[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.17"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[Black "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.O-O O-O 7.d3
d6 8.Nxd4 Bxd4 9.Bg5 c6 10.Qd2 h6 11.Be3 Bb6 12.Bb3 Be6
13.Rae1 Ng4 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.h3 Nf6 16.Kh2 Nh5 17.g3 Rae8 18.f4
Bxb3 19.axb3 exf4 20.g4 Nf6 21.Qxf4 Qd4 22.Ra1 a6 23.Ra5 d5
24.exd5 Qb6 25.b4 Nxd5 26.Nxd5 Re2+ 27.Kg3 cxd5 28.Rc5 Qe6
29.Rf2 Re8 30.d4 Rxf2 31.Qxf2 Qd6+ 32.Kg2 b6 33.Rc3 Qxb4
34.Rc7 f6 35.c3 Qb5 36.Qf3 Qe2+ 37.Qf2 Qd3 38.Qf5 Re2+ 39.Kf1
Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.17"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aivars Gipslis"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Na5 10.Bb3 Nxb3 11.Nxb3 Be6 12.O-O-O a5
13.Nd4 Bc4 14.Bh6 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 e5 16.Ndb5 Ra6 17.Rd2 a4
18.Rhd1 Bxb5 19.Nxb5 Qa5 20.c4 Qb4 21.Kb1 Ne8 22.Rc2 Rc6 23.a3
Qa5 24.h4 Qd8 25.c5 Qa5 26.Nxd6 Ng7 27.h5 gxh5 28.g4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.17"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Anatoly Lein"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bxe7
Qxe7 8.Bd3 Qb4 9.Bxe4 dxe4 10.a3 Qxb2 11.Nxe4 Qb5 12.Ned2 Na5
13.c4 Qd7 14.O-O b6 15.Rc1 Bb7 16.Nb3 Qa4 17.Nxa5 Qxa5 18.Ng5
h6 19.Qh5 O-O 20.Nh3 Rad8 21.Qg4 c5 22.d5 exd5 23.Nf4 Bc8
24.Qg3 dxc4 25.Nh5 g6 26.Nf6+ Kg7 27.Nh5+ Kg8 28.Rxc4 Qd2
29.Nf6+ Kg7 30.Nh5+ Kh8 31.e6 Rd5 32.e7 Re8 33.Nf6 Rxe7
34.Nxd5 Qxd5 35.Rcc1 Kh7 36.Rce1 Be6 37.h4 Rd7 38.Re5 Qd3
39.Qf4 c4 40.h5 Bf5 41.hxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.17"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Savon"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 c6 5.d4 Be7 6.e4 exd4 7.Qxd4
Nf6 8.Nge2 O-O 9.O-O fxe4 10.Nxe4 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.N2c3 Nxc3
13.Qxc3 Na6 14.Qc4+ Kh8 15.Bf4 Bg4 16.Be5 Qd7 17.Rfe1 Rad8
18.a3 Qd3 19.Qxd3 Rxd3 20.Bf1 Rd5 21.Nc3 Bc5 22.Bf4 Rd7 23.h3
Bf3 24.b4 Bd4 25.Rac1 h6 26.Be2 Bxe2 27.Rxe2 c5 28.b5 Nc7
29.a4 b6 30.Be5 Ne6 31.Kg2 Kh7 32.Rce1 Rff7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.17"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Bf6 9. Ne4 O-O 10. d3 Be7 11. a3 Nb6
12. b4 Bg4 13. c3 a6 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nc5 Rb8 16. Bb2 Bd6
17. Qb3 Nd7 18. d4 Re8 19. Re3 exd4 20. cxd4 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 a5
22. b5 Ne7 23. Re1 Nd5 24. Qb3 N5f6 25. Nd3 Nb6 26. Nfe5 a4
27. Qc2 Bg6 28. Nxg6 hxg6 29. Nc5 Nbd5 30. Qxa4 b6 31. Nd3 Bf8
32. Ne5 Qd6 33. Nc6 Re8 34. Re5 Ne7 35. Qc4 Nf5 36. Rxe8 Nxe8
37. Ne5 Qe7 38.Nxf7 Qe1+ 39. Bf1 Nxg3 40. Ne5+ Kh7 41. fxg3
Qxg3+ 42. Kh1 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.17"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yury Isakovich Kots"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6
7. c3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. d3 Qd7 10. Nbd2 g5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nf1
h5 13. N3h2 hxg4 14. hxg4 O-O-O 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Bxg5 Qd7
17. Be3 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Qe2 Rdg8+ 21. Ng3
Bh4 22. Qf3 Bxd3 23. Bd2 Bxg3 24. Qxd3 Qh3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.17"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O
d5 8.a3 Bd6 9.b4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nbd7 11.Bb2 a5 12.b5 e5 13.Re1
e4 14.Nd2 Re8 15.a4 Nf8 16.Ba3 Rc8 17.Qb3 Ne6 18.Nf1 h5
19.Rec1 h4 20.h3 Ng5 21.Bxd6 Qxd6 22.Ne2 Nd5 23.Bxd5 Bxd5
24.Qa3 Qd7 25.Nf4 Bb7 26.Rc4 Nh7 27.Rac1 g5 28.Ne2 Nf6 29.Nh2
c6 30.bxc6 Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.17"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladislav Shiyanovsky"]
[Black "Boris T Vladimirov"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3
a6 8.N5c3 Nf6 9.Be2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Bf3 Qc7 12.Nd2 b5 13.Rc1
Na5 14.a4 Bd7 15.axb5 axb5 16.Bg5 Rfc8 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Bg4 Qd8
19.Bxd7 Qxd7 20.Nd5 Bd8 21.h3 Rab8 22.Ra1 Nc6 23.Nf3 Kf8
24.Qe2 Ne7 25.Rfd1 Nxd5 26.Rxd5 Qc6 27.c3 Be7 28.Ne1 b4
29.cxb4 Rxb4 30.Nd3 Rb3 31.Rc1 Qb7 32.Rxc8+ Qxc8 33.Qd1 Rb8
34.Qa4 f5 35.exf5 Qxf5 36.f3 Rc8 37.Qd1 Qe6 38.Nf2 Qh6 39.Nd3
Qe3+ 40.Kh2 Rc4 41.b4 Rc3 42.b5 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.17"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6
7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.Nc3 Qxe2+ 9.Bxe2 h6 10.Bh4 g6 11.O-O-O Bg7 12.Nb5
Kd8 13.Rhe1 Re8 14.Nfd4 Nf8 15.f4 Bd7 16.Nc3 Kc8 17.Bf3 c6
18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.dxe4 Kc7 20.Ne2 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.17"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[Black "Abram Khasin"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Qe2 Bf5 12.Nxe4 dxe4
13.Ng5 Nxe5 14.Nxe4 Qd3 15.Qxd3 Nxd3 16.Nxc5 Nxc5 17.Be3 Nxb3
18.axb3 a5 19.h3 Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.18"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h6 5.g4 Bd7 6.h5 c5 7.c3 e6 8.f4
Qb6 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bh3 cxd4 11.cxd4 f6 12.Nc3 O-O-O 13.O-O Nge7
14.Na4 Qc7 15.Nc5 b6 16.Nd3 f5 17.Be3 Kb8 18.Nh4 fxg4 19.Bxg4
Nf5 20.Bxf5 exf5 21.Rc1 Qb7 22.Rf2 Be7 23.Ng6 Rhe8 24.Rfc2 Rc8
25.Bf2 Bd8 26.Qd2 Be6 27.Nb4 Nxb4 28.Rxc8+ Bxc8 29.Qxb4 Be7
30.Qb3 Be6 31.Be1 Qd7 32.Bb4 Bxb4 33.Qxb4 Rc8 34.Rxc8+ Qxc8
35.Kg2 Qc2+ 36.Kg3 Qd3+ 37.Kf2 Qc2+ 38.Ke3 Qc1+ 39.Kd3 Qf1+
40.Kc2 Qe2+ 41.Kb3 Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.18"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Aivars Gipslis"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nge2 Nf6 7.h3
O-O 8.O-O Nd4 9.Nxd4 cxd4 10.Ne2 Nd7 11.f4 f5 12.Kh2 Kh8
13.exf5 gxf5 14.c3 dxc3 15.bxc3 Qa5 16.Be3 Nc5 17.Bd4 e5
18.Be3 Be6 19.Rb1 Rad8 20.d4 Ne4 21.Rxb7 Qxa2 22.Rb4 Bd5
23.Rg1 Ba8 24.Ra4 Qb2 25.Rb4 Qa2 26.Ra4 Qb2 27.Rxa7 Nxc3
28.Nxc3 Qxc3 29.Qh5 exd4 30.Rxg7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.18"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nf6 6.d4 dxe4
7.Qe3 e6 8.Nxe4 Nbd7 9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 10.Bd2 Bd6 11.c3 O-O 12.Qg5
c5 13.Bb5 Rfd8 14.Bxd7 Qxg5 15.Bxg5 Rxd7 16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.Ke2
Rd5 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.fxe3 Rad8 20.Rhd1 Kf8 21.Rd4 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.18"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O
7. a3 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. g3 Bc5 11. Na4 Bf8
12. Bg2 d6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Bd4 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7
17. Nac3 g6 18. b3 Nh5 19. Qd2 f5 20. f4 Nf7 21. Bf2 Bg7
22. Nd4 Rc8 23. b4 Qf6 24. Rac1 g5 25. Nce2 gxf4 26. gxf4 Qg6
27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Kh1 Qh6 29. Ne6 Bxe6 30. dxe6 Qxe6 31. Nd4
Qd7 32. Bh3 Nh6 33. Nxf5 Nxf5 34. Qd5+ Kh8 35. Bxf5 Qc7
36. Qf3 Qf7 37. Be4 b6 38. Bh4 Rf8 39. Qd3 Nxf4 40. Qxd6 Qc4
41. Bg2 Ng6 42. Rxf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.18"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[Black "Vladislav Shiyanovsky"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.d4
e4 8.Ng5 d5 9.c4 dxc4 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Qa4 Qd7 12.Nc3 Nf6
13.O-O c5 14.Qxd7+ Kxd7 15.Be3 cxd4 16.Bxd4 Bd6 17.Rad1 Kc6
18.Nf7 Rhf8 19.Nxd6 cxd6 20.Bxf6 Rxf6 21.Rd4 Kc5 22.Rfd1 Rb8
23.Nd5 Bg4 24.f3 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Rg6+ 26.Kf1 Rxb2 27.Nc3 Rxh2
28.Nxe4+ Kb4 29.Rxd6 Rxd6 30.Rxd6 Rxa2 31.Rb6+ Ka5 32.Rb7 h5
33.Rxg7 h4 34.f4 h3 35.f5 Ra1+ 36.Ke2 h2 37.Ng3 Rg1 38.Rh7
Rxg3 39.Rxh2 Kb4 40.f6 Rg8 41.f7 Rf8 42.Rf2 Kb3 43.Kd1 a5
44.Kc1 c3 45.Rf6 a4 46.Rb6+ Kc4 47.Rc6+ Kd4 48.Rd6+ Kc5 49.Rf6
a3 50.Kc2 a2 51.Ra6 Rxf7 52.Kxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.18"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Lein"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. Re1 Nd7 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. a4 O-O 11. Na3 Re8
12. Nc4 f6 13. c3 Nf8 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd6 Qxd6
17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 c5 19. Nf3 Bg4 20. e5 Bxf3 21. gxf3
fxe5 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Rc2 Ng6 24. Re4 Rcd8 25. Bc1 b6 26. a5
bxa5 27. Rxc5 Rc8 28. Rcc4 Red8 29. Be3 Rb8 30. h4 h5 31. Rc6
Kh7 32. Bg5 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Rxb3 34. f4 Nxf4+ 35. Bxf4 exf4
36. Re5 f3+ 37. Kh2 Rb5 38. Rcc5 Rxc5 39. Rxc5 g6 40. Rc6 Rd4
41. Kh3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.18"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3
Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4 Nc6 10.O-O Nh6 11.d5 Ne7 12.b4 g5 13.Bg3
Ng6 14.Nd2 Nf4 15.c5 f5 16.exf5 Nxf5 17.Nde4 Nxe2+ 18.Qxe2 Nd4
19.Qh5 Rf5 20.Rad1 Bf8 21.cxd6 cxd6 22.Ne2 Nxe2+ 23.Qxe2 Rf7
24.f3 Bf5 25.Bf2 Rc7 26.Rc1 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 a6 28.Qe3 Be7 29.Qb6
Qxb6 30.Bxb6 g4 31.a4 gxf3 32.gxf3 Rc8 33.Rxc8+ Bxc8 34.Bc7
Bf5 35.Nxd6 Bxd6 36.Bxd6 Bc2 37.Bxe5 Bxa4 38.Kf2 Bb3 39.d6+
Kf7 40.Ke3 Ke6 41.Kf4 Bd1 42.Kg3 Ba4 43.f4 Kf5 44.Kf3 Bc6+
45.Ke3 Ke6 46.Kd4 b6 47.Ke3 Kf5 48.h3 Bd7 49.Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.18"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.d4 Bg4
7.Be2 Qc7 8.Nh4 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 Nd7 10.O-O e6 11.g3 h5 12.c4 O-O-O
13.d5 Re8 14.Bf4 Bd6 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.dxc6 Qxc6 17.b4 Ne5 18.c5
Rd8 19.b5 Qd5 20.c6 b6 21.a4 Qd2 22.Qxd2 Rxd2 23.a5 Kc7
24.axb6+ Kxb6 25.Rfb1 Rhd8 26.Ra6+ Kc5 27.c7 Rc8 28.f4 Nc4
29.Rc6+ Kd5 30.Nf3 Rd3 31.Ne1 Rd2 32.Rc1 Ne3 33.Ra6 Rb2
34.Rxa7 Rxb5 35.Ng2 Nf5 36.Ra2 Kd6 37.Ra6+ Kd7 38.Ra7 Rb6
39.Ne1 Rc6 40.Rd1+ Ke7 41.Rd8 R6xc7 42.Rxc7+ Rxc7 43.Rh8 h4
44.gxh4 Rc4 45.Ng2 Rc1+ 46.Kf2 Rh1 47.Ne3 Nxe3 48.Kxe3 f5
49.Kf3 Rxh2 50.Kg3 Rh1 51.Kg2 Re1 52.h5 f6 53.Ra8 Kf7 54.Ra7+
Kg8 55.h6 Re4 56.h7+ Kh8 57.Kg3 e5 58.Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.18"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris T Vladimirov"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 c5 5.d5 d6 6.Rc1 exd5 7.cxd5
O-O 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Nge2 h6 10.Bf4 Nb6 11.a3 Ba5 12.Rb1 Nbxd5
13.b4 cxb4 14.Nxd5 bxa3+ 15.Ndc3 Be6 16.Rc1 Rc8 17.Bxd6 a2
18.Bxf8 Qxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Bb3 20.Rc1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.18"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Abram Khasin"]
[Black "Yury Isakovich Kots"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Bb3 O-O 9.O-O Na5 10.Qe2 a6 11.f4 b5 12.e5 Ne8 13.f5
Nxb3 14.Nc6 Qc7 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.f6 gxf6 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.axb3
Ne8 19.Bh6 Bb7 20.Qg4+ Kh8 21.Bxf8 Qxf8 22.Qxe6 Qg7 23.Qh3 Nf6
24.Qg3 Ng4 25.Rf4 Rg8 26.Re1 Qg5 27.b4 Qh5 28.Ne4 f5 29.Nxd6
Ne3 30.Qxe3 Rxg2+ 31.Kf1 Qxh2 32.Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.19"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Ba6 7. b3 c6 8. Bg2 d5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8
12. Na3 Qe7 13. Qb2 c5 14. Nb5 Nb8 15. Ne5 dxc4 16. bxc4 cxd4
17. Nxd4 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. a5 Nbd7 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. axb6
axb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.19"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aivars Gipslis"]
[Black "Abram Khasin"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Nf3
Ne7 8.a4 Nbc6 9.Be2 Bd7 10.O-O f6 11.Re1 fxe5 12.dxe5 O-O
13.Bd3 h6 14.c4 Rad8 15.Be3 b6 16.cxd5 Nxd5 17.Bd2 Be8 18.Qe2
Ndb4 19.Bxb4 Nxb4 20.Be4 Bc6 21.Qc4 Bd5 22.Bxd5 Nxd5 23.a5 Rf4
24.axb6 axb6 25.Qe2 Rg4 26.g3 Qc6 27.Nd2 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.19"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.e4 Nc6 7.Bb5
a6 8.Ba4 b5 9.Bb3 Na5 10.O-O Nxb3 11.axb3 h6 12.Bf4 Nd7 13.e5
dxe5 14.dxe5 Nc5 15.b4 Ne6 16.Be3 Bb7 17.c3 Qd5 18.Nb3 Qxd1
19.Rfxd1 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Bxe5 21.Bxh6 Rfd8 22.Be3 Kg7 23.Kg2 Rd6
24.Re1 Rd5 25.Rad1 Rad8 26.Rxd5 Rxd5 27.Ra1 Rd6 28.Nc5 Nxc5
29.bxc5 Re6 30.f4 Bf6 31.Kf3 b4 32.cxb4 Bxb2 33.Rb1 Bc3 34.Rb3
Ba1 35.Rd3 Kf6 36.Ke2 Bb2 37.Kd2 Kf5 38.Rd7 c6 39.Kd3 Bg7
40.Ra7 Re4 41.Bd2 Rd4+ 42.Kc2 Ke6 43.Rc7 Rc4+ 44.Kd3 Rd4+
45.Ke3 Rxf4 46.Rxc6+ Kd5 47.Rxa6 Bh6 48.Ke2 Re4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.19"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bg2 Qd7 7.d5
Bxf3 8.exf3 Na5 9.Qd3 c6 10.Bd2 cxd5 11.Nxd5 Nc6 12.Bc3 Nf6
13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nxf6+ exf6 15.O-O O-O-O 16.Qc3 Qf5 17.f4 h5
18.Rad1 h4 19.Rd5 Qd7 20.c5 hxg3 21.hxg3 Qc7 22.Qxf6 dxc5
23.Rxc5 Rh5 24.Rxh5 gxh5 25.Rc1 Rd6 26.Qh8+ Rd8 27.Qxh5 Kb8
28.Qb5 a6 29.Qb3 Rd6 30.Bxc6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.19"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
Nc6 8.O-O Na5 9.f4 b5 10.f5 Nxb3 11.axb3 e5 12.Ndxb5 Bb7
13.Na3 Nxe4 14.Nc4 d5 15.Na5 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Qc7 17.Kh1 Bc5
18.Nxb7 Qxb7 19.Ra5 Rc8 20.b4 Be7 21.Rxd5 O-O 22.Rxe5 Bf6
23.Rd5 Rxc3 24.Bb2 Rxc2 25.Bxf6 gxf6 26.Rd2 Rxd2 27.Qxd2 Re8
28.h3 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.19"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Savon"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 f6 6. e4 d4
7. Nh4 Be6 8. f4 Qd7 9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. a4 Bd6 11. Nc4 Bc7
12. Bd2 Nge7 13. f5 Bxc4 14. dxc4 Ba5 15. Rf2 Bxd2 16. Rxd2
Kb8 17. Qf3 Qc7 18. Bf1 Nc8 19. g4 Nd6 20. Rg2 Qf7 21. Qe2 g6
22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Nf3 g5 24. Rf2 Qe6 25. Ne1 Rh6 26. b3 Qe7
27. Nd3 Ne8 28. Bg2 Nc7 29. Re1 Ne6 30. Rf5 Rdh8 31. h3 Nb4
32. Ref1 Nxd3 33. Qxd3 Nf4 34. R1xf4 gxf4 35. Kf2 Qc7 36. Qd2
Rg8 37. Ke2 Rg5 38. Rxg5 fxg5 39. Kf3 Qb6 40. Bf1 Qb4 41. Qxb4
cxb4 42. Kg2 d3 43. Bxd3 Kc7 44. Bf1 Kd6 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.19"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yury Isakovich Kots"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.Be3
Nf6 8.O-O Bb4 9.Na4 Bd6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.Nxc8 Rxc8
13.Bxa6 Ra8 14.Bd3 Bxh2+ 15.Kh1 Bf4 16.Qd2 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 Qe5
18.c3 Ng4 19.Qh3 Qf4 20.Kg1 O-O 21.Qg3 Qxg3 22.fxg3 Rfb8
23.Rfb1 Ne5 24.Be2 Ra4 25.Kf2 Rba8 26.a3 Rxe4 27.b4 Kf8 28.a4
Ke7 29.a5 Ng4+ 30.Ke1 Ne3 31.Bd3 Re5 32.Kd2 Nd5 33.b5 cxb5
34.Rxb5 Kd6 35.a6 Ne7 36.Rb7 Nc6 37.Bb5 Rc5 38.c4 Ne5 39.Kc3
Rcc8 40.Rd1+ Kc5 41.a7 d5 42.cxd5 exd5 43.Ra1 h5 44.Ra6 g6
45.Ba4 d4 46.Kd2 d3 47.Rb5+ Kd4 48.Bb3 Nc4+ 49.Bxc4 Kxc4
50.Rb7 Kd4 51.Ra4+ Kc5 52.Kxd3 Kc6 53.Rxf7 Kb5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.19"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladislav Shiyanovsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7
7.Bd3 e6 8.f4 Qb6 9.Nb3 Qe3+ 10.Qe2 Qxe2+ 11.Bxe2 b5 12.a3 Bb7
13.Bf3 Rc8 14.O-O Nb6 15.Na5 Ba8 16.Bh4 Be7 17.e5 dxe5 18.Bxa8
Nxa8 19.fxe5 Nd7 20.Bg3 Nab6 21.Rfe1 Bc5+ 22.Kh1 Bd4 23.Ne4
O-O 24.c3 Bxe5 25.Bxe5 Nxe5 26.b4 Nec4 27.Nb3 Na4 28.Nbc5 f5
29.Nxa4 fxe4 30.Nc5 e3 31.Nxe6 Rf2 32.Nd4 Rcf8 33.h3 Rb2
34.Re2 Rxe2 35.Nxe2 Rf2 36.Re1 Nxa3 37.Nd4 Nc4 38.Kg1 Kf7
39.Rf1 Rf6 40.Rxf6+ Kxf6 41.Kf1 Ke5 42.Ke2 Kf4 43.Ne6+ Kg3
44.Kf1 Nd2+ 45.Ke2 Ne4 46.Kxe3 Nxc3 47.Kd4 Na2 48.Kc5 Kxg2 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.19"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[Black "Boris T Vladimirov"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nc6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxe4 5.Bxe4 Nf6 6.Bg2 Bf5
7.Na3 Qd7 8.h3 e5 9.d3 Be7 10.g4 Be6 11.Ng3 Rd8 12.Bd2 O-O
13.Nc4 Nd5 14.Be4 f6 15.Nf5 Nd4 16.Nxe7+ Nxe7 17.c3 Ndc6
