[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.11"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7
7.Qe2+ Be7 8.dxc5 O-O 9.Nb3 Bxc5 10.Bxd7 Nbxd7 11.O-O Re8
12.Qd3 Bb6 13.Bd2 Qc7 14.Be3 Ne4 15.Bd4 Rac8 16.c3 Bxd4
17.Nbxd4 Nb6 18.Rfe1 Nc4 19.Re2 g6 20.Rae1 a6 21.Qb1 b5 22.Qc1
Re7 23.Nc2 Rce8 24.Nb4 Qd6 25.Qd1 Nf6 26.Rxe7 Rxe7 27.Rxe7
Qxe7 28.b3 Ne5 29.Nxd5 Nxf3+ 30.gxf3 Nxd5 31.Qxd5 Qe1+ 32.Kg2
Qxc3 33.Qa8+ Kg7 34.Qxa6 Qc5 35.Qa5 Qg5+ 36.Kf1 Qc1+ 37.Qe1
Qf4 38.Qc3+ f6 39.Qe3 Qd6 40.a4 bxa4 41.Qa7+ Kf8 42.bxa4 Qxh2
43.Qc5+ Kg7 44.Qe7+ Kh6 45.Qxf6 Qh3+ 46.Kg1 Qg4+ 47.Kh2 Qh5+
48.Kg2 Qg4+ 49.Kf1 Qxa4 50.Qf8+ Kg5 51.Qe7+ Kh6 52.Qe3+ Kg7
53.Qe5+ Kf7 54.Kg2 Qe8 55.Qf4+ Kg8 56.Kg3 Qe7 57.Qc4+ Kg7
58.f4 Qd7 59.Qc3+ Kg8 60.Qe5 Kf7 61.Qh8 Qd3+ 62.Kh4 h5 63.Qc8
Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.11"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.11"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Bondarevsky"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Qb3 c6 7.Bd2 e6
8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.O-O Nb6 10.e4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nxc4 12.Qxc4 Nd7
13.Rad1 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Bf4 Qe7 17.Bxe5 Qxe5
18.f4 Qa5 19.Qe2 Re8 20.e5 f5 21.Rd6 Qc5+ 22.Qf2 Qxf2+ 23.Kxf2
Be6 24.Rfd1 Kf7 25.b3 Rac8 26.Na4 Rc7 27.Nc5 Bc8 28.h4 b6
29.Na4 Be6 30.Rc1 Rec8 31.Nc3 Rd7 32.Rxd7+ Bxd7 33.Rd1 Ke7
34.Ke3 Rd8 35.b4 Be6 36.Rxd8 Kxd8 37.Kd4 h5 38.a3 Kd7 39.Nd1
Kc7 40.Nc3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.11"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Lev Aronin"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "172"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nde2 Be7 7.g3
O-O 8.Bg2 Be6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.h3 Nb6 11.f4 Qc7 12.f5 Bc4 13.a4
a5 14.b3 Bxe2 15.Nxe2 d5 16.exd5 Nbxd5 17.c4 Qb6+ 18.Kh2 Ne3
19.Bxe3 Qxe3 20.Bxb7 Rad8 21.Bd5 Nxd5 22.cxd5 Rd7 23.Rc1 Bb4
24.Kg2 Rfd8 25.Rf3 Qe4 26.Rc4 Qxd5 27.Qxd5 Rxd5 28.Nc3 Rd2+
29.Rf2 R2d3 30.Ne4 Rxb3 31.f6 g6 32.Rf3 Rb2+ 33.Rf2 Rb3 34.Rf3
Rb2+ 35.Rf2 Rb1 36.Rf1 Rxf1 37.Kxf1 h6 38.Ke2 Bf8 39.Rc7 Rd4
40.Ke3 Rxa4 41.Rc8 Rd4 42.Ra8 a4 43.Nc5 a3 44.Nd3 Rd5 45.Ke4
Rd4+ 46.Ke3 Rd7 47.Ke4 Rd6 48.Nxe5 a2 49.Rxa2 Rxf6 50.Nd7 Re6+
51.Kf3 Bb4 52.Re2 Ra6 53.Ne5 Ra3+ 54.Kg2 Bd6 55.g4 Bxe5
56.Rxe5 Kg7 57.Rc5 Re3 58.Rb5 Kf6 59.Ra5 Re5 60.Ra3 h5 61.Kg3
Rb5 62.Rf3+ Kg7 63.Ra3 Kh6 64.Rf3 Kg7 65.Ra3 Rc5 66.Rb3 Rg5
67.Kf4 Rd5 68.Kg3 Kf6 69.Rf3+ Ke6 70.Re3+ Re5 71.Ra3 Rd5
72.Re3+ Kf6 73.Rf3+ Kg7 74.Ra3 Rd4 75.Rb3 f6 76.Ra3 Kh6 77.Rb3
Rd1 78.Rf3 hxg4 79.hxg4 Kg5 80.Rf2 Rd3+ 81.Kg2 Rd4 82.Kh3 Rxg4
83.Rxf6 Rh4+ 84.Kg3 Kxf6 85.Kxh4 Kf5 86.Kg3 Kg5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.11"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Georgy Lisitsin"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 f5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Be7
7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. h3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bf6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. f3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Rac8 16. c5
b6 17. Rd2 Rf7 18. f4 Qh4 19. Rc2 Rb8 20. Qa3 Be8 21. cxb6
axb6 22. Qd6 Ra8 23. a3 Qe7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. g4 Bd7 26. Kd2
Ree8 27. Rhc1 Rec8 28. Be2 Kf8 29. Bf3 Ke7 30. Kd3 Kd6 31. Rg2
g6 32. h4 fxg4 33. Rxg4 c5 34. Rgg1 Rf8 35. dxc5+ bxc5 36. h5
gxh5 37. Rg7 Be8 38. Rh1 Bg6+ 39. Kc3 Ra4 40. Bxh5 Rc4+
41. Kb3 Rb8+ 42. Ka2 Bxh5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.11"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Grigory Levenfish"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5
dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 c6
11. Bd3 d5 12. Re1 Be6 13. Bf4 O-O-O 14. Kf1 Bd6 15. Be5 Bxe5
16. Rxe5 h6 17. f4 Rde8 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. c4 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 dxc4
21. Bxc4 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.11"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 dxc4
7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qe7 11. Bc3 Nf6
12. Qh4 Nd5 13. Qxe7 Bxe7 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Nd3 Rd8
17. Rc1 f6 18. Bb3 Bd7 19. O-O Rfe8 20. Rfd1 Kf8 21. Ba5 b6
22. Bd2 Rc8 23. Bc4 Red8 24. Kf1 Be8 25. Ke2 Bg6 26. Ba6 Rc7
27. f3 f5 28. a3 Bd6 29. g3 Re8 30. Bc4 Bf7 31. Kf2 Nf6
32. Ne5 Bh5 33. Be2 c5 34. Nc4 Be7 35. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.11"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Konstantinopolsky"]
[Black "Georgy Ilivitsky"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5
7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Be3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Ng4 11. Rc1 Nxe3
12. fxe3 Na5 13. Bd5 e6 14. Be4 Nc4 15. Qe2 Nd6 16. Bc2 Bd7
17. e4 Qb6 18. e5 Nb5 19. Qf2 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bb5 21. Rfe1 Rac8
22. Be4 Rc7 23. Rb1 Qa5 24. d5 exd5 25. Bxd5 b6 26. e6 fxe6
27. Bxe6+ Kh8 28. Qg3 Rxc3 29. Re5 a6 30. Qe1 Ra3 31. Qxa5
Rxa5 32. Rd5 Ra4 33. Rd6 Raf4 34. h3 Rb8 35. Rbd1 Bf8 36. Rd8
Rxd8 37. Rxd8 Kg7 38. Bb3 Bc5+ 39. Kh2 Kf6 40. Kg3 Re4 41. h4
h6 42. Rg8 Re2 43. Kh2 Bc6 44. Kh1 Rf2 45. Bc4 Bb5 46. Bxb5
axb5 47. Nh2 h5 48. Ra8 Rf4 49. g3 Ra4 50. Rxa4 bxa4 51. Nf3
b5 52. Nd2 Ke5 53. Kg2 Kd4 54. Kf3 Kd3 55. Ne4 Bd4 56. Nd6 b4
57. Nb5 Bc5 58. g4 b3 59. axb3 axb3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.11"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Alatortsev"]
[Black "Vasily Panov"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. cxd5 Nxe5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Qc2 c6
12. Nc3 f5 13. b3 Qe8 14. Bb2 Ng4 15. h3 Nf6 16. e3 Rd8
17. Rad1 Qf7 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Nd5 21. Nxd5
Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5+ cxd5 24. Bd4 a6 25. Kf1 Kf7
26. Ke2 g6 27. Kd3 Ke6 28. Bg7 h5 29. h4 g5 30. hxg5 Bxg5
31. Kd4 h4 32. gxh4 Bxh4 33. f3 Be7 34. Bh6 Bd6 35. Bg5 Bf8
36. Bf4 Be7 37. Bg3 Bg5 38. Bh2 Bh6 39. Bg3 Bg5 40. Bc7 Bh6
41. Bb8 Bf8 42. Ba7 Be7 43. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.12"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Vladimir Alatortsev"]
[ECO "C98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1 Be6 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. Qe2 g6 17. Ng5
Bc8 18. Bd2 Kg7 19. Rad1 h6 20. Nf3 Be6 21. Bb1 Rd7 22. g4
Rfd8 23. Kh1 Ng8 24. Rg1 Kh8 25. h4 Bf8 26. g5 h5 27. Nh2 Na5
28. b3 Nc6 29. Nf3 Qc8 30. Kh2 b4 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. exd5 Rxd5
33. Be4 R5d6 34. cxb4 Nd4 35. Nxd4 exd4 36. bxc5 Qxc5 37. b4
Qb6 38. Rge1 Re6 39. Qc4 Bd6+ 40. Kg2 Ne7 41. Bd3 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.12"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Ne4 5.Ne2 Bf5 6.Nfd4 e6 7.d3
Nc5 8.Ng3 Bg6 9.h4 h6 10.h5 Bh7 11.Qg4 Qb6 12.Be2 Ncd7 13.Nf3
Qb4+ 14.Qxb4 Bxb4+ 15.Bd2 Bxd2+ 16.Kxd2 c5 17.c3 Nc6 18.d4 Ke7
19.Rac1 Rhc8 20.Rhe1 Rc7 21.Bf1 Rac8 22.dxc5 Nxc5 23.Nd4 a6
24.b3 Nd7 25.Nf3 b5 26.Ra1 Nc5 27.Nd4 Nxd4 28.cxd4 Ne4+
29.Nxe4 Rc2+ 30.Kd1 Bxe4 31.Re2 Rxe2 32.Kxe2 Rc2+ 33.Ke1 Rb2
34.f3 Bh7 35.g4 g5 36.Be2 Kd8 37.Bd1 Kc7 38.a4 b4 39.Rc1+ Kb7
40.Rc5 Rb1 41.Kd2 Rb2+ 42.Ke1 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.12"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bxd2+
7.Nbxd2 d6 8.O-O O-O 9.e4 e5 10.d5 Nb8 11.Ne1 a5 12.Nd3 Na6
13.f4 Nc5 14.Nxc5 dxc5 15.f5 Ne8 16.Rc1 Ra6 17.g4 Kh8 18.Rc3
Rg8 19.Rg3 g5 20.Kf2 Rh6 21.Rh1 Nd6 22.Bf1 Rh4 23.Bd3 h5 24.h3
hxg4 25.Rxg4 Rg7 26.Nf3 Rxg4 27.hxg4 Kg8 28.Rh6 f6 29.Qh1 Rh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.12"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 Qa5 12.e5 Nd5
13.Bxg6 fxg6 14.Ne4 Rae8 15.Bd2 Nf4 16.Bxf4 Rxf4 17.g3 Rff8
18.Ne1 Qd5 19.Nc2 Be7 20.Rfd1 a5 21.Qd3 Nb6 22.Ne3 Qd7 23.Nc5
Qc8 24.Qc3 Nd5 25.Nxd5 exd5 26.Qxa5 Qh3 27.Nd3 Rf3 28.Qd2 Ref8
29.Rf1 g5 30.Rfd1 R8f5 31.Qe2 g4 32.Qf1 Qh6 33.Qg2 Bg5 34.Ra3
Bd2 35.a5 Bg5 36.Rb3 Bd2 37.Ra3 Bg5 38.a6 bxa6 39.Rxa6 Rf8
40.e6 Qxe6 41.Ne5 Rxf2 42.Qxf2 Rxf2 43.Kxf2 Qf5+ 44.Ke1 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.12"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasily Panov"]
[Black "Alexander Konstantinopolsky"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 c5 6. Nf3 e6
7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. O-O Nc6 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1
Bxc5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. c3 h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nd4 O-O-O
16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Kf1 f5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Ke2 Rg8 20. Kf3
Rd8 21. Nf1 Bc5 22. Re1 Kc7 23. Ke2 Rg8 24. Kf3 Rd8 25. Ke2
Rg8 26. g3 h5 27. Nd2 h4 28. Nf3 hxg3 29. hxg3 Rh8 30. Rd1 f6
31. b4 Bd6 32. Nd4 Re8 33. Rh1 Be5 34. Rh7+ Kb6 35. a4 Bxd4
36. cxd4 a5 37. bxa5+ Kxa5 38. Ra7+ Kb6 39. Rf7 c5 40. dxc5+
Kxc5 41. Rxf6 Kd5 42. Rh6 Rb8 43. Rh7 Rb3 44. Kf1 e5 45. a5
Ra3 46. Ra7 e4 47. a6 Ra1+ 48. Kg2 Ke5 49. Ra8 Kf6 50. Kh2 Kg6
51. a7 Kg7 52. Kg2 Ra3 53. Kf1 Ra2 54. Ke1 Ra4 55. Kd2 Ra3
56. Ke2 Ra4 57. Ke3 Ra2 58. Kd4 Ra5 59. Kc4 Ra1 60. Kd5 Ra3
61. Kd6 Ra6+ 62. Ke5 Ra2 63. Ke6 Ra5 64. Kd6 Ra6+ 65. Ke5 Ra2
66. Kd4 Ra5 67. Kc3 Ra2 68. Kb3 Ra6 69. Kb2 Ra5 70. Kc1 Ra1+
71. Kd2 Ra3 72. Ke1 Ra4 73. Kf1 Ra2 74. Kg2 Ra5 75. Kh2 Ra1
76. g4 fxg4 77. Kg3 Ra4 78. Kf4 e3+ 79. Kxe3 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.12"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lev Aronin"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.12"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Black "Grigory Levenfish"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qc2 Nbd7
7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. b4 Ncd7
12. O-O Be7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Qxa4 O-O 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. b5 Nc5
17. Qc2 Bb7 18. bxa6 Bxa6 19. Rab1 Qc6 20. Nd4 Qc8 21. Ncb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.12"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Georgy Lisitsin"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. d4 e6 6. Bd3 Bb4
7. a3 Ba5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Re8 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7
12. f4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4
Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qf6 18. Rb1 Qf5 19. Re1 Qxe4 20. Rxe4 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.12"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Igor Bondarevsky"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6
7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nxc5 9. e3 a5 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O a4
12. Bd2 Ba6 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Bb4 d5 15. cxd5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nxd5
17. e4 Nxb4 18. axb4 Qd3 19. Qxd3 Nxd3 20. Rxa4 Rc4 21. Ra3
Nxb4 22. Re3 Rd8 23. g3 g6 24. Re2 Nc6 25. Kg2 Rd3 26. Rfe1
Kg7 27. Re3 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Rb4 29. Rc3 Nd4 30. Nxd4 Rxd4
31. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.14"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Bg5 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.a3 Be7 7.e3
O-O 8.Qc2 h6 9.Bh4 Re8 10.Rc1 c6 11.Bd3 dxc4 12.Nxc4 c5
13.Ncd2 cxd4 14.exd4 Nb6 15.O-O Bd7 16.Ne5 Rc8 17.Qb1 Nbd5
18.Bg3 Rf8 19.Rxc8 Bxc8 20.Be2 Bd7 21.Rc1 Qb6 22.Nxd7 Nxd7
23.Nf3 N7f6 24.h3 Ne8 25.Rc2 Nd6 26.Bd3 Rc8 27.Be5 Rxc2
28.Qxc2 Qd8 29.Nd2 Qc8 30.Bh7+ Kh8 31.Qxc8+ Nxc8 32.Be4 f6
33.Bh2 Bd6 34.Nc4 Bxh2+ 35.Kxh2 Nce7 36.Ne3 b6 37.Kg3 Kg8
38.h4 Kf7 39.Bxd5 exd5 40.h5 f5 41.Kf4 Ke6 42.g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.14"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Georgy Lisitsin"]
[ECO "A93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.14"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.h3 Bb7 9.Nc3 d6 10.Nd5 Na5 11.Nxe7+ Qxe7 12.d3 Nxb3
13.axb3 Nd7 14.Qd2 f5 15.Qg5 Qf7 16.Qxf5 Qxf5 17.exf5 Bxf3
18.gxf3 Rxf5 19.f4 exf4 20.Re7 Ne5 21.Rxc7 Re8 22.h4 Nf3+
23.Kg2 Nxh4+ 24.Kh3 Ng6 25.Kg4 Rf6 26.Rxa6 Ne5+ 27.Kh3 Rh6+
28.Kg2 Rg6+ 29.Kh3 Rf8 30.Re7 Rg1 31.Rxd6 Nf3 32.Bxf4 Rxf4
33.Rd8+ Rf8 34.Rxf8+ Kxf8 35.Re3 Nd4+ 36.c3 Nxb3 37.Re5 Nc1
38.Re3 Rd1 39.d4 b4 40.Kg3 b3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.14"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Alatortsev"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "182"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Nbd7 5.Nf3 dxc4 6.Qa4 a6 7.Qxc4
b5 8.Qc6 Rb8 9.Bf4 Nd5 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.O-O Bb7
13.Qc2 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Nc3 Nxc3 16.Qxc3 O-O 17.Qb4 Rfc8
18.Rfc1 Qf8 19.Ne1 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Qd6 21.Kg1 Qd5 22.Rc2 Ne4
23.Rac1 Rxc2 24.Rxc2 h5 25.f3 Nf6 26.a3 Rd8 27.Nd3 Qa8 28.Qc5
h4 29.Kf2 Nd5 30.Ne5 f6 31.Nc6 Rd7 32.e4 Nc7 33.Qb6 Ne8 34.Qb8
Qxb8 35.Nxb8 Rd6 36.Ke3 Kf7 37.Rc6 hxg3 38.hxg3 a5 39.Rc5 Rb6
40.Nc6 a4 41.f4 Nd6 42.Kd4 f5 43.e5 Ne4 44.Rc2 Nxg3 45.Kc5 Ra6
46.Kxb5 Ra8 47.Rd2 g5 48.fxg5 Kg6 49.Rd8 Rxd8 50.Nxd8 f4
51.Nxe6 f3 52.Nf4+ Kxg5 53.Nd3 Kf5 54.Kxa4 Ke4 55.e6 Nf5
