[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.17"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. Ned2
Be7 13. a5 O-O 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Nfe5 Rad8 16. Qe2 Nb8 17. Rd1
Nc6 18. Nf3 b3 19. Ra3 cxd4 20. Rxb3 Nb4 21. exd4 Nxd3
22. Qxd3 Bd5 23. Nfe5 Rc8 24. Qh3 Bxc4 25. Rc3 Be2 26. Rxc7
Rxc7 27. Qb3 Rfc8 28. Be3 Bxd1 29. Qxd1 Nd5 30. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.17"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Ne2
O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.d5 Nb8 10.Nbc3 c6 11.Qb3 cxd5 12.exd5 N8d7
13.a4 Ne5 14.a5 Nbd7 15.Be3 Nf6 16.Rfd1 Bg4 17.h3 Bf3 18.Bxf3
Nxf3+ 19.Kg2 Ne5 20.Qxb7 Nc4 21.Bc5 Nd7 22.b4 a6 23.d6 Nxc5
24.bxc5 exd6 25.Qb4 Ne5 26.Rxd6 Qc8 27.Rad1 Re8 28.Nd4 Bf8
29.Nd5 Bxd6 30.cxd6 Rb8 31.Qa3 Qb7 32.Nf3 Nd7 33.Qc3 f6 34.Qc7
Kg7 35.Nb6 Red8 36.Re1 Kf8 37.g4 Ne5 38.Re3 Nxf3 39.Rxf3 Kg8
40.Kg3 Qe4 41.Re3 Qd4 42.d7 Rf8 43.Qc3 Qxc3 44.Rxc3 Kf7 45.Rc6
Ke7 46.Kf4 Rfd8 47.Ke4 Rb7 48.h4 f5 49.gxf5 gxf5 50.Ke5 Rdxd7
51.Nxd7 Kxd7 52.Rxa6 Rb5+ 53.Kf4 h6 54.Ra8 Kc7 55.h5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.17"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3
Be7 8.d4 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.dxc6 Qc7 13.a4 b4
14.Qd3 O-O 15.Nh4 Rfc8 16.Nf5 Bf8 17.Bg5 Ne8 18.Ne3 b3 19.Bd1
Bxd1 20.Rxd1 Qxc6 21.Nd2 Nc7 22.Bh4 Ne6 23.Nd5 Nc5 24.Qf3 Ra7
25.Nf1 Nc4 26.Nfe3 Nxe3 27.Qxe3 a5 28.f4 exf4 29.Qxf4 Re8
30.Re1 Re6 31.Bf2 Nd3 32.Qd2 Nxe1 33.Bxa7 Nc2 34.Rf1 Rxe4
35.Rf3 Re5 36.Nf6+ gxf6 37.Rg3+ Kh8 38.Qf4 d5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.17"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "25"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.17"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov"]
[Black "Grigory Levenfish"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+
7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.O-O Bxc3 9.d5 Ne5 10.bxc3 Nxc4 11.Qd4 O-O 12.Qxe4
Nd6 13.Qf4 Ne8 14.d6 cxd6 15.Ba3 b6 16.Rfe1 Bb7 17.Nd4 Qf6
18.Qxf6 Nxf6 19.Nf5 Rfe8 20.Nxd6 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Bd5 22.c4 Be6
23.f4 g6 24.f5 gxf5 25.Rf1 Ne4 26.Nxf5 Bxf5 27.Rxf5 Rc8 28.Rf4
f5 29.Rxf5 Rxc4 30.Rf8+ Kg7 31.Rd8 Rc7 32.h4 h5 33.Kh2 Kg6
34.Rg8+ Kf7 35.Rf8+ Kg7 36.Rd8 Nf6 37.Bb2 Kf7 38.Kg3 Rc2
39.Bxf6 Kxf6 40.Rxd7 Rxa2 41.Rd6+ Ke7 42.Rh6 Ra5 43.Kf4 Kf7
44.Rd6 Ke7 45.Rh6 Kf8 46.Rf6+ Kg7 47.Rd6 Ra2 48.g3 Rf2+ 49.Kg5
Rf7 50.Kxh5 b5 51.Rg6+ Kh7 52.Rh6+ Kg7 53.Rg6+ Kh7 54.Rh6+ Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.17"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Victor Liublinsky"]
[Black "Vladas Jonovich Mikenas"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Nfd7 4.e6 fxe6 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Nf3
g6 8.h4 Nf6 9.Bb5 Bg7 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Bxc6 Ne4 12.Be5 Bxe5
13.Nxe4 Bg7 14.Bb5 dxe4 15.Qxd8 Rxd8 16.Ng5 Bxb2 17.Rd1 Rxd1+
18.Kxd1 e5 19.Bc4+ Kg7 20.Nxe4 Bf5 21.Bd3 b6 22.Ke2 bxc5
23.Nxc5 Bxd3+ 24.Nxd3 Bd4 25.f3 Rc8 26.Kd2 Rc3 27.Kc1 Ra3
28.Kb1 Bc3 29.Nc5 Ra5 30.Ne4 Rb5+ 31.Kc1 Bb2+ 32.Kd2 Rd5+
33.Ke2 Ra5 34.Rd1 Bd4 35.c3 Rxa2+ 36.Rd2 Rxd2+ 37.Kxd2 Bg1
38.Kd3 Kf8 39.Kc4 Ke8 40.Kd5 Kd7 41.Ng5 Bf2 42.Nxh7 e6+
43.Kxe5 a5 44.Ke4 Ke7 45.Ng5 Bxh4 46.Nh3 Kd6 47.Nf4 g5 48.Nd3
g4 49.Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.17"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Black "Grigory Abramovich Goldberg"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.Bg2 d6 7.Na3 a6
8.Nc2 Bf5 9.f3 Nbd7 10.e4 Bg6 11.Nh3 Be7 12.Nf2 h5 13.h3 Ng8
14.O-O Nh6 15.Re1 f6 16.f4 Bf7 17.b4 Nb6 18.bxc5 dxc5 19.Ne3
O-O 20.e5 fxe5 21.fxe5 Bg5 22.d6 Ra7 23.Ne4 Na4 24.Nd5 Bxc1
25.Rxc1 c4 26.Qd2 Kh8 27.Ng5 Bxd5 28.Bxd5 c3 29.Qe3 Qb6
30.Rxc3 Nf5 31.Qxb6 Nxb6 32.Rd3 Re8 33.Bf7 Rf8 34.e6 Nc4 35.e7
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.17"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Lev Aronin"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ng5 h6
12. Nh3 Bxh3 13. Bxh3 Re8 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Rb1 Rad8 16. b4 Bd6
17. Bd2 a6 18. Bg2 Be5 19. a4 Bf6 20. b5 Ne5 21. bxa6 Qxa6
22. Rb5 Nc4 23. Bc1 Nb6 24. Qb3 Nxa4 25. Bxd5 Rxe2 26. Bxf7+
Kh8 27. Bc4 Nc3 28. Rb6 Qa5 29. Rxb7 Re4 30. Bb2 Qe5 31. Rb6
Rc8 32. Ba6 Rc7 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. Bd3 Qe6 35. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.17"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "D54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Ne4
7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. cxd5 Nxc3 9. Rxc3 exd5 10. Bd3 c6 11. Qc2 g6
12. Nf3 Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Re1 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 f5
17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 Be6 19. e4 Qd6 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Rce3 Bd5
22. Re8+ Rxe8 23. Rxe8+ Kg7 24. Qc3 Qf6 25. Re3 Rf4 26. Qb4
Bxf3 27. gxf3 Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Rf7 29. Qc3 Qf6 30. Kg2 g5 31. Re4
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.17"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Sokolsky"]
[Black "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

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. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Bb7 11. Be2 Nce4
12. O-O Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Ne4 14. Qb4 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Nd2
Nxd2 17. Rxd2 d5 18. Rc1 Ba6 19. Rdc2 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4
21. Rxc4 Qd7 22. Rxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.18"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "B68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bd3 Qc7
12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Be4 d5 16. Bd3 Nc7
17. Qf2 Kb8 18. Ne2 f5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Nf3 Bc8
22. Qd4 Qg7 23. Rd2 h5 24. Qb6 Qf8 25. g3 Rd6 26. Qb4 Rd8
27. Qxf8 Rdxf8 28. c4 Bd7 29. b3 Bc6 30. Nd4 Re8 31. Bg6 Re7
32. c5 Rg7 33. Bd3 Bd7 34. Nf3 Kc8 35. Bf1 Kd8 36. Bh3 Re8
37. Rde2 Rge7 38. Kd2 Bb5 39. Re3 Bc6 40. Nd4 Bd7 41. Nf3 Rg8
42. a4 Rge8 43. Bf1 Rg7 44. Bd3 Rh8 45. Bc2 Ne8 46. b4 Nc7
47. Bd1 Rhg8 48. Ra3 Re8 49. Bc2 Rge7 50. Bg6 Rh8 51. Bd3 Rhe8
52. Nh4 Rg7 53. b5 axb5 54. axb5 Bxb5 55. Bxb5 Nxb5 56. Ra8+
Kd7 57. Rxe8 Kxe8 58. Rxe6+ Re7 59. Rxf6 Rc7 60. Re6+ Kf7
61. Rb6 Nd4 62. Ke3 Ne6 63. f5 Nxc5 64. Nf3 Ne4 65. Kd4 Rc2
66. Ne5+ Kf8 67. Kxd5 Ng5 68. Rf6+ Ke7 69. Rg6 Rd2+ 70. Kc4
Ne4 71. Re6+ Kf8 72. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.18"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Aronin"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Ne4 5.Ne2 e6 6.d3 Nc5 7.d4
Ncd7 8.Nf4 c5 9.c3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Qa5 12.a3 Bxd2+
13.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14.Kxd2 Nb6 15.Nd3 Nc4+ 16.Kc3 O-O 17.b3 Na5
18.Rc1 b6 19.Kb2 Nac6 20.Nb4 Bd7 21.Nxc6 Nxc6 22.Ba6 Rab8
23.Rc3 b5 24.Rc5 Rb6 25.Bxb5 Rfb8 26.Bxc6 Rxb3+ 27.Kc2 Rb2+
28.Kd1 Rb1+ 29.Ke2 Rxh1 30.Bxd7 Ra1 31.a4 Rb2+ 32.Ke3 h6
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.18"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Nh5
8.g3 c6 9.Bg5 Qc7 10.Qd2 Nf6 11.h3 Nbd7 12.O-O-O cxd5 13.exd5
a6 14.g4 b5 15.Qc2 bxc4 16.Nd2 Bb7 17.Nxc4 Rfc8 18.Be3 Nc5
19.g5 Nfd7 20.b4 Ne6 21.dxe6 fxe6 22.Ne4 Bxe4 23.Qxe4 d5
24.Qg4 Nf8 25.Bc5 e4 26.Qg3 Qxg3 27.fxg3 Nd7 28.Nd6 Rc7 29.Kd2
Nxc5 30.bxc5 Rxc5 31.Bg4 Bc3+ 32.Ke3 Be5 33.Bxe6+ Kg7 34.Bxd5
Rd8 35.Nb7 Rc3+ 36.Kxe4 Re8 37.Nd8 Rxd8 38.Kxe5 Rxg3 39.Kf4
Rc3 40.Be6 Rf8+ 41.Ke5 Re3+ 42.Kd6 Rb8 43.Kc7 Re8 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.18"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3
Be7 8.h3 O-O 9.d4 Bb7 10.Qe2 Nd7 11.a4 b4 12.a5 bxc3 13.bxc3
exd4 14.cxd4 Bf6 15.Bb2 Nb4 16.Bc3 c5 17.Bxb4 cxb4 18.Nbd2 Rc8
19.Bc4 Nb8 20.Rfb1 Nc6 21.Nb3 Re8 22.Bxa6 Qe7 23.Bxb7 Qxb7
24.a6 Qb6 25.Qd3 Ra8 26.Ra4 Ra7 27.Rba1 g6 28.R1a2 Kg7 29.g3
h5 30.Kg2 Rc8 31.Qc4 Qb8 32.Rc2 Qb6 33.Qe2 Re8 34.e5 dxe5
35.Qe4 Nb8 36.dxe5 Be7 37.Qd4 Qxd4 38.Nfxd4 Rxa6 39.Rxa6 Nxa6
40.f4 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.18"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladas Jonovich Mikenas"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.18"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Grigory Levenfish"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2
a6 8.Rd1 Re8 9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Bd3 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6
13.O-O Bb7 14.e4 Qc8 15.e5 Nd5 16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.Be4 Nxc3 18.bxc3
c5 19.d5 exd5 20.Bxd5 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Qe6 22.Rfd1 Rad8 23.Qe4
Rxd5 24.Rxd5 a5 25.Nd2 a4 26.c4 b4 27.f4 g6 28.Qf3 Rb8 29.Qd1
Qc6 30.Qc2 Kg7 31.h3 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.18"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 e5 11. Nb3 b5 12. a3
Bb7 13. Bf3 Rd8 14. Nd2 Nbd7 15. Kh1 Rac8 16. Qe2 Nb6 17. Qf2
Nc4 18. Nxc4 Qxc4 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rad1 Qc5
22. Be2 Qxf2 23. Rxf2 d5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rxc2 26. b3 e4
27. g4 e3 28. Rg2 Rd2 29. Rxd2 exd2 30. Bd1 Rxd5 31. Kg1 Kf8
32. Kf1 Bg5 33. a4 h5 34. h3 h4 35. axb5 axb5 36. Rf2 Ke7
37. Rf3 Re5 38. Be2 Rd5 39. Bd1 Kf6 40. Rc3 Bf4 41. Ke2 Kg5
42. Rf3 b4 43. Kf1 Re5 44. Be2 Be3 45. Bd1 Kf6 46. Be2 Re4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.18"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Grigory Abramovich Goldberg"]
[Black "Victor Liublinsky"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Nge2 O-O
7. Ng3 Ne8 8. Bd3 g6 9. Bh6 Ng7 10. Qc2 Bh4 11. O-O-O Na6
12. a3 Nc7 13. Kb1 a6 14. Rdf1 Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. h4 Qe7
17. h5 Bd7 18. Qd2 b5 19. f4 f6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rh6 Kf7
22. Rfh1 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nb5 24. f5 gxf5 25. Nh5 Nxc3+ 26. bxc3
Nxh5 27. R1xh5 Qd8 28. Rh7+ Ke8 29. Rh8 Rb8+ 30. Ka2 Qb6
31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Qh6+ Ke7 33. Qg7+ Kd8 34. Rh8+ Kc7 35. Rxb8
Qxb8 36. exf5 Qb6 37. Qxf6 Qa5 38. Kb2 Qa4 39. Bb3 Qe4 40. Bc2
Qxg2 41. Qf7 e4 42. f6 e3 43. Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.18"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[Black "Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7
7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nge2 Bg4 9. f3 Bh4+ 10. Ng3 Bh5 11. O-O Bxg3
12. hxg3 Bg6 13. Re1+ Kf8 14. b3 Qf6 15. Be3 Re8 16. Qd2 Bxd3
17. Qxd3 Qg6 18. Qd2 Qxg3 19. c5 Nd7 20. Bf4 Qg6 21. Nb5 dxc5
22. Nxc7 Rd8 23. dxc5 Qf5 24. Rad1 Ncb8 25. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.18"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Alexey Sokolsky"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6
7. Bd2 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qc2 Bg4 10. Ng5 Bh5 11. a3 Bxc3
12. Bxc3 Qe7 13. O-O Bg6 14. Bf5 Ng4 15. Nh3 O-O 16. Bxg6 hxg6
17. Qe2 Nf6 18. f3 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Nf2
Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qe6 23. Qd3 b6 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Ke2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.19"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Victor Liublinsky"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Be2 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Rd1 a6 10. O-O Qb6 11. Nb3 Rd8 12. a3
Qc7 13. Qe3 b5 14. Qg3 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Rd2 Bb7 17. Bh6
Ne8 18. Bg5 Nf6 19. Bh6 g6 20. Bf3 Nd7 21. Bg5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5
Nb6 23. Be2 d5 24. Rfd1 Rf8 25. exd5 N6xd5 26. Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.19"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Lev Aronin"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Be7
7.Bxe7 Ngxe7 8.e3 Qb6 9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.Bxc6 Qxc6
12.dxc5 Qxc5 13.Qd4 Qxd4 14.Nxd4 Rac8 15.Rac1 Rfd8 16.f3 Bd7
17.Kf2 Kf8 18.Nce2 b6 19.Rxc8 Rxc8 20.Rc1 f6 21.Rxc8+ Nxc8
22.Nc3 Ne7 23.h4 a6 24.g4 Ke8 25.Kg3 Kd8 26.Nce2 Kc7 27.Nf4 g6
28.Nfe2 Kd6 29.Kf4 h6 30.Kg3 Ke5 31.Nf4 g5 32.Nd3+ Kd6 33.f4
gxh4 34.Kxh4 Be8 35.Nf2 a5 36.Nh1 Kc5 37.Nf2 Kc4 38.Nb3 a4
39.Nd2+ Kc5 40.Nd3+ Kd6 41.Nf3 Bb5 42.Nf2 Be8 43.Nd4 Kc5
44.Kg3 Kc4 45.Kf3 Bd7 46.Ke2 Nc6 47.Nf3 Kc5 48.Kd2 Na5 49.Kc3
Nc4 50.e4 Ne3 51.Nd3+ Kd6 52.e5+ fxe5 53.fxe5+ Ke7 54.g5 hxg5
55.Nxg5 Bf5 56.Nf4 Bb1 57.a3 Ba2 58.Nf3 Nd1+ 59.Kc2 Ne3+
60.Kd2 Nc4+ 61.Kc1 d4 62.Nd3 Ke6 63.Nxd4+ Kd5 64.Ne2 Bb3
65.Nef4+ Ke4 66.e6 Ke3 67.e7 Nd6 68.Kb1 Ne8 69.Kc1 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.19"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4
O-O 8.Nf3 c5 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Bd3 f5 11.exf6 Qxf6 12.g3 Nc6
13.O-O Bd7 14.Qd2 Be8 15.Rae1 Rd8 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.Rxe5 Bf7
18.Nd1 Nd7 19.Ree1 Qd4+ 20.Qe3 Qxe3+ 21.Rxe3 Nc5 22.Nf2 Rc8
23.c3 Rfd8 24.Rd1 Rd6 25.Rd2 Rb6 26.Bc2 Kf8 27.Nd3 Ne4 28.Rg2
Be8 29.Ne5 Nf6 30.Bd1 Ne4 31.Rd3 Ke7 32.Rd4 Nd6 33.Bb3 a5
34.g4 Nb5 35.Rdd2 Nd6 36.Rge2 Bb5 37.Re1 Ne4 38.Rd4 Be8 39.Re2
Kf8 40.f5 exf5 41.Bxd5 Nf6 42.gxf5 a4 43.Bg2 a3 44.b3 Rxc3
45.Nc4 Rb5 46.Nd6 Rc1+ 47.Kf2 Rbc5 48.Bxb7 Bh5 49.Bf3 R5c2
50.Bxh5 Nxh5 51.Rdd2 Rxd2 52.Rxd2 Ke7 53.Nc4 Kf6 54.Nxa3 Kxf5
55.Nc2 Nf6 56.Kf3 Ke5 57.Ne3 Rc3 58.Rc2 Nd5 59.Rxc3 Nxc3 60.a4
g6 61.Kg4 h6 62.Nc4+ Kd4 63.Nd6 Ke5 64.Nf7+ Kf6 65.Nxh6 Kg7
66.Nf5+ gxf5 67.Kxf5 Kf7 68.Ke5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.19"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Grigory Abramovich Goldberg"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.19"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Black "Grigory Levenfish"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 Qe7 7.O-O
Bb6 8.Ba3 Qf6 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.Qb3 Nh6 12.Nd2 Bc5
13.Nf3 Qe7 14.Bc1 O-O 15.e5 Re8 16.Bg5 Qf8 17.Bxh6 gxh6
18.Rae1 c6 19.a4 Rb8 20.Nd4 d5 21.Bd3 Qg7 22.f4 h5 23.Kh1 Bb6
24.Qc2 Bc7 25.Re3 h4 26.Bf5 Kh8 27.Rh3 Bd8 28.Bxc8 Rxc8 29.Qb2
Rc7 30.Nf5 Qg4 31.Nd6 Rg8 32.c4 d4 33.Rb3 c5 34.h3 Qg6 35.Rxb7
Rxb7 36.Qxb7 Bc7 37.f5 Qg7 38.Qd5 Bxd6 39.exd6 f6 40.Rf4 Qg3
41.Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.19"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Vladas Jonovich Mikenas"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Be2 d5 7.c5
N6d7 8.Nf3 Be7 9.O-O Nf8 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.f4 Nxe5 12.fxe5 Ne6
13.Be3 O-O 14.Nd2 f5 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.Nf3 Qe7 17.Qb3 c6 18.Rae1
Qc7 19.Bd3 Bd7 20.Qc2 g6 21.Bh6 Nxd4 22.Nxd4 Bxd4+ 23.Kh1
Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 Qe5 25.Bxg6 hxg6 26.Qxg6+ Kh8 27.Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.19"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O
7. Qc2 exd4 8. Nxd4 Ne5 9. Be2 Ng6 10. h4 c6 11. Nf5 Bxf5
12. Qxf5 Re8 13. h5 Nf8 14. O-O-O Qc7 15. Rh3 d5 16. Rg3 g6
17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bf4 Qc8 19. Qc2 Bb4 20. Bh6 Qe6 21. Qb3 Bxc3
22. Qxc3 Re7 23. Qd4 b5 24. Rf3 N8d7 25. Bg5 Rf7 26. cxd5 Nxd5
27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Bf3 N5b6 29. Bh6 Re8 30. Kb1 Ne5 31. Be2 g5
32. Ka1 Qg6 33. Rh1 Qf6 34. Rh5 Qxf2 35. Rxg5+ Kf7 36. Rg7+
Ke6 37. Bg4+ Nxg4 38. Qxg4+ Kd5 39. Qd4+ Ke6 40. Qe4+ Kf6
41. Qd4+ Ke6 42. Qe4+ Kf6 43. Qxc6+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.19"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.Bg5 O-O 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.O-O Be6 11.Nd5 Bg5 12.Qd3 Ne7
13.c4 Rc8 14.Nd2 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Bd7 16.Nc4 Qc7 17.a4 b5 18.axb5
Bxb5 19.b3 a5 20.Ra2 a4 21.Rc2 Qc5 22.Rb1 Qb4 23.Rcb2 a3
24.Ra2 Rc7 25.g3 Ra8 26.Kg2 h6 27.h4 Bd8 28.Bf1 Rb7 29.Qf3
Bxc4 30.Bxc4 Qc5 31.Qe2 Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.19"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 c6
