[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 e6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.
Bg5 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Qc7 11.O-O h6 12.Bh4 Nd7 13.Nd2 Nb6 14.Ne4 c5 15.Bf3 cxd4
16.Qxd4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 Nd5 18.Qg4 h5 19.Qg5 Be7 20.Qxg7 O-O-O 21.Qxf7 Bxh4 
22.Qxe6+ Kb8 23.Bxd5 Rhe8 24.Qc6 Qxc6 25.Bxc6 Rxe5 26.Rab1 a6 27.axb5 Kc7 
28.Rfe1 Bf6 29.g3 Rb8 30.Rxe5 Bxe5 31.Rb4 Kb6 32.Kg2 Kc5 33.bxa6 Kxc6 34.
Rxc4+ Kb6 35.Rh4 Kxa6 36.Rxh5 Bxc3 37.h4 Kb6 38.Rf5 Kc6 39.h5 Kd6 40.g4 
Ke6 41.Rf3 Bf6 42.Re3+ Kf7 43.f4 Bd4 44.Rd3 Rb4 45.Kf3 Kf6 46.Ra3 Bc5 47.
Ra5 Rb3+ 48.Ke4 Rb4+ 49.Kf3 Rb3+ 50.Ke2 Re3+ 51.Kd1 Be7 52.g5+ Kf7 53.Ra6 
Re4 54.h6 Rxf4 55.g6+ Kg8 56.g7 Rd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 Bc6 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.O-O
Nb6 9.Qd3 h6 10.Nbd2 a6 11.b3 Be7 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Rfd1 Bb5 14.Nc4 Nxc4 15.
bxc4 Ba4 16.Rdb1 Bc6 17.Qc3 Ne4 18.Qc2 Nd6 19.Rd1 Qe8 20.a4 Bf6 21.Bf1 Be4
22.Qb3 b5 23.axb5 axb5 24.cxb5 Bd5 25.Qb4 Qxb5 26.Qxb5 Nxb5 27.Ne5 Rxa1 
28.Rxa1 Bxe5 29.dxe5 Ra8 30.Rxa8+ Bxa8 31.f3 Kf8 32.Kf2 c5 33.e3 Bc6 34.
Be2 Ke7 35.Ke1 Kd8 36.Kd2 Kc7 37.Kd3 Na7 38.Bd1 Nc8 39.Ba3 Kb6 40.e4 Na7 
41.f4 Bb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.h3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 
Nc6 9.Be3 f5 10.d5 Ne5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.O-O Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 Nc4 14.Bg5 Nd6 
15.Re1 Bf6 16.Bxf6 Rxf6 17.Qe2 Qf8 18.Bg4 Bxg4 19.hxg4 Qf7 20.f3 Re8 21.
Rac1 e5 22.Qe3 a6 23.Re2 Re7 24.Rce1 Rf4 25.Qa7 Qe8 26.b3 Kg7 27.Qf2 b6 
28.Qg3 g5 29.Re3 Kg8 30.R1e2 Nf7 31.Qe1 h6 32.Ne4 Qb5 33.g3 Rxe4 34.fxe4 
Qd7 35.Qf1 Qxg4 36.Qf6 Kf8 37.Rf2 Ke8 38.Qg6 Qd1+ 39.Kg2 Kd8 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nbd7 8.Nd2
Qe7 9.e4 e5 10.Bd3 Nf8 11.Qa4+ Bd7 12.Qb3 b6 13.c5 Ng6 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.Bg3
O-O 16.O-O Nh5 17.Bb5 Be6 18.Qa3 Rad8 19.Rfd1 Qc7 20.Nf1 Nxg3 21.hxg3 d5 
22.exd5 Rxd5 23.Qa4 Qxc3 24.Ne3 Rxd4 25.Qxa7 Rfd8 26.Rdc1 Qa5 27.Qxa5 bxa5
28.a4 f5 29.Rc5 f4 30.gxf4 exf4 31.Nc4 f3 32.gxf3 Nh4 33.Ne5 Rf8 34.Bc6 
Rf5 35.Rxa5 Rg5+ 36.Kf1 Rd2 37.Ra8+ Kh7 38.Be4+ Bf5 39.Bxf5+ Rxf5 40.Re1 
Rd5 41.Re8 Ra5 42.Re4 Nxf3 43.Nxf3 Rxf3 44.R8e5 Ra6 45.Re6 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "54"]

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.d5 Nc5 10.Ne1 a5 11.Nd3 Nxd3 12.Qxd3 Rf8 13.b3 Nd7 14.a3 f5 15.Bd2 Nc5 
16.Qc2 a4 17.Nxa4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 fxe4 19.Qxe4 Bh3 20.Rfe1 Qf6 21.Be3 Bf5 22.
Qg2 Bc2 23.Nc3 Bxb3 24.Ne4 Qe7 25.Rac1 b6 26.Rc3 Ba4 27.Bg5 Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bg4 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 Qb6 7.Na3 e6 8.Ba4 
Be7 9.Nc4 Qc7 10.d3 O-O 11.Bf4 Rad8 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Bg3 Qc8 15.Qe2 
a6 16.Bc2 b5 17.Ne3 d5 18.Nh4 dxe4 19.Nxg6 hxg6 20.dxe4 Bd6 21.Bh4 Bf4 22.
f3 Qc7 23.Nf1 Ne5 24.Rad1 c4 25.Bf2 Nfd7 26.Be3 Bxe3+ 27.Qxe3 Nc5 28.Rxd8 
Rxd8 29.Rd1 Rxd1 30.Bxd1 Ncd3 31.Qd2 Qc5+ 32.Kg2 g5 33.b4 Qa7 34.Qe3 Qxe3 
35.Nxe3 Nc1 36.Bc2 Nxa2 37.Nd1 Nc1 38.Kf2 Ncd3+ 39.Bxd3 Nxd3+ 40.Ke3 Kf8 
41.Kd4 Ke7 42.e5 Kd7 43.Ne3 Nf4 44.Nf1 Ne2+ 45.Kc5 Nxc3 46.Kb6 Nd5+ 47.
Kxa6 c3 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.Re1 O-O 8.e5 
Nd5 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Nb6 11.Bb3 d5 12.exd6 Qxd6 13.Qe4 Bf6 14.Nc3 Rb8 
15.Bf4 Qc5 16.Qe3 Qc6 17.Qg3 Be6 18.Bxc7 Rbc8 19.Be5 Bxb3 20.axb3 Nd7 21.
Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Rad1 Rfe8 23.h3 h6 24.Re3 Rxe3 25.Qxe3 Qc7 26.Qg3 Qxg3 27.
fxg3 Kf8 28.Kf2 Ke7 29.Ke3 Ke6 30.Rd4 Ne8 31.Kd3 Nd6 32.Ne2 g5 33.g4 f5 
34.gxf5+ Nxf5 35.Re4+ Kf6 36.Nd4 Nxd4 37.Rxd4 Rc7 38.Rd6+ Kf5 39.Rxh6 Kf4 
40.c4 Rd7+ 41.Kc3 Rg7 42.g4 Re7 43.c5 Kg3 44.b4 Re3+ 45.Kc4 Re4+ 46.Kb3 
Re3+ 47.Ka4 Re2 48.Rh5 Rxb2 49.Rxg5 Kxh3 50.Rg7 Kh4 51.Rxb7 Kxg4 52.Rf7 
Ra2+ 53.Kb3 Ra1 54.Kc4 Rc1+ 55.Kd5 Rd1+ 56.Kc6 Rb1 57.Kb6 Rxb4+ 58.Kxa6 
Kg5 59.c6 Kg6 60.Rf1 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.d4 Nf6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.e5 
Nfd7 9.Qg3 Bf8 10.O-O Qb6 11.Be3 Qxb2 12.Ne2 Qb6 13.c4 Qa6 14.Nf4 dxc4 15.
Be2 g6 16.h4 Be7 17.h5 Nf8 18.Rfc1 Nbd7 19.Bxc4 Qa5 20.Rab1 Nb6 21.Bb3 
O-O-O 22.Qf3 Nfd7 23.Ne2 Rhf8 24.Bh6 Nd5 25.Bxf8 Rxf8 26.Bxd5 Qxd5 27.Qxd5
exd5 28.hxg6 fxg6 29.Rb3 Nb6 30.Rh3 Rf7 31.f4 Nc4 32.Rd1 Bd8 33.g4 Bb6 34.
Kh2 Kd7 35.Rf3 Ke6 36.Kg3 c5 37.f5+ gxf5 38.Nf4+ Ke7 39.Nxd5+ Kf8 40.e6 
Rg7 41.Rxf5+ 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 d6 5.d5 Nb8 6.Bd3 c5 7.h3 Na6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 
9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.O-O Nf6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.a4 Nc7 13.Nbd2 Rfb8 14.Nc4 Qd8 15.
Nh2 Nd7 16.f4 f6 17.Ra3 Nb6 18.Ne3 Bf8 19.Nf5 Ne8 20.Rg3 Qd7 21.a5 Nc8 22.
fxe5 dxe5 23.Ng4 Kh8 24.Nxe5 fxe5 25.Nh6 Be7 26.Nf7+ Kg8 27.Nh6+ Kh8 28.
Nf7+ Kg8 29.Nxe5 Qc7 30.Qh5 Ncd6 31.Rf7 Nxf7 32.Qxf7+ Kh8 33.Qe6 Nd6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e3 c5 6.c3 d5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O Bf5
9.Bxf5 gxf5 10.dxc5 Qd7 11.Qa4 Ne4 12.Rad1 h6 13.Bh4 Nxc5 14.Qb5 b6 15.Nb3
e6 16.Nxc5 bxc5 17.Bg3 Ne5 18.Qxc5 Nxf3+ 19.gxf3 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Nd2 c6 7.Qxc4 e5 8.dxe5 
Nxe5 9.Qc3 Bd6 10.Ngf3 Qe7 11.O-O O-O 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Qc2 Bc7 14.e4 Re8 
15.b3 Bg4 16.Nc4 Rad8 17.Ba3 Qe6 18.f3 Bh3 19.Rad1 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 h5 21.Rxd8
Rxd8 22.Rd1 Rd7 23.Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O c6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Re1 d6 8.c3 
Be7 9.cxd4 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nc3 O-O 12.d3 Bf6 13.Be3 Nb6 14.Qf3 Be6 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16.Qh3 Qd7 17.Ne4 Rae8 18.Re2 h6 19.Qg4 Kh8 20.Nxf6 Rxf6 21.Bf4 
Qf7 22.Be5 Rg6 23.Qe4 Nd5 24.f4 Ne7 25.Rc1 Rd8 26.b4 Nd5 27.Rf2 Qf5 28.a3 
Rg4 29.Qf3 h5 30.g3 Rg6 31.Rg2 a6 32.Qe4 Kg8 33.Rf1 Kf7 34.Rf3 Rh8 35.h3 
Rd8 36.g4 hxg4 37.Rfg3 Nf6 38.Bxf6 Qxf6 39.hxg4 Rxd4 40.g5 Rxe4 41.gxf6 
Rxg3 42.Rxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
h6 9.Bf4 Bd7 10.Bg3 Be7 11.Be2 b5 12.Bxd6 b4 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Qd6 Qb7 16.Nd5 exd5 17.exd5 Bd7 18.Rhe1 Kd8 19.Bf3 Re8 20.Qg3 g5 21.Qd6 
Ng8 22.Rxe8+ Kxe8 23.Re1+ Kd8 24.Qf8+ Kc7 25.d6+ Kb6 26.Qxa8 Qxa8 27.Bxa8 
Kc5 28.Bb7 a5 29.Re5+ Kb6 30.Bd5 Nf6 31.Bxf7 Ng4 32.Re7 Kc6 33.Be6 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A67"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.Nf3 Qb6 11.Nd2 a6 12.a4 Bd4 13.Nc4 Qc7 14.Ne2 Bg7 15.Bd2 b6 
16.Qb3 Ra7 17.O-O Rb7 18.Na3 Nf6 19.h3 Qe7 20.Nc3 Nh5 21.Kh2 g5 22.Ne2 
gxf4 23.Nxf4 Nxf4 24.Bxf4 Be5 25.Bxe5 Qxe5+ 26.Kg1 Qe7 27.Rf4 Rc7 28.Raf1 
Nd7 29.Nc4 f6 30.e5 Nxe5 31.Nxe5 Qxe5 32.Re4 Qg5 33.Rf3 Rg7 34.Bf1 Kh8 35.
Ref4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.c5 Qc7 7.Bf4 Qc8 8.Nh4 Nf6 
9.Nxf5 exf5 10.e3 Be7 11.Bd3 Nh5 12.Be5 O-O 13.h3 g6 14.g4 Ng7 15.Bxg7 
Kxg7 16.gxf5 Bh4 17.Qd1 b6 18.cxb6 axb6 19.Qg4 Qd8 20.Ne2 Qe7 21.Kf1 Nd7 
22.Nf4 Kh8 23.Rg1 Rg8 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.Bxg6 hxg6 26.Nxg6+ Rxg6 27.Qxg6 Nf6 
28.Rc1 Rf8 29.Rxc6 Nh7 30.Rg2 Bf6 31.Qg4 Qb7 32.Qe6 Qa6+ 33.Kg1 Ng5 34.
Rxg5 Bxg5 35.Qe5+ Bf6 36.Rxf6 Rg8+ 37.Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bg5 O-O 8.e3 
Bg4 9.Ne5 Bh5 10.f4 Qa5 11.Bd3 h6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.g4 fxe5 14.fxe5 Be7 15.
O-O-O Bg5 16.gxh5 Kh8 17.Qf2 f5 18.h4 Be7 19.Qf4 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.a4 Nbc6 8.Nf3 
Bd7 9.Be2 Qa5 10.O-O Nf5 11.Bd2 c4 12.Qe1 O-O-O 13.Bc1 f6 14.g4 Nfe7 15.
Ba3 Ng6 16.Bb4 Nxb4 17.cxb4 Qc7 18.Qc3 Rdf8 19.Rfb1 fxe5 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.
dxe5 Rf4 22.f3 Rhf8 23.Rf1 h5 24.h3 g5 25.a5 Bb5 26.Rad1 Kb8 27.Qe3 Ba4 
28.Rd2 Qf7 29.c3 hxg4 30.hxg4 Qh7 31.Rf2 Rh8 32.Rg2 Qh3 33.Rd4 Qh6 34.Rxf4
gxf4 35.Qd2 Qg5 36.Qd4 Be8 37.Bf1 Bg6 38.Rh2 Rxh2 39.Kxh2 Qh4+ 40.Kg1 Qe1 
41.Qxf4 Bd3 42.Qf8+ Kc7 43.Qd6+ Kc8 44.Qxe6+ Kc7 45.Qe7+ Kc8 46.Qe8+ Kc7 
47.Qf7+ Kc8 48.Qe8+ Kc7 49.Qe7+ Kc8 50.Qe6+ Kc7 51.Qd6+ Kc8 52.Qc5+ Kb8 
53.Qf8+ Kc7 54.Qc5+ Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.a3 
Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 O-O 10.Nf3 Bf5 11.e3 Nd7 12.Be2 c5 13.O-O c4 14.a4 a6 15.a5 
b5 16.axb6 Qxb6 17.Nd2 Rab8 18.Ra2 Nf6 19.Bf3 Qb4 20.Rc1 Rfd8 21.g3 Rb5 
22.Bg2 Rdb8 23.e4 Bxe4 24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.Rxa6 Qxb2 26.Qxb2 Rxb2 27.Nxc4 Rb1 
28.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Bd7 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 O-O 
9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Nf1 Bf8 11.Bb3 Be6 12.Ng3 h6 13.d4 Bxb3 14.Qxb3 Qd7 15.d5 
Ne7 16.c4 b6 17.Bd2 g6 18.Qd3 a5 19.b3 Bg7 20.a3 Nh7 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 
Rxa1 23.Rxa1 f5 24.Bc3 f4 25.Nf1 g5 26.c5 bxc5 27.bxc5 g4 28.N3d2 Ng6 29.
Ra7 f3 30.g3 Ng5 31.Ne3 Nh3+ 32.Kf1 dxc5 33.Qa6 Kh7 34.Qc6 Qxc6 35.dxc6 
Re6 36.Rxc7 Ne7 37.Nf5 Bf6 38.Rd7 Kg6 39.Nxe7+ Bxe7 40.c7 Rc6 41.Rxe7 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E40"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 b6 8.O-O c5 9.
Qe2 Nc6 10.Rd1 cxd4 11.exd4 Ba6 12.b3 Rc8 13.Rb1 Qc7 14.Nb5 Qb8 15.Bg5 h6 
16.Bh4 Nh5 17.Bxe7 Nxe7 18.Ne5 Nf6 19.a4 Nc6 20.f4 Nb4 21.f5 Nxd3 22.Qxd3 
exf5 23.Qxf5 Bb7 24.Rbc1 a6 25.Nc3 Qd6 26.a5 dxc4 27.bxc4 b5 28.c5 Qd8 29.
Ra1 b4 30.Ne2 Be4 31.Qh3 Bc2 32.Rf1 b3 33.Qc3 Nd5 34.Qb2 Ne3 35.Rfe1 Qd5 
36.Nf3 Rfe8 37.Rac1 Rc6 38.Nc3 Qf5 39.Nd1 Rce6 40.Nxe3 Rxe3 41.Rxe3 Rxe3 
42.Kf2 Qe4 43.Re1 Rxe1 44.Nxe1 Bd1 45.c6 Qxc6 46.Nd3 Qc4 47.Ke3 Bc2 48.Ne1
Bf5 49.Kd2 Qb5 50.Kd1 Bg4+ 51.Kc1 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Nc3 
Nbd7 9.Bf4 Nh5 10.c5 Nxf4 11.gxf4 Qc7 12.Qd2 b6 13.b4 Ba6 14.Qe3 bxc5 15.
bxc5 Rab8 16.Kh1 g6 17.Rg1 Bf6 18.h4 Rb4 19.Rad1 Nxc5 20.dxc5 Rxf4 21.Rge1
Rd8 22.Nb1 e5 23.Qa3 Bc8 24.e3 Rf5 25.e4 Rf4 26.Nbd2 Bg4 27.Rb1 Bxf3 28.
Bxf3 Rxh4+ 29.Kg1 Bg5 30.Nf1 Bf4 31.Rb3 Qe7 32.Bg2 Rg4 33.Ne3 Rg5 34.exd5 
cxd5 35.c6 Qc7 36.Qc5 Bxe3 37.Rexe3 e4 38.Rb7 Qe5 39.Re7 Qa1+ 40.Kh2 Rh5+ 
41.Rh3 Re5 42.Rd7 Rc8 43.c7 Ree8 44.Qxd5 Qf6 45.Kg1 h5 46.Re3 Re5 47.Qb7 
1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Bxc6
bxc6 9.Re1 Be7 10.dxc5 O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Re8 13.Nd2 g5 14.Bg3 Bxc5 15.
