[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.11"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.14"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. e4 c6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bc1 f5 12. Bg5
Qe8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Re1 e4 16. Nh4 Nge5 17. f4
h6 18. Nxf5 Rxf5 19. Nxe4 Qf8 20. Nd6 Rxg5 21. fxg5 hxg5
22. Rf1 Qe7 23. Nf5 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Nf6 25. Nxg7 Neg4 26. Rxf6
Kxg7 27. Rf1 Be6 28. Qe2 Rh8 29. h3 Ne3 30. b4 Qe5 31. Rae1
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.12"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3
Qa5 8.Bd2 c4 9.a4 Bd7 10.g3 Bc6 11.Bh3 Nd7 12.O-O Nb6 13.Nh4
Nxa4 14.f4 g6 15.f5 exf5 16.g4 O-O-O 17.gxf5 gxf5 18.Nxf5 Nxf5
19.Bxf5+ Kb8 20.Bh3 Rdf8 21.Kh1 Rhg8 22.Qh5 Qc7 23.Rf6 Nc5
24.dxc5 d4 25.Rf3 f6 26.e6 Qe5 27.Bg4 f5 28.Bh3 Qe2 29.Bf4+
Ka8 30.Rf1 Rg4 0-1

[Event "US OPEN"]
[Site "Boston, MA USA"]
[Date "1944.08.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "Arnaldo Vasconcellos"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nd7 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Ne7
7. O-O Nc6 8. Bf4 Qc7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Re1 Qb6 11. Bg3 Qxb2
12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. e6 Nf6 15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. Bh4
Nb4 17. Ne5+ Kf8 18. Bxf6 Nxd3 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Rxb7+ Be7
21. Qh5 Rf8 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Ng6+ hxg6 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qxg6+
Kh8 26. Rbxe7 1-0

[Event "cr"]
[Site "cr"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "A Davis"]
[Black "Claude Fred Tears"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.d4 Bb4+
7.c3 Be7 8.Nxf7 Kxf7 9.Qf3+ Ke6 10.O-O Bf8 11.Nd2 Ne7 12.Ne4
h6 13.dxe5 Ng6 14.Nd6 Ne7 15.Qg4+ Nf5 16.Qxf5+ Ke7 17.Qf7# 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1945.07.01"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2
Bd7 8.Nde2 a6 9.O-O b5 10.a3 Qc7 11.h3 Be7 12.Kh1 O-O 13.g4
Kh8 14.Ng3 b4 15.axb4 Nxb4 16.g5 Ng8 17.f4 Bc6 18.Nce2 Bb5
19.Bd2 d5 20.Bc3 dxe4 21.Nh5 f6 22.Nxg7 Bxe2 23.Qxe2 Kxg7
24.Bxe4 Nd5 25.Qh5 Rfd8 26.Rg1 Bc5 27.gxf6+ Kf8 28.Rxg8+ Kxg8
29.Bxh7+ Kf8 30.Qg6 Nxf6 31.Qxf6+ Qf7 32.Qh6+ Ke7 33.Qg5+ Kd7
34.Qxc5 Qxh7 35.Rd1+ Ke8 36.Qc6+ Kf8 37.Bb4+ Kf7 38.Qc7+ Kg6
39.f5+ Kh6 40.Qf4+ Kg7 41.Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1945.06.??"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Ilia Abramovich Kan"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. d4 g5 6. h4 g4
7. Ng5 d5 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. Bc4 Ng3 10. Bxf7+ Kf8 11. Be6 Qe7
12. d5 Nxh1 13. Qxg4 h6 14. Ne4 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Nc6 16. Bxf4 Qg7
17. Bxd6+ cxd6 18. Qf4+ Ke8 19. Nbc3 Rf8 20. Qe3 Qd4 21. Qxd4
Nxd4 22. O-O-O Nf2 23. Nxd6+ Ke7 24. Rxd4 Rad8 25. Ndb5 a6
26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nc7 Rd4 28. N3d5+ Kd6 29. c3 Re4 30. e7 Ng4
31. e8=Q Rxe8 32. Nxe8+ Kxd5 33. Kd2 Ke5 34. Ng7 Nf6 35. Ke3
Nd5+ 36. Kf3 1-0

[Event "USSR Ch semi-final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Victor Andreevich Vasiliev"]
[Black "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 Nxe4 6.Qe2 f5 7.d5
Nb4 8.O-O Nxd5 9.Nxe5 Bc5 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Nxg6 Ndf6 12.Qf5 hxg6
13.Qxg6+ Ke7 14.Bg5 Nxg5 15.Qxg5 d5 16.Qg7+ Kd6 17.Nc3 Rg8
18.Qh6 Ke7 19.Rae1+ Kf7 20.Nxd5 Qxd5 21.Bb3 Rxg2+ 22.Kh1 Be6
23.Bxd5 Bxd5 24.f3 Rag8 25.Qh3 R2g5 26.Rd1 c6 27.c4 Bxc4
28.Rd7+ Nxd7 29.Qxd7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Abram Borisovich Poliak"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. Na4 Bb6 6. Nxb6
axb6 7. d4 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bb5 exd4 10. Qxd4 Nf6 11. Bg5 O-O
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nd2 c5 14. Qc3 Nd5 15. Qg3 f6 16. Bh6 Qe7
17. O-O Nb4 18. a3 Nxc2 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. Qxc2
Rg8 22. g3 Rae8 23. Rfe1 Bf7 24. Qd3 Re5 25. Nf3 Rh5 26. Kh2
Be6 27. Ng1 Bxh3 28. Nxh3 Qg4 29. Kg1 Qxh3 30. Qf3 Qh2+
31. Kf1 Qh1+ 32. Ke2 Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Re8 34. Kf4 Rhe5 35. Re3
h5 36. a4 Ra8 37. Rea3 Ra5 38. f3 Kg7 39. Rd1 Kg6 40. Rd5 Ra8
41. Rxe5 fxe5+ 42. Ke3 Kg5 43. Ra1 Ra5 44. Ra3 Kf6 45. f4 b5
46. axb5 Rxb5 47. b3 Rb4 48. Ra7 Rxb3+ 49. Kf2 h4 50. gxh4
exf4 51. Rxc7 Rh3 52. Rd7 Ke5 53. Re7+ Kd4 54. Re6 c4
55. Rxd6+ Kxe4 56. Re6+ Kd3 57. Rd6+ Kc3 58. Rh6 Kd2 59. Rd6+
Kc2 60. Rd4 c3 61. Rxf4 Kd2 62. Kg2 Rd3 63. Rf2+ Kc1 64. h5 c2
65. Rf6 Kd2 66. Rf2+ Kc3 0-1

[Event "USSR - USA Radio Match"]
[Site "Moscow RUS and New York USA"]
[Date "1945.09.03"]
[EventDate "1945.09.01"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[Black "Reuben Fine"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bd7 6. Nc3 g6
7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Ne7 11. c5 Nc8
12. Be3 O-O 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Rad1 Be8 15. f4 f5 16. exf5 gxf5
17. Rfe1 dxc5 18. Qf2 Nd6 19. Bxc5 Qd8 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4
Qf6 22. Bb3+ Kh8 23. Qxf6+ Rxf6 24. Re7 Rc8 25. Rde1 Bg6
26. R1e6 Rxe6 27. Bxe6 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Na4 Kg7 30. Nc5
a5 31. Kf2 Bf7 32. Bxf7 Kxf7 33. b3 h5 34. g3 Ke7 35. Ke3 Nb5
36. Nb7 c5 37. Nxa5 Kd6 38. Nc4+ Kd5 39. Kd3 Nd6 40. Nxd6 cxd6
41. a3 1-0

[Event "JUG-ch Novi Sad ;HCL 45"]
[Site "JUG-ch Novi Sad ;HCL 45"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Petar Trifunovic"]
[Black "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

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.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Nd2 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Bg4
13.f3 Be6 14.Qc1 Nd7 15.Qa3 c5 16.d4 f6 17.Bf2 cxd4 18.cxd4 c5
19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Rfd1 Qc7 22.Nf1 Rfd8 23.Ne3 c4
24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.Rxd5 Rxd5 26.exd5 Qb6+ 27.Kf1 Qd4 28. Rb1 Qxd5
29.Qe7 Rf8 30.Qxa7 Rf7 31.Qe3 Qd4 32.Rb8+ Rf8 33.Qxd4 exd4
34.Rb4 Rc8 35.a4 Kf7 36.a5 Ke6 37.a6 Kd5 38.a7 Ra8 39.Rb7 Kc6
40.Rf7 Kb5 41.Ke2 f5 42.Rxf5+ Kb4 43.Rf7 Kc3 44.Kd1 h5 45.Rb7
d3 46.cxd3 Kxd3 47.Rd7+ Ke3 48.Re7+ Kd3 49.h4 gxh4 50.f4 h3
51.gxh3 Rg8 52.f5 c3 53.Rd7+ Kc4 54.f6 Rg1+ 55.Kc2 Rg2+ 56.Kc1
Ra2 57.f7 Ra1+ 58.Kc2 Ra2+ 59.Kb1 1-0

[Event "Kazan ch"]
[Site "Kazan ch"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "P Ermolin"]
[ECO "B71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4 Bg7 7.e5
dxe5 8.fxe5 Nd5 9.Bb5+ Kf8 10.O-O Bxe5 11.Bh6+ Kg8 12.Nxd5
Qxd5 13.Nf5 Qc5+ 14.Be3 Qc7 15.Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1946.08.30"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5
7.Bg5 c5 8.f3 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.e3 O-O 11.Ne2 Re8 12.Kf2 Qe7
13.Qd2 Nd7 14.Nf4 Nf6 15.Bd3 Bd7 16.h3 Qd6 17.Rhb1 b6 18.Bf1
Re7 19.a4 Rae8 20.Re1 c4 21.g4 g5 22.Ne2 Rxe3 23.Ng3 Qxg3+
24.Kxg3 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1946.09.02"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daniel Abraham Yanofsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4
Nc6 14.d5 Nb4 15.Bb1 a5 16.Nf1 Bd7 17.Bd2 Rfc8 18.Bxb4 axb4
19.Bd3 Bd8 20.Qd2 Qa5 21.Ne3 b3 22.a3 Qa4 23.Nd1 b4 24.Ne3
bxa3 25.Rxa3 Nxe4 26.Qd1 Qb4 27.Rxb3 Qa4 28.Bc2 Nc5 29.Rc3 Qb4
30.Qb1 g6 31.Rc4 Qb7 32.b4 Na6 33.Rxc8 Rxc8 34.Bd3 Nxb4 35.Re2
Ba5 36.Rb2 Rb8 37.Nd2 Qa7 38.Ndc4 Qc5 39.Nxa5 Qxa5 40.Nc2 Nxd3
41.Rxb8+ Kg7 42.Ne3 Qd2 43.Qf1 Nc5 44.Qd1 Qc3 45.Rb6 Ba4
46.Qf3 Qe1+ 47.Kh2 f5 48.Rxd6 f4 49.Nf5+ Kf7 50.Qg4 Ne4 51.Qh4
gxf5 52.Qxh7+ Ke8 53.Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Black "Igor Bondarevsky"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.d4 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qd3
Bb4 8.O-O-O Bxc3 9.Qxc3 d6 10.g3 Nd7 11.Bg2 O-O-O 12.Rhe1 Kb8
13.e4 e5 14.d5 g6 15.Re2 Qe7 16.Ne1 f5 17.Nd3 fxe4 18.Bxe4 Nc5
19.Nxc5 bxc5 20.Rd3 Qd7 21.Qa5 a6 22.b4 cxb4 23.Rb2 Ka7
24.Rxb4 Ra8 25.c5 dxc5 26.Qxc5+ Kb8 27.Rdb3 Ra7 28.Qxa7+ Kxa7
29.Rxb7+ Ka8 30.d6 1-0

