[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Zakharov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "D30"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.O-O b6 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.b3 Be7 
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Rc1 c5 11.Qe2 Ne4 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Rfd1 Bf6 14.Ba6 Nxc3 15.
Bxc3 Bxa6 16.Qxa6 Qc8 17.Qxc8 Rfxc8 18.dxc5 Bxc3 19.Rxc3 Nxc5 20.g4 Rd8 
21.b4 Ne6 22.h3 Rd6 23.Nd4 Rad8 24.Nb5 R6d7 25.Ra3 d4 26.Nxd4 Nxd4 27.Rxd4
Rxd4 28.exd4 Rxd4 29.Rxa7 h5 30.b5 hxg4 31.hxg4 Rxg4+ 32.Kf1 Rb4 33.a4 g5 
34.Ke2 g4 35.Kd3 Rb2 36.Ke3 Rb4 37.Ra6 Kg7 38.Kd3 Rf4 39.Ke3 Rf3+ 40.Ke2 
Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D44"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e3 b5 7.a4 Bb4 8.Be2 Bb7 
9.O-O a6 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Bf3 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Qxd1 13.Rfxd1 Bxc3 14.axb5 axb5 
15.Rxa8+ Bxa8 16.bxc3 Nd7 17.Rd6 h6 18.Bh4 g5 19.Bxc6 Bxc6 20.Rxc6 Ke7 21.
Bg3 Ra8 22.f4 Ra1+ 23.Kf2 Rc1 24.Kf3 Rxc3 25.Be1 Rb3 26.g4 gxf4 27.Kxf4 
Nxe5 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D80"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Bg7 6.cxd5 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Qxd5 8.e3
c5 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Be2 cxd4 11.cxd4 O-O 12.O-O b6 13.Nd2 Bb7 14.Bf3 Qd7 15.
Qa4 Rfd8 16.Kh1 Na5 17.Qxd7 Rxd7 18.Bxb7 Nxb7 19.Nb3 Nd6 20.Rac1 Rc8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C60"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "183"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.O-O Bg7 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qa4 c6 
9.Be2 b5 10.Qc2 Ne7 11.Be3 O-O 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.a4 Qc7 14.b4 Nb7 15.axb5 
cxb5 16.Rxa7 Rxa7 17.Bxa7 Nc6 18.Be3 Nxb4 19.Qb2 Na6 20.Bxb5 Nac5 21.Bxd7 
Qxd7 22.Nbd2 Nd3 23.Qb1 Rc8 24.c4 Nbc5 25.Nb3 Qc6 26.Nxc5 Nxc5 27.Nd2 Bf8 
28.Qb5 Qa8 29.Qb2 Nxe4 30.Qxe5 Re8 31.Qb2 Bg7 32.Qc2 Nc3 33.Nb1 Ne4 34.Nd2
Nc3 35.Nb1 Ne4 36.Re1 Qc6 37.Qd3 Nd6 38.Na3 Nf5 39.Bd2 Rxe1+ 40.Bxe1 Bf8 
41.Nc2 Qb6 42.Kf1 Bc5 43.Qd5 Ne7 44.Qa8+ Kg7 45.Qe4 Qb2 46.Qd3 f6 47.Ne3 
Qc1 48.Ke2 Bxe3 49.fxe3 Qb2+ 50.Kf3 Qb7+ 51.Qe4 Qd7 52.Bc3 Kf7 53.Ke2 Qa4 
54.Qd4 Qc2+ 55.Kf3 Qf5+ 56.Qf4 Qe6 57.Bb2 h5 58.Qe4 Qd7 59.Ke2 Qa4 60.Bc3 
Qb3 61.Qd3 Qa2+ 62.Kf3 Qa6 63.h3 Qc6+ 64.Kf2 Qe6 65.Bb2 Nc8 66.Ba3 Nb6 67.
Qd8 Nd7 68.Bb2 g5 69.Bd4 h4 70.Qc7 Qf5+ 71.Kg1 Ke7 72.Kh1 Ke6 73.Qc6+ Ke7 
74.c5 Ne5 75.Qd6+ Ke8 76.Bxe5 Qxe5 77.Qxe5+ fxe5 78.Kg1 Kd7 79.Kf2 e4 80.
Ke2 Kc6 81.Kd2 Kd5 82.Kc2 Kxc5 83.Kc3 g4 84.hxg4 Kd5 85.g5 Ke5 86.g6 Kf6 
87.Kd4 Kxg6 88.Kxe4 Kg5 89.Kf3 Kf5 90.e4+ Kg5 91.Ke3 Kg4 92.e5 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.b3 e6 4.Bb2 Be7 5.e3 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.Bd3 b6 
9.O-O Bb7 10.Re1 Rc8 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Rc1 Re8 13.a3 dxc4 14.bxc4 Qd6 15.Nb3 
Red8 16.Rc2 Bf8 17.Rce2 g6 18.Ng5 Bg7 19.h3 Rc7 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Rxe6 Qf8 
22.d5 Nb8 23.Bc3 Na6 24.Nd4 Nxd5 25.cxd5 Rxc3 26.Bxa6 Bxd5 27.Re7 Bf7 28.
R7e4 Qc5 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E18"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 
Bxe4 9.Ne1 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d6 11.e4 Nd7 12.Ne3 Re8 13.Bd2 Bf6 14.Bc3 c5 15.
Rc1 cxd4 16.Bxd4 Qc7 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Qd4 Red8 19.Rfd1 Rac8 20.Rc3 h6 21.f3
1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B88"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 a6 8.f4 Na5
9.f5 Nxb3 10.axb3 Be7 11.Qf3 O-O 12.Be3 e5 13.Nde2 d5 14.exd5 e4 15.Qh3 
Nxd5 16.O-O-O Bxf5 17.Qh5 Nxe3 18.Rxd8 Raxd8 19.Ng3 Bg6 20.Qa5 b5 21.h4 h6
22.Qb6 Nd5 23.Nxd5 Rxd5 24.Ne2 Rfd8 25.g3 Bh5 26.Nc3 R5d6 27.Qb7 Bf3 28.
Re1 R6d7 29.Qxa6 b4 30.Ne2 e3 31.Kb1 Ra8 32.Qc4 Rda7 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 c5 5.e3 O-O 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Ne4 Qb6 8.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 9.c3 d6 10.Be2 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.a4 cxd4 13.exd4 a6 14.Re1 Nd7 
15.Nd2 Rfc8 16.Bf3 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 e6 18.Qd2 Kg7 19.h4 h6 20.Re4 b5 21.Ree1 
Qf5 22.Qe2 Nf6 23.Nd2 Qc2 24.axb5 axb5 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Ne4 Qxe2 27.Rxe2 
Ra1+ 28.Kh2 Nxe4 29.Rxe4 d5 30.Re3 Ra2 31.Re2 b4 32.cxb4 Ra4 33.Rd2 Rxb4 
34.Kg3 Kf6 35.Kf3 h5 36.Ke2 e5 37.dxe5+ Kxe5 38.g3 Ke4 39.f3+ Ke5 40.Kd1 
Rb3 41.Rf2 Kd4 42.g4 Ke3 43.Re2+ Kxf3 44.gxh5 gxh5 45.Re5 Kg4 46.Rxd5 Rxb2
47.Ke1 Kxh4 48.Rd7 f6 49.Kf1 Kg4 50.Rg7+ Kf5 51.Rh7 Kg6 52.Rh8 f5 53.Rg8+ 
Kf6 54.Kg1 f4 55.Kf1 Kf5 56.Kg1 h4 57.Rg7 Ke4 58.Ra7 Kf3 59.Ra3+ Kg4 60.
Ra8 Kg3 61.Rg8+ Kf3 62.Rh8 Rb1+ 63.Kh2 Kf2 64.Rxh4 f3 65.Ra4 Kf1 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Nc3 Nc7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.h3 g6 8.O-O 
Bg7 9.Re1 O-O 10.d3 Ne6 11.Ne4 b6 12.Neg5 Nxg5 13.Bxg5 h6 14.Bf4 Be6 15.
Qd2 Kh7 16.h4 Bd5 17.Nh2 Be6 18.Nf3 Bd5 19.Nh2 Be6 20.Nf3 Bd5 21.Nh2 Be6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A57"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nd2 bxc4 5.e4 d6 6.Bxc4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Ngf3 O-O 
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qe2 Nb6 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.Rb1 c4 14.Nxc4 Nxc4 15.Bxc4
Nxe4 16.Be3 Bg4 17.Bb5 Qa5 18.b4 Qd8 19.Qc4 Nc3 20.Rbc1 Nxb5 21.Qxb5 Rb8 
22.Qa4 Bd7 23.Qxa7 Rxb4 24.Rc7 Bb5 25.Rfc1 Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D00"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 c6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.e3 Qb6 6.Nbd2 Nd7 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.cxd3 
e6 9.O-O Be7 10.Bxe7 Nxe7 11.b4 a5 12.bxa5 Rxa5 13.a4 Qa7 14.Qb1 O-O 15.
Qb2 Nc8 16.Rfb1 Ncb6 17.Ne5 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B44"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 a6 7.N5c3 Nf6 8.Be2 
Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 Bd7 11.f4 Qb8 12.Nd2 b6 13.a3 Na7 14.Bf3 Bc6 15.Nb3 
Nd7 16.Nd4 Bb7 17.f5 e5 18.Nc2 b5 19.cxb5 Nxb5 20.Nxb5 axb5 21.Nb4 Nf6 22.
Qd3 Re8 23.Bg5 d5 24.Bxf6 Bxb4 25.Bh4 Bc5+ 26.Bf2 Bxf2+ 27.Rxf2 dxe4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A26"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.Rb1 a5 
9.a3 h6 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 Be6 12.b5 Ne7 13.Bb2 Nd7 14.Ra1 c6 15.Rxa8 Qxa8
16.Nd2 d5 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Qc2 Rb8 19.e3 Qa6 20.Ra1 Qc8 21.Ra7 Nf5 22.Na4 
Ra8 23.Rxa8 Qxa8 24.Qb3 Qa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B25"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nh3 h5 7.f4 Bg4 8.Qd2 Nd4 9.
Ng1 Qd7 10.h3 Be6 11.Nce2 h4 12.g4 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.g5 O-O-O 15.Nxd4 
cxd4 16.Ne2 Bf7 17.c3 dxc3 18.bxc3 Kb8 19.Rb1 d5 20.O-O e5 21.fxe5 Bxe5 
22.d4 Bc7 23.c4 Ne7 24.c5 Rdg8 25.Qb4 Bd8 26.Rf3 Nc6 27.Qb5 Bh5 28.Rfb3 
Rg7 29.Nf4 Bxg5 30.Nxh5 Rxh5 31.Qe2 Bxc1 32.Rxb7+ Qxb7 33.Qe8+ Kc7 34.
Rxb7+ Kxb7 35.Qxh5 Nxd4 36.Kf1 Be3 37.Qh8 Rd7 38.Qe8 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Bd3 Nge7 8.O-O 
Ng6 9.Re1 Qc7 10.Bxg6 fxg6 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Bg3 Ne7 13.Nbd2 Nf5 14.Nb3 Ba4 
15.Kh1 Qb6 16.Qc2 Rac8 17.Re2 h6 18.h3 g5 19.Bh2 Rc7 20.Ne1 Be7 21.Qd1 Rc4
22.Rd2 g4 23.hxg4 Ne3 24.Qe2 Nxg4 25.f3 Nxh2 26.Nd4 Bc5 27.Kxh2 Bxd4 28.
cxd4 Rxd4 29.Rc1 Rh4+ 30.Kg3 Bb5 31.Qf2 Qd8 32.Qe3 d4 33.Rcd1 Rhf4 34.Qxf4
Rxf4 35.Kxf4 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.h3 
Bxf3 9.Qxf3 g6 10.Rd1 d5 11.exd5 Qxd5 12.Qxd5 Nxd5 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Bg7 
15.Nc3 Rd8 16.Be3 Nxe3 17.fxe3 e6 18.Ne4 Ke7 19.Nc5 Bh6 20.Kf2 Nb4 21.Nxb7
Rb8 22.Na5 Rhc8 23.Nc4 f5 24.Kf3 a5 25.b3 Nd5 26.Rdc1 Ra8 27.Rab1 Rc7 28.
Nb6 Rxc1 29.Nxd5+ exd5 30.Rxc1 Ra7 31.Bb5 Kd8 32.Rc5 Re7 33.Rxd5+ Kc7 34.
Re5 Kd6 35.Rxe7 Kxe7 36.g4 Bg7 37.Kf4 Bh6+ 38.g5 Bg7 39.Bc4 h6 40.h4 Ke8 
41.Be6 Bf8 42.Bxf5 Bd6+ 43.Ke4 gxf5+ 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 dxe5 6.Nxe5 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qe2 
Nb6 9.Bb3 Qxd4 10.Nc3 e6 11.Rd1 Qc5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bd2 Kh7 14.Re1 a5 15.a3 
Nbd7 16.Nd3 Qe7 17.Nf4 b6 18.Qf3 Ba6 19.Qg3 Nc5 20.Ba2 Bb7 21.f3 Qd6 22.
Rad1 g5 23.Nb5 gxf4 24.Bxf4 Qc6 25.Nd4 Nh5 26.Qh4 Bxd4+ 27.Rxd4 Nxf4 28.
Rxf4 Nd7 29.c3 Qc5+ 30.Rd4 Ne5 31.b4 axb4 32.cxb4 Nxf3+ 33.gxf3 Rg8+ 34.
Kf2 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zakharov, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C07"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Qc7 9.Qe2 Ne7 10.O-O Ng6 11.Nf3 Bd6 12.Re1 Nf4 13.Bxf4 Bxf4 14.c4 O-O 
15.g3 Bh6 16.exd5 cxd5 17.Qc2 g6 18.cxd5 Qxc2 19.Bxc2 exd5 20.Bb3 Be6 21.
Nd4 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "D86"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2
Qd7 ( 8...c5 ) ( 8...Nc6 ) 9.O-O b6 10.e5 ( 10.Be3 Bb7 11.f3 Nc6 12.Bb5 e6
13.Rc1 Rad8 14.Bg5 ) 10...Bb7 ( 10...Ba6 11.Bb3 Nc6 12.Re1 Kh8 13.e6 fxe6 
14.Nf4 e5 15.Nxg6+ hxg6 16.Re3 e6 17.Qg4 Rae8 18.Qxg6 ) 11.Nf4 e6 12.Qg4 
c5 13.Be3 ( 13.Nxe6 Re8 ) 13...Nc6 14.Rad1 cxd4 15.cxd4 Rfd8 ( 15...Nb4 
16.h4 Rac8 17.Bb3 Nd5 18.h5 Nxf4 19.Bxf4 gxh5 20.Qxh5 Be4 ) 16.h4 Rac8 17.
h5 Nb4 18.Bb3 Be4 ( 18...Bd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Bg5 Re8 21.hxg6 fxg6 ) 19.h6 
Bf5 20.Qg3 Bh8 ( 20...Bxh6 21.Nh5 Bg7 22.Nxg7 Kxg7 23.Qh4 ) ( 20...Bf8 21.
Nh5 Kh8 22.Bg5 ) 21.Nh5 Kf8 22.Nf4 Bc2 ( 22...Nd5 23.Nxd5 exd5 24.Bg5 Re8 
25.Qh4 Re6 26.Rc1 ) 23.Bd2 a5 24.Bxb4+ axb4 25.Bxc2 Rxc2 26.Qb3 Qc7 27.
Qxb4+ Kg8 28.a4 Rc4 29.Qb5 Kf8 30.Ne2 Rd5 31.Qb3 Ke8 32.Rb1 Rd8 33.Rfd1 
Rc2 34.Rbc1 Rc8 35.Rxc2 Qxc2 36.Qb5+ ( 36.Qb5+ Qc6 37.Rc1 Qxb5 38.Rxc8+ 
Kd7 39.axb5 Kxc8 40.f4 ) 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 e4 6.Nh4 O-O 7.Bg2 Re8 8.O-O d6
9.d3 exd3 10.Qxd3 Ne5 11.Qc2 Nxd5 12.cxd5 Bc5 13.h3 Qf6 14.Kh2 g5 15.Bxg5 
Qxg5 16.f4 Qg7 17.fxe5 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C16"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.Nf3 b6 6.Bd2 ( 6.Bd3 ) 6...Ba6 7.Bxa6
Nxa6 8.O-O ( 8.a3 Bf8 9.Qe2 Nb8 10.Nd1 ) ( 8.Qe2 ) 8...Nb8 ( 8...Bxc3 9.
