[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.03.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Ngf3 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Ne7 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.fxe3 O-O 12.Qd2 Qb6 13.a4 Bf5 14.Nfd4 
Nxd4 15.exd4 Rac8 16.Nc5 a6 17.Rae1 Rc7 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Qd6 20.c3 a5 
21.Qf3 Ng6 22.Re3 b6 23.Nd3 Rd7 24.Rfe1 Qc6 25.g3 Rd6 26.h4 f6 27.Qf5 Qc8 
28.Qxc8 Rxc8 29.h5 Nf8 30.Re7 Rcd8 31.Nf4 R8d7 32.g4 Rxe7 33.Rxe7 g5 34.
hxg6 Nxg6 35.Nxg6 hxg6 36.Rb7 Kf8 37.Kf2 Ke8 38.Ke3 g5 39.Kd3 Re6 40.b4 
axb4 41.cxb4 Kd8 42.a5 Kc8 43.a6 b5 44.Rxb5 Rxa6 45.Rxd5 Ra1 46.Rc5+ Kb7 
47.d5 Rf1 48.Rc4 f5 49.Ke2 1-0

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.03.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.g3 c5 6.dxc5 dxc5 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Bxc6+ 
bxc6 9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Bg5 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 Ne4 13.Qe3 Nxg5 14.Nxg5 e5 
15.Ne4 Qd4 16.b3 Bg4 17.Nc3 e4 18.Rad1 Qe5 19.Rd2 Rad8 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.
Nxe4 f5 22.Nc3 Qxe3 23.fxe3 Rd2 24.Rd1 Rc2 25.Rd3 Bxe2 26.Rd8+ Kf7 27.Nxe2
Rxe2 28.Rd7+ Ke6 29.Rxa7 g5 30.Rxh7 Rxa2 31.Rh6+ Ke5 32.Rxc6 Ke4 33.Rxc5 
f4 34.exf4 Kf3 35.h3 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.03.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 
Qd6 9.d4 f6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Qd3 O-O-O 12.Bxc6 Qxc6 13.Qxg6 e5 14.Qd3 Bb4 
15.Bd2 e4 16.Qb5 Bxc3 17.Qxc6+ bxc6 18.bxc3 g5 19.Ke2 Ne7 20.f3 exf3+ 21.
Kxf3 Ng6 22.Be1 Rd7 23.Bg3 Rb7 24.Rab1 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 Rxh3 26.Rb8+ Kd7 27.
Rb7+ Ke6 28.Kg2 Rh8 29.Rxa7 Rc8 30.a4 c5 31.Ra6+ Kf7 32.Ra7+ Ke6 33.Rc7 
Rxc7 34.Bxc7 Kd7 35.Bb6 c4 36.a5 f5 37.a6 Kc6 38.a7 Kb7 39.Kf3 Nh4+ 40.Kg3
fxg4 41.Kxg4 Ng2 42.Kxg5 Ne3 43.Kf4 Nxc2 44.Bc5 Ka8 45.Ke5 Ne3 46.Ke6 Kb7 
47.Kd6 Nd1 48.Kxd5 Nxc3+ 49.Kxc4 Ne4 50.d5 Ka8 51.Kd4 Nf6 52.d6 Kb7 53.Kc4
1-0

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.03.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O e5 8.e4 Re8 
9.Be3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ne5 11.b3 Nfg4 12.Bf4 Nc6 13.Nde2 f5 14.h3 Nf6 15.exf5 
Bxf5 16.Qd2 h5 17.Rae1 Qd7 18.Kh2 Kh7 19.Bg5 Ne5 20.Nf4 c6 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 
22.Ne4 Be7 23.Qc3 Qc7 24.Ne2 Rad8 25.f4 Nf7 26.Nd4 Nh6 27.Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.03.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 Bd7 7.c3 Be7 8.d4 O-O 
9.Nbd2 exd4 10.cxd4 Nb4 11.Bxd7 Qxd7 12.Qb3 a5 13.a3 Na6 14.Nf1 d5 15.e5 
Ne4 16.N1d2 a4 17.Qd3 Nxd2 18.Bxd2 c6 19.Ng5 Bxg5 20.Bxg5 Nc7 21.Re3 Ne6 
22.Qf5 Nc5 23.g4 Qxf5 24.gxf5 f6 25.exf6 Ne4 26.fxg7 Rxf5 27.Be7 Kxg7 28.
f3 Nd2 29.Kf2 Re8 30.Rae1 Ne4+ 31.Kg2 Rxe7 32.fxe4 Rxe4 33.Rxe4 dxe4 34.
Rxe4 Rb5 35.Re2 Rb3 36.Kf2 Kf6 37.Ke1 h6 38.Rg2 Ke6 39.Kd1 Kd5 40.Kc2 Rh3 
41.Rd2 Kc4 42.Kb1 h5 43.Ka2 Rh4 44.Rf2 Kxd4 45.Rf7 b5 46.Rf2 Rh3 47.Rd2+ 
Rd3 48.Rf2 Kc4 49.Rc2+ Kd5 50.Rg2 Rh3 51.Rd2+ Kc5 52.Rc2+ Kb6 53.Rf2 c5 
54.Rf6+ Ka5 55.Rf2 c4 56.Rg2 c3 57.b4+ axb3+ 58.Kxb3 c2+ 59.Kxc2 Rxa3 60.
Kb2 Rf3 61.Re2 h4 62.Rd2 h3 63.Re2 Ka4 64.Kb1 Rf1+ 65.Kc2 b4 66.Kd3 Rd1+ 
67.Kc2 Rg1 0-1

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.03.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 
Qd6 9.d4 f6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Qd3 O-O-O 12.Bxc6 Qxc6 13.Qxg6 e5 14.Bd2 Ne7 
15.Qd3 e4 16.Qe2 Ng6 17.O-O-O Nh4 18.Nb5 Qb6 19.c4 a6 20.Nc3 dxc4 21.Qxc4+
Qc6 22.Qxc6+ bxc6 23.Be3 Ng2 24.Kc2 Re8 25.d5 Nxe3+ 26.fxe3 Bc5 27.dxc6 
Re6 28.Nd5 Rxc6 29.Kd2 Kb7 30.Ke2 Rd6 31.Nc3 Rxd1 32.Nxd1 Bb4 33.a3 Ba5 
34.b4 Bb6 35.Nc3 Rc8 36.Nxe4 Rc2+ 37.Kd3 Ra2 38.Nd6+ Kc6 39.Nc4 Bc7 40.Rf1
Rh2 41.Rf3 Rh1 42.Kc2 Rh2+ 43.Kb3 Rh1 44.Nd2 a5 45.e4 axb4 46.axb4 Bd6 47.
Rd3 Be7 48.Kc4 Rc1+ 49.Rc3 Rxc3+ 50.Kxc3 Kb5 51.Nf3 Bxb4+ 52.Kd4 Kc6 53.e5
fxe5+ 54.Kxe5 Kd7 55.Kf5 Ke7 56.Kg6 Bc3 57.Nh4 Kf8 58.Nf5 Kg8 59.Ne7+ Kf8 
60.Nd5 Bd2 61.Kh7 Kf7 62.Nb6 Kf6 63.Nc4 Be1 64.Nd6 Kg5 65.Kxg7 Bc3+ 66.Kf7
Kh4 67.Ne4 Kxh3 68.g5 Kh4 69.g6 Bh8 70.Nd6 Kg5 71.Nc8 Bc3 72.Ne7 Bb2 73.
Nd5 Bd4 74.Nc7 Bb2 75.Ne6+ Kf5 76.Nf8 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.03.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "44"]

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 
Bxc3 9.Qxc3 g5 10.Bg3 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Nc6 12.Qa4 Bf5 13.e3 Rc8 14.Bd3 Qd7 15.
Kb1 Bxd3+ 16.Rxd3 Qf5 17.e4 Nxe4 18.Ka1 O-O 19.Rd1 b5 20.Qxb5 Nd4 21.Qd3 
Nc2+ 22.Kb1 Nb4 0-1

