[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 d5 8.Ne5 Na6 
9.Be3 c5 10.Rc1 Ne4 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Bxc5 Nxc5 
15.b4 Ne6 16.Nc6 Bxc6 17.Rxc6 Qe7 18.Bxe4 Rad8 19.Bd3 Qxb4 20.Qb1 Qxb1 21.
Rxb1 Rc8 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d3 g6 
9.Nbd2 Bh6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Bxc1 12.Rxc1 e5 13.d4 O-O 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.a4 
Rac8 16.dxc5 dxc5 17.Qa3 Qe7 18.a5 Rfd8 19.Bc4 h6 20.Ra1 Kg7 21.Qb3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E38"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 
g5 9.Bg3 Bb4 10.e3 Qa5 11.Bd3 Nh5 12.O-O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 d6 
15.Rh5 Bd7 16.Rdh1 O-O-O 17.Nxg5 Ne5 18.Be2 Be8 19.f4 Rg8 20.Rxh6 Qc5 21.
Qe4 Qa3+ 22.Kb1 Qxc3 23.Qd4 Qa3 24.Rc1 Nc6 25.Qc3 Qxc3 26.Rxc3 d5 27.cxd5 
Rxd5 28.Ne4 Rd8 29.g4 Kb8 30.g5 Ne7 31.Nf6 Rf8 32.Bf3 Bc6 33.Rh7 Bxf3 34.
gxf3 Rd2 35.e4 a6 36.Ng4 Nc6 37.Rc2 Rd3 38.Nh6 Rxf3 39.Nxf7 Rf1+ 40.Rc1 
Rxf4 1-0

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Black "Kochiev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.O-O 
Be7 9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.a4 Qc7 12.Nb5 Qc8 13.c4 b6 14.Bf4 Rd8 15.
Rfe1 Ne8 16.h4 a6 17.Nd4 Bb7 18.a5 bxa5 19.Nb3 Rb8 20.Nxa5 Ba8 21.Rab1 Rd7
22.b4 Bd8 23.Qa2 h6 24.Qa4 Bxa5 25.bxa5 Rxb1 26.Rxb1 Bc6 27.Qa3 d5 28.Be3 
Nf6 29.f3 Qc7 30.Rb6 Rd8 31.Rxa6 Nd7 32.Bh3 Qb7 33.Ra7 Qb1+ 34.Qc1 Qa2 35.
Qd2 Qa3 36.Rc7 Rb8 37.Rxc6 Rb4 38.Qe1 Qb3 1-0

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A57"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.e3 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.a4 axb5 (
8...e6 9.Ra3 Bb7 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.Qd6 Qc8 12.Be2 axb5 13.axb5 Ne8 14.Qd2 d5
) ( 8...Bb7 9.Ra3 e6 ) ( 8...d6 9.Ra3 Nbd7 10.e4 axb5 11.Bxb5 Ba6 12.Qe2 
Bxb5 13.Nxb5 Ne8 14.O-O Nc7 15.b3 ) 9.Bxb5 d6 10.O-O Na6 ( 10...Ba6 11.Bd2
Bxb5 12.axb5 ) ( 10...e6 11.e4 ) 11.Ra3 ( 11.e4 ) 11...Nc7 12.Nd2 ( 12.e4 
) 12...Nd7 ( 12...Nfxd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bc6 Be6 15.Bxa8 Qxa8 ) 13.Bxd7 
Bxd7 14.Nc4 Ra6 ( 14...Na6 15.e4 Nb4 16.Bd2 ) ( 14...Ra7 15.Nb6 ) 15.e4 
Qb8 16.Qc2 Qb4 17.Na2 Qb7 18.Bd2 Rfa8 ( 18...e6 19.dxe6 Bxe6 ) ( 18...f5 )
19.a5 Nb5 20.Rb3 Qc7 21.Bc3 Nd4 ( 21...Nxc3 22.Nxc3 Rb8 23.Rb6 ) 22.Bxd4 
Bxd4 23.Nc3 Rb8 ( 23...Bxc3 24.Qxc3 Ba4 25.Ra3 ( 25.Rb6 Rxa5 ) 25...Bb5 
26.Nb6 Bxf1 27.Nxa8 Rxa8 28.Kxf1 ) 24.Rb6 Raa8 ( 24...Rbxb6 25.axb6 Qb7 
26.Qb3 ) 25.Qb3 Qd8 26.Nb5 Bg7 27.Na7 Qe8 ( 27...Rxb6 28.axb6 Rb8 29.Nc6 )
28.Ra1 Bf8 29.Nc6 Rc8 30.a6 Rc7 ( 30...Bxc6 31.dxc6 Rxc6 32.a7 Rc7 33.Rb7 
) 31.Rb7 Rxc6 32.dxc6 Bxc6 33.a7 Bxe4 ( 33...Bxb7 34.Qxb7 ) 34.Rb8 Qd7 35.
Rxa8 Bxa8 36.Nb6 Qb7 37.Qf3 1-0

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B27"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Qxc5 7.Be3 Qa5 8.Qd2 
O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.h3 d6 11.a3 Be6 12.Ng5 d5 13.exd5 Bxd5 14.b4 Qd8 15.Rad1 
e6 16.Nge4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 f5 18.Nc3 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 f4 20.Bxf4 Bxc3 21.Qe3 Qf6 
22.Bg5 Qe5 23.Bc4 Rae8 24.Rd3 Bb2 25.f4 Qxe3 26.Rxe3 Kg7 27.Rd1 Nd4 28.Re4
Nf5 29.Rd7+ Rf7 30.Rxe6 Rxe6 31.Bxe6 Rxd7 32.Bxd7 Bxa3 33.b5 Ne3+ 34.Kf3 
Nxc2 35.Ke4 Kf7 36.Kd3 Ne1+ 37.Ke2 Bb4 38.f5 Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C93"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 
9.h3 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 Nc4 15.Nh2 c5 
16.b3 Nb6 17.f4 cxd4 18.cxd4 Qc8 19.Re2 Qc3 20.Be3 exd4 21.Bf2 Rac8 22.Nf3
Nbd5 23.Bxd4 Qc7 24.Qd2 Qxc2 25.Qxc2 Rxc2 26.Rxc2 Nxe4 27.Nxe4 Rxe4 28.Rd1
Nxf4 29.Rc7 Be6 30.Bf2 a5 31.Kf1 a4 32.Rd4 Rxd4 33.Nxd4 axb3 34.axb3 Bd5 
35.Bg3 Ne6 36.Nxe6 fxe6 37.Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 c6 6.Nc3 b5 7.cxb5 cxb5 8.Nxb5 
Qb6 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Bg2 O-O 11.Qc2 Nc6 12.O-O Rfc8 13.a3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Nd5 15.
Rd1 Nce7 16.Bb2 Rab8 17.Rab1 Qb3 18.Qxb3 Rxb3 19.Nd2 Rb6 20.Bf3 Nxc3 21.
Bxc3 Rxc3 22.Rbc1 Rxa3 23.Rc7 Bb5 24.Rdc1 Kf8 25.Nc4 Bxc4 26.R7xc4 Ke8 27.
R1c2 Kd8 28.Kg2 a5 29.Rc5 Rb8 30.d5 exd5 31.Bxd5 Nxd5 32.Rxd5 Ra8 33.Rc4 
a4 34.Rh5 h6 35.Rg4 Ra6 36.Rxg7 Rb3 37.Rh7 a3 38.R5xh6 Ra7 39.Rxf7 Rbb7 
40.Rh8+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.11.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alburt, Lev"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D85"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.d4 c5 8.Bb5+
Nc6 9.O-O cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.Rxc6 Qxa2
15.Qa1 Qxa1 16.Rxa1 Rfd8 17.Rc4 e6 18.Kf1 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Rd7 20.Ke2 Bf6 21.
Ra6 Rad8 22.Raa4 Rb8 23.f4 Bd8 24.Bc1 Bb6 25.Ba3 Kg7 26.Kd3 h6 27.e5 Rbd8 
28.Ke3 Kh7 29.Bc5 Kg7 30.Rab4 Bxc5 31.dxc5 Rc8 32.Ra4 Rc6 33.h4 h5 34.Ra5 
a6 35.Rd4 Rdc7 36.Kf3 Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.11.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B21"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Nxd7 6.d3 Bd6 7.O-O Ne7 8.c4 
O-O 9.Nc3 Bc7 10.Qe2 dxc4 11.dxc4 Ba5 12.Nd1 Nc6 13.Nf2 Qe7 14.Be3 Rad8 
15.e5 f6 16.Ne4 fxe5 17.Nxe5 Ncxe5 18.fxe5 Rxf1+ 19.Rxf1 Rf8 20.Rxf8+ Qxf8
21.Qg4 Qe7 22.Ng5 Nf8 23.h3 Bc7 24.Qe4 Bd8 25.Nf3 Qc7 26.a3 Be7 27.h4 Qb6 
28.Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.11.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.d4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6 
9.Rd1 Qe7 10.d5 c5 11.Rb1 Nh5 12.g3 Nb6 13.b4 cxb4 14.Rxb4 f5 15.c5 dxc5 
16.d6 Qd7 17.Rxb6 axb6 18.Bb5 Qd8 19.d7 Ra5 20.Qb3+ Kh8 21.Ng5 Rxb5 22.
Nxb5 1-0

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.11.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.d4 dxc4 7.O-O Nc6 8.Re1 
Rb8 9.a3 Be7 10.Qa4 b5 11.Nxb5 a6 12.Nc3 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Qxd4 14.Be3 Qe5 15.
Qxc4 Rxb2 16.Bd4 Qf5 17.Qxc7 Rd2 18.Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.11.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kochiev, Alexander"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 c5 7.Qb3 Rb8 8.d3 
Qc7 9.a4 b6 10.Na3 a6 11.Ng5 Ne5 12.Nc4 Nxc4 13.Qxc4 Bd6 14.O-O Bb7 15.Ne4
Nxe4 16.Bxe4 O-O 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.Bd2 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Qc2 Rfc8 21.b3 Ra8
22.Bc3 Bf8 23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Ra1 Rxa1+ 25.Bxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.11.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E05"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Bd5 11.Qc2 Be4 12.Qd1 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Nc3 Bc6 15.Ne5 
Bxg2 16.Kxg2 h6 17.Qxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.11.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A15"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Be2 ( 6.d4 ) 6...e5 7.d3 b6
( 7...Nbd7 8.Nc3 Re8 9.Qc2 Nf8 10.a4 Bd7 11.a5 a6 12.O-O h5 13.Rfd1 N8h7 
14.e4 Bg4 15.Bc1 Nd7 16.Be3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Ng5 18.Be2 Ne6 ) 8.Nfd2 ( 8.Nc3 
Bb7 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qc2 c5 ) 8...Bb7 9.Bf3 Qc8 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Bxb7 Qxb7 12.
Qf3 Qxf3 13.gxf3 ( 13.Nxf3 a5 14.b5 Nc5 15.Ke2 ) 13...Rfc8 14.Ke2 c6 15.
Rhc1 d5 16.Rab1 ( 16.b5 d4 17.Nce4 ( 17.bxc6 dxc3 18.cxd7 cxb2 19.dxc8=Q+ 
Rxc8 ) 17...Ne8 ) 16...d4 17.Nce4 a5 18.b5 c5 19.Nxf6+ Nxf6 20.Rg1 Re8 21.
Nf1 Nd7 22.e4 ( 22.Ng3 f5 ) 22...Nf8 23.Bc1 Ne6 24.Ng3 h5 25.Kd1 Kh7 26.
Ne2 Bh6 27.Kc2 Rg8 28.Rg2 Raf8 29.Bxh6 Kxh6 30.Re1 Rg7 31.h4 ( 31.Kd2 ) 
31...f5 32.exf5 ( 32.Reg1 fxe4 ( 32...g5 33.Ng3 ) 33.fxe4 Rf3 34.Rh1 Rgf7 
35.Rhh2 Nf4 36.Nxf4 R7xf4 37.Kd2 Rg4 38.Ke2 Rff4 39.Rxg4 hxg4 ) 32...Rxf5 
33.f4 Rgf7 ( 33...Nxf4 34.Nxf4 exf4 35.Re6 ) ( 33...exf4 34.Ng1 ) 34.Reg1 
Nf8 35.fxe5 Rxf2 36.Kd2 R7f5 37.Rg5 ( 37.Rxf2 Rxf2 ) 37...Rxg5 38.hxg5+ ( 
38.Rxg5 Ne6 39.Rg1 Nf4 40.Re1 Kg7 ) 38...Kg7 39.Ke1 Rf5 40.Rf1 Ne6 ( 40...
Rxg5 41.Rf6 ) ( 40...Ne6 41.Rxf5 gxf5 ) 0-1

