[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5 5.g4 Bg6 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Ne5 
Qd6 9.d4 f6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Be3 e6 12.Qd2 Qc7 13.Bd3 Kf7 14.h4 Bb4 15.a3 
Ba5 16.Kf1 Qd7 17.b4 Bc7 18.Nb5 Nge7 19.Re1 a6 20.Nxc7 Qxc7 21.Qe2 Qd7 22.
c3 Rae8 23.h5 e5 24.Bb1 gxh5 25.gxh5 e4 26.c4 Qf5 27.Rh4 g5 28.Rh2 Kg7 29.
c5 Ng6 30.f3 Nh4 31.f4 gxf4 32.Bf2 f3 33.Qd2 Ng2 34.h6+ Kf7 35.Rd1 Qg5 36.
Qxg5 fxg5 37.Ba2 Rd8 38.Kg1 Kg6 39.Rxg2 fxg2 40.Kxg2 Ne7 41.Rc1 Rxh6 42.
Bg3 Nf5 43.Be5 Ne3+ 44.Kg3 Rf8 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.26"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O e6 8.f4 Nc6
9.Kh1 Be7 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Qe1 b5 12.a3 O-O 13.Qg3 Rfd8 14.Bf3 Rab8 15.Rad1 
b4 16.axb4 Rxb4 17.e5 Ne8 18.f5 Nxe5 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Bg5 Nf6 21.Nf5 exf5 
22.Nd5 Nxd5 23.Bxd5+ Kh8 24.Bxe7 Re8 25.Bxd6 Qxd6 26.Bf7 Qe7 27.Bxe8 Qxe8 
28.Rde1 f4 29.Rxf4 Rxb2 30.Rfe4 Rxc2 31.Rxe5 Qg6 32.Re7 Be6 33.R7xe6 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C98"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Nf1 Rd8 15.Qe2 
Be6 16.Ne3 h6 17.a4 Rab8 18.axb5 axb5 19.g4 Qc8 20.Kh1 h5 21.Ng5 hxg4 22.
Nxe6 Qxe6 23.hxg4 g6 24.Rg1 Nh7 25.Nd5 Bf8 26.Be3 Ne7 27.Nc7 Qf6 28.Na6 
Rbc8 29.Nxc5 Ng5 30.Rg3 Nd5 31.exd5 Bxc5 32.Bxg5 Qxg5 33.Bb3 Kg7 34.Kg2 
Rh8 35.d6 Bxd6 36.Qxb5 Qf4 37.Qe2 Qh6 38.Qf3 Qh2+ 39.Kf1 Rc7 40.g5 Qh1+ 
41.Qxh1 Rxh1+ 42.Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "55"]

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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 Nb4
16.Bb1 Bb7 17.a3 Na6 18.Bd3 Bxe4 19.Rc1 Qd7 20.dxe5 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 dxe5 22.
Qe2 Nc7 23.Red1 Ncd5 24.Nc5 Qa7 25.Bxb5 Nxe3 26.Qxe3 Rac8 27.Nd7 Qxe3 28.
Nxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.d4 Nf6 7.Bd3 dxe4 8.Nxe4 
Qxd4 9.Be3 Bb4+ 10.Ke2 Qd8 11.Rhd1 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Qe7 13.Kf1 O-O 14.Qg3 Na6 
15.c3 Ba5 16.Bd3 Nc7 17.Bd4 f6 18.Qh4 g6 19.Be3 Bb6 20.Bh6 Rfd8 21.Qg3 Kh8
22.h4 Rd7 23.Bc2 Rad8 24.Rxd7 Rxd7 25.Re1 Qc5 26.Qf4 Qe7 27.Bb3 Rd8 28.Qe4
e5 29.Qf3 Nb5 30.g3 Nd6 31.Bc1 Kg7 32.Kg2 Qd7 33.g4 Re8 34.h5 gxh5 35.Bh6+
Kg6 36.gxh5+ 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 dxe5 7.dxe5 e6 8.Qg3 
Nd7 9.Be2 c6 10.Na3 Ne7 11.O-O Nf5 12.Qf4 Bxa3 13.bxa3 O-O 14.Bd3 Qa5 15.
Bb2 Ne7 16.Rad1 Nc5 17.Bxh7+ Kxh7 18.Qh4+ Kg8 19.Qxe7 Na4 20.Ba1 Nc3 21.
Rd3 Ne2+ 22.Kh2 Qa4 23.Qb4 Qxb4 24.axb4 a5 25.a3 axb4 26.axb4 Ra2 27.Rd2 
Nf4 28.Rfd1 Nd5 29.Bd4 Rfa8 30.c3 R2a3 31.Rd3 Rb3 32.c4 Rxd3 33.Rxd3 Nxb4 
34.Rb3 Ra4 35.Bc5 Na6 36.Bd6 Rxc4 37.Rxb7 Nc5 38.Bxc5 Rxc5 39.f4 g5 40.Kg3
Kg7 41.Rc7 gxf4+ 42.Kxf4 Kg6 43.h4 Rc4+ 44.Kg3 c5 45.Kh3 Rc1 46.Kg4 Rc4+ 
47.Kh3 Rc2 48.Kg3 c4 49.h5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Panov, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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 Be6 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Ng5 Bd7 15.Qe2 h6
16.Ngf3 Nh5 17.Nf1 Rfe8 18.N3h2 Nf4 19.Bxf4 exf4 20.e5 Bg5 21.Nf3 g6 22.h4
Bf6 23.h5 Nc4 24.hxg6 Nxe5 25.Nxe5 Rxe5 26.Qf3 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Rf8 28.Qh5 Bg5
29.Nd2 Qc6 30.Nf3 fxg6 31.Bxg6 Bf5 32.Bxf5 Rxf5 33.Qg4 Qd5 34.Nh4 Rf7 35.
Nf3 Rf5 36.b3 Kh7 37.c4 bxc4 38.bxc4 Qf7 39.Rb1 Bd8 40.Rb8 Bg5 41.Rb7 Qxb7
42.Qxf5+ Kh8 43.Ne5 Kg8 44.Kh2 Qe7 45.Kh3 Bf6 46.Ng6 Qd6 47.Nxf4 Bd4 48.f3
a5 49.Qe6+ Qxe6+ 50.Nxe6 Bf2 51.Kg4 Kf7 52.Kf5 h5 53.Nf4 h4 54.Nd3 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 
Nc6 9.f4 Qc7 10.Kh1 a6 11.Qe1 Rd8 12.Bf3 Bd7 13.Rd1 b5 14.a3 Rab8 15.Qg3 
Na5 16.Rd3 Nc4 17.Bc1 a5 18.b3 b4 19.axb4 axb4 20.Nd1 e5 21.bxc4 exd4 22.
Rxd4 Qc5 23.Rd3 Be6 24.Ne3 Bxc4 25.Nf5 Bf8 26.Bb2 Ne8 27.Be2 g6 28.Re3 
Bxe2 29.Rxe2 Qc4 30.Rfe1 b3 31.Ne3 Qc6 32.cxb3 Rxb3 33.Qf2 Qb6 34.Qh4 Rb8 
35.Nd5 Qb5 36.Bd4 Bg7 37.Bxg7 Kxg7 38.h3 Rb1 39.Kh2 Qd3 40.Qf2 Rxe1 41.
Rxe1 Nf6 42.Nxf6 Kxf6 43.e5+ dxe5 44.fxe5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Bc4 Bd6 7.Qe2+ Be7 
8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 Bd6 10.h3 Nd7 11.d4 Nb6 12.Bb3 Nd5 13.c4 Nf4 14.Qe4 Ng6 
15.Bd2 f5 16.Qc2 f4 17.c5 Bc7 18.Qe4 Qf6 19.Bc3 Bf5 20.Qe2 Qd8 21.Rad1 Re8
22.Qxe8+ Qxe8 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.d5 cxd5 25.Bxd5 Bc8 26.Ng5 Re7 27.b4 h6 28.
Ne4 b6 29.Nd6 Be6 30.Bxe6 Rxe6 31.Nb5 Be5 32.Bxe5 Nxe5 33.Rd8+ Kh7 34.Nd4 
Rg6 35.Kf1 bxc5 36.bxc5 Ra6 37.c6 Nxc6 38.Rd6 Nb4 39.Rxa6 Nxa6 40.Nc6 Kg6 
41.Ke2 Kf5 42.Nxa7 Ke4 43.Nb5 f5 44.h4 g5 45.Nd6+ Ke5 46.Nf7+ Kf6 47.Nxh6 
gxh4 48.Kf3 Nb4 49.Kxf4 Nd3+ 50.Ke3 Ne1 51.g4 hxg3 52.fxg3 Kg6 53.Ng8 Kf7 
54.Kd4 Nc2+ 55.Kc5 Na3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Stolberg, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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 Nd7 10.O-O-O c6 11.Ng3 Qc7 12.Kb1 O-O-O 13.Rhe1 Bd6 14.Ne4 Bf8 
15.Nfd2 Qxh2 16.Rh1 Qc7 17.Qh5 b5 18.Bb3 c5 19.c3 c4 20.Bc2 f5 21.Ng5 Rg8 
22.Nxh7 Rxg2 23.Qxf7 Rxf2 24.Rhf1 Rxf1 25.Nxf1 Bd5 26.Ne3 Nb6 27.Qg6 Qc6 
28.Nxd5 Qxd5 29.Ng5 Kb7 30.Nxe6 Rc8 31.Bxf5 Ka6 32.Nf4 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Ne7 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.c3 O-O 11.Nbd4 Bg4 12.Qd3 Qd6 13.Ba4 Ng6 14.Bc2 Nxd4 
15.Nxd4 Bc7 16.g3 Qf6 17.Be3 Bh3 18.Rfe1 Rfe8 19.f4 Nf8 20.Nf3 g6 21.Bd4 
Qc6 22.Qd2 Ne6 23.Bb3 Rad8 24.Re3 Nc5 25.Bxc5 Qxc5 26.Nd4 Bf5 27.Rxe8+ 
Rxe8 28.Re1 Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 Be4 30.Qe2 Bb6 31.Kf2 Qc6 32.Qe3 Qc8 33.Ke1 Kf8 
34.Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E29"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Ne2 
d6 9.e4 e5 10.d5 Na5 11.O-O a6 12.Ng3 b5 13.cxb5 c4 14.Bc2 axb5 15.a4 bxa4
16.Rxa4 Nd7 17.Be3 Nc5 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.Qh5 f6 20.Rfa1 Bd7 21.R4a3 Qb6 22.
Qd1 Ra7 23.Nf1 Rfa8 24.Ne3 Kf8 25.R1a2 Ra6 26.h3 Qd8 27.Nxc4 Bb5 28.Nxa5 
Rxa5 29.Qa1 Rxa3 30.Rxa3 Rxa3 31.Qxa3 Qc7 32.Qa8+ Kf7 33.Bd1 Kg6 34.Bg4 
Bd7 35.d6 Qxd6 36.Qd8 Qd2 37.Qxd7 Qe1+ 38.Kh2 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.Nbd2 Ngf6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 
dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Nf6 11.Bc2 c5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Nh5 14.Qd3 g6 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.Rfe1 Qe7 18.Qe3 Kh7 19.Ne5 Ng7 20.Rad1 Nf5 21.
Qh3 a5 22.Ng4 Qh4 23.Qa3 Bd7 24.Rxd7 Qxg4 25.Qc3 b6 26.Re4 Qg5 27.f4 Qh4 
28.g3 Qh3 29.Qf6 Kg8 30.Re2 a4 31.Bxf5 Qxf5 32.Qxf5 gxf5 33.Red2 Rfc8 34.
R2d4 Rab8 35.b4 axb3 36.axb3 b5 37.cxb5 Rc3 38.Rd3 Rc1+ 39.Rd1 Rc3 40.R7d3
Rxd3 41.Rxd3 Rxb5 42.Kf2 Kf8 43.Ke3 Ke7 44.Kd2 Rb8 45.Kc3 Rc8+ 46.Kb2 Rb8 
47.Rd4 h5 48.b4 Rd8 49.Rc4 Rd2+ 50.Ka3 Rxh2 51.b5 Rg2 52.Rc3 Rg1 53.Kb4 
Kd6 54.b6 Rb1+ 55.Ka5 f6 56.Ka6 e5 57.b7 Kd5 58.Rc8 Ke4 59.b8=Q Rxb8 60.
Rxb8 Kf3 61.Rb3+ Kg4 62.Kb5 exf4 63.gxf4 h4 64.Kc4 h3 65.Rb8 Kxf4 66.Kd3 
h2 67.Rh8 Kg3 68.Ke2 Kg2 69.Rg8+ Kh3 70.Kf2 h1=N+ 71.Kf3 Kh2 72.Rg2+ Kh3 
73.Rg6 Kh2 74.Rxf6 Kg1 75.Rxf5 Nf2 76.Rd5 Nh3 77.Rd1+ Kh2 78.Rd2+ 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 a5 8.g3 
O-O 9.Bg2 a4 10.Bf4 b6 11.Nd2 Bb7 12.e4 Nd7 13.O-O Na5 14.Rfe1 e5 15.Be3 
Qe7 16.d5 Nc5 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.f4 f6 19.Rf1 Bc8 20.fxe5 Qxe5 21.Qxe5 fxe5 
22.Rxf8+ Kxf8 23.Bf1 Bg4 24.h3 Bd7 25.Be2 Re8 26.Rf1+ Kg8 27.Kg2 Nb7 28.h4
Nd6 29.Kf3 g6 30.Ke3 Kg7 31.Nf3 h6 32.Nd2 Re7 33.Nb1 Re8 34.Nc3 Ra8 35.Rf2
Bc8 36.Nb1 Ba6 37.Nd2 Rb8 38.Kd3 Bc8 39.Kc3 Bd7 40.Bd3 Bg4 41.Nf1 g5 42.
hxg5 hxg5 43.Rh2 Rf8 44.Nd2 Ne8 45.Bc2 Bd7 46.Bd1 Nf6 47.Kd3 Kg6 48.Be2 
Bg4 49.Ke3 Bd7 50.Kd3 Re8 51.Kc3 g4 52.Kd3 Nh5 53.Nf1 b5 54.cxb5 Bxb5+ 55.
Kc2 Bd7 56.Ne3 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.26"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d5 Be7 5.e4 O-O 6.Bd3 Na6 7.Nge2 Nc5 8.Bc2 a5 
9.f3 Nh5 10.Be3 Bg5 11.Qd2 Bxe3 12.Qxe3 Bd7 13.O-O Qe7 14.b3 g6 15.g4 Nf6 
16.Ng3 Kg7 17.Kg2 Rh8 18.h4 h5 19.g5 Nh7 20.Kf2 f6 21.gxf6+ Qxf6 22.Rh1 
Kf7 23.Rag1 Ke7 24.Nge2 Rag8 25.Qh6 Nf8 26.Qe3 Nh7 27.Qh6 Nf8 28.Qe3 Nh7 
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Bd7 8.dxc5 
Qc7 9.Bd3 Ng6 10.O-O Ba4 11.c4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7 13.Re1 Nxc5 14.Be3 O-O 15.
Qd4 Rac8 16.Rac1 Rfd8 17.Qg4 Be8 18.Bg5 Rd7 19.Bb5 Rd5 20.Bc4 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.O-O c6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Qc2 b6
9.e4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Qxe4 Bb7 12.Re1 Re8 13.Qc2 g6 14.Bf4 c5 15.d5 
exd5 16.cxd5 Bf6 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Re1 Qf8 19.Qa4 Qd8 20.Nd2 g5 21.Ne4 Bxd5
22.Rd1 Bd4 23.Bxg5 f6 24.Bxf6 Qxf6 25.Nxf6+ Nxf6 26.Bxd5+ Nxd5 27.Rxd4 
cxd4 28.Qxd4 Rd8 29.h4 Kf7 30.h5 Rd7 31.g4 Nf6 32.Qf4 Kg7 33.h6+ 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Ne2 
O-O 9.O-O cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Be3 b6 12.Rc1 Bb7 13.Qd2 Rc8 14.Rfd1 Qd7 15.
Bh6 Na5 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Bd3 Qa4 18.d5 Qa3 19.Nf4 Qd6 20.Qe3 Qe5 21.Bf1 Qb2
22.e5 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Rc8 24.Rxc8 Bxc8 25.d6 Nc6 26.e6 fxe6 27.dxe7 Nxe7 28.
Nxe6+ Bxe6 29.Qxe6 Qf6 30.Qd7 a5 31.g3 Qe5 32.Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Qe2 Be7 7.Nxe5 Nd4 8.Qe4
Nf6 9.Bxf7+ Kf8 10.Qh4 Ng4 11.Ng6+ Kxf7 12.Nxh8+ Kg8 13.Qh5 Nxc2+ 14.Kd2 
Nb4 15.Qb5 Be6 16.Na3 c6 17.Nf7 Kxf7 18.Qh5+ Kg8 19.Rd1 Nxf2 20.Qe2 Bg4 
0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 c5 6.Qa4+ Bd7 7.Qxc4 Bc6 8.dxc5 
Nbd7 9.O-O Bxc5 10.Nc3 Rc8 11.Qd3 O-O 12.Be3 Qb6 13.Bxc5 Nxc5 14.Qc2 Nce4 
15.Rac1 Bb5 16.Ne5 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Qc5 18.Nd3 Qc7 19.Rb1 Bc6 20.Bxc6 Qxc6 21.
c4 b6 22.Rfc1 Rfd8 23.Qb2 Ne4 24.Qb5 Qa8 25.Rb2 f6 26.f3 Nc5 27.Nxc5 Rxc5 
28.Qa4 Qb8 29.Rc3 Qe5 30.Rd2 Rcc8 31.Rxd8+ Rxd8 32.Rd3 Rc8 33.Kf1 h5 34.
Rd7 Qa1+ 35.Rd1 Qe5 36.Qxa7 h4 37.Qxb6 hxg3 38.hxg3 Rxc4 39.Qd8+ Kh7 40.
Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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 Re8 
9.d5 Nc5 10.Ne1 a5 11.h3 Rf8 12.Be3 Ne8 13.Nd3 b6 14.Qd2 f5 15.exf5 gxf5 
16.f4 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 e4 18.Qd2 Qf6 19.Rf2 Bd7 20.Rd1 Qg6 21.Ne2 Nf6 22.Bd4 
Rae8 23.Qe3 h6 24.Nc3 Rf7 25.Bf1 Kh7 26.Be2 h5 27.Rg2 Bh6 28.Rf1 Rg8 29.
Rff2 Bg7 30.a3 h4 31.gxh4 Qh6 32.Rg5 Qxh4 33.Rfg2 Be8 34.Rxf5 Bh6 35.Rfg5 
Bxg5 36.fxg5 Nh5 37.Bxh5 Qxh5 38.Qxe4+ Rg6 39.Qxe8 Rxg5 40.Qh8+ Kg6 41.
Qg8+ Kf5 42.Qc8+ Kf4 43.Qe6 Rxg2+ 44.Kxg2 Qf3+ 45.Kg1 Qg3+ 46.Kf1 Qf3+ 47.
Bf2 Qh5 48.Ne2+ Kg5 49.h4+ 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.26"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb4 6.Bc4 e6 7.d3 Be7 8.O-O a6
9.a3 N4c6 10.Ne2 Nd7 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Ng3 b5 13.Ba2 Bb7 14.Qe2 Qb6 15.Rad1 
Rfd8 16.h4 Nf8 17.h5 Rd7 18.h6 g6 19.e5 Nd4 20.Nxd4 Rxd4 21.Be3 Rh4 22.f4 
Qc6 23.Bb1 Nd7 24.d4 f5 25.dxc5 Bxc5 26.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 27.Qf2 Bd5 28.Ba2 Qxf2+
29.Rxf2 Nb6 30.Bxd5 Nxd5 31.Ne2 Rc8 32.Nc3 Nxf4 33.Rd7 g5 34.g3 Nh3+ 35.
Kg2 Rxh6 36.Rfd2 g4 37.Rd8+ Rxd8 38.Rxd8+ Kf7 39.Rd7+ Ke8 40.Ra7 Ng5 41.
Rxa6 Nf3 42.Kf2 Nxe5 43.Nxb5 Kf7 44.Nd4 Rh2+ 45.Kf1 Rxb2 46.Nxe6 Nf3 47.
Nf4 Nd2+ 48.Kg1 Ne4 49.Ra7+ Kf8 50.Ra8+ Ke7 51.Ra7+ Kd6 52.Ra6+ Kc7 53.Nh5
Ra2 54.a4 Ra3 55.Kg2 Kd7 56.a5 Ke7 57.Ra7+ Ke6 58.a6 Nc5 59.Rxh7 Ra2+ 60.
Kf1 Nxa6 61.Nf4+ Ke5 62.Re7+ Kf6 63.Re6+ Kf7 64.Re5 Kf6 65.Re6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 
d6 9.Nd2 e5 10.f3 Qe7 11.e4 Nbd7 12.Bd3 g5 13.Bf2 Nh5 14.g3 Ng7 15.Qe2 h5 
16.h4 gxh4 17.Rxh4 Nf8 18.Rh2 Ng6 19.d5 O-O-O 20.Nf1 h4 21.g4 Qf6 22.Qe3 
Kb8 23.Nd2 Ne8 24.O-O-O c6 25.Kb2 Nc7 26.Nb3 Na6 27.Rdh1 Rh7 28.Bf1 Rdh8 
29.Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.a4 Nc6 8.O-O Qc7
9.Nb3 b6 10.f4 Bb7 11.f5 Be7 12.fxe6 fxe6 13.Bh5+ g6 14.Bg4 Bc8 15.Bh6 Rg8
16.Bg5 Nxg4 17.Qxg4 Ne5 18.Qh4 Ra7 19.Qxh7 Rf8 20.Bxe7 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Qxe7 
22.Qg8+ Kd7 23.Nd4 Kc7 24.Rf8 Ra8 25.Nf3 Nxf3+ 26.Rxf3 Qg5 27.h3 Ra7 28.
Nd5+ exd5 29.Rc3+ Kd7 30.Qxc8+ Ke7 31.Rf3 dxe4 32.Rf8 Qc5+ 33.Kf1 Qxc8 34.
Rxc8 Ke6 35.Ke2 b5 36.a5 b4 37.Rc4 Kd5 38.Rxb4 Rc7 39.c3 Rc5 40.Ke3 Rxa5 
41.Rd4+ Ke5 42.Rxe4+ Kf6 43.Kd4 Rb5 44.Re2 a5 45.Kc4 Rc5+ 46.Kb3 d5 47.Ka4
Kf5 48.g3 Kf6 49.Re8 Kf5 50.Ra8 Rc6 51.Kxa5 Re6 52.Rf8+ Ke5 53.b4 Rc6 54.
Re8+ Kd6 55.Rd8+ Ke5 56.Re8+ Kd6 57.Re3 Rc8 58.h4 g5 59.hxg5 Rg8 60.Kb5 
Rxg5 61.Rd3 Rg4 62.Rd4 Rxg3 63.c4 Kc7 64.Rxd5 Rg6 65.c5 Rh6 66.c6 Rh4 67.
Rd7+ Kc8 68.Kc5 Rg4 69.b5 Rg6 70.b6 Rg5+ 71.Rd5 Rg8 72.b7+ 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Ne5 9.e3 Ng6 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Qc2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 d6 13.f4 Qe7 14.Kf2 Nf8 
15.c5 dxc5 16.Bb5+ Nd7 17.Nf5 Qf6 18.Rad1 g6 19.Nxh6 Rf8 20.g4 a6 21.g5 
Qe6 22.Be2 Nb6 23.Ng4 Ke7 24.Nf6 Qc6 25.Rh7 Bf5 26.e4 Be6 27.f5 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 b6 6.Ne2 c5 7.c3 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6
9.O-O Be7 10.f4 f5 11.exf6 Bxf6 12.Nf3 O-O 13.Be3 Nc7 14.Qd3 Qc8 15.Ng3 
Qa6 16.Qd2 Rae8 17.a4 Qb7 18.b4 a5 19.b5 Be7 20.Qd3 Rf7 21.Rae1 Ref8 22.