7. f4 exf4 8. Nxf4 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Nb6 11. Qb3 d5 12. c5
Nbd7 13. d4 Re8 14. Bd2 Nf8 15. a4 Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. b5
Rb8 18. a5 Bf5 19. b6 a6 20. Rxf5 gxf5 21. Rf1 Bh6 22. Nd1 f4
23. gxf4 Kh8 24. Qc2 Qd7 25. Kh1 Rg8 26. Be1 Rbe8 27. Bh4 Nh5
28. Qf2 Qf5 29. Qf3 Qg4 30. Bg5 Rxg5 31. fxg5 Qxg5 32. Bh3 Rg8
33. Nf2 Qh4 34. Rg1 Nf6 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Bc8 Ne4 37. Nxe4
dxe4 38. Qe2 Qe7 39. Qg4+ Kf8 40. Qg3 Ke8 41. Qb8 Qf6 42. Bf5
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.19"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Sokolsky"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 c5
7. dxc5 Qxc5 8. Ned4 Nc6 9. Be2 Bg4 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxe2
12. Nxe2 e6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. c4 Qxc4 15. Rc1 Qb5 16. Rc7 Bc5
17. Nd4 Qa6 18. f3 Bb6 19. Qc2 Bxc7 20. Qxc7 Qd3 21. Re1 Nd2
22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bc5 Nxf3+ 24. Kh1 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.20"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.20"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladas Jonovich Mikenas"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6
7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4
Qxd4 13.Bxd4 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.20"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5
Nbd7 8.O-O Nc5 9.Qc2 a5 10.Nd2 Bh6 11.Nb3 Bxc1 12.Nxc5 Bh6
13.Nd3 Nd7 14.a3 f5 15.b4 Nf6 16.Nb2 fxe4 17.c5 axb4 18.axb4
Rxa1 19.Rxa1 Bf5 20.Qb3 e3 21.f3 e4 22.Nc4 exf3 23.Bxf3 Ng4
24.g3 Qf6 25.Bg2 Bd3 26.h3 Qf2+ 27.Kh1 Qxg3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.20"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Grigory Levenfish"]
[Black "Victor Liublinsky"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.Nge2 O-O 7.Ng3
Ne8 8.h4 g6 9.h5 Bg5 10.Bd3 a6 11.Bd2 Nd7 12.Qc1 f6 13.hxg6
hxg6 14.Nce2 Ng7 15.Ng1 Bxd2+ 16.Qxd2 Kf7 17.Nf3 Rh8 18.Ke2
Rxh1 19.Rxh1 Nf8 20.Ne1 Bg4+ 21.Kf1 b5 22.f4 bxc4 23.Bxc4 exf4
24.Qxf4 Qd7 25.Nd3 g5 26.Qf2 Ng6 27.Rh6 Qe7 28.Nxc5 Ne5 29.Ne6
Nxc4 30.Nxg5+ Kg8 31.Nh7 Rf8 32.Nxf8 Qxf8 33.Rg6 f5 34.exf5
Bxf5 35.Nxf5 Qxf5 36.Qxf5 Ne3+ 37.Kf2 Nxf5 38.g4 Ne7 39.Rxd6
Kf7 40.Rxa6 Nxd5 41.Rd6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.20"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.d5 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 Na6 11.e4 f6 12.Rad1 e5 13.a3
Nb8 14.b4 a5 15.Qb2 axb4 16.axb4 Na6 17.Na2 Bd6 18.Ne1 Qe7
19.Nc2 c5 20.Ne3 g6 21.b5 Nb4 22.Nc3 Ra5 23.Ra1 Rxa1 24.Rxa1
Rb8 25.h4 Qd8 26.h5 Ra8 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.Rf1 Qb8 29.Qe2 Ra3
30.Qg4 Qe8 31.Ne2 Bf8 32.Qh4 Bg7 33.Bf3 d6 34.Kg2 Kf7 35.Nf5
Qf8 36.Nxg7 Qxg7 37.Qg4 Kf8 38.Rh1 Ra8 39.Qh3 Nd3 40.Nc3 Bc8
41.Qh4 Ra3 42.Nd1 Ke8 43.Be2 Bd7 44.Ne3 Ke7 45.Bxd3 Rxd3
46.Ra1 Kd8 47.Ra8+ Bc8 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.20"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.20"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Grigory Abramovich Goldberg"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Bd7 5. e3 Qc8 6. h3 g6
7. Nge2 Bg7 8. b3 Nge7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. d3 Re8 11. Qd2 a6
12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Rb8 14. f4 Nb4 15. Kb1 a5 16. cxb5 Bxb5
17. Nxb5 Rxb5 18. Nc3 Rb8 19. d4 exd4 20. exd4 c6 21. Rhe1 a4
22. Nxa4 Qb7 23. Re3 Nbd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Ree1 Ra8 26. Nc3
Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Qa7 28. Na4 Bh6 29. Qc2 Qa5 30. Re4 Qa6 31. Bc1
Bg7 32. f5 Nb4 33. Qd2 Nd5 34. Re1 c5 35. Bb2 c4 36. Qg2 Qa5
37. Re2 Nf4 38. Bc3 Qa6 39. Qf3 Nxe2 40. Qxe2 cxb3 41. Qxa6
bxa2+ 42. Kxa2 Rxa6 43. Kb3 gxf5 44. gxf5 d5 45. Kb4 Rc6
46. Nc5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.20"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.a3
Ba5 8.Bd2 O-O 9.Qc2 Bc7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 Qe7 12.Ne4 a5
13.Ng3 e5 14.Nf5 Qe8 15.e4 exd4 16.Rae1 Nb6 17.e5 Bxf5 18.Qxf5
Qc8 19.Qxc8 Rfxc8 20.Bb3 Nfd5 21.Nxd4 Nd7 22.e6 Nc5 23.exf7
Kxf7 24.Bc4 Re8 25.Rc1 Bb6 26.Nf5 Ne4 27.Be3 Bxe3 28.Bxd5+
cxd5 29.Rc7+ Kf6 30.fxe3 Ke5 31.Rxg7 Nd2 32.Rf2 Ne4 33.Rf4
Rac8 34.h3 Rc1+ 35.Kh2 Nd2 36.Ng3 Nc4 37.Rf3 b5 38.Rxh7 Nxb2
39.Rh6 Re6 40.Rh5+ Kd6 41.Nf5+ Kc5 42.Nd4 Rxe3 43.Rxe3 Kxd4
44.Rb3 Nc4 45.Rxb5 Ne3 46.Kg3 Rc3 47.a4 Kc4 48.Rh4+ Kd3 49.Kf2
d4 50.Rxa5 Rc2+ 51.Kf3 Nxg2 52.Re4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.20"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Sokolsky"]
[Black "Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov"]
[ECO "B68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O a6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. Bf3 Na5
12. e5 Nc4 13. Qe1 Qb6 14. Nb3 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Nxc3
17. Qxc3 Kxe7 18. Rhe1 Ba4 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Bxb3 21. axb3
Na5 22. Kb1 Rhd8 23. Red1 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Nc6 25. Rh4 h6 26. Rc4
Rc7 27. c3 Kd7 28. Rg4 g6 29. Re4 Kc8 30. Kc2 Rd7 31. Rc4 Kc7
32. b4 Kb6 33. Rc5 h5 34. h4 Ne7 35. g4 hxg4 36. Bxg4 Nd5
37. Kb3 Ne3 38. Bf3 Rd8 39. h5 g5 40. Ra5 g4 41. Be4 Rh8
42. c4 Rxh5 43. Kc3 g3 44. Kd3 Ng4 45. Kd4 Rh4 46. Bg2 Rh2
47. Bf3 Rf2 48. c5+ Kc7 49. Ra3 g2 50. Bxg2 Rxg2 51. Rf3 Rd2+
52. Ke4 Re2+ 53. Kd3 Nxe5+ 54. Kxe2 Nxf3 55. Kxf3 Kc6 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.20"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Aronin"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Nc5 11. Nc3 Nxb3
12. axb3 O-O 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Na2 Nxa2 15. Rxa2 c5 16. b4 d4
17. Raa1 Bc4 18. Qe1 Bd5 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Qd7 21. Rad1
Rad8 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. f4 f6 25. e6 Rc8 26. c3
Re8 27. g4 f5 28. Qe2 fxg4 29. Qxg4 g6 30. Bd4 Rf8 31. Qf3
Rdf5 32. Qb7 Rxf4 33. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.23"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "185"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.23"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "Grigory Abramovich Goldberg"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.b3 Qe7
8.Bb2 O-O 9.Qc2 Bd7 10.Ne5 Na6 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.Nd2 g5 13.Nf3
Qg7 14.Qc1 g4 15.Ne5 Nb8 16.Ba3 Bxa3 17.Qxa3 Nbd7 18.Nd3 Rfe8
19.Rac1 Nf8 20.Qb2 h5 21.b4 h4 22.b5 hxg3 23.fxg3 Qh6 24.Nf4
Re7 25.e3 Rh7 26.Bh1 Nh5 27.Qf2 Nd7 28.bxc6 bxc6 29.cxd5 Nxf4
30.exf4 exd5 31.Rfe1 Nb6 32.Re5 Nc4 33.Rxf5 Re8 34.Rg5+ Rg7
35.Re1 Rxe1+ 36.Qxe1 Rxg5 37.Qe8+ Qf8 38.Qe6+ Qf7 39.Qxf7+
Kxf7 40.fxg5 Nd6 41.Bg2 Nf5 42.Kf2 Nxd4 43.h4 gxh3 44.Bxh3 Ne6
45.g6+ Kf6 46.Ke3 Ke5 47.Kd3 c5 48.Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.23"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Vladas Jonovich Mikenas"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 c4 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O
Bd6 8.b3 cxb3 9.c4 Nge7 10.c5 Bc7 11.Nxb3 O-O 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bd2
g5 14.h4 gxh4 15.Nxh4 Nf5 16.Nxf5 Bxf5 17.Bh6 Re8 18.Bf3 Qd7
19.Re1 Rxe1+ 20.Qxe1 Re8 21.Qd2 Bg4 22.Qd1 Bxf3 23.Qxf3 Qe6
24.g3 f5 25.Bf4 Bxf4 26.Qxf4 Qf6 27.Rb1 Re4 28.Qd6 Qf7 29.Nd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.23"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Bf4 Nh5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3
c6 8.g3 Nd7 9.Bg2 Nhf6 10.h3 O-O 11.O-O Kh7 12.g4 e5 13.Qb3
exd4 14.Nxd4 Ne5 15.Rad1 Qe7 16.Bf4 h5 17.g5 Nfd7 18.Ne4 Nb6
19.Qg3 Nexc4 20.b3 Ne5 21.Nxd6 Qxd6 22.Nf5 Qa3 23.Nxg7 Ned7
24.Bd6 Qa5 25.Bxf8 Nxf8 26.Ne8 Be6 27.Nf6+ Kh8 28.Qf4 Nh7
29.Qd4 Nxf6 30.Qxf6+ Kh7 31.e4 Qxa2 32.f4 Bxb3 33.Rd6 Rg8
34.f5 Rg7 35.Rd8 Qa5 36.Qd6 f6 37.Qf8 gxf5 38.Qh8+ Kg6 39.Qh6+
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.23"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Grigory Levenfish"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O b6
8.cxd5 cxd5 9.b3 Nc6 10.Ba3 Bb7 11.Rc1 a6 12.Na4 Nd7 13.Rc2
Qb8 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nh3 Rc8 16.Nf4 b5 17.Nc5 Nf6 18.Qf3 Nd8
19.Rfc1 Bc6 20.Bf1 Ne4 21.Nxe4 dxe4 22.Qd1 b4 23.d5 Bd7 24.Bb2
Bxb2 25.Rxb2 Qe5 26.Rbc2 Rxc2 27.Rxc2 Nb7 28.Qd4 Qxd4 29.exd4
g5 30.Rc7 Bb5 31.Rxb7 gxf4 32.Rxe7 Rc8 33.Bxb5 axb5 34.h4 f5
35.Re5 Kg7 36.Rxf5 e3 37.fxe3 fxe3 38.Kf1 Rc2 39.d6 Rxa2 40.d7
Ra8 41.Ke2 Rd8 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.23"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.d4 d6 9.h3 Nd7 10.O-O Bf6 11.Rd1 Bb7 12.d5 Ne7 13.Be3
Nb6 14.Na3 Qd7 15.Qd2 a5 16.Bc2 Nbc8 17.c4 b4 18.Nb5 Rd8 19.a4
c6 20.dxc6 Bxc6 21.Qe2 Qb7 22.Nd2 Ng6 23.g3 Nf8 24.f3 Ne6
25.Nb3 Rd7 26.Qf2 Bg5 27.Bxg5 Nxg5 28.Kh2 Qb6 29.Qe2 Ne6
30.Rd2 Nc5 31.Nxc5 Qxc5 32.Rad1 Rb8 33.Kg2 Kf8 34.Bb3 Rbb7
35.g4 Rd8 36.h4 Rbd7 37.Rc2 Ne7 38.h5 h6 39.Qd2 Ng8 40.g5 f6
41.g6 f5 42.exf5 Nf6 43.Qe1 Re8 44.Rd5 Bxd5 45.cxd5 Qb6 46.Rc6
Qd8 47.Qh4 Nxd5 48.Qxd8 Nf4+ 49.Kg3 Rexd8 50.Kg4 Ke7 51.Nc7
Rc8 52.Nd5+ Nxd5 53.Rxc8 Ne3+ 54.Kh3 Nxf5 55.Ra8 Nd4 56.Bd5
Ne6 57.Rxa5 Nf4+ 58.Kg4 Nxd5 59.Rxd5 Rc7 60.Rb5 Rc4+ 61.Kg3 b3
62.a5 Ra4 63.Rxb3 Rxa5 64.Rb7+ Kf6 65.Kg4 Ra1 66.Rf7+ Ke6
67.f4 Rg1+ 68.Kf3 exf4 69.Rxg7 Rg5 70.Rc7 Rxh5 71.g7 Rg5 72.b4
h5 73.b5 h4 74.Kxf4 Rg1 75.b6 h3 76.b7 h2 77.b8=Q Rf1+ 78.Kg3
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.23"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Alexey Sokolsky"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Nbd7 5.Qc2 c6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Nbd2 b6 9.b3 a5 10.Bb2 Ba6 11.Rfe1 Rc8 12.e4 c5 13.exd5
exd5 14.Rad1 Re8 15.Qf5 cxd4 16.Nxd4 Bb4 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Qf4
Qe5 19.Qxe5 Nxe5 20.Nf5 Re8 21.a3 Bxd2 22.Rxd2 dxc4 23.f4 Neg4
24.Bc6 Re1+ 25.Kg2 h5 26.h3 c3 27.Bxc3 Bf1+ 28.Kf3 Rc1 29.Bb2
Rc5 30.hxg4 Bh3 31.Nd4 Bxg4+ 32.Kg2 Kh7 33.b4 axb4 34.axb4 Rc4
35.b5 Rc5 36.Nf3 Bxf3+ 37.Kxf3 Ng4 38.Rd5 Nh2+ 39.Ke4 Rc4+
40.Kd3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.23"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Victor Liublinsky"]
[Black "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Be2 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Rd1 a6 10. O-O Qb6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f4
Na5 13. Nb3 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Qd4 Qc7 16. Qb6 Qb8 17. h3
Nd7 18. Qb4 Re8 19. Qd4 b5 20. Rf2 Qc7 21. a3 Rb8 22. Qb4 Bb7
23. Qa5 Rbc8 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Re2 Rec8 26. Rdd2 Ba8 27. Kf2
Rxc3 28. bxc3 Nf6 29. Rd3 Nxe4+ 30. Kg1 Nxc3 31. Re1 Ne4
32. Nd4 Bf6 33. a4 bxa4 34. Ra3 Nc3 35. Ne2 Nxe2+ 36. Rxe2 Rc4
37. c3 Bc6 38. Bd4 Be7 39. Rb2 Bb5 40. Rb4 Rc8 41. Ra2 f6
42. c4 Bxc4 43. Rc2 d5 44. Rxa4 Bd6 45. Be3 Kf7 46. Kf2 Ke7
47. g4 Rb8 48. Ra5 Kd7 49. f5 e5 50. Bc5 Bc7 51. Ra1 a5 52. h4
Kc6 53. Be3 h6 54. Bd2 Rb5 55. g5 Bb6+ 56. Be3 Bxe3+ 57. Kxe3
hxg5 58. hxg5 fxg5 59. Kf3 Kd6 60. Kg4 e4 61. Kxg5 Ke5 62. Rc3
Rb2 63. Rg3 Rf2 64. Rxa5 Rxf5+ 65. Kg6 Rf3 66. Rg4 Rf4 67. Rg3
Kd4 68. Raa3 Rf1 69. Kxg7 Re1 70. Rg4 Kc5 71. Rg5 e3 72. Re5
Kd4 73. Kf6 e2 74. Ke6 Rh1 75. Rae3 Rh6+ 76. Kd7 Rh4 77. Rxe2
Bxe2 78. Rxe2 Kd3 79. Re1 d4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.23"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Na5 11. dxe5 Bxf3
12. Qxf3 dxe5 13. Bc2 Nc4 14. Bc1 Qd7 15. b3 Nd6 16. Nd2 b4
17. c4 Nb7 18. Nf1 Qg4 19. Qxg4 Nxg4 20. h3 Nf6 21. Bb2 Nd7
22. Ne3 Rfd8 23. Rad1 c6 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. Rd3 f6 26. Rg3 Kf7
27. Bc1 Ndc5 28. h4 Ne6 29. h5 Rd7 30. Ne3 Rad8 31. Nd5 Nd4
32. Bb1 cxd5 33. exd5 Kg8 34. f4 Bd6 35. fxe5 fxe5 36. Rg5 Rf7
37. Be3 Rdf8 38. Rg4 Rf1+ 39. Rxf1 Ne2+ 40. Kh2 Rxf1 41. Be4
Nc5 42. Bxc5 Bxc5 43. h6 g6 44. Bd3 Re1 45. g3 Nc3 46. Bxg6
hxg6 47. Rxg6+ Kh7 48. Rc6 Bf8 49. d6 Rd1 50. c5 e4 51. Rc7+
Kxh6 52. Re7 Kg5 53. Kg2 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.23"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Lev Aronin"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 e5 6. d5 O-O
7. Bg2 Ne8 8. Nge2 f5 9. exf5 gxf5 10. f4 e4 11. Be3 Na6
12. O-O Nf6 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Bd4 Bd7 15. b4 Nd3 16. Rab1 Qe7
17. Nc1 Ng4 18. N3e2 Rae8 19. h3 Bxd4+ 20. Nxd4 Qg7 21. Nc2
Nxc1 22. Rbxc1 Nf6 23. Kh2 Kh8 24. Rfe1 Rg8 25. Re3 h5 26. Nd4
h4 27. gxh4 Qh6 28. Qf2 Rg6 29. Ne2 Reg8 30. Bh1 b5 31. cxb5
Nxd5 32. Rg3 Rxg3 33. Nxg3 Rg7 34. h5 Be6 35. Rf1 Nxb4
36. Qxa7 Nd3 37. b6 cxb6 38. Qb8+ Kh7 39. Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.24"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5
7. Bxc4 Nd7 8. e4 c5 9. d5 e5 10. a4 Bd6 11. b3 Ngf6 12. Be3
Bc7 13. Bd2 O-O 14. O-O Ba5 15. Re1 Ne8 16. Be2 Nd6 17. Qc2
Rc8 18. Nd1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.24"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Grigory Abramovich Goldberg"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e3 e5 6.Nge2 d6 7.O-O
Nbd7 8.f4 Re8 9.Rb1 c6 10.b4 Nb6 11.b5 Bd7 12.Qb3 Qc8 13.fxe5
dxe5 14.bxc6 Bxc6 15.Nd5 Nfxd5 16.cxd5 Ba4 17.Qa3 Bc2 18.Rb5
Qd7 19.Rb2 Bf8 20.Qc3 Rac8 21.Rxc2 Rxc3 22.Nxc3 f5 23.Bb2 Na4
24.Nxa4 Qxa4 25.Rfc1 Bd6 26.Bf1 f4 27.gxf4 exf4 28.Bh3 fxe3
29.dxe3 Rxe3 30.Rc8+ Kf7 31.Rf1+ Bf4 32.Bc1 Re4 33.Be6+ Ke7
34.Bxf4 Rxf4 35.Rc7+ Kd6 36.Rxf4 Qxf4 37.Rxb7 h5 38.Rf7 Qd4+
39.Rf2 g5 40.h3 Qe3 41.Kg2 Qe4+ 42.Kh2 Kc5 43.Rg2 Kd4 44.Kg1
Qe1+ 45.Kh2 Qe5+ 46.Kh1 Qe4 47.Kg1 Qh4 48.Kf1 Ke3 49.Kg1 Kf3
50.Kh1 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.24"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladas Jonovich Mikenas"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qd3 c5 5.d5 O-O 6.Bd2 exd5 7.cxd5
d6 8.g3 b6 9.Bg2 Ba6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Nh3 Re8 12.Nf4 Bxc3
13.bxc3 g5 14.Nd3 Rxe2+ 15.Kxe2 Ne5 16.Kd1 Bxd3 17.Qa4 b5
18.Qa6 Qd7 19.Kc1 b4 20.Qa5 a6 21.cxb4 Nc4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.24"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.24"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Grigory Levenfish"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.24"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 {Notes by Peter Clarke} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4
{The Rubinstein Counter-Attack (4...Nd4) is sound enough, but
Lilienthal was no doubt unwilling to provide the 'novice' with
a ready-made simplifying line-5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5, etc.} 5.O-O
O-O 6.d3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 d6 8.Bg5 Qe7 {This and his next two moves
constitute the Metger Defence; while holding on firmly to the
center Black seeks to unpin himself and drive back the
agressive Bishops.} 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Ne6 11.Bc1 c5 {Here we
have a position which is not only of fundamental importance
for the theory of the opening but also extremely interesting
from the point of view of general strategy. It is a question
of Bishops versus Knights and of the advantages and
disadvantages of the doubled pawn complex. Nimzovitch
considered that White was not in an attacking but a
'crouching' position and that any move on the part of his
central pawns would disclose their dynamic weakness. He
recommended Black's last move as the correct way to challenge
them. On the other hand, Botvinnik has frequently demonstrated
that this type of position can be very favourable for White if
he can stabilise the situation in the center and consolidate a
piece-preferably his KB-on d5. To this end the continuation
12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Bc4 (Not 13.Nxe5 Nc7, etc.) is well worth
considering.} 12.Bf1 Qc7 {Inconsequential play; Black could
and should have carried out the positional threat of 12...cxd4
13.cxd4 Qc7 with prospects on the c-file. He is not given a
second opportunity.} 13.d5 Nd8 {13...Nf4 would allow White to
break up the center to his advantage by 14.Bxf4 exf4 15.e5
dxe5 16.Nxe5. Petrosian supports this as follows 16...Rd8
17.c4 b5 18.Qf3 Bb7 (or 18...bxc4 19.d6 Qb7 20.Qxf4, etc.)
