[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.10"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 O-O
7. Bg5 Ne8 8. Nbd2 Nc7 9. a4 d6 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Re1 b6 12. Bh4
Qd7 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Nc4 d5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Qd2 Rad8
17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. Bg3 Nf8 19. Bh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.10"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Nikolai V Krogius"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 c5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 b6 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.e4 Be6
13.exd5 Bxd5 14.Qc2 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Nd4 16.Qd1 Bd6 17.Kg2 Qh4
18.h3 f5 19.Be3 Rf6 20.Rh1 Rg6+ 21.Kf1 Rf6 22.Kg2 Rg6+ 23.Kf1
Rf6 24.Kg2 Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.10"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bb5
Nd7 8.O-O e5 9.Bg5 Qe8 10.Rc1 a6 11.Ba4 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bg4 13.h3
Bxf3 14.Nxf3 exd4 15.cxd4 Qxe4 16.d5 Na5 17.Rxc7 Rac8 18.Re7
Qb4 19.Bd2 Qb5 20.Bxa5 Qxa5 21.Rxb7 Bxb2 22.Ng5 Na8 23.Qe2 Be5
24.h4 Rc7 25.Rxc7 Nxc7 26.h5 Qb4 27.g3 Nb5 28.Kg2 Bf6 29.Ne4
Bg7 30.hxg6 hxg6 31.Qg4 a5 32.Qh4 f5 33.Ng5 Qxh4 34.gxh4 Nd4
35.Ba4 Rb8 36.Rc1 Be5 37.Rc7 Nb5 38.Re7 Bf6 39.Rd7 Be5 40.Nf7
Nc3 41.Nh6+ Kh8 42.Nf7+ Kg8 43.Nxe5 dxe5 44.Bb3 a4 45.Bc4 Ne4
46.d6 Kh8 47.f3 Nd2 48.Bd5 Rb2 49.Rb7 Rc2 50.Rc7 Rb2 51.d7 Ne4
52.Kf1 Rb1+ 53.Ke2 Rb2+ 54.Ke3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.10"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3
7. Bxc3 cxd4 8. Bxd4 Nbc6 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. c3 Bd7 11. Bd3 Ng6
12. O-O Ngxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bc2 f6 15. Qh5+ Kf8 16. Rae1
Nc6 17. Bc5+ Kg8 18. f4 b6 19. Bf2 Qd6 20. Re3 Qxf4 21. Rg3
Be8 22. Qe2 Qd6 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Rxf6 Ne5 25. Rf2 Bg6 26. Bb3
h5 27. h3 Rh6 28. Re3 Be4 29. Qd2 Rd8 30. Rg3 Ng4 31. Rf4 Rf8
32. Rgxg4 hxg4 33. Rxe4 gxh3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.10"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d6 6. g3
b6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. Qc2 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2
12. Kxg2 Qc8 13. b3 Nc6 14. Qd2 Rd8 15. Rac1 Qb7 16. e4 Nxe4
17. Nxe4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 f5 19. Rfe1 fxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxe4+
21. Rxe4 Kf7 22. Rce1 Re8 23. Rf4+ Ke7 24. Rh4 h6 25. Rg4 Kf7
26. Re3 Re7 27. h4 Rc8 28. Rf3+ Ke8 29. Rd3 Kd7 30. Rgd4 Rc6
31. h5 a6 32. a4 Kc7 33. g4 Rd7 34. f4 b5 35. cxb5 axb5
36. axb5 Rb6 37. Rc4+ Kd8 38. Re4 Ke7 39. Rde3 Rxb5 40. Rxe6+
Kf7 41. Rg6 Rdb7 42. Rxd6 Rxb3 43. Kf3 Rxe3+ 44. Kxe3 Re7+
45. Kf3 Re1 46. g5 hxg5 47. fxg5 Rf1+ 48. Ke4 Re1+ 49. Kd5
Rd1+ 50. Kc6 Rg1 51. Rd7+ Kf8 52. Rd5 Ke7 53. Re5+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.10"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eduard Gufeld"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6
7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qd5 Nc5 9. Na3 Ne6 10. Bd3 Ne7 11. Qe4 Ng6
12. Bc2 f5 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. b4 Be7 15. Nc4 b6 16. Ne3 Ngf4
17. Qc4 Bb7 18. Nd4 b5 19. Nxe6 bxc4 20. Nxd8 Bxd8 21. Rd1
Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nxc3 23. Rxd7 Bc8 24. Rd4 Be6 25. a4 Be7 26. Ba3
f4 27. Nxc4 Rad8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Na5 Kf7 30. b5 Rd2 31. Bxe7
Rxc2 32. Bc5 Nxb5 33. Bb4 Nd4 34. Ba3 Bd5 35. Rd1 c5 36. Rc1
Ke6 37. Rxc2 Nxc2 38. Bxc5 a6 39. Bd6 g5 40. f3 Ne3+ 41. Kf2
g4 42. fxg4 Nxg4+ 43. Kg1 Nxe5 44. Bc7 Kf5 45. g3 f3 46. h3
Nd3 47. Bb6 Ke4 48. Ba7 Nb2 49. Kf2 Nxa4 50. g4 Nb2 51. Kg3
Nd1 52. h4 Kd3 53. g5 Ne3 54. Kf2 Nf5 55. h5 Ke4 56. Bb8 Ne3
57. Ba7 Ng4+ 58. Kg3 Kf5 59. g6 hxg6 60. hxg6 Nf6 61. Nb3 Bxb3
62. Kxf3 Kxg6 63. Ke3 Kf5 64. Kd2 Ne4+ 65. Kc1 a5 66. Kb2 a4
67. Bd4 Ke6 68. Bc3 Kd5 69. Bb4 Kc4 70. Ka3 Kb5 71. Bf8 Nd2
72. Kb2 Nc4+ 73. Kc3 Bd1 74. Bg7 a3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.10"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O
Bd6 8.Kh1 Nc6 9.Be3 Bf4 10.Bxf4 Qxf4 11.Nce2 Qh6 12.h3 O-O
13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.f4 c5 15.c4 Bb7 16.Ng3 d6 17.Kh2 Rad8 18.Qe2
Nd7 19.Rad1 Nb8 20.e5 dxe5 21.Qxe5 Qf6 22.Qxc5 Qxb2 23.Rf2 Qc3
24.Rfd2 g6 25.f5 exf5 26.Nxf5 Nd7 27.Qd4 Qxd4 28.Nxd4 Ne5
29.Be2 Rc8 30.Rc1 Rfd8 31.c5 Rc7 32.Rb1 Rd5 33.Rb6 Rdxc5
34.Bxa6 Bxa6 35.Rxa6 Rd7 36.Rc2 Rxc2 37.Nxc2 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.10"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly S Lutikov"]
[Black "Jacob Yuchtman"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 exf5 5.Qh5+ g6 6.Qe2+ Kf7
7.Nf3 c6 8.g3 Bd6 9.Bf4 Nf6 10.Ne5+ Bxe5 11.Bxe5 Nbd7 12.f4
Re8 13.Bg2 Ng4 14.Bf3 Ndxe5 15.fxe5 Qg5 16.Bxg4 Qxg4 17.Qxg4
fxg4 18.Nd1 Bf5 19.Ne3 Ke6 20.O-O Rf8 21.Rf4 Be4 22.Raf1 Rxf4
23.Rxf4 h5 24.Rf6+ Ke7 25.c3 a5 26.c4 dxc4 27.Nxc4 b5 28.Nd6
Bb1 29.a3 b4 30.Nb7 bxa3 31.bxa3 Be4 32.Nc5 Bf5 33.Rxc6 Rd8
34.Ra6 Rxd4 35.Rxa5 Rd5 36.Ra7+ Ke8 37.Nb7 Rxe5 38.Nd6+ Kf8
39.Nxf5 Rxf5 40.a4 Rf3 41.a5 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.10"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nge7 7.Bb3
h6 8.Nh4 exd4 9.cxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Nc6 11.Qd5 Qxh4 12.Qxf7+ Kd8
13.Nc3 Ne5 14.Qd5 Qg4 15.O-O Bc6 16.Qd1 Qxd1 17.Rxd1 g5 18.f3
a5 19.a4 Bg7 20.Be3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.10"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Aleksander S Nikitin"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.d5 e5 11.b3 Bd6 12.O-O O-O 13.Re1 Rb8
14.Bf1 Ne8 15.a4 Nc7 16.axb5 Nxb5 17.Nxb5 axb5 18.Bb2 Re8
19.Ra7 Qb6 20.Ra2 Ba6 21.Qd2 c4 22.b4 Bb7 23.g3 Ra8 24.Rxa8
Bxa8 25.Bh3 Nf8 26.Nh4 g6 27.Ra1 Bb7 28.Bc3 f6 29.Ng2 Ra8
30.Rxa8 Bxa8 31.Qa2 Bb7 32.Ne3 Qa6 33.Qxa6 Bxa6 34.Nc2 Kf7
35.Bd2 Ke7 36.Be3 Nd7 37.Bxd7 Kxd7 38.Bc5 Ke7 39.f3 Bc8 40.Kf2
Kd7 41.Na3 Ba6 42.Bxd6 Kxd6 43.Ke3 g5 44.f4 h5 45.f5 Ke7
46.Kf3 Kd6 47.Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.11"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Qd3 b6
12. Be2 Bb7 13. Bf3 Rfd8 14. Bh4 Ba6 15. Qd2 b5 16. a3 Rac8
17. Kb1 Qc7 18. f5 Rb8 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Ne2 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.11"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.Ng3 h5 7.h4 Bb7
8.Bd2 a6 9.Qc2 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 Qxd5
13.Rc1 Nc6 14.Be2 O-O-O 15.Bf3 Qd7 16.O-O Ne7 17.Bxb7+ Kxb7
18.Rc3 e5 19.Rfc1 exd4 20.Rxc7+ Qxc7 21.Rxc7+ Kxc7 22.exd4 Nd5
23.Qd3 g6 24.Qxa6 Rd7 25.Ne4 Re8 26.Nc3 Nxc3 27.bxc3 Re6 28.a4
Rc6 29.a5 b5 30.Qxb5 Rxc3 31.Qb6+ Kc8 32.a6 Rcc7 33.d5 Rd8
34.d6 Rc1+ 35.Kh2 Kd7 36.Qb7+ Kxd6 37.Qxf7 Rc5 38.Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.11"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 a6
7. a3 d6 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Qf3 Nd7 11. O-O Bf6 12. Bd2
Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 14. Kh1 Nc5 15. Rac1 O-O 16. b4 Nxd3
17. cxd3 Qd8 18. Ne2 Bb6 19. f5 e5 20. Qh5 f6 21. Rf3 Qe8
22. Qh4 Bd7 23. Rcf1 Rc8 24. Rh3 Kf7 25. Qxh7 Rh8 26. Qg6+ Kg8
27. Rxh8+ Kxh8 28. Qg4 Rc2 29. Bc1 Kg8 30. h4 Qf7 31. h5 Be8
32. Ng3 Kf8 33. h6 gxh6 34. Bxh6+ Ke7 35. Kh2 Qh7 36. Qh4 Qh8
37. Kh3 Bf2 38. Bg5 Qg7 39. Bh6 Bxg3 40. Bxg7 Bxh4 41. Kxh4
Rxg2 42. Rc1 Rxg7 43. Rc7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.11"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Bxc4 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3
Nfd7 8.Qe2 Nb6 9.Bb3 Nc6 10.Rd1 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qd7
13.Ne4 Rad8 14.Nc5 Qc8 15.Bd2 Nd7 16.Nd3 e6 17.Rac1 Rfe8 18.h4
Ne7 19.h5 c6 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.g3 Qc7 22.Kg2 Qb6 23.Rh1 Qb5
24.Nc5 Nxc5 25.Rxc5 Qd3 26.Ba5 Rd5 27.Bxd5 Nxd5 28.Rcc1 f5
29.Bc3 Nf6 30.Rcd1 Qc4 31.Rhe1 g5 32.g4 fxg4 33.Qe2 Qxa2 34.e4
Rf8 35.Ra1 Qb3 36.Rxa7 Nh5 37.Qd1 Nf4+ 38.Kg3 Qb6 39.Ra3 e5
40.Qb3+ Qxb3 41.Rxb3 Nd3 42.Re3 Nc1 43.Rxb7 exd4 44.Rxg7+ Kxg7
45.Bxd4+ Kg6 46.e5 Rf3+ 47.Rxf3 gxf3 48.Kxf3 Kf5 49.e6 Kxe6
50.Kg4 Nd3 51.f3 Ne1 52.Bc3 Nc2 53.Kxg5 Ne3 54.f4 Nf5 55.Be5
Ne3 56.Kg6 Nf5 57.Kh5 Ne3 58.Kg5 Nf5 59.Kg6 Ne3 60.b3 Nf5
61.Bb2 Ng3 62.Be5 Nf5 63.Kg5 Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.11"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5
7. g3 e6 8. Bg2 Bb4 9. Nxc4 O-O 10. a5 Nd5 11. Bd2 Na6 12. O-O
Rc8 13. Re1 Re8 14. Qb3 Ne7 15. e3 Rb8 16. Ne4 Bxd2 17. Ncxd2
Bg6 18. Rec1 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Nc7 20. Qc2 a6 21. Nc5 Ng6 22. Rd1
Nf8 23. Ne4 Qd7 24. Nc5 Qd8 25. Ne4 Qd7 26. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.11"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Anatoly S Lutikov"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Na6
7. Qf3 g6 8. a3 Nc7 9. Nge2 Ne6 10. h4 Bd6 11. g3 Qe7 12. Kf1
Bd7 13. Rb1 Kf7 14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. gxf4 Be6 16. Ne2 Qd7 17. c3
a5 18. Ng3 h5 19. Rg1 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.11"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jacob Yuchtman"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bb4 6. Bc4
Nf6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Ba3 Qxd1
12. Raxd1 Bf5 13. Bxf8 Rxf8 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Rb1 e4
17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Bf1 c5 19. Nb5 c4 20. f3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nxf3+
22. Kf2 Ng4+ 23. Kg3 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 f5 25. Bxc4+ Kh7 26. Be2
Ne5 27. Kf4 Ng6+ 28. Ke3 f4+ 29. Kd4 Kh8 30. Rg1 Nh4 31. Kxe4
Re8+ 32. Kd3 f3 33. Bd1 Ng2 34. Kd2 Nh4 35. Nd4 Rd8 36. Rf1
Rd5 37. Kd3 Ra5 38. Bb3 g5 39. Nxf3 Rf5 40. Nd2 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.11"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e4 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Rb1 exd4 9.Nxd4 Re8 10.f3 c6 11.Bg5 Qe7 12.Qd2 Qf8
13.Kh1 Nb6 14.Rbd1 Nfd7 15.Rfe1 Nc5 16.Be3 Be5 17.Bf1 a5
18.Qc2 a4 19.f4 Bh8 20.e5 Nbd7 21.Nxc6 bxc6 22.Rxd6 Ne6
23.Rxc6 f6 24.c5 Nb8 25.Rd6 fxe5 26.Bc4 Bg7 27.Nd5 Ba6 28.Ne7+
Qxe7 29.Rxe6 Qxe6 30.Bxe6+ Rxe6 31.f5 Rf6 32.Qd2 Nc6 33.fxg6
Rxg6 34.Qd5+ Kh8 35.Qe4 Bb5 36.Rd1 Rf8 37.h3 Nd4 38.Rd2 Ne2
39.Qh4 Ng3+ 40.Kg1 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.11"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikolai V Krogius"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 c6 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 b5
8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.Nge2 O-O 10.O-O bxc4 11.Bxc4 a5 12.Bh6 Rb8
13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Rad1 Qb6 15.b3 Ne5 16.Bd3 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Ba6
18.Qd2 Nd7 19.Rf2 Qb4 20.f4 Nb6 21.f5 a4 22.Nf4 axb3 23.axb3
c5 24.dxc5 Qxc5 25.Ncd5 Nxd5 26.Nxd5 Rxb3 27.Nxe7 f6 28.fxg6
hxg6 29.Nd5 Rd3 30.Qe1 Rxd1 31.Qxd1 Rc8 32.h3 Qc1 33.Qxc1
Rxc1+ 34.Kh2 Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.11"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aleksander S Nikitin"]
[Black "Eduard Gufeld"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6
7.Qxd6 Qf6 8.Qd1 Qg6 9.Nc3 Nge7 10.h4 h5 11.Bg5 d5 12.exd5 Nb4
13.d6 Nec6 14.Bd3 Nxd3+ 15.Qxd3 Bf5 16.d7+ Kf8 17.Qd5 f6
18.Be3 Qf7 19.O-O-O Rd8 20.Qd6+ Kg8 21.Qc7 Rxd7 22.Rxd7 Qxd7
23.Qxd7 Bxd7 24.Rd1 Bf5 25.f3 Kf7 26.a3 Rc8 27.Ne4 Bxe4
28.fxe4 Ke6 29.Bc5 Rd8 30.Rxd8 Nxd8 31.Kd2 f5 32.Kd3 g6 33.c4
Nf7 34.Bf8 Nd8 35.Bc5 Nc6 36.Bb6 Nb8 37.b4 Nd7 38.Bd8 b5 39.c5
Nb8 40.g3 Nc6 41.Bg5 a5 42.Bd2 axb4 43.axb4 Ne7 44.Be3 fxe4+
45.Kxe4 Nd5 46.Bd2 Nf6+ 47.Kd3 Kd5 48.Bg5 Nd7 49.Bd2 Nb8
50.Bc3 Ke6 51.Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.13"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Aleksander S Nikitin"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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. Qe2 Nc5 11. Nd4 Nxd4
12. cxd4 Nxb3 13. axb3 O-O 14. Nc3 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bf4
Qb6 17. Qd3 Rad8 18. Bg5 Rd7 19. Rac1 Bd4 20. Qg3 Bf5 21. Bf6
Bg6 22. Qg4 gxf6 23. Qxd7 Rd8 24. Qg4 fxe5 25. Rcd1 Kh8 26. b4
Qf6 27. Rd2 Bf5 28. Qd1 Rg8 29. Nxd5 Be4 30. Nxf6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.13"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly S Lutikov"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O
Be7 8.a3 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 O-O 10.Bg5 b6 11.Kh1 Bb7 12.Rad1 Rc8
13.Bb3 Rc5 14.Bh4 Qa8 15.f3 Rd8 16.Qf2 Ba6 17.Rfe1 Bc4 18.Na4
Rcc8 19.Bxc4 Rxc4 20.b3 Rc7 21.c4 d5 22.Qg3 Rcd7 23.cxd5 exd5
24.e5 Ne8 25.Nc3 Bxh4 26.Qxh4 d4 27.Ne4 Qd5 28.f4 d3 29.b4 Qe6
30.Ng5 Qf5 31.g4 Qg6 32.f5 Qh6 33.Qxh6 gxh6 34.Ne4 Rd4 35.Re3
R8d5 36.Nc3 Rd8 37.Nb5 R4d7 38.Nd6 Nxd6 39.Rexd3 Re8 40.exd6
Kg7 41.Kg2 Re2+ 42.Kg3 h5 43.h3 Kf6 44.Kf4 h6 45.Rc1 a5 46.b5
hxg4 47.hxg4 Rf2+ 48.Ke4 h5 49.gxh5 Rxf5 50.Rf3 Rxf3 51.Kxf3
Ke5 52.Rd1 f5 53.h6 Ke6 54.Kf4 Kf6 55.h7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.13"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Nikolai V Krogius"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Be2 a6 8.a3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.f4 d6 11.Qe1 Bd7 12.Qg3 Nxd4
13.Bxd4 Bc6 14.Rae1 Rfd8 15.Bd3 Ne8 16.Qh3 b5 17.Nd5 Qb7
18.Rf3 Bf8 19.Qh4 f5 20.Rh3 h6 21.exf5 e5 22.f6 Bxd5 23.Rg3 e4
24.Qxh6 Nxf6 25.Bxf6 exd3 26.cxd3 Re8 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.Qh5 Qf7
29.Qg5 Re1+ 30.Kf2 Qe6 31.Qh5 Rc1 32.Bc3 Bc6 33.h4 Qa2 34.Qe2
Qb3 35.Qg4 Qf7 36.h5 Qa7+ 37.Ke2 Qe7+ 38.Kf2 Bd5 39.h6 Qa7+
40.Ke2 Qe7+ 41.Kf2 Qa7+ 42.d4 Bc4 43.Re3 Rf1+ 44.Kg3 Rh1
45.hxg7 Qxg7 46.Qxg7+ Kxg7 47.Kg4 Kf7 48.g3 Bd5 49.Bb4 Be7
50.Re2 Bb3 51.Re3 Bd5 52.Kf5 Rh5+ 53.Kg4 Rh2 54.Bc3 Bc4 55.Kf5
Rh6 56.Re1 Rf6+ 57.Kg4 Rg6+ 58.Kh3 Be6+ 59.Kg2 Rh6 60.Rg1 Bd5+
61.Kf2 Rh2+ 62.Ke3 Bf6 63.g4 Bh4 64.Rf1 Bc4 65.Ra1 Rh3+ 66.Ke4
Bf2 67.f5 Be3 68.Bb4 Bg5 69.Re1 Rg3 70.Bxd6 Rxg4+ 71.Kf3 Rxd4
72.Be5 Bd5+ 73.Kg3 Rd3+ 74.Kg4 Bf6 75.Kf4 Rf3+ 76.Kg4 Rf2
77.Re3 Rg2+ 78.Kh3 Rg5 79.Bxf6 Kxf6 80.Rd3 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.13"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eduard Gufeld"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 d4 4. Ne2 c5 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 Nfd7
7. cxd4 cxd4 8. Qa4 Nc6 9. Nexd4 Ndxe5 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nxc6
Nxc6 12. O-O Be7 13. d4 a6 14. Be2 O-O 15. Be3 Nb4 16. Qd1 Qa5
17. Ne5 Bb5 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Qb3 a5 20. a4 Bc6 21. Na3 Bd5
22. Qc3 Qd8 23. Qd2 Bc6 24. Nb5 Qd5 25. Bf3 Qf5 26. Bxc6 bxc6
27. Na3 Rfd8 28. Qe2 Bf6 29. Rfd1 Rd5 30. Rd2 Rad8 31. Rad1 h5
32. Nc4 Rb8 33. Rc1 h4 34. h3 Be7 35. Ne5 c5 36. Nc4 Qe4
37. dxc5 Bxc5 38. Rxd5 exd5 39. Nd2 Qd3 40. Qxd3 Nxd3 41. Rc3
Bxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.13"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O
Bd6 8.Kh1 Nc6 9.Be3 h5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.f4 Ng4 12.Qf3 Nxe3
13.Qxe3 e5 14.Ne2 Bb7 15.Bc4 f6 16.Qd3 exf4 17.e5 Bxe5 18.Qg6+
Kd8 19.Qxg7 f5 20.Qg5+ Kc8 21.Qxf5 Kb8 22.Nxf4 Bxb2 23.Rab1
