[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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 Bd7 13.Nf1 Rfe8 14.Ne3 Bf8 15.Bd2 g6 
16.Rc1 Nc6 17.dxc5 dxc5 18.Nh2 Rad8 19.Qf3 Bg7 20.Red1 Be6 21.Bb1 Qe7 22.
Nhg4 Nxg4 23.Nxg4 Na5 24.b3 Nc6 25.Be3 Rxd1+ 26.Qxd1 Rd8 27.Qf3 Rd7 28.Rd1
b4 29.Rxd7 Bxd7 30.Nh6+ Bxh6 31.Bxh6 bxc3 32.Qxc3 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A64"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 
9.O-O a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Nd2 Re8 12.a5 b5 13.axb6 Nxb6 14.Nb3 Qc7 15.Na5 Bd7
16.h3 Bb5 17.Be3 Nfd7 18.Qb3 Nf6 19.Rfc1 Bd7 20.Qd1 Rxe3 21.fxe3 Bh6 22.
Qd3 Re8 23.Kh2 Rxe3 24.Qxa6 Re5 25.Rf1 Bc8 26.Qb5 Bd7 27.Nc6 Kg7 28.Ra6 
Nc8 29.Qb8 Qxb8 30.Nxb8 Bf5 31.Rc6 Re8 32.e4 Bd7 33.e5 Rxe5 34.Nxd7 Nxd7 
35.Rxc8 Re3 36.Rc6 Ne5 37.Rxd6 Rd3 38.Rd1 Re3 39.Rc6 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.a4 b6 12.Ba3 Bb7 13.Be2 Rfd8 14.Qc2 Na5 15.dxc5
bxc5 16.c4 Be4 17.Qc3 Rab8 18.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Bc6 20.Qc2 h6 21.h3 Nb3 
22.Bb2 Nd7 23.Qc3 f6 24.Nh2 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nc2 d4 8.O-O Nc6 
9.Nd2 Bg4 10.Nf3 a5 11.Bg5 Bc5 12.e4 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Nce1 Qe6 15.Nd3 
Be7 16.h3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Qxc4 18.Rfc1 Qe6 19.Qf5 Bd6 20.Qxe6+ fxe6 21.a3 Kd7
22.Bf1 a4 23.Ne1 Ra5 24.Rc2 Rc8 25.Rac1 Na7 26.Rxc8 Nxc8 27.Bc4 Be7 28.Nd3
Nd6 29.f3 Nxc4 30.Rxc4 Bd6 31.Kf2 Ra6 32.Ke2 g5 33.Kd1 Ra8 34.Ke2 h5 35.
Rc1 Rh8 36.Rh1 h4 37.g4 b5 38.Rc1 Rb8 39.Kd1 Rb6 40.Rc2 Rb8 41.Rc1 Rc8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 Re8 
9.h3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Re1 a5 12.Qc2 a4 13.Be3 c6 14.Rad1 Nfd7 15.f4 Qa5
16.Bf2 Nb6 17.Bf1 Bd7 18.a3 Rad8 19.Kh2 Bc8 20.Na2 Nbd7 21.Bg2 Nf6 22.Nc3 
Rd7 23.Nf3 Rde7 24.Ng1 Nfd7 25.Bd4 Nb6 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Rxd6 Nxc4 28.Rdd1 
Be6 29.Qf2 f6 30.Nf3 Bf7 31.e5 fxe5 32.Nxe5 Nxe5 33.Rxe5 Rxe5 34.fxe5 Rxe5
35.Rf1 Rf5 36.Qd4+ Kg8 37.Rxf5 gxf5 38.Qe5 Qb6 39.Qxf5 Bg6 40.Qe5 Nd3 41.
Qe6+ Kg7 42.Qe7+ Bf7 43.Ne4 Qxb2 44.Nd6 Qf2 45.Ne8+ Kg8 46.Nf6+ Kg7 47.
Nh5+ Kg6 48.g4 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E03"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Nf3 a6 7.Qxc4 b5 8.Qc6 
Rb8 9.Bf4 Nd5 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.O-O Bb7 13.Qc2 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 
15.Rc1 Rc8 16.Nc3 Nf6 17.b4 Na4 18.Qb3 Nxc3 19.Rxc3 Rxc3 20.Qxc3 O-O 21.
Rc1 Rd8 22.a3 Nd5 23.Qd4 f6 24.Ne1 e5 25.Qc5 Qxc5 26.bxc5 Bc6 27.Rd1 Rd7 
28.Bh3 Re7 29.Nc2 a5 30.Bg2 Rd7 31.Bh3 Re7 32.Kf1 Kf7 33.Ke1 Rc7 34.Rd3 
Bb7 35.Ne3 Rxc5 36.Nf5 Bc6 37.Nd6+ Kf8 38.Bg2 g6 39.Kd2 Ke7 40.Ne4 Rc4 41.
f3 f5 42.Nf2 Ra4 43.Nd1 e4 44.fxe4 fxe4 45.Rb3 Rd4+ 46.Kc1 b4 47.Ne3 Nc3 
48.axb4 Nxe2+ 49.Kb1 Ba4 50.Rb2 Nc3+ 51.Kc1 axb4 52.Rd2 Rxd2 53.Kxd2 Kd6 
54.Ng4 Kc5 55.h4 Kd4 56.h5 gxh5 57.Ne3 Nb1+ 58.Ke2 Bb5+ 59.Kf2 b3 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 b5 6.cxb5 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 a6 9.
bxa6 Bxa6 10.O-O Qc7 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.Bxa6 Rxa6 13.Qe2 Rfa8 14.h3 Nb6 15.Bg5
Ne8 16.Bd2 Na4 17.Nxa4 Rxa4 18.Bc3 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Qa5 20.Qd3 Qa6 21.Qd2 Rxa2
22.Rxa2 Qxa2 23.e5 Qxd2 24.Nxd2 dxe5 25.Rxe5 Kf8 26.Nb3 c4 27.Nc5 Ra1+ 28.
Kh2 Nf6 29.Ne4 Nd7 30.Rg5 Ra2 31.Rg4 f5 32.Rf4 Nb6 33.Ng5 Nxd5 34.Rd4 Nb6 
35.Rd8+ Kg7 36.f4 h6 37.Ne6+ Kf7 38.Nd4 Na4 39.Rc8 Nxc3 40.Rxc4 Nd5 41.Nf3
Rxg2+ 42.Kh1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 c5 6.d5 Na6 7.Bd3 Nc7 8.Nge2 a6 
9.a4 Rb8 10.O-O O-O 11.Qc2 Bd7 12.h3 b5 13.f4 Nfe8 14.axb5 axb5 15.Ra7 
bxc4 16.Bxc4 Ra8 17.Rxa8 Nxa8 18.Qb3 f6 19.Bh4 Qb6 20.Qa3 Nec7 21.b3 Nb5 
22.Nxb5 Bxb5 23.f5 Bh6 24.fxg6 hxg6 25.e5 Bxc4 26.bxc4 dxe5 27.Qd3 Kh7 28.
Nc3 Qb3 29.Rb1 e4 30.Rxb3 exd3 31.Rb7 Kg8 32.Kf2 Bf4 33.Kf3 Rb8 34.Rxb8+ 
Bxb8 35.Na4 Bd6 36.Bf2 Kf7 37.Ke3 Nc7 38.Kxd3 Na6 39.Ke4 f5+ 40.Kf3 e6 41.
Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E28"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.f3 Nc6
9.Ne2 O-O 10.O-O Na5 11.e4 Ne8 12.Ng3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Rc8 14.f4 Nxc4 15.f5 f6
16.Rf4 b5 17.Rh4 Qb6 18.e5 Nxe5 19.fxe6 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 Qxe6 21.Qxh7+ Kf7 22.
Bh6 Rh8 23.Qxh8 Rc2 24.Rc1 Rxg2+ 25.Kf1 Qb3 26.Ke1 Qf3 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Bb7 
9.e3 d6 10.Bd3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 f5 12.O-O Nd7 13.Nd2 Ndf6 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.
Bxe4 Nxe4 16.f3 Nxg3 17.hxg3 Qd7 18.a4 a5 19.c5 bxc5 20.dxc5 O-O 21.Rfd1 
Qc6 22.cxd6 cxd6 23.g4 Rac8 24.gxf5 Rxf5 25.e4 Rf7 26.Rd3 g4 27.fxg4 Qxe4 
28.Qd2 Qxg4 29.Re1 Rg7 30.Rxd6 Rxc3 31.Rdxe6 Rg3 32.R1e2 Rxg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E58"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 b6 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.f4 Na5 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.Qe2 cxd4 14.exd4 Nb3 15.Rb1
Nxc1 16.Rbxc1 Rac8 17.Qb2 Qd6 18.f5 exf5 19.Bxf5 Rc7 20.c4 Rd8 21.Rf4 g5 
22.Rf2 Qxd4 23.Qxd4 Rxd4 24.Rcf1 Rd6 25.h4 gxh4 26.Rf4 Rc5 27.Ng4 Nxg4 28.
Rxg4+ Kf8 29.Bxh7 Ba6 30.Rff4 Rh6 31.Bd3 h3 32.gxh3 Rxh3 33.Rd4 Bc8 34.
Rd8+ Ke7 35.Rgd4 Be6 36.Kg2 Rg5+ 37.Kf2 Ra5 38.Rb8 Rxa3 39.Be2 Rh2+ 40.Ke1
Ra1+ 41.Rd1 Rxe2+ 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.Qc2 g6 8.e3 Bf5
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nbd7 11.h3 Nf8 12.g4 Ne6 13.Bg3 Qa5 14.Nd2 O-O 15.O-O-O
Bb4 16.Kb1 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Qxc3 18.bxc3 Ne4 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Kc2 Rad8 21.a4 f5
22.gxf5 Rxf5 23.c4 Rd7 24.Kc3 Ng7 25.Rd2 Kf7 26.Bb8 b6 27.Ra2 Ra5 28.Be5 
Nf5 29.Rg1 h5 30.Bf4 Nh4 31.Rg5 Rxg5 32.Bxg5 Nf3 33.h4 Nxg5 34.hxg5 Ke6 
35.a5 h4 36.Ra1 bxa5 37.Kd2 h3 38.Ke2 h2 39.f3 Rh7 40.Rh1 exf3+ 41.Kxf3 a4
0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 b6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bb2 c4 12.Bc2 Bg4 13.Qe1 Ne4 14.Nd2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2
Bh5 16.f3 Bg6 17.e4 Qd7 18.Rae1 dxe4 19.fxe4 Rfe8 20.Qf4 b5 21.Bd1 Re7 22.
Bg4 Qe8 23.e5 a5 24.Re3 Rd8 25.Rfe1 Re6 26.a4 Ne7 27.Bxe6 fxe6 28.Qf1 Nd5 
29.Rf3 Bd3 30.Rxd3 cxd3 31.Qxd3 b4 32.cxb4 axb4 33.a5 Ra8 34.Ra1 Qc6 35.
Bc1 Qc7 36.a6 Qb6 37.Bd2 b3 38.Qc4 h6 39.h3 b2 40.Rb1 Kh8 41.Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.b3 g6 5.Bb2 Bg7 6.Bg2 Qb6 7.Qc1 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Bd4 Qd6 11.Qa3 Ne4 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Qxd6 Nxd6 14.Rc1 e6 15.
Nc3 b6 16.d4 Ba6 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Nb5 19.Nxb5 Bxb5 20.Rc2 Rfc8 21.Rac1 
Rxc2 22.Rxc2 Ba6 23.f4 Rc8 24.Rxc8 Bxc8 25.Kf2 Ba6 26.Ke3 h6 27.Bf3 f5 28.
exf6+ Kxf6 29.Kd4 g5 30.fxg5+ hxg5 31.e4 dxe4 32.Kxe4 Bb5 33.h4 gxh4 34.
gxh4 a5 35.Kd4 a4 36.b4 a3 37.Be4 Be8 38.Bb1 Bf7 39.Kc3 e5 40.b5 Bd5 41.
Kb4 e4 42.Kxa3 e3 43.Bd3 Bf3 44.Kb4 e2 45.Bxe2 Bxe2 46.a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Re1 Rd8 12.Qc2 e5 13.Ng5 Rf8 14.d5 Na5 15.Ba2 
h6 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Bd7 18.c4 b6 19.Qd3 Rae8 20.e4 Qd6 21.Qg3 Re7 22.
Bd2 Nb7 23.f4 Rfe8 24.Bc3 f6 25.f5 Rb8 26.Bd2 Kh8 27.Bb1 Na5 28.Qd3 Ba4 
29.Bc2 Bxc2 30.Qxc2 Nb7 31.a4 Qd8 32.Ra3 Nd6 33.Rh3 Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2 cxd4 8.exd4 
Be7 9.Nc3 b5 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Rfe1 Nc6 13.Rad1 Na5 14.d5 Nxb3 15.
dxe6 Qb6 16.axb3 fxe6 17.Nd4 Bd6 18.Qxe6+ Kh8 19.Nf3 Rad8 20.Bf4 Bxf3 21.
Rxd6 Rxd6 22.Qxd6 Qxd6 23.Bxd6 Re8 24.Rxe8+ Nxe8 25.Be5 Bc6 26.b4 h5 27.f3
Kh7 28.Ne2 g5 29.Kf2 h4 30.g3 hxg3+ 31.hxg3 Kg6 32.g4 Bb7 33.Ke3 Bc6 34.
Nc3 Bb7 35.Ne4 Bd5 36.Nc5 Kf7 37.Nxa6 Ke6 38.Bc3 Ba8 39.Nc5+ Kf7 40.Ne4 
Kg6 41.Be5 Bd5 42.Nd2 Kf7 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D72"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Ne2 c5 8.d5 e6 
9.O-O O-O 10.a4 Na6 11.Na3 exd5 12.exd5 Bf5 13.Nc3 Nb4 14.Be3 Rc8 15.d6 
Bd3 16.Bxb7 Rb8 17.Bg2 Bxf1 18.Kxf1 Nd7 19.Nc4 Ne5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Bxc5 
Qa5 22.Be3 Rfd8 23.Ne4 Bxd6 24.Nf6+ Kh8 25.Bd4 Be5 26.Nd7 f6 27.Bxe5 fxe5 
28.Qd2 Rbc8 29.Kg1 Qc5 30.Bh3 Qe7 31.Qe2 Rxd7 32.Bxd7 Qxd7 33.Qxe5+ Kg8 
34.Qe4 a5 35.h4 Qd5 36.Qg4 Rf8 37.Rd1 Qf3 38.Qc4+ Qf7 39.Qc5 Qf5 40.Qc4+ 
Qf7 41.Qc5 Qf5 42.Qc4+ Kg7 43.Qd4+ Qf6 44.Qc5 Rf7 45.Rd2 Qe7 46.Qc3+ Rf6 
47.Rd4 Nc6 48.Rd5 Qe6 49.Rc5 h5 50.b3 Kf7 51.Rb5 Qd7 52.Kg2 Qe7 53.Qc4+ 
Kg7 54.Qd3 Kh6 55.Rd5 Rf7 56.Rd6 Ne5 57.Qe3+ Kh7 58.Rb6 Qc7 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nh3 Bg7 7.Nf4 O-O 8.Bg2 e6
9.O-O Nc6 10.e3 b6 11.b3 Ba6 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Bb2 Re8 14.Rc1 Bb7 15.Nd3 Ba6 
16.Ba3 Bf8 17.Bxf8 Rxf8 18.Nf4 Ne7 19.h4 h5 20.Qd2 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Qc2 Bd7 8.O-O 
Bc6 9.Qxc4 Bd5 10.Qc2 Nc6 11.Bc3 Be4 12.Qd1 O-O 13.Nbd2 Bg6 14.Nc4 Be4 15.