Bxc3 Ne7 ) ( 8...Bf8 ) ( 8...c6 ) 9.Ne2 Be7 ( 9...Bxd2 10.Qxd2 ) ( 9...Bf8
) 10.Rc1 b5 11.Nf4 h5 ( 11...Nh6 12.Nh5 Nf5 13.g4 ) 12.b3 ( 12.a4 a6 ( 
12...bxa4 13.c4 ) 13.axb5 axb5 14.Ra1 ) 12...Ba3 13.Rb1 a5 ( 13...Ne7 14.
b4 ) ( 13...Be7 ) 14.c4 c6 ( 14...bxc4 15.bxc4 dxc4 16.d5 ( 16.Qe2 Qc6 17.
d5 exd5 18.Nd4 ) 16...exd5 17.e6 fxe6 18.Ne5 ) 15.c5 Bb4 16.Bc1 a4 17.Nd3 
( 17.a3 Ba5 18.bxa4 bxa4 19.Qxa4 Qa7 20.Bd2 Bc7 21.Rxb8+ Qxb8 22.Qxc6+ Kf8
23.Ng5 ) 17...Ba5 18.bxa4 bxa4 19.Qxa4 Qa7 20.Bg5 Bc7 ( 20...Qa6 21.Rb3 
Ne7 22.Rfb1 Nd7 23.Ra3 ) 21.Rxb8+ Qxb8 ( 21...Bxb8 22.Qxc6+ ) 22.Qxc6+ Kf8
23.Nf4 Ra7 ( 23...Rxa2 24.Nh4 Qe8 25.Qxc7 ) ( 23...Ne7 24.Nxe6+ ( 24.Bxe7+
Kxe7 25.Ng5 ) 24...fxe6 25.Qxe6 Qe8 26.Nh4 ) 24.Nh4 Qe8 ( 24...Ne7 25.
Nxe6+ fxe6 26.Qxe6 Bd8 27.Bxe7+ Bxe7 28.Ng6+ Ke8 29.Qc6+ Kd8 30.Nxh8 ) 25.
Qxe6 fxe6 26.Nhg6+ Qxg6 ( 26...Kf7 27.Nxh8+ Kf8 28.Nfg6+ ) 27.Nxg6+ Ke8 
28.Nxh8 Ra4 29.Rd1 Ne7 30.Bxe7 Kxe7 31.Ng6+ Kf7 32.Nf4 ( 32.Nh4 Bxe5 33.
Nf3 Bf6 34.h4 Rxa2 35.Kf1 ) 32...Bxe5 33.dxe5 Rxf4 34.Rc1 Ke8 35.c6 Kd8 
36.c7+ Kc8 37.g3 Ra4 ( 37...Rf5 38.f4 g5 39.a4 gxf4 40.a5 fxg3 41.a6 gxh2+
42.Kh1 Rf2 43.Ra1 ) 38.Rc6 Rxa2 39.Rxe6 g5 40.Rd6 Rd2 41.e6 Kxc7 42.e7 ( 
42.e7 Re2 43.Rxd5 Rxe7 44.Rxg5 ) 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Black "Zakharov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Qf6 7.Qe2 Nge7 8.
Be3 O-O 9.O-O-O d6 10.h4 Bxe3+ 11.Qxe3 Be6 12.Be2 Rfe8 13.f4 Nb4 14.g4 
Bxb3 15.cxb3 Qe6 16.Qg3 d5 17.a3 Na6 18.exd5 Qb6 19.Rhe1 Qxb3 20.f5 Nc5 
21.Bb5 c6 22.Qd6 cxb5 23.Qxc5 Rec8 24.Qxe7 Rxc3+ 25.Kb1 h5 26.g5 Rd3 27.
Rc1 Rd2 28.Qb4 Rxb2+ 29.Ka1 Qa2# 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D14"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bb5 
Nd7 9.Qa4 Rc8 10.O-O a6 11.Bxc6 Rxc6 12.Rfc1 Be7 13.Ne2 Bd3 14.Rxc6 bxc6 
15.Nc1 Bb5 16.Qc2 c5 17.a4 Bc6 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.b4 Bxa4 20.Qb2 Bf6 21.Be5 
Bxe5 22.Qxe5 f6 23.Qb2 Qb8 24.Qa3 Bb5 25.bxc5 e5 26.Na2 O-O 27.Nc3 Bc4 28.
Nd2 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "D79"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d5 6.c4 c6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 
Ng4 9.Nxg4 Bxg4 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.h3 Bd7 12.e3 e6 13.Bd2 Qe7 14.Qe2 Rac8 15.
Rac1 Rfd8 16.Rfd1 Be8 17.Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A35"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc7 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Qe4 
Ne6 9.e3 g6 10.d4 cxd4 11.exd4 Bg7 12.Be3 f5 13.Qd5 Nc7 14.Qb3 Na5 15.Qb4 
Nc6 16.Qb3 Na5 17.Qb4 Nc6 18.Qb3 Na5 19.Qd1 Nc4 20.O-O Bc6 21.Bg5 Ne6 22.
Qe2 Qd7 23.d5 Bxd5 24.Nxd5 Qxd5 25.Rfe1 Qe4 26.Qf1 Nd6 27.Rxe4 fxe4 28.Bh3
Nc5 29.Be3 Nd3 30.Ng5 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.g3 d6 5.d4 c5 6.Bg2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 d5 8.O-O O-O
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Na3 Bf5 11.c4 Be4 12.Qd2 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Qxd2 14.Nfxd2 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 Rfd8 16.Rfd1 Rac8 17.Nf3 Ne4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Rc1 Kf6 21.
Ne3 Ke6 22.h4 f5 23.Kf1 Nd2+ 24.Nxd2 Rxd2 25.Rc2 Rxc2 26.Nxc2 Kd5 27.e3 
Kc5 28.a3 a5 29.a4 Nb4 30.Ne1 e5 31.Ke2 e4 32.Kd2 Nc6 33.Nc2 Ne5 34.h5 
Nf3+ 35.Kc3 gxh5 36.Na3 h4 37.gxh4 h5 38.Nb5 Nxh4 39.Nd4 Nf3 40.Ne6+ Kd6 
41.Nf4 h4 42.Kc4 Ng1 43.Kb5 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C07"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3
Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 a6 11.Rd1 Qxd4 12.Nxd4 b5 13.Be2 Bb7 14.c3 Rc8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A54"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 
exd4 9.Nxd4 Ne5 10.Be2 c5 11.Nf3 Ng6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Rc1 Qb6 14.b3 Be6 15.
O-O Rad8 16.Qc2 Qa5 17.Rfd1 a6 18.a4 Rd7 19.Ne4 Be7 20.Nc3 Bf6 21.Ne4 Be7 
22.Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B94"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.Qd2 
e6 9.O-O-O b5 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 O-O-O 12.a3 Be7 13.Kb1 Qb6 14.f3 Kb8 15.
Be3 Nc5 16.Ba2 b4 17.axb4 Qxb4 18.Nb3 Nfd7 19.Bg5 f6 20.Be3 Nb6 21.Nxc5 
dxc5 22.Qe2 Bc8 23.Bd2 Rd4 24.Be3 Rhd8 25.Rc1 Qa5 26.Bxd4 cxd4 27.Nd1 Bd7 
28.Nf2 Bb5 29.Nd3 Na4 30.Red1 Bb4 31.c3 Bxc3 32.bxc3 Nxc3+ 33.Rxc3 dxc3 
34.Ka1 Qa4 35.Rc1 Rxd3 36.Qf2 Qd4 37.Qxd4 Rxd4 38.Bxe6 Ra4+ 39.Kb1 Bd3+ 
0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "86"]

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 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Bc2 g6 13.b3 Bg7 14.d5 Nb8 15.Nf1 c6 16.
c4 cxd5 17.cxd5 Nbd7 18.Be3 Rc8 19.a4 Nc5 20.N3d2 bxa4 21.b4 Nb3 22.Rxa4 
Nd4 23.Bd3 Nd7 24.Qb1 Nb8 25.Bxd4 exd4 26.b5 axb5 27.Qxb5 Rc7 28.Nc4 Bf8 
29.Nb6 Rc3 30.Rd1 Re7 31.Qb4 Rec7 32.Qxd4 Rb3 33.Nd2 Bg7 34.Qe3 Rbc3 35.
Qe2 Rc1 36.Ndc4 Rxd1+ 37.Qxd1 Na6 38.Bc2 h5 39.Ra5 Rc5 40.Ra3 Rb5 41.Na4 
Qc7 42.Bd3 Rb4 43.Rb3 Qa5 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D93"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1 c6 7.Nf3 Be6 8.Ng5 Bg4 
9.Be2 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 dxc4 11.Qxc4 Nd5 12.Bxb8 Rxb8 13.Nf3 Rc8 14.O-O Nxc3 
15.bxc3 Qd5 16.Qe2 c5 17.Rfd1 cxd4 18.cxd4 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 c5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O cxd4 8.Rd1 Rc8
9.Qa4 Na5 10.Na3 Bxc4 11.b4 Nd5 12.Bd2 Bxe2 13.bxa5 Nc3 14.Bxc3 Rxc3 15.
Qxd4 Rxa3 16.Ng5 Bxd1 17.Rxd1 Rxa5 18.Bc6 Rxg5 19.Bxd7+ Ke7 20.Qh4 f6 21.
Qe4 Qxd7 22.Rxd7+ Kxd7 23.Qa4+ Kd8 24.Qxa7 Ke8 25.Qxb6 Kf7 26.a4 Bc5 27.
Qb7+ Be7 28.h4 Ra5 29.Qe4 f5 30.Qc2 Rha8 31.g4 g6 32.h5 Rxa4 33.hxg6+ hxg6
34.gxf5 gxf5 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "C67"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Nb7 9.c4 O-O 10.Nc3 f6 11.Re1 fxe5 12.Nxe5 Bf6 13.Bf4 Bxe5 14.Bxe5 d6
15.Bd4 Qh4 16.Qd2 Qf4 17.Re3 Nd8 18.Ne4 Ne6 19.Bc3 Bd7 20.Rae1 Rae8 21.b3 
Qh6 22.Rg3 Qxd2 23.Nxd2 Rf7 24.Rge3 Rff8 25.g3 a6 26.f4 h6 27.Ne4 c5 28.
Ba5 Nd4 29.Bxc7 Nc2 30.Kf2 Nxe1 31.Rxe1 Bf5 32.Nxd6 Rxe1 33.Kxe1 Bb1 34.
Kd2 g5 35.Kc1 gxf4 36.gxf4 Bg6 37.f5 Bxf5 38.Bb6 Bg6 39.Bxc5 Rf1+ 40.Kb2 
Rh1 41.b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 
Be6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nd5 Bg5 11.O-O O-O 12.Qd3 Nc6 13.Rfd1 Rc8 14.c3 Ne7 15.
Nxe7+ Bxe7 16.Qe3 Bg5 17.Qd3 Be7 18.Qe3 Bg5 19.Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A15"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 g6 5.d4 Bg7 6.Qc2 e6 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bg5 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.Rfd1 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Rac1 Ne7 14.e4 c6 15.h4 
Bg7 16.Ne5 a6 17.Qb3 Rb8 18.Ne2 Qd6 19.f4 dxe4 20.Bxe4 Nd5 21.Kh2 Rfe8 22.
Bf3 Rbd8 23.Nc3 Re7 24.Re1 Nxf4 25.Ne4 Qxd4 26.Rcd1 Qxe5 27.Rxd8+ Bf8 28.
gxf4 Qxf4+ 29.Kg2 c5 30.Qd3 Qxh4 31.Qd6 Kg7 32.Rh1 Qxe4 33.Bxe4 Bxe4+ 34.
Kh2 Bxh1 35.Qb8 Bd5 36.Rxd5 Re2+ 37.Kh1 Re1+ 38.Kg2 Re2+ 39.Kf1 Re6 40.Rd8
1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zakharov, Alexander"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C03"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.dxc5 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Qxd1+ 9.Kxd1 Bxc5 10.Ke2 Nd7 11.Rd1 Ke7 12.a3 Nf6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6+ 
gxf6 15.b4 Bd6 16.Nd4 f5 17.Bf3 Be5 18.Rd3 Bg7 19.Re1 e5 20.Kf1 Kf6 21.Nb5
e4 22.Rd6+ Be6 23.Be2 Rhc8 24.c4 b6 25.Red1 Ke7 26.c5 bxc5 27.bxc5 Rxc5 
28.Ra6 f4 29.Nxa7 Kf8 30.a4 Bf6 31.Bb5 Rc7 32.Rxe6 fxe6 33.Nc6 Rac8 34.Rd6
Kf7 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 c5 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O Qc8 8.Bf4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 Bc5 11.Rd1 O-O 12.Nc3 Qb7+ 13.f3 Nc6 14.Nxc6 dxc6 15.
Bd6 Bxd6 16.Rxd6 Rac8 17.Rad1 h5 18.Qc2 Qa6 19.b3 Qa5 20.Qd2 Qc5 21.Qf4 
Qa5 22.R1d3 Ne8 23.Rd7 Nf6 24.R7d6 Ne8 25.Rd7 Nf6 26.Rb7 Qa6 27.Rc7 b5 28.
Rxc8 Rxc8 29.cxb5 cxb5 30.Qb4 Qb6 31.Qxb5 Qxb5 32.Nxb5 Rc2 33.Nc3 Nd5 34.
Nxd5 exd5 35.Kf2 Rxa2 36.Rxd5 g6 37.Ke3 a5 38.Kd3 a4 39.b4 Rb2 40.Kc3 Rxe2
41.Ra5 Rxh2 42.b5 Rh1 43.Rxa4 Rc1+ 44.Kd4 Kf8 45.Rb4 Ke7 46.b6 Rd1+ 47.Ke3
Rd8 48.b7 Rb8 49.Kf4 f6 50.Rb6 g5+ 51.Kf5 Kd7 52.Rxf6 h4 53.gxh4 gxh4 54.
Kg4 Rh8 55.Rb6 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Black "Zakharov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "D64"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.a3 Re8 
9.Qc2 a6 10.c5 e5 11.dxe5 Ng4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Bd3 Ndxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
Ne2 Qh4 16.O-O Re6 17.Bf5 Rh6 18.h3 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 Re8 20.Nd4 Rf6 21.Qc2 
Nf3+ 22.Nxf3 Rxf3 23.Rcd1 Qg5 24.Kh1 Qh5 25.Kh2 Re6 26.Rh1 Qe5+ 27.Kg1 Rf5
28.Qc3 h5 29.Qxe5 Rexe5 30.Rd2 Re4 31.b3 Kf8 32.Kh2 Ke7 33.g3 g5 34.Rg1 
Rfe5 35.Kg2 Re6 36.Rgd1 f5 37.Rd4 Kf6 38.Kf3 Rxd4 39.Rxd4 Re4 40.Ke2 Ke5 
41.Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 
Be7 9.f4 O-O 10.Qe1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Rd1 Bb7 13.Bf3 b4 14.e5 Bxf3 15.
Rxf3 dxe5 16.fxe5 Nd5 17.Ne4 Qc7 18.Qf2 Rac8 19.c3 Qc6 20.Nf6+ Bxf6 21.
exf6 Rfe8 22.Qg3 g6 23.Re1 bxc3 24.bxc3 e5 25.Rxe5 Rxe5 26.Qxe5 h6 27.Qg3 
Re8 28.Qh4 h5 29.Qg5 Kh7 30.Rh3 Kg8 31.Rxh5 Nxf6 32.Rh4 Re1+ 33.Kf2 Re6 
34.Qh6 Re2+ 35.Kxe2 Qxg2+ 36.Ke1 Qh1+ 37.Kf2 Qxh2+ 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 f6 7.O-O fxe5 8.dxe5 Qc7 
9.Na3 a6 10.Bf4 Nh6 11.Nc2 Nf7 12.c4 d4 13.Bd3 Be7 14.Qe2 g5 15.Bg3 O-O-O 
16.b4 h5 17.h4 Nxb4 18.Nxb4 cxb4 19.Nxd4 gxh4 20.Bf4 Rdg8 21.c5 Rg4 22.Qe3
Bxc5 23.Rfc1 Kb8 24.f3 Rg7 25.Nc6+ Bxc6 26.Qxc5 Rhg8 27.Be3 Nxe5 28.Be2 h3
29.Kf1 h2 30.Qa7+ Kc8 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E19"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.d4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 
Nxc3 9.Qxc3 c5 10.Rd1 d6 11.b3 Nd7 12.Bb2 Nf6 13.d5 e5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.d6 
Bxg2 16.Qxe5 Re8 17.dxe7 Qxe7 18.Qxe7 Rxe7 19.Kxg2 Rxe2 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Rd7 Rb2 22.Re1 Rxa2 23.Ree7 Rf8 24.Rxa7 Rxa7 25.Rxa7 Rd8 26.Rb7 Rd6 27.g4 
Kg7 28.f3 Kg6 29.Kg3 h5 30.gxh5+ Kxh5 31.Rxf7 Rd3 32.Rxf6 Rxb3 33.Kf4 Rb4 
34.Kf5 Rxc4 35.Rxb6 Rc1 36.Rc6 c4 37.Rc8 Kh6 38.Kf6 Kh7 39.f4 Rc2 40.f5 c3
41.h3 Rc1 42.h4 Rc2 43.h5 Rc1 44.Kf7 Rc2 45.f6 Rc1 46.Ke7 c2 47.Kf7 Kh6 
48.Rc5 Kh7 49.Rc6 Kh6 50.Kf8 Kh7 51.Rc7+ Kh8 52.f7 Ra1 53.Rxc2 Ra8+ 54.Ke7
Ra7+ 55.Kf6 Ra6+ 56.Kg5 Ra5+ 57.Kg4 Ra4+ 58.Kg3 Ra3+ 59.Kg2 Kg7 60.Rf2 Kf8
61.Rf5 Ra6 62.Kg3 Rh6 63.Kg4 Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A32"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 Qc7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bg5 Bb4 8.Bxf6 
gxf6 9.Rc1 b6 10.Bg2 Bb7 11.Bxb7 Qxb7 12.O-O Nc6 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Qd4 Bxc3 
15.Rxc3 Ke7 16.Rd1 Rhd8 17.Qh4 Rac8 18.Rf3 e5 19.Rd5 Kf8 20.Rxf6 Qxc4 21.
