
26. Rd7 Qe6 27. Rxc7) 24... Rb6 25. Qa4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
d5 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. O-O e6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Na4 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. Nc5 a5 16. a4 Rfb8 17. Rc1 Bg4 18. b3 Nd7 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rb4 21. Rfd1
h6 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Rd3 Qb7 24. Qe3 Rb8 25. Rcc3 Qb6 26. Kh2 Qc7 27. Qc1 R8b6
28. Qe3 Qe7 29. g3 Qb7 30. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bd3 (12. Be2) 12... Bb7 13. Bb1
Rc8 14. b3 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Nd5 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nc5 18. Rhe1 e6 19. Nc3 Ne4+
20. Bxe4 Bxc3+ 21. Rxc3 Bxe4 (21... fxe4) 22. Bd4 (22. g4 Rg8 23. g5 e5) 22...
Rf8 (22... Rg8 23. Rh3 Rxg2 24. Rxh7) 23. g4 h6 24. h4 Rg8 25. Rg3 (25. f3 Bb7
(25... Bc6) 26. gxf5 Rg2+ 27. Ke3 Rc6 28. f6 d6 29. Rd3 Kf7 30. a3 e5 31. Bc3
Kxf6) 25... Kf7 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 f4 28. Rgg1 Bf5 29. Be5 b5 30. Rc1 bxc4
31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. bxc4 Rc8 33. Rc1 Rc5 34. Bxf4 Ra5 35. Ra1 Ra4 36. Be3 Rxc4
37. Bxa7 Ra4 38. Bb8 Kg6 39. f4 d6 40. Ke3 Ra3+ 41. Kf2 Ra6 42. a4 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 b5 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. Qg3 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 Kd8
15. Qe3 Re8 16. Nf5 Nxd5 17. Qe2 N7b6 18. Qh5 Bxg5 (18... g6 19. Nxe7 Nxe7 20.
Qxh7) 19. Qxg5+ f6 20. Rxe8+ Kxe8 21. Nxg7+ Kf7 22. Qh6 Rg8 23. Re1 Nxf4 (23...
Rxg7 24. Qh5+ Rg6 25. Qxh7+ Rg7 26. Qh5+ Kf8 27. Re8#) 24. Nf5 Nxd3+ 25. Kb1
Nxe1 26. Qxh7+ Ke6 27. Nd4+ (27. Qxc7 Be4 28. Nxd6 Nd5 29. Qf7+ Kxd6 30. Qxg8
Nxc2) 27... Ke5 28. Qxc7 Be4 29. Qxb6 Rxg2 30. Kc1 Rxh2 31. Qxb4 Nxc2 (31...
Rxc2+ 32. Kd1 Nd3 33. Qb6 Nxb2+) 32. Nxc2 Rxc2+ 33. Kd1 f5 34. Qa5+ d5 35. b4
Bd3 36. a4 f4 37. Qd8 f3 38. Qh8+ Ke4 39. Qh4+ Ke3 40. Qg5+ Kd4 41. Qf6+ Ke3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C98"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. d5 Nd8 14. a4 Rb8 15. axb5
axb5 16. b4 c4 (16... Nb7) 17. Nf1 Ne8 18. N3h2 f6 19. f4 Nf7 20. Nf3 g6 21. f5
Ng7 22. g4 Bd7 23. Be3 Ra8 24. Qd2 Qb7 25. Rac1 Ra2 26. Ng3 Rfa8 27. h4 Bd8 28.
Kh1 Bb6 29. Rg1 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 Qa7 31. Qd2 Be8 32. g5 Qe7 33. Rcf1 fxg5 34. hxg5
Qd7 35. Nh2 Qd8 36. f6 Bd7 37. fxg7 Qxg5 38. Qg2 (38. Qxg5 Nxg5 39. Bb1 Rb2 40.
Nh5 Bh3 41. Rxg5 Bxf1 42. Ng4 Bg2+ 43. Kg1 Rxb1+ 44. Kxg2 Ra2+ 45. Kf3 Rf1+ 46.
Ke3 Re1+) (38. Qf2 Qe7 39. Nf5 gxf5 40. exf5 e4 41. Ng4 Qg5) 38... Rb2 39. Rb1
(39. Qf2 Qe7 40. Ra1) 39... Rba2 40. Qe2 Qh4 41. Rbf1 Bh3 42. Rf2 Ng5 43. Qe3
Bg4 44. Rgf1 Kxg7 45. Bd1 Bxd1 46. Rxd1 Ra1 47. Rdf1 Rxf1+ 48. Rxf1 Ra2 49. Rf2
Ra1+ 50. Rf1 Ra2 51. Rf2 Ra1+ 52. Rf1 Rxf1+ 53. Ngxf1 Qxe4+ 54. Kg1 Qxe3+ 55.
Nxe3 Ne4 56. Nd1 Nf6 (56... Kf6 57. Kg2 Kg5 58. Kf3 Nf6 59. Ne3 e4+ 60. Kf2 Kf4
61. Nhf1 Ke5 62. Ng3 g5 63. Ngf5 Nxd5 64. Nxd5 Kxd5 65. Nd4) 57. Ne3 h5 58. Nf3
Ne4 59. Nd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Bd3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qe2 Rab8
15. b3 Nb4 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Ba6 20. h3 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. cxd5 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 exd4 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 c5 11. O-O d6 12. e3 dxe3 13. fxe3 f5 14. e4 Bf6
15. d4 Bxd4+ 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Qb6 18. Qxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. f4 Na5 (12... Bg4) 13. Bd3 Bg4
14. f5 (14. h3 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qb6 17. Rb1 Bxd4) 14... cxd4 15.
cxd4 Qb6 16. Rb1 Bxd4 17. Rxb6 Bxe3+ 18. Kh1 axb6 19. Qb1 Rac8 (19... Bxe2 20.
Bxe2 Rd2 21. Bb5 Nc6 22. Qb3 Bf2 23. a4) (19... Nc6) 20. e5 Nc4 21. e6 f6 (
21... Nd2 22. exf7+ Kf8 23. Qb2 Nxf1 24. Qh8+) 22. fxg6 Ne5 (22... Nd2 23. Qb4
Rxd3 24. Qxe7) 23. gxh7+ Kh8 24. Bb5 Rd2 25. Qb4 (25. Ng3 Rcc2 26. Ba4 Bh3 (
26... Rxa2 27. Rxf6) 27. Rg1 Ng4) 25... Bxe2 26. Bxe2 Rxe2 27. Qxe7 Rf2 28. Rd1
Bc5 29. Qxb7 Re8 30. h3 Rxa2 31. Rf1 Rf2 32. Ra1 (32. Rxf2 Bxf2 33. g4) 32...
Re2 33. Ra7 Re7 34. Qb8+ Kxh7 35. Rxe7+ Bxe7 36. Qxb6 Ng6 37. Kh2 Nf4 38. Kg3
Nxe6 39. Kf3 Re5 40. h4 Bc5 41. Qb7+ Kh6 42. Qc8 Nd4+ 43. Kf4 Kg7 44. Kg4 Be7
45. Kf4 Ne6+ 46. Kf3 f5 47. Qd7 Nf8 48. Qc7 Ng6 49. g3 Rc5 50. Qa7 Ne5+ 51. Kf4
Kf6 52. Qa8 Rc4+ 53. Ke3 Re4+ 54. Kf2 Nf7 55. Qa1+ Kg6 56. Qa5 Nh6 57. Kf3 Bd6
58. Qd5 Nf7 59. Qa2 Kf6 60. Qa1+ Be5 61. Qa6+ Nd6 62. Qa8 Rg4 63. Qh8+ Ke6 64.
Qh6+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Re8
9. Nd2 Na6 10. Kh1 Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. f4 exd5 13. cxd5 Ba6 14. Re1 Bxe2 15. Rxe2
Ng4 16. h3 Qh4 17. Qf1 f5 18. Nf3 Qh5 19. e5 dxe5 (19... Rad8 20. Kg1 dxe5) 20.
fxe5 Nxe5 21. d6 Nxf3 22. dxc7 Nd4 (22... Ne5 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Rae1
) 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Bf4 (25. Bd2 Qh4 26. Qf7) 25... Qh4 26. Rf1 (
26. Qf7 Re1+ 27. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 28. Kh2 Nf3+ 29. gxf3 Qf2+) 26... Qe7 27. Nb5 Nxb5
28. Qxb5 Qe6 29. Rd1 Bd4 30. b4 Kg7 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Qb7 Rc8 33. Bg3 g5 34.
Re1 Qd7 35. Bd6 Kg6 (35... Bf6) 36. Qd5 (36. Qa6) 36... Rxc7 (36... Re8 37.
Rxe8 Qxe8 38. Bg3 Qe3 39. Qg8+) 37. Re6+ Kg7 38. Qxf5 Qd8 39. Bxc7 Qxc7 40.
Qxg5+ Kf7 41. Qf5+ Kg7 42. Re4 Bf6 43. Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 d6 7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Qc2 (10. dxc5 Nxg3 11. hxg3 dxc5 12. Qc2) 10... g4 11. Nh4 cxd4
12. exd4 Nc6 (12... Bxd4 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 Nf6 15. h3) 13. d5 Nd4 14. Qd2
e5 15. dxe6 (15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 f5 17. fxg4 fxg4 18. Ne4) 15... Bxe6 16. Rd1
Qg5 17. f4 gxf3 18. Nxf3 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Nxe2 (19... Nxg3 20. hxg3 Nxe2 21. Kxe2
Bxc4+) 20. Nxe2 Bxc4 (20... Nxg3 21. Nxg3 Rac8) 21. Bxd6 Rfe8 22. b3 Ba6 23.
Kd1 Nf6 24. Ng3 Ng4 25. Nf5 Bc3 26. Rc2 Rac8 27. Re1 Bxe1 28. Ne7+ Kh7 29. Rxc8
Rxc8 30. Nxc8 Bf2 31. Bb8 b6 32. Nd6 Ne3+ 33. Kd2 Nxg2 34. Bxa7 Kg7 35. a4 Bc5
36. Nc4 Bb4+ 37. Ke2 b5 38. axb5 Bxb5 39. Nd4 Ba6 40. Nc2 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. a4 Qa5 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. e3
Qxb2 9. Bxc4 Bc2 10. Qc1 Qxc1+ 11. Rxc1 Bg6 12. d5 Nbd7 13. a5 Rb8 14. e4 cxd5
15. exd5 Rc8 16. Bb5 e6 17. Ne5 exd5 18. O-O Kd8 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Nxd5 Ba3 21.
Rxc8+ Kxc8 22. Be3 a6 23. Ba4 Bf5 24. Rd1 Ne5 25. Bf4 f6 26. Nb6+ Kb8 27. Nc4
Bb4 28. Nxe5 fxe5 29. Bxe5+ Ka8 30. Bc7 Rc8 31. Bd8 Ba3 32. h3 Rc1 33. Rxc1
Bxc1 34. Bb6 Kb8 35. f3 Bf4 36. g4 Be6 37. Bc2 Bg8 38. Kf2 Bc7 39. Ke3 h6 40.
f4 Bxb6+ 41. axb6 Bd5 42. h4 Kc8 43. Kd4 Bf3 44. g5 hxg5 45. fxg5 Kd7 46. Ke5
a5 47. Ba4+ Ke7 48. Bb5 Kf7 49. Kf5 Ke7 50. Kg6 Kf8 51. Kh7 Kf7 52. Bc4+ Kf8
53. Bb5 Kf7 54. Bc4+ Kf8 55. Bb5 (55. Bb3 Be4+ 56. g6 Bf3 57. Ba4 Be4 58. h5
Bd5 59. Kh8 Bc4 60. Bc6) 55... Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Averkin, Orest"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qe2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. f5 b4 11. fxe6 bxc3 12. exd7+ Bxd7 (12... Nxd7 13. Qc4
cxb2+ 14. Kb1) 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qc4 Qxc4 (14... cxb2+ 15. Kb1 Qb7) 15. Bxc4
Bh6+ 16. Kb1 Bf4 (16... cxb2) 17. b3 Ke7 18. Rd3 Rhg8 19. g3 Be5 20. Rhd1 Rac8
21. Bxa6 Rc7 22. Bc4 Rg4 23. Bd5 h5 24. a4 h4 25. a5 hxg3 26. hxg3 f5 27. exf5
Rc5 28. Bf3 Rxg3 29. a6 Ra5 30. Bb7 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Kd8 32. Nf3 Kc7 33. b4 (33.
Nxe5 dxe5 34. Rxc3+) 33... Ra3 34. Nxe5 dxe5 35. Rd5 f6 36. b5 Bxf5 37. Rc5+
Kb6 38. Rc6+ Kxb5 39. Rxf6 Bh7 40. Re6 Bg8 41. Rxe5+ Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Averkin, Orest"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
a6 9. Re1 b5 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. d4 bxc4 12. bxc4 c5 13. cxd5 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rac1 Nb6 17. Bf3 Rc8 18. Qb1 Qd7 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8
21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. f4 Qb8 13. Bf3 Ra7 14. Qe2 Rc8 15.
Rac1 Be8 16. Kh1 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Rac7 18. Bg4 Nf8 19. Qf2 Rb7 20. Qf1 Nb4 21. Nab1
Nc6 22. Be2 Rbc7 23. Nd2 Nd7 24. a3 Na7 25. Nf3 Nc5 26. b4 Na4 27. Nxa4 Bxa4
28. Re1 b5 29. Nd2 h6 30. Qg1 bxc4 31. Nxc4 Bb5 32. Bb6 Rb7 33. Be3 Rbc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. h3 Qc7 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Be3 e5 10. a4 a5 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Rad1 Nhf6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bc4 b6 15.
Qd6 Ra7 16. Qa3 Ba6 17. Nd2 Rb8 18. Qa2 Nf8 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qc4 Ra7 21. Nf3
h6 22. Rd2 Ne6 23. Rfd1 Bf8 24. Ne2 Kg7 25. Ng3 Rab7 26. b3 Re8 27. Rd3 Bb4 28.
c3 Bf8 29. b4 axb4 30. cxb4 b5 31. axb5 Rxb5 32. Bd2 Reb8 33. Rc1 Nf4 34. Bxf4
exf4 35. e5 fxg3 36. exf6+ Kg8 37. fxg3 Rxb4 38. Qxc6 Qxg3 39. Rd2 Rb1 40. Qc2
Rxc1+ 41. Qxc1 Bc5+ 42. Kh1 Be3 43. Qd1 Bxd2 44. Qxd2 Rb1+ 45. Ng1 Qe1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qa4 Nfd7 8. Na3
Nb6 9. Qc2 Bf5 10. Qc3 Be4 11. c5 N6d7 12. Bf4 b6 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. Be3 c5 15.
dxc5 Qxb2 16. Qa5 Qxe2 17. Rac1 Nc6 18. Qc7 Nde5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe4 dxe4
21. Qxe7 Qh5 22. h4 Rae8 23. Qb7 Nf3+ 24. Kg2 Nxh4+ 25. gxh4 Qg4+ 26. Kh1 Qxh4+
27. Kg2 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. b3 Bf8 14. Nf1 g6 15. Bg5
Bg7 16. Qd2 cxd4 (16... Bb7) (16... exd4 17. cxd4 Bb7) 17. cxd4 exd4 (17... Bb7
18. d5) 18. Nxd4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Ng3 (20. Rac1) 20... Bb7 (20... Nd7 21.
Qd5 (21. e5 Bb7 22. Be4 d5 23. Rac1 Qe6 24. Rc7 Bxe5 25. Rxb7 Bxg3) 21... Qxd5
22. exd5) 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Bb1 Qb6 (22... Qd7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rd1 Ne8) 23.
Be3 Qd8 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Qxd6 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Rc1 Qa8 28. Nxe4 Rxe4 29.
Qd7 Re8 30. Rc7 Rf8 31. Ra7 (31. Bc5 Qe4 32. Bxf8 Qe1+) 31... Qe4 32. Rxa6 Be5
33. Rc6 Qb1+ 34. Rc1 Qxa2 35. Qxb5 Qb2 36. Qd3 Ra8 37. Qb1 (37. Rb1 Ra1) 37...
Qa3 38. b4 Qa4 39. b5 Bd4 40. Bxd4 Qxd4 41. b6 Rb8 42. Rc6 Rb7 43. Qb3 Kg7 44.
g3 Re7 45. Qf3 Re1+ 46. Kg2 Re5 47. Qf6+ Kh6 48. b7 Qd5+ 49. Qf3 Qb5 (49...
Qxf3+ 50. Kxf3 Rb5 51. Rc7 Kg7 52. Ke3 Kf6 53. Kd4 Ke6 54. Kc4 Rb1 55. Kc5) 50.
Qf4+ Kg7 51. Rb6 (51. Rb6 Qxb6 52. Qxe5+ f6 53. Qe7+ Kh6 54. Qe3+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Ne2 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. Ned4 Be7 13. Re1 Nh4 14.
Nxh4 Bxh4 15. g4 Be7 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. gxf5 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bf4 Rg8+ 20.
Kf1 Rd8 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. c4 Rg7 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. Rd1+ Ke8 25. Ke2 Bf8 26. Kf3
Rd7 27. Rxd7 Kxd7 28. Kg4 c5 29. Kh5 c6 30. Bd2 Ke8 31. Bc3 Kf7 32. a4 a6 33.
b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
c5 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bxc5 11. e4 Nbd7 12. e5 Bxf3 (12... Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5)
13. gxf3 Nh5 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. f4 g6 16. f5 exf5 17. e6 Ndf6 18. exf7+ Kg7 19.
Qxe7 Bxe7 20. Nb5 Rac8 21. Bb3 a6 22. Nd4 Rxf7 23. Be3 Ng4 24. Bxf7 (24. Ne6+
Kh8 25. Bxb6) 24... Kxf7 25. Rac1 Rc5 26. Kg2 Nhf6 (26... Nxe3+ 27. fxe3) 27.
Bd2 Rd5 28. Be1 a5 29. Nf3 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Ne4 31. Nd2 Nd6 32. b3 Ne5 33. Nb1 Ke6
34. Nc3 Nef7 35. f3 Bd8 36. Bf2 Nc8 37. Nb5 Ncd6 38. Nd4+ Kd7 39. Bg3 Be7 40.
Kf1 Bf6 41. Nb5 Be7 42. h4 Ke6 43. Nd4+ Kd7 44. Kg2 Bf6 45. Nb5 Be7 46. a4 h6 (
46... Ke6 47. Nd4+ Kd7 48. h5 Bf6 49. Nb5 Be7 50. hxg6 hxg6 51. Bf2 Bd8 52. f4)
47. h5 gxh5 (47... g5 48. Bf2 Bd8 49. Nxd6 Nxd6 50. Bd4 Ke6 51. Bg7 Nf7 52.
Bxh6) 48. Bf2 Bd8 49. Nd4 f4 50. Ne2 Kc6 51. Nxf4 h4 52. Ng6 Nb7 53. f4 Bf6 54.
Rc1+ Nc5 55. Kh3 Nd6 56. Bxc5 bxc5 57. Nxh4 h5 58. Nf3 Kd5 59. Rd1+ Bd4 60. Nd2
Ke6 61. Kg3 Nf5+ 62. Kf3 h4 63. Nc4 Bc3 64. Kg4 Bb4 65. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bd3
Nbd7 (8... b5 9. Qe2 b4 10. Nd1 Nbd7) 9. Qe2 b5 10. O-O-O Bb7 (10... b4 11. Nd5
exd5 12. exd5+ Be7 13. Rhe1) 11. Rhe1 Be7 12. e5 (12. Kb1) 12... dxe5 13. fxe5
Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxc3 15. Qg4 (15. bxc3 Kxe7 16. Qg4 Bd5) 15... Nxd1 16. Nxe6 Qc6 (
16... fxe6 17. Bd6 Qb6 18. Qxe6+ Kd8 19. Bf5 Bc6 20. Qe7+ Kc8 21. Qxg7 Rd8 22.
Rxd1 Qe3+ 23. Kb1 Qe2 24. Rc1 Qd2 25. Qxh7) 17. Nxg7+ Kxe7 18. Qg5+ f6 19.
exf6+ Kd8 20. f7+ Kc7 21. Qf4+ (21. Qf4+ Kb6 22. Re6) (21. Qf4+ Qd6 22. Ne6+
Kc6 23. Be4+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3
d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Qxd4+ Qxd4 14. Nxd4
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. e3 a6 19. a4 Ne4 20. Nc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. a4 g6 8. Nf3
Bg4 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd2 e6 14. Ne2 Rac8 15.
Kh1 e5 16. Nc3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nb4 18. Bd2 Nd7 19. Qg3 Qc6 20. Bg5 Rce8 21. Rad1
Ne5 22. Qh4 Nexd3 (22... Re6) 23. cxd3 Qd7 24. Bf6 a5 25. d4 Re6 26. e5 d5 27.
Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rf6 h6 (28... Rxf6 29. exf6+) 29. Rdf1 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Re8 31. Ne2
(31. Rd6) 31... Nc6 (31... Qxa4 32. Ng3) 32. Rd6 Qf5 33. Ng3 Qd3 34. Rxd5 Re6
35. Qf4 (35. Qg4 Kf8 36. Qf4) 35... Re7 (35... Qc4 36. Rd7 Nxe5 37. Rxb7 Qxa4)
36. Kh2 Kg8 37. Qxh6 Qc4 38. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Averkin, Orest"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 7. b3 c6 8. Ba3
b6 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. Rc1 Rac8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qd2 Rc7 14. Qb2 Rfc8
15. Rfd1 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 18. Qxc1 dxe4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5
Bxe2 21. Bxe4 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Bd3 cxd5
9. cxd5 Ne8 10. Qd2 f5 11. Nge2 f4 12. Bf2 Na6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Kb1 Nec7 15.
Nc1 b6 16. Bc2 Rf7 17. Nd3 Qe8 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. b4 Nb5 20. Nxb5 Bxb5 21. Nb2
Rfc7 22. a4 Bd7 23. Bd3 b5 24. a5 Bf6 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Kxc1 Qc8+
28. Kb1 Qb7 29. Qc3 (29. Qc1) 29... Kf7 30. Bf1 Be7 31. Ka2 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O a6 8. Re1 b5
9. e5 Ne8 10. Bg5 Ra7 11. h3 Rb7 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. d5 c5 (14... b4
15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Nxd6 exd6 18. Rxc6 dxe5) 15. Bxb5 Rxb5 (15... f6
16. exf6 exf6 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Bxe8 fxg5) 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. Bxe7 Nd7 18. e6
Ndf6 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Ng5 fxe6 21. Nxe6+ Kg8 22. Qf3 Bh6 23. Nc7 Nxc7 24. Qxf6
Bf8 25. Rcd1 Qd7 26. Re3 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 8.
d5 Na6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 (10. f5) 10... Nc7 11. Rd1 b5 12. Nxb5 Nxb5 13. Qxb5
Rb8 14. Qe2 (14. Qa4 Bxb2 15. Bxb2 Rxb2 16. Rab1) 14... Bxb2 15. Bxb2 Rxb2 16.
e5 (16. Rd2 Qa5 17. c4) 16... Nb6 17. Ng5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nxd5 19. e6 (19. Qe4 e6
20. Qh4 h5 21. c4 Rxg2+) 19... f6 20. Nxh7 Kxh7 21. Qc4 Kg7 22. Rxd5 Rxc2 23.
Rxd8 Rxc4 24. Rd7 Re8 25. Rxa7 f5 26. Re1 (26. a4 Kf6 27. a5 Kxe6 28. Ra6+ Kf7
29. Rc6 Ra8 30. a6 Ra7 31. Re1) 26... Rc2 27. Kf1 Kf6 28. Re2 Rxe2 29. Kxe2
Kxe6 30. Ra6+ Kd5 31. Rxg6 Ra8 32. h4 Rxa2+ 33. Kf3 e5 34. Rg8 Ra3+ 35. Kf2 c4
36. h5 Ra6 37. Rd8+ Ke4 38. Rc8 Kd3 39. g4 (39. Rd8+ Kc3 40. Re8 e4 41. g4 fxg4
42. Rxe4 Rh6 43. Re5 (43. Rxg4 Rxh5 44. Ke2 Rd5) 43... Kd4 44. Rg5 c3 45. Ke2
Re6+ 46. Kd1 Kd3 47. Rd5+ Kc4 48. Rg5 Rd6+ 49. Kc1 Rf6 50. Rg6 (50. Rxg4+ Kb3
51. Rg1 Ra6) 50... Rf1+ 51. Kc2 Rf2+ 52. Kc1 Rh2) 39... fxg4 40. Kg3 Rd6 41.
Kxg4 c3 42. Kg5 c2 43. h6 Rd7 44. Kg6 (44. Kg6 Kd2 45. h7 Rxh7 46. Kxh7 c1=Q
47. Rxc1 Kxc1) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Bf4 Nd7 8.
Nd2 e5 9. Bg3 Bd6 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. c3 Nc5 14. Bc2 a5 15.
Rfd1 f6 16. Ne3 g6 17. h4 (17. Bh4 Be6 18. h3) 17... Be6 18. h5 a4 19. Bh4 Qg7
20. Ng4 (20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bg3) 20... gxh5 21. Nxf6+ (21. Ne3 Bg4 22. Nxg4 hxg4
23. Qf5 Qg6) 21... Kh8 22. Qe3 Bb6 23. Nxh5 Qg6 24. Qg5 Qxg5 25. Bxg5 Bg4 26.
Nf6 (26. Bf6+ Kg8 27. Be7 Bxh5 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Rd2) 26... Bxd1 27. Rxd1 h6
28. Bh4 Bd8 29. Rxd8 Raxd8 30. b4 Rd2 31. bxc5 Rxc2 32. Nd7 Rf4 33. Bf6+ Rxf6
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be3 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Nd5 Qxa2 13. Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Bd4
Rae8 15. Qc3 Nh5 16. Bxg7+ Nxg7 17. b3 Qa6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Qb6 20. Kd1 f5
21. Bd3 Kg8 22. Rc2 fxe4 23. fxe4 Nh5 24. Re1 Nf6 25. e5 Ng4 26. e6 Ne3+ 27.
Kc1 Nxc2 28. Bxc2 Rc8 29. Qd3 Qa5 30. Kd1 Rf5 31. b4 Qa1+ 32. Kd2 Rxc2+ 33.
Qxc2 Rxd5+ 34. Ke2 Re5+ 35. Kf3 Qxe1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 e6 8. Be3
Qb8 9. Qd2 Bc5 10. Be2 O-O 11. Rd1 Ne5 12. Ndb5 a6 13. Nd6 Bc6 14. a3 Ne8 15.
Nxe8 Rxe8 16. b4 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qc7 18. O-O Rac8 19. Rc1 d6 20. Nd5 exd5 (20...
Bxd5 21. cxd5 Qb7 22. f4 Ng6 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Bh5) 21. cxd5 b5 (21... Qb7 22.
dxc6 Rxc6) 22. f4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Qd7 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. dxc6 Qxc6
27. Rc1 Qb7 28. Qd4 h6 29. Rc4 Qb5 30. h3 a5 31. bxa5 Qxa5 32. Qxd6 Rd8 33. Qb4
Qa7+ 34. Kh2 Qe3 35. e5 Rd3 36. Qb1 Rd8 37. a4 h5 38. Qe4 Qb6 39. Rc6 Qd4 40.
Rc4 Qb6 41. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. d5 N8d7 7. Bg5 Nf6 8.
Nc3 g6 9. a4 a5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O Be7 14. Nb5
O-O 15. c3 f5 16. Re1 Nc5 17. Nd2 Bf6 18. Nc4 Ra6 19. Qc2 Qd7 20. f4 Rc8 21.
Re3 Kg7 22. Kh1 Bd8 23. Rae1 Ne4 24. b3 Rc5 25. Rd3 Rxb5 26. axb5 Qxb5 27. Nb2
Nc5 28. c4 Qb4 29. Rde3 Bf6 30. Rb1 Ne4 31. Rd1 Qc5 32. Re2 b5 33. cxb5 Qxb5
34. Na4 Ra8 35. g3 (35. g4 Rc8 36. Qd3 Qxd3 37. Rxd3 Bh4 38. Kg2 fxg4 39. Rxe4
Rc2+ 40. Kf1 Rc1+) 35... Rb8 36. Rd3 (36. Re3 Bd4 37. Rxe4 fxe4 38. Qxe4 Bf6
39. Rd3) 36... Rc8 37. Qxc8 Qxd3 38. Qc4 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Bd4 40. Qc2 Qg1+ 41. Kh3
Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Averkin, Orest"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. b3 Bb7 4. Bb2 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Nc3
c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. d4 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nc6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxd8
Rfxd8 15. Bb2 Nb4 16. Rfd1 Nxa2 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Ra1 Nb4 19. Rxa7 Bd5 20. Nd4
h6 21. Rc7 Ra8 22. Bf1 Bd6 23. Rc1 Be5 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Bxa1 Bf6 26. Bc4 Bxc4
27. bxc4 Kf8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4
Nd7 9. Be3 Bf6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. d5 Ne7 12. b4 g6 (12... Ng6 13. g3 b5 14. Bb3
Nb6) 13. c4 c6 14. Rc1 Bg7 (14... cxd5 15. cxd5) 15. c5 dxc5 16. bxc5 (16. d6
b5 17. Bb3 c4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nxc4) 16... cxd5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bg5 Ne7 19.
Ne4 h6 20. Nd6 hxg5 21. Nxf7 Qa5 (21... Kxf7 22. Nxg5+ Kf6 23. Nh7+ Kf7 24.
Bb3+) 22. N7xg5 Rf8 23. Bxd7 Qxa2 24. Re2 Qa3 25. Re3 Qb4 (25... Qa2 26. Rc2
Qd5 27. Rd3) 26. Bxc8 Raxc8 27. Qd7 Nf5 (27... Rfe8 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Nf7+ Kh7
30. N3g5+ Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Qg8+ Nxg8 33. Nhf7#) 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O c5 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Nf5 Na6 11. Bg5 Rb8 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bxd5 Bc6 14. Bxc6
dxc6 15. Qa4 Nb4 16. a3 b5 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Nxb5 Nbd5 19. Nc3 Qe5 20. Bxf6
Nxf6 21. Qc2 h5 22. Rad1 c4 23. e3 Red8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1
Qf5 27. f3 h4 28. g4 Qc8 29. Qd4 Qb7 30. g5 Nh7 31. Ne4 Nf8 32. Qxc4 Qxb2 33.
Nd6 Ne6 34. Qc8+ Nf8 35. Qc4 Ne6 36. Qc8+ Nf8 37. Nf5 Qe5 38. f4 Qe4 39. Kf2 h3
40. Nh4 g6 41. Nf3 Qd3 42. Qxh3 Qc2+ 43. Kg3 Qc1 44. a4 Qxe3 45. f5 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. Nd3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4 8.
Be2 (8. Nf4) 8... d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Qb3 Ndf6 12. O-O Re8 13. Rfe1
Qf5 14. Bf1 b6 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. f3 c5 17. Qd1 Ng5 18. Qd2 h6 19. h4 Ne6 20. Qf2
Bc6 21. Qg3 Bb5 22. Nf2 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Rad8 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. Qxg4 Qxg4 26. fxg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. a4 g6 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe1 b6 12. Kh1 Bb7 13. Qh4 e5 14. f5 Nc5 (14...
gxf5 15. exf5 Rae8) 15. Bg5 Ncd7 16. Nd2 Nh5 17. Bc4 Kh8 18. f6 Ndxf6 19. Bxf6
Bxf6 20. Rxf6 b5 21. g4 Nxf6 22. Qxf6+ Kg8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxc2 25. Nf3
Qf2 26. axb5 (26. Bxa8) 26... Rac8 27. Bc6 (27. bxa6 Rc2 28. Rg1 Rxb2 29. h4)
27... axb5 28. Bd5 b4 29. b3 Rc7 30. g5 Rfc8 31. Ng1 Qxf6 32. gxf6 h6 33. Bc4
Rxc4 34. bxc4 Rxc4 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36. Rf8 g5 37. Rxf7+ Kg6 38. Rd7 Rxe4 39. Rxd6
Kf7 40. Nf3 b3 41. Rb6 g4 42. Nh4 b2 43. Kg2 b1=Q 44. Rxb1 Kxf6 45. Kg3 Kg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
exd4 Bb7 9. d5 Ne5 10. Bf4 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 exd5 12. cxd5 O-O 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Nxc3
Re8 15. Bd6 Ng4 16. Qg3 Nh6 17. Rfe1 Nf5 18. Qf4 Qf6 19. Be5 Qg6 20. Qa4 a6 21.
Bf4 (21. Qxd7 Re7 22. Bb8 (22. Qa4 Rae8)) 21... b5 22. Qb4 Rec8 23. Qe4 h5 24.
Qd3 Rc4 25. Re4 Nh4 26. Bg3 Rxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 h4 29. Rd1 hxg3 30.
hxg3 Rc8 31. f3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 d6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 Bc6 14. f5 (14.
Bf3) 14... Nc5 15. Bf3 a5 16. Bh6 (16. Nd5) 16... Qb6 (16... Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qb6
18. Qe3 Qxb2 19. e5 (19. Rab1 Qa3 20. e5 dxe5 21. Qxe5 Nd7 22. Qe3 Qc5 23. Qxc5
Nxc5) 19... Bxf3 20. Qxf3) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Kh1 f6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nd7
21. a4 Ne5 22. Qc3 Qb4 23. Qxb4 axb4 24. b3 b6 25. Rae1 Rh8 26. Re3 Rag8 27.
Bd1 Kf7 28. Rh3 Kf8 29. Kg1 gxf5 30. Rxf5 Rg5 31. Rf2 h5 32. Rh4 Kg7 33. Re4 h4
34. Kf1 h3 35. g4 (35. g3 Rxg3) (35. Kg1) 35... Rh4 36. Rff4 (36. Re3 Kf7 37.
Rf4) 36... Ng6 37. Rf3 f5 38. Re6 (38. Rd4 Rhxg4 39. Rxg4 fxg4 40. Rg3 Ne5)
38... Rhxg4 39. Ke1 Rg1+ 40. Kd2 R1g2+ (40... R5g2+ 41. Re2 Rh1 42. Rxf5 (42.
Rxh3 Rxd1+ 43. Kxd1 Rxe2 44. Kxe2 Nf4+) 42... Rhxh2) 41. Re2 Kf6 42. Kc1 Rxe2
43. Bxe2 Rg2 44. Bd3 Ne5 (44... Ke5) 45. Rxh3 Nxd3+ 46. Rxd3 Rxh2 47. Re3 f4
48. Re6+ Kg5 49. Rxe7 f3 50. Kd1 Rb2 51. Ke1 Rxb3 52. Re6 Rb1+ 53. Kf2 b3 54.
Rxd6 b2 (54... b5) 55. Rxb6 Rh1 56. Kxf3 b1=Q 57. Rxb1 Rxb1 58. Ke4 Kf6 59. Kd4
Ra1 60. Kc5 Rxa4 61. Kb5 Ra1 62. Kc6 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 dxe4 5. dxe4 b6 (5... Nc6) 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Bf4
a6 8. Rd1 Nd7 9. g3 Be7 10. Bh3 h5 (10... Ngf6) 11. Ne5 Ngf6 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13.
Bxe6+ Kf8 (13... Kxe6 14. Qc4+ Nd5 15. Rxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5+ Kf6 17. Qf5#) 14.
O-O (14. e5 Bxh1 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. f3 h4 18. g4) 14... Qc8 15.
Rxd7 Nxd7 16. Rd1 Bc6 17. Nd5 Qb7 (17... Ra7 18. Qf3 Bf6 19. Bd6+ Ke8 20. Nxf6+
gxf6 21. Qf5) 18. e5 Ke8 19. Bf7+ (19. Bxd7+ Qxd7 20. e6 Qxd5 21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22.
Qe5 Bc6 23. Qc7 Bb5 24. c4 Ba4 25. b3) 19... Kxf7 20. e6+ Kf8 21. Nxe7 Nf6 22.
Bd6 Ke8 23. Nf5 Be4 24. Nh4 Rd8 (24... g5 25. Be5 Ke7 26. Qe3 Rad8 27. Re1 Rhg8
) 25. f3 Qc6 26. fxe4 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Nf5 Qc6 29. Qxa6 Kd8 (29... Rg8
30. Qa7 Qxe6 31. Nxg7+ Rxg7 32. Qxg7 Qd6) 30. Qa7 Qxe6 31. Qb8+ Qc8 32. Qd6+
Qd7 33. Qb8+ Qc8 34. Qd6+ (34. Qd6+ Nd7 35. Nxg7 Qb7 36. e5 Rh7 37. Ne6+ Kc8
38. Nf8 Rg7 39. e6 Nb8 40. Ng6 Qf3 41. Ne7+ Rxe7 42. Qxe7 Qd1+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. f5 b4 11. fxe6 bxc3 12. exd7+ Nxd7 13. Qc4 cxb2+ 14. Kb1
Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Ne5 16. Bd5 Rb8 17. Bf4 f6 18. Rhe1 Be7 (18... a5 19. Nc6 Nxc6
20. Bxc6+ Kf7 21. Bd5+) 19. Re3 Bd8 20. h3 Bd7 21. Rb3 Bb6 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23.
exf5 Ke7 24. Kxb2 Bc5 25. Re1 a5 26. Re4 Rb4 27. a3 Rxb3+ 28. cxb3 Rc8 29. b4
axb4 30. axb4 Bb6 31. Kb3 Rc7 32. Ka4 Rc2 33. Kb5 Bf2 34. Ka6 Kd7 35. Bxe5 dxe5
36. Rg4 Kd6 37. Bb7 Rc7 38. b5 Rc3 39. Bf3 Ra3+ 40. Kb7 Ra7+ 41. Kb8 Re7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 e5 8. Nb3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Nb4 11. Kh1 Be6 12. f5 Bd7 13. Bg5 Bc6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Bc4 Rc8 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Nd2 Nxc2 19. Rac1 Nd4 20. Qg4 Qe7 21. Nf3
b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Nc2 25. h4 Ne3 26. Qh5 Rxc1 27. Rxc1
Nxd5 28. exd5 e4 29. Re1 Re8 30. Qg4 Bxb2 31. Re3 h6 32. Nd2 Qa7 33. Rxe4 Qa1+
34. Kh2 Rxe4 35. Nxe4 Be5+ 36. g3 Qa2+ 37. Kh3 Qxd5 38. Qf3 Kf8 39. Qe3 Bd4 40.
Qf4 Qe5 41. Qf3 d5 42. Nd2 b4 43. Nb3 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Ba2 b4 12. Ne2 c5 13. c3 c4 14. Ng3 cxd3 15. Bg5
h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Re3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. Rxd3 Rad8 20. Ne1 g6 21. Nc2 Bg7
22. Ne3 Kh8 23. Rb1 Bc8 24. Rb2 Nb7 25. Nd5 Qd7 26. Nb6 Qc7 27. Nxc8 Rxc8 28.
h4 Nc5 29. Rd5 h5 30. Rbd2 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Nd5
Nf6 9. Re1 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 O-O 11. c3 Bf6 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. Qxh5 Nd3 16. Re3 Nf4 (16... Nxb2 17. Rb1) 17. Qg4 Qxg4 18. hxg4 Nxd5 19.
exd5 b5 20. Rb1 Rfb8 21. d3 a5 22. c4 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 bxc4 24. dxc4 Re8 25. Rxe8+
Rxe8 26. Kf1 h6 (26... Kf8 27. Re2 Ra8 28. g5 a4 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. Rc2) 27. Re2
Ra8 28. Re7 a4 (28... Kf8 29. Rb7 a4 30. b4) 29. Rd7 axb3 30. axb3 Ra6 31. Ke2
(31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Ke2 Rb6 33. Kd2) 31... Kf8 32. Rb7 Ra2+ 33. Ke3 Rb2 34. g3
Ke8 35. f4 Rg2 36. Kf3 Rc2 37. f5 (37. g5 hxg5 38. fxg5 g6) 37... Rc1 38. Ke3
Rg1 39. Kf2 Rc1 40. Kf3 Rf1+ 41. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. a3 Bb6 11. Nbd2 Nf6 (11... O-O 12. e4 Nf6 13. e5 Nd5
14. b4 Bd7) 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. b4 O-O 14. b5 Na5 15. Nce5 Bd6 (15... a6 16. a4 Bd6
17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Bxc7 19. Bb4 Re8 20. Rac1 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 axb5 22. axb5 Nb3
23. Rc4 Nd5 24. e4 Nxb4 25. Rxb4 Nc5 26. Rc1 b6) 16. Bd2 b6 17. Ng5 (17. Bxa5
bxa5 18. Nc6) 17... Bb7 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Nc6 Qe8 20. Bc3 h6 21. Bxf6 hxg5 22.
Bxg5 f6 23. Be3 Qh5 24. Qc4 Kf7 25. Kg2 Rh8 26. h4 Qf5 27. Rad1 Rhc8 28. a4 Na5
29. Qd3 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 Nxc6 31. Rxd6 Ne5 32. Bf4 Rc2 33. Rc1 Rxc1 34. Bxc1 Ke7
35. Rd4 Rc8 36. Ba3+ Kf7 37. Bd6 Nc4 38. Bb4 Rc7 39. h5 e5 40. Rd8 Nb2 41. Bd6
Rb7 (41... Rc4 42. a5 Rd4 43. Rd7+ Ke6 44. Rxg7 Rxd6 45. h6 Rd8 46. h7 Rh8 47.
Rxa7 Nc4 48. axb6 Nxb6 49. Ra6) 42. e4 Nxa4 43. f4 exf4 (43... Nc3 44. f5 Nxb5
45. Rf8#) 44. gxf4 g5 45. e5 gxf4 46. h6 Ke6 47. Re8+ Kf5 48. e6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Averkin, Orest"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Ba6 7. b3 d5 8.
Bg2 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Rc1 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 bxc5 14.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Rxc5 Rac8 16. O-O Nd4 17. Rxc8 Nxe2+ 18. Kh1 Rxc8 19. Re1 Nc3
20. a3 Bb7 21. Nd2 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Nd5 23. Nc4 Kf8 24. Ne3 Nxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Ke7
26. b4 a5 27. bxa5 Rc1 28. a6 Rc6 29. Rb3 Rxa6 30. h4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nb3 cxd4 7. Nbxd4 Be7
8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. c4 Nb4 11. Be3 Qc7 12. a3 N4c6 13. Qc2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Bd7 15. b4 Nc6 16. Nb3 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Be8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1
h6 21. g3 Nb8 22. Qd4 Nc6 23. Qd1 Nb8 24. Qd4 Nc6 25. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Be2 Qd6 11. O-O Ncb4 12. Qb1 c5 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. Rd1
Be6 15. a3 Rac8 16. Bf3 Qe7 17. Ne4 Red8 18. Bd2 f5 19. Ng3 a5 20. Qc2 g6 21.
Qa4 Qc7 22. Rac1 Qb6 23. Qh4 Nde7 (23... Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qxa3 25. Rxb7 Bf7 26.
Nxf5) 24. Bc3 Bb3 25. Re1 Rd6 (25... Rxd3 26. Bxc6 Nxc6 27. Nxf5) 26. Qg5 Qd8 (
26... Rf8) 27. e4 h6 (27... f4 28. Nf1 Rxd3 29. Be2 Rd4 30. Bg4 Rc7 31. Bxd4
Qxd4 32. Qf6) 28. Qxh6 f4 29. Ne2 (29. Nf1) 29... Qf8 30. Qg5 Qf6 31. Qxf6 Rxf6
32. Bd2 b6 33. Rc3 Be6 34. h3 Rd8 35. Bc1 Bf7 36. Bg4 Rfd6 37. g3 fxg3 38. fxg3
Rxd3 39. Rxd3 Rxd3 40. Kf2 Bb3 41. Bg5 Rd8 42. Ke3 Kg7 43. Nc3 Rf8 44. Be2 Nc8
45. Rf1 Rxf1 46. Bxf1 Nd6 47. Nd5 b5 48. h4 Bc2 49. Nc7 Nd4 50. Bd3 Bxd3 51.
Kxd3 Kf7 52. Bd2 b4 53. axb4 axb4 54. Nd5 c4+ 55. Ke3 Nc2+ 56. Ke2 (56. Kf3 c3
57. bxc3 b3 58. Bc1 Nc4 59. g4 b2 60. Bxb2 Nxb2 61. h5 g5 62. Nb6) 56... Nxe4
57. Nxb4 Nxb4 58. Bxb4 Nxg3+ 59. Kf3 Nf5 60. Bc3 Ke6 61. Kg4 Kf6 62. Bd2 Nd6
63. Bb4 Nf7 64. Ba5 Nh6+ 65. Kf3 Kf5 66. Ke3 Ng4+ 67. Kd2 Ke4 68. Kc3 Kd5 69.
b3 cxb3 70. Kxb3 Ke4 71. Kc4 Ne3+ 72. Kc5 Ng2 73. Bd8 Kf3 74. Kd5 e4 75. Ke5 e3
76. Kf6 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nc2 Bxe3 8.
Nxe3 Qe5 9. Nd2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ndc4 Nxe3 12. Nxe3 Be6 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Bc4
Rad8 15. O-O Qe4 16. Bb5 Qxa4 17. Bxa4 Ne5 18. Bc2 Nc4 19. Rfd1 Nxe3 20. fxe3
g6 21. a3 Kg7 22. Rd4 c5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rb8 25. Be4 Kf6 26. Kf2 Ke5 27.
Bf3 b5 28. Rd2 b4 29. cxb4 cxb4 30. Rd4 bxa3 31. bxa3 Rb5 32. Rd3 Rb2+ 33. Kg3
Ra2 34. h3 Kf6 35. Kf4 g5+ 36. Kg3 a5 37. h4 gxh4+ 38. Kxh4 a4 39. Bd1 Rxg2 40.
Rd6 Ke5 41. Rd4 Bb3 42. Bxb3 axb3 43. Rb4 Rb2 44. a4 Rb1 (44... Rb1 45. Kg3 Kd5
46. a5 Kc5 47. Rb7 Kc4 48. a6 Ra1 49. a7 Ra5 50. Rxf7 (50. e4 f6) 50... b2 51.
Rb7 Kc3 52. Rc7+ (52. e4 Rxa7) 52... Kb3 53. Rxh7 b1=Q 54. Rb7+ Ka2 55. Rxb1
Kxb1 56. e4 Rxa7) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Bd2 Nh5 10. Rc1 f5 11. exf5 Nxf5 12. Ne4 Nf4 13. Re1 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 b6
15. b4 h6 16. Bc3 Bd7 17. Qd3 g5 18. Nfd2 g4 19. Nf1 Qe7 20. c5 Qf7 21. cxd6 (
21. c6 Bc8 22. a4 Nd4 23. Ne3) 21... cxd6 22. b5 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Qg3 (24.
Qb3) 24... Qxd5 25. Nxd6 Rad8 26. a4 Rf6 27. Ne4 Rf7 28. Nd6 Rf6 29. Ne4 Rff8
30. Nd6 h5 31. Ne4 Rc8 32. Rcd1 Rce8 33. Qc7 Bxb5 34. Nc3 (34. axb5 Rxe4 35.
Rxe4 Qxe4 36. Qxa7 Qe2 37. Rd2 Qxb5) 34... Qf5 35. Rxe8 Qxf2+ 36. Kh1 Bxe8 37.
Qc4+ Qf7 38. Nd5 Bxa4 39. Nf6+ Bxf6 40. Qxa4 Bg7 41. Nd2 Bh6 42. Qxd4 Bxd2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Averkin, Orest"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Ba7 12. Na4 Ne4 13. Rc1 Qd6 14. Nc3 Nf6 15.
Qd3 Bg4 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Ng5 Ne5 (17... d4 18. Nce4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qg6) 18. Qc2
g6 19. h3 Bxe2 20. Nxe2 h6 21. Qc7 Bb8 22. Qxd6 Bxd6 23. Nf3 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Ne8
25. Kg2 Nc7 26. Ba3 (26. Nc3 Be7 27. Na4 Ne6 28. Nb6 d4 29. Bxd4 Ba3 30. Rb1
Nxd4 31. exd4 Bd6) 26... Ne6 27. Bb2 Be7 28. Rc2 Rc8 29. Rdc1 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Rd8
31. Nd4 Bd6 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. f4 Kf7 34. Be5 Ke7 35. Kf3 Bxe5 36. fxe5 Rf8+ 37.
Kg4 Kd7 38. f4 g5 39. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c3 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Qc2 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. a4 Qc7 12. Bf1 Nc6 13. Nc4 Ng4 14. h3 Nge5 15.
Nfxe5 Nxe5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bh4 Qc7 19. Bg3 Be5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21.
Qd2 Kg7 22. Qd7 Rab8 23. Rad1 Rfc8 24. Qd2 Qc7 25. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 e5 8. Nge2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O a6 10. Kb1 Re8 11. Nc1 b5 12. d5 cxd5 (12... b4 13. Na4 cxd5 14.
cxd5 Rb8) 13. Nxd5 Rb8 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qxd6 Qa5 17. Be2 Re6
18. Nb3 Qa4 19. Qa3 Qxa3 20. bxa3 Be7 21. Rd5 Nb6 22. Rxb5 Ba6 23. a4 (23. Rxb6
Rexb6 24. Bxb6 Rxb6 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. Rd1) 23... Bxb5 24. axb5 Na4 25. Rc1 Ba3
26. Rc7 Re7 27. Rc4 Ra8 28. b6 Rb7 29. Rc6 Rab8 30. Kc2 Kg7 31. Na5 Rxb6 32.
Bxb6 Nxb6 33. Bc4 Nc8 34. Rc7 Nd6 35. Bb3 Rb5 36. Ra7 Bc5 37. Ra6 Bb4 (37...
Nb7) 38. Nc6 Rc5+ 39. Kd1 Bc3 40. Nd8 Nb5 41. Nxf7 Bb4 42. Nd8 Nc3+ 43. Ke1
Nb5+ (43... Nxa2+ 44. Kf2) 44. Kf2 Nd4 45. Ne6+ Nxe6 46. Rxe6 Bc3 47. Re7+ Kh8
48. Kg3 Bd2 49. Bd5 Bf4+ 50. Kh3 Rc3 51. g3 Bd2 52. Rxe5 Rxf3 53. Re7 Rd3 54.
Rb7 Re3 55. a4 h5 56. Kg2 Bc3 57. Rb3 Re2+ 58. Kf3 Rc2 59. Rb8+ Kg7 60. Rc8 g5
61. h3 h4 62. gxh4 gxh4 63. a5 Rh2 64. a6 Bd4 65. a7 Bxa7 66. Rc7+ Kh8 67. Rxa7
Rf2+ 68. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. e3 Bf5 11. Ne2 (11. Qxc7 Nc6 12. Nf3 Rfe8) 11... Rc8
12. Nf4 c5 13. dxc5 (13. Nxd5 Qd6) 13... Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Rxc5 15. Rd1 Nd7 16.
Nxd5 (16. Rxd5 Rd8 17. c4 g5) 16... Kf8 17. Rd4 Nb6 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. a4 Rxc3
20. Bb5 Rc1+ 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Be4 23. Rg1 Bc6 24. Ke2 Bxb5+ 25. axb5 Ra2+
26. Kf3 Rb2 27. Rc1 Rxb5 28. Rc7 g6 29. Rxb7 Kg7 30. g4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 Bf6 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15.
Be3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nde5 17. Bb3 Bd7 18. Ng3 g6 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Qd2 Qa5 21. Nxc6
Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Nxc6 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Nd4 25. Rec1 b4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Bc4 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2
dxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10. O-O exd4 11. exd4 Re8 12. a4 Nf8 13. Re1 Bf5 14. g3 Bb4 15.
Qb3 a5 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 Bg4 18. d5 (18. Rad1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1
Qxd4) 18... cxd5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Qxe7 Nxe7 22. Nb5 Ne6 (22...
Nc6 23. Nc7 Rxe2) 23. Nd6 Red8 24. Nxb7 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 (6... a6) 7.
Qc2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8 13. e4 O-O
14. f3 Qb7 15. Be3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rc4 17. Qe2 Rfc8 18. Ncb5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rxc1
20. Bxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 (10. Nd5) 10... gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5
Bg7 14. O-O h6 (14... f4) 15. c3 O-O 16. Nc2 fxe4 (16... Qg5) 17. Bxe4 f5 (
17... Rc8) 18. Nf4 Bd7 (18... exf4 19. Bxc6) 19. Bd5+ Kh7 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21. Nh5
Qe7 (21... Qg5 22. Qxd6 Rad8 23. Nxg7) 22. Nb4 Nxb4 23. Bxa8 Rg8 24. cxb4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Nd2 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. f4 d5 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 a5 12. c4 O-O 13. Qc2 (13. e5 Nd7 14.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Rf3 f5 17. Rh3 Rd8) 13... h6 14. Kh1 Qb6 15. Rae1
Ng4 16. exd5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nf2+ 18. Rxf2 (18. Kg1 Nh3+ 19. Kh1 Qg1+ 20. Rxg1
Nf2#) 18... Qxf2 19. Re2 Qxf4 20. Re4 Qd6 21. Nc4 Qxd5 22. Rg4 (22. Nb6) 22...
e5 23. Rg3 Ra6 (23... Qe6 24. Nxe5 Bf6) 24. Nxe5 Bf6 (24... Re6 25. Bc4 Rxe5
26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Bxd5) 25. Bc4 Qd6 26. Nxf7 Rxf7 27. Bxf6 Be6 28. Rd3 Qc7 29.