Ba3 24.Qd3 Bc5 25.Bxa6 Bb6 26.Bxb7 Kxb7 27.c4 Kc8 28.Qc3 Rf8
29.Nd3 Rxf1+ 30.Rxf1 Qa7 31.Qh8+ Bd8 32.Ne5 Qd4 33.Qe8 Rxa2
34.Nf7 Qf6 35.Qe1 Qg6 36.Rf2 Rxf2 37.Qxf2 Qb1+ 38.Qg1 Qxg1+
39.Kxg1 Bc7 40.Ng5 Kb7 41.Ne4 Be5 42.Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.13"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Jacob Yuchtman"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5
7. d5 Na6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nd2 Nf4 12. O-O
Nc5 13. Bg4 a5 14. f3 Ncd3 15. Qc2 c6 16. Kh1 h5 17. Bxc8 Rxc8
18. a3 cxd5 19. cxd5 Nc5 20. Bf2 g4 21. g3 Ng6 22. fxg4 hxg4
23. Be3 b5 24. Nxb5 Qb6 25. a4 Qa6 26. Nc4 f5 27. Rxf5 Rxf5
28. exf5 Qb7 29. Qg2 Nb3 30. Ncxd6 Qd7 31. Rf1 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.13"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. Qd2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rad1 Nc5 11. Rfe1 Bd7
12. a3 Qc7 13. b4 Na4 14. Nxa4 Bxa4 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nxe6
Qxc2 17. Qd4 Kf7 18. Rc1 Qa2 19. e5 dxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxf2+
21. Kxf2 Ng4+ 22. Kg1 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5+ Kg6 25. Ne6
Rhe8 26. Re3 Rac8 27. Rf1 Bb5 28. Rg3+ Kh6 29. Nxg7 Rf8
30. Re1 Rf6 31. h3 Rc2 32. Re4 Rc4 33. Re5 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.13"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 d6
7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Bxd5 c6 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. cxd6 Qe8 11. Qf3+
Kg8 12. Qe3 Be6 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. O-O Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Bc4 16. Qxe8
Rxe8 17. d3 Bxd3 18. Rd1 Bxe2 19. d7 Rd8 20. Bg5 Bxd1 21. Rxd1
Be7 22. Bxe7 Kf7 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. f4 Ke7 25. Kf2 Rxd7
26. Rxd7+ Kxd7 27. Ke3 Ke6 28. Ke4 g6 29. b4 h5 30. g3 Kf6
31. h3 Ke6 32. g4 b6 33. Kd4 Kf6 34. a4 Ke6 35. Ke4 Kd6 36. a5
Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.13"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4
O-O 8.d5 exd5 9.Ng5 Na6 10.Nh3 Qc8 11.cxd5 d6 12.e4 Re8 13.f3
Nc7 14.a4 Na6 15.Re1 Bf8 16.Nf2 Nb4 17.Be3 g6 18.Qd2 a6 19.Na2
Nxa2 20.Rxa2 a5 21.b3 Ba6 22.Rc1 Bg7 23.Bh3 Qb7 24.Bh6 Bh8
25.Qf4 Nh5 26.Qh4 Bd4 27.g4 Ng7 28.Rd1 Qe7 29.Qxe7 Rxe7 30.Bf1
Bxf1 31.Kxf1 Rb7 32.Rd3 Ne8 33.Bd2 b5 34.g5 Ng7 35.Ng4 Nh5
36.axb5 Rxb5 37.Ra4 Rab8 38.Rxa5 Rxa5 39.Bxa5 Nf4 40.Bc7 Rc8
41.Rxd4 cxd4 42.Bxd6 Rc1+ 43.Kf2 Rc2+ 44.Ke1 Ng2+ 45.Kd1 d3
46.Bb4 h5 47.Nf6+ Kg7 48.Bd2 Nh4 49.d6 Nxf3 50.d7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.13"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.d4
cxd4 8.cxd4 a6 9.Bf1 d6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Nc3 Bd7
13.Qb3 b5 14.Be3 Rb8 15.f3 Ne8 16.Nb1 Nd6 17.Nd2 Re8 18.Rac1
a5 19.Qd1 e6 20.Nb3 exd5 21.exd5 Nf5 22.Bf2 Bh6 23.Rc2 a4
24.Nc5 Nd4 25.Nxd7 Qxd7 26.Rc5 Bf8 27.Bxd4 exd4 28.Rxe8 Qxe8
29.Rc2 Qe5 30.a3 Qxd5 31.Bd3 Re8 32.Re2 Rc8 33.Rc2 Rd8 34.Qe2
Bh6 35.g3 Be3+ 36.Kg2 Kg7 37.Rc7 Rb8 38.Qc2 Qd6 39.Qc5 Qxc5
40.Rxc5 b4 41.axb4 Rxb4 42.Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.14"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 Nb6 9. Nf3 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. h3 Nf4
12. Bf1 Ng6 13. h4 Be6 14. Bd3 Bg4 15. h5 Nf4 16. Ne5 Nxd3+
17. Qxd3 Be6 18. Ne2 f6 19. Nf3 Nc4 20. Nf4 Nd6 21. Qa3 a5
22. Nh4 Bf7 23. g4 Qd7 24. O-O-O h6 25. Nf5 Nxf5 26. gxf5 Qxf5
27. Rdg1 Rg8 28. Rg3 c5 29. dxc5 O-O-O 30. c6 bxc6 31. Qxa5 d4
32. Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.14"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3
Bg7 8.Bg5 a6 9.a4 h6 10.Bf4 Bg4 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Re8 13.Qc2
Qc7 14.Rfe1 Nbd7 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 c4 17.Be2 Rac8 18.a5 Nc5
19.Bxc4 Nfxe4 20.Nxe4 Rxe4 21.Rxe4 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 Qxc4 23.Qf3
Qb4 24.Qg3 Qxb2 25.Re1 Qb5 26.Qf3 Bf8 27.h4 Qxa5 28.Rb1 b5
29.h5 g5 30.Qg3 Qa2 31.Rd1 Qe2 {31...Qa4! +-} 32.Rd3 Bg7
33.Qh3 Rc2 34.Bxd6 Rc1+ 35.Kh2 Qxf2 36.Rf3 Qg1+ 37.Kg3 Qe1+
38.Kh2 Be5+ 39.Bxe5 Qxe5+ 40.Qg3 Qxd5 41.Rd3 Qc5 42.Qg4 Qe5+
0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.14"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Anatoly S Lutikov"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.Bc4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.d4 Nf6
7.O-O O-O 8.h3 Nc6 9.Re1 Nd7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Be3 Nb6 12.Bf1 Be6
13.Ne4 Bc4 14.Nc5 Bxf1 15.Kxf1 Rb8 16.Qd3 Nd5 17.Bd2 a5 18.c4
Ndb4 19.Bxb4 Nxb4 20.Qe4 b6 21.Na4 b5 22.cxb5 Rxb5 23.Nc3 Rb6
24.a3 Re6 25.Qb7 Rb6 26.Qe4 Re6 27.Qb7 Rb6 28.Qe4 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.14"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jacob Yuchtman"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 Bc5
7.O-O Qe7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Nc4 Nd7 10.Ne3 Re8 11.Nf5 Qd8 12.Bg5 f6
13.Be3 Bf8 14.Re1 Nc5 15.Ng3 Ne6 16.d4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4
18.Qxd4 Qxd4 19.Bxd4 Be6 20.Be3 Bd6 21.Rad1 a5 22.a3 b5 23.Ne2
Bc4 24.Nd4 c5 25.Nf5 Bf8 26.Bf4 Rac8 27.f3 Be6 28.g4 a4 29.c3
b4 30.cxb4 cxb4 31.axb4 Bxb4 32.Bd2 Bf8 33.Bc3 Rb8 34.Kg2 a3
35.bxa3 Rb3 36.Ba5 c5 37.Re3 Rb2+ 38.Rd2 Rb5 39.Bc7 Ra8 40.Rc3
g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.14"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "E88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5
7. d5 c6 8. Qd2 cxd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. g4 Nbd7 11. Nge2 h5 12. g5
Nh7 13. h4 b5 14. Ng3 Nb6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. O-O-O Rc8 17. Kb1
Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nce2 Qe7 20. Rc1 Rfc8 21. Rxc4 Rxc4
22. Nc1 f5 23. Bb6 Qf7 24. Nd3 fxe4 25. fxe4 Qf3 26. Qe3 Bg4
27. Rf1 Qxe3 28. Bxe3 Nf8 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kxc1 Kf7 31. Kc2
Nd7 32. Kc3 a5 33. Nf2 Bf3 34. a4 bxa4 35. Kc4 Ke7 36. Kb5 Kd8
37. Kxa4 Kc7 38. Kxa5 Kb7 39. Nd3 Bf8 40. Nb4 Nb8 41. Nc2 Be7
42. Na3 Bd8+ 43. Kb5 Na6 44. Nc4 Nc7+ 45. Ka4 Ne8 46. b4 Bd1+
47. Ka3 Ka6 48. Nf1 Kb5 49. Nfd2 Bc7 50. Bf2 Bd8 51. Ne3 Be2
52. Nb1 Bd3 53. Nc3+ Ka6 54. Kb3 Nc7 55. Nc4 Be7 56. Nb2 Bf1
57. Nb1 Nb5 58. Nc4 Bd3 59. Nbd2 Bd8 60. Nb2 Be2 61. Bg1 Bc7
62. Be3 Bd8 63. Nbc4 Bd3 64. Na3 Nxa3 65. Kxa3 Bc7 66. Kb3 Kb5
67. Bf2 Be2 68. Nb1 Bd3 69. Nd2 Be2 70. Kc3 Bd8 71. Nb1 Bc7
72. Bg1 Bf1 73. Nd2 Be2 74. Bf2 Bd8 75. Nb1 Bc7 76. Na3+ Ka4
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.14"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "E88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5
7. d5 c6 8. Qd2 cxd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. g4 Nbd7 11. Nge2 h5 12. g5
Nh7 13. h4 b5 14. Ng3 Nb6 15. Bd3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. O-O-O
Rb8 18. Kb1 Bd7 19. Rc1 f6 20. Nxh5 gxh5 21. g6 f5 22. gxh7+
Kxh7 23. exf5 Bxf5+ 24. Ne4 Bxe4+ 25. fxe4 Rf4 26. Rxc4 Rxh4
27. Rcc1 Rc8 28. Rce1 Rxh1 29. Rxh1 Qe8 30. Qe2 Qg6 31. Qxh5+
Qxh5 32. Rxh5+ Kg6 33. Rg5+ Kf7 34. Rg4 Rh8 35. a4 Rh3 36. Bd2
Bf8 37. Kc2 Rh2 38. Kd3 Bh6 39. Bc3 Bf4 40. Rg1 Rh3+ 41. Kc4
Be3 42. Re1 Ke7 43. b4 Bb6 44. Re2 Kd7 45. a5 Bd8 46. Bd2 Rh1
47. b5 Ra1 48. b6 Rg1 49. Rh2 Rg4 50. Rh7+ Kc8 51. Bb4 Rxe4+
52. Kc3 Rxb4 53. Kxb4 Bg5 54. Kc3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.14"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 O-O
7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 Nh5 9.Ne2 f5 10.g3 b6 11.Bg2 Ba6 12.O-O Nf6
13.Re1 Nc6 14.Nf4 Qe8 15.h3 Rd8 16.g4 g5 17.Ne2 fxg4 18.hxg4
Qg6 19.Ng3 h5 20.e4 dxe4 21.gxh5 Nxh5 22.Nxh5 Qxh5 23.fxe4 Qh4
24.Qd2 Rf4 25.Qa2+ Rf7 26.Be3 Na5 27.Qe6 Bc8 28.Qe5 Rg7 29.Bf2
Qg4 30.Qg3 Qf4 31.Qd3 Qg4 32.Bg3 Ba6 33.Qf3 Qxf3 34.Bxf3 g4
35.Bg2 Rf7 36.Ra2 Bc4 37.Rf2 c6 38.Bh4 Rdd7 39.Bf6 Be6 40.a4
Rh7 41.Ref1 Rh5 42.Re1 Rf7 43.Ree2 Kh7 44.e5 Kg8 45.Be4 Rh3
46.Rh2 Rxh2 47.Kxh2 Nc4 48.Bg6 Rf8 49.Re4 Nd6 50.Re2 Nf5
51.Kg1 Ng7 52.Rh2 Bf5 53.Rh7 Rf7 54.Bxf5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.14"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Eduard Gufeld"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Nbd2 c5 6.c3 cxd4
7.exd4 Nc6 8.Be2 d6 9.h3 Re8 10.Nc4 Be6 11.O-O Rc8 12.Bh2 Bh6
13.Re1 Na5 14.Na3 Qb6 15.Bb5 Red8 16.Qe2 a6 17.Bd3 Nd5 18.Rad1
Re8 19.Bb1 Qc7 20.Qe4 Nf6 21.Qh4 Bg7 22.Bf4 Bd5 23.Nh2 b5
24.Ng4 Qb7 25.Bg5 Bxg2 26.Rxe7 Rxe7 27.Nxf6+ Bxf6 28.Bxf6 Re6
29.Bf5 Rxf6 30.Bxc8 Qxc8 31.Kxg2 Re6 32.Qg4 Qe8 33.Kf1 Qa8
34.d5 Re5 35.b4 f5 36.Qd4 Nb7 37.Qb6 f4 38.Rd4 Qc8 39.Kg2 Rg5+
40.Kf3 Qxh3+ 41.Ke2 Re5+ 42.Kd2 Qf1 43.Kc2 Qxf2+ 44.Kb3 Re2
45.Nc4 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.14"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aleksander S Nikitin"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 f5 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 Bc5 7.c3
dxc3 8.Nxc3 Nge7 9.Bb3 d5 10.O-O Be6 11.Ng5 Bg8 12.e6 Nd4
13.Be3 Nxb3 14.Qxb3 Bxe3 15.fxe3 h6 16.Nf7 Bxf7 17.exf7+ Kxf7
18.e4 Rf8 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Rxf5+ Kg6 21.Qg3+ Kh7 22.Rxd5 Qe7
23.Re1 Rae8 24.e5 Qf7 25.Rc5 Re7 26.b3 Rfe8 27.Rc2 Qg6
28.Qxg6+ Kxg6 29.Rce2 Kf5 30.Rf2+ Kg6 31.Rfe2 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.14"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikolai V Krogius"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Bd3 a6 8.O-O Nxd4 9.Bxd4 Bc5 10.Bxc5 Qxc5 11.Qe2 d6 12.Kh1
e5 13.f4 Bg4 14.Qd2 exf4 15.Qxf4 Be6 16.Rae1 O-O-O 17.e5 dxe5
18.Rxe5 Qc7 19.Ree1 Qxf4 20.Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.17"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. Nb5
Na6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7
12. Be3 e5 13. d5 c5 14. Ne1 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 f5 16. f3 Re8
17. Nb5 e4 18. f4 b6 19. Rd1 Nc7 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. Bc1 Nf6
22. Nc2 h5 23. Ne3 Ng4 24. h3 Nxe3 25. Bxe3 Qd6 26. g3 a5
27. a4 Kf7 28. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.17"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6
8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Rc1 Bb7 11.Be2 Rc8 12.O-O c5 13.Ne5
Nxc3 14.Rxc3 Nc6 15.Nxc6 Rxc6 16.Qa4 Rcc8 17.Rfc1 cxd4
18.Rxc8+ Rxc8 19.Rxc8+ Bxc8 20.Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.17"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Nf6 7.e3
Be7 8.Be2 O-O 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.O-O Be6 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Ne5 Bd6
13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Qa4 Bxf4 15.Qxf4 c5 16.Rfd1 Rb8 17.b3 Rb4
18.Qe5 Re8 19.Na4 c4 20.Qa1 Qe7 21.Rd4 cxb3 22.axb3 Rxb3
23.Nc5 Rb6 24.Ra4 Ra8 25.h3 h6 26.Bd3 Rc6 27.Nxe6 Rxc1+
28.Qxc1 Qxe6 29.Qc7 Qd7 30.Qxd7 Nxd7 31.Bb5 Nf6 32.Ra5 Kf8
33.Ba4 g6 34.Ra6 Kg7 35.f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.17"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 e5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nc4 f6 11. c3 Be6
12. Nfd2 Qd7 13. Ne4 b6 14. a4 Rad8 15. a5 f5 16. Ned6 Nc7
17. axb6 axb6 18. Nb7 Bxc4 19. Nxd8 Rxd8 20. Bg5 Bd5 21. Bxd5+
Qxd5 22. Bxd8 Nxd8 23. Ra7 Nde6 24. h4 h5 25. Qa4 Kh7 26. Ra1
Kh6 27. Qd1 Bf6 28. Qe2 Qc6 29. Qf1 g5 30. Qg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.17"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd5 6.O-O Bg7 7.d4
cxd4 8.cxd4 O-O 9.Nc3 Nc7 10.Ba4 d6 11.h3 dxe5 12.dxe5 Qxd1
13.Rxd1 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Bg5 Bf6 16.Bxf6 exf6 17.Rac1 Na6
18.Ne4 f5 19.Nd6 Be6 20.a3 b6 21.b4 Rad8 22.Bb5 Nb8 23.Rc7 a6
24.Be2 Kg7 25.Rb7 b5 26.Rb6 Rd7 27.Nb7 Rxd1+ 28.Bxd1 Bd5
29.Nc5 Rd8 30.Bf3 Bxf3 31.gxf3 Rc8 32.Kg2 a5 33.bxa5 Rxc5
34.Rxb8 Rc4 35.Rxb5 Ra4 36.Rb3 Rxa5 37.f4 Ra4 38.Kf3 Kh6
39.Kg3 Ra7 40.h4 Kh5 41.Re3 Kh6 42.Rb3 Kh5 43.Re3 h6 44.Rb3
Ra6 45.Rd3 f6 46.Rb3 Ra4 47.Rf3 Rc4 48.Rb3 Rc1 49.a4 Rg1+
50.Kf3 Ra1 51.Kg3 Rxa4 52.Rb1 Ra3+ 53.f3 g5 54.hxg5 hxg5
55.fxg5 fxg5 56.Rb5 f4 57.Kg2 Kh4 58.Rb2 g4 59.fxg4 Kxg4
60.Kf2 Rh3 61.Rb8 Rh2+ 62.Kg1 Re2 63.Kf1 Kf3 64.Rb3+ Re3
65.Rb2 Ra3 66.Rf2+ Kg4 67.Rg2+ Kf5 68.Rb2 Rf3+ 69.Kg2 Rg3+
70.Kf2 Rh3 71.Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.17"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. e3 O-O
7. Bd2 e6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O Ne4 10. Rfd1 f5 11. Be1 Kh8
12. Qc2 b6 13. b4 Bb7 14. a4 g5 15. a5 bxa5 16. Rxa5 g4
17. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.17"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eduard Gufeld"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3
Nf6 8.O-O Nxd4 9.Bxd4 Bc5 10.Bxc5 Qxc5 11.Qe2 d6 12.Kh1 b5
13.f4 b4 14.Nb1 e5 15.a3 O-O 16.axb4 Qxb4 17.Nd2 Qxb2 18.Nc4
Qd4 19.Qf2 Qxf2 20.Rxf2 Rd8 21.fxe5 Ng4 22.Rff1 Nxe5 23.Nxe5
dxe5 24.Bc4 Ra7 25.Bd5 Be6 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.Ra5 Rd6 28.h3 Rc7
29.Rf2 Rf7 30.Re2 Rf1+ 31.Kh2 Rc6 32.Rxe5 Ra1 33.Rf2 h6 34.h4
Ra3 35.h5 Rac3 36.Kg1 R3c5 37.Rxc5 Rxc5 38.Kf1 a5 39.Ke1 Rxh5
40.Kd2 Rb5 41.Kd3 a4 42.c4 Ra5 43.Kc3 a3 44.Ra2 Kf7 45.Kb4 Ra8
46.Kb5 Ke7 47.Kc6 Rc8+ 48.Kb5 Kd6 49.e5+ Kxe5 50.Rxa3 Kd4
51.Ra7 Rc5+ 52.Kb6 Rxc4 53.Rxg7 e5 54.Rd7+ Ke3 55.Rh7 e4
56.Rxh6 Kf2 57.g4 e3 58.Rf6+ Ke1 59.g5 Re4 60.g6 Re7 61.Kc5 e2
62.Kd6 Re3 63.Kc6 Kd1 64.g7 Re8 65.Rf8 e1=Q 66.g8=Q Qe4+
67.Kb5 Re5+ 68.Ka6 Qc6+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.17"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Jacob Yuchtman"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 c5
8.d5 e6 9.Qd2 exd5 10.exd5 Kh7 11.h3 Re8 12.Bd3 a6 13.a4 Nbd7
14.Nf3 Ng8 15.O-O Ne5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.f4 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Bf5
19.Bf2 Qd7 20.Bh4 Bxh3 21.f5 Bxf5 22.Rxf5 gxf5 23.Qf2 Re5
24.Rf1 Rae8 25.Bg3 Kh8 26.Bxf5 Qxa4 27.Bc2 Qa2 28.Bh4 f5
29.Bxf5 Qxf2+ 30.Rxf2 Re3 31.Be6 b5 32.cxb5 axb5 33.Rf7 R8xe6
34.dxe6 Rxe6 35.Rb7 Re3 36.Rxb5 Rxc3 37.Rb7 c4 38.Rc7 d5
39.Kh2 Re3 40.Rd7 Re4 41.Bd8 d4 42.Bb6 Ne7 43.Bxd4+ Kg8 44.Bc5
Nf5 45.Rc7 h5 46.Bb6 Rg4 47.Rc5 Ng7 48.Ba5 Ne6 49.Rxh5 Nf4
50.Rf5 Rxg2+ 51.Kh1 Rg4 52.Rc5 Ne2 53.Kh2 Rd4 54.Bb4 Rd3
55.Rf5 Nd4 56.Rf8+ Kh7 57.Rc8 Nf3+ 58.Kg3 Rb3 59.Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.17"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly S Lutikov"]
[Black "Nikolai V Krogius"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Qe2 a6 9.a3 O-O 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.O-O b5 12.Bb3 Bb7 13.f4
Na5 14.Bf2 Nxb3 15.cxb3 Rfd8 16.Rd3 g6 17.b4 e5 18.Nb3 Nh5
19.Be3 exf4 20.Bd4 Rac8 21.Na5 Ba8 22.Qf3 Bf8 23.Nd5 Bxd5
24.exd5 Re8 25.Nc6 Bg7 26.Bc3 Qd7 27.Kh1 Qc7 28.Kg1 Qd7 29.Kh1
Qc7 30.Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.17"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Aleksander S Nikitin"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 c6 7.b3
Nbd7 8.Bb2 b6 9.Nbd2 Ba6 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.Rc2 b5 12.c5 b4 13.Re1
Qc7 14.Rc1 Rfe8 15.Qc2 Bb5 16.e4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Nd5 18.Ne5 a5
19.Nc4 a4 20.Ned6 a3 21.Bxd5 axb2 22.Qxb2 exd5 23.Nxe8 Rxe8
24.Nd6 Bxd6 25.Rxe8+ Bf8 26.Qd2 Nf6 27.Ree1 Qa7 28.Ra1 Qa3
29.f3 h6 30.h3 Ba6 31.g4 Bc8 32.g5 Nh7 33.h4 Qa7 34.Qf4 Bd7
35.Re2 g6 36.Rae1 Qa8 37.Qc7 Bf5 38.Qb6 Bd7 39.Qxb4 Bg7 40.Re7