Qh6+ Kg8 22.Qg5+ Kf8 23.Qxe5 Rc5 24.Rxc5 bxc5 25.Rf4 Qe6 26.Qxc5+ d6 27.
Qc4 d5 28.Qb4+ Kg7 29.e3 Rc8 30.Kg2 h5 31.Qd4+ f6 32.Qd1 Qe5 33.Rd4 Rc5 
34.b4 Rb5 35.a4 Rb7 36.Rxd5 Qe4+ 37.Qf3 Qxb4 38.Rxh5 Rc7 39.e4 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 c5 7.O-O b6 8.Nc3 
Bb7 9.e4 Be7 10.e5 Nd5 11.Qg4 O-O 12.d4 Kh8 13.Re1 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Nc5 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16.Nc6 Bxc6 17.Bxc6 Rc8 18.Bb5 a6 19.Bf1 b5 20.Bf4 Qd4 21.Qe2 
Na4 22.Rab1 Qd5 23.Ra1 Qd4 24.Rab1 Qd5 25.a3 Qb3 26.Qe4 Nc5 27.Qe3 Rfd8 
28.Rec1 Qxe3 29.Bxe3 Na4 30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.Bg2 a5 32.Bf1 Rb8 33.b3 Nc3 34.
Rc1 Nd5 35.Ba7 Ra8 36.a4 g6 37.Bd4 bxa4 38.bxa4 Kg7 39.Bb5 Rd8 40.Rc4 Bb4 
41.Kg2 g5 42.Kf3 h5 43.h3 Kg6 44.Bb2 Ne7 45.Rd4 Rc8 46.Ba6 Rc7 47.Bd3+ Kg7
48.Rc4 Rd7 49.Ke2 Rd5 50.Rd4 Rc5 51.Rc4 Rd5 52.Ba1 Ng6 53.Re4 Ne7 54.Bb2 
Ng6 55.Bd4 Bc5 56.Bc3 Bb4 57.Bxb4 axb4 58.Rxb4 Nxe5 59.Bb5 Rc5 60.a5 Kf6 
61.a6 Rc7 62.Ra4 Ra7 63.Ke3 Ke7 64.Rd4 g4 65.hxg4 hxg4 66.Kf4 f6 67.Rd1 
Rc7 68.Ra1 Ra7 69.Be2 Kd6 70.Bxg4 Nd3+ 71.Ke3 Nc5 72.Be2 Kc6 73.g4 Kb6 74.
Rb1+ Kc6 75.f4 Kd6 76.Rh1 Ra8 77.Ra1 Ra7 78.g5 Ke7 79.Rh1 Ra8 80.a7 fxg5 
81.fxg5 Nd7 82.Ra1 Nb6 83.Bf3 Rg8 84.Rb1 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 d6 5.d4 c5 6.d5 e6 7.dxe6 fxe6 8.Bg2 O-O 
9.O-O d5 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.e3 b6 12.c4 Bb7 13.Ng5 Re8 14.h4 Na5 15.Qe2 Qe7 
16.Bh3 Bc8 17.Rad1 h6 18.Ngf3 Nc6 19.Nb1 Ba6 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Ne4 22.
Bxg7 Qxg7 23.Qc2 Rad8 24.Bg2 Bb7 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rd1 Rxd1+ 
28.Qxd1 Qa1 29.Qd8+ Kf7 30.Qd7+ Kf6 31.Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B02"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.O-O e6 8.d4 
Be7 9.d5 exd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Bxd5 O-O 12.c3 Na5 13.a3 c6 14.Ba2 Qxd1 15.
Rxd1 Be6 16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Bg5 Rxf3 18.Bxe7 Rf7 19.Bd8 Nb3 20.Rab1 Nc5 21.
Bg5 Kf8 22.Be3 Nd7 23.Rd6 Re7 24.Rbd1 Ke8 25.f3 Nf8 26.Bg5 Rd7 27.Rxd7 
Nxd7 28.Rd6 Nf8 29.Be3 Ke7 30.Rd4 Nd7 31.Kf2 e5 32.Rg4 Kf7 33.Ke2 b5 34.
Re4 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Qe7 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9.e4 e5 10.d5 Nb8 11.Ne1 h5 12.h4 Nbd7 13.Nd3 b6 14.f4 Ng4 15.Qe1 
Nc5 16.Nxc5 bxc5 17.f5 Bd7 18.Bf3 Nf6 19.Qe3 Qd8 20.b3 Qb8 21.Qg5 Ke7 22.
a4 Qg8 23.Be2 Qh7 24.Nf3 Qh6 25.Bd3 Rab8 26.Bc2 Rb6 27.Rae1 Rhb8 28.Re3 
Kf8 29.Bd1 Ng4 30.Rd3 Qxg5 31.Nxg5 Nf6 32.Re3 Ke7 33.Bc2 Rh8 34.Rc3 Rbb8 
35.Rcf3 Rbg8 36.R3f2 Ng4 37.Rd2 f6 38.Ne6 Bxe6 39.fxe6 g5 40.Rf3 gxh4 41.
gxh4 Ne3+ 42.Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C10"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nb4 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Be2 dxe4 8.Nxe4 
Nf6 9.Nxf6+ Bxf6 10.O-O O-O 11.c4 Qe7 12.a3 Na6 13.c5 Rd8 14.Bxa6 bxa6 15.
Bf4 Rd5 16.Be5 Bxe5 17.Nxe5 Qc7 18.Qa4 Bb7 19.Rad1 Rad8 20.g3 f6 21.Ng4 
Qd7 22.Ne3 Rh5 23.Qc4 Bc8 24.Qe2 Rh6 25.f4 Qb7 26.Rfe1 Qb5 27.Nc4 Rf8 28.
Nd6 Qxe2 29.Rxe2 Rh5 30.Nxc8 Rxc8 31.Rxe6 Rd5 32.Re7 Rcd8 33.b4 a5 34.Rxa7
axb4 35.axb4 h5 36.Kf2 Rxd4 37.Rxd4 Rxd4 38.Rb7 Rd2+ 39.Ke3 Rxh2 40.Ke4 
Kh7 41.b5 Rc2 42.bxc6 Rxc5 43.c7 Kg6 44.Kd4 Rc1 45.Kd5 Kf5 46.Rb5 Rxc7 47.
Kd6+ Kg4 48.Kxc7 g6 49.Rb6 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C61"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O Bc5 6.d3 c6 7.Ba4 Ne7 8.Nd2 
d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Re1+ Be6 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Bb3 O-O 13.Bd2 Qd7 14.Qh5 f6 15.
h3 Rae8 16.Re2 b6 17.Rae1 Bf7 18.Qf3 Bd8 19.c3 f5 20.Ng3 dxc3 21.bxc3 g6 
22.c4 Nc7 23.Bc3 c5 24.Qb7 Rxe2 25.Nxe2 Qxd3 26.Be5 Qe4 27.Qxe4 fxe4 28.
Nc3 Re8 29.Rxe4 g5 30.g4 Re6 31.Re3 Kf8 32.Nd5 Nxd5 33.cxd5 Rh6 34.Bb8 a6 
35.d6 Bxb3 36.axb3 Kf7 37.Bc7 Bxc7 38.Re7+ Kf8 39.dxc7 Rc6 40.Rxh7 Ke8 41.
h4 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Bd2 O-O 6.e3 Re8 7.Be2 d6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 Ne7 10.O-O c5 11.b4 b6 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Rb1 Bd7 14.Nd2 Qc7 15.Qc2 
Rab8 16.Rxb8 Rxb8 17.Rb1 Rxb1+ 18.Qxb1 Bc6 19.Qb2 Nd7 20.d4 Qb7 21.Qxb7 
Bxb7 22.Nb3 cxd4 23.exd4 Ba6 24.Kf1 Nc6 25.d5 Nd8 26.Na5 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A32"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Nd2 Nc6 7.Nb5 Qb8 8.Bg2 
a6 9.Nc3 b5 10.O-O Be7 11.c5 Bxc5 12.Nde4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Be7 14.Bf4 e5 15.
Be3 O-O 16.Nc3 Bb7 17.Nd5 Bd8 18.Rc1 Re8 19.Qd3 Nd4 20.Bxd4 exd4 21.Qxd4 
Bc6 22.e3 Qe5 23.Qxe5 Rxe5 24.Nb4 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Be7 26.Nd3 Rd5 27.Rfd1 Kf8 
28.Nf4 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 Ke8 30.Rc1 Kd8 31.Nd5 Bd6 32.e4 a5 33.f4 f6 34.Kf3 Ra6
35.Ke2 Rc6 36.Kd1 Bb8 37.Nc3 Rc4 38.Nxb5 Rxe4 39.Nc3 Rd4+ 40.Ke2 g5 41.
fxg5 fxg5 42.Rf1 Ke7 43.Rf5 Rg4 44.Rxa5 h5 45.Nd5+ Ke6 46.Ne3 Re4 47.Kd3 
d5 48.Ra6+ Ke5 49.Rg6 Rd4+ 50.Ke2 h4 51.Rxg5+ Ke6 52.Rg6+ Kf7 53.Rb6 Be5 
54.Nf5 Rc4 55.Kd3 hxg3 56.hxg3 Rc1 57.a4 Rd1+ 58.Ke2 Rg1 59.a5 Bxg3 60.
Nxg3 Rxg3 61.a6 Rg1 62.b4 Ra1 63.b5 Ke7 64.Rh6 Kd7 65.a7 Kc7 66.Ra6 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bd6 8.Nc3 
Nge7 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bh4 O-O 11.Bg3 Bb4 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 Na5 14.Re1 Bg4 15.
h3 Bh5 16.Ng5 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 fxg5 18.Qxe7 Rf7 19.Qe6 Qd7 20.Re5 Qxe6 21.Rxe6
Rd8 22.Rae1 Nc6 23.h4 gxh4 24.Bxh4 Rdd7 25.f3 Rf4 26.Bg5 Rff7 27.Kf2 h6 
28.Bh4 Rf4 29.Bg3 Rf8 30.Bd6 Rc8 31.f4 Kh7 32.Ba3 Nd8 33.Re7 Rxe7 34.Bxe7 
Nf7 35.Bb4 Rc7 36.a4 b6 37.a5 bxa5 38.Bxa5 Rd7 39.Re6 Nd6 40.Bb4 Ne4+ 41.
Ke3 Rb7 42.f5 Rc7 43.Rxe4 dxe4 44.Kxe4 Kg8 45.d5 Rc4+ 46.Kd3 Rf4 47.d6 
Rxf5 48.c4 Rf8 49.Ba5 Rf7 50.c5 Kf8 51.c6 Ke8 52.Ke4 g6 53.Ke5 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C82"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 
Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bc2 Bf5 12.Nb3 Bg4 13.Nxc5 Nxc5 14.Be3 Ne4 15.
h3 Bh5 16.g4 Bg6 17.Bb3 Qe7 18.Qxd5 Na5 19.Qd1 Rad8 20.Qe2 Nxb3 21.axb3 f5
22.Rxa6 fxg4 23.hxg4 Bf7 24.Nd4 Bd5 25.c4 bxc4 26.bxc4 Bb7 27.Ra7 Qh4 28.
Rxb7 Ng3 29.fxg3 Qxg3+ 30.Kh1 Qh3+ 31.Kg1 Qg3+ 32.Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nb3 d6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nc3 
O-O 9.h3 Bd7 10.e4 Rc8 11.Nd5 Ne5 12.Qe2 Nxd5 13.exd5 Qb6 14.a4 Qb4 15.Rd1
Bxa4 16.Nd4 a6 17.b3 Bd7 18.Be3 e6 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.c4 Rfe8 21.Rab1 d5 22.
cxd5 exd5 23.Bxd5+ Kh8 24.Kh2 Rc7 25.Rd2 Bc8 26.Rbd1 Rce7 27.Qf1 Nd7 28.
Ne6 Rxe6 29.Bxe6 Rxe6 30.Rxd7 Bxd7 31.Rxd7 Rd6 32.Rc7 Rc6 33.Rd7 Rd6 34.
Rc7 Rc6 35.Rxc6 bxc6 36.Qxa6 Qxb3 37.Qxc6 Qf7 38.Qc8+ Qf8 39.Qe6 Qf6 40.
Qe8+ Qf8 41.Qe4 Qf6 42.Bd4 Qf8 43.Qf4 Qxf4 44.Bxg7+ Kxg7 45.gxf4 Kf6 46.
Kg3 Kf5 47.Kf3 Ke6 48.Ke4 Kf6 49.h4 Ke6 50.f5+ gxf5+ 51.Kd4 Kd6 52.h5 Ke6 
53.f4 Kd6 54.h6 Ke6 55.Kc5 Ke7 56.Kd5 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zakharov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A21"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.e3 Nf6 5.Be2 Be7 6.d4 Nbd7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 
Re8 9.Rd1 Bf8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Ne4 Bf5 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.e4 Bg4 14.Ng5 Bxe2 
15.Qxe2 Rad8 16.Nf3 Nc5 17.Bg5 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Qg6 19.Re1 f6 20.Bd2 Rd8 21.
b3 Qg4 22.h3 Qd7 23.Kf1 Nd3 24.Rb1 Bc5 25.Be3 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 Nf4 27.Kg1 b6 
28.Kh2 Qc6 29.Ne1 Rd4 30.f3 Qd7 31.Rb2 c5 32.Rf2 h5 33.Nc2 Rd3 34.Qe1 Rd1 
35.Qc3 h4 36.Ne3 Rd3 37.Qe1 Qd4 38.Nf5 Qd7 39.Ne3 Rd4 40.Rc2 Rd3 41.Nd5 
Ng6 42.b4 Qa4 43.Qe2 Rd4 44.bxc5 bxc5 45.Rb2 Qxc4 46.Rb8+ Kh7 47.Qxc4 Rxc4
48.Rb7 Ra4 49.Nxf6+ Kh6 50.Ng4+ Kh7 51.Nf6+ Kh6 52.Ng4+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B09"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Be2 Ng4 8.Bg1 e5 
9.fxe5 dxe5 10.d5 Nb8 11.h3 Nf6 12.Be3 c6 13.O-O cxd5 14.exd5 e4 15.Ne5 
Nh5 16.Nxf7 Rxf7 17.Rxf7 Kxf7 18.Nxe4 Qe7 19.Bd3 Bf5 20.Qf3 Nf6 21.Ng5+ 
Ke8 22.Re1 Bxd3 23.cxd3 Nbd7 24.d6 Ne5 25.Qf1 Qxd6 26.d4 Qa6 27.dxe5 Qxf1+
28.Rxf1 Nd5 29.Bd4 Rc8 30.Ne4 Bf8 31.Bxa7 Ra8 32.Rd1 Rxa7 33.Rxd5 Rxa2 34.
Rb5 Ra7 35.Nf6+ Kf7 36.Nxh7 Be7 37.Kf2 b6 38.Kf3 Ra6 39.g3 Kg7 40.Nf6 Bxf6
41.exf6+ Kxf6 42.h4 Kf7 43.Kf4 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "C65"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 Nxe5 7.Qxe4 Qe7 8.
d4 Nc6 9.Qg4 f5 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qd1 Nxd4 12.b4 Bb6 13.c4 Qe2 14.c5 Qxd1 15.
Rxd1 Nxb5 16.a4 Nd6 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Nc3 d5 19.Bg5 O-O 20.Be7 Re8 21.Nxd5 
Kf7 22.a5 Bd8 23.Bxd8 Rxd8 24.Re1 g5 25.h4 gxh4 26.Re7+ Kg6 27.b5 d6 28.