Bd2 Bf6 23.f5 Re8 24.Bf4 c4 25.Qd2 Nf8 26.Ne5 Bxe5 27.Bxe5 Qc8 28.Qg5 exf5
29.Nxf5 Ng6 30.Bxc7 Rxe1 31.Rxe1 Qxc7 32.Re8+ Rf8 33.Ne7+ Kf7 34.Nxd5 Qb7 
35.Re3 Rb8 36.h4 Kf8 37.h5 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Qe7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 d6 7.Nd2 h6 8.Bh4 Nbd7
9.Be2 g5 10.Bg3 e5 11.O-O Re8 12.a3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nf8 14.c5 Ng6 15.cxd6 
cxd6 16.Bd3 e4 17.Be2 Be6 18.c4 Rac8 19.Rc1 b6 20.Kh1 d5 21.Qa4 a5 22.Qb5 
Qxa3 23.c5 bxc5 24.dxc5 Ne7 25.Nb3 Bd7 26.Qb6 Rc6 27.Nd4 Rxb6 28.cxb6 Nf5 
29.Nxf5 Bxf5 30.Bb5 Bd7 31.Ba6 h5 32.b7 h4 33.b8=Q Rxb8 34.Bxb8 h3 35.Kg1 
hxg2 36.Rfe1 Ng4 37.Bg3 Nh6 38.Ra1 Qc5 39.Rec1 Qb6 40.Bc8 Bxc8 41.Rxc8+ 
Kh7 42.Ra8 d4 43.exd4 Qxd4 44.R8xa5 Nf5 45.R5a4 Qd3 46.R4a3 Qe2 47.R3a2 
Qg4 48.Ra4 Nxg3 49.fxg3 Qf3 50.R4a2 e3 51.Rxg2 f5 52.Ra7+ Kg6 53.Ra6+ Kf7 
54.Ra1 Qe4 55.Ra7+ Ke6 56.Ra6+ Kd7 57.Ra7+ Ke6 58.Ra6+ Ke7 59.Ra7+ Kf6 60.
Ra6+ Kg7 61.Ra7+ Kg8 62.Rb2 Qe8 63.Rbb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.10.02"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.f4 Qc7 10.Nb3 Rd8 11.Qe1 a6 12.Qf2 Qb8 13.Bf3 Bd7 14.Na4 b5 15.Nb6 
Be8 16.Nxa8 Qxa8 17.Rad1 e5 18.Rfe1 Rc8 19.c3 a5 20.a3 b4 21.axb4 axb4 22.
Ra1 Qb8 23.c4 exf4 24.Bxf4 Ne5 25.Bxe5 dxe5 26.Qa7 Qxa7+ 27.Rxa7 Bf8 28.
Rc1 Bc6 29.Ra6 Bd7 30.Ra5 Be6 31.Rxe5 Nd7 32.Ra5 Nb6 33.Be2 g6 34.Kf2 h5 
35.Ra6 Nd7 36.h3 Ne5 37.Ra5 Nc6 38.Rb5 Bg7 39.Rc2 Ra8 40.Rd2 Kh7 41.Rd6 
Ne5 42.Nd2 Ra2 43.Rxb4 Bf8 44.c5 Nd7 45.Rb5 Nxc5 46.Rc6 Na4 47.Bc4 Bxc4 
48.Nxc4 Bg7 49.e5 Nc3 50.Rb7 Ne4+ 51.Ke3 Ng5 52.Rcc7 Bh6 53.Ra7 Nxh3+ 54.
Kd4 Rxa7 55.Rxa7 Ng5 56.b4 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 Qe7 7.Nd3 Nxe4 8.
O-O Nxc3 9.dxc3 Ne6 10.Nxc5 Qxc5 11.Be3 Qe7 12.f4 f5 13.Qf3 O-O 14.Rfe1 
Rb8 15.Rad1 b6 16.Bf2 Kh8 17.Qh3 Rf7 18.b4 h6 19.Qh5 Rf8 20.Bh4 Qf7 21.
Qxf7 Rxf7 22.c4 a6 23.Re5 Kh7 24.Bg3 Kg6 25.a3 c5 26.c3 Kh7 27.Rd6 g6 28.
Bd1 Kg7 29.Bf3 Kf8 30.Bh4 g5 31.fxg5 hxg5 32.Bg3 Ke7 33.Rd2 f4 34.Bf2 Kf6 
35.Red5 Rg7 36.Bg4 Rb7 37.Rd6 Ke7 38.h4 cxb4 39.cxb4 Rc7 40.c5 bxc5 41.
Bxe6 dxe6 42.bxc5 Rd7 43.hxg5 Rxd6 44.Rxd6 Kf7 45.Rd8 Bb7 46.Bd4 Rh7 47.
Rd6 Bd5 48.c6 Kg6 49.Bb6 Rh8 50.c7 Rc8 51.Ba5 Kxg5 52.Rxa6 Kg4 53.Rd6 f3 
54.Rd8 Bb7 55.gxf3+ Kxf3 56.Kf1 e5 57.Ke1 e4 58.Kd2 Kf2 59.Kc3 e3 60.Kd4 
e2 61.Rxc8 Bxc8 62.a4 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Nf3 b6 8.Rc1 Bb7 
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qb3 Re8 12.Be2 c6 13.O-O Nd7 14.a4 Rb8 15.Qc2 
Qe7 16.Rfd1 Nf8 17.Na2 a5 18.Qd2 c5 19.Nc3 Red8 20.Nb5 Ne6 21.Re1 Bc6 22.
Nc3 cxd4 23.exd4 Qb4 24.Na2 Qxd2 25.Nxd2 Bxa4 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.e4 c6 8.Be2 
Nbd7 9.O-O Nb6 10.Qb3 Be6 11.Qc2 Bg4 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 e5 15.
dxe5 Qxe5 16.g3 Rfd8 17.Bf4 Qe6 18.Kg2 Nc4 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Rd1 Rxd1 21.
Nxd1 h5 22.Be2 Nb6 23.Nc3 Nfd7 24.h4 Nc4 25.Nd1 Ncb6 26.b3 Qe7 27.Ne3 Nc5 
28.f3 Ne6 29.Kh3 Qd7 30.Kh2 Nxf4 31.gxf4 Qe7 32.Kg3 Nd7 33.Ng2 Nc5 34.e5 
Bh6 35.Bc4 Kf8 36.Qc3 Bg7 37.b4 Nd7 38.Qd2 Bh6 39.Qd4 Nb6 40.Bb3 Qd7 41.
Qc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Be3 Bd7 10.Nb3 Na5 11.Nd2 Qc7 12.Bd3 O-O 13.Qe2 d5 14.exd5 exd5 15.Qf3 
Be6 16.Rfe1 Nc6 17.Bf4 Qd7 18.h3 Rfe8 19.Nb3 d4 20.Ne4 Bxb3 21.cxb3 Nd5 
22.Bc4 Rad8 23.Nd6 Bxd6 24.Qxd5 Bf8 25.Qxd7 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Rxd7 27.Re8 Na5 
28.Bd2 Nc6 29.b4 Re7 30.Rc8 Na7 31.Ra8 b5 32.axb5 axb5 33.Bd3 f6 34.Kf1 
Kf7 35.Bc2 g6 36.Bb3+ Kg7 37.Bf4 Rd7 38.Bd2 Nc6 39.Rc8 Nxb4 40.Rxf8 Kxf8 
41.Bxb4+ Kg7 42.Ke2 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 
9.Re1 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1 Be6 13.Ng3 d5 14.exd5 Qxd5 15.Qe2 
Nd7 16.Ng5 Bxg5 17.Bxg5 Rfe8 18.Be3 h6 19.Qh5 Nf6 20.Qe2 Ne7 21.Ne4 Nd7 
22.Qf3 Rac8 23.Nd2 Qd6 24.Qh5 Qc6 25.Bb3 Nf5 26.Qf3 Qxf3 27.Nxf3 c4 28.
dxc4 bxc4 29.Ba4 f6 30.Rad1 Nxe3 31.Bxd7 Nxd1 32.Bxc8 Nxb2 33.Bxa6 Ra8 34.
Rb1 Na4 35.Bb7 Rb8 36.Rb4 Nxc3 37.a3 Kf8 38.Ba6 Rxb4 39.axb4 Na2 40.b5 c3 
41.Ne1 Nb4 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 a6
9.Na4 O-O 10.c4 d5 11.exd5 Bb4 12.Nc3 exd5 13.a3 Be7 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Be2 
dxc4 16.Bxc4 Qxd2+ 17.Bxd2 Rd8 18.O-O-O Nd5 19.Ne4 Be6 20.Bg5 f6 21.Bd2 
Kf7 22.Rhe1 Nc7 23.Bxe6+ Nxe6 24.Be3 f5 25.Nd2 Rd5 26.Nc4 Rad8 27.Rxd5 
Rxd5 28.Rd1 Rxd1+ 29.Kxd1 Nd8 30.Bb6 Ke6 31.Kc2 Nb7 32.Bd4 g6 33.Kd3 Bd6 
34.g3 Bc7 35.b4 Nd8 36.f4 Nb7 37.Be3 Nd8 38.Bd4 Nb7 39.Be5 Bd8 40.Kd4 h5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Be7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Nf1 Re8
9.Ng3 Bf8 10.O-O b5 11.Bc2 Ne7 12.a4 Bb7 13.d4 Ng6 14.Re1 h6 15.Bd2 Qd7 
16.b3 c5 17.d5 Reb8 18.Nf5 Bc8 19.h3 Nf4 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.Qd2 g6 22.N5h4 
Bg7 23.c4 bxc4 24.bxc4 Qc7 25.e5 Nd7 26.e6 fxe6 27.dxe6 Ne5 28.Rad1 Bxe6 
29.Nxg6 Re8 30.Qxf4 Qf7 31.Nfxe5 dxe5 32.Qe4 Rab8 33.Nh4 Bf6 34.Re3 Bg5 
35.Rg3 Rbd8 36.Rxd8 Rxd8 37.Nf3 Qg7 38.h4 Bf7 39.hxg5 h5 40.g6 Be6 41.Qxe5
Bxc4 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Black "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Be7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.O-O b5 
9.Bc2 d5 10.Re1 Bb7 11.Qe2 Qd7 12.Nf1 a5 13.Ng3 b4 14.Ba4 Bd6 15.Bg5 dxe4 
16.dxe4 Ne8 17.Qc4 Qe6 18.Qxe6 fxe6 19.Be3 h6 20.c4 Nf6 21.c5 Be7 22.Rad1 
Rfd8 23.h3 g5 24.Rc1 Kg7 25.Bxc6 Bxc6 26.Nxe5 Be8 27.b3 Ra6 28.Red1 Raa8 
29.Nf3 Bg6 30.Nd4 Ra6 31.f3 Be8 32.Rd2 Kf7 33.Rdc2 Nd7 34.Nb5 Rc6 35.Ne2 
e5 36.a4 Nb8 37.Kf2 Rd3 38.Rb1 Na6 39.Na7 Rg6 40.Ng3 c6 41.Nc8 Bf8 42.Nf5 
Kf6 43.Ncd6 Bf7 44.Ke2 Rxb3 45.Ne8+ Bxe8 46.Rxb3 Bf7 47.Rbb2 Ke6 48.Rd2 
Be7 49.Rb1 Kf6 50.Rd7 Bxc5 51.Rc1 Be6 52.Rb7 Bc8 53.Rh7 b3 54.Bxc5 b2 55.
Be7+ 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.Nf1 O-O 
9.Ng3 b5 10.Bc2 h6 11.Qe2 d5 12.h3 Be6 13.Nd2 Qe7 14.O-O Rfd8 15.Re1 Kh7 
16.Nf3 dxe4 17.dxe4 Rd7 18.a4 Bc4 19.Qe3 Rad8 20.axb5 axb5 21.Ra6 Nb8 22.
Ra8 c5 23.Rxb8 Rxb8 24.b3 Be6 25.Nxe5 Rc7 26.f4 Bc8 27.Nf3 Nd7 28.e5 Bb7 
29.Ne4 Bxe4 30.Qxe4 f5 31.Qe2 Nb6 32.g4 fxg4 33.hxg4 Rg8 34.Qe4 Qe6 35.Kf2
Nd5 36.Rh1 Kh8 37.Ng5 Qc6 38.e6 Ne7 39.Nf7+ Kh7 40.f5 Qxe4 41.Bxe4 Rf8 42.
Nxh6 Bxc3 43.Nf7+ Kg8 44.fxg6 c4 45.Rh7 cxb3 46.Bf4 Rfc8 47.Nh6+ Kf8 48.
Rf7+ Ke8 49.Bxc7 Rxc7 50.Nf5 Ra7 51.Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.e4 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 O-O 7.Bd3 e5 8.Ne2 
c5 9.O-O Nc6 10.dxc5 dxc5 11.Ng3 Ne8 12.f4 f6 13.f5 b6 14.Rd1 Na5 15.Nf1 
Ba6 16.Ne3 Nd6 17.Be2 Qc7 18.Nd5 Qb7 19.g4 Bxc4 20.Nxf6+ Rxf6 21.g5 Bxe2 
22.Qxe2 Nxe4 23.gxf6 Nxc3 24.Qg4 Nxd1 25.Bh6 Rd8 26.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Nc6
28.Qd5+ Qf7 29.Qxc6 gxh6 30.Qc8+ Qf8 31.Qe6+ Qf7 32.Qc8+ Qf8 33.Qe6+ Qf7 
34.Qxe5 b5 35.Qe6 Qxe6 36.fxe6 c4 37.Kf2 c3 38.Ke3 b4 39.Kd3 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.26"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O
O-O 9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.Be2 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Qxd6 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qxa2
15.Qb4 b5 16.Qxb5 Qa3+ 17.Qb2 Qc5 18.Rd4 e5 19.Qb4 Qc7 20.Rd5 exf4 21.Qc5 
Qb7 22.Kd2 Be6 23.Rd4 Rac8 24.Qb4 Qc7 25.Ra1 f3 26.Bxf3 Qf4+ 27.Ke2 Qxh2 
28.Kf2 f5 29.e5 f4 30.Rxa7 Qg3+ 31.Kf1 Rb8 32.Rb7 Ra8 33.Rd1 Bh3 34.Qe4 
Bxg2+ 35.Bxg2 f3 36.Bh1 Qh3+ 37.Kf2 Qh2+ 38.Ke3 Qe2+ 39.Kd4 Rad8+ 40.Kc5 
Qxe4 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.10.02"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Qe2+ Be7 7.dxc5 Nf6 8.
Ngf3 O-O 9.Nb3 Re8 10.Be3 Ne4 11.O-O Nxc5 12.Qd1 Ne4 13.Nbd4 Qc7 14.h3 a6 
15.Be2 Bf6 16.Re1 Bd7 17.c3 Rad8 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Qb3 Qd7 20.Bb6 Ba4 21.Qb4
Ra8 22.Bd1 Bc6 23.Nd4 a5 24.Qa3 Be7 25.Qb3 Bh4 26.Nf3 Bf6 27.Bd4 Bxd4 28.
cxd4 f6 29.Bc2 Kh8 30.Re3 Qd6 31.a3 Rec8 32.Bd3 b6 33.Rae1 Bb7 34.Qd1 Qf4 
35.Qe2 Bc6 36.Ba6 Rd8 37.Bb5 Bb7 38.Nd2 Nd6 39.Re7 h6 40.Nf3 Rab8 41.g3 
Qf5 42.Nh4 Qg5 43.Kg2 Ne4 44.Bd7 Bc8 45.Bc6 f5 46.Re5 Qf6 47.Qb5 f4 48.
Rxd5 Ba6 49.Rxd8+ Rxd8 50.Qxb6 fxg3 51.f3 Nd6 52.Ng6+ Kh7 53.Ne7 Rf8 54.
Qxa6 Qxd4 55.Qe2 Rb8 56.Qc2+ Kh8 57.Re2 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.h3 Bd7 7.Re1 Be7 8.c3 O-O 
9.d4 Re8 10.a3 exd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Bc2 f5 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Nc3 
Nxc3 16.Rxe8+ Bxe8 17.bxc3 Qd6 18.Bd2 Na5 19.Qc1 Qc6 20.Bf4 Nc4 21.Ne5 
Bxe5 22.Bxe5 Bg6 23.Bb3 Nb6 24.Qg5 Re8 25.Rc1 h6 26.Qg3 Re7 27.Qh4 Rf7 28.
Qd8+ Kh7 29.a4 a5 30.f3 Rd7 31.Qb8 Nc4 32.Bxc4 dxc4 33.Qa8 Qb6 34.Re1 c6 
35.Qc8 Re7 36.Kh2 Qb2 37.Qd8 Rf7 38.Qxa5 Rxf3 39.Qc7 Rf7 40.Re3 Rxc7 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 
O-O 9.O-O a6 10.Bg5 b5 11.Bb3 Bb7 12.Qe2 Nbd7 13.Rad1 Nb6 14.Rfe1 Nbd5 15.
Ne5 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Nd5 17.Bd2 Rc8 18.c4 bxc4 19.Bxc4 a5 20.Rb1 Bb4 21.Rb3 
Ba8 22.Rg3 Bxd2 23.Qxd2 f6 24.Qh6 Qe7 25.Bd3 f5 26.Nc4 Rf6 27.Qg5 h6 28.
Qd2 Qb4 29.Qxb4 axb4 30.Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 Bg4 7.c3 Be7 8.h3 Bh5 
9.d3 Nd7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Bg6 12.Nf1 b5 13.Bc2 Nc5 14.Bxc5 dxc5 15.Ne3 
Bd6 16.Qe2 Qd7 17.Nh4 Nd8 18.Nhf5 Ne6 19.g3 Rfe8 20.Bb3 Bf8 21.Rad1 a5 22.
a4 c6 23.h4 Kh8 24.Qg4 Rab8 25.Re2 h5 26.Qf3 Bh7 27.axb5 g6 28.bxc6 Qxc6 
29.Bd5 Qc7 30.Nc4 gxf5 31.exf5 Nd8 32.Qxh5 Qd7 33.Be6 Nxe6 34.fxe6 Qxe6 
35.Nxe5 Kg8 36.Rde1 Qf5 37.Qxf5 Bxf5 38.g4 f6 39.f4 Bc8 40.Nc6 Rxe2 41.
Rxe2 Rb6 42.Nxa5 Rd6 43.Re3 Bxg4 44.Rg3 f5 45.Nc4 Rd7 46.Ne5 Rg7 47.Nxg4 
fxg4 48.Kf2 Be7 49.Ke3 Bxh4 50.Rg1 g3 51.Kf3 g2 52.Ke3 Kf7 53.Kf3 Rg3+ 54.
Kf2 Rxd3+ 55.Kxg2 Rd2+ 56.Kh3 Bf6 57.Rg2 Rd3+ 58.Kg4 Ke6 59.Re2+ Kd5 60.
Kf5 Bd8 61.Re5+ Kd6 62.Ke4 Rd2 63.b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "171"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 e4 5.Ng5 h6 6.Ngxe4 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Qh4 8.Nc3
Qxd4 9.e3 Qxd1+ 10.Kxd1 Be7 11.Nd5 Bd8 12.Bd2 d6 13.Bc3 O-O 14.Be2 Ne5 15.
Kd2 c6 16.Nf4 Re8 17.Rhd1 Bg4 18.b3 a5 19.h3 Bf5 20.Ke1 Bc7 21.Rd2 a4 22.
b4 a3 23.Rc1 f6 24.Bd4 Ra4 25.Bc3 Kf8 26.Kf1 Bh7 27.Bd1 Raa8 28.Bb3 Bg8 
29.Ba1 Bf7 30.Ne2 Nd7 31.Nd4 Bg6 32.Ke2 Re7 33.Kf1 Ne5 34.Rcd1 c5 35.Nb5 
cxb4 36.Nxd6 Bxd6 37.Rxd6 Nc6 38.Bd4 Na5 39.Bc5 Nxb3 40.axb3 Ke8 41.Bxb4 
a2 42.Bc3 Bc2 43.Rc1 Bxb3 44.Ba1 Rc8 45.c5 Rec7 46.Bd4 Rxc5 47.Bxc5 Rxc5 
48.Ra1 Rc2 49.Rb6 Bd5 50.e4 Bc6 51.Ke1 Ke7 52.Rb4 f5 53.exf5 Bxg2 54.Rg4 
Bf3 55.Rb4 Kf6 56.Rb3 Bd5 57.Rd3 Bc4 58.Rd2 Rxd2 59.Kxd2 Kxf5 60.Kc3 b5 
61.Kb2 g5 62.Rg1 h5 63.Rg3 Kf4 64.Ka1 h4 65.Rg4+ Kf5 66.Rg1 Be6 67.Re1 Bd5
68.Rg1 Kf6 69.Kb2 Be6 70.Rh1 Kg6 71.Ka1 Kh5 72.Kb2 Kg6 73.Ka1 Kf5 74.Re1 
Kf6 75.Rh1 b4 76.Kb2 b3 77.Ka1 Bf5 78.Kb2 Ke5 79.Re1+ Kf4 80.Re3 g4 81.
hxg4 Bc2 82.Rc3 Kxg4 83.Rc4+ Kg5 84.Rc3 Kf4 85.Ka1 Bd1 86.Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 b6 6.c3 c5 7.a3 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6 
9.Qg4 Nc7 10.Ne2 Qe7 11.Qg3 O-O-O 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.a4 Qe8 14.O-O f6 15.a5 
Qg6 16.axb6 axb6 17.Nf3 Kb7 18.Bf4 Qxg3 19.Bxg3 Ne4 20.Ned4 Nxg3 21.hxg3 
Bc5 22.Rfe1 Bxd4 23.Nxd4 f5 24.f4 Ra8 25.Kf2 h5 26.Kg1 Rag8 27.Nf3 Ra8 28.
Kh2 Na6 29.Kh3 Nc5 30.Nd4 Rxa1 31.Rxa1 Rh6 32.Nf3 Ne4 33.Kh4 Rg6 34.Ng5 
Rh6 35.Ra3 Rg6 36.c4 dxc4 37.Nxe4 fxe4 38.Kxh5 Rh6+ 39.Kg5 Kc6 40.g4 Kd5 
41.Re3 Rh1 42.Re2 Rd1 43.Kg6 Kd4 44.f5 Kxe5 45.fxe6 Rd6 46.Kxg7 Rxe6 47.g5
Rc6 48.g6 Kf5 49.g4+ Kxg4 50.Rxe4+ Kf5 51.Rd4 Rxg6+ 52.Kf7 Rc6 53.Rd5+ Ke4
54.Rb5 Rd6 55.Ke7 Rd3 56.Rxb6 Rb3 57.Rc6 Kd3 58.Rd6+ Kc2 59.Rd4 Rb4 60.Kd6
Kxb2 61.Kc5 Kb3 62.Rd1 Ra4 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 e4 5.Nd2 Bb4 6.e3 O-O 7.Be2 d6 8.O-O Bf5 
9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.cxd5 Ne7 11.Qb3 Ba5 12.Nc4 Bb6 13.a4 c6 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Nxb6
axb6 16.Bd2 Be6 17.Qc2 f5 18.b4 Bd5 19.a5 b5 20.f3 Qd7 21.f4 Qe6 22.Rac1 
h6 23.Be1 g5 24.Bg3 Qf6 25.Qd2 Kh8 26.Qe1 Rg8 27.Qf2 Rg7 28.Kh1 Rag8 29.
Rg1 Ng6 30.h3 Ne7 31.Rcf1 Qe6 32.Rc1 g4 33.Bh4 g3 34.Qe1 Nc8 35.Qc3 Kh7 
36.Rge1 Qf7 37.Kg1 Na7 38.Qd2 Bc4 39.Bd1 d5 40.Qc3 Nc8 41.Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.27"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 a6 8.a4 O-O 
9.O-O Nc6 10.Nb3 Nb4 11.Qe2 e5 12.Be3 Be6 13.Rfd1 Qc8 14.a5 Bg4 15.f3 Be6 
16.Ra4 d5 17.exd5 Nbxd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bf2 Nb4 20.Na1 Qc6 21.Ra3 Rad8 22.