56.Nf2+ Kd5 57.Nh3 Kd6 58.Kb4 Nd4 59.e7+ Kxe7 60.Kc5 Nb3+
61.Kd5 Kd7 62.Nf2 Nd2 63.Nd1 Kc7 64.Kd4 Kb6 65.Kd3 Nb3 66.Kc3
Nc5 67.Nf2 Kb5 68.b3 Ne6 69.Ne4 Nc5 70.Nf2 Ne6 71.a4 Kc5 72.b4
Kd5 73.b5 Kc5 74.Nd3+ Kb6 75.Kb4 Ka7 76.a5 Kb7 77.Kc4 Nc7
78.Nc5+ Kb8 79.Ne4 Kb7 80.Nf2 Ne6 81.Kb4 Ng5 82.Kc5 Ne6+
83.Kb4 Ng5 84.b6 Ka6 85.Ka4 Ne6 86.Nd3 f2 87.Nxf2 Nc5+ 88.Kb4
Nb7 89.Nd3 Nxa5 90.Kc5 Nb3+ 91.Kc6 Nd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.14"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Georgy Ilivitsky"]
[Black "Vasily Panov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 f5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Be7
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Ne4 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. Ne5 Ndf6 11. f3 Nd6
12. c5 Nde8 13. g4 g6 14. Kh1 Ng7 15. b4 Nd7 16. Qg2 Nxe5
17. Bxe5 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. g5 Qe7 20. f4 b6 21. Rfb1 Rb8
22. Qc2 bxc5 23. bxc5 Rxb1+ 24. Rxb1 e5 25. Qd2 exd4 26. exd4
Qc7 27. Ne2 Ne6 28. Kg2 Re8 29. h4 Bd7 30. Kf3 Rb8 31. Rb4
Rxb4 32. Qxb4 Bc8 33. Qd2 Kf7 34. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.14"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Bondarevsky"]
[Black "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h3 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Bf4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qc7
12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. c4 O-O-O 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. Ne4 Bf4 16. Kb1
Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bxd2 18. Rxd2 c5 19. Rhd1 Nf6 20. Qe2 cxd4
21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.14"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "227"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nge2 e5
7. O-O Bxc3 8. Nxc3 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. d5 Nb4 11. Bb1 a5 12. e4
c5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Be1 Kh8 16. Ne2 Nh5 17. Ng3 Ng7
18. Bc3 f6 19. Qd2 b6 20. h4 Rf8 21. a3 Na6 22. Kf2 Kg8
23. Rh1 Rf7 24. Bc2 Raa7 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Rh6 Ne8 27. Rah1
Rh7 28. Ba4 Rxh6 29. Rxh6 Rh7 30. Rxh7 Kxh7 31. Qd1 Kg6 32. f4
Ng7 33. f5+ Kf7 34. Qh1 Qg8 35. Qh6 Ke7 36. Bd2 Qf7 37. Nf1
Nc7 38. Ne3 Bd7 39. Bd1 Nce8 40. Ng4 Kf8 41. b4 axb4 42. axb4
Ke7 43. Qh7 cxb4 44. Nh6 Qf8 45. Be3 Nc7 46. Bxb6 Kd8 47. c5
Kc8 48. c6 Be8 49. Ba5 Na6 50. Be2 Nc5 51. Bxb4 Nxe4+ 52. Ke3
Nc5 53. Ba5 Qe7 54. Bb6 e4 55. Ng4 Kb8 56. Kf2 Nd3+ 57. Kf1
Bh5 58. Qh8+ Be8 59. Nf2 Nxf5 60. Bg4 Qe5 61. Qxe8+ Qxe8
62. Bxf5 Qe5 63. c7+ Kb7 64. c8=Q+ Kxb6 65. Qb8+ Kc5 66. Nxe4+
Kxd5 67. Qb3+ Kc6 68. Qxd3 Qxf5+ 69. Kg1 Qe5 70. Qc4+ Kd7
71. Qf7+ Kc6 72. Qc4+ Kd7 73. Qd3 d5 74. Ng3 Ke6 75. Ne2 Qe4
76. Nd4+ Ke5 77. Nf3+ Kf5 78. Qc3 Kg6 79. Qd2 Kh5 80. Kf2 Qf5
81. Kg1 Qe4 82. Kh2 Qf5 83. Qd1 Kg6 84. Qd4 Qe4 85. Qc3 Qf4+
86. Kg1 Qe4 87. Qc5 Kf7 88. Qc7+ Kg6 89. Qd6 Qb1+ 90. Kh2 Qe4
91. Qc7 Qe8 92. Kg3 Qe4 93. Kh2 Qd3 94. Qd8 Qe4 95. Qg8+ Kf5
96. Qc8+ Kg6 97. Qc6 Qf4+ 98. Kg1 Qe3+ 99. Kf1 Qe4 100. Kf2
Kg7 101. Qc8 Kf7 102. Qc3 Kg6 103. Nd4 Qf4+ 104. Kg1 Qe4
105. Qd2 f5 106. Qc3 g4 107. Qd2 f4 108. Kf2 Kf6 109. Ne2 Ke5
110. Qc3+ d4 111. Qc7+ Kf5 112. Qh7+ Ke5 113. Qg7+ Kd5
114. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.14"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Konstantinopolsky"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nbd7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. h3 c6 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8
12. Be3 Be6 13. b3 h6 14. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Bf8 16. Na4 Nd7
17. Nc3 Nf6 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.14"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Grigory Levenfish"]
[Black "Lev Aronin"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Nb4 9.Ne5 e6 10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.Bxb7 Rb8 12.Bg2 Nfd5
13.Nxd5 Bxe5 14.Bf4 Bxb2 15. Nxc7 Bf5 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Bxb8 Nc3
18.Qxd8 Nxe2+ 19.Kh1 Rxd8 20.Bc7 Rc8 21. Rae1 Rxc7 22.Rxe2 c3
23.g4 Bd3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.15"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

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 Bb7 10.O-O Nce4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Bd3 Bxd3
13.Qxd3 Qe7 14.e4 Bxd2 15.Nxd2 Rfd8 16.e5 Ne8 17.Ne4 d6
18.exd6 Nxd6 19.Rad1 Nf5 20.Qf3 Nd4 21.Qe3 Nf5 22.Qf3 h6
23.Ng3 Nxg3 24.hxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.15"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Georgy Lisitsin"]
[Black "Grigory Levenfish"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "172"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O
c5 8.Nc3 d5 9.Nxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.d4 cxd4
13.Qxd4+ Qxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Nd7 16.Rac1 Rfc8 17.Rfd1
Nc5 18.b4 Ne4 19.Nb5 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 a5 21.Rc4 f5 22.f3 Nf6
23.Nc7 Ra7 24.b5 Kf7 25.Rc6 Rb7 26.Kf2 h6 27.Ke1 Rb8 28.Ne6
Nd7 29.f4 Nf6 30.a3 Ne8 31.e3 Nd6 32.Nc7 a4 33.Ke2 Rc8 34.Nd5
Rd8 35.Nc3 Rb8 36.Kd3 Rb7 37.Kc2 Ke8 38.Kb2 Ra7 39.Ka2 Kd7
40.Rxb6 e6 41.Ra6 Rc7 42.Nxa4 Nxb5 43.Nb6+ Kd6 44.a4 Nc3+
45.Kb3 Nd5 46.Nc4+ Ke7 47.Ra5 g5 48.Rb5 Kd7 49.Rb8 Kc6 50.Rb5
Ra7 51.Ra5 Rxa5 52.Nxa5+ Kc5 53.Nb7+ Kc6 54.Na5+ Kc5 55.Nb7+
Kc6 56.Nd8+ Kd7 57.Nf7 g4 58.e4 fxe4 59.Kc4 h5 60.Ne5+ Kc7
61.Kd4 e3 62.Kd3 e2 63.Kxe2 Nc3+ 64.Ke3 Nxa4 65.f5 Nb6 66.fxe6
Kd6 67.Nd3 Nd5+ 68.Kd4 Kxe6 69.Nc5+ Kd6 70.Nb7+ Ke6 71.Nc5+
Kd6 72.Nb7+ Ke6 73.Nd8+ Kd6 74.Ke4 Nc3+ 75.Kf5 Nd1 76.Kg5 Ne3
77.Kxh5 Nf1 78.Kxg4 Nxh2+ 79.Kf4 Ke7 80.Nc6+ Kf6 81.Nd4 Kg6
82.Nf5 Kh5 83.Ne3 Kh6 84.Nc4 Kg6 85.Ne5+ Kh5 86.Kf5 Ng4
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.15"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nb6
7.Bb5 Bd7 8.d4 cxd4 9.exd4 a6 10.Be2 e6 11.O-O Be7 12.Ne5 O-O
13.Bf3 Rc8 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.d5 exd5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Qxd5
18.Bxd5 Rfd8 19.Be4 Rd4 20.Bf5 Rcd8 21.Be3 Rb4 22.Rab1 Nd4
23.a3 Rc4 24.Bh3 Nc2 25.Bb6 Rd6 26.Ba7 Bf6 27.g3 g6 28.Rfc1
Bd4 29.Bxd4 Rdxd4 30.Rd1 Rc6 31.Rxd4 Nxd4 32.Rd1 Nf3+ 33.Kg2
Ne5 34.b4 Rc3 35.Rd8+ Kg7 36.Bc8 Rc7 37.Bh3 Kf6 38.Rc8 Re7
39.Rc3 Nc6 40.Bc8 Nd4 41.a4 Nc6 42.Rc4 Ne5 43.Rf4+ Kg7 44.Re4
Kf8 45.f4 Nc6 46.Rc4 Na7 47.Bg4 b5 48.axb5 Nxb5 49.Bf3 Rd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.15"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Aronin"]
[Black "Vladimir Alatortsev"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Bd7 5. Nf3 Qc8 6. Nd5 Nd8
7. d4 c6 8. Nc3 f6 9. Be3 Bh3 10. Bxh3 Qxh3 11. Qd3 Nf7
12. O-O-O Ngh6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ne4 Qe6 15. Qb3 b6 16. Qa4
Qc8 17. Bxh6 Nxh6 18. Rd2 Nf7 19. Rhd1 Be7 20. c5 b5 21. Qb3
Qf5 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. cxd6 Qd7 24. g4 O-O 25. g5 c5 26. gxf6
c4 27. Qe3 gxf6 28. Nh4 Kh8 29. Qf3 Ng5 30. Qf5 Rad8 31. f3
Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.15"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5
h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ne5 9. f4 Ng6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. g3 O-O
12. Bg2 d6 13. O-O Re8 14. Rb1 c6 15. Qd2 Nf8 16. e4 Qe7
17. h3 Qc7 18. Rbd1 Bd7 19. f5 f6 20. Nb3 Qb6+ 21. Kh2 Rad8
22. Qf4 Qa6 23. Qxd6 Qxa2 24. Qb4 Qe2 25. Rd2 Qh5 26. Rfd1 b6
27. c5 Qf7 28. Bf1 Kh8 29. cxb6 axb6 30. Bc4 Qe7 31. Qxe7 Rxe7
32. Be6 g6 33. g4 Kg7 34. Nc1 h5 35. Kg3 Kh6 36. Ne2 hxg4
37. hxg4 Nxe6 38. fxe6 Rxe6 39. Rxd7 Rxd7 40. Rxd7 Rxe4
41. Kf3 Rc4 42. Rd4 Rc5 43. Kf4 Kg7 44. Ke3 Kh6 45. Kd3 Kg5
46. Ng3 Re5 47. Ne4+ Kxg4 48. Nxf6+ Kf5 49. Nd7 Rb5 50. Rd6 g5
51. Rf6+ Kg4 52. c4 Rb3+ 53. Kc2 Rb4 54. Kc3 Rb1 55. Rxc6 b5
56. Rb6 Kf4 57. cxb5 g4 58. Nf6 Kf5 59. Nxg4 Kxg4 60. Kc4 Rc1+
61. Kd5 Rd1+ 62. Kc5 Rc1+ 63. Kd6 Rd1+ 64. Kc7 Rb1 65. Rb8 Kf5
66. b6 Rc1+ 67. Kb7 Ke6 68. Rd8 Ke7 69. Rd5 Ke6 70. Rd4 Ke5
71. Rd8 Ke6 72. Ka7 Ke7 73. Rd4 Ra1+ 74. Kb8 Ke6 75. b7 Ke5
76. Rc4 Kd5 77. Rc2 Rh1 78. Kc7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.15"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Igor Bondarevsky"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "147"]

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. Nxd4 Nxd4
12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Bc2 c5 14. Nd2 cxd4 15. Nf3 d5 16. e5 Ne4
17. Nxd4 f6 18. Be3 Ra6 19. Qg4 f5 20. Nxf5 Rg6 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7
22. Qe2 d4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Bg5 Qf7 25. e6 Rxe6 26. Bh4 Bd5
27. Qd2 Rg6 28. Bg3 Qb7 29. Kh2 Bxg2 30. Rg1 Bxh3 31. Kxh3
Rh6+ 32. Qxh6 Qc8+ 33. Kh2 gxh6 34. Bd6+ Kf7 35. Bxf8 Qxf8
36. Rg3 Ke6 37. Re1+ Kd5 38. Kg1 Qb4 39. Re2 Qc4 40. Re7 Qxa2
41. b3 Qb1+ 42. Kg2 Qf5 43. Reg7 Kc5 44. Rf3 Qe4 45. Rgf7 Kb4
46. R7f4 Qe5 47. Rf5 Qg7+ 48. Rg3 Qd7 49. Rff3 h5 50. Rd3 Qd5+
51. Rgf3 Qe4 52. Kf1 h4 53. Rh3 a4 54. bxa4 bxa4 55. Rhf3 Kc4
56. Ra3 Qc2 57. Kg2 d3 58. Rfxd3 Qxd3 59. Rxa4+ Kd5 60. Rxh4
Ke6 61. Rh3 Qe4+ 62. Kh2 Kf6 63. Re3 Qd5 64. Rg3 h5 65. Re3
Kg5 66. Rg3+ Kf4 67. Re3 h4 68. Rh3 Qb7 69. Re3 Kg4 70. Rh3
Qb1 71. Kg2 Qh7 72. Kh2 Qc7+ 73. Kg2 Qc2 74. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.15"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Georgy Ilivitsky"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 14. Nd5 exd5 15. exd5 Nxc5 16. dxc6
Bd6 17. Bc2 Qxc6 18. b4 Nb7 19. Bb2 Qc4 20. Bd3 Qf4 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 31. Rc8
Rb8 32. Rcxd8 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.15"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Black "Alexander Konstantinopolsky"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c5
7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O Nc6 9. dxc5 d4 10. Na4 Bf5 11. Bf4 Be4
12. Rc1 Qd5 13. b3 Rad8 14. Qd2 Qh5 15. Bd6 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Bxd6
17. cxd6 Rxd6 18. Nc5 b6 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Qd3 Nf6 21. a3 g6
22. b4 Red8 23. b5 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Rc6 Nd7 26. Rxd6 Qxd6
27. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.15"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.18"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasily Panov"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

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 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bd7
12. Nf3 Nbc6 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 39. Rxc4 bxa3 40. bxa3 Qb5 41. Rc1 Qe2
42. Qc3 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 "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.18"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.18"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Grigory Levenfish"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.h3
O-O 8.Be3 Nc6 9.Be2 e5 10.d5 Nb8 11.a4 a5 12.O-O Na6 13.Qb3
Nd7 14.Bxa6 bxa6 15.Rfd1 Rb8 16.Qa2 Nb6 17.Rac1 Re8 18.Nb1 Bd7
19.Bg5 Qc8 20.d6 c5 21.Be3 Be6 22.b3 Nd7 23.Nbd2 Qc6 24.Nc4
Qxe4 25.Ng5 Qc6 26.Nxe6 Rxe6 27.Nxa5 Qb6 28.b4 Qxb4 29.Nc6 Qb3
30.Nxb8 Qxa2 31.Nxd7 Re8 32.Bg5 Ra8 33.Nb6 Ra7 34.d7 Rxd7
35.Nxd7 h6 36.Nf6+ Kf8 37.Rd8+ Ke7 38.Re8+ Kd6 39.Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.18"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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 Bxc3 9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qe7 11.Bd3 e5 12.e4 Re8
13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.Qc2 c4 16.Bxc4 Qxe4 17.Bd3 Qh4
18.Rb1 b6 19.Rb4 Qh5 20.Rf4 Bd7 21.c4 Rac8 22.Bb2 Ng4 23.h3
Ne5 24.Rd1 Nxd3 25.Qxd3 Be6 26.Re1 Qg6 27.Qc3 f6 28.Re3 Qf7
29.Rg3 Rxc4 30.Rxc4 Bxc4 31.Qxf6 Qxf6 32.Bxf6 g6 33.Re3 Rxe3
34.fxe3 Kf7 35.Bd4 Ke6 36.Kf2 Kd5 37.Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.18"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Bondarevsky"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 Ne4
7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. Nd2 dxc4
12. Nxc4 Re8 13. Rd1 b6 14. O-O Ba6 15. Rfe1 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5
17. f3 Red8 18. b4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.18"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Konstantinopolsky"]
[Black "Lev Aronin"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "180"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 Nbd7
7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O-O Re8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ng5 h6
12. Nge4 Bb7 13. Nb5 Bf8 14. Bc3 Qb8 15. Be1 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf6
17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. f3 a6 19. Nc3 e4 20. f4 b5 21. Bh4 bxc4
22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nd5 Re6 24. f5 Rd6 25. Nc3 Rd3 26. Rxd3 exd3
27. Qf2 Bd6 28. Qf3 Rb8 29. Qxb7 Rxb7 30. g3 Be5 31. Rd1 Kf8
32. Rd2 Bxc3 33. bxc3 Rb5 34. Rf2 Re5 35. Rf4 Rxe3 36. Rxc4
Re2 37. a4 Rxh2 38. Rxc7 Rg2 39. Ra7 Rc2+ 40. Kd1 Rxc3
41. Rxa6 d2 42. g4 Rc4 43. Kxd2 Rxg4 44. Ke3 Kg7 45. Kf3 h5
46. Ra8 Rg5 47. Kf4 Rg1 48. a5 Ra1 49. Kg3 Rf1 50. a6 Rxf5
51. Kh4 Ra5 52. Ra7 Kg6 53. Ra8 Ra4+ 54. Kh3 Kg7 55. Kg3 Kh6