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.11.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 
b5 9.Nd5 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qd8 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.Bd3 d5 13.exd5 Nb4 14.Be4 Qh4 
15.Qf3 Bg4 16.Qg3 Qxg3 17.hxg3 f5 18.c3 fxe4 19.cxb4 Rd8 20.Nc2 Rxd5 21.
Ne3 Rxd2 22.Kxd2 Bxb4+ 23.Kc2 Be2 24.Rh4 Bd3+ 25.Kb3 a5 26.a3 Bc5 27.Rc1 
a4+ 28.Ka2 Bxe3 29.fxe3 O-O 30.Rh5 Rf2 31.Rc8+ Kf7 32.Rxh7 Rf1 33.Rc7+ Ke6
34.b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Nc3 d5 
9.cxd5 b5 10.Qb3 exd5 11.a3 Nbd7 12.Bf4 Nb6 13.Ne5 Qc8 14.Rad1 Nc4 15.Rfe1
Rd8 16.Nd3 Qf5 17.f3 Qg6 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Nd7 20.Bc7 Rdc8 21.Bf4 Nb6 
22.e4 b4 23.axb4 Bc4 24.Qc2 dxe4 25.Bh3 Be6 26.Bxe6 Qxe6 27.Rxe4 Qd7 28.b5
cxb5 29.Qe2 Bf8 30.Qxb5 Qxb5 31.Nxb5 Nd5 32.Bd6 a6 33.Bxf8 Kxf8 34.Re5 
axb5 35.Rxd5 Rc2 36.Rxb5 Re8 37.b4 g6 38.Re5 Ra8 39.Ra5 Re8 40.Re5 Ra8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C09"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Ne7 9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bg5 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Be2 h6 14.Bd2 Bc7 15.
Bc3 Qd6 16.Nbd4 a6 17.g3 Bg6 18.Bd3 Bh5 19.Be2 Bg6 20.Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A21"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 c6 6.e3 Nf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.
Ng5 Na6 10.Rb1 d5 11.e4 h6 12.Nf3 dxc4 13.dxc4 Qxd1 14.Rxd1 Nc5 15.Ne1 a5 
16.Be3 Bf8 17.f3 Be6 18.Bf1 Nfd7 19.Nd3 Nxd3 20.Rxd3 Nc5 21.Rd2 f6 22.b3 
Red8 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Be2 Kf7 25.h4 h5 26.Kf2 Nd3+ 27.Kf1 Bc5 28.Bxc5 Nxc5 
29.Rd1 Ra8 30.Kf2 Ke7 31.Ke3 g5 32.Rh1 Bf7 33.hxg5 fxg5 34.f4 gxf4+ 35.
gxf4 exf4+ 36.Kxf4 Rh8 37.Nd1 h4 38.Ne3 Be6 39.Nf5+ Bxf5 40.Kxf5 1-0

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Black "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E55"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.O-O 
Nbd7 9.Qe2 b6 10.Bd2 cxd4 11.exd4 Bb7 12.Rac1 Rc8 13.Ba6 Bxa6 14.Qxa6 Bxc3
15.bxc3 Qc7 16.c4 Ne4 17.Be3 Nd6 18.Bf4 Qb7 19.Qxb7 Nxb7 20.Rc3 Rfd8 21.
Rfc1 f6 22.h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.b3 c5 6.Bb2 Qe7 7.e3 Nc6 8.Be2 d6 
9.O-O Bxc3 10.Bxc3 e5 11.a3 Bg4 12.Rfe1 a5 13.d4 Bh5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 
Nxe5 16.Bxh5 Nxh5 17.Qf5 Rfe8 18.Qxh5 a4 19.Rab1 axb3 20.Qxe5 Qxe5 21.Bxe5
Rxe5 22.Rxb3 Re4 23.Rc1 Ra4 24.Rxb7 g6 25.Rd1 Rxa3 26.g3 Ra8 27.Rdd7 Rf8 
28.Rbc7 Rxc4 29.Kg2 h5 30.h3 Kg7 31.Kf3 Kf6 32.h4 Kg7 33.Rd5 Re8 34.Rdd7 
Rf8 35.Re7 Kf6 36.e4 Rd4 37.e5+ Kf5 38.Rxc5 Rd3+ 39.Kg2 Ra3 40.Rc6 Ke4 41.
Rf6 Raa8 42.e6 Ke5 43.Rfxf7 Rg8 44.Rb7 Kxe6 45.Rbe7+ Kd6 46.Re2 Raf8 47.
Ra7 Ra8 48.Rae7 Rac8 49.R2e6+ Kd5 50.Kh3 Rc7 51.Rxg6 1-0

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kochiev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9.O-O-O Nc5 10.Nd4 Re8 11.f3 Ne6 12.Be3 Bg5 13.f4 Bf6 14.Nf3 Nc5 
15.Bxc5 dxc5 16.Qf2 Qe7 17.Re1 Qf8 18.Rxe8 Qxe8 19.Qxc5 Qe4 20.Qxc7 Bf5 
21.Bd3 Qe3+ 22.Kb1 Bxd3 23.cxd3 Qxd3+ 24.Ka1 b5 25.Re1 Qd5 26.Ne5 Re8 27.
a3 Bd8 28.Qc8 f6 29.Nf3 Rxe1+ 30.Nxe1 Qd1+ 31.Ka2 Qd5+ 32.Ka1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A38"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nxd5 
Qxd5 9.d3 O-O 10.Be3 Bd7 11.a3 Qh5 12.Rc1 b6 13.Qd2 Rac8 14.Rc4 Bf6 15.b4 
Be6 16.Rcc1 Nd4 17.Rb1 Bg4 18.bxc5 bxc5 19.Bxd4 cxd4 20.Rb7 Qc5 21.a4 Rc7 
22.Rxc7 Qxc7 23.Rc1 Qb8 24.h3 Bd7 25.Qa5 Qb6 26.Qxb6 axb6 27.Rb1 Bxa4 28.
Rxb6 Rd8 29.Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 a5 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Ba6 8.Ne5 c6 
9.Bxb4 axb4 10.Qb3 d5 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.Nd2 Bb7 13.e4 Rd8 14.Rac1 dxe4 15.Nxe4
Nxe4 16.Bxe4 f6 17.Nf3 Nd7 18.Re1 Nf8 19.c5 b5 20.Bb1 Ra4 21.Re3 Bc8 22.
Rce1 Qf7 23.Qc2 Qh5 24.Qe4 Bd7 25.h4 Be8 26.g4 Qd5 27.Qxd5 Rxd5 28.Bc2 Ra7
29.Bb3 Rd8 30.d5 cxd5 31.Nd4 e5 32.f4 Ng6 33.Ne6 Rc8 34.Bxd5 Bf7 35.f5 Nf8
36.Re4 Nxe6 37.fxe6 Bg6 38.c6 Bxe4 39.Rxe4 Kf8 40.Rxb4 Ra5 41.Rb3 0-1

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alburt, Lev"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E05"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Ne5 Nc6 8.Nxc6 
bxc6 9.Na3 Bxa3 10.bxa3 Ba6 11.Bxc6 Rb8 12.Qa4 Qc8 13.Bg5 Nd5 14.e4 Nb6 
15.Qa5 Bb7 16.Qc5 Bxc6 17.Qxc6 Qa6 18.Be7 Rfe8 19.Bb4 Red8 20.Rfd1 Qa4 21.
Qxa4 Nxa4 22.Rac1 Rb5 23.Bc3 f6 24.Kg2 a6 25.Ba1 Nb6 26.Bc3 Na4 27.Ba1 Nb6
28.Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "C82"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "127"]

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 Nxf2 12.Rxf2 f6 13.exf6 Bxf2+ 14.Kxf2 Qxf6
15.Nf1 Ne5 16.Be3 Rae8 17.Bd4 Bg4 18.Nd2 Qf4 19.Kg1 Nxf3+ 20.Nxf3 c6 21.
Bd3 Bxf3 22.Qxf3 Qxf3 23.gxf3 Rxf3 24.Rd1 a5 25.Kg2 Rf4 26.Kg3 g5 27.Rf1 
Rxf1 28.Bxf1 h5 29.Bd3 Kf7 30.Kf2 a4 31.Bf5 Re7 32.Bc5 Rb7 33.Bd6 Kf6 34.
Bc8 Ra7 35.Bg3 Ra8 36.Bb7 Ra7 37.Bxc6 Ke6 38.Bb8 Ra6 39.Bb7 Rb6 40.Bc8+ 
Ke7 41.Be5 b4 42.Bf5 a3 43.cxb4 Rxb4 44.b3 d4 45.Bg6 Ke6 46.Bg7 d3 47.Bxd3
Rf4+ 48.Kg2 Rg4+ 49.Kh1 Rf4 50.Bc4+ Kf5 51.Bd3+ Ke6 52.Bc4+ Kf5 53.Bf8 Rf2
54.Bxa3 Rxa2 55.Bd6 Rd2 56.Bb4 Ra2 57.Bc5 g4 58.b4 Rb2 59.b5 h4 60.Ba3 
Rb1+ 61.Kg2 Ke4 62.Be6 g3 63.hxg3 hxg3 64.Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "D11"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 Bf5 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.e3 Bxb1 8.Rxb1 
Nbd7 9.Bd3 e6 10.O-O Nh5 11.Be5 f6 12.Bf4 Nxf4 13.exf4 Qxb3 14.axb3 Bd6 
15.g3 Kf7 16.Rbe1 Rhe8 17.h4 h5 18.Re3 a6 19.Rfe1 Nf8 20.Kg2 Rad8 21.Bc2 
Bb4 22.Ra1 Bd6 23.Rd1 Re7 24.Rde1 Bb4 25.R1e2 Rde8 26.Kf1 Rd8 27.Bd3 Ree8 
28.Rc2 Re7 29.Rce2 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E34"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.Bg5 c5 6.dxc5 dxc4 7.e3 Qa5 8.Bxf6 
gxf6 9.Bxc4 Qxc5 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Nf3 Bd7 12.Rc1 Bxc3+ 13.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14.Rxc3 
Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kochiev, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 d5 3.d4 c6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 c5 7.O-O a6 8.dxc5 
Qxd1 9.Rxd1 Bxc5 10.a3 b5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.b4 Be7 13.Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 d6 3.e4 Nf6 4.Nbd2 Bg7 5.Bc4 O-O 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.c3 Bg4 8.h3 
Bxf3 9.Qxf3 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nc4 Nd7 12.g4 Nc5 13.Be3 b5 14.Na3 Nxb3 15.
axb3 c6 16.dxc6 Nxc6 17.Nxb5 Qb8 18.Qe2 a6 19.Na3 Qxb3 20.Nc4 d5 21.exd5 
Nd4 22.cxd4 exd4 23.Ra3 Qb5 24.Ra5 Qb3 25.Ra3 Qb5 26.Ra5 Qb3 27.Ra3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E17"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.d4 Na6 10.Bg5 c5 11.Rc1 Re8 12.e3 Nc7 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Na4 Ne4 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Nd2 Ne6 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.h4 f5 19.Bf1 Kh8 20.Bc4 Nf8 21.Bb5 
Rec8 22.Qh5 Ng6 23.Qxf5 Ne5 24.Be2 Rf8 25.Qg5 Qe6 26.Nxc5 Qh3 27.Qxe5 Rxf2
28.Kxf2 Qh2+ 29.Kf1 Rf8+ 30.Qf4 Rxf4+ 31.gxf4 Bc8 32.Red1 Qh1+ 33.Kf2 
Qxh4+ 34.Kg1 Qg3+ 35.Kh1 Qh3+ 36.Kg1 Qg3+ 37.Kh1 Qh4+ 38.Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 
b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.
Bb5 Ne7 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.O-O Qb7 18.Qd3 Be6 19.c4 Bd8 20.Qxd6 Qxe4 21.Ne3 
Qd4 22.Qa3 Bb6 23.Rd1 Bc5 24.Rxd4 Bxa3 25.Rd2 Bb4 26.Rd1 Rfd8 27.Raa1 Rd4 
28.Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A32"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Nd2 a6 7.Bg2 d6 8.b3 Be7 
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Rc1 Bd7 11.O-O Nc6 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 f5 14.Bg2 Ne5 15.Qd2 
Ng4 16.e4 fxe4 17.Bxe4 Rad8 18.Bg2 Qc8 19.Qe2 e5 20.Nc2 Bc6 21.Nb4 Bxg2 
22.Kxg2 Nf6 23.f3 Qc5 24.Nd3 Qc6 25.Nf2 b5 26.Ne4 bxc4 27.Nxf6+ gxf6 28.
Rxc4 Qb5 29.Qc2 d5 30.Rc7 Rf7 31.Qf5 Qb4 32.Bc1 Qb6 33.Rc8 Rxc8 34.Qxc8+ 
Bf8 35.Bh6 Qb7 36.Rc1 Qe7 37.Qg4+ Kh8 38.Rc8 f5 39.Qh5 Kg8 40.Bxf8 Rxf8 
41.Qxf5 Rxc8 42.Qxc8+ Kg7 43.Qg4+ Kf7 44.Qf5+ Kg7 45.h4 Qd6 46.g4 e4 47.h5
exf3+ 48.Kxf3 Qc6 49.Kf4 Qb6 50.Qe5+ Kg8 51.Qxd5+ Kf8 52.Qf5+ Kg8 53.Qd5+ 
Kf8 54.Kf5 Qf2+ 55.Ke6 Qf7+ 56.Ke5 Qg7+ 57.Kf5 Qc7 58.Qe5 Qc8+ 59.Kg5 h6+ 
1-0

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C67"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "39"]