Nf8 41.Qd2 Qb8 42.f4 Qc7 43.a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.18"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 Qb6 8. N2b3 Qb4+ 9. Qd2 Qxd2+ 10. Kxd2 Nc6
11. Bg2 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 d6 13. Rac1 Ke7 14. Rhd1 Bd7 15. Ke1
Rhd8 16. Rd3 Rab8 17. Ra3 a6 18. c5 dxc5 19. Rxc5 Ne8 20. Rac3
Nd6 21. e4 Nb5 22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23. Rc7+ Rd7 24. e5 Kd8 25. Rxd7+
Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.18"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3
e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3 Qb6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Rd1 Qb4 13.Bf1
Qe7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.b4 Ne6 16.Nxe5 Qxb4 17.Rab1 Qe7 18.Nd3 Nd7
19.Bg2 Nec5 20.Nxc5 Nxc5 21.Rd2 f5 22.Re1 Nxe4 23.Bd4 Qf7
24.Bxg7 Qxg7 25.Rde2 Be6 26.Bxe4 fxe4 27.Nxe4 Bf7 28.Qb2 Qxb2
29.Rxb2 Kf8 30.Rxb7 Bxc4 31.Rxh7 Bxa2 32.Re3 Re5 33.Rf3+ Rf5
34.Rxf5+ gxf5 35.Nf6 Rd8 36.Nd7+ Ke8 37.Nf6+ Kf8 38.Rxa7 Bf7
39.Nd7+ Kg8 40.Rc7 c5 41.g4 fxg4 42.hxg4 c4 43.Kh2 c3 44.Nf6+
Kf8 45.Rxc3 Kg7 46.Ne4 Bd5 47.Re3 Re8 48.Nd6 Rd8 49.Nf5+ Kf6
50.Kg3 Rb8 51.Rd3 Rb5 52.Kf4 Ra5 53.Rd4 Be6 54.Rd6 Kf7 55.Nd4
Bc8 56.f3 Ra4 57.Kg5 Ke7 58.Rd5 Bb7 59.Nf5+ Ke6 60.Rd6+ Ke5
61.Rd3 Ba8 62.Re3+ Kd5 63.f4 Kc6 64.Nh6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.18"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Nc3 b6 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Rc1 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5
13.Bf5 Nb6 14.Na4 Ne4 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Qc2 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.18"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O d5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 Nxe5
12. dxe5 Ng4 13. f4 f5 14. Be2 Nh6 15. Ra2 Be6 16. Rd2 Qh4
17. Bf3 Ng4 18. g3 Qh5 19. Qe2 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Qf7 21. h3 Nh6
22. Qg2 Kh8 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Ng8 26. Qd2
Qg6 27. Kh2 Qc6 28. c4 Re8 29. Bb2 Ne7 30. Rd7 h6 31. e6 Qxe6
32. Qc3 Rg8 33. Rxa7 Qe4 34. Rd7 Qf3 35. Qd2 Nc6 36. Rd6 Kh7
37. Qc2 Ne7 38. Bc1 Qf1 39. e4 Kh8 40. Bb2 Re8 41. e5 h5
42. Bc1 Ng8 43. Rd2 Nh6 44. Rf2 Qe1 45. Re2 Qf1 46. Rf2 Qe1
47. Kg2 h4 48. gxh4 Rd8 49. Bd2 Qa1 50. Bc3 Qxa3 51. Kh2 Qa8
52. e6 Re8 53. Rg2 Re7 54. Qb2 Kh7 55. Bxg7 Ng8 56. Be5 Qc6
57. Qe2 Qxe6 58. Qh5+ Nh6 59. Qg5 Qf7 60. h5 Ng8 61. Rd2 Re6
62. Rd8 b5 63. cxb5 Rh6 64. Rxg8 Qa2+ 65. Qg2 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.18"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 Nd7 9. g3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. Bg2 Qc7
12. Qb3 Nb6 13. O-O Bd7 14. a4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rab8 16. Bd2 Qc4
17. Qxc4 Nxc4 18. Bc3 Rfc8 19. Rfb1 b6 20. Be4 Bc6 21. Bd3 Bf3
22. Be1 e5 23. Rc1 Nb2 24. Ba6 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nxa4 26. Rc7 Bf6
27. Rxa7 b5 28. dxe5 Bxe5 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. exd4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.18"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikolai V Krogius"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4
c6 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Bd3 d5 9. exd6 Nf6 10. Qe2+ Be6 11. Bg5
Qxd6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd2 Qe5 14. Ne4 Bb6 15. Kh1 O-O-O
16. a4 Kb8 17. a5 Bc7 18. f4 Qd4 19. Nc3 f5 20. a6 b5 21. Qf3
Qb6 22. Qh3 Qc5 23. Qf3 b4 24. Na4 Qd6 25. Qh3 Rhg8 26. Be2
Qd2 27. Bf3 Bc4 28. Rfd1 Qxf4 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Bxc6 Be2
31. Rg1 Rd1 32. g4 Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qxc2 35. Qxh7
Bb5+ 36. Kg1 Qd1+ 37. Kf2 Qf1+ 38. Ke3 Qf4# 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.18"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly S Lutikov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5
exd5 8.g3 c6 9.Bg2 a5 10.O-O Na6 11.Nf4 Nc7 12.f3 c5 13.Na4
Na6 14.g4 Bd7 15.Nc3 Bc6 16.Nce2 Qb6 17.Bd2 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Rfe8
19.Bc3 Bd6 20.Re1 Nc5 21.Nxc6 Bxf4 22.Bd4 Qxc6 23.exf4 Rxe1+
24.Qxe1 Nb3 25.Rd1 Nxd4 26.Rxd4 Re8 27.Qd2 Qc5 28.Kf2 Kf8
29.b4 axb4 30.Qxb4 b6 31.g5 Nh5 32.Bf1 Rd8 33.Bc4 Qxb4 34.axb4
Nxf4 35.Rxf4 dxc4 36.Rxc4 Rd5 37.h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.18"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jacob Yuchtman"]
[Black "Eduard Gufeld"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.O-O Bd6 7.d4
Nge7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.Bd3 Qd6 12.Nbd4 Nxd4
13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.cxd4 Bf5 15.Be3 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Rac8 17.Rac1 Rxc1
18.Rxc1 Rc8 19.Rxc8+ Nxc8 20.Qc2 Qc6 21.Qf5 Qe6 22.Qf4 Qd6
23.Qxd6 Nxd6 24.Kf1 Nf5 25.Ke2 f6 26.g4 Nxe3 27.Kxe3 Kf7 28.f4
g5 29.fxg5 fxg5 30.Kd3 Ke6 31.a4 a5 32.Kc3 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.18"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Re1 Re8 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Nf6 12.Bd3 Qb6
13.Qc1 Bg4 14.Ne5 Be6 15.c3 Rac8 16.Bc4 Bxc4 17.Nxc4 Qa6
18.Ne5 c5 19.dxc5 Rxc5 20.Nf3 e5 21.Nd2 Rd5 22.Qc2 h6 23.Bxf6
Bxf6 24.Nf1 Red8 25.g3 h5 26.h4 Be7 27.a4 Bc5 28.b4 Bf8
29.Rad1 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Rxd1 31.Qxd1 Qc4 32.Qd2 Qc6 33.a5 a6
34.Ne3 e4 35.c4 Qd6 36.Nd5 Qe5 37.Qe3 Bg7 38.Qc5 Kh7 39.Qc7
Qf5 40.Qf4 Qe6 41.Qe3 Bb2 42.Kg2 Kg7 43.Qb3 Bd4 44.b5 Qf5
45.Nf4 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.18"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksander S Nikitin"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxe4
7.Nxe4 Qe5 8.Nb5 Qxe4+ 9.Be2 Qe5 10.f4 Qb8 11.Be3 g6 12.Qd2
Bg7 13.h4 h5 14.g4 hxg4 15.Bxg4 d6 16.Be2 Bf5 17.h5 Qc8
18.O-O-O gxh5 19.Rdg1 Bg4 20.Bxg4 hxg4 21.Rxh8+ Bxh8 22.Qh2
Bf6 23.Qh7 a6 24.Qg8+ Kd7 25.Qxg4+ e6 26.Na3 Qh8 27.Qg2 Bd4
28.Bxd4 Qxd4 29.Rf1 Qe3+ 30.Kb1 Rg8 31.Qc2 Rg1 32.Qd1 Qe4+
33.Ka1 Rxf1 34.Qxf1 Nd4 35.Qf2 Qh1+ 36.Nb1 Qg1 37.Qd2 Qe3
38.Qd1 Qxf4 39.Nc3 Qe3 40.a3 Qe1 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.20"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Jacob Yuchtman"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 c6 5. Bc4 b5 6. Bb3 b4
7. Na4 Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nf3 Nb6 10. O-O Nxa4 11. Bxa4 O-O
12. a3 a5 13. Bb3 Na6 14. Be3 bxa3 15. Rxa3 Nb4 16. Qd2 Bf5
17. Rfa1 c5 18. c3 Nd3 19. Bc4 dxe5 20. dxe5 h6 21. Qe2 Qd7
22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. Rd2 Nc1 24. Qd1 Nd3 25. Bxd3 Bxd3 26. c4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.20"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.O-O
Bg4 8.d5 Na5 9.Nd2 c5 10.Qc2 a6 11.h3 Bd7 12.b3 e5 13.dxe6
Bxe6 14.Bb2 Nc6 15.Nf3 Re8 16.Rad1 Qd7 17.Ng5 Bf5 18.e4 Be6
19.Ne2 Qe7 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.e5 Nxe5 22.Bxe5 dxe5 23.Rfe1 Rad8
24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rd1 b6 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.Nc3 Qd4 28.Bb7 a5
29.Ne4 Nxe4 30.Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.20"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.d4
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.Bc2 Na5 11.Re1 c5 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4
Rc8 14.d5 Nd7 15.Nf1 Qc7 16.Bb1 Bd8 17.Ng3 b4 18.Bd3 Nc4
19.Qe2 a5 20.b3 Na3 21.Be3 g6 22.Rac1 Qb8 23.Bh6 Re8 24.Bb5
Re7 25.Nh4 Nxb5 26.Qxb5 Nf8 27.Nhf5 gxf5 28.Nxf5 Rec7 29.Rxc7
Qxc7 30.Re3 Bf6 31.Rg3+ Ng6 32.h4 Ra8 33.Qe2 Kh8 34.h5 Ba6
35.Qf3 Qd8 36.hxg6 fxg6 37.Ne3 Qe7 38.Ng4 Bg7 39.Qe3 Bc8
40.Bg5 Qa7 41.Nh6 Qxe3 42.Rxe3 Ba6 43.Rf3 Rf8 44.Nf7+ Kg8
45.Nxd6 Rxf3 46.gxf3 Bf8 47.Ne8 Kf7 48.Nc7 Bd3 49.Ne6 Bd6
50.Nd8+ Ke8 51.Nc6 Bc7 52.d6 Bxd6 53.Nxa5 Kd7 54.Nc4 Bb1 55.f4
exf4 56.e5 Bc5 57.Bxf4 Bxa2 58.Nd2 Ke6 59.Kf1 Kf5 60.Be3 Bxe3
61.fxe3 g5 62.Ke2 h5 63.Kf3 h4 64.Kg2 g4 65.Kf2 Kxe5 66.Kg2 h3
67.Kg3 Kf5 68.Kh2 Bxb3 69.Nxb3 Ke4 70.Nd4 Kxe3 71.Nf5+ Kd3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.20"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. a3 Be6 8. d3 f6 9. b4 a5 10. b5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4
12. Ne4 a4 13. Bd2 Be7 14. O-O Bd5 15. Qc1 O-O 16. Rb1 f5
17. Ng5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Re8 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Bg5 Bxg5
22. Qxg5 Ra5 23. Qf4 Rd8 24. Rec1 Nd5 25. Qxd4 Rxb5 26. Rxb5
Qxb5 27. Rxc7 Nxc7 28. Qxd8+ Ne8 29. Nd4 Qe5 30. f4 Qe3
31. Qd5+ Kh8 32. Qxf5 Nf6 33. Qc8+ Ng8 34. Qd7 g6 35. Qd6 Nh6
36. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.20"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eduard Gufeld"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. f4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Rd1
Qb6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. f5 e5 15. Nf3 Nxe4 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Qd3
Ndf6 18. Bb6 Qe8 19. Nc7 Qb8 20. Nxa8 Bxa8 21. Be3 d5 22. Qe2
Ng4 23. Bxd5 Nxe3 24. Bxe4 Bc5 25. Rd3 Bxe4 26. Rxe3 Bxf5
27. Kh1 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Re8 29. c3 Qd6 30. Qd2 Qxd2 31. Nxd2 Rd8
32. Nb3 Bc2 33. Nc5 a5 34. a4 bxa4 35. Kg1 e4 36. Kf2 f5
37. Ke3 g5 38. g3 Rd5 39. Ne6 Rd3+ 40. Ke2 Rf3 41. Nxg5 Bd3+
42. Kd2 Rf2+ 43. Ke3 Rxh2 44. Rxa4 Rg2 45. Rxa5 Rxg3+ 46. Kf4
Rg2 47. Ra7 h5 48. Nh7 Rg6 49. Rd7 Rh6 50. Kg5 Rxh7 51. Rd8+
Kg7 52. Rd7+ Kg8 53. Rd8+ Kf7 54. Rd7+ Ke6 55. Rxh7 e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.20"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Aleksander S Nikitin"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. h3 e5
12. Ba2 e4 13. Nh2 Na5 14. Bd2 c4 15. Bb1 b6 16. Ra2 Bb7
17. Be1 Rae8 18. Re2 Qd6 19. Qc1 Re6 20. Kh1 Rfe8 21. Rg1 Bd5
22. Ra2 h6 23. Qd1 Nh7 24. Nf1 f5 25. Ng3 Qf8 26. Kh2 R8e7
27. f3 Ng5 28. f4 Nh7 29. Nf1 Nb7 30. g4 Nd6 31. Rag2 Rg6
32. Bh4 Nf6 33. Qe1 Kh8 34. Bc2 Be6 35. g5 hxg5 36. Bxg5 Kg8
37. Qh4 Rc7 38. Bd1 Nde8 39. Ng3 Bc8 40. Bxf6 Nxf6 41. Nh5
Rxg2+ 42. Rxg2 Nh7 43. Qg3 Rf7 44. Qg6 Qe7 45. Qc6 Qe6 46. Rg6
Nf6 47. Qxe6 Bxe6 48. Nxf6+ Rxf6 49. Rxf6 gxf6 50. Ba4 Kf7
51. h4 Ke7 52. h5 a6 53. Bc6 Bg8 54. Bb7 a5 55. Bc6 Kd6
56. Bb5 Ke7 57. h6 Kf8 58. Bc6 Bh7 59. Kg3 Bg8 60. Kf2 Bf7
61. h7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.20"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.a3 Nf6 7.f4
d6 8.Qf3 Nc6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.Bd3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Kh1 Rac8
13.Rae1 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 e5 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Bxe5 Qxe5
18.exd5 Qd6 19.Qe4 f5 20.Qxe7 Qxd5 21.b3 b5 22.Qe5 Rc5 23.Qg3
Qf7 24.Re5 Rxe5 25.Qxe5 Qf6 26.Qxf6 Rxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.20"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Nikolai V Krogius"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1
Rfe8 14.a4 Rad8 15.Bg5 Be6 16.Ne3 cxd4 17.cxd4 Nc4 18.axb5
Nxe3 19.Bxe3 axb5 20.d5 Bd7 21.Ra7 Qb8 22.Qa1 Rc8 23.Bd3 Rc7
24.Ra6 Rec8 25.Qa5 Bd8 26.Qb4 Ne8 27.Rea1 Rb7 28.Ba7 Qc7
29.Kh2 g6 30.Nd2 Bg5 31.Nb3 h5 32.Qe1 Kg7 33.Be3 Bxe3 34.Qxe3
Qd8 35.Na5 Rbc7 36.Nc6 Bxc6 37.dxc6 Rxc6 38.Rxc6 Rxc6 39.Bxb5
Rc5 40.Qd3 Nc7 41.Bc4 Qb8 42.Rb1 Nb5 43.Rf1 Nc7 44.Qc3 Nb5
45.Qb3 Qe8 46.Qd3 Nd4 47.f4 f6 48.b3 Rc7 49.Ra1 Qb8 50.Rf1 Ra7
51.Qg3 Qe8 52.Qf2 Qe7 53.Kh1 Rb7 54.Qd2 Qd8 55.Bd5 Rc7 56.Ra1
Qd7 57.fxe5 dxe5 58.Qa5 Qc8 59.Bc4 h4 60.Rf1 Qd8 61.Kh2 Rd7
62.Qe1 Nc2 63.Qxh4 Ne3 64.Rf3 Nxc4 65.bxc4 Rc7 66.Qg4 Rxc4
67.Rg3 Qe8 68.h4 Rc7 69.Qf5 Qf7 70.h5 g5 71.h6+ Kh8 72.Rh3 Qf8
73.Rf3 g4 74.Qxg4 Rh7 75.Rxf6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.20"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Anatoly S Lutikov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Na6
8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 c5 10.Nd2 Bd7 11.Nb5 Be8 12.a3 Qd7 13.g4 Nc7
14.Nc3 a6 15.a4 Qc8 16.h3 Rb8 17.Qc2 Bd7 18.b3 b6 19.Nd1 b5
20.a5 Kh8 21.Bg3 Ng8 22.Ne3 Ne7 23.Bh4 Qe8 24.b4 Nc8 25.bxc5
dxc5 26.cxb5 Nxb5 27.Bxb5 Rxb5 28.O-O f5 29.f3 Rf7 30.Ndc4 Rb4
31.Be1 Rb7 32.Bc3 h5 33.gxf5 gxf5 34.exf5 e4 35.Kh2 exf3
36.Rxf3 Bd4 37.Qd3 Bf6 38.Rg1 Kh7 39.Bxf6 Rxf6 40.Qc3 Qf8
41.Rg6 Rf7 42.Rg5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.20"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[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
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.axb3 exd4 12.cxd4 Nb4
13.Nc3 c5 14.d5 Re8 15.Bf4 Qb6 16.Qd2 Rad8 17.Rad1 Nd7 18.Ne2
Bf6 19.Ng3 Ne5 20.Bxe5 Bxe5 21.Nxe5 Rxe5 22.Re3 Rd7 23.Nf5 f6
24.f4 Re8 25.Kh2 a5 26.Qc3 Na2 27.Qe1 Nb4 28.Qh4 Qd8 29.Qg4
Kh8 30.Qe2 Qb8 31.Kh1 Red8 32.Rg3 Re8 33.Re3 Red8 34.Rg1 Re8
35.Kh2 Qd8 36.Rd1 Qb6 37.Kh1 g6 38.Ng3 c4 39.f5 Nd3 40.fxg6
hxg6 41.Rf3 Rf7 42.Rdf1 Kg7 43.Rxd3 cxd3 44.Qg4 Kh7 45.Qh4+
Kg8 46.Rxf6 Rg7 47.Nf5 gxf5 48.Rh6 Rxe4 49.Rh8+ Kf7 50.Qh5+
Ke7 51.Qe8+ Kf6 52.Rh6+ Kg5 53.Qh5+ Kf4 54.Qf3+ Ke5 55.Re6+
Kxd5 56.Qxf5+ Re5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.21"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be3 c6 6. h3 Bxf3
7. Qxf3 Qa5 8. O-O-O Nd7 9. g4 Ngf6 10. h4 h6 11. g5 Nh5
12. e5 dxe5 13. Bc4 e6 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. gxh6 Bxh6 16. Bxh6 Rxh6
17. Qe3 Rh8 18. dxe5 Nb6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Rhg1
Qg7 22. Qe4 Rh6 23. Rg5 Kg8 24. Rdg1 Kh7 25. f4 Rd8 26. Qf3
Qf8 27. f5 exf5 28. R1g2 Nd7 29. Nxf5 Ng7 30. h5 Nxf5
31. hxg6+ Kg7 32. Rxf5 Rh1+ 33. Kd2 Nxe5+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.21"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Eduard Gufeld"]
[ECO "A71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3
Bg7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 O-O 10.Nd2 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Be2 Qe7 13.O-O
g5 14.Bg3 Ne5 15.Bxe5 Qxe5 16.Nc4 Qe7 17.e5 dxe5 18.d6 Qd8
19.Qc2 Be6 20.Rad1 Bxc4 21.Bxc4 Qb6 22.Rd2 Rad8 23.Rfd1 Rd7
24.Qf5 Rfd8 25.Qxe5 Ng4 26.Qf5 Ne5 27.Bf1 c4 28.Ne4 Qb4 29.a5
Nd3 30.Bxd3 cxd3 31.Rxd3 Qxb2 32.Rd5 Qe2 33.h4 gxh4 34.R1d4 h3
35.Re5 Qb2 36.Nf6+ Bxf6 37.Rg4+ Bg5 38.Rxg5+ hxg5 39.Qxg5+ Kh7
40.Qh5+ Kg8 41.Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.21"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f3 Bg7 7.Be3
Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd4 e5
13.Bc5 Be6 14.Ne4 Re8 15.Ba6 Qc7 16.g4 Red8 17.Qe1 Nf6
18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.g5 Nxe4 20.fxe4 Bf8 21.Bxf8 Kxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.21"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "196"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d4 e6
7. Bd3 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Qxd4 9. c3 Qd8 10. O-O Be7 11. Rd1 Nbd7
12. Qg3 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 g6 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Bc7 Qxb2 16. Qf3 Rc8
17. Rab1 Qxb1 18. Bxb1 Rxc7 19. Qg3 Rc8 20. Qe3 Nc5 21. h4 O-O
22. h5 Rcd8 23. Rd4 Rd5 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Bc2 Rfd8 26. Rg4 Bf6
27. Kf1 Bg7 28. Rg5 Rxg5 29. Qxg5 Rd5 30. Qe3 Bf6 31. f4 Kg7
32. g3 b6 33. Kg2 Nb7 34. Bb3 Rd6 35. Kf3 Nc5 36. Bc2 Rd5
37. Kg2 Kf8 38. Kh3 Ke7 39. Kg2 Nb7 40. c4 Ra5 41. a4 Nd6
42. Qe2 Rc5 43. Bd3 Nf5 44. Bxf5 Rxf5 45. Qf3 Rc5 46. Qa3 Kf8
47. Qb4 Kg7 48. Kf3 Kg8 49. Qb3 Ra5 50. Qb4 Rc5 51. Qb3 Bg7