Rd8+ Qxd8 (29... Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Bxg7+ Kg8 32. Qg6 Bxc4 33. Bf6+ Kf8 34.
Qxh6+ Ke8 35. Qh8+ Kd7) 30. Bxd8 Bxc4 31. h3 Bf1 32. Qe4 a4 33. bxa4 Rd6 34.
Ba5 Rdf6 35. Be1 Ba6 36. Kh2 Bb7 37. Qc4 Rc6 38. Qb3 Rg6 39. Bg3 Rg5 40. Qc4
Bd5 41. Qc8+ Rf8 42. Qc2 h5 43. a5 (43. a5 h4 44. Bxh4 Rxg2+ 45. Qxg2 Bxg2 46.
Kxg2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. e5 b4 12. exf6 bxc3 13. Qxc3 gxf6 14. f5 (
14. Bh4) 14... d5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Nd4 (16. Bd2) 16... Qa5 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18.
Bh4 (18. Bd2 Nc6 19. Be2) 18... e5 19. Nb3 Nxb3+ 20. axb3 Be6 21. Be2 O-O 22.
Rhf1 a5 23. Bb5 Rac8 24. Bd3 Rc6 25. Bf5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 Rfc8 27. Rd2 d4 28. Kd1
Rb8 29. g4 h6 30. Rdf2 Rbb6 31. Kd2 a4 32. bxa4 Rxb2 33. Kd3 Kg7 34. Rxe5 fxe5
35. Bxe7 Rc3+ 36. Ke4 d3 (36... Re3+ 37. Kd5 d3 38. Ke6 dxc2) 37. Bf6+ (37. Bd6
Kg6 (37... dxc2 38. Bxe5+ Kg6 39. Bxc3 c1=Q 40. Bxb2) 38. Rf6+ Kxf6 39. Bxe5+
Kg5 40. Bxc3 Rxc2 41. Kxd3 Rxh2 42. a5 Kxg4 43. Kc4 h5 44. a6 h4 45. Kb5 Re2 (
45... Ra2 46. Ba5) 46. a7 Re8 47. Kc6 h3 48. Be5) 37... Kg8 38. Bxe5 Rb4+ 39.
Kd5 Rxc2 40. Rf1 d2 41. Rd1 Rxg4 42. a5 Ra4 43. a6 Kh7 (43... Rxa6 44. Bf4 Raa2
45. Bxh6) 44. Bb8 Ra1 45. a7 Rxd1 46. a8=Q Re1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15.
Qe2 Qb6 16. Bd2 Kf8 17. Rac1 Rd8 18. Rc2 g6 19. Rfc1 Be7 20. Bc4 Rc8 21. Bxd5
Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Bxd5 23. Rc8+ Kg7 24. Rxh8 Kxh8 25. Bxh6 Qc7 26. b3 Qc3 27. h4 (
27. Ne1) 27... a5 28. Bg5 Bxf3 29. Qxf3 Bxg5 30. hxg5 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qxe5+ 32.
Qg3 Qb2 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. f4 Qxa2 35. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Ne7 (6... Nc6) 7.
d3 Nbc6 8. a3 h6 9. Rb1 a5 10. O-O g6 11. b4 axb4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 14.
Nxd4 exd4 15. axb4 b5 (15... b6) 16. Qb3 c4 17. dxc4 Rc8 18. c5 dxc5 19. bxc5
Rxc5 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Bxd6 (21. Qd3 Rc4 (21... Bxf4 22. Qxd4) (21... O-O 22.
Bxh6) 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxb5) 21... Qxd6 22. Qd3 O-O 23. Qxd4 Rc4 24. Qe3 (24.
Qd3 Re8 25. f3) 24... Re8 25. Rxb5 (25. f3 Qxd5) 25... Rcxe4 26. Qd3 (26. Qxh6
Re1 27. Rb1 R1e5) 26... Qf4 27. g3 Rd4 28. Qb3 (28. Qxg6+ fxg6 29. gxf4 Rd8 30.
Rb6 R8xd5 31. Rxg6+ Kh7) 28... Qf5 29. Kg2 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E96"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 a5 10. h3 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Na4 Bf8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qc7 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. c5 Be6 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rd7 20. Nb6 Rdd8 21.
Na4 Rd7 22. Nb6 Rdd8 23. Na4 Rd7 24. Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Averkin, Orest"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N5c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Qc2 Rfc8 14. Qb1 Ne5 15.
Bd2 Ng6 16. Nc2 b5 17. b4 Qb6 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Be3 Qb7 20. Nd4 d5 21. exd5
Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Bf3 Qd6 24. a3 Ne5 25. Be2 Nc4 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Ne2 Qa6
28. Qb2 Ra8 29. Ra1 Bc6 30. Nc3 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 Bd6 8. Be3
Qe7 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. Qc2 exd4 11. cxd4 Re8 12. e5 Bb4 (12... fxe5 13. dxe5
Bxe5 14. Rfe1) 13. h3 Be6 14. Ne4 Qf7 15. a3 Bb3 16. Qb1 (16. Neg5 fxg5 17.
Nxg5 Qd5 18. Qf5+ Qd7 19. Qxd7+ Kxd7 20. axb4) 16... Bf8 17. Ned2 Bd5 18. b4
Qg6 19. Qb2 Ne7 20. a4 Nf5 21. Rfe1 fxe5 22. dxe5 Be7 23. Re2 Rhf8 24. Bc5 (24.
Qc3 Nxe3 25. Qxe3) 24... Bxc5 25. bxc5 Nd4 26. Qxd4 Rxf3 27. Ne4 (27. Qg4+ Qxg4
28. hxg4 Rc3) 27... Rxh3 28. Ng3 Rh5 29. Rae1 Rg5 30. Rb2 Rg4 31. Qc3 h5 32.
Reb1 h4 33. Rxb7 hxg3 34. f3 Qh6 35. Rxc7+ Kxc7 36. Qa5+ Kd7 37. e6+ Kxe6 38.
Qe1+ Kf6 (38... Kf6 39. Qxe8 Qh2+) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 Be7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Nc6 (9... b6) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. e5 dxe5 (12... Nxe5 13.
Bxh7+ Kh8) 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. f4 (14. Be4) 14... f5 15. Bg6 Rf6 16. Bh5 Rh6 17.
g4 (17. Bf3 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Rxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qh4#) 17... g6 18. Nd2 (18. fxe5 gxh5
19. gxf5 Qg8+ 20. Kh1 Bb7) 18... gxh5 19. g5 Rh7 20. Nf3 Kg8 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22.
Bxe5 Qb6+ 23. Kg2 c5 24. Kh3 Qc6 25. Rad1 Bb7 26. Rd3 Rd8 27. Rfd1 Rxd3+ 28.
Rxd3 Qh1 29. Qe2 Be4 30. Rd1 Bf3 31. Rxh1 Bxe2 32. Re1 Bf3 33. Rf1 Bc6 34. Rg1
Bd8 35. Bd6 Rd7 36. Bxc5 Kg7 37. b4 Bc7 38. Re1 Be4 39. Be3 e5 40. fxe5 Bxe5
41. b5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. a3 Ba5 11. Bd3 b5 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. Nxb5 Bb7 15.
Ba3 Bxa3 16. Nxa3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 e5 18. Nc2 a5 19. Rfb1 Qe7 20. Bf5 Rfc8 21.
dxe5 Nxe5 22. Qe2 Rcb8 23. Nd4 (23. Rxb8+ Rxb8 24. Rxa5 g6) 23... Rxb1+ 24.
Bxb1 g6 25. h3 Rc8 26. Bc2 Ra8 27. Qb5 Qc7 28. Ra3 Kg7 29. f4 Ned7 30. Nc6 (30.
Qc6 Qxc6 31. Nxc6 Rc8 32. Ba4 Ne4 33. Nxa5 Ndc5 34. Bc2) 30... Qd6 31. Rd3 Qc5
32. Qxc5 Nxc5 33. Rc3 Nfd7 34. Ne5 a4 35. Nc4 Rb8 36. Kf2 Nf6 37. Nd2 Rb5 38.
Ke2 Nd5 39. Ra3 Rb4 40. g3 f5 41. g4 fxg4 42. hxg4 h6 43. g5 h5 44. f5 gxf5 45.
Bxf5 Rb2 46. Ke1 h4 47. e4 Nf4 48. Kd1 Nfd3 49. e5 (49. g6 Kf6 50. Rc3 Nf2+ 51.
Ke1 Rxd2 52. Rxc5 Nd3+ 53. Kxd2 Nxc5 54. e5+ Kg7 55. Kc3) 49... Nxe5 50. Rc3
Rb5 51. Rh3 Rb4 52. Rc3 Rf4 53. Bc2 Ned7 54. Ke2 Rg4 55. Kf2 Rxg5 56. Nf3 (56.
Rh3 Rg4 57. Nf3 a3 58. Nxh4 a2 59. Ra3 Rxh4 60. Rxa2) 56... Rg4 57. Bf5 Rb4 58.
Kg2 Kf6 59. Bc2 Ne6 60. Kh3 Nf4+ 61. Kh2 Ne5 62. Nxe5 Kxe5 63. Rc5+ Kd6 64. Ra5
Rb2 65. Ra6+ Kc5 66. Ra5+ Kb6 67. Rxa4 Rxc2+ 68. Kh1 Rf2 69. Ra3 Kc5 70. Kg1
Rg2+ 71. Kh1 Rg3 72. Ra4 Rf3 73. Re4 Kd5 74. Re8 Kd4 75. Ra8 Ke3 76. Kg1 Rg3+
77. Kh1 Kf3 78. Ra3+ Kf2 79. Ra2+ Kf3 80. Ra3+ Kg4 81. Ra4 Rd3 82. Ra1 Kg3 83.
Rg1+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Qe7+ 8.
Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bxb6 axb6 14.
Nbd4 Nge7 15. Rhe1 O-O 16. Kf1 Rfc8 17. c3 Rc7 18. a4 Kf8 19. Ne5 Rd8 20. g4
Bg6 21. Rad1 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Nc6 23. Rd2 f6 24. Nxg6+ hxg6 25. Red1 Rcd7 26. Bc4
(26. f4) 26... d4 27. cxd4 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Nxd4 29. f4 g5 30. fxg5 fxg5 31. Kf2
Ke7 32. Rd2 Kf6 33. Ke3 Ke5 34. Bf1 Rd6 35. Bg2 b5 36. axb5 b6 37. Bf1 Rd8 38.
Rf2 Rd6 39. Rd2 Rd8 40. Rf2 Rd6 41. Rf7 Nc2+ 42. Ke2 Nd4+ 43. Ke3 Nc2+ 44. Ke2
Nd4+ 45. Kd3 Nf5+ 46. Kc3 Ne3 47. Bc4 g6 48. Rc7 Ng2 49. Re7+ Kf4 50. Bf1 Ne3
51. Rf7+ Kg3 52. Bd3 Nd5+ 53. Kc4 Nf4 (53... Kxh3 54. Rf3+ Kh4) 54. Be4 Kxh3
55. Bc6 Kxg4 56. Rb7 Kf5 57. Rxb6 g4 58. Ra6 g3 59. Ra3 g2 60. Rg3 Rd2 61. b3
Rc2+ 62. Kb4 Ke5 63. Rg5+ Kd6 64. Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Averkin, Orest"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 a5 6. Na3 Nf6 7. Bf4 Nfd7 8. Qc1
O-O 9. Bh6 e5 10. O-O Re8 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. e3 Nc5 13. exd4 exd4 14. Nb5 Nc6
15. Qf4 (15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Nxd3 17. Qe2 Nc5 18. Nfxd4 Nxd4 19. Qe5+ Qf6
20. Qxc5) 15... Nxd3 16. Qxc7 Nxb2 17. c5 Qf6 (17... d3) 18. Rab1 (18. Rae1)
18... Na4 19. Qd6 Rd8 20. Qxf6+ Kxf6 21. Rbc1 Rb8 (21... Be6) 22. Rfd1 Bg4 23.
h3 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 d3 25. Rc4 Ne5 26. Rxa4 Nxf3+ 27. Kg2 Ne5 28. Nd6 b6 29. f4
Nc6 30. Rxd3 bxc5 31. Ne4+ Ke7 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Nxc5 Rd2+ 34. Kf3 f5 35. Nb3
Rd3+ 36. Kf2 Rd5 37. Ke3 Kd6 38. Rc4 Rb5 39. Nd4 Nxd4 40. Rxd4+ Kc6 41. g4 Rb2
42. Rc4+ Kb6 43. gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 d6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O a5 13. a3 Bd7 14. b4 axb4
15. axb4 Nd4 16. Ra1 Nf3+ 17. Qxf3 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Bxc3 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Bf1 Bg7
21. Qd1 Ra8 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 b6 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Qxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 e5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. f3 Nd6 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. e4 Nc6 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Ne2 Qa5+ 14. Kf2
O-O-O 15. Nf4 Nd4 (15... Nb4 16. axb4 Qxa1 17. e5 Ne8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rd1 Rd5
20. Be3 Qa2 21. Bc4) 16. Qc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Nb3 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rb1 Nxc1 20.
Rhxc1 Rd7 21. e5 Nf7 22. Be4 c6 23. f4 g5 24. g3 gxf4 25. gxf4 Rd2+ 26. Ke3 (
26. Kg3 Rg8+ 27. Kh3) 26... Rxh2 27. Rh1 Ra2 28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 h5 30. Rg1
h4 31. Rg6 Nd8 32. f5 exf5 33. Bxf5+ Kc7 34. Rg7+ Kb6 35. Bh3 Kc5 36. Ke4 a5 (
36... Kc4 37. e6 c5) 37. e6 Nxe6 (37... Nxe6 38. Bxe6 h3 39. Rg1 h2 40. Rh1)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 d6 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b3 a5 14. Bb2 Qc7 15.
Qc3 Bf6 16. Qd2 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 a4 18. e3 h6 19. Rd2 axb3 20. axb3 Rxa1+ 21. Qxa1
Ra8 22. Ra2 Rxa2 23. Qxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Na4 O-O (10... Bb7 11. c4 Bd6 12. f4 Nxe4 13. c5) 11.
c4 Bd6 12. f4 Nxe4 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. c5 Be7 15. Bd4 Nd5 (15... h6 16. Nb6 Rb8)
16. Nb6 Nxb6 (16... Rb8 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxg7 Bxc5+ 20. Kh1 Kxg7
21. Qg5+ Kh7 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rf3) 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7
20. Qg4+ Kh7 (20... Kf6 21. Qg5#) 21. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 a6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bc3 Bd6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Bc7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Re8
15. Bd4 Qd6 16. g3 Bg4 (16... a5 17. Rfc1 Bd7) 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Nf3 Qh6 19.
Qf5 Qe6 20. Qxe6 Rxe6 21. Rac1 f6 22. Rc2 Ne5 (22... a5 23. Rfc1 Ra6) 23. Bxe5
Bxe5 24. Rfc1 Rc8 25. Rc5 Rd6 26. R1c2 Kf7 27. Kf1 Ke6 28. Ne1 d4 (28... Ba1
29. Ra5 Ra8 30. Nd3 d4 31. Rcc5) 29. f4 d3 30. Rd2 Bb2 31. Rxd3 Ra8 32. Rxd6+
Kxd6 33. Nd3 a5 34. Rc4 Ba3 35. Ra4 Bc5 36. Nxc5 Kxc5 37. b4+ Kc4 38. Rxa5 Rb8
39. a3 Kd3 40. Kf2 Rb7 41. Rc5 Ra7 42. Rxc6 Rxa3 43. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 c5
15. Bb5 Rd8 16. Bc6 Rb8 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. b4 Na6 21.
a3 Rc7 22. h3 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 Nc7 24. Nd4 Nd5 25. Qc4 Qb7 26. Rc1 a6 27. Qc6 Qxc6
28. Rxc6 Kf8 29. a4 Rb8 (29... Ke7) 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Rb7 32. Rc8+ Ke7 33.
e4 Nc7 (33... Nb4 34. e5 Rd7 35. Nc6+ Nxc6 36. bxc6 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Rc1) 34. e5 f6
35. Nc6+ (35. Nc6+ Kd7 (35... Kf7 36. Nd8+) 36. Rd8#) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 b6 6. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 7. Qd2 Qxd2+
8. Nfxd2 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Nc3 Ke7 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nc6 14.
Ke2 Rhd8 15. Rhd1 d6 16. b3 Rd7 17. Nd2 Nb4 18. Nde4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Rc8 20. Nc3
Rcd8 21. Rac1 Nc6 22. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 g6 14. Ne3 Bf8 15. b4
cxb4 16. cxb4 Nc6 17. Bb2 Bb7 (17... Nxb4 18. Bb3 Bb7 (18... Nxe4 19. Nd5 Nxd5
20. Bxd5) 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Ng5 Re7 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Bxf7+ Rxf7 23. Qb3 Qe8 24.
Rc7) 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Bb3 Bg7 (19... Bh6) 20. Ng5 Nd8 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Nd5 Bxd5
23. exd5 Qd6 24. Ne6 (24. Qd2 h6 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 f5 27. Ree1 Kh7 28. Qc3)
24... fxe6 25. Bxe5 Qxb4 (25... Qe7 26. dxe6 Kh8 27. Rc7 Qxb4 28. Bc3 Qf4 29.
Rxg7 Kxg7 30. Qd7+) 26. dxe6 Nxe6 (26... Nh5 27. e7+ Nf7 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29.
Qd5+ Kxe7 30. Bxg7+) 27. Bd6 Qh4 28. Rxe6 (28. Bxe6+ Kh8 29. Rc6) 28... Rxe6
29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. Qf3 Rd8 31. Be5 Nh5 32. Bxg7+ Nxg7 33. Bc8 a5 34. Rc6 Qe7 35.
g3 b4 36. Qf4 Rf8 37. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 O-O 8. Ng3
Re8 (8... d6) 9. Be2 Bf8 10. O-O exd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bf3 Na6 13. b4 Nc7 14. e4
Bd6 15. Bb2 Be5 16. d6 Ne6 17. Na4 Ng5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Nb2 (19. Re1) 19...
Ngxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qd4 Qe8 22. Nd3 (22. Nc4 Rd5 (22... Re6 23. Bg4) 23.
Qxe4 Qxe4 24. Bxe4 Rd4 25. Bf5 Rxc4 26. Bxd7) 22... Re6 23. Nf4 Rxd6 24. Qxe4
Qxe4 25. Bxe4 Rd4 26. f3 d5 27. Rad1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 dxe4 29. Rd7 Ba6 30. fxe4 g6
31. e5 Re8 (31... Bb5) 32. Rxa7 Bc4 33. Rb7 (33. Rc7) 33... b5 34. Rc7 Rxe5 35.
Rxc6 Re4 36. g3 Re1+ 37. Kf2 Ra1 38. Ra6 Ra2+ 39. Kg1 Kg7 40. h4 h6 41. Kh1 Bb3
42. Kg1 Bc4 43. Ng2 g5 44. Ne3 Be6 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Kf1 Kf6 47. Ng4+ Kf5 48.
Nf2 Ke5 49. Kg1 Bd5 50. Ng4+ Kd4 51. Nh6 Ke3 52. Rf6 Ra1+ 53. Rf1 Rxf1+ 54.
Kxf1 Kf3 (54... Be6) 55. Nf5 Be4 56. Nd6 f5 57. Kg1 Kxg3 58. Nxb5 f4 59. Nc3
Bd3 60. a4 f3 61. Nd1 Kf4 62. Nf2 Bc2 63. b5 Bxa4 64. Nh1 Ke3 65. Kh2 Kf4 66.
Kg1 Bxb5 (66... Bxb5 67. Kf2 Bd7 68. Ng3 Bg4 69. Nh1 Bh3 70. Ng3 Bg2 71. Nh5+)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 e6 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qa5 11. d5 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Ne7 13. O-O exd5 14.
exd5 O-O 15. Re1 Nf5 16. Bb3 Nd6 17. Ne4 Qb4 18. Qf3 Re8 19. a3 Qa5 20. Re3
Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22. Qxe4 Bd7 23. h3 Qc3 24. Qb1 Qc5 25. Bc2 Qxd5 26. Bxh7+
Kh8 27. Be4 Qd4 28. Ra2 Re8 29. Bxb7 Rb8 30. Qe4 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Be6 32. Rb2 (32.
Qf4 Rd8 (32... Rxb7 33. Rd2 Qh5 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+)) 32... Qd6+ 33. g3 Qxa3
34. Qe5 Rd8 35. Be4 Kg8 36. Rb8 Qe7 37. h4 a5 38. Qh5 f5 39. Rxd8+ Qxd8 40.
Bxf5 Bxf5 41. Qxf5 a4 42. Qc2 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Nc6 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bc7 12. g3 b6 13. Bg2 bxc5 14. dxc5 Rb8 15.
Rb1 O-O 16. O-O Be5 (16... Ne5 17. a4 Nc4) 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Qd3 a6 19. Na4 Rd8
20. Nb6 Bb7 21. Qd2 Bf6 22. Nf4 g6 23. Nd3 Bg7 24. a4 Nd4 25. b5 (25. f4 Nf5
26. Ne5 a5) 25... axb5 26. axb5 e5 27. Rdc1 Ne6 28. Nb4 e4 29. Qa2 (29. Na4 Qa5
30. c6 Qxa4 31. cxb7 Rxb7 32. Nxd5 Rxb5 33. Rxb5 Qxb5 34. Bxe4) 29... Nxc5 30.
Na4 Ra8 31. Rxc5 (31. Qc2 Rdc8 (31... Rxa4 32. Qxa4 Bh6 33. Qa7 Bxc1 34. Rxc1
Rc8 35. Nc6 Nd3 36. b6) 32. Nxc5 Qe7 33. Nc6 Bxc6 34. bxc6 Rxc6 35. Rb7 Qxb7
36. Nxb7 Rxc2 37. Rxc2 Ra1+ 38. Bf1 d4 39. Rc8+ Bf8 40. Rd8 d3) 31... Qa5 32.
Na6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O Rb8 7. a4 a6 8. a5
Ne4 9. Qc2 Nd6 10. Ne5 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Na3 Nf6 13. Naxc4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Bd7
15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Be5 Ne8 20. h4 c6 21. h5
h6 22. Be4 f6 23. Bf3 Rd8 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. Qb3 Qf7 26. Rac1 Rd7 27. e3 Rfd8
28. Rc5 Kh8 29. Qc2 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. b3 Rfc8 13. Rac1 Qxe3 14. Bxe3
Nd7 15. Nd5 Kf8 16. Nf4 Nc5 17. Nxe6+ fxe6 18. f3 a5 19. Rb1 Bc3 20. Rfd1 e5
21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. g3 Bd4+ 23. Kg2 e6 24. Bd3 Ke7 25. h4 Rc7 26. h5 g5 27. Kh3
h6 28. Kg4 Kd7 29. a3 Kc6 30. Rd2 Rf7 31. Ra2 b6 32. Rd1 Kb7 33. Rdd2 Raf8 34.
Be2 Rc7 35. Rdc2 Rfc8 36. Bd3 Rc6 37. Kh3 Rg8 38. Kg4 Rc7 39. Be2 Bc5 40. Bd3
Rf8 41. Be2 Rfc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. Qe1 e6 10. f5 Qb6 (10... O-O) 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 O-O
14. Nc4 Qd8 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. Bg5 Qd4+ 17. Be3 Qh4 18. Rf4 Qh5 19. Qe5 (19. Qd6
Ng4 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. Qg3) 19... g5 20. Rf5 (20. Rff1 Ne4 21. Qc7 Nxc3 22.
bxc3 Bxc3 23. Rac1 Qg4 24. Qg3) 20... Ne4 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Qc7 Rf7 23. Qb8+
Rf8 24. Qc7 Rf7 (24... Nxc3 25. bxc3 Bxc3) 25. Qb8+ Rf8 26. Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Averkin, Orest"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Qd8 9. dxc5 Nd7 10. a3 Nxc5 11. Bc2 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bf6 13. Be3 b6 14. Ra2 Bb7
15. Ng5 Ne5 16. b4 Ncd7 17. Ba4 h6 18. Bxd7+ Ke7 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Ba4 Rhd8 21.
Rad2 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Bb5 Be4 25. Bxb6 Ra8 26. Rd1 Bd3 27.
Bc5 Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Nxc4 29. g3 Bb2 30. Rd3 e5 31. Kg2 Ke6 32. h4 g5 33. h5 e4
34. Rb3 Kd5 35. Bb4 Bd4 36. Nc3+ Ke5 37. Nb5 Bb6 38. Nd6 Nxd6 39. Bxd6+ Kxd6
40. Rxb6+ Ke5 41. Rxh6 Rxa3 42. Rh8 Kf6 43. Rg8 Ra2 44. h6 Ra7 45. Kh3 Rh7 46.
Kg4 Rxh6 47. Rxg5 Rh1 48. Rf5+ Kg6 49. Ra5 Re1 50. Ra6+ Kf7 51. Ra2 Ke6 52. Kf4
Kd5 53. Rd2+ Kc4 54. g4 Kc3 55. Rd8 Re2 56. g5 Rxf2+ 57. Kxe4 Rg2 58. Kf5 Rf2+
59. Ke6 Re2+ 60. Kf6 Rf2+ 61. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 13. Rc1 c5 14. g4 Bd7 15. a3
a5 16. b3 Nc8 17. Kh1 Nb6 18. Nf2 Rf7 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Qe7
22. Bg5 Qf8 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. Nxd3 Bh6 26. Bxh6 Qxh6 27. Nb5 Rd8
28. Qf3 Nc8 29. Nf4 Rg8 30. Qc3 Rfg7 31. Rce1 Qh4 32. Qb2 h5 33. Ne6 Rg6 34.
Re2 (34. Qc3) 34... Kh7 35. Qc2 Kh8 36. Nbc7 Ne7 (36... Qh3 37. Ref2 Qg4 38.
Qb1 Ne4 39. Qb2+ Nf6 40. Qb1) 37. Qb2 Kh7 (37... Nf5 38. Qc3 Ng3+) 38. Nf8+ (
38. Qb1 Kh8 39. Nf4 R6g7 40. Nce6) 38... Rxf8 39. Rxe7+ Kg8 40. Qe2 Ng4 41.
Ref7 Rc8 (41... Rxf7 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Rxf7+ Rg7 44. Rxg7+ Kxg7 45. Ne6+ Kh6 46.
Qf8+ Kg6 47. Nf4+ Kg5 48. Qe7+ Nf6) 42. Ne8 Ne5 43. Rf8+ Kh7 44. Nf6+ Rxf6 45.
R8xf6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 (
7... Be7 8. Nxe6) 8. Bb3 a5 (8... Qxd4 9. N1f3) 9. a4 h6 10. N5f3 c5 11. Bf4
Bd6 12. Be5 O-O 13. O-O-O c4 14. Bxc4 Nxa4 15. Nh3 Nb6 16. g4 a4 17. g5 hxg5
18. Nhxg5 a3 19. b3 Bb4 20. Rdg1 (20. c3 Bxc3 21. Qd3 Bb2+ (21... a2 22. Kc2
Nxc4 23. bxc4 a1=Q 24. Rxa1 Bxa1 25. Bxf6) 22. Kb1 (22. Kc2 g6 23. Nxe6 Nfd5
24. Nxd8 Nb4+ 25. Kd2 Nxd3 26. Bxd3 Nd5) 22... Nbd7 (22... g6 23. Bxe6) 23. Bd6
Qa5 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Rhg1 Qc3) 20... a2 21. Kb2 Nxc4+ 22. Qxc4 Nd5 23. Ne4 (
23. Bxg7 Bc3+ 24. Qxc3 Nxc3 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Kxc3 Qd5) 23... f6 24. Bf4 Ba3+
25. Ka1 Nxf4 26. h4 Rf7 27. Rg4 Qa5 (27... Qa5 28. Rxf4 Bb2+) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Averkin, Orest"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. b3 d5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Rc7 13. Rfd1 Qa8 14. a3 a5
15. Rc2 Rfc8 16. Rdc1 Nb8 17. Ne5 Nbd7 18. Ndf3 dxc4 19. bxc4 Nxe5 20. Nxe5
Bxg2 21. d5 exd5 22. Kxg2 dxc4+ 23. Qf3 Qxf3+ 24. Nxf3 b5 25. a4 Rc5 26. Bf1
Nd5 27. Bd4 Nf4+ 28. Kh1 Rf5 29. Bb2 bxa4 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Ne6 32. Rc8+
Nf8 33. Kg2 a3 34. Ba1 Rd5 35. Bc4 Rd1 (35... Rd8 36. Rc7 Rd7 37. Bxf7+ Kxf7
38. Ne5+ Ke6 39. Nxd7 Nxd7 40. Bxg7 Nc5) 36. Bd4 h5 37. Bb3 Rb1 38. Ba2 Rb7 (
38... Rb4) 39. Ne5 Bf6 40. f4 Bxe5 41. fxe5 Rd7 42. e6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bd3 d5 5. e5 c5 6. c3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. h3 Bd7
9. O-O e6 10. Re1 Nge7 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Qe2 a5 13. a4 Nb8 14. Nb3 Na6 15. Be3
O-O 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Nh2 h6 18. Bf6 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Ng4 Kf8 21. Qd2 Ng8
22. Qf4 g5 23. Qf3 Bc6 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Nxh6 f5 (25... Kxh6 26. Qxf7) 26.
exf6+ Nxf6 27. Re5 Rf8 28. Rxg5+ Kh8 29. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
e3 d5 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Be7 11. Nd2 e5 12. Nb3 Qc7 (12... Qb6) 13. Bg3 dxc4 14.
Bxc4 Nb4 (14... Bd7) 15. Qe2 Nc2+ 16. Qxc2 Qxc4 17. Bxe5 b6 18. Nd4 Rd8 19. b3
Qc5 (19... Qa6 20. Nc6 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qxa3 22. b4 Bf8 23. O-O) 20. Bxf6 Bxf6
21. Ne4 Qxa3 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. O-O Qc5 24. Qe4 Bd7 25. Rc1 Qe5 26. Qb7 Qb8 27.
Rc7 Qxb7 28. Rxb7 Bc8 29. Rc7 Bd7 30. f3 (30. Rfc1 Kf8 31. f3 Ke8 32. Nc6 Rdc8
33. Nxa7 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Be6 35. Nb5 Ra1+ 36. Kf2 Rb1 37. Nd4 Bxb3) 30... a5 31.
Rfc1 b5 32. Ra1 a4 33. bxa4 bxa4 34. Ra3 Rac8 35. Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Re8
9. h3 exd5 10. exd5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Rb1 Bd7 15.
a3 a5 16. b3 Qc7 17. Qd2 a4 18. Bh6 axb3 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rxb3 Bc8 21. Qb2+
Kg8 22. Nd2 f5 23. Nf3 (23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Rg3+) 23... Nd7 24. Ng5 Nf8 25. Qd2
Qe7 26. f4 Qe3+ 27. Qxe3 Rxe3 28. Kf2 Re7 29. Ra1 Nd7 30. Nf3 Kf8 31. Nd2 Nf6
32. a4 Ra5 33. Bc2 Ke8 34. Kf3 Kd8 35. Rbb1 Ra6 36. a5 Ra7 37. Rg1 Ra6 38. Nb3
Bd7 39. Rgb1 Ra7 40. Nd2 Bc8 41. Nf1 Ra6 42. Rb6 h6 43. Rxa6 bxa6 44. Rb1 g5 (
44... Kc7 45. Rb6 Re1 46. Ne3 Bb7 47. Rb1 Rxb1 48. Bxb1 Bc8) 45. Ng3 g4+ 46.
hxg4 fxg4+ 47. Kf2 Ne8 48. Bg6 Rg7 49. Bxe8 Kxe8 50. Ne4 Ke7 51. Rb8 Bd7 52.
Kg3 Rg6 53. Rb7 Kd8 54. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Bd7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15.
Qf3 Be6 (15... c5) 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Ne3 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5
Qd7 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Kf1 Nc5 23. Bc2 Be7 24. Ke2 Bg5 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Kxe3 Kf8
27. g3 Ke7 28. h4 a5 29. a3 Rd6 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 (11... Qa5) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6
Qb6 (13... Qa5 14. Qd2 Rd8 15. Qd3 b5) 14. Qf4 Qb4 (14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 O-O)
15. Qe3 Qa5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qxa2 18. Qa3 Qxa3 19. bxa3 O-O-O 20. Bc4 exd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 c6 8.
Nf3 cxd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O e6 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Na4 Rd8 14. a3 e5 15.
Bb5 e4 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. Rc5 a6 18. Be2 Nxd4 19. exd4 Bxd4 20. Rc7 (20. Rxd5 Bxa4
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qxa4 e3 23. Nf3 exf2+ 24. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Qc5+ 26. Kg3)
20... Qg5 21. Nxe4 Qe5 22. Ng5 (22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Ng5) 22... Qxc7 23. Qxd4 Bxa4
24. Qxa4 Qe7 25. Qh4 f6 26. Nxh7 Qxh7 27. Qxf6 Qg7 28. Qe6+ Qf7 29. Qg4 Rd7 (
29... Rd6 30. Qg3 Rad8) 30. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3
Na6 9. Rc1 Rc8 10. d4 d5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. cxd5
Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxd5 16. Rfd1 e6 17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfd8 19. Nb5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Nb3 b5 8.
Be3 Ng6 9. f4 Be7 10. g3 O-O 11. h4 Re8 12. Qd2 Na5 13. h5 Nf8 14. h6 g6 15.
Qd4 f6 16. Nd5 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bb7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bf3 e5 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21.
Qxe5 Rxe5 22. Bd4 Re6 23. O-O Bxe4 24. Bxf6 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Rae8 26. Bc3 g5 27.
Rf5 Rg6 28. Bb4 g4 29. Raf1 Ne6 30. Rf6 Rxf6 31. Rxf6 Nd4 32. c3 Nf3+ 33. Kf2
Ne5 34. Bd6 Nd3+ 35. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Bd7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. Bd3
Nb6 16. Nh2 c5 17. d5 a5 18. Rf1 Rb8 19. Be3 Na4 20. Rb1 c4 21. Bc2 Nc5 22.
Bxc5 dxc5 23. a4 b4 24. Ra1 b3 25. Bb1 Bc8 26. Nf3 Nd7 27. Nf5 Nb6 28. Ne3 Ba6
29. Qe2 g6 (29... Be7) 30. Nd2 Qg5 31. Ra3 Qh5 32. f3 Qg5 33. Ndxc4 Nxc4 34.
Nxc4 Bxc4 35. Qxc4 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Bd6 37. Rxb3 Rxb3 38. Qxb3 Rb8 39. Qc2 h5 40.
Ba2 Kg7 41. Bc4 h4 42. Qf2 Qxf2 43. Rxf2 f5 44. Kh2 f4 45. Kg1 Kf6 46. Kf1 Ke7
47. Rc2 Kd8 48. Ke2 Kc7 49. Kd3 g5 50. Bb5 Kb6 51. Rc1 Rc8 52. Ra1 Rb8 53. Kc4
Rc8 54. Ra3 Rb8 55. Rb3 Kc7 56. Bc6 Rxb3 57. Kxb3 Kb6 58. Kc4 Bf8 59. Bd7 Bd6
60. Bc8 Bf8 61. d6 Kc6 (61... Bxd6 62. Kd5 Bc7 63. Ke6 Bb8 64. Kf5 Bc7 65. Kxg5
Bd8+ 66. Kf5 Bc7 67. Ke6 Bb8 68. Kd5 Bc7 69. Bd7 Bb8 70. Bb5 Bc7 71. Bf1 Bb8
72. g4 fxg3 73. Bg2 Bc7 74. b3 Bb8 75. f4 exf4 76. e5 c4 77. bxc4 Kc7 78. Ke4
Kd7 79. Kxf4 Bc7 80. Bd5) 62. Bb7+ (62. Bb7+ Kxb7 63. Kxc5) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. Qe2 a6 8. Nf3
b5 9. c5 (9. cxb5 axb5 10. Qxb5 Ba6) 9... Bb7 10. cxd6 cxd6 11. Nh4 d5 12. Bg5
h6 (12... d4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. O-O Re8) 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. exd5 Nd7 15. O-O Rfe8
16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Nb6 18. Ra5 e4 19. d6 (19. Bxe4 Bxd5 20. f3 Bc4) (19. f3
Nxd5 20. fxe4 Qb6+ 21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Ne3 23. Nf5 Nxg2 24. Nd6 Bxe4 25. Re2
Re6 26. Nxe4 Rae8) 19... Rad8 20. Nf5 Nc8 21. Qe3 Nxd6 22. Qb6 Nxf5 (22... Bc8)
23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qd5 g6 25. Bxe4 Rbd8 26. Qc6 Re6 27. Qa4 Nd4 28. Bg2 Ne2+ 29.
Kh1 Rd2 30. Qa1 Rb6 31. Ra2 h5 32. c4 Rbxb2 33. Rxb2 Rxb2 34. c5 Kg7 35. c6 Rc2
36. Be4 (36. Qxa6) 36... Rc5 37. Qxa6 Nd4 38. Qa3 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Grigorian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. e5 b4 7. exf6 bxc3 8. bxc3
Nd7 9. Qa4 exf6 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Bxc4 Bd6 12. Ne2 O-O 13. O-O Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Qd6
15. Bd3 Nb6 16. Qe4 f5 17. Qf3 c4 18. Bc2 g6 19. Rfd1 Bb7 20. Qg3 Rfd8 21. Bxf5
Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd6 Rxd6 24. Bc2 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
a6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 (10. Bd3) 10... Bb7 11. Rd1 (11. dxc5) 11... Qc7 12. Bd2
Nbd7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. e4 b4 15. Na4 Nxe4 16. Bxb4 Qf4 17. dxc5 Ndxc5 18. Nxc5
Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 Nxc5 21. Bc2 g6 22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Rb8 24. b3
Kf8 25. Ne5 Bd5 26. f3 Rb7 27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Ke3 a5 29. Nd3 Nxd3 30. Rxd3 Rc7 31.
Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. a4 Qc7 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. a5 Ne6 14. Nb3 b5 15.
axb6 Rxb6 16. Be3 Rb4 17. Be2 Bb7 18. f3 d5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Nd4 21. Nxd4
exd4 22. c3 (22. Bf2 Bxd5 23. Rxa6 Bd6 24. g3 Bc5 25. b3 Qb7 26. Ra1) 22...
dxc3 23. bxc3 Qxc3 24. Bxa6 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Kh1 Bxa6 27. Rxa6 Rd4 28.
Qa1 Qxd5 29. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nb3 a6 11. a4 b6 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Be8 14. g4 Nd7 15. g5
Nc5 16. Bg2 f6 17. h4 Bf7 18. f5 Kh8 19. Rad1 Rae8 (19... Nxb3 20. cxb3 Ne5)
20. fxe6 Bxe6 21. Nd5 Qb8 (21... Bxd5 22. exd5 Ne5) 22. Nxe7 Rxe7 23. Nd4 (23.
Nxc5 dxc5 24. Bf4 Ne5 25. Qxa6) 23... Nxd4 24. Bxd4 fxg5 25. hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. g3 Nf6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e5 8. Nge2
b5 9. O-O O-O 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. b3 Qe7 12. a3 a5 13. Qc1 Re8 14. Rd1 Ba6 15.
Nd4 b4 16. axb4 axb4 17. f4 bxc3 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nxc6 Qb7 20. Rd6 Bb5 21. Na7
Bd7 22. Rb6 Qc7 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. Rxb5 Bf8 25. Qf1 Nh5 26. Kh2 Ng7 27. Rxa8 Rxa8
28. Qc4 Qxc4 29. bxc4 Ra2 30. c5 Rxc2 31. c6 Ne6 32. Rxe5 Bd6 33. Rd5 Bc7 34.
Rd3 Be5 35. Rd5 f6 36. Bd4 Bxd4 37. Rxd4 Kf8 38. Rc4 Nc7 39. g4 g5 40. Kg3 Ke7
41. e5 fxe5 42. Be4 Rc1 43. Bxh7 Kd6 44. Kh2 Kd5 45. Bg8+ Kd6 46. Bh7 Kd5 47.
Bg8+ Kd6 48. Bh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 d6 8. d5
Nxd2 9. Nxd2 O-O 10. O-O Kh8 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. b4 Bf6 13. Nde4 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 Qe7
15. a3 Nf6 16. Rfd1 e5 17. e4 c6 18. Qd3 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Qd7 21.
Rac1 Rac8 22. Bf1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch41"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Averkin, Orest"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
O-O e6 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nh3 Bd6 11. Nf4 Bxf4 12. Bxf4 O-O 13. Bb3 a5 14. c4 Re8
15. Re1 Qb6 16. c5 Qb5 17. Bc2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 b6 19. Bd6 a4 20. Rac1 Qb4 21.
Red1 bxc5 22. a3 Qb7 23. dxc5 Ra5 24. Rd4 Rb5 25. Rb1 Ra8 26. Rc4 Qa6 27. Ne2
Nd5 28. Nd4 Rb7 29. Rc1 N7f6 30. Qe2 Re8 31. Be5 Nd7 32. Bg3 N7f6 33. R4c2 Qxe2
34. Rxe2 Ne7 35. Bd6 Nfd5 36. Kf1 Ra8 37. Rc4 Ra6 38. Ke1 Nc8 39. Bg3 Na7 40.
Kd1 Nb5 41. Nf3 Ndc7 42. Kc1 f6 43. Rce4 Rba7 44. Bxc7 Nxc7 45. Rd2 e5 46. Rd8+
Kh7 47. Rc4 Ne6 48. Rd6 Re7 49. Ne1 Nd4 50. Nc2 Nb3+ 51. Kd1 Ra5 52. Rxc6 Rd7+
53. Ke1 Rd5 54. Nb4 Rdxc5 55. R4xc5 Nxc5 56. Kd2 Kg6 57. Ke3 Rb5 58. f3 Kf5 59.
Rc7 Kg6 60. Re7 h5 61. h4 Rb8 62. Ra7 Rb5 63. Ra8 Kf5 64. Rh8 g6 65. Rc8 g5 66.
g3 gxh4 67. gxh4 Ne6 68. Ra8 Rc5 69. Rxa4 Rc4 70. Nd5 (70. Nd5 Rxa4 71. Ne7#)
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch42"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1974.11.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qd3 a6 10. a4 cxd4 11. exd4 b6 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Rac1 Re8 14. Rfd1
Nf8 15. Ne5 Ng6 16. Bg5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxd3 18. Bxd3 Ng4 19. Bf4 Bc5 20. Rc2
Rad8 21. h3 Rd4 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxd4 Bxd4 24. hxg4 Rc8 25. Rd2 Rc4 26. b3 (
26. Ne2 Bc5 27. Rd7 Bd5 28. Be3 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Rxa4 30. Nf4 Rb4 31. Nxd5 exd5
32. Rxf7 Rxb2 33. e6) 26... Bxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Rxc3 28. Bd2 Rxb3 29. Rxf7 Bd5 30.
Rf4 Rg3 31. Kf1 Rxg2 32. Rd4 Rh2 33. Be3 Rb2 34. Bd2 a5 35. Ke1 Ra2 36. Be3 Bb3
37. Rd6 Rxa4 38. Rxb6 Bd5 39. g5 Ra1+ (39... Kg6 40. Ra6 Kf5) 40. Kd2 a4 41.
Ra6 Ra2+ 42. Kc1 Kg6 43. Ra7 Be4 44. Kd1 Bf3+ 45. Kc1 Be4 46. Kd1 Bc2+ 47. Kd2
Bb3+ 48. Kc3 Rg2 49. Kb4 Rg3 50. Bc1 Rf3 51. Rc7 Rf7 52. Rxf7 Kxf7 53. Kc5 Bc2
54. Kd6 Bf5 55. Ba3 Kg6 56. Bc1 Kh5 57. Ke7 g6 58. Kd7 Kg4 59. Kd6 Kg3 60. Kc5
Kf3 61. Kd4 (61. Kc6 Kg4 (61... Ke4 62. Kb5) 62. Kd6 a3 63. Bxa3 Kxg5 64. Kc5
Kf4 65. Kd4 g5 66. Bc1+) 61... Kg4 (61... Kg4 62. Kc5 Bc2 63. Kd6 Kf5 64. Ba3
Bb3 65. Bc1 Bd5) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch42"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1974.11.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4
15. cxd4 f4 16. f3 Ng3 17. hxg3 fxg3 18. Qd3 Bf5 19. Qxf5 Rxf5 20. Bxf5 Qh4 21.
Bh3 Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Qxe5 23. Bd2 Qxb2 24. Bf4 d4 25. Bxc7 d3 26. Be6+ (26. Bxg3)
26... Kh8 27. Rad1 (27. Bxg3 Qf6 28. Bh3) 27... Re8 28. Bd7 (28. Bb3 d2 29.
Bxg3) 28... Re2 29. Bxg3 d2 30. f4 h5 31. Bc6 Qxa2 32. Bf3 Re3 33. Kh2 Qc2 34.
Rf2 Rd3 35. Re2 Rd8 (35... Kg8 36. Bh4 g6) 36. Re5 (36. Rdxd2 Qxd2 37. Rxd2
Rxd2 38. Bxh5 b4) 36... b4 37. Bh4 Rd4 38. Bxh5 b3 39. Bf2 Rxf4 40. Bg3 Rf6 41.
Be2 b2 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Rb8 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch42"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1974.11.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 d6 7. f4 g6 8. e5
dxe5 (8... Nfd7) 9. fxe5 Nfd7 (9... Ng4 10. Rb1 Qa5 11. e6) 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Rb1
Qd8 12. e6 fxe6 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Bb5+ Kf8 (14... Bd7 15. Nxe6) 15. dxe6 a6 16.
Be3 Qa5 17. O-O h6 (17... axb5 18. Rxb5 Qc7 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Rxf6+ Bxf6 21. Nf7)
18. Qd3 Kg8 19. Qxg6 Bxe6 20. Nxe6 Rh7 21. Rxf6 Nd7 22. Bxd7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch42"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1974.11.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Qd7 9. O-O b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 Nc6 12. Rc1 Rfd8 (12... Rad8) 13. Bb5 a6
14. Ba4 b5 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Qc2 e5 (16... Nxb3 17. axb3 a5) 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. d5
c6 19. Bb6 Nxb3 20. axb3 Rd7 21. c4 Bh6 22. Ra1 Rc8 23. Qd3 cxd5 24. cxd5 Qb4
25. Kh1 Kg7 26. Qb1 Qd6 27. Ba5 Qc5 28. Qb2 f6 29. Nc1 Be3 30. Nd3 Qa7 (30...
Qc2 31. Qxc2 Rxc2) 31. Qe2 (31. Nxe5 fxe5 32. Qxe5+ Kh6 (32... Kg8 33. Bc3) 33.
Qe6) 31... Re8 32. Re1 Bd4 33. Rac1 Rf7 34. Rc2 f5 (34... Rc8 35. Rxc8 Bxc8 36.
Rc1 Qb8) 35. Rec1 Be3 36. Re1 Bd4 37. h3 fxe4 38. fxe4 Rc8 39. Rec1 Rxc2 40.
Qxc2 Qb8 41. Bc3 Qa7 (41... Rc7 42. Qd2 Bxc3 43. Rxc3 Re7 44. Nc5 Qd6 45. Nxb7
Rxb7 46. Rc6) 42. Nxe5 Rc7 43. Nc6 Bxc6 44. Qb2 Bxc3 45. Qxc3+ Kh6 46. Qd2+ Kg7
47. dxc6 a5 48. Qc3+ Kh6 49. e5 b4 50. Qd2+ Kg7 51. Qd8 h5 52. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch42"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Dvoretzky, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1974.11.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. O-O
exd4 9. Bxd4 Re8 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Ne5 13. h3 Bh6 14. b4 b6
15. c5 bxc5 (15... Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 dxc5 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Qe5)
16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bxc5 Qb7 18. Na4 Be6 19. Bd6 Nd7 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. bxc5 Bf8
22. Rb1 Qd7 23. Red1 Bxd6 24. cxd6 Rab8 25. a4 Rxb1 26. Qxb1 Qd8 27. Qc2 Qd7
28. Qc5 f6 29. a5 Kg7 (29... Rb8 30. Rc1 Rd8 31. Rb1) 30. Rb1 Rd8 31. a6 Kh6
32. Qe3+ g5 33. Qf3 Qf7 34. Rb7 Rd7 35. Bc4 f5 (35... Bxc4 36. Rxd7 Qxd7 37.
Qxf6+ Kh5 38. g4+) 36. exf5 Qxf5 (36... Bxc4 37. Qxc6) 37. Bxe6 (37. Bxe6 Qxe6
38. Rxd7 Qxd7 39. Qf6+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch42"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1974.11.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 d5 7. Bf4 dxc4 (
7... Nc6) 8. e3 Nd5 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. Bxc4 Nxf4 11. exf4 Bb4 (11... O-O 12. O-O
Be7) 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Ng5 g6 15. Qd3 Nc6 16. Rfe1 Kg7 17. Ne4 a6
18. Bb3 Rd8 19. Qg3 Ra7 20. Qh4 b5 21. Qf6+ Kg8 22. Rd6 Ne7 (22... Rxd6 23.
Nxd6 Qc7 24. Ne8) 23. Red1 Rf8 24. Qd4 Rc7 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Rd8 Qxc3 27. Rxf8+
Kg7 28. Nh5+ (28. Nh5+ Kxf8 29. Qd8#) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch42"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1974.11.30"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d5 d6 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. Rb1 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. b4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15.
bxc5 (15. Nde4 cxb4 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 (16... Bxf6 17. Ne4) 17. Rxb4) 15... b4 16.
Nce4 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. e4 Ba6 19. Qb3 (19. Re1 Bd3 20. Rb3 c4 21. Rxd3
cxd3 22. Nc4) 19... c4 20. Nxc4 Nxe4 21. Re1 Nc5 (21... Nc5 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23.
Qe3 Bxc4 24. Rxb4 Bb5 25. Qxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rxb5 Re1+ 27. Bf1 Rxc1) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch42"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1974.11.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 Qg4 7. d5 Nd4 8.
Nbd2 (8. Nxd4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 cxd4 10. Na3) 8... Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Nf6 10. Qxg4 Nxg4
11. Nf3 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. h3 Nf6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Bd6 16. Bf4 Rf8 17.
Bh2 O-O-O 18. Rd1 Bc7 19. Ke2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Nh5 21. Ke3 g5 22. b3 a5 (22... Rf5
23. Nd3 Bxh2 24. g4 Rf7 25. gxh5 b6) 23. g4 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Nf3 h6 26. a4
b6 27. Nd2 Be5 28. f3 Rf8 29. Ne4 Kc7 30. Rh1 Bf4+ 31. Ke2 Kd7 32. h4 gxh4 33.
Rxh4 Ke7 34. Nf2 Rd8 35. Nd3 Bg5 36. Rh1 e5 37. Rd1 Ke6 38. Nf2 Rd4 39. Ne4 Bf4
40. Rd3 Bg5 41. Rd1 Bf4 42. Nc3 Bg5 43. Nd5 Bd8 44. Rh1 Bg5 45. Rd1 Bd8 46. Rd3
Kf7 47. Nc3 Be7 48. Nb5 e4 (48... Rf4) 49. Re3 Rd7 50. Rxe4 Bf6 51. f4 Bb2 52.
f5 Kf6 53. Re6+ Kg5 54. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch42"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1974.11.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Qg3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5 Rg8 13. Be2 Ne5 14. Nf3 hxg5
15. Nxg5 Ng6 16. Rhf1 Qa5 (16... Nxh4 17. Qxh4 Nd7 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qh7 Rf8
20. Qg6+ Kd8 21. Qxe6 Nf6) 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rd5 b5 (19... exd5
20. Nxd5 Qd8 21. Nxf6) 20. e5 (20. Qf2 Qd8 21. Rxd6 Qe7 22. Nd5) 20... dxe5 21.
Rxf6+ Kxf6 22. Ne4+ Kf7 (22... Kg7 23. Bh5 Qc7 24. Rd3 Qf7 25. Rf3) 23. Qf2+
Kg7 (23... Ke8 24. Nd6+ Kd7 25. Nc4+) 24. Qf6+ Kh7 25. Ng5+ Kh6 26. Rd3 Qe1+
27. Bd1 Qh4 28. Rh3 Qxh3 29. gxh3 Bd7 30. Nf7+ Kh7 31. h4 Rg7 32. h5 Nf4 33.
Bf3 Nd5 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Qh8+ Kxf7 36. Qxa8 Nf6 37. Qb7 Kg8 38. Qb8+ Kf7 39.