18.Be3 b6 19.Qa4 Rc8 20.O-O-O Rfd8 21.Kb1 Rb8 22.Nd2 b5 23.Qc2
Nd4 24.cxd4 cxd4 25.Nb3 dxe3 26.Nc5 Qc8 27.fxe3 b4 28.d4 exd4
29.exd4 h6 30.Rhe1 Bf7 31.Bh7+ Kf8 32.Rxe7 Kxe7 33.Bf5 Bxa2+
34.Ka1 Qc6 35.b3 Kf7 36.Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.19"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Anatoly Lein"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1
O-O 8.e5 Ne8 9.c3 dxc3 10.Nxc3 d6 11.exd6 cxd6 12.Nd5 Bf6
13.Qd3 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.f4 Bf6 16.Be3 Be6 17.Bb6 Qb8 18.Bc2
g6 19.Nxf6+ Nxf6 20.Bd4 Qd8 21.Qd2 Nd7 22.f5 Bxf5 23.Bxf5 gxf5
24.Qf4 Ne5 25.Qxf5 f6 26.Qe6+ Rf7 27.Rad1 Qe7 28.Qd5 Kh8
29.Bc3 Rg7 30.Kh1 Rd8 31.Rxe5 fxe5 32.Bxe5 Re8 33.Bc3 Qd7
34.Rf1 Qc6 35.Qg5 Qd7 36.b3 Rc8 37.h3 Kg8 38.Bxg7 Qxg7 39.Qd5+
Kh8 40.Qxd6 Rg8 41.Qd5 b5 42.Rf7 Qa1+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.21"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[Black "Vladislav Shiyanovsky"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.c3 g6 7.d4 Bg7
8.Be3 Nf6 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nbd2 Qe7 11.b4 b6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4
O-O 14.Qc2 Qe8 15.Bb3 Nh5 16.Nc4 Kh8 17.Nfd2 f5 18.exf5 Bxf5
19.Qb2 Bd3 20.Rfe1 e4 21.Bd1 Nf4 22.Qb3 g5 23.Bg3 Qg6 24.Nb2
Rae8 25.Bxf4 Rxf4 26.Nxd3 exd3 27.Bf3 g4 28.Bd5 Re2 29.Rxe2
dxe2 30.Bc4 Nd4 31.cxd4 Bxd4 32.Bxe2 Bxa1 33.g3 Rf8 34.Qc4 Qg7
35.Bxg4 Bd4 36.Nf3 Qxg4 37.Qxd4+ Qxd4 38.Nxd4 Rd8 39.Ne6 Rd2
40.a3 Ra2 41.f4 Rxa3 42.f5 a5 43.bxa5 bxa5 44.g4 a4 45.Kf2 Rh3
46.Kg2 Re3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.21"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Lein"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Qd2 O-O
12. Rac1 Rd8 13. Rfd1 Nd5 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bf4
Qb4 17. Ne5 Qxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.21"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Aivars Gipslis"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O
dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.Qd3 a6 10.a4 b6 11.Na2 b5 12.axb5 axb5
13.Bxb5 Bb7 14.Bd2 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Bxd2 16.Qxd2 Ne5 17.Be2 cxd4
18.Qxd4 Qxd4 19.exd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.21"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 a5 10.d4 exd4 11.cxd4 a4 12.Bc2 Nb4 13.d5 Nd7
14.Na3 Bf6 15.Nxb5 Nc5 16.Nbd4 Ba6 17.Re3 Nxc2 18.Qxc2 Re8
19.Nc6 Qd7 20.e5 Be7 21.Bd2 Bf8 22.Bb4 h6 23.Rd1 Bb7 24.Nfd4
Ra6 25.Bxc5 dxc5 26.e6 fxe6 27.Ne5 Qd6 28.Nxe6 Bxd5 29.Rxd5
Qxe6 30.Ng6 Qf7 31.Rxe8 Qxe8 32.Nxf8 Kxf8 33.Qxc5+ Kg8 34.Qxc7
Qe1+ 35.Kh2 Qxf2 36.Qc4 Kh7 37.Qe4+ Rg6 38.Rb5 Qg3+ 39.Kh1 Qf2
40.Rb4 a3 41.bxa3 Qf1+ 42.Kh2 Qf6 43.Qb1 h5 44.Rb5 Qf4+ 45.Kh1
Kh6 46.Qd1 Rg5 47.a4 Rf5 48.Rb3 Rc5 49.Rb6+ g6 50.Rb1 Rc3
51.a5 Ra3 52.Qd5 Qc7 53.Qd2+ Kh7 54.Rc1 Qxa5 55.Qd6 Rc3
56.Qd7+ Kg8 57.Rd1 Qe5 58.a4 Re3 59.Qc8+ Kg7 60.Qb7+ Kh6
61.Qb4 Re2 62.a5 Ra2 63.Qf8+ Kg5 64.h4+ Kxh4 65.Qd8+ Kg4
66.Qg8 Ra1 67.Qxg6+ Kh4 68.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 69.Kh2 Qh1+ 70.Kxh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.21"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3
Be7 8.Bc4 Bg4 9.Be3 Qd7 10.a3 h6 11.Be2 g5 12.Nd2 Be6 13.Bc4
Nd8 14.Qe2 c6 15.Rad1 b5 16.Bb3 Nf7 17.Rfe1 h5 18.Nf3 Rg8
19.Rd2 Bxb3 20.cxb3 Qe6 21.b4 Ng4 22.Rc2 Nxe3 23.Qxe3 g4
24.Nd2 Bd8 25.Nd1 Bb6 26.Qe2 Kd7 27.Ne3 h4 28.Ndf1 g3 29.fxg3
hxg3 30.Nxg3 Rxg3 31.hxg3 Nh6 32.Qd3 Ng4 33.Rc5 Rh8 34.Nxg4
Qxg4 35.Rf1 Ke7 36.Rd1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.21"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 Bb6 6.d4 exd4
7.cxd4 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Re1+ Be6 10.Bg5 Qd6 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Bh4
O-O 13.Ne4 Qb4 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Qc2 Bxd4 16.Nxd4 Qxd4 17.Rad1
Nb4 18.Qa4 Qc4 19.Be7 Nc2 20.Qxc4 Bxc4 21.Bxf8 Nxe1 22.Rxe1
Kxf8 23.b3 Be6 24.Nc5 Rd8 25.Nxe6+ fxe6 26.Kf1 Ke7 27.Rc1 Rd2
28.Rxc6 Rxa2 29.Rxc7+ Kf6 30.g3 a5 31.Kg2 h5 32.h4 g6 33.Rc5
e5 34.Rc6+ Kf5 35.Ra6 Ra3 36.Ra8 Ke4 37.Rb8 Kd4 38.b4 a4 39.b5
Kc5 40.b6 Ra1 41.b7 Kb6 42.Kf3 a3 43.Re8 Kxb7 44.Rxe5 Kb6
45.Re3 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.21"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. c3 Be7
7. h3 b5 8. Bc2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. a4 Bd7 11. Re1 Bf8 12. Qf1
Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Bg5 Nh5
17. dxe5 dxe5 18. g3 h6 19. Be3 Qa2 20. Bc1 c6 21. Kh2 Be6
22. Nbd2 Bc5 23. Ng1 Qa7 24. Bd1 Nf6 25. Kg2 Rd8 26. Qe2 Bb6
27. Bc2 h5 28. Nf1 h4 29. Ne3 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 c5 31. Nf3 hxg3
32. fxg3 Nh7 33. Kh2 Rd7 34. Nh4 Nxh4 35. gxh4 b4 36. Rg1 f6
37. Rg2 b3 38. Bd3 c4 39. Be2 Qxe3 40. Bxe3 Nf8 41. Rg1 Bf7
42. h5 Rc7 43. Ra1 Ne6 44. Kg3 Nc5 45. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.21"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Nd7 7.Nge2 Ne7
8.Nf4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Ng6 10.Nxh5 Ndxe5 11.Be2 Nd3+ 12.Bxd3 Bxd3
13.Bg5 Qxd4 14.Rh3 Ne5 15.Nf4 f6 16.Nxd3 O-O-O 17.Nxe5 Qxe5+
18.Qe2 Qxe2+ 19.Kxe2 fxg5 20.hxg5 Be7 21.Ne4 Rxh3 22.gxh3 Rh8
23.Rh1 Rh4 24.f3 Bd8 25.b3 b6 26.Kf2 Bc7 27.Kg2 Bf4 28.b4
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.21"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Abram Khasin"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5
Nbd7 8.Qc2 a5 9.h3 Nh5 10.Bg5 f6 11.Be3 Nf4 12.Bf1 Nc5 13.g3
Nh5 14.O-O-O f5 15.Nd2 Na6 16.exf5 gxf5 17.Be2 Nb4 18.Qb1 f4
19.Bxh5 fxe3 20.fxe3 Qg5 21.a3 Qxh5 22.axb4 e4 23.Ncxe4 axb4
24.g4 Qe5 25.Rdf1 Rxf1+ 26.Rxf1 b3 27.Nxb3 Ra4 28.Qc2 b5
29.Nbd2 Ra1+ 30.Nb1 bxc4 31.Nec3 Qxe3+ 32.Qd2 Qxh3 33.Qf4 Qh6
34.Qxh6 Bxh6+ 35.Kc2 Bd7 36.Re1 Bg7 37.Re4 h5 38.Rxc4 hxg4
39.Nd2 g3 40.Nf3 g2 41.Nd1 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.21"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris T Vladimirov"]
[Black "Yury Isakovich Kots"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.f4 O-O 7.Nf3 a6
8.a4 e6 9.Be2 exd5 10.exd5 a5 11.O-O Na6 12.Bd3 Nb4 13.Bb1 Re8
14.f5 Ng4 15.Bg5 Bf6 16.fxg6 fxg6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Qd2 Rf8
19.Be4 Bd7 20.b3 Rae8 21.Rae1 Ne5 22.Ng5 Qe7 23.Rxf8+ Rxf8
24.Bb1 Qf6 25.Nce4 Qe7 26.Nc3 Qf6 27.Nce4 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.22"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.d3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.e4
Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 e6 10.Qe2 Ne8 11.Nf3 Nd7 12.e5 f6 13.exf6
Qxf6 14.Bg5 Qf7 15.Bf4 h6 16.h4 Nef6 17.Bh3 Rfe8 18.Rae1 Nf8
19.Bd6 N6d7 20.d4 Rac8 21.b4 Rcd8 22.c3 Kh7 23.Qd3 Nf6 24.Ne5
Qg8 25.Bxf8 Bxf8 26.Kg2 Bd6 27.Re3 Bxe5 28.Rxe5 Nd7 29.Re3 e5
30.dxe5 Nxe5 31.Qe2 Nc4 32.Re7+ Rxe7 33.Qxe7+ Kh8 34.Qf6+ Kh7
35.Re1 Re8 36.h5 Nd6 37.Re7+ Rxe7 38.Qxe7+ Nf7 39.Qf6 Nh8
40.hxg6 Nxg6 41.Bf5 Qg7 42.Qe6 h5 43.a4 Kh6 44.Qe3+ Kh7 45.Qe6
Kh6 46.f4 Kh7 47.a5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.22"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5
7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Ne8 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. Bh6 Be6
12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. Be2 Rac8 14. b3 f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. O-O
Rcf8 17. Qe3 Kh8 18. Ne4 d5 19. Ng3 Rf4 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Rfd1
e6 22. a3 Qb6 23. b4 Qc7 24. Rac1 a6 25. Qc3 Qe7 26. Rd3 Kg8
27. Re1 Qc7 28. Bd1 Qb6 29. Rde3 Ne7 30. Qd2 Nef5 31. Nxf5
R4xf5 32. Bb3 Bxb3 33. Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.22"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aivars Gipslis"]
[Black "Boris T Vladimirov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.a3
b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6 9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Bc5 11.Qd2 Ne7 12.Bxc5 Qxc5
13.Rfd1 Bc6 14.Qd6 Qxd6 15.Rxd6 Nc8 16.Rd2 Nb6 17.f3 Ke7
18.Kf2 Rhc8 19.Rad1 d5 20.exd5 Nxd5 21.Nxd5+ Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.22"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Abram Khasin"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7
7.Bb5+ Nbd7 8.f3 a6 9.Bc4 O-O 10.Qd2 Qc7 11.Bb3 Nc5 12.O-O-O
Nxb3+ 13.axb3 b5 14.Bh6 b4 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Qa5 17.Kb1 Bxh6
18.Qxh6 Qxd5 19.h4 f6 20.Rhe1 Qb7 21.h5 g5 22.Nc6 e6 23.Rxd6
a5 24.Red1 Qg7 25.Qxg7+ Kxg7 26.Rd8 Rxd8 27.Rxd8 Kh6 28.g4 Bb7
29.Rd6 Ra6 30.Rxe6 Rxc6 31.Re3 Rd6 32.Kc1 Rd4 33.c4 Rf4 34.c5
Bxf3 35.Kd2 Bxg4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.22"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Anatoly Lein"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 c6 6. Nc3 Bg4
7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bh5 10. O-O-O Nf8 11. h3 Ne6
12. g4 Nxg5 13. Nxg5 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Kb1 Bb4 16. Ne2 Qe7
17. Nf4 Bd6 18. Nd3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Qe2 O-O-O 21. f3 Qe7
22. e4 dxe4 23. fxe4 Bc7 24. Nc5 Bb6 25. Nb3 a5 26. Qc2 Rhe8
27. Rhe1 a4 28. Nc1 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Bxd4 30. Qxa4 Rd8 31. Nb3
Be5 32. a3 Kb8 33. Rc1 Bd4 34. Ka2 Bb6 35. Rc4 Qg5 36. Qb4 Kc7
37. a4 Qe5 38. a5 Be3 39. a6 b6 40. Rc3 Bg5 41. Qc4 Qe6
42. Qxe6 fxe6 43. Rf3 Ra8 44. Rf7+ Kd6 45. Rxg7 Rxa6+ 46. Kb1
Ra4 47. Rxg6 Bf4 48. Nc1 Rxe4 49. Nd3 Bg3 50. Rg8 Re2 51. g5
Rg2 52. Rh8 c5 53. g6 Bh2 54. Rg8 Ke7 55. h4 e5 56. h5 e4
57. Ne1 Rg1 58. h6 Be5 59. g7 Rxe1+ 60. Kc2 Bxg7 61. hxg7 Rg1
62. Rb8 Rxg7 63. Rxb6 Rg2+ 64. Kc3 e3 65. Kd3 e2 66. Kd2 Kd7
67. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.22"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yury Isakovich Kots"]
[Black "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bd7 11.Qe2 Bc6 12.Rad1 Qa5
13.f4 e5 14.Bf2 exf4 15.Nd5 Rae8 16.Be1 Qd8 17.Rxf4 Nxd5
18.Bxd5 Bf6 19.Bb3 Qe7 20.Bb4 Be5 21.Rf5 Qh4 22.Rh5 Bxh2+
23.Kh1 Qxe4 24.Qf2 Qxb4 25.Rxh2 Qc5 26.Qh4 Qf5 27.Qg3 Qe5
28.Qh4 h6 29.Rf1 Bd5 30.Rh3 Qe2 31.Rf2 Qd1+ 32.Kh2 Bxb3
33.Rxb3 Re1 34.Qf4 Qh5+ 35.Kg3 Re6 36.Rff3 Rg6+ 37.Kf2 Qc5+
38.Kf1 Qxc2 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.22"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4
7. c4 c6 8. Na3 Nbd7 9. Rc1 a5 10. b5 a4 11. d3 e5 12. bxc6
bxc6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc2 e4 15. dxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Rb8
17. Ba3 Re8 18. Ne3 Ne5 19. Nxg4 Nexg4 20. Nc4 e3 21. f3 Nf2
22. Qxa4 Nd5 23. f4 Nc3 24. Qc2 Qd4 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Rec8
27. Bf3 Qd2 28. Kg2 Qd7 29. Bd6 Nce4 30. e6 Qxe6 31. Bxb8 Rxc2
32. Rxc2 g5 33. Kg1 Nd2 34. Rfc1 Nxf3+ 35. exf3 Nd3 36. Rc6
Qxa2 37. R6c2 Qa4 38. Rc8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.22"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Savon"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.d3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e5 6.h4 d6 7.h5 Bg4
8.h6 Bf6 9.Nbd2 Ne7 10.Nc4 O-O 11.a4 Nbc6 12.a5 d5 13.exd5
Nxd5 14.c3 Qd7 15.O-O Bh3 16.Re1 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Rfe8 18.Nfd2
Rad8 19.Qf3 Qf5 20.Qxf5 gxf5 21.Nb3 Re7 22.Be3 Nxe3+ 23.Nxe3
Rc7 24.Nxf5 Ne7 25.Nxe7+ Bxe7 26.Rxe5 Rxd3 27.Rae1 Kf8 28.Nxc5
Rd6 29.Nb3 f6 30.Rh5 Kf7 31.Nd4 Bf8 32.f4 Rcd7 33.Kf3 b5
34.axb6 Rxb6 35.Re2 Rdb7 36.b4 Rc7 37.Re3 Rc4 38.Rd5 Rb7
39.Ne6 Be7 40.Ke2 Kg6 41.Kd3 Rc8 42.g4 Kf7 43.f5 Rc6 44.Re4
Rc8 45.Rc4 Rg8 46.Nc7 Ra7 47.Rd7 a5 48.Re4 Re8 49.bxa5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.22"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Bc5
7.Bg2 e5 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe2 Be6 10.c3 a5 11.Nc4 Nd7 12.Ng5 Bxc4
13.Qxc4 Qe7 14.Bd2 Rad8 15.Rad1 Nb6 16.Qe2 Rd6 17.Bh3 Rxd2
18.Qxd2 Rd8 19.Qc1 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Qf6 21.Bf5 g6 22.b4 axb4
23.cxb4 Be7 24.Bd7 Nd4 25.Qxc7 Bd8 26.Qxb7 Qxg5 27.Be8 Qf6
28.a4 Kf8 29.Bb5 Qd6 30.Rc1 Nxa4 31.Kg2 Nb6 32.Rc5 Qf6 33.Qb8
Qf3+ 34.Kg1 Qd1+ 35.Kg2 Qf3+ 36.Kg1 Ne6 37.Rc6 Qd1+ 38.Kg2 Qd4
39.Rd6 Qxe4+ 40.Kg1 Qb1+ 41.Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.22"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bb5 a6 5.Ba4 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1
O-O 8.e5 Nd5 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Nb6 11.Bb3 d5 12.exd6 Bxd6
13.Bf4 Qh4 14.g3 Qg4 15.h3 Qf3 16.Re3 Qc6 17.Rc3 Qd7 18.Rd3
Bxf4 19.Qxf4 Qe7 20.Nc3 Qc5 21.Ne4 Qf5 22.Qxc7 Nd7 23.Nd6 Qc5
24.Rc3 Qxc7 25.Rxc7 Ne5 26.f4 Nf3+ 27.Kf2 Nd4 28.Bxf7+ Rxf7
29.Rxf7 Nb5 30.Nxb5 Kxf7 31.Nd6+ Kf6 32.g4 Be6 33.c4 b6
34.Ne4+ Ke7 35.Re1 Kd7 36.b3 Bg8 37.f5 b5 38.Rd1+ Kc7 39.c5 a5
40.Rd6 b4 41.Ng5 Rd8 42.Rxd8 Kxd8 43.Ne6+ Kd7 44.Ke3 g6 45.Kd4
gxf5 46.gxf5 Bf7 47.Kd5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.25"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4
Bg7 8.Nf3 d6 9.Nd2 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.Nc4 Nxg3 12.hxg3 O-O 13.e3
Qe7 14.Bd3 Na6 15.Rc1 Nc7 16.a4 b6 17.Kf1 Rb8 18.Kg1 a6 19.g4
b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Na5 Bd7 22.Bb1 Ra8 23.Nc6 Bxc6 24.Qd3 Rfd8
25.dxc6 Kf8 26.b3 Ra6 27.Nxb5 Rxc6 28.Nd4 Rb6 29.Nf5 Qf6
30.Nxg7 Qxg7 31.Rxc5 Rxb3 32.Qxb3 dxc5 33.g3 Qf6 34.Bf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.25"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6
7. Be2 Bc5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Qg4 Nxe5 10. Qxg7 Ng6 11. Qh6 Nd7
12. O-O Qc7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 O-O-O 15. Rae1 f5 16. Na4 Bd6
17. f4 Rde8 18. Kh1 Rhg8 19. b4 Qd8 20. Bd1 Qf6 21. Bc3 d4
22. Bd2 Nh4 23. Qxf6 Nxf6 24. Rf2 b6 25. Kh2 Ng6 26. g3 Kd7
27. a3 h5 28. c4 dxc3 29. Nxc3 Re7 30. d4 b5 31. Bc1 a6
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.25"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[Black "Aivars Gipslis"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.Qg4 Ne7 7.dxc5
Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nd7 9.Nf3 Qc7 10.Qxg7 Rg8 11.Qxh7 Nxe5 12.Qh5
Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 Bd7 14.Bf4 e5 15.Bg3 f5 16.Qh5+ Ng6 17.Bd3 Qxc5
18.Bxe5 O-O-O 19.Bd4 Qe7+ 20.Kd2 Nf4 21.Qh6 Nxg2+ 22.Rab1 Nh4
23.Ba6 Nf3+ 24.Kd1 Nxd4 25.Rxb7 Ne6 26.Qe3 d4 27.Qe5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.25"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nd7 5.Bg2 Ngf6 6.Qxc4 a6
7.Qc2 c5 8.O-O b5 9.a4 Bb7 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Qxa8 12.Na3
Bc6 13.d3 Be7 14.Bd2 O-O 15.Rc1 Qb7 16.Ne1 Bd5 17.Qb1 Ra8
18.Nac2 Ne5 19.b3 Bxg2 20.Nxg2 Nc6 21.b4 Nd4 22.Nxd4 cxd4
23.Qb2 Qd5 24.Rc2 h6 25.Ne1 e5 26.Nf3 Qe6 27.e4 dxe3 28.Bxe3
e4 29.Nd4 Qh3 30.dxe4 Ng4 31.Nf3 Nxe3 32.fxe3 Qg4 33.Rf2 Qxe4
34.Qd4 Qe6 35.Qd3 Bxb4 36.Qxb5 Qe4 37.Kg2 g5 38.h3 Bd6 39.Qb6
Qe6 40.Qd4 Rc8 41.Qg4 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.25"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
b5 8.e5 dxe5 9.fxe5 Qc7 10.exf6 Qe5+ 11.Ne4 Qxe4+ 12.Ne2 Nc6
13.Qd2 h6 14.Be3 Bb7 15.Ng3 Qe5 16.fxg7 Bxg7 17.Bd3 Nb4 18.O-O
Nxd3 19.Qxd3 Rd8 20.Qe2 h5 21.Rae1 h4 22.Qf2 Rd7 23.Ne2 h3
24.gxh3 Rxh3 25.Ng3 Qd5 26.Bb6 Be5 27.Rxe5 Qxe5 28.Re1 Qg5
29.Be3 Qg4 30.Rf1 f5 31.Bf4 Rd1 32.c3 Rh4 33.Bc7 f4 34.Qxf4
Qxf4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.25"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Abram Khasin"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7
7. Ng5 d5 8. a4 f6 9. exf6 exf6 10. Qe2+ Qe7 11. Qxe7+ Kxe7
12. Nf3 a5 13. O-O Bg4 14. Nbd2 Na6 15. h3 Bd7 16. Re1+ Kf7
17. Ne4 Rhe8 18. Bd2 Kf8 19. Nc3 c6 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8 21. Na2 Nc7
22. Re1 Bf7 23. Nc3 Ne6 24. Ne2 Nc4 25. Bc1 Re8 26. Ba2 Kg8
27. c3 g5 28. Bb1 Bg6 29. Bxg6 hxg6 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Nd2 Nd6
32. f3 Bf8 33. Kf2 Nf5 34. Nb3 b6 35. Bd2 Bd6 36. g4 Ne7
