[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Nikitin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.d5 e5 11.b3 Bd6 12.O-O O-O 13.Re1 Rb8 14.Bf1 Ne8 15.a4 Nc7 16.
axb5 Nxb5 17.Nxb5 axb5 18.Bb2 Re8 19.Ra7 Qb6 20.Ra2 Ba6 21.Qd2 c4 22.b4 
Bb7 23.g3 Ra8 24.Rxa8 Bxa8 25.Bh3 Nf8 26.Nh4 g6 27.Ra1 Bb7 28.Bc3 f6 29.
Ng2 Ra8 30.Rxa8 Bxa8 31.Qa2 Bb7 32.Ne3 Qa6 33.Qxa6 Bxa6 34.Nc2 Kf7 35.Bd2 
Ke7 36.Be3 Nd7 37.Bxd7 Kxd7 38.Bc5 Ke7 39.f3 Bc8 40.Kf2 Kd7 41.Na3 Ba6 42.
Bxd6 Kxd6 43.Ke3 g5 44.f4 h5 45.f5 Ke7 46.Kf3 Kd6 47.Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.d3 O-O 7.Bg5 Ne8 8.Nbd2 
Nc7 9.a4 d6 10.Bc4 Be6 11.Re1 b6 12.Bh4 Qd7 13.Bxe6 Nxe6 14.Nc4 d5 15.exd5
Qxd5 16.Qd2 Rad8 17.Rad1 Rfe8 18.Bg3 Nf8 19.Nh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 c5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Re1 b6 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.e4 Be6 13.exd5 Bxd5 14.Qc2 Bxf3 
15.gxf3 Nd4 16.Qd1 Bd6 17.Kg2 Qh4 18.h3 f5 19.Be3 Rf6 20.Rh1 Rg6+ 21.Kf1 
Rf6 22.Kg2 Rg6+ 23.Kf1 Rf6 24.Kg2 Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.dxe5 Nxe4 8.Qd5 
Nc5 9.Na3 Ne6 10.Bd3 Ne7 11.Qe4 Ng6 12.Bc2 f5 13.Qe2 Bc5 14.b4 Be7 15.Nc4 
b6 16.Ne3 Ngf4 17.Qc4 Bb7 18.Nd4 b5 19.Nxe6 bxc4 20.Nxd8 Bxd8 21.Rd1 Ne2+ 
22.Kf1 Nxc3 23.Rxd7 Bc8 24.Rd4 Be6 25.a4 Be7 26.Ba3 f4 27.Nxc4 Rad8 28.
Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Na5 Kf7 30.b5 Rd2 31.Bxe7 Rxc2 32.Bc5 Nxb5 33.Bb4 Nd4 34.Ba3 
Bd5 35.Rd1 c5 36.Rc1 Ke6 37.Rxc2 Nxc2 38.Bxc5 a6 39.Bd6 g5 40.f3 Ne3+ 41.
Kf2 g4 42.fxg4 Nxg4+ 43.Kg1 Nxe5 44.Bc7 Kf5 45.g3 f3 46.h3 Nd3 47.Bb6 Ke4 
48.Ba7 Nb2 49.Kf2 Nxa4 50.g4 Nb2 51.Kg3 Nd1 52.h4 Kd3 53.g5 Ne3 54.Kf2 Nf5
55.h5 Ke4 56.Bb8 Ne3 57.Ba7 Ng4+ 58.Kg3 Kf5 59.g6 hxg6 60.hxg6 Nf6 61.Nb3 
Bxb3 62.Kxf3 Kxg6 63.Ke3 Kf5 64.Kd2 Ne4+ 65.Kc1 a5 66.Kb2 a4 67.Bd4 Ke6 
68.Bc3 Kd5 69.Bb4 Kc4 70.Ka3 Kb5 71.Bf8 Nd2 72.Kb2 Nc4+ 73.Kc3 Bd1 74.Bg7 
a3 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bb5 Nd7 8.O-O e5
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.Rc1 a6 11.Ba4 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Nxf3 exd4 15.cxd4 
Qxe4 16.d5 Na5 17.Rxc7 Rac8 18.Re7 Qb4 19.Bd2 Qb5 20.Bxa5 Qxa5 21.Rxb7 
Bxb2 22.Ng5 Na8 23.Qe2 Be5 24.h4 Rc7 25.Rxc7 Nxc7 26.h5 Qb4 27.g3 Nb5 28.
Kg2 Bf6 29.Ne4 Bg7 30.hxg6 hxg6 31.Qg4 a5 32.Qh4 f5 33.Ng5 Qxh4 34.gxh4 
Nd4 35.Ba4 Rb8 36.Rc1 Be5 37.Rc7 Nb5 38.Re7 Bf6 39.Rd7 Be5 40.Nf7 Nc3 41.
Nh6+ Kh8 42.Nf7+ Kg8 43.Nxe5 dxe5 44.Bb3 a4 45.Bc4 Ne4 46.d6+ Kh8 47.f3 
Nd2 48.Bd5 Rb2 49.Rb7 Rc2 50.Rc7 Rb2 51.d7 Ne4+ 52.Kf1 Rb1+ 53.Ke2 Rb2+ 
54.Ke3 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 exf5 5.Qh5+ g6 6.Qe2+ Kf7 7.Nf3 c6 8.g3 
Bd6 9.Bf4 Nf6 10.Ne5+ Bxe5 11.Bxe5 Nbd7 12.f4 Re8 13.Bg2 Ng4 14.Bf3 Ndxe5 
15.fxe5 Qg5 16.Bxg4 Qxg4 17.Qxg4 fxg4 18.Nd1 Bf5 19.Ne3 Ke6 20.O-O Rf8 21.
Rf4 Be4 22.Raf1 Rxf4 23.Rxf4 h5 24.Rf6+ Ke7 25.c3 a5 26.c4 dxc4 27.Nxc4 b5
28.Nd6 Bb1 29.a3 b4 30.Nb7 bxa3 31.bxa3 Be4 32.Nc5 Bf5 33.Rxc6 Rd8 34.Ra6 
Rxd4 35.Rxa5 Rd5 36.Ra7+ Ke8 37.Nb7 Rxe5 38.Nd6+ Kf8 39.Nxf5 Rxf5 40.a4 
Rf3 41.a5 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.Bd2 c5 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 cxd4 8.Bxd4 
Nbc6 9.Nf3 Qc7 10.c3 Bd7 11.Bd3 Ng6 12.O-O Ngxe5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Bc2 f6 
15.Qh5+ Kf8 16.Rae1 Nc6 17.Bc5+ Kg8 18.f4 b6 19.Bf2 Qd6 20.Re3 Qxf4 21.Rg3
Be8 22.Qe2 Qd6 23.Bxb6 axb6 24.Rxf6 Ne5 25.Rf2 Bg6 26.Bb3 h5 27.h3 Rh6 28.
Re3 Be4 29.Qd2 Rd8 30.Rg3 Ng4 31.Rf4 Rf8 32.Rgxg4 hxg4 33.Rxe4 gxh3 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d6 6.g3 b6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bg2 
Bb7 9.Qc2 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Qc8 13.b3 Nc6 14.Qd2 Rd8 15.
Rac1 Qb7 16.e4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxd4 18.Qxd4 f5 19.Rfe1 fxe4 20.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 21.
Rxe4 Kf7 22.Rce1 Re8 23.Rf4+ Ke7 24.Rh4 h6 25.Rg4 Kf7 26.Re3 Re7 27.h4 Rc8
28.Rf3+ Ke8 29.Rd3 Kd7 30.Rgd4 Rc6 31.h5 a6 32.a4 Kc7 33.g4 Rd7 34.f4 b5 
35.cxb5 axb5 36.axb5 Rb6 37.Rc4+ Kd8 38.Re4 Ke7 39.Rde3 Rxb5 40.Rxe6+ Kf7 
41.Rg6 Rdb7 42.Rxd6 Rxb3 43.Kf3 Rxe3+ 44.Kxe3 Re7+ 45.Kf3 Re1 46.g5 hxg5 
47.fxg5 Rf1+ 48.Ke4 Re1+ 49.Kd5 Rd1+ 50.Kc6 Rg1 51.Rd7+ Kf8 52.Rd5 Ke7 53.
Re5+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O Bd6 8.Kh1 
Nc6 9.Be3 Bf4 10.Bxf4 Qxf4 11.Nce2 Qh6 12.h3 O-O 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.f4 c5 15.
c4 Bb7 16.Ng3 d6 17.Kh2 Rad8 18.Qe2 Nd7 19.Rad1 Nb8 20.e5 dxe5 21.Qxe5 Qf6
22.Qxc5 Qxb2 23.Rf2 Qc3 24.Rfd2 g6 25.f5 exf5 26.Nxf5 Nd7 27.Qd4 Qxd4 28.
Nxd4 Ne5 29.Be2 Rc8 30.Rc1 Rfd8 31.c5 Rc7 32.Rb1 Rd5 33.Rb6 Rdxc5 34.Bxa6 
Bxa6 35.Rxa6 Rd7 36.Rc2 Rxc2 37.Nxc2 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C75"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nge7 7.Bb3 h6 8.Nh4 exd4
9.cxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Nc6 11.Qd5 Qxh4 12.Qxf7+ Kd8 13.Nc3 Ne5 14.Qd5 Qg4 15.
O-O Bc6 16.Qd1 Qxd1 17.Rxd1 g5 18.f3 a5 19.a4 Bg7 20.Be3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e4 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Rb1 
exd4 9.Nxd4 Re8 10.f3 c6 11.Bg5 Qe7 12.Qd2 Qf8 13.Kh1 Nb6 14.Rbd1 Nfd7 15.
Rfe1 Nc5 16.Be3 Be5 17.Bf1 a5 18.Qc2 a4 19.f4 Bh8 20.e5 Nbd7 21.Nxc6 bxc6 
22.Rxd6 Ne6 23.Rxc6 f6 24.c5 Nb8 25.Rd6 fxe5 26.Bc4 Bg7 27.Nd5 Ba6 28.Ne7+
Qxe7 29.Rxe6 Qxe6 30.Bxe6+ Rxe6 31.f5 Rf6 32.Qd2 Nc6 33.fxg6 Rxg6 34.Qd5+ 
Kh8 35.Qe4 Bb5 36.Rd1 Rf8 37.h3 Nd4 38.Rd2 Ne2 39.Qh4 Ng3+ 40.Kg1 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.Ng3 h5 7.h4 Bb7 8.Bd2 a6 9.
Qc2 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 Qxd5 13.Rc1 Nc6 14.Be2 O-O-O 15.
Bf3 Qd7 16.O-O Ne7 17.Bxb7+ Kxb7 18.Rc3 e5 19.Rfc1 exd4 20.Rxc7+ Qxc7 21.
Rxc7+ Kxc7 22.exd4 Nd5 23.Qd3 g6 24.Qxa6 Rd7 25.Ne4 Re8 26.Nc3 Nxc3 27.
bxc3 Re6 28.a4 Rc6 29.a5 b5 30.Qxb5 Rxc3 31.Qb6+ Kc8 32.a6 Rcc7 33.d5 Rd8 
34.d6 Rc1+ 35.Kh2 Kd7 36.Qb7+ Kxd6 37.Qxf7 Rc5 38.Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D25"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Bxc4 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Nfd7 8.Qe2 
Nb6 9.Bb3 Nc6 10.Rd1 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qd7 13.Ne4 Rad8 14.Nc5 Qc8 15.
Bd2 Nd7 16.Nd3 e6 17.Rac1 Rfe8 18.h4 Ne7 19.h5 c6 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.g3 Qc7 
22.Kg2 Qb6 23.Rh1 Qb5 24.Nc5 Nxc5 25.Rxc5 Qd3 26.Ba5 Rd5 27.Bxd5 Nxd5 28.
Rcc1 f5 29.Bc3 Nf6 30.Rcd1 Qc4 31.Rhe1 g5 32.g4 fxg4 33.Qe2 Qxa2 34.e4 Rf8
35.Ra1 Qb3 36.Rxa7 Nh5 37.Qd1 Nf4+ 38.Kg3 Qb6 39.Ra3 e5 40.Qb3+ Qxb3 41.
Rxb3 Nd3 42.Re3 Nc1 43.Rxb7 exd4 44.Rxg7+ Kxg7 45.Bxd4+ Kg6 46.e5 Rf3+ 47.
Rxf3 gxf3 48.Kxf3 Kf5 49.e6 Kxe6 50.Kg4 Nd3 51.f3 Ne1 52.Bc3 Nc2 53.Kxg5 
Ne3 54.f4 Nf5 55.Be5 Ne3 56.Kg6 Nf5 57.Kh5 Ne3 58.Kg5 Nf5 59.Kg6 Ne3 60.b3
Nf5 61.Bb2 Ng3 62.Be5 Nf5 63.Kg5 Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 a6 7.a3 d6 8.Nb3 Nf6 
9.Bd3 Be7 10.Qf3 Nd7 11.O-O Bf6 12.Bd2 Nd4 13.Nxd4 Bxd4+ 14.Kh1 Nc5 15.
Rac1 O-O 16.b4 Nxd3 17.cxd3 Qd8 18.Ne2 Bb6 19.f5 e5 20.Qh5 f6 21.Rf3 Qe8 
22.Qh4 Bd7 23.Rcf1 Rc8 24.Rh3 Kf7 25.Qxh7 Rh8 26.Qg6+ Kg8 27.Rxh8+ Kxh8 
28.Qg4 Rc2 29.Bc1 Kg8 30.h4 Qf7 31.h5 Be8 32.Ng3 Kf8 33.h6 gxh6 34.Bxh6+ 
Ke7 35.Kh2 Qh7 36.Qh4 Qh8 37.Kh3 Bf2 38.Bg5 Qg7 39.Bh6 Bxg3 40.Bxg7 Bxh4 
41.Kxh4 Rxg2 42.Rc1 Rxg7 43.Rc7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E80"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 c6 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 b5 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.
Nge2 O-O 10.O-O bxc4 11.Bxc4 a5 12.Bh6 Rb8 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Rad1 Qb6 15.b3 
Ne5 16.Bd3 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Ba6 18.Qd2 Nd7 19.Rf2 Qb4 20.f4 Nb6 21.f5 a4 22.
Nf4 axb3 23.axb3 c5 24.dxc5 Qxc5 25.Ncd5 Nxd5 26.Nxd5 Rxb3 27.Nxe7 f6 28.
fxg6 hxg6 29.Nd5 Rd3 30.Qe1 Rxd1 31.Qxd1 Rc8 32.h3 Qc1 33.Qxc1 Rxc1+ 34.
Kh2 Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikitin, Alexander"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Qf6 8.
Qd1 Qg6 9.Nc3 Nge7 10.h4 h5 11.Bg5 d5 12.exd5 Nb4 13.d6 Nec6 14.Bd3 Nxd3+ 
15.Qxd3 Bf5 16.d7+ Kf8 17.Qd5 f6 18.Be3 Qf7 19.O-O-O Rd8 20.Qd6+ Kg8 21.
Qc7 Rxd7 22.Rxd7 Qxd7 23.Qxd7 Bxd7 24.Rd1 Bf5 25.f3 Kf7 26.a3 Rc8 27.Ne4 
Bxe4 28.fxe4 Ke6 29.Bc5 Rd8 30.Rxd8 Nxd8 31.Kd2 f5 32.Kd3 g6 33.c4 Nf7 34.
Bf8 Nd8 35.Bc5 Nc6 36.Bb6 Nb8 37.b4 Nd7 38.Bd8 b5 39.c5 Nb8 40.g3 Nc6 41.
Bg5 a5 42.Bd2 axb4 43.axb4 Ne7 44.Be3 fxe4+ 45.Kxe4 Nd5 46.Bd2 Nf6+ 47.Kd3
Kd5 48.Bg5 Nd7 49.Bd2 Nb8 50.Bc3 Ke6 51.Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 c6 6.Bd3 Na6 7.Qf3 g6 8.a3 Nc7
9.Nge2 Ne6 10.h4 Bd6 11.g3 Qe7 12.Kf1 Bd7 13.Rb1 Kf7 14.Nf4 Nxf4 15.gxf4 
Be6 16.Ne2 Qd7 17.c3 a5 18.Ng3 h5 19.Rg1 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O
O-O 9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.Qd3 b6 12.Be2 Bb7 13.Bf3 Rfd8 14.Bh4 Ba6 15.
Qd2 b5 16.a3 Rac8 17.Kb1 Qc7 18.f5 Rb8 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Ne2 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.g3 e6 8.Bg2 Bb4 
9.Nxc4 O-O 10.a5 Nd5 11.Bd2 Na6 12.O-O Rc8 13.Re1 Re8 14.Qb3 Ne7 15.e3 Rb8
16.Ne4 Bxd2 17.Ncxd2 Bg6 18.Rec1 Bxe4 19.Nxe4 Nc7 20.Qc2 a6 21.Nc5 Ng6 22.
Rd1 Nf8 23.Ne4 Qd7 24.Nc5 Qd8 25.Ne4 Qd7 26.Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakob"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9.e5 dxe5 10.Ng5 O-O 11.Ba3 Qxd1 12.Raxd1 Bf5 13.Bxf8 Rxf8 14.Rfe1
h6 15.Nf3 Bg4 16.Rb1 e4 17.Nd4 Ne5 18.Bf1 c5 19.Nb5 c4 20.f3 Bxf3 21.gxf3 
Nxf3+ 22.Kf2 Ng4+ 23.Kg3 Nxe1 24.Rxe1 f5 25.Bxc4+ Kh7 26.Be2 Ne5 27.Kf4 
Ng6+ 28.Ke3 f4+ 29.Kd4 Kh8 30.Rg1 Nh4 31.Kxe4 Re8+ 32.Kd3 f3 33.Bd1 Ng2 
34.Kd2 Nh4 35.Nd4 Rd8 36.Rf1 Rd5 37.Kd3 Ra5 38.Bb3 g5 39.Nxf3 Rf5 40.Nd2 
1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 O-O 8.d5 exd5 
9.Ng5 Na6 10.Nh3 Qc8 11.cxd5 d6 12.e4 Re8 13.f3 Nc7 14.a4 Na6 15.Re1 Bf8 
16.Nf2 Nb4 17.Be3 g6 18.Qd2 a6 19.Na2 Nxa2 20.Rxa2 a5 21.b3 Ba6 22.Rc1 Bg7
23.Bh3 Qb7 24.Bh6 Bh8 25.Qf4 Nh5 26.Qh4 Bd4 27.g4 Ng7 28.Rd1 Qe7 29.Qxe7 
Rxe7 30.Bf1 Bxf1 31.Kxf1 Rb7 32.Rd3 Ne8 33.Bd2 b5 34.g5 Ng7 35.Ng4 Nh5 36.
axb5 Rxb5 37.Ra4 Rab8 38.Rxa5 Rxa5 39.Bxa5 Nf4 40.Bc7 Rc8 41.Rxd4 cxd4 42.
Bxd6 Rc1+ 43.Kf2 Rc2+ 44.Ke1 Ng2+ 45.Kd1 d3 46.Bb4 h5 47.Nf6+ Kg7 48.Bd2 
Nh4 49.d6 Nxf3 50.d7 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Nikitin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 
Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Qe2 Nc5 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 Nxb3 13.axb3 O-O 14.Nc3 c5 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 16.Bf4 Qb6 17.Qd3 Rad8 18.Bg5 Rd7 19.Rac1 Bd4 20.Qg3 Bf5 21.Bf6 
Bg6 22.Qg4 gxf6 23.Qxd7 Rd8 24.Qg4 fxe5 25.Rcd1 Kh8 26.b4 Qf6 27.Rd2 Bf5 
28.Qd1 Rg8 29.Nxd5 Be4 30.Nxf6 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 d4 4.Ne2 c5 5.c3 Nf6 6.e5 Nfd7 7.cxd4 cxd4 8.Qa4 
Nc6 9.Nexd4 Ndxe5 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Nxc6 Nxc6 12.O-O Be7 13.d4 a6 14.Be2 O-O 
15.Be3 Nb4 16.Qd1 Qa5 17.Ne5 Bb5 18.Nc4 Qc7 19.Qb3 a5 20.a4 Bc6 21.Na3 Bd5
22.Qc3 Qd8 23.Qd2 Bc6 24.Nb5 Qd5 25.Bf3 Qf5 26.Bxc6 bxc6 27.Na3 Rfd8 28.
Qe2 Bf6 29.Rfd1 Rd5 30.Rd2 Rad8 31.Rad1 h5 32.Nc4 Rb8 33.Rc1 h4 34.h3 Be7 
35.Ne5 c5 36.Nc4 Qe4 37.dxc5 Bxc5 38.Rxd5 exd5 39.Nd2 Qd3 40.Qxd3 Nxd3 41.
Rc3 Bxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 
a6 9.Bf1 d6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Nc3 Bd7 13.Qb3 b5 14.Be3 Rb8 15.f3 
Ne8 16.Nb1 Nd6 17.Nd2 Re8 18.Rac1 a5 19.Qd1 e6 20.Nb3 exd5 21.exd5 Nf5 22.
Bf2 Bh6 23.Rc2 a4 24.Nc5 Nd4 25.Nxd7 Qxd7 26.Rc5 Bf8 27.Bxd4 exd4 28.Rxe8 
Qxe8 29.Rc2 Qe5 30.a3 Qxd5 31.Bd3 Re8 32.Re2 Rc8 33.Rc2 Rd8 34.Qe2 Bh6 35.
g3 Be3+ 36.Kg2 Kg7 37.Rc7 Rb8 38.Qc2 Qd6 39.Qc5 Qxc5 40.Rxc5 b4 41.axb4 
Rxb4 42.Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 a6 8.a3 
Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.f4 d6 11.Qe1 Bd7 12.Qg3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bc6 14.Rae1 Rfd8 15.
Bd3 Ne8 16.Qh3 b5 17.Nd5 Qb7 18.Rf3 Bf8 19.Qh4 f5 20.Rh3 h6 21.exf5 e5 22.
f6 Bxd5 23.Rg3 e4 24.Qxh6 Nxf6 25.Bxf6 exd3 26.cxd3 Re8 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.
Qh5 Qf7 29.Qg5 Re1+ 30.Kf2 Qe6 31.Qh5 Rc1 32.Bc3 Bc6 33.h4 Qa2 34.Qe2 Qb3 
35.Qg4 Qf7 36.h5 Qa7+ 37.Ke2 Qe7+ 38.Kf2 Bd5 39.h6 Qa7+ 40.Ke2 Qe7+ 41.Kf2
Qa7+ 42.d4 Bc4 43.Re3 Rf1+ 44.Kg3 Rh1 45.hxg7 Qxg7 46.Qxg7+ Kxg7 47.Kg4 
Kf7 48.g3 Bd5 49.Bb4 Be7 50.Re2 Bb3 51.Re3 Bd5 52.Kf5 Rh5+ 53.Kg4 Rh2 54.
Bc3 Bc4 55.Kf5 Rh6 56.Re1 Rf6+ 57.Kg4 Rg6+ 58.Kh3 Be6+ 59.Kg2 Rh6 60.Rg1 
Bd5+ 61.Kf2 Rh2+ 62.Ke3 Bf6 63.g4 Bh4 64.Rf1 Bc4 65.Ra1 Rh3+ 66.Ke4 Bf2 
67.f5 Be3 68.Bb4 Bg5 69.Re1 Rg3 70.Bxd6 Rxg4+ 71.Kf3 Rxd4 72.Be5 Bd5+ 73.