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.03.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.f3 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5
Qa5 9.e4 Ne7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qb3 Na6 12.Rd1 Nc6 13.Kf2 Nxc5 14.Qb5 Na4 15.
Qxa5 Nxa5 16.Rd4 Nxc3 17.Ne2 Nb5 18.Rd3 b6 19.a4 Nc7 20.Rc3 Na6 21.Nc1 Bb7
22.Nb3 Nxb3 23.Rxb3 Rfc8 24.a5 Nc5 25.Bxc5 Rxc5 26.axb6 Rc1 27.Ba6 Rc2+ 
28.Be2 axb6 29.Rxb6 Raa2 30.Re1 Bc8 31.Rb8 g5 32.Kg3 Kg7 33.Bf1 Ba6 34.Ra8
Bxf1 35.Rxa2 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.03.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd3 dxe4 5.Bxe4 Nf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3
Nbd7 9.Nf3 Qc7 10.O-O c4 11.Be2 Nd5 12.a4 Nxc3 13.Qd2 Nxe2+ 14.Qxe2 O-O 
15.Ba3 Rd8 16.d5 Nf6 17.d6 Qa5 18.Qxc4 Bd7 19.Qh4 Bc6 20.Bb4 Qf5 21.Nd4 
Qd5 22.Nxc6 Qxc6 23.Ra3 a5 24.Bc3 Ne8 25.Bxa5 Rxd6 26.Bb4 Rd7 27.Bc3 Rad8 
28.h3 Rd1 29.Ra1 Rxf1+ 30.Rxf1 Rc8 31.Bd2 Nf6 32.a5 Qd5 33.Qb4 h6 34.Rb1 
Ne4 35.Be3 Nd6 36.Qa4 Nc4 37.Bb6 Rc6 38.c3 f5 39.Rd1 Qe5 40.Rb1 Qxc3 41.
Bd8 Nd2 42.Rd1 Qd3 43.Bb6 Rc4 44.Qa1 f4 45.Kh2 Kh7 46.Re1 Re4 47.Rxe4 Qxe4
48.a6 bxa6 49.Qxa6 Qb1 50.g4 0-1

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.03.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E19"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 Be4 10.Ne1 Bxg2 11.Nxg2 c6 12.d5 cxd5 13.cxd5 Na6 14.Nf4 Qc8 
15.Qf3 Qc2 16.e4 e5 17.Nd3 f6 18.Ne1 Qa4 19.b3 Qa5 20.Ng2 Bc5 21.Be3 Rac8 
22.Bxc5 Qxc5 23.Ne3 Kh8 24.Qg4 Rf7 25.Rad1 g6 26.Qe2 Nb8 27.Rd2 Rff8 28.
Rc2 Qa3 29.Nc4 Qb4 30.Rfc1 Rfd8 31.h4 Qf8 32.Ne3 Rxc2 33.Rxc2 Rc8 34.Rxc8 
Qxc8 35.Qf3 Kg7 36.Ng4 Qf8 37.h5 gxh5 38.Ne3 d6 39.Nf5+ Kg6 40.Qc3 Na6 41.
Qc6 Nc5 42.f3 Nd3 43.Qc7 b5 44.Qxa7 1-0

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.03.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d4 Nxe4 8.Re1
f5 9.dxe5 d5 10.Nc3 Bc5 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Rxe3 O-O 13.Nd4 Qe8 14.f3 f4 15.Re1
Nxc3 16.bxc3 Rb8 17.Nb3 Qg6 18.Re2 Bf5 19.Qd2 Be6 20.Rae1 Qf7 21.Qd4 Qe7 
22.a4 g5 23.Qc5 Qxc5+ 24.Nxc5 Kf7 25.Ra1 Rb6 26.Kf2 h5 27.g3 Ke7 28.a5 Rb5
29.Nxa6 Kd7 30.Nb4 c5 31.Nd3 c4 32.Ne1 fxg3+ 33.hxg3 Ra8 34.Ng2 Rbxa5 35.
Rxa5 Rxa5 36.f4 Ra8 37.Re1 Rf8 38.Rh1 Bg4 39.Ke3 Ke6 40.Ra1 h4 41.Ra6+ Kd7
42.gxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.03.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "177"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Qc2 c5
9.dxc5 Qa5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Qd2 Be6 12.Rc1 Nc6 13.Be2 Qxc5 14.O-O Qa5 15.
Rfd1 Rfd8 16.a3 a6 17.Nd4 Nxd4 18.exd4 Rac8 19.Ra1 Bg5 20.f4 Bf6 21.b4 Qc7
22.Rac1 Qd7 23.b5 Qd6 24.bxa6 bxa6 25.a4 g5 26.g3 gxf4 27.gxf4 Kh8 28.Kh1 
Rg8 29.Bf3 Rc4 30.Qe3 Rgc8 31.Ne2 Bf5 32.a5 Qd7 33.Rg1 Re8 34.Qf2 Qc8 35.
Rce1 Be4 36.Rg2 Bxf3 37.Qxf3 Qf5 38.Reg1 Bxd4 39.Ng3 Qh7 40.Qxd5 Bxg1 41.
Qxc4 Ba7 42.Nf1 Qf5 43.Qc3+ f6 44.Qc7 Qh7 45.Qc6 Qf7 46.Qxa6 Bd4 47.Qd3 
Re1 48.h3 Qd7 49.f5 Qd5 50.a6 Ra1 51.Qe2 Qc6 52.Kh2 Be5+ 53.Kg1 Qc5+ 54.
Kh1 Qc3 55.Kg1 Bd4+ 56.Kh2 Be5+ 57.Kg1 Qxh3 58.Qc4 Qe3+ 59.Rf2 h5 60.Kg2 
Qg5+ 61.Kh1 Rc1 62.Qa4 Qg8 63.Qh4 Qa8+ 64.Kg1 Rc7 65.Rg2 Qa7+ 66.Kh1 Qxa6 
67.Kg1 Qa7+ 68.Kh1 Qa6 69.Kg1 Qb6+ 70.Kh1 Qb5 71.Kg1 Qb6+ 72.Kh1 Qb5 73.
Kg1 Qc5+ 74.Kh1 Qc1 75.Kg1 Qd1 76.Qe4 Kh7 77.Rd2 Rg7+ 78.Rg2 Rd7 79.Qc4 
Rg7 80.Rxg7+ Kxg7 81.Qe4 Qg4+ 82.Qxg4+ hxg4 83.Nd2 Kh6 84.Ne4 Kh5 85.Kh1 
Kh4 86.Kg2 Bd4 87.Kh2 Bb2 88.Kg2 Be5 89.Kg1 0-1

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.03.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Nbc6 8.Bd3 
Qa5 9.Qd2 c4 10.Be2 Qa4 11.h4 Bd7 12.h5 h6 13.Nh4 Nf5 14.Nxf5 exf5 15.Rg1 
Ne7 16.g4 fxg4 17.Bxg4 Bxg4 18.Rxg4 Nf5 19.Qe2 Qd7 20.Rf4 Qe6 21.Qf3 g6 
22.a4 O-O-O 23.Ba3 b6 24.Kd2 Rhg8 25.Rb1 Kb7 26.a5 Rc8 27.axb6 axb6 28.Qg4
Kc6 29.Rh1 Kd7 30.Rh3 Rce8 31.Rhf3 Kc7 32.Qh3 Rg7 33.Qh1 Ra8 34.Qc1 Rgg8 
35.Qb2 Ra4 36.Bd6+ Kc6 37.Qb1 Rga8 38.Qh1 Ra1 39.Qh3 Rg1 40.hxg6 Raa1 41.
Re3 Rad1+ 42.Ke2 Nxd4+ 0-1

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.03.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "166"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.dxc5 
O-O 9.b3 Ne4 10.Bb2 Bxc5 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 d4 13.Bb2 Bg4 14.Qd2 Re8 15.
Rac1 Bb6 16.h3 Bh5 17.b4 a6 18.a3 Qd7 19.Rfd1 Rad8 20.Kh2 Qe7 21.Re1 Bg6 
22.Nh4 Be4 23.Bxe4 Qxe4 24.Ng2 Ne5 25.f4 Nc6 26.Qd3 Qd5 27.Rcd1 Qe6 28.Qf3
Rd7 29.e4 dxe3 30.f5 Qe7 31.Qg4 f6 32.Bxf6 Qf7 33.Rxd7 Qxd7 34.Nf4 Ne5 35.
Bxe5 Rxe5 36.Nh5 Qf7 37.f6 g6 38.Nf4 Rf5 39.Rc1 Qxf6 40.Rc8+ Kg7 41.Rb8 
Qc6 42.h4 Bc7 43.Rc8 Kh6 44.Qe2 Qd7 45.Rxc7 Qxc7 46.Qxe3 Qe5 47.Qc1 Kg7 
48.Qc8 Qb2+ 49.Kh1 Re5 50.Qxb7+ Kh6 51.Ng2 Qxa3 52.Kh2 Rb5 53.Qc8 Rf5 54.
Qb7 Qa2 55.Qb6 Qe2 56.Qd4 Rf2 57.Qd5 Qd2 58.Qe4 Qe2 59.Qd5 Qd2 60.Qe4 Rf1 
61.Qa8 Qd1 62.Nf4 Rf2+ 63.Ng2 Qf3 64.Qxf3 Rxf3 65.Nf4 Rf2+ 66.Kh3 Rd2 67.
Ne6 Rd6 68.Nc5 Kg7 69.Kg4 Kf7 70.Kf4 Rd4+ 71.Ke5 Rxb4 72.Nxa6 Rg4 73.h5 
gxh5 74.Nc5 Rxg3 75.Ne4 h4 76.Kf4 Rg1 77.Nf2 Kg6 78.Kf3 Kh5 79.Kf4 Rg3 80.
Nd1 Rb3 81.Ne3 h3 82.Nf1 Kh4 83.Nh2 Rb4+ 0-1