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.Nc3 h6 10.h3 Be6 11.g4 Ne7 12.Nd4 Bd7 13.Bf4 c5 14.Nde2 Kc8 
15.Rad1 g5 16.Bg3 Ng6 17.f4 gxf4 18.Nxf4 Nxf4 19.Rxf4 Be6 20.Rdf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A32"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bg5 Qa5 7.Bd2 Nc6 8.e3 
Qb6 9.a3 Be7 10.b4 d5 11.Nf3 O-O 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Be2 Rd8 14.Rc1 a6 15.Na4 
Qc7 16.Bc3 Ne4 17.Bb2 Qd6 18.O-O Bg4 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 Bxe2 21.Qxe2 Bf6 
22.Qd3 Rac8 23.f3 b5 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.fxe4 dxe4 26.Rxf6 Qxf6 27.Qd1 Qh4 28.
Nc5 h5 29.g3 Qg5 30.Qf1 Qg4 31.Qf4 Rc6 32.Kg2 Qe2+ 33.Qf2 Qd1 34.Qf5 h4 
35.Nxe4 Qc2+ 36.Kf3 Qxh2 37.Qd5 Qh1+ 38.Kf4 Qf1+ 39.Kg4 Qe2+ 40.Kf4 Qf1+ 
41.Kg4 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B87"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7
9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Qg3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.Bg5 Bb7 13.Rad1 O-O 14.Rfe1 Rfd8 15.
f4 Qb6+ 16.Kh1 b4 17.Na4 Qa5 18.c3 Bc6 19.cxb4 Qxb4 20.Nc3 a5 21.Bh6 Bf8 
22.Bg5 Be7 23.Bh6 Bf8 24.Bg5 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E19"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.c4 e6 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.Qe3 Nc6 14.Rd2 Rfd8 15.
Rad1 Nb4 16.a3 Na6 17.dxc5 Bxb2 18.Rxb2 Nxc5 19.Rbd2 Rac8 20.Nd4 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Qb7+ 22.f3 a6 23.Nc2 Qb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C54"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Nbxd2 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Qb3 Nce7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfe1 c6 13.Ne4 h6 14.a4 a5 
15.Ne5 Qb6 16.Qxb6 Nxb6 17.Bxf7+ Rxf7 18.Nxf7 Kxf7 19.Nd6+ Kf8 20.Ra3 Nbd5
21.Rf3+ Nf6 22.Rfe3 Nfd5 23.Rf3+ Nf6 24.Rb3 Rb8 25.Re5 b6 26.Ree3 Nfd5 27.
Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B96"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bxf6 
gxf6 9.Be2 Nc6 10.Nb3 Qb6 11.Qd2 h5 12.a4 Na5 13.Nxa5 Qxa5 14.O-O Bd7 15.
Kh1 Rc8 16.Qd4 Be7 17.Bf3 Qc5 18.Qd2 Bc6 19.Rfb1 a5 20.Qe2 Bd8 21.Rd1 Kf8 
22.Rd3 h4 23.Bg4 Bb6 24.Nd5 exd5 25.Rc3 Qxc3 26.bxc3 Re8 27.Qd2 dxe4 28.
Bd7 Bc5 29.Bxc6 bxc6 30.Qe2 f5 31.Rb1 Kg7 32.h3 Rb8 33.Rd1 Rb2 34.Kh2 Rh6 
35.g4 hxg3+ 36.Kg2 Rh4 37.Kxg3 Rh6 38.h4 Rg6+ 39.Kh3 Rg4 40.Qd2 Rb8 41.Qe1
Rh8 42.c4 0-1

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kochiev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 d5 8.Ne5 Na6 
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Be3 c5 11.Rc1 Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Bxc5 Nxc5 
15.b4 Ne6 16.Nc6 Bxc6 17.Rxc6 Qe7 18.Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Bxf6 
gxf6 9.Na3 b5 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.c4 Qa5+ 13.Kf1 fxe4 14.Bxe4 Bg7 15.
cxb5 axb5 16.Rc1 Ra6 17.Qd3 Bxd5 18.Qxd5 Ne7 19.Qxb5+ Qxb5+ 20.Nxb5 O-O 
21.Rc7 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 Bb7 7.Bg5 d6 8.e3 
Nbd7 9.Be2 h6 10.Bh4 Qe7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O c5 13.Bf3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 d5 15.
cxd5 exd5 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Rac1 Rab8 18.Rc2 Qe6 19.Bg3 Rb7 20.Rfc1 a5 21.h3
a4 22.Nb1 Ne4 23.Nc3 Nxc3 24.Rxc3 Rb5 25.Qd1 Ra8 26.Qc2 Ra7 27.Kh2 Qc6 28.
Rd3 Qe6 29.Rc3 Qb6 30.Qd1 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 Bd6 5.g3 b6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O 
Re8 9.Nc3 Bb7 10.Rc1 a6 11.Nh4 Nbd7 12.d3 Rc8 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
dxe4 Nc5 16.Nf5 Be5 17.Bxe5 Rxe5 18.f4 Qxd1 19.Rfxd1 Ree8 20.e5 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 a5 22.Kf3 Rcd8 23.Ne7+ Kf8 24.Nc6 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 f6 26.h4 Re6 27.Rd8+ 
Kf7 28.Nd4 Re8 29.Rxe8 Kxe8 30.exf6 gxf6 31.g4 a4 32.b4 Nd3 33.a3 Nb2 34.
Ke4 Nc4 35.Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kochiev, Alexander"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A87"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.g3 f5 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 e6 8.O-O Qe7 9.
Nc3 Nbd7 10.Rc1 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Nb6 14.Nd2 Rd8 15.Nc4 
e4 16.Bxg7 Qxg7 17.Nxb6 axb6 18.Qc2 Rxd5 19.Qxc7 Qxc7 20.Rxc7 Rc5 21.Re7 
Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B13"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d4 Bg4 8.Bc4
e6 9.O-O Be7 10.h3 Bh5 11.Re1 O-O 12.Bxd5 exd5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Ne5 Bb4 15.Bf4
Nxe5 16.Rxe5 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Re8 18.Qe2 f6 19.Rxe8+ Qxe8 20.Re1 Qxe2 21.Rxe2 
Rc8 22.Re7 Rxc3 23.Rxb7 Rxh3 24.Rb3 Rxb3 25.axb3 Bc2 26.b4 g5 27.Bb8 Bd1 
28.Bxa7 Bxg4 29.b5 Kf7 30.b6 Bc8 31.Bb8 Kg6 32.Bc7 f5 33.f4 g4 34.Kf2 Kf7 
35.Bd8 Ke6 36.Bh4 Kd7 37.Ke3 Kc6 38.Kd3 Ba6+ 39.Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O e5 7.Nc3 Be6 8.b3 
Be7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Rc1 f6 11.Ne1 Qd7 12.Nd3 Nxc3 13.Rxc3 b6 14.f4 Bd5 15.Ne1
Rad8 16.Rd3 Nd4 17.Bxd5+ Qxd5 18.e3 e4 19.Rc3 Nf5 20.Rf2 Rd7 21.Ng2 Nd6 
22.g4 f5 23.Rc1 Bf6 24.Bxf6 Rxf6 25.Nh4 Rh6 26.Nxf5 Nxf5 27.gxf5 Qxf5 28.
b4 Rg6+ 29.Kh1 h5 30.bxc5 bxc5 31.Qe2 Rb7 32.Rg2 Rxg2 33.Qxg2 Kh7 34.d3 
Re7 35.dxe4 Qxe4 36.Qxe4+ Rxe4 37.Rc3 g5 38.fxg5 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e6
( 8...Nf6 9.Nd5 ) 9.Ne2 ( 9.Qd1 Nge7 10.Ne2 O-O 11.c3 ) 9...Nge7 10.Qb3 
O-O 11.c3 ( 11.Qxb7 Nb4 12.c3 Rb8 13.Qxa7 Ra8 ) 11...Qd7 12.d3 d5 13.Be3 (
13.exd5 exd5 ( 13...Nxd5 14.Nf4 ) 14.Bg5 ) 13...b6 14.Rad1 ( 14.exd5 Nxd5 
) 14...d4 15.Bc1 ( 15.cxd4 Nxd4 ) 15...Rab8 16.f4 b5 17.g4 ( 17.e5 f6 18.
exf6 Bxf6 ) 17...dxc3 18.bxc3 b4 19.e5 ( 19.Qc4 bxc3 20.Nxc3 Rb4 21.Qxc5 
Bd4+ ) 19...Rfd8 20.Qc4 Nd5 21.cxb4 ( 21.Qxc5 Bf8 ( 21...Rdc8 ) 22.Qc4 Na5
23.Qa6 Rb5 ) 21...cxb4 22.d4 Rbc8 23.Qb3 a5 24.f5 a4 ( 24...Nc3 25.Nxc3 
Nxd4 26.Ne4 Nxb3 ( 26...Qa7 27.Qe3 ) 27.Rxd7 Rxd7 28.axb3 exf5 29.gxf5 
Bxe5 ) 25.Qg3 ( 25.Qxa4 Nxd4 26.Qxd7 Nxe2+ 27.Kf2 Rxd7 28.Bxd5 Nc3 ) ( 25.
Qd3 ) 25...Nc3 26.Nxc3 Nxd4 27.Bg5 Rxc3 28.Qf2 ( 28.Qe1 Qa7 29.Kh1 Rd7 ) 
28...Rc2 29.Qxc2 Nxc2 30.Rxd7 ( 30.Bxd8 Qa7+ 31.Kh1 Ne3 ) 30...Rxd7 31.Bc6
Ra7 32.Be4 b3 33.fxe6 ( 33.axb3 a3 34.Bxc2 a2 35.Ra1 Bxe5 ) 33...fxe6 34.
Bf6 Ne3 35.Rc1 ( 35.Rf2 Nd1 36.Rd2 Nc3 ) 35...bxa2 36.Ra1 a3 37.Rxa2 Nd1 
38.Bd3 Nc3 39.Ra1 Bxf6 40.exf6 a2 41.Bc4 Kf7 42.g5 Ra5 43.Kh1 Rxg5 44.Bxa2
Nxa2 0-1

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B58"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Be6
9.a4 Nc6 10.b3 Rc8 11.Bb2 Be7 12.Re1 O-O 13.Bf1 Qc7 14.Qd2 Nb4 15.Rac1 
Rfd8 16.Qe2 Qb6 17.Nb1 Rc7 18.Ba3 Na2 19.Rcd1 Rdc8 20.Rd2 Nd7 21.Qd1 Nc3 
22.Nxc3 Rxc3 23.Bxd6 Bf6 24.Ba3 Qc7 25.Bc4 Rxc4 26.bxc4 Nc5 27.Qb1 b6 28.
h3 Qc6 29.Bb2 Nxa4 30.Bxe5 Be7 31.Qa1 Bb4 32.Bxg7 Bxd2 33.Nxd2 Kh7 34.Re3 
Rg8 35.Rg3 Bxc4 36.Qd4 b5 37.Nf3 Qc5 38.Qf6 Qb6 39.Qf5+ Qg6 40.Rxg6 fxg6 
41.Qf6 1-0

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alburt, Lev"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E00"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Nd2 a5 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Qc2 d5 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.O-O 
Nc6 9.Qxc4 Qd5 10.e3 Qh5 11.h3 Rd8 12.g4 Qg6 13.a3 Bxd2 14.Bxd2 h5 15.Ne5 
Nxe5 16.Qxc7 Bd7 17.dxe5 hxg4 18.exf6 gxh3 19.Qg3 hxg2 20.Rfe1 Qxg3 21.
fxg3 Bc6 22.Bc3 gxf6 23.Bxf6 Rd3 24.Rad1 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Kh7 26.Rd8 Ra6 27.
Bd4 f5 28.Rd6 Ra8 29.Rxe6 Rg8 30.Re7+ Kh6 31.Re6+ Kh7 32.Re7+ Kg6 33.g4 
fxg4 34.e4 Rd8 35.Bc3 Kg5 36.Kxg2 Kf4 37.Bxa5 Rd4 38.Bc7+ Kg5 39.Rg7+ Kh5 
40.Rh7+ Kg6 41.Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D32"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.e3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 
Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Bf3 Be5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd2 Qd6 13.g3 Bh3 14.Bg2 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 c5 16.f4 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Ne4 18.Qf3 Rfe8 19.Rfd1 Qb6 20.Rac1 Rad8 21.Rc2
d4 22.exd4 cxd4 23.Be1 Qa6 24.Qb3 h5 25.Qc4 Qb7 26.Qc6 Qe7 27.Ba5 Rd6 28.
Qc7 Qe6 29.Qc4 Rd5 30.Bb4 a5 31.Ba3 h4 32.Qc6 h3+ 33.Kg1 d3 34.Qxe6 Rxe6 
35.Rc8+ Kh7 36.f5 Ree5 37.Rc4 d2 38.b4 Nc3 0-1

