[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Be7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O 
cxd4 9.exd4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Qc7 11.Qe2 Nd7 12.Bd2 Rd8 13.Bb3 Nf8 14.Ne5 f6 
15.Nd3 Bd6 16.f4 Kh8 17.Rae1 a5 18.Rf3 a4 19.Bc2 b5 20.Bb1 Bb7 21.Rh3 Rac8
22.Qh5 g6 23.Qxb5 Ra8 24.Nb4 Ra5 25.Qf1 a3 26.c4 Ra4 27.Rb3 Bc5 28.Nc2 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E40"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Nc6 5.Ne2 e5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Nxc3 exd4 8.exd4
d5 9.c5 h6 10.Bb5 O-O 11.O-O Bf5 12.f3 Re8 13.g4 Bh7 14.Bf4 a6 15.Ba4 Re6 
16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Qd2 Nd7 18.Rae1 Nf8 19.Be5 Qd7 20.Kh1 f6 21.Bg3 Rae8 22.
Rxe6 Nxe6 23.Re1 Ng5 24.Rxe8+ Qxe8 25.Kg2 h5 26.h3 hxg4 27.hxg4 Ne6 28.Ne2
Ng5 29.Nc3 Ne6 30.Qe3 Kf7 31.Kf2 g5 32.Na2 Bb1 33.Nc3 Bh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bd6 7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.Qc2
O-O 9.e3 Re8 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.g4 Ne4 12.Bxe4 dxe4 13.Nd2 Nf6 14.h3 b6 15.
O-O-O Qe7 16.Rdg1 Kh8 17.a3 Bb7 18.g5 Nd5 19.Ncxe4 c5 20.dxc5 bxc5 21.Rg4 
c4 22.Rhg1 c3 23.Nxc3 Rec8 24.Rh4 g6 25.Ndb1 Nxe3 26.Qe2 Nf5 27.Qxe7 Nxe7 
28.Rb4 Bd5 29.Rd1 Be6 30.h4 Rc5 31.Rbd4 Nf5 32.Rd8+ Rxd8 33.Rxd8+ Kg7 34.
Kd2 Nxh4 35.Ne4 Rd5+ 36.Rxd5 Bxd5 37.Nbc3 Bc6 38.Ke3 Nf5+ 39.Kf4 Nd4 40.
Ke5 Nf3+ 41.Kd6 Ba8 42.b4 a6 43.Nd5 Nd4 44.a4 Nc2 45.Nec3 h5 46.gxh6+ Kxh6
47.Kc5 Kg5 48.Nc7 Bb7 49.Kb6 Nxb4 50.Kxb7 Nd3 51.Nxa6 Nb2 52.Nc5 Nxa4 53.
N3xa4 Kf4 54.Kc6 Kf3 55.Nd3 g5 56.Nab2 g4 57.Nc4 g3 58.Nce5+ Kg2 59.f4 Kf1
60.Kd5 Ke2 61.Ke4 f6 62.f5 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Nf3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 Re8 
9.Qc2 c6 10.O-O Qa5 11.Rfd1 Nf8 12.a3 e4 13.Nd2 Bf5 14.b4 Qc7 15.Nf1 d5 
16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Qb3 Red8 18.Rdc1 Qe7 19.a4 h5 20.a5 h4 21.Ba3 h3 22.g3 
N8h7 23.Nd2 Ng5 24.b5 Qe6 25.Na4 Bg4 26.Qd1 Qf5 27.Be7 Bxe2 28.Qxe2 Rdc8 
29.Bxf6 Bxf6 30.Nc5 b6 31.axb6 axb6 32.Rxa8 Rxa8 33.Na6 Be7 34.Kf1 Rc8 35.
Qd1 Rxc1 36.Qxc1 Kg7 37.Qc7 Bf6 38.Nb4 Nf3 39.Nxf3 Qxf3 40.Ke1 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.a3 Nbd7
9.Be2 c5 10.d5 e5 11.a4 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Bd6 13.e4 c4 14.O-O O-O 15.Bg5 h6 16.
Be3 Bc5 17.Qd2 Rc8 18.Be2 Qb6 19.Bxc5 Nxc5 20.Qe3 Qb4 21.a5 Rfe8 22.Rfd1 
Red8 23.g3 Rd6 24.Bf1 Rdd8 25.Be2 Rd6 26.Bf1 Rdd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Khavin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.b3 c6 8.Bb2 Qc7 
9.Nc3 Re8 10.d5 cxd5 11.cxd5 Qa5 12.Nd4 Nb6 13.a3 Nbd7 14.Rc1 Nb8 15.b4 
Qb6 16.Na4 Qd8 17.Qb3 Bd7 18.Rc2 Bxa4 19.Qxa4 Na6 20.Rfc1 Nd7 21.Bh3 Nf6 
22.Rc8 Qb6 23.Qxe8+ Nxe8 24.Rxa8 Bxd4 25.Rxe8+ Kg7 26.Bxd4+ Qxd4 27.Rxe7 
Qd2 28.Rc8 Qd1+ 29.Bf1 Qxd5 30.e4 Qd4 31.Bc4 Qa1+ 32.Kg2 Qxa3 33.Rxf7+ Kh6
34.Rh8 g5 35.Rfxh7+ Kg6 36.Rh6+ Kg7 37.R8h7+ 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.b3 c5 5.Bb2 Nc6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nc3 Nc7 8.Rc1 b6
9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Be7 11.d4 O-O 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.a3 Qxd1 14.Rfxd1 Rfd8 15.b4
Be7 16.Kf1 Bf6 17.Rxd8+ Rxd8 18.Nd1 Nd5 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Bb5 Rc8 21.Nb2 Ne4
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Bg6
9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.Na2 Bd6 11.Nc3 O-O 12.e4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.f3 
Qc7 16.g4 Rfe8 17.Be3 Bf4 18.Qd2 Qb6 19.Bxb6 Bxd2 20.Bd4 Nd7 21.Rfd1 Bf4 
22.Bb3 a5 23.Kg2 Rad8 24.Ne2 Bc7 25.Be3 h6 26.Rd2 Ne5 27.Rad1 Rxd2 28.Rxd2
Rd8 29.Rxd8+ Bxd8 30.Nf4 Bh7 31.Bd4 Bc7 32.Bxe5 Bxe5 33.Nd3 Bd4 34.Kf1 Kf8
35.Bc4 Ke7 36.b3 g5 37.Ke2 f6 38.Ne1 Bg6 39.Nc2 Bg1 40.h3 Kd6 41.Bg8 Bc5 
42.Ne1 Ke5 43.Nd3+ Kd4 44.Nxc5 Kxc5 45.Ke3 b5 46.axb5 cxb5 47.f4 gxf4+ 48.
Kxf4 Kd4 49.Bd5 a4 50.bxa4 bxa4 51.h4 a3 52.h5 Bxe4 53.Ba2 Bd5 54.Bb1 Kc3 
0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Nbd2 Ne7 13.Ng5 h6 14.h4 c5 15.dxc5 dxc5 
16.Qg4 c4 17.Bc2 Qc7 18.Nh3 Kh8 19.Rf1 Rad8 20.Rae1 Bc8 21.Qh5 Ng8 22.Qg4 
Nc5 23.Qg3 Nd3 24.Re2 Nxb2 25.f4 Bxh3 26.Qxh3 exf4 27.Bxf4 Be5 28.Bxe5 
Qxe5 29.Rf5 Qe6 30.Qg3 Nd3 31.h5 Ne7 32.Rf1 f5 33.e5 f4 34.Qf3 Nf5 35.Bxd3
cxd3 36.Ref2 Ne3 37.Re1 Qxe5 38.Nf1 Qxc3 39.Rb1 d2 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 
9.Qxf3 e6 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Bd2 Re8 12.Rac1 Qe7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Qg3 Rac8 15.
Be1 Nf8 16.b4 Ne6 17.Na4 b6 18.Qf3 Qd7 19.Nc3 b5 20.Nb1 Qd6 21.Rc2 Nd7 22.
a3 f5 23.g3 Nb6 24.Nd2 Nc4 25.Nb3 Qb8 26.Ra1 Ng5 27.Qg2 Ne4 28.a4 a6 29.
Nc5 Nxc5 30.bxc5 Qb7 31.Kh2 Ra8 32.Qf1 Ra7 33.Rca2 Rea8 34.Qe2 Qc7 35.Qc2 
Qf7 36.Kg2 Bh6 37.Qb3 Bg5 38.Bc3 Bd8 39.Qc2 Qd7 40.Kh2 Qf7 41.Be1 Bc7 42.
Kg2 Qe6 43.Qd1 Rd8 44.Bc3 Kf7 45.Qf3 Kg8 46.g4 fxg4 47.Qxg4 Qxg4+ 48.hxg4 
a5 49.axb5 cxb5 50.Rb1 Rb7 51.e4 Rdb8 52.exd5 Bd8 53.d6 Kf8 54.Bxc4 bxc4 
55.Rxb7 Rxb7 56.c6 Ra7 57.c7 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.
Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qa5 13.exf6 O-O-O 14.Qf3 Nb6 15.
O-O Rxd4 16.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 17.Qxd1 Nd5 18.Ne4 b4 19.a3 bxa3 20.Bd2 Qb6 21.bxa3
Qd4 22.Qc1 Bc5 23.Rb1 Rd8 24.Nxc5 Qxc5 25.Qb2 Qb6 26.Qa1 Qc5 27.Rc1 Ba6 
28.Bf1 Nb6 29.Be3 Qf5 30.a4 c5 31.Qa3 Rd5 32.Bg2 Nd7 33.Bxd5 Qxd5 34.Bf4 
e5 35.Bg5 Nf8 36.f3 Ne6 37.Qe3 Bb7 38.Rc3 e4 39.fxe4 Qxg5 40.Qxg5 Nxg5 41.
Rxc4 Nxe4 42.h4 Kd7 43.g4 Bd5 44.Rc1 Ke6 45.g5 Ke5 46.a5 c4 47.Kf1 c3 48.
Ke2 Kd4 49.Rd1+ Kc4 50.Ke3 c2 51.Rg1 Kc3 52.Kf4 Nf2 53.Ke5 Nd1 54.g6 c1=Q 
55.Rg3+ Kb4 56.Kxd5 Qc5+ 57.Ke4 fxg6 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 Nc6 6.O-O e6 7.c4 Nb6 8.exd6 
cxd6 9.b3 Be7 10.Nc3 Bf6 11.Be3 d5 12.c5 Nd7 13.Rc1 O-O 14.a3 Nxc5 15.dxc5
Bxf3 16.Bxf3 d4 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Bd2 dxc3 19.Bxc3 Bxc3 20.Rxc3 Qd5 21.Qxd5 
exd5 22.Re1 Rfe8 23.Kf1 Rxe1+ 24.Kxe1 Re8+ 25.Kd2 Re6 26.Rd3 f5 27.Rf3 g6 
28.Rd3 Re7 29.g3 Kf7 30.f3 Ke6 31.Rd4 Kd7 32.Ra4 Kc8 33.Rf4 Kb7 34.Rb4+ 
Ka6 35.Rb8 Rb7 36.Rxb7 Kxb7 37.Kc3 a5 38.Kd4 Ka6 39.a4 Kb7 40.f4 Ka7 41.h4
h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.O-O 
O-O 9.h3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Bf3 Qa5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bxc6 Rb8 
15.Qd5 Qc7 16.Ba4 Bxb2 17.Rad1 Ba6 18.Rfe1 Bc3 19.Bd2 Bc4 20.Qc6 Qxc6 21.
Bxc6 Bf6 22.Be3 Rb2 23.Rd7 Rxa2 24.Bh6 Be6 25.Rxe6 fxe6 26.Bxf8 Kxf8 27.c4
a5 28.Bb5 Be5 29.g3 a4 30.c5 a3 31.c6 Rc2 32.Rd8+ Kg7 33.Ra8 a2 34.Bd3 
Rc1+ 35.Kg2 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khavin, Abram"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 c5 7.dxc5 Qxd1+ 8.Kxd1
N6d7 9.e6 fxe6 10.Be3 Na6 11.Nc3 Ndxc5 12.Nf3 b6 13.a3 Nd7 14.b4 Bb7 15.
Kc2 e5 16.Bd3 g6 17.Rad1 Bg7 18.Ng5 Nc7 19.Rd2 Nf6 20.Re1 Rc8 21.Kb3 Bc6 
22.a4 Nd7 23.Nb5 Bxb5 24.axb5 Nf6 25.Ra2 O-O 26.Rxa7 e4 27.Nxe4 Nd7 28.c5 
Ne5 29.Bc4+ Nxc4 30.Kxc4 Rfd8 31.Rb7 Nd5 32.Bf2 h6 33.Re2 e6 34.Rd2 Bf8 
35.Bd4 Be7 36.g3 Kf8 37.Rf2+ Ke8 38.Ra2 Nxb4 39.Rxe7+ Kxe7 40.Bf6+ Kf8 41.
Kxb4 bxc5+ 42.Kc4 Rd1 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e6 4.Be3 Qb6 5.Nd2 Nd7 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 c4 8.Bc2 Qxb2 9.
Ne2 Qa3 10.O-O Nb6 11.exd5 exd5 12.Re1 Bd7 13.Nf1 O-O-O 14.Bc1 Qa5 15.a4 
Bd6 16.Ne3 Ne7 17.Bd2 Rde8 18.Ng3 h5 19.Nef5 Nxf5 20.Nxf5 Bxf5 21.Bxf5+ 
Kb8 22.f4 g6 23.Bc2 f5 24.Qf3 Re4 25.Qg3 Rg8 26.Qg5 Be7 27.Qh6 Bf6 28.Qh7 
Rg7 29.Qh8+ Nc8 30.Bxe4 dxe4 31.Qf8 Qd8 32.Qb4 Rc7 33.a5 a6 34.Rab1 Be7 
35.Qa4 Qd7 36.Qa2 Qd5 37.Rb2 Na7 38.Rb6 Nc6 39.Reb1 Kc8 40.Qb2 Nxa5 41.
Rxg6 Nb3 42.Be3 a5 43.Qe2 a4 44.Rb2 Qa5 45.Rg8+ Bd8 46.Ra2 b5 47.Qxh5 Qxc3
48.Qxf5+ Rd7 49.Kf2 Qa5 50.Qe6 Qc7 51.f5 Kb7 52.Rg6 Kc8 53.Qxe4 Qb7 54.
Rc6+ Kb8 55.d5 Na5 56.Qe5+ Ka8 57.Qe6 Kb8 58.Rb2 Nb3 59.Bf4+ Ka7 60.Ra6+ 
1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 Qe7 8.g3 
b6 9.Bg2 Bb7 10.O-O O-O 11.b4 Rac8 12.a4 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.b5 d5 15.cxd5 
exd5 16.e3 Ne4 17.Qc2 Nb6 18.Nd2 f5 19.a5 Nd7 20.Bb2 Kh8 21.Rfe1 Ne5 22.
Bxe5 Qxe5 23.f4 Qe6 24.Rab1 Rfd8 25.b6 a6 26.Rbc1 h6 27.Nf3 d4 28.Ne5 dxe3
29.Rxe3 Rd2 30.Qxd2 Nxd2 31.Bxb7 Rd8 32.Bg2 Nb3 33.Ng6+ Qxg6 34.Rxb3 Qe6 
35.Rbc3 Rd2 36.b7 Rxg2+ 37.Kxg2 Qd5+ 38.Kg1 Qxb7 39.Rxc5 Qe4 40.Kf2 Qd4+ 
41.Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.e3 d5 4.Nc3 e6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.a4 Bb7 10.O-O b4 11.Ne4 c5 12.Ned2 Be7 13.Qe2 cxd4 14.exd4 O-O 15.Nc4 
Ra7 16.Nce5 Qa8 17.Re1 Bd5 18.Bg5 Rc8 19.Nxd7 Rxd7 20.Ne5 Ra7 21.Rac1 a5 
22.Qe3 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 h6 24.Bh4 Qd8 25.Bb1 Rc7 26.Re1 Qa8 27.h3 Qe8 28.Kh2 
Qxa4 29.Bxf6 Bxf6 30.Ng4 Bg5 31.Qg3 Rc8 32.h4 Bd2 33.Nf6+ Kf8 34.Qd6# 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khavin, Abram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qd2 Ne5 7.Be2 c6 8.Nf3 
Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.b3 a6 11.Ba3 Qa5 12.Qc1 Nfg4 13.Nd4 b5 14.h3 Nf6 15.f4 b4
16.fxe5 dxe5 17.Nxc6 Bc5+ 18.Kh2 Qxa3 19.Qxa3 bxa3 20.Rad1 Bb7 21.Nxe5 
Rfd8 22.Nd3 Bd4 23.Nb1 Nxe4 24.Bf3 Rd7 25.Nxa3 Rad8 26.Nc2 Bc3 27.Ncb4 Nd2
28.Bxb7 Bxb4 29.Nxb4 Nxf1+ 30.Rxf1 Rxb7 31.Nxa6 Rd2 32.Nc5 Re7 33.a4 Ree2 
34.Rg1 f5 35.a5 f4 36.a6 f3 37.Kg3 f2 38.Rf1 Re3+ 39.Kh2 Re1 40.Rxf2 Rxf2 
41.Kg3 Ree2 42.b4 Rxg2+ 43.Kf3 Rgf2+ 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "251"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Be7 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.O-O 
cxd4 9.exd4 O-O 10.Be3 a6 11.Bd3 Ncb4 12.Bb1 b5 13.Ne4 Bb7 14.Bd2 Qb6 15.
Re1 Rac8 16.Bg5 f6 17.Bc1 Qc7 18.Nc5 Bxc5 19.dxc5 Qxc5 20.Nd4 Nc7 21.Be3 
Qd5 22.f3 Qh5 23.Qb3 Nbd5 24.Bf2 Kh8 25.Be4 f5 26.Bxd5 Bxd5 27.Qa3 Qf7 28.