56. Rh8+ Kg5 57. Rg8+ Kf5 58. Rg7 Ra3+ 59. Kg2 Rxa6 60. Rxf7
Ra8 61. Rb7 Rg8+ 62. Kh3 Rg4 63. Rb8 Kg5 64. Rg8+ Kf4 65. Ra8
Rg1 66. Ra4+ Kg5 67. Ra8 Rh1+ 68. Kg2 Rb1 69. Rg8+ Kf4 70. Ra8
Rb3 71. Ra4+ Kg5 72. Ra8 Rb7 73. Rg8+ Kh4 74. Rf8 Rg7+ 75. Kh2
Rg6 76. Rf7 Kg4 77. Ra7 h4 78. Ra4+ Kg5 79. Kh3 Rh6 80. Rg4+
Kf5 81. Ra4 Rh5 82. Rb4 Rh8 83. Ra4 Rh6 84. Rb4 Ke6 85. Ra4
Rh7 86. Ra6+ Ke5 87. Ra5+ Kd4 88. Ra4+ Kc3 89. Ra3+ Kb4
90. Ra6 Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.18"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. b4 d4
12. g4 Bg6 13. Qc4 Qe7 14. Bg2 Rd8 15. O-O h5 16. g5 h4 17. h3
Bf5 18. Bf4 f6 19. gxf6 Qxf6 20. b5 Be6 21. Qc1 Ne7 22. Be5
Qg6 23. Kh2 Nf5 24. Rg1 O-O 25. Bh1 Qh5 26. Rg2 d3 27. Qb2 Rf7
28. Rag1 dxe2 29. Bxg7 Qxf3 30. Bf6+ Neg3 31. Bxd8 Kh7 32. Qb1
Nf1+ 33. Rxf1 exf1=Q 34. Qxf1 Ne3 35. Qd3+ Bf5 36. Qxe3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.18"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Georgy Ilivitsky"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. Nxc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 bxc5
12. b4 Nbd7 13. Be2 Rb8 14. Bb2 Bc6 15. Rc1 Qe7 16. b5 Ba8
17. a4 Rfd8 18. Ba3 Rbc8 19. Nb1 Nf8 20. Re1 Ne6 21. Bf1 Qb7
22. Nd2 d4 23. e4 Qd7 24. Bd3 Nf4 25. Nc4 Qe6 26. f3 Nd7
27. e5 Bd5 28. Rc2 Nxd3 29. Qxd3 Nb6 30. Nb2 Nd7 31. f4 f5
32. Qd2 Be4 33. Rc4 Rc7 34. Rec1 Rdc8 35. Nd3 Bxd3 36. Qxd3 g5
37. Qg3 g4 38. a5 Kf7 39. Qh4 h6 40. h3 Qg6 41. hxg4 Rg8
42. Rxd4 h5 43. Rd6 Qxg4 44. e6+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.18"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Alatortsev"]
[Black "Georgy Lisitsin"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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 Nc6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Be3 b6
12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. Bc4 Rc8 15. a3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nbd5
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Ba6 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Bd6 20. h3 Qh4 21. Qf1 Nf4
22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Qd1 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Bf4 25. Rc8 Qxh3+ 26. Ke2
Rxc8 27. Bxc8 Qf5 28. Qa4 h5 29. Bb7 g6 30. Be4 Qf6 31. Kf1 h4
32. d5 h3 33. Qd1 exd5 34. Qxd5 Kg7 35. Qd7 h2 36. Kg2 Qg5+
37. Qg4 Qh6 38. Kh1 Bb8 39. f4 Bxf4 40. Bd5 Be5 41. Qd1 Qf4
42. f3 Qg3 43. Qf1 Bd4 44. Qg2 Qe1+ 45. Kxh2 Qe5+ 46. f4 Qxf4+
47. Kh3 Qf5+ 48. Kh2 Qh5+ 49. Kg3 Qg5+ 50. Kh3 Qxg2+ 51. Kxg2
Bxb2 52. a4 f5 53. Kf3 Kf6 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.19"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 Bg6 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qc2 Qa5
13.Be2 c5 14.Bf3 cxd4 15.exd4 Nd5 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.h4 Rac8
18.Qd3 Rc4 19.Bg5 Nf6 20.g3 Re8 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.h5 Kg7 23.Kg2
Bd2 24.Rh1 Qb4 25.hxg6 fxg6 26.Rh4 Bg5 27.Bxd5 Rc7 28.Rh2 Re1
29.Rxe1 Qxe1 30.Rh1 Qb4 31.b3 Rd7 32.Bc4 Qd2 33.Qe4 Qa5 34.Rh8
Rd8 35.Rxd8 Qxd8 36.Qxb7+ Kh8 37.Qxa7 Bd2 38.Qf7 g5 39.Qh5+
Kg7 40.Qf7+ Kh8 41.Bd3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.19"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Igor Bondarevsky"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Bd7
7.Qe2+ Be7 8.dxc5 O-O 9.Nb3 Re8 10.Be3 Bxc5 11.Bxd7 Nbxd7
12.Nxc5 Nxc5 13.Qb5 Ne6 14.O-O Qc7 15.c3 a6 16.Qb6 Qxb6
17.Bxb6 Nf4 18.Rfd1 Rac8 19.Kf1 Ne6 20.Be3 h6 21.h3 Red8
22.Nh4 d4 23.cxd4 Rc2 24.Rab1 Nd5 25.Nf3 f5 26.Rd3 Rdc8 27.Bd2
R8c6 28.Rb3 b5 29.g3 Rc8 30.Rd3 Nf6 31.Ne1 R2c4 32.Rd1 Rd8
33.Ba5 Rd5 34.Ng2 Ra4 35.Bc3 b4 36.b3 Rxa2 37.Bxb4 Rb5 38.Be1
Nd5 39.Ne3 f4 40.Nxd5 Rxd5 41.gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.19"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Grigory Levenfish"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "135"]

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.Ne1 Nc6 13.Qd2
Qe7 14.e4 fxe4 15.Bxe4 Nd8 16.Bxb7 Nxb7 17.Nd3 c5 18.Ne5 a4
19.f4 axb3 20.axb3 Na5 21.Qe3 d6 22.Nf3 Rfe8 23.Rf2 Qb7 24.g4
cxd4 25.Nxd4 e5 26.Nf5 exf4 27.Qxf4 Bxb2 28.Rxb2 Re6 29.Rf2 h6
30.Nxd6 Qc7 31.Nf5 Qxf4 32.Rxf4 Rd8 33.b4 Nc6 34.b5 g5 35.Rf2
Nd4 36.Ng3 Re3 37.Rf6 Re6 38.Rxe6 Nxe6 39.Ra6 Rb8 40.Nf5 Kh7
41.Ra7+ Kg6 42.Ne7+ Kf6 43.Nc6 Re8 44.Rb7 Nc5 45.Rxb6 Re4
46.Na5 Ke5 47.Rxh6 Re1+ 48.Kg2 Ra1 49.Nc6+ Ke4 50.Rf6 Rc1
51.Rf2 Rxc4 52.Re2+ Kf4 53.h3 Rc3 54.Nd4 Rg3+ 55.Kh2 Rd3
56.Nf5 Kf3 57.Re3+ Rxe3 58.Nxe3 Kxe3 59.h4 Ke4 60.h5 Ke5 61.b6
Nb7 62.Kg3 Nd8 63.Kf3 Kd5 64.h6 Kc6 65.h7 Nf7 66.Ke4 Kxb6
67.Kf5 Nh8 68.Kf6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.19"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Black "Vasily Panov"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Qe7 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Bb6 7.h3
Nf6 8.Re1 O-O 9.Na3 Kh8 10.d5 Nd8 11.Bf1 c6 12.Nc4 Bc7 13.a4
cxd5 14.exd5 Ne8 15.b3 f6 16.Ba3 Qf7 17.Ne3 Bd7 18.c4 b6 19.b4
a5 20.c5 bxc5 21.bxc5 dxc5 22.Bxc5 Bd6 23.Bxd6 Nxd6 24.Qb3 Nc6
25.Qb6 Rfb8 26.Qc5 Nb7 27.Qc3 Nb4 28.Qc7 Be8 29.Rec1 Qxc7
30.Rxc7 Nd6 31.Nd2 Kg8 32.Ndc4 Na6 33.Re7 Kf8 34.Re6 Nxc4
35.Nxc4 Nc7 36.Rd6 Ke7 37.f4 Rb4 38.fxe5 fxe5 39.Rb6 Nxd5
40.Rxb4 axb4 41.Re1 Nc3 42.Rxe5+ Kf6 43.a5 Bf7 44.g4 Bxc4
45.Rf5+ Ke7 46.Bxc4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.19"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

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.e5 f5 11.exf6 Qxf6 12.Be3 cxd4
13.cxd4 Ba6 14.Qc2 g6 15.O-O Rc8 16.c5 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Nc7 18.Nc3
Qf5 19.Qxf5 gxf5 20.cxb6 axb6 21.d5 Ne7 22.dxe6 Nxe6 23.Rac1
Rc6 24.Ne2 Ra8 25.Rfd1 Nf8 26.Rd3 Rxc1+ 27.Bxc1 Rc8 28.Kf1 Rc2
29.Ke1 Kf7 30.Kd1 Rc5 31.Be3 Rc6 32.Nf4 Ke8 33.Rb3 Nc8 34.Rb5
Rc3 35.Re5+ Ne6 36.Nxe6 dxe6 37.Rxe6+ Kf7 38.Rh6 Kg8 39.Rf6
Rxa3 40.Bh6 Rd3+ 41.Ke2 Rd8 42.Rxf5 Nd6 43.Rf4 b5 44.h4 Nc4
45.h5 Rb8 46.Kd3 Ne5+ 47.Kd4 Nd7 48.Kc3 b4 49.Kb2 Rb6 50.Rg4+
Kf7 51.Rg7+ Ke6 52.Rxh7 Rb5 53.Bg7 b3 54.Bd4 Rd5 55.Bc3 Rb5
56.Bd4 Rd5 57.Bc3 Rb5 58.Rxd7 Kxd7 59.g4 Ke6 60.h6 Rb7 61.f4
Kd5 62.Bg7 Kc4 63.h7 Re7 64.h8=Q Re2+ 65.Kc1 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.19"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Georgy Lisitsin"]
[Black "Alexander Konstantinopolsky"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6
7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Na3 Nd7 11. Nc2 e5
12. b4 Nxb4 13. Nxe5 Nxc2 14. Qxc2 Nc5 15. Ba3 Qc7 16. Rab1 a6
17. Bd5 Rb8 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. f4
Rbe8 22. Qg2 Re7 23. Re4 Rfe8 24. Qe2 Bd6 25. Nf3 e5 26. f5
Rf8 27. g4 g6 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Rf1 Ref7 30. Nd2 Rxf1+
31. Nxf1 Qa5 32. Ng3 Qc3 33. Kg2 b5 34. cxb5 axb5 35. g5 Qc8
36. h4 Rf7 37. Qb2 Qe6 38. Qxb5 Qxa2+ 39. Re2 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.19"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.19"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Aronin"]
[Black "Georgy Ilivitsky"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3
Qe7 12. Rad1 O-O 13. Rfe1 Be4 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nf6 16. e4
e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Qc2 c5 20. Ng1 Nd7 21. Ne2
Nf8 22. Nc3 Ne6 23. Nd5 Qb7 24. Qa4 Nd4 25. f3 Rad8 26. Rd2
Qd7 27. Qxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.19"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Vladimir Alatortsev"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Be4 10. Rd1 d6 11. Ne1 Bxg2
12. Nxg2 c5 13. d5 e5 14. e4 Bf6 15. Qf3 g6 16. Bh6 Bg7
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ne3 Nd7 19. Rf1 h5 20. Qg2 Qg5 21. h4 Qe7
22. Rae1 Kh7 23. Qh3 Rad8 24. f3 Nf6 25. Nd1 a6 26. Nc3 Rb8
27. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.21"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6
7. Rc1 Bb7 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. a3 Be7 11. Bd3 a6
12. O-O Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4
Re8 17. Qc2 Nf8 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 c5 21. Bc3
Rad8 22. f4 Ne6 23. Rcd1 Nd4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Qd3 Qg4 26. g3
Rd5 27. Qxa6 b5 28. Qc6 Red8 29. Rd3 Qf5 30. Qc2 h5 31. Red1
h4 32. Qf2 hxg3 33. hxg3 Qg4 34. Kg2 Qd7 35. Rc1 g5 36. b4 g4
37. Qe2 Qf5 38. Rc6 Kg7 39. Rc1 Rh8 40. Rh1 Rdd8 41. Rh4 Rxh4
42. gxh4 Kh6 43. Kg3 Kh5 44. Rd1 d3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.21"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 c6 6.Nc3 d5 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Ne5 Bb7 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bg2 O-O 11.O-O h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6
13.f4 a5 14.Rad1 Qc8 15.e4 b5 16.Qc2 Na6 17.Rc1 Nc7 18.Rfd1
Qe6 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 cxd5 21.Qc7 Ra7 22.Qc5 Ra6 23.Qxb5
Rb6 24.Qe2 Be7 25.Rc2 Rd8 26.Qh5 Bd6 27.Bh3 Qf6 28.Ng4 Qe7
29.Re2 Qf8 30.Ne5 Ba6 31.Rf2 Bb5 32.Rc1 Bb8 33.Rfc2 g6 34.Qh4
Kg7 35.a3 Bxe5 36.fxe5 Bd3 37.Rc6 Rxb2 38.Qf6+ Kg8 39.e6 Rdb8
40.Rc8 Rxc8 41.Rxc8 Rb1+ 42.Kf2 Qxc8 43.exf7 Kh7 44.f8=N+ Kg8
45.Be6+ Qxe6 46.Qxe6+ Kxf8 47.Qxd5 Bf5 48.Qxa5 Kf7 49.a4 Ke6
50.Qe5+ Kd7 51.g4 Rb2+ 52.Kg3 Rb3+ 53.Kf4 Be6 54.Qg7+ Kd6
55.Qf8+ Kd7 56.Qxh6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.21"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.21"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.d4 Bg4
7.Be2 Qc7 8.Be3 e6 9.c4 Nd7 10.Nd2 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 f5 12.d5 O-O-O
13.Bd4 Rg8 14.dxe6 fxe6 15.O-O-O e5 16.Bc3 Rxg2 17.Qf3 Rg5
18.Qe3 Rg4 19.f3 Rg2 20.Qxa7 Bc5 21.Qa8+ Qb8 22.Qxb8+ Kxb8
23.Nb3 Be3+ 24.Kb1 Kc8 25.Rd3 Rg1+ 26.Rxg1 Bxg1 27.Rd6 Bxh2
28.Rh6 Bg3 29.Rxh7 Re8 30.Kc2 e4 31.fxe4 fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.21"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasily Panov"]
[Black "Lev Aronin"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 e6 6. d3 d6
7. O-O Nge7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Nd4 10. f4 f5 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Qd2
Qa5 13. Nd5 Qxd2 14. Nxe7+ Kf7 15. Bxd2 Kxe7 16. Nxd4 Bxd4
17. e5 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Ba3 19. exd6+ Kd7 20. Bxb7 Bxb7+
21. Rxb7+ Kxd6 22. Rb3 Bb4 23. Bxb4 cxb4 24. Rxb4 Rfc8 25. c4
Kc5 26. Rfb1 Kd4 27. R1b3 Ke3 28. c5 a5 29. Rb6 Rxc5 30. Rxe6+
Kf2 31. Rb2+ Kf3 32. Re1 Rac8 33. Rf1+ Ke3 34. Rff2 Kxd3
35. Rbd2+ Kc4 36. Rd6 R8c6 37. Rc2+ Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.21"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Alatortsev"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. c5 Qc8 6. Bf4 Nf6
7. Qa4 Nd7 8. e3 a6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Bg3 Bf6
12. Nh4 Bxh4 13. Bxh4 e5 14. Nb3 Re8 15. Bg3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Re4
17. Be2 Nxd4 18. exd4 Qe8 19. Qd1 Qe7 20. f3 Re6 21. Kf2 Re8
22. Re1 Qg5 23. Bxc7 h5 24. Ba5 Bh3 25. Bf1 Rxe1 26. Bxe1 Qe3+
27. Kg3 Bf5 28. h4 Re4 29. Qd2 Rg4+ 30. Kh2 Rxh4+ 31. Kg3 Qe7
32. Kf2 Rh1 33. Qf4 Bg6 34. Bd2 Nf8 35. Re1 Ne6 36. Qb8+ Kh7
37. Bc3 Qg5 38. Qg3 Qf5 39. Qe5 Qc2+ 40. Qe2 Qxe2+ 41. Bxe2
Rxe1 42. Kxe1 Nf4 43. Bf1 Bd3 44. Bxd3+ Nxd3+ 45. Kf1 Nf4
46. a4 Kg6 47. b4 Kf6 48. Bd2 Ne6 49. Be3 g5 50. Ke2 Ke7
51. Kd3 f5 52. g3 Kd7 53. b5 axb5 54. axb5 h4 55. gxh4 gxh4
56. Bg1 h3 57. b6 f4 58. Bh2 Kc6 59. Bg1 Ng7 60. Bh2 Nh5
61. Ke2 Ng7 62. Kd3 Ne6 63. Bg1 Nf8 64. Bh2 Ng6 65. Ke2 Kb5
66. Kf2 Ka5 67. Kf1 Ka6 68. Ke2 Kb5 69. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.21"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Konstantinopolsky"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. h3 O-O 8. Nf3 c6 9. Qd2 f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Bh6 Qd6
12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Be2 N8d7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. Bf1
Nfd5 17. Ne5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 c5 19. Rad1 cxd4 20. cxd4 Be6
21. Re4 Rh8 22. Rde1 Bd5 23. R4e3 e6 24. Rg3 Nd7 25. Ng4 Rhg8
26. Bb5 Bc6 27. d5 Qxd5 28. Qc3+ e5 29. Bc4 Qd4 30. Qxd4 exd4
31. Re7+ Kh8 32. Bxg8 Kxg8 33. Nh6+ Kf8 34. Rxh7 Be4 35. Rg4
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.21"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Grigory Levenfish"]
[Black "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 c5
7. a3 cxd4 8. axb4 dxc3 9. Ne2 O-O 10. b3 d5 11. Nxc3 Nc6
12. Ba3 Re8 13. Be2 d4 14. b5 dxc3 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qc2 Nh5
17. O-O Qg5 18. Qxc3 e5 19. Rad1 Re6 20. Rd6 Rxd6 21. Bxd6 Re8
22. Rd1 h6 23. Rd2 Qh4 24. Ra2 Qg5 25. c5 Re6 26. Bc4 Rg6
27. Qxe5 Qh4 28. g3 b5 29. Bd3 Qb4 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Qe6+ Kh7
32. Kf2 Nf6 33. Be5 Bd7 34. Qe7 Qxb3 35. Rd2 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.21"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Georgy Ilivitsky"]
[Black "Georgy Lisitsin"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. e4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5
12. Bb3 Rd8 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. Bf4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rac8
17. c4 Qc5 18. e5 Ne8 19. Qe3 Qe7 20. f4 Nc7 21. Rac1 Na6