Nb3 Bb6 16.Qf3 Re6 17.c3 Qe7 18.Nd4 Bxd4 19.cxd4 Re8 20.h3 Ne4 21.Qd3 c5 
22.b3 Bc8 23.Nf3 Ba6 24.Qc2 c4 25.bxc4 Bxc4 26.Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3 Be7 8.a4 Bg4 
9.h3 Bh5 10.d3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Na5 12.Bc2 b4 13.Re1 c5 14.Qe2 Nd7 15.g4 bxc3 
16.bxc3 Bg6 17.Nf1 Rb8 18.Ne3 Nb3 19.Rb1 Nxc1 20.Rexc1 Bg5 21.Rxb8 Nxb8 
22.Nxg5 Qxg5 23.Rb1 Qe7 24.Nd5 Qh4 25.Kg2 c4 26.f3 Qg5 27.Qe3 Qxe3 28.Nxe3
cxd3 29.Bxd3 Nd7 30.Bc4 Nc5 31.Rb6 Nxa4 32.Rxa6 Nxc3 33.Rxd6 Rb8 34.h4 
Rb2+ 35.Kh3 Kf8 36.h5 Bxe4 37.fxe4 Nxe4 38.Ra6 g5 39.Ra8+ Ke7 40.Nf5+ Kd7 
41.Bd5 Nf2+ 42.Kg3 e4 43.Ra7+ Kd8 44.Ra1 Rd2 45.Bxf7 Nd1 46.Bc4 e3 47.Ra3 
Rc2 48.Rd3+ 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D28"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bd3 cxd4
9.exd4 Nc6 10.Nc3 Nb4 11.Bb1 Bb7 12.Ne5 Qb6 13.a4 bxa4 14.Qd1 Be7 15.Qxa4+
Nc6 16.Be3 Qb4 17.Bc2 Rc8 18.Nxc6 Qxa4 19.Nxa4 Bxc6 20.Bd3 Bb5 21.Bxb5+ 
axb5 22.Nb6 Rb8 23.d5 Nxd5 24.Nxd5 exd5 25.Rfd1 O-O 26.Rxd5 Bf6 27.Kf1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "56"]

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.b3 Bf6 11.Bb2 Qe7 12.Rfd1 d6 13.Qd2 Nd7 14.Ne5 dxe5 15.
Bxb7 Rab8 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Bg2 Rbd8 18.Qc2 Ng4 19.h3 Bxb2 20.Qxb2 Nf6 21.
Qe5 Kf7 22.e4 fxe4 23.Bxe4 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Qxd8 26.Bf3 Qd6 27.
Qe3 Qa3 28.Qe5 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 a5 
9.h3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Be3 Nfd7 12.Qe2 Re8 13.Rad1 a4 14.Rfe1 c6 15.f4 
Qb6 16.Qc2 Qb4 17.a3 Qa5 18.Bf2 Nf6 19.g4 Nfd7 20.Nde2 Bf8 21.Ng3 Qc7 22.
Be3 Rd8 23.Bf3 Be7 24.Nce2 Nb6 25.Nd4 Ne6 26.Kg2 Re8 27.g5 Ra5 28.Qc3 Rc5 
29.Be2 Nxg5 30.fxg5 Bxg5 31.Ndf5 Bxf5 32.Bxc5 dxc5 33.Nxf5 gxf5 34.Kh1 h6 
35.Rg1 Kh7 36.Rdf1 f4 37.h4 Rxe4 38.Bd3 f5 39.Bxe4 fxe4 40.hxg5 f3 41.gxh6
1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D21"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e4 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O Nd7 7.Nc3 c5 8.d5 e5 
9.a4 Bd6 10.Be2 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Ne7 12.Nb1 O-O 13.Na3 Nc8 14.Bd2 Be7 15.a5 
Nd6 16.b4 Bg5 17.Bc3 Rc8 18.Qe2 cxb4 19.Bxb4 Nc5 20.Rab1 Re8 21.Rb2 Be7 
22.Rfb1 Rc7 23.Rc2 Nd7 24.Rbc1 Rxc2 25.Rxc2 Nf5 26.Bxe7 Qxe7 27.Qd3 Nd4 
28.Rc4 Nc5 29.Qc3 Nxe4 30.Qc1 Nd6 31.Rc7 Qf6 32.Bd1 g6 33.Qc5 Ne4 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.d4 e5 7.dxe5 Ng4 8.h3 Nxe5 
9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Nc3 c6 11.Bg2 Qe7 12.O-O Rd8 13.Qc1 Na6 14.Qe3 Nb4 15.Rad1 
Be6 16.Rxd8+ Qxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qc2 
d6 9.e4 a6 10.a4 b4 11.Nfd2 Be7 12.Nc4 Nd7 13.Nbd2 O-O 14.Bd3 a5 15.O-O 
Ne5 16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.Nc4 Rd8 18.Rac1 Qg5 19.Rfd1 g6 20.Bf1 Bf8 21.b3 Ba6 
22.Nd2 Bc8 23.Qb2 Bg4 24.Re1 Ra7 25.Nc4 Re8 26.Ne3 Bd7 27.Bc4 Kh7 28.Qe2 
Rb8 29.Red1 Kg7 30.Qb2 Kh7 31.Rf1 Rb6 32.Bd3 Rb8 33.h4 Qxh4 34.Qxe5 Re8 
35.Qh2 Qf6 36.Nc4 Qd4 37.Bb1 Bg4 38.Rfe1 h5 39.Ne3 Bd7 40.Bc2 Qb2 41.Red1 
Bh6 42.Nc4 Qa2 43.f4 Bxa4 44.Bb1 Qxb3 45.Rd3 Qxb1 46.Rxb1 Bc2 47.Rbd1 Bxd3
48.Rxd3 Rxe4 49.Nd2 Bxf4 50.Qh3 Re2 51.d6 Rxd2 52.d7 Rxd3 53.Qxd3 Bg5 54.
Qd5 Kh6 55.Qxg5+ Kxg5 56.d8=Q+ Kh6 57.Qh8+ Kg5 58.Qf8 Rd7 59.Qxc5+ Kh6 60.
Qxa5 Kh7 61.Qxb4 Rd5 62.Kf2 Rf5+ 63.Ke3 Kg8 64.Qb8+ Kg7 65.Qc8 Re5+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E47"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 e5 7.d5 Ne7 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Nxc3 d6 10.O-O Ne8 11.f4 exf4 12.exf4 Bf5 13.Be2 Bd7 14.Be3 f5 15.Bf3 
Nf6 16.Re1 Ng6 17.g3 a6 18.b4 Re8 19.Qd3 h5 20.c5 h4 21.c6 bxc6 22.dxc6 
Be6 23.Bd4 hxg3 24.hxg3 Nf8 25.Re2 Qe7 26.Rae1 Qf7 27.Bxf6 Qxf6 28.Nd5 Qf7
29.Kf2 Kh8 30.Qd4 Kg8 31.Re3 Reb8 32.Rh1 a5 33.Bh5 Bxd5 34.Bxf7+ Bxf7 35.
Rb1 Rb5 36.a4 Rd5 37.Qc3 axb4 38.Rxb4 Rc5 39.Qd3 Ra6 40.Qxa6 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C75"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nge7 7.Bb3 h6 8.Nh4 Nc8 
9.Nf5 g6 10.Ng3 Bg7 11.O-O exd4 12.f4 dxc3 13.Nxc3 Nb6 14.f5 Ne5 15.Be3 
Nbc4 16.Bd4 Bb5 17.fxg6 fxg6 18.Bxc4 Bxc4 19.Bxe5 Bxe5 20.Qa4+ b5 21.Qc2 
Bxf1 22.Rxf1 Rf8 23.Nd5 Rxf1+ 24.Nxf1 Kd7 25.Qd3 Qh4 26.a4 Rf8 27.g3 Qh3 
28.Nde3 c6 29.axb5 axb5 30.Ng2 Qe6 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bb7 10.O-O Nc6 11.Re1 Na5 12.Bd3 Be4 13.c4 c5 14.Bb2 Rc8 15.
Rc1 Qe7 16.Bc3 Nb7 17.Bf1 Rfd8 18.Nd2 Bg6 19.Qb3 Ne4 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.f3 
Bg6 22.Qb2 f6 23.d5 e5 24.e4 Nd6 25.a4 Be8 26.Ra1 Rb8 27.Qf2 Rdc8 28.Reb1 
Bd7 29.Bd3 Qe8 30.Rb2 g5 31.Qc2 h6 32.Bf1 Kh7 33.Qf2 Rb7 34.g4 Kg7 35.h4 
Qg6 36.Qe3 a6 37.Rab1 b5 38.axb5 axb5 39.cxb5 gxh4 40.b6 h5 41.g5 Rg8 42.
Rg2 Kh7 43.gxf6 Qxf6 44.Rxg8 Kxg8 45.Kh2 Nf7 46.Be2 Rxb6 47.Rxb6 Qxb6 48.
f4 exf4 49.Qg1+ Bg4 50.Bxg4 hxg4 51.Qxg4+ Kf8 52.Qg7+ Ke8 53.Bf6 Qd6 54.
Qg8+ Qf8 55.Qg4 Qd6 56.Qg8+ Qf8 57.Qg4 Qd6 58.Bxh4 Kf8 59.Kg2 Qe5 60.Qg6 
Nd6 61.Kf3 Nxe4 62.Qxe4 Qh5+ 63.Kxf4 Qxh4+ 64.Ke3 Qxe4+ 65.Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nc3 Nb6 7.e3 O-O 8.Nge2 
a5 9.b3 Nc6 10.O-O e5 11.d5 Nb4 12.a3 Na6 13.e4 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.f4 e4 
16.Be3 Qd6 17.Rc1 Bd7 18.g4 fxg4 19.Nxe4 Qg6 20.N2g3 Rae8 21.Bd4 Bxd4+ 22.
Qxd4 Nc8 23.f5 Qh6 24.Rf4 Kf7 25.Nf2 Qb6 26.Qxb6 cxb6 27.Nfe4 Rg8 28.Bf1 
Re5 29.Bxa6 bxa6 30.d6 Rd8 31.Rxg4 Bxf5 32.Rf1 Ke6 33.Ng5+ Kf6 34.Nxh7+ 
Ke6 35.Ng5+ Kf6 36.Nh7+ Ke6 37.Nxf5 Rxf5 38.Ng5+ Kf6 39.Ne4+ Ke5 40.Re1 
Kd5 41.Rd1+ Kc6 42.Rg7 b5 43.d7 Na7 44.Rg6+ Kc7 45.Rc1+ Kb8 46.Rb6+ Ka8 
47.Rc7 Rg8+ 48.Ng3 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bg4 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 a6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d3 
e6 9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.Qa4 Qb6 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nh2 Be7 13.Nc4 Qb5 14.Qc2 d5 15.Ne3 
c4 16.dxc4 dxc4 17.g4 Bg6 18.Nf3 h5 19.Nd4 Qb7 20.Nxc4 hxg4 21.hxg4 c5 22.
Nb3 Qc7 23.f4 Rh4 24.Qg2 Nf6 25.Ne5 O-O-O 26.g5 Bd6 27.gxf6 Bxe5 28.fxe5 
Qxe5 29.Nd2 Bh5 30.Nc4 Qc7 31.fxg7 Rg4 32.Qxg4 Bxg4 33.e5 f5 34.Bg5 Qxg7 
35.Nb6+ Kc7 36.Bxd8+ Kxd8 37.Kf2 Qg5 38.Na8 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 h6 8.Be3 e6 9.
dxe6 Bxe6 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.Nge2 Ne5 12.b3 b5 13.Nxb5 Nxd3+ 14.Qxd3 Nxe4 15.
Rd1 Qa5+ 16.Bd2 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 Qb6 18.Qxd6 Rfd8 19.Qxb6 Rxd1+ 20.Kxd1 axb6 
21.Nec3 Be5 22.g3 g5 23.Re1 Rd8+ 24.Ke2 h5 25.Kf2 f6 26.Rd1 Ra8 27.a4 h4 
28.Nd5 hxg3+ 29.hxg3 Bxd5 30.Rxd5 Kf7 31.Rd7+ Ke6 32.Rb7 Rb8 33.Rxb8 Bxb8 
34.Nc3 Bc7 35.Nd5 Bd8 36.g4 f5 37.Ke2 Ke5 38.Kd3 Ke6 39.Ne3 f4 40.Nd5 Ke5 
41.Kc3 Ke6 42.Kd3 Ke5 43.Nc3 Bf6 44.Ne4 Be7 45.Kc3 Ke6 46.Nf2 Bf6+ 47.Kc2 
Ke5 48.Kd3 Bd8 49.Kc3 Be7 50.Nd3+ Kd6 51.b4 Bf6+ 52.Kb3 Bd4 53.bxc5+ bxc5 
54.a5 Kc6 55.Ka4 Bf6 56.a6 Be7 57.a7 Kb7 58.Kb5 Kxa7 59.Nxc5 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Qc2 
O-O 9.Nge2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.a3 Nh5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nb1 g6 14.Nd2 Ng7 15.
b4 Bf5 16.Rfb1 Nfe6 17.Ng3 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 h5 19.h3 h4 20.Ngf1 Nf5 21.b5 c5 
22.dxc5 d4 23.Nb3 Nxc5 24.Nxc5 Qxc5 25.Rc1 Qe5 26.exd4 Nxd4 27.Re1 Qd5 28.
Rad1 Rxe1 29.Rxe1 Rd8 30.a4 Ne6 31.Qe3 Qd4 32.Rc1 Qxa4 33.b6 axb6 34.Qxb6 
Qa6 35.Qb4 Nd4 36.Rb1 Qf6 37.Qb2 b5 38.Ne3 Qe5 39.Kh1 Qf4 40.Rd1 Kh7 41.
Rd2 Rd6 42.Qb4 Qe5 43.Qc3 Qf6 44.Ng4 Qf4 45.Ne3 Rd8 46.Qb2 Rd6 47.Qb4 Qe5 
48.Qc3 Qf6 49.Ng4 Qf4 50.Ne3 Nc6 51.Rxd6 Qxd6 52.Qb3 Qf4 53.Qxb5 Qxf2 54.
Qxc6 Qxe3 55.Qf6 Qe1+ 56.Kh2 Kg8 57.Qd8+ Kg7 58.Qd6 Qe3 59.Kh1 f6 60.Qd7+ 
Kh6 61.Qd1 Qf4 62.Kg1 g5 63.Qb3 Qd4+ 64.Kf1 g4 65.hxg4 Qxg4 66.Kg1 Qd4+ 
67.Kh2 Kg5 68.Qg8+ Kf4 69.Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Qb3 Bxf3 7.gxf3 b5 8.Be2 
c5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nd2 Nf6 11.O-O O-O 12.a4 b4 13.a5 Nbd7 14.Nc4 Nd5 15.e4 
Qe7 16.Kh1 Nc7 17.f4 Nb5 18.Be3 Nd4 19.Bxd4 Bxd4 20.Rad1 Ba7 21.Nd6 Nc5 
22.Qc4 Kh8 23.Rg1 Qh4 24.Qd4 f6 25.Rg4 Qh3 26.Rdg1 g6 27.R1g3 Qh6 28.Qxb4 
Rab8 29.Qd2 Nb3 30.Qc3 Nd4 31.Bxa6 Rb3 32.Qc7 Qg7 33.Qxg7+ Kxg7 34.Rxb3 
Nxb3 35.Rg3 Nc5 36.Bf1 Bb8 37.Nb5 Rd8 38.Rc3 Nxe4 39.Rc6 Rd2 40.Rxe6 Nxf2+
41.Kg1 Rxb2 42.Re8 Nh3+ 43.Bxh3 Rxb5 44.a6 Ba7+ 45.Kf1 Kh6 46.Re7 Bc5 47.
Rc7 Ra5 48.Rc6 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.d3 Nf6 7.Qg3 Na6 8.Be2 d4
9.Nb1 Nb4 10.Na3 c5 11.O-O a6 12.Bf4 b5 13.c4 dxc3 14.bxc3 Nc6 15.Nc2 h5 
16.d4 h4 17.Qd3 cxd4 18.cxd4 Be7 19.Rad1 e5 20.Be3 O-O 21.f4 exd4 22.Nxd4 
Nxd4 23.Bxd4 Qa5 24.e5 Nd7 25.f5 Bc5 26.Bxc5 Nxc5 27.Qe3 Qb6 28.Kh1 Rae8 
29.f6 gxf6 30.Qh6 Ne4 31.Rf4 Rxe5 32.Rxh4 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C35"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O
O-O 9.Be2 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.Qd2 b5 12.Bxb5 Rb8 13.Bc4 Bb7 14.Bb3 Rbc8 
15.Be3 Ng4 16.Bd4 Ne5 17.Kb1 Kh8 18.f3 Nc4 19.Bxc4 Rxc4 20.Ne2 Qa6 21.b3 
Rc7 22.Qd3 Rfc8 23.Qxa6 Bxa6 24.Rd2 Bg5 25.f4 Bh6 26.c4 Bb7 27.e5 Bxg2 28.
exd6 Rd7 29.Rhd1 Be4+ 30.Kb2 f6 31.Nc3 Bf5 32.Be3 e5 33.Rf2 Bg4 34.Re1 Re8
35.Bc1 Rxd6 36.fxe5 Bxc1+ 37.Kxc1 Rde6 38.Rg1 f5 39.Re1 Rxe5 40.Rxe5 Rxe5 
41.Kd2 Kg8 42.Nd5 Kf7 43.Nf4 g5 44.h3 gxf4 45.hxg4 Re4 46.gxf5 Kf6 47.Rh2 
Re7 48.Rh4 a5 49.Kd3 Re3+ 50.Kd4 Re2 51.Rxh7 Kxf5 52.Rh5+ Kg6 53.Rxa5 f3 
54.Ra6+ Kg7 55.Ra7+ Kg6 56.Ra6+ Kg7 57.Ra5 Kg6 58.Ra6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 c5 9.Ne2 Bb7 10.Ng3 g6 11.Nc3 Bg7 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Qd2 Re8 14.Rae1 Ng4 
15.h3 Ne5 16.Bg5 Nc4 17.Qc1 Qd7 18.Bh6 Bh8 19.f4 f5 20.Nd1 Qc6 21.b3 Nb6 
22.Re2 c4 23.c3 cxb3 24.axb3 Nd7 25.Qd2 Nf6 26.exf5 Rxe2 27.Qxe2 Re8 28.
Qc4+ Qxc4 29.bxc4 gxf5 30.Nxf5 Ne4 31.Bg5 Nxc3 32.Nde3 a5 33.Ng4 Re2 34.
Rc1 a4 35.Nf6+ Bxf6 36.Bxf6 Rxg2+ 37.Kf1 Ne2 38.Rb1 Rg1+ 39.Kxe2 Rxb1 40.
Nh6+ Kf8 41.f5 a3 42.Bh8 Bc8 43.f6 Be6 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 Bg4 7.f3 Bd7 8.Be3 Nc6
9.Bg2 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Nd5 O-O 12.c4 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Nb4 
Bb7 16.Rc1 Qa5 17.a3 Nd7 18.Bd4 Bxd4+ 19.Qxd4 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Be3 d6 6.h3 e5 7.d5 c6 8.Bd3 cxd5 9.
cxd5 Ne8 10.Nge2 Nd7 11.O-O a6 12.Rc1 b5 13.b4 Nb6 14.a4 Nc4 15.Bxc4 bxc4 
16.a5 Rb8 17.Na4 f5 18.Rxc4 f4 19.Ba7 Ra8 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.f3 Qc7 22.Bf2 
Qc2 23.Nb6 Qxd1 24.Rxd1 Rc2 25.Kf1 Nc7 26.Rc1 Rxc1+ 27.Nxc1 Nb5 28.Nb3 Kf7
29.Nd2 Ke7 30.Ke2 Bf6 31.Kd3 Kd8 32.Nb1 Kc7 33.Nc3 Nxc3 34.Kxc3 Kb7 35.Nc4
Be7 36.Kd3 g5 37.Ke2 Rc8 38.Kd3 h5 39.g4 fxg3 40.Bxg3 Rf8 41.Ke2 Rc8 42.
Ne3 Rc1 43.Nf5 Rc2+ 44.Kd3 Rg2 45.Bxe5 dxe5 46.Nxe7 Rg3 47.Ke2 Kc7 48.Nc6 
Kd6 49.Nd8 Ke7 50.Nc6+ Kd6 51.Nd8 Ke7 52.Nc6+ Kf6 53.Nb8 Rxh3 54.Nd7+ Ke7 
55.Nxe5 Rh2+ 56.Ke3 h4 57.Nd3 g4 58.e5 g3 59.d6+ Ke8 60.Nf4 h3 61.b5 Rh1 
62.bxa6 g2 63.Ne2 h2 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D50"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.Qxb4 Qxg5 8.