Qxe5 Be8 40. h6 Rh7 41. Qg5 Bd7 42. h4 Be8 43. h5 e5 44. Be4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch42"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1974.11.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Qe2 a6 9. f4 Qc7 10. a4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. a5 Nb4 13. Be3 Nd7 (13... d5) 14.
Na4 Nf6 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. c3 Nc6 17. Bd3 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Rf3 Nxb6 20. Bxb6 Qd7
21. Rh3 g6 22. Re1 Qe8 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Bd7 25. f5 exf5 26. Qf3 Bg5 27.
Bc5 f4 28. e6 fxe6 (28... Bxe6 29. Re5 Bf6) 29. Rxh7 Kxh7 30. Qh5+ Bh6 31. Bxf8
Kg8 (31... Qxf8 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 33. Qh7#) 32. Qxh6 Qxf8 33. Qxg6+ Qg7 34. Qh5 (
34. Rxe6 Bxe6 35. Qxe6+ Qf7 36. Bh7+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ Kxh7 38. Qxb8) 34... Be8 35.
Qh4 e5 36. Bf5 Bf7 37. h3 Re8 38. Bd7 Rf8 39. Kh2 Be8 40. Be6+ Bf7 41. Bd7 Be8
42. Bxe8 Rxe8 43. Rd1 Qf7 44. Qh6 Qd7 45. Qg6+ Kf8 46. Qf6+ Kg8 47. Rd3 Kh7 48.
Rd2 Re6 49. Qf5+ Kg7 50. Rd3 Qd6 (50... Re7 51. Qg5+ Kf8) 51. c4 d4 52. Rb3 Qe7
53. Qe4 (53. Rxb7 Qxb7 54. Qxe6 Qe4) 53... Rc6 54. g3 fxg3+ 55. Rxg3+ Kh6 56.
Rg4 Qf6 57. Kg3 Qf1 (57... Re6 58. Qxb7 Re7 59. Qa8) 58. Rh4+ Kg7 59. Qh7+ Kf8
60. Qh8+ Ke7 61. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch42"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1974.11.30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Qc7 7. O-O-O Nbd7 (7...
b4 8. Nce2 a5) 8. d5 a6 9. dxc6 Qxc6 10. Nge2 Bb7 (10... b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12.
exd5 Qa4) 11. Nd4 Qc7 12. g4 Rc8 (12... Bg7) 13. g5 b4 (13... Nh5 14. Nd5 Bxd5
15. exd5 Bg7) 14. Ncb5 axb5 15. gxf6 Nxf6 16. Bxb5+ Nd7 17. e5 (17. e5 dxe5 (
17... Bg7 18. e6 fxe6 19. Nxe6) 18. Ne6 fxe6 19. Bxd7+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch42"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1974.11.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. O-O-O a6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 b5 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. h4 Nb6 14. e5 Na5
15. Qb4 Nac4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. f4 Qd7 18. h5 c6 19. f5 Qxf5 20. hxg6 fxg6 21.
Qxe7 c5 22. dxc5 (22. Qxc5 Rac8 23. Qb4) 22... Nxe5 23. Nd5 Nd3+ (23... Rf7 24.
Qg5 Nd3+ 25. Kd2 Qxg5 26. Bxg5 Nxf2) 24. Rxd3 Qxd3 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Nf4 (26.
Ne7 Bf6 27. Rxh7+ Kxh7 28. Qh3+ Bh4 29. Qxh4+ Kg7 30. Bd4+ Kf7 31. Qf6+ Ke8 32.
Qc6+) 26... Rxf4 27. Bxf4 Qf3 28. Rh4 g5 (28... Rd8) 29. Bxg5 Qg2 30. Qf5 Qf1+
31. Kd2 h6 32. Bf6 Qg2 33. Rxh6+ Kg8 34. Qe6+ Kf8 35. Be7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch42"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1974.11.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Qc7 7. a3 Nc6 8. Be3
b6 9. Rc1 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd6 (10... Bb7) 11. Na4 Rb8 12. Bd3 (12. Bxf6 gxf6 13.
g3) 12... Bf4 13. Rc2 e5 14. Bc3 Qc6 15. Re2 d6 16. b3 b5 17. Nb2 O-O 18. Qc2
Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. g3 Bh6 21. O-O Qc5+ 22. Kg2 Qxa3 23. f4 Rfc8 24. f5 (24.
fxe5 Ng4 25. exd6 Qxd6 26. e5 Qb6 27. Bxh7+ Kh8 28. Bf5 Ne3+ 29. Rxe3 Bxe3)
24... Bd7 25. Nd1 bxc4 26. Bxc4 Bb5 27. Qd3 (27. Bxb5 Rxb5 28. Bb2 Rxc2 29.
Rxc2 Qc5 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. Re1) 27... Qxb3 28. Bxb5 Qxb5 29. Qxb5 Rxb5 30. Rf3
Kf8 31. Bb2 Bc1 32. Ba3 Rb6 33. Rd3 Bxa3 34. Rxa3 Rc1 35. Nc3 Rc6 36. Nd5 Nxd5
37. exd5 R6c2 38. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 39. Kf3 Rc5 40. Rxa6 Rxd5 41. Ra7 h6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch42"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1974.11.30"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bd3 O-O
9. O-O b6 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 Nxd4 15.
Bxh7+ Nxh7 16. Qxd4 Bc5 17. Qd3 d4 18. Ne2 Re8 19. Ng3 (19. Nxd4 Qd5 20. Nef3
Ng5 21. b4) 19... Qd5 20. Nf3 Ng5 21. b4 Bf8 22. Nh4 (22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Nh4)
22... Rxe1+ (22... Qxg2+ 23. Nxg2 Nh3+ 24. Kf1 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Nf4+ 26. Kf3 Nxd3
27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Bxd4 Ne1+ 29. Kg4 Nc2) 23. Rxe1 Ne6 24. Rd1 (24. Ngf5 Rc4 25.
Qg3 d3 26. Nh6+ Kh7 27. Nxf7 Nf4) 24... a5 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Ne2 Qh5 27. Nf3
Bxf3 28. gxf3 (28. Qxf3 Qxf3 29. gxf3 Rc2) 28... Ng5 29. Ng3 Nxf3+ 30. Kg2 Nh4+
31. Kh3 Qh6 32. Qe4 Ng6+ 33. Kg2 d3 34. Bd4 Rc4 35. Bxg7 Qf4 36. Qa8 Qg4 37. h3
Qxd1 38. Bxf8 Nxf8 39. Qd5 Rc1 40. Qg5+ Ng6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch42"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1974.11.30"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. e3 g6 5. h4 h6 6. Bf4 Nd7 (6... Bg7) 7. Nf3
Ngf6 8. Ne5 Rg8 9. Bd3 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Ng4 11. Bg3 e5 12. Be2 (12. dxe5 Bg7)
12... e4 13. Qd2 Bb4 14. a3 Ba5 15. Bf4 g5 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Bg3 Qe7 18. Bxg4
fxg4 19. b4 Bc7 20. Ne2 Be6 21. Qc3 Bb6 22. Rb1 Kf7 23. Rh7+ Rg7 24. Rh6 Kg8
25. Kd2 Rh7 26. Rbh1 Rxh6 27. Rxh6 Bf5 (27... Kg7 28. Rh1 Kg6) 28. Qa1 Bh7 29.
Be5 Bc7 30. Bf6 Qf7 31. Bxg5 a5 (31... Qxf2 32. Qh1 Qf5 33. Rh5) 32. Qh1 axb4
33. axb4 Ra4 34. Qh4 g3 35. Rf6 Qd7 36. Bh6 Ra8 37. Nxg3 Re8 38. Nh5 Bd8 39.
Qg3+ Kh8 40. Bg7+ Kg8 41. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch43"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1975.11.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 e5 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. Bxd4 Be7 12. Bc3 O-O 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6
15. Nh4 Bxe4 16. g5 Bxb1 17. Rxe7 (17. Rxb1 Ne8 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. f4 d5) 17...
Ne4 18. Rxb7 Nc5 19. Rxb1 Qxg5+ 20. Bg2 Nxb7 21. Qg4 Qxg4 22. hxg4 Nbd8 23. Nf5
f6 24. g5 (24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Ne7 Nxe7 26. Bxa8) 24... Ra7 25. Bd5+ Kh8 26. gxf6
gxf6 27. Re1 h5 28. f4 Kh7 29. Re3 Kg6 30. Nh4+ Kh7 31. Be4+ Kg8 32. Nf5 Rd7
33. Bd5+ Kh7 34. b4 Kg6 35. Nh4+ Kh7 36. Be4+ Kg8 37. Bd5+ Kh7 38. Be4+ Kg8 39.
Ng6 d5 40. Nxf8 Kxf8 41. Rd3 Rg7+ (41... Rg7+ 42. Bg2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch43"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1975.11.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Ne4 exd4 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. f3 Kf8 18. Kf2 Ke7 19. e4 Ne8 20. Ke3 Nc7
21. Rd2 g6 22. Rcd1 Be8 23. f4 (23. b4) 23... c5 24. Nf3 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Rd8 26.
Rxd8 Kxd8 27. g4 Ke7 28. h4 b6 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch43"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dvoretzky, Mark"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1975.11.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. f3 Qc7 11. O-O-O a6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 (13. Nd5 Nxd5 14.
Bxd5) 13... Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 c4 17. Qe2 Rb8 18. c3 Bb7
19. Kb1 Rfd8 20. Nf1 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rxd5 22. exd5 Rd8 23. Ne3 Bg5 24. Rd1 Qc5
25. Ng4 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Qxd5 27. g3 f6 28. Kc2 h5 29. Nf2 Kf8 30. Ne4 Bh6 31. g4
h4 32. h3 Ke7 33. b3 g6 34. bxc4 bxc4 35. Qd1 Qxd1+ 36. Kxd1 a5 37. Ke2 Ke6 38.
a4 Bf8 39. g5 f5 40. Nd2 Kd5 41. f4 exf4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch43"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Klovans, Janis"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1975.11.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. O-O-O c6 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14.
Qxa6+ Qb7 15. Qe2 Rhg8 16. g3 Kb8 17. a3 b5 18. Rd3 Ka8 19. Rc1 Nb6 20. Nc5 Qc7
21. Nd2 Rd5 22. Ncb3 Rb8 23. Nf1 Nc4 24. Ne3 Rdd8 25. Rc3 Nxe3 26. fxe3 b4 27.
axb4 Bxb4 28. Rc4 Rd5 29. Rf1 f5 30. e4 fxe4 31. Qxe4 h5 32. Qh7 Rb7 33. Qh8+
Rb8 34. Qg7 Rb7 35. Qg8+ Rd8 36. Qg5 Rd5 37. Qg8+ Rd8 38. Qh7 Rd5 39. Qe4 Qb6
40. Rf3 Qb5 41. Qd3 a6 42. Nc1 c5 43. b3 Rbd7 44. c3 Ba5 45. Ra4 Qb7 46. Qe4
cxd4 47. c4 Rg5 48. Qxb7+ Kxb7 (48... Rxb7 49. h4 Rc5) 49. h4 Re5 50. Nd3 Re3
51. Nc5+ Kc8 52. Rf1 Be1 53. Nxd7 Kxd7 54. Rxf7+ Kd6 55. Rxa6+ Kc5 56. Kc2 (56.
Rb7 d3 57. Kb2 Bxg3 58. Rd7) 56... d3+ 57. Kd1 (57. Kb2 Re2+ 58. Kc1 Bb4 59.
Rd7 Re1+ 60. Kb2 Re2+) 57... Bc3 58. Rf1 Re2 59. Ra8 Rb2 60. b4+ Kxc4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch43"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1975.11.28"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 c6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. d4 O-O 8. Bd3
a6 (8... e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5) 9. O-O b5 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. c5 Bc7 12. b4
h6 (12... Qe7 13. a4 e5) 13. a4 Qe7 14. Ne2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17.
Bxe5 Qxe5 18. h3 Rfb8 19. Nd4 Ne8 20. Ra3 Nc7 21. Rfa1 g6 22. Qc3 Qe8 23. R1a2
bxa4 24. Rxa4 Qd7 (24... Qe5) 25. Nf3 Qe7 26. Qd4 Re8 27. Qf4 Kg7 28. Qg3 Rac8
29. Nd4 Qg5 30. Qxg5 hxg5 31. Bxa6 Nxa6 32. Rxa6 Bxa6 33. Rxa6 Rc7 34. Nxc6 Re6
35. b5 Re4 36. Ra7 Rc8 37. Rd7 Rc4 38. Rxd5 Kh6 39. Kh2 f5 40. Kg3 Rc3 41. Kf3
f4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch43"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1975.11.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. Re1 Be7 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Nf1 Nc4 14. d5 Bc8 15. g4
h5 16. gxh5 Bxh3 17. N3h2 g6 18. Ng3 Kg7 19. Kh1 Rh8 20. Rg1 Kf8 21. a4 Nb6 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8+ Nxa8 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Ngf1 Kf7 26. Qf3 Qc8 27. Bg5 Bxf1
28. Rxf1 Qg4 29. Qg2 (29. Qg3) 29... Nb6 (29... Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Nxd5) 30. Bxf6
Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Bxf6 32. Ra1 Ra8 33. Rxa8 Nxa8 34. Nf3 Nb6 35. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch43"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1975.11.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nxd5 7. cxd5 Ne7 8.
e4 c6 9. O-O cxd5 10. d4 dxe4 11. Nxe5 Ng6 (11... Bc7 12. Bxe4 d5 13. Bd3 O-O
14. Qh5 g6 15. Qf3 Nf5) 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bxe4 Rb8 (13... O-O) 14. Re1 Kf8 (
14... O-O) 15. h4 b5 16. Bg5 Qb6 17. Qf3 Bb7 18. Rac1 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Kg8 20. Qd5
Bb4 21. Re5 Kh7 22. Qxf7 Rhf8 23. Qxd7 Rb7 24. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch43"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1975.11.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bd3 d6 6. Bc2 c5 (6... e5) 7. d4
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 a6 12. Kh1 Qc7 13. f4 Rad8 14.
Rc1 Qb8 (14... Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc5) 15. Rf3 g6 16. Nd5 exd5 17. exd5 (17. Nf5
dxe4 18. Rg3 Qc7 19. Qh5 Bc8) 17... Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Rde8 19. f5 Bd8 20. Qh4 Re5 (
20... Nxd5 21. Qxh7+) (20... Nh5 21. Qxh5) 21. Qh6 Qc7 (21... Ng4 22. Qf4 Nf6
23. Qh6) 22. Rg3 Bc8 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Bxg6 Ng4 26. Bh5 Rf6 27.
Qd2 Rf4 28. d6 (28. h3 Bh4 29. Rxg4+ Bxg4 30. Be8) 28... Qg7 29. d7 Bb7 (29...
Qxd7 30. Qxd7 Bxd7 31. h3 Bh4 32. Rxg4+ Bxg4 33. Bxg4 Rf2) 30. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch43"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1975.11.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. e3 Be7 8. Be2
Qa5 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Bg3 d6 14. O-O O-O 15.
Rab1 Be6 16. Rb2 Rac8 17. Rfb1 Kh8 18. f3 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Nd2 Na7 21. a4
Qa5 22. axb5 Rxc3 23. Qd1 Qb6 24. Nf1 Ra3 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Qxa1 Rb8 27. Be1 Bd8
28. Kh1 f5 29. Bd3 e4 30. fxe4 fxe4 31. Rf2 Bh4 32. g3 (32. Rf4 exd3 33. Rxh4
Rf8 34. Bg3 Nxb5 35. Qd1) 32... exd3 33. gxh4 Nxb5 34. Qa4 Qc6+ 35. Kg1 Qc4 36.
Qxc4 Bxc4 37. Nd2 d5 38. Rf4 Nc3 39. Kf2 Rc8 40. Kf3 Ne2 41. Rf7 Kg8 42. Rf5
Re8 43. Rg5 Bb5 44. Bg3 Nc3 45. Re5 Rxe5 46. Bxe5 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch43"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dvoretzky, Mark"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1975.11.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nc6 7. Qxe4 Qd4 8.
Qxd4 Nxd4 9. Kd1 (9. Bd3) 9... Bc5 10. d3 Nc6 11. f4 f6 12. Nf3 fxe5 13. fxe5
O-O 14. Be2 Bd7 15. Bd2 Be8 16. Ng5 Bd7 17. Bg4 Rae8 18. Bc3 Bd4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4
20. Nf3 Rf4 21. h3 Bc6 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch43"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Doroshkievich, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1975.11.28"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. f4 e6 8. Nf3 exd5
9. cxd5 Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. Kh1 a6 13. Be3 Re8 14. g4 h6 15. g5
(15. a4) 15... hxg5 16. e5 gxf4 17. exf6 Rxe3 18. fxg7 Ne5 19. Bg2 Qg5 (19...
Qh4 20. Qd2 Kxg7 21. Qf2 Qxf2 22. Rxf2 Nd3) 20. Ne4 (20. Qd2 Kxg7 21. Nd1)
20... Qh4 21. Qd2 Kxg7 22. Qf2 Qxf2 23. Rxf2 f3 24. Nxd6 Rd8 25. Nxb7 fxg2+ 26.
Kxg2 Rxd5 27. b3 Nd3 28. Rc2 Re1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch43"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Klovans, Janis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1975.11.28"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 O-O 8.
Qxc4 Be6 9. Qa4 Nd5 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. Qd1 Qd7 12. Be3 Bh3 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Qc2 f5
15. a4 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nb5 c5 18. Ne5 Qc8 19. a5 (19. e3) 19... Nd5 20.
Rfc1 a6 (20... f4 21. Qd2 fxg3 22. hxg3 Rf5 23. f4 Qd8) 21. Na3 Qc7 22. Nac4
Bf6 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. f4 Rad8 25. Nb6 Bxe5 26. Qxc5 Qf7 (26... Bxf4 27. Qxc7
Bxc7 28. Rxc7 Rf7) 27. fxe5 Bc6 28. Qc4 f4 (28... g5 29. e6 Qe7 30. Nd7 Rfe8)
29. Rf1 Qxc4 30. Nxc4 fxg3 31. hxg3 Rfe8 32. Rf4 Re7 33. Raf1 h6 34. Nd6 Rdd7
35. Rf5 Kh7 36. R1f4 g6 37. Rf7+ Kg8 38. Rf8+ Kh7 39. Ne8 g5 40. R4f5 Kg6 41.
g4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch43"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1975.11.28"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Bd3 a6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rfe1 Bc6 13. Rac1 e6 14. b4 b6 (
14... Qb6) 15. Red1 Qe7 (15... Qd7) 16. Qf4 Rfd8 17. a3 Rac8 18. Qh4 a5 19. h3
Rc7 20. f4 h6 21. Bxh6 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 axb4 23. axb4 Nh5 24. Be2 Nf6 25. Bd3 Nh5
26. f5 Qf6 27. Ne2 Qe5 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. Qe3 Rb8 30. c5 bxc5 31. bxc5 Rd8 32.
cxd6 Rxd6 33. Rc5 Rd5 34. Rc3 Rdd7 35. Rdc1 Bb7 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 Qxc7 38.
e5 Kg7 39. Qg5 Qf7 40. g4 Qf3 41. Qxg6+ Kf8 42. gxh5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch43"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "1975.11.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Qb3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qd1 Ne6 13. Nb5 Bb4 14. Bd2 Bc5
15. e3 Ne4 16. Bc3 a6 17. Nbd4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. Qd3 h6 20. Re2 Rfe8 21. a4
Bf8 22. Rb2 Rab8 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Nd2 Rbd8 25. c4 a5 (25... dxc4 26. Qxc4 Qe5
27. Rab1 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Bc5 29. Ne4 Bd4 30. exd4 Qxe4+ 31. f3 Rxd4 32. Qxa6 Qd5)
26. cxd5 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Qg6 Rdd8 29. Rc2 Qd7 30. Nc4 Bc5 31. Nxa5 Bxe3
32. Nc6 Bd4 33. Rac1 Ra8 34. Nxd4 Qxd4 35. Rc4 Qe5 36. Qb1 Reb8 37. Rb4 Qd6 38.
Rd1 Qc6 39. Qb3 Rb7 (39... Kh8 40. Re1 Qd5 41. Rxe6 Qxb3 42. Rxb3 Rxa4 43.
Rbxb6 Rxb6 44. Rxb6) 40. Rc4 Qe8 41. Re4 Rd7 (41... Qf7 42. Rf4 Qe7 43. Re1 Re8
44. Rb4 Qd7 45. a5 b5 46. Re5) 42. Rxd7 Qxd7 43. Rxe6 Qf7 44. h4 Rb8 45. h5 Ra8
46. f3 Kf8 47. Qb4+ Kg8 48. Qc4 Rf8 49. f4 Kh8 50. Qd5 Qa7 51. Qd4 Kh7 52. Rxb6
Qa5 53. Qe4+ Kh8 54. Rb5 Qd2 55. Rd5 Qa2 56. Re5 Rb8 57. Re8+ Rxe8 58. Qxe8+
Kh7 59. Qe4+ Kh8 60. g4 Qd2 61. Kf1 Kg8 62. Qe8+ Kh7 63. Qg6+ Kh8 64. Qe8+ Kh7
65. Qe4+ Kg8 66. g5 hxg5 67. fxg5 Qd1+ 68. Kg2 Qxh5 69. g6 (69. Qd5+ Kh8 70.
Qd8+ Kh7 71. Qd3+ Kg8 72. Qb3+) 69... Qg5+ 70. Kf3 Qh5+ 71. Kg3 Qg5+ 72. Kf3
Qh5+ 73. Ke3 Qc5+ 74. Ke2 Qh5+ 75. Kd2 Qh2+ 76. Kc3 Qg3+ 77. Kc4 Qc7+ 78. Kd4
Qb6+ 79. Kc3 Qf6+ 80. Kd3 Qd6+ 81. Ke2 Qh2+ 82. Kf1 Qh3+ 83. Kg1 Qg3+ 84. Kf1
Qh3+ 85. Ke1 Qg3+ 86. Kd1 Qg1+ 87. Kc2 Qh2+ 88. Kb3 Qb8+ 89. Ka3 Qd6+ 90. Kb2
Qb6+ (90... Qh2+ 91. Kc3) 91. Kc3 Qf6+ 92. Kc2 Kf8 (92... Qf2+ 93. Kd3 Qf1+ 94.
Kd4 Qf6+ 95. Kc5 Qf8+ 96. Kc4 Qc8+ 97. Kd4) 93. Qa8+ Ke7 94. Qb7+ Kd8 95. Qd5+
(95. Qd5+ Ke7 96. Qf7+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch43"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1975.11.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 Qc7 12. c3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Be2 h6
15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nfd4 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 a6 18. Qf3 Rad8 19. Re3 g6 20. Rae1 Nc6
21. Qf6 Qd7 22. Nf3 Rc8 23. Rd3 Qd8 24. Qxd8 Rfxd8 25. Red1 Ne7 26. Nfd4 Rd7
27. Nc2 Rcd8 28. Ne3 b6 29. Nd4 Bc5 30. a4 Kf8 31. Kf1 h5 32. Ke2 Rd6 33. R1d2
Ke8 34. Kd1 Kd7 35. Nf3 Kc7 36. Ne5 d4 (36... Bxe3 37. fxe3 Rf8 38. e4 Re6 39.
exd5 Rxe5 40. d6+ Kb7 41. dxe7 Rxe7) 37. N3c4 Rf6 38. cxd4 (38. b4 Bd6 39. Rxd4
) 38... Bb4 39. Rc2 Kb7 40. g3 h4 41. Ne3 hxg3 42. fxg3 g5 43. Ke2 Rh8 44. N3g4
Rf5 45. Rf3 Rxf3 46. Kxf3 f5 47. Nf2 Rf8 48. Nd1 Bd6 49. Re2 g4+ 50. hxg4 fxg4+
51. Kxg4 Rg8+ 52. Kf4 Nc6 53. Re4 Re8 54. Ke3 Nxe5 55. dxe5 Rxe5 56. Rxe5 Bxe5
57. g4 Kc6 58. Kd3 b5 59. a5 Kc5 60. Nc3 Kb4 61. Kc2 Kxa5 62. Nd5 Ka4 63. g5 b4
64. g6 a5 65. b3+ Kb5 66. Nc7+ Kc6 67. Ne8 Bh8 68. Kd3 a4 69. bxa4 b3 70. g7
Bxg7 71. Nxg7 b2 72. Kc2 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch44"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1976.11.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. e3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Bd3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Rc8 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rc1 Re8 13. a3 dxc4 14. bxc4 Qd6 15.
Nb3 Red8 16. Rc2 Bf8 17. Rce2 g6 18. Ng5 Bg7 19. h3 (19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Rxe6
Qxe6 21. Rxe6 Kxe6 22. d5+ Kf7 23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. Nd4) 19... Rc7 20. Nxe6 fxe6
21. Rxe6 Qf8 22. d5 Nb8 23. Bc3 (23. Nd4 Bc8 24. R6e3) 23... Na6 24. Nd4 (24.
Qa1 Ne8 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Rf6 Rf7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Re3) 24... Nxd5 25. cxd5
Rxc3 26. Bxa6 Bxd5 27. Re7 Bf7 28. R7e4 Qc5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch44"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1976.11.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nge7 8. O-O
Ng6 9. Re1 Qc7 (9... a5) 10. Bxg6 (10. Qc2) 10... fxg6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Bg3 Ne7
13. Nbd2 Nf5 14. Nb3 Ba4 15. Kh1 (15. Qd2) 15... Qb6 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Re2 h6
18. h3 g5 19. Bh2 Rc7 20. Ne1 Be7 21. Qd1 Rc4 22. Rd2 (22. Nd3 g4 23. hxg4 Rxg4
) 22... g4 23. hxg4 Ne3 24. Qe2 (24. fxe3 Rf1+ 25. Bg1 Qxe3) 24... Nxg4 25. f3
Nxh2 26. Nd4 Bc5 27. Kxh2 Bxd4 28. cxd4 Rxd4 29. Rc1 Rh4+ 30. Kg3 Bb5 31. Qf2
Qd8 32. Qe3 d4 33. Rcd1 Rhf4 34. Qxf4 Rxf4 35. Kxf4 Qg5+ (35... Qg5+ 36. Ke4
Qe3#) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch44"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1976.11.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd2 Ba6 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. O-O
Nb8 (8... Ne7) 9. Ne2 Be7 (9... Bxd2 10. Qxd2) 10. Rc1 b5 11. Nf4 h5 12. b3 Ba3
13. Rb1 a5 14. c4 c6 15. c5 Bb4 16. Bc1 a4 17. Nd3 Ba5 18. bxa4 bxa4 19. Qxa4
Qa7 20. Bg5 Bc7 21. Rxb8+ Qxb8 (21... Bxb8 22. Qxc6+ Kf8 23. Qc8#) 22. Qxc6+
Kf8 23. Nf4 Ra7 (23... Ne7 24. Nxe6+ fxe6 25. Qxe6 Qe8 26. Nh4) 24. Nh4 Qe8 25.
Qxe6 fxe6 26. Nhg6+ Qxg6 (26... Kf7 27. Nxh8+ Kf8 28. Nfg6+) 27. Nxg6+ Ke8 28.
Nxh8 Ra4 29. Rd1 Ne7 30. Bxe7 Kxe7 31. Ng6+ Kf7 32. Nf4 Bxe5 33. dxe5 Rxf4 34.
Rc1 Ke8 35. c6 Kd8 36. c7+ Kc8 37. g3 Ra4 38. Rc6 Rxa2 39. Rxe6 g5 40. Rd6 Rd2
41. e6 Kxc7 42. e7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch44"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1976.11.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 g6 13. b3 Bg7 14. d5 Nb8 15. Nf1
c6 16. c4 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nbd7 18. Be3 Rc8 19. a4 Nc5 20. N3d2 bxa4 21. b4 Nb3
22. Rxa4 Nd4 23. Bd3 Nd7 24. Qb1 Nb8 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. b5 axb5 27. Qxb5 Rc7 28.
Nc4 Bf8 29. Nb6 Rc3 30. Rd1 Re7 31. Qb4 Rec7 (31... Bg7) 32. Qxd4 Rb3 33. Nd2
Bg7 34. Qe3 Rbc3 35. Qe2 Rc1 36. Ndc4 Rxd1+ 37. Qxd1 Na6 38. Bc2 h5 39. Ra5 Rc5
40. Ra3 Rb5 41. Na4 Qc7 42. Bd3 Rb4 43. Rb3 Qa5 (43... f5 44. exf5 Bxd5) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch44"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1976.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Qc8 8. Bf4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Bc5 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Nc3 Qb7+ 13. f3 Nc6 14. Nxc6
dxc6 15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Rac8 17. Rad1 h5 (17... Qc7 18. Qa3 a5) 18. Qc2 Qa6
19. b3 Qa5 20. Qd2 Qc5 21. Qf4 Qa5 22. R1d3 (22. R6d3) 22... Ne8 23. Rd7 Nf6
24. R7d6 Ne8 25. Rd7 Nf6 26. Rb7 Qa6 27. Rc7 b5 (27... Rxc7 28. Qxc7 Rc8 29.
Qe5 Qa3) 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. cxb5 cxb5 30. Qb4 Qb6 (30... Rb8 31. a4) 31. Qxb5
Qxb5 32. Nxb5 Rc2 33. Nc3 Nd5 34. Nxd5 exd5 35. Kf2 Rxa2 36. Rxd5 g6 37. Ke3 a5
38. Kd3 a4 39. b4 Rb2 40. Kc3 Rxe2 41. Ra5 Rxh2 (41... Kf8 42. b5 Ke7 43. Rxa4
Rxh2 44. b6 Kd7 45. Rc4 Rh1 46. Rc7+ Ke6 47. Kd4 g5 48. Kc5 Ke5 49. Rd7) 42. b5
Rh1 43. Rxa4 Rc1+ 44. Kd4 Kf8 45. Rb4 Ke7 46. b6 Rd1+ 47. Ke3 Rd8 48. b7 Rb8
49. Kf4 f6 50. Rb6 g5+ 51. Kf5 Kd7 52. Rxf6 h4 53. gxh4 gxh4 54. Kg4 Rh8 55.
Rb6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch44"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1976.11.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 c6 7. Ba4 Ne7 8.
Nd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Re1+ Be6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. Qh5 f6
15. h3 Rae8 16. Re2 b6 17. Rae1 Bf7 18. Qf3 Bd8 19. c3 f5 20. Ng3 dxc3 21. bxc3
g6 22. c4 Nc7 23. Bc3 c5 24. Qb7 Rxe2 25. Nxe2 Qxd3 26. Be5 Qe4 27. Qxe4 fxe4
28. Nc3 Re8 29. Rxe4 g5 30. g4 Re6 31. Re3 Kf8 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. cxd5 Rh6 34.
Bb8 a6 35. d6 Bxb3 36. axb3 Kf7 (36... Rg6 37. d7 Kf7 38. Re8 Rg8) 37. Bc7 Bxc7
38. Re7+ Kf8 39. dxc7 Rc6 40. Rxh7 Ke8 41. h4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch44"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1976.11.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Be2 Ng4 8. Bg1
e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. d5 Nb8 (10... Ne7) 11. h3 Nf6 12. Be3 c6 13. O-O cxd5 14.
exd5 e4 15. Ne5 Nh5 (15... Nxd5 16. Nxf7 Nxe3 17. Nxd8 Rxf1+ 18. Qxf1 Nxf1 19.
Bc4+ Kf8 20. Rxf1+) 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Rxf7 Kxf7 18. Nxe4 (18. Bxh5 gxh5 19.
Qxh5+ Kg8 20. Rf1 Nd7 21. Nxe4) 18... Qe7 19. Bd3 Bf5 (19... Kg8 20. d6 Qe8)
20. Qf3 Nf6 21. Ng5+ Ke8 22. Re1 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Nbd7 24. d6 Ne5 25. Qf1 Qxd6 26.
d4 Qa6 27. dxe5 Qxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Nd5 29. Bd4 Rc8 30. Ne4 Bf8 31. Bxa7 Ra8 32. Rd1
Rxa7 33. Rxd5 Rxa2 34. Rb5 Ra7 35. Nf6+ Kf7 36. Nxh7 Be7 37. Kf2 b6 38. Kf3 Ra6
39. g3 Kg7 40. Nf6 Bxf6 41. exf6+ Kxf6 42. h4 Kf7 43. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch44"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1976.11.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Be7 7. g5 Nfd7 8. h4
Nc6 9. Be3 a6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O-O b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Bd4 b4 14. Nd5 exd5
15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. exd5 Qc7 17. Bf6 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. f4 Bf5 20. Bh3 (20.
fxe5) 20... Bxh3 21. Rxh3 Rc8 22. fxe5 Qc4 23. Rdd3 Qf4+ 24. Kb1 Rc4 25. d6 Re4
26. Rhe3 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Qxh4 (27... Bd8 28. Rf3 Qxh4 29. e6) 28. Qf3 Qxg5 (28...
Bd8 29. e6 fxe6 30. Rxe6+ Kd7) 29. Re1 (29. Qc6+ Kf8 30. dxe7+ Qxe7 31. Qh6+
Rg7 32. Re1) 29... Qg2 30. Qf5 Rg6 (30... Qg4 31. Qxh7 Bd8) 31. Rf1 Qd5 32.
dxe7 Kxe7 33. Qf4 a5 34. Qh4+ Ke8 35. Qxh7 Qf3 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Qh4+ Ke8 38.
Qc4 Qb7 39. b3 Re6 40. Rg1 Rxe5 41. Rg8+ Ke7 42. Qh4+ Kd7 43. Qf6 Re7 44. Qf5+
Kd6 45. Qxa5 Re5 46. Qd8+ Ke6 47. Kb2 f6 48. Rf8 Qg7 49. Qc8+ Kd5 50. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch44"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1976.11.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f3 b5 11. g4 Ne5 12. Bd3 b4 13. Nce2 d5 14. Ng3 Nxd3+
15. Qxd3 e5 16. Rhe1 exd4 17. exd5 dxe3 18. Qxe3+ Be7 19. d6 Be6 20. dxe7 Qc7 (
20... Qxe7 21. Nf5 Qc7 22. Nxg7+ Kf8 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. Qxe6) 21. Qd4 (21. Nf5
Bxf5 22. gxf5) 21... h5 (21... Rc8 22. Re2 Kxe7 23. Qxb4+ Qc5 24. Qxc5+ Rxc5
25. f4) 22. Nf5 Rg8 (22... Bxf5 23. Qd8+ Qxd8 24. exd8=Q#) 23. Nd6+ Kxe7 24.
Qxb4 Kf8 25. g5 Rb8 26. Qa3 Nd7 27. Nc8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch44"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1976.11.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Rhe1 O-O 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qf2
h6 (14... Nd5 15. Bxh7+) 15. Bxf6 (15. Bh7+ Kxh7 16. Rxd8 Raxd8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6
18. fxe5 Be7) (15. Bxb5 Qc7 16. Bxc6 Qxc6) 15... Bxf6 16. fxe5 Bh4 17. g3 Bg5+
18. Kb1 Qc7 19. h4 Be7 20. g4 Bb4 21. g5 Bxc3 22. bxc3 h5 23. Qc5 Rac8 24. Kb2
(24. Be2 g6 25. Rd6) 24... Qb7 25. Be2 Bd5 26. Qe3 b4 27. c4 Bxc4 28. Rd6 Qb5
29. Qe4 Bxe2 30. Qxe2 Qc5 31. Rxa6 Rfd8 (31... Qd4+ 32. Kb1 Qxh4) 32. Kb1 Rd5 (
32... g6) 33. g6 fxg6 34. Rxe6 Rcd8 35. Rc1 Qc3 36. Rxg6 Rxe5 37. Qf2 Red5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch44"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zakharov, Alexander"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1976.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d6 7. e4 Nc6 8. Ne2
b6 9. Ng3 O-O 10. d5 Na5 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. f4 exd5 14. cxd5 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 c4 16. Qf3 Nb3 17. Rb1 Re8 18. O-O Ndc5 19. Be3 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qe7 21. Nd2
Qxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Rxe3 23. Nxc4 Rxc3 24. Nxd6 Nd2 25. Rbc1 Rd3 26. Rfd1 Rxd5 27.
Ne4 Nb3 28. Rxd5 Nxc1 29. Kf2 Nb3 30. Rd7 f5 31. Nd6 Nc5 32. Re7 (32. Rc7 g6
33. Rc8+ Rxc8 34. Nxc8 Kf7 35. Nxa7 Ke6 36. Ke3 Kd5 37. Nc8 b5 38. Nb6+ Kc6 39.
Nc8) 32... g6 33. Nf7 Kf8 34. Rc7 Ne6 35. Rb7 Re8 36. Nd6 (36. Rxa7 Re7 37.
Rxe7 Kxe7 38. Ng5 Nxf4 39. Nxh7 Ne6 40. Kg3 Kf7 41. Kh4 Nd4 42. a4 Nb3 43. Kg5
Nc5 44. Kh6) 36... Re7 37. Rb8+ (37. Rxe7 Kxe7 38. Nc8+ Kd7 39. Nxa7 Nxf4)
37... Kg7 38. g3 Nd4 39. Ne8+ Kf7 40. Nd6+ Ke6 41. Nc4 Kd5 42. Ne5 Nc6 43. Nxc6
Kxc6 44. Rg8 Kb5 45. h4 Rf7 46. Ke3 Ka4 47. h5 gxh5 48. Kd4 Kxa3 49. Ke5 b5 50.
Rb8 b4 51. Ke6 Rg7 52. Rb5 Ka4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch44"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1976.11.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. a4 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5
Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Nbd2 Ng4 11. e3 Nge5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Ne4 Bb4 (13... Be7
14. Nd2 Bc5) 14. Bd2 Bxd2 15. Rxd2 (15. Nxd2 Ke7 16. f4) 15... Ke7 16. Nd6 Rb8
17. f4 Ng4 18. Nxc4 Bd7 19. h3 Nf6 20. e4 b5 21. Ne5 Rhd8 22. a5 Be8 23. Rad1
Rxd2 24. Rxd2 b4 25. Rd4 Rb5 26. Nd3 Rxa5 27. e5 Nd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Nxb4 Ke6
30. Rd2 g5 31. fxg5 Bd7 32. Nd3 d4 33. Kf2 Bb5 34. Ne1 Kd5 35. Nf3 Ra4 36. h4
Bd7 37. Ne1 Bf5 38. Nc2 Kxe5 39. b3 Ra2 40. Re2+ Be4 41. Nxd4 Rxe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch44"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1976.11.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N5c3 Be7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. Bf4 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Nd2 Ne5 13. Rc1 a6 14. Bg3 Nfd7
15. f4 Ng6 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Bf1 Nc5 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Be7 20. b4 Nd7 21. a3
Rc7 22. Ne4 a5 23. Qd2 axb4 24. axb4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Nb8 26. Rd4 Qc8 27. Rd6 Rd8
28. Qe3 Rc6 29. Nd4 Rcxd6 30. exd6 Bxd6 31. Bxd6 Rxd6 32. Nb5 Rd7 33. Qxb6 Nc6
34. Qc5 Nge5 35. Ra1 Qb8 36. Ra6 Rd2 37. Qe3 (37. Rxc6 Nf3+) 37... Nxb4 38.
Rxe6 Nf3+ 39. Qxf3 fxe6 40. Qe3 Rd1 41. Nc3 Rd8 42. Qxe6+ Kh8 43. Nd5 Rf8 44.
Qe3 Nc2 45. Qe7 Nd4 46. Bd3 Nf5 47. Bxf5 Rxf5 48. h3 Re5 49. Qf7 Re1+ 50. Kf2
Re4 51. Kf3 Rxc4 52. Nf4 Rc8 53. h4 Qc7 54. Qxc7 Rxc7 55. g4 Kg8 56. g5 Kf7 57.
Kg4 Ra7 58. Kf5 Ke7 59. g6 Ra5+ 60. Kg4 hxg6 61. Nxg6+ Kf6 62. Nf8 Ra4+ 63. Kh5
Ra8 64. Nh7+ Kf5 65. Nf8 Ra5 66. Nh7 Ra6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch44"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1976.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 d6 11. b3 Bf6 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. e4 g6 15. d5
Nb4 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qd2 e5 18. a3 Na6 19. Ne1 Qg7 20. Nd3 f5 21. exf5 gxf5
22. f4 e4 23. Ne1 Rf6 24. Qc3 h5 25. Nc2 Kf7 26. Kf2 h4 27. Rg1 Rg8 28. Bh3 Qh7
29. Rh1 Rh6 30. Bg2 Nc7 31. b4 Ne8 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Rhb1 Kf8 34. Ne3 Rg7 35.
Rb2 Qg6 36. Nf1 hxg3+ 37. hxg3 Rhh7 38. Rab1 Re7 39. Rb3 Rhg7 40. Qb2 Nf6 41.
Kg1 (41. Ke1) 41... Rh7 42. Re1 Ba6 43. Rb8+ Kf7 44. Qc3 Ng4 45. Rd8 Rh6 46.
Ne3 Nxe3 47. Rxe3 Qg4 48. Bf1 (48. Rb8 Qd1+ 49. Bf1) 48... Qh5 49. Kf2 Qh1 50.
Rb8 Rh2+ 51. Ke1 Qg1 52. Re2 Rh1 53. Rf2 e3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch44"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.20"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1976.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bf4 Ng4 8. h3
e5 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 h6 13. Bd2 Bf5 14. Qf4 c6 15.
Rad1 Bc2 16. Rc1 g5 17. Qf3 Bg6 18. Rfd1 Re8 19. g4 (19. b3) 19... Ne4 20. Be1
Re6 21. e3 Nc5 22. Bf1 a5 23. b3 Qe7 24. Qg2 f5 25. Ne2 fxg4 26. hxg4 Bb2 27.
Rb1 Bxb1 28. Rxb1 Be5 29. Rd1 Rf8 30. Nd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Re5 32. Qh3 Rf6 33. Rd1
Qf8 34. Bg2 Ne4 35. f3 Nc5 36. e4 Ne6 37. Qg3 Nf4 38. Bf1 Ng6 39. Be2 Re7 40.
Bc3 Nf4 41. Bf1 b6 42. c5 bxc5 43. Bxf6 Qxf6 44. Qe1 Qe5 45. Qd2 d5 46. Qxa5
Ne6 47. Bg2 d4 48. Qa8+ Kg7 49. Qxc6 (49. Qa5 Qg3 50. Qe1) 49... Qg3 50. Qb5
Nf4 51. Qf1 h5 (51... Nh3+ 52. Kh1 Nf2+) 52. gxh5 g4 53. Rd2 Rf7 54. Kh1 Nxh5
55. Qf2 gxf3 56. Bf1 Qxf2 57. Rxf2 Ng3+ 58. Kh2 Nxe4 59. Rc2 Nc3 60. Kg3 f2 61.
a4 Rb7 62. Kf4 Rxb3 63. Rxf2 Kf6 64. Rh2 Nxa4 65. Rh6+ Kg7 66. Rc6 Rc3 67. Ke4
Rc1 68. Bd3 Nb2 69. Bb5 d3 70. Rd6 c4 71. Ke3 c3 72. Rd7+ Kf6 73. Bxd3 Nxd3 74.
Kd4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch44"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.21"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1976.11.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. Bd3 c5
9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Bb1 dxc4 13. bxc4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qxd4
15. Ne4 Qd8 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 (18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 Rad8)
18... gxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kg7 (19... Kxh7 20. Qe4+ Kh6 21. Qh4+) 20. Rd4 Rh8 21.
Rg4+ Kf8 (21... Kxh7 22. Qf1) 22. Qb2 Rxh7 23. Qxb4+ Qc5 24. Qd2 Rc8 25. Re1
Qe7 26. Rd4 Rh5 27. h4 f5 28. Kg2 Rxh4 29. Rxh4 Qxh4 30. Rh1 Qf6 31. Qd6+ Kg7
32. Qh2 Rd8 33. Rg1 Kf8 34. Qc7 Rd4 35. Qb8+ Qd8 36. Qg3 f4 37. Qh2 Qf6 38. Rc1
Rd2 39. Kg1 Rxa2 40. Qh5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch44"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.23"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1976.11.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qd7 12. a4 O-O-O 13. axb5 axb5 14. Na3 g5 15.
Bg3 exd4 (15... h5) 16. Nxb5 Rde8 17. Nbxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxe4 19. Ba4 c6 20.
Bc2 d5 (20... Nxg3 21. hxg3 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Kc7) 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Rxe4 dxe4 23.
Qb3 Bc7 24. Qb4 Bxg3 25. hxg3 e3 26. fxe3 Re8 27. Nb3 Re5 28. Nc5 Qe7 29. Ra5
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch45 playoff title"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1978.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. Nbd2 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 dxc4 8.
Nxc4 Bb4+ 9. Ncd2 O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bb6 12. Nc4 Rd8 13. e3 Bc7 14. Bg2 Nd7
15. O-O Qe7 16. Qc2 e5 17. Rac1 a6 18. Ncd2 Bb6 19. Rfe1 Re8 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21.
dxe5 Qxe5 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Nxb6 Qxb6 24. Red1 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch45 playoff title"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1978.01.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
d6 9. Qd3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. a4 a6 12. dxe5 (12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nc4) 12...
Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 (13... Bxb5 14. axb5 Qxe5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6) 14. Bxf6 Bxb5 15.
axb5 (15. Bxe7 Bxd3 16. Bxf8 Bxf1 17. Bxg7 Bxg2 18. Bxe5) 15... Qxf6 16. bxa6
Rxa6 17. Rxa6 bxa6 18. Nc4 Rd8 19. Qe2 Qe6 20. h3 f6 21. Ra1 Ba7 22. h4 h5 23.
Na5 Qb6 24. g3 g6 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. Ra2 Rd7 27. Nc4 Qc6 28. Ra5 Rd8 29. b3 Kh7
30. Ra4 Qb7 31. Rb4 Qc6 32. Qf3 Bb6 33. Ra4 Ba7 34. Ra2 Kg7 35. Ra5 Qb7 36. Ra4
Qxb3 37. Rxa6 Rf8 38. Na5 Qb8 39. Re6 Rf7 40. Qd3 (40. Qe2) 40... Qb2 41. Qf1
Qc2 42. Ra6 Bc5 43. Nc6 Rd7 44. Nb4 Qxe4+ 45. Kh2 Rd2 46. Ra2 Rxa2 47. Nxa2 Qf3
48. Qg2 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch45 playoff title"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1978.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 Nd7 8. a3
Qd8 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 (11. Qc2) 11... a6 12. Re1 f5 13. cxd5 cxd5
14. Qb3 Nf6 15. Ne2 g5 16. Ne5 Rb8 17. f3 Qa5 18. Rc3 Nd7 19. f4 Nxe5 20. fxe5
Be7 21. Rec1 b5 22. Ng3 Bb7 23. Qd1 g4 24. Bxf5 (24. Nh5 Rbc8 25. Nf4 Qb6 26.
b4) 24... exf5 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 26. Qxg4+ Rg5 27. Qe6+ Kh7 28. Rc7 Rbg8 29. Rxe7+
R8g7 30. Rxg7+ Rxg7 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kg8 34. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch45 playoff title"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1978.01.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Be2 h6 13. Bxe7 Bxe7 14. Nfd4
Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Bf6 16. c3 Re8 (16... Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Re8) 17. Nf3 Rxe2 18. Qxe2
Qb6 19. Rd1 Rd8 (19... Na5 20. Nxa5 Qxa5) 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Qe8+ Kh7 22. Qe4+
g6 23. Qxd5 Kg7 24. g3 Qa6 25. Nbd2 Qe2 26. Kg2 Bd8 27. Qc4 Qe7 28. Qe4 Qc5 29.
Nb3 Qb5 30. Nfd4 Qa6 31. Nxc6 bxc6 32. Nc1 Bf6 33. a3 Qb5 34. Nd3 a5 35. a4 Qb6
36. Qc4 h5 37. h4 Qd8 38. Kf1 Qe8 39. b4 Qd8 40. Ke2 Qa8 41. Nc5 Qe8+ 42. Qe4
Qc8 43. Kd2 Qd8+ 44. Kc2 axb4 45. cxb4 Bd4 46. Qxc6 Bxf2 47. Ne4 Be1 48. b5 (
48. Qc5 f5 49. Qe5+) 48... Ba5 (48... f5 49. Nc3 Qd2+ 50. Kb3 Bxg3 51. b6 Qd3
52. a5 Bxh4 53. Qc4) 49. Qd6 Qc8+ 50. Kb3 Qc1 51. Qe5+ Kg8 52. Qe8+ Kg7 53.
Qe5+ Kg8 54. Nf6+ Kg7 55. Nxh5+ Kf8 56. Qb8+ Ke7 57. Qb7+ Kd6 58. Qa6+ Ke5 59.
Qf6+ Ke4 60. Qf4+ Qxf4 61. Nxf4 Kd4 62. g4 Bd2 63. Ne2+ Ke3 64. b6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch45 playoff title"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1978.01.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. c5 Qc8 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bb5 Nd7 8. Qa4
Be7 (8... Ne7) 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qxc6 O-O 11. O-O Rb8 12. Qa4 (12. Nc3 Rb4 13.
a3 Nb8 14. Qa8 Rb7) 12... Bd3 13. Re1 e5 14. Nc3 c6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 exd4
17. Qxd4 (17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nexg5) 17... Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxc5 19. b3 (19. Qc2)
19... Re8 20. Qxe8+ Qxe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Kf1 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bd4 24. Rb1 Rxe5
25. Bd2 Kf8 26. Rc1 Re6 (26... c5) 27. Bb4+ Ke8 28. Bc5 Bxc5 29. Rxc5 Kd8 30.
Rh5 h6 31. Ra5 Re7 32. Ra6 Rc7 33. Ke2 Kc8 34. h4 Re7+ 35. Kd3 Rd7+ 36. Kc3 Kb7
37. Ra5 Re7 38. Rf5 Kc7 39. b4 f6 40. Kd3 Re1 41. a3 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch45 playoff title"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1978.01.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bd3 a6 9. a4 Na5 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. O-O Be7 13. Qe1 Bd7 14. h3 Rc8
15. f4 Bc6 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. b4 O-O 18. b5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. Rxb5 d5 21. e5
Ne4 22. Bd4 Bc5 23. c3 Qc6 24. Kh2 b6 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. Qe3 Qd5
28. Re1 Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch46"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1978.12.01"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+
8. Be2 Na6 9. Bd6 e5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Bd3 Qf4 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14.
Nxe5 Bxd1 15. Bf5+ Kc7 16. Nxf7 Ne7 (16... Be2 17. Rfe1 Nh6) 17. Bxh7 Bg4 (
17... Rxh7 18. Nxd8 Bg4 19. Nf7) 18. Nxh8 Rxh8 19. Rfe1 Nc8 20. Bc2 Nb4 21. Be4
a5 (21... c5) 22. f3 Bd7 23. Rad1 Nd6 24. c5 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Nd5 26. g4 Rf8 27.
Kg2 a4 (27... Be8 28. Kg3 Bg6) 28. a3 Ra8 29. h4 Ra5 30. Rc1 Rb5 (30... b6 31.
cxb6+ Kxb6 32. Kg3 c5 33. h5 Ra8) 31. Rc2 Rb3 32. Kf2 Kd8 33. Rxa4 Ke7 34. Re2+
Kf7 35. h5 Be6 36. Rae4 Bd7 37. Rd2 Kf6 38. Kg3 Bc8 39. Rf2 Rd3 40. Re8 Bd7 41.
Rb8 Ne3 42. Kf4 Nd5+ 43. Kg3 Ne3 44. Re2 Rb3 45. Rf8+ Ke7 46. Rf4 Kd8 47. Rf7
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch46"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Timoscenko, Gennadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1978.12.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. e4 c6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bf4 Nac4 13. b3 g5 14. bxc4 gxf4 15.