52. Kg2 Bf8 53. Kh3 Ra5 54. Kg2 Bc5 55. Kh3 Be7 56. Kg2 Kg7
57. Kh3 Bf6 58. Kg2 e5 59. Kf3 Rc5 60. fxe5 Bxe5 61. g4 Bd4
62. Kg2 Bf6 63. Qb4 Re5 64. Kf3 Bg5 65. Qb2 Bf6 66. Qb4 Rc5
67. Ke2 Bd4 68. Kd3 Be5 69. Qb1 Kf6 70. Qf1+ Ke7 71. Qf3 Kf8
72. Qh1 Kg7 73. Qb1 Bf6 74. Qg1 Ra5 75. Qd1 a6 76. Qg1 c5
77. Qd1 b5 78. cxb5 axb5 79. axb5 Rxb5 80. Kc4 Ra5 81. Qf3 Bd4
82. Kd5 Ra6 83. Qf4 Rf6 84. Qe4 Kh6 85. Qe7 Kg5 86. Qd7 Rf4
87. Kc6 Bf2 88. Kb5 Bd4 89. Kc4 Kh4 90. Kd3 g5 91. Kc4 Kg3
92. Kd3 Be5 93. Kc2 c4 94. Qd5 f6 95. Qh1 Rf2+ 96. Kd1 c3
97. Qg1+ Rg2 98. Qe3+ Kh2 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.21"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly S Lutikov"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "E82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 b6 7.Qd2 c5
8.Nge2 Nc6 9.d5 Na5 10.Ng3 Re8 11.Bh6 Bh8 12.Bd3 a6 13.Rc1 Nd7
14.f4 Rb8 15.O-O b5 16.b3 bxc4 17.bxc4 Rb4 18.Qe2 Nf6 19.h3 e6
20.Bg5 Bb7 21.e5 exd5 22.Qf2 Nxc4 23.Nh5 gxh5 24.Qg3 Kf8
25.Bh6+ Ke7 26.Bf5 Ne4 27.Nxe4 dxe4 28.Bg5+ Kf8 29.Bxd8 Rxd8
30.a3 Rb2 31.Rxc4 e3 32.Rc2 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.21"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. d5 Qc7 15. Bb1 Nd7 16. Nf1 Nc4 17. Re2
Ncb6 18. Rc2 Qb8 19. Ne3 g6 20. Bd2 Na4 21. b3 Nac5 22. b4 Na4
23. a3 Kh8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bc2 Nab6 26. Rc1 Nf6 27. Bd3 Rxc1
28. Qxc1 Kg8 29. Ne1 Bc8 30. N1c2 Qc7 31. Na1 Qxc1+ 32. Bxc1
Nh5 33. Kh2 Ng7 34. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.21"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Qb3 c6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 e6
8.O-O b6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 f5 12.Bc2 c5 13.dxc5
bxc5 14.Bf4 Nc6 15.Rad1 Nd4 16.Nxd4 Bxd4 17.Be5 Bxe5 18.Rxd8
Rxd8 19.Qe3 Bd4 20.Qg5 Ba6 21.b3 Re8 22.h4 Rad8 23.h5 Rd7
24.b4 Rg7 25.Ba4 Rc8 26.h6 Rf7 27.bxc5 Bxc5 28.Bb5 Bxb5
29.cxb5 Bd4 30.Rc1 Re8 31.a4 e5 32.Rc4 Bb6 33.Qc1 Rfe7 34.Rc6
Kf7 35.Qc3 Re6 36.Rxe6 Rxe6 37.a5 Bd4 38.Qc4 Kf6 39.Qc8 Re7
40.Kf1 f4 41.Ke2 Kf7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.21"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jacob Yuchtman"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d3 d5 5.Nbd2 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O
a5 8.a4 O-O 9.Re1 b6 10.Bf1 Bb7 11.Qb3 h6 12.exd5 Qxd5 13.Nc4
Rfe8 14.Qb5 Ba6 15.Qxd5 Nxd5 16.Na3 Rad8 17.Nb5 Bb7 18.Nd2 Nb8
19.Nc4 Na6 20.Be3 f6 21.g3 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Re7 23.d4 h5 24.Bg2
Bxg2 25.Kxg2 e4 26.Nba3 Bf8 27.Nc2 Re6 28.Rf1 Nb8 29.Kf2 Nc6
30.Ke2 Ne7 31.Ne1 Nd5 32.Ng2 Bh6 33.Kd2 c5 34.Ke2 cxd4 35.exd4
f5 36.Ra3 Rc8 37.Ne5 f4 38.Nxf4 Nxf4+ 39.gxf4 Rf8 40.Ke3 Ref6
41.Kxe4 Rxf4+ 42.Rxf4 Rxf4+ 43.Kd5 g5 44.h3 Bg7 45.c4 h4
46.Re3 Kh7 47.c5 bxc5 48.dxc5 Rf2 49.c6 Rd2+ 50.Rd3 Re2 51.Nc4
Re7 52.Kd6 Bf8 53.c7 Re3+ 54.Kc6 Rxd3 55.c8=Q Rf3 56.Ne5 Rf2
57.Qd7+ Bg7 58.Qd3+ Kg8 59.Qd8+ Kh7 60.Qxg5 Rxb2 61.Qxh4+ Kg8
62.Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.21"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.exd5 exd5
7.dxc5 Nf6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Qe2+ Kf8 10.Bd3 Qa5 11.Qd2 Na6 12.Ne2
Nxc5 13.O-O Rc8 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.Qe1 Kg8 16.Bf4 Qa5 17.Be5 Ng4
18.Bd4 Qc7 19.f4 h5 20.h3 Nf6 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Qh4 Qd6 23.Ng3
Kf8 24.Nxh5 Rh6 25.f5 b5 26.Qg4 Rh7 27.Rbe1 Nxd3 28.cxd3 Rxc3
29.Rf3 Qc5+ 30.Kh2 Rc1 31.Rxc1 Qxc1 32.Nxf6 Rg7 33.Qb4+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.21"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikolai V Krogius"]
[Black "Aleksander S Nikitin"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4
c5 8.e3 Nc6 9.Be2 Be6 10.O-O c4 11.Ne5 O-O 12.f4 Be7 13.Bf3
Ne4 14.Bxe7 Nxc3 15.Bxd8 Nxd1 16.Rfxd1 Rfxd8 17.Nxc4 dxc4
18.d5 Bd7 19.dxc6 Bxc6 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Rac1 Rd5 22.e4 Rb5
23.Rc2 Rab8 24.Rdd2 g5 25.Rxc4 Rxb2 26.Rxb2 Rxb2 27.Rxc6 Rxa2
28.Rxh6 gxf4 29.Rf6 a5 30.Rxf4 a4 31.e5 Kg7 32.h3 a3 33.Ra4
Kg6 34.Ra7 Ra1+ 35.Kh2 a2 36.Kg3 Kg5 37.h4+ Kh5 38.Ra5 Kg6
39.Kg4 Re1 40.Rxa2 Rxe5 41.Ra6+ Kg7 42.h5 Rb5 43.h6+ Kh7
44.Rf6 Re5 45.Kh4 Re6 46.Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.24"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5
7. O-O O-O 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. c5 bxc5 11. a3 c4
12. axb4 cxd3 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Ne5 Qb8 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nc5
Rc8 17. Qxd3 Bc6 18. Qc3 Be8 19. f3 Qc7 20. Ra5 Rab8 21. Rfa1
Qb6 22. Ned3 Bb5 23. Rxa7 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Qxb4 25. Na6 Qb3
26. Qxb3 Rxb3 27. Nc5 Rxb2 28. Rc7 Rf8 29. Nd3 Rd2 30. Ne5 h6
31. Nc6 Nh5 32. g3 Nf6 33. Raa7 g5 34. Ne5 Rb8 35. Rab7 Ra8
36. Ra7 Rb8 37. Rab7 Ra8 38. Ra7 Rxa7 39. Rxa7 g4 40. Rxf7 Nh7
41. f4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.24"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eduard Gufeld"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.e5
Ne4 8.Nxd4 O-O 9.Nf5 d5 10.exd6 Bxf5 11.dxe7 Qxe7 12.Bxc6 bxc6
13.Qf3 Qf6 14.Na3 Qg6 15.Bf4 Nd6 16.c3 Rfe8 17.Rfe1 Re4
18.Rxe4 Bxe4 19.Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.24"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aleksander S Nikitin"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 b6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Bb5 a6
7. Ba4 Bd7 8. O-O Nf5 9. Bg5 Qc8 10. h3 Na5 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7
12. Ne2 c5 13. c3 Nc6 14. g4 Nfe7 15. Ng3 h6 16. Be3 c4
17. Nd2 g6 18. f4 h5 19. Nf3 hxg4 20. hxg4 Bh6 21. Kg2 O-O-O
22. Rh1 Kb7 23. Qd2 b5 24. Rh2 Bg7 25. Rah1 Rxh2+ 26. Rxh2 Rh8
27. Kf1 Qe8 28. Rxh8 Qxh8 29. Qh2 Qxh2 30. Nxh2 Kc7 31. Nf3
Kd7 32. Ng5 Ke8 33. Ke2 a5 34. Kd2 Nd8 35. Nh7 Ndc6 36. Ng5
Bh6 37. Nf3 b4 38. Ne2 Na7 39. Kc2 Nb5 40. Bd2 Nc6 41. Be1
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.24"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.a3 Nc6 7.Be3
Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.Qd2 Be5 10.f4 Bxd4 11.Bxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Qxf4
13.g3 Qc7 14.e5 Nd5 15.Nxd5 exd5 16.O-O-O b5 17.Rhf1 Bb7 18.e6
dxe6 19.Qxg7 Rf8 20.Bh5 O-O-O 21.Rde1 Kb8 22.Rxf7 Rxf7 23.Qxf7
Bc8 24.Kd2 Qa5+ 25.Kd1 Qc7 26.Qf6 Qd6 27.Qd4 Rf8 28.Re5 Bd7
29.Be2 Be8 30.Bd3 Kb7 31.Rg5 Rf7 32.Qe5 Qxe5 33.Rxe5 Re7
34.Kd2 Kc6 35.Ke3 Kd6 36.Kd4 Bg6 37.Bxg6 hxg6 38.Rg5 e5 39.Ke3
Rg7 40.h4 Ke6 41.h5 Kf6 42.Rxg6+ Rxg6 43.hxg6 Kxg6 44.b3 Kf5
45.c4 dxc4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.24"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Nikolai V Krogius"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5
Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Ne7
12. b4 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. b5 Qd6 15. Qb3 Ne7 16. Rfc1 Kh8
17. Rc2 h6 18. Rac1 c6 19. Na4 Rab8 20. g3 Kh7 21. Nc5 Rfd8
22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Qa4 Qf6 24. Kg2 Ra8 25. Nb7 Re8 26. Na5 g5
27. h3 Qf5 28. Nxc6 Qe4 29. Rc5 f5 30. Qc2 Nxc6 31. Rxc6 f4
32. exf4 gxf4 33. g4 Bxd4 34. Qd2 Bg7 35. Re1 Qa4 36. Qxd5
Rxe1 37. Nxe1 Rf8 38. Nf3 Kh8 39. Rc7 a6 40. Qb7 Rg8 41. Nh4
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.24"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 b6 9. c3 Ba6 10. e5 Bc7 11. d4 Bd3 12. Nb3
c4 13. Ng5 Bf5 14. Nd2 b5 15. Nf1 b4 16. Ne3 Ba5 17. Bd2 Rb8
18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. Qc2 h6 20. Nf3 Rb7 21. Rad1 Qb6 22. Bc1 bxc3
23. bxc3 Qb1 24. Qa4 Qb5 25. Qc2 Qb1 26. Qa4 Qb5 27. Qc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.24"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. Bd2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb7
12. a3 Bc5 13. Nb3 Be7 14. f4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bc3 Bf6
17. Bb4 Be7 18. Bc3 Bf6 19. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.24"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 c5 9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Rc1 Na5 12.Bd3 b6
13.Qd2 Bb7 14.Bh6 Rad8 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qe3 e5 17.d5 c4 18.Bb1
Bc8 19.f4 exf4 20.Rxf4 Qe5 21.Qg3 f6 22.Rcf1 Bd7 23.Bc2 Nb7
24.h4 Nc5 25.Nd4 Rde8 26.Kh2 b5 27.Nf5+ Kh8 28.Nd4 Kg7 29.Nf5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.24"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Jacob Yuchtman"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6
7.d4 Nxe4 8.dxe5 d5 9.Nbd2 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 c5 11.Rd1 Be6 12.Qa5
Qd7 13.b3 Be7 14.Ba3 Qc6 15.Ne1 O-O 16.Nd3 Rab8 17.Qc3 Rb5
18.Nf4 d4 19.Rxd4 Qb7 20.Rdd1 Qe4 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Re1 Qf5
23.Re2 Rd8 24.Rae1 Rd5 25.Bc1 Rb4 26.Rd2 Rbd4 27.Rxd4 Rxd4
28.h3 h5 29.Bb2 Bg5 30.Qxc5 Rd2 31.Bd4 Rxc2 32.Qa3 Bd2 33.Rf1
Qe4 34.Ba7 a5 35.Qe7 Qxe5 36.Qd8+ Kh7 37.Rd1 Rxa2 38.Qd3+ Kg8
39.Qd8+ Kf7 40.Qd7+ Kg8 41.Bd4 Qg5 42.Qxe6+ Kh7 43.Qe2 h4
44.Be3 Bxe3 45.Qxa2 Bf4 46.Qc2+ g6 47.Rd7+ Kh6 48.Qc3 Be5
49.Qe3 Bf4 50.Qd4 Be5 51.Qd2 Bf4 52.Qd4 Be5 53.Qg4 Qf6 54.Qf3
Bf4 55.g3 hxg3 56.fxg3 Qb6+ 57.Kg2 Bd6 58.Qe4 Bxg3 59.Kxg3
Qg1+ 60.Qg2 Qe3+ 61.Qf3 Qg1+ 62.Kf4 Qc1+ 63.Ke5 Qc5+ 64.Ke6
Qb6+ 65.Kf7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.24"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Anatoly S Lutikov"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Na5 9.Qa4 b6 10.Nd2 Bd7 11.Qc2 c5 12.b3 a6 13.Bb2 b5
14.e3 Rb8 15.Rab1 Qe8 16.Ne2 g5 17.Rfe1 e5 18.dxe6 Bxe6
19.cxb5 axb5 20.Rbd1 Qg6 21.Nb1 Rfd8 22.Bxf6 Qxf6 23.Nbc3 Qf7
24.Nd5 b4 25.e4 Nc6 26.exf5 Bxf5 27.Qd2 h6 28.Nf6+ Qxf6
29.Qd5+ Kh8 30.Qxc6 Bg4 31.h3 Rbc8 32.Qe4 Bh5 33.Qc2 Rf8
34.Rf1 Bg6 35.Qc4 Rce8 36.Rd2 Bf7 37.Qc2 Bg6 38.Qc4 Bf7 39.Qc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.25"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5
7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. c3 Nh5 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Re1 Bg4
12. Nb3 Nf4 13. Bb5 Nh5 14. h3 Bd7 15. Qc1 Rfe8 16. Bh6 Bh8
17. Bf1 Rad8 18. Nc5 Bf5 19. b4 Nf6 20. Nh4 Bd7 21. Bf4 Qc8
22. g4 h5 23. f3 hxg4 24. hxg4 Nh7 25. Nd3 Bf6 26. Ng2 Nb8
27. a4 Na6 28. Ne3 Nc7 29. Bg2 Bh4 30. Re2 b5 31. a5 Ne6
32. Bh2 Bc6 33. Qc2 Bf6 34. Ne5 Bb7 35. Rf1 Nef8 36. Qd3 Ng5
37. f4 Ne4 38. Nxd5 Nd6 39. Ne3 Bxg2 40. Rxg2 Bg7 41. g5 Qb7
42. f5 Qe4 43. Qxe4 Nxe4 44. Rg4 Nxc3 45. f6 Bh8 46. Rh4 exf6
47. gxf6 Rxd4 48. N3g4 g5 49. Rh5 Rxe5 50. Nh6+ Kh7 51. Nf5+
Kg8 52. Ne7+ Rxe7 53. Rxh8+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.25"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.b4 Nxb4
7.c3 Nd3 8.Na3 e6 9.Qe2 Nxc1 10.Raxc1 Be7 11.d4 Rc8 12.Rfd1
Nh6 13.Qb5 a6 14.Qb6 cxd4 15.cxd4 O-O 16.Nc4 Rc6 17.Qb1 b5
18.Na5 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Rc8 20.d5 exd5 21.exd5 Rc5 22.Nc6 Bf6
23.Rxc5 dxc5 24.Qe4 g6 25.Nfe5 Qd6 26.f4 Kf8 27.g4 Bg7 28.h3
f6 29.Nf3 f5 30.gxf5 gxf5 31.Qe3 Bf6 32.Ng5 Qxd5 33.Nxh7+ Kg7
34.Nxf6 Qxc6 35.Qe7+ Kg6 36.Ne8+ Nf7 37.Qf8 Qe6 38.Qg7+ Kh5+
39.Nf6+ Kh4 40.Kf2 Qxa2+ 41.Kf3 Qb3+ 42.Kf2 Qc2+ 43.Kf3 Qd3+
44.Kf2 Qd2+ 45.Kf3 Qd3+ 46.Kf2 Qd4+ 47.Kf3 Qd1+ 48.Kg2 Qc2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.25"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikolai V Krogius"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. dxc5 Bxc3
12. bxc3 bxc5 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. e4 c4 15. Bc2 Nc5 16. e5 Bxf3
17. gxf3 Nfd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. Rd4 Rfd8 20. Be3 Rac8 21. Rad1
Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Nd3 23. Bxd3 cxd3 24. Qxd3 h5 25. f5 Qxc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.25"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bb3 b4 9.Ne2 Bb7 10.O-O Bd6 11.Nf4 O-O 12.Ng5 Qe7 13.Bd2
a5 14.Re1 c5 15.a3 e5 16.Ne2 h6 17.Ng3 g6 18.Nf3 Kh7 19.dxc5
Nxc5 20.axb4 Nxb3 21.Qxb3 axb4 22.Rxa8 Rxa8 23.e4 Bc8 24.h3
Be6 25.Qe3 Ng8 26.Qd3 Kg7 27.Rd1 Bc7 28.Qc2 Rc8 29.Qa4 Bd6
30.Qa6 Bc5 31.Nxe5 Qc7 32.Bf4 g5 33.Nh5+ Kh7 34.Bg3 Rd8 35.Re1
Qb6 36.Qe2 Bd4 37.Ng4 Bg7 38.Nxg7 Kxg7 39.Ne3 Qc5 40.Qc2 Qxc2
41.Nxc2 b3 42.Nd4 Kg6 43.Nxe6 fxe6 44.Re3 Nf6 45.f3 Rd1+
46.Kh2 h5 47.h4 g4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.25"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "E88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5
7. d5 c6 8. Qd2 cxd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5
12. Kb1 Nb6 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. Bd3 Nfd7 15. Nce2 Nc5 16. Bxc5
dxc5 17. Rxc5 Qh4 18. Ng3 Bh6 19. Qf2 Bd7 20. N1e2 Na4 21. Rc7
Qd8 22. Rc2 Qf6 23. Rf1 Rfc8 24. Nc1 Nb6 25. h4 Rxc2 26. Bxc2
Bg7 27. g5 Qd6 28. Nd3 Rc8 29. Rc1 Nc4 30. Nf1 h6 31. Ne3 hxg5
32. hxg5 f5 33. Bb3 Na5 34. Rxc8+ Bxc8 35. Qc2 Bd7 36. Nc5 f4
37. Nd1 Bh3 38. Qc3 Nc4 39. Nd3 Bg2 40. Bxc4 Bxf3 41. Bb3 Bxe4
42. Nf2 Bf5 43. Qe1 Qb6 44. Ne4 Qd4 45. Ndf2 Qe3 46. d6+ Kf8
47. Qb4 Ke8 48. Bc2 Bf8 49. a3 f3 50. Qd2 Qe2 51. Qd5 Qf1+
52. Ka2 Qc4+ 53. Qxc4 bxc4 54. Bd1 Kd7 55. Bxf3 Bxd6 56. Ng4
Ke6 57. Ne3 Be7 58. a4 Bb4 59. Nxc4 Kd5 60. Ne3+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.25"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 b6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7
12. Bd3 Be4 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. Nd2 Bg6 15. Bb2 Ne4 16. f3 Nxd2
17. Qxd2 e5 18. e4 Rfd8 19. Qf2 f6 20. a4 Bf7 21. d5 Nf8
22. c4 Ng6 23. Ra3 Rab8 24. a5 Be8 25. axb6 axb6 26. Rea1 Bd7
27. h4 Qd6 28. g3 Rf8 29. h5 Nh8 30. Ra7 Nf7 31. Bc1 h6
32. R1a3 Ng5 33. Bg2 Nf7 34. Be3 Rfd8 35. Rb3 Bc8 36. Qa2 Bd7
37. Kh2 Ng5 38. Qb2 b5 39. cxb5 c4 40. Rb4 Rdc8 41. b6 c3
42. Qb3 c2 43. Rc4 Rxb6 44. Rxc8+ Bxc8 45. Qxc2 Rb8 46. Bxg5
hxg5 47. Qc6 Qd8 48. d6 Be6 49. Re7 Bf7 50. Qc7 Rc8 51. Rxf7
Rxc7 52. dxc7 Qa8 53. Rd7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.25"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Nf6 6.d4 Nd7 7.a3 Be7
8.b4 O-O 9.O-O Bf6 10.Be3 b5 11.d5 Ne7 12.Bb3 Nb6 13.Nbd2 Bb7
14.c4 bxc4 15.Nxc4 Nxc4 16.Bxc4 c6 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Nd2 d5
19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Bc5 Be7 21.Ne4 Bxc5 22.Nxc5 Nf4 23.Qxd8 Rfxd8
24.Bxa6 Bxg2 25.Rfd1 Bf3 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Bb7 Nh3+ 28.Kf1 Bxb7
29.Nxb7 Rd2 30.a4 Rxf2+ 31.Ke1 Rxh2 32.Ra3 Rh1+ 33.Ke2 Nf4+
34.Kf2 h5 35.a5 Nd5 36.a6 Nb6 37.Ra5 f6 38.a7 Rh2+ 39.Kg3 Rb2
40.Rb5 Na8 41.Nd6 Kh7 42.Rb8 Nc7 43.Rc8 h4 44.Kxh4 Rxb4+
45.Kg3 Rb3+ 46.Kf2 Rb2+ 47.Ke1 Rb1+ 48.Kd2 Rb6 49.Ne8 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.25"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jacob Yuchtman"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4 6.Bc4 Nf6
7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 d6 9.e5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8
12.Bxf7 Ke7 13.Bb3 Be6 14.c4 Rad8 15.Re1 e4 16.f3 Rhe8 17.fxe4
Kf7 18.Bf4 Rd4 19.Bxc7 Rxe4 20.Rxe4 Nxe4 21.Rf1+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.25"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Aleksander S Nikitin"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qa4+ Nc6
7.Bg5 O-O 8.Rc1 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Ne5 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3