Qc4 O-O 9.Nf3 Qa5 10.e3 e5 11.Qb5 Qxb5 12.Nxb5 exd4 13.Nbxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 
c5 15.Nb3 b6 16.Bc4 Bb7 17.O-O Rfd8 18.Rfd1 Kf8 19.f3 Nd5 20.Kf2 Ke7 21.
Rd2 Nc7 22.Rad1 Ne6 23.Nc1 Rxd2+ 24.Rxd2 Bc6 25.Ne2 b5 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.e4 
Rd8 28.Rc2 c4 29.b3 cxb3 30.axb3 Be8 31.Ke3 a5 32.Rc7+ Bd7 33.Ra7 a4 34.
bxa4 bxa4 35.Nc3 Rb8 36.e5 Rb3 37.Kd4 a3 38.Ne4 Ke8 39.Nc5 Rb2 40.Nxd7 
Rd2+ 41.Ke3 Rxd7 42.Rxa3 Rd5 43.f4 Kf7 44.Ra7+ Kf8 45.g4 Rb5 46.Kd4 Rd5+ 
47.Ke4 Rb5 48.Rd7 Rb4+ 49.Ke3 Ra4 50.h4 h6 51.h5 Ra1 52.Rb7 Rg1 53.Kd4 
Rxg4 54.Kc5 Rxf4 55.Kd6 Ra4 56.Kxe6 Ra6+ 57.Kf5 Rc6 58.Rd7 Ra6 59.Rd6 Ra7 
60.Rb6 Kf7 61.e6+ Ke7 62.Kg6 Ra5 63.Rb7+ Kxe6 64.Rxg7 Ra1 65.Kxh6 Kf6 66.
Kh7 Rh1 67.h6 Rh2 68.Ra7 Rh1 69.Kg8 Rxh6 70.Ra6+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Bb2 e5 12.Be2 Rd8 13.Qc2 Bg4 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.c4
Nxf3+ 16.gxf3 Bh3 17.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 Bg4 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 
Nbd7 9.Bd3 Bh5 10.Nh4 O-O 11.Nf5 Bg6 12.h3 Bxf5 13.Bxf5 Re8 14.Bf4 Nf8 15.
O-O-O Qa5 16.Kb1 Bb4 17.Rhf1 Ng6 18.Bg3 Bxc3 19.Qxc3 Qxc3 20.bxc3 Ne4 21.
Bxe4 Rxe4 22.Kc2 f5 23.Rfe1 Rae8 24.Kd2 Kf7 25.Rb1 b6 26.f3 R4e6 27.Bh2 h5
28.Re2 f4 29.Rbe1 Rxe3 30.Rxe3 Rxe3 31.Rxe3 fxe3+ 32.Kxe3 h4 33.Bb8 a6 34.
Bc7 b5 35.Bd8 Ke6 36.Bg5 a5 37.Bd8 a4 38.Bg5 Kd6 39.Kd3 Ke6 40.f4 Kd6 41.
Ke2 Ke6 42.Kf3 a3 43.Bd8 Kf5 44.Bc7 Nf8 45.Bd8 b4 46.cxb4 Ne6 47.Bb6 Nxf4 
48.b5 cxb5 49.Ba5 Nd3 50.Bd2 g5 51.Ke3 Nf4 52.Kf3 Ne6 53.Bc3 Nd8 54.Ke3 
Nc6 55.Kd3 b4 56.Bd2 b3 57.axb3 a2 58.Bc3 Kf4 59.Kc2 Kg3 60.Kb2 Kxg2 61.
Bd2 Kxh3 62.Bxg5 Kg4 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Be7 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Be2 Ne5 8.Nc2 
c6 9.e4 d6 10.O-O Re8 11.b3 Bf8 12.Ne3 Ng6 13.Bd3 Nd7 14.Bc2 Nc5 15.Kh1 a5
16.f4 b5 17.cxb5 cxb5 18.f5 Ne5 19.Nxb5 Ba6 20.a4 Rb8 21.f6 Bxb5 22.axb5 
Rxb5 23.fxg7 Bxg7 24.Nf5 Rb8 25.Bd2 Re6 26.Bxa5 Qg5 27.Bd2 Qg4 28.Qxg4 
Nxg4 29.Nxg7 Kxg7 30.h3 Ne5 31.b4 Ncd7 32.Ra6 Nb6 33.Ra7 Nc8 34.Rc7 Re7 
35.Rc3 Re6 36.Bb3 Rf6 37.Rxf6 Kxf6 38.Rg3 Ke7 39.Rg8 Ra8 40.Bg5+ Kd7 41.
Rg7 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.e5 Ne8 
9.Bf4 dxe5 10.dxe5 Nc7 11.Re1 Ne6 12.Bg3 Qc7 13.Bf1 Qb6 14.Na4 Qc7 15.Qb3 
b6 16.Qe3 Ndc5 17.Nxc5 bxc5 18.Ng5 Qb6 19.Nxe6 Bxe6 20.b3 a5 21.f4 f6 22.
Bf2 fxe5 23.fxe5 Rf5 24.Qxc5 Qxc5 25.Bxc5 Bxe5 26.Rad1 Kf7 27.Bd4 Rd8 28.
Bb6 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 Bc3 30.Bd4 Bxd4+ 31.Rxd4 Re5 32.Kf2 Rf5+ 33.Ke1 Rh5 34.h3
Re5+ 35.Be2 c5 36.Rd8 a4 37.Kd2 axb3 38.axb3 Kf6 39.Bf3 h5 40.Rb8 h4 41.
Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qd2 g6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Bb2 O-O
9.Bd3 Ng4 10.Nf3 Nge5 11.Be2 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Nd4 13.Bd1 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.
Ne2 Nxe2 16.Bxe2 Bxb2 17.Qxb2 Qg5 18.g3 Rae8 19.O-O Bh3 20.f4 Bxf1 21.fxg5
Rxe2 22.Qc3 Bg2 23.Qd3 Bf3 24.Rf1 Rg2+ 25.Kh1 Bc6 26.Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.Qf1+ 
Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.c3 Bf5 7.Ne2 h5 8.h4 
Nd7 9.Ng3 Bg4 10.Be2 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Qa5 12.O-O O-O-O 13.c4 e6 14.a3 Bd6 15.
Ne4 Bb8 16.c5 f5 17.b4 Qa6 18.Nc3 Qxe2 19.Nxe2 Nf8 20.Rb1 Ng6 21.Bg5 Rd7 
22.b5 Re8 23.Rb4 cxb5 24.Rfb1 a6 25.a4 e5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Rxb5 Re6 28.dxe5
Bxe5 29.g3 f6 30.Be3 Ne7 31.Nf4 Bxf4 32.Bxf4 Nd5 33.Bd6 Ne7 34.Rb6 Re2 35.
c6 Nxc6 36.Rxc6+ 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bd3 e5 6.Ne2 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.e4 Nb6
9.d5 Ne7 10.a3 Bd6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 c6 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.O-O Be6 15.Rc1 O-O 
16.Na4 Nxa4 17.Qxa4 g5 18.Bg3 Qb6 19.Nd4 Qxb2 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Bc4 Rf6 22.
Rb1 Qxa3 23.Qxa3 Bxa3 24.Bxe5 Rg6 25.Rfd1 Kf8 26.Rb7 a5 27.Bb8 Bc5 28.Rd8+
Kf7 29.e5 Rg7 30.Rdd7 Rxb8 31.Rxb8 g4 32.Rd6 Rg6 33.Rb7 Kf8 34.Rxe6 Rxe6 
35.Bxe6 h5 36.Bb3 h4 37.Kf1 Bd4 38.e6 Bc5 39.Ba4 g3 40.hxg3 hxg3 41.fxg3 
Kg7 42.Bxc6 Kf6 43.Bd7 Bb4 44.Rb5 Kg6 45.Ke2 Kf6 46.Kd3 Bd6 47.Rxa5 Bxg3 
48.Ke4 Be1 49.Ra1 Bb4 50.Rf1+ Kg5 51.Be8 Bd6 52.Rf3 Bb8 53.Bf7 Bc7 54.Kd4 
Bd6 55.Ke4 Bc7 56.Rd3 Kf6 57.Rd7 Bg3 58.Kf3 Be1 59.Kg4 Bf2 60.Kh5 Bc5 61.
Kh6 Be3+ 62.Kh7 Bg5 63.Rd3 Nc6 64.Rf3+ Ke7 65.Rf5 Bf6 66.g4 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Be7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.e3 c5 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O d5 8.d4 cxd4 
9.exd4 b6 10.Nbd2 Ba6 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Re1 Na5 13.Bd3 Bb4 14.Re3 Qe7 15.Ne5 
Ba3 16.Bxa3 Qxa3 17.Rh3 h6 18.g4 Rfd8 19.Rc2 Nc6 20.f4 Nxd4 21.g5 dxc4 22.
Rxc4 Bxc4 23.bxc4 Qc5 24.gxf6 Ne2+ 25.Kh1 Nxf4 26.Qg4 g5 27.Ndf3 Rxd3 28.
Nxd3 Nxd3 29.Qh5 Qf2 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C75"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Ne7 6.d4 Bd7 7.Bb3 h6 8.Nbd2 Ng6 
9.Nc4 Be7 10.O-O Bg5 11.Ne3 Bxe3 12.Bxe3 O-O 13.Nd2 Na5 14.Bc2 Bb5 15.Re1 
Nc4 16.Nxc4 Bxc4 17.Qf3 Be6 18.b3 Qe7 19.Qg3 c5 20.f4 cxd4 21.cxd4 exf4 
22.Bxf4 Nxf4 23.Qxf4 Rac8 24.Bd3 Rc3 25.Qd2 Rcc8 26.Rac1 Qg5 27.Qxg5 hxg5 
28.Kf2 f6 29.Kf3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.Re1 d5 
9.d4 Nxe4 10.dxe5 Be6 11.Nbd2 Nc5 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 Nd3 14.Re3 Nxc1 15.
Rxc1 c5 16.dxc5 Rc8 17.Rd3 Qc7 18.Bxd5 Bxc5 19.Nb3 Qb6 20.Nxc5 Rxc5 21.
Rxc5 Qxc5 22.h3 Qb4 23.Bb3 h6 24.Bxe6 fxe6 25.Qd2 Qc5 26.Re3 b4 27.Qd6 
Qc1+ 28.Kh2 Qxb2 29.Qxe6+ Kh8 30.f3 Rd8 31.Re4 a5 32.Rg4 a4 33.Qe7 Rg8 34.
Rxb4 Qxa2 35.Qf7 Qxf7 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Nf1 Nc4 15.Ng3 
Rfe8 16.Qe2 g6 17.a4 Na5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Bh6 c4 20.Qe3 Kh8 21.Ng5 Be6 22.
Qf3 Nb7 23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.b4 cxb3 25.Bxb3 Nc5 26.Bc2 Ng8 27.Bd2 Qc6 28.Qe2 
Na4 29.Bd3 Reb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.d4 Nf6 7.Bd3 dxe4 8.Nxe4 
Qxd4 9.Be3 Qd8 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.Bc4 Qa5 12.Bd2 Qb6 13.Rhe1 Nxe4 14.Rxe4 
Nf6 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.Rxe6+ Be7 17.Rde1 Nd5 18.Bg5 O-O-O 19.Bxe7 Nxe7 20.
Rxe7 Rhf8 21.Qg4+ Kb8 22.Qxg7 Qxf2 23.b3 Rg8 24.Qxh7 Rxg2 25.Rxb7+ Ka8 26.
Rbe7 Qc5 27.h4 a5 28.Re8 Qd4 29.Kb1 Rd2 30.Rxd8+ Qxd8 31.Qe4 Qf6 32.h5 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.Nb5 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 O-O 8.f4 
Qb6 9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.Nf3 Nbc6 11.Nbd4 Bd7 12.Bd3 Rac8 13.c3 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Nc6
15.Nf3 f6 16.h4 Kh8 17.Bc2 fxe5 18.fxe5 Qc4 19.O-O-O Qf4 20.Rhe1 Qxd2+ 21.
Rxd2 Rf4 22.Re3 Rcf8 23.h5 h6 24.Re1 Be8 25.Rh1 Kg8 26.b3 Kf7 27.Kb2 Ke7 
28.Rh3 Rg4 29.Bd1 Re4 30.Rg3 Bxh5 31.Rxg7+ Rf7 32.Rxf7+ Bxf7 33.Nd4 Rxe5 
34.Nxc6+ bxc6 35.b4 Re1 36.a4 e5 37.Be2 Kd6 38.a5 e4 39.Ba6 Bh5 40.Rc2 e3 
41.Rc1 Rd1 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Be4 8.Be2 
O-O 9.O-O c5 10.Nd2 Bb7 11.Nb3 d6 12.f3 Nbd7 13.e4 e5 14.a4 a5 15.d5 Re8 
16.g4 Nf8 17.Qe1 Ng6 18.Qg3 Nd7 19.Rf2 Qh4 20.Rb1 Ba6 21.Na1 Qf6 22.g5 Qd8
23.Nc2 Rb8 24.Ne1 Ndf8 25.Ng2 Bc8 26.h4 Qd7 27.h5 Ne7 28.Kh2 Qxa4 29.f4 
Qc2 30.Bd3 Qd1 31.Be2 Qc2 32.Ra1 Qxe4 33.Bd3 exf4 34.Bxf4 Nf5 35.Qh3 Nh4 
36.Bxe4 Bxh3 37.Nxh4 Rxe4 38.Kxh3 Rxc4 39.Rf3 Nd7 40.Bxd6 Re8 41.Nf5 f6 
42.Rg1 Ne5 43.gxf6 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D29"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 
9.a4 Nbd7 10.Rd1 Be7 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Qxa8 13.Nbd2 c4 14.Bc2 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16.Bxe4 Qxe4 17.b3 Nb6 18.Ne5 Bd6 19.f3 Qb7 20.bxc4 Bxe5 21.c5 
Nd5 22.c6 Qc7 23.Bd2 Bxh2+ 24.Kh1 Bg3 25.f4 f5 26.Qf3 Qf7 27.Rc1 Qg6 28.c7
Kd7 29.Kg1 Rc8 30.Ba5 Ke7 31.Rc5 Qg4 32.Qxg4 fxg4 33.f5 Nxe3 34.fxe6 Kxe6 
35.Rxb5 Bxc7 36.Bxc7 Rxc7 37.Re5+ Kf6 38.Rxe3 Rd7 39.Re4 Kf5 40.Re5+ Kf4 
41.Kf2 Rxd4 42.Re7 Rd2+ 43.Kf1 h5 44.Kg1 h4 45.Re1 h3 46.Kh1 Rf2 47.gxh3 
gxh3 48.Re7 g5 49.Ra7 g4 50.Ra4+ Kg3 51.Ra3+ Rf3 52.Ra1 Re3 53.Kg1 Re2 54.
Rf1 Rg2+ 55.Kh1 Rf2 56.Ra1 Re2 57.Ra3+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd3 Be7 8.O-O-O
O-O 9.Nb3 a5 10.a3 a4 11.Nd4 h6 12.Bh4 Qb6 13.Ndb5 Ng4 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.
Qxd6 Nc6 16.Qc7 Qxf2 17.Bd3 Nge5 18.Be2 b6 19.Rd6 Ba6 20.Rxc6 Qf4+ 21.Kb1 
Rfc8 22.g3 Qg5 23.Rxb6 Bxb5 24.Qxc8+ Rxc8 25.Rxb5 f6 26.Rd1 Qe3 27.Bf1 Kh7
28.Bh3 Rxc3 29.Bxe6 Rc7 30.Rb8 Qxe4 31.Rf1 Qxc2+ 32.Ka1 Qe2 33.Rf4 Nd3 34.
Bg8+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C59"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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.f4 Qc7 12.d4 O-O 13.c3 c5 14.Na3 a6 15.Nc2 
Rd8 16.O-O Rb8 17.Qe1 Nc6 18.Kh1 Ne7 19.Bc4 Rf8 20.Ne3 cxd4 21.cxd4 Nf5 
22.Nxf5 Bxf5 23.Bxa6 Be6 24.b3 Nd7 25.Bc4 Bxe5 26.fxe5 Bxc4 27.bxc4 Qxc4 
28.Ba3 Rfe8 29.Bd6 Rb6 30.Qf2 e3 31.Qf5 Nf8 32.Bc5 Rb2 33.Rac1 Qxa2 34.
Bxf8 Rxf8 35.Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.e5 Nfd7 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 
c5 9.exd6 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Nc6 11.Qc3 Nc5 12.Be2 e5 13.Nf3 Nd4 14.Bd1 Qxd6 15.
O-O Bg4 16.b4 Nce6 17.c5 Qd5 18.Nxd4 exd4 19.Qg3 Bxd1 20.Rxd1 f5 21.Rb1 
Rad8 22.Rb3 f4 23.Qf3 Qxf3 24.Rxf3 Rf5 25.Kf1 g5 26.Rfd3 g4 27.Re1 Kf7 28.
Re4 Rdd5 29.g3 fxg3 30.hxg3 h5 31.Bf4 a6 32.Bd6 Rf6 33.Ke2 Rdf5 34.f4 
gxf3+ 35.Kf2 Rg6 36.Rh4 Rgf6 37.Re4 Rg6 38.Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "170"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3 Be7 8.Re1 O-O 
9.h3 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 Qd7 12.Nbd2 exd4 13.cxd4 Rfe8 14.d5 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 dxe5 16.Nf3 Bd6 17.Bg5 Nh5 18.Rac1 h6 19.Bd2 f5 20.exf5 Qxf5 21.g4 
Qf6 22.Re4 Rf8 23.gxh5 Qxf3 24.Qxf3 Rxf3 25.Rg4 Kh7 26.Rc3 Raf8 27.Be3 
Rxh3 28.Rc6 Rxh5 29.Rxa6 e4 30.Rxe4 Rxd5 31.b3 b4 32.Kg2 Rff5 33.Rc6 h5 
34.Rec4 g5 35.Re4 g4 36.Rec4 Ra5 37.Rc2 h4 38.R6c4 h3+ 39.Kh1 g3 40.Rh4+ 
Rh5 41.Rxh5+ Rxh5 42.fxg3 Bxg3 43.Bc5 Rd5 44.Rc1 Rd2 45.Bxb4 Rxa2 46.Rb1 
Kg6 47.Bc5 Be5 48.b4 c6 49.Rd1 Kf5 50.Bd6 Ra1 51.Rxa1 Bxa1 52.Bc5 Be5 53.
Bf8 Ke4 54.Be7 Kd5 55.Bh4 Bd6 56.Be1 Kc4 57.Bd2 Bxb4 58.Bf4 Kd5 59.Be3 Bd6
60.Bf2 Be5 61.Bb6 Bd6 62.Bf2 Be5 63.Bb6 Kc4 64.Be3 Bc7 65.Bf2 Kb5 66.Be3 
Kc4 67.Bf2 Kd3 68.Bc5 Ke4 69.Bf2 Kd5 70.Be3 Be5 71.Bb6 Bd4 72.Ba5 c5 73.