Rac1 Rcd8 29.Qe3 Rd7 30.b3 Qf6 31.Qf4 Ne8 32.Nc6 Bxc6 33.Rxc6 Qb2 34.Rcxe6
Nf6 35.Qxf5 Rd2 36.Re8 Rg8 37.Rxg8+ Nxg8 38.Qc5 Qxa2 39.b4 Re2 40.Rxe2 
Qxe2 41.h3 Qe6 42.Bh4 h6 43.Bd8 Qd7 44.Bh4 Qe6 45.f4 Qe4 46.Qd6 Kh7 47.Bd8
Qe1+ 48.Kh2 Qe4 49.Qd2 Ne7 50.Bxe7 Qxe7 51.Kg3 Qe4 52.Kf2 Qc4 53.Ke3 Qe6+ 
54.Kd4 Qd6+ 55.Kc3 Qc6+ 56.Kb2 Qf6+ 57.Kb1 Kh8 58.Kc2 Qg6+ 59.Kc3 Qc6+ 60.
Kd4 Qd6+ 61.Ke3 Qe6+ 62.Kf2 Qe4 63.g4 Kh7 64.Kg3 Qb1 65.Kg2 Qe4+ 66.Kf2 
Kh8 67.Kg3 Qb1 68.f5 Qa1 69.Qe3 Qf6 70.Qe6 Qc3+ 71.Kh4 Qd2 72.Qe7 Qf4 73.
Kh5 Kh7 74.h4 Qc4 75.g5 hxg5 76.hxg5 Qc8 77.Qe4 Qf8 78.f6+ Kg8 79.Qe6+ 
Qf7+ 80.Qxf7+ Kxf7 81.fxg7 Kxg7 82.g6 a5 83.bxa5 b4 84.a6 b3 85.a7 b2 86.
a8=Q b1=Q 87.Qa7+ Kf6 88.Qf7+ Ke5 89.Kh6 Qh1+ 90.Kg7 Kd4 91.Qf6+ Kc5 92.
Kg8 Kb5 93.g7 Ka4 94.Kf7 Qh5+ 95.Ke7 Qc5+ 96.Qd6 Qg5+ 97.Kf8 Qf5+ 98.Ke8 
Qh5+ 99.Kf8 Qf5+ 100.Ke7 Qg5+ 101.Qf6 Qc5+ 102.Kd7 Qd5+ 103.Kc7 Qa5+ 104.
Kb7 Qb5+ 105.Qb6 Qd7+ 106.Qc7 Qb5+ 107.Ka7 Qd5 108.Kb8 Qg8+ 109.Ka7 Qd5 
110.Qf4+ Ka5 111.Qf6 Qc5+ 112.Kb7 Qb5+ 113.Kc7 Qc5+ 114.Kd7 Qd5+ 115.Ke7 
Qc5+ 116.Kf7 Qc4+ 117.Ke7 Qc5+ 118.Ke6 Qc8+ 119.Ke5 Qc3+ 120.Kf5 Qd3+ 121.
Kg5 Qe3+ 122.Kg6 Qe8+ 123.Kh6 Qg8 124.Qe5+ Ka4 125.Kg6 Qc8 126.Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Na2 e6 8.Bxc4 Bb7 
9.O-O c5 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.Rd1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Qb8 13.Bd2 Bd6 14.Bxb4 Bxb4 15.
Nxb4 Bxg2 16.Nb5 Bb7 17.Nd6+ Kf8 18.Ba6 Bd5 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.Bb7 Qxd6 21.
Bxa8 Ke7 22.Bxd5 Nxd5 23.Qd3 N7f6 24.e4 Ng4 25.e5 Qxe5 26.Qh3 Ngf6 27.Re1 
Ne4 28.Qh4+ Ndf6 29.f3 g5 30.Qg3 Nxg3 31.Rxe5+ Kd6 32.Rxg5 Ne2+ 33.Kf2 Nf4
34.Ra5 Rb8 35.Rd1+ N6d5 36.Rd2 Rb7 37.b4 f6 38.b5 Rg7 39.Ra6+ Ke5 40.Rc6 
Rg2+ 41.Ke1 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg7 6.Bf4 c6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.e4 
Qa5 9.Bd2 b5 10.Qc5 Qd8 11.e5 Nfd7 12.Qa3 Nb6 13.Be2 Be6 14.b3 a5 15.Qb2 
b4 16.Ne4 Bd5 17.Nc5 N8d7 18.Rc1 Nxc5 19.Rxc5 Nd7 20.Rc1 c5 21.Be3 a4 22.
O-O axb3 23.axb3 Ra3 24.Bc4 Bxf3 25.gxf3 cxd4 26.Bxd4 e6 27.f4 Qh4 28.Be3 
g5 29.Qd2 gxf4 30.Bxf4 Nxe5 31.Kh1 Nxc4 32.Rxc4 Qh3 33.Qe2 Ra2 34.Qd1 Kh8 
35.Rg1 Rxf2 36.Rxg7 Rxf4 37.Rxh7+ Qxh7 38.Rxf4 e5 39.Rxb4 Qh3 40.Re4 Rg8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.a3 Qc7 
9.Nc3 cxd4 10.exd4 Be7 11.Bg5 Ng4 12.Qd2 h6 13.Bf4 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Ne4
Qd8 16.Qf4 Nf6 17.d5 exd5 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.Rfe1+ Be6 20.Qxf6 gxf6 21.Bxd5 
Ke7 22.Bxc6 bxc6 23.Rac1 Kd6 24.Nd4 Rac8 25.b4 Rhg8 26.f4 h5 27.g3 h4 28.
Red1 Kc7 29.Rxc6+ Kb7 30.Rxc8 Bxc8 31.Kf2 hxg3+ 32.hxg3 Rh8 33.Nb3 Kc6 34.
a4 Bg4 35.Rd3 Rh2+ 36.Ke3 Ra2 37.Rc3+ Kd5 38.Nc5 Re2+ 39.Kd3 Rg2 40.Ne4 
Bf5 41.Rc5+ Ke6 42.Rc6+ Ke7 43.Kd4 Rb2 44.Rb6 Re2 45.Nxf6 Rd2+ 46.Ke5 Be6 
47.Rxa6 Rd1 48.Ra7+ Kd8 49.b5 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C51"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bb6 5.a4 a6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 
e4 9.dxc6 O-O 10.O-O exf3 11.Qxf3 dxc6 12.a5 Ba7 13.c3 Be6 14.Qe2 Bxc4 15.
Qxc4 Qd5 16.Qxd5 cxd5 17.d4 c6 18.Bf4 Bb8 19.Bxb8 Raxb8 20.Rfe1 Rfe8 21.
Kf1 Kf8 22.Rad1 Rbd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.d4 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.d5 a5 
9.Ne1 Nc5 10.Qc2 b6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Be3 Ng4 13.Bxg4 Bxg4 14.Nd3 Bd7 15.Rae1 
f5 16.Bxc5 bxc5 17.f4 exf4 18.Rxf4 Be5 19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.Rf2 f4 21.Ne2 g5 
22.Qc3 Qe7 23.Nc1 g4 24.Nd3 g3 25.hxg3 fxg3 26.Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.Nxe5 Qh4 28.
Nf3 Rxf3 29.Qxf3 h5 30.Qe3 Bg4 31.e5 Bf5 32.Rd1 Qh2+ 33.Kf1 Qh1+ 34.Qg1 
Qh4 35.Qxc5 Qh1+ 36.Qg1 Qh4 37.Rd4 Bg4 38.Rd2 Qg5 39.Qd4 Qf5+ 40.Ke1 Qb1+ 
41.Rd1 Bxd1 42.Qxd1 Qxb2 43.Qxh5 Qf2+ 44.Kd1 Qd4+ 45.Ke2 Qe4+ 46.Kd2 Qd4+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 c5 14.dxc5 dxc5 15.
e5 Nd7 16.a4 c4 17.Qg3 Re8 18.Rd1 Bh4 19.Qg4 Bxf2+ 20.Kxf2 Nxe5 21.Rxd8 
Nxg4+ 22.hxg4 Raxd8 23.axb5 axb5 24.Bd2 Rd3 25.Ra5 Rb3 26.Bc1 f6 27.Ra3 
Rd3 28.Rxd3 cxd3 29.Be3 Re4 30.Kf3 Rb4 31.Bc1 g5 32.g3 Rc4 33.Be3 h5 34.
gxh5 g4+ 35.Kf2 Rc2+ 36.Nd2 Rxb2 37.Bf4 Ra2 38.Ke3 Ra3 39.Kd4 Kf7 40.Ke4 
b4 41.Kd4 Ra5 42.h6 Rb5 43.Kc4 Rb6 44.Kc5 Rb7 45.Nb3 Kg6 46.Kc4 Rb6 47.Nc5
Kh7 48.Kb3 d2 49.Bxd2 Rd6 50.Bf4 Rd1 51.Ne4 Kg6 52.Nf2 Rb1+ 53.Kc2 Ra1 54.
Kb2 Ra3 55.Nxg4 Rc3 56.Ne3 Rd3 57.Nc2 Rd8 58.Nxb4 Kf5 59.Nc6 Rd7 60.Kc3 
Ke4 61.Kc4 Kf5 62.Nd4+ Ke4 63.Ne6 Kf5 64.Nf8 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.h3 e6 7.Bf4 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O Bd7 10.Nbd2 Na5 11.Qe2 Qb6 12.Rab1 a6 13.b4 Nc6 14.a4 Na7 15.b5 axb5
16.axb5 Nc8 17.c4 dxc4 18.Nxc4 Qd8 19.Qc2 h6 20.Qd2 Nd5 21.Bxh6 gxh6 22.
Qxh6 f5 23.Qg6+ Kh8 24.Nce5 Bf6 25.Ng5 Bxg5 26.Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ c6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e4 Nb6 8.Qc2 
Bg4 9.Ne5 Be6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Be2 N8d7 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.Rd1 e6 14.O-O Qe7 15.h3
Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Rac8 17.Qb3 Rfd8 18.Rfe1 Qf8 19.e5 c5 20.Bxb7 Rb8 21.Bf3 cxd4
22.Bxd4 Rdc8 23.Qb5 Qe7 24.Qa6 Rc7 25.Nb5 Rc4 26.b3 Rb4 27.Nxa7 Rxd4 28.
Nc6 Qc5 29.Rxd4 Nxe5 30.Nxe5 Bxe5 31.Rdd1 Kg7 32.Rc1 Qd4 33.Qe2 Bf6 34.Rc7
Qf4 35.Rb7 Rxb7 36.Bxb7 Nd7 37.Be4 Bd4 38.Rd1 e5 39.Bf3 Nc5 40.Bd5 h5 41.
Qf3 g5 42.Qxf4 gxf4 43.Bc6 Ne6 44.b4 Bc3 45.Rb1 Nd4 46.Bf3 f5 47.b5 e4 48.
Bd1 e3 49.Kf1 exf2 50.b6 Nc6 51.Rc1 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C98"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "119"]

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 Bd7
16.Nf1 Rad8 17.Qe2 h6 18.Nf3 c4 19.axb5 axb5 20.Nh4 Rfe8 21.Qf3 Nh7 22.Nf5
Bg5 23.Bxg5 Nxg5 24.Qg3 Bxf5 25.exf5 Nh7 26.Be4 Na5 27.Ne3 Nf6 28.Ng4 Nxg4
29.Qxg4 Rd6 30.Rad1 Nb3 31.Rxd6 Qxd6 32.Rd1 Qb6 33.Rd5 Rd8 34.Rxe5 Nc1 35.
f6 Qxf6 36.Rxb5 g6 37.Bd5 Nd3 38.Qf3 Nf4 39.Bxc4 Rd2 40.Kh2 Qd6 41.g3 Ne6 
42.h4 Qd7 43.Rd5 Qb7 44.b4 Rc2 45.Rd3 Qa7 46.Kg2 Nf8 47.Rd4 Kg7 48.Rf4 f5 
49.Qd5 Qe7 50.Rf3 h5 51.Qg8+ Kh6 52.Qh8+ Nh7 53.Bg8 Qb7 54.Qxh7+ Qxh7 55.
Bxh7 Kxh7 56.Rd3 Kg7 57.Rd7+ Kf6 58.Rc7 f4 59.gxf4 Rd2 60.b5 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khavin, Abram"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 e6 4.d4 d5 5.e5 Nge7 6.Bd3 Nf5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Nbd2 Bb6 10.Nb3 f6 11.Bxf5 exf5 12.exf6 Qxf6 13.Bf4 Be6 14.a4 a5 15.
Re1 h6 16.Qe2 Rae8 17.Qb5 Qd8 18.Re2 Bf7 19.Rae1 Rxe2 20.Rxe2 Re8 21.Be3 
Bxe3 22.Rxe3 Rxe3 23.fxe3 Qe7 24.Kf2 g5 25.Nxa5 f4 26.exf4 Nxa5 27.Qxa5 
gxf4 28.Qb6 Qe4 29.Qd4 Qc2+ 30.Qd2 Qxa4 31.Nd4 Qa1 32.Ne2 Qa7+ 33.Qd4 Qa2 
34.Qb6 Qb1 35.Qxb7 Qc2 36.b4 d4 37.cxd4 Bc4 38.Qb8+ Kh7 39.Qc7+ Kg6 40.
Qd6+ Kg7 41.Qe5+ Kg6 42.d5 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bg4 6.c3 Qf6 7.d3 Bxf3 8.Bxc6+ 
bxc6 9.Qxf3 Qxf3 10.gxf3 Ne7 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 f5 13.Na3 g5 14.Bd2 f4 15.
f3 Ng6 16.Kf2 Be7 17.Nc2 Kd7 18.Nd4 Nh4 19.b4 Rhg8 20.Rg1 Bf6 21.Rab1 Rg6 
22.Rb3 Rag8 23.h3 h5 24.Ne2 g4 25.fxg4 hxg4 26.Nxf4 Nf3 27.Nxg6 Rxg6 28.
Rxg4 Rxg4 29.hxg4 Nxd2 30.Ra3 Nb1 31.Rxa6 Bxc3 32.Ra8 Bxb4 33.a4 Bc5+ 34.
Kf3 Nc3 35.Kf4 Ke6 36.a5 Nb5 37.a6 Bd4 38.Re8+ Kf7 39.Rd8 Ke7 40.Rg8 Ke6 
41.Rf8 d5 42.g5 Bc5 43.Rf6+ Kd7 44.g6 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.dxc5 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Qa5 10.Nb5 Qb4 11.b3 Nc6 12.Ba3 Qa5 13.Rb1 Be6 14.b4 Qa6 15.Bxe6 
fxe6 16.Qe2 Nd5 17.Rb3 Rad8 18.Re1 e5 19.Ng5 Nb8 20.Bb2 Qf6 21.Nf3 Nc6 22.
Nc3 Nxc3 23.Bxc3 Qe6 24.b5 Nb8 25.Ng5 Qf5 26.Qc4+ Kh8 27.Ne4 Qd7 28.h3 Qd3
29.Qxd3 Rxd3 30.Bxe5 Rxb3 31.Bxg7+ Kxg7 32.axb3 Rd8 33.Ra1 a6 34.c6 bxc6 
35.bxa6 Nd7 36.Rd1 Kf7 37.a7 Ke8 38.Rxd7 Kxd7 39.Nc5+ Ke8 40.Ne6 Rd1+ 41.
Kh2 Ra1 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Ne7 13.b4 Bb6 14.Ng5 Bf5 15.
Bxf5 Nxf5 16.Qd3 g6 17.e6 f6 18.Nf7 Qe7 19.Qxd5 Rfe8 20.Re1 Ng7 21.Nh6+ 
Kh8 22.Bb2 Nxe6 23.c4 Rad8 24.Rxe6 Qxe6 25.Qxe6 Rxe6 26.Nf7+ Kg7 27.Nxd8 
Re2 28.c5 Rxb2 29.cxb6 cxb6 30.Nc6 Rc2 31.Ne7 Kf7 32.Nd5 Ke6 33.Nxb6 Rb2 
34.a3 Rb3 35.g4 Rd3 36.Re1+ Kd6 37.Re3 Rd1+ 38.Kg2 Rd4 39.h3 Kc7 40.Re6 f5
41.gxf5 gxf5 42.Rh6 Kb7 43.Kf3 Rd3+ 44.Kf4 Rxa3 45.Nd5 Rd3 46.Ke5 a5 47.
Rxh7+ Ka6 48.Rh6+ Ka7 49.bxa5 Rf3 50.Nc7 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.
Be3 Nd7 9.O-O Bd6 10.c4 f5 11.d5 cxd5 12.cxd5 e5 13.Nd2 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Qe7 
15.Qh5 Qf6 16.f4 Qg6 17.Qh3 e4 18.Nc4 Bc7 19.Bd4 Rg8 20.Ne3 Bb6 21.Bxb6 
Qxb6 22.Rac1 Nf6 23.Kh1 Ng4 24.Nxg4 Rxg4 25.Qc3 Kf8 26.Qe5 Qg6 27.d6 Re8 
28.Qh8+ Qg8 29.d7 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "172"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Qc2 
O-O 9.Nge2 Re8 10.O-O-O Nf8 11.Ng3 b5 12.Kb1 a5 13.Nce2 Ra6 14.Nf5 Bxf5 
15.Bxf5 a4 16.Nf4 b4 17.Qe2 Rb6 18.h4 a3 19.b3 Ne4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Bxe7 
Qxe7 22.Rc1 Nd7 23.g3 Qd6 24.Qc4 Ra8 25.Rhd1 Ra5 26.d5 Qe5 27.Qd4 c5 28.