Re1 Nd5 23.Rd3 Bb4 24.c3 Bxa5 25.Qxe5 Bb6 26.f4 Bxf2+ 27.Kxf2 Qc5+ 28.Rd4 
Qa7 29.Nc2 b5 30.Ne3 Nxe3 31.Rxe3 g6 32.Qf6 Rxd4 33.cxd4 Qd7 34.Qe5 Rc8 
35.d5 Rc2+ 36.Re2 Rxe2+ 37.Kxe2 Bg4+ 38.Kd2 Qd8 39.h3 Qa5+ 40.Qc3 Qb6 41.
hxg4 Qf2+ 42.Kd3 Qxg3+ 43.Kd4 Qxg2 44.g5 h6 45.gxh6 Qh2 46.d6 Qxh6 47.Qc8+
Kg7 48.d7 Qxf4+ 49.Kc5 Qe5+ 50.Kc6 Qe4+ 51.Kb6 Qd4+ 52.Kb7 Qe4+ 53.Kb8 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e3 b5 7.a4 c6 8.Nd2 Bb7 
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.Bf3 Qb6 11.O-O O-O 12.Qc2 a6 13.Rfb1 c5 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.dxc5
Bxc5 16.b3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 cxb3 18.Rxb3 b4 19.a5 Qb7 20.Na4 Be7 21.Nb6 Rad8 
22.e4 Nd7 23.Ndc4 Nc5 24.Rxb4 Nxe4 25.Rb3 Ng5 26.Kg2 Rd4 27.Ne5 Bf6 28.Nc6
Rh4 29.Ra4 Rh3 30.Nd5 Qd7 31.Nxf6+ gxf6 32.Rg4 e5 33.Qc5 Re8 34.Re3 Kh8 
35.Nxe5 fxe5 36.Rxe5 Rxh2+ 37.Kg3 Rh3+ 38.Kg2 Rh2+ 39.Kg3 Rh3+ 40.Kg2 Rh2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.
Qh6 Rg6 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Bb2 Ne7 11.f3 Bd7 12.fxe4 Nxe4 13.Qe3 Nd6 14.Qe5 Rg8 
15.Nf3 Ng6 16.Qe3 Nh4 17.Ne5 Nxg2+ 18.Bxg2 Rxg2 19.O-O-O Qg5 20.Qxg5 Rxg5 
21.Rdg1 Rxg1+ 22.Rxg1 O-O-O 23.Rg7 f6 24.Ng4 Ne4 25.c4 h5 26.Ne3 b6 27.Kd1
f5 28.Ng2 Nd6 29.Bc1 Nxc4 30.Bg5 Rh8 31.Bf6 Re8 32.Nf4 Ne3+ 33.Kd2 Ng4 34.
Nxh5 Rh8 35.Rxg4 Rxh5 36.Rg8+ Kb7 37.h4 f4 38.Bg5 Bc6 39.Rg7 Be4 40.c3 b5 
41.Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 
Bd7 9.Bd3 a5 10.O-O a4 11.Bd2 Na5 12.Ne5 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Nb3 14.Rad1 c5 15.
dxc5 Rc8 16.Nb6 Rxc5 17.Qb4 Nd5 18.Nxd5 Rxd5 19.Bc3 Bc6 20.Bc2 Nc5 21.Rxd5
Qxd5 22.Qg4 g6 23.Rd1 Qh5 24.Qxh5 gxh5 25.Rd4 Rc8 26.g4 e5 27.Rc4 Bd5 28.
Rb4 f6 29.gxh5 Bf3 30.Rc4 Kh8 31.Kf1 b5 32.Bf5 Rc6 33.Rb4 Rb6 34.Bg4 Bd5 
35.Be2 Bc6 36.f3 Kg7 37.Rg4+ Kh6 38.Bb4 Ne6 39.Kf2 Kxh5 40.Be7 f5 41.Rg8 
f4 42.e4 Bd7 43.Bf6 b4 44.axb4 h6 45.Bxe5 Rxb4 46.Bc3 Rb6 47.Ra8 Ng5 48.
Ra6 Rb8 49.Bc4 Rc8 50.Bd5 Be8 51.h4 Kxh4 52.Rxh6+ Bh5 53.Kg2 Nxf3 54.Bf7 
Ng5 55.Be1+ 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.27"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D59"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Qc2 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Nf3 c5 12.Be2 Ba6 13.Bxa6 Nxa6 14.dxc5 bxc5 
15.O-O Qf6 16.Rad1 Rab8 17.Rd2 Rb7 18.Qa4 Rd8 19.Rfd1 Nc7 20.Qa5 Ne6 21.
Qc3 Qf5 22.h3 Rdd7 23.a3 Rd6 24.Qe5 Qxe5 25.Nxe5 d4 26.exd4 cxd4 27.Rc1 
Rd5 28.Nd3 a5 29.Rc4 Rdb5 30.Kf1 Rb8 31.Ke2 h5 32.h4 Kf8 33.Rdc2 Ke7 34.g3
R8b6 35.Kd2 Kd6 36.b4 axb4 37.axb4 Kd5 38.Rc8 Ke4 39.Ke2 Rxb4 40.f3+ Kd5 
41.Nxb4+ Rxb4 42.Ra8 Rb3 43.Ra5+ Kd6 44.Kf2 g6 45.Rd2 Rb7 46.Rda2 Rd7 47.
Ra7 Rxa7 48.Rxa7 f6 49.Ke2 Kd5 50.Ra8 f5 51.Ra6 f4 52.g4 d3+ 53.Kd2 Nd4 
54.Kxd3 Nxf3 55.gxh5 Ne5+ 56.Ke2 gxh5 57.Ra4 Ng6 58.Ra5+ Ke4 59.Rxh5 f3+ 
60.Kf2 Kf4 61.Rh7 Ne5 62.Rg7 Ng4+ 63.Kf1 Nf6 64.Rf7 Kf5 65.Kf2 Kg6 66.Ra7 
Kh5 67.Ra4 Ng4+ 68.Kxf3 Ne5+ 69.Kg3 Ng6 70.Ra5+ Kh6 71.Kg4 Nf8 72.Ra6+ Kg7
73.h5 Nh7 74.h6+ Kf7 75.Kf5 Nf8 76.Ra7+ Kg8 77.Rg7+ Kh8 78.Kf6 Nh7+ 79.Kf7
Nf6 80.Kg6 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.a4 Nd7
9.Bd3 Qa5 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.O-O f5 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Ba3 c4 14.Qg5 Qc7 15.Be2 h6
16.Qh4 Rh7 17.Nd2 Bd7 18.Bh5+ Kd8 19.Bg6 Rh8 20.Rfe1 Kc8 21.Nf3 b6 22.Ne5 
Be8 23.Qh3 Nd8 24.Qg3 Bxg6 25.Qxg6 a5 26.f4 Kb7 27.f5 Re8 28.fxe6 Rxe6 29.
Nf7 Qd7 30.Rxe6 Qxe6 31.Ne5 Ne8 32.Qg3 Qf5 33.Re1 Ne6 34.Ng6 N8c7 35.Ne7 
Qf4 36.Qxf4 Nxf4 37.Bd6 Nfe6 38.Nf5 b5 39.axb5 a4 40.Bb4 a3 41.Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4 Nf6 7.N2c3 O-O 8.Be3 
Nxe4 9.Nxe4 f5 10.Nc3 f4 11.Bc1 Nc6 12.d5 exd5 13.Qxd5+ Qxd5 14.Nxd5 Bd6 
15.Bd2 Bg4 16.f3 Rae8+ 17.Kd1 Bh5 18.Bd3 Nd4 19.Rf1 Kh8 20.Nc3 Nf5 21.Ne4 
Be5 22.c3 Nh4 23.Rf2 Nxg2 24.Rxg2 Bxf3+ 25.Re2 Bxe2+ 26.Kxe2 f3+ 27.Kf2 
Bxh2 28.Rh1 Bf4 29.Bxf4 Rxf4 30.Ng3 h6 31.Nf5 Re2+ 32.Kg3 Rxf5 33.Bxf5 
Rxb2 34.Be4 f2 35.Kg2 Kg8 36.Rd1 Kf7 37.Rd7+ Kf6 38.Rxc7 b6 39.Rxa7 h5 40.
Bd5 h4 41.Rf7+ Ke5 42.Bc4 Rc2 43.Rf3 f1=Q+ 44.Kxf1 g5 45.Bb3 Rc1+ 46.Kf2 
g4 47.Rd3 h3 48.Bd1 h2 49.Kg2 g3 50.a4 Ke4 51.Rd6 Ke5 52.Rd3 Ke4 53.Rd8 
Rxc3 54.Rh8 Ra3 55.Rh4+ Ke5 56.Bf3 Kd6 57.Kxg3 h1=Q 58.Rxh1 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.10.02"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C32"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nd2 exd3 6.Bxd3 Qxd5 7.Ngf3 Bc5 8.
Qe2+ Qe6 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 g6 12.b4 Be7 13.Bb2 Bf6 14.O-O-O 
Nc6 15.h4 h5 16.g4 Bxe5 17.fxe5 Qxg4 18.Qe3 Nxb4 19.e6 Nd5 20.exf7+ Rxf7 
21.Bc4 c6 22.Rxd5 Qxc4 23.Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 Nxe4 7.d4 Bd7 8.Re1 f5 
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nbd2 Nxf2 11.Nxe5 Nxd1 12.Nxc6+ Be7 13.Nxd8 Bxa4 14.Ne6 Kf7
15.Nf3 Rhe8 16.b3 Nxc3 17.bxa4 Bf6 18.Nfg5+ Kg8 19.Bb2 Rac8 20.Kf1 h6 21.
Nf3 c5 22.Nf4 Re4 23.Nh5 Bd4 24.Ng3 Rf4 25.Bc1 Rg4 26.Nxf5 Rf8 27.h3 Re4 
28.Rxe4 Nxe4 29.N5xd4 cxd4 30.Bb2 d3 31.Rd1 d2 32.Bd4 Rc8 33.Ke2 Rc4 34.a5
Ra4 35.Kd3 Nd6 36.Rxd2 Rxa5 37.Be5 Ra3+ 38.Kd4 Ra4+ 39.Kc3 Nc4 40.Re2 b5 
41.Kd4 g5 42.Kc5 Na5 43.Bd4 Kf8 44.Ne5 Nb7+ 45.Kd5 b4 46.Bb6 Ke7 47.Kc6 
1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bxe7 
Qxe7 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 c5 11.Ne2 Nc6 12.O-O cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.exd4 Qb4
15.Bc2 Bd7 16.a3 Qb6 17.Re1 Rfe8 18.Qd3 g6 19.Qb3 Qxd4 20.Red1 Qf6 21.Qxb7
Bc6 22.Qa6 Re6 23.b4 Rae8 24.Bd3 d4 25.Qc4 Ba4 26.Rdc1 Rc6 27.Qa2 Rc3 28.
Qd2 Rec8 29.Rf1 Kg7 30.Ra2 Qe6 31.Raa1 Qd5 32.Rfe1 Bc2 33.Bf1 Bf5 34.Rad1 
d3 35.f3 g5 36.Qe3 Rxa3 37.h4 Bg6 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.Rd2 Rd8 40.Rb1 Qb5 41.f4
gxf4 42.Qxf4 Qb6+ 43.Qf2 Rc3 44.Qxb6 axb6 45.Rbd1 Rc2 46.Rf2 Rd4 47.b5 Rc5
48.Rfd2 Rxb5 49.Kf2 Rbd5 50.Ke3 Kf8 51.g3 Re4+ 52.Kf2 Rc4 53.Ke3 Re5+ 54.
Kf2 Rc2 55.g4 Ke7 56.Kf3 Rxd2 57.Rxd2 Rd5 58.Ke3 Kf6 59.Rb2 Rd6 60.Bg2 Kg5
61.Bf3 Re6+ 62.Kf2 Kf6 63.Rb5 Ke7 64.Rb4 Kd8 65.Kg3 Rd6 66.Kf4 Kc7 67.Rc4+
Kd7 68.Rb4 d2 69.Bd1 Kc6 70.Ke3 Kc5 71.Rb2 f6 72.Rxd2 Rxd2 73.Kxd2 Kd4 74.
Ke2 b5 75.Bb3 Kc3 76.Bd5 b4 77.Ke3 Bd3 78.Bb3 Kxb3 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.e4 bxc4 8.Ne2 exd5 
9.exd5 d6 10.O-O O-O 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Nxc3 Nbd7 13.Bf4 Ne5 14.Bxe5 dxe5 15.
Re1 Qb6 16.Qd2 Rfe8 17.Nd1 Rad8 18.Ne3 e4 19.Nxc4 Qa6 20.Ne3 Bxd5 21.Rad1 
Qb6 22.Qc3 Be6 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Rc1 h6 25.Rc2 Rc8 26.Rd2 Qc7 27.h3 Rb8 28.
Kh2 a5 29.Bf1 h5 30.Bc4 Re8 31.Kg2 h4 32.Bxe6 Rxe6 33.g4 g5 34.Kg1 Kh7 35.
b4 axb4 36.axb4 Nd7 37.Rd5 Ne5 38.Rxc5 Nf3+ 39.Kf1 Qh2 40.Rc8 Qxh3+ 41.Ke2
Ne5 42.Qd4 Qf3+ 43.Kf1 Qh1+ 44.Ke2 Qb1 45.Qd8 Qd3+ 46.Qxd3 exd3+ 47.Kd2 
Rf6 48.Rc1 Rxf2+ 49.Kc3 Rf3 50.Re1 h3 51.Nf1 Nxg4 52.b5 d2+ 53.Kxd2 Rb3 
54.Re4 f5 55.Rc4 Rxb5 56.Rc3 h2 57.Rh3+ Kg7 58.Kc1 Ra5 59.Nxh2 Ra1+ 60.Kb2
Rh1 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.27"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.dxc5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Bxc5 11.a3 a6 12.b4 Be7 13.Bb2 b5 14.Bb3 Bb7 15.
Rac1 Rfd8 16.Kf1 Kf8 17.Ke2 Ke8 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Rd1 Rxd1 20.Nxd1 Kd7 21.
g3 Bd6 22.Nd4 Nxd4+ 23.Bxd4 e5 24.Bc3 Bd5 25.Bc2 Be4 26.Bb3 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.Bd3 f5 8.exf6 
Bxf6 9.O-O Nc6 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Bxe4 Nxd4 12.Ng5 Bf5 13.Bxf5 Nxf5 14.Ne6 
Qxd1 15.Rxd1 Rfe8 16.Nxc7 Rad8 17.Bf4 Re2 18.Rxd8+ Bxd8 19.Rd1 Bf6 20.Rd2 
Re4 21.Nd5 Bxb2 22.Rd3 Ra4 23.g4 Nd4 24.Re3 Nc6 25.Rb3 Bd4+ 26.Kg2 b6 27.
a3 Bc5 28.Bc1 Rxg4+ 29.Rg3 Rxg3+ 30.hxg3 Nd4 31.c4 Nb3 32.Bf4 Na5 33.a4 
Nxc4 34.Bb8 a5 35.Bc7 Kf7 36.Kf3 Ke6 37.Nc3 Bd6 38.Bd8 Kd7 39.Bg5 Kc6 40.
Bc1 Be5 41.Nb5 Kc5 42.g4 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.10.02"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D95"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bd2 b6 7.Qb3 e6 8.Be2 Bb7 
9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Rfd1 Re8 12.a4 a5 13.Rac1 Bf8 14.Be1 Rc8 15.h3 
c6 16.Nd2 Nb8 17.Bf3 Bh6 18.Nf1 Na6 19.Na2 Rb8 20.Qc2 Bf8 21.Nc3 Nb4 22.
Qb1 Bc8 23.e4 dxe4 24.Nxe4 Bf5 25.Nfg3 Nxe4 26.Bxe4 Bxe4 27.Nxe4 f5 28.
Bxb4 Bxb4 29.Qa2+ Kg7 30.Nc3 Bd6 31.d5 c5 32.Qc4 Qf6 33.Re1 Re5 34.Nb5 
Rbe8 35.Rxe5 Qxe5 36.Nxd6 Qxd6 37.Rd1 Kf7 38.b3 Re4 39.Qa6 f4 40.f3 Re5 
41.Kh2 Re3 42.Qb7+ Re7 43.Qc8 Kg7 44.Qa8 h5 45.Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.O-O Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nc5 8.
Be2 c6 9.Nd2 f6 10.exf6 Qxf6 11.Nf3 Ne6 12.Be3 Bc5 13.Bxc5 Nxc5 14.c4 Be6 
15.Nd4 O-O-O 16.Nxe6 Nxe6 17.Bg4 Kb8 18.Bxe6 Qxe6 19.cxd5 Rxd5 20.Qb3 Re8 
21.Qg3+ Re5 22.Rad1 Qe7 23.h3 Ka8 24.Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.exd6 Qxd6 6.Be3 Qb4+ 7.Bd2 Qd6 8.c5 
Qe6+ 9.Be2 Nd5 10.Nf3 g6 11.O-O Bg7 12.Re1 Qd7 13.Nc3 O-O 14.Bc4 Nxc3 15.
Bxc3 b5 16.cxb6 axb6 17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.Rxe5 Nc6 19.Re3 Na5 20.Bf1 e6 21.Qf3 
Qd5 22.Qf6 Bb7 23.Rae1 Qd8 24.Qf4 Bd5 25.Bb4 Re8 26.Rh3 f5 27.Rc1 Ra7 28.
Bd2 c6 29.b4 Nb7 30.Rxh7 g5 31.Qc7 Qxc7 32.Rxc7 Rxa2 33.Bxg5 Nd6 34.f3 b5 
35.h4 Rea8 36.Bf4 Nc4 37.h5 R2a7 38.Rxa7 Rxa7 39.Rc2 Rh7 40.h6 Ra7 41.Kf2 
Ra4 42.Be2 Rxb4 43.Rc1 Ra4 44.g4 Ra7 45.Rg1 Kh7 46.gxf5 exf5 47.Bd3 Rf7 
48.Re1 b4 49.Rb1 b3 50.Rxb3 Ne5 51.Rc3 Nxf3 52.Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Bc4 Bd6 7.Qe2+ Be7 
8.O-O O-O 9.d4 Bd6 10.Re1 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bg6 13.Nh4 Nd7 14.Nxg6 hxg6 
15.Qf3 g5 16.Kg2 g6 17.Rh1 Kg7 18.h4 gxh4 19.Bh6+ Kxh6 20.Rxh4+ Kg7 21.
Rah1 Rh8 22.Rxh8 Qxh8 23.Rxh8 Rxh8 24.Qb3 b6 25.Bxf7 Nf8 26.Be8 Rh2+ 27.
Kf1 Kh6 28.Qe3+ Kg7 29.Bxc6 Rh4 30.Bf3 Nh7 31.Qe6 Bf4 32.d5 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.Bf4 Bxf4 8.gxf4 
dxc4 9.Ne5 Qc7 10.e3 b5 11.a4 Bb7 12.b3 Nbd7 13.bxc4 b4 14.c5 a5 15.Nd2 
O-O 16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.Kh1 Nf6 18.Bf3 Ba6 19.Rg1 Nd5 20.Qb3 Rac8 21.Nc4 Rb8 
22.Bd1 Bxc4 23.Qxc4 Rf6 24.Bb3 Qb7 25.Rg2 Re8 26.Rag1 Re7 27.Qd3 Qc8 28.
Rg5 Kh8 29.Qf1 Nc3 30.Bc2 Rb7 31.Qa6 Rff7 32.Bb3 g6 33.R5g2 Rfe7 34.h4 Qc7
35.h5 Ra7 36.Qd3 Qd8 37.hxg6 hxg6 38.Rxg6 Rg7 39.R6g5 Ne4 40.Rh5+ Rh7 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Bc4 c6 8.Nf3
f5 9.Ng3 h5 10.h4 Nd7 11.Qe2 Bd6 12.O-O-O Bxg3 13.fxg3 Nb6 14.Bb3 Qf6 15.
c4 Bd7 16.c5 Nd5 17.Ne5 O-O-O 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Rd3 Rde8 20.Qd2 Rhg8 21.Re1 
f4 22.Rf1 Rxe5 23.dxe5 Qxe5 24.Qxf4 Qe2 25.Re3 Qb5 26.Qxf7 Rd8 27.Kb1 Qxc5
28.Qe7 Qd4 29.Qe5 Qd2 30.Qf4 Qxg2 31.Re7 Qh3 32.a4 d4 33.Ka1 d3 34.Rd1 Qe6
1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nf3 Re8
9.O-O Bb7 10.Nc3 Bd6 11.Nb5 Bf8 12.Qc2 c6 13.Nc3 Nbd7 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.Rad1 
Bb4 16.a3 Bd6 17.Nd2 Nf8 18.e4 Ne6 19.exd5 cxd5 20.Qd3 a6 21.Nf1 b5 22.b4 
Rc4 23.Nb1 a5 24.bxa5 Qxa5 25.Ne3 Rc7 26.Nc3 Bxa3 27.Qxb5 Bb4 28.Ra1 Qxb5 
29.Nxb5 Bxe1 30.Nxc7 Bxf2+ 31.Kxf2 Nxc7 32.Ra5 Ra8 33.Rxa8+ Bxa8 34.Ba3 
Ne6 35.Be7 Ne4+ 36.Bxe4 dxe4 37.d5 Nf8 38.g4 Nd7 39.Kg3 Nb6 40.d6 f6 41.g5
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 d5 4.c4 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Be2 c4 8.O-O Bb4
9.Ne5 O-O 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.f3 c5 12.a3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qa5 14.Bd2 Bd7 15.Be1 
Rab8 16.Qd2 cxd4 17.exd4 Rb3 18.Bd1 Rxa3 19.Rxa3 Qxa3 20.Bh4 Qd6 21.Bc2 a5
22.Bg3 Qa6 23.Be5 Ra8 24.Qc1 Ne8 25.Re1 a4 26.Qa3 Qh6 27.Re2 Qg5 28.g3 g6 
29.Bf4 Qd8 30.Re1 Ra6 31.Kf2 Ng7 32.Rb1 Qf8 33.Rb8 Ne8 34.Rb4 Nd6 35.Bb1 
Nb5 36.Qc1 a3 37.Ba2 Qe8 38.h4 Re6 39.Be3 Ra6 40.Qd2 Qe6 41.Bf4 Qh3 42.Kg1
Re6 43.Rb1 h6 44.Rc1 g5 45.hxg5 hxg5 46.Bb8 f6 47.Qc2 Be8 48.Rf1 Kg7 49.
Bb1 Rb6 50.Re1 Rxb8 51.Re7+ Kf8 52.Rh7 Nxc3 53.Rxh3 Rxb1+ 54.Qxb1 Nxb1 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.e3 
cxd4 9.exd4 Nc6 10.Bb5 O-O 11.Ne2 Qb6 12.Qd3 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Ne4 14.O-O Bf5 
15.Ba4 Rfe8 16.Rfe1 Qa5 17.Bb3 g5 18.Bg3 Re6 19.Be5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Rxe5 21.
Qd4 Rae8 22.Ng3 Bg6 23.f3 Nxg3 24.Rxe5 Rxe5 25.hxg3 Qc7 26.Bxd5 Re2 27.Kh2
b6 28.Bc4 Re8 29.Rd1 h5 30.Bb3 h4 31.Qd6 Qxd6 32.Rxd6 hxg3+ 33.Kxg3 Kg7 
34.Rd7 Rc8 35.Rxa7 Rxc3 36.Rb7 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.10.02"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Bd3 c5 9.
O-O cxd4 10.exd4 Nc6 11.a3 Bb7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Bg3 dxc4 14.Bb1 Na5 15.Be5 
Nb3 16.Rc2 Qd7 17.Re2 Rfd8 18.Re3 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Nxd4 20.Qh3 Nf5 21.Rf3 Rc5 
22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.g4 Bxc3 24.bxc3 Ne7 25.Rg3 Qd2 26.f4 Ng6 27.Bxg6 fxg6 28.
g5 Rd6 29.Re3 Rf5 30.gxh6 gxh6 31.Rg3 Kg7 32.Qg4 Rf6 33.Kh1 Qd5+ 34.Kg1 
Qe4 35.Rg2 Rd3 36.Re2 Re3 37.Rd2 Rd3 38.Re2 Qf5 39.Qh4 Qc5+ 40.Kh1 Qc6+ 
41.Kg1 Rxc3 42.Qe1 Rf3 43.Ref2 Qc5 44.Kg2 Rxf2+ 45.Rxf2 c3 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 
Bb7 9.Qc2 h6 10.h4 c5 11.O-O-O Nc6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Kb1 Bc8 14.a3 Be6 15.
Bh7+ Kh8 16.Bf5 cxd4 17.exd4 Rc8 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Qg6 Qe8 20.Qg4 Na5 21.Rd3
Rc6 22.Re1 h5 23.Qg3 Qf7 24.Ne2 Kh7 25.Nf4 Nc4 26.Nh3 Kg8 27.Ka2 a5 28.