Ncd2 Bg6 16.Nc4 Be4 17.Ncd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.c3 e5 8.dxe5 
dxe5 9.Nb3 Qe7 10.Be3 Rd8 11.Qc1 e4 12.Nfd4 Ne5 13.Bg5 Nc4 14.Nc2 c6 15.
Ne3 Nd6 16.Rd1 h6 17.Bf4 Nfe8 18.Nf1 Kh7 19.Qc2 f5 20.Be3 Be6 21.Bd4 Nf6 
22.Bc5 b6 23.Bxd6 Rxd6 24.Rxd6 Qxd6 25.Rd1 Qc7 26.Ne3 c5 27.Nd2 Rd8 28.
Ndf1 Rxd1 29.Nxd1 Qf7 30.Nde3 b5 31.a3 a5 32.Nd2 Nd5 33.Nxd5 Bxd5 34.e3 c4
35.Bf1 a4 36.Bg2 Qd7 37.g4 Be6 38.gxf5 gxf5 39.Nf1 Qd3 40.Qc1 h5 41.Ng3 h4
42.Nh5 Bf7 43.Nxg7 Kxg7 44.Bf1 Qd8 45.Be2 Qg5+ 46.Kf1 h3 47.Qd1 Qg2+ 48.
Ke1 Qxh2 49.Qd4+ Kh7 50.Bf1 Qg1 51.Qd7 Kg8 52.Qd8+ Kg7 53.Qd4+ Kg6 54.Qd6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 a6 5.Qa4+ b5 6.Qc2 Nc6 7.e4 e6 8.Bg5 
Nxd4 9.Nxd4 Qxd4 10.Rd1 Qc5 11.Be3 Qc6 12.Be2 Bb7 13.Bf3 e5 14.O-O Bc5 15.
Nd5 Bxe3 16.Nxe3 O-O 17.g4 Rfe8 18.Nf5 Nd7 19.b3 Nb6 20.Qc1 cxb3 21.axb3 
Qxc1 22.Rxc1 Rac8 23.Rfd1 g6 24.Nh6+ Kg7 25.g5 c5 26.Bg4 Rc7 27.Rd6 Nc8 
28.Rf6 Bxe4 29.Rd1 c4 30.bxc4 bxc4 31.f3 Bd3 32.Rxa6 Ne7 33.Rd6 Ng8 34.Rc1
Rb7 35.Bd7 Rd8 36.Nxg8 Kxg8 37.Bc6 Rxd6 38.Bxb7 Rb6 39.Bd5 Kf8 40.Ra1 c3 
41.Ra8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.O-O d5 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.Bd2 Bd6 10.Rc1 a6 11.Ne5 c5 12.Ng4 Nbd7 13.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.dxc5 bxc5 
15.Bf3 Re8 16.Na4 Rc8 17.Qb3 Ba8 18.Rfd1 Ne4 19.Be1 Rb8 20.Qd3 Qh4 21.g3 
Nxg3 22.hxg3 Qxa4 23.Bc3 Be5 24.Bxe5 Rxe5 25.Rxc5 Qxa2 26.b4 Ree8 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e4 Bb4 8.Bd3 c5
9.O-O cxd4 10.Nb5 Qd8 11.Nbxd4 O-O 12.Qe2 Nc6 13.Rad1 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bc5 15.
Bc2 Rc8 16.e5 Qg5 17.f4 Qe7 18.Kh1 f5 19.Nb5 a6 20.Nd6 Bxd6 21.Rxd6 Rc6 
22.Rfd1 Rxd6 23.Rxd6 Bc6 24.b4 Qh4 25.Rd4 g5 26.Kg1 gxf4 27.Qf2 Qe7 28.a3 
Qg7 29.Rxf4 Qxe5 30.Rd4 Rf7 31.Bd3 f4 32.Bf1 Qf6 33.Rd2 b5 34.c5 Qa1 35.
Qh4 Qf6 36.Qxf6 Rxf6 37.Kf2 e5 38.g3 fxg3+ 39.Ke1 Rf3 40.hxg3 Rxg3 41.Rd6 
Kg7 42.Bd3 e4 43.Be2 Rxa3 44.Bg4 Rd3 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Nd2 Nbd7 8.g3 Bg7
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Qe7 11.Nc4 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.a4 a6 14.a5 Re8 15.Bf4 Qe7
16.Qb3 Nd7 17.Rfe1 Ne5 18.Na4 Bd7 19.Nb6 Rab8 20.Bd2 Bb5 21.Bc3 c4 22.Qc2 
f5 23.h3 Qc7 24.f4 Nd7 25.Nxd7 Bxd7 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Qc3+ Kg8 28.Kh2 Qc5 
29.e3 b5 30.axb6 Rxb6 31.Ra5 Qb4 32.Re2 Qxc3 33.bxc3 Kf8 34.Kg1 Rb1+ 35.
Kf2 Bb5 36.g4 Rc1 37.Ra3 Kf7 38.Bf3 Re7 39.h4 Rd1 40.g5 Rd3 41.h5 gxh5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.a3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 cxd4 10.exd4 Be7 11.Ba2 Nb6 12.Ne5 Nbd5 13.Qf3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Nd7 15.
Ng4 Nf6 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Bf4 Bg5 18.Bg3 Bh4 19.Be5 Bf6 20.Rfe1 Bxe5 21.
Rxe5 Qf6 22.Qe4 Rb8 23.d5 exd5 24.Bxd5 Bd7 25.Re1 Bc6 26.c4 g6 27.g3 Rbe8 
28.Kg2 Rxe5 29.Qxe5 Qxe5 30.Rxe5 Bxd5+ 31.cxd5 Rd8 32.Re7 Rxd5 33.Rxb7 Ra5
34.Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D83"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Qb3 c5 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.exd4 
e6 9.dxe6 Nc6 10.exf7+ Kh8 11.Nf3 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4 13.Be3 Qe5 14.Be2 Be6 
15.Bc4 Bd7 16.h3 b5 17.Be2 Be6 18.Qxb5 Nd5 19.Nxd5 a6 20.Qc5 Rac8 21.Qa3 
Bxd5 22.O-O Rxf7 23.Rfd1 Bb7 24.Bxa6 Qe4 25.Bxb7 Rxb7 26.Rac1 Re8 27.Rd2 
Be5 28.Rcd1 Kg8 29.b3 Bc7 30.Qa6 Rb4 31.Qd3 Qe5 32.Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.
Bc4 O-O 9.Qe2 Nb6 10.Bb3 Bd7 11.O-O Qe7 12.Rfe1 Rad8 13.Rad1 Ba4 14.Bxa4 
Nxa4 15.Qb5 Nb6 16.c4 c6 17.Qb3 Qc7 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Qe3 Kg7 20.Ne5 Qe7 
21.Ng4 Rg8 22.Nh6 Qc7 23.Nxg8 Rxg8 24.b3 Kh8 25.Qh6 Rg6 26.Qh4 Nd7 27.Re3 
Qa5 28.Rh3 Nf8 29.Rg3 Qxa2 30.Rxg6 Nxg6 31.Qxf6+ Kg8 32.Qf3 Qc2 33.Qd3 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Nd3 Nf6 14.c5 Ng6 15.Rc1 Rf7 16.
Rc2 Bf8 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Qd2 g4 19.Rfc1 g3 20.hxg3 fxg3 21.Bxg3 Nh5 22.Bh2 
Be7 23.Nb1 Bd7 24.Qe1 Bg5 25.Nd2 Be3+ 26.Kh1 Qg5 27.Bf1 Raf8 28.Rd1 b5 29.
a4 a6 30.axb5 axb5 31.Rc7 Rg7 32.Nb3 Nh4 33.Rc2 Bh3 34.Qe2 Nxg2 35.Bxg2 
Bxg2+ 36.Qxg2 Qh4 37.Qxg7+ Kxg7 38.Rg2+ Kh8 39.Ne1 Nf4 40.Rg3 Bf2 41.Rg4 
Qh3 42.Nd2 h5 43.Rg5 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.f3 a5 11.Be3 a4 12.Rf2 c6 13.Nc2 Qe7 14.Rd2 Nfd7 15.Rc1 Be5 
16.Bf2 Re8 17.Ne3 Nf8 18.Ne2 Qc7 19.Rb1 a3 20.b3 h5 21.Qc2 Be6 22.Nc3 Nh7 
23.b4 Na6 24.f4 Bg7 25.f5 Bd7 26.Qb3 Nf6 27.fxg6 fxg6 28.c5+ Be6 29.cxd6 
Bxb3 30.dxc7 Bf7 31.b5 Nxc7 32.bxc6 bxc6 33.Rb7 Rac8 34.Rc2 Na6 35.Bf1 Nc5
36.Rxf7 Kxf7 37.Bc4+ Kf8 38.Nf5 Ncxe4 39.Nxg7 Kxg7 40.Nxe4 Rxe4 41.Ba6 Rd8
42.h3 Rb4 43.Rxc6 Ne4 44.Rc7+ Kh8 45.Be3 Rb2 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "34"]

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 O-O 10.e4 Bg6 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Bd3 a6 14.Bxg6 fxg6 15.
Be3 Qe7 16.Rfc1 Rfc8 17.Bd2 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E28"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 b6 8.Ne2 
Bb7 9.O-O d6 10.Qc2 d5 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Nf4 Qc6 13.c4 cxd4 14.exd4 Nbd7 15.
Bb2 Rfe8 16.Rfe1 Rac8 17.Rac1 Nf8 18.Bf1 Ng6 19.Nxg6 hxg6 20.Re3 Red8 21.
Qe2 Qd6 22.Rh3 Qf4 23.Rd1 Ba6 24.Rf3 Qe4 25.Re3 Qg4 26.f3 Qf4 27.g3 Qh6 
28.Rc3 Qg5 29.Qf2 Rd7 30.Rdc1 Rdc7 31.R1c2 Qa5 32.Bc1 Nd5 33.cxd5 Rxc3 34.
Rxc3 Qxc3 35.Bb2 Qb3 36.Bxa6 Rc2 37.d6 Rxf2 38.d7 Qd5 39.Kxf2 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B64"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O
O-O 9.f4 e5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Rxd8+ Bxd8 14.Bc4 
Be7 15.h3 Bd7 16.Rd1 Be8 17.a3 Kf8 18.Be3 Nh5 19.Ne2 Nf6 20.Nc3 Nh5 21.Ne2
Nf6 22.Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.e3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Bd3 
Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.b3 Nbd7 11.Bb2 Bd6 12.Nh4 Re8 13.Nf5 Bf8 14.Rc1 Ne4 15.
Bxe4 dxe4 16.Qg4 g6 17.Nxe4 Rxe4 18.Qxe4 gxf5 19.Qxf5 Bg7 20.e4 Nf8 21.e5 
Qd5 22.f4 c5 23.Qh3 cxd4 24.Rcd1 Qe4 25.Rde1 Qd5 26.Rd1 Rc8 27.Rxd4 Qa5 
28.Rc4 Rxc4 29.bxc4 Qc5+ 30.Rf2 Qxc4 31.Qb3 Qe4 32.Qc2 Ne6 33.f5 Nc5 34.
Qd2 Qb1+ 35.Rf1 Qd3 36.Qe1 Qd5 37.Qg3 Ne4 38.Qh4 Nc3 39.Qg4 h5 40.Qh3 Ne2+
41.Kf2 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D50"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 exd5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 
Nc6 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Be2 Be6 11.O-O Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nd4 Rfd8 
15.Rfd1 Nxd4 16.exd4 Rd6 17.Qe3 Bd5 18.Rac1 Rad8 19.Bc4 h6 20.h3 a6 21.
Bxd5 Rxd5 22.Rc4 f5 23.f3 b5 24.Rc6 Qd7 25.Rxa6 exf3 26.Qxf3 Rxd4 27.Rf1 
Rd2 28.Ra8 Rxa8 29.Qxa8+ Kh7 30.Qf3 g6 31.Re1 Rxb2 32.Qa3 Qd4+ 33.Kh1 h5 
34.Qe7+ Kh6 35.Qf8+ Kg5 36.Qe7+ Kh6 37.Qf8+ Qg7 38.Qc5 Qf6 39.a3 Rb3 40.
Rd1 f4 41.Rf1 f3 42.Rxf3 Rxf3 43.gxf3 Qxf3+ 44.Kh2 h4 45.Qe5 Qf2+ 46.Kh1 
Qf5 47.Qh8+ Kg5 48.Qd8+ Kf4 49.Qd2+ Kf3 50.Qd1+ Ke3 51.Qe1+ Kd3 52.Qb1+ 
Ke2 53.Qb2+ Ke3 54.Qc1+ Ke4 55.Qb1+ Kf3 56.Qd1+ Kf4 57.Qd2+ Ke5 58.Qc3+ 
Kd5 59.Qb3+ Kc6 60.Qc3+ Kb7 61.Qg7+ Ka6 62.Qc3 Qf1+ 63.Kh2 Qf2+ 64.Kh1 Kb6
65.Qc8 Qe1+ 66.Kg2 Qe4+ 67.Kg1 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 c6 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.O-O Bc5 8.Nc3 
O-O 9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Nh4 Re8 11.Na4 e4 12.Nf5 Qe5 13.Bh3 Bf8 14.Bd2 Qc7 15.Bg2
g6 16.Ne3 Qe5 17.f4 Qh5 18.h3 Qxe2 19.Rad1 Qd3 20.Qc1 Qd6 21.g4 Qc7 22.Bc3
Bg7 23.g5 b5 24.gxf6 Bf8 25.cxb5 cxb5 26.Nd5 Qc6 27.f5 Bb7 28.fxg6 hxg6 
29.Ne7+ Bxe7 30.fxe7 b4 31.Bxb4 Qxa4 32.Bc3 Rxe7 33.Qh6 Ne5 34.Qg5 Qe8 35.
Rf4 Rc8 36.Rh4 Rxc3 37.Qh6 f6 38.bxc3 Rg7 39.Rd8 Qxd8 40.Qh8+ Kf7 41.Qxd8 
g5 42.Rh6 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Bd3 e5 12.Qc2 Re8 13.e4 exd4 14.cxd4 Bg4 15.
Qxc5 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Rxe4 17.Ng5 Re7 18.Qc2 g6 19.Ne4 Bf5 20.Nf6+ Kg7 21.Qd2 
Kxf6 22.d5 Rd8 23.Bb2+ Ne5 24.f4 Qc5+ 25.Kh1 Rxd5 26.fxe5+ Ke6 27.Qg5 Kd7 
28.Rac1 Qb6 29.Bc3 Re8 30.Bb4 Rexe5 31.Qh4 a5 32.Be1 h5 33.Bf2 Qa6 34.Bg3 
Re4 35.Rxf5 Rxh4 36.Rxd5+ Ke6 37.Rcd1 Qc4 38.Rd6+ Ke7 39.Rd7+ Kf6 40.Bxh4+
Qxh4 41.Rf1+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 
Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Be3 Nc5 11.Bc2 Bg4 12.Nbd2 Ne6 13.Qb1 Bh5 14.a4 b4 15.a5 
Bg6 16.Nb3 bxc3 17.bxc3 Qb8 18.Qa2 O-O 19.Bxg6 hxg6 20.Rab1 Qb5 21.Qc2 Qc4
22.Nfd2 Qg4 23.f4 Qf5 24.Qxf5 gxf5 25.Nf3 Rfb8 26.Nfd4 Ncxd4 27.Nxd4 Nxd4 
28.cxd4 Bb4 29.Ra1 Rb5 30.Ra4 Rab8 31.Rfa1 Bc3 32.Rc1 Rb1 33.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 
34.Kf2 Ra1 35.Rxa1 Bxa1 36.Ke2 Bc3 37.Kd3 Bxa5 38.h3 Be1 39.g4 g6 40.Kc2 
Kf8 41.Kd1 Bg3 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.dxe5 gxh4 8.exf6 
Qxf6 9.Nd5 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qxa2 11.Nxc7+ Kd8 12.Nxa8 Nc5 13.Ra1 Qb2 14.Qd4 
Qxd4 15.Nxd4 Bg7 16.e3 Re8 17.Be2 Bxd4 18.exd4 Nb3 19.Rxa7 Nxd4 20.Ra2 h3 
21.Rg1 Rg8 22.g4 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 Nd7 10.Bg2 Nxd4 11.Bxb7 Rb8 12.Bg2 c5 13.e3 Ne6 14.Qc2 a5 15.Bd2 
Ne5 16.b3 Qd7 17.Kh2 Nc6 18.Rad1 Ned8 19.Be1 Kh8 20.Na4 Qc8 21.Bc3 Bxc3 
22.Nxc3 Qf5 23.Qxf5 gxf5 24.Rd5 Ne6 25.Rxf5 Nb4 26.Rh5 Ng7 27.Rh4 Nf5 28.