[Event "47th US Open"]
[Site "Pittsburgh, PA USA"]
[Date "1946.07.18"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Herbert Seidman"]
[Black "Walter Shipman"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d5 9.d3 d4 10.cxd4 Bg4 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.d4 Bxf3
13.gxf3 Qxd4 14.Rd1 Qb6 15.f4 Nc6 16.e5 Ne8 17.Nc3 Nd4 18.Rxd4
Qxd4 19.Be3 Qd7 20.Rd1 Qf5 21.Nd5 Bd8 22.Bc5 c6 23.Bc2 Qh3
24.Nc3 Nc7 25.Bxf8 Kxf8 26.Qe4 c5 27.Rd3 Qh4 28.Qc6 c4 29.Rd7
Rc8 30.Ne4 Qg4+ 31.Kf1 Qxf4 32.Qd6+ Ke8 33.Nc5 Qc1+ 34.Bd1 Qg5
35.e6 fxe6 36.Nxe6 Nxe6 37.Qxe6+ Be7 38.Bg4 Qc1+ 39.Kg2 Qg5
40.Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Estoril (04)"]
[Site "Estoril POR"]
[Date "1946.01.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francisco Lupi"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. d3 d5 6. a3
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Re8 8. f4 dxe4 9. d4 Nd5 10. c4 Ne7 11. Be2 Nf5
12. c3 Qh4+ 13. Kf1 e3 14. Qe1 Qxf4+ 15. Kg1 Nxd4 16. cxd4
Qxd4 17. Rb1 Qxe5 18. Bb2 Qf5 19. Rd1 Nc6 20. Rd5 Qc2 21. Ba1
Bf5 22. Bd1 Qb1 0-1

[Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Grigory Abramovich Goldberg"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 d4 4. b4 a5 5. b5 e5 6. d3 Bb4+
7. Nd2 Nf6 8. Nh3 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 h6 11. Nb3 Nc5
12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. f4 e4 14. Nf2 e3 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Qd6
17. Qb3 Bg4 18. Bf3 h5 19. Bxg4 hxg4 20. f5 g5 21. f6 Qe5
22. Ba3 Bxa3 23. Qxa3 Rfe8 24. c5 Kh7 25. c6 b6 26. Rac1 Rad8
27. Qa1 Kg6 28. Qa3 Rd6 29. Qa1 Rh8 30. Qa2 Rdd8 0-1

[Event "Canadian Championship, Quebec City (CAN)"]
[Site "Quebec CAN"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daniel Abraham Yanofsky"]
[Black "Jules Therien"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne5 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qe2 b6
12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Nd7 Rfd8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qg4+
Kh8 17. Qh4 f5 18. Nf6 Kg7 19. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "Hague NLD/Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1948.04.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 {Notes by International Grandmaster Raymond Keene from
"Battle of Bonn", ISBN-13: 978-1-906661-01-4, 2008. ---
Traditionally, the title of world champion is decided by a
mano a mano battle between the world's two top players. This
format was recognised even in the early matches between
Staunton and St Amant and Morphy and Anderssen which predate
the widely accepted year [1886] from which the Championship
officially emanates. The sole expection to this rule hitherto
was 1948 when Alekhine's death as incumbent caused an
interregnum which necessitated a five man match tournament to
decide the destination of the title. The Soviet iron man
Mikhail Botvinnik won easily, ahead of Vassily Smyslov, Paul
Keres, Sammy Reshevsky and in last place the former world
champion Dr Max Euwe. Botvinnik raced away with the tournament
making a clear plus score against all his rivals. He
considered the following to be his best game.} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6
3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4
c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 Qb6 13.fxg7 Bxg7 14.O-O Nc5
15.Bf4 Bb7 16.Re1 Rd8 17.Rc1 Rd5 18.Be5 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 Rxe5
20.Nxe5 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 f6 22.Qg3 fxe5 23.Qg7 Rf8 24.Rc7 Qxc7
25.Qxc7 Bd5 26.Qxe5 d3 27.Qe3 Bc4 28.b3 Rf7 29.f3 Rd7 30.Qd2
e5 31.bxc4 bxc4 32.Kf2 Kf7 33.Ke3 Ke6 34.Qb4 Rc7 35.Kd2 Rc6
36.a4 {Black resigns. Almost 60 years after this game was
played, eight grandmasters assembled in Mexico City where they
were once again to decide the undisputed World Championship by
means of a tournament. This circumstance reflected the
resolution of the schism that had arisen in the chess world in
1993 and also the confusion surrounding Kasparov’s retirement
from world chess. The chosen ones were: world champion
Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler, Alexander
Morozevich, Peter Leko, Alexander Grischuk, Lev Aronian and
Boris Gelfand. From this crucible, Anand emerged victorious,
and FIDE claimed that from 2008, the Championship would revert
to its traditional match format.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "Hague NLD/Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1948.04.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Bd3
O-O 8.Ne2 b6 9.e4 Ne8 10.Be3 d6 11.O-O Na5 12.Ng3 Ba6 13.Qe2
Qd7 14.f4 f5 15.Rae1 g6 16.Rd1 Qf7 17.e5 Rc8 18.Rfe1 dxe5
19.dxe5 Ng7 20.Nf1 Rfd8 21.Bf2 Nh5 22.Bg3 Qe8 23.Ne3 Qa4
24.Qa2 Nxg3 25.hxg3 h5 26.Be2 Kf7 27.Kf2 Qb3 28.Qxb3 Nxb3
29.Bd3 Ke7 30.Ke2 Na5 31.Rd2 Rc7 32.g4 Rcd7 33.gxf5 gxf5
34.Red1 h4 35.Ke1 Nb3 36.Nd5+ exd5 37.Bxf5 Nxd2 38.Rxd2 dxc4
39.Bxd7 Rxd7 40.Rf2 Ke6 41.Rf3 Rd3 42.Ke2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "The Hague NED"]
[Date "1948.03.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Re8
7.Ne2 e5 8.Ng3 d6 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O c5 11.f3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nb6
13.Bb2 exd4 14.e4 Be6 15.Rc1 Re7 16.Qxd4 Qc7 17.c5 dxc5
18.Rxc5 Qf4 19.Bc1 Qb8 20.Rg5 Nbd7 21.Rxg7+ Kxg7 22.Nh5+ Kg6
23.Qe3 1-0

[Event "Portsmouth"]
[Site "Portsmouth"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maczynski"]
[Black "Wilfred Henry Pratten"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Bb6
7. b4 Bg4 8. a4 a5 9. b5 Nd8 10. Ba3 f6 11. Ra2 Ne6 12. dxe5
fxe5 13. Qd5 Bxf3 14. Qxb7 Qg5 15. Qxa8+ Ke7 16. g3 Nf4
17. Re1 Qh5 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Qxh8 Qxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Ng4+ 21. Kg1
Nh3+ 22. Kf1 Nh2# 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Siff"]
[Black "Isaac Kashdan"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Bf4 c6 8. h3 O-O 9. e3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Nf8 12. Ne5
Bd6 13. O-O Ne6 14. Bh2 g6 15. Nf3 Ng7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Rfc1
Bf5 18. Nd2 Re7 19. b4 Rae8 20. Rab1 Bxh3 21. gxh3 Rxe3
22. Bf1 Nf5 23. fxe3 Qg3+ 24. Bg2 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Ng3+ 26. Kh2
Qf4 27. Nf3 Re2 28. Nxe2 Nxe2+ 29. Kh1 Nh5 30. Qd2 Nhg3+
31. Kh2 Nf1+ 32. Kh1 Qh2+ 33. Nxh2 Nfg3# 0-1

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Georgy Lisitsin"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qc2 Nd7 5.g3 Bd6 6.Bg2 f5 7.O-O
Ngf6 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Nc3 a6 10.Bf4 Bxf4 11.gxf4 O-O 12.Na4 Nb6
13.Nc5 Qd6 14.Ne5 Rb8 15.a4 Na8 16.a5 Bd7 17.Rfc1 Bb5 18.e3
Rfc8 19.Ra3 Rc7 20.Rc3 Qe7 21.Bf1 Bxf1 22.Kxf1 Rbc8 23.Qb3 Ne8
24.Nxb7 Rxb7 25.Qxb7 Qxb7 26.Rxc8 Kf8 27.Rb8 Qe7 28.Rxa8 g6
29.Rcc8 Kg7 30.Rxe8 Qc7 31.Rec8 Qb7 32.Rab8 Qa7 33.Rh8 Qe7
34.Rbg8+ Kh6 35.Rxg6+ Kh5 36.Rg3 Kh4 37.Nf3+ Kh5 38.Rhg8 1-0

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

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

[Event "Lucerne"]
[Site "SUI"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Braslav Rabar"]
[Black "Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.Qd2
c5 8.d5 Re8 9.g4 Nf8 10.Bh6 Bh8 11.h4 N6d7 12.h5 Qa5 13.hxg6
hxg6 14.Rc1 Nf6 15. Qh2 N8h7 16.Be2 Qb6 17.Rc2 e5 18.Nh3 Bg7
19.Ng5 Nxg5 20.Bxg7 Nfh7 21.Bf6 1-0