Kh2 c4 74.Kxh3 Ke4 75.Kg2 Kd3 76.Kf1 Bc3 77.Bd8 Bb4 78.Bf6 Kc2 79.Ke2 Kb3 
80.Be5 Ba3 81.Bf6 Bb2 82.Bg5 Kc2 83.Bd2 Bc3 84.Bg5 Kb1 85.Kd1 Kb2 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.d3 Nc6 6.Bd2 d6 7.Qc1 Nd4 8.Rb1 h5 
9.h3 Rb8 10.e3 Nc6 11.a3 Be6 12.Nd5 Rc8 13.Qc2 a6 14.Ne2 b5 15.Bc3 Bxd5 
16.cxd5 Nb4 17.Qd2 Nbxd5 18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.Bxg7 Rh7 20.Bc3 Qd7 21.e4 Nxc3 
22.Nxc3 h4 23.g4 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 
d6 9.Nd2 e5 10.e4 Re8 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.a4 a5 13.Rb1 Bc6 14.Bc2 Nf8 15.f3 Ng6
16.Nf1 Bd7 17.Ne3 h6 18.Kh1 Nh7 19.Qd2 Ng5 20.Qf2 Ne6 21.Rd1 Nef4 22.c5 
bxc5 23.dxc5 dxc5 24.Ba3 Ne6 25.Rd2 Qc8 26.Nf5 Bc6 27.Bxc5 Rb8 28.Rxb8 
Qxb8 29.Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A54"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Qa5 7.Bh4 Be7 8.e3 O-O
9.Bd3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ne5 11.Bxh7+ Nxh7 12.Bxe7 Re8 13.Bxd6 Nxc4 14.Bg3 Qb6 
15.Nb3 a5 16.O-O-O a4 17.Nd2 Nxd2 18.Rxd2 Qa5 19.Rd4 b5 20.Bd6 Be6 21.Rh4 
g6 22.Bc5 Qd8 23.g3 Bf5 24.Qd2 Qf6 25.Rd4 Ng5 26.Rd6 Qe5 27.Qd4 Qxd4 28.
Bxd4 b4 29.h4 Nh7 30.e4 Bg4 31.Nb1 Bf3 32.Re1 Bxe4 33.a3 Bd5 34.Re3 bxa3 
35.bxa3 Rec8 36.Nc3 Bb3 37.Bc5 Nf8 38.Rd2 Ne6 39.Be7 Nc7 40.Bf6 Nd5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O b5 8.Bb3 b4 
9.Nb1 Nxe4 10.Qf3 d5 11.c4 bxc3 12.Nxc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bd6 14.Nf5 O-O 15.
Nxd6 Qxd6 16.Bf4 Qd8 17.c4 Nc6 18.Rad1 Ne7 19.Qh5 d4 20.Bc2 f5 21.Rd3 Ng6 
22.Bg5 Qe8 23.Rxd4 Bb7 24.Rd6 h6 25.Re1 Be4 26.Bxe4 fxe4 27.Be3 Nf4 28.
Qxe8 Raxe8 29.Rxa6 Nd3 30.Rb1 Rb8 31.Rxb8 Rxb8 32.h3 Rb1+ 33.Kh2 Kf7 34.c5
e5 35.Ra7+ Ke6 36.Rxg7 Kd5 37.Rd7+ Kc6 38.Rd6+ Kc7 39.Rxh6 Rb2 40.Rh4 Kc6 
41.Rxe4 Kd5 42.Ra4 Nxf2 43.Ra3 e4 44.Rc3 Kc6 45.Rc4 Kd5 46.c6 Kxc4 47.c7 
Kd3 48.Bc5 e3 49.c8=Q Ne4 50.Qa6+ Kd2 51.Bxe3+ Ke1 52.Kg1 Ng3 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.Re1 d5 
9.d4 Nxe4 10.dxe5 Be6 11.Nbd2 Nc5 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 Nxb3 14.Nxb3 c5 15.
dxc5 d4 16.Nxd4 Bxc5 17.Be3 Bxd4 18.Bxd4 Qd5 19.Bc3 Qxd1 20.Rexd1 a5 21.a3
Rfc8 22.f3 h5 23.Rd4 Kh7 24.Rc1 a4 25.Kf2 Rc4 26.Rd6 Rac8 27.Rcd1 R8c6 28.
R1d3 Kg6 29.g3 Kh7 30.Kg2 Bf5 31.Rxc6 Rxc6 32.Rd6 Rxd6 33.exd6 f6 34.Kf2 
Kg6 35.Ke3 Kf7 36.Kd4 Be6 37.Kc5 Bd7 38.Kb6 Ke6 39.Kc7 Be8 40.h4 Bd7 41.g4
hxg4 42.fxg4 Be8 43.h5 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Ne8 8.Qc2 Nd7 9.
O-O-O Nc5 10.g4 a5 11.Nge2 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Ng3 Qf6 14.Nxf5 Bxf5 15.gxf5
Qxf5 16.Qxf5 Rxf5 17.Be2 a4 18.Kc2 Rf6 19.Rhg1 Kf8 20.Rg2 Bh6 21.Bxc5 dxc5
22.Ne4 Rf4 23.Nxc5 Ke7 24.Ne6 Rf6 25.Bh5 c6 26.Bxe8 Rxe8 27.Nc5 cxd5 28.
Rxd5 Rd8 29.Rxd8 Kxd8 30.Nxa4 Rf3 31.Nc5 Kc7 32.h4 b6 33.Nd3 e4 34.Ne5 Rf4
35.Ng4 Bf8 36.h5 h6 37.Ne3 Rh4 38.Nd5+ Kb7 39.Rg6 Bc5 40.Rxh6 Bxf2 41.Rh7+
Kb8 42.Re7 Bc5 43.Re8+ Kb7 44.b4 Bd4 45.h6 Kc6 46.Nf6 Rh2+ 47.Kb3 e3 48.
Re6+ Kc7 49.Nd5+ Kd7 50.Re4 e2 51.Nf4 e1=Q 52.Rxe1 Rxh6 53.Rd1 Rd6 54.Nd5 
Bf2 55.Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 
9.d4 Nxe4 10.dxe5 Be6 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Na5 13.Bc2 c5 14.Qd3 g6 15.Bh6 
Re8 16.Rad1 Ra7 17.b3 Nc6 18.Qe3 b4 19.c4 Rd7 20.cxd5 Bxd5 21.Ng5 Nd4 22.
Bd3 Be6 23.Nxe6 Nxe6 24.Be2 Rd4 25.Rxd4 cxd4 26.Qd2 Bg5 27.Bxg5 Qxg5 28.
Qxg5 Nxg5 29.Bc4 Ne6 30.Rd1 Rd8 31.Bxe6 fxe6 32.f4 Kf7 33.Kf2 g5 34.Kf3 
gxf4 35.Kxf4 d3 36.Ke3 Rd5 37.Rxd3 Rxe5+ 38.Kf2 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.Qa4+ Nbd7 7.Qxc4 a6 8.Qc2 
cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Nb3 Bd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Nc3 Rb8 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Qd3 Be7 15.
Bf4 e5 16.Be3 b6 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 a5 19.Rac1 Qa7 20.Qc3 a4 21.Nd2 Nf6 
22.Bf3 Ng4 23.Nc4 Bf6 24.Qb4 Nxe3 25.Nxe3 Bg5 26.Rc3 Be7 27.Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 a6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Nb3 Ba7 8.Bd3
Nf6 9.Qe2+ Be6 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.Qxe3 O-O 12.O-O Nc6 13.Rfe1 Re8 14.Nfd4 Qd6 
15.Qg3 Qxg3 16.hxg3 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bd7 18.f3 Kf8 19.Kf2 Rxe1 20.Rxe1 Re8 21.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 22.g4 h6 23.Ke3 Ke7 24.Nb3 Kd6 25.Kd4 g6 26.c4 dxc4 27.Bxc4 Be6
28.Na5 b6 29.Bxe6 Kxe6 30.Nc4 Nd5 31.g3 f5 32.gxf5+ gxf5 33.a4 h5 34.f4 b5
35.axb5 axb5 36.Na3 b4 37.Nc2 Nf6 38.Kc4 Ne4 39.Nd4+ Kf6 40.Ne2 Ke6 41.
Nd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A19"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 c5 4.e5 Ng8 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qe4 f5 8.Qe2 
Nge7 9.Nf3 Ng6 10.Bd2 a6 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.Re1 Bc5 13.h4 Nd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 
15.f4 b5 16.h5 Ne7 17.Qd3 Bf2 18.Rd1 Bb7 19.Qd6 Qc8 20.Rh3 Bc5 21.Qd3 bxc4
22.Qxc4 Nd5 23.Nxd5 Bxd5 24.Qc2 Qb7 25.Kb1 Rc8 26.Rc3 Kf7 27.Bc1 Bb4 28.
Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Qa4 a5 30.Bb5 Rc5 31.Bxd7 Ke7 32.Be3 Qxd7 33.Qxd7+ Kxd7 34.a3
Bxa3 35.bxa3 Rc3 36.Bc1 Rg3 37.h6 gxh6 38.Rh1 Rg6 39.Rh2 Bxg2 40.Bd2 a4 
41.Bb4 Bf3 42.Kc2 h5 43.Rh3 Rg2+ 44.Kc3 Rf2 45.Kd4 Bg4 46.Rd3 Kc6 47.Kc3 
Kb5 48.Rd6 Rf3+ 49.Kd2 Rxf4 50.Rxe6 Re4 51.Kd3 h4 52.Re7 h3 53.Bd6 h5 54.
e6 Be2+ 55.Kd2 Bc4 56.Rh7 Rd4+ 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.d5 Nc5 
9.Nd2 a5 10.Qc2 Bh6 11.Nb3 Bxc1 12.Raxc1 Nfd7 13.Rcd1 Nxb3 14.Qxb3 Nc5 15.
Qc2 f5 16.exf5 Bxf5 17.Qc1 g5 18.Qe3 Qf6 19.Rd2 Bd7 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Qxe4 
Qf4 22.Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Be7 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Be2 d5 8.cxd5 
Nb4 9.O-O Nbxd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Nb5 c6 12.Qxd5 Nxd5 13.Nd4 Bf6 14.Rd1 Rd8 
15.e4 Nc7 16.Be3 Ne6 17.Nxe6 Bxe6 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Rb1 c5 20.b3 Bd4 21.Rd1
Kf8 22.Kf1 Ke7 23.Bxd4 Rxd4 24.Rxd4 cxd4 25.Bc4 Bg4 26.f3 Bh5 27.Ke2 Kd6 
28.Kd3 Ke5 29.Bd5 b6 30.Bc6 f6 31.b4 g5 32.a3 Bf7 33.g3 Bb3 34.Bd7 Bd1 35.
f4+ gxf4 36.gxf4+ Kxf4 37.Kxd4 h5 38.h4 Kg3 39.e5 fxe5+ 40.Kxe5 Kxh4 41.
Kf4 Bg4 42.Ba4 Kh3 43.Bb3 Kg2 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Qe2 e5 12.e4 b6 13.Ng5 cxd4 14.cxd4 exd4 15.f4 
Nc5 16.e5 Nfe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bb2 Bb7 19.Bxd4 Rac8 20.Bb3 Nc5 21.Rac1 Ba6
22.Qg4 Bxf1 23.e6 fxe6 24.Bxe6+ Kh8 25.Bxc8 Bd3 26.Be6 Qe7 27.f5 Nxe6 28.
fxe6 Bf5 29.Qg3 Bxe6 30.Rc7 Bd7 31.h4 Rf7 32.Rxd7 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Bxc6 
bxc6 9.O-O Be7 10.f3 Ng5 11.f4 Ne4 12.f5 O-O 13.Nc3 c5 14.Nb3 c4 15.Nd4 
Nxc3 16.bxc3 c5 17.Ne2 Bc6 18.Nf4 d4 19.f6 gxf6 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Nh5 Be5 
22.Rf5 f6 23.Qg4+ Kf7 24.Rxe5 fxe5 25.Bh6 Rg8 26.Qf5+ Ke7 27.Qxe5+ Kd7 28.
Rb1 Rxg2+ 29.Kf1 Rg6 30.Bf4 Qe7 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.h3 Re8 11.Re1 a5 12.Qc2 c6 13.Bf4 Nfd7 14.Rad1 Ne5 15.b3 Qb6
16.Be3 a4 17.f4 Ned7 18.Rb1 axb3 19.axb3 Ra3 20.b4 Nxe4 21.Ndb5 Qa6 22.
Nxe4 cxb5 23.cxb5 Qa8 24.Bf2 Ra2 25.Qd3 Rf8 26.Qxd6 Qa4 27.Rbc1 Rb2 28.Nc3
Qb3 29.Nd5 Rxf2 30.Ne7+ Kh8 31.Kxf2 Nb6 32.Nxc8 Nxc8 33.Qd2 Nb6 34.Re3 Qa4
35.Bxb7 Qxb5 36.Bc6 Qf5 37.Kg2 h5 38.Be4 Qb5 39.Rc5 Qa6 40.Rd3 Nc4 41.Qc2 
Nb2 42.Rb3 Re8 43.Rxb2 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 O-O 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Qd2 Nd5 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.Bd3 Bf5
15.Rfe1 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Nc6 17.Ne5 Re8 18.Rac1 Rc8 19.Nxc6 Rxc6 20.Rxe8+ Qxe8
21.Rxc6 Qxc6 22.Qe3 h6 23.h3 Kh7 24.Qd3+ Qg6 25.Qb5 Qb1+ 26.Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.
dxc3 Qe5+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 d5 11.Bf4 c6 12.Be5 Be6 13.O-O-O f6 14.Bh5+ 
Bf7 15.Bxf7+ Kxf7 16.Bd4 Bd6 17.Rhe1 b5 18.h3 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Bc4 Rg8 7.d4 Bf5 8.
Bf4 e6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Nh4 Bg6 12.f4 f5 13.c3 Nd7 14.a4 O-O-O 
15.a5 Nf6 16.a6 b6 17.Qb3 Bh5 18.g3 c5 19.Qc2 cxd4 20.Qg2 Ne4 21.Bd3 dxc3 
22.Bxe4 Qd4+ 23.Kh1 Qxe4 24.Rac1 Rd2 25.Rxc3+ Kb8 26.Qxe4 fxe4 27.b4 Rc8 
28.Rfc1 Rxc3 29.Rxc3 Rd3 30.Rc1 Rd1+ 31.Rxd1 Bxd1 32.Kg1 Be2 33.Kf2 Bxa6 
34.f5 Bd3 35.fxe6 fxe6 36.Ke3 a5 37.bxa5 bxa5 38.Kd4 a4 39.Kc3 Kc7 40.Ng2 
Kd6 41.Kb4 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d5 Na5 8.Nd2 c5 
9.Qc2 a6 10.O-O Rb8 11.a3 Qc7 12.Rb1 Bd7 13.Nce4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Rbc8 15.b3 
b5 16.h4 Bf5 17.h5 e6 18.h6 Bh8 19.Rd1 e5 20.f3 Nb7 21.g4 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 Bf6
23.g5 Be7 24.Bh3 Rce8 25.Kh1 f6 26.gxf6 Bxf6 27.Rg1 b4 28.a4 a5 29.Bd2 Nd8
30.Rg2 Kh8 31.Rbg1 Qe7 32.Bc1 Nf7 33.Rg4 Nd8 34.Kg2 Kg8 35.Kf1 Kh8 36.Ke1 
Rf7 37.Kd1 Rff8 38.R4g2 Rf7 39.Rf1 Rff8 40.f4 exf4 41.Qxe7 Rxe7 42.Rxf4 
Ree8 43.Rgf2 Be7 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E56"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Ne2 cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.b3 b6 11.Bb2 Bb7 12.Ng3 Rc8 13.Rc1 Rc7 14.Ne5 g6 15.Qe2 dxc4
16.Nxc6 cxd3 17.Nxd8 dxe2 18.Rxc7 exf1=Q+ 19.Nxf1 Rxd8 20.Rxe7 Rd7 21.Rxd7
Nxd7 22.Ne3 Nf6 23.Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Bd7 7.f4 g6 8.Nxc6 
Bxc6 9.e5 dxe5 10.Qxd8+ Rxd8 11.fxe5 Ng4 12.e6 f5 13.h3 Ne5 14.Bb5 Rd6 15.
Bf4 Bg7 16.O-O Rxe6 17.Rae1 Kf7 18.Be2 a6 19.Nd1 Bb5 20.Rf2 Nd7 21.c4 Bc6 
22.Be3 Bf6 23.Rff1 Bh4 24.Bf2 Bxf2+ 25.Nxf2 a5 26.Nd3 Re4 27.b3 h5 28.Bf3 
Rxe1 29.Rxe1 Kf6 30.Nf4 e5 31.Rd1 Rh7 32.Rd6+ Ke7 33.Re6+ Kf7 34.Bxc6 bxc6
35.Rd6 Ke7 36.Re6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
h6 9.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Qe3 Qc7 12.Be2 Be7 13.Rd2 b5 14.a3 e5 15.Bg3 
Qb7 16.f4 b4 17.axb4 Qxb4 18.Nd5 Qa4 19.Kb1 Bxd5 20.exd5 e4 21.Rd4 Qa5 22.
Be1 Qc7 23.c4 h5 24.Bc3 a5 25.Kc2 a4 26.Ra1 O-O 27.Rxe4 Nxe4 28.Qxe4 Qd7 
29.Bxh5 Rfe8 30.Qd3 Bf6 31.Bxf6 gxf6 32.Ra3 Qa7 33.Qd2 Kf8 34.Bg4 Qc5 35.
Be2 Qg1 36.Bd3 Qxh2 37.Qf2 Qh1 38.Bf1 Qh7+ 39.f5 Re5 40.g4 Rae8 41.Rh3 
Qxh3 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D09"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Qd7 7.Bg2 O-O-O 8.h3 
Bf5 9.a3 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.b4 Re8 12.Bb2 Bd3 13.O-O Bxe2 14.Qa4 Bxf1 15.
Rxf1 Kb8 16.b5 Nd8 17.Nxd4 Bc5 18.N2b3 Bxd4 19.Bxd4 b6 20.c5 Re7 21.cxb6 
cxb6 22.Bxb6 axb6 23.Qa8+ Kc7 24.Qa7+ Kd6 25.Rd1+ Ke5 26.Rxd7 Nxd7 27.Qc7+
Ke6 28.Nd4+ Kf7 29.Nf5 Re1+ 30.Kh2 Rd1 31.Qc2 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O c6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.
Re1+ Ne7 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Qh5 Rc8 12.Na3 Rc6 13.d3 g6 14.Qh4 
Re6 15.Rxe6 Qxe6 16.Bd2 Nf5 17.Qh3 Qb6 18.Re1+ Be7 19.g4 Ng7 20.Qg3 Ne6 
21.Qb8+ Bd8 22.Bh6 Rg8 23.Qe5 Qc5 24.Bd2 Kd7 25.Nc4 dxc4 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nf6 6.d3 e6 7.g3 Nbd7 8.Bg2 
Bc5 9.O-O Bd4 10.exd5 cxd5 11.Nb5 Be5 12.d4 Bb8 13.c4 O-O 14.Bg5 h6 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Nc3 Bc7 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Rad1 Bb6 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Qxd5 Qxd5 
21.Bxd5 Rfd8 22.Bxb7 Rab8 23.Bf3 Rxd4 24.Rxd4 Bxd4 25.b3 Rd8 26.Rc1 Bb6 
27.Rc2 Kf8 28.Be2 Ba5 29.Kf1 Rd2 30.Rc8+ Ke7 31.Rb8 Bb6 32.a4 Rd8 33.Rxd8 
Kxd8 34.b4 Bd4 35.Bc4 Ke7 36.Ke2 Bc3 37.b5 Ba5 38.g4 f6 39.Kd3 Kd6 40.Ke4 
Bb4 41.Kf5 Ke7 42.Kg6 Kf8 43.f4 Bd2 44.Bd5 Be1 45.Be6 Bc3 46.Bc8 Bd2 47.
Bd7 Bc3 48.Be6 Bd2 49.g5 fxg5 50.fxg5 Bxg5 51.a5 Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 g6 3.d4 d6 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.e3 f5 7.Nc3 Nh6 8.dxe5 dxe5 
9.Qxd8+ Nxd8 10.e4 Nhf7 11.Nd5 Ne6 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Nh4 c6 14.Nxf5 cxd5 15.
cxd5 Nd4 16.Nxg7+ Kf8 17.Ne6+ Bxe6 18.dxe6 Nc2+ 19.Kd1 Nxa1 20.exf7 Rd8+ 
21.Bd2 Kxf7 22.Kc1 Rc8+ 23.Bc3 b5 24.Kb1 Nc2 25.Bxe5 Rhe8 26.Bd5+ Kf8 27.