Qxe5 Nxe5 29.d6 Nd7 30.Nd5 Rb7 31.Rc4 f5 32.Ne7+ Kf7 33.Nxf5 Nf6 34.Rdc1 
Ke6 35.Rxc5 Rxc5 36.Rxc5 Nd5 37.Nd4+ Kxd6 38.Rc6+ Kd7 39.Rc4 Nc3+ 40.Kc2 
Rb6 41.Rxb4 Rxb4 42.Kxc3 Rb6 43.Kd2 Kd6 44.Ke1 Ke5 45.Kf1 Kf6 46.Kg2 Rb7 
47.Nc2 Ra7 48.Kf1 Kf5 49.Nd4+ Kg4 50.Kg2 Ra5 51.Kh2 Rc5 52.Kg2 g6 53.b4 
Rc1 54.Nb5 Rb1 55.Nxa3 Rxb4 56.Nc2 Rb2 57.Nd4 Rxa2 58.Ne6 Kf5 59.Nd4+ Ke5 
60.Nc6+ Kd6 61.Nd4 Kd5 62.g4 Ra7 63.Ne2 Rf7 64.Nf4+ Ke5 65.Kg3 Rf8 66.h5 
g5 67.Nh3 h6 68.Ng1 Rd8 69.Ne2 Rd2 70.Nc3 Rc2 71.Nb5 Rc4 72.Na3 Rc5 73.Nb1
Rc1 74.Nd2 Rg1+ 75.Kh3 Rd1 76.Nb3 Kd5 77.Kg2 Rd3 78.Nc1 Rd2 79.Nb3 Rd1 80.
f3 Rd3 81.fxe4+ Kxe4 82.Nc5+ Kxe3 83.Ne6 Rd6 84.Ng7 Kf4 85.Nf5 Rf6 86.Kh3 
Ra6 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.d5 exd5 7.Bxd5 Qe7 8.Qb3 
Qb4+ 9.Qxb4 Bxb4+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Nbxd2 c6 12.Ne5 Bh5 13.Bf3 Bxf3 14.Ndxf3
Nd7 15.Nxd7 Kxd7 16.Rd1+ Ke7 17.Nd4 g6 18.e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 Re8 
9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bc1 c6 12.h3 Nh6 13.Be3 Nf7 14.Rc1 Nf8 15.b4 Bd7 
16.d5 Qc8 17.Kh2 c5 18.bxc5 dxc5 19.Ne1 Nd6 20.Qb3 b6 21.a4 g5 22.Nd3 Ng6 
23.Ra1 Nb7 24.a5 Qc7 25.axb6 axb6 26.Rfb1 Rxa1 27.Rxa1 Nd6 28.Rb1 Bf8 29.
Qxb6 Qxb6 30.Rxb6 Nxc4 31.Rb7 Bc8 32.Rb8 Nxe3 33.fxe3 Kf7 34.Bf1 Ba6 35.
Rb6 Bc4 36.Kg2 Ra8 37.Rb7+ Kg8 38.Nb2 Bxf1+ 39.Kxf1 Ra3 40.Nbd1 Nh8 41.d6 
Bxd6 42.Nd5 Nf7 43.Nxf6+ Kg7 44.Nxh7 Kg6 45.h4 gxh4 46.gxh4 c4 47.h5+ Kxh7
48.Rxf7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.Be2 h6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.d3 Be7 8.Nbd2 
O-O 9.Re1 Bh7 10.Bf1 a5 11.a4 c6 12.e4 dxe4 13.dxe4 Bb4 14.Qe2 Qe7 15.Red1
Rfd8 16.g3 Nc5 17.e5 Nd5 18.Nc4 Ne4 19.Nd4 Ndc3 20.Qf3 Ng5 21.Qg4 Rxd4 22.
Rxd4 Bf5 23.Bxc3 Bxc3 24.Qe2 Bxd4 25.Rd1 Qc5 26.c3 Bxc3 27.Rd7 Bxe5 28.h4 
Ne4 29.Nxe5 Qxe5 30.g4 Bg6 31.h5 Bh7 32.Bg2 Qf4 33.Rd4 Nc3 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Khavin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bc4 
Nc6 9.O-O a6 10.Re1 b5 11.Bxd5 exd5 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.Nd2 Ra7 15.
Nb3 Rc7 16.Qd2 Rc6 17.Ne2 Nf5 18.Rac1 Rh6 19.Qf4 Nd6 20.Nc5 Rh4 21.Qf3 Nf5
22.Rcd1 Re8 23.Ng3 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Ne7 25.h3 Kf8 26.Qe3 Nc6 27.Nb3 Qe7 28.
Qc1 Qd6 29.Na5 Bd7 30.Nxc6 Qxc6 31.Qg5 Rh6 32.Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.b3 Nbd7 5.Bb2 c6 6.Nc3 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Qe7
9.d4 Re8 10.Nd2 e5 11.cxd5 exd4 12.dxc6 dxc3 13.cxd7 Qxd7 14.Bxc3 Bxh2+ 
15.Kxh2 Qc7+ 16.Kg1 Qxc3 17.Rc1 Qa5 18.Nc4 Qg5 19.Bf3 Bg4 20.Qe2 Qh4 21.
Rfd1 b5 22.Nd6 Re5 23.g3 Qh5 24.Bxa8 Bxe2 25.Rc8+ Ne8 26.Nxe8 Kf8 27.Nf6+ 
Ke7 28.Nxh5 Bxd1 29.Nf4 Kd7 30.Rf8 Ke7 31.Rc8 g5 32.Nd3 Re6 33.Rc5 Ra6 34.
Nb4 Ra3 35.Rxb5 a5 36.Rxa5 Rxa5 37.Nc6+ Kd6 38.Nxa5 Kc5 39.Nc4 Kb4 40.Kf1 
Bg4 41.Bd5 f6 42.a3+ Kc5 43.Be4 h5 44.Nd2 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7 
9.Qe2 cxd4 10.exd4 O-O 11.Rd1 Nd5 12.Ne5 Ncb4 13.Nd3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Nd5 15.
Bd2 b6 16.Ne5 Bb7 17.Bd3 Rc8 18.Qe4 f5 19.Qe1 Bg5 20.c4 Nf4 21.Bf1 Re8 22.
Be3 Ng6 23.Nxg6 hxg6 24.Bxg5 Qxg5 25.Ra3 Ba6 26.Re3 Kf7 27.Qc3 Qf4 28.Re5 
Red8 29.Rd2 Rc6 30.g3 Qg5 31.a5 Qf6 32.axb6 axb6 33.Ra2 Bc8 34.Ra7+ Rd7 
35.Rxd7+ Bxd7 36.c5 bxc5 37.dxc5 Rc7 38.Qd4 Qe7 39.Bc4 Bc8 40.h4 Rd7 41.
Qa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Qe7 8.Be2 O-O 
9.O-O Bd6 10.Qc2 dxc4 11.bxc4 e5 12.Ng5 Bc7 13.Rab1 Re8 14.c5 h6 15.Nf3 
Rb8 16.Bc4 e4 17.Ne1 Bxh2+ 18.Kh1 Bc7 19.g3 Nf8 20.Kg2 Bg4 21.f3 Bh5 22.
Nxe4 Nxe4 23.Qxe4 Qxe4 24.fxe4 Rxe4 25.Nd3 Re7 26.Nf4 Bg4 27.d5 cxd5 28.
Nxd5 Rd7 29.e4 Be6 30.Bc3 Ng6 31.Rfd1 Be5 32.Ba5 Rc8 33.Bb5 Rxc5 34.Bxd7 
Rxa5 35.Rxb7 Rxa2+ 36.Kg1 Bxd7 37.Rxd7 Bxg3 38.Ne7+ Kh7 39.Nf5 Bf2+ 40.Kf1
Ne5 41.R7d2 Rxd2 42.Rxd2 Bb6 43.Ne7 Nf3 44.Rd7 Ng5 45.e5 a5 46.Rd5 Ne6 47.
Nc8 Bc7 48.Rd7 Bxe5 49.Rxf7 Kg6 50.Ra7 Bc3 51.Ne7+ Kh5 52.Nd5 Bd4 53.Rxa5 
g5 54.Ra6 Nc5 55.Rc6 Ne4 56.Kg2 Ba1 57.Ne7 Bf6 58.Nf5 Kg6 59.Nxh6 Kxh6 60.
Re6 Kg6 61.Rxe4 Kf5 62.Kf3 Be5 63.Rb4 Bf4 64.Rb5+ Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Nc3 c5 8.d5 
exd5 9.Nxd5 O-O 10.Bf4 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 Nf6 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Bc4 Bf5 14.Ne5 
Bxc2 15.Nxf7 Rd4 16.Ne5+ Kf8 17.Be3 Re4 18.Rc1 Rxe5 19.Rxc2 Ng4 20.Re2 
Nxe3 21.Rxe3 Rxe3+ 22.fxe3 Bf6 23.Ke2 Rd8 24.b3 Ke7 25.Rd1 Rxd1 26.Kxd1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nf3 c5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 
Qxf6 9.a3 Ba5 10.O-O-O Bxc3 11.Qxc3 c4 12.Qe3+ Be6 13.Ne5 Nc6 14.g4 O-O-O 
15.f4 Rhe8 16.Qf3 Qe7 17.e3 Na5 18.Bg2 f6 19.Ng6 Qc7 20.Kb1 c3 21.Rc1 Nc4 
22.Rxc3 Nd2+ 23.Kc2 Nxf3 24.Bxf3 Bf7 25.Nh4 Rxe3 26.Rxc7+ Kxc7 27.Kd2 Rde8
28.Rc1+ Kb6 29.Rc3 Rxc3 30.bxc3 g6 31.Ng2 Kc7 32.Ne3 Kd6 33.h4 Rh8 34.h5 
gxh5 35.gxh5 Be6 36.c4 dxc4 37.Bxb7 Rb8 38.Be4 Rb2+ 39.Kc3 Rb3+ 40.Kd2 
Rxa3 41.d5 Rxe3 42.Kxe3 Bxd5 43.Bc2 Kc5 44.Bf5 a5 45.Bc2 Bc6 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khavin, Abram"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Bc4 d6 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be6 6.Qd2 Nbd7 7.Nge2 Bxc4 8.
dxc4 h6 9.Be3 Qe7 10.Ng3 Bxe3 11.fxe3 g6 12.Qe2 Kf8 13.O-O h5 14.h3 h4 15.
Nh1 Kg7 16.Rf3 Raf8 17.Raf1 c6 18.Qd2 Ne8 19.Nf2 Ndf6 20.b3 Rh5 21.Nd3 Rg5
22.Nf2 Nh5 23.Ne2 Nef6 24.Rd1 Ng3 25.Nc3 Rd8 26.Kh2 Rd7 27.Qd3 Kg8 28.Ne2 
Nfxe4 29.Nxe4 Nxe4 30.g4 hxg3+ 31.Nxg3 Nxg3 32.Rxg3 e4 33.Qd4 Rxg3 34.Kxg3
Qg5+ 35.Kh2 Qf5 36.Rd2 b6 37.a4 Kh7 38.Rg2 Qe5+ 39.Qxe5 dxe5 40.h4 Kh6 41.
Kg3 f5 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 O-O 7.Bd3 c5 8.Ne2 b6
9.O-O Ba6 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.c4 Qc6 12.Bb2 Rd8 13.Qc2 Nbd7 14.Rfd1 cxd4 15.
exd4 Rac8 16.Rac1 b5 17.c5 Nf8 18.Nc3 Bb7 19.f3 a6 20.Ne4 Nd5 21.Qd2 f5 
22.Nd6 Rb8 23.Bc3 Rxd6 24.cxd6 Qxd6 25.Bb4 Nxb4 26.Qxb4 Qxb4 27.axb4 Nd7 
28.d5 Bxd5 29.Bxf5 Nf6 30.Be4 Rb7 31.Rc8+ Kf7 32.Rdc1 Nxe4 33.R1c7+ Kf6 
34.fxe4 Bxe4 35.Rxb7 Bxb7 36.Rc7 Be4 37.Ra7 g5 38.Rxa6 Ke5 39.Rb6 Bd3 40.
Kf2 h5 41.Ke3 Bf1 42.g3 Kf5 43.Rc6 e5 44.Rh6 Kg4 45.Ke4 h4 46.gxh4 gxh4 
47.Kxe5 Bg2 48.Kd4 Bf1 49.Ke3 Bc4 50.Kf2 Kh3 51.Kf3 Be6 52.Rxe6 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Nbd7 7.e3 Qe7 8.Ne2 c5 
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.Ne4 g5 12.Nxc5 gxh4 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Bd7 
15.Qxb7 O-O 16.Nc3 Rab8 17.Qxa7 Nc6 18.Qc7 d5 19.Rd2 Rb4 20.Qf4 dxc4 21.g3
h3 22.Be2 Rfb8 23.Qh4 Qxh4 24.gxh4 Ne5 25.Rg1+ Kf8 26.f4 Nd3+ 27.Bxd3 cxd3
28.b3 e5 29.Rxd3 Be6 30.Rf1 exf4 31.exf4 Bg4 32.Kd2 R4b6 33.Rf2 Ra6 34.Rd5
h5 35.Rd4 Rc8 36.Rf1 Rac6 37.Rc1 Re6 38.Rf1 Rce8 39.a4 Rb6 40.b4 Rbe6 41.
b5 Re3 42.Rf2 Bf3 43.Rd3 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Be6 10.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 Bxb3 13.Qxb3 c5 14.dxc5 dxc5 15.
e5 Ne8 16.Qg3 Qb6 17.Nc3 Rd8 18.Bg5 Bxg5 19.Qxg5 Nc7 20.Ne4 Kh8 21.Qe7 Ne6
22.Nd6 Kg8 23.Rad1 Qc6 24.Qh4 b4 25.Qc4 Rd7 26.f4 Rc7 27.Rc1 Nd4 28.Red1 
Nb5 29.Ne4 Rfc8 30.Kh2 Nd4 31.Nd6 Ne6 32.Nxc8 Rxc8 33.f5 Nf8 34.Rd6 Qe8 
35.Re1 a5 36.e6 fxe6 37.fxe6 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 f5 5.d4 fxe4 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nxe5 Bd6 8.
Qh5+ g6 9.Qe2 Qh4 10.Nd2 Nf6 11.h3 O-O 12.g3 Qh5 13.Qxh5 Nxh5 14.Ndc4 Be6 
15.Bh6 Ng7 16.g4 Rae8 17.O-O c5 18.Rfe1 Bd5 19.a4 b6 20.b3 cxd4 21.cxd4 
Be7 22.Ra2 Rd8 23.Nd2 Bb4 24.Rc1 c5 25.dxc5 Bxc5 26.Be3 Ne6 27.Bxc5 Nxc5 
28.a5 Bxb3 29.Nxb3 Nxb3 30.Rc7 bxa5 31.Ra3 Rd1+ 32.Kg2 Nd4 33.Re3 Rd2 34.
Rxe4 Rdxf2+ 35.Kg3 Ne6 36.Rxa7 Ng5 37.Re3 Ra2 38.Nd7 Rf7 39.h4 Rd2 40.Ra8+
Kg7 41.Ne5 Re7 42.hxg5 Rd5 43.Kf4 Rc5 44.Ra6 Kg8 45.Re4 Kg7 46.Rd6 Rb5 47.
Rd7 Rxd7 48.Nxd7 Kf7 49.Ne5+ Kf8 50.Nc6 Rc5 51.Nd8 Rd5 52.Ne6+ Kf7 53.Nc7 
Rc5 54.Ne8 Rc6 55.Nf6 Ra6 56.Ra4 Ke6 57.Nxh7 Ra7 58.Nf6 Kd6 59.Ne4+ Kd5 
60.Nc3+ Kc5 61.Ke5 Ra6 62.Rf4 Ra8 63.Ke6 Rb8 64.Kf7 Rb4 65.Rxb4 Kxb4 66.
Nb1 Kb3 67.Kxg6 Kc2 68.Na3+ Kb3 69.Kf5 Kxa3 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Be3 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Nbd2 
Nc6 9.Be2 O-O 10.Qb3 Re8 11.O-O a5 12.Rfe1 a4 13.Qa3 d5 14.c5 Nd7 15.b4 
Nf8 16.b5 Ne7 17.Rab1 Nf5 18.Nf1 Ne6 19.Rb4 b6 20.Rxa4 Rxa4 21.Qxa4 bxc5 
22.dxc5 d4 23.Rd1 Qe7 24.Bd2 Nxc5 25.Qa3 Qxe2 26.Re1 Qxb5 27.Rxe8+ Qxe8 
28.Qxc5 Qe7 29.Qc6 Qd7 30.Qc5 Bf8 31.Qc4 c5 32.a4 Qe6 33.Qc1 c4 34.Ng5 Qe2
35.Ng3 Nxg3 36.hxg3 c3 37.Bxc3 dxc3 38.Qxc3 Qd1+ 39.Kh2 Qh5+ 40.Nh3 Qc5 
41.Qd2 Qb4 42.Qc2 Bd7 43.Nf4 Bxa4 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Khavin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qd2 Ne5 7.b3 c6 8.Bb2 Be7
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nf3 a6 11.O-O b5 12.Ba3 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 Qa5 14.e5 Qxa3 15.exf6 
Bxf6 16.Bxc6 Rb8 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Rac1 Bxc3 19.Rxc3 b4 20.Rg3 Be6 21.Ba4 
Rbc8 22.h4 d5 23.h5 f6 24.Re1 Bf7 25.h6 g6 26.Qd4 Rc2 27.Qxf6 Qb2 28.Qf4 
Qxa2 29.Rf3 Qb2 30.Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Be3 Qe7 10.c4 Nd8 11.Nc3 c6 12.Bb3 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.a4 b4 15.Na2 Nf6 
16.Qc2 Nb7 17.h3 O-O 18.Nd2 c5 19.Nc1 Rfc8 20.Nc4 Ra6 21.f3 Ne8 22.Rd1 
Ned6 23.Nd3 Be6 24.Nxd6 Rxd6 25.Bc4 b3 26.Qc3 Rd4 27.Bxe6 Qxe6 28.a5 Qa6 
29.Bxd4 exd4 30.Qxb3 c4 31.Qc2 Nd6 32.Nb4 Qb5 33.Nd5 d3 34.Qf2 Kf8 35.Qa7 
Nf5 36.exf5 Qxd5 37.Qa6 Qc5+ 38.Kh1 Bxb2 39.Rab1 Bd4 40.Rb5 Qc7 41.Rd5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O dxc4
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bxc4 a6 11.Qe2 b5 12.Rfd1 Qb6 13.Bd3 Nb4 14.Ne4 Nxd3 15.