19.Rad1 bxc4 20.Bxc4 Rd6 21.Bb3. It shoul be noted that while
Black has succeeded in immobilising the enemy pawns this is
not necessarily a permanent state of affairs. Wite immediately
starts preparing for a thrust on the K side with h4.} 14.Nh4
Ne8 15.g3 Qe7 16.Nf5 Bxf5 {Otherwise this Knight may settle on
c4 and harass him on all sides. However, leaving onelf with
two knights against two bishops, even in a closed position, is
a serious step,. It may be all right in theory, but in
practice many difficulties are involved. The trouble is that
the player with the Knights must be extremely cautious about
changes in the pawn formation, whereas his opponent may
undertake almost any action he likes. The rest of the game
affords a good illustration of the way the bishops work
towards the breaching and ultimate collapse of the opposing
defences.} 17.exf5 Qf6 18.Qg4 Qe7 19.Bg5 Qd7 20.a4 f6 {After
non too happy manouvering with his Queen, Black was faced with
the threat of 21. Bb5 Qc7 22.Bxe8 Rxe8 23.Bf6 and wins.}
21.Bd2 g6 {Is this not helping White? Yes; but if he does
nothing to relieve his rather cramped position, White will
buid up a K side offensive at his leisure. That is Black's
dilemma.} 22.Bh3 Qxf5 {Not 22...Ng7? 23.fxg6! winning a pawn;
while if 22...g5, White simply retires his KB again and gets
ready to strike back with h4.} 23.Qxf5 gxf5 24.Bxf5 Ng7 25.Bd3
f5 {He ought to have played 25...Nf7 and kept his pawns firmly
entrenched where they were. By his weakening his support to
the strongpoint at e5 he makes it easier for White to
undermine it. It is doubtful whether Black's game can be saved
after this.} 26.f4 e4 {Closing the position again, but the
respite is only temporary. With every new advance the Knights
find it harder to plug the gaps. 26...Nf7 was therefore the
better choice.} 27.Be2 Rc8 28.c4 Ne8 29.h3 Nf6 30.g4 {!
White's strategy has won the day. The barrier of enemy pawns
that curbs his Bishops can no longer be maintained.} fxg4
31.hxg4 Rc7 32.Kf2 h6 33.Rh1 e3 {A desperate attempt at
counter-play. Passive defence was hopeless in any case; for
example, 33...Kg7 34.Bc3 Kg6 35.Ke3 Rh7 36.Rag1 Nf7 37.g5 hxg5
38.f5+!, winning a piece.} 34.Bxe3 Ne4+ 35.Kg2 Nf7 36.Bd3 Re7
37.Rae1 Rfe8 38.Bc1 Nc3 {The Knight makes a sortie at last.}
39.Rxe7 Rxe7 40.a5 b6 41.Bd2 Ne2 42.axb6 axb6 43.c3 {And gets
trapped! As is fitting the Bishops have had the final way.} b5
44.Kf3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.24"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Sokolsky"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "205"]

1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 d5 5.d4 c6 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 O-O
8.Ba3 b6 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Qc1 Bb7 12.Qa3 Qc7 13.Nc3
Rae8 14.Rfd1 Ne4 15.Rac1 Qb8 16.b4 Nd6 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Qb3 b5
19.a4 a6 20.Ne2 Nc4 21.axb5 axb5 22.Nf4 Nf6 23.Nd3 Ng4 24.Nc5
Bc8 25.Re1 h6 26.Ra1 g5 27.Qc2 Re7 28.h3 Nf6 29.h4 Rg7 30.Nd3
Ng4 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Nde5 Ngxe5 33.Nxe5 Qd6 34.Qc3 f4 35.e4 Qh6
36.exd5 Rh7 37.gxf4 Qh2+ 38.Kf1 Bh3 39.Qg3 Qh1+ 40.Ke2 Qxg2
41.Qxg2 Bxg2 42.Nxc4 bxc4 43.dxc6 Bxc6 44.Rg1 Rxf4 45.Rxg5+
Kf8 46.b5 Bb7 47.d5 Rhf7 48.Ke3 Rxf2 49.Kd4 R2f4+ 50.Kc5 c3
51.Rc1 c2 52.Rg2 Rf2 53.Rxf2 Rxf2 54.Kd4 Ke7 55.Kc3 Bxd5
56.Rxc2 Rf4 57.Rb2 Kd6 58.b6 Bb7 59.Rb4 Rf7 60.Kd4 Kc6 61.Rb2
Ba6 62.b7 Bxb7 63.Rc2+ Kd6 64.Rb2 Rf4+ 65.Ke3 Re4+ 66.Kd3 Bc6
67.Rb6 Rh4 68.Rb2 Kd5 69.Kd2 Rh3 70.Kc1 Kd4 71.Kd2 Bd5 72.Rb4+
Bc4 73.Rb2 Rh2+ 74.Kc1 Rh1+ 75.Kd2 Ra1 76.Kc2 Ra4 77.Kc1 Bd3
78.Kd2 Rc4 79.Ra2 Rb4 80.Ke1 Ke3 81.Re2+ Kf3 82.Rf2+ Ke4
83.Kd2 Kd4 84.Rf4+ Be4 85.Rf2 Rb3 86.Ke2 Re3+ 87.Kd2 Bf3
88.Rh2 Ra3 89.Rf2 Bd5 90.Rf4+ Be4 91.Rf2 Re3 92.Rf4 Rd3+
93.Ke2 Rh3 94.Rf2 Bd5 95.Rf4+ Ke5 96.Rf2 Bc4+ 97.Kd2 Kd4
98.Rf4+ Kc5 99.Rf2 Kb4 100.Rf4 Kb3 101.Rf2 Rd3+ 102.Ke1 Kc3
103.Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.24"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 Bf5 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.c5 Qc7 7.Nc3
Nbd7 8.Bd2 e5 9.Nh4 Be6 10.f4 exf4 11.exf4 Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4
13.Bc4 Be7 14.Bxe6 Bxh4+ 15.g3 fxe6 16.gxh4 O-O-O 17.Rg1 Nf6
18.Qxe6+ Qd7 19.Qxd7+ Rxd7 20.Be3 Nd5 21.Ke2 Rf8 22.Raf1 Rf5
23.Rg5 Rdf7 24.Rxf5 Rxf5 25.Rg1 g6 26.Rg4 Kd7 27.Bd2 Ke6 28.a3
Ne7 29.Rg3 Rh5 30.Rb3 Rxh4 31.Rxb7 Rxh2+ 32.Kd1 Nf5 33.Rxa7
Rh1+ 34.Ke2 Rh2+ 35.Kd1 Kd5 36.Rd7+ Kc4 37.d5+ Rh1+ 38.Ke2
cxd5 39.c6 Nd4+ 40.Kf2 Nxc6 41.b3 Kc5 42.b4 Kc4 43.Rc7 Kd3
44.Rxc6 Rh2+ 45.Kg3 Rxd2 46.a4 e3 47.Re6 Rb2 48.b5 Rb4 49.Re5
d4 50.a5 Kd2 51.a6 Ra4 52.Kf3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.24"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Lev Aronin"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 g6
7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Qc8 11. Kh1 Rd8
12. Bf3 Bc4 13. Re1 e5 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Qf2 b5
17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bg5 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.24"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Victor Liublinsky"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6
7. Bc4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Rb1 Be7
12. O-O b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Qh5 Rc8 15. Rbd1 Na5 16. Bd3 g6
17. Qh3 Qd5 18. Ra1 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Qg5 20. e4 Qh4 21. Qe3 Bb4
22. Nf3 Qe7 23. Rac1 Ba3 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Ba1 Nc4 26. Bxc4
Rxc4 27. Ne5 Rc2 28. d5 f6 29. Ng4 e5 30. d6 Qe6 31. d7 Be7
32. d8=Q+ Bxd8 33. Rxd8+ Kf7 34. Qh6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.26"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. a4 Nd7 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 Bb4+
12. Nc3 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxd1+
16. Rxd1 Ba6 17. Be2 Bb5 18. O-O Ke7 19. f4 Rad8 20. Kf2 f6
21. Ke3 a6 22. g4 fxe5 23. fxe5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rc8 25. h4 Rc5
26. Kf4 Rd5 27. Bf3 Rd3 28. Rxd3 cxd3 29. Ke3 a5 30. Bd1 Kf7
31. Bb3 a4 32. Ba2 Bc6 33. Kxd3 Bf3 34. g5 hxg5 35. hxg5 Kg6
36. Ke3 Bd1 37. c4 Kf5 38. c5 Kxe5 39. c6 Kd6 40. g6 Bh5
41. g7 Bf7 42. Ke4 Bg8 43. Bc4 Kxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.26"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "Grigory Levenfish"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 c6 4.Bb2 d5 5.e3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O
Nbd7 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.d4 Ne4 10.Nbd2 Ndf6 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Rc1 Qa5
13.a3 Be6 14.Qd3 a6 15.b4 Qb6 16.Nd2 a5 17.b5 Bf5 18.Nxe4 dxe4
19.Qb1 a4 20.Bc3 h5 21.Bb4 Rfe8 22.h3 Bf8 23.Rfd1 Bd7 24.Qxe4
Bxb5 25.Bc5 Qc6 26.d5 Qa6 27.Bxb5 Qxb5 28.Bd4 Bg7 29.Bxg7 Kxg7
30.Rb1 Qd7 31.d6 exd6 32.Qxb7 Qxb7 33.Rxb7 Reb8 34.Rxb8 Rxb8
35.Rd4 Rb2 36.Rxa4 Kf6 37.g3 g5 38.Kg2 Ke5 39.Ra5+ d5 40.Ra7
f5 41.h4 g4 42.Re7+ Kf6 43.Re8 Ra2 44.Ra8 Rd2 45.Kf1 d4
46.exd4 Rxd4 47.Ke2 Kg6 48.Ke3 Rd6 49.Ra4 Re6+ 50.Kd3 Re1
51.Rf4 Kf6 52.Kc3 Re5 53.a4 Ke6 54.Rd4 Re2 55.Rd2 Re4 56.Ra2
f4 57.Kd3 Kd5 58.a5 Rd4+ 59.Kc3 Rc4+ 60.Kd2 Rd4+ 61.Ke1 Re4+
62.Kd1 fxg3 63.fxg3 Re8 64.a6 Kc6 65.a7 Ra8 66.Ke2 Kb7 67.Ke3
Re8+ 68.Kf4 Ka8 69.Ra5 Rf8+ 70.Kg5 Rf3 71.Kxh5 Rxg3 72.Ra4 Rd3
73.Kxg4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.26"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Grigory Abramovich Goldberg"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O
c6 8.Qc2 Bd6 9.Nh4 Nf8 10.Nc3 Ng6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.e4 Nxe4
13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Qxe4 Bd7 15.Rfe1 O-O-O 16.c5 Bc7 17.b4 Qf6
18.h4 Qf5 19.Qe2 Be8 20.Qe3 f6 21.Bc3 Bd7 22.Qf3 Rhe8 23.Rad1
e5 24.dxe5 Bxe5 25.Bxe5 Rxe5 26.Qxf5 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Bxf5 28.a3
Rd3 29.Re7 Rd7 30.Re3 Rd1+ 31.Kh2 Kd7 32.Bf3 Rd4 33.Kg2 Be6
34.Re1 Bd5 35.Bxd5 Rxd5 36.Re3 a5 37.Kf3 axb4 38.axb4 Rd4
39.Re4 Rd3+ 40.Ke2 Rd5 41.Rg4 g5 42.hxg5 fxg5 43.Re4 Rf5
44.Ke3 g6 45.g4 Rf6 46.Rd4+ Ke7 47.f3 Re6+ 48.Kf2 Rf6 49.Kg3
Rf7 50.Re4+ Kf6 51.Re8 Re7 52.Rd8 Kf7 53.Kf2 Re6 54.Rd4 Ke7
55.Rd1 Kf7 56.Ra1 Re7 57.Kg3 Kf6 58.Rd1 Re2 59.Rd7 Re7 60.Rd8
Kf7 61.Rd4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.26"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb4 6.Nf3 N8c6
7.O-O e5 8.d3 Be7 9.Nd2 Nd4 10.Nc4 f6 11.f4 exf4 12.gxf4 O-O
13.a3 Nbc6 14.e3 Nf5 15.Bd5+ Kh8 16.e4 Nfd4 17.f5 Bd7 18.Rf4
Be8 19.Rh4 Ne5 20.Kh1 g5 21.fxg6 Bxg6 22.Rh6 Re8 23.Rh3 Bf8
24.Bf4 Qd7 25.Rg3 Rac8 26.Qf1 Bg7 27.Qf2 Bh5 28.Nd2 Ng4 29.Qg2
Ne5 30.Rg1 Ng6 31.Be3 Nc2 32.Nc4 Nxe3 33.Nxe3 Re5 34.Nf5 b5
35.Qh3 Nf4 36.Qh4 Rxf5 37.exf5 Nxd5 38.Qxh5 Rg8 39.Rh3 Bf8
40.Rxg8+ Kxg8 41.Rg3+ Bg7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.26"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Vladas Jonovich Mikenas"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Qa5 7.Nd2
dxc4 8.Bxf6 Nxf6 9.Nxc4 Qc7 10.Rc1 Be7 11.g3 O-O 12.Bg2 Nd5
13.O-O Rd8 14.Qe2 Bd7 15.Ne4 Be8 16.a3 Rac8 17.b4 b6 18.Qb2
Qb8 19.Rc2 f5 20.Nc3 Nxc3 21.Rxc3 Bf6 22.f4 a5 23.Ne5 c5
24.bxc5 bxc5 25.Qxb8 Rxb8 26.dxc5 Rdc8 27.c6 Bxe5 28.fxe5 Rc7
29.Rfc1 Kf8 30.Rc5 a4 31.Ra5 Rb3 32.Rxa4 Ke7 33.Rb4 Rxa3
34.Rb7 Kd8 35.Rd1+ Kc8 36.Rdb1 Bxc6 37.Rb8+ Kd7 38.Rd1+ Bd5
39.Rg8 g6 40.Bxd5 exd5 41.Rg7+ Kc8 42.Rxc7+ Kxc7 43.Rxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.26"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Aronin"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nf6
7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Qe2 Nc7 11. Bd2 Nfe8
12. Rfe1 Bd6 13. d4 f5 14. exf5 exf5 15. Qd3 Nf6 16. Ne2 Ne4
17. Bf4 Ne6 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.26"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Black "Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.26"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 c6 8. Qb3 b5 9. e5 Ne8 10. Be2 Nc7 11. O-O Be6
12. Qd1 b4 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. Qc1 Bd5 16. Bh6 Ne6
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rd1 Qa5 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Ng5 Nc7 21. Qe3 h6
22. Ne4 Ne6 23. Bg4 Bxe4 24. Bxe6 Bd5 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Nc5
Rdd8 27. h4 Re8 28. Rd3 Qd8 29. h5 gxh5 30. Qh3 Rg8 31. Qxh5
Kh7 32. Qf5+ Kh8 33. Rg3 Rxg3 34. fxg3 Qg8 35. Kf2 Qg5
36. Qxg5 hxg5 37. Rc1 Kg7 38. Nd3 a5 39. Nb2 Rb5 40. Rc2 Kg6
41. Ke3 Kf5 42. Nc4 Kg4 43. Kf2 Kf5 44. Ke3 Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.26"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 b6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4
13.Bxe4 Bb7 14.Rac1 Qf6 15.Qa4 Rfc8 16.Rfe1 Bf8 17.a3 a5
18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Qe6 20.f4 Rc7 21.Rf1 c5 22.Bxb7 Rxb7
23.Qe4 Rab8 24.f5 gxf5 25.Rxf5 Bg7 26.Bg5 Re8 27.Rcf1 Rc7
28.Qg4 Kh8 29.h3 Rd7 30.Qf3 Qg6 31.Bf6 Bxf6 32.Rxf6 Qg5 33.e6
fxe6 34.Rf8+ Rxf8 35.Qxf8+ Qg8 36.Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.26"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Victor Liublinsky"]
[Black "Alexey Sokolsky"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5
7. Be3 Nc6 8. h4 cxd4 9. Bxd4 h6 10. Qd2 Bb4 11. a3 Qa5 12. h5
Bh7 13. Bg2 Nge7 14. Rc1 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Rc8 16. Qxa5 Nxa5
17. b4 Nc4 18. Rh3 Kd7 19. f4 g6 20. hxg6 Bxg6 21. Kf2 h5
22. f5 exf5 23. gxh5 Rxh5 24. Rxh5 Bxh5 25. Nf4 Bg6 26. Nxd5
Nxa3 27. Nxe7 Kxe7 28. Bc5+ Ke6 29. Bxb7 Rd8 30. c4 Rd2+
31. Ke3 Rh2 32. b5 f4 33. Kxf4 Nxc4 34. Kg3 Rc2 35. Rxc2 Bxc2
36. Bxa7 Ba4 37. Ba6 Kxe5 38. b6 Nxb6 39. Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.27"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
Bd7 13. Nf1 Nc4 14. Ng3 Rfc8 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. Nh4 Bf8 17. f4
cxd4 18. cxd4 exd4 19. Nf3 Nc4 20. Qe2 b4 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5
Bb5 23. Bg5 Ne8 24. Rac1 Qa7 25. e6 f6 26. e7 Qxe7 27. Bxh7+
Kh8 28. Qd1 Ne3 29. Bxe3 dxe3 30. Bf5 e2 31. Qd4 Rxc1 32. Qh4+
Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf7 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Bh7+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.27"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

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.h3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Na5 12.Bc2 Nh5 13.f4
Nxf4 14.Bxf4 exf4 15.Qg4 Bh4 16.Qxf4 Qg5+ 17.Qxg5 Bxg5 18.Rd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.27"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Grigory Levenfish"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.a4 b4 10.Ne4 Bb7 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.O-O c5 13.Qe2
cxd4 14.exd4 Be7 15.Bf4 O-O 16.Be5 Qa5 17.Nd2 Nd7 18.Be4 Bxe4
19.Qxe4 Rac8 20.Nb3 Qd5 21.Qxd5 exd5 22.Rfe1 Rfe8 23.Nc1 Bf8
24.Nd3 Rc4 25.Red1 f6 26.Bf4 Rxd4 27.Be3 Rde4 28.Nf4 Ne5
29.Nxd5 Nc4 30.b3 Nxe3 31.fxe3 Bc5 32.Kf2 Bxe3+ 33.Kf3 R4e5
34.g4 f5 35.Nxb4 fxg4 36.Kg3 h5 37.Rd5 g5 38.Rxe5 Rxe5 39.Nd3
Bf4+ 40.Kf2 Re3 41.Rd1 Rh3 42.Nxf4 gxf4 43.Rd4 Rxh2+ 44.Kg1
Rb2 45.Rxf4 Kg7 46.Rb4 Kg6 47.Rb6+ Kg5 48.Rxa6 Rxb3 49.Kf1 h4
50.Ra8 Kf4 51.Rc8 Ra3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.27"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Grigory Abramovich Goldberg"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.O-O Bg7 7.d4
O-O 8.Ne5 e6 9.Nc3 Nfd7 10.f4 Nxe5 11.dxe5 f6 12.e4 fxe5
13.exd5 exf4 14.gxf4 exd5 15.Bxd5+ Kh8 16.Be3 Nd7 17.Qe1 Nf6
18.Rd1 Qa5 19.Bd4 Bh3 20.Bg2 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Rae8 22.Qh4 Rf7
23.Qg5 Qa6 24.Qc5 b6 25.Qc6 Rc8 26.Qf3 Nh5 27.Qe4 Rcf8 28.Be5
Qc8 29.Nd5 Re8 30.Kh1 Bxe5 31.fxe5 Qh3 32.Kg1 Rf5 33.Ne3 Rg5+