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Kochiev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D79"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 
Ng4 9.Nxg4 Bxg4 10.h3 Bd7 11.e3 e6 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.Qxb6 axb6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E17"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "175"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.d5 Bb4 8.Bd2 c6 
9.dxe6 dxe6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.Rad1 Rad8 13.Bf4 e5 14.Bc1 Rfe8 15.
a3 Bxc3 16.Qxc3 Ne4 17.Qc2 Nec5 18.Nh4 g6 19.b4 Ne6 20.Bb2 Nd4 21.Bxd4 
exd4 22.Rxd4 c5 23.Rd3 Bxg2 24.Nxg2 cxb4 25.axb4 Ne5 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Qe4 
Qd6 28.Ne3 Rc8 29.Rd1 Qe6 30.Rc1 Nc6 31.Qxe6 fxe6 32.b5 Na5 33.Rd1 Nxc4 
34.Nxc4 Rxc4 35.Rd8+ Kf7 36.Rd7+ Kf6 37.Rxh7 Rc5 38.h4 Rxb5 39.Rxa7 g5 40.
h5 g4 41.h6 Rg5 42.Kf1 Rh5 43.Rg7 Kf5 44.h7 Rh1+ 45.Kg2 Rh6 46.e3 b5 47.
Kf1 Kf6 48.Rxg4 Rxh7 49.Ke2 Rb7 50.Kd3 b4 51.Rf4+ Kg5 52.Kc2 b3+ 53.Kb2 e5
54.Re4 Kf6 55.g4 Rb8 56.f3 Rh8 57.g5+ Kf5 58.Rg4 Kg6 59.Kxb3 Rh3 60.Kc4 
Rxf3 61.Kd3 Rf8 62.Ke4 Re8 63.Rg1 Re7 64.Kd5 e4 65.Kd6 Re8 66.Rg2 Ra8 67.
Ke5 Re8+ 68.Kf4 Re7 69.Rh2 Rf7+ 70.Kxe4 Kxg5 71.Rg2+ Kh5 72.Kd5 Rf8 73.e4 
Rd8+ 74.Ke5 Re8+ 75.Kf4 Rf8+ 76.Ke3 Re8 77.Rg1 Kh4 78.e5 Kh5 79.Ke4 Kh6 
80.Kd5 Kh7 81.e6 Rd8+ 82.Ke5 Rd2 83.e7 Re2+ 84.Kf6 Rf2+ 85.Ke6 Re2+ 86.Kf7
Rf2+ 87.Ke8 Rd2 88.Rg4 1-0

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B14"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Qb3 c5 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.exd4 
Nbd7 9.Be2 Nb6 10.Bf3 e6 11.d6 Nfd5 12.Bxd5 exd5 13.Nge2 Re8 14.O-O Bf5 
15.a4 Bd3 16.Rfe1 Bc4 17.Qb4 Bf8 18.b3 Ba6 19.Nb5 Bxb5 20.Qxb5 a6 21.Qb4 
a5 22.Qb5 Bxd6 23.Bd2 Nd7 24.Qxd5 Nf6 25.Qf3 Ne4 26.Bf4 Bxf4 27.Qxf4 Rc8 
28.Rac1 Nd6 29.Ng3 Rxe1+ 30.Rxe1 Rc3 31.h4 h5 32.Re5 f5 33.Re6 Nf7 34.
Rxg6+ Kh7 35.Qxf5 Rc1+ 36.Nf1 1-0

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C56"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Nxe4 6.Re1 d5 7.Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9.Nxe4 Be6 10.Bd2 Qf5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Qd3 Qd5 13.Bf6 Kd7 14.Rad1 Re8 
15.Nxd4 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Kc8 17.Nc3 Qd7 18.Qe2 Qc6 19.Nb5 Bc5 20.Bxc5 Qxc5 21.
Nd4 Bd7 22.Qd2 Bg4 23.Nb3 Qg5 24.Qxg5 hxg5 25.f3 Bf5 26.Nd4 Bg6 27.c3 c6 
28.h3 Kc7 29.Kf2 Kb6 30.Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C80"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 Be7 8.Nxe5 
Nxe5 9.dxe5 Bb7 10.Qg4 O-O 11.f3 Ng5 12.f4 Ne4 13.f5 Kh8 14.Rf3 Bc5+ 15.
Kf1 d6 16.f6 g6 17.Qh4 dxe5 18.Ke2 Qd4 19.Rh3 Qf2+ 20.Qxf2 Nxf2 21.Rh4 Ne4
22.Bh6 Nxf6 23.Bxf8 Rxf8 24.Kf1 Rd8 25.c4 g5 26.Rh3 g4 27.Rc3 b4 28.Rc1 
Rd4 29.g3 Bf3 30.a3 a5 31.axb4 axb4 32.Ra5 Nd7 33.Bc2 e4 34.Re1 Bb6 35.
Ra8+ Kg7 36.Rd8 f5 37.Ba4 Ne5 38.Rxd4 Bxd4 39.Nd2 Bxb2 40.Nb3 Bc3 0-1

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E18"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Rc1 c6 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.f4 Rad8 
15.Qa4 a5 16.e4 Nc5 17.Qa3 Rfe8 18.exd5 cxd5 19.Na4 Nxa4 20.Qxa4 d4 21.
Bxb7 Qxb7 22.Qc6 Qa6 23.Rfd1 Qe2 24.Qc2 Qxc2 25.Rxc2 f6 26.exf6 gxf6 27.
Kf2 Kf7 28.Re2 Rxe2+ 29.Kxe2 Re8+ 30.Kd2 Re3 31.Kc2 Re4 32.Kd3 Re3+ 33.Kc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D47"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 b4
9.Ne4 c5 10.Qa4 Bb7 11.Ne5 a6 12.Ng5 Qc7 13.Ngxf7 Bxg2 14.Rg1 Bc6 15.Qxc6 
Qxc6 16.Nxc6 Kxf7 17.f4 g6 18.Ne5+ Nxe5 19.fxe5 Nd5 20.Rf1+ Ke8 21.Bd2 Bh6
22.Ke2 cxd4 23.exd4 Bxd2 24.Kxd2 Ke7 25.Rac1 Rhf8 26.Bc4 Rxf1 27.Rxf1 a5 
28.Bxd5 exd5 29.Rc1 Rf8 30.Ke3 g5 31.Rc5 Ke6 32.Rxa5 g4 33.Ra6+ Ke7 34.
Ra7+ Ke6 35.Ra6+ Ke7 36.Rf6 Ra8 37.Rb6 Rf8 38.Rf6 Ra8 39.Rh6 Rxa2 40.Rxh7+
Ke6 41.Rh6+ Ke7 42.b3 Rb2 43.Kf4 Rxb3 44.Rd6 Rb1 45.Rxd5 b3 46.Rb5 b2 47.
Kg5 Kd7 48.Kg6 Ke6 49.Rb6+ Kd5 50.Rb4 Ke4 51.e6 Kd5 52.e7 Re1 53.Kf6 Rf1+ 
54.Kg5 Re1 55.Rxb2 Rxe7 56.Kxg4 Re4+ 57.Kg5 Rxd4 58.Rb6 Ke5 59.h4 Rd1 60.
Kg6 Rg1+ 61.Kf7 Rf1+ 62.Kg7 Rg1+ 63.Rg6 Rh1 64.Rh6 Rg1+ 65.Kf7 Rf1+ 66.Ke7
Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A43"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 g6 5.d6 exd6 6.Nc3 h6 7.Bf4 Qb6 8.e4 b4 9.
Nb5 Nxe4 10.Nd2 Qc6 11.Qe2 f5 12.Nxe4 Qxe4 13.O-O-O Nc6 14.Qd2 Ne5 15.Bxe5
dxe5 16.Nd6+ Bxd6 17.Qxd6 Kf7 18.b3 Re8 19.Bc4+ Kg7 20.Bd5 Qf4+ 21.Rd2 c4 
22.g3 Qg5 23.f4 Qd8 24.fxe5 c3 25.Rd4 Qg5+ 26.Kb1 Bb7 27.Bxb7 Rad8 28.Rhd1
a5 29.Qc7 1-0

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A43"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.a4 O-O 8.O-O Na6 
9.Bxa6 bxa6 10.Nd2 Rb8 11.Qe2 e6 12.Qxa6 exd5 13.Qxd6 d4 14.Nb5 Re8 15.
Qxc5 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Rxe4 17.Bg5 Qb6 18.Qxb6 Rxb6 19.Rad1 a6 20.f3 Re8 21.
Nxd4 Rxb2 22.a5 Ba4 23.Bh4 Bxc2 24.Nxc2 Rxc2 25.Rfe1 Rec8 26.Bd8 Bc3 27.
Re4 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A38"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.b3 Bg7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.Nf3 e5 8.O-O d6 
9.d3 h6 10.e3 Bf5 11.h3 Qd7 12.Kh2 g5 13.Ng1 g4 14.Ne4 Nh7 15.f4 gxh3 16.
Nxh3 Bg4 17.Qd2 f5 18.Nc3 Rae8 19.Nf2 Bh5 20.Bh3 Qf7 21.Nd5 Bf3 22.e4 exf4
23.gxf4 fxe4 24.Nxe4 Bxe4 25.dxe4 Rxe4 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Rae1 Rxe1 28.Qxe1 
Nd4 29.Qh4 Re8 30.Kh1 Qg6 31.Bg4 Kh8 32.f5 Qg5 33.Qxg5 Nxg5 34.f6 Kh7 35.
Bh5 Rg8 36.f7 Rf8 37.Rf6 Nde6 38.Bg4 Ng7 39.Rxd6 Nxf7 40.Rf6 Ne8 41.Re6 
Ned6 42.Bh5 Kg7 43.Kh2 b5 44.cxb5 Nxb5 45.Re7 a5 46.Nb6 Kf6 47.Re2 Kg7 48.
Rc2 Ne5 49.Rxc5 Rf5 50.Rxb5 Rxh5+ 51.Kg3 Rg5+ 52.Kh3 Rh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kochiev, Alexander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D23"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.d4 dxc4 6.Qa4 cxd4 7.O-O Bd7 8.Qxc4 
Qb6 9.e3 Rc8 10.Nxd4 Na5 11.Qd3 e5 12.Nb3 Nc6 13.Nc3 Be7 14.e4 Nb4 15.Qe2 
Bg4 16.Bf3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Nc2 18.Rb1 Nd4 19.Nxd4 exd4 20.e5 dxc3 21.exf6 c2 
22.fxg7 Rg8 23.Ra1 Rxg7 24.Re1 Rg6 25.Bf4 Qxb2 26.Rac1 Re6 27.Rxe6 fxe6 
28.Qh5+ Kd8 29.Qxh7 Qd4 30.h4 Rc4 31.Qh5 Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C10"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bd3 c5 8.
O-O cxd4 9.Nxd4 Be7 10.Bf4 O-O 11.c3 Nd5 12.Bg3 Bf6 13.Nf3 Bd7 14.Qe2 Qa5 
15.a4 Bc6 16.Nd2 Qd8 17.Nc4 g6 18.Rfd1 Bh4 19.Ne5 Bxg3 20.hxg3 Qc7 21.Bc2 
Rad8 22.Rd4 Nf6 23.Rad1 Rd5 24.Rxd5 Bxd5 25.Qe3 Be4 26.Nd7 Nxd7 27.Bxe4 
Nf6 28.Bf3 b6 29.Qd4 Kg7 30.c4 Rc8 31.b3 Qe7 32.Qc3 a5 33.Qe5 Qb4 34.Rd4 
Rc5 35.Qe3 Rc8 36.Rh4 Qc5 37.Qh6+ Kg8 38.g4 g5 39.Rh3 Qe5 40.Be2 Rd8 41.
Re3 Qf4 42.g3 Nxg4 43.Bxg4 Qxg4 44.Re5 Qd4 45.Rxg5+ Kh8 46.Rh5 Qg7 47.Qe3 
Qd4 48.Qxd4+ Rxd4 49.Rb5 Rd6 50.Kf1 Kg7 51.Ke2 Rc6 52.c5 Rxc5 53.Rxc5 bxc5
54.Kd3 e5 55.Kc4 f5 56.Kxc5 h5 57.b4 axb4 58.Kxb4 f4 59.a5 e4 60.Kc3 e3 
61.Kd3 1-0

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Nh6 5.c4 dxc4 6.Qa4+ c6 7.Qxc4 Nf5 8.e3 
Nd6 9.Qa4 Bf5 10.O-O O-O 11.Nc3 Nd7 12.Nh4 Bd3 13.Rd1 Ba6 14.Qc2 c5 15.Nf3
Rc8 16.d5 b5 17.e4 b4 18.Ne2 Nc4 19.Bh3 Rb8 20.Rb1 Nce5 21.Ne1 Qb6 22.Be3 
Qb5 23.Nc1 Rfc8 24.Ncd3 c4 25.Nxe5 Nxe5 26.Bxc8 Rxc8 27.a4 Qd7 28.Bd4 c3 
29.Kg2 Nc4 30.Bxg7 Kxg7 31.Nd3 cxb2 32.Qe2 Qxa4 33.Nxb2 Qa2 34.Qd3 Kg8 35.
Qd4 Na3 36.Ra1 Qb3 37.Rac1 Nc2 38.Qe5 Be2 39.Rd2 Bf3+ 40.Kg1 a5 41.Rd3 Rc3
42.Qb8+ Kg7 43.Qe5+ Kh6 44.Rxc3 Qxc3 45.Qxc3 bxc3 46.Na4 Bxe4 47.Nxc3 Bd3 
48.Rb1 Kg5 49.Rb7 Kf6 50.Ra7 Nd4 51.Rxa5 Nf3+ 52.Kg2 Ne1+ 53.Kh1 g5 54.Ra4
Nf3 55.h4 h6 56.Kg2 Ne1+ 57.Kh3 Kg6 58.g4 h5 59.hxg5 Nf3 60.gxh5+ Kxh5 61.
Kg3 Nxg5 62.f4 1-0

