[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alburt, Lev"]
[Black "Kapengut, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "D01"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.f3 e6 5.e4 Be7 6.Qd2 c6 7.O-O-O b5 8.e5 Ng8
9.Nh3 Nb6 10.Bd3 a5 11.f4 a4 12.Rhf1 Nc4 13.Bxc4 bxc4 14.a3 Qb6 15.Ne2 Rb8
16.Qc3 h5 17.Rde1 h4 18.f5 exf5 19.Nef4 Be6 20.Bxe7 Nxe7 21.Ng5 Rh6 22.Rd1
Nc8 23.Kb1 Na7 24.Ka1 Qd8 25.Ngxe6 fxe6 26.Ne2 Nb5 27.Qf3 Qe7 28.Ka2 Kd7 
29.Rb1 Rg6 30.h3 Qg5 31.Nf4 Rh6 32.Qe3 Qe7 33.Rfd1 Rb7 34.Qe1 Qg5 35.Qd2 
Qg3 36.Ne2 Qg6 37.Nf4 Qe8 38.Qb4 Qb8 39.Qxa4 Qf8 40.c3 Ra7 41.Qb4 Qa8 42.
g4 g5 43.gxf5 gxf4 44.Rg1 Rh7 45.Rg6 Ra4 46.Qc5 Qa7 47.Qf8 c5 48.fxe6+ Kc7
49.Rc1 Rxa3+ 50.bxa3 Qxa3+ 51.Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "E90"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.h3 O-O 7.Nf3 e6 8.Bd3 exd5 9.
exd5 Re8+ 10.Be3 Bh6 11.O-O Bxe3 12.fxe3 a6 13.Qd2 b6 14.Rf2 Ra7 15.e4 
Nbd7 16.Raf1 Qe7 17.a4 Nh5 18.g4 Ng7 19.Qh6 f6 20.e5 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Qxe5 22.
Ne4 Rf7 23.Rxf6 Ree7 24.Rxf7 Rxf7 25.Rxf7 Kxf7 26.Qxh7 Bd7 27.b3 b5 28.
axb5 axb5 29.Nf2 Qf6 30.cxb5 Bc8 31.Qh6 Bb7 32.Qd2 Qe5 33.b6 Ne8 34.g5 Ng7
35.Be4 Nh5 36.Qd3 Nf4 37.Qf3 Qxg5+ 38.Kh2 Ke7 39.Ng4 Kd7 40.Qf1 Kc8 41.Qa1
Bxd5 42.Qa7 Ne6 43.b7+ Bxb7 44.Bxb7+ Kd8 45.Qa5+ Kd7 46.Qa4+ Kd8 47.Qa5+ 
Kd7 48.Qa4+ Kd8 49.Bg2 Nd4 50.Qa8+ Kc7 51.Qa7+ Kd8 52.Qb8+ Ke7 53.Qc7+ Ke6
54.Qc8+ Ke7 55.Qb7+ Kf8 56.Qe4 Nf5 57.Qf3 Kg7 58.Qf2 Kf7 59.Be4 Ke6 60.
Bxf5+ Qxf5 61.Qe2+ Kd7 62.Kg3 Kc7 63.Qe7+ Kc6 64.Ne3 Qb1 65.Qe8+ Kb7 66.
Qd7+ Ka8 67.Qxd6 Qe1+ 68.Kf3 Qh1+ 69.Ke2 Qxh3 70.Qxg6 Ka7 71.Qc6 Qh5+ 72.
Kd3 Qe5 73.Qa4+ Kb8 74.Qe4 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E17"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.d5 exd5 8.Nd4 Nc6
9.cxd5 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 c5 11.Qd2 d6 12.Nc3 a6 13.b3 b5 14.Bb2 b4 15.Nd1 a5 
16.Ne3 Ne8 17.a4 Bf6 18.Rac1 Bxb2 19.Qxb2 Nf6 20.Qc2 Re8 21.Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dzhindzhikhashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Zhidkov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E75"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e4 O-O 8.Be2 d6 
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Bg4 11.Nd2 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 a6 13.O-O Nbd7 14.Nc4 b5 15.Nxd6 
Qb6 16.Bg3 Nh5 17.Nf5 Nxg3 18.Nxg3 c4 19.Kh1 h5 20.Qc2 Nc5 21.f4 h4 22.
Nge2 Nd3 23.h3 b4 24.Na4 Qe3 25.e5 b3 26.axb3 cxb3 27.Qd1 Rac8 28.Nac3 
Nf2+ 29.Rxf2 Qxf2 30.Qd3 a5 31.Ne4 Qb6 32.N2c3 f5 33.exf6 Bxf6 34.d6 Bxc3 
35.Nxc3 Kh7 36.Ne4 Rxf4 37.Ng5+ Kh6 38.Ne6 Rf6 39.Qe4 g5 40.Qe5 Rg6 41.Rd1
Qc6 42.Nd4 Qd7 43.Nf5+ Kh7 44.Ne7 Re8 45.Nxg6 Kxg6 46.Qxa5 Rf8 47.Qd5 Rf6 
48.Qxb3 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A06"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 Bg4 4.Ne5 Bf5 5.d3 Nbd7 6.g3 Nxe5 7.Bxe5 Nd7 8.Bb2
e5 9.Bg2 c6 10.O-O Bc5 11.e4 dxe4 12.dxe4 Be6 13.Nc3 O-O 14.Qe2 Qe7 15.Nd1
Ba3 16.c3 a5 17.Ne3 a4 18.b4 Bxb2 19.Qxb2 Nb6 20.a3 Nc4 21.Qe2 b5 22.Rfd1 
Rad8 23.Nxc4 Bxc4 24.Qe3 Bb3 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Bf1 Qd6 27.Rc1 g6 28.c4 bxc4 
29.Bxc4 Bxc4 30.Rxc4 Qd1+ 31.Kg2 Rd3 32.Qc5 Qf3+ 33.Kh3 Qh5+ 34.Kg2 Rxa3 
35.Rc3 Ra1 36.Qe7 Qd1 37.Qe8+ Kg7 38.Qxe5+ Kg8 39.Qe8+ Kg7 40.Qe5+ Kh6 41.
Qf4+ Kg7 42.Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C95"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.c4 c6 12.cxb5 axb5 13.Nc3 Bb7 14.Bg5 h6 15.dxe5 
dxe5 16.Bh4 Re8 17.a3 Qc7 18.Ba2 Rad8 19.Qb3 Rf8 20.Qc2 Qb8 21.Rad1 Nb6 
22.Bg3 Bd6 23.Rd2 Bc7 24.Red1 Rxd2 25.Rxd2 Nh5 26.Bh2 Nf4 27.Nd1 Rd8 28.b4
Rxd2 29.Qxd2 Qe8 30.Ne3 Bc8 31.Ng4 Bxg4 32.hxg4 Qd7 33.Bxf4 exf4 34.Qc2 
Nc8 35.g5 Ne7 36.gxh6 gxh6 37.e5 Kg7 38.Qe4 Ng6 39.e6 fxe6 40.Bxe6 Qd1+ 
41.Kh2 Ne7 42.Ba2 Qd6 43.Nd4 Qe5 44.Qd3 Bb6 45.Nf3 Qf6 46.Qe2 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mukhin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E63"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bd2 Rb8 
9.Rc1 b5 10.cxb5 axb5 11.d5 Na5 $6 12.b4 
    ( 12.Nd4 )
12...Nc4 13.Be1 $14 Bd7 14.Nd4 Qe8 15.Nc6 Rb7 16.a4 
    ( 16.Nxb5 Nb2 17.Qb3 Rxb5 18.Qxb2 Nxd5 )
16...Nb2 17.Qc2 Nxa4 18.Nxa4 bxa4 19.Qxa4 e6 20.e4 exd5 21.exd5 Ne4 22.Qa6
Bc8 23.Qc4 f5 24.f3 Nf6 25.Bf2 Qf7 26.Rfe1 Re8 27.Rxe8+ Nxe8 
    ( 27...Qxe8 28.Re1 )
28.Nd8 $16 Qd7 29.Nxb7 Bxb7 30.f4 Kf7 31.Qe2 
    ( 31.b5 )
31...Kf8 32.Qc4 Qa4 33.h3 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yury"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B89"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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.Bb3 Na5 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nxb3+ 13.axb3 Nd7 14.h4 Bb7 15.f3
b4 16.Na4 Nc5 17.Kb1 Rc8 18.h5 Nxa4 19.bxa4 d5 20.g6 Bf6 21.gxf7+ Kxf7 22.
h6 g6 23.Rhe1 Rhd8 24.e5 Qxe5 25.Qd2 Qd6 26.Bg5 e5 27.Bxf6 Qxf6 28.Qxb4 
Rd7 29.Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C71"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.d4 b5 6.Bb3 Nxd4 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.Bd5 
Rb8 9.Bc6+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Qxd4 Nf6 12.O-O Be7 13.Rd1 Qe6 14.Nc3 O-O 
1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.Re1 O-O
9.a4 d5 10.exd5 Nd4 11.c4 Nxb3 12.Qxb3 Rb8 13.axb5 axb5 14.Qd1 Nd7 15.Nc3 
c6 16.dxc6 Bxc6 17.cxb5 Bb7 18.d4 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 exd4 20.Nd5 Bd6 21.Bf4 Nf6 
22.Bxd6 Qxd6 23.Ne7+ Kh8 24.Nf5 Qd7 25.Re5 Rxb5 26.Rxb5 Qxb5 27.Ra8 Re8 
28.g3 Qe5 29.Qc6 d3 30.Nd6 Qe6 31.Qa4 Rxa8 32.Qxa8+ Ng8 33.Ne4 h6 34.Nc3 
Qb3 35.Qd5 Qxb2 36.Qxd3 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zilberstein, Valery"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A32"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qb6 7.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 8.
Nc3 Qxb2 9.Ndb5 Qb4 10.Nc7+ Kd8 11.Qd2 Ne4 12.Nxe6+ fxe6 13.Nxe4 Qxd2+ 14.
Kxd2 Nc6 15.Bg2 b6 16.Rhd1 Ke7 17.Kc3 Rf8 18.Rd2 Rb8 19.Rad1 Ne5 20.f4 Nf7
21.c5 bxc5 22.Nxc5 d6 23.Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D91"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Qxd5 8.e3
c5 9.Be2 Nc6 10.O-O cxd4 11.cxd4 O-O 12.Bh4 Bf5 13.Nd2 Rac8 14.Bf3 Qd7 15.
Nb3 Qe8 16.Rc1 e5 17.e4 Bd7 18.d5 Nd4 19.Nxd4 exd4 20.Qb3 b6 21.Qa3 Bb5 
22.Rxc8 Qxc8 23.Rc1 Qd7 24.Bg3 Rc8 25.Rxc8+ Qxc8 26.h3 a6 27.Qe7 d3 28.Bf4
Bc3 29.e5 Qd7 30.Qa3 Bd4 31.Qb4 Bc5 32.Qe4 Qf5 33.Qxf5 gxf5 34.d6 Kf8 35.
Bd5 Bb4 36.Bb3 d2 37.Bd1 Bc3 38.Be3 Ba5 39.f4 Bc4 40.a4 b5 41.axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B17"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Ne5 Be6 8.
c4 Nd7 9.Bf4 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 Qa5+ 11.Qd2 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 f6 13.Bg3 O-O-O 14.Kc3
Bf5 15.b4 g5 16.Re1 e5 17.dxe5 Bg7 18.e6 Rhe8 19.e7 Rd7 20.c5 Rdxe7 21.
Rxe7 Rxe7 22.Bc4 Bd7 23.Bd6 f5+ 24.Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kapengut, Albert"]
[Black "Zilberstein, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B97"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 
Qxb2 9.Nb3 Qa3 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.O-O Be7 12.Rae1 e5 13.Qf2 Qb4 14.fxe5 Qxc3 
15.exf6 Bxf6 16.e5 dxe5 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Qg3 Kf8 19.Rxe5 Be6 20.Rc5 Qb2 21.
Qd6+ Kg8 22.Nd4 Bxa2 23.Nf5 g6 24.Nh6+ Kg7 25.c3 Ne8 26.Qd4+ f6 27.Ng4 Rf8
28.Rf2 Qc1+ 29.Bf1 Be6 30.Qe4 Bxg4 31.Qxb7+ Rf7 32.Qxa8 Qe3 33.Rc4 f5 34.
Qd5 Nf6 35.Qd4 Qg5 36.Rc6 a5 37.Ra6 Rd7 38.Qe5 a4 39.h3 Bd1 40.Rxa4 Bxa4 
0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B02"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.
Be5 c5 9.Bxg7 Kxg7 10.Qd2 Qd6 11.dxc5 Qxd2+ 12.Nxd2 Be6 13.Nb3 Rc8 14.Nd4 
Bd7 15.Rb1 e5 16.Nb3 a5 17.Nd2 Rxc5 18.Rxb7 Bc6 19.Rb2 Rxc3 20.Nc4 Nd7 21.
Kd2 Rh3 22.gxh3 Bxh1 23.Rb5 Rd8 24.Rxa5 Nb6+ 25.Ke1 Nd5 26.Ne3 f5 27.Nxd5 
Bxd5 28.c4 Bf3 29.Be2 Bxe2 30.Kxe2 Rd4 31.Rc5 e4 32.Rc8 Rd3 33.c5 Ra3 34.
c6 Rxa2+ 35.Ke3 Ra4 36.Rc7+ Kf6 37.Rb7 Rc4 38.c7 Ke5 39.h4 Rc3+ 40.Kd2 Rc6
41.Ke3 Rc3+ 42.Kd2 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E90"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e4 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Nh2 Qe8 9.
Be2 Nf4 10.Bf3 f5 11.Be3 Na6 12.O-O Nc5 13.b4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 fxe4 15.Bxe4 a5
16.a3 Bf5 17.Qc2 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 c6 19.Bd2 axb4 20.g3 cxd5 21.cxd5 Nxh3+ 22.
Kg2 Qd7 23.Bxb4 Ng5 24.Qg4 Rf5 25.Rac1 Raf8 26.Bd2 h5 27.Qe2 Qf7 28.f3 
Qxd5 29.Bxg5 Rxg5 30.Rfd1 Qf7 31.Qc4 e4 32.fxe4 Be5 33.Rd3 h4 34.g4 Bxh2 
35.Qxf7+ Rxf7 36.Kxh2 Rxg4 37.Rxd6 Kg7 38.e5 Rf2+ 39.Kh3 Rg3+ 40.Kxh4 Rfg2
41.Rc7+ Kh6 42.Rxb7 Rxa3 43.Re6 Rg1 44.Rb8 Rf3 45.Rf6 Re3 46.Re6 Rc3 47.
Ra8 Rb3 48.Rc8 Ra3 49.Rb8 Rc3 50.Ra8 Rd3 51.Rb8 Rc3 52.Ra8 Rb3 53.Rc8 Rbg3
54.Rc1 R1g2 55.Rc2 Rg4+ 56.Kh3 R4g3+ 57.Kh4 Rg1 58.Rc1 Rg4+ 59.Kh3 R1g3+ 
60.Kh2 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.d5 Nb8 8.Bg5 c6 
9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.a4 a5 11.Nb3 Ne5 12.Ra3 Qb6 13.Nd2 e6 14.Rb3 Qc7 15.h3 exd5 
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.exd5 Bg7 18.Nde4 f5 19.Ng5 h6 20.Nf3 Bd7 21.Qd2 Rae8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A04"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 e6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O Be7 7.d3 O-O 8.Nbd2 d4 
9.e4 e5 10.Nc4 Qc7 11.a4 Ne8 12.Bc1 Kh8 13.Ng5 Bd7 14.f4 Bxg5 15.fxg5 Be6 
16.Qh5 Nd6 17.Bh3 Bxh3 18.Qxh3 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Mukhin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "D24"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e4 c5 6.d5 b5 7.Nxb5 Qa5+ 8.Nc3 
Nxe4 9.Bd2 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 Be7 11.Bxc4 Ba6 12.Bxa6 Qxa6 13.O-O-O O-O 14.Rhe1 
Bf6 15.Ne5 Bxe5 16.Rxe5 Nd7 17.Re3 e5 18.d6 Rab8 19.Rg3 f5 20.Qd5+ Kh8 21.
Qe6 Qb7 22.Rd2 Rbe8 23.Qd5 Qa6 24.Qb3 f4 25.Rg5 h6 26.Rg6 e4 27.Nd1 Nf6 
28.d7 Rd8 29.h4 c4 30.Qb4 Qe6 31.Qc5 Rf7 32.g3 Rfxd7 33.Rxf6 gxf6 34.Qh5 
Rxd2 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D34"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 
O-O 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Rc1 Bf8 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Na4 Bd7 
15.Bc5 Ne4 16.Bxf8 Kxf8 17.Re1 Qe7 18.Qd4 Qe5 19.Qxe5 Rxe5 20.f3 Nd6 21.
Nc5 Be8 22.Kf2 Rb8 23.b3 a5 24.Red1 Nb5 25.f4 Re7 26.e4 dxe4 27.Nxe4 a4 
28.bxa4 Nc7 29.Rd2 Nd5 30.Nd6 Bd7 31.Nc4 f6 32.Na5 Rb6 33.Rc5 g5 34.Nxc6 
Bxc6 35.a5 Ra6 36.Bf1 Raa7 37.Rxc6 Rxa5 38.Bc4 Nc3 39.Kf3 Kg7 40.Rc8 f5 
41.Bb3 Ne4 42.Rdc2 Raa7 43.R8c6 Rad7 44.Be6 Rd3+ 45.Kg2 Nd6 46.Rc7 Rxc7 
47.Rxc7+ Kf6 48.Bb3 Rd2+ 49.Kg1 gxf4 50.gxf4 Nb5 51.Rc2 Rd4 52.Rc5 Na3 53.
Ra5 Nb1 54.Ra6+ Kg7 55.Ra4 Rd2 56.Rc4 Re2 57.Rc2 Re4 58.Rc4 Re2 59.Rc2 Re4
60.Rc7+ Kf6 61.Rc6+ Kg7 62.Bc2 Rd4 63.Bxf5 Nd2 64.Rg6+ Kf7 65.Rxh6 Rxf4 
66.Be6+ Kg7 67.Rh5 Kf6 68.Bd5 Nc4 69.Rh3 Ke5 70.Bg8 Nd2 71.Kg2 Ne4 72.Bb3 
Rf2+ 73.Kg1 Rb2 74.Rf3 Nd2 75.Rc3 Kd4 76.Rc2 Rb1+ 77.Kg2 Nxb3 78.axb3 Rxb3
79.Re2 Kd5 80.h4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dzhindzhikhashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B81"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 a6 7.g5 Nfd7 8.Rg1 b5 
9.a3 Bb7 10.Be3 Nc5 11.Qg4 Nbd7 12.O-O-O Be7 13.f4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.
Bg2 Bxg2 16.Qxg2 O-O 17.f5 exf5 18.Nxf5 g6 19.Nh6+ Kg7 20.Bd4+ f6 21.Nf5+ 
Kh8 22.Nxe7 Qxe7 23.Qb7 Qf7 24.gxf6 Ne5 25.Qxf7 Nxf7 26.Bc3 Kg8 27.Rge1 
Rfe8 28.Re7 Rxe7 29.fxe7 Re8 30.Bf6 g5 31.h4 g4 32.Rd5 Nh6 33.Rh5 Nf7 34.
Rf5 g3 35.Rf3 Nh6 36.Rxg3+ Kf7 37.Rf3 Ke6 38.h5 Nf5 39.Bg5 h6 40.Bf4 Rxe7 
41.b3 Rg7 42.Rh3 Rg4 43.Bd2 Kd5 44.Rh1 Ke5 45.Bc3+ Ke6 46.Bd2 d5 47.Re1+ 
Kf6 48.Re8 Rg1+ 49.Kb2 Rg2 50.Bf4 d4 51.Ra8 Rf2 52.Rxa6+ Ke7 53.Bxh6 Nxh6 
54.Rxh6 d3 55.Kc1 Rxc2+ 56.Kd1 Rc3 57.b4 Rxa3 58.Rb6 Ra2 59.h6 Rh2 60.h7 
Kf7 61.Rb8 Rxh7 62.Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhidkov, Valery"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.Qxd4 e5 7.Qd3 h6 8.a4 
Be7 9.O-O a6 10.Bc4 b6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Rfd1 Qc7 13.Rac1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alburt, Lev"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "174"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.Rc1 
Ne5 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Rxc3 Ng6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.g3 a6 13.Bg2 d6 14.O-O c5 15.
Nc2 Rb8 16.Ne3 Ne7 17.Qd2 b5 18.Rd3 Be6 19.cxb5 Rxb5 20.b4 cxb4 21.axb4 d5
22.Nxd5 Bxd5 23.Bxd5 Nxd5 24.Rxd5 Rxd5 25.Qxd5 Rb8 26.Qe4 g6 27.Rc1 Qb2 
28.Rb1 Qa2 29.Kg2 h5 30.Rd1 Qa4 31.Rd4 Re8 32.Qd3 Qc6+ 33.e4 Kh7 34.Rc4 
Qe6 35.Qd5 Kg7 36.Rd4 Qf6 37.Rd3 h4 38.Qd4 Qxd4 39.Rxd4 hxg3 40.hxg3 Rb8 
41.Kf3 Rb5 42.Kf4 a5 43.bxa5 Rxa5 44.e5 Ra2 45.f3 Re2 46.Rd5 Re1 47.Kg4 
Re2 48.f4 Re3 49.Kh4 Re1 50.Rd7 Re2 51.Rc7 Kf8 52.Ra7 Kg7 53.Ra8 Re1 54.
Re8 Re3 55.Kg4 Ra3 56.Re7 Rb3 57.Rd7 Re3 58.Rc7 Re1 59.Kf3 Kf8 60.Rc6 Kg7 
61.Ra6 Rb1 62.Kg4 Rb3 63.Kh4 Re3 64.Kg4 Re1 65.Kf3 Kf8 66.Ra3 Kg7 67.Re3 
Ra1 68.Kg4 Rb1 69.Kf3 Ra1 70.g4 Rf1+ 71.Kg3 Rg1+ 72.Kh4 Rh1+ 73.Kg5 Rh2 
74.f5 gxf5 75.gxf5 f6+ 76.exf6+ Kf7 77.Re7+ Kf8 78.Ra7 Rg2+ 79.Kf4 Rf2+ 
80.Kg4 Rg2+ 81.Kf3 Rg1 82.f7 Rg7 83.Kf4 Rxf7 84.Ra8+ Kg7 85.Kg5 Rb7 86.Ra6
Kf7 87.Rh6 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E41"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 O-O 10.a3 Be7 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Qd2 Bxf4 13.Qxf4 b6 14.Rad1 Ne7 
15.Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dzhindzhikhashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Kapengut, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A08"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d4 Bg4 6.Ne5 cxd4 7.Nxg4 Nxg4 8.e3 
Nf6 9.exd4 e6 10.c3 Bd6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Nd2 Qc7 13.Nb3 Rae8 14.Bg5 Nd7 15.
Be3 Na5 16.Nd2 b5 17.b4 Nc4 18.Nxc4 Qxc4 19.Qxc4 bxc4 20.a4 a5 21.Rfb1 Ra8
22.Bf3 Rfb8 23.Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E62"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nf3 c6 7.O-O Qa5 8.d5 Qb4 
9.Nd2 Bd7 10.a3 Qb6 11.Rb1 cxd5 12.cxd5 Rc8 13.Nb3 Na6 14.Be3 Qd8 15.h3 
Qe8 16.Qd2 Nc7 17.Rbc1 a5 18.Nd4 a4 19.g4 Na6 20.g5 Nh5 21.Ne4 Nc5 22.Nxc5
dxc5 23.Nf3 b6 24.Nh2 Ra5 25.Ng4 Rb5 26.Nh6+ Kh8 27.Rc2 Rd8 28.Rd1 Bc8 29.
Qc1 Rb3 30.Kh2 f6 31.Rc3 Rb5 32.Bf3 fxg5 33.Bxh5 gxh5 34.Bxg5 Rd6 35.Qf4 
Rg6 36.Re3 Rb3 37.Rxb3 
    ( 37.Rxe7 $2 Qxe7 38.Bxe7 Rxh3# $19 )
37...axb3 38.Rd3 Qf8 39.Nf7+ Kg8 40.Rf3 Bf6 41.Nh6+ Kg7 42.h4 Qd8 43.Nf5+ 
Bxf5 44.Qxf5 c4 45.e4 Bxb2 46.e5 Qe8 47.Kh3 Bxa3 48.d6 exd6 49.Bf6+ Kf7 
50.Qxh5 Qe6+ 51.Kh2 Kg8 52.Rg3 Rxg3 53.fxg3 dxe5 54.Qg5+ Kf7 55.Bxe5 b2 
56.Qh5+ Qg6 57.Qf3+ Ke6 58.Bxb2 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "D13"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Bd6 8.Bxd6 
Qxd6 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Bd7 11.Rc1 Rfc8 12.Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.O-O d6 8.f4 
Nf6 9.Nd2 Be7 10.b3 d5 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Qf3 a5 13.Qh3 h6 14.e5 Nd7 15.f5 exf5
16.Qxf5 Nf6 17.Qf4 Nh7 18.Nf3 Ng5 19.Nxg5 Bxg5 20.Qf2 Be6 21.Ba3 Re8 22.
Bc5 Bh4 23.Qd4 Be7 24.Rf4 Bxc5 25.Qxc5 Qc7 26.Re1 Qa7 27.Qxa7 Rxa7 28.c4 
dxc4 29.Bxc4 Rd7 30.Kf2 Bxc4 31.Rxc4 Rd2+ 32.Re2 Rxe2+ 33.Kxe2 Rxe5+ 34.
Kf3 Rf5+ 35.Ke3 Rh5 36.h3 Rg5 37.Kf3 Rd5 38.Rxc6 Rd2 39.a4 Rd3+ 40.Kf2 
Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mukhin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A21"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Be6 4.Bg2 c6 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 h6 9.
Bb2 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 d5 12.e3 Qd7 13.Bg2 Rd8 14.Qe2 Na6 15.Rad1 Nc7 
16.Qc2 d4 17.Ne2 Bc5 18.f4 exf4 19.exd4 Bb6 20.Kh1 Re8 21.Rxf4 Nh5 22.Re4 
f5 23.Re5 Ne6 24.d5 cxd5 25.Bxd5 Nf6 26.Bg2 Nd4 27.Bxd4 Bxd4 28.Rd5 Rxe2 
29.Qxe2 Nxd5 30.Bxd5+ Kh8 31.Re1 Rd8 32.Qe7 Qxe7 33.Rxe7 b5 34.Kg2 bxc4 
35.dxc4 Bc5 36.Rc7 Bb6 37.Rf7 Re8 38.Rxf5 Re2+ 39.Kf3 Rxa2 40.Kg4 Bd4 41.
Rf8+ Kh7 42.Be4+ g6 43.Rf7+ Bg7 44.c5 Kg8 45.Rd7 Rf2 46.Bxg6 a5 47.c6 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yury"]
[Black "Zhidkov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E04"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.a4 Bd7 7.Nbd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 Bc6
9.Qxc4 a5 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qd3 O-O 12.b3 Re8 13.Bb2 Bxd2 14.Qxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B44"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 a6 7.N5c3 Nf6 8.Be2 
Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 b6 11.Nd2 Bb7 12.Rc1 Rb8 13.a3 a5 14.Nb3 Nd7 15.Qc2 
Ra8 16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Qb8 18.b3 Rd8 19.Rcd1 Bc6 20.Qb2 Bf6 21.f3 Bxd4+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Nf3 Nxc3 5.bxc3 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O c5 9.Qa4 Nd7 10.Rb1 e5 11.d3 a6 12.Ng5 Rb8 13.Ne4 Qc7 14.Be3 h6 15.f4 
f5 16.Qc4+ Kh7 17.Nxc5 b5 18.Qb4 Re8 19.Nb3 Bb7 20.Bxb7 Rxb7 21.fxe5 Nxe5 
22.Bf4 Qb6+ 23.Qc5 Nd7 24.Qxb6 Rxb6 25.Nd4 Bxd4+ 26.cxd4 Rxe2 27.Rfc1 g5 
28.Bc7 Rbe6 29.a4 bxa4 30.Ra1 Rd2 31.Rxa4 Ree2 32.Rxa6 Rg2+ 33.Kf1 Rgf2+ 
34.Kg1 Rg2+ 35.Kf1 Rxh2 36.Kg1 Rhg2+ 37.Kh1 Rh2+ 38.Kg1 Rdg2+ 39.Kf1 Rf2+ 
40.Kg1 Rhg2+ 41.Kh1 Rh2+ 42.Kg1 Rfg2+ 43.Kf1 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zilberstein, Valery"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E00"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Nbxd2 O-O 7.Bg2 b6 8.O-O
Bb7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Rc1 Nc6 11.e3 Re8 12.Rc3 Ne4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Nd2 Nb4 
15.Qb3 a5 16.a3 Bd5 17.Qd1 Na6 18.Qg4 Qe7 19.Rfc1 c5 20.Bf1 cxd4 21.exd4 
h6 22.Qf4 Qg5 23.Qe3 Qf5 24.Nc4 Bxc4 25.Rxc4 Nb8 26.Rc7 Nd7 27.Qb3 Rf8 28.