Nxe5 13.Bxe5 f6 14.Bg3 c6 15.e3 Bf5 16.Be2 b5 17.Qd1 Qa5
18.Qb3 Kg7 19.Qb2 Bg6 20.Bf3 Rae8 21.Bxe4 Bxe4 22.f3 Bg6
23.Kf2 Re6 24.h4 Rfe8 25.Rhe1 Qa4 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Qb3 Qc4
28.Rcd1 Qxb3 29.axb3 Bc2 30.Ra1 Bxb3 31.Rxa7+ R8e7 32.Rxe7+
Rxe7 33.Bd6 Ra7 34.e4 Ra2+ 35.Kg3 dxe4 36.fxe4 Rc2 37.Bb4 Bc4
38.Kf3 f5 39.exf5 Bd5+ 40.Kg3 Rxg2+ 41.Kh3 Rf2 42.Re5 Rxf5
43.Rxf5 Be6 44.Kg4 Kg6 45.Ba5 Bxf5+ 46.Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.25"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly S Lutikov"]
[Black "Eduard Gufeld"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+
Kxd8 8.Bg5 c6 9.f4 Kc7 10.fxe5 Ng4 11.Nf3 Nxe5 12.Bf4 Re8
13.Be2 Nbd7 14.O-O f6 15.Rad1 Nf8 16.Nd4 Bd7 17.Bg3 Ne6
18.Ndb5+ cxb5 19.Bxe5+ fxe5 20.Rf7 Red8 21.Bg4 Nd4 22.Rxg7
bxc4 23.Rf1 Kd6 24.Bxd7 Rxd7 25.Rf6+ Kc7 26.Nd5+ Kc8 27.Rf8+
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.27"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Anatoly S Lutikov"]
[ECO "E82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 b6
7. Bd3 c5 8. e5 Ne8 9. Be4 Nc7 10. Bxa8 Nxa8 11. Nge2 cxd4
12. Nxd4 dxe5 13. Nb3 Qe8 14. Rc1 Ba6 15. Nd5 Nc6 16. Qd2 e4
17. fxe4 Ne5 18. Bd4 e6 19. Nb4 Bb7 20. Nd3 Nxd3+ 21. Qxd3 Qd7
22. Qe3 e5 23. Bc3 Qg4 24. O-O Bxe4 25. Qg3 Qe6 26. Rce1 f5
27. Nd2 f4 28. Qh4 Bf6 29. Qh6 Bg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rxe4 Kg8
32. Rxe5 Qc6 33. Ne4 Nc7 34. Rd1 Ne8 35. b3 Rf5 36. Re7 Rf7
37. Re5 Rf5 38. Re7 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.27"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Ne2 Bg7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Nbc3 d6 7.d3
O-O 8.h3 Nd4 9.Be3 Ne8 10.f4 f5 11.Bf2 Nc7 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Ne2
fxe4 14.Nxd4 e5 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Nb3 exd3 17.Qxd3 Qxd3 18.cxd3
e4 19.dxe4 Bxb2 20.Rab1 Be5 21.Na5 Ne6 22.Nxb7 Ng5 23.Rb5 Bxb7
24.Rxe5 Nf3+ 25.Bxf3 Rxf3 26.Rb1 Raf8 27.Rb2 R8f7 28.Kg2 Rd3
29.Bc5 Rc7 30.h4 Kg7 31.Rf2 h5 32.Kh2 Rcd7 33.Re8 Rd2 34.Bf8+
Kh7 35.Kg2 R2d4 36.Re2 Ba6 37.Rb2 Bb7 38.Kf3 Rf7+ 39.Ke3 Rxe4+
40.Rxe4 Bxe4 41.Kxe4 Rxf8 42.Rb7+ Kh6 43.Rxa7 Re8+ 44.Kf3 Rf8+
45.Ke3 Re8+ 46.Kd2 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.27"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4
Nc6 14.Nb3 Bb7 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bd2 a5 17.a4 bxa4 18.Rxa4 Nb4
19.Bb1 Bc6 20.Ra3 Rfb8 21.Bc3 d5 22.dxe5 Nxe4 23.Bd4 Na6
24.Ra1 Bb4 25.Re3 Bd7 26.Rxe4 dxe4 27.Bxe4 Bc6 28.Rc1 Bxe4
29.Rxc7 Nxc7 30.Nh4 Ne6 31.Be3 Be7 32.Nf3 a4 33.Nbd2 Bg6
34.Qc1 Rc8 35.Qf1 Nc5 36.Bd4 Nd3 37.Kh2 Rc2 38.h4 Nxb2 39.Qb5
a3 40.Qb7 Re8 41.Qb3 Rcc8 42.g4 Rb8 43.Qa2 Rb5 44.h5 Bd3
45.Kg2 Rd8 46.Kg3 Kf8 47.Kh3 Na4 48.Kg2 Rb4 49.Qa1 Nc5 50.Qc3
Ne6 51.Be3 a2 52.Qa1 Ra8 53.Kg3 Ra3 54.Qc1 Rb8 55.Qa1 Rb1 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.27"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nf6
7. e3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb4 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nde2 Be6
12. Qa4 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Qb6 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. Bf1 a6 16. h3 h6
17. Qd1 Qd8 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Be2 b5 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Rxc5 Qf6
22. Qd2 Ne5 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Qd4 Ng6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Bd6
Ne5 27. Bb4 Kg7 28. Bc3 Nc4 29. Kf1 Kg6 30. Ke1 f5 31. a4 Bd7
32. axb5 Bxb5 33. Rd1 Rd8 34. Rd4 Ne5 35. Rd1 Bxe2 36. Kxe2
Nc6 37. Kf3 f6 38. Kf4 Rd7 39. g4 fxg4 40. hxg4 Rd6 41. b4 Rd8
42. Kg3 Na7 43. f4 Nb5 44. f5+ Kf7 45. Ba1 Nd6 46. Kf4 Ne4
47. Bb2 Nd6 48. Rd2 Ne4 49. Rd1 Nf2 50. Rd2 Ne4 51. Rd4 Ng5
52. Rd3 Rc8 53. Rc3 Rxc3 54. Bxc3 Ne4 55. Be1 Ng5 56. Kg3 Ke7
57. Kg2 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.27"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Nikolai V Krogius"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Qe2 a6 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.h3 Na5 11.Bd3 b5 12.f4 Bb7 13.f5
e5 14.Nb3 O-O 15.Bg5 Rfc8 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nd2 Bg5 18.Kb1 b4
19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Bxd2 21.Rxd2 f6 22.Be4 Nb7 23.g4 Nc5 24.h4
Kh8 25.g5 Rf8 26.Qe3 Qe7 27.Rg2 a5 28.Rhg1 Rac8 29.Rg3 Ra8
30.R3g2 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.27"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Nd7
12. Qd3 Rc8 13. c3 Bg5 14. Rad1 Kh8 15. Bf3 g6 16. Ne3 Rc6
17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. Qe2 b5 19. Ra1 Qb6 20. Nd2 a5 21. Ndf1 Rfc8
22. a3 b4 23. cxb4 axb4 24. a4 Qa7 25. Red1 Ra6 26. Rd3 b3
27. a5 Rcc6 28. Qd1 Qc7 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 Rc5 31. Rxb3
Raxa5 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Rc3 Qb6 34. Rb3 Qa7 35. Rb4 Kg7 36. h4
Bh6 37. b3 Ra2 38. Qe1 Qa5 39. Qb1 Ra1 40. Rb5 Qc3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.27"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

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 c6 9. h3 Qa5 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 b5 12. Nd2
b4 13. Nb3 Qa6 14. Nb1 Qb5 15. a4 Qb8 16. a5 Ba6 17. Re1 Ne8
18. N1d2 Qc7 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Rc8 21. Nf3 Nc5 22. Re1 Qd7
23. Kg2 Qb5 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. Qa4 Qb7 26. a6 Qe7 27. b3 Nd6
28. Nd2 f5 29. f3 h5 30. Nc4 fxe4 31. fxe4 Qf7 32. Qa2 Nxe4
33. Kh2 Qxd5 34. Be3 Rf3 35. Rad1 Qe6 36. Rg1 h4 37. g4 Nc3
38. Qg2 e4 39. Rde1 Be5+ 40. Kh1 Rg3 41. Qh2 Bb8 42. Bf2 Rf3
43. Qg2 Qf6 44. Rgf1 Rf8 45. Kg1 Bg3 46. Bxc5 Bxe1 47. Bxf8
Qxf8 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.27"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Jacob Yuchtman"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. h4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 h5
7. Nh3 Nbd7 8. f4 Ng4 9. Qd3 Ndf6 10. Bd2 a6 11. a4 Bd7
12. Qg3 b5 13. e5 b4 14. exf6 bxc3 15. fxg7 cxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Rg8
17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Qc3 Qb6 19. b3 Qb7 20. Qc4 e6 21. Rae1 Kd7
22. dxe6+ fxe6 23. Qc3 Qb4 24. Qxb4 cxb4 25. Re4 a5 26. Nf2
Bf5 27. Rd4 Rxg7 28. Ne4 d5 29. Re1 Kc6 30. Ng3 Kc5 31. c3 Rb8
32. Ne2 bxc3+ 33. Kxc3 Rgb7 34. Nc1 Kd6 35. Kb2 Rc7 36. Nd3
Rcb7 37. Nc1 Rc8 38. Nd3 Rcb8 39. Nc1 Rc8 40. Nd3 Rbc7 41. Re2
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.27"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aleksander S Nikitin"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

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 Be7 9.Nb3 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.f4 b4 12.Ne2 Bb7 13.f5
e5 14.Ng3 Qc7 15.Kb1 a5 16.Bb5 a4 17.Nc1 Ra5 18.Bxc6+ Bxc6
19.Nd3 b3 20.cxb3 axb3 21.Nb4 bxa2 22.Ka1 Bb7 23.Nd5 Bxd5
24.exd5 Rb5 25.Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.27"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eduard Gufeld"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 Nd7
7.Nbd2 Be7 8.Nc4 Bf6 9.Qe2 c5 10.Bd2 O-O 11.g4 b5 12.Ne3 g6
13.h4 Nb8 14.O-O-O Nc6 15.Rdg1 Be6 16.Kb1 Nb4 17.Bxb4 cxb4
18.g5 Bg7 19.Ng4 f5 20.gxf6 Bxg4 21.Rxg4 Qxf6 22.Rh3 a5 23.h5
Ra6 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Rg2 b3 26.axb3 a4 27.Nh4 axb3 28.Rxg6 Rfa8
29.cxb3 Qf7 30.Rxg7+ Kxg7 31.Nf5+ Kg8 32.Qg4+ Rg6 33.Ne7+ Kg7
34.Nxg6 Qxb3 35.Nxe5 Kf6 36.Qg6+ Kxe5 37.d4+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.28"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. c3 d6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. Nbd2
Qb6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1 Be6 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. Qe2 g6 17. Ng5
c4 18. a4 Kg7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rb1 Na5 21. Nf3 Qc7 22. Nd5
Bxd5 23. exd5 Rfe8 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Nxe5 Nxd5 26. Ra1 Nb3
27. Bxb3 cxb3 28. Bh6+ Kg8 29. Nc6 Rc8 30. Rad1 Rxc6 31. Rxd5
f6 32. Rxb5 g5 33. Rxb3 Kf7 34. Rb7 Re6 35. Rxe6 Kxe6 36. h4
Rg8 37. f4 Bc5+ 38. Kf1 gxh4 39. Rb5 Rc8 40. f5+ Kd6 41. b4 h3
42. Rxc5 h2 43. Bf4+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.28"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "D64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1
c6 8.a3 a6 9.Qc2 Re8 10.Bd3 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.O-O dxc4
13.Bxc4 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Rfd1 Qb6 16.b4 Nd7 17.Ne4 Be7
18.Rd4 a5 19.Qa4 Rd8 20.Rcd1 Qc7 21.h3 b6 22.Bb5 Nf8 23.Bc6
Bb7 24.b5 Rxd4 25.exd4 Rd8 26.Ne5 f6 27.Nf3 Bc8 28.Qb3 Kh8
29.a4 Ng6 30.h4 f5 31.Ned2 Bf6 32.Nc4 Nxh4 33.Nfe5 Kh7 34.Qg3
g5 35.Ng4 f4 36.Nxf6+ Kg6 37.Ne8 Qxc6 38.Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.28"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4
7.Qxd4 d6 8.c5 Bg7 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.cxd6 O-O 12.O-O
Ne8 13.Qd5 e6 14.Qb5 Qxb5 15.Nxb5 a6 16.Nc7 Nxc7 17.dxc7 Rfc8
18.Bf4 e5 19.Bd2 Rxc7 20.Rfc1 Rac8 21.Rxc7 Rxc7 22.Bc3 Rd7
23.Kf1 f6 24.Ke2 Kf7 25.a4 Bf8 26.f3 Ke6 27.g4 Bc5 28.Rc1 Bd4
29.h4 h5 30.Rf1 Rd6 31.Ba5 Rc6 32.Kd3 Bxb2 33.Rb1 b6 34.Rxb2
bxa5 35.g5 fxg5 36.hxg5 Rd6+ 37.Ke3 Rd4 38.Rb6+ Kf7 39.Rf6+
Kg7 40.f4 Rxa4 41.fxe5 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.28"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6
7. e3 h6 8. Bf4 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7
12. Rab1 a5 13. h3 Re8 14. Ne5 a4 15. b4 axb3 16. axb3 Bb4
17. Ra1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd7 19. Bf4 Qe7 20. Ne2 Qe4 21. Qxe4
dxe4 22. g4 Kh7 23. Ng3 g5 24. Bc7 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Rc8 26. Be5
Nxe5 27. dxe5 Bc3 28. Ra7 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.28"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.g3
Bd7 8.Bg2 a6 9.O-O Be7 10.Nb3 Qc7 11.a4 O-O 12.f4 Rfd8 13.Qe2
Ne8 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.f5 e5 16.g4 b5 17.g5 f6 18.axb5 axb5 19.g6
h6 20.Qd3 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Bc6 22.Rxa8 Rxa8 23.Nd1 Kh8 24.Ne3 Ra4
25.c3 Qb7 26.Nd2 Qa8 27.Nc2 d5 28.Nb4 dxe4 29.Nxe4 Bb7 30.Kg1
Ra1 31.Nc5 Rxf1+ 32.Qxf1 Bxg2 33.Qxg2 Qxg2+ 34.Kxg2 Nxf5
35.Kf3 Ne7 36.Nbd3 Nxg6 37.Ke4 Ne7 38.Nb7 Kh7 39.b3 Kg6 40.c4
bxc4 41.bxc4 Nc7 42.Nd8 Nc8 43.c5 Ne7 44.Nb4 Kg5 45.Nbc6 Ng6
46.Nf7+ Kg4 47.Nd6 Ne6 48.Kd5 Nc7+ 49.Ke4 Ne6 50.Kd5 Ngf4+
51.Kc4 Nc7 52.Na7 Nfe6 53.Nab5 Nxb5 54.Nxb5 Nxc5 55.Kxc5 Kh3
56.Kd5 Kxh2 57.Ke4 h5 58.Nd6 g5 59.Ne8 g4 60.Nxf6 g3 61.Nd7 g2
62.Nxe5 Kg3 63.Nf3 h4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.28"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Eduard Gufeld"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg5 Be7
7. e3 Nc6 8. Bd3 Qb6 9. Rb1 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Ne5 Qd8
12. Qf3 Nb4 13. Be2 Be8 14. a3 Nc6 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. Nxc6 bxc6
17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. e4 a5 19. Rfe1 Qd8 20. Rbc1 Qb6 21. exd5
cxd5 22. Qe3 Nb8 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Qxe8 g6 25. Qb5 Qxd4
26. Red1 Ra6 27. Bxg6 Rc6 28. Bd3 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Nd7 30. Rd1
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.28"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5
7. c5 Nc6 8. a3 Ba5 9. b4 Bc7 10. g3 e5 11. Bg2 Bg4 12. f3 Bf5
13. O-O O-O 14. Nb5 Bb8 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Ned4 Bd3 17. Re1 Bc4
18. Nc3 a5 19. Rb1 axb4 20. axb4 Nd3 21. Re3 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Qd7
23. Qd2 Bc7 24. Bf1 Rfe8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Ndb5 Bxf1 27. Nxc7
Qxc7 28. Rxf1 Qe5 29. Rd1 Kf8 30. Qd4 Qf5 31. Nxd5 Nxd5
32. Qxd5 Qc2 33. Qd6+ Kg8 34. Qd3 Qb2 35. Qe4 Kf8 36. Qxb7 g6
37. Qb6 Kg7 38. c6 Kh6 39. Qc5 g5 40. c7 Re2 41. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.28"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jacob Yuchtman"]
[Black "Aleksander S Nikitin"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.d4
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Be7 9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 Rd8 11.Nce2 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5
13.c4 Nf6 14.Qb1 e5 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Nc3 Be6 17.Na4 Rac8 18.Qe1
Nd7 19.Bc3 Re8 20.Qe3 Bf6 21.Rfe1 Bf5 22.Nc5 Nb8 23.Rad1 h6
24.h4 Re7 25.Be4 Bg4 26.f3 Be6 27.Nxe6 fxe6 28.Kg2 Rd8 29.Qc5
Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Rd7 31.Rxd7 Qxd7 32.Bxe5 Qd2+ 33.Kh3 Nd7 34.Qxc6
Kf7 35.Qd6 Qxd6 36.Bxd6 Be7 37.Bxe7 Kxe7 38.b4 a5 39.bxa5 Nc5
40.Kg4 Kf6 41.Bb7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.28"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikolai V Krogius"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.exd6 Nxd6
7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Qf4 g6 9.Bd2 Bg7 10.O-O-O Be6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.h4 Qf6
13.Qh2 Ne5 14.Bg5 Nxf3 15.gxf3 Qxf3 16.h5 Qxh5 17.Qxh5 gxh5
18.Rxh5 f5 19.Rdh1 Rf7 20.Bf4 Ne4 21.Bxe4 fxe4 22.Be3 Bf5
23.Nd5 Bg6 24.Rg5 Raf8 25.a3 c6 26.Nc3 b6 27.Ne2 Rxf2 28.Bxf2
Rxf2 29.Kd1 Bxb2 30.Rg4 Be5 31.Rh3 Kf7 32.Ke1 Rf3 33.Rxf3+
exf3 34.Nd4 h5 35.Rxg6 Kxg6 36.Nxc6 Bg3+ 37.Kf1 Kg5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.28"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly S Lutikov"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "207"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7
8.Bb5+ Nfd7 9.a4 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qe7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.O-O Na6 13.Re1
Nb4 14.Bf1 b6 15.Bc4 Bb7 16.Qb3 Rae8 17.Bd2 a6 18.Re2 Qd8
19.Rae1 Nf6 20.Bc1 Qa8 21.Rd1 Rd8 22.h3 Rfe8 23.g4 Qc8 24.e5
dxe5 25.fxe5 Nfxd5 26.Nxd5 Nxd5 27.Rxd5 Bxd5 28.Bxd5 Qd7
29.Bc4 Qd1+ 30.Qxd1 Rxd1+ 31.Re1 Rxe1+ 32.Nxe1 Bxe5 33.Nf3 b5
34.axb5 axb5 35.Bxb5 Rb8 36.Nxe5 Rxb5 37.Kf2 f6 38.Nc4 Rb4
39.Ne3 Kf7 40.Nd1 Ke6 41.Bd2 Rd4 42.Ke2 f5 43.Be3 Re4 44.Nf2
Rc4 45.gxf5+ gxf5 46.Nd3 Kd5 47.Bh6 Re4+ 48.Kf3 c4 49.Nf4+ Kd6
50.Bf8+ Ke5 51.Bg7+ Kd6 52.Bc3 Ke7 53.h4 Kf7 54.h5 Ke7 55.h6
Kf7 56.Bg7 Re8 57.Nd5 Kg6 58.Nb6 Re1 59.Nxc4 Rf1+ 60.Ke2 Rc1
61.Ne5+ Kg5 62.Nd7 f4 63.Nf6 Rh1 64.Nxh7+ Kg4 65.Nf6+ Kg3
66.Ne4+ Kg2 67.Ng5 Rh5 68.Nf3 Rh3 69.Ne1+ Kg3 70.b4 Rh2+
71.Kd3 Rh1 72.Kd2 Rh2+ 73.Kc3 Rh5 74.b5 Rxb5 75.h7 Rh5 76.h8=Q
Rxh8 77.Bxh8 f3 78.Be5+ Kg4 79.Bd4 Kg3 80.Nd3 f2 81.Bxf2+ Kf3
82.Kd4 Ke2 83.Be3 Kf3 84.Ne5+ Kg2 85.Ke4 Kg3 86.Nd3 Kg2 87.Kf4
Kh3 88.Kf3 Kh2 89.Nf2 Kg1 90.Bf4 Kf1 91.Bh2 Ke1 92.Ne4 Kf1
93.Nd2+ Ke1 94.Ke3 Kd1 95.Kd3 Kc1 96.Bd6 Kb2 97.Bb4 Kc1 98.Nf3
Kb2 99.Nd4 Kc1 100.Ke2 Kb1 101.Ba3 Ka2 102.Bc1 Ka1 103.Kd2 Kb1
104.Nc6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.31"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Bd7 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7
7. c5 b6 8. b4 a5 9. Na4 Nc8 10. Rb1 axb4 11. Rxb4 bxc5
12. dxc5 Qc7 13. Nf3 Rxa4 14. Qxa4 Bxc5 15. Ba3 Ba7 16. Rb1 c5
17. Bb5 O-O 18. O-O Bb6 19. Qc2 Bxb5 20. Rxb5 Nd7 21. Ng5 g6
22. f4 Ne7 23. Rfb1 Rc8 24. Qf2 h6 25. Nf3 d4 26. Qh4 Qc6
27. Qxe7 Qxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.31"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2