34.Ng2 Qe6 35.Qb7 Qxe5 36.Rd7 Nf6 37.Rf7 Qd5 38.Qxd5 Nxd5
39.h4 Rg4 40.Rxa7 Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.27"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladas Jonovich Mikenas"]
[Black "Lev Aronin"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.e5 dxe5 7.dxe5
Ng4 8.e6 fxe6 9.Ng5 Nde5 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Be2 h6 12.Nge4 Nf6
13.O-O Nxe4 14.Nxe4 b6 15.Rd1+ Ke8 16.Nc3 a6 17.a4 Bb7 18.a5
bxa5 19.Na4 Nd7 20.Bd3 Kf7 21.Bd2 Bc6 22.Bxa5 Bxa4 23.Rxa4 Nc5
24.Ra2 Nxd3 25.Rxd3 Rhd8 26.Rf3+ Kg8 27.Kf1 Rd1+ 28.Ke2 Rb1
29.b4 Bd4 30.Rd3 e5 31.Rd1 Rxd1 32.Kxd1 c6 33.f3 Kf7 34.Kc2
Ke6 35.Kd3 g5 36.c5 Kd5 37.Bb6 h5 38.Re2 g4 39.fxg4 hxg4
40.Re4 Rg8 41.Re1 Rf8 42.Re4 Rf4 43.Re2 e4+ 44.Kc2 e3 45.Bd8
Rf2 46.Kd3 e5 47.Rxf2 exf2 48.Ke2 e4 49.h4 gxh3 50.gxh3 Kc4
51.Ba5 e3 52.h4 f1=Q+ 53.Kxf1 Kd3 54.b5 axb5 55.h5 e2+ 56.Kg2
Bc3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.27"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4
7. cxd4 Nge7 8. b3 Nf5 9. Bb2 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 h5 11. Nc3 Bxc3
12. Bxc3 Bd7 13. Qd2 a5 14. g3 h4 15. g4 Nfe7 16. h3 f6
17. Kg2 Rf8 18. Bd3 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 d4 21. Bxd4
Bc6+ 22. Kg1 Qc7 23. Rh2 O-O-O 24. Bc4 Ng6 25. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.27"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "227"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 f5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O
8.h3 Ne4 9.Qc2 Nd7 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.Ne5 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bf6
13.Nxd7 Bxd7 14.Bd6 Rf7 15.Qb2 Rc8 16.Qa3 Qxa3+ 17.Bxa3 e5
18.f4 e4 19.Be2 Be6 20.c5 Be7 21.Kc2 h6 22.h4 g6 23.Rb1 Rc7
24.Bc1 Rg7 25.Bd2 Bd8 26.g3 Rcd7 27.Rb3 Rh7 28.Ra3 a6 29.Rb3
Kf8 30.Rbb1 Rdg7 31.Rh2 Ke8 32.Rhh1 Bf6 33.Rh2 Kd8 34.Rbh1 Kc8
35.Rb1 Bd8 36.Rbh1 Kb8 37.Rb1 Ka7 38.Rbh1 Bf6 39.Kd1 Rg8
40.Kc2 Rgh8 41.Bc1 Kb8 42.Ba3 Kc8 43.Bb4 Bd8 44.Kd2 Kd7 45.Kc2
Ke8 46.Kd2 Kf8 47.Kc2 Rg7 48.Kd2 Rhg8 49.Ba3 Bc8 50.Ke1 Rh7
51.Kd2 Rgg7 52.Kc2 Be6 53.Bb4 Bg8 54.Ba3 g5 55.hxg5 hxg5
56.Rxh7 Bxh7 57.Kd2 gxf4 58.gxf4 Bg6 59.Ke1 Kg8 60.Kf1 Be8
61.Bc1 Rh7 62.Rg1+ Rg7 63.Rh1 Rh7 64.Rg1+ Kf8 65.Bd2 Bf7
66.Be1 Ba5 67.Rg5 Rh1+ 68.Rg1 Rxg1+ 69.Kxg1 Kg7 70.Kh2 Kh6
71.Kh3 Bh5 72.Bxh5 Kxh5 73.Kg3 b6 74.cxb6 Bxb6 75.Kh3 Bd8
76.Bf2 Be7 77.Be1 Bf8 78.Bd2 Ba3 79.Kg3 Be7 80.Kf2 Kg4 81.Bc1
Kh3 82.Bb2 Bh4+ 83.Ke2 Kg2 84.Ba3 Bd8 85.Bb4 a5 86.Ba3 a4
87.Bc1 Be7 88.Bb2 Kg3 89.Bc1 Bd6 90.Bb2 Be7 91.Bc1 Bd8 92.Bd2
Kg4 93.Bc1 Be7 94.Bb2 Bd6 95.Bc1 Kh5 96.Bb2 Kg6 97.Bc1 Kf6
98.Kd1 Ke6 99.Kc2 Be7 100.Kd2 Kd7 101.Kc2 Kc7 102.c4 Kb6
103.cxd5 cxd5 104.Bd2 Kb5 105.Bc1 Kc4 106.Bd2 Bd8 107.Bc1 Bc7
108.Ba3 Ba5 109.Bc1 Bc3 110.Ba3 Be1 111.Bc1 Kb4 112.Bb2 Bf2
113.Bc1 Bg1 114.Bd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.27"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
c5 7. Bc4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bg7 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O b6
12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Qa4 Na5 15. d5 Qd6 16. Bd2 Rxc1
17. Rxc1 f5 18. Bd7 Qe5 19. Bc3 Qxe4 20. Be6+ Kh8 21. Bxg7+
Kxg7 22. Qa3 Qh4 23. Rc7 Kh8 24. Rxe7 Qf6 25. Rc7 Ba6 26. Nf4
Qa1+ 27. Rc1 Qg7 28. Rc3 Rd8 29. Qb2 Nc4 30. Nxg6+ Qxg6
31. Rxc4+ Qg7 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. Rc7+ Kf6 34. f4 Bd3 35. Rxa7
Be4 36. h3 h5 37. Ra6 Rb8 38. g3 Ke7 39. Ra7+ Kd6 40. a4 Bd3
41. Kf2 Be4 42. Ke3 Bxd5 43. Bxf5 Kc5 44. Bg6 h4 45. gxh4 b5
46. axb5 Rxb5 47. f5 Rb4 48. h5 Re4+ 49. Kf2 Kd6 50. h6 Rh4
51. h7 Rxh3 52. Rg7 Ke5 53. Rg8 Rh2+ 54. Kg3 Rg2+ 55. Kh3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.27"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Sokolsky"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.27"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov"]
[Black "Victor Liublinsky"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2 b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7
12. Bd2 c5 13. dxc5 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nxc5 16. Qf4
Qxf4 17. Bxf4 Rfd8 18. Bc7 Rd3 19. Ne1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rc8
21. Bf4 g5 22. Be3 Rc7 23. Kf1 f6 24. b3 Kf7 25. Bxc5 Bxc5
26. Rd8 h5 27. h4 Be7 28. Rh8 Kg6 29. hxg5 fxg5 30. Nd3 Bf6
31. Re8 Kf5 32. Ke2 g4 33. g3 h4 34. gxh4 Bxh4 35. Rf8+ Bf6
36. Nb4 Kg6 37. Rg8+ Bg7 38. Nc2 Kf7 39. Rd8 Ke7 40. Rd1 Be5
41. Ne3 g3 42. fxg3 Bxg3 43. Kf3 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.30"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Na6 9. Bc3 Ne7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Nf3
Ng6 12. O-O Qf4 13. Qc2 e5 14. Bd2 Qf5 15. Bd3 Qh5 16. Rfe1 f6
17. Be2 Nh4 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. Rad1 Bg4 20. f3 Bh5 21. Be3 f5
22. Qd2 Rfd8 23. Qc3 Qe7 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bxa7 c5 26. Bf1 e4
27. fxe4 fxe4 28. Qe3 Bg6 29. Bb6 Re8 30. Ba5 Nb4 31. Bxb4
cxb4 32. c5 Bf7 33. a3 bxa3 34. bxa3 h6 35. Bb5 Rc8 36. Rc1
Bd5 37. a4 Qe5 38. h3 Kh7 39. Bc4 Bc6 40. Bb5 Bd5 41. Bc4 Bc6
42. Bb5 Bd5 43. Bc4 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.30"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3
e6 8.Qb3 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Rc8 11.Rfc1 Qe7 12.Ne5 Nxe5
13.Bxe5 Ne4 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.30"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Ne2
Bg4 8.d5 c6 9.O-O O-O 10.Nbc3 cxd5 11.exd5 Na6 12.h3 Bd7
13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Nc4 15.Bd4 Nxb2 16.Qb3 Bxd4 17.Nxd4 Nd3
18.Ne4 Ndc5 19.Nxc5 Nxc5 20.Qe3 Kh7 21.Nc6 Bxc6 22.dxc6 b6
23.c7 Qxc7 24.Bxa8 Rxa8 25.Rad1 Re8 26.Rd4 e5 27.Rd5 Re7
28.Rfd1 e4 29.Rd8 Nd3 30.Qd4 Qe5 31.Qxe5 Nxe5 32.Rc1 Kg7
33.Kf1 Nd3 34.Rcc8 Nc5 35.Ke2 Kf6 36.Ke3 h5 37.Rd4 Re5 38.Rd6+
Ke7 39.Rd4 Kf6 40.Rc6+ Kg7 41.a4 Rf5 42.Ke2 h4 43.g4 Rf3
44.Rxe4 Rxh3 45.Re7 Nd3 46.g5 Nf4+ 47.Kd2 Nh5 48.Rc8 Rf3
49.Ree8 Nf6 50.gxf6 Kxf6 51.Ke2 Rf4 52.a5 bxa5 53.Rc7 Kg5
54.Rxa7 a4 55.Rf8 f6 56.Rg8 h3 57.Ra5+ f5 58.Ra6 Rb4 59.Rgxg6+
Kf4 60.Rh6 Rb2+ 61.Kd1 Rb1+ 62.Kc2 Rh1 63.Rxa4+ Kf3 64.Ra3+
Kg2 65.Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.30"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Grigory Levenfish"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.30"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.30"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Vladas Jonovich Mikenas"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3
Be7 8.Qc2 O-O 9.Nge2 Re8 10.O-O-O Nf8 11.Ng3 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6
13.Nh5 Bg5 14.g3 Bg4 15.Be2 Bxe2 16.Nxe2 Ne6 17.Kb1 Be7 18.h4
Rc8 19.Nhf4 Bd6 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.g4 c5 22.dxc5 Rxc5 23.Qd3 Rc4
24.f4 Bc5 25.Ng3 Qa5 26.Rh2 Rc8 27.Rc2 Rxc2 28.Qxc2 Qc7 29.Rd3
Bb4 30.Qd1 Qb6 31.g5 hxg5 32.hxg5 g6 33.Rb3 Qa5 34.Qd3 Kf7
35.Nf1 Be7 36.Nd2 Qc7 37.Rc3 Qd7 38.Nf3 Bd6 39.Qd4 Rxc3
40.Qf6+ Ke8 41.Qxg6+ Qf7 42.Qxf7+ Kxf7 43.bxc3 Bc5 44.Ne5+ Kg7
45.Ng4 b5 46.Kc2 b4 47.cxb4 Bxb4 48.Ne5 Bd6 49.Nc6 Kg6 50.Kd3
Bc5 51.Ne5+ Kf5 52.a4 Bb6 53.Nc6 Kg6 54.a5 Bc5 55.Ne5+ Kg7
56.a6 Bb6 57.Nd7 Ba5 58.Ne5 Bb6 59.Nc6 Kg6 60.e4 dxe4+ 61.Kxe4
Kf7 62.Nd4 Ke7 63.Nb5 Bg1 64.Ke5 Bb6 65.g6 Bc5 66.g7 Kf7
67.Nc7 Bb6 68.Nxe6 Kg8 69.Kf6 Be3 70.f5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.30"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5
7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Ne2 cxd4 9.cxd4 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.Be3 Bd7 12.Rb1
Na5 13.Bd3 e6 14.Qd2 b6 15.Bg5 f6 16.Bf4 Bc6 17.Rfc1 Qd7
18.Bh6 Rac8 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Ba6 Bb7 21.Bxb7 Nxb7 22.h4 e5
23.Rd1 Rfd8 24.h5 Nc5 25.h6+ Kf7 26.Qe3 exd4 27.Rxd4 Qe7
28.Rbd1 Rxd4 29.Qxd4 Nxe4 30.Qd5+ Kf8 31.Nd4 Nc3 32.Ne6+ Kg8
33.Qd7 Re8 34.Qxe7 Rxe7 35.Rd8+ Kf7 36.Nd4 f5 37.Rc8 Nxa2
38.Nc6 Re1+ 39.Kh2 g5 40.Rc7+ Kg6 41.Rxa7 Nc3 42.Ne7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.30"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Alexey Sokolsky"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Nd2 Bxd3 16. Nf1 Bg6
17. Qd4 Rc8 18. Be3 b4 19. Rad1 bxc3 20. bxc3 Qc7 21. Qxd5
Rfd8 22. Qb3 Rb8 23. Qa4 Qxc3 24. Qxa6 Qa3 25. Rxd6 Qxd6
26. Qxd6 Rxd6 27. Bf4 Rdb6 28. Bxb8 Rxb8 29. a4 Kf8 30. a5 Ra8
31. Ra1 Ke7 32. Ne3 Kd6 33. f4 f6 34. Kf2 Ra7 35. f5 Bf7
36. Kf3 Kc5 37. Nc2 Bd5+ 38. Kf2 Be4 39. Ne3 Kb5 40. Rd1 Rxa5
41. Rd7 Ra2+ 42. Kg3 Re2 43. Kf4 Bxg2 44. Rxg7 Bh3 45. Rxh7
Rxh2 46. Rh6 Rf2+ 47. Kg3 Re2 48. Kxh3 Rxe3+ 49. Kg4 Kc6
50. Rxf6+ Kd7 51. Rf7+ Ke8 52. Rh7 Ra3 53. Kg5 Ra6 54. Rg7 Kf8
55. Rg6 Ra7 56. Rh6 Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.30"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Victor Liublinsky"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Nf6 5.Qe2 e5 6.d3 Be7 7.Nbd2
O-O 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Nc4 Ne8 10.Qe1 Nc7 11.Qa5 f5 12.Nfd2 Be6
13.Re1 Qd7 14.f3 h5 15.Ne3 f4 16.Nec4 g5 17.c3 g4 18.Kf1 Kh7
19.Ke2 Rg8 20.Rg1 Rg6 21.Rh1 Bf6 22.Nf1 gxf3 23.gxf3 d5
24.Ncd2 c4 25.dxc4 dxe4 26.fxe4 Bg4+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.30"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Aronin"]
[Black "Grigory Abramovich Goldberg"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Qe2 e5 6. c3 Bg4
7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 Ne8 11. Nf1 Nc7
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Nb5 16. dxc5
dxc5 17. Be3 Nd4 18. Qc4 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Rb8 20. b3 Qc8 21. Kg2
Rb4 22. Qc2 f5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Qxc5 Rb5 25. Qc4+ Kh8
26. Rac1 fxe4 27. fxe4 Qb8 28. Qc3 h5 29. Rcd1 h4 30. Rd7 Qe5
31. Qxe5 Rxe5 32. Nh1 Bxe4+ 33. Kh2 Rfe8 34. f4 Rf5 35. Nf2
Rxf4 36. Nxe4 Rfxe4 37. Rxe4 Rxe4 38. Rxa7 Re2+ 39. Kg1 Kh7
40. Rc7 Rxa2 41. Rxc6 Rb2 42. Rb6 g6 43. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.31"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Lev Aronin"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7
7. O-O e5 8. Qc2 c6 9. b3 Qa5 10. a4 Re8 11. Ba3 Bf8 12. b4
Qc7 13. h3 exd4 14. Nxd4 a5 15. b5 c5 16. Nf3 Nb6 17. e4 Nh5
18. Bc1 Bg7 19. Ra3 Be6 20. Nb1 h6 21. Be3 Qe7 22. Qc1 Kh7
23. Rd1 Nf6 24. Nfd2 Nfd7 25. Re1 Qh4 26. Bf1 f5 27. Nf3 Qf6
28. exf5 Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.31"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Sokolsky"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Ne4 5.Ne2 e6 6.d3 Nc5 7.d4
Ncd7 8.Nf4 c5 9.c3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Qa5 12.a3 Bxd2+
13.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14.Kxd2 Nb6 15.b3 O-O 16.a4 Nc6 17.a5 Nd7 18.Bb5
Ndb8 19.Bxc6 Nxc6 20.Nd3 a6 21.Rhc1 Rd8 22.Nc5 Ra7 23.Ke3 Bd7
24.Ne1 Be8 25.Ned3 Rb8 26.g4 h5 27.h3 b6 28.axb6 Rxb6 29.f4
Ne7 30.Rf1 Bb5 31.Rf2 g6 32.Rfa2 Kg7 33.Nb4 Ra8 34.Nbxa6 Rh8
35.Nc7 hxg4 36.hxg4 Nc6 37.N7xe6+ fxe6 38.Nxe6+ Kf7 39.f5 gxf5
40.gxf5 Rh3+ 41.Kf4 Ke7 42.Ra7+ Nxa7 43.Rxa7+ Ke8 44.Nc7+ Kd8
45.Nxd5 Rh4+ 46.Kg5 Rbh6 47.e6 R4h5+ 48.Kf4 Kc8 49.Ra5 Bd3
50.Ne7+ Kb7 51.d5 Bxf5 52.Nxf5 Rf6 53.d6 Rxe6 54.Rd5 Rf6 55.d7
Rhxf5+ 56.Rxf5 Rd6 57.Rf7 Kc7 58.Ke5 Rb6 59.Rf3 Kxd7 60.Rc3
Rh6 61.Kd5 Rd6+ 62.Ke4 Rb6 63.Kd3 Rh6 64.Rc4 Rh3+ 65.Kc2 Kd6
66.Kb2 Rh8 67.Kc3 Rg8 68.b4 Rg3+ 69.Kb2 Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.31"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.31"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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.h3 Bh5 11.d5 Na5 12.Bc2 c6 13.dxc6 Qc7
14.Nbd2 Nxc6 15.Nf1 Rfc8 16.Ng3 Bg6 17.Nh4 b4 18.Nhf5 bxc3
19.bxc3 Bf8 20.Bg5 Nd7 21.Bb3 Nb6 22.h4 Na5 23.h5 Bxf5 24.Nxf5
Nxb3 25.axb3 Re8 26.Re3 Re6 27.Rg3 g6 28.hxg6 fxg6 29.Be3 Nd7
30.Bg5 Qb7 31.Qg4 Rae8 32.b4 d5 33.Ne3 dxe4 34.Qh4 Bg7 35.Rh3
Nf6 36.Rd1 Nh5 37.Nd5 h6 38.Qxe4 Qf7 39.Bc1 Nf4 40.Rf3 g5
41.c4 Rd6 42.Re1 Rdd8 43.Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.31"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.31"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Grigory Levenfish"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 Ba5 9.Rc1 a6 10.b3 Bc7 11.Qc2 b6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.e4
dxe4 14.Nxe4 Bb7 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.Rcd1
Nd7 19.Rfe1 Qc8 20.Bc4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Nb6 22.Re7 Bd8 23.Re5 Nxc4
24.Qxc4 Bb6 25.h3 Ra7 26.Rde1 Rd7 27.Re7 Rxe7 28.Rxe7 Qd8
29.Re2 a5 30.Rd2 Qf6 31.Qe4 Rc8 32.Re2 Rd8 33.g3 a4 34.Kg2
axb3 35.axb3 Bc7 36.Qa4 g6 37.Re8+ Rxe8 38.Qxe8+ Kg7 39.Qe3
Qc6 40.Kg1 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.31"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Vladas Jonovich Mikenas"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3
Be7 8.Qc2 O-O 9.Nge2 Re8 10.O-O-O Nf8 11.Kb1 b5 12.Nc1 a5
13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.N3e2 Qd6 15.Nb3 g6 16.h4 a4 17.Nc5 Ne6 18.Nxe6
Bxe6 19.h5 Bg7 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.Rc1 Bd7 22.Ng1 b4 23.Qd2 a3
24.b3 Ra5 25.Ne2 Rb8 26.Rc2 Qf6 27.Nf4 Bf8 28.Rcc1 Rc8 29.f3
Re8 30.g4 Bd6 31.g5 Qg7 32.Qf2 Bxf4 33.exf4 c5 34.Rh6 Qxd4
35.Qxd4 cxd4 36.Rch1 Kf8 37.f5 gxf5 38.Rh8+ Ke7 39.Rxe8+ Kxe8
40.Kc2 Rc5+ 41.Kd2 Ke7 42.f4 Rc8 43.Rh6 Be6 44.Bc2 d3 45.Bxd3
d4 46.Rh7 Kd6 47.Rh6 Rc5 48.g6 fxg6 49.Rxg6 Ke7 50.Rg7+ Kf6
51.Rb7 Bxb3 52.axb3 Ra5 53.Bb1 a2 54.Rb6+ Ke7 55.Bxa2 Rxa2+
56.Kd3 Rf2 57.Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.31"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Grigory Abramovich Goldberg"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 e6 6. d3 Nge7
7. Be3 Nd4 8. Qd2 Nec6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf4 b6 11. Nd1 Ne5
12. f3 Ba6 13. Rb1 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. b4 Nf5 16. bxc5 d4