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D01"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Qd3 e6 5.e4 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Be7 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9.Nf3 O-O 10.Be2 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Rfd1 Be4 13.Qb3 Qb8 14.Nd2 Bd5
15.c4 Bb7 16.Nf1 Rd8 17.Ne3 Be4 18.f3 Bb7 19.d5 exd5 20.cxd5 c6 21.dxc6 
Bxc6 22.Bc4 Be8 23.Nd5 Qe5 24.Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alburt, Lev"]
[Black "Kochiev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 c5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bg2 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 
cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bxc3 10.bxc3 e5 11.Nc2 Nc6 12.c4 Nb6 13.Ne3 Be6 14.Rc1 Qd7 15.
a4 Bh3 16.a5 Bxg2 17.Nxg2 Nxc4 18.Rxc4 Qd5 19.Qc2 Qxg2 20.Qe4 Qxe4 21.Rxe4
Rfd8 22.Bc3 Rd5 23.Ra4 Rc5 24.Ra3 Nd4 25.Bxd4 Rc1+ 26.Kd2 Rxh1 27.Bxe5 
Rxh2 28.Bd4 Rd8 29.Ke3 a6 30.Rc3 Rh6 31.Rc7 Rhd6 32.Bb6 R6d7 33.Rc4 Re8+ 
34.Kf3 f5 35.e3 Re6 36.Rc5 g6 37.Rc8+ Kf7 38.g4 Rc6 39.Rh8 fxg4+ 40.Kxg4 
Rc4+ 41.f4 Ke6 42.Re8+ Kd5 43.Re5+ Kc6 44.Re6+ Kb5 45.Re5+ Ka4 46.Re8 Rb4 
47.Kg5 Rf7 48.Kg4 Rb5 49.Re4+ Kb3 50.Rd4 Rf6 51.Rd7 h5+ 52.Kh4 Rfxb6 53.
axb6 Rxb6 54.e4 Rb4 55.Kg5 b5 56.Ra7 Rxe4 57.Rxa6 h4 58.Rxg6 h3 59.Rh6 Re3
60.f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C96"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 Nb6 15.d5 Na7
16.Na5 Bd7 17.Bd2 Qb8 18.Bb4 Bd8 19.Qd2 Nc4 20.Nxc4 bxc4 21.a4 a5 22.Bc3 
Nc8 23.Nh2 Bb6 24.Nf1 Qc7 25.Ne3 Ne7 26.Nf5 Nxf5 27.exf5 f6 28.Kh2 Qa7 29.
f3 Rfe8 30.Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A25"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.Rb1 a5 8.d3 Be6 
9.Nd5 Qd7 10.a3 O-O 11.O-O Kh8 12.Bd2 f5 13.f4 Bg8 14.Qa4 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Nb8
16.Qc2 c6 17.Nc3 Rc8 18.dxc6 Nxc6 19.Qa4 Rab8 20.Qb5 Be6 21.Nd5 Qf7 22.
Rbc1 Re8 23.Nb6 exf4 24.Rxf4 g5 25.Rff1 Qg6 26.Nc4 Bxc4 27.Rxc4 f4 28.Be4 
Qh5 29.exf4 Qe2 30.Rf2 Qd1+ 31.Kg2 gxf4 32.Bxf4 Nd4 33.Qg5 Ne2 34.Rc7 Rg8 
35.Qf5 1-0

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.Qf3 
h6 9.Bh4 Be7 10.h3 Nf8 11.Qe2 Ne6 12.Nf3 b6 13.Rd1 O-O 14.O-O Re8 15.Ne5 
Bb7 16.Bf5 Nf8 17.Qf3 Bd6 18.Ng4 Be7 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.a3 Bg5 21.b4 Qd6 22.
Rb1 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Qd2 h6 6.Bh4 c6 7.f4 O-O 8.Nf3 Bg4 
9.Be2 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Qe3 Qd7 12.O-O-O Na6 13.h3 Bf5 14.Nd2 Nxc3 15.Qxc3 
c5 16.Bxa6 cxd4 17.Qxd4 bxa6 18.g4 Be6 19.Rhg1 Rac8 20.c3 Qc7 21.Rde1 Rfe8
22.f5 Bd7 23.fxg6 fxg6 24.Qxd5+ Kh7 25.Nb3 Ba4 26.Qe4 Bc6 27.Qc4 Qb6 28.
Qe6 Rf8 29.Bxe7 Rce8 30.Qd6 Rf3 31.Bf6 Bf8 32.Qd4 Rxh3 33.Qc4 Bg7 34.Bxg7 
Kxg7 35.Rgf1 Bf3 36.e6 Qd8 37.Nd4 Qf6 38.Kb1 h5 39.gxh5 g5 40.Ka1 Kh6 41.
Qc6 1-0

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Nc3 dxe5 8.Nxe5 
Bb4 9.Bd2 O-O 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.Qe2 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Qa5 13.O-O Nxc3 14.bxc3 Be7 
15.Qe4 g6 16.Rfd1 Qd5 17.c4 Qxe4 18.Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E96"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.d4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Re1 c6 
9.Bf1 a5 10.Rb1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Re8 12.Bf4 Nc5 13.f3 d5 14.exd5 Rxe1 15.Qxe1 
Nxd5 16.cxd5 Bxd4+ 17.Be3 Bxe3+ 18.Qxe3 Qf8 19.a3 Bf5 20.Re1 a4 21.Bc4 Rd8
22.h4 h5 23.Qe5 Nd7 24.Qe3 Nc5 25.Kh1 b5 26.Ba2 Nd3 27.Re2 b4 28.axb4 Nxb4
29.dxc6 Nxa2 30.Nxa2 Qd6 31.Qe7 Qd4 32.Nc3 Rc8 33.Nb5 Qd5 34.Re5 Qxc6 35.
Na7 Qc1+ 36.Re1 Qd2 37.Nxc8 Bxc8 38.Qe3 Qb4 39.Qe8+ Kg7 40.Re4 Qb7 41.Qe5+
1-0

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E19"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 Nd7 12.Bb2 Nf6 13.d5 exd5 14.cxd5 Re8 15.e4
Bf8 16.Nd2 b5 17.a4 Ba6 18.axb5 Bxb5 19.Re1 a5 20.Qc2 Qd7 21.Nc4 Ra6 22.e5
dxe5 23.Nxe5 Qc7 24.Bc3 Rd8 25.Red1 Re8 26.Nc4 a4 27.Ne3 Qd7 28.bxa4 Bxa4 
29.Qd3 Bb5 30.Qc2 Ba4 31.Qf5 Qxf5 32.Nxf5 Rea8 33.Re1 R8a7 34.Bf1 Rb6 35.
d6 Rbb7 36.Bg2 Rb6 37.Bxf6 gxf6 38.Rxa4 Rxa4 39.d7 Rb8 40.Re8 Ra1+ 41.Bf1 
Raa8 42.Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D94"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.b4 b6 7.Qb3 c5 8.bxc5 bxc5 
9.cxd5 Na6 10.Be2 Rb8 11.Qa4 Nb4 12.O-O Nfxd5 13.Bd2 Bd7 14.Qxa7 Ra8 15.
Qxc5 Rc8 16.Nxd5 Rxc5 17.Nxe7+ Kh8 18.Bxb4 Rc2 19.Bd3 Rb2 20.Ba3 Rb8 21.
Nd5 Re8 22.Nf4 Bb5 23.Bc5 Qa5 24.Rfc1 Bxd3 25.Nxd3 Qa4 26.Bd6 Rb6 27.Bc5 
Rbb8 28.Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E19"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 
Nxc3 9.Qxc3 f5 10.b3 Bf6 11.Bb2 Nc6 12.Ne5 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 d6 
15.Qe3 Bxe5 16.Bxe5 dxe5 17.Qxe5 Qd7 18.Rad1 Qc6+ 19.f3 Rad8 20.Rfe1 Rd6 
21.Rxd6 Qxd6 22.Qxd6 cxd6 23.e4 fxe4 24.Rxe4 e5 25.f4 exf4 26.Rxf4 Re8 27.
Kf2 Re6 28.Rf3 Rh6 29.Kg2 Rh5 30.Rd3 Rh6 31.a4 Kf7 32.Rd5 Ke6 33.a5 Kd7 
34.axb6 axb6 35.b4 Rf6 36.h4 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D58"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Qb3 Bb7 
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Rd1 Re8 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.O-O Na5 14.Qc2 c5 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16.Na4 c4 17.Be2 Rb8 18.Nd4 ( 18.Rd2 Qe7 19.Rfd1 Red8 ) ( 18.Nc3
Qb6 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Rxd5 Qxb2 21.Qxb2 Rxb2 22.Rxa5 Rxe2 ) 18...Nc6 19.Nxc6
Bxc6 20.Bxc4 Qa5 21.Bb3 Bxa4 22.Bxa4 Rec8 23.Bc6 ( 23.b4 Qa6 24.Qb3 Rc3 
25.b5 Qa5 ) 23...Qa6 24.Rc1 Bxb2 0-1

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kochiev, Alexander"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 a6 4.Bg2 b5 5.b3 Bb7 6.O-O c5 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.Bb2 bxc4 
9.bxc4 Be7 10.Rb1 O-O 11.Ba1 Bc6 12.Qc2 h6 13.e3 Rc8 14.Rfe1 Ra7 15.Rb3 
Ba8 16.d3 Nc6 17.Qe2 Qc7 18.Nd2 Na5 19.Rbb1 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Nc6 21.Nde4 Ne8 
22.f4 Rb7 23.Rxb7 Qxb7 24.Rb1 Qa8 25.Qf3 Rb8 26.Rxb8 Qxb8 27.Qd1 Qb7 28.
Kf1 f5 29.Nf2 Nf6 30.Ke2 Kf8 31.Qb1 Qa8 32.Na4 d6 33.Bc3 Qe8 34.Kd2 Nd8 
35.Nb2 d5 36.Qd1 Nc6 37.Kc2 Qd7 38.Bd2 Ne8 39.Qf3 Bf6 40.cxd5 exd5 41.g4 
Qb7 42.Nfd1 Nd6 43.gxf5 Nb4+ 44.Bxb4 cxb4 45.Kd2 Qb5 46.e4 Qa5 0-1

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 a6 8.O-O Qc7
9.a4 Nc6 10.Be3 O-O 11.h3 Bd7 12.Qe2 Rab8 13.Rfd1 Rfc8 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.
Qxa6 Rxb2 16.Rdb1 Rcb8 17.Rxb2 Rxb2 18.a5 c5 19.Qd3 Qa7 20.a6 Ne8 21.Ra5 
Bc6 22.Qc4 Qb6 23.Ra3 Qb4 24.Qxb4 cxb4 25.Ra4 Bxa4 0-1

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A27"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "173"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.e3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Qe7 8.Nh3 Nd8 
9.a3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 d6 11.Nf4 O-O 12.Be2 c6 13.d5 c5 14.h4 Nf7 15.b4 b6 16.
g3 Ne5 17.bxc5 bxc5 18.Rb1 Nfg4 19.Kf1 Rf7 20.Kg2 Qe8 21.Qc2 Re7 22.Rb2 
Ba6 23.Ba5 Rb8 24.Rxb8 Qxb8 25.Rb1 Rb7 26.Rxb7 Qxb7 27.Ne6 Nf6 28.Bc3 Ned7
29.Nd8 Qc7 30.Nc6 Nb6 31.Bxf6 gxf6 32.a4 Nc8 33.Qb2 Kg7 34.a5 Ne7 35.Nxe7 
Qxe7 36.Qb8 Qd7 37.Kg1 Qe7 38.Bf1 Qd7 39.Kh2 Qe7 40.Kg1 Qd7 41.Qa8 Qc7 42.
Qe8 Bc8 43.Bh3 Qd7 44.Qh5 Qf7 45.Qd1 Qb7 46.Kg2 a6 47.Qh5 Qf7 48.Qxf7+ 
Kxf7 49.f3 exf3+ 50.Kxf3 h5 51.Kf4 Kg6 52.Bf1 Bd7 53.Bd3 Bc8 54.Bb1 Bd7 
55.Bc2 Bc8 56.Ba4 Kf7 57.Kf3 Ke7 58.Kf2 f4 59.gxf4 Bf5 60.Ke2 Kd8 61.Kd2 
Bg6 62.Bc6 Kc7 63.Ke2 f5 64.e4 fxe4 65.Ke3 Kc8 66.Ba4 Kd8 67.Bd1 Ke7 68.f5
Bxf5 69.Bxh5 Kf6 70.Kf4 Bh3 71.Be2 Bf5 72.Bg4 e3 73.Be2 Bd7 74.Kxe3 Kf5 
75.Bh5 Kf6 76.Kf4 Bf5 77.Be2 Bc2 78.Ke3 Bf5 79.Bd3 Bg4 80.Bc2 Bh3 81.Bh7 
Bf1 82.Bd3 Bh3 83.Kf4 Bd7 84.h5 Ba4 85.h6 Bb3 86.h7 Kg7 87.Kf5 1-0