Nfg5 Qe8 29.Nf4 Qd7 30.Nxh5 Bxg5 31.hxg5 Rfc8 32.Nf6+ gxf6 33.gxf6+ Kf8 
34.Rh1 e5 35.Qg6 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qd1 Be6 7.Nf3 g6 8.Be2 
Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Nh5 13.Qd2 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Ne5 15.b3
Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 c6 17.Rac1 Qa5 18.g4 Rfd8 19.Rfd1 h5 20.gxh5 g4 21.Be2 Qxh5 
22.Qd3 Be5 23.g3 Kg7 24.Bf1 Rh8 25.Bg2 Rh6 26.Ne2 Rah8 27.Kf1 Rf6 28.c5 d5
29.exd5 cxd5 30.Qe3 Bc7 31.Rd4 Be5 32.Rd2 Bc7 33.Rcd1 Rf3 34.Qd4+ Be5 35.
Qb4 Qh2 36.Rxd5 Bxd5 37.Qxg4+ Kf8 38.Rxd5 Qh7 39.Rd8+ Ke7 40.Qd7+ Kf6 41.
Bxf3 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 O-O 7.e3 c6 8.Bd3 
Nbd7 9.Qc2 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.O-O Qe7 13.Rfe1 Ng6 14.Nxg6 hxg6 
15.Bg5 Qf8 16.Re2 Be6 17.f4 Nh7 18.Bh4 Be7 19.Bf2 Nf6 20.Rf1 Bb4 21.Bh4 
Bxc3 22.Bxf6 Bb4 23.f5 gxf5 24.Bh4 c5 25.a3 g6 26.Bb5 Ba5 27.Bxe8 Rxe8 28.
Qxc5 Qxc5 29.dxc5 Bd7 30.Rd1 Bb5 31.Rf2 Bc6 32.b4 Bc7 33.Re2 Be5 34.Kf2 a5
35.bxa5 Ra8 36.Ra2 Rxa5 37.Be7 f6 38.Rc1 Kf7 39.Bd8 Ra4 40.Rb1 Ra8 41.Bb6 
g5 42.a4 f4 43.a5 fxe3+ 44.Kxe3 d4+ 45.Kf2 Ke6 46.Rba1 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Panov, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 Re8 
9.d5 Nc5 10.Ne1 a5 11.h3 Bd7 12.Be3 b6 13.Nd3 Nh5 14.Kh2 Rf8 15.Qe2 Nxd3 
16.Qxd3 f5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.f4 exf4 19.gxf4 Qh4 20.Rf3 Nf6 21.Bd4 Rae8 22.
Raf1 Rf7 23.Kg1 Ne4 24.Bxg7 Rxg7 25.Re3 Kf7 26.Nxe4 fxe4 27.Qc3 Reg8 28.
Rf2 Bf5 29.Rfe2 Qxf4 30.Rf2 Qg5 31.Kf1 Qh5 32.Kg1 Ke7 33.Kh2 Qg5 34.Qd2 
Kd8 35.Rc3 Qg6 36.Qe3 Re7 37.Qf4 Re5 38.Re3 Kc8 39.b3 Qh5 40.Bxe4 Rxe4 41.
Qf3 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.27"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E86"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nge2 d6 6.f3 e5 7.Be3 exd4 8.Nxd4 c6
9.Qd2 d5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.e5 Ne8 12.f4 f6 13.exf6 Nxf6 14.Be2 Nc6 15.O-O 
Re8 16.Kh1 Bg4 17.Bxg4 Nxg4 18.Bg1 Nxh2 19.Bxh2 Nxd4 20.Rae1 Qd7 21.Qd3 
Rad8 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.Bg1 Qf5 24.Qd1 Ne2 25.Nxe2 Qh5+ 26.Bh2 Rxe2 27.Re1 
Re4 28.Qc1 Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 h6 30.Qd2 Qf5 31.Bg1 Qh5+ 32.Bh2 Kh7 33.b3 d4 34.
Qd3 Qf5 35.Qd2 Qe4 36.Bg1 b5 37.b4 a6 38.Kh2 g5 39.g3 gxf4 40.gxf4 Kg6 41.
Bf2 Bf6 42.a4 bxa4 43.Qa2 d3 44.Qxa4 Qe2 45.Kg3 h5 46.Qxa6 h4+ 47.Kg2 Qe4+
48.Kf1 Qh1+ 49.Bg1 Qf3+ 50.Bf2 d2 51.f5+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Stolberg, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qb3 c6 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O-O Nd7 10.e4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Bd3 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.
Kb1 Be6 16.Qc2 Qa5 17.Rc1 Rfd8 18.Rcd1 Rab8 19.Rd2 Bxc3 20.bxc3 b4 21.cxb4
Rxb4+ 22.Kc1 Qa3+ 23.Kd1 Rbd4 24.Ke2 c5 25.e5 Kf8 26.Rhd1 Qa5 27.Ke3 Bxa2 
28.f4 Bd5 29.g3 Be6 30.Be4 Bb3 31.Qxb3 Rxd2 32.Rxd2 Qxd2+ 33.Kf3 Qd1+ 34.
Qxd1 Rxd1 35.Ke3 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Re8 
9.Qc2 c6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bb2 Qc7 12.Rad1 Nf8 13.Qc1 Ne6 14.Qa1 Nc5 15.b4 
Ncd7 16.Na4 Ng4 17.Rc1 f6 18.Nd2 Nh6 19.b5 Nf7 20.Ne4 Nf8 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.
Nac5 Ne6 23.Bc3 Nxc5 24.Nxc5 Bg4 25.Qb2 Bf8 26.Ne4 Be7 27.Qc2 Rab8 28.h3 
Bd7 29.g4 f5 30.gxf5 Bxf5 31.Qa4 Qc8 32.Kh2 Rb6 33.Bd2 Ra6 34.Qc2 Nd6 35.
c5 Nxe4 36.Bxe4 Bxe4 37.Qxe4 Qe6 38.a4 Rd8 39.Be3 Qd5 40.Qc4 Qxc4 41.Rxc4 
Ra5 42.Kg2 Kf7 43.Kf3 Ke6 44.Ke4 Rb8 45.f4 exf4 46.Rxf4 Rb3 47.Kf3 Bxc5 
48.Rce4+ Kd5 49.Rf7 Bxe3 50.Rd7+ Kc5 51.Rxe3 Rxe3+ 52.Kxe3 h6 53.Rd4 Kb6 
54.Rh4 h5 55.Rb4+ Kc7 56.h4 Re5+ 57.Kf3 c5 58.Rc4 Kc6 59.e4 g5 60.hxg5 
Rxg5 61.Kf4 Rg8 62.Rc3 h4 63.Rh3 Rh8 64.Ke5 a5 65.Kf6 c4 66.Kg7 Rh5 67.Kg6
Rc5 68.Rxh4 c3 69.Rh1 c2 70.Rc1 Rc3 71.e5 Kd5 72.Kf5 Kd4 73.e6 Kd3 74.e7 
Rc8 75.Ke6 Kd2 76.Kd7 Ra8 77.Rh1 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.d3 Nd7 7.Be2 Ngf6 8.O-O 
Bd6 9.d4 Bb4 10.e5 Ng8 11.Nd1 Bf8 12.b3 Ne7 13.Ne3 g6 14.c4 Bg7 15.Ba3 Qa5
16.Nc2 Nf5 17.Rfd1 Bf8 18.Bb2 h5 19.Bd3 Qd8 20.Bxf5 gxf5 21.Ne3 Rh7 22.
Rac1 Nb6 23.Rc2 Be7 24.Bc3 Bg5 25.Bb4 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 Qh4 27.a4 dxc4 28.bxc4 
Nxa4 29.d5 exd5 30.Rd4 f4 31.Rxf4 Qg5 32.cxd5 O-O-O 33.Qxa7 Qxf4 34.Qa8+ 
Kc7 35.Ba5+ Nb6 36.Rxc6+ bxc6 37.Qxc6+ Kb8 38.Qxb6+ Ka8 39.Qc6+ Ka7 40.
Bb6+ 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O e6 8.f4 Be7
9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qg3 Bd7 12.Rf2 b5 13.a3 Rfd8 14.Raf1 b4 15.axb4 
Nxb4 16.f5 e5 17.Bh6 Bf8 18.Ne6 fxe6 19.fxe6 Bxe6 20.Rxf6 Re8 21.Rxe6 Rxe6
22.Bc4 Qxc4 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.Qxg7+ Ke8 25.Bg5 Rc8 26.h4 h6 27.Bxh6 Qd4+ 
28.Kf1 Qc4+ 29.Kg1 Re7 30.Qg3 Kd7 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C98"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.a4 Be6 15.Ng5 
Rad8 16.axb5 axb5 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Qe2 c4 19.b3 b4 20.Qxc4 bxc3 21.Nf3 Qc8 
22.Ra4 Nd4 23.Qxc8 Nxf3+ 24.gxf3 Rxc8 25.Ra6 Kf7 26.f4 exf4 27.Bxf4 Rfd8 
28.Kf1 Nh5 29.Be5 Rc5 30.Bh2 Rd2 31.Re2 Rd4 32.Bb8 Rd8 33.Rb6 Ra5 34.b4 
Ra1+ 35.Re1 Ra2 36.Bb3 Rb2 37.Bxe6+ Ke8 38.Bc7 c2 39.Bxd8 Rb1 40.Rc6 Bxb4 
41.Bg5 Rxe1+ 42.Kg2 Nf6 43.f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 d6 8.Bg5 
Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Ne6 11.Bc1 c6 12.Bf1 Qc7 13.Nh4 Re8 14.Qf3 Kh8 15.Nf5 
Ng8 16.h4 f6 17.Rd1 Rf8 18.d5 Nc5 19.Ne3 Ne7 20.c4 cxd5 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.
cxd5 Bd7 23.Bd3 Rae8 24.Be3 b6 25.Rab1 Na4 26.Rb4 Nc5 27.Bxc5 bxc5 28.Rb3 
Rb8 29.Rdb1 Ba4 30.Rxb8 Rxb8 31.Rxb8+ Qxb8 32.g4 Qd8 33.Kh2 Kg8 34.c3 Bd7 
35.Kg3 Qa5 36.Bc4 Qb6 37.Qd1 a5 38.Bb3 Qb5 39.a4 Qb6 40.h5 Bc8 41.Qc2 Qa6 
42.Qd1 Bd7 43.Kf3 h6 44.Kg3 Kf7 45.f3 Ke7 46.Kg2 Qc8 47.Qb1 Qb8 48.Qa2 Qe8
49.Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.26"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qb3 c6 8.O-O-O 
Nd7 9.e4 O-O 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.h4 Nb6 12.e5 Be7 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.Kb1 a5 15.a4 
Bb4 16.Nb5 f6 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.Ka1 Rc8 19.Bb1 Nxa4 20.Qxa4 Qe8 21.Bd3 Rc4 
22.Bxc4 dxc4 23.Nd6 Bxa4 24.Nxe8 Bxe8 25.d5 exd5 26.Rxd5 c3 27.Rd8 cxb2+ 
28.Kxb2 Kf8 29.Rhd1 Ke7 30.R8d3 Kf8 31.Re3 Rb6 32.Ne5 Be7+ 33.Ka2 Bxh4 34.
Nd7+ Bxd7 35.Rxd7 Bf6 36.Rb3 Re6 37.Rbxb7 Re2+ 38.Kb1 Kg8 39.f4 Rxg2 40.
Rb5 Rf2 41.f5 a4 42.Ra7 Rf4 43.Kc2 h5 44.Kd2 Kh7 45.Rba5 h4 46.Rxa4 Rxf5 
47.R7a5 Rf2+ 48.Ke3 Rh2 49.Kf3 Rh3+ 50.Kg2 Rg3+ 51.Kh2 Kh6 52.Ra3 Rg4 53.
R3a4 Rg6 54.Ra6 Kh5 55.R6a5+ Kh6 56.Ra6 Kh7 57.R6a5 Rh6 58.Rg4 Bd8 59.Ra7 
Bf6 60.Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E40"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bd3 e5 6.Ne2 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.O-O 
exd4 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.exd4 O-O 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Bxf5 Qxf5 13.Qb3 a5 14.Rac1 a4 
15.Qc4 Bd6 16.Nc3 a3 17.bxa3 Rxa3 18.Nb5 Ra5 19.Rb1 Qd7 20.Rb2 Rfa8 21.
Rfb1 Nd8 22.h3 c6 23.Nc3 b5 24.Qe2 Qe6 25.Bc1 b4 26.Ne4 Rxa2 27.Rxa2 Rxa2 
28.Qf3 Bf8 29.Bd2 Qc4 30.Be3 Ne6 31.Qf5 Qd5 32.Qxd5 cxd5 33.Nc5 Bxc5 34.
dxc5 d4 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Panov, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nbd2 a5 11.Nc4 f6 12.Nh4 g6 13.Nf5 Nb6 14.Nxe7 Qxd1 15.
Rxd1 Kxe7 16.Ne3 Be6 17.a4 Rhd8 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.b3 Bc8 20.Bb2 Be6 21.Kf1 
Ra8 22.Ke2 Nc8 23.Rd1 Nd6 24.Ba3 Bc8 25.Kd3 Ba6+ 26.c4 Ke6 27.f3 h5 28.Kc3
Rd8 29.Bb2 Nb7 30.Rxd8 Nxd8 31.Nd1 Bc8 32.Nf2 Kd6 33.Kd2 c5 34.Nd3 g5 35.
Ke3 h4 36.Bc3 Nc6 37.Bb2 Nd4 38.Bxd4 cxd4+ 39.Kd2 Be6 40.Ne1 Kc5 41.Nd3+ 
Kd6 42.g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qb3 c6 8.Nf3 Nd7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Rfd1 exd4 13.exd4 Nb6 14.d5 cxd5 15.
Bxd5 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 b6 17.Nd4 Bxd4 18.Rxd4 Be6 19.Rad1 Qg5 20.Qa3 Bxd5 21.
Rxd5 Rad8 22.Qxf8+ Rxf8 23.Rxg5 hxg5 24.Kf1 Rc8 25.Rd7 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Stolberg, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 e6 7.Bc4 Bd6 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Re1 Qc7 10.c3 c5 11.Qe2 cxd4 12.cxd4 b6 13.Bg5 Bb7 14.Ba6 Rac8 15.
Ne5 Bxa6 16.Qxa6 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Nd5 18.Rac1 Qb8 19.Qe2 Rxc1 20.Bxc1 Rc8 21.
f4 Qc7 22.Be3 g6 23.Rc1 Qb7 24.Rxc8+ Qxc8 25.Ne4 Qc6 26.Kf2 Qa4 27.Nc3 
Nxc3 28.bxc3 Nb8 29.Kg3 Nc6 30.Kf3 Ne7 31.Qd3 Kg7 32.Qd2 Qc6+ 33.Kf2 Qe4 
34.Qd4 Qa8 35.Qd2 Nf5 36.g4 Nh4 37.Kg3 g5 38.fxg5 Ng6 39.Qg2 Qd8 40.Qe4 
Qc8 41.Bd4 Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.10.02"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bd3 Ngf6 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.
O-O c5 9.c3 cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.Qc2 g6 12.Bf4 Nb6 13.Bc7 Qe7 14.Be4 Nd5 
15.Bxd5 exd5 16.Be5 Bf5 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Qb3 Be4 19.Ne5 Qb6 20.Qxb6 axb6 
21.Rfc1 Rfc8 22.a3 Bf5 23.g4 Be6 24.h3 f6 25.Nd3 g5 26.f3 Kf7 27.Kf2 Ke7 
28.Ke3 Kd6 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.h4 h6 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Rh1 Re8 33.Kd2 Bd7 34.Rh6
Rf8 35.Ne1 Ke7 36.Nc2 Rf7 37.Ne3 Be6 38.Kc3 Kd6 39.Kb4 Bd7 40.Nf5+ Kc7 41.
a4 Be6 42.Ng3 Bd7 43.Nh5 f5 44.Nf6 fxg4 45.Nxd5+ Kb8 46.fxg4 Bxg4 47.Nxb6 
Rf2 48.b3 Bd1 49.d5 Kc7 50.a5 Rd2 51.Rh7+ Kb8 52.d6 Rd4+ 53.Kc5 Rh4 54.d7 
Kc7 55.d8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.27"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E19"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 
Nxc3 9.Qxc3 d6 10.Qc2 f5 11.Ne1 Nc6 12.d5 exd5 13.cxd5 Nb4 14.Qd2 a5 15.a3
Na6 16.b4 Bf6 17.Bb2 Qd7 18.Bxf6 Rxf6 19.Nd3 a4 20.Rac1 Qf7 21.Nf4 Bc8 22.
Rc3 Bd7 23.Rfc1 h6 24.h4 Ra7 25.h5 Ra8 26.Re3 Kh7 27.Rcc3 Rb8 28.Qd3 Ra8 
29.Ng6 Rxg6 30.hxg6+ Kxg6 31.Re6+ Kh7 32.g4 c5 33.b5 Nc7 34.gxf5 Nxb5 35.
f6+ Kg8 36.Rc4 Re8 37.Rg4 g5 38.Rxe8+ Bxe8 39.Re4 Kf8 40.Re7 Qg6 41.Be4 
Qh5 42.Bf3 Qg6 43.Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qe7 7.O-O Bxd2 8.Qxd2 
O-O 9.Nc3 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.Ne5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Rc8 14.Rfc1 f6 
15.Nd3 c6 16.Qe3 Nd7 17.Rc2 Qd6 18.Rac1 Rc7 19.Qf4 e5 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Nxe5
fxe5 22.Qc4+ Kh8 23.Rc3 h6 24.Qe4 Rac8 25.Rd3 Qe6 26.Rcd1 Re7 27.b3 Rf8 
28.Rd6 Qf7 29.f3 c5 30.R1d5 Rfe8 31.Rd3 Kg8 32.a4 Re6 33.R6d5 Qb7 34.Qg4 
Qf7 35.Qe4 Qb7 36.Re3 Qf7 37.a5 Qb7 38.Qc4 Qf7 39.a6 R6e7 40.Qe4 Re6 41.
Red3 R6e7 42.Rd8 Qe6 43.R8d6 Qf7 44.Kf2 Rc7 45.Rd8 Re7 46.Qc4 e4 47.Rxe8+ 
Rxe8 48.Rd7 Qxc4 49.bxc4 exf3 50.Kxf3 Ra8 51.Ke4 Kh7 52.Kd5 Kg6 53.Kc6 Re8
54.Rxa7 Rxe2 55.Rd7 Rxh2 56.a7 Ra2 57.Kb7 Kf6 58.a8=Q Rxa8 59.Kxa8 h5 60.
Kb7 g5 61.Kxb6 Kf5 62.Kxc5 Kg4 63.Rg7 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Qa5+ 7.Nc3 a6 8.b4 
Qd8 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Bxd7+ Bxd7 11.Nd5 b5 12.Nh4 Rc8 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.exf5 Bg7
15.O-O O-O 16.Rae1 Re8 17.Re2 Rc6 18.Rfe1 e5 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Rxe6 Rxe6 21.
Rxe6 Rxc2 22.Qe3 Kf8 23.h4 h5 24.Re7 Qc8 25.Ra7 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 O-O 7.e3 c6 8.Bd3 
Nbd7 9.Qc2 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.Ne5 Be6 12.O-O N6d7 13.Nf3 Ng6 14.Bh2 Ndf8 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 f6 17.Bg3 Bd6 18.Ne2 Bf7 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Ng3 Bg6 21.Rab1 
Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Nd7 23.Rfe1 Nb6 24.Nf5 Qe6 25.f3 g6 26.Nh6+ Kg7 27.Ng4 h5 28.
Nf2 Rad8 29.b3 Nc8 30.Qd2 Nd6 31.Nd3 Nf5 32.Nf4 Qf7 33.g4 hxg4 34.hxg4 Nh4
35.Kf2 Rh8 36.Rh1 Rh6 37.Rbg1 g5 38.Nh5+ Kg8 39.Qd3 f5 40.f4 Kh7 41.fxg5 
Rxh5 42.gxh5 Qxh5 43.Qe2 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.Nb5 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 O-O 8.c3 
Nbc6 9.f4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nf5 11.Nf3 f6 12.Bd3 a6 13.Bxf5 axb5 14.Bd3 Qa5 15.
Qxa5 Rxa5 16.Kd2 Bd7 17.a3 Rfa8 18.Rac1 b4 19.axb4 Ra4 20.b5 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 
Rxd4 22.Ke3 Rb4 23.Rc7 d4+ 24.Kf3 Bxb5 25.Bxb5 Rxb5 26.exf6 gxf6 27.Re1 
Re8 28.Rd7 Rb3+ 29.Kg4 Rxb2 30.Kh3 Rb5 31.Rxd4 Re7 32.Rd8+ Kf7 33.Rd6 e5 
34.fxe5 fxe5 35.Re4 Rb2 36.Rh4 Ke8 37.Re4 Kf7 38.Rh4 Kg7 39.Rg4+ Kf8 40.
Re4 Rf2 41.Rd5 Rf5 42.Kg4 Rf6 43.Rexe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Panov, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 Na5 
9.Bc2 c5 10.h3 O-O 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1 Nc4 14.b3 Nb6 15.dxe5 dxe5
16.Ne3 Rad8 17.Qe2 Rfe8 18.c4 Bf8 19.a4 bxa4 20.bxa4 Nh5 21.g3 Nf6 22.g4 
Bc6 23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.cxd5 c4 25.a5 Nbxd5 26.exd5 e4 27.Nd4 Nxd5 28.Nf5 Qe5 
29.Ba3 Nf4 30.Qxe4 Nxh3+ 31.Kf1 Rd2 32.Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 d6 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Nc3
c6 9.O-O-O Re8 10.e4 e5 11.h3 Na6 12.Rhe1 Bd7 13.g4 Rad8 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.
Qd6 h6 16.Rd2 Qxd6 17.Rxd6 Re7 18.Red1 Rde8 19.Nh4 Be6 20.Nf5 Rd7 21.Rxd7 
Nxd7 22.Nd6 Rb8 23.a3 Nc7 24.Kc2 Ne8 25.Nf5 Kh7 26.Bf1 g6 27.Ne3 Kg7 28.b4
Kf8 29.c5 a5 30.Bc4 axb4 31.axb4 Bxc4 32.Nxc4 Ke7 33.Ra1 Kd8 34.Rd1 Kc7 
35.Na4 f6 36.Nab6 Nf8 37.h4 Rd8 38.Rxd8 Kxd8 39.g5 hxg5 40.hxg5 fxg5 41.
Nxe5 Kc7 42.Kd3 Ng7 43.Nf3 Nge6 44.Nd4 Nd8 45.f3 Nf7 46.Nc4 Kd7 47.e5 Ne6 
48.Nxe6 Kxe6 49.Ke4 Nd8 50.Nd6 Ke7 51.b5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Stolberg, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qb3 c6 8.Nf3 O-O
9.h4 g6 10.O-O-O Nd7 11.h5 g5 12.e4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 b5 14.Be2 Qa5 15.e5 Be7 
16.Ne4 c5 17.Qxb5 Qc7 18.d5 Rb8 19.d6 Rxb5 20.dxc7 Rb7 21.Nd6 Rxc7 22.Nb5 
Rb7 23.Nd6 Rc7 24.Nb5 Rb7 25.Nd6 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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 Bd7 13.Nf1 Rfe8 14.Ng3 Rac8 15.Bd3 h6
16.d5 c4 17.Bc2 Nb7 18.Nh2 Nh7 19.Ng4 Bg5 20.Ne3 g6 21.Ngf1 Qd8 22.Nh2 Kg7
23.Qe2 Rf8 24.Nf3 Nc5 25.Nxg5 hxg5 26.b4 cxb3 27.axb3 a5 28.Bd2 Ra8 29.