Rf4 e6 29.Rd1 Rb6 30.Na4 Rbb8 31.Be4 Ng7 32.Rxd6 Nxa2 33.Nxc5 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 c4 7.Bg2 Bb4 8.O-O 
Nge7 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 O-O 11.Qc2 Qd5 12.Be3 Ng6 13.Nh4 Qb5 14.Nxg6 hxg6 
15.a3 Be7 16.d5 Na5 17.d6 Bd8 18.Nc3 Qa6 19.Rad1 Bg4 20.Rd4 Bf5 21.Qa4 Rb8
22.Rd5 Be6 23.Re5 b6 24.d7 b5 25.Rxb5 Rxb5 26.Qxb5 Qxb5 27.Nxb5 a6 28.Nc3 
Bxd7 29.Rd1 Bc8 30.Ne4 Be7 31.Bc5 Bxc5 32.Nxc5 Bf5 33.Nxa6 Re8 34.Bf3 Nb3 
35.Kg2 Bc2 36.Rd7 Bf5 37.Rd1 Bc2 38.Rd7 Bf5 39.Rd6 Be6 40.Nc7 Re7 41.Nxe6 
1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 
Nbd7 9.O-O O-O 10.f3 Qc7 11.Qe1 b5 12.a3 Nb6 13.Qf2 Rb8 14.Rab1 Be6 15.Kh1
Nc4 16.Bxc4 bxc4 17.Nc1 Rb7 18.N1a2 d5 19.exd5 Bxd5 20.Nb4 Bxb4 21.axb4 
Qc6 22.Bg5 Rd7 23.Rfe1 Re8 24.Rbd1 Nh5 25.Qh4 g6 26.Nxd5 Rxd5 27.Rxd5 Qxd5
28.Qe4 Qxe4 29.Rxe4 f6 30.Be3 Rc8 31.g4 Ng7 32.g5 Kf7 33.gxf6 Kxf6 34.Bd2 
Nf5 35.Bc3 Nd4 36.f4 Nxc2 37.Re2 Na1 38.Rxe5 Kf7 39.Ra5 Nc2 40.Rxa6 Rb8 
41.Rc6 Nxb4 42.Rc7+ Ke6 43.Rxc4 Nd3 44.b4 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 c5 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.Re1 Ne4 13.Bb2 Rc8 14.c4 Ndf6 15.Ne5
Rc7 16.a4 Nd6 17.a5 Nd7 18.axb6 axb6 19.Qh5 g6 20.Qh6 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Ne4 22.
Bxe4 Bxe4 23.Red1 Rd7 24.Rd6 Bb7 25.Rad1 Rxd6 26.exd6 f6 27.d7 Bc6 28.h4 
Bxd7 29.h5 gxh5 30.e4 e5 31.f4 exf4 32.Rd6 Qe8 33.Bxf6 Rf7 34.Rd5 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E64"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 Na6 8.O-O Nc7 
9.e4 a6 10.a4 Rb8 11.Re1 b5 12.axb5 axb5 13.e5 Ng4 14.exd6 exd6 15.Bg5 Nf6
16.Ne4 bxc4 17.Nfd2 Rb4 18.Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "43"]

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 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qc7 13.Nbd2 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4 
16.Nbd2 Ba6 17.Rc1 Qb7 18.a3 Bd8 19.b4 axb3 20.Nxb3 Bb6 21.Nh4 g6 22.Bb1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.h3 Re8 11.Re1 a5 12.Qc2 a4 13.Be3 c6 14.Rad1 Nfd7 15.g4 Qa5 
16.Bf1 Ne6 17.Kg2 h5 18.f3 hxg4 19.hxg4 Ne5 20.Nce2 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 d5 22.
exd5 cxd5 23.Nb5 dxc4 24.Nd6 Be6 25.Nxe8 Rxe8 26.Qc3 Qxc3 27.bxc3 Nc6 28.
Bb6 Bxc3 29.Re4 Ba5 30.Bxa5 Nxa5 31.Re5 b6 32.Rb5 c3 33.Rc1 Rc8 34.Rb4 
Bxa2 35.Rxa4 Bd5 36.Rb4 Nb3 37.Rc2 Na1 38.Rc1 Nb3 39.Rc2 Nd2 40.Be2 Bb3 
41.Rxd2 c2 42.Rxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nc6 8.Ne2 
b6 9.O-O Ba6 10.e4 Ne8 11.Qa4 Qc8 12.Be3 d6 13.Rad1 Na5 14.dxc5 dxc5 15.e5
Qc6 16.Qc2 f5 17.Qa2 Qa4 18.Nf4 Nc7 19.Bc2 Qe8 20.Bb3 g5 21.Nh3 h6 22.f3 
Qe7 23.Nf2 Rad8 24.Nd3 Qg7 25.f4 Rd7 26.Nc1 Rfd8 27.Rxd7 Rxd7 28.Qe2 Nd5 
29.Bd2 Nxf4 30.Bxf4 gxf4 31.Rxf4 Qg5 32.g3 Kh7 33.Kf2 Qd8 34.Qh5 Rg7 35.
Qe2 Rd7 36.Qh5 Qg5 37.Qe8 Qe7 38.Qxe7+ Rxe7 39.Ba2 Rd7 40.Ke2 Bb7 41.Bb1 
Kg8 42.g4 fxg4 43.Rxg4+ Rg7 44.Rh4 Rg1 45.Kd2 Kg7 46.Bd3 Bf3 47.Rf4 Bh5 
48.Ne2 Rg2 49.Ke3 Rg5 50.h4 Rxe5+ 51.Kd2 Nb3+ 52.Kd1 Re3 53.Kc2 e5 54.Rf2 
e4 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2 dxc4 6.Qa4+ Nfd7 7.e3 O-O 8.Qxc4 
c5 9.Nf3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Ne5 11.Qe2 Nbc6 12.Nxc6 Nd3+ 13.Kd2 Nxc1+ 14.Nxd8 
Nxe2 15.Nxb7 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Be6 17.Rhc1 Rac8 18.Rc2 Rc7 19.Rac1 Bf5 20.Rb2 
Rd7+ 21.Ke2 Rc8 22.Rb3 Bg4+ 23.Bf3 Bxf3+ 24.Kxf3 Rdc7 25.c4 Rxc4 26.Rxc4 
Rxc4 27.Ra3 h5 28.Rxa7 g5 29.Na5 Rc2 30.Nb3 g4+ 31.Kg2 e6 32.a4 Bh6 33.Kf1
Rb2 34.Rb7 Rb1+ 35.Kg2 Rb2 36.Kf1 Rb1+ 37.Kg2 Rb2 38.Nc5 Rc2 39.Ne4 Bxe3 
40.Kf1 Bd4 41.Rd7 e5 42.Rd8+ Kg7 43.Rd6 Ra2 44.a5 Rxa5 45.Nf6 Kf8 46.Nxh5 
Ke7 47.Rc6 f5 48.Ng7 e4 49.Rc7+ Kf6 50.Nh5+ Ke5 51.Rc2 Ra1+ 52.Kg2 Ra3 53.
Nf4 Rf3 54.h3 gxh3+ 55.Nxh3 Ra3 56.Nf4 Kf6 57.Rc6+ Ke7 58.Rc4 Ba7 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Be7 6.Nc3 d5 7.Qa4+ c6 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.O-O O-O 10.Qc2 c5 11.b3 Nc6 12.a3 h6 13.Bb2 cxd4 14.exd4 a6 15.Rfe1
b5 16.Qd1 Re8 17.Rc1 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Qe2 Nbd7
9.a3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 c5 11.Bb2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Qc7 13.Bd3 Be4 14.Bxe4 Nxe4 15.
Qd3 Qb7 16.c4 Rac8 17.Rac1 h6 18.Rfd1 cxd4 19.exd4 Rfd8 20.Qb3 Nd6 21.Qb4 
Nb8 22.d5 exd5 23.cxd5 Rxc1 24.Bxc1 Na6 25.Qh4 Re8 26.Bf4 Qd7 27.Bxd6 Qxd6
28.Qa4 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E22"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bg5 Bxc5 8.e3 
b6 9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Be7 11.Rfd1 Nc5 12.Qc2 Nfe4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 
15.Nd4 d5 16.cxd5 Bxd5 17.f3 Rfc8 18.Qa4 Nc5 19.Qa3 Bb7 20.Bf1 h6 21.b4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd3 dxe4 5.Bxe4 c5 6.Ne2 Nf6 7.Bf3 cxd4 8.Qxd4
Qxd4 9.Nxd4 a6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Re1 O-O 12.Bd2 Rd8 13.a3 Bd6 14.Rad1 Bc7 15.
Bg5 h6 16.Bh4 g5 17.Bg3 Bxg3 18.hxg3 g4 19.Be2 Nb6 20.Nb3 Bd7 21.Na5 Rab8 
22.Rd6 Nc8 23.Rd4 e5 24.Rd2 Re8 25.Ne4 Nxe4 26.Rxd7 Nc5 27.Rc7 Ne6 28.Rxb7
Nd6 29.Rd7 Rb6 30.b4 Nb5 31.Nc4 Rc6 32.Nxe5 Rxc2 33.Bxb5 axb5 34.Nxf7 Kf8 
35.Nxh6 Re7 36.Rd5 Nc7 37.Rf5+ Ke8 38.Rxe7+ Kxe7 39.Nxg4 Ra2 40.Rc5 Kd6 
41.Rc3 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 d6 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.Be2 h6 8.Bh4 cxd4 
9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.O-O Bd7 11.Qd2 a6 12.Rfd1 Kh7 13.Nb3 Be6 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.cxd5
Ne5 16.f4 Ned7 17.Bf3 Rc8 18.Rac1 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Qb8 20.e4 Rc8 21.Bf2 Rc7 
22.Rxc7 Qxc7 23.Qc1 Ne8 24.Qxc7 Nxc7 25.Na5 Bxb2 26.Nxb7 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.e3 
O-O 9.Ne2 Nc6 10.O-O Qa5 11.Qb3 Bg4 12.Nf4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.h3 Bf3 15.
Bxf3 Nxf3+ 16.Kg2 Ne5 17.e4 b5 18.Be3 c4 19.Qc2 Nd3 20.Nxd3 cxd3 21.Qxd3 
Bxc3 22.Rad1 Rac8 23.Qd5 Rfe8 24.Qb3 Rc4 25.Rd5 a6 26.Qxc4 bxc4 27.Rxa5 
Bxa5 28.Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.d4 O-O 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.O-O a6
9.dxc5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Bxc5 11.a3 b5 12.Be2 Bb7 13.b4 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E95"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 g6 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 c6 
9.Bf1 Ne8 10.Rb1 Nc7 11.b4 c5 12.dxc5 dxc5 13.Ba3 Ne6 14.bxc5 Re8 15.Nb5 
Ndxc5 16.Qd5 Na4 17.Rb3 Nb6 18.Qd1 Bd7 19.c5 Nc8 20.Rd3 Nd4 21.Nbxd4 exd4 
22.Nxd4 Qa5 23.Nb3 Qxa3 24.Rxd7 Ne7 25.Rxb7 Qxa2 26.Bb5 Red8 27.Qf3 Bf8 
28.Bc4 Qb2 29.Qxf7+ Kh8 30.e5 Qc3 31.Kf1 Rab8 32.c6 Rbc8 33.Be6 Qd3+ 34.
Kg1 Qe2 35.Qxf8+ Rxf8 36.Rxe2 Rxc6 37.Rxe7 a5 38.h4 a4 39.Nd4 Rc1+ 40.Kh2 
Rd1 41.Nb5 Rb1 42.Nd6 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Ba2 e5 12.Qc2 Bg4 13.d5 Ne7 14.c4 Bxf3 15.gxf3 
Qd7 16.Bb1 Ng6 17.Qf5 Qxf5 18.Bxf5 Nh4 19.Be4 Nxe4 20.fxe4 f5 21.exf5 e4 
22.f4 exf3 23.e4 Rae8 24.Bg5 Rxe4 25.Bxh4 Rxh4 26.Rxf3 Rxc4 27.Re1 Rg4+ 
28.Kf2 Rd4 29.Re7 Rxd5 30.f6 Rxf6 31.Rxf6 gxf6 32.Rxb7 a5 33.Rb5 a4 34.Ra5
Rd4 35.Rxc5 Rd3 36.Ra5 Rxa3 37.Ra7 Ra1 38.Kg3 a3 39.Kg4 a2 40.Kh5 f5 41.
Kh6 f4 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O
Nxd4 9.Qxd4 O-O 10.f4 h6 11.Bh4 Qa5 12.e5 dxe5 13.Qxe5 b6 14.Qxa5 bxa5 15.
Bd3 Bb7 16.Rhg1 Rfe8 17.h3 Bc5 18.Rge1 Bb4 19.f5 e5 20.Bb5 Re7 21.Re3 a6 
22.Ba4 Bc5 23.Re2 e4 24.Bb3 Rae8 25.Bxf6 gxf6 26.Bd5 e3 27.Bxb7 Rxb7 28.
Rd5 Bb4 29.Rd3 Bxc3 30.Rxc3 Rbe7 31.Rd3 Re4 32.c3 Kg7 33.Kc2 R4e5 34.g4 h5
35.Rd6 hxg4 36.hxg4 Kh6 37.Rxf6+ Kg5 38.Rxf7 Kxg4 39.Rd7 Kf3 40.Kd3 Rxf5 
41.c4 a4 42.Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 c5 6.d5 e5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 
9.d6 Nc6 10.e3 b6 11.Bd5 Kh8 12.Ne4 Qd8 13.h4 f5 14.Ng5 Bb7 15.g4 e4 16.
Ne2 Bxb2 17.Nf4 Qf6 18.gxf5 Bxa1 19.Nxg6+ Kg7 20.Nxe4 Bc3+ 21.Kf1 Qxf5 22.