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.03.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Qa5 8.Qd2 
Qa4 9.Rb1 c4 10.Ng5 Nbc6 11.Be2 O-O 12.h4 f6 13.exf6 Rxf6 14.Nf3 Nf5 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Rf8 17.Bg4 b6 18.Rh3 Bb7 19.Kf1 Rad8 20.Kg1 Qc6 21.Qe2 
Qc5 22.Bb2 Kh8 23.Rd1 b5 24.h5 h6 25.Bxf5 Rxf5 26.Rf3 Rxf3 27.Qxf3 Rf8 28.
Qe2 Rf4 29.Rd4 Re4 30.Qf3 Kg8 31.Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.03.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd3 dxe4 5.Bxe4 Nf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3
Nbd7 9.Nf3 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Ne5 cxd4 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 
15.cxd4 Rfe8 16.Qg4 f5 17.Qh4 Nf8 18.Rfe1 Rac8 19.c4 Qd7 20.Red1 Ba6 21.
Rac1 b5 22.c5 Bb7 23.Bf1 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.03.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Bd6 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Qh4 8.
O-O O-O 9.Re1 Nd7 10.g3 Qh3 11.Bf1 Qf5 12.Bd3 Qh3 13.Bf1 Qf5 14.Ng4 Nb6 
15.Ne3 Qf6 16.Bd3 Be6 17.Ng4 Qd8 18.Ne5 c5 19.Qh5 f5 20.Nf3 Qe8 21.Qh4 Qg6
22.dxc5 Bxc5 23.Be3 Bxe3 24.Rxe3 Nc4 25.Re2 Nd6 26.Qb4 Ne4 27.Nd4 Bd7 28.
f3 Nd6 29.Qc5 Kh8 30.Qxd5 Rad8 31.Ne6 Bxe6 32.Rxe6 Qf7 33.Qe5 Rfe8 34.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 35.Re1 Qc6 36.Kg2 Re8 37.Qxd6 1-0

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.03.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bd3 e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bxf5 exf5 8.Qb3 
Qb6 9.Bd2 dxc4 10.Qxc4 O-O 11.O-O Qa6 12.b3 Rd8 13.Ne5 Qxc4 14.bxc4 Nbd7 
15.Nxd7 Rxd7 16.a4 f4 17.Rab1 fxe3 18.fxe3 Re8 19.Rb3 a5 20.h3 c5 21.d5 
Bd8 22.Rfb1 Ree7 23.e4 Nxe4 24.Nxe4 Rxe4 25.Rxb7 Rxb7 26.Rxb7 Kf8 27.Rb5 
Rxc4 28.Bxa5 Bxa5 29.Rxa5 Ke7 30.Ra7+ Kd6 31.Rxf7 Rxa4 32.Rxg7 h5 33.Kf2 
h4 34.Ke3 Kxd5 35.Kd3 Ra3+ 36.Kc2 Re3 37.Rg4 Re4 38.Rg8 Kd4 39.g3 Re2+ 40.
Kd1 Rh2 41.gxh4 Rxh3 42.Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.04.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Qa5 8.Qd2 
Qa4 9.Rb1 c4 10.g3 Nbc6 11.Bh3 O-O 12.O-O f6 13.exf6 Rxf6 14.Qe2 Nf5 15.g4
Nfe7 16.g5 Rf8 17.Nh4 Kh8 18.f4 b6 19.Rf3 g6 20.Bg4 Bd7 21.Ng2 Nf5 22.h4 
e5 23.fxe5 Nfxd4 24.cxd4 Bxg4 25.Rxf8+ Rxf8 26.Qxg4 Qxc2 27.Ra1 Qc3 28.Rb1
Qd3 29.Ra1 Nxd4 30.Bf4 Ne2+ 31.Kh2 Nxf4 32.Nxf4 Qe4 33.Rf1 Qxe5 34.Kh3 Rf5
35.Rf3 c3 36.Nd3 Qe4 37.Rxf5 gxf5 38.Qd1 Qe3+ 39.Kg2 Qe4+ 40.Kg3 b5 41.Nf2
Qe5+ 42.Kg2 Kg7 43.Qd3 a6 44.h5 f4 45.Kf3 Kg8 46.Kg4 Kf8 47.a4 d4 48.Qxh7 
Qe6+ 49.Kh4 Qe3 50.Qf5+ Ke7 51.Qc5+ Kd7 52.Qd5+ Kc7 53.Ne4 d3 54.Qd6+ Kc8 
55.Qxa6+ Kd8 56.Qf6+ Kd7 57.Qg7+ Ke6 58.Qf6+ Kd7 59.Qd6+ Kc8 60.Qa6+ Kc7 
61.Qa5+ Kb7 62.Qxb5+ Ka7 63.Qd7+ Kb8 64.g6 Qxe4 65.g7 Qh1+ 66.Kg5 Qg2+ 67.
Qg4 Qd5+ 68.Kh6 Qg8 69.Qxf4+ Ka7 70.Qd4+ Kb7 71.Qxd3 Kb6 72.a5+ Kb7 73.
Qd7+ Ka6 74.Qc6+ Kxa5 75.Qxc3+ Ka4 76.Qc6+ Kb4 77.Kg6 1-0

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.04.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.e3 O-O 6.Ne2 e5 7.Bd2 Re8 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.Bxc3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ne4 11.Bd3 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 Nd7 13.O-O Ne5 14.Bc2 Bd7 15.
Rad1 Qe7 16.Rfe1 a6 17.f3 Nc6 18.Be4 Rab8 19.Ne2 f5 20.Bd5+ Kh8 21.Ng3 Ne5
22.f4 Ng4 23.h3 Nf6 24.Bf3 Ne4 25.Bxe4 fxe4 26.Rd4 Qh4 27.Rd5 h6 28.Kh2 
Kg8 29.c5 Be6 30.Rdd1 d5 31.Rf1 Qf6 32.Qxf6 gxf6 33.f5 Bf7 34.Rc1 c6 35.
Ne2 h5 36.Nd4 Kf8 37.b4 Ke7 38.a4 Rg8 39.Rb1 Be8 40.g3 Bd7 41.Rg1 Ra8 42.
Rg2 a5 43.b5 cxb5 44.axb5 a4 45.c6 bxc6 46.bxc6 Bc8 47.Ra2 Kd6 48.Rb4 Ke5 
49.Rbxa4 Rxa4 50.Rxa4 Bxf5 51.Ra7 Bc8 52.Rh7 Kd6 53.Rxh5 Kc5 54.g4 f5 55.
Nxf5 Bxf5 56.Rxf5 Kxc6 57.Kg3 Kc5 58.h4 Kc4 59.h5 Re8 60.h6 d4 61.exd4 e3 
62.Rf1 e2 63.Re1 Kd3 64.g5 Re3+ 65.Kg4 1-0

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.04.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 
Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bc2 f5 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Nb3 Bb6 14.Nfd4 Nxd4 
15.cxd4 Qd6 16.Qd3 c6 17.Qg3 Qd7 18.Nc5 Bxc5 19.dxc5 Bf5 20.Bb3 Rae8 21.
Be3 Re4 22.Rad1 Rg4 23.Qd6 Qe8 24.h3 Rg6 25.Qh2 Qe6 26.Kh1 Nh5 27.Rde1 Be4
28.Rg1 Rf3 29.Qb8+ Rf8 30.Qh2 Rf3 31.Qb8+ Rf8 32.Qh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nxe5 Qe7 4.d4 f6 5.Nd3 dxe4 6.Nf4 Qf7 7.Nd2 Bf5 8.g4 
Bg6 9.Bc4 Qd7 10.Qe2 Qxd4 11.Ne6 Qb6 12.Nxe4 Nd7 13.Bf4 Ne5 14.O-O-O Bf7 
15.N4g5 fxg5 16.Bxe5 Bxe6 17.Bxc7 1-0