37. Nbc1 c5 38. Rh1 Nc6 39. c4 Nc7 40. cxd5 Nxd5 41. dxc5
Bxc5+ 42. Kg3 Ne5 43. Nc3 Nc4 44. Nxd5 Nxd2 45. Rd1 Nc4
46. Nd3 Bd4 47. b3 Ne3 48. Nxe3 Rxe3 49. b4 Re2 50. bxa5 bxa5
51. f4 Ra2 52. fxg5 fxg5 53. Kf3 Rxa4 54. Rc1 Bf6 55. Rc7+ Ke8
56. Ra7 Bd4 57. Ra8+ Kf7 58. Ra6 Kg7 59. Ra8 Kh6 60. Ra6 Kh7
61. Ra8 Bc3 62. Nc5 Rf4+ 63. Kg2 Kh6 64. Ne6 Re4 65. Ra6 Re2+
66. Kf3 Re1 67. Kf2 Rb1 68. Ke3 Bb4 69. Ke4 Re1+ 70. Kd5 Rd1+
71. Ke5 Rh1 72. Kf6 Rf1+ 73. Ke5 Rf3 74. Nd8 Re3+ 75. Kd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.25"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5
dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qd5 8. c4 Qd6 9. Nxa7+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Nb5
Nf6 12. O-O c6 13. Nc3 Bc5 14. d4 exd3 15. Re1+ Kf7 16. Be3
Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Rad8 18. Qf3 Rhe8 19. Ne4 Qd4 20. Nxf6 Rxe3
21. fxe3 Qxf6 22. Kf2 Ke6 23. Qxf6+ gxf6 24. Ke1 Rg8 25. g3
Rg5 26. Rd1 Rh5 27. h4 Rf5 28. Rxd3 Rf3 29. g4 Rh3 30. h5 Rg3
31. Rb3 Rxg4 32. Rxb7 Rxc4 33. Rxh7 Rc2 34. h6 Rxb2 35. Ra7
Rh2 36. h7 c5 37. a4 Kd5 38. Rf7 c4 39. a5 c3 40. Kd1 Kc4
41. a6 c2+ 42. Kc1 Kb3 43. Rb7+ Kc3 44. Rc7+ Kb3 45. a7 Rh1+
46. Kd2 Rd1+ 47. Ke2 Rd8 48. e4 Kb2 49. Rb7+ Kc3 50. Rb8 c1=Q
51. Rxd8 Qh1 52. Rc8+ Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.25"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Yury Isakovich Kots"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 Qb6
7.Nb3 e6 8.Qd2 a6 9.O-O-O Bd7 10.f4 O-O-O 11.Be2 Be7 12.Rhe1
Be8 13.f5 Ne5 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Bf4 Kb8 16.g4 Nfxg4 17.fxe6 fxe6
18.Bxg4 Nxg4 19.Nf5 Bf6 20.Bxd6+ Ka8 21.e5 Nxe5 22.Bxe5 exf5
23.Nd5 Qc6 24.Nc7+ Ka7 25.Qe3+ b6 26.Rd6 Qb7 27.Bxf6 gxf6
28.Qd4 Qxc7 29.Re7 Ka8 30.Rdxd7 Rxd7 31.Rxd7 Qc6 32.b3 Rc8
33.Qd3 b5 34.Rd6 Qh1+ 35.Kb2 Kb7 36.Qxf5 Rc7 37.Qxf6 Qg1
38.Qf3+ Ka7 39.Rd8 Rb7 40.a3 Qc5 41.Qe4 a5 42.Qe8 Qe7 43.Ra8+
Kb6 44.Qh5 Qf6+ 45.Ka2 Rc7 46.Qe2 Qc6 47.Rb8+ Ka7 48.Rxb5
Qxc2+ 49.Qxc2 Rxc2+ 50.Kb1 Rxh2 51.Rxa5+ Kb7 52.Re5 h5 53.a4
h4 54.Kc1 h3 55.Rh5 Ka7 56.Kd1 Kb7 57.Ke1 Kc6 58.Kd1 Kb7
59.Rh6 Ka7 60.Kc1 Kb7 61.Kb1 Ka7 62.b4 Kb7 63.b5 Rg2 64.Rxh3
Rg4 65.Ra3 Kb6 66.Ra2 Ka5 67.Kc2 Rg3 68.Ra1 Rh3 69.Rb1 Kb6
70.Rb4 Rh2+ 71.Kd3 Rh3+ 72.Ke2 Ka5 73.Rc4 Rb3 74.Kd2 Rh3
75.Kc2 Rg3 76.Kb2 Rh3 77.Rc3 Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.25"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris T Vladimirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O
e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3 Qa5 10.Re1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Re8 12.Be3 Qb4 13.a3
Qa5 14.b4 Qc7 15.Rc1 a5 16.f4 axb4 17.axb4 Nb6 18.Ndb5 cxb5
19.Nxb5 Qd8 20.Nxd6 Re6 21.e5 Ra2 22.c5 Rxg2+ 23.Kxg2 Nbd5
24.Bf2 Nxf4+ 25.gxf4 Nh5 26.Qf3 Bh6 27.Bg3 Bd7 28.Nxb7 Qa8
29.Na5 Qb8 30.c6 Bc8 31.Nb7 Rxc6 32.Rxc6 Bxb7 33.b5 Ng7 34.e6
fxe6 35.f5 Qd8 36.fxe6 Nf5 37.Rd1 Qf6 38.Kh1 Qxe6 39.Bh2 Bd2
40.Rf1 Qd7 41.Be5 Kf8 42.Kh2 Ke8 43.Qe2 Ne3 44.Rf3 Bxc6
45.bxc6 Qxc6 46.Bf4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.25"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladislav Shiyanovsky"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3
Nd7 8.d4 Bf6 9.Be3 O-O 10.Nbd2 g6 11.Bh6 Re8 12.Nf1 Nb6 13.Bb3
exd4 14.Nxd4 Na5 15.Bc2 Nac4 16.Bc1 c5 17.Ne2 d5 18.b3 Nd6
19.exd5 Nb5 20.a4 Nxc3 21.Nxc3 Bxc3 22.Rxe8+ Qxe8 23.Rb1 Bd4
24.b4 Nxd5 25.bxc5 Nc3 26.Qd2 Qe5 27.Rb4 Bxc5 28.Qd8+ Kg7
29.Ba3 Qe1 30.h3 Qxf2+ 31.Kh2 Qxf1 32.Bd3 Qg1+ 33.Kg3 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.26"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yury Isakovich Kots"]
[Black "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Na6 6.e4 Bg4 7.Bxc4
e6 8.O-O Nb4 9.a5 Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Be2 c5 12.Ra4 cxd4 13.Nxd4
Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Rc8 15.Rd1 Qe8 16.Raa1 a6 17.Bg5 Nd7 18.Bf4 Nc6
19.Nb3 Bb4 20.e5 Bxc3 21.bxc3 f6 22.exf6 Rxf6 23.Ra4 Rf5
24.Re4 Nf8 25.Bd6 Qg6 26.Nc5 Nxa5 27.Bxf8 Rcxf8 28.Nxe6 Rxf2
29.Qg4 R8f6 30.Rd8+ Kf7 31.Rf8+ Ke7 32.Nf4 Qxe4 33.Qxg7+ Kd6
34.Qxf6+ Kc5 35.Kxf2 Qc2+ 36.Kg3 Nc6 37.Qg5+ Kc4 38.Qg8+ Kxc3
39.Nd5+ Kd4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.26"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. Nxc3 d5 8. b4 O-O 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5
12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. b5 a6 14. bxa6 Bxa6 15. e4 Qd6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6
17. Qe2 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.26"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aivars Gipslis"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Ne5
13.Be2 Bd7 14.f4 gxf4 15.Bxf4 Rc8 16.Kh1 Qb4 17.Qc1 Nc4
18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.e5 Rxd4 20.exf6 Rxd1 21.Qxd1 Bf8 22.a3 Qc4
23.Bg3 Rg8 24.Rf4 Qc6 25.Rd4 Rg6 26.Qe2 b5 27.Nd5 Qc5 28.c3
Rg5 29.Ne3 Rg6 30.Nd5 Kd8 31.b4 Qc6 32.Ne7 Bxe7 33.fxe7+ Ke8
34.Rxd6 Qxc3 35.Qd1 Qc8 36.Rb6 e5 37.Rxg6 fxg6 38.Bxe5 Qc6
39.Kg1 Kxe7 40.Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.26"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Boris T Vladimirov"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Bd3 d5
7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 Nd7 9.f4 Ba6 10.Nd2 Bc5 11.Bxc5 Nxc5 12.Bxa6
Nxa6 13.O-O O-O 14.Kh1 Qb6 15.b3 Nc5 16.Qe2 a5 17.a3 f5
18.exf6 Rxf6 19.g3 Nd7 20.Nf3 c5 21.Rab1 Rb8 22.Rfe1 h6 23.Kg2
d4 24.Nd2 Qc6+ 25.Qe4 Qd5 26.Kg1 Nb6 27.a4 Rc8 28.Re2 Rc6
29.Qd3 c4 30.bxc4 Qd8 31.Re4 Rf8 32.Rxd4 Qc7 33.Ne4 Rxc4
34.Rxb6 Rxc2 35.Rxe6 Ra2 36.Qc4 Ra1+ 37.Kg2 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.26"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly Lein"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O
c6 8.b3 Re8 9.Bb2 Bf8 10.Re1 Qc7 11.a4 a5 12.Qd2 b6 13.h3 Ba6
14.Nh2 Rad8 15.Ng4 Qc8 16.Ne3 g6 17.d5 Bh6 18.Qd1 Bg7 19.Kh2
cxd5 20.Ncxd5 Nxd5 21.Nxd5 Bb7 22.Re2 Bc6 23.Qd2 Qb7 24.Rd1
Nc5 25.Qg5 h6 26.Qh4 Kf8 27.Bc1 g5 28.Qh5 Nd7 29.Qf3 Bxd5
30.Rxd5 Nf6 31.Rb5 d5 32.exd5 e4 33.Qf5 Re5 34.Qxe5 Ng4+
35.hxg4 Bxe5 36.Rxe4 Qc7 37.Be3 Re8 38.Rc4 Qd7 39.Rxb6 h5
40.Bxg5 hxg4 41.Bf4 Qf5 42.Rh6 Kg8 43.Bxe5 Rxe5 44.d6 Re6
45.Rxe6 Qxe6 46.Rd4 Qd7 47.Kg1 Kf8 48.Bc6 Qa7 49.c3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.26"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Nf3 g6 5. d5 Bg7 6. Nd4 Bd7
7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 e6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. f3
c5 13. Nb3 a6 14. a4 b6 15. Nd2 Bc8 16. Nc4 Ra7 17. O-O Rb7
18. Kh1 g5 19. Bf2 Ree7 20. Bg3 Rbd7 21. f4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4
23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Bd3 Rd4 25. Qf3 Bb7 26. Qf5 Bxd5 27. Qh7+
Kf8 28. Ne3 Bb7 29. Nf5 Qf6 30. Nxd4 Qxd4 31. Rad1 Qxb2
32. Rf2 Qd4 33. Bc2 Qc3 34. Bf5 Qb3 35. Rdf1 Rd8 36. Bc2 Qd5
37. Bg6 Rd7 38. Bxd6+ Ke8 39. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.26"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Savon"]
[Black "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.e4
b6 8.e5 Nd7 9.Re1 Qc7 10.Qe2 g5 11.g4 Bb7 12.c3 O-O-O 13.Nf1
h6 14.Ng3 Nf8 15.a3 d4 16.c4 Na5 17.Qd1 Ng6 18.Rb1 Nc6 19.Qe2
a5 20.Nh5 Rd7 21.Bd2 Rdd8 22.h3 Rd7 23.b3 Rdd8 24.Rb2 Rd7
25.Bc1 Rg8 26.Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.26"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6
7. O-O a6 8. Rb1 Rb8 9. a3 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. b4 cxb4
12. axb4 e5 13. d3 d6 14. h3 Be6 15. Nd5 Ne7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7
17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Nd7 19. Be3 Ne5 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Qd2 Ra8
22. Rf2 Ra3 23. Bf1 Rc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Ra1 26. Qxa1
Nf3+ 27. Rxf3 Bxa1 28. Kg2 Qb3 29. Rf2 Kg7 30. h4 h5 31. g4
hxg4 32. h5 gxh5 33. Rf5 Qd1 34. Kg1 h4 35. Rg5+ Kf8 36. Rxb5
h3 37. Rh5 Be5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.26"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Abram Khasin"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 Nxe4 6.Qe2 b5 7.Qxe4
d5 8.Qe3 bxa4 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.O-O Be6 11.dxe5 Qd7 12.Nc3 Bb4
13.Qg3 O-O 14.Bh6 f6 15.Bf4 c5 16.Rad1 Qc6 17.Bh6 Rf7 18.exf6
g6 19.Qe5 d4 20.Ne4 Qd5 21.f4 Qxe5 22.fxe5 Bxa2 23.Ra1 Bd5
24.Ng5 Re8 25.Rxa4 Rxe5 26.Rxa6 Re2 27.Rfa1 c4 28.Ra8+ Rf8
29.f7+ Bxf7 30.Bxf8 Bxf8 31.Nxf7 Kg7 32.Ng5 Bc5 33.Rc8 Bb6
34.Rc6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.26"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[Black "Vladislav Shiyanovsky"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.c3
Nf6 8.d4 Nd7 9.Be3 Be7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.a3 Bf6 12.d5 Bxf3
13.Nxf3 Ne7 14.b4 g6 15.c4 Bg7 16.Rc1 Nf6 17.Qd3 a5 18.Bd1
axb4 19.axb4 b6 20.Bb3 Ra3 21.Rb1 Qd7 22.Rfd1 Nh5 23.c5 bxc5
24.bxc5 h6 25.Nd2 Nf4 26.Bxf4 exf4 27.Nc4 Ra7 28.Qf3 g5
29.cxd6 cxd6 30.e5 Bxe5 31.Nxe5 dxe5 32.d6 Ng6 33.Rbc1 Kg7
34.Bc2 Qe6 35.Bxg6 Qxg6 36.Rc7 Raa8 37.Qd5 Qf6 38.Re1 Rad8
39.d7 Qe6 40.Qxe5+ Qxe5 41.Rxe5 f6 42.Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.27"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[Black "Aivars Gipslis"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c5 6.Nf3 cxd4 7.Nxd4
Nc6 8.O-O Qa5 9.Nc2 d6 10.Bd2 Qh5 11.e4 Qxd1 12.Raxd1 Bg4
13.f3 Be6 14.Ne3 Rfc8 15.Ncd5 Kf8 16.b3 Rab8 17.Rfe1 Ne5
18.Bb4 Nxd5 19.exd5 Bd7 20.a4 Be8 21.f4 Nd7 22.Bh3 Rc7 23.Bxd7
Bxd7 24.Kf2 a6 25.Rc1 Bd4 26.Red1 Ba7 27.Ke2 Rbc8 28.Ba5 b6
29.Bd2 b5 30.cxb5 axb5 31.a5 Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.27"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Abram Khasin"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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 cxd4 12. cxd4
Bb7 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. d5 Qc7 15. Bb1 Nh5 16. Nf1 g6 17. Bh6
Rfe8 18. Ne3 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Qxc4 20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 Qb5
22. Ra3 Rc7 23. Rb3 Qd7 24. Qd2 Ra8 25. g4 Nf6 26. Nh2 Rac8
27. Bd3 Bd8 28. Rxb7 Rxb7 29. Bxa6 Rcb8 30. Bxb7 Qxb7 31. Re2
Nd7 32. Be3 Bb6 33. Kg2 Bxe3 34. Qxe3 Qb3 35. Qxb3 Rxb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.27"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5
Bxc5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nbd2 Ke7 10.b3 b6 11.Bb2 Bb7 12.Be2 Nbd7
13.Nc4 Bd5 14.Nd4 Rhc8 15.Rac1 Rc7 16.Nf3 Rac8 17.Nce5 Nxe5
18.Nxe5 b5 19.Nd3 Bd6 20.f3 Bb7 21.e4 Rc2 22.Rfe1 Nd7 23.Bf1
f6 24.Rxc2 Rxc2 25.Re2 Rc8 26.g3 a5 27.Re1 a4 28.Rc1 Rxc1
29.Bxc1 axb3 30.axb3 f5 31.exf5 Bxf3 32.fxe6 Nc5 33.Kf2 Bd5
34.Nxc5 Bxc5+ 35.Be3 Bxe3+ 36.Kxe3 b4 37.Kd4 Bxb3 38.Kc5 Kxe6
39.Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.27"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6
7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 Nxg3
12. fxg3 g4 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. O-O Qxe3+ 15. Kh1 Nd7 16. Rf4 Rg8
17. Raf1 O-O-O 18. R1f2 Qe1+ 19. Rf1 Qe3 20. Rxf7 Rdf8 21. Qe2
Qxe2 22. Bxe2 h5 23. Kg1 Be4 24. Rxf8+ Nxf8 25. Kf2 Ng6
26. Ke3 Bc6 27. Rf6 Nxh4 28. gxh4 g3 29. hxg3 Rxg3+ 30. Kf4
Rxg2 31. Bxh5 Rxa2 32. Rxe6 a5 33. Bg4 Kd8 34. h5 Rh2 35. h6
Bd7 36. Kg3 Rh1 37. Bf3 Rg1+ 38. Bg2 Rc1 39. h7 Rxc3+ 40. Kh2
Bxe6 41. h8=Q+ Ke7 42. d5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.27"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris T Vladimirov"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "A93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d5
7. b3 Nc6 8. Ne5 Bd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Be8 11. Bg5 Ne4
12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. f4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Bh5 16. Qd3 c6
17. e3 Qe7 18. Bh3 Qg5 19. b4 a6 20. Rf4 g6 21. Rcf1 Qe7
22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Qc3 Bf3 24. Qc5 Qg7 25. Qd6 g5 26. Rxf8+
Qxf8 27. Qd7 Qg7 28. Be6+ Kh8 29. Bg4 Qxd7 30. Bxd7 Kg7 31. a4
h5 32. Rc1 Kf7 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 cxb5 35. Bxb5 Ke6 36. Rc7
Ra1+ 37. Kf2 Ra2+ 38. Ke1 Rxh2 39. Bd7+ Ke7 40. Bb5+ Ke6
41. Bd7+ Ke7 42. Bb5+ Ke6 43. Rg7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.27"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3
Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Rc1 Nf6 10.Bd3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 c5 12.O-O Rd8
13.Qe2 cxd4 14.Nxd4 e5 15.Nb3 Nc6 16.Rfd1 Bd7 17.h3 Rac8 18.a3
Be8 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Rxd5 Rxd5 21.Bxd5 Qd6 22.Be4 b6 23.Rd1 Qc7
24.Qa6 Ne7 25.Rc1 Qd7 26.Rxc8 Nxc8 27.Nd2 Nd6 28.Bd5 Qc7
29.Bc4 Bd7 30.Bf1 Be6 31.Qd3 g6 32.g3 Kf8 33.Kh2 Ke7 34.Bg2
Qc1 35.b4 f5 36.e4 Qb2 37.Qe3 g5 38.exf5 Nxf5 39.Qd3 Qd4
40.Qc2 Qd7 41.Nf3 Kf6 42.Qe4 Qd6 43.Qa8 Qc7 44.Qh8+ Qg7 45.Qb8
e4 46.Qe5+ Kf7 47.Qxe4 Qb2 48.g4 Ne7 49.Qh7+ Ke8 50.Qxh6 Bd5
51.Qxg5 Qxa3 52.Qf4 a5 53.Qb8+ Kd7 54.Qa7+ Ke8 55.Ne5 Be6
56.Qxb6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.27"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.f4 Ng6 13.Be3
Nb6 14.c5 Nc4 15.Bc1 dxc5 16.Nxc5 Qe7 17.Ne6 Bxe6 18.dxe6 Nb6
19.Qb3 Rae8 20.Be3 Qxe6 21.Bc5 Rf6 22.fxe5 Nxe5 23.Bh5 Qxb3
24.axb3 Ra8 25.Nb5 Rc6 26.Bd4 a6 27.Rxf5 Ng6 28.Bxg7 Kxg7
29.Nc3 Re6 30.Raf1 Re7 31.Bf3 c6 32.Ne4 Nd5 33.Kf2 Rae8 34.Nd6
Rd8 35.Ne4 Rde8 36.Nd6 Rd8 37.Nc4 Nf6 38.Kg1 Re6 39.g3 h6
40.h4 Rde8 41.Na5 R8e7 42.b4 Ne5 43.Nb3 Rd6 44.Nc5 Nxf3+
45.R5xf3 Nd5 46.Rd1 Rf6 47.Kf2 Rxf3+ 48.Kxf3 Nxb4 49.Rd6 Nd5
50.g4 Rf7+ 51.Kg3 Nf4 52.h5 Kh7 53.Ne4 Ne2+ 54.Kh4 Ng1 55.Rg6
Nf3+ 56.Kg3 Ng5 57.Rxg5 hxg5 58.Nxg5+ Kg8 59.Nxf7 Kxf7 60.Kf4
a5 61.Kf5 a4 62.g5 b5 63.g6+ Kg8 64.h6 b4 65.Kf6 a3 66.h7+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.27"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 d6 3.d4 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O
Bb7 8.c4 Nbd7 9.Nc3 e5 10.Qc2 e4 11.Nd2 Re8 12.Rac1 a6 13.d5
Qe7 14.b4 Rac8 15.Qb1 h5 16.Rfd1 c6 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Nd5 Nxd5
19.cxd5 Ba4 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Rc1 Rxc1+ 22.Qxc1 Bxb2 23.Qxb2 b5
24.Qd4 Nf6 25.Nb1 Qe5 26.Qxe5 dxe5 27.Nc3 Bc2 28.Kf1 Kf8
29.Ke1 Ke7 30.Kd2 Ba4 31.f3 exf3 32.gxf3 g5 33.e4 h4 34.Nxa4
bxa4 35.Bxa6 g4 36.Ke2 a3 37.Kf2 Kd6 38.Bc8 gxf3 39.Kxf3 Nh5
40.Kg4 Nf4 41.Ba6 h3 42.Bf1 Ng2 43.Kxh3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.27"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Anatoly Lein"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 a6 6.Bxc6 bxc6
7.d4 d5 8.Nxe5 dxe4 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Nxg6 Nf6 11.Qe5+ Kf7 12.Nxh8+
Kg8 13.Bg5 Bg7 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Qe8+ Qf8 16.Qxc6 Rb8 17.O-O
Kxh8 18.b3 Qe7 19.Rad1 Bf5 20.Rfe1 Rg8 21.Re3 Bg6 22.Qxa6 Bh6
23.Qa5 Bf4 24.Rde1 Qd6 25.Rh3 Qxd4 26.Qc3 Qxc3 27.Rxc3 Bd2
28.Ree3 Bh5 29.Rxc7 Bf3 30.g3 Bxe3 31.fxe3 Rd8 32.g4 Rd2 33.a4
Bxg4 34.a5 Bh3 35.Rc4 Rg2+ 36.Kf1 Rxc2+ 37.Ke1 Rxc4 38.bxc4
Kg7 39.Kd2 Kf6 40.Kc3 Ke5 41.Kb4 Kd6 42.Kb5 Kc7 43.Kc5 Bf1
44.Kd5 Kb7 45.Kxe4 Ka6 46.Ke5 Bxc4 47.e4 Bb5 48.Kf6 h5 49.e5
Kxa5 50.e6 Kb4 51.Kf7 Kc4 52.e7 Kd4 53.e8=Q Bxe8+ 54.Kxe8 Ke4
55.Ke7 h4 56.Kd6 Kd3 57.Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.27"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladislav Shiyanovsky"]
[Black "Yury Isakovich Kots"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 Qb6
7.Ndb5 a6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Nd5 Qa5+ 10.Nbc3 f5 11.Qh5 Bg7
12.O-O-O fxe4 13.Be2 Be6 14.a3 Be5 15.Qh4 f5 16.g4 f4 17.Qh6
Bf7 18.g5 f3 19.Bf1 O-O-O 20.Bh3+ Kb8 21.Rhe1 Nd4 22.Ne3 Ne2+
0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.29"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Savon"]
[Black "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4