Qb3 fxg3 16. hxg3 cxd5 17. cxd5 e6 18. Rad1 exd5 19. exd5 Bg4 20. Qb4 h5 21. d6
Rc8 (21... a5 22. Qa3 Nc4 23. Qb3 Be6 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Nd2 26. Qxb7 Rb8)
22. Nd5 Rc2 (22... Nxd5 23. Rxd5 b6 24. d7 Rc7 25. Rfd1 Be6) 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24.
Qe4 Rc4 25. Qxb7 Qd7 26. Qxd7 Bxd7 27. Rfe1 Rc5 28. Nd4 Bf6 29. Nb3 Rc2 30. Nd5
Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxa2 32. Nc5 Bg4 33. d7 Re2 34. Rxe2 Bxe2 35. Nb7 h4 36. gxh4
Bxh4 37. d8=Q Bxd8 38. Nxd8 Kg7 39. Nc6 a6 40. Nd4 Bc4 41. Rc5 Bd3 42. Rc3 Bg6
43. Nc6 Re8 44. Ra3 Re1+ 45. Kh2 Re2 46. Kg3 Rc2 47. Ne5 Bf5 48. Rxa6 Be6 49.
Rc6 Ra2 50. Rc5 Ra3+ 51. f3 Rb3 52. Bf1 Re3 53. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch46"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1978.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Nf5 9. Qe4 g6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rd1 (11. b3) 11... Rb8 12. Qa4 a6 (12... Rb6
13. Ne4 f6) 13. b3 Rb4 14. Qa5 Nh4 15. Nd4 Rb6 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 Qg5 18. g3
Qxe5 (18... f6 19. f4 Qg4) 19. gxh4 c5 20. Nde2 Rb4 21. Rd3 Rxh4 22. Ng3 Bb7
23. Rad1 d6 24. Qa5 Qf6 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rf4 27. Qxc7 Rxf2 28. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch46"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1978.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Nc5 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. Re1 Be7 12. Be3 Ne6 13. Bb3 Nxe5 14. Qxd5 (14.
Bxd5 c6 15. Nxe5 Bxd1 16. Bxc6+ Kf8 17. Nd7+ Kg8 18. Rxd1) 14... Qxd5 15. Bxd5
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 f5 18. Nd2 Kf7 19. Nb3 c5 20. Re2 Rhe8 21. a4 f4
22. Bd2 Bf6 23. Na5 Rad8 24. Kg2 Rd6 25. Be1 Re7 26. axb5 axb5 27. Nb3 c4 28.
Nd2 Nc5 29. Rxe7+ Bxe7 30. Kf1 Re6 31. Rb1 Bf6 32. Ra1 Nd3 33. Ne4 Be7 34. Bd2
Re5 35. Rb1 g5 36. b3 (36. h3) 36... g4 37. Kg2 h5 (37... Ke6 38. bxc4 bxc4 39.
h3 gxf3+ 40. Kxf3 Kf5) 38. bxc4 bxc4 39. h3 Kg6 40. hxg4 hxg4 41. Rb6+ Kf5 42.
Rh6 gxf3+ 43. Kxf3 Rxe4 44. Rh5+ Kg6 45. Kxe4 Kxh5 46. Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch46"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1978.12.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 Bb4 8. axb5
cxb5 9. e5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 (11... Nd5 12. Qh5) 12. Bxg5 Nbd7 13.
Qf3 Rb8 14. exf6 Bb7 15. Qg3 Rg8 16. Be2 Qb6 17. O-O Bd6 18. Qh4 b4 19. Nd1 Qb5
20. f4 Qd5 21. Bf3 Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Nc5 23. Qh7 Rf8 24. f5 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Nb3 26.
Rxb3 cxb3 27. Ne3 Qe4 28. Qh5 Bc5 29. fxe6 Bxe3 30. Re1 Rb5 31. Qd1 Rd5 32. Qa1
Rxg5 (32... fxe6 33. Rxe3 Qg4 34. Qa4+ Kd8) 33. Qa4+ Kd8 34. Qd7# 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch46"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1978.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nc4 13. a4 Bd7 14. b3 Na5 15. axb5
axb5 16. Nbd2 Nb7 17. Bb2 g6 18. c4 Nh5 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Nc4 f6 21. Qd2 Rfb8
22. Bc3 Bf8 (22... Nf4) 23. Nh2 Nf4 24. Ng4 Bg7 25. h4 Qc8 26. Nge3 Bxc4 (26...
Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Bh6 28. Ra7 Qd8 29. g3 Nh5) 27. bxc4 Bh6 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Bd1
Ra3 30. g3 Nh5 31. Qb2 Qa8 32. Bxh5 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 gxh5 34. Kg2 Nd8 35. Qe2 Nf7
36. Qxh5 Qa6 37. Rf3 Qb7 38. Qg4+ Kf8 39. Qf5 Qe7 40. Qxh7 Ra4 41. Bd2 (41. Bd2
Rxc4 42. Bg5 fxg5 43. Qh8#) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch46"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1978.12.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bg3 Nf8 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Ne3 Qa5 15.
Bd3 Ng6 16. O-O h5 17. f3 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Ned5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21.
exd5 Kf8 22. Kh1 Bf6 23. c3 Kg7 24. Qc2 Rhe8 25. Be4 Rac8 26. Qd2 Re5 27. Rfe1
Rce8 28. Rg1 Kf8 29. g3 fxg3 30. Rxg3 Qc7 31. Qd3 Qd7 32. Rgg1 Qh3 33. f4 Qxd3
34. Bxd3 gxf4 35. Raf1 Bg5 36. c4 a5 37. Rf3 R8e7 38. h4 Bxh4 39. Rxf4 Bg5 40.
Rf5 Rxf5 41. Bxf5 Be3 42. Rg3 Re5 43. Rh3 h4 44. Bc8 Bg5 45. Rb3 Re4 46. Rxb7
Rxc4 47. Bd7 Bd2 48. Kg2 Rd4 49. Rb8+ Kg7 50. Rb7 Re4 51. Be6 Rf4 52. Bd7 Kh6
53. Rb8 Rd4 54. Kh3 Bg5 55. b4 axb4 56. a5 Rxd5 57. Bb5 Rd1 58. a6 Be3 59. Bc4
d5 60. Be2 Rd2 61. Bf3 Kg5 62. Rb5 f5 63. Rxd5 Rxd5 64. Bxd5 Ba7 65. Bb3 f4 66.
Bd1 Bb6 67. Kg2 Kf5 68. Kh3 Ke4 69. Kxh4 f3 70. Kg3 f2 71. Kg2 Kd3 72. Kf1 Kc3
73. Bg4 b3 74. Ke2 Kc2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch46"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1978.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. e5
Ne8 9. c3 dxc3 10. Nxc3 d6 11. exd6 Nxd6 12. Bf4 b5 13. Bb3 Nc4 14. Nd5 Bd6 15.
Bg5 (15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Qa4 Bxf4 17. Qxc6 Bd7 18. Qxc4) 15... Qd7 16. Re4 f6 (
16... Qf5 17. Rh4 N6e5 18. Nxe5 Qxg5 19. Nf3 Qg6) 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Rxf4 Rd8 19.
Qe2 Re8 20. Qc2 N6e5 (20... N6a5 21. Rd1 Qf7 22. Ng5 Qh5) 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22.
Rxc4 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Kf8 24. Nxc7 Ra7 25. Qg8+ Ke7 26. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch46"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1978.12.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe2 cxd4 8.
Rd1 Be7 9. exd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Rac1 Nd5 14. Qe4 g6
15. Qh4 f6 16. Bh6 Nxc3 (16... Rf7 17. Qh3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Ba3) 17. Rxc3 Bxf3 18.
gxf3 f5 19. Qf4 (19. Qg3) 19... Rf7 (19... g5 20. Qe3 Rf6 21. Bxg5 Rg6 22. f4
h6 23. h4) 20. Rdc1 g5 21. Qe5 Rf6 22. Ba6 Kf7 (22... Bd6 23. Qb5 Rxh6 24. Rc8)
23. Rc7 Rxh6 24. b4 Rf6 25. bxa5 Kg6 26. R1c6 bxa5 (26... Qd5 27. f4 Bd8 28.
fxg5 Qxe5 29. dxe5 Bxc7 30. exf6) 27. Bc4 Rb8 28. Bxe6 Rb6 29. Bxf5+ Kf7 30.
Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch46"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1978.12.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. Nb3 Na5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15.
Bf3 Bc6 16. Bd4 dxe5 17. fxe5 Rd8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne2 Nc7 20. Qe1 Qxe1 21.
Raxe1 Nd5 22. c3 c5 23. Bg1 Rb8 24. Rb1 (24. c4 Nb6 25. b3 Nd7 26. Nc1) 24...
Rb7 25. c4 (25. Nf4) 25... Nb6 26. b4 (26. b3 Nd7) 26... cxb4 27. Bxb6 Rxb6 28.
Nd4 Rc8 29. Rfc1 Rc5 30. g3 Rxe5 31. Rc2 h5 32. Nb3 Rc6 33. c5 Re3 34. Rc4 Rc3
35. Rxb4 Bxc5 36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. Rb7 Rb6 38. Nd2 Rxb7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch46"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1978.12.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. a4 cxd4 10. exd4 b6 11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Rc1 Ne4
15. Nxe4 Qxc4 16. Nd6 Qd5 17. Nxb7 Qxg5 18. Nd6 (18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Rfe1 Rac8 20.
Qg3) 18... Qf4 19. Nc4 Rfd8 20. Qe2 Rac8 21. Rfd1 Nf6 22. Ne3 Qe4 23. Qa6 Qf4
24. Qe2 h6 25. h3 Rc7 26. Rc2 Qe4 27. d5 exd5 28. Rd4 Qe5 29. Qd3 Rc5 30. Re2
Re8 31. Rd2 Qc7 32. Rc2 Qc6 33. c4 Qxa4 34. Nxd5 Nxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. cxd5
Qf4 37. g3 Qd6 38. Kh2 Rd8 39. Re2 g6 (39... Qxd5 40. Re8+) 40. Qd4 Kh7 41. Ra2
Rd7 42. h4 h5 43. Ra1 b5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch46"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1978.12.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 h5 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 Nh7 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15.
Qxh6 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Kb1 Qxc3 18. Ne2 (18. Qd2) 18... Qc5 19. g4 Nxf3 (
19... hxg4 20. f4 Nf3 21. e5 Qe3 22. h5 g5 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Bxf7 gxf4) 20. Rd5
(20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qxh5) 20... Qf2 21. gxh5 g5 22. hxg5 Qe3 23. Rhd1 Bg4 24.
R1d3 Qxe2 25. g6 Nfg5 26. Rxg5 Qf1+ 27. Kb2 Nxg5 28. Qxg5 Qf6+ 29. Qxf6 exf6
30. h6 Bh5 (30... Bh5 31. Rg3) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch46"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1978.12.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Nc3
Nd5 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 b5 11. a4 Rb8 12. Qg4 e5 (12... h5 13. Qf3 h4) 13. Qh5
Bd6 14. axb5 axb5 15. Ra6 Rb6 16. Rxb6 cxb6 17. Ne4 Qe7 (17... Bb8 18. f4 exf4
19. exf4 O-O 20. d5 Ne7 21. Ba3 f6) 18. f4 exf4 19. exf4 O-O 20. Qd5 Bb8 21. f5
h6 22. f6 Qe6 23. Qh5 Qg4 24. fxg7 Qxh5 25. Nf6+ Kxg7 26. Nxh5+ Kh8 27. Nf6 Ne5
28. dxe5 Be6 29. Bf4 b4 30. cxb4 Rd8 31. b5 Rc8 32. Bc6 Rd8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch46"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1978.12.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. e3 Rab8 12. Re1 Rfc8 13. h3 a6 14. a3 Qd8 15.
Rc1 Na5 16. Nd5 b5 17. Bc3 Nb7 (17... Nxd5 18. cxd5 e6) 18. Nb4 bxc4 19. Ndc6
Bxc6 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21. Bxc6 Na5 22. Bxa5 Qxa5 23. Rxc4 Qxa3 24. Ba4 d5 25. Qc1
Qd6 26. Rc6 Qb4 27. Rd1 Ne4 28. Rc8+ Bf8 29. Rxb8 Qxb8 30. Rxd5 Nxg3 31. Qc4 e6
32. Rd7 Nf5 33. Qxa6 Qe5 34. Qb5 Qa1+ 35. Qf1 Qe5 36. Rd1 Bd6 37. Qg2 Bc7 38.
Bc6 Qc3 39. Ba4 Qe5 40. Qf3 Qh2+ 41. Kf1 Qe5 42. Be8 Nd6 43. Qc6 Bb8 44. Qb6
Nf5 (44... Nxe8 45. Rd8) 45. Qb7 Bc7 46. Bxf7+ Kxf7 47. Rd7+ Kf6 48. Qxc7 Qa1+
49. Kg2 Nh4+ 50. Kh2 Nf3+ 51. Kg3 Ne5 52. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch46"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1978.12.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. a3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O b5 11. Ba2 Bb7 12. Bb1 Rc8 13. Qd3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 cxd4
15. Ne4 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 dxe3 17. Bxf6 exf2+ 18. Kf1 (18. Kxf2 gxf6 19. Rd1 Qb6+
20. Qe3 Qxe3+ 21. Kxe3 Ne5) 18... Bxf6 19. Nc5 g6 20. Nxd7 Bxb2 21. Rd1 Re8 22.
Kxf2 (22. Qc2 Qg5 23. Qxf2) 22... Qh4+ 23. Kg2 Rc8 24. Qe3 Qe7 25. Be4 Kg7 (
25... Qxa3 26. Nf6+) 26. a4 bxa4 27. Nb6 Rc3 28. Qd4+ e5 29. Qd2 Rb3 30. Nd5 (
30. Nxa4 Bd4 31. Bd5) 30... Qh4 31. Bc2 Rb7 32. Re1 a3 33. Re4 Qd8 34. Ra4 Rb6
35. Be4 Rd6 36. f4 exf4 37. Bf3 Qg5+ 38. Kf1 Qe5 39. Kg2 Qf5 40. Qd1 Qg5+ 41.
Kf2 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch46"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1978.12.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3
Nd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O e6 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3 c5
15. Bf4 c4 (15... Qc6 16. Nxf6 Nxf6 17. d5 Qa4) 16. Qe2 (16. Bxc7 cxd3 17. Bxd8
Nxe4 18. Rh4 Nxf2) 16... Qc6 17. Nxf6 gxf6 18. d5 exd5 19. Nd4 Qa6 20. Kb1 Bd6
21. Qf3 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Ne5 23. Qf5+ Kb8 24. f4 Nd7 25. Qxd5 Ne5 26. Qe4 Ng4 (
26... Nc6 27. Nxc6+ Qxc6 28. Qxc6 bxc6 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Re1) 27. Qe2 Qb6 28.
c3 f5 (28... Rhg8 29. Rhe1 Qc5 30. Qe7 Qxe7 31. Rxe7 Rd5 32. Rxf7 Rxh5) 29.
Rhe1 (29. Nxf5 Nf2 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Rf1 Nd3) 29... Qc5 30. Qe7 Qxe7 31. Rxe7
Rhe8 32. Rde1 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Nf6 34. Rxf7 Nxh5 35. Nxf5 Rd3 36. Rf8+ Kc7 37. Rg8
Kd7 38. Rg6 b5 39. a3 Rd1+ 40. Ka2 Rg1 41. Rd6+ Kc7 42. Rxh6 Nxg3 43. Nd4 Ne4
44. Nxb5+ Kd7 45. Rh7+ Ke6 46. Rxa7 Nc5 47. Nd4+ Kd6 48. Nf5+ Kd5 49. Ne3+ Ke4
50. Rc7 Nd3 51. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch46"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1978.12.01"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Qb6 5. e3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 e6 8. c4
exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nfd2 Bg4 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Qb3 Ng4
15. a4 Ne5 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. axb5 Nb4 18. Bd2 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Qb6 20. Bc3 a6 21.
bxa6 Rxa6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qc3+ Kg8 24. h4 h5 25. e4 Na2 26. Qf6 Qd8 27. Qf4
Qe7 28. Rfe1 Nb4 29. Rxa6 bxa6 30. Qd2 Qe5 31. Rd1 a5 32. f4 Qf6 33. b3 Re8 34.
Kh2 Kg7 35. e5 dxe5 36. fxe5 Qxe5 37. d6 Rd8 38. d7 Qf6 39. Qe3 Nc6 40. Rf1 Ne5
41. Qxc5 Qe6 42. Bh3 f5 43. Qxa5 Rxd7 44. Qc5 Rd3 45. Qc7+ Nf7 46. Bg2 (46. b4)
46... Rxb3 47. Rf4 Qe5 48. Qa7 (48. Qc4 Re3 49. Qd4) 48... g5 49. hxg5 (49. Qa4
Re3 50. Rf3 Re4 51. Qd7 Rxh4+) 49... h4 50. g6 Kxg6 51. Qa6+ Kg5 52. gxh4+ Kxf4
53. Qc4+ Ke3+ 54. Kh3 Kf2+ 55. Qxb3 Ng5+ (55... Ng5+ 56. hxg5 Qh8#) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch47"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Bb3 Be6 8. Bc2
h6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. d4 Rfe8 12. h3 Nf8 13. c4 Ng6 14. d5 Bd7 15.
Nb1 Bf8 16. Nc3 c5 17. Ba4 a6 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. g3 Be7 20. h4 Nf6 21. Nh2 Qd7
22. a4 Qh3 23. Qf3 Qd7 (23... Bd8 24. a5 Rb8) 24. a5 Nf8 25. Bd2 Rec8 26. Nf1
Ng4 27. Na4 Bd8 28. Rec1 Rab8 29. b4 cxb4 30. Bxb4 h5 31. Nb6 Bxb6 32. axb6 Qe7
(32... Rd8 33. c5 dxc5 34. Bxc5 Rbc8) 33. Qa3 Rd8 34. f3 Nh6 35. c5 dxc5 36.
Bxc5 Qf6 37. Kg2 Re8 38. Be3 Nd7 39. Rab1 Qe7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch47"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nc3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Nd5 14. Ke2
a6 15. Rd1 O-O-O 16. Na3 (16. Nd4) 16... e6 17. Nc4 Be7 18. Bd2 b6 19. g3 Kb7
20. Ne3 Nc7 21. Nc4 Rd4 22. Rac1 Nd5 23. f3 Rc8 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. Bxe3 Rxd1 26.
Rxd1 Rc2+ 27. Rd2 Rxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Kc6 29. f4 b5 30. Kd3 Kd5 31. h4 (31. b3 Bc5
32. Bxc5 Kxc5 33. a3) 31... h5 32. Bf2 Bb4 33. b3 g6 34. Ke2 Bc5 35. Bxc5 Kxc5
36. Kd3 Kb4 37. Kc2 Ka3 38. Kb1 a5 39. Ka1 a4 40. bxa4 Kxa4 41. Kb1 (41. Kb2 b4
) 41... Ka3 42. Ka1 b4 43. Kb1 b3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch47"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. c3 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 exf3 14. Qxc6 fxg2
15. Qxg2 Qd7 16. Bh6 gxh6 17. f3 h5 18. Rad1 (18. fxg4 Qxg4 19. Qxg4+ hxg4)
18... Qf5 (18... Qc6 19. fxg4 Qxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. gxh5) 19.
fxg4 Qxe5 (19... Qxg4 20. Rd7) 20. Rde1 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Rad8 22. Rf5 Qd6 23. Rd5
Qg6 24. Rxe7 Rxd5 25. Bxd5 hxg4 26. Qe4 Qxe4+ 27. Bxe4 Rd8 28. Rxc7 h5 29. Bc2
Rd5 30. Bb3 Rf5 31. Kg2 a5 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Kg3 a4 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Kh4 Kg6
36. b3 a3 37. c4 bxc4 38. bxc4 Kf5 39. Kxh5 Ke4 40. Kxg4 Kd4 41. h4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch47"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb3 h6 8. Re1
a6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. d4 Qd7 14. h3 exd4 15.
cxd4 Qf7 16. Be3 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Rc1 Rf8 19. Qd3 Nxg3 20. fxg3 Qf5 21. Qd2
Bb6 22. g4 Qg6 23. b4 Rf7 24. a3 Raf8 25. Nh2 h5 26. gxh5 Qxh5 27. Qd3 Ne7 28.
Rf1 Qh4 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Rd1 c6 31. Qd2 Qg3 32. Nf1 Qg6 33. Bf2 (33. Nh2)
33... Rf3 34. Kh2 Rxa3 35. g4 Qe4 36. Ng3 Qf3 37. Rf1 Ng6 38. Be1 Nh4 39. Qb2
Qb3 40. Qf2 Nf3+ 41. Kg2 Nxe1+ (41... Nxe1+ 42. Rxe1 Bxd4) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch47"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anikaev, Yuri"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. b3 Nf6 5. Bb2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. e3 a5 8. a4 O-O
9. d3 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Bb4 11. Nh4 Re8 12. f4 e5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Nf3
(15. Nc4 dxc4 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Ba6) 15... Ned7 16. N3h4 g6 17. Qf3 gxf5 18.
Nxf5 Ne5 19. Qf4 Nfd7 20. c4 f6 21. Rad1 c6 22. Qh4 Ng6 23. Qh5 Nde5 24. g4 Ra7
25. h4 Ba8 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Bd4 Rf7 28. Rf2 Bb7 29. Bf1 Bc8 30. Be2 Be6 31.
Rdf1 Qc7 32. Rg2 Kh8 33. Nh6 Bxh6 34. Qxh6 Ref8 35. g5 Bh3 36. h5 Ne7 37. Rxf6
Bxg2 38. g6 N7xg6 39. hxg6 Rxf6 40. Bxe5 Qg7 41. Qxg7+ Kxg7 42. Kxg2 Kxg6 43.
Bxf6 Kxf6 44. Bf3 Ke5 45. d4+ Kd6 46. e4 dxe4 47. Bxe4 h6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch47"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. Nfd2 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Nc3
c5 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qf3 Nc7 13. Qb7 d6 14. Ne4 Qc8 (
14... Qd7 15. O-O-O Qc6 16. Nxd6 Qxb7 17. Nxb7) 15. Qxc8 Rxc8 16. Nxd6 Bxd6 17.
Bxd6 Nc6 18. Rd1 a6 19. Be2 Ra7 20. O-O g6 21. Rc1 Ne6 22. Rfd1 Rd8 23. Bg3 b5
24. Rxd8+ Ncxd8 25. Rd1 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke7 27. Rd6 c4 28. Rb6 Kd7 29. Bf3 Nc7 30.
a4 bxa4 (30... Nde6 31. axb5 axb5 32. Bc6+ Kc8 33. Bxb5 Nxb5 34. Rxb5 Rb7) 31.
Rb4 c3 32. bxc3 a3 33. Ra4 a5 34. c4 Nde6 35. Rxa3 Nc5 36. Be5 N7e6 37. Ke2 Ra6
38. Kd1 a4 39. Kc2 Rb6 40. Bd5 Ra6 41. f3 h5 42. h4 Ke7 43. Bc3 Nb3 44. Bb4+
Nec5 45. Kc3 Kf6 46. Bxc5 Nxc5 47. Kb4 Ne6 48. Rxa4 Rb6+ 49. Kc3 Rb1 50. Ra6
Re1 51. Bxe6 (51. e4 Rh1 52. c5) 51... fxe6 52. Ra2 Rxe3+ 53. Kd4 Re1 54. Rd2
Rh1 55. Kc5 Rxh4 56. Kb5 Rh1 57. c5 Rb1+ 58. Ka6 Rc1 59. Kb6 g5 60. c6 g4 61.
fxg4 hxg4 62. c7 Kf5 63. Rd8 Kf4 64. c8=Q Rxc8 65. Rxc8 e5 66. Rc3 e4 67. Kc5
e3 68. Kd4 e2 69. Re3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch47"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8.
Bf3 g6 9. g3 c5 10. Nde2 Nc6 11. Bg2 Re8 12. h3 Bd7 13. b3 b5 14. Bb2 b4 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qc8 17. Nf4 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Bc6 19. Bb2 (19. Qc4 Bb5 20. Qd5
Bxf1 21. Bxf1) 19... Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Bd8 21. Rfe1 a5 22. a4 bxa3 23. Rxa3 c4 24.
Bc3 cxb3 25. cxb3 Rb8 (25... f5) 26. Bxa5 Bxa5 27. Rxa5 Kg7 28. b4 Qc4 29. g4
Re5 30. Raa1 Rxd5 31. exd5 Qxb4 32. Re3 Qd4 33. Rae1 Rb2 34. Bf3 Qf6 35. Kg2
Qh4 36. R1e2 Rb1 37. Re1 Rb5 38. R1e2 Ra5 39. Re1 Ra2 40. R3e2 Ra7 41. Re3 Rb7
42. R1e2 Rc7 43. Re1 Ra7 44. R1e2 h6 45. Re1 Kh7 46. Re4 Rb7 47. R1e2 Rc7 48.
R2e3 Kg7 49. Re8 Rb7 50. R8e4 Ra7 51. Re2 Qg5 52. Kg3 Qxd5 53. Ra4 Qxf3+ (53...
Qc5 54. Rxa7 Qxa7 55. Rd2) 54. Kxf3 Rxa4 55. Rd2 Ra6 56. h4 Kf6 57. Rd1 Ra3+
58. Kf4 Ke6 59. Re1+ Kd7 60. f3 Ra4+ 61. Kg3 Ra8 62. Rb1 Ra5 63. Rb8 Ke6 64.
Re8+ Kf6 65. Re4 d5 66. Rb4 Ra6 67. Rb1 Rd6 68. Ra1 Rd7 69. Kf4 g5+ 70. hxg5+
hxg5+ 71. Ke3 Ke5 72. Ra5 Rb7 73. Ra4 Rb3+ 74. Kf2 Rb2+ 75. Kg3 Rb6 76. Kf2 f6
77. Kg3 Rc6 78. Rb4 Rc5 79. Rb8 d4 80. Ra8 Kd5 81. Ra6 Rc6 82. Ra4 d3 83. Kf2
Re6 84. Ra8 Kd4 85. Rd8+ Kc3 86. Rc8+ Kb2 87. Rd8 Kc2 88. Rc8+ Kd1 (88... Kd1
89. Rc3 Re2+ 90. Kf1 Kd2 91. Rc6 Ke3 92. Rxf6 Rf2+ 93. Kg1 Rxf3) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch47"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
Nf8 9. Re1 Bd7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bg3 h5 14. h3 h4 15.
Bh2 Rh6 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. Re2 O-O-O 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Kb8 20. f4 Ka8 (20...
Bc5 21. f5 Nf8 22. f6 g5 23. Qxg5 Bxd4+) 21. Kh1 Rhh8 22. a4 Qc7 23. f5 Nf8 24.
b4 Rc8 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26. axb5 Nd7 27. Qa2 b6 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. c4 Bxb4 30. cxd5
Nc5 31. Bc4 Rhe8 32. dxe6 Re7 33. Rd1 Rd8 34. Bd5+ Kb8 35. Rf1 Ba5 36. Ref2 Nd3
37. Rf8 Nb4 38. Qb3 Ree8 39. Rxe8 Rxe8 40. e7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch47"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qe8 12. Nh4 Nc5 13. Nf5 Rd8 14. b3 Nd3 15.
Nc4 Nxc1 16. Raxc1 g6 17. Rxd8 Bxd8 18. Nfe3 (18. Nh6+ Kg7 19. Ng4) 18... Nxe4
19. Nd2 Nd6 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21. Ng4 f6 22. Re1 Nd6 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Qe6 25.
Ne3 f5 26. Qb7 a5 27. Nd5 Qd6 28. Rd1 f4 29. Qa6 c6 30. Ne3 Qe6 31. Qc4 Qxc4
32. Nxc4 Bc7 33. Re1 fxg3 34. hxg3 Re8 (34... Rf3) 35. Rd1 (35. f4 e4 36. Ne5
Bxe5 37. Rxe4) 35... Re7 36. Kg2 b5 37. Ne3 Kf7 38. a4 bxa4 39. bxa4 Ke6 40.
Nc4 h5 41. Kf3 Rd7 42. Rc1 Rf7+ 43. Ke2 g5 44. Nd2 Bd8 45. Ne4 Be7 46. Rh1 h4
47. g4 Kd5 48. f3 Kc4 49. Rb1 h3 50. Kf2 Rh7 51. Kg1 Bc5+ 52. Nxc5 h2+ 53. Kh1
Kxc5 54. Re1 Kd5 55. Rd1+ Kc4 56. Re1 Kd5 57. Rd1+ Kc4 58. Rd6 c5 59. Rg6 Kxc3
60. Rxg5 Kd4 61. Rg8 c4 62. Rd8+ Ke3 63. Rc8 Kxf3 64. Rxc4 e4 65. g5 e3 66. Rc6
Re7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch47"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. h3 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Bc2 Bc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Ne2 Ne4 12. Nbd4 O-O 13. O-O Ng6 14. Be3 a6 15.
Bb3 Rd8 16. Nc2 Nc5 17. Nb4 Nxb3 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. axb3 a5 20. Nxd5 Qc5 21.
Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch47"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Bd7 13. Bc2 g6 14. Ng3 Na5 15. b3
c5 16. d5 Bg7 17. Be3 Nh7 18. Qd2 h5 19. Ng5 Nxg5 20. Bxg5 Bf6 21. Be3 Bg7 22.
Nf1 Qc7 23. Nh2 Nb7 24. Bh6 Bh8 25. Rf1 a5 26. a3 Rec8 27. Rfc1 Qd8 28. Qe2 Bg7
29. Be3 Qe8 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 c4 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Rxa1 34. Rxa1 Ra8 35.
Qd1 Qc8 36. g5 Nd8 37. Kg2 Bh3+ 38. Kg3 Rxa1 39. Qxa1 f6 40. gxf6 Bxf6 41. Bd1
Bd7 42. Bg4 Nf7 43. Bxd7 Qxd7 44. Ng4 Kg7 45. Nxf6 Kxf6 46. Qa8 Qd8 47. Qc6 Qh8
48. Qxb5 Qh1 49. Qd7 Qg1+ 50. Kf3 Qh1+ 51. Kg3 Qg1+ 52. Kf3 Qh1+ 53. Ke2 Qxe4
54. Qe6+ Kg7 55. b5 (55. Kf1 Qh1+ 56. Ke2 Qa1 57. Bd2 Qb1 58. Be1 Qd3#) 55...
Qd3+ 56. Kf3 (56. Ke1 Qb1+ 57. Ke2 Qxb5) 56... Ng5+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch47"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. dxe5 (6. Nge2) 6... dxe5 7.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. b3 Ne8 10. Bb2 f6 11. O-O-O c6 12. Ne1 Kc7 13. Nd3
Nd6 14. f4 Nf7 15. Rhf1 exf4 16. gxf4 Re8 17. Rde1 Nf8 18. Nd1 Bd7 19. Kb1 Rad8
20. Ne3 Nd6 21. e5 fxe5 22. fxe5 Nf5 23. Nc4 Ne6 24. Bh3 Rg8 (24... Ng5 25.
Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Nd6 Rf8 27. Nxf5 Rxf5 28. Rxf5 gxf5 29. Rf1 Rf8 30. Rg1 Ne6 31.
Nc5) 25. Nd6 Ned4 26. Bxd4 Nxd4 27. Rf7 Bf8 28. Nc5 Rg7 29. Nxd7 Rxf7 30. Nxf7
Rxd7 31. Bxd7 Kxd7 32. Rd1 Ke6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch47"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A75"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nh5 13. Be3 Nd7 14. a4 a6 15.
a5 Qh4 16. Nc4 Nf4 17. Qf3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. g3 Qh5 20. Qxh5 Nxh5 21. Na4
Bg7 22. f3 (22. Nb6 Rad8 23. g4 Nf6 24. f3) 22... f5 23. Nb6 Rab8 (23... Rad8
24. Bg5 Bxb2 25. Bxd8 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Rxd8 27. exf5 gxf5) 24. Nc4 fxe4 (24...
Rbd8 25. exf5 gxf5) 25. Nxd6 Red8 26. Nc4 Rxd5 (26... exf3 27. Rad1) 27. fxe4
Rd7 28. e5 Bf8 29. Rad1 Rbd8 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. e6 Rc7 32. Bg5 Ng7 33. Bd8 Nxe6
34. Bxc7 Nxc7 35. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch47"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Anikaev, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. Be3 a6 10. a4 Bd7 11. Bf3 Na5 (11... Qc7) 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. g4 Rfc8 (13...
Nc4 14. g5 Ne8) 14. g5 Ne8 15. f5 Nc4 16. Bh5 g6 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Qf2 Ne5 19.
Nf3 Ng7 20. Nxe5 Rf8 21. Nf7 Nxh5 (21... gxh5 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Qd2 Bc6 24. Bd4
e5) 22. Nd5 exd5 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Qf7+ Rxf7 25. Rxf7+ Kh8 26. Bd4+ Bf6 27. Rxf6
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch47"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qb3 c5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rfd1
Qe7 15. Nd4 Rad8 16. Rac1 Ne4 17. Bf3 Rfe8 18. Na4 Ng5 19. Bg4 g6 20. Nc3 Ne4
21. Qc2 h5 22. Bf3 h4 23. Qd3 Qe5 24. Nce2 a5 25. Rc2 Ra8 26. a4 (26. Nc3 Ba6
27. Ndb5 Nxc3 28. bxc3) 26... Ba6 27. Qb3 (27. Nb5 Nxf2 28. Kxf2 Bxe3+ 29. Kf1
Qxh2) 27... Bc4 28. Rxc4 dxc4 29. Qxc4 Rad8 30. Qb3 Rd6 31. h3 Rf6 32. Qc2 Ng5
33. Bb7 Bd6 34. Nf4 (34. Kf1 Qh2 35. Ng1 Rxe3) 34... Rxf4 35. Nc6 Nxh3+ 36.
gxh3 Qg5+ 37. Kf1 (37. Kh1 Rf6) 37... Rf6 38. Qd2 Bg3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch47"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Ng5 Re7 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nf1 Nbd7 15.
Ng3 g6 16. Be3 Qc8 17. Rc1 Nc5 18. Bc2 c6 19. b4 Ncd7 20. Bb3 h6 (20... c5) 21.
Ne6 cxd5 (21... fxe6 22. dxe6 d5 23. exd7 Qxd7) 22. Nxf8 Qxf8 23. exd5 h5 24.
Bg5 Ree8 25. Qd2 Qg7 26. c4 bxc4 27. Bxc4 Nb6 28. Bb3 Rac8 29. Bh6 Qh8 30. Be3
(30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Bg5) 30... Nbd7 (30... Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Nbxd5 32. Bg5 h4) 31.
Ba4 Kh7 32. Bc6 Rc7 33. Bg5 Rec8 34. Bxb7 Rxb7 35. Rc6 Rb6 36. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch47"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. d4 O-O 8. Nc3
exd4 9. Nxd4 Na5 10. Qd3 Ng4 11. Nd5 c6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bc2 Ne5 14. Qc3 c5
15. Qxa5 cxd4 16. Qd2 Qf6 17. b3 d3 18. Bd1 (18. Bb1 Nf3+ 19. gxf3 Bh3 20. Re1
h6 21. Qf4 Qxa1) 18... Qg6 (18... Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Qxa1 20. Bb2 Qxa2 21. Qc3 f6
22. Ra1) 19. f4 Nd7 (19... Qxe4 20. Bb2 Ng4 21. Re1 Qg6) 20. Bf3 Re8 21. Bb2
Nc5 22. f5 Qh6 23. Qxh6 gxh6 24. Rad1 Bd7 25. Rfe1 Rac8 26. Bd4 b5 27. Bxc5
Rxc5 28. cxb5 axb5 29. g4 (29. f6 Bc6 30. Rxd3 Re6 31. e5 Bxf3 32. gxf3) 29...
Rc3 30. Re3 Bc6 31. Kf2 Rc2+ 32. Kg3 d2 33. Kf4 Ra8 34. Rd3 Raxa2 35. Rxd6 Kf8
36. Ke3 Rab2 37. Rd3 Ke7 (37... b4 38. f6 Ke8 39. Be2 Rc3 40. R1xd2 Rbxb3) 38.
e5 Bxf3 39. Kxf3 b4 40. f6+ Ke8 41. Ra1 Ra2 (41... Rc8 42. Ke2 d1=Q+ 43. Kxd1
Rxh2 44. Ra7) 42. Rxa2 Rxa2 43. h4 h5 44. g5 Ra1 45. Rxd2 Rh1 46. Ra2 Rh3+ 47.
Ke4 Rxh4+ 48. Kd5 Rh1 49. Ra8+ Kd7 50. Rf8 Rd1+ 51. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch48"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Ng4 (
7... Rc8 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5) 8. h3 Nge5 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qd2
g6 12. Bc4 Rc8 (12... Bg7) 13. Bb3 Qa5 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Be6 16. O-O Qh5
17. Qd2 (17. Qxh5 gxh5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ne2) 17... g5 18. Nd5 Rg8 19. Rad1 Qh4
20. Rfe1 Ne5 21. Re3 Rg6 (21... g4 22. Kh1 gxh3 23. g3 Qh5) 22. Nxe7 Kxe7 23.
Qxd6+ Kf6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rd5 (25. Rd5 Qf4 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. Rf3+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch48"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. h4 Re8 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. hxg5 Ne4 13. Qe2 Nxg5 14.
Qh5 Rxe3 (14... h6 15. Bd4 Ne6 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Qxh6 f5 18. Bc4+ Be6 19. g4
Bxc4 20. gxf5 Rf8 21. Rdg1 Qf6 22. Rg6 Qe5 23. f6) 15. fxe3 Qe7 16. Bc4 h6 (
16... Qxe3+ 17. Kb1 Be6) 17. Rhe1 Be6 18. Qh4 Re8 19. Qd4 a6 20. Bd5 c5 21. Qd3
Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Ne4 23. Rf1 Qc7 24. Rf5 g6 25. Rf4 Re5 26. Qd3 Qe7 27. a4 Qe6 28.
Kb1 h5 29. c4 g5 30. Rf3 h4 31. Qb3 Qd7 32. Qb6 Kg7 33. Rd3 (33. Qb3) 33... f6
34. Rf1 (34. Qb3 Re7 35. c3 Qg4 36. Qc2) 34... Re7 35. Rfd1 Qg4 36. Rxd6 Nxd6
37. Qxd6 Rf7 (37... Rxe3 38. Qd8 Qxg2 39. Rd7+ Kg6 40. Qg8+ Kh5 41. Qh8+ Kg4)
38. Rd2 (38. Qd5) 38... Qxc4 39. b3 Qc3 40. Rd3 Qe5 41. Qd8 Qc7 42. Qd5 Qc6 43.
Kc1 Qxd5 44. Rxd5 g4 45. Kd2 Kg6 46. Ke2 Rh7 47. Kf2 Rh5 48. e4 Re5 49. Ke3 h3
50. gxh3 gxh3 51. Kf2 Rg5 52. Rd3 h2 53. Rd1 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch48"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 c5 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Rac1 Rc7 15.
Rfd1 Nf8 16. e3 Bd6 17. h3 Ne6 18. f4 Qc8 19. Kh2 h5 20. Qf1 (20. Qf5) 20...
cxd4 21. exd4 Ba6 22. Qf2 h4 23. g4 (23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Rc1 hxg3+ 25. Qxg3 Qe7)
23... Rc2 24. Qe3 Bb4 25. Ndf3 Be2 26. Rg1 (26. Ne1 Bxd1 27. Nxc2 Bxc2 28. Qe2
Nxf4 29. Qxc2 Qxc2 30. Rxc2) 26... Bxf3 27. Nxf3 (27. Qxf3 Bd2) 27... Nc7 28.
Ne5 Rxb2 29. Rc6 Bd2 30. Qf3 Re6 31. g5 Ne4 32. Rf1 Rxc6 33. Nxc6 Qe8 34. Ne5
Ne6 35. Qg4 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch49"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1981.12.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1981.11.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nc3 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 a6 14. Rc1
Ba7 15. Nc4 Rb8 (15... Re8) 16. Nf4 b5 17. Nd6 (17. Bxc6 bxc4 18. Rxc4 Rxb2 19.
Rc2 Rxc2 20. Qxc2) 17... Qxd6 18. Rxc6 Qd8 19. Qc2 a5 (19... Bb7 20. Rc7 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Bb6 22. Rc6) 20. Rc1 Re8 21. Bd5 Bb6 22. Qb3 Re7 23. Bf3 Re5 (23...
Re8 24. Bh5 Rf8) 24. Bh5 g6 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Rxg6+ Kf8 27. Rh6 Ke7 (27... Rg5
28. Rcc6 d3 29. Qc3 Bd4 30. Qxd3 Bf5 31. e4 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Qxd3 33. Nxd3 Bxe4)
28. Rcc6 Rf5 29. Qf3 Bc7 30. Qe4+ Re5 (30... Be5 31. Nd3) 31. Ng6+ fxg6 32.
Rh7+ Kf8 33. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch49"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1981.12.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1981.11.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qe2 Nc6 15.
Nc3 Ne5 16. Rad1 (16. Bf4 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3) 16... Qc8 (16... Qc7) 17. Bf4 Nfd7
18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Qe3 Re8 20. Kh1 (20. Nxe5 Nxe5 (20... Bxd1 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22.
Rxd1) 21. f3) 20... Bh5 21. Rc1 Nc4 22. Qb3 Nf8 23. a4 Na5 24. Qc3 Ne6 25. Nd2
Nc6 26. Qg3 Ncd4 27. Bd3 Nxf4 28. Nxf4 Bg6 29. Nd5 (29. Nxg6 hxg6 30. Nf3)
29... c4 30. Bxc4 (30. Bb1) 30... bxc4 31. Rxc4 Nf5 32. Qh3 Qb7 33. Rec1 Nd6
34. Rb4 Qa7 35. Qf3 Ba5 36. h4 Bxb4 37. Nxb4 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch49"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1981.12.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1981.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. a3 Ba5 11. Ba2 cxd4 12. exd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 b5 14. a4 Bb7 15.
Bd2 (15. axb5 axb5 16. Qxb5 Ba6) 15... Ne4 16. Rfc1 Nd6 (16... Nxd2 17. Nxd2)
17. Bf4 Nf6 18. Nd2 (18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. axb5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 axb5 21. Qxb5 Qf4)
18... Nf5 (18... bxa4) 19. axb5 Nd5 20. Bg3 axb5 21. Qxb5 Nxc3 (21... Nxg3 22.
hxg3 Qc7) 22. Rxc3 Nxd4 23. Qd3 Ra4 (23... Nb5 24. Qxb5 Qxd2 25. Rcc1 Rxa2 26.
Qxb7) 24. Nc4 Qd5 25. f3 Rfa8 (25... Ba6 26. Bf2 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Rxa2 28. Rxa2
Nxf3+ 29. Qxf3 Qxc4) 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. Bb1 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 Qc5+ 29. Ne3 Qxe3+ 30.
Qxe3 Rxd1+ 31. Kg2 Rxb1 32. Rb3 Rb4 33. Rxb4 Rxb4 34. Qd2 Bxf3+ 35. Kxf3 Rb3+
36. Kg2 h6 37. Qc2 Rb5 38. Kf3 Rf5+ 39. Kg2 h5 40. h4 g5 41. hxg5 Rxg5 42. Kh3
Rf5 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Qd7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch49"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1981.12.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1981.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O 8.
e3 e4 9. Be2 Qe7 10. Nd2 Rd8 11. a3 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 (12. Ncxe4 Bb6 13. Ng3) 12...
Rxd5 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. b4 Bb6 15. Bb2 Nc6 16. O-O Qg5 17. Kh1 Rd6 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 (
18... Qg6 19. f3 Rad8) 19. Qxe4 Rd2 20. b5 (20. Ba6 bxa6 21. Qxc6 Rad8 22. Bd4
Bxd4 23. exd4 Qf6) 20... Rxe2 (20... Na5 21. Bc3 Rxe2 22. Qa4 Bxe3 23. Bxa5
Rxf2 24. Rxf2 Bxf2) 21. bxc6 Rxb2 22. cxb7 Rf8 23. Rac1 Ba5 24. Rc8 Qb5 25.
Rfc1 Qxb7 26. Qe8 Qxc8 27. Qxc8 Bd2 28. h3 h6 29. Qc4 Bxc1 30. Qxc1 Rxf2 31.
Qc7 a6 32. Qa7 Rf6 33. a4 Rd8 34. a5 (34. h4 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rd2 36. Qa8+ Kh7 37.
Qe4+ Rg6 38. h5 Rdxg2+ 39. Kh1 Rg1+) 34... Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rd2 36. Qb8+ (36. Qa8+
Kh7 37. Qe4+ Rg6 38. h4 Rdxg2+ 39. Kh1 R2g4) 36... Kh7 37. Qb4 Rff2 38. Qe4+ f5
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch49"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1981.12.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1981.11.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nce2 (10. Ndb5 Qb8 11. Be3) 10... Rc8 11. c3 a6 12. h3 Qc7
13. g4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Nf4 Bc5 17. Nb3 Ba7 18. Qxd5 (18. Be3
Bb8) 18... Be6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qe4 (20. Qg2 Ne5 21. Kh1 Nf3 22. Nd2) (20.
Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Be3 Bb8 22. f4 Rce8) 20... Rxf2 21. Rxf2 Qg3+ 22. Qg2 Bxf2+ 23.
Kf1 (23. Kh1 Qd3 24. Qxf2 Rf8 25. Qe3 Qf1+ 26. Kh2 Rf2+ 27. Kg3 Rg2+ 28. Kh4
Qf6+ 29. g5 Ne7 30. Nd4 Qxd4+ 31. Qxd4 Nf5+ 32. Kh5 g6#) 23... Qe5 24. Bf4 (24.
Kxf2 Rf8+ 25. Kg1 Qe1+ 26. Kh2 Rf2) 24... Qxf4 25. Qxf2 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch49"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1981.12.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timoscenko, Gennadij"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1981.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Rc1 c5 11. Bf4 Na6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ne5 Nc7 14. Nc4 Rb8
15. Bxc7 Qxc7 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Rbd8 18. e4 Nxe4 19. Qf3 Ng5 (19... Rxd5
20. Qxe4 Qd7) 20. Qg2 Bf6 21. h4 Ne6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rce1 Bd4 24. b3 (24.
Rxe6 Qf7 25. Qc6 Bxf2+ 26. Kg2 Rd3 27. Re3 Qxc4 28. Rxd3 Qxd3 29. Rxf2) 24...
Rf6 25. Kh1 e5 26. Re2 g6 27. Qe4 Qd7 28. Kh2 Rf5 29. Rd1 Rdf8 30. Rdd2 Qe7 31.
Kg2 Qf6 32. Ne3 Rh5 33. Rc2 Kh8 34. Rc4 g5 35. hxg5 Rxg5 36. Ra4 (36. Rcc2 Qf4
37. Nf1 h5 38. Qxf4 exf4 39. Nd2) 36... Qf4 37. Rxd4 (37. Qd5 e4) (37. Nf1
Qxe4+ 38. Rxe4 Rxf2+) (37. Nd1 Rxg3+ 38. fxg3 Qf1+ 39. Kh2 Bg1+ 40. Kh1 Qh3+
41. Kxg1 Rf1#) 37... cxd4 38. Nc4 Rfg8 39. Kh2 Rxg3 40. Qxe5+ Qxe5 41. Nxe5
Rg2+ 42. Kh3 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch49"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1981.12.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1981.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. g4 Nf8 11. h3 Be6 12. O-O-O Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 (
14. Qxe4 Qa5) 14... b5 15. Kb1 b4 16. Na4 (16. Ncxe4 Bd5 17. Nc4) 16... Bd5 17.
Nxe4 Ng6 18. f3 Nxf4 19. exf4 Qb8 20. Qd2 b3 21. a3 Bd6 22. f5 (22. Nxd6 Qxd6
23. Rhf1) 22... Rxe4 23. fxe4 Bxe4+ 24. Ka1 Bf4 (24... Bxh1 25. Rxh1 Qf8 26.
Qc1 Rd8) 25. Qc3 Bxh1 26. Rxh1 Qd6 27. Nc5 h6 28. Re1 Bg5 29. Nxb3 Bf6 30. Rc1
Rb8 31. Ka2 Qd5 32. Qc4 Qg2 33. Rc3 Rb6 34. Qd3 Qd5 35. Rc5 Qd6 36. Qc4 Qh2 37.
Qc3 Qg2 38. Na5 Rb5 39. Rc4 (39. Nxc6 Rxc5 40. Qxc5 Qxh3 41. Nb8 Qxg4 42. Nd7
h5 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Nxf6+ gxf6 45. Qxf7+) 39... c5 40. Rxc5 Rxc5 41. Qxc5 Qxh3
42. d5 (42. Qxa7 Qxg4 43. Nb3 Qxf5 44. a4) 42... Qxg4 43. d6 h5 44. Nc6 (44.
Qd5 Qd4) 44... Qe2 45. Qb4 Qd3 46. Qc5 Kh7 47. Nb4 Qd2 48. Kb3 Qxb2+ 49. Ka4
Qe2 50. Qd5 h4 51. Qxf7 (51. d7 h3 52. d8=Q Bxd8 53. Qxd8 f6 54. Qd5 h2 55. Qh1
a6) 51... Qd1+ 52. Kb5 Qxd6 53. Qh5+ Kg8 54. Kc4 a5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch49"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1981.12.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1981.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd3 Bd6 13. a3 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qb8
15. Ng3 a6 16. Ba2 (16. f4) 16... Ne7 17. Bb1 Ng6 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Nf1 Nd5 20.
Bc1 Qc7 21. Ne4 Bf4 22. g3 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Qe7 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Rad8 26.
Red1 Rd7 27. Nd2 Nf8 (27... e5) 28. Nc4 b5 29. Ne5 Rd6 30. Nd3 Red8 31. Nc5 Ba8
32. Be4 Qa7 33. Qf3 Bd5 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Nb3 Nh7 36. Rc6 Ng5 37. Qc3 e5 38.
Rc7 Qa8 39. Re1 (39. Qc6 Ne6 40. Qxa8 Rxa8 41. Rc6 exd4 42. Kf1) 39... exd4 40.
Qd3 R5d7 41. Rxd7 Rxd7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch49"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1981.12.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1981.11.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. Re1 Be7 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 a5 (13... d5 14. exd5
Qxd5) 14. Bd3 b4 15. Bb5 Re7 16. d5 Na7 17. Bf1 bxc3 18. bxc3 c6 19. c4 Ba6 20.
a4 Rb7 21. Ba3 Rab8 22. Nb1 Qc7 23. Nfd2 Nc8 24. Nc3 cxd5 25. exd5 Nb6 26. Rc1
Qd8 27. Rb1 Nbd7 28. Nb3 Be7 29. Kh1 Rc8 30. Nb5 Bxb5 31. cxb5 Ra8 32. f4 exf4
33. Nd4 Bf8 34. Qf3 Nb6 (34... Qb6 35. Nc6 Ne5 36. Qxf4 Nxd5) 35. Nc6 Qd7 36.
Qxf4 Nfxd5 37. Qd4 Nc7 38. Bd3 Ne6 39. Qe4 g6 40. Bb2 Bg7 41. Bxg7 Nxg7 (41...
Kxg7) 42. Qh4 Re8 43. Bc2 (43. Nxa5) 43... Rc7 44. Rxe8+ Qxe8 45. Re1 Qa8 46.
Qf6 Kh7 47. Qxd6 Rd7 48. Qc5 Nd5 49. Be4 Ne6 50. Qf2 Ng5 51. Bxd5 Rxd5 52. h4 (
52. Re7 Rf5 53. Qe3) 52... Rf5 53. Qa7 Qxa7 54. Nxa7 Ne6 55. b6 Nc5 56. Rc1 Na6
57. b7 Rf4 58. Nc6 Rxh4+ 59. Kg1 Re4 60. Rb1 Re6 61. Nxa5 Nb8 62. Rc1 Rb6 63.
Rc8 Na6 64. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch49"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1981.12.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1981.11.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Nb3 b5 11. Bh5 Bg7 12. Qg4 O-O 13. O-O-O (13. O-O) 13...
Ne7 14. Nd4 b4 15. Nce2 f5 16. exf5 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Qg5 (18. Bxf7+ Rxf7
19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. fxe6 Rf2 21. Rd7 Qc5 22. Kb1) 18... h6 19. Qg3 Nxf5 20. Nxf5
Bxf5 21. Rd2 Rac8 22. Qb3 e4 23. Kb1 Be6 24. Qg3 Qa5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch49"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1981.12.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Timoscenko, Gennadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1981.11.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 Nb8 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Be3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Qe2
Nc6 22. Rfc1 Na5 (22... c3 23. Qxb5 Rxb5 24. bxc3) 23. b3 (23. Bxa7 Kb7 24. Be3
Nb3) 23... c3 (23... Qc6 24. Bxa7 (24. Rxc4 Nxc4 25. Rc1 Kb7 26. Rxc4 Qb5)
24... Kb7 25. Be3 c3 26. Nb6) 24. Nxc3 bxc3 25. Rxc3+ Kd7 (25... Kb8 26. Qc2
Bd6 27. b4 Bxb4 28. Rc7) 26. Qc2 Bd6 27. Rc1 Qb7 28. b4 Qxb4 (28... Rxh2 29.