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B02"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Ne4 4.Nce2 f6 5.Nf3 fxe5 6.d3 Nd6 7.Nxe5 Nd7 8.Nxd7
Bxd7 9.Nf4 c6 10.Qe2 Nf7 11.d4 g6 12.Ne6 Bxe6 13.Qxe6 Bg7 14.c3 Qd6 15.
Qxd6 Nxd6 16.f4 Kd7 17.Bd3 b5 18.a3 a5 19.Ke2 b4 20.Bd2 bxc3 21.bxc3 a4 
22.Rhb1 Rhb8 23.Rb4 Rxb4 24.axb4 e6 25.Bc2 Nc4 26.Rxa4 Rxa4 27.Bxa4 Nxd2 
28.Kxd2 Bh6 29.Ke3 g5 30.g3 gxf4+ 31.gxf4 Bf8 32.Kf3 h6 33.Kg4 Bd6 34.h3 
Bc7 35.h4 Bd6 36.h5 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 
dxe5 9.Nxe5 Bd7 10.Nc3 e6 11.Qg4 h5 12.Qe4 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Bxb5 14.Nxb5 Nd5 
15.O-O Be7 16.Bd2 O-O 17.Nc3 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 Qb6 19.Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Alburt, Lev"]
[Black "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.d5 d6 7.e4 g6 8.Na3 Bg7 
9.Qd2 O-O 10.Bh6 Nbd7 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.a4 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 e6 14.O-O-O exd5 15.
exd5 Nb6 16.Ne3 Re8 17.Bb5 Re5 18.a5 Qe7 19.Nc4 Nxc4 20.Bxc4 b5 21.Bxb5 
Rb8 22.Bc6 Qc7 23.Qf4 c4 24.Qxc4 Qxa5 25.Qa4 Qb6 26.Qa3 Bf5 27.g4 Qe3+ 28.
Rd2 Qe1+ 29.Rd1 Qe3+ 30.Rd2 Bd3 31.Nh3 Nxd5 32.f4 Nxf4 33.Nxf4 Qxf4 34.Qa4
Rxb2 0-1

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Kochiev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 
Bg4 9.c4 Nf6 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nc3 O-O 12.h3 Be6 13.a3 Re8 14.Bc2 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Bf6 16.Rb1 b6 17.Nd2 Na5 18.Ne4 Bf5 19.Qf3 Bg6 20.Bf4 Be7 21.a4 Nc4 
22.Bb3 Nd6 23.Nxd6 Bxd6 24.Bxd6 Qxd6 25.Re3 Rad8 26.Rbe1 Kf8 27.h4 f6 28.
Be6 c6 29.Qg4 Re7 30.h5 Bf7 31.h6 g6 32.Qf3 f5 33.Bxf7 Rxe3 34.Qxe3 Kxf7 
35.c4 Qf6 36.d5 cxd5 37.cxd5 g5 38.Qd3 Kg6 39.g4 Rd6 40.Kg2 Kxh6 41.gxf5 
Kg7 42.Re6 Rxe6 43.fxe6 g4 44.d6 Qxe6 45.d7 Qc6+ 46.Kf1 Qc1+ 47.Ke2 Qb2+ 
48.Ke1 Qc1+ 49.Qd1 Qc3+ 50.Kf1 Qh3+ 51.Kg1 g3 52.Qd4+ Kf7 53.Qd5+ Kg7 54.
Qe5+ Kf7 55.Qe8+ Kg7 56.Qe7+ Kg6 57.Qd6+ Kf7 58.fxg3 1-0

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C99"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Bd2 Bd7
16.d5 Nd8 17.Rc1 Nb7 18.Qe2 Qb8 19.Bd3 a4 20.Na1 Nc5 21.Nc2 Qb7 22.Nb4 
Nxd3 23.Qxd3 Rac8 24.a3 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Rc8 26.Rc2 h6 27.Be3 Bd8 28.Nd2 Ba5 
29.Rc3 Ne8 30.Nb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D41"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.e4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 cxd4 11.cxd4 b6 12.Bb2 Bf6 13.Qe2 Bb7 14.Rfd1 Na5 
15.Ne5 Rc8 16.d5 exd5 17.exd5 Qd6 18.Nc6 Rfe8 19.Qc2 Bxb2 20.Qxb2 Bxc6 21.
dxc6 Qe6 22.Rd7 Nxc6 23.Rad1 Qg4 24.Qd2 h5 25.Rc1 Ne5 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Rxa7
h4 28.h3 Nf3+ 29.Bxf3 Qxf3 30.Rc7 Rxc7 31.Qd8+ Kh7 32.Qxc7 Qd1+ 33.Kh2 
hxg3+ 34.Kxg3 Qg1+ 35.Kf3 Qg6 36.Qc4 Qf5+ 37.Kg3 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.c3 Be7 7.a4 b4 8.cxb4 cxb4 
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Nb3 d6 11.Ne1 Bxg2 12.Nxg2 Nbd7 13.Qd3 d5 14.Bg5 Ne4 15.Bxe7
Qxe7 16.Rfc1 Rfc8 17.Ne3 h5 18.a5 h4 19.Nf1 hxg3 20.hxg3 Nd6 21.Nfd2 Nf6 
22.Nc5 e5 23.dxe5 Qxe5 24.Ncb3 Qxb2 25.Rxc8+ Rxc8 26.Qa6 Rc2 27.Rb1 Qe5 
28.Qxa7 Nc4 29.Nxc4 dxc4 30.Nd4 Ra2 31.Rxb4 Ra1+ 32.Kg2 Qh5 33.Qb8+ Kh7 
34.Rb1 Qxa5 35.Rxa1 Qxa1 36.Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C43"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.exd6 Nxd6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Qf4
g6 9.Bb5 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Be3 Rb8 13.Rab1 a5 14.a3 Re8 15.
Ba7 Rb7 16.Bc5 Bf5 17.Qa4 Ne4 18.Rbd1 Qc8 19.Bd4 Nxc3 20.Bxc3 Bxc3 21.bxc3
Rb5 22.Nd4 Rc5 23.Rfe1 Be4 24.Ne2 Rce5 25.h3 Bd5 26.c4 Be4 27.Qb3 Bf5 28.
Rd2 h5 29.Kf1 Qe6 30.Qc3 c5 31.a4 h4 32.Qb3 Re4 33.Qc3 Qa6 34.Red1 Rxc4 
35.Qb3 Rce4 36.Qb5 Qe6 37.Rd8 c6 38.Rxe8+ Qxe8 39.Qa6 Kg7 40.Nc3 Rd4 41.
Qxa5 Bxc2 42.Qxc5 Rxd1+ 43.Nxd1 Bd3+ 44.Kg1 Qe1+ 45.Kh2 Qxd1 46.Qe5+ Kh7 
47.Qf6 Kg8 48.Qd8+ Kg7 49.Qd4+ f6 50.Qd7+ Kh6 51.Qd4 Kg5 52.Qe3+ Kh5 53.
Qd4 g5 54.Qxf6 Qc2 55.Qf7+ Bg6 56.Qf3+ Kh6 57.Qf8+ Kh7 58.Qe7+ Kg8 59.Qxg5
Kf7 60.Qxh4 c5 61.a5 Qd3 62.Qf4+ Ke6 63.Qg4+ Qf5 64.Qc4+ Kd6 65.Qa6+ Kd5 
66.Qb7+ Kc4 67.Qa6+ Kc3 68.Qd6 c4 69.a6 Bf7 70.a7 Bd5 71.Qa3+ Kc2 72.Qa2+ 
Kc3 73.Qa3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B05"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 Bh5 8.c4 Nb6 
9.exd6 cxd6 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Bg6 13.a3 a5 14.Bc3 Bf6 15.Re1 e5
16.Nf1 e4 17.N3h2 d5 18.Ng4 Bg5 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 dxc4 21.bxc4 Qxd1 22.
Rexd1 Rfc8 23.Ne3 Bxe3 24.fxe3 Nxc4 25.Bd4 Bf5 26.Rdb1 b6 27.Bxc4 Rxc4 28.
Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D47"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 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 18.Qd2 Bxh6 19.Qxh6 Qa5 20.b3 Nc3 21.Ng5 Rf8 22.
Nxh7 Rg8 23.Nxc3 bxc3 24.b4 Qc7 25.Qh4 Qd8 26.Qf4 Qe7 27.Bb5 O-O-O 28.Qxd4
Kb8 29.Qxc3 Rh8 30.Nf6 Nxf6 31.exf6 Qd6 32.Qg3 Qxg3 33.hxg3 Rh5 34.a4 g5 
35.Rad1 Rdh8 36.f3 R5h6 37.Rd7 Rxf6 38.Re5 g4 39.fxg4 Rc8 40.Rc5 Rxc5 41.
bxc5 e5 42.Bc4 Bc8 43.Rxf7 Rxf7 44.Bxf7 Bxg4 45.Bd5 a5 46.Bc6 Kc7 47.Bb5 
Bf5 48.Kf2 Be6 49.Kf3 Bd5+ 50.Kg4 Be4 51.Kg5 Bc2 52.g4 Kd8 53.Kh4 Ke7 54.
g5 Ke6 55.Kh5 Kd5 56.c6 1-0

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 c6 8.Qc2 
Ne4 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nd2 Re8 12.Bc4 Nd7 13.O-O Nf6 14.a3 Be6 
15.Bxe6 Qxe6 16.Qb3 Qxb3 17.Nxb3 Nd5 18.Rfc1 Re7 19.Rc2 Rf8 20.Rf1 Ra8 21.
Ra1 Rae8 22.Re1 Rd8 23.Rec1 Ra8 24.h3 f5 25.g3 Rf8 26.h4 g6 27.Kg2 h6 28.
Rh1 Kg7 29.Na5 Rd8 30.Rhc1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.b3 Bf8 14.a4 g6 15.d5 c6 16.
c4 Qc7 ( 16...b4 ) 17.Ba3 Rec8 18.Bd3 cxd5 19.cxd5 Qb6 20.g3 Nh5 21.Kg2 
Nc5 22.Bc2 Bg7 23.a5 Qd8 24.b4 Nd7 25.Bd3 Qf8 26.Kg1 Bh6 27.Qe2 Ng7 28.h4 
f5 29.Ng5 Nf6 30.Rad1 fxe4 31.Ndxe4 Nxe4 32.Nxe4 Nf5 33.Bb2 Rc7 34.f4 Bg7 
35.fxe5 Bxe5 36.Bxe5 dxe5 37.d6 Nd4 38.Qa2+ Qf7 39.Qxf7+ Rxf7 40.Rf1 Rxf1+
41.Rxf1 Bxe4 42.Bxe4 Ra7 43.g4 Kg7 44.g5 Rf7 45.Rf2 Nf5 46.Bxf5 gxf5 47.
Rc2 Kg6 48.Rc6 Rd7 49.Rxa6 Kh5 50.Rb6 Kxh4 51.Kf2 Kxg5 52.a6 Ra7 53.d7 
Rxd7 54.Rxb5 Kf4 55.Ra5 1-0

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 e5 3.Nf3 e4 4.Nd4 c5 5.Nb3 c4 6.Nd4 Nc6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.d3 
cxd3 9.cxd3 f5 10.O-O Nf6 11.Qc2 Bd7 12.Nd2 h5 13.Nb3 h4 14.Bf4 hxg3 15.
hxg3 Qe7 16.Rfd1 Qf7 17.Nc5 Bxc5 18.Qxc5 Qh5 19.f3 Kf7 20.Kf2 g5 21.Be5 f4
22.Rh1 e3+ 23.Kg1 Qg6 24.Rxh8 Rxh8 25.Qxa7 Qf5 26.Bxf6 Kxf6 27.Rc1 fxg3 
28.Qc7 Rc8 29.Qd6+ Qe6 30.Qxg3 Qe5 31.f4 gxf4 32.Rf1 Ke7 33.Rxf4 Qxb2 34.
Qxe3+ Kd6 35.Qg3 Kc5 36.Qf2+ d4 37.Re4 Qc1+ 38.Kh2 Rh8+ 39.Rh4 Qe3 40.Qg3 
Rxh4+ 41.Qxh4 Qe5+ 42.Kg1 Qxe2 43.Qd8 Qd1+ 44.Kh2 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C09"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nb3
Bb6 9.exd5 exd5 10.c3 Ng6 11.Bc2 Re8 12.Qd3 Bg4 13.Bd2 Qf6 14.Bg5 Nce5 15.
Bxf6 Nxd3 16.Bxd3 Bxf3 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.Bd4 Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Bg5 d6 5.Nbd2 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qc2 Bg7 8.e3 
Nd7 9.Rd1 e5 10.Be2 Qe7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfe1 f5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Nc4 e4 15.
Nd4 Ne5 16.Rd2 Nf7 17.b4 b6 18.b5 a6 19.a4 axb5 20.axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Kochiev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E96"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 e5 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.Be2 Ngf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 c6 
9.Bf1 a5 10.Rb1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Re8 12.f3 d5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Ndb5 dxe4 15.Nd6
exf3 16.Nxe8 Ng4 17.Ne4 Qh4 18.h3 f2+ 19.Nxf2 Qxf2+ 20.Kh1 Bd4 21.Be2 Nc5 
22.Bg5 Ne3 23.Bxe3 Bxe3 24.Rf1 Qg3 25.Nf6+ Kg7 26.Nd5 Ne4 27.Bf3 Nf2+ 28.
Rxf2 Bxf2 29.Qd2 Bxh3 30.Qc3+ Kh6 31.Rf1 Ba7 32.Qc1+ g5 33.Qc7 Qh4 34.gxh3
Qxh3+ 35.Qh2 Qxh2+ 36.Kxh2 f5 37.Ne7 g4 38.Nxf5+ Kg5 39.Bxb7 Rd8 40.Ng3 
Rd2+ 41.Kh1 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Bh4 h6 8.Nd2 e5 
9.Be2 exd4 10.exd4 Re8 11.O-O Nf8 12.d5 Bf5 13.Nb3 g5 14.Bg3 Ne4 15.Nxe4 
Bxe4 16.f3 Bg6 17.Bd3 Qf6 18.Rb1 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Ng6 20.Nd2 Nf4 21.Bxf4 gxf4 
22.Ne4 Qd4+ 23.Nf2 Re7 24.Qxd4 Bxd4 25.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Bxb2 27.Re4 a6 
28.Nd3 Bc3 29.Kf2 Kf8 30.Nxf4 c5 31.dxc6 bxc6 32.Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B14"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bb5+
Bd7 9.Qe2+ Ne4 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Bd3 Bf5 13.Bxe4 Bxe4 14.Ne5 f6 
15.Ng4 Nc6 16.Ne3 Qa5 17.Bb2 Rae8 18.Rfe1 Re6 19.c4 Rfe8 20.Rec1 dxc4 21.
Rxc4 Qa6 22.Qf1 Qb5 23.Bc3 Rd6 24.a4 Qa6 25.Qd1 Bg6 26.Rc5 Red8 27.d5 b6 
28.Rb5 Qb7 29.Qb3 Nb8 30.Bb4 R6d7 31.d6+ Bf7 32.Qb2 Nc6 33.Ba3 Re8 34.Rc1 
Ne5 35.Qd4 Rc8 36.Rbb1 Re8 37.Nf5 Bg6 38.Ne3 Bxb1 39.Rxb1 Rc8 40.f4 Nf7 
41.Rd1 Re8 42.Nd5 Re6 43.Qc4 Kh8 44.Ne7 Rexe7 45.dxe7 Rxd1+ 46.Kf2 Qd7 47.
Qxf7 Qd4+ 48.Kg3 Rd3+ 49.Kg4 Qd7+ 0-1