[Event "Pacific Northwest Championship"]
[Site "Tacoma, WA USA"]
[Date "1949.04.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Arthur William Dake"]
[Black "Jim Schmitt"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. d5 Nb8 10. Nf3 e6 11. Bc5 Re8 12. d6
N6d7 13. Ba3 cxd6 14. Bxd6 Qb6 15. Qd2 e5 16. Bc4 exf4
17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Bled it"]
[Site "SLO"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andrija Fuderer"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Bb4 5.O-O Nge7 6.c3 Ba5 7.d4
exd4 8.b4 Bb6 9.cxd4 O-O 10.d5 Na7 11.Na3 c5 12.d6 Ng6 13.Nc4
cxb4 14.Bg5 f6 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16.Be3 Qd8 17.e5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5
fxe5 19.f4 e4 20.f5 Nc6 21.Qd5+ Kh8 22.f6 gxf6 23.Bb3 b5
24.Rf4 Bb7 25.Rh4 f5 26.Rh6 Kg7 27.Rf1 Rf6 28. Rxf5 Rxh6
29.Bxh6+ Kh8 30.Qf7 Qb6+ 31.Kh1 Qd4 32.Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "FRG-ch01 corr5052"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lothar Schmid"]
[Black "Kurt Gumprich"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nf6 7.Nbd2
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 Be8 10.Bb3 Nd7 11.Nf1 Kh8 12.Ne3 f6 13.Be6
Nb6 14.Nd5 Nc8 15.Nh4 Bd7 16.Qg4 Bxe6 17.Qxe6 exd4 18.Rd1 g6
19.cxd4 Nb6 20.Rd3 Kg7 21.Rh3 Nxd5 22.Bh6+ Kxh6 23.Nf5+ Kg5
24.exd5 Ne5 25.f4+ Kxf4 26.Rf1+ Kg5 27.Rxh7 Qd7 28.Ne3 Nf3+
29.Rxf3 Qxe6 30.h4# 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Vladimir Alatortsev"]
[ECO "C35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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

[Event "Budapest HUN ch"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Laszlo Szabo"]
[Black "Karoly Honfi"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nc3
O-O 8.e4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 e5 10.Bg5 Qe7 11.Re1 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bg4 13.h3
Bxf3 14.Qxf3 exd4 15.e5 Bxe5 16.Ne4 Qd8 17.Qf5 Nbd7 18.f4 g6
19.Qxe5 Nxe5 20.Nxf6+ Kh8 21.fxe5 Qc7 22.Re4 h5 23.Rae1 Kg7
24.e6 fxe6 25.Rxe6 Rf7 26.Ne8+ 1-0

[Event "Antwerpen"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arthur Dunkelblum"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4
a6 7. Qc2 c5 8. Nf3 b5 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. dxc5 Bb7
12. O-O Rc8 13. Qb3 Bxc5 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Nc3 Nf6
17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Be1 Rc7 19. Rd3 Ng4 20. Rad1 Qa8 21. Rd7
Nxf2 22. Bxf2 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qa7+ 24. R7d4 e5 25. Nd5 Rd7
26. Qe3 exd4 27. Rxd4 Rfd8 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nc6 Qc5 30. Rxd7
Qxe3+ 31. Kxe3 Rxd7 32. Nb4 a5 0-1

[Event "Baku"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.g3 exd4 6.Nxd4 g6 7.Bg2
Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.b3 Nc5 10. b4 Ne6 11.Nb3 Nd7 12. Bb2 Ne5
13.Na5 Nd4 14. Na4 c5 15.a3 Bg4 16.Bxd4 cxd4 17.h3 Be6 18.c5
b5 19.cxb6 axb6 20.Bxa8 Qxa8 21.Nxb6 Qa6 22.Na4 Bxh3 23.Rc1 d3
24.exd3 Qa8 25.f3 Ng4 26.Nc4 Bd4+ 27.Kh1 Qd5 28.Rc2 Bxf1 0-1

[Event "New York, USA Ch"]
[Site "New York, USA Ch"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Israel Albert Horowitz"]
[Black "Max Pavey"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Qc2 Be4 8. Qb3 d5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. cxd5 Bxf3 11. exf3 exd5
12. Be3 Na5 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Rad1 c6 15. h3 Ne8 16. f4 Nd6
17. g4 f5 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Bc1 g6 20. g5 Nf7 21. Qa4 Rfd8
22. h4 Nd6 23. Kg2 Ne4 24. h5 Bf8 25. Rh1 Nxc3 26. bxc3 Nc4
27. Rh4 Re8 28. Rdh1 Kf7 29. Qd1 Bg7 30. R1h3 Qe6 31. Rh1 b5
32. Qg1 a5 33. a3 a4 34. Qh2 Rh8 35. Qg1 Rce8 36. Qd1 Qd6
37. Qd3 Kg8 38. Qb1 Re6 39. Qa2 Qe7 40. Qa1 Re1 41. Rxe1 Qxe1
42. Rh1 Qe7 43. Qb1 Kf7 44. h6 Bf8 45. Qd3 Qd7 46. Re1 Bxa3
47. Bxa3 Nxa3 48. Qd1 Re8 49. Rh1 Qe6 50. Kg3 Nc4 51. Qc2 Re7
52. Ra1 Qd6 53. Qc1 Na5 54. Qc2 Ke8 55. Rb1 Kd8 56. Qc1 Kc7
57. Qc2 Qa3 58. Kg2 Nc4 59. Kg3 Nd6 60. Qd2 Re6 61. Kg2 Nc4
62. Qc2 Qe7 63. Qc1 Na5 64. Kg3 Nb3 65. Qd1 b4 66. Qc2 Re1
67. Rxb3 axb3 68. Qxb3 Rg1+ 69. Kh2 Qe1 70. Qc2 Qxc3 71. Qe2
Re1 72. Qa2 Ra1 73. Qe2 Qe1 74. Qc2 Qc1 75. Qe2 Qxf4+ 76. Kh3
Qxf3+ 77. Qxf3 Ra3 78. Kh4 Rxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Zak"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.g3 c5 6.d5 e6 7.Bg2
exd5 8.cxd5 d6 9.O-O Na6 10.Bf4 Nc7 11.a4 b6 12.e4 Nh5 13.Bg5
f6 14.Be3 f5 15.Bg5 Qd7 16.exf5 Qxf5 17.Qd2 Bb7 18.Rfe1 Rf7
19.Rad1 Qd7 20.Be3 Nf6 21.Ng5 Re7 22.Bh3 Qe8 23.Ne6 Nxe6
24.Bxe6+ Rxe6 25.dxe6 Qc6 26.Kf1 Qg2+ 27.Ke2 Qf3+ 28.Kf1 Ng4
0-1

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Moscow  (22)"]
[Date "1951.05.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.e3 d5 7.Nge2 c6
8.b3 Ne4 9.O-O Nd7 10.Bb2 Ndf6 11.Qd3 g5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.f3
Nxc3 14.Bxc3 g4 15.fxg4 Nxg4 16.Bh3 Nh6 17.Nf4 Bd6 18.b4 a6
19.a4 Qe7 20.Rab1 b5 21.Bg2 Ng4 22.Bd2 Nf6 23.Rb2 Bd7 24.Ra1
Ne4 25.Be1 Rfe8 26.Qb3 Kh8 27.Rba2 Qf8 28.Nd3 Rab8 29.axb5
axb5 30.Ra7 Re7 31.Ne5 Be8 32.g4 fxg4 33.Bxe4 dxe4 34.Bh4 Rxe5
35.dxe5 Bxe5 36.Rf1 Qg8 37.Bg3 Bg7 38.Qxg8+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1951.12.13"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 b6 7.d4 Bb7
8.Bd3 dxc4 9.bxc4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.exd4 Nc6 12.Qe2 Re8
13.Rfd1 Rc8 14.Rac1 Qd6 15.Bb1 Qf4 16.d5 exd5 17.cxd5 Nb8
18.Rd4 Qd6 19.Rcd1 Bf8 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Rxe4 Rxe4 22.Qxe4 Qh6
23.Ng5 Bd6 24.h4 Nd7 25.Qf5 Nf6 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Nxf7 Qc1
28.Qxh7+ Kf8 29.Nxd6 Qxd1+ 30.Kh2 Qxd5 31.Nxb7 Qe5+ 32.g3 Rc7
33.Qh8+ Kf7 34.h5 Rxb7 35.Qh7+ Ke6 36.Qxb7 Qxh5+ 37.Kg2 1-0

[Event "Voronovo"]
[Site "Voronovo"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.d5 e5 11.b3 Bd6 12.O-O O-O 13.a4 b4
14.Ne2 c4 15.bxc4 Nc5 16.Ng3 a5 17.h3 Qc7 18.Nh4 g6 19.Re1 Ne8
20.Bh6 Ng7 21.Re3 f6 22.Nf1 Rf7 23.Nd2 Bd7 24.Bc2 Qd8 25.Nhf3
Ne8 26.Ne1 Nc7 27.Rg3 Kh8 28.Nd3 N7a6 29.h4 Nxd3 30.Bxd3 Nc5
31.Bc2 Qe7 32.Be3 Rc8 33.h5 Rg7 34.hxg6 hxg6 35.Nb3 Nxb3
36.Bxb3 g5 37.Rc1 Bc5 38.Bxc5 Rxc5 39.Rd3 Rh7 40.f3 Qf8 41.Qe1
Kg7 42.Qe3 Qd6 43.Rdd1 Be8 44.Kf2 Bg6 45.Rh1 Rxh1 46.Rxh1 Rc7
47.Ke2 Rc5 48.Kd2 Qb6 49.g3 Qd6 50.Kc1 Qe7 51.Kb2 Qd6 52.Rh2
Qc7 53.Rd2 Qd6 54.Rf2 Qe7 55.Rf1 Bh7 56.Qd2 Qd6 57.f4 Bxe4
58.fxg5 f5 59.Qe3 Qc7 60.Rf2 Rxc4 61.d6 1-0

[Event "olm prel-B"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[Black "Laszlo Szabo"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 cxd4 7.exd4
Be7 8.c5 O-O 9.b4 b6 10.g3 bxc5 11.dxc5 a5 12.Rb1 axb4 13.axb4
Nc6 14.Bg2 Rb8 15.Ba3 Bd7 16.O-O Na7 17.Re1 Ne8 18.Bc1 Bf6
19.Bf4 e5 20.Bd2 d4 21.Nd5 Bc6 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6 23.Bxc6 Qxc6
24.f4 f6 25.Qb3+ Kh8 26.Rf1 Nc7 27.Qc4 Nab5 28.Rbe1 h6 29.g4
Rbe8 30.f5 Qd5 31.Qc1 Kh7 32.Ng3 e4 33.Bf4 e3 34.Qd1 Qc4 35.h4
Nd5 36.g5 d3 37.Qg4 Rg8 38.Nh5 Re4 39.g6 Kh8 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1952.12.09"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[Black "Vladimir Simagin"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bb3 b4 9.Ne2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Ng3 c5 12.e4 Bb7 13.Re1
cxd4 14.Nxd4 Ne5 15.Be3 Nfg4 16.Qe2 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Bh4 18.Qh5
Bxg3 19.hxg3 Ng6 20.Nf3 h6 21.Rad1 Qe7 22.Rd4 a5 23.Red1 Bc6
24.g4 a4 25.Bc4 Rfd8 26.g5 Bxe4 27.gxh6 Bxf3 28.gxf3 Rxd4
29.Rxd4 gxh6 30.Qxh6 Qf6 31.Kg2 Rd8 32.Rxd8+ Qxd8 33.e4 Qd4
34.Qc1 e5 35.Bb5 Nf4+ 36.Kf1 Kg7 37.Be2 Qg1+ 38.Kxg1 Nxe2+
39.Kf2 Nxc1 0-1