17. Bf2 bxc5 18. g4 Ne7 19. Bg3 c4 20. Nf2 c3 21. Qe2 N5c6
22. Ne4 Bc8 23. Bh4 Kh8 24. Qf2 f6 25. g5 Ng8 26. gxf6 Bxf6
27. Nxf6 Nxf6 28. Rb5 a6 29. Rd5 Qc7 30. Bxf6+ Rxf6 31. Ne2
Bb7 32. f4 Raf8 33. Rc5 Qb6 34. Bxc6 Bxc6 35. Qxd4 Ba8
36. Nxc3 Rd8 37. Qe5 Kg8 38. f5 gxf5 39. Kf2 Rg6 40. Rg1 Rxg1
41. Kxg1 Qg6+ 42. Kf2 f4 43. Qg5 Rf8 44. d4 Rb8 45. h4 Qxg5
46. hxg5 Bh1 47. Ne2 Be4 48. d5 Rb5 49. Rxb5 axb5 50. Nxf4
Bxc2 51. a3 Kf7 52. Ke3 Ke7 53. Kd4 Kd6 54. Ne2 Bb3 55. Nc3
Bc4 56. Ne4+ Ke7 57. Kc5 Kf7 58. Nd6+ Kg6 59. Nxb5 Bf1 60. a4
Kxg5 61. a5 Bh3 62. a6 Bc8 63. d6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.31"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Black "Victor Liublinsky"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxc6
Bxc6 8.Qd3 Nd7 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Rhe1 Qf6 12.Nd5
Bxd5 13.exd5 exd4 14.Qxd4 Qxd4 15.Nxd4 Nf6 16.c4 Rfe8 17.Nb5
Rxe1 18.Rxe1 a6 19.Nc3 Kf8 20.Kd2 Re8 21.Rxe8+ Kxe8 22.f3 a5
23.Kd3 Ke7 24.Kd4 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.10.31"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 Bd7
7. O-O Qc8 8. Nf4 Nf6 9. a4 O-O 10. h4 Re8 11. f3 Nd4 12. Be3
Bc6 13. g4 e5 14. Nh3 Ne6 15. Ng5 Nf4 16. Qd2 Nxg2 17. Qxg2 b6
18. b3 Qd7 19. Ne2 d5 20. Ng3 dxe4 21. dxe4 Red8 22. h5 c4
23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qe2 b5 25. axb5 Bxb5 26. bxc4 Bc6 27. Rfd1
Qe8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxa7 Rd7 30. Ra6 Rb7 31. Qd1 Bf8 32. Kg2
h6 33. Nh3 Qc8 34. Ra5 Nd7 35. Qc1 Kh7 36. Qa1 Qe8 37. Ra6 Qe6
38. Qc3 Bb4 39. Qb3 Nb8 40. Ra7 Rxa7 41. Bxa7 Na6 42. Nf2 Bf8
43. Be3 Nc5 44. Qb6 Nd7 45. Qa6 Bd5 46. Qa1 Bxc4 47. Qh1 Qe7
48. g5 h5 49. Nxh5 gxh5 50. Qxh5+ Kg8 51. Ng4 Be6 52. Qg6+ Kh8
53. Nf6 Nxf6 54. gxf6 Qh7 55. Qxh7+ Kxh7 56. f4 Bd6 57. Kf3
Kg8 58. c3 Kf7 59. fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.02"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd2 b6
7. e4 Bb7 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O-O O-O 10. d5 Nc5 11. a3 Bxc3
12. Bxc3 c6 13. Nd2 cxd5 14. cxd5 Qd7 15. Kb1 Rfc8 16. Rc1 a5
17. Nb3 Na4 18. Qd2 Nxc3+ 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Rc8 21. Qe1
Qg4 22. Qf1 Nh5 23. f3 Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.02"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nc7
7.O-O e5 8.b3 Be7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Rc1 f6 11.d3 Be6 12.Nd2 Qd7
13.Qc2 Rad8 14.Qb1 b6 15.Rfd1 f5 16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.Na4 b5
18.Nxc5 Bxc5 19.d4 exd4 20.b4 Na6 21.bxc5 d3 22.exd3 f4 23.Qc2
Bd5 24.Re1 Rd7 25.a3 Qh6 26.Ne4 Qh3 27.Qe2 Nc7 28.Qf1 Qh5
29.Qe2 f3 30.Qf1 Be6 31.h4 h6 32.Nd6 g5 33.Re5 Qg6 34.Qe1 gxh4
35.Qe4 Qxe4 36.Nxe4 hxg3 37.Nxg3 Rxd3 38.Rce1 Rfd8 39.Bc1 Kh7
40.Bf4 Rd1 41.Kh2 Rxe1 42.Rxe1 Nd5 43.Rxe6 Nxf4 44.Ra6 Nd3
45.Ne4 Rd4 46.Re6 Rc4 47.c6 Kg8 48.Nd2 Rc2 49.Kg3 Kf7 50.Rd6
Rxd2 51.Rd8 Rc2 52.Rxd3 Rxc6 53.Rd7+ Kg6 54.Rxa7 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.02"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Alexey Sokolsky"]
[ECO "E26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3
d6 8.Ne2 b6 9.O-O e5 10.e4 Nd7 11.Ng3 g6 12.f4 Qe7 13.Be3 Bb7
14.fxe5 dxe5 15.d5 Na5 16.Ne2 O-O-O 17.Nc1 f6 18.Nb3 Nxb3
19.Qxb3 h5 20.a4 a5 21.Qc2 Kc7 22.Rab1 Ba6 23.Rb2 Rb8 24.Qf2
Qd6 25.Rfb1 Rhf8 26.Qf3 Rbe8 27.Qg3 Rg8 28.Qh4 Rh8 29.Rf1 Bc8
30.Rbf2 Ref8 31.Qg3 Rfg8 32.Rb2 Ba6 33.Qe1 Rf8 34.Rbf2 Bc8
35.Rf3 Rfg8 36.Qb1 Ba6 37.Kf2 Re8 38.Be2 Rhf8 39.Ke1 Rh8
40.Kd2 Ref8 41.R3f2 Rfg8 42.Kc2 Rg7 43.Kb3 g5 44.Rf5 Bc8
45.Qd1 h4 46.Bg4 Rh6 47.Qf3 Nb8 48.Bxg5 fxg5 49.Rf7+ Rxf7
50.Qxf7+ Nd7 51.Be6 Rh8 52.Bxd7 Qxd7 53.Qg6 Rh7 54.Qxg5 Qg7
55.d6+ Kb7 56.Qd8 Rh8 57.Rf7+ Qxf7 58.Qxh8 Be6 59.Qxh4 Bxc4+
60.Kb2 Qf1 61.Qh7+ Ka6 62.Qh3 Qe2+ 63.Kc1 Qe1+ 64.Kc2 Qxe4+
65.Kc1 Qc6 66.d7 Qf6 67.Qf3 Qh6+ 68.Kd1 Qd6+ 69.Ke1 Qxd7
70.Qa8+ Qa7 71.Qe8 Qb7 72.Qg6 Qf7 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.02"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.a4 Bg4 9.c3 O-O 10.h3 Bh5 11.d3 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.Nbd2 b4
14.Re1 Rb8 15.Nf1 bxc3 16.bxc3 Nb3 17.Rb1 Nxc1 18.Rexc1 Qa5
19.g4 Bg6 20.Ne3 h6 21.Bb3 Kh8 22.Nh4 Nd7 23.Nhf5 Bxf5 24.exf5
Bg5 25.Qc2 Nf6 26.Re1 Bxe3 27.Rxe3 Rb7 28.Ree1 Re7 29.Qc1 d5
30.Bd1 e4 31.h4 d4 32.g5 Nd5 33.f6 gxf6 34.gxf6 Nxf6 35.Qxh6+
Nh7 36.Bf3 Re6 37.Qh5 Rg6+ 38.Bg4 Rxg4+ 39.Qxg4 Rg8 40.Rxe4
Nf6 41.Qxg8+ Kxg8 42.Re5 dxc3 43.Rg5+ Kf8 44.Rb8+ Ke7 45.Rb7+
Ke6 46.d4 c2 47.Re5+ Kd6 48.Rxc5 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.02"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.02"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lev Aronin"]
[Black "Grigory Levenfish"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O
d6 8.d3 Be6 9.Nd5 Rb8 10.Nec3 Ne7 11.Qa4 a6 12.Bd2 Bf5 13.Qc2
c6 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Ne4 Bg7 16.Bb4 Nc8 17.Qd2 Re8 18.Rfe1 Be6
19.b3 f5 20.Nc3 b5 21.Bxc6 bxc4 22.Nd5 Ne7 23.Nxe7+ Rxe7
24.dxc4 Qb6 25.Bxd6 Qxc6 26.Bxe7 Kf7 27.Bd6 Rd8 28.Rad1 h5
29.e4 fxe4 30.c5 h4 31.Qb4 e3 32.Rxe3 h3 33.Qe4 Qc8 34.Rf3+
Kg8 35.Qxg6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.02"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.e4 e5 7.d5 Nbd7
8.Nge2 a5 9.f3 Ne8 10.h4 f5 11.h5 Nc5 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.Be3 fxe4
14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.fxe4 Nf6 16.Qd2 Ng4 17.Ng1 c6 18.Nf3 Nxe3
19.Qxe3 cxd5 20.cxd5 a4 21.O-O Qe7 22.Nh4 Kh7 23.Rxf8 Bxf8
24.Rf1 Bh6 25.Qf2 Kg7 26.Bf3 Bh3 27.Bg2 Bg4 28.Bf3 Bh3 29.Bg2
Bg4 30.Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.02"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladas Jonovich Mikenas"]
[Black "Grigory Abramovich Goldberg"]
[ECO "E22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 O-O
7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 b6 9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Na6 11.Rfd1 Nc5 12.Qc2 d6
13.Nd2 Rc8 14.b4 Ncd7 15.Nf3 Qc7 16.Nb5 Qb8 17.Qd3 d5 18.cxd5
Bxd5 19.Bf4 e5 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.Qf5 Be6 22.Qxe5 Qxe5 23.Bxe5
Bxb4 24.a3 Bc5 25.Nxa7 Ra8 26.Nb5 Bb3 27.Rdb1 Ba4 28.Nc7 Ra7
29.Na6 Rd8 30.Nxc5 bxc5 31.Rc1 Ne4 32.Bc3 Bb3 33.Be1 Rc8 34.f3
Nd6 35.e4 c4 36.Bb4 Nb5 37.Bd1 Bxd1 38.Rxd1 c3 39.Rac1 Rac7
40.Rd5 Rb7 41.a4 Nc7 42.Rxc3 Rxb4 43.Rxc7 Ra8 44.Rdc5 g6
45.Rc8+ Rxc8 46.Rxc8+ Kg7 47.a5 Ra4 48.Ra8 Ra2 49.h4 h5 50.a6
Kf6 51.Kh2 Ra3 52.Kg3 Ra2 53.Ra7 Ke6 54.Kf4 Rxg2 55.Rb7 Ra2
56.a7 Ra3 57.Kg5 Ra5+ 58.Kh6 Kf6 59.f4 Ke6 60.Kg7 f5 61.e5 Ra1
62.Kxg6 Rg1+ 63.Kxh5 Ra1 64.Rb6+ Kd5 65.Kg5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.02"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Nh3 Nge7
7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bf4 Nd4
12. Kh1 Re8 13. Ng1 Bb7 14. Rae1 Qd7 15. Be5 Nef5 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 17. Nd1 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. c3 Rxe1 20. Qxe1 Qe6
21. Qxe6 Nxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.02"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Victor Liublinsky"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 h6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. a4 Be6 11. Nd5 Nbd7 12. f3
Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. c4 Bg5 15. Bf2 b6 16. a5 Nc5 17. axb6
Qxb6 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rfc8 21. h4 Be7
22. b4 Qc7 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. Rac1 a5 25. Rfd1 Rd8 26. Qe2 a4
27. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 28. Qf2 Rac8 29. Rc2 Kf8 30. Qxc5+ Rxc5 31. Kf2
Ke7 32. Ke2 Rb8 33. Kd3 Kd6 34. Rdd2 Ra5 35. Rc3 f5 36. Ra2
Kc5 37. Re2 Re8 38. Rb2 a3 39. Ra2 Rea8 40. Rb3 e4 41. fxe4
fxe4 42. Kc3 e3 43. Kd3 e2 44. Rb1 Re8 45. Re1 Ra4 46. h5 Re5
47. d6+ Kxd6 48. Kc2 Kc5 49. Kb1 Kxc4 50. Raxe2 Rxe2 51. Rxe2
Kd3 52. Rf2 Ra5 53. Rf7 Rg5 54. Rf3+ Ke4 55. Rxa3 Rxh5 56. Kc1
Rd5 57. Ra7 g5 58. Rf7 h5 59. Rf8 h4 60. Rf2 g4 61. Rf8 Ke3
62. Rf7 Rd4 63. Rf8 Rf4 64. Rh8 g3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.03"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Vladas Jonovich Mikenas"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6
7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Be2 Nb4 10. Rc1 c5 11. Nf3 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Nxf5 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 exf5 15. O-O Be7 16. Rxf5
g6 17. Rf4 Nxe5 18. Re4 f6 19. c5 Nbd7 20. Nd5 Kf8 21. Nc7 Rd8
22. Ne6+ Kf7 23. Nxd8+ Rxd8 24. Red4 Ke6 25. b4 Bf8 26. Bb5 f5
27. Bf4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.03"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.c3
O-O 8.d4 d6 9.h3 Nd7 10.O-O Bf6 11.Rd1 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.dxc5
dxc5 14.Nbd2 Qc7 15.Nf1 Nb6 16.Ne3 g6 17.a4 Bd7 18.axb5 axb5
19.Qd3 Nb7 20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.Ng4 Bxg4 22.hxg4 c4 23.Qe2 Rd8
24.g5 Rxd1+ 25.Qxd1 Be7 26.Nh2 Qd8 27.Qxd8+ Nxd8 28.Ng4 Nd7
29.g3 Ne6 30.f4 Bd6 31.f5 Nec5 32.Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.03"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nh5
8.Qd2 f5 9.O-O-O a6 10.Kb1 Qe8 11.c5 Nd7 12.c6 bxc6 13.dxc6
Nb8 14.Nd5 Rf7 15.Qa5 Nxc6 16.Qxc7 Rxc7 17.Nxc7 Qf7 18.Nxa8
fxe4 19.Nb6 exf3 20.Nxc8 Nb4 21.Nxf3 Qxa2+ 22.Kc1 Qa1+ 23.Kd2
Qxb2+ 24.Ke1 Nc2+ 25.Kf2 Nxe3 26.Rd2 Ng4+ 27.Kg1 Qc1 28.h3
Qc5+ 29.Nd4 exd4 30.Ne7+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.03"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Sokolsky"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 Qe7+
7.Be2 Nxd5 8.O-O h6 9.Nf3 Qf6 10.Nbd2 Bf5 11.Nb3 O-O-O
12.Nfxd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Qxd4 14.Nxd4 Bh7 15.c4 Nb4 16.Be3 Be7
17.Rad1 Bf6 18.Nb5 a6 19.Nc3 Bd3 20.Bxd3 Nxd3 21.Bc1 Rhe8
22.Nd5 Nxc1 23.Rxc1 Bxb2 24.Rc2 Bd4 25.g3 c6 26.Nf4 Kc7 27.h4
Re4 28.Kg2 Be5 29.Kf3 Red4 30.Ne2 Rd3+ 31.Kg2 Rd2 32.Rfc1 Bb2
33.Rxd2 Rxd2 34.Re1 Bf6 35.Nf4 Rxa2 36.Nh5 Kd6 37.Nxf6 gxf6
38.c5 Kxc5 39.Re7 b5 40.Rxf7 b4 41.Rxf6 b3 42.Rf5+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.03"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Victor Liublinsky"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.03"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Grigory Levenfish"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O
e5 8.e4 Re8 9.Re1 a5 10.h3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nc5 12.Qc2 Ng4 13.Ncb5
Ne5 14.Rd1 c6 15.Na3 Qc7 16.Be3 Ned7 17.Nb1 a4 18.Nc3 Ne5
19.Nce2 Qa5 20.Rac1 a3 21.b3 Na6 22.Rd2 Nb4 23.Qb1 d5 24.cxd5
cxd5 25.exd5 Nxd5 26.b4 Nxb4 27.Nb3 Qb5 28.Ned4 Qa4 29.Nc5 Qa5
30.Nxb7 Bxb7 31.Bxb7 Rab8 32.Nb3 Qb5 33.Bg2 Nc4 34.Rxc4 Qxc4
35.Bf1 Qc3 36.Bf4 Be5 37.Bxe5 Rxe5 38.Qd1 Nxa2 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.03"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3
d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Ne2 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.f3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Re8
13.Ng3 Nc6 14.Bb2 Rc8 15.Rae1 Na5 16.e4 Nc4 17.Bc1 cxd4
18.cxd4 dxe4 19.fxe4 Ne5 20.Qd2 Ng6 21.e5 Nd5 22.Nf5 Re6
23.Qf2 Qd7 24.h4 f6 25.Qg3 fxe5 26.dxe5 Nde7 27.Nd6 Rxc1
28.Rxc1 Nxe5 29.Qf2 h6 30.Qf8+ Kh7 31.Nf5 Nxf5 32.Qxf5+ g6
33.Qf8 Re8 34.Qf4 h5 35.Rc3 Re7 36.Re3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.03"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 cxd4 9.exd4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nb6 11.Bb3 Bd7 12.Ne5 Rc8
13.a4 a5 14.Bg5 Bc6 15.Qd3 Be7 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Bc2 g6 18.Bh6
Re8 19.Rad1 Nbd5 20.Qf3 Rb8 21.Bc1 Bf8 22.Rfe1 Bg7 23.h4 Rb4
24.Na2 Rb7 25.Re2 Qb8 26.Nc3 Qa7 27.h5 Nxh5 28.Ne4 Rb4 29.g4
Nhf6 30.Nc5 Nd7 31.Nxd7 Qxd7 32.Qe4 c5 33.Qf3 Rxd4 34.Rxd4
cxd4 35.Be4 Nb4 36.b3 d3 37.Rd2 Rd8 38.Ba3 f5 39.gxf5 gxf5
40.Bb7 Nc2 41.Bc5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.03"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Grigory Abramovich Goldberg"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3
e6 7. Bc4 Nd7 8. d4 Ngf6 9. O-O Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qd3 Be7
12. f4 g6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. c3 Nd5 15. Bd2 h5 16. b4 O-O-O
17. Bb3 Kb8 18. a3 Bf6 19. Rae1 Ka8 20. Bd1 Rd7 21. g3 Ne7
22. Qf3 Nf5 23. h4 Qd6 24. Bb3 Rhd8 25. Rf2 Qe7 26. Bc2 Nd6
27. Kg2 Nc4 28. Bc1 Qd6 29. Be4 Qc7 30. Bd3 Nd6 31. a4 Nc8
32. Be4 Be7 33. Ra2 a5 34. b5 c5 35. Be3 Nb6 36. dxc5 Bxc5
37. Bxb7+ Ka7 38. Bc6+ Rd3 39. Bxc5 Rxf3 40. Kxf3 Kb8 41. Raa1
Nc8 42. Bd4 Rxd4 43. cxd4 Ne7 44. d5 exd5 45. Rac1 Qd6 46. Kg2
f6 47. Re2 Qa3 48. Rf1 Nf5 49. Rf3 Qd6 50. Rb3 d4+ 51. Re8+
Kc7 52. Be4 Kd7 53. Bc6+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.03"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[Black "Lev Aronin"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Bb3 a6 10. f4 Na5 11. Qf3 Qc7 12. g4
b5 13. g5 Nd7 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Qh5
Nc5 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. f5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qe8 21. Qxe8 Rfxe8
22. f6 Nd7 23. f7 Rxe4 24. Nb6 Nf8 25. Nxc8 Rg4+ 26. Kh1 Rxg5
27. Nxd6 g6 28. Rae1 Rd5 29. Re8 Kg7 30. Rd8 Re5 31. Ne8+ Kh6
32. Nf6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.05"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Grigory Abramovich Goldberg"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. a3 Bxc3 4. dxc3 d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. f3 a5
7. b3 Nc6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Ne5 10. Qc2 b6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Ne2
c5 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Kb2 O-O-O 15. Nc1 g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Bd3
Qf6 18. Rhf1 Nf4 19. Qf2 Ba6 20. Bc2 d5 21. Bxf4 gxf4 22. exd5