Bf4 Nd4 28.Bh6+ Ke7 29.Be3 Nc6 30.Rd1 Kf6 31.h4 a6 32.Bg2 Ne5 33.Rd6+ Kf7 
34.Bd5+ Ke7 35.Rxa6 Nc4 36.Bf4 Kd7 37.Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 cxd4 8.Bd3 
Qc7 9.Ne2 dxc3 10.Qxg7 Rg8 11.Qxh7 Qxe5 12.Bf4 Qf6 13.h4 Nbc6 14.Bg5 Qe5 
15.Qh6 Bd7 16.Qf6 Rc8 17.f4 Qe3 18.h5 e5 19.h6 e4 20.Bb5 Rxg5 21.h7 Bg4 
22.Qxg5 Qd2+ 23.Kf1 Bxe2+ 24.Bxe2 Nd4 25.h8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 
9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.a4 Bb7 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Bxa8 14.d5 Ne7 15.Na3 
Qb8 16.Nxb5 c6 17.dxc6 Nc5 18.Bc4 Bxc6 19.Qxd6 Nxe4 20.Qxb8 Rxb8 21.Na3 
Ng6 22.Bf1 Nc5 23.Nc2 e4 24.Nb4 Ba8 25.Nh2 Rd8 26.Be2 Nd3 27.Bxd3 exd3 28.
Rd1 Ne5 29.f4 Nc4 30.Rxd3 Re8 31.Kf1 Bb7 32.Ng4 Bh4 33.Nf2 h5 34.Rd7 Bc8 
35.Rd4 Na5 36.Re4 Rd8 37.Re5 Nb3 38.Be3 g6 39.Rb5 Re8 40.Re5 Be6 41.Ne4 
Ra8 42.Kg1 Ra1+ 43.Kh2 Re1 44.Bb6 Kg7 45.Nc5 Rxe5 46.fxe5 Nxc5 47.Bxc5 Bg5
48.Bd4 Kf8 49.Nd3 Bd5 50.Kg3 Ke8 51.Kf2 Bc4 52.Nc5 Be7 53.Ne4 Kd7 54.Nd2 
Ba2 55.b3 Ba3 56.b4 Kc6 57.Nf3 Bc1 58.Be3 Bb2 59.Bd2 Kd5 60.Ke3 Bc4 61.h4 
Ba2 62.Ne1 Kc4 63.Nd3 Ba1 64.Nf4 Bb1 65.Nh3 Kd5 66.Kf4 Kc4 67.Ng5 Kd3 68.
b5 Ba2 69.b6 Bd5 70.Be1 Bb2 71.Nxf7 Bc1+ 72.Kg3 Be3 73.Bf2 Bxb6 74.Bxb6 
Bxf7 75.Kf4 Kxc3 76.Kg5 Kd3 77.Kf6 Be8 78.e6 Kc4 79.Bc7 Bb5 80.g3 Be8 81.
Bf4 Kd5 82.Ke7 g5 83.hxg5 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.Be2 Bb7 7.O-O Nf6 8.a4 a6 9.
Bg5 Nbd7 10.e5 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Nd5 13.Ne4 Qb6 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.exd6 f6 
16.b4 cxb3 17.Qxb3 Kf7 18.Rfe1 Rae8 19.Ne5+ Nxe5 20.dxe5 f5 21.Bh5+ Kg7 
22.a5 Qa7 23.Bxe8 Rxe8 24.h4 c5 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.Qd1 Rh8 27.f3 c4+ 28.Bf2 
Qb8 29.Qd4 Qe8 30.Qa7 Qc6 31.Qc5 c3 32.Rec1 Qd7 33.Rab1 Rc8 34.Qa7 Rc4 35.
Qb8 Rc8 36.Qa7 Rc4 37.Qb8 Qc8 38.Qa7 Qc6 39.Qb8 Qd7 40.Qa7 Kg6 41.Be1 b4 
42.Rb3 Bc8 43.Qa8 Qc6 44.Qxc6 Rxc6 45.g3 Bd7 46.Bf2 g4 47.f4 Rc8 48.Bb6 
Kf7 49.Rbb1 Ba4 50.Kf2 c2 51.Ra1 b3 52.Rh1 c1=Q 53.Raxc1 Rxc1 54.Rxc1 b2 
55.Rh1 Nc3 56.Bc5 b1=Q 57.Rxb1 Nxb1 58.Bb4 Ke8 59.Ke3 Kd7 60.Kd4 Kc6 61.
Kc4 Bd1 62.Kd3 Bb3 63.Kd4 Bc2 64.Kc4 Ba4 65.Kd4 Bb5 66.Be1 Na3 67.Bd2 Bf1 
68.Bc1 Nc4 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5
Ng8 9.f4 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O d5 13.Bd4 Bf5 14.Bf3 Rb8 15.g4 
Bc8 16.Rb1 Rb4 17.a3 Rxd4 18.Qxd4 Nxg4 19.Qxa7 e5 20.Bxg4 Bxg4 21.fxe5 Bf3
22.Qe3 d4 23.Qd2 Bxe5 24.Rxf3 Rxf3 25.Re1 Rf5 26.Ne4 Qh4 27.Re2 Bf4 28.Qe1
Bxh2+ 29.Kh1 Bg3+ 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.
Be2 Na6 9.Ba5 Bd7 10.Nf3 Nf6 11.Qd6 c5 12.Rd1 b6 13.Ne5 Rd8 14.Bc3 Qa8 15.
Bf3 Qb8 16.O-O Qxd6 17.Rxd6 Ke7 18.Rfd1 Nb8 19.b4 Ne8 20.R6d2 f6 21.bxc5 
bxc5 22.Nd3 Bc6 23.Be2 Nd6 24.Nxc5 Nb7 25.Bb4 Kf7 26.Nxb7 Rxd2 27.Rxd2 
Bxb7 28.Bc5 a5 29.Rb2 Bc6 30.Bd6 Nd7 31.c5 a4 32.f4 e5 33.Bc4+ Kg6 34.fxe5
Nxe5 35.Bxe5 fxe5 36.Rb6 Rc8 37.Bd5 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Be7 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Bxd7+
Qxd7 9.Ne5 Qc7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Qf3 O-O 12.Qxd5 cxd4 13.O-O dxe3 14.Bxe3 
Bf6 15.Rac1 Qxe5 16.Qxb7 Nd7 17.Qxd7 Qxb2 18.Qa4 a6 19.Rc6 Qb5 20.Qc2 Rfd8
21.g3 Qd3 22.Rc1 h5 23.h4 Qxc2 24.R1xc2 Rd1+ 25.Kg2 Ra1 26.R6c5 a5 27.Bg5 
Bxg5 28.hxg5 Ra7 29.R5c4 a4 30.Rh4 g6 31.Rb4 Ra8 32.Rf4 a3 33.Rf3 Ra5 34.
Rc8+ Kg7 35.Rc7 Rf5 36.Rxa3 Rxg5 37.Rf3 Rf5 38.Rxf5 gxf5 39.Ra7 Kg6 40.Kf3
Re1 41.Ra4 Kg5 42.Ra7 Kg6 43.Ra8 Kg5 44.Rg8+ Kf6 45.Ra8 Kg5 46.Ra4 Rc1 47.
Ra5 Rc4 48.Kg2 Rc2 49.a3 Rb2 50.Ra4 Rc2 51.Rf4 Ra2 52.a4 Ra3 53.Kh3 Ra2 
54.Kg2 Ra3 55.Rb4 Ra2 56.Rc4 Ra1 57.f3 Ra3 58.Rb4 Ra1 59.Kh3 Rh1+ 60.Kg2 
Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.e3 
Nbd7 9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Rab1 Bg4 12.Ne5 Bh5 13.b4 a6 14.Na4 Ne4 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Nc5 Nd6 17.a4 f6 18.Nf3 Bg6 19.Nh4 Be4 20.g3 Ng6 21.Nxg6 hxg6
22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Bc4+ Nxc4 24.Qxc4+ Kh7 25.Rfc1 Qd7 26.Kg2 g5 27.Qe2 g4 28.
Rc5 Kg6 29.b5 axb5 30.axb5 Rac8 31.bxc6 Rxc6 32.Qb5 Re7 33.Rxc6 bxc6 34.
Qa5 Re6 35.Rb6 Rd6 36.Ra6 Qf5 37.Qxf5+ Kxf5 38.h3 gxh3+ 39.Kxh3 g6 40.Rb6 
Ke6 41.Kg4 Kd5 42.Kf4 Rd8 43.Rb2 Rh8 44.Ra2 Rh2 45.Ra5+ Kd6 46.Ra2 Kd5 47.
Rc2 Rg2 48.Rc5+ Kd6 49.Rc2 Kd5 50.g4 Rg1 51.Rc5+ Kd6 52.Kxe4 Rxg4+ 53.Kd3 
Rg2 54.Ke2 f5 55.Ra5 Rg1 56.Ra8 Rg4 57.Kf3 Rg1 58.Ke2 Rg4 59.Ra1 Kd5 60.
Rc1 Kd6 61.Rc2 Rg1 62.Rc3 Rg2 63.Kf1 Rh2 64.Kg1 Rh8 65.Kg2 Rb8 66.Kf3 Rb2 
67.Rc1 g5 68.Rg1 g4+ 69.Kg3 Rc2 70.Ra1 c5 71.Ra6+ Kd7 72.dxc5 Rxc5 73.Ra4 
Ke6 74.Kh4 Rc2 75.Rf4 Rc8 76.Kg3 Rh8 77.e4 Rh3+ 78.Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Qa5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.e3 Qxc5 11.Be2 Nc6 12.O-O d4 13.exd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.
Bg3 Be6 16.Nb5 Qe4 17.Bd3 Qg4 18.h3 Qg5 19.Nc7 Rac8 20.Nxe6 Rxc2 21.Nxg5 
Rd2 22.Nxf7 Rxd3 23.Ne5 Rd2 24.Nc4 Rc2 25.Rac1 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rc8 27.Bf4 Nd5
28.Na5 Rxc1+ 29.Bxc1 b5 30.Kf1 Nb4 31.Be3 Nxa2 32.Bxa7 Bf6 33.b3 Bc3 34.
Bb6 Kf7 35.Ke2 Nc1+ 36.Kd1 Bxa5 37.Bxa5 Nd3 38.Kd2 Nf4 39.Bc7 Nxg2 40.Kc3 
Ke6 41.Kd4 Ne1 42.Bg3 Nf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.O-O c5 8.dxc5 
Qa5 9.e4 Qxc5 10.Qe2 Bd7 11.Be3 Qa5 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.Rad1 Bc6 14.Nxc4 Qa6 15.
b3 Nbd7 16.f4 Nb6 17.Bxb6 axb6 18.a4 Bb4 19.Rd3 Nd7 20.Rdf3 b5 21.axb5 
Bxb5 22.Nxb5 Qxb5 23.Rd1 Be7 24.Bf1 Nc5 25.Qe3 Qb4 26.e5 Rd8 27.Nd6 Bxd6 
28.exd6 Ra3 29.f5 Qxb3 30.Qg5 Qb6 31.Rxa3 Nd3+ 32.Kg2 Qc6+ 33.Kg1 Qc5+ 34.
Kh1 Nf2+ 35.Kg2 f6 36.Qc1 Qxf5 37.Rf3 Qh3+ 38.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 39.Bg2 Qh5 40.Qc7
Qe8 41.d7 Qe7 42.Rc3 Kf7 43.Qd6 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.b4 e6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.b5 c5 4.e3 d5 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.c4 Bd6 7.d3 O-O 8.Nbd2 b6 
9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Qe7 11.a4 a5 12.bxa6 Rxa6 13.d4 Ra7 14.Ne5 Rfa8 15.f4 
cxd4 16.exd4 Bb4 17.Ndf3 Ne4 18.Qb3 Nxe5 19.fxe5 Rc8 20.Rac1 Nd2 21.Nxd2 
Bxd2 22.Rc2 dxc4 23.Rxc4 Rxc4 24.Bxc4 Qg5 25.d5 Qe3+ 26.Kh1 Qxb3 27.Bxb3 
Bxd5 28.Bxd5 exd5 29.Rd1 Be3 30.Rxd5 h6 31.Rd8+ Kh7 32.Rd3 Bc5 33.h3 Rxa4 
34.Kh2 Rb4 35.Ba3 Rd4 36.Rb3 Re4 37.Bb2 Re1 38.Rf3 Bg1+ 39.Kg3 Kg6 40.Bc3 
Re4 41.Rd3 Kf5 42.Rf3+ Ke6 43.Rd3 h5 44.Kf3 Kf5 45.g3 Bc5 46.e6 fxe6 47.
Bxg7 Ra4 48.Bb2 Rb4 49.Bc3 Rc4 50.Bb2 h4 51.g4+ Kg5 52.Be5 Rc2 53.Bc7 Kg6 
54.Bd8 Bf2 55.Rb3 Kf7 56.Bxb6 Bxb6 57.Rxb6 Rh2 58.g5 Rxh3+ 59.Kg4 Rh1 60.
Rb7+ Kf8 61.Rh7 Rg1+ 62.Kf4 Rf1+ 63.Kg4 e5 64.Rxh4 Kf7 65.Rh6 e4 66.Rf6+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "169"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Ne8 8.Nge2 Nd7 
9.O-O a6 10.Be3 Rb8 11.a4 b6 12.Qd2 g6 13.Nc1 Ng7 14.Nd3 f5 15.f4 Bf6 16.
Kh1 Re8 17.Rae1 exf4 18.Bxf4 Ne5 19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.Bh6 Rb7 21.Bh3 Rf7 22.Re2
f4 23.Bxc8 Qxc8 24.Ref2 g5 25.Qd1 Qh3 26.Bxg7 Bxg7 27.g4 Rd8 28.Qf3 Qh6 
29.Rd2 Qd6 30.Rd3 Rf6 31.Ra1 Rh6 32.Qg2 Rf8 33.Rf1 Rff6 34.Rh3 Rxh3 35.
Qxh3 Rh6 36.Qf3 Qd7 37.h3 Rh4 38.Kh2 Rh6 39.Kg2 Bf8 40.Ra1 Qc7 41.Ne2 Be7 
42.Qc3 Rg6 43.Ng1 a5 44.Nf3 Bd6 45.Qb3 Kf7 46.Qb5 h6 47.Rd1 Ke7 48.Kf2 Rg8
49.Rg1 Qd7 50.Qxd7+ Kxd7 51.h4 gxh4 52.Nxh4 Be7 53.Nf3 Bf6 54.Rh1 Rg6 55.
Rh5 Kd6 56.b3 Bg5 57.Nxg5 hxg5 58.Rh7 Rg8 59.Rh6+ Kd7 60.Kg2 Rf8 61.Re6 
Rg8 62.Rf6 Kc7 63.Rc6+ Kd7 64.Re6 Rg7 65.Rxb6 Rg8 66.Rb5 Rh8 67.Rb7+ Kd6 
68.Rg7 f3+ 69.Kg3 f2 70.Rg6+ Kd7 71.Kxf2 Rh2+ 72.Kg3 Rb2 73.Rxg5 Rxb3+ 74.
Kf2 Rb4 75.Rxe5 Rxa4 76.g5 Rxc4 77.g6 Rb4 78.Re6 Rb8 79.Ra6 Ke7 80.e5 Kf8 
81.Ra7 a4 82.d6 Re8 83.g7+ Kg8 84.Re7 Rb8 85.d7 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nf6 6.d3 e6 7.g3 Nbd7 8.Bg2 
Bc5 9.O-O O-O 10.Qe2 Bd4 11.Kh2 Bxc3 12.bxc3 dxe4 13.dxe4 Qa5 14.c4 Nb6 
15.Bb2 Rfd8 16.e5 Nfd7 17.Bd4 Qa6 18.Rab1 Rab8 19.f4 Nxc4 20.Rbd1 c5 21.
Bg1 Rbc8 22.Be4 Nf8 23.Bd3 b5 24.f5 exf5 25.Bxf5 Rb8 26.Bxc5 g6 27.Bxf8 
Rxf8 28.Bd7 Qb6 29.Rf6 Qe3 30.Qxe3 Nxe3 31.Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E57"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "179"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nc6 10.a3 Be7 11.Qd3 b6 12.Bg5 Bb7 13.Rad1 Nd5 14.Ne4 Rc8 15.
Bd2 Nb8 16.Neg5 g6 17.Rfe1 Nd7 18.Rc1 N7f6 19.Ba6 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Bxa6 21.
Qxa6 Nh5 22.g3 Qa8 23.Ne1 Ng7 24.Ngf3 Nf5 25.Qa4 a6 26.Qc6 Bf6 27.Qa4 Nd6 
28.Qc6 Qxc6 29.Rxc6 Nf5 30.Be3 Nfe7 31.Rc4 Rc8 32.Rxc8+ Nxc8 33.Kf1 Nce7 
34.Ke2 Kf8 35.Kd3 Ke8 36.Nc2 Bg7 37.Bd2 f6 38.Ng1 Bf8 39.Ne2 Kd7 40.Ne3 
Kc6 41.Nc4 Nc8 42.Ne3 Nce7 43.Nc4 Bg7 44.Nc3 Nc7 45.Ne2 Ned5 46.Nc3 Bf8 
47.Ne4 Be7 48.h4 Nb5 49.Bc1 Nd6 50.Ncxd6 Bxd6 51.Kc4 Be7 52.a4 h5 53.Nc3 
Nxc3 54.bxc3 b5+ 55.axb5+ axb5+ 56.Kd3 Kd5 57.Bd2 g5 58.f3 gxh4 59.gxh4 e5
60.dxe5 Kxe5 61.Be3 f5 62.c4 bxc4+ 63.Kxc4 Bxh4 64.Kd3 Bg3 65.Ke2 h4 66.
Kf1 h3 67.Bh6 Kd5 68.Bg5 Ke6 69.Be3 Kd5 70.Bh6 Ke5 71.Kg1 Kf6 72.Be3 Kg6 
73.Kh1 Kf6 74.Kg1 Ke6 75.Bg5 Kd5 76.Bh6 Kd4 77.Kf1 Kd3 78.Bg5 Be1 79.Kg1 
Bd2 80.Bf6 Ke2 81.Kh2 Kxf3 82.Kxh3 Bf4 83.Be7 Bg3 84.Bd8 Be5 85.Be7 Kf2 
86.Bh4+ Ke2 87.Bg5 Kf1 88.Be3 Ke2 89.Bg5 Kf3 90.Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 d6 8.e4
e5 9.d5 Nb8 10.O-O a5 11.Ne1 O-O 12.f4 Na6 13.f5 Nd7 14.Qh5 Nac5 15.g4 Nf6
16.Qh3 h6 17.Rc1 Nh7 18.Rf2 Bd7 19.Qg3 g5 20.Nb3 b6 21.Qe3 f6 22.Bf1 Kg7 
23.Nf3 Rfc8 24.Rcc2 Ba4 25.Nxc5 dxc5 26.Rcd2 Be8 27.h4 Bf7 28.Rh2 Rh8 29.
Rh3 gxh4 30.Rxh4 Ng5 31.Rdh2 Nxf3+ 32.Qxf3 Rh7 33.Be2 Rah8 34.R4h3 Be8 35.
Qe3 Qd6 36.Bd1 Qf8 37.Qd2 Qd6 38.Kf1 Bd7 39.Ke1 Be8 40.Bc2 Bd7 41.Qd1 Kf8 
42.Qd2 Qe7 43.Bd1 Be8 44.Be2 Kg8 45.Rf2 Kf8 46.Rfh2 Kg8 47.Rg2 Kf8 48.Kd1 
Qd6 49.Kc1 Kg8 50.Bd1 Kf8 51.Rgh2 Kg8 52.Bc2 Bd7 53.Qd1 Kf8 54.Kb1 Be8 55.
a3 Bd7 56.Ka2 Be8 57.Bb3 Bd7 58.Rh4 Be8 59.R4h3 Bd7 60.Qc2 Be8 61.Ba4 Bxa4
62.Qxa4 Ke7 63.Kb3 Qd7 64.Rh4 Qxa4+ 65.Kxa4 Kd7 66.Kb5 Kd6 67.b3 Kd7 68.