Qb5 Qxb5 29.Bxb5 Nf6 30.Rb7 Rab8 31.Rxb8 Rxb8 32.Rc7 Rd8 33.Bc4 Rxd4 34.
Bxf7+ Kf8 35.Bg6 Rd1+ 36.Kg2 Rd2 37.Rf7+ Kg8 38.Rc7 Kf8 39.Rf7+ Kg8 40.Rb7
Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 d6 5.e3 c6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Nf3 a6 8.Be2 Nbd7 
9.O-O b5 10.Nd2 Rb8 11.Qc2 Bb7 12.Rad1 Qb6 13.b4 c5 14.bxc5 dxc5 15.d5 e6 
16.dxe6 Qxe6 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Nxb5 Nd5 19.a4 Nb4 20.Qb3 Bd5 21.Bc4 Nb6 22.
Bxd5 Qxd5 23.Bg3 Qxb3 24.Nxb3 Nxa4 25.Bxb8 Rxb8 26.Nd6 Nb2 27.Nxc5 Nxd1 
28.Rxd1 Ra8 29.Nde4 h5 30.Nb3 Kf8 31.g3 Ke7 32.Kg2 Rd8 33.Rb1 Nd3 34.Nbc5 
Nxc5 35.Nxc5 Rd5 36.Rb7+ Ke8 37.Ne6 Be5 38.Ng5 Bxg3 39.f4 Bh4 40.Nxf7 Rd2+
41.Kf3 Rxh2 42.Ke4 Rd2 43.Ne5 g5 44.Rb8+ Ke7 45.Ng6+ Kf7 46.Nxh4 gxh4 47.
Rb5 Kg6 48.Rb6+ Kg7 49.Rb5 Kg6 50.Rg5+ Kh6 51.Kf3 h3 52.Rg3 h2 53.Rh3 Kg6 
54.Kg3 Re2 55.Kf3 Ra2 56.Rh4 Rb2 57.e4 Ra2 58.Kg3 Ra4 59.e5 Ra3+ 60.Kxh2 
Kf5 61.Rh3 Ra2+ 62.Kg3 Ra3+ 63.Kh4 Ra8 64.Rf3 Rg8 65.Rf1 Rg7 66.Rf2 Rg8 
67.Rf1 Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 Bf5 5.c4 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.Nd2 Nf6 10.Nb3 h6 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Rc1 Qd7 13.f3 Rad8 14.g4 Bh7 15.Bg3
Bd6 16.Qd2 Ne7 17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.e3 Ne8 19.Qe2 f5 20.h3 Nf6 21.Rce1 a6 22.
Nc1 Kh8 23.Nd3 Rde8 24.Qd2 g5 25.Nf2 h5 26.Qd1 Ng6 27.f4 gxf4 28.g5 fxe3 
29.gxf6 exf2+ 30.Kxf2 Nf4 31.Nxd5 Nxg2 32.Kxg2 Qf7 33.Nf4 Qxf6 34.Qxh5 
Rg8+ 35.Kh2 Rxe1 36.Rxe1 Qxd4 37.Qh4 Qxb2+ 38.Re2 Qa1 39.Rg2 Rxg2+ 40.Nxg2
Qe5+ 41.Nf4 Kg7 42.a4 d5 43.a5 d4 44.Qg3+ Kf7 45.h4 Ke8 46.h5 Kf7 47.h6 
Qf6 48.Qh3 Qd6 49.Qb3+ Kf8 50.Kg3 Qxh6 51.Qb4+ Ke8 52.Qxd4 Qg5+ 53.Kf2 
Qh4+ 54.Ke3 Qe7+ 55.Kf2 Bg8 56.Qh8 Qc5+ 57.Kf3 Qa3+ 58.Kf2 Qa2+ 59.Kg3 Qf7
60.Qe5+ Kf8 61.Kf2 Qa2+ 62.Ke3 Qb3+ 63.Kd2 Qb4+ 64.Kc1 Qc4+ 65.Kd2 Qa2+ 
66.Kc1 Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A82"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 Nc6 5.fxe4 e5 6.dxe5 Nxe5 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Bg5
h6 9.Bh4 Ng6 10.Bg3 Bxg3+ 11.hxg3 Qe7 12.Qd4 d6 13.Bc4 Be6 14.O-O-O Bxc4 
15.Qxc4 O-O-O 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kapengut, Albert"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C93"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "32"]

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 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Be3 Bf8 12.Nbd2 Na5 13.Bc2 c5 14.a3 cxd4 15.cxd4 exd4
16.Bxd4 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Dzhindzhikhashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A12"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 Bg4 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Bd6 8.d4 O-O 
9.Nbd2 Qe7 10.Ne5 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Ba3 12.Bxa3 Qxa3 13.Nb1 Qd6 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 
15.Nc3 Rfd8 16.Rad1 Qe7 17.Qb2 Rac8 18.h3 h6 19.Rfe1 Rd7 20.Na4 b6 21.c5 
b5 22.Nc3 Ne4 23.b4 Nxc3 24.Qxc3 Re8 25.a4 a6 26.axb5 axb5 27.Ra1 e5 28.
Ra6 exd4 29.Qxd4 Qe6 30.Rea1 Rde7 31.Qf4 Kh7 32.Qd6 Rc8 33.Ra7 Rxa7 34.
Rxa7 Qf5 35.g4 Qg6 36.Qd7 Rf8 37.Qf5 Qxf5 38.gxf5 f6 39.Rc7 Ra8 40.Rxc6 
Ra4 41.Rd6 Rxb4 42.Rxd5 Rc4 43.c6 Rxc6 44.Rxb5 h5 45.Kg2 g6 46.Kg3 gxf5 
47.Rxf5 Kg6 48.Rd5 Ra6 49.f4 Ra3 50.Kf3 Ra2 51.Rd7 Ra4 52.Re7 Ra2 53.Kg3 
Ra3 54.Kh4 Rb3 55.f5+ Kxf5 56.Kxh5 Rb8 57.e4+ Kf4 58.h4 Rh8+ 59.Kg6 Rxh4 
60.Kxf6 Rh6+ 61.Kg7 Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Black "Zilberstein, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "A06"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 Bg4 4.e3 e6 5.Be2 Nbd7 6.O-O Bd6 7.c4 c6 8.Nd4 
Bxe2 9.Qxe2 g6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.d3 Qe7 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Rae1 Nh5 14.Nf5 gxf5 
15.Qxh5 Qe6 16.f4 Qg6 17.Qd1 f6 18.Rf3 Kh8 19.Rg3 Qf7 20.Nf3 Rg8 21.Nh4 
Rxg3 22.hxg3 Bb4 23.Rf1 Qe6 24.Kh2 Qxe3 25.Nxf5 Qd2 26.Qxd2 Bxd2 27.g4 Kg8
28.Rf2 Bb4 29.g5 Bf8 30.gxf6 Kf7 31.g4 Nxf6 32.Kg3 Ng8 33.Rh2 h6 34.Be5 a5
35.g5 hxg5 36.fxg5 Ne7 37.Kg4 Ke6 38.Bf6 Nxf5 39.Re2+ Kf7 40.Kxf5 a4 41.
Rh2 axb3 42.Rh7+ Ke8 43.axb3 b5 44.g6 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "D41"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 Nc6 6.d4 e6 7.Bc4 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Bb3 Nf6 10.Re1 b6 11.d5 exd5 12.Nxd5 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Nf4 Qxd1 15.
Rxd1 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Ne5 17.Kg2 Rad8 18.Bd2 c4 19.Bc2 Ng6 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.b3 
cxb3 22.Bxb3 Nd5 23.Rac1 Bc5 24.f4 Rfe8 25.Kf3 Rd6 26.e4 Nb4 27.Be3 Rxd1 
28.Rxd1 Na6 29.Rd7 Re7 30.Rd8+ Kh7 31.h4 Rc7 32.e5 Ba3 33.e6 fxe6 34.Bxe6 
Be7 35.Re8 Nc5 36.Bg8+ Kh8 37.f5 gxf5 38.Bf4 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.O-O Nc6 8.d3 
O-O 9.Bd2 e5 
    ( 9...h6 10.Rc1 e5 11.Qc2 Bg4 12.Qb1 Kh7 
        ( 12...Nd4 $5 )
    13.h3 Be6 14.Ne4 Bd5 15.e3 $14 {Portisch,L-Uhlmann,W,Amsterdam 1971} )
10.Ne4 
    ( 10.Rc1 $142 Nd4 $5 $10 )
10...a5 11.Nc5 Nd7 $1 12.Bg5 
    ( 12.Na4 Nd4 $13 )
12...Qe8 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Qd2 Re8 $1 
    ( 14...Qd6 15.Bh6 $14 )
15.Rac1 Qd6 $15 {() Tukmakov} 16.Bh6 $6 e4 $1 17.Bf4 
    ( 17.dxe4 Qxd2 18.Bxd2 Bxb2 19.Rb1 Bg7 $17 )
    ( 17.Ne1 exd3 $17 )
17...exf3 $1 $17 18.Bxd6 fxg2 19.Kxg2 cxd6 20.e3 Be6 21.b3 f5 {/\Bd5,Ne5->
} 22.d4 
    ( 22.e4 a4 23.b4 a3 24.b5 Nd4 {><a2} )
22...Bd5+ 23.Kg1 
    ( 23.f3 Bh6 $40 )
23...g5 24.Qd3 Rf8 25.Qb5 
    ( 25.f3 $142 {/\Qb5,e4} 25...f4 $2 26.e4 Bxd4+ 27.Kh1 Be6 28.Rxc6 )
25...Bf3 $1 26.d5 
    ( 26.Qxb7 $2 Nxd4 )
26...Ne5 27.Rc7 
    ( 27.Qxb7 Rab8 28.Qc7 Be4 $40 )
27...Rab8 28.Rfc1 b6 29.Qa6 Bxd5 30.Rc8 Nf3+ 31.Kf1 $2 
    ( 31.Kg2 $142 )
31...Nxh2+ 32.Ke2 Rbxc8 33.Rxc8 h5 $1 34.Rxf8+ Bxf8 35.Qxb6 h4 36.gxh4 
gxh4 37.Qxa5 Be4 $19 {/\Nf3,h3-h2} 38.Qd8 Nf3 39.Qf6 h3 40.Qg6+ Bg7 41.
Qe8+ Bf8 42.Qg6+ Kh8 43.Qe8 Kg7 44.Qd7+ Kf6 45.Qd8+ Be7 46.Qh8+ Ke6 
    ( 46...Ke6 47.Kd1 h2 {/\Nh4} 48.Qh3 Bh4 49.a4 Bxf2 50.a5 Bg1 51.a6 Nh4
    )
0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Na4 
b6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bb7 11.e4 Nb4 12.Be3 N8c6 13.Nxc6 Nxc6 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.
Nc3 Qxd1 16.Rfxd1 Rfd8 17.Nd5 Kf8 18.b4 e6 19.b5 Ne5 20.Nb4 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 
Ke8 22.Rc1 Nc4 23.Bf4 e5 24.Bh3 Rc5 25.Nd3 Rxb5 26.Rxc4 exf4 27.f3 Rb1+ 
28.Rc1 Bd4+ 29.Kg2 Rxc1 30.Nxc1 fxg3 31.hxg3 Ba6 32.Nb3 Bc3 33.Kf2 Bc4 34.
Bf1 Be6 35.Ba6 Kd7 36.Ke3 Kc6 37.Kd3 Bg7 38.Bc4 Bxc4+ 39.Kxc4 b5+ 40.Kd3 
h5 41.f4 a6 42.e5 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "169"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.h3 e5 8.d3 d6 9.
a3 Bd7 10.Ba4 h6 11.b4 cxb4 12.axb4 a6 13.Nbd2 b5 14.Bc2 a5 15.bxa5 Rxa5 
16.Rb1 Qc7 17.Nf1 Rfa8 18.Bd2 Rb8 19.Qc1 Kh7 20.Ne3 Ra7 21.Rb2 Nd8 22.Nh2 
Ne6 23.Nhg4 Nf4 24.Qd1 Ng8 25.h4 h5 26.Nh2 Nf6 27.Nf3 Kg8 28.g3 Ne6 29.Ng5
Nc5 30.Qf3 Be8 31.Reb1 Rab7 32.d4 Na4 33.Rb3 Qa5 34.Rb4 Qa7 35.Kg2 Rb6 36.
Bb3 Nc5 37.Bd5 Na6 38.R4b2 Qe7 39.Ba2 Nc7 40.dxe5 dxe5 41.c4 Nd7 42.Ba5 
Rf6 43.Qe2 Nb6 44.cxb5 Ra8 45.Bxb6 Rxb6 46.Nd5 Nxd5 47.Bxd5 Rab8 48.Bc6 
Bf6 49.Nf3 Kg7 50.Bxe8 Qxe8 51.Rb3 Qd7 52.R1b2 Qg4 53.Qe3 R6b7 54.Rb1 Rc8 
55.R1b2 Rcb8 56.Rb4 Ra8 57.Kh2 Ra1 58.Rb1 Ra2 59.Kg2 Qe6 60.R4b2 Ra4 61.
Rb4 Ra2 62.Qc3 Ra8 63.Rc4 Ra3 64.Qxa3 Qxc4 65.Qb4 Qxb4 66.Rxb4 Be7 67.Rb3 
Kf6 68.Nd2 Ke6 69.Kf1 Bc5 70.Ke2 Bd4 71.Nc4 Rc7 72.Rb4 Ra7 73.b6 Rb7 74.
Rb5 f6 75.f4 exf4 76.gxf4 f5 77.Rd5 Rd7 78.b7 Ba7 79.Re5+ Kf6 80.Rb5 Rd4 
81.e5+ Ke7 82.Ra5 Bb8 83.Ra8 Rd8 84.Na5 Kd7 85.Ra6 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhidkov, Valery"]
[Black "Mukhin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A37"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.e3 d5 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.Re1 Re8 12.a3 Nxd4 13.exd4 Be6 14.Bg5 h6 15.
Bxe7 Rxe7 16.Bxd5 Bxd5 17.Rxe7 Qxe7 18.Nxd5 Qd7 19.Qf3 Rd8 20.Nf6+ Bxf6 
21.Qxf6 Qxd4 22.Qxd4 Rxd4 23.Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alburt, Lev"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C17"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.Nb5 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 O-O 8.f4 
cxd4 9.Nf3 Bd7 10.Nbxd4 Nbc6 11.O-O-O Qb6 12.Kb1 Rac8 13.g4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 
f6 15.exf6 Rxf6 16.g5 Rf7 17.Bd3 Rcf8 18.Rhf1 Qd6 19.Ne2 a6 20.h4 Ng6 21.
h5 Nxf4 22.Bxh7+ Kxh7 23.g6+ Nxg6 24.hxg6+ Kxg6 25.Qd3+ Rf5 26.Nd4 Rf6 27.
Nxf5 exf5 28.Rg1+ Kf7 29.Rg5 Be6 30.Rdg1 g6 31.Rh1 Ke7 32.Qd4 Bf7 33.Re1+ 
Re6 34.Rxe6+ Qxe6 35.Rg1 Qe4 36.Qd2 Kf6 37.Re1 Qh4 38.Qc3+ d4 39.Qb4 Kg7 
40.b3 b5 41.Rd1 Qf6 42.Rxd4 g5 43.Rd6 Qe5 44.Rxa6 f4 45.Ra8 Kg6 46.Ra5 f3 
47.Rxb5 Qf4 48.Rb6+ Kh5 49.Qe1 f2 50.Qd1+ Qg4 51.Qh1+ 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Zhidkov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B02"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.dxc3 d6 5.Nf3 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.Nxe5 Ke8 
8.Be3 Nd7 9.Nc4 Nb6 10.O-O-O e6 11.Nxb6 axb6 12.Bb5+ c6 13.Bxb6 cxb5 14.
Rd8+ Ke7 15.Rhd1 f6 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dzhindzhikhashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 O-O
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O a6 11.b4 Re8 12.Qb3 c6 13.Nd2 Nf8 14.Nf3 Ng6 15.Nh4 Nxh4
16.Bxh4 Ne4 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.a4 Rad8 20.Rfc1 Rd6 21.a5 b5 22.
Rc5 Bc8 23.Qc2 Qf6 24.Rc1 Bd7 25.Qd1 g6 26.Bg4 Bxg4 27.Qxg4 Ree6 28.h4 Kg7
29.h5 Rd5 30.Rxd5 cxd5 31.Rc5 Rc6 32.g3 Rd6 33.hxg6 hxg6 34.Qf4 g5 35.Qg4 
Kg6 36.Rc8 Rd8 37.Rc7 Rd6 38.Rc5 Qf5 39.Qxf5+ Kxf5 40.Kg2 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nxd5
Qxd5 9.d3 Qb5 10.Qc2 a5 11.a4 Qb4 12.Rb1 Be6 13.b3 Qd6 14.Bf4 Qd7 15.Rfc1 
Bg4 16.Qc5 Rfe8 17.Be3 e5 18.Qb5 Rab8 19.Rc2 Qe7 20.Rbc1 Bd7 21.Qc5 Qd8 
22.Bg5 f6 23.Bd2 Bf8 24.Qd5+ Be6 25.Qxd8 Rbxd8 26.Rb1 Bd5 27.Bc3 e4 28.Ne1
f5 29.dxe4 fxe4 30.Rd2 Bh6 31.e3 Bg7 32.Bxg7 Kxg7 33.Nc2 Kf6 34.b4 Ba2 35.
Rxd8 Rxd8 36.Ra1 Bb3 37.Bxe4 axb4 38.Rb1 Ba2 39.Rb2 Rd1+ 40.Kg2 b3 41.Bxc6
bxc6 42.Nd4 c5 43.Nxb3 c4 44.Nd2 Ra1 45.Rc2 c5 46.Nxc4 Bb3 47.Rc3 Bxa4 48.
e4 Bc6 49.Kf3 Ke6 50.h4 h6 51.Nd2 Kd6 52.Kf4 Ra2 53.Nc4+ Ke6 54.f3 Bb5 55.
Ne5 Kd6 56.Nf7+ Kc6 57.Ne5+ Kd6 58.Nxg6 c4 59.Ke3 Be8 60.Nf4 Bf7 61.g4 Bg8
62.g5 hxg5 63.hxg5 Ra5 64.g6 Kc5 65.Nd3+ Kd6 66.Nc1 Ke7 67.f4 Kf6 68.f5 
Bd5 69.exd5 Rxd5 70.g7 Re5+ 71.Kd4 Re8 72.Rg3 Kxf5 73.g8=Q Rxg8 74.Rxg8 
1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B05"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.c4 Nb6 8.Nc3 O-O 
9.Be3 Nc6 10.exd6 cxd6 11.d5 exd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.Qxd5 Bf6 14.Qd2 Qa5 15.
Rfd1 Rfe8 16.Qc2 Bf5 17.Qb3 Qb4 18.Rd2 b6 19.Qxb4 Nxb4 20.Bg5 Nc2 21.Rad1 
Bxg5 22.Nxg5 Nb4 23.a3 Nc6 24.g4 Bg6 25.Bf3 Rac8 26.Rxd6 Ne5 27.Bd5 Re7 
28.Rd4 Kf8 29.Nf3 Nxf3+ 30.Bxf3 Re1+ 31.Kg2 Rb1 32.Rd7 Rxb2 33.Rxa7 Rc2 
34.h4 R2xc4 35.Rdd7 Rf4 36.Kg3 Rf6 37.h5 Bc2 38.Bd5 Rc3+ 39.f3 g5 40.h6 
Ke8 41.Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mukhin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E95"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O e5 8.Re1 Nbd7 
9.Bf1 Re8 10.d5 c5 11.Bd2 Rf8 12.g3 Ne8 13.Bg2 Nb6 14.b3 Bg4 15.h3 Bd7 16.
Qc2 Rb8 17.a3 a6 18.Rab1 Qc8 19.Kh2 Na8 20.Rec1 Kh8 21.Qd3 b5 22.cxb5 axb5
23.b4 c4 24.Qe2 Nec7 25.Ra1 Nb6 26.Ne1 f5 27.Nc2 Rf7 28.f3 Qa6 29.a4 bxa4 
30.Na3 Rbf8 31.Rab1 Nca8 32.b5 Qc8 33.Rb4 fxe4 34.Nxe4 Qb8 35.Nxc4 Nxc4 
36.Qxc4 Nb6 37.Qa2 Rxf3 38.Bxf3 Rxf3 39.Rc3 Qf8 40.Be3 Qf5 41.g4 Qf8 42.
Qd2 Rxe3 43.Rxe3 Bh6 44.g5 Qf4+ 45.Rg3 Bxg5 46.Qxf4 Bxf4 47.Nxd6 e4 48.
Nxe4 Nxd5 49.Rd4 Nb6 50.Nc5 Bxg3+ 51.Kxg3 a3 52.Rd6 a2 53.Nb3 Bxb5 54.Rxb6
1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yury"]
[Black "Kapengut, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A49"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 a5 7.Nc3 d5 8.O-O c6 9.
Re1 b5 10.a3 Na6 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.e4 b4 13.axb4 axb4 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Na4 Ne4 
16.f3 Nd6 17.Qd2 Qc7 18.Nd3 Rfb8 19.Nac5 Nxc5 20.Nxc5 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 Bc8 22.
f4 Nf5 23.Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A25"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 Nc6 3.c4 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e3 g6 6.Nge2 Bg7 7.d3 d6 8.Rb1 Be6 
9.b4 Qd7 10.b5 Nd8 11.Nd5 O-O 12.O-O c6 13.bxc6 Nxc6 14.Nec3 Rac8 15.Qa4 
Rfd8 16.Ba3 Bxd5 17.cxd5 Nd4 18.exd4 Rxc3 19.Qxa7 b5 20.Qxd7 Rxd7 21.Bxd6 
exd4 22.Bb4 Rxd3 23.d6 Ne4 24.Rfe1 Rd8 25.Bxe4 fxe4 26.Rxe4 Bf8 27.Kf1 
Bxd6 28.Ke2 Rc3 29.Bxc3 dxc3 30.Rd4 Ra8 31.Rxd6 Rxa2+ 32.Ke3 c2 33.Rc1 b4 
34.Rd3 Rb2 35.Kd2 b3 36.Re3 Kf7 37.Kc3 Rb1 38.Ree1 b2 39.Rxb1 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "E63"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.d4 a6 8.h3 Rb8 
9.Be3 b5 10.Nd2 Na5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.b4 Nc4 13.Nxc4 bxc4 14.b5 Bb7 15.d5 e6
16.dxe6 fxe6 17.Bxb7 Rxb7 18.Rc1 Qd7 19.a4 c6 20.Qd2 Rc8 21.Rfd1 d5 22.
bxc6 Qxc6 23.Bd4 Re8 24.e4 dxe4 25.Qe2 Rc7 26.Be5 Rcc8 27.Nb5 e3 28.Bxf6 
Bxf6 29.Nd6 exf2+ 30.Qxf2 Rf8 31.Rxc4 Qxd6 32.Rxd6 Rxc4 33.Qd2 Rxa4 34.Qe3
Ra1+ 35.Kg2 Ra2+ 36.Rd2 Rxd2+ 37.Qxd2 Rd8 38.Qa5 Rd7 39.Qb5 Re7 40.Kf3 Kg7
41.g4 g5 42.h4 gxh4 43.g5 Bd4 44.Kg4 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.Kh1 Be7 8.f4 
Nbd7 9.Qf3 Nc5 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Be3 Qc7 12.a4 b6 13.f5 e5 14.Nb3 Bb7 15.Nxc5 
dxc5 16.b3 Bc6 17.g4 h6 18.h4 Nh7 19.Qg3 Qd8 20.g5 hxg5 21.hxg5 Bxg5 22.
Rg1 f6 23.Bc4+ Kh8 24.Rad1 Qe8 25.Rd2 g6 26.Rh2 Ra7 27.Bxg5 fxg5 28.Be6 
Qe7 29.Qxe5+ Qf6 30.Qxf6+ Rxf6 31.Rxg5 Re7 32.Bd5 Be8 33.Ne2 Kg7 34.Rg3 
Bc6 35.Nf4 Be8 36.Nh5+ Kf8 37.Nxf6 Nxf6 38.fxg6 Kg7 39.c4 Re5 40.Re2 b5 
41.axb5 axb5 42.Ra2 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zilberstein, Valery"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A33"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "236"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 
a6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Na3 Be6 11.e3 f5 12.Qd2 Bg7 13.O-O-O Qa5 14.Nd5 Qxd2+ 
15.Rxd2 O-O-O 16.Be2 f4 17.exf4 Bh6 18.Nc2 exf4 19.Bf3 Ne5 20.Nd4 Kb8 21.
b3 Bxd5 22.cxd5 Rd7 23.Kb1 Rg8 24.Nf5 Bg5 25.Re2 Bf6 26.Be4 Ng6 27.g3 Re8 
28.f3 Re5 29.Rc2 Re8 30.Rd1 Be5 31.g4 Bf6 32.Rg1 Bd8 33.Kb2 Bb6 34.Rf1 Re5
35.b4 Rd8 36.Kb3 Ree8 37.a4 a5 38.bxa5 Bxa5 39.Ra1 Ne5 40.h3 Ka7 41.Nd4 
Ka6 42.g5 Bb6 43.Nf5 Ka5 44.h4 Rf8 45.Rac1 Rfe8 46.Rc3 Rh8 47.R3c2 Rhe8 
48.Rg2 Bc5 49.h5 Rh8 50.Rcc2 Ra8 51.Ra2 Ra6 52.Rab2 Kb6 53.h6 Rha8 54.Ra2 
Kc7 55.Ng7 Rb6+ 56.Kc2 Rb4 57.Nh5 Rxe4 58.fxe4 f3 59.Rh2 Be3 60.Rh1 Bxg5 
61.Ra3 Bxh6 62.Rc3+ Kb8 63.Kb3 Bd2 64.Rc2 Be3 65.Ng3 Ka7 66.Nf1 Bc5 67.Rh5
Re8 68.Rf5 Kb6 69.Nd2 f2 70.Nc4+ Nxc4 71.Rxc4 h5 72.Rxf7 Re7 73.Rf6 h4 74.
e5 Rxe5 75.Rxh4 Rxd5 76.Rhf4 Rd2 77.Rf7 Kc6 78.Kc3 Re2 79.Kb3 b6 80.R7f5 
Kb7 81.Rf7+ Kc6 82.Rf3 Rd2 83.Kc3 Ra2 84.R3f4 Ra1 85.Kb2 Rf1 86.Kc3 Be3 
87.Rf3 Re1 88.Kd3 d5 89.Rxe3 f1=Q+ 90.Rxf1 Rxf1 91.Re8 Rf3+ 92.Kc2 d4 93.