Reb1 Qc7 30.Kh2 Rfb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bc5 5.Nxe5 O-O 6.O-O Re8 7.Nf3 Nd4 8.Bc4
Nxe4 9.Nxd4 Bxd4 10.Bxf7+ Kxf7 11.Qh5+ Kg8 12.Qd5+ Kh8 13.Qxd4 Nxc3 14.
dxc3 d6 15.Bh6 Qf6 16.Qxf6 gxf6 17.Be3 Bf5 18.Rac1 Kg7 19.Rfd1 b6 20.Kf1 
Re5 21.Rd2 Kf7 22.b3 Be4 23.Bd4 Rh5 24.f3 Bb7 25.h3 Ba6+ 26.Kg1 d5 27.b4 
Bc4 28.Kf2 Rg5 29.Ra1 Rgg8 30.a4 Rae8 31.a5 Re7 32.g4 Rc8 33.Kg3 c5 34.Bf2
Rb7 35.axb6 axb6 36.bxc5 bxc5 37.Ra5 Rbc7 38.Rd1 Rc6 39.Rb1 R6c7 40.Kf4 
Kg6 41.Rb6 Rc6 42.Rb7 R6c7 43.Raa7 Rxb7 44.Rxb7 Bf1 45.h4 h5 46.Rb6 Kg7 
47.Rd6 hxg4 48.Rd7+ Kg8 49.Kxg4 d4 50.cxd4 cxd4 51.Bxd4 f5+ 52.Kg5 Rxc2 
53.h5 Rg2+ 54.Kf6 Rh2 55.Be5 f4 56.Rd8+ Kh7 57.Kg5 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.d4 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Qb3 cxd4 
9.Nxd5 Nc6 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.exd4 Bxd4 13.Bh6 Re8 14.Rad1 e5 
15.Be3 Bg4 16.Rde1 Be6 17.Be2 Qc7 18.Bxd4 exd4 19.Qd3 Red8 20.Rd1 Rd7 21.
b3 a5 22.Bf3 a4 23.g3 Qb6 24.Rfe1 axb3 25.axb3 Ra3 26.Rb1 Qb4 27.Be4 b5 
28.cxb5 Rxb3 29.Qf1 d3 30.Rxb3 Qxb3 31.Rb1 d2 32.Bc6 Qxb1 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.c4 d6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 Nbd7 5.e4 g6 6.d5 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nc5 
9.Nd2 a5 10.Qc2 Ne8 11.Nb3 f5 12.Nxc5 dxc5 13.Be3 b6 14.exf5 gxf5 15.f4 e4
16.Rad1 Nd6 17.Rd2 Kh8 18.Nd1 Qe7 19.Nf2 Rg8 20.Nh1 Bd4 21.Qb3 Qg7 22.Ng3 
Ba6 23.Kf2 a4 24.Qc2 a3 25.b3 Bb2 26.Rg1 Qf7 27.Qb1 Bc3 28.Rc2 Bf6 29.Nh5 
h6 30.Nxf6 Qxf6 31.Qa1 Qxa1 32.Rxa1 Bc8 33.g3 Bd7 34.Rb1 Rgb8 35.Rc3 Kg8 
36.Ke1 Kf7 37.Kd2 Ke7 38.b4 cxb4 39.Rxb4 Rb7 40.c5 bxc5 41.Bxc5 Rxb4 42.
Bxb4 Ra4 43.Bc5 Kd8 44.Ke3 Be8 45.Bd1 Ra5 46.Bb4 Ra8 47.Rc1 Ba4 48.Be2 Be8
49.Kd4 Ra4 50.Rb1 Bd7 51.Rb3 Bc8 52.Ke5 Ke7 53.Bb5 Ra8 54.Bc6 Ra6 55.Rxa3 
Rxa3 56.Bxa3 Ba6 57.Kd4 Kf6 58.Bxd6 cxd6 59.a4 Ke7 60.Bb5 Bc8 61.a5 Kd8 
62.a6 Kc7 63.a7 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D60"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 
a6 9.a4 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qe2 Nd5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Rfc1 Rfc8 14.a5 Nxc3 15.
Rxc3 b5 16.Bd3 c5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Rac1 g6 19.Nd2 Rc6 20.Bb1 Rac8 21.f3 Qd8
22.Ra3 Rd6 23.Rc2 b4 24.Ra1 b3 25.Rxc5 Rxc5 26.Nxb3 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.26"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 
Nf6 9.Nbd2 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Nb3 Bb6 12.Be3 Nc6 13.Qd2 Bg4 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 
15.Ne5 Rfe8 16.Nxg4 Nxg4 17.Bf5 Nf6 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.Re1 Rxe1+ 20.Qxe1 g6 
21.Bd3 Nb4 22.Nc1 Qd4 23.a3 Nxd3 24.Nxd3 Qc4 25.Qe2 Ne4 26.Kf1 Qc7 27.f3 
Nf6 28.Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Bd3 
Bxd3 9.Qxd3 e6 10.Bd2 Ngf6 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.Rhe1 O-O-O 13.Qe2 c5 14.Kb1 c4 
15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Nf6 17.Qe2 b5 18.Ne5 Rd5 19.g4 Bd6 20.f4 Rd8 21.g5 Ng8
22.Be3 Bxe5 23.fxe5 hxg5 24.Bxg5 Ne7 25.Qf2 Rf8 26.Bxe7 Qxe7 27.Re4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Ne2 
O-O 9.O-O cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Be3 Na5 12.Bd3 b6 13.Qd2 Bb7 14.Bh6 Rc8 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Rac1 Qd7 17.Rfd1 e6 18.Qg5 f6 19.Qe3 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Rc8 21.h4 
Rxc1+ 22.Qxc1 e5 23.dxe5 fxe5 24.Qe3 Qg4 25.g3 Nc6 26.Kh2 Qe6 27.Nc3 Nd4 
28.Bf1 h6 29.Bg2 Qf6 30.Nd5 Bxd5 31.exd5 Nb5 32.Kg1 Nd6 33.Qc3 Nf7 34.Qc7 
a6 35.Qb7 a5 36.Bh3 Kf8 37.Be6 Nd8 38.Qxb6 Nxe6 39.dxe6 Ke7 40.Qxa5 Qxe6 
41.Qc5+ Kd7 42.a4 h5 43.a5 g5 44.Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 c5 7.d4 Nc6 8.Nbd2 Qc7
9.e3 Rd8 10.Qe2 b6 11.Rfc1 a5 12.c4 Ba6 13.Qe1 Nb4 14.Bf1 Ne4 15.a3 Nc6 
16.Rc2 Nxd2 17.Rxd2 a4 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Bxa6 Rxa6 20.Qe2 Qb7 21.dxc5 bxc5 
22.bxa4 Rxa4 23.Qd1 Ra6 24.Bc3 Qd7 25.Qe2 Ra4 26.Rad1 Qe6 27.Bb2 h6 28.Qd3
Re4 29.Qb3 Qf5 30.Kg2 Rc4 31.Qd3 Qe6 32.Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Nf3 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Rc1 Bb7 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.O-O Nxc3 13.Rxc3 Nd7 14.Qa4 c5 15.Ba6
Nf6 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.Rfc1 Ne4 18.R3c2 cxd4 19.Qxd4 Rxc2 20.Rxc2 Rc8 21.Qd3 
Rxc2 22.Qxc2 Qd5 23.h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A93"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 d5 6.O-O O-O 7.b3 c6 8.Ne5 Nbd7 
9.Nd3 Qe8 10.f3 b6 11.Bb2 Bb7 12.Nd2 c5 13.e3 Rc8 14.Qe2 dxc4 15.bxc4 Qf7 
16.Ne5 Qe8 17.f4 Bxg2 18.Qxg2 cxd4 19.exd4 Bb4 20.Nef3 Nb8 21.a3 Bxd2 22.
Nxd2 b5 23.Rac1 bxc4 24.Nxc4 Qd7 25.Rfe1 Rfe8 26.Ne3 Nc6 27.d5 Nxd5 28.Nc4
Rb8 29.Rc2 Rb3 30.Rd2 Reb8 31.Qe2 Nd8 32.Qe5 R8b5 33.g4 Rc5 34.gxf5 Rxc4 
35.fxe6 Nxe6 36.Rxd5 Qf7 37.f5 Nf8 38.Bd4 Rd3 39.Rd8 Rd2 40.Rxf8+ Qxf8 41.
Qd5+ Kh8 42.Qxc4 Qd8 43.f6 Rxd4 44.f7 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.27"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "172"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 e5 10.Be3 Qe7 11.Re1 exd4 12.Bxd4 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Bxe5 Qxe5 15.
h3 b5 16.Bb3 Be6 17.Qc2 Rad8 18.Re3 Rd7 19.Ne2 Rfd8 20.f4 Qc7 21.Qc5 Qb6 
22.Qxb6 axb6 23.e5 Nd5 24.Rf3 Ne7 25.Ng3 Rd3 26.Rxd3 Rxd3 27.Ne4 Rd4 28.
Ng5 Bd5 29.Bxd5 Nxd5 30.Rc1 Rc4 31.Rxc4 bxc4 32.Nf3 Nxf4 33.Kf1 Nd3 34.Ke2
Nxb2 35.Kd2 Nd3 36.Kc3 b5 37.a4 bxa4 38.Kxc4 a3 39.Kb3 Kf8 40.Kxa3 Ke7 41.
Kb3 Nf4 42.Nd4 Nxg2 43.Nxc6+ Ke6 44.Nd8+ Kxe5 45.Nxf7+ Kf6 46.Nd6 Nf4 47.
h4 Ng2 48.h5 Nf4 49.h6 g5 50.Kc3 Kg6 51.Kd4 Kxh6 52.Ke4 Kg6 53.Nc4 Ng2 54.
Ne5+ Kh5 55.Kf3 Nh4+ 56.Kg3 Ng6 57.Ng4 Nf4 58.Ne5 Nd5 59.Kh3 Nf6 60.Kg3 
Kh6 61.Kf3 Kg7 62.Kg3 h5 63.Kf3 Kh6 64.Kg3 Kg7 65.Kf3 Kf8 66.Ke3 Ke7 67.
Nf3 Ng4+ 68.Ke4 Kf6 69.Nd4 Ne5 70.Ke3 Nc4+ 71.Kf3 Nd6 72.Ne2 Ke5 73.Nc1 
g4+ 74.Kf2 h4 75.Nd3+ Kf5 76.Kg2 Ne4 77.Nb4 Kg5 78.Nd5 h3+ 79.Kh2 Kh4 80.
Ne3 g3+ 81.Kg1 Nf2 82.Nf5+ Kg4 83.Ne3+ Kf3 84.Nf1 Ne4 85.Kh1 g2+ 86.Kh2 
gxf1=R 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Rc1 
Bb7 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O c6 11.Bd3 Re8 12.Ne2 Ne4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Ng3 g6 15.
Qa4 a5 16.Ne2 f5 17.Qc2 Qd6 18.Nc3 Re7 19.Na4 Rf8 20.Qb3 Qb4 21.Qc2 f4 22.
Nc3 fxe3 23.fxe3 Nef6 24.e4 dxe4 25.Nxe4 Nxe4 26.Bxe4 Rf6 27.Rcd1 Qd6 28.
Rfe1 Kg7 29.Qc3 Qf4 30.g3 Qd6 31.Ne5 Qb4 32.Bg2 Qxc3 33.bxc3 Nxe5 34.dxe5 
Rf8 35.c4 b5 36.c5 Rfe8 37.Rd6 Rc8 38.a3 Rcc7 39.e6 Kf6 40.h4 h6 41.Rf1+ 
Kg7 42.Bh3 Bc8 43.Kf2 Re8 44.Ke3 Rce7 45.Rxc6 Bxe6 46.Bxe6 Rxe6+ 47.Rxe6 
Rxe6+ 48.Kd4 Re2 49.c6 Rc2 50.Kd5 b4 51.axb4 axb4 52.Rf3 Rb2 53.c7 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Be3 d6 6.f3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Qd2 Na6 9.
Nge2 Nc5 10.O-O-O Ne8 11.g4 f5 12.gxf5 gxf5 13.Bg5 Bf6 14.h4 f4 15.Bh3 
Bxh3 16.Rxh3 Kh8 17.Rdh1 Rg8 18.Nd1 Qe7 19.Nf2 Bxg5 20.hxg5 Rxg5 21.Ng4 
Nd7 22.Ng3 Ndf6 23.Nf5 Qf7 24.Qh2 h5 25.Rg1 Qg6 26.Ne7 Qf7 27.Nf5 Rd8 28.
Rg2 Qg6 29.Ne7 Qf7 30.Nxf6 Rxg2 31.Rxh5+ Kg7 32.Qxg2+ Kf8 33.Ng6+ Kg7 34.
Nxe5+ 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Be2 c6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bh4 O-O
9.Bg3 Nh5 10.dxe5 Nxg3 11.hxg3 dxe5 12.Nd1 Bf6 13.c3 Nb6 14.Qc2 Qe7 15.Ne3
Rd8 16.g4 Be6 17.Nf5 Qf8 18.Qc1 Bxf5 19.gxf5 Qe7 20.O-O a5 21.Qc2 Qc5 22.
Rfd1 Nd7 23.Rd2 Be7 24.Rad1 Nf6 25.Ne1 Rxd2 26.Rxd2 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.
a3 Bb6 29.Bf3 Ba7 30.Qd2 Bb6 31.g3 Qc4 32.Qc2 Ba7 33.Kg2 Qc5 34.Qd2 Bb6 
35.Qc2 Ba7 36.Nd3 Qd6 37.Nc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Panov, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.d5 Be7 6.Be3 O-O 7.f3 c5 8.Qd2 Ne8 
9.g3 a6 10.h4 Nc7 11.Bd3 Rb8 12.a4 b6 13.Nh3 Re8 14.Ng5 Nf6 15.g4 Nd7 16.
h5 Nf8 17.Nh3 h6 18.O-O-O Nh7 19.Rdg1 Ng5 20.Nxg5 Bxg5 21.Bxg5 hxg5 22.Kc2
Bd7 23.Ra1 f6 24.h6 g6 25.h7+ Kf7 26.Rh2 Rh8 27.Nd1 Kg7 28.Ne3 Rxh7 29.
Rxh7+ Kxh7 30.Rh1+ Kg7 31.b3 Qe7 32.Qh2 Rg8 33.Kc3 Kf7 34.Qg2 Qf8 35.Rh7+ 
Rg7 36.Rh3 Qd8 37.Qh2 Ne8 38.Rh8 Qc7 39.Kb2 Qb8 40.Qh1 Qa7 41.Qh6 Qa8 42.
Qh1 Rg8 43.Rh7+ Ng7 44.Qh2 Qf8 45.Qh6 Be8 46.Qh1 Ke7 47.Kc2 Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Qe7 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 
e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nf3 Re8 11.O-O c5 12.b4 Nc6 13.bxc5 Ne4 14.Qc2 Nxc5 15.
Ng5 e4 16.Be3 Bf5 17.Rfd1 b6 18.Nh3 Rac8 19.Nf4 Na5 20.Rd5 Ncb3 21.Rad1 
Rxc4 22.Qb2 Be6 23.Nxe6 Qxe6 24.Re5 Qc8 25.Bh3 Rd8 26.Bxc8 Rxd1+ 27.Kg2 
Rxc8 28.Rg5 g6 29.Rb5 Rd6 30.Rxb3 Nxb3 31.Qxb3 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.10.02"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Stolberg, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Nf3 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Rc1 Be6 12.Bd3 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.O-O Nd7 15.
e4 dxe4 16.Bxe4 Rad8 17.Re1 Nf6 18.Qc2 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Rd5 20.h3 Rfd8 21.Re5 
Rxe5 22.Nxe5 Qg5 23.Nf3 Qf4 24.Qc3 c4 25.Qe3 Qxe3 26.fxe3 Rb8 27.Rc2 Bf5 
28.Rxc4 Rxb2 29.Ra4 Rb7 30.a3 Kf8 31.Nd4 Bd7 32.Ra5 Ke7 33.Kf2 g6 34.g4 
Rc7 35.Kg3 Kd6 36.h4 Ke7 37.h5 g5 38.Ra6 f6 39.Nf5+ Bxf5 40.gxf5 Rb7 41.a4
Kf7 42.a5 Re7 43.Kf3 Kg7 44.e4 Kf7 45.Rc6 g4+ 46.Ke3 g3 47.Rc4 Ke8 48.Kf3 
Rg7 49.Kg2 Kd7 50.Rc3 Rg4 51.Rxg3 Rxe4 52.Rg7+ Kd6 53.Rxa7 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.27"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D54"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Rc1 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qc2 c5 11.Nf3 Nd7 12.Bb5 Nxc3 13.Qxc3 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Bb7 15.
Bc6 Rac8 16.Qd2 Ne5 17.Bb5 Rxc1+ 18.Qxc1 Rc8 19.Qd2 Bxg2 20.Rg1 Nf3+ 21.
Nxf3 Bxf3 22.Be2 Be4 23.Qd4 Bg6 24.Bd1 Rd8 25.Qc3 Qd6 26.Bf3 Qxh2 27.Rg3 
Qh4 28.Rg4 Qe7 29.Rc4 Kh7 30.Rc7 Qg5 31.Ke2 Bd3+ 32.Kd2 Be4+ 33.Ke2 Qb5+ 
0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.O-O-O 
O-O 9.dxc5 Bxc3 10.Qxc3 g5 11.Bg3 Ne4 12.Qa3 Be6 13.f3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Qf6 
15.e3 Rc8 16.Kb1 Nd7 17.Ne2 Rxc5 18.Nd4 a6 19.Bb5 Rac8 20.Bxd7 Bxd7 21.g4 
Qg6+ 22.Ka1 Qf6 23.Qd3 Ba4 24.Rde1 Bc2 25.Qd2 Bh7 26.Rc1 b6 27.Rxc5 bxc5 
28.Nb3 c4 29.Nd4 Re8 30.Re1 Bd3 31.Qc3 Qe5 32.Nc6 Qd6 33.Nb4 d4 34.exd4 
Rxe1+ 35.Qxe1 a5 36.Nxd3 cxd3 37.Qe3 Qa6 38.b3 Qc6 39.Qd2 a4 40.Kb2 a3+ 
41.Kxa3 Qd6+ 42.b4 Qxd4 43.Kb3 Kf8 44.a4 Qd5+ 45.Kc3 Qc6+ 46.Kxd3 Qxa4 47.
Kc4 Kg8 48.Kc5 Qa7+ 49.Kb5 Qb7+ 50.Ka4 Qa6+ 51.Kb3 Qe6+ 52.Ka3 Qa6+ 53.Kb2
Qc4 54.Qc3 Qb5 55.Qc8+ Kg7 56.Qc5 Qe2+ 57.Qc2 Qf1 58.Kb3 Kg8 59.Qc8+ Kg7 
60.Qc6 Qd1+ 61.Kb2 Qd2+ 62.Ka3 Qd3+ 63.Ka4 Qd1+ 64.Ka5 Qd2 65.g3 Qe1 66.
Qe4 Qd2 67.Qe5+ Kg6 68.Kb5 Qd7+ 69.Kb6 Qd8+ 70.Kb7 Qd7+ 71.Qc7 Qd3 72.Qc6+
Kg7 73.b5 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 
c6 9.Nf3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Rab1 Bg4 12.b4 a6 13.a4 Bxf3 14.gxf3 b5 15.Ne2 
Rc8 16.Ng3 g6 17.Rfc1 Ne6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.f4 Be7 20.Kh1 Bd6 21.Rg1 Kh8 22.
f5 Nf8 23.Qd1 Qh4 24.axb5 axb5 25.Qf3 Nd7 26.Qg2 Bxg3 27.Qxg3 Qxg3 28.hxg3
Nb6 29.Kg2 Kg7 30.Ra1 Ra8 31.Rgc1 Nc4 32.Kf3 Kf6 33.fxg6 hxg6 34.Bxc4 bxc4
35.Ra5 Rxa5 36.bxa5 Ra8 37.Ra1 Ra6 38.e4 dxe4+ 39.Kxe4 Ke6 40.Ra2 f5+ 41.
Ke3 Kd5 42.f4 Ra8 43.a6 Re8+ 44.Kd2 Kxd4 45.a7 Ra8 46.Ra5 c3+ 47.Kc2 Kc4 
48.Ra3 Kc5 49.Kxc3 Kb6 50.Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 c6 8.Be2 
Nbd7 9.e5 Ne8 10.e6 fxe6 11.Qxe6+ Kh8 12.Ng5 Ne5 13.Qb3 Qxd4 14.Be3 Nd3+ 
15.Bxd3 Qxd3 16.Rd1 Qf5 17.h4 Nd6 18.h5 h6 19.Ne2 gxh5 20.Rxh5 Qg6 21.Rh1 
Rf5 22.Rd3 Rxg5 23.Bxg5 Qxg5 24.Rg3 Qa5+ 25.Kf1 Qd5 26.Qxd5 cxd5 27.Nf4 
Ne4 28.Rd3 e6 29.Nh5 Bd7 30.Rdh3 Be5 31.f4 Bb5+ 32.Kg1 Bd4+ 33.Kh2 Nf2 34.
Rb3 Be2 35.Ng3 Bc4 36.Rxb7 Nxh1 37.Kxh1 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 
a5 9.Be2 Qe7 10.O-O e5 11.b3 Bg4 12.Re1 e4 13.Nd2 Bxe2 14.Rxe2 d5 15.f4 
Qe6 16.c5 Ne7 17.Nf1 Nf5 18.Bd2 h5 19.Be1 h4 20.b4 a4 21.b5 Nh7 22.Bf2 Kh8
23.Qe1 Qh6 24.g4 hxg3 25.Bxg3 Rfe8 26.Rg2 Re6 27.Raa2 Rg6 28.Qe2 Nf8 29.
Be1 Rxg2+ 30.Qxg2 Ne6 31.Qg4 Qf6 32.Kh1 g6 33.Rg2 Neg7 34.Qh3+ Kg8 35.Rg4 
b6 36.c6 Nd6 37.Qg2 Nxb5 38.h4 Nd6 39.Rg5 Ndf5 40.h5 Ne6 41.Rg4 Kg7 42.Qa2
Rh8 43.Qxd5 Rxh5+ 44.Kg1 Ng3 45.Qa2 Nxf1 46.Kxf1 Rh1+ 47.Rg1 Rh3 48.Rg3 
Qf5 49.d5 Nxf4 50.exf4 Rh1+ 51.Kg2 Rxe1 52.Qd2 Rb1 53.d6 Qb5 54.Qd4+ f6 
55.Qxe4 Rb2+ 56.Kg1 Qc5+ 57.Re3 Qc1+ 58.Re1 Qd2 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 b6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Rc1 c5 12.Ne2 Ba6 13.dxc5 Rc8 14.Qd2 Rxc5 15.
Rxc5 Qxc5 16.Nc3 Bxf1 17.Kxf1 Nc6 18.Qxd5 Qxd5 19.Nxd5 Rd8 20.e4 Nb4 21.
Ke2 Nxd5 22.exd5 Rxd5 23.Rd1 Re5+ 24.Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Panov, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Qe7 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Bb6 7.h3 Nf6 8.Re1 h6 
9.b4 a5 10.b5 Nb8 11.Ba3 Nbd7 12.Nbd2 Nh7 13.Nf1 Ng5 14.Ne3 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 
Qf6 16.Qd1 g6 17.Nd5 Qg7 18.Qd2 g5 19.Be2 h5 20.dxe5 Qxe5 21.Bb2 Qg7 22.c4
f6 23.Nxb6 Nxb6 24.c5 Na4 25.cxd6 Nxb2 26.Qxb2 cxd6 27.Rad1 g4 28.h4 Qe7 
29.Bc4 Be6 30.Qd4 O-O 31.Bxe6+ Qxe6 32.Qxd6 Qxa2 33.e5 Qf7 34.e6 Qg6 35.e7
Rfc8 36.Qd8+ Qe8 37.Qd5+ Kh8 38.Qxb7 a4 39.Qd5 Rcb8 40.b6 Kg7 41.b7 Ra7 
42.Rb1 a3 43.Qd8 a2 44.Qxe8 axb1=Q 45.Qf8+ Rxf8 46.exf8=Q+ Kxf8 47.Rxb1 
1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.10.02"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Qc2 c6 8.Bd2 Re8
9.Bc3 Bf8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.b3 Qc7 12.Nbd2 h6 13.Rad1 a5 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4
Nf6 16.Qc2 Bb4 17.Ba1 Bg4 18.h3 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 a4 20.Qf5 axb3 21.axb3 Ra5 
22.Qc2 Qe7 23.Bb2 Qe6 24.Bg2 h5 25.Ra1 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 e4 27.Ra4 Bc5 28.e3 h4
29.gxh4 Nd7 30.Qe2 f5 31.Ra1 Qh6 32.Rd1 Nf8 33.h5 f4 34.exf4 Qxf4 35.Bc1 
e3 36.fxe3 Bxe3+ 37.Bxe3 Rxe3 38.Qg4 Qe5 39.Rf1 Ne6 40.h6 Rg3 41.Qf5 Qxf5 
42.Rxf5 Rxb3 43.Re5 Nf4 44.Rg5 g6 45.Rg4 Nxg2 46.Rxg6+ Kh7 47.Rxg2 Kxh6 
48.Kf2 Rxh3 49.Ke2 Rc3 50.Rg4 Kh5 51.Rg7 b6 52.Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Stolberg, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.O-O Ne7 8.dxc5
Bxc5 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Nbd4 Qd6 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Qd2 Ng6 13.Rfe1 f6 14.Be3 Nce5 
15.Bf1 a6 16.h3 Bc7 17.Rad1 Bd7 18.c3 Rad8 19.Nxe5 fxe5 20.Nb3 Bc6 21.Bc5 
Qf6 22.Bxf8 Rxf8 23.Nc5 Qd6 24.b4 e4 25.g3 Ne5 26.Bg2 Qg6 27.Re3 Nc4 28.