Nxf6+ gxf6 16.Rxd3 Rd8 17.Rxd8+ Qxd8 18.Qc2 Bf8 19.Rd1 Qe8 20.Bd6 Bb7 21.
Bxf8 Qxf8 22.Nd4 Rc8 23.Qe2 f5 24.Qh5 Qg7 25.f3 Qf6 26.Rd2 h6 27.f4 Bd5 
28.a3 Rc1+ 29.Kf2 Rb1 30.h3 Qg7 31.g4 Rh1 32.Nf3 fxg4 33.Qxg4 f5 34.Qxg7+ 
Kxg7 35.h4 Kf6 36.Rc2 Rh3 37.Ne1 Rxh4 38.Rc7 Rh2+ 39.Kg3 Rxb2 40.Ra7 Rb3 
41.Rxa6 Rxe3+ 42.Kf2 Rc3 43.Ke2 Rc4 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 Nc6 4.exd4 Nxd4 5.Nxd4 Qxd4 6.Nc3 c6 7.d3 e5 8.Be3 
Qd8 9.Be2 Nf6 10.O-O Be7 11.Kh1 O-O 12.f4 exf4 13.Rxf4 Be6 14.d4 Qd7 15.
Bd3 Bg4 16.Qd2 Bh5 17.Bf5 Qc7 18.Raf1 Bg6 19.Rh4 Rfe8 20.Bf4 Qd8 21.Bxg6 
fxg6 22.Rh3 Qd7 23.a3 Rad8 24.Rd3 Qe6 25.d5 cxd5 26.cxd5 Qa6 27.Rd1 Bd6 
28.h3 h6 29.Bxd6 Qxd6 30.Re3 Rxe3 31.Qxe3 a6 32.Qd3 Nh5 33.Re1 Ng3+ 34.Kg1
Rf8 35.Qe3 Kh7 36.Ne4 Nxe4 37.Qxe4 Rf5 38.Rd1 Rf6 39.Qb4 Qxb4 40.axb4 Rd6 
41.Kf2 Kg8 42.Ke3 Kf7 43.Rf1+ Rf6 44.Rxf6+ gxf6 45.g4 Ke7 46.h4 Kd6 47.Ke4
b6 48.h5 gxh5 49.gxh5 a5 50.Kf5 axb4 51.Kxf6 Kxd5 52.Kg6 Ke6 53.Kxh6 Kf6 
54.b3 Kf7 55.Kg5 Kg7 56.Kf5 Kh6 57.Ke5 Kxh5 58.Kd5 Kg5 59.Kc6 Kf5 60.Kxb6 
Ke6 61.Kc5 Kd7 62.Kxb4 Kc6 63.Ka5 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 Nbd7 7.Bg2 e5 8.dxe5 Ng4
9.h3 Nh6 10.O-O dxe5 11.e4 f6 12.Nc3 c6 13.Qc2 Qc7 14.Rad1 Re8 15.Ba3 Bf8 
16.Bxf8 Nxf8 17.Ne1 Bd7 18.Nd3 Rad8 19.f4 Bc8 20.Ne2 Ne6 21.Qc3 Nf7 22.g4 
g5 23.fxe5 fxe5 24.Ng3 Nf4 25.Nxf4 gxf4 26.Nh5 Qe7 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Rxf4 
Qc5+ 29.Kh2 Qd4 30.Rf3 Ng5 31.Re3 Qxc3 32.Rxc3 Rd2 33.a3 Ne6 34.Kg3 Nd4 
35.Bf1 a5 36.b4 a4 37.c5 Be6 38.Nf6+ Kh8 39.Ne8 Rb2 40.Nd6 Rb3 41.Rd3 Nc2 
42.b5 Ne1 43.Rxb3 axb3 44.bxc6 b2 45.cxb7 b1=Q 46.Bb5 Qb3+ 47.Kf2 Qc2+ 48.
Kxe1 Qc1+ 49.Ke2 Qc2+ 50.Kf3 Qc3+ 51.Kg2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.b3 b6 5.Bb2 Bb7 6.Be2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 a6 
9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Rac1 c5 11.d4 Rc8 12.Rfd1 dxc4 13.bxc4 cxd4 14.exd4 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Rxc4 16.Be2 Rc7 17.Bxa6 Bf4 18.Rb1 Nd5 19.Qb3 N7f6 20.g3 Nxc3 21.Bxc3
Nd5 22.Bb2 Qa8 23.Bc4 Rxc4 24.Qxc4 Ne3 25.Qf1 Nxf1 26.gxf4 Qxa2 27.Kxf1 
Qd5 28.Ba3 Rb8 29.Bc5 b5 30.Rdc1 h5 31.Kg1 h4 32.Rc3 Qe4 33.Ra1 b4 34.Rb3 
h3 35.Rxh3 b3 36.Ba3 b2 37.Bxb2 Rxb2 38.Re3 Qxf4 39.Rf1 Rxf2 40.Rxf2 Qxe3 
0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.b5 d5 4.e3 Be6 5.Nf3 c5 6.c4 d4 7.d3 Nh6 8.e4 g6 9.g3 
Qc8 10.Bg2 Bh3 11.O-O Bg7 12.Nh4 O-O 13.Nd2 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Qe6 15.Qe2 Nd7 
16.Kh1 f5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.f3 Rae8 19.Rae1 Kh8 20.Bc1 Qf7 21.Qg2 Qh5 22.Nb3
f4 23.Qh3 Nf5 24.Bxf4 Nxh4 25.gxh4 exf4 26.Nd2 Ne5 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.e3 O-O 7.Qb3 Qa5 8.Be2 Na6 
9.O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Be2 Be6 12.Qc2 Rac8 13.e4 Rfd8 14.a3 Nc7 15.h3 
Bd7 16.Rfd1 Ne6 17.Be5 Be8 18.b4 Qb6 19.Bf1 a5 20.Qb2 Nf8 21.Ne1 Ne6 22.
Nf3 a4 23.Rd3 Nf8 24.Rad1 N8d7 25.Bf4 Qb7 26.Qc1 Nb6 27.Ne5 Nfd7 28.R3d2 
f6 29.Ng4 Nf8 30.Be3 h5 31.Nh2 Bf7 32.Nf3 Bb3 33.Re1 Rd7 34.Rb2 Kh7 35.Nd2
Bf7 36.Ne2 e5 37.f4 Nc4 38.Nxc4 Bxc4 39.dxe5 fxe5 40.f5 gxf5 41.exf5 h4 
42.Nc3 Bd5 43.Bg5 c5 44.f6 Bh8 45.Bxb5 cxb4 46.Rxb4 Rdc7 47.Bd3+ e4 48.
Rxb7 Bxb7 49.Qf4 Ng6 50.Qg4 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.a4 Nbc6 8.Nf3 
Qa5 9.Bd2 c4 10.Ng5 h6 11.Nh3 Ng6 12.Qf3 Bd7 13.Nf4 Nxf4 14.Qxf4 Ne7 15.h4
Bxa4 16.h5 Qb5 17.Kd1 Rc8 18.Bc1 Rc6 19.Be2 Ra6 20.Kd2 O-O 21.g4 f6 22.
exf6 Rxf6 23.Qc7 Rf7 24.Qd8+ Kh7 25.f4 Qa5 26.Qb8 Nc6 27.Qe8 Re7 28.Qg6+ 
Kg8 29.Ba3 e5 30.fxe5 Nxd4 31.Bb4 Qd8 32.Qxa6 bxa6 33.cxd4 Rb7 34.Rxa4 
Qg5+ 35.Kd1 a5 36.Bf3 Rxb4 37.Bxd5+ Kf8 38.Rf1+ Ke8 39.Bc6+ Ke7 40.Rxb4 
Qxg4+ 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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.Bc1 c5 10.Bd3 cxd4 11.Ne2 Qa5 12.O-O dxc3 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Ng3 Nc6 15.
Nxe4 Nxe5 16.Qg3 Bd7 17.Nd6+ Kf8 18.Nxb7 Qd5 19.Ba3+ Kg8 20.Nc5 Nc6 21.
Rfd1 Nd4 22.Qg4 e5 23.Nxd7 h5 24.Nf6+ Kg7 25.Nxd5 hxg4 26.Bc5 Rad8 27.Rxd4
exd4 28.Bxd4+ Kh7 29.Bxh8 Kxh8 30.Nxc3 Rc8 31.Nd5 Rxc2 32.Ne3 Rb2 33.Nxg4 
1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khavin, Abram"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.Nbd2 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Re1 Nc6 12.a4 Rb8 13.Nf1 b4 14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Bg4
16.d5 Nd4 17.Be3 Nxc2 18.Qxc2 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Qd7 20.Qe2 a5 21.Rec1 Rfc8 22.
Qd1 Ne8 23.Nd2 f5 24.exf5 Qxf5 25.Nc4 Bg5 26.Nxa5 Bxe3 27.fxe3 Rxc1 28.
Rxc1 Qg5+ 29.Kf2 Qh4+ 30.Kg2 Qg5+ 31.Kf2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bb6 5.a4 a6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.d3 d6 8.a5 Ba7 9.
b5 Nd4 10.bxa6 bxa6 11.h3 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Bd4 13.Bd2 Be6 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.Rb1
O-O 16.Qe2 Qe8 17.Nd1 Nh5 18.c3 Bc5 19.g3 Qf7 20.Be3 Bxe3 21.Nxe3 Nf6 22.
O-O Qd7 23.f4 exf4 24.gxf4 g6 25.Kh2 Nh5 26.Qg4 Ng7 27.Qh4 Kh8 28.Rf2 Rae8
29.Rg1 Nh5 30.Rg5 Qg7 31.d4 c5 32.Nc4 cxd4 33.Nxd6 Rd8 34.e5 dxc3 35.Rgg2 
c2 36.Rxc2 Nxf4 37.Rg3 Kg8 38.Re3 Nd5 39.Re1 Rd7 40.Qg4 Re7 41.Nc8 Rc7 42.
Qxe6+ Kh8 43.Rxc7 Nxc7 44.Qg4 h5 45.Qc4 Rxc8 46.e6 Re8 47.Qd3 Kh7 48.Qd6 
Re7 49.Re2 Qf6 50.Rc2 Qxe6 51.Qxe6 Nxe6 52.Rc6 Nc7 53.Kg3 Kh6 54.h4 Nd5 
55.Rxa6 Re3+ 56.Kf2 Ra3 57.Ra8 Ne7 58.Ke2 Nf5 59.Kd2 Nxh4 60.Kc2 Nf5 61.
Kb2 Ra4 62.Kb3 Rf4 63.a6 Nd4+ 64.Kb4 Ne6+ 65.Kc3 Nc7 66.Ra7 Nxa6 67.Rxa6 
h4 68.Kd3 Rf8 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D89"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Bc4
Bg7 9.Ne2 O-O 10.O-O cxd4 11.cxd4 Nc6 12.Be3 Bg4 13.f3 Na5 14.Bd3 Be6 15.
Qa4 a6 16.Qb4 b5 17.Rfd1 Rb8 18.Bf2 Nc4 19.Bxc4 Bxc4 20.Qd2 b4 21.Rac1 Rc8
22.d5 e6 23.Nd4 exd5 24.Qxb4 Qg5 25.exd5 Bf1 26.Rxf1 Rxc1 27.Nc6 Re8 28.f4
Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Qxd5 30.Ne7+ Rxe7 31.Qxe7 Qxa2 32.Qd8+ Bf8 33.Bd4 Qe6 34.Be5
h6 35.Ke2 a5 36.Kd3 a4 37.g3 a3 38.Kc2 Qc4+ 39.Kb1 Qf1+ 40.Ka2 Qg2+ 41.Kb3
Qb7+ 42.Ka2 Qe7 43.Qa8 h5 44.Qa4 Qe6+ 45.Ka1 Qd5 46.Qc2 Kh7 47.Kb1 Bc5 48.
h3 Bf8 49.g4 Qh1+ 50.Ka2 Qxh3 51.gxh5 Qxh5 52.Qg2 Kg8 53.Qa8 Qe2+ 54.Kb3 
Qb5+ 55.Ka2 Qc4+ 56.Ka1 Qc1+ 57.Ka2 Qc4+ 58.Ka1 Qc5 59.Ka2 f6 60.Bxf6 Qf2+
0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D50"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 Bd7 7.Qc2 h6 8.Bxf6 
Qxf6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 O-O 12.Be2 Qg5 13.g3 Bg4 14.h3 Bxe2 
15.Nxe2 Rac8 16.Nf4 Nd8 17.h4 Qg4 18.Qb3 c6 19.Qd1 Qf5 20.Qd3 Qf6 21.O-O-O
Ne6 22.Kb1 Rfd8 23.Qe2 Nxf4 24.gxf4 b6 25.Qh5 c5 26.Qe5 c4 27.Rhg1 Rc6 28.
f5 Kf8 29.Rg4 Rcd6 30.Rdg1 Re8 31.Qg3 Qxf5+ 32.e4 Qe6 33.Rf4 dxe4 34.Qxg7+
Ke7 35.Re1 Kd8 36.Rxf7 Rd7 37.Rxd7+ Qxd7 38.Qf6+ Kc8 39.Qxh6 Kb7 40.Qe3 
Qh7 41.Rh1 Rf8 42.Rh3 c3 43.bxc3 Qf5 44.h5 Qb5+ 45.Kc2 Qa4+ 46.Kd2 Qxa3 
47.Qxe4+ Kb8 48.Rh2 Qa2+ 49.Kd1 Qa1+ 50.Kd2 Qa2+ 51.Qc2 Qd5 52.Qd3 Re8 53.
Qg3+ Kc8 54.Qg4+ Kb8 55.Qg3+ Kc8 56.Qg4+ Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 c6 
9.h3 Re8 10.Be3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nb6 12.b3 d5 13.exd5 cxd5 14.c5 Nbd7 15.Ndb5 
Rxe3 16.fxe3 Nxc5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Bxh3 19.Nd6 Be6 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Rc1
Qg5 22.Kg2 Qxe3 23.Rf3 Qg5 24.Qe1 Qd5 25.Rxc5 Qxd6 26.Qc1 Rd8 27.Rc8 h5 
28.Qf4 Kh7 29.Qxd6 Rxd6 30.Rc7 Kh6 31.Rxb7 Bd4 32.Rff7 Bb6 33.Rbd7 Rc6 34.
Rd2 e5 35.Re2 Bd4 36.Rf1 Kg5 37.Rd1 Rc3 38.Rf1 Kg4 39.Re4+ Kg5 40.Re2 Kg4 
41.Re4+ Kg5 42.Re2 Kg4 43.Kh2 Be3 44.Kg2 h4 45.gxh4 Bf4 46.Re4 Rg3+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Khavin, Abram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.b3 b6 9.
Bb2 Bb7 10.Qe2 Rc8 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Nb5 Qb8 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Ng5
g6 16.f4 Rce8 17.Bb1 Ba6 18.a4 d4 19.Qf3 Bxb5 20.axb5 Qxb5 21.e4 Nh5 22.h4
Ng7 23.e5 Nd8 24.Bc1 Qb6 25.Be4 f6 26.exf6 Bxf6 27.Nxh7 Kxh7 28.h5 Rxe4 
29.hxg6+ Kxg6 30.Qxe4+ Kf7 31.Qd5+ Qe6 32.Qxc5 Qxb3 33.f5 Re8 34.Bh6 Nh5 
35.Rb1 Qa2 36.Ra1 Qb3 37.Rfb1 Qc3 38.Qd5+ Ne6 39.fxe6+ Kg6 40.Rb3 Qxa1+ 
41.Kh2 Kxh6 42.Rh3 Qd1 43.Qf5 Rf8 44.Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Qc7 8.O-O Be7
9.Kh1 O-O 10.f4 Rd8 11.g4 d5 12.e5 Nfd7 13.Qe2 Nc6 14.Be3 b5 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 
16.Rad1 Bb7 17.a3 Qc4 18.Qf2 a5 19.Bd4 b4 20.f5 Bf8 21.fxe6 fxe6 22.Ne2 
Kh8 23.Nf4 Re8 24.Ng6+ hxg6 25.Rd3 Qxd3 26.cxd3 bxa3 27.bxa3 Bxa3 28.Qf7 
Re7 29.Qxg6 Kg8 30.g5 Rf8 31.Ra1 Bb4 32.Qh5 Rf5 33.Bh3 Rf4 34.Rf1 Rxf1+ 
35.Bxf1 Nf8 36.Qd1 Bc6 37.Qc1 Bb5 38.Qc8 Rf7 39.Kg1 Rf4 40.Bc5 Bd7 41.Qc7 
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 dxc4 8.Qc2 
c5 9.Rd1 Qb6 10.dxc5 Qxc5 11.Ng5 h6 12.Be3 Qf5 13.Nge4 Nd5 14.Bd4 Rd8 15.