Nc6 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Re1 e5 10.Nc4 f6 11.a4 Be6 12.c3 Qc7 13.Nfd2
Rad8 14.a5 Nde7 15.Qa4 Bd5 16.Ne4 b6 17.Qb5 Rb8 18.f4 Kh8
19.axb6 axb6 20.fxe5 fxe5 21.Bg5 h6 22.Bxe7 Nxe7 23.Ra6 Bc6
24.Qb3 b5 25.Na5 Bd5 26.Qa3 b4 27.Qa4 bxc3 28.bxc3 Ra8 29.Nc4
Rxa6 30.Qxa6 Ra8 31.Qb5 Ra2 32.Ne3 Bg8 33.Qxc5 Qxc5 34.Nxc5
Nf5 35.Be4 Ra3 36.Bxf5 gxf5 37.Nxf5 Rxc3 38.Nxg7 Rxc5 39.Nf5
h5 40.Ra1 Be6 41.Nh4 Kg7 42.Re1 Bg4 43.Ng2 Bf5 44.Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.29"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. a3 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Be2 Bc5 10. Bd4 f6 11. Bxb5 axb5
12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qxc5 Qxc5 14. Bxc5 Rb8 15. e5 f5 16. O-O-O Ne7
17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Rd4 Bb7 19. Nxb5 Bxg2 20. Rhd1 Bc6 21. c4
Rhf8 22. b4 f4 23. Nd6 Ra8 24. R1d3 Bg2 25. Nb7 Rf5 26. Rxd7+
Kf8 27. Nc5 Rxe5 28. Rxh7 Kg8 29. Rdd7 Bc6 30. Rdg7+ Kf8
31. Rc7 Kg8 32. Rhg7+ Kh8 33. Rge7 Bf3 34. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.29"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aivars Gipslis"]
[Black "Vladislav Shiyanovsky"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.O-O
Bd3 8.Re1 Be7 9.Bc2 Bxc2 10.Qxc2 Nf6 11.Ng5 Qd7 12.d4 exd4
13.Ne6 Kf7 14.Ng5+ Kg8 15.Qb3+ d5 16.Qxb7 Re8 17.Nd2 a5
18.Ndf3 dxc3 19.bxc3 h6 20.Ne6 Bd6 21.Bf4 Rxe6 22.Rxe6 Qxe6
23.Qxc6 Kh7 24.Qa6 Rb8 25.Bxd6 Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.29"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.e3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O
Bd6 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.a3 O-O 10.b4 Bd6 11.Bb2 a6 12.Nbd2 Qe7
13.Rc1 Rd8 14.Qc2 Bg4 15.Bd3 h6 16.h3 Bd7 17.Rfd1 Re8 18.Qb1
Rad8 19.Bf5 Bb8 20.Bxd7 Rxd7 21.Qf5 Qe6 22.Qxe6 fxe6 23.Nb3
Ne4 24.Nfd2 Nd6 25.e4 Ba7 26.Nc5 Rf7 27.Re1 Ref8 28.f3 a5
29.Kf1 axb4 30.Nxb7 Nc4 31.Nxc4 dxc4 32.Rxc4 bxa3 33.Bxa3 Ne5
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.29"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1
b5 8.Bb3 d6 9.c3 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.dxc6 Qc7 13.h3 Bh5
14.Nbd2 Rad8 15.a4 Nxc6 16.axb5 axb5 17.Bd3 b4 18.c4 Ra8
19.Rb1 Nd7 20.g4 Bg6 21.Nf1 b3 22.Ne3 Nb4 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.cxd5
Nc5 25.Bg5 f6 26.Bh4 Ra2 27.Re2 Nxd3 28.Qxd3 Rb8 29.Ne1 Rb4
30.f3 Be8 31.Qd1 Ba4 32.Rc1 Rc4 33.Rxc4 Qxc4 34.Ng2 Bb5 35.Rf2
Bd8 36.Kh2 Bb6 37.Rd2 Bd4 38.Bf2 Bxb2 39.Ne3 Qc1 40.Qxb3 Qxd2
41.Nd1 Ra8 42.Qxb5 Qxd1 43.Qb7 Qa1 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.29"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Abram Khasin"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6
7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Na4 Qa5 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Rfc1 Rac8 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5
Qxc5 17. Rxc5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Kf1 Rb8 20. b3 Rb5
21. Rac1 Rfb8 22. Bf4 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Rc8 24. Ke1 Kf8 25. Ra5
Ra8 26. Ra6 Bd5 27. Kd2 Ke7 28. Kc3 Kd7 29. Kd4 f6 30. Kc5 g5
31. Be3 Kc7 32. g4 Kb7 33. Ra4 Rd8 34. Kb4 a6 35. Ka5 c5
36. Bxc5 Kc6 37. Be7 Rb8 38. Rd4 Re8 39. Bxf6 Rf8 40. Bxg5
Rxf2 41. Rd2 Rxh2 42. Kxa6 Rg2 43. Bf4 e3 44. Rc2+ Kd7 45. g5
Be4 46. Rb2 Kc6 47. Bxe3 Bd3+ 48. Ka5 Kb7 49. a4 Rxe2 50. Rxe2
Bxe2 51. b4 Bd1 52. b5 Be2 53. Kb4 Kc7 54. Kc5 Bf1 55. a5 Kb7
56. a6+ Ka7 57. Kc6+ Kb8 58. Kb6 Bg2 59. Ka5 Kc7 60. Bf4+ Kc8
61. b6 Bf3 62. Kb4 Bg2 63. Kc5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.29"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Nxc6 bxc6
7.O-O Nf6 8.c4 O-O 9.Nc3 Bb7 10.Bf4 d6 11.Qd2 Qd7 12.Rad1 c5
13.e4 Ng4 14.b3 Rad8 15.h3 Ne5 16.Be3 Qe6 17.f4 Nc6 18.Nd5 Bd4
19.Kh2 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 f6 21.e5 Kh8 22.Nc7 Qd7 23.exd6 exd6
24.Nb5 Rfe8 25.Qf2 Nd4 26.Nxd4 Bxg2 27.Qxg2 cxd4 28.Rxd4 Re3
29.Rfd1 Qe6 30.R1d2 h5 31.c5 d5 32.b4 a6 33.a4 Kg7 34.R4d3 h4
35.gxh4 Rh8 36.Rxe3 Qxe3 37.Qf2 Qb3 38.c6 Rc8 39.Qc5 Qxa4
40.Qe7+ Kh6 41.Rg2 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.29"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Lein"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4
7. Nxd4 exd4 8. c3 d3 9. a4 Bd7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qxd3 Be7
12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. f4
Qc6 17. Nd2 O-O 18. Nf3 b4 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Be7 21. Nd4
Qb6 22. Kh1 bxc3 23. bxc3 c5 24. Bc2 g6 25. Rb1 Qd8 26. e6
Bxe6 27. Nxe6 Qxd3 28. Bxd3 fxe6 29. Bc4 Rf6 30. g3 Kf7
31. Rb6 h5 32. Kg2 Bf8 33. Rc6 g5 34. h3 h4 35. Bb3 Be7
36. Bc4 Bd8 37. gxh4 gxh4 38. Rxc5 Bb6 39. Re5 Ke7 40. Re4
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.29"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Boris T Vladimirov"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 a6 7.N5c3
Nf6 8.Be2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Nd2 Rc8 12.a3 Ne5 13.Qb3
Bc6 14.Rfd1 Ned7 15.Rac1 Qe8 16.Bd4 Nc5 17.Qc2 Na4 18.Qb1 Nxc3
19.Rxc3 d5 20.cxd5 exd5 21.e5 Ne4 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Bg4 Rd8
24.Bf5 Ba4 25.b3 Bc6 26.a4 f6 27.Rh3 g6 28.Be6+ Kh8 29.Qc1
Rxd4 30.Rxd4 g5 31.Bf5 fxe5 32.Rxh7+ Kg8 33.Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.29"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yury Isakovich Kots"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O e6 6.e3 Nge7 7.d4
cxd4 8.Nxd4 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.e4 dxe4
13.Bxe4 Bh3 14.Re1 Qxd1 15.Rxd1 Rab8 16.Rb1 Nf5 17.Bf4 Rb6
18.Bg2 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Rb4 20.Rd3 c5 21.b3 c4 22.Nd5 Rb5 23.Rdd1
cxb3 24.Rxb3 Rxb3 25.axb3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.01"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

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 Nxe7 12.Bb3 Nc5
13.Nc3 Nxb3 14.axb3 c6 15.Qf3 Be6 16.Be3 Bd5 17.Qf4 Be6
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.01"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris T Vladimirov"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "E26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Qa5
7. Bd2 Ne4 8. Bd3 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. O-O O-O
12. Qc2 h6 13. Nd2 e5 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. a4 a5 16. Rab1 f5
17. Ng3 g6 18. Rb5 Nf6 19. Rfb1 Rb8 20. Qb2 Nd7 21. Qc2 b6
22. R5b2 Nf6 23. f4 e4 24. Be2 Be6 25. d5 Bd7 26. Bd1 Be8
27. Be2 Bd7 28. Bd1 Be8 29. Be2 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.01"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Aivars Gipslis"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2
a6 8.Qd2 Rb8 9.Rc1 Bd7 10.g3 b5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.Bg2 e5 13.d5
Na5 14.b3 b4 15.Nd1 Bb5 16.Qxb4 c6 17.dxc6 Nxc6 18.Qd2 d5
19.Nec3 Ba6 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.exd5 Nd4 22.Nc3 f5 23.f4 Qf6
24.Rd1 Rfc8 25.fxe5 Nc2+ 26.Qxc2 Qxe5 27.Kf2 Rxc3 28.Qd2 f4
29.Bxf4 Qf5 30.Bh3 Qxh3 31.Bxb8 Qh5 32.Rhf1 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.01"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2
a6 8.a3 Bd7 9.b4 Re8 10.g3 b5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.Bg2 e5 13.d5 Ne7
14.O-O c6 15.Qd3 cxd5 16.exd5 Qb8 17.Kh1 h6 18.Bg1 h5 19.Ra2
h4 20.gxh4 Qb7 21.f4 e4 22.Nxe4 Nxe4 23.Bxe4 Nf5 24.Ng3 Nxg3+
25.hxg3 Rac8 26.Rc2 Rc4 27.Rxc4 bxc4 28.Qf3 Qc8 29.Rc1 Bg4
30.Qg2 c3 31.Bd3 Qa8 32.b5 Qxa3 33.Rb1 c2 34.Qxc2 Rc8 35.Qb3
Qa5 36.Be4 Rc3 37.Qb4 Qa2 38.Rb2 Qa1 39.Rb1 Qa2 40.Rb2 Qa1
41.Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.01"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. d5 exf3 6. dxc6 fxg2
7. cxd7+ Qxd7 8. Qxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxg2 c6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Be3 Be6
12. b3 Bd6 13. Rad1 Be5 14. Bd4 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Rd8 16. e3 Ke7
17. Ne2 g6 18. Nf4 Bf7 19. Rfd1 Nd7 20. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.01"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6
7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bb3 h6 9.N5f3 c5 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.Ngf3 O-O
13.g4 c4 14.Nxc4 Nxc4 15.Bxc4 Nxg4 16.Rg1 e5 17.O-O-O Nxe3
18.Qxe3 Kh8 19.Rxg7 Kxg7 20.Rg1+ Kf6 21.dxe5 Bxe5 22.Qxh6+ Ke7
23.Re1 Be6 24.Nxe5 Rfe8 25.Qg5+ Kf8 26.Qf6 Rec8 27.Ng6+ Ke8
28.Bb5+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.01"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

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 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1
Bd7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. d5 Nc4 16. Nh2 g6 17. Rf1 Bg7
18. b3 Nb6 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Qe7 21. Qd2 g5 22. e5 gxf4
23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Ne4 Qg6 25. Nxc5 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Qxf5 27. Rxf4
Qxd5 28. Nd3 Nc4 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Rf3 cxd3 31. Rxd3 Qg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.01"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladislav Shiyanovsky"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 Nd5 9.Nxd5 cxd5 10.Qxd5 Rb8 11.Bc4 O-O 12.O-O
Bb7 13.Qd4 Qc7 14.f4 d6 15.Bb3 dxe5 16.Qc5 Rbc8 17.Qxc7 Rxc7
18.Rad1 Ba6 19.Rf2 e4 20.c3 Bd3 21.f5 Bf6 22.g4 Bh4 23.Rfd2
Rb7 24.Bd5 Rc7 25.Rxd3 exd3 26.Rxd3 Kg7 27.c4 e6 28.fxe6 fxe6
29.Bxe6 Re7 30.Rd7 Rxd7 31.Bxd7 Rd8 32.Bc6 Bf6 33.b4 Bd4
34.Kf2 Kf6 35.a4 Ke5 36.b5 Bxe3+ 37.Kxe3 Rd4 38.Bd5 Rxg4 39.a5
Rg1 40.Bg8 h6 41.Bd5 Ra1 42.a6 Ra3+ 43.Kf2 g5 44.h4 gxh4
45.Kg2 h3+ 46.Kh2 Rb3 47.Bc6 Kd4 48.Bd5 Ra3 49.Be6 Kc5 50.Bd5
Re3 51.Bf7 Rd3 52.Be6 Rd6 53.Bf7 Rd7 54.Be6 Rd3 55.Bf7 Kb6
56.Be6 Rc3 57.Bd5 Kc5 58.Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.01"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[Black "Yury Isakovich Kots"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.Bd2 cxd4 7.Nb5
Bc7 8.f4 Nh6 9.Qh5 Nf5 10.Nf3 g6 11.Qh3 h5 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.g4
Ne3 14.Rg1 Nc4 15.O-O-O a6 16.Nxc7+ Qxc7 17.f5 gxf5 18.gxf5
Nxd2 19.Rxd2 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Qh4 Qe3 22.Re1 Qh6 23.Qxd4
Rg8 24.Qxd5 Qg5 25.Bc4 Qh4 26.Rdd1 Rg1 27.Bb5+ Kf8 28.Qc5+ Qe7
29.Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.01"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Abram Khasin"]
[Black "Anatoly Lein"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3
Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nd7 12.O-O c5
13.Rfd1 cxd4 14.Qxd4 b6 15.e4 a6 16.Rac1 Ra7 17.Be2 Nc5 18.Ne5
Rc7 19.Bf3 a5 20.Qe3 Ba6 21.Be2 Rfc8 22.Rxc5 Bxe2 23.Rxc7 Qxc7
24.Qxe2 Qxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.03"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Boris T Vladimirov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. c4 e5 8. O-O Bc5 9. Nd2 Qh4 10. Qa4 Rb8 11. a3 Nf6
12. Nf3 Qh5 13. b4 Bb6 14. c5 Bc7 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Qc2 Re8
17. Rad1 Qg4 18. h3 Qh5 19. Rfe1 a5 20. Bc3 g5 21. Be2 Qg6
22. Qb2 axb4 23. axb4 g4 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 gxh3 26. Bf3
Rxb4 27. Qxb4 Rxe5 28. Qb8 Rg5 29. g3 Kg7 30. Kh2 Ba6 31. Rd6
Rxc5 32. Qb2 Rb5 33. Qc3 Qg5 34. e5 Ng4+ 35. Bxg4 Kf8 36. e6
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.03"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.b3 e5 6.Bb2 Nge7 7.Nh3
d6 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 f5 10.d3 h6 11.Qd2 Rb8 12.e3 a6 13.Rad1 Be6
14.Ne2 Bf7 15.d4 e4 16.Nf2 b5 17.dxc5 dxc5 18.Qc1 Bxb2 19.Qxb2
Qc7 20.g4 bxc4 21.gxf5 gxf5 22.Kh1 Kh7 23.Ng3 Bg6 24.h4 Ng8
25.h5 Be8 26.Bh3 Nce7 27.Rg1 Rb6 28.Rg2 Rbf6 29.bxc4 R8f7
30.Rdg1 Bd7 31.Ne2 Bc8 32.Nc3 Bb7 33.Kh2 Qb6 34.Qa1 Qc7 35.Rg3
Qd8 36.R1g2 Bc6 37.Qg1 Kh8 38.Qa1 Kh7 39.Nfd1 Qf8 40.Nd5 Bxd5
41.cxd5 Rd6 42.Qe5 Rxd5 43.Bxf5+ Nxf5 44.Qxd5 Nxg3 45.Rxg3 Ne7
46.Qxe4+ Nf5 47.Nf2 Re7 48.Qc2 Kh8 49.Qc3+ Kh7 50.Qc2 Kh8
51.Qb2+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.03"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne2 Nbd7 9. b3 Qe7 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Rc1 dxc4
12. bxc4 e5 13. Bf5 e4 14. Nd2 Rad8 15. Ng3 Rfe8 16. Bh3 g6
17. Qa4 a6 18. Qc2 Ba3 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. c5 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Qe6
22. cxb6 cxb6 23. Rb1 Bd5 24. Qxb6 Bxa2 25. Qxe6 Rxe6 26. Rb8+
Kg7 27. Rc1 Bd5 28. Ne2 a5 29. Rb5 Ra6 30. Ra1 a4 31. Ra3 Rc7
32. Nc3 Bb3 33. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.03"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aivars Gipslis"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nge7 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+
7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.O-O O-O
12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.Qxc3 Be6 14.Ne5 Bd5 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.Qxc6 Qxd4
17.b3 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.03"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Vladislav Shiyanovsky"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.c4 g6 7.d4 Bg7
8.Be3 Nge7 9.d5 Nb8 10.c5 O-O 11.Nc3 h6 12.Nd2 Nc8 13.b4 Bxa4
14.Qxa4 f5 15.f3 Nd7 16.Rac1 f4 17.Bf2 Kh7 18.c6 b5 19.Qa5
Ndb6 20.a4 bxa4 21.Nxa4 Nxa4 22.Qxa4 Ne7 23.Rc2 Ng8 24.Ra1 Bf6
25.Qa5 Be7 26.Rca2 Rb8 27.Ba7 Rc8 28.Qxa6 g5 29.b5 Nf6 30.b6
cxb6 31.Bxb6 Qe8 32.Qe2 Rb8 33.Bc7 Rc8 34.Ra7 Rf7 35.Nc4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.03"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Abram Khasin"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Nf3
Bd7 8.a4 Nc6 9.Qd2 f6 10.Bb5 fxe5 11.Qg5 Nge7 12.O-O O-O
13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Qxe7 cxd4 15.cxd4 Rf7 16.Qc5 Qxc5 17.dxc5 Rc8
18.Re1 Nc6 19.Bxc6 Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.03"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+
bxc6 7. d4 Be7 8. dxe5 Nxe4 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Bg4 11. Bc3
d5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qd3 c5 14. Ba5 c4 15. Qe3 Qd7 16. Nd4 O-O
17. e6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Qxe6 19. Nxe6 Rfc8 20. Rae1 Bd6 21. Bc3
Bg6 22. f4 Bxc2 23. f5 Re8 24. g4 Re7 25. g5 Rae8 26. f6 gxf6
27. gxf6 Rd7 28. f7+ Rxf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Ng5+ Kf8 31. Bg7+
Kxg7 32. Rxe8 a5 33. Kf2 a4 34. a3 Kf6 35. Nf3 c5 36. Rd8 Ke6
37. Re8+ Kd7 38. Re2 Bf5 39. h4 Kc6 40. Ne5+ Kb5 41. Nf7 Bh2
42. Kg2 Bc7 43. Re7 Kc6 44. Ne5+ Kd6 45. Rf7 Be4+ 46. Kf2 Ba5
47. Ra7 Bd2 48. Nf7+ Kc6 49. Ra6+ Kb7 50. Rxa4 Bf4 51. Nd8+
Kb6 52. Ne6 Be5 53. Ra8 Bf5 54. Re8 Bxb2 55. Rb8+ Ka5 56. Nc7
c3 57. Nxd5 c2 58. a4 Kxa4 59. Nb6+ Kb3 60. Nd5+ Ka2 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.03"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Lein"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.b4 Nxb4 7.c3
Nc6 8.d4 exd4 9.e5 Nge7 10.cxd4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Ba3 O-O
13.Nd2 a6 14.Bc4 d5 15.exd6 Nf5 16.Ne4 Bd7 17.Bd5 Rb8 18.Qb3
b5 19.Bc1 h6 20.h3 g5 21.f4 Qb6 22.Kh1 g4 23.hxg4 Nxd6 24.f5
Nxe4 25.Rxe4 Bc6 26.g5 Bxd5 27.Qxd5 Rbd8 28.Qb3 Rfe8 29.Rxe8+
Rxe8 30.Qg3 hxg5 31.Bxg5 Qb8 32.Qg4 Qe5 33.f6 d3 34.Bh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.03"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Bd7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.Qe3 Nf6
7.O-O e6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.Bf4 a6 11.a3 Rc8 12.h3 e5
13.Bg5 Be6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 g6 16.Rad1 Bg7 17.c3 Kh8 18.Ne3
Rc7 19.Rd2 Bh6 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Rfd1 Rd7 22.Rd3 Qe7 23.Nc4 Rfd8
24.a4 b5 25.axb5 axb5 26.Na3 b4 27.Nc4 bxc3 28.bxc3 Bg7 29.h4
d5 30.Nb6 Rb7 31.exd5 e4 32.Qxe4 exd5 33.Qxe7 Nxe7 34.Ng5 Kg8