Kg3 Rd3+ 74.Kg4 Bf6 75.Kf4 Rf3+ 76.Kg4 Rf2 77.Re3 Rg2+ 78.Kh3 Rg5 79.Bxf6 
Kxf6 80.Rd3 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 
Nxd4 9.Qxd4 O-O 10.Bg5 b6 11.Kh1 Bb7 12.Rad1 Rc8 13.Bb3 Rc5 14.Bh4 Qa8 15.
f3 Rd8 16.Qf2 Ba6 17.Rfe1 Bc4 18.Na4 Rcc8 19.Bxc4 Rxc4 20.b3 Rc7 21.c4 d5 
22.Qg3 Rcd7 23.cxd5 exd5 24.e5 Ne8 25.Nc3 Bxh4 26.Qxh4 d4 27.Ne4 Qd5 28.f4
d3 29.b4 Qe6 30.Ng5 Qf5 31.g4 Qg6 32.f5 Qh6 33.Qxh6 gxh6 34.Ne4 Rd4 35.Re3
R8d5 36.Nc3 Rd8 37.Nb5 R4d7 38.Nd6 Nxd6 39.Rexd3 Re8 40.exd6 Kg7 41.Kg2 
Re2+ 42.Kg3 h5 43.h3 Kf6 44.Kf4 h6 45.Rc1 a5 46.b5 hxg4 47.hxg4 Rf2+ 48.
Ke4 h5 49.gxh5 Rxf5 50.Rf3 Rxf3 51.Kxf3 Ke5 52.Rd1 f5 53.h6 Ke6 54.Kf4 Kf6
55.h7 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O Bd6 8.Kh1 
Nc6 9.Be3 h5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.f4 Ng4 12.Qf3 Nxe3 13.Qxe3 e5 14.Ne2 Bb7 15.
Bc4 f6 16.Qd3 exf4 17.e5 Bxe5 18.Qg6+ Kd8 19.Qxg7 f5 20.Qg5+ Kc8 21.Qxf5 
Kb8 22.Nxf4 Bxb2 23.Rab1 Ba3 24.Qd3 Bc5 25.Bxa6 Bb6 26.Bxb7 Kxb7 27.c4 Kc8
28.Qc3 Rf8 29.Nd3 Rxf1+ 30.Rxf1 Qa7 31.Qh8+ Bd8 32.Ne5 Qd4 33.Qe8 Rxa2 34.
Nf7 Qf6 35.Qe1 Qg6 36.Rf2 Rxf2 37.Qxf2 Qb1+ 38.Qg1 Qxg1+ 39.Kxg1 Bc7 40.
Ng5 Kb7 41.Ne4 Be5 42.Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Bg5 h6 9.
Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.Nd2 Nf4 12.O-O Nc5 13.Bg4 a5 14.f3 Ncd3 15.Qc2 c6 16.
Kh1 h5 17.Bxc8 Rxc8 18.a3 cxd5 19.cxd5 Nc5 20.Bf2 g4 21.g3 Ng6 22.fxg4 
hxg4 23.Be3 b5 24.Nxb5 Qb6 25.a4 Qa6 26.Nc4 f5 27.Rxf5 Rxf5 28.exf5 Qb7 
29.Qg2 Nb3 30.Ncxd6 Qd7 31.Rf1 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.Qd2 
e6 9.O-O Be7 10.Rad1 Nc5 11.Rfe1 Bd7 12.a3 Qc7 13.b4 Na4 14.Nxa4 Bxa4 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16.Nxe6 Qxc2 17.Qd4 Kf7 18.Rc1 Qa2 19.e5 dxe5 20.Qxe5 Qxf2+ 21.
Kxf2 Ng4+ 22.Kg1 Nxe5 23.Rxe5 Bxg5 24.Nxg5+ Kg6 25.Ne6 Rhe8 26.Re3 Rac8 
27.Rf1 Bb5 28.Rg3+ Kh6 29.Nxg7 Rf8 30.Re1 Rf6 31.h3 Rc2 32.Re4 Rc4 33.Re5 
Rc1+ 34.Kh2 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.c5 Nd5 5.Bc4 e6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nxd5 exd5 8.Bxd5 
c6 9.Bxf7+ Kxf7 10.cxd6 Qe8 11.Qf3+ Kg8 12.Qe3 Be6 13.Ne2 Nd7 14.O-O Nxe5 
15.Qxe5 Bc4 16.Qxe8 Rxe8 17.d3 Bxd3 18.Rd1 Bxe2 19.d7 Rd8 20.Bg5 Bxd1 21.
Rxd1 Be7 22.Bxe7 Kf7 23.Bxd8 Rxd8 24.f4 Ke7 25.Kf2 Rxd7 26.Rxd7+ Kxd7 27.
Ke3 Ke6 28.Ke4 g6 29.b4 h5 30.g3 Kf6 31.h3 Ke6 32.g4 b6 33.Kd4 Kf6 34.a4 
Ke6 35.Ke4 Kd6 36.a5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A71"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bg5 a6 
9.a4 h6 10.Bf4 Bg4 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Re8 13.Qc2 Qc7 14.Rfe1 Nbd7 15.h3 
Bxf3 16.Bxf3 c4 17.Be2 Rac8 18.a5 Nc5 19.Bxc4 Ncxe4 20.Nxe4 Rxe4 21.Rxe4 
Nxe4 22.Qxe4 Qxc4 23.Qf3 Qb4 24.Qg3 Qxb2 25.Re1 Qb5 26.Qf3 Bf8 27.h4 Qxa5 
28.Rb1 b5 29.h5 g5 30.Qg3 Qa2 31.Rd1 Qe2 32.Rd3 Bg7 33.Qh3 Rc2 34.Bxd6 
Rc1+ 35.Kh2 Qxf2 36.Rf3 Qg1+ 37.Kg3 Qe1+ 38.Kh2 Be5+ 39.Bxe5 Qxe5+ 40.Qg3 
Qxd5 41.Rd3 Qc5 42.Qg4 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.Bc4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.d4 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 
Nc6 9.Re1 Nd7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Be3 Nb6 12.Bf1 Be6 13.Ne4 Bc4 14.Nc5 Bxf1 15.
Kxf1 Rb8 16.Qd3 Nd5 17.Bd2 a5 18.c4 Ndb4 19.Bxb4 Nxb4 20.Qe4 b6 21.Na4 b5 
22.cxb5 Rxb5 23.Nc3 Rb6 24.a3 Re6 25.Qb7 Rb6 26.Qe4 Re6 27.Qb7 Rb6 28.Qe4 
Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Nbd2 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.exd4 Nc6 8.Be2 
d6 9.h3 Re8 10.Nc4 Be6 11.O-O Rc8 12.Bh2 Bh6 13.Re1 Na5 14.Na3 Qb6 15.Bb5 
Red8 16.Qe2 a6 17.Bd3 Nd5 18.Rad1 Re8 19.Bb1 Qc7 20.Qe4 Nf6 21.Qh4 Bg7 22.
Bf4 Bd5 23.Nh2 b5 24.Ng4 Qb7 25.Bg5 Bxg2 26.Rxe7 Rxe7 27.Nxf6+ Bxf6 28.
Bxf6 Re6 29.Bf5 Rxf6 30.Bxc8 Qxc8 31.Kxg2 Re6 32.Qg4 Qe8 33.Kf1 Qa8 34.d5 
Re5 35.b4 f5 36.Qd4 Nb7 37.Qb6 f4 38.Rd4 Qc8 39.Kg2 Rg5+ 40.Kf3 Qxh3+ 41.
Ke2 Re5+ 42.Kd2 Qf1 43.Kc2 Qxf2+ 44.Kb3 Re2 45.Nc4 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Qc2 
Nb6 9.Nf3 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.h3 Nf4 12.Bf1 Ng6 13.h4 Be6 14.Bd3 Bg4 15.h5
Nf4 16.Ne5 Nxd3+ 17.Qxd3 Be6 18.Ne2 f6 19.Nf3 Nc4 20.Nf4 Nd6 21.Qa3 a5 22.
Nh4 Bf7 23.g4 Qd7 24.O-O-O h6 25.Nf5 Nxf5 26.gxf5 Qxf5 27.Rdg1 Rg8 28.Rg3 
c5 29.dxc5 O-O-O 30.c6 bxc6 31.Qxa5 d4 32.Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bd3 a6 8.O-O 
Nxd4 9.Bxd4 Bc5 10.Bxc5 Qxc5 11.Qe2 d6 12.Kh1 e5 13.f4 Bg4 14.Qd2 exf4 15.
Qxf4 Be6 16.Rae1 O-O-O 17.e5 dxe5 18.Rxe5 Qc7 19.Ree1 Qxf4 20.Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikitin, Alexander"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 f5 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 Bc5 7.c3 dxc3 8.Nxc3 
Nge7 9.Bb3 d5 10.O-O Be6 11.Ng5 Bg8 12.e6 Nd4 13.Be3 Nxb3 14.Qxb3 Bxe3 15.
fxe3 h6 16.Nf7 Bxf7 17.exf7+ Kxf7 18.e4 Rf8 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Rxf5+ Kg6 21.
Qg3+ Kh7 22.Rxd5 Qe7 23.Re1 Rae8 24.e5 Qf7 25.Rc5 Re7 26.b3 Rfe8 27.Rc2 
Qg6 28.Qxg6+ Kxg6 29.Rce2 Kf5 30.Rf2+ Kg6 31.Rfe2 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E89"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c6 8.Qd2 cxd5 9.
cxd5 a6 10.g4 Nbd7 11.Nge2 h5 12.g5 Nh7 13.h4 b5 14.Ng3 Nb6 15.Bd3 Bd7 16.
O-O-O Rc8 17.Kb1 Nc4 18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.Nce2 Qe7 20.Rc1 Rfc8 21.Rxc4 Rxc4 22.
Nc1 f5 23.Bb6 Qf7 24.Nd3 fxe4 25.fxe4 Qf3 26.Qe3 Bg4 27.Rf1 Qxe3 28.Bxe3 
Nf8 29.Rc1 Rxc1+ 30.Kxc1 Kf7 31.Kc2 Nd7 32.Kc3 a5 33.Nf2 Bf3 34.a4 bxa4 
35.Kc4 Ke7 36.Kb5 Kd8 37.Kxa4 Kc7 38.Kxa5 Kb7 39.Nd3 Bf8 40.Nb4 Nb8 41.Nc2
Be7 42.Na3 Bd8+ 43.Kb5 Na6 44.Nc4 Nc7+ 45.Ka4 Ne8 46.b4 Bd1+ 47.Ka3 Ka6 
48.Nf1 Kb5 49.Nfd2 Bc7 50.Bf2 Bd8 51.Ne3 Be2 52.Nb1 Bd3 53.Nc3+ Ka6 54.Kb3
Nc7 55.Nc4 Be7 56.Nb2 Bf1 57.Nb1 Nb5 58.Nc4 Bd3 59.Nbd2 Bd8 60.Nb2 Be2 61.
Bg1 Bc7 62.Be3 Bd8 63.Nbc4 Bd3 64.Na3 Nxa3 65.Kxa3 Bc7 66.Kb3 Kb5 67.Bf2 
Be2 68.Nb1 Bd3 69.Nd2 Be2 70.Kc3 Bd8 71.Nb1 Bc7 72.Bg1 Bf1 73.Nd2 Be2 74.
Bf2 Bd8 75.Nb1 Bc7 76.Na3+ Ka4 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E89"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c6 8.Qd2 cxd5 9.
cxd5 a6 10.g4 Nbd7 11.Nge2 h5 12.g5 Nh7 13.h4 b5 14.Ng3 Nb6 15.Bd3 Nc4 16.
Bxc4 bxc4 17.O-O-O Rb8 18.Kb1 Bd7 19.Rc1 f6 20.Nxh5 gxh5 21.g6 f5 22.gxh7+
Kxh7 23.exf5 Bxf5+ 24.Ne4 Bxe4+ 25.fxe4 Rf4 26.Rxc4 Rxh4 27.Rcc1 Rc8 28.
Rce1 Rxh1 29.Rxh1 Qe8 30.Qe2 Qg6 31.Qxh5+ Qxh5 32.Rxh5+ Kg6 33.Rg5+ Kf7 
34.Rg4 Rh8 35.a4 Rh3 36.Bd2 Bf8 37.Kc2 Rh2 38.Kd3 Bh6 39.Bc3 Bf4 40.Rg1 
Rh3+ 41.Kc4 Be3 42.Re1 Ke7 43.b4 Bb6 44.Re2 Kd7 45.a5 Bd8 46.Bd2 Rh1 47.b5
Ra1 48.b6 Rg1 49.Rh2 Rg4 50.Rh7+ Kc8 51.Bb4 Rxe4+ 52.Kc3 Rxb4 53.Kxb4 Bg5 
54.Kc3 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 O-O 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 
Nh5 9.Ne2 f5 10.g3 b6 11.Bg2 Ba6 12.O-O Nf6 13.Re1 Nc6 14.Nf4 Qe8 15.h3 
Rd8 16.g4 g5 17.Ne2 fxg4 18.hxg4 Qg6 19.Ng3 h5 20.e4 dxe4 21.gxh5 Nxh5 22.
Nxh5 Qxh5 23.fxe4 Qh4 24.Qd2 Rf4 25.Qa2+ Rf7 26.Be3 Na5 27.Qe6 Bc8 28.Qe5 
Rg7 29.Bf2 Qg4 30.Qg3 Qf4 31.Qd3 Qg4 32.Bg3 Ba6 33.Qf3 Qxf3 34.Bxf3 g4 35.
Bg2 Rf7 36.Ra2 Bc4 37.Rf2 c6 38.Bh4 Rdd7 39.Bf6 Be6 40.a4 Rh7 41.Rf4 Rh5 
42.Ref1 Rf7 43.R1f2 Kh7 44.e5 Kg8 45.Be4 Rh3 46.Rh2 Rxh2 47.Kxh2 Nc4 48.
Bg6 Rf8 49.Re4 Nd6 50.Re2 Nf5 51.Kg1 Ng7 52.Rh2 Bf5 53.Rh7 Rf7 54.Bxf5 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakob"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 Bc5 7.O-O Qe7 8.Nbd2
O-O 9.Nc4 Nd7 10.Ne3 Re8 11.Nf5 Qd8 12.Bg5 f6 13.Be3 Bf8 14.Re1 Nc5 15.Ng3
Ne6 16.d4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Qxd4 Qxd4 19.Bxd4 Be6 20.Be3 Bd6 21.Rad1 a5
22.a3 b5 23.Ne2 Bc4 24.Nd4 c5 25.Nf5 Bf8 26.Bf4 Rac8 27.f3 Be6 28.g4 a4 
29.c3 b4 30.cxb4 cxb4 31.axb4 Bxb4 32.Bd2 Bf8 33.Bc3 Rb8 34.Kg2 a3 35.bxa3
Rb3 36.Ba5 c5 37.Re3 Rb2+ 38.Rd2 Rb5 39.Bc7 Ra8 40.Rc3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E74"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 c5 8.d5 e6 9.
Qd2 exd5 10.exd5 Kh7 11.h3 Re8 12.Bd3 a6 13.a4 Nbd7 14.Nf3 Ng8 15.O-O Ne5 
16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.f4 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Bf5 19.Bf2 Qd7 20.Bh4 Bxh3 21.f5 Bxf5 22.
Rxf5 gxf5 23.Qf2 Re5 24.Rf1 Rae8 25.Bg3 Kh8 26.Bxf5 Qxa4 27.Bc2 Qa2 28.Bh4
f5 29.Bxf5 Qxf2+ 30.Rxf2 Re3 31.Be6 b5 32.cxb5 axb5 33.Rf7 R8xe6 34.dxe6 
Rxe6 35.Rb7 Re3 36.Rxb5 Rxc3 37.Rb7 c4 38.Rc7 d5 39.Kh2 Re3 40.Rd7 Re4 41.
Bd8 d4 42.Bb6 Ne7 43.Bxd4+ Kg8 44.Bc5 Nf5 45.Rc7 h5 46.Bb6 Rg4 47.Rc5 Ng7 
48.Ba5 Ne6 49.Rxh5 Nf4 50.Rf5 Rxg2+ 51.Kh1 Rg4 52.Rc5 Ne2 53.Kh2 Rd4 54.
Bb4 Rd3 55.Rf5 Nd4 56.Rf8+ Kh7 57.Rc8 Nf3+ 58.Kg3 Rb3 59.Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 g6 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.Nb5 Na6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.c4 
c6 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Nd7 12.Be3 e5 13.d5 c5 14.Ne1 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 
f5 16.f3 Re8 17.Nb5 e4 18.f4 b6 19.Rd1 Nc7 20.Nxc7 Qxc7 21.Bc1 Nf6 22.Nc2 
h5 23.Ne3 Ng4 24.h3 Nxe3 25.Bxe3 Qd6 26.g3 a5 27.a4 Kf7 28.h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D95"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 c6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd2 e6 8.Be2 Nbd7 
9.O-O Ne4 10.Rfd1 f5 11.Be1 Kh8 12.Qc2 b6 13.b4 Bb7 14.a4 g5 15.a5 bxa5 
16.Rxa5 g4 17.Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.O-O 
Nxd4 9.Bxd4 Bc5 10.Bxc5 Qxc5 11.Qe2 d6 12.Kh1 b5 13.f4 b4 14.Nb1 e5 15.a3 
O-O 16.axb4 Qxb4 17.Nd2 Qxb2 18.Nc4 Qd4 19.Qf2 Qxf2 20.Rxf2 Rd8 21.fxe5 
Ng4 22.Rff1 Nxe5 23.Nxe5 dxe5 24.Bc4 Ra7 25.Bd5 Be6 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.Ra5 
Rd6 28.h3 Rc7 29.Rf2 Rf7 30.Re2 Rf1+ 31.Kh2 Rc6 32.Rxe5 Ra1 33.Rf2 h6 34.
h4 Ra3 35.h5 Rac3 36.Kg1 R3c5 37.Rxc5 Rxc5 38.Kf1 a5 39.Ke1 Rxh5 40.Kd2 
Rb5 41.Kd3 a4 42.c4 Ra5 43.Kc3 a3 44.Ra2 Kf7 45.Kb4 Ra8 46.Kb5 Ke7 47.Kc6 
Rc8+ 48.Kb5 Kd6 49.e5+ Kxe5 50.Rxa3 Kd4 51.Ra7 Rc5+ 52.Kb6 Rxc4 53.Rxg7 e5
54.Rd7+ Ke3 55.Rh7 e4 56.Rxh6 Kf2 57.g4 e3 58.Rf6+ Ke1 59.g5 Re4 60.g6 Re7
61.Kc5 e2 62.Kd6 Re3 63.Kc6 Kd1 64.g7 Re8 65.Rf8 e1=Q 66.g8=Q Qe4+ 67.Kb5 
Re5+ 68.Kb6 Qd4+ 69.Ka6 Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Nikitin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 c6 7.b3 Nbd7 8.Bb2 b6 
9.Nbd2 Ba6 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.Rc2 b5 12.c5 b4 13.Re1 Qc7 14.Rc1 Rfe8 15.Qc2 Bb5
16.e4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Nd5 18.Ne5 a5 19.Nc4 a4 20.Ned6 a3 21.Bxd5 axb2 22.Qxb2
exd5 23.Nxe8 Rxe8 24.Nd6 Bxd6 25.Rxe8+ Bf8 26.Qd2 Nf6 27.Ree1 Qa7 28.Ra1 
Qa3 29.f3 h6 30.h3 Ba6 31.g4 Bc8 32.g5 Nh7 33.h4 Qa7 34.Qf4 Bd7 35.Re2 g6 
36.Rae1 Qa8 37.Qc7 Bf5 38.Qb6 Bd7 39.Qxb4 Bg7 40.Re7 Nf8 41.Qd2 Qb8 42.f4 
Qc7 43.a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B89"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qe2 
a6 9.a3 O-O 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.O-O b5 12.Bb3 Bb7 13.f4 Na5 14.Bf2 Nxb3 15.cxb3 
Rfd8 16.Rd3 g6 17.b4 e5 18.Nb3 Nh5 19.Be3 exf4 20.Bd4 Rac8 21.Na5 Ba8 22.
Qf3 Bf8 23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.exd5 Re8 25.Nc6 Bg7 26.Bc3 Qd7 27.Kh1 Qc7 28.Kg1 
Qd7 29.Kh1 Qc7 30.Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd5 6.O-O Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 
O-O 9.Nc3 Nc7 10.Ba4 d6 11.h3 dxe5 12.dxe5 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 
15.Bg5 Bf6 16.Bxf6 exf6 17.Rac1 Na6 18.Ne4 f5 19.Nd6 Be6 20.a3 b6 21.b4 
Rad8 22.Bb5 Nb8 23.Rc7 a6 24.Be2 Kg7 25.Rb7 b5 26.Rb6 Rd7 27.Nb7 Rxd1+ 28.
Bxd1 Bd5 29.Nc5 Rd8 30.Bf3 Bxf3 31.gxf3 Rc8 32.Kg2 a5 33.bxa5 Rxc5 34.Rxb8
Rc4 35.Rxb5 Ra4 36.Rb3 Rxa5 37.f4 Ra4 38.Kf3 Kh6 39.Kg3 Ra7 40.h4 Kh5 41.
Re3 Kh6 42.Rb3 Kh5 43.Re3 h6 44.Rb3 Ra6 45.Rd3 f6 46.Rb3 Ra4 47.Rf3 Rc4 
48.Rb3 Rc1 49.a4 Rg1+ 50.Kf3 Ra1 51.Kg3 Rxa4 52.Rb1 Ra3+ 53.f3 g5 54.hxg5 
hxg5 55.fxg5 fxg5 56.Rb5 f4+ 57.Kg2 Kh4 58.Rb2 g4 59.fxg4 Kxg4 60.Kf2 Rh3 
61.Rb8 Rh2+ 62.Kg1 Re2 63.Kf1 Kf3 64.Rb3+ Re3 65.Rb2 Ra3 66.Rf2+ Kg4 67.
Rg2+ Kf5 68.Rb2 Rf3+ 69.Kg2 Rg3+ 70.Kf2 Rh3 71.Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Rc1 Bb7 11.Be2 Rc8 12.O-O c5 13.Ne5 Nxc3 14.Rxc3 Nc6 15.
Nxc6 Rxc6 16.Qa4 Rcc8 17.Rfc1 cxd4 18.Rxc8+ Rxc8 19.Rxc8+ Bxc8 20.Qxd4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Nf6 7.e3 Be7 8.Be2 
O-O 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.O-O Be6 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Ne5 Bd6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Qa4 Bxf4 
15.Qxf4 c5 16.Rfd1 Rb8 17.b3 Rb4 18.Qe5 Re8 19.Na4 c4 20.Qa1 Qe7 21.Rd4 
cxb3 22.axb3 Rxb3 23.Nc5 Rb6 24.Ra4 Ra8 25.h3 h6 26.Bd3 Rc6 27.Nxe6 Rxc1+ 
28.Qxc1 Qxe6 29.Qc7 Qd7 30.Qxd7 Nxd7 31.Bb5 Nf6 32.Ra5 Kf8 33.Ba4 g6 34.