Ra8 Rc3+ 94.Kb2 Rc5 95.Rd8 Rd5 96.Rc8+ Kd6 97.Rb8 Kc5 98.Kc2 Rh5 99.Kd3 
Rh3+ 100.Kd2 Rb3 101.a5 b5 102.Rc8+ Kb4 103.a6 Ra3 104.Rc6 Ka4 105.a7 Kb3 
106.Rc7 b4 107.Rb7 Kc4 108.Rc7+ Kb5 109.Rb7+ Kc5 110.Kc2 d3+ 111.Kd2 Kc4 
112.Rc7+ Kb5 113.Rb7+ Kc5 114.Rd7 Kc6 115.Rd4 Kb5 116.Rd7 Kc6 117.Rd4 Kb5 
118.Rd7 Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zilberstein, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 
O-O 9.Nf3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Rae1 Ng6 12.Ne5 Ng4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nxg4 Bxg4 
15.f3 Bd7 16.e4 Qb4 17.Qf2 Nf4 18.a3 Nxd3 19.axb4 Nxf2 20.Kxf2 dxe4 21.
fxe4 a5 22.bxa5 Rxa5 23.Ra1 Rea8 24.Rxa5 Rxa5 25.Ke3 f5 26.exf5 Bxf5 27.d5
cxd5 28.Rxf5 d4+ 29.Ke4 Rxf5 30.Kxf5 dxc3 31.bxc3 Kf7 32.Ke5 Ke7 33.h4 h5 
34.Kf5 Kf7 35.c4 b6 36.Ke5 Ke7 37.Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A01"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.b3 b6 2.Bb2 Bb7 3.e3 Nf6 4.f4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 c5 8.O-O Nc6 
9.a4 d6 10.Na3 a6 11.Qe2 Rb8 12.d3 Ba8 13.c4 e6 14.Rfd1 Qe7 15.e4 Nd7 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Nc2 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "A01"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.a3 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qc2 
Nxc3 9.Bxc3 f5 10.Nf3 Bf6 11.d3 f4 12.Be2 fxe3 13.fxe3 Bh4+ 14.g3 Bg5 15.
Bd2 Bh3 16.Qc4+ Kh8 17.Nxg5 Qxg5 18.Qh4 Qxh4 19.gxh4 Rf7 20.Bc3 Re8 21.Rg1
Rd7 22.O-O-O Nd4 23.exd4 exd4 24.Rde1 dxc3 25.Bg4 Rf8 26.Bxh3 Rxd3 27.Rg3 
Rd2 28.Rxc3 Rxh2 29.Rf3 Rd8 30.Re7 h5 31.Rxc7 Kh7 32.Rg3 Kh8 33.Rc5 Re8 
34.Rxh5+ Kg8 35.Bg2 Re1+ 36.Kd2 Ra1 37.Rhg5 Rxa3 38.Rxg7+ Kf8 39.Kc3 b5 
40.Bd5 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kapengut, Albert"]
[Black "Mukhin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bg7 8.
Be3 Nf6 9.f3 O-O 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.O-O Rfc8 12.b3 Ne8 13.Rc1 Nc7 14.Nde2 Qe8 
15.Qd2 Rab8 16.Nb5 b6 17.Nxc7 Rxc7 18.Nc3 Rcc8 19.Qf2 Kh8 20.Rfd1 Rb7 21.
Kh1 Kg8 22.Rd5 Nb4 23.Rdd1 Na6 24.Nd5 Nc7 25.Nxc7 Rbxc7 26.a4 Rb7 27.Rd5 
Qd7 28.Rcd1 Qe6 29.g4 Rf8 30.Qg2 Kh8 31.f4 Rbb8 32.Rg1 Qc8 33.f5 Be5 34.
Bd4 Bxd4 35.Rxd4 Qc5 36.Qd2 Qc6 37.Rf1 gxf5 38.Rxf5 f6 39.Rh5 Rf7 40.Qf2 
Rg8 41.h3 Rfg7 42.Kg2 Qc8 43.Rf5 Rg6 44.Rd3 Qe8 45.Rdf3 R6g7 46.Kf1 Rg5 
47.Rxg5 Rxg5 48.Rf5 Qg6 49.Ke2 Kg7 50.a5 h5 51.axb6 axb6 52.Rxg5 Qxg5 53.
Qxb6 hxg4 54.Qe3 Qxe3+ 55.Kxe3 gxh3 56.Kf3 f5 57.exf5 Kf6 58.b4 Kxf5 59.b5
Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B45"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O
Be7 9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 Nd7 11.Re1 Bf6 12.Qd2 Be5 13.Na4 Qf6 14.Bxe5 Nxe5 15.
Bf1 Rd8 16.Rad1 Bb7 17.f4 Ng6 18.Qb4 Qe7 19.e5 c5 20.exd6 cxb4 21.dxe7 
Nxe7 22.Nc5 Bc6 23.Na6 Nd5 24.Rd4 Nc3 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Nxb4 Bb7 27.Re3 Rc8
28.Re5 Bd5 29.Ba6 Rb8 30.Re3 Ne4 31.a3 f5 32.Be2 a5 33.Nxd5 exd5 34.Rd3 a4
35.Rxd5 Nc3 36.Re5 Nxe2+ 37.Rxe2 axb3 38.cxb3 Rxb3 39.Ra2 Rb5 40.a4 Ra5 
41.Kf2 Kf7 42.Ke3 Ke6 43.Kd4 Kd6 44.Kc4 Kc6 45.Kb4 Rd5 46.a5 Kb7 47.Kc4 
Rd6 48.g3 Ka6 49.Rb2 Rd7 50.Rb6+ Kxa5 51.Rb5+ Ka6 52.Rxf5 Kb6 53.Rh5 g6 
54.Rd5 Re7 55.h4 Kc6 56.Re5 Ra7 57.Kd4 Ra3 58.Re3 Ra7 59.Ke4 Kd6 60.Kf3 h5
61.f5 Rf7 62.Re6+ Kd5 63.Rxg6 Rxf5+ 64.Ke3 Ke5 65.Ra6 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C69"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.dxe5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 fxe5 9.Rd3 Bxf3 10.Rxf3 Nf6 11.Nc3 Bb4 12.Bg5 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Rf8 14.
Bxf6 Rxf6 15.Rxf6 gxf6 16.Rd1 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Dzhindzhikhashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.d4
c5 9.Rd1 a6 10.Qc2 Nd5 11.e4 Nb4 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.
Nc3 Qc7 16.Bf4 e5 17.Be3 Nc5 18.Rac1 a5 19.Qc2 Bg4 20.f3 Bd7 21.Qf2 Ne6 
22.Nd5 Qd8 23.Nb6 Ra7 24.Nc4 c5 25.Nxe5 Qe8 26.f4 Bb5 27.Nf3 Rd7 28.f5 Nd4
29.Nxd4 cxd4 30.Bxd4 Bg5 31.Be3 Bxe3 32.Qxe3 Qe5 33.Rxd7 Bxd7 34.Qc3 Qb5 
35.Qd4 h5 36.Rc7 Bc8 37.Qc5 Qb8 38.h4 Ba6 39.Qxa5 Rd8 40.b3 Rd3 41.Kh2 Qe8
42.Qxa6 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B63"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 
gxf6 9.O-O-O a6 10.Kb1 Bd7 11.g3 Qb6 12.Nce2 Rc8 13.f4 Na5 14.Nc3 h5 15.f5
Qc5 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Qf2 Be7 18.Qf3 Qe5 19.Bh3 Nc6 20.Nde2 Qa5 21.Nf4 Ne5 
22.Qe3 Nc4 23.Qd4 e5 24.Bxd7+ Kxd7 25.Qd5 exf4 26.Qxb7+ Qc7 27.Qb3 Rb8 28.
Qa4+ Qc6 29.Rd4 Qxa4 30.Nxa4 Rhc8 31.c3 f3 32.Kc2 Ne5 33.b4 Ke6 34.Kb3 h4 
35.Nb2 Rh8 36.Rf1 hxg3 37.hxg3 Rh3 38.Nd3 Rxg3 39.a4 Rg4 40.a5 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B35"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.h3 
O-O 9.Bb3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 b5 11.Nxb5 Nxe4 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Qd4+ Nf6 14.O-O-O 
Bb7 15.Rhg1 Qa5 16.Nc3 Rac8 17.Rge1 e6 18.g4 Rfd8 19.f4 Qc5 20.Qd3 d5 21.
f5 exf5 22.Na4 Qb4 23.gxf5 Qf4+ 24.Kb1 Re8 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.a3 a6 8.Bf1 e5 
9.d3 d5 10.Nbd2 d4 11.cxd4 cxd4 12.b4 Ne8 13.a4 Nd6 14.Ba3 Re8 15.Qb1 Bf8 
16.Rc1 a5 17.b5 Nb4 18.Be2 b6 19.Bd1 Nb7 20.Bb3 Nc5 21.Bxb4 Nxb3 22.Qxb3 
Bxb4 23.Nc4 Qf6 24.Qd1 Bd7 25.Rc2 Rac8 26.Rac1 Bc3 27.Qe2 Rc5 28.h3 Kg7 
29.Kh1 h6 30.Kg1 Re7 31.Kh1 Re8 32.Nfd2 Qe6 33.Qg4 Qe7 34.Qg3 Qf6 35.Rf1 
g5 36.Nb3 Rc7 37.Nc1 Bb4 38.Ne2 Kf8 39.Nxe5 Rb7 40.Nxd7+ Rxd7 41.Rc6 Rd6 
42.Rc4 Bc5 43.Qg4 Qg6 44.Ng3 Rdd8 45.h4 Re5 46.Nf5 Qf6 47.hxg5 hxg5 48.g3 
Rdd5 49.exd5 Rxf5 50.Kg2 Rxd5 51.Rc2 Qf5 52.Qxf5 Rxf5 53.Re2 Bd6 54.Re4 
Rd5 55.Rfe1 Kg7 56.R1e2 Kf6 57.Re8 Rc5 58.Rd8 Be5 59.Rd7 g4 60.Re4 Ke6 61.
Rdxd4 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhidkov, Valery"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nge2 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bg2 d4 7.Nd5 Bd6 8.d3 
Nge7 9.Nef4 O-O 10.O-O Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Be6 12.Qh5 f6 13.Re1 Bf7 14.Qh3 Qc8 
15.Qh4 Ne5 16.Bf4 Qd8 17.Be4 Ng6 18.Bxg6 Bxg6 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Ne7+ Kf7 21.
Re2 Rfe8 22.Rae1 Qd7 23.b3 b5 24.f4 Bf5 25.Qh5+ Bg6 26.Qf3 Kf8 27.g4 Bf7 
28.g5 Qd6 29.Qh3 Qxf4 30.g6 Qg5+ 31.Rg2 Rxe7 32.Rxg5 Rxe1+ 33.Kf2 Rae8 34.
gxh7 R8e2+ 35.Kg3 Re3+ 36.Kg2 R1e2+ 37.Kf1 Rxh3 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alburt, Lev"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D01"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.f3 c6 5.e4 dxe4 6.fxe4 e5 7.dxe5 Qa5 8.exf6
Qxg5 9.fxg7 Bxg7 10.Qd2 Qxd2+ 11.Kxd2 Nc5 12.Bd3 Be6 13.Nf3 O-O-O 14.Ke2 
b5 15.a3 a5 16.h3 Rhe8 17.Rhd1 f5 18.e5 Nd7 19.Re1 Bxe5 20.Kf2 Bf6 21.Re3 
Nc5 22.Rae1 Kd7 23.Nxb5 f4 24.Re5 Nxd3+ 25.cxd3 cxb5 26.Rxb5 Rb8 27.Ne5+ 
Kd6 28.Rxa5 Bh4+ 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Kapengut, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A61"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 
9.Bg3 Nh5 10.e3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Bg7 12.Bd3 Nd7 13.Qc2 Qe7 14.O-O h5 15.Bf5 g4
16.Nd2 a6 17.a4 Ne5 18.Bxc8 Rxc8 19.f4 gxf3 20.Nxf3 Nxf3+ 21.Rxf3 Rc7 22.
Raf1 Qe5 23.Qf2 Bh6 24.Kh1 Kd8 25.e4 Rg8 26.Rf5 Qxg3 27.Qxg3 Rxg3 28.e5 
dxe5 29.d6 Rc6 30.Rxf7 Rg4 31.R1f6 Rh4+ 32.Kg1 Be3+ 33.Kf1 Rf4+ 34.Ke2 Bd4
35.Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dzhindzhikhashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A11"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qc2 b5 6.b3 cxb3 7.axb3 Bb7 8.Ba3 
a6 9.O-O g6 10.d4 Bg7 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.e4 a5 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ne4 b4 15.Bb2 Ba6 
16.Rfe1 Bb5 17.e6 f6 18.Nc5 Ra7 19.h4 Bh6 20.Bh3 Nc7 21.Bg2 Nd5 22.Nh2 Bg7
23.Ng4 Kh8 24.Bf3 Nc3 25.Qd2 Rg8 26.Bxc3 bxc3 27.Qxc3 h5 28.Ne3 f5 29.Rad1
Na6 30.Nxa6 Rxa6 31.Ng2 a4 32.Nf4 Bf6 33.Qe3 Qf8 34.d5 a3 35.d6 a2 36.d7 
Qg7 37.d8=Q Rxd8 38.Rxd8+ Kh7 39.Nh3 a1=Q 40.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 41.Kg2 Bf1+ 42.Kh2
Bxh3 43.Kxh3 Qh6 44.Qxh6+ Kxh6 45.Bxc6 Rb1 46.Rd3 Kg7 47.Kg2 Be5 48.f4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D59"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Rc1 Bb7 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.Bc4 Bb7 13.O-O Rc8 14.Qe2 Nd7 15.
Ba6 Bxa6 16.Qxa6 c5 17.Rfd1 Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c4 Ne5 7.d3 e6 8.Nc3 
Ne7 9.Ne1 g6 10.f4 N5c6 11.Nf3 Bg7 12.Be3 Nd4 13.Bxd4 cxd4 14.Ne2 e5 15.b4
O-O 16.Qb3 b6 17.Rf2 a5 18.b5 a4 19.Qb4 f5 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.c5 bxc5 22.Qc4+
Kh8 23.Ng3 f4 24.Nf1 Bf6 25.Qxc5 Rfc8 26.Nxe5 Qe6 27.Nc6 Nxc6 28.bxc6 Rxc6
29.Qd5 Qxd5 30.exd5 Rd6 31.Rxf4 Bg5 32.Rf7 Kg8 33.Rb7 Rxd5 34.Ng3 Rf8 35.
Ne4 Be3+ 36.Kh1 Rdf5 37.g3 g5 38.h3 h5 39.Rab1 Rf1+ 40.Kg2 Rxb1 41.Rxb1 
Rc8 42.Rb7 Rc2+ 43.Kf3 Kf8 44.a3 Ra2 45.Ra7 Rxa3 46.Nf6 Rxd3 47.Ke4 Rd1 
48.Kf5 d3 49.Rd7 Bc5 50.Nh7+ Ke8 51.Nf6+ Kf8 52.Nh7+ Ke8 53.Nf6+ Kf8 54.
Nh7+ Ke8 55.Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mukhin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E55"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 O-O 8.O-O 
Nbd7 9.Qe2 b6 10.Rd1 cxd4 11.exd4 Bb7 12.Bg5 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qc7 14.Nd2 Rfe8 
15.Rac1 e5 16.Qd3 h6 17.Bh4 Rac8 18.Bg3 Qd8 19.Re1 exd4 20.cxd4 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Nf8 22.h3 Ng6 23.Bb3 Bd5 24.Nc4 Qd7 25.Nd6 Rd8 26.Bxd5 Nxd5 27.Qf3 
Nf6 28.Nf5 Nd5 29.Nd6 Nf6 30.Nf5 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yury"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C15"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Qd5 $5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nf3 Bd7 
    ( 6...Nf6 $14 7.Bd3 Ne4 8.O-O $1 )
7.Bd3 Bb5 8.O-O Bxc3 9.bxc3 Nd7 10.Rb1 a6 11.c4 $5 
    ( 11.Qe2 $1 $14 Bxd3 12.cxd3 $16 {(Razuvaev)} )
11...Bxc4 12.Bxc4 Qxc4 13.Rxb7 Ngf6 14.Ba3 Nd5 $1 15.Re1 $6 
    ( 15.Rb3 $10 Nc3 16.Qd2 $2 Ne2+ 17.Kh1 Ng3+ )
15...N5b6 16.Rxb6 $1 
    ( 16.Qd2 $2 O-O-O $1 17.Ra7 Kb8 $1 $19 {(Razuvaev} )
16...cxb6 $1 
    ( 16...Nxb6 17.Ne5 Qd5 
        ( 17...Qa4 18.Qh5 $1 Qxa3 19.Qxf7+ Kd8 20.Qxe6 $1 $18 )
    18.c4 $1 Nxc4 19.Qa4+ $16 )
17.Ng5 Nf6 18.Qf3 Ra7 19.Qg3 Rc7 20.h3 $1 Kd8 21.Nf3 Ne8 $2 $16 
    ( 21...Nd5 $1 22.Qxg7 Re8 $17 )
    ( 21...Re8 22.Bd6 $1 $16 )
    ( 21...Rg8 $2 22.Ne5 Qd5 23.c4 Qxd4 24.Qf3 $16 )
22.Ne5 Qd5 23.c4 Qb7 
    ( 23...Qa5 24.Rd1 f6 25.Qf3 $1 fxe5 26.Qa8+ Rc8 27.dxe5+ Kc7 28.Qa7+ 
    Kc6 29.Qd7# )
24.d5 $1 exd5 25.Rd1 f5 
    ( 25...f6 26.Rxd5+ Kc8 27.Qg4+ Kb8 28.Nd7+ Ka7 29.c5 $1 $18 )
26.cxd5 Nf6 27.d6 Rd7 28.Nxd7 Qxd7 29.Qe3 Qb7 30.d7 $1 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Qa4+ Bd7 7.Qb3 Bc6 8.Bg2
O-O 9.d4 a5 10.O-O Nxc3 11.bxc3 Nd7 12.Bf4 Be4 13.Rfd1 a4 14.Qa3 Re8 15.
Rac1 Qc8 16.d5 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Ne5 18.Bg2 b5 19.Qc5 Qd7 20.Rb1 Rab8 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.c3 e5
9.h3 Bd7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nb3 Nh5 12.Rd1 Qe8 13.Be3 Kh8 14.Bc5 Ne7 15.Ng5 
Ba4 16.Qf3 Nf6 17.Qe2 b6 18.Be3 a5 19.Re1 Nc8 20.Nd2 Nd6 21.Bd3 Kg8 22.
Ngf3 Bc6 23.Bg5 Nd7 24.Bc2 f5 25.exf5 gxf5 26.Nc4 Ne4 27.Ne3 Ndc5 28.b4 
axb4 29.cxb4 Bb5 30.Qd1 Nc3 31.Qd2 N5e4 32.Bxe4 Nxe4 33.Qd5+ Kh8 34.Rac1 
c6 35.Qb3 Ba4 36.Qc4 Bb5 37.Qb3 Ba4 38.Qc4 Nd6 39.Qh4 Ra7 40.Bh6 f4 41.Ng4
e4 42.Bxg7+ Rxg7 43.Nd4 Qg6 44.Qh6 Qxh6 45.Nxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zhidkov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A61"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nd2 Bg7 8.Nc4 O-O
9.Bf4 Ne8 10.Qd2 Bxc3 11.bxc3 b5 12.Nb2 f5 13.a4 Qa5 14.e3 Ba6 15.Be2 b4 
16.c4 Nd7 17.O-O Nef6 18.f3 Qc7 19.h3 Nh5 20.Bh2 Rae8 21.Rae1 Rf7 22.g4 
Ng7 23.Rf2 Nf6 24.Bd3 Bc8 25.Rg2 Qe7 26.g5 Nfh5 27.f4 Qc7 28.Rge2 Rfe7 29.
Qc2 Bd7 30.Kg2 Qd8 31.h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zilberstein, Valery"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "A57"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.c4 Bb7 5.a4 bxc4 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4 Nbd7 8.Bxc4 g6 
9.O-O Bg7 10.h3 O-O 11.a5 Ne8 12.Qe2 Nc7 13.Bf4 Rb8 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 
Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Bxe5 17.Qxe5 Qd6 18.Rfe1 Rfe8 19.Rad1 Qxe5 20.Rxe5 Kf8 21.Na4
Ba6 22.Nxc5 Bc8 23.b3 f6 24.Re3 Nb5 25.Rc1 Nd6 26.Ne4 Nxe4 27.Rxe4 Rd8 28.
f4 Bb7 29.Rd1 Rd7 30.Red4 Rbd8 31.R4d3 Rd6 32.Kf2 Ba6 33.Ke3 Rc8 34.Bxa6 
Rxa6 35.b4 Rb8 36.Rd4 Ke8 37.Rc1 Kd7 38.Kd3 Rd6 39.Rc5 Kd8 40.b5 Rd7 41.
Kc4 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A61"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "39"]

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 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.e3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Nd7 13.Nc4 Nb6 14.Nxb6 Qxb6 15.Bb5+
Kf8 16.Qe2 a6 17.Bd3 Qa5 18.Rc1 b5 19.O-O Qd8 20.b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Dzhindzhikhashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A58"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Nf3 a6 8.O-O b5 9.
cxb5 axb5 10.Nxb5 Ba6 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.h3 Qb6 13.Qc2 Rfb8 14.Re1 Ne8 15.Rb1 
Nc7 16.Bg5 Kf8 17.Qd2 Nb5 18.Bh6 Nxc3 19.Qxc3 Nf6 20.Bxg7+ Kxg7 21.e4 Qb4 
22.Qxb4 Rxb4 23.e5 Ne8 24.b3 Bb7 25.exd6 exd6 26.Re7 Kf8 27.Rbe1 h6 28.Nd2
Ba6 29.Bf1 Nf6 30.Bxa6 Rxa6 31.Nc4 Rb8 32.Rc7 Nxd5 33.Rd7 Kg8 34.Rxd6 Rxd6
35.Nxd6 Nc3 36.Re7 Nxa2 37.Nxf7 h5 38.Ne5 Rb6 39.Rc7 h4 40.g4 Nc1 41.Rxc5 
Ne2+ 42.Kh2 Rf6 43.Nd3 Rf3 44.Rd5 Kf8 45.g5 Kg7 46.b4 Nf4 47.Nxf4 Rxf4 48.
Kg2 Rxb4 49.Kf3 Kf7 50.Rd6 Kg7 51.Rf6 Rb5 52.Kg4 Rb4+ 53.f4 Rb1 54.Kxh4 
Rg1 55.f5 gxf5 56.Rxf5 Ra1 57.Kh5 Ra3 58.h4 Ra7 59.Kg4 Rb7 60.h5 Ra7 61.
h6+ Kg6 62.Rf6+ Kh7 63.Kh5 Ra5 64.Rf7+ Kg8 65.Re7 Rb5 66.Kg6 Rb8 67.Kf6 
Rf8+ 68.Ke6 Ra8 69.g6 Ra6+ 70.Kf5 Ra5+ 71.Re5 Ra8 72.Rb5 Rc8 73.Ke5 Ra8 
74.Rb7 Ra5+ 75.Kd4 Ra8 76.Kc5 Re8 77.Rc7 Rb8 78.Kc6 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B05"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.c4 Nb6 8.Be3 O-O 
9.Nc3 d5 10.c5 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nc4 12.Bc1 b6 13.b3 Na5 14.b4 Nc4 15.Be2 a5 
16.Bxc4 axb4 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Qf3 bxc5 19.Qxd5 Qxd5 20.Bxd5 c6 21.Be4 cxd4 
22.Bb2 Rd8 23.Rfd1 Ra4 24.Bc2 Ra5 25.f4 Na6 26.Kf1 c5 27.Bb3 Nc7 28.Ke2 
Nd5 29.g3 Kf8 30.Kd3 Nb6 31.Rd2 Ra7 32.Rc2 g6 33.h4 h5 34.Rf1 Rc8 35.f5 
Rac7 36.Rc4 Rc6 37.Bc1 Kg8 38.Ke4 gxf5+ 39.Rxf5 Rg6 40.Bf4 Nxc4 41.Bxc4 
Re6 42.Rxh5 Ra8 43.Bc1 Rea6 44.Rf5 Rxa2 45.Bxf7+ Kh8 46.Bxa2 Rxa2 47.Rf7 
Ra1 48.Bb2 Re1+ 49.Kf5 Rf1+ 50.Kg6 Rxf7 51.Kxf7 d3 52.e6+ Kh7 53.Bc1 b3 
54.g4 d2 55.Bxd2 b2 56.Kxe7 b1=Q 57.Bf4 c4 58.h5 Qe4 59.Bd6 Qxg4 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kapengut, Albert"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B49"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 
Bb4 9.Na4 Ne7 10.c4 Nxe4 11.Qc2 f5 12.Bf3 Bd6 13.Bxe4 fxe4 14.Qxe4 Bxh2+ 
15.Kh1 Be5 16.Nf3 Bf6 17.Nb6 Rb8 18.Bf4 d6 19.Nxc8 Rxc8 20.Qxe6 Qxc4 21.
Qxc4 Rxc4 22.Bxd6 Nc6 23.Rac1 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Kf7 25.g3 Rd8 26.Bc5 g5 27.Be3 
Kg6 28.Kg2 Rd5 29.b3 Ra5 30.a4 Rd5 31.Rc4 h6 32.Nd2 Bd4 33.Ne4 Kf5 34.Nc3 
Rd7 35.g4+ Ke6 36.Ne4 Ke5 37.Nc5 Bxc5 38.Bxc5 Rd3 39.Bf8 Kf6 40.b4 Rd8 41.
Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D91"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Qd2 
exd5 9.Qe3+ Kf8 10.Qf4 Bf6 11.h4 h6 12.Nf3 Kg7 13.O-O-O Be6 14.e4 dxe4 15.
Ne5 Nc6 16.Qxe4 Qd6 17.f4 Rad8 18.Bc4 Bxc4 19.Nxc4 Qb4 20.Ne5 Rxd4 21.Rxd4
Qxd4 22.Nxc6 bxc6 23.h5 Qxe4 24.Nxe4 Bd4 25.Kc2 Re8 26.Kd3 Bxb2 27.hxg6 
fxg6 28.g4 Rd8+ 29.Ke2 Rd4 30.Ke3 Rd5 31.Ke2 Rd4 32.Ke3 Ra4 33.Rd1 Rxa2 
34.Rd7+ Kf8 35.f5 Ra3+ 36.Kf2 gxf5 37.gxf5 Ra5 38.Rxc7 Rxf5+ 39.Ke2 a5 40.
Rxc6 h5 41.Nd6 Rg5 42.Nc4 Bc3 43.Kd3 Bb4 44.Ke4 h4 45.Kf4 Rg1 46.Rc8+ Kf7 
47.Rh8 Rc1 48.Ne5+ Ke6 49.Rh6+ Kd5 50.Nf3 a4 51.Rh5+ Kc4 52.Rxh4 a3 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Black "Mukhin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B82"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Bd3 Qc7 8.O-O Be7
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Kh1 Nd7 12.Qg3 Rd8 13.f5 Bf8 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.e5 
Ndxe5 16.Bxh7+ Kxh7 17.Ng5+ Kg8 18.Qh4 g6 19.Nce4 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A25"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 h5 7.d4 h4 8.d5 Nce7 9.
e4 Nf6 10.h3 c5 11.g4 Nh7 12.g5 f6 13.gxf6 Bxf6 14.f4 exf4 15.Nxf4 Bd4 16.
Nce2 Bg7 17.Ng1 O-O 18.Nf3 g5 19.Ne6 Bxe6 20.dxe6 Nc6 21.O-O Qe7 22.Be3 
Ne5 23.Nxe5 Rxf1+ 24.Qxf1 Bxe5 25.Qf5 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B02"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Bc4 Nb6 4.Bb3 d5 5.d4 Nc6 6.c3 Bf5 7.Ne2 e6 8.O-O f6 
9.exf6 Qxf6 10.Nd2 Bd6 11.f4 Na5 12.Bc2 Nac4 13.Nf3 Be7 14.Ng3 g6 15.Re1 
Nd7 16.Ng5 Nf8 17.Nxf5 gxf5 18.Qh5+ Qg6 19.Nxe6 Nxe6 20.Qxg6+ hxg6 21.Rxe6
Kf7 22.Re2 c6 23.g3 Rh3 24.b3 Nd6 25.Ba3 Rd8 26.Rd1 Bf6 27.Kg2 Rhh8 28.h4 
Ne4 29.Bb2 Nd6 30.Bd3 a6 31.Re3 Rd7 32.Be2 Ne4 33.Rh1 Re7 34.Bf3 Ke6 35.