d5 8.d3 O-O 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Nf1 Be6 11.Ng5 Bg4 12.f3 Bc8 13.Ng3
h6 14.Nh3 Bc5 15.Nf2 Be6 16.O-O Ne7 17.d4 exd4 18.e5 Nd7
19.Qd3 f5 20.exf6 Nxf6 21.cxd4 Bb6 22.Be3 Bf7 23.Ng4 Nc6
24.Rae1 Nb4 25.Nxf6+ Qxf6 26.Qh7+ Kf8 27.Qh8+ Bg8 28.Ne4 Qg6
29.Bb3 Kf7 30.Bd2 Bh7 31.Bxb4 Rxh8 32.Bxd5+ Ke8 33.Nc5 Kd8
34.Bxa8 Re8 35.Rxe8+ Qxe8 36.Re1 Qg6 37.Ne6+ Kc8 38.Nf8 Qf7
39.Nxh7 Bxd4+ 40.Kh1 c5 41.Ba5 Kd7 42.b4 Qg8 43.Be4 Qxa2
44.Nf8+ Kd6 45.bxc5 Kxc5 46.Rc1+ Kd6 47.Bb4+ Ke5 48.Ng6+ Ke6
49.h4 a5 50.Nf4+ Ke5 51.Ng6+ Ke6 52.Nf4+ Ke5 53.Nd3+ Ke6
54.Rc6+ Kd7 55.Rd6+ Kc7 56.Rxd4 Qa1+ 57.Kh2 Qxd4 58.Bxa5+ Kd7
59.h5 Ke7 60.Bb4+ Kf7 61.Bc5 Qd8 62.g4 Qg5 63.Kg3 Qd2 64.Ba3
Kg8 65.Bc1 Qd1 66.Kf4 b4 67.Ke5 b3 68.Kd4 Qc2 69.Bb2 Kh8
70.Bc3 Qa2 71.Bb2 Qb1 72.Kc3 Qc2+ 73.Kb4 Kg8 74.Ka3 Qc4 75.Nc1
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.31"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bg4
7.dxc5 d4 8.Ne4 Nf6 9.Nfd2 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Bxc5 11.Nxc5 Qa5+
12.Qd2 Qxc5 13.e4 dxe3 14.Qxe3+ Qxe3+ 15.Bxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.31"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Jacob Yuchtman"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 g5 5. Bg3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Nc3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. e3 d6 10. h4 h6 11. Qb3 O-O
12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Rd1 Be6 14. Nb5 f5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Nd4
Bxd4 17. Rxd4 b6 18. Be2 Qf6 19. Qc2 Kg7 20. Rd1 Rh8 21. Kd2
f4 22. Qc3 fxe3+ 23. fxe3 Qxc3+ 24. Kxc3 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 Bf5
26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Kxd3 Rf8 28. Ke2 a5 29. g4 a4 30. Rh2 Rd8
31. Kd3 d5 32. Rc2 Kf6 33. Rf2+ Ke6 34. Kc3 c6 35. Rf5 dxc4
36. Kxc4 Rd2 37. Kc3 Re2 38. Rxg5 Rxe3+ 39. Kd2 Rg3 40. a3 b5
41. Kc2 Kd6 42. Kd2 c5 43. Kc2 b4 44. axb4 cxb4 45. Ra5 Rxg4
46. Rxa4 Rg2+ 47. Kc1 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.31"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eduard Gufeld"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.O-O Bg7
8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Be3 Nf6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.Nxe5 Bxe4
13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxd8 Raxd8 15.Nf3 Bf6 16.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 17.Rxd1
Rd8 18.Rxd8+ Bxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.31"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksander S Nikitin"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 b5 8. a3 Nbd7 9. Qf3 Bb7 10. f5 e5 11. Nb3 Be7 12. O-O-O
Rc8 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qc7
17. Kb1 Rfe8 18. Nd2 Qb7 19. Ne4 b4 20. a4 b3 21. c3 Qd7
22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Qe4 Rc5 24. Qb4 Qa7 25. Qe4 Ra5 26. Qb4 Qc7
27. Qxb3 Rb8 28. Qc4 Qb7 29. Qb4 Qxb4 30. cxb4 Rxb4 31. Bc2 e4
32. Kc1 Rc5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.31"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 Rd8 11.g4 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5
13.Bxe7 Ndxe7 14.Bd3 e5 15.Rhe1 Be6 16.Qe3 Rd4 17.Be4 Bxb3
18.axb3 Rad8 19.Bxc6 Nxc6 20.Rxd4 Qxd4 21.Ne4 f6 22.Qe2 Qd5
23.Kb1 Nd4 24.Qf2 Nc6 25.Qe2 Nd4 26.Qg2 Ne6 27.g5 f5 28.Nc3
Qd2 29.Qf1 Qxg5 30.Qc4 Qf6 31.Nd5 Qf7 32.Rxe5 g6 33.h4 Rd6
34.h5 Rc6 35.Qh4 Kf8 36.hxg6 Qxg6 37.Qe7+ Kg8 38.Nf6+ Kh8
39.Rxe6 Qg1+ 40.Ka2 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.31"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.a3 b5 7.g3
Bb7 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.O-O Nf6 10.Nde2 Be7 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Rfd8
13.h3 Rac8 14.Kh2 d5 15.exd5 Ne5 16.Qd4 Ng6 17.Rad1 exd5 18.b4
Ne8 19.f4 Bf6 20.Qf2 Qc4 21.Nd4 Nd6 22.Rfe1 h5 23.h4 Ne4
24.Nxe4 dxe4 25.c3 Ne7 26.Rc1 Re8 27.Bxe4 Bxe4 28.Rxe4 Nf5
29.Ree1 Nh6 30.Kg1 Ng4 31.Qd2 Rcd8 32.Rxe8+ Rxe8 33.Re1 Rc8
34.Re4 Qa2 35.Qe2 Bxd4+ 36.Rxd4 Rxc3 37.Rd8+ Kh7 38.Qe4+ g6
39.Rh8+ Kxh8 40.Qd4+ Kg8 41.Qxc3 Qb1+ 42.Kg2 Qe4+ 43.Kg1 Qe3+
44.Qxe3 Nxe3 45.Bc1 Nf5 46.Kf2 f6 47.Kf3 Kf7 48.Bb2 Ke6 49.Bc3
Nd6 50.Ke3 Kd5 51.Bxf6 Ne4 52.Bd8 Nxg3 53.Kd3 Nf5 54.Bf6 Nd6
55.Bb2 Ke6 56.Bc3 Kf5 57.Kd4 Kg4 58.Be1 Nf5+ 59.Kc5 Nxh4
60.Kb6 Nf3 61.Bf2 h4 62.Bxh4 Kxh4 63.Kxa6 Nd4 64.Kb6 Kg4
65.Kc5 Nc2 66.Kxb5 Nxa3+ 67.Ka4 Nc4 68.b5 Kxf4 69.Kb4 Nb6
70.Kc5 Nc8 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.31"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Anatoly S Lutikov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.e5 Ng4 5.Qe2 g6 6.h3 Nh6 7.O-O
Bg7 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nf5 11.Rd1 Qb6 12.Bxc6 dxc6
13.g4 Nh6 14.Nc3 f5 15.g5 Nf7 16.h4 Be6 17.h5 Rfd8 18.h6 Bf8
19.Bf4 Qb4 20.a3 Qc4 21.Qe3 Qa6 22.d5 cxd5 23.Nd4 Rac8 24.Nce2
Re8 25.Nxe6 Qxe6 26.Nd4 Qb6 27.e6 Nd8 28.Rac1 Nc6 29.Nxc6 Rxc6
30.Rxc6 bxc6 31.Qxb6 axb6 32.Bc7 b5 33.Rc1 Ra8 34.Rxc6 Ra4
35.Be5 Ra8 36.Kf1 Rd8 37.Ke2 f4 38.Bxf4 d4 39.Kd3 Rd5 40.Bd2
Rf5 41.f4 Rd5 42.b3 Rd8 43.a4 b4 44.a5 Rb8 45.a6 Rb5 46.Kxd4
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.31"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Nikolai V Krogius"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "193"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
c6 8.Nf3 b5 9.Be2 a5 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Be6
13.Qc2 Rc8 14.Rfd1 Qb6 15.b3 Rfe8 16.Rac1 Bf5 17.Bd3 Bg4
18.Ne2 Bf8 19.h3 Bd7 20.Qd2 Bh6 21.Ng3 Nd5 22.Ne4 Red8 23.Nc5
Be8 24.Qe2 f6 25.Bg3 Bf7 26.Be4 Qa7 27.Bf3 Re8 28.Bg4 f5
29.Bf3 Red8 30.Be5 Nb4 31.a3 Nd5 32.Qb2 Qb6 33.Ra1 Nc7 34.Rdc1
Ne6 35.Nxe6 Bxe6 36.Rc5 Bd5 37.Bxd5+ Rxd5 38.Rac1 Rxc5 39.Rxc5
Bf8 40.Qc1 e6 41.Rc2 Qb7 42.a4 bxa4 43.bxa4 Qd7 44.Qb1 Bb4
45.Qf1 Qb7 46.Qd3 Be7 47.Rc1 Bb4 48.e4 fxe4 49.Qxe4 Qd7 50.Qf3
Bd6 51.Qf6 Bxe5 52.Qxe5 Qd5 53.Rc5 Qxe5 54.dxe5 g5 55.g4 Rd8
56.Rxa5 Rd4 57.Ra8+ Kg7 58.Ra7+ Kg8 59.a5 Ra4 60.Kf1 Ra2
61.Ke1 c5 62.a6 c4 63.Kd1 c3 64.Kc1 h6 65.Kb1 Rb2+ 66.Kc1 Ra2
67.Ra8+ Kg7 68.a7 Kh7 69.Kb1 c2+ 70.Kxa2 c1=Q 71.Rh8+ Kxh8
72.a8=Q+ Kg7 73.Qb7+ Kg8 74.Qb8+ Kf7 75.Qa7+ Kg6 76.Qd4 Qc2+
77.Ka3 h5 78.Kb4 Kh6 79.Qd6 Qb2+ 80.Ka4 Qa2+ 81.Kb5 hxg4
82.hxg4 Kg6 83.Kc6 Qa4+ 84.Kc7 Qxg4 85.Kd7 Kh5 86.Qxe6 Qa4+
87.Kd8 Qd4+ 88.Qd6 Qxf2 89.e6 Qf6+ 90.Kc7 Qa1 91.e7 Qa7+
92.Kc8 Qa8+ 93.Kd7 Qb7+ 94.Ke8 Qf3 95.Qe6 Kh4 96.Qf7 Qa8+
97.Kd7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.01"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Aleksander S Nikitin"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4
c5 8.e3 Nc6 9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O Be6 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Rc1 Be7
13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Nd4 c5 15.Nc6 Qc7 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Qa4 Rfd8
18.Qa3 Rac8 19.Rfd1 Rd7 20.h3 Rb7 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 g5
23.Bxg5 hxg5 24.Rxg5+ Kf8 25.Rgxc5 Rxc5 26.Rxc5 Ne4 27.Rc8+
Kg7 28.Qxe7 Rxe7 29.f3 Nf6 30.e4 Rd7 31.Rc2 Rd1+ 32.Kf2 Nh5
33.Ke3 Ra1 34.b3 Re1+ 35.Re2 Rxe2+ 36.Kxe2 Nf4+ 37.Kf1 Nd3
38.a3 a5 39.h4 Kf6 40.g3 Ke5 41.h5 Kf6 42.g4 Kg7 43.Ke2 Nc1+
44.Ke3 Nxb3 45.e5 a4 46.f4 Nc5 47.f5 Nd7 48.Kf4 Nc5 49.g5 Nd3+
50.Ke4 Nf2+ 51.Kf3 Nh3 52.f6 Kg8 53.Kg4 Ng1 54.g6 Ne2 55.e6
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.01"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c3 e5 7.Na3
Nge7 8.Nc2 O-O 9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Bg4 11.Be3 Qb6 12.dxc5 dxc5
13.b4 Rfd8 14.bxc5 Rxd1 15.cxb6 Rxa1 16.Nxa1 axb6 17.Nb3 Rxa2
18.Rb1 b5 19.Nfd4 b4 20.h3 Bd7 21.Bf1 Nxd4 22.Nxd4 Ra4 23.Nb3
Be6 24.Nc5 Ba2 25.Rd1 Ra8 26.Rd7 Nc6 27.Rxb7 Bc3 28.Rc7 Nd4
29.Nd3 Ne6 30.Rb7 Bc4 31.Nc1 Rc8 32.Bxc4 Rxc4 33.Na2 Kg7
34.Rb6 h5 35.Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.01"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly S Lutikov"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Bg7 6. d4 d6
7. Nxg4 Bxg4 8. Qxg4 Bxd4 9. c3 Be5 10. Bxf4 Bxf4 11. Qxf4 Qf6
12. g3 Nd7 13. Nd2 Qxf4 14. gxf4 Ngf6 15. Kf2 Rg8 16. Kf3 Kf8
17. Bh3 Nc5 18. Bf5 h6 19. Rhg1 Ke7 20. Nc4 Rxg1 21. Rxg1 Rg8
22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Ne3 c6 24. b4 Ne6 25. Bh3 Ng7 26. c4 a6 27. a4
Nfe8 28. Rg1 Kf8 29. Ng4 d5 30. exd5 cxd5 31. Rd1 Nf5 32. Ne5
Nxh4+ 33. Ke3 Nd6 34. cxd5 Nhf5+ 35. Kd3 Re8 36. Nd7+ Ke7
37. Nc5 Rg8 38. Re1+ Kf6 39. Nd7+ Kg7 40. Rg1+ Kh8 41. Rxg8+
Kxg8 42. Nc5 Ne7 43. Kd4 Kf8 44. Ne4 Nxe4 45. Kxe4 Ke8 46. Ke5
Ng6+ 47. Ke4 Kd8 48. d6 Nf8 49. Kf5 Ng6 50. Ke4 Nf8 51. a5 Ng6
52. Bg4 Nf8 53. Kd4 Nd7 54. Bh5 Nf6 55. Bf3 Kc8 56. Ke5 Nd7+
57. Kf5 b6 58. b5 bxa5 59. bxa6 Nb6 60. a7 Kd7 61. a8=Q Nxa8
62. Bxa8 Kxd6 63. Be4 a4 64. Bc2 a3 65. Bb3 Kc5 66. Bxf7 Kd4
67. Kg6 Ke4 68. f5 h5 69. f6 h4 70. Ba2 h3 71. f7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.01"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4
7.Qd3 d6 8.Bd2 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 O-O 10.O-O-O Qe8 11.h3 a6 12.Bc4+
Be6 13.Rhe1 Bxc4 14.Qxc4+ Kh8 15.Qe2 Nd7 16.Kb1 b5 17.Bd2 Nc5
18.Be3 Ne6 19.h4 Qh5 20.Qd2 h6 21.Qd5 Qe8 22.h5 Rf6 23.Nh4 Ne7
24.Qd2 Qxh5 25.Rh1 Ng8 26.Nf5 Qg6 27.f3 Rxf5 28.exf5 Qxf5
29.Rh4 Nf6 30.Bxh6 Kg8 31.Be3 g5 32.Rh6 Kg7 33.Rdh1 Rf8 34.Qd1
Nf4 35.g4 Qe6 36.Bxf4 exf4 37.Qd3 Kf7 38.Qg6+ Ke7 39.Qxg5 Qe5
40.Qxe5+ dxe5 41.Re1 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.01"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4
O-O 7. c3 d6 8. Qc2 Qe8 9. Bd3 d5 10. e5 Be7 11. a3 b6 12. c4
c6 13. O-O Na6 14. Rfe1 Nc7 15. c5 Bd7 16. b4 Qh5 17. a4 Rfb8
18. b5 bxc5 19. dxc5 cxb5 20. c6 Be8 21. axb5 Nxb5 22. Reb1
Nc7 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Rxa7 Bd8 25. Qc5 Qg4 26. Qd6 h6 27. h3
Qg6 28. Rxc7 Bxc7 29. Qxc7 Ra8 30. Qb7 Ra1+ 31. Bb1 Qf7 32. c7
Bd7 33. c8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.01"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "177"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3
12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Bd3 Rac8 15. Rac1 Qd6 16. c4 Rc7
17. Qe3 Rd8 18. h3 Rdc8 19. Bc3 Re8 20. Bb2 Rcc8 21. Bb1 Qb4
22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 a5 24. Ne5 Red8 25. Nxd7 Nxd7 26. Bd3 g6
27. Be2 h5 28. Bc3 Nb8 29. Rb1 Ba6 30. Bf3 a4 31. bxa4 Rxc4
32. Be1 Rxa4 33. Rxb6 Bc4 34. Rc1 Bd5 35. Bxd5 exd5 36. Bb4
Re8 37. Bd6 Nd7 38. Rb7 Nf8 39. Rcc7 Ne6 40. Rxf7 Rxd4 41. Rf6
Nf8 42. Bxf8 Rxf8 43. Rxg6+ Kh8 44. f3 h4 45. Rd6 Rd1+ 46. Kh2
Rd2 47. Rdd7 Rc8 48. Rh7+ Kg8 49. Rbg7+ Kf8 50. Rd7 Kg8
51. Rxh4 Rc3 52. Rg4+ Kf8 53. Ra4 Re3 54. Raa7 Ree2 55. Rd8+
Re8 56. Rxe8+ Kxe8 57. Kg3 d4 58. h4 d3 59. Ra4 Rb2 60. Rd4 d2
61. Kh3 Kf7 62. g4 Kf6 63. Kg3 Ra2 64. h5 Rb2 65. Rd3 Ke5
66. h6 Rb6 67. Rxd2 Rxh6 68. Re2+ Kf6 69. Kf4 Rh1 70. Ra2 Rb1
71. Ra6+ Kg7 72. g5 Rb4+ 73. Kf5 Rb5+ 74. Kg4 Rb4+ 75. f4 Rc4
76. Rd6 Ra4 77. Kf5 Ra5+ 78. Ke4 Ra1 79. Re6 Rb1 80. Kf5 Rb5+
81. Re5 Rb7 82. Re4 Ra7 83. Kg4 Kf7 84. Rb4 Rc7 85. f5 Kg7
86. Kh5 Ra7 87. Rb6 Rc7 88. f6+ Kf7 89. g6+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.01"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikolai V Krogius"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3
Nf6 8.O-O Ne5 9.h3 b5 10.Qe2 b4 11.Nd1 d5 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Bxe5
Bxe5 14.Nf3 Bf4 15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Ne3 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Bh6 18.e4 O-O
19.e5 Bb7 20.Rae1 Qa5 21.Nh2 Rad8 22.h4 Rd4 23.Ng4 Bf4 24.Nf6+
gxf6 25.Bxh7+ Kxh7 26.Qh5+ Kg8 27.Qg4+ Bg5 28.Qxd4 Rd8 29.Qg4
Qc5+ 30.Rf2 Rd4 31.Qg3 Rxh4 32.exf6 Rf4 33.Rd1 Rxf6 34.Rd8+
Kg7 35.Rb8 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.01"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4
7.Qxd4 d6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Ng4 11.Bd4 Bh6 12.Qd1 Ne5
13.Nd5 e6 14.Ne3 Nc6 15.Ng4 Bg7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qd2 e5 18.Ne3
Be6 19.O-O Qa5 20.Qxa5 Nxa5 21.Rad1 Rad8 22.Rd2 Nc6 23.Bg4 f5
24.exf5 gxf5 25.Bh3 Kf6 26.f4 e4 27.Rfd1 Ke7 28.g3 h5 29.Rd5
Bxd5 30.Rxd5 Nb4 31.Rb5 Nd3 32.Rxb7+ Ke6 33.b3 Rf7 34.Rb5 Rdf8
35.Kf1 Nc5 36.b4 Nd3 37.a3 h4 38.Ke2 hxg3 39.hxg3 Nb2 40.g4
fxg4 41.Bxg4+ Kf6 42.Rg5 Ke7 43.Rg6 Rh8 44.Kd2 Rh2+ 45.Kc3 Nd3
46.Nd5+ Kf8 47.Be6 Rg7 48.Rf6+ Ke8 49.Bf5 Ne1 50.Rxd6 Rg3+
51.Kd4 e3 52.Re6+ Kf7 53.Rxe3 Rxe3 54.Nxe3 Nf3+ 55.Ke4 Nh4
56.Bd7 Ng6 57.c5 Rf2 58.f5 Nf8 59.Bb5 Nh7 60.Bc4+ Ke8 61.c6
Nf6+ 62.Ke5 Ke7 63.c7 Nd7+ 64.Kd4 Rf4+ 65.Kc3 Nb6 66.c8=Q
Rxc4+ 67.Qxc4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.01"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jacob Yuchtman"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Ne2 e6 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.h5 Bh7
8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Qa5+ 10.c3 Qa6 11.Qxa6 Nxa6 12.f4 Ne7 13.Be3
g6 14.Bf2 Rg8 15.hxg6 fxg6 16.Nd2 Nf5 17.Nxf5 gxf5 18.g3 Rc8
19.b4 Rg6 20.Ke2 Kf7 21.a4 Nc7 22.Nf1 Ne8 23.Ne3 Ng7 24.Rhc1
Rd8 25.Rab1 h5 26.Kf3 h4 27.c4 hxg3 28.Bxg3 Be7 29.cxd5 cxd5
30.Rc7 Rh8 31.Nf1 Ke8 32.Rxb7 Rh3 33.Rc1 Nh5 34.Rc8+ Bd8
35.Rh7 Nxf4 36.Rxh3 Nxh3 37.Bh4 Ng5+ 38.Bxg5 Rxg5 39.Ra8 Rg7
40.Nd2 Rh7 41.Kg2 Rc7 42.Nb3 Rc2+ 43.Kf1 Ke7 44.Rxa7+ Kf8
45.Ra8 Ke7 46.a5 Rb2 47.Nc5 Rxb4 48.Ra7+ Ke8 49.Nxe6 Bh4
50.Ng7+ Kd8 51.Nxf5 Bg5 52.e6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.01"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Eduard Gufeld"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.e4 b4 10.Na4 Be7 11.e5 Nd5 12.O-O O-O 13.Qc2 g6
14.Bh6 Re8 15.Rfc1 N5b6 16.Be4 Nxa4 17.Qxa4 Nb6 18.Qd1 Rc8
19.Rc2 Qd7 20.Rac1 Red8 21.Qe2 Na4 22.Rd2 Qc7 23.d5 exd5
24.Bxd5 Rxd5 25.Rxd5 Nc3 26.Rxc3 bxc3 27.Rd1 cxb2 28.Qxb2 Rd8
29.Rxd8+ Qxd8 30.h3 Qb6 31.Qd2 Bc8 32.Bg5 Bf8 33.Be3 c5 34.Ng5
h6 35.Nf3 Bb7 36.Kh2 Qe6 37.Qc3 Qxa2 38.Bxc5 Bxc5 39.Qxc5 Bxf3
40.gxf3 a5 41.e6 fxe6 42.Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.03"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Re1 Qc7
12. g4 a6 13. Bh4 b5 14. g5 Nd7 15. f4 Nb6 16. Qf2 b4 17. Ne2
a5 18. Nbd4 g6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Nd4 Qc5 21. f5 e5 22. Nf3 Qc7
23. Bd3 Bf8 24. Bg3 a4 25. Qd2 b3 26. Kb1 Nc4 27. Bxc4 Qxc4
28. f6 Bb7 29. Qe2 Rdc8 30. cxb3 axb3 31. a3 Qa4 32. Nd2 Rc2
33. Qd3 Rxb2+ 34. Kxb2 Qxa3+ 35. Kc3 Rc8+ 36. Nc4 d5 37. exd5
Bb4# 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.03"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 c6 6.e4 d6 7.Nge2 e5
8.O-O Nbd7 9.b3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.h3 Re8 12.Re1 a5 13.Rb1
Nfd7 14.Be3 h5 15.Qd2 Ne5 16.Red1 Qe7 17.Kh1 Bf8 18.Re1 Bg7
19.Re2 Qc7 20.f4 Ned7 21.Bg1 Nf6 22.Nc2 b6 23.Ree1 Bb7 24.Nd4
Re7 25.Re2 Rae8 26.Rbe1 Ncxe4 27.Nxe4 Nxe4 28.Rxe4 Rxe4
29.Rxe4 Rxe4 30.Bxe4 c5 31.Bxb7 Qxb7+ 32.Qg2 Qxg2+ 33.Kxg2
Bxd4 34.Bxd4 cxd4 35.Kf3 Kg7 36.Ke4 Kf6 37.Kxd4 Kf5 38.Ke3 Ke6
39.Ke4 Kd7 40.f5 g5 41.Kd5 Kc7 42.g4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.03"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aleksander S Nikitin"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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 Bb7 13.d5 Bc8
14.Nf1 Bd7 15.Kh2 c4 16.g4 Nb7 17.Ng3 Nc5 18.Nf5 Bd8 19.Qe2
Kh8 20.Ng5 Ng8 21.f4 f6 22.Nf3 Re8 23.fxe5 fxe5 24.Bd2 Rf8
25.Rf1 g6 26.Nh6 Bf6 27.Rf2 Bg7 28.Nxg8 Kxg8 29.Raf1 Rf6
30.Kg3 Raf8 31.g5 R6f7 32.Nh2 Rxf2 33.Rxf2 Qc8 34.Ng4 Bxg4