Qe2 Nxe3 29.Qxe3 Bb6 30.Rd2 Qf5 31.Qd4 Qf6 32.Bf1 Qxd4 33.Rxd4 a5 34.a3 
Rf3 35.c4 Bxc5 36.bxc5 dxc4 37.Bxc4+ Kf8 38.Rd8+ Ke7 39.Rg8 Kf6 40.a4 Rc3 
41.Bb5 Rc1+ 42.Kg2 e3+ 43.Bxc6 e2 44.Rf8+ Kg6 45.Re8 e1=Q 46.Rxe1 Rxe1 47.
Bxb7 Kf6 48.h4 Rc1 49.c6 Ke5 50.h5 h6 51.f3 Kd6 52.Ba6 Rxc6 53.Be2 Rc2 54.
Kf1 Ra2 55.Bb5 Rh2 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Panov, Vasily"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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-O Qc7 11.Kb1 Nd7 12.Ba6 O-O-O 13.Rhe1 b5 14.Bxb7+ Kxb7
15.Nfd2 f5 16.Ng3 Bf6 17.Nb3 a6 18.Qf3 Ka7 19.Nh5 a5 20.Qe3 Qb6 21.g4 a4 
22.Nc1 fxg4 23.Nxf6 Nxf6 24.Qf4 Nd5 25.Qxf7+ Qc7 26.Qxe6 a3 27.Nb3 axb2 
28.Kxb2 Rhf8 29.Qxg4 Rxf2 30.h4 Kb6 31.Rd2 Rxd2 32.Nxd2 Qd6 33.a3 Nf6 34.
Qg1 Qxd4+ 35.Qxd4+ Rxd4 36.Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Panov, Vasily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nbd2 d5 5.Be2 Bd6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Nf1 O-O 8.Ne3 f5
9.exd5 exd5 10.g3 f4 11.Ng2 Ng6 12.Qb3 Be6 13.Nxf4 Nxf4 14.Bxf4 Bxf4 15.
gxf4 Rxf4 16.Qxb7 Na5 17.Qa6 Bc8 18.Qb5 Bg4 19.Ng1 Qc7 20.b4 Nb7 21.bxc5 
Nd6 22.Qb2 Qxc5 23.Bxg4 Rxg4 24.Ne2 Re8 25.O-O-O a5 26.Kb1 a4 27.Nd4 Re7 
28.f3 Rh4 29.Rhe1 Rb7 30.Re8+ Kf7 31.Rf8+ Ke7 32.Re1+ Re4 33.fxe4 Rxb2+ 
34.Kxb2 Qb6+ 35.Kc2 Kxf8 36.exd5 Nb5 37.Rf1+ Ke8 38.Ne6 Na3+ 39.Kd1 Qb1+ 
40.Ke2 Qb2+ 41.Ke3 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Panov, Vasily"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 Be7 8.c3 Na5 
9.Bc2 c5 10.d4 Qc7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Nf1 Be6 14.Ne3 Rad8 15.Qe2 
g6 16.a4 bxa4 17.Rxa4 c4 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 Rxd5 20.Nxe5 Bd6 21.f4 Rb5 
22.Kh1 Rd8 23.Ra2 Nc6 24.Nxc6 Qxc6 25.Ba4 Bf5 26.Bxb5 axb5 27.Qf3 Qxf3 28.
gxf3 Bc5 29.Kg2 b4 30.Ra5 bxc3 31.bxc3 Bf8 32.Rae5 Be6 33.Ra5 Bg7 34.Re3 
Bf6 35.Ra4 h5 36.Rxe6 fxe6 37.Rxc4 Rd3 38.Rc8+ Kf7 39.Rc7+ Ke8 40.Ba3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Panov, Vasily"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O a6
9.a4 Nc6 10.Nb3 Na5 11.Nxa5 Qxa5 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.Kh1 Bd7 14.g4 d5 15.f3 dxe4
16.fxe4 Bc6 17.g5 Nd7 18.Nd5 Qd8 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.Qh5 f5 21.gxf6 Nxf6 22.
Qh4 Rf7 23.Bc3 Nxe4 24.Qxe7 Rxe7 25.Bb4 Rf7 26.Kg1 Rf6 27.Rxf6 gxf6 28.Rd1
Kf7 29.Rd4 Rg8 30.Kf1 Rg4 31.Bf3 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Panov, Vasily"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.O-O g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.dxe5 Nxe5
9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Be3 Nf6 11.Nd2 O-O 12.Bc2 Qe7 13.h3 Nh5 14.Qf3 Qf6 15.Qxf6 
Bxf6 16.Rfd1 Rad8 17.Nb3 Ba4 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Rd1 Rxd1+ 20.Bxd1 Nf4 21.Bg4 
b6 22.g3 Ne6 23.Bxe6 fxe6 24.c4 Be7 25.c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Panov, Vasily"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Ng3 c5 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.O-O e6 8.b3 
Be7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Re1 b6 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.c3 Rad8 14.d4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nd5 16.Rc1 Qb8 17.Ne4 Nf4 18.Qc2 Nb4 19.Qb1 h6 20.a3 Nbd5 21.Bf1 Nf6 
22.Nxf6+ Bxf6 23.Ne5 Qd6 24.Ng4 Bg5 25.Ne3 Nd5 26.Qd3 Nf4 27.Qd1 Rc8 28.
Qd2 Nd5 29.Qd1 Rxc1 30.Bxc1 Nxe3 31.fxe3 Rc8 32.Bb2 Qc6 33.e4 Qc2 34.Qxc2 
Rxc2 35.Ba1 Bd2 36.Bd3 Ra2 37.Rd1 Be3+ 38.Kh1 f5 39.d5 exd5 40.exf5 d4 41.
Bf1 d3 42.f6 gxf6 43.Bxf6 Be4 44.h3 d2 45.Bc4+ Kh7 46.Bc3 Rc2 47.Bb4 Rc1 
48.Be2 Bc2 49.Bxd2 Bxd2 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.10.02"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Panov, Vasily"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B75"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Nb3 
Be6 9.Nd5 O-O 10.Qd2 Nd7 11.O-O-O a5 12.Kb1 f5 13.a4 fxe4 14.fxe4 Bg4 15.
Re1 Rc8 16.h3 Be6 17.Be2 Nf6 18.Bb6 Qe8 19.Bb5 Qf7 20.Rhf1 Nb4 21.Nxb4 
axb4 22.Qxb4 Bc4 23.Rf2 Bxb5 24.Qxb5 Qc4 25.Na5 Qxb5 26.axb5 Ra8 27.Nb3 
Ra4 28.e5 Nd7 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.exd6 exd6 31.Bc7 Be5 32.c3 Nf6 33.Nc5 Rc4 
34.Rxe5 dxe5 35.b3 Rf4 36.Ne6+ Ke7 37.Nxf4 exf4 38.Bxf4 Nd5 39.Bd2 Kd6 40.
c4 Nf6 41.Kc2 Ne4 42.Be3 Ke5 43.Kd3 h5 44.Bd4+ Kf4 45.c5 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Panov, Vasily"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Nb3 
O-O 9.Qd2 Re8 10.O-O-O Be6 11.Nd5 Ne5 12.Kb1 Bxd5 13.exd5 a5 14.Bb5 a4 15.
Nc1 Rf8 16.Rhe1 Qc7 17.Qb4 a3 18.b3 Rfc8 19.c4 Nc6 20.dxc6 bxc6 21.Ba4 
Rcb8 22.Qxa3 Nd7 23.Kc2 Qa5 24.Kd3 Qh5 25.Ke2 Qxh2 26.Rg1 Nf6 27.Kf2 Ra5 
28.Rh1 Qe5 29.Nd3 Qf5 30.Kg1 d5 31.Qc1 e5 32.Nxe5 Qxe5 33.Bf4 Qe8 34.cxd5 
Nxd5 35.Bxb8 Qxb8 36.Rh4 Nc3 37.Re1 Rd5 38.Qe3 Rd8 39.Bxc6 Qd6 40.Ba4 Nd1 
41.Qe4 Qg3 42.Qe7 Rd2 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.27"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Panov, Vasily"]
[Black "Stolberg, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.g4 Bg6 7.Ne5 Nc6 8.d4 f6
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bg2 e6 11.Qd3 Kf7 12.Ne2 Bd6 13.c3 Nge7 14.Bd2 Qc7 15.Qe3 
Rhe8 16.h4 a5 17.Kf1 a4 18.Re1 Ng8 19.h5 g5 20.f4 gxf4 21.Nxf4 Bxf4 22.
Qxf4 Qxf4+ 23.Bxf4 b5 24.a3 Na5 25.Bf3 Nc4 26.Rh2 Ra6 27.Rhe2 Ne7 28.Kg2 
g5 29.Bc1 Rd8 30.Rf2 Kg7 31.Bd1 Ng8 32.Be2 Rd7 33.Bd3 Kh6 34.Kh3 Re7 35.
Rfe2 Rb6 36.Rf1 Kg7 37.Bg6 e5 38.dxe5 Rxe5 39.Ref2 Ne3 40.Rg1 Nh6 41.Bd3 
Rbe6 42.Bxe3 Rxe3+ 43.Rg3 Rxg3+ 44.Kxg3 Re3+ 45.Rf3 Re1 46.Rf1 Re3+ 47.Rf3
Re1 48.Rf1 Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Panov, Vasily"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.Nf1 O-O 
9.Ng3 h6 10.h3 b5 11.Bc2 d5 12.O-O dxe4 13.dxe4 Qe7 14.Be3 Be6 15.Nd2 Rfd8
16.Qf3 Na5 17.Rfd1 c5 18.Rac1 Rac8 19.Bb1 Rd7 20.Qe2 Ne8 21.b3 Rdd8 22.
Ndf1 Nc6 23.Bd2 Qb7 24.Ne3 b4 25.Bd3 Nc7 26.c4 Nd4 27.Qf1 a5 28.Nd5 Ne8 
29.f4 exf4 30.Qxf4 Bxd5 31.exd5 Qc7 32.Ne2 Nd6 33.Nxd4 Bxd4+ 34.Kh1 Bg7 
35.Re1 Re8 36.Qh4 Kh7 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.c4 g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.O-O e4 
9.Ne1 d5 10.Nc3 Nb6 11.a4 a5 12.c5 Nbd7 13.Nc2 Re8 14.Nb5 Ng4 15.Bc1 Nf8 
16.b4 Ne6 17.bxa5 h5 18.Ra3 Nh6 19.Bxh6 Bxh6 20.Nb4 Bf8 21.Nc3 Rxa5 22.
Nbxd5 c6 23.Nb6 Nxd4 24.Nxe4 Bg4 25.Re3 Nxe2+ 26.Rxe2 Qxd1 27.Nf6+ Kh8 28.
Rxe8 Qb3 29.Nxg4 Kg7 30.Nd7 hxg4 31.Rxf8 Qe6 32.Rd1 Qe2 33.Rd4 Qb2 34.Rxg4
Qd2 35.Rh4 Qxd7 36.Rhh8 Qd1+ 37.Bf1 Rxc5 38.Rhg8+ Kf6 39.Rd8 Qxa4 40.Rd6+ 
Ke7 41.Rgd8 Rc1 42.R8d7+ Kf8 43.Kg2 Qe4+ 44.f3 Rc2+ 45.Rd2 Rxd2+ 46.Rxd2 
Qb4 47.Rc2 c5 48.Rc4 Qd2+ 49.Kh3 Qf2 50.Bg2 b5 51.Rc1 c4 52.f4 Qb2 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E02"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 Bc6 7.Nf3 Bd5 8.Qd3 
Be4 9.Qd1 c5 10.Nc3 Bc6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Qd3 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Be7 
15.Rd1 O-O 16.Qb5 Qc8 17.Bf4 a6 18.Qd3 Nb6 19.Rac1 Qd7 20.Qf3 Nbd5 21.Nf5 
Rfc8 22.Be5 exf5 23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Nxd5 Qb5 25.Rxc8+ Rxc8 26.Qxf5 Re8 27.
Nxf6+ gxf6 28.Qxb5 axb5 29.Kf3 Re6 30.Rd7 Rb6 31.b4 Kg7 32.e4 Kg6 33.Ke3 
Kg7 34.h4 h5 35.Kd4 Kg6 36.f4 Kg7 37.e5 fxe5+ 38.fxe5 Kf8 39.Rd6 Rc6 40.
Rxc6 bxc6 41.Kc5 Ke7 42.Kxc6 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 g6 6.b3 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bg7 8.Bb2 
O-O 9.Nc3 Nc5 10.O-O a5 11.a3 Re8 12.Qc2 c6 13.Rab1 Ng4 14.Rbd1 Qg5 15.b4 
axb4 16.axb4 Na6 17.b5 Nb4 18.Qb3 c5 19.Nf3 Qh5 20.Rxd6 Bf5 21.e4 Bxe4 22.
Nxe4 Rxe4 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Qc3+ Kg8 25.h3 Nh6 26.g4 Nxg4 27.hxg4 Rxg4 28.
Ne5 Rf4 29.Nd7 Qh4 30.Nf6+ Kf8 31.Nd5 Rd4 32.Nxb4 Rxd6 33.Qh8+ Ke7 34.Qxa8
1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E72"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.e4 e5 6.Ne2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.Nbc3 Nc6 
9.d5 Nd4 10.h3 c5 11.Kh2 h5 12.Be3 h4 13.Qd2 Nh7 14.g4 g5 15.f3 Bf6 16.
Rab1 Nf8 17.a3 Ng6 18.b4 b6 19.Rfc1 Ba6 20.b5 Bb7 21.a4 a6 22.Rb2 axb5 23.
cxb5 Nf4 24.Ra1 Bg7 25.Ng1 c4 26.Bf1 Nb3 27.Qd1 Nxa1 28.Qxa1 Re7 29.Qa2 
Rc8 30.Rb4 Nd3 31.Rxc4 Rxc4 32.Qxc4 Nf4 33.Qb3 Qc7 34.Na2 Re8 35.Nb4 Ra8 
36.Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.g3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Nc3 Re8 
9.e4 Nf8 10.Bb2 Ng6 11.Qd2 Bf8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.h3 Qc7 14.Kh2 a6 15.Rc1 Rad8
16.Ng1 Qa5 17.a3 exd4 18.Qxd4 c5 19.Qd3 b5 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.cxd5 Ne5 22.Qe3 
c4 23.b4 Qc7 24.f4 Ng6 25.Bd4 Rb8 26.Nf3 Bc8 27.g4 Bb7 28.f5 Ne5 29.Nxe5 
dxe5 30.Bb6 Qd7 31.f6 gxf6 32.Rxf6 Bg7 33.Rf2 Bc8 34.Bc5 f6 35.Rcf1 Qd8 
36.Qg3 Rb7 37.Qh4 Kh8 38.Bf3 Rg8 39.Be2 Bd7 40.Rxf6 Bxf6 41.Rxf6 Be8 42.
Bd6 Rbg7 43.Bxe5 Bg6 44.Bf3 Re8 45.Rxg6 Qxh4 46.Bxg7+ Kg8 47.Bf6+ hxg6 48.
Bxh4 c3 49.Bg5 c2 50.Bc1 Rc8 51.e5 Rc4 52.d6 Rd4 53.Bc6 Kf7 54.Bd7 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E02"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Nd2 c6 7.Qxc4 Nb6 8.Qd3 
c5 9.Ngf3 a6 10.O-O Be7 11.Rd1 O-O 12.b3 cxd4 13.Qxd4 Nfd5 14.Ne4 Nb4 15.
Bb2 Qxd4 16.Bxd4 N6d5 17.Nc3 Rd8 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Bb6 Re8 20.Nd4 Be6 21.a3 
Nc6 22.Nxe6 fxe6 23.e4 d4 24.e5 Nxe5 25.Bxd4 Nc6 26.Bb6 Bd8 27.Bc5 Rc8 28.
Rac1 Na5 29.Be3 Rxc1 30.Rxc1 b5 31.Rc8 Kf8 32.b4 Nc4 33.Bc6 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Nd2 c5 7.Nxc4 cxd4 8.Bf4
Be7 9.Nd6+ Kf8 10.Nf3 Qb6 11.Nc4 Qb4+ 12.Qxb4 Bxb4+ 13.Kf1 Bc5 14.a3 Nd5 
15.b4 Nxf4 16.gxf4 Be7 17.Rd1 Nb6 18.Na5 Nd5 19.Nxd4 b6 20.Nac6 Bf6 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22.Kg2 g5 23.f5 Kg7 24.e3 Bd7 25.Rc1 Rhc8 26.Rhd1 Bxd4 27.Nxd4 
Kf6 28.Kg3 Rc4 29.Ra1 Rd8 30.b5 Bxf5 31.a4 Rd6 32.a5 Bd7 33.Rdb1 Kg6 34.h4
gxh4+ 35.Kxh4 Kf6 36.axb6 axb6 37.Kg3 Rc8 38.Kf3 h5 39.Rh1 Rh8 40.Rh4 Kg5 
41.Kg3 Rg8 42.f3 Rdg6 43.Rah1 Kh6+ 44.Kf2 Rg2+ 45.Kf1 Rb2 46.Rxh5+ Kg6 47.
R5h2 Rxh2 48.Rxh2 Ra8 49.Rb2 Ra3 50.Ke2 Kf6 51.Kd2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.26"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Black "Panov, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Nge2 Ne8 9.
O-O Nd7 10.Qc2 Rb8 11.a4 b6 12.Qd3 Nc7 13.f4 Bf6 14.Bd2 Re8 15.f5 Bg5 16.
Be1 Nf8 17.h4 Bf6 18.b3 Bd7 19.Nd1 Be7 20.Ne3 f6 21.Qc2 Qc8 22.b4 cxb4 23.
Bxb4 a5 24.Ba3 Na6 25.Nc3 Nc5 26.Nb5 Bxb5 27.cxb5 Nfd7 28.Nc4 Qc7 29.Rf3 
Rec8 30.Rc3 Qd8 31.Bc1 Rc7 32.Be3 Rbc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Black "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C04"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.c4 f6 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.Nb3 
Bb4+ 9.Bd2 O-O 10.Bxb4 Nxb4 11.Qd2 Nc6 12.Rc1 e5 13.cxd5 Nxd4 14.Nbxd4 
exd4 15.Be2 Nb6 16.Qxd4 Qe7 17.O-O Bf5 18.Bc4 Kh8 19.Bb3 Rac8 20.Rfe1 Qd6 
21.Qe5 Qd8 22.Nd4 Bg4 23.h3 Bd7 24.Qe7 Ba4 25.Qxd8 Rfxd8 26.Ne6 Bxb3 27.
Nxd8 Rxd8 28.axb3 Nxd5 29.Rcd1 c6 30.Re7 Rb8 31.Rd7 Kg8 32.Rd3 a5 33.Rg3 
g6 34.Rf3 Nb6 35.Re7 Nd5 36.Re4 Rd8 37.h4 Kg7 38.h5 Rd7 39.hxg6 hxg6 40.
Re8 Nf6 41.Rb8 g5 42.Rf5 Kg6 43.Rxa5 Rd1+ 44.Kh2 Rd2 45.f3 Nd5 46.Rc5 Kh5 
47.Rg8 Rxb2 48.Kg3 Rb1 49.b4 Rxb4 50.Rc1 Ne7 51.Rh1+ Rh4 52.Rh8+ Kg6 53.
R1xh4 Nf5+ 54.Kh3 gxh4 55.Rb8 b5 56.Rb6 Nd4 57.Kg4 Kf6 58.Kf4 Ne6+ 59.Ke4 
Nd8 60.f4 Ke6 61.Rb8 Kd7 62.Ke5 Nf7+ 63.Kf6 Nd6 64.Rh8 c5 65.Rh7+ Kc6 66.
Ke5 Nc4+ 67.Ke4 Nd6+ 68.Kd3 Nf5 69.Rh5 c4+ 70.Kd2 Nd4 71.Ke3 Nc2+ 72.Kd2 
Nd4 73.Ke3 Nc2+ 74.Ke4 b4 75.Rh6+ Kb5 76.Rxh4 b3 77.Rh8 Nb4 78.Kd4 b2 79.
Rh1 Na2 80.Rb1 c3 81.Kd3 Kb4 82.Kc2 Kc4 83.Rxb2 cxb2 84.Kxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Black "Stolberg, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.Ne5 Bb7 
9.Qa4 c6 10.Rd1 Ne8 11.b4 Nd6 12.c5 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Nc4 14.Bh6 Nb2 15.Qb3 
Nxd1 16.Nxd1 Re8 17.Ne3 f5 18.exf6 Qxf6 19.Rd1 Nd7 20.Ng4 Qe7 21.h4 Ba6 
22.Qb2 Bc4 23.Bg5 Qg7 24.Nh6+ Kh8 25.Nf7+ Kg8 26.Nh6+ Kf8 27.Rd4 e5 28.Qd2
Red8 29.Rxc4 dxc4 30.Qd6+ Ke8 31.Bxc6 Rac8 32.Qe6+ Kf8 33.Be7+ 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.f4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.c3 b6 8.Ne5 Qd6 
9.O-O Ba6 10.b3 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nbd7 12.Bb2 Rad8 13.a4 Qe6 14.a5 Nxe5 15.fxe5
Nd7 16.c4 cxd4 17.exd4 f6 18.axb6 axb6 19.cxd5 Qxd5 20.e6 Nb8 21.Nc4 f5 
22.Kh1 b5 23.Ne3 Qe4 24.Ra5 Nc6 25.Raa1 f4 26.Qc2 Qxe6 27.d5 Qxe3 28.Bxg7 
Nb4 29.Qc3 Qxc3 30.Bxc3 Nxd5 31.Bd4 Ne3 32.Bxe3 fxe3 33.Rfe1 Rd3 34.b4 Rf2
35.h3 Rb2 36.Rf1 e2 37.Rfe1 Rd1 38.Raxd1 exd1=Q 39.Rxd1 Rxb4 40.Kh2 Rb2 
41.Kg3 b4 42.Rd8+ Kf7 43.Rh8 h5 44.Kh4 b3 45.Rb8 Kf6 46.Rb6+ e6 47.Rb5 Rb1
48.Ra5 b2 49.Rb5 e5 50.Rb6+ Kf5 51.Rb8 Kf4 52.g3+ Kf3 53.Rb3+ 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E19"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 
Nxc3 9.Qxc3 c5 10.Rd1 d6 11.b3 Nc6 12.Bb2 Bf6 13.Qd2 Rb8 14.d5 exd5 15.
cxd5 Bxb2 16.Qxb2 Ne7 17.e4 Ng6 18.Nd2 Bc8 19.f4 Re8 20.Re1 f6 21.a4 Rb7 
22.a5 Rbe7 23.axb6 axb6 24.Ra8 Qc7 25.Rea1 Bb7 26.R8a7 b5 27.Qc3 Rb8 28.