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.a4 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Qe2 Be7 
9.Rd1 Qc7 10.h3 O-O 11.Nc3 Rd8 12.b3 Bd7 13.Bb2 Be8 14.d5 exd5 15.Bxd5 Nd4
16.Nxd4 Nxd5 17.Nf5 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 f6 19.Qg4 Bg6 20.Ba5 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Qe5 
22.Nxe7+ Qxe7 23.Rd7 Qe4 24.Qg3 Qc6 25.Qc7 Qxc7 26.Rxc7 Rb8 27.Bb6 Bc2 28.
a5 Bxb3 29.Bxc5 Bd5 30.f3 Bc6 31.Bb6 Rf8 32.Bc5 Rd8 33.e4 Rd7 34.Rc8+ Kf7 
35.Kh2 Rd2 36.Kg3 Bb5 37.f4 g6 38.f5 gxf5 39.exf5 Bc6 40.Kf4 Rd5 41.Rc7+ 
Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "227"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.O-O Nbd7 6.Qa4 a6 7.Qxc4 b5 8.Qc2 
Bb7 9.a4 b4 10.a5 Be7 11.d3 O-O 12.Nbd2 e5 13.Nh4 Bxg2 14.Nxg2 Ne8 15.Ne3 
Nd6 16.Nf3 Nb5 17.Qc6 Nc5 18.Nf5 g6 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.Qd5 Rfd8 21.Qc4 Nd4 
22.Nxd4 Rxd4 23.Bg5 Qd6 24.Qc2 Ne6 25.Be3 Rd5 26.Rfc1 c5 27.Qc4 Re8 28.Re1
Nd4 29.Rac1 Kg7 30.Bxd4 exd4 31.e4 dxe3 32.fxe3 Rxd3 33.Qxc5 Qxc5 34.Rxc5 
Rdxe3 35.Rxe3 Rxe3 36.Rc6 Re1+ 37.Kg2 Re2+ 38.Kg1 Rxb2 39.Rxa6 Ra2 40.Rb6 
Rxa5 41.Rxb4 Ra2 42.Rc4 Kf6 43.Rc5 h6 44.Rb5 Ke6 45.Rc5 f6 46.Rb5 g5 47.h4
gxh4 48.gxh4 Kf7 49.Rc5 Ra4 50.h5 Rg4+ 51.Kf2 Rg5 52.Rc6 Rxh5 53.Kg3 Rg5+ 
54.Kf4 h5 55.Rc8 Kg7 56.Kf3 Rf5+ 57.Kg3 Rf1 58.Rc7+ Kg6 59.Rc8 Rg1+ 60.Kf3
Ra1 61.Kg3 Ra3+ 62.Kf4 Ra4+ 63.Kf3 Kg5 64.Rg8+ Kf5 65.Rh8 Ra3+ 66.Kg2 Kg4 
67.Rg8+ Kf4 68.Rh8 Rg3+ 69.Kf2 Rg5 70.Ra8 Re5 71.Rf8 Rf5 72.Rh8 Kg4+ 73.
Kg2 Ra5 74.Rg8+ Rg5 75.Ra8 f5 76.Ra4+ f4 77.Ra8 h4 78.Rh8 Rg7 79.Rh6 Re7 
80.Rg6+ Kf5 81.Rh6 Re2+ 82.Kf3 Re3+ 83.Kf2 Kg5 84.Rh8 Re6 85.Kf3 Rg6 86.
Rh7 Rg8 87.Kf2 Kg4 88.Kg2 Rg5 89.Rh8 Rh5 90.Rg8+ Kf5 91.Rf8+ Ke4 92.Re8+ 
Re5 93.Ra8 Re7 94.Ra4+ Kf5 95.Ra8 Re2+ 96.Kf3 Re3+ 97.Kf2 h3 98.Rf8+ Ke5 
99.Re8+ Kd6 100.Rf8 Re4 101.Rh8 Re3 102.Rf8 Ke5 103.Re8+ Kd4 104.Rd8+ Ke4 
105.Re8+ Kd3 106.Rd8+ Kc3 107.Rf8 h2 108.Kg2 Re2+ 109.Kh1 Re4 110.Kxh2 Kd3
111.Kg2 Ke2 112.Rf7 Ke3 113.Ra7 f3+ 114.Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "187"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.Rd1 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nbd2 Rd8 14.Nf1 Rxd1 15.Qxd1
Bb7 16.Qe2 Rd8 17.h3 Nh5 18.g3 g6 19.Ne3 Nf6 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.hxg4 Bc8 22.
Nh2 Be6 23.Nf1 Qd7 24.f3 Bc4 25.Qf2 Bxf1 26.Kxf1 Nc4 27.Bb3 Nd2+ 28.Bxd2 
Qxd2 29.Bd5 Qxf2+ 30.Kxf2 Rb8 31.b3 Kg7 32.a4 b4 33.cxb4 Rxb4 34.Bc4 a5 
35.Rd1 Rb7 36.Rd5 f6 37.g5 fxg5 38.Rxe5 Bf6 39.Rd5 Bd4+ 40.Ke2 Re7 41.Kd3 
g4 42.fxg4 h6 43.Rd6 Bf2 44.Ra6 Be1 45.Be6 Bxg3 46.Kc4 h5 47.gxh5 gxh5 48.
Kxc5 h4 49.Bf5 Rb7 50.Be6 h3 51.Bxh3 Rxb3 52.Bf5 Be1 53.e5 Rb7 54.Kd5 Bb4 
55.Rg6+ Kf8 56.Rh6 Rc7 57.Bd3 Rd7+ 58.Ke4 Bc3 59.Bb5 Re7 60.Rh5 Kg7 61.Rf5
Kg6 62.Bc4 Bb2 63.Kf4 Bc1+ 64.Kg4 Kg7 65.e6 Bd2 66.Rf2 Bb4 67.Kf5 Rc7 68.
Bd5 Kf8 69.Kf6 Rg7 70.Rf3 Be7+ 71.Ke5+ Kg8 72.Be4 Rg5+ 73.Bf5 Rh5 74.Kd5 
Rg5 75.Kc6 Bb4 76.Be4 Re5 77.Bd5 Kg7 78.Bb3 Re2 79.Kd7 Kg6 80.Bc4 Rd2+ 81.
Bd3+ Kg5 82.Rf5+ Kg6 83.Rf3+ Kg5 84.e7 Bxe7 85.Kxe7 Kg4 86.Re3 Kf4 87.Re4+
Kf3 88.Bb1 Rb2 89.Re1 Rb4 90.Bc2 Rc4 91.Bd1+ Kf4 92.Kd6 Rc1 93.Rf1+ Ke3 
94.Be2 1-0

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.g3 Bd7 8.Nf3
Bc6 9.Qe2 Qd5 10.Ned2 Na6 11.a3 O-O-O 12.Bg2 Nb8 13.O-O Qd7 14.Rfe1 Bf8 
15.c4 h5 16.b4 b6 17.Ne4 Bg7 18.b5 Bb7 19.c5 Bd5 20.Rac1 Rde8 21.c6 Qd8 
22.Qc2 a5 23.Rcd1 Bf8 24.Qd3 Be7 25.Nc3 Bb3 26.Rb1 a4 27.Nd2 h4 28.Nxb3 
hxg3 29.hxg3 axb3 30.Qc4 f5 31.Qa4 Bd6 32.Qa8 Qg5 33.Nd5 1-0

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bd3 cxd4 6.O-O Bc5 7.a3 Nge7 8.Nbd2 
Ng6 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Re1 Bd7 11.g3 f6 12.Bxg6+ hxg6 13.Qd3 Kf7 14.h4 Qg8 15.
Bd2 Qh7 16.Bb4 g5 17.Qxh7 Rxh7 18.exf6 gxf6 19.hxg5 e5 20.gxf6 Kxf6 21.Bd6
Re8 22.Nh4 Rg8 23.Kh2 Bf5 24.Re2 d3 25.Rd2 dxc2 26.f4 Be3 27.Bxe5+ Nxe5 
28.fxe5+ Ke7 29.Rf1 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.04.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.Bd3 
Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Ngf6 10.Bd2 e6 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.Qe2 O-O-O 13.Ne5 Nb6 14.c3 c5 
15.Kb1 c4 16.b3 cxb3 17.axb3 Bd6 18.f4 Kb8 19.c4 Nc8 20.Be3 Rhe8 21.h5 Ng8
22.Ne4 f6 23.Nd3 Bf8 24.Nc3 a6 25.Rhe1 Nge7 26.Bf2 Nc6 27.Qb2 Nb4 28.Nxb4 
Bxb4 29.Re3 Bxc3 30.Qxc3 Ka8 31.f5 exf5 32.d5 Rxe3 33.Qxe3 f4 34.Qe4 Qf7 
35.Rh1 Nd6 36.Qd4 Nc8 37.Qxf4 b5 38.Bg3 Qb7 39.Qc7 bxc4 40.Qxb7+ Kxb7 41.
bxc4 Nb6 42.Rh4 Rc8 43.d6 Nd7 44.Rg4 Rc5 45.Rxg7 Kc6 46.Rg8 Rxc4 47.Rc8+ 
Kd5 48.Rxc4 Kxc4 49.Bf4 Kd5 50.g4 Ke6 51.Kc2 f5 52.Bxh6 fxg4 53.Bf4 Kf5 
54.Kd3 a5 55.h6 Kg6 56.Kc4 a4 57.Kb4 g3 58.Kxa4 g2 59.Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.04.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "179"]