22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. cxb5 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Nc7
26. Qc5 h5 27. f5 exf5 28. Qd6 Qe7 29. Bf2 Ne6 30. Qxe7 Nxe7
31. Bxa7 Nc8 32. Bf2 Kf8 33. a4 Ke8 34. Bd5 Nd8 35. a5 Kd7
36. Be3 Kc7 37. b6+ Kb8 38. Bc5 g5 39. h4 g4 40. g3 Ne6
41. Bxe6 fxe6 42. Kf2 f4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.22"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lev Aronin"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 cxb5 11. Rfd1 Bb7
12. a4 b4 13. Na2 h6 14. Bh4 Bd6 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 a5
17. Rac1 Ne4 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. Rc2 Nd6 20. Bb5 Nbc4 21. Qd3 Nxb5
22. axb5 Nxd2 23. Rdxd2 Bc8 24. e4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Rb8 26. Rc5
Bd7 27. d5 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 "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.22"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.22"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "210"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Nxc3
7.bxc3 Bd7 8.O-O e6 9.d4 Be7 10.e4 O-O 11.Qe2 cxd4 12.cxd4 Rc8
13.Bb2 Nb4 14.Bc4 Bb5 15.Bxb5 Rc2 16.Qe3 Rxb2 17.Qa3 Rc2
18.Qxa7 Qc7 19.a3 Na2 20.Bd3 Rc3 21.Rxa2 Rxd3 22.Rb2 Rxa3
23.Qxb7 Qc3 24.Rbb1 Bf6 25.Rbc1 Qa5 26.Rc5 Qa4 27.e5 Bd8
28.Rc8 Rb3 29.Qe4 h6 30.h3 Be7 31.Rfc1 Rb8 32.Rxf8+ Bxf8
33.Rc7 Qa5 34.Qc6 Qa2 35.Qe4 Qa5 36.Rc2 Qa4 37.Kh2 Qa5 38.Qc6
Qd8 39.Qc7 Qxc7 40.Rxc7 Rd8 41.Kg3 Ra8 42.h4 Bb4 43.Rb7 Bc3
44.Rb3 Rc8 45.Kf4 Kf8 46.Ke3 Ke8 47.Ng1 Ba5+ 48.Ne2 Rc2
49.Rb8+ Bd8 50.g3 Ke7 51.Ra8 g5 52.hxg5 hxg5 53.Ra7+ Ke8 54.g4
Bb6 55.Ra6 Rb2 56.Kd3 Kd7 57.Nc3 Rb4 58.Ra4 Rxa4 59.Nxa4 Bd8
60.Nc5+ Ke7 61.d5 exd5 62.Kd4 Kf8 63.Kxd5 Kg7 64.Nb3 Kg6
65.Kc6 Be7 66.Nc5 Bf8 67.Nd3 Be7 68.Kd7 Bf8 69.Ke8 Ba3 70.Kd8
Kg7 71.Kc7 Kg6 72.Kc8 Kg7 73.Kd7 Kg6 74.Kc6 Be7 75.Kc7 Bf8
76.Kc8 Be7 77.Kd7 Ba3 78.Kc7 Be7 79.Kc6 Ba3 80.Kd5 Be7 81.e6
fxe6 82.Kxe6 Bd8 83.Ne5+ Kg7 84.f3 Bb6 85.Nc4 Bc7 86.Kf5 Bf4
87.Ne5 Bc1 88.Nd7 Be3 89.Nf6 Bc1 90.Ne8+ Kh6 91.Kf6 Bb2+
92.Kf7 Kh7 93.Nd6 Kh6 94.Nc4 Bd4 95.Ke6 Kg6 96.Ne5+ Kg7 97.Kf5
Be3 98.Nd3 Kh6 99.Kf6 Bd4+ 100.Ne5 Bb2 101.Kf5 Kg7 102.Nd3+
Bf6 103.Nb4 Bc3 104.Nc6 Bd2 105.Nd4 Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.22"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[Black "Vladimir Alatortsev"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qe6 5. fxe5 Qxe5+ 6. Be2
Bg4 7. d4 Qe6 8. Qd3 c6 9. Bf4 Nf6 10. O-O-O Bxe2 11. Ngxe2
Bd6 12. d5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qg3 Bxf4+ 15. Nxf4 Qh6
16. Rhe1+ Kf8 17. Qa3+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.22"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Georgy Lisitsin"]
[Black "Vasily Panov"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bf5 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 h6
7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Re1 Na6 11. Qc2 a4
12. bxa4 Nc5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bd4 Nxa4 15. Reb1 b6 16. Ne5
Bc5 17. Nb3 Qd6 18. Nf3 Rfc8 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. e4 dxe4 22. dxe4 Bh7 23. Re1 Qf8 24. Qc1 Rab8 25. Qf4 Nc3
26. Re3 Nb5 27. Qxf6 Qg7 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rc1 Ra8 30. Bf1
Nd4 31. Nxd4 cxd4 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Re1 Rc2 34. a4 Ra2 35. Bb5
f5 36. e5 f4 37. Rd1 fxg3 38. hxg3 Be4 39. f3 Bxf3 40. Rxd4
Bd5 41. Rg4+ Kf7 42. Kf1 Ra1+ 43. Kf2 Ra3 44. Bd7 h5 45. Rg5
Bb3 46. Bb5 Bd1 47. Ke1 Bg4 48. Kf2 Bd1 49. Bc6 Bg4 50. Be4
Ra2+ 51. Ke3 Ra3+ 52. Kf2 Ra2+ 53. Kg1 Ra1+ 54. Kg2 Ra2+
55. Kf1 Ra1+ 56. Kf2 Ra2+ 57. Ke3 Ra3+ 58. Kd2 Rxa4 59. Bg6+
Kf8 60. Ke3 Ra3+ 61. Kd4 Ke7 62. Kc5 Rc3+ 63. Kd4 Ra3 64. Kc5
Rc3+ 65. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.22"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Alexander Konstantinopolsky"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qd2 c5
7. Bh6 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. e4 Qb6 11. Nb3 Be6
12. Bd3 a5 13. Na4 Qb4 14. Qxb4 axb4 15. Nb6 Ra7 16. Nc1 Ne5
17. b3 Nh5 18. O-O Nf4 19. Rd1 Ra5 20. Bf1 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5
22. Nd3 Be4 23. Nxf4 Rxf4 24. Rd4 g5 25. Rxb4 Bxc2 26. Ra4
Rfxa4 27. Nxa4 b5 28. Nc3 b4 29. Na4 Be4 30. Be2 Bc6 31. Bd1
Rd5 32. Nb6 Rd2 33. Nc4 Nxc4 34. bxc4 Be4 35. Bb3 Rb2 36. Re1
Rb1 37. Rxb1 Bxb1 38. Kf1 Bd3+ 39. Ke1 Kf6 40. Kd2 Bf1 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.22"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Grigory Levenfish"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4
Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. a3 Bxc3
12. Qxc3 Ne4 13. Qe1 Rfc8 14. Nd2 Qd8 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Rc1
Qb6 17. Qd2 Na5 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Rc1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4
21. f3 Bd3 22. Rc3 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.22"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Georgy Ilivitsky"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1 a6 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 b5 11. c5 Nh5 12. Bxe7
Qxe7 13. Ne2 a5 14. O-O Nhf6 15. Ng3 Bb7 16. Rfe1 Qd8 17. e4
dxe4 18. Bxe4 Qc7 19. Qe2 b4 20. Bd3 Qc8 21. Ne5 Ba6 22. Nxd7
Nxd7 23. Nh5 g6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Nf4 Ra7 26. Rd3 Re8 27. Rg3
Kh7 28. Qd3 Rg8 29. h4 Kh8 30. Qd2 Kh7 31. Qd3 Qc7 32. Qf3
Raa8 33. h5 g5 34. Nxe6 fxe6 35. Rxe6 Rg7 36. Qe4+ Kg8
37. Rxc6 Qd8 38. Qd5+ Kh7 39. Qe4+ Kg8 40. Rxh6 Nf8 41. Rd6
Qe8 42. Qd5+ Kh8 43. Re3 Qc8 44. h6 Rg8 45. Qe5+ Kh7 46. Qe7+
Kh8 47. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.22"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Bondarevsky"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3
Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8. e4 a5 9. O-O e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 h5
12. h4 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Nd3 Na6 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Qe3 Rfe8
17. Kh2 g6 18. Bh3 Kg7 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. b3 Nb4 21. Ne1 c6
22. a3 Na6 23. Nd3 Qd8 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 c5 26. b5 Nc7
27. Kg2 Qe7 28. Rfb1 Qf8 29. Qe1 Nb6 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Ra1
Rxa1 32. Qxa1 Qa8 33. Qxa8 Ncxa8 34. f4 f6 35. Kf3 Nd7 36. Nb3
b6 37. Nd2 Nc7 38. Nf1 f5 39. fxe5 dxe5 40. Ne3 Kf6 41. Nf2
Ne8 42. Nf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.25"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Georgy Lisitsin"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 c5
7. e3 Nc6 8. dxc5 O-O 9. a3 Bxc5 10. Be2 Be6 11. b4 Bb6
12. Na4 Rc8 13. Qd1 Bc7 14. Nc5 Ne4 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bb2 Qd6
17. Rc1 Rf7 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. b5 Ba5+ 20. Ke2 Ne7 21. Rxc8+ Nxc8
22. Qa4 Bb6 23. Qh4 h6 24. Rc1 Ne7 25. Ne5 Rf8 26. Qg3 Nf5
27. Bxf5 exf5 28. Ng6 Qxg3 29. hxg3 Re8 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Kd3
Re4 32. Nf4 Ra4 33. Nxd5 Rxa3+ 34. Ke2 Rb3 35. Rc8+ Kf7
36. Rb8 Ke6 37. Nxb6 axb6 38. Rxb7 Rxb5 39. Rh7 Rb2+ 40. Kf3
b5 41. Rxh6 b4 42. Rh8 b3 43. Rb8 Kd5 44. Rb5+ Kc4 45. Rxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.25"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Grigory Levenfish"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Ne4 5.Ne2 Bf5 6.d3 Nc5 7.Ned4
e6 8.Bd2 Bg6 9.Be2 Ncd7 10.Nb3 c5 11.d4 c4 12.Nc1 Nc6 13.O-O
b5 14.Bg5 Be7 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.a4 bxa4 17.Rxa4 Nb6 18.Ra1 O-O
19.c3 Qc7 20.Nh4 Ne7 21.Nxg6 hxg6 22.h4 Nf5 23.h5 gxh5 24.Bxh5
Nc8 25.Qd2 Nce7 26.b4 a5 27.Na2 Nc6 28.Rab1 Rfb8 29.bxa5 Qxa5
30.Rxb8+ Rxb8 31.Nc1 Ncxd4 32.Ne2 Nxe2+ 33.Bxe2 Rb3 34.g4 Ne7
35.Rc1 Qb6 36.Kg2 Rb2 37.Qe1 Ng6 38.Ra1 Qb8 39.Bd1 Nxe5 40.Qe3
Nd3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.25"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.25"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Igor Bondarevsky"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Qe2+ Qe7
7.Bxd7+ Nxd7 8.dxc5 Nxc5 9.Nb3 Qxe2+ 10.Nxe2 Ne6 11.Be3 Nf6
12.O-O-O b6 13.Rhe1 O-O-O 14.Ned4 Ng4 15.h3 Nxe3 16.Rxe3 Nxd4
17.Rxd4 g6 18.Rc3+ Kb7 19.Rcd3 Bh6+ 20.Kd1 Bg7 21.Rxd5 Rxd5
22.Rxd5 Kc6 23.Rd3 Bxb2 24.c3 Kc7 25.Nd4 a6 26.Nc2 Rd8 27.Rxd8
Kxd8 28.Kd2 Kd7 29.Nb4 a5 30.Nd5 Kc6 31.Nf6 h5 32.Nh7 Ba3
33.Ng5 f6 34.Ne6 Bd6 35.Kd3 Kd5 36.Nd4 Bc5 37.a4 f5 38.Ne2 Bd6
39.Nd4 Bc5 40.Ne2 Bd6 41.Nd4 Be5 42.Nf3 Bf6 43.Nd4 Bh4 44.f3
Bf6 45.Nb5 h4 46.Nd4 Be5 47.Nb5 Bg3 48.Nd4 Bf2 49.Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.25"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Black "Lev Aronin"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Nc6
7. O-O Bg7 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. f4 Qc8 11. Kh1 Rd8
12. Bf3 Bc4 13. Rf2 e5 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Rd1 Rac8 16. Qc1 b5
17. f5 b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne7 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Bg5 Nh7
22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Na5 e4 24. Be2 e3 25. Rf3 Re8 26. Nc6 Qe4
27. Rd3 Bh6 28. Rd4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.25"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasily Panov"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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. a4 Na5 11. Bc2 exd4 12. axb5
axb5 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5 Bb4 15. Nc3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxd5
17. Re5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qc6 19. Rc5 Qb6 20. Rb1 c6 21. Qf1 Nb7
22. Rf5 Nd5 23. c4 Nc3 24. Qd3 Qxd4 25. Rb3 Ra1 26. Qxc3 Rxc1+
27. Kg2 Qxc3 28. Rxc3 b4 29. Rh5 g6 30. Bxg6 bxc3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.25"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Konstantinopolsky"]
[Black "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6
12. Bc2 b6 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Bb3 Nd5 15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Re1 Qd6
17. a3 Rfd8 18. Ne5 Ne7 19. Bc3 Bd5 20. Bc2 g6 21. Rc1 Nf5
22. Qe2 Rac8 23. Rcd1 Qe7 24. Ng4 Bg7 25. Ne3 Nxe3 26. fxe3 e5
27. dxe5 Bxe5 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. Bb1 Re8 30. e4 Be6 31. Qf2
Red8 32. h3 Kg7 33. Rf1 Bc4 34. Rfe1 Qg5 35. Qf3 Be6 36. Kh1
Rd2 37. Rc1 Rxc1 38. Rxc1 Rxg2 39. Qxg2 Qxc1+ 40. Qg1 Qxg1+
41. Kxg1 Bxh3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.25"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Georgy Ilivitsky"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Qxd5
exd5 7. a3 Nf6 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Bg3 O-O 10. Nc3 Rfc8 11. e3 Na5
12. Nd2 Bxg3 13. hxg3 c5 14. Nb5 Bd7 15. dxc5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5
Rxc5 17. Bd3 d4 18. e4 Ng4 19. b4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.25"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Alatortsev"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Be7
7. Nf3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bd7
12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Be1 Qc7 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Rac1 Nxf3+
17. Bxf3 Qb6 18. b4 Rfd8 19. Qb3 Bc6 20. Na4 Qb5 21. Rxd8+
Bxd8 22. Rc5 Bd5 23. Rxc8 Bxb3 24. Rxd8+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.26"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Grigory Levenfish"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 dxe4 5.Qg4 Qxd4 6.O-O-O f5
7.Qg3 Bd6 8.Bf4 Bxf4+ 9.Qxf4 Qc5 10.f3 Ne7 11.fxe4 O-O 12.Nf3
Nd7 13.Bd3 e5 14.Qd2 Nb6 15.Rhe1 Nc6 16.Nd5 fxe4 17.Bxe4 Bf5
18.Nxb6 axb6 19.Qd5+ Qxd5 20.Bxd5+ Kh8 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Rxe5 c6
23.Bb3 Bg4 24.Rde1 Rad8 25.Re7 Bc8 26.Bf7 g5 27.b3 b5 28.R1e5
Rd7 29.Rxd7 Bxd7 30.Re7 Rd8 31.h3 b4 32.Bc4 Bf5 33.g4 b5
34.Bf7 Rd7 35.Re8+ Kg7 36.Bh5+ Bg6 37.Bxg6 hxg6 38.Re6 Rc7
39.Kd2 Kf7 40.Rd6 Rc8 41.Rd4 Ra8 42.Rd6 Rc8 43.Ke3 Rh8 44.Rxc6
Rxh3+ 45.Kf2 Rh2+ 46.Kf3 Rd2 47.Rc5 Kf6 48.Rxb5 Rxc2 49.Rxb4
Rxa2 50.Re4 Ra8 51.b4 Rb8 52.Ke3 Rd8 53.b5 Rb8 54.Rb4 Ke5
55.b6 Kd5 56.b7 Kc5 57.Rb1 Re8+ 58.Kd3 Rd8+ 59.Kc3 Rb8 60.Rb2
Kd5 61.Rb4 Kc5 62.Kb3 Kd5 63.Rb5+ Ke4 64.Ka4 Kf3 65.Rb4 Rxb7
66.Rxb7 Kxg4 67.Kb3 Kf3 68.Kc3 g4 69.Kd2 g3 70.Ke1 Kg2 71.Rg7
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.26"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Bondarevsky"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.26"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Georgy Lisitsin"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.d4 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O
Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 e6 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Bd2 Qe7 12.Rac1 Rfe8
13.Qe2 Rad8 14.Bb1 Nf8 15.Be1 Rd7 16.a3 dxc4 17.Qxc4 Nd5
18.Qf1 Bh6 19.Rd3 f5 20.Rcd1 Red8 21.Bd2 Rc7 22.Qe2 Qh4 23.Bc1
Rf7 24.Ba2 Nd7 25.Rf1 N7f6 26.Rdd1 Re8 27.Rde1 Bf8 28.Bb1 Bd6
29.e4 Nxc3 30.bxc3 fxe4 31.Bxe4 e5 32.Qd3 exd4 33.Bxg6 hxg6
34.Qxg6+ Rg7 35.Rxe8+ Nxe8 36.Qxe8+ Kh7 37.Qe6 Qe7 38.Qf5+ Kh8
39.cxd4 Qf7 40.Qxf7 Rxf7 41.Rd1 Rf5 42.Kf1 a5 43.Ke2 Rb5