Qa4 Ne5 16.Bxe5 Qxe5 17.Qxc4 Nxc3 18.Rxd8+ Bxd8 19.Nxc3 a6 20.Qa4 Kf8 21.
Bxb7 Bxb7 22.Qb4+ Kg8 23.Qxb7 Rb8 24.Qxa6 Rxb2 25.Qc8 Rb8 26.Qc4 Ba5 27.
Rc1 Rb2 28.Qd3 g6 29.e3 Bxc3 30.Rxc3 Rxa2 31.Kg2 Kg7 32.Rc4 g5 33.Qd4 Qxd4
34.Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.d4 O-O 8.d5 Na5 9.
Nbd2 c5 10.dxc6 Nxc6 11.O-O Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Qe2 Nd7 14.Qe3 Nc5 15.Bd1 Bg6
16.Bc2 Qc8 17.a3 Ne6 18.Nb3 a5 19.Bd2 a4 20.Nc1 Ned4 21.Nxd4 Nxd4 22.Bd3 
f5 23.f4 fxe4 24.Bxe4 Bxe4 25.Qxe4 Qxc4 26.Bc3 d5 27.Qxe5 Bc5 28.Rf2 Rae8 
29.Qg5 Ne6 30.Qg3 Bxf2+ 31.Qxf2 Nxf4 32.Kh2 Ne2 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 Nc6 4.exd4 Nxd4 5.Nxd4 Qxd4 6.Nc3 c6 7.d3 e5 8.Be3 
Qd8 9.Be2 Nf6 10.O-O Be7 11.d4 exd4 12.Qxd4 O-O 13.Rfd1 Qxd4 14.Bxd4 Be6 
15.h3 Rfd8 16.Be5 Rxd1+ 17.Rxd1 Rd8 18.Rxd8+ Bxd8 19.Bd4 Bb6 20.Bxb6 axb6 
21.Kf1 Kf8 22.Ke1 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Nb3 f6 7.Bb5 Be7 8.Bf4 O-O
9.exf6 gxf6 10.O-O Nb6 11.Re1 Bd6 12.Bg3 a6 13.Bd3 Na4 14.Rb1 b5 15.c3 Bd7
16.Nh4 Rf7 17.Re3 Rg7 18.Qe2 Qf8 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Rg3 Rxg3 21.hxg3 Qe7 22.
Re1 Qg7 23.Qc2 Nd8 24.Nc1 Rc8 25.b3 Nb6 26.b4 Ra8 27.Nb3 Nb7 28.Nc5 Nxc5 
29.bxc5 Na4 30.c6 Bc8 31.c4 bxc4 32.Bxc4 Nb6 33.Bd3 Rb8 34.Qc5 Qf8 35.
Bxh7+ Kg7 36.Nf5+ exf5 37.Re7+ Kh8 38.Bg6 Be6 39.Rxe6 Qxc5 40.dxc5 Na4 41.
Bxf5 Nc3 42.Re7 Nb5 43.Bd3 Rc8 44.a4 Nd4 45.Bxa6 Nxc6 46.Re6 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 Nc6 4.exd4 Nxd4 5.Nxd4 Qxd4 6.Nc3 c6 7.d3 e5 8.Be3 
Qd8 9.Be2 Nf6 10.O-O Be7 11.f4 exf4 12.Rxf4 Bd6 13.Rh4 Bf5 14.Qf1 Bg6 15.
Qf2 Nd7 16.Bh5 O-O 17.Bxg6 fxg6 18.Qe1 g5 19.Rh5 h6 20.Bxg5 hxg5 21.Qe6+ 
Rf7 22.Qh3 Qb6+ 23.c5 Qxc5+ 24.Kh1 Kf8 25.Ne4 Qf5 26.Qxf5 Rxf5 27.Nxd6 Rd5
28.Rh8+ Ke7 29.Rxa8 Kxd6 30.Rxa7 b5 31.Rd1 Ne5 32.Rxg7 Nxd3 33.Kg1 c5 34.
Rg6+ Kc7 35.Rd2 c4 36.g3 Rf5 37.h4 gxh4 38.gxh4 Ne5 39.Rg7+ Kb6 40.Rf2 
Nf3+ 41.Kg2 Nxh4+ 42.Kg3 Rxf2 43.Kxf2 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.Be3 Nd4 7.Qd2 b6 8.O-O-O Bb7
9.Kb1 d6 10.Nce2 Qd7 11.h4 h5 12.Nc1 Nf6 13.c3 Nc6 14.Bg5 Ng8 15.Nge2 Nge7
16.f3 d5 17.g4 dxe4 18.fxe4 hxg4 19.h5 gxh5 20.Ng3 h4 21.Rxh4 Rxh4 22.Bxh4
O-O-O 23.Rf1 Rh8 24.Rxf7 Bxc3 25.bxc3 Rxh4 26.Qg5 Rh2 27.Bf1 Ba6 28.e5 c4 
29.Ne4 cxd3 30.Nd6+ Kc7 31.Bxd3 Bxd3+ 32.Nxd3 a5 33.Qf4 Rh3 34.Qc4 Rxd3 
35.Qxd3 Nxe5 36.Nb5+ Kc6 37.Nd4+ Kc7 38.Nb5+ Kc6 39.Nd4+ Kc7 40.Qg3 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Rc1 O-O 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Rxc3 d6 9.Nf3 e5 10.d5 a5 11.Rg1 e4 12.Nd4 Re8 13.Qd2 Na6 14.g4 Nc5 15.e3 
a4 16.Rg3 Bd7 17.Be2 c6 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.Kf1 Rab8 20.Kg1 Rb6 21.Bf1 Reb8 
22.Rc2 Nb3 23.Nxb3 Rxb3 24.h4 Rxb2 25.g5 hxg5 26.hxg5 Qe5 27.g6 fxg6 28.
Rxg6 Rxc2 29.Qxc2 Kf7 30.Rg3 Rb3 31.f4 exf3 32.Rxf3+ Ke7 33.Qf2 Kd8 34.
Rf8+ Kc7 35.Ra8 Qxe3 36.Ra7+ Kc8 37.Qxe3 Rxe3 38.Rxa4 Kb7 39.Ra5 c5 40.
Bg2+ Kb6 41.Ra8 Re8 42.Rxe8 Bxe8 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 d6 10.Qc2 Nc6 11.d5 Na5 12.e4 exd5 13.exd5 h6 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Be3 Bc8
16.Rae1 f5 17.Bc1 Bd7 18.Re2 g5 19.g3 Ng7 20.h4 g4 21.Ne1 Qf6 22.Qd2 Kh7 
23.Qf4 Rae8 24.Qxg4 Rxe2 25.Qxe2 Re8 26.Qf3 Kg8 27.Bb2 Re5 28.Ng2 Qf7 29.
Bc1 Qf6 30.Qf4 Kh7 31.g4 b5 32.g5 Qg6 33.cxb5 Rxd5 34.Qf3 Qe6 35.Nf4 Rxd3 
36.Qxd3 Qe5 37.Nd5 Nh5 38.Qd1 Bxb5 39.Qxh5 Qxd5 40.Re1 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D75"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O c5 8.e4 Nf6
9.Nc3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Qxd4 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Be3 Qe5 14.Rfe1 Qh5 15.
Rad1 e5 16.Bc5 Nd4 17.Rxd4 exd4 18.Bxf8 Be6 19.Qxb7 Rxf8 20.Nd5 d3 21.Qb3 
Rd8 22.Ne7+ Kh8 23.Qa4 d2 24.Rd1 Qe2 25.Nc6 Bh3 26.Bg2 Qe1+ 27.Bf1 Bxf1 
28.Qa5 Re8 29.Qxd2 Qxd2 30.Rxd2 Bh3 31.f3 Bf8 32.b4 a5 33.a3 axb4 34.axb4 
Rc8 35.Ne5 Bxb4 36.Rd8+ Kg7 37.Rxc8 Bxc8 38.Kg2 Bb7 39.h4 Bc3 40.Nc4 h5 
41.Ne3 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Bc4 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.
d4 Bd6 9.h3 Qc7 10.Bb3 Rd8 11.Qe2 Nd7 12.c4 b6 13.Be3 Nf8 14.Rad1 Ba6 15.
Rfe1 Ng6 16.a3 Re8 17.Qc2 Re7 18.c5 bxc5 19.dxc5 Bf4 20.Qd2 Be5 21.Ba2 
Rae8 22.b4 Qc8 23.Qc2 Bb8 24.Qb3 h6 25.a4 Bb7 26.Bd2 Ne5 27.Nxe5 fxe5 28.
Qg3 Kh7 29.Bc3 g6 30.Qh4 Qf5 31.Bd2 g5 32.Bb1 e4 33.Qg4 Qg6 34.Bc3 f5 35.
Qe2 h5 36.Rd2 Kh6 37.Red1 Bc8 38.Rd8 f4 39.Ba1 Bf5 40.Rxe8 Rxe8 41.b5 g4 
42.hxg4 Bxg4 43.f3 exf3 44.Qxf3 Qe6 45.Qd3 Qe3+ 46.Qxe3 fxe3 47.Rc1 e2 48.
Bc3 Rd8 49.Bc2 Rd1+ 50.Bxd1 exd1=Q+ 51.Rxd1 Bxd1 52.b6 axb6 53.cxb6 Bxa4 
54.Kf2 c5 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.
Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Qa5 12.exf6 b4 13.Ne4 Ba6 14.Qf3 O-O-O 15.Bg2
Qd5 16.Be3 c3 17.b3 e5 18.Ng5 exd4 19.Qxd5 cxd5 20.Nxf7 dxe3 21.fxe3 Bc5 
22.Nxd8 Kxd8 23.O-O-O Bxe3+ 24.Kc2 d4 25.h4 Nxf6 26.Rxd4+ Bxd4 27.Rd1 Kc7 
28.Rxd4 Rg8 29.Rxb4 Rxg3 30.Ra4 Rxg2+ 31.Kxc3 Kb6 32.Rb4+ Kc5 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E19"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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 f5 10.Be3 Bf6 11.Qd2 Nc6 12.d5 Ne7 13.Ng5 Qc8 14.Rac1 h6 15.
Nh3 Rb8 16.Nf4 e5 17.Nh5 d6 18.f4 Ng6 19.Nxf6+ Rxf6 20.fxe5 Nxe5 21.Bd4 
Qf8 22.Bxe5 dxe5 23.e4 Qc5+ 24.Kh1 Rbf8 25.b4 Qe7 26.exf5 Rxf5 27.Rxf5 
Rxf5 28.Re1 Qf6 29.Kg1 Qd6 30.Qc3 a5 31.c5 Qf8 32.a3 axb4 33.axb4 Qf6 34.
Bh3 Rf3 35.Qxe5 Qxe5 36.Rxe5 bxc5 37.bxc5 Rd3 38.c6 Ba6 39.Re7 Kf8 40.Rxc7
Rd1+ 41.Kf2 Rxd5 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Na2 e6 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 
9.O-O Bb7 10.Qe2 c5 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Ba6 Bd5 13.Bd2 Rb8 14.Rdc1 Qb6 15.Bb5 a5
16.Ne5 Bd6 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.e4 Bb7 19.Bg5 Bc8 20.Bf4 Ra8 21.Qc2 Be7 22.
Qxc8+ Rxc8 23.Rxc8+ Bd8 24.Nc4 Qd4 25.Be3 Qd3 26.Bc5 Nxe4 27.Ne5 Qxb5 28.
axb5 Nxe5 29.Rd1 Nd7 30.Bb6 Ke7 31.Bxa5 Nxf2 32.Rxd8 Nxd1 33.Rxh8 b3 34.
Nc1 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "209"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Rc1 a6 8.a3 Re8 
9.c5 c6 10.Bd3 e5 11.dxe5 Ng4 12.Bf4 Nxc5 13.Bb1 f6 14.O-O Ne6 15.Bg3 Nf8 
16.Qb3 f5 17.Rfd1 Kh8 18.h3 Nh6 19.Na4 b5 20.Nc5 Qb6 21.Qc3 Bxc5 22.Qxc5 
Qxc5 23.Rxc5 Bd7 24.Nd4 Ne6 25.Nxe6 Rxe6 26.f3 Rf8 27.e4 f4 28.Be1 Rxe5 
29.Bc3 Rg5 30.Kf2 Ng8 31.exd5 Nf6 32.Bb4 cxd5 33.Rxb5 Re8 34.Rb7 Bb5 35.
Re7 Rxe7 36.Bxe7 Re5 37.Re1 Rxe1 38.Kxe1 Kg8 39.Ba2 Bc6 40.Kf2 Kf7 41.Bd6 
g5 42.Ke2 Ke6 43.Bc5 Ke5 44.Bf8 h5 45.Bg7 a5 46.Bb1 Be8 47.Bd3 a4 48.Kd2 
Ke6 49.Bh6 g4 50.Bxf4 gxh3 51.gxh3 d4 52.Bc4+ Kf5 53.Bh6 Bc6 54.Bd3+ Ke6 
55.h4 Nd7 56.f4 Kf7 57.Bc4+ Kg6 58.Bg5 Nc5 59.Be7 Ne4+ 60.Kd3 Ng3 61.Bg5 
Nf5 62.Be6 Ng7 63.Ba2 Nf5 64.Bb1 Kf7 65.Kc4 Ke6 66.Kc5 Bf3 67.Bd3 Bd5 68.
Ba6 Be4 69.Bc4+ Kd7 70.Bb5+ Kc7 71.Bxa4 Bb1 72.Kc4 d3 73.Kc3 Ng3 74.Kd2 
Ne4+ 75.Kc1 Ba2 76.Bd1 Be6 77.f5 Bxf5 78.Bxh5 Kd6 79.Bf4+ Ke6 80.Be8 Nf6 
81.Bc6 Bg6 82.Kd2 Nh5 83.Bh2 Ng7 84.Bb5 Nf5 85.Bxd3 Nxh4 86.Bc4+ Kd7 87.
Kc3 Nf5 88.Bb5+ Kc8 89.Kc4 Kb7 90.a4 Ne3+ 91.Kc5 Nd1 92.b4 Nc3 93.Bc6+ Ka7
94.Be5 Ne4+ 95.Kb5 Nd2 96.Bd4+ Kb8 97.Ka6 Bc2 98.Be5+ Kc8 99.a5 Bd3+ 100.
Ka7 Ne4 101.Bf4 Nc3 102.a6 Na2 103.b5 Nb4 104.Kb6 Bxb5 105.Bb7+ 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.bxc3 d6 5.f4 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.d4 f6 8.Bc4 d5 
9.Bd3 c5 10.O-O c4 11.Be2 Nc6 12.Nh4 f5 13.g4 e6 14.Qe1 Bf8 15.Ng2 Qa5 16.
Ne3 Be7 17.gxf5 gxf5 18.Bh5+ Kd8 19.a4 Bd7 20.Ba3 Kc7 21.Bxe7 Nxe7 22.Rf3 
Rag8+ 23.Kh1 Kb8 24.Qc1 Rg7 25.Qa3 Rhg8 26.Rff1 Nc8 27.Qb4 Qc7 28.a5 a6 
29.Bf3 Na7 30.Rfb1 Nb5 31.Rg1 Bc8 32.Rg2 Qd8 33.Rxg7 Rxg7 34.Ng2 h5 35.
Bxh5 Qh8 36.Bf3 Qh3 37.Rf1 Rh7 38.Kg1 Qxh2+ 39.Kf2 Rg7 40.Re1 Qg3+ 41.Ke3 
Qh3 42.Kf2 Nxc3 43.Qd6+ Ka8 44.Qd8 Qg3+ 45.Ke3 Rg8 46.Qh4 Qg7 47.Rh1 Qf8 
48.Qh7 Nb5 49.Rh3 Kb8 50.Kf2 Nxd4 51.Ne3 Qg7 52.Qxg7 Rxg7 53.c3 Nb3 54.Nc2
Nxa5 55.Rh8 Nc6 56.Bh5 Kc7 57.Be8 Bd7 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Nd2 
dxc4 9.Nxc4 Qxc5 10.Be2 Nc6 11.O-O Rd8 12.Qb3 Be6 13.Qb5 Qxb5 14.Nxb5 Nd5 
15.Bg3 Rac8 16.a4 Ndb4 17.Nba3 Nd3 18.Rab1 Bf5 19.f3 Nxb2 20.e4 Be6 21.
Nxb2 Rd2 22.Bc4 Rxb2 23.Bxe6 fxe6 24.Rxb2 Bxb2 25.Nb5 a6 26.Nc7 Bd4+ 27.
Kh1 Kf7 28.Rb1 Nd8 29.Rd1 e5 30.Nd5 Rc4 31.a5 Nc6 32.Be1 Ra4 33.Nb6 Bxb6 
34.axb6 Ke6 35.Kg1 Ra2 36.Kf1 a5 37.Rd3 a4 38.Bd2 Rb2 39.Be3 Nd4 40.Bxd4 
exd4 41.Ra3 Ke5 42.Rxa4 d3 43.Ke1 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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 Bf5 12.Nb3 Bg4 13.Nxc5 Nxc5 14.Re1 Bh5 15.
Bg5 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Qxg5 17.Qxd5 Nd7 18.Qxc6 Nxe5 19.Qe4 Ng6 20.g3 f5 21.Qe6+
Kh8 22.Rad1 Rf6 23.Qe3 f4 24.Qe4 Raf8 25.Rd5 Qh6 26.g4 f3 27.Rh5 Qd2 28.h3
h6 29.Rd1 Qe2 30.g5 Re6 31.Qxe2 fxe2 32.Re1 Nf4 33.Rh4 h5 34.g6 Re5 35.f3 
Rg5+ 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E02"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 Bc6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Nc3 
O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Rad1 Qd6 13.Qd3 Qb4 14.Qc2 Qa5 
15.e4 Rfd8 16.Rfe1 Be8 17.a3 c6 18.Na4 Rac8 19.b4 Qc7 20.Qb3 b6 21.Rc1 c5 
22.dxc5 Bxa4 23.Qxa4 bxc5 24.Bf1 Qb6 25.b5 c4 26.h3 c3 27.Qb3 Bc5 28.Rc2 
Rd2 29.Rxd2 cxd2 30.Re2 Bxf2+ 31.Kg2 Rc3 32.Qd1 Be3 33.Nxd2 Qd4 34.Qe1 
Nxe4 35.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 36.Kh2 Qd4 37.Rg2 Rc1 38.Qe2 Qa1 39.Qxe3 Rxf1 40.g4 Re1
41.Re2 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O c6 6.c4 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Ba3 b6 9.