Qa4+ Kd8 30. Rc8+) 29. Rb1 Qg4 30. Bxa7 e5 (30... Be5) 31. Qa2 Rd1+ 32. Rxd1
Qxd1+ 33. Kg2 Qh5 34. Qa4+ Ke6 35. h4 Qe2 (35... Kxf6 36. Qxa5 Kg7) 36. Qxa5
Ra8 37. Qa4 Kxf6 38. Qd7 Kg7 39. Rf3 Qc4 40. Qxd6 Rxa7 41. Qxe5+ Kh7 42. Rf5
Qc6+ 43. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch49"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1981.12.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1981.11.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 Nb8 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Be3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Qe2
Nc6 22. Rfc1 Na5 23. b3 c3 24. Nxc3 bxc3 25. Rxc3+ Kd7 26. Qc2 Bd6 27. Rc1 Qb7
28. b4 Qxb4 29. Rb1 Qg4 30. Bxa7 Be5 31. Rc5 (31. f3 Bd4+ 32. Kh1 Qxg3 33. Qa4+
Kd8 34. Rb8+ Qxb8 35. Bxb8 Bxc3) 31... Rxc5 32. Bxc5 Nc6 33. Qd3+ Kc8 (33...
Nd4 34. Rd1 Rh4 35. Qb5+ Kc8 36. Qa6+ Kc7 37. Bb6+) 34. Rd1 Nb8 35. Rc1 Qa4 36.
Bd6+ Nc6 37. Bxe5 Rd8 38. Qb1 Rd5 39. Qb8+ Kd7 40. Qc7+ Ke8 41. Qxc6+ Qxc6 42.
Rxc6 Rxe5 43. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch49"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1981.12.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1981.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8. g4
e5 (8... Bg6 9. e4 e6) 9. dxe5 Nfd7 10. Ng2 Bg6 11. f4 h5 12. e4 hxg4 13. Qxg4
Nc5 14. Bxc4 Bh5 15. Qh3 Nba6 16. Bxa6 bxa6 (16... Nxa6 17. O-O Bc5+ 18. Be3)
17. O-O Nb3 18. Rb1 Be2 (18... Nxc1 19. Rbxc1 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Rh6) 19. Qxh8 Bxf1
20. Be3 (20. Kxf1 Qd3+ 21. Kg1 O-O-O 22. Be3) 20... Bxg2 21. Rd1 Qc8 22. Kxg2
Rb8 23. f5 Qc7 24. e6 fxe6 25. fxe6 Qe5 26. Rf1 Qd6 27. Qh5+ Kd8 28. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch49"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1981.12.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1981.11.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bg7 6. O-O Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d3
Nf6 9. Qe1 Qd7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. h3 Ne8 12. f5 gxf5 13. Qh4 f6 (13... fxe4 14.
Ng5 h6 15. Ngxe4 f5 16. Bxh6 fxe4 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Qg5+ Kf7
20. Rf1+ Nf6 21. Qh5+) 14. exf5 Qxf5 15. Rae1 (15. Qc4+ Kh8 16. Rae1 Qd7 17.
Qe6 Qxe6 18. Rxe6 Rf7 19. Ng5 Rf8 20. Nf3) 15... Qd7 16. Ne4 e5 17. g4 Bxe4 18.
dxe4 d5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Bh6 e4 21. c4 Qxc4 22. Bxg7 Nxg7 23. g5 (23. Nd2 Qd4+
24. Qf2 f5 25. gxf5 Rxf5 26. Qxd4 cxd4 27. Rxe4) 23... f5 24. g6 hxg6 25. Ng5
Nh5 26. Rd1 Rad8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch49"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1981.12.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E74"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1981.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6
9. a4 h6 10. Bd2 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nf3 axb5 13. Bxb5 Na6 14. O-O Nc7 15. Re1
Nxb5 16. Nxb5 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Ne5 Re8 19. Rc1 (19. Qc1) 19... Bf5 20. Nc6
Qd7 21. Rxc5 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Re8 23. Qc1 Nb6 24. b3 Re2 25. Ba5 (25. Bc3 Rc2 26.
Qe1 Bxc3 27. Nxc3 Qe6 28. Qd1 Bg4 29. Qa1) 25... Be4 26. Ne5 (26. Bxb6 Qg4 27.
Qf1 Re1) 26... Qe7 27. Nd4 (27. Qf1 Ra2 28. Bxb6 Bxe5 29. Nc3 Bxh2+ 30. Kxh2
Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Qg4+) 27... Ra2 28. Bxb6 Bxe5 29. Qe3 (29. Qe1 Kh7 (
29... Qd6 30. Rxe5 Qxe5 31. f3 Qg5 32. g3 Qh5 33. h4 Bxf3 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Ne6+
) 30. Rxe5 Qxe5 31. f3 Qg5 32. g3 Qh5 33. h4 Bxf3 34. Nxf3 Qxf3) 29... Qxc5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch50"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1983.04.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Nfd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 a5
15. Be3 a4 16. Nd2 a3 17. Nxe4 (17. Rb1) 17... axb2 18. Rb1 Bxe4 19. Rxb2 Qd7
20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rfb8 22. Rfb1 (22. Rxb5 Rxb5 23. Qxb5 Nxe5 24. Qb7 Qc6)
22... b4 23. h3 (23. a3 f6 24. exf6 Rxa3 25. f7+ Kxf7 26. Qxh7) 23... h6 (23...
Ra3 24. Qxa3) 24. Rc1 Rb6 25. Qb1 Rab8 26. Rc5 Nd8 27. Rcc2 Nc6 28. Qc1 R8b7
29. Rc5 Ne7 30. Kh2 Nf5 (30... Ra7 31. Rbc2 c6) 31. Rbc2 Rg6 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33.
Rxc7 Qb5 34. g4 Nh4 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Qd1 Qa6 37. Rc2 f5 38. Kg3 fxg4 39. Kxh4
gxh3 40. f4 Qe6 41. Qh5 Qe7+ 42. Kxh3 Qf7 43. Rh2 Qd7+ 44. f5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch50"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.04.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1983.04.03"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 b5 11. a3 a5 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Ra3 14. Bg5 (14. Bxb5
Rxc3 15. Qxc3 Nxe4 16. Qb3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nf6) 14... Rxc3 15. Bxf6 (15. Qxc3
Nxe4 16. Qd3 Nxg5 17. Nxg5 Bd7) 15... Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ra3 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ra1
Qa8 19. Rxa3 Qxa3 20. Be2 Qb2 21. Rd1 f5 22. exf5 Nxf5 23. c3 (23. Bd3 Qd4 24.
Bxb5 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Rb8 26. c4 Nd4 27. Ra2 Nxb5 28. cxb5 Rxb5 29. Ra7) 23...
Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Ra8 25. Bxb5 (25. g4 Nh4 26. f3) 25... Ra3 26. Rc2 Ne7 27. f4 (
27. Bc4 Nxd5 28. Kf1 Nxc3) 27... exf4 28. Bc6 Nf5 29. Kf2 Ne3 30. Rc1 Kf6 31.
g3 Ke5 32. Kf3 g5 33. gxf4+ gxf4 34. h4 Nxd5 35. Bxd5 Kxd5 36. Kxf4 Kc4 37. Re1
Rxc3 38. Re7 Kxb4 39. Rxh7 d5 40. Ke5 (40. Rd7 c6 41. h5 Rh3 42. Kg5 Kc4 43. h6
c5 44. h7 d4 45. Kg6 d3 46. Kg7 Kc3 47. h8=Q Rxh8 48. Kxh8 c4 49. Kg7 d2 50.
Kf6 Kc2 51. Ke5 c3) 40... c6 41. Kd4 Rc4+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch50"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.04.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1983.04.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Nc3
Be7 9. cxd5 (9. Qb3) 9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nxd5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. h3 Qa5 13. Nxd5 (
13. Bd2 Bg6 14. Qb3 Qb6) 13... cxd5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Qb3 Rac8 16. Be3 Rc4 17.
Rfc1 b5 18. a4 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 bxa4 20. Qb7 a3 21. Ra1 Bb4 22. bxa3 Bc3 23. Rd1
(23. Rf1 Qxa3 24. Qxa7 Qxa7 25. Bxa7 Bxe5 26. f4) 23... Qxa3 24. Qxa7 Qb3 25.
Rc1 Bxe5 26. Qd7 h6 27. Bf3 Bf6 28. Rc8 Rxc8 29. Qxc8+ Kh7 30. Qc5 d4 31. Bf4
Qc3 32. Qd6 Qa5 33. Qc6 e5 34. Bg3 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 e4 36. Bxe4 Qxe2 37. Bf3 Qe7
38. Qd5 d3 39. Bf4 Bg5 40. Bxg5 hxg5 41. Qa5 Qf6 42. Qb4 Qe5 43. Qd2 Be4 44.
Qe3 Bxf3+ 45. Qxf3 Qb5 46. Qe4+ (46. Qxf7 d2) 46... Kh6 47. Qd4 (47. f4 gxf4
48. Qxf4+ Kh7 49. Qxf7 d2 50. Qf3 Qc4 51. Qf5+ Kg8) 47... Qc6+ 48. Kg3 Qc7+ 49.
Kg2 Qc2 50. Qe4 Qc3 51. Qd5 d2 52. Qxf7 Qc6+ 53. f3 Kh7 (53... d1=Q 54. Qh5#)
54. Qb3 Qd6 55. Qc2+ Kh6 56. Qd1 Qd3 57. Kf2 Kg6 58. Kg2 Kf7 59. Kf2 Kf8 60.
Kg2 Ke7 61. Kf2 Kd6 62. Kg2 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch50"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.04.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1983.04.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
Bb7 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Ne3 Bf8 12. Bd2 d6 13. a4 Nd7 14. c3 Ne7 15. Qb1
Nc5 16. Bc2 d5 (16... Nxa4 17. Bxa4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Ng6) 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Ng4
Nf4 19. Bxf4 (19. Ngxe5 Nxg2 20. Kxg2 Qf6) 19... exf4 20. Nge5 Bd6 21. d4 Bxe5
(21... Bxf3 22. Nxf3 Nxa4 23. Bxa4 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qd7 26. Ra5 Qc6
) 22. Nxe5 Qg5 (22... Nd7 23. Bh7+ Kf8 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Nxe5 26. dxe5 bxa4
) 23. f3 Rad8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra7 Bd5 26. Rxc7 Na6 27. Ra7 Nc5 28. Bh7+ Kf8
29. b4 Na4 30. Qd3 Bc4 31. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch50"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.04.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1983.04.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 a5 9. b3 d6 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. O-O Rf6 (13... Ndf6) 14.
c5 bxc5 15. dxc5 Nexc5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Be2 Be4 18. Qd1 Bxf3 (18... Rb8 19.
Nd2 Bd5 20. Rb1 Ne5) 19. Bxf3 Rb8 20. Bc6 Qb2 (20... Nf8 21. Rb1 Qc3) 21. Bxd7
Nxd7 22. b4 axb4 23. Qa4 Nc5 24. Qc6 bxa3 25. Qxc7 Ra8 (25... Qb6 26. Qxb6 Rxb6
27. Rxa3 Kf7) 26. Qxd6 Nb3 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Rab1 Qxb1 29. Rxb1 a2 30. Qxb3
a1=Q 31. g4 Qe5 32. f4 Qd6 33. gxf5 Rf8 34. Rd1 Qc5 35. Rd5 Qc1+ 36. Kg2 h6 37.
Qd3 Qb2+ 38. Kg3 Qc1 39. e4 Kh7 40. e5 Qg1+ 41. Kh3 h5 42. f6+ Kh6 43. Qg3 Qf1+
44. Kh4 gxf6 45. exf6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch50"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.04.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1983.04.03"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. g3 e5 5. Nge2 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Bf4 a4 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. b3 axb3 14. axb3 Rxa1
15. Rxa1 c6 16. g4 Nfd7 17. Rd1 Nc5 18. Nde2 Bf8 19. Be3 Ned7 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21.
Qxh6 Nf6 22. Ng3 (22. Qf4 Qe7 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Nfxe4) 22... Qa5 (22...
Qe7 23. Qd2 Rd8) 23. Qe3 Ne6 (23... Re6 24. g5 Ne8 25. f4) 24. Rxd6 Qe5 25. Rd2
h5 26. gxh5 Nxh5 27. Nxh5 Qxh5 28. Ne2 Qe5 29. f4 Qa1+ 30. Kf2 Qf6 31. e5 Qh4+
32. Qg3 Qh6 33. Bf3 Ng7 34. Bg4 Bf5 35. Ng1 Nh5 36. Bxh5 Qxh5 37. h4 Bg4 38.
Ke3 Qf5 39. Ne2 Bxe2 40. Rxe2 Rd8 (40... f6 41. Kd2) 41. Rd2 Re8 42. Rg2 Qd7 (
42... Kf8 43. Qg4 Qxg4 44. Rxg4 Ke7) 43. h5 Rd8 44. hxg6 Qd4+ 45. Kf3 Qd1+ (
45... Qd5+ 46. Kg4) 46. Re2 Qf1+ 47. Ke3 f5 48. Re1 Qb5 49. Qh3 Qc5+ 50. Kf3
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch50"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.04.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1983.04.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 g6 13. d5 Nb8 14. b3 c6 15. c4 a5
16. Nf1 Nbd7 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Rc1 Rec8 20. Bd3 bxc4 21. bxc4 Ba6 22.
Re2 Rab8 23. Rec2 Qb7 24. Rc3 Qa8 25. Ng3 Bd8 26. Ra3 Rb4 27. Ne1 Qb7 (27... h5
) 28. Bd2 Nc5 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Rb1 Qb6 31. Nc2 Nxd3 32. Rxd3 cxd5 33. exd5
Rxc4 34. a3 Qa7 35. axb4 (35. Nxb4 Kg7 36. Nc6) 35... Bb6 36. Rf3 Qe7 37. b5
Bb7 38. Nb4 Rd4 39. Rd3 Nxd5 40. Rxd4 Bxd4 (40... Nc3 41. Nc6 Bxc6 42. Qb3 Bb7
43. Qxc3 Bxd4) 41. Ne2 Qh4 42. Nxd4 Nc3 43. Qd3 Qxd4 44. Qxd4 exd4 45. Re1 Nxb5
46. Re8+ Kg7 47. Rb8 d3 48. Nxd3 Bc6 49. Nb4 Bd7 50. Rb7 Be8 51. g4 g5 52. Kh2
Nc3 53. f3 Ne2 54. Rb6 Nf4 55. Rxd6 f6 56. Na6 h5 57. Nc5 Bf7 58. Ne4 hxg4 59.
hxg4 Be6 60. Kg3 Kf7 61. Ra6 Nd3 62. Ra7+ Kg6 63. Re7 Bd5 64. Nd6 Ne5 65. Nf5
Bf7 66. Kf2 Nc4 67. Rc7 Ne5 68. Ke3 Nc4+ 69. Kd4 Ne5 70. Ke4 Nc4 71. Ne7+ Kg7
72. Nd5 Ne5 73. Rc3 Ng6 74. Kd4 Nh4 75. Kc5 Ng6 76. Kd6 Ne5 77. Ne3 Kg6 78. Ke7
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch51"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1984.04.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Qc7 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 (11... exf4) 12. Nh4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nc5
14. Bg5 Be6 15. Qd2 Rac8 16. Rae1 Nxd3 17. cxd3 d5 (17... Ng4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19.
Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Qd7) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Qh6 Qe5 (20... f5 21.
Qg5+ Kf8 22. exd5 Bd7 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Rf1 Qe5) 21. Nf3 Qd6 22. Qxf6 Qd8 23.
Qh6 d4 24. Ne2 Rc6 25. Qf4 Bc8 26. Nexd4 Rf6 27. Qe3 Rd6 (27... Bg4 28. e5 Qd7)
28. h3 Qf6 29. Qf2 Qh6 30. e5 Rg6 31. Nh4 Rg5 32. Ndf3 Rg7 33. Nd2 Kh8 34. Nc4
Reg8 35. Nd6 Qh5 (35... Qg5 36. d4 Be6 37. Ne4 Qe7 38. Nf6 Rd8 39. Rd1) 36. Qf6
Be6 37. Ndf5 Bd5 38. Nxg7 Rxg7 39. Qd8+ Rg8 40. Qf6+ Rg7 41. Qd8+ Rg8 42. Qxd5
Qxh4 43. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch51"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1984.04.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. O-O-O Na5 10. Bd3 b5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. a3 Rb8 13. Qe1 Nc4 (13... b4 14.
axb4 Rxb4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 exd5 17. exd5+ Kd8 18. Qxb4 Bxd4 19. Bxa6 (19.
Qxd4 Nb3+) 19... Bxa6 20. Rxd4) 14. f4 Bb7 15. Rf1 Rc8 (15... h6 16. Bh4 O-O)
16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Ne4 (18... Nd5 19. Ne4 Bxg5+ 20. Nxg5 O-O
21. Qe4 g6 22. Qh4 h5 23. Qg3) 19. Bxe7 Nxc3 20. Qf2 f5 (20... Nxd1 21. Qxf7+
Kd7 22. Bg5#) 21. exf6 Nxd1 22. Rxd1 (22. fxg7 Nxf2 23. gxh8=Q+ Kd7) 22... g6
23. Bb4 Kf7 24. b3 Qc7 25. Nxe6 (25. Nxe6 Kxe6 (25... Qxc2+ 26. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 27.
Kxc2 Kxe6 28. Re1+) 26. Re1+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch51"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1984.04.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qd3 Qc7 10. Bg5 Bd6 (10... h6) 11. Qh3 O-O 12. Rad1 Be5 13. Kh1 f6
14. Bc1 b5 15. f4 Bd4 16. Rd3 b4 17. Nd1 (17. Nd5 exd5 18. exd5 d6 19. Qf3 Ne5
20. fxe5 Bxe5) 17... d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. f5 Qe5 (19... Be5 20. Qh4 (20. Rxd5
Nd4) 20... a5 21. Rh3 g5) 20. Bg4 a5 21. Qh4 Ba6 (21... Qd6 22. Rh3 h6 23. Re1
Be5 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Qxh6 Kf7) 22. Re1 Qc7 23. Rh3 h6 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Bf3
Rad8 (25... Bc4 26. b3) 26. Qxh6 Qg7 27. Rg3 Qxg3 28. hxg3 Rd7 29. Bxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch52"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1985.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Rc1 c5 13. Be3 Re8 14. Rc2 Nf6
15. Re1 Ne4 (15... Rc8 16. Bh3 Rc7) 16. dxc5 bxc5 (16... Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5)
17. Nd2 d4 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Bxe4 Rc8 20. Bf5 Rc3 21. Nc4 Bb4 22. Rf1 g6 23.
Bd3 Bb7 24. Rxc3 Bxc3 (24... dxc3 25. Qc2 Qf6) 25. Qc1 Bb4 26. Qf4 Bf8 27. Rd1
Re6 28. Nd2 Rf6 29. Qg5 h6 30. Qb5 Qe7 31. Qa4 Qc5 32. Qb5 Qe7 33. Qa5 Bc6 34.
Rc1 h5 35. Rc4 Rd6 36. Qa3 h4 37. Qc1 Qe6 38. Nf3 hxg3 39. hxg3 Bg7 40. Ng5 Qe8
41. Qf4 Be5 42. Qh4 Bf6 43. Qh7+ Kf8 44. Rc5 Bd5 45. Be4 Bxe4 46. Rc8 Bd5 (
46... Bd8 47. Qh8+ Ke7 48. Qxe8+ Kxe8 49. Nxe4 Re6 50. Nc5 Rxe2 51. Nb7 Kd7 52.
Rxd8+ Kc7 53. Rxd4 Kxb7 54. Rd7+ Kb8 55. Rxf7 Rxa2 56. Rf6) 47. Qh6+ Ke7 48.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 49. Nh3 Rc6 50. Qd2 Rc3 51. f3 Kf8 52. Nf4 Bc6 53. Nd3 Bb5 54. Nb4
Rc5 55. Nc2 Rd5 56. e4 Rg5 57. Nxd4 Rxg3+ 58. Kf2 Rg5 59. Nxb5 Rxb5 60. Qd7 Ra5
61. a4 Rc5 62. Qd6+ Be7 63. Qb8+ Kg7 64. Qxa7 Rc2+ 65. Kg3 Bc5 66. Qd7 Bg1 67.
b4 Ra2 68. f4 Bh2+ 69. Kg4 Ra3 70. Qd4+ Kg8 71. a5 Rg3+ 72. Kh4 Rb3 73. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch52"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A82"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1985.01.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 d5 5. fxe4 dxe4 6. Bg5 Bf5 7. Nge2 e6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. Qd2 (9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bc4) 9... h6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Be2 Nb6 12. O-O
Qd7 13. Nh5 Rg8 (13... O-O 14. Nxg7 Kxg7 15. Bxh6+ Kh7 16. Bxf8 Rxf8) 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. Bh5+ g6 16. Be2 Qg7 (16... O-O-O) 17. Bxh6 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qh8 19. Bf4 (
19. Bg5 e3 20. Bxe3 O-O-O) 19... O-O-O 20. Nb5 e5 21. Be3 a6 22. Nc3 Rg7 23.
Rf2 Rh7 24. g3 Qe8 25. Bf1 Qc6 26. Qe2 Nd7 27. Nd1 Nf6 28. c3 Bg4 29. Rxf6 Bxe2
30. Rxc6 Bf3+ 31. Kg1 Bxe3+ 32. Nxe3 bxc6 33. Bxa6+ Kb8 34. Rf1 Rd2 35. Rf2
Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Rxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch52"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Agzamov, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1985.01.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nd6 12. Bb3 Bf6 13. Ne5 (13. h3) 13... Nc6
(13... c6 14. a3 Na6 15. Re1 Nc7 16. d5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Re8 19. Bf4
Be6) 14. Bf4 Nf5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. d5 c5 17. Na4 Ba6 18. Re1 Be7 (18... c4 19.
Bc2 Nd6) 19. Rc1 Bd6 20. Bg3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Rb8 (21... c4 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4
Re8) 22. Nxc5 Bc8 23. Qd4 a5 24. Ne4 Bb4 25. Re3 Bd7 26. Nc5 a4 27. Bd1 Ba5 28.
Bxa4 Bf5 29. a3 Bb6 30. b4 Qg5 31. Qf4 Qg6 32. Bc6 h6 33. Re7 Rbd8 34. a4 Rd6
35. a5 Ba7 36. Rce1 Kh7 37. Rxc7 Bb8 38. Rb7 Rfd8 39. Rxb8 Rxb8 40. Nb7 Rxb7
41. Bxb7 Bd3 42. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch52"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1985.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1
15. Qxa1 f6 16. Kh1 Rc8 17. Bh6 Re8 18. g4 (18. Qd4) 18... Bd7 19. g5 Nc4 20.
Bxc4 Rxc4 21. gxf6 exf6 22. Nf4 Kf7 23. Nd3 Qa5 24. Qb2 Qc3 25. Qb1 Qc2 26. e5
Qxb1 27. e6+ Bxe6 28. dxe6+ Rxe6 29. Rxb1 b6 30. Bf4 Re2 31. Bg3 Rxa2 32. Nf2
Rd4 33. Rc1 Rd7 34. Ne4 Kg7 35. Be1 f5 36. Ng5 (36. Bc3+ Kh6 37. Nf6 Rd8) 36...
Re2 37. Kg1 h6 38. Nh3 g5 39. Nf2 Re6 40. Kf1 a5 41. Rc8 a4 42. Bb4 Kg6 43.
Rg8+ Kh7 44. Rc8 Rd4 45. Rc7+ Kg6 46. Bc3 Rd5 47. Bb4 b5 48. Bc3 Rdd6 49. Rg7+
Kh5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch52"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1985.01.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. a4 O-O 11. Qe1 b6 12. Qh4 Bb7 13. Kh1 e6 14. Be3 Rae8 15.
Rae1 Nc5 16. f5 Nxd3 (16... exf5 17. exf5 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Nh5) 17. cxd3 Nd7 (
17... exf5 18. exf5 Nh5) 18. Bh6 f6 (18... exf5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. exf5 Qd8) 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 20. fxe6 Rxe6 21. d4 Ree8 (21... Re7 22. Qg3 Rc8) 22. Qg3 Re7 23. Rc1
Qb8 24. d5 Kh8 25. Nd4 Ne5 26. Qh4 g5 27. Qg3 Qe8 28. Nf5 Rd7 29. Ne2 Nf7 30.
Qd3 Qe5 31. b4 Re8 32. Neg3 Rc8 33. b5 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Qb2 35. Rb1 Qa2 36. bxa6
Bxa6 37. Qb3 Qd2 38. Qb2 Qxb2 39. Rxb2 Rb7 40. Rc2 Rb8 41. h3 Bc8 42. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch52"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1985.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. b3
O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. a4 Na5 11. Nb5 c6 12. Na3 c5 13. Nb5 cxd4 14. exd4 Ne4 15.
Bb2 Rc8 16. Rc1 (16. Nxa7 Qe7 17. Nxc8 Qb4+ 18. Kf1 Rxc8) 16... Bxb5 17. axb5
Qe7 18. O-O Qb4 19. f3 Nd6 20. Bc3 Qxb3 21. Bxa5 Qe3+ 22. Kh1 bxa5 23. c5 Nf5
24. Bd3 Nxd4 25. Rc3 Qf4 26. Qa1 e5 (26... Rb8 27. Qxa5 Qd2 28. Ra3 Qxa5 29.
Rxa5 Nb3 30. Rxa7 Nxc5) 27. Qxa5 Qd2 28. Qa1 f5 29. Rd1 Qf2 30. b6 axb6 31.
cxb6 Ra8 (31... Rb8 32. Qa5 Kh8) 32. Qxa8 Rxa8 33. b7 Rf8 34. Rc8 Nc6 35. Rxc6
Qa7 36. Rb1 Rb8 37. Ra6 Qc5 38. Ra8 Qc7 39. Rxb8+ Qxb8 40. Bxf5 Kf7 41. Bxh7 g6
(41... g6 42. Rb6) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch52"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1985.01.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. a4 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nd7 12. Bg5 (12. Ba3) 12... Nc6 13. Be3 Na5
14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3 O-O-O 16. Nf4 Kb8 17. Rfb1 Rc8 18. Qf3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qxc2
20. Nxd5 Qc6 (20... exd5 21. Qxd5) 21. Nb4 (21. Nxb6 axb6 22. Qxf7) 21... Qxf3
22. gxf3 Rhd8 23. f4 Nf8 24. Rc1 Ng6 25. Rab1 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Kb7 (26... Nxf4)
27. Rc3 Ne7 28. Kg2 Nac6 29. Nxc6 Nxc6 30. Rc4 Ne7 31. Kf3 Rc8 32. Rb4 a5 33.
Rb1 Rc4 34. Ra1 Nd5 35. Rg1 g6 36. f5 exf5 37. e6 fxe6 38. Rxg6 f4 (38... Rxa4
39. Rxe6 f4) 39. Bxf4 Nxf4 40. Kxf4 Rxd4+ 41. Ke3 Rxa4 42. Rxh6 Ra3+ 43. Kd2 (
43. Ke4 Ra1 44. Kd3) 43... Ra2+ 44. Ke3 a4 45. Rxe6 b5 46. h4 a3 47. Kd3 Rb2
48. Re1 a2 49. Ra1 b4 50. h5 b3 51. h6 Rb1 52. h7 b2 53. Rxa2 Rd1+ 54. Ke2 b1=Q
55. h8=Q Qd3# 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch52"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1985.01.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 f5 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nge2 Nh6 8. h4 O-O
9. Bg5 Qd7 10. Nd5 Nf7 11. Be3 Ncd8 (11... Ne7 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. h5 g5) 12. h5
c6 (12... g5 13. exf5) 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Ndc3 Ne6 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Qd2 b5 17.
cxb5 Bb7 18. bxc6 Bxc6 19. Nd5 Rfe8 20. Rc1 Rac8 21. O-O Kh8 22. f4 Nd4 23.
Nxd4 exd4 24. Bf2 Nh6 25. Rc4 Ng4 26. Rfc1 Bb5 (26... Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Bf6) 27.
Rc7 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Qe6 29. Rxg7 Nxf2 (29... Kxg7 30. Nc7) 30. Rb7 Nh3+ 31. Bxh3
Bc6 32. Nc7 Qg6 33. Nxe8 Bxb7 34. Qh2 Kg8 (34... Qxe8 35. Bxf5+) 35. Nc7 Qh5
36. Bf1 Qf3 37. Nb5 Qd5 38. Na3 Qxa2 39. Qc2 Qd5 40. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch52"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Agzamov, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1985.01.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nc6 8.
Ne2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O b6 11. f3 Re8 12. Ra2 Na5 13. Ng3 Bb7 14. Re2 Rc8
15. Kh1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nc4 (16... h5) 17. e4 Nd7 (17... dxe4 18. fxe4 Qxd4 19.
e5) 18. e5 g6 19. f4 Qh4 (19... f5 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. Bxf5) (19... Nf8 20. f5)
20. Ref2 Rf8 (20... Nf8 21. f5 Qxd4 22. e6 f6 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Bxg6 Qxd1 25.
Bf7+ Kg7 26. Rxd1) 21. Nf5 gxf5 22. Bxf5 Rfd8 23. Rf3 Nf8 24. Bxc8 Bxc8 25. f5
Ng6 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Rf4 Qe7 28. Rf6 Qg7 29. Qe1 Bf5 30. Qh4 Rc8 31. Bh6 Qd7
32. e6 Qe8 33. R1xf5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch52"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "218"]
[EventDate "1985.01.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd6 8.
Qa4 Nge7 9. Nb5 Be5 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nf3 f6 12. Nbd4 Bd7 13. Qb3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Qc7 15. h3 Kh8 16. O-O Qc8 17. Nf3 Bd6 18. Rd1 Be6 19. Bf1 Nc6 20. Qa4 Bc5 21.
Qh4 Ne5 22. Nd4 Bg8 23. Qg3 a6 24. Bf4 Re8 25. Re1 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Nc6 27. Be3
Qd8 28. Rec1 Rc8 29. Rc3 Rc7 30. Rac1 Rce7 31. Bd3 Nb4 32. Bb1 Nc6 33. Bf5 Be6
34. Bd3 Bg8 35. Qg4 Qb6 36. Rb3 Qa5 37. a3 Qd8 38. Rbc3 Na5 39. Rc8 Qd6 40. Bf4
Qe6 41. Bf5 Qf7 42. Bd6 g6 43. Bd3 Rd7 44. R1c7 Re6 45. Bg3 Nc6 (45... Rxc7 46.
Rxc7 Re7 47. Qc8 Qe6) 46. Bxg6 hxg6 47. Qh4+ Kg7 48. Rxd7 Qxd7 49. Rc7 Qxc7 50.
Bxc7 Re4 51. Qg3 Nxd4 52. Qd6 Nc6 53. Bb6 Re6 54. Qc7+ Re7 55. Qf4 Rd7 56. Bd4
Nxd4 57. Qxd4 Be6 58. Kf1 Kf7 59. Ke1 g5 60. Kd2 Bf5 61. f3 Bg6 62. g4 Rd6 63.
Qb4 Rd7 64. f4 gxf4 65. Qxf4 Ke7 66. h4 Bb1 67. Qh6 Kf7 68. Qh8 d4 69. Qc8 Ke7
70. Qg8 Kd6 71. Qh8 Ke6 72. Qg8+ Rf7 73. Qc8+ Rd7 74. Qg8+ Rf7 75. g5 fxg5 76.
hxg5 Bh7 77. Qc8+ Kd6 (77... Rd7) 78. Qg4 Rd7 79. g6 Bg8 80. Qf4+ Kc6 81. Qf8
Ba2 82. Qc8+ Kd6 83. b4 Bb1 84. Qc5+ (84. Qg8 Bxg6 85. Qxg6+ Kc7 86. Kd3) 84...
Ke6 85. Qh5 Rg7 86. Qh8 Kf6 87. Qh4+ Kxg6 88. Qg4+ Kh6 89. Qxd4 Bf5 90. Qf6+
Bg6 91. Qh4+ Bh5 92. Ke3 Rf7 93. Ke4 Kg6 94. Ke5 Kh6 95. Ke6 Rf8 96. Qh1 Rf3
97. Qc1+ Kg6 98. Qc2+ Kh6 99. Qc7 Bg4+ 100. Kd6 b5 101. Qc1+ Kg6 102. Qc2+ Kg5
103. Qc1+ Kg6 104. Qg1 Kg5 105. Ke7 Rc3 106. Qh1 Re3+ 107. Kd6 Kf4 108. Qc1 Kf3
109. Kc6 Re4 (109... Re4 110. Qh1+ Kf4 111. Qh6+ Kf5 112. Kd7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch52 playoff"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1985.12.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. d6 Bf8 11. g3 Re6 12. Bg2 Rxd6 13. Qc2 Re6 14. O-O Nc6 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 (16... Qxf6) 17. Nf4 d5 18. Nfxd5 Rd6 19. Rad1 Be6 20.
Rfe1 Rc8 21. Qa4 a6 22. Nf4 Bg4 23. Rxd6 Bxd6 24. h3 Bf5 25. Rd1 Qc7 26. Nfd5
Qb8 27. Ne4 Bf8 28. Kh2 Rd8 29. Ne3 Be6 30. Nc3 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Qc8 32. Ned5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1986.04.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. Nxc4
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. dxc5 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bc2 13. Rc1 Bxa4 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Ra1 Bb3 16. Nb6 Nc6 17. Nxa8 Rxa8 18. e3 Bxc5 19. Kf2 f5 20. g3 (20. Na4)
20... Rd8 21. Be2 Rd2 22. f4 Nb4 23. Kf3 (23. Rhg1 Nc2 24. Rad1 Bxe3+ 25. Kg2)
23... Nd5 24. Rhc1 (24. Rhd1 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd1 26. Nxd1) 24... Nxe3 25. Ra5
Bd4 26. Rb5 Rxb2 27. Na4 Rc2 (27... Rc2 28. Rxc2 Nxc2 29. Rxb3 Ne1#) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1986.04.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Bg4 10. O-O Nc6 11. d5 Na5 12. Nd2 (12. Qc2) 12... Bxe2 13. Qxe2
Bxc3 14. Nc4 b6 15. Nxa5 Bxa5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Qb2 f6 18. f4 c4 19. f5 gxf5 20.
Rxf5 Kh8 21. Qc2 Rc8 22. Rd1 Rg8 23. e5 Rg6 24. Bf4 fxe5 (24... b5 25. d6 Bb6+
26. Kh1 e6 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 28. exf6 Qxf6) 25. Bxe5+ Kg8 26. h4 (26. Rh5 Qe8 (
26... Qd7 27. Qxg6+ hxg6 28. Rh8+ Kf7 29. Rf1+) 27. Rd4 h6 28. Rxh6 Rxh6 29.
Rg4+) 26... e6 27. Rf4 b5 28. d6 Bb6+ 29. Kh1 c3 30. Qe4 (30. Rdf1 Be3 31. Rf8+
Qxf8 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Qxc3) 30... Rc4 31. Qf3 (31. Qe1 Rxf4 32. Bxf4 Qa8 33.
Qe2) 31... Rxf4 32. Qxf4 Qf8 (32... Qa8 33. Qf3 Qxf3 34. gxf3 c2 35. Rc1 Rg1+
36. Rxg1+ Bxg1) 33. Qe4 Qf5 34. Qa8+ Qf8 35. Qe4 Qf5 36. Qa8+ Qf8 37. Qc6 (37.
Qe4) 37... Rg4 38. g3 (38. Qxc3 Rxh4+ 39. Bh2) 38... Rc4 39. Qg2 c2 40. Rc1 Be3
41. d7 Bxc1 42. Qh3 Qa8+ 43. Kh2 Kf7 44. Qf1+ Bf4 45. Bxf4 Ke7 46. Bg5+ Kxd7
47. Qf7+ Kd6 48. Bf4+ e5 49. Qf6+ Kd7 50. Qf7+ Kc6 51. Qe6+ Kb7 52. Qe7+ Ka6
53. Qa3+ Kb6 54. Be3+ Kc6 55. Qa6+ Kc7 56. Qh6 Qe4 57. Qg7+ Kc8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lerner, Konstantin"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1986.04.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nc3 d6
9. Nh4 Nc6 10. f4 a6 11. a4 Rb8 12. Be3 e6 13. Bf2 Ne8 14. Nf3 Nd4 15. h3 f5
16. exf5 gxf5 17. Re1 Nc7 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Nb1 (19. Na2 e5 20. Nb4) 19... e5
20. Nbd2 (20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Qg5 22. Kh2 f4 23. Qg4 Qxg4 24. Nxg4 f3 25.
Bh1) 20... exf4 21. gxf4 Qf6 22. Qe2 Rfe8 23. Qf2 Ne6 24. Qg3 Nc5 25. Ng5 (25.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Re1 Re3 27. Nf1 Rxe1 28. Nxe1) 25... Re3 26. Rxe3 dxe3 27. Bxb7
Rxb7 28. Qxe3 Qxb2 29. Qe8+ (29. Rb1 Bd4 30. Rxb2 Bxe3+) 29... Bf8 30. Rd1 Re7
31. Qd8 Qd4+ 32. Kh1 Nxd3 33. Rg1 Nf2+ 34. Kh2 Qxf4+ 35. Rg3 Ng4+ 36. hxg4 Re2+
37. Kh3 fxg4+ 38. Kh4 Rh2+ 39. Nh3 Rxh3+ 40. Rxh3 gxh3+ 41. Kxh3 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1986.04.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nf3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 Be6 11. f5 Bc4 12. Qe2 b5 13. g4 Bxd3 (13... Nxg4 14.
Qg2 b4 15. Qxg4 bxc3 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Bh6 Bf6 18. Bxg7) 14. cxd3 b4 15. Nd1
Nbd7 (15... h6 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Nbd7) 16. g5 Nh5 17. Nf2 Rac8 18. Nxe5 Nxe5
19. Qxh5 Qc2 20. Qh3 (20. f6 gxf6 21. gxf6 Bxf6 22. Bh6) 20... Qe2 21. Bf4 Rfd8
22. g6 Bf6 (22... Qf3+ 23. Qxf3 Nxf3 24. Ng4 Nd4 25. f6 Bxf6 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27.
gxf7+ Kxf7 28. Bg5) 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rae1 Qxb2 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. f6 Bxf6 27.
Ng4 Ke7 28. Rxf6 Rc1 (28... gxf6 29. Qxf7#) 29. Rxf7+ Ke6 30. Ref1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1987.03.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd2 c4 10. h4 (10. Be2) 10... Nbc6 11. h5 f6 12. h6 g6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14.
Qh4 Rf7 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Ng5 Rff8 17. Qh2 Rae8 18. Bg4 Nf5 19. Nf3 Qa4 20. Ra2
Bc8 (20... e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5+ 23. Qxe5 Re8 24. Qxe8+ Bxe8) 21. O-O
Qa5 22. Re1 Re7 23. Raa1 Qa4 24. Bg5 Ref7 25. Re2 Qa5 26. Bd2 Qa4 27. Ng5 Re7
28. Bf4 Qa5 29. Qh3 Nd8 (29... Rfe8 30. Rae1 Qxa3 31. Bxf5 exf5 32. Qf3) 30.
Bxf5 Rxf5 31. Qe3 Nc6 (31... Nf7 32. g4 Rf6 33. Qg3 Qb6) 32. g4 Rxf4 (32... Rf6
33. Qg3 Qd8 34. Rae1 Qd7) 33. Qxf4 Qxc3 34. Rd1 Qxa3 35. Re3 Qa5 36. Rf3 Qd8
37. Re1 Qe8 38. Qf6 e5 39. dxe5 (39. Rf4 exf4 40. Qg7+ Rxg7 41. Rxe8#) 39...
Bxg4 (39... Nd4 40. Rf4 Ne6 41. Nxe6 Bxe6) 40. Rf4 Bf5 41. e6 (41. e6 Nd8 42.
Re3 Qf8 43. Rxf5 gxf5 44. Nf7) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "1987.03.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Be6 11. a3 Bd6 12. Nb5 Rfc8 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. O-O
Qd8 15. Nd2 Qb6 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. Nxb3 Bf5 18. Rfc1 Ne7 19. Na5 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1
Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Bb5 f5 23. Nb3 Kf7 24. f3 Ke6 25. Kf2 Bd7 26. Bd3 Nc6
27. Ke2 Ne7 28. Nc1 Kf6 29. Na2 Ba4 30. Nc1 Bd7 31. b3 Nc6 32. Na2 Ne7 33. Nc3
Ke6 34. Bb1 Kf6 35. b4 b6 36. Ba2 Bc6 37. b5 Bb7 38. Kf2 Ba8 39. Bb3 Bb7 40.
Ba2 Ba8 41. Ke1 Bb7 42. Bb3 Kg5 43. g3 Kf6 44. Ke2 g5 45. Ke1 Kg6 46. Na2 Ng8
47. Nb4 Ne7 48. Kf2 Kf6 49. Ke2 Kg6 50. Kd2 Kf6 51. Kd3 Kg6 52. Ke2 Kf6 53. Kd2
Kg6 54. Kd3 Kg7 55. Kc3 Kf6 56. Ba4 Ke6 57. Bc2 Kf7 58. Bb3 Kf6 59. Kd2 Kg6 60.
Ba4 Kf6 61. Kd3 Ke6 62. Kc3 Kf6 63. Nc6 a5 (63... Bxc6 64. bxc6 a6 65. c7 b5
66. Bxb5 axb5 67. Kb4 Ke6 68. Kxb5 Kd7 69. Kb6 Kc8 70. a4 g4 71. f4 Kd7 72. Kb7
Nc8 73. a5 Ne7 74. a6 Nc8 75. a7 Nxa7 76. Kxa7 Kxc7) 64. bxa6 Bxc6 65. Kb4 Ba8
(65... Bxa4 66. Kxa4 Nc8 67. Kb5 Ke7 68. Kc6) 66. Bd7 Nc6+ 67. Kb5 f4 68. Bxc6
(68. exf4 Nxd4+ 69. Kxb6 gxf4) 68... fxe3 69. Bxa8 e2 70. Kxb6 e1=Q 71. Bc6 Qc3
72. a7 Qxd4+ 73. Kb7 Qb2+ 74. Kc7 Qxa3 75. a8=Q Qxa8 76. Bxa8 Ke5 77. Bc6 h5
78. Kd7 h4 79. Ke7 h3 80. Bb7 d4 81. Ba6 d3 82. Bxd3 Kd4 83. f4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1987.03.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Rc2 c5 14. Bf4 Bb7
15. Qc1 a5 16. Rd1 a4 17. dxc5 axb3 18. axb3 Nxc5 19. Qb2 Bf6 20. Be5 Bxe5 21.
Nxe5 Qe7 22. Nd3 Ne6 23. Nf4 Nxf4 24. gxf4 Qb4 (24... Ra5 25. Rc3 Qf6) 25. Rc7
Re7 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Qe5 Qe6 (27... Qxe5 28. fxe5 Rd8 29. Rd4 f6 30. exf6 gxf6
31. Rb4 Rd6) 28. Bxd5 Qg6+ 29. Kh1 Bxd5+ 30. Qxd5 Re8 31. Rc1 h6 32. e3 Qf6 33.
Rc6 Qh4 34. Rc7 Rf8 35. Qf3 Rd8 36. h3 Rd6 37. b4 f5 38. b5 Qd8 39. Rc6 (39.
Qb7 Qf6 40. Rc6) 39... Rd2 40. Kg2 Rb2 41. Qh5 Rxb5 42. Qg6 Kf8 43. Kg3 Qe8 44.
Qd6+ Kg8 45. Rxb6 Rxb6 46. Qxb6 Kh7 47. Qb1 Qg6+ 48. Kh2 Qe6 49. Qd3 Kg6 50.
Kg3 Qc6 51. Qb3 Kh7 52. Qd3 Kg6 53. f3 Qc1 54. Kf2 Qb2+ 55. Qe2 Qc1 56. Qe1
Qc2+ 57. Kg3 Kh5 58. e4 g5 (58... Qc5 59. e5 g5 60. e6 gxf4+ 61. Kxf4 Qd4+ 62.
Kxf5 Qf6+ 63. Kxf6) 59. Qe3 Kg6 (59... Qb1 60. exf5 gxf4+ 61. Kxf4) 60. Qb6+
Kh7 61. Qb7+ Kg6 62. Qb6+ Kh7 63. Qf6 gxf4+ 64. Kxf4 fxe4 65. Qe7+ Kg8 66. Qxe4
Qh2+ (66... Qc7+ 67. Qe5 Qc6) 67. Kf5 Qxh3+ (67... Kf8) 68. Kf6 (68. Kf6 Qd7
69. Qg6+ Kf8 70. Qxh6+ Kg8 71. Qg5+ Kf8 72. Qc5+ Kg8 73. Qc4+ Kf8 74. Qb4+ Ke8
75. Qb8+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1987.03.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qf3 Kh8 14. g4 Bc5 15.
Nc4 Nxe4 (15... Qe7 16. Bg5 Rad8) 16. Rxe4 f5 (16... Qh4) 17. gxf5 Rxf5 18.
Qxf5 Qd1+ 19. Kg2 Rf8 20. Ne3 Qd8 21. Qxe5 (21. Bf7 Bxe4+ 22. Qxe4 Rxf7 23. f3)
21... Bd6 22. Qe6 Qh4 23. Ng4 h5 24. Kf1 Qh3+ 25. Ke1 Qg2 26. Bd5 (26. Nf6 gxf6
27. Re3 Qg1+ 28. Ke2) 26... Bc8 27. Re5 Qg1+ 28. Ke2 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Bxg4+ 30. f3
Qg2+ 31. Kd3 Bf5+ 32. Kc4 c6 (32... Qxc2+ 33. Kxb4 a5+ 34. Ka3 Qc5+ 35. Ka2 c6)
33. Be4 Bxe4 34. Qxe4 Rxf3 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qxh5+ Kg8 37. Qe8+ Rf8 38. Qe6+ Kh8
39. Kb3 Rf3+ 40. Ka2 Rf6 41. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1987.03.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. e3 a5 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qc2 a4 11. e4 g6 (11... dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 f5) 12.
Re1 Na5 13. exd5 exd5 14. c5 Nh5 15. Qc3 b6 16. cxb6 cxb6 17. b4 Rc8 18. Qb2
Nc4 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20. Bc2 Re8 21. Qc3 b5 22. Ne5 Bf6 23. Bh6 Be6 24. Rad1 Bd5
25. f4 Bg7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rf1 f6 28. g4 (28. Ng4 Qd6 29. g3) 28... fxe5 29.
dxe5 Qb6+ (29... Nxf4 30. Rxf4 Qb6+ 31. Rf2) 30. Rd4 (30. Qd4 Qxd4+ 31. Rxd4
Nxf4 32. Rfxf4 Rxe5) 30... Nxf4 31. Rfxf4 Rxe5 32. Kf1 Kg8 33. Rf2 Rce8 34. Rd1
Qe6 35. h3 Bb7 36. Kg1 Re3 37. Qd4 Rxh3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1987.03.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2
c6 9. e4 d5 10. Qe2 c5 11. exd5 exd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bg5 Re8 15.
Qc2 (15. Qd2) 15... Nb4 16. Qb1 dxc4 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. bxc4 Bxc4 19. a3 Na6 20.
Nh4 (20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Ne4) 20... Rad8 21. Ne4 Qe5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qc1 Rxd1+
24. Qxd1 Qd4 (24... Be2) 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Rd1 Be6 27. Qf3 Qb2 28. Nxf6 Rc8 29.
Nd7 Bd4 30. Nf5 (30. Qf4 Bg7 31. Nf5) 30... Qxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Bxf5
33. Ne5 Rc2+ 34. Kg1 Kg7 35. Bd5 Rc5 36. Nc6 Nc7 37. Bg2 a5 38. Nd4 Bg6 39. h4
b5 40. Nc6 a4 41. Rd7 (41. Ra1 Rc3) 41... Rc1+ 42. Kh2 Ne6 43. Ne5 Rc2 44. Nxg6
hxg6 45. Kh3 (45. Rd3 Rb2) 45... Rc3 46. Bd5 Kf6 47. Bxe6 fxe6 48. Rb7 Rb3 49.
Kg4 Ke5 50. Rb6 Kd5 51. Kf4 Kc5 52. Rxe6 Rxa3 53. Rxg6 Ra1 54. h5 a3 55. Ra6 a2
56. h6 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1987.03.??"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 d5 4. c4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Kh2 Qa5 14. Qb3 Qa6
15. Rfd1 Bf6 16. Qd3 Qa5 17. Qd2 Qa6 18. Qd3 Qa5 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Bc3 Kh8 21. e3
Ne5 22. Qb5 Nc4 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. b3 Rac8 25. Rac1 Kg8 26. Bf3 Rc5 27. Bb4 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 Bxd4 (28... Rc8) 29. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1987.03.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 (7...
Bxc5) 8. Bd6 Bxd6 9. cxd6 Rd8 10. Nf3 Rxd6 11. Be2 Rd8 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Qc2
Nc6 14. a3 Bd7 15. O-O Rac8 16. Nxd5 Nd4 17. Ne7+ (17. Qd3 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Bb5
19. Qxb5 Qxb5 20. Ne7+ Kf8 21. Nxc8) 17... Kf8 18. Nxc8 Nxc2 19. Nd6 Bc6 20.
Nxf7 Rd2 21. b4 Qd5 22. Bd1 Nxa3 23. N7e5 Bb5 24. Nxd2 (24. Re1 Rb2 25. Rc5)
24... Qxd2 25. Bf3 Qb2 (25... Bxf1 26. Rc8+ Ke7 27. Rc7+ Kf6 28. Ng4+ Kf5 (
28... Kg6 29. Be4+ Kh5 30. Rc5+ g5 31. Rc7) 29. Rf7+ Kg6 30. Ne5+ Kh6 31. Ng4+
Kg6) 26. Rc8+ Ke7 27. Rc7+ Kd6 28. Rxb7 Kxe5 29. Rd1 Ba4 30. Rf1 Nc4 31. Rxa7
Bc2 32. Be2 Nd2 33. Rfa1 Qb3 (33... Bb1) 34. R7a2 Qc3 35. b5 (35. Rc1) 35...
Nb1 36. Bf1 Bd3 37. Bxd3 Qxd3 38. h3 Qxb5 39. Rc2 (39. Ra5) 39... Qd3 40. Rc1
Nc3 41. Re1 Qd2 42. e4 Ne2+ 43. Kf1 Nf4 44. Re3 h5 45. h4 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1987.03.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 c6 6. Nf3 Qe7+ 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. Bh4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4
15. Ne5 Nxc3 16. Qd2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Ne4 18. f3 Nf6 19. Rab1 b6 20. Kg2 Ne8 21.
Bg3 Qd8 22. Qc3 Nd6 23. Nxc6 Nxc6 24. Qxc6 Nc4 25. Rb5 Rc8 26. Qxd5 Na3 27.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 28. Rb3 Rxc2+ 29. Kg1 (29. Kf1 Nc4 30. Rd3) 29... Nc4 (29... Rxa2
30. Bc7 Rc8 31. d5) 30. Bc7 Rc8 31. d5 h5 32. Bf4 Rd8 33. d6 g5 34. Bxg5 (34.
Bh2) 34... Rxd6 35. a4 f6 36. Bf4 Rd4 37. Be3 Rd5 38. Bf4 Kf7 39. gxh5 Rxh5 40.
Rd3 (40. Rc1 Rxc1+ 41. Bxc1 Rxh3 42. Rc3) 40... Kg6 41. Rd4 Rxh3 42. Ree4 Na5
43. Rd3 Nb7 44. Bb8 Nc5 45. Rg4+ Kf7 46. Re3 a6 47. Rd4 (47. Bc7) 47... Ra2 48.
Bc7 Nxa4 49. Rd6 (49. Bd8) 49... Rg3+ 50. Kf1 Rgg2 51. Bd8 Rgd2 52. Re7+ Kg6
53. Rxd2 Rxd2 54. Bc7 Kf5 55. Ke1 Rd3 56. Ke2 Rb3 57. Bd8 Nc3+ 58. Kd2 Nd5 59.
Ra7 a5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1987.03.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. h4 h5 10. Bh6 b5 11. O-O-O bxc4 12. g4 Nb4 13. Ng3 c5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
d5 (15. gxh5) 15... Rh8 16. Bxc4 (16. gxh5 Nxh5 17. Nxh5+ Rxh5 18. Bxc4) 16...