Ra6 Kg7 35.f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 e5 
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nc4 f6 11.c3 Be6 12.Nfd2 Qd7 13.Ne4 b6 14.a4 Rad8 15.a5 f5 
16.Ned6 Nc7 17.axb6 axb6 18.Nb7 Bxc4 19.Nxd8 Rxd8 20.Bg5 Bd5 21.Bxd5+ Qxd5
22.Bxd8 Nxd8 23.Ra7 Nde6 24.h4 h5 25.Qa4 Kh7 26.Ra1 Kh6 27.Qd1 Bf6 28.Qe2 
Qc6 29.Qf1 g5 30.Qg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "127"]

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 c6 
9.h3 Qb6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Rd1 Qb4 13.Bf1 Qe7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.b4 
Ne6 16.Nxe5 Qxb4 17.Rab1 Qe7 18.Nd3 Nd7 19.Bg2 Nec5 20.Nxc5 Nxc5 21.Rd2 f5
22.Re1 Nxe4 23.Bd4 Qf7 24.Bxg7 Qxg7 25.Rde2 Be6 26.Bxe4 fxe4 27.Nxe4 Bf7 
28.Qb2 Qxb2 29.Rxb2 Kf8 30.Rxb7 Bxc4 31.Rxh7 Bxa2 32.Re3 Re5 33.Rf3+ Rf5 
34.Rxf5+ gxf5 35.Nf6 Rd8 36.Nd7+ Ke8 37.Nf6+ Kf8 38.Rxa7 Bf7 39.Nd7+ Kg8 
40.Rc7 c5 41.g4 fxg4 42.hxg4 c4 43.Kh2 c3 44.Nf6+ Kf8 45.Rxc3 Kg7 46.Ne4 
Bd5 47.Re3 Re8 48.Nd6 Rd8 49.Nf5+ Kf6 50.Kg3 Rb8 51.Rd3 Rb5 52.Kf4 Ra5 53.
Rd4 Be6 54.Rd6 Kf7 55.Nd4 Bc8 56.f3 Ra4 57.Kg5 Ke7 58.Rd5 Bb7 59.Nf5+ Ke6 
60.Rd6+ Ke5 61.Rd3 Ba8 62.Re3+ Kd5 63.f4 Kc6 64.Nh6 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nc3 b6
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Rc1 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Bf5 Nb6 14.Na4 Ne4 15.Bxe7
Qxe7 16.Qc2 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 
Re8 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Nf6 12.Bd3 Qb6 13.Qc1 Bg4 14.Ne5 Be6 
15.c3 Rac8 16.Bc4 Bxc4 17.Nxc4 Qa6 18.Ne5 c5 19.dxc5 Rxc5 20.Nf3 e5 21.Nd2
Rd5 22.Qc2 h6 23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Nf1 Red8 25.g3 h5 26.h4 Be7 27.a4 Bc5 28.b4 
Bf8 29.Rad1 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Rxd1 31.Qxd1 Qc4 32.Qd2 Qc6 33.a5 a6 34.Ne3 e4 
35.c4 Qd6 36.Nd5 Qe5 37.Qe3 Bg7 38.Qc5 Kh7 39.Qc7 Qf5 40.Qf4 Qe6 41.Qe3 
Bb2 42.Kg2 Kg7 43.Qb3 Bd4 44.b5 Qf5 45.Nf4 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E58"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O d5 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 b6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Ng4 13.f4 f5 14.Be2 Nh6 15.Ra2 
Be6 16.Rd2 Qh4 17.Bf3 Ng4 18.g3 Qh5 19.Qe2 Rad8 20.Rfd1 Qf7 21.h3 Nh6 22.
Qg2 Kh8 23.Bxd5 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Rxd5 25.Rxd5 Ng8 26.Qd2 Qg6 27.Kh2 Qc6 28.c4 
Re8 29.Bb2 Ne7 30.Rd7 h6 31.e6 Qxe6 32.Qc3 Rg8 33.Rxa7 Qe4 34.Rd7 Qf3 35.
Qd2 Nc6 36.Rd6 Kh7 37.Qc2 Ne7 38.Bc1 Qf1 39.e4 Kh8 40.Bb2 Re8 41.e5 h5 42.
Bc1 Ng8 43.Rd2 Nh6 44.Rf2 Qe1 45.Re2 Qf1 46.Rf2 Qe1 47.Kg2 h4 48.gxh4 Rd8 
49.Bd2 Qa1 50.Bc3 Qxa3 51.Kh2 Qa8 52.e6 Re8 53.Rg2 Re7 54.Qb2 Kh7 55.Bxg7 
Ng8 56.Be5 Qc6 57.Qe2 Qxe6 58.Qh5+ Nh6 59.Qg5 Qf7 60.h5 Ng8 61.Rd2 Re6 62.
Rd8 b5 63.cxb5 Rh6 64.Rxg8 Qa2+ 65.Qg2 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 c6 7.dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Bd3 d5 9.exd6 Nf6 10.Qe2+ Be6 11.Bg5 Qxd6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Nd2 Qe5 14.Ne4 
Bb6 15.Kh1 O-O-O 16.a4 Kb8 17.a5 Bc7 18.f4 Qd4 19.Nc3 f5 20.a6 b5 21.Qf3 
Qb6 22.Qh3 Qc5 23.Qf3 b4 24.Na4 Qd6 25.Qh3 Rhg8 26.Be2 Qd2 27.Bf3 Bc4 28.
Rfd1 Qxf4 29.Rxd8+ Rxd8 30.Bxc6 Be2 31.Rg1 Rd1 32.g4 Rxg1+ 33.Kxg1 Qc1+ 
34.Kf2 Qxc2 35.Qxh7 Bb5+ 36.Kg1 Qd1+ 37.Kf2 Qf1+ 38.Ke3 Qf4# 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g3 c6 
9.Bg2 a5 10.O-O Na6 11.Nf4 Nc7 12.f3 c5 13.Na4 Na6 14.g4 Bd7 15.Nc3 Bc6 
16.Nce2 Qb6 17.Bd2 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Rfe8 19.Bc3 Bd6 20.Re1 Nc5 21.Nxc6 Bxf4 
22.Bd4 Qxc6 23.exf4 Rxe1+ 24.Qxe1 Nb3 25.Rd1 Nxd4 26.Rxd4 Re8 27.Qd2 Qc5 
28.Kf2 Kf8 29.b4 axb4 30.Qxb4 b6 31.g5 Nh5 32.Bf1 Rd8 33.Bc4 Qxb4 34.axb4 
Nxf4 35.Rxf4 dxc4 36.Rxc4 Rd5 37.h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikitin, Alexander"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Qe5 8.
Nb5 Qxe4+ 9.Be2 Qe5 10.f4 Qb8 11.Be3 g6 12.Qd2 Bg7 13.h4 h5 14.g4 hxg4 15.
Bxg4 d6 16.Be2 Bf5 17.h5 Qc8 18.O-O-O gxh5 19.Rdg1 Bg4 20.Bxg4 hxg4 21.
Rxh8+ Bxh8 22.Qh2 Bf6 23.Qh7 a6 24.Qg8+ Kd7 25.Qxg4+ e6 26.Na3 Qh8 27.Qg2 
Bd4 28.Bxd4 Qxd4 29.Rf1 Qe3+ 30.Kb1 Rg8 31.Qc2 Rg1 32.Qd1 Qe4+ 33.Ka1 Rxf1
34.Qxf1 Nd4 35.Qf2 Qh1+ 36.Nb1 Qg1 37.Qd2 Qe3 38.Qd1 Qxf4 39.Nc3 Qe3 40.a3
Qe1 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qc2 
Nd7 9.g3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 c5 11.Bg2 Qc7 12.Qb3 Nb6 13.O-O Bd7 14.a4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Rab8 16.Bd2 Qc4 17.Qxc4 Nxc4 18.Bc3 Rfc8 19.Rfb1 b6 20.Be4 Bc6 21.Bd3
Bf3 22.Be1 e5 23.Rc1 Nb2 24.Ba6 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Nxa4 26.Rc7 Bf6 27.Rxa7 b5 
28.dxe5 Bxe5 29.Nd4 Bxd4 30.exd4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Nxd2 Qb6 8.
N2b3 Qb4+ 9.Qd2 Qxd2+ 10.Kxd2 Nc6 11.Bg2 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 d6 13.Rac1 Ke7 14.
Rhd1 Bd7 15.Ke1 Rhd8 16.Rd3 Rab8 17.Ra3 a6 18.c5 dxc5 19.Rxc5 Ne8 20.Rac3 
Nd6 21.e4 Nb5 22.Nxb5 Bxb5 23.Rc7+ Rd7 24.e5 Kd8 25.Rxd7+ Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakob"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.O-O Bd6 7.d4 Ne7 8.dxc5 
Bxc5 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.Bd3 Qd6 12.Nbd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.cxd4 
Bf5 15.Be3 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Rac8 17.Rac1 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Rc8 19.Rxc8+ Nxc8 20.Qc2
Qc6 21.Qf5 Qe6 22.Qf4 Qd6 23.Qxd6 Nxd6 24.Kf1 Nf5 25.Ke2 f6 26.g4 Nxe3 27.
Kxe3 Kf7 28.f4 g5 29.fxg5 fxg5 30.Kd3 Ke6 31.a4 a5 32.Kc3 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.O-O Bg4 8.d5 Na5 
9.Nd2 c5 10.Qc2 a6 11.h3 Bd7 12.b3 e5 13.dxe6 Bxe6 14.Bb2 Nc6 15.Nf3 Re8 
16.Rad1 Qd7 17.Ng5 Bf5 18.e4 Be6 19.Ne2 Qe7 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.e5 Nxe5 22.
Bxe5 dxe5 23.Rfe1 Rad8 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rd1 b6 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.Nc3 Qd4 28.
Bb7 a5 29.Ne4 Nxe4 30.Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 c6 5.Bc4 b5 6.Bb3 b4 7.Na4 Nf6 8.e5 Nd5 9.
Nf3 Nb6 10.O-O Nxa4 11.Bxa4 O-O 12.a3 a5 13.Bb3 Na6 14.Be3 bxa3 15.Rxa3 
Nb4 16.Qd2 Bf5 17.Rfa1 c5 18.c3 Nd3 19.Bc4 dxe5 20.dxe5 h6 21.Qe2 Qd7 22.
Rd1 Rfd8 23.Rd2 Nc1 24.Qd1 Nd3 25.Bxd3 Bxd3 26.c4 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.a3 Be6 8.d3 f6
9.b4 a5 10.b5 Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Ne4 a4 13.Bd2 Be7 14.O-O Bd5 15.Qc1 O-O 
16.Rb1 f5 17.Ng5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Re8 19.Nf3 Bf6 20.Re1 Qd7 21.Bg5 Bxg5 22.
Qxg5 Ra5 23.Qf4 Rd8 24.Rec1 Nd5 25.Qxd4 Rxb5 26.Rxb5 Qxb5 27.Rxc7 Nxc7 28.
Qxd8+ Ne8 29.Nd4 Qe5 30.f4 Qe3 31.Qd5+ Kh8 32.Qxf5 Nf6 33.Qc8+ Ng8 34.Qd7 
g6 35.Qd6 Nh6 36.Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Bb3 
O-O 9.f4 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Qe2 Nbd7 12.Rd1 Qb6 13.Be3 Qc7 14.f5 e5 15.Nf3 
Nxe4 16.Nd5 Qd8 17.Qd3 Ndf6 18.Bb6 Qe8 19.Nc7 Qb8 20.Nxa8 Bxa8 21.Be3 d5 
22.Qe2 Ng4 23.Bxd5 Nxe3 24.Bxe4 Bc5 25.Rd3 Bxe4 26.Rxe3 Bxf5 27.Kh1 Bxe3 
28.Qxe3 Re8 29.c3 Qd6 30.Qd2 Qxd2 31.Nxd2 Rd8 32.Nb3 Bc2 33.Nc5 a5 34.a4 
bxa4 35.Kg1 e4 36.Kf2 f5 37.Ke3 g5 38.g3 Rd5 39.Ne6 Rd3+ 40.Ke2 Rf3 41.
Nxg5 Bd3+ 42.Kd2 Rf2+ 43.Ke3 Rxh2 44.Rxa4 Rg2 45.Rxa5 Rxg3+ 46.Kf4 Rg1 47.
Ra7 h5 48.Nh7 Rg6 49.Rd7 Rh6 50.Kg5 Rxh7 51.Rd8+ Kg7 52.Rd7+ Kg8 53.Rd8+ 
Kf7 54.Rd7+ Ke6 55.Rxh7 e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "112"]

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 exd4 12.cxd4 Nb4 13.Nc3 c5 14.d5 Re8 15.Bf4 
Qb6 16.Qd2 Rad8 17.Rad1 Nd7 18.Ne2 Bf6 19.Ng3 Ne5 20.Bxe5 Bxe5 21.Nxe5 
Rxe5 22.Re3 Rd7 23.Nf5 f6 24.f4 Re8 25.Kh2 a5 26.Qc3 Na2 27.Qe1 Nb4 28.Qh4
Qd8 29.Qg4 Kh8 30.Qe2 Qb8 31.Kh1 Red8 32.Rg3 Re8 33.Re3 Red8 34.Rg1 Re8 
35.Kh2 Qd8 36.Rd1 Qb6 37.Kh1 g6 38.Ng3 c4 39.f5 Nd3 40.fxg6 hxg6 41.Rf3 
Rf7 42.Rdf1 Kg7 43.Rxd3 cxd3 44.Qg4 Kh7 45.Qh4+ Kg8 46.Rxf6 Rg7 47.Nf5 
gxf5 48.Rh6 Rxe4 49.Rh8+ Kf7 50.Qh5+ Ke7 51.Qe8+ Kf6 52.Rh6+ Kg5 53.Qh5+ 
Kf4 54.Qf3+ Ke5 55.Re6+ Kxd5 56.Qxf5+ Re5 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.d4 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Bb7 10.Bc2 Na5 11.Re1 c5 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Rc8 14.d5 Nd7 15.Nf1 
Qc7 16.Bb1 Bd8 17.Ng3 b4 18.Bd3 Nc4 19.Qe2 a5 20.b3 Na3 21.Be3 g6 22.Rac1 
Qb8 23.Bh6 Re8 24.Bb5 Re7 25.Nh4 Nxb5 26.Qxb5 Nf8 27.Nhf5 gxf5 28.Nxf5 
Rec7 29.Rxc7 Qxc7 30.Re3 Bf6 31.Rg3+ Ng6 32.h4 Ra8 33.Qe2 Kh8 34.h5 Ba6 
35.Qf3 Qd8 36.hxg6 fxg6 37.Ne3 Qe7 38.Ng4 Bg7 39.Qe3 Bc8 40.Bg5 Qa7 41.Nh6
Qxe3 42.Rxe3 Ba6 43.Rf3 Rf8 44.Nf7+ Kg8 45.Nxd6 Rxf3 46.gxf3 Bf8 47.Ne8 
Kf7 48.Nc7 Bd3 49.Ne6 Bd6 50.Nd8+ Ke8 51.Nc6 Bc7 52.d6 Bxd6 53.Nxa5 Kd7 
54.Nc4 Bb1 55.f4 exf4 56.e5 Bc5 57.Bxf4 Bxa2 58.Nd2 Ke6 59.Kf1 Kf5 60.Be3 
Bxe3 61.fxe3 g5 62.Ke2 h5 63.Kf3 h4 64.Kg2 g4 65.Kf2 Kxe5 66.Kg2 h3+ 67.
Kg3 Kf5 68.Kh2 Bxb3 69.Nxb3 Ke4 70.Nd4 Kxe3 71.Nf5+ Kd3 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Bg5 h6 9.
Bh4 c5 10.Nd2 Bd7 11.Nb5 Be8 12.a3 Qd7 13.g4 Nc7 14.Nc3 a6 15.a4 Qc8 16.h3
Rb8 17.Qc2 Bd7 18.b3 b6 19.Nd1 b5 20.a5 Kh8 21.Bg3 Ng8 22.Ne3 Ne7 23.Bh4 
Qe8 24.b4 Nc8 25.bxc5 dxc5 26.cxb5 Nxb5 27.Bxb5 Rxb5 28.O-O f5 29.f3 Rf7 
30.Ndc4 Rb4 31.Be1 Rb7 32.Bc3 h5 33.gxf5 gxf5 34.exf5 e4 35.Kh2 exf3 36.
Rxf3 Bd4 37.Qd3 Bf6 38.Rg1 Kh7 39.Bxf6 Rxf6 40.Qc3 Qf8 41.Rg6 Rf7 42.Rg5 
1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Nikitin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.h3 e5 12.Ba2 e4 13.Nh2 Na5 14.Bd2 c4 15.Bb1 b6 
16.Ra2 Bb7 17.Be1 Rae8 18.Re2 Qd6 19.Qc1 Re6 20.Kh1 Rfe8 21.Rg1 Bd5 22.Ra2
h6 23.Qd1 Nh7 24.Nf1 f5 25.Ng3 Qf8 26.Kh2 R8e7 27.f3 Ng5 28.f4 Nh7 29.Nf1 
Nb7 30.g4 Nd6 31.Rag2 Rg6 32.Bh4 Nf6 33.Qe1 Kh8 34.Bc2 Be6 35.g5 hxg5 36.
Bxg5 Kg8 37.Qh4 Rc7 38.Bd1 Nde8 39.Ng3 Bc8 40.Bxf6 Nxf6 41.Nh5 Rxg2+ 42.
Rxg2 Nh7 43.Qg3 Rf7 44.Qg6 Qe7 45.Qc6 Qe6 46.Rg6 Nf6 47.Qxe6 Bxe6 48.Nxf6+
Rxf6 49.Rxf6 gxf6 50.Ba4 Kf7 51.h4 Ke7 52.h5 a6 53.Bc6 Bg8 54.Bb7 a5 55.
Bc6 Kd6 56.Bb5 Ke7 57.h6 Kf8 58.Bc6 Bh7 59.Kg3 Bg8 60.Kf2 Bf7 61.h7 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "149"]

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 Rfe8 14.a4 Rad8 15.Bg5 Be6
16.Ne3 cxd4 17.cxd4 Nc4 18.axb5 Nxe3 19.Bxe3 axb5 20.d5 Bd7 21.Ra7 Qb8 22.
Qa1 Rc8 23.Bd3 Rc7 24.Ra6 Rec8 25.Qa5 Bd8 26.Qb4 Ne8 27.Rea1 Rb7 28.Ba7 
Qc7 29.Kh2 g6 30.Nd2 Bg5 31.Nb3 h5 32.Qe1 Kg7 33.Be3 Bxe3 34.Qxe3 Qd8 35.
Na5 Rbc7 36.Nc6 Bxc6 37.dxc6 Rxc6 38.Rxc6 Rxc6 39.Bxb5 Rc5 40.Qd3 Nc7 41.
Bc4 Qb8 42.Rb1 Nb5 43.Rf1 Nc7 44.Qc3 Nb5 45.Qb3 Qe8 46.Qd3 Nd4 47.f4 f6 
48.b3 Rc7 49.Ra1 Qb8 50.Rf1 Ra7 51.Qg3 Qe8 52.Qf2 Qe7 53.Kh1 Rb7 54.Qd2 
Qd8 55.Bd5 Rc7 56.Ra1 Qd7 57.fxe5 dxe5 58.Qa5 Qc8 59.Bc4 h4 60.Rf1 Qd8 61.
Kh2 Rd7 62.Qe1 Nc2 63.Qxh4 Ne3 64.Rf3 Nxc4 65.bxc4 Rc7 66.Qg4 Rxc4 67.Rg3 
Qe8 68.h4 Rc7 69.Qf5 Qf7 70.h5 g5 71.h6+ Kh8 72.Rh3 Qf8 73.Rf3 g4 74.Qxg4 
Rh7 75.Rxf6 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.a3 Nf6 7.f4 d6 8.Qf3 Nc6 
9.Be3 Bd7 10.Bd3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Kh1 Rac8 13.Rae1 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 e5 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Bxe5 Qxe5 18.exd5 Qd6 19.Qe4 f5 20.Qxe7 Qxd5 21.
b3 b5 22.Qe5 Rc5 23.Qg3 Qf7 24.Re5 Rxe5 25.Qxe5 Qf6 26.Qxf6 Rxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A71"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bg5 h6 
9.Bh4 O-O 10.Nd2 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Be2 Qe7 13.O-O g5 14.Bg3 Ne5 15.Bxe5 
Qxe5 16.Nc4 Qe7 17.e5 dxe5 18.d6 Qd8 19.Qc2 Be6 20.Rad1 Bxc4 21.Bxc4 Qb6 
22.Rd2 Rad8 23.Rfd1 Rd7 24.Qf5 Rfd8 25.Qxe5 Ng4 26.Qf5 Ne5 27.Bf1 c4 28.
Ne4 Qb4 29.a5 Nd3 30.Bxd3 cxd3 31.Rxd3 Qxb2 32.Rd5 Qe2 33.h4 gxh4 34.R1d4 
h3 35.Re5 Qb2 36.Nf6+ Bxf6 37.Rg4+ Bg5 38.Rxg5+ hxg5 39.Qxg5+ Kh7 40.Qh5+ 
Kg8 41.Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f3 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 
O-O 9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd4 e5 13.Bc5 Be6 14.Ne4 Re8 
15.Ba6 Qc7 16.g4 Red8 17.Qe1 Nf6 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.g5 Nxe4 20.fxe4 Bf8 21.
Bxf8 Kxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.exd5 exd5 7.dxc5 Nf6 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9.Qe2+ Kf8 10.Bd3 Qa5 11.Qd2 Na6 12.Ne2 Nxc5 13.O-O Rc8 14.Rb1 
Qc7 15.Qe1 Kg8 16.Bf4 Qa5 17.Be5 Ng4 18.Bd4 Qc7 19.f4 h5 20.h3 Nf6 21.Bxf6
gxf6 22.Qh4 Qd6 23.Ng3 Kf8 24.Nxh5 Rh6 25.f5 b5 26.Qg4 Rh7 27.Rbe1 Nxd3 
28.cxd3 Rxc3 29.Rf3 Qc5+ 30.Kh2 Rc1 31.Rxc1 Qxc1 32.Nxf6 Rg7 33.Qb4+ 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "196"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nf6 6.d4 e6 7.Bd3 dxe4 8.Nxe4 
Qxd4 9.c3 Qd8 10.O-O Be7 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.Qg3 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 g6 14.Bf4 Qb6 15.
Bc7 Qxb2 16.Qf3 Rc8 17.Rab1 Qxb1 18.Bxb1 Rxc7 19.Qg3 Rc8 20.Qe3 Nc5 21.h4 
O-O 22.h5 Rcd8 23.Rd4 Rd5 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Bc2 Rfd8 26.Rg4 Bf6 27.Kf1 Bg7 
28.Rg5 Rxg5 29.Qxg5 Rd5 30.Qe3 Bf6 31.f4 Kg7 32.g3 b6 33.Kg2 Nb7 34.Bb3 
Rd6 35.Kf3 Nc5 36.Bc2 Rd5 37.Kg2 Kf8 38.Kh3 Ke7 39.Kg2 Nb7 40.c4 Ra5 41.a4
Nd6 42.Qe2 Rc5 43.Bd3 Nf5 44.Bxf5 Rxf5 45.Qf3 Rc5 46.Qa3 Kf8 47.Qb4 Kg7 
48.Kf3 Kg8 49.Qb3 Ra5 50.Qb4 Rc5 51.Qb3 Bg7 52.Kg2 Bf8 53.Kh3 Ra5 54.Kg2 
Bc5 55.Kh3 Be7 56.Kg2 Kg7 57.Kh3 Bf6 58.Kg2 e5 59.Kf3 Rc5 60.fxe5 Bxe5 61.
g4 Bd4 62.Kg2 Bf6 63.Qb4 Re5 64.Kf3 Bg5 65.Qb2 Bf6 66.Qb4 Rc5 67.Ke2 Bd4 
68.Kd3 Be5 69.Qb1 Kf6 70.Qf1+ Ke7 71.Qf3 Kf8 72.Qh1 Kg7 73.Qb1 Bf6 74.Qg1 
Ra5 75.Qd1 a6 76.Qg1 c5 77.Qd1 b5 78.cxb5 axb5 79.axb5 Rxb5 80.Kc4 Ra5 81.