Qc1 Bb7 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Qa3 Qxa3 12.Nxa3 Nbd7 13.Rac1 a5 14.Rfd1 Ne4 15.
Ne1 Rfc8 16.Nd3 Ba6 17.e3 b5 18.f3 Nd6 19.cxb5 cxb5 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 
Nf7 22.f4 b4 23.Nc2 Nd8 24.Nd4 Kf7 25.Bf1 Bxf1 26.Kxf1 Ke7 27.Ke2 Nb7 28.
Rg1 Nc5 29.g4 g6 30.gxf5 exf5 31.Nb5 a4 32.Nd6 Rc6 33.Rc2 axb3 34.axb3 d4 
35.Kf3 d3 36.Rc4 Ra2 37.Rxb4 Kd7 38.Rd1 Rb2 39.h4 d2 40.Ke2 Nxb3 41.Rc4 
Nc1+ 42.Kf2 Nb3 43.e6+ Kxd6 44.e7 Rxc4 45.e8=Q Rcc2 46.Kf3 Nc5 47.Qe5+ Kc6
48.h5 Kb5 49.hxg6 hxg6 50.Qe8+ Kb4 51.Qxg6 Ne4 52.Qxf5 Nc3 53.Qf8+ Kb3 54.
Qb8+ Ka3 55.Qa7+ Kb4 56.Qd4+ Kb3 57.Qd3 Kb4 58.Qd4+ Kb3 59.Qd3 Kb4 60.Qd6+
Kb3 61.Qb6+ Ka3 62.Qc5+ Kb3 63.Qb6+ Ka3 64.Qa6+ Kb3 65.Qe6+ Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khavin, Abram"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Nb3 d5 7.Bg5 d4 8.c3 Nc6 
9.Bb5 Qb6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.cxd4 Ba6 12.dxe5 Rd8 13.Qc1 h6 14.Be3 Qb5 15.
Qc2 Nd7 16.f4 Bb4+ 17.Nc3 Bxc3+ 18.bxc3 c5 19.Rb1 Qc4 20.Na5 Qd3 21.Qxd3 
Bxd3 22.Rb7 Bxe4 23.Rxa7 Rb8 24.Nb3 c4 25.Nd2 Bd3 26.Kf2 Ke7 27.Rd1 Rhd8 
28.a4 Ra8 29.Rxa8 Rxa8 30.Ra1 Ke6 31.a5 Ra6 32.Bd4 Kd5 33.Ke3 Nb8 34.Ra2 
Nd7 35.Ra4 f6 36.exf6 gxf6 37.g4 Re6+ 38.Kf3 Nb8 39.f5 Re2 40.Nf1 Na6 41.
Bxf6 Nc5 42.Rb4 Kc6 43.Bd4 Nb3 44.Rb6+ Kd7 45.Bg7 h5 46.gxh5 Ra2 47.f6 
Be2+ 48.Kg3 Bxh5 49.Rb7+ Ke6 50.Re7+ Kd6 51.Ne3 Nd2 52.Nf5+ Kc6 53.Kh4 Bg6
54.Nd4+ Kd5 55.Kg5 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O e6 6.c4 cxd4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd4 
Bd7 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bc5 11.Rb1 Qc8 12.Be3 Be7 13.Qa4 Nd8 14.Qb3 e5 15.
Nb5 a6 16.Na3 Be6 17.Qb2 O-O 18.Rfd1 Bc5 19.Nc2 Qc7 20.Bxc5 Qxc5 21.Ne3 
Rc8 22.c4 Rb8 23.Qb6 Qxb6 24.Rxb6 Rc8 25.Bd5 Rc7 26.Bxe6 Nxe6 27.Ng4 Rxc4 
28.Nxe5 Rc2 29.e3 Rxa2 30.Rxb7 Ng5 31.Kg2 Ne4 32.Kf3 Nxf2 33.Rf1 Nh3 34.
Kg4 Nf2+ 35.Kf3 Nh3 36.Kg4 Rxh2 37.Rfxf7 Rxf7 38.Rxf7 Nf2+ 39.Kf3 Nd3 40.
Re7 Rf2+ 41.Ke4 Nxe5 42.Kxe5 Rf3 43.e4 Rxg3 44.Ra7 h5 45.Kf4 h4 46.e5 Kh7 
47.Rxa6 Rg1 48.Ra3 Kg6 49.Re3 Kf7 50.Ra3 Ke6 51.Ra6+ Kf7 52.Ra3 Kg6 53.Re3
Kh5 54.e6 g5+ 55.Ke5 Kg6 56.e7 Kf7 57.Kf5 Ke8 58.Kf6 g4 59.Ra3 Rf1+ 60.Ke6
Re1+ 61.Kf6 h3 62.Ra8+ Kd7 63.Rd8+ Kc6 64.Rh8 Kd7 65.Rd8+ Kc7 66.Rh8 Kd6 
67.Rd8+ Kc6 68.Rh8 Kc7 69.Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.d3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.h3 d6 
9.Nxd4 Bxd4 10.Ne2 Bb6 11.Ng3 Nd7 12.c3 Nc5 13.Bc2 d5 14.Qf3 Bc7 15.Be3 d4
16.cxd4 exd4 17.Bd2 a5 18.Qh5 b6 19.f4 f5 20.b4 g6 21.Qh6 axb4 22.Bxb4 Qf6
23.Bxc5 bxc5 24.Bb3+ Kh8 25.Rae1 Ba6 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Qxf6+ Rxf6 28.Rf3 c4 
29.Bxc4 Bxc4 30.dxc4 Rff8 31.c5 Rad8 32.Rd1 Rd5 33.Ne2 Rxc5 34.Kf1 Re8 35.
Rfd3 Rc2 36.Nxd4 Rxa2 37.Nxf5 Bxf4 38.Rd8 Ra8 39.R8d7 c5 40.g3 Be5 41.Re1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 c5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7 
9.Qe2 O-O 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Nb5 Qb8 13.Bd2 a6 14.Nbd4 Bd7 15.Bc3 
Nxd4 16.exd4 Bd6 17.d5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Rxd5 Bc6 20.Rg5 f6 21.Qe6+ Kh8
22.Rd1 fxg5 23.Qh6 Be5 24.Nxe5 Rf6 25.Qxg5 Qc7 26.h4 Raf8 27.Rd2 Be8 28.h5
h6 29.Qg3 Qe7 30.Re2 Re6 31.Qg4 Rff6 32.Re3 Kg8 33.a5 Bd7 34.Nxd7 Rxe3 35.
Nxf6+ Kf7 36.Qg6+ Kf8 37.Nh7+ Kg8 38.fxe3 Qxe3+ 39.Kh1 Qc1+ 40.Kh2 Qf4+ 
41.Kh3 Qe3+ 42.g3 Qe7 43.Nf6+ Kf8 44.Bb4 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.d3 c6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.O-O d5 8.exd5 
Nxd5 9.Re1+ Be6 10.Nd2 Be7 11.Ne4 O-O 12.Bd2 Qd7 13.Qf3 Rae8 14.h3 h6 15.
Ng3 Bb4 16.Ne4 Bxd2 17.Nxd2 Nb4 18.Rec1 Bxc4 19.Nxc4 Re6 20.Nd2 Rf6 21.Qg4
Qxg4 22.hxg4 Rg6 23.Nb3 Rxg4 24.f3 Rf4 25.Kf2 Re8 26.g3 Rf5 27.Nxd4 Rh5 
28.a3 c5 29.g4 Rhe5 30.axb4 cxd4 31.Rxa7 Re2+ 32.Kg3 R8e7 33.Ra8+ Kh7 34.
Rd8 Rc7 35.Rxd4 Rexc2 36.Rxc2 Rxc2 37.Rd7 b5 38.Rd5 Rxb2 39.Rxb5 Rb3 40.d4
Rd3 41.Rd5 Kg6 42.Rd6+ Kg5 43.b5 f5 44.Rd5 g6 45.gxf5 gxf5 46.Rd8 f4+ 47.
Kf2 Rb3 48.Rb8 Rb2+ 49.Ke1 Kf5 50.Kd1 Ke6 51.Kc1 Rb4 52.Kc2 Rxd4 53.Rh8 
Rb4 54.Rxh6+ Kd5 55.Kc3 Rb1 56.Rh5+ Kd6 57.Kc4 Rf1 58.Rh6+ Kc7 59.Rh7+ Kb6
60.Rh6+ Kb7 61.Rh3 Kb6 62.Kd5 Kxb5 63.Ke4 Kc6 64.Kxf4 Kd6 65.Kf5 Ke7 66.f4
Kf7 67.Rh7+ Kg8 68.Ra7 Rb1 69.Kg5 Rb6 70.f5 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O Ne7 6.Re1 g6 7.c3 Nc6 8.b3 
Bg7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Na3 d5 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.cxd4 dxe4 13.Qc2 Bxd4 14.Rxe4 Bxb2
15.Qxb2 Be6 16.Rae1 a5 17.h4 a4 18.h5 Qg5 19.Re5 Qh6 20.R1e3 axb3 21.axb3 
Rad8 22.Qc3 Rd5 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Nc4 Rfd8 25.Rxd5 cxd5 26.Qd4 Ra8 27.Ne5 c5
28.Qb2 d4 29.Re1 Rb8 30.Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.c4 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bb5+ Kf8 10.b3 a6 11.Be2 Nc6 12.Bb2 Rc8 13.Ne5 Bd6 14.Nxc6 Rxc6 15.Bf3 
c4 16.g3 Rc8 17.bxc4 Rxc4 18.Qd3 Qc8 19.Rac1 Qe6 20.Bg2 h5 21.Ne2 b5 22.
Nf4 Qe7 23.Qd1 h4 24.Qf3 Kg8 25.Rfd1 Ne4 26.Nd3 Rh6 27.Qe2 hxg3 28.fxg3 
Qg5 29.Bxe4 dxe4 30.Nf4 Bxf4 31.exf4 Qd5 32.Qg2 Rhc6 33.Rxc4 Rxc4 34.h3 b4
35.Kh2 e3 36.Qxd5 Rc2+ 37.Kg1 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bd2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.O-O-O
Bxc3 9.Bxc3 Qe7 10.e3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Qb3 Rb8 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nh4 O-O 15.Bg2
e4 16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.gxf5 Ne5 18.Rhg1 a6 19.Qc2 b5 20.Bxe4 Nxc4 21.Rd7 Qxd7 
22.Bxf6 g6 23.fxg6 fxg6 24.Bxg6 Rxf6 25.Bf5+ Qg7 26.Rxg7+ Kxg7 27.b3 Rbf8 
28.Bd3 Nd6 29.Qxc7+ R8f7 30.Qc5 Nb7 31.Qe5 Kf8 32.f4 Rd6 33.Qh8+ Ke7 34.
Bxh7 Kd7 35.Bf5+ Kc7 36.e4 Kb6 37.Kb2 b4 38.e5 Rd2+ 39.Kc1 Rxa2 40.Qh6+ 
Ka7 41.Be6 Rc7+ 42.Bc4 Nc5 43.Kb1 Rh2 44.Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 c5 8.O-O cxd4 
9.exd4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nbd7 11.Qe2 a6 12.Ba2 Nb6 13.Be3 Nbd5 14.Ne5 Bd7 15.
Qf3 Nxc3 16.bxc3 b5 17.Bg5 Rc8 18.Rfe1 Be8 19.Qh3 Nd5 20.Bb1 f5 21.Bd2 Bg5
22.Qd3 Bxd2 23.Qxd2 Nxc3 24.Ba2 Nxa2 25.Qxa2 Rf6 26.Rad1 Kh8 27.Qb2 Bc6 
28.Rc1 Bd5 29.Rxc8 Qxc8 30.Rc1 Qa8 31.f3 Rf8 32.Qc3 Kg8 33.Qc5 Bc4 34.Nxc4
Rc8 35.Qe5 Qd5 36.Re1 bxc4 37.Qxe6+ Qxe6 38.Rxe6 c3 39.Re1 c2 40.Rc1 Kf7 
41.Kf2 Ke6 42.Ke3 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Bd7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9.Bg5 Ne5 10.Qb4 Nxf3+ 11.gxf3 Bc6 12.e3 Qe7 13.Bf4 Qxb4 14.axb4
Kd8 15.Bd3 Nh5 16.Bg3 Nxg3 17.hxg3 h5 18.f4 Ke7 19.Kd2 a6 20.Ra5 Kd6 21.f3
Rae8 22.Raa1 Bb5 23.e4 Bxd3 24.Kxd3 c6 25.Rh2 g6 26.Rah1 Rhf8 27.f5 Kc7 
28.e5 Rg8 29.fxg6 fxg6 30.g4 hxg4 31.Rh7+ Kb6 32.fxg4 Rb8 33.Rf1 Kb5 34.
Rf6 g5 35.Rhh6 Rbc8 36.Rf5 b6 37.e6 Rce8 38.c4+ Kxb4 39.cxd5 cxd5 40.Rxd5 
a5 41.Re5 Rgf8 42.e7 Rf3+ 43.Ke4 Rf4+ 44.Ke3 b5 45.Rb6 Ka4 46.d5 Rf1 47.
Ke2 Rf4 48.d6 Rd4 49.Ke3 Rd1 50.Ke4 b4 51.Kf5 b3 52.Kg6 b2 53.Rxb2 Rxd6+ 
54.Kf7 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Khavin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qd2 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.Nge2 Ne5 10.b3 Bg4 11.Qe3 Re8 12.f3 Be6 13.O-O a5 14.Bb2 a4 15.Rad1 axb3
16.axb3 Nfd7 17.Nc1 Nc5 18.f4 Nc6 19.e5 Nd7 20.Ne4 dxe5 21.Nc5 Qc8 22.Nxe6
Rxe6 23.f5 Rd6 24.fxg6 hxg6 25.Bd5 Nd8 26.c5 Rf6 27.Bc4 Nc6 28.Nd3 Qe8 29.
b4 Nd4 30.Qe4 Kf8 31.Qxb7 e4 32.Nf4 Nf3+ 33.Rxf3 exf3 34.Bxf6 Bxf6 35.Qxf3
Ne5 36.Nxg6+ Kg7 37.Nxe5 Bxe5 38.Qg4+ Kf8 39.Rf1 Ra1 40.Rxa1 Bxa1 41.Kg2 
Qa8+ 42.Kh3 Qc6 43.Qc8+ Kg7 44.Qg4+ Kf8 45.Qf4 Qf6 46.Qxf6 Bxf6 47.Kg4 Bc3
48.b5 Bd4 49.b6 cxb6 50.c6 Be5 51.h4 Kg7 52.Kf3 Bc7 53.Bd3 Kf6 54.h5 Kg5 
55.g4 b5 56.Ke4 b4 57.Kd5 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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 Qc7 10.Bd2 e6 11.O-O-O O-O-O 12.Kb1 Ngf6 13.c4 Bd6 14.Ne4 Bf4 
15.Nxf6 gxf6 16.Bc3 Bd6 17.d5 Bc5 18.dxe6 fxe6 19.Qe2 e5 20.h5 Qb6 21.Rd2 
Bb4 22.Bxb4 Qxb4 23.Qe4 Nb6 24.Rc2 Kb8 25.Rhc1 Rhe8 26.Qe3 Qf8 27.g3 Nd7 
28.Nh4 f5 29.Ng6 Qf6 30.Rd2 f4 31.gxf4 exf4 32.Qxf4+ Qxf4 33.Nxf4 Nf6 34.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 35.Rg1 Rd4 36.Ne6 Re4 37.Ng7 Rxc4 38.Rg6 Rf4 39.Rxh6 Rxf2 40.
Rh8+ Kc7 41.Rf8 Rf1+ 42.Kc2 Rf2+ 43.Kd3 Ng4 44.Rxf2 Nxf2+ 45.Ke3 Ng4+ 46.
Kf4 Nh6 47.Kg5 Ng8 48.Ne8+ 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Qb3 Nbd7 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O b6 
9.Bf4 Bb7 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Rad1 Bf6 13.Ne5 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Qe8 
15.Rfe1 Nc5 16.Qc3 Rd8 17.Bc1 Qe6 18.b4 Ne4 19.Qe3 Rfe8 20.Bb2 Qf5 21.Qf4 
Qg6 22.h4 c5 23.Bxe4 Qxe4 24.Qxe4 dxe4 25.bxc5 bxc5 26.Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nde2 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 
O-O 9.O-O Bd7 10.h3 a6 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Ne5 13.Nd4 Qb6 14.c3 Rac8 15.
Kh2 Rfe8 16.f4 Nc4 17.b3 Na5 18.Bd2 e6 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.Rc1 Nc6 21.Nf3 Ne7 
22.c4 Nf5 23.Qe2 Qc7 24.g4 Nh6 25.Ng5 Nf7 26.Ne4 Bc6 27.Bc3 Bxe4 28.Qxe4 
Bxc3 29.Rxc3 d5 30.Qd4 b5 31.c5 g5 32.Qf6 gxf4 33.Rxf4 Ne5 34.Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.Bg2 d6 7.a4 b4 8.Nd2 Qe7 9.