Nf4 Kh8 23.Nxc3 Rae8 24.Nce2 Rg8 25.h5 Rg5 26.Ng3 Rxg3 27.fxg3 Rxe3 28.Kf2
Re8 29.Re1 Rxe1 30.Qxe1 Kg7 31.Qe8 Qc2+ 32.Kg1 Qd1+ 33.Kh2 Qc2+ 34.Ng2 Qf5
35.Qg8+ Kf6 36.Qh8+ Kg5 37.Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 
g6 9.Bg5 Qa5 10.O-O Bg7 11.Ne4 O-O 12.Bc4 Qb6 13.Bxd5 exd5 14.Nf6+ Bxf6 
15.Bxf6 Na5 16.Be7 Re8 17.Bc5 Qxb2 18.Rb1 Qc3 19.Rc1 Qb2 20.Rb1 Qc3 21.Rc1
Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 Re8 
9.d5 a6 10.Ne1 Rb8 11.Nc2 Qe7 12.b4 Rf8 13.Ne3 Ne8 14.Qc2 Ndf6 15.a4 a5 
16.bxa5 Ra8 17.Ba3 Nd7 18.Bh3 h5 19.Ncd1 Rxa5 20.Nb2 Nef6 21.Bb4 Ra6 22.a5
Nh7 23.Bg2 h4 24.Nd3 Ndf6 25.c5 Ng5 26.Qc4 Bh6 27.Bd2 Ra8 28.Rfc1 Nh5 29.
cxd6 cxd6 30.Qc7 Qf6 31.Ne1 hxg3 32.hxg3 Nh3+ 33.Bxh3 Bxh3 34.Ng4 Bxg4 35.
Bxh6 Rfc8 36.Qxb7 Rcb8 37.a6 g5 38.Qxb8+ Rxb8 39.a7 Ra8 40.Rcb1 Kh7 41.Rb8
Rxa7 42.Rxa7 Kxh6 43.Rbb7 Kg6 44.f3 Bc8 45.Rc7 Qd8 46.g4 Nf6 47.Kg2 Bd7 
48.Nc2 Bxg4 49.fxg4 Nxg4 50.Rxf7 Qb6 51.Rg7+ Kh5 52.Rh7+ Nh6 53.Rac7 Qb3 
54.Kf2 g4 55.Ne3 Qd3 56.Nf5 Qf3+ 57.Kg1 Qd1+ 58.Kf2 Kg5 59.Nxh6 Qd2+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 
9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Nc3 Be7 11.e4 b4 12.e5 bxc3 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.d5 e5 15.bxc3 
O-O 16.Nd2 Be7 17.Nc4 a5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Qxe5 Bf6 20.Qg3 c4 21.Ba4 Qe7 22.
Bf4 Rfd8 23.d6 Qe4 24.Re1 Qf5 25.d7 h5 26.Re8+ Kh7 27.h4 Ra6 28.Bg5 Rxd7 
29.Bxd7 Qxd7 30.Rae1 Rd6 31.Bxf6 Rxf6 32.Qb8 Rf5 33.Rh8+ Kg6 34.Rd8 Qb5 
35.Rd6+ Kh7 36.Rd8 Qc5 37.Re3 Bd5 38.Rh8+ Kg6 39.Qd8 Bf3 40.Rxf3 Rxf3 41.
gxf3 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Nc3 c6 8.Ne5 Qe8 
9.O-O d5 10.Re1 b5 11.cxb5 cxb5 12.Qd1 b4 13.Nb1 Nc6 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.Nd2 
Qb6 16.e3 Rac8 17.Bf1 Rc6 18.Bxa6 Qxa6 19.Nf3 Rfc8 20.Qb3 Ne4 21.Nd2 Rc2 
22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.a3 h5 24.d5 R8c4 25.Rd1 exd5 26.Bd2 Qf6 27.Rab1 h4 28.Qa4 
Qf5 29.Qxa7 Bf8 30.Qb8 g5 31.gxh4 gxh4 32.Qf4 Qxf4 33.exf4 d4 34.b3 Rc6 
35.axb4 f5 36.h3 Ra6 37.Rbc1 Rxc1 38.Rxc1 Ra2 39.Be1 Rb2 40.Kg2 Rxb3 41.
Rc8 Rb1 42.Bd2 e3 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Rc1 c5 11.Qe2 a6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Rfd1 Re8 15.
Bc2 Qb6 16.Bb3 c4 17.Ba4 Bc6 18.Bxc6 Qxc6 19.b3 Rac8 20.Na4 Qb5 21.Nc3 Qa5
22.Bxf6 Nxf6 23.bxc4 dxc4 24.Nd2 Rc6 25.Nxc4 Qc7 26.Na4 Rc8 27.Rd4 Ne8 28.
e4 Bf6 29.e5 Bxe5 30.Re4 Nf6 31.Nab6 Rxb6 32.Rxe5 Rc6 33.Re7 Rxc4 34.Re1 
Qc6 35.h3 Rc1 36.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 37.Kh2 Qc4 38.Qf3 Qxa2 39.Ra7 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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 f5 12.Nb3 Ba7 13.Nfd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 
15.Qxd4 c5 16.Qd1 f4 17.f3 Ng5 18.a4 b4 19.h4 Nh3+ 20.gxh3 Qxh4 21.Rf2 
Bxh3 22.Rh2 Rae8 23.Qxd5+ Kh8 24.Bd2 Rxe5 25.Qxe5 Qg3+ 26.Kh1 Qxf3+ 27.Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B62"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.g3 Be7 8.Bg2 
O-O 9.O-O Nxd4 10.Qxd4 h6 11.Bd2 Bd7 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.Qd3 Rac8 14.g4 b5 15.
a3 a5 16.g5 hxg5 17.Bxg5 b4 18.axb4 axb4 19.e5 dxe5 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Ne4 
Rfd8 22.Nxf6+ gxf6 23.Qf3 f5 24.Qg3+ Kf8 25.Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 Be6 8.Bg2 b5
9.O-O Nbd7 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Bg4 13.Bd2 a5 14.c3 bxc3 15.Bxc3 
Qb6 16.h3 Bh5 17.Kh2 Be7 18.f4 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Bf6 20.Qc4 O-O 21.Qc6 Rfd8 22.
Rae1 Qb8 23.Rb1 Ra7 24.Qc4 Rc8 25.Qe4 Qb3 26.fxe5 Bxe5 27.Qf5 Rf8 28.Qf2 
Raa8 29.Qf5 Qxa4 30.Rf4 Bxf4 31.gxf4 g6 32.Qg5 Rae8 33.Rg1 Re2 34.Kh1 Qc2 
35.Qg4 Nc5 36.Qh4 Ne4 37.Bd4 Nf2+ 38.Kh2 Ne4 39.f5 Qd3 40.fxg6 fxg6 41.Bb6
0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D67"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Ne4 e5 12.O-O exd4 13.Qxd4 N7b6 14.Bb3 Bg4
15.Ng3 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Qf6 17.Qxf6 Nxf6 18.Nf5 Rad8 19.Rfd1 Nc8 20.Kf1 Rfe8 
21.Ke2 Kf8 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Rg1 Ne8 24.Rg4 Ne7 25.Nxe7 Kxe7 26.Re4+ Kf8 27.
Ra4 a6 28.Rf4 f6 29.Rh4 h6 30.Rh5 Nc7 31.f4 Ke7 32.Rc5 Rd6 33.Rc1 b6 34.f5
c5 35.f4 Rc6 36.a4 b5 37.Bc2 Ne8 38.Be4 Rc7 39.Bd5 c4 40.e4 Nd6 41.axb5 
axb5 42.Ke3 Ra7 43.Rg1 Kf8 44.Kd4 Rc7 45.Rc1 Nb7 46.Ra1 Nc5 47.Ra8+ Ke7 
48.e5 Nb3+ 49.Kc3 Nc1 50.Rg8 Ne2+ 51.Kd2 Nxf4 52.Rxg7+ Kd8 53.exf6 Rd7 54.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 55.Bc6+ 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.d3 e6 5.Nbd2 h6 6.O-O Bc5 7.Qe1 O-O 8.e4 
dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.dxe4 Bh7 11.b4 Be7 12.Bb2 Na6 13.a3 c6 14.Rd1 Qc8 15.
c4 Nc7 16.Qc3 Bf6 17.Ne5 Rd8 18.Bf3 Ne8 19.Rxd8 Qxd8 20.Rd1 Qc7 21.c5 a5 
22.Bg2 axb4 23.axb4 Rd8 24.Rxd8 Qxd8 25.Qc2 Nc7 26.Bf1 Nb5 27.f4 Kf8 28.
Kf2 Bxe5 29.Bxe5 f6 30.Bb2 Ke7 31.Bc4 Bg6 32.Ke3 Bf7 33.g4 Qc7 34.e5 Qd8 
35.exf6+ gxf6 36.h4 Nc7 37.Qc3 Nd5+ 38.Bxd5 Qxd5 39.Qxf6+ Ke8 40.Qh8+ Kd7 
41.Qg7 Ke8 42.Bf6 Qb3+ 43.Bc3 Qd1 44.Qh8+ Kd7 45.Qb8 Qc1+ 46.Bd2 Qg1+ 47.
Kd3 Qf1+ 48.Kc2 Qa6 49.h5 Qa2+ 50.Kd3 Qb1+ 51.Ke2 Qe4+ 52.Kf2 Qd4+ 53.Be3 
Qxb4 54.Qf8 Qb2+ 55.Kg3 Qf6 56.Qd6+ Kc8 57.Bd4 Qd8 58.Qxd8+ Kxd8 59.Bg7 
Kc7 60.Bxh6 b6 61.cxb6+ Kxb6 62.Kh4 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Bd2 cxd4
9.exd4 d5 10.cxd5 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qxd5 12.Re1 Nbd7 13.Qe2 Qh5 14.a4 a6 15.
Reb1 Rfd8 16.Be3 Be4 17.Bf4 Qf5 18.Bxe4 Nxe4 19.Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Ng4 
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 f5 13.Qd5+ Kh8 14.Bxg4 fxg4 15.
Be3 Qf6 16.Rac1 Qf7 17.b3 Qxd5 18.Nxd5 Rf7 19.f3 c6 20.Nf4 gxf3 21.gxf3 
Bd7 22.Rcd1 Be5 23.Ng2 Re8 24.f4 Bc3 25.Rxd6 Rxe4 26.Bxa7 Bg4 27.Rd3 Bf6 
28.Re3 Rxe3 29.Nxe3 Bh3 30.Rd1 Be7 31.Ng2 Kg8 32.Be3 Rf8 33.Ne1 Bg4 34.Rc1
Rd8 35.c5 Bf6 36.Kg2 Re8 37.Bf2 Bf5 38.Kf3 h5 39.h4 Bg4+ 40.Kg3 Bf5 41.Nf3
Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E85"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 
Rxd8 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.cxd5 c6 11.Bc4 cxd5 12.Bxd5 Nc6 13.Rd1 Nd4 14.Kf2 Be6 
15.Bxe6 Nxe6 16.Ne2 f5 17.Nc3 f4 18.Bc1 Bf8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Rd1 Bc5+ 21.
Kf1 Bd4 22.Nd5 Kf7 23.Bd2 Rc8 24.Rc1 Rxc1+ 25.Bxc1 g5 26.Ke2 h5 27.h3 Nf8 
28.b3 Ng6 29.Bd2 Ke6 30.Be1 Ne7 31.Nxe7 Kxe7 32.Kd3 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E58"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 b6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nd2 Be6 12.Bb2 c4 13.Bc2 b5 14.f3 a5 15.Re1 Qb6 
16.Nf1 b4 17.Qd2 b3 18.Bb1 a4 19.e4 Ne7 20.Ng3 Kh8 21.Re2 Nfg8 22.Nh5 f5 
23.Qg5 Rf7 24.exf5 Bxf5 25.Bxf5 Nxf5 26.Rae1 Qd8 27.Qxd8 Rxd8 28.Re8 Rxe8 
29.Rxe8 Re7 30.Rxe7 Ngxe7 31.Kf2 Kg8 32.g4 Nd6 33.Ke3 Nb5 34.f4 Nc8 35.f5 
Ncd6 36.Nf4 Nxa3 37.Bxa3 Nb5 38.Bc1 Nxc3 39.Ne2 Nb1 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E87"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Qd2 f5 9.
O-O-O f4 10.Bf2 Bf6 11.Nge2 Bh4 12.Bg1 Nd7 13.Kb1 Be7 14.Nc1 Nc5 15.Nd3 
Nxd3 16.Bxd3 Bd7 17.Bc2 Qe8 18.Bf2 a6 19.Rc1 Kh8 20.Bd1 Rf7 21.Bb3 Rf8 22.
Ne2 b6 23.Nc3 Nf6 24.Qd1 Kg7 25.Qd3 Nh5 26.Rcg1 Kh8 27.g4 Nf6 28.h4 Kg7 
29.Rc1 h6 30.Ne2 Qd8 31.Rcg1 Nh7 32.Bc2 Be8 33.h5 g5 34.Qd1 Nf6 35.Ba4 b5 
36.cxb5 axb5 37.Bb3 Qb8 38.Qd2 Qb7 39.Rc1 Bd7 40.Rc2 Rfc8 41.Rd1 Ra6 42.
Nc1 Nxg4 43.fxg4 Bxg4 44.Rh1 Bf3 45.Qe1 c5 46.dxc6 Raxc6 47.Bd5 Bxh1 48.
Qxh1 Qd7 49.Rxc6 Rxc6 50.Bxc6 Qxc6 51.Nd3 Qc4 52.Qf3 d5 53.Nxe5 Qf1+ 54.
Kc2 dxe4 55.Qxe4 Qxf2+ 56.Kd3 Qf1+ 57.Kc2 Qf2+ 58.Kd3 Qf1+ 59.Kc2 Qf2+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E28"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 b6 8.e4 Bb7
9.Bg5 h6 10.h4 d6 11.e5 dxe5 12.dxe5 Be4 13.Rh3 Bxd3 14.Rxd3 Qc7 15.Bxf6 
gxf6 16.Qg4+ Kh8 17.Qf3 Nd7 18.O-O-O Nxe5 19.Qxf6+ Kh7 20.Rd6 Nxc4 21.Nf3 
Nxd6 22.Ng5+ Kg8 23.Qxh6 f6 24.Nxe6 Qe7 25.Rxd6 Rf7 26.Qd2 Re8 27.f4 f5 
28.Qd5 Kh8 29.Qe5+ Qf6 30.Kc2 c4 31.Kd2 Kg8 32.Qd5 Qxh4 33.Qxc4 Qf2+ 34.
Kc1 Qg1+ 35.Kc2 Qxg2+ 36.Kb3 b5 37.Qd4 Qf1 38.Kb4 Qc4+ 39.Qxc4 bxc4 40.
Kxc4 Rc8+ 41.Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 d4 5.b4 c5 6.Bb2 Qb6 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.b5 Na5 9.
Qc2 Bd6 10.e3 e5 11.exd4 exd4 12.O-O O-O 13.d3 Bd7 14.Nbd2 h6 15.Rae1 Rae8
16.Bc1 Rxe1 17.Rxe1 Re8 18.Rxe8+ Bxe8 19.Nh4 a6 20.a4 Qa7 21.Nf5 Bf8 22.
Ne4 Nxe4 23.Bxe4 b6 24.Qd1 axb5 25.axb5 Bd7 26.Qh5 Be6 27.Bf4 Nb3 28.Qd1 
Qa2 29.h4 Na1 30.h5 Nc2 31.Be5 Qb2 32.Bc7 Na3 33.Qg4 Qc1+ 34.Kg2 Nb1 35.
Bf4 Nd2 36.Qe2 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.b3 Bf5 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Bb2 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Nh4 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 d4 12.Nb1 Bxg4 13.hxg4 Nxg4 14.e4 Nxf2 15.Rxf2 
Bxh4 16.Rf3 Ne5 17.Rh3 Bg5 18.Na3 Ng6 19.Nc2 Nf4 20.Rh2 d3 21.Ne3 Ne2+ 22.
Kh1 f5 23.exf5 exf5 24.Bf3 Ng3+ 25.Kg1 Bf6 26.Bxf6 Qxf6 27.Qe1 f4 28.Ng4 
Qd4+ 29.Kg2 Rae8 30.Qg1 Qb2 31.Qc1 Qd4 32.Qc3 Qd6 33.c5 Qg6 34.Qc4+ Kh8 
35.Rh3 h5 36.Kh2 Qh7 37.Nf2 g5 38.Qd4+ Kg8 39.Qc4+ Kh8 40.Qd4+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 Re8 
9.d5 a5 10.Ne1 Nc5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.a3 a4 14.Rb1 Bd7 15.h4 h5 16.