35.Nxd5 Nxd5 36.Rxd5 Rxd5 37.Rxd5 Bxc3 38.g3 Re7 39.f3 Bf6
40.Ne4 Kg7 41.Kf2 Be5 42.Kg2 Bf6 43.Kh3 Be5 44.Kg4 h5 45.Kh3
Bf6 46.Rd6 Be5 47.Ra6 Bd4 48.Ng5 Bf6 49.Ne6+ Kf7 50.Nf4 Rd7
51.Rb6 Ra7 52.Nd5 Bd4 53.Rb4 Be5 54.f4 Bf6 55.Rb5 Bd4 56.f5
gxf5 57.Nf4 Kf6 58.Nxh5+ Kg6 59.Nf4+ Kf6 60.h5 Ra1 61.Rb8 Kf7
62.Rb4 Be5 63.Rb5 Kf6 64.Rb6+ Kf7 65.Nd3 Bf6 66.Rb7+ Kg8
67.Kg2 Ra2+ 68.Kf3 Rh2 69.Rb6 Kf7 70.Nf4 Bd4 71.Rb7+ Kf6 72.g4
Rh4 73.Rb4 Be5 74.Rb6+ Kf7 75.Rb5 fxg4 76.Kg3 Rxh5 77.Kxg4
Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.03"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Savon"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Bb7 10.d3 Nd7 11.Nbd2 Nc5 12.Bc2 Ne6 13.Nf1
Ng5 14.Ne3 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Bg5 16.a4 Ne7 17.axb5 axb5 18.Rxa8
Bxa8 19.Bb3 c5 20.Qg4 Bh6 21.Qh5 Bc6 22.g3 Bd7 23.Rf1 Qc8
24.Kh2 Be6 25.Bxe6 Qxe6 26.Bd2 Qb3 27.Nd5 Nxd5 28.Bxh6 Nf6
29.Qh4 Ne8 30.Bg5 f6 31.Be3 Qxb2 32.Qg4 Qxc3 33.Qe6+ Kh8
34.Rd1 Qa5 35.f4 Qc7 36.fxe5 fxe5 37.Bg5 Nf6 38.Rf1 Qf7 39.Qf5
h6 40.Be3 Qd7 41.Qg6 Qf7 42.Qf5 Qe8 43.Ra1 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.04"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Qe2 Bc5 6.exf5 Qe7
7.Ne4 Nxe4 8.Qxe4 O-O 9.O-O d6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.d4 Bxf5 12.Qe2
Bb6 13.dxe5 d5 14.h3 Be4 15.Ng5 Rf5 16.Nxe4 Rxe5 17.Qa6 Rxe4
18.Be3 Re8 19.Bxb6 cxb6 20.Qd3 Qf6 21.b3 h5 22.Rad1 R8e5
23.Qc3 c5 24.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Re2 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.04"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 cxd5 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7
7. cxd5 O-O 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Bg5 Nb6 10. Bc4 Bf5 11. Rd1 Ne4
12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Rc8 14. Bb5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Qxd5
17. Qb4 Bg4 18. Rfe1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 e6 20. Bd3 Qxf3 21. Rd2
Rfd8 22. Re3 Qc6 23. Bb5 Qd5 24. Rde2 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4
26. Qb2 Rdc8 27. Be5 Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Qc6 29. R2e3 b6 30. Qa3
Rxc3 31. Qxa7 Rxe3 32. Rxe3 Ra8 33. Rc3 Qe4 34. Qc7 Rxa2
35. Rc1 Qxd4 36. Qg3 Kg7 37. h4 Qxh4 38. Qc3+ Kg6 39. Qd3+ Kh5
40. Qe3 Ra4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.04"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yury Isakovich Kots"]
[Black "Aivars Gipslis"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.a3
b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6 9.Be2 Bb7 10.Bd4 Rc8 11.O-O Qc7 12.f4 Ne7
13.Kh1 Nc6 14.Be3 Be7 15.Qe1 O-O 16.Qf2 d6 17.Bg4 Bf6 18.Bb6
Qb8 19.Rae1 Ne7 20.Ba7 Qc7 21.Bd4 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 Qc5 23.Rd1 Rfd8
24.f5 Qxd4 25.Rxd4 Nc6 26.Rd2 Ne5 27.Be2 Rc7 28.Rfd1 Rcd7
29.Kg1 Kf8 30.Kf2 Ke7 31.Ke3 Rb8 32.fxe6 fxe6 33.h3 Bc6 34.Rf1
a5 35.Bd3 Rdb7 36.Rdf2 Be8 37.b3 b4 38.axb4 Rxb4 39.Rd1 a4
40.bxa4 Bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.04"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Be7 6.O-O c5 7.Nc3
cxd4 8.exd4 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ne5 O-O 11.Qf3 Nd7 12.Nxd5 Bxd5
13.Qh3 f5 14.Bf4 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Bf6 16.Qg3 Rc8 17.Rfe1 Bxe5
18.Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.04"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Rc1
b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.e3 Bb7 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.O-O Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7
13.Qa4 c5 14.Ba6 Ndf6 15.Rc2 Rfc8 16.Rfc1 c4 17.Ne5 Nxc3
18.Rxc3 Ne4 19.R3c2 Nd6 20.b3 f6 21.Ng6 Qf7 22.Nf4 g5 23.Ne2
Bxa6 24.Qxa6 Qe6 25.Ng3 f5 26.Nf1 Rc6 27.Nd2 Qc8 28.Qa3 b5
29.Nf3 a5 30.Ne5 Rca6 31.bxc4 dxc4 32.Qb2 a4 33.d5 Qf8 34.Nc6
Qg7 35.Qb4 Qf6 36.f3 Rc8 37.Rd1 Kh7 38.e4 fxe4 39.fxe4 Raxc6
40.dxc6 Rxc6 41.Rcd2 Nxe4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.04"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6
7. f4 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Kh1 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Bd2
O-O 13. b4 Nb6 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nfd7 16. Rae1 Rad8 17. Rf4
Nc4 18. Ndxb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qc6 20. Bxc4 Nxe5 21. Bc3 Nxc4
22. Rg4 e5 23. Qxc4 h5 24. Rge4 Qg6 25. R4e2 Bd5 26. Qc7 Bh4
27. Rg1 Rc8 28. Qxe5 Bc4 29. Re4 Bf6 30. Qf4 Bg5 31. Qe5 Bxb5
32. Qxg7+ Qxg7 33. Bxg7 Rfe8 34. Rxe8+ Bxe8 35. Bd4 Rxc2
36. h3 Bc6 37. Be5 Be3 38. Re1 Bxg2+ 39. Kh2 Be4+ 40. Kg3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.04"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladislav Shiyanovsky"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6
7. Be3 dxe5 8. fxe5 Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Be2 f6 11. O-O fxe5
12. Nxe5 N8d7 13. Nf3 c6 14. Qd2 Qe8 15. Rae1 Rd8 16. Qc1 Nf6
17. h3 h6 18. Ne5 Nfd7 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Bf4 Qg6 21. Rf3 Bh4
22. Ref1 Nf6 23. Be5 Nh7 24. Kh2 Bc2 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Bg4
Rxf1 27. Qxf1 Bf5 28. Bxf5 Qxf5 29. Qxf5 exf5 30. Bb8 a6
31. Na4 Be7 32. d5 cxd5 33. cxd5 Nf8 34. d6 Bf6 35. Nc5 b6
36. Nxa6 Bxb2 37. Bc7 Nd7 38. Nb8 Nxb8 39. Bxb8 Kf7 40. d7 Ke7
41. Bc7 Kxd7 42. Bxb6 Kc6 43. Be3 Ba3 44. Kg3 g5 45. Bd2 Kd5
46. h4 Be7 47. Kf2 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.04"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
h6 8.Bh4 Be7 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.f5 Nc6 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Be2 Bd7 13.g4
b5 14.a3 Rab8 15.Rhg1 b4 16.axb4 Rxb4 17.g5 hxg5 18.Rxg5 Ne8
19.Rxg7+ Nxg7 20.f6 Ne5 21.Qg3 Ng6 22.Nf5 Nxf5 23.exf5 Rxh4
24.fxe7 exf5 25.Rxd6 Be6 26.Nd5 Qb8 27.Nf6+ Kg7 28.exf8=Q+
Qxf8 29.Qc3 Kh6 30.Qd2+ Kg7 31.Nh5+ Kh7 32.Nf6+ Kg7 33.Nh5+
Kh7 34.Rxa6 Qc5 35.Nf6+ Kg7 36.Nh5+ Kh7 37.Nf6+ Kg7 38.Ne8+
Kh7 39.Nf6+ Kg7 40.Ne8+ Kh7 41.Nf6+ Kg7 42.Nh5+ Kh7 43.Qg5
Rxh2 44.Nf6+ Kg7 45.Ra8 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.04"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris T Vladimirov"]
[Black "Anatoly Lein"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.dxc5 f5 9.e4 fxe4 10.Qc2 O-O 11.Qxe4 Qa5 12.Bd2 Qxc5
13.Bd3 Nf6 14.Qc4 Nbd7 15.f4 b6 16.Ne2 Bb7 17.Qxe6+ Kh8 18.Be3
Qc8 19.Qh3 Re8 20.O-O Qc6 21.Rf2 Nc5 22.Bd4 Nxd3 23.Qxd3 Re4
24.h3 Rae8 25.Rd1 R4e7 26.Ng3 Nd5 27.Be5 Rf7 28.Nf5 Ref8
29.Nd6 Rxf4 30.Bxf4 Nxf4 31.Qg3 Qc5 32.Nxb7 g5 33.Nxc5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.04"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Abram Khasin"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4
c6 8.Qb3 a5 9.Be2 a4 10.Qc2 b5 11.O-O b4 12.Nxa4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4
Rxa4 14.Bc4 Bf5 15.Qh4 Nd7 16.Re1 Nf6 17.Bd2 Qd6 18.Rac1 Nd5
19.Bb3 Ra6 20.Rc5 Rb6 21.Ne5 Bxe5 22.Rxe5 Be6 23.Qh6 Ra8 24.h3
Qd7 25.Kh2 Rbb8 26.g3 Rb6 27.Bc1 Rba6 28.Re4 Rb6 29.Bxd5 Bxd5
30.Rh4 f6 31.Qxh7+ Kf8 32.Qxg6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1961.12.05"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.dxc5 Bxc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.exd5 Qxd5
7.Qxd5 exd5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.Ne2 Ne7 10.Bd2 Be6 11.Ba5 Bxa5+
12.Nxa5 O-O-O 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.b4 Kc7 15.Nd4 Rd6 16.Nab3 Nf5
17.O-O-O Nxd4 18.Rxd4 Re8 19.Re1 Rdd8 20.Re3 Bf5 21.Rc3 Re1+
22.Kb2 Kd6 23.Rf4 Bg6 24.g3 Rb8 25.a3 Rb6 26.Rc5 Re7 27.Nd4
Be4 28.h4 h6 29.Kc3 f6 30.h5 Rc7 31.Rh4 Ra6 32.Kb3 Ke5 33.c3
Kd6 34.a4 Rb6 35.Rh2 Rb8 36.Kb2 Re8 37.Kc1 Re5 38.Kd2 Bh7
39.Rh1 Be4 40.Re1 Bh7 41.Re3 Bg8 42.Ra5 Kd7 43.Ra6 Bf7 44.b5
cxb5 45.Nxb5 Rc6 46.Rxa7+ Ke8 47.a5 d4 48.cxd4 Rxe3 49.fxe3
Bc4 50.d5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.05"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.Re1
Bc5 8.Be3 O-O 9.Nd2 d6 10.c3 Nbd7 11.Bc2 b5 12.Rc1 Bb7 13.Bb1
Ba7 14.Bg5 Rac8 15.Nf1 h6 16.Bh4 Rfe8 17.Qd2 Ng4 18.Kh1 Nge5
19.b3 Qb6 20.Rcd1 Ng6 21.Bg3 Nf6 22.h3 Red8 23.Qb2 Nh5 24.Re3
Qc7 25.Qe2 Nf6 26.Rf3 Qe7 27.Bh2 Nh4 28.Rg3 e5 29.Nf5 Nxf5
30.exf5 Kf8 31.Nd2 d5 32.Re1 Re8 33.c4 bxc4 34.bxc4 dxc4
35.Nxc4 Rxc4 36.Qxc4 Bxf2 37.Qe2 Bxe1 38.Qxe1 e4 39.Rb3 e3
40.Bd3 Kg8 41.Qe2 Qd7 42.Rb6 Ne4 43.Bc4 Rc8 44.f6 Rxc4 45.Qxc4
Nf2+ 46.Kg1 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.05"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Boris T Vladimirov"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.a3
Nf6 8.Be3 b5 9.f4 Bb7 10.Bf3 d6 11.O-O Be7 12.Qe1 Nxd4 13.Bxd4
e5 14.Be3 O-O 15.Rd1 Rfe8 16.Qg3 Kh8 17.Kh1 Rac8 18.Qh3 Qa5
19.fxe5 dxe5 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Rcd8 22.Bg5 e4 23.d6 exf3
24.Qxf3 b4 25.Bh4 Bf8 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Qxf6+ Bg7 28.Qxf7 bxa3
29.bxa3 Qxa3 30.Rd3 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.05"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 Na6 6. Bb5+ Bd7
7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. O-O Nf6 9. a4 O-O 10. Bg5 Nc7 11. Qd3 h6
12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bd2 Na6 14. Qe2 Nb4 15. Rac1 e6 16. dxe6 Qxe6
17. Nb5 Rfc8 18. Nfd4 cxd4 19. Bxb4 Rc4 20. Bxd6 a6 21. Na3 d3
22. Qf3 d2 23. Rcd1 Rxe4 24. Rxd2 Bxb2 25. Qb3 Rd8 26. Qxb2
Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Qxb7 Rxa4 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. Nc4 Qd4
31. Ne3 Nf6 32. g3 Ne4 33. Qg4 Qe5 34. Qe2 Rd4 35. Qxa6 Nd2
36. Rd1 Nf3+ 37. Kg2 Rxd1 38. Nxd1 Qe4 39. Ne3 Nd4+ 40. Kg1
Nf3+ 41. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.05"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Lein"]
[Black "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O O-O 6.Nc3 cxd4
7.Qxd4 Nc6 8.Qh4 d6 9.Bh6 Qb6 10.Rab1 Bxh6 11.Qxh6 Nd4 12.Nxd4
Qxd4 13.Rbd1 Qb4 14.Qc1 Bg4 15.a3 Qb6 16.h3 Be6 17.e4 Bc4
18.Rfe1 e5 19.Qe3 Qxe3 20.Rxe3 Rfd8 21.Bf1 Rac8 22.Bxc4 Rxc4
23.Red3 Kf8 24.f3 Ke7 25.R1d2 Rc6 26.Kf2 a6 27.Ke3 Rdc8 28.f4
Rb6 29.Na4 Rbc6 30.Rc3 Rc4 31.Rxc4 Rxc4 32.Nc3 b5 33.Rd3 Rc5
34.g4 h6 35.Kf3 exf4 36.Kxf4 a5 37.b4 axb4 38.axb4 Rc4 39.Nxb5
Nxe4 40.Rd4 Rxd4 41.Nxd4 Nc3 42.b5 Kd7 43.g5 hxg5 44.Kxg5 Nd5
45.Nf3 Ke7 46.h4 Nb6 47.Kh6 Kf8 48.Ng5 Nd7 49.c3 d5 50.Nh3 Kg8
51.Nf4 Nb6 52.Nd3 Kh8 53.Ne5 Kg8 54.Nxg6 fxg6 55.Kxg6 Na4
56.Kf5 Nxc3 57.b6 Ne4 58.Ke5 Nc5 59.Kxd5 Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.05"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Nd4
7. Qc1 Bd7 8. Nd1 e5 9. c3 Ne6 10. f4 Bc6 11. Nf3 Ne7 12. fxe5
dxe5 13. Nf2 O-O 14. Bh6 f6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qe3 Qa5 17. O-O
Rad8 18. h4 Qb6 19. Bh3 Bd7 20. Rab1 Nc7 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. h5
Ng8 23. Kg2 Ne6 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Rh1 Rfd8 26. Rh4 c4 27. Qxb6
axb6 28. dxc4 Rc8 29. b3 b5 30. cxb5 Rxc3 31. Rhh1 Rc2 32. a4
Nc5 33. Rhc1 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Nxb3 35. Rc3 Na5 36. Nd3 Nh6
37. Nc5 Re7 38. Nd2 Nf7 39. b6 Nd6 40. Ncb3 Nxb3 41. Rxb3 f5
42. a5 Kf6 43. Rb4 Re8 44. Nc4 Nxc4 45. Rxc4 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.05"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Abram Khasin"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6
7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bb5 Qa5 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Ne2 Ne5 11. O-O Bxc3
12. Nxc3 f6 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Ne4 Qd8 15. Qd2 Re8 16. f3 f5
17. Nf2 Bd7 18. Rfc1 b5 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qb6 21. h4 a5
22. a3 c4 23. Qd2 Rac8 24. Kf2 Rc7 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. exd4 Bc8
27. Bxd6 Rd7 28. Bc5 Rxd5 29. a4 b4 30. Rxc4 f4 31. Rcc1 Bd7
32. Re1 Rh5 33. Rxe8+ Bxe8 34. Re1 Bxa4 35. Ra1 Bc6 36. Rxa5
b3 37. Ra3 Bd5 38. Bd6 Rh6 39. Bxf4 Rc6 40. Ra8+ Kf7 41. Ra7+
Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.05"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.d3
Nf6 8.e5 Nd5 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Ne4 d6 11.c4 Nc7 12.exd6 exd6
13.Bg5 f6 14.Bf4 Ne8 15.h3 h6 16.Qa4 f5 17.Nxd6 Nxd6 18.Qxc6
Nb7 19.Qxg6 Qf6 20.Qg3 Nd8 21.Ne5 Kh7 22.Qf3 Bb7 23.Qe3 Rg8
24.Qxc5 Bxg2 25.Qe3 Bb7 26.Kh2 Ne6 27.Nd7 Qd4 28.Qxd4 Bxd4
29.Bg3 Rae8 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.05"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Savon"]
[Black "Yury Isakovich Kots"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O c5 7.Qe2
b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Nc3 Qb8 11.e4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bd6
13.g3 O-O 14.f3 Kh8 15.a3 b4 16.axb4 Bxb4 17.Ba4 e5 18.Nf5 Nc5
19.Bg5 Ng8 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 g6 22.Nh6 Ne6 23.Be3 Nf6 24.Rd3
Bc5 25.Bb3 Nd4 26.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 27.Kg2 Kg7 28.Qd2 Nd7 29.Ng4 f6
30.Bd5 Ra7 31.Rb3 Qd6 32.Rc1 Rb8 33.Rc6 Qf8 34.Qh6+ Kh8
35.Rxb8 Qxb8 36.Nxf6 Nxf6 37.Rxf6 Bc5 38.Rxg6 Qxb2+ 39.Kh3 Ra8
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.05"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Vladislav Shiyanovsky"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bb5 Bb4+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.O-O Nge7
7.bxc3 Bc5 8.Ng5 d6 9.Qh5 Ng6 10.e5 Ngxe5 11.Re1 Qe7 12.Bf4
Bg4 13.Qh4 Bd7 14.Nd2 O-O-O 15.Qg3 h6 16.Nge4 g5 17.Bxg5 Bxf2+
18.Qxf2 hxg5 19.Bxc6 Bxc6 20.Qxa7 f5 21.Nc5 dxc5 22.Nc4 Be4
23.Rab1 Nxc4 24.Qa8+ Kd7 25.Qa4+ Ke6 26.Qxc4+ Kf6 27.Rb2 Qd6
0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.06"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.a3 b5 7.Be2
Bb7 8.O-O Nf6 9.Bf3 d6 10.Re1 Nbd7 11.a4 b4 12.Na2 Ne5 13.Bg5
Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 Be7 15.Bd2 a5 16.Qd3 O-O 17.c3 d5 18.Nb5 Qc6
19.cxb4 dxe4 20.Qf1 Qc2 21.Bc3 Qxa4 22.b3 Qxb3 23.Reb1 Qc2
24.bxa5 Ba6 25.Qe1 Nd5 26.Nd4 Qd3 27.Nc6 Bd6 28.Ne5 Qe2
29.Qxe2 Bxe2 30.Nd7 Bc4 31.Bd4 Rfc8 32.Nb6 Nxb6 33.Rxb6 Bc7
34.Rc6 Bxa2 35.Rxa2 Bxh2+ 36.Kxh2 Rxc6 37.Rb2 Rc4 38.Be3 f5
39.Bb6 Ra4 40.Rb5 Kf7 41.Rc5 Kf6 42.g3 g5 43.Rc7 R8xa5 44.Bxa5
Rxa5 45.Rxh7 e3 46.fxe3 Ra2+ 47.Kg1 Re2 48.Ra7 Rxe3 49.Kf2 f4
50.gxf4 gxf4 51.Ra5 e5 52.Ra8 Kf5 53.Ra7 Rd3 54.Ke2 Ke4
55.Ra4+ Rd4 56.Ra3 f3 57.Kf2 Rd2+ 58.Ke1 Rb2 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.06"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladislav Shiyanovsky"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4
7. Nxe4 Be7 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nd7 11. Qg4 Bf6
12. c3 Qb6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Bf4 Rfe8 15. Rad1 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5
17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Qc2 g6 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.06"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aivars Gipslis"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Nf6 11.Bg5 b6 12.Qe2 Bb7
13.Rad1 Nb4 14.Bb1 Rc8 15.Ne5 Qd6 16.Qe3 Nfd5 17.Qh3 f5 18.Bd2
Nf6 19.a3 Nbd5 20.Nb5 Qb8 21.Ba2 a6 22.Nc3 Rce8 23.Nf3 Bd8
24.Ng5 Qc8 25.Rxe6 Rxe6 26.Nxd5 h6 27.Nxf6+ Kh8 28.Qxf5 Re1+
29.Rxe1 Qxf5 30.Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.06"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yury Isakovich Kots"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.Nf1
Nd7 14.Ne3 Nb6 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bb7 18.Ng5
Bxg5 19.Bxg5 Qd6 20.Be4 Nc4 21.b3 Nb6 22.c4 h6 23.Be3 bxc4
24.Rc1 Bc8 25.g4 Rf8 26.Qf3 Ra7 27.bxc4 f5 28.gxf5 Raf7 29.Kh2
Bxf5 30.Rg1 Nc8 31.Rg2 Ne7 32.Rcg1 Kh8 33.Bxf5 Nxf5 34.Qe4 Qe7
35.Rg4 Rb8 36.Bc1 Nd4 37.f4 Qf8 38.Kh1 exf4 39.Rxf4 Re8
40.Rxf7 Qxf7 41.Qf4 Qe7 42.Bb2 Rf8 43.Qg4 Qe5 44.Qg3 Rf4 45.d6
g5 46.Re1 Qxd6 47.Re8+ Kg7 48.Qe3 Kf7 49.Rh8 Qc6+ 50.Kh2 Rf3
51.Qe1 Rxh3+ 52.Kxh3 g4 53.Kxg4 Qf3+ 54.Kh4 Nf5# 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.06"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 Ne8 10.b4 f5 11.f3 f4 12.c5 g5 13.Nc4 Rf7