Re2 Kd7 36.Rc1 Reh7 37.Rh1 Be7 38.Rd1 Bxh4 39.gxh4 Rxh4 40.Kg1 Rxf4 41.Rd3
Rfh4 42.Bc1 g5 43.c4 f4 44.cxd5 cxd5 45.Bd2 g4 46.Rxe4 gxf3 47.Rxf4 Rg8+ 
48.Kf1 Rh1+ 49.Kf2 Rh2+ 50.Kf1 Rh1+ 51.Kf2 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Zilberstein, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 c6 3.c4 d5 4.e5 Bg7 5.Nc3 Nh6 6.h4 Be6 7.Nge2 dxc4 8.Nf4 Bd5 
9.b3 cxb3 10.axb3 e6 11.Bd3 Nf5 12.Bxf5 exf5 13.Ba3 Bf8 14.Bxf8 Kxf8 15.
Qd2 Be6 16.Rd1 Qe7 17.Rh3 Na6 18.d5 cxd5 19.Nfxd5 Bxd5 20.Nxd5 Qxe5+ 21.
Re3 Qd6 22.Qc3 f6 23.Nc7 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B67"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 
Bd7 9.f4 b5 10.f5 Be7 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Nf3 Qc7 13.Kb1 Ne5 14.a3 Nf7 15.Bh4 
Rb8 16.g4 b4 17.axb4 Rxb4 18.g5 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 Rxe4 20.g6 hxg6 21.Bxe7 Kxe7 
22.Ng5 Re5 23.Nxf7 Kxf7 24.Bd3 Bb5 25.Qf4+ Ke7 26.Bxg6 Rf8 27.Qh4+ Kd7 28.
Rhg1 Kc8 29.Rg3 Rc5 30.Qh3 Qd7 31.Re3 Rf6 32.Rg3 Kb7 33.Rdg1 d5 34.b3 Rc7 
35.Qg2 Ka7 36.Bh5 Kb6 37.Qd2 Qd6 38.Be2 Qc5 39.Bxb5 Rf2 40.Be2 Rxh2 41.
R3g2 Rf7 42.Qd3 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhidkov, Valery"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B40"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.O-O d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9.c4 Bb7 10.Nc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Bb4 13.a3 Bxc3 14.Bb5+
Ke7 15.bxc3 Rhd8 16.Be3 Rdc8 17.Bd4 a6 18.Bf1 Bd5 19.Rab1 Ne4 20.c4 Bxc4 
21.Bxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alburt, Lev"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nc2 Nf6 7.g3 d6 8.Bg2 
Be6 9.Nd5 O-O 10.O-O Qd7 11.Bg5 Ng4 12.Rb1 Nge5 13.b3 h6 14.Bd2 Bh3 15.Qc1
Kh7 16.Re1 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 f5 18.f4 Ng4 19.Nce3 Nxe3+ 20.Nxe3 e5 21.Nd5 exf4 
22.Bxf4 g5 23.Be3 Rae8 24.Rf1 f4 25.gxf4 Nd4 26.Bxd4 Qg4+ 27.Kh1 Rxe2 28.
Bf2 Qf3+ 29.Kg1 Bd4 30.Qe1 gxf4 31.Ne7 Rf7 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A15"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e5 5.d3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.e4 c6
9.a3 Bxd2 10.Bxd2 d5 11.Bc3 dxc4 12.Nxe5 cxd3 13.Qb3 Qc7 14.Nxd3 Nbd7 15.
f3 Rad8 16.Rfe1 Ba6 17.Qc2 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Ne5 19.Qe2 c5 20.Rad1 c4 21.Rxd8 
Rxd8 22.Bxe5 Qc5+ 23.Kf1 Qxe5 24.Qxc4 Qxb2 25.e5 Nd5 26.f4 Qd2 27.Bxd5 
Qxd5 28.Qxd5 Rxd5 29.Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Zhidkov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B27"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Bb5 Qa5+ 6.Qc3 Qd8 7.Bc4 e6 8.e5 
Ne4 9.Qd3 f5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Nc6 12.O-O Bg7 13.Re1 Qa5 14.Bb5 O-O 15.
a4 Qc7 16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.Nd4 Qd5 18.Nb5 Qxd3 19.cxd3 d5 20.exd6 a6 21.Nc7 
Bxc3 22.Nxa8 Bxa1 23.Bg5 Bd4 24.Be7 Rf7 25.Rc1 Bd7 26.Rc7 Bxa4 27.Rc4 Bc6 
28.Rxd4 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dzhindzhikhashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E90"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.e4 O-O 7.Bd3 e6 8.O-O exd5 
9.exd5 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nfd7 12.Qd1 Na6 13.Bf4 Ne5 14.Bg3 Qb6 15.Rb1
Rae8 16.Be2 f5 17.Qd2 Qb4 18.a3 Qb3 19.Nb5 Nxc4 20.Bxc4 Qxc4 21.Nxd6 Qe2 
22.Rbd1 Re7 23.Bh4 Qxd2 24.Rxd2 Rd7 25.Nb5 Re8 26.d6 Re4 27.Be7 Kf7 28.
Rfd1 b6 29.f3 Re6 30.Bh4 Be5 31.Kf1 Nb8 32.Nxa7 Rxa7 33.d7 Nc6 34.d8=Q 
Nxd8 35.Rd7+ Rxd7 36.Rxd7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 d6 7.b4 a5 8.Bb2 e5
9.e3 Nbd7 10.Be2 Nb6 11.Qc2 Bg4 12.O-O Re8 13.d3 Qd7 14.Rfd1 Qa4 15.Qc3 
Qc6 16.b5 Qd7 17.a4 Qe7 18.h3 Bh5 19.Re1 Nfd7 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Bxh5 Qxc3 
22.Bxc3 Nc5 23.Be2 d5 24.cxd5 Nxd5 25.Bd2 Nb6 26.Ra3 Ncxa4 27.Rea1 Nc5 28.
Bxa5 Nd5 29.Bf3 c6 30.Bd2 Rac8 31.Rc1 Ne6 32.Ra7 Ne7 33.Rxb7 cxb5 34.Rxc8 
Nxc8 35.Bc6 Nd6 36.Bxe8 Nxb7 37.Bxb5 Nd6 38.Bc6 h6 39.Bb4 Nc8 40.d4 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mukhin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E54"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "199"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 
Bd7 9.Qe2 Bc6 10.Rd1 Qe7 11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nbd7 13.Bb2 Nb6 14.Bb3 Na4 15.
Ne5 Nxb2 16.Qxb2 Nd7 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Ba4 Rab8 19.Qe2 Rfc8 20.h3 g6 21.Rd2 
Nb6 22.Bd1 Rc7 23.Qa6 cxd4 24.cxd4 c5 25.dxc5 Rxc5 26.Rc2 Nd5 27.Rxc5 Qxc5
28.Bf3 Nc3 29.Qc6 Qxc6 30.Bxc6 Kf8 31.Kf1 Ke7 32.Rc1 Rb3 33.a4 a5 34.Ke1 
Ra3 35.Kd2 Nxa4 36.Bb5 Nb6 37.Rc6 Ra2+ 38.Ke1 Nd5 39.g3 Rb2 40.Rc5 Nb6 41.
Be2 a4 42.Ra5 Nd5 43.Ra7+ Kf6 44.Bc4 Nc3 45.f4 Rb1+ 46.Kd2 Ne4+ 47.Kd3 
Nxg3 48.e4 Rd1+ 49.Kc2 Rd4 50.e5+ Kg7 51.Bxe6 Rxf4 52.Bd7 Nf5 53.Bxa4 Re4 
54.Bb3 Rxe5 55.Rxf7+ Kh6 56.Kd2 Nd6 57.Rf4 Kg5 58.Rg4+ Kf6 59.Bc2 Nf5 60.
Rf4 h5 61.Rf1 Re6 62.Rg1 Ra6 63.Rb1 Kg5 64.Rg1+ Kf6 65.Bxf5 Kxf5 66.Ke2 
Ra3 67.h4 Rh3 68.Rf1+ Ke4 69.Rg1 Rh2+ 70.Ke1 Kf5 71.Rf1+ Ke6 72.Rg1 Kf6 
73.Rf1+ Kg7 74.Rf4 Rg2 75.Rf3 Rg4 76.Rh3 Kf6 77.Kf2 Ke5 78.Re3+ Kd4 79.Ra3
Kd5 80.Rd3+ Ke5 81.Re3+ Kf6 82.Rf3+ Kg7 83.Rh3 Rb4 84.Rh1 Kf6 85.Kg3 Rg4+ 
86.Kh3 Rf4 87.Ra1 Rf3+ 88.Kg2 Re3 89.Rf1+ Ke5 90.Rf8 Rd3 91.Rf7 Rd4 92.Kg3
Rg4+ 93.Kh3 Rf4 94.Re7+ Kf6 95.Re8 Rd4 96.Rf8+ Ke7 97.Rf3 Ke6 98.Rf8 Rd3+ 
99.Kg2 Rc3 100.Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yury"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D47"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 
Bb7 9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.O-O cxd4 13.Re1 Be7 14.Nxd4 Qa5 15.b3 
Nc3 16.Nxc3 bxc3 17.Bb5 O-O 18.Qg4 Nxe5 19.Rxe5 Bf6 20.Rg5 Rfd8 21.Rxg7+ 
Kh8 22.Rxf7 Rxd4 23.Qh5 Be4 24.Rxf6 Rd5 25.Qh6 Rg8 26.Rf8 Rd1+ 27.Bf1 Qf5 
28.Bb2 Rxf1+ 29.Rxf1 cxb2 30.Rxg8+ Kxg8 31.Qe3 a5 32.Qg3+ Kf7 33.Qc7+ Kg6 
34.Qd8 b1=Q 35.Rxb1 Bxb1 36.Qg8+ Kf6 37.Qf8+ Ke5 38.Qc5+ Kf6 39.Qf8+ Kg6 
40.Qg8+ Kh6 41.h4 Qf6 42.g4 Qxh4 43.Qxe6+ Bg6 44.Kg2 Qd8 45.f4 Kg7 46.Qe5+
Kg8 47.Kg3 Bf7 48.g5 Qb6 49.Kg4 Be6+ 50.f5 Bf7 51.Qf4 Bd5 52.g6 hxg6 53.
fxg6 Qc5 54.Qe5 Qc8+ 55.Kg5 Qd8+ 56.Qf6 Qc7 57.Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B93"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qb6 7.Nf3 g6 8.Bc4 Bg7
9.Qe2 e6 10.f5 O-O 11.fxg6 hxg6 12.Bb3 Nc6 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Rd1 b5 15.a3 Bb7 
16.O-O Ne5 17.Ng5 Rae8 18.Qe1 Nh7 19.Nxh7 Kxh7 20.Qd2 Rd8 21.Bg5 f6 22.Bf4
Qc5+ 23.Be3 Nc4 24.Bxc4 Qxc4 25.Qf2 Qc6 26.Qh4+ Kg8 27.Qg3 Kf7 28.Bd4 Rh8 
29.Qf2 f5 30.Bxg7 Kxg7 31.exf5 gxf5 32.Ne2 Kf7 33.Nd4 Qc5 34.Nf3 Kf6 35.
Qxc5 dxc5 36.Rde1 Rdg8 37.Re2 Rg4 38.Nd2 Rhg8 39.Rff2 e5 40.h3 Rd4 41.Kh2 
f4 42.Nf3 Re4 43.Rd2 Ke6 44.h4 Re3 45.Ng5+ Kf6 46.Rd6+ Kf5 47.Rb6 Rg7 48.
Rd2 Rg3 49.Rh6 e4 50.Ne6 Rg8 51.Nxc5 e3 52.Rh5+ Kg4 53.Re2 Kxh5 54.Nxb7 f3
55.gxf3 Kxh4 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A09"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "177"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 Nc6 4.b4 dxe3 5.fxe3 Nxb4 6.d4 e5 7.a3 Nc6 8.Nc3 Nf6
9.d5 Nb8 10.Nxe5 Bd6 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Bd3 Bg4 13.O-O Nbd7 14.Bb1 Bh5 15.Ra2 
Re8 16.Re2 a6 17.Qe1 Ne5 18.Qh4 Bg6 19.Bxg6 Nxg6 20.Qh3 Qd7 21.Qxd7 Nxd7 
22.Nd1 Nge5 23.Nxe5 Nxe5 24.Rc2 Nd3 25.Bd2 b6 26.a4 a5 27.Nc3 Rad8 28.Nb5 
h6 29.Nxd6 Rxd6 30.Ra1 Re4 31.Ra3 Ne5 32.Rac3 h5 33.h3 h4 34.Bc1 c5 35.Bd2
Rg6 36.Be1 Kf8 37.Kf1 Ke8 38.Bf2 Kd7 39.Bg1 Rg3 40.Kf2 Rg6 41.Bh2 Kc8 42.
Ke1 Rg5 43.Bf4 Rf5 44.Kd2 Kc7 45.Bxe5+ Rfxe5 46.Rc1 Rg5 47.Kd3 Re7 48.R3c2
Rge5 49.Re2 f5 50.Rf1 g5 51.Rf3 Re8 52.Rf1 Kd7 53.Rb1 Re4 54.Rxb6 f4 55.
Re6 R4xe6 56.dxe6+ Rxe6 57.exf4 Rd6+ 58.Ke3 gxf4+ 59.Kxf4 Rg6 60.Kf5 Rg3 
61.Re4 Rxg2 62.Rxh4 Rg3 63.Rh7+ Kd6 64.Rh6+ Kc7 65.Ke4 Ra3 66.Kd5 Rxa4 67.
Rh7+ Kd8 68.Kd6 Ke8 69.Kxc5 Ra1 70.Kc6 Kd8 71.c5 a4 72.Ra7 a3 73.h4 Ke8 
74.h5 Kf8 75.h6 Kg8 76.Rg7+ Kh8 77.Rg3 Kh7 78.Rh3 Ra2 79.Rd3 Ra1 80.Kd6 a2
81.Rd2 Kxh6 82.c6 Kg6 83.c7 Rc1 84.Rxa2 Rd1+ 85.Ke6 Re1+ 86.Kd7 Rd1+ 87.
Kc8 Kf7 88.Rc2 Rb1 89.Kd7 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kapengut, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 e6 4.Bg5 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.Nc3 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 b6
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Qe2 Nc6 13.a3 Bb7 14.O-O Rfc8 15.
Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zilberstein, Valery"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A49"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.a4 a5 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.b3 e5 
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Ba3 Re8 11.Nd2 Bf8 12.Bxf8 Nxf8 13.Nc4 Qe7 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.
Qxd5 Kg7 16.Rfd1 c6 17.Qd6 Qxd6 18.Nxd6 Re7 19.Rd2 f5 20.Rad1 e4 21.f3 
exf3 22.exf3 Be6 23.f4 Rb8 24.Bf1 Rd7 25.Bc4 Kf6 26.Bxe6 Kxe6 27.Nc4 Rxd2 
28.Rxd2 Ra8 29.Re2+ Kf6 30.Re5 Ne6 31.Rxa5 Rd8 32.Kf2 Rd1 33.Ra7 Nc5 34.
Ke2 Rh1 35.h4 Rh2+ 36.Kd1 Rh1+ 37.Ke2 Rh2+ 38.Kd1 Rh1+ 39.Kd2 Ne4+ 40.Ke3 
Re1+ 41.Kd3 b5 42.axb5 cxb5 43.Ne3 Nc5+ 44.Kd4 Ne6+ 45.Kd3 Nc5+ 46.Kd2 Rg1
47.Nd5+ Ke6 48.Nc7+ Kf6 49.Nd5+ Ke6 50.Nc7+ Kf6 51.Nxb5 Rxg3 52.Nc7 Rh3 
53.Ne8+ Ke6 54.Rxh7 Kd5 55.Nf6+ Kd4 56.Rc7 Rh2+ 57.Kc1 Rxh4 58.c3+ Kxc3 
59.Rxc5+ Kxb3 60.Nd5 Rg4 61.Kd2 g5 62.Kd3 Rg3+ 63.Kd4 gxf4 64.Rb5+ Kc2 65.
Rc5+ Kd2 66.Nxf4 Re3 67.Rxf5 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alburt, Lev"]
[Black "Zilberstein, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "D01"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6 4.Qd3 Nbd7 5.e4 Nxe4 6.Nxe4 dxe4 7.Qxe4 Nf6 8.
Bxf6 Qa5+ 9.c3 gxf6 10.Bc4 Bh6 11.Ne2 Qf5 12.Qxf5 Bxf5 13.O-O Bd7 14.Rae1 
Rc8 15.Ng3 Kf8 16.Re4 e6 17.Rh4 Bg5 18.Rh5 Bf4 19.Ne4 f5 20.Nf6 Ke7 21.
Nxh7 Rcg8 22.Re1 Rg6 23.h4 Rhg8 24.g3 f6 25.Rxf5 Bd2 26.Re2 Bc1 27.Rf3 Rh6
28.Rc2 Rxh7 29.Rxc1 Rxh4 30.Re1 Rh6 31.Rf4 Rgh8 32.Kg2 Kd6 33.b4 f5 34.Kf3
b6 35.Ke3 Rh2 36.Rg1 R8h6 37.g4 R6h3+ 38.Rf3 fxg4 39.Rxg4 Rxf3+ 40.Kxf3 
Rh3+ 41.Rg3 Rh1 42.Ke4 Re1+ 43.Kd3 c5 44.Kd2 Re4 45.Kd3 Re1 46.dxc5+ bxc5 
47.b5 e5 48.Rg6+ Kc7 49.Ra6 Kb8 50.a4 Bf5+ 51.Kd2 Rb1 52.Rf6 Rb2+ 53.Ke3 
Rc2 54.Rxf5 Rxc3+ 55.Bd3 c4 56.Rxe5 Rxd3+ 57.Ke4 Ra3 58.Kd5 Rf3 59.Re2 Kc7
60.Kxc4 Kb6 61.Re6+ Kb7 62.Re7+ Kb6 63.a5+ Kxa5 64.Rxa7+ Kb6 65.Ra2 Rf4+ 
66.Kd5 Rf8 67.Rb2 Rd8+ 68.Ke6 Rf8 69.Ke5 Re8+ 70.Kf6 Rf8+ 71.Kg6 Rg8+ 72.
Kf7 Rg4 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mukhin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "D31"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Nge2 
Nbd7 9.h3 Be6 10.O-O c6 11.Bh2 Nb6 12.b3 Re8 13.f3 Bf8 14.Qd2 a5 15.Rab1 
Bb4 16.e4 dxe4 17.fxe4 Nfd7 18.Rf3 Nf8 19.Qc1 Ng6 20.Nd1 Be7 21.a4 Bg5 22.
Qc5 Nd7 23.Qc3 Nf6 24.Qc5 h6 25.Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 Nbd7 
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Ne4 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Nxd6 13.Nb5 Nxb5 14.Bxb5 Rc8 15.
Bc6 Bxc6 16.Rxc6 Nb8 17.Rc3 Qd6 18.O-O c5 19.dxc5 bxc5 20.Qc2 Nd7 21.e4 
dxe4 22.Qxe4 Nb6 23.b3 Rfe8 24.Qc2 Nd5 25.Rd1 Qe7 26.Rcd3 Nf4 27.Re3 Ne6 
28.Qc4 Rcd8 29.Rde1 h6 30.h3 Qb7 31.Re5 Rb8 32.R1e3 Red8 33.Qg4 Qc7 34.Nh4
Rd4 35.Qg3 Rd1+ 36.Kh2 c4 37.Nf5 Kh7 38.b4 Rbd8 39.Rc3 Ra1 40.Ne3 Rd3 41.
Rxc4 Rdd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Dzhindzhikhashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D16"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Na6 6.e3 Bg4 7.Bxc4 e6 8.h3 Bh5 
9.O-O Be7 10.Qe2 Nb4 11.Rd1 O-O 12.g4 Bg6 13.e4 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kapengut, Albert"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B83"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3 
O-O 9.f4 Bd7 10.Nb3 Rc8 11.Bf3 a6 12.a4 Nb4 13.Rf2 e5 14.Rd2 Qc7 15.a5 Bc6
16.Qe2 Qb8 17.Rad1 Nd7 18.Bg4 Rcd8 19.Bxd7 exf4 20.Bxf4 Bxd7 21.Bxd6 Bxd6 
22.Rxd6 Be6 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Nc5 Rxd1+ 25.Qxd1 h6 26.N3a4 Nc6 27.Qd2 Qc7 
28.b4 Bc4 29.Nb6 Be6 30.Nd5 Qe5 31.c3 Kh7 32.h3 Qg3 33.Qf2 Qg5 34.Qe3 Qe5 
35.Qf3 Nd8 36.Qf4 Qxf4 37.Nxf4 Bc4 38.Kf2 g5 39.Nd5 Kg8 40.Ke3 Bf1 41.Kf2 
Bb5 42.Ne7+ Kg7 43.Nf5+ Kg6 44.Nd6 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.Bg2 a5 6.Nc3 c6 7.O-O b5 8.d4 d5 9.
Ne5 Qc7 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Nd3 Rb8 12.Re1 Rd8 13.a4 b4 14.Ne2 Ba6 15.Rc1 Qb6 
16.Nef4 Ne4 17.h4 h5 18.g4 hxg4 19.Qxg4 Ndf6 20.Qd1 Bc8 21.f3 Ng3 22.Qd2 
Nf5 23.Qf2 Bh6 24.Rcd1 Kh7 25.Nh3 Kg8 26.Ng5 Bd7 27.Ne5 Be8 28.e4 Ng7 29.
Bh3 Ngh5 30.Nd3 e6 31.e5 Nd7 32.Bg4 Ng7 33.Bc1 Rdc8 34.Nxe6 Nxe6 35.Bxh6 
c5 36.Bxe6 fxe6 37.Kh2 cxd4 38.Qg2 Kh7 39.Bc1 Bf7 40.Nf4 Qc7 41.Re2 Nxe5 
42.Rde1 Nc6 43.Rxe6 Rg8 44.Kh1 Bxe6 45.Nxe6 Rge8 46.Qd2 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B49"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 
Bb4 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Na4 Bb7 11.c4 Bd6 12.f4 Nxe4 13.c5 Be7 14.Bd4 O-O 15.
Bd3 f5 16.Bxe4 fxe4 17.Be5 Qd8 18.Qd4 Rf7 19.Rac1 a5 20.Qxe4 Ba6 21.Rf3 
Bb5 22.Rh3 h6 23.Nb6 Bxc5+ 24.Rxc5 Qxb6 25.Bd4 Qc7 26.g3 d5 27.Qg6 e5 28.
Bxe5 Qa7 29.Rxh6 Qxc5+ 30.Kg2 Bf1+ 31.Kxf1 Qc4+ 32.Kf2 Qe4 33.Qxe4 dxe4 
34.Rxc6 a4 35.a3 Kh7 36.Ke3 Rfa7 37.Kxe4 Ra6 38.Rc4 R8a7 39.Kf5 Rg6 40.Ke4
Rh6 41.h4 Re6 42.g4 Re8 43.Kf5 Rf8+ 44.Kg5 Rd8 45.h5 Rd1 46.Rc6 Rh1 47.Bc3
Rh2 48.f5 Rh1 49.Rc8 Rh2 50.Re8 Rf2 51.f6 gxf6+ 52.Bxf6 Ra5+ 53.Be5 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E97"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.Nd2 c5 10.a3 Ne8 11.Bg4 f5 12.Bh3 Kh8 13.b4 b6 14.Rb1 Ng8 15.a4 Ngf6 16.
a5 Bh6 17.exf5 gxf5 18.axb6 axb6 19.bxc5 bxc5 20.Nf3 Bxc1 21.Qxc1 f4 22.
Bxc8 Qxc8 23.Nd2 Rg8 24.f3 Ng7 25.Nde4 Nxe4 26.fxe4 Nh5 27.Qd1 Qh3 28.Qf3 
Rxg2+ 29.Qxg2 Rg8 30.Qxg8+ Kxg8 31.Nd1 f3 32.Rb8+ Kf7 33.Ne3 Nf4 34.Rf2 
Ne2+ 35.Kh1 Ng3+ 36.Kg1 Nxe4 37.Rb7+ Kg6 38.Re7 Nxf2 39.Re6+ Kg5 40.Kxf2 
Kf4 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Zhidkov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D34"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 
O-O 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5 d4 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Qd2 Bf5 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6
15.Qf4 Rfe8 16.Rfe1 Rad8 17.Rad1 h6 18.Nh4 Re5 19.Nxf5 Rxf5 20.Qc7 Rxf2 
21.Rf1 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 Qe7 23.Qxe7 Nxe7 24.Bxb7 Rb8 25.Ba6 Rxb2 26.Bc4 Rc2 
27.Bxf7+ Kh7 28.Rf2 Ng8 29.Be6 Rc1+ 30.Kg2 Nf6 31.Rf5 Rc7 32.Ra5 g5 33.
Bf5+ Kg7 34.Kf2 Ng8 35.Ra6 Rf7 36.g4 Rb7 37.Ke1 Nf6 38.Kd2 Re7 39.Kd3 h5 
40.h3 hxg4 41.hxg4 Nd5 42.Kxd4 Nb4 43.Ra4 Nc6+ 44.Kd5 Ne5 45.Ra6 Nf7 46.
Rg6+ Kh8 47.Be6 Kh7 48.Rf6 Nd8 49.Bf5+ Kg7 50.Rg6+ Kf8 51.e4 Rb7 52.a4 Rb1
53.Ra6 Rd1+ 54.Ke5 Rc1 55.Kf6 Nc6 56.e5 Rc4 57.e6 Rc5 58.Be4 Ne5 59.e7+ 
Ke8 60.Bf5 Nxg4+ 61.Bxg4 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nf3 
Re8 9.O-O Nf8 10.Qc2 Be6 11.Ne5 N6d7 12.Bf4 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 c6 14.Na4 f6 15.
Bg3 Bf7 16.b4 Bd6 17.Rab1 Bxg3 18.hxg3 a6 19.Nc5 Re7 20.a4 Rc7 21.Rfc1 Qe7
22.Rb3 g6 23.Rc3 Rac8 24.Nxb7 Rxb7 25.Bxa6 Ra8 26.Bxb7 Qxb7 27.Qb3 Ra6 28.
b5 cxb5 29.Rc7 Qb6 30.axb5 Ra5 31.R1c6 Qxb5 32.Qxb5 Rxb5 33.Rxf6 Be8 34.
Rc8 Kg7 35.Rf3 Rb1+ 36.Kh2 Nd7 37.Rxe8 Nf6 38.Re7+ 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O Nd6 8.Nc3 
c6 9.Re1 O-O 10.Ne2 Nd7 11.Ng3 Re8 12.c3 Nf8 13.Qc2 Bg4 14.Ne5 Be6 15.f4 
f6 16.Nf3 Bf7 17.f5 Nd7 18.Bf4 c5 19.Rad1 c4 20.Be2 b5 21.Nd2 b4 22.Bh5 
Nb5 23.Bxf7+ Kxf7 24.Qa4 a6 25.cxb4 Nb6 26.Qa5 c3 27.bxc3 Nxc3 28.Rc1 Nba4
29.Qxd8 Bxd8 30.Rxe8 Kxe8 31.a3 a5 32.Nb3 axb4 33.axb4 Nb5 34.Ra1 Ra6 35.