Qf3 Bd4 82.Kd5 Ra6 83.Qf4 Rf6 84.Qe4 Kh6 85.Qe7 Kg5 86.Qd7 Rf4 87.Kc6 Bf2 
88.Kb5 Bd4 89.Kc4 Kh4 90.Kd3 g5 91.Kc4 Kg3 92.Kd3 Be5 93.Kc2 c4 94.Qd5 f6 
95.Qh1 Rf2+ 96.Kd1 c3 97.Qg1+ Rg2 98.Qe1+ Kh2 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Nikitin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.e3 Nc6
9.Be2 Be6 10.O-O c4 11.Ne5 O-O 12.f4 Be7 13.Bf3 Ne4 14.Bxe7 Nxc3 15.Bxd8 
Nxd1 16.Rfxd1 Rfxd8 17.Nxc4 dxc4 18.d5 Bd7 19.dxc6 Bxc6 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.
Rac1 Rd5 22.e4 Rb5 23.Rc2 Rab8 24.Rdd2 g5 25.Rxc4 Rxb2 26.Rxb2 Rxb2 27.
Rxc6 Rxa2 28.Rxh6 gxf4 29.Rf6 a5 30.Rxf4 a4 31.e5 Kg7 32.h3 a3 33.Ra4 Kg6 
34.Ra7 Ra1+ 35.Kh2 a2 36.Kg3 Kg5 37.h4+ Kh5 38.Ra5 Kg6 39.Kg4 Re1 40.Rxa2 
Rxe5 41.Ra6+ Kg7 42.h5 Rb5 43.h6+ Kh7 44.Rf6 Re5 45.Kh4 Re6 46.Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E82"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 b6 7.Qd2 c5 8.Nge2 Nc6 
9.d5 Na5 10.Ng3 Re8 11.Bh6 Bh8 12.Bd3 a6 13.Rc1 Nd7 14.f4 Rb8 15.O-O b5 
16.b3 bxc4 17.bxc4 Rb4 18.Qe2 Nf6 19.h3 e6 20.Bg5 Bb7 21.e5 exd5 22.Qf2 
Nxc4 23.Nh5 gxh5 24.Qg3 Kf8 25.Bh6+ Ke7 26.Bf5 Ne4 27.Nxe4 dxe4 28.Bg5+ 
Kf8 29.Bxd8 Rxd8 30.a3 Rb2 31.Rxc4 e3 32.Rc2 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be3 c6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Qa5 8.O-O-O 
Nd7 9.g4 Ngf6 10.h4 h6 11.g5 Nh5 12.e5 dxe5 13.Bc4 e6 14.Ne4 Qc7 15.gxh6 
Bxh6 16.Bxh6 Rxh6 17.Qe3 Rh8 18.dxe5 Nb6 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Nd6+ Kf8 21.Rhg1 
Qg7 22.Qe4 Rh6 23.Rg5 Kg8 24.Rdg1 Kh7 25.f4 Rd8 26.Qf3 Qf8 27.f5 exf5 28.
R1g2 Nd7 29.Nxf5 Ng7 30.h5 Nxf5 31.hxg6+ Kg7 32.Rxf5 Rh1+ 33.Kd2 Nxe5+ 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D95"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Qb3 c6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 e6 8.O-O b6 9.
e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 f5 12.Bc2 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Bf4 Nc6 15.Rad1 
Nd4 16.Nxd4 Bxd4 17.Be5 Bxe5 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Qe3 Bd4 20.Qg5 Ba6 21.b3 Re8 
22.h4 Rad8 23.h5 Rd7 24.b4 Rg7 25.Ba4 Rc8 26.h6 Rf7 27.bxc5 Bxc5 28.Bb5 
Bxb5 29.cxb5 Bd4 30.Rc1 Re8 31.a4 e5 32.Rc4 Bb6 33.Qc1 Rfe7 34.Rc6 Kf7 35.
Qc3 Re6 36.Rxe6 Rxe6 37.a5 Bd4 38.Qc4 Kf6 39.Qc8 Re7 40.Kf1 f4 41.Ke2 Kf7 
1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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 Bb7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Rc8 14.d5 Qc7 15.Bb1 Nd7
16.Nf1 Nc4 17.Re2 Ncb6 18.Rc2 Qb8 19.Ne3 g6 20.Bd2 Na4 21.b3 Nac5 22.b4 
Na4 23.a3 Kh8 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Bc2 Nab6 26.Rc1 Nf6 27.Bd3 Rxc1 28.Qxc1 Kg8 
29.Ne1 Bc8 30.N1c2 Qc7 31.Na1 Qxc1+ 32.Bxc1 Nh5 33.Kh2 Ng7 34.Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakob"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d3 d5 5.Nbd2 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O a5 8.a4 O-O 
9.Re1 b6 10.Bf1 Bb7 11.Qb3 h6 12.exd5 Qxd5 13.Nc4 Rfe8 14.Qb5 Ba6 15.Qxd5 
Nxd5 16.Na3 Rad8 17.Nb5 Bb7 18.Nd2 Nb8 19.Nc4 Na6 20.Be3 f6 21.g3 Nxe3 22.
fxe3 Re7 23.d4 h5 24.Bg2 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 e4 26.Nba3 Bf8 27.Nc2 Re6 28.Rf1 Nb8
29.Kf2 Nc6 30.Ke2 Ne7 31.Ne1 Nd5 32.Ng2 Bh6 33.Kd2 c5 34.Ke2 cxd4 35.exd4 
f5 36.Ra3 Rc8 37.Ne5 f4 38.Nxf4 Nxf4+ 39.gxf4 Rf8 40.Ke3 Ref6 41.Kxe4 
Rxf4+ 42.Rxf4 Rxf4+ 43.Kd5 g5 44.h3 Bg7 45.c4 h4 46.Re3 Kh7 47.c5 bxc5 48.
dxc5 Rf2 49.c6 Rd2+ 50.Rd3 Re2 51.Nc4 Re7 52.Kd6 Bf8 53.c7 Re3+ 54.Kc6 
Rxd3 55.c8=Q Rf3 56.Ne5 Rf2 57.Qd7+ Bg7 58.Qd3+ Kg8 59.Qd8+ Kh7 60.Qxg5 
Rxb2 61.Qxh4+ Kg8 62.Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A89"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Na5 
9.Qa4 b6 10.Nd2 Bd7 11.Qc2 c5 12.b3 a6 13.Bb2 b5 14.e3 Rb8 15.Rab1 Qe8 16.
Ne2 g5 17.Rfe1 e5 18.dxe6 Bxe6 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Rbd1 Qg6 21.Nb1 Rfd8 22.
Bxf6 Qxf6 23.Nbc3 Qf7 24.Nd5 b4 25.e4 Nc6 26.exf5 Bxf5 27.Qd2 h6 28.Nf6+ 
Qxf6 29.Qd5+ Kh8 30.Qxc6 Bg4 31.h3 Rbc8 32.Qe4 Bh5 33.Qc2 Rf8 34.Rf1 Bg6 
35.Qc4 Rce8 36.Rd2 Bf7 37.Qc2 Bg6 38.Qc4 Bf7 39.Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O O-O 8.Na4 cxd4
9.exd4 d5 10.c5 bxc5 11.a3 c4 12.axb4 cxd3 13.Bg5 Nbd7 14.Ne5 Qb8 15.Bxf6 
Nxf6 16.Nc5 Rc8 17.Qxd3 Bc6 18.Qc3 Be8 19.f3 Qc7 20.Ra5 Rab8 21.Rfa1 Qb6 
22.Ned3 Bb5 23.Rxa7 Bxd3 24.Qxd3 Qxb4 25.Na6 Qb3 26.Qxb3 Rxb3 27.Nc5 Rxb2 
28.Rc7 Rf8 29.Nd3 Rd2 30.Ne5 h6 31.Nc6 Nh5 32.g3 Nf6 33.Raa7 g5 34.Ne5 Rb8
35.Rab7 Ra8 36.Ra7 Rb8 37.Rab7 Ra8 38.Ra7 Rxa7 39.Rxa7 g4 40.Rxf7 Nh7 41.
f4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2
c5 9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Rc1 Na5 12.Bd3 b6 13.Qd2 Bb7 14.Bh6 Rad8 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qe3 e5 17.d5 c4 18.Bb1 Bc8 19.f4 exf4 20.Rxf4 Qe5 21.Qg3 f6 
22.Rcf1 Bd7 23.Bc2 Nb7 24.h4 Nc5 25.Nd4 Rde8 26.Kh2 b5 27.Nf5+ Kh8 28.Nd4 
Kg7 29.Nf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nxd4 
O-O 9.Nf5 d5 10.exd6 Bxf5 11.dxe7 Qxe7 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Qf3 Qf6 14.Na3 Qg6 
15.Bf4 Nd6 16.c3 Rfe8 17.Rfe1 Re4 18.Rxe4 Bxe4 19.Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d4 Nxe4 8.
dxe5 d5 9.Nbd2 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 c5 11.Rd1 Be6 12.Qa5 Qd7 13.b3 Be7 14.Ba3 Qc6 
15.Ne1 O-O 16.Nd3 Rab8 17.Qc3 Rb5 18.Nf4 d4 19.Rxd4 Qb7 20.Rdd1 Qe4 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22.Re1 Qf5 23.Re2 Rd8 24.Rae1 Rd5 25.Bc1 Rb4 26.Rd2 Rbd4 27.Rxd4
Rxd4 28.h3 h5 29.Bb2 Bg5 30.Qxc5 Rd2 31.Bd4 Rxc2 32.Qa3 Bd2 33.Rf1 Qe4 34.
Ba7 a5 35.Qe7 Qxe5 36.Qd8+ Kh7 37.Rd1 Rxa2 38.Qd3+ Kg8 39.Qd8+ Kf7 40.Qd7+
Kg8 41.Bd4 Qg5 42.Qxe6+ Kh7 43.Qe2 h4 44.Be3 Bxe3 45.Qxa2 Bf4 46.Qc2+ g6 
47.Rd7+ Kh6 48.Qc3 Be5 49.Qe3 Bf4 50.Qd4 Be5 51.Qd2 Bf4 52.Qd4 Be5 53.Qg4 
Qf6 54.Qf3 Bf4 55.g3 hxg3 56.fxg3 Qb6+ 57.Kg2 Bd6 58.Qe4 Bxg3 59.Kxg3 Qg1+
60.Qg2 Qe3+ 61.Qf3 Qg1+ 62.Kf4 Qc1+ 63.Ke5 Qc5+ 64.Ke6 Qb6+ 65.Kf7 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.a3 Nc6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Be2 
Bd6 9.Qd2 Be5 10.f4 Bxd4 11.Bxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Qxf4 13.g3 Qc7 14.e5 Nd5 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16.O-O-O b5 17.Rhf1 Bb7 18.e6 dxe6 19.Qxg7 Rf8 20.Bh5 O-O-O 21.
Rde1 Kb8 22.Rxf7 Rxf7 23.Qxf7 Bc8 24.Kd2 Qa5+ 25.Kd1 Qc7 26.Qf6 Qd6 27.Qd4
Rf8 28.Re5 Bd7 29.Be2 Be8 30.Bd3 Kb7 31.Rg5 Rf7 32.Qe5 Qxe5 33.Rxe5 Re7 
34.Kd2 Kc6 35.Ke3 Kd6 36.Kd4 Bg6 37.Bxg6 hxg6 38.Rg5 e5+ 39.Ke3 Rg7 40.h4 
Ke6 41.h5 Kf6 42.Rxg6+ Rxg6 43.hxg6 Kxg6 44.b3 Kf5 45.c4 dxc4 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikitin, Alexander"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e5 b6 5.Nf3 Nge7 6.Bb5 a6 7.Ba4 Bd7 8.O-O Nf5 
9.Bg5 Qc8 10.h3 Na5 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.Ne2 c5 13.c3 Nc6 14.g4 Nfe7 15.Ng3 h6
16.Be3 c4 17.Nd2 g6 18.f4 h5 19.Nf3 hxg4 20.hxg4 Bh6 21.Kg2 O-O-O 22.Rh1 
Kb7 23.Qd2 b5 24.Rh2 Bg7 25.Rah1 Rxh2+ 26.Rxh2 Rh8 27.Kf1 Qe8 28.Rxh8 Qxh8
29.Qh2 Qxh2 30.Nxh2 Kc7 31.Nf3 Kd7 32.Ng5 Ke8 33.Ke2 a5 34.Kd2 Nd8 35.Nh7 
Ndc6 36.Ng5 Bh6 37.Nf3 b4 38.Ne2 Na7 39.Kc2 Nb5 40.Bd2 Nc6 41.Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Nf3 
exd5 9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.O-O Ne7 12.b4 Bf5 13.Bxf5 Nxf5 14.b5 Qd6 15.
Qb3 Ne7 16.Rfc1 Kh8 17.Rc2 h6 18.Rac1 c6 19.Na4 Rab8 20.g3 Kh7 21.Nc5 Rfd8
22.bxc6 bxc6 23.Qa4 Qf6 24.Kg2 Ra8 25.Nb7 Re8 26.Na5 g5 27.h3 Qf5 28.Nxc6 
Qe4 29.Rc5 f5 30.Qc2 Nxc6 31.Rxc6 f4 32.exf4 gxf4 33.g4 Bxd4 34.Qd2 Bg7 
35.Re1 Qa4 36.Qxd5 Rxe1 37.Nxe1 Rf8 38.Nf3 Kh8 39.Rc7 a6 40.Qb7 Rg8 41.Nh4
1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 
Nbd7 9.Qe2 b6 10.Bd2 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bb7 12.a3 Bc5 13.Nb3 Be7 14.f4 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16.Bc3 Bf6 17.Bb4 Be7 18.Bc3 Bf6 19.Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 e6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 b6
9.c3 Ba6 10.e5 Bc7 11.d4 Bd3 12.Nb3 c4 13.Ng5 Bf5 14.Nd2 b5 15.Nf1 b4 16.
Ne3 Ba5 17.Bd2 Rb8 18.Nxf5 Nxf5 19.Qc2 h6 20.Nf3 Rb7 21.Rad1 Qb6 22.Bc1 
bxc3 23.bxc3 Qb1 24.Qa4 Qb5 25.Qc2 Qb1 26.Qa4 Qb5 27.Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.b4 Nxb4 7.c3 Nd3 8.
Na3 e6 9.Qe2 Nxc1 10.Raxc1 Be7 11.d4 Rc8 12.Rfd1 Nh6 13.Qb5 a6 14.Qb6 cxd4
15.cxd4 O-O 16.Nc4 Rc6 17.Qb1 b5 18.Na5 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Rc8 20.d5 exd5 21.
exd5 Rc5 22.Nc6 Bf6 23.Rxc5 dxc5 24.Qe4 g6 25.Nfe5 Qd6 26.f4 Kf8 27.g4 Bg7
28.h3 f6 29.Nf3 f5 30.gxf5 gxf5 31.Qe3 Bf6 32.Ng5 Qxd5 33.Nxh7+ Kg7 34.
Nxf6 Qxc6 35.Qe7+ Kg6 36.Ne8 Nf7 37.Qf8 Qe6 38.Qg7+ Kh5 39.Nf6+ Kh4 40.Kf2
Qxa2+ 41.Kf3 Qb3+ 42.Kf2 Qc2+ 43.Kf3 Qd3+ 44.Kf2 Qd2+ 45.Kf3 Qd3+ 46.Kf2 
Qd4+ 47.Kf3 Qd1+ 48.Kg2 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 
Nc6 9.c3 Nh5 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Re1 Bg4 12.Nb3 Nf4 13.Bb5 Nh5 14.h3 Bd7 15.Qc1 
Rfe8 16.Bh6 Bh8 17.Bf1 Rad8 18.Nc5 Bf5 19.b4 Nf6 20.Nh4 Bd7 21.Bf4 Qc8 22.
g4 h5 23.f3 hxg4 24.hxg4 Nh7 25.Nd3 Bf6 26.Ng2 Nb8 27.a4 Na6 28.Ne3 Nc7 
29.Bg2 Bh4 30.Re2 b5 31.a5 Ne6 32.Bh2 Bc6 33.Qc2 Bf6 34.Ne5 Bb7 35.Rf1 
Nef8 36.Qd3 Ng5 37.f4 Ne4 38.Nxd5 Nd6 39.Ne3 Bxg2 40.Rxg2 Bg7 41.g5 Qb7 
42.f5 Qe4 43.Qxe4 Nxe4 44.Rg4 Nxc3 45.f6 Bh8 46.Rh4 exf6 47.gxf6 Rxd4 48.
N3g4 g5 49.Rh5 Rxe5 50.Nh6+ Kh7 51.Nf5+ Kg8 52.Ne7+ Rxe7 53.Rxh8+ 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Nikitin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.Bg5 O-O 8.Rc1
h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Ne5 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 f6 14.Bg3 c6 15.
e3 Bf5 16.Be2 b5 17.Qd1 Qa5 18.Qb3 Kg7 19.Qb2 Bg6 20.Bf3 Rae8 21.Bxe4 Bxe4
22.f3 Bg6 23.Kf2 Re6 24.h4 Rfe8 25.Rhe1 Qa4 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Qb3 Qc4 28.
Rcd1 Qxb3 29.axb3 Bc2 30.Ra1 Bxb3 31.Rxa7+ R8e7 32.Rxe7+ Rxe7 33.Bd6 Ra7 
34.e4 Ra2+ 35.Kg3 dxe4 36.fxe4 Rc2 37.Bb4 Bc4 38.Kf3 f5 39.exf5 Bd5+ 40.
Kg3 Rxg2+ 41.Kh3 Rf2 42.Re5 Rxf5 43.Rxf5 Be6 44.Kg4 Kg6 45.Ba5 Bxf5+ 46.
Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 
Nbd7 9.Qe2 b6 10.Rd1 Bb7 11.dxc5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 bxc5 13.Bd3 Qc7 14.e4 c4 15.
Bc2 Nc5 16.e5 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nfd7 18.f4 Nb6 19.Rd4 Rfd8 20.Be3 Rac8 21.Rad1 
Rxd4 22.Rxd4 Nd3 23.Bxd3 cxd3 24.Qxd3 h5 25.f5 Qxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Bg5 
c6 9.f4 Kc7 10.fxe5 Ng4 11.Nf3 Nxe5 12.Bf4 Re8 13.Be2 Nd7 14.O-O f6 15.
Rad1 Nf8 16.Nd4 Bd7 17.Bg3 Ne6 18.Ndb5+ cxb5 19.Bxe5+ fxe5 20.Rf7 Red8 21.
Bg4 Nd4 22.Rxg7 bxc4 23.Rf1 Kd6 24.Bxd7 Rxd7 25.Rf6+ Kc7 26.Nd5+ Kc8 27.
Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bb3 b4
9.Ne2 Bb7 10.O-O Bd6 11.Nf4 O-O 12.Ng5 Qe7 13.Bd2 a5 14.Re1 c5 15.a3 e5 
16.Ne2 h6 17.Ng3 g6 18.Nf3 Kh7 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.axb4 Nxb3 21.Qxb3 axb4 22.
Rxa8 Rxa8 23.e4 Bc8 24.h3 Be6 25.Qe3 Ng8 26.Qd3 Kg7 27.Rd1 Bc7 28.Qc2 Rc8 
29.Qa4 Bd6 30.Qa6 Bc5 31.Nxe5 Qc7 32.Bf4 g5 33.Nh5+ Kh7 34.Bg3 Rd8 35.Re1 
Qb6 36.Qe2 Bd4 37.Ng4 Bg7 38.Nxg7 Kxg7 39.Ne3 Qc5 40.Qc2 Qxc2 41.Nxc2 b3 
42.Nd4 Kg6 43.Nxe6 fxe6 44.Re3 Nf6 45.f3 Rd1+ 46.Kh2 h5 47.h4 g4 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E88"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c6 8.Qd2 cxd5 9.
cxd5 a6 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.Kb1 Nb6 13.Rc1 Rb8 14.Bd3 Nfd7 15.Nce2 
Nc5 16.Bxc5 dxc5 17.Rxc5 Qh4 18.Ng3 Bh6 19.Qf2 Bd7 20.N1e2 Na4 21.Rc7 Qd8 
22.Rc2 Qf6 23.Rf1 Rfc8 24.Nc1 Nb6 25.h4 Rxc2 26.Bxc2 Bg7 27.g5 Qd6 28.Nd3 
Rc8 29.Rc1 Nc4 30.Nf1 h6 31.Ne3 hxg5 32.hxg5 f5 33.Bb3 Na5 34.Rxc8+ Bxc8 
35.Qc2 Bd7 36.Nc5 f4 37.Nd1 Bh3 38.Qc3 Nc4 39.Nd3 Bg2 40.Bxc4 Bxf3 41.Bb3 
Bxe4 42.Nf2 Bf5 43.Qe1 Qb6 44.Ne4 Qd4 45.Ndf2 Qe3 46.d6+ Kf8 47.Qb4 Ke8 
48.Bc2 Bf8 49.a3 f3 50.Qd2 Qe2 51.Qd5 Qf1+ 52.Ka2 Qc4+ 53.Qxc4 bxc4 54.Bd1
Kd7 55.Bxf3 Bxd6 56.Ng4 Ke6 57.Ne3 Be7 58.a4 Bb4 59.Nxc4 Kd5 60.Ne3+ 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 b6
9.a3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Bb7 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.Bd3 Be4 13.Bf1 Qc7 14.Nd2 Bg6 15.Bb2 
Ne4 16.f3 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 e5 18.e4 Rfd8 19.Qf2 f6 20.a4 Bf7 21.d5 Nf8 22.c4 
Ng6 23.Ra3 Rab8 24.a5 Be8 25.axb6 axb6 26.Rea1 Bd7 27.h4 Qd6 28.g3 Rf8 29.
h5 Nh8 30.Ra7 Nf7 31.Bc1 h6 32.R1a3 Ng5 33.Bg2 Nf7 34.Be3 Rfd8 35.Rb3 Bc8 
36.Qa2 Bd7 37.Kh2 Ng5 38.Qb2 b5 39.cxb5 c4 40.Rb4 Rdc8 41.b6 c3 42.Qb3 c2 
43.Rc4 Rxb6 44.Rxc8+ Bxc8 45.Qxc2 Rb8 46.Bxg5 hxg5 47.Qc6 Qd8 48.d6 Be6 
49.Re7 Bf7 50.Qc7 Rc8 51.Rxf7 Rxc7 52.dxc7 Qa8 53.Rd7 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C74"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Nf6 6.d4 Nd7 7.a3 Be7 8.b4 O-O 9.
O-O Bf6 10.Be3 b5 11.d5 Ne7 12.Bb3 Nb6 13.Nbd2 Bb7 14.c4 bxc4 15.Nxc4 Nxc4
16.Bxc4 c6 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Nd2 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Bc5 Be7 21.Ne4 Bxc5 22.