14.Bd2 Ng6 15.Be1 Bf8 16.Bf2 h5 17.Rc1 Nf6 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Nb5
g4 20.Nxa7 Bd7 21.a4 g3 22.Bb6 Qe7 23.Kh1 Rh7 24.Nb5 Ng4 25.h3
Qh4 26.Qd2 Ne3 27.Bd3 Bxh3 28.gxh3 g2 29.Kg1 gxf1=Q+ 30.Bxf1
Qg3+ 31.Bg2 Nh4 32.Qf2 Nexg2 33.Qxg3+ fxg3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.06"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. c3 d6 6. Re1 O-O
7. d4 Bd7 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. d5 Nb8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Na3
cxd5 13. exd5 Nbd7 14. Be3 g6 15. Rad1 Nh5 16. Bh6 Ng7 17. Qe3
f5 18. f4 e4 19. Bf1 Qb6 20. Nc4 Qxe3+ 21. Rxe3 Nf6 22. Kh2
Rfc8 23. Ree1 Kf7 24. Ne3 Nge8 25. g4 Ng8 26. Bg5 Ng7 27. h4
h6 28. Bxe7 Nxe7 29. h5 gxh5 30. gxf5 Nexf5 31. Nxf5 Nxf5
32. Bh3 Kf6 33. Rxe4 Re8 34. Rde1 Rxe4 35. Rxe4 Ng7 36. Kg3
Re8 37. Rxe8 Nxe8 38. Bd7 Nc7 39. c4 Ke7 40. Bf5 Ne8 41. Kh4
Nf6 42. b4 b6 43. Bg6 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.06"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. Nxc3 d5 8. Qf3 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. dxc5 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Bxe2
12. Qxe2 Nxc5 13. b4 Nb3 14. Rb1 Nxc1 15. Rxc1 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.06"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Anatoly Lein"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.d4 cxd5 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qb3 Bg7 7.cxd5
O-O 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.Bg5 Nb6 10.Bc4 Bf5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Rd1 Rc8
13.Bd3 Bg4 14.Be4 Nc4 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Qa5 17.Rd3 Nd6 18.O-O
Rc4 19.Ne4 Rb4 20.Nxf6+ exf6 21.Qc3 Ra4 22.Qxa5 Rxa5 23.a3 Rb5
24.b3 Rc8 25.Re1 Kf8 26.Kf1 Rb6 27.Ra1 Rc2 28.Ke1 Rb2 29.Bd1
Ne4 30.Re3 f5 31.Re2 Rxe2+ 32.Kxe2 Ke7 33.Rc1 Kd6 34.Rc8 Kxd5
35.Ke3 Kd6 36.g4 Kd7 37.Rh8 Nc3 38.Bc2 Nd5+ 39.Kd2 fxg4
40.hxg4 Ke7 41.f3 Nc7 42.a4 Ne6 43.Ke3 Rc6 44.Bd1 Rc3+ 45.Kd2
Rc7 46.Rxh7 Nxd4 47.Rh1 Ne6 48.Be2 Nd4 49.Bd1 Ne6 50.Re1 Kf6
51.Re4 Rd7+ 52.Ke2 Kg5 53.b4 Kh4 54.a5 Kg3 55.Ba4 Rc7 56.Bd1
Rd7 57.Ba4 Rc7 58.Bd1 Ng5 59.Re5 Kf4 60.Re3 Rc4 61.b5 Rb4
62.Rb3 Rxb3 63.Bxb3 b6 64.axb6 axb6 65.Bd5 Ne6 66.Kd3 Ng5
67.Ke2 Ke5 68.Bc6 Ne6 69.Be8 f6 70.Ke3 Nf4 71.Bc6 Nd5+ 72.Kd3
Nf4+ 73.Ke3 g5 74.Ba8 Ne6 75.Kd3 Nd4 76.Kc4 f5 77.gxf5 Nxf5
78.Bc6 Nh4 79.Kd3 Kf4 80.Ke2 Ng6 81.Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.06"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris T Vladimirov"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6
8.Be2 exd5 9.exd5 Bf5 10.O-O Re8 11.Bd3 Na6 12.h3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3
Nb4 14.Qb1 Qd7 15.a3 Na6 16.f5 Nc7 17.a4 Nh5 18.fxg6 fxg6
19.Ne4 Rxe4 20.Qxe4 Ng3 21.Qg4 Qxg4 22.hxg4 Nxf1 23.Kxf1 Rf8
24.Ra3 b6 25.Rb3 Be5 26.a5 b5 27.Ke2 Bg7 28.cxb5 Nxd5 29.Rd3
Re8+ 30.Kd1 Nc7 31.b6 axb6 32.axb6 Nb5 33.Rb3 Nd4 34.Nxd4 Bxd4
35.b7 Rb8 36.Bf4 Be5 37.Bxe5 dxe5 38.Kd2 Kf7 39.Kd3 Ke6 40.Kc4
Kd6 41.Rb6+ Kc7 42.Kxc5 e4 43.Rb3 h5 44.g5 h4 45.Kc4 Kc6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.06"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.a3 cxd4 10.exd4 Nf6 11.Bc2 b6 12.Qd3 Bb7
13.Bf4 Rc8 14.Rfe1 g6 15.Bh6 Re8 16.Bb3 Na5 17.Ba4 Bc6 18.Bxc6
Nxc6 19.Rac1 Qd7 20.Red1 Red8 21.Qa6 Nb8 22.Qe2 Qb7 23.Ne5 Re8
24.Rd3 Bf8 25.Bxf8 Rxf8 26.Rcd1 Nd5 27.Qf3 Rcd8 28.Ng4 Nd7
29.Nxd5 Qxd5 30.Qxd5 exd5 31.Ne3 Nf6 32.Rc3 Rd7 33.Rdc1 Re8
34.Kf1 Kg7 35.Rc7 Ree7 36.Rxd7 Rxd7 37.Ke2 h5 38.h4 Ne8 39.Kd3
Rc7 40.Rf1 Nf6 41.f3 Rc8 42.a4 a5 43.Ra1 Rb8 44.b4 axb4 45.Rb1
Kf8 46.g4 hxg4 47.fxg4 Ke7 48.g5 Nd7 49.Nxd5+ Kd6 50.Nxb4 Ra8
51.Rc1 Rxa4 52.Rc6+ Ke7 53.Nd5+ Kd8 54.Nxb6 Nxb6 55.Rxb6 Ra3+
56.Kc4 Ke7 57.Kc5 Ra7 58.Kd5 Ra5+ 59.Ke4 Rf5 60.Ra6 Rb5
61.Ra7+ Ke6 62.d5+ Rxd5 63.Rxf7 Re5+ 64.Kf4 Kxf7 65.Kxe5 Ke7
66.Ke4 Kd6 67.Ke3 Ke5 68.Kf3 Kf5 69.Ke3 Ke6 70.Kf4 Kf7 71.Kg4
Kg8 72.Kf3 Kf7 73.Kf4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.08"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Lein"]
[Black "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3
cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nbc6 9.Qg4 Nf5 10.Nf3 h5 11.Qh3 d4 12.O-O-O Qd5
13.Nxd4 Nfxd4 14.Bxd4 Nxd4 15.Qc3 Qxe5 16.Rxd4 Bd7 17.Bc4 Qf6
18.Rhd1 Bc6 19.Qb4 Qe7 20.Qe1 e5 21.Rd6 Qg5+ 22.Kb1 O-O 23.g3
Rae8 24.Bd5 Bxd5 25.R6xd5 Qf6 26.Qe3 b6 27.Rd7 Re7 28.R1d6
Rxd7 29.Rxf6 gxf6 30.Qh6 Rd6 31.h4 Rfd8 32.Qxh5 Kg7 33.Qg4+
Kh6 34.Qf5 Re6 35.g4 Kg7 36.h5 Rd4 37.g5 fxg5 38.Qxg5+ Kh7
39.Qf5+ Kg8 40.h6 Rxh6 41.Qxe5 Rdd6 42.b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.08"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6
7. c3 O-O 8. d4 Nd7 9. Be3 Bf6 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6
12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Nf1 Ndf8 15. Ng3 Nh4 16. Nxh4
Bxh4 17. dxe5 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qxe5 19. Bf4 Qe7 20. Bd5 Ng6
21. Qh5 Ne5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Rd3 c6 24. Bb3 g6 25. Qh6 Be6
26. Red1 Bxb3 27. axb3 Rad8 28. Qd2 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 h5 30. b4
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.08"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Aivars Gipslis"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.c3 c5 7.dxc5
dxc5 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.O-O h6 10.Be3 b6 11.Qe2 Na5 12.Bb5 Qc7 13.h3
Be6 14.Nh2 Nh5 15.Ng4 Kh7 16.Rfd1 Rad8 17.Nc4 Nb7 18.a4 Nd6
19.Nxd6 exd6 20.Qd2 d5 21.Bxh6 dxe4 22.Qe3 f5 23.Bxg7 Qxg7
24.Nh2 Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.08"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Nbd7
7.O-O a6 8.f4 Qc7 9.g4 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Bf3 Nc5 12.Qe2 e5
13.Nf5 g6 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Nh6 Ne6 16.Bg2 Bg7 17.Rxf6 Bxf6
18.Nd5 Qd8 19.Qf2 Nf4 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.e5 Bxe5 22.Re1 f6
23.Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.Qd4 Kf8 25.Rxe5 Qd8 26.Rf5+ gxf5 27.Qxh8+ Ke7
28.Qg7+ Ke6 29.gxf5+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.08"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Vladislav Shiyanovsky"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 c6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O b5 9. Bh6 bxc4 10. h4 d5 11. h5 Bxh6
12. Qxh6 g5 13. Nh3 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Kh8 15. Rg1 Rg8 16. e5 Ne8
17. h4 Nc7 18. Rxg5 Ne6 19. Rxg8+ Qxg8 20. Bh3 Nd7 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Ne2 Qf8 23. Qxe6 Qxf3 24. Nc3 Qe3+ 25. Rd2 Rg8
26. Qxd7 Rg2 27. Qe8+ Kg7 28. Qxe7+ Kg8 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. h6+
Kxh6 31. Qf8+ Kh5 32. Qf5+ Kh6 33. Ne2 Rf2 34. Qg4 c5 35. Qg5+
Qxg5 36. hxg5+ Kxg5 37. dxc5 h5 38. c6 h4 39. Nd4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.08"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bg5 a6 7.Be2
Be7 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Qd3 Qc7 10.Rad1 b5 11.a3 Bb7 12.Qg3 O-O
13.Bh6 Ne8 14.f4 Kh8 15.Bg5 Bxg5 16.fxg5 Kg8 17.Kh1 Ne5 18.Rf2
Qe7 19.Rdf1 Nc7 20.Bd3 Rad8 21.Nd1 Na8 22.Ne3 Nb6 23.Rf6 Nbc4
24.Bxc4 bxc4 25.R6f4 Ng6 26.Rg4 f6 27.gxf6 Rxf6 28.Rxf6 Qxf6
29.c3 Rf8 30.h3 Ne5 31.Rh4 Nd3 32.Nf3 Nc5 33.Ng4 Qe7 34.Nf2 e5
35.Rg4 Qf6 36.Kh2 Ne6 37.Rh4 Nf4 38.Ng4 Qg6 39.Nh6+ Kh8
40.Qxg6 Nxg6 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.08"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Yury Isakovich Kots"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. O-O h5
7. d3 h4 8. Bg5 Bg4 9. Qd2 hxg3 10. Nxg3 Qd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. Nd5 O-O-O 13. Nxf6 Qe7 14. Nxg4 Qh4 15. Qd1 Rdg8 16. Nf5
Qxg4 17. Qxg4 Rxg4 18. c3 Kd8 19. Rad1 Ne7 20. Ne3 Rgh4 21. d4
exd4 22. cxd4 Bb6 23. h3 f5 24. exf5 Bxd4 25. Rd3 Rg8 26. Rfd1
Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Nxf5 28. Ra3 a6 29. Kh2 Rf4 30. Rd2 c6 31. Rf3
Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Nh4+ 33. Kg3 Rxf3+ 34. Kxh4 d5 35. Kg4 Rf8
36. f4 Ke7 37. Kg5 Rg8+ 38. Kf5 Kd6 39. h4 Rf8+ 40. Kg5 Rg8+
41. Kf5 Rf8+ 42. Kg5 Rg8+ 43. Kf5 Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.08"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Boris T Vladimirov"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3 g6 9. O-O-O Bg7 10. Be2 h6 11. Bh4 e5
12. Ndb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qa5 14. Nxd6+ Kf8 15. Bc4 exf4 16. Nxf7
Qc7 17. Bb3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Rd8+ Ne8 20. c3 g5 21. Qh5
Qe7 22. Bf2 Bg4 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxg4 Be5 25. Rd1 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.08"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Abram Khasin"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.a3
b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6 9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Ne7 11.Bf3 Ng6 12.e5 Qc7
13.Bd4 Rc8 14.Re1 Be7 15.Bxb7 Qxb7 16.Ne4 O-O 17.Bc3 Rc4
18.Qf3 Qc7 19.Rad1 a5 20.Nd6 Bxd6 21.exd6 Qb6 22.Re4 Rc6 23.h4
f6 24.Rg4 Ne5 25.Bxe5 fxe5 26.Qg3 Rf7 27.Rd3 Rxd6 28.Rf3 Rd1+
29.Kh2 Rd4 30.Rxf7 Rxg4 31.Qxg4 Kxf7 32.Qh5+ Kf8 33.Kg1 Qd4
34.Qxh7 Qxb2 35.Qh8+ Kf7 36.Qh5+ Ke7 37.Qg5+ Kd6 38.Qxg7 Qxc2
39.Qf8+ Kc7 40.Kh2 Qc4 41.g3 b4 42.axb4 axb4 43.h5 b3 44.h6
Qc2 45.Kg2 b2 46.h7 b1=Q 47.h8=Q Qe4+ 48.Qf3 Qee1 49.Qh4 Qg1+
50.Kh3 Qbf1+ 51.Kg4 Qfxf2 52.Qc3+ Qc5 53.Qxc5+ Qxc5 54.Qf6 Qe3
55.Kh4 Qe1 56.Qf8 Qg1 57.Qg7 Qh2+ 58.Kg4 Qe2+ 59.Kg5 Qe3+
60.Kf6 e4 61.Ke7 Qd3 62.g4 e3 63.g5 Qd6+ 64.Ke8 e5 65.Qf7 Qc6
66.Qe7 e2 67.Qd8+ Kb7 68.Qa5 d5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.08"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qc7 6.O-O Nf6 7.Be3
b5 8.a4 b4 9.Nd2 Bb7 10.c3 Nc6 11.Rc1 bxc3 12.Rxc3 Bb4 13.Rc4
Be7 14.b4 Qb8 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.Nf3 O-O 17.Qc2 g6 18.Rb1 Ng4
19.Bd4 Bd6 20.h3 Ne5 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.Nxe5 Qxe5 23.Rc5 Qd4
24.b5 axb5 25.axb5 Bb7 26.Rc4 Qd6 27.b6 Rfb8 28.Be2 Ba6 29.Ra4
Bxe2 30.Rxa8 Rxa8 31.Qxe2 Rb8 32.Qb5 Qc6 33.Qxc6 dxc6 34.Kf1
Kf8 35.Ke2 Ke7 36.Kd3 Kd7 37.Kc4 Ra8 38.e5 Ra4+ 39.Rb4 Ra8
40.f4 h6 41.g3 h5 42.h4 Rd8 43.Ra4 c5 44.Kb5 Ke8 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.11"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.c3
Nf6 8.d3 Qd7 9.Re1 Be7 10.Nbd2 g5 11.g4 b5 12.gxh5 bxa4 13.Nh2
Qxh3 14.Ndf1 Nd8 15.Qxa4+ Kf8 16.Re3 Qxh5 17.Ng3 Qg6 18.Nf5 h5
19.Rg3 Ne6 20.Nf3 h4 21.Rg2 Qh5 22.Nxg5 h3 23.Nxe6+ fxe6
24.Ng7 Qf7 25.Rg3 Ng4 26.Be3 Qxg7 27.f3 Nxe3 28.Rxg7 Kxg7
29.Qd7 Kf7 30.Qxc7 Rag8+ 31.Kh1 Rg3 32.Qa7 Rxf3 33.Re1 Ng4
34.Qg1 Rg8 35.Rf1 Rf4 36.Rxf4+ exf4 37.Qf1 e5 38.d4 Kf8 39.Qf3
Bh4 40.dxe5 Nf2+ 41.Kh2 Bg3+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.11"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 c6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 dxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nge2 Bf5 6. Ng3 e6
7. Qe2 Nbd7 8. Ncxe4 Bxe4 9. Nxe4 Qa5 10. Bc3 Qb6 11. Nxf6+
Nxf6 12. Qf3 Be7 13. Bd3 Bc5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rb1 Be7 16. b4
a5 17. a3 a4 18. c3 O-O-O 19. Bc4 Rhg8 20. d4 c5 21. d5 cxb4
22. cxb4 exd5 23. Bd3 h5 24. h4 Kb8 25. Kf1 Qd4 26. Bf5 Rh8
27. g3 Bd6 28. Rd1 Qc4+ 29. Kg2 Be5 30. Rd3 Rhg8 31. Qxh5 d4
32. Qf3 Qa2 33. Kh3 Qc4 34. Rhd1 Rg7 35. h5 Rh8 36. g4 Rg5
37. Kh4 Qc7 38. Kh3 Qd8 39. Rc1 Qd6 40. Rc5 Qb6 41. Rd1 Bd6
42. Rd5 Be5 43. Rc1 Bd6 44. Rd1 Be5 45. Rd7 Qb5 46. Rd3 Qa6
47. Rxf7 Ka7 48. Kg2 Rhg8 49. h6 Rh5 50. h7 Rh2+ 51. Kg1 Re8
52. Be4 Bb8 53. Rd1 Rxe4 54. Qxe4 d3 55. Qd4+ Ka8 56. Qd5 Ba7
57. Rf8+ Bb8 58. Rxd3 Rxh7 59. b5 Qa5 60. Re3 Qc7 61. Kf1 Qc1+
62. Re1 Qxa3 63. Rxb8+ Kxb8 64. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.11"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aivars Gipslis"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f3 Bg7 5.Be3 O-O 6.Qd2 Re8 7.O-O-O
c6 8.Kb1 b5 9.Nce2 Nbd7 10.Bh6 Bh8 11.h4 e5 12.h5 d5 13.hxg6
fxg6 14.Nh3 Nb6 15.Ng5 Nc4 16.Qe1 Qe7 17.f4 exd4 18.e5 Bg4
19.Nf3 Ne4 20.Nexd4 Rac8 21.Bd3 c5 22.Nb3 Nxb2 23.Kxb2 c4
24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.Qxe4 cxb3 26.cxb3 Bf5 27.Qd5+ Be6 28.Qxb5 Rb8
29.Qa5 Qb7 30.Rd3 Bg7 31.Bxg7 Kxg7 32.Rc1 Re7 33.Rdc3 Qb6
34.Qxb6 Rxb6 35.Rc5 Bg4 36.Nd4 h5 37.g3 Rbb7 38.Nb5 Kh6 39.Nd6
Rb4 40.Rc7 Rxc7 41.Rxc7 h4 42.Kc3 a5 43.Nf7+ Kh5 44.Ng5 Bf5
45.gxh4 Rxf4 46.e6 Rf2 47.e7 Re2 48.Nf7 g5 49.Rc5 Bd7 50.Rxg5+
Kxh4 51.Re5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.11"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Savon"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5
Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Ne6 11.Bc1 c5 12.Rb1 Rd8
13.Bc4 b6 14.Bd5 Bb7 15.Bxb7 Qxb7 16.d5 Nf4 17.g3 N4h5 18.Nh4
Qd7 19.Qf3 g6 20.Bg5 Kg7 21.Qe3 Re8 22.f3 Qh3 23.Bxf6+ Kxf6
24.Qh6 Ke7 25.a4 Qd7 26.Rb5 Kd8 27.Reb1 Kc7 28.a5 Reb8 29.Qc1
bxa5 30.Rxa5 a6 31.Rba1 Qc8 32.Ng2 Rb5 33.R5a4 Nf6 34.Ne3 Nd7
35.Qa3 Nb8 36.Nc4 Ra7 37.Ra5 Rab7 38.Rxb5 Rxb5 39.Qc1 f6
40.Qh6 Qg8 41.f4 exf4 42.Qxf4 Qf8 43.e5 dxe5 44.Qf3 Kc8
45.Nxe5 c4 46.Ng4 Nd7 47.Rd1 Qd6 48.Qe2 Rxd5 49.Qxc4+ Qc5+
50.Qxc5+ Rxc5 51.Rd6 f5 52.Ne3 Rxc3 53.Kf2 a5 54.Ra6 Rc5
55.Ke2 Kb7 56.Rd6 Ne5 57.Kd1 Rc3 58.Nd5 Rc6 59.Rd8 Rc8 60.Rxc8
Kxc8 61.Kc1 Kb7 62.Kb2 Kc6 63.Ne3 Kc5 64.Kb3 Kd4 65.Nd1 Nc4
66.h4 Nb6 67.Nb2 Ke4 68.c4 Kd4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.11"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 d6
7. Nge2 e6 8. Ng3 h6 9. Bd2 exd5 10. exd5 Ng4 11. Be2 Qh4
12. Qb3 f5 13. Bxg4 fxg4 14. Nce4 Nd7 15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Rhe1
Ne5 17. Bc3 Rb8 18. Qc2 Bd7 19. Kb1 b5 20. cxb5 Bxb5 21. Nxc5
Rfc8 22. Ne6 Bd3 23. Rxd3 Nxd3 24. Nxg7 Qxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Rxc2
0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.11"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3
Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.d4 exd4 11.cxd4 O-O 12.Nbd2 Re8
13.Qc2 c5 14.dxc5 d5 15.e5 Bg6 16.Qc3 Ne4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Nd4
Qd5 19.Nb3 a5 20.Be3 Qd3 21.Rac1 Red8 22.Nd4 Rd5 23.Ne2 Qxc3
24.Rxc3 Rxe5 25.Rd1 Bf6 26.Ra3 Ree8 27.b3 Bf5 28.Ra4 h5 29.Nf4
h4 30.Nd5 Be5 31.Bf4 Bxf4 32.Nxf4 Kf8 33.Rd5 g6 34.c6 Ra6
35.Rc5 Rd8 36.Nd5 Rd6 37.Raxa5 Rxa5 38.Rxa5 Rxc6 39.Kf1 Ke8
40.Ke2 Kd7 41.Kd2 Rd6 42.Kc1 Re6 43.a4 Re5 44.Nb6+ Ke6
45.Rxe5+ Kxe5 46.Nc4+ Kd4 47.Kd2 Be6 48.a5 f5 49.a6 f4 50.a7
Bd5 51.Ke2 g5 52.g3 hxg3 53.fxg3 e3 54.gxf4 gxf4 55.Nxe3 fxe3
56.h4 Bb7 57.h5 Ke5 58.b4 Kf5 59.Kxe3 Bc6 60.Kd4 Kf6 61.h6 Kg6
62.Ke5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.11"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.b4
cxb4 14.cxb4 Nc6 15.Bb2 Nxb4 16.Bb3 Nd3 17.Bxf7+ Kf8 18.Bxe8
Nxb2 19.Qb1 Na4 20.Rc1 Nc5 21.dxc5 Nxe8 22.cxd6 Qxd6 23.Qb2
Bf6 24.a4 Rb8 25.Rab1 Be6 26.Nc4 Qd3 27.Qb4+ Be7 28.Ncxe5 Bxb4
29.Nxd3 Ba3 30.Rc6 Bg8 31.Rxa6 Rd8 32.axb5 Rxd3 33.b6 Bd6
34.b7 Bb8 35.Ra8 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.11"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris T Vladimirov"]
[Black "Abram Khasin"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4
cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6 9.Qf4 O-O 10.Rd1 Qb8 11.Qxb8 Raxb8 12.Bf4 Rbc8
13.Bd6 Bxd6 14.Rxd6 Rfd8 15.Rad1 Kf8 16.b3 Ke7 17.Ne5 Nxe5
18.Bxb7 Rb8 19.Bg2 Ne8 20.R6d2 a6 21.h3 d6 22.f4 Nd7 23.e3 b5
24.cxb5 axb5 25.Bf1 b4 26.Nb5 Ndf6 27.Na7 Rb6 28.Bg2 Kf8
29.Rc1 d5 30.Rdc2 Ra8 31.Nc6 Nd6 32.g4 Rb7 33.Ne5 Rba7 34.g5
Nfe4 35.Bxe4 Nxe4 36.Rc8+ Ke7 37.Nc6+ Kd7 38.Nxa7 Rxa7 39.R1c2
Nc3 40.Rb8 Nxa2 41.Kg2 f6 42.Rcc8 fxg5 43.Ra8 Rxa8 44.Rxa8 Nc1
45.fxg5 Nxb3 46.Rb8 Nc5 47.Rxb4 Ke7 48.Rb5 Ne4 49.Rb7+ Kf8
50.h4 Nd6 51.Rb6 Ke7 52.Kf3 h5 53.Ra6 Nf5 54.Ra7+ Kd6 55.e4
dxe4+ 56.Kxe4 Ng3+ 57.Kf4 Nf5 58.g6 Ne7 59.Kg5 e5 60.Kxh5 e4
61.Kg5 e3 62.h5 Nc6 63.Ra3 e2 64.Re3 Nd4 65.h6 gxh6+ 66.Kf6