Bd7 (16... Nd7) (16... hxg4 17. h5 gxf3 18. a3 Ng4) 17. g5 Nh7 18. a3 Qc7 19.
f4 Rhc8 20. f5 Qb6 21. Rhf1 a5 22. Rf2 (22. axb4 cxb4) 22... Na6 23. Rdf1 Rf8
24. f6+ exf6 25. gxf6+ Kh8 26. e5 (26. e5 dxe5 27. Qh6 Rg8 28. Nge4) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1987.03.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 c5 8. e4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Rc8 12. Rd1 b5 (12... a6 13. Qd2 Na5)
13. d5 (13. Qd2 Qb6 14. d5) 13... Nd4 14. Nxd4 Rxc2 15. Bxb5+ Ke7 16. d6+ Kf6
17. Nxc2+ (17. Nc6+ Rxb2 18. e5+ Kg6 19. Bd3+ f5 20. Nxd8 Bxd6 21. Nxb7 Bxe5
22. Nc5 Rc8) 17... Kg6 18. Bd3 e5 19. d7 Bd6 20. Ne3 Qxd7 21. f4 Rd8 22. Rf1 h6
(22... Qa4 23. f5+ Kf6) 23. fxe5 Bc5 24. Nf5 (24. Nd5 Kh7 25. Rd2) 24... Qa4
25. Rf4 Kh7 26. e6 Qb3 27. Nxg7 (27. e7 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Qxd3 29. e8=Q Ba6) 27...
Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1987.03.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nc3 f5 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne7 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Rhg1 b5 13. cxb5 Qe8 14. h3 (14.
a4 c6 15. b6 Ned5) (14. g4 fxg4 15. Ng5 Qh5 16. f4) 14... Bxb5 15. Bxb5 Qxb5
16. g4 Ned5 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Nh4 (18. Qxf5 Nxc3) 18... Ne4 19. Be1 Rab8 20.
Kb1 Rb6 21. a4 Qxa4 22. Qxa4 Nec3+ 23. Kc2 (23. Bxc3 Nxc3+ 24. Kc2 Nxa4 25. b3
Rc6+ 26. Kd2 Nc3 27. Rc1 Ne4+ 28. Ke2 Rxc1 29. Rxc1) 23... Nxa4 24. Ra1 (24. b3
Rc6+ 25. Kd2 Nac3 26. Rc1 f4) 24... Rxb2+ 25. Kc1 Ndb6 26. Ng2 Rb5 27. Nf4 Rf7
28. Rg2 c5 29. f3 cxd4 30. exd4 Re7 31. Re2 Rxe2 32. Nxe2 Rb3 33. Ng1 Rd3 34.
Bxa5 Rxd4 35. Rb1 Nd5 36. Rb8+ Kf7 37. Rd8 Nf4 38. Kc2 Nc5 39. Bc3 Rc4 40. Kd2
Nb3+ 41. Kc2 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1987.03.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Bc3 Rc8 12. Nd2 O-O 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 bxc4 15.
bxc4 Bxc4 (15... dxc4) 16. Nxc4 dxc4 17. a4 Qb6 18. Bf1 Qa6 (18... Qb3 19. Qd2
Rb8 20. Reb1 Qxb1 21. Rxb1 Rxb1) 19. a5 c5 20. d5 Rfd8 21. e5 exd5 22. Qxd5 Nf6
23. Qxc4 Qxc4 24. Bxc4 Nd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Red1 Rcd8 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Rb1 f6
(28... Bd8 29. Rb8 Kf8 30. Ra8 Rd7 31. Rc8 Rd5) 29. Rb7 Kf7 30. exf6 gxf6 31.
Rxa7 Rd3 32. Be1 Ke6 33. Kf1 Ra3 34. Bd2 h5 35. Be3 Ra2 (35... Ra1+ 36. Ke2 c4
37. a6 Ra2+ 38. Kf3 c3) 36. a6 Bd6 37. Ra8 Kd7 38. a7 Kc7 39. Kg2 Kb7 40. Rd8
Bc7 41. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1987.03.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 O-O 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. h3 Nb6 13. Qe2 (13. Re1) 13...
Na4 14. Nd1 Qd7 15. Rb1 e6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. b3 Nb6 18. Nc3 Nh5 19. Bb2 d5 20.
a4 d4 (20... c4) 21. Nb5 Rf7 22. Rhf1 Raf8 23. Ng5 Rf4 24. Bc1 d3 25. Qd1 (25.
Qe3) 25... R4f6 26. h4 h6 27. Nh3 Nxg3 28. Kxg3 Rf3+ 29. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 30. Kxf3 e5
(30... d2 31. Bxd2 (31. Ba3 Qd3+) 31... Qxd2 32. Rfd1 Qc2 33. a5 Nd7 34. Rxd7
Qxb1 35. a6 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Qxe4+ 37. Kf1 Qc6 (37... Bf6 38. a7 Bxh4) (37... Qxh4
38. Ng1) 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. a7 Qxb5+ 40. Kg1 Qxb3 41. a8=Q Qxh3 42. Qe4 Qf5 43.
Qxf5 exf5) 31. Kg3 d2 32. Ba3 c4 (32... Qd3+ 33. f3) 33. Bc5 Qd3+ 34. f3 Nd7
35. Nf2 Qc2 36. Bb4 Bf8 37. Na3 Qa2 38. Bxf8 Kxf8 39. Nxc4 Nc5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1987.03.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Ne4
8. Bf4 g5 9. Be3 f5 (9... h6) 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. f3 f4 13. Bg1 (13.
Bxf4 gxf4 14. fxe4 Nxd4 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. O-O-O) 13... Nd6 14. e4 fxe3 15.
Bxe3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Rg8 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Rhe1 g4 20. Bf4 gxf3
21. gxf3 Rg6 22. Bg3 Qd5 23. Qxd5 Rxd5 24. Re4 Rf5 25. Rd3 Ne7 26. Kd2 Kd7 27.
Rb3 b6 28. Ke2 h5 29. Rc3 Nd5 30. Rc1 Rgf6 31. Rh4 (31. Re5) 31... Rf8 32. Rh3
a5 33. Rd1 a4 34. Kd2 b5 35. Rc1 Rb8 36. Be5 Rg8 37. Bg3 Rgg5 38. Rc5 (38. Rf1)
38... b4 (38... Rxf3 39. Rxb5 Rg4 40. Rxh5 Rxd4+ 41. Kc2 Ne3+ 42. Kc3 Nf5+ 43.
Kc2 Rc4+ 44. Kd1 Kc6) 39. axb4 (39. f4 Rg4 40. Rc4) 39... Rxf3 40. Ra5 Rb3 41.
Rxa4 Rxb2+ 42. Kc1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1987.03.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nb5 Re8 11. Re1 Ng4 12. h3 a6 (12... c6) 13. hxg4 axb5 14.
cxb5 Qh4 15. g3 Qxg4 (15... Qh3 16. Bf1 Qxg4) 16. Qxg4 Bxg4 17. Kg2 f5 18. a4
fxe4 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. Bxe4 Be2 21. Ra3 Kf7 22. f3 h5 23. Kf2 d3 24. a5 h4 (
24... d2 25. Bxd2 Bxb5) 25. gxh4 Bf6 26. Kg3 Be5+ (26... Rh8 27. Bxd3 Bxd3 28.
Rxd3 Bxh4+ 29. Kg2) 27. Kg4 d2 28. Bxd2 Bxb5 29. Bc3 Kf6 30. Bxe5+ dxe5 31. b4
Bd7+ 32. Kg3 Ke7 33. d6+ Kxd6 34. Bxb7 Ra7 35. a6 Bb5 36. Kg4 c6 37. Kg5 Kd5
38. Ra5 Kc4 39. Kxg6 Kxb4 40. Rxb5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch54 playoff"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1987.03.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nge2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
a6 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. a3 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Bd7 14. h3 Qc8 15.
Kh2 Ne8 16. Nd5 Nc7 (16... e6) 17. Bg5 Qd8 18. Qd2 Nxd5 19. exd5 Nd4 20. Nxd4
Bxd4 21. Rfe1 Re8 22. Re4 Qb6 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Qd4 25. Re4 Qf6 26. Rf4 Qg7
27. Rc1 Rbc8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Qe3 Kf8 30. Qa7 Be8 31. Re4 Qf6 32. Rf4 (32. Re2
) 32... Qc3 33. Re4 Rc7 34. Qb8 Qc2 35. h4 f5 36. Rf4 Rc3 37. h5 Rc8 (37...
Rxd3 38. Be4) (37... Qxd3 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Rh4) 38. Qb7 Qc7 39. Qa6 Kg7 40.
Qa1+ Qc3 41. Qa7 Qf6 42. Rf3 Kf8 43. Bh3 Rc2 44. Rf4 Qe5 45. Qa8 Kf7 46. Kg2
Rc1 47. Kh2 Bd7 48. hxg6+ hxg6 49. Rh4 Bc8 50. Qa7 Kg7 (50... Qe1 51. Bf1 Bb7
52. Qxb7 g5 53. Rh7+ Kg6 54. Bg2 Qg1+ 55. Kh3 g4+) 51. Bg2 Rc2 52. f4 Qf6 53.
Kh3 (53. Kh1 g5 54. Rh5 g4 55. Kh2) 53... g5 54. Rh5 g4+ 55. Kh2 Kg6 56. Rh4 (
56. Rg5+ Kh6 57. Kh1 Rc1+ 58. Kh2 Re1 59. Qf2 Qc3 60. Rg8) 56... Qg7 57. Qb6
Qg8 58. Qxb5 Ba6 59. Qd7 (59. Qxa6 Qxd5) 59... Bxd3 60. Qxe7 Rxg2+ 61. Kh1 (61.
Kxg2 Qxd5+ 62. Kf2 Qa2+ 63. Kg1 Qa1+ 64. Kh2 Qb2+ 65. Kg1 Qd4+ 66. Kg2 Be4+)
61... Re2 62. Qxd6+ Kf7 63. Qc7+ Re7 64. Qc3 Qg7 65. Qxd3 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch54 playoff"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1987.03.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3
Na6 9. Nc3 Qe8 10. d5 Nc5 11. Qc2 Qh5 12. Rad1 exd5 13. cxd5 Nce4 14. Nd4 Nxc3
(14... Nxd2 15. Rxd2 Ng4 16. h3 Ne5) 15. Bxc3 Nxd5 16. Bxd5+ cxd5 17. Nb5 Rf7
18. Nc7 Rb8 19. Nxd5 Bf8 20. Qa4 a6 21. Be5 (21. Bxg7 Bxg7 22. Qf4 Ra8 23. Nb6)
21... d6 22. Bxd6 Bd7 (22... Bxd6 23. Qe8+ Bf8 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Nxc8) 23. Qf4
Re8 24. Bxf8 Rexf8 25. Rd2 Bc6 26. f3 Qg6 27. Nc3 Qf6 28. Rd6 Qe7 29. Rfd1 g5
30. Qd4 f4 31. Rd8 g4 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. fxg4 fxg3 34. hxg3 Qe6 35. Rf1 Re8 36.
Rf5 Qe3+ 37. Qxe3 Rxe3 38. Kf2 Re6 39. Nd5 Kg7 (39... Bxd5 40. Rxd5 b5) 40. Nf4
Re4 41. g5 Bd7 42. Rd5 Bc6 43. Rd6 Re5 44. Ne6+ Kg8 45. Nd4 Be4 46. Re6 Rxe6
47. Nxe6 Bd5 48. Nc5 Kf7 49. Ke3 Bxa2 50. Nxb7 Bd5 51. Nc5 Bc4 52. Nd3 Ke6 53.
Kd4 Bb5 54. e4 Kd6 55. Nf4 Be8 56. e5+ Kc6 57. e6 Kd6 58. Ke4 Kc5 (58... Bg6+
59. Nxg6 hxg6 60. e7 Kxe7 61. Ke5) 59. Ke5 Kc4 60. Nd5 a5 61. Nf6 Bg6 62. Nxh7
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eingorn, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bf4 d4 8. Nb5
O-O 9. O-O-O (9. Nc7 e5) 9... Qa5 (9... Nc6) 10. a3 Nc6 11. b4 Bxb4 12. axb4
Nxb4 13. Bd2 e5 (13... Ng4) 14. Nxe5 Nfd5 15. cxd5 Bf5 16. Bxb4 Qxb4 17. Rxd4
Qxb5 18. Qxf5 Rac8+ 19. Kd2 g6 20. Qf6 Qb3 21. Rd3 Qb4+ 22. Ke3 a5 23. g3 a4
24. h4 Rcd8 25. d6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rc1 c6 12. Rc2 Rc8 13. Re1 Ne4 14. Bh3 Nxc3 15.
Bxc3 Rc7 16. Bb2 Nf6 17. a3 Bc8 18. Bg2 Bf5 19. Rc1 Be4 20. e3 a5 21. Ne5 Bxg2
22. Kxg2 c5 23. a4 Qc8 24. Re2 Ne4 25. f3 Ng5 26. f4 Ne6 27. dxc5 Rxc5 28. Rxc5
Qxc5 29. Qd3 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qd3 f5 12. b4 Qf6 13. Bb2 Rae8 14. Qc2 Qg6
15. Rad1 Ndf6 16. d5 Ng4 17. Nh4 Qg5 18. g3 exd5 19. f4 Qh6 20. Bxg4 fxg4 21.
cxd5 Ba6 22. Rfe1 g5 23. Ng2 Re7 24. Rc1 Bb7 25. Rcd1 Qg6 26. Rd4 h6 27. Qd1
Qf5 28. Qd3 Rff7 29. Rf1 Kh7 30. Qc4 Qg6 31. Rdd1 Bc8 32. Ba1 Bb7 33. Qd4 Qf6
34. Qc4 Qg6 35. Rc1 Qf5 36. Qd4 (36. fxg5 Qxd5 37. g6+ Kxg6 38. Qxd5 Bxd5 39.
Nf4+ Rxf4 40. exf4) 36... Qxd5 37. Qh8+ Kg6 38. Qb2 Nd2 39. Rf2 Nf3+ 40. Kh1
Qe4 41. Rfc2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. O-O Bh3 11. Re1 c6 12. e4 Nd7 13. d4 Qf6 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. b4 Rfe8 16. Bb2 Nb6 17. Bd1 Rad8 18. Re3 Rd4 (18... Be6 19. Bb3 Nxc4 20.
Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Rd2 22. Re2 b5) 19. Bb3 c5 (19... Be6 20. c5 Nc4) 20. Qc2
Nd7 21. Qe2 Qg6 22. Bc2 Rd6 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qe6 25. Rd3 Nf6 26. Ba4 Rf8
27. Rd8 g6 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qd3 Qe7 30. Qe3 Bd7 31. Bc2 Bc6 (31... Ne8 32.
Qxc5 Qxc5 33. bxc5 f6) 32. b5 Bd7 (32... Be8 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Qg5) 33. Qc3 Ne8
34. Qxe5 Qxe5 35. Bxe5 Be6 36. Bd3 Ke7 37. Bb8 a6 38. bxa6 bxa6 39. Ba7 Kd6 40.
e5+ Kxe5 41. Bxc5 Bf5 42. Be2 Nd6 43. f4+ Ke6 44. g4 Bc2 45. Bxd6 Kxd6 46. c5+
Kxc5 47. Bxa6 h6 48. h4 f6 49. g5 hxg5 50. hxg5 fxg5 51. fxg5 Kb6 52. Bc8 Kc7
53. Bg4 Kd6 54. Kf2 Ke5 55. Kg3 Ba4 56. Bf3 Kf5 57. Kh4 Ke5 58. Kg4 Bd7+ 59.
Kg3 Ba4 60. Bg4 Ke4 61. Be6 Ke5 62. Bf7 Kf5 63. Kh4 Bb5 64. Bb3 Bd3 65. a4 Ke5
66. Bf7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c6 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Be6 12. Rfc1 N6d7 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Rab1
Bd6 15. Ne2 Ng6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. a4 Rac8 18. Qc5 Qb8 19. Qa3 a6 20. Rc3 Qc7
21. Rbc1 Ra8 22. Nd2 a5 23. Rb1 Nc8 24. b4 axb4 25. Qxb4 Nd6 26. Nb3 Bc8 (26...
Ne7 27. Nc5 Bf5 28. Nxb7 Bxd3 29. Nxd6 Reb8 30. Nb5 Bxb1 31. Nxc7 Rxb4 32. Nxa8
Rxa4 33. Nb6) 27. a5 Ne7 28. Ng3 g6 29. Rcc1 h5 30. Ra1 h4 31. Nf1 Bf5 32. Be2
Ne4 33. Nc5 Nxc5 34. Qxc5 Be6 35. Nd2 Nf5 36. Nf3 Qd8 37. a6 bxa6 38. Rxa6 Rxa6
39. Bxa6 Qa8 40. Qxc6 Qxc6 41. Rxc6 Ra8 42. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O b5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rac1 h6
15. Ng3 Rfd8 16. Bb1 Nd7 17. e4 Bc5 18. e5 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Bxh6 Bxf2+ 21.
Qxf2 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 gxh6 23. Rc7 Bd5 24. Re1 Rac8 25. Ra7 Ra8 26. Rc7 Rac8 27.
Ra7 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vasily"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. e4 Qb8 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Rfd1 Bf4
15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. b4 Rac8 17. Qd2 Qb8 18. h3 Ne5 19. Qe3 (19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Bb1
) 19... Nxf3+ (19... Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rc4) 20. gxf3 e5 21. a4 bxa4 22. Nxa4 Rxc1
23. Rxc1 Qd6 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. Bf1 Nh5 26. Nd3 Qg6+ (26... f6 27. Qc5 Qd8) 27.
Kh2 f6 28. Rc6 Qe8 29. Qc5 h6 30. Rc7 Bd7 31. Qd5+ Be6 32. Qc6 Bf7 (32... Qxc6
33. Rxc6 Bd7 34. Rxa6 Rb8 35. Ra5 Bb5 36. Rxb5 Rxb5 37. Nf4 Nxf4 38. Bxb5 Kf7)
33. Qxe8 Bxe8 34. Nc5 Bb5 35. Bxb5 axb5 36. Rb7 Rd8 37. Rxb5 Nf4 38. h4 Rd2 39.
Rb8+ Kf7 40. b5 Rxf2+ 41. Kg1 Rc2 42. Na6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. b4 b6 12. Bb3 h6 13. a4 Ng4 14. Nc4 a5 15. Bd2
axb4 16. cxb4 O-O 17. h3 Nf6 18. b5 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Re1 Be6 21. Bc1 Rfe8
22. Ba3 Qd8 23. Qd3 Nd7 24. f4 Qh4 25. Rf1 Rad8 26. Nd2 Bxb3 27. Qxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yusupov, Artur"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Rc1
Bxa2 15. Qa4 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Qb4 e6 18. Rfd1 (18. Nc3 b6) (18. Nf4) 18...
exd5 19. exd5 Re8 20. Bf2 b5 21. Nd4 Nc4 22. Nc6 (22. Bxc4) 22... Bxc6 23. dxc6
Nb2 24. Bxb5 Nxd1 25. c7 Qd5 (25... Qc8 26. Bxe8 Nxf2 27. Qa4 Nh3+ 28. gxh3
Qxe8 29. Qxe8+ Rxe8 30. c8=Q Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Bf8 32. Ra8 Kg7) 26. Bxe8 Nxf2 27.
c8=Q Rxc8 28. Rxc8 Nh3+ 29. gxh3 (29. Kf1 Qd3+ 30. Ke1 Qe3+ 31. Kd1 Nf2+ 32.
Kc2 Qd3+ 33. Kc1 Qd1#) 29... Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Qe2+ 31. Kg1 (31. Kg3 Be5+ 32. f4
Qe3+ 33. Kg2 Qe2+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8.
e3 Qd7 9. O-O Rb8 10. Qe2 b5 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 Rb6 13. Bb2 a6 14. e4 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Rxa6 Rxa6 17. Qxb5+ Nd7 18. Qxa6 Be7 19. Qa8+ Bd8 20. Bf3 Qd3
21. Kg2 Ne5 22. Bh5 O-O 23. Rd1 Be7 24. Qxf8+ Kxf8 25. Rxd3 Nxd3 26. Be2 Ne1+
27. Kf1 Nc2 28. Nc3 Nd4 29. Bd1 (29. Bc4) 29... Bb4 30. Na4 g5 31. Nb2 f6 32.
Nd3 Bd2 33. Kg2 Ke7 34. Kf1 Kd6 35. f3 f5 36. Kf2 h6 37. Nb2 Ke7 38. Nc4 Bc1
39. Ne5 Bd2 40. Nc4 Bc1 41. Ne5 h5 42. exf5 exf5 43. g4 h4 44. gxf5 Kf6 45. Nd3
Bd2 46. Kg2 Kxf5 47. Kh3 Bf4 48. Kg2 Be5 49. Kh3 Bd6 50. Kg2 Ke6 51. Kh3 Nf5
52. Be2 Kf6 53. Nf2 Nd4 54. Bd1 Kf5 55. Nd3 Be7 56. Kg2 Bf8 57. Kh3 Bd6 58. Kg2
Ke6 59. Kh3 Nf5 60. Be2 Ne3 61. f4 gxf4 62. Kxh4 Kf5 63. Ne1 Ke5 64. Kg5 Be7+
65. Kg6 Ke4 66. Bf3+ Kd4 67. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eingorn, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Yusupov, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8.
g3 Nb4 9. Qd1 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bg2 a5 12. O-O Qb6 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Qb1 Bd7
15. Ne4 h6 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Nfd2 Qb5 (17... Nd5) 18. Nc3 Qa6 19. a3 Nd5 20.
Bxd5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Bf8 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Bxc5 24. Ne4 (24. e4) 24... Qxe2
25. Nxc5 Bc6 26. Ne4 (26. Qf1) 26... Bxd5 (26... Rxd5 27. Nc3 Qf3 28. Nxd5 Bxd5
29. Kf1 Be6 30. Ke1 Bg4 31. Kd2 Qxf2+ 32. Kc3 Qc5+ 33. Kd2 Qd4+) 27. Nc3 Qf3
28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Qc2 Re5 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. bxc3 Kg6 33. a4 Rc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 11. d4 Ne4 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. Rb1 f5 (13... Rb8)
14. g4 Qe7 (14... Nd6 15. Ng5 Ne7) 15. gxf5 Nd6 (15... Bxf5 16. Ng5 Bg6 17.
Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Rxe4 20. Rxb7 Rxe2) 16. Ng5 Qxe2 17. Bd5+ Kh8
18. Qxe2 Rxe2 19. Bf4 Nd8 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Rbe1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Bd7 23. Re7 Bc6
24. f6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. a4 a6 14. a5 b5 15. Bb2
Qd6 16. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nh3 Nc6 7. Rb1 d6 8. d5
Ne5 9. b3 Bd7 10. O-O c5 11. Bd2 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Qc2 Ne8 14. Kh1 b6 15. f4
Nf7 (15... Ng4) 16. Nf2 Nh6 17. e3 Nc7 18. Ne2 Qe8 19. Bc3 Qf7 20. Bxg7 Qxg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D62"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 g6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. O-O Bg4 14. Nd4
Rac8 15. Rac1 a6 16. Be2 Ne4 17. Qd3 Bd7 18. Bf3 Qb4 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. Nxb3 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rd1 Be6 23. Nd4 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. Ke1 h5 26. Be2 Bd7 27. h4
Ba4 28. Rb1 Kd6 29. Bd3 Ke5 30. Ke2 Kd6 31. f3 Nc5 32. Rc1 Bd7 33. Kd2 Nxd3 34.
Rxc8 Bxc8 35. Kxd3 Bd7 36. Kc3 b6 37. Ne2 Ke5 38. Ng3 a5 39. f4+ Kd6 40. Kd4
Bf5 41. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ndf6 6. N1f3 Nh6 7. c3 g6 8.
Bc4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf5 11. Ne5 Nd5 12. Ngf3 Qc7 13. Bb3 e6 14. c4 Nf6
15. g4 Ne7 16. Bf4 Qa5 17. Rc1 b5 18. Bd2 Qd8 19. Bb4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 a5 21. Ba3
Ba6 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 23. Bxe6 Ned5 24. Ne5 Raa7 25. Rxc6 Nf4 26. Rxa6 Rxa6 27.
Bxf7+ Kh8 28. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O e5 7. Qxc4 Nge7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Qb1 c5 12. b3 Nec6 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. a3 Nd5
15. e3 Rfd8 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Rac1 b6 18. Qb1 f6 19. Rfe1 Qf7 20. h4 Qd7 21. Kh2
Nde7 22. Bf1 Nf5 23. Bc3 h6 24. b4 g5 25. bxc5 gxh4 26. gxh4 bxc5 27. Ne4 Qe7
28. Bh3 Nd6 29. Bxe6+ Qxe6 30. Rg1 Nxe4 31. dxe4 Kh7 32. Rg3 Rb8 33. Qc2 Qb3
34. Nd2 Qxc2 35. Rxc2 h5 36. Kg2 Bf8 37. Kf3 Ne7 38. Ke2 Ng6 39. Rc1 Rb7 40.
Nc4 Rg7 41. Rf3 Be7 42. Rb1 Rd7 43. Rh3 Rf7 44. Rg3 Bf8 45. Rb5 Rc7 46. Rg1
Rfd7 47. a4 Kh6 48. Rb8 Rf7 49. Rh1 Rb7 50. Rc8 Rfc7 51. Ra8 Rd7 52. Bd2 Kh7
53. Rg1 Be7 54. a5 Rbc7 (54... Rb3) 55. Rb1 Kg7 (55... Rc6) 56. a6 Nf8 57. Rab8
Kf7 58. R1b7 Ke6 59. f4 exf4 60. exf4 f5 61. exf5+ Kxf5 62. Ba5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. h4 h5
15. f5 Bd7 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Rhe1 e5 18. g3 b5 19. a3 Qc4 20. Qxc4 Rxc4 21. Nd2
Rc5 22. Nf1 g6 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Ne3 O-O 25. Rd3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5
8. O-O e6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. c3 Be7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. g3 b5 14. Bf1 Nd5
15. h4 Bf6 16. Bd3 b4 17. c4 Ne7 18. Be3 Qa5 (18... Bxd4 19. Qe4 Nf5 20. g4)
19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Bb1 Nf5 21. d5 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 cxd5 23. cxd5 Qc5 (23... Bxb2)
24. Ree1 (24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Rxe6) 24... Bxb2 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Qe4 g6 27. Qxe6+
Kh8 28. Kg2 Bc3 29. Be4 Rab8 30. Rf1 Qe5 31. Qxe5+ Bxe5 32. h5 Kg7 33. Rh1 a5
34. Bc2 Bf6 35. h6+ Kf8 36. f4 Rxd1 37. Rxd1 Rd8 38. Rxd8+ Bxd8 39. Kf3 Bf6 40.
g4 Bb2 41. g5 Bc1 42. Kg4 Kg8 43. Bb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 d6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. a3 Bd7 11. Rc1 Rfc8 12. h3 Rc7 13. Rd1 b6 14. axb4 (14.
axb4 Qxb4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Rad1 Ne4 14. Bd3 Bxc3
15. bxc3 b5 16. Qxb5 Nxc3 17. Qxa6 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nxf4 20. Qc4 Qd6
21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Rb8 23. a3 Rb2 24. f3 Qe5 25. Qe4 (25. Qf1 Qe3 26. Nd3
Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Rf2 28. Qd1 Qe5 29. Rb3 Rd2) 25... Qg5 (25... Rf2) 26. g3 (26.
Qe8+ Kg7 27. Qe3 Rxg2) 26... Qh5 27. h4 Ne2 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. d6 Nxg3+ 30. Kg1
Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Qf5 32. Qxe2 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Eingorn, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Ba7 8.
Qe2+ Qe7 9. Bg5 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Nc6 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Rad1 O-O 14. c3
Re8 15. Rfe1 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nfd4 h5 19. g5 Ne4 20. Kg2 Nxd4 21.
Nxd4 Nc5 22. Kf1 Rac8 23. Be3 Bb8 24. Nb3 Na4 25. Rd2 Bf5 26. Kg2 Be4+ 27. Bf3
Bf4 28. Ree2 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 Re5 30. h4 Rce8 31. Kg3 Bxf3 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Kxf3
g6 34. Nc1 Re4 35. Rxd5 (35. Kg3) 35... Rxh4 36. Nd3 Nb6 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rb8
Nd7 39. Rc8 (39. Rxb7 Rh3+ 40. Ke2 Rxd3) 39... Nf8 40. Nf4 Nh7 41. Rc5 Rg4 42.
Nh3 Nf8 43. Rc7 b5 44. Rc5 Ne6 45. Re5 Ra4 46. a3 Rg4 47. Rd5 Kf8 (47... Rh4
48. Ng1 Rh1 49. Kg2 Nf4+ 50. Kxh1 Nxd5) 48. Re5 Ke7 49. Re4 Rxe4 50. Kxe4 Nc5+
51. Kd4 Kd6 52. b4 Nd7 53. c4 bxc4 54. Kxc4 Ke5 55. f3 h4 56. b5 a5 57. Ng1 Kd6
58. Kd4 Nc5 59. Nh3 Ne6+ 60. Kc4 Kc7 61. Kd5 Kb6 62. Kd6 Kxb5 63. f4 Ka4 64.
Ke7 Kxa3 65. Kxf7 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. d4 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. Qxd4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Rd1 d6 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Qf4 Qb8 12. Rd2 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qh4 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. f3 Rac8 (16... Rad8) 17. Rad1 e4 18. b3 exf3+ 19. exf3 Rc5 (
19... Rfd8) 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qe4 Qb8 22. Qe3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 h5 24. Rd7 Rf5 25.
R1d6 Qc8 26. Qd4 Qa6 27. a4 Qa5 28. Qd2 Qe5 29. Rxa7 g5 30. Rad7 g4 31. f4 Qe4+
32. Kg1 e5 33. Rd3 h4 34. Qd1 Rf6 35. Qxg4+ Rg6 36. Qf3 Qxf3 37. Rxf3 exf4 38.
Kf2 fxg3+ 39. hxg3 h3 40. Kg1 Re8 41. Kh2 Re2+ 42. Kxh3 Rh6+ 43. Kg4 Rg6+ 44.
Kf5 Kg7 45. Rd5 Ree6 46. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Qe7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Ne4 Be7
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Rac1 Bf5 17. Bc3 Bxc2 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxc2 d4 20. exd4
Bxd4 21. Bf3 Rab8 22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. Kf1 (23. Rcd2 Bf6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+
Bxd8 26. Bxb7 a5) 23... b6 24. Be2 a5 25. Rc7 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov, Vasily"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 Nd7 6. Bf4 Ngf6 7. Qc1 Qb6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Na3 Ne4 10. Nc2 (10. c4) 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Ndf6 12. b3 Be6 13. Qb2
Rfc8 14. Rac1 Nc3 15. Rfe1 Nfe4 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Bd2
Nd5 20. e3 (20. a4 Qe6 21. Ne3) 20... h5 21. Na3 (21. f3 Qe6 22. Rf1) 21... Rd8
22. Rc4 Qe6 23. Bc1 (23. Nb5 Qd7 24. a4 a6 25. Nc3 b5 26. Nxd5 bxc4 27. Nb6)
23... a6 24. Qe2 b5 25. Rc5 Nb4 26. Rf1 Nd3 27. Rc2 h4 28. Bd2 Qh3 29. Ba5 Rd5
30. Nb1 hxg3 31. fxg3 b4 32. Bc7 e5 33. Nd2 (33. Bxe5 Bxe5 34. dxe5 Nxe5 35.
Nd2 f5) 33... exd4 34. Nxe4 dxe3 35. Rc4 Qe6 36. Ng5 Rxg5 37. Qxd3 Re8 38. Qe2
Rd5 39. Rc2 Bd4 40. Bf4 Bb6 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Rf3 g5 43. Rc4 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Rfd1 Bd7 11. Rd2 Bc6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rad1 a5 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. Rxd5 c6 16. Rd6 Kg7 17. c3 b5 18. g3 Ra7 19. Kg2 Rc7 20. a3 Be7 21.
R6d2 f6 22. Ne1 Rcc8 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Rcd8 25. Ra2 Rxd1 26. Bxd1 Bd6 27.
Bb3 Re7 28. Nc2 Rb7 29. Ne3 Kf8 30. Ra8 Ke7 31. h4 h5 32. Kf3 Bc7 33. Ke2 Kf8
34. f3 Bb6 35. Ra2 Ra7 36. Rxa7 Bxa7 37. g4 hxg4 38. fxg4 Kg7 39. Be6 Bb6 40.
Kd3 Kf8 41. Bc8 Kg7 42. Bb7 Ba7 43. Ke2 Bb6 44. Nc2 Kh6 45. Ne1 c5 46. Nd3 cxb4
47. Nxb4 Kg7 48. Nd5 Bd8 49. Bc8 Kf7 50. Kd3 Kf8 51. Kc2 Kg7 52. Kb2 Kf7 53.
Kc2 Kg7 54. Kb2 Kf7 55. Ka2 Kg7 56. Ka3 Ba5 57. Kb3 Kf7 58. Nb4 Bb6 59. Nd3 Be3
60. Bb7 Kg7 61. Kb4 Bd2 62. Nc5 Be1 63. Ne6+ Kf7 64. Bd5 Bxh4 65. Kxb5 Ke7 66.
c4 Bf2 67. c5 Nd7 68. Bc4 Bg1 69. Bd5 Bf2 70. Bb3 Bg1 71. Bc4 Bf2 72. Kc6 Bg1
73. Bb3 f5 74. exf5 (74. exf5 gxf5 75. gxf5 e4 76. Bd1 Nxc5 77. Nxc5 Bxc5 78.
Kxc5 Kf6 79. Bg4 e3 80. Kd4 e2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yusupov, Artur"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Nc3 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Qd6 15.
Rac1 Nd7 16. Qe3 Qb6 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Qe3 Rac8 21.
Ne5 a5 22. b3 Rc7 23. Rc2 Rfc8 24. Rfc1 Bf8 25. h4 h6 26. Nd3 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nd4 7. Bxd4 exd4 8.
Qxd4 c6 9. Nc3 (9. Bxc4 cxd5 10. exd5 Bd6) 9... cxd5 10. O-O-O Bb4 11. Bxc4
Bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. exd5 b5 14. Bb3 (14. Bxb5 Rb8) 14... a5 15. Ne2 Qd6 16.
Ng3 a4 17. Bc2 Qa3+ 18. Kb1 Rd8 (18... Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Be6 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qd2
Rfc8 22. Ne4 Bf5 23. Rc1 Kg8) 19. Qb4 Qxb4+ 20. cxb4 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Rxd5 22. Be4
Bb7 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rd1 Be6 25. a3 Kf8 26. Kb2 Ke7 27. Ne4 Ra7 28. Re1 Rd7
29. Kc3 Rd5 30. Nc5 Kf6 31. Ne4+ Kg6 32. Nf2 Kf6 33. Rd1 Rxd1 34. Nxd1 Ke5 35.
Ne3 f5 36. Nc2 Bc4 37. Ne3 Be6 38. Nc2 f4 39. Ne1 g5 40. Nd3+ Kd5 41. h4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eingorn, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Nh4 b5 8. Nc3 (
8. cxd5 d6 9. O-O) 8... bxc4 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nf5 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 (11... h6) 12.
Bxf6 (12. Nxe7+ Nxe7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Rb8) 12... Bxf6 13.
Bxd5 Rb8 14. Nd6 Ba8 15. Nxc4 Na5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Qc2 Rab8 19.
Rab1 Rb7 20. Rfd1 Rfb8 21. Ne4 Qxa2 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Qxc5 Rxb2 24. Rxb2 Rxb2
25. Qc8+ (25. Rxd7 Qb1+ 26. Kg2 Qe4+) 25... Kg7 26. Qxd7 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 Be6 9. d3 O-O 10. b4 Nd4 11. Bb2 Bb3 12. Qc1 c5 13. bxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxd4 Bxd4
15. Bxb7 (15. e3 Rc8) 15... Rb8 16. Bg2 Qd7 (16... Rc8 17. Qe1 Qd7) 17. Ne4 (
17. e3 Rfc8 18. exd4 exd4 19. Qd2 dxc3 20. Bxc3) 17... Rbc8 18. Qb1 Bc2 19. Qa2
Bxd3 20. Bxd4 (20. exd3 Rc2 21. Rab1 Na4) 20... Bc4 21. Qb2 exd4 22. Rfd1 Rfd8
23. Bf3 f5 24. Nd2 Bf7 25. Qb4 Na4 26. Nb3 Rc4 27. Qe1 Nc3 28. Rd3 Qa4 29. Nxd4
Nxe2+ 30. Qxe2 Rcxd4 31. Rxd4 Qxd4 32. Rc1 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be2 O-O 9. Rb1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bb4 Nb6 14. Qd3
Re8 15. Ng5 Be6 (15... Bxd4 16. Bd1 Rd8 17. Bb3 Bxf2+ 18. Kh1 Rxd3 19. Bxa2)
16. d5 Bd7 17. Qf3 f5 18. Bd3 Bf6 19. exf5 Bxg5 20. fxg6 Qxd5 (20... hxg6 21.
Bxg6 Qxd5 22. Qg3) 21. Be4 Qe6 22. Bd2 hxg6 (22... Bxd2 23. Rxb6 axb6 24. Bd5)
23. Bxg5 Bc6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Qh3 Qd5 26. Be3 Nc4 27. Qg4 Kg7 28. Bd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4
cxd4 9. exf5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Bxc4 dxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Bd2
Nd5 15. Qe2 Kf7 16. O-O Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Rhe8 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. Bf4 g6 20. Rab1 Bb6
21. Be5 Nd7 22. Bd6 Rad8 23. Rb4 Nf6 24. Bg3 Qc5 25. Rc4 Qe3 26. Qxe3 Bxe3 27.
Be4 c5 28. a5 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 Rd3 30. Be5 Red8 31. h4 Bh6 32. Kh2 R8d5 33. Kh3
Rd1 34. Rxd1 Rxd1 35. Re2 Ra1 (35... Rb1 36. f4) 36. Rb2 Rxa5 37. Rb7+ Ke8 38.
Rxh7 Bf8 39. Kg4 Ra2 40. g3 a5 41. Kg5 Be7+ 42. Kxg6 Re2 43. f4 Rg2 44. f5 exf5
45. Kxf5 Kd7 46. c4 Rf2+ 47. Kg6 Ke6 48. Rxe7+ Kxe7 49. h5 Re2 50. Bf6+ Ke6 51.
g4 Rf2 52. g5 a4 53. h6 Rxf6+ 54. gxf6 a3 55. f7 a2 56. f8=Q a1=Q 57. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ne3 Bf8 14. Bd2 c4 15. d4
Bd7 16. b4 exd4 17. cxd4 Nc6 18. Qb1 h6 19. Bc3 Qb8 20. a3 Ne7 21. d5 Ng4 22.
Nxg4 Bxg4 23. Nd4 Ng6 24. Qc1 Bd7 25. f4 Be7 26. Qd2 Bf6 27. g3 Qc8 28. a4 Qb7
29. Kg2 Ne7 30. Qf2 Ng6 31. a5 Qc8 32. Re3 Bh3+ 33. Kg1 Qd7 34. Rae1 Rac8 35.
Qd2 Kf8 36. Bd1 Kg8 37. Kh1 Qb7 38. Bf3 Bd7 39. h4 Qc7 40. Kh2 Rcd8 41. Qb2 Re7
42. Nf5 Bxf5 43. Bxf6 gxf6 44. exf5 Rde8 45. Be4 Nf8 46. Qxf6 c3 47. Qd4 c2 48.
Rc3 Qa7 49. Qxa7 Rxa7 50. Rxc2 Rae7 51. Rce2 Nd7 52. Bd3 Rxe2+ 53. Rxe2 Rxe2+
54. Bxe2 Nf6 55. g4 (55. Bf3 h5) 55... Nxd5 56. Bf3 Nxb4 57. Bb7 Kg7 58. g5 f6
59. Kg3 Kg8 60. Kf3 Kg7 61. Ke2 Kh7 62. Kd2 d5 (62... Kg7 63. Kc3 Na2+ 64. Kb3
Nc1+ 65. Ka3 Nd3 66. Bxa6 b4+ 67. Ka2) 63. Kc3 Na2+ 64. Kd4 Nb4 65. Kc5 Nd3+
66. Kd6 b4 67. Bxd5 Nxf4 68. g6+ Kg7 69. Bc4 h5 70. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 f5 7. d3 Nf6 8. Nf3 O-O
9. O-O d6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 h6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Ra1 Rc8 15. Ra7 b6
16. Na2 g5 17. Nb4 f4 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Na6 Bh3 20. Kh1 Bxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Nf5 22.
Nb4 Qf7 23. e4 Ne7 (23... fxe3 24. fxe3) 24. h3 Ng6 25. Nh2 h5 26. Qe2 Qd7 27.
Nd5 Nxd5 28. exd5 g4 29. Kg1 (29. hxg4 f3+ 30. Nxf3 Qxg4) 29... fxg3 30. fxg3
Rxf1+ 31. Nxf1 Rf8 32. hxg4 h4 (32... hxg4 33. Nh2) 33. Qe4 Qf7 34. Qf5 Qxf5
35. gxf5 Rxf5 36. Rxc7 Rf3 37. gxh4 Nf4 38. Bc1 (38. Rc6 Nxd3 39. Bc3 Nf4 40.
Bd2 e4 41. Be3 Bh6 42. Bxb6 Ne2+) 38... e4 39. Be3 exd3 40. Ra7 d2 41. Bxd2 (
41. Bxd2 Bd4+ 42. Be3 Bxe3+ 43. Nxe3 Rxe3 44. Rb7 Rc3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Ne7 8. Nbd2
c6 9. Re1 O-O 10. a4 Ng6 11. a5 Bc7 12. Bb3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 h6 15. Bc4
Bf5 16. Bd2 b6 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. b5 cxb5 20. Bxb5 Ndf4 21. Bc4
Qd8 22. d4 Bg4 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. h3 Bh5 25. Ng3 (25. d5) 25... Bxf3 26. Qxf3
exd4 27. Rd1 Qf6 28. Ne4 Qg6 29. Rxd4 Be5 30. Rd1 Nxh3+ 31. Kf1 Ng5 32. Nxg5
Qxg5 33. g3 Qe7 34. Qc6 Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 36. Be2 g6 37. c4 Bd4 38. Bf3 Kg7
39. Bd5 h5 40. Bf3 Qg5 41. Qd5 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Qd2 43. Be2 h4 44. gxh4 Qf4 45. Qf3
Qxh4 46. Qg3 Qe7 47. Qf4 Be5 48. Qe3 Qf6 49. Qf3 Qg5+ 50. Qg4 Qd2 51. Qe4 Bd4
52. Kf1 Qc1+ 53. Kg2 Qg5+ 54. Qg4 Qe5 55. Bd3 Bc5 56. Be2 f5 57. Qf3 Qd4 58.
Qb7+ Kh6 59. Qf3 Kg5 60. Bd3 Kf6 61. Kf1 Qh4 62. Ke2 Qh2 63. Kf1 Qd6 64. Kg2
Qd4 65. Kf1 Qd7 66. Qh3 g5 67. Qh6+ Ke5 68. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yusupov, Artur"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. b3
Nc6 9. a3 d5 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Qe2 Rac8 12. Rac1 Rfd8 13. h3 Qb8 14. Red1 Bd6 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. c4 (16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. c4 Na5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Nc4) 16... d4 17.
exd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. b4 Nh5 20. c5 Nf4 21. Qf1 Be7 22. Ba6 (22. g3 Nxd3
23. Qxd3) 22... d3 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Re1 Qd5 25. Rc4 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Bf6 27. Rxe2
dxe2 28. Qxe2 Qd3 29. Qxd3 Rxd3 30. Ne4 Bb2 31. c6 f5 32. Ned2 Bxa3 33. b5 Rd5
34. Ra4 Bd6 35. Rxa7 Rxb5 36. Nd4 Rd5 37. N2f3 Bc5 38. Rd7 Bxd4 39. Rxd5 exd5
0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3
Na5 9. f4 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxb3 12. axb3 Nd5 13. Qf3 Nxe3 (13... Bb7 14.
O-O Qc7) 14. Qxa8 Qd7 15. Ncxb5 Nxg2+ 16. Qxg2 Bb7 17. Qf1 axb5 18. O-O-O Bd5
19. Nxb5 Qb7 20. Rg1 g6 21. Rd2 Be7 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. exd6 O-O 24. Rg4 Qc6 25.
Qf6 Qxd6 26. c4 Qc7 27. Rgd4 Qc5 28. b4 Qc7 29. b3 Ra8 30. R4d3 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. Qc2 b6 14. Nb3 axb4 15. axb4
fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. Bd3 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf5 19. Qd3 Qh4 20. g3 Qf6 21. f3 Bd7
22. Bd2 Nd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Ra1 Bh3 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Rd1 Bf5 27. Re1 h5 28.
Kf2 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Ra3 30. Qf4 Qxf4 31. gxf4 Bf6 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Rc8 Ra7 34.
Ke2 Bh4 35. Kd3 Bf2 36. Bc1 Ra1 (36... Be1 37. Bb2 Bxb4 38. Bxd4+ Kf7) 37.
Rxc7+ Kf6 38. Bd2 (38. Bb2 Rd1+ 39. Kc2 Re1 40. Rd7 Re2+ 41. Kb3 Re3+ 42. Ka2
Re2 43. Rxd6+ Ke7 44. Rxg6 d3 45. Kb3 d2 46. Kc2 d1=Q+ 47. Kxd1 Rxb2 48. Re6+
Kd7 49. Re2 Rxe2 50. Kxe2) 38... Ra3+ 39. Ke4 Ra2 40. Kd3 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Yusupov, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. h3 b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Bb7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bd3 Nf8 15.
Qh4 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxh7+ Nxh7 19. Rxd5 Qd8 20. Qc4 Qe7 21.
Bd2 Nf6 22. Re1 Qd7 23. Rg5 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Re8 25. Bc3 Re4 26. Qa6 Re6 27. Qf1
g6 28. g3 Bc7 29. Qc4 Ne4 30. Rd5 Qe7 31. Qd3 Rd6 32. Kg2 Qe6 33. Rxd6 Bxd6 34.
Nd2 Qxh3+ 35. Kf3 Qf5+ 36. Ke3 Nxc3 37. bxc3 Qe6+ 38. Kf3 Be7 39. c4 Qc6+ 40.
Ke2 Bf6 41. Ne4 Bd4 42. Qf3 Qe6 43. Kd3 b5 44. Nd2 Qa6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Be7 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 d4 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. exd4 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 exd4 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Nxd4 Qa5+ 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. Be3 (19. Be3 Ba4 20. b3
Bxb3 21. Rb1 Ne4 22. Rxb3 Nxd2 23. Rxb6 Nxf1 24. Rxb7 Nxe3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Qc2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. d5 e5 12. e4 Nd7 13. b4 g6 14. Bh3 Qe7 15. a3
Rfb8 16. Qc2 h5 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Nd2 Bg5 19. Nb3 axb4 20. axb4 Nf6 21. Bf1 h4
22. c5 Bc8 23. cxb6 cxb6 24. Qd3 Bg4 25. Re1 Kg7 26. Nd2 hxg3 27. hxg3 Bxd2 28.
Qxd2 Bd7 29. Be2 Ng4 30. Rec1 Rh8 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Nd1 Qd8 33. Ne3 Nxe3 34.
Qxe3 Rc8 35. Rxc8 Bxc8 36. Qc3 Bd7 37. Kg2 Qb8 38. Bf1 Qh8 39. Be2 Qb8 40. Bf1
Qa7 41. Qe3 Qc7 42. Kh2 Be8 43. Kg1 Ba4 44. Kh2 Bd7 45. Kg1 Bg4 46. Bg2 Bd1 47.
Kh2 Bc2 48. f4 f6 49. fxe5 fxe5 50. Qc1 Qc4 51. Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. e3
c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nf3 Qb6 (12... Rc8) 13. Na4 Qc7
14. Be2 Rfd8 15. a3 Be8 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. b4 Qb8 18. Qb3 Ne4 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20.
b5 Nd5 21. Bc4 Ndf6 22. Nc3 Nc5 23. Qb1 Qc7 24. Ne2 (24. Qb4) 24... Qa5 25. Qb4
(25. Qb2) 25... Qxb4 26. axb4 Nce4 27. Ned4 Kh8 28. Bd3 (28. Rc2 Nd6 29. Rfc1)
28... Nc3 29. Ra1 Rd5 30. Rxa7 e5 31. Bf5 (31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxb7 Ncd5 33. h3
Nxb4 34. Be2) 31... Rcd8 32. Nc2 Bxb5 33. Re1 g6 34. Bh3 Ba6 35. e4 Rd1 36.
Nxe5 Rxe1+ 37. Nxe1 Rd1 38. N5f3 Nfxe4 39. g3 Ng5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+
Nfd7 9. a4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qe7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Na6 13. Re1 Nb4 14. Bf1 Re8 15.
Nb5 Nf6 16. e5 Nfxd5 17. Nxd6 Rd8 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Bc4 Nb6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21.
Qxe6 fxe6 22. Re2 Bf8 23. a5 Bxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vasily"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. c4 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 O-O
9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Nh7 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nd5 Qd7 13. Kh2 f5 14. Nd3 Rae8 15. b4 g5
16. bxc5 e4 17. Bxg7 Qxg7 (17... Kxg7 18. Nb2 dxc5 19. d3 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Qxd5
21. dxe4 Qxd1 22. Raxd1 fxe4 23. Rd7+ Re7 24. Rxe7+ Nxe7 25. Bxe4 Nf6) 18. cxd6
exd3 19. Nc7 Bxc4 20. Qa4 b5 (20... b5 21. Nxb5 Bxb5 22. Qxb5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Eingorn, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Ra2 b6 11. Qf4 h6 12. h4 Nd7 13. h5 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15.
Rh3 Qb5 (15... Rc8 16. Nh4 Ke8 17. Rg3) 16. Ra1 Qa4 17. Ra2 Qb5 (17... Qc4 18.
Ra1 Rc8) 18. Ra1 Qa4 19. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eingorn, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 d6
9. b3 Qc7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. h3 Re8 12. d3 Nc6 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Qe2
Ned7 16. Rad1 g6 17. Qe3 Bf8 18. g4 Rac8 19. g5 Nh5 20. Bf3 Ng7 21. Bg4 f5 22.
gxf6 Nxf6 23. Bf3 Nd7 24. Bg2 Qd8 25. Nde2 Qh4 26. Qf4 Qh5 27. Ng3 Qa5 28. Qd2
Qc5 29. a3 Qc7 30. Qe2 Nc5 31. e5 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 dxe5 33. Nce4 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Bb3 Be7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. c3
Qc5 15. Bh4 b5 16. a3 Rac8 17. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. h3 g6 12. g4 Ng7 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Ne2
O-O-O 15. Nf4 Kb8 16. Be2 Ne8 17. Nd2 Nd6 18. h4 Bc8 19. Nb3 Ne4 20. Bf3 f5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Nc3 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Qd6 15.
Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. Rfd1 Ra7 20. Rac1 f6 21. Nf3
e5 22. Qd2 Rd8 23. Qc2 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Qe6 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nf6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Na6 7. a3 Nc7 8. h4
h5 9. Nh3 g6 10. Nf4 Kf7 11. Nce2 Ne6 12. c4 Nxf4 13. Nxf4 dxc4 14. Bxc4+ Kg7
15. Rc1 Bd6 16. Qf3 Re8 17. O-O Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Be6 19. Bd3 a5 20. Rc2 Bb3 21.
Rc5 Qb8 22. Qxb8 Rexb8 23. g3 Re8 24. Rfc1 Bd5 25. Bf1 Kf7 26. Bg2 Bxg2 27.
Kxg2 Ke6 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Kd6 (29... Re7 30. b5 cxb5 31. Rxb5 Rd7 32. Rcb1
Ra7) 30. d5 cxd5 31. Rb5 Rac8 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Rxb7 g5 34. hxg5 fxg5 35. Rh7
g4 (35... Rb8 36. Rxh5 Rxb4 37. Rxg5 Ke6 38. Rg6+ Ke7) 36. Rxh5 Ke5 37. Rh1 Rb8
38. Rb1 d4 39. exd4+ Kxd4 40. b5 (40. f3 Rb5 41. Rf1 Ke3 42. fxg4 fxg4 43. Rf4
Rg5 44. b5 Rxb5 45. Rxg4) 40... Kc5 41. f3 Kb6 42. Rb4 Ka5 43. Rb3 Kb6 44. Rb4
Ka5 45. Rb3 Kb6 46. Kf2 Ra8 (46... Rg8 47. Ke3 gxf3 48. Kxf3 Rg4 49. Re3 Kxb5
50. Re5+ Kc6 51. Rxf5 Rg7 52. g4 Kd6 53. Kf4 Ke6 54. g5 Rf7) 47. fxg4 fxg4 48.
Rb4 Rf8+ 49. Ke2 Re8+ 50. Kf2 Rf8+ 51. Ke2 Re8+ 52. Kd3 Kc5 53. Re4 Rd8+ 54.