Nxc5 Nf4 23.Qxd8 Rfxd8 24.Bxa6 Bxg2 25.Rfd1 Bf3 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Bb7 Nh3+ 
28.Kf1 Bxb7 29.Nxb7 Rd2 30.a4 Rxf2+ 31.Ke1 Rxh2 32.Ra3 Rh1+ 33.Ke2 Nf4+ 
34.Kf2 h5 35.a5 Nd5 36.a6 Nb6 37.Ra5 f6 38.a7 Rh2+ 39.Kg3 Rb2 40.Rb5 Na8 
41.Nd6 Kh7 42.Rb8 Nc7 43.Rc8 h4+ 44.Kxh4 Rxb4+ 45.Kg3 Rb3+ 46.Kf2 Rb2+ 47.
Ke1 Rb1+ 48.Kd2 Rb6 49.Ne8 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakob"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9.e5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Bxf7 Ke7 13.Bb3 Be6 14.c4 
Rad8 15.Re1 e4 16.f3 Rhe8 17.fxe4 Kf7 18.Bf4 Rd4 19.Bxc7 Rxe4 20.Rxe4 Nxe4
21.Rf1+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd5 Nd7 12.Qd3 Rc8 13.c3 Bg5 14.Rad1 Kh8 15.
Bf3 g6 16.Ne3 Rc6 17.Rfe1 Nf6 18.Qe2 b5 19.Ra1 Qb6 20.Nd2 a5 21.Ndf1 Rfc8 
22.a3 b4 23.cxb4 axb4 24.a4 Qa7 25.Red1 Ra6 26.Rd3 b3 27.a5 Rcc6 28.Qd1 
Qc7 29.Nd5 Bxd5 30.exd5 Rc5 31.Rxb3 Raxa5 32.Rxa5 Rxa5 33.Rc3 Qb6 34.Rb3 
Qa7 35.Rb4 Kg7 36.h4 Bh6 37.b3 Ra2 38.Qe1 Qa5 39.Qb1 Ra1 40.Rb5 Qc3 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E82"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 b6 7.Bd3 c5 8.e5 Ne8 9.
Be4 Nc7 10.Bxa8 Nxa8 11.Nge2 cxd4 12.Nxd4 dxe5 13.Nb3 Qe8 14.Rc1 Ba6 15.
Nd5 Nc6 16.Qd2 e4 17.fxe4 Ne5 18.Bd4 e6 19.Nb4 Bb7 20.Nd3 Nxd3+ 21.Qxd3 
Qd7 22.Qe3 e5 23.Bc3 Qg4 24.O-O Bxe4 25.Qg3 Qe6 26.Rce1 f5 27.Nd2 f4 28.
Qh4 Bf6 29.Qh6 Bg7 30.Qxg7+ Kxg7 31.Rxe4 Kg8 32.Rxe5 Qc6 33.Ne4 Nc7 34.Rd1
Ne8 35.b3 Rf5 36.Re7 Rf7 37.Re5 Rf5 38.Re7 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 c6 
9.h3 Qa5 10.d5 cxd5 11.cxd5 b5 12.Nd2 b4 13.Nb3 Qa6 14.Nb1 Qb5 15.a4 Qb8 
16.a5 Ba6 17.Re1 Ne8 18.N1d2 Qc7 19.Bf1 Bxf1 20.Rxf1 Rc8 21.Nf3 Nc5 22.Re1
Qd7 23.Kg2 Qb5 24.Nxc5 dxc5 25.Qa4 Qb7 26.a6 Qe7 27.b3 Nd6 28.Nd2 f5 29.f3
h5 30.Nc4 fxe4 31.fxe4 Qf7 32.Qa2 Nxe4 33.Kh2 Qxd5 34.Be3 Rf3 35.Rad1 Qe6 
36.Rg1 h4 37.g4 Nc3 38.Qg2 e4 39.Rde1 Be5+ 40.Kh1 Rg3 41.Qh2 Bb8 42.Bf2 
Rf3 43.Qg2 Qf6 44.Rgf1 Rf8 45.Kg1 Bg3 46.Bxc5 Bxe1 47.Bxf8 Qxf8 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 Nd7 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.Nc4
Bf6 9.Qe2 c5 10.Bd2 O-O 11.g4 b5 12.Ne3 g6 13.h4 Nb8 14.O-O-O Nc6 15.Rdg1 
Be6 16.Kb1 Nb4 17.Bxb4 cxb4 18.g5 Bg7 19.Ng4 f5 20.gxf6 Bxg4 21.Rxg4 Qxf6 
22.Rh3 a5 23.h5 Ra6 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Rg2 b3 26.axb3 a4 27.Nh4 axb3 28.Rxg6 
Rfa8 29.cxb3 Qf7 30.Rxg7+ Kxg7 31.Nf5+ Kg8 32.Qg4+ Rg6 33.Ne7+ Kg7 34.Nxg6
Qxb3 35.Nxe5+ Kf6 36.Qg6+ Kxe5 37.d4+ 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Ne2 Bg7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Nbc3 d6 7.d3 O-O 8.h3 Nd4 
9.Be3 Ne8 10.f4 f5 11.Bf2 Nc7 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Ne2 fxe4 14.Nxd4 e5 15.fxe5 
dxe5 16.Nb3 exd3 17.Qxd3 Qxd3 18.cxd3 e4 19.dxe4 Bxb2 20.Rab1 Be5 21.Na5 
Ne6 22.Nxb7 Ng5 23.Rb5 Bxb7 24.Rxe5 Nf3+ 25.Bxf3 Rxf3 26.Rb1 Raf8 27.Rb2 
R8f7 28.Kg2 Rd3 29.Bc5 Rc7 30.h4 Kg7 31.Rf2 h5 32.Kh2 Rcd7 33.Re8 Rd2 34.
Bf8+ Kh7 35.Kg2 R2d4 36.Re2 Ba6 37.Rb2 Bb7 38.Kf3 Rf7+ 39.Ke3 Rxe4+ 40.
Rxe4 Bxe4 41.Kxe4 Rxf8 42.Rb7+ Kh6 43.Rxa7 Re8+ 44.Kf3 Rf8+ 45.Ke3 Re8+ 
46.Kd2 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Nf6 7.e3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Bb4 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Nde2 Be6 12.Qa4 Bxc3 13.Nxc3 Qb6 14.Rfc1 Rfc8 
15.Bf1 a6 16.h3 h6 17.Qd1 Qd8 18.Na4 Nd7 19.Be2 b5 20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.Rxc5 Qf6
22.Qd2 Ne5 23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.Qd4 Ng6 25.Qxf6 gxf6 26.Bd6 Ne5 27.Bb4 Kg7 28.
Bc3 Nc4 29.Kf1 Kg6 30.Ke1 f5 31.a4 Bd7 32.axb5 Bxb5 33.Rd1 Rd8 34.Rd4 Ne5 
35.Rd1 Bxe2 36.Kxe2 Nc6 37.Kf3 f6 38.Kf4 Rd7 39.g4 fxg4 40.hxg4 Rd6 41.b4 
Rd8 42.Kg3 Na7 43.f4 Nb5 44.f5+ Kf7 45.Ba1 Nd6 46.Kf4 Ne4 47.Bb2 Nf2 48.
Rd2 Ne4 49.Rd4 Ng5 50.Rd3 Rc8 51.Rc3 Rxc3 52.Bxc3 Ne4 53.Be1 Ng5 54.Kg3 
Ke7 55.Kg2 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B89"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qe2 
a6 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.h3 Na5 11.Bd3 b5 12.f4 Bb7 13.f5 e5 14.Nb3 O-O 15.Bg5 
Rfc8 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nd2 Bg5 18.Kb1 b4 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Bxd2 21.Rxd2 f6
22.Be4 Nb7 23.g4 Nc5 24.h4 Kh8 25.g5 Rf8 26.Qe3 Qe7 27.Rg2 a5 28.Rhg1 Rac8
29.Rg3 Ra8 30.R3g2 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nikitin, Alexander"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "49"]

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 
Be7 9.Nb3 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.f4 b4 12.Ne2 Bb7 13.f5 e5 14.Ng3 Qc7 15.Kb1 
a5 16.Bb5 a4 17.Nc1 Ra5 18.Bxc6+ Bxc6 19.Nd3 b3 20.cxb3 axb3 21.Nb4 bxa2+ 
22.Ka1 Bb7 23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.exd5 Rb5 25.Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.h4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Be2 c5 6.d5 h5 7.Nh3 Nbd7 8.f4 Ng4 9.
Qd3 Ndf6 10.Bd2 a6 11.a4 Bd7 12.Qg3 b5 13.e5 b4 14.exf6 bxc3 15.fxg7 cxd2+
16.Kxd2 Rg8 17.Bxg4 Bxg4 18.Qc3 Qb6 19.b3 Qb7 20.Qc4 e6 21.Rae1 Kd7 22.
dxe6+ fxe6 23.Qc3 Qb4 24.Qxb4 cxb4 25.Re4 a5 26.Nf2 Bf5 27.Rd4 Rxg7 28.Ne4
d5 29.Re1 Kc6 30.Ng3 Kc5 31.c3 Rb8 32.Ne2 bxc3+ 33.Kxc3 Rgb7 34.Nc1 Kd6 
35.Kb2 Rc7 36.Nd3 Rcb7 37.Nc1 Rc8 38.Nd3 Rcb8 39.Nc1 Rc8 40.Nd3 Rbc7 41.
Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C99"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 Bb7 15.Bg5 h6
16.Bd2 a5 17.a4 bxa4 18.Rxa4 Nb4 19.Bb1 Bc6 20.Ra3 Rfb8 21.Bc3 d5 22.dxe5 
Nxe4 23.Bd4 Na6 24.Ra1 Bb4 25.Re3 Bd7 26.Rxe4 dxe4 27.Bxe4 Bc6 28.Rc1 Bxe4
29.Rxc7 Nxc7 30.Nh4 Ne6 31.Be3 Be7 32.Nf3 a4 33.Nbd2 Bg6 34.Qc1 Rc8 35.Qf1
Nc5 36.Bd4 Nd3 37.Kh2 Rc2 38.h4 Nxb2 39.Qb5 a3 40.Qb7 Re8 41.Qb3 Rcc8 42.
g4 Rb8 43.Qa2 Rb5 44.h5 Bd3 45.Kg2 Rd8 46.Kg3 Kf8 47.Kh3 Na4 48.Kg2 Rb4 
49.Qa1 Nc5 50.Qc3 Ne6 51.Be3 a2 52.Qa1 Ra8 53.Kg3 Ra3 54.Qc1 Rb8 55.Qa1 
Rb1 56.Qxb1 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D64"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.a3 a6 
9.Qc2 Re8 10.Bd3 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.O-O dxc4 13.Bxc4 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Rfd1 Qb6 16.b4 Nd7 17.Ne4 Be7 18.Rd4 a5 19.Qa4 Rd8 20.Rcd1 Qc7 21.h3 b6 
22.Bb5 Nf8 23.Bc6 Bb7 24.b5 Rxd4 25.exd4 Rd8 26.Ne5 f6 27.Nf3 Bc8 28.Qb3 
Kh8 29.a4 Ng6 30.h4 f5 31.Ned2 Bf6 32.Nc4 Nxh4 33.Nfe5 Kh7 34.Qg3 g5 35.
Ng4 f4 36.Nxf6+ Kg6 37.Ne8 Qxc6 38.Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.c5 
Bg7 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.cxd6 O-O 12.O-O Ne8 13.Qd5 e6 14.Qb5 Qxb5 
15.Nxb5 a6 16.Nc7 Nxc7 17.dxc7 Rfc8 18.Bf4 e5 19.Bd2 Rxc7 20.Rfc1 Rac8 21.
Rxc7 Rxc7 22.Bc3 Rd7 23.Kf1 f6 24.Ke2 Kf7 25.a4 Bf8 26.f3 Ke6 27.g4 Bc5 
28.Rc1 Bd4 29.h4 h5 30.Rf1 Rd6 31.Ba5 Rc6 32.Kd3 Bxb2 33.Rb1 b6 34.Rxb2 
bxa5 35.g5 fxg5 36.hxg5 Rd6+ 37.Ke3 Rd4 38.Rb6+ Kf7 39.Rf6+ Kg7 40.f4 Rxa4
41.fxe5 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.exd6 Nxd6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Qf4
g6 9.Bd2 Bg7 10.O-O-O Be6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.h4 Qf6 13.Qh2 Ne5 14.Bg5 Nxf3 15.
gxf3 Qxf3 16.h5 Qxh5 17.Qxh5 gxh5 18.Rxh5 f5 19.Rdh1 Rf7 20.Bf4 Ne4 21.
Bxe4 fxe4 22.Be3 Bf5 23.Nd5 Bg6 24.Rg5 Raf8 25.a3 c6 26.Nc3 b6 27.Ne2 Rxf2
28.Bxf2 Rxf2 29.Kd1 Bxb2 30.Rg4 Be5 31.Rh3 Kf7 32.Ke1 Rf3 33.Rxf3+ exf3 
34.Nd4 h5 35.Rxg6 Kxg6 36.Nxc6 Bg3+ 37.Kf1 Kg5 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A67"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "207"]

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.a4 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qe7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.O-O Na6 13.Re1 Nb4 14.Bf1 b6 15.Bc4 Bb7 
16.Qb3 Rae8 17.Bd2 a6 18.Re2 Qd8 19.Rae1 Nf6 20.Bc1 Qa8 21.Rd1 Rd8 22.h3 
Rfe8 23.g4 Qc8 24.e5 dxe5 25.fxe5 Nfxd5 26.Nxd5 Nxd5 27.Rxd5 Bxd5 28.Bxd5 
Qd7 29.Bc4 Qd1+ 30.Qxd1 Rxd1+ 31.Re1 Rxe1+ 32.Nxe1 Bxe5 33.Nf3 b5 34.axb5 
axb5 35.Bxb5 Rb8 36.Nxe5 Rxb5 37.Kf2 f6 38.Nc4 Rb4 39.Ne3 Kf7 40.Nd1 Ke6 
41.Bd2 Rd4 42.Ke2 f5 43.Be3 Re4 44.Nf2 Rc4 45.gxf5+ gxf5 46.Nd3 Kd5 47.Bh6
Re4+ 48.Kf3 c4 49.Nf4+ Kd6 50.Bf8+ Ke5 51.Bg7+ Kd6 52.Bc3 Ke7 53.h4 Kf7 
54.h5 Ke7 55.h6 Kf7 56.Bg7 Re8 57.Nd5 Kg6 58.Nb6 Re1 59.Nxc4 Rf1+ 60.Ke2 
Rc1 61.Ne5+ Kg5 62.Nd7 f4 63.Nf6 Rh1 64.Nxh7+ Kg4 65.Nf6+ Kg3 66.Ne4+ Kg2 
67.Ng5 Rh5 68.Nf3 Rh3 69.Ne1+ Kg3 70.b4 Rh2+ 71.Kd3 Rh1 72.Kd2 Rh2+ 73.Kc3
Rh5 74.b5 Rxb5 75.h7 Rh5 76.h8=Q Rxh8 77.Bxh8 f3 78.Be5+ Kg4 79.Bd4 Kg3 
80.Nd3 f2 81.Bxf2+ Kf3 82.Kd4 Ke2 83.Be3 Kf3 84.Ne5+ Kg2 85.Ke4 Kg3 86.Nd3
Kg2 87.Kf4 Kh3 88.Kf3 Kh2 89.Nf2 Kg1 90.Bf4 Kf1 91.Bh2 Ke1 92.Ne4 Kf1 93.
Nd2+ Ke1 94.Ke3 Kd1 95.Kd3 Kc1 96.Bd6 Kb2 97.Bb4 Kc1 98.Nf3 Kb2 99.Nd4 Kc1
100.Ke2 Kb1 101.Ba3 Ka2 102.Bc1 Ka1 103.Kd2 Kb1 104.Nc6 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.g3 Bd7 8.Bg2 a6
9.O-O Be7 10.Nb3 Qc7 11.a4 O-O 12.f4 Rfd8 13.Qe2 Ne8 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.f5 e5
16.g4 b5 17.g5 f6 18.axb5 axb5 19.g6 h6 20.Qd3 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Bc6 22.Rxa8 
Rxa8 23.Nd1 Kh8 24.Ne3 Ra4 25.c3 Qb7 26.Nd2 Qa8 27.Nc2 d5 28.Nb4 dxe4 29.
Nxe4 Bb7 30.Kg1 Ra1 31.Nc5 Rxf1+ 32.Qxf1 Bxg2 33.Qxg2 Qxg2+ 34.Kxg2 Nxf5 
35.Kf3 Ne7 36.Nbd3 Nxg6 37.Ke4 Ne7 38.Nb7 Kh7 39.b3 Kg6 40.c4 bxc4 41.bxc4
Nc7 42.Nd8 Nc8 43.c5 Ne7 44.Nb4 Kg5 45.Nbc6 Ng6 46.Nf7+ Kg4 47.Nd6 Ne6 48.
Kd5 Nc7+ 49.Ke4 Ne6 50.Kd5 Ngf4+ 51.Kc4 Nc7 52.Na7 Nfe6 53.Nab5 Nxb5 54.
Nxb5 Nxc5 55.Kxc5 Kh3 56.Kd5 Kxh2 57.Ke4 h5 58.Nd6 g5 59.Ne8 g4 60.Nxf6 g3
61.Nd7 g2 62.Nxe5 Kg3 63.Nf3 h4 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 Nc6 8.Bd3 
Qb6 9.Rb1 O-O 10.O-O Bd7 11.Ne5 Qd8 12.Qf3 Nb4 13.Be2 Be8 14.a3 Nc6 15.Bd3
Nd7 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.e4 a5 19.Rfe1 Qd8 20.Rbc1 Qb6 21.exd5 
cxd5 22.Qe3 Nb8 23.Nxd5 exd5 24.Qxe8 g6 25.Qb5 Qxd4 26.Red1 Ra6 27.Bxg6 
Rc6 28.Bd3 Rxc1 29.Rxc1 Nd7 30.Rd1 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.c5 Nc6 8.a3 Ba5 
9.b4 Bc7 10.g3 e5 11.Bg2 Bg4 12.f3 Bf5 13.O-O O-O 14.Nb5 Bb8 15.dxe5 Nxe5 
16.Ned4 Bd3 17.Re1 Bc4 18.Nc3 a5 19.Rb1 axb4 20.axb4 Nd3 21.Re3 Nxc1 22.
Rxc1 Qd7 23.Qd2 Bc7 24.Bf1 Rfe8 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Ndb5 Bxf1 27.Nxc7 Qxc7 
28.Rxf1 Qe5 29.Rd1 Kf8 30.Qd4 Qf5 31.Nxd5 Nxd5 32.Qxd5 Qc2 33.Qd6+ Kg8 34.
Qd3 Qb2 35.Qe4 Kf8 36.Qxb7 g6 37.Qb6 Kg7 38.c6 Kh6 39.Qc5 g5 40.c7 Re2 41.
Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c6 7.e3 h6 8.Bf4 Bf5
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 O-O 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Rab1 a5 13.h3 Re8 14.Ne5 a4 15.b4 
axb3 16.axb3 Bb4 17.Ra1 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Nd7 19.Bf4 Qe7 20.Ne2 Qe4 21.Qxe4 
dxe4 22.g4 Kh7 23.Ng3 g5 24.Bc7 Rxa1 25.Rxa1 Rc8 26.Be5 Nxe5 27.dxe5 Bc3 
28.Ra7 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.c3 d6 8.Re1 O-O 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nc6 12.Nbd2 Qb6 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Nf1 Be6 15.Ne3 
Rad8 16.Qe2 g6 17.Ng5 c4 18.a4 Kg7 19.axb5 axb5 20.Rb1 Na5 21.Nf3 Qc7 22.
Nd5 Bxd5 23.exd5 Rfe8 24.Qxe5 Qxe5 25.Nxe5 Nxd5 26.Ra1 Nb3 27.Bxb3 cxb3 
28.Bh6+ Kg8 29.Nc6 Rc8 30.Rad1 Rxc6 31.Rxd5 f6 32.Rxb5 g5 33.Rxb3 Kf7 34.
Rb7 Re6 35.Rxe6 Kxe6 36.h4 Rg8 37.f4 Bc5+ 38.Kf1 gxh4 39.Rb5 Rc8 40.f5+ 
Kd6 41.b4 h3 42.Rxc5 h2 43.Bf4+ 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakob"]
[Black "Nikitin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Be7 9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 Rd8 11.Nce2 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.c4 Nf6 14.Qb1 e5 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16.Nc3 Be6 17.Na4 Rac8 18.Qe1 Nd7 19.Bc3 Re8 20.Qe3 Bf6 21.Rfe1 
Bf5 22.Nc5 Nb8 23.Rad1 h6 24.h4 Re7 25.Be4 Bg4 26.f3 Be6 27.Nxe6 fxe6 28.
Kg2 Rd8 29.Qc5 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Rd7 31.Rxd7 Qxd7 32.Bxe5 Qd2+ 33.Kh3 Nd7 34.
Qxc6 Kf7 35.Qd6 Qxd6 36.Bxd6 Be7 37.Bxe7 Kxe7 38.b4 a5 39.bxa5 Nc5 40.Kg4 
Kf6 41.Bb7 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D83"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "193"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c6 8.Nf3 b5
9.Be2 a5 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Be6 13.Qc2 Rc8 14.Rfd1 Qb6 15.b3 
Rfe8 16.Rac1 Bf5 17.Bd3 Bg4 18.Ne2 Bf8 19.h3 Bd7 20.Qd2 Bh6 21.Ng3 Nd5 22.
Ne4 Red8 23.Nc5 Be8 24.Qe2 f6 25.Bg3 Bf7 26.Be4 Qa7 27.Bf3 Re8 28.Bg4 f5 
29.Bf3 Red8 30.Be5 Nb4 31.a3 Nd5 32.Qb2 Qb6 33.Ra1 Nc7 34.Rdc1 Ne6 35.Nxe6
Bxe6 36.Rc5 Bd5 37.Bxd5+ Rxd5 38.Rac1 Rxc5 39.Rxc5 Bf8 40.Qc1 e6 41.Rc2 
Qb7 42.a4 bxa4 43.bxa4 Qd7 44.Qb1 Bb4 45.Qf1 Qb7 46.Qd3 Be7 47.Rc1 Bb4 48.
e4 fxe4 49.Qxe4 Qd7 50.Qf3 Bd6 51.Qf6 Bxe5 52.Qxe5 Qd5 53.Rc5 Qxe5 54.dxe5
g5 55.g4 Rd8 56.Rxa5 Rd4 57.Ra8+ Kg7 58.Ra7+ Kg8 59.a5 Ra4 60.Kf1 Ra2 61.
Ke1 c5 62.a6 c4 63.Kd1 c3 64.Kc1 h6 65.Kb1 Rb2+ 66.Kc1 Ra2 67.Ra8+ Kg7 68.
a7 Kh7 69.Kb1 c2+ 70.Kxa2 c1=Q 71.Rh8+ Kxh8 72.a8=Q+ Kg7 73.Qb7+ Kg8 74.