Kh2 Rf8 17.Bh3 Bxh3 18.Kxh3 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 Qf5+ 20.Kh2 Qxe4 21.Rc1 b6 22.Ng2
Qf5 23.Rc2 Qd7 24.Qd3 Rfe8 25.Re1 Rab8 26.Rce2 f5 27.f3 Kh7 28.Qc2 Ra8 29.
Qd3 Bh6 30.Qc2 Qf7 31.Kh3 f4 32.gxf4 Bxf4 33.Nxf4 Qxf4 34.Rg1 Rg8 35.Qc3 
Raf8 36.Rg3 Rf6 37.Re4 Qh6 38.c5 bxc5 39.Rxa4 Qg7 40.Rc4 Qf7 41.Qd3 Rc8 
42.b4 cxb4 43.axb4 Rg8 44.Rc3 Rf4 45.Rg5 Rxh4+ 46.Kxh4 Qf4+ 47.Kh3 Qxg5 
48.Rxc7+ Kh6 49.Rc2 Rf8 50.Rg2 Qf6 51.Qe3+ Qf4 52.Re2 g5 53.Qxf4 Rxf4 54.
Rc2 Rxf3+ 55.Kg2 Rb3 56.Rc6 g4 57.Rxd6+ Kg5 58.Re6 Rxb4 59.Rxe5+ Kh4 60.
Kf2 g3+ 61.Kf3 Rb3+ 62.Ke2 Rb2+ 63.Kf1 Rf2+ 64.Kg1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "172"]

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.Re1 a6 10.a4 Be7 11.Nbxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Bd7 13.Bf4 Qxd4 14.Nxd4 Rc8 
15.Bb3 Nh5 16.Be3 O-O 17.Nf3 Bc5 18.Ne5 Nf6 19.Rad1 Be8 20.Bxc5 Rxc5 21.c3
Bc6 22.f3 Rb8 23.Rd4 Be8 24.h4 Kf8 25.f4 a5 26.Nd3 Rcc8 27.f5 exf5 28.Re5 
Rd8 29.Rxf5 Rxd4 30.cxd4 b6 31.Rf4 Rd8 32.Ne5 Nh5 33.Rf3 Rxd4 34.Bxf7 Nf6 
35.Bxe8 Kxe8 36.Rb3 Re4 37.Nf3 Nd7 38.Ng5 Rxh4 39.Re3+ Kf8 40.Ne6+ Kg8 41.
Ng5 Kf8 42.Ne6+ Kf7 43.Nd8+ Kg8 44.Re7 Nf8 45.Rb7 Rh6 46.Nf7 Re6 47.Ng5 
Rd6 48.Rb8 h6 49.Ne4 Rd1+ 50.Kh2 Rd4 51.Nc3 Rh4+ 52.Kg1 Rb4 53.Nd5 Rxb2 
54.Rxb6 Ra2 55.Nc3 Rc2 56.Nd5 Rc4 57.Ra6 Rxa4 58.Ne7+ Kh7 59.Nc6 Ra1+ 60.
Kh2 a4 61.Nd4 Nd7 62.Ra7 Nc5 63.Nf5 Kg6 64.g4 Ne6 65.Ra6 Kf7 66.Nd6+ Kf6 
67.Nc4 Ke7 68.Ra7+ Kd8 69.Ne5 Nc7 70.Nf7+ Kd7 71.Ne5+ Kc8 72.Nc6 a3 73.
Ne7+ Kd8 74.Nc6+ Kd7 75.Nd4 Kc8 76.Kg3 Rd1 77.Nc2 Nb5 78.Ra5 Rc1 79.Nxa3 
Rc3+ 80.Kh4 g5+ 81.Kh5 Rh3+ 82.Kg6 Nxa3 83.Kg7 Nb1 84.Ra6 Nd2 85.Rxh6 Rxh6
86.Kxh6 Nf3 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.d3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Rb8 6.f4 d6 7.Nf3 e6 8.O-O Nge7 
9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.Bf4 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Ra8 13.Be3 O-O 14.Bxc5 Bd4+ 
15.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 16.Kh1 Rb8 17.Ne4 f5 18.Qf4 Bd7 19.c3 Qb6 20.Nf6+ Rxf6 21.
Qxb8+ Bc8 22.d4 Rf8 23.Rf2 Nc6 24.Qf4 Bd7 25.Re1 Nd8 26.d5 Nf7 27.dxe6 
Bxe6 28.b3 Bd7 29.Qd4 Bc6 30.Qxb6 axb6 31.Bxc6 bxc6 32.Re6 Rc8 33.Rfe2 Kf8
34.h4 b5 35.a4 bxa4 36.bxa4 Ra8 37.Rxc6 Rxa4 38.Rc7 Ra6 39.Rb2 h6 40.c4 f4
41.c5 f3 42.Kg1 Ra8 43.Rcb7 Ra1+ 44.Rb1 Ra6 45.Rd7 Ra8 46.Re1 Ra2 47.Re3 
Ra1+ 48.Kf2 Ra2+ 49.Kxf3 Rc2 50.Rc7 h5 51.Ke4 Nh6 52.Ra3 Re2+ 53.Kf4 Re8 
54.Rh7 Kg8 55.Rxh6 Kg7 56.c6 Kxh6 57.Rc3 g5+ 58.hxg5+ 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 
O-O 9.Rd1 Nc6 10.Qf4 Qb8 11.Qxb8 Raxb8 12.Bf4 Rbc8 13.Bd6 Bxd6 14.Rxd6 Ne7
15.Ne5 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Nf5 17.Rd2 d6 18.e4 Nxg3 19.hxg3 dxe5 20.b3 Rfd8 21.
Rad1 Rxd2 22.Rxd2 Kf8 23.f3 Ke7 24.Kf2 h5 25.Ke3 g5 26.Rh2 Rd8 27.Rh1 g4 
28.fxg4 Nxg4+ 29.Ke2 Nf6 30.Ke3 Rd4 31.Rf1 Ng4+ 32.Ke2 Kf8 33.Rf3 Kg7 34.
Rd3 Kf6 35.Rxd4 exd4 36.Nb5 Ke5 37.Nxa7 Kxe4 38.Nc8 d3+ 39.Kd2 Kd4 40.c5 
bxc5 41.Nd6 Ne5 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bd3 Ngf6 8.O-O
e6 9.Re1 Be7 10.c4 O-O 11.Bxg6 hxg6 12.Bf4 Re8 13.Qc2 c5 14.Rad1 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Bb4 16.Bd2 Bxd2 17.Qxd2 a6 18.b4 Qc7 19.Rc1 Rad8 20.Qc3 Nb6 21.Nf3 
Qf4 22.Qe3 Qxe3 23.Rxe3 Rc8 24.Rec3 Red8 25.Kf1 Kf8 26.Ke2 Ke7 27.a3 Rc7 
28.R3c2 Rdc8 29.Kd3 Nfd7 30.Nf1 f5 31.Ne3 e5 32.Nd2 e4+ 33.Ke2 Ne5 34.c5 
Nd3 35.Rd1 Nf4+ 36.Kf1 Ke6 37.Nxe4 Nd7 38.Nd6 Rh8 39.g3 Nh3 40.Nd5 Rc6 41.
Re2+ 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Bd2 Nge7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Bd7
9.Rb1 Qc8 10.b4 Bh3 11.b5 Nd4 12.a4 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Qd7 14.Nd5 c6 15.Nxe7+ 
Qxe7 16.Nxd4 exd4 17.Re1 Qd7 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Qb3 Rfc8 20.Qb7 Qf5 21.Qa6 h5
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bb5+ Bc6 11.Bxc6+ Nxc6 12.Qa4 Qd7 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Be3 O-O 
15.Rfc1 b5 16.Qa6 Nb4 17.Qa5 Nd3 18.Rc2 Nb4 19.Rcc1 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E95"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Re1 c6 
9.Bf1 Re8 10.d5 c5 11.g3 Nf8 12.a3 Ng4 13.Nh4 a6 14.Bd2 h5 15.h3 Nf6 16.b4
b6 17.bxc5 bxc5 18.Rb1 N6d7 19.Qa4 Bf6 20.Nf3 h4 21.Nd1 hxg3 22.fxg3 Nb8 
23.Re3 Nh7 24.Reb3 Bd7 25.Qa5 Qc8 26.Nf2 Bd8 27.Qc3 Ba4 28.R3b2 Nd7 29.h4 
Ra7 30.Bh3 Qc7 31.Ng5 Nxg5 32.Bxg5 Bxg5 33.hxg5 Kg7 34.Qf3 Qd8 35.Rb7 Rxb7
36.Rxb7 Kg8 37.Bxd7 Bxd7 38.Ng4 Qxg5 39.Rxd7 f5 40.exf5 Rb8 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 a6 11.O-O Be6 12.Rac1 Bd6 13.Qc2 Rfd8 14.Na4 Ne7 
15.Nc5 Bc8 16.e4 Qg6 17.e5 Qxc2 18.Rxc2 Bxc5 19.Rxc5 c6 20.Nd2 a5 21.Rc3 
Rf8 22.Re1 g6 23.Bd3 Bf5 24.Bf1 a4 25.h3 Bd7 26.f4 h5 27.Nf3 Kg7 28.Kf2 
Rh8 29.g3 Kf8 30.Kg2 Nf5 31.Bd3 Ng7 32.Ng5 Be6 33.Bc2 Ke7 34.Ra3 Nf5 35.
Nf3 b5 36.Rc3 Rac8 37.Bxf5 Bxf5 38.Rec1 Bd7 39.Ne1 Rb8 40.Nd3 b4 41.Rc5 
Bf5 42.Nf2 b3 43.a3 Bc2 44.Kf3 Kd7 45.Ke3 Ra8 46.h4 Ra6 47.Nh3 Rb8 48.Ng5 
Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.O-O 
Nbd7 9.f4 Qc7 10.f5 Bc4 11.a4 Rc8 12.Be3 Be7 13.a5 h5 14.Bxc4 Qxc4 15.Ra4 
Qc7 16.h3 h4 17.Rf2 b5 18.axb6 Nxb6 19.Bxb6 Qxb6 20.Qe2 Ra8 21.Kh2 O-O 22.
Rf1 Ra7 23.Rfa1 Rfa8 24.R1a2 Bd8 25.Na5 Rc8 26.Nc4 Qc6 27.Ne3 a5 28.Rc4 
Qa6 29.b3 Bb6 30.Rxc8+ Qxc8 31.Ned5 Nxd5 32.Nxd5 Qc5 33.Ra1 Qf2 34.Qxf2 
Bxf2 35.Rf1 Bd4 36.c3 Bc5 37.g4 hxg3+ 38.Kxg3 Rb7 39.Rb1 f6 40.Kf3 Kf7 41.
Ke2 Rb8 42.b4 g6 43.Kd3 gxf5 44.exf5 axb4 45.cxb4 Bd4 46.Rc1 Kg7 47.Rc7+ 
Kh6 48.Ke4 Kg5 49.Rh7 Bf2 50.Rg7+ Kh4 51.Kf3 Be1 52.Kg2 Rf8 53.b5 Ba5 54.
b6 Bxb6 55.Nxb6 Rb8 56.Rg4+ Kh5 57.Nd5 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nf6 3.Nbc3 d6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nxd4 8.Qxd4
Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qd3 Be6 11.Bd2 Qc7 12.b3 a6 13.Rac1 Rfd8 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Bf5 16.Be4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 Bb2 18.Rce1 Bf6 19.c4 Rac8 20.Rc1 Qd7 21.Ba5 
Re8 22.Bb6 e5 23.dxe6 Rxe6 24.Qd3 Rce8 25.Be3 Qe7 26.Rcd1 Bb2 27.Bd2 Qc7 
28.Rfe1 Ba3 29.Rxe6 Rxe6 30.Re1 Bc5 31.Rxe6 fxe6 32.b4 Bb6 33.Bf4 e5 34.
Bd2 Bd4 35.Be3 Bxe3 36.fxe3 Qc6 37.Kf2 b5 38.cxb5 axb5 39.e4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A55"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.Nf3 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O a6 
9.b3 Re8 10.Bb2 Bf8 11.Qd3 b5 12.Nd2 Bb7 13.Kh1 exd4 14.Qxd4 c5 15.Qd3 Ne5
16.Qc2 Nc6 17.Nd5 Nd4 18.Qd3 g6 19.Bxd4 cxd4 20.Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.Kg1 Qe5 22.
Rfe1 Bg7 23.Rac1 Re7 24.Nf3 Qc5 25.Bf1 h6 26.cxb5 Qxb5 27.Qd1 Qb6 28.Nd2 
Rae8 29.Bd3 d5 30.e5 Rxe5 31.Rxe5 Rxe5 32.Nf3 Re4 33.Qd2 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 Re8 
9.h3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Re1 a5 12.Qc2 c6 13.Be3 Nfd7 14.Rad1 a4 15.Nde2 
Qa5 16.Bf1 Ne5 17.Nd4 a3 18.f4 Ned7 19.b3 Na6 20.Bf2 Ndc5 21.Re3 Nb4 22.
Qe2 Bd7 23.e5 dxe5 24.fxe5 Rad8 25.g4 Ne6 26.Bh4 Nxd4 27.Rxd4 Qc5 28.Rde4 
Bh6 29.Kh1 Be6 30.g5 Bg7 31.Rf4 Bf5 32.Ne4 Bxe4+ 33.Rfxe4 Na6 34.e6 fxe6 
35.Rxe6 Rf8 36.Re7 Bd4 37.R3e6 Qf5 38.Re8 Nc5 39.Rxd8 Nxe6 40.Rxf8+ Kxf8 
41.Bg3 Qxg5 42.Qxe6 Qxg3 43.Qc8+ Ke7 44.Qg4 Qc3 45.Kg2 Qb2+ 46.Qe2+ Kd6 
47.Kf3 Bc5 48.Ke4 Qd4+ 49.Kf3 Qf6+ 50.Kg2 Kc7 51.Qf3 Qb2+ 52.Qe2 Qd4 53.
Kf3 h5 54.Kg2 g5 55.Kg3 Qf4+ 56.Kg2 g4 57.hxg4 hxg4 58.Kh1 Kb6 59.Kg2 Kc7 
60.Kh1 Bd6 61.Kg1 Kb6 62.Qg2 Bc5+ 63.Kh1 Qh6+ 64.Qh2 Qe3 65.b4 Bd4 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.Rb1 Rb8
9.a3 b5 10.b4 cxb4 11.axb4 Bd7 12.Nf4 e6 13.Bd2 Qc7 14.Nce2 Rfe8 15.Nc1 a5
16.bxa5 Nxa5 17.Nb3 Nb7 18.c3 e5 19.Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D99"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 
Nfd7 9.Qb3 c5 10.d5 Na6 11.Nd2 e6 12.d6 Bd4 13.Bxa6 bxa6 14.Nc4 Rb8 15.Qc2
e5 16.Nd5 Qh4 17.O-O Be6 18.g3 Qh5 19.f3 Bxd5 20.exd5 Nb6 21.Bxd4 exd4 22.