R4h3 Rg7 69.Rxh6 Rxh6 70.Rxh6 Rxg4 71.Rh7+ Kd6 72.Ka6 Rxe4 73.Kb7 Re3 74.
Rf7 a4 75.Rxf6+ Kd7 76.bxa4 e4 77.Rf7+ Kd8 78.Rxc7 Rf3 79.d6 Rxf5 80.Re7 
e3 81.Kc6 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E57"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 cxd4 
9.exd4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Be7 11.Bg5 a6 12.Qd3 b5 13.Ba2 Bb7 14.Rad1 Rc8 15.Rfe1
Nd5 16.Nxd5 Bxg5 17.Nb6 Nb4 18.axb4 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Qxb6 20.Qg4 Be7 21.Rxe6 
fxe6 22.Bxe6+ Kh8 23.Bxc8 Qf6 24.f3 Bxb4 25.Qe6 Qf4 26.Bb7 Rd8 27.g3 Qf8 
28.Be4 Rd6 29.Qe5 Rf6 30.Rc1 Bd6 31.Qd5 g6 32.Qb7 Qe7 33.Qxa6 Rxf3 34.Rc8+
Rf8 35.Rxf8+ Qxf8 36.Qxb5 Qe7 37.Qd5 Bc7 38.Qa8+ Kg7 39.Qc6 Bb8 40.Kg2 Ba7
41.Qd5 Bb6 42.Kf3 Qb4 43.Qe5+ Kh6 44.g4 Qxd4 45.Qxd4 Bxd4 46.b4 Kg5 47.Bc6
Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 Re8 
9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bd2 Nh6 12.Be3 Nf7 13.Qc2 Nf8 14.Rad1 Bg4 15.h3 
exd4 16.Bxd4 Bd7 17.Be3 c6 18.Nd4 Qc8 19.Kh2 Qc7 20.f4 Re7 21.Qf2 Rae8 22.
Rfe1 Nh6 23.Nc2 b6 24.Qd2 Nf7 25.Nd4 Ne6 26.Nxe6 Bxe6 27.b3 h5 28.Rc1 Qb8 
29.Ne2 Bd7 30.Nd4 Qc8 31.Qd3 Nh6 32.Bd2 Qc7 33.Nf3 Be6 34.Bc3 Bf7 35.Rcd1 
d5 36.cxd5 cxd5 37.e5 fxe5 38.Bxe5 Bxe5 39.Nxe5 Kh7 40.Rc1 Qb7 41.Nxf7 
Nxf7 42.Bxd5 Qd7 43.Rxe7 Rxe7 44.Rc6 Nh8 45.Be4 Qe8 46.Rc4 Rd7 47.Rd4 Rxd4
48.Qxd4 Nf7 49.Qd5 Nh6 50.Qb7+ Qf7 51.Qxf7+ Nxf7 52.Kg2 Kg7 53.Kf3 Kf6 54.
Ke3 Nd6 55.Bd3 Nc8 56.Kd4 Ne7 57.Be4 Ke6 58.a4 Kf6 59.g4 hxg4 60.hxg4 g5 
61.f5 Ng8 62.Kd5 Ke7 63.Kc6 Nf6 64.Bf3 Nd7 65.Bd1 Nc5 66.Bc2 Nd7 67.Kc7 
Ne5 68.Bd1 Nd7 69.b4 Ne5 70.Be2 Nd7 71.Kb7 a5 72.bxa5 bxa5 73.Ka6 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.h3 O-O 8.Bc4 c6
9.a4 a5 10.O-O Na6 11.Be3 Nb4 12.Qb3 Ne8 13.Rfd1 Nd6 14.Bf1 Kh8 15.d5 e5 
16.Bc5 b6 17.Bxb4 axb4 18.Qxb4 c5 19.Qb3 f5 20.Nd2 Bh6 21.Nc4 Nxe4 22.Qxb6
Qh4 23.Nxe4 fxe4 24.g3 Qe7 25.d6 Qf7 26.Qxc5 e3 27.f3 Qxf3 28.Qxe5+ Kg8 
29.Bg2 Qf2+ 30.Kh1 Qxg2+ 31.Kxg2 Bb7+ 32.Kg1 Rf2 33.Nxe3 Re2 34.Qe6+ Kh8 
35.d7 Rf8 36.Qe5+ Kg8 37.Qe6+ Kh8 38.Qf6+ Rxf6 39.d8=Q+ Rf8 40.Qd4+ Bg7 
41.Qd3 Rff2 42.Qxe2 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Qf1 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh5 15.d4 
Bg4 16.Be3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.c4 Nxe3 19.Rxe3 Rh6 20.Qg2 c5 21.d5 Be5 22.
Rae1 Bxb2 23.h4 Rb6 24.Re8 Qg6 25.Qe4 Qxe4 26.R1xe4 Bd7 27.R8e7 Rd6 28.Re2
Bf6 29.R7e3 Rb6 30.Kg2 Rfb8 31.Nf3 Kf8 32.Ne5 Bxe5 33.Rxe5 Re8 34.f4 f6 
35.Rxe8+ Bxe8 36.a3 Bg6 37.Re3 Bf5 38.Kf3 h5 39.Ke2 Bd7 40.Kd2 Rb8 41.Bd1 
bxc4 42.Kc3 Rb1 43.Bc2 Rc1 44.Kb2 Rg1 45.Kc3 Ra1 46.Kb2 Rg1 47.d6 Bc6 48.
Kc3 Rc1 49.Kd2 Rf1 50.Bf5 c3+ 51.Rxc3 Ba4 52.Bd3 Rd1+ 53.Ke2 Ra1 54.Rxc5 
Rxa3 55.Bg6 Bd7 56.Rc7 Bg4+ 57.Kd2 Ra5 58.Re7 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.11.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
h6 9.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.f3 d5 12.Qe1 Bb4 13.a3 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 O-O 15.
Be5 Nd7 16.Bd6 Re8 17.e5 Rc8 18.Qe3 Bb5 19.Bxb5 axb5 20.Rd4 Qb6 21.Rd3 Qa6
22.Rhd1 Rc6 23.Rc3 Rec8 24.Rxc6 Qxc6 25.Rd2 b6 26.b3 f5 27.Kb2 Nc5 28.h3 
Nb7 29.Bb4 Nc5 30.Qd4 Qe8 31.Re2 Qh5 32.Re3 Qg5 33.Re2 Qg3 34.Be1 Qg5 35.
Bd2 Qg3 36.Qb4 Qh2 37.Qxb5 Qg1 38.Be3 Qd1 39.Rd2 Qe1 40.Qe2 Qg3 41.Bd4 g5 
42.a4 Kf7 43.Rd1 h5 44.a5 g4 45.hxg4 fxg4 46.axb6 gxf3 47.Rf1 Ke7 48.Rxf3 
Qg4 49.Bxc5+ Rxc5 50.Qf2 Rb5 51.Rf7+ Ke8 52.Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6 
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Qc7 12.Nf1 Nc6 13.Ng3 Be6 14.Ng5 d5 15.Nxe6 
fxe6 16.a4 b4 17.exd5 exd5 18.Nf5 Rab8 19.Bg5 Kh8 20.Rc1 bxc3 21.bxc3 Bd8 
22.d4 e4 23.Ne3 cxd4 24.cxd4 Qd6 25.Bb3 Nb4 26.Bh4 Qe6 27.Bg3 Rb7 28.Rb1 
Bc7 29.Bxc7 Rxc7 30.a5 Nd3 31.Rf1 Nf4 32.Qd2 Ng4 33.Bd1 Nf6 34.Rb6 Rc6 35.
Qb4 Rfc8 36.Ba4 Nd3 37.Qb3 Rd6 38.h3 h6 39.Rb1 Kh7 40.Qa3 Rcd8 41.Bd1 Nf4 
42.Qc5 Ne8 43.Rxd6 Qxd6 44.Qxd6 Nxd6 45.Rb6 Nb5 46.Rxa6 Nxd4 47.Rb6 Nde2+ 
48.Kh2 d4 49.Nc4 Nc3 50.Bb3 Nd3 51.a6 Nxf2 52.Ne5 e3 53.Bc2+ Nce4 54.Nd3 
e2 55.Rb1 Nc3 56.Nxf2+ g6 57.Re1 Rf8 58.Kg1 Re8 59.Ne4 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D29"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 
9.a4 Nbd7 10.e4 cxd4 11.e5 Ng4 12.axb5 Bc5 13.bxa6 O-O 14.axb7 Rxa1 15.Qe4
Nxf2 16.Kxf2 d3+ 17.Kg3 Rxb1 18.Qxd3 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Qc7 20.Qb5 Bf2+ 21.Kxf2 
Qxc1 22.Qxd7 Qxb2+ 23.Nd2 Qxe5 24.Bd1 Qb8 25.Qb5 Rd8 26.Ke1 Qd6 27.Qb2 
Qxh2 28.Bf3 h5 29.Nf1 Qf4 30.Bxh5 Qh4+ 31.g3 Qxh5 32.b8=Q Rxb8 33.Qxb8+ 
Kh7 34.Qf4 e5 35.Qe4+ g6 36.Ne3 Qg5 37.Kf2 Qf6+ 38.Kg2 Qd6 39.Nd5 f5 40.
Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Nc3 g6 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.e3 Nh5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 
9.Bg3 Nxg3 10.hxg3 c5 11.Qd2 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Be2 Bd7 14.f4 Nc6 15.Nd5 
Nxd4 16.exd4 e6 17.Nc3 Qb6 18.O-O-O O-O-O 19.Kb1 Kb8 20.fxg5 hxg5 21.Rxh8 
Rxh8 22.c5 Qd8 23.Ne4 d5 24.Nxg5 Qf6 25.Qf4+ Qxf4 26.gxf4 Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O c5 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 g6 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 
Nc6 9.e5 Nd5 10.e6 f6 11.h4 Nc7 12.Re1 Nd4 13.Nxd4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Qxd4 15.c4
O-O-O 16.Qa4 Kb7 17.Nf3 Qd6 18.Bf4 Qc6 19.Qxc6+ Kxc6 20.h5 Rg8 21.hxg6 
hxg6 22.a3 Ne8 23.b4 g5 24.Be3 Nc7 25.bxc5 bxc5 26.Nd2 Nxe6 27.Nb3 Rb8 28.
Rab1 Rb6 29.f3 Nf4+ 30.Kf1 Nd3 31.Red1 Ne5 32.Na5+ Kc7 33.Bxc5 Nxf3 34.
Bxb6+ axb6 35.Nb3 e5 36.Ke2 g4 37.a4 Bb4 38.Rh1 Ra8 39.Rh7+ Kd6 40.Rb7 Ra6
41.Kd3 Ke6 42.Ke4 Bd6 43.Ra1 f5+ 44.Kd3 Nd4 45.Nxd4+ exd4 46.Rh1 Ke5 47.
Rh6 Rxa4 48.Rxb6 Ra3+ 49.Kd2 Ra2+ 50.Kc1 f4 51.gxf4+ Ke4 52.Rbxd6 g3 53.
Rde6+ Kf3 54.Rhg6 g2 55.f5 Ra1+ 56.Kd2 g1=Q 57.Rxg1 Rxg1 58.f6 Rg8 59.f7 
Rf8 60.Re7 Kf4 61.c5 Kf5 62.c6 Kf6 63.Rd7 Ke6 64.Kd3 Rh8 65.Kxd4 Rh4+ 66.
Kc5 Rf4 67.Rd6+ Kxf7 68.c7 Rf1 69.Rd4 Rf5+ 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E78"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 c5 7.Be2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Nc2 Be6 10.Be3 Qc8 11.Rc1 Re8 12.Qd2 Ng4 13.Bg1 Nh6 14.h3 f5 15.exf5 
Bxf5 16.Be3 Bxc2 17.Rxc2 Nf5 18.Bf2 e5 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.Ne4 Ncd4 21.Rc3 Rd8
22.Bd3 Bh6 23.Qd1 Ne3 24.Bxe3 Bxe3 25.Nf6+ Kg7 26.Nd5 Bg5 27.h4 Bh6 28.Be4
Rf8 29.h5 Ne6 30.hxg6 Qc5 31.Re3 Nf4 32.Rxh6 Kxh6 33.Qg4 hxg6 34.Rh3+ Kg7 
35.Nxf4 Qb4+ 36.Kd1 Qd6+ 37.Nd5 Rf4 38.Qe2 b5 39.g3 Rff8 40.Qh2 Rh8 41.
cxb5 Qc5 42.Nc3 Rad8+ 43.Kc2 Rxh3 44.Qxh3 Qf2+ 45.Kb3 Qf7+ 46.Kc2 Qf2+ 47.
Kb3 Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.Re1 d6 
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.h3 Qc7 13.Qe2 Be6 14.Nf1 Nd7 15.Ng3 d5 
16.exd5 Bxd5 17.Nf5 Rae8 18.Ng5 Bxg5 19.Bxg5 f6 20.Bd2 Ne7 21.d4 Nxf5 22.
Bxf5 Be6 23.Bxe6+ Rxe6 24.dxe5 Rxe5 25.Qf3 Rfe8 26.Rxe5 Nxe5 27.Qd5+ Qf7 
28.Qxc5 Nc4 29.Re1 Rxe1+ 30.Bxe1 Qe6 31.Kf1 Nxb2 32.Qd4 h6 33.Qe3 Qxa2 34.
Qe8+ Kh7 35.Qe4+ Kh8 36.Qa8+ Qg8 37.Qxa6 Qc4+ 38.Kg1 Qe4 39.Bd2 Nc4 40.
Qc8+ Kh7 41.Qd7 Kg6 42.f3 Qe5 43.Qg4+ Kh7 44.Bf4 Qd5 45.h4 Qd3 46.Qe6 b4 
0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 Nc6 5.Qg4 Nf6 6.Qxg7 Rg8 7.Qh6 Nxd4 8.e5 
Nf5 9.Qf4 d4 10.exf6 dxc3 11.Bxc3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Qxf6 13.Qxc7 Bd7 14.Nf3 
Rc8 15.Qe5 Qxe5+ 16.Nxe5 Rxc3 17.Kd2 Rc5 18.Nxd7 Kxd7 19.g3 Rgc8 20.Bd3 
Nd4 21.Rab1 b6 22.Rb4 Nf3+ 23.Ke3 Ne5 24.Rh4 h5 25.Rb1 Ke7 26.a4 Rd8 27.
Rb5 Nxd3 28.cxd3 Rc3 29.Rd4 Rxd4 30.Kxd4 Ra3 31.Rb4 Ra1 32.Ke3 f5 33.Kf3 
Kf6 34.d4 Ra3+ 35.Kg2 Kg5 36.h4+ Kf6 37.Rc4 f4 38.gxf4 Kf5 39.Kh2 Kg4 40.
Kg2 Kxh4 41.f5 exf5 42.d5+ Kg5 43.Rd4 Rc3 44.d6 Rc8 45.a5 b5 46.a6 Rd8 47.
d7 Kf6 48.Rd5 b4 49.Rb5 Rxd7 50.Rb7 Ke6 51.Kg3 Rd3+ 52.Kh4 Ra3 53.Rxa7 Kd5
54.Ra8 Kc4 55.a7 Kb3 56.Kxh5 Ra5 57.f4 Ka4 58.Kg5 b3 59.Rb8 Rxa7 60.Kxf5 
Ra5+ 61.Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D62"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 8.cxd5 
cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd5 10.Bxe7 Nxe7 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.Bd3 Nf6 13.Nb3 Qe5 14.Qe2 Ned5
15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.O-O Bd7 17.Nd4 Rac8 18.Qd2 Rfd8 19.Rc1 Qd6 20.Bb1 Nb4 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Rc1 Rd8 23.Rd1 Ba4 24.b3 Be8 25.Nf3 Qxd2 26.Rxd2 Rc8 27.Rd1 
Bb5 28.Nd4 Ba6 29.h3 Nd5 30.Kh2 Nc3 31.Rc1 b6 32.a3 Kf8 33.b4 Nxb1 34.Rxb1
e5 35.Nf3 f6 36.b5 Bb7 37.Rb4 Bd5 38.Kg3 Rc4 39.Rb2 Ke7 40.Nd2 Ra4 41.Nb1 
Bc4 42.f3 Ra5 43.Rc2 Bxb5 44.Rc7+ Bd7 45.e4 Kd6 46.Rc3 Rc5 47.Rd3+ Kc7 48.
Nc3 Be6 49.f4 exf4+ 50.Kxf4 b5 51.Ne2 g6 52.Nd4 Bc4 53.Rf3 Kd6 54.h4 Be6 
55.Rd3 g5+ 56.Ke3 Ke7 57.hxg5 fxg5 58.Nf3 a5 59.Kd4 Rc4+ 60.Ke5 h6 61.Nd2 
Rc5+ 62.Kd4 Rc8 63.e5 b4 64.axb4 axb4 65.Rf3 Rd8+ 66.Ke3 b3 67.Rf2 Rf8 68.
Rxf8 Kxf8 69.Kd3 Kf7 70.Nf1 h5 71.Ne3 h4 72.Kc3 g4 73.Nf1 g3 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D64"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.Qc2 h6 
9.Bf4 a6 10.a3 Re8 11.Bd3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Ba2 Bb7 14.O-O c5 15.Rfd1 b4 
16.axb4 cxb4 17.Na4 Qa5 18.Bc7 Qh5 19.Ne5 Rac8 20.Nxd7 Nxd7 21.Bb1 Nf6 22.
Qd2 Qb5 23.b3 Bd5 24.Nb6 Rxc7 25.Rxc7 Qxb6 26.Rdc1 Qb8 27.Qc2 Be4 28.Qc4 
Bb7 29.e4 Bd8 30.Rc5 Bb6 31.e5 Bxc5 32.dxc5 Qxe5 33.c6 Rc8 34.Rd1 g6 35.
Qxb4 Bxc6 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O c5 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 e6 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 
Be7 9.e5 Nfd7 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Nc4 Ba6 13.Bg5 Bxc4 14.Qxc4 Rd8 15.
Qh4 h6 16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Re1 Ng6 18.Qe4 O-O 19.h4 c4 20.h5 Ne7 21.g4 b5 22.
g5 Nc5 23.Qg4 Nf5 24.Kh1 hxg5 25.Qxg5 Qe7 26.Qg4 Kh8 27.b4 Na4 28.Rg1 Nc3 
29.Bh3 Ne2 30.Rg2 Ned4 31.Rh2 Nh6 32.Qe4 Nxf3 33.Qxf3 Qg5 34.Qe4 Qd2 35.
Rg1 Rd4 36.Qb7 Qxb4 37.Bxe6 Qc5 38.Bd7 Qxe5 39.Qxb5 Qe4+ 40.Rhg2 Qh4+ 41.
Rh2 Qe4+ 42.Rhg2 Rd5 43.Bc6 Ng4 44.Rf1 Nxf2+ 45.Kg1 Rxb5 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 Bc6 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Nc3
Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Rd1 Nb6 11.Qd3 Nbd5 12.Bd2 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Be4 14.Qc4 Bd5 
15.Qa4 Ne4 16.Ba5 Bd6 17.Ne5 Qg5 18.Qc2 f5 19.Be1 Nf6 20.f3 b6 21.Bd2 Qh5 
22.Nc4 Rad8 23.Rac1 Kh8 24.Nxd6 cxd6 25.Qa4 Qf7 26.Qa6 e5 27.dxe5 dxe5 28.
b3 Qe7 29.Bg5 h6 30.Be3 e4 31.Bf4 Rd7 32.Rc8 Rfd8 33.Rxd8+ Qxd8 34.Qa3 Bg8
35.Rxd7 Qxd7 36.Qd6 Qxd6 37.Bxd6 exf3 38.exf3 a5 39.Bc7 Nd5 40.Bd8 Be6 41.