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 Rd8 15.d5 Na5
16.Nxa5 Qxa5 17.Be3 Bd7 18.Qd2 Qxd2 19.Nxd2 Rdc8 20.Bd3 Nh5 21.Rac1 g6 22.
Nb3 Bd8 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Rc1 Rxc1+ 25.Nxc1 f5 26.f3 Kf7 27.Ne2 Nf6 28.Kf1 
h5 29.b4 f4 30.Bf2 g5 31.Nc3 Ne8 32.a3 Nc7 33.Bb6 Ke8 34.Be2 Bc8 35.Bf2 
Na8 36.a4 bxa4 37.Nxa4 Bd7 38.Nc3 a5 39.bxa5 Bxa5 40.Nb5 Ke7 41.Na3 Bb6 
42.Nc4 Bxf2 43.Kxf2 Be8 44.Bf1 Nc7 45.Na5 Bd7 46.Be2 Ne8 47.Nc4 Kd8 48.Na3
Nc7 49.Bd3 Be8 50.Be2 Kc8 51.g4 h4 52.Ke1 Kb7 53.Kd2 Kb6 54.Kc3 Kc5 55.Bd3
Bd7 56.Bc2 Bb5 57.Bd3 Bxd3 58.Kxd3 Kb4 59.Nc2+ Kb3 60.Ne1 Na6 61.Kd2 Kc4 
62.Nd3 Nc7 63.Kc2 Nb5 64.Nb2+ Kc5 65.Na4+ Kb4 66.Nb6 Nd4+ 67.Kd3 Nxf3 68.
Nd7 Nd4 69.Nf6 Nb3 70.Ke2 Nc5 71.Kf3 Nb3 72.Ke2 Nc5 73.Kf3 Kc3 74.Ne8 Kd2 
75.Nxd6 Ke1 76.Nc4 Kf1 77.Nd2+ Kg1 78.Nc4 Nd7 79.Nd6 Nc5 80.Nc4 Nd7 81.Nd6
Kh2 82.Nf7 Kxh3 83.Nxg5+ Kh2 84.d6 h3 85.Nxh3 Kxh3 86.g5 Nc5 87.g6 Ne6 88.
d7 Ng5+ 89.Ke2 Kg3 90.d8=Q 1-0

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1941.04.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 e5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Nh5 
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.O-O-O+ Nd7 12.Nd5 c6 13.Ne3 Kc7 14.Nf5 Bf8 
15.Rxd7+ Kxd7 16.Bxe5 f6 17.Bc3 Ke6 18.g4 Nf4 19.Nxf4+ gxf4 20.Bd3 a5 21.
a3 Bc5 22.e5 Kf7 23.exf6 Bxf5 24.Bxf5 Bxf2 25.Rf1 Bh4 26.Bd3 Rhf8 27.c5 
Bxf6 28.Rxf4 Kg7 29.Bxf6+ Rxf6 30.Bf5 Rff8 31.Kc2 Rfe8 32.h4 Re5 33.b4 
axb4 34.axb4 Re3 35.Kb2 Rd8 36.Kc2 Ra8 37.Kb2 Re2+ 38.Kb3 Rae8 39.Rd4 R8e7
40.Rd6 Rf2 41.Bd3 Rf6 42.Rd4 Ref7 43.Bf5 h5 44.b5 hxg4 45.Bxg4 cxb5 46.Bd7
Rf1 47.Bxb5 Rb1+ 48.Kc4 Rc1+ 49.Kb4 Re7 50.Bd3 Re3 51.h5 Kh6 52.Rd5 Rh3 
53.Kb5 Rd1 54.Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.Nf3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Nxc5 8.e3 
O-O 9.Be2 b6 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Qa4 12.Qxa4 Nxa4 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.O-O-O Nc5
15.Nd4 Ba6 16.f3 Rfc8 17.Kb1 Nb7 18.b3 Na5 19.Kb2 Kf8 20.Rd2 Ke7 21.Rhd1 
Rc7 22.e4 Rg8 23.Bf1 Nc6 24.Nc2 Ne5 25.Ne3 h5 26.Be2 Bb7 27.h3 h4 28.Bf1 
Ng6 29.Ng4 Bc8 30.b4 Nf4 31.Kc3 d5 32.exd5 Nxd5+ 33.Kb3 Nf4 34.Ne3 e5 35.
Bd3 Rg5 36.Be4 Be6 37.Bd5 Rg8 38.Bxe6 fxe6 39.Ng4 Rgc8 40.Rc2 Ng6 41.Rcd2 
f5 42.Ne3 Nf4 43.Ka4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E02"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Nf3 a6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.Qxc4 
b5 9.Qd3 Bb7 10.O-O c5 11.a3 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Bc5 13.Qh4 Nd5 14.Bg5 f6 15.Bd2 
Nxc3 16.Bxc3 O-O 17.Rad1 Qe7 18.Qh5 Nb6 19.b4 Bd6 20.Nd2 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Qb7+
22.Kg1 Qc6 23.Bd4 Be7 24.Rc1 Qd7 25.Bxb6 Rxb6 26.Nb3 Rd8 27.Qf3 Qd5 28.
Qxd5 Rxd5 29.Rc7 Kf7 30.Rfc1 Rbd6 31.Kg2 Rd7 32.R1c6 Rxc7 33.Rxc7 Rd6 34.
Na5 Ke8 35.Nc6 Rd7 36.Rc8+ Kf7 37.Ra8 Rd6 38.Rxa6 Bf8 39.Kf3 Kg6 40.Nb8 
Rd1 41.Rxe6 Ra1 1-0

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Ngf3 Bd6 7.O-O Ne7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.fxe3 O-O 13.Qd2 Qb6 14.
Qc3 Rb8 15.Rab1 Re8 16.Rfe1 Ng6 17.Nc5 Bg4 18.Nd4 Ne5 19.b4 Rbd8 20.e4 
dxe4 21.Rxe4 a5 22.a3 axb4 23.axb4 f6 24.Rbe1 Kh8 25.Kh1 Bd7 26.Nxd7 Rxd7 
27.Qxc6 Qd8 28.Nf3 Rc7 29.Nxe5 fxe5 30.Qxe8+ Qxe8 31.Rxe5 Qg8 32.Re8 Rxc2 
33.Rxg8+ Kxg8 34.Rb1 Kf7 35.b5 Ke6 36.b6 Rc8 37.h3 Rb8 38.Kh2 Kd5 39.Kg3 
Kc6 40.Kg4 Kb7 41.Re1 Rg8 42.Re6 Ka6 43.Kg5 Kb7 44.h4 Ka6 45.h5 Kb7 46.g4 
Ka6 47.Kh4 Kb7 48.h6 gxh6 49.Rxh6 Rg7 50.Kh5 Ka6 51.Rc6 Re7 52.Rc7 Re5+ 
53.g5 Kxb6 54.Rxh7 Kc6 55.Kh6 Kd6 56.g6 Re1 57.Rf7 Ke6 58.Rf2 Ra1 59.g7 
Rh1+ 60.Kg6 Rg1+ 61.Kh7 Rh1+ 62.Kg8 Ke7 63.Re2+ Kd7 64.Re4 Rh2 65.Kf7 1-0

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bf4 Nbd7 7.Qd2 g5 8.Bg3 Nh5
9.Bc4 g4 10.Ng1 c5 11.dxc5 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Nxc5 13.Nge2 Bd7 14.O-O-O Rc8 15.
Qe3 a6 16.Bb3 Nxb3+ 17.cxb3 Qa5 18.Kb1 Qc5 19.Nd4 b5 20.Nce2 Qe5 21.Rd2 h5
22.f4 gxf3 23.gxf3 d5 24.Nc3 Qxg3 25.Nxd5 Bh6 26.Rxh5 Rg8 27.Qd3 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g3 
Nbd7 9.Bg2 Nb6 10.Qd3 a5 11.a4 c6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Rd1 Nb8 14.b3 Na6 15.Na2 
Re8 16.Bb2 Bd6 17.Re1 Qe7 18.Rad1 g6 19.Nf4 Bf5 20.Qe2 Nb4 21.Nxb4 Bxb4 
22.Rf1 Bg4 23.f3 Bf5 24.Bc1 Ba3 25.Rfe1 Bxc1 26.Rxc1 h5 27.Qd2 Qa3 28.Qc3 
Re7 29.Ra1 Qd6 30.Ra2 Rae8 31.Rae2 b6 32.Nd3 Bxd3 33.Qxd3 c5 34.Bf1 Nd7 
35.Rd1 Qf6 36.f4 cxd4 37.exd4 Rxe2 38.Bxe2 Qe7 39.Bf3 Nf6 40.Kg2 Rc8 41.
Rd2 Qb4 42.f5 Rc3 43.Qe2 g5 44.Qe5 Rxb3 45.Re2 Kg7 46.Bxd5 Rb2 47.Bc4 
Rxe2+ 48.Bxe2 Qxa4 49.Bxh5 Qc2+ 50.Be2 a4 51.d5 Qc5 52.h4 Qxd5+ 53.Qxd5 
Nxd5 54.hxg5 a3 0-1

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "143"]