Kf1 Be7 36.Bd2 Nd6 37.Be1 Nc4 38.Ke2 Ncb2 39.Nh5 g6 40.fxg6 hxg6 41.Nf4 
Kf7 42.Nxd5 Bf8 43.Kf3 f5 44.h4 Bh6 45.Bg3 Bg7 46.Bf4 Ra7 47.Nb6 Bf6 48.g3
Bd8 49.Nxa4 Rxa4 50.Rxa4 Nxa4 51.Nc5 Nc3 52.Bd2 Nd5 53.Nd7 Bf6 54.Nxf6 
Kxf6 55.b5 Ke6 56.Bf4 Kd7 57.Be5 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D87"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.d4 g6 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 
O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.f4 Bg4 13.f5 gxf5 14.h3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 Qg3 17.Rf3 Qh4 18.Rxf5 Nxd4 19.Bxf7+ Kh8 20.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 
21.Kh1 Rac8 22.Rcf1 Rf8 23.Qd3 Bg7 24.e5 Rcd8 25.Qf3 Qb4 26.Qg3 Qe4 27.Be6
Rxf5 28.Bxf5 Qxe5 29.Qh4 h6 30.Qg4 Qf6 31.Bd3 Rxd3 32.Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Kapengut, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E90"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Bg5 h6 9.
Be3 Nc5 10.Nd2 Nh7 11.b4 Na6 12.a3 f5 13.Nb3 Nf6 14.c5 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 fxe4 
16.Bc4 Qe8 17.c6 bxc6 18.dxc6+ Be6 19.Bxe6+ Qxe6 20.Na5 d5 21.Qb3 Rf6 22.
O-O Rd8 23.Nb7 Re8 24.b5 d4 25.Qxe6+ Rexe6 26.Bd2 Bf8 27.Rfc1 Nb8 28.Nc5 
Bxc5 29.Rxc5 Rf5 30.Re1 Ref6 31.Rxe4 Rxf2 32.Bxh6 d3 33.Rd5 Re2 34.Rexe5 
Nxc6 35.bxc6 Rxe5 36.Rxe5 Rxc6 37.Be3 Rc3 38.Kf2 Kf7 39.a4 Rc2+ 40.Kf3 Kf6
41.Rd5 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dzhindzhikhashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "A57"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.c4 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.b6 d6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.b7 Bxb7 
9.e4 Bg7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Qc7 12.Bf4 Rab8 13.Qd2 Bc8 14.Rfe1 Qa5 15.Rab1 
Nb6 16.e5 Nh5 17.Bh6 Bg4 18.Bxg7 Nxg7 19.exd6 exd6 20.b4 cxb4 21.Ne4 f5 
22.Qh6 Ne8 23.Nfg5 Rb7 24.Ne6 Rff7 25.Bxg4 fxg4 26.Nd8 Nxd5 27.Nxb7 Rxb7 
28.Nc5 Re7 29.Ne6 Ng7 30.Nxg7 Rxg7 31.Re8+ Kf7 32.Rbe1 Qxa2 33.Qg5 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 
Re8 9.f3 c6 10.Kh1 Nh5 11.f4 Qh4 12.Kg1 Na6 13.Be3 Nc5 14.Bf2 Qxf4 15.Bxh5
gxh5 16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.exf5 Qxf5 18.Qxd6 Ne4 19.Nxe4 Rxe4 20.Bxa7 Qe6 21.Qxe6
fxe6 22.Rad1 Bxb2 23.Bb6 Rxc4 24.Rd7 Rb4 25.Bc5 Rb5 26.Be7 Rxa2 27.Rf8+ 
Kg7 28.Bd6+ Kg6 29.h3 Bd4+ 30.Kh2 Rd5 31.Rg8+ Kf5 32.Rf7+ Ke4 33.Bb8 b5 
34.Rg3 Rf5 35.Rxh7 Ra1 36.Rg6 Bg1+ 37.Kg3 Bf2+ 38.Kh2 e5 39.g4 Bg1+ 40.Kg2
Rf2+ 41.Kg3 Rf3+ 42.Kh4 Bf2+ 43.Kg5 Be3+ 44.Kh4 Rh1 45.gxh5 Rhxh3+ 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mukhin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B87"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.f4 Bb7 
9.O-O b4 10.Na4 Bxe4 11.Re1 Be7 12.c3 d5 13.Be3 O-O 14.Qe2 bxc3 15.bxc3 
Qd6 16.Red1 Nc6 17.c4 Nxd4 18.Rxd4 Rac8 19.Rad1 Qc6 20.cxd5 exd5 21.h3 
Rfd8 22.Qf2 h5 23.R4d2 Bb4 24.Re2 Qb5 25.Bd4 Bd3 26.Re3 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yury"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.c4 Be7 8.b3 Nc6 
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bb2 O-O 11.Qe2 a5 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.Rad1 Nc5 14.e5 d5 15.Bb1 
Rb8 16.Ba3 Nd7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Rfe1 Qg5 19.Rd4 f5 20.exf6 Nxf6 21.f4 Qh6 
22.Rf1 Bd7 23.h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B72"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Nb3 
O-O 9.f4 Be6 10.g4 Rc8 11.f5 Bxb3 12.axb3 e6 13.g5 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 exf5 15.
Nc3 Re8 16.Bf2 Qxg5 17.Kf1 d5 18.Nxd5 f4 19.c4 Ne5 20.Rg1 Qh6 21.h4 Rc6 
22.Rxa7 Rce6 23.Rxb7 Nc6 24.Bg4 Re4 25.Bf3 Rd4 26.Bxd4 Nxd4 27.Re7 Rb8 28.
Re4 Nxb3 29.Ne7+ Kh8 30.Nc6 Ra8 31.Qxb3 Qxh4 32.Ke2 h5 33.Ne5 Kh7 34.Nxf7 
Rb8 35.Qxb8 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b6 7.b4 Bb7 8.Bb2 
d6 9.e3 Nbd7 10.Be2 c5 11.d4 Qe7 12.O-O Ne4 13.Qc2 f5 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.b5 
Ndf6 16.Nd2 Rad8 17.f3 Ng5 18.Rfd1 e5 19.h4 Ne6 20.Qxf5 Nd5 21.Qd3 Ndf4 
22.exf4 Nxf4 23.Qe3 Qxh4 24.Ne4 Rf5 25.Qf2 Qh6 26.Ng3 Rg5 27.Bc1 Rf8 28.
Ra2 e4 29.Bxf4 Rxf4 30.Rad2 e3 31.Qxe3 Rxg3 32.Bf1 Rg6 33.Re1 Rgf6 34.Qe8+
Rf8 35.Qe6+ Qxe6 36.Rxe6 d5 37.cxd5 Rd8 38.d6 Kf8 39.Re5 Bc8 40.Rxc5 Ra4 
41.Rc4 Rxc4 42.Bxc4 g5 43.Kf2 Kg7 44.Re2 Kf6 45.Re7 Rxd6 46.Rxa7 Rd2+ 47.
Ke3 Rxg2 48.Rxh7 g4 49.Rc7 Bf5 50.Kf4 gxf3 51.Rc6+ Ke7 52.Kxf5 f2 53.Bf1 
Rg3 54.Rc2 Rxa3 55.Rxf2 Kd6 56.Rd2+ Kc5 57.Rc2+ Kb6 58.Rc6+ Kb7 59.Bg2 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C93"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "46"]

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 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 c5 15.d5 g6 16.
b3 Bg7 17.Be3 Kh7 18.Qd2 Ng8 19.Rf1 Rf8 20.Rae1 Nb7 21.Nh2 Qa5 22.Bb1 Rae8
23.Rc1 Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zhidkov, Valery"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B48"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Qc7 7.Bd3 b5 8.Nb3 
Nf6 9.f4 Bb4 10.O-O Bb7 11.a4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 b4 13.c4 d6 14.a5 Rc8 15.Qe2 
O-O 16.Bb6 Qb8 17.c5 d5 18.e5 Ne4 19.Bxa6 Bxa6 20.Qxa6 f6 21.Qd3 fxe5 22.
f5 Nc3 23.fxe6 e4 24.Qh3 Qe5 25.Rf7 Ne2+ 26.Kh1 Nf4 27.Qg3 e3 28.Re1 d4 
29.a6 Nxe6 30.Qxe5 Nxe5 31.Rxf8+ Rxf8 32.Kg1 Nc6 33.a7 Ra8 34.Ra1 Kf7 35.
Nc1 Nf4 36.g3 Nd5 37.Nd3 Ke6 38.Rf1 g5 39.Kg2 h5 40.h3 Rg8 41.Ra1 Ra8 42.
Kf3 Nc3 43.Ra6 Kd5 44.Ba5 Na2 45.Bd8 g4+ 46.hxg4 hxg4+ 47.Kxg4 b3 48.Nf4+ 
Kxc5 49.Nd3+ Kd5 50.Bf6 Nab4 51.Nxb4+ Nxb4 52.Ra5+ Ke6 53.Bxd4 Nc6 54.Ra6 
e2 55.Bf2 Kd5 56.cxb3 Ne5+ 57.Kh3 Nd3 58.Kg2 e1=Q 59.Bxe1 Nxe1+ 60.Kf2 
Nd3+ 61.Ke3 Nb4 62.Ra5+ Kd6 63.Ke4 Nc6 64.Ra6 Rxa7 65.Rxa7 Nxa7 66.Kf5 Nc6
67.Kf6 Ne5 68.b4 Ng4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zilberstein, Valery"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.Bb2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.c4 c5 8.d4 d6 9.
Nc3 e6 10.Rc1 Qe7 11.Rc2 Ne4 12.e3 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Be4 14.Rd2 Nc6 15.Ba1 Rfd8
16.dxc5 dxc5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qa1+ Qf6 19.Qxf6+ Kxf6 20.Rfd1 Rxd2 21.Nxd2 
Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Alburt, Lev"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.d5 Qb6 5.Qc1 Bg7 6.c3 e6 7.e4 f5 8.Na3 O-O
9.Nc4 Qd8 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.Nd6 Qe7 12.Nxc8 Rxc8 13.Qe3 fxe4 14.Qxe4 d5 15.
Qg4 Nd7 16.Nf3 Nf6 17.Qg5 h6 18.Qg6 e5 19.Nh4 Qf7 20.Qf5 e4 21.g3 Re8 22.
Bb5 Re6 23.O-O Rb6 24.c4 a6 25.Ba4 Rxb2 26.Rfb1 Rxb1+ 27.Rxb1 dxc4 28.Bc2 
b5 29.Rd1 Re8 30.Qxc5 Ng4 31.h3 Bf8 32.Qb6 Re6 33.Qd4 Rd6 34.hxg4 Rxd4 35.
Rxd4 e3 36.fxe3 Qc7 37.Nf5 a5 38.Kh2 a4 39.Rd5 Qb7 40.Be4 Qa6 41.Rd7 Qc8 
42.Bd5+ Kh8 43.Rf7 Qd8 44.e4 c3 45.Nd4 Bd6 46.Kh3 Be5 47.Nc6 Qe8 48.Rf1 
Kg7 49.Kg2 Bf6 50.Rb1 Qd7 51.Kf3 Qd6 52.Nb4 Bg5 53.Nc2 Qc5 54.Be6 Qf8+ 55.
Kg2 Qd6 56.Bd5 Qc5 57.Rf1 Bf6 58.Rb1 Be7 59.a3 Qc8 60.Kf3 Bc5 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 
d6 9.f4 Na5 10.a4 Be7 11.Nb3 O-O 12.Nxa5 Qxa5 13.Qe1 Kh8 14.Kh1 Bd7 15.Bd3
Rac8 16.Rf3 Bc6 17.Rh3 Qc7 18.a5 g6 19.Bb6 Qd7 20.Bd4 Kg8 21.Qh4 e5 22.
fxe5 Nh5 23.Qf2 dxe5 24.Bxe5 Qe6 25.Bd4 Bf6 26.Bxf6 Nxf6 27.Qh4 h5 28.Rf1 
Kg7 29.Rhf3 Nd7 30.Ne2 Ne5 31.Nd4 Qd6 32.Nf5+ gxf5 33.Qg3+ Kh6 34.Rxf5 f6 
35.Be2 Be8 36.Bxh5 Bxh5 37.Qh4 Kg7 38.Rxh5 Rh8 39.Qg3+ Kf7 40.Rxe5 Rc5 41.
Rg5 Qxg3 42.Rxg3 Rxc2 43.e5 f5 44.Rxf5+ Ke6 45.Rf1 Rxb2 46.h3 Rh5 47.Re1 
Rb5 48.Ra3 Rhxe5 49.Rxe5+ Kxe5 50.Kh2 Kf4 51.h4 Kg4 52.Ra4+ Kh5 53.Kh3 
Rb3+ 54.g3 Rb5 55.Rd4 Rxa5 56.Rd6 Ra3 57.Rb6 a5 58.Rxb7 Kg6 59.Rb5 Ra1 60.
h5+ Kf6 61.Kh4 a4 62.Rb6+ Kf7 63.Ra6 a3 64.Kg5 a2 65.g4 Kf8 66.Ra7 Ke8 67.
h6 Kf8 68.h7 Rh1 69.Kg6 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E54"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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 
Bd7 9.Qd3 Bc6 10.Ne5 Qe7 11.a3 Ba5 12.dxc5 Rd8 13.Qc2 Qxc5 14.f4 Bxc3 15.
Qxc3 Bd5 16.b4 Qc7 17.Bb2 Ne4 18.Qc2 Nd7 19.Rac1 Nxe5 20.Bxd5 Qxc2 21.Rxc2
exd5 22.Bxe5 Rac8 23.Rfc1 Rc4 24.b5 Rdc8 25.Rxc4 Rxc4 26.Rd1 f6 27.Bb8 a6 
28.bxa6 bxa6 29.g4 Nc3 30.Rd3 Kf7 31.Kg2 g6 32.Rd2 Ke6 33.Kf3 Ra4 34.Rd3 
Rxa3 35.f5+ gxf5 36.gxf5+ Kxf5 37.Bd6 Rb3 38.Bc5 a5 39.Bd4 Ne4 40.Rd1 a4 
41.Ba1 Ke6 42.Rd4 Ra3 43.Bb2 Ra2 44.Rb4 a3 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B17"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Ne5 Be6 8.
c4 g6 9.Be2 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Be3 Qc7 12.h3 Rfd8 13.Nf3 b5 14.b3 bxc4 15.
bxc4 c5 16.d5 Bf5 17.Nh4 Bd7 18.Qc2 Rab8 19.Rab1 Rb6 20.Bd2 Ra6 21.Bd3 e6 
22.dxe6 Ba4 23.Rb3 Bxb3 24.axb3 Rxe6 25.Be3 Qe7 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kapengut, Albert"]
[Black "Zhidkov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "58"]

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 Bb7 10.d4 Na5 11.Bc2 Nc4 12.b3 Nb6 13.Nbd2 Nbd7 14.a4 Re8 15.Bd3 Qb8 
16.b4 Bf8 17.Bb2 c6 18.Qb3 Nb6 19.a5 Na4 20.Rad1 Nxb2 21.Qxb2 Qc7 22.Bb1 
Rad8 23.Ba2 h6 24.Nh4 c5 25.d5 c4 26.Nf1 Bc8 27.g4 g6 28.Ng3 Qe7 29.Ng2 
Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 a5 5.Bg2 O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3
9.Bxc3 e5 10.d4 Qe7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.O-O Nc6 13.a3 f5 14.Rfd1 Be6 15.Qb2 e4
16.Bxg7 Qxg7 17.Qxg7+ Kxg7 18.Ng5 Bc8 19.f3 h6 20.Nh3 g5 21.fxe4 fxe4 22.
Nf2 e3 23.Ne4 a4 24.b4 Ne5 25.Rd5 Re8 26.Rf1 Ra6 27.Nc5 Rf6 28.Nxa4 Rxf1+ 
29.Bxf1 Nxc4 30.Rc5 b5 31.Rxc7+ Kf8 32.Nc3 Nxa3 33.Rh7 Bf5 34.Rxh6 Kg7 35.
Ra6 Nc2 36.Nxb5 Rb8 37.Nd6 Be6 38.Ne4 Bc4 39.Rc6 Rxb4 40.Nd6 Bb3 41.Nf5+ 
Kf7 42.Rc3 Kf6 43.Nxe3 Nxe3 44.Rxe3 g4 45.h4 gxh3 46.Bxh3 Bd5 47.Kf2 Be4 
48.Bg4 Bg6 49.Bf3 Bf5 50.Rc3 Ra4 51.Rc6+ Kg5 52.Rc5 Kf6 53.Ke3 Be6 54.Rb5 
Bf5 55.Rd5 Be6 56.Rd8 Ke5 57.Re8 Kf6 58.Rf8+ Ke5 59.Rf4 Rc4 60.Rxc4 Bxc4 
61.Bg4 Bb5 62.Bc8 Bc6 63.g4 Bd5 64.Bf5 Bc6 65.Kf2 Kf4 66.e3+ Kg5 67.Kg3 
Ba4 68.Kf3 Bc6+ 69.e4 Ba4 70.Ke3 Bc6 71.e5 Bb7 72.Kd4 Kf4 73.e6 Bc6 74.Kc5
Ba4 75.Kd6 Kg5 76.e7 Be8 77.Kc7 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D94"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.Bd2 Bb7 10.Rc1 Nc6 11.Qa4 a6 12.b4 Qd6 13.Qb3 Ne4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Ng5 
Nd8 16.f3 exf3 17.Bxf3 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 b5 19.d5 e6 20.e4 f5 21.Ng5 exd5 22.
Bf4 Be5 23.Bxe5 Qxe5 24.exd5 Nf7 25.Nf3 Qe7 26.Rfe1 Qa7+ 27.Kh1 Rad8 28.
Rc5 Nd6 29.Ng5 Rfe8 30.Ne6 Rd7 31.h3 Rde7 32.Rec1 Nc4 33.a4 Qd7 34.axb5 
axb5 35.Qa2 Nb6 36.Kg1 Ra8 37.Qb3 Nc4 38.Qg3 Qd6 39.Qg5 Rea7 40.h4 Qe7 41.
Qxe7 Rxe7 42.Rxb5 Ne3 43.Re1 Ng4 44.Rc5 Nf6 45.b5 Rb8 46.d6 Rd7 47.Rc6 Ne4
48.Rxe4 fxe4 49.Nc5 Rf7 50.d7 Rd8 51.b6 e3 52.Re6 Rfxd7 53.Nxd7 Rxd7 54.
Rxe3 Rd1+ 55.Kf2 Rb1 56.Re6 Kf7 57.Rc6 Rb3 58.g4 Ke7 59.g5 Rb4 60.Kg3 Kd7 
61.Rf6 Ke7 62.Kh3 Kd7 63.Kg3 Ke7 64.Rc6 Kd7 65.Rc7+ Kd6 66.Rb7 Ke5 67.Re7+
Kd6 68.Rf7 Ke6 69.Rf8 Ke5 70.Rb8 Rb3+ 71.Kg4 Rb4+ 72.Kf3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E62"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 c6 7.O-O Qa5 8.d5 Qb4 
9.Nd2 Bd7 10.a4 a5 $1 11.Ra3 Qb6 12.Qb3 Qc7 13.Nde4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Na6 15.
Bg5 Bf5 16.Nc3 Nc5 17.Qa2 Ra6 $15 18.Rc1 Rb6 19.Bd2 Ra8 20.Nd1 Bg4 21.f3 
Bd7 22.Kh1 Qd8 23.b3 Qe8 24.Nc3 Qf8 25.Qc2 e6 26.f4 
    ( 26.dxe6 Bxe6 )
26...cxd5 27.cxd5 e5 $1 28.Bf3 Qe7 29.Nb5 exf4 30.Bxf4 
    ( 30.gxf4 Bf5 )
30...Be5 31.Bd2 Bf5 32.e4 Bd7 33.Bg2 Kg7 34.Nc7 $2 Rc8 35.Bxa5 Rxb3 $1 36.
Rxb3 Bxa4 37.Rxb7 Bxc2 38.Ne6+ Qxe6 39.dxe6 Nxb7 40.Rxc2 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 c6 7.O-O e5 8.Re1 exd4 
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.f3 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Qb6 13.Kh1 Qxd4 14.Bg5 Qxd1 15.
Raxd1 h6 16.Bc4 Bd7 17.Bh4 Na6 18.Ne4 g5 19.Bf2 cxd5 20.Bxd5 Bc6 21.Bxc6 
bxc6 22.Rd6 Nb4 23.a3 Nd5 24.Rxc6 Nf4 25.Rd1 Rad8 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.h4 Rd1+ 
28.Kh2 f5 29.Ng3 Rd2 30.Kg1 Rd1+ 31.Kh2 Rd2 32.Kg1 Nd3 33.Nxf5 Rxf2 34.Rg6
Rxg2+ 35.Kh1 Rxb2 36.Rxg7+ Kf8 37.Rxa7 Ne5 38.Ra8+ Kf7 39.Nxh6+ Kg6 40.
Ra6+ Kh5 41.Rf6 Nxf3 42.Rxf3 Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Mukhin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B87"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Bb7
9.Re1 Nbd7 10.Bg5 Nc5 11.Bd5 b4 12.Bxb7 Nxb7 13.Nd5 exd5 14.exd5+ Kd7 15.
c3 b3 16.Qxb3 Nc5 17.Qc4 Qc8 18.Nc6 h6 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Re3 Kc7 21.b4 Rg8 
1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Zilberstein, Valery"]
[Black "Dzhindzhikhashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E04"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.O-O Nb6 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.Qc2 
O-O 9.Nxc4 Nxc4 10.Qxc4 c6 11.Ne5 Nd7 12.Bf4 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Qb6 14.Qc2 f6 
15.Bf4 Qxd4 16.Be3 Qg4 17.f4 e5 18.f5 Rd8 19.Be4 Bd7 20.Kg2 Be8 21.h3 Qh5 
22.g4 Qf7 23.h4 Bf8 24.Rf3 c5 25.g5 Bc6 26.Bxc6 bxc6 27.Bf2 Rab8 28.e4 Rb4
29.b3 c4 30.Rg3 Kh8 31.g6 Qb7 32.Rd1 Rb8 33.Rc3 cxb3 34.axb3 a5 35.h5 h6 
36.Rd2 Kg8 37.Rxc6 Rxb3 38.Qc4+ Kh8 39.Rc7 Qb4 40.Qxb4 R3xb4 41.Ba7 Ra8 
42.Rdc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E08"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.b3 b6 
9.Bb2 Ba6 $5 
    ( 9...Bb7 10.Nc3 Qc7 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 c5 $10 {Ribli, 
    Z-Spassky,B/Linares/1981/} )
10.Nbd2 c5 $6 
    ( 10...Rc8 11.Rac1 
        ( 11.e4 c5 12.exd5 exd5 13.Qf5 g6 14.Qh3 h5 $10 )
    11...c5 12.Qb1 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Bc5 14.cxd5 Nxd5 $10 )
11.e4 dxc4 12.bxc4 $6 
    ( 12.e5 $142 cxb3 13.axb3 Bxf1 14.exf6 Bxg2 15.fxe7 Qxe7 16.Kxg2 $14 {
    Tal/} )
12...cxd4 13.e5 
    ( 13.Bxd4 Nc5 14.e5 Nfd7 $15 )
13...d3 $1 14.Qxd3 $6 
    ( 14.Qc3 $142 Ne8 15.Qxd3 Nc5 $10 )
14...Nxe5 $1 15.Qc2 
    ( 15.Nxe5 Qxd3 16.Nxd3 Rad8 $17 )
15...Qd3 $17 16.Qa4 $1 
    ( 16.Qxd3 Nxd3 17.Bc3 Rac8 $19 )
16...Nxf3+ 17.Bxf3 Qxd2 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Qxa6 Bxa1 20.Bxa8 Bd4 $1 $17 
    ( 20...Rxa8 21.Rxa1 $15 )
21.Bf3 g6 22.Qxa7 Rd8 23.Kg2 Bc5 24.Qc7 Rd6 25.a4 Qa2 {/\ Rd2 ><f2/} 26.
Qb7 Qxa4 27.Be2 $1 Qc2 28.Qf3 Rd2 29.Re1 Kg7 30.Kf1 Bd4 
    ( 30...e5 $5 {/\ Rd6-f6-+/} )
31.h4 h5 32.Kg2 
    ( 32.Rd1 Rxd1+ 33.Bxd1 Qxc4+ $19 )
32...e5 33.Kf1 Bc5 $1 {/\ Rd6-f6-+/} 34.Rd1 Rxd1+ 35.Bxd1 Qxc4+ $19 36.Be2
Qd4 37.Kg2 e4 38.Qf4 $8 Qd5 39.Kf1 Bd6 40.Qe3 Bc5 41.Qc3+ Bd4 42.Qc4 Qe5 
43.Kg2 Bc5 44.Bd1 Qf6 45.Qe2 
    ( 45.Qxe4 Qxf2+ 46.Kh3 Qf1+ $19 )
45...Qd4 46.Bc2 f5 47.Bb3 b5 48.Bc2 b4 49.Bb3 Qc3 $1 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A01"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.Nc3 c5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.O-O Bf5 
9.h3 a6 10.d3 Qc8 11.Kh2 Bd8 12.Nd2 Be6 13.f4 exf4 14.gxf4 Ne8 15.Nf3 Bf6 
16.Qd2 Qd8 17.Ng5 Bf5 18.Nge4 Bh4 19.e3 Nf6 20.Bf3 Re8 21.Rg1 Rb8 22.Raf1 
Ne7 23.Ba1 Ng6 24.Ng3 Bd7 25.e4 Qc8 26.Bg2 h6 27.Nd5 Qd8 28.Bf3 Nxd5 29.
cxd5 Nxf4 30.Qxf4 Bg5 31.Qxd6 Be7 32.Qe5 Bf6 33.Qh5 Bg5 34.Bg2 g6 35.Qf3 
f5 36.e5 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dzhindzhikhashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Qd2 
Be6 9.f3 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.a3 Nb6 13.g5 Nh5 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Rc8 16.Na5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Qxa5 18.Bd3 g6 19.Kb1 Qc7 20.Be4 Rb8 21.Qb3 
Rfc8 22.Bd5 Bf8 23.f4 Ng7 24.h4 Nf5 25.Rh2 Bg7 26.h5 a5 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.
Qd3 b4 29.a4 Re8 30.Rdh1 b3 31.cxb3 Rb4 32.fxe5 Rxe5 33.Rc1 Qd8 34.Bd2 Rd4
35.Qa6 Re8 36.Bc6 Rf8 37.Bc3 Qxg5 38.Qxa5 Qf4 39.Rch1 Ng3 40.Rg1 Ne4 41.
Bxd4 Qxh2 42.Qd5 Nf2 43.Rc1 Nd3 44.Bxg7 Qd2 45.Rh1 Kxg7 46.Qd4+ f6 47.Be4 
1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Nb6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.d3 
Be7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Rc1 Be6 11.Ne4 c4 12.Nc5 Bxc5 13.Bxc5 Re8 14.dxc4 Nxc4 
15.Qxd8 Raxd8 16.b3 Nd2 17.Rfd1 Ne4 18.Ba3 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Nc3 20.Ra1 e4 21.
Ng5 Nd4 22.Bb2 Ndxe2+ 23.Kf1 Bd7 24.Ke1 Bb5 25.Bxc3 Nxc3 26.Kd2 f6 27.Kxc3
fxg5 28.Re1 Bc6 29.Kd4 Rd8+ 30.Kc3 e3 31.Bxc6 exf2 32.Rf1 Rc8 33.Rxf2 
Rxc6+ 34.Kd4 g4 35.Ke5 h5 36.Rd2 Kh7 37.Rf2 Kg6 38.Ke4 Re6+ 39.Kd5 Rf6 40.
Rc2 h4 41.gxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mukhin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A32"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nc2 d4 8.O-O Nc6 
9.e3 Bg4 10.Qd3 Be7 11.exd4 exd4 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Re1 Qd7 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Qxd4 Qb7 16.Qf4 Rad8 17.Ne4 Bh5 18.Ne3 Nxe4 19.Nf5 Bb4 20.Rxe4 Rd1+ 21.Kg2
Bg6 22.a3 Bxf5 23.Qxf5 Bd2 24.Bxd2 Rxa1 25.Bc3 c5 26.f3 Qc6 27.Re5 Re8 28.