Nxb6 Rxb6 23.Rac1 Rxd6 24.Qxc5 Rxd5 25.Qxa7 d3 26.Qe3 d2 27.Rcd1 Rfd8 28.
g4 Qh4 29.Rf2 Rd3 30.Qf4 Qe7 31.Qa4 Qf6 32.Qb4 Qg5 33.Kg2 R3d4 34.Qb3 h5 
35.h3 h4 36.f4 Qe7 37.Rf3 Rd3 38.Rxd3 Qe2+ 39.Kg1 Rxd3 40.Qb8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.23"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Re8
9.Rd1 Bf8 10.Rb1 a5 11.d5 Nc5 12.Be3 Qc7 13.h3 Bd7 14.Rbc1 g6 15.Nd2 Rab8 
16.Nb3 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 c5 18.Kh2 Kh8 19.Qc2 Ng8 20.Bg4 Nh6 21.Bxd7 Qxd7 22.
Qd2 Ng8 23.g4 f5 24.f3 Be7 25.Rg1 Rf8 26.Rcf1 Rf7 27.gxf5 gxf5 28.Rg2 f4 
29.Bf2 Rf6 30.Ne2 Qxh3+ 31.Kxh3 Rh6+ 32.Kg4 Nf6+ 33.Kf5 Nd7 34.Rg5 Rf8+ 
35.Kg4 Nf6+ 36.Kf5 Ng8+ 37.Kg4 Nf6+ 38.Kf5 Nxd5+ 39.Kg4 Nf6+ 40.Kf5 Ng8+ 
41.Kg4 Nf6+ 42.Kf5 Ng8+ 43.Kg4 Bxg5 44.Kxg5 Rf7 45.Bh4 Rg6+ 46.Kh5 Rfg7 
47.Bg5 Rxg5+ 48.Kh4 Nf6 49.Ng3 Rxg3 50.Qxd6 R3g6 51.Qb8+ Rg8 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.23"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.d5 cxd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Nf3 
Nbd7 9.O-O Nb6 10.a4 Bg4 11.Nd4 a6 12.h3 Bc8 13.b3 Bd7 14.Be3 Rc8 15.Qd2 
Rc5 16.Nc6 bxc6 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.dxc6 Be6 19.Qxd8 Rxd8 20.Rad1 Rc8 21.a5 
Na8 22.Na4 Nc7 23.Nxc5 Nfd5 24.Nxa6 Nxa6 25.Bxd5 Bxh3 26.Bg2 Be6 27.Rb1 
Bc3 28.Rfd1 Bb4 29.Rd4 Bf5 30.Rbd1 Bd6 31.Rc4 Be6 32.Bd5 Bxd5 33.Rxd5 Rb8 
34.b4 Nxb4 35.Rxd6 exd6 36.c7 Rc8 37.Rxb4 Rxc7 38.Ra4 Kf8 39.Kg2 Ke7 40.
Kf3 Kd7 41.Ke4 Ra7 42.Kd5 h5 43.f4 Ra6 44.e4 f6 45.Ra2 g5 46.f5 h4 47.gxh4
gxh4 48.Kc4 Ra8 49.a6 Kc6 50.a7 h3 51.Kd4 Kc7 52.Kd5 Kd7 53.Ra3 h2 54.Ra1 
Re8 55.Rh1 Re5+ 56.Kd4 Ra5 57.Rxh2 Kc6 58.Rh7 Ra4+ 59.Ke3 Ra3+ 60.Kf4 Ra1 
61.Rf7 Kc5 62.Rxf6 Rxa7 63.Re6 Ra1 64.f6 Kc6 65.Kf5 Kd7 66.Re7+ Kd8 67.Ke6
1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.23"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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 Bd7 13.Nf1 Rfe8 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.N3h2 
g6 16.Ne3 Be6 17.Nhg4 Nxg4 18.hxg4 Rad8 19.Qf3 Nc4 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Nb6
22.Be4 c4 23.Bd2 Rd6 24.Rad1 Red8 25.Be3 Na4 26.Rd2 a5 27.a3 Nc5 28.g5 f5 
29.gxf6 Rxf6 30.Bxc5 Qxc5 31.Qe3 Qc7 32.Bf3 Bd6 33.Qh6 Qg7 34.Qxg7+ Kxg7 
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.23"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 Be4 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Nd2 Bg6 12.Nb3 Ne4 13.Qe1 Nd6 14.Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.23"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 
O-O 9.Rd1 Nc6 10.Qf4 Qb8 11.b3 Rd8 12.Qxb8 Raxb8 13.Bb2 a6 14.Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.23"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Qe2+ Be7 7.dxc5 Nf6 8.
Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9.Nb3 O-O 10.Nh3 Re8 11.O-O Bxc5 12.Qd1 Bb6 13.c3 h6 14.Bf4 
Ne5 15.Bxe5 Rxe5 16.Re1 Rxe1+ 17.Qxe1 Qd6 18.Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.23"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 c5 5.e3 cxd4 6.exd4 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Rc1 b6
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.O-O Nb4 11.cxd5 Nfxd5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Be4 Bb7 14.Re1 Rac8 15.
Qd2 h6 16.a3 Nxc3 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.bxc3 Nc6 19.Qd3 Rfd8 20.h3 Rc7 21.Re4 
Na5 22.Nd2 Qd5 23.Rg4 f5 24.Rg3 Rdc8 25.Re3 Nc4 26.Nxc4 Rxc4 27.Qd2 Qc6 
28.Rce1 Rxc3 29.Rxe6 Qc4 30.Qf4 Rc1 31.Qxf5 Qxd4 32.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 33.Kh2 Qd7 
34.Qe4 Rc8 35.f4 Rf8 36.Qe5 Qd2 37.f5 Qa5 38.Qxa5 bxa5 39.g4 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.26"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B59"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.Bf3 Na5 11.Nxa5 Qxa5 12.Qd2 Rfc8 13.Rfd1 Qb4 14.Rab1 h6 
15.a3 Qc4 16.Rbc1 a6 17.Be2 Qc7 18.f3 Nd7 19.Bf1 b5 20.a4 b4 21.Nd5 Bxd5 
22.Qxd5 Nc5 23.b3 Bg5 24.Bxg5 hxg5 25.Kh1 a5 26.h3 Rab8 27.Bb5 Rd8 28.c3 
bxc3 29.Rxc3 Qe7 30.Qc4 g6 31.b4 axb4 32.Qxb4 Kg7 33.Qc4 Qa7 34.Rc2 Ne6 
35.Qc3 Nd4 36.Rb2 Rdc8 37.Qd2 Kf6 38.Rc1 Rxc1+ 39.Qxc1 Qc5 40.Qd2 Rc8 41.
Kh2 Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.26"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nbd7 8.g4 Nc5 9.
Qc2 c6 10.Nge2 cxd5 11.cxd5 Qa5 12.Ng3 Bd7 13.Bd2 Rfc8 14.Rb1 Qd8 15.Qd1 
a5 16.Qf3 Rab8 17.g5 Ne8 18.h4 f6 19.Be2 Nc7 20.Kf1 Qe7 21.gxf6 Qxf6 22.
Qxf6 Bxf6 23.h5 Rf8 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Kg2 Bg7 26.Be3 b5 27.Rbc1 N7a6 28.Nd1 
Rfc8 29.Nc3 a4 30.Rcd1 b4 31.Nb1 Bb5 32.Bxb5 Rxb5 33.Kf3 Rb7 34.Ke2 Rbc7 
35.Rc1 Nd7 36.Rxc7 Rxc7 37.Rc1 Rxc1 38.Bxc1 Nac5 39.Be3 Kf7 40.Nd2 Nb6 41.
Bxc5 dxc5 42.Kd3 Kf6 43.Nc4 Nd7 44.Nf1 Kg5 45.Ke3 Bh6 46.Nh2 Kf6+ 47.Ke2 
Bf4 48.Ng4+ Ke7 49.Kd3 Kd8 50.Nd6 Kc7 51.Nf7 a3 52.bxa3 bxa3 53.Kc4 Kb6 
54.Kb3 Ka5 55.Nd6 Bc1 56.Nc4+ Kb5 57.Ngxe5 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.26"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Bd7 7.Bg5 Qa5 8.Bxf6
gxf6 9.Nb3 Qg5 10.O-O Rg8 11.g3 h5 12.Nd5 Rc8 13.f4 Qg7 14.Qd2 h4 15.Rf3 
Qh6 16.Bf1 hxg3 17.Rxg3 Rg6 18.Re1 f5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.c3 Be6 21.Bg2 Bxd5 
22.Bxd5 e6 23.Nd4 Be7 24.Bg2 Rxg3 25.hxg3 Nxd4 26.Qxd4 d5 27.b4 Rc4 28.Qe5
Qf6 29.Qxf6 Bxf6 30.Bxd5 Rxc3 31.Bxb7 Rxg3+ 32.Kh2 Rg4 33.Re4 Ke7 34.f5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.26"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nf6 3.Nbc3 d6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.h3 Ne8 
9.Qd2 Nd4 10.Nd1 Rb8 11.Nf4 Nc7 12.c3 e5 13.Ne2 Nxe2 14.Qxe2 b6 15.O-O d5 
16.c4 dxe4 17.dxe4 f5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Re1 Bd3 20.Bg5 Qd4 21.Qe3 Bxc4 22.
Rc1 Qxe3 23.Nxe3 Bxa2 24.Ra1 Bb3 25.Ra3 Be6 26.Rxa7 Nb5 27.Re7 Nd4 28.Ng4 
Bxg4 29.hxg4 Nf3+ 30.Bxf3 Rxf3 31.Rd1 Rf7 32.Rxf7 Kxf7 33.Rd7+ Kg8 34.b3 
b5 35.Rc7 c4 36.bxc4 b4 37.Bc1 e4 38.c5 b3 39.c6 b2 40.Bxb2 Rxb2 41.Rd7 
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.26"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Qd2 f5 9.
O-O-O Nd7 10.Bd3 Nc5 11.Bc2 f4 12.Bf2 a6 13.Nge2 a5 14.Kb1 Bd7 15.Nc1 Rf7 
16.Nd3 b6 17.Rc1 Bf6 18.Rhf1 Bh4 19.Bxc5 bxc5 20.Ba4 Bxa4 21.Nxa4 Qd7 22.
Nc3 g5 23.h3 Nf6 24.Nb5 h5 25.Rh1 Rh7 26.Rc3 g4 27.hxg4 hxg4 28.Ra3 Bg3 
29.Rxh7 Qxh7 30.Nc1 Qh1 31.Nxc7 gxf3 32.gxf3 Ra7 33.Ne6 Be1 34.Qd1 Rh7 35.
Rd3 Rh2 36.a3 Nd7 37.Qa4 Qg2 38.Rb3 Bc3 39.Ne2 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.26"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Ng3 
Re8 9.b4 c6 10.Bd3 b5 11.Bd2 Nbd7 12.a4 Bxb4 13.axb5 c5 14.O-O c4 15.Bc2 
a5 16.bxa6 Rxa6 17.Rxa6 Bxa6 18.Qa1 Nb8 19.Qa4 Bf8 20.Rb1 Re6 21.Rb2 g6 
22.Nge2 Bd6 23.Nf4 Bxf4 24.exf4 Nbd7 25.h3 Rb6 26.Qa5 Qb8 27.Rxb6 Qxb6 28.
Qa3 Nf8 29.Be3 Bc8 30.g4 Bb7 31.f5 g5 32.Qe7 h6 33.Na4 Qc6 34.Nc5 Bc8 35.
Qd8 Kg7 36.Bd2 Qb5 37.Qxc8 Qb2 38.Kg2 Qxc2 39.Bb4 Ne4 40.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 41.Kg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.26"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 b6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bb2 c4 12.Bc2 Bg4 13.Qe1 Ne4 14.Nd2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2
Bh5 16.f3 Bg6 17.e4 Qd7 18.Rae1 f5 19.exd5 Qxd5 20.a4 Rfe8 21.Qg5 Qf7 22.
Ba3 h6 23.Qg3 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Re8 25.Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.Kf2 Na5 27.Qf4 Nb3 28.Bxf5
Bxf5 29.Qxf5 Qxa4 30.Qc8+ Kh7 31.Qf5+ Kg8 32.Qe6+ Kh7 33.Qe4+ Kg8 34.Qa8+ 
Kh7 35.Qe4+ Kg8 36.Qd5+ Kh7 37.Be7 Nc1 38.Qf5+ Kg8 39.Qf8+ Kh7 40.Qf5+ Kg8
41.d5 Qa2+ 42.Kg3 Qd2 43.d6 Qe1+ 44.Kg4 Nd3 45.Qd5+ Kh7 46.d7 Qe5 47.Qxd3+
cxd3 48.d8=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.27"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.a4 Nbc6 8.Nf3 
Bd7 9.Be2 Rc8 10.O-O O-O 11.Ba3 b6 12.Ba6 Rc7 13.Bd3 h6 14.Re1 Na5 15.Bc1 
c4 16.Bf1 Ng6 17.g3 f6 18.exf6 Qxf6 19.Bg2 Rcc8 20.Qe2 Rf7 21.h4 Nc6 22.h5
Nf8 23.Nh2 Nh7 24.f4 Re8 25.Nf3 Qd8 26.Nh4 Nf8 27.Rf1 Ne7 28.Nf3 Nc6 29.
Ba3 Bc8 30.Rf2 Nd7 31.Raf1 Ne7 32.Bh3 Nf5 33.Kh2 Nf6 34.g4 Nd6 35.Ne5 Rc7 
36.Bg2 Nde4 37.Rf3 Nd7 38.Ng6 Ndf6 39.Ne5 Nd7 40.Kg1 Nxe5 41.fxe5 Ng5 42.
Rf8+ Rxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.27"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 c5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O 
O-O 9.a3 Bb7 10.b4 Be7 11.Bb2 Rc8 12.Qb3 Rc7 13.Rac1 Qa8 14.Qd3 h6 15.Rfd1
Rd8 16.e4 d6 17.Qe2 a5 18.Ra1 axb4 19.axb4 Qc8 20.Bc3 Nd7 21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.
Bxd4 Bf6 23.Bxf6 Nxf6 24.Qe3 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.27"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O c5 8.Qe2 Nbd7 
9.cxd5 exd5 10.a3 Ba5 11.b4 cxb4 12.Nb5 a6 13.Nd6 Nb8 14.Nxc8 Qxc8 15.Bd2 
b3 16.Rab1 Nc6 17.Rxb3 Bxd2 18.Qxd2 b5 19.Rc1 Qd7 20.Rbc3 Rfc8 21.Ne5 Nxe5
22.dxe5 Rxc3 23.Qxc3 Ne4 24.Qd4 Qb7 25.h4 h6 26.Rc2 Rc8 27.Rxc8+ Qxc8 28.
Qxd5 Nc3 29.Qd6 a5 30.f4 h5 31.f5 Nd1 32.e6 Nxe3 33.Kf2 Ng4+ 34.Kf3 Qc1 
35.exf7+ Kxf7 36.Qd7+ Kf8 37.Qd8+ Kf7 38.Qd7+ Kf8 39.Qd6+ Kf7 40.Qe6+ Kf8 
41.Qd6+ Kf7 42.Qe6+ Kf8 43.Bxb5 Qxa3+ 44.Ke4 Qe3+ 45.Kd5 Nf6+ 46.Kc6 Qxe6+
47.fxe6 Ke7 48.Bc4 Ne4 49.Kb6 a4 50.Ka5 Nd6 51.Bd5 Nf5 52.Kxa4 Nxh4 53.Kb3
Nf5 54.Kc3 Kf6 55.Bf3 h4 56.Kd3 Kxe6 57.Ke4 Kf6 58.Bg4 Nh6 59.Bd7 Kg5 60.