44.Rd3 Rb1 45.Rc3 Kg7 46.h4 Be7 47.h5 Bf8 48.Kd3 Ra1 49.g4 Ra2
50.g5 Be7 51.f4 Rh2 52.h6+ Kg6 53.Ke4 Rh4 54.Ke5 Bd8 55.f5 Kf7
56.g6+ Ke8 57.d5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.26"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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.bxc3 Nc6 10.Nd2 Na5 11.Bxb7 Nxb7 12.Nb3 c5
13.e4 Nd6 14.Qe2 Qc8 15.e5 Ne8 16.f4 Nc7 17.d5 exd5 18.cxd5
Nxd5 19.Qc4 Nc7 20.f5 d5 21.Qg4 Re8 22.Bh6 Bf8 23.Rae1 Qd7
24.Nd2 Kh8 25.Bg5 c4 26.Nf3 Bc5+ 27.Kg2 Qc6 28.Qh4 Nb5 29.e6
Nd6 30.f6 Rxe6 31.Rxe6 fxe6 32.Ne5 Qa4 33.fxg7 Kg8 34.Rf8+
Rxf8 35.gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 36.Qh6+ Kg8 37.Qxe6+ Kg7 38.Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.26"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Alexander Konstantinopolsky"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Be7
7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Qd3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 c5
12. Nde2 Bc6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Rad1 Bf8 15. a4 a6 16. Rfe1 Qa5
17. Nf5 Re6 18. Re3 Rae8 19. h3 g6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rxe3
22. Nxe3 Bg7 23. Nc4 Qd8 24. a5 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.26"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4
Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 a6
12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15. Bg3 Nb6 16. Ne2 Qd7
17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1+ 19. Nxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.26"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "Vladimir Alatortsev"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7
7. Bf4 Qc8 8. h3 h6 9. e3 e6 10. Be2 Be7 11. Qd1 b6 12. b4 a5
13. a3 O-O 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Qd2 Qb7 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Ra7
18. Rfb1 axb4 19. axb4 Rfa8 20. Qd1 Nh7 21. Qc1 Nhf8 22. Bg3
Ng6 23. Ne1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Rxa1 25. Qxa1 bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.26"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Vasily Panov"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7
7. Rc1 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O a6 10. Qe2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5
12. Bb3 c5 13. Rfd1 c4 14. Bc2 Bb7 15. e4 Nf8 16. Ne5 Qb6
17. Be3 Red8 18. f4 Rac8 19. Bf2 b4 20. Na4 Qb5 21. Nc5 Bxc5
22. dxc5 Ng6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+
26. Qxd1 Nxe4 27. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.26"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[Black "Georgy Ilivitsky"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6
7. Qc2 b5 8. Ne5 Nd5 9. dxc5 Qc7 10. e4 Nb4 11. Qc3 Bxc5
12. a3 N4c6 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Qxg7 Qe5 15. Qh6 Bb7 16. Nc3 Bd4
17. Bg5 Qg7 18. Qh4 Rg8 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Rad1 Rd8
22. Nd5 Rg6 23. Qe7# 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.28"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Alatortsev"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 Nb6
7.Nxc4 Nxc4 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.O-O Be7 11.Ne5 Bxg2
12.Kxg2 O-O 13.Bf4 Nd5 14.Nd3 c6 15.Rfd1 Qb6 16.Bd2 Rfd8 17.e3
Nf6 18.Rac1 Rd5 19.Bb4 Bxb4 20.Nxb4 Rh5 21.Nd3 Rd8 22.Ne5 Qxb2
23.Rc2 Qb6 24.Rd3 Nd7 25.Rb3 Qc7 26.f4 Nb6 27.Qe2 Rh6 28.Ng4
Rg6 29.Ne5 Rh6 30.Ng4 Rg6 31.Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.28"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.28"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2
Qa5 8.a3 O-O 9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.c5 exd4 12.b4 Qd8 13.cxd6
Bxd6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Ne4 Qh6 16.Nxd6 Qxd6 17.Nxd4 Bg4 18.h3
Bh5 19.Rac1 Bg6 20.Rfd1 Qf6 21.Nb3 Bxd3 22.Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.28"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7
7. a3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Ba2 Nbd5
12. Qe2 b6 13. Bb1 Bb7 14. Qd3 Rc8 15. Bd2 Re8 16. Ne5 g6
17. Qh3 Bf8 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Ba2 Nxc3 20. Bxf6 Nxa2 21. Ng4 Qc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.28"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Konstantinopolsky"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nc3
Nb6 7. Be2 Bf5 8. O-O e6 9. Re1 Be7 10. h3 Nbd5 11. Nxd5 exd5
12. Nh4 Be6 13. Bg5 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nf3 O-O-O 16. Bd3
Nd6 17. Qd2 f6 18. Re3 Rde8 19. Rae1 Qd7 20. Qa5 Kb8 21. R1e2
Bf5 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.28"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Panov"]
[Black "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Be2 Nbc6 9. O-O f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Nh4 Ng6
12. Bh5 Qg7 13. Qd3 Rg8 14. Re1 Kd8 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bg4 f5
17. Bg5+ Ke8 18. Bf3 c4 19. Qe3 Kf7 20. Rab1 Rh8 21. Rxb7+
Bxb7 22. Qxe6+ Kf8 23. Bxd5 Rh7 24. Qd6+ Ne7 25. Bxe7+ Qxe7
26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Bxb7 Rae8 28. h4 Kg7 29. Bf3 Re1+ 30. Kh2
Rh8 31. h5 gxh5 32. Qc7+ Kf6 33. Qxc4 h4 34. d5 h3 35. Qd4+
Re5 36. gxh3 Rh7 37. c4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.28"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Aronin"]
[Black "Georgy Lisitsin"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. Re1 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. d4 Na5 12. Bxe6
fxe6 13. b4 Nb7 14. Qb3 Rf6 15. a4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ng5
Nf8 18. d5 Qc8 19. Ra7 h6 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. dxe6 Nd8 22. Nf1
Nc6 23. Ra2 Rxe6 24. Ne3 Kh7 25. Nd5 Rg6 26. f3 Bh4 27. Rf1
Ne7 28. Ra7 Nxd5 29. exd5 Ra8 30. Ra5 Rb8 31. Be3 Bd8 32. Ra2
Ra8 33. Rfa1 Rxa2 34. Rxa2 Qh3 35. Qc2 Qh4 36. Qe2 Bf6 37. Bf2
Qf4 38. Be3 Qh4 39. Rc2 e4 40. f4 Qh3 41. Kh1 Qf5 42. Qxb5 Qh5
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.28"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Georgy Ilivitsky"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
d6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nf3 e5 9. O-O c6 10. e4 Bg4 11. Nh4 Na6
12. h3 Be6 13. b3 Rad8 14. Rfe1 Bc8 15. Kh2 g6 16. Rad1 Nh5
17. Nf3 Ng7 18. Qe3 b6 19. Rd2 f6 20. Red1 Nc7 21. b4 Bb7
22. a4 Nge6 23. d5 cxd5 24. exd5 Ng7 25. Nd4 f5 26. Nc6 Bxc6
27. dxc6 f4 28. Qe2 fxg3+ 29. fxg3 Nf5 30. c5 bxc5 31. bxc5 d5
32. Nxd5 Nxd5 33. Rxd5 Rde8 34. Re1 e4 35. Bxe4 Qc7 36. Rd3
Rf7 37. Qd2 Qe5 38. Qc3 Qxc3 39. Rxc3 Nd4 40. Rce3 Kg7 41. Bd5
Rxe3 42. Rxe3 Rc7 43. Bg2 Nxc6 44. g4 Kf6 45. Kg3 Ne7 46. c6
g5 47. h4 h6 48. hxg5+ hxg5 49. Rc3 Ng6 50. Rd3 Ke6 51. Bd5+
Ke5 52. Bg2 Ke6 53. Rd8 Ne7 54. Rh8 Nxc6 55. Rh6+ Kd7 56. Rg6
Ne5 57. Rxg5 Ke6 58. Be4 Rc4 59. Kf4 Nd3+ 60. Ke3 Ne5 61. a5
Ra4 62. a6 Nc4+ 63. Kf2 Ne5 64. Bb7 Nxg4+ 65. Rxg4 Rxg4
66. Bc8+ Kd6 67. Bxg4 Kc6 68. Ke3 Kb6 69. Be2 Kc7 70. Kd4 Kb6
71. Kd5 Kc7 72. Ke6 Kc8 73. Kd6 Kb8 74. Kc6 Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.28"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Grigory Levenfish"]
[Black "Igor Bondarevsky"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bd2 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rfd1 Qe7 11. a3 Bxc3
12. Bxc3 Rac8 13. Rac1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Ne4 15. Ba6 Nxc3 16. Rxc3
cxd4 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. exd4 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 Nf6 20. Rc1 Nd5
21. g3 h6 22. Ne5 Kh7 23. h4 f5 24. Qe2 g6 25. Rc6 Re8 26. b4
Qf6 27. Rd6 Qf8 28. Qb5 Nf6 29. Qc6 f4 30. h5 Nxh5 31. Rd7+
Ng7 32. Rf7 Qg8 33. Qe4 Rc8 34. Qxg6+ Kh8 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.29"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd2 O-O 8. e4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 e5 11. O-O-O Nf6
12. Qc2 e4 13. Ng5 Bf5 14. Be3 b5 15. c5 Bc7 16. h4 h6 17. Nh3
Nd5 18. a3 b4 19. Be2 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=R+ 35. Kxe1 Qf2+ 36. Kd1 Qg1+
0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.29"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "Georgy Ilivitsky"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Bd2 d5 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5
Nc6 8.a3 Bxc5 9.b4 Be7 10.Nf3 a5 11.b5 Nb8 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Be2
Nbd7 14.O-O Nc5 15.Rfd1 a4 16.Be1 Be6 17.Rab1 Qc8 18.Nd4 Nb3
19.Qb2 Rd8 20.Nxe6 Qxe6 21.Nxa4 Rxa4 22.Qxb3 Rxa3 23.Qb2 Bc5
24.Bf3 Raa8 25.Bc3 Rd7 26.Rd3 h6 27.Rbd1 Rad8 28.h3 Bb6
29.Bxf6 gxf6 30.Qd2 d4 31.e4 Rc7 32.Qxh6 Rc3 33.Qf4 Qe5
34.Qg4+ Qg5 35.Be2 Qxg4 36.hxg4 Re8 37.f3 Re5 38.Rb1 Rcc5
39.Kf1 Rxb5 40.Rdb3 Rxb3 41.Rxb3 Re6 42.Bc4 Rc6 43.Bd3 Kf8
44.Ke2 Bc5 45.Rxb7 Rb6 46.Rc7 Rb2+ 47.Kf1 Bd6 48.Rd7 Be5
49.Rd5 Rd2 50.Bc4 Bg3 51.g5 fxg5 52.Rxg5 Bh4 53.Rd5 f6 54.Rd7
Ke8 55.Bb5 Kf8 56.Bc4 Ke8 57.Rd5 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.29"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Alexander Konstantinopolsky"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.a3
O-O 8.c5 Ne4 9.Qc2 f5 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Bb5 Bf6 12.Bxc6 bxc6
13.O-O g5 14.Ne5 Bxe5 15.dxe5 Nxc3 16.Qxc3 f4 17.Bd2 Ba6
18.Rfe1 Rb8 19.Qd4 Bc4 20.Bc3 Qe8 21.Qd1 Rb7 22.a4 Qg6 23.Ra3
g4 24.Bd4 Rg7 25.f3 h5 26.Rc3 Rf5 27.Kh1 Rg5 28.b3 Ba6 29.Rg1
gxf3 30.Qxf3 Qe4 31.Qf2 Bd3 32.b4 Qf5 33.b5 Be4 34.bxc6 Rxg2
35.Rxg2 Rxg2 36.Qxg2+ Bxg2+ 37.Kxg2 Qe4+ 38.Kf1 f3 39.Be3 Qg6
40.Ke1 Qb1+ 41.Kd2 Qb2+ 42.Rc2 Qxe5 43.c7 Qxh2+ 44.Kd1 Qxc7
45.c6 e5 46.Bxa7 d4 47.Bb6 d3 48.Rc1 Qxb6 49.c7 Qxc7 50.Rxc7
f2 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.29"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 Nf6 7.Re1
b5 8.Bc2 e5 9.h3 Qc7 10.d3 Be7 11.Nbd2 g5 12.Nh2 Rg8 13.Ndf1
g4 14.h4 d5 15.Bg5 d4 16.cxd4 Nxd4 17.Ne3 Qd6 18.a4 h6 19.Bxf6
Qxf6 20.axb5 Qxh4 21.bxa6 Kf8 22.Nef1 Qf6 23.a7 Qb6 24.Ne3 g3
25.fxg3 Rxg3 26.Nd5 Qg6 27.Kh1 Rxg2 28.Ne3 Bh3 29.Rg1 Rxg1+
30.Qxg1 Bg5 31.Nd5 Nxc2 32.Qxc5+ Kg7 33.Qxc2 Rd8 34.a8=Q Rxa8
35.Rxa8 Bh4 36.Ra1 Kh7 37.Rg1 Qh5 38.Qf2 Kh8 39.Nf6 Bxf2
40.Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.29"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Vasily Panov"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Ne4
7. e3 d5 8. Qc2 c6 9. b3 Nd7 10. Bb2 Qe8 11. Ne1 Qh5 12. Nd3
Ndf6 13. f3 Nd6 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. Rae1 Rae8 16. Ne5 Bc8 17. a3
Nd7 18. c5 Nf7 19. b4 Ndxe5 20. dxe5 Bd7 21. Nb3 Rb8 22. Bd4
Bd8 23. Rb1 Bc7 24. f4 Qg6 25. Nd2 a6 26. Rb2 Ra8 27. a4 Rfc8
28. Rfb1 Bd8 29. Nf3 Be7 30. Bf1 Be8 31. Bd3 Nd8 32. Qd2 Qf7
33. Rc1 Qf8 34. h3 Bh5 35. Nh2 Bg6 36. Rbc2 Rc7 37. Qe1 Qe8
38. Rg2 Nf7 39. Nf3 Nh6 40. Nd2 Bf8 41. Nb3 Qc8 42. Ra1 Qe8
43. Qf1 Rcc8 44. Rga2 Bh5 45. Kf2 Nf7 46. b5 axb5 47. axb5
Rxa2+ 48. Rxa2 Ra8 49. Ra5 Rxa5 50. Nxa5 Qa8 51. Qa1 Nd8
52. Nxb7 Qxb7 53. b6 Be8 54. Qa7 Qf7 55. Ba6 Bd7 56. Qa8 Qe8
57. Ke1 Qe7 58. Qa7 h6 59. h4 Kf7 60. Kd2 Kg6 61. Qc7 Kh5
62. Be2+ Kg6 63. Kc3 Be8 64. Kb4 Bd7 65. Ka5 Be8 66. Qxe7 Bxe7
67. Ka6 Kf7 68. b7 Nxb7 69. Kxb7 Bd8 70. Bc3 Bd7 71. Bd1 Be7
72. Bb4 Kg6 73. Ba4 Kh5 74. Bxc6 Bxc6+ 75. Kxc6 Kg4 76. Kd7
Bf8 77. Kxe6 Kxg3 78. Be1+ Kf3 79. c6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.29"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Igor Bondarevsky"]
[Black "Vladimir Alatortsev"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nc3 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Qa5 11. a3 Rfd8
12. b4 Qa6 13. b5 dxc4 14. Qxc4 cxb5 15. Qxb5 Qxb5 16. Nxb5 a6
17. Nc3 b5 18. a4 b4 19. Ne2 Rdc8 20. Rfc1 a5 21. Nd2 Rxc1+
22. Nxc1 Nb6 23. Kf1 Rc8 24. Ncb3 Rc2 25. Bc1 Nfd5 26. Nxa5
Nxa4 27. Ke2 Nac3+ 28. Kd3 b3 29. Nc6 Na2 30. Nxe7+ Nxe7
31. Nxb3 Nb4+ 32. Ke4 f5+ 33. Kf3 Ned5 34. Nc5 e5 35. Ra8+ Kf7
36. Ba3 e4+ 37. Kg3 Nd3 38. Ra7+ Kg6 39. Nd7 Nxf2 40. Kh4 Ng4
41. h3 Ngf6 42. Ne5+ Kh6 43. Bf8 Nc7 44. g4 fxg4 45. hxg4 Rh2+
46. Kg3 Rc2 47. Rxc7 Rxc7 48. Kh4 Nxg4 49. Kxg4 Rc1 50. Be7
Rg1+ 51. Kf4 Kh5 52. d5 g5+ 53. Kxe4 g4 54. d6 Rf1 55. d7 g3
56. d8=Q g2 57. Qg8 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.29"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Lev Aronin"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg4 11. Rd1 Qe7
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e5 14. d5 Nb6 15. Bb3 cxd5 16. a5 d4
17. axb6 dxc3 18. bxc3 Bc5 19. Rxa7 Rxa7 20. bxa7 Bxa7 21. Bg5
Rd8 22. Bd5 Rd6 23. Rb1 Bb6 24. c4 Qc7 25. c5 Qxc5 26. Rc1 Qa5
27. Rc8+ Bd8 28. Bxf6 Rxf6 29. Qc3 Qb6 30. Qb2 Qd6 31. f4 exf4
32. e5 Qd7 33. Qxb7 Qe8 34. Qb8 Rd6 35. Qxd6 Bb6+ 36. Qxb6
Qxc8 37. e6 g5 38. e7 Kg7 39. Bc6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.29"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.11.29"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Grigory Levenfish"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. Nxc3 O-O 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 c6 10. Bc4 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nc6
12. O-O Ne5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Be2 Rfe8 15. Bd2 Re6 16. f4 Qg6
17. Rf2 Nd3 18. Bxd3 Qxd3 19. f5 Rh6 20. Qg4 Rd6 21. Bb4 Rc6