Qb8+ Kf7 75.Qa7+ Kg6 76.Qd4 Qc2+ 77.Ka3 h5 78.Kb4 Kh6 79.Qd6 Qb2+ 80.Ka4 
Qa2+ 81.Kb5 hxg4 82.hxg4 Kg6 83.Kc6 Qa4+ 84.Kc7 Qxg4 85.Kd7 Kh5 86.Qxe6 
Qa4+ 87.Kd8 Qd4+ 88.Qd6 Qxf2 89.e6 Qf6+ 90.Kc7 Qa1 91.e7 Qa7+ 92.Kc8 Qa8+ 
93.Kd7 Qb7+ 94.Ke8 Qf3 95.Qe6 Kh4 96.Qf7 Qa8+ 97.Kd7 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.g4 Bd7 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.c5 b6 8.b4 a5 9.Na4 
Nc8 10.Rb1 axb4 11.Rxb4 bxc5 12.dxc5 Qc7 13.Nf3 Rxa4 14.Qxa4 Bxc5 15.Ba3 
Ba7 16.Rb1 c5 17.Bb5 O-O 18.O-O Bb6 19.Qc2 Bxb5 20.Rxb5 Nd7 21.Ng5 g6 22.
f4 Ne7 23.Rfb1 Rc8 24.Qf2 h6 25.Nf3 d4 26.Qh4 Qc6 27.Qxe7 Qxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.dxc5 d4 8.Ne4 
Nf6 9.Nfd2 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Bxc5 11.Nxc5 Qa5+ 12.Qd2 Qxc5 13.e4 dxe3 14.Qxe3+ 
Qxe3+ 15.Bxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Be3 Nf6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.Nxe5 Bxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxd8 Raxd8
15.Nf3 Bf6 16.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 17.Rxd1 Rd8 18.Rxd8+ Bxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.e5 Ng4 5.Qe2 g6 6.h3 Nh6 7.O-O Bg7 8.c3 O-O 
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nf5 11.Rd1 Qb6 12.Bxc6 dxc6 13.g4 Nh6 14.Nc3 f5 15.g5 
Nf7 16.h4 Be6 17.h5 Rfd8 18.h6 Bf8 19.Bf4 Qb4 20.a3 Qc4 21.Qe3 Qa6 22.d5 
cxd5 23.Nd4 Rac8 24.Nce2 Re8 25.Nxe6 Qxe6 26.Nd4 Qb6 27.e6 Nd8 28.Rac1 Nc6
29.Nxc6 Rxc6 30.Rxc6 bxc6 31.Qxb6 axb6 32.Bc7 b5 33.Rc1 Ra8 34.Rxc6 Ra4 
35.Be5 Ra8 36.Kf1 Rd8 37.Ke2 f4 38.Bxf4 d4 39.Kd3 Rd5 40.Bd2 Rf5 41.f4 Rd5
42.b3 Rd8 43.a4 b4 44.a5 Rb8 45.a6 Rb5 46.Kxd4 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 Rd8 11.g4 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Bxe7 Ndxe7 14.Bd3 e5 15.
Rhe1 Be6 16.Qe3 Rd4 17.Be4 Bxb3 18.axb3 Rad8 19.Bxc6 Nxc6 20.Rxd4 Qxd4 21.
Ne4 f6 22.Qe2 Qd5 23.Kb1 Nd4 24.Qf2 Nc6 25.Qe2 Nd4 26.Qg2 Ne6 27.g5 f5 28.
Nc3 Qd2 29.Qf1 Qxg5 30.Qc4 Qf6 31.Nd5 Qf7 32.Rxe5 g6 33.h4 Rd6 34.h5 Rc6 
35.Qh4 Kf8 36.hxg6 Qxg6 37.Qe7+ Kg8 38.Nf6+ Kh8 39.Rxe6 Qg1+ 40.Ka2 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 g5 5.Bg3 Bg7 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Nc3 Ngxe5 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9.e3 d6 10.h4 h6 11.Qb3 O-O 12.hxg5 hxg5 13.Rd1 Be6 14.Nb5 f5 
15.Bxe5 Bxe5 16.Nd4 Bxd4 17.Rxd4 b6 18.Be2 Qf6 19.Qc2 Kg7 20.Rd1 Rh8 21.
Kd2 f4 22.Qc3 fxe3+ 23.fxe3 Qxc3+ 24.Kxc3 Rxh1 25.Rxh1 Bf5 26.Bd3 Bxd3 27.
Kxd3 Rf8 28.Ke2 a5 29.g4 a4 30.Rh2 Rd8 31.Kd3 d5 32.Rc2 Kf6 33.Rf2+ Ke6 
34.Kc3 c6 35.Rf5 dxc4 36.Kxc4 Rd2 37.Kc3 Re2 38.Rxg5 Rxe3+ 39.Kd2 Rg3 40.
a3 b5 41.Kc2 Kd6 42.Kd2 c5 43.Kc2 b4 44.axb4 cxb4 45.Ra5 Rxg4 46.Rxa4 Rg2+
47.Kc1 Kc5 48.b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nikitin, Alexander"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 b5 8.Qf3 Bb7 
9.a3 Nbd7 10.f5 e5 11.Nb3 Be7 12.O-O-O Rc8 13.Bd3 O-O 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Nd5 
Bxd5 16.exd5 Qc7 17.Kb1 Rfe8 18.Nd2 Qb7 19.Ne4 b4 20.a4 b3 21.c3 Qd7 22.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 23.Qe4 Rc5 24.Qb4 Qa7 25.Qe4 Ra5 26.Qb4 Qc7 27.Qxb3 Rb8 28.Qc4 
Qb7 29.Qb4 Qxb4 30.cxb4 Rxb4 31.Bc2 e4 32.Kc1 Rc5 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d5 8.d3 O-O 
9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Nf1 Be6 11.Ng5 Bg4 12.f3 Bc8 13.Ng3 h6 14.Nh3 Bc5 15.Nf2 Be6
16.O-O Ne7 17.d4 exd4 18.e5 Nd7 19.Qd3 f5 20.exf6 Nxf6 21.cxd4 Bb6 22.Be3 
Bf7 23.Ng4 Nc6 24.Rae1 Nb4 25.Nxf6+ Qxf6 26.Qh7+ Kf8 27.Qh8+ Bg8 28.Ne4 
Qg6 29.Bb3 Kf7 30.Bd2 Bh7 31.Bxb4 Rxh8 32.Bxd5+ Ke8 33.Nc5+ Kd8 34.Bxa8 
Re8 35.Rxe8+ Qxe8 36.Re1 Qg6 37.Ne6+ Kc8 38.Nf8 Qf7 39.Nxh7 Bxd4+ 40.Kh1 
c5 41.Ba5 Kd7 42.b4 Qg8 43.Be4 Qxa2 44.Nf8+ Kd6 45.bxc5+ Kxc5 46.Rc1+ Kd6 
47.Bb4+ Ke5 48.Ng6+ Ke6 49.h4 a5 50.Nf4+ Ke5 51.Ng6+ Ke6 52.Nf4+ Ke5 53.
Nd3+ Ke6 54.Rc6+ Kd7 55.Rd6+ Kc7 56.Rxd4 Qa1+ 57.Kh2 Qxd4 58.Bxa5+ Kd7 59.
h5 Ke7 60.Bb4+ Kf7 61.Bc5 Qd8 62.g4 Qg5 63.Kg3 Qd2 64.Ba3 Kg8 65.Bc1 Qd1 
66.Kf4 b4 67.Ke5 b3 68.Kd4 Qc2 69.Bb2 Kh8 70.Bc3 Qa2 71.Bb2 Qb1 72.Kc3 
Qc2+ 73.Kb4 Kg8 74.Ka3 Qc4 75.Nc1 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.a3 b5 7.g3 Bb7 8.Bg2 Nc6 
9.O-O Nf6 10.Nde2 Be7 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Rfd8 13.h3 Rac8 14.Kh2 d5 15.exd5 
Ne5 16.Qd4 Ng6 17.Rad1 exd5 18.b4 Ne8 19.f4 Bf6 20.Qf2 Qc4 21.Nd4 Nd6 22.
Rfe1 h5 23.h4 Ne4 24.Nxe4 dxe4 25.c3 Ne7 26.Rc1 Re8 27.Bxe4 Bxe4 28.Rxe4 
Nf5 29.Ree1 Nh6 30.Kg1 Ng4 31.Qd2 Rcd8 32.Rxe8+ Rxe8 33.Re1 Rc8 34.Re4 Qa2
35.Qe2 Bxd4+ 36.Rxd4 Rxc3 37.Rd8+ Kh7 38.Qe4+ g6 39.Rh8+ Kxh8 40.Qd4+ Kg8 
41.Qxc3 Qb1+ 42.Kg2 Qe4+ 43.Kg1 Qe3+ 44.Qxe3 Nxe3 45.Bc1 Nf5 46.Kf2 f6 47.
Kf3 Kf7 48.Bb2 Ke6 49.Bc3 Nd6 50.Ke3 Kd5 51.Bxf6 Ne4 52.Bd8 Nxg3 53.Kd3 
Nf5 54.Bf6 Nd6 55.Bb2 Ke6 56.Bc3 Kf5 57.Kd4 Kg4 58.Be1 Nf5+ 59.Kc5 Nxh4 
60.Kb6 Nf3 61.Bf2 h4 62.Bxh4 Kxh4 63.Kxa6 Nd4 64.Kb6 Kg4 65.Kc5 Nc2 66.
Kxb5 Nxa3+ 67.Ka4 Nc4 68.b5 Kxf4 69.Kb4 Nb6 70.Kc5 Nc8 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 
Bb7 9.e4 b4 10.Na4 Be7 11.e5 Nd5 12.O-O O-O 13.Qc2 g6 14.Bh6 Re8 15.Rfc1 
N5b6 16.Be4 Nxa4 17.Qxa4 Nb6 18.Qd1 Rc8 19.Rc2 Qd7 20.Rac1 Red8 21.Qe2 Na4
22.Rd2 Qc7 23.d5 exd5 24.Bxd5 Rxd5 25.Rxd5 Nc3 26.Rxc3 bxc3 27.Rd1 cxb2 
28.Qxb2 Rd8 29.Rxd8+ Qxd8 30.h3 Qb6 31.Qd2 Bc8 32.Bg5 Bf8 33.Be3 c5 34.Ng5
h6 35.Nf3 Bb7 36.Kh2 Qe6 37.Qc3 Qxa2 38.Bxc5 Bxc5 39.Qxc5 Bxf3 40.gxf3 a5 
41.e6 fxe6 42.Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Nikitin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.e3 Nc6
9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O Be6 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Rc1 Be7 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Nd4 c5 15.Nc6
Qc7 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Qa4 Rfd8 18.Qa3 Rac8 19.Rfd1 Rd7 20.h3 Rb7 21.Nxd5 
Bxd5 22.Rxd5 g5 23.Bxg5 hxg5 24.Rxg5+ Kf8 25.Rgxc5 Rxc5 26.Rxc5 Ne4 27.
Rc8+ Kg7 28.Qxe7 Rxe7 29.f3 Nf6 30.e4 Rd7 31.Rc2 Rd1+ 32.Kf2 Nh5 33.Ke3 
Ra1 34.b3 Re1+ 35.Re2 Rxe2+ 36.Kxe2 Nf4+ 37.Kf1 Nd3 38.a3 a5 39.h4 Kf6 40.
g3 Ke5 41.h5 Kf6 42.g4 Kg7 43.Ke2 Nc1+ 44.Ke3 Nxb3 45.e5 a4 46.f4 Nc5 47.
f5 Nd7 48.Kf4 Nc5 49.g5 Nd3+ 50.Ke4 Nf2+ 51.Kf3 Nh3 52.f6+ Kg8 53.Kg4 Ng1 
54.g6 Ne2 55.e6 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c3 e5 7.Na3 Nge7 8.Nc2 O-O 
9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Bg4 11.Be3 Qb6 12.dxc5 dxc5 13.b4 Rfd8 14.bxc5 Rxd1 15.
cxb6 Rxa1 16.Nxa1 axb6 17.Nb3 Rxa2 18.Rb1 b5 19.Nfd4 b4 20.h3 Bd7 21.Bf1 
Nxd4 22.Nxd4 Ra4 23.Nb3 Be6 24.Nc5 Ba2 25.Rd1 Ra8 26.Rd7 Nc6 27.Rxb7 Bc3 
28.Rc7 Nd4 29.Nd3 Ne6 30.Rb7 Bc4 31.Nc1 Rc8 32.Bxc4 Rxc4 33.Na2 Kg7 34.Rb6
h5 35.Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.O-O 
Ne5 9.h3 b5 10.Qe2 b4 11.Nd1 d5 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Bxe5 Bxe5 14.Nf3 Bf4 15.exd5
Nxd5 16.Ne3 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Bh6 18.e4 O-O 19.e5 Bb7 20.Rae1 Qa5 21.Nh2 Rad8 
22.h4 Rd4 23.Ng4 Bf4 24.Nf6+ gxf6 25.Bxh7+ Kxh7 26.Qh5+ Kg8 27.Qg4+ Bg5 
28.Qxd4 Rd8 29.Qg4 Qc5+ 30.Rf2 Rd4 31.Qg3 Rxh4 32.exf6 Rf4 33.Rd1 Rxf6 34.
Rd8+ Kg7 35.Rb8 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C39"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Bg7 6.d4 d6 7.Nxg4 Bxg4 8.Qxg4 
Bxd4 9.c3 Be5 10.Bxf4 Bxf4 11.Qxf4 Qf6 12.g3 Nd7 13.Nd2 Qxf4 14.gxf4 Ngf6 
15.Kf2 Rg8 16.Kf3 Kf8 17.Bh3 Nc5 18.Bf5 h6 19.Rhg1 Ke7 20.Nc4 Rxg1 21.Rxg1
Rg8 22.Rd1 Rd8 23.Ne3 c6 24.b4 Ne6 25.Bh3 Ng7 26.c4 a6 27.a4 Nfe8 28.Rg1 
Kf8 29.Ng4 d5 30.exd5 cxd5 31.Rd1 Nf5 32.Ne5 Nxh4+ 33.Ke3 Nd6 34.cxd5 
Nhf5+ 35.Kd3 Re8 36.Nd7+ Ke7 37.Nc5 Rg8 38.Re1+ Kf6 39.Nd7+ Kg7 40.Rg1+ 
Kh8 41.Rxg8+ Kxg8 42.Nc5 Ne7 43.Kd4 Kf8 44.Ne4 Nxe4 45.Kxe4 Ke8 46.Ke5 
Ng6+ 47.Ke4 Kd8 48.d6 Nf8 49.Kf5 Ng6 50.Ke4 Nf8 51.a5 Ng6 52.Bg4 Nf8 53.
Kd4 Nd7 54.Bh5 Nf6 55.Bf3 Kc8 56.Ke5 Nd7+ 57.Kf5 b6 58.b5 bxa5 59.bxa6 Nb6
60.a7 Kd7 61.a8=Q Nxa8 62.Bxa8 Kxd6 63.Be4 a4 64.Bc2 a3 65.Bb3 Kc5 66.Bxf7
Kd4 67.Kg6 Ke4 68.f5 h5 69.f6 h4 70.Ba2 h3 71.f7 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qd3 d6 8.Bd2 
Bxc3 9.Bxc3 O-O 10.O-O-O Qe8 11.h3 a6 12.Bc4+ Be6 13.Rhe1 Bxc4 14.Qxc4+ 
Kh8 15.Qe2 Nd7 16.Kb1 b5 17.Bd2 Nc5 18.Be3 Ne6 19.h4 Qh5 20.Qd2 h6 21.Qd5 
Qe8 22.h5 Rf6 23.Nh4 Ne7 24.Qd2 Qxh5 25.Rh1 Ng8 26.Nf5 Qg6 27.f3 Rxf5 28.
exf5 Qxf5 29.Rh4 Nf6 30.Bxh6 Kg8 31.Be3 g5 32.Rh6 Kg7 33.Rdh1 Rf8 34.Qd1 
Nf4 35.g4 Qe6 36.Bxf4 exf4 37.Qd3 Kf7 38.Qg6+ Ke7 39.Qxg5 Qe5 40.Qxe5+ 
dxe5 41.Re1 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.Nbd2 Be7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.e4 O-O 7.c3 d6 8.Qc2 
Qe8 9.Bd3 d5 10.e5 Be7 11.a3 b6 12.c4 c6 13.O-O Na6 14.Rfe1 Nc7 15.c5 Bd7 
16.b4 Qh5 17.a4 Rfb8 18.b5 bxc5 19.dxc5 cxb5 20.c6 Be8 21.axb5 Nxb5 22.
Reb1 Nc7 23.Rxb8 Rxb8 24.Rxa7 Bd8 25.Qc5 Qg4 26.Qd6 h6 27.h3 Qg6 28.Rxc7 
Bxc7 29.Qxc7 Ra8 30.Qb7 Ra1+ 31.Bb1 Qf7 32.c7 Bd7 33.c8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "177"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 
Nbd7 9.Qe2 b6 10.Rd1 cxd4 11.exd4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qc7 13.Bd2 Bb7 14.Bd3 Rac8 
15.Rac1 Qd6 16.c4 Rc7 17.Qe3 Rd8 18.h3 Rdc8 19.Bc3 Re8 20.Bb2 Rcc8 21.Bb1 
Qb4 22.Qb3 Qxb3 23.axb3 a5 24.Ne5 Red8 25.Nxd7 Nxd7 26.Bd3 g6 27.Be2 h5 
28.Bc3 Nb8 29.Rb1 Ba6 30.Bf3 a4 31.bxa4 Rxc4 32.Be1 Rxa4 33.Rxb6 Bc4 34.
Rc1 Bd5 35.Bxd5 exd5 36.Bb4 Re8 37.Bd6 Nd7 38.Rb7 Nf8 39.Rcc7 Ne6 40.Rxf7 
Rxd4 41.Rf6 Nf8 42.Bxf8 Rxf8 43.Rxg6+ Kh8 44.f3 h4 45.Rd6 Rd1+ 46.Kh2 Rd2 
47.Rdd7 Rc8 48.Rh7+ Kg8 49.Rbg7+ Kf8 50.Rd7 Kg8 51.Rxh4 Rc3 52.Rg4+ Kf8 
53.Ra4 Re3 54.Raa7 Ree2 55.Rd8+ Re8 56.Rxe8+ Kxe8 57.Kg3 d4 58.h4 d3 59.
Ra4 Rb2 60.Rd4 d2 61.Kh3 Kf7 62.g4 Kf6 63.Kg3 Ra2 64.h5 Rb2 65.Rd3 Ke5 66.
h6 Rb6 67.Rxd2 Rxh6 68.Re2+ Kf6 69.Kf4 Rh1 70.Ra2 Rb1 71.Ra6+ Kg7 72.g5 
Rb4+ 73.Kf5 Rb5+ 74.Kg4 Rb4+ 75.f4 Rc4 76.Rd6 Ra4 77.Kf5 Ra5+ 78.Ke4 Ra1 
79.Re6 Rb1 80.Kf5 Rb5+ 81.Re5 Rb7 82.Re4 Ra7 83.Kg4 Kf7 84.Rb4 Rc7 85.f5 
Kg7 86.Kh5 Ra7 87.Rb6 Rc7 88.f6+ Kf7 89.g6+ 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.Be2 
Bg7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Ng4 11.Bd4 Bh6 12.Qd1 Ne5 13.Nd5 e6 14.Ne3 Nc6 15.Ng4
Bg7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qd2 e5 18.Ne3 Be6 19.O-O Qa5 20.Qxa5 Nxa5 21.Rad1 Rad8
22.Rd2 Nc6 23.Bg4 f5 24.exf5 gxf5 25.Bh3 Kf6 26.f4 e4 27.Rfd1 Ke7 28.g3 h5
29.Rd5 Bxd5 30.Rxd5 Nb4 31.Rb5 Nd3 32.Rxb7+ Ke6 33.b3 Rf7 34.Rb5 Rdf8 35.
Kf1 Nc5 36.b4 Nd3 37.a3 h4 38.Ke2 hxg3 39.hxg3 Nb2 40.g4 fxg4 41.Bxg4+ Kf6
42.Rg5 Ke7 43.Rg6 Rh8 44.Kd2 Rh2+ 45.Kc3 Nd3 46.Nd5+ Kf8 47.Be6 Rg7 48.
Rf6+ Ke8 49.Bf5 Ne1 50.Rxd6 Rg3+ 51.Kd4 e3 52.Re6+ Kf7 53.Rxe3 Rxe3 54.
Nxe3 Nf3+ 55.Ke4 Nh4 56.Bd7 Ng6 57.c5 Rf2 58.f5 Nf8 59.Bb5 Nh7 60.Bc4+ Ke8
61.c6 Nf6+ 62.Ke5 Ke7 63.c7 Nd7+ 64.Kd4 Rf4+ 65.Kc3 Nb6 66.c8=Q Rxc4+ 67.
Qxc4 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakob"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Ne2 e6 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.h5 Bh7 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.
Qxd3 Qa5+ 10.c3 Qa6 11.Qxa6 Nxa6 12.f4 Ne7 13.Be3 g6 14.Bf2 Rg8 15.hxg6 
fxg6 16.Nd2 Nf5 17.Nxf5 gxf5 18.g3 Rc8 19.b4 Rg6 20.Ke2 Kf7 21.a4 Nc7 22.
Nf1 Ne8 23.Ne3 Ng7 24.Rhc1 Rd8 25.Rab1 h5 26.Kf3 h4 27.c4 hxg3 28.Bxg3 Be7
29.cxd5 cxd5 30.Rc7 Rh8 31.Nf1 Ke8 32.Rxb7 Rh3 33.Rc1 Nh5 34.Rc8+ Bd8 35.
Rh7 Nxf4 36.Rxh3 Nxh3 37.Bh4 Ng5+ 38.Bxg5 Rxg5 39.Ra8 Rg7 40.Nd2 Rh7 41.
Kg2 Rc7 42.Nb3 Rc2+ 43.Kf1 Ke7 44.Rxa7+ Kf8 45.Ra8 Ke7 46.a5 Rb2 47.Nc5 
Rxb4 48.Ra7+ Ke8 49.Nxe6 Bh4 50.Ng7+ Kd8 51.Nxf5 Bg5 52.e6 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 Rd8 11.Re1 Qc7 12.g4 a6 13.Bh4 b5 14.g5 Nd7 15.f4 Nb6 
16.Qf2 b4 17.Ne2 a5 18.Nbd4 g6 19.Nxc6 Qxc6 20.Nd4 Qc5 21.f5 e5 22.Nf3 Qc7
23.Bd3 Bf8 24.Bg3 a4 25.Qd2 b3 26.Kb1 Nc4 27.Bxc4 Qxc4 28.f6 Bb7 29.Qe2 
Rdc8 30.cxb3 axb3 31.a3 Qa4 32.Nd2 Rc2 33.Qd3 Rxb2+ 34.Kxb2 Qxa3+ 35.Kc3 
Rc8+ 36.Nc4 d5 37.exd5 Bb4# 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A79"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 
9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 Na6 11.f3 Nc7 12.a4 Nd7 13.f4 Nf6 14.Bf3 b6 15.Nc4 Ba6 
16.Qd3 Rb8 17.Rb1 b5 18.axb5 Nxb5 19.Nxb5 Bxb5 20.Bd2 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Bd4+ 
22.Kh1 Bxc4 23.Qxc4 Rxe4 24.b4 f5 25.Qd3 cxb4 26.Bxb4 Qd7 27.Bc3 Bb6 28.
Ba5 Qa4 29.Bxb6 axb6 30.Ra1 Qd4 31.Qxd4 Rxd4 32.Ra7 b5 33.h3 Rc8 34.Rd7 b4
35.Ra1 Rxf4 36.Raa7 Rh4 37.Rab7 g5 38.Rg7+ Kh8 39.Rxg5 Rf8 40.Kg1 Rg8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 
Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfc1 Rac8 13.Ne2 Ne4 14.Nd2 
Nxd2 15.Qxd2 h6 16.g3 Qb4 17.Qc3 Qxc3 18.Rxc3 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E31"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 d6 7.dxe6 Bxe6 8.e3 Nc6 
9.Nf3 g5 10.Bg3 d5 11.Qc2 Qa5 12.O-O-O Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14.bxc3 dxc4 15.