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 Rd8 15.Bd2 
Qb8 16.d5 Na7 17.Na5 Bd7 18.Bd3 Rc8 19.b4 Bd8 20.Nb3 Bb6 21.Nh4 g6 22.Qf3 
Bd8 23.Bg5 Ne8 24.Bxd8 Rxd8 25.Qe3 Nc8 26.Nf5 Qb6 27.Qg5 f6 28.Qg3 Kh8 29.
Nh6 Kg7 30.Qh4 Ne7 31.Re3 Ng8 32.Nxg8 Kxg8 33.Rg3 Kg7 34.Kh2 Rdc8 35.f4 
exf4 36.Qxf4 Qd8 37.Nd4 Qe7 38.Nf5+ Bxf5 39.exf5 Qe5 40.Qf1 h5 41.Re1 h4 
42.Rxe5 hxg3+ 43.Kxg3 dxe5 44.Qe2 g5 45.Kh2 Rc3 46.h4 gxh4 47.Qg4+ Kf8 48.
Be4 Rd8 49.Qxh4 Kg8 50.Qg4+ Kf8 51.Qh5 Ke7 52.Qh7+ Kf8 53.Bf3 Rxf3 54.gxf3
Rxd5 55.Kg3 Ng7 56.Qh8+ Kf7 57.Qc8 Rd2 58.f4 exf4+ 59.Kg4 Rd4 60.Qb7+ Kg8 
61.Qxa6 Rxb4 62.Qxf6 f3+ 63.Kxf3 Rb1 64.Qd8+ Kf7 65.Qd5+ Kf8 66.Qd6+ Kg8 
67.f6 Nf5 68.Qd3 Re1 69.Qxf5 Rf1+ 70.Kg4 Rxf5 71.Kxf5 Kf7 72.a3 1-0

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Nd5 
Qd8 9.c3 O-O 10.a4 a6 11.O-O Ba7 12.Ne3 Ne7 13.d4 Ng6 14.Re1 c6 15.dxe5 
Nxe5 16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.Qf3 Qe7 18.Rad1 Be6 19.Bxe6 Qxe6 20.Nf5 Rad8 21.h4 
Kh7 22.h5 g6 23.Ne3 Kg7 24.g3 Bb6 25.Kg2 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rd8 27.Rxd8 Bxd8 28.
Qg4 Qxg4 29.Nxg4 Bc7 30.Ne3 b5 31.axb5 axb5 32.Nc2 Bd6 33.hxg6 fxg6 34.Ne1
Kf6 35.Nd3 Ke6 36.Kf3 h5 37.Ke3 g5 38.Kf3 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 a5 8.g3 b6
9.Bg2 Bb7 10.O-O a4 11.Ne1 Bxg2 12.Nxg2 Nbd7 13.Re1 Qc8 14.f3 e5 15.Bg5 e4
16.Nf4 Ra5 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.fxe4 Nxe4 19.Qd3 Re8 20.Rf1 Nf6 21.Rae1 d5 22.
cxd5 Nxd5 23.Nxd5 Rxd5 24.e4 Rdd8 25.Qc4 Qd7 26.d5 Re7 27.Rf2 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bc1 c6 12.b3 Nh6 13.Bb2 Qc7 14.Rc1 Nf8 15.b4 Nf7 
16.b5 Bg4 17.h3 Bd7 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.c5 dxc5 20.dxe5 fxe5 21.Na4 Ne6 22.
Nxc5 Nxc5 23.Rxc5 Rab8 24.Qa1 Rb5 25.Rc2 Reb8 26.Rd1 Be6 27.Bf1 Rb4 28.Re1
Ra4 29.Bc3 h6 30.h4 Kh7 31.Bd2 Bb3 32.Rb2 Be6 33.Rc2 Bb3 34.Rb2 Be6 35.Rc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.15"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 Bd7 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 exd4 8.Nxd4 
O-O 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Qf3 Rb8 11.b3 Rb4 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.Qxf5 Nd7 14.Ba3 Rb8 
15.f4 Re8 16.Rad1 Nf8 17.Bb2 Qc8 18.Qh5 Ng6 19.Ne2 Qa6 20.a4 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 
Bf8 22.Qf3 c5 23.Nc3 c6 24.Ba3 Rbd8 25.g3 f6 26.Re2 Qc7 27.Red2 Nh8 28.Kg2
Nf7 29.Nb1 Qe7 30.Re2 Qe6 31.Nd2 Re7 32.c4 Qd7 33.Nf1 Qe8 34.Re3 Re6 35.
Rdd3 Rd7 36.Rd1 Ree7 37.Bb2 Nd8 38.Kf2 Ne6 39.Kg2 Nd8 40.Rdd3 Qf7 41.Nd2 
Re8 42.f5 d5 43.cxd5 cxd5 44.exd5 Rxe3 45.Qxe3 Rxd5 46.Qe4 Rxd3 47.Qxd3 
Nc6 48.Qc4 Qxc4 49.Nxc4 Kf7 50.Kf3 Ke7 51.Ke4 Kd7 52.g4 Ne7 53.h4 h6 54.
Bc3 Nc8 55.Bd2 Kc6 56.Be3 Nd6+ 57.Kd3 Kd5 58.Bf4 Nxc4 59.bxc4+ Kc6 60.g5 
h5 61.g6 Be7 62.Ke4 Bd6 63.Bd2 Bf8 64.Bc3 Be7 65.Ba5 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.15"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.Nc3 Nd4 10.Ba2 b4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 d3 15.
Re3 Bc5 16.Rxd3 Re8 17.Rf3 Qe7 18.Qf1 Qe4 19.c3 Qxd5 20.d4 Bd6 21.Re3 c5 
22.dxc5 Bxc5 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Bf4 Qb3 25.cxb4 Qxb4 26.Bg3 Qxb2 27.Re1 Rxe1
28.Qxe1 Qa3 29.Qd1 Bd4 30.Kf1 Qa1 31.Qxa1 Bxa1 32.Ke2 f6 33.Kd3 d5 34.h3 
Kf7 35.f3 Ke6 36.Bf2 Kd6 37.Bg1 Be5 38.Bf2 Kc6 39.Be3 f5 40.Bf2 Kd6 41.Ba7
Ke6 42.Be3 Kf6 43.Bd2 Kg6 44.Ke2 Kh5 45.Be1 Kg5 46.Bd2+ Kh4 47.Be1+ Bg3 
48.Bc3 g5 49.Bd4 g4 50.Bf6+ Kh5 51.hxg4+ fxg4 52.Bd8 Bf4 53.Be7 g3 54.Kd3 
Kg6 55.Kd4 Kf7 56.Bh4 Ke6 57.Bd8 h5 58.Bh4 Kd6 59.Bf6 Kc6 60.Bh4 Bc7 61.
Bg5 Kd6 62.Bh4 Bb6+ 63.Kd3 Bf2 64.Bg5 Ke5 65.Bh4 Kf5 66.Bd8 Bc5 67.Bh4 Bd6
68.Kd4 Ke6 69.Kd3 Be5 70.Ke3 Kf5 71.Kd3 Ke6 72.Ke3 Kf5 73.Kd3 d4 74.Bd8 
Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.15"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 b6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.c4 Rb8 13.cxd5 Qxd5 14.Be2 Qf5 15.
Bd2 Rd8 16.Rb1 Be6 17.Rxb8 Rxb8 18.Bc3 Ne4 19.Ba1 Bb3 20.Qc1 Qd5 21.Qb2 f6
22.Qc1 a5 23.Rd1 Qe6 24.Nd2 Nxd2 25.Rxd2 Ne5 26.h3 Nc4 27.Rd3 Ba2 28.Rd1 
Bb3 29.Rd3 Ba2 30.Rd1 Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.a4 Qa5 8.Bd2 c4 
9.g3 Bd7 10.Bh3 Nbc6 11.Ne2 Ng6 12.Bg2 O-O-O 13.Bc1 f6 14.exf6 gxf6 15.O-O
h5 16.h4 Nce7 17.Qe1 Rde8 18.Nf4 Nxf4 19.Bxf4 Ng6 20.Bd2 f5 21.Bg5 f4 22.
Qd2 Qc7 23.Kh2 Ref8 24.Rae1 Rf7 25.Qd1 Qd6 26.Bf3 Rfh7 27.a5 Qc7 28.Qd2 
Rf8 29.Kg2 a6 30.Qd1 Rfh8 31.Qa1 Rf7 32.Qa3 Rf5 33.Rh1 e5 34.Bxd5 fxg3 35.
fxg3 exd4 36.Be4 Rxa5 37.Qc1 Bc6 38.cxd4 Rf5 39.d5 Bxd5 40.Bxd5 Rxd5 41.
Re6 Rd6 42.Re2 Qc6+ 43.Kh2 Re8 44.Rhe1 Rde6 45.Rxe6 Rxe6 46.Qd2 b5 47.Rxe6
Qxe6 48.Qg2 Ne5 49.Qa8+ Kd7 50.Kg1 Qb6+ 51.Kf1 Ng4 52.Ke2 Qf2+ 53.Kd1 Qg1+
54.Kd2 Qd4+ 55.Kc1 Qa1+ 56.Kd2 Qd4+ 57.Kc1 Qa1+ 58.Kd2 Qa5+ 59.Kc1 Qe1+ 
60.Kb2 Qb4+ 61.Ka2 Qa4+ 62.Kb2 Qb4+ 63.Ka2 Qa4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Qe7 8.Re1
d6 9.Bg5 Nd8 10.d4 Ne6 11.Bc1 c5 12.Bf1 Rd8 13.g3 Qc7 14.d5 Nf8 15.Nh4 Ng6
16.Bg5 Nxh4 17.Bxh4 Qe7 18.f4 h6 19.Bg2 exf4 20.gxf4 g5 21.fxg5 Ng4 22.e5 
Nxe5 23.Qh5 hxg5 24.Bxg5 f6 25.Bh4 Qg7 26.Bg3 Bg4 27.Qh4 Kf7 28.Bxe5 dxe5 
29.Re3 Rh8 30.Qf2 Rag8 31.Rf1 Qh6 32.h4 Qxh4 33.Qxh4 Rxh4 34.Kf2 Rh2 35.
Rg3 Bh3 36.Rxg8 Kxg8 37.Kg3 Rxg2+ 38.Kxh3 Rg6 39.Rb1 b6 40.c4 Kf7 41.Rb3 
f5 42.Rg3 Rh6+ 43.Kg2 Rh4 44.Rh3 Rxc4 45.c3 Ra4 0-1