Bh3 Kf8 29.Be6 Qd8 30.h4 Rc7 31.Kf2 Ne7 32.Qa5 Nc8 33.Bxc8 Rcxc8 34.Qxb5 
Bxd5 35.Qd7 Qxd7 36.Rxd7 Be6 37.Rxd6 Ke7 38.Rd3 Rc7 39.Ke3 Rbc8 40.Rc3 Kf8
41.Ra6 Ke7 42.f5 Bf7 43.Rb6 g6 44.g4 Rc6 45.Rb5 gxf5 46.exf5 Kf8 47.Ne4 
Kg7 48.Rb7 h6 49.Rd7 Kg8 50.Nd6 R6c7 51.Rxf7 Rxf7 52.Nxc8 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D28"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.dxc5 
Bxc5 9.Rd1 Qc7 10.a3 O-O 11.Nc3 a6 12.b4 Bd6 13.Bb2 b5 14.Bxb5 Ne5 15.Rac1
Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 Bxh2+ 17.Kh1 Bb7 18.Qh3 Be5 19.Nd5 Ne4 20.Qh4 Qxc1 21.Bxc1 
Bxd5 22.Bd3 f5 23.Bxe4 fxe4 24.Qh5 Bc3 25.Qe2 Rfc8 26.Bb2 Bc4 27.Qc2 Bd3 
28.Qb3 Bxb2 29.Qxb2 Rc2 30.Qe5 Rxf2 31.Qxe6+ Kh8 32.Rc1 h6 33.Rc8+ Rxc8 
34.Qxc8+ Kh7 35.a4 Rb2 36.Qf5+ Kh8 37.Kh2 Kg8 38.b5 axb5 39.a5 b4 40.a6 b3
41.Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 Nb4
16.Bb1 a4 17.Nbd2 Bb7 18.a3 Nc6 19.Bd3 Ba6 20.Rc1 Qb7 21.b4 exd4 22.Bxd4 
Nd7 23.e5 Nxd4 24.Nxd4 Nxe5 25.Be4 d5 26.Bxh7+ Kxh7 27.Rxe5 Bf6 28.Rh5+ 
Kg8 29.Nc6 Rfd8 30.Nxd8 Rxd8 31.Qf3 Be7 32.Rf5 Bf8 33.Qd3 g6 34.Re5 Bg7 
35.Re2 d4 36.Ne4 Qd5 37.Nc5 Bc8 38.g4 Bf8 39.Qxb5 Qg5 40.Qc4 Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.27"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Qe7 5.Bd2 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 
Nbd7 9.e3 b6 10.Be2 Bb7 11.O-O Ne4 12.Be1 f5 13.Bd3 Rae8 14.b4 Rf6 15.Nd2 
Rh6 16.f3 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 Rf8 18.Rc1 c5 19.Bg3 e5 20.Rce1 Qf7 21.f4 e4 22.Be2
Ba6 23.dxc5 dxc5 24.Rd1 Bc8 25.Qc2 Rc6 26.Qa4 Nb8 27.b5 Re6 28.Rd2 Qc7 29.
Rfd1 Nd7 30.Rd5 g6 31.Be1 Nf6 32.R5d2 Re7 33.h3 Be6 34.Rd6 Ne8 35.Rc6 Qb7 
36.Bh4 Nf6 37.Rdd6 Kf7 38.Qd1 Rg8 39.Bxf6 Kxf6 40.Qd5 Qc8 41.Rxc8 Rxc8 42.
g4 Kf7 43.Rxe6 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.f4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.O-O c5 7.c3 Qb6 8.Nbd2 Bf5 
9.Bxf5 gxf5 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Qe1 e6 12.Kh1 Nxe5 13.fxe5 Nd7 14.Qg3 f6 15.Nf3
fxe5 16.dxe5 c4 17.e4 dxe4 18.Bh6 Rf7 19.Nd4 Kh8 20.Be3 Bxe5 21.Qh3 Qd6 
22.Rad1 Qe7 23.g4 f4 24.Bf2 e3 25.Bh4 Qc5 26.Qg2 Bxd4 27.Rxd4 e5 28.Rdd1 
Qc6 29.Qxc6 bxc6 30.Rfe1 Nc5 31.Rd6 Nd3 32.Re2 f3 33.Rxe3 f2 34.Bf6+ Kg8 
35.Kg2 Raf8 36.g5 h6 37.h4 hxg5 38.hxg5 Rg7 39.Kf1 Rh7 40.Rdxd3 cxd3 41.
Rxd3 e4 42.Re3 Re8 43.Bd4 c5 44.Bxc5 Re5 45.g6 Rhh5 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Rc1 c5 7.dxc5 Be6 8.Nd4 
Nc6 9.Nxe6 fxe6 10.e3 Qa5 11.Qa4 Qxc5 12.Qb5 Qxb5 13.cxb5 Na5 14.Be2 Rac8 
15.O-O Nc4 16.b3 Nd6 17.Na4 Nd7 18.b4 Ne4 19.Bc7 Nc3 20.Nxc3 Rxc7 21.Bg4 
Bxc3 22.Bxe6+ Kg7 23.Bxd7 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Panov, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.O-O a6
9.b3 Rc8 10.Bb2 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Qa5 12.Rfe1 Be7 13.e5 dxe5 14.Rxe5 Qb4 15.Qd3
Bc6 16.Bxc6+ Rxc6 17.Rg5 g6 18.Qf3 O-O 19.a3 Qd6 20.Rd1 Qc7 21.Nb5 axb5 
22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Qxf6 Rxc2 24.Rxb5 Rc1 25.Qf3 Qc6 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 
exd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Qf3 O-O 11.Nc3 c5 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.Qxf5 Qd7 14.Nd5 Rad8 
15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.Bg5 Rfe8 17.Re3 Rb8 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Qxf6 gxf6 20.b3 a5 
21.Rae1 a4 22.Rc3 Rb4 23.f3 f5 24.Rce3 f4 25.Rd3 axb3 26.cxb3 f5 27.e5 Rd4
28.Rc3 Rd5 29.e6 Rd4 30.a3 Kf8 31.b4 c4 32.Rc2 Ke7 33.g3 Rg8 34.Kf2 fxg3+ 
35.hxg3 d5 36.Re5 Rf8 37.a4 c6 38.b5 cxb5 39.axb5 Rb8 40.Rce2 Rb6 41.Rxf5 
Rxe6 42.b6 Rd3 43.b7 Rb3 44.Rxd5 Rxe2+ 45.Kxe2 Rxb7 46.Rc5 Rb2+ 47.Ke3 
Rb3+ 48.Ke4 c3 49.g4 Kf6 50.f4 Rb4+ 51.Ke3 Rb3 52.Rc6+ Kg7 53.Ke4 Rb4+ 54.
Kf5 Rb5+ 55.Ke6 Rb4 56.Rc7+ Kg6 57.f5+ Kg5 58.Rxc3 h5 59.gxh5 Rb6+ 60.Ke7 
Rb7+ 61.Kd8 Rf7 62.Rh3 Kh6 63.Rf3 Kg5 64.h6 Kf6 65.Rh3 Rh7 66.Rh5 Ke5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 dxc4 8.e4 c5
9.d5 exd5 10.exd5 Nb6 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.f4 Re8 13.a4 a5 14.Nb5 Bxe5 15.fxe5 
Rxe5 16.Bf4 Rxd5 17.Bxd5 Nbxd5 18.Bc7 Qe8 19.Re1 Qc6 20.Be5 Be6 21.Qf3 Nd7
22.Rad1 Ra6 23.Bf4 h6 24.Nd6 N7f6 25.Ne4 Nxe4 26.Qxe4 Ra8 27.Be5 Rc8 28.
Bc3 b6 29.Rd2 Nb4 30.Qe5 Kf8 31.Qxg7+ Ke8 32.Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 
Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bc2 Nc5 12.Nd4 Qd7 13.f4 f5 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.
Nxe6 Qxe6 16.Nb3 Nxb3 17.Bxb3 Rad8 18.Qd3 Ne7 19.f5 Qb6+ 20.Be3 c5 21.g4 
h6 22.Qe2 Kh8 23.g5 hxg5 24.Rad1 Qc6 25.Qh5+ Kg8 26.Rf3 c4 27.Bc2 Qe8 28.
Qh3 Nc6 29.Bc5 g4 30.Qxg4 Ne5 31.Qg2 Nxf3+ 32.Qxf3 Rf7 33.Rf1 Qc6 34.Bd4 
Bxd4+ 35.cxd4 Qf6 36.Qf4 Re7 37.Kh1 Rde8 38.Qf3 Re1 39.Qxd5+ Qf7 40.Qxf7+ 
Kxf7 41.Kg1 Rxf1+ 42.Kxf1 Rd8 43.Ke2 Rxd4 44.Ke3 Rh4 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 c6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.O-O Be7 8.a4 O-O
9.e4 b6 10.Qe2 a5 11.Rd1 Ba6 12.Bf4 Re8 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Qc8 15.Bxf6 
Bxf6 16.e5 Be7 17.Qf3 Bb7 18.Rac1 Rb8 19.Ne4 c5 20.Qg4 Bxe4 21.Bxe4 cxd4 
22.Rxd4 Qc5 23.Rd7 Qxe5 24.Bxh7+ Kxh7 25.Rxe7 Rxe7 26.Qh4+ Kg8 27.Qxe7 b5 
28.axb5 Qxb2 29.Rxc4 Qxb5 30.Qc7 Qb1+ 31.Rc1 Qb2 32.Rc2 Qb7 33.Qf4 Qb1+ 
34.Rc1 e5 35.Qe3 Qb5 36.Rc5 Qb1+ 37.Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E26"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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.f4 cxd4 11.exd4 Nd7 12.Nf3 O-O 13.O-O Nf6 14.Rab1 Qc7 
15.Qe1 b6 16.Qh4 Bb7 17.Rbe1 Rfe8 18.Re3 h6 19.g4 Kf8 20.g5 Ng8 21.gxh6 
gxh6 22.Ng5 hxg5 23.fxg5 Re7 24.Qh8 Qc6 25.Rg3 Ke8 26.Qxg8+ Kd7 27.Qh7 f5 
28.Qh4 Rf8 29.d5 exd5 30.Bxf5+ Kc7 31.g6 Re5 32.Qh7+ Kb8 33.g7 Qc5+ 34.Kg2
dxc4+ 35.Kh3 Rfxf5 36.Rxf5 Rxf5 37.g8=Q+ Bc8 38.Qxf5 Qxf5+ 39.Kh4 Qf6+ 40.
Kh5 Qf5+ 41.Kh6 Qf6+ 42.Kh5 Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 Nbd7 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Re8 
9.e3 c6 10.Ba3 e4 11.Nd2 d5 12.f3 exf3 13.Qxf3 Nb6 14.Rae1 Bf5 15.cxd5 
Nbxd5 16.Bb2 Nb4 17.Nc4 Bg4 18.Qf2 Nd3 19.Qd2 Nxe1 20.Rxe1 Nd5 21.Ne4 Bf8 
22.Nc5 Bc8 23.e4 Nb6 24.Nd3 Bg7 25.e5 Bf8 26.Nf4 Be6 27.Ne3 Nd5 28.Bxd5 
cxd5 29.Rf1 Qd7 30.Qa5 b6 31.Qa6 Bg7 32.Qe2 Rac8 33.Qf3 Red8 34.Ba3 Rc6 
35.Rd1 Bh6 36.Bd6 Rxd6 37.exd6 Qxd6 38.Nxe6 Qxe6 39.Ng4 Bg7 40.Qf4 Re8 41.
Nf2 Rc8 42.Kf1 h5 43.Qd2 Qf5 44.Qd3 Qxd3+ 45.Rxd3 Rc2 46.a4 Kf8 47.Kg2 Ke7
48.Kf3 Kd6 49.h4 Bh6 50.g4 hxg4+ 51.Nxg4 Rd2 52.Rxd2 Bxd2 53.Ne5 Ke6 54.
Kg4 Be3 55.Nf3 a5 56.h5 gxh5+ 57.Kxh5 Kf5 58.Ne5 f6 59.Nc6 Ke4 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E26"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 d6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Ne2 b6
9.O-O Na5 10.e4 Qc7 11.Bg5 Nd7 12.Ng3 g6 13.Bh6 Ba6 14.f4 O-O-O 15.e5 Bb7 
16.Qe2 Nb8 17.Qf2 cxd4 18.cxd4 dxe5 19.Bg7 Rhe8 20.Bxe5 Qe7 21.d5 f6 22.
Bc3 Nb3 23.Rae1 Nc5 24.Bb1 f5 25.Bb4 Qd6 26.Ne2 exd5 27.Nc3 Nba6 28.cxd5 
Qd7 29.Rd1 Kb8 30.Qd4 Nxb4 31.Qxb4 Na6 32.Qd4 Qd6 33.Bd3 Qc5 34.Qxc5 Nxc5 
35.Bb5 Re3 36.Rf3 Rxf3 37.gxf3 a6 38.Bc4 b5 39.Ba2 Kc7 40.Rd4 Kd6 41.a4 
bxa4 42.Nxa4 Nxa4 43.Rxa4 Rc8 44.Kf2 Rc5 45.Rb4 Rb5 46.Ra4 a5 47.Ke3 Bxd5 
48.Bxd5 Kxd5 49.Rd4+ Kc6 50.Rd8 Rb3+ 51.Kf2 Rb2+ 52.Kg3 Rb7 53.Ra8 Kb6 54.
Kh4 Ra7 55.Rb8+ Kc5 56.Kg5 a4 57.Rc8+ Kd4 58.Rc1 a3 59.h4 a2 60.Ra1 Kc3 
61.h5 Kb2 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Bd3 
Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Ngf6 10.Bf4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qc7 12.O-O-O e6 13.Kb1 O-O-O 14.c4 c5 
15.Bc3 cxd4 16.Nxd4 a6 17.Qe2 Nc5 18.Qc2 Bd6 19.Nge2 Nce4 20.Be1 Rd7 21.f3
Ng3 22.c5 Nxe2 23.c6 bxc6 24.Qxe2 Kb7 25.Rc1 c5 26.Nb3 Rc8 27.Bf2 Qb6 28.
Rc4 Be7 29.Rhc1 Rd5 30.R4c3 Ka8 31.Nd2 Rc6 32.Nc4 Qc7 33.Ra3 Nd7 34.Ne3 
Rdd6 35.Bg3 e5 36.Nf5 Re6 37.Nxe7 Rxe7 38.Rxa6+ Kb7 39.Ra3 Rb6 40.Qc2 Qc6 
41.Rb3 Rxb3 42.Qxb3+ Qb6 43.Qd3 Qa6 44.Qc2 Qc6 45.Bf2 e4 46.Bxc5 Nxc5 47.
Qxc5 Qxc5 48.Rxc5 e3 49.Rc1 f5 50.f4 Re4 51.g3 e2 52.Re1 h5 53.Kc2 Re3 54.
Kd2 Rxg3 55.Rxe2 Rg4 56.Re5 Rxf4 57.Re7+ Kc6 58.Rxg7 Rxh4 59.Rg5 f4 60.Kd3
Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.26"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 g6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.e3 O-O 8.Nge2 
e5 9.O-O c6 10.b3 exd4 11.Nxd4 a5 12.Ba3 Re8 13.Qc2 Bxd4 14.exd4 Bf5 15.
Qd2 a4 16.d5 cxd5 17.Nb5 axb3 18.axb3 Nc6 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.Bb2 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 
f6 22.Nxc6 Bxc6 23.Qd4 Rf8 24.h4 Na8 25.Rd1 Nc7 26.h5 Qe8 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.
Qd2 Qf7 29.g4 g5 30.f4 Ne6 31.fxg5 fxg5 32.Re1 d4 33.Bxc6 bxc6 34.Bxd4 
Nxd4 35.Qxd4 Qxb3 36.Qe5 Qb6+ 37.Kh1 Qd8 38.Qe6+ Kg7 39.Qe5+ Qf6 40.Kg2 c5
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Black "Panov, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.Be3 Be7 6.f3 O-O 7.Nge2 Ne8 8.Qd2 c6
9.O-O-O Nb6 10.Ng3 exd4 11.Bxd4 Be6 12.b3 a5 13.Qf2 Nd7 14.f4 f5 15.exf5 
Bxf5 16.Nxf5 Rxf5 17.Kb1 Bf6 18.Bd3 Bxd4 19.Qxd4 Rf7 20.Bc2 Nc5 21.g3 Qf6 
22.Rhe1 Rd8 23.Kb2 Qxd4 24.Rxd4 Nf6 25.Red1 Ne8 26.Ne4 Nxe4 27.Rxe4 Nc7 
28.Re5 a4 29.bxa4 g6 30.h4 Kg7 31.h5 dxe5 32.Rxd8 exf4 33.hxg6 hxg6 34.
gxf4 Ne6 35.Rd6 Nxf4 36.a5 Rf6 37.Rd7+ Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 a5 8.g3 
O-O 9.Bg2 Qe7 10.O-O e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Be3 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Qb3 Rab8 15.
Rfd1 Rfe8 16.Qb5 h6 17.Rac1 Qe6 18.g4 Bg6 19.Nd2 Nd4 20.Bxd4 exd4 21.Nf3 
c6 22.Qb6 Qxe2 23.Nxd4 Qe5 24.Nf3 Qf4 25.Qxa5 Re2 26.Qb6 Ne4 27.Rf1 Nxf2 
28.Rce1 Nxh3+ 29.Kh1 Rxg2 30.Kxg2 Qxg4+ 31.Kh2 Nf4 32.Qf2 Qh3+ 33.Kg1 Nd3 
0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Black "Stolberg, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.h3 c6 8.a4 Qc7 
9.Qe2 h6 10.Rd1 Re8 11.Bb3 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Bf4 Bf8 14.f3 Nxb3 15.Nxb3 
Nd7 16.Qf2 Ne5 17.Nd4 f6 18.b3 Bd7 19.Be3 Nf7 20.Nce2 Re7 21.Nf4 Kh7 22.
Re1 Rae8 23.c4 Qc8 24.g4 g6 25.h4 Ne5 26.Rad1 a6 27.Kh1 Bxg4 28.fxg4 Nxg4 
29.Qg3 Rxe4 30.Bg1 h5 31.Rxe4 Rxe4 32.Re1 Qe6 33.Rxe4 Qxe4+ 34.Qf3 Qe1 35.
Ng2 Qe5 36.Qf4 Bh6 37.Qxe5 fxe5 38.Ne6 d5 39.Ng5+ Bxg5 40.hxg5 Kg7 41.cxd5
cxd5 42.Nh4 d4 43.Kg2 d3 44.Kf1 e4 45.Ke1 Kf7 46.Kd2 Ke6 47.Bd4 Nh2 
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "145"]

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.dxc5 Qe7 13.Qf4 Qxc5 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Qf6
O-O 16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.Rab1 Rac8 18.Rb3 d4 19.cxd4 Qxg2 20.Re1 Bc6 21.h4 Qf3 
22.Qxf3 Bxf3 23.c4 f6 24.Rg1 g5 25.exf6 g4 26.Be4 Bxe4 27.Rxg4+ Kh8 28.
Rxe4 Rxc4 29.Rxb7 Rxf6 30.Rxa7 Rxf2+ 31.Kd3 Rc6 32.d5 Rd6 33.Rxe6 Rxd5+ 
34.Ke3 Rf8 35.Rxh6+ Kg8 36.Rg6+ Kh8 37.Rg4 Rfd8 38.Rga4 Rd3+ 39.Ke4 Rh3 
40.Kf5 Rf3+ 41.Kg4 Rff8 42.R7a5 Rd2 43.Ra8 Rxa8 44.Rxa8+ Kg7 45.Ra4 Kf6 
46.Ra6+ Kg7 47.h5 Rd4+ 48.Kf3 Rh4 49.h6+ Kh7 50.a4 Rb4 51.Ke3 Rc4 52.Kd3 
Rb4 53.Kc3 Rf4 54.Kb3 Rf3+ 55.Kc4 Rf4+ 56.Kd5 Rb4 57.Kc6 Rf4 58.Kd7 Rd4+ 
59.Kc7 Rf4 60.a5 Rf5 61.Kd7 Rd5+ 62.Ke7 Re5+ 63.Kf6 Rc5 64.Ra8 Rb5 65.a6 
Rb6+ 66.Ke7 Rxh6 67.Kf7 Rb6 68.Ra7 Kh6 69.Kf8 Rb8+ 70.Ke7 Rb6 71.Ke8 Kg6 
72.Kd8 Rf6 73.Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.h3 O-O 
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.a3 Bd7 15.d5 Na5 
16.Nf1 Nh5 17.Bd3 g6 18.Bh6 Rfc8 19.Ne3 Qd8 20.b4 Nc4 21.Bxc4 bxc4 22.Rc1 
c3 23.Qb3 Qc7 24.Rc2 Nf4 25.Nd1 Qc4 26.Qxc4 Rxc4 27.Rxc3 Rac8 28.Rxc4 Rxc4
29.Bxf4 exf4 30.e5 Kf8 31.Nb2 Rc3 32.e6 Be8 33.Re4 g5 34.Nd4 Bf6 35.Kh2 
Be5 36.Nf3 Rxf3 37.e7+ Kg7 38.Rxe5 Rxf2 39.Rxg5+ Kf6 40.Nd3 Ra2 41.Rg8 
Kxe7 42.Nxf4 Rxa3 43.Rg4 Bd7 44.Rh4 Bf5 45.Ne2 Bg6 46.Rf4 h5 47.Nd4 Kd7 
48.b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 Be7 8.c3 Na5 
9.Bc2 c5 10.d4 Qc7 11.Nbd2 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nc6 13.d5 Nb4 14.Bb1 a5 15.a3 Na6 
16.b4 O-O 17.Nb3 a4 18.Na5 Bd7 19.Bd3 Rac8 20.Qe2 Qb8 21.Nh4 Bd8 22.Nc6 
Bxc6 23.dxc6 Nc7 24.Nf5 Nfe8 25.Bb2 Bf6 26.Rac1 g6 27.Ne3 Bg7 28.Red1 Rd8 
29.Bb1 Ne6 30.g3 N8c7 31.Ba2 Kh8 32.Rc2 Qb6 33.Nd5 Nxd5 34.Rxd5 Nc7 35.Rd3
f5 36.Bc1 h6 37.Be3 Qa6 38.Qd2 fxe4 39.Rxd6 Qc8 40.Bxh6 Rxd6 41.Bxg7+ Kxg7
42.Qxd6 Qd8 43.Qxe5+ Kh7 44.Qxe4 Re8 45.Qg4 Qf6 46.Kg2 Re1 47.Qh4+ Qxh4 
48.gxh4 Kh6 49.Kg3 Rd1 50.Kf4 Rd3 51.Ke5 Rxa3 52.Kd6 Na6 53.c7 Rd3+ 54.Bd5
1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.26"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Be3 O-O-O 9.Nc3 Re8 10.O-O-O Bb4 11.Nde2 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.a3 Bd6 14.Bf4 
Bc5 15.Ng3 Bg6 16.f3 Nf6 17.Rhe1 Bf2 18.Rf1 Bc5 19.Rfe1 Rxe1 20.Rxe1 Rf8 
21.Be5 Re8 22.Re2 Bg1 23.Nf1 Bc5 24.Bg3 Rxe2 25.Nxe2 Bd6 26.Kd2 Kd7 27.Nf4
Be8 28.Nd3 c5 29.c4 b6 30.b3 Nh5 31.Be5 Ke6 32.Bc3 Nf4 33.Nxf4+ Bxf4+ 34.