Nd2 b5 16.Bd6 O-O-O 17.Bxc5 Rd5 18.Ba3 Ng4 19.Ne4 Rxd1+ 20.Kxd1 f5 21.Nd6+
Kd7 22.Ke1 b4 23.cxb4 Kxd6 24.h3 Nge5 25.b5+ Kc7 26.bxc6 Rb8 27.Kd2 Rb1 
28.Kc2 Ra1 29.Bb2 Rxa2 30.Be2 Nxc6 31.Ra1 Nb4+ 32.Kc3 Rxa1 33.Bxa1 Na2+ 
34.Kd4 c3 35.Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.d5 f5 5.e3 Qb6 6.Qc1 Bg7 7.c3 e6 8.Bc4 Qd6
9.Nf3 b5 10.Bxb5 Qxd5 11.O-O O-O 12.c4 Qb7 13.Nc3 Nc6 14.Qd2 a6 15.Ba4 Qc7
16.Rfd1 Rd8 17.Rac1 Bb7 18.Bc2 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.f4 Bf6 21.Rf1 Kh8 22.
Bd1 Qa5 23.Bf3 Bxf3 24.Rxf3 d5 25.cxd5 Rxd5 26.Qe2 Bxc3 27.bxc3 Rad8 28.
Rh3 Qa3 29.Rc2 Rd1+ 30.Kf2 Qa4 31.Rb2 Qd7 32.e4 fxe4 33.Qxe4 Rd2+ 34.Ke1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 c6 6.e4 d6 7.Nge2 e5 8.O-O Nbd7 
9.b3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.h3 Re8 12.Re1 a5 13.Rb1 Nfd7 14.Be3 h5 15.Qd2 Ne5
16.Red1 Qe7 17.Kh1 Bf8 18.Re1 Bg7 19.Re2 Qc7 20.f4 Ned7 21.Bg1 Nf6 22.Nc2 
b6 23.Ree1 Bb7 24.Nd4 Re7 25.Re2 Rae8 26.Rbe1 Ncxe4 27.Nxe4 Nxe4 28.Rxe4 
Rxe4 29.Rxe4 Rxe4 30.Bxe4 c5 31.Bxb7 Qxb7+ 32.Qg2 Qxg2+ 33.Kxg2 Bxd4 34.
Bxd4 cxd4 35.Kf3 Kg7 36.Ke4 Kf6 37.Kxd4 Kf5 38.Ke3 Ke6 39.Ke4 Kd7 40.f5 g5
41.Kd5 Kc7 42.g4 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nikitin, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C98"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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 Bb7 13.d5 Bc8 14.Nf1 Bd7 15.Kh2 c4 
16.g4 Nb7 17.Ng3 Nc5 18.Nf5 Bd8 19.Qe2 Kh8 20.Ng5 Ng8 21.f4 f6 22.Nf3 Re8 
23.fxe5 fxe5 24.Bd2 Rf8 25.Rf1 g6 26.Nh6 Bf6 27.Rf2 Bg7 28.Nxg8 Kxg8 29.
Raf1 Rf6 30.Kg3 Raf8 31.g5 R6f7 32.Nh2 Rxf2 33.Rxf2 Qc8 34.Ng4 Bxg4 35.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 36.Kxg4 h6 37.Qf3 Qe7 38.h4 Bf8 39.Kg3 hxg5 40.Bxg5 Qg7 41.Qg4 
Qf7 42.Kg2 Kg7 43.b3 cxb3 44.axb3 Be7 45.Be3 Bd8 46.Bxc5 dxc5 47.h5 Kh6 
48.Qxg6+ Qxg6+ 49.hxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E95"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.Nf3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 c6 
9.Bf1 Ne8 10.Bg5 f6 11.Be3 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.
Qd2 Qf6 16.Rad1 Be6 17.Bg5 Qg6 18.Bf4 Qf6 19.Bxe5 dxe5 20.Qe3 e4 21.f3 Ng7
22.fxe4 fxe4 23.Qd4 Qg6 24.Nxe4 Rf4 25.Rd3 Raf8 26.Rg3 Qf7 27.Bd3 Kh8 28.
Qe5 Bg4 29.h3 Bh5 30.Ng5 Qf6 31.Nxh7 Qxe5 32.Rxe5 Rd8 33.Ng5 Rfd4 34.Ne6 
Rxd3 35.Rxg7 Rd1+ 36.Kh2 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.b3 c5 4.e3 g6 5.Bb2 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 cxd4 
9.Nxd4 e5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.c5 dxc5 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Bxe5 Rd5 14.Bc3 Bf5 15.
Nd2 Nd7 16.Nb1 Bxb1 17.Bxg7 Bxa2 18.Rxa2 Kxg7 19.Rfa1 Nb6 20.h4 Nc8 21.Ra6
Rd6 22.Bg4 h5 23.Bh3 f5 24.e4 Ne7 25.Rxa7 Rd1+ 26.Rxd1 Rxa7 27.exf5 gxf5 
28.Rc1 Ra5 29.Rc3 Rb5 30.g3 Kf6 31.Bf1 Rb8 32.Be2 Kg6 33.Re3 Rb7 34.Re6+ 
Kf7 35.Bc4 Kg7 36.Kg2 Rd7 37.Be2 f4 38.Bxh5 fxg3 39.fxg3 Nf5 40.Bg4 Rd2+ 
41.Kh3 Nd4 42.Re7+ Kf6 43.Rc7 Rd3 44.h5 Rxb3 45.h6 Rb8 46.Bc8 Kg6 47.h7 
Rxc8 48.Rxc8 Kxh7 49.Re8 c4 50.Re3 Kg6 51.Rc3 Kf5 52.Rxc4 Ke5 53.g4 Kd5 
54.Rc1 Ne6 55.Kh4 c5 56.g5 c4 57.g6 Kd4 58.Re1 Ng7 59.Rd1+ Ke4 60.Rd7 Ne6 
61.Re7 Kf5 62.g7 Nxg7 63.Rxg7 Ke4 64.Rc7 Kd3 65.Kg3 c3 66.Kf2 Kd2 67.Rd7+ 
Kc1 68.Ke1 c2 69.Rc7 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Be3 Nf6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.b4 Ng4 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bb3+ Kh8 14.Bh4 Qe8 15.h3 Nh6
16.Re1 Rd8 17.Qc2 Ne7 18.Nf1 g5 19.Bg3 Ng6 20.Rad1 Nf4 21.Rd2 Bc6 22.Rxd8 
Qxd8 23.Rd1 Qe8 24.Ne3 Qh5 25.Bxf4 gxf4 26.Nd5 f5 27.Re1 fxe4 28.Qxe4 Rd8 
29.Nxe5 Re8 30.Bc2 Nf5 31.Nxf4 Bxe4 32.Rxe4 Rxe5 33.Nxh5 Rxe4 34.Bxe4 Nd6 
35.Nxg7 Nxe4 36.Ne6 Nxc3 37.a3 Nb5 38.a4 Nc3 39.Nc5 Nd5 40.Nxb7 Nxb4 41.
Nc5 Kg7 42.Kf1 Kf6 43.Ke2 a5 44.f4 Nd5 45.Kf3 Ke7 46.Ke4 Nc3+ 47.Ke5 Nd1 
48.f5 Nf2 49.f6+ Kf7 50.Ne6 Nd3+ 51.Kf5 c5 52.Nd8+ Kf8 53.Nb7 c4 54.Nxa5 
c3 55.Nb3 c2 56.a5 Nb4 57.Nc1 Kf7 58.g4 Na6 59.g5 Nb4 60.h4 Na6 61.h5 Nc5 
62.g6+ hxg6+ 63.hxg6+ Kg8 64.Ke5 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bg5 Bg7 8.Nd2 h6 
9.Bh4 a6 10.a4 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Nc4 Nxg3 13.hxg3 f5 14.Qb3 O-O 15.Qb6 Qxb6
16.Nxb6 Ra7 17.e3 Nd7 18.Nc4 Rf6 19.a5 Ra8 20.f4 Rb8 21.Na4 Nf8 22.Nab6 
Bd7 23.Ra3 Bb5 24.Rb3 Rd8 25.Kf2 Ng6 26.Nd2 Be8 27.Nf3 Ne7 28.fxg5 Rg6 29.
gxh6 Bxh6 30.Nh4 Rf6 31.Be2 Bf7 32.Bf3 Bg5 33.Rd1 Rh6 34.Nc4 Rd7 35.Rb6 
Kf8 36.Rd3 Rf6 37.Rd1 Ke8 38.Rb3 Rc7 39.Rbd3 Rh6 40.R1d2 Kd7 41.Bd1 Rf6 
42.Nf3 Bh6 43.Ng1 Nc8 44.Nh3 Kd8 45.Nf4 Re7 46.Bf3 Kc7 47.Rd1 Be8 48.Rc1 
Kb8 49.Rdd1 Bb5 50.Rh1 Re8 51.b3 Bd7 52.Rh5 Ne7 53.Nb6 Bc8 54.Rch1 Ng8 55.
R1h2 Re5 56.Rh1 Re7 57.Rc1 Bd7 58.Rch1 Bb5 59.R5h4 Be8 60.g4 fxg4 61.Rxg4 
Bg7 62.Rh8 Bxh8 63.Rxg8 Rxf4 64.exf4 Bd4+ 65.Kg3 Rg7+ 66.Rxg7 Bxg7 67.Kg4 
Kc7 68.Kf5 Bc3 69.Nc4 Kd7 70.g4 Ke7 71.g5 Be1 72.Ke4 Bh4 73.Bg4 Bg6+ 74.f5
Bf7 75.f6+ Kf8 76.Be6 Bg6+ 77.Kf4 Bc2 78.Nxd6 Be1 79.Ne4 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Ngf6 7.e3 a6 8.Bd3 
Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qe2 Nh5 11.Be5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 g6 13.Rad1 f5 14.Nd4 Bc5 15.
Bb1 Bd7 16.f4 Qh4 17.Rf3 Rac8 18.Kh1 Qg4 19.Qf2 g5 20.h3 Qh4 21.g4 Qxf2 
22.Rxf2 Ng3+ 23.Kh2 Ne4 24.Bxe4 fxe4 25.f5 Rce8 26.Kg2 exf5 27.Nxf5 Rxe5 
28.Rxd5 Rxd5 29.Nxd5 Be6 30.Rc2 Bxd5 31.Rxc5 Bxa2 32.Nd6 h6 33.Nxe4 b6 34.
Re5 Rd8 35.Kf3 Kf7 36.Rf5+ Ke7 37.Ke2 Bc4+ 38.Ke1 Be6 39.Rf2 Rd3 40.Re2 
Rb3 41.Kf2 a5 42.Ng3 Kf6 43.Rc2 Ke5 44.Ne2 Bd5 45.Nc1 Rb5 46.Nd3+ Ke6 47.
Nc1 Be4 48.Rd2 Rd5 49.Re2 Rd1 50.Nb3 Kd5 51.Kg3 Bd3 52.Rh2 Ke4 53.Nd4 Rg1+
54.Kf2 Rf1+ 55.Kg2 Kxe3 56.Nf5+ Kf4 57.Nxh6 Re1 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Nd7 8.
Be3 Qc7 9.Qd2 O-O-O 10.O-O-O Rg8 11.Bf4 Qb6 12.Qd3 Be6 13.a3 Rg4 14.g3 h5 
15.Nd2 Rg7 16.Nc4 Bxc4 17.Qxc4 e6 18.Bxh5 Qa5 19.Bf3 Nb6 20.Qb3 Rh7 21.h4 
Nd5 22.Bd2 Qb6 23.Qxb6 Nxb6 24.c3 f5 25.Kc2 Bh6 26.b3 Bxd2 27.Rxd2 Rdh8 
28.Re2 f4 29.Re4 fxg3 30.fxg3 Nd5 31.Re2 Kd7 32.Bxd5 cxd5 33.Rf1 Rg8 34.
Rf3 Rg4 35.Kd3 Rhg7 36.Ree3 b5 37.b4 f5 38.Ke2 Rh7 39.Kf2 f4 40.Rxf4 Rxf4+
41.gxf4 Rxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Be3 Qc7 10.a4 b6 11.f3 Bb7 12.Rf2 Rd8 13.a5 Nbd7 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5
b5 16.c4 bxc4 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.Bxc4 Qb8 19.Nd2 Re8 20.b3 Qa8 21.Nf1 Nf6 22.
Rd2 Bd8 23.Ra1 e4 24.Ng3 g6 25.f4 Bc7 26.h3 Bb8 27.Kh2 Ba7 28.Nf1 h5 29.
Qe1 Kg7 30.Qg3 Bc5 31.Rad1 Rh8 32.Bxc5 Rxc5 33.Ne3 h4 34.Qe1 Rxa5 35.Re2 
Rc5 36.Qc3 Bc8 37.Ng4 Bxg4 38.hxg4 h3 39.g3 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 e5 8.O-O Ne8 9.
a3 f5 10.b4 Na6 11.Rb1 f4 12.Ne1 Nf6 13.Nd3 b6 14.Bd2 g5 15.f3 h5 16.Be1 
Rf7 17.Qa4 Ne8 18.g4 fxg3 19.hxg3 Nac7 20.Bd2 Bd7 21.Qc2 Qf6 22.Kg2 Qg6 
23.bxc5 bxc5 24.Be3 Nf6 25.Nf2 g4 26.fxg4 h4 27.gxh4 Bxg4 28.Bg5 Bd7 29.
Qd3 Raf8 30.Qg3 Nce8 31.Rbe1 Nh5 32.Bxh5 Qxh5 33.Nd3 Nf6 34.Rf2 Qh7 35.Kg1
Nh5 36.Qg2 Rxf2 37.Nxf2 Nf4 38.Qg3 Qh5 39.Re3 Kh7 40.Kh1 Ng6 41.Nb5 Bh6 
42.Bxh6 Qxh6 43.Rf3 Qc1+ 44.Kh2 Nf4 45.Nd3 Qd1 46.Nxf4 exf4 47.Qf2 Qc1 48.
Rc3 Qa1 49.Qg1 Qxg1+ 50.Kxg1 Bxb5 51.cxb5 Re8 52.Rc4 Kg7 53.Ra4 Re7 54.Ra6
Rd7 55.Kf2 Kf6 56.Kf3 Ke5 57.a4 Rh7 58.a5 c4 59.Rc6 Rxh4 60.Rxc4 Rh3+ 61.
Kf2 Rb3 62.Rc7 Kxe4 63.Re7+ Kxd5 64.Rxa7 Rxb5 65.Kf3 Rb4 66.Rf7 Ra4 67.
Rxf4 Ra3+ 68.Ke2 Kc5 69.Kd2 Rxa5 70.Rh4 Ra3 71.Rg4 d5 72.Rh4 Rg3 73.Rf4 
Rg2+ 74.Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Nikitin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C31"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe5 Nd7 5.d4 exd3 6.Nxd3 Ngf6 7.Nc3 Nb6 8.
Be2 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Bf3 c6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Re1 Bf5 13.g3 Nc4 14.Bf2 Qa5 15.
Rb1 Rxe1+ 16.Bxe1 Qc7 17.Bf2 Re8 18.Bd4 Ne3 19.Qd2 Nc4 20.Qd1 Ne3 21.Qd2 
Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Be7 7.O-O Bf6 8.Be3 Nge7
9.d5 Nb8 10.c4 O-O 11.Nc3 Ng6 12.h3 Nf4 13.Kh2 g6 14.Ng1 Bg7 15.g3 Nh5 16.
Bc2 a5 17.Rb1 Na6 18.a3 Qe8 19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 f5 21.b5 Nb8 22.exf5 gxf5 
23.b6 c5 24.dxc6 Bxc6 25.Bc1 Nd7 26.Nd5 Qf7 27.Nf3 h6 28.Nh4 Bxd5 29.Qxd5 
Qxd5 30.cxd5 e4 31.Bd1 Nhf6 32.Nxf5 Nxd5 33.Nxd6 Nc3 34.Bb3+ Kh7 35.Be3 
Nxb1 36.Rxb1 Ra1 37.Rxa1 Bxa1 38.Bd5 Rf6 39.Nxe4 Rg6 40.Nd2 Nxb6 41.Be4 
Nd7 42.Nb3 Bc3 43.Nd4 Nf6 44.Bc2 Nd5 45.Ne6 Bb4 46.h4 h5 47.Bg5 Bd6 48.Be4
Nc7 49.Nd8 b5 50.Nf7 Ne8 51.Nh8 Kxh8 52.Bxg6 Ng7 53.Bf6 Kg8 54.Bxg7 Kxg7 
55.Bxh5 b4 56.Bd1 Kf6 57.Kh3 Bc5 58.f4 Bf2 59.Kg4 Be1 60.h5 b3 61.Bxb3 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.d4 c6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.Qc2 
Na6 9.a3 Qb6 10.Rb1 g6 11.e3 Bf5 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Qd8 14.b4 Nb8 15.Bxf6
Bxf6 16.O-O O-O 17.b5 Qa5 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Ne2 Nd7 20.Rfc1 Rac8 21.Nf4 Bg7 
22.Rb7 Rfd8 23.h3 Rb8 24.Rxb8 Nxb8 25.Rc3 Re8 26.Qc2 Qd8 27.Nd3 Qd6 28.Nb4
Re6 29.Qb1 Re8 30.Qc2 Re6 31.g3 Bf6 32.Qa4 Qd7 33.Nd3 Rd6 34.Rb3 Qc7 35.
Qb4 Nd7 36.Qb7 Bd8 37.Qxc7 Bxc7 38.Rb7 Bb6 39.Nfe5 Nxe5 40.Nxe5 Rf6 41.Nd7
Re6 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.c5 Ne4 8.Bd2 Nc6
9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Bxb4 Nxb4 11.Nc3 Qxd4 12.Qxd4 Nc2+ 13.Kd2 Nxd4 14.Nxe4 Ke7 
15.Kc3 e5 16.f4 f5 17.Nd6 b6 18.Re1 bxc5 19.Nxc8+ Rhxc8 20.Rxe5+ Kf6 21.
Bc4 g5 22.g3 gxf4 23.gxf4 Rab8 24.Rhe1 Rc7 25.Rd5 Rb6 26.Ree5 Rbc6 27.Bd3 
Kg7 28.Kc4 Nf3 29.Rxf5 Ra6 30.Rh5 h6 31.Kc3 Rxa2 32.Rd6 Ra1 33.Rdxh6 Rc1+ 
34.Bc2 Rf7 35.Rh7+ Kf8 36.Rxf7+ Kxf7 37.Rxc5 a6 38.b4 Nxh2 39.Ra5 Ng4 40.
Rxa6 Rf1 41.f5 Ne3 42.Bb3+ Kf8 43.f6 Rc1+ 44.Kd3 Rc8 45.Be6 Nc2 46.Bxc8 
Nxb4+ 47.Ke4 Nxa6 48.Bxa6 Kf7 49.Kf5 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 e5 8.O-O Nbd7 
9.a3 h6 10.Ne1 a6 11.Rb1 Ne8 12.Nd3 f5 13.b4 b6 14.a4 a5 15.bxa5 Rxa5 16.
Bd2 Ra8 17.Qb3 Nef6 18.f3 Rf7 19.Rb2 Ra6 20.Ra1 Nf8 21.Nf2 N8h7 22.Rba2 
Rfa7 23.Nb5 Ra8 24.Ra3 Ng5 25.Bd3 fxe4 26.Bxe4 Nfxe4 27.fxe4 Nf7 28.Qf3 
Bd7 29.g3 Rc8 30.Rf1 Qe7 31.Ng4 Rf8 32.Nf6+ Qxf6 33.Qxf6 Bxf6 34.Rxf6 Kg7 
35.Rf1 Bh3 36.Rf2 Raa8 37.Bc1 g5 38.Bb2 Rfd8 39.Nc7 Ra7 40.Nb5 Rad7 41.a5 
bxa5 42.Rxa5 Rb7 43.Ra6 Rdb8 44.Bc3 Rb6 45.Rfa2 Bc8 46.Rxb6 Rxb6 47.Ra7 
Kf6 48.Kf2 Ra6 49.Ke3 Rxa7 50.Nxa7 Bh3 51.Kf2 Bg4 52.Ba5 Ke7 53.Ke3 Bh3 
54.Kf2 Bd7 55.Ke3 Bh3 56.Kf2 Bg4 57.Ke3 Bd1 58.Nb5 g4 59.Bd2 Bc2 60.Na3 
Bb3 61.Kd3 Kf6 62.Nc2 h5 63.Kc3 Ba4 64.Bc1 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxe4 7.Ndb5 Qa5 8.b4
Qxb4 9.Bd2 Nxd2 10.Nc7+ Kd8 11.Qxd2 Rb8 12.N7d5 Qa5 13.Be2 e6 14.O-O exd5 
15.cxd5 Bb4 16.Rac1 Ne7 17.Qf4 Bxc3 18.Qxb8 Nxd5 19.Bf3 Nb6 20.Qf4 f6 21.
Qg3 g5 22.Bh5 Be5 23.f4 gxf4 24.Qg7 f5 25.Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 c6 
9.h3 Qb6 10.Re1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Ng4 12.Nce2 Nge5 13.b3 Nc5 14.Be3 a5 15.Rb1 
Re8 16.Qc2 Qc7 17.Rf1 Qe7 18.Nc3 Ned7 19.Rfe1 Nf6 20.Rbd1 Nfd7 21.f4 Qd8 
22.Bf2 Qb6 23.Rb1 Qc7 24.Re2 Nb6 25.Rd1 Bf8 26.Kh2 Bd7 27.Nf3 a4 28.Qb2 
Be6 29.Ng5 axb3 30.Nxe6 Nxe6 31.axb3 h5 32.Kh1 h4 33.f5 Nc5 34.gxh4 Bg7 
35.Qc2 Qe7 36.fxg6 fxg6 37.e5 Bxe5 38.Ne4 Nxe4 39.Bxe4 Nd7 40.Rg1 Rf8 41.
Rxg6+ Kf7 42.Bf5 Rg8 43.Rg4 Nf6 44.Bg6+ Kg7 45.Rg5 Kf8 46.Qf5 Ra3 47.Rxe5 
Ra1+ 48.Kg2 Qxe5 49.Qc8+ Kg7 50.Qxb7+ Kh6 51.Rxe5 dxe5 52.h5 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E31"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 d6 7.Rc1 e5 8.e3 Bxc3+ 
9.Rxc3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Qe7 11.Ne2 g5 12.Bg3 Nh5 13.h3 Ndf6 14.Bc2 Bd7 15.Bh2 
Ng7 16.O-O g4 17.e4 gxh3 18.gxh3 O-O-O 19.Kh1 Rdg8 20.Qe1 Nfh5 21.f4 exf4 
22.Nxf4 Nxf4 23.Bxf4 Ne8 24.e5 dxe5 25.Qxe5 Qxe5 26.Bxe5 f6 27.Bf4 Rg7 28.
Rg1 h5 29.Rd3 Rhg8 30.Rxg7 Rxg7 31.Kh2 Re7 32.Re3 Rxe3 33.Bxe3 b6 34.Bg6 
Nd6 35.b3 Nf5 36.Bf2 h4 37.Kg2 Kc7 38.Kf3 Nd4+ 39.Ke4 Bxh3 40.Bxh4 Bg2+ 
41.Ke3 Bh3 42.Bxf6 Nf5+ 43.Kf4 Nd6 44.Bh5 Kd7 45.Be5 a6 46.Bg4+ Bxg4 47.