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Alburt, Lev"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E05"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 b6 
9.Ne5 Nd5 10.Qxc4 Bb7 11.Rd1 Bd6 12.Qb3 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Qe7 14.Nc3 Nd7 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16.Bxd5 Nc5 17.Qf3 Rad8 18.Be3 Rxd5 19.Rxd5 Qe6 20.Bxc5 Bxd5 21.
e4 bxc5 22.exd5 Qxe5 23.Rc1 Qd6 24.Qb3 Re8 25.Qc4 h5 26.h4 Re5 27.Qxc5 
Rxd5 28.Qxd6 cxd6 29.b4 Kf8 30.Rb1 Ke7 31.b5 axb5 32.axb5 Kd7 33.b6 Kc8 
34.b7+ Kb8 35.Rb6 Rc5 36.Kg2 Rc7 37.Kf3 Rxb7 38.Rxd6 Kc7 39.Rd5 g6 40.Rd4 
Kc6 41.Kf4 Rb5 42.f3 Rf5+ 43.Ke4 Ra5 44.Rd8 Ra4+ 45.Ke5 Ra5+ 46.Kf4 Ra4+ 
47.Ke5 Ra5+ 48.Kf4 Ra4+ 49.Kg5 Ra3 50.Kf4 Ra4+ 51.Ke3 Ra3+ 52.Ke4 Ra4+ 53.
Rd4 Ra5 54.g4 hxg4 55.fxg4 f5+ 56.Kf4 fxg4 57.Kxg4 Kc7 58.Rf4 Kd7 59.Rf6 
Ke7 60.Rxg6 Kf7 61.h5 Rb5 62.Kh4 Rb8 63.Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C99"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.a3 Qa7 15.d5 Nd4 
16.Nxd4 Qxd4 17.Qe2 Bd7 18.Bd3 Qa7 19.Nf1 g6 20.Ng3 Ne8 21.Be3 Qb7 22.Rf1 
Bh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 
b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.
Bc4 Kh8 16.O-O f5 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Qe2 Rb8 19.Nce3 Be6 20.Rd1 Qd7 21.Raa1 
Qf7 22.Nf1 Bd8 23.Rd2 Ne7 24.Nfe3 Ng6 25.Rad1 Bg5 26.b3 Nh4 27.Ra2 Qg6 28.
Nf1 Bf4 29.Nxf4 exf4 30.f3 Bh3 31.Qe4 Bf5 32.Qd5 Rbe8 33.Rf2 Rf6 34.Bd3 
Ref8 35.Bxf5 Nxf5 36.Qxa5 Ne3 37.Re1 Rf5 38.Qa7 Rc5 39.Nxe3 fxe3 40.Rxe3 
Qb1+ 41.Rf1 Qxb3 42.Qe7 Rg8 43.Qxd6 Rxc3 44.Rxc3 Qxc3 45.h3 h6 46.Rb1 Qc8 
47.Re1 Rd8 48.Qf4 Rf8 49.Qg3 Qb8 50.Re5 Qd6 51.Qe1 Kh7 52.Re8 Qd4+ 53.Kh1 
Rxe8 54.Qxe8 Qd1+ 55.Kh2 Qd6+ 56.Kg1 Qd1+ 57.Kf2 Qd4+ 58.Kg3 Qc3 59.Qe4+ 
Kh8 60.Qg6 Qe5+ 61.f4 Qe3+ 62.Kg4 Qe2+ 63.Kh4 Qe1+ 64.Kh5 Qe2+ 65.Kh4 Qe1+
66.g3 Qe7+ 67.Kh5 Qe2+ 68.g4 Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Qc2 
O-O 9.Nf3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Rae1 Ne4 12.Bf4 Bf5 13.h3 Bd6 ( 13...Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Ne6 16.Bg3 c5 ) 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Nh4 Bd7 16.Nf3 Bf5 17.
Nh4 Bd7 18.Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kochiev, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B10"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e5 6.Ngf3 Ne7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qe2 Qc7 
9.b3 d4 10.a4 Na6 11.Ba3 c5 12.Nc4 Nc6 13.Ne1 Nab4 14.f4 exf4 15.gxf4 f5 
16.e5 Be6 17.h4 Qe7 18.Nf3 h6 19.Qf2 Rad8 20.Kh2 Nd5 21.Qg3 Ncb4 22.Rf2 
Bf7 23.h5 Nxf4 24.hxg6 Nxg6 25.Re1 f4 26.Qg4 Qe6 27.Bh3 Qxg4 28.Bxg4 Bxc4 
29.bxc4 Rfe8 30.e6 Re7 31.Bf5 Nf8 32.Bc1 Rd6 33.Bxf4 Ra6 34.Rfe2 Na2 35.
Rg2 Nxe6 36.Bxh6 Kf8 37.Bxe6 Raxe6 38.Bxg7+ Ke8 39.Rxe6 Rxe6 40.Be5 Nb4 
1-0

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E05"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Nc6 
9.Qxc4 Qd5 10.Qxd5 exd5 11.Bf4 Bg4 12.Rd1 Rac8 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nh5 15.
Be3 g6 16.Bxd5 Bxe2 17.Rd2 c6 18.Bxf7+ Kxf7 19.Rxe2 Ng7 20.Nc3 Nf5 21.e6+ 
Kg8 22.Bb6 Bf6 23.Rd1 Bd8 24.e7 Bxb6 25.exf8=Q+ Rxf8 26.Rd7 Bc5 27.Ne4 Nd4
28.Re3 1-0

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C16"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 5.Qg4 Bf8 ( 5...Kf8 6.Nh3 c5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 
8.bxc3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Ba6 10.Bd3 ) 6.Nf3 ( 6.Nh3 ) 6...Qd7 7.a4 Nc6 ( 7...Ba6 
8.Nb5 c6 9.Nd6+ ) ( 7...c6 8.a5 Ba6 9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.axb6 axb6 11.O-O Kd8 
12.Bd2 Kc7 13.Na4 g6 14.c4 ) 8.Bd2 ( 8.Be2 Nb4 ) ( 8.Bb5 a6 9.Be2 Nb4 10.
Bd1 ) ( 8.Nb5 Nb4 9.Na3 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.b3 ) 8...Nge7 ( 8...Nb4 9.Rc1 
) 9.Be2 ( 9.Nd1 ) ( 9.Ne2 ) 9...Nf5 10.O-O h5 11.Qf4 g6 ( 11...g5 12.Qxg5 
( 12.Nxg5 Ncxd4 13.Bd3 ) 12...Bh6 13.Qxh5 ) 12.Bb5 Bh6 ( 12...a6 13.Bxc6 
Qxc6 14.Rac1 Bh6 15.Ng5 Qc4 ) 13.Ng5 Nfxd4 ( 13...a6 ) 14.Rad1 ( 14.Nxd5 
exd5 15.e6 Nxe6 16.Bxc6 Nxf4 17.Bxd7+ Kxd7 ) 14...Kf8 ( 14...O-O 15.Qxd4 
Nxd4 16.Bxd7 Bxd7 17.Nxe6 fxe6 ( 17...Bxd2 18.Nxf8 ) 18.Bxh6 Nxc2 ) ( 
14...a6 15.Bxc6 Nxc6 16.Qf6 O-O 17.Nf3 ) ( 14...Bb7 15.Qxd4 Nxd4 16.Bxd7+ 
Kxd7 17.Nxf7 Bxd2 ) 15.Bxc6 ( 15.Nce4 dxe4 16.Bb4+ Nxb4 ) 15...Nxc6 16.
Nce4 Bxg5 17.Nxg5 Ba6 18.Rfe1 Kg8 19.b4 Bc4 ( 19...b5 20.c4 ) 20.b5 Nd8 
21.Bb4 Qe8 22.Re4 ( 22.Qxc4 dxc4 23.Ne4 Kg7 24.Nf6 c5 25.Nxe8+ Rxe8 26.Bc3
a6 ) 22...Bxb5 ( 22...Ba2 23.Re3 Bc4 24.Qxc4 ( 24.h4 Ba2 25.Rg3 ) 24...
dxc4 25.Ne4 ) ( 22...dxe4 23.Nxe4 ) 23.axb5 dxe4 24.c4 ( 24.Nxe4 Qxb5 ) 
24...c5 25.Nxe4 Qf8 ( 25...cxb4 26.Nf6+ Kg7 27.Nxe8+ ) 26.Nf6+ ( 26.Bc3 
Qh6 27.Ng5 ) 26...Kg7 27.Bc3 ( 27.Be1 Nb7 28.Nd7 ) 27...Nb7 28.Qf3 ( 28.
Rd7 Rd8 29.Rxb7 Rd1+ ) 28...Na5 ( 28...Rd8 29.Nd7 ) 29.Rd7 Rd8 ( 29...Nxc4
30.Ne4 ) 30.Rxa7 ( 30.Nxh5+ Kg8 ) 30...Nxc4 31.h4 Ra8 32.Nxh5+ ( 32.Rb7 
Rb8 ( 32...Ra3 33.Ne4 Rxc3 34.Qf6+ Kg8 35.Nxc3 ) 33.Nd7 ) 32...gxh5 33.
Qf6+ Kg8 34.Qg5+ Kh7 35.Qxh5+ Kg8 36.Qg5+ Kh7 37.Qh5+ Kg8 38.Qg4+ Kh7 39.
Qe4+ Kg7 40.Qg4+ Kh7 41.Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D47"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 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 18.Qd2 Bc6 19.Bxf8 Kxf8 20.Be4 Qa5 21.b3 Bxa4 
22.Qh6+ Kg8 23.bxa4 Rc8 24.Nxd4 Nc3 25.Bc2 Qc5 26.Nf3 Qf8 27.Qf4 Nd5 28.
Qd2 Nc5 29.h4 h5 30.Ng5 Kg7 31.Bb3 Nxb3 32.axb3 Qe7 33.g3 Rc3 34.Rab1 Rc7 
35.Ne4 Nc3 36.Rbc1 Rhc8 37.Nd6 Ne2+ 38.Qxe2 Rxc1 39.Nxc8 Rxc8 40.Qf3 Rc3 
41.Re3 Qc7 42.Qf6+ Kg8 43.Qf3 Qc5 44.Kh2 a5 45.Kg1 Qd4 46.Kh2 Rc2 47.Kg2 
Rc5 48.Qa8+ Kg7 49.Qe4 Qb2 50.Qf4 Qd2 51.Rf3 Qd7 52.Kh2 Rc3 53.Qf6+ Kg8 
54.Rf4 Rxb3 55.g4 hxg4 56.Rxg4 Qd3 57.Rg3 Qd5 58.Rxb3 Qxb3 59.Qd8+ Kh7 60.
Qf6 Qc4 61.Qxf7+ Kh6 62.Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.19"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A57"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.Qc2 Qb6 7.e4 axb5 8.Nc3 b4 
9.Na4 Qa5 10.Qxc5 Bb7 11.Qb6 b3+ 12.Qxa5 Rxa5 13.Nc3 Na6 14.Bc4 Nb4 15.
Bxb3 Nd3+ 16.Kf1 Ba6 17.Kg1 Bg7 18.Be3 Bc8 19.Bb6 Ra8 20.Bd4 O-O 21.Ne1 
Ba6 22.Nxd3 Bxd3 23.Rd1 Ba6 24.g3 Rab8 25.Kg2 Rfc8 26.Rhe1 Rb4 27.e5 Ne8 
28.Nb1 Bb7 29.Bc3 Rb6 30.f3 Nc7 31.d6 exd6 32.exd6 Ne6 33.Re2 Rcc6 34.Bxg7
Kxg7 35.Red2 Nc5 36.Bd5 Rxd6 37.Bxb7 Nxb7 38.Nc3 Rxd2+ 39.Rxd2 Nc5 40.b3 
Rc6 41.Ne4 Nxe4 42.fxe4 Kf6 43.b4 Rb6 44.a3 Ke5 45.Kf3 Rf6+ 46.Ke3 Rf1 47.
Rxd7 Re1+ 48.Kd2 Ra1 49.Ra7 Ra2+ 50.Kc3 Rxh2 51.b5 Rg2 52.Rxf7 Rxg3+ 53.
Kb4 h5 54.a4 h4 55.a5 Rg4 56.a6 Rxe4+ 57.Kc5 Ra4 58.a7 h3 59.b6 Ke6 60.Rh7
1-0