22. f6 Qg6 23. Qxd7 Qe4 24. Rd1 Rxf6 25. Be7 h6 26. Bxf6 gxf6
27. Rd4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.02"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bc4
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 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Nf5 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 g6
27. Nd6 Bc8 28. Ke3 Bd7 29. Bb3 b5 30. Rc7 a5 31. Nb7 Be6
32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Nxd8 Rxd8 34. Re7 Rc8 35. Rxe6 Rc2 36. g4
Rxa2 37. f5 Ra1 38. f6 Kf8 39. Rb6 Kf7 40. g5 Re1+ 41. Kd4 a4
42. Rb7+ Kf8 43. Rxb5 Rd1+ 44. Kc4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.02"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Georgy Ilivitsky"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nf3
d4 8.O-O Nc6 9.e3 Be7 10.exd4 exd4 11.a3 a5 12.b3 O-O 13.Bb2
Bc5 14.b4 axb4 15.axb4 Rxa1 16.Bxa1 Nxb4 17.Bxd4 b6 18.Nc3 Be6
19.Bxc5 bxc5 20.Qxd8 Rxd8 21.Na4 Rc8 22.Ne5 Kf8 23.f4 Bf5
24.Bf3 h5 25.Nc3 Nc2 26.Nb5 Rd8 27.Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.02"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Grigory Levenfish"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O
Nbd7 8.Qe2 a6 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Bc2 Bd7 11.Rd1 Rc8 12.Ne5 Bxc3
13.bxc3 Ba4 14.Ba3 Bxc2 15.Qxc2 Qc7 16.f4 Rfd8 17.Rd4 b5
18.cxb5 axb5 19.Rb1 Nce4 20.Rc1 Qxc3 21.Qxc3 Rxc3 22.Rxc3 Nxc3
23.Rb4 d4 24.exd4 Nfd5 25.Rb2 Nxf4 26.Bc5 f6 27.Nc6 Ra8 28.Ba7
Kf7 29.Rc2 Rc8 30.Nb4 Rc4 31.a3 Ke8 32.Kf2 Nfd5 33.Ke1 Ne3
34.Rb2 Kd7 35.Nd3 g5 36.g3 h5 37.Rf2 Ncd5 38.Rb2 Kc6 39.Kd2
Ra4 40.Nb4+ Nxb4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.02"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Black "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

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 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Ba2 Rd8 12.Bb2 b6
13.Qe2 Bb7 14.Rac1 Rac8 15.Rfd1 h6 16.c4 cxd4 17.exd4 Qf4
18.d5 exd5 19.cxd5 Nb8 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Qe7 Qa4 22.Rd2 Nfd7
23.h3 Qf4 24.Re2 Qf5 25.Nd4 Qg6 26.Kh2 Nc5 27.Re3 Nbd7 28.Rg3
Qe4 29.Ne6 g6 30.Re3 Qc2 31.Nxc5 bxc5 32.Re2 Qf5 33.Qd6 c4
34.Bxc4 Nb6 35.Bb3 Bxd5 36.Bc2 Qg5 37.f4 Qd8 38.Qe5 f6 39.Qxf6
Qxf6 40.Bxf6 Kf7 41.Bh4 Rc7 42.Bd8 Rc8 43.Bh4 Rc7 44.Rd2 Be6
45.Be4 Rc4 46.Re2 Bd5 47.Bd3 Rxf4 48.Bd8 Rd4 49.Bb5 Be4
50.Rf2+ Ke6 51.Rf6+ Ke5 52.Bxb6 axb6 53.Rxb6 Rd2 54.Bf1 Rd1
55.Rb5+ Kf6 56.Rb8 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.02"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Georgy Lisitsin"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5
7. O-O Re8 8. d3 e4 9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. Qc1 Bxb2 11. Qxb2 Nc6
12. Nbd2 Qf6 13. Qxf6 Nxf6 14. Rfe1 a5 15. a3 Bf5 16. Rac1 Ne4
17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Red1 Rad8 19. e3 d5 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 dxc4 23. Rcxc4 Rxd4 24. exd4 Re7 25. Kf3 Kf8
26. Rc5 b6 27. Rc6 Ke8 28. d5 Kd7 29. Rf6 h5 30. h4 a4
31. bxa4 Re5 32. Rxf7+ Kd6 33. Rf6+ Kxd5 34. Rxg6 Re1 35. Rg5+
Kd4 36. Rxh5 c5 37. Rh8 c4 38. Rd8+ Kc5 39. h5 c3 40. Rc8+ Kd4
41. g4 Kd3 42. h6 Rh1 43. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.02"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Alatortsev"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "176"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. g3 O-O
7. Bg2 e6 8. Nge2 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. Bf4 Nc7
12. a3 Ng4 13. Qc2 b6 14. Rad1 Ba6 15. Bc1 Nb5 16. Nxb5 Bxb5
17. h3 Ne5 18. f4 Nd7 19. Rfe1 Ba6 20. Kh2 Rc8 21. Qa4 Nb8
22. Qc2 Nd7 23. Bd2 Qe7 24. Ng1 c4 25. Bc3 Nc5 26. Nf3 Nd3
27. Re3 Bb7 28. Ne1 Ba6 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Nxd3 cxd3 31. Qa4
Qb7 32. Rd2 Re7 33. e5 Rc4 34. Qb3 Rc1 35. Qb4 Qb8 36. Qd4 Kg8
37. exd6 Rxe3 38. Qxe3 Qxd6 39. Rxd3 Rc2 40. Rd2 Rc8 41. Qe5
Rd8 42. Qxd6 Rxd6 43. Kg1 Kf8 44. Kf2 Ke7 45. Ke3 Rd8 46. Rd4
Bb5 47. a4 Be8 48. Rc4 Kd6 49. f5 g5 50. h4 h6 51. hxg5 hxg5
52. Kd4 Bd7 53. Be4 Rh8 54. b3 Rh2 55. Rc3 f6 56. Rc2 Rxc2
57. Bxc2 a5 58. Bd3 Bc8 59. g4 Bb7 60. Be4 Ba6 61. Bf3 Bf1
62. Ke4 Kc5 63. Ke3 Ba6 64. Kd2 Bc8 65. Kd3 Bb7 66. d6 Ba6+
67. Kc3 Kxd6 68. b4 axb4+ 69. Kxb4 Ke5 70. Bd1 Kf4 71. Kc3 Bf1
72. Kd4 Bg2 73. Kc4 Bc6 74. Kd4 Kg3 75. Ke3 Be8 76. Ke4 Bc6+
77. Ke3 Bb7 78. Be2 Bg2 79. Bd1 Bc6 80. Kd4 Kf4 81. Kc4 Ke3
82. Kb4 Kd2 83. Bb3 Bf3 84. Kb5 Bxg4 85. Kxb6 Bf3 86. Bf7 g4
87. Bh5 Ke3 88. a5 g3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.02"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasily Panov"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3
e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 c5 10. c3 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7
12. f4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. Be3 a6 15. f5 Nf8 16. fxe6 fxe6
17. Rf2 N8d7 18. Raf1 Rf8 19. Nh5 Qe8 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Bg5
Bd5 22. b3 b5 23. Rf4 Qh5 24. Qxh5 Nxh5 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Nd7
Bb4 27. Nb6 Ra7 28. Nxd5 exd5 29. Rc1 h6 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. Be3
Nf6 32. Bf4 Re7 33. Rc7 Rxc7 34. Bxc7 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.02"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Konstantinopolsky"]
[Black "Igor Bondarevsky"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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. a4 b4 11. d4 bxc3 12. Nxc3
Nxd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Qxd4 Rb8 15. Bc4 c6 16. b3 Nd7 17. Bf4
Bf6 18. Qe3 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Rad1 Be6 21. f4 Bxc4
22. bxc4 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Rb4 24. c5 d5 25. Rd4 Rxd4 26. Qxd4
dxe4 27. Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.02"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lev Aronin"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qb3 a6
7. a4 Bd6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. Qc2 e5
12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 Bc7 14. Ng3 Qe6 15. a5 Re8 16. dxe5 Nxe5
17. f4 Neg4 18. e4 Qd6 19. Kh1 Qd4 20. e5 Nd5 21. Nd1 b5
22. axb6 Bxb6 23. Ra3 h5 24. Nxh5 g6 25. Ng3 Kg7 26. h3 Rh8
27. Raf3 Rh4 28. Bc3 Nxc3 29. Qxc3 Be6 30. f5 Bd5 31. fxg6
fxg6 32. e6 Qxc3 33. Nxc3 Bxf3 34. Bxf3 Ne5 35. Nge4 Re8
36. Ra1 Nxf3 37. Rxa6 Nd4 38. Rxb6 Rxe6 39. Rb7+ Kh6 40. g4
Rxh3+ 41. Kg2 Re3 42. Ng3 Kg5 43. Nd1 Rd3 44. Nf2 Rd2 45. Rf7
Rxb2 46. Kh3 Rxf2 47. Rxf2 c3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.03"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Vasily Panov"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.b3
Ne4 8.Bb2 f5 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 c6 11.Nc3 Bd7 12.e3 Nxc3
13.Bxc3 dxc4 14.bxc4 Qc7 15.Rb1 Rad8 16.Qb3 Bc8 17.Qa4 Bc5
18.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Rd8 20.Bd4 Be7 21.c5 a6 22.Rb1 Rf8 23.f4
Qd7 24.Qc4 Rd8 25.Bf3 Qe8 26.Rb2 Qg6 27.Rg2 Kh8 28.Qc2 Qf7
29.g4 fxg4 30.Bxg4 Kg8 31.Be2 Qf5 32.Qxf5 exf5 33.Bc4+ Kf8
34.e6 g6 35.h4 b6 36.h5 Bxc5 37.Bxc5+ bxc5 38.hxg6 hxg6
39.Rxg6 Ke7 40.Kf2 Rd2+ 41.Kf3 Rc2 42.Rg7+ Kd6 43.e7+ Bd7
44.Bf7 c4 45.e8=Q Bxe8 46.Bxe8 c3 47.Rd7+ Kc5 48.Rc7 Rxa2
49.Rxc6+ Kb4 50.Bg6 Ra5 51.e4 fxe4 52.Bxe4 Ra1 53.f5 a5 54.Ke2
Ra2+ 55.Ke3 Rh2 56.f6 Rh8 57.f7 a4 58.Bd5 a3 59.Rc4+ Kb3
60.Rc8 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.03"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Grigory Levenfish"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.03"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Be2
h6 8.Be3 e5 9.Nb3 Be6 10.O-O Be7 11.Bf3 O-O 12.Nd5 Re8 13.c4
Nd7 14.g3 Bf8 15.Bg2 Rc8 16.Qd2 Kh7 17.Rfd1 Nc5 18.Qe1 Bd7
19.f3 Rb8 20.Nc1 Qc8 21.Ne2 b6 22.Rac1 Rb7 23.g4 Qd8 24.h4 Be7
25.g5 Ne6 26.Nxe7 Qxe7 27.Qg3 h5 28.Rd2 Rd8 29.Rcd1 Be8 30.f4
exf4 31.Nxf4 Ne5 32.b3 Nxf4 33.Bxf4 f6 34.Bh3 Ng4 35.Bxd6 Qe6
36.Qf4 Bg6 37.gxf6 gxf6 38.Bg2 Rbd7 39.Bb4 Rxd2 40.Rxd2 Re8
41.Rd6 Qe5 42.Qxe5 Rxe5 43.Bc3 Re8 44.Rd7+ Kg8 45.Rxa7 Bxe4
46.Bd4 Rd8 47.Bxe4 Rxd4 48.Bg6 Ne5 49.Bxh5 Rxh4 50.Be2 Rd4
51.Kf2 f5 52.Re7 Rf4+ 53.Ke1 Re4 54.Kd1 f4 55.Bf3 Rd4+ 56.Ke2
Nd3+ 57.Bd5+ Kf8 58.Rb7 Nc1+ 59.Kf3 Nxa2 60.Rxb6 Nc1 61.Rb7
Nd3 62.Kg4 Ke8 63.Ra7 Nb4 64.Be6 f3 65.Kxf3 Rd3+ 66.Ke4 Rxb3
67.Rb7 Na6 68.Bf7+ Kd8 69.Ra7 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.03"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Vladimir Alatortsev"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d4 d6 6.h3 O-O 7.Be3
Nd7 8.O-O Nb6 9.Bb5 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bf6 12.Re1 Be5
13.Qd2 Qh4 14.a4 Be6 15.a5 Nc4 16.Bxc4 Bxc4 17.b3 Be6 18.a6 b6
19.Nb5 Bxd4 20.Nxd4 Bd7 21.e5 dxe5 22.Nf3 Qd8 23.Rad1 Be6
24.Nxe5 Qc8 25.Qe2 c5 26.Rd6 c4 27.Nxc4 Qxa6 28.Rxe6 fxe6
29.Qxe6+ Kh8 30.Nd6 Qa5 31.Re5 Qa1+ 32.Kh2 Qd4 33.Ne4 Rad8
34.Rh5 Qd7 35.Ng5 h6 36.f4 Rf6 37.Rxh6+ Rxh6 38.Nf7+ Kh7
39.Ng5+ Kh8 40.Nf7+ Kg8 41.Nxh6+ Kh7 42.Nf7 Qxe6 43.Ng5+ Kg8
44.Nxe6 Rd2 45.c4 Rb2 46.Nd4 a5 47.f5 Rd2 48.Nc6 Rd3 49.c5
Rxb3 50.cxb6 a4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.03"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Georgy Lisitsin"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. d4 Bd6 6. O-O O-O
7. b3 c6 8. Ba3 b6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Ba6
12. Qc2 Rac8 13. Qb2 b5 14. c5 Qc7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7
17. f4 Rce8 18. Nf3 Bc8 19. e3 Kh8 20. h3 Rg8 21. g4 Nf8
22. Kh1 Re7 23. Rg1 Bd7 24. Bf1 Be8 25. Bd3 g6 26. Rg3 Reg7
27. Rcg1 Qe7 28. b4 Bd7 29. a4 a6 30. axb5 axb5 31. Ra1 h6
32. h4 fxg4 33. Rxg4 Be8 34. Qh2 Nh7 35. Nd4 Nf8 36. Rg2 Qf7
37. Ra6 Qc7 38. Rga2 Re7 39. Rb6 Qc8 40. Raa6 Rc7 41. Qa2 Qd8
42. Nf3 Qe7 43. Rb8 Nd7 44. Rba8 Bf7 45. Rxg8+ Kxg8 46. Rxc6
Rxc6 47. Qa8+ Nb8 48. Qxb8+ Kg7 49. Bxb5 Rc7 50. Qb6 Ra7
51. Ba6 d4 52. exd4 g5 53. hxg5 hxg5 54. d5 Rxa6 55. Qxa6 gxf4
56. d6 Qe8 57. Kg2 Qh8 58. Qc4 Qh6 59. Kf2 Bh5 60. d7 Bxf3
61. d8=Q Qh2+ 62. Kxf3 Qh1+ 63. Kxf4 Qh2+ 64. Kf3 Qh1+ 65. Ke2
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.03"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. d5 exd5
7. Bxd5 Qe7 8. Qb3 c6 9. Bc4 Qb4+ 10. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+
12. Nbxd2 Nd7 13. Be2 Ngf6 14. Nd4 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 g6 16. Rhc1
c5 17. N4b3 b6 18. a4 Rc8 19. Rc2 Ke7 20. e4 Rhd8 21. f4 h5
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.03"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Alexander Konstantinopolsky"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. Bd3 a6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rac1 c6
12. Rfe1 Bg4 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. h3 N6d7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7
17. f4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 f6 19. e4 fxe5 20. exd5 Bf7 21. Kh1 cxd5
22. Rxe5 Qh4 23. Nxd5 b5 24. Rg5 Qh6 25. Rc7 Qd6 26. Rxg7+
Kxg7 27. Qc3+ Kh6 28. Rxf7 Qxd5 29. Qf6+ Kh5 30. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.03"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Igor Bondarevsky"]
[Black "Georgy Ilivitsky"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
d5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Rc1 dxc4 10. Rxc4 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5
12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Nc3 c6 14. Rd1 Be6 15. Rd4 Rac8 16. e4 c5
17. Rd6 c4 18. f4 Qc5+ 19. Qd4 Ne8 20. Qxc5 Rxc5 21. Rd8 f6
22. Rb8 Nc7 23. Rxb7 a6 24. Rd6 Bc8 25. Na4 Bxb7 26. Nxc5 Bc8
27. Bf1 Re8 28. Bxc4+ Kf8 29. b4 Ke7 30. Rc6 Kd8 31. a4 Re7
32. Kf2 h5 33. Ke3 Bh3 34. Nxa6 Nxa6 35. Rxa6 Rc7 36. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.03"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[Black "Lev Aronin"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 c5
7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. cxd5 b5 10. O-O c4 11. Bc2 b4 12. Ne2
Re8 13. Ng3 Nbd7 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Re2 Qb6 17. Bf4
h5 18. Nf3 b3 19. axb3 cxb3 20. Bb1 Bb5 21. Re3 Nfd7 22. Nd4
Ne5 23. Nxh5 gxh5 24. Nf5 Ng6 25. Bxd6 Rad8 26. Nxg7 Qxd6
27. Nxe8 Rxe8 28. Qxh5 a6 29. e5 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Nxe5 31. Bh7+
Kg7 32. Re1 Ng6 33. Re3 Bd3 34. Re8 Nf8 35. Bxd3 Nxd3 36. Qg4+
Qg6 37. Qd4+ f6 38. Re3 Nc1 39. Kh2 Nh7 40. d6 Ng5 41. d7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.05"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

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
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 25. Kf2 Be7 26. Bb3+ Kh8
27. Be6 Bxe6 28. fxe6 cxd4 29. cxd4 d5 30. Nxd5 Bd6 31. Bd2
Rxe6 32. Rac1 Rf8 33. Re1 Rg6 34. Rg1 Rf5 35. Rxg6 Nxg6
36. Nc3 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 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 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.05"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3
Bd6 8.Bg3 Bxg3 9.hxg3 Qb6 10.Rb1 Bd7 11.Bd3 Nb4 12.Ne5 Nxd3+
13.Qxd3 Ke7 14.Nxd7 Kxd7 15.O-O Qc6 16.Rbc1 Rhc8 17.f3 Qc4
18.Qd2 Ke8 19.e4 Qb4 20.e5 Nd7 21.f4 Rc4 22.Rcd1 Qb6 23.b3 Rc6
24.Qd3 g6 25.Nb5 Kf8 26.g4 Kg8 27.Kh1 f5 28.gxf5 exf5 29.Nc3
Qa5 30.b4 Qxb4 31.Nxd5 Qf8 32.Qb3 Kh8 33.Qxb7 Qc8 34.Qxc8+
Rcxc8 35.Rc1 Rd8 36.e6 Nb6 37.Nc7 Rab8 38.e7 Re8 39.Nxe8 Rxe8