Rc1 f4 29.Rcc7 Kf5 30.Rc4 f3 31.Rxh4 fxg2 32.Rhxh7 Rg8 33.Re3 Rd8 34.Rf7+ 
Kg6 35.Rf6+ Kh7 36.Re7+ 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.a4 Nc6 10.Bf3 Nb4 11.a5 b5 12.axb6 Qxb6 13.Na4 Qc7 14.c3 Nc6 15.Bg5 
Be6 16.Nd2 a5 17.Be2 Rfd8 18.Bf3 Rf8 19.Be2 Rfd8 20.Bf3 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.Qxd4 e5 7.Qd3 h6 8.Be3 
Be7 9.Bc4 O-O 10.O-O Nb6 11.Bb3 Be6 12.Nh4 Qd7 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Nb5 Nc8 15.
Ng6 Rd8 16.c4 a6 17.Nc3 Qe8 18.Nxe7+ Nxe7 19.Rad1 Rac8 20.Bb6 Rd7 21.a4 
Qh5 22.f3 Qf7 23.Qe2 Rc6 24.Bf2 Ng6 25.g3 d5 26.cxd5 exd5 27.exd5 Nxd5 28.
Ne4 Ngf4 29.gxf4 Qg6+ 30.Bg3 exf4 31.Rd3 fxg3 32.Qd2 gxh2+ 33.Kh1 Qf7 34.
a5 Rg6 35.Nc5 Rdd6 36.Qxh2 Nf4 37.Rxd6 Rxd6 38.Ne4 Rd5 39.Ng3 Rxa5 40.Rc1 
Qg6 41.Rc8+ 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "D41"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 d5 5.d4 Nc6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bc4 Be7 8.Bxd5 
exd5 9.dxc5 Be6 10.O-O Bxc5 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 a6 13.h3 Ba7 14.Ne2 Qd6 15.
Nf4 Rad8 16.Nd4 Bd7 17.Rc1 Rfe8 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Qf3 Re4 20.Rfd1 Rde8 21.
Bd4 Bxd4 22.Rxd4 Rxd4 23.exd4 Qf6 24.Nd3 Qxd4 25.Nc5 Bc8 26.Nd3 Bd7 27.Nc5
Bc8 28.Nd3 Qb6 29.Qf4 Re4 30.Qd6 Re6 31.Qc5 Qxc5 32.Nxc5 Re2 33.Nd3 Bd7 
34.Nb4 Kf8 35.Nxa6 Rxa2 36.Nb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C91"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 cxd5 14.exd5 Nc4 15.Nd2 
Nb6 16.Nf1 Ne8 17.a4 Nxa4 18.Bxa4 bxa4 19.Ne3 g6 20.Nc4 f5 21.Rxa4 Nc7 22.
Bh6 Rf7 23.Be3 Qe8 24.Ra5 Rb8 25.Bb6 Na8 26.Ba7 Rb7 27.Be3 Nc7 28.Nxe5 
dxe5 29.d6 e4 30.Qd1 Bd8 31.dxc7 Bxc7 32.Rxa6 Rxb2 33.Qa1 Rb8 34.Rb1 f4 
35.Bd4 e3 36.Re1 Be5 37.Qa2 Bxd4 38.cxd4 exf2+ 39.Qxf2 Qd7 40.Rae6 Rb3 41.
R1e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Na3 Bxa3 6.bxa3 b5 7.Rb1 a6 8.a4 
Bb7 9.axb5 Be4 10.d3 cxd3 11.exd3 Qxd3 12.Qxd3 Bxd3 13.Rb3 Bxb5 14.Nd4 Nd5
15.Nxb5 axb5 16.Rxb5 c6 17.Rb2 Na6 18.Bd2 Kd7 19.Ke2 Rhb8 20.Rhb1 Rxb2 21.
Rxb2 Nc5 22.Rc2 Nb7 23.Kd1 Kd6 24.Rb2 Kc7 25.Kc2 Nd6 26.Bf1 Ra3 27.Kb1 c5 
28.Rc2 Kc6 29.Bg2 Ra4 30.Kb2 Kb5 31.Bf1+ c4 32.a3 Kc5 33.Rc1 Ra8 34.f3 
Rb8+ 35.Ka2 Kd4 36.Be1 c3 37.Bf2+ Ke5 38.Re1+ Kf6 39.Bd4+ Ke7 40.Rb1 Rc8 
41.Bd3 f6 42.Rc1 e5 43.Bf2 Ke6 44.Bc2 f5 45.Bb3 Nb5 46.f4 Nd4 47.fxe5 Nxb3
48.Kxb3 Rb8+ 49.Kc4 Rb2 50.Bd4 Ra2 51.Bxc3 Rxa3 52.Bb2 Ra2 53.Kb3 Ra6 54.
Bd4 Ne7 55.Rc7 Rc6 56.Rb7 g5 57.Rb8 f4 58.gxf4 gxf4 59.Rf8 Kd5 60.Rxf4 Ng6
61.Rf7 Kxd4 62.Rd7+ Kxe5 63.Rxh7 Nf4 64.h4 Nd5 65.Rg7 Rb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A11"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.c4 c6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 e6 8.Nc3 
Bd6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Qf5 Qe7 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Rfe8 13.Rac1 a5 14.Rc2 Bb8 
15.h4 Qd6 16.Qh3 h5 17.d4 Ng4 18.Re1 Ndf6 19.Bd3 Bc7 20.Rce2 Ne4 21.Bxe4 
dxe4 22.d5 Rad8 23.Rd1 Qc5 24.Red2 cxd5 25.Rxd5 Qc6 26.g3 Rxd5 27.Nxd5 Qc2
28.Rf1 Qxb2 29.Nxc7 Rd8 30.Qg2 Qe5 31.Rc1 Rc8 32.Rc4 Rxc7 33.Qxe4 Qxe4 34.
Rxe4 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Zakharov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.Nc3 Na5 11.Ba2 b4 12.Ne2 c5 13.Bd2 Rb8 14.Ng3 Bc8 15.h3 Be6 16.
Bxe6 fxe6 17.Ng5 Qd7 18.f4 exf4 19.Bxf4 Nc6 20.Nf3 Ng4 21.Ne2 Nge5 22.Nxe5
dxe5 23.Be3 Bh4 24.g3 Rf3 25.Bxc5 Bxg3 26.Nxg3 Rxg3+ 27.Kh2 Rg6 28.Rg1 
Rxg1 29.Qxg1 Nd4 30.Rf1 Qc7 31.Bxd4 exd4+ 32.Kh1 e5 33.Qg4 Qe7 34.Kg2 a5 
35.Rf2 g6 36.h4 Kg7 37.h5 Rb6 38.Kf1 Rf6 39.Rxf6 Qxf6+ 40.Ke2 Kh6 41.hxg6 
Qxg6 42.Qc8 Qg2+ 43.Ke1 Qg3+ 44.Ke2 Qe3+ 45.Kd1 Qf3+ 46.Ke1 Qf6 47.Ke2 Qf7
48.Qc5 Qh5+ 49.Ke1 Qh4+ 50.Ke2 Qg4+ 51.Ke1 Qf4 52.Ke2 b3 53.Qb6+ Kg5 54.
Qd8+ Kh6 55.Qb6+ Kh5 56.Qxb3 Qe3+ 57.Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E44"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Bb7 6.a3 Be7 7.d5 O-O 8.Ng3 b5 9.
dxe6 fxe6 10.Nxb5 c5 11.f3 d5 12.Bd3 d4 13.exd4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Qb6 15.b4 Rd8
16.c5 Bxc5 17.bxc5 Qxc5 18.Nge2 Qd5 19.Qc2 Nc6 20.Nxc6 Bxc6 21.Bc4 Qe5 22.
Bb2 Qe3 23.Qc3 Qg5 24.O-O Nd5 25.Bxd5 Bxd5 26.Nf4 Rac8 27.Qe5 Qe7 28.Rac1 
1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B14"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Bg5 Qa5 8.Bd2 
Ne4 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bf5 11.O-O O-O 12.Qc2 Nc6 13.Be3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Bg6 
15.Rab1 Qxc3 16.Bxe4 Qxc2 17.Bxc2 Bxc2 18.Rxb7 Rab8 19.Rc7 Rfc8 20.Rxc8+ 
Rxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B81"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 Be7 7.g5 Nfd7 8.h4 Nc6
9.Be3 a6 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.O-O-O b5 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Bd4 b4 14.Nd5 exd5 15.Bxg7
Rg8 16.exd5 Qc7 17.Bf6 Ne5 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.f4 Bf5 20.Bh3 Bxh3 21.Rxh3 Rc8 
22.fxe5 Qc4 23.Rdd3 Qf4+ 24.Kb1 Rc4 25.d6 Re4 26.Rhe3 Rxe3 27.Rxe3 Qxh4 
28.Qf3 Qxg5 29.Re1 Qg2 30.Qf5 Rg6 31.Rf1 Qd5 32.dxe7 Kxe7 33.Qf4 a5 34.
Qh4+ Ke8 35.Qxh7 Qf3 36.Qh8+ Ke7 37.Qh4+ Ke8 38.Qc4 Qb7 39.b3 Re6 40.Rg1 
Rxe5 41.Rg8+ Ke7 42.Qh4+ Kd7 43.Qf6 Re7 44.Qf5+ Kd6 45.Qxa5 Re5 46.Qd8+ 
Ke6 47.Kb2 f6 48.Rf8 Qg7 49.Qc8+ Kd5 50.Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.d3 Be7 7.Bg2 Be6 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Bd2 Qd7 10.Rc1 Rad8 11.a3 f6 12.Qc2 Nxc3 13.Qxc3 Bd5 14.Be3 Qe6 15.
b4 a6 16.Bc5 Bxc5 17.Qxc5 Rf7 18.Rfe1 Rfd7 19.b5 axb5 20.e4 Ba2 21.Qxb5 
Qb3 22.Qxb3+ Bxb3 23.Bf1 Be6 24.Rb1 b6 25.Rec1 Na5 26.a4 Ra8 27.Rb4 Ra7 
28.h3 Kf7 29.Rc3 Ke7 30.d4 exd4 31.Rxd4 c5 32.Rxd7+ Rxd7 33.e5 Rd1 34.
exf6+ gxf6 35.g4 Ra1 36.Re3 Kd6 37.Re4 Bd7 38.Rf4 Ke7 39.g5 fxg5 40.Nxg5 
h6 41.Nf3 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A32"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nf3 d4 8.O-O Nc6 
9.e3 Be7 10.exd4 exd4 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Bc5 14.Nd2 Re8 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Ne4 Qe5 17.Nxc5 Qxc5 18.Qd2 Qxc4 19.Rfc1 Qa4 20.b3 Qd7 21.Rc4
Qe7 22.Rxd4 Be6 23.Bd5 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Rad8 25.Rxd8 Qxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Bxd4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nf6 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.O-O Be7 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Rfe1 Bd8 14.
Ne5 Qd6 15.Ng4 Nxg4 16.Qxg4 Bb6 17.Nf3 Rfe8 18.Nd4 g6 19.g3 Re5 20.Re2 
Rae8 21.Rae1 Qf6 22.Re3 Kg7 23.Kg2 Rxe3 24.Rxe3 Bxd4 25.cxd4 Rxe3 26.fxe3 
Qa6 27.Qf4 Qe2+ 28.Kh3 Qh5+ 29.Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A14"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 c5 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.d4 Bg4 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Nc3 Re8 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Bd4 
15.e3 Be5 16.Bg2 Ne4 17.Ba1 Qa5 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Bxe4 Bxa1 20.Bxc6 Red8 21.
Bxb7 Rxd1 22.Rxc8+ Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.Rc1 Bc3 25.Rxc3 Qd1+ 26.Kg2 g6 27.
Rc4 Qd7 28.Bf3 Kg7 29.Rb4 Qd2 30.Rb7 a5 31.a4 Kf6 32.Rb5 h5 33.h4 Ke7 34.
Bd5 f6 35.Be4 f5 36.Bf3 Kf6 37.Bd5 Qc3 38.Bc4 Qd2 39.Rb6+ Kg7 40.Rb7+ Kf8 
41.Rf7+ Ke8 42.Rf6 Qc2 43.Rxg6 Qe4+ 44.Kg1 Qb1+ 45.Kg2 Kf8 46.Rb6 Qc2 47.
Kg1 Kg7 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C16"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.Qg4 Nf5 7.Nf3 Ba6 8.Bxa6 
Nxa6 9.Qf4 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.g4 Ne7 12.h4 O-O 13.h5 f5 14.exf6 Rxf6 15.
Qg3 Nc6 16.O-O-O Qc7 17.Ng5 Qxg3 18.fxg3 Nd4 19.Bf4 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Ne2+ 21.
Kd2 Nxf4 22.gxf4 Nc7 23.Nh3 Rb8 24.Rb1 Rff8 25.a4 h6 26.Rhg1 Kf7 27.g5 
hxg5 28.fxg5 Rxb1 29.Rxb1 Ke7 30.Kd3 e5 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Zakharov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.d4 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.Qc2 d5 8.Bxf6 
Bxf6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.e3 O-O 11.O-O-O c5 12.Kb1 Nc6 13.h4 Nb4 14.Qf5 Bc8 15.
Qf4 Qd7 16.a3 Qf5+ 17.Qxf5 Bxf5+ 18.Kc1 Rac8 19.axb4 cxb4 20.Kd2 bxc3+ 21.
bxc3 Rc7 22.Bb5 a6 23.Ba4 Rfc8 24.Rc1 Be7 25.Bc2 Be4 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Ng1 
Ba3 28.Rc2 b5 29.Ne2 b4 30.Rb1 a5 31.Ra2 bxc3+ 32.Kc2 Bb4 33.Raa1 g6 34.h5
Re8 35.Nf4 Kg7 36.Nd5 Rc4 37.Ra4 Re6 38.hxg6 Rxg6 39.g3 Rg5 40.Nxb4 Rf5 
41.Kb3 Rxb4+ 42.Rxb4 axb4 43.Rf1 Kg6 44.f4 exf3 45.e4 Rf6 46.e5 Rc6 47.d5 
Rc8 48.d6 Kg5 49.d7 Rd8 50.Rxf3 Rxd7 51.Kxb4 Rc7 52.Rf1 c2 53.Rc1 Kg4 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A26"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.e4 Nd4 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Nge2 Ng4 
9.Bd2 f5 10.f3 Nh6 11.O-O O-O 12.Qc1 Nf7 13.Be3 Be6 14.Qd2 fxe4 15.Nxe4 
Qd7 16.Nxd4 exd4 17.Bf4 b6 18.Ng5 Nxg5 19.Bxg5 d5 20.b3 dxc4 21.bxc4 Bh3 
22.Rae1 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Rae8 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Bf4 c6 26.Re1 b5 27.Rxe8+ Qxe8 
28.cxb5 cxb5 29.Qa5 Qe2+ 30.Kg1 Qxf3 31.Qxb5 Qd1+ 32.Kf2 Qc2+ 33.Kg1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.O-O Nf6 7.Qe1 O-O 8.f5 e6 
9.fxe6 fxe6 10.e5 dxe5 11.d3 Nd4 12.Bb3 Nd5 13.Nxd4 Rxf1+ 14.Qxf1 exd4 15.
Ne4 b6 16.Bg5 Qd7 17.Bh6 Qe7 18.Bg5 Qd7 19.Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C07"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3
Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Be7 11.b3 O-O ( 11...a6 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Qf3 Qc7 14.
Rfe1 b5 ( 14...Bd6 ) 15.Bd3 Bb7 16.Qh3 g6 17.a4 bxa4 18.Rxa4 Nh5 19.Nxe6 )
12.Bb2 Qf4 13.Qe2 Qe4 14.Qd2 Rd8 15.Rfe1 Qh4 16.Rad1 Bc5 17.Re5 Ng4 18.
Rxc5 Qxh2+ 19.Kf1 e5 20.Qg5 Nf6 21.Bxf7+ Kh8 22.Rxe5 Bg4 23.f3 Rac8 24.Rd2
Rf8 25.Be6 Rce8 26.Rde2 Qh1+ 27.Kf2 h5 28.Nf5 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B66"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.Qd2 e6 8.O-O-O 
h6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.f3 b5 11.g4 Ne5 12.Bd3 b4 13.Nce2 d5 14.Ng3 Nxd3+ 15.Qxd3 
e5 16.Rhe1 exd4 17.exd5 dxe3 18.Qxe3+ Be7 19.d6 Be6 20.dxe7 Qc7 21.Qd4 h5 
22.Nf5 Rg8 23.Nd6+ Kxe7 24.Qxb4 Kf8 25.g5 Rb8 26.Qa3 Nd7 27.Nc8+ 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A77"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 
9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Ne5 12.Ra3 b6 13.Qc2 Nh5 14.Bxh5 gxh5 15.Nd1 
Ba6 16.Rh3 Bxf1 17.Nxf1 b5 18.Nde3 bxa4 19.Nf5 Ng6 20.Rxh5 Be5 21.g3 Rb8 
22.N1e3 a3 23.bxa3 Qb6 24.Qd2 Qb3 25.Ng4 Rb7 26.Kg2 Qc4 27.Nxe5 Qxe4+ 28.
f3 Qxe5 29.Nh6+ Kf8 30.Rxe5 Rxe5 31.Ng4 Ree7 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 Nd7 
8.Bc4 Bg7 9.Re1 c6 10.Kc2 O-O 11.Be3 h6 12.a4 a5 13.e5 e6 14.Rad1 Re8 15.