[Event "Hastings 1953/54"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.06"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "240"]

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 g6 6.Bf4 Bg7
7.Qd2 O-O 8.Bh6 d5 9.Bxg7 Kxg7 10.O-O-O Bf5 11.Bd3 Bxd3
12.Qxd3 Nc6 13.Rde1 Qd6 14.Kb1 a6 15.Re2 Rae8 16.Rhe1 e6
17.Ne5 Nd7 18.Nf3 Rf5 19.Re3 e5 20.dxe5 Ndxe5 21.Nxe5 Rfxe5
22.Rxe5 Rxe5 23.Rxe5 Qxe5 24.Qxd5 Qxh2 25.Qd7+ Kh6 26.a3 Qd6
27.Qc8 Nd8 28.g4 Kg7 29.b3 c6 30.g5 Qe7 31.Qg4 Nf7 32.Ne4 Qxa3
33.Qe6 Qa5 34.Nd6 Nxd6 35.Qf6+ Kg8 36.Qxd6 Qe1+ 37.Ka2 Qe8
38.Qc7 b5 39.Kb1 Qe1+ 40.Kb2 Qe6 41.b4 Qe4 42.Qd8+ Kf7 43.Qf6+
Ke8 44.Qd6 Qd5 45.Qf6 Kd7 46.Qg7+ Kd6 47.Qf6+ Kc7 48.Qg7+ Qd7
49.Qe5+ Qd6 50.Qg7+ Kb6 51.Qc3 Qe7 52.Qd4+ Kb7 53.c3 Qf7
54.Qh8 Kb6 55.Qd4+ Kb7 56.Qh8 Qd7 57.Ka3 Qe7 58.Qf6 Qc7 59.Kb2
a5 60.bxa5 Qxa5 61.Qe6 Qc7 62.Kb3 Qf4 63.Qd7+ Kb6 64.Qd8+ Kc5
65.Qe7+ Kb6 66.Qd8+ Kc5 67.Qe7+ Kd5 68.Qd7+ Qd6 69.Qg4 Qc5
70.Qd7+ Ke5 71.Qxh7 Kf5 72.Qd7+ Kxg5 73.Qd2+ Kf6 74.Qd8+ Kf7
75.Qc7+ Qe7 76.Qf4+ Kg7 77.Qd4+ Qf6 78.Qe4 Kf7 79.Kb2 Qd6
80.Qf3+ Qf6 81.Qe4 g5 82.Qh7+ Ke6 83.Qe4+ Kd6 84.Qd3+ Kc7
85.Qh7+ Kb6 86.Kc2 Qf4 87.Qe7 Qf2+ 88.Kb3 Qd2 89.Qe8 Qd5+
90.Kb2 Qd6 91.Qe3+ Qc5 92.Qe8 Qf2+ 93.Kb3 Qf6 94.Qd7 Kc5
95.Kc2 Qe5 96.Qd8 Qe4+ 97.Kb2 g4 98.Qd7 Kc4 99.Qd1 Qg2+
100.Ka1 c5 101.Qc2 Qf1+ 102.Kb2 Kd5 103.Qd2+ Ke4 104.Qg5 Qf5
105.Qh4 Kf3 106.Qh1+ Ke2 107.Qg2+ Ke1+ 108.c4 b4 109.Qg1+ Ke2
110.Qg2+ Ke3+ 111.Kb3 Qd3+ 112.Ka4 Qxc4 113.Qg3+ Kd2 114.Qf2+
Kc3 115.Qe3+ Kb2 116.Qe5+ Qc3 117.Qg5 g3 118.Qg4 g2 119.Qg5
Qc1 120.Qxc5 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings 1953/54"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.08"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[Black "Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 f5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 d6 4.Ne2 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.O-O Bc5 7.Ng3
g6 8.Bc4 Qe7 9.Qd3 Nc6 10.a3 e4 11.Qe2 Ne5 12.Ba2 h5 13.b4 Bd6
14.f4 exf3 15.gxf3 h4 16.Nh1 g5 17.Nd2 Qg7 18.Bb2 g4 19.f4
Nf3+ 20.Kg2 h3 21.Kf2 Nxd2 22.Qxd2 Ne4+ 23.Kg1 Qxb2 24.Qd5 Qf6
25.Bb3 c6 26.Qd3 Be6 27.Bxe6 Qxe6 28.Qd4 0-1

[Event "ARG"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Erich Eliskases"]
[Black "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Nd3 Nf6
14.c5 Ng6 15.Rc1 Rf7 16.Qb3 g4 17.fxg4 Nxg4 18.Bxg4 Bxg4
19.Qxb7 f3 20.Be3 Nf4 21.Bxf4 exf4 22.gxf3 Bh3 23.Kh1 Bxf1
24.Rxf1 Bd4 25.e5 dxe5 26.Ne2 Rb8 27.Qc6 Qf6 28.Nxd4 exd4
29.d6 cxd6 30.Qd5 Kh8 31.cxd6 Rg7 32.d7 Rd8 33.Ne5 Rdxd7
34.Nxd7 Qg6 35.Qa8+ Rg8 36.Qxg8+ Qxg8 37.b3 Qg5 38.Re1 d3
39.Ne5 d2 40.Nf7+ Kg7 41.Rd1 Qh4 42.Kg2 Qe1 0-1

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "Mar del Plata ARG"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Miguel Najdorf"]
[Black "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

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.f3 f4 12.Bd2 Nf6 13.b4 g5
14.c5 h5 15.Nf2 Ng6 16.Rc1 Rf7 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.a4 Bf8 19.a5
Rg7 20.h3 Nh8 21.Nb5 g4 22.fxg4 hxg4 23.hxg4 a6 24.Na3 Bd7
25.Nc4 Rc8 26.Nb6 Rxc1 27.Bxc1 Be8 28.Ba3 Nf7 29.Qc2 Nh6 30.g5
Rxg5 31.Rc1 Rg3 32.Bb2 Nfg4 33.Nxg4 Nxg4 34.Bxg4 Rxg4 35.Qf2
Bg6 36.Rc4 Qe7 37.Bc3 Qh7 38.Qe2 Rh4 39.Kf2 f3 40.Qe3 Rf4
41.gxf3 Qh2+ 42.Ke1 Qh1+ 43.Ke2 Bh5 44.Kd2 Rxf3 45.Qg5+ Bg7
46.Kc2 Rf2+ 47.Bd2 Qd1+ 48.Kc3 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "Zurich Candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.19"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nbd7 8.Re1 c6 9.Bf1 Re8 10.d5 c5 11.g3 Nf8 12.a3 Ng4 13.Nh4 a6
14.Bd2 h5 15.h3 Nf6 16.b4 b6 17.bxc5 bxc5 18.Rb1 N6d7 19.Qa4
Bf6 20.Nf3 h4 21.Nd1 hxg3 22.fxg3 Nb8 23.Re3 Nh7 24.Reb3 Bd7
25.Qa5 Qc8 26.Nf2 Bd8 27.Qc3 Ba4 28.R3b2 Nd7 29.h4 Ra7 30.Bh3
Qc7 31.Ng5 Nxg5 32.Bxg5 Bxg5 33.hxg5 Kg7 34.Qf3 Qd8 35.Rb7
Rxb7 36.Rxb7 Kg8 37.Bxd7 Bxd7 38.Ng4 Qxg5 39.Rxd7 f5 40.exf5
Rb8 1-0

[Event "Zurich Candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.23"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O
c6 8.Qc2 Re8 9.Rd1 Bf8 10.Rb1 a5 11.d5 Nc5 12.Be3 Qc7 13.h3
Bd7 14.Rbc1 g6 15.Nd2 Rab8 16.Nb3 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 c5 18.Kh2 Kh8
19.Qc2 Ng8 20.Bg4 Nh6 21.Bxd7 Qxd7 22.Qd2 Ng8 23.g4 f5 24.f3
Be7 25.Rg1 Rf8 26.Rcf1 Rf7 27.gxf5 gxf5 28.Rg2 f4 29.Bf2 Rf6
30.Ne2 Qxh3+ 31.Kxh3 Rh6+ 32.Kg4 Nf6+ 33.Kf5 Nd7 34.Rg5 Rf8+
35.Kg4 Nf6+ 36.Kf5 Ng8+ 37.Kg4 Nf6+ 38.Kf5 Nxd5+ 39.Kg4 Nf6+
40.Kf5 Ng8+ 41.Kg4 Bxg5 42.Kxg5 Rf7 43.Bh4 Rg6+ 44.Kh5 Rfg7
45.Bg5 Rxg5+ 46.Kh4 Nf6 47.Ng3 Rxg3 48.Qxd6 R3g6 49.Qb8+ Rg8
0-1

[Event "Zurich Candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.13"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[Round "24"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 b6 7.d4
cxd4 8.exd4 d5 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Re1 Nb4
13.Bf1 Ne4 14.a3 Nxc3 15.Rxc3 Nc6 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.Rxe5 Bf6
18.Rh5 g6 19.Rch3 dxc4 20.Rxh7 c3 21.Qc1 Qxd4 22.Qh6 Rfd8
23.Bc1 Bg7 24.Qg5 Qf6 25.Qg4 c2 26.Be2 Rd4 27.f4 Rd1+ 28.Bxd1
Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Bognor"]
[Site "Bognor"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert Wade"]
[Black "R F Boxall"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. f4 a6 10. f5 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc7
12. Kh1 Bd7 13. Bg5 Rad8 14. Rad1 b5 15. Rd3 Qc5 16. fxe6 Qxg5
17. exd7 Rxd7 18. Rg3 Qh4 19. Nd5 Kh8 20. Rh3 Qg5 21. Nf4 Qe5
22. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "USSR Team Ch"]
[Site "Leningrad, USSR"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Vasilievich Shishov"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 exd4 12.Qd1 dxc3
13.Nxc3 Na5 14.Bc2 c5 15.f4 Nc6 16.Be3 Rc8 17.Kh2 Re8 18.a3
Bf8 19.Bf2 g6 20.g4 Nd4 21.Bxd4 cxd4 22.Qxd4 Nxg4+ 23.Kg2 Qh4
24.Bb3 Bg7 25.e5 Nxe5 26.Qe4 Nd3 27.Bxf7+ Kf8 28.Bxe8 Nxf4+
29.Kf3 Rc4 30.Bd7 Rxe4 31.Rxe4 Be5 32.Nd5 Qd8 33.Nxf4 Qxd7
34.h4 Qf7 35.Rae1 Kg7 36.b4 Qf5 37.Rg1 d5 38.Rxe5 Qxe5 39.Rg5
Qe4+ 40.Kg3 d4 41.h5 d3 42.hxg6 hxg6 0-1