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 b5 
9.Bc2 d5 10.Nbd2 dxe4 11.dxe4 Be6 12.h3 h6 13.Nh2 Nh7 14.Ng4 Bg5 15.Qe2 
Qd6 16.Ne3 Rfd8 17.Nf3 Bxe3 18.Qxe3 Qe7 19.Nh2 Nf8 20.Qf3 Rd7 21.Nf1 Nh7 
22.Ng3 Rad8 23.Nf5 Qf6 24.g4 Ne7 25.Qg3 Bc4 26.f3 Bd3 27.Bb3 c5 28.Be3 c4 
29.Bd1 Ng5 30.h4 Ne6 31.a4 b4 32.cxb4 Nf4 33.Kh1 g5 34.b5 a5 35.Bc5 Nxf5 
36.gxf5 Kh7 37.Qg4 gxh4 38.Rg1 h5 39.Qg5 Qxg5 40.Rxg5 f6 41.Rg1 Nh3 42.Re1
Rg8 43.Ra2 Bb1 44.Ra1 Bd3 45.Ra2 Nf4 46.b4 Rc8 47.b6 Rb7 48.Be3 axb4 49.a5
b3 50.Ra3 b2 51.Ba4 c3 52.Rb3 Ne2 53.Bb5 Bxb5 54.Rxb5 Nd4 55.Bxd4 exd4 56.
a6 Rxb6 57.Rxb6 d3 58.Rg1 d2 59.Rxf6 Rc7 60.Rfg6 d1=Q 0-1

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.21"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.g3 Nxc5 8.a3 
Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 Nce4 10.Qc2 Qa5+ 11.Nd2 d5 12.b4 Qd8 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bb2 b6 
15.Bg2 Bb7 16.cxd5 exd5 17.O-O Qe7 18.Qd3 Qe6 19.Rac1 Rac8 20.Qd4 f6 21.
Qe3 Rc4 22.Rxc4 dxc4 23.f3 Ng5 24.Qxe6+ Nxe6 25.Rd1 Nc7 26.e4 Bc8 27.Kf2 
Kf7 28.Ke3 Be6 29.a4 Rc8 30.f4 g6 31.f5 gxf5 32.exf5 Bxf5 33.Rf1 Re8+ 34.
Kd2 Kg6 35.Rf4 Rd8+ 36.Ke1 Nd5 37.Bxd5 Rxd5 38.Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.21"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "36"]

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

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.21"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C98"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "249"]

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 Bb7 15.Nh2 
Rad8 16.Qf3 c4 17.axb5 axb5 18.Ndf1 Na5 19.Ng3 Bc8 20.Be3 Nb7 21.Nf5 Bxf5 
22.Qxf5 Bc5 23.Nf1 Rfe8 24.Red1 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Nxd8 27.Bxc5 
Qxc5 28.Ne3 Ne6 29.g3 Qd6 30.b3 cxb3 31.Bxb3 Nc5 32.Bd5 g6 33.Qc8+ Kg7 34.
Qa8 Qc7 35.Kg2 Na4 36.c4 Nb6 37.Qa2 bxc4 38.Bxc4 Nxe4 39.Bb3 Nc5 40.Bd1 
Ne6 41.Qc2 Qd6 42.Qe4 Nd4 43.h4 h5 44.Qb7 Qc6+ 45.Qxc6 Nxc6 46.g4 hxg4 47.
Bxg4 Nd4 48.Bd1 f5 49.Kh3 Kh6 50.Kh2 Nd7 51.Nc4 Kg7 52.Kh3 Kf6 53.Ne3 Nc5 
54.Nd5+ Ke6 55.Nc3 Nd3 56.Kg3 Nf4 57.Na4 Kd5 58.Nb6+ Ke4 59.Nd7 Nfe2+ 60.
Kg2 f4 61.Nc5+ Kf5 62.Ba4 f3+ 63.Kh2 e4 64.Bd7+ Ke5 65.Bg4 Nf4 66.Nd7+ Kd6
67.Nf6 Ke5 68.Nd7+ Kd6 69.Nf6 Nd3 70.Nxe4+ Ke5 71.Nd2 Kf4 72.Bd7 Nxf2 73.
Be8 Ng4+ 74.Kh3 Ne2 75.Nxf3 Kxf3 76.Bc6+ Kf4 77.Be8 Ne5 78.Bxg6 Nxg6 79.h5
Nf8 80.Kg2 Ke3 81.Kf1 Kd2 82.Kf2 Nd4 83.h6 Nh7 84.Kf1 Ne6 85.Kf2 Neg5 86.
Kg3 Ke3 87.Kg4 Ke4 88.Kg3 Nf3 89.Kf2 Nd4 90.Ke1 Kd3 91.Kd1 Ne2 92.Ke1 Nc3 
93.Kf2 Ke4 94.Kg3 Nd1 95.Kg2 Kf4 96.Kf1 Ke3 97.Kg2 Nc3 98.Kg3 Ne2+ 99.Kg2 
Nd4 100.Kf1 Nf3 101.Kg2 Ne5 102.Kg3 Ng6 103.Kg2 Nf4+ 104.Kg3 Ne2+ 105.Kg2 
Nd4 106.Kf1 Nf3 107.Kg2 Nd2 108.Kg3 Nf1+ 109.Kg4 Ke4 110.Kh5 Kf5 111.Kh4 
Ne3 112.Kg3 Ke4 113.Kf2 Kd3 114.Ke1 Nc2+ 115.Kd1 Nd4 116.Kc1 Ke2 117.Kb2 
Kd2 118.Kb1 Nb3 119.Kb2 Nc1 120.Kb1 Nd3 121.Ka1 Kc2 122.Ka2 Nb4+ 123.Ka1 
Kb3 124.Kb1 Nc2 125.Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.23"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D96"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "181"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 c6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e4 Nc7 8.Be3 
O-O 9.Be2 Nd7 10.Rd1 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.a4 Qc8 13.h3 Ba6 14.Rc1 Qb7 15.Rfd1 
Rac8 16.Nd2 Bxe2 17.Nxe2 Ne6 18.Nc4 Qa6 19.f4 Nf6 20.Ng3 c5 21.d5 Nd4 22.
Bxd4 cxd4 23.Ne5 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Bh6 25.Nd3 Nd7 26.Rc6 Qa5 27.Qc2 b5 28.axb5 
Qxb5 29.Ne2 Bg7 30.Rc7 a5 31.Qc4 Qxc4 32.Rxc4 Rb8 33.e5 f6 34.e6 Nb6 35.
Rxd4 f5 36.Ne5 Nc8 37.Rd2 Rb5 38.Nc3 Rc5 39.Na4 Rc1+ 40.Kh2 Bf6 41.g4 fxg4
42.hxg4 g5 43.Nd7 Kg7 44.Nac5 gxf4 45.Ne4 Bh4 46.Kh3 Be1 47.Rd3 Rc4 48.Ng5
Bb4 49.b3 Rc1 50.Kg2 Nd6 51.Nh3 Ne4 52.Nxf4 Rc2+ 53.Kg1 Bd6 54.Re3 Nc3 55.
Nh5+ Kg6 56.Ne5+ Kg5 57.Nf7+ Kxg4 58.Nxd6 Nxd5 59.Re5 Nf4 60.Nxf4 Kxf4 61.
Nf7 Rb2 62.Rb5 Re2 63.Nd8 Rb2 64.Nb7 Re2 65.Nc5 Ra2 66.Na6 a4 67.Rb4+ Kg3 
68.Rxa4 Rb2 69.Kf1 Rxb3 70.Nc5 Re3 71.Ra7 Re5 72.Ra3+ Kg4 73.Rc3 h5 74.Kf2
h4 75.Rc4+ Kg5 76.Kf3 Rf5+ 77.Kg2 Re5 78.Kf2 Rf5+ 79.Kg1 Re5 80.Kg2 Re3 
81.Rc1 Kg4 82.Rc4+ Kg5 83.Kf2 Re5 84.Kf3 Rf5+ 85.Ke3 Kf6 86.Rc2 h3 87.Kd4 
Rh5 88.Rf2+ Rf5 89.Rh2 Rh5 90.Ne4+ Kxe6 91.Rxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.23"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D49"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 axb5 13.O-O Qd5 14.Qe2 Ba6 15.a4 
Bd6 16.axb5 Bb7 17.Rxa8+ Bxa8 18.Nc6 Bxc6 19.bxc6 Ke7 20.Bc4 Qxc6 21.Bg5 
Qc5 22.Bxf6+ Kxf6 23.b3 g6 24.Rd1 Rd8 25.g3 Kg7 26.Qf3 Be5 27.Qb7 Rb8 28.
Qe4 Bf6 29.Kg2 Qa5 30.Qe2 Ra8 31.Rd3 Qc5 32.Qe4 Ra1 33.Rd2 Qa5 34.Qe2 Qa8+
35.Kh3 Rg1 36.f4 Qc8 37.Ba6 Qc5 38.Bd3 Qd5 39.Rd1 Rg2 40.Qe4 Rxh2+ 41.Kxh2
Qh5+ 42.Kg2 Qxd1 43.Bc4 h5 44.Qf3 Qxf3+ 45.Kxf3 Be7 46.Ke4 Bc5 47.Bb5 Kf6 
48.Be2 Ke7 49.Bb5 Bb4 50.Kxd4 Be1 51.Ke4 Bxg3 52.Kf3 Be1 53.Bc6 Bb4 54.Ba4
Bd6 55.Bc6 f5 0-1