Ke3 Kxb5 55. Rxg4 Kc5 56. Rg6 Kd5 57. Kf4 Rf8+ 58. Kg4 (58. Kg5 Ke4 59. Kg4 Ke3
60. Rg5 Kf2) 58... Ke4 59. Re6+ Kd5 60. Rh6 Ke4 61. Kh5 Rf5+ 62. Kh4 Kf3 63. g4
Rf8 64. g5 Rf4+ 65. Kh5 Kg3 66. Ra6 Rh4+ 67. Kg6 Rb4 68. Kh7 Kg4 69. Ra5 Rb7+
70. Kh6 Rb2 71. g6 Rh2+ 72. Kg7 Kf4 73. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bd6 16. Kb1 Rhe8 17. Bc1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. e3 Nb4 12. Bxb4 Bxb4 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. a3 Bd6 15.
b4 a5 16. bxa5 Ra8 17. Qd2 Ra6 18. a4 b4 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Qa8 21. Qc2 Ne4
22. Ne1 Ng5 23. h4 Ne4 24. Nd2 (24. Nd3 g5 25. hxg5 Nxg5 26. Nd2 Nh3+ 27. Kh2
Rxa5 28. f3 Rh5 29. Kg2) 24... Nc3 25. Nc4 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 Rb8 27. Qb3 c5 28. Nb6
Qc6 29. dxc5 Bxc5 30. Nd7 Rc8 31. Nd3 Be7 32. Nxb4 Qb7 33. Nb6 Rxb6 34. axb6
Qxb6 35. Rb1 Rb8 36. Qa2 Bxb4 37. a5 Qa7 38. a6 Bc5 39. Rd1 h5 40. Qa4 Bxe3 41.
Rd7 Bxf2+ 42. Kg2 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. b3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. Bb2 a6
15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Nf3 Be7 17. Ne5 Bb5 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Qxb5 Qxc2
21. Qxb7 Qxb2 22. Qxe7 Rf8 23. Nc6 Qxa2 24. b4 Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yusupov, Artur"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Nxc4
cxd4 9. Bf4 Nd5 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Bxd6 Nde7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Qb3 Bc8 14. Nc4 Re8
15. Rfd1 Nf5 16. Bc5 e5 17. e4 Nfe7 18. Nd6 Rf8 19. Nxb7 Bxb7 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21.
Qa6 (21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Qxa7 Qd6) 21... Rxb2 22. Qa4 Qb8 23. Bf1 f5 (23... Rd8
24. Bc4 Rb7 25. Ba6 Rb2) 24. Ba3 Rb6 25. exf5 (25. Bc5 Rb2 26. Ba3) 25... Nb4 (
25... Rxf5 26. Rac1 Rf6 27. Re1 Ng6) 26. Rab1 Nec6 (26... Ned5 27. Bc4 Kh8 28.
Bxb4 Nxb4) 27. Bg2 Rd8 28. Bxc6 Nxc6 29. Rxb6 Qxb6 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Qf7 Rg8 32.
f6 Qd8 33. Be7 Nxe7 34. fxe7 Qd7 35. Rd3 h6 36. Rf3 Rc8 (36... Qc8 37. Qg6 Qc1+
38. Kg2 Qc8 39. Rf7 Qe8 40. Rxg7) 37. Qf8+ Kh7 38. Rf7 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 Qc6+ 40.
Kh3 Qe6+ 41. Kh4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 Na6
9. O-O e5 10. a3 Nh5 11. Re1 Nc7 12. b4 b6 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Rb1 Qe8 (14... Qe7)
15. Bc2 Nf4 16. Ba4 cxb4 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. axb4 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Ne4 Raf8
21. Bxf4 exf4 (21... Rxf4 22. Nfd2 a6) 22. b5 Re8 23. Qd3 Rc8 24. Re2 Rff8 25.
Rbe1 a5 26. bxa6 Nxa6 27. Qb3 Qd8 (27... Rb8) 28. Nfg5 f3 29. Ne6 Qh4 30. Ra2
Nc5 31. N4xc5 bxc5 32. Qb7 Bf6 33. Nxf8 Rxf8 34. Qd7 fxg2 35. Re8 Rxe8 36.
Qxe8+ Kg7 37. Qd7+ Kh6 38. Qg4 Qxg4 39. hxg4 Kg5 40. f3 Kf4 41. Re2 Bd4+ 42.
Kxg2 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
d6 9. Qd3 Bd7 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Bc4 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Kh8 13. Bb3 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15.
Nc4 f6 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Nd2 b5 18. a4 Na5 19. Bd1 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Rac8 21. Nf1
b4 22. Ne3 bxc3 23. bxc3 Kg7 24. Rb1 Be6 25. Bh5 Qc7 26. Rec1 Rb8 (26... exd4
27. cxd4 Qxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Kh2) 27. Qe2 Qc8 28. Kh2 Rd8 29. f3 Qc7 30.
Qd3 Rh8 31. Bg4 Bc4 32. Qd1 h5 33. Bf5 h4 34. Bg4 hxg3+ 35. Kxg3 d5 (35... b5)
36. Kf2 dxe4 37. fxe4 exd4 38. cxd4 Qf4+ 39. Qf3 b5 40. axb5 axb5 41. Nf5+ Kg6
42. d5 Qe5 43. Rh1 Rxh1 44. Rxh1 Qb2+ 45. Kg3 Qe5+ 46. Kf2 Qb2+ 47. Kg1 Qa1+
48. Kh2 Qe5+ 49. Kg1 Qa1+ 50. Qd1 Qxd1+ 51. Bxd1 g4 (51... b4 52. Bh5+ Kh7 53.
Bf7#) 52. Rh4 b4 53. Rxg4+ Kh7 54. Rh4+ (54. Rg7+ Kh8 55. Ra7 Nb7 56. Ne3 Bd3
57. Ng4) 54... Kg8 55. Ne7+ Kg7 56. Nf5+ Kg8 57. Rg4+ Kh8 58. Bc2 Bb3 59. Bd3
Nc4 60. Rh4+ Kg8 61. Ne7+ Kg7 62. Nc6 Rb6 63. Nd4 Ba2 64. Rh3 Ne5 65. Bc2 Ra6
66. Bb3 Bb1 67. Nf5+ Kg6 68. Rg3+ Kh7 69. Rh3+ Kg6 70. Rg3+ Kh7 71. Re3 Bd3 72.
Re1 Ra3 73. Nd4 Kg6 74. d6 Ra6 75. Nf3 Rxd6 76. Rd1 Rd7 77. Nxe5+ fxe5 78. Bc4
b3 79. Bxb3 (79. Rxd3 b2 80. Rg3+ Kh6 81. Ba2 Rd1+ 82. Kf2 Ra1) 79... Rd4 80.
Bd5 Bc2 81. Re1 Rd1 82. Rxd1 Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Yusupov, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 Ne7 6. e4 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1
h6 9. exd5 Bxd5 10. d4 O-O 11. Qe2 Nbc6 12. c3 Nf5 13. h4 Re8 14. Nc4 b5 15.
Ne3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bd3 Qb8 14. Bg3 Be5 15.
O-O-O O-O 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Rhe1 d6 18. f4 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 b5 20. Bh4 Ne8 21. Qb3
bxc4 22. Bxc4 Qc7 23. Bd3 Rab8 24. Rc1 (24. Qc2 Qd7 25. Qd2) 24... Bc6 25. Qc2
(25. Qd1 Qa5 26. Ka1) 25... Qa5 26. Qc3 (26. Ka1 Bxe4 27. Qxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8
Bxd3 29. Rxe8+ Kh7) 26... Qxc3 27. Rxc3 Bxe4 28. Rec1 Bxd3+ 29. Rxd3 Rxc1+ 30.
Kxc1 Rc8+ 31. Kb1 Rc4 32. Rb3 Rxf4 33. Be7 f5 34. Rb8 Rd4 35. Ra8 f4 36. Kc2 a6
37. Rxa6 e5 38. Ra8 Kf7 39. Ra7 Kg6 40. Bf8 e4 41. Re7 f3 42. gxf3 exf3 43. Re1
Kf7 44. Bxg7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. b3
d5 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Be2 dxc4 11. bxc4 c5 12. O-O Rc8 13. Bb2 cxd4 14. exd4 b5
15. c5 a6 16. a4 Nd5 17. Qd2 b4 18. a5 Qc7 19. Rfc1 Qf4 20. Bf1 Rfd8 21. Qxf4
Nxf4 22. Ra4 Nd5 23. Nd2 Rc7 24. Raa1 Nb8 25. Nc4 Bc6 26. Nd6 Ra7 27. f3 Ne7
28. Rc4 Nd5 29. Rcc1 Ne7 30. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Bg5
Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Rad1 Ne4 13. Bxe4 Bxg5 14. Bb1 Be7
15. Rfe1 g6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qc7 18. Ba2 Rf8 19. Neg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Qf4 21.
Nf3 b5 22. Qb4 Rae8 23. Ne5 c5 24. Qxb5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qg4+ 27.
Kf1 Qh3+ 28. Kg1 (28. Ke2 Rb8) 28... Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O-O 16. Qe5 Rhe8 17. Be2 f6 18. Qe3 Qf5+ 19. Kb3 Nc5+ (19...
Qe4) 20. Ka2 Nxa4 21. Rhd1 Kb8 22. Nd6 Qa5 23. Kb3 c5 24. Rxa4 (24. Qf4) 24...
Qb6+ 25. Ka2 Rxd6 26. Qg3 Red8 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Qxg7 Rd2 29. Qf8+ Kc7 30. Qe7+
Kb8 31. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smyslov, Vasily"]
[Black "Eingorn, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 Bc5 8.
Nb3 Ba7 9. Kh1 d6 10. c4 Nc6 11. Bg5 Bd7 12. Nc3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Rac1 Qc5
15. Bd2 Qh5 16. f3 Be5 17. g4 (17. f4 Qxe2 18. Bxe2 Bd4) 17... Qh4 18. Qg2 g5
19. Be1 Qh6 20. Bg3 Qg7 21. c5 Bc6 22. cxd6 Nd7 23. f4 gxf4 24. Bxf4 O-O (24...
Bxf4 25. Rxf4 Qe5) 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Qg3 Rad8 27. Rcd1 Kg7 (27... Qxg3 28. hxg3
Nb6) 28. Kg2 f6 29. Bc2 Rg8 30. h3 h5 31. Qxe5 Nxe5 32. gxh5 Kf7+ 33. Kf2 Rh8
34. Ne2 Rxh5 (34... Nc4 35. Ng3 Nxd6) 35. Nf4 Rh4 36. Kg3 Rhh8 37. Bb3 Rde8 38.
Rd4 Nd7 39. Rc1 Rhg8+ 40. Kf2 Rg5 41. Rdc4 a5 42. Rxc6 bxc6 43. Rxc6 Re5 44.
Rc7 Rd8 45. Nxe6 Rxe6 46. h4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 d6 9. f4 Be7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. a4 Re8 12. Bg1 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. g4 Bc8 15.
g5 Nd7 16. Bf3 Bb7 17. Bg2 Bf8 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh3 Ne7 20. Rad1 Bg7 21. Bd4 e5
22. Be3 (22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Rd7 Qc6 25. Qd3 Bc8 26. Rd8 Be6) 22...
exf4 23. Bxf4 Ne5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Rf3 Rad8 26. Rdf1 Rf8 27. Qh4 Bc8 28. Bh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Eingorn, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 g6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxe4+ Be6 11. Bc4 Qe7 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Qxe6+ fxe6 14.
O-O-O Na6 15. Rhe1 Nc7 16. Ne4 Ke7 17. Rd3 Rhd8 18. Nxf6 Kxf6 19. Ne5 Kg7 20.
Rf3 Rf8 21. Rb3 Nb5 22. f3 Rf4 23. a4 Nd6 24. Rd1 Rh4 25. h3 Re8 26. Rbd3 Re7
27. Kb1 Nf7 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Kc2 Rd7 30. Kc3 Rh5 31. Re1 Rhd5 32. Re5 g5 33.
Rde3 R7d6 34. R3e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bf4 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. O-O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Be7 12. g4 b5 13. Bxb5 Bb7 14. Nd2 Nb4
15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Nc4 Qa1+ 17. Kd2 Bxc3+ 18. Ke2 Qa2 19. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 b5 11. Rfd1 Nbd7 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 15.
Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 Qe8 8. c4
Na6 9. d5 Bd7 10. Nc3 c6 11. Rc1 h6 12. e3 Rc8 13. Nd4 Qf7 14. Ba3 cxd5 15.
Nxd5 Ne4 16. f3 Nec5 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Nc7 19. Nxc7 Rxc7 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21.
f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 (12. Qxd2) 12... Qxe5+
13. Be2 b5 (13... Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qc3 15. Rxb7 Na6 16. Bxc4 Nc5 17. Rb1 Rd8 18.
Rc1) 14. axb5 cxb5 15. Ra5 a6 16. Nxc4 Qc7 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. O-O Qc5+ 19. Kh1 f6
20. Ne4 Qb4 21. Ra3 Nd7 22. Rf4 Nf8 23. Rb3 Qa5 24. Qd6+ Kf7 25. Ng5+ Kg8 (
25... Kg6 26. Bd3+ Kxg5 27. Rg4+ Kxg4 28. Qg3+ Kh5 29. Be2+ Kh6 30. Qh4+ Kg6
31. Qh5#) 26. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. Qxc4 a6 6. Bg2 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8.
O-O Ngf6 9. d3 Be7 10. Nc3 c5 11. Ng5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qb6 13. f3 O-O 14. Nge4
Rac8 15. Be3 Qc6 16. Rac1 Qa8 17. Rfd1 Nd5 18. Bf2 Rfd8 19. a4 c4 20. dxc4 bxc4
21. Qc2 Nc5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Rd4 Re8 26. Rcd1 Qb7
27. R1d2 h6 28. Qf5 Qc6 29. h4 Qxa4 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Qxd5 Qb5 32. e4 Qxd5 33.
exd5 Kf8 34. Kf2 Re5 35. Rd4 Ke7 36. f4 Rh5 37. Kf3 Kd6 38. Ke4 f5+ 39. Kf3 g5
40. hxg5 hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d6 7. b3 Qa5 8. Qd2
Qh5 9. Nc3 Bh3 10. e4 Nbd7 11. Qg5 Bg4 12. Qxh5 Nxh5 13. Be3 c5 14. Rad1 cxd4
15. Bxd4 Ne5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Nd5 e6 18. Ne3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nf6 20. Bg2 Rfd8
21. Rd3 Nd7 22. b4 Bf6 23. f4 a5 24. a3 axb4 25. axb4 Nb6 26. Rfd1 Be7 27. e5
dxe5 28. c5 exf4 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. gxf4 Na4 32. Bxb7 Be7 33.
Kg2 Nxc5 34. bxc5 Bxc5 35. Ng4 Bd4 36. Bc6 Kg7 37. h4 Bc5 38. Kg3 Bd6 39. Kf3
Be7 40. h5 gxh5 41. Nf2 f5 42. Nd3 Kf6 43. Ne5 Bd6 44. Nd7+ Ke7 45. Bb5 h4 46.
Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Bc2
c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. h3 Be6 12. Nf1 Rad8 13. Ng3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Qe2 f6 16. Bd2 Kh8 17. a3 Rfe8 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Bf8 20. Qe4 Bg8 21. dxe5
Nxe5 22. Ba4 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yusupov, Artur"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d6
8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 a6 10. Bb4 Ne8 11. Qd2 Ra7 12. O-O (12. c5 e5 13. Nf3 Nc6)
12... b6 13. Rfd1 Rc7 14. b3 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. a4 Qc8 17. a5 bxa5 18. Rxa5
e5 19. Nc2 Nc6 20. Ra4 (20. Rxa6 Nxb4 21. Nxb4 Rxb4) 20... a5 21. Bxa5 Rxb3 22.
Bb4 Nf6 (22... Nxb4 23. Rxb4 Rxb4 24. Qxb4 f5) 23. Bxd6 Ne4 24. Qe1 Rd8 25. c5
Nc3 (25... f5 26. f3 Nc3 27. Na1 Qb7 28. Nxb3 Qxb3 29. Raa1 Nd4) 26. Na1 Nxa4
27. Nxb3 Qe6 28. Rb1 h5 29. e3 Ra8 30. h4 Ra7 31. Qc1 Qf5 32. Nd2 Qd3 33. Rb3
Qe2 34. Ne4 f6 35. Qb1 Qc4 (35... Qa6) 36. Rb8+ Kf7 (36... Nxb8 37. Qxb8+ Kh7
38. Qxa7 Qxe4 39. Bf8 Qg4 40. c6) 37. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 a5 5. Bg2 a4 6. Na3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb2 c6
9. d3 Qa5 10. Nc2 Na6 11. Rb1 axb3 12. axb3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Nb4 14. g4 Qc7 15. Nxb4
Bxb4 16. Ra1 (16. g5 Ne8 17. e3) 16... Bd6 17. d4 (17. f4 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qb6+)
17... Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nxg4 20. Qd4 Nh6 21. Qc3 Qd8 22. e4 dxe4 23.
Rd1 Qe7 24. Bxe4 (24. c5) 24... c5 25. Bxb7 Bc8 26. Bg2 Bb7 27. f3 Nf5 28. Bb2
Ra8 29. Rd3 h6 30. Qc1 Bc6 31. Bc3 Ra2 32. Qb1 Ra8 33. Qd1 Kh7 34. Be1 (34. Qd2
) 34... Qg5 35. Qd2 Qg6 36. h4 Qh5 37. Qf2 Ra1 38. Kh2 g5 39. Bh3 Nxh4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 a6 7. Be2 Be7 8. a4
Qc7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 Nc6 11. Be3 e5 12. Nb3 Nb4 13. Qf2 (13. Qd2 Be6 14. a5)
13... Nxc2 14. Bb6 Qb8 15. Rad1 Be6 16. fxe5 Nd7 (16... dxe5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18.
exd5 Bd8) 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Nb4 19. Rdd1 Nxe5 (19... Nxb6 20. Qxb6 Nc6 21.
exd6 Bh4) 20. Nd4 g6 21. Ba5 Nbc6 22. Bc3 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Qa7 24. Kh1 Rac8 25.
Bd1 Qb6 26. a5 Qd8 27. Rb4 Nd3 28. Qd4 Rxc3 29. bxc3 Nxb4 30. cxb4 d5 31. Bb3
dxe4 32. Qxe4 Qd7 33. Qd5 Qxd5 34. Bxd5 Bxb4 35. Bxb7 Bxa5 36. Bxa6 h5 37. Bc4
Kg7 38. Ra1 Bb6 39. Rb1 Rd8 40. g3 Rd6 41. Be2 Bc7 42. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Nge7 8. c3 O-O
9. Be3 b6 10. Re1 e5 11. Na3 h6 12. Nc2 exf4 13. gxf4 d5 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. e5 Bg4
16. Bf2 Qd7 17. b4 cxb4 18. cxb4 Bh3 19. Bg3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nf5 21. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Yusupov, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 g6 8. e4
Nxe4 (8... dxe4 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxe4+ Be6 11. Bc4 Qe7 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Qxe6+
fxe6) 9. Bxe7 Kxe7 (9... Qxe7 10. Nxd5) 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4+ Be6 (11... Kf8
12. Bc4 Kg7 13. O-O Re8 14. Qf4 Be6) 12. Bc4 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 Qf5 14. Qe3 Nd7 15.
Re1 Rae8 16. d5 (16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qa3+ Kf7 18. Qxa7 Qb5+ 19. Kg1 Ra8) 16...
cxd5 17. Bb5 a6 (17... d4 18. Nxd4 Qc5 19. Rd1 Qh5 20. f3 Rd8 21. g4 Qh3+ 22.
Kg1 Nb6 23. Qg5+ f6 24. Qc5+ Kf7 25. Qc7+) 18. Qa3+ Kd8 19. Qa5+ Ke7 (19... Kc8
20. Rc1+ Kb8 21. Qc7+ Ka8 22. Nd4) 20. Qb4+ Kf6 (20... Kd8 21. Be2 b5 22. a4)
21. Qd4+ Ke7 22. Bd3 Qh5 23. h4 Kd8 24. Ng5 Rhf8 25. Be2 Qh6 26. Bf3 Re7 27.
Qb4 Nf6 28. Qd6+ (28. Qf4 Ng8 29. Qb8+) 28... Rd7 29. Qf4 Ng8 30. Bg4 Kc8 31.
Bxe6 fxe6 32. Rc1+ Kd8 33. Nxe6+ Ke7 34. Qxf8+ Qxf8 35. Nxf8 Kxf8 36. Rh3 Ne7
37. h5 Kg7 38. h6+ Kf6 39. Rf3+ Ke6 40. Re1+ Kd6 41. Rf6+ Kc7 42. g4 Nc6 43.
Re8 d4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e3 Ne4 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Qe2 c5 13. Bd2 Bf6 14. Nxe4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Eingorn, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 c5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nxd5 cxd4 (9... Nc6) 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. f4 f6 12. Qxd4 fxe5 13. Qe3 Nc6
14. Nf3 O-O 15. Bd2 a5 (15... Rxf4) 16. fxe5 Ndxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. O-O-O Bf5
19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Bc3 Rac8 21. Qxe5 Qg5+ 22. Rd2 Rxc4 23. Rf1 (23. h4 Qg6 24. h5
Qf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Rf1) 23... h6 24. Qxa5 Kh7 (24... Qe3 25. Rxf5 Qe1+ 26.
Rd1 Qe3+ 27. Rd2) 25. Qe5 (25. Qd5 Rf4 26. Rfd1 (26. Rxf4 Qxf4 27. Qxb7 Qf1+
28. Rd1 Qf4+ 29. Rd2) 26... Rf2 27. Qxb7 Rd8) 25... Be4 26. Qxe4+ Rxe4 27. Rxf8
Re2 28. h4 Qe3 29. Rfd8 Rxg2 30. R8d7 b5 31. R7d3 Rg1+ 32. Kc2 Qe4 33. Bd4 Rg3
34. h5 Qf5 35. Bc3 Rh3 36. Rd1 Rxd3 37. Rxd3 Qxh5 38. Re3 Qf5+ 39. Kb3 Qf7+ 40.
Kc2 Qf5+ 41. Kb3 Qf7+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 Bd7 10. Ndb5 Qb8 11. a4 Rd8 12. Bf3 Be8 13. Kh1 a6 14. Nd4 Qc7
15. Nb3 Na5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. Qd2 Bc6 18. Rfe1 Qc7 19. Qf2 Re8 20. Bb6 Qb8 21.
Bd4 e5 22. Be3 b5 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. Ba7 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vasily"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Qd3 h6 14. Bxd5 Nb4
15. Qg3 Bh4 16. Qf3 exd5 (16... Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5) 17. Re2 Be6 18. a3 Nc6 19.
Nxc6 bxc6 20. Na4 Qc8 21. h3 Be7 22. Bf4 Qa6 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Qb5 25. Rae1
Kh7 26. Qg3 Bf5 27. Bd6 Rg8 28. Re7 Bg6 29. Qc3 Qa4 30. Be5 Rae8 31. Bd4 Rb8 (
31... Rxe7 32. Rxe7 a6) 32. R1e3 a5 33. f4 Qd1+ 34. Re1 Qa4 35. Qd2 Rb3 36. Bc3
Qc4 37. Qf2 Be4 (37... Bf5 38. Rc7 Rc8 39. Rxf7 d4 40. Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. Re7+ Kf8
42. Qh4 Bg6 43. Qf6+ Bf7 44. Re5 Kg8 45. Qxh6) 38. Rxf7 d4 39. Qxd4 Qxf7 40.
Qxe4+ Kh8 41. f5 Qd5 42. Qxd5 cxd5 43. Re6 (43. Re7 Rxc3 44. bxc3 Rc8) 43...
Rd8 44. Rxh6+ Kg8 45. Rh4 Rc8 46. Rg4 Rxc5 47. Rxg7+ Kf8 48. f6 Rcxc3 49. bxc3
Rxc3 50. Rd7 Rxa3 51. Rxd5 Kf7 52. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qd7 7. a4 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Qg4 f5 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qe2 Nb8 12. h4 h6 13. Nh3 Ne7 14. Nf4 Nbc6 15.
Ba3 Rg8 16. Bb4 Kf7 (16... Nxb4 17. cxb4 a5 18. b5 Rc8) 17. O-O Nxb4 18. cxb4
Qc6 19. Ra3 Qc4 20. Qxc4 dxc4 21. Rc3 Nd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. f4 c6 24. Kf2 a5
25. Rb1 b5 26. axb5 cxb5 27. bxa5 Rxa5 28. Re3 Rb8 29. c3 Ra3 30. Rb2 Rb6 31.
Rb1 h5 32. Rb2 Ke7 33. Rb1 Kd7 34. Rb2 Ke8 35. Rb1 Ke7 36. Rb2 Kd7 37. Rb1 Rb7
38. Rb2 Kc6 39. Rg3 Rg7 40. Re3 Re7 41. Rg3 Re6 42. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Eingorn, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. a4
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. h3 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Rac1 e5 15.
Bb1 Rfe8 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Ba2 Qe7 18. e4 Ncxe4 19. Ng5 Nxg5 20. Bxg5 e4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Qxc4 Nh5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nxg3
15. hxg3 e6 16. g4 Qe7 17. Ne4 Kh8 18. Rad1 f5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Rad8 (
20... Bxb2 21. Rd6 Rae8) 21. b4 Rd7 22. Rfe1 Rfd8 23. Rb1 a6 24. a4 Qf7 25. b5
axb5 26. axb5 fxg4 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Qxg4 Qf5 29. Qc4 e5 30. Rb6 Rf8 (30... e4
31. Nh2 Rd2 32. Rf1 Rf8 33. g4 Qd5) 31. Rf1 Rc7 32. Nd2 Qf7 33. Qc2 (33. Qxf7
Rfxf7 34. Ra1 Rfe7 35. Ne4 Re6 36. Raa6 Bf8 37. g4) 33... Rd8 34. Ne4 Bf8 35.
Qa4 Qd5 36. Rbb1 Qe6 37. g3 Be7 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Qc2 g4 40. Qe2 Qf5 41. Rb4 h5
42. f3 Rf8 43. fxg4 Qxf1+ 44. Qxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Nf3 (13. Qd3 h6)
13... Nce7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. N2b3 Nce4 13. Qf5 (13. Nf5
Bd8 14. Be3 g6) 13... Rfd8 (13... Qd8 14. Bf4 g6) 14. Re1 Bf8 15. c3 Qxf5 16.
Nxf5 g6 17. Ne3 Re8 18. Rd1 Nc5 (18... Rad8) 19. g4 h6 20. h4 Nxb3 21. axb3 Bc5
22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Ne4 24. Ng4 (24. Rxd5 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8) 24... Bb6 (24...
Rad8 25. Kg2 f5 26. gxf6 Kf7 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. Nxe3 a6) 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. Bf4 Rad8
27. f3 Nc5 28. b4 Nb3 29. Ra3 Re2+ 30. Kg3 Rxb2 31. c4 Re8 32. c5 Bd8 33. Rxa7
Ree2 34. Rxd5 Be7 35. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nbd2 c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15.
b4 Nb7 16. Nf1 Nd8 17. Ng3 Ne6 18. Bb3 Rd8 19. Qe2 Ra7 20. Ng5 d5 21. Nxe6 Qxe6
22. Bg5 h6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Rad1 Rad7 25. Rd3 Qe8 26. Nh5 (26. exd5 Bxd5 27.
Nh5 Bg5) 26... Qe7 (26... dxe4 27. Nxf6+) 27. Qg4 (27. exd5 Bxd5 28. Nxf6+ Qxf6
29. Qxe5 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Bxb3 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. axb3) 27... dxe4 28. Rg3 Rd3 29.
Ree3 (29. Bc2 Rxg3 30. Qxg3) 29... Rxe3 30. fxe3 Kh8 31. Bc2 (31. Nxg7 Rg8)
31... g6 32. Nxf6 Qxf6 33. Bxe4 h5 34. Qf3 Qxf3 35. gxf3 (35. Bxf3 e4 36. Be2
Rd2 37. Bf1 Kg7 38. Rg5 f5) 35... Bxe4 36. fxe4 Rc8 37. Rg5 Rxc3 38. Kf2 Rc4
39. a3 Rxe4 40. Kf3 Rh4 41. Rxe5 Rxh3+ 42. Kg2 Rh4 43. Re8+ Kg7 44. Ra8 Re4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 d6 4. Nbd2 Nbd7 5. e4 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. Nc4
Bg7 9. c3 e6 10. Nfd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qe7 12. Ne3 Nf6 (12... c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5)
13. Qb3 c6 14. O-O-O e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Ndc4 Be6 (16... O-O 17. Nd6 Rd8 18.
Nxc8 Raxc8 19. Nf5 Qc7) 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Nd6+ Qxd6 (18... Kf8 19. Nxf5 Qc7) 19.
Rxd6 Nxe4 20. Qxb7 O-O 21. Rdxh6 (21. Rhxh6 Rab8 22. Qc7 Nxc3 23. Bc4) 21...
Nxf2 22. Qe7 Rad8 23. Be2 Nxh1 24. Rxh1 Be6 25. Qxg5 (25. a3) 25... Bxa2 26.
Rh4 Be6 27. Bc4 Rd6 28. Rh6 Re8 29. Bxe6 Rdxe6 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Qd8+ Bf8 32.
Qa8 e4 33. Kd1 c5 34. Qxa7 Kg7 35. Ke2 e3 36. Qb7 Bd6 37. Qd5 Be7 38. Qd7 Bd6
39. Qd8 Be7 40. Qd5 Kg8 41. Qd7 Bd6 42. Qb7 Kg7 43. g4 Be7 44. Qd5 Kg8 45. Qb7
Kg7 46. Qb5 Bd6 47. Qc4 Be7 48. b4 cxb4 49. cxb4 Bd8 50. Qd4+ Bf6 51. Qd3 Be5
52. b5 Bc7 53. Qc3+ Be5 54. Qc5 Bd6 55. Qc4 Be5 56. Qc5 Bd6 57. Qd4+ Be5 58.
Qc4 Bf6 59. Qd5 Bc3 60. Qd8 Bf6 61. Qd3 Be5 62. g5 Bc7 63. Qc3+ Be5 64. Qc5 Bd6
65. Qd4+ Be5 66. Qa7 Bc3 67. Qa4 Be5 68. Qb4 Bc7 69. Qc3+ Be5 70. Qc5 Bd6 71.
Qc4 Be5 72. Qb4 (72. Kxe3 Bc7+ 73. Kf3 Bb6) 72... Bc7 73. Qc3+ Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O exf4 11. Kh1 Ne5 12. Bxf4 Ng6 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nd4 Ne5
15. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Qd2 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Nd5 Rf7 18. Rfd1 b6 19. Bg5 Ra7 20. Bh4 Qb8 21. Bf1 e6
22. Nc3 Rad7 23. Rb1 Be5 24. Kh1 Qa8 25. Ne2 (25. f4) 25... f4 26. Ng1 Rf5 27.
Qe1 Rg7 28. a3 Rh5 29. Bd3 Kf7 30. Bc2 Qg8 31. Qf2 Rg3 32. hxg3 fxg3 33. Qe2
Rxh4+ 34. Nh3 Qg7 35. b4 Qf6 36. Rf1 Qh6 37. Rbd1 Na4 (37... Rxh3+ 38. gxh3
Qxh3+ 39. Kg1 Bf4 40. Rd2 Qh6) 38. Bxa4 Bxa4 39. f4 Bxf4 40. Rxd6 Ke7 41. Rxf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yusupov, Artur"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. Nbd2
Nc6 9. Re1 h6 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 g5 13. Qe2 Qh5 14. Rf1 Bg4 15.
Re3 e6 16. c3 Ne7 17. h3 Bxh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Rxe6 Nd5 20. Nh2 Rf7 21. Qg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Rc1
Bxa2 15. Qa4 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Qb4 e6 18. Nc3 (18. Rfd1) 18... exd5 19. exd5
Re8 20. Bf2 Bf8 (20... b6 21. Bh4 Bf8 22. d6 Bxd6 23. Qxd6 Qxh4 24. Ne4 Rad8)
21. Qb2 Bg7 22. Qb4 Bf8 23. Qb2 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Yusupov, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 Qc7 8. Nf3
b6 9. h5 h6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bd3 Ba4 12. O-O c4 13. Be2 Nbc6 14. g3 O-O-O 15.
Nh4 Rdg8 16. Bg4 Nd8 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Ng2 Kb7 19. Re2 Nf5 20. Nf4 g6 21. Rb1 Nc6
22. Re1 Nce7 23. Kh2 Rg7 24. Rb4 a5 25. Rb2 Rhg8 26. Rg1 Ka7 27. Qe2 Qc8 28.
Ng2 Qf8 29. Bxf5 Nxf5 30. g4 Qxa3 31. gxf5 gxh5 32. Qe1 Qa1 33. Qe3 Rg5 34. f4
Rg3 35. Qxg3 Rxg3 36. Kxg3 Qa3 37. Ne3 Qxc3 38. Rd1 Bd7 39. Kf2 h4 40. Ra2 h3
41. Bb2 Qb4 42. Ba3 Qc3 43. Bb2 Qb4 44. f6 (44. fxe6 fxe6 45. f5) 44... h2 45.
Kg2 c3 46. Bc1 Qb5 47. Re1 Qb4 48. Rd1 Qb5 49. Re1 Qb4 50. Ra3 Qxd4 51. Nd1 Kb7
52. Rxc3 Qa4 53. Nb2 Qb4 54. Rce3 Qxf4 55. Nd3 Qg4+ 56. Kxh2 d4 57. Re4 Qg6 58.
Rh4 Bc6 59. Re2 a4 60. Rf2 Be4 61. Nb4 h5 62. Bb2 b5 63. Bxd4 Bf5 64. Rhf4 Qg5
65. Nd3 a3 66. Nc5+ Kc6 67. Ne4 Bxe4 68. Rxe4 a2 69. Bb2 h4 70. Rg2 Qf5 71.
Reg4 h3 72. Kxh3 Qf1 73. Kh4 a1=Q 74. Bxa1 Qxa1 75. Re4 Kd5 76. Ree2 Qh1+ 77.
Kg3 Qh6 78. Kf3 Qh3+ 79. Kf2 Qh4+ 80. Kg1 Qd4+ 81. Rgf2 Qh4 82. Rf3 Qg4+ 83.
Kf2 Qh4+ 84. Kg2 Qg4+ 85. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. h3 O-O 8. Rc1
Ne4 9. Bd3 f5 10. Qb3 Kh8 11. Be2 g5 12. Be5+ Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qa5 14. Qc2 Bd6 15.
O-O Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. Rxc3 f4 18. Bg4 Kg7 19. Rd1 Kf6 20. Nd3 fxe3 21.
fxe3 Ke7 22. c5 Bg3 23. Rc2 Bd7 24. Re2 Be8 25. e4 h5 26. Bf3 dxe4 27. Rxe4 Bg6
28. Re2 Rad8 29. Ne5 Be8 30. Rd3 h4 31. Bg4 Rd5 32. Bf3 Rd8 33. Bg4 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15/25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 bxc4 15.
bxc4 dxc4 16. Qa4 Bb5 17. Qc2 Ba3 18. Nb1 Bd6 19. a4 Ba6 20. Nd2 e5 21. Rad1
Qe7 22. Bf1 Qe6 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. f4 Bc7 25. e5 Nb6 26. f5 Qh6 (26... Qe7 27.
Ne4 Bxe5 28. Nd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Bxd6) 27. Ne4 Nd5 28. Bd2 Bb6+ 29. Kh1 Qh5 30.
Be2 Qh3 31. Ng5 Qh6 32. Bxc4 (32. Nxf7 Qh3 33. Qe4 c3 34. Bg4 cxd2 35. Rxd2)
32... Bxc4 33. Qxc4 Qh5 34. Qe4 Bf2 35. g4 Qh4 36. Nf3 Qd8 37. Rf1 Bb6 38. Rde1
Re8 39. Re2 Qc7 (39... Nf6) 40. Rc1 Qb7 41. Qc4 c5 42. Kg2 Nb4 (42... Bd8 43.
e6 fxe6 44. fxe6 Be7) 43. e6 fxe6 44. Rxe6 Kh8 (44... Rxe6 45. Qxe6+ Kf8 46.
Bxb4) 45. Rce1 Qd7 46. a5 Bxa5 47. Qxc5 Nd3 48. Qxa5 Nxe1+ 49. Rxe1 Red8 50.
Kg3 Qb7 51. Qa3 Rd7 52. Bf4 Qb5 53. Re5 Qc6 54. Qe3 Rb7 55. Re6 Qa4 56. Re4 Qb5
57. Be5 Qc6 58. Bd4 Qd6+ 59. Kh3 Rf8 60. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Black "Eingorn, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e5 7. d5 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2
Nb8 9. O-O Nh6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. e4 Na6 12. Ne1 Bd7 13. Nd3 Qb8 14. Ne2 b6 15.
Kh1 Nc5 16. Nc3 a4 17. f4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. d5
Ng4 9. Nf3 Bc5 10. b4 Bf2+ 11. Ke2 c5 12. Nb5 a6 (12... Bd4 13. Nbxd4 cxd4 14.
h3 Nf6) 13. Qa4 axb5 14. Qxa8 Bd4 15. Nxd4 (15. Ra2 Nd7 16. Qa5) 15... cxd4 16.
Qxb8 O-O 17. Ke1 Qh4+ 18. g3 Qf6 19. Bf4 (19. Ra2 Qf3 20. Bg2 Qc3+ 21. Bd2 Qb3)
19... g5 (19... d3 20. Rc1 exf4 21. Qxf4 Qd4 22. e5 d2+ 23. Qxd2 Qe4+ 24. Qe2
Qxh1) 20. c5 exf4 21. Qd6 Qg7 22. Bd3 Ne5 23. Kd2 f3 24. Qe7 g4 25. Bxb5 Ng6 (
25... Qh6+ 26. Kd1 Qe3) 26. Qg5 h6 27. Qh5 d3 28. Bxd3 Re8 29. h3 Re5 30. hxg4
Rxh5 31. gxh5 Ne5 32. Rae1 Qg5+ 33. Kc2 f2 34. Rd1 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Kh1 Be6 10. f4 Qc8 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. Nd4 Bg4 13. Qe1 Nh5 14. Nb3 a5
15. Bd2 a4 16. Nc1 d5 17. a3 dxe4 18. axb4 exd3 19. Nxd3 Re8 20. Rf2 Bf5 21.
Ne5 Nf6 22. Be3 Ng4 23. Nxg4 Bxg4 24. Nxa4 (24. Ra3) 24... Rd8 25. h3 Rxa4 26.
hxg4 Rxa1 27. Qxa1 Qxg4 28. Rf3 Qf5 29. Qa5 Qxa5 30. bxa5 Bxb2 31. Bc5 Bf6 32.
Rb3 Rd7 33. c4 e6 34. Be3 Bd8 35. Rb5 h5 36. Kg1 Kf8 37. c5 Rd3 38. Kf2 Ra3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov, Vasily"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 a6 7. Qf3 Qb6 8. Nb3
Qc7 9. Bd3 b5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bd2 b4 12. Nd1 d5 13. Nf2 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb7 15.
Rae1 Nc5 16. Nbxc5 Bxc5+ 17. Be3 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 O-O 20. Rf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. O-O e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. d3
Be7 9. Nbd2 d5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 dxe4 14. dxe4 b5 15.
Ng2 (15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. Qxb5 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Rxf2 18. e5 Nxe5 19. Kxf2 Nxg4+ 20.
Ke2 Qh2+ 21. Kd1 Nf2+ 22. Ke2) 15... c4 16. f4 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Rae8 18. Nf3 Nd7
19. Ngh4 f6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. e5 fxe5 22. Bxg6 Re7 23. f5 (23. fxe5 Ndxe5 24.
Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Qxe5 Rf1+ 26. Kg2 Rf2+ 27. Kg3 Bd6) 23... exf5 24. gxf5 e4 25.
Ng5 Nf6 (25... Qg3 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Qxe3 28. Rxe3 Nf6) 26. Qg2 Rd8 27. Ne6
Rxe6 28. fxe6 Rd3 29. Rf1 Rg3 30. Bf4 Rxg2 31. Bf7+ Kf8 32. Bxc7 Rxb2 33. Rf5
Ba3 34. Rg1 Ne7 (34... Be7 35. Rfg5 Rxa2 36. Rxg7 Bc5 37. R1g5 Ne7) 35. Rxf6
Nd5 36. Rf4 Nxc7 37. Bg6+ Ke7 38. Rf7+ Kd6 39. Rd7+ Kc6 40. Bxe4+ Kb6 41. e7
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Eingorn, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O-O b6 (13... Be6
14. g4 Rac8) 14. g4 Bb7 15. g5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 c5 18. d5 Rad8 19.
Ndxe4 Qe5 20. f4 Qe7 21. Rhe1 Bc8 22. h4 (22. Nf2) 22... Bf5 23. Nf6+ Qxf6 24.
gxf6 Bxc2 25. Kxc2 gxf6 26. e4 Ng6 27. Rf1 h5 28. d6 Kg7 29. Rd5 Rd7 30. Ne2
Rxe4 31. Ng3 Rc4+ 32. Kd3 Rb4 33. Nxh5+ Kf8 34. Nxf6 Rd8 35. Ne4 Re8 36. d7 Rd8
37. f5 Rxd7 38. Rxd7 Ne5+ 39. Ke3 Nxd7 40. b3 Ne5 41. Rg1 c4 (41... Rd4 42. h5
f6 43. Nxf6 Rh4) 42. Nf6 Rb5 43. h5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 d6 7. h3 Be6 8. O-O
Bxb3 9. Qxb3 h6 10. Be3 Bb6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. a4 Na5 14. Qc2 Rc8
15. Rfe1 Re8 16. d4 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Rxc4 18. d5 Nd7 19. Re3 Rc8 20. Nd2 Rf8 21.
Rg3 g6 22. Nf1 Kh7 23. Rf3 h5 24. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nge2 d6 7. d3 O-O 8. b3 e5
9. Bb2 Be6 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. Qd2 Ne7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. d4 c6 14. d5 cxd5 15.
cxd5 Bf7 16. O-O Qb6 17. e4 Bg7 18. Kh1 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Rbc8 20. Kg1 Be8 21. Rac1
Rxc1 22. Nxc1 Bd7 23. Kg2 Nf5 24. Rd1 Bh6 25. Qe1 Ng7 26. Ne2 Rxf2+ 27. Qxf2
Bh3+ 28. Kf3 Bg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Qe7 8. d5
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Nh6 11. Nd2 a5 12. a3 Bd7 13. b4 g5 14. Bg3 f5 15. exf5
axb4 16. f6 Bxf6 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 e4 19. O-O Bf5 20. Qc1 e3 21. Nb3 exf2+
22. Rxf2 Na6 23. c5 Bg6 24. b5 (24. Bxa6 bxa6 25. b5) 24... Nxc5 25. Nxc5 dxc5
26. d6 cxd6 27. Nd5 Qg7 28. Nxf6+ Rxf6 29. Qxg5 Rxf2 30. Bxf2 Nf7 31. Qg4 Qa1+
32. Bf1 Kg7 33. h4 h5 34. Qf3 b6 35. g4 hxg4 36. Qxg4 Ne5 37. Qg2 Kf7 38. Qd5+
Ke7 39. Kg2 (39. Qb7+ Nd7 40. Qf3) 39... Qb1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 b6 (12... Kh8) 13. f3 f4 14. Na4
axb4 15. axb4 g5 16. c5 Nf6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. b5 Bd7 19. Nc4 Nc8 20. Ba3 Ne8 (
20... Be8 21. Qb3 Rf7 22. Nc3 Rfa7) 21. g4 fxg3 22. hxg3 g4 23. Bc1 gxf3 24.
Bxf3 Nf6 25. Bg5 Ra7 26. Rf2 Rb7 27. Rb3 Ra7 28. Rb1 Rb7 29. Rb3 Ra7 30. Rb4
Kh8 31. Qf1 Bxb5 32. Rxb5 Rxa4 33. Bg2 h6 34. Bh4 Qe8 35. Bxf6 Rxf6 36. Rxf6
Qxb5 37. Re6 Kg8 38. Bh3 Rxc4 (38... h5 39. Nd2 Qxf1+ 40. Kxf1 Kf7) 39. Rxh6
Bxh6 40. Be6+ Kh8 41. Qf6+ (41. Qf6+ Kh7 (41... Bg7 42. Qh4+) 42. Qf7+ Bg7 43.
Bf5+ Kh8 44. Qh5+ Kg8 45. Be6+ Kf8 46. Qf7#) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Qe2 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Qxg5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nf3 Qxg2 14. Rg1 Qh3
15. Rxg7 Nb6 16. Rg3 Qh6 17. Bb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bg4
8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qd5 10. Be2 Qxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. g3 O-O 14.
O-O-O Rfd8 15. Rhe1 Bc7 16. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Qb3 Rb8 8.
d3 Bd6 9. Nc3 a6 10. Ng5 Qe7 (10... O-O 11. Nxe6) 11. O-O O-O 12. Nge4 Be5 13.
a4 b6 14. Qc4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 (15. Nxe4 Bb7 16. f4 Bd5 17. Qc2 f5 18. fxe5 fxe4
19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. dxe4 Bb7 21. Qc3) 15... Nf6 16. Bg5 Rd8 17. e3 h6 18. Bxf6
Bxf6 19. Rfd1 g6 20. Rab1 Bg7 21. Ne2 (21. b4 cxb4 22. Rxb4 Bd7 23. Qb3 Rdc8)
21... b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qc2 Bd7 24. Ra1 Be8 25. Rac1 Rbc8 26. b3 Rc7 27. Rd2
Qd6 28. h4 Rdc8 29. Qd1 Bf6 30. Rdc2 Kg7 31. Qe1 (31. h5 Be7 32. hxg6 f5 33.
Bg2 Bxg6 34. Nf4 Bf7 35. d4 cxd4 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 Qxc7 38. exd4) 31... b4
32. Ra2 Bb5 33. Rd1 Rd8 34. Qd2 Rcd7 35. Qc2 Qb6 36. Nc1 Ba6 37. Bg2 Bc3 38.
Bf3 Rd6 39. Kg2 e5 40. h5 f5 41. e4 (41. hxg6 Bb7 42. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 43. f3 e4)
41... Bb7 42. Qe2 c4 43. bxc4 b3 44. Ra3 b2 45. Na2 Bd4 46. Qc2 fxe4 47. Bxe4 (
47. dxe4 Bxf2 48. Rb3 Rxd1 49. Rxb6 Bxb6 50. Bxd1 Rxd1 51. Nc3 Rg1+ 52. Kh2 Rf1
) 47... Rf8 48. f3 Bxe4 49. dxe4 Rb8 50. Rb1 Be3 51. c5 (51. Rd3 Rxd3 52. Qxd3
Rd8) 51... Bxc5 52. Rd3 Rxd3 53. Qxd3 Bd4 54. Qc4 gxh5 55. Nc3 Qc5 56. Qxc5
Bxc5 57. f4 Rb3 58. Nd1 Bd4 59. Nxb2 h4 (59... Rxb2+ 60. Rxb2 Bxb2 61. fxe5)
60. fxe5 hxg3 61. e6 Bf2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Yusupov, Artur"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. a4 c5 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Qb2 Rc8 14. Rac1 Ne4 15.
Be1 Bf6 16. b4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Qe7 (17... a6) 18. Nab5 Ne5 (18... a6 19. Na7 Ra8
20. Nac6 Bxc6 21. Nxc6 Qd6 22. Qb1) 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Qb1 Nd6 21. Rxc8 Nxc8 22.
Bxd5 exd5 23. Nf5 Qb7 24. Nc3 Rd8 25. Qb3 d4 (25... g6 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxd5
Qxd5 28. Rxd5 gxf5 29. Bc3) 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Nf3+ 28. exf3 Bxd4 29. Ne4
Qd7 30. Qd3 f5 31. Qc4+ Kh8 32. Ng5 h6 33. Qe6 Qxe6 34. Nxe6 Bf6 35. Kf1 Kg8
36. Ke2 Kf7 37. Nc7 Be5 38. Na6 Ke6 39. Kd3 Kd5 (39... g5 40. b5 Nd6) 40. b5
Ne7 41. Nb4+ Kc5 42. Nc2 Nd5 43. f4 Bf6 44. f3 g6 45. Bf2+ Kd6 46. Kc4 Nc3 47.
Kb3 Nd5 48. Ne1 Nc3 49. Nd3 Ne2 50. Kc4 Nc3 51. a5 bxa5 (51... Nd5 52. Nc5 Nc3
53. axb6 axb6 54. Na6 Nd5 55. Nb8 Bd8 56. Nd7 Kxd7 57. Kxd5) 52. Bxa7 Na4 53.
Kb3 Nc3 54. Kc4 Na4 55. Kb3 Nc3 56. b6 Kc6 57. Ne5+ Bxe5 58. fxe5 Nb5 (58...
Nd5 59. Ka4 Nxb6+ 60. Bxb6 Kxb6 61. f4 g5 62. h3 g4 63. h4 h5 64. e6) 59. Ka4
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Yusupov, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. a4 c5 12. Na3 Bb7 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Nb5 a6 15.
Nc3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 cxd4 17. Bg5 dxc3 18. Bxf6 Rc8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rd3 Ne5 21.
Rxc3 Nxf3+ 22. exf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Qb3 Rb8 8.
d3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 a6 11. a4 b6 12. Nd2 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Nh4 b5 8. O-O
bxc4 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Nf5 O-O 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxd5
Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Nc6 16. Qxc4 (16. Qxc5 Rab8 17. Rab1 Rxb2 18. Rxb2 Qxb2 19. Qxc4)
16... Qxb2 17. e3 Rab8 18. Qxc5 Rb6 (18... Qe5 19. Rac1 Rb2 20. a4 Rfb8 21.
Bxc6 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 dxc6 23. Rxc6 Ra2 24. Ra6 Rb4 25. Rxa7 Rbxa4 26. Rxa4 Rxa4
27. Rd1 h5) 19. Rad1 Nb8 (19... Ne5 20. a4 Re8) 20. Bd5 Qb5 21. Qc7 Qa6 22. Rc1
Qa5 23. Rfd1 Rb5 24. Qd6 Qb6 25. Qe7 Qg6 26. Be4 Qe6 27. Bh7+ Kxh7 28. Qxf8
Qxa2 29. Qd6 a6 30. Qd3+ f5 31. Rb1 Qe6 32. Rxb5 axb5 33. Qxb5 Nc6 34. Rd5 Kg6
35. Qc5 Qe4 36. Rd6+ Kh7 37. Qd5 Qb1+ 38. Qd1 Qe4 39. Qd3 Qg4 40. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. Bc2 Qc7 12. O-O Bc5 13. Qe2 e5 14. Nh4 (14. Nd1) (14.
Bd2) 14... O-O 15. Kh1 (15. Qf3 Bd4 16. Nf5) 15... Bd4 16. Nf5 Nc5 17. Qf3 Bxf5
18. Qxf5 Qc8 19. Qf3 (19. Qxc8 Raxc8 20. f3 Nd3 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. Rd1) 19...
Qg4 20. Qxg4 Nxg4 21. Nd1 f5 22. exf5 (22. f3 fxe4) 22... Nf6 23. Ne3 Rad8 24.
a4 (24. Rd1 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. f3) 24... Nxd5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra5 Nc7 27.
Bd2 Ra8 (27... Bxb2 28. Bb4 Bd4 29. Bxc5 Bxc5 30. Nxc4) 28. g4 e4 29. Kg2 Nd3
30. Rb1 Bxe3 31. fxe3 Rxa5 32. Bxa5 Nd5 33. Bd2 Ra8 34. Kg3 b4 35. Bxd3 cxd3
36. Rc1 Ra2 37. Rc5 Rxb2 38. Rxd5 Rxd2 39. Kf4 Rc2 40. Ke5 (40. Kxe4 d2 41. Kf3
b3 42. Ke2 b2 43. Rb5 d1=Q+) 40... b3 41. Rd8+ Kf7 42. Rd7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. e4 Nb6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nh3 f5 13. Be2 fxe4 14. fxe4 (
14. Qxe4 e5 15. dxe5 Bf5 16. Bg5 Qd4 17. Qxd4 Nxd4 18. Rd1 Nxe2 19. Kxe2 Bxh3
20. gxh3 Rae8) 14... e5 15. dxe5 (15. d5 Bxh3 16. gxh3 Qh4+ 17. Kd2 Nd4 18.