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Enrico Paoli"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qf3
Be7 8.O-O-O Qc7 9.Rg1 Bd7 10.g4 Nc6 11.Be3 h6 12.h4 Rc8 13.g5
hxg5 14.hxg5 Ne5 15.Qg2 Ng8 16.f4 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Qxc4 18.f5 b5
19.Kb1 b4 20.g6 e5 21.b3 Qxc3 22.gxf7+ Kd8 23.Qxg7 exd4
24.Bxd4 Qxc2+ 25.Ka1 Rh2 26.Bb6+ Rc7 27.Qxg8+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Gideon Stahlberg"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3
Ne4 8.Qg4 g6 9.Bd3 Nxd2 10.Kxd2 c5 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.h4 Qc7
13.dxc5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.Rab1 Qf6 16.Qd4 Qxd4 17.cxd4 Kd8
18.g4 Kc7 19.h5 g5 20.f4 gxf4 21.Rbf1 e5 22.dxe5 Bxg4 23.Rxf4
Be6 24.Kc3 Rag8 25.Kd4 Rg4 26.Rxg4 Bxg4 27.Rf1 Bxh5 28.Rf6 Kd7
29.Bf5+ Ke7 30.Rd6 Rb8 31.Rxh6 Bf3 32.Rd6 Be4 33.Bxe4 dxe4
34.Kxe4 Rh8 35.c6 bxc6 36.Rxc6 Rh4+ 37.Kd5 Ra4 38.Rc7+ Ke8
39.c4 Rxa2 40.c5 Rd2+ 41.Kc6 Re2 42.Rxa7 Rxe5 43.Rb7 Re6+
44.Kc7 Ke7 45.c6 f5 46.Rb5 Kf6 47.Kb7 Kg5 48.c7 Re8 49.Kc6 Rc8
50.Rb8 Rxc7+ 51.Kxc7 Kf4 52.Kd6 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Larry Melvyn Evans"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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 e4 13.Nf2
Nf6 14.Be3 Kh8 15.Kh1 Rg8 16.Rg1 c5 17.h3 Ng6 18.g4 fxg4
19.hxg4 Nh5 20.gxh5 Qh4+ 21.Kg2 Nxf4+ 22.Kf1 Bh3+ 23.Nxh3
Qxh3+ 24.Kf2 Raf8 25.Bf3 Nd3+ 26.Ke2 Rxf3 27.Qd2 Rxe3+ 28.Qxe3
Qxh5+ 29.Kd2 Bh6 30.Rxg8+ Kxg8 31.Nxe4 Bxe3+ 32.Kxe3 Qh3+
33.Kd2 Ne5 34.Rg1+ Kf8 35.Rg3 Qh4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch21 Kiev ,URS-ch"]
[Site "URS-ch21 Kiev ,URS-ch"]
[Date "1954.01.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Nh4
Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.g4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 c6 13.c3
Nbd7 14.Qe2 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Bd6 16.Bxg6 Qh4 17.Kg2 Ne5 18.Be4 f5
19.Bf3 Rf6 20.d4 Nxg4 21.Rh1 Nh6 22.Kf1 Nf7 23.Be3 Re8 24.Rd1
f4 25.Bc1 e5 26.dxe5 Rxe5 27.Qc4 Bc5 28.Rh2 b5 29.Rd8+ Bf8
30.Qb3 Rfe6 31.Rd1 Rg6 32.Rd7 Be7 33.Bd2 a5 34.a4 bxa4 35.Qxa4
Reg5 36.Qb3 Rg1+ 37.Ke2 Qf6 38.Rd4 c5 39.Qb8+ Kh7 40.Rxf4 Qa6+
41.c4 Bd6 42.Rh4+ Nh6 43.Qe8 Qa7 44.Be4 Qe7 45.Qxe7 Bxe7
46.Rg4 1-0

[Event "match"]
[Site "Ch World , Moscow (Russia) (9)"]
[Date "1954.04.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Qg4 Ne7
8.bxa5 dxc3 9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qxh7 Nd7 11.Nf3 Nf8 12.Qd3 Qxa5
13.h4 Bd7 14.Bg5 Rc8 15.Nd4 Nf5 16.Rb1 Rc4 17.Nxf5 exf5
18.Rxb7 Re4+ 19.Qxe4 dxe4 20.Rb8+ Bc8 21.Bb5+ Qxb5 22.Rxb5 Ne6
23.Bf6 Rxg2 24.h5 Ba6 25.h6 1-0

[Event "match"]
[Site "Ch World , Moscow (Russia) (14)"]
[Date "1954.04.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O
e5 8.e4 c6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.h3 exd4 12.Na4 Qa6 13.hxg4
b5 14.Nxd4 bxa4 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.e5 Qxc4 17.Bxa8 Nxe5 18.Rc1
Qb4 19.a3 Qxb2 20.Qxa4 Bb7 21.Rb1 Nf3+ 22.Kh1 Bxa8 23.Rxb2
Nxg5 24.Kh2 Nf3+ 25.Kh3 Bxb2 26.Qxa7 Be4 27.a4 Kg7 28.Rd1 Be5
29.Qe7 Rc8 30.a5 Rc2 31.Kg2 Nd4 32.Kf1 Bf3 33.Rb1 Nc6 0-1

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Vladlen Yakovlevich Zurakhov"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qf3 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. e5 dxe5 13. Rhe1 O-O 14. Bd3 Rb8 15. Bg3 Bd6 16. Qe2 Nd7
17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Rxd6 Qxd6 19. Bxe5 Qc5 20. Qg4 f6 21. Bxe6+
Bxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Bxb8 Rxb8 24. Ne4 Qb5 25. Rd1 Nd5
26. b3 Nb4 27. Qd6 Nxa2+ 28. Kb2 Nb4 29. Nxf6 Qb6 {29. ...gxf6
30. Qxf6+ Kg8 31. Rd7} 30. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[Black "Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c6 4. f3 Qb6 5. Qd2 h6 6. Bh4 Nd5
7. Nxd5 cxd5 8. O-O-O a5 9. e4 dxe4 10. fxe4 fxe4 11. Bc4 a4
12. Qe2 a3 13. b3 Nc6 14. Qxe4 Nb4 15. Kb1 d5 16. Bxd5 Ra5
17. c4 g5 18. Be1 Rxd5 19. cxd5 Bg7 20. Ne2 O-O 21. g4 Bxg4
22. Bxb4 Bf5 23. Qxf5 Rxf5 24. Bxa3 Qa6 25. Ng3 Rf2 26. Ne4
Rf4 0-1

[Event "Zagreb"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gedeon Barcza"]
[Black "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 c6
8.Bd2 a5 9.a3 h6 10.Qc2 Be6 11.b4 axb4 12.axb4 Nbd7 13.Ra4 d5
14.b5 d4 15.Nb1 cxb5 16.cxb5 Rc8 17.Qb2 Nc5 18.Ra3 Nd5 19.Ne1
Qd7 20.Ra7 Ra8 21.Qa3 Rxa7 22.Qxa7 Nb3 23.b6 Rc8 24.Nf3 Qc6
25.Na3 Qxb6 26.Qxb6 Nxb6 27.Bb4 Nd5 28.Bd6 f6 29.Rb1 Rc1+
30.Rxc1 Nxc1 31.Kf1 Nc3 32.Nd2 N1xe2 33.Bxb7 Nc1 34.Ba6 Bf5
35.Bc4+ Kh7 36.Bb4 Nxd3 37.Bd6 Bh3+ 38.Kg1 Ne2+ 39.Kh1 Nxf2+
0-1