Bf1 Kg8 42.Bc4 Bf7 43.Kf2 Kf8 44.h4 Ke8 45.Bxd5 Bxd5 46.Bxb6 a4 47.bxa4 g6
48.a3 h5 49.a5 Kd7 50.a6 Ke6 51.Ke3 Ba8 52.Kf4 Bc6 53.Kg5 Kf7 54.Bc5 Ba8 
55.a7 Bb7 56.Kf4 Ke6 57.Bb4 Ba8 58.Bf8 Bc6 59.Ke3 Ba8 60.f4 Bh1 61.Kd4 Bg2
62.Kc5 Kd7 63.Kb6 Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.c4 d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Ne7 
9.e4 Kh8 10.Ne1 c5 11.Nd3 Nd7 12.a3 f5 13.f3 Nf6 14.b4 b6 15.bxc5 bxc5 16.
Rb1 fxe4 17.fxe4 Neg8 18.Qe1 Bh6 19.Bb2 Ng4 20.Nb5 N8f6 21.Rf3 a6 22.Nxd6 
Qxd6 23.h3 Bd7 24.hxg4 Nxg4 25.Rxf8+ Rxf8 26.Bh3 Bg7 27.Qe2 h5 28.Bc3 Kh7 
29.Rb7 Bc8 30.Rb1 Qe7 31.Bd2 Bh6 32.Bxh6 Nxh6 33.Bxc8 Rxc8 34.Qb2 Nf7 35.
Kg2 Kg8 36.Qb7 Rc7 37.Qxa6 Nd6 38.Rb8+ Kg7 39.Qa8 Nxe4 40.Rg8+ Kh6 41.Rh8+
Kg7 42.Qg8+ Kf6 43.Rh6 Qg7 44.Qe6+ Kg5 45.Rxg6+ Qxg6 46.Qxe5+ Kh6 47.Qxc7 
Nd6 48.Nf2 h4 49.g4 Qf6 50.Qxc5 Qf4 51.Qb6 Kg7 52.Qb2+ Kh7 53.Qe2 Qg3+ 54.
Kh1 h3 55.Qd3+ Qxd3 56.Nxd3 Nxc4 57.a4 Kg6 58.Kh2 Ne3 59.d6 Kf6 60.Kxh3 
Ke6 61.Kh4 Kxd6 62.Kh5 Kc6 63.g5 Kb6 64.g6 Nf5 65.Kg5 Ne7 66.g7 Ka5 67.Nb2
1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Qc2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf3 c6 8.Bd3 Qc7 
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 f5 12.Bd3 c5 13.O-O cxd4 14.Nxd4 Qd8 15.Nf3
Nc6 16.c5 e5 17.Bc4+ Kh8 18.b4 e4 19.Rd1 Qe8 20.Ne1 Ne5 21.Bb2 Nxc4 22.
Qxc4 Qg6 23.Be5 Be6 24.Qc3 Rad8 25.f4 Qg4 26.h3 Qg6 27.Nc2 Qf7 28.Ne3 Kg8 
29.Rxd8 Bxd8 30.Rd1 g5 31.Rf1 gxf4 32.Bxf4 Bf6 33.Be5 Bg5 34.Bf4 h6 35.Bd6
Re8 36.g3 Bf6 37.Qd2 Qg6 38.Kh2 Kh7 39.Nd5 Bxd5 40.Qxd5 e3 41.Qxb7+ Qg7 
42.Qf3 Bc3 43.Qe2 Qd4 44.Rg1 a6 45.Bf4 Qe4 46.Rd1 Bd2 47.Rg1 Rd8 48.Rg2 
Qe6 49.Qf3 Rd3 50.c6 Rxa3 51.c7 Rc3 52.Re2 Qc6 53.Qxc6 Rxc6 54.Kg2 Kg6 55.
Kf3 Bxb4 56.Rxe3 Kf7 57.Rd3 Ba5 58.Rd8 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C71"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c4 Bg4 6.d3 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Nd5 h6 9.
b4 Kf8 10.Bb2 Nge7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nd4 13.Bxd4 exd4 14.Nf4 Kg8 15.O-O 
Kh7 16.c5 Rf8 17.Rac1 c6 18.h4 Qd7 19.Nd5 Qd8 20.Nb6 Ra7 21.Bb3 a5 22.a3 
axb4 23.axb4 dxc5 24.bxc5 Ra5 25.Qh3 f5 26.Be6 Rf6 27.exf5 Nxf5 28.Rfe1 h5
29.Re4 Rb5 30.Rce1 Rb2 31.Nc4 Rc2 32.R4e2 Rxe2 33.Rxe2 Qf8 34.Re5 Nh6 35.
Qg3 Nf5 36.Qh3 Nh6 37.Qg3 Nf5 38.Qh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nc6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Qd3 Na5 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Ne5 Bxb5 14.Qxb5 a6 
15.Qe2 Nd5 16.Bd2 Rc8 17.Rad1 Nc6 18.Bc1 Nxc3 19.bxc3 b5 20.Rd3 Qd5 21.Ng4
Rfd8 22.Rg3 b4 23.Nh6+ Kf8 24.Rxg7 Kxg7 25.Qg4+ Bg5 26.c4 Qxd4 27.Qxg5+ 
Kf8 28.Be3 Qh8 29.Bc5+ Ke8 30.Ng4 Kd7 31.Bb6 Rb8 32.Rd1+ Ke8 33.Bxd8 Rxd8 
34.Rxd8+ Nxd8 35.Nf6+ Kf8 36.Qc5+ Kg7 37.Nh5+ Kh6 38.h4 Qa1+ 39.Kh2 f6 40.
Nf4 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.h3 d5 6.e3 c5 7.c3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 b6 
9.O-O Bb7 10.Qe2 Ne4 11.Rfd1 Qc8 12.Rac1 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 f6 14.Bg3 e5 15.dxe5
Nxe5 16.Be2 Qe8 17.Qc2 Kh8 18.b3 Rd8 19.a4 Bc6 20.Ra1 Qe7 21.a5 b5 22.b4 
Nxf3+ 23.Bxf3 c4 24.Rd2 f5 25.Rad1 Qf6 26.Rd4 Qe6 27.R4d2 d4 28.cxd4 Bxf3 
29.gxf3 f4 30.Bxf4 Qxh3 31.Qe4 Rf5 32.Bg3 Rh5 33.f4 Rf8 34.d5 Bc3 35.Re2 
Bxb4 36.d6 Bxa5 37.d7 Bd8 38.Red2 Kg8 39.Rd5 a6 40.Rxh5 gxh5 41.Rd5 h4 42.
Rg5+ Bxg5 43.Qd5+ Kg7 44.Qxg5+ Kf7 45.Qh5+ Ke6 46.Qe8+ Rxe8 47.dxe8=Q+ Kd5
48.Qh5+ Ke4 49.Bxh4 c3 50.Qxh7+ Kf3 51.Qh5+ Ke4 52.Qh7+ Kf3 53.Qh5+ Ke4 
54.Qg6+ Kf3 55.Bf6 b4 56.Be5 a5 57.f5 Ke2 58.f6 Qf1+ 59.Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd3 Be7 8.O-O-O
O-O 9.Nb3 a5 10.a3 a4 11.Nd4 h6 12.Bh4 Bd7 13.Ndb5 Ne5 14.Qd2 Bxb5 15.Bxb5
Qa5 16.Qe2 Rfc8 17.Rd4 Qb6 18.Rxa4 Rxa4 19.Nxa4 Qa5 20.f3 Ng6 21.Be1 Qc7 
22.Bc3 e5 23.Rd1 Nf4 24.Qf2 d5 25.exd5 N4xd5 26.Qe1 Nxc3 27.Qxc3 Qb8 28.
Qb3 e4 29.g3 Qc7 30.f4 h5 31.Rd4 Qa5 32.Bc4 Kh7 33.Kb1 Bc5 34.Rd1 Bf2 35.
Nc3 e3 36.Ne2 Rd8 37.Rxd8 Qxd8 38.Bd3+ Kg8 39.Qxb7 g6 40.Bc4 Qd7 41.Qxd7 
Nxd7 42.a4 Kf8 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Be3 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Qd2 Qc7 11.Kh1 Na5 12.b3 e5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Rxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 
Qd6 16.Rf1 Bg7 17.Qxa5 exd4 18.Bf4 Qd8 19.Bc7 Qd7 20.Qc5 Qe8 21.Bd6 Be6 
22.Bxf8 Qxf8 23.Qb6 Be5 24.Qxb7 Rc8 25.Qe7 Rxc2 26.Bd3 Rxa2 27.Qg5 Bg7 28.
h4 h6 29.Qf4 Qa3 30.h5 Ra1 31.hxg6 Rxf1+ 32.Bxf1 fxg6 33.Nf6+ Kh8 34.e5 
Qa1 35.Kh2 Qc3 36.Bxa6 d3 37.Qg3 Bf5 38.Bc4 Qd4 39.e6 Bxf6 40.Qb8+ Qd8 41.
Qf4 Kg7 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.05"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d3 e5 5.c3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 Be6 8.Nbd2 
Nd7 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.e4 Rad8 11.Qe2 dxe4 12.dxe4 Nc5 13.Rfd1 f6 14.Bf1 Rd7 
15.b4 Na4 16.Qe3 Rfd8 17.Rdb1 Qf7 18.Be2 Rd6 19.a3 a6 20.c4 Nd4 21.Nxd4 
exd4 22.Qd3 c5 23.Bf1 b6 24.Re1 Rc6 25.f4 f5 26.exf5 Bxf5 27.Qf3 Re6 28.g4
Bxg4 29.Qg3 Rde8 30.Bg2 Nc3 31.bxc5 bxc5 32.Nb3 Qf5 33.Kh1 Be2 34.Bh3 Bf3+
35.Kg1 Rxe1+ 36.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 37.Qxe1 Ne2+ 38.Kf2 Qxh3 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.05"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Nf3 Ne7 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Ba6 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.cxd3 O-O 12.a4 Nbc6 13.Ba3 Na5 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.
Rb1 Rfb8 16.Rb5 Rxb5 17.axb5 a6 18.bxa6 Qc6 19.Qd2 Rxa6 20.Qg5 Qc7 21.Rb1 
h6 22.Qe3 Nb7 23.Bc1 Ra4 24.Qe2 c4 25.Qd1 Nc5 26.Be3 Ra8 27.dxc4 Ne4 28.
cxd5 Nxd5 29.Qd3 Nexc3 30.Re1 Nb4 31.Qd2 Ra2 32.Qd6 Qc4 33.Nd2 Qe2 34.Rf1 
Nbd5 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.05"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3
9.Qxc3 Bf6 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Rad1 Rc8 12.Qa3 Na5 13.b3 Be7 14.dxc5 f6 15.Bh3 
Kf7 16.Rd2 bxc5 17.Rfd1 d6 18.Ne1 Qb6 19.Qc1 h5 20.f3 h4 21.g4 Nc6 22.Ng2 
Nd4 23.Rxd4 cxd4 24.Bxd4 Qa6 25.g5 fxg5 26.f4 g4 27.Bxg4 h3 28.Qe3 Rh6 29.
Ne1 Rg6 30.Qxh3 Qc6 31.Nf3 Qe4 32.Qg3 Kg8 33.Rd3 Rf8 34.Be3 e5 35.Qg2 exf4
36.Bd2 Bd8 37.h3 Re8 38.Kf1 d5 39.Rd4 Qb1+ 40.Be1 dxc4 41.Rxc4 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.05"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nh6 7.Be2 d6 8.Qd2 
Ng4 9.Bxg4 Bxg4 10.Nc3 Qa5 11.O-O Rc8 12.b3 a6 13.Rac1 O-O 14.f3 Bd7 15.
Rfd1 f5 16.exf5 gxf5 17.Nd5 Qxd2 18.Rxd2 Kf7 19.f4 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 21.
Rxd4 Bc6 22.Re1 Bxd5 23.Rxd5 Kf6 24.Kf2 h5 25.Rd3 Rc5 26.Rde3 e5 27.Rd1 
Rc6 28.Rxd6+ Rxd6 29.fxe5+ Ke6 30.exd6+ Kxd6 31.Kf3 Rg8 32.h3 h4 33.Re2 
Kc5 34.Re7 Rg3+ 35.Kf2 b6 36.Rf7 Rg5 37.Rc7+ Kb4 38.Rc6 Ka3 39.Rxb6 Kxa2 
40.Rxa6+ Kxb3 41.c5 Kb4 42.c6 Rg7 43.Ra2 Kc5 44.Rc2+ Kd6 45.Kf3 Kc7 46.Rc4
Rg3+ 47.Kf2 Rd3 48.Rxh4 Kxc6 49.Ke2 Rg3 50.Kf2 Rd3 51.Rf4 Rd5 52.g4 fxg4 
53.hxg4 Kd6 54.Kg3 Ke7 55.Kh4 Rd8 56.Kh5 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.05"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 
Nb4 9.Bb1 O-O 10.a3 Nc6 11.Qd3 Bd7 12.h4 Qb6 13.Ne5 Rfd8 14.Ra2 Kf8 15.g4 
Nxe5 16.dxe5 Ne4 17.f3 Nxc3 18.Qxh7 Ke8 19.bxc3 Rdc8 20.Kf2 Bf8 21.g5 Rc4 
22.Kg3 Kd8 23.Qg8 Kc7 24.Qxf7 Bc5 25.Bd3 Rxc3 26.Rb1 Rb3 27.Rc1 Qa5 28.
Rac2 b6 29.Qe7 Rxd3 30.Rxc5+ bxc5 31.Rxc5+ Qxc5 32.Qxc5+ Bc6 33.Qd6+ Kb6 
34.a4 Re8 35.g6 a5 36.Bg5 Rc8 37.Bd8+ Kb7 38.Qe7+ Kb8 39.Bxa5 Rb3 40.Bb4 
d4 41.Bd6+ Ka8 42.Qxe6 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.05"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nc6 11.Qc2 Na5 12.Bd3 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.c4 Bxf3 15.
gxf3 Rb8 16.Rd1 Qc7 17.Bb2 e5 18.Bc3 Nc6 19.Kf1 Nd4 20.exd4 exd4 21.Bd2 
Qxh2 22.Ke2 Rfe8+ 23.Be4 Nxe4 24.fxe4 Qg2 25.Re1 Rxe4+ 26.Kd1 Rxe1+ 27.
Bxe1 Re8 28.Qd3 Qh1 29.Kd2 h5 30.Rd1 h4 31.f4 Qg2+ 32.Kc1 h3 33.Bd2 h2 34.
Qf1 Re2 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.05"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "116"]

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.axb3 Qd7 12.Nbd2 Rfe8 13.d5 Nd8 14.Nf1 c6 15.dxc6 
Qxc6 16.Ng3 Ne6 17.b4 Rad8 18.Qb3 h6 19.Qa2 Ra8 20.Qb1 Bd8 21.Be3 Bc7 22.
Nh4 Nf4 23.Nhf5 d5 24.Bc5 dxe4 25.Nxe4 N6d5 26.Ne3 Re6 27.Nxd5 Qxd5 28.Be3
Rae8 29.Rd1 Qc6 30.Qc2 Rg6 31.Bxf4 exf4 32.f3 f5 33.Nf2 Qxf3 34.Ng4 Qe4 
35.Qxe4 Rxe4 36.Nf2 Re2 37.Kf1 Rxb2 38.Rab1 Rxb1 39.Rxb1 Rc6 40.Ra1 Kf7 
41.Ke2 Be5 42.Nd1 g5 43.Rc1 h5 44.Kd3 g4 45.Ke2 Re6 46.Kf1 Rd6 47.Ke2 f3+ 
48.gxf3 Bf4 49.Rc2 g3 50.Ke1 Rd2 51.Rxd2 Bxd2+ 52.Ke2 Bc1 53.h4 f4 54.c4 
bxc4 55.Nc3 Be3 56.Kf1 Bd4 57.b5 Bxc3 58.bxa6 Bd4 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.05"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Qb3 Nh6 7.exd4 Qe7+ 8.
Be3 Ng4 9.O-O Nxe3 10.fxe3 O-O 11.e4 Qxe4 12.Nc3 Qe3+ 13.Kh1 Nc6 14.Rae1 
Qh6 15.Bxf7+ Kh8 16.Re4 Qf6 17.Bd5 Nxd4 18.Qd1 Nxf3 19.Rxf3 Bf5 20.h3 Qg6 
21.Ree3 Rad8 22.Qf1 c6 23.Be4 Bxe4 24.Nxe4 Rxf3 25.Qxf3 Rf8 26.Qe2 Be5 27.
g4 Qf7 28.b3 Qf4 29.Nd2 Bd6 30.Rf3 Qd4 31.Rxf8+ Bxf8 32.Qe8 Qd5+ 33.Ne4 
Kg8 34.Kg2 h6 35.h4 Qf7 36.Qe5 Qe7 37.Qf5 Qxh4 38.Qg6 Qe7 39.g5 Kh8 40.Kf3
Qd7 41.Kf4 Ba3 42.gxh6 Bc1+ 43.Kg3 Bxh6 44.Nd6 Kg8 45.Nf5 Qd3+ 46.Kg2 Kf8 
47.Qg4 Qd2+ 48.Kh3 Qf4 49.Qg6 Qf3+ 50.Kh2 Qf2+ 51.Kh3 Qf1+ 52.Kg4 Qd1+ 53.
Kh3 Qh1+ 54.Kg4 Qg1+ 55.Ng3 Qd1+ 56.Kh3 Qd7+ 57.Nf5 Bf4 58.Qh7 Be5 59.Qg6 
Qd3+ 60.Kg2 Qe2+ 61.Kg1 Bd4+ 62.Nxd4 Qe3+ 63.Kg2 Qxd4 64.Qf5+ Ke7 65.Qg5+ 
Kd7 66.Qf5+ Kc7 67.Qa5+ Kb8 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.05"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Bb7 14.d5 Rfc8 15.Bd3 
Nd7 16.Nf1 Nc5 17.Ne3 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Nc4 19.Nf5 Bf8 20.b3 Nb6 21.Bd2 Nd7 22.
Ng5 h6 23.Nf3 Kh7 24.N3h4 Qc2 25.Qe3 Nc5 26.Bb4 g6 27.Qf3 Nxe4 28.Rxe4 
Bxd5 29.Rae1 Rc6 30.Ng3 Be7 31.Rd1 Be6 32.Ree1 Rcc8 33.Rd2 Qc7 34.Nhf5 
gxf5 35.Nxf5 Bg5 36.Rxd6 Bf4 37.Rxe6 fxe6 38.Ne7 Rf8 39.Qe4+ Kg7 40.Qg6+ 
Kh8 41.Qxe6 Kh7 42.Qg6+ Kh8 43.Bd6 Qc3 44.Bxe5+ 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.07"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Nge2 
O-O 9.Qc2 Re8 10.O-O-O Nf8 11.f3 Qa5 12.Kb1 Ng4 13.h4 Nf2 14.g4 Nxh1 15.
Rxh1 Be6 16.Nf4 Qd8 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.g5 Red8 19.Qg2 Bd7 20.Nd1 Ne6 21.Nh5 
Kh8 22.f4 f5 23.Ng3 Rf8 24.Qc2 g6 25.h5 Kg8 26.hxg6 hxg6 27.Rh6 Qg7 28.Nf2
Rae8 29.a3 Nd8 30.Ng4 Re6 31.Ne5 Bc8 32.Rh1 b6 33.Ka2 c5 34.Bxf5 gxf5 35.
