[Event "20th URS-ch playoff"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1953.02.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "1953.02.01"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd2 O-O 8.O-O-O 
c5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Kb1 a6 11.Bc1 c4 12.g4 Nb6 13.h3 Re8 14.Bg2 Bb4 15.Ne5 
Bxc3 16.Qxc3 Ne4 17.Qc2 Nd6 18.Bd2 a5 19.Be1 f6 20.Nf3 Bd7 21.Rc1 Ba4 22.
Qe2 Bb5 23.Bc3 Na4 24.g5 Bd7 25.gxf6 Bf5+ 26.Ka1 Bd3 27.Qd1 Nxc3 28.bxc3 
gxf6 29.Ne1 Be4 30.Bxe4 Nxe4 31.Rc2 Kh8 32.Ng2 Rg8 33.Nf4 Qd7 34.f3 Ng5 
35.Rb2 b5 36.Re1 Rae8 37.h4 Ne6 38.Nxe6 Rxe6 39.e4 Rge8 40.Rbe2 b4 41.Qd2 
Qe7 42.e5 bxc3 43.Qxc3 Qb4 44.Qb2 fxe5 45.Qxb4 axb4 46.Rxe5 Rxe5 47.Rxe5 
Rxe5 48.dxe5 d4 49.e6 Kg7 50.f4 Kf6 51.f5 d3 52.Kb1 h5 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch playoff"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1953.02.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1953.02.01"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.a3 Ba5 8.Qc2 O-O 
9.Bd2 Bc7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Rae1 exd4 13.exd4 Nb6 14.Be2 Bg4 15.
Bg5 Qd6 16.Ne5 Bxe2 17.Rxe2 h6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Ne4 Qd8 20.Nc5 Rb8 21.Rfe1 
Qd5 22.Nf3 Bd6 23.Qe4 Rfd8 24.Qxd5 Nxd5 25.g3 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch playoff"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1953.02.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[EventDate "1953.02.01"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 O-O 6.Bd3 d6 7.Ne2 c5 8.a3 Ba5 9.
d5 exd5 10.cxd5 Ng4 11.Nf4 Ne5 12.Be2 Qe7 13.O-O Na6 14.b3 Bd7 15.Bb2 Nc7 
16.Rad1 b5 17.Nb1 Rac8 18.Nd2 Ng6 19.Nh5 Ne8 20.a4 Bxd2 21.Qxd2 b4 22.f4 
Rf7 23.Rde1 Qf8 24.Bd3 Rc7 25.e4 fxe4 26.Bxe4 Bg4 27.Bf3 Bxf3 28.Rxf3 Rce7
29.Re6 Nc7 30.Rxd6 Qe8 31.Bxg7 Re2 32.Qd3 Qe7 33.Rxg6 hxg6 34.d6 Re1+ 35.
Kf2 Qh4+ 36.Ng3 Kxg7 37.Kxe1 Ne6 38.Qe4 Nd4 39.Rf2 Qxh2 40.Qe5+ Kh7 41.Nf1
Qh5 42.Ng3 Qh2 43.Qxc5 Rxf4 44.Rxf4 Qg1+ 45.Nf1 Nf3+ 46.Rxf3 Qxc5 47.Rd3 
Qf5 48.Rd2 Qe6+ 49.Kf2 Qf5+ 50.Ke2 Qg4+ 51.Kf2 Qf5+ 52.Kg1 Qc5+ 53.Kh2 
Qh5+ 54.Kg1 Qc5+ 55.Kh1 Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch playoff"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1953.02.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[EventDate "1953.02.01"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Nc6 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nf4 
O-O 9.Be2 Bf5 10.g4 Be6 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.O-O Qd7 13.f4 Nd8 14.Bd3 Nf7 15.b4
a5 16.b5 Nd6 17.Qf3 a4 18.Ra2 c6 19.bxc6 Qxc6 20.Rc2 Qd7 21.g5 Nfe8 22.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 23.Qh3+ Kg8 24.Nxd5 Bd8 25.g6 Nf6 26.Nxf6+ gxf6 27.g7 Re8 28.
Qh8+ Kf7 29.Qh5+ Kg8 30.Rg2 Nf7 31.Rf3 Ra5 32.Qh4 e5 33.Rh3 Qxh3 34.Qxh3 
exf4 35.exf4 Bb6 36.Bb2 Rb5 37.Kf1 Ba5 38.Rc2 Rb3 39.Qd7 Rbe3 40.Qxa4 Re1+
41.Kf2 Bc7 42.Qxe8+ 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch playoff"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1953.02.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E58"]
[EventDate "1953.02.01"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 b6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.a4 c4 12.Bc2 Bg4 13.Qe1 Re8 14.Nh4 Bh5 15.f3 Bg6
16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.e4 dxe4 18.fxe4 Qd7 19.Bg5 Nh7 20.Be3 Ne7 21.Rf3 f5 22.e5 
Nf8 23.h4 Ne6 24.Rd1 Qd5 25.Bc1 Rf8 26.Ba3 Rae8 27.Qg3 g5 28.Bxe7 Rxe7 29.
Rxf5 Rxf5 30.Bxf5 Nf4 31.Qxg5 Rxe5 32.dxe5 Qxd1+ 33.Kh2 Qd2 34.Be6+ Kh7 
35.Bxc4 g6 36.Be6 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch playoff"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1953.02.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E50"]
[EventDate "1953.02.01"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 Re8 6.Bd3 d6 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 
Nbd7 9.e4 e5 10.Nd2 b6 11.Re1 Bb7 12.f3 Nf8 13.Nf1 Ne6 14.Bc2 c5 15.Ba4 
Rf8 16.d5 Nc7 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 g5 19.Bf2 Nce8 20.Ne3 Ng7 21.g4 h5 22.h3 h4
23.Qd2 Nh7 24.Reb1 Qc7 25.Bd1 Rfb8 26.a4 Bc8 27.Kh2 Nf8 28.Ng2 f6 29.Be2 
Ng6 30.Bf1 Bd7 31.Rb2 Ne8 32.Qc2 Qd8 33.Be1 Nc7 34.Bd2 Qe8 35.Kg1 a6 36.
Raa2 Ra7 37.Kf2 Rab7 38.Kg1 Ne7 39.Ne3 Ng6 40.Ng2 Kg7 41.Ra3 Nf4 42.Ne3 
1/2-1/2