[Event "Lincoln ch-US jr  Rd: 1"]
[Site "Lincoln, NE USA"]
[Date "1955.07.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Kenneth Warner"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6
7. Be3 Bg7 8. f3 O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 Rd8
12. g4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. Qe3 Nd7 15. f4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Nf6
17. f5 Bd7 18. h4 Bb5 19. Bf3 Rac8 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. h5 Rc4
22. Qe3 Ra8 23. a3 Qa4 24. c3 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Qh6 Re2
27. Rd2 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.09"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6
7. d4 Nxb3 8. axb3 f6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Nh4 Ne7 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Qf3 Qd7 13. Rd1 Qe6 14. Be3 g5 15. Nxb5 axb5 16. Qh5+ Qf7
17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. Rd8+ Kxd8 19. Qxf7 gxh4 20. Qxf6 Rg8 21. f3
h3 22. g3 Ke8 23. Qxe5 Rg6 24. Qxb5+ Bc6 25. Qb8+ Kf7 26. Qxc7
Rf6 27. Bg5 Re6 28. b4 Kg8 29. Qb8 Ng6 30. Kf2 Ne5 31. b5 Be8
32. Be3 Bd6 33. Qc8 Kf7 34. b6 Rf6 35. Bf4 Bd7 36. b7 Be6
37. Bxe5 Bxe5 38. b8=Q Bxc8 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires ARG ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG ch"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Miguel Najdorf"]
[Black "Ruben Shocron"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 b6 5.Be2 Bb7 6.Bf3 Nc6 7.Nge2
Be7 8.b3 Qc8 9.O-O g5 10.Bb2 Nd8 11.Bxb7 Qxb7 12.d5 O-O 13.e4
fxe4 14.Ng3 b5 15.dxe6 Nxe6 16.Nf5 Rae8 17.Nd5 Bd8 18.Qh5 Ng7
19.Qxg5 Nh5 20.Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Ilia Abramovich Kan"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6
7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. f4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxe4 11. Bf3 d5
12. c4 O-O 13. cxd5 Nc3 14. Qd2 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. f5 f6
17. Rae1 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bd7 19. g4 h6 20. Re7 Qd6 21. Rfe1 Rae8
22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Qe3 Ba4 25. c3 Kf7 26. Qd2
Bb5 27. Kg2 Bc4 28. Kf3 Qe7 29. a4 Qe4+ 30. Kg3 h5 31. h3 hxg4
32. hxg4 Bf1 33. Qf2 Be2 34. Qf4 Qe7 35. Qe3 Qd6+ 36. Qf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gothenburg Interzonal"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "1955.09.06"]
[EventDate "1955.08.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Oscar Panno"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 e5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. d3 d6 8. Rb1 Rb8 9. a3 a6 10. Ne1 Bg4 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4
d5 13. b5 axb5 14. cxd5 Nd4 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 b4 17. Ne4 Nxe4
18. dxe4 Bg6 19. Bd2 Nb5 20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21. Rxb4 Qa5 22. Nd3
Nc3 23. Qd2 Rfc8 24. Qb2 f6 25. Ra1 Qc7 26. Ra7 Qd8 27. Rbxb7
Nxe4 28. Nxe5 fxe5 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Rxg7+ Kh8 31. Rxh7+ Kg8
32. Rh8+ Kxh8 33. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Gothenburg Interzonal"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "1955.08.23"]
[EventDate "1955.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andrija Fuderer"]
[Black "Miguel Najdorf"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 g6 6.h3 Bg7 7.Nge2 Na6
8.Bg5 Nc7 9.Qd2 a6 10.a4 Rb8 11.a5 b5 12.axb6 Rxb6 13.g4 h6
14.Be3 h5 15.g5 Nd7 16.Nc1 f5 17.gxf6 Bxf6 18.Ra3 Bh4 19.Nb3
Nf8 20.Rg1 Qf6 21.Na5 Bd7 22.Na2 Nh7 23.b4 O-O 24.Rb3 Rfb8
25.Be2 Kh8 26.Bd1 Ba4 27.Rb1 Bxd1 28.Rxd1 Qf3 29.Rxg6 Rf8
30.Qe2 Qxe4 31.Rh6 Rbb8 32.Nc6 Rf3 33.Bxc5 Qf4 34.Bxd6 Bxf2+
35.Qxf2 Qe4+ 36.Qe2 Re3 37.Nc3 Rxe2+ 38.Nxe2 Qh4+ 39.Kd2 Qg5+
40.Kc2 Re8 41.Rxh7+ Kxh7 42.Bxc7 Qg2 43.Rd2 Qe4+ 44.Kb2 Qxc4
45.Nc3 e4 46.Re2 e3 47.Be5 Qd3 48.Kb3 h4 49.Re1 Qd2 50.Re2 Qd3
51.Bc7 Qf5 52.Nd4 Qxh3 53.d6 Kg6 54.Nd5 Kf7 55.Kc3 Re4 56.Kd3
Qg4 57.Nc6 Qf5 58.Nxe3 Qh7 59.Rf2+ Rf4 60.Ke2 Rxf2+ 61.Kxf2
Ke6 62.Nd4+ Kd7 63.Nf3 Qg7 64.Nc4 Qc3 65.Nfe5+ Ke6 66.d7 Qg3+
67.Ke2 Qg2+ 68.Kd3 Qf1+ 69.Kc2 Qf5+ 70.Kb2 Qf2+ 71.Ka3 Qg3+
72.Ka4 Qc3 73.d8=Q 1-0

[Event "New Zealand"]
[Site "New Zealand"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fred A Foulds"]
[Black "Lang"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4
7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 Qxe5 11. Re1 Qd6
12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. Bxb5+ Kd8 14. Be3 Ne7 15. Rc1 Nf5 16. Bc5 Qf4
17. g3 Qg5 18. Qxd5+ exd5 19. Bb6+ axb6 20. Re8# 1-0

[Event "Ch URS"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Vladimir Simagin"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O Bg4 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Nd2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 e5 11. d5 c5
12. Rab1 Ne8 13. f3 f5 14. b4 cxb4 15. Rxb4 b6 16. a4 Bf6
17. Kh1 Bg5 18. Bg1 Nc7 19. Rbb1 Na6 20. Nb3 Ndc5 21. Nxc5
bxc5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. g4 fxg4 24. Ne4 Bf4 25. Rb7 Nc7
26. fxg4 Ne8 27. g5 Qc8 28. Re7 Qh3 29. Rf3 Qg4 30. Qd3 Bxh2
31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Bxh2 Re7 34. Nxd6 Qxg5
35. Qf1+ Kg8 36. Ne4 Qh4 37. Qe2 Rg7 38. d6 Qh6 39. Qd1 Qh4
40. Qe2 Qh6 41. Qf1 Rf7 42. Qg2+ Kf8 43. Ng5 Qxd6 44. Qa8+ Kg7
45. Bxe5+ Qxe5 46. Qh8+ Kxh8 47. Nxf7+ Kg7 48. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad (RUS)"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. b3 a6
7. Bb2 b5 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 Ng4
12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Ne3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qc1 h5 16. Bxe5
dxe5 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qd6 20. a3 f5 21. Rb1
e4 22. b4 Nd7 23. c4 bxc4 24. Qxc4 Ne5 25. Qc5 Qf6 26. d6 c6
27. d7 Nd3 28. Rxd3 exd3 29. Bxc6 Rad8 30. Rd1 h4 31. gxh4
Qxh4 32. Rxd3 f4 33. Qc4+ Kg7 34. Qc3+ Rf6 35. Bg2 f3 36. Bxf3
Qf4 37. Qc5 Kh6 38. Bg2 Rf5 39. Rh3+ Kg7 40. Qc3+ Qe5 41. Qd2
Rf4 42. Re3 Qa1+ 43. Re1 Qf6 44. Bh3 Qg5+ 45. Kh1 Qf6 46. Re7+
Qxe7 47. Qxf4 Rf8 48. Qd2 Qh4 49. Qe3 Qf6 50. Bg4 Rb8 51. h3
Rb6 52. Qc5 Rd6 53. a4 Rd2 54. a5 Rd4 55. Kg2 Kf7 56. b5 axb5
57. a6 1-0

[Event "Third Rosenwald Trophy"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1956.10.08"]
[EventDate "1956.10.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Abe Turner"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O a6 8. e3 Rb8 9. Nd2 e5 10. Nb3 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. d5
Ne7 13. c5 Ne8 14. e4 f5 15. Be3 f4 16. Bf2 fxg3 17. hxg3 g5
18. Nd2 Ng6 19. Nc4 h5 20. Qb3 h4 21. g4 h3 22. Bh1 Nh4
23. Bg3 b5 24. cxb6 cxb6 25. Ne3 b5 26. Nf5 b4 27. Nd1 Nxf5
28. gxf5 Nf6 29. Ne3 Nh5 30. Kh2 Rc8 31. Qxb4 Nxg3 32. Kxg3 g4
33. fxg4 Bh6 34. Rf3 Bb5 35. Qd2 Bf4+ 36. Rxf4 exf4+ 37. Kxf4
Qf6 38. g5 Qe5+ 39. Kg4 Rf7 40. g6 Rfc7 41. Bf3 Kg7 42. Rh1
Rh8 43. Rxh3 Rcc8 44. Rxh8 Rxh8 45. Qc3 Qxc3 46. bxc3 Kf6
47. Kf4 Rh3 48. Bg2 Rh4+ 49. Ng4+ Kg7 50. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"]
[Site "Tbilisi (Georgia)"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6
7. Qd2 a6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nge2 b5 10. O-O e5 11. d5 b4 12. Na4
c5 13. g4 Qa5 14. b3 Qc7 15. Ng3 a5 16. Nb2 Nb6 17. a4 Ne8
18. Rae1 Bf6 19. Bh6 Ng7 20. Re2 Qd8 21. Rg2 Ra7 22. Kh1 Bh4
23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nf5+ Kg8 25. Qh6 Bf6 26. Rfg1 Bh8 27. Nd1 f6
28. Nde3 Bg7 29. Nxg7 Rxg7 30. Nf5 Rgf7 31. g5 Qc7 32. h4 fxg5
33. Rxg5 Rf6 34. Rxg6+ hxg6 35. Rxg6+ Rxg6 36. Qxg6+ Kh8
37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Qg5+ Kh8 39. Ne7 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi ½f-USSR ch"]
[Site "GEO"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladlen Yakovlevich Zurakhov"]
[Black "Alexander Koblents"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6
7.Nf3 b6 8. Bc4 Bb7 9.Qe2 c6 10.O-O Nd7 11.a4 f5 12.Ng3 Kf8
13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Qxe6 Nf6 15.Nxf5 Bc8 16.Qe5 Bxf5 17.Qxf5 Qd5
18.Qf4 Rg8 19.Rae1 Rg4 20.Qh6+ Kg8 21.Rxe7 Qxf3 22.g3 Rg6
23.Qh3 Qg4 24.Qxg4 Rxg4 25.c3 Re4 26.Rxe4 Nxe4 27. Re1 Re8
28.f3 Nd6 29.Rxe8+ Nxe8 30.Kf2 Nd6 31.b3 b5 32.Ke3 bxa4
33.bxa4 Nc4+ 34.Ke4 Kf7 35.d5 c5 36.f4 a5 37.f5 Nb6 38.d6 Ke8
39.f6 Kf7 40.Ke5 Nd7+ 41.Kd5 Kxf6 42.g4 c4 43.Kc6 Ke6 44.g5
Nf8 45.h4 Nd7 46.h5 Ne5+ 47. Kc7 Kf5 48.Kb6 Ke6 49.Kxa5 Kxd6
50.Kb6 Nd7+ 51.Kb5 Kc7 52.Kxc4 Ne5+ 53. Kd5 Nf3 54.g6 hxg6
55.hxg6 Nh4 56.g7 Nf5 57.g8=N Kb6 58.Kc4 Ne3+ 59.Kb3 Nd5 60.c4
Nc7 61.Nf6 Ne6 62.Ne4 Nc7 63.Nf2 Ne6 64.Nd3 Nd4+ 65.Kc3 Ne2+
66.Kb4 Nd4 67.c5+ Ka6 68.Kc4 Nf5 69.Kd5 Kb7 70.Nb4 Ne3+ 71.Kd4
Nf5+ 72. Kc4 Ne3+ 73.Kb5 Kc7 74.a5 Nf5 75.Nd5+ Kb7 76.c6+ Ka7
77.c7 Kb7 78.a6+ Ka7 79.c8=N+ Kb8 80.Kb6 1-0