Kd1 g5 35.g3 Bd6 36.Nd2 Be5 37.Ne4 Bxc3 38.Nxc3 Ke5 39.Kd2 Bh5 40.Ke3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nf3 
Re8 9.h3 Nf8 10.Qc2 c6 11.O-O h6 12.Bf4 Ne6 13.Bh2 Bd6 14.Ne5 Nf8 15.f4 
N6d7 16.Rae1 f6 17.Nf3 Nb6 18.Kh1 Re7 19.Qf2 Bd7 20.Nh4 Qc7 21.Nf5 Bxf5 
22.Bxf5 Rae8 23.Bb1 a6 24.a3 Kh8 25.Bg1 Qd8 26.Re2 Nc4 27.Rfe1 Bc7 28.Bd3 
Nd6 29.e4 dxe4 30.Nxe4 Nxe4 31.Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Bd7 8.a4 Qc7
9.Bd3 Bc6 10.Qd2 h6 11.a5 Nd7 12.O-O a6 13.Ne1 O-O-O 14.f4 f6 15.Nf3 Rdf8 
16.Ba3 f5 17.Rfb1 Kd8 18.dxc5 Ke8 19.Nd4 Kf7 20.c4 Ra8 21.cxd5 Bxd5 22.c4 
Bc6 23.Qe2 Rhd8 24.Qh5+ g6 25.Qxh6 Nf8 26.Nxc6 Nxc6 27.Bf1 Rd7 28.h4 Ke8 
29.Qg5 Qxa5 30.h5 Qd8 31.Qg3 Kf7 32.Be2 Qe7 33.Rd1 Rd4 34.Rxd4 Nxd4 35.Bd1
Nc6 36.Qe3 Rd8 37.Bf3 Qh4 38.Rb1 Rd7 39.Bb4 Nxb4 40.Rxb4 Qg3 41.Rb1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d3 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Be3 f5 10.b4 Bf6 11.Nd2 Nd4 12.Nb3 c6 13.Rc1 Rf7 14.Bd2 Re7 15.a4 
Be6 16.Nc5 Bf7 17.a5 Nd5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.e3 Nb5 20.Qa4 a6 21.Qd1 Rc7 22.f4
e4 23.d4 Nd6 24.h3 Be7 25.Rf2 Nc4 26.Bf1 Nd6 27.Rg2 Rac8 28.Be2 Bf8 29.g4 
Qf6 30.Kh1 Be6 31.Qg1 Kh8 32.Qf2 Bd7 33.Rcg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Be7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.O-O b5 
9.Bc2 d5 10.h3 dxe4 11.dxe4 h6 12.Qe2 Bd6 13.a4 Rb8 14.axb5 axb5 15.b4 Ne7
16.Nb3 Ng6 17.Rd1 Qe7 18.Be3 Nh5 19.Kh1 Nhf4 20.Qf1 Qf6 21.Ng1 Ne6 22.Ra5 
Bd7 23.Bd3 Ng5 24.Bxg5 hxg5 25.Bxb5 Bxb5 26.Rxb5 Rxb5 27.Qxb5 Qxf2 28.Qe2 
Qf6 29.Na5 Qe6 30.Qc4 Qc8 31.g3 Ne7 32.g4 Ng6 33.Nc6 Qa8 34.Nf3 Qa4 35.Rd2
Qa1+ 36.Kh2 Qc1 37.b5 Ra8 38.Rf2 Ra1 39.Nd8 Qf4+ 40.Kg2 Be7 41.Nxf7 Qxf7 
42.Qxf7+ Kxf7 43.Nxe5+ Ke6 44.Nxg6 Bd6 45.Nf8+ Ke7 46.Nh7 Bf4 47.h4 Rc1 
48.Nxg5 Bxg5 49.hxg5 Rxc3 50.g6 Ke6 51.Rf7 Rc5 52.Kg3 Rxb5 53.Kf4 Rc5 54.
Rxg7 Kf6 55.Rg8 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Be7 7.O-O Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nd7
9.h3 Bh5 10.Re1 Nc5 11.Bc2 Ne6 12.Nf1 Bg5 13.Ng3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 O-O 15.Be3 
g6 16.Ne2 Kg7 17.d4 exd4 18.cxd4 Bxe3 19.Qxe3 Qf6 20.Rad1 Rfe8 21.d5 Nb4 
22.Bb1 Nc5 23.a3 Qxb2 24.axb4 Qxb4 25.Nd4 f6 26.f4 Re7 27.Qg3 Kf7 28.Qh4 
Kg7 29.e5 Rf7 30.f5 Qb6 31.exf6+ Kg8 32.fxg6 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 a6 8.Ba4 
Qa5+ 9.Nc3 b5 10.Bb3 Bg4 11.Be3 Bg7 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 O-O 14.O-O Rac8 15.
Rad1 b4 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Na7 18.Bg5 Rfe8 19.Rfe1 Nb5 20.Re4 f5 21.Rh4 
Qc7 22.Qe3 Qd7 23.Qe1 h6 24.Rxh6 Bxh6 25.Bxh6 Nc7 26.Qxb4 Qb5 27.Qc3 Kh7 
28.Bd2 Nxd5 29.Qg3 f4 30.Qg4 Nf6 31.Qxf4 Qh5 32.Re1 Kg7 33.Ba4 e5 34.Qg3 
Re7 35.Bg5 Rc4 36.Bd1 Qh7 37.dxe5 Ne4 38.Rxe4 Rxe4 39.Bxe7 Re1+ 40.Kh2 
Rxd1 41.Qf3 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stolberg, Mark"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 O-O 7.e3 c6 8.Bd3 
Nbd7 9.h3 Re8 10.Qc2 Nf8 11.O-O Bd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Rab1 Be6 14.b4 N8d7 
15.Rfc1 Rac8 16.Na4 b6 17.Nc3 Kh8 18.Ba6 Rcd8 19.Ne2 Nb8 20.Bb7 g6 21.Ne5 
Re7 22.Bxc6 Bf5 23.Qb3 Bxb1 24.Qxb1 Rc8 25.b5 Ng8 26.Nf4 f6 27.Nexg6+ hxg6
28.Nxg6+ Kg7 29.Nxe7 Nxe7 30.Ba8 Rxc1+ 31.Qxc1 Nd7 32.Qc2 f5 33.Bb7 Nf6 
34.g3 Ne4 35.Kg2 Kf6 36.h4 Qb8 37.Ba6 Ke6 38.Qe2 Qc7 39.Qh5 Qc2 40.Qh6+ 
Kd7 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stolberg, Mark"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Ne2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.a3 cxd4 10.exd4 Bd6 11.h3 h6 12.b4 Re8 13.Qb3 Be6 14.Bd2 Qd7 15.f4 
Bf5 16.Qc2 Be4 17.b5 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Na5 19.Ng3 Nc4 20.Bc1 Rac8 21.Ra2 Bf8 
22.a4 Bb4 23.Nd1 Ne4 24.f5 Nxg3 25.Qxg3 Bd6 26.Qf3 Be7 27.Qg3 Bf6 28.Bxh6 
Bxd4+ 29.Kh1 f6 30.Bc1 Re4 31.Qd3 Ne5 32.Qb1 Rc4 33.a5 Bc5 34.b6 a6 35.Nb2
Rc3 36.Bd2 Rb3 37.Qc2 Qb5 38.Rc1 Bf8 39.Rd1 Re2 40.Qc1 Rxh3+ 41.gxh3 d4 
0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Stolberg, Mark"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.e4 Nxc3 5.bxc3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 
8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 e6 10.Nf3 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.Bf4 Rd8 14.Qe2 
Nc6 15.Rad1 Bd6 16.Bc1 Rac8 17.d5 exd5 18.exd5 Ne7 19.Ng5 Qf5 20.Ne4 Nxd5 
21.Bg5 Nc3 22.Nxc3 Qxg5 23.Ne4 Qe7 24.Qf3 Be5 25.g3 g6 26.Qb3 Rxd1 27.Rxd1
b6 28.Qa4 Rc7 29.Qb5 h6 30.h4 Bg7 31.Qd5 Kh7 32.h5 Qe5 33.hxg6+ fxg6 34.
Qd3 Qf5 35.Kg2 Re7 36.Re1 Rd7 37.Qc2 Rf7 38.Qd3 Qd7 39.Qc2 Qd5 40.Rd1 Qf5 
41.Qd3 b5 42.f4 Re7 43.Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stolberg, Mark"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 b6 6.f3 d6 7.Bg5 O-O 8.e3 Nc6
9.Bd3 Na5 10.Nh3 Ba6 11.Qe2 Qe8 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.f4 f5 14.g4 f6 15.Rg1 Kh8 
16.gxf5 exf5 17.Kf2 Qf7 18.Bxf5 Bxc4 19.Qg4 Rae8 20.Qh4 Rxe3 21.Kxe3 Re8+ 
22.Kf2 Re2+ 23.Kf3 Nb3 24.Bxh7 Nd2+ 25.Kg4 Qxh7 26.Qxf6+ Kg8 27.Qd8+ Kg7 
28.Qxc7+ Kh8 29.Qxh7+ Kxh7 30.Rae1 Rxh2 31.Kg3 Nf3 32.Ng5+ Nxg5 33.Re7+ 
Kh8 34.Kxh2 Nf3+ 35.Kg2 Nxg1 36.Kxg1 a5 37.Kf2 a4 38.Kf3 Kg8 39.f5 Kf8 40.
Rb7 b5 41.Kf4 Ke8 42.Kg5 Kd8 43.Kg6 Kc8 44.Re7 Kd8 45.Re3 Kd7 46.Kg7 Kc6 
47.f6 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stolberg, Mark"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Be7 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Be2 d5 8.Nxc6 
bxc6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Qa4 Bd7 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.Bf3 Ng4 13.Bxg4 Bxg4 14.c5 Bxh2+ 
15.Kxh2 Bxd1 16.Qxd1 Qxc5 17.g3 Rab8 18.Na4 Qd6 19.b3 Qf6 20.Qd4 Qxf2+ 21.
Kh3 Qf1+ 22.Kh2 Qe2+ 23.Kg1 Rfe8 24.Nc5 Qf3 25.Kh2 f6 26.Qf4 Qd1 27.Qd4 
Qe2+ 28.Kg1 Re5 29.Qd2 Qg4 30.Qe1 Rh5 31.Nd3 Qf3 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stolberg, Mark"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c4 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.
Be3 Nd7 10.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nde5 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Qe2 Be6 14.Bb3 Rb8 15.Rd1 
Rb4 16.Bc5 Bxc4 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.Ba3 f5 19.exf5 Rxf5 20.O-O Qh4 21.f3 d5 
22.Nb1 Qg3 23.Nd2 Rh4 24.Rf2 h6 25.Be7 Rd4 26.Bc5 Rd3 27.Be3 d4 28.Ne4 
Rxd1+ 29.Qxd1 Qh4 30.Bxd4 Qd8 31.Qb3+ Kh7 32.Bc3 Qd5 33.Rd2 Qxb3 34.axb3 
Rf7 35.Nc5 a5 36.Bxa5 g5 37.Bc3 Kg6 38.Ne6 Bf6 39.Nd8 Bxd8 40.Rxd8 Nd7 41.
Re8 Kh7 42.Re6 Nb8 43.b4 Rd7 44.Kf2 Rd6 45.Re7+ Kg6 46.g4 h5 47.Rg7+ Kh6 
48.Rg8 Nd7 49.Rh8+ Kg6 50.gxh5+ Kf5 51.Rh7 Ne5 52.Re7 Nd3+ 53.Ke3 Rh6 54.
Kxd3 Rxh5 55.Rf7+ Ke6 56.Rf6+ Kd7 57.Bd2 Rxh3 58.Bxg5 Rg3 59.Bd2 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Stolberg, Mark"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E26"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "98"]

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.f4 Nc6 11.Nf3 Bd7 12.Ng5 Ne7 13.O-O f5 14.Rab1 h6 15.Nf3
O-O-O 16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.Nd4 e5 18.Nb3 Qc7 19.Be2 g5 20.Bf3 gxf4 21.exf4 b6 
22.Qe3 Ba4 23.fxe5 dxe5 24.c5 Bxb3 25.Rxb3 Qxc5 26.Qxc5+ bxc5 27.Rb7 Rd7 
28.Rfb1 Rhd8 29.Rb8+ Kc7 30.R1b7+ Kd6 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.Rxa7 e4 33.Bh5 Nd5 
34.Bg6 Ke5 35.Ra5 Rc8 36.Ra6 Nxc3 37.Bf7 Rb8 38.h4 Ne2+ 39.Kh2 Nd4 40.Rxh6
e3 41.Bc4 e2 42.Rh7 Re8 43.Bxe2 Nxe2 44.h5 c4 45.Rc7 c3 46.Kh3 Kd6 47.Rc4 
Re3+ 48.g3 Rxg3+ 49.Kh4 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.26"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Stolberg, Mark"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 O-O 6.a3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.O-O c5 
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Ne5 c4 11.Bc2 Nb6 12.f4 Bd6 13.Qf3 Bd7 14.Bd2 Qc8 15.Be1 
Bg4 16.Nxg4 Qxg4 17.h3 Qxf3 18.gxf3 Rad8 19.Bd2 Bb8 20.Kf2 Nc8 21.Rg1 Ne7 
22.Rg5 Ne8 23.Rgg1 f5 24.Ne2 Bd6 25.Ng3 Kh8 26.Rg2 Nc7 27.Rag1 Ne6 28.Ne2 
b5 29.Nc3 a6 30.Ne2 Rb8 31.Ra1 Rb7 32.Rgg1 Ra8 33.b4 a5 34.bxa5 Bc7 35.Bb4
Bxa5 36.Bxe7 Rxe7 37.Bxf5 Bd2 38.Rgd1 c3 39.Bd3 Rf8 40.Ra2 Nc7 41.e4 Ra8 
42.Rb1 Re6 43.Rb3 Rh6 44.Nxc3 Bxc3 45.Rxc3 Ne6 46.Rac2 Kg8 47.Rc8+ Rxc8 
48.Rxc8+ Kf7 49.Ke3 Rh4 50.f5 Ng5 51.Rc7+ Kf8 52.e5 Rxh3 53.Be2 g6 54.e6 
gxf5 55.e7+ Kf7 56.Bxb5 f4+ 57.Ke2 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Stolberg, Mark"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bc4 Bf5 8.
Qe2 e6 9.Bf4 Be7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Nd5 13.Bd2 a5 14.Kb1 Nb4
15.Qe4 Qd5 16.Qxd5 cxd5 17.a4 Bd6 18.Ne1 Rfb8 19.c3 Nc6 20.Nd3 b5 21.Bf4 
Bxf4 22.Nxf4 bxa4 23.Kc2 Rc8 24.Kd2 a3 25.bxa3 a4 26.Nd3 Na5 27.Nb2 Nb7 
28.Ra1 Nd6 29.f3 g5 30.Rhb1 Rcb8 31.Kc2 Kg7 32.Ra2 h5 33.Nd3 Rxb1 34.Kxb1 
Nc4 35.Kc1 Kg6 36.Nc5 Kf5 37.Kc2 f6 38.Kd3 e5 39.Ra1 g4 40.fxg4+ hxg4 41.
Ra2 Rc8 42.Nxa4 e4+ 43.Ke2 Rh8 44.Kf2 e3+ 45.Kg1 Rb8 46.Ra1 Nxa3 47.Nc5 
Nb1 48.Na4 g3 49.hxg3 Kg4 50.Kf1 Kxg3 51.Ke2 f5 52.Ra2 f4 53.Kd3 Nd2 54.
Nb2 Re8 55.Ra1 Kxg2 56.Re1 f3 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Stolberg, Mark"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nd2 d6 3.Ngf3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.c3 e5 8.Re1 Nh5
9.Nb3 h6 10.Be3 Qf6 11.Nfd2 Nf4 12.Bf1 g5 13.g3 Nh3+ 14.Kg2 Qg6 15.Kh1 g4 
16.Bg2 Kh8 17.f3 f5 18.d5 Ne7 19.Qe2 fxe4 20.fxe4 Ng8 21.Nc1 Nf6 22.Nd3 
Bd7 23.c4 h5 24.Nf2 h4 25.Bxh3 hxg3 26.Bg2 gxf2 27.Bxf2 Nh5 28.Rf1 Nf4 29.
Qd1 Bh6 30.Be3 Nxg2 31.Bxh6 Qxh6 32.Kxg2 g3 33.h4 Qxh4 34.Rh1 Rf2+ 35.Kg1 
Bh3 36.Nf3 Rg2+ 37.Kf1 Rd2+ 38.Ke1 Rxd1+ 39.Kxd1 g2 40.Rh2 Qg4 41.Kd2 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 Re8 
9.d5 Nc5 10.Ne1 a5 11.h3 Rf8 12.Nd3 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 Nd7 14.Be3 f5 15.exf5 
gxf5 16.f4 e4 17.Qd2 Nc5 18.Kh2 Bd7 19.Rg1 Qf6 20.Bf1 Kh8 21.Rd1 Rg8 22.
Qf2 b6 23.Rd2 Qh6 24.Bd4 Raf8 25.Nd1 Be8 26.Bxg7+ Rxg7 27.Qd4 Bh5 28.Ne3 
Bf3 29.Be2 Bxe2 30.Rxe2 Kg8 31.Nd1 Nd3 32.Nf2 Nxf4 33.Qe3 Nxe2 34.Qxh6 
Nxg1 35.Kxg1 Rxg3+ 36.Kf1 Re8 37.Ke2 e3 38.Nd3 Rg2+ 39.Kf3 Rg6 40.Qh4 e2 
41.Qe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.Nf3 Qe7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 e5 8.O-O Bxc3
9.Qxc3 Nc6 10.d5 Nb8 11.Nh4 a5 12.b3 Re8 13.e4 b6 14.a3 Nbd7 15.Nf5 Qd8 
16.b4 Nf8 17.Ne3 Ng4 18.h3 Nxe3 19.Bxe3 f5 20.c5 bxc5 21.bxc5 fxe4 22.Rab1
Ba6 23.Rfc1 Bd3 24.Rb7 Qc8 25.c6 Ng6 26.Ba7 a4 27.Qb4 Re7 28.Qxa4 Qf5 29.
Qb4 Rf8 30.Rb8 Rf7 31.Rxf8+ Rxf8 32.Re1 Qf7 33.Bxe4 Bxe4 34.Qxe4 Ra8 35.
Qb4 Qxd5 36.Qb7 Rf8 37.Qxc7 e4 38.Be3 Ne5 39.Rc1 h6 40.Qb6 Nd3 41.Rc3 Ne5 
42.Kg2 Qf7 43.c7 Qf3+ 44.Kh2 Qe2 45.Rc1 Kh7 46.Kg2 Nc4 47.Qd4 d5 48.Kg1 
Qh5 49.Qc5 Rc8 50.Rxc4 Qd1+ 51.Kh2 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 g4 
9.Nh4 Nh5 10.d5 Nb8 11.dxe6 dxe6 12.e3 Nc6 13.Be2 Qg5 14.O-O-O Bxc3 15.
Qxc3 e5 16.Kb1 Be6 17.Rdf1 f5 18.f4 exf4 19.exf4 Qf6 20.Qxf6 Rxf6 21.Be1 
Nd4 22.Bd3 c5 23.Bc3 Bd7 24.g3 Bc6 25.Rhg1 Re8 26.Nxf5 Be4 27.Bxe4 Rxe4 
28.Nxd4 cxd4 29.Re1 Rxe1+ 30.Bxe1 Rd6 31.Bb4 Rd7 32.Re1 Kf7 33.Kc2 Ng7 34.
Kd3 Ne6 35.Re5 Kf6 36.Rh5 Rh7 37.Bd6 Kg6 38.Rd5 Kf6 39.Be5+ 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C53"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Qe7 5.d4 Bb6 6.O-O d6 7.a4 a6 8.Be3 Nf6 
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Bxb6 cxb6 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Qb3 Qc7 13.h3 Na5 14.Qa2 Nh5 15.
Bd5 Nf4 16.b4 Nc6 17.Nc4 Be6 18.Rfd1 Bxd5 19.exd5 e4 20.d6 Qd8 21.Ne1 b5 
22.Ne3 bxa4 23.Qc2 Re8 24.Rxa4 Ne5 25.c4 Ned3 26.c5 b5 27.Ra3 Nxb4 28.Qb2 
Nc6 29.Nf5 Re5 30.Ne7+ Rxe7 31.dxe7 Qxd1 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Qc2 Bb7 
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.O-O-O c5 12.g4 cxd4 13.exd4 Bc8 14.Rg1 Be6 15.
Qd2 Nc6 16.Bb5 Rc8 17.h4 Bxh4 18.g5 Bxg5 19.Nxg5 hxg5 20.Rxg5 Qf6 21.f4 g6
22.Kb1 Rfd8 23.Ka1 Bf5 24.Rgg1 Nb4 25.a3 Nc6 26.Bxc6 Rxc6 27.Rge1 a6 28.
Nxd5 Rxd5 29.Re8+ Kg7 30.Qh2 Bh3 31.Qxh3 Rh5 32.Qd3 Qxf4 33.Qxa6 Rc1+ 34.
Rxc1 Qxc1+ 35.Ka2 Rh1 36.Qd3 Rd1 37.Qe2 Qb1+ 38.Kb3 Qd3+ 39.Qxd3 Rxd3+ 40.
Kc4 Rd2 41.b4 f5 42.a4 f4 43.a5 bxa5 44.bxa5 g5 45.Re1 Ra2 46.Kd5 Rxa5+ 
47.Ke4 Kf6 48.Rh1 Kg6 49.Rc1 Ra2 50.Rc6+ Kh5 51.Kf5 Ra8 52.Rc1 Rf8+ 53.Ke4
g4 54.d5 f3 55.Rf1 f2 56.d6 g3 57.d7 Kg4 0-1

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.e4 g6 4.h3 Bg7 5.Nc3 e5 6.Bg5 f6 7.Be3 Nge7 8.Bc4 Na5 
9.Be2 O-O 10.dxe5 fxe5 11.Qd2 Kh8 12.O-O-O Be6 13.Nd5 b6 14.Ng5 Bg8 15.h4 
Nxd5 16.exd5 c6 17.h5 Rf4 18.g3 Qxg5 19.gxf4 exf4 20.Bd4 Bxd5 21.Rhg1 Qf5 
22.hxg6 h6 23.Bd3 Qf8 24.Bxg7+ Qxg7 25.Qxf4 Rf8 26.Qxd6 Bxa2 27.Qxf8+ Qxf8
28.g7+ Qxg7 29.Rxg7 Kxg7 30.b3 Bxb3 31.cxb3 Nxb3+ 32.Kb2 Nc5 33.Bc2 h5 34.
Rd6 Na6 35.Rxc6 Kf7 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.27"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.cxd5 
cxd5 9.Qb3 e6 10.Bd2 a6 11.Rfc1 b6 12.Na4 Ne4 13.Bb4 Re8 14.Qc2 Bb7 15.Qc7
Rb8 16.Qxd8 Rexd8 17.Rc7 Bf8 18.Bxf8 Kxf8 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Bc8 21.Bxe4 
dxe4 22.Rac1 Kg7 23.h4 Bb7 24.Nxb6 Bd5 25.Nc8 Rxb2 26.Nd6 Rf8 27.Ra7 g5 
28.hxg5 Kg6 29.a4 Kxg5 30.Nxf7+ Kf5 31.Rcc7 Rb1+ 32.Kh2 Rb2 33.Kg3 h5 34.
Rxa6 Rg8+ 35.Kh3 Rg6 36.Nh8 Rg4 37.Rh7 Rg5 38.Raa7 Kxe5 39.Nf7+ Kf6 40.
Nxg5 Kxg5 41.Rag7+ Kf6 42.Rf7+ Ke5 43.Rxh5+ Kd6 44.g4 1-0

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.10.02"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Qe7 5.Nf3 d6 6.e4 Nbd7 7.e5 dxe5 8.dxe5 
Ng4 9.Bf4 Qc5 10.Bg3 O-O 11.a3 Qa5 12.Rc1 Bxc3+ 13.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14.Rxc3 b6 
15.h3 Nh6 16.Bd3 Bb7 17.O-O Rfd8 18.Ng5 g6 19.Ne4 Nf5 20.Bf4 Nd4 21.Re1 
Rab8 22.b4 a5 23.c5 Bxe4 24.Rxe4 bxc5 25.bxc5 Nb3 26.Bg5 Nbxc5 27.Bxd8 
Nxe4 28.Bxe4 Rxd8 29.Rxc7 Nxe5 30.Rc5 f6 31.Rxa5 Nc4 32.Ra7 Rd1+ 33.Kh2 
Nd2 34.Bd3 Nf3+ 35.gxf3 Rxd3 36.Kg2 e5 37.a4 Ra3 38.a5 h5 39.a6 h4 40.Kf1 
g5 41.Ke2 f5 42.Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D96"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 c6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.e4 Be6 8.Qa4 
O-O 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Nb6 11.Qc2 Bg4 12.Rd1 Nfd7 13.Bg5 Qe8 14.Rac1 e5 15.
d5 cxd5 16.exd5 Rc8 17.h3 Bf5 18.Qd2 Nc5 19.Be3 Ne4 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Bc5 
Bxd5 22.Bxf8 Qxf8 23.Rxc8 Qxc8 24.a4 e4 25.Nd4 Nxa4 26.Qa5 Nxb2 27.Qxd5 
Nxd1 28.Bxd1 Qc1 29.Ne2 Qa1 30.g4 a5 31.Kg2 a4 32.Ng3 Bd4 33.Nxe4 Qxd1 34.
Nd6 Qb3 35.Qxd4 a3 36.Ne4 a2 37.Nf6+ Kf8 38.g5 1-0