exd5 23. cxd5 Bxf1 24. Qxf1 Kb7 25. Qb5 Rd6 26. Nd3 Nxd3+
27. Bxd3 Kb8 28. Re1 Rhd8 29. Bc4 R6d7 30. Re2 Qd6 31. Kc2 Ra7
32. Kc1 Kb7 33. Bd3 Raa8 34. g4 fxg3 35. hxg3 h5 36. Be4 Re8
37. Rd2 Rac8 38. Kc2 Re5 39. Qd3 Rce8 40. Qb5 Kc7 41. Qd3 R8e7
42. Bf5 Kb7 43. g4 Re3 44. Qf1 c4 45. Qxc4 Rc7 46. Qd4 Rcxc3+
47. Qxc3 Rxc3+ 48. Kxc3 Kc7 49. Rd4 h4 50. g5 Qe5 51. d6+ Kd8
52. Bh3 Qg3 53. Bg4 h3 54. d7 Qe1+ 55. Kc4 h2 56. Re4 h1=Q 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.05"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd2 d5 7.e3
Bd7 8.Be2 dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.O-O Bd6 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Kh8
13.Qc2 Qe7 14.e4 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Be3 Bc6 18.f4
Bd6 19.e5 f6 20.e6 f5 21.a4 Rf6 22.Rf2 Be4 23.Qb3 Raf8 24.Re1
Rg6 25.Bd2 Qh4 26.Ree2 Re8 27.Bd5 Bc5 28.Be3 Bxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.05"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Nxc6
bxc6 8.e5 Nd7 9.Bc4 dxe5 10.O-O e6 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Nd6+ Bxd6
13.Qxd6 Nb6 14.Qxd8+ Kxd8 15.Bb3 exf4 16.Bxf4 Ke7 17.Rad1 Nd5
18.Bd2 Rd8 19.c4 Nf6 20.Bb4+ Ke8 21.Rxd8+ Kxd8 22.Bf8 Ra7
23.Bxg7 Ne4 24.Bc2 f5 25.Be5 Nd2 26.Rf4 Rd7 27.g4 fxg4 28.Bd1
Nxc4 29.Bf6+ Kc7 30.Bxg4 Ne3 31.Be5+ Kb7 32.Rb4+ Ka8 33.Rb8+
Ka7 34.Be2 Bb7 35.Re8 Nf5 36.Rxe6 c5 37.Bg4 Nh4 38.Bd6 Rg7
39.Bxc5+ Kb8 40.h3 h5 41.Bd6+ Ka7 42.Bc5+ Kb8 43.Bf8 Rg5
44.Re8+ Kc7 45.Bh6 Rb5 46.Bf4+ Kb6 47.Re6+ Ka7 48.a4 Rxb2
49.Be3+ Kb8 50.Bxh5 Rb1+ 51.Kf2 Rb2+ 52.Be2 Nf5 53.Bc5 Kc7
54.Re5 Bc8 55.Ke1 Nh4 56.Bd4 Rb3 57.Rc5+ Kb7 58.Kf2 Rxh3
59.Be5 Be6 60.a5 Ra3 61.Rc7+ Ka8 62.Rc6 Bd5 63.Rxa6+ Kb7
64.Rb6+ Ka8 65.a6 Ra2 66.Kf1 Bg2+ 67.Kf2 Bf3 68.Bb2 Bxe2
69.Kxe2 Ka7 70.Rb4 Kxa6 71.Kd3 Nf5 72.Be5 Ra5 73.Ke4 Ne7
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.05"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Ne4 5.Be2 Bf5 6.Nh4 e6 7.Nxf5
Nxc3 8.dxc3 exf5 9.c4 d4 10.O-O Be7 11.Qd3 Qd7 12.Qg3 g6
13.Bh6 Qe6 14.Qb3 b6 15.f4 Nd7 16.Qh3 f6 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.Bf3
Kf7 19.Rfe1 Qxc4 20.Re5 Rhe8 21.Bxc6 Qxc6 22.Qb3+ Nd5 23.Rxd5
Qe6 24.Rd7 Qxb3 25.axb3 Ke6 26.Rb7 Kd5 27.Kf1 Kc6 28.Raxa7
Rxa7 29.Rxa7 Bb4 30.Bg7 Re1+ 31.Kf2 Rd1 32.c3 dxc3 33.bxc3
Bc5+ 34.Ke2 Rg1 35.b4 Bd6 36.Kf2 Rh1 37.h3 Bxf4 38.Bd4 Bc7
39.c4 Rc1 40.b5 Kd6 41.Ra4 f4 42.Kf3 Ke6 43.Ra6 Rxc4 44.Bxb6
Bxb6 45.Rxb6+ Ke5 46.Rc6 Rb4 47.Rc5+ Kf6 48.h4 h5 49.Rc6+ Kf5
50.b6 Rb2 51.Rd6 Rb3+ 52.Ke2 g5 53.hxg5 Kxg5 54.Kd2 f3 55.gxf3
Rxf3 56.Rd5+ Kg4 57.Rd4+ Kg5 58.b7 Rb3 59.Rd7 h4 60.Kc2 Rb6
61.Kc3 h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.05"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.05"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladas Jonovich Mikenas"]
[Black "Grigory Levenfish"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "171"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3
Bb4 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nxc4 Bg6 11.Qb3 a5 12.Rd1 Nd7
13.e4 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Be2 Qh4+ 16.g3 Qg5 17.O-O Nf6 18.Na2
Nd5 19.Nxb4 Nxb4 20.Nd6+ Ke7 21.f4 Qg6 22.Nxf5+ Qxf5 23.Bc4
Rad8 24.Rfe1 Rd6 25.Re5 Qc2 26.Rxa5 Rhd8 27.Ra7 R8d7 28.a5 Kf6
29.Qxc2 Nxc2 30.Kf2 Nxd4 31.b4 e5 32.fxe5 Kxe5 33.Kg2 Nc2
34.Rxd6 Kxd6 35.Bb3 Nxb4 36.Ra8 Ke7 37.Rh8 Rd3 38.Bc4 Rc3
39.Bf1 Nd5 40.Rb8 Ne3+ 41.Kf2 Ng4+ 42.Kg1 Rc1 43.Rxb7+ Ke6
44.Rb3 Nxh2 45.Kxh2 Rxf1 46.Ra3 Rb1 47.a6 Rb8 48.a7 Ra8 49.Kg2
Kd5 50.Kf3 Kc5 51.Ke4 Kb6 52.Rb3+ Kxa7 53.Kd4 Rb8 54.Rf3 Kb6
55.Rxf7 Rg8 56.Rf3 Rg4+ 57.Kc3 Kb5 58.Kc2 Rg5 59.Rf6 h5 60.Rf4
c5 61.Rh4 c4 62.Rh1 Kc5 63.Rh4 Kb4 64.Rh1 Rf5 65.Rb1+ Kc5
66.Rh1 Rg5 67.Rh4 Kb4 68.Rh1 Rxg3 69.Rxh5 Rg2+ 70.Kb1 Kb3
71.Rb5+ Kc3+ 72.Rb8 Rg1+ 73.Ka2 Rd1 74.Rh8 Kc2 75.Rh2+ Kc1+
76.Rh3 Rd2+ 77.Ka1 Kc2 78.Ka2 c3 79.Rh1 Rd3 80.Rg1 Rd1 81.Rg2+
Kd3+ 82.Rg3+ Kc4 83.Rg4+ Rd4 84.Rg8 Rd1 85.Rg4+ Kd3 86.Rg3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.05"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. h3 Bg7
7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 c6 9. Bg5 Be6 10. O-O f6 11. Be3 Bf7 12. Qd2
Re8 13. Rfd1 Na6 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. b3 a5 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. Ne1
f5 18. e5 Rad8 19. Nd3 Qc8 20. Qb2 g5 21. f4 g4 22. Nc5 Nd5
23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Kh2 Kh8 25. hxg4 fxg4 26. Kg3 Rf8 27. Rh1
Rf5 28. Rh4 h5 29. Rch1 Bf7 30. Qc3 Bh6 31. Rf1 Qc7 32. Qc2 e6
33. Qc4 Bf8 34. Rfh1 Kg8 35. Qe2 Bxc5 36. dxc5 Rd5 37. Qxg4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.05"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Victor Liublinsky"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6
7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be8 10. Bb3 Nd7 11. Nf1 Bf6
12. Ne3 Ne7 13. Ng4 Ng6 14. g3 Be7 15. h4 Nf6 16. Ng5 h6
17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qh5 Nh8 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 Qe7 21. Bd5
c6 22. Bb3 Bd7 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. Rd2 Bc8 25. Red1 Rxd2
26. Rxd2 Qc7 27. Bc5 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Nxf7 Nxf7 30. Bb6
Qd7 31. Bxd8 Kh7 32. Bxf7 Qxd8 33. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.05"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Aronin"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. a5 d6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Bc4 bxc3 12. dxc3
Ra8 13. Nbd2 g6 14. Re1 Kg7 15. Nf1 Bb7 16. Ng3 Nb8 17. h4
Nbd7 18. h5 Ng8 19. b4 Ndf6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Ng5 Qd7 22. f3
c6 23. Be3 d5 24. Rad1 Qc7 25. Bb3 Rae8 26. Qf2 Nh6 27. Bb6
Qb8 28. Ba7 Qc7 29. Bb6 Qb8 30. Bc5 Qc7 31. Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.05"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Alexey Sokolsky"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6
7. Bd2 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Ne4
12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Qe2 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 cxd4 16. exd4
Nf6 17. d5 exd5 18. Rd3 Rc8 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Qc7
21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.09"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d4 fxe4 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. dxe5
c6 7. Bc4 Qa5+ 8. Nd2 Qxe5 9. Bxg8 Rxg8 10. Qe2 d5 11. f3 Be6
12. fxe4 O-O-O 13. O-O Bc5+ 14. Kh1 Rgf8 15. Nf3 Qxe4 16. Qe1
Qxe1 17. Rxe1 Bg4 18. Be3 d4 19. Bg5 Rde8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8
21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Kd7 23. h3 Bd1 24. Bd2 Be7 25. g3 c5
26. Kg2 Bf6 27. Kf2 c4 28. c3 Kc6 29. Ng2 Bc2 30. Ke2 Bd3+
31. Kd1 Bf1 32. Nf4 dxc3 33. Bxc3 Bxc3 34. bxc3 g5 35. Ne6 h6
36. h4 Kd5 37. Nd8 gxh4 38. gxh4 b6 39. Nf7 Bh3 40. Kd2 Be6
41. Nxh6 Ke4 42. Ke2 b5 43. a3 a5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.09"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Victor Liublinsky"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Be6 7.Nf3
g6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.Bh6 Nxc3
13.bxc3 Bd5 14.Rfe1 e6 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qe3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Qf6
18.g3 b6 19.Kg2 Rfd8 20.h4 h5 21.Rac1 Ne7 22.Be4 Nd5 23.Qd2
Rc7 24.Bf3 Ne7 25.Qb2 Rdc8 26.Be4 Nf5 27.Bxf5 Qxf5 28.Re5 Qd3
29.Re3 Qc4 30.Rd1 Qd5+ 31.Kg1 Rc4 32.Rd2 Qc6 33.Rdd3 b5 34.Qd2
a5 35.Rf3 b4 36.cxb4 Rxb4 37.d5 exd5 38.Rxd5 Rc7 39.Kg2 Qa8
40.Qg5 Rbc4 41.Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.09"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.09"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.09"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.g3 b6 7.Bg2
Bb7 8.O-O Bxc3 9.Qxc3 O-O 10.b3 Qe8 11.Bb2 Ne4 12.Qc2 f5
13.Ne1 a5 14.Nd3 a4 15.f3 Nef6 16.Rad1 e5 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.Qc3
axb3 19.axb3 e4 20.Nf4 Qe7 21.Rd2 Rae8 22.Rfd1 Rf7 23.b4 Ne5
24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.cxd5 b5 26.Qxe5 Qxe5 27.Bxe5 Rxe5 28.f4 Re8
29.e3 Rd7 30.Bf1 Rb8 31.Be2 Kf8 32.h3 Rbd8 33.d6 Rxd6 34.Rxd6
Rxd6 35.Rxd6 cxd6 36.Bxb5 Nd5 37.Bd7 g6 38.b5 Ke7 39.Bc6 Nxe3
40.b6 Kd8 41.Kf2 Nc4 42.b7 Kc7 43.Bd5 Nb6 44.Bc6 Nc4 45.Bd5
Na5 46.Ke3 Nxb7 47.Bg8 h6 48.Bh7 Kd7 49.Bxg6 Ke6 50.g4 fxg4
51.hxg4 d5 52.g5 hxg5 53.Bxe4 dxe4 54.Kxe4 gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.09"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Grigory Levenfish"]
[Black "Grigory Abramovich Goldberg"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 Ne4 7.Qc2
f5 8.O-O Bxc3 9.bxc3 O-O 10.Nd2 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.c4 Na6
13.Rb1 c5 14.f3 Nd6 15.Ba3 Rc8 16.cxd5 cxd4 17.Nc4 Nxc4
18.Bxc4 Bxd5 19.Bxd5+ Qxd5 20.Qd3 Nc5 21.Qxd4 Qxa2 22.Bb2 Qf7
23.Rbd1 Rc7 24.Qh4 Rd7 25.Rd4 Ne6 26.Rxd7 Qxd7 27.Rc1 h6
28.Qc4 Rd8 29.e4 fxe4 30.fxe4 Kh7 31.h3 Qe7 32.Kh2 Nc5 33.Rf1
Rd2 34.Bc3 Rc2 35.Rf4 Qd6 36.e5 Qd3 37.Qf7 Qg6 38.Qxg6+ Kxg6
39.Bb4 a5 40.Be1 Nd3 41.Rg4+ Kf5 42.Bg3 g5 43.Rd4 Nf4 44.Bxf4
0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.09"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Nf3 Nfd7
7.g3 f6 8.Bg2 c6 9.O-O a5 10.b3 Na6 11.Rd1 Kc7 12.Nd2 Ndc5
13.f4 exf4 14.gxf4 Bg4 15.h3 Bh5 16.Nf3 Re8 17.Nd4 Ne6
18.Nxe6+ Rxe6 19.f5 Bc5+ 20.Kf1 Re7 21.Bf4+ Kc8 22.Bf3 Bxf3
23.exf3 g5 24.fxg6 hxg6 25.Ne4 Rxh3 26.Kg2 Rh5 27.a3 Re6
28.Ra2 Be7 29.Rad2 Rh8 30.Rd7 Re8 31.b4 axb4 32.axb4 Bxb4
33.c5 f5 34.Ng5 R6e7 35.Rxe7 Rxe7 36.Rd6 Nxc5 37.Rxg6 Nd3
38.Rg8+ Kd7 39.Bb8 b5 40.Kh3 Bd2 41.Kh4 b4 42.Ba7 b3 43.Rb8 b2
44.Bd4 Kc7 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.09"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[Black "Vladas Jonovich Mikenas"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 dxe4 5.Qg4 Nf6 6.Qxg7 Rg8
7.Qh6 Rg6 8.Qe3 Nc6 9.Nge2 Bxc3 10.Qxc3 Nd5 11.Qb3 a5 12.O-O-O
a4 13.Qa3 Qd6 14.c4 Qxa3 15.bxa3 Nf6 16.Nf4 Rg8 17.Bc3 Ng4
18.Rd2 Na5 19.Rb2 b6 20.h3 Nh6 21.d5 Nf5 22.Nh5 Rg6 23.Nf6+
Ke7 24.Nxe4 Bb7 25.g4 Nd6 26.Nxd6 Kxd6 27.Bd3 Rgg8 28.Bb4+ Kd7
29.Re1 Rge8 30.dxe6+ fxe6 31.Rd2 Kc8 32.Rxe6 Rxe6 33.Bf5 Bg2
34.Bxe6+ Kb7 35.Bxa5 Rxa5 36.Bd5+ Bxd5 37.Rxd5 Ra8 38.f4 Re8
39.f5 Re1+ 40.Kd2 Rf1 41.Ke2 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.09"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7
7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 Re8 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bc1 Nh6 12. h3
Nf7 13. Be3 Nf8 14. Qd2 Ne6 15. d5 Neg5 16. Nxg5 Nxg5 17. f4
exf4 18. gxf4 Nf7 19. Rae1 c5 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. c5 Ba6 22. Rf2
Qc7 23. Qc2 dxc5 24. Na4 Bb5 25. Nxc5 Qa5 26. Ra1 Nd6 27. a4
Bc4 28. Rd1 Bf7 29. Rxd6 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Qxe3 31. Rd1 Bf8 32. Nd7
Bb3 33. Rd3 Bxc2 34. Rxe3 Bxa4 35. Nxf6+ Kf7 36. Nxe8 Bc5
37. Nd6+ Bxd6 38. Rd3 Rd8 39. e5 Bc7 40. Rfd2 Rxd3 41. Rxd3
Bb6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.09"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Sokolsky"]
[Black "Lev Aronin"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Bf5 5. h3 Na6 6. g4 Bg6
7. g5 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. f3 Bg6 10. e4 Be7 11. h4 h6 12. Nh3
Nc5 13. Be3 c6 14. Qd2 cxd5 15. cxd5 Rc8 16. Nf2 h5 17. Bh3
Rc7 18. Nd3 Nd7 19. O-O O-O 20. Bf5 Nb6 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. f4
Bxf5 23. exf5 e4 24. Nf2 Qc8 25. Qe2 Qxf5 26. Qxe4 g6 27. Rac1
Rfc8 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Re1 Kh7 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. Nd3 b5
32. Rc1 Rc4 33. Rxc4 bxc4 34. Nc1 Bd8 35. Kf2 Bb6+ 36. Ke2 Kg6
37. b3 cxb3 38. axb3 Bd4 39. Nd3 Kg7 40. Ne1 Bb6 41. Nc2 Bc5
42. b4 Bg1 43. Na3 Kf8 44. Nc4 Ke7 45. Na5 b5 46. Nb3 Kf8
47. Na1 Bd4 48. Nc2 Bc3 49. Kd3 Bb2 50. Kd2 Kg7 51. Ne3 Kg6
52. Nc2 Kg7 53. Ne3 Kg6 54. Nc2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.11"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Grigory Levenfish"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Kh1 d5
12. e5 Ne4 13. Bd3 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qe1 Qd7 16. Na4 Bf7
17. Nac5 Qc8 18. Bg3 Bxc5 19. Nxc5 Re8 20. Qf2 Ne5 21. Bf5 Qc6
22. Rae1 Neg4 23. Qd4 b6 24. Nd7 Qc4 25. Nxf6+ Nxf6 26. Be5
Qxd4 27. Bxd4 Ne4 28. Kg1 Bg6 29. Bd7 Re7 30. Ba4 Rf8
31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Bc6 Nf6 33. Rxe7 Kxe7 34. c3 Kd6 35. Bb7
Bb1 36. a3 Bd3 37. Kf2 Be4 38. h3 Ne8 39. g3 Bf5 40. g4 Be6
41. Be3 Kc7 42. Ba6 Nd6 43. Bd3 g6 44. Bc2 Nc4 45. Bc1 Kd7
46. Kg3 Ke7 47. Kf4 Kf6 48. h4 Bd7 49. b3 Ne5 50. c4 Ke6
51. Bb2 Nf7 52. cxd5+ Kxd5 53. Be4+ Kd6 54. Bg7 Be6 55. b4 Ke7
56. Bd3 Nd6 57. h5 Bf7 58. Kg5 gxh5 59. gxh5 Bg8 60. h6 b5
61. Bd4 Nc4 62. Bc5+ Ke6 63. a4 a6 64. a5 Ke5 65. Bf8 Ne3
66. Bg7+ Kd6 67. Be4 Nd5 68. Bf8+ Kc7 69. Kf5 Nc3 70. Bc2 Nd5
71. Ke5 Ne3 72. Be4 Ng4+ 73. Kf5 Nf2 74. Bc2 Bc4 75. Kf6 Bd3
76. Bxd3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.11"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "A97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.11"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Victor Liublinsky"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Ne8
8.Nge2 Nd7 9.O-O Rb8 10.a3 a6 11.Kh1 Nc7 12.b4 b5 13.bxc5 Nxc5
14.Rb1 Rb7 15.cxb5 Nxb5 16.Nxb5 Rxb5 17.Rxb5 axb5 18.Nc3 Ba6
19.Rg1 Qa5 20.Na2 Bc8 21.Nb4 f5 22.exf5 Bxf5 23.Be3 Qc7 24.Qe2
Ra8 25.Qxb5 Rxa3 26.Bxc5 dxc5 27.Qe8+ Bf8 28.Nc6 Bg6 29.Qe6+
Bf7 30.Qxe5 Qxe5 31.Nxe5 Bd6 32.Nc4 Ra6 33.Rc1 Be7 34.Be4 g6
35.f3 Kf8 36.Rb1 Ra7 37.Rb8+ Kg7 38.Rc8 Ra1+ 39.Kg2 Rd1 40.Rc7
Kf8 41.Kf2 Rd4 42.Ne3 Rd2+ 43.Ke1 Rd4 44.Ke2 Ra4 45.Rc6 Ra2+
46.Ke1 Ra1+ 47.Kd2 Ra2+ 48.Nc2 Ra7 49.h4 Be8 50.Rc8 Bd6 51.f4
Ke7 52.Ne3 Ra4 53.Bc2 Rd4+ 54.Kc3 Bf7 55.Rh8 h5 56.Rh6 Kf6
57.Bxg6 Bxg6 58.f5 Be5 59.Rxg6+ Kf7 60.Kc2 Ra4 61.Kd3 Rd4+