Bd4 b6 16.Be3 Bf8 17.Be2 g5 18.g4 Bg7 19.h4 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.hxg5 hxg5
22.Bf3 Bb7 23.Bxg5 Bg7 24.Be3 Ra6 25.Be2 Raa8 26.Bxb6 c5 27.Bb5 Reb8 28.
Bxc5 Bf3 29.Rd3 Bxg4 30.Rg3 Bf5+ 31.Bd3 Bxd3+ 32.Kxd3 f6 33.Rxe6 Re8 34.
Rxf6 Rad8+ 35.Bd4 Rxd4+ 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Nc3 Na6 
9.e3 d5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.d4 Rfd8 14.dxc5 Nxc5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E19"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.d4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 
Nxc3 9.Qxc3 c5 10.Rd1 d6 11.Bf4 Nd7 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.b4 Ne4 14.Qd3 Rc8 15.
Rac1 d5 16.cxd5 Qxd5 17.Rxc8 Rxc8 18.Nd2 Qxd3 19.exd3 g5 20.Be5 Nxd2 21.
Bxb7 Rc2 22.a3 a5 23.Bd4 axb4 24.axb4 Bxb4 25.Bxb6 Nb3 26.Be3 Bd2 27.Bxd2 
1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zakharov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D47"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 b4
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Bb7 11.O-O Be7 12.Qc2 Rc8 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.a3 bxa3 15.b3 
c5 16.Bxa3 cxd4 17.Qa2 dxe3 18.fxe3 Bxe4 19.Nxe4 Qe5 20.Bxe7 Kxe7 21.Qa3+ 
Nc5 22.Nxc5 Qxe3+ 23.Rf2 Qxc5 24.Qxa7+ Rc7 25.Qxc5+ Rxc5 26.Ra7+ Kd6 27.
Rfxf7 Rc1+ 28.Rf1 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 g6 30.Ke2 Ke5 31.Rb7 h6 32.Rb5+ Ke4 33.Rb6
Kf5 34.Rc6 Rb8 35.Rc3 e5 36.Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "48"]

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 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Bc2 h6 13.d5 Ne7 14.b3 c6 15.c4 Ng6 16.
Nf1 cxd5 17.cxd5 Bc8 18.a4 Bd7 19.Bd3 Qb8 20.Bd2 Ra7 21.Kh2 Rc7 22.Ba5 Rc5
23.Bb4 Rc7 24.Ba5 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.O-O c5 7.Qxc4 b6 8.b3 
Bb7 9.Bb2 Rc8 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Rfd1 O-O 12.d4 Nd5 13.dxc5 Rxc5 14.Qd3 Bf6 15.
Rac1 Bxc3 16.Bxc3 Nxc3 17.Rxc3 Ba6 18.Qe3 Rxc3 19.Qxc3 Bxe2 20.Rd2 Bxf3 
21.Bxf3 Qf6 22.Qc7 Nc5 23.Kg2 Qc3 24.Rd8 g6 25.Rxf8+ Kxf8 26.Qxa7 Nd3 27.
Be4 Nc1 28.Qxb6 Nxa2 29.Qd8+ Kg7 30.Qd3 Qe5 31.Qc4 Qd6 32.Qc2 Nb4 33.Qc3+ 
Kg8 34.Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Zakharov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "A62"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.d5 O-O 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nf3 e6 8.O-O exd5 
9.cxd5 Re8 10.Bf4 a6 11.a4 h6 12.Re1 Bf5 13.Qb3 Ne4 14.Nxe4 Rxe4 15.Qxb7 
Nd7 16.Bxd6 Rb4 17.Qc7 Qxc7 18.Bxc7 Bxb2 19.Ra2 Bc3 20.Nd2 Re8 21.e4 Rd4 
22.Bf4 Nf6 23.Be3 Bxd2 24.Rxd2 Rxd2 25.Bxd2 Bxe4 26.Bxh6 Bxg2 27.Rxe8+ 
Nxe8 28.Kxg2 f6 29.Bf4 g5 30.d6 Ng7 31.d7 Ne6 32.Bc7 c4 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B67"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
Bd7 9.f4 b5 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Bd3 Be7 12.Rhe1 O-O 13.e5 dxe5 14.Qf2 h6 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16.fxe5 Bh4 17.g3 Bg5+ 18.Kb1 Qc7 19.h4 Be7 20.g4 Bb4 21.g5 Bxc3
22.bxc3 h5 23.Qc5 Rac8 24.Kb2 Qb7 25.Be2 Bd5 26.Qe3 b4 27.c4 Bxc4 28.Rd6 
Qb5 29.Qe4 Bxe2 30.Qxe2 Qc5 31.Rxa6 Rfd8 32.Kb1 Rd5 33.g6 fxg6 34.Rxe6 
Rcd8 35.Rc1 Qc3 36.Rxg6 Rxe5 37.Qf2 Red5 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Bxg2 9.Kxg2 Qc8 10.b3 Qb7+ 11.f3 d5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Be3 Nc6 
15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.Rc1 Qe6 17.Qd3 O-O 18.Rfd1 Rac8 19.Rxc8 Qxc8 20.Qd7 Qa6 
21.Rd2 e6 22.Bg5 h6 23.Bd8 Be5 24.a4 Kg7 25.Rc2 b5 26.axb5 Qa1 27.Be7 Rh8 
28.Rc4 Qb2 29.Re4 Rb8 30.Bc5 Bf6 31.Bxa7 Ra8 32.b6 Qxb3 33.Qc6 Qd1 34.Qc4 
Rc8 35.Qxc8 Bd4 36.Rxd4 Qxe2+ 37.Kh3 Qf1+ 38.Kg4 e5 39.Rd7 h5+ 40.Kg5 Qxf3
41.Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D13"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Bd6 8.Bg3 
Qe7 9.Bd3 a6 10.Ne5 Bxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.f4 Qb4 13.Rb1 Nc5 14.O-O Bd7 15.a3
Qb6 16.Bc2 Ne7 17.Bf2 Qc6 18.Rc1 Rc8 19.Qd4 b5 20.Rfd1 Na4 21.Bxa4 bxa4 
22.e4 Qc4 23.Qd2 Qb3 24.exd5 exd5 25.Nxd5 Nxd5 26.Rxc8+ Bxc8 27.Qxd5 Qxd5 
28.Rxd5 Ke7 29.Rd4 Ke6 30.Rxa4 Rd8 31.Rd4 Rxd4 32.Bxd4 Kf5 33.g3 a5 34.a4 
Bd7 35.Bc3 Bxa4 36.Bxa5 h5 37.Bd8 Ke4 38.Kf2 Bb5 39.Be7 g6 40.Bd6 Bc4 41.
Be7 Bb5 42.Bc5 Bd7 43.Bb6 Kd3 44.Ba5 Be6 45.Bc7 Bd7 46.Bb8 Be6 47.Kg2 Bd7 
48.Ba7 Be6 49.Bg1 Bd7 50.Bf2 Bc8 51.Bg1 Bd7 52.Bf2 Bc8 53.Be1 Bd7 54.Kf3 
Bg4+ 55.Kg2 Bd7 56.Kf2 Be6 57.b4 Bd7 58.Kf1 Kc4 59.Ke2 Bg4+ 60.Ke3 Be6 61.
Bd2 Bf5 62.Ke2 Bg4+ 63.Ke1 Kb5 64.Bc3 Kc4 65.Kd2 Bf5 66.h4 Bd7 67.Kc2 Ba4+
68.Kb2 Kd3 69.Ka3 Bd7 70.Bb2 Ke4 71.Bc1 Kf3 72.f5 Bxf5 73.b5 Kxg3 74.Bg5 
Kf3 75.Kb4 Ke4 76.Bf6 Kd5 77.b6 Bc8 78.Kc3 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E18"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 
Bxe4 9.Ne1 d5 10.cxd5 Bxg2 11.Nxg2 Qxd5 12.Bf4 Qb7 13.Rc1 Na6 14.Qc2 Rac8 
15.a3 c5 16.dxc5 Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C67"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.b3 h6 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne2 Bd5 12.Nd2 c5 13.Bb2 Kc8 14.Nf4 Bc6 
15.Nc4 Be7 16.Rad1 b6 17.Ne3 Nxe3 18.fxe3 Bg5 19.Nd5 Be8 20.g3 Kb7 21.h4 
Bd8 22.e6 fxe6 23.Nf4 Be7 24.Be5 Bf6 25.Bxf6 gxf6 26.Nxe6 Rg8 27.Kh2 Bh5 
28.Rd7 Rac8 29.Rxf6 Bg4 30.Rh7 h5 31.Kg2 Rge8 32.Nf4 Rxe3 33.Nxh5 Rd8 34.
Rf2 Bd7 35.Rxd7 Rxd7 36.Nf6 Rg7 37.g4 c4 38.bxc4 Kc6 39.h5 Ree7 40.Kg3 Kd6
41.Kf4 Re5 42.h6 Rg6 43.g5 Ke6 44.h7 Rxf6+ 45.gxf6 Rh5 46.f7 Kxf7 47.Kg4+ 
Kg6 48.Rf6+ Kxf6 49.Kxh5 Kg7 50.Kg5 c5 51.Kf5 Kxh7 52.Ke5 Kg6 53.Kd5 Kf5 
54.Kc6 Ke5 55.Kb7 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D40"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.e3 c5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.a3 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.Bd3 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 O-O 10.O-O a6 11.Bd3 b5 12.b4 Ra7 13.Bb2 Rd7 14.Ne4 e5 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Bxh7+ Kxh7 17.Qc2+ g6 18.dxe5 Bg7 19.Qxc6 Bb7 20.Qc5 Bxf3 
21.gxf3 Qg5+ 22.Kh1 Qh5 23.Kg2 Rd2 24.Bc1 Bxe5 25.h4 Rd4 26.Re1 Re8 27.
Rxe5 Qxe5 28.Qxe5 Rxe5 29.Bb2 Red5 30.Bxd4 Rxd4 31.Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C06"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Bd3 c5 5.e5 Nfd7 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.O-O Bd6 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.Nc3 a6 13.Bg5 O-O 14.Bh4 Bd7 15.Re1 
Kh8 16.Bg3 Bxg3 17.hxg3 Qb6 18.Na4 Qa7 19.Bb1 Rac8 20.Nc5 Nxd4 21.Nxd7 
Nxf3+ 22.gxf3 Nxd7 23.Rxe6 Qc5 24.Kg2 Nf6 25.Bf5 d4 26.Qd3 Rce8 27.Rxe8 
Rxe8 28.Rh1 h6 29.Bg6 Rd8 30.Bf7 Nd7 31.Rh5 Qe7 32.Qg6 Nf6 33.Rh1 d3 34.
Bb3 b5 35.a3 Qe5 36.Rd1 Qe2 37.Qf5 d2 38.Bc2 Qc4 39.Bb1 Qd4 40.Qc2 Qd5 41.
Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.Nc3 Na5 11.Ba2 b4 12.Ne2 c5 13.Ng3 Bc8 14.Nd2 Bg4 15.f3 Be6 16.
Nc4 Nc6 17.Ne3 Bxa2 18.Rxa2 g6 19.Nc4 d5 20.exd5 Nxd5 21.Ra1 f5 22.Bh6 Re8
23.Nxe5 Nxe5 24.Rxe5 Bf6 25.Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.Qb1 Rb8 27.Qc1 Qe5 28.Rb1 Re8 
29.Bg5 Bxg5 30.Qxg5 Qd4+ 31.Kh1 Qxb2 32.Rg1 Qf6 33.Qxf6 Nxf6 34.Ra1 a5 35.
Kg1 Nd5 36.Kf2 Nc3 37.h4 h5 38.f4 c4 39.dxc4 Rc8 40.Re1 Rxc4 41.Re5 Nxa4 
42.Rxa5 Rxc2+ 43.Ke3 Nc3 44.Ra8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B46"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Nge7 7.Bf4 Ng6 8.Bg3 
Be7 9.Qd2 O-O 10.h4 b5 11.O-O-O Qb6 12.Nxc6 dxc6 13.h5 Rd8 14.Bd3 Nf8 15.
e5 c5 16.Bh4 Bxh4 17.Rxh4 Bb7 18.Rg4 g6 19.Qg5 Rd7 20.Rh1 Qd8 21.Qh6 Rxd3 
22.cxd3 Qxd3 23.Rf4 Qd7 24.Qg5 Qd8 25.Qg4 Qc7 26.Ne4 Bxe4 27.Rxe4 Rd8 28.
Rd1 Rd5 29.Ree1 c4 30.hxg6 hxg6 31.Rxd5 exd5 32.Qd4 Qa5 33.Rh1 Ne6 34.Qh4 
Kf8 35.Qf6 Ke8 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E89"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 c6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 
9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 a6 11.g4 h5 12.g5 Ne8 13.h4 b5 14.Rc1 Rb8 15.Ng3 Nc5 16.
Nce2 f6 17.Bg2 fxg5 18.hxg5 Bd7 19.b3 Rc8 20.Rh4 b4 21.Kf2 a5 22.Kg1 Rc7 
23.Rf1 Bc8 24.Bh3 Bxh3 25.Rxh3 Qc8 26.Kg2 Rd7 27.Rh4 Qa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.e5 Nc6 7.Bb5 dxe5 8.Qxd8+ 
Kxd8 9.fxe5 Ne8 10.Be3 Nc7 11.O-O-O+ Ke8 12.Nf3 Bg7 13.Ba4 Bg4 14.Nd5 Nxd5
15.Rxd5 a6 16.Nd4 Bd7 17.Rd1 Nxe5 18.Bxd7+ Nxd7 19.Nb5 axb5 20.Rxd7 Be5 
21.h3 f5 22.Bg5 Bd6 23.Rxb7 h6 24.Be3 f4 25.Bd4 Rf8 26.Rxb5 Rxa2 27.Kb1 
Ra4 28.b3 Ra6 29.Bg7 Rf5 30.Rdd5 Rf7 31.Be5 f3 32.gxf3 Rxf3 33.Bxd6 Rxd6 
34.h4 Rh3 35.Rxd6 exd6 36.Rb4 Kd7 37.Rg4 h5 38.Rf4 Rg3 39.Kc1 g5 40.hxg5 
Rxg5 41.Rf6 h4 42.Rh6 Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Qc7 8.f4 
Nbd7 ( 8...Be7 9.Bf3 Nbd7 10.Kh1 O-O 11.g4 ) 9.a4 ( 9.g4 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.
Bf3 Nc5 12.Qe2 e5 13.Nf5 ) 9...b6 10.Bf3 Bb7 11.Qe2 e5 ( 11...Be7 12.Be3 
O-O 13.g4 Nc5 14.Qg2 e5 15.Nf5 d5 ) 12.Nd5 ( 12.Nf5 g6 13.fxe5 Nxe5 ( 
13...dxe5 14.Nh6 ) 14.Nh6 Bg7 ) 12...Nxd5 13.exd5 g6 14.Nc6 ( 14.Ra3 Bg7 
15.Rc3 Nc5 16.b4 e4 ) 14...Bg7 15.fxe5 Nxe5 ( 15...dxe5 16.d6 Qxd6 17.Nxe5
Qxe5 18.Qxe5+ Nxe5 19.Bxb7 ) 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Bh6 f6 ( 17...O-O-O 18.Qf2 
Bxb2 19.Ra2 Bc3 20.Rb1 ) 18.c4 ( 18.Ra3 Kf7 19.Rc3 Qe7 ( 19...Qd8 20.Bg4 
Bxd5 21.Rd1 Be6 22.Bxe6+ Kxe6 23.Rc6 ) 20.Rb3 Rhe8 21.Qf2 b5 22.axb5 axb5 
23.Rd1 Ra2 ) 18...Kf7 19.Bg4 Bc8 20.Bxc8 Raxc8 ( 20...Qxc8 21.Be3 ( 21.