Kxg4 Nb7 48.Kf5 b5 49.Ke4 bxc4 50.bxc4 Na5 51.Kd3 Nb7 52.Bb8 Kc8 53.Bf4 
Kd7 54.Bg3 Kc8 55.Bh2 Kd7 56.Bf4 Kd8 57.Ke4 Kd7 58.Bb8 Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.e5 Ng4 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O g6 7.Re1 Bg7 8.h3 
Nh6 9.Nc3 b6 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 c5 12.Nc6 Qd7 13.Nxe7 Kxe7 14.Bxh6 Bxh6 
15.Qf3 Bg7 16.Nd5+ Kd8 17.Rad1 Bb7 18.Qb3 Bc6 19.Nxb6 axb6 20.Qxf7 Bxe5 
21.Rxd7+ Bxd7 22.Rxe5 Kc7 23.Re7 Rad8 24.a4 g5 25.Qd5 Rhe8 26.Rxh7 g4 27.
a5 gxh3 28.axb6+ Kxb6 29.Rxd7 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A73"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 
9.O-O Bg4 10.Bf4 Re8 11.h3 Nxe4 12.hxg4 Bxc3 13.Bb5 Bxb2 14.Bxe8 Qxe8 15.
Re1 Bxa1 16.Qxa1 f5 17.Bh6 Qe7 18.Ng5 Qe5 19.Qb1 Qxd5 20.Rxe4 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nikitin, Alexander"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.Qd2 
e6 9.O-O h6 10.Bh4 Be7 11.Rae1 Ne5 12.Bb3 g5 13.Bg3 Bd7 14.f4 gxf4 15.Bxf4
Qc7 16.Nf3 O-O-O 17.Kh1 Rhg8 18.Be3 Bc6 19.Qd4 Rg6 20.Re2 Rdg8 21.Qa7 Nxe4
22.Bb6 Nxc3 23.Bxc7 Nxe2 24.Bb6 Rxg2 25.Ba4 Rg1+ 26.Bxg1 Rxg1+ 27.Qxg1 
Bxf3+ 28.Rxf3 Nxg1 29.Rc3+ Kd8 30.Kxg1 d5 31.Rg3 Bg5 32.b4 b5 33.Bb3 f5 
34.c3 Ke7 35.a4 f4 36.Rh3 Nc4 37.axb5 axb5 38.Kf2 Kd6 39.Ke2 e5 40.Bxc4 
bxc4 41.Rh5 e4 42.h4 f3+ 43.Kd1 Bf4 44.Rf5 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qc2 g6 8.e3 Bf5
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nbd7 11.h4 O-O 12.Bh6 Re8 13.h5 Ne4 14.hxg6 hxg6 15.Kf1
Bf8 16.Bxf8 Kxf8 17.g3 Kg7 18.Kg2 Qe7 19.Rh4 Rh8 20.Rah1 Rxh4 21.Rxh4 Rh8 
22.Rxh8 Kxh8 23.Nd2 Ndf6 24.Ndxe4 Nxe4 25.Nxe4 dxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.e4 O-O 8.Nf3 b5 9.
cxb5 a6 10.bxa6 Bxa6 11.Bf1 Qd7 12.Bxa6 Nxa6 13.O-O Rfb8 14.Qe2 Nb4 15.a3 
Na6 16.Nd2 Nc7 17.Nc4 Nfe8 18.Rb1 f5 19.f3 Nb5 20.Nxb5 Qxb5 21.Bd2 Ra4 22.
Rfc1 fxe4 23.fxe4 Nf6 24.Rc3 Rf8 25.Rf1 Ra7 26.Rf2 Qd7 27.Rcf3 Rb7 28.Qf1 
Qg4 29.h3 Qxe4 30.Nxd6 Qxd5 31.Nxb7 e4 32.Rf4 Rb8 33.Na5 Rxb2 34.Qc4 Rb1+ 
35.Rf1 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O 
Nc6 9.Qd2 d5 10.Rfd1 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Nxe4 12.Qxd5 Nd6 13.Qb3 Be6 14.Nd5 Nf5 
15.c4 Nxe3 16.Nf6+ Bxf6 17.Rxd8 Raxd8 18.Qxe3 Bxb2 19.Rd1 Rxd1+ 20.Bxd1 
Rd8 21.Be2 b6 22.h4 h5 23.g3 Bd4 24.Qa3 Rd7 25.Bd3 Bc5 26.Qc3 Rd6 27.Kg2 
Bg4 28.f3 Bd7 29.Qc2 f5 30.g4 hxg4 31.fxg4 Bc6+ 32.Kg3 e6 33.Qe2 Bd7 34.
Qf3 Bc6 35.Qe2 Kf8 36.Qf1 Rd4 37.gxf5 Bd6+ 38.Kh3 Rf4 39.Qxf4 Bxf4 40.fxg6
Kg7 41.h5 Kf6 42.Bc2 Bh6 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakob"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.Nf3 d5 8.exd6 
Qxd6 9.O-O Bf5 10.cxd4 e6 11.Nc3 Be7 12.d5 exd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Qxd5 
15.Bxd5 O-O 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.Bf4 Bf6 19.Rad1 c5 20.Nf3 Be6 21.b3
c4 22.Nd2 cxb3 23.axb3 Rfc8 24.h3 h6 25.Ne4 Be7 26.Rd3 Rc6 27.Ra1 a6 28.g4
f5 29.gxf5 Bxf5 30.Re3 Re6 31.Ra4 Rf8 32.Bh2 Bd8 33.Nd2 Rg6+ 34.Rg3 Rc6 
35.Nc4 Bd7 36.Ra1 Bh4 37.Rd3 Bxf2+ 38.Kg2 Bf5 39.Rf3 Be4 40.Ne5 Bxf3+ 41.
Nxf3 Rc2 42.Bd6 Rf6 43.Be5 Bh4+ 44.Kh1 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.a3 cxd4 10.exd4 Bf6 11.Be4 Qd6 12.Re1 Rd8 13.Bxd5 exd5 14.Nb5 Qf8 
15.h3 a6 16.Nc3 Qd6 17.Ne2 Bf5 18.Bf4 Qd7 19.Ng3 Re8 20.Be5 Be7 21.Nxf5 
Qxf5 22.Rc1 Bf8 23.Qb3 Qd7 24.Qd3 f6 25.Bf4 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Re8 27.Rxe8 Qxe8
28.Qb3 Qd7 29.Qb6 Kf7 30.Qc7 Ke8 31.Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B71"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 
Nd7 9.Qf3 Bg7 10.Bb5 O-O 11.Qxc6 Rb8 12.Be3 a6 13.Ba4 dxe5 14.O-O-O Qa5 
15.Bb3 exf4 16.Bxf4 Rxb3 17.axb3 Qa1+ 18.Kd2 Qxb2 19.Rb1 Nb8 20.Qxc8 Rxc8 
21.Rxb2 Bxc3+ 22.Kc1 Bxb2+ 23.Kxb2 Nc6 24.Ra1 Nb4 25.Rc1 f6 26.Bd2 a5 27.
Ka3 Rxc2 28.Rxc2 Nxc2+ 29.Ka4 Nd4 30.Bxa5 Kf7 31.Bb6 Nc2 32.Bf2 e5 33.b4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Ng8 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bd7 8.O-O cxd4 
9.cxd4 Nb4 10.Bb1 Bb5 11.Nf3 Qb6 12.Re1 Bxe2 13.Rxe2 Ne7 14.a3 Na6 15.Bd3 
Nc6 16.Be3 Be7 17.Rc1 Nc7 18.Rec2 a6 19.Nd2 Nb5 20.Qg4 g6 21.h4 O-O-O 22.
Nb3 Na7 23.Nc5 Bxc5 24.Rxc5 Qxb2 25.Rb1 Qxa3 26.Qe2 b5 27.Bd2 Kd7 28.Qf3 
Rhf8 29.Rxd5+ Kc7 30.Rc5 Rxd4 31.Rbc1 Rc4 32.Bxc4 Qxc5 33.Be3 Nd4 34.Bxd4 
Qxd4 35.Bxb5+ Kb6 36.Bxa6 Rd8 37.Qb7+ Ka5 38.Bf1 Rd5 39.Qa6+ 1-0

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nh3 Ng6 8.Qh5 
Ba6 9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.O-O Qd7 11.a4 Nb8 12.a5 Nc6 13.axb6 cxb6 14.Ba3 f5 15.
exf6 gxf6 16.f4 f5 17.Qg5 Qf7 18.c4 h6 19.Qh5 O-O-O 20.c5 b5 21.Rfb1 Nge5 
22.Qd1 Nc4 23.Rxb5 Rhg8 24.g3 Kc7 25.Bc1 Rb8 26.Rb3 Qg7 27.Nf2 a5 28.Rxb8 
Rxb8 29.c3 Qg6 30.Qe2 Rb3 31.Qc2 Rb8 32.Qe2 Rb3 33.Nd1 h5 34.Qc2 Rb8 35.
Ne3 h4 36.Nxc4 hxg3 37.h3 dxc4 38.Qe2 Qh6 39.Qg2 Qh5 40.Be3 Ne7 41.d5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.a3 Nc6 7.f4 b5 8.Be2 Bb7 
9.Be3 Na5 10.Qd3 Nc4 11.Bc1 Rc8 12.Nd1 Nf6 13.Nf2 e5 14.fxe5 Nxe5 15.Qg3 
Bc5 16.Be3 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Qxg3 18.Bxf7+ Kxf7 19.hxg3 Bxd4 20.Bxd4 Rxc2 21.O-O
Kg6 22.Rfe1 Re8 23.e5 Ng4 24.Rac1 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Nxe5 26.Rc7 Bc6 27.Ra7 a5 
28.Rxa5 Nc4 29.Ra6 Re2 30.b3 Nd2 31.b4 Kf7 32.Kh2 h5 33.g4 hxg4 34.Kg3 Nc4
35.Kxg4 Rd2 36.Bc5 Ra2 37.g3 Rxa3 38.Rxa3 Nxa3 39.Nd3 Nc4 40.Kf4 d6 41.
Bxd6 Nxd6 42.Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Bb3 
O-O 9.f4 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.f5 e5 12.Nde2 Nbd7 13.Ng3 Nc5 14.Bd5 Bxd5 15.exd5
a5 16.Bg5 Ncd7 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Nce4 Qb6+ 19.Kh1 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 f6 21.c3 Rfc8
22.Qd3 Rc4 23.h3 Rac8 24.b3 R4c7 25.Rfb1 Rb7 26.a4 Rcb8 27.axb5 Qxb5 28.c4
Qd7 29.Qf3 Qc7 30.Ra3 Rb4 31.Rd1 a4 32.bxa4 Qxc4 33.Nc3 Ra8 34.a5 Bd8 35.
Rda1 Kf8 36.Ra4 Rxa4 37.Rxa4 Qb3 38.a6 Bb6 39.Ra1 Bd4 40.Rc1 Rc8 41.Nd1 
Qb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 8.Nbd2
O-O 9.Nc4 Bf6 10.b3 Re8 11.Bb2 c5 12.a4 g6 13.a5 b5 14.axb6 cxb6 15.Qd2 b5
16.Ne3 Bg7 17.b4 cxb4 18.Qxb4 Nb6 19.Rad1 Bf8 20.Qe1 Qc7 21.d4 exd4 22.
Bxd4 Be6 23.Qa5 Bc5 24.Qa1 Bxd4 25.Rxd4 Nc4 26.Nd5 Bxd5 27.exd5 Nd6 28.Rh4
Nf5 29.Rh3 Qf4 30.Qf6 Qd6 31.Qg5 Re4 32.Qd2 Rae8 33.Ng5 Rd4 34.Re1 Rxe1+ 
35.Qxe1 Qe7 36.Nf3 Qxe1+ 37.Nxe1 Rxd5 38.Rc3 Rd1 39.Kf1 Nd4 40.Rc8+ Kg7 
41.Rd8 b4 42.f4 Rd2 43.Rd5 h5 44.Rc5 Ne6 45.Ra5 Nxf4 46.Rxa6 Nd5 47.Rc6 
Ne3+ 48.Kg1 Re2 49.g3 Rxe1+ 50.Kf2 Nxc2 51.Rxc2 Re8 52.Rb2 Rb8 53.Rb3 Kf6 
54.Ke3 Ke5 55.Kd3 Kd5 56.Kc2 Ke4 57.Kd2 g5 58.Re3+ Kf5 59.Rf3+ Kg6 60.Rb3 
g4 61.Ke3 Kg5 62.Kf2 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.dxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Nxd8 
8.Nxe5 f6 9.Nd3 e5 10.O-O Be6 11.Bb3 Bd6 12.Re1 g5 13.Be3 Kf7 14.f3 Nc6 
15.Nf2 Rhd8 16.Ne4 Ne7 17.c4 Nf5 18.Bxg5 Be7 19.Bd2 a5 20.a4 Nd4 21.Bc3 c5
22.Bxd4 cxd4 23.c5 Rac8 24.f4 Bxb3 25.cxb3 Bxc5 26.fxe5 fxe5 27.Rf1+ Ke6 
28.Rf3 d3+ 29.Kf1 Rd4 30.Ng5+ Kd5 31.Rd1 h6 32.Nh3 e4 33.Rf5+ Ke6 34.g4 
Bd6 35.Kf2 Rd5 36.Nf4+ Bxf4 37.Rxf4 Rc2+ 38.Kg3 Ke5 39.h4 Rg2+ 40.Kxg2 
Kxf4 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Nikitin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Nf3 
exd5 9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 b6 11.O-O Be6 12.Qa4 c5 13.Rad1 c4 14.b3 cxb3 15.axb3
a5 16.Qb5 Qd6 17.Na4 Nd7 18.Rc1 Rfc8 19.Nc3 Bf6 20.Qa4 Bd8 21.Bd3 Bg4 22.
Ne2 Nf6 23.Ne5 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Rc8 25.Qa1 Rxc1+ 26.Qxc1 Be6 27.Nf4 Qc7 28.Qc6
Qxc6 29.Nxc6 Bc7 30.Nxe6 fxe6 31.f3 Kf7 32.g4 g5 33.h3 h6 34.Kf2 Ng8 35.e4
Ne7 36.Na7 dxe4 37.fxe4 Ng6 38.Nb5 Nf4 39.Bf1 Bd8 40.e5 Ke7 41.Kf3 Kd7 42.
h4 Be7 43.Bc4 Bb4 44.Ke4 Kc6 45.h5 Nd5 46.Na7+ Kb7 47.Nb5 Kc6 48.Kd3 Nf4+ 
49.Ke3 Nd5+ 50.Ke4 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.Qd2 
e6 9.O-O h6 10.Bh4 Be7 11.Rad1 Ne5 12.Bb3 g5 13.Bg3 Nh5 14.Ba4+ b5 15.Bxe5
dxe5 16.Nc6 Qc7 17.Nxe7 Kxe7 18.Bb3 Nf6 19.Qe3 Bb7 20.a4 b4 21.Na2 a5 22.
c3 Ba6 23.Rfe1 bxc3 24.Rc1 Rab8 25.Rxc3 Qb6 26.Qxb6 Rxb6 27.Rc7+ Kd6 28.
Ra7 Bb7 29.Bc4 Ra8 30.Rd1+ Ke7 31.Rxa8 Bxa8 32.Bb5 Bxe4 33.b4 axb4 34.Nxb4
Bb7 35.Nd3 e4 36.Ne5 Bd5 37.Rb1 Rb8 38.Rc1 Rb7 39.Kf1 Ne8 40.Rd1 Nc7 41.
Be2 f6 42.Ng4 f5 43.Ne5 Rb2 44.Rc1 Ra2 45.Ng6+ Kd6 46.Nh8 e5 47.Rd1 Ke6 
48.Bh5 Kf6 49.Bf7 Bxf7 50.Nxf7 Kxf7 51.Rd7+ Ke6 52.Rxc7 f4 53.Rc6+ Kd5 54.
Rxh6 f3 55.gxf3 exf3 56.Ke1 Rxa4 57.Rb6 Ra1+ 58.Kd2 Rf1 59.Ke3 g4 60.Rb5+ 
Kc4 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.g3 c5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.O-O 
Bf5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.Nfd4 Be4 12.Be3 O-O 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bd4 Bxg2
15.Kxg2 Ne4 16.Rc1 Rc8 17.Nc5 Qe7 18.b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 b6 8.c3 Bb7 
9.a3 Rc8 10.b4 d6 11.b5 Nb8 12.Nbd2 Nbd7 13.a4 a6 14.Bb2 axb5 15.axb5 Ra8 
16.Qb3 Qc7 17.Rac1 c4 18.Qxc4 Nc5 19.Qd4 Ra2 20.Ba1 Ng4 21.h3 e5 22.Qc4 
Ra4 23.Qxa4 Nxa4 24.hxg4 Qd7 25.d4 Qxg4 26.dxe5 dxe5 27.Nxe5 Qe6 28.Ndf3 
Nc5 29.Rcd1 Nxe4 30.Nc6 Bxc6 31.bxc6 f5 32.Nd4 Qa2 33.Re2 Qa4 34.Rde1 Bc5 
35.Ne6 Nxg3 36.Rd2 Ne4 37.Nxf8 Nxd2 38.c7 Qg4 39.c8=Q Nf3+ 40.Kf1 Nh2+ 41.
Kg1 Nf3+ 42.Kf1 Qc4+ 43.Re2 Nh2+ 44.Kg1 Bxf2+ 45.Rxf2 Qxc8 46.Kxh2 Kxf8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Be7 5.Nbd2 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.c3 Nc6 8.Qe2 
cxd4 9.exd4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Ncxe7 11.g3 O-O 12.O-O Ng6 13.Ne5 Ndf4 14.gxf4 
Nxf4 15.Qg4 Qg5 16.Be4 Bxe4 17.Nxe4 Qxg4+ 18.Nxg4 f5 19.f3 fxe4 20.fxe4 
Nd3 21.Rab1 h5 22.Nf2 Nf4 23.e5 Rf5 24.Ne4 Raf8 25.Nd6 Nh3+ 26.Kg2 Rf4 27.
Rxf4 Nxf4+ 28.Kg3 Ne2+ 29.Kg2 h4 30.Kh3 g5 31.Kg4 Rf2 32.h3 Rg2+ 33.Kf3 
Nf4 34.Ne4 Kg7 35.Nxg5 Rxg5 36.Kxf4 Rg3 37.a4 Rxh3 38.Rg1+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.Rd1 h6 8.Bh4 c6
9.e3 b6 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.O-O Rc8 12.Qb3 c5 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.cxd5 cxd4 15.dxe6 
Bxf3 16.exf7+ Kh8 17.gxf3 dxc3 18.Bf5 Qc7 19.Bxc8 Qxc8 20.Qxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Nikitin, Alexander"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.O-O Bg7
9.Be3 Nf6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Qc2 Nh5 12.Rad1 Qc8 13.b4 b6 14.Bb3 Qe8 15.a4 Kh8
16.a5 bxa5 17.Bc5 axb4 18.Bxf8 Bxf8 19.cxb4 Nf4 20.Bd5 f6 21.Bxc6 Bxc6 22.
Rb1 Rb8 23.g3 Ne6 24.Rfc1 Ba4 25.Qc3 Rd8 26.Nb3 Bb5 27.Rd1 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 
Qe7 29.Nc5 Nxc5 30.bxc5 Qxc5 31.Qb3 Kg7 32.Kg2 Qc6 33.Qb1 Qe6 34.Nd2 Bc5 
35.Qc2 Bb6 36.Rc1 h5 37.Nc4 Bd4 38.Na3 c5 39.Nxb5 axb5 40.Rb1 b4 41.Qa4 h4
42.Qa7+ Kh6 43.h3 hxg3 44.Qa8 Kg7 45.Qb7+ Qf7 46.Qxf7+ Kxf7 47.fxg3 Bc3 
48.Kf3 c4 49.g4 b3 50.Ke2 g5 51.Kd1 Bd4 52.Ke2 Ke6 0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O c5 8.Qe2 d5 
9.cxd5 exd5 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Re8 12.Bb2 Nc6 13.Nd2 c4 14.Bc2 b5 15.f3 a5
16.e4 b4 17.e5 b3 18.Bb1 a4 19.f4 Nd7 20.Qh5 g6 21.Qg4 Bc8 22.Qf3 Qa5 23.
Nxc4 dxc4 24.Qxc6 Ra7 25.Qf3 f5 26.g4 Nb6 27.h3 Qd5 28.Qg3 Rg7 29.Kh2 Bb7 
30.Rg1 Ree7 31.Qf2 Ref7 32.Qe3 Qe6 33.Qe2 Bd5 34.Bc1 Kh8 35.Bd2 Rf8 36.
gxf5 gxf5 37.Rxg7 Kxg7 38.Be1 Rg8 39.Bh4 Kf8 40.Bg3 Qg6 41.Qf2 h5 42.h4 
Qg4 43.Qe3 Ke7 44.e6 Rg6 45.Qf2 Qd1 46.Be4 Qxa1 47.Bxd5 Nxd5 48.Qf3 Qxc3 
0-1

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C98"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.d5 Na5 14.Nf1 c4 15.g4 h5 16.
gxh5 Bxh3 17.N3h2 Qc8 18.Ne3 Nh7 19.Kh1 Bg5 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.exf5 f6 22.Nf3 
Nb7 23.Nxg5 fxg5 24.Be3 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd2 O-O 8.O-O-O 
Bb4 9.Bd3 c5 10.Kb1 dxc4 11.Bxc4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Be2 Bd7 14.Qb3 Qe7 
15.f3 Bc5 16.Na4 Bxd4 17.exd4 Bxa4 18.Qxa4 Nc6 19.Bg5 Rfd8 20.Bb5 Nb4 21.
Rhe1 a6 22.Bd3 Nxd3 23.Rxd3 Rd5 24.Re5 Qd7 25.Qd1 Qd6 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Re4 
f5 28.Rh4 Qe7 29.Qe1 Qf6 30.Qg3+ Qg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9.Be3 O-O-O 10.O-O-O Bb4 11.Nde2 Re8 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Nxc3 f5 14.
exf5 Bxf5 15.Bd4 Nf6 16.Rhe1 Rxe1 17.Rxe1 Re8 18.Rxe8+ Nxe8 19.Nd1 g6 20.
Ne3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th URS-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakob"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.h3 Bg7 8.d4 Nd7
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 Re8 11.e5 f6 12.Be3 cxd4 13.Bxd4 c5 14.exf6 exf6 15.Qc4+ 
Kh8 16.Bxc5 b5 17.Qd4 Bb7 18.Nbd2 f5 19.Qd6 Nxc5 20.Qxc5 Rc8 21.Qb4 Rc7 
22.Rfe1 Rce7 23.Rxe7 Rxe7 24.a4 bxa4 25.Qxa4 h6 26.Nd4 Qb6 27.Nc4 Qf6 28.
Qd1 Kh7 29.Qd2 Bd5 30.Ne3 Bb7 31.Nc4 Bd5 32.Ne3 Bb7 33.Nf1 Qb6 34.Nh2 Rd7 
35.Rd1 a5 36.Nhf3 Be4 37.Qe2 a4 38.Ra1 Ra7 39.Qb5 Qxb5 40.Nxb5 Rb7 1/2-1/2