Rxc5 Qb7 29.Qg4 f6 30.Bxf6 h6 31.Bc3 Qf7 32.Rc8 Rxc8 33.Qxc8+ Kh7 34.g4 
Kg6 35.Qc6+ Kh7 36.Qe4+ Kg8 37.Qa8+ Kh7 38.Qe4+ Kg8 39.c5 Rc1 40.c6 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yury"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "E60"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.g3 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Bf5 
9.d5 Nb4 10.Nc3 Qd7 11.Qd2 Bh3 12.e4 Qg4 13.a3 Na6 14.Rfe1 Nc7 15.e5 dxe5 
16.Nxe5 Qf5 17.Nd3 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Rad8 19.Rad1 Rfe8 20.Nxc5 b5 21.N3e4 bxc4 
22.bxc4 Rc8 23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Nxf6+ Qxf6 25.Ne4 Qe5 26.c5 Rcd8 27.Nd6 exd6 
28.Rxe5 Rxe5 29.Qa5 Rd7 30.Qxa7 Ree7 31.c6 Rd8 32.Rb1 Nxd5 33.Rb7 Kf8 34.
Qa5 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zilberstein, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B93"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.a4 Qc7
9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Kh1 exf4 12.Bxf4 h6 13.Qd2 Ne5 14.Nd4 Re8 15.Nf5 
Bxf5 16.Bxe5 dxe5 17.Rxf5 Bb4 18.g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B95"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qf3 Bd7 8.O-O-O 
Nc6 9.Be2 Rc8 10.Qg3 h6 11.Be3 Nxd4 12.Rxd4 Rxc3 13.bxc3 Qa5 14.Rb4 Bc6 
15.f3 Qxa2 16.Kd2 Qa5 17.Bb6 Qg5+ 18.Qxg5 hxg5 19.Rbb1 Be7 20.c4 Nd7 21.
Be3 g6 22.Bd3 e5 23.h3 Nc5 24.Rb2 Kd7 25.Rhb1 Kc7 26.Bxc5 dxc5 27.c3 Rb8 
28.Ra2 Bd7 29.Ke3 Be6 30.g3 Rh8 31.Rab2 Bc8 32.Bf1 Bf6 33.Bg2 Bg7 34.Rb6 
Rd8 35.Bf1 Bh6 36.g4 Bf8 37.Be2 Bd6 38.R6b2 Rh8 39.Bf1 Be7 40.Rb6 Bd8 41.
Kf2 Kd7 42.Rd1+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.O-O O-O 8.Bd2 Qe7
9.Qc2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 e5 11.Rad1 e4 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Ng4 14.Qxe4 Qxe5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kapengut, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B70"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.Nb3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bg5 
d6 9.O-O Be6 10.Kh1 a5 11.a4 Nd7 12.Rb1 Nb6 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 Nb4 15.c3 
N4xd5 16.Bf3 h6 17.Bh4 g5 18.Bxg5 hxg5 19.Bxd5 Nxd5 20.Qxd5 e6 21.Qd1 Rc8 
22.f4 Rc4 23.f5 Rh4 24.g3 Rh6 25.Qg4 e5 26.Nd2 d5 27.c4 d4 28.Ne4 f6 29.b4
Rf7 30.Qf3 Bf8 31.bxa5 Qxa5 32.Qb3 Kg7 33.Qb5 Qc7 34.a5 Rh8 35.Rf3 g4 36.
Rf2 Qc8 37.Kg2 Rh5 38.Rbf1 Rc7 39.c5 Rc6 40.Qe2 Kh8 41.Qxg4 Rh7 42.Rc2 d3 
43.Rd2 Bxc5 44.Rxd3 Bd4 45.h4 Qa8 46.Re1 b5 47.Kh3 b4 48.Rb1 Rc2 49.a6 
Qxa6 50.Rxb4 Rc8 51.Qf3 Rf8 52.Ra3 Qc6 53.Rba4 Bg1 54.Ra6 Qc2 55.Ra2 Qc4 
56.Ra8 Rf7 57.Nd6 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Zhidkov, Valery"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A88"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c4 d6 6.d4 c6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.d5 e5 9.
dxe6 Bxe6 10.Qd3 Na6 11.Ng5 Qe7 12.Bf4 Rad8 13.Rad1 Ng4 14.Nxe6 Qxe6 15.b3
Nc5 16.Qc2 Qe7 17.Bc1 h5 18.h3 Ne5 19.e4 Qf6 20.exf5 gxf5 21.Ne2 h4 22.Nf4
hxg3 23.fxg3 Bh8 24.Be3 a5 25.Bd2 a4 26.Ba5 axb3 27.axb3 Rd7 28.Bc3 Qf7 
29.Rde1 Ne6 30.Qd2 Nxf4 31.Qxf4 Ng6 32.Qd2 Be5 33.Re3 Qg7 34.Ref3 Rdf7 35.
h4 Kh8 36.h5 Bxc3 37.Rxc3 Ne5 38.Qxd6 Rd7 39.h6 Rxd6 40.hxg7+ Kxg7 41.Re3 
Ng6 42.Ref3 Rdf6 43.Bh3 f4 44.c5 fxg3 45.Rxg3 Rxf1+ 46.Bxf1 Kf6 47.b4 Ne5 
48.Rh3 Rg8+ 49.Kf2 Rg4 50.b5 Rf4+ 51.Kg2 Rb4 52.Rh7 Nf7 53.bxc6 bxc6 54.
Kf2 Rf4+ 55.Ke1 Rf5 56.Bc4 Ne5 57.Ba6 Rf4 58.Rh6+ Ke7 59.Rd6 Ra4 60.Bc8 
Ra1+ 61.Ke2 Ra2+ 62.Kd1 Ra4 63.Re6+ Kd8 64.Rxe5 Kxc8 65.Kc2 Kb7 66.Kb3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Alburt, Lev"]
[Black "Mukhin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "D67"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.O-O Nxc3 12.Rxc3 Rd8 13.Qc2 Nf8 14.Qe4 Bd7
15.Bb3 Be8 16.Ne5 f6 17.Nd3 Bg6 18.Qf4 Kh8 19.Rd1 Rd6 20.Qh4 Rad8 21.Ne5 
Be8 22.Nf3 e5 23.Re1 Ng6 24.Qg3 Bf7 25.Bc2 Re6 26.Rd1 exd4 27.Rxd4 Red6 
28.h4 Rxd4 29.Nxd4 Ne5 30.a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D41"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc6 9.Bc4 b5 10.Be2 a6 11.O-O Be7 12.Bb2 Bf6 13.Qd2 O-O 14.Rfd1 Bb7 
15.d5 Bxb2 16.Qxb2 exd5 17.a4 Qb6 18.exd5 Ne7 19.Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Dzhindzhikhashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Qe7 8.d5 a5 9.
Be3 Na6 10.Nd2 h5 11.f3 Kh7 12.Bd3 Bh6 13.Bxh6 Kxh6 14.a3 Bd7 15.Rb1 Nc5 
16.Nb3 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 Kg7 18.Qc2 h4 19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 Nh5 21.Qd2 Ra3 22.Ra1
Rfa8 23.Rxa3 Rxa3 24.Qb2 Ra8 25.Ne2 Qf6 26.c5 Nf4 27.Nxf4 exf4 28.Qxf6+ 
Kxf6 29.c6 bxc6 30.dxc6 Bxc6 31.Rc1 Be8 32.Rxc7 Rb8 33.Rc4 Ke5 34.b5 Bd7 
35.Rb4 Rb6 36.h3 g5 37.Rb1 f5 38.exf5 Bxf5 39.Re1+ Kf6 40.Bf1 d5 41.Kf2 
Rb8 42.Ra1 Ke5 43.Ra2 Kd4 44.Ke1 Bd7 45.Rd2+ Kc5 46.Rc2+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D29"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Nc3 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 
9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.Rd1 Qb8 11.d5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.e4 d4 14.e5 Nb6 
    ( 14...Bxf3 $5 15.Qxf3 c4 16.Bf4 Qc8 $13 )
15.Bf4 c4 16.Rxd4 Qc8 17.Bc2 Bc5 18.Rdd1 Nd5 19.Bg3 Nb4 20.Bb1 Qg4 21.e6 
Qxe6 22.Qd2 Bxf3 23.Re1 Rd8 24.Rxe6+ fxe6 25.Bg6+ hxg6 26.Qc3 Be4 27.Qe5 
Bd5 28.Qxg7 Rf8 29.Qxg6+ Kd7 30.Qg7+ Be7 31.a4 Nc6 32.axb5 axb5 33.Bh4 Rg8
34.Qf7 Ra8 35.Rxa8 Rxa8 36.h3 b4 37.Qg7 Rb8 38.Bf6 e5 39.Bxe7 Rg8 40.Qf6 
Rxg2+ 41.Kf1 Nxe7 42.Qxe5 Rg6 43.f4 Re6 44.Qd4 Rc6 45.Ke1 c3 46.bxc3 bxc3 
47.Kd1 c2+ 48.Kc1 Rc4 49.Qe5 Be4 50.Qb5+ Rc6 51.h4 Ke8 52.Qh5+ Kf8 53.Qh8+
Kf7 54.Qh5+ Bg6 55.Qb5 Rd6 56.Qc4+ Kf8 57.Qe2 Rb6 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "174"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Be7 6.e4 d6 7.Nbd2 c5 8.Nh4 Qc7 
9.f4 Nbd7 10.c3 Nb6 11.Qe2 Nfd7 12.Ndf3 h6 13.Bd2 a6 14.b3 Rg8 15.f5 e5 
16.a4 bxa4 17.bxa4 a5 18.c4 Bf6 19.Bh3 Nb8 20.Ng2 Nc6 21.Ne3 Nd4 22.Qd1 
Ke7 23.Bg2 Rgb8 24.h4 Bc6 25.g4 Nd7 26.Qe1 Rb2 27.Nd1 Rxd2 28.Qxd2 Nxf3+ 
29.Bxf3 Bxh4 30.Nc3 Nb8 31.Kg2 Na6 32.Rh1 Bg5 33.Qe2 Qd8 34.Rab1 Nb4 35.
Kf2 Kf8 36.Kg2 Qd7 37.Ra1 Rb8 38.Kf2 Na6 39.Nb5 Qd8 40.Rab1 Rb7 41.Kg2 Be8
42.Rh3 Bc6 43.Kh1 Kg8 44.Bg2 Qd7 45.Rf1 Rb8 46.Qe1 Nb4 47.Qe2 Re8 48.Qd1 
Qe7 49.Nc3 Kh7 50.Qe2 Rg8 51.Qd1 Qd7 52.Nb5 Re8 53.Qe2 Qd8 54.Nc3 Ba8 55.
Rb1 Nc6 56.Rf1 Bf4 57.Rb1 g6 58.Nd5 Nd4 59.Qf2 Bxd5 60.exd5 Kg7 61.fxg6 
fxg6 62.Rb7+ Re7 63.Qb2 Bg5 64.Be4 Qf8 65.Kg2 Qc8 66.Rxe7+ Bxe7 67.Bf3 Qd7
68.Bd1 Bg5 69.Qb6 Bd8 70.Qb8 Qe7 71.Kg1 Qf6 72.Rh2 Qf4 73.Qxd8 Qe3+ 74.Rf2
Qg3+ 75.Rg2 Qxd3 76.Qe7+ Kg8 77.Qe8+ Kg7 78.Qe7+ Kg8 79.Qxd6 Qxd1+ 80.Kh2 
Nf3+ 81.Kg3 Qd3 82.Kf2 Ng5 83.Qxe5 Qf3+ 84.Kg1 Qd1+ 85.Kf2 Qf3+ 86.Kg1 
Qd1+ 87.Kf2 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A09"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 Nc6 4.exd4 Nxd4 5.Nxd4 Qxd4 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.
Qxe2 c6 9.d3 e6 10.Be3 Qd7 11.O-O Ne7 12.Rad1 Nf5 13.d4 Bb4 14.Ne4 O-O 15.
Rd3 Rad8 16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.Bc1 f6 18.Ng3 Nxg3 19.hxg3 Rfe8 20.g4 Bd6 21.g3 h6
22.Kg2 Qf7 23.b3 Re7 24.Qf3 Red7 25.d5 cxd5 26.cxd5 e5 27.Qe4 b6 28.Be3 
Bf8 29.a4 Rc8 30.Rc1 Rxc1 31.Bxc1 Bc5 32.Be3 Bd4 33.Bxd4 Qxd5 34.Qxd5+ 
Rxd5 35.Kf3 exd4 36.Ke4 Rg5 37.f3 h5 38.gxh5 Rxg3 39.Rxd4 Rh3 40.Rd7 Rh4+ 
41.f4 Rxh5 42.Rxa7 Rh3 43.b4 Rb3 44.b5 Kh7 45.Kd5 Rc3 46.Ra6 Rc5+ 47.Kd4 
Rf5 48.Ke3 g5 49.Rxb6 Rxf4 50.a5 Kg6 51.Rb8 Ra4 52.b6 Ra3+ 53.Kd2 Ra2+ 54.
Kd3 Rxa5 55.b7 Kf5 56.Ra8 Rb5 57.b8=Q Rxb8 58.Rxb8 Kf4 59.Ke2 Kg3 60.Rf8 
Kg2 61.Rxf6 g4 62.Rg6 g3 63.Rg8 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Black "Zhidkov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C69"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.c3 Bd6 8.Nbd2 
Nh6 9.Re1 Nf7 10.h3 Be6 11.Nf1 O-O 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Be3 Qe7 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.
a3 c5 16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.c4 a5 18.Qa4 Ra8 19.Rd2 c6 20.Red1 g6 21.Qc2 Bxe3 
22.Nxe3 Qc5 23.Ne1 Rad8 24.Nd3 Qb6 25.Ne1 Rxd2 26.Rxd2 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 
28.c5 f5 29.exf5 gxf5 30.Nc4 Qg5 31.Kf1 Bd5 32.Ne3 Be6 33.Nc4 Bd5 34.Ne3 
Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bc4 Na6 6.O-O Nc7 7.Bf4 b5 8.Bb3 b4 
9.Na4 Nf6 10.e5 Nfd5 11.exd6 exd6 12.Bg5 Qd7 13.Re1+ Kf8 14.a3 h6 15.Bd2 
Rb8 16.axb4 Nxb4 17.Nc3 a6 18.Ne4 g5 19.Bxb4 Rxb4 20.c3 Rb8 21.Ng3 Qd8 22.
Nd2 g4 23.Nc4 h5 24.Na5 Bd7 25.Qd2 d5 26.Ba4 h4 27.Nf5 Bxf5 28.Nxc6 Qd6 
29.Nxb8 h3 30.g3 Ne6 31.Nd7+ Kg8 32.Nc5 Bh6 33.Qd1 Ng5 34.Re8+ Kg7 35.Rxh8
Kxh8 36.Bc2 Bc8 37.Qe2 Qf6 38.f4 gxf3 39.Qe8+ Kg7 40.Kf2 Ne6 41.Qxc8 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Kapengut, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A32"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 Qc7 6.Bg2 Qxc4 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nxc6
bxc6 9.b3 Qa6 10.e4 d5 11.Nc3 Bb4 12.Na4 O-O 13.e5 Ne8 14.Be3 f5 15.exf6 
Nxf6 16.Bd4 Qa5 17.Qc2 Bd7 18.Nc5 e5 19.Nxd7 Nxd7 20.Qxc6 exd4 21.Qxd7 
Rad8 22.Qe6+ Kh8 23.Rad1 Bc3 24.Rd3 Qc5 25.Rfd1 Rfe8 26.Qg4 Qe7 27.Rf3 Rf8
28.Rdd3 Qe1+ 29.Bf1 Qe4 30.h3 g6 31.Bg2 Qxg4 32.Rxf8+ Rxf8 33.hxg4 Rd8 34.
Kf1 Kg7 35.Rd1 a5 36.Ke2 Kf6 37.Kd3 Ke5 38.Rc1 Kd6 39.Rc2 Re8 40.Re2 Rxe2 
41.Kxe2 g5 42.f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C94"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 Nb8 10.d3 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Nf1 Nc5 13.Bc2 Re8 14.Ne3 Bf8 15.b4 Ne6
16.c4 g6 17.Bb2 Bg7 18.a4 bxc4 19.Nxc4 Nf4 20.Bb3 N6h5 21.Ne3 Rb8 22.Bc4 
Bc8 23.Qb3 Qf6 24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.Bxd5 Bxh3 26.d4 Bg4 27.Rac1 Nf4 28.dxe5 dxe5
29.Rc6 Qe7 30.Nxe5 Bxe5 31.Bxe5 Qxe5 32.Bxf7+ Kf8 33.Bxe8 Rxe8 34.Qe3 Re7 
35.Rxa6 Kg7 36.Ra5 Qf6 37.Rc5 g5 38.a5 h6 39.b5 Rd7 40.e5 Qe6 41.a6 Qb6 
42.e6 Re7 43.a7 Qb7 44.Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Zilberstein, Valery"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E80"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 c6 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.
Nge2 O-O 10.Rc1 bxc4 11.Bxc4 Nb6 12.Bb3 a5 13.Na4 Bd7 14.O-O Nxa4 15.Bxa4 
c5 16.Nc3 cxd4 17.Bxd4 Rb8 18.b3 Bxa4 19.Nxa4 Nd7 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Rc2 f6 
22.Rfc1 Rb7 23.h3 Ne5 24.Kh1 g5 25.Nb2 Qd7 26.Nc4 Nxc4 27.Rxc4 Qb5 28.Rc7 
Rfb8 29.Qxd6 Qe8 30.e5 Kh6 31.Qe6 Qf8 32.Rxb7 Rxb7 33.Rc8 Rb6 34.Qc4 Qg7 
35.Rg8 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nc7 7.O-O g6 8.d3 
Bg7 9.a3 O-O 10.Bd2 a5 11.Rc1 b6 12.d4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 cxd4 14.Nb5 Nd5 15.Bg5
Bb7 16.Nxd4 Qd7 17.Qd2 Rfc8 18.Rfd1 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Rc8 20.Rxc8+ Qxc8 21.Nb5 
Qc5 22.e4 h6 23.exd5 hxg5 24.a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nge7 5.h4 d5 6.d3 b6 7.Nc3 Nd4 8.Qd1 Bb7 
9.h5 Qd7 10.Bf4 dxe4 11.dxe4 Nec6 12.Nh3 h6 13.O-O Be7 14.Rc1 O-O-O 15.Re1
g5 16.hxg6 fxg6 17.g4 e5 18.Be3 Bg5 19.Nd5 Ne6 20.c3 Kb8 21.Qf3 Bxe3 22.
fxe3 Ng5 23.Qg3 Bc8 24.Nf2 Qg7 25.b4 c4 26.Rcd1 h5 27.b5 Na5 28.Qh4 Nf3+ 
29.Bxf3 hxg4 30.Qf6 Qxf6 31.Nxf6 gxf3 32.N2g4 Rdf8 33.Kf2 Nb7 34.Kg3 Bxg4 
35.Nxg4 Nc5 36.Nxe5 Nxe4+ 37.Kg4 Nf2+ 38.Kg3 Nxd1 39.Nd7+ Kc7 40.Nxf8 Rxf8
41.Rxd1 f2 42.Rf1 Kd6 43.Rxf2 Rxf2 44.Kxf2 Ke5 45.Kf3 Kf5 46.e4+ Ke5 47.
Ke3 g5 48.Kf3 g4+ 49.Ke3 g3 50.Kf3 g2 51.Kxg2 Kxe4 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D78"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.Ne5 O-O 7.O-O dxc4 8.Nxc4 
Be6 9.b3 Bd5 10.Bb2 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Nbd7 12.Nbd2 c5 13.Nf3 cxd4 14.Bxd4 b5 
15.Ne3 Qb8 16.Rc1 Qb7 17.Kg1 Rac8 18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.Qa1 a6 20.Rd1 h6 21.Bb2 
Kh7 22.h3 Rc5 23.Kg2 Bf8 24.Qb1 Ne5 25.Rd8 Nxf3 26.exf3 Bg7 27.Qd3 Rc8 28.
Be5 Rxd8 29.Qxd8 Ng8 30.Bxg7 Kxg7 31.Nd5 a5 32.Nc3 b4 33.Nd5 e6 34.Ne3 Qb5
35.Nc4 a4 36.Nd6 Qc6 37.bxa4 e5 38.a5 Qa4 39.Qb6 Qxa2 40.Qxb4 Nf6 41.Qc4 
1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kapengut, Albert"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C87"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 
exd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Nc3 Re8 12.h3 c5 13.Nb3 Be6 14.e5 dxe5 15.
Bxe5 Bd6 16.Qf3 Nd7 17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.Rad1 Qb8 19.Ne4 d5 20.Ng5 Nf6 21.Nxc5 
Qxb2 22.Ncxe6 fxe6 23.Nxe6 Qxa2 24.Nc7 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Rf8 26.Qc3 Rf7 27.Ne6
Qc4 28.Qxc4 dxc4 29.Ra1 Ra7 30.Ra5 Nd7 31.Kf1 Kf7 32.Nd4 Nb8 33.Ke2 Re7+ 
34.Kf3 Rd7 35.c3 Rd6 36.Ke4 Nd7 37.f4 Nf6+ 38.Ke5 Rd8 39.f5 g6 40.g4 gxf5 
41.gxf5 Re8+ 42.Ne6 Rb8 43.Rxa6 Rb5+ 44.Kf4 Nd5+ 45.Kg5 Rb1 46.Ra7+ Ke8 
47.Nc7+ Nxc7 48.Rxc7 Rh1 49.h4 h6+ 50.Kh5 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mukhin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Zilberstein, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O e5 5.c4 c6 6.Na3 Ne7 7.d3 O-O 8.Rb1 a5 9.
b3 Na6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bb2 Nc6 12.Nb5 Be6 13.Qd2 f6 14.Rfc1 Rf7 15.Nc3 Rc8
16.Ne1 Bf8 17.Nc2 Nc7 18.d4 e4 19.Na4 Na6 20.Na3 Ncb4 21.Nc3 Bd7 22.Ra1 
Be8 23.Nab1 Nc7 24.a3 Nc6 25.Na4 Ne6 26.e3 f5 27.Nbc3 g5 28.Nxd5 Qxd5 29.
Nb6 Qd8 30.Nxc8 Qxc8 31.d5 Qd8 32.g4 Nc7 33.Rd1 Rd7 34.gxf5 Rxd5 35.Qc2 
Rxd1+ 36.Rxd1 Qe7 37.Bxe4 Bg7 38.Bxg7 Kxg7 39.Bg2 Ne5 40.Qc3 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yury"]
[Black "Dzhindzhikhashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A32"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O 
d6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.b3 a6 12.Bb2 Rb8 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.e4 Rfc8 15.Re1 
Nxd4 16.Qxd4 e5 17.Qd2 b5 18.Red1 b4 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Qxa2 21.Qc2 Bf5 
22.Qxf5 Qxb2 23.c5 Rc7 24.Qd3 Rxc5 25.Rxc5 dxc5 26.d6 Bf6 27.Bd5 g6 28.
Qxa6 Qc2 29.Rf1 Rf8 30.d7 Kg7 31.Qd6 Qd3 32.Qxc5 Rd8 33.Qc6 Qd4 34.Rc1 Qg4
35.Ra1 Qxd7 36.Qxd7 Rxd7 37.Ra5 Be7 38.Kf1 f5 39.Ke2 Rc7 40.Bc4 Kf6 41.
Ra6+ Kg5 42.Re6 e4 43.f3 exf3+ 44.Kxf3 Bc5 45.Re5 Kf6 46.Re6+ Kg7 47.Re5 
Be7 48.Rb5 h5 49.h3 Kh6 50.Rd5 Ra7 51.Re5 Bg5 52.Re8 Rd7 53.Rb8 Bd2 54.Rb6
Kg7 55.Rb5 Kf6 56.Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.h3 Bh5 8.e4 Bc5
9.Qe1 O-O 10.Nb3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Bb6 12.Bg2 dxe4 13.dxe4 e5 14.Qe2 Qe7 15.Nd2
Rfd8 16.Nc4 Nf8 17.c3 Rd7 18.a4 Rad8 19.Nxb6 axb6 20.Be3 Qe6 21.Rfe1 c5 
22.Qb5 h5 23.a5 Rd6 24.b4 N8d7 25.bxc5 Nxc5 26.Bxc5 bxc5 27.Qxb7 h4 28.Qb5
hxg3 29.fxg3 c4 30.Ra2 Rd2 31.Rxd2 Rxd2 32.Bf1 Nh5 33.Qxc4 Qe7 34.Qc8+ Kh7
35.Qf5+ g6 36.Qf3 Kg7 37.Qe3 Rc2 38.Re2 Rxe2 39.Bxe2 Qa3 40.a6 Nf6 41.Kf2 
Nd7 42.h4 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 Ne4 8.d5 Nxc3 
9.bxc3 Bf6 10.Bf4 O-O 11.e4 Bxc3 12.Rc1 Ba5 13.Bd6 Re8 14.h4 f6 15.h5 Na6 
16.Nh4 f5 17.f4 Qf6 18.a3 Rac8 19.Qd3 Nc7 20.dxe6 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B61"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qa5 9.Bd2 e5 10.Qd3 Rc8 11.f3 a6 12.Nd5 Qc5 13.Nxf6+ gxf6 14.O-O-O 
Be6 15.Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.Re1 Bc5 8.c3 d6 
9.d4 Bb6 10.a4 O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Na5 13.Bc2 Qe7 14.Nbd2 c5 15.d5 c4 16.
Qe2 Rfb8 17.Nf1 Bc8 18.Ne3 g6 19.h3 Kg7 20.Nh2 Qe8 21.Ra2 Bd7 22.Nhg4 Bd8 
23.Nxf6 Bxf6 24.Bxf6+ Kxf6 25.axb5 axb5 26.Rea1 Nb7 27.Qf1 Rxa2 28.Rxa2 
Ra8 29.Qa1 Rxa2 30.Qxa2 Qb8 31.h4 Nc5 32.Qa5 Ke7 33.g3 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Zhidkov, Valery"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E69"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6 
9.h3 Re8 10.Re1 h6 11.Rb1 Nh7 12.Be3 Ng5 13.d5 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 c5 15.Qe2 f5 
16.exf5 gxf5 17.Qh5 Nf6 18.Qg6 Re7 19.Bxh6 Bd7 20.Bg5 Qe8 21.Qxe8+ Rexe8 
22.Bd2 Kf7 23.a3 Rac8 24.h4 Rh8 25.Bh3 Bh6 26.Bxh6 Rxh6 27.Kf1 a6 28.a4 
Ke7 29.a5 f4 30.Bxd7 Kxd7 31.b4 Rg6 32.gxf4 Rg4 33.fxe5 dxe5 34.bxc5 Rxc5 
35.Na4 Rxa5 36.Nb6+ Kd6 37.Nc8+ Kc7 38.Ne7 Rxc4 39.Rxe5 Rxh4 40.d6+ Kxd6 
41.Rxa5 Rh1+ 42.Kg2 Rxb1 43.Nf5+ Kc6 44.f4 Rd1 45.Ne7+ Kc7 46.Rf5 Rd7 47.
Ng6 Nd5 48.Kf3 Ne7 49.Nxe7 Rxe7 50.Ra5 Kb6 51.Ra1 a5 52.f5 Kb5 53.Kf4 a4 
54.f6 Re8 55.Rf1 Ka5 56.f7 Rf8 57.Ke5 b5 58.Kd4 Kb4 59.Rb1+ Ka3 60.Rxb5 
Rxf7 61.Kc3 Rf2 62.Ra5 Rf4 63.Rb5 Ka2 64.Rb2+ Ka1 65.Rh2 Re4 66.Rg2 Kb1 
67.Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Alburt, Lev"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D01"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6 4.Qd3 Nbd7 5.e4 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nxe4 7.Qxe4 h6 8.