Rae1 Re8 22.Kh1 Kg8 23.b3 Bc3 ) 21...Re8 22.Qd3 ) 21.Rxf6+ Kxf6 22.Qg4 
Qc5+ 23.Kh1 Ke7 24.Bg5+ ( 24.Bg5+ Kf7 25.Rf1+ Kg7 26.Qd7+ ) 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "C16"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.Qg4 f5 8.Qg3 Ba6
9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Ne2 Kf7 11.a4 Ne7 12.h4 c5 13.Qd3 Qb7 14.Bg5 cxd4 15.Bxe7 
Kxe7 16.cxd4 Kf7 17.c3 Rhf8 18.Nf4 Nc7 19.h5 Qc6 20.O-O Qd7 21.Rfe1 Qe7 
22.Re3 g5 23.hxg6+ hxg6 24.Rg3 g5 25.Nh5 Rh8 26.Nf6 Rh4 27.Rh3 Rah8 28.
Rxh4 Rxh4 29.g3 Rh8 30.Kg2 Ne8 31.Nxe8 Kxe8 32.Rh1 Rxh1 33.Kxh1 Qc7 34.Kg2
g4 35.Qe3 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bxg2 8.Kxg2 
Bg7 9.Nc3 Qc8 10.b3 Qb7+ 11.f3 d5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Be3 Nc6 15.
Nxc6 Qxc6 16.Rc1 Qe6 17.Qd3 O-O 18.Rfd1 f5 19.Qc4 Kf7 20.Qxe6+ Kxe6 21.
Rc6+ Kf7 22.Bg5 Rfc8 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Rd7 Rc2 25.Rxe7+ Kg8 26.Rxa7 h6 27.
Bd8 Bd4 28.Ra4 Bc5 29.b4 Bd4 30.b5 Bc5 31.Ra6 Kg7 32.a4 Rxe2+ 33.Kf1 Rf2+ 
34.Ke1 Ra2 35.Kd1 Kf7 36.Kc1 Bd4 37.f4 g5 38.h4 gxf4 39.gxf4 h5 40.a5 bxa5
41.b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zakharov, Alexander"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E24"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.f3 d6 7.e4 Nc6 8.Ne2 b6 
9.Ng3 O-O 10.d5 Na5 11.Bd3 Ba6 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.f4 exd5 14.cxd5 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 
c4 16.Qf3 Nb3 17.Rb1 Re8 18.O-O Ndc5 19.Be3 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Qe7 21.Nd2 Qxe3+ 
22.Qxe3 Rxe3 23.Nxc4 Rxc3 24.Nxd6 Nd2 25.Rbc1 Rd3 26.Rfd1 Rxd5 27.Ne4 Nb3 
28.Rxd5 Nxc1 29.Kf2 Nb3 30.Rd7 f5 31.Nd6 Nc5 32.Re7 g6 33.Nf7 Kf8 34.Rc7 
Ne6 35.Rb7 Re8 36.Nd6 Re7 37.Rb8+ Kg7 38.g3 Nd4 39.Ne8+ Kf7 40.Nd6+ Ke6 
41.Nc4 Kd5 42.Ne5 Nc6 43.Nxc6 Kxc6 44.Rg8 Kb5 45.h4 Rf7 46.Ke3 Ka4 47.h5 
gxh5 48.Kd4 Kxa3 49.Ke5 b5 50.Rb8 b4 51.Ke6 Rg7 52.Rb5 Ka4 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B15"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.h3 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nd7 7.Bc4 Ngf6 8.Nxf6+
Nxf6 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Bf5 11.Bb3 Qd6 12.Qe2 Rae8 13.c3 Nd5 14.Ne5 Qd8 15.
Bd2 Kh8 16.Rad1 f6 17.Ng4 Qc7 18.Ne3 Nf4 19.Qf3 Bc8 20.Nf1 e5 21.Bxf4 exf4
22.Nd2 Bf5 23.Re2 Rxe2 24.Qxe2 Rd8 25.Re1 Bf8 26.Nf3 Kg7 27.Qd2 g5 28.Qe2 
Bd6 29.Bc2 Qd7 30.Bxf5 Qxf5 31.Nd2 Bf8 32.Qe4 Qxe4 33.Nxe4 Kg6 34.Kf1 h5 
35.f3 f5 36.Nd2 c5 37.Nb3 cxd4 38.Nxd4 Bg7 39.Ne6 Rd7 40.h4 Rd2 41.Re2 
1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C61"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O Bc5 6.d3 c6 7.Bc4 d5 8.exd5 
cxd5 9.Bb3 Ne7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nd2 Qd6 12.Qh5 a5 13.a4 Be6 14.Nf3 f6 15.c3 
dxc3 16.bxc3 Qd7 17.h3 Rac8 18.Nh2 Bf7 19.Qf3 d4 20.Bxf7+ Rxf7 21.c4 Bb4 
22.Re2 Nc6 23.Bf4 Bc3 24.Rf1 Nb4 25.Qg3 Qxa4 26.Ng4 Kh8 27.Bd6 Qd7 28.c5 
a4 29.Rb1 Qc6 30.Qf4 Qd5 31.Qg3 a3 32.Rf1 a2 33.c6 Nxc6 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.g3 
c5 9.dxc5 bxc5 10.Bg2 Nc6 11.O-O Qb6 12.Rd1 d5 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Bf4 Rfe8 
15.e3 Ne4 16.Qc2 Rad8 17.Rac1 h6 18.h4 d4 19.Nxd4 Nxd4 20.exd4 Rxd4 21.Re1
Qf6 22.Re2 g5 23.hxg5 hxg5 24.Be3 Rd5 25.Rce1 Rde5 26.Bc1 Nd6 27.Bxb7 Nxb7
28.Qc3 Rxe2 29.Rxe2 Qd8 30.Rxe8+ Qxe8 31.Bxg5 Qe4 32.Qf6 c4 33.Be3 a5 34.
Bd4 Kf8 35.Bc3 Ke8 36.Qb6 Kd7 37.Qb5+ Kc8 38.Qb6 Kd7 39.Qb5+ Kc8 40.Qa6 
Qb1+ 41.Kg2 Qe4+ 42.Kh3 f5 43.Kh2 f4 44.Qf6 fxg3+ 45.fxg3 Nd8 46.Bxa5 Qe2+
47.Kg1 Qd1+ 48.Kf2 Qc2+ 49.Kg1 Qd1+ 50.Kf2 Qc2+ 51.Ke3 Qc1+ 52.Bd2 Qg1+ 
53.Qf2 Qb1 54.Bc3 Ne6 55.Qe1 Qd3+ 56.Kf2 Qf5+ 57.Kg2 Ng5 58.Qe3 Qc2+ 59.
Kf1 Qf5+ 60.Ke1 Qb1+ 61.Kd2 Ne4+ 62.Ke2 Qc2+ 63.Kf3 Nd6 64.g4 Kd7 65.Qd4 
Qb3 66.Kf4 Kc6 67.Bb4 Nb7 68.g5 Qh3 69.Qxc4+ Kb6 70.Qd4+ Ka6 71.Qe3 Qh4+ 
72.Kf5 Qh5 73.Be7 Qf7+ 74.Kg4 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E04"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.a4 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.dxc5 Qxd1
9.Rxd1 Bxc5 10.Nbd2 Ng4 11.e3 Nge5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Ne4 Bb4 14.Bd2 Bxd2 15.
Rxd2 Ke7 16.Nd6 Rb8 17.f4 Ng4 18.Nxc4 Bd7 19.h3 Nf6 20.e4 b5 21.Ne5 Rhd8 
22.a5 Be8 23.Rad1 Rxd2 24.Rxd2 b4 25.Rd4 Rb5 26.Nd3 Rxa5 27.e5 Nd5 28.Bxd5
exd5 29.Nxb4 Ke6 30.Rd2 g5 31.fxg5 Bd7 32.Nd3 d4 33.Kf2 Bb5 34.Ne1 Kd5 35.
Nf3 Ra4 36.h4 Bd7 37.Ne1 Bf5 38.Nc2 Kxe5 39.b3 Ra2 40.Re2+ Be4 41.Nxd4 
Rxe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Zakharov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "D58"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Qb3 dxc4 
9.Bxc4 a6 10.O-O b5 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.Rfd1 c5 13.dxc5 Qc7 14.Rac1 Nxc5 15.Qc2
Qb6 16.b4 Ncd7 17.Ne4 Bb7 18.Nxf6+ Nxf6 19.Qc7 Qxc7 20.Rxc7 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 
Rae8 22.a3 Nd5 23.Bxe7 Nxc7 24.Rd7 Nd5 25.Bxf8 Kxf8 26.Bxd5 exd5 27.Kf1 
Rc8 28.Rd6 Rc2 29.Rxa6 Ke7 30.Rb6 Ra2 31.Rxb5 d4 32.Rd5 Rxa3 33.Rxd4 Ra2 
34.g4 Rb2 35.h4 Ke6 36.h5 f5 37.Kg2 Ke5 38.Kg3 Rb1 39.f4+ Ke6 40.gxf5+ 
Kxf5 41.Rd5+ Kf6 42.b5 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "E95"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Re1 c6 
9.Bf1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.Nc2 Ne5 12.h3 Be6 13.b3 Nh5 14.Nd4 Qh4 15.Be3 h6
16.Nxe6 Rxe6 17.Rc1 Rae8 18.Kh1 Nd7 19.g3 Qe7 20.Bg2 Nc5 21.g4 Nf6 22.f3 
a5 23.a3 h5 24.b4 Na6 25.b5 Nc5 26.Ne2 hxg4 27.hxg4 Ncxe4 28.fxe4 Nxg4 29.
Nf4 Qh4+ 30.Nh3 Rxe4 31.Qxg4 Qxg4 32.Bf2 Rxe1+ 33.Bxe1 Re2 34.Bf2 Bd4 35.
Rf1 Bxf2 36.Rxf2 Rxf2 37.Nxf2 Qxc4 38.bxc6 bxc6 39.Ne4 Qc1+ 40.Kh2 Qxa3 
0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E41"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 d6 7.Bd2 e5 8.d5 Ne7 9.
e4 Ng6 10.g3 h5 11.Qc2 h4 12.O-O-O Bg4 13.Be2 Qd7 14.Qd3 O-O-O 15.Rdg1 Rh7
16.Bd1 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Rdh8 18.Qc2 Kb8 19.Re1 hxg3 20.fxg3 Rh3 21.Qf2 Qe8 22.
Ng5 R3h5 23.Nxf7 Qxf7 24.Bxg4 Nf4 25.gxf4 Nxg4 26.Qe2 Rh4 27.fxe5 Qf4+ 28.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 29.Kxd2 Nf2 30.Rhg1 Rxh2 31.Rxg7 Nxe4+ 32.Kd3 Nxc3 33.bxc3 dxe5 
34.Rxe5 R8h3+ 35.Re3 Rxe3+ 36.Kxe3 Rxa2 37.d6 Kc8 38.Ke4 Rd2 39.Ke5 a5 40.
Rc7+ Kd8 41.Rxb7 a4 42.Ke6 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C16"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.Qg4 Nf5 8.Bd3 h5
9.Qh3 c5 ( 9...g5 10.g4 Nh4 11.Nf3 ( 11.gxh5 f5 12.exf6 Qxf6 13.Qg4 Rg8 
14.f4 ) 11...Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 h4 13.Qe3 Rg8 14.f4 gxf4 15.Qxf4 Ba6 16.Rf1 Qe7
17.a4 ) 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.O-O Nc6 12.a4 cxd4 13.Bxf5 exf5 14.Qg3 Kf8 15.Rd1 h4
16.Nxh4 Qxe5 17.Bf4 Qf6 18.Nf3 Qg6 19.Qxg6 fxg6 20.cxd4 Bd7 21.Re1 Re8 22.
c4 dxc4 23.d5 Na5 24.Ne5 Rxe5 25.Bxe5 Kf7 26.Bxg7 Rc8 27.Bc3 Nb3 28.d6 Be6
29.Rad1 Nc5 30.Bb4 Nd3 31.Re3 Nxb4 32.Rh3 Nd3 33.Rh7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A31"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bf4 Bg7 7.e3 O-O 8.Qb3 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.Nf3 Qa5 11.Bxf7+ Rxf7 12.Ng5 Nd5 13.O-O-O e6 14.Nxd5 
exd5 15.Rxd5 Nc5 16.Qc4 Qb6 17.Rd8+ Qxd8 18.Qxf7+ Kh8 19.Rd1 Bd7 20.Qd5 
Qe8 21.Nf7+ Kg8 22.Nh6+ Kh8 23.Nf7+ Kg8 24.Nd6+ Qe6 25.Qxc5 Qxa2 26.Be5 b6
27.Qc4+ Qxc4+ 28.Nxc4 Ba4 29.Rd4 Bf8 30.Nd6 Bb3 31.Kd2 a5 32.Kc3 Be6 33.f4
Rb8 34.e4 Rd8 35.h3 h5 36.Kd2 Rd7 37.Ke2 b5 38.Nxb5 Rb7 39.Nc7 Rxb2+ 40.
Rd2 Bc4+ 41.Kd1 Rxd2+ 42.Kxd2 Bf1 43.g3 Bxh3 44.Nb5 Bc5 45.Bd4 Be7 46.Be5 
Bg2 47.Nd6 Bd8 48.Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.a4 Ne7 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Ne2 a6 8.Bc4 
d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.O-O Be7 11.d3 Bf6 12.Ng3 O-O 13.Nh5 Re8 14.Re1 Bd7 15.
Bxd5 exd5 16.Rxe8+ Bxe8 17.Qg4 g6 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.Bg5 Qf5 20.Qxf5 gxf5 
21.b4 Rc8 22.Re1 Bd7 23.Re7 Re8 24.Rxe8+ Bxe8 25.Bf6 h6 26.h4 h5 27.Kh2 
Kh7 28.Kg3 Kg6 29.Bxd4 f6 30.Kf4 Bd7 31.Bb6 Kf7 32.Ke3 Ke6 33.Kd4 Bc6 34.
Bc7 Kd7 35.Bf4 b6 36.f3 Bb7 37.Be3 Bc6 38.Kc3 b5 39.a5 Kd6 40.Bf4+ Kd7 41.
Kd4 Bb7 42.Kc5 Bc8 43.Kxd5 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B44"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N5c3 Be7 8.Be2 
O-O 9.Bf4 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Re1 Rc8 12.Nd2 Ne5 13.Rc1 a6 14.Bg3 Nfd7 15.f4 
Ng6 16.Nf3 Bf6 17.Bf1 Nc5 18.e5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Be7 20.b4 Nd7 21.a3 Rc7 22.
Ne4 a5 23.Qd2 axb4 24.axb4 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 Nb8 26.Rd4 Qc8 27.Rd6 Rd8 28.Qe3 
Rc6 29.Nd4 Rcxd6 30.exd6 Bxd6 31.Bxd6 Rxd6 32.Nb5 Rd7 33.Qxb6 Nc6 34.Qc5 
Nge5 35.Ra1 Qb8 36.Ra6 Rd3 37.Qe3 Nxb4 38.Rxe6 Nf3+ 39.Qxf3 fxe6 40.Qe3 
Rd1 41.Nc3 Rd8 42.Qxe6+ Kh8 43.Nd5 Rf8 44.Qe3 Nc2 45.Qe7 Nd4 46.Bd3 Nf5 
47.Bxf5 Rxf5 48.h3 Re5 49.Qf7 Re1+ 50.Kf2 Re4 51.Kf3 Rxc4 52.Nf4 Rc8 53.h4
Qc7 54.Qxc7 Rxc7 55.g4 Kg8 56.g5 Kf7 57.Kg4 Ra7 58.Kf5 Ke7 59.g6 Ra5+ 60.
Kg4 hxg6 61.Nxg6+ Kf6 62.Nf8 Ra4+ 63.Kh5 Ra8 64.Nh7+ Kf5 65.Nf8 Ra5 66.Nh7
Ra6 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B82"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 
9.Qf3 Nbd7 10.g4 b4 11.Nce2 Nc5 12.Ng3 Qc7 13.O-O g6 14.a3 bxa3 15.b4 Nxd3
16.cxd3 h5 17.Rac1 Qd7 18.g5 Ng4 19.Bd2 e5 20.Nb3 exf4 21.Bxf4 Bg7 22.Bxd6
Ne5 23.Bxe5 Bxe5 24.Rc5 Bg7 25.Ra5 O-O 26.Rxa3 Qb5 27.Na5 Qxb4 28.Ra2 Bc8 
29.Rc1 Bg4 30.Qf1 Rfc8 31.Nc4 Qc5+ 32.Kh1 Qxg5 33.Rcc2 Rc6 34.Rf2 Be6 35.
Ra5 Qd8 36.Ra3 h4 37.Ne2 Qe7 38.Na5 Qxa3 39.Nxc6 Qc5 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nc7 6.d3 e5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Nd2 
Bd7 9.O-O Be7 10.Nc4 O-O 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.Nxe5 Be8 13.e4 Bf6 14.Ng4 Bd4 15.