62.Ke2 c4 63.Kf3 Bf6 64.Rh6 Kg7 65.Rxh5 c3 66.g4 Rd3 67.g5 Bd4
68.f6 Kg8 69.Ke4 Rxe3+ 70.Kxd4 c2 71.f7 Kxf7 72.Rh7+ Kg6
73.Rh6+ Kf5 74.Rf6+ Kg4 75.Rc6 Re2 76.g6 Rd2+ 77.Ke4 Kh5 78.g7
Rg2 79.Rxc2 Rxg7 80.d6 Kxh4 81.Rd2 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.11"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O c6 6.d3 Be7 7.Nbd2
O-O 8.Qc2 c5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.d4 c4 11.b3 cxb3 12.Nxb3 Nc6
13.Ne5 Qe8 14.Bb2 Ne4 15.Rfc1 Bd7 16.f3 Nf6 17.Nxd7 Nxd7 18.e4
f4 19.Re1 Qh5 20.exd5 Qxd5 21.Re4 fxg3 22.hxg3 Nf6 23.Re3 Qh5
24.Nc5 Bd6 25.Ne4 Nxe4 26.fxe4 Qg5 27.Qb3+ Kh8 28.e5 Nxe5
29.Rxe5 Bxe5 30.dxe5 Rad8 31.Rf1 Rxf1+ 32.Bxf1 h5 33.Qf3 h4
34.Qf4 Qxf4 35.gxf4 Rd2 36.e6 Kg8 37.Bc4 Rxb2 38.e7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.11"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 dxc4 7.Bxc4
Bd6 8.Bd2 e5 9.O-O-O Qe7 10.Ng5 O-O 11.f4 exd4 12.exd4 Nb6
13.Bd3 h6 14.Nge4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Nd5 16.Nxd6 Qxd6 17.f5 a5 18.a3
b5 19.Qc5 Qc7 20.Kb1 b4 21.Rc1 Qd7 22.Qxc6 Nc3+ 23.Rxc3 bxc3
24.Qxa8 cxd2 25.Qxa5 Qxd4 26.Qc3 Qd5 27.Rd1 Rd8 28.Rxd2 Bxf5
29.Kc2 Bxd3+ 30.Qxd3 Qc5+ 31.Qc3 Qf5+ 32.Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.11"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladas Jonovich Mikenas"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.d4
Bd6 8.Nf3 Bf4 9.Ba3 b6 10.Be2 Bb7 11.O-O Nd7 12.Qa4 Qf5 13.d5
exd5 14.cxd5 O-O-O 15.Nd4 Qxd5 16.Bf3 Nc5 17.Qxa7 Ne4 18.Bg4+
Rd7 19.Rfd1 Nd2 20.f3 Be3+ 21.Kh1 h5 22.Bxd7+ Qxd7 23.Bc1 Nc4
24.Bxe3 Nxe3 25.Re1 Nc4 26.Rad1 Rd8 27.Rb1 h4 28.h3 g5 29.Rb4
Na5 30.Rb5 Re8 31.Reb1 Nc4 32.Rxg5 Nd2 33.Rd1 Qe7 34.Rg4 c5
35.Qxb6 cxd4 36.Rxd4 Nxf3 37.Rc4+ Kb8 38.gxf3 Rg8 39.Re4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.11"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Alexey Sokolsky"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6
6. Bc4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Bd6 9. d4 Nd7 10. Bb3 Re8 11. c4
Nf8 12. Be3 Bf5 13. c5 Bb8 14. d5 Be4 15. d6 b6 16. Nd2 Bd3
17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qb3+ Re6 19. Qxd3 bxc5 20. Ne4 Bxd6
21. Rfd1 Bh2+ 22. Kxh2 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Rxe4 24. Bxc5 a5 25. Rc1
Rb8 26. Ba3 Re6 27. Rc2 Rb7 28. Rd8 Nd7 29. Rc8 Nb8 30. Rf8+
Kg6 31. g4 Nd7 32. Rc8 h5 33. gxh5+ Kxh5 34. R8xc6 Rxc6
35. Rxc6 Ne5 36. Rc5 g5 37. Rxa5 Rd7 38. Bc5 Rd2 39. b3 Nd3
40. Be3 Re2 41. Kg2 Ne5 42. Bd4 Nc6 43. Ra4 Nxd4 44. Rxd4 Rxa2
45. Rb4 Rc2 46. Rb5 Rc3 47. Rb8 Kg6 48. b4 Rb3 49. b5 Kf5
50. b6 Kf4 51. b7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.11"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf3 a6 10. a4 Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5
12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd2 Rfc8 14. Rfd1 Kf8 15. h3 Rc4 16. Qe1 Rac8
17. Bd2 Qc7 18. a5 Bd8 19. Be2 Rc6 20. Be3 Qe7 21. Bd3 Bc4
22. Bg5 Qe6 23. Qe2 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 h6 25. Be3 Ne8 26. Ra4 Rc4
27. Ra3 Rb4 28. b3 Rc6 29. Nd5 Rb5 30. Rda1 Rbc5 31. Bxc5 Rxc5
32. b4 Rc8 33. Rc3 Rxc3 34. Qxc3 g6 35. Rd1 f5 36. Qf3 Ng7
37. Ne3 f4 38. Nd5 h5 39. Qd3 g5 40. Nb6 Be7 41. Qd5 g4
42. Qxb7 gxh3 43. Qc8+ Kf7 44. Qxe6+ Nxe6 45. Nc8 hxg2
46. Kxg2 Nd4 47. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.11"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Grigory Abramovich Goldberg"]
[Black "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 d6
7. O-O Nbd7 8. f4 Re8 9. d3 a5 10. f5 gxf5 11. Rxf5 Nf8
12. Rf1 c6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bh3 15. Rf2 Qd7 16. Nc3 f5
17. Bg2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 e4 19. d4 Ng6 20. Ne2 Bh6 21. Bd2 Re7
22. Qb3 a4 23. Qa3 Rg7 24. Kh1 Bg5 25. Raf1 Ne7 26. d5 cxd5
27. cxd5 Rf7 28. Nd4 Bh6 29. g4 f4 30. exf4 Nxd5 31. Nf5 Bf8
32. Qh3 Re8 33. Ne3 Nxe3 34. Bxe3 d5 35. Rd1 Bg7 36. Rfd2 Rd8
37. f5 d4 38. Bxd4 Bxd4 39. Rxd4 Qxd4 40. Rxd4 Rxd4 41. Qe3
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.11"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lev Aronin"]
[Black "Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5
7. O-O Bd3 8. Re1 Be7 9. Re3 e4 10. Ne1 Bxb1 11. Rxb1 Nf6
12. d3 d5 13. Bb3 Ne5 14. Re2 c6 15. dxe4 Nxe4 16. f3 Qb6+
17. Be3 Nc5 18. Bd4 Ng6 19. Nd3 O-O 20. Bc2 Bd6 21. b4 Qc7
22. Nxc5 Bxh2+ 23. Kf1 Qg3 24. Bxg6 Qxg6 25. Qd3 Qf7 26. Rbe1
Bg3 27. Re7 Rae8 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Qe2 Qf7
31. Qe6 b6 32. Qc8+ Qf8 33. Qxf8+ Kxf8 34. Ne6+ Kf7 35. Nd8+
Ke7 36. Nxc6+ Kd6 37. Nb8 Kc7 38. Nxa6+ Kc6 39. a4 b5 40. a5
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.12"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Nxe4
7. d4 Bd7 8. Re1 Nf6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5+ Be7
12. Bg5 Bxa4 13. Qxa4+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Nd2 Rae8 16. Rd1
Kc8 17. Rde1 Bd6 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 20. Ne4 Bf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.12"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e6 4.Nc3 Qb6 5.Nge2 Nf6 6.Qd3 Na6 7.a3 c5
8.e5 Nd7 9.f4 f5 10.g3 Be7 11.Bg2 O-O 12.O-O cxd4 13.Nxd4 Ndc5
14.Qe3 Ne4 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.b4 Bd7 17.Qf2 Nc7 18.c4 Qa6 19.b5
Qa4 20.Be3 Rac8 21.Rfc1 Na8 22.Bf1 a6 23.bxa6 Qxa6 24.Nb5 Rfd8
25.a4 Qa5 26.c5 Bc6 27.Nd6 Nc7 28.Nxc8 Rxc8 29.Qd2 Qa7 30.a5
Nd5 31.a6 Rd8 32.Qf2 bxa6 33.Bxa6 Qc7 34.Bc4 g5 35.h3 Kh8
36.Bxd5 Rxd5 37.fxg5 Kg8 38.Ra6 Qd7 39.Raa1 Rd3 40.Kh2 Bf8
41.Rab1 Bg7 42.Rb8+ Kf7 43.Qf4 Qc7 44.Rcb1 Bxe5 45.Qh4 Bxg3+
46.Qxg3 Qxg3+ 47.Kxg3 Rxe3+ 48.Kf4 Rxh3 49.Rc8 Bd5 50.c6 Rf3+
51.Ke5 Rc3 52.g6+ hxg6 53.Rb7# 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.12"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.12"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Victor Liublinsky"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Be7 6.Nxd4 d6
7.Bb5 Bd7 8.O-O O-O 9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.Bd3 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bd7 12.c3
Bf6 13.Qc2 g6 14.Qb3 b6 15.Bd2 Qc8 16.Rac1 Qb7 17.Bb5 c6
18.dxc6 Bxc6 19.Bxc6 Qxc6 20.Be3 d5 21.Rcd1 Rfd8 22.Rd3 Rd7
23.Rfd1 Rad8 24.a4 Kg7 25.Qb5 Qxb5 26.axb5 Be5 27.f4 Bf6
28.Kf2 h5 29.Kf3 Kf8 30.h3 Bg7 31.g4 hxg4 32.hxg4 Bf6 33.R3d2
Kg8 34.Kf2 Bg7 35.Kf3 d4 36.Bxd4 Bxd4 37.Rxd4 Rxd4 38.Rxd4 Rc8
39.Rd7 Rc5 40.Rxa7 Rxb5 41.b4 Rd5 42.Ke4 Rd8 43.c4 Kf8 44.Rb7
Re8+ 45.Kd4 Rd8+ 46.Ke5 Re8+ 47.Kd5 Rd8+ 48.Ke5 Re8+ 49.Kd6
Re4 50.Kd5 Rxf4 51.Rxb6 Rxg4 52.c5 Rg1 53.b5 Rd1+ 54.Kc6 g5
55.Ra6 Ke7 56.b6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.12"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Grigory Levenfish"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3
Nbd7 8.Rc1 c6 9.a3 a6 10.Bd3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Ba2 c5 13.O-O
Bb7 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd7 16.Bg3 b4 17.Nb1 Nb6 18.Nd2 Rc8
19.Qe2 Qd7 20.Nc4 Qb5 21.Qc2 Bd5 22.Bb1 g6 23.Nd6 Bxd6 24.exd6
f5 25.axb4 Qxb4 26.Qe2 a5 27.Be5 Nc4 28.Bc3 Qb7 29.Bd3 Nxd6
30.Ba6 Qc6 31.Bxc8 Rxc8 32.Rfd1 a4 33.f3 Kh7 34.Qf2 Bb3 35.Rd3
Nb5 36.Be5 c4 37.Qd2 Qb6 38.Rd7+ Kg8 39.Rg7+ Kf8 40.Re1 Qc6
41.Rxg6 c3 42.bxc3 Qd5 43.Qxd5 Bxd5 44.Rxh6 Kf7 45.h4 a3 46.h5
Rg8 47.Rh7+ Ke8 48.Kf2 Bc4 49.h6 a2 50.Rb7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.12"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2
e5 8.O-O e4 9.Nfd2 Re8 10.Nc3 Nf8 11.Re1 c6 12.f3 exf3 13.Bxf3
d5 14.b4 Bf5 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Qb3 Ne4 17.Rad1 Be6 18.Bxe4 dxe4
19.d5 Bf5 20.Nf1 Bd7 21.Ng3 f5 22.Rd2 Rc8 23.Nce2 Bxb2 24.Qxb2
Qb6 25.Nf4 Qd6 26.Nge2 Rc4 27.a3 Rec8 28.Nd4 Qe5 29.g3 g5
30.Nfe2 Ng6 31.Rf1 Rf8 32.d6 Rcc8 33.Nb3 Qxb2 34.Rxb2 b6
35.Rc1 Ne5 36.Rbc2 Rxc2 37.Rxc2 Rf6 38.Rc7 Rxd6 39.Nbd4 Ng4
40.Rxa7 Nxe3 41.Nb3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.12"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 e6
7. Be3 Nd4 8. Qd2 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 f5 11. Rae1 Rb8
12. Nd1 b5 13. c3 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 b4 15. e5 Ba6 16. c4 Rc8
17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Bf2 Kf7 19. g4 Rc7 20. Ne3 Kg8 21. gxf5 gxf5
22. Nd1 Bc8 23. Qf3 Kh8 24. Kh1 Nc6 25. Qh5 Bd4 26. Bxd4+ Nxd4
27. Re3 Rg8 28. Qh4 Rg4 29. Qf6+ Rcg7 30. Rg3 Rxg3 31. hxg3
Kg8 32. Kh2 Rg6 33. Qe5 Qxe5 34. fxe5 Ne2 35. Bf3 Nd4 36. Ba8
Kg7 37. Ne3 Ne2 38. Rf3 Bd7 39. Nc2 Rg4 40. Ne3 Rd4 41. Nc2
Rg4 42. Ne3 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.12"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Lev Aronin"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O
Re8 8.Qc2 c6 9.b3 Qa5 10.Bb2 Nf8 11.Rad1 Ng6 12.a3 Bf8 13.b4
Qc7 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Ng5 h6 16.Nge4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Be6 18.Bd3 a5
19.c5 axb4 20.axb4 f5 21.Nd6 Bxd6 22.Bxf5 Bxf5 23.Qxf5 Qf7
24.Qxf7+ Kxf7 25.Rxd6 Red8 26.Rdd1 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Ra2 28.Rd2 e4
29.f3 exf3 30.Rf2 Nh4 31.g3 Nf5 32.e4 Ne3 33.Rxf3+ Ke6 34.Bd4
Ng4+ 35.Bxg7 Nxh2 36.Rf6+ Ke7 37.Rf2 Rxf2 38.Kxf2 h5 39.Ke3
Ke6 40.Kf4 Ng4 41.Bd4 Nh2 42.Bf2 Kf6 43.Bg1 Nf1 44.Bd4+ Kf7
45.Bf2 Kg6 46.e5 Nh2 47.Bd4 Kf7 48.Kf5 Ke7 49.Be3 Ng4 50.Bf4
Nf2 51.e6 Nd3 52.Bd6+ Ke8 53.Kg6 Nxb4 54.Kxh5 Nd5 55.g4 b5
56.cxb6 Nxb6 57.g5 Nd5 58.g6 c5 59.g7 Nf6+ 60.Kg6 Ng8 61.Bxc5
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.12"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Grigory Abramovich Goldberg"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 b6 6. Ne2 Ba6
7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. O-O c5 9. c3 Qc8 10. f4 g6 11. g4 Qc6 12. Nf3
h5 13. f5 hxg4 14. fxe6 gxf3 15. exd7 Qxd7 16. Rxf3 Nc7
17. Qf1 Ne6 18. Be3 Bh6 19. Qf2 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Rh4 21. Raf1 Re4
22. Qf2 f5 23. exf6 Ng5 24. f7+ Kf8 25. Rg3 Nh3+ 26. Rxh3 Qxh3
27. Ng3 Re6 28. dxc5 Rd8 29. cxb6 axb6 30. Qf4 Red6 31. Re1
Re6 32. Rf1 Red6 33. Ne2 Qh7 34. Nd4 g5 35. Qe5 Qh6 36. a4 g4
37. b4 g3 38. hxg3 Qg7 39. Qxg7+ Kxg7 40. Nf5+ Kf8 41. Nxd6
Rxd6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.12"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Sokolsky"]
[Black "Vladas Jonovich Mikenas"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. d4 d6 8. c3 Bg4 9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 exd4
12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Rc1 Na5 15. Qc2 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Nc4
17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. b3 Ba3 19. Rce1 Bg6 20. Qc3 Rb8 21. f4 Bb4
22. Qc1 c3 23. Nf3 Qe7 24. g4 Be4 25. Ng5 Bd3 26. Rf2 Rb6
27. a3 Bxa3 28. Qxc3 Qb4 29. Rc1 Bxc1 30. Qxd3 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 g6
32. Re2 Rxb3 33. Rxe1 Rxd3 34. Bxc1 a5 35. f5 a4 36. e6 fxe6
37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Rxe6 Rc3 39. Rxg6+ Kh8 40. Rh6+ Kg8 41. Rg6+
Kh8 42. Ne6 Rb8 43. Bf4 Kh7 44. Rg7+ Kh8 45. Rg5 Kh7 46. Rg7+
Kh8 47. Rd7 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.15"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 Be7 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 exd4
12. cxd4 Na5 13. Qc2 c5 14. Nc3 Nc6 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. e5 Nb4
17. Qe2 Nfd5 18. Rd1 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Nd5 20. Bb2 Qd7 21. c4 bxc4
22. Qxc4 Rfd8 23. Rac1 Qe6 24. a3 Nc7 25. Nd2 Rd5 26. Qa4 Rad8
27. Nf1 Qb6 28. Rxd5 Nxd5 29. Ba1 h6 30. Ng3 Bg5 31. Rf1 Qg6
32. Qc4 Qc6 33. Rd1 Rd7 34. Rb1 Nf4 35. Qe4 Qxe4 36. Nxe4 Ne6
37. g3 Be7 38. Bc3 Ng5 39. Nxg5 hxg5 40. a4 Rd3 41. Rc1 f5
42. exf6 gxf6 43. Kf1 Kf7 44. Ke2 Rd6 45. Rb1 f5 46. Rb7 Rc6
47. h4 gxh4 48. gxh4 Re6+ 49. Kf3 Kg6 50. Rc7 Bxh4 51. Rxc5
Bf6 52. Bd2 Bg5 53. Be3 Bxe3 54. fxe3 Kf6 55. a5 Re5 56. Rc6+
Re6 57. Rb6 Ke5 58. Rxe6+ Kxe6 59. Kf4 Kf6 60. e4 fxe4
61. Kxe4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.15"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 dxc4 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Nc6
7.e3 Bg4 8.Bxb4 Nxb4 9.Na3 Ke7 10.Bxc4 Nc6 11.Bd5 Bxf3 12.gxf3
Nxe5 13.f4 c6 14.fxe5 cxd5 15.Rc1 Nh6 16.Ke2 Rhc8 17.Nb5 Kd7
18.Rhd1 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 a6 20.Nd4 Ng8 21.Rg1 g6 22.Rg3 Rc8 23.Kd2
f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.15"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Nc6 6.f3 b6 7.e4
Ba6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Na5 10.Qa4 Qc8 11.Nh3 Nh7 12.Bd3 O-O 13.e5
Re8 14.O-O Nf8 15.Nf4 d5 16.cxd5 Bxd3 17.Nxd3 exd5 18.f4 Ng6
19.Bg3 Qf5 20.Nb4 c6 21.Rae1 h5 22.Qc2 Ne7 23.Qd1 Qg6 24.f5
Nxf5 25.Rf3 Nc4 26.Qc1 a5 27.Nd3 h4 28.Bf2 Qh5 29.Qf4 g6
30.Rh3 Qh6 31.Qxh6 Nxh6 32.Bxh4 Nf5 33.Bf6 Ng7 34.Rh6 Re6
35.Nf4 Rxf6 36.exf6 Ne8 37.Nxg6 fxg6 38.Rxg6+ Kf8 39.g4 Ned6
40.Re7 Re8 41.Rh7 Re1+ 42.Kg2 Re2+ 43.Kh3 Rf2 44.Ra7 Ne3
45.Rh6 Rf3+ 46.Kh4 Ng2+ 47.Kh5 Nf4+ 48.Kh4 Rh3+ 49.Kg5 Ne4+
50.Kxf4 Rxh6 51.g5 Rxh2 52.Kf5 Rh5 53.Ra8+ Kf7 54.Ra7+ Kf8
55.Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.15"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.15"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Grigory Levenfish"]
[Black "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.Qd2 c5 7.dxc5
dxc5 8.Rd1 Qxd2+ 9.Rxd2 Nc6 10.e3 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Nh5
13.Bc7 g4 14.Ng1 Be6 15.h3 g3 16.Nd5 gxf2 17.Kxf2 Nf6 18.Nxf6+
Bxf6 19.Nf3 Rac8 20.Bf4 Rfd8 21.Be2 Rxd2 22.Nxd2 Bxb2 23.Rb1
Bc3 24.Ne4 Bb4 25.a3 Bxa3 26.Rxb7 Bb4 27.Bxh6 a5 28.Ng5 a4
29.Nxe6 fxe6 30.Bf3 Kf7 31.Bxc6 Rxc6 32.Ra7 a3 33.Bf4 Rc8
34.h4 Rd8 35.Be5 Rd2+ 36.Kf3 Rc2 37.h5 Rxc4 38.g4 Bc3 39.Bxc3
Rxc3 40.g5 Rb3 41.Ra8 c4 42.h6 Kg6 43.Rg8+ Kh7 44.Re8 c3
45.Rxe7+ Kh8 46.Re8+ Kh7 47.Re7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.15"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Victor Liublinsky"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Ne8