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.19"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Black "Kochiev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E96"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Re1 c6 
9.Bf1 a5 10.Be3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Re8 12.f3 d5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Ndb5 dxe4 15.Nd6
Rf8 16.Ncxe4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 a4 18.Bd4 Nf6 19.Bc5 Nxe4 20.Rxe4 Bxb2 21.Rb1 a3
22.Bxf8 Qxf8 23.Re2 Bf5 24.Rbxb2 axb2 25.Rxb2 Qa3 26.Rxb7 Qxa2 27.Qb3 Qxb3
28.Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.19"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.g3 
d5 9.Bg2 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Bd5 11.Qd3 Nbd7 12.O-O c5 13.Bf4 Qe7 14.Rac1 Rfd8 
15.Rfd1 h6 16.h4 c4 17.Qc2 b5 18.Bc7 Rdc8 19.Ba5 Be4 20.Qd2 Nd5 21.Ne1 
Bxg2 22.Nxg2 f5 23.Re1 Qf7 24.f3 Qg6 25.Kh2 N7f6 26.Nf4 Qf7 27.e4 fxe4 28.
fxe4 Nxf4 29.Qxf4 Qg6 30.Bb4 a5 31.Be7 Ra7 32.Bxf6 Qxf6 33.Qg4 Re8 34.Qh5 
Rf8 35.Qxb5 Qxd4 36.Kh3 Raf7 37.Rcd1 Qf6 38.Rf1 Qg6 39.Rxf7 Rxf7 40.Qe5 h5
41.Qg5 Qxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.19"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C84"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O Be7 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nxd4 
Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Nc5 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Nd5 d6 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.exd6 Qxd6 14.Qxd6 
cxd6 15.Bb3 Nxb3 16.axb3 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.19"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D58"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qe2 c5 11.Rfd1 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Ba6 Bxa6 15.
Qxa6 Ndf6 16.dxc5 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Qxc5 18.Nd4 Rfc8 19.Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.19"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E19"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "102"]

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 Nc6 13.Qd2 Ne7 14.dxc5 Bxb2 15.
Qxb2 bxc5 16.Qd2 Nc8 17.Ng5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Qe7 19.Ne4 f5 20.Nc3 Qb7+ 21.Kg1 
a6 22.e4 f4 23.gxf4 Ra7 24.Kh1 Qf7 25.Ne2 Rd7 26.Rac1 Ne7 27.Rc3 Ng6 28.
Rd3 Nxf4 29.Nxf4 Qxf4 30.Qxf4 Rxf4 31.Rxd6 Rxd6 32.Rxd6 Rxf2 33.Rxa6 Kf7 
34.Ra5 Kf6 35.Rxc5 Rxa2 36.b4 g5 37.b5 Rb2 38.h3 Kg6 39.Kg1 Kh5 40.Rc7 Kh4
41.Rxh7+ Kg3 42.Kf1 Kf3 43.Ke1 Kxe4 44.Rd7 Ke3 45.Kf1 Rf2+ 46.Kg1 Rc2 47.
Rd1 Rxc4 48.Rb1 Rc7 49.b6 Rb7 50.Kg2 e5 51.Kg3 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.19"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C18"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Nf3 
Nbc6 9.Bd3 f5 10.exf6 Rxf6 11.Bg5 Rf7 12.Qh4 h6 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Qg3 c4 15.
Be2 Bd7 16.O-O Be8 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.Qxe5 Qf6 19.f4 Qxe5 20.fxe5 Rxf1+ 21.
Rxf1 Bd7 22.Bg4 Rf8 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.Kf2 Ke7 25.Ke3 Be8 26.g3 Bg6 27.Kd2 
b5 28.h4 Bh7 29.Bh3 Bg6 30.Bg4 Bh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.19"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb4 6.Bb5+ N8c6 7.O-O a6 8.Ba4
b5 9.a3 Nd3 10.Nxb5 axb5 11.Bxb5 Qd6 12.Qb3 Ba6 13.Qa4 Bxb5 14.Qxa8+ Nd8 
15.b4 Bc6 16.bxc5 Qg6 17.Qb8 Qxe4 18.a4 e5 19.Ra3 Bxc5 20.Rxd3 Qxd3 21.
Nxe5 Qe4 22.Nxc6 Qxc6 23.Re1+ Kd7 24.d4 Bxd4 25.Rd1 Qxa4 0-1

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Alburt, Lev"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Qd3 b6 6.e4 dxc4 7.Qxc4 Ba6 8.Qb3 
Bxf1 9.Kxf1 Be7 10.g3 Nbd7 11.Kg2 O-O 12.Re1 Re8 13.Bf4 Qc8 14.Rad1 Qb7 
15.h3 Rac8 16.g4 Bf8 17.Bg5 c5 18.d5 exd5 19.e5 d4 20.exf6 gxf6 21.Bf4 
dxc3 22.Qxc3 Bg7 23.Kg3 f5 24.Qc2 fxg4 25.hxg4 Nf8 26.Ng5 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Rd8
28.b3 Qd5 29.f3 Ng6 30.Bc1 Be5+ 31.Kf2 Qd3 32.Qxd3 Rxd3 33.Ke2 Rc3 34.Ne4 
Rc2+ 35.Kd3 Rxa2 36.Bh6 f6 37.Rf1 Ra1 38.Rxa1 Bxa1 39.Nd6 Be5 40.Nc8 Bb8 
41.Ke4 Kf7 42.Kd5 Ne7+ 43.Nxe7 Kxe7 44.f4 f5 45.Bg5+ Kf7 46.gxf5 h5 47.Kc6
a5 48.Kd5 Bc7 49.Bh4 Bxf4 50.Bd8 Bg3 51.Bxb6 h4 52.Ke4 h3 53.Kf3 h2 54.Kg2
c4 55.bxc4 a4 56.Bd4 a3 57.c5 a2 58.c6 Ke7 59.f6+ Ke6 60.Bc3 Bf4 61.Bb2 
Bd6 62.Ba1 Kd5 0-1

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Balashov, Yury"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E21"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.e3 d6 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 h6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nc6 12.Nd2 d5 13.Re1 Bd7 14.Re3 b6 15.Nf3 
dxc4 16.Bxc4 Rac8 17.Qe2 Rc7 18.Re1 Bc8 19.Bd3 Bb7 20.Be4 Rd8 21.h3 Qf4 
22.Nd2 Ne7 23.Rf3 Qg5 24.Rg3 Qa5 25.Qg4 Qg5 26.Qe2 Qa5 27.Nb3 Qa3 28.Qg4 
g6 29.Bb1 Qd6 30.Nd2 Rdc8 31.Be4 f5 32.Qh4 fxe4 33.Qxh6 Rxc3 34.Nf3 exf3 
35.Rxg6+ Nxg6 36.Qxg6+ Kf8 37.Qf6+ Kg8 38.Qg6+ Kf8 39.Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "48"]

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.Be3 Qc7 14.Na5 Rb8 15.Qd2
Ng4 16.Bxg4 Bxg4 17.b3 Rfc8 18.Nc4 Be6 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Rb5 21.Na3 Rbb8
22.Nc4 Rb5 23.Na3 Rbb8 24.Nc4 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nge2 c6 5.a4 e5 6.Be3 Nf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8+ 
Kxd8 9.h3 Be6 10.Ng1 Nbd7 11.Nf3 h6 12.Nd2 Kc7 13.Bc4 Rhe8 14.O-O-O Bf8 
15.f4 Bc5 16.Bxc5 Nxc5 17.fxe5 Nfd7 18.Bxe6 Rxe6 19.Nf3 Nxe5 20.Rhf1 Rf8 
21.Nd4 Re7 22.b3 Ned7 23.Rf4 a5 24.Rdf1 h5 25.Rd1 Nb6 26.Rdf1 Ncd7 27.Nf3 
f6 28.g4 hxg4 29.Rxg4 g5 30.h4 gxh4 31.Rxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kochiev, Alexander"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A87"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 d6 7.Bb2 c6 8.Nbd2 a5 
9.a3 Na6 10.c4 Bd7 11.Ne1 e5 12.dxe5 Ng4 13.Ndf3 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Nd3 
e4 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Nf4 Rf7 18.Qd4+ Qf6 19.Qb6 Qd8 20.Qd4+ Kg8 21.f3 exf3 
22.exf3 Be8 23.Qc3 Re7 24.Rfe1 Bf7 25.Kh1 Nc5 26.h4 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Qd6 28.
Re3 b6 29.Kh2 Rd8 30.b4 axb4 31.axb4 Na4 32.Qa3 Qd1 33.c5 bxc5 34.bxc5 Qc2
35.Qa1 Qxc5 36.Ne6 Bxe6 37.Rxe6 Nc3 38.f4 Ne4 39.Bxe4 fxe4 40.Qe5 Qf2+ 41.
Kh3 Qf1+ 42.Kg4 Qd1+ 43.Kh3 Qh1+ 44.Kg4 Qf3+ 45.Kh3 Qf1+ 46.Kg4 Qd1+ 47.
Kh3 Qd5 48.Qxe4 Qxe4 49.Rxe4 c5 50.f5 gxf5 51.Re5 Rc8 52.Rxf5 c4 53.Rf1 
Kg7 54.Kg4 Kg6 55.Rc1 c3 56.Kf4 h5 57.Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "D12"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 Bg6 7.Ne5 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 
Nbd7 9.Nxd7 Qxd7 10.O-O Be7 11.Rb1 O-O 12.b4 dxc4 13.Qxc4 b5 14.Qb3 a5 15.
Ba3 axb4 16.Bxb4 Bxb4 17.Qxb4 Nd5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Qxb5 Qxb5 20.Rxb5 Rxa2 
1/2-1/2

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Dorfman, Iosif"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C99"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "174"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.a3 Bd7 15.Nb3 
Rfc8 16.Bd2 a5 17.d5 Nd8 18.Rc1 Nb7 19.Na1 Qb8 20.b4 Bd8 21.Bd3 Rxc1 22.
Qxc1 Bb6 23.Be3 Qa7 24.Bxb6 Qxb6 25.Qb2 Rc8 26.Rc1 Rxc1+ 27.Qxc1 Ne8 28.
Nb3 f6 29.Qc3 a4 30.Nc1 Nd8 31.Ne2 Nf7 32.Qd2 g6 33.Qc2 Kg7 34.Nc3 Nc7 35.
Nd1 Nh6 36.Ne3 Nf7 37.Kh2 Ne8 38.Qe2 Nc7 39.g3 Qb8 40.Ng1 Qb6 41.Qc2 Ne8 
42.Nf3 Kf8 43.Kg2 Kg7 44.Ng1 Qd4 45.Ne2 Qb6 46.Nc3 Nc7 47.h4 Nh6 48.Ncd1 
Ne8 49.Qc3 Nf7 50.f4 Kf8 51.Be2 Ng7 52.Nf2 Qd8 53.fxe5 Nxe5 54.Nc2 Ne8 55.
Qe3 Kg8 56.Nd4 Qb6 57.Nd1 Nc7 58.Ne6 Qb7 59.Nf4 f5 60.Qd4 fxe4 61.Nf2 Bf5 
62.Nxe4 Bxe4+ 63.Qxe4 Ne8 64.Bg4 Nf6 65.Be6+ Kg7 66.Qe2 Qb6 67.Bh3 Qb7 68.
Kh1 Nc4 69.g4 Qf7 70.Bg2 h5 71.Ne6+ Kg8 72.Ng5 Qe8 73.Qxe8+ Nxe8 74.Be4 
Nxa3 75.Bxg6 Nc4 76.gxh5 a3 77.Bb1 Nd2 78.Ba2 Nf6 79.h6 Nfe4 80.Kg2 Nxg5 
81.hxg5 Ne4 82.Kf3 Nc3 83.Bb3 a2 84.Bxa2 Nxa2 85.g6 Nxb4 86.Ke4 Na6 87.Kf5
Nc7 0-1

[Event "45th URS-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.12.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 c5 7.O-O b6 8.Nd4 
Ne5 9.Nc6 Nxc4 10.Nxd8 Nd5 11.Nc3 Kxd8 12.Nxd5 Bb7 13.Nc3 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Ne5
15.b3 Nc6 16.Ba3 Be7 17.Rfd1 Kd7 18.Bb2 Rhd8 19.e3 Bf6 20.d4 cxd4 21.Nb5 
Rac8 22.Nxd4 Nxd4 23.Bxd4 Ke7 24.Bxf6+ Kxf6 25.Kf3 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rc2 27.a4 
Rc3 28.Rd7 a5 29.b4 axb4 30.Rd6 b5 31.a5 b3 32.Rd2 Ke5 33.Ke2 Rc4 34.Kd1 
Ra4 35.Rb2 Ra3 36.Kd2 Ke4 37.Kc3 Rxa5 38.Rd2 Ra7 39.Kxb3 Kf3 40.Kb4 Rb7 
41.Kc5 b4 42.Kc6 Rb8 43.Kc7 Rb5 44.Kc6 Rh5 45.Rd7 Kxf2 46.Rxf7+ Kxe3 47.
Rb7 Rxh2 48.Kd6 Rg2 49.Rxg7 b3 50.Kxe6 b2 51.Rb7 h5 0-1