Ne3 Bc6 16.Nf5 Ne6 17.Nd5 Re8 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Ne3 Qd7 20.f3 Rad8 21.b3 f5 
22.Bb2 Rf8 23.Nc4 fxe4 24.fxe4 Rxf1+ 25.Qxf1 Rf8 26.Qd1 Nf3+ 27.Kh1 b5 28.
Ne5 Nxe5 29.Bxe5 Qe6 30.Bb2 Rf2 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E60"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O c6 6.d4 d6 7.b3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 
9.Ba3 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Re8 11.Nc3 e4 12.Nd4 Nbd7 13.Rac1 h5 14.Bd6 Nf8 15.b4 
Bd7 16.b5 Rac8 17.bxc6 Bxc6 18.Ncb5 Bxb5 19.Nxb5 Rc6 20.Bf4 a6 21.Nd6 Re7 
22.Bg5 N8h7 23.h4 b6 24.a4 Re6 25.Bf4 Bf8 26.Nb7 Re7 27.Nd8 Rc8 28.Bh3 Ng4
29.f3 exf3 30.exf3 Re8 31.Nb7 Rb8 32.Bxb8 Rxb8 33.fxg4 Rxb7 34.gxh5 gxh5 
35.Rd7 Rb8 36.Rf1 Bc5+ 37.Kh1 Rf8 38.Rfxf7 Nf6 39.Rxf8+ Kxf8 40.Rb7 a5 41.
Bf5 Ne8 42.Bd3 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A26"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.Rb1 a5 
9.a3 h6 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 Be6 12.b5 Ne7 13.Bb2 Nd7 14.Ra1 c6 15.Rxa8 Qxa8
16.Qc2 d5 17.Ra1 Qc8 18.Ba3 Re8 19.Bxe7 Rxe7 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.Ne1 Qc5 22.
Nxd5 Bxd5 23.Qxc5 Nxc5 24.Bxd5 e4 25.Ra8+ Kh7 26.dxe4 Nxe4 27.e3 Nc3 28.
Bc4 Rc7 29.Bf1 Nxb5 30.Bxb5 Rc1 31.Kg2 Rxe1 32.Bc4 f5 33.Bg8+ Kh8 34.Bd5+ 
Kh7 35.Bxb7 Rb1 36.Bd5 Rb6 37.Bg8+ Kh8 38.g4 fxg4 39.Be6+ Kh7 40.Bxg4 h5 
41.Be2 Re6 42.Bc4 Rf6 43.f4 Kh6 44.Ra7 Bf8 45.h4 Bg7 46.Bf7 Bf8 47.Bg8 Bg7
48.Bf7 Bf8 49.Kf3 Bc5 50.Rc7 Bd6 51.Rd7 Kg7 52.Be6+ 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Bxd4 
Ne7 9.Bxg7 Rg8 10.Bd4 Rxg2 11.Nbd2 Qc7 12.Nf1 Rg6 13.Ne3 Bd7 14.Qc2 a6 15.
Bd3 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 Rf6 17.O-O-O O-O-O 18.Ndf5 Bxf5 19.Nxf5 Nxf5 20.Bxf5+ Kb8
21.Bxh7 Bxh2 22.Kb1 Be5 23.Rh3 Qc5 24.Re3 Bc7 25.Re2 Bb6 26.Red2 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D41"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 e6 9.Bc4 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Qa5 11.d5 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Na5 14.Bd3
Ke7 15.Rac1 Bd7 16.Ne5 Rhc8 17.d6+ Kxd6 18.Nxf7+ Ke7 19.Ne5 Be8 20.f4 b5 
21.Nf3 a6 22.g4 Nc6 23.Ke3 Nb4 24.Bb1 a5 25.Nd4 Rab8 26.f5 exf5 27.Nxf5+ 
Kf6 28.g5+ Ke5 29.Rhd1 g6 30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.Nd6 Rc3+ 32.Kd2 Rh3 33.Nxe8 
Rxh2+ 34.Ke3 h6 35.gxh6 Rxh6 36.Nd6 Rh3+ 37.Kf2 Nxa2 38.Bxa2 Rh2+ 39.Kf3 
Rxa2 40.Nxb5 a4 41.Rd5+ Kf6 42.Nd4 Ra1 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Zakharov, Alexander"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B83"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.f4 
Nc6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.Nb3 a6 11.a4 b6 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Qe2 Qc8 14.Bf2 Rd8 15.Bh4 
Be8 16.Rad1 Nb4 17.Rd4 a5 18.Rfd1 e5 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.Rxd8 Bxd8 21.Bg3 Qe6 
22.Nd4 Qd6 23.Ndb5 Qc5+ 24.Bf2 Bxb5 25.axb5 Qc7 26.Nd5 Qxc2 27.Qxc2 Nxc2 
28.Nxb6 Nd4 29.Nc4 Rxb5 30.Nxe5 Ne6 31.Nc4 Rb4 32.Rc1 h6 33.Rc2 a4 34.e5 
Nd7 35.Bc6 Ndc5 36.Bd5 Nd3 37.Rd2 Nef4 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Qe7 8.e3 b6 
9.b3 d5 10.Bb2 dxc4 11.Ng5 Rd8 12.Bxc6 Rb8 13.bxc4 h6 14.Nge4 Ng4 15.a3 
Ba5 16.d4 cxd4 17.exd4 Ba6 18.Qe2 f5 19.Nd2 Qd6 20.Bg2 Qxd4 21.Qxe6+ Kh8 
22.Nf3 Qxc4 23.Qxc4 Bxc4 24.Rfd1 b5 25.Rxd8+ Bxd8 26.Nd1 b4 27.axb4 Rxb4 
28.Bc3 Rb8 29.h3 Nf6 30.Ne5 Bb3 31.Rb1 Bc7 32.Nc6 Rb6 33.Bd4 Rb5 34.Bxf6 
gxf6 35.Nd4 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.Nc3 Be7 8.d3 O-O
9.Bd2 d6 10.Nd5 Nd7 11.a4 bxa4 12.Bxa4 Nc5 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.Be3 Nd7 15.c4 
f5 16.exf5 Rxf5 17.d4 Bxd5 18.cxd5 e4 19.Nd2 Nf6 20.Nxe4 Nxd5 21.Bd2 Qb8 
22.Qe2 Rf7 23.Rxa6 Rxa6 24.Qxa6 Bf6 25.Qc4 Qb7 26.Re1 Be7 27.Nc3 Qxb2 28.
Nxd5 Qxd2 29.Rf1 Bd8 30.g3 h5 31.Nf4 Bg5 32.Ng6 Be3 33.Nh8 Bxf2+ 34.Kh1 
Kxh8 35.Qxf7 Bxd4 36.Qxh5+ Kg8 37.Rd1 Qf2 38.Qe8+ Kh7 39.Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Be7 4.Bb2 Bf6 5.Nc3 c5 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 d4 8.Na4 Qd6 
9.d3 e5 10.Nd2 Be7 11.Ne4 Qc7 12.O-O f5 13.Nd2 Nf6 14.e3 O-O 15.exd4 exd4 
16.a3 Ne5 17.Nf3 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 Rb8 19.Bc1 Bd6 20.Ra2 Bd7 21.Bg5 Ng4 22.Re2
Kh8 23.h3 Ne5 24.Bg2 Ng6 25.Ree1 f4 26.Qh5 Bf5 27.Nb2 fxg3 28.fxg3 Bxg3 
29.Re2 Nf4 30.Bxf4 Bxf4 31.Kh1 Bg6 32.Qg4 Be3 33.Ree1 Qb6 34.Nd1 Rfe8 35.
Nxe3 dxe3 36.Rf3 e2 37.Rg3 Qc7 38.Bd5 Qe5 39.Kg1 Bh5 40.Qh4 Rf8 41.Qg5 Rf5
42.Qe3 Qf6 43.Kh2 Rf1 44.Rg1 Rf8 45.Bg2 Rf2 46.Kh1 b6 47.b4 Qh4 48.bxc5 
Bf3 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D13"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Bd6 8.Bg3 
Ne4 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Nd2 Bxg3 11.hxg3 e5 12.dxe5 Qa5 13.Qb3 Qxe5 14.Be2 Qe7 
15.Rc1 O-O 16.Nxe4 Qxe4 17.Bd3 Qb4+ 18.Qxb4 Nxb4 19.Bxh7+ Kh8 20.Bb1+ Kg8 
21.Rc4 a5 22.Bh7+ Kh8 23.Bf5+ 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E19"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 
Nxc3 9.Qxc3 c5 10.Rd1 d6 11.b3 Bf6 12.Bb2 Qe7 13.Qc2 Nc6 14.e4 e5 15.d5 
Nd4 16.Bxd4 cxd4 17.Bh3 g6 18.a4 Bg7 19.a5 bxa5 20.Rxa5 f5 21.Nd2 Bc8 22.
c5 fxe4 23.Bxc8 Raxc8 24.Nxe4 dxc5 25.d6 Qf7 26.Qc4 Qxc4 27.bxc4 Rfd8 28.
Rxa7 Rc6 29.Rb1 Rcxd6 30.Nxd6 Rxd6 31.Rb8+ Bf8 32.Kf1 Re6 33.Ke2 e4 34.
Raa8 Rf6 35.Re8 d3+ 36.Ke1 Kg7 37.Ra7+ Kg8 38.Rd7 Ra6 39.Rxe4 Ra1+ 40.Kd2 
Bh6+ 41.f4 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A37"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.e3 O-O 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd4 12.exd4 exd5 13.Qb3 Be6 14.Be3 Qd7 15.
Rfc1 Rfc8 16.Qd1 h5 17.h4 Bf5 18.Rxc8+ Rxc8 19.Rc1 Rxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A15"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 c5 8.Nc3 d5 
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Rc1 Nd7 11.Qc2 Rc8 12.Rfd1 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Rc7 14.Qb2 Nf6 15.
d4 Qa8 16.dxc5 Rxc5 17.Bd4 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Rc8 19.Rxc8+ Qxc8 20.Qc3 Qxc3 21.
Bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Zakharov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "C91"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "123"]

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.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 cxd5 14.exd5 Nc4 15.Nd2 
Nb6 16.Nf1 Ne8 17.a4 Nxa4 18.Bxa4 bxa4 19.Re4 a3 20.Rxa3 Bg5 21.Bxg5 Qxg5 
22.Rb4 Qc1 23.Qe3 Qb1 24.c4 Nf6 25.Rb6 Ne4 26.Qd3 Qe1 27.Qe3 Qb1 28.Qd3 
Qe1 29.Qc2 f5 30.Rbxa6 Rxa6 31.Rxa6 f4 32.Ra3 Rb8 33.Rd3 Nc5 34.Rd1 Qb4 
35.Rb1 Nb3 36.Qc3 Qc5 37.Re1 Qd4 38.Qc2 Nc5 39.Rb1 Nb3 40.Rd1 Qb6 41.Nd2 
Nxd2 42.Rxd2 g6 43.Kh2 Qb4 44.Qc1 Qc5 45.Qc3 Qb4 46.Qc1 Kg7 47.Rc2 Qc5 48.
Qa1 Rb4 49.Qa6 e4 50.Qa3 Rxc4 51.Rxc4 Qxc4 52.Qxd6 f3 53.Qe5+ Kg8 54.gxf3 
Qe2 55.Qb8+ Kg7 56.Qa7+ Kf8 57.Qc5+ Kf7 58.fxe4 Qxe4 59.d6 Qf4+ 60.Kg1 Qf3
61.Qc7+ Ke6 62.Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E19"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 
Nxc3 9.Qxc3 c5 10.Rd1 d6 11.b3 Bf6 12.Bb2 Qe7 13.Qc2 Nc6 14.e4 g6 15.d5 
Nb4 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Qd2 e5 18.a3 Na6 19.Ne1 Qg7 20.Nd3 f5 21.exf5 gxf5 22.
f4 e4 23.Ne1 Rf6 24.Qc3 h5 25.Nc2 Kf7 26.Kf2 h4 27.Rg1 Rg8 28.Bh3 Qh7 29.
Rh1 Rh6 30.Bg2 Nc7 31.b4 Ne8 32.bxc5 bxc5 33.Rhb1 Kf8 34.Ne3 Rg7 35.Rb2 
Qg6 36.Nf1 hxg3+ 37.hxg3 Rhh7 38.Rab1 Re7 39.Rb3 Rhg7 40.Qb2 Nf6 41.Kg1 
Rh7 42.Re1 Ba6 43.Rb8+ Kf7 44.Qc3 Ng4 45.Rd8 Rh6 46.Ne3 Nxe3 47.Rxe3 Qg4 
48.Bf1 Qh5 49.Kf2 Qh1 50.Rb8 Rh2+ 51.Ke1 Qg1 52.Re2 Rh1 53.Rf2 e3 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.20"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B44"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "44"]

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.Bf4 Qc7 12.Rc1 Ne5 13.Re1 Rd8 14.Bg3 Bb7 15.Bf1
Rac8 16.f3 Qb8 17.Bf2 Nfd7 18.Qd2 Bc6 19.Kh1 Nc5 20.Nc2 Be8 21.Na3 Bc6 22.
Nc2 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.20"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A65"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.f3 O-O 7.Bg5 h6 8.Be3 e6 9.
Qd2 exd5 10.cxd5 Nbd7 11.Nh3 a6 12.Nf2 Kh7 13.a4 Qa5 14.Ra3 Ng8 15.Be2 Ne7
16.O-O f5 17.g4 Ne5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.h3 Qb4 20.a5 Nc4 21.Bxc4 Qxc4 22.Rc1 
Bd7 23.Na4 Qb4 24.Nc3 Qc4 25.Na4 Qb4 26.Nc3 fxg4 27.fxg4 Rf3 28.Qe2 Raf8 
29.Kg2 Ng6 30.Nd3 Nh4+ 31.Kh2 Bxg4 32.Nxb4 Rxh3+ 33.Kg1 Bxe2 34.Nxe2 cxb4 
35.Rb3 Re8 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.20"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D47"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 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 g6 14.Bg5 Be7 15.Bh6 
Bf8 16.Bg5 Be7 17.Bh6 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.20"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 b6 4.c3 Qd7 5.Be3 Ne7 6.f4 h5 7.Nd2 Nf5 8.Bf2 Ba6 9.
Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Ne2 g6 11.Nf3 Be7 12.Qd3 Nb8 13.O-O c5 14.c4 Nc6 15.dxc5 bxc5
16.cxd5 Nb4 17.Qd2 Qxd5 18.Rfd1 Rd8 19.Qxd5 exd5 20.a3 Nc2 21.Rac1 Nce3 
22.Rd3 d4 23.b4 cxb4 24.axb4 Bxb4 25.Nexd4 Ng4 26.Be1 Bxe1 27.Rxe1 O-O 28.
h3 Ngh6 29.Red1 Nxd4 30.Nxd4 a5 31.Nc6 Rxd3 32.Rxd3 Ra8 33.Ra3 a4 34.Ne7+ 
Kg7 35.Nd5 h4 36.Kf2 Nf5 37.Nc3 Rc8 38.Nxa4 Rc4 39.Kf3 Nd4+ 40.Kg4 Rc2 41.
g3 Nf5 42.Rc3 Ra2 43.Nc5 hxg3 44.Rc1 g2 45.Rg1 Ra3 46.Rxg2 Nh6+ 47.Kh4 Rf3
48.Nd7 Rxf4+ 49.Kg3 Re4 50.Kf3 Rd4 51.e6 Nf5 52.exf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.20"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E60"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Bf4 Ng4 8.h3 e5 
9.Bg5 Nf6 10.Nc3 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Qxd4 h6 13.Bd2 Bf5 14.Qf4 c6 15.Rad1
Bc2 16.Rc1 g5 17.Qf3 Bg6 18.Rfd1 Re8 19.g4 Ne4 20.Be1 Re6 21.e3 Nc5 22.Bf1
a5 23.b3 Qe7 24.Qg2 f5 25.Ne2 fxg4 26.hxg4 Bb2 27.Rb1 Bxb1 28.Rxb1 Be5 29.
Rd1 Rf8 30.Nd4 Bxd4 31.Rxd4 Re5 32.Qh3 Rf6 33.Rd1 Qf8 34.Bg2 Ne4 35.f3 Nc5
36.e4 Ne6 37.Qg3 Nf4 38.Bf1 Ng6 39.Be2 Re7 40.Bc3 Nf4 41.Bf1 b6 42.c5 bxc5
43.Bxf6 Qxf6 44.Qe1 Qe5 45.Qd2 d5 46.Qxa5 Ne6 47.Bg2 d4 48.Qa8+ Kg7 49.