Nh5 Qc7 36.Qg2 Rg6 37.Nxg6 Kf7 38.Ne5+ Ke6 39.Ng7+ Kd6 40.Rh6+ Ke7 41.Nh5 
Be6 42.Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.07"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.g3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bg2 Nxc3 8.bxc3
c5 9.O-O Nc6 10.dxc5 Qa5 11.Be3 Bxc3 12.Rc1 Bg7 13.Qb3 Be6 14.Qxb7 Rfc8 
15.Bf4 Qxa2 16.Rfd1 Qb3 17.Qa6 Nb4 18.Qa5 Nc6 19.Qa6 h6 20.Ne1 Qa2 21.Qb5 
Nd4 22.Rxd4 Bxd4 23.Bxa8 Rxa8 24.c6 Qb2 25.Qb7 Rc8 26.Rc2 Qb6 27.Nd3 g5 
28.Be5 Bxe5 29.Nxe5 Rc7 30.Qa8+ Kg7 31.Nd3 Bd5 32.Rc5 Qb1+ 33.Rc1 Qxc1+ 
34.Nxc1 Rxc6 35.Nd3 Rc1+ 36.Nxc1 Bxa8 37.f4 gxf4 38.gxf4 a5 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.07"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E26"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Ne4 8.Bd3 
Nxd2 9.Qxd2 d6 10.f4 Nc6 11.Nf3 O-O 12.O-O f5 13.d5 exd5 14.cxd5 Ne7 15.
Qb2 b5 16.Qxb5 Qxc3 17.Rab1 a5 18.Rb3 Qf6 19.Qa4 Ra7 20.Rfb1 h6 21.Rb8 Qc3
22.R8b3 Qf6 23.Rb6 Kh8 24.Qc4 Ng6 25.g3 Re8 26.Kf2 Rae7 27.Re1 Rb7 28.Qb5 
Bd7 29.Qxa5 Qd8 30.Reb1 Ne7 31.Qa6 Rxb6 32.Qxb6 Nxd5 33.Qxd6 Nxe3 34.Ne5 
Ng4+ 35.Nxg4 fxg4 36.Qg6 Kg8 37.Bc4+ Kh8 38.Bd3 Kg8 39.Qh7+ Kf8 40.Bc4 Qf6
41.Qg8+ Ke7 42.Re1+ Kd8 43.Rxe8+ Bxe8 44.Qd5+ Bd7 45.Qxc5 Qc3 46.Qb6+ Ke7 
47.Qe3+ Qxe3+ 48.Kxe3 Kd6 49.Kd4 Bc6 50.Be2 Bd7 51.Bd1 Bc8 52.Ba4 Ba6 53.
Be8 g5 54.fxg5 hxg5 55.a4 Be2 56.Bb5 Bf3 57.a5 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.07"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 c5 5.Bg2 d4 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 e5 8.exd4 exd4 
9.a3 a5 10.d3 Be7 11.Re1 O-O 12.Ra2 h6 13.Rae2 Bd6 14.Nbd2 Be6 15.Nh4 Qd7 
16.Ne4 Be7 17.Ng6 Rfe8 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Bf4 Red8 20.Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.Be5 Qg6 
22.Bc7 Rd7 23.Bb6 Bf5 24.Re8+ Rxe8 25.Rxe8+ Kh7 26.Be4 Bxe4 27.Rxe4 f5 28.
Re1 Qd6 29.Qf3 g6 30.Qf4 Qf8 31.h4 Re7 32.Rxe7+ Qxe7 33.Qc7 Qxc7 34.Bxc7 
Kg8 35.Bd6 b6 36.Bc7 Kf7 37.Bxb6 Ne5 38.Bxc5 Nxd3 39.Bxd4 Nc1 40.Be3 Nxb3 
41.a4 Ke6 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.07"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.c3 f5 5.exf5 exf5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.Ne2 Nge7 8.Nf3 
O-O 9.Qc2 Qe8 10.Bd2 Bd7 11.O-O-O Na5 12.Bf4 b5 13.Rde1 b4 14.Bxd6 cxd6 
15.cxb4 Nac6 16.a3 a5 17.b5 Nb4 18.axb4 Rc8 19.Nc3 axb4 20.Kd2 Qf7 21.Qb3 
bxc3+ 22.bxc3 Rb8 23.Re3 h6 24.Rhe1 Nc8 25.c4 Nb6 26.cxd5 Rfc8 27.Re7 Qf6 
28.h4 Ra8 29.R7e2 f4 30.Ne5 dxe5 31.dxe5 Qe7 32.Re4 Ra3 33.Qb2 Bf5 34.Qd4 
Ra2+ 35.Kd1 Qa3 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.07"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c6 8.Nf3 cxd5 9.
cxd5 Nbd7 10.Nd2 Ne8 11.Nc4 a6 12.a4 b6 13.a5 b5 14.Nb6 Nxb6 15.Bxb6 Qe7 
16.Bd3 f5 17.O-O Nf6 18.exf5 gxf5 19.f4 e4 20.Bc2 Qf7 21.Qd2 Bb7 22.Rad1 
Rac8 23.Bb3 Nd7 24.Be3 Nc5 25.Bc2 b4 26.Ne2 Nd3 27.Bxd3 exd3 28.Qxd3 Bxb2 
29.Rf3 h6 30.Kh2 Bg7 31.Qb3 Kh7 32.Bf2 Rfe8 33.Rd2 Rxe2 34.Rxe2 Bxd5 35.
Qxb4 Bxf3 36.gxf3 Qd5 37.Re7 Rg8 38.Bd4 Qxf3 39.Qxd6 Qh5 40.Qxa6 Kh8 41.
Bxg7+ 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.07"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 Bf5 8.Be2 e6 9.
axb5 Bb4 10.Bd2 Bxc3 11.bxc3 cxb5 12.h4 h6 13.h5 a6 14.Nh4 Bh7 15.f4 Nc6 
16.g3 Qb6 17.Bf3 O-O-O 18.f5 exf5 19.Qe2 Rhe8 20.Qg2 Nxd4 21.cxd4 Qxd4 22.
Rd1 Rxe5+ 23.Kf1 f4 24.Qh3+ Kb8 25.Kg2 Qb2 26.Kg1 Ne3 27.Rh2 Nxd1 28.Bxf4 
Qd4+ 29.Kh1 Ka7 30.Bxe5 Qxe5 31.Re2 Qxe2 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.07"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bc4
Bb7 9.Qe2 c6 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Rhe1 Nd7 12.Kb1 O-O-O 13.Ba6 Bxa6 14.Qxa6+ 
Kb8 15.Qe2 Rhg8 16.g3 f5 17.Nc3 Nf6 18.Ne5 Bd6 19.f4 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Nd5 21.
Nxd5 Rxd5 22.Rxd5 cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.07"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E40"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.c5 c6 7.f4 Ne4 8.Nxe4 dxe4 
9.Qc2 f5 10.Bc4 Na6 11.Ne2 Nc7 12.Bd2 b5 13.cxb6 axb6 14.O-O O-O 15.b4 Nd5
16.Nc3 Bb7 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Be2 Bd6 19.a4 h6 20.Kh1 Kh7 21.Qb3 g5 22.g3 
gxf4 23.gxf4 Rg8 24.Rg1 Qh4 25.Raf1 Qh3 26.Qd1 Rg5 27.Rf2 Rxg1+ 28.Qxg1 
Rg8 29.Rg2 Rxg2 30.Qxg2 Qh4 31.Qg3 Qf6 32.Qe1 Bf8 33.Bc3 Bg7 34.a5 bxa5 
35.bxa5 c5 36.Qb1 Ba6 37.Bb5 Qg6 38.Qf1 Bxb5 39.Qxb5 Qg4 40.Qf1 cxd4 41.
Bxd4 Bxd4 42.exd4 e3 43.a6 Qh5 44.a7 e2 45.Qe1 Qf3+ 46.Kg1 Qe3+ 47.Kg2 
Qe4+ 48.Kg3 Qd3+ 49.Kg2 Qd1 50.a8=Q Qxe1 51.Qb7+ Kg6 52.Qc6+ Kh5 53.Qe8+ 
Kg4 54.h3+ Kxf4 55.Qe5+ Kg5 56.Qg7+ Kf4 57.Qe5+ Kg5 58.Qg7+ Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 
h6 9.Bh4 a6 10.Ba4 Qe7 11.Re1 Na5 12.Bb3 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 g5 15.Bg3 
Nxb3 16.axb3 Ne8 17.d4 Ng7 18.Rad1 f6 19.c4 b6 20.Qd3 a5 21.h4 Ne6 22.c3 
Kh7 23.hxg5 hxg5 24.Qf3 Ng7 25.dxe5 fxe5 26.Qg4 Kg6 27.b4 axb4 28.cxb4 Ne6
29.Rd3 Rf6 30.Bh2 Rh8 31.Rh3 Rxh3 32.Qxh3 Qh7 33.Qxh7+ Kxh7 34.Ra1 Rf8 35.
Ra7 Rc8 36.f3 Kg6 37.Kf2 Kf6 38.Bg1 Nd4 39.g3 Nc6 40.Ra4 Rb8 41.b5 Nd4 42.
Kg2 g4 43.fxg4 Rg8 44.Kh3 Rh8+ 45.Kg2 Rg8 46.Kh3 Rh8+ 47.Kg2 Kg5 48.Bxd4 
exd4 49.Ra7 Rf8 50.Rxc7 Ra8 51.Rd7 Kf6 52.Rxd6+ Ke5 53.Rxb6 Rf8 54.c5 Rc8 
55.Rc6 Rd8 56.Rd6 Rc8 57.b6 Rxc5 58.Rd5+ Kxe4 59.Rxc5 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 Bc6 7.Nf3 Bd5 8.Qd3 
Be4 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.O-O Bb4 11.Nc3 O-O 12.a3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Na5 14.Qb2 Qd5 15.
Bf4 Nc4 16.Qa2 Rac8 17.Rfc1 b5 18.a4 a6 19.axb5 axb5 20.Qa7 c5 21.Bf1 cxd4
22.Qxd4 Qxd4 23.cxd4 Bxf3 24.exf3 Nd5 25.Be3 Ndxe3 26.fxe3 Nxe3 27.Bxb5 
Rcd8 28.Ra4 Nf5 29.Rcc4 h5 30.Bc6 Rb8 31.Be4 Rb2 32.Rc2 Rxc2 33.Bxc2 Ne3 
34.Be4 f5 35.Bc6 Rd8 36.Kf2 Nc2 37.d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.d5 Nc5 
9.Qc2 a5 10.Ne1 Nfd7 11.Be3 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.f4 e4 14.Qd2 Nf6 15.Nc2 Qe8
16.Nb5 Qf7 17.Bd4 Ne8 18.Ne3 Kh8 19.Rac1 Bd7 20.Rc3 Rd8 21.Kh1 Na6 22.Nc2 
Bxd4 23.Nbxd4 Nf6 24.Rg3 Rg8 25.Rxg8+ Rxg8 26.Ne3 Qg7 27.g3 Qg6 28.Qxa5 h5
29.Ng2 Ng4 30.Qc3 Kh7 31.b4 Nb8 32.a3 Qf7 33.Bxg4 hxg4 34.Ne3 Qg7 35.Rc1 
Kg6 36.c5 dxc5 37.bxc5 Bc8 38.Nc4 Rd8 39.d6 cxd6 40.cxd6 Kh7 41.Qa5 Qd7 
42.Ne5 Qxd6 43.Nf7 b6 44.Qa7 Qd7 45.Qxb6 Qxd4 46.Qxd8 Qxd8 47.Nxd8 Ba6 48.
Rc7+ Kg8 49.Ne6 e3 50.Kg1 Kh8 51.Nc5 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 f5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O Be7 5.d4 O-O 6.c4 c6 7.Qc2 Qe8 8.Nbd2 d5 
9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Nd3 Ne4 11.Nf3 Nd6 12.b3 b5 13.c5 Nf7 14.a4 bxa4 15.Rxa4 Bf6
16.Bb2 a6 17.Nfe5 Nfxe5 18.dxe5 Be7 19.f4 Rb8 20.Rfa1 Rb5 21.b4 h5 22.Bc3 
h4 23.e3 Nb8 24.Ne1 Rb7 25.gxh4 Bxh4 26.Nf3 Bd8 27.h4 Qh5 28.Be1 Bd7 29.
Qf2 Kf7 30.Bf1 Rh8 31.Bxa6 Nxa6 32.Rxa6 Be7 33.Ra7 Rhb8 34.Rxb7 Rxb7 35.
Nd4 Qh8 36.Qg3 Qb8 37.h5 Ra7 38.Rc1 Qg8 39.Qg6+ Kf8 40.b5 Qf7 41.bxc6 Bc8 
1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Ne4 4.Nce2 Nc5 5.d4 Ne6 6.f4 g6 7.Nf3 c5 8.c3 Nc6 
9.Be3 c4 10.Qd2 b5 11.Ng3 Ng7 12.Be2 e6 13.O-O Be7 14.Nh1 h5 15.Nf2 Nf5 
16.Nh3 O-O 17.Nhg5 b4 18.Bf2 a5 19.Nh4 a4 20.a3 bxa3 21.bxa3 Na5 22.Nxf5 
exf5 23.Qe3 Nb3 24.Ra2 Be6 25.Bh4 Kg7 26.Qg3 Rh8 27.Nf3 Rb8 28.Bxe7 Qxe7 
29.Rd1 Na5 30.Ne1 Rb3 31.Nc2 h4 32.Qe1 h3 33.g3 g5 34.fxg5 Qxg5 35.Bf3 Nc6
36.Ne3 Ne7 37.Rc1 f4 38.Nf1 fxg3 39.Qxg3 Qg6 40.Qxg6+ fxg6 41.Bd1 Ra8 42.
Ne3 Nc6 43.Rf2 Rxa3 44.Rf6 Nd8 45.Bc2 Bf7 46.Kf2 Rxc3 47.Rg1 Rxc2+ 48.Nxc2
Rb8 49.Ke2 Ne6 50.Ra1 Rb2 51.Kd1 Ng5 52.Kc1 Rb3 53.Rxa4 Ne4 54.Rf4 Nc3 55.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 56.Ra7+ Ke6 57.Ra6+ 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1 Nc4 14.Qe2 Nb6 15.Ng3 Rfe8
16.Bb3 Be6 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Ng5 Bf8 20.Nh5 Nbd7 21.a4 Nxh5 22.
Qxh5 Nf6 23.Qh4 h6 24.Nf3 g5 25.Nxg5 hxg5 26.Bxg5 Nh7 27.Re3 Bg7 28.Rg3 
Nxg5 29.Qxg5 b4 30.cxb4 cxb4 31.Rc1 Qf7 32.h4 Rac8 33.Rd1 Kh7 34.h5 Rf8 
35.f3 Bf6 36.Qg6+ Qxg6 37.Rxg6 Rf7 38.Rd6 Rc1+ 39.Kh2 Rc2 40.Rxe6 Bg7 41.
Rxa6 Rxb2 42.a5 Bf8 43.Rab6 Rg7 44.Rxg7+ Kxg7 45.a6 Ra2 46.Kh3 Bc5 47.Rb5 
Be3 48.Rxb4 Rxa6 49.Rb3 Bh6 50.Rb7+ Kf6 51.Kg4 Be3 52.Rc7 Re6 53.Rc8 Bh6 
54.Rg8 Kf7 55.Rb8 Kf6 56.Rc8 Re7 57.Rc6+ Re6 58.Rc8 Re7 59.g3 Rg7+ 60.Kh3 
Re7 61.Rg8 Kf7 62.Rh8 Kg7 63.Ra8 Kf6 64.Kh4 Bg5+ 65.Kg4 Bh6 66.Ra6+ Re6 
67.Ra7 Re8 68.Ra6+ Re6 69.Ra4 Re8 70.f4 Rg8+ 71.Kf3 Re8 72.Ra7 Re7 73.Ra8 
Kf7 74.Rc8 Re6 75.f5 Ra6 76.Kg4 Bg7 77.Rc7+ Kf6 78.h6 Bxh6 79.Kh5 Bd2 80.
g4 Bf4 81.Rb7 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Be3 d6 6.h3 e5 7.d5 c6 8.Bd3 Na6 9.
Nge2 cxd5 10.cxd5 Nc5 11.Bc2 Nh5 12.O-O h6 13.Rc1 a5 14.Kh2 Bd7 15.a4 Kh7 
16.Qd2 Rc8 17.Ra1 Qh4 18.Ra3 b6 19.Ng1 f5 20.g3 Qe7 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.Nge2 
Bxc2 23.Qxc2 Nf6 24.f3 Qf7 25.Qd2 g5 26.g4 Ng8 27.Ng3 Ne7 28.Bxc5 bxc5 29.
Nge4 Rb8 30.Rf2 Rfd8 31.Ra1 Qf4+ 32.Qxf4 exf4 33.Re1 Ng6 34.Nb5 Ne5 35.Rd1
Rb6 36.b3 Kg6 37.Kg2 Bf8 38.Rc2 Bg7 39.Kf2 Bf8 40.Kg2 Re8 41.Rc3 Nf7 42.
Rd2 Ne5 43.Re2 Nf7 44.Rcc2 Bg7 45.Kf1 Re5 46.Nec3 Rxe2 47.Nxe2 Rb7 48.Nc1 
Re7 49.Re2 Ne5 50.Re4 Rd7 51.Ke2 Bf6 52.Nd3 h5 53.Nxe5+ Bxe5 54.Kd3 hxg4 
55.hxg4 Re7 56.Re2 Rd7 57.Rh2 Rb7 58.Kc2 Re7 59.Na3 Bd4 60.Nc4 Re1 61.Nxd6
Re3 62.Ne4 Rxf3 63.d6 c4 64.bxc4 Re3 65.d7 Bb6 66.c5 Bc7 67.Nd6 Re7 68.
Rh6+ Kxh6 69.Nf5+ Kg6 70.Nxe7+ Kf7 71.Nc6 1-0

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Ne2 Ne7 8.c3 Ba5
9.Ng3 c6 10.Ba4 Ng6 11.d4 Be6 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Re1 Bg4 14.Nf5 d5 15.h3 Bxf3 
16.Qxf3 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 exd4 18.Nxd4 Bb6 19.Bd2 dxe4 20.Rxe4 Rxe4 21.Qxe4 
Bxd4 22.cxd4 Qe7 23.Qg4 Qd6 24.Re1 Qd5 25.b3 h5 26.Qe4 Qxe4 27.Rxe4 f6 28.
Kf1 Kf7 29.Ba5 b6 30.Bc3 Rd8 31.Bb2 Rd6 32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 Re6 34.f3 Ne7 
35.Bc1 Nd5 36.Bd2 Rd6 37.Ke2 Rd8 38.Kf2 Nc7 39.a4 Ne6 40.Be3 Rd5 41.Kg3 
Ke7 42.g5 f5 43.Re5 Kd6 44.Rxd5+ Kxd5 45.g6 a5 46.Kh4 Nxd4 47.Bh6 Ne6 48.
Be3 c5 49.Kh5 Ke5 50.Bc1 Nd4 51.Bh6 Kf6 52.Bg5+ Ke6 53.Bh6 gxh6 54.Kxh6 
Nc6 55.g7 Ne7 56.Kh7 Kf7 57.Kh6 Kg8 58.f4 Kf7 0-1

[Event "18th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1950.12.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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.Qe2 Be7 10.Rd1 Nc5 11.c4 d4 12.Nbd2 Bf5 13.Nf1 b4 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.Be3 
d3 16.Qe1 Nxb3 17.axb3 O-O 18.h3 Qd7 19.Qd2 Rfe8 20.Re1 a5 21.Ne2 Bf8 22.
Bf4 Bh5 23.Nh2 Bxe2 24.Rxe2 Nd4 25.Re3 Rad8 26.Qxd3 Nf3+ 27.Nxf3 Qxd3 28.
Rxd3 Rxd3 29.Rxa5 Rxb3 30.Ra2 Rd8 31.Kf1 Rd1+ 32.Ke2 Rb1 33.Ra8 R1xb2+ 34.
Nd2 h6 35.Be3 Ra3 36.Rc8 Ra5 37.c5 Rc2 38.Kd1 Rcxc5 39.Bxc5 Rxc5 40.f4 Rc3
41.Ke2 1/2-1/2