Nc4 Ba6 10.Qc2 g6 11.Bf4 Bxc4 12.Qxc4 a6 13.Nf3 Bg7 14.O-O O-O 15.Rad1 
Nbd7 16.a5 Rfe8 17.Rfe1 Ne4 18.Bc1 Qd8 19.Qa2 Rb8 20.Nd2 Nxd2 21.Bxd2 Qc7 
22.Bf4 c4 23.Rc1 c3 24.bxc3 Bxc3 25.Bd2 Rb5 26.Qb3 Nc5 27.Rxc3 Nxb3 28.
Rxc7 Nxd2 29.Rc2 Ne4 30.Bxe4 Rxe4 31.Rc6 b3 32.Rxd6 b2 33.Rb1 Reb4 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Khavin, Abram"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bg5 h6 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Bxb6 axb6 8.a3 
d6 9.Nge2 Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.O-O g5 12.d4 O-O 13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Ne7 15.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.Ng3 Qe6 17.Qd3 Rf7 18.Rad1 Kh8 19.f3 Rg8 20.Rd2 Nd7 21.b4 
Rh7 22.c4 Nf8 23.Qd5 Qxd5 24.cxd5 Ng6 25.Rc1 Rd7 26.Rdc2 Rc8 27.Nf5 Kh7 
28.a4 Nf4 29.Rd1 Nh5 30.a5 bxa5 31.bxa5 Ng7 32.Nxg7 Kxg7 33.Rb1 c5 34.dxc6
bxc6 35.a6 Kf7 36.Rb6 Rdc7 37.Rb7 Ke6 38.Rcb2 Kd7 39.R2b6 Ra8 40.Kf2 c5 
41.g4 Rxb7 42.Rxb7+ Kc6 43.Rh7 Rxa6 44.Rxh6 c4 45.h4 gxh4 46.Rxh4 Ra2+ 47.
Kg3 c3 48.Rh8 Ra7 49.g5 c2 50.Rh1 Kb5 51.Rc1 Rc7 52.f4 Rc3+ 53.Kg4 exf4 
54.g6 Kb4 55.g7 Rc8 56.Kxf4 Kc3 57.Kf5 Kd2 58.Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.
dxc3 c6 9.Bd3 d5 10.O-O Bc5 11.Qh5 h6 12.Be3 Bb6 13.Rae1 O-O 14.Bxb6 axb6 
15.a3 Be6 16.Qe5 Qxe5 17.Rxe5 Rfe8 18.Rfe1 Kf8 19.f4 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D75"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O c5 8.e4 Nf6
9.Re1 cxd4 10.e5 Nfd7 11.e6 Nb6 12.exf7+ Kh8 13.Ne5 N8d7 14.Bf4 Nc5 15.Nd2
Nd5 16.Ndf3 Nxf4 17.gxf4 Ne6 18.Qd2 a5 19.Re4 Ra6 20.f5 Bxe5 21.Nxe5 gxf5 
22.Rh4 Ng7 23.Rxd4 Rd6 24.Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.e3 a6 8.h3 Bg7 
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Na5 11.Re1 Ne8 12.Ne5 f6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.Bxg6 f5 15.Qh5 
Nf6 16.Qh4 Nc4 17.Ne2 Be6 18.Ng3 Qd7 19.Nh5 Nxh5 20.Qxh5 Rf6 21.Qh7+ Kf8 
22.Bh6 Rxg6 23.Qxg6 Bxh6 24.Qxh6+ Kf7 25.Qh7+ Kf6 26.Qh6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C22"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "111"]

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

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B74"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Be3 
O-O 9.Nb3 Be6 10.f4 Qc8 11.h3 Rd8 12.Bf3 Nd7 13.Nd5 Bxb2 14.Rb1 Bg7 15.c4 
Re8 16.Qd2 Qd8 17.Be2 f5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Rbd1 Nf6 20.Nxf6+ exf6 21.Bf3 Be6
22.c5 d5 23.Rfe1 f5 24.Nd4 Bf7 25.Nb5 d4 26.Bf2 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Bf8 28.Rc1 
Rc8 29.a4 Qd7 30.Qb2 d3 31.Nd6 Bxd6 32.cxd6 Rd8 33.Bc5 Na5 34.Rd1 Nc4 35.
Qf6 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 e5 8.Ne2 e4
9.Bc2 dxc4 10.Ng3 Re8 11.O-O c5 12.f3 cxd4 13.cxd4 exf3 14.Qxf3 Qd5 15.Qf4
Nc6 16.Bb2 Nh5 17.Qh4 g6 18.Nxh5 Qxh5 19.Qf6 Qd5 20.e4 Qe6 21.Qf4 Nd8 22.
Kh1 Qg4 23.Qf2 Bf5 24.h3 Qh5 25.Bd1 Qg5 26.exf5 Qe3 27.Qh4 c3 28.fxg6 hxg6
29.Bc1 Qd3 30.Qf6 Re6 31.Qf2 Rc8 32.Bb3 Re7 33.Bg5 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nh3 e6 8.Nf4 Bh7
9.Bc4 Nf6 10.c3 Nbd7 11.Qe2 Nb6 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Nxd3 Nbd5 14.Bd2 Qb6 15.
O-O-O Qa6 16.Kb1 Bd6 17.Nf5 Bf8 18.Ng3 Bd6 19.Rh3 O-O-O 20.b3 Ne7 21.Ne4 
Nxe4 22.Qxe4 Rd7 23.c4 Rhd8 24.g4 h5 25.gxh5 Ba3 26.Bc3 Nf5 27.Ne5 Rc7 28.
Rf3 Kb8 29.Rfd3 Rdc8 30.c5 b6 31.Nc4 Rb7 32.Ka1 Ka8 33.Qe5 bxc5 34.dxc5 
Rb5 35.Nxa3 Qxa3 36.Rd8 Rbb8 37.Bb2 Qa6 38.R8d7 Rb7 39.Rd8 Rbb8 40.R8d7 
Rb7 41.R7d3 Re7 42.Qe4 f6 43.a4 Rb8 44.Ka2 Qc8 45.Rd8 Qc7 46.R8d3 Qc8 47.
Bc3 Qb7 48.Ba5 Rd7 49.Qxe6 Rd5 50.b4 Ne7 51.Rxd5 Nxd5 52.b5 Nf4 53.Qxc6 
Qxc6 54.bxc6 Rc8 55.c7 Kb7 56.Rd8 Rxc7 57.Bxc7 Kxc7 58.Rh8 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Khavin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 dxe5 7.dxe5 e6 8.a3 
Nc6 9.Bb5 Qd7 10.c4 Nde7 11.O-O Rd8 12.Nc3 a6 13.Rd1 Qc8 14.Rxd8+ Qxd8 15.
Ba4 Qd4 16.b3 Qxe5 17.Bf4 Qf5 18.Rd1 f6 19.g4 Qg6 20.b4 e5 21.Nd5 Kf7 22.
c5 exf4 23.Nxf4 Qg5 24.Qb3+ Ke8 25.Ne6 Qe5 26.f4 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Bd6 7.c5 Be7 8.b4 c6 9.
Bb2 b6 10.Nf4 bxc5 11.bxc5 Nfd7 12.Be2 Ba6 13.O-O Bxe2 14.Ncxe2 Bf6 15.Nd3
Re8 16.Rb1 Na6 17.Bc3 Qc8 18.Qc2 Bd8 19.Rb2 f6 20.Rfb1 e5 21.Qa4 e4 22.Ne1
Nab8 23.Rb7 a5 24.Nf4 Na6 25.Nxd5 Naxc5 26.dxc5 Nxc5 27.Qc4 cxd5 28.Qxd5+ 
Kh8 29.R7b5 Nd7 30.Bd4 Be7 31.Rxa5 Rxa5 32.Qxa5 Qc6 33.a4 h6 34.Qb5 Qe6 
35.Qb3 Qxb3 36.Rxb3 Nc5 37.Bxc5 Bxc5 38.Rb5 Bd6 39.Rd5 Be5 40.Rc5 Ra8 41.
Rc4 f5 42.g4 fxg4 43.Rxe4 Bc3 44.Nd3 Rd8 45.Nf4 Rd1+ 46.Kg2 Be1 47.Rd4 
Rxd4 48.exd4 g5 49.Nh5 Bc3 50.d5 Kg8 51.Kg3 Bd4 52.Kxg4 Bxf2 53.Kf5 Kf7 
54.Nf6 Bg1 55.h3 Ke7 56.Ne4 Kd7 57.a5 Bd4 58.a6 Kc7 59.Kg6 Be3 60.Ng3 Kb6 
61.Nf5 Bf4 62.d6 Kxa6 63.d7 Bc7 64.Nxh6 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 Qb6 8.a3 
Qxb2 9.Na4 Qc2 10.Qxc2 Bxc2 11.Nc5 Nd7 12.Nxb7 Ba4 13.Ba6 f6 14.O-O e5 15.
Bg3 Be7 16.Rfc1 g5 17.h3 O-O 18.Rc3 e4 19.Nd2 f5 20.Bd6 Bxd6 21.Nxd6 Rab8 
22.Bb7 Ne7 23.Rac1 Rfd8 24.Rc7 Kf8 25.Nxf5 Nxf5 26.Bxd5 a6 27.Nxe4 h6 28.
Ra7 Rb6 29.Rcc7 Ke8 30.Nc3 Rd6 31.Be4 Nxd4 32.exd4 Rxd4 33.Bg6+ Ke7 34.
Nxa4 Rxa4 35.Bf5 Rd4 36.Rxa6 Rf8 37.Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.e3 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.Ne2 O-O 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Nxc3 d6 10.Bd3 Bd7 11.O-O c6 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Bd2 Kh8 14.Rac1 Ne8 15.e4 c5 
16.Ne2 f6 17.Ng3 Ng6 18.b4 Nh4 19.Nf5 Ng6 20.g3 Rd8 21.Be3 Rf7 22.Be2 Nf8 
23.bxc5 dxc5 24.f4 Bxf5 25.exf5 Nd7 26.Re1 Nd6 27.Bh5 Re7 28.fxe5 Nxe5 29.
Bf4 Rf8 30.Bxe5 fxe5 31.Rf1 e4 32.Rce1 Re5 33.Bg4 Qe7 34.h4 b6 35.Re3 Qf6 
36.Bh3 Re7 37.a4 Qd4 38.Qf2 Nxc4 39.Re2 Qxd5 40.Bg2 Re5 41.g4 h5 42.Rfe1 
e3 43.Rxe3 Qd6 44.Rxe5 Nxe5 45.Qf4 Nf7 46.Qxd6 Nxd6 47.Rd1 Nc4 48.gxh5 Nb2
49.Rd7 Nxa4 50.Rxa7 Nc3 51.Bf1 b5 52.h6 gxh6 53.Ra3 b4 54.Ra6 Rxf5 55.
Rxh6+ Kg7 56.Rc6 Re5 57.Kf2 b3 58.Rb6 b2 59.Bd3 c4 60.Rb7+ Kf6 61.Rb6+ Ke7
62.Bg6 Nb5 63.Kf3 c3 64.Kf4 Rc5 65.Kg4 Na3 66.h5 c2 67.Rb7+ Ke6 68.Rb6+ 
Ke5 69.Bxc2 Rxc2 70.Kg5 Rg2+ 71.Kh6 b1=Q 72.Re6+ Kf4 73.Rf6+ Qf5 74.Rxf5+ 
Kxf5 75.Kh7 Kg5 76.h6 Rh2 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 Nc5 11.Bc2 Bg4 12.Re1 Qd7 13.Nf1 Rd8 14.Ne3 Bh5 15.
Nf5 Ne6 16.a4 Bc5 17.b4 Bb6 18.axb5 axb5 19.Qd3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Ne7 21.Nxe7 
Qxe7 22.Ra6 O-O 23.Qh3 g6 24.Bh6 Rfe8 25.Bd3 Qd7 26.Raa1 Ra8 27.Qf3 c6 28.
h4 Ra7 29.h5 Rea8 30.Rxa7 Rxa7 31.Qg4 Qe7 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.Bxg6 fxg6 34.
Qxg6+ Kh8 35.Be3 Bxe3 36.Rxe3 Ra1+ 37.Kh2 Nf4 38.Qh6+ Qh7 39.Rh3 Qxh6 40.
Rxh6+ Kg7 41.Rxc6 d4 42.cxd4 Rb1 43.g3 Nd3 44.f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.e3 c6 6.Be2 d6 7.d4 Nbd7 8.O-O Re8 
9.Nc3 e5 10.Qc2 e4 11.Nd2 Qe7 12.Rae1 Nf8 13.f3 exf3 14.Bxf3 Ng4 15.Nd1 
Qh4 16.Bxg4 Bxg4 17.Nf2 d5 18.e4 Ne6 19.e5 Ng5 20.Qc3 Be6 21.Nd3 Bh6 22.
Nf4 Rad8 23.Ba3 Bf5 24.cxd5 cxd5 25.Qg3 Qxg3 26.hxg3 Ne6 27.Nxe6 Rxe6 28.
Bc1 Ra6 29.Nf3 Bxc1 30.Rxc1 Rxa2 31.Rc7 Rd7 32.Rfc1 h6 33.Rxd7 Bxd7 34.Rc7
Bc6 35.Nh2 h5 36.Nf3 Rb2 37.Ng5 Rxb3 38.Nxf7 a5 39.e6 a4 40.Ne5 a3 41.e7 
Ba4 42.Rc8+ Kg7 43.Ra8 Bb5 44.Kh2 b6 45.e8=Q Bxe8 46.Rxe8 Rb5 47.Re7+ Kg8 
48.Re8+ Kg7 49.Re7+ Kf6 50.Rf7+ Ke6 51.Rf1 Rb3 52.Rf8 b5 53.Nxg6 b4 54.
Nf4+ Kd7 55.Ra8 Kc6 56.Ra5 Kb6 57.Ra8 Kb5 58.Nxd5 Kc4 59.Nf4 Rb2 60.d5 Rd2
61.Rc8+ Kb3 62.Nxh5 a2 63.Ra8 Rxd5 64.Nf4 Rd1 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 b5 8.Bb3 b4
9.Ne2 Bb7 10.O-O Be7 11.Nf4 O-O 12.Ng5 Qb6 13.e4 e5 14.Nxf7 exf4 15.Ng5+ 
Kh8 16.Ne6 Nxe4 17.Qg4 g5 18.Nxf8 Nxf8 19.Bxf4 Qxd4 20.Rad1 Qxb2 21.Bc1 
Qg7 22.Qxe4 Bf6 23.Qxb4 Ng6 24.Rd6 Bc3 25.Qc5 Nf4 26.Rfd1 Nd5 27.Rxc6 Nf4 
28.Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Khavin, Abram"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Nfd7 4.e6 fxe6 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.Nf3 
g6 9.O-O Bg7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Bg5 Kh8 12.a3 e5 13.Nd2 e4 14.Bb5 Nd4 15.Qd1 
Nxb5 16.Nxb5 a6 17.Nc3 Be6 18.Nb3 h6 19.Bh4 Bg8 20.Na4 Rc8 21.Bg3 Nh5 22.
Qg4 Nxg3 23.hxg3 Qe8 24.Nb6 Rd8 25.Na5 Qb5 26.b4 Bxa1 27.Rxa1 Rf6 28.Nxb7 
Rdf8 29.c4 dxc4 30.Qxe4 Rxf2 31.Qxe7 Qc6 32.Qe5+ R8f6 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 Qd6 8.Bxf6
Qxf6 9.e3 Bf5 10.Qd3 Bxd3 11.Bxd3 Qg6 12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.Rc1 f6 14.Ke2 O-O-O 
15.h3 Bxc3 16.Rxc3 Rd7 17.Ne1 Re8 18.Kf3 Nd8 19.Nd3 Ne6 20.h4 Rh8 21.Rcc1 
Kd8 22.g3 Ke7 23.Kg2 Kd6 24.Rc3 c6 25.Re1 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O 
Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bg6 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.f4 Nb6 13.Rd1 Qh4 14.Bb3 Bh5 15.
Qe1 Qxe1+ 16.Rxe1 Nd5 17.Bxd5 cxd5 18.Bd2 O-O 19.Ne4 Be7 20.Nd6 Bxd6 21.
exd6 Rfd8 22.Bb4 Rac8 23.Rac1 f6 24.a5 Be8 25.Kf2 Bb5 26.Bc5 a6 27.Red1 
Kf7 28.g4 Ba4 29.Rd4 Bb5 30.Rc3 Bc6 31.Rd1 Ba4 32.Rd2 Bb5 33.Kg3 Bc6 34.e4
dxe4 35.Bb6 Rd7 36.h4 h5 37.g5 Re8 38.Bc7 Kg6 39.Rf2 Kf5 40.Rc5+ Bd5 41.
Rf1 Rf8 42.Rc3 Rff7 43.Rf2 e5 44.fxe5+ Kxe5 45.g6 Rf8 46.Rd2 e3 47.Rxe3+ 
Be4 48.Bb6 f5 49.Bd4+ Ke6 50.Kf4 Rxd6 51.Bxg7 Rxd2 52.Bxf8 Kf6 53.Rg3 Bd5 
54.Bc5 Rd1 55.Rg5 Rf1+ 56.Ke3 Rf3+ 57.Kd4 Bg8 58.Bd6 Ke6 59.Bb8 Rb3 60.
Rxh5 Rb4+ 61.Ke3 Rg4 62.Rh8 Rxg6 63.h5 Rg4 64.Bf4 Bf7 65.Rh6+ Kd5 66.Rd6+ 
Kc5 67.h6 Rh4 68.Rd7 Rh3+ 69.Kd2 Bd5 70.h7 Bc6 71.Re7 Be4 72.Be5 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Rc1 c5 7.dxc5 Be6 8.e3 Nc6
9.Be2 Qa5 10.O-O dxc4 11.Ng5 Rad8 12.Qa4 Qxa4 13.Nxa4 Bd7 14.Bxc4 e5 15.