40.Rc7 Kg7 41.Rxa7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.05"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3
Nd7 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Qf4 10.Bd3 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5
13.O-O Be7 14.f4 Qd4+ 15.Kh1 f5 16.Ng3 O-O 17.Qc2 g6 18.Rad1
Qg7 19.Ne2 h5 20.Ng1 Bf6 21.b3 Bd7 22.Nf3 Rae8 23.c5 Be6
24.Rfe1 Bd5 25.Bc4 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Qf7 27.Bxd5 Qxd5 28.h3 Rd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.05"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Konstantinopolsky"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 Bc5 6. Nd6+
Ke7 7. Nxc8+ Qxc8 8. Nc3 d6 9. e3 Rd8 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O Kf8
12. a3 a6 13. Qc2 Ne7 14. Bd2 Qe6 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Qb1 Ba7
17. Ne4 Kg8 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qe4 Rd7 20. g4 Kg7 21. Kh1 d5
22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. Bf3 Rcd8 25. Bc1 b5 26. Rd3
Nb6 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.05"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Georgy Lisitsin"]
[Black "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 d6 5. f4 Bf5 6. Nf3
dxe5 7. fxe5 Qd5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. d4
Qa5 12. Rb1 e6 13. Rxb7 Bd6 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. Qe2 Bg6 16. Bg5+
f6 17. d5 Bf7 18. dxe6 Be8 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Rxf4 Bxb5 21. Rxb5
Qxa2 22. Rc4 Rac8 23. Qh5 g6 24. Qc5+ Kxe6 25. Qd5+ Ke7
26. Re4+ Kf8 27. Qxa2 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.05"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Panov"]
[Black "Igor Bondarevsky"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7
7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Be2 Nbc6 9. O-O Bd7 10. a4 f6 11. Re1 fxe5
12. dxe5 O-O-O 13. Be3 Na5 14. Ng5 Rdf8 15. f4 h6 16. Nf3 Kb8
17. Qc1 Bc8 18. Rb1 b6 19. h4 Bb7 20. Rf1 Nf5 21. Bf2 Qf7
22. Rb5 Rc8 23. Qb2 Rc6 24. Rb1 Qc7 25. Nd2 Ne7 26. Kh1 g5
27. Rxa5 bxa5 28. Nb3 Ka8 29. Bxc5 Nc8 30. Bd4 Rb6 31. Bxb6
axb6 32. Bg4 gxf4 33. Bxe6 d4 34. Nxd4 Qxe5 35. Bxc8 Rxc8
36. Qxb6 Qd5 37. Nf3 Rg8 38. Rb5 Qd1+ 39. Ng1 Rg5 40. Qxa5+
Kb8 41. Rxg5 hxg5 42. Qe5+ Ka8 43. Qa5+ Kb8 44. Qxg5 f3
45. Qf4+ Ka8 46. gxf3 Qxc2 47. Qf6 Qxa4 48. Qd8+ Ka7 49. Qd4+
Qxd4 50. cxd4 Kb6 51. h5 Bc8 52. h6 Bf5 53. Nh3 Kc6 54. Ng5
Kd5 55. h7 Bxh7 56. Nxh7 Kxd4 57. Kg2 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.05"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Aronin"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 exd4
12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bd2 Nb4 15. Nc3 Nd3 16. Re2 Nb4
17. Na2 Nxa2 18. Rxa2 Qc8 19. Be3 Rb8 20. Ne1 Rb6 21. Rc2 f5
22. Nd3 g5 23. Qf3 Qd7 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Rg6 26. c6 Qe6
27. Bc5 Rf7 28. Rxa6 g4 29. hxg4 fxg4 30. Qd3 Rf5 31. Re2 Rxe5
32. Rxe5 Qxe5 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. Bxe3 Re6 35. Ra8 Kf7 36. Rd8
Rd6 37. Rd7+ Ke6 38. Rxh7 Rxc6 39. Rh6+ Nf6 40. Bd4 Kf5
41. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.05"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Alatortsev"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.05"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Georgy Ilivitsky"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "E02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4
Bc6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Nc3 Nb6 9. Qd3 Bb4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6
12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Bf8 15. e4 Be8 16. Nb5 c6
17. Nc7 Rac8 18. Nxe8 Rxe8 19. Qc3 Qe7 20. a3 Red8 21. b4 Nd7
22. Rd3 Qd6 23. Rcd1 Qc7 24. Bh3 Nf6 25. Nd2 Ra8 26. Bg2 a5
27. b5 c5 28. d5 exd5 29. exd5 Bd6 30. Nc4 b6 31. Re3 Re8
32. Rde1 Rxe3 33. Rxe3 Re8 34. Qxf6 gxf6 35. Rxe8+ Kg7 36. Bh3
Be5 37. Bf5 h5 38. Kg2 Qb7 39. Rd8 Qe7 40. Rd7 Qe8 41. Be6 Kh8
42. Bf5 Bd4 43. Kf1 Be5 44. h4 a4 45. Kg2 Kg8 46. Kf1 Bc3
47. Nd6 Qe5 48. Rd8+ Kg7 49. Be4 f5 50. Nxf5+ Kh7 51. Nd6+ f5
52. Bxf5+ Kg7 53. Rd7+ Kf8 54. Rd8+ Kg7 55. Rd7+ Kf8 56. Be6
Qe1+ 57. Kg2 Bd4 58. Rf7+ Kg8 59. Nc8 Kh8 60. Ne7 Qe4+ 61. Kh2
Qc2 62. d6 Bxf2 63. d7 Bxg3+ 64. Kxg3 Qd3+ 65. Kf4 Qd2+
66. Kf5 Qd3+ 67. Kg5 Qe3+ 68. Kxh5 Qe5+ 69. Bf5 Qe2+ 70. Bg4
Qe5+ 71. Nf5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.06"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Bondarevsky"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Bg4 6. Be3 O-O
7. Be2 Nfd7 8. Nd2 Bxe2 9. Nxe2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. d5 Nd4
12. Nb3 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Qb6 14. Qc2 a6 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Bc3 b5
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd2 Rae8 19. f4 e6 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Rad1
Nf6 22. Nf3 bxc4 23. e5 Nd5 24. exd6 Qxd6 25. g3 Qb6 26. Ne5
c3 27. bxc3 c4+ 28. Kh1 Rd8 29. Rb1 Qc7 30. Rfe1 Rb8 31. Nf3
Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Rb8 33. Ng5 Rxb1+ 34. Qxb1 Qd6 35. Qe1 Nc7
36. Qe5+ Qxe5 37. fxe5 Nd5 38. Ne4 g5 39. g4 Kg6 40. Kg2 Nf4+
41. Kf2 Nd3+ 42. Ke3 Nxe5 43. h3 h5 44. gxh5+ Kxh5 45. Nc5 Kh4
46. Nxe6 Nf7 47. Kd4 Kxh3 48. Nxg5+ Nxg5 49. Kxc4 Kg4 50. Kc5
Ne4+ 51. Kb6 Nxc3 52. Kxa6 Nxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.06"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 c6 7.b3
Nbd7 8.Bb2 b6 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.e3 Rc7 12.Ne5 c5 13.Qe2
Qa8 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Nxd7 Nxd7 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.e4 Re8 18.e5 Bf8
19.f4 a5 20.Rfd1 a4 21.Nf1 Rcc8 22.Bh3 Rcd8 23.e6 d4 24.f5
fxe6 25.fxe6 Bf3 26.Qc2 Bxd1 27.Rxd1 Nf6 28.Re1 axb3 29.axb3
Be7 30.Nd2 Rf8 31.Bf5 Qd5 32.Qd3 g6 33.Bh3 Qh5 34.Bg2 Ng4
35.h3 Nf2 36.Qe2 Nxh3+ 37.Kh2 Qxe2 38.Rxe2 Rf2 39.Rxf2 Nxf2
40.Bf1 Nd1 41.Bc1 Rf8 42.Kg1 Ne3 43.Bd3 Rf6 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.06"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Alexander Konstantinopolsky"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "140"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.06"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Grigory Levenfish"]
[Black "Vladimir Alatortsev"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4
Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 O-O 12.Rd1 e5
13.d5 Bxc3 14.dxc6 e4 15.Qe2 Be5 16.cxd7 Qe7 17.Ra2 Rfd8 18.b3
Rxd7 19.Rxd7 Qxd7 20.Rd2 Qe7 21.Bb2 Bxb2 22.Rxb2 Rd8 23.Rd2 a5
24.Qd1 Rxd2 25.Qxd2 Qc7 26.Qd4 b6 27.Kf1 h5 28.g3 Kh7 29.Bd5
Qe7 30.Kg2 Nxd5 31.Qxd5 g6 32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 f6 34.Qc6 Qb4
35.Qxf6 Qxb3 36.Qe7+ Kh6 37.Qxe4 b5 38.Qf4+ Kh7 39.Qc7+ Kh6
40.Kg3 Qb4 41.Qe5 Kh7 42.Qxb5 Qxb5 43.axb5 a4 44.b6 a3 45.b7
a2 46.b8=Q a1=Q 47.Qc7+ Kh6 48.Qf4+ g5 49.Qd4 Qg1+ 50.Kf3 Qh1+
51.Ke2 Qc6 52.Qh8+ Kg6 53.Qh5+ Kf6 54.Qh6+ Ke5 55.f4+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.06"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.h3 Nbd7 7.Be3
e5 8.d5 Nc5 9.Nd2 a5 10.Be2 Ne8 11.g4 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Qc2
Na6 14.f3 c6 15.a3 Nac7 16.Bd3 cxd5 17.cxd5 b5 18.Nxb5 Nxd5
19.Bc4 Be6 20.Qb3 a4 21.Qd3 Ndc7 22.Bxe6+ Nxe6 23.Qd5 Qc8
24.gxf5 Rxf5 25.Ne4 Ra5 26.Nbxd6 Rxd5 27.Nxc8 Rd7 28.Nb6 Rd3
29.Ke2 Rb3 30.Nxa4 Nd4+ 31.Bxd4 exd4 32.Nd2 d3 33.Kd1 Rb8
34.Rb1 Nf6 35.Nc3 Nd7 36.Nce4 Rxb2 37.Rxb2 Bxb2 38.Nc4 Bd4
39.Rf1 Rb5 40.Kd2 Rb3 41.f4 Nb6 42.Nxb6 Bxb6 43.f5 Rxa3 44.f6
Ba5+ 45.Ke3 Bb6+ 46.Kf4 d2 47.Rd1 Be3+ 48.Kf3 Bh6 49.Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.06"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Georgy Ilivitsky"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3
Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Qd2 Ng4 10.Bxg4 Bxg4 11.Nd5 Rc8 12.c4 Be6
13.b3 Bxd5 14.exd5 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 a6 17.a4 e5
18.dxe6 fxe6 19.Rae1 Qe7 20.Re3 Rc5 21.Rd1 Rd8 22.Red3 Rc6
23.h4 Rf8 24.h5 Rf5 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Qg4 Kg7 27.Qg3 e5 28.Qe3
Rh5 29.Qd2 Qh4 30.Rh3 Qg5 31.Qxg5 Rxg5 32.Rhd3 Rb6 33.a5 Rb4
34.Re3 e4 35.Rxd6 Rxa5 36.Rg3 g5 37.Re6 Rc5 38.Rxe4 a5 39.f4
Kf6 40.fxg5+ Kf5 41.Ree3 Kg6 42.Re6+ Kf7 43.Rd6 Ke7 44.Rd4 a4
45.Re4+ Kf8 46.g6 Rc7 47.bxa4 Kg7 48.Rh4 Rcxc4 49.Rh7+ Kg8
50.g7 Rg4 51.Rh8+ Kxg7 52.Rh4 Rb1+ 53.Kh2 Rxg3 54.Kxg3 b5
55.Rg4+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.06"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Vasily Panov"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. g3 c6 6. e4 Be7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. h3 Qc7 10. Be3 Nf8 11. Rc1 Ng6
12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Rad8 14. Kh2 Qb8 15. Qc2 h6 16. Rd2 Bf8
17. Rcd1 b6 18. b4 Be6 19. Bf1 Rc8 20. d5 cxd5 21. exd5 Bd7
22. a4 Rc7 23. Qb3 Qc8 24. Ra2 h5 25. a5 Rb7 26. axb6 axb6
27. Rda1 e4 28. Nd4 h4 29. g4 Ne5 30. Nb1 Qd8 31. Nd2 Qe7
32. Kh1 Rc8 33. b5 Nfxg4 34. hxg4 Bxg4 35. Bg2 Qf6 36. Bxe4
Re8 37. Rg1 Bc8 38. Bg5 Qxf2 39. N2f3 Ng4 40. Rxg4 Bxg4
41. Rxf2 Rxe4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.06"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Georgy Lisitsin"]
[ECO "B71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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. Bc4 Nb6 10. Qd4 Bg7 11. O-O O-O
12. Bb3 Ba6 13. Re1 c5 14. Qe3 c4 15. Ba4 Nxa4 16. Nxa4 Qd7
17. Nc3 Rad8 18. Qf2 Bb7 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Be3 Qc6 21. Bxa7
Rd4 22. Re2 Rfd8 23. Kh1 R4d7 24. Be3 Ba8 25. Rae1 Qb7 26. Bc1
Bxc3 27. bxc3 Qb1 28. Be3 Qxa2 29. Bd4 Qa3 30. f5 Qd6 31. fxg6
hxg6 32. Qh4 f6 33. Re6 Qd5 34. Qf2 Rb8 35. h3 Qf5 36. Qg3 Rb2
37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38. Rxe7 Bd5 39. Qe3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.06"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "Lev Aronin"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 e5 6. d5 O-O
7. Nf3 c5 8. h3 Na6 9. Be3 Nh5 10. Nd2 Nf4 11. Bf1 Nb4 12. Nb3
b5 13. Nxb5 f5 14. a3 Nbd3+ 15. Bxd3 Nxg2+ 16. Ke2 Nxe3
17. Kxe3 Bh6+ 18. Ke2 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Qh4+
21. Kg2 Qg5+ 22. Kh2 Qf4+ 23. Kg2 Qg5+ 24. Kf1 Bd7 25. Qd3
Bxb5 26. cxb5 c4 27. Qe2 Rf8+ 28. Ke1 Qg3+ 29. Kd1 Qxb3+
30. Bc2 Qxb2 31. Rb1 Qd4+ 32. Ke1 Qc3+ 33. Kd1 Qd4+ 34. Ke1
Qh4+ 35. Kd1 Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.09"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georgy Lisitsin"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 Nc6 4.Nxd4 Nxd4 5.exd4 Qxd4 6.d3 e5
7.Nc3 c6 8.Be3 Qd6 9.Be2 Nh6 10.O-O Nf5 11.Ne4 Qc7 12.Bg4 Be7
13.Ng3 Nxe3 14.fxe3 g6 15.Bxc8 Qxc8 16.e4 Qe6 17.Qe2 h5 18.Rf3
h4 19.Nf1 h3 20.g3 O-O-O 21.Rb1 Rd7 22.b4 Rhd8 23.b5 Bc5+
24.Kh1 Bb6 25.bxc6 Qxc6 26.Ne3 Bxe3 27.Rxe3 f5 28.Rb3 Rd4
29.Kg1 fxe4 30.Rxe4 Rxe4 31.dxe4 Qc5+ 32.Kf1 Qd4 33.g4 Qa1+
34.Kf2 Qh1 35.Rxh3 Rf8+ 36.Rf3 Qxh2+ 37.Ke3 Qg1+ 38.Kd2 Qd4+
39.Kc2 Rxf3 40.Qxf3 Qxc4+ 41.Kb2 Qb4+ 42.Kc2 a5 43.a3 Qc4+
44.Kb2 Kd7 45.Kb1 a4 46.Kb2 b6 47.Kb1 Kc7 48.Kb2 Kb7 49.Kb1
Ka6 50.g5 Ka5 51.Kb2 Kb5 52.Ka1 Qd4+ 53.Ka2 Kc4 54.Qf1+ Qd3
55.Qc1+ Kd4 56.Qg1+ Kxe4 57.Qg4+ Ke3 58.Qg1+ Kf4 59.Qh2+ Kf5
60.Qf2+ Kxg5 61.Qxb6 Qd5+ 62.Kb1 Qd4 63.Qb7 Kf4 64.Qf7+ Ke3
65.Qe7 Kd3 66.Qe6 Qg1+ 67.Ka2 Qf2+ 68.Ka1 Qe1+ 69.Kb2 Qc3+
70.Kb1 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.09"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lev Aronin"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 Ba7 7.Re1
d6 8.d4 O-O 9.h3 Nd7 10.Bg5 f6 11.Be3 Ne7 12.Nbd2 Kh8 13.Nf1
b5 14.Bb3 c5 15.Be6 Nb6 16.Bxc8 Rxc8 17.dxc5 dxc5 18.Qxd8
Rfxd8 19.Rad1 Na4 20.Bc1 c4 21.g4 Kg8 22.Ng3 Kf7 23.Kf1 Bc5
24.Ke2 Ng6 25.Nh5 Be7 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Nd2 Nf8 28.f3 Ne6 29.Kd1
Bc5 30.Rh1 Be3 31.Rh2 g6 32.Ng3 Bf4 33.Rg2 Ng5 34.Kc2 Rd3
35.Ngf1 Nxf3 36.Nxf3 Rxf3 37.Nd2 Rxh3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.09"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Konstantinopolsky"]
[Black "Grigory Levenfish"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 c5 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 Nc6 5.Bb5 Qb6 6.Qe2 a6 7.Bxc6+
Qxc6 8.d3 g6 9.Nbd2 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Ne5 Qc7 12.f4 Ng4
13.Nxg4 Bxb2 14.Rad1 f5 15.Nf2 e5 16.Rb1 Bc3 17.Nd1 Ba5 18.c4
d4 19.Nf3 exf4 20.exd4 Bd7 21.dxc5 Rfe8 22.Qf2 Bb4 23.d4 Bc6
24.a3 Bxa3 25.Nc3 Re3 26.Nd5 Bxd5 27.cxd5 Bb4 28.d6 Qc6
29.Rbc1 Qd5 30.Rc4 Rxb3 31.Qc2 Rxf3 32.gxf3 Bd2 33.Qxd2 Qxc4
34.Re1 g5 35.Re5 Rf8 36.Re2 Rf7 37.Rg2 h6 38.h4 Rg7 39.Qa2
Qxa2 40.Rxa2 Rd7 41.hxg5 Rg7 42.d5 Kf7 43.Re2 Rxg5+ 44.Kf1 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.09"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5
7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.e3 O-O 9.Bd3 cxd4 10.exd4 b6 11.c4 Qd6 12.O-O
Bb7 13.Bb2 Nbd7 14.Re1 Qf4 15.Bc1 Qg4 16.Be2 Qe4 17.h3 Qc6
18.Bf4 Rfd8 19.Bf1 Nf8 20.Qd3 Ng6 21.Bh2 Qd7 22.Rad1 Bc6
23.Qe3 Qb7 24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.Bxe5 Ne8 26.Bf4 Ba4 27.Rd2 Nd6
28.Bd3 Rac8 29.Qg3 Qd7 30.Bg5 Rf8 31.d5 e5 32.Bf6 Ne8 33.Bxe5
f6 34.Bb2 Rf7 35.Rde2 Nd6 36.Qh4 f5 37.Re6 Rcf8 38.Re7 Re8