Kf3 Nf7 61.Bc8 Ne5+ 62.Ke4 Nc4 63.Kf3 Ne5+ 64.Ke4 Kf6 65.Kf4 g6 66.Ke4 g5 
67.Ke3 Kg6 68.Ke4 Nc4 69.Kf3 Nd2+ 70.Ke3 Nf1+ 71.Kf2 Ng3 72.Kf3 Kf6 73.Kg4
Nf1 74.Ba6 Ne3+ 75.Kh3 Nf5 76.Bd3 Ng3 77.Kg4 Nh1 78.Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.27"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bf4 Nbd7 6.h3 c5 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 b6 
9.O-O Bb7 10.d5 a6 11.a4 Ne8 12.Qd2 Ne5 13.Nh2 e6 14.Rad1 Qe7 15.Qc2 Rd8 
16.Qb3 Qc7 17.Rd2 exd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Nf6 20.Rdd1 Nc6 21.Bf3 Rfe8 
22.Ng4 Nxg4 23.hxg4 Nb4 24.Rd2 Qe7 25.Rfd1 Be5 26.g5 a5 27.g3 Qe6 28.Kg2 
Qe7 29.Rh1 Qe6 30.Rh4 Rf8 31.Qd1 Bxf4 32.exf4 f6 33.Re2 Qf7 34.gxf6 Qxf6 
35.Qe1 Rd7 36.Re6 Qxb2 37.Re7 Rxe7 38.Qxe7 Qg7 39.Qxd6 Qf6 40.Qd7 Qf7 41.
Qd6 Qf6 42.Qc7 Rf7 43.Qc8+ Rf8 44.Qd7 Qf7 45.Qd2 Qe6 46.Rh1 Qxc4 47.Qd6 
Qd4 48.Qe6+ Kh8 49.Qxg6 Qg7 50.Qe4 Na2 51.Qc4 Nb4 52.Be4 Rxf4 53.Qe6 Rxe4 
54.Qxe4 Qd7 55.Qe5+ Kg8 56.Rh5 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.27"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.O-O a6 6.Qc2 b5 7.Ne5 Nd5 8.d3 cxd3
9.Nxd3 Bb7 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.a4 Nd7 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Bxa8 14.Na3 Bxa3 15.
bxa3 O-O 16.Nc5 N7b6 17.e4 Ne7 18.Bf1 Bc6 19.f3 Rd8 20.Bg5 Rxd1 21.Qxd1 
Ng6 22.Qd8+ Be8 23.Qxc8 Nxc8 24.Bd8 c6 25.f4 e5 26.f5 Nf8 27.Kf2 Nd7 28.
Nb7 f6 29.Ke3 Kf8 30.h3 Bf7 31.Ba5 Ke8 32.g4 Ndb6 33.Bb4 Bc4 34.Bg2 Ba2 
35.Bf1 Bc4 36.Bg2 Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.27"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Re8 
9.d5 Nd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.Bxd4 Nxe4 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Nxe4 Rxe4 14.Qc2 Re8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.27"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qb3
Qd6 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 O-O 11.Rc1 c6 12.e3 Bf5 13.Be2 Nd7 14.O-O a5 15.Ne1
Nf6 16.Nd3 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Rfe8 18.Bf3 Ne4 19.Bxe4 Rxe4 20.Qb3 Qd7 21.Rc5 Rg4
22.h3 Rg6 23.Kh1 a4 24.Qb4 Rf6 25.Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C98"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.d5 Bc8 14.Nf1 Bd7 15.b3 g6 16.
Bh6 Rfb8 17.g4 Bf8 18.Qd2 Kh8 19.Ng5 Kg8 20.Nf3 Kh8 21.Ng5 Kg8 22.Nf3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 e5 8.Rd1 Re8
9.Nc3 c6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Ng5 Qe7 12.Nge4 Nc5 13.Nd6 Rd8 14.Nxc8 Rxd1+ 15.
Nxd1 Rxc8 16.Bd2 Nfd7 17.Bc3 f5 18.Ne3 Ne6 19.b4 Nd4 20.Qb2 Qf7 21.a4 Rf8 
22.a5 f4 23.gxf4 Qxf4 24.Rf1 Nf6 25.c5 Ne4 26.Bxe4 Qxe4 27.Bxd4 exd4 28.
Ng2 a6 29.Qb3+ Kh8 30.Qd3 Qe5 31.f4 Qe6 32.Rf3 Re8 33.Kf2 Rf8 34.Kf1 Kg8 
35.Kf2 Rf7 36.Kf1 Rf5 37.Kf2 Bf6 38.Kg1 Rd5 39.Kf2 Kg7 40.Kf1 Rh5 41.Kg1 
Rd5 42.h3 Kf7 43.Kf2 Ke7 44.Kf1 Kd8 45.Ne1 Kc7 46.Nc2 Kb8 47.Na3 Bd8 48.
Nc4 Bc7 49.Nb6 Rd8 50.f5 gxf5 51.Qxf5 Qh6 52.Qf7 Qc1+ 53.Kf2 Bh2 54.Qg7 
Bf4 55.Kg2 Be3 56.Rf1 Qd2 57.Rf7 Qxe2+ 58.Kg3 Qe1+ 59.Kf3 Qh1+ 60.Kg3 Qg1+
61.Kf3 Qf2+ 62.Ke4 Re8+ 63.Re7 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 b6 6.Nf3 Bb7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bd2 d6 
9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Rc8 12.Nd2 h6 13.Rac1 d5 14.b3 dxc4 15.bxc4 
Qc7 16.Rfd1 Rfe8 17.Nf1 cxd4 18.exd4 Qf4 19.Ng3 h5 20.h3 h4 21.Nf1 Ne4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 
Nc6 9.c3 h6 10.Qe2 Be6 11.Ne1 Qb6 12.h3 Rad8 13.Kh2 Nh7 14.f4 Na5 15.Nef3 
Bd7 16.Re1 Qc7 17.Nf1 b6 18.Ne3 Bc6 19.Ng4 Nf6 20.Nf2 Bb7 21.e5 Nh7 22.h4 
h5 23.f5 Qd7 24.e6 Qd5 25.exf7+ Qxf7 26.fxg6 Qxg6 27.Ng5 Bxg2 28.Kxg2 e5 
29.Qe4 Rf5 30.Nxh7 Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 c6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 Re8
9.b3 Bf8 10.Bb2 Nh5 11.g3 g6 12.Rad1 Nhf6 13.d5 c5 14.Nh4 Bg7 15.a3 Nb6 
16.Bf3 Rf8 17.Ne2 Bd7 18.Bc3 Ne8 19.Ba5 Qe7 20.Rde1 Rc8 21.Bd2 Qd8 22.Qc1 
Bf6 23.Ng2 Be7 24.Bh6 Ng7 25.h4 f5 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Nc3 Be8 28.Bd1 Nd7 29.
Bxg7 Kxg7 30.Qe3 Bf6 31.Bc2 Bg6 32.Qe2 e4 33.Nf4 Re8 34.Ne6+ Rxe6 35.dxe6 
Bxc3 36.exd7 Qxd7 37.h5 Bxe1 38.hxg6 Bc3 39.gxh7 Rh8 40.Qe3 Kg6 41.Rd1 Bd4
42.Qf4 Qxh7 43.Kf1 Qh1+ 44.Ke2 Qh5+ 45.g4 Qxg4+ 46.Qxg4+ fxg4 47.Bxe4+ Kg5
48.Rh1 Re8 49.f3 b5 50.Kf1 bxc4 51.bxc4 g3 52.Rh7 Rb8 53.Bb7 Be5 54.Kg2 
Kf4 55.Rf7+ Ke3 56.f4 Bxf4 57.Re7+ Be5 58.Rf7 a5 59.a4 Kd4 60.Bd5 Rb2+ 61.
Kf1 Ra2 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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 O-O 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bd3 Qa5 12.Na2 Be7 13.Bd2 Qh5 14.Nc3 Rfd8 15.
Bf4 c5 16.d5 exd5 17.e5 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Ne8 19.Nxd5 Bf8 20.Qb3 Qg6 21.a5 h6 
22.Ne3 b6 23.Rfd1 Nc7 24.Bg3 b5 25.Bh4 c4 26.Qc3 f6 27.Nxc4 bxc4 28.Qxc4+ 
Qf7 29.Qxc7 Nxe5 30.Qxf7+ Nxf7 31.Bg3 a6 32.Kf1 Rac8 33.Rdc1 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.09.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.Re1 Nf6 7.d4 cxd4 8.
Bg5 d5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.exd5 Qxd5 11.Nc3 Qd7 12.Ne4 O-O-O 13.c3 f5 14.Nc5 
Qd5 15.cxd4 e5 16.Rc1 exd4 17.Nd3 Bd6 18.Nfe5 Rhe8 19.Nxc6 Rxe1+ 20.Nxe1 
bxc6 21.Qd3 Kb7 22.b4 Bf4 23.Rd1 Bc7 24.a3 Bb6 25.Nf3 Qe4 26.Ng5 Qxd3 27.
Rxd3 a5 28.Nxf7 Rd5 29.Kf1 axb4 30.axb4 Ka6 31.f4 Kb5 32.Ne5 Bc7 33.Rd1 
Bd6 34.Ke2 Bxe5 35.fxe5 Rxe5+ 36.Kd3 Kxb4 37.Rc1 Kb5 38.Kxd4 Rd5+ 39.Ke3 
c5 40.Rb1+ Ka4 41.Rb7 h5 42.Kf4 c4 43.Kg5 c3 44.Kxh5 Rd2 45.g3 Rxh2+ 46.
Kg5 Rf2 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.03"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 g5 6.Bg3 Nh5 7.e3 Nxg3 8.hxg3 
Bg7 9.Bd3 Nf6 10.Qd2 c6 11.O-O-O Qa5 12.Kb1 Bd7 13.Nge2 e6 14.Nc1 O-O-O 
15.Nb3 Qc7 16.Qe2 Rhe8 17.e4 c5 18.e5 dxe5 19.dxe5 Ng8 20.f4 gxf4 21.gxf4 
f6 22.Nb5 Bxb5 23.cxb5 Kb8 24.Rc1 b6 25.Bg6 Rf8 26.Rhe1 fxe5 27.fxe5 Rd5 
28.Be4 Rxe5 29.Qc2 Rd8 30.Red1 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Ne7 32.Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.03"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 
8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nd4 O-O 11.Nf5 Re8 12.Nb3 Ne6 13.Be3 Qc7 14.c3 
Rad8 15.Qf3 Ne4 16.Nxe7+ Rxe7 17.Rfd1 a6 18.Nd4 g6 19.h4 Ng7 20.g3 f5 21.
Kg2 Qe5 22.Rd3 Qf6 23.Rad1 Red7 24.Ne2 Qc6 25.Bd4 Ne6 26.Nf4 Nxf4+ 27.Qxf4
Re8 28.Re3 Qd6 29.Qxd6 Nxd6 30.Rxe8+ Nxe8 31.Be5 Kf7 32.f3 Nf6 33.Kf2 Ke6 
34.Bd4 Ng8 35.Ke3 Ne7 36.Kd3 Nc6 37.Re1+ Kf7 38.a4 Re7 39.Rxe7+ Kxe7 40.
Ke3 Ke6 41.Bh8 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.03"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 Be6 8.Bg2 b5
9.a4 b4 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.O-O Nd7 13.Bd2 Rb8 14.f4 Bg6 15.h3 f6 
16.Kh2 Be7 17.a5 Qc7 18.c3 b3 19.f5 Bf7 20.Ra4 Nc5 21.Rg4 g6 22.Rb4 gxf5 
23.Be3 O-O 24.Nc1 Bg6 25.Nxb3 Rxb4 26.cxb4 Ne4 27.Qe2 Qb7 28.Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.03"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 
Be6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.f4 Rc8 11.Kh1 Bc4 12.Nd2 Bxe2 13.Nxe2 O-O 14.Ng3 d5 15.
fxe5 Nxe5 16.Bd4 Nfg4 17.Rf4 Bc5 18.Bxc5 Rxc5 19.Rxg4 Nxg4 20.Qxg4 Rxc2 
21.Nf3 dxe4 22.Qxe4 Rxb2 23.h3 Re8 24.Qa4 Qc8 25.Nf5 Qc6 26.Qd4 Qf6 27.
Qxf6 gxf6 28.a4 Rb4 29.a5 Rf4 30.Nd6 Rb8 31.Rb1 Ra4 32.Rxb7 Rxb7 33.Nxb7 
Kf8 34.Nd2 Ke7 35.Nb3 Rb4 36.N3c5 f5 37.Kg1 Rb5 38.Kf2 Kf6 39.Nd7+ Ke6 40.
Nb6 Ke5 41.Kg3 Rb3+ 42.Kh4 Rc3 43.Nc5 Rxc5 44.Nd7+ Kd6 45.Nxc5 Kxc5 46.Kg5
Kb5 47.Kh6 Kxa5 48.Kxh7 Kb4 49.h4 a5 50.h5 a4 51.h6 a3 52.Kg8 a2 53.h7 
a1=Q 54.h8=Q Qa8+ 55.Kh7 Qxg2 56.Qd4+ Kb3 57.Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.03"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.d4 Nc6 8.d5 Na5 
9.Qd3 a6 10.Nd2 Rb8 11.b3 b5 12.Rb1 bxc4 13.Nxc4 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 Ne8 15.Bb2 
Nc7 16.Nd1 Rb4 17.Qc2 Bxb2 18.Nxb2 Bf5 19.e4 Bd7 20.Nd3 Rd4 21.Rfe1 e5 22.
dxe6 Nxe6 23.Rbd1 Bb5 24.Nc1 Qa5 25.Bf1 Re8 26.Bxb5 axb5 27.Ne2 Rxd1 28.
Rxd1 Ng5 29.Kg2 Nxe4 30.f3 Ng5 31.Rxd6 Qa8 32.Rd3 Ne6 33.Qd2 b4 34.Kf2 Qb8
35.Re3 Qa7 36.f4 Rd8 37.Qc2 Qd7 38.Ke1 Qd5 39.Ng1 Qd4 40.Qe2 Qa1+ 41.Kf2 
Ra8 42.Qd3 Rxa2+ 43.Ne2 Qd4 44.Kf3 Qxd3 45.Rxd3 Kf8 46.Re3 Ke7 47.g4 f5 
48.gxf5 gxf5 49.Ng3 Kf6 50.Re5 Nd4+ 51.Ke3 Rc2 52.Nh5+ Kg6 53.Ng3 h5 54.h4
Rc3+ 55.Kf2 Rf3+ 56.Kg2 Rxf4 57.Rxc5 Rxh4 58.Rc4 Rg4 59.Kh3 Nxb3 60.Rc8 
Nd4 61.Rg8+ Kh6 62.Rh8+ Kg5 63.Rg8+ Kf4 64.Nxh5+ Kf3 65.Rb8 Ne6 66.Rb5 
Ng5+ 67.Kh2 Rh4+ 68.Kg1 Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.03"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Ng3 
Be6 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O c6 11.Bd2 Re8 12.Qc2 a5 13.Nce2 Nb6 14.Nf4 Bd7 15.
Rfe1 Bf8 16.f3 Bc8 17.Rac1 g6 18.Nfe2 Bg7 19.h3 a4 20.e4 dxe4 21.fxe4 Be6 
22.Be3 Bb3 23.Qd2 Nfd7 24.Bg5 f6 25.Be3 Nf8 26.h4 Bf7 27.h5 Ne6 28.Rf1 Bf8
29.Rf2 Nd7 30.Rcf1 c5 31.d5 Nc7 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.Rf4 b5 34.Rh4 Ne5 35.Kh1 
Qd7 36.Rxf6 Ng4 37.Bg5 Bg7 38.Rf4 Ne5 39.Bf6 Bxf6 40.Rxf6 Kg7 41.Qg5 Rh8 
42.Nf5+ Qxf5 43.Rxf5 Rxh4+ 44.Kg1 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.03"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.O-O Nbd7 5.d3 c6 6.Nbd2 h6 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 
Nxe4 9.Nd4 Nxd2 10.Bxd2 Bh7 11.Bc3 Qc7 12.Qf3 e5 13.Rfe1 O-O-O 14.Nb3 f6 
15.Ba5 Nb6 16.c4 Rd3 17.Qh5 Qe7 18.Bf1 g6 19.Qe2 Rd7 20.Qe3 Kb8 21.Rad1 
Nc8 22.Bh3 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 f5 24.Bb4 Qf6 25.Bc3 Bg7 26.Nc5 Ka8 27.Nxb7 Kxb7 
28.Rd7+ Ka8 29.Qc5 Nb6 30.Rxg7 Qxg7 31.Bxe5 Qd7 32.Bxh8 Kb7 33.Bd4 Qe6 34.