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.11"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yury Isakovich Kots"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1
O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 Qd7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4
Na5 14.Qd1 Qe6 15.Nbd2 c6 16.b4 Nc4 17.Nxc4 bxc4 18.Qa4 Rfc8
19.Rad1 Bf8 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.d5 cxd5 22.exd5 Qf5 23.Re3 Qh7
24.Nh4 f5 25.f4 exf4 26.Re2 Qg7 27.Qc2 a5 28.b5 a4 29.Nxf5 Qg5
30.Rf1 Rc5 31.Qe4 Rxb5 32.Rxf4 Kh8 33.Re3 Rb1+ 34.Kh2 Rd1
35.Rg3 Qf6 36.Ne3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.11"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladislav Shiyanovsky"]
[Black "Anatoly Lein"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.c4
Nb6 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 c6 11.c5 N6d7 12.Bg5 Na6 13.b4
Nxb4 14.Rb1 Na6 15.Rxb7 Qc8 16.Rb1 Naxc5 17.dxc5 Bxc3 18.Bxe7
Re8 19.Bd6 Qa6 20.Qc2 Bg7 21.Bd1 Nf6 22.Qa4 Qc8 23.Bf3 Nd5
24.Rb3 Be5 25.Rd3 Qb7 26.Rfd1 Bxd6 27.Bxd5 cxd5 28.cxd6 Re5
29.Qa5 Qb6 30.Qxb6 axb6 31.Rxd5 Rxd5 32.Rxd5 Kf8 33.Rd2 Ke8
34.Re2+ Kf8 35.Kh2 Rd8 36.Rd2 Ke8 37.Kg3 Kd7 38.Kf4 f6 39.Re2
Ra8 40.Rd2 Ra4+ 41.Ke3 h5 42.Rb2 Ra6 43.Kd4 Kxd6 44.Kc4 Kc6
45.Kb4 Ra5 46.Rc2+ Kb7 47.Re2 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.12"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Nxd7 6.O-O
Ngf6 7.a4 e6 8.a5 Be7 9.d4 O-O 10.Bg5 Ne4 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Nbd2
Ndf6 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Nd2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.12"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Yury Isakovich Kots"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bf4 O-O 5. Nbd2 Nh5 6. Be5 f6
7. g4 fxe5 8. gxh5 exd4 9. cxd4 gxh5 10. e3 d5 11. Bd3 Bf5
12. Bxf5 Rxf5 13. Nh4 Rf6 14. Qxh5 e6 15. Rg1 c5 16. Ndf3 Nd7
17. O-O-O Rc8 18. Kb1 Rc7 19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20. Rg1+ Kh8 21. Ne5
Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rf5 23. Nxf5 exf5 24. Qxf5 Rg7 25. Rd1 Rg5
26. Qf4 Rg6 27. h4 Rb6 28. Qf7 d4 29. e6 Qg8 30. Qf6+ Qg7
31. Qd8+ Qg8 32. e7 Re6 33. Rg1 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.12"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Aivars Gipslis"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 c6 5.e3 Bg7 6.h3 Nbd7 7.Bd3
O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.Bh2 a6 10.b4 Nh5 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 f6 13.g4
fxe5 14.gxh5 e4 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Bc4+ Kh8 17.Kg2 Bf5 18.Bf4 Bf6
19.Qxd8 Rexd8 20.Rad1 Bg7 21.Bb3 Bf6 22.Bc4 Bg7 23.Bb3 Bf6
24.Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.12"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Vladislav Shiyanovsky"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.d4
e4 8.O-O exf3 9.Re1+ Be7 10.Qxf3 Bxb1 11.Bg5 Bg6 12.Bb3 Nf6
13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Re3 Kf8 15.h4 h5 16.Rae1 Kg7 17.Bd5 Bf8 18.Qe2
Ne7 19.Bxb7 Ra7 20.Bxa6 Nf5 21.Re6 Nxh4 22.d5 Bf7 23.Bd3 Bxe6
24.dxe6 c5 25.g3 Ng6 26.f4 Rh6 27.a3 d5 28.Kg2 Kg8 29.Bxg6
Rxg6 30.Qxh5 Rag7 31.Rh1 Rh6 32.Qxh6 Rxg3+ 33.Kxg3 Bxh6
34.Rxh6 Qe7 35.f5 Qd6+ 36.Kg4 Qe5 37.Rh5 d4 38.cxd4 cxd4
39.Rh6 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.12"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. Be2 e5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nd2 Nf4 12. O-O
Nd7 13. Bg4 Nf6 14. Bxc8 Qxc8 15. f3 Kh8 16. a3 b6 17. b4 h5
18. Bf2 Bh6 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Ne2 Ne8 21. Ng3 Ng7 22. Qc2 g4
23. Nf5 Nxf5 24. exf5 Rg8 25. Kh1 gxf3 26. g3 Nh3 27. Nxf3 Rg4
28. Be1 e4 29. Bd2 Bg7 30. f6 Bxf6 31. Bc3 exf3 32. Bxf6+ Kg8
33. Rxf3 Ng5 34. Rf5 Nh7 35. Raf1 Nxf6 36. Rxf6 Rg7 37. Rxd6
h4 38. Rc6 Qh3 39. Qg2 Qg4 40. Rf4 Qd1+ 41. Qf1 Qd2 42. Rxh4
Re8 43. Rch6 Kf8 44. Re6 Rxe6 45. dxe6 Ke8 46. Qf3 Qc1+
47. Kg2 Qb2+ 48. Kh3 Qb6 49. exf7+ Rxf7 50. Qa8+ Kd7 51. Qd5+
Ke7 52. Re4+ Kf8 53. Qa8+ Kg7 54. Rg4+ Kf6 55. Qh8+ Ke7
56. Re4+ Kd6 57. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.12"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Abram Khasin"]
[Black "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 Nc6 7.Be3
Bf5 8.Nc3 e6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Be2 Qd7 11.O-O Be7 12.Qd2 O-O-O
13.Rad1 Bxf3 14.Rxf3 f6 15.Rg3 g6 16.Qc2 Kb8 17.exf6 Bxf6
18.d5 exd5 19.Nxd5 Qg7 20.Nxf6 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 Qxf6 22.c5 Rd8
23.Qf1 Qxf1+ 24.Bxf1 Nd5 25.Bg5 Rf8 26.Rh3 h5 27.Rd3 Rf5 28.h4
a5 29.Rd1 Nf4 30.Re1 Rf8 31.Bc4 Rf5 32.Re4 Nd5 33.Re8+ Ka7
34.Bd3 Rf7 35.Bxg6 Rg7 36.Bxh5 Ncb4 37.Bf3 c6 38.Bd2 Nd3
39.Bxd5 cxd5 40.Rd8 Nxc5 41.Be3 b6 42.Bxc5 bxc5 43.Rxd5 Kb6
44.h5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.12"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7
7. e4 e5 8. h3 c6 9. Be3 Re8 10. Re1 Qc7 11. a4 a5 12. d5 Nb6
13. Nd2 Bd7 14. Qe2 Rf8 15. Ra3 Ne8 16. Rb3 Nc8 17. Nc4 Kh8
18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Nf6 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Qd3 Qe7 22. e5 dxe5
23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Nxe5 Nh5 25. Nxc6 Qh4 26. Bf2 Qxf4 27. Qe4
Qg5+ 28. Qg4 Qf6 29. Ne5 Qe6 30. Nd7 Qxg4+ 31. hxg4 Rd8
32. gxh5 Bxc3 33. Rxc3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.12"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bxc5 Qa5 11. Ba3 Bxc4
12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Rac8 14. Qf4 g5 15. Qe3 Rc7 16. Rad1 Re8
17. Rd4 b5 18. Qxg5 h6 19. Qd2 b4 20. Nb1 Nd5 21. Rg4 h5
22. Rg5 Rc5 23. b3 Nc3 24. Rxc5 Qxc5 25. Nxc3 bxc3 26. Bxc5
cxd2 27. bxc4 Rb8 28. Bxa7 Rb2 29. e3 Rxa2 30. Bc5 e5 31. Bf3
h4 32. Rd1 hxg3 33. hxg3 Rc2 34. Be2 Rb2 35. Bd3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.12"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Boris T Vladimirov"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5
7.Nxg5 e6 8.Qd2 h6 9.Nh3 exd5 10.Qe3+ Be6 11.Nf4 Qd7 12.Nxe6
fxe6 13.Rd1 c5 14.dxc5 O-O 15.Qg3 Qf7 16.e3 Nd7 17.Bd3 Kh7
18.O-O Nxc5 19.Bb1 Nd7 20.Rc1 a6 21.Ne2 Be5 22.f4 Bd6 23.Nd4
Rad8 24.Nf3 Rg8 25.Ne5 Bxe5 26.fxe5 Qe7 27.Rc7 Rg7 28.h4 Kh8
29.Bxg6 Rdg8 30.h5 Qg5 31.Qxg5 hxg5 32.Bf7 Nxe5 33.Bxg8 Rxc7
34.Bxe6 Nc4 35.Re1 Nxb2 36.Bxd5 Re7 37.Rb1 Nd3 38.Bxb7 Rxe3
39.Bxa6 Nf4 40.Rb6 g4 41.Rb4 Ra3 42.Rxf4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.12"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Lein"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Bd7
7.Nxc6 Bxc6 8.Qe2 e6 9.Bf4 Qa5 10.O-O-O O-O-O 11.Bb3 Be7
12.Kb1 Rd7 13.Rd3 Rhd8 14.Rhd1 Kb8 15.g4 h6 16.h4 Ne8 17.Bg3
Nc7 18.f4 Na6 19.g5 Nc5 20.R3d2 Ka8 21.a3 f5 22.Ba2 Bxe4
23.Bf2 d5 24.Rd4 Rc8 25.Be1 Qb6 26.Ka1 Qc7 27.b4 Qxf4 28.bxc5
Bxc5 29.Rxe4 fxe4 30.Nxe4 Bxa3 31.Bg3 Qf8 32.Bb3 Rf7 33.Nd2
Bb4 34.Nb1 Rc6 35.Kb2 Bd6 36.Bxd6 Rxd6 37.Nc3 Rf2 38.Qe5 Rc6
39.Qd4 a6 40.gxh6 gxh6 41.Rg1 Rf4 42.Qe5 Qb8 43.Qg7 Rxh4
44.Ne2 Rc8 45.Nd4 Qd6 46.Rg6 Qb6 47.Nf3 Rhc4 48.Ne1 a5 49.Ka1
Rd4 50.Nf3 Re4 51.Rxh6 Qe3 52.Rh8 Rxh8 53.Qxh8+ Ka7 54.Qd8
Qc3+ 55.Ka2 a4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.13"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 f6 7.c4
Ne7 8.Be3 Ng6 9.h3 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.g4 a5 12.d5 Qe8 13.dxc6
Qxc6 14.Qd5+ Qxd5 15.cxd5 Bd7 16.O-O-O Kf7 17.Rd2 Rh8 18.Rc2
h5 19.Rg1 hxg4 20.hxg4 Rh3 21.Ne1 Nh4 22.Ne2 Bd8 23.Rc3 a4
24.Bd2 Rh2 25.Be3 Rb8 26.Ng3 Rc8 27.Ba7 c5 28.dxc6 Rxc6
29.Rxc6 Bxc6 30.Nc2 Bd7 31.Nf1 Rg2 32.Rxg2 Nxg2 33.Nfe3 Nf4
34.f3 Ke6 35.b3 Ne2+ 36.Kd2 Ng1 37.Nf5 Nxf3+ 38.Ke3 Nh2
39.Nxg7+ Kf7 40.Nf5 axb3 41.axb3 Be7 42.Bb8 Nxg4+ 43.Kf3 d5
44.Nxe7 dxe4 45.Kxe4 Kxe7 46.Ne3 Nf2+ 47.Kf3 Nh3 48.b4 Ng5+
49.Kg3 Ke6 50.Kg4 Ne4 51.Kh5 Be8+ 52.Kg4 Nf2+ 53.Kf3 Nd3
54.Ba7 Bh5+ 55.Kg3 Nxb4 56.Kh4 Be2 57.Kg3 Nd3 58.Ng2 f5 59.Bb8
f4 60.Nxf4+ Nxf4 61.Kf2 Kd5 62.Ke3 Bh5 63.Kd2 Ne6 64.Bxe5 Kxe5
65.Kc3 Kd5 66.Kd3 Bg6+ 67.Kc3 Nc5 68.Kb2 Kc4 69.Ka1 Kc3 70.Ka2
Nb3 71.Ka3 Bb1 72.Ka4 Nd4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.13"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aivars Gipslis"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Bxe4
Nbd7 7. Ne2 h6 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Bf3 c5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3
Qc7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Qd3 b6 15. c4 Ba6 16. Nc3 cxd4
17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Rfd8 19. Rb4 e5 20. Rc4 Qd7 21. Bc6 Qe6
22. Re1 Rbc8 23. Ra4 a5 24. Qg3 e4 25. Rd1 d3 26. cxd3 Qb3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.13"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nf3 Ba7 7.O-O
Nc6 8.Qe2 d6 9.Be3 Nf6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Rfd1 Bxe3 12.Qxe3 Qc7
13.Be2 Ne5 14.c3 Rd8 15.h3 b6 16.Nb3 Ng6 17.Nbd4 Bb7 18.Bd3
Rd7 19.Bc2 Rad8 20.Ne2 Qc5 21.Qxc5 dxc5 22.Rxd7 Rxd7 23.Ng3
Nf4 24.Ne1 h5 25.f3 h4 26.Nf1 a5 27.Rd1 Rxd1 28.Bxd1 Ba6
29.Ne3 Nd7 30.Ng4 Bc4 31.a3 Kf8 32.Kf2 g5 33.g3 hxg3 34.Kxg3
Ke7 35.Ne3 Ne5 36.h4 Nh5+ 37.Kh2 f6 38.hxg5 fxg5 39.N1g2 Ba6
40.Ng4 Nxg4+ 41.fxg4 Nf6 42.e5 Nd7 43.Ne1 Nxe5 44.Kg3 Bb7
45.Be2 c4 46.Kf2 Kd6 47.Ke3 Bd5 48.Nc2 Nd7 49.Nd4 Nc5 50.Bd1
Ke5 51.Bc2 Bb7 52.Bd1 Be4 53.Bf3 Bd3 54.Bc6 Kf6 55.Bb5 e5
56.Nf3 Nb7 57.Nd2 Nd6 58.Bc6 Bc2 59.Bf3 Ke6 60.Be2 Kd5 61.Nf3
Nf7 62.Nd2 b5 63.Bf3+ Kd6 64.Be4 Bd1 65.Bf3 Bxf3 66.Kxf3 Kc6
67.Ne4 b4 68.axb4 axb4 69.cxb4 Kb5 70.Nc3+ Kxb4 71.Ke4 Kb3
72.Nd1 Nh6 73.Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.13"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.c4
Nc6 8.Nc3 Ng4 9.e3 Nge5 10.b3 d6 11.h3 Bd7 12.Nde2 Nb4 13.e4
a5 14.Be3 f5 15.a3 Na6 16.exf5 Bc6 17.f4 Nd7 18.fxg6 hxg6
19.Rb1 Qe8 20.Ne4 Nf6 21.N2c3 Nc5 22.Nxf6+ exf6 23.Re1 Rd8
24.Bxc5 dxc5 25.Bd5+ Rxd5 26.cxd5 Qc8 27.dxc6 Qxh3 28.Qd5+ Kh7
29.Qh1 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.13"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yury Isakovich Kots"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 d5 6. e5 Nc6
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bg2 Qc7 9. Qe2 a5 10. c4 Ba6 11. b3 Bc5
12. O-O Ne7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nd2 a4 15. Rab1 Rfb8 16. Rfc1 Nf5
17. Bh3 axb3 18. axb3 Nd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Nf3 Bc5 21. Qc2
dxc4 22. bxc4 h6 23. Bf1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Rb8 25. Ra1 Qb6 26. Bd3
Bc8 27. Qe2 Bd7 28. Rf1 Be8 29. Qe4 Kf8 30. Qh7 Qb3 31. Ne1
Bb4 32. Ng2 Qc3 33. Qe4 Rd8 34. Bb1 Bc5 35. Nf4 Qd4 36. Qe2
Bb4 37. Bc2 Qc3 38. Rd1 Rxd1+ 39. Bxd1 Qd4 40. Bb3 Bc5 41. Kg2
Bd7 42. Ba4 Bb6 43. Nh3 Ke7 44. f4 Qa1 45. Bc2 Bd4 46. Nf2 c5
47. Be4 Ba4 48. Bf3 Bb3 49. Ne4 Qc1 50. Nd2 Ba4 51. Ne4 Bb3
52. Nd2 Ba2 53. Qd3 g5 54. Kh3 gxf4 55. gxf4 Kf8 56. Nb3 Qxf4
57. Nxd4 Qxd4 58. Qxd4 cxd4 59. c5 d3 60. Bd1 Ke7 61. Kg3 Bb1
62. Bf3 d2 63. Bd1 Kd7 64. Ba4+ Kc7 65. Kf4 Bd3 66. Ke3 Bb5
67. Bd1 Kc6 68. Kd4 Bf1 69. Ba4+ Kc7 70. Ke3 Bb5 71. Bd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.13"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.a3 Nge7 7.Be3
b5 8.Nb3 Ng6 9.f4 Qc7 10.Qd2 Be7 11.g3 O-O 12.h4 b4 13.axb4
Bxb4 14.Bg2 Nge7 15.O-O d5 16.Qf2 dxe4 17.Bxe4 Rb8 18.Na4 Nd5
19.Bc5 Bxc5 20.Naxc5 Nf6 21.Bf3 Nb4 22.Rfd1 e5 23.c3 Nc6
24.Nxa6 Bxa6 25.Rxa6 e4 26.Bg2 Rxb3 27.Qc5 Rxb2 28.Rxc6 Qb7
29.Rcd6 Rb1 30.Qd4 h5 31.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 32.Kh2 Ng4+ 33.Kh3 e3
34.Rd8 g6 35.Rxf8+ Kxf8 36.Qh8+ Ke7 37.Qc8 Qd3 38.Qc5+ Kf6
39.Bf3 e2 40.Qc6+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.13"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Abram Khasin"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Qa5 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Be6 12.O-O-O
b5 13.Kb1 b4 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Qb5 16.Rhe1 a5 17.Qe2 Qxe2
18.Rxe2 a4 19.Bc4 Rfc8 20.b3 Kf8 21.g4 Ne8 22.Bb5 axb3 23.cxb3
Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Nc7 25.Bc6 Rab8 26.Rc4 Na6 27.g5 Rc7 28.Ree4 Kg7
29.Rh4 Rb6 30.Rh6 Rc8 31.f4 Nc5 32.Rh3 e6 33.Re3 Rcb8 34.Rd4
h5 35.Re2 f5 36.Rc4 Ne4 37.dxe6 d5 38.Bxd5 Nc3+ 39.Rxc3 bxc3
40.Kc2 Rd6 41.Re5 Kf8 42.e7 Ke8 43.a4 Rxd5 44.Rxd5 Rb4 45.Kxc3
Rxf4 46.a5 Rf1 47.Kb2 Rf2+ 48.Ka3 Rf1 49.Rd2 Re1 50.b4 Re3+
51.Ka4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.13"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Savon"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 Qd7 12.Nbd2 Rfe8
13.Nf1 h6 14.a4 Na5 15.Qc2 Bf8 16.axb5 axb5 17.Ng3 c5 18.Nf5
c4 19.Be3 exd4 20.Bxd4 Nb3 21.Rxa8 Nxd4 22.cxd4 Rxa8 23.e5
dxe5 24.dxe5 Ne8 25.Qe4 Rd8 26.Qg4 Kh8 27.e6 fxe6 28.N5d4 Nf6
29.Qxe6 Bc5 30.Qxd7 Rxd7 31.Nxb5 Rb7 32.Nfd4 Bxd4 33.Nxd4 Rxb2
34.Rc1 Ne4 35.Rxc4 Rb1+ 36.Kh2 Nxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.13"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[Black "Anatoly Lein"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 Be7 5.g3 b6 6.e5 Nfd7 7.Bg2
f6 8.exf6 Bxf6 9.O-O O-O 10.d4 c5 11.Re1 Re8 12.c3 Nc6 13.Nf1
Bb7 14.Ne3 Be7 15.h4 Bd6 16.Bh3 Nf8 17.Ng4 Qc7 18.Nge5 cxd4
19.cxd4 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Rxe5 Rac8 22.Bd2 Qf7 23.Re3 Rc4
24.Rf3 Qe7 25.Bg5 Qc7 26.b3 Rc2 27.Bf4 Qc6 28.Bf1 e5 29.Bxe5
Rxe5 30.dxe5 Ne6 31.Bh3 d4 32.Bxe6+ Qxe6 33.Qxc2 Bxf3 34.Rc1
Qxe5 35.Qc8+ Kf7 36.Qc7+ Ke6 37.Qxe5+ Kxe5 38.Kf1 a5 39.Rc7
Kd6 40.Rxg7 Kc5 41.a3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.13"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladislav Shiyanovsky"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 Ne4 5.Qc2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Be7
7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Nf3 Na5 9.Nd2 Rb8 10.Qa4 b6 11.Nb3 Nxb3 12.axb3 a6
13.O-O O-O 14.e4 Bb7 15.Be3 b5 16.cxb5 axb5 17.Qa2 b4 18.c4
Ra8 19.Qc2 Ra3 20.c5 Qa8 21.Rxa3 bxa3 22.Ra1 f5 23.f3 fxe4
24.fxe4 Qa5 25.Bd2 Qa6 26.Bf1 Qa8 27.Bg2 Bf6 28.Bc3 Bg5 29.Qe2
Ba6 30.Qe1 Bd3 31.h4 Bh6 32.e5 Qa6 33.Bd2 a2 34.Bxh6 gxh6
35.Qd2 Bb1 36.Kh2 Qb5 37.Qxh6 Qd3 38.Qg5+ Kh8 39.Qe7 Qf5 40.b4
Qf2 41.b5 h6 42.c6 Rg8 43.Qf6+ Qxf6 44.exf6 dxc6 45.bxc6 Rd8
46.Bh3 Rd6 47.g4 Rxd4 48.g5 Rxh4 49.g6 e5 50.Kg3 Rxh3+ 51.Kxh3
e4 52.Kg4 Kg8 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.15"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Abram Khasin"]
[Black "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4
7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bb5 Rc8 9.h3 Bh5 10.O-O e6 11.Re1 Be7 12.Re5
Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bg6 14.Bxc6+ Rxc6 15.d5 Rxc3 16.Qe1 Rc7 17.dxe6
O-O 18.exf7 Bxf7 19.Bg5 Bxg5 20.Nxg5 h6 21.Nxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.15"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 c5
7. dxc5 dxc5 8. e5 Nd5 9. Bh2 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Nc7
12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Rad1 Ne6 14. c3 Bh6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Ne3 Rad8
17. Be4 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Na5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rde1 Rd7 21. Qh6
Qd5 22. b3 Nc6 23. Re2 Rfd8 24. Re3 Nb8 25. h4 Qc6 26. Ng5
Nxg5 27. hxg5 Rd3 28. e6 Qe8 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Bxb8 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.15"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Aivars Gipslis"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.a3
b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6 9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Rc8 11.Bd4 Qc7 12.Qd2 e5
13.Be3 Nf6 14.f3 Bc5 15.Rfd1 Bxe3+ 16.Qxe3 Qc5 17.Qxc5 Rxc5
18.Rd6 Ke7 19.Rb6 Rb8 20.a4 Rc6 21.Rxc6 dxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.15"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3
7.exf6 Qxf6 8.dxc3 Qe5+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Kxe2 c6 11.Bd3 d5