Qxc6 Qg3 50.Qb5 Nf4 51.Qf1 h5 52.gxh5 g4 53.Rd2 Rf7 54.Kh1 Nxh5 55.Qf2 
gxf3 56.Bf1 Qxf2 57.Rxf2 Ng3+ 58.Kh2 Nxe4 59.Rc2 Nc3 60.Kg3 f2 61.a4 Rb7 
62.Kf4 Rxb3 63.Rxf2 Kf6 64.Rh2 Nxa4 65.Rh6+ Kg7 66.Rc6 Rc3 67.Ke4 Rc1 68.
Bd3 Nb2 69.Bb5 d3 70.Rd6 c4 71.Ke3 c3 72.Rd7+ Kf6 73.Bxd3 Nxd3 74.Kd4 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.20"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E67"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.Qc2 c6 
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.Ng5 Nc5 12.b4 Ne6 13.Nxe6 Bxe6 14.c5 Rad8 15.Bg5
h6 16.Rxd8 Rxd8 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Rd1 Rxd1+ 19.Qxd1 Qd8 20.Qxd8+ Bxd8 21.Kf1
f5 22.Ke1 Kf7 23.Kd2 g5 24.e3 h5 25.a3 Bc4 26.h3 Be6 27.Bf3 h4 28.g4 e4 
29.Bg2 fxg4 30.hxg4 Bxg4 31.Nxe4 Be7 32.f4 Bf5 33.fxg5 Ke6 34.Ke2 h3 35.
Bh1 Bxe4 36.Bxe4 Bxg5 37.a4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.20"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C41"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bc4 Nxe4 5.Qe2 d5 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O 
Nd6 9.b3 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Ba3 Re8 12.c3 Bf5 13.Bxf5 Nxf5 14.Qd3 Bxa3 
15.Nxa3 Qg5 16.Rae1 g6 17.Nc2 a5 18.g3 Qg4 19.Ne3 Qf3 20.Qd1 Qxd1 21.Nxd1 
a4 22.b4 Nd6 23.f3 Nc4 24.Kf2 Nd2 25.Rh1 Kf8 26.Ne3 Re6 27.Re2 Nc4 28.Nxc4
Rxe2+ 29.Kxe2 dxc4 30.Kd2 Re8 31.h4 h5 32.Re1 Rxe1 33.Kxe1 Ke7 34.Kd2 Kf6 
35.g4 Ke6 36.Ke3 a3 37.Kf2 Kd5 38.Kg3 Ke6 39.Kf4 f6 40.Ke4 f5+ 41.Kf4 Kf6 
42.Kg3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.20"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B46"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Nge7 7.Bf4 Ng6 8.Be3 
Qc7 9.O-O b5 10.Nxc6 Qxc6 11.Qd4 b4 12.e5 Bb7 13.Bf3 Qc7 14.Bxb7 Qxb7 15.
Ne4 Be7 16.Bg5 O-O 17.Bxe7 Nxe7 18.Nd6 Qc6 19.Rac1 Nd5 20.f4 f6 21.f5 fxe5
22.Qxe5 Rf6 23.Rf3 Ne7 24.Rcf1 Qd5 25.Qxd5 Nxd5 26.Ne4 Rxf5 27.Rxf5 exf5 
28.Rxf5 Ne3 29.Rc5 Nd1 30.Rd5 Nxb2 31.Rxd7 Nc4 32.Ng5 Re8 33.Ra7 a5 34.Kf2
h6 35.Nf3 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.20"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Zakharov, Alexander"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E24"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Ne4 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 f5 8.Ne2 
b6 9.f3 Nd6 10.O-O Nc6 11.Qa4 a5 12.Bd2 Ba6 13.e4 e5 14.exf5 Nxf5 15.Qc2 
g6 16.d5 Nce7 17.Bg5 Rf7 18.Rae1 Qf8 19.g4 Nd6 20.Ng3 Nxc4 21.Re4 Nxa3 22.
Qd2 Bxd3 23.Qxd3 b5 24.Rxe5 Nc4 25.Re2 Nc8 26.f4 Qc5+ 27.Kh1 N8b6 28.Rd1 
Nd6 29.f5 gxf5 30.Nxf5 Nxf5 31.gxf5 Raf8 32.Bh6 Qd6 33.Rg2+ Kh8 34.Qd4+ 
Qf6 35.Qxf6+ Rxf6 36.Bg7+ Kg8 37.Bxf6+ Kf7 38.Be5 d6 39.Rg7+ Ke8 40.Bg3 
Rxf5 41.Re1+ Kd8 42.Rg8+ Kd7 43.Rg7+ Kc8 44.Bxd6 Nxd5 45.Be5 h5 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.21"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D19"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O 
Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.Bf4 Re8 13.e5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.
Rfc1 a6 16.Rc2 Nf8 17.Rac1 Qd7 18.Rc7 Qxa4 19.Rxb7 Re7 20.Rxe7 Bxe7 21.Be3
1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.21"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 
Be7 9.Qe1 O-O 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.f4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Nd7 15.
Ne4 Bb7 16.Nf6+ Kh8 17.Qh4 h6 18.Qh5 Bc5 19.Rf2 Rad8 20.Ng4 Be4 21.Nxh6 
gxh6 22.Qxh6+ Kg8 23.Rd3 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.21"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 O-O 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.Bd3 c5 9.
O-O cxd4 10.exd4 Nc6 11.Qe2 Nb4 12.Bb1 dxc4 13.bxc4 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Qxd4 15.
Ne4 Qd8 16.Rd1 Qc7 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Bxh7+ Kg7 20.Rd4 Rh8 21.
Rg4+ Kf8 22.Qb2 Rxh7 23.Qxb4+ Qc5 24.Qd2 Rc8 25.Re1 Qe7 26.Rd4 Rh5 27.h4 
f5 28.Kg2 Rxh4 29.Rxh4 Qxh4 30.Rh1 Qf6 31.Qd6+ Kg7 32.Qh2 Rd8 33.Rg1 Kf8 
34.Qc7 Rd4 35.Qb8+ Qd8 36.Qg3 f4 37.Qh2 Qf6 38.Rc1 Rd2 39.Kg1 Rxa2 40.Qh5 
0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.21"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C45"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bb5 d6 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxc5 cxb5 11.Bd4 Qg6 12.Nd2 c5 13.Be3 f5 14.Qf3 Bd7 15.
Rfe1 Rae8 16.exf5 Nxf5 17.Qd5+ Be6 18.Qd3 c4 19.Qf1 Bd5 20.Bxa7 Nh4 21.g3 
Qf7 22.Rxe8 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.21"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Nc3 c6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bd6 10.O-O Qe7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.Ne4 Bc7 13.Bb3 Rd8 14.Qc2 Nf8 15.
Rfd1 Rb8 16.a3 Bd7 17.Nc5 Be8 18.Qe4 Nh7 19.Nd3 Ng5 20.Nxg5 Qxg5 21.f4 Qf6
22.Qf3 Kh8 23.Rc3 Rbc8 24.Ba2 Qe7 25.Bb3 Ba5 26.Rc2 Bc7 27.Qe4 Qf6 28.Ne5 
Qe7 29.Nd3 Qf6 30.Ba4 Qf5 31.Qxf5 exf5 32.Nc5 Rb8 33.Kf2 Bd6 34.Rdc1 g6 
35.b4 Rdc8 36.Bb3 Rc7 37.Bc4 Re7 38.a4 Kg8 39.Be2 Rc8 40.a5 Rb8 41.Bf3 Kg7
42.Nd3 a6 43.Nc5 Bd7 44.Rd1 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.21"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E04"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.a4 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Qxd4 
Qxd4 9.Nxd4 e5 10.Nc2 Nc6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Ne3 Be6 13.Nd2 c3 14.bxc3 Nd5 
15.Ne4 h6 16.Ba3 Bxa3 17.Rxa3 Nxe3 18.fxe3 Ke7 19.Raa1 Rab8 20.Nc5 Bc4 21.
Rfd1 Rhd8 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Rb1 Bxe2 24.Rb2 Rd5 25.Rb7+ Kd8 26.Ne4 f5 27.Nf2
Rd7 28.Rb8+ Ke7 29.Rb6 Kd6 30.Rb2 Bc4 31.g4 g6 32.Rb8 Kc5 33.h4 Rg7 34.Re8
e4 35.Kh2 Bd5 36.h5 fxg4 37.hxg6 Rxg6 38.Nxe4+ Kc4 39.Ng3 Re6 40.Rc8 Rxe3 
0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.21"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Zakharov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "A14"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.e3 c5 9.
Qe2 Nc6 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.Nc3 Rad8 12.Rac1 Rfe8 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.
d4 Nb4 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Bc3 Qb6 18.Qb2 Bf8 19.a3 Nc6 20.b4 d4 21.exd4 cxb4 
22.axb4 Nxb4 23.Bxb4 Bxb4 24.Ne5 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Bc5 26.Qa2 Qb7+ 27.d5 Rxe5 
28.Rxc5 h6 29.Qc4 Re7 30.h4 Red7 31.Rd3 a6 32.g4 Qb6 33.Rf3 a5 34.Rb5 Qa6 
35.Qa4 Qg6 36.h5 Qg5 37.Rf5 Qd2 38.Qxa5 Qxa5 39.Rxa5 g6 40.hxg6 fxg6 41.
Rf6 Kg7 42.Raa6 g5 43.Rg6+ Kf8 44.Raf6+ Rf7 45.d6 Rxf6 46.Rxf6+ Kg7 47.Re6
Rf8 48.f3 Rf4 49.Kf2 Rd4 50.Ke3 Rd1 51.Ke4 Rd2 52.Ke5 Rd3 53.Re7+ Kf8 54.
Rh7 Ke8 55.Rxh6 Rxf3 56.Rg6 Kd7 57.Rxg5 Re3+ 58.Kf4 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.21"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.a4 Nbc6 8.Nf3 
Bd7 9.Bb5 Qc7 ( 9...Na5 ) ( 9...a6 10.Bd3 ) 10.O-O b6 ( 10...O-O 11.Ba3 ) 
11.Ba3 Na5 12.Bxd7+ ( 12.dxc5 Bxb5 ( 12...bxc5 13.Bxd7+ Kxd7 14.Ng5 Nc4 
15.Nxf7 Rhf8 16.Nd6 Nxd6 17.exd6 ) 13.cxb6 axb6 14.axb5 O-O ) 12...Qxd7 
13.dxc5 Nc4 14.cxb6 axb6 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Nd2 Nxe5 17.Qe2 Qd6 18.Qb5+ Nd7 
19.c4 O-O 20.cxd5 Ra5 21.Nc4 Rxb5 22.Nxd6 Rxd5 23.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Nc5 
25.Nc4 Nxa4 26.Rb1 Rb8 27.Rb4 b5 28.Na3 Nc3 29.Rb3 b4 30.Nb1 Ne2+ 31.Kf1 
Nd4 32.Rb2 Rb5 33.Ke1 g5 34.Kd2 Kg7 35.Kd3 Nc6 36.c3 Kf6 37.Kc4 bxc3 38.
Kxb5 c2 0-1

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.21"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D30"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Bd3 b6 6.O-O Bb7 7.b3 Bd6 8.Bb2 O-O 
9.Ne5 c5 10.Nd2 cxd4 11.exd4 Ne4 12.Ndf3 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Bc5 14.Qc2 Ng5 15.
Nxg5 Qxg5 16.cxd5 h6 17.Bh7+ Kh8 18.Be4 Rac8 19.Qe2 exd5 20.Bf3 Rfe8 21.
Qd3 Rcd8 22.Rad1 Bc8 23.a3 a5 24.Qb5 Bd7 25.Qa6 Bc8 26.Qb5 Bd7 27.Qe2 Be6 
28.Bd4 Bxd4 29.Rxd4 Bc8 30.Rxd5 Rxd5 31.Bxd5 Rxe5 32.f4 Rxe2 33.fxg5 Be6 
34.Bxe6 fxe6 35.Rf8+ Kh7 36.gxh6 gxh6 37.Rb8 Rb2 38.Rb7+ Kg6 39.Rxb6 Kf5 
40.h3 h5 41.b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.23"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 a6 4.d3 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Rb8 7.d4 b5 8.Bf4 Rb6 9.
Nc3 bxc4 10.e4 Bb7 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.dxc5 Rxb2 14.Ng5 Be7 15.Nxf7 
Kxf7 16.Bxd5+ Ke8 17.Bh6 Qa5 18.Bxg7 Rd2 19.Qh5+ Kd8 20.Bxc6 Bxc6 21.Bxh8 
Qxc5 22.Qf7 Kc7 23.Rab1 c3 24.Qb3 Bb5 25.a4 c2 26.axb5 cxb1=Q 27.Qxb1 Qd4 
28.e6 Qd5 29.Be5+ Kd8 30.bxa6 Bc5 31.Bf6+ Kc7 32.Qb7+ Qxb7 33.axb7 dxe6 
34.Rb1 Kb8 35.Be5+ Bd6 36.Bxd6+ Rxd6 37.Rb5 Rd3 38.Kg2 Rc3 39.h4 Rd3 40.f4
Rc3 41.Rb6 Re3 42.Kf2 Re4 43.h5 e5 44.Re6 Rb4 45.Re8+ Kxb7 46.Rxe5 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.23"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E21"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Qc2 f5 
9.e3 b6 10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 Nxg3 12.fxg3 Qf6 13.O-O-O Bb7 14.Nd3 Bd6 15.Nf4 
Nc6 16.Be2 Bxf4 17.gxf4 d5 18.Kb1 Ne7 19.Qb3 dxc4 20.Bxc4 Bxg2 21.Bxe6+ 
Kh8 22.Rhg1 Bf3 23.Rde1 Rad8 24.d5 c6 25.e4 fxe4 26.Nxe4 Qd4 27.Nc3 Nxd5 
28.Nxd5 cxd5 29.Bxg4 Be4+ 30.Ka1 Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.23"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Qd7 12.a4 O-O-O 13.axb5 axb5 14.Na3 g5 15.Bg3 
exd4 16.Nxb5 Rde8 17.Nbxd4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Nxe4 19.Ba4 c6 20.Bc2 d5 21.Bxe4 
Rxe4 22.Rxe4 dxe4 23.Qb3 Bc7 24.Qb4 Bxg3 25.hxg3 e3 26.fxe3 Re8 27.Nb3 Re5
28.Nc5 Qe7 29.Ra5 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.23"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E91"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.d4 c5 6.Be2 d6 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Na5 
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bf4 Nh5 11.Be3 e5 12.dxe6 Bxe6 13.Qc1 Kh7 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.Nd5 
Bxd5 16.exd5 f5 17.Bd3 b6 18.Re1 Qd7 19.Bd2 Rae8 20.Qc2 Bf6 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 
22.g4 Ng7 23.Kh1 Nb7 24.Rg1 Nd8 25.Bxh6 Kxh6 26.g5+ Bxg5 27.Nxg5 Nh5 28.
Qd2 Kg7 29.Nf3 Kf7 30.Qh6 Rg8 31.Nh4 Qe8 32.Bxf5 Qe2 33.Bxg6+ 1-0

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.23"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A88"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O c6 7.d5 O-O 8.Nc3 e5 9.
dxe6 Bxe6 10.Qd3 Na6 11.Bf4 Ne8 12.Ng5 Qd7 13.b3 h6 14.Nxe6 Qxe6 15.Be3 
Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.23"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E18"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 
Bxe4 9.Ne1 d5 10.cxd5 Bxg2 11.Nxg2 Qxd5 12.Bf4 Qb7 13.Rc1 Na6 14.Qc2 Rac8 
15.Rfd1 c5 16.dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.23"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 b6 12.Be3 Bb7 13.exd6 Qxd6 14.Ng5 Bxg5 15.
Bxg5 Ne7 16.Qg4 Rac8 17.Rac1 Ng6 18.h4 f5 19.Qh3 h6 20.Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.23"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 e5
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Rfd1 Qc8 11.Qe1 Rd8 12.Rxd8+ Qxd8 13.Rd1 Qf8 14.h3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "44th URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.23"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Zakharov, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B97"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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.Be2 Be7 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Bf3 O-O 13.Rae1 Nc5 14.e5 Nxb3 
15.cxb3 dxe5 16.fxe5 Nd7 17.Kh1 Bxg5 18.Qxg5 Qa5 19.b4 Qxb4 20.Ne4 Qa5 21.
Qh5 Nxe5 22.Ng5 h6 23.Nxf7 Rxf7 24.Rxe5 Qc7 25.Rc5 Qe7 26.Rfc1 Bd7 27.Bxb7
Raf8 28.Bxa6 Qd6 29.Be2 Qd2 30.R5c2 Qe3 31.Qc5 Qe4 32.Qc4 Qe5 33.Qc5 Qf4 
34.Bf3 Rc8 35.Qg1 Rcf8 36.Qc5 Rc8 37.Qg1 Rcf8 38.Qe1 1/2-1/2