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.23"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bh4 c5 4.dxc5 Nxc5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.e3 g6 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Nge2
O-O 9.a3 d6 10.Rb1 Be6 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.Bxd5 Qd7 13.b4 Na4 14.O-O Nb6 15.Bb3
Rac8 16.f4 d5 17.Qd3 e5 18.Rbd1 Qg4 19.Bf2 e4 20.Qb5 Ne7 21.h3 Qe6 22.Nd4 
Bxd4 23.Rxd4 a6 24.Qe2 Nc4 25.Bxc4 Rxc4 26.Rxc4 dxc4 27.Rd1 Nc6 28.Bh4 f6 
29.Qg4 Qxg4 30.hxg4 Kg7 31.Rd6 h6 32.Re6 g5 33.Be1 gxf4 34.exf4 Nd4 35.
Rxe4 Nxc2 36.Bc3 Nxa3 37.g5 hxg5 38.fxg5 Nb5 39.gxf6+ Kg6 40.Rg4+ Kf5 41.
Rxc4 Nxc3 42.Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.24"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Nb5 a6 7.N5c3 Be6 8.Nd5 
Nxd5 9.exd5 Bc8 10.Be3 Be7 11.Qd2 f5 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.O-O-O b5 14.Kb1 O-O 15.
f4 Bb7 16.fxe5 Nxe5 17.Ne2 Nc4 18.Qd3 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 Bg5 20.Qf3 Qf6 21.h4 
Bh6 22.g3 Rae8 23.Nf4 Re5 24.Bg2 Rfe8 25.Qf2 Bxf4 26.Qxf4 Re3 27.Rhf1 Qe5 
28.Qxe5 R8xe5 29.Bf3 b4 30.Kc1 a5 31.Kd2 Ba6 32.Rde1 Rxe1 33.Rxe1 Rxe1 34.
Kxe1 Kf7 35.Kd2 Kf6 36.c3 Ke5 37.cxb4 axb4 38.a3 bxa3 39.bxa3 f4 40.gxf4+ 
Kxf4 41.Bd1 Bc4 42.Kc3 Bxd5 43.Kd4 Bb7 44.a4 g6 45.a5 Ba6 46.Bc2 Kg4 47.
Bd3 Bb7 48.a6 Bxa6 49.Bxa6 Kxh4 50.Kd5 g5 51.Kxd6 h5 52.Ke5 Kg3 53.Kf5 g4 
54.Kg5 h4 55.Bb7 h3 56.Bc6 h2 57.Bh1 Kh3 58.Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.24"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 c6 8.Qc2 
Nf8 9.Bd3 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.O-O Ng7 12.b4 a6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.a4 Bf5 15.b5 
O-O 16.bxc6 bxc6 17.Rab1 Qd6 18.e4 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.24"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.axb5 axb5 10.Rxa8 Qxa8 11.c3 Na5 12.Bc2 d6 13.d3 c5 14.Nbd2 Nc6 15.Nf1 
Qd8 16.Ne3 d5 17.Nf5 d4 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Nh4 Bc8 20.Qf3 Ne8 21.Nf5 Bxf5 
22.exf5 Qd6 23.Qg3 Nf6 24.Bd1 dxc3 25.bxc3 Rd8 26.Bf3 c4 27.d4 exd4 28.
Qxd6 Rxd6 29.Bf4 Rd8 30.Bxc6 b4 31.cxb4 c3 32.Be5 Ng4 33.Bxd4 1-0

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.27"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C32"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 exd3 5.Bxd3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O 
Nbd7 9.Bc4 Nb6 10.Bb3 a5 11.a4 Bc5+ 12.Kh1 Bf5 13.Ne5 Bb4 14.g4 Bc8 15.Be3
Nbd7 16.g5 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Ne4 18.d6 Nxe5 19.fxe5 1-0

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.27"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.a4 Qa5 8.Qd2 
Nbc6 9.Nf3 c4 10.g3 O-O 11.Bg2 f6 12.exf6 Rxf6 13.O-O Bd7 14.Ba3 Re8 15.
Nh4 Nc8 16.f4 N6e7 17.Rfb1 Qc7 18.a5 Bc6 19.Nf3 Ng6 20.Ne5 Nce7 21.Bc5 a6 
22.Ng4 Rf7 23.Re1 Nf5 24.Re2 h6 25.Rae1 Qc8 26.Bf3 Kh7 27.Rf1 Qc7 28.Qe1 
Nf8 29.Ne5 Rf6 30.g4 Nd6 31.Qg3 Nf7 32.g5 Nxe5 33.gxf6 Nxf3+ 34.Rxf3 gxf6 
35.f5 Qxg3+ 36.Rxg3 e5 37.Reg2 Nd7 38.Rg7+ Kh8 39.R7g6 Kh7 40.Ba3 exd4 41.
Bc1 1-0

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.27"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.e3 Bg4 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Nd7 6.Bd3 Ngf6 7.O-O Be7 8.b3 O-O 
9.Bb2 e5 10.Be2 e4 11.Nd2 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Bb4 13.a3 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Re8 15.f3 
Nf8 16.Rf2 Qd7 17.Raf1 exf3 18.Rxf3 Re6 19.Qd3 Rae8 20.Nb1 Ng6 21.Be1 dxc4
22.Qxc4 Rxe3 23.Rxe3 Rxe3 24.Bf2 Nd5 25.Nd2 Ngf4 26.h3 Rc3 27.Qa4 Ne2+ 28.
Kh2 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.29"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 Bb7
9.c3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Rxe5 Bf6 13.Re1 Re8 14.Rxe8+ Qxe8 15.
Nd2 Rd8 16.Ne4 Be5 17.Qf3 Ba8 18.Bg5 f6 19.Bd2 Kh8 20.Re1 Qf8 21.d4 Bd6 
22.Nxd6 Qxd6 23.Qh5 g6 24.Qh4 Bc6 25.f3 Kg7 26.Bh6+ Kg8 27.Re4 g5 28.Qh5 
Qd7 29.Bxg5 Qf5 30.Qh6 Kh8 1-0

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.29"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.d4 Qe8 12.Qb3 Qd7 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.
Nd2 Nh5 16.Nf3 Bd6 17.a4 Rab8 18.axb5 axb5 19.Be3 h6 20.Nh2 Kh7 21.Red1 
Qc6 22.Qxe6 Qxe4 23.Qd5 Qg6 24.Ng4 Nf4 25.Bxf4 exf4 26.Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.29"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Nd4 Bxe2 11.Ncxe2 Nd5 12.Bxe7 Nxe7 13.O-O-O Nbc6 14.
Nxc6 Nxc6 15.Rhe1 Kd7 1/2-1/2