Bd2 Nf6 9.Qf4 g5 10.Qe3 Bf5 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Qd5 13.Nf3 Qe4+ 14.Qxe4 
Nxe4 15.Be3 Bg7 16.h4 g4 17.Ne5 h5 18.Bf4 Rd8 19.Rd1 Nd6 20.c3 Nf5 21.Nc4 
e6 22.O-O f6 23.g3 Kf7 24.Nd2 Rd5 25.Ne4 b6 26.Rd2 Bh6 27.Bxh6 Rxh6 28.Re1
Rh8 29.Rde2 Rhd8 30.Kg2 Kg6 31.Nxf6 Kxf6 32.Rxe6+ Kf7 33.Rxc6 R5d6 34.Rc7+
R8d7 35.Rc8 Rf6 36.Rh8 Ng7 37.Re5 Re6 38.Rxe6 Kxe6 39.Kf1 Re7 40.Ke2 Re8 
41.Rh6+ Kf5+ 42.Kd2 Re7 43.a4 Re6 44.Rxe6 Nxe6 45.Kd3 Nc7 46.Ke3 Nd5+ 47.
Kd3 a6 48.c4 Nb4+ 49.Ke3 Nc6 50.Kd3 Nb4+ 51.Ke3 Nc6 52.Kd3 Nb4+ 53.Ke3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zhidkov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D31"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2 Nf6 8.Ng3 
Bg6 
    ( 8...Be6 $1 $14 )
9.h4 Qb6 
    ( 9...h5 10.Bd3 $16 {Chekhov-Timoshenko/ SSSR/1987/i44/(478)} )
10.Qd2 h5 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 g6 
    ( 12...Qxb2 13.Rb1 Qa3 14.Rxb7 Bb4 15.Bxb8 Bxc3+ 16.Ke2 Qxa2+ 17.Kf3 
    $16 )
13.O-O-O $14 Na6 14.e4 Nb4 15.Qf3 dxe4 16.Ngxe4 O-O 17.Rhe1 Nbd5 18.Bg5 
Nxe4 19.Nxe4 Bxg5+ 20.hxg5 Qa5 21.Kb1 Rae8 22.Rh1 Kg7 23.Nf6 Re6 24.Nd7 
Rh8 25.a3 Qc7 26.Ne5 Qe7 27.g3 a5 28.Qb3 Qc7 29.f4 Qb6 30.Qd3 a4 31.f5 
gxf5 32.Qxf5 Re7 33.Ka1 c5 34.dxc5 Qb3 35.Rhf1 Rf8 36.Rd3 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Dzhindzhikhashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Mukhin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "D91"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 O-O 7.Qb3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5
9.Be2 Be6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.O-O h6 12.Bh4 Qb6 13.a4 a6 14.a5 Qa7 15.b4 Rac8 
16.h3 Nd5 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Qb2 g5 19.Bg3 Rc6 20.Rac1 Rfc8 21.Rxc6 Rxc6 22.
Bd3 Qb7 23.Nd2 Qc8 24.Nb3 Nf6 25.Be5 Bf5 26.Bxf5 Qxf5 27.Bxf6 Bxf6 28.Nc5 
e5 29.Qd2 exd4 30.exd4 Kg7 31.Qe3 h5 32.Rd1 g4 33.Rd3 Kg6 34.Qe2 gxh3 35.
Rg3+ Kh6 36.Rxh3 Rc8 37.Rf3 Qg5 38.Qd3 Rg8 39.g3 Rg6 40.Kg2 Qg4 41.Qe3+ 
Kg7 42.Rf4 Qc8 43.Qf3 h4 44.g4 Qd8 45.Kh3 Qd6 46.Nd3 Kg8 47.Rf5 Bxd4 48.
Rxd5 Qf6 49.Qxf6 Bxf6 50.Nf4 Rg5 51.Rxg5+ Bxg5 52.Nd5 Bd8 53.g5 Kf8 54.
Kxh4 Ke8 55.Kg4 Kd7 56.Kf5 Kc6 57.Nf4 Be7 58.Nd3 Kd5 59.f4 Kd4 60.Ne5 Bxb4
61.Kf6 Bc3 62.Kxf7 b4 63.g6 b3 64.g7 b2 65.g8=Q b1=Q 66.Kf6 Qb5 67.Qg3 
Bxa5 68.Qg1+ Kc3 69.Qe1+ Kc2 70.Qe4+ Kd1 71.Qf3+ Kc2 72.Qe4+ Kd1 73.Nc4 
Bb4 74.Kg6 a5 75.f5 Qb8 76.Qd5+ Ke2 77.Qe6+ Kd1 78.Ne3+ Kd2 79.Nf1+ Kd3 
80.f6 Qf4 81.Qa6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D87"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 
O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Rc1 b6 12.f4 e6 13.f5 exf5 14.Ng3 Na5 15.Bd5 
Bb7 16.dxc5 Rad8 17.c4 fxe4 18.cxb6 axb6 19.Qg4 Bxd5 20.cxd5 Qe5 21.Qxe4 
Rxd5 22.Bxb6 Qd6 23.Bf2 Nc6 24.Qe2 Nd4 25.Qc4 Ne6 26.Ne4 Qd8 27.Kh1 Qa8 
28.a4 Ra5 29.Nc3 Rc8 30.Qb4 Bh6 31.Rcd1 Bf8 32.Qb3 Nf4 33.Rg1 Nh3 34.Rgf1 
Nf4 35.Rg1 Nh3 36.Rgf1 Nf4 37.Rg1 Nh3 38.Rgf1 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B67"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 
Bd7 9.f4 b5 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Qe1 Be7 12.e5 Nd5 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Ne4 dxe5 15.
fxe5 O-O 16.Qg3 Nb4 17.Nf6+ Kh8 18.Nh5 Rg8 19.a3 Nd5 20.Rd4 Qc5 21.Rd2 
Rad8 22.Bd3 Ne3 23.Qf2 Qxe5 24.Re1 Qxh5 25.Rxe3 Qg5 26.Rg3 Qf6 27.Rh3 h6 
28.Qxf6 gxf6 29.Rxh6+ Kg7 30.Rh7+ Kf8 31.Bg6 Rxd2 32.Rxf7+ Ke8 33.Rg7+ Kf8
34.Rf7+ Ke8 35.Rg7+ Kf8 36.Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Black "Kapengut, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B35"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Nb3 Qc7 10.Bg5 a5 11.a4 Nb4 12.Be2 Rd8 13.Nd4 Qe5 14.Nf3 Qe6 15.e5 
Ng4 16.Nb5 Bxe5 17.h3 Nf6 18.Re1 Nc6 19.Bf1 Ne8 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.Bh4 f6 22.
f4 g5 23.fxg5 d5 24.Kh1 Bd7 25.gxf6 exf6 26.Qd4 Qf7 27.Rad1 Bf5 28.Qf2 Be4
29.Nc3 Bg6 30.Bb5 Rd6 31.Qc5 b6 32.Qf2 Nc7 33.Bg3 Qg7 34.Rd2 Rad8 35.Bf1 
Ne6 36.Bh4 Nc5 37.Rxe5 fxe5 38.Bxd8 Rxd8 39.Bc4 Ne4 40.Qxb6 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nge7 5.O-O a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Qg4 h5 11.Qe2 a5 12.Rd1 Ba6 13.Qe3 Be7 14.Qg3 g6 
15.Bf4 h4 16.Qe3 Qc7 17.h3 e5 18.Bh2 O-O 19.Kh1 Qa7 20.Qe1 Kg7 21.f4 Qc7 
22.Rd2 Rae8 23.Rad1 Qb8 24.Qe3 f6 25.b3 Rf7 26.Na4 Bb5 27.Nb2 c5 28.Qf3 
Qa8 29.Nc4 Bxc4 30.bxc4 exf4 31.Bxf4 Bf8 32.Rd5 Re6 33.Qg4 Qe8 34.Rh5 g5 
35.Rd5 Kg8 36.e5 dxe5 37.Be3 Rd6 38.Bxg5 Rg7 39.Qxh4 fxg5 40.Rh8+ Kf7 41.
Qh5+ Rdg6 42.Rd1 Rg8 43.Rf1+ Ke7 44.Rxg8 Rxg8 45.Qf3 Rg7 46.Qd5 Qb8 47.Rf5
Qc8 48.Qxe5+ Kd7 49.Rf6 Be7 50.Qf5+ Kd8 51.Rf8+ Bxf8 52.Qxf8+ Kc7 53.Qxg7+
Kb6 54.Qg6+ Ka7 55.Qxg5 Qf8 56.Kh2 a4 57.a3 Ka6 58.Qe5 Kb6 59.h4 Qd8 60.
Kh3 Qc8+ 61.g4 Qf8 62.Kg3 Ka6 63.g5 Qc8 64.g6 Qc7 65.Kf4 Qd8 66.Kf5 Qd1 
67.g7 Qxc2+ 68.Kf6 Qf2+ 69.Ke6 Qg1 70.Kf7 Qf1+ 71.Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E18"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 
Nxc3 9.Bxc3 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 Nd7 12.Qb3 c6 13.a4 Nf6 14.Rfc1 Bd6 15.
Ne5 Re8 16.Rc2 Re7 17.a5 Rc8 18.a6 Ba8 19.Nd3 Qe8 20.e3 h5 21.Rac1 h4 22.
Be1 hxg3 23.hxg3 Rcc7 24.b5 cxb5 25.Bb4 Qd8 26.Bxd6 Qxd6 27.Qxb5 Rxc2 28.
Rxc2 Rc7 29.Rxc7 Qxc7 30.Ne5 g6 31.g4 g5 32.Bf1 Qc8 33.Be2 Ne4 34.Bf3 Nc3 
35.Qb4 Qc7 36.Kg2 Kg7 37.Qa3 Nb5 38.Qa4 Nd6 39.Qb4 f6 40.Nd3 Kf7 41.Nc1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Ng8 8.b3
g6 9.Ba3 Qe6 10.Bxf8 Kxf8 11.Nc3 f6 12.f4 d5 13.exd6 Qxd6 14.Qd2 Bg4 15.
Be2 Bxe2 16.Nxe2 Qxd2+ 17.Kxd2 Rd8+ 18.Kc3 Ne7 19.Rad1 Kf7 20.Kb2 Nf5 21.
g3 h5 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Kc1 c5 24.Rf1 Ne3 25.Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B17"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd3 c5 8.Qe2 
cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Nb3 Bd6 11.Bg5 a6 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.Kb1 O-O 14.Ne4 Be5 
15.f4 Bxf4 16.Nxf6+ Nxf6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Qg4+ Kh8 19.Rhf1 Be5 20.Bxh7 f5 
21.Qh4 Kg7 22.Rf3 Re8 23.g4 f4 24.g5 Kf8 25.Rxf4 Bxf4 26.Qh6+ Ke7 27.Qf6+ 
Kf8 28.g6 Bh6 29.Rf1 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Zilberstein, Valery"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 Bf5 5.O-O e6 6.c4 Be7 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.Qb3 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 O-O 11.Bf4 Qd7 12.Rfd1 Rfd8 13.Rac1 Rac8 14.a3 a6 
15.b4 h6 16.Rd2 Be4 17.Bf1 Qe6 18.Ne1 Bd6 19.Bxd6 cxd6 20.Qb2 Ne7 21.Rdd1 
h5 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Rc1 h4 24.Qd2 hxg3 25.hxg3 Rc4 26.e3 Qh6 27.f3 Rxc1 28.
Qxc1 Bg6 29.Nd3 Nf5 30.Nf4 Nxg3 31.Qc8+ Kh7 32.Qh3 Nh5 33.Nxh5 Qxh5 34.Kf2
f6 35.Kg3 Kh6 36.a4 Bf5 37.Qxh5+ Kxh5 38.a5 Bd7 39.Bd3 g5 40.Bh7 Be6 41.
Bc2 Kh6 42.Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Dzhindzhikhashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Be3 b5
9.f4 b4 10.Nb1 Bb7 11.Nd2 Nbd7 12.Qf3 Nc5 13.h3 O-O 14.g4 Nfd7 15.Kh2 Rc8 
16.Rf2 a5 17.Rd1 Na4 18.b3 Nb2 19.Rg1 Nxd3 20.cxd3 Rc3 21.g5 Rxd3 22.Qe2 
Nc5 23.f5 e5 24.N4f3 f6 25.Rfg2 Kh8 26.gxf6 Bxf6 27.Ng5 Rxe3 28.Qxe3 Qe7 
29.Rg4 h6 30.Ngf3 Kh7 31.Nc4 Qc7 32.h4 d5 33.exd5 Bxd5 34.Kh3 Re8 35.Rd1 
Bxf3 36.Qxf3 Rd8 37.Rgg1 Rd4 38.Rxd4 exd4 39.Re1 Qd7 40.Qh5 Be7 41.Qf7 Qb7
42.Nd2 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A01"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 3.h3 Bh5 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.e3 e6 6.Be2 Ngf6 7.d3 Bd6 8.Nbd2 
Qe7 9.a3 c6 10.c4 O-O 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nh4 Ne8 13.Nxg6 fxg6 14.h4 b5 15.g5 
bxc4 16.dxc4 e5 17.b4 a5 18.c5 Bb8 19.Qa4 Qe6 20.Rg1 Nc7 21.Bg4 Qf7 22.
O-O-O axb4 23.Qxc6 bxa3 24.Qxd7 axb2+ 25.Kxb2 Ba7 26.Qxf7+ Rxf7 27.Rgf1 
Bxc5 28.Nb3 Ba3+ 29.Kc2 Re7 30.Kd3 Rb8 31.Na5 e4+ 32.Kd4 Rb4+ 33.Kc5 Rb5+ 
34.Kc6 Rxa5 35.Ra1 Rc5+ 36.Kb6 Na8+ 37.Ka6 Rc6+ 38.Kb5 Rb6+ 39.Ka4 Ra7# 
0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Zilberstein, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 Nb6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Bg5
Be6 9.Qc2 Nc6 10.Rd1 Nb4 11.Qb1 O-O 12.e4 Bg4 13.d5 f5 14.a3 Na6 15.Be2 h6
16.Be3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 f4 18.Bc1 Be5 19.Nb5 Rf6 20.b4 Qd7 21.Bb2 Bxb2 22.Qxb2
c6 23.e5 Rff8 24.dxc6 Qxc6 25.Nd4 Qd5 26.Nf5 Qe6 27.Nxh6+ Kg7 28.Ng4 Rac8 
29.Bb5 Nc7 30.Bd3 Ncd5 31.O-O Nc3 32.Rde1 Qa2 33.Qxa2 Nxa2 34.e6 Nc3 35.
Ne5 Rf6 36.Nd7 Nxd7 37.exd7 Rd8 38.Rxe7+ Kh6 39.Bc4 Rd6 40.Be6 Ne2+ 41.Kg2
Nd4 42.Bg4 Nf5 43.Re5 Kg5 44.Ra5 a6 45.h4+ Kf6 46.h5 b6 47.Rxa6 gxh5 48.
Bxh5 R8xd7 49.Rh1 Rh7 50.Rh3 Kg5 51.Bg4 Nh4+ 52.Kh2 Rdh6 53.Bc8 Rc7 54.Bg4
Rch7 55.Bc8 Rc7 56.Bg4 Rch7 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kapengut, Albert"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.d3 O-O 8.h3 Nc7 
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Na3 Ne6 11.Nc4 d5 12.exd6 exd6 13.Bd2 d5 14.Ba5 Qe7 15.Nce5
Qd6 16.Rb1 Rb8 17.Bd2 Rb7 18.Qc1 Re8 19.Bh6 Bh8 20.Ng4 Rbe7 21.Qd2 f6 22.
Ngh2 Qb8 23.h4 Kf7 24.Qa5 Qb6 25.Bd2 Bg7 26.b3 Bf8 27.Qa4 Qa6 28.Qxa6 Bxa6
29.Ng4 h5 30.Ne3 Nd4 31.Nxd4 cxd4 32.Nf1 c5 33.Rxe7+ Bxe7 34.Bf4 g5 35.
hxg5 fxg5 36.Bd2 c4 37.bxc4 dxc4 38.dxc4 Rc8 39.c3 dxc3 40.Bxc3 Rxc4 41.
Rb3 Ra4 42.Rb2 Ra3 43.Bd4 Bc4 44.Ne3 Rd3 45.Bxa7 Be6 46.a4 Rc3 47.Rb1 Ra3 
48.Rb7 Ra1+ 49.Kh2 Ke8 50.Rb8+ Kd7 51.Rb7+ Ke8 52.Rb6 Kd7 53.Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A49"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Bf4 c6 8.h3 Ne4 
9.Qd3 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 Bf5 11.Nh4 Be6 12.Rad1 Qc8 13.Kh2 f6 14.Bc1 Bf7 15.Qd3 
Nd7 16.e4 dxe4 17.Qxe4 e5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.f4 f5 20.Qe1 Nd7 21.b3 Qc7 22.
Qe7 Rad8 23.Rf2 Rfe8 24.Qa3 Bf8 25.Qb2 Bg7 26.Qb1 Nc5 27.Rxd8 Qxd8 28.Bb2 
Ne4 29.Bxe4 fxe4 30.Bxg7 Kxg7 31.Qb2+ Qf6 32.Qxf6+ Kxf6 33.Ng2 Rd8 34.Ne3 
a5 35.Kg2 b5 36.Kf1 Be6 37.Ke1 c5 38.Ng4+ Bxg4 39.hxg4 h5 40.gxh5 gxh5 41.
Rh2 Kg6 42.Ke2 c4 43.bxc4 bxc4 44.Ke3 c3 45.f5+ Kg5 46.f6 Rf8 47.Rh4 Rxf6 
48.Rxe4 Rf1 49.Rc4 Rg1 50.Kf3 Rf1+ 51.Ke2 Ra1 52.a4 Kf5 53.Rc5+ Kg4 54.
Rxa5 Rg1 55.Ra8 Rg2+ 56.Kd3 Rxg3+ 57.Ke4 h4 58.a5 Kh3 59.a6 Rg7 60.a7 Rh7 
61.Kd3 Rg7 62.Kxc3 Kg3 63.Kd4 h3 64.c4 h2 65.Rh8 Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mukhin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E92"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.
Bh4 Na6 10.Nd2 Qd7 11.O-O Nh7 12.a3 c5 13.Qc2 Bf6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Nb5 Qe7 
16.Rae1 Bd7 17.Bd1 Rae8 18.Qc3 b6 19.h3 Kh7 20.Kh2 g5 21.g3 Rg8 22.Qd3 Rg6
23.Rh1 h5 24.Kg2 h4 25.Nc3 hxg3 26.fxg3 Rh8 27.Nf1 Nc7 28.Ne3 Nce8 29.Ba4 
Bc8 30.Ncd1 Ng7 31.Nf2 Kg8 32.Bd1 Ngh5 33.Bg4 Bxg4 34.hxg4 Ng7 35.Rxh8+ 
Kxh8 36.Rh1+ Kg8 37.Qb3 Qd8 38.Qb5 Nh7 39.Qc6 Nf6 40.Kf3 Qb8 41.Ke2 Qd8 
42.Qb7 Kf8 43.Kf3 Ng8 44.Kg2 Rh6 45.Rxh6 Nxh6 46.Nfd1 Ne8 47.Nc3 Nf6 48.
Kf3 Kg7 49.Nb5 Ne8 50.Qc6 Kf8 51.Kg2 Kg7 52.Qb7 Nf6 53.Kf3 Ne8 54.Na7 Qf6+
55.Kg2 Qg6 56.Nf5+ Nxf5 57.exf5 Qf6 58.Qxb6 e4 59.Qb3 Qd4 60.Qc3 Nf6 61.
Nb5 Qd1 62.Nxd6 Qe2+ 63.Kg1 Kg8 64.Qxf6 Qe1+ 65.Kg2 Qe2+ 66.Kg1 Qe1+ 67.
Kg2 Qe2+ 68.Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yury"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A32"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qb6 7.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 8.
Nc3 a6 9.Qb3 Qc5 10.O-O-O Nc6 11.Na4 Nxd4 12.Nxc5 Nxb3+ 13.axb3 Ke7 14.Bg2
Rb8 15.Nd3 b6 16.Rhe1 a5 17.Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 c6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Qc2 e5 
9.O-O h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Bd3 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Qe7 14.Rad1 Nb6 15.b4 f5
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.e4 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Qxb4 19.Nd6 Bg4 20.Qe2 Nd5 21.cxd5 cxd5 
22.Bc2 Qxd6 23.Rxd5 Qf6 24.Be4 Rac8 25.Qe3 Qb6 26.Qxb6 axb6 27.Rb5 Be6 28.
Rxb6 Bxa2 29.Rxb7 Rf7 30.Rb2 Be6 31.Rb5 Bd7 32.Rd5 Re7 33.Rfd1 Bg4 34.Rd8+
Re8 35.R8d6 Rc7 36.Re1 Rd7 37.Rb6 Red8 38.Bc2 Bxf3 39.gxf3 Rc7 40.Bg6 Rcd7
41.Kg2 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 Bf5 5.O-O e6 6.c4 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Ne5 Rb8
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Qa4 Bd7 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.Bg5 Rfd8 13.Rfd1 Qf5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 
15.Rac1 h5 16.e3 h4 17.Qb3 Ne7 18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.e4 Qe6 20.Nxd5 Qxe4 21.
Nxf6+ gxf6 22.Rxc7 Rd5 23.Qd3 Qg4 24.Re7 f5 25.Qe2 Qxe2 26.Rxe2 Rc8 27.
gxh4 Kf8 28.Rd3 Rc4 29.Red2 Kg7 30.Kg2 a5 31.Kf3 b5 32.Kf4 Kg6 33.b3 Rc8 
34.Rg3+ Kf6 35.h5 Rcd8 36.Rgd3 Re8 37.Re3 Red8 38.Red3 Re8 39.Rh3 Re4+ 40.
Kf3 Kg7 41.h6+ Kh7 42.Rh5 Rexd4 43.Rxd4 Rxd4 44.Rxf5 Rd2 45.a4 Rd3+ 46.Kg2
Rxb3 47.Rxb5 Ra3 48.Rxa5 Kxh6 49.Ra8 Kg5 50.a5 f5 51.a6 Kf4 52.a7 Ra6 53.
h4 Rg6+ 54.Kh3 Rg7 55.h5 Rc7 56.h6 Rh7 57.Rg8 Rxa7 58.Kh4 Kf3 59.Kg5 f4 
60.Rf8 Ra5+ 61.Rf5 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B05"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 c6 6.Ng5 Bf5 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 
dxe5 9.Qf5 f6 10.Nxh7 exd4 11.O-O e5 12.c4 Nc7 13.f4 Nd7 14.Ng5 Rh6 15.
fxe5 g6 16.Qf2 Nxe5 17.Ne4 f5 18.Bg5 Ng4 19.Qg3 Qd7 20.Qxg4 fxg4 21.Nf6+ 
Kd8 22.Nxd7+ Kxd7 23.Rf7+ Ke6 24.Rxf8 Rh5 25.Rxa8 Nxa8 26.Bf4 Kf5 27.Bg3 
Ke4 28.Na3 c5 29.Kf2 Nb6 30.Re1+ Kd3 31.Rd1+ Ke4 32.b3 a6 33.Ke2 Nd7 34.
Kd2 Kf5 35.Re1 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Zhidkov, Valery"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D40"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.a3 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.b4 Ba7 
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Be2 Rd8 12.O-O d4 13.exd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.Bf3
e5 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Bf5 18.Qxf5 Bxb2 19.Ra2 Bd4 20.Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Alburt, Lev"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B27"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d5 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Be2 d6 8.O-O Qb6
9.Nd2 Nf6 10.Rb1 a5 11.b3 O-O 12.Kh1 Nd7 13.Bb2 Nc5 14.Nf3 Nxe4 15.Nxd4 a4
16.f3 axb3 17.axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kapengut, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A01"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 c5 6.Ne2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.Nbc3 d6 
9.h3 Rb8 10.f4 b5 11.d3 b4 12.Na4 Nh5 13.Kh2 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.f5 Bh6 
16.Bc1 Bxc1 17.Qxc1 Qf6 18.a3 a5 19.Bf3 Ng7 20.g4 Qh4 21.Nb2 Rb5 22.axb4 
axb4 23.Qe1 Qxe1 24.Rfxe1 Bb7 25.Nc4 Rd8 26.Ra7 Ne8 27.Rea1 g5 28.Kg3 h6 
29.Kf2 Kf8 30.Ke2 Rb8 31.Kd2 Bc6 32.Na5 R5b6 33.Nc4 R6b7 34.Rxb7 Bxb7 35.
Ra7 Bc6 36.Na5 Bb5 37.Kc1 Rc8 38.Kb2 Nc7 39.Rb7 Ke7 40.Rb6 Ra8 41.Nc4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Dzhindzhikhashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nbd2 h6 7.c4 c6 8.b3 Nbd7 
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Rc1 Bh7 11.Rc2 Bd6 12.Qa1 Re8 13.Rfc1 e5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Ne1 
Qe7 16.Nf1 Nb6 17.Ne3 d4 18.Nc4 Nxc4 19.Rxc4 Bf5 20.Nf3 Be6 21.R4c2 Nd5 
22.a3 Rad8 23.Nd2 Bb8 24.Ne4 b6 25.b4 f5 26.Nd2 Bf7 27.Rc6 Qd7 28.b5 Ne7 
29.a4 Nxc6 30.Bxc6 Qe6 31.Bxe8 Qxe8 32.Rc2 Bd5 33.Qc1 Kh7 34.f3 Bb7 35.Ba3
Qe6 36.Bb4 Rg8 37.Qa3 Re8 38.Qc1 Qg6 39.a5 e4 40.Qf1 exd3 41.exd3 Re3 42.
a6 Bd5 43.Rc8 Qe6 44.Rc1 Qe8 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Qa5 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Bd3 
Ndf6 9.Ne2 h5 10.f3 Nxc3 11.Nxc3 h4 12.Bf2 g4 13.Qe2 h3 14.Bg3 hxg2 15.
Qxg2 gxf3 16.Qxf3 Bh6 17.Bxd6 Bg4 18.Qf2 Bg5 19.Bg3 Be6 20.h4 Ng4 21.Qf3 
Bxe3 22.d5 cxd5 23.cxd5 Bd7 24.Rf1 Rc8 25.d6 Be6 26.Bb5+ Kf8 27.dxe7+ Kg7 
28.Be5+ Nxe5 29.Qf6+ Kh7 30.Qxe5 Rxc3 31.bxc3 Qb6 32.Bd3+ 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C80"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.Nxe5 
Nxe5 9.dxe5 c6 10.c3 Bc5 11.Nd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Bf5 13.Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C95"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 c5 15.d5 c4 
16.Bg5 Qc7 17.Nf5 Reb8 18.Nh2 Bc8 19.Qf3 Ne8 20.Ng4 Nc5 21.b3 f6 22.Bd2 a5
23.b4 axb4 24.cxb4 Na4 25.h4 h5 26.Nh2 g6 27.Ne3 Qh7 28.Qd1 Bd7 29.Nhf1 
Bh6 30.Ng3 Ng7 31.Ne2 g5 32.hxg5 Bxg5 33.Ng3 Bxe3 34.Rxe3 h4 35.Nf1 Nh5 
36.Qf3 Qg6 37.Bd1 Nf4 38.Ra3 Nh3+ 39.Kh2 Ng5 40.Bxg5 fxg5 41.Bxa4 bxa4 42.