35.Rxf8+ Qxf8 36.Kxg4 h6 37.Qf3 Qe7 38.h4 Bf8 39.Kg3 hxg5
40.Bxg5 Qg7 41.Qg4 Qf7 42.Kg2 Kg7 43.b3 cxb3 44.axb3 Be7
45.Be3 Bd8 46.Bxc5 dxc5 47.h5 Kh6 48.Qxg6+ Qxg6+ 49.hxg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.03"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.O-O Bg7
8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Be3 Nf6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.b4 Ng4 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bb3+
Kh8 14.Bh4 Qe8 15.h3 Nh6 16.Re1 Rd8 17.Qc2 Ne7 18.Nf1 g5
19.Bg3 Ng6 20.Rad1 Nf4 21.Rd2 Bc6 22.Rxd8 Qxd8 23.Rd1 Qe8
24.Ne3 Qh5 25.Bxf4 gxf4 26.Nd5 f5 27.Re1 fxe4 28.Qxe4 Rd8
29.Nxe5 Re8 30.Bc2 Nf5 31.Nxf4 Bxe4 32.Rxe4 Rxe5 33.Nxh5 Rxe4
34.Bxe4 Nd6 35.Nxg7 Nxe4 36.Ne6 Nxc3 37.a3 Nb5 38.a4 Nc3
39.Nc5 Nd5 40.Nxb7 Nxb4 41.Nc5 Kg7 42.Kf1 Kf6 43.Ke2 a5 44.f4
Nd5 45.Kf3 Ke7 46.Ke4 Nc3+ 47.Ke5 Nd1 48.f5 Nf2 49.f6+ Kf7
50.Ne6 Nd3+ 51.Kf5 c5 52.Nd8+ Kf8 53.Nb7 c4 54.Nxa5 c3 55.Nb3
c2 56.a5 Nb4 57.Nc1 Kf7 58.g4 Na6 59.g5 Nb4 60.h4 Na6 61.h5
Nc5 62.g6+ hxg6 63.hxg6+ Kg8 64.Ke5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.03"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6
7. dxe6 Bxe6 8. e3 Nc6 9. Nf3 g5 10. Bg3 d5 11. Qc2 Qa5
12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 dxc4 15. Nd2 b5 16. Bd6
O-O-O 17. Bxc5 Rd5 18. Ba3 Ng4 19. Ne4 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 f5
21. Nd6+ Kd7 22. Ke1 b4 23. cxb4 Kxd6 24. h3 Nge5 25. b5+ Kc7
26. bxc6 Rb8 27. Kd2 Rb1 28. Kc2 Ra1 29. Bb2 Rxa2 30. Be2 Nxc6
31. Ra1 Nb4+ 32. Kc3 Rxa1 33. Bxa1 Na2+ 34. Kd4 c3 35. Bd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.03"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 f5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Bg7
7. c3 e6 8. Bc4 Qd6 9. Nf3 b5 10. Bxb5 Qxd5 11. O-O O-O 12. c4
Qb7 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Qd2 a6 15. Ba4 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. Rac1
Bb7 18. Bc2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 Bf6 21. Rf1 Kh8 22. Bd1
Qa5 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 d5 25. cxd5 Rxd5 26. Qe2 Bxc3
27. bxc3 Rad8 28. Rh3 Qa3 29. Rc2 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 Qa4 31. Rb2 Qd7
32. e4 fxe4 33. Qxe4 Rd2+ 34. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.03"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Anatoly S Lutikov"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 c6 9. Bf1 Ne8 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 f5 12. exf5
gxf5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. Rad1 Be6
17. Bg5 Qg6 18. Bf4 Qf6 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qe3 e4 21. f3 Ng7
22. fxe4 fxe4 23. Qd4 Qg6 24. Nxe4 Rf4 25. Rd3 Raf8 26. Rg3
Qf7 27. Bd3 Kh8 28. Qe5 Bg4 29. h3 Bh5 30. Ng5 Qf6 31. Nxh7
Qxe5 32. Rxe5 Rd8 33. Ng5 Rfd4 34. Ne6 Rxd3 35. Rxg7 Rd1+
36. Kh2 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.03"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Jacob Yuchtman"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.b3 c5 4.e3 g6 5.Bb2 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O
Nc6 8.c4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 e5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.c5 dxc5 12.Qxd8 Rxd8
13.Bxe5 Rd5 14.Bc3 Bf5 15.Nd2 Nd7 16.Nb1 Bxb1 17.Bxg7 Bxa2
18.Rxa2 Kxg7 19.Rfa1 Nb6 20.h4 Nc8 21.Ra6 Rd6 22.Bg4 h5 23.Bh3
f5 24.e4 Ne7 25.Rxa7 Rd1+ 26.Rxd1 Rxa7 27.exf5 gxf5 28.Rc1 Ra5
29.Rc3 Rb5 30.g3 Kf6 31.Bf1 Rb8 32.Be2 Kg6 33.Re3 Rb7 34.Re6+
Kf7 35.Bc4 Kg7 36.Kg2 Rd7 37.Be2 f4 38.Bxh5 fxg3 39.fxg3 Nf5
40.Bg4 Rd2+ 41.Kh3 Nd4 42.Re7+ Kf6 43.Rc7 Rd3 44.h5 Rxb3 45.h6
Rb8 46.Bc8 Kg6 47.h7+ Rxc8 48.Rxc8 Kxh7 49.Re8 c4 50.Re3 Kg6
51.Rc3 Kf5 52.Rxc4 Ke5 53.g4 Kd5 54.Rc1 Ne6 55.Kh4 c5 56.g5 c4
57.g6 Kd4 58.Re1 Ng7 59.Rd1+ Ke4 60.Rd7 Ne6 61.Re7 Kf5 62.g7
Nxg7 63.Rxg7 Ke4 64.Rc7 Kd3 65.Kg3 c3 66.Kf2 Kd2 67.Rd7+ Kc1
68.Ke1 c2 69.Rc7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.03"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3
Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 Na6 11.f3 Nc7 12.a4 Nd7 13.f4
Nf6 14.Bf3 b6 15.Nc4 Ba6 16.Qd3 Rb8 17.Rb1 b5 18.axb5 Nxb5
19.Nxb5 Bxb5 20.Bd2 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Bd4+ 22.Kh1 Bxc4 23.Qxc4 Rxe4
24.b4 f5 25.Qd3 cxb4 26.Bxb4 Qd7 27.Bc3 Bb6 28.Ba5 Qa4 29.Bxb6
axb6 30.Ra1 Qd4 31.Qxd4 Rxd4 32.Ra7 b5 33.h3 Rc8 34.Rd7 b4
35.Ra1 Rxf4 36.Raa7 Rh4 37.Rab7 g5 38.Rg7+ Kh8 39.Rxg5 Rf8
40.Kg1 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.03"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eduard Gufeld"]
[Black "Nikolai V Krogius"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3
e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfc1 Rac8
13.Ne2 Ne4 14.Nd2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 h6 16.g3 Qb4 17.Qc3 Qxc3
18.Rxc3 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.04"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eduard Gufeld"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. d4
Bg4 7. Be2 Nd7 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qd2 O-O-O 10. O-O-O Rg8 11. Bf4
Qb6 12. Qd3 Be6 13. a3 Rg4 14. g3 h5 15. Nd2 Rg7 16. Nc4 Bxc4
17. Qxc4 e6 18. Bxh5 Qa5 19. Bf3 Nb6 20. Qb3 Rh7 21. h4 Nd5
22. Bd2 Qb6 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. c3 f5 25. Kc2 Bh6 26. b3 Bxd2
27. Rxd2 Rdh8 28. Re2 f4 29. Re4 fxg3 30. fxg3 Nd5 31. Re2 Kd7
32. Bxd5 cxd5 33. Rf1 Rg8 34. Rf3 Rg4 35. Kd3 Rhg7 36. Ree3 b5
37. b4 f5 38. Ke2 Rh7 39. Kf2 f4 40. Rxf4 Rxf4+ 41. gxf4 Rxh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.04"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Ngf6 7.e3
a6 8.Bd3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qe2 Nh5 11.Be5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 g6
13.Rad1 f5 14.Nd4 Bc5 15.Bb1 Bd7 16.f4 Qh4 17.Rf3 Rac8 18.Kh1
Qg4 19.Qf2 g5 20.h3 Qh4 21.g4 Qxf2 22.Rxf2 Ng3+ 23.Kh2 Ne4
24.Bxe4 fxe4 25.f5 Rce8 26.Kg2 exf5 27.Nxf5 Rxe5 28.Rxd5 Rxd5
29.Nxd5 Be6 30.Rc2 Bxd5 31.Rxc5 Bxa2 32.Nd6 h6 33.Nxe4 b6
34.Re5 Rd8 35.Kf3 Kf7 36.Rf5+ Ke7 37.Ke2 Bc4+ 38.Ke1 Be6
39.Rf2 Rd3 40.Re2 Rb3 41.Kf2 a5 42.Ng3 Kf6 43.Rc2 Ke5 44.Ne2
Bd5 45.Nc1 Rb5 46.Nd3+ Ke6 47.Nc1 Be4 48.Rd2 Rd5 49.Re2 Rd1
50.Nb3 Kd5 51.Kg3 Bd3 52.Rh2 Ke4 53.Nd4 Rg1+ 54.Kf2 Rf1+
55.Kg2 Kxe3 56.Nf5+ Kf4 57.Nxh6 Re1 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.04"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Qc7 10.a4 b6 11.f3 Bb7 12.Rf2 Rd8 13.a5
Nbd7 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 b5 16.c4 bxc4 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.Bxc4 Qb8
19.Nd2 Re8 20.b3 Qa8 21.Nf1 Nf6 22.Rd2 Bd8 23.Ra1 e4 24.Ng3 g6
25.f4 Bc7 26.h3 Bb8 27.Kh2 Ba7 28.Nf1 h5 29.Qe1 Kg7 30.Qg3 Bc5
31.Rad1 Rh8 32.Bxc5 Rxc5 33.Ne3 h4 34.Qe1 Rxa5 35.Re2 Rc5
36.Qc3 Bc8 37.Ng4 Bxg4 38.hxg4 h3 39.g3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.04"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly S Lutikov"]
[Black "Aleksander S Nikitin"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe5 Nd7 5. d4 exd3 6. Nxd3
Ngf6 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. Be2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf3 c6 11. Be3 Re8
12. Re1 Bf5 13. g3 Nc4 14. Bf2 Qa5 15. Rb1 Rxe1+ 16. Bxe1 Qc7
17. Bf2 Re8 18. Bd4 Ne3 19. Qd2 Nc4 20. Qd1 Ne3 21. Qd2 Nc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.04"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Be7 7.O-O
Bf6 8.Be3 Nge7 9.d5 Nb8 10.c4 O-O 11.Nc3 Ng6 12.h3 Nf4 13.Kh2
g6 14.Ng1 Bg7 15.g3 Nh5 16.Bc2 a5 17.Rb1 Na6 18.a3 Qe8 19.b4
axb4 20.axb4 f5 21.b5 Nb8 22.exf5 gxf5 23.b6 c5 24.dxc6 Bxc6
25.Bc1 Nd7 26.Nd5 Qf7 27.Nf3 h6 28.Nh4 Bxd5 29.Qxd5 Qxd5
30.cxd5 e4 31.Bd1 Nhf6 32.Nxf5 Nxd5 33.Nxd6 Nc3 34.Bb3+ Kh7
35.Be3 Nxb1 36.Rxb1 Ra1 37.Rxa1 Bxa1 38.Bd5 Rf6 39.Nxe4 Rg6
40.Nd2 Nxb6 41.Be4 Nd7 42.Nb3 Bc3 43.Nd4 Nf6 44.Bc2 Nd5 45.Ne6
Bb4 46.h4 h5 47.Bg5 Bd6 48.Be4 Nc7 49.Nd8 b5 50.Nf7 Ne8 51.Nh8
Kxh8 52.Bxg6 Ng7 53.Bf6 Kg8 54.Bxg7 Kxg7 55.Bxh5 b4 56.Bd1 Kf6
57.Kh3 Bc5 58.f4 Bf2 59.Kg4 Be1 60.h5 b3 61.Bxb3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.04"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 c6 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 Be7 8. Qc2 Na6 9. a3 Qb6 10. Rb1 g6 11. e3 Bf5 12. Bd3
Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qd8 14. b4 Nb8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. O-O O-O 17. b5
Qa5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne2 Nd7 20. Rfc1 Rac8 21. Nf4 Bg7
22. Rb7 Rfd8 23. h3 Rb8 24. Rxb8 Nxb8 25. Rc3 Re8 26. Qc2 Qd8
27. Nd3 Qd6 28. Nb4 Re6 29. Qb1 Re8 30. Qc2 Re6 31. g3 Bf6
32. Qa4 Qd7 33. Nd3 Rd6 34. Rb3 Qc7 35. Qb4 Nd7 36. Qb7 Bd8
37. Qxc7 Bxc7 38. Rb7 Bb6 39. Nfe5 Nxe5 40. Nxe5 Rf6 41. Nd7
Re6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.04"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5
7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxb4 Nxb4 11. Nc3 Qxd4
12. Qxd4 Nc2+ 13. Kd2 Nxd4 14. Nxe4 Ke7 15. Kc3 e5 16. f4 f5
17. Nd6 b6 18. Re1 bxc5 19. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 20. Rxe5+ Kf6 21. Bc4
g5 22. g3 gxf4 23. gxf4 Rab8 24. Rhe1 Rc7 25. Rd5 Rb6 26. Ree5
Rbc6 27. Bd3 Kg7 28. Kc4 Nf3 29. Rxf5 Ra6 30. Rh5 h6 31. Kc3
Rxa2 32. Rd6 Ra1 33. Rdxh6 Rc1+ 34. Bc2 Rf7 35. Rh7+ Kf8
36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 37. Rxc5 a6 38. b4 Nxh2 39. Ra5 Ng4 40. Rxa6
Rf1 41. f5 Ne3 42. Bb3+ Kf8 43. f6 Rc1+ 44. Kd3 Rc8 45. Be6
Nc2 46. Bxc8 Nxb4+ 47. Ke4 Nxa6 48. Bxa6 Kf7 49. Kf5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.04"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O
7. Be2 e5 8. O-O Nbd7 9. a3 h6 10. Ne1 a6 11. Rb1 Ne8 12. Nd3
f5 13. b4 b6 14. a4 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Bd2 Ra8 17. Qb3 Nef6
18. f3 Rf7 19. Rb2 Ra6 20. Ra1 Nf8 21. Nf2 N8h7 22. Rba2 Rfa7
23. Nb5 Ra8 24. Ra3 Ng5 25. Bd3 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Nfxe4 27. fxe4
Nf7 28. Qf3 Bd7 29. g3 Rc8 30. Rf1 Qe7 31. Ng4 Rf8 32. Nf6+
Qxf6 33. Qxf6 Bxf6 34. Rxf6 Kg7 35. Rf1 Bh3 36. Rf2 Raa8
37. Bc1 g5 38. Bb2 Rfd8 39. Nc7 Ra7 40. Nb5 Rad7 41. a5 bxa5
42. Rxa5 Rb7 43. Ra6 Rdb8 44. Bc3 Rb6 45. Rfa2 Bc8 46. Rxb6
Rxb6 47. Ra7 Kf6 48. Kf2 Ra6 49. Ke3 Rxa7 50. Nxa7 Bh3 51. Kf2
Bg4 52. Ba5 Ke7 53. Ke3 Bh3 54. Kf2 Bd7 55. Ke3 Bh3 56. Kf2
Bg4 57. Ke3 Bd1 58. Nb5 g4 59. Bd2 Bc2 60. Na3 Bb3 61. Kd3 Kf6
62. Nc2 h5 63. Kc3 Ba4 64. Bc1 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.04"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikolai V Krogius"]
[Black "Jacob Yuchtman"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 e5
8.O-O Ne8 9.a3 f5 10.b4 Na6 11.Rb1 f4 12.Ne1 Nf6 13.Nd3 b6
14.Bd2 g5 15.f3 h5 16.Be1 Rf7 17.Qa4 Ne8 18.g4 fxg3 19.hxg3
Nac7 20.Bd2 Bd7 21.Qc2 Qf6 22.Kg2 Qg6 23.bxc5 bxc5 24.Be3 Nf6
25.Nf2 g4 26.fxg4 h4 27.gxh4 Bxg4 28.Bg5 Bd7 29.Qd3 Raf8
30.Qg3 Nce8 31.Rbe1 Nh5 32.Bxh5 Qxh5 33.Nd3 Nf6 34.Rf2 Qh7
35.Kg1 Nh5 36.Qg2 Rxf2 37.Nxf2 Nf4 38.Qg3 Qh5 39.Re3 Kh7
40.Kh1 Ng6 41.Nb5 Bh6 42.Bxh6 Qxh6 43.Rf3 Qc1+ 44.Kh2 Nf4
45.Nd3 Qd1 46.Nxf4 exf4 47.Qf2 Qc1 48.Rc3 Qa1 49.Qg1 Qxg1+
50.Kxg1 Bxb5 51.cxb5 Re8 52.Rc4 Kg7 53.Ra4 Re7 54.Ra6 Rd7
55.Kf2 Kf6 56.Kf3 Ke5 57.a4 Rh7 58.a5 c4 59.Rc6 Rxh4 60.Rxc4
Rh3+ 61.Kf2 Rb3 62.Rc7 Kxe4 63.Re7+ Kxd5 64.Rxa7 Rxb5 65.Kf3
Rb4 66.Rf7 Ra4 67.Rxf4 Ra3+ 68.Ke2 Kc5 69.Kd2 Rxa5 70.Rh4 Ra3
71.Rg4 d5 72.Rh4 Rg3 73.Rf4 Rg2+ 74.Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.04"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bg5
Bg7 8.Nd2 h6 9.Bh4 a6 10.a4 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Nc4 Nxg3 13.hxg3
f5 14.Qb3 O-O 15.Qb6 Qxb6 16.Nxb6 Ra7 17.e3 Nd7 18.Nc4 Rf6
19.a5 Ra8 20.f4 Rb8 21.Na4 Nf8 22.Nab6 Bd7 23.Ra3 Bb5 24.Rb3
Rd8 25.Kf2 Ng6 26.Nd2 Be8 27.Nf3 Ne7 28.fxg5 Rg6 29.gxh6 Bxh6
30.Nh4 Rf6 31.Be2 Bf7 32.Bf3 Bg5 33.Rd1 Rh6 34.Nc4 Rd7 35.Rb6
Kf8 36.Rd3 Rf6 37.Rd1 Ke8 38.Rb3 Rc7 39.Rbd3 Rh6 40.R1d2 Kd7
41.Bd1 Rf6 42.Nf3 Bh6 43.Ng1 Nc8 44.Nh3 Kd8 45.Nf4 Re7 46.Bf3
Kc7 47.Rd1 Be8 48.Rc1 Kb8 49.Rdd1 Bb5 50.Rh1 Re8 51.b3 Bd7
52.Rh5 Ne7 53.Nb6 Bc8 54.Rch1 Ng8 55.R1h2 Re5 56.Rh1 Re7
57.Rc1 Bd7 58.Rch1 Bb5 59.R5h4 Be8 60.g4 fxg4 61.Rxg4 Bg7
62.Rh8 Bxh8 63.Rxg8 Rxf4 64.exf4 Bd4+ 65.Kg3 Rg7+ 66.Rxg7 Bxg7
67.Kg4 Kc7 68.Kf5 Bc3 69.Nc4 Kd7 70.g4 Ke7 71.g5 Be1 72.Ke4
Bh4 73.Bg4 Bg6+ 74.f5 Bf7 75.f6+ Kf8 76.Be6 Bg6+ 77.Kf4 Bc2
78.Nxd6 Be1 79.Ne4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.07"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Nikolai V Krogius"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
Nxe4 7. Ndb5 Qa5 8. b4 Qxb4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. Qxd2
Rb8 12. N7d5 Qa5 13. Be2 e6 14. O-O exd5 15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Rac1
Ne7 17. Qf4 Bxc3 18. Qxb8 Nxd5 19. Bf3 Nb6 20. Qf4 f6 21. Qg3
g5 22. Bh5 Be5 23. f4 gxf4 24. Qg7 f5 25. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.07"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.e4 O-O
8.Nf3 b5 9.cxb5 a6 10.bxa6 Bxa6 11.Bf1 Qd7 12.Bxa6 Nxa6 13.O-O
Rfb8 14.Qe2 Nb4 15.a3 Na6 16.Nd2 Nc7 17.Nc4 Nfe8 18.Rb1 f5
19.f3 Nb5 20.Nxb5 Qxb5 21.Bd2 Ra4 22.Rfc1 fxe4 23.fxe4 Nf6
24.Rc3 Rf8 25.Rf1 Ra7 26.Rf2 Qd7 27.Rcf3 Rb7 28.Qf1 Qg4 29.h3
Qxe4 30.Nxd6 Qxd5 31.Nxb7 e4 32.Rf4 Rb8 33.Na5 Rxb2 34.Qc4
Rb1+ 35.Rf1 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.07"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.e5 Ng4 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O g6
7.Re1 Bg7 8.h3 Nh6 9.Nc3 b6 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 c5 12.Nc6 {The
following variation is not too complicated: 12...Qxd1? 13.Rxd1
Bb7 (or 13...Bd7) 14. Nd5, when 14...Bxc6 is bad in view of
15.Nc7+ Kf8 16.Nxa8 Bxa8 17. Rd8 checkmate, and otherwise
after 14....O-O White simply picks up the e7 pawn with
check. -- Damsky} Qd7 13.Nxe7 Kxe7 14.Bxh6 {"A paradoxical
decision: the bishop, which was predestined for an attack
along the weakened dark squares, is exchanged for the 'off
side' knight." -- Damsky. "But on the other hand, a major
attacking principle is maintained--'the tempo.' The time that
we don't have is more precious than the piece we do have." --
Tal} Bxh6 15.Qf3 Bg7 16.Nd5+ Kd8 17.Rad1 Bb7 18.Qb3 Bc6
19.Nxb6 axb6 20.Qxf7 Bxe5 21.Rxd7+ Bxd7 22.Rxe5 Kc7 23.Re7
Rad8 24.a4 g5 25.Qd5 Rhe8 26.Rxh7 g4 27.a5 gxh3 28.axb6 Kxb6
29.Rxd7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.07"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Anatoly S Lutikov"]
[ECO "A73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6
7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Bf4 Re8 11. h3 Nxe4
12. hxg4 Bxc3 13. Bb5 Bxb2 14. Bxe8 Qxe8 15. Re1 Bxa1 16. Qxa1
f5 17. Bh6 Qe7 18. Ng5 Qe5 19. Qb1 Qxd5 20. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.07"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.e4 c6 9.h3 Qb6 10.Re1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Ng4 12.Nce2 Nge5
13.b3 Nc5 14.Be3 a5 15.Rb1 Re8 16.Qc2 Qc7 17.Rf1 Qe7 18.Nc3
Ned7 19.Rfe1 Nf6 20.Rbd1 Nfd7 21.f4 Qd8 22.Bf2 Qb6 23.Rb1 Qc7
24.Re2 Nb6 25.Rd1 Bf8 26.Kh2 Bd7 27.Nf3 a4 28.Qb2 Be6 29.Ng5
axb3 30.Nxe6 Nxe6 31.axb3 h5 32.Kh1 h4 33.f5 Nc5 34.gxh4 Bg7
35.Qc2 Qe7 36.fxg6 fxg6 37.e5 Bxe5 38.Ne4 Nxe4 39.Bxe4 Nd7
40.Rg1 Rf8 41.Rxg6+ Kf7 42.Bf5 Rg8 43.Rg4 Nf6 44.Bg6+ Kg7
45.Rg5 Kf8 46.Qf5 Ra3 47.Rxe5 Ra1+ 48.Kg2 Qxe5 49.Qc8+ Kg7