12.Bf4 Bg4+ 13.f3 Be6 14.Kf2 O-O-O 15.Rhe1 Bc5+ 16.Be3 d4
17.cxd4 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.15"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.h4 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.d5
Ne5 8.Be2 Ned7 9.Be3 c6 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.Nd4 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Qb8
13.Rb1 Qb7 14.f3 e5 15.Nb3 a5 16.Nd2 O-O 17.Nd1 Nh5 18.Qd3 d5
19.Qb3 Qa6 20.Qd3 Qxd3 21.cxd3 d4 22.Bg1 Nf4 23.Nf2 Nxg2+
24.Kf1 Nf4 25.Bh2 Nh5 26.Ke2 c5 27.Nc4 Ra6 28.Ng4 Re8 29.b3 f5
30.Nf2 Bf6 31.Nd1 f4 32.Kd2 Bxh4 33.Bxf4 g5 34.Bh2 Rf6 35.Ke2
Bg3 36.Ndb2 Ref8 37.Nd2 g4 38.fxg4 Rf2+ 39.Kd1 Bxh2 40.gxh5
Nf6 41.Nf1 Ng4 42.Nxh2 Nxh2 43.Kc1 Kg7 44.a4 Rf1+ 45.Rxf1
Rxf1+ 46.Kc2 Rf2+ 47.Kc1 Ng4 48.Nc4 Ne3 49.Rb2 Rf1+ 50.Kd2
Nxc4+ 51.dxc4 Kf6 52.Ke2 Rf4 53.Kd2 Rxe4 54.Rb1 Rh4 55.Rf1+
Ke6 56.Rf8 Rh2+ 57.Kd3 Rh3+ 58.Kc2 e4 59.Re8+ Kf5 60.Rc8 Rh2+
61.Kb1 e3 62.Rxc5+ Ke4 63.Rc8 d3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.15"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris T Vladimirov"]
[Black "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[ECO "E26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 b6 7.Ne2
Nc6 8.Ng3 d6 9.e4 e5 10.dxc5 dxc5 11.Bd3 Na5 12.Nf1 Bb7 13.Ng3
Qd7 14.Bg5 O-O-O 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Be2 Qxd1+ 17.Rxd1 Rxd1+
18.Kxd1 Rd8+ 19.Kc2 Bc6 20.Bd3 Ba4+ 21.Kd2 Nxc4+ 22.Ke2 Nb2
23.Bb1 Nd1 24.Nh5 Nxc3+ 25.Ke3 Bd1 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.15"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Vladislav Shiyanovsky"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. a4 d5
7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2 c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Ne5 Nxe5
12. dxe5 Qa5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qd5 Qc7 15. Bxe4 Rad8 16. Qxb7
Qxb7 17. Bxb7 Bxc2 18. Rfc1 Bxb3 19. Rxc5 Rd7 20. Bc8 Rd5
21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. Rc1 Bf3 23. a5 Rd8 24. Bd4 Rd5 25. Bb7 Rxd4
26. exd4 Bxb7 27. Rc7 Bf3 28. Rxa7 e6 29. a6 Bh6 30. Rc7 Bd2
31. a7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.15"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.e3 Nc6 6.Be2 d5 7.O-O
Bd6 8.b3 O-O 9.cxd5 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qc7 11.Bb2 Bxh2+ 12.Kh1 Rd8
13.Rc1 Qb8 14.Qh4 Be5+ 15.Nc3 exd5 16.f4 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Qd6
18.Be5 Qe6 19.Rc7 Bd7 20.Rxb7 Ne4 21.Rc1 g5 22.Qh2 Rac8
23.Rbc7 Rxc7 24.Rxc7 Qb6 25.Rxd7 Rxd7 26.Bd4 Qc6 27.Bf1 Qc1
28.Kg1 Qe1 29.Qh6 f6 30.Qh3 Re7 31.Qc8+ Kf7 32.Qc2 g4 33.Qe2
Qh4 34.g3 Qxg3+ 35.Qg2 Qxg2+ 36.Kxg2 Rc7 37.Bd3 h5 38.b4 h4
39.b5 h3 40.Kh2 g3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.15"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 dxc4
7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 b6 11. Qd2 Bb7
12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. Ne5 Nfd5 15. Bd2 Nxc3 16. bxc3
Nd5 17. Rc1 Ba3 18. Rc2 b5 19. Bd3 a6 20. Qe4 g6 21. Ng4 Re8
22. Qf3 Bf8 23. a4 Bg7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bxb5 Nxc3 26. Qxb7
Rb8 27. Qxb8 Qxb8 28. Bxe8 Ne2+ 29. Kh1 h5 30. Bd7 Qd6
31. Nh6+ Bxh6 32. Bxh6 Nxd4 33. Rd2 Qxd7 34. Rfd1 e5 35. Be3
Qf5 36. Bxd4 exd4 37. Kg1 Kg7 38. Rxd4 Qb5 39. h4 Qe2 40. R1d2
Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. g3 Qe1 43. Kg2 Kh6 44. Rd1 Qe2 45. Rd7
Qc2 46. Kg1 f5 47. Re1 Qc8 48. Ree7 Qh8 49. f4 Qa1+ 50. Kh2
Qb2+ 51. Kh3 Qh8 52. Rb7 Qg8 53. Rf7 Qh8 54. Kg2 Qg8 55. Kf2
Qh8 56. Ke2 Qe8+ 57. Kd2 Qd8+ 58. Kc2 Qc8+ 59. Rbc7 Qh8
60. Kd3 Qd8+ 61. Kc4 Qg8 62. Kc5 Qh8 63. Rh7+ Qxh7 64. Rxh7+
Kxh7 65. Kd5 Kg7 66. Ke6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.15"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly Lein"]
[Black "Yury Isakovich Kots"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O Qb6 6.c4 cxd4 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Bxd5 g6 10.Nc3 Bd7 11.Be3 Bg7 12.Qd2 O-O
13.Rad1 e5 14.f4 Qc7 15.fxe5 Nf5 16.Bf4 Qc5+ 17.Rf2 Rad8 18.e4
Ne7 19.Bxf7+ Rxf7 20.e6 Rff8 21.exd7 Nc6 22.Be3 Rxf2 23.Bxf2
Qe7 24.Qd5+ Qf7 25.Nb5 Qxd5 26.Rxd5 a6 27.Bb6 axb5 28.Bxd8
Nxd8 29.Rxb5 Kf7 30.b3 Ke6 31.Rd5 Be5 32.Kf2 Bd6 33.Ke3 Nc6
34.Rb5 Nd8 35.Kd4 Nc6+ 36.Kc4 Nd8 37.Rd5 Nf7 38.Kb5 Kxd7 39.e5
Ke6 40.Rxd6+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.16"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Be3 d6 6.f3 Nc6 7.Nge2
a6 8.Qd2 Rb8 9.Nc1 e5 10.d5 Nd4 11.Nb3 c5 12.dxc6 Nxb3 13.c7
Qxc7 14.axb3 Be6 15.Bd3 Nd7 16.O-O f5 17.Nd5 Qd8 18.Qb4 Nc5
19.Bxc5 dxc5 20.Qxc5 Rf7 21.Qe3 f4 22.Qf2 Bf8 23.c5 Rc8
24.Rfc1 a5 25.Rc3 Kg7 26.Rac1 h5 27.Bb5 g5 28.Rd3 Bd7 29.Bxd7
Rxd7 30.Rdc3 Rc6 31.Qe2 Kh8 32.Kf1 Rg7 33.h3 g4 34.fxg4 hxg4
35.hxg4 Qg5 36.Rh3+ Rh7 37.Rcc3 Bxc5 38.Rxh7+ Kxh7 39.Qb5 Qxg4
40.Qxb7+ Kg8 41.Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.16"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3
Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. c3 h6 11. Bh4 Nh5
12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. g3 Nf6 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Qb3 c6 16. Bf1 Rae8
17. Nh4 Nc8 18. Ng2 Bh3 19. Nf4 Bxf1 20. Nxf1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1
Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.16"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aivars Gipslis"]
[Black "Anatoly Lein"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.c3 e5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Ngf3 exd4
7.Bc4 Qf5 8.O-O Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.cxd4 Ne7
12.Nf3 O-O-O 13.Qa4 Nc6 14.Be3 Bd6 15.Rfc1 Rhf8 16.Rab1 Qh5
17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Qxe5 19.g3 a6 20.b4 Rf5 21.Rc4 h5 22.Rbc1
Kb8 23.Qd1 Qd5 24.Qc2 Rf7 25.a4 Rfd7 26.b5 Qf3 27.Rd4 h4
28.gxh4 axb5 29.axb5 Be5 30.Qe4 Qxe4 31.Rxe4 Bd4 32.Rxe6 Bxe3
33.Rxe3 Rd1+ 34.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 35.Kg2 Rd5 36.Re8+ Ka7 37.Re7 Kb6
38.Rxg7 Rxb5 39.Rg6+ c6 40.Kg3 Rf5 41.f4 Rf8 42.h5 Ka5 43.h6
c5 44.Rg5 b5 45.Rxc5 Rh8 46.Rh5 Ka4 47.Kf3 b4 48.Ke2 Kb3 49.h7
Kc3 50.Kd1 Kb2 51.f5 b3 52.f6 Ka1 53.Ra5+ Kb1 54.f7 b2 55.Rb5
Ka2 56.Kc2 Rc8+ 57.Kd3 b1=Q+ 58.Rxb1 Kxb1 59.Ke4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.16"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yury Isakovich Kots"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.d5
Na5 8.Nfd2 c6 9.a3 Nd7 10.Ra2 Ne5 11.b3 cxd5 12.cxd5 Bf5
13.Bb2 Rc8 14.Bd4 b6 15.h3 Qd7 16.Kh2 Bxb1 17.Nxb1 Qb5 18.f4
Qxb3 19.fxe5 Qxa2 20.exd6 exd6 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Nc3 Qb2 23.Ne4+
Qe5 24.Nf6 Rc3 25.Qe1 Rc7 26.Rf4 h5 27.Qf2 Nc4 28.Be4 Rh8
29.a4 Nb2 30.Kg2 Nxa4 31.g4 Nc3 32.Bxg6 fxg6 33.Nxh5+ gxh5
34.Rf5 Qxe2 35.Rg5+ Kh7 36.Rxh5+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.16"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Savon"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Nge7
7. d3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nc2 d5 12. cxd5
Nxd5 13. Ne4 Qb6 14. Ne3 Nxe3 15. Bxe3 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4
17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Nd2 Qa6 19. a4 b6 20. Nc4 Qa7 21. Qd2 Qd7
22. h4 Rce8 23. b3 Re7 24. Bf3 f5 25. Kg2 Bf6 26. Rh1 Ref7
27. Rbg1 Bd8 28. Qh6 Qe7 29. Qc1 Bc7 30. Re1 Qf6 31. Qh6 Rd8
32. Nd2 Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Reg1 Rb8 35. Nc4 Re7 36. Re1
Kf6 37. Bc6 Rc8 38. Bb7 Rd8 39. Bc6 Bc8 40. Bf3 Rg7 41. Reg1
Re7 42. Kf1 h5 43. Ke1 Bd7 44. Kd2 Rb8 45. Kc2 Ree8 46. Ra1
Kg7 47. Rhg1 Re6 48. Rae1 Ree8 49. Ra1 Re6 50. Rae1 Rbe8
51. Kd2 Rf6 52. Kc2 Kf8 53. Nd2 Rfe6 54. Nc4 Kg7 55. Kd2 Rb8
56. Kc2 Kf6 57. Ra1 Re7 58. Kd2 Ree8 59. Na3 Re6 60. Nc4 b5
61. axb5 Rxb5 62. Ra3 Ra6 63. Rga1 f4 64. gxf4 Bxf4+ 65. Kc2
Bc7 66. Be4 Be8 67. Rg1 Kg7 68. Raa1 Bd8 69. Rh1 Rb4 70. Bd5
a4 71. bxa4 Raxa4 72. Rxa4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.16"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Na3 Bxa3 6. bxa3
O-O 7. Qc2 b5 8. Ng5 c6 9. Bb2 Re8 10. O-O h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6
12. Qh7+ Kf8 13. Ne4 Qg6 14. Qxg6 fxg6 15. Nd6 Rd8 16. Nxb5 a6
17. Nc3 Rxd2 18. Ne4 Rxe2 19. Nd6 Bd7 20. Nxc4 Rc2 21. Ne5 Be8
22. Rfd1 Rc5 23. f4 Ke7 24. a4 Nd7 25. Nxc6+ Kf6 26. Nb4 Ra7
27. Rd6 a5 28. Nd3 Rc3 29. f5 gxf5 30. Nf4 Kf7 31. Rxe6 Nf6
32. Rae1 Rc2 33. Rxf6+ Kxf6 34. Rxe8 g5 35. Nd5+ Kf7 36. Re5
Rxa2 37. Rxf5+ Ke6 38. Bh3 Kd6 39. Nc3 Ra1+ 40. Kf2 Re7
41. Rd5+ Kc6 42. Rxa5 Rc1 43. Ne2 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.16"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. b3 c5 8. Bb2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Nc3 Qc7
12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qh4
Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 f5 18. Qf6+ Kg8 19. Qg5+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.16"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Boris T Vladimirov"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Bf5 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 Bb4 6.Bd3 Bxd3
7.Qxd3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c6 9.Ne2 O-O 10.O-O Nd7 11.Ng3 b5 12.f3
Nb6 13.e4 Re8 14.Rae1 Nc4 15.Re2 g6 16.Rfe1 Qd6 17.Nh1 Re6
18.Nf2 Rae8 19.Ng4 R6e7 20.g3 Kg7 21.Nf2 Qa3 22.Ra1 a5 23.g4
h6 24.h4 Nb2 25.Qd2 b4 26.g5 hxg5 27.hxg5 f5 28.e5 bxc3 29.Qf4
c5 30.Ng4 Qa4 31.Nf6 Qxd4+ 32.Qxd4 cxd4 33.Rh2 Rh8 34.Rxh8
Kxh8 35.f4 Re6 36.Kf2 Rxf6 37.exf6 d3 38.cxd3 Nxd3+ 39.Ke3 Nb4
40.Rh1+ Kg8 41.Kd4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.16"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 d6 6.c3 Be7 7.d4 b5
8.Bc2 O-O 9.O-O Bg4 10.Rd1 Nd7 11.Be3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Bg5 13.Nd2
Bxe3 14.fxe3 Qg5 15.Qf2 Nf6 16.Re1 Qg6 17.Rac1 Ne7 18.Nf3 Rae8
19.Nh4 Qh6 20.Rcd1 g5 21.Nf3 Ng6 22.Nd2 Kg7 23.Rf1 Ng4 24.Qg3
Qh4 25.Rf3 exd4 26.exd4 f5 27.exf5 Qxg3 28.Rxg3 Ne3 29.Rxe3
Rxe3 30.fxg6 hxg6 31.h3 Rfe8 32.Kf1 Rb8 33.Nf3 b4 34.Kf2 Rbe8
35.Ne5 R3xe5 36.dxe5 bxc3 37.exd6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.16"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladislav Shiyanovsky"]
[Black "Abram Khasin"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6
7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 c6 10.e3 O-O 11.Nf3 Re8 12.Bd3
Bf5 13.O-O Nd7 14.Bxf5 Qxf5 15.Nd2 Nf6 16.b4 Re6 17.Rac1 Rae8
18.Qc2 Qh5 19.Qd1 Qf5 20.Qc2 Qh5 21.Qd1 Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.19"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris T Vladimirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Na6 6.e4 Bg4 7.Bxc4
e6 8.O-O Nb4 9.Be3 Be7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nc2
13.Rad1 Nxe3 14.fxe3 Qa5 15.Qe2 Rad8 16.Ba2 e5 17.Rf5 g6
18.Rxe5 Qc7 19.Rg5 Kg7 20.e5 Ne8 21.Rg3 f6 22.exf6 Nxf6 23.Rf3
Nh5 24.Ne4 Rxf3 25.Qxf3 Rf8 26.Qg4 Bd6 27.Nxd6 Qxd6 28.Qe6
Qxe6 29.Bxe6 Re8 30.d5 Nf6 31.d6 Kf8 32.Bc4 Rd8 33.b3 Kg7
34.g4 Ne4 35.d7 Nc5 36.b4 Rxd7 37.Rxd7+ Nxd7 38.Kf2 Kf6 39.h4
h6 40.Be2 Nb6 41.a5 Nd5 42.b5 c5 43.Bf3 Ke5 44.b6 axb6 45.axb6
g5 46.hxg5 hxg5 47.Ke2 c4 48.Kd2 Kd6 49.Bh1 Kc5 50.Bf3 Nxb6
51.Bxb7 Kb4 52.Bf3 Kb3 53.Bd1+ Kb2 54.e4 Nd7 55.Ke3 Kc3 56.e5
Nxe5 57.Ke4 Kd2 58.Ba4 Nd3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.19"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6
7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 Nd7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5
12. Be3 Be6 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. Rad1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.19"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Aivars Gipslis"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2
Nf6 8.O-O Be7 9.Bg5 O-O 10.Kh1 d6 11.f4 Bd7 12.Nb3 Rad8 13.Qe2
h6 14.Bh4 Nh7 15.Bxe7 Nxe7 16.a4 Rc8 17.a5 Rfd8 18.Rf2 Nf6
19.e5 Ne8 20.Kg1 Bc6 21.Bh3 Nd5 22.f5 Nxc3 23.bxc3 Bb5 24.Qh5
exf5 25.Bxf5 dxe5 26.Bxc8 Rxc8 27.Re1 Nf6 28.Qxe5 Qxe5 29.Rxe5
Ng4 30.Rxb5 axb5 31.Rf5 Rxc3 32.Rc5 b4 33.Rxc3 bxc3 34.Nc5 Ne3
35.Kf2 Nxc2 36.Ke2 Nb4 37.Nxb7 Kf8 38.Nc5 Ke7 39.a6 c2 40.Kd2
Nc6 41.Nb3 Kd6 42.Nd4 Kc7 43.Nf5 g6 44.Nxh6 Nd4 45.Nxf7 Nf3+
46.Kxc2 Nxh2 47.Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.19"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6
7.Nf3 Bd7 8.Bd3 Bc6 9.c3 Nd7 10.Qe2 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rad1 Nf6
13.c4 Bxe4 14.Bxe4 c6 15.Bb1 Qc7 16.Ne5 Rad8 17.Rd3 c5 18.dxc5
Qxc5 19.b3 Rxd3 20.Nxd3 Qc7 21.Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.19"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 Nge7 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Re1
e5 8.Nc3 d6 9.Nd2 O-O 10.Nc4 Be6 11.a4 Qd7 12.Nd5 Rac8 13.c3
f5 14.Be3 Bf7 15.f4 b6 16.Qb3 Rb8 17.Qb5 Be8 18.exf5 Nxf5
19.Bf2 Qd8 20.Qb3 Kh8 21.Qc2 Qd7 22.Qe2 Bf7 23.Qe4 Rbc8
24.fxe5 Nxe5 25.Nxe5 Bxe5 26.Qg4 Be6 27.Nf4 Bb3 28.Nd5 Qf7
29.Nf4 Rc7 30.Rf1 g5 31.Qxg5 Rg8 32.Qh5 Bxf4 33.Qxf7 Rxf7
34.gxf4 Rfg7 35.Bg3 Nxg3 36.hxg3 Rxg3 37.Rf2 Bd5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.19"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5
dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d5
11. Bf4 c6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Rhe1 O-O-O 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. Bxd6
Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.19"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Vladislav Shiyanovsky"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Be2 b5
8.Bxb5 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 Qa5+ 10.Nc3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qxb5 12.Nd2 c4
13.Nf1 Nd7 14.Ne3 Qb2 15.O-O Qxc3 16.Re1 Nb6 17.Qf3 Bb7 18.Nf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.19"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Lein"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be3 c6 7.Qd2
Nbd7 8.e5 Ng4 9.Bg1 c5 10.exd6 cxd4 11.Bxd4 e5 12.Nxe5 Ndxe5
13.Bxe5 Nxe5 14.fxe5 Bxe5 15.O-O-O Be6 16.Kb1 Qb6 17.Qd3 a6
18.Re1 Qa5 19.Kc1 Rac8 20.d7 Bf4+ 21.Kd1 Bxd7 22.Qf3 Bh6
23.Bd3 Rxc3 24.bxc3 Qg5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.19"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Yury Isakovich Kots"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. Kh1 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bd2 Nd7
12. f4 Nc5 13. Rae1 d5 14. exd5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bf5 16. Qf3 cxd5
17. Rf2 e6 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Be1 Rc6 20. Nd1 Qc7 21. c3 Be4
22. Qe2 f5 23. b3 Bf6 24. Rf1 g5 25. Bd2 gxf4 26. Bxf4 e5
27. Bh6 Bg7 28. Bxg7 Qxg7 29. Rf2 f4 30. c4 f3 31. gxf3 Rxf3
32. Rxf3 Qg4 33. Rcc3 Rg6 34. Qf1 d4 35. Rcd3 Kh8 36. Nc3 dxc3
37. c5 c2 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Rdf8 Bxf3+ 40. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.19"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Abram Khasin"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 Qb6
7.Nb3 e6 8.Qf3 Be7 9.O-O-O a6 10.Qg3 Bd7 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Qxg7
Rg8 13.Qh6 Ng4 14.Qxh7 O-O-O 15.Qh3 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 d5 17.Kb1 d4
18.Nxd4 Bc5 19.Nxe6 Bxe3 20.Nxc7 Bxf2 21.N7d5 Be6 22.g3 Rh8
23.Be2 Rdg8 24.Nf4 Rh6 25.Rdf1 Bc5 26.Ncd5 Bd6 27.Nxe6 fxe6
28.Nf6 Rgh8 29.Ng4 Rg6 30.Rd1 Bc7 31.Rhf1 Ne5 32.Nxe5 Bxe5
33.Rf2 Rgh6 34.Bc4 b5 35.Bb3 Kb8 36.a4 bxa4 37.Bc4 Rxh2
38.Rxh2 Rxh2 39.g4 Rh3 40.Ka2 Re3 41.Bxe6 Rxe4 42.Bf5 Re3
43.g5 a3 44.bxa3 Rf3 45.Bd3 Rg3 46.g6 Kc7 47.Re1 Bd6 48.Re4 a5
49.Rc4+ Kd7 50.Kb3 Rg5 51.Rh4 Kc6 52.Rc4+ Bc5 53.Rf4 Bd6
54.Be4+ Kb6 55.Rf6 Kc7 56.Rf5 a4+ 57.Kc4 Rg4 58.Rf7+ Kb6
59.Rf6 Kc7 60.Kd5 Bxa3 61.Rc6+ Kd8 62.Ra6 Ke7 63.Rxa4 Rg5+
64.Kc4 Bd6 65.Ra6 Ke6 66.Bd3 Rg4+ 67.Kb5 Rg5+ 68.Kc6 Be5
69.Bc4+ Kf6 70.Kd7+ Kg7 71.Bd3 Bd4 72.Rd6 Bc3 73.Rc6 Bf6
74.Rc7 Kh6 75.Ke6 Bg7 76.Rc4 Rh5 77.Kf7 Rh1 78.Kg8 Rh5 79.Kf7
Rh1 80.Re4 Rh5 81.Re3 Rh2 82.Bf5 1-0