Bg3 Na5 16.Bb3 Nxb3 17.axb3 Nd5 18.Rfd1 Bc6 19.Nf3 f6 20.Nd2 Nb4 21.Nc4 
Nd3 22.Ra1 Bxa4 23.bxa4 Nxc5 24.Nd6 Rd7 25.b4 Na6 26.Nb5 Rfd8 27.Rxd7 Rxd7
28.Nxa7 Nxb4 29.h3 Bf8 30.Rc1 Na6 31.Nb5 Nc5 32.Nc3 Kf7 33.Kf1 Rd2 34.f3 
Rb2 35.e4 Bh6 36.Rd1 Be3 37.Nd5 Bd4 38.Rc1 Nxa4 39.Rc7+ Ke6 40.Re7+ Kd6 
41.Rxh7 Nc3 42.Nxc3 Bxc3 43.Rh6 b5 44.Rxg6 Ke6 45.f4 exf4 46.Bxf4 Bd4 47.
Ke1 b4 48.e5 Bxe5 49.Bxe5 Kxe5 50.Kd1 f5 51.h4 f4 52.h5 Kf5 53.Rg8 Rb1+ 
54.Kc2 Rh1 55.Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 c5 14.dxc5 dxc5 15.
e5 Nd7 16.Qg3 Re8 17.Rd1 Qc7 18.Bf4 Qc6 19.Nc3 Nb6 20.Re1 Rad8 21.Ne4 Nd5 
22.Qf3 Qe6 23.Bg3 Nb4 24.Nd6 Nc2 25.Nxe8 Rxe8 26.Qe4 Nxe1 27.Rxe1 Rd8 28.
Qb7 h5 29.f4 h4 30.Bf2 Rd2 31.Qa8+ Kh7 32.Qf3 g6 33.Qc3 Qd5 34.e6 fxe6 35.
Rxe6 Rd1+ 36.Re1 Rxe1+ 37.Qxe1 Bf6 38.Bxh4 Qd4+ 39.Bf2 Qxb2 40.Bxc5 Qxa2 
41.Kh2 Qc4 42.Bd6 Qd5 43.Bc7 Qc6 44.Ba5 Qc4 45.Qd2 Qd4 46.Qc1 Kg8 47.Qc8+ 
Kf7 48.Qc7+ Be7 49.Be1 b4 50.Bh4 Qd6 51.Qc4+ Qe6 52.Qc7 Qd6 53.Qc4+ Qe6 
54.Qc7 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 c6 
9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bc1 f5 12.Bg5 Qe8 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Re1 
e4 16.Nh4 Nge5 17.f4 h6 18.Nxf5 Rxf5 19.Nxe4 Qf8 20.Nd6 Rxg5 21.fxg5 hxg5 
22.Rf1 Qe7 23.Nf5 Qc5+ 24.Kh1 Nf6 25.Nxg7 Neg4 26.Rxf6 Kxg7 27.Rf1 Bf5 28.
Qe2 Rh8 29.h3 Ne3 30.b4 Qe5 31.Rae1 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7 
9.Qe2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.exd4 O-O 12.Rd1 Re8 13.Be3 Nd5 14.Bxd5 exd5 15.
Qb5 Be6 16.Qxb7 a6 17.Bf4 Bd6 18.Be5 f6 19.Bg3 Bxg3 20.hxg3 Qd6 21.Qb3 
Rab8 22.Qc2 Rb4 23.Qe2 Reb8 24.Rd2 Bf7 25.a5 Rb3 26.Na4 Re8 27.Qd1 Rb7 28.
Nc5 Rb5 29.Re2 Reb8 30.Qd2 h5 31.b3 Re8 32.Rxe8+ Bxe8 33.Re1 Bf7 34.b4 Rb8
35.Rb1 Bg6 36.Rb3 Be8 37.Qe2 Ra8 38.Re3 Bf7 39.Re7 Qc6 40.Rd7 Re8 41.Qxa6 
Re1+ 42.Kh2 Qxa6 43.Nxa6 Rd1 44.Nc7 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 Nc6 8.cxd5 
Nxd5 9.Ncxd5 exd5 10.Qh5 Bg5 11.Bd3 g6 12.Qf3 Re8 13.Kf1 Qf6 14.Ne2 Qxf3 
15.gxf3 Bh3+ 16.Ke1 Na5 17.Bc2 Rad8 18.b3 Bf6 19.Bd2 Nc6 20.Rg1 Bxd4 21.
Nxd4 Nxd4 22.Bd1 Nc6 23.Rc1 Ne5 24.Rxc7 Nd3+ 25.Ke2 Nf4+ 26.Ke1 Ng2+ 27.
Rxg2 Bxg2 28.Rxb7 a6 29.Be2 Rc8 30.Bxa6 Bxf3 31.Be2 Bxe2 32.Kxe2 d4 33.Kd3
dxe3 34.Bxe3 Red8+ 35.Ke2 Ra8 36.Ba7 Re8+ 37.Kf3 Rad8 38.a4 Rd3+ 39.Be3 f5
40.a5 Ra8 41.Ke2 Rxe3+ 42.Kxe3 Rxa5 43.b4 Rd5 44.h4 h6 45.Rc7 Rb5 46.Rc4 
g5 47.hxg5 hxg5 48.Kd3 Kf7 49.Kc3 g4 50.Kb3 Re5 51.Rc2 Kf6 52.Ka4 f4 53.b5
Re1 54.Rb2 Kg5 55.b6 Re8 56.Kb5 g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.c3 Bf5 7.Nf3 e6 8.Bf4
Nd7 9.Be2 Nb6 10.O-O Nd5 11.Bg3 Bh6 12.c4 Nf4 13.Bxf4 Bxf4 14.d5 cxd5 15.
cxd5 e5 16.Nh4 Bg6 17.Bg4 Kf8 18.Nf5 h5 19.Bh3 Qb6 20.Qa4 Bxf5 21.Bxf5 Rd8
22.Rad1 Kg7 23.g3 Bh6 24.h4 Rd6 25.Rd3 Rhd8 26.Rfd1 Qxb2 27.Rb3 Qe2 28.
Rxb7 Be3 29.fxe3 Rxd5 30.Rxd5 Qe1+ 31.Kg2 Qe2+ 32.Kg1 Qe1+ 33.Kg2 Qe2+ 34.
Kg1 Qxe3+ 35.Kg2 Qe2+ 36.Kg1 Qe1+ 37.Kg2 Qe2+ 38.Kg1 Qe3+ 39.Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khavin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d5 Be7 5.e4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Nc5 7.Qc2 a5 8.Be3 Nfd7
9.Be2 h6 10.h3 b6 11.O-O-O Nf8 12.g3 Bd7 13.Nd2 Bf6 14.Bg4 Qc8 15.Bxd7+ 
Qxd7 16.Nb5 Na6 17.a3 Qe7 18.h4 Nd7 19.f3 h5 20.Rdg1 g6 21.Kb1 Kf8 22.g4 
Kg8 23.Nf1 Qd8 24.Ng3 hxg4 25.h5 Bg5 26.Qd2 Bxe3 27.Qxe3 Nf8 28.fxg4 Qf6 
29.Rf1 Qe7 30.Ne2 Nh7 31.Ng1 Ng5 32.Nh3 Nxh3 33.Rxh3 Kg7 34.h6+ Kh7 35.
Rhf3 Raf8 36.g5 Kg8 37.Rf6 Nb8 38.Na7 Kh7 39.Nc6 Nxc6 40.dxc6 Qe8 41.Qd3 
Kg8 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E40"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 e5 8.Ne2 
O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Ng3 Nf8 11.h3 h5 12.f4 h4 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Ne4 Nh5 15.Qf2 
f5 16.Be2 Nf6 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Bd3 e4 19.Be2 Bd7 20.Bd2 Re7 21.a4 Rae8 22.
c5 g5 23.Bb5 c6 24.Bc4+ Kh8 25.Rab1 Bc8 26.Kh2 Ng6 27.Be2 Rf8 28.Bh5 Rh7 
29.Qe2 f4 30.Bg4 Bxg4 31.Qxg4 Qf5 32.Qxf5 Rxf5 33.a5 Rhf7 34.Kg1 a6 35.Rf2
Kg8 36.c4 Kf8 37.Re1 Re7 38.Rfe2 f3 39.Rf2 Ref7 40.Rb1 Ke8 41.Be1 g4 42.
hxg4 Rg5 43.gxf3 exf3 44.Kf1 Rxg4 45.Rh2 Kd8 46.Rh3 Kc8 47.Rb2 Re4 48.Kf2 
Rg4 49.Rxf3 h3 50.Rxf7 h2 51.Rbxb7 h1=Q 52.Ke2 Rg2+ 53.Bf2 Qh5+ 54.Kf1 Rh2
55.Ra7 Qd1+ 56.Be1 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 c5 3.Bb2 f6 4.e3 e5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Be2 Nge7 8.d3 Be6
9.Nbd2 b6 10.Re1 Qd7 11.Bf1 O-O 12.c4 d4 13.Ne4 Bc7 14.Qd2 Bg4 15.Be2 f5 
16.Ng3 e4 17.dxe4 Bxg3 18.hxg3 fxe4 19.Nh2 Bf5 20.g4 Bg6 21.Nf1 Rf7 22.Ng3
Raf8 23.Rf1 Qc7 24.Rae1 d3 25.Bd1 Ne5 26.Bxe5 Qxe5 27.Nh1 h5 28.f4 exf3 
29.gxf3 hxg4 30.f4 Qd6 31.Rf2 Be4 32.Ng3 Bb7 33.Rh2 Nf5 34.Nxf5 Rxf5 35.
Rh4 g3 36.Rf1 g5 37.Rg4 Qh6 38.Bf3 Qh3 39.Qg2 Qxg4 40.Bxg4 Bxg2 41.Kxg2 
R5f6 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6 4.d4 Be7 5.d5 Nb8 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.c4 O-O 8.h3 Nbd7 
9.Nc3 Nh5 10.g3 Nhf6 11.Qe2 c6 12.Be3 Qc7 13.O-O-O Nc5 14.Kb1 Nxd3 15.Qxd3
Nxe4 16.Qxe4 f5 17.Qc2 f4 18.gxf4 Bf5 19.Ne4 Rac8 20.fxe5 cxd5 21.exd6 
Bxe4 22.Qxe4 dxe4 23.dxc7 Rxf3 24.Rd7 Kf8 25.Bc5 Bxc5 26.Rd8+ Ke7 27.Rxc8 
Kd7 28.Rg8 Kxc7 29.Rxg7+ Kc6 30.Re1 Rxh3 31.Rxe4 Bxf2 32.b4 Kd6 33.Rge7 
Rh6 34.Rxb7 Rh1+ 35.Kc2 Rh2 36.Re2 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.Qe2 Qe7 8.O-O 
Nc6 9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Qd3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qf6 13.Re1 Be7 14.Qxf6 Nxf6
15.Bf4 Kd7 16.Nd2 Rac8 17.Nf3 Bd6 18.Ne5+ Bxe5 19.Bxe5 Ne8 20.Re3 f6 21.
Bf4 g5 22.Bg3 Ng7 23.Rae1 Rhe8 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Rxe8 Nxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B74"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nb3 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Be3 a6 10.a4 Be6 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Qd2 Rc8 13.f3 Na5 14.Rfd1 Re8 15.Bf1 
Qc7 16.Qf2 Nc4 17.Bc1 Qb8 18.b3 Ne5 19.Bb2 Nc6 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.exd5 Nxd4 
22.Bxd4 Bxd4 23.Rxd4 b5 24.axb5 axb5 25.Rh4 Bf5 26.Qe3 Bxc2 27.Qh6 Qb6+ 
28.Kh1 g5 29.Qxg5+ Bg6 30.Bd3 Qc5 31.Rf1 e6 32.f4 Qe3 33.Rh3 Qd2 34.Bxb5 
Rc1 35.Rf3 Rb8 36.Bc4 e5 37.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 38.Rf1 Qd2 39.h4 h6 40.Qxh6 Re8 41.
h5 Be4 42.Qg5+ Kh7 43.Qg3 Rg8 44.Qf2 Qc3 45.Kh2 Rxg2+ 46.Qxg2 Bxg2 47.Kxg2
e4 48.f5 Kh6 49.f6 Kxh5 50.Rf4 Qd2+ 51.Rf2 Qd4 52.Kf1 Kg5 53.Ke2 Qc3 54.
Rf1 Kg4 55.Rg1+ Kf4 56.Rf1+ Ke5 57.Rf2 e3 58.Rg2 Kf4 59.Kd1 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 dxc4 7.d5 Na5 8.Nf3 
a6 9.b4 cxb3 10.axb3 e6 11.Be2 Bb4 12.Rc1 Qxd5 13.Bd2 Qxb3 14.Rc2 Nc6 15.
O-O e5 16.Bd3 O-O 17.Qe2 Rd8 18.Rb1 Qe6 19.Ng5 Qg4 20.Qf1 Bf5 21.Be2 Qd4 
22.Be3 Qd6 23.Bc4 Rd7 24.Rd2 Nd4 25.Nxf7 Rxf7 26.Bxf7+ Kf8 27.Rb3 Bxc3 28.
Rxc3 Kxf7 29.f4 Ng4 30.fxe5 Qxe5 31.Bf4 Ne2+ 32.Rxe2 Qxc3 33.Be5 Qc5+ 34.
Kh1 Kg6 35.Bb2 Qc7 36.Qg1 Rd8 37.h3 Rd1 0-1

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Khavin, Abram"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 e6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 b6 
9.c3 Ba6 10.e5 Nd7 11.Qa4 Qc8 12.Bf1 Rb8 13.a3 b5 14.Qg4 Re8 15.b4 f5 16.
exf6 Bxf6 17.d4 cxd4 18.cxd4 e5 19.Bh3 Re7 20.Nb3 Qe8 21.Bg5 e4 22.Bf4 Rd8
23.Bd6 Rf7 24.Bc7 Nb6 25.Bxd8 Bc8 26.Qh5 g6 27.Qh6 Bg7 28.Qh4 Rxf3 29.Bxb6
Bf6 30.Qh6 Rxb3 31.Bxc8 Qxc8 32.Bc5 Bxd4 33.Rac1 Bg7 34.Qd2 Rd3 35.Qa2 Ne5
36.Rxe4 Qh3 37.Rxe5 Bxe5 38.Qe2 Qf5 39.Re1 Bf6 40.Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 O-O 8.e3 
c6 9.Be2 Be6 10.Qa4 h6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Rd1 Nd5 13.e4 N5b6 14.Qc2 Bc4 15.
Bxc4 Nxc4 16.Qe2 Ncb6 17.Be3 Rc8 18.Rac1 Qe8 19.Rc2 Kh7 20.d5 e6 21.dxc6 
bxc6 22.Qa6 Ra8 23.a4 Nb8 24.Qe2 f5 25.a5 fxe4 26.Ng5+ hxg5 27.axb6 axb6 
28.Nxe4 Ra5 29.Bxb6 Rd5 30.Rxd5 exd5 31.Nxg5+ Kg8 32.Qxe8 Rxe8 33.Kf1 Bf6 
34.Nf3 Rc8 35.Bd4 Bxd4 36.Nxd4 c5 37.Ne6 Na6 38.Nf4 Nb4 39.Rd2 Kf7 40.Nd3 
Nxd3 41.Rxd3 Ke6 42.b3 c4 43.bxc4 dxc4 44.Rd1 Ke5 45.Ke2 Rh8 46.h3 Rb8 47.
Kf3 Rb3+ 48.Kg4 c3 49.Rd8 Rb4+ 50.Kg5 Rc4 51.Rd1 c2 52.Rc1 Rc6 53.g4 Ke4 
54.f4 Rc5+ 55.Kxg6 Kxf4 56.Kh6 Rc3 57.Kg6 Rc6+ 58.Kh5 Rc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9.Nf3 e4 10.Ne5 Bd6 11.d4 exd3 12.Nxd3 Qc7 13.Nd2 Be6 14.Nf3 O-O 
15.b3 Rad8 16.Bb2 Ne4 17.O-O c5 18.c4 Nc6 19.h3 Bf5 20.a3 Rd7 21.Qc2 f6 
22.Rad1 Bh7 23.b4 Rfd8 24.Qc1 Qb6 25.b5 Na5 26.Nf4 Bxf4 27.Qxf4 Rxd1 28.
Bxd1 Nxc4 29.Bb3 Qxb5 30.Qc7 Rd3 31.Ba2 Nd6 32.Re1 Bg6 33.Re7 Ne8 34.Qf4 
Rd1+ 35.Kh2 Qxb2 36.Qxc4+ Kf8 37.Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "13th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.06.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Nb3 
O-O 9.f4 Be6 10.g4 Na5 11.g5 Nd7 12.Bd4 f6 13.h4 Nc6 14.h5 fxg5 15.Bxg7 
Kxg7 16.Nd4 Bg8 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Qd4+ e5 20.Qxd6 Rf6 21.Qd2 
gxf4 22.O-O-O Be6 23.Na4 Qe7 24.Qc3 c5 25.Bb5 Rh8 26.Rxh8 Kxh8 27.Bxd7 
Bxd7 28.Nxc5 Bg4 29.Rh1+ Kg7 30.Nd3 Re6 31.Rg1 Bf3 32.Nxf4 Bxe4 33.Nxe6+ 
Qxe6 34.Re1 Qf5 35.Qe3 Bxc2 36.Qxe5+ Qxe5 37.Rxe5 Kf6 38.Ra5 Be4 39.Kd2 g5
40.Ke3 Bf5 41.Rxa7 1-0