[Event "Karkov"]
[Site "Karkov"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Abram Davidovich Zamikhovsky"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.Qd2
c5 8.Nge2 a6 9.O-O-O Qa5 10.Kb1 b5 11.dxc5 dxc5 12.Nd5 Nxd5
13.Qxa5 Nxe3 14.Rc1 Nxc4 15.Rxc4 bxc4 16.Nc3 Rb8 17.Bxc4 Ne5
18.Be2 Be6 19.Rd1 Bc4 20.Rd2 Nc6 21.Qa3 Be6 22.Qxc5 Nb4 23.a3
Rfc8 24.Qxc8+ Rxc8 25.axb4 Be5 26.Bxa6 Rb8 27.g3 Rxb4 28.Kc1
Kg7 29.Bd3 Bd4 30.Nd1 h5 31.Re2 Rb3 32.Kc2 Rb6 33.Nc3 Bb3+
34.Kc1 Rc6 35.Kd2 Rc5 36.Re1 Ra5 37.Bc2 Bc4 38.Bd3 Bb3 39.Bc2
Bc4 40.Bd3 Bb3 41.Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Wch-m"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "1957.04.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.c4 c6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d4 O-O 6.Nc3 d5 7.cxd5
cxd5 8.Ne5 b6 9.Bg5 Bb7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.O-O e6 12.f4 Bg7
13.Rc1 f6 14.Nf3 Nc6 15.e3 Qd7 16.Qe2 Na5 17.h4 Nc4 18.Bh3 Nd6
19.Kh2 a5 20.Rfe1 b5 21.Nd1 b4 22.Nf2 Ba6 23.Qd1 Rfc8 24.Rxc8+
Rxc8 25.Bf1 Bxf1 26.Rxf1 Qc6 27.Nd3 Qc2+ 28.Qxc2 Rxc2+ 29.Rf2
Rxf2+ 30.Nxf2 Nc4 31.Nd1 Kf7 32.b3 Nd6 33.Kg2 h5 34.Kh3 Ne4
35.g4 hxg4 36.Kxg4 f5 37.Kh3 Bf6 38.Ne1 Kg7 39.Nd3 Nc3 40.Nxc3
bxc3 41.Ne1 Kh6 42.Nc2 Be7 43.Kg3 Kh5 44.Kf3 Kxh4 45.Ne1 g5
46.fxg5 Kxg5 47.Nc2 Bd6 48.Ne1 Kh4 49.Nc2 Kh3 50.Na1 Kh2
51.Kf2 Bg3+ 52.Kf3 Bh4 53.Nc2 Kg1 54.Ke2 Kg2 55.Na1 Be7 56.Nc2
Kg3 57.Ne1 Bd8 58.Nc2 Bf6 59.a3 Be7 60.b4 a4 61.Ne1 Bg5 62.Nc2
Bf6 63.Kd3 Kf2 64.Na1 Bd8 65.Nc2 Bg5 66.b5 Bd8 67.Nb4 Bb6
68.Nc2 Ba5 69.Nb4 Ke1 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1957.02.21"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6
7. Nf3 g6 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qc7
12. Rd1 Rfb8 13. h3 Nb6 14. Nd2 Nfd7 15. Rb1 Nc8 16. b3 Qa5
17. Bb2 c4 18. Ba1 cxb3 19. Nxb3 Qc7 20. Nd4 Rxb1 21. Qxb1 Rb8
22. Qc1 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxe2 24. Kh2 Ba6 25. Qh6 Nf8 26. Rh4 Qb6
27. Ne4 f6 28. Bxf6 exf6 29. Nxf6+ Kf7 30. Rf4 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lvov"]
[Black "L Radchenko"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nd4 6.c3 b5 7.Bf1
Nxd5 8.Ne4 Qh4 9.Ng3 Bb7 10.cxd4 O-O-O 11.Bxb5 Nf4 12.O-O Qh3
0-1

[Event "<URS>"]
[Site "<URS>"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Alexey Sokolsky"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.Qg4 c5 6.a3 Qa5 7.Bd2
cxd4 8.axb4 Qxa1+ 9.Nd1 Nbc6 10.b5 Nxe5 11.Qxg7 N7g6 12.h4 h5
13.Rh3 Bd7 14.Nf3 Nc4 15.Bxc4 dxc4 16.Ng5 O-O-O 17.Ra3 Qb1
18.Rxa7 c3 19.bxc3 Qxb5 20.Nxf7 Kb8 21.Nxh8 Rxh8 22.Ra1 Be8
23.Qxd4 1-0

[Event "17th RSFSR Ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar, USSR"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Yuri M Kotkov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7
7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nc3 Nxe5 9.Rxe5 Bf6 10.Re3 g6 11.Qf3 Bg7 12.b3 Ne8
13.Ba3 d6 14.Rae1 Nf6 15.h3 Nd7 16.Nd5 f5 17.Nxc7 Qxc7 18.Qd5+
Kh8 19.Re8 Nf6 20.Rxf8+ Bxf8 21.Bb2 Bg7 22.Bc4 Bd7 23.Bxf6
Bxf6 24.Qf7 Qd8 25.Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Zenit vs. Spartak"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Terpugov"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. e4 c6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3
Nbd7 7. Be3 e6 8. g4 d5 9. e5 Ng8 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bd3 Nb6
12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bc1 Qb6 14. g5 Ne7 15. h4 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5
17. Rhe1 g6 18. b3 Bg7 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Bf1 O-O 21. Ka1 Rfb8
22. Nb1 Nc6 23. Qg3 Rxb1+ 24. Kxb1 Rb8+ 25. Ka1 c3 26. Bd2 Nb4
27. Bd3 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "Dallas, TX USA"]
[Date "1957.12.12"]
[EventDate "1957.11.30"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daniel Abraham Yanofsky"]
[Black "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1
Rfe8 14.Ne3 g6 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Nh2 Be6 17.Qf3 Rad8 18.Nhg4
Nxg4 19.Nxg4 Bxg4 20.hxg4 Rd7 21.Kh2 c4 22.Rh1 Qd8 23.b4 Nc6
24.Qe3 Qc7 25.Kg1 f6 26.Rxh7 Bf8 27.Rxd7 Qxd7 28.Qf3 Be7 29.a4
Rd8 30.Be3 Qe6 31.Rd1 Kf7 32.Rd5 Rb8 33.g5 Rb7 34.gxf6 Bxb4
35.axb5 axb5 36.Bg5 Bf8 37.Qd1 b4 38.cxb4 Nxb4 39.Rd8 Nxc2
40.Qxc2 Qc6 41.Rd5 Bc5 42.Rxe5 Bd4 43.Re7+ Rxe7 44.fxe7 Qb5
45.e5 Bxe5 46.Qe4 Bd6 47.g4 c3 48.Qf3+ Ke6 49.Qf6+ Kd7
50.e8=Q+ Kxe8 51.Qe6+ Kf8 52.Bh6# 1-0

[Event "Sochi 28th RSFSR ch"]
[Site "Sochi 28th RSFSR ch"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6
7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Bd3 Ng4 10. Nge2 Qh4 11. Ng3 Nge5
12. O-O f5 13. f3 Bh6 14. Qd1 f4 15. Nge2 g5 16. Nd5 g4 17. g3
fxg3 18. hxg3 Qh3 19. f4 Be6 20. Bc2 Rf7 21. Kf2 Qh2+ 22. Ke3
Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nb4 24. Rh1 Rxf4 25. Rxh2 Rf3+ 26. Kd4 Bg7
27. a4 c5+ 28. dxc6 bxc6 29. Bd3 Nexd3+ 30. Kc4 d5+ 31. exd5
cxd5+ 32. Kb5 Rb8+ 33. Ka5 Nc6+ 0-1

[Event "Portoroz Interzonal"]
[Site "Portoroz SVN"]
[Date "1958.08.10"]
[EventDate "1958.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ludek Pachman"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 Nfd7 7.e5
Nc6 8.exd6 Nxd4 9.Qe4 e5 10.dxc7 Qxc7 11.Nd5 Qd6 12.Bf4 Ne6
13.Be3 Bg7 14.O-O-O O-O 15.Nb6 Qxd1+ 16.Kxd1 axb6 17.a3 Ndc5
18.Qc2 e4 19.f3 Rad8+ 20.Ke1 Nd4 21.Bxd4 Bxd4 22.fxe4 Nxe4
23.Be2 Rfe8 24.Rf1 Re7 25.Rf3 Rde8 26.Rd3 Bg1 27.h3 Bh2 28.Bf3
Bg3+ 29.Kd1 Nf2+ 30.Kd2 Bf4+ 31.Kc3 Nxd3 32.Kxd3 Re3+ 33.Kd4
Bh6 34.c5 b5 35.Bxb7 Bg7+ 36.Kd5 R8e6 0-1

[Event "Portoroz Interzonal"]
[Site "Portoroz SVN"]
[Date "1958.08.22"]
[EventDate "1958.08.05"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fridrik Olafsson"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 c5 8. e3 Nc6 9. Rc1 c4 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2
Be7 13. b3 g5 14. Bg3 Ba3 15. Rc2 Nb4 16. bxc4 Nxc2 17. Qxc2
dxc4 18. Nb5 Bb4 19. Nc7 Bxd2 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bxc4 Qe8
22. Qxd2 Ne4 23. Qd3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Rf6 25. Qe4 Rc8 26. Bb3 Qd7
27. Rd1 Re8 28. f4 Qh7 29. Qe5 Qf5 30. g4 Qxe5 31. dxe5 Rf7
32. f5 Rc7 33. Rd6 Rc5 34. Bxe6+ Kf8 35. Bb3 Rcxe5 36. Rxh6
Rxe3 37. Rg6 R8e4 38. Rxg5 Rg3 39. Rg8+ Ke7 40. g5 Re2 41. Bd5
Kd6 42. Bf3 Rxa2 43. f6 Ke6 44. Re8+ 1-0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Event "Santiago"]
[Site "Santiago CHI"]
[Date "1959.04.20"]
[EventDate "1959.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Carlos Jauregui"]
[Black "Joao de Souza Mendes Jr."]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.e4 Bb4 7.Bd3
Qc7 8.O-O Nc6 9.Bc2 Na5 10.e5 Qxe5 11.Re1 Qc7 12.Nf5 O-O
13.Nxg7 Kxg7 14.Bh6+ Kh8 15.Qd4 Qd8 16.Bg5 Kg7 17.Re3 Be7
18.Rg3 1-0