39.Rxe8+ Nxe8 40.Re6 Nd6 41.c5 bxc5 42.Rxd6 Qxd6 43.Qxa4 Re7
44.Bc3 Qh6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.09"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Black "Igor Bondarevsky"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O
Nbd7 8.Qe2 a6 9.a3 Ba5 10.Ne5 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Qc7 12.f4 b5 13.Ba2
Bb7 14.Bd2 Bb6 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.b4 Bb6 17.Rac1 Qd6 18.Nxd7 Qxd7
19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.Be1 Qe8 21.Kf1 Rxd1 22.Nxd1 Rc8 23.Rxc8 Qxc8
24.Nc3 e5 25.h3 h5 26.fxe5 Qf5+ 27.Qf2 Qxe5 28.Qf4 Bc7 29.Qxe5
Bxe5 30.Bb3 Bc6 31.g3 Kf8 32.Ke2 Ke7 33.Kd3 Bd7 34.h4 Bf5+
35.Ke2 Be6 36.Bc2 Ne8 37.a4 Nd6 38.axb5 axb5 39.e4 g6 40.Bd3
Bc4 41.Ke3 f5 42.exf5 Nxf5+ 43.Bxf5 gxf5 44.Kf3 Ke6 45.Bd2 Bd6
46.Nd1 Bd5+ 47.Kf2 Bc6 48.Nb2 Kd5 49.Nd3 Kc4 50.Nc5 Be5 51.Ne6
Bd5 52.Nc5 Bc3 53.Bxc3 Kxc3 54.Na6 Bb7 55.Nc5 Bc8 56.Ke3 Kxb4
57.Nd3+ Ka3 58.Nf4 b4 59.Nd5 Kb3 60.Kf4 Bb7 61.Ne3 Ka2 62.Kxf5
b3 63.Kf4 b2 64.Nd1 Bc8 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasily Panov"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bg4 6.c3 Qf6 7.d3
Nge7 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Qxf3 10.gxf3 Ng6 11.Be3 f5 12.exf5 Nh4
13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 O-O-O 15. Nd2 Nxf5 16.Bb3 g6 17.Nf3 Bh6
18.Bxh6 Nxh6 19.Rae1 Rde8 20.d4 Nd8 21.Ng5 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Nf5
23.Bc2 Kd7 24.d5 c6 25.dxc6+ bxc6 26.Rd1 h6 27.Nf3 Re8 28.Kf1
Kc7 29.b4 Rf8 30.Re1 c5 31.bxc5 dxc5 32.Kg2 Rf6 33.Re4 Ne6
34.Ra4 Ne7 35.Kg3 Ng7 36.Nd2 Nh5+ 37.Kg2 Nf4+ 38.Kh2 Ned5
39.Ne4 Rf5 40.Nxc5 Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.09"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Georgy Ilivitsky"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.09"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 b4 9. Na4 Bb7 10. O-O a6 11. b3 c5 12. Bb2
cxd4 13. Qxd4 Be7 14. Rfd1 Qa5 15. Ne5 Rd8 16. Qa7 Bd5
17. Qxa6 Qxa6 18. Bxa6 O-O 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Rac1 f5 21. f3
Kf7 22. Bb5 Nf6 23. Rc7 Rde8 24. Rdc1 Rb8 25. Bf1 Rfd8 26. Bd4
Ne8 27. R7c2 Bf6 28. Bxf6 Kxf6 29. Rd2 Nd6 30. Rd4 g5 31. Rc7
Rdc8 32. Rxc8 Nxc8 33. Nc5 Ra8 34. Na6 Ne7 35. Nxb4 Ra3
36. Rd2 h5 37. Rb2 g4 38. Kf2 h4 39. Bd3 Bb7 40. fxg4 fxg4
41. Be2 Kg5 42. Bd3 e5 43. e4 Ng6 44. g3 Ra8 45. Ke3 hxg3
46. hxg3 Rh8 47. Bf1 Rd8 48. Nd3 Rc8 49. Rf2 Ba6 50. Rf5+ Kh6
51. Nxe5 Bxf1 52. Nxg4+ Kg7 53. Rxf1 Rc2 54. Rf2 Rc3+ 55. Kd4
Rxg3 56. Ne5 Nf8 57. Kd5 Rg1 58. Nf3 Rc1 59. e5 Kf7 60. Nd4+
Ke8 61. Rc2 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.09"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 19. Nf4 Kh8 20. Bf1 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 "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.10"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

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 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 Bxc1 21. c4 exd4
22. Rxc1 Qxa2 23. Kg2 Qa3 24. Rd1 b5 25. Qxd4 bxc4 26. bxc4
Qc5 27. Qa1 Rd6 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 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 "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.10"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Nf3 Nfd7
7.e3 f6 8.Be2 c6 9.O-O Kc7 10.Bd2 Be7 11.Rfd1 a5 12.Ne4 Nc5
13.Nxc5 Bxc5 14.Bc3 Bb4 15.Bxb4 axb4 16.Ne1 Be6 17.Nc2 Na6
18.b3 Rhd8 19.f3 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rxd8 Kxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.10"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Georgy Lisitsin"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 d6 7.d4 Ne4
8.Bb2 Nd7 9.Qc2 Ndf6 10.Ne1 Qe8 11.Nd3 Bd8 12.f3 Ng5 13.Nd2
Nf7 14.Qc3 b6 15.e4 fxe4 16.fxe4 Bb7 17.b4 a5 18.b5 Nd7 19.c5
Nf6 20.c6 Bc8 21.Rae1 e5 22.Nc4 Be6 23.dxe5 Nxe5 24.Ncxe5 dxe5
25.Nxe5 Be7 26.Nd7 Rf7 27.e5 Ng4 28.Re4 Rxf1+ 29.Bxf1 Qg6
30.Qf3 h5 31.Bd3 Qg5 32.Rf4 Bxa2 33.h3 Nxe5 34.Bxe5 Be6 35.Kh2
a4 36.Qe4 Qh6 37.Bf6 Bxf6 38.Qxe6+ Kh8 39.Nxf6 a3 40.Bc4 gxf6
41.h4 Qg6 42.Rxf6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.10"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Grigory Levenfish"]
[Black "Georgy Ilivitsky"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nge2
exd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O Be6 11.Qd3 Nd7 12.b3 a5
13.Bb2 Qb8 14.Rab1 Qb4 15.f4 Nc5 16.Qc2 f5 17.e5 Qb6 18.Qf2
dxe5 19.Ba3 Nd3 20.Qxb6 cxb6 21.Bxc6 e4 22.Bxa8 Rxa8 23.Nb5
Rd8 24.Rfd1 Bd7 25.Kf1 Bf6 26.Ke2 g5 27.Bc1 Be8 28.Ke3 Bh5
29.Rd2 Bf3 30.Bb2 Be7 31.Bd4 Nc5 32.Nc7 Kf7 33.Nd5 gxf4
34.gxf4 Bf8 35.a3 b5 36.b4 axb4 37.axb4 Ne6 38.Bb6 Ra8 39.cxb5
Bd6 40.Rb3 Ra1 41.Bc7 Nxc7 42.Nxc7 Ke7 43.b6 Rf1 44.Rc3 Bg4
45.Rxd6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.10"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Vasily Panov"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.10"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Alatortsev"]
[Black "Alexander Konstantinopolsky"]
[ECO "A94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6
7. b3 d5 8. Ba3 Bxa3 9. Nxa3 Qe7 10. Qc1 Nbd7 11. Qb2 Ng4
12. e3 Ndf6 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nc2 Ne4 16. h3 Nh6
17. Nce1 Rf6 18. Ne5 Raf8 19. Kh2 Nf7 20. f3 Ned6 21. N1d3 Rh6
22. Qa3 a6 23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. Ne5 Rf8 25. f4 Be8 26. Qb4 Kh8
27. Qe1 Rg8 28. Qf2 Bf7 29. Kg1 Be6 30. h4 Rf6 31. Qe1 Nf7
32. Qd2 Nxe5 33. dxe5 Rff8 34. b4 Rc8 35. Qd4 Qc7 36. Rf2 a5
37. a3 axb4 38. axb4 Ra8 39. b5 Qd7 40. bxc6 bxc6 41. Qc5 Rgc8
42. Rfc2 h6 43. Kf2 Kh7 44. Bf3 Qd8 45. Be2 Ra5 46. Qb4 Bd7
47. Bd3 c5 48. Rxc5 Raxc5 49. Rxc5 Qf8 50. Rb5 Bxb5 51. Qxb5
Rd8 52. g4 g6 53. h5 Qe7 54. hxg6+ Kg7 55. gxf5 Qh4+ 56. Kg2
Qg4+ 57. Kf2 Qh4+ 58. Ke2 Qh2+ 59. Kd1 Qh1+ 60. Kd2 Qg2+
61. Be2 d4 62. e4 Qxe4 63. f6+ Kf8 64. Qc5+ Kg8 65. Bc4+ Kh8
66. g7+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.10"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "137"]

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 e6 11. O-O-O O-O-O
12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Ne4 Bf4 14. g3 Bxd2+ 15. Nexd2 Ne7 16. Nc4 Kb8
17. Rd2 Nc8 18. Rhd1 Rhe8 19. a3 Ncb6 20. Nce5 Nxe5 21. dxe5
Rd5 22. c4 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rd8 24. b3 a5 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qd2
Qxd2+ 27. Nxd2 Nd7 28. f4 f6 29. exf6 Nxf6 30. Kc2 c5 31. Kd3
Kc7 32. Ne4 Nd7 33. g4 b6 34. h5 Kd8 35. Ke3 Nb8 36. Nd2 Nc6
37. Nf3 Ke7 38. Ke4 Nd8 39. Ne5 Nb7 40. Ke3 Nd6 41. Kd3 Ke8
42. Nf3 Kf7 43. Nd2 Ke7 44. Ne4 Ne8 45. Ke3 Nf6 46. Kf3 Nd7
47. Nc3 Kf6 48. Kg3 Nb8 49. Kf3 Nc6 50. Ke4 Nd4 51. Na4 Nxb3
52. Nxb6 Ke7 53. Na4 Kd6 54. Nc3 Nd2+ 55. Kd3 Nb3 56. Nb5+ Ke7
57. Kc2 a4 58. Nc3 e5 59. fxe5 Na5 60. Kd3 Nc6 61. Ke4 Ke6
62. Nxa4 Nxe5 63. Nxc5+ Kf6 64. Kd4 Nxg4 65. a4 Ke7 66. a5 Nf6
67. a6 Ne8 68. a7 Nc7 69. Ke5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.10"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Igor Bondarevsky"]
[Black "Lev Aronin"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Be3 Nc6 8. Bb5 O-O 9. Nge2 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. O-O c6
12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Nd5 Bf8 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Nec3
Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bg7 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Qd2 a6 20. Ba4 b5 21. Bb3
Be6 22. Bg5 f6 23. Be3 Kh8 24. Rfd1 f5 25. Nb6 Bxb3 26. axb3
Qxd2 27. Rxd2 f4 28. Bf2 Rcd8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxc6 Rd1+
31. Be1 Rxe1+ 32. Kf2 Rb1 33. Rc8+ Bf8 34. Rxf8+ Kg7 35. Re8
Rxb2+ 36. Ke1 Rb1+ 37. Kd2 Rxb3 38. Rxe5 Rb2+ 39. Kd3 Rxg2
40. Re7+ Kf6 41. Nd5+ Kg5 42. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.10"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7
7. d5 b5 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Nxb5 O-O 10. Ng3 Na6 11. f3 Qb8
12. Bd3 Nc5 13. Bc2 c6 14. Nc3 d5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. O-O Bd6
17. f4 a5 18. Rb1 a4 19. Nxa4 Nxa4 20. Bxa4 Ba6 21. Rf2 Bxa3
22. Bc2 Bc5 23. b4 Bb6 24. b5 Bb7 25. Qd3 g6 26. Bd1 e5
27. fxe5 Qxe5 28. Rb3 Ne4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Qc3 Qd5 31. Be2
Rfc8 32. Qb2 Ra4 33. Rc3 Rca8 34. Qc2 Qe6 35. Bc4 Bd5 36. Bxd5
Qxd5 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Qc3+ Kh6 39. Rxa8 Rxa8 40. Qf6 Rc8
41. Bd2 Qd8 42. Qf4+ Qg5 43. Qxe4 Qxb5 44. Rf3 Rc5 45. Rh3+
Rh5 46. Qf4+ Kg7 47. Bc3+ Kg8 48. Qb8+ Kf7 49. Qb7+ Kf8
50. Rf3+ Rf5 51. Qg7+ Ke8 52. Qg8+ Kd7 53. Qxh7+ Kc8 54. Qh8+
Kb7 55. Kf2 Qd3 56. Qg7+ Ka6 57. Rxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.13"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.13"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nbd7 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.e4 e5
13.Bg5 exd4 14.Qxd4 Rfe8 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Re1 Rad8 17.Qc4 Qc5
18.Qxc5 Bxc5 19.e5 Nd5 20.Ne4 Bb4 21.Red1 f6 22.a5 a6 23.Nd6
Bxd6 24.exd6 Rxd6 25.Ra3 Re4 26.Rb3 Rd7 27.Ra1 Rb4 28.Raa3
Rxb3 29.Rxb3 Nb4 30.Kf1 c5 31.Ke2 Nc6 32.Ra3 Rd5 33.Ra4 Kf7
34.Nd2 Ke6 35.Nc4 Rd4 36.b3 Rh4 37.Ra1 Nd4+ 38.Kd3 Nxb3
39.Re1+ Kd7 40.Nb6+ Kc6 41.Re6+ Kb5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.13"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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.Ne1 Bxg2 11.Nxg2 Bf6 12.Be3 Nc6
13.Rad1 Qc8 14.Qc2 Nb4 15.Qd2 a5 16.a3 Nc6 17.d5 Ne5 18.Qc2
Qa6 19.Rc1 c5 20.dxe6 dxe6 21.Rfd1 Rad8 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Nf4
Qc8 24.Nh5 Qc6 25.Nxf6+ gxf6 26.Rd1 Rd7 27.Rxd7 Qxd7 28.Qb3
Ng4 29.h3 a4 30.Qc2 Nxe3 31.fxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.13"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Panov"]
[Black "Grigory Levenfish"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.O-O
Be7 8.d4 e4 9.d5 exf3 10.dxc6 b5 11.Bb3 fxg2 12.Re1 d5 13.Qxd5
Qxd5 14.Bxd5 O-O-O 15.Bxg2 Bd6 16.a4 b4 17.Nd2 bxc3 18.bxc3
Nf6 19.Nc4 Bc5 20.Be3 Bxe3 21.Nxe3 Be4 22.Bf1 Bxc6 23.Bxa6+
Kb8 24.Nc4 Rd5 25.Ne5 Ba8 26.Bf1 Re8 27.f4 Rd2 28.Rab1+ Ka7
29.Rb5 Rd5 30.c4 Rxb5 31.axb5 Bb7 32.c5 Bd5 33.Bg2 Kb7 34.c6+
Kc8 35.Ra1 Kd8 36.Bxd5 Ke7 37.Bf3 Rb8 38.Rb1 Ne8 39.Nd7 Ra8
40.b6 cxb6 41.Nxb6 Ra3 42.Re1+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.13"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "E26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 O-O 7.Bd3
d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Ne2 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.f3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Re8
13.Ng3 Nc6 14.Ra2 Rc8 15.Re2 Rc7 16.Bb2 Nd7 17.e4 dxe4 18.Qe3
cxd4 19.cxd4 Na5 20.fxe4 Nc4 21.Qb3 Nxb2 22.Qxb2 Nf8 23.Nf5 f6
24.d5 Rc4 25.Qb3 Rexe4 26.d6 Ne6 27.Rfe1 Qa8 28.Qxc4 Rxc4
29.Rxe6 Kf7 30.Re7+ Kg6 31.Rf1 Qf8 32.h3 Rc5 33.g4 Rd5 34.Rfe1
Rd2 35.d7 h5 36.Rxg7+ Qxg7 37.Nxg7 Kxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.13"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Georgy Ilivitsky"]
[Black "Vladimir Alatortsev"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Bd7
7. d4 Qc8 8. Nd5 Nd8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. b3 c6 11. Ndc3 f5
12. Ba3 Nf7 13. O-O Qc7 14. Rc1 Rd8 15. Qc2 Ne7 16. Qb2 Bc8
17. Bc5 b6 18. Ba3 Bb7 19. Rfd1 O-O 20. Qc2 Rfe8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8
22. Rd1 e4 23. f4 exf3 24. Bxf3 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 c5 26. Nd5 Nxd5
27. Bxd5 Qe7 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Nf4 Bc8 30. Qd2 Ne5 31. h3 Ke8
32. Bg2 Qd8 33. Qxd8+ Kxd8 34. Ke2 Bf8 35. Bb2 Bd6 36. e4 fxe4
37. Bxe4 g5 38. Nd5 Bxh3 39. Bxh7 Bg4+ 40. Ke3 Nd7 41. Nf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.13"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Aronin"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nb6 9. O-O Bd7 10. f4 g6 11. Nf3 h5
12. Bd2 Nb4 13. Bb1 Nc4 14. Bc1 a5 15. b3 Nb6 16. a3 Nc6
17. Bd3 a4 18. b4 Ne7 19. Nc3 Nf5 20. Bd2 Be7 21. g3 Kf8
22. Qe2 Rc8 23. Rfc1 Nc4 24. Be1 b5 25. h3 Qb6 26. Qf2 Kg7
27. Nd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.13"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6
7. Nc3 b6 8. Bf4 Bb7 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. e4 Rc8 11. e5 Ne8 12. Be3
Nxe5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. dxe5 d4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Qe2 Nc7
17. Nb3 Qb4 18. Rfe1 Ne6 19. Be4 Rfd8 20. Qg4 c5 21. f4 Bxe4
22. Rxe4 Nd4 23. Nd5 Rxd5 24. Qxc8+ Rd8 25. Qb7 Bf8 26. f5 Qb5
27. e6 fxe6 28. fxe6 Nxe6 29. Rxe6 c4 30. Rf1 h6 31. Qf7+ Kh8
32. Rxh6+ gxh6 33. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1948.12.13"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Georgy Lisitsin"]
[Black "Igor Bondarevsky"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. Nxc3 d5 8. Be2 Ba6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. bxc4 c5
12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15. cxb5 Nd5 16. Qd2
N7f6 17. Bf3 Qd7 18. a4 Rc4 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20. Rxc4 Rxc4 21. h3
h6 22. Bd1 Rc7 23. Rc1 Ne4 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Qe1 Nd6 26. Bb3
1/2-1/2