Bxd4 exd4 19. Qxd4 Qxh3 20. Rag1 Qh6+ 21. Kd3) 15... Qxd3 16. Bxd3 Nxe5 17. Bc2
Bxh3 18. gxh3 Rf3 19. Ke2 Nbc4 20. Bf2 Raf8 21. Bd4 Rxh3 22. a4 b6 23. Rab1 Nc6
24. Bf2 Rhf3 25. Bg1 Rc3 26. Bb3 N6a5 27. Bd1 Rf4 28. e5 Nxe5 29. Bf2 Nac4 30.
Bb3 Re4+ 31. Kd1 Rd3+ 32. Kc1 Re2 33. Be1 g6 34. h4 h5 35. Bd1 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Bd7 11. Ra2 Ne8 (11... a4 12. b4 axb3 13. Nxb3 b6 14. a4)
12. b4 f5 13. c5 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa2 15. Nxa2 Nf6 16. Nc3 Kh8 (16... Bh6) 17. f3
f4 18. Nc4 Nc8 19. Na5 b6 20. Nc6 (20. c6 bxa5 21. cxd7 Qxd7 22. bxa5 c6 23. a6
) 20... Bxc6 21. dxc6 bxc5 22. bxc5 Ne7 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Nb5 Nxc6 25. Qxd6 Nd4
26. Qxd8 Nxe2+ 27. Kf2 Rxd8 28. Kxe2 Kg8 29. Bd2 Rb8 30. Nd6 Ne8 31. Nc4 Rc8
32. Nb6 Rb8 33. Nd5 Rb7 34. Rc1 Kf7 35. Rc6 Nf6 36. Nb4 Bf8 37. Nd3 Nd7 38. Bc3
Bg7 39. Nb2 Ra7 40. Kd3 Ra2 41. Kc4 Ra7 42. Kd5 Rb7 43. Ra6 Rb3 (43... Nb8 44.
Ra5 Rd7+) 44. Na4 Ra3 45. Ra7 Rxa4 46. Rxd7+ Kg8 47. Rb7 Ra3 48. Rc7 Ra2 49. g4
fxg3 (49... g5) 50. hxg3 Rg2 51. Ke6 h5 (51... Rxg3 52. Rxg7+) 52. Rd7 Rg1 53.
Rd8+ Kh7 54. Rd3 Kg8 (54... g5 55. Rd7 Kh6 56. Bxe5 Bxe5 57. Kxe5 Rxg3) 55. f4
exf4 56. Rd8+ Kh7 57. Rd7 fxg3 58. Bxg7 Rf1 59. Bf6+ Kh6 60. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Black "Eingorn, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 dxe4 5. Qxe4 Nf6 6. Qh4 Bd7 7. Nf3 Bc6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Be4 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 O-O 12. O-O c5 13. Bg5 cxd4 14. Nxd4
Nbd7 15. Rfd1 Ne5 16. Nb5 Ng6 17. Qg3 h6 18. Be3 a6 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. c4 e5 21.
Nb3 b5 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Nc5 Qc6 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Rfd8 26. Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smyslov, Vasily"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Qb6 9. Qc2 (9. Rb1) 9... Re8 10. c4 cxd4 11. exd4 Qc7 12. Rac1 a6 13. Rfe1 e6
14. Bh4 b6 15. Bg3 Qc6 16. b4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Bf8 18. Qb2 Qb5 (18... Qa4) 19. Nd6
Qxd3 20. Rcd1 (20. Re3 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Bb7 23. Rc7 Bd5 24. Qc1)
20... Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Bb7 23. Ne5 Rec8 24. h3 Bc6 25. Rc1 Bb7 26.
a3 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Nd5 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Qd2 Kg7 30. a4 h6 31. a5 bxa5 32. bxa5
Bc6 33. Qd4 Bb5 34. Qa7 g5 35. Kh2 Rc2 36. Bc5 Rc4 37. Bb6 Rf4 38. Qb8 Rc4 39.
Qd6 Rc6 40. Qd8 Rc4 41. Ba7 Rc7 42. Bb8 Re7 43. h4 Re8 44. Qd6 gxh4 45. Bc7 Rc8
46. Bd8 Rc4 47. Bb6 Rg4 48. Bc5 Kh7 49. Qf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 a6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qf3
Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. a3 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. Rae1 O-O 13. Qh3 Nc5 14. Bf2 Nfd7
15. Kh1 Bf6 16. Rd1 Re8 17. Bg1 g6 18. Nde2 Bg7 19. f5 Qe7 20. Bd4 Nf6 21. Qg3
(21. fxg6 fxg6 22. e5 dxe5 23. Bxe5) 21... e5 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Be3 Nfxe4 24.
Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Nc3 Bb7 27. h4 Rc4 28. Bg5 Qe6 29. Rd2 Rg4 30. Qd3
f6 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Eingorn, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qb3 a6 13. Be2 Nc6 14.
O-O Qc7 15. Rab1 Na5 16. Qa3 Rc8 17. c4 (17. Rfd1 Qxc3 18. Qd6 Qc7 19. Nf5 exf5
20. Qxf6) 17... Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Rfd1 Qc3 20. Qxc3 (20. Qd6 Qc7 21. Qb4
Rg8 22. Qd2) 20... Rxc3 21. Rxb7 Bc8 22. Ra7 O-O 23. Ne2 Rc2 24. Nf4 Kg7 25. h3
Rxa2 26. Rd6 Kh6 27. Rc6 Kg5 28. g3 e5 29. Nd5 Be6 30. Raxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. b3
Na6 9. Ba3 c6 10. Rc1 h6 11. e3 Be6 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Nd2 Nc7 14. Qd3 Rab8 15.
Bb2 Kh8 16. d5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Ncxd5 18. cxd5 Bf7 19. Bd4 Ra8 20. Rfe1 Rfc8 21.
a4 Rc7 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Nc4 Kh7 24. h4 b6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. h5 gxh5 27. Qxf5+
Bg6 28. Qf4 a6 29. Be4 Rg8 30. Bxg6+ Rxg6 31. Kh2 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Nd2 Qc2
34. Ne4 Kg7 35. Qf5 Qxb3 36. Rc1 h4 37. Rc7 Qd3 38. Nxd6 (38. Rc8 Qf1 39. Rg8+
Kxg8 40. Qxg6+) 38... hxg3+ 39. fxg3 Qe2+ 40. Kh3 Rg5 41. Rxe7+ Bxe7 42. Qf7+
Kh8 43. Qe8+ Rg8 44. Qxe7 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. O-O-O Be7 (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Be7 12. g4 b5) 11. g4 Rd8 (
11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. g5 exf4 14. gxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Ne7 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17.
Rhg1+ Kh8 18. Qe4 Ng6 19. Qd4 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rd6 fxe3 22. fxe3 Ra5) 12.
h3 Bd7 13. Nd2 a6 14. Be2 Rac8 15. g5 Ne4 16. Ndxe4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Ne5 18. Rd4
Bc6 19. Rhd1 Ng6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Bg3 Qe1+ 23. Bd1 Qh1 24. Qd2
Be7 25. Bd6 Qxe4 26. Bxe7 Qxc4+ 27. Bc2 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Be7 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 d4 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. Be2 a5 (14...
g6) 15. Na4 Bd7 16. Nbc5 b6 (16... Rb8) 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Bf3
Rfc8 (19... Rac8 20. O-O Rfd8) 20. O-O Rab8 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. exd4 b5 23. Nc3
Rxc4 (23... bxc4 24. Rfe1 Rd6 25. Qe2 Qe6 26. dxe5 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 Nc5) 24. Qe2
Qe6 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxb5 h6 27. b3 Rf4 28. Nc7 Qf5 29. Rfe1 Ng6 30. Nd5 Rh4
31. g3 Rh5 32. h4 Qe5 33. Ne7+ Qxe7 (33... Kh7 34. Qf3 Qc5 35. Qxf7) 34. Qxh5
Qxa3 35. Qd5 a4 36. bxa4 Qxa4 37. Qd7 Qa8 38. Ra1 Qb7 39. Qxb7 Rxb7 40. Re8+
Kh7 41. Rae1 h5 42. Kg2 f6 43. f4 Ra7 44. Kf3 Rb7 45. R1e3 Ra7 46. Ke2 Rb7 47.
Kd3 Nh8 48. R8e7 Rb8 49. Rc7 Ng6 50. Kc4 Rb1 51. Rc5 Kh6 52. Re8 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 Be6 9. d3 O-O 10. b4 Nd4 11. Bb2 Nxf3+ (11... Bb3 12. Qc1 c5) 12. Bxf3 c6
13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Qc2 Bd5 15. Nd2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Bd6 17. Nd2 Qe7 18. Ne4 Rae8 19.
Nxd6 Qxd6 20. a4 f5 21. b5 c5 22. e3 Rf7 23. Rfe1 Nf8 24. Qc4 Rd8 25. Rad1 b6
26. Kg2 Ng6 27. f4 exf4 28. exf4 Qd5+ 29. Kf2 Rfd7 30. Rc1 h5 31. Qxd5+ Rxd5
32. d4 cxd4 33. Rc7 R8d7 34. Rxd7 Rxd7 35. Rd1 Nf8 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. Bxd4 Ne6 (
37... Nd7 38. Ke3 Kf7 39. Kd3 g6 40. Kc4 Ke6) 38. Ke3 Kf7 39. Be5 Nc5 40. Kd4
Nxa4 (40... Ke6 41. Bb8 a5 42. bxa6 Nxa6 43. Ba7 Nc5 44. Bxb6 Nxa4) 41. Bb8 Ke6
42. Bxa7 g6 (42... Kd7 43. Ke5 Kc7 44. Kxf5) (42... Kd6 43. Bb8+ Ke6 44. Kc4
Nc5 45. Bc7) 43. Kc4 h4 44. gxh4 Nb2+ 45. Kc3 Na4+ 46. Kb4 Nc5 47. Bxb6 Nd3+
48. Kc4 Nxf4 49. Bf2 Nh3 50. Ba7 Kd7 51. Kd5 Nf4+ 52. Ke5 Nh5 53. Bc5 f4 54.
Bf2 Ke7 55. Ke4 Ke6 56. Bd4 Kd6 57. Kf3 Kd5 58. b6 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Smyslov, Vasily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 Re8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. c3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. h3 Bh2+ 14. Kh1
Bf4 15. Bb5 O-O 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. c4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Bd2 Ng4 11. Qd3 Ne5 12. Qe4 Bd7 13. b3 Bc6 14. Qh4 e6
15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Rac1 h6 17. Rfd1 Rd7 18. h3 Rad8 19. Be3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nc6
21. Rd2 d5 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Bc5 d4 24. Na4 h5 25. Rcd1 Rd5 26. e4 Re5 27. Bxd4
Rxe4 28. Bxg7 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Kxg7 30. Nc5 Re7 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 b6 33. Nd7
Ne5 34. Nxe5 Rxe5 35. Rd7 a5 36. Rd6 b5 37. a3 g5 38. Kf3 f6 39. Rc6 Re1 40.
Rb6 Ra1 41. Ke4 Kg6 42. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Yusupov, Artur"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 a6 8. Nf3
Rb8 9. O-O b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. b4 Bb7 12. Bd3 c5 13. Rab1 d5 14. exd5 c4 15.
Bc2 Bxd5 16. Ne5 Ba8 17. Rfe1 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Nd5 20. a4 bxa4 21.
Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxa4 Ra8 23. Ra1 f6 24. Bc3 fxe5 25. f3 e4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. fxe4
Bb7 28. Bb5 c3 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Bd3 Kf6 31. Rc1 Ra3 32. Kf2 Ke5 33. Ke3 c2 34.
Rxc2 Rxd3+ 35. Kxd3 Bxe4+ 36. Kc3 Bxc2 37. Kxc2 Kd4 38. Kd2 Kc4 39. Ke3 Kxb4
40. Kd4 Kb3 41. Ke5 Kc4 42. Ke6 Kd4 43. Kxe7 Ke5 44. Kf7 Kf5 45. Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bh6 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qc2 Be6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bf4 Bg7
15. Qd2 Bf7 16. b3 Rfe8 17. Rac1 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nxf7 Nxf7 21.
Be3 Qa6 22. Rc2 Re6 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Qb6 25. Rb1 Rae8 26. Bf1 Kg7 27. b4
Ng5 28. a4 Re4 29. Rd1 a6 30. Rb2 Qd8 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Qf6 33. bxc6 bxc6
34. Rb7+ R4e7 35. Qb4 Rxb7 36. Qxb7+ Re7 37. Qb8 Qf8 38. Qb6 f4 39. Rd3 fxg3
40. hxg3 Qf6 41. Qd8 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bf6 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Qc5
15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Ra7 17. a3 Rb7 18. Nce2 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Nf4 Nf6 21.
Qd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Rd7 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Bxe6+ Rff7 25. f3 Kf8 26. c4 (26. Red1)
26... bxc4 27. Rxc4 Bb7 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. Rec1 Ne8 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. b4 (31. Rb4)
31... d5 32. exd5 Rxd5 33. R1c2 Kd7 34. Rc5 Rd6 35. Ke3 Re6+ 36. Kf4 Bc6 37.
Rd2+ Nd6 38. Re5 Rf6+ 39. Kg3 Kc8 40. Rc2 Kd7 41. Rd2 Bb5 42. Rd4 g6 43. Kf2 h5
44. Kg3 Kc6 45. Kh4 Nf7 46. Re7 g5+ 47. Kh3 Bf1 48. Re3 Nh6 49. Rc3+ Kb6 50.
Rd1 Bb5 51. Kg3 Nf5+ 52. Kf2 g4 53. Rd5 Bc6 54. Re5 gxf3 55. gxf3 h4 56. Rd3 h3
57. f4 Nh4 58. Rc5 Ng6 59. f5 Nh4 60. Rxh3 Nxf5 61. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Be6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Ne2 Kc7 14.
h3 Nc8 15. Nf4 Nd6 16. g4 Ne4 17. Rdf1 Bd6 18. Nh5 f5 19. Ng7 fxg4 20. Nxe6+
fxe6 21. hxg4 Rdg8 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nd2 Rxg4 24. Rh5 Bb4 25. Nb1 (25. Rfh1
Bxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Rg7 27. R5h4) 25... h6 26. Kd1 Bf8 27. Ke2 Bg7 28. Nc3 Rf8 29.
Rfh1 Rf5 30. b4 Rxh5 31. Rxh5 e5 32. d5 cxd5 33. Nxd5+ Kd6 34. Nc3 Ke6 35. a3
Rg1 (35... a6 36. Na4 Bf8) 36. Nxe4 b6 37. f4 exf4 38. exf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3
Nc6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Rb8 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nd7 13. g5 (13. Bd3) 13... b5
14. Kb1 Qc7 (14... b4 15. Ne2 Bb7) 15. h5 b4 16. Ne2 Ne5 17. Ng1 (17. f4 Nc4
18. Qd3 e5) 17... f5 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. h6 g6 20. b3 Bb7 21. Bh3 Qe7 22. Rh2 (
22. Bb2 Rfd8 23. Qxb4 Ba8 24. Qc3 Rdc8 25. Qd4 Nc4 26. Qxf6 Na3+ 27. Ka1 Nxc2+
28. Kb1 Na3+) 22... a5 23. Re2 Nf7 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. f4 Rbc8 26. Nf3 Qc3 (26...
Rc3 27. Ng5 Nxg5 28. fxg5 Qe5 29. Bg2 Rd8) 27. Re3 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 (28. Nxd2)
28... Rc3 29. Rxc3 bxc3 30. Rd3 (30. Rd4 e5 31. fxe5 dxe5 32. Rc4) 30... Bxe4
31. Rxc3 Bxf3 32. Bxe6 (32. Rxf3 Ng5 33. Re3 Nxh3 34. Rxh3 Rxf4) 32... Bh5 33.
Rc7 g5 34. fxg5 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
a6 9. c5 e5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. dxe5 Be7 12. Qc2 h6 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Qc3 Re8 15.
e6 fxe6 16. O-O Bf6 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. a4 b4 15. cxb4
Nxc6 16. Bd2 Qb7 17. b5 axb5 18. Nc3 bxa4 19. Bxa4 Be6 20. Bg5 Nb4 21. Ra3 Rfd8
22. Qe2 h6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Bb5 Rab8 25. Rd1 (25. Ra4) 25... d5 26. Ra4 dxe4 (
26... Qe7 27. exd5 Nxd5) 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Nxe5 Nd5 29. Nc6 Nxc3 30. bxc3 Qxb5
31. Qxb5 Rxb5 32. Nxd8 Rb1+ 33. Kh2 Bd5 34. c4 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Eingorn, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O d5 7. c4 dxc4 8. bxc4
Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Nfd7 11. e4 a6 12. e5 b5 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. h4 (14. a4)
14... Nb6 15. Ne4 Na4 16. Bc1 Nd4 (16... Nb4 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nfxg5 h6 19. a3
Qxd3 20. Qh5 hxg5 (20... Nc6 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. Be4) 21. Rfd1 Bxe4 22. Rxd3 Bg6
23. Qxg6 fxg6 24. axb4 Rad8) 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Bf4 Nc3 19. Nxc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2
Qxc3 21. Qe4 Ra7 (21... Rfd8 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Qb7 Bf8 24. Qxb5 Rxd3) 22. a4
bxa4 23. Rfc1 Qb4 24. Rcb1 Qc3 (24... Qa5) 25. Rxa4 a5 26. Be3 Rd8 27. Rb5 h5
28. Bxc5 Bxc5 29. Rxc5 Qxd3 30. Qxd3 Rxd3 31. Rcxa5 Rxa5 32. Rxa5 Rc3 33. Ra4
Kh7 34. Kf1 Kg6 35. Ke2 Kf5 36. Kd2 Rf3 37. Ra7 Kxe5 38. Ke2 Rf5 39. Rd7 Ke4
40. c5 f6 41. c6 Rc5 42. f3+ Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 c6 10. c3 Bc5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Be3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Yusupov, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 d6 7. a4 a6 8. O-O O-O
9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 (10... Bg4) 11. Bg3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nbd2 Kh8 14. Qb3 a5
15. b5 Ne7 16. Rfe1 Qe8 17. d4 Ng6 18. Bh2 Nf4 19. Bf1 Rg8 20. g4 (20. Rac1)
20... Bg6 21. Ra2 h5 (21... Qd7 22. Bxf4 (22. Nc4 Nxg4) 22... gxf4 23. Bg2) 22.
Bxf4 gxf4 23. g5 Nh7 24. h4 f6 25. Bc4 Qe7 26. Bxg8 Rxg8 27. Kf1 fxg5 28. hxg5
Bf7 29. c4 Nxg5 30. dxe5 Nxf3 31. Nxf3 Qe6 32. exd6 Qxc4+ 33. Qxc4 Bxc4+ 34.
Ree2 cxd6 35. Rac2 Bxe2+ 36. Rxe2 (36. Kxe2 Kg7 37. Rd2 Bc5 38. Nh4 Kf6 39. Nf5
) 36... Re8 37. Rd2 Bc5 (37... Rxe4 38. Rxd6 Bc5 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Rd7+ Kf6 41.
Rxb7 Rxa4) 38. e5 dxe5 39. Rd5 e4 40. Rxh5+ Kg7 41. Rxc5 exf3 42. Rc4 Rd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Eingorn, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
c5 9. d5 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. e4 Ba6 (12... d6 13. e5 exd5 14.
cxd5 Nd7) 13. Re1 Bxc4 14. Ne5 Ba6 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 (15... Qf6 16. dxe6 dxe6 17.
Nd6 Qxf2+ 18. Kh1) 16. e5 Kg8 17. dxe6 Nc6 18. Qb3 (18. Qxd7 Qxd7 19. exd7 Ne7
20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Rad1) 18... Kh8 19. Rad1 Na5 20. Qa4 Rb8 21. Qg4 Qe8 22. exd7
Qe7 23. Qh4 g5 24. Qh6 Bb7 (24... Nc4) 25. Qd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Nb7
28. Rd5 Rf7 29. e6 Re7 30. Rxg5 Rd8 31. Rd5 Kg7 32. g4 Rf8 33. Rg5+ Kh8 34. Rf5
Rg8 35. f4 Rxg4+ 36. Kf3 Rg8 37. Rh5 Nd8 38. f5 Rf8 39. Kg4 Kg7 40. Kg5 Nf7+
41. Kf4 Nh8 42. Ke5 (42. Rg1+) 42... Nf7+ 43. Kd5 Rd8 44. Kc6 Kf6 45. Rd1 Ng5
46. Rd5 Ne4 47. Rh4 Nxc3 48. Rh6+ Kg5 49. f6+ Nxd5 50. fxe7 Nxe7+ 51. Kc7 Rh8
52. Rxh7 (52. Rh3) 52... Rxh7 53. d8=Q c4 54. Qd2+ Kg6 55. Kd6 Nc8+ 56. Kd5
Rh5+ 57. Kxc4 Kf6 58. Qf4+ Kxe6 59. Qg4+ Rf5 60. Qg8+ Kd7 61. Kd4 Nd6 62. Ke3
Ke7 63. Qg7+ Nf7 64. Qc3 Rf6 65. Qc7+ Kf8 66. Qxa7 Rd6 67. Ke4 Kg7 68. Qb8 Ng5+
69. Ke3 Nf7 70. Qc7 Kf8 71. h4 Kg7 72. Qe7 Kg8 73. a4 Kg7 74. Ke4 Kg8 75. Qe8+
Kg7 76. h5 Rh6 77. Qb8 Rxh5 78. Qg3+ Kf8 79. Kd4 Rh6 80. Kc4 Rc6+ 81. Kb5 Nd8
82. Qe3 Re6 83. Qc3 Ke8 84. Qc7 Rc6 85. Qg7 Re6 86. Ka6 Rc6 87. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 Re8
15. Ra2 d4 16. b5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 dxe3 18. bxc6 Qxd3 19. cxb7 exf2+ 20. Kh2 Qxf1
(20... Qxf3 21. gxf3 Rab8 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. Rc2) 21. bxa8=Q Qg1+ 22. Kg3 f1=N+
23. Kh4 Bd8+ 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 25. Rf2 f6 26. Rxf1 g5+ 27. Kh5 Qc5 28. Be3 (28.
Qb3+ Kh8 29. Be3 Qe5 30. Qf7 g4+ 31. Kh4 gxh3 32. Bf4 (32. gxh3 Rd4+ 33. Bxd4
Qg5#)) 28... Qc4 29. Kh6 Re8 30. Bd2 Qf7 31. Qd3 Re2 32. Qd8+ Re8 33. Qd3 Re2
34. Qd8+ Re8 35. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. Nd2 Na6
9. O-O Nc7 10. a4 Re8 11. f4 Rb8 12. Kh1 exd5 13. cxd5 h5 14. f5 a6 15. a5 gxf5
16. Bxh5 Nb5 17. exf5 Re5 18. Bf3 Rxf5 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Bd2 Bd7 (20... Nd4) 21.
Ne2 Nxd5 (21... Rxf3 22. gxf3 Nd4) 22. Ng3 Nf6 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Bg5 Nh7 25.
Bd5 Bg6 26. Qg4 Kh8 27. Rae1 Rf8 28. Qh4 f6 29. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Be2 Qe3 10. Qd3 Qxd3 11. cxd3 h6 12. Bh4 Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Nxc3 14. Bxd6
Nxe2 15. Kxe2 Nc6 16. Rhc1 f6 17. a4 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b3
Na6 9. Ba3 c6 10. Qd3 (10. Rc1) 10... Bd7 11. Rfe1 Rd8 12. Rad1 Kh8 (12... Nc7)
13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15. Nxf6 Bxf6 16. Qe3 Qf7 17. h3 Nc7 18. Re2 Bc8 19.
Ng5 Qg8 20. Qd2 Ne6 (20... h6 21. Nf3 Kh7 22. Bc1 Qg7) 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Rde1
Bd7 23. Rxe7 Bxe7 24. Rxe7 Rf6 25. d5 Qf8 26. Re3 Kg8 27. Bb2 Rf5 28. Qd4 Re5
29. Rxe5 dxe5 30. Qxe5 Kf7 31. d6 Bf5 (31... Re8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Qh8+) 32. c5
h5 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Bd3 35. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Smyslov, Vasily"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. d4 Bxf3 (4... e6 5. g3) 5. exf3 e6 6. f4 Bd6
7. g3 Qe7 8. Bg2 c6 9. c4 Nh6 10. O-O O-O (10... f5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bxd5 exd5
13. Re1) 11. Re1 Nf6 12. c5 Bc7 13. Nd2 Nf5 14. b4 h5 15. Bh3 g6 16. Nf3 Kg7
17. Ne5 Rh8 18. a4 Nd7 19. b5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 f6 21. exf6+ Qxf6 22. Ra3 Rae8 23.
Rb3 Re7 24. Qd2 g5 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 (25... exf5 26. Rxe7+ Qxe7 27. bxc6 bxc6 28.
Rb7) 26. Bc1 Kg6 27. Rbe3 Rg8 (27... g4 28. f3 h4 29. fxg4 Qxg4 30. Qc2+ Kg7
31. Qe2 Qxe2 32. R1xe2 Rhe8) 28. Re5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Qb1 (29... Qf3 30. Qxg5+ Kf7
31. Qxh5+ Qxh5 32. Rxh5) 30. Rxg5+ Kh7 31. Rxh5+ Kg7 32. Kg2 Kf8 33. Qf4+ Ke8
34. Rh4 e5 35. dxe5 Rf7 36. Qh6 Rg6 37. Qe3 cxb5 38. axb5 Qxb5 39. e6 Rf8 40.
Qe5 Qxc5 41. Be3 Qc6 (41... Qe7 42. Rh7 Qxh7 43. Qb8+ Ke7 44. Qxb7+) (41... Qc8
42. Rh8 Rfg8 43. Qf5 Ke7 44. Rh7+ R6g7 45. Bg5+ Ke8 46. Qf7+ Rxf7 47. exf7+ Kf8
48. Be7+ Kxe7 49. fxg8=Q+) (41... Qc6 42. Qb8+ Ke7 43. Rh7+ Kxe6 44. Qxf8 d4+
45. f3 dxe3 46. Qe7+ Kd5 47. Qe4+ Kc5 48. Rh5+ Kb6 49. Qxe3+ Kc7 50. Rc5) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
Rb8 16. Ba3 Nh5 17. Bf1 Nf4 18. Qc2 Bc8 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. b4 Qd8 21. a5 Qf6 22.
g3 Ne6 23. Bg2 exd4 24. cxd4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 26. Qxc6 Qf6 27. Nb1 Qe7 28.
Qc2 Bb7 29. Nc3 Rbc8 30. Qd2 Nf6 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. exd5 Qd7 33. Rxe8 Qxe8 34.
Bb2 Rc4 35. Rc1 Qc8 36. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Qe7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. O-O c6 10. Nd2 Na6 11. Qa4 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Rfc8
15. a3 Nc5 16. Qb4 Bf8 17. Na4 Nd3 18. Qc3 b5 19. Qxd3 bxa4 20. Qc2 Qb7 21.
Rab1 Qa6 22. Qc3 Re8 23. b4 axb3 24. Rxb3 Rad8 25. Rdb1 h6 26. a4 Kh7 27. Rb7
Rd7 28. Rxd7 Bxd7 29. Nb3 Be6 30. Bc5 Qxc4 31. Qxc4 Bxc4 32. Bxf8 Bxb3 33. Rxb3
Rxf8 34. Rb7 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Yusupov, Artur"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Nc3 b6 10. Ne5 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Re1 Ra7 13. Rc1 b5 14. e3 Qb6 15.
Qb3 Rb7 16. Bf1 a4 17. Qd1 a3 18. bxa3 Bxa3 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. Rb3 (20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qh4 Be7 23. Ng4 Qxc3 24. Nxf6 Bxf6 25. Qxf6+) 20... Ne4 21.
Nxe4 dxe4 22. Bg2 f6 23. Bxe4 fxe5 24. Rf1 b4 25. d5 Qb5 (25... h6) 26. Re1 Rd7
27. Qb1 exd5 28. Bxh7+ Kh8 29. Qg6 Qc6 30. Qh5 g6 31. Bxg6+ Kg8 32. e4 Bc4 33.
exd5 Bxd5 34. Rbe3 Bb2 35. Bh6 Rf6 (35... Bh1 36. Be4 Bxe4 37. Rxe4) 36. Rxe5
Bxe5 37. Rxe5 Rxg6 (37... Re6 38. Bf7+ Rxf7 39. Rg5+ Rg7 40. Rxg7+ Kh8) 38.
Re8+ Kf7 (38... Kh7 39. Bg7+ Rh6 40. Bxh6 Bf3 41. Qf5+ Qg6 42. Qxf3 Qxe8 43.
Bf4 Nc6) 39. Qf5+ Rf6 40. Qh5+ Rg6 41. Qf5+ Rf6 42. Rf8+ (42. Rf8+ Ke7 43. Rxf6
Qxf6 44. Bg5 Qxg5 45. Qxg5+ Kf7 46. Qf4+ Kg7 47. Qxb8 Bf3 48. Qe5+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. O-O Na6 12. Ne5 Nc5 13. Bxf7+ Rxf7 14.
Nxf7 Kxf7 15. b4 Qxb4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5+ Ne6 18. Rc4 Qb2 19. Rfc1 (19. Rc7
Kf8 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Qxe6 Rc1) 19... Bd7 20. h3 (20. Qxd7 Rd8 21. Qa4 b5)
20... Rd8 21. Qa5 a6 22. Bc7 Rc8 23. R4c2 Qb5 24. Qxb5 Bxb5 25. Bb6 Rc6 26.
Rxc6 Bxc6 27. f3 Nf8 28. Kf2 Nd7 29. Ba7 Be5 30. e4 Bd6 31. Ke3 e5 32. Kd2 Ke6
33. Be3 Be7 34. Kc2 b6 35. Kb2 Kd6 36. Rd1+ Kc7 37. h4 a5 38. h5 g5 39. h6 Nf8
40. Bd2 Ne6 41. Bc3 Bd6 42. Ka1 Nd4 43. Kb1 Ne2 44. Bb2 b5 45. Rd2 Nf4 46. a3
Ne6 47. Bc3 b4 48. axb4 axb4 49. Rxd6 Kxd6 50. Bxb4+ Kd7 51. Kc2 Nf4 52. g4 Ne2
53. Bc5 Bb5 54. Kd2 Nf4 55. Ke3 Be2 56. Bb4 Bd1 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 Nd7 15.
Nbd2 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Nf1 c5 18. a3 Nc6 19. d5 Nce5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. d6
Bf6 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Nb6 24. Qxc5 Rc8 25. Qb4 Rc4 26. Qa5 Ra4 27. Qc3 Qxd6
28. b3 Rd4 29. Be3 Rd3 30. Qc5 Nc8 31. Qc2 Rd8 32. Rec1 h6 33. a4 Qb4 34. axb5
Qxb5 35. Rd1 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Rxd1 37. Qxd1 Qc6 38. Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Eingorn, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Nb6 7. Qc2 g6 8.
e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. O-O Bg7 12. b4 O-O 13. b5 Re8 14. bxc6 bxc6
15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Nd2 Nfd7 17. a4 Qe6 18. Bf4 a5 19. Bg3 Bf8 20. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Yusupov, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 c5 14. dxc5 Bd5
15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. c6 Nb8 19. Rac1 Qxc6 20. Qxc6 Rxc6
21. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
d5 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. O-O Re8 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 b5 15.
Rfc1 a6 16. Qa3 e5 17. d3 Qd6 18. e4 Nd7 19. Bc3 Nf8 20. Qb2 Rad8 21. Rd1 Qe7
22. Rac1 Ng6 23. Bf1 h6 24. d4 exd4 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 g6 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. h3 Ng7 (12... Be6) 13. g4
Bd7 14. Nf4 g5 15. Nfe2 h5 16. e4 Be6 17. exd5 (17. e5 O-O-O 18. Rhg1) 17...
Nxd5 18. Be4 Nb4 19. Qa4 a5 20. Ng3 Kf8 (20... b5 21. Bxc6+ Nxc6 22. Qxb5) 21.
d5 (21. Rde1 Qf6 22. a3 b5 23. Qd1) 21... cxd5 (21... b5 22. d6 Qf6 23. Qa3
Qxf2 24. d7 Bxd7 25. Rxd7 Qxg3 26. Rf1) 22. Bxd5 h4 23. Bxe6 hxg3 24. Bb3 gxf2
25. Qd7 Ne6 26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. a3 Na6 29. Rd2 Ke7 30. Rxf2 Nc5 31.
Rf3 Raf8 32. Re3 Rf2 33. Kb1 Rd8 34. Rd1 Rxd1+ 35. Nxd1 Rd2 36. Kc1 Rh2 37. b3
Kd6 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 Na6 40. Nc3 Nxb4 41. Ne4+ Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. Qa4 Qe8 12. Qxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O a6 8. f4
Qc7 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. Nf3 b6 14. e5 Nxd3 15.
cxd3 (15. Qxd3 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. Rad1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxb6) 15...
Ng4 16. Bg1 dxe5 17. fxe5 Bb7 18. d4 Rad8 19. Qe2 f5 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. h3 Nh6
22. d5 exd5 23. Bxb6 Rc8 24. Bg1 f4 25. Nd4 Nf5 26. Nxf5 Qxf5 27. Qf3 (27. Qf3
Qxe5 28. Rce1 Qf5 29. Qxf4 Qxf4 30. Rxf4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch55"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2
O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. a3 Nd7 14. Bd2 Qb6+ 15.
Kh1 Nc5 16. Rab1 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1989.09.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 h6 12. Re1 Nh7 13. Nf1 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Ng3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qd7 17. a4 Rf7 18. a5 Raf8 19. f3 Nf5 20. Nxf5 Rxf5 21. Rb1
R8f7 22. Rb2 Qd8 23. Rxb7 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Rxb7 25. f4 Qh4 26. Qg3 Qxg3+ 27. hxg3
e4 28. f5 (28. Rxe4 Rb1 29. Re1 Nf6 30. Bd2 Rb2 31. Re2) 28... Rb1 29. Kf1 Kf7
30. g4 Nf6 31. Bf4 Rxe1+ 32. Kxe1 Nxg4 33. Bxd6 a6 34. Bxc5 (34. Ke2 h5 35.
Bxc5 h4 36. Bd6 h3 37. c5) 34... Ne5 35. Bd4 (35. Ke2 Nxc4 36. Kf2 h5 37. Kg3)
35... Nxc4 36. Kf2 g6 37. fxg6+ Kxg6 38. Bb6 Kf6 39. Bc7 h5 40. Kg3 Kf5 41. Kf2
h4 (41... h4 42. Kg2 Ne3+ 43. Kh3 Nxd5) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1989.09.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 Re8 12. Nh3 (12. Bf2) 12... Nbd7 13. Be2
c5 14. O-O Qe7 15. Bf2 Rac8 16. Rfe1 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 18. Rad1 Ne6 (18... Bc6)
19. Qd2 Nc5 20. Bb5 Red8 21. Nf4 g5 22. b4 Nce4 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Qb2 Nxf2 (
24... gxf4 25. exf4 Qc7) 25. Nh5 Nh3+ 26. gxh3 f5 27. e4 dxe4 28. Bd7 (28. Bd7
Rc7 29. Be6+ Kh7 30. Bxf5+) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1989.09.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 Bc5 10. O-O Nxc4 11. Qxc4 axb5 12. Qxb5 Qxb5 13. Nxb5 Ke7 14. Bd2
Rd8 (14... d6 15. b4 Bb6) (14... d5 15. Rfc1 b6 16. b4 Bd6 17. Nxd6 Kxd6) 15.
a4 d5 16. Rfc1 b6 17. b4 Bd6 18. Nxd6 Kxd6 19. b5 Bb7 20. Bf4+ e5 (20... Ke7
21. Bc7 Rdc8 22. Bxb6 Rxa4) 21. Bd2 e4 (21... Ke7 22. a5 bxa5 23. Bxa5 Rdc8)
22. Bf4+ Ke7 23. Rc7+ Rd7 24. Bh3 Rxc7 25. Bxc7 Nd7 26. Bxd7 Kxd7 27. Bxb6 Rc8
28. Bd4 Rc4 29. e3 Rb4 30. Bc3 Rb3 31. Bxg7 Bc8 32. a5 Bb7 33. a6 Ba8 34. Ra5
d4 35. Bxd4 Bd5 36. b6 Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Bc4 38. g4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1989.09.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Bd7 11. b3 c5 12. Rb1 Ne8 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 b6 15. bxc5
bxc5 16. Nb3 f5 17. f3 Nf6 18. Bd2 f4 19. Nb5 Nc8 20. Ra1 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 g5 22.
Qa6 Qe7 23. Na5 g4 24. Nc6 Qf7 25. Nb8 g3 26. Nxd7 gxh2+ 27. Kh1 (27. Kxh2 Qxd7
28. Qc6) 27... Qxd7 28. Qc6 Qd8 29. Ra1 (29. Kxh2 Nh5 30. Rb1 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Ng3
32. Bd3) 29... Nh5 30. Be1 (30. Kxh2 Ng3 31. Bf1 Qh4+ 32. Kg1 Qh1+ 33. Kf2 Bf6
34. Qd7 Bh4 35. Qh3 Nxf1+) 30... Ng3+ 31. Bxg3 fxg3 32. Nc7 Ne7 33. Qb7 Qb8 34.
Rb1 Qxb7 35. Rxb7 Ng6 36. Bd1 Bf6 37. Bc2 Nf4 38. Ra7 Rb8 39. Nb5 h5 40. Nxd6
Rb2 41. Nf5 Rxc2 42. Nxg3 h4 43. Nf5 h3 44. gxh3 Nxh3 45. d6 Rd2 46. Nh6+ Kf8
47. Rf7+ Ke8 48. d7+ (48. Rxf6 Nf2+ 49. Kxh2 Nxe4+) 48... Kd8 49. Ng4 Be7 50.
Nxh2 Rd1+ 51. Kg2 Nf4+ 52. Kf2 Bh4+ (52... Bh4+ 53. Ke3 Rd3#) 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1989.09.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bg4
8. Bf4 c6 9. Kc2 Nd7 10. Bc4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 e5 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bh6 Bf8 14. Bd2
h5 15. Rad1 Nb6 16. Bb3 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. h4 Rh7 19. Kd3 a5 20. a3 Nd7 21.
Ke3 Nc5 22. Ba2 Ke7 23. f4 exf4+ 24. Kxf4 Rhh8 25. Rd4 Rhd8 26. Rhd1 Rxd4 (
26... Ne6+ 27. Bxe6 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Kxe6) 27. cxd4 Rd8 28. Ke3 Nd7 (28... Ne6 29.
f4 Rd6) 29. Rc1 Ra8 30. f4 a4 (30... Rc8 31. d5 f6) 31. d5 Ra6 32. e5 cxd5 33.
Bxd5 Rb6 (33... f6 34. Kd4 Rb6) 34. Rc7 Rxb2 35. Bxb7 Kd8 36. Rc8+ Ke7 37. Bc6
Rb3+ 38. Kd4 Rb2 (38... Rb1 39. Rc7 Rd1+ 40. Ke3 Kd8 41. Bxa4 Re1+ 42. Kf2 Kxc7
43. Kxe1) 39. Rc7 Rd2+ 40. Ke3 Kd8 41. Ra7 Rd1 42. Bxa4 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1989.09.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Nh4
Be6 9. Qd3 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. e3 a6 13. Rfc1 Rc8 14. Na4 Ne4 15.
Nc5 Ne5 16. dxe5 Nxc5 17. Qa3 Ne4 18. Ba5 Qd7 19. Rd1 Qc6 20. Nf3 Qc2 21. Be1
Qc7 22. Ba5 Qc2 23. Rf1 Bd7 24. Nd4 Qa4 25. Qxa4 Bxa4 26. f4 e6 27. Rfc1 Rfe8
28. Bb4 h5 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Bd6 Bd7 31. Kf2 f6 32. h3 fxe5 33. Bxe5 Bxe5 34.
fxe5 Bb5 35. h4 Kf7 36. g4 Ke7 37. g5 Bd3 38. Kg3 Rf8 39. Rxc8 Rxc8 40. Rg1 Rc5
41. Kf4 Rc8 42. a4 a5 43. Ra1 b6 44. Rd1 Rc4 45. b3 Rc5 46. Kg3 Rc8 47. Rd2 Rf8
(47... Rc3 48. Kg2 Ba6) 48. Rf2 Rxf2 49. Kxf2 Ba6 50. Ke1 Bb7 51. Kd2 Bd5 52.
Kc3 Kd7 53. Nb5 Bc6 54. Nd4 Bd5 55. b4 Ke7 56. Nb5 Kd7 57. Nd6 axb4+ (57... Bc6
58. b5 Bd5 59. Nf7) 58. Kxb4 Bc6 59. Nc4 Kc7 60. a5 bxa5+ 61. Nxa5 Bd5 62. Kc5
Kd7 63. Kb6 Kc8 64. Nc6 Kd7 65. Nd4 Bc4 66. Nb5 Ke7 67. Nd6 Bb3 68. Kc7 Ba2 69.
Nc8+ Ke8 70. Kd6 (70. Kd6 Bc4 71. Ne7 Kf7 72. Kd7 Bb5+ 73. Nc6 Kf8 74. Kd6 Bc4
75. Nd8) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. e3 Qe7 8. Nf3
e5 (8... Nbd7) 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bf5 12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14.
Qb3 Qc7 (14... Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4) 15. f3 Nbd7 16. e4 Bg6 17. Bf2 g4 18. Qa4 a6
19. Rb1 O-O-O 20. Bh4 Rde8 21. Rb2 Rh8 22. Nb3 Nb6 23. Qa5 Nfd7 24. Bd3 f5 25.
fxg4 (25. exf5 e4 26. fxe4 Bxf5 27. Nd2 g3) 25... fxe4 26. Be2 e3 27. Rh3 Be4
28. Bf1 Reg8 29. Be7 Rxh3 30. gxh3 Bf3 31. Nc1 Kb8 32. Rh2 e4 33. Rb2 Ka7 34.
Bh4 Qc8 35. Bg3 Qf8 36. Qa3 Qf6 37. Qb3 Rf8 38. Qc2 Bxg4 39. Qg2 Qxc3+ 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 exd4 8.
cxd4 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxd4 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Bf4 Bxf4 (11... O-O-O) 12. Qxf4 Qe5 13.
Qg4 Qe7 (13... f5 14. exf5 O-O-O 15. f6+ Rd7 16. fxg7 Qxg7) 14. Qh5+ Qf7 15.
Qh3 Qd7 16. Qg3 Nh6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Na4 b6 19. Rc1 c5 20. b4 O-O 21. bxc5 b5
22. Nc3 c6 23. Rfe1 Nf7 24. Ne2 Rad8 25. Qe3 Qd7 26. Qb3 Rfe8 27. Ng3 g6 28. f4
(28. Red1 Qe7 29. Qa3) 28... Qd2 29. Rf1 Rd3 30. Qc2 Qxc2 31. Rxc2 h5 32. f5 (
32. e5 fxe5 33. f5 gxf5 34. Nxh5 Red8 35. Rxf5) 32... h4 33. fxg6 hxg3 34.
gxf7+ Kxf7 35. hxg3 Rxe4 36. Rcf2 Re6 37. g4 Kg6 38. a4 Rd4 39. axb5 axb5 40.
g5 Kxg5 41. Rf5+ Kg6 42. Kh2 Rh4+ 43. Kg3 Rh5 44. Rxh5 Kxh5 45. Kf4 Kg6 46. Rf3
Re5 47. Rc3 Kf7 48. Rc1 Ke6 49. g4 Kd5 50. Rh1 b4 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch57"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nc3 c6 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 Qb6 8.
Ne2 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 (9... Qxb2 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nf4) 10. Bxf6
exf6 11. Nf4 g6 12. Qe2 Kf7 13. d5 Bh6 14. O-O-O Re8 15. Qf3 f5 16. Bd3 Bd7 17.
c3 Re5 18. Kb1 Rae8 19. h4 Kg7 20. Bc2 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Bc6 22. Rd4 (22. Bb3)
22... Qxd4 23. cxd4 Bxd5 24. Qc3 Bd2 25. Qxd2 Re2 26. Rd1 (26. Qc3 Bxh1 27. Ba4
Re1+ 28. Kc2 R8e2+ 29. Kb3 Bd5+ 30. Ka3) 26... Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Re1+ 28. Bd1 (28.
Rd1 Re2 29. Rf1 Bg2) 28... f4 29. Kc2 Be4+ 30. Kc3 fxg3 31. fxg3 Re3+ 32. Kb4
Rxg3 33. Rf2 Bd5 34. Re2 Rd3 35. Bb3 Bxb3 36. axb3 Rxd4+ 37. Kc3 Rxh4 38. Re7+
Kf6 39. Rxb7 a5 40. Ra7 Rh5 41. Kd4 Ke6 42. Rg7 Rh3 43. Kc4 d5+ 44. Kd4 Rxb3
45. Rxh7 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korzubov, Peter"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nd4 4. b3 (4. Ng1 e6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nf3) 4... Nxf3+ 5.
gxf3 e6 6. Bb2 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Nf6 9. e3 Bd7 10. Rg1 Qb6 11. Qd2 (11.
dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qd3) 11... cxd4 12. exd4 O-O-O 13. O-O-O g6 14. Kb1 Bd6 15. Rc1
Kb8 16. f4 Bf5+ 17. Ka1 Bb4 18. f3 Rc8 19. Bd3 Qxd4 20. Rgd1 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Qxd3
22. Rxd3 Rhe8 23. Rcd1 a6 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Re2 26. Kb1 Bc3 27. Bc1 Rxh2
28. f5 g5 29. Rd7 f6 30. Rf7 Ka8 31. Rdd7 Rh1 32. Rxh7 (32. Rxb7 Bd4 33. Rbc7
Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Be3) 32... Rf1 33. Rxb7 Bd4 34. Rbc7 Rxc7 35. Rxc7 Rxf3 36. Kc2
Rxf5 37. Kd3 Bb6 38. Rg7 Rf3+ 39. Ke2 Rf2+ 40. Kd3 Rf3+ 41. Ke4 Rf1 42. Ba3 Rd1
43. Kf5 Kb8 44. Rg8+ Rd8 45. Rxd8+ Bxd8 46. b4 Kc7 47. Bc1 Kc6 48. a4 Kd5 49.
Be3 Kc4 50. b5 axb5 51. axb5 Kxb5 52. Kg4 Kc4 53. Kf5 Kd3 54. Bc5 Bc7 55. Ba3 (
55. Kxf6 g4 56. Bf2) 55... Ke2 56. Kg4 Bb6 57. Kf5 (57. Be7 Bd4 58. Bf8 Bc3 59.
Bh6 Bd2 60. Bg7) 57... Bd8 58. Ke4 (58. Kg4 Ke3) 58... Bc7 59. Kf5 Kf3 60. Kxf6
g4 61. Bc5 g3 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Magerramov, Elmar"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Bb7 8. e6 f6
9. Be2 g6 (9... Qd6 10. O-O Qxe6 11. Re1 Qd7) 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg7 12. Nh4
O-O 13. Bf3 Nc6 14. Rb1 Na5 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. axb5 Nd6 17. bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rb4
Qa8 19. Nf3 Qd5 20. Qe2 Rc6 21. Re1 Nc8 22. Bf4 g5 23. Bg3 h6 24. Rb7 f5 25.
Bxc7 g4 26. Nh4 Kh7 27. Be5 (27. g3 Bf6 28. Ng2) 27... Rxe6 28. Rb8 Bxe5 29.
dxe5 Qd3 30. g3 Rb6 31. Rxb6 Qxe2 (31... Nxb6) 32. Rxh6+ Kxh6 33. Rxe2 Nb6 34.
Ra2 Nd5 35. Ra6+ Kg5 36. Rc6 Nxc3 (36... f4 37. Rxc4 Rb8 38. h3 gxh3 39. Kh2
Rb2) 37. Rxc4 Ne4 38. Rc7 Ra8 (38... Re8) 39. Rxe7 Ra1+ 40. Kg2 Ra2 41. Rf7
Rxf2+ 42. Kg1 Re2 43. Rxf5+ Kh6 44. Rf4 Ng5 45. Rxg4 Rxe5 46. Kf1 Ra5 47. Rf4
1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 a6 (8... Qe7) 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nd4 (11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Re8
13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bd3) 12. Qd3 c5 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. O-O-O b5 15. Qxd4 Qc7 16.
c5 (16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Nxe4 18. Rd4 Nxf2 19. Rg1) 16... Bb7 17. Bd3 Rad8 18.
Qc3 Bxe4 19. f4 Nd5 20. Qd4 Bxg2 (20... f5 21. Qf2 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Rde8 23. Bxe4
fxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxe5 25. Qd4 Qxc5+) 21. Rhg1 f6 22. Rxg2 fxe5 23. Qe4 Qxc5+ 24.
Kb1 Nf6 25. Qf5 (25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. fxe5 Ne4) 25... Qc6 (25... Qd5 26. Qg5 Qf7
27. fxe5 Ne4) 26. Rdg1 e4 (26... Rf7 27. fxe5 Ne8 28. Qxh7+) 27. Rxg7+ Kh8 28.
Qg5 Rd7 (28... exd3 29. Rxh7+) 29. Qh6 Qc5 30. Bxe4 Rff7 31. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Magerramov, Elmar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Qg3 b5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7
15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb6 17. Qxg7 Rf8 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Nc5 (19... Qe3+)
20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Qf6 Ra7 22. Rhe1 Rd7 23. Qf4 Bb7 24. Re5 Qc6 25. Qb4 Qxg2 26.
Rc5 Rg8 27. Qb5 f6 28. h4 Rgg7 29. a4 (29. Rc7) 29... Kf8 30. a5 Qe4 31. Kb1
Rd8 32. d7 (32. a6 Bd5 33. Qa5 Ra8 34. Qc3) 32... Qg4 33. Rf1 Rgxd7 34. Rxf6+
Ke7 35. Rh6 Be4 36. Ka2 Bf5 37. Rc6 Rb8 38. Qc5+ (38. Qxb8 Qa4+ 39. Kb1 Rd1#)
38... Kf7 39. b3 Kg7 (39... Qf4) 40. Rhxe6 (40. Qe5+ Kxh6 41. Qxb8) 40... Bxe6
41. Qe5+ Kf7 42. Rc3 (42. Qxb8 Qa4+ 43. Kb2 Qxc6) 42... Re8 43. Qc5 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Soviet-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
c4 (8. Bb5+) 8... Bb4+ 9. Nc3 c5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O cxd4 12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4
O-O (13... Nc6 14. Qa4 Rc8 15. Rad1 e5 16. Nh4) 14. Nxd4 f5 15. Ng3 Na6 16. a3
Bc5 (16... Bd6) 17. Nb5 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Rfc8 19. Rd7 Bf8 20. Rc1 Bh6 21. Rc2 Rd8
22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. b4 (23. Nxa7 Rd1+ 24. Nf1 Nc5 25. g3 Nb3) 23... Rd1+ 24. Nf1
Rd7 25. g3 Kf8 26. f4 Ke7 (26... Nb8 27. Rd2 a6) 27. Rd2 Rb7 (27... Rxd2 28.
Nxd2 e5 29. Nxa7 exf4 30. Nc8+ Ke6 31. Nf3 fxg3 32. hxg3 Nb8 33. Kg2 Nd7) 28.
Ne3 Bg7 29. Kf2 Nc7 (29... Bh8 30. Nd6 Rc7 31. Ndxf5+ exf5 32. Nd5+ Ke8 33.
Nxc7+ Nxc7 34. c5 bxc5 35. bxc5 Ne6 36. c6 Bd4+ 37. Kf1 Bc5) 30. Nd6 Rb8 31.
Nxf7 a5 32. b5 Nxb5 33. cxb5 Kxf7 34. Rd7+ Kf6 35. Nc4 Bf8 36. Ne5 Bc5+ 37. Kf3
(37. Kf3 Be7 38. Rxe7) 1-0

[Event "Soviet-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bg4 5. c3 e6 6. Bd3 d5 7. e5 Nd7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nf1 f6 10. Ng3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 fxe5 12. Qh5+ Ke7 13. dxe5 (13. Bg5+ Nf6
14. O-O Kd7) 13... Ncxe5 14. Bg5+ Nf6 15. O-O-O Kd7 16. Qh4 h6 17. Ne4 Be7 18.
Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qh5 f5 20. Ng3 Qg8 21. Kb1 Rf8 22. Bc2 Bd6 23. Qe2 (23. Rhe1 f4
24. Ne4) 23... f4 24. Qb5+ Kc8 25. Ne2 a6 26. Qa4 Nc4 27. Nd4 Nb6 28. Qb3 Rf6
29. Rhg1 e5 30. Nf5 e4 31. g4 fxg3 32. Rxg3 Qf8 33. Nxd6+ Rxd6 34. Qb4 Qxf2 35.
Rg7 Rhd8 36. Qd4 Qxd4 37. cxd4 Nc4 38. Re1 Nd2+ 39. Kc1 Nf3 40. Rd1 Re8 41. Rg2
Rf6 42. Bb3 c6 43. Kc2 Rf4 44. Kc3 Rh4 45. Rg3 Ng5 46. Rh1 e3 47. Bc2 Rf4 48.
Re1 Nf3 49. Bg6 Nxe1 50. Bxe8 Nf3 51. Kd3 Re4 52. Bg6 Re7 0-1