[Event "Santiago"]
[Site "Santiago CHI"]
[Date "1959.04.28"]
[EventDate "1959.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ludek Pachman"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O
7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 a5 10. b3 b6 11. Bb2 Ba6 12. Bd3
f5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. O-O Rf6 15. Rfd1 Rh6 16. Bf1 g5 17. cxd5 g4
18. Bxa6 gxf3 19. gxf3 Qg5+ 20. Kf1 Rxh2 21. fxe4 Rf8 22. e5
f4 23. e4 f3 24. Ke1 Qg1+ 25. Kd2 Qxf2+ 26. Kc3 Qg3 27. Qd3
exd5 28. Rg1 Rg2 29. Rxg2 Qxg2 30. Qf1 dxe4 31. Qxg2+ fxg2
32. Rg1 Rf2 33. Bc4+ Kf8 34. Bd5 Rf3+ 35. Kc4 b5+ 36. Kc5 Ne7
37. Rxg2 Nxd5 38. Kxd5 Rxb3 39. Kxe4 b4 40. axb4 axb4 1-0

[Event "Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates"]
[Site "Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1959.10.21"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[Round "24"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O
Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bg5 Be6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Na4 Bb6 12.Nxb6 axb6
13.Nd4 h6 14.Bf4 Qd7 15.a3 Bh3 16.Qd3 Rfe8 17.Rfe1 Bxg2
18.Kxg2 Re4 19.Nf3 Rae8 20.Bd2 d4 21.e3 Qd5 22.exd4 Rxd4
23.Rxe8+ Nxe8 24.Qe2 Nd6 25.Be3 Rd3 26.Kg1 Nc4 27.Ne1 Rb3
28.Rc1 Nxe3 29.fxe3 Qe5 30.Ng2 Rxb2 31.Qd3 Qe6 32.Nf4 Rb3
33.Rc3 Rxc3 34.Qxc3 Qe4 35.Qb3 b5 36.Qxb5 Qxe3+ 37.Kf1 Qf3+
38.Kg1 Qe3+ 39.Kf1 g5 40.Ne2 Ne5 41.Qxb7 Nd3 42.Qc8+ Kg7
43.Qf5 Qd2 44.Nd4 Qe1+ 45.Kg2 Qe3 46.Qd5 Qf2+ 47.Kh3 Qf1+
48.Kg4 Nf2+ 49.Kf5 Qd3+ 50.Ke5 Ng4+ 51.Kd6 Qxa3+ 52.Kc7 Qe7+
53.Kc8 Ne3 54.Qb5 Qe4 55.Qb2 Kg6 56.Qb6+ f6 57.Ne6 Nc4 58.Qa6
Ne5 59.Nc7 Qc2 60.Qd6 Qxh2 61.Nd5 Qf2 62.Kb7 Qxg3 63.Qxf6+ Kh5
64.Qe6 Ng4 65.Ne7 Qf3+ 66.Kc8 Kh4 67.Nf5+ Kh3 68.Kd8 h5 69.Qg6
Ne5 70.Qe6 Ng4 71.Qg6 Ne5 72.Qe6 Qd3+ 73.Nd4 Ng4 74.Qd5 Nf2
75.Kc8 h4 76.Qe5 Qe4 77.Qf6 Qf4 78.Nf5 Ne4 79.Qg6 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates"]
[Site "Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1959.10.25"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[Round "26"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. g3 Nxc5
7. Bg2 d6 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b4 Ne6 10. Bd2 a5 11. a3 axb4 12. axb4
Nd4 13. Nh3 Be6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 16. Rc3 Ra2 17. Qb1
Qa8 18. Rc1 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Lincoln ch-US jr  Rd: 7"]
[Site "Lincoln, NE USA"]
[Date "1955.07.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Viktors Pupols"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6
7. Ne3 Nf6 8. Bc4 c6 9. d5 Be7 10. a4 Nbd7 11. a5 Ne5 12. Be2
O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14. Kh1 Kh8 15. Nc4 Nfg4 16. Qe1 Rf7 17. h3
Nf6 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Bc4 Rff8 20. Be3 Nh5 21. Kh2 Bd6 22. Bb3
Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Qxe4 f3+ 25. g3 Bf5 26. Qh4 Rae8
27. Rae1 Be5 28. Qb4 Qh6 29. h4 g5 30. Rh1 gxh4 31. Kg1 h3
32. dxc6 bxc6 33. Qc5 Qg7 34. Kh2 Qf6 35. Qxa7 Bd4 36. Qc7
Bxf2 37. Rxe8 Rxe8 38. Rf1 Bd4 39. Rxf3 Bxc3 40. bxc3 Re2+
41. Kh1 Be4 42. Qc8+ Kg7 43. Qg4+ Qg6 44. Qd7+ Kh6 0-1

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

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

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Terpugov"]
[Black "S Selivanovsky"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. d4 Qh4+ 4. Kd2 Nf6 5. Qe2 f3 6. gxf3 d5
7. Bg2 Bd6 8. c3 Bf4+ 9. Kc2 Bxc1 10. Kxc1 O-O 11. Nd2 c5
12. dxc5 Nc6 13. Kc2 Be6 14. Qe1 Qg5 15. Qf2 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qf5
17. Nh3 b6 18. Qh4 Nd5 19. Rae1 Ndb4+ 20. cxb4 Nxb4+ 21. Kd2
Rad8+ 22. Ke2 Bc4+ 23. Kf2 Nd3+ 24. Kg3 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Qe5+
26. Qf4 Qxb2 27. c6 Be6 28. c7 Rd5 29. Nhg5 Rf5 30. Qd6 Qc2
31. Rd1 h6 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Qxe6+ Kh7 34. c8=Q Qxc8 35. Qxc8
Rxc8 36. Bh3 Rff8 37. Bxc8 Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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 Nd7
13.fxg7 Bxg7 14.Qd6 Bf8 15.Qd2 h6 16.Be3 Qb4 17.c3 Qd6 18.Nd4
e5 19.Qe2 Qe7 20.Nf5 Qe6 21.g4 Bb7 22.Bg2 e4 23.O-O Rg8 24.a4
Ne5 25.h3 h5 26.g5 Nf3+ 27.Rxf3 exf3 28.Bxf3 Bxf3 29.Qxf3 Rd8
30.axb5 axb5 31.Ra8 Bc5 32.h4 Bxe3+ 33.Nxe3 Rg6 34.Kf2 Qe5
35.Rxd8+ Kxd8 36.Qa8+ Ke7 37.Qb7+ Kf8 38.Kf3 Re6 39.Ng2 Qe2+
40.Kg3 Qg4+ 41.Kh2 Re2 42.Qb8+ Kg7 43.Qg3 Qxg3+ 44.Kxg3 Rxb2
45.Nf4 Rb3 46.Nd5 b4 47.Nxb4 Rxc3+ 48.Kg2 Rc4 49.Nd3 Rxh4
50.Ne5 Re4 51.Nf3 Kg6 52.Kh3 Re3 53.Kh4 f6 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.h3
O-O 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Be3 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.O-O h6 12.Qd2 Nf5 13.c5
Nxe3 14.fxe3 Nd7 15.b4 a5 16.a3 axb4 17.axb4 Rxa1 18.Rxa1 e4
19.Nd4 Qh4 20.c6 bxc6 21.dxc6 Ne5 22.Rf1 Bxh3 23.gxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Be2
Be7 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Rd1 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.Bc1 e5 12.Qd3 Be6
13.O-O Rac8 14.Bg5 Rfd8 15.Qd2 Qb6 16.Qc1 Qc6 17.Bb5 Qc7
18.Ba4 h6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Qe3 Qc5 21.Qf3 b5 22.Bb3 a5 23.Nd5
Bg5 24.c3 Rd7 25.a3 Rb7 26.Rd3 Rf8 27.Qd1 Kh8 28.Kh1 f5 29.Nf4
Bxb3 30.Ng6+ Kg8 31.Qxb3+ Qc4 32.Qxc4+ bxc4 33.Rxd6 Re8 34.Rd5
Rxb2 35.Nxe5 fxe4 36.Nxc4 Rc2 37.Nd6 Rd8 38.c4 Rxc4 39.Rxg5
Rxd6 40.Rxa5 Rd2 41.h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow tt"]
[Site "Moscow tt"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3
Nf6 8.O-O Ne5 9.h3 b5 10.f4 Nc4 11.Bxc4 Qxc4 12.Qd3 d5 13.exd5
Qxd3 14.cxd3 b4 15.Ne4 Nxd5 16.Bd2 a5 17.Rac1 Ba6 18.Rfe1 g6
19.f5 Bg7 20.f6 Nxf6 21.Nd6+ Ke7 22.Nxf7 Kxf7 23.Rc7+ Kg8
24.Nxe6 Ne8 25.Rd7 Bf6 26.Rf1 Ng7 27.Rxf6 Nxe6 28.Rxe6 Bb5
29.Rc7 h5 30.Rxg6+ Kf8 31.Bh6+ Ke8 32.Re6+ Kd8 33.Rc5 Kd7
34.Rb6 Bxd3 35.Bf4 Rhf8 36.Rd6+ Ke7 37.Rc7+ Ke8 38.Bg5 Rf1+
39.Kh2 Bb1 40.Rh6 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.Nc3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.Qe2 Nd7 10.g4 Bg6 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 h5
13.Nf5 hxg4 14.Qxg4 Nf6 15.Nxg7+ Kf8 16.Ne6+ fxe6 17.Qxg6 Ng8
18.Qxe6 Qe8 19.Bf4 Qh5 20.Rad1 Re8 21.Rd3 Bf6 22.Qf5 Qxf5
23.exf5 Re7 24.Rfd1 Rh5 25.Rg3 Kf7 26.Be3 Bxc3 27.bxc3 Rxf5
28.Rg5 Rxg5+ 29.Bxg5 Nf6 30.Rb1 b5 31.Rd1 Re5 32.Bf4 Rc5
33.Rd3 Rc4 34.Bxc7 Nd5 35.Be5 Ra4 36.a3 Rxa3 37.h4 Ra1+ 38.Kg2
Kg6 39.f4 Kf5 40.h5 Re1 41.h6 Re2+ 42.Kh3 Kg6 43.Rg3+ Kxh6
44.Kg4 Re3 45.Rg1 Kg6 46.Bd4 Re8 47.Kf3 Kf7 48.Rg7+ Ke6 49.Ra7
Kf5 50.Be5 Rxe5 51.fxe5 Kxe5 52.Rxa6 Kd6 53.Ra3 Kc5 54.Ke2 Kc4
55.Kd2 c5 56.Rb3 Nf6 57.Ke3 Nd5+ 58.Kd2 Nf6 59.Rb1 Ne4+ 60.Ke3
Nxc3 61.Rh1 Na4 62.Kd2 b4 63.Rh4+ Kd5 64.Rh5+ Kc4 65.Rh8 Kd4
66.Ra8 Nc3 67.Rd8+ Kc4+ 68.Rh8 Na4 69.Kc1 Kb5 70.Rh4 1/2-1/2