Rb1 Rf8 43.Qe2 g4 44.b5 Ra5 45.Qxc4 Rxf2 46.b6 g3+ 47.Kh1 Rc5 48.Qd3 Bb5 
49.Qe3 Rxf1+ 50.Rxf1 Bxf1 51.b7 Rb5 52.Qc1 Bxg2+ 53.Kxg2 Qxe4+ 54.Rf3 Qe2+
55.Kh3 Qxf3 56.Qc8+ Qf8 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 c5 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Bxg2 9.Kxg2 Qc8 10.Rd1 Bc5 11.Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yury"]
[Black "Mukhin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "C91"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4 d6 
9.c3 Bg4 10.Be3 d5 11.exd5 exd4 12.Bg5 dxc3 13.Nxc3 Na5 14.Bc2 h6 15.Bh4 
Bh5 16.Qd4 c5 17.Qe3 Re8 18.Rad1 Nc4 19.Qc1 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Nd6 21.Bb1 Nd7 
22.Bg3 Bf8 23.Rxe8 Qxe8 24.Re1 Qd8 25.Qf4 Qg5 26.Ne4 Qxf4 27.Bxf4 Nc4 28.
b3 Ncb6 29.Rd1 Re8 30.Kf1 Rc8 31.Ke2 c4 32.bxc4 Rxc4 33.Be3 Na4 34.Bd4 f5 
35.Ng3 g6 36.Nxf5 gxf5 37.Bxf5 Ndc5 38.Ke3 Kf7 39.Rg1 Nc3 40.Be4 Nd7 41.
Bg6+ Ke7 42.Be4 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B44"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Nd4 
Be7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Bd7 11.Be3 Qb8 12.Nb3 h6 13.f4 Rc8 14.Nd2 Ne8 15.Rc1 
Na7 16.Bd3 b5 17.b3 Bf6 18.Ne2 Nc6 19.Bb1 a5 20.cxb5 Qxb5 21.Nc4 Nb4 22.e5
Bd8 23.Nc3 Qb7 24.exd6 Nf6 25.Bd4 Ra6 26.Bxf6 Bxf6 27.Ne4 Qa7+ 28.Kh1 Bd4 
29.Qe2 Kh8 30.Ne5 Rxc1 31.Rxc1 Bxe5 32.fxe5 Qd4 33.a3 Rc6 34.Rd1 Qxe5 35.
axb4 axb4 36.Qf2 Ra6 37.Qc5 Ra5 38.Qc7 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Zhidkov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D34"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "193"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.d4 Be7 8.Nc3 
O-O 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Qa4 Na5 13.Rad1 Rc8 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 
15.Nf5 Rc4 16.Qb5 Bxf5 17.Rxd5 a6 18.Qxa5 Qxa5 19.Rxa5 Bc8 20.Rd5 Be6 21.
Rd2 Bb4 22.Rdd1 Rc2 23.a3 Be7 24.Bd4 b5 25.e3 a5 26.Be4 Rcc8 27.f4 Bc4 28.
Bd3 Rfd8 29.Bf5 Bxf1 30.Bxc8 Rxc8 31.Rxf1 f5 32.Kg2 Kf7 33.Kf3 g6 34.Rf2 
h5 35.Rd2 a4 36.e4 b4 37.axb4 Bxb4 38.Re2 fxe4+ 39.Kxe4 a3 40.bxa3 Bxa3 
41.Ra2 Bc5 42.Rc2 Re8+ 43.Be5 Be7 44.Rc7 Rd8 45.Bd4 Ke6 46.Ra7 Rb8 47.Ra6+
Kf7 48.f5 gxf5+ 49.Kxf5 Rb5+ 50.Be5 Bf8 51.h3 Rc5 52.h4 Rb5 53.Rc6 Ra5 54.
Rb6 Rc5 55.Ke4 Ra5 56.Rf6+ Ke7 57.Rg6 Kf7 58.Rf6+ Ke7 59.Rf5 Ke6 60.Rg5 
Rb5 61.Rg6+ Kf7 62.Ra6 Rb4+ 63.Kf5 Rb5 64.Ra7+ Be7 65.Rc7 Ra5 66.Rb7 Rc5 
67.Ke4 Rc6 68.Bd4 Rc4 69.Kd5 Rc1 70.Be3 Rd1+ 71.Ke4 Re1 72.Kf3 Ke6 73.Rb6+
Kd7 74.Rb5 Bd6 75.Bf4 Rf1+ 76.Kg2 Bxf4 77.Kxf1 Bxg3 78.Rxh5 Ke6 79.Kg2 Be1
80.Kh3 Bd2 81.Kg4 Kf6 82.Rf5+ Kg6 83.Rd5 Bc1 84.Rd6+ Kg7 85.h5 Be3 86.Rg6+
Kh7 87.Rf6 Kg7 88.Kf5 Bd2 89.h6+ Bxh6 90.Rg6+ Kh7 91.Kf6 Be3 92.Kf7 Ba7 
93.Ra6 Bb8 94.Ra8 Bc7 95.Rc8 Bf4 96.Rc4 Bg5 97.Rc3 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Zilberstein, Valery"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 d5 4.c4 d4 5.Bb2 c5 6.b4 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.
bxc5 Nc6 10.d3 e5 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Nb3 a5 13.a4 Bf5 14.Nh4 Bg4 15.Rb1 Qd7 16.
Ba3 g5 17.Nf3 e4 18.dxe4 Nxe4 19.Bb2 Rad8 20.e3 Nxf2 21.Kxf2 dxe3+ 22.Ke2 
Qf5 23.Qc1 Qd3+ 24.Ke1 Nb4 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.15"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B10"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Ngf3 e5 6.Bg2 Ne7 7.O-O O-O 8.b4 Bg4 
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Nd7 11.a4 Qc7 12.Qe2 a5 13.bxa5 Rxa5 14.Bd2 Ra6 15.a5 d4
16.h4 Nf6 17.Rab1 c5 18.Rb5 Ne8 19.h5 Nd6 20.Rbb1 c4 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Ng5 
c3 23.Bc1 Bf6 24.Qg4 Kg7 25.f4 Bxg5 26.Qxg5 f6 27.Qh4 Rh8 28.Qg4 Nf7 29.
Qf3 Rf8 30.g4 Rxa5 31.g5 fxg5 32.f5 gxf5 33.exf5 Kf6 34.Rxb7 Qd6 35.Qh5 
Rg8 36.Be4 Ra1 37.Kg2 Rxc1 38.Rxc1 Rh8 39.Qf3 g4 40.Qg3 Nd5 41.Rh1 Ne3+ 
42.Kf2 Rxh1 43.Bxh1 Kg7 44.Bf3 Kf8 45.Bxg4 Qh6 46.Rb8+ Ke7 47.Rb7+ Kf8 48.
Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.15"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O c5 5.d3 e6 6.e4 d6 7.a4 b4 8.Nbd2 Nfd7 
9.Nc4 Nc6 10.Bg5 Qc7 11.Nfd2 g6 12.Bf4 Nd4 13.c3 bxc3 14.bxc3 Nc6 15.a5 
Ba6 16.e5 d5 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.e6 Nde5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.15"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Nb6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O Nc6 8.d3 
O-O 9.Be3 e5 10.Qc1 Nd4 11.Bh6 Re8 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.Ne4 Qe7 
15.Re1 Bf5 16.Qc5 Rad8 17.Qxe7 Rxe7 18.Nc5 c6 19.Rac1 Nd5 20.Nb3 Nf6 21.
Kf1 Be6 22.Nc5 Bc8 23.b4 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.15"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kapengut, Albert"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 g6 6.d4 Bg7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nc3 
cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.Nc2 O-O 11.b3 a6 12.a4 Rfc8 13.Bd2 e6 14.Bg5 Na5 15.Ne3
b5 16.axb5 axb5 17.Qf3 Ne8 18.e5 d5 19.Ncxd5 exd5 20.Nxd5 Bxe5 21.Nb6 Qc6 
22.Qxc6 Rxc6 23.Nxa8 Bxa1 24.cxb5 Rc5 25.Rxa1 Nxb3 26.Rb1 Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.15"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B05"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.exd6 cxd6 8.Nbd2 
O-O 9.Re1 Bf5 10.Nf1 Nc6 11.c4 Nf6 12.d5 exd5 13.cxd5 Ne5 14.Ne3 Nxf3+ 15.
Bxf3 Bg6 16.Qb3 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.15"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "C65"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 O-O 7.Nbd2 a6 8.Bxc6 
bxc6 9.d4 Nd7 10.Nc4 f6 11.Na5 Nb8 12.c3 Qd7 13.Nh4 g6 14.Nf3 Rf7 15.b4 
Bf8 16.Bb2 Qe8 17.c4 Bg7 18.Qb3 exd4 19.c5 Nd7 20.Nxd4 dxc5 21.Ne6 c4 22.
Nxg7 Kxg7 23.Nxc4 Qe6 24.Qc3 Kg8 25.e5 f5 26.Rad1 Bb7 27.Nd6 cxd6 28.Rxd6 
Nf8 29.Rxe6 Nxe6 30.Rd1 Re8 31.Rd6 Rc7 32.Qc4 Kf7 33.Qh4 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.15"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Mukhin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 Ne4 8.Nxe4 
Bxe4 9.Be3 d5 10.Qc1 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.15"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Zilberstein, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "A14"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "176"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 d4 7.e3 c5 8.exd4 cxd4 
9.d3 Nc6 10.Re1 Nd7 11.Na3 Nc5 12.Nc2 a5 13.Ba3 f6 14.Bxc5 Bxc5 15.a3 Rb8 
16.Nd2 Bd7 17.Rb1 Qe7 18.Qc1 Ne5 19.Bf1 b5 20.f4 Nc6 21.Bg2 Ba7 22.Qd1 
bxc4 23.Nxc4 Qc5 24.Qd2 e5 25.b4 Qb5 26.Nd6 Qb6 27.Bd5+ Kh8 28.Nf7+ Rxf7 
29.Bxf7 Qc7 30.Bd5 Ne7 31.Bg2 Ba4 32.Rbc1 Nf5 33.Kh1 Qd6 34.fxe5 fxe5 35.
bxa5 Ne3 36.Nxe3 dxe3 37.Qb4 Qd7 38.Rf1 Qe8 39.Qe4 Bd4 40.Rc7 Qd8 41.Rcf7 
Bb3 42.R7f5 Qd6 43.a6 g6 44.Rxe5 Qxe5 45.a7 Re8 46.a8=Q Qxe4 47.Bxe4 Rxa8 
48.Bxa8 e2 49.Re1 Bd1 50.Kg2 Kg7 51.Kf3 h5 52.h4 Kf6 53.Bc6 g5 54.hxg5+ 
Kxg5 55.a4 Bb6 56.Bb5 Ba5 57.Rxe2 Bb6 58.Be8 h4 59.gxh4+ Kxh4 60.Bd7 Kg5 
61.Bh3 Kf6 62.Bg4 Bxe2+ 63.Kxe2 Ke5 64.Bd7 Kd6 65.Bb5 Ke5 66.Kf3 Ba5 67.
Kg4 Bd8 68.Bc4 Ba5 69.Kg5 Bd8+ 70.Kg6 Ba5 71.Kg5 Kd6 72.Kf6 Be1 73.Kf5 Ba5
74.d4 Be1 75.Ke4 Ba5 76.Bf1 Bb4 77.Kd3 Ba5 78.Kc4 Bd2 79.Bg2 Be1 80.Kb5 
Bf2 81.d5 Kc7 82.a5 Kd6 83.Kc4 Be1 84.a6 Bf2 85.Kd3 Ba7 86.Ke4 Ke7 87.Ke5 
Bb8+ 88.Kf5 Ba7 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.15"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dzhindzhikhashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.c4 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Re1 Bd7 10.Bf1 Nc6 11.Be3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bc6 13.f3 Qa5 14.a3 Rfe8 15.Qd2 
Qd8 16.Red1 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.15"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B53"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Bg5 Nf6 8.
Nc3 e6 9.O-O-O Be7 10.Rhe1 O-O 11.e5 dxe5 12.Qh4 Qc7 13.Nxe5 Rfd8 14.Ng4 
Nxg4 15.Bxe7 Rxd1+ 16.Rxd1 Ne5 17.Bd6 Ng6 18.Qg3 Qd8 19.f3 Qh4 20.Bb8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.15"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Zhidkov, Valery"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 e6 8.d4 
cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Be7 13.Rc1 O-O 14.Bg5 Bxg5 
15.Nxg5 h6 16.Nf3 Rac8 17.Qd2 Rc7 18.Re3 Rfc8 19.Rec3 Ne7 20.b3 Rxc3 21.
Rxc3 Rxc3 22.Qxc3 Qc6 23.Qxc6 Nxc6 24.Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Alburt, Lev"]
[Black "Zhidkov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D01"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Bf5 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 c6 6.Bd3 Be6 7.Nce2 Bd6 8.Nf4
Qe7 9.Nxe6 fxe6 10.Qh5+ Qf7 11.Qxf7+ Kxf7 12.e4 Nd7 13.Nf3 Rhe8 14.O-O g6 
15.Rfe1 f5 16.exd5 exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B44"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 
Be7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Rc1 Re8 13.Qb3 Nd7 14.Rfd1 Nc5 15.
Qc2 Rb8 16.Qd2 Ba8 17.f3 Rb7 18.Nc2 a5 19.Bf1 Rd7 20.Qf2 Bh4 21.g3 Bf6 22.
Nd4 Ne5 23.h3 g5 24.Rc2 Bg7 25.b3 f5 26.exf5 exf5 27.f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Dzhindzhikhashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d3 c5 6.e4 Nc6 7.c3 d6 8.Nbd2 Ne8 
9.Nb3 a5 10.a4 e5 11.Be3 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Bg5 Nf6 14.Nh4 Be6 15.d4 cxd4 
16.cxd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.Nf3 Qd7 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nxd4 Bc4 21.Re1 f4 
22.Rc1 fxg3 23.hxg3 Bf7 24.Nb5 Rac8 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Bd5 Rf8 27.Bxf7+ Qxf7 
28.Nxd6 Qg7 29.Qd5+ Kh8 30.Re8 h6 31.Nf5 Qg8 32.Qd6 Bg7 33.Nxg7 Kxg7 34.
Rxf8 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E42"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.c5 Ne4 8.Be3 O-O
9.a3 Nxc3 10.Nxc3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 b6 12.Bd3 Ba6 13.O-O Bxd3 14.Qxd3 bxc5 15.
dxc5 Nd7 16.Bd4 Qc7 17.Rae1 Nxc5 18.Qe3 Nd7 19.f4 Rfe8 20.Qh3 Qd6 21.Re3 
f6 22.Rfe1 e5 23.fxe5 Nxe5 24.a4 Re7 25.Qf5 Rae8 26.g4 h6 27.h4 Nc6 28.
Rxe7 Rxe7 29.Rxe7 Nxe7 30.Qf2 Nc6 31.Bxa7 Qd7 32.Bb6 Qxg4+ 33.Qg2 Qxa4 34.
Qxd5+ Kh8 35.c4 Qa1+ 36.Kg2 Qa2+ 37.Bf2 Ne5 38.Qd8+ Kh7 39.c5 Qc2 40.Qd4 
Kg6 41.Qf4 0-1

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B05"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.c4 Nb6 8.h3 Bh5 
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bf4 d5 11.c5 N6d7 12.b4 b6 13.Qd2 a5 14.a3 c6 15.Bg5 Bxf3 16.
Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Bxf3 Na6 18.Rab1 Nc7 19.Be2 axb4 20.axb4 Ra7 21.Ra1 Rfa8 22.
Qb2 bxc5 23.bxc5 f6 24.f4 fxe5 25.Rxa7 Rxa7 26.fxe5 Qg5 27.Rf3 Qh4 28.Qd2 
g6 29.g3 Qe7 30.h4 Ne8 31.h5 gxh5 32.Qh6 Ng7 33.Bd3 Nf8 34.Ne2 Qe8 35.Rf6 
Ra4 36.Kg2 Rb4 37.Rf1 Ra4 38.Rb1 Qa8 39.Qg5 Ra1 40.Rb6 Ra2 41.Kh3 Ra7 42.
Nf4 Kh8 43.Rb2 Qe8 44.Rf2 Qa8 45.Rb2 Qe8 46.Rf2 Qa8 47.Ne2 Kg8 48.Nf4 Kh8 
49.Nxh5 Nxh5 50.Qxh5 Rg7 51.Rf6 Kg8 52.Qf3 Qe8 53.Kh2 Nd7 54.Rf4 Nf8 55.
Bf1 Qb8 56.Rf6 Rg6 57.Rf4 Rg7 58.Qf2 Rb7 59.Ba6 Rg7 60.Be2 Qe8 61.Bg4 Rg5 
62.Bh3 Rg6 63.Kg2 Qe7 64.Bg4 Rg5 65.Qf3 Kg7 66.Kh2 Kg8 67.Rf6 Rg6 68.Bh5 
Rg7 69.Qf4 Ng6 70.Qf2 Nf8 71.Qf4 Ng6 72.Qf3 Nf8 73.Kh3 Rg5 74.Bf7+ Kg7 75.
Qf4 Rg6 76.Bxg6 hxg6 77.Rxf8 Qxf8 78.Qxf8+ Kxf8 79.Kg4 Kf7 80.Kg5 Kg7 81.
g4 Kf7 82.Kh6 g5 83.Kh7 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Mukhin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A04"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O Nc6 5.c4 d4 6.d3 Nf6 7.e4 e5 8.Nh4 g6 9.
Na3 Be7 10.Nc2 Nd7 11.Nf3 h5 12.h4 Nf8 13.Nh2 Bd6 14.Bd2 Ne6 15.Rb1 Bd7 
16.Qe1 Qc7 17.a3 a5 18.b3 f6 19.Qc1 f5 20.exf5 gxf5 21.b4 Ne7 22.Bg5 Bc6 
23.bxc5 Nxc5 24.Bxc6+ Qxc6 25.Qd2 Ne6 26.Rb5 Rg8 27.Rfb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Bd3 
Bg6 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.h4 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Qa5 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.h5 Nb6 14.Kf1 Qb4 
15.b3 Qa5 16.Ne2 Qa6 17.Qf5 Nd7 18.Rh3 Qa3 19.e4 dxe4 20.Nc3 Nf6 21.Be5 
Qa6+ 22.Kg1 c5 23.d5 g6 24.Qf4 O-O-O 25.Rd1 Rd6 26.hxg6 fxg6 27.Nxe4 Rhd8 
28.Nxd6+ Rxd6 29.Bxd6 Bxd6 30.Qe3 Kc7 31.Qe6 Nh5 32.Rf3 Bf4 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yury"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C95"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a4 Bf8 14.b4 a5 15.bxa5 Rxa5
16.Rb1 Ba6 17.axb5 Rxb5 18.Bb3 Re7 19.Qc2 Ra5 20.Nc4 Bxc4 21.Bxc4 Qa8 22.
Bd2 Ra3 23.Bb5 c6 24.Bc4 d5 25.exd5 cxd5 26.Bb3 e4 27.Nh2 Nb6 28.Bg5 Re6 
29.f3 Nbd7 30.Ng4 Nxg4 31.hxg4 Rg6 32.Bh4 exf3 33.Qf5 Nb6 34.Qxf3 Qc8 35.
Rf1 Qd7 36.Bc2 Re6 37.Rb3 Rxb3 38.Bxb3 g6 39.Bf6 h6 40.g5 hxg5 41.Bxg5 Bg7
42.Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B67"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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 
Bd7 9.f4 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Kb1 
    ( 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Qe1 Be7 13.Bd3 $14 )
11...Qb6 
    ( 11...b4 $5 12.Nce2 Qb6 13.f5 e5 $10 )
12.Nce2 h5 
    ( 12...Rc8 $5 13.f5 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 e5 15.Ne2 b4 $10 {
    Petrushin,A-Tukmakov,V/URS(chI)/1977/0: 1 (25)/} )
13.g3 h4 
    ( 13...O-O-O $142 14.Bg2 Kb8 15.Rhf1 Ne7 16.Nb3 Bc6 $13 {
    Timman,J-Torre,E/Rio de Janeiro(izt)/1979/} )
14.Bh3 $1 $14 
    ( 14.Bg2 )
14...hxg3 15.hxg3 {/\ Be6/} 15...Rg8 16.Nf3 Qc5 17.g4 b4 
    ( 17...O-O-O $5 18.Ng3 Kb8 19.Nh5 Be7 $14 )
18.Ng3 Na5 19.b3 Bc6 20.Rhe1 O-O-O {/\ d5/} 21.Nh5 Be7 22.f5 $1 e5 
    ( 22...d5 23.e5 d4 24.Qf4 $16 )
23.g5 d5 24.gxf6 $1 dxe4 $8 25.fxe7 Rxd2 26.Nxd2 e3 27.Nf1 $1 $16 
    ( 27.f6+ Kc7 28.Nf1 e4 29.Ng7 Qe5 $13 )
27...f6 28.Nxf6 Rh8 29.Rxe3 Qxe7 30.Nd5 $1 Qf7 
    ( 30...Bxd5 31.f6+ $18 )
    ( 30...Qc5 $142 31.Rxe5 Kb8 32.Bg2 $16 )
31.Nxb4 Bb7 32.Nd3 $1 Nc6 
    ( 32...Rd8 $142 )
33.Nc5 $18 Ba8 34.f6+ Kb8 35.Rd7 
    ( 35.Rd7 Qxf6 36.Nxa6+ Kc8 37.Rf7+ )
1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kapengut, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 g6 4.b3 b6 5.Bb2 Bg7 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 d5 
9.Nxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.d3 Na6 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Zilberstein, Valery"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A50"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 e5 8.Nf3 
exd4 9.Bc4 Nc6 10.O-O d3 11.Bxd3 Bc5 12.e5 h6 13.Bf4 Qe7 14.Bf5 g6 15.Bh3 
Nd8 16.Rad1 Ne6 17.Qa4+ Kf8 18.Rd7 Qe8 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Rfd1 Rh7 21.Bxh6+ 
Kg8 22.Rxh7 Qxa4 23.Rdd7 Bf8 24.Bxf8 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.19"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "E82"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Be3 d6 6.f3 b6 7.Bd3 a6 8.Nge2 c5 9.
e5 Ne8 10.Be4 Ra7 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Bxc5 Rd7 13.Be3 Bb7 14.Bxb7 Rxb7 15.Qd2 
Bxe5 16.O-O Nc6 17.Rad1 Bg7 18.b3 Qa5 19.Bh6 Bxh6 20.Qxh6 Nf6 21.Rd2 Nb4 
22.Rfd1 Rc8 23.Qe3 Qc5 24.Kf2 h5 25.Qxc5 Rxc5 26.Nf4 g5 27.Nfd5 Nbxd5 28.
Nxd5 Kg7 29.Ke3 a5 30.Nc3 Rb8 31.Kd4 Kg6 32.Re1 Rb7 33.Ne4 Rc6 34.Kc3 Rb5 
35.Nxf6 Kxf6 36.Red1 Ke6 37.Rd5 Rcc5 38.Re1+ Kd7 39.a4 Rxd5 40.axb5 Rf5 
41.Ra1 Kc7 42.Rxa5 Re5 43.b4 Kb7 44.Kd3 Re1 45.c5 Rc1 46.c6+ Kb6 47.Ra8 d5
48.Rb8+ Kc7 49.Rb7+ Kd6 50.Rd7+ Ke6 51.Rd8 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.19"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Dzhindzhikhashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Qe2 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.e5 Nd7 
9.c4 Nb6 10.Bf4 Bd7 11.h4 Nd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Nd2 Bc6 14.Rad1 Na4 15.Nb3 
dxc4 16.dxc4 Bc5 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Nxc5 Nxc5 19.Be3 d3 20.Qg4 Qe7 21.Bg5 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.19"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Mukhin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O c5 8.Nxd5 
Qxd5 9.d3 Nc6 10.Be3 Qd6 11.Rc1 Nd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Bd2 Be6 14.Qa4 Qb6 15.
Ba5 Qa6 16.Rc7 Rab8 17.Qa3 Be5 18.Rc2 Bd6 19.Bb4 Qxa3 20.bxa3 Bxb4 21.axb4
Rbc8 22.Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.19"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Kapengut, Albert"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B35"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.f4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bc6 13.Qd3 Rad8 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Bd7 16.Kh1 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.19"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 c5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O 
O-O 9.a3 Be7 10.b4 Bb7 11.Bb2 Rc8 12.Qb3 a5 13.b5 Nb8 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.Rac1 
Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.19"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qc7 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.c4 
Nf6 9.Nc3 d6 10.Qe2 Be7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bd2 e5 13.b4 O-O 14.Rfc1 a5 15.b5 Nd7
16.Be3 Bb7 17.Qg4 Kh8 18.Qh5 Qd8 19.Rd1 Rc8 20.a4 cxb5 21.axb5 Nc5 22.Bxc5
Rxc5 23.Na4 Rc8 24.c5 dxc5 25.Bc4 Qe8 26.Nc3 Rd8 27.Bd5 Bxd5 28.Nxd5 c4 
29.Rxa5 Bc5 30.Ra6 Rd6 31.Rxd6 Bxd6 32.Ne3 Qe6 33.Qe2 Rc8 34.Rc1 c3 35.Nd5
Ra8 36.g4 Bc5 37.Rxc3 Bd4 38.Rc6 Qd7 39.Kg2 Ra3 40.h3 Rb3 41.Qa2 Rb2 42.
Qa8+ Kh7 43.Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.19"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Bd2 Bd6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.Bd3 Qe7
9.O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4 e5 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Nf6 13.Qh4 e4 14.Ne5 Be6 15.f4 
Bxc4 16.Nxc4 Nd5 17.Qxe7 Bxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.19"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E92"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 
Rxd8 9.Bg5 Re8 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.cxd5 c6 12.Bc4 cxd5 13.Bxd5 Nc6 14.a3 Nd4 
15.Nxd4 exd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.19"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E18"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 d5 
9.Qc2 Nxd2 10.Nxd2 c6 11.Rad1 Nd7 12.e4 Nf6 13.e5 Ne8 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.f4 
g6 16.g4 Ng7 17.Bh3 f5 18.exf6 Bxf6 19.Nf3 Ba6 20.Rf2 Qd6 21.Qd2 Rae8 22.
Rc1 Bc4 23.g5 Be7 24.Ne5 Ba6 25.Nd1 Rc8 26.Nc3 Rce8 27.Bg4 Rc8 28.h4 Rc7 
29.Re1 b5 30.Re3 b4 31.Nd1 Bb5 32.Rh3 Be8 33.Ne3 Qa6 34.b3 Rc3 35.Nf1 Rxh3
36.Bxh3 Nf5 37.Bxf5 Rxf5 38.Ne3 Rf8 39.N3g4 Kg7 40.Nd3 Qb6 41.Qe3 Qd6 42.
Nc5 Bf7 43.Ne5 Bg8 44.Ned3 Re8 45.Nxb4 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.19"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Ne7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.c3 a5 8.a4 b6 9.
e4 Nbc6 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Re1 Re8 12.Nc4 Ba6 13.Ng5 Qd7 14.Qf3 Rad8 15.Nd6 
Qxd6 16.Qxf7+ Kh8 17.Qxe8+ Rxe8 18.Nf7+ Kg8 19.Nxd6 1-0

[Event "40th URS-ch"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.19"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Zhidkov, Valery"]
[Black "Zilberstein, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B87"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.Be3 Bb7
9.Qe2 b4 10.Na4 Nbd7 11.f3 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.O-O-O Be7 14.Nf5 O-O 15.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.Bd4 Rfc8 17.Kb1 Qe8 18.Qf2 Bc6 19.Qg3 Qf8 20.Rhe1 Bxa4 21.
Bxa4 Nc5 22.Bb3 Nxb3 23.axb3 Rc6 24.f4 f6 25.f5 Qf7 26.Qf3 Rd8 27.Rxe6 
Rxe6 28.fxe6 Qxe6 29.Bc5 Rd7 30.Rd4 a5 31.Qd3 Qc6 32.Qc4 Kf7 33.Bxb4 Qxc4 
34.bxc4 axb4 35.cxd5 f5 36.Rxb4 Rxd5 37.Kc1 g5 38.Rb3 Rd4 39.Rd3 Rh4 40.h3
Ra4 41.Kd2 Ra1 42.b4 Rg1 43.g3 Ke6 44.b5 f4 45.gxf4 gxf4 46.b6 Rg2+ 47.Kc3
Ke5 48.b7 Rg8 49.Kd2 Ke4 50.Rb3 Rb8 51.Ke2 Kd5 52.Kf3 Kc6 53.h4 Kc7 54.h5 
h6 55.Rb5 Kc6 56.c4 Kc7 57.Rb1 Rxb7 58.Rxb7+ Kxb7 1-0