8.Nge2 Nd7 9.O-O Rb8 10.Be3 a6 11.a4 b6 12.Nc1 Kh8 13.Nd3 a5
14.f4 Bf6 15.Qd2 Qe7 16.Rad1 g6 17.f5 Rg8 18.fxg6 fxg6 19.Nf2
Bg7 20.Nh3 Ndf6 21.Bg5 Qf8 22.Nf2 h6 23.Be3 Kh7 24.g4 Qe7
25.h4 Rb7 26.Nh1 Rf8 27.Rf3 Qd8 28.Rdf1 Rbf7 29.Ng3 Qd7 30.Qd1
Ng8 31.Rxf7 Rxf7 32.Rxf7 Qxf7 33.Qb3 Qb7 34.Nb1 Bf6 35.Nd2 Nc7
36.Nf3 Bg7 37.Qd1 Na6 38.Qf1 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.15"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladas Jonovich Mikenas"]
[Black "Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 Nbd7 5.e4 g6 6.d5 Bg7 7.Be2
O-O 8.h3 Nc5 9.Qc2 c6 10.b4 Na6 11.a3 cxd5 12.cxd5 Nh5 13.g3
f5 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.f3 Nh5 16.Nf1 Nxg3 17.Nxg3 Qh4 18.Bxa6 Qxg3+
19.Qf2 Qxf2+ 20.Kxf2 bxa6 21.Kg2 Bd7 22.Be3 Rac8 23.Rhc1 Rc7
24.Ne2 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 fxe4 26.fxe4 Bxh3+ 27.Kxh3 Rf3+ 28.Ng3
Rxe3 29.Rc6 Rxa3 30.Rxd6 Bf8 31.Rd8 Rb3 32.Ra8 Rxb4 33.Rxa7
Ra4 34.Nf1 Rxe4 35.Nh2 h5 36.Nf3 Re3 37.Kg2 Re2+ 38.Kh1 e4
39.Ne5 Re1+ 40.Kg2 Rg1+ 41.Kh2 Rg5 42.Nd7 Bg7 43.Ra8+ Kh7
44.d6 e3 45.Re8 Rd5 46.Rxe3 Rxd6 47.Nc5 Rd2+ 48.Kh1 a5 49.Re7
Kh6 50.Ne6 Re2 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.15"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. Be3 Bf6 11. Qd2 Qe7
12. Rad1 d6 13. d5 e5 14. Qc2 Bc8 15. Bc1 g5 16. Ne1 f4 17. e4
h5 18. Nd3 a5 19. Kh1 Bg4 20. f3 Bd7 21. Rg1 Kf7 22. gxf4 gxf4
23. a3 Rg8 24. Qe2 Na6 25. Qf1 Nc5 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Bd2 Bh4
28. Bh3 Rxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Bf2+ 30. Qxf2 Rg8+ 31. Kh1 Bxh3 32. Rg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.15"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Aronin"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Qe2 Be7 10.Rd1 O-O 11.c4 bxc4 12.Bxc4 dxc4
13.Rxd8 Raxd8 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Rd5 16.Be3 Nxe5 17.Nd4 Bg4
18.f3 Bc8 19.Bf4 Bd6 20.Rb1 h6 21.Qe4 Ra5 22.Rb8 c6 23.Ra8 Bd7
24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.g4 f6 26.Qe2 Rd5 27.Kg2 Nd3 28.Bxd6+ Rxd6
29.Qe4 Ne5 30.Kg3 c5 31.Qa8+ Kf7 32.Qb8 Ke7 33.Nf5+ Bxf5
34.gxf5 Rd3 35.Qc7+ Kf8 36.Qc8+ Kf7 37.Qe6+ Kf8 38.Qc8+ Kf7
39.Qe6+ Kf8 40.Qc8+ Kf7 41.Qe6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.15"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Grigory Abramovich Goldberg"]
[Black "Alexey Sokolsky"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O
7. Nge2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd2 c5 11. Rc1 Nc6
12. Qa4 a6 13. Bb1 Rc8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Rfd1 d4 16. Ne4 Nxe4
17. Bxe4 Bd6 18. Bf3 Re8 19. b4 c4 20. Rxc4 Ne5 21. Rxc8 Nxf3+
22. gxf3 Qxc8 23. Rc1 Qd8 24. Nxd4 Be5 25. Bc3 Bxd4 26. Bxd4
Bxf3 27. Qxa6 Qh4 28. Be5 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 h5 30. Bc7 Re6 31. Qd3
Rg6 32. Ke1 Qe6 33. Kd2 Be4 34. Qc4 Qf5 35. Bg3 Kh7 36. Qd4
Qe6 37. Rc4 f5 38. Kc3 Qe8 39. Kb2 Qb5 40. Qc5 Qa4 41. b5 Qd1
42. Rd4 Qb1+ 43. Kc3 h4 44. Rxe4 Qxe4 45. Qb4 hxg3 46. Qxe4
fxe4 47. hxg3 Rd6 48. a4 Rd1 49. b6 Ra1 50. Kb4 Kg6 51. Kb5
Kf5 52. b7 Ke6 53. Kc6 Rc1+ 54. Kb6 Rb1+ 55. Kc7 Rc1+ 56. Kb6
Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.17"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Sokolsky"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "138"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.17"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5
dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Nd5 c6 11.Ne7+ Kf8 12.Nxc8
Rdxc8 13.Nd2 Nc5 14.f3 Ke8 15.Be3 Bf8 16.Bxc5 Bxc5 17.Nb3 Bb4+
18.Kd1 a5 19.a3 Be7 20.a4 Nd7 21.Kc2 Nf8 22.Rac1 Ne6 23.Kb1
Bc5 24.g3 Ra6 25.Bf1 Rb6 26.Kc2 Rb4 27.Bh3 Rxc4+ 28.Kb1 Rxc1+
29.Rxc1 Bb4 30.Nc5 Bxc5 31.Bxe6 fxe6 32.Rxc5 b6 33.Rxe5 Kf7
34.Rg5 Rd8 35.Kc2 Rd4 36.b3 Kf6 37.h4 e5 38.Rg4 b5 39.axb5
cxb5 40.Kc3 a4 41.bxa4 bxa4 42.f4 Rxe4 43.Kd3 Kg7 44.h5 a3
45.Kxe4 a2 46.hxg6 hxg6 47.Rg5 a1=Q 48.Rxe5 Qc3 49.Rg5+ Kf6
50.Kd5 Qd3+ 51.Kc5 Kf7 52.Kc6 Qd4 53.Kb5 Qc3 54.Kb6 Qc4 55.Kb7
Qe6 56.Kc7 Kf6 57.Kb7 Qd6 58.Kc8 Qc6+ 59.Kd8 Qb7 60.Re5 Qb6+
61.Kc8 Kf7 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.17"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "140"]

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.cxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Ba6
13.Bxa6 Nxa6 14.Ng3 Nc7 15.Qc2 Ne6 16.Rd1 Qc8 17.Nf5 Re8 18.b3
Qb7 19.Bb2 Qe4 20.Rac1 Rab8 21.Qxe4 Nxe4 22.Rd7 Bf8 23.Rxa7
Rxb3 24.Be5 c4 25.Ra4 g6 26.Ne3 Bxa3 27.Ra1 Bc5 28.Rxc4 Nxf2
29.Kxf2 Bxe3+ 30.Kf1 Ng5 31.Bc3 Nxf3 32.gxf3 Bh6 33.Ra7 Rb5
34.Re4 Rc8 35.Be5 Bf8 36.Re2 Bg7 37.Bxg7 Kxg7 38.Kf2 Rf5
39.Rae7 Rc4 40.R7e4 Rc1 41.Re1 Rc6 42.Re5 Rxe5 43.Rxe5 Rc4
44.Kg3 Kf6 45.f4 Rc3+ 46.Kg2 Kg7 47.h3 Rc7 48.Kg3 Kh6 49.Ra5
f5 50.Ra3 Kh5 51.Rb3 h6 52.Ra3 Rc4 53.Rb3 g5 54.fxg5 hxg5
55.Rb8 f4 56.Kg2 Rc2+ 57.Kf3 Rc3+ 58.Kg2 Rg3+ 59.Kh2 Re3
60.Kg2 Kg6 61.Rf8 Re2+ 62.Kf3 Rh2 63.Rh8 Kg7 64.Rh5 Kf6 65.Rh8
Rh1 66.Kg2 Rd1 67.Rf8+ Kg7 68.Rf5 Rd2+ 69.Kf3 Rd3+ 70.Kg2 Kg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.17"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.17"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Grigory Levenfish"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 Nc6 5.fxe4 e5 6.dxe5 Nxe5
7.Bf4 d6 8.Nf3 Ng6 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.Bf2 Nhf4 11.Bd4 c6 12.Qd2 Qa5
13.Be3 Ne6 14.Bc4 Bd7 15.a3 O-O-O 16.b4 Qc7 17.Bxa7 b5 18.Bxe6
Bxe6 19.Qe3 Re8 20.a4 d5 21.axb5 Bxb4 22.O-O c5 23.Ra6 d4
24.Nxd4 cxd4 25.Bxd4 Bxc3 26.Bxc3 Bd5 27.Qh3+ Kb7 28.Bd4 Be6
29.Ra7+ Kb8 30.Qa3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.17"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Vladas Jonovich Mikenas"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 Be6 6.e3 dxe3 7.Qxd8+
Rxd8 8.Bxe3 h6 9.Nc3 a6 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.cxd5 Rxd5 12.Bc4 Ra5
13.Ke2 Nxe5 14.b4 Nxc4 15.bxa5 Nxa5 16.Rab1 Ne7 17.Rhc1 Nec6
18.Nd4 Bxa3 19.Rxc6 Nxc6 20.Nxc6 Kd7 21.Ne5+ Kc8 22.Nxf7 Re8
23.f4 Bc5 24.Ne5 Bxe3 25.Kxe3 b5 26.Kd4 Rd8+ 27.Kc3 Kb7 28.Nd3
Re8 29.Ne5 Rd8 30.Re1 a5 31.Nd3 a4 32.Re7 a3 33.Nb4 Ra8 34.Kb3
Ra4 35.g3 Kb6 36.Re6+ Kb7 37.Re7 Kb6 38.Re6+ Kb7 39.Re5 Ra5
40.Rc5 Kb6 41.Rc6+ Kb7 42.Rg6 c5 43.Rxg7+ Kc8 44.Na2 Ra6 45.f5
Rd6 46.Kxa3 Rd3+ 47.Kb2 Rd2+ 48.Kb3 Rf2 49.Nc3 Rf3 50.Kc2 Rxf5
51.Nxb5 Rf2+ 52.Kd3 Rxh2 53.Nd6+ Kd8 54.Nb7+ Ke8 55.Nxc5 h5
56.Ke3 h4 57.g4 h3 58.Ne4 Ra2 59.Rh7 Kf8 60.Nf2 Ra3+ 61.Kf4
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.17"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qb6
7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. O-O h6 11. Qxb6 axb6
12. Be3 O-O 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. Bb5 Rec8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5
Bxe5 17. Bxb6 Bd6 18. Bd4 Bf5 19. f3 Bc2 20. Rac1 Ba4 21. Bxa4
Rxa4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. a3 f5 24. Nb3 Kg7 25. Rcd1 Kf6 26. Re2
h5 27. h3 Rc6 28. Kf1 Rb6 29. Nc1 Rc4 30. Na2 Bc5 31. Rd3 f4
32. Ke1 h4 33. Kd1 Be3 34. Kc2 Rc8 35. Nb4 Bc5 36. Kb1 Ra8
37. Rd1 Bxb4 38. axb4 Kf5 39. Kc2 Rba6 40. Ree1 b5 41. Rd2 f6
42. Red1 Ra1 43. Rxa1 Rxa1 44. Rd1 Ra8 45. Rd2 Ke5 46. b3 Ra7
47. Kb2 Rb7 48. Rd4 Rb8 49. Kc2 f5 50. Kb2 Rh8 51. Rd2 Rc8
52. Rd4 Rc7 53. Kc2 Ra7 54. Kb2 Ra6 55. Rd1 Ra8 56. Rd2 Rc8
57. Rd4 Kd6 58. Rxf4 Rg8 59. c4 Rxg2+ 60. Ka3 Rg3 61. c5+ Ke5
62. Rxh4 Rxf3 63. Rh8 d4 64. h4 Rf2 65. h5 Rh2 66. h6 f4
67. c6 Kd6 68. h7 e5 69. Rd8+ Kxc6 70. h8=Q Rxh8 71. Rxh8 Kd5
72. Kb2 Ke4 73. Kc2 Ke3 74. Kd1 e4 75. Rd8 f3 76. Ke1 d3
77. Rd5 Kf4 78. Rd4 Ke5 79. Rd8 Kf4 80. Kd2 f2 81. Rf8+ Kg3
82. Ke3 d2 83. Kxd2 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.17"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov"]
[Black "Grigory Abramovich Goldberg"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. d3 Nge7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Nd4 10. Ne1 f5 11. f4 Rb8 12. Nd5
fxe4 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. dxe4 Be6 15. c3 Nc6 16. Nf3 Rbd8
17. Ng5 Bc4 18. f5 d5 19. exd5 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 gxf5 21. Ne6 Qxe6
22. dxe6 Rxd2 23. Bxd2 Ne7 24. Bg5 Bf6 25. Be3 b6 26. Rd1 Re8
27. Rd7 a5 28. Rb7 e4 29. Bf1 Nd5 30. Bh6 Rxe6 31. Bc4 Rd6
32. Bf4 Rd8 33. Rb8 Rxb8 34. Bxd5+ Kg7 35. Bxb8 b5 36. Bd6 b4
37. Bxc5 bxc3 38. bxc3 Bxc3 39. Be7 h5 40. a4 Bd4+ 41. Kf1 Be5
42. Bd8 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.17"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd3 Be7 8. Rd1 O-O 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6
12. Kh1 Qa5 13. f4 h6 14. Bh4 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Qe3 Rad8
17. Bc4 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5
Bd8 22. b4 b5 23. Bb3 g6 24. Nc3 Be7 25. Nd5 Bg5 26. c4 bxc4
27. Bxc4 b5 28. Bb3 Kg7 29. h3 Rc8 30. g4 Bb7 31. Kg2 Rc1
32. Rxc1 Bxc1 33. a4 bxa4 34. Bxa4 f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Bd7
fxe4 37. b5 Bxd5 38. Bc6 Be6 39. b6 Ba3 40. b7 Bd6 41. Bxe4
Kf6 42. h4 Bf5 43. Bc6 e4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.17"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Victor Liublinsky"]
[Black "Lev Aronin"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 d5
12. e5 Nd7 13. Ne2 Qc7 14. Qe3 g5 15. Bg3 Bg7 16. h4 gxh4
17. Rxh4 Bxe5 18. Rxh6 Rxh6 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxh6 Bb5 21. Qd2
O-O-O 22. Nd4 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.19"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.19"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Qb3 Bxf3
7.gxf3 Ra7 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.O-O c5 10.Rd1 cxd4 11.Rxd4 Qc7 12.Be2
Nc6 13.Rd1 Be7 14.Bd2 O-O 15.Rac1 Rd8 16.Na4 b5 17.Nc5 Na5
18.Bxa5 Qxa5 19.Rxd8+ Bxd8 20.Qd3 Qc7 21.Nb3 Qb8 22.Rc6 Nd5
23.a3 Bf6 24.Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.19"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O c6 6.Bc4 Nf6
7.Qe2 d6 8.e5 dxe5 9.Qxe5+ Be7 10.Re1 b5 11.Bb3 a5 12.a4 Ra7
13.axb5 O-O 14.b6 Qxb6 15.d3 Bb4 16.Rf1 Qd8 17.Bg5 Re8 18.Qg3
Be6 19.Bxe6 Rxe6 20.Nd2 h6 21.Bxf6 Rxf6 22.Ne4 Re6 23.Qh3 Qd5
24.c3 dxc3 25.bxc3 Be7 26.f4 f5 27.c4 Qd4+ 28.Kh1 g6 29.Rab1
h5 30.Rb8+ Kf7 31.Qg3 fxe4 32.f5 Rf6 33.Rh8 Qxd3 34.fxg6+ Kg7
35.Rh7+ Kg8 36.Qxd3 exd3 37.Rxf6 Bxf6 38.Rxa7 Bd4 39.Rf7 d2
40.Rf1 Bb2 41.Kg1 a4 42.Kf2 a3 43.Ke2 a2 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.19"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lev Aronin"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.19"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Grigory Levenfish"]
[Black "Alexey Sokolsky"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.d4 Bg4
7.Be2 Qc7 8.O-O Nd7 9.c4 O-O-O 10.Be3 Rg8 11.Qa4 e5 12.Rfe1 e4
13.Nh4 Bd6 14.g3 Bh3 15.Bf1 Bxf1 16.Kxf1 Nb6 17.Qc2 Qd7 18.c5
Qh3+ 19.Ke2 Qg4+ 20.Kd2 Be5 21.cxb6 Bxd4 22.Kc1 axb6 23.a4
Bxe3+ 24.fxe3 Rg5 25.Ra3 Rgd5 26.Ng2 Qd7 27.Kb1 f5 28.Nf4 Rd2
29.Qb3 Qc7 30.Re2 Rxe2 31.Nxe2 Rd2 32.Nd4 Rxh2 33.Nxf5 Rf2
34.g4 h5 35.Qb4 hxg4 36.Qxe4 Qd7 37.Rd3 Qe6 38.Qxg4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.19"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.19"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladas Jonovich Mikenas"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 d5 7.Nbd2
Nc6 8.b3 Bd7 9.Bb2 a5 10.Ne5 Be8 11.f3 a4 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Qc2
a3 14.Bc3 Ra6 15.Rae1 Be8 16.e3 c5 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Bxf6 Rxf6
19.cxd5 Bb4 20.Rd1 exd5 21.f4 Rad6 22.Nf3 Qb6 23.Nd4 Bd7
24.Rc1 Rf8 25.Bf3 g6 26.Rfd1 Re8 27.Qd3 Bc6 28.Kf2 Bc5 29.Qc3
Bb4 30.Qc2 Bd7 31.h3 Bc6 32.h4 Qc7 33.Qd3 Qb6 34.h5 Bc5 35.Rd2
Bxd4 36.Qxd4 Qxd4 37.Rxd4 Kf7 38.Rc5 Red8 39.Ra5 Kf6 40.Rxa3
Rc8 41.Ra5 Ke6 42.Rc5 b6 43.Rc2 Bb7 44.Rxc8 Bxc8 45.h6 Bb7
46.g4 fxg4 47.Bxg4+ Kf6 48.e4 Rc6 49.e5+ Ke7 50.Rb4 Kd8 51.Ke3
Kc7 52.Kd2 Rc5 53.Be6 Ra5 54.Ra4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.19"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Victor Liublinsky"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. c3 Nbd7
7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bf4 f5 11. h4 c4
12. Bc2 b5 13. Nf3 Nc5 14. g4 b4 15. gxf5 exf5 16. Ng5 g6
17. h5 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 cxd3 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qxd3 bxc3 21. bxc3
Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Qa5 23. Bf6 Re8 24. Qd4 Kf7 25. e6+ Rxe6 26. Bd8
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.19"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Grigory Abramovich Goldberg"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Ne2 d5 7.cxd5
exd5 8.a3 cxd4 9.axb4 dxc3 10.bxc3 Nc6 11.O-O Ne5 12.Bc2 Bd7
13.Ra5 Re8 14.Bb3 b6 15.Ra2 Bb5 16.Ba4 Bc4 17.Rd2 Re7 18.f3 b5
19.Bc2 Qb6 20.Rd4 Nc6 21.Bd3 Nxd4 22.Nxd4 Bxd3 23.Qxd3 a6
24.g4 Rd8 25.Kg2 Ne8 26.Nf5 Red7 27.Bd2 Nd6 28.Nd4 Qc7 29.Nb3
Qc4 30.Qc2 Re7 31.Kf2 Rde8 32.Nd4 Qc7 33.Kg1 Nc4 34.Nf5 Re6
35.Bc1 Ne5 36.Nd4 Rg6 37.Kg2 Qc4 38.Rd1 Nc6 39.h3 Rc8 40.Nxc6
Rgxc6 41.Bb2 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.11.19"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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
g6 13. Nf1 Kg7 14. Ne3 Re8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh2 Be6 17. Qf3
Rad8 18. g4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. Nf1 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Nd7 22. a4
Nf8 23. g5 Ne6 24. h4 f6 25. Qg4 Nf4 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bxf4
exf4 28. Ra6 fxg5 29. h5 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Rxd7 31. hxg6 Rd2
32. Bb1 h5 33. e5 Bf8 34. Re1 c4 35. Rc6 f3 36. Rf6 g4
37. Rf7+ Kg8 38. Rc7 Rxe5 39. Rf1 h4 40. Rc8 Kg7 41. Rc7+ Be7
42. Rb7 0-1