50.Qxb7+ Kh6 51.Rxe5 dxe5 52.h5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.07"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6
7. Qc2 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. h4 O-O
12. Bh6 Re8 13. h5 Ne4 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Kf1 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8
17. g3 Kg7 18. Kg2 Qe7 19. Rh4 Rh8 20. Rah1 Rxh4 21. Rxh4 Rh8
22. Rxh8 Kxh8 23. Nd2 Ndf6 24. Ndxe4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 dxe4
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.07"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jacob Yuchtman"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6
7. Nf3 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Bf5 10. cxd4 e6 11. Nc3 Be7
12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Bxd5 O-O 16. Bxc6
bxc6 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Bf4 Bf6 19. Rad1 c5 20. Nf3 Be6 21. b3 c4
22. Nd2 cxb3 23. axb3 Rfc8 24. h3 h6 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Rd3 Rc6
27. Ra1 a6 28. g4 f5 29. gxf5 Bxf5 30. Re3 Re6 31. Ra4 Rf8
32. Bh2 Bd8 33. Nd2 Rg6+ 34. Rg3 Rc6 35. Nc4 Bd7 36. Ra1 Bh4
37. Rd3 Bxf2+ 38. Kg2 Bf5 39. Rf3 Be4 40. Ne5 Bxf3+ 41. Nxf3
Rc2 42. Bd6 Rf6 43. Be5 Bh4+ 44. Kh1 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.07"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksander S Nikitin"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7
7.Bc4 Qa5 8.Qd2 e6 9.O-O h6 10.Bh4 Be7 11.Rae1 Ne5 12.Bb3 g5
13.Bg3 Bd7 14.f4 gxf4 15.Bxf4 Qc7 16.Nf3 O-O-O 17.Kh1 Rhg8
18.Be3 Bc6 19.Qd4 Rg6 20.Re2 Rdg8 21.Qa7 Nxe4 22.Bb6 Nxc3
23.Bxc7 Nxe2 24.Bb6 Rxg2 25.Ba4 Rg1+ 26.Bxg1 Rxg1+ 27.Qxg1
Bxf3+ 28.Rxf3 Nxg1 29.Rc3+ Kd8 30.Kxg1 d5 31.Rg3 Bg5 32.b4 b5
33.Bb3 f5 34.c3 Ke7 35.a4 f4 36.Rh3 Nc4 37.axb5 axb5 38.Kf2
Kd6 39.Ke2 e5 40.Bxc4 bxc4 41.Rh5 e4 42.h4 f3 43.Kd1 Bf4
44.Rf5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.07"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[Black "Eduard Gufeld"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2
O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.Qd2 d5 10.Rfd1 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Nxe4 12.Qxd5 Nd6
13.Qb3 Be6 14.Nd5 Nf5 15.c4 Nxe3 16.Nf6+ Bxf6 17.Rxd8 Raxd8
18.Qxe3 Bxb2 19.Rd1 Rxd1+ 20.Bxd1 Rd8 21.Be2 b6 22.h4 h5 23.g3
Bd4 24.Qa3 Rd7 25.Bd3 Bc5 26.Qc3 Rd6 27.Kg2 Bg4 28.f3 Bd7
29.Qc2 f5 30.g4 hxg4 31.fxg4 Bc6+ 32.Kg3 e6 33.Qe2 Bd7 34.Qf3
Bc6 35.Qe2 Kf8 36.Qf1 Rd4 37.gxf5 Bd6+ 38.Kh3 Rf4 39.Qxf4 Bxf4
40.fxg6 Kg7 41.h5 Kf6 42.Bc2 Bh6 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.07"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 d6 7.Rc1 e5
8.e3 Bxc3+ 9.Rxc3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Qe7 11.Ne2 g5 12.Bg3 Nh5 13.h3
Ndf6 14.Bc2 Bd7 15.Bh2 Ng7 16.O-O g4 17.e4 gxh3 18.gxh3 O-O-O
19.Kh1 Rdg8 20.Qe1 Nfh5 21.f4 exf4 22.Nxf4 Nxf4 23.Bxf4 Ne8
24.e5 dxe5 25.Qxe5 Qxe5 26.Bxe5 f6 27.Bf4 Rg7 28.Rg1 h5 29.Rd3
Rhg8 30.Rxg7 Rxg7 31.Kh2 Re7 32.Re3 Rxe3 33.Bxe3 b6 34.Bg6 Nd6
35.b3 Nf5 36.Bf2 h4 37.Kg2 Kc7 38.Kf3 Nd4+ 39.Ke4 Bxh3 40.Bxh4
Bg2+ 41.Ke3 Bh3 42.Bxf6 Nf5+ 43.Kf4 Nd6 44.Bh5 Kd7 45.Be5 a6
46.Bg4+ Bxg4 47.Kxg4 Nb7 48.Kf5 b5 49.Ke4 bxc4 50.bxc4 Na5
51.Kd3 Nb7 52.Bb8 Kc8 53.Bf4 Kd7 54.Bg3 Kc8 55.Bh2 Kd7 56.Bf4
Kd8 57.Ke4 Kd7 58.Bb8 Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.08"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "B71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd7 9. Qf3 Bg7 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Qxc6 Rb8
12. Be3 a6 13. Ba4 dxe5 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. Bb3 exf4 16. Bxf4
Rxb3 17. axb3 Qa1+ 18. Kd2 Qxb2 19. Rb1 Nb8 20. Qxc8 Rxc8
21. Rxb2 Bxc3+ 22. Kc1 Bxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Nc6 24. Ra1 Nb4 25. Rc1
f6 26. Bd2 a5 27. Ka3 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Nxc2+ 29. Ka4 Nd4 30. Bxa5
Kf7 31. Bb6 Nc2 32. Bf2 e5 33. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.08"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Jacob Yuchtman"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Ng8 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bd7
8.O-O cxd4 9.cxd4 Nb4 10.Bb1 Bb5 11.Nf3 Qb6 12.Re1 Bxe2
13.Rxe2 Ne7 14.a3 Na6 15.Bd3 Nc6 16.Be3 Be7 17.Rc1 Nc7 18.Rec2
a6 19.Nd2 Nb5 20.Qg4 g6 21.h4 O-O-O 22.Nb3 Na7 23.Nc5 Bxc5
24.Rxc5 Qxb2 25.Rb1 Qxa3 26.Qe2 b5 27.Bd2 Kd7 28.Qf3 Rhf8
29.Rxd5+ Kc7 30.Rc5 Rxd4 31.Rbc1 Rc4 32.Bxc4 Qxc5 33.Be3 Nd4
34.Bxd4 Qxd4 35.Bxb5 Kb6 36.Bxa6 Rd8 37.Qb7+ Ka5 38.Bf1 Rd5
39.Qa6+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.08"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.a3 Nc6 7.f4
b5 8.Be2 Bb7 9.Be3 Na5 10.Qd3 Nc4 11.Bc1 Rc8 12.Nd1 Nf6 13.Nf2
e5 14.fxe5 Nxe5 15.Qg3 Bc5 16.Be3 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Qxg3 18.Bxf7+
Kxf7 19.hxg3 Bxd4 20.Bxd4 Rxc2 21.O-O Kg6 22.Rfe1 Re8 23.e5
Ng4 24.Rac1 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Nxe5 26.Rc7 Bc6 27.Ra7 a5 28.Rxa5 Nc4
29.Ra6 Re2 30.b3 Nd2 31.b4 Kf7 32.Kh2 h5 33.g4 hxg4 34.Kg3 Nc4
35.Kxg4 Rd2 36.Bc5 Ra2 37.g3 Rxa3 38.Rxa3 Nxa3 39.Nd3 Nc4
40.Kf4 d6 41.Bxd6 Nxd6 42.Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.08"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. Qd2 e6 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rad1 Ne5
12. Bb3 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Ba4+ b5 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Nc6 Qc7
17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Bb3 Nf6 19. Qe3 Bb7 20. a4 b4 21. Na2 a5
22. c3 Ba6 23. Rfe1 bxc3 24. Rc1 Rab8 25. Rxc3 Qb6 26. Qxb6
Rxb6 27. Rc7+ Kd6 28. Ra7 Bb7 29. Bc4 Ra8 30. Rd1+ Ke7
31. Rxa8 Bxa8 32. Bb5 Bxe4 33. b4 axb4 34. Nxb4 Bb7 35. Nd3 e4
36. Ne5 Bd5 37. Rb1 Rb8 38. Rc1 Rb7 39. Kf1 Ne8 40. Rd1 Nc7
41. Be2 f6 42. Ng4 f5 43. Ne5 Rb2 44. Rc1 Ra2 45. Ng6+ Kd6
46. Nh8 e5 47. Rd1 Ke6 48. Bh5 Kf6 49. Bf7 Bxf7 50. Nxf7 Kxf7
51. Rd7+ Ke6 52. Rxc7 f4 53. Rc6+ Kd5 54. Rxh6 f3 55. gxf3
exf3 56. Ke1 Rxa4 57. Rb6 Ra1+ 58. Kd2 Rf1 59. Ke3 g4 60. Rb5+
Kc4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.08"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.dxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 dxe5
7.Qxd8+ Nxd8 8.Nxe5 f6 9.Nd3 e5 10.O-O Be6 11.Bb3 Bd6 12.Re1
g5 13.Be3 Kf7 14.f3 Nc6 15.Nf2 Rhd8 16.Ne4 Ne7 17.c4 Nf5
18.Bxg5 Be7 19.Bd2 a5 20.a4 Nd4 21.Bc3 c5 22.Bxd4 cxd4 23.c5
Rac8 24.f4 Bxb3 25.cxb3 Bxc5 26.fxe5 fxe5 27.Rf1+ Ke6 28.Rf3
d3 29.Kf1 Rd4 30.Ng5+ Kd5 31.Rd1 h6 32.Nh3 e4 33.Rf5+ Ke6
34.g4 Bd6 35.Kf2 Rd5 36.Nf4+ Bxf4 37.Rxf4 Rc2+ 38.Kg3 Ke5
39.h4 Rg2+ 40.Kxg2 Kxf4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.08"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Aleksander S Nikitin"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5
Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Be6
12. Qa4 c5 13. Rad1 c4 14. b3 cxb3 15. axb3 a5 16. Qb5 Qd6
17. Na4 Nd7 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. Nc3 Bf6 20. Qa4 Bd8 21. Bd3 Bg4
22. Ne2 Nf6 23. Ne5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Qa1 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1
Be6 27. Nf4 Qc7 28. Qc6 Qxc6 29. Nxc6 Bc7 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. f3
Kf7 32. g4 g5 33. h3 h6 34. Kf2 Ng8 35. e4 Ne7 36. Na7 dxe4
37. fxe4 Ng6 38. Nb5 Nf4 39. Bf1 Bd8 40. e5 Ke7 41. Kf3 Kd7
42. h4 Be7 43. Bc4 Bb4 44. Ke4 Kc6 45. h5 Nd5 46. Na7+ Kb7
47. Nb5 Kc6 48. Kd3 Nf4+ 49. Ke3 Nd5+ 50. Ke4 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.08"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikolai V Krogius"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. f4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. f5 e5 12. Nde2
Nbd7 13. Ng3 Nc5 14. Bd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 a5 16. Bg5 Ncd7
17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nce4 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 f6 21. c3
Rfc8 22. Qd3 Rc4 23. h3 Rac8 24. b3 R4c7 25. Rfb1 Rb7 26. a4
Rcb8 27. axb5 Qxb5 28. c4 Qd7 29. Qf3 Qc7 30. Ra3 Rb4 31. Rd1
a4 32. bxa4 Qxc4 33. Nc3 Ra8 34. a5 Bd8 35. Rda1 Kf8 36. Ra4
Rxa4 37. Rxa4 Qb3 38. a6 Bb6 39. Ra1 Bd4 40. Rc1 Rc8 41. Nd1
Qb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.08"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly S Lutikov"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.d3 Nd7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Nc4 Bf6 10.b3 Re8 11.Bb2 c5 12.a4 g6
13.a5 b5 14.axb6 cxb6 15.Qd2 b5 16.Ne3 Bg7 17.b4 cxb4 18.Qxb4
Nb6 19.Rad1 Bf8 20.Qe1 Qc7 21.d4 exd4 22.Bxd4 Be6 23.Qa5 Bc5
24.Qa1 Bxd4 25.Rxd4 Nc4 26.Nd5 Bxd5 27.exd5 Nd6 28.Rh4 Nf5
29.Rh3 Qf4 30.Qf6 Qd6 31.Qg5 Re4 32.Qd2 Rae8 33.Ng5 Rd4 34.Re1
Rxe1+ 35.Qxe1 Qe7 36.Nf3 Qxe1+ 37.Nxe1 Rxd5 38.Rc3 Rd1 39.Kf1
Nd4 40.Rc8+ Kg7 41.Rd8 b4 42.f4 Rd2 43.Rd5 h5 44.Rc5 Ne6
45.Ra5 Nxf4 46.Rxa6 Nd5 47.Rc6 Ne3+ 48.Kg1 Re2 49.g3 Rxe1+
50.Kf2 Nxc2 51.Rxc2 Re8 52.Rb2 Rb8 53.Rb3 Kf6 54.Ke3 Ke5
55.Kd3 Kd5 56.Kc2 Ke4 57.Kd2 g5 58.Re3+ Kf5 59.Rf3+ Kg6 60.Rb3
g4 61.Ke3 Kg5 62.Kf2 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.08"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eduard Gufeld"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nh3
Ng6 8.Qh5 Ba6 9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.O-O Qd7 11.a4 Nb8 12.a5 Nc6
13.axb6 cxb6 14.Ba3 f5 15.exf6 gxf6 16.f4 f5 17.Qg5 Qf7 18.c4
h6 19.Qh5 O-O-O 20.c5 b5 21.Rfb1 Nge5 22.Qd1 Nc4 23.Rxb5 Rhg8
24.g3 Kc7 25.Bc1 Rb8 26.Rb3 Qg7 27.Nf2 a5 28.Rxb8 Rxb8 29.c3
Qg6 30.Qe2 Rb3 31.Qc2 Rb8 32.Qe2 Rb3 33.Nd1 h5 34.Qc2 Rb8
35.Ne3 h4 36.Nxc4 hxg3 37.h3 dxc4 38.Qe2 Qh6 39.Qg2 Qh5 40.Be3
Ne7 41.d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.08"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.a3 cxd4 10.exd4 Bf6 11.Be4 Qd6 12.Re1 Rd8
13.Bxd5 exd5 14.Nb5 Qf8 15.h3 a6 16.Nc3 Qd6 17.Ne2 Bf5 18.Bf4
Qd7 19.Ng3 Re8 20.Be5 Be7 21.Nxf5 Qxf5 22.Rc1 Bf8 23.Qb3 Qd7
24.Qd3 f6 25.Bf4 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Re8 27.Rxe8 Qxe8 28.Qb3 Qd7
29.Qb6 Kf7 30.Qc7 Ke8 31.Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.10"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 b6 8. c3 Bb7 9. a3 Rc8 10. b4 d6 11. b5 Nb8 12. Nbd2
Nbd7 13. a4 a6 14. Bb2 axb5 15. axb5 Ra8 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Rac1
c4 18. Qxc4 Nc5 19. Qd4 Ra2 20. Ba1 Ng4 21. h3 e5 22. Qc4 Ra4
23. Qxa4 Nxa4 24. hxg4 Qd7 25. d4 Qxg4 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Nxe5
Qe6 28. Ndf3 Nc5 29. Rcd1 Nxe4 30. Nc6 Bxc6 31. bxc6 f5
32. Nd4 Qa2 33. Re2 Qa4 34. Rde1 Bc5 35. Ne6 Nxg3 36. Rd2 Ne4
37. Nxf8 Nxd2 38. c7 Qg4 39. c8=Q Nf3+ 40. Kf1 Nh2+ 41. Kg1
Nf3+ 42. Kf1 Qc4+ 43. Re2 Nh2+ 44. Kg1 Bxf2+ 45. Rxf2 Qxc8
46. Kxh2 Kxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.10"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O
c5 8.Qe2 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Re8 12.Bb2 Nc6
13.Nd2 c4 14.Bc2 b5 15.f3 a5 16.e4 b4 17.e5 b3 18.Bb1 a4 19.f4
Nd7 20.Qh5 g6 21.Qg4 Bc8 22.Qf3 Qa5 23.Nxc4 dxc4 24.Qxc6 Ra7
25.Qf3 f5 26.g4 Nb6 27.h3 Qd5 28.Qg3 Rg7 29.Kh2 Bb7 30.Rg1
Ree7 31.Qf2 Ref7 32.Qe3 Qe6 33.Qe2 Bd5 34.Bc1 Kh8 35.Bd2 Rf8
36.gxf5 gxf5 37.Rxg7 Kxg7 38.Be1 Rg8 39.Bh4 Kf8 40.Bg3 Qg6
41.Qf2 h5 42.h4 Qg4 43.Qe3 Ke7 44.e6 Rg6 45.Qf2 Qd1 46.Be4
Qxa1 47.Bxd5 Nxd5 48.Qf3 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.10"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jacob Yuchtman"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.h3
Bg7 8.d4 Nd7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 Re8 11.e5 f6 12.Be3 cxd4 13.Bxd4
c5 14.exf6 exf6 15.Qc4+ Kh8 16.Bxc5 b5 17.Qd4 Bb7 18.Nbd2 f5
19.Qd6 Nxc5 20.Qxc5 Rc8 21.Qb4 Rc7 22.Rfe1 Rce7 23.Rxe7 Rxe7
24.a4 bxa4 25.Qxa4 h6 26.Nd4 Qb6 27.Nc4 Qf6 28.Qd1 Kh7 29.Qd2
Bd5 30.Ne3 Bb7 31.Nc4 Bd5 32.Ne3 Bb7 33.Nf1 Qb6 34.Nh2 Rd7
35.Rd1 a5 36.Nhf3 Be4 37.Qe2 a4 38.Ra1 Ra7 39.Qb5 Qxb5 40.Nxb5
Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.10"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qc2 Nbd7
7. Rd1 h6 8. Bh4 c6 9. e3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qb3
c5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. cxd5 cxd4 15. dxe6 Bxf3 16. exf7+ Kh8
17. gxf3 dxc3 18. Bf5 Qc7 19. Bxc8 Qxc8 20. Qxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.10"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksander S Nikitin"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.dxe5
dxe5 8.O-O Bg7 9.Be3 Nf6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Qc2 Nh5 12.Rad1 Qc8
13.b4 b6 14.Bb3 Qe8 15.a4 Kh8 16.a5 bxa5 17.Bc5 axb4 18.Bxf8
Bxf8 19.cxb4 Nf4 20.Bd5 f6 21.Bxc6 Bxc6 22.Rb1 Rb8 23.g3 Ne6
24.Rfc1 Ba4 25.Qc3 Rd8 26.Nb3 Bb5 27.Rd1 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Qe7
29.Nc5 Nxc5 30.bxc5 Qxc5 31.Qb3 Kg7 32.Kg2 Qc6 33.Qb1 Qe6
34.Nd2 Bc5 35.Qc2 Bb6 36.Rc1 h5 37.Nc4 Bd4 38.Na3 c5 39.Nxb5
axb5 40.Rb1 b4 41.Qa4 h4 42.Qa7+ Kh6 43.h3 hxg3 44.Qa8 Kg7
45.Qb7+ Qf7 46.Qxf7+ Kxf7 47.fxg3 Bc3 48.Kf3 c4 49.g4 b3
50.Ke2 g5 51.Kd1 Bd4 52.Ke2 Ke6 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.10"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "C98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
Nc6 13. d5 Na5 14. Nf1 c4 15. g4 h5 16. gxh5 Bxh3 17. N3h2 Qc8
18. Ne3 Nh7 19. Kh1 Bg5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 f6 22. Nf3 Nb7
23. Nxg5 fxg5 24. Be3 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.10"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Anatoly S Lutikov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd2
O-O 8.O-O-O Bb4 9.Bd3 c5 10.Kb1 dxc4 11.Bxc4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5
13.Be2 Bd7 14.Qb3 Qe7 15.f3 Bc5 16.Na4 Bxd4 17.exd4 Bxa4
18.Qxa4 Nc6 19.Bg5 Rfd8 20.Bb5 Nb4 21.Rhe1 a6 22.Bd3 Nxd3
23.Rxd3 Rd5 24.Re5 Qd7 25.Qd1 Qd8 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Re4 f5
28.Rh4 Qe7 29.Qe1 Qf6 30.Qg3+ Qg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.10"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Be7 5.Nbd2 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.c3
Nc6 8.Qe2 cxd4 9.exd4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Ncxe7 11.g3 O-O 12.O-O Ng6
13.Ne5 Ndf4 14.gxf4 Nxf4 15.Qg4 Qg5 16.Be4 Bxe4 17.Nxe4 Qxg4+
18.Nxg4 f5 19.f3 fxe4 20.fxe4 Nd3 21.Rab1 h5 22.Nf2 Nf4 23.e5
Rf5 24.Ne4 Raf8 25.Nd6 Nh3+ 26.Kg2 Rf4 27.Rxf4 Nxf4+ 28.Kg3
Ne2+ 29.Kg2 h4 30.Kh3 g5 31.Kg4 Rf2 32.h3 Rg2+ 33.Kf3 Nf4
34.Ne4 Kg7 35.Nxg5 Rxg5 36.Kxf4 Rg3 37.a4 Rxh3 38.Rg1+ Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.10"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[Black "Nikolai V Krogius"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 f6 6.d4 exd4
7.Qxd4 Qxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Be3 O-O-O 10.O-O-O Bb4 11.Nde2 Re8
12.a3 Bxc3 13.Nxc3 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Bd4 Nf6 16.Rhe1 Rxe1
17.Rxe1 Re8 18.Rxe8+ Nxe8 19.Nd1 g6 20.Ne3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.10"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Eduard Gufeld"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.g3 c5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg2
Nc6 8.O-O Bf5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.Nfd4 Be4 12.Be3 O-O
13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bd4 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Ne4 16.Rc1 Rc8 17.Nc5 Qe7
18.b4 1/2-1/2