Bf1 Bg8 35.b3 f4 36.a4 fxg3 37.hxg3 Bf7 38.a5 Nc8 39.Bg2 Qd6 40.a6+ Kxa6 
41.Bxc6 Qxc5 42.Bxc5 Nb6 43.Kf1 Be6 44.Ke2 Nd7 45.Bd4 Ka5 46.Bc3+ Kb6 47.
Be4 g5 48.Bd4+ Ka5 49.Bxa7 Kb4 50.Bc2 Kc3 51.Bd1 Ne5 52.Ke3 Nc6 53.Bb6 g4 
54.Kf4 h5 55.Be3 Na5 56.Ke5 Bc8 57.c5 Nxb3 58.Be2 Na5 59.Bb5 Nc4+ 60.Kf4 
Nxe3 61.fxe3 Kb4 62.Be8 h4 63.gxh4 Kxc5 64.h5 g3 65.Kxg3 Kd5 66.h6 Bf5 67.
Kf4 Bh7 68.Kg5 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.04"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 Re8 
9.h3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Re1 a5 12.Qc2 Ng4 13.Rd1 Ne5 14.Nce2 c6 15.Be3 
Qe7 16.b3 h5 17.Nc3 Ned7 18.Re1 Qd8 19.Rab1 Nf8 20.Red1 Qe7 21.a3 Nfe6 22.
h4 Nd7 23.Nxe6 Qxe6 24.Na4 Bf8 25.c5 dxc5 26.Nxc5 Nxc5 27.Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.04"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 Bg4 7.f3 Bd7 8.Be3 g6
9.Qd2 Bg7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.g4 Rc8 12.Kb1 Ne5 13.h4 b5 14.Bh6 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 
Rxc3 16.bxc3 Qa5 17.Qe3 Qa3 18.h5 b4 19.Qc1 Qxc3 20.Qb2 Rc8 21.hxg6 Qxb2+ 
22.Kxb2 hxg6 23.a3 bxa3+ 24.Kxa3 Nxf3 25.Nxf3 Rc3+ 26.Kb2 Rxf3 27.e5 Nxg4 
28.Be2 Rf2 29.Bxg4 Bxg4 30.Rdf1 Rxf1 31.Rxf1 dxe5 32.c4 Kf8 33.Ra1 Bf3 34.
c5 g5 35.Rxa7 g4 36.Ra3 Ke8 37.Kc1 f5 38.Kd2 f4 39.Ra6 g3 40.Ke1 Be4 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.04"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D72"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Ne2 c5 8.d5 e6 
9.O-O O-O 10.Nec3 exd5 11.exd5 N8d7 12.Ne4 Nf6 13.Nbc3 Nbd7 14.d6 Rb8 15.
Bg5 h6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nxf6+ Nxf6 18.Re1 Be6 19.Qf3 b5 20.Qf4 Kh7 21.Rad1 
Rb6 22.a3 Re8 23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Rxe4 Qd7 25.Qe5 Rd8 26.Qxc5 Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.04"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Bd2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.Qe2 c5 11.Rfd1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Qe7 13.Rac1 a6 14.a3 Bc5 15.Be1
b5 16.Ba2 Rac8 17.f3 Ne5 18.Bf2 Nfd7 19.Bb1 Ba7 20.f4 Ng6 21.g3 Bxd4 22.
exd4 Nf6 23.d5 Nxd5 24.Nxd5 exd5 25.Qxe7 Nxe7 26.Bc5 Rfe8 27.Ba2 h6 28.Kf2
Rc6 29.Bb4 Rxc1 30.Rxc1 Nc6 31.Bd2 Nd4 32.Be3 Nf5 33.Ba7 Rc8 34.Bc5 Rc7 
35.Rc3 h5 36.Bb1 Nh6 37.h4 Bc8 38.Bd4 Rc4 39.Bd3 Rxc3 40.Bxc3 Bf5 41.Be2 
g6 42.a4 bxa4 43.Bxa6 Bc2 44.Bc8 Kf8 45.Bb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.04"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Qd2 f5 9.
O-O-O f4 10.Bf2 Bf6 11.Nge2 Bh4 12.Bg1 g5 13.c5 g4 14.Kb1 gxf3 15.gxf3 Na6
16.c6 Nf6 17.cxb7 Bxb7 18.Ng3 Bc8 19.Nge2 Nc5 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Nc1 Qe7 22.
Nb3 Bd7 23.Qg2+ Kh8 24.Qg1 Ne8 25.Qxc5 Nd6 26.Rc1 Be8 27.Bh3 a5 28.Nxa5 
Bf2 29.Qxf2 Rxa5 30.Rhg1 Bg6 31.Bf1 Rb8 32.Rc2 Nf7 33.h4 Nd6 34.Bd3 Rb4 
35.Rgc1 Rd4 36.Bf1 Qd8 37.Ne2 Rda4 38.Nc3 Rd4 39.b3 Qb8 40.h5 Bxh5 41.Qh4 
1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.04"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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 h6 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.h3 Rad8 14.e5 Nd5 15.Nxd5
cxd5 16.Bxg6 fxg6 17.Bd2 Nb8 18.Bxb4 Qxb4 19.a5 Rc8 20.Qd3 g5 21.Qg6 Qe7 
22.Rdc1 a6 23.Rc3 Nc6 24.Rac1 Qd7 25.Qc2 Qf7 26.Qd2 Qf5 27.b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.04"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 
Be7 9.Qc2 g6 10.h4 h5 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.Be4 Qc7 13.O-O Bd7 14.d5 exd5 15.Bxd5 
Bf6 16.Ng5 Nd8 17.c4 Bc6 18.Ne4 Bg7 19.Bb2 O-O 20.Nf6+ Bxf6 21.Bxf6 Bxd5 
22.cxd5 Qd6 23.Qc3 Qxd5 24.Rfd1 Qf5 25.e4 Qe6 26.Bg7 b6 27.Bxf8 Kxf8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.06"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E50"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.cxd5 
cxd4 9.dxc6 dxc3 10.Qb3 Qe7 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.Nc4 cxb2 13.Bxb2 Bc5 14.Bf3 Nd5 
15.Ne5 bxc6 16.e4 Nf6 17.Rfc1 Bd7 18.Qc3 Bb4 19.Nxc6 Bxc6 20.Qxc6 Rad8 21.
Rc4 Rd2 22.Bc1 Rd7 23.Be3 Bd6 24.Qa6 Rfd8 25.Rb1 Ne8 26.g3 Be5 27.Kg2 h6 
28.Rcb4 Kh7 29.Rb7 Nd6 30.Rxd7 Rxd7 31.Bc5 Rc7 32.Ba3 Qd7 33.Rc1 Rxc1 34.
Bxc1 Bd4 35.e5 Bxe5 36.Be3 Nc8 37.a4 Bb8 38.a5 Nd6 39.Bf4 f6 40.Qd3+ Kg8 
41.a6 Kh8 42.Qb3 Qe8 43.Bh5 Qg8 44.Bf7 Qxf7 45.Qxb8+ Ne8 46.Qb7 Qh5 47.h3 
Kh7 48.Qxa7 e5 49.Be3 e4 50.Qe7 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.06"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Qc2 e5 12.Ba2 Bg4 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.
e4 Rfe8 16.Bb1 Rad8 17.f3 Bd7 18.Bb2 Bc6 19.Ba2 Nh5 20.Rad1 Nf4 21.Rd2 Ba4
22.Qc1 Qg5 23.Bd5 Nxd5 24.exd5 Rxd5 25.Rxd5 Qxd5 26.c4 Qd3 27.Re1 f6 28.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 29.Qc3 Qe2 30.Bc1 Bf7 31.Qd2 Qe7 32.Qe3 Kf8 33.h4 Qxe3+ 34.Bxe3
b6 35.a4 Ke7 36.a5 Bxc4 37.axb6 axb6 38.Kf2 Kd6 39.Bf4+ Kc6 40.Ke3 Bf7 41.
g4 b5 42.h5 b4 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.06"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
Bd7 9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 Nxe4 11.Qe1 Nf6 12.Nf5 Qa5 13.Nxd6+ Bxd6 14.Rxd6 O-O-O 
15.Qd2 Ne7 16.Bd3 Bc6 17.Rxd8+ Rxd8 18.Rd1 Qh5 19.g3 Nf5 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Qf2 Nd4 22.Be4 Qc5 23.Kb1 f5 24.Bxc6 Qxc6 25.a3 Qf3 26.Qg1 Nc6 27.Rxd8+ 
Kxd8 28.Kc1 Kc7 29.Kd2 h5 30.Qe3 Qxe3+ 31.Kxe3 Kd6 32.Nd1 f6 33.Kd3 Ne7 
34.c4 h4 35.b4 hxg3 36.hxg3 b6 37.Ne3 Nc6 38.Nc2 a5 39.Kc3 axb4+ 40.axb4 
Nb8 41.Nd4 Na6 42.Kb3 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.06"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Qc2 c6 8.Rd1 Re8
9.a3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nd5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.O-O Nxc3 13.Qxc3 b6 14.Ne5 Bb7 15.f4
Nxe5 16.fxe5 c5 17.Qe1 Be4 18.Rf4 Bg6 19.h4 cxd4 20.exd4 Rac8 21.Qe2 Rc7 
22.Rdf1 h5 23.R1f3 Rec8 24.Bd3 Bxd3 25.Rxd3 g6 26.Rg3 Kh7 27.Rg5 Qf8 28.
Qe4 Qh6 29.d5 exd5 30.Qxd5 Qf8 31.e6 Qc5+ 32.Qxc5 bxc5 33.exf7 Kg7 34.
f8=Q+ Rxf8 35.Rxf8 Kxf8 36.Rxg6 c4 37.Rg5 Rb7 38.Rxh5 Rxb2 39.Rc5 Rc2 40.
Kh2 Ke7 41.h5 c3 42.Rc6 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.06"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Re1 e5 12.d5 e4 13.dxc6 exf3 14.Qxf3 Bg4 15.Qg3
Qxc6 16.e4 Bh5 17.e5 Nd5 18.a4 a6 19.a5 b5 20.axb6 Nxb6 21.Rxa6 Rxa6 22.
Bxa6 c4 23.Qh4 Ra8 24.Be3 h6 25.Qxh5 Rxa6 26.Bd4 Nd5 27.Qg4 Qe6 28.Qf3 Ne7
29.h3 Qd5 30.Qxd5 Nxd5 31.g3 Nc7 32.Rb1 Ne6 33.Rb8+ Kh7 34.Rc8 Ra4 35.Be3 
Ng5 36.Kg2 Ne4 37.Bd4 Nd2 38.e6 fxe6 39.Rc7 Kg6 40.g4 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.06"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bh2 
cxd4 9.exd4 Bd7 10.O-O Rc8 11.Re1 a6 12.Bf1 b5 13.c3 Na5 14.Ng5 Re8 15.
Nde4 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Nc4 17.Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.06"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E58"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 b6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Ne5 Qc7 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.f3 Be6 14.Qe1 Nd7 15.e4 
c4 16.Bc2 f5 17.e5 Rf7 18.a4 a5 19.f4 b5 20.axb5 Qxb5 21.Ba3 Nb6 22.Qh4 
Qe8 23.Rf3 Nc8 24.Ba4 Rd7 25.Rb1 Qd8 26.Bxd7 Qxd7 27.Rg3 Na7 28.Be7 Bf7 
29.Qg5 Bg6 30.h4 Nc6 31.Ba3 Nd8 32.h5 Ne6 33.Qh4 Bf7 34.h6 g6 35.Qf6 Qd8 
36.Be7 Qc7 37.Rxg6+ hxg6 38.h7+ Kxh7 39.Qxf7+ Ng7 40.Kf2 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.07"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O a6 8.Be3 
Qc7 9.Bb3 Be7 10.f4 Na5 11.Qf3 b5 12.e5 Bb7 13.Qg3 dxe5 14.fxe5 Nh5 15.Qh3
Qxe5 16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Nxe6 Bc8 18.Qxh5+ Qxh5 19.Nxg7+ Kd7 20.Nxh5 Nc4 21.
Bd4 Rg8 22.Nd5 Rg5 23.Nhf6+ Bxf6 24.Nxf6+ Kc6 25.Nxh7 Rg6 26.Rae1 b4 27.b3
Na3 28.Re5 Nb5 29.Be3 Nc3 30.Nf8 Rg7 31.Rf6+ Kc7 32.Bh6 Rg4 33.Re7+ Kd8 
34.Rh7 Rb8 35.Ne6+ Bxe6 36.Rf8# 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.07"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C97"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Rd8 13.Nf1 d5 14.exd5 exd4 15.cxd4 
Nxd5 16.Qe2 Bb7 17.Ng3 cxd4 18.Nxd4 g6 19.Bh6 Bf6 20.Nb3 Nc4 21.Ne4 Bxb2 
22.Nbc5 Bxa1 23.Rxa1 f5 24.Nxb7 Qxb7 25.Nc5 Qc6 26.Nd3 Nc3 27.Qe1 Qf6 28.
f4 Ne4 29.Kh2 Qc3 30.Qb1 Ncd2 31.Qc1 Rxd3 32.Bxd3 Qxd3 33.Qc7 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.07"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A97"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.Re1 Qg6 
9.e4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 fxe4 11.Rxe4 e5 12.Qe2 Bf5 13.Nh4 Bxh4 14.Rxh4 Nc6 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16.Be3 Rad8 17.Bc5 Rfe8 18.Bd5+ Kh8 19.Qh5 Qxh5 20.Rxh5 g6 21.
Rxf5 gxf5 22.Bf7 Re7 23.Bxe7 Nxe7 24.Bh5 Nc6 25.Rd1 Nd4 26.Re1 e4 27.f3 
Nc2 28.Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.07"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.b3 g6 5.Bb2 Bg7 6.d4 O-O 7.Bd3 c5 8.O-O cxd4 
9.Nxd4 e5 10.Nb5 a6 11.N5c3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Be2 Bb7 14.Nd2 e4 15.b4 Qe7
16.a3 Rd8 17.Qc2 Nbd7 18.Nb3 Rac8 19.Rfd1 Nd5 20.Rxd5 Bxc3 21.Rxd7 Rxd7 
22.Bxc3 Bd5 23.Nc5 Rd6 24.Bb2 f6 25.Bd4 Qf7 26.h3 Re8 27.Rc1 h5 28.a4 f5 
29.Bb2 Kh7 30.Qc3 Bc4 31.Bxc4 bxc4 32.Qxc4 Rd1+ 33.Kh2 Qxc4 34.Rxc4 Rd2 
35.Bf6 Rxf2 36.Rd4 f4 37.Rd7+ Kh6 38.h4 g5 39.Bxg5+ Kg6 40.Bxf4 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.07"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O O-O 8.Qe2 Nbd7
9.b3 a6 10.Bb2 Bd6 11.Rad1 Ne4 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Ne5 Qe7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Nb1
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.07"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3 Nc5 11.Re1 a5 12.Qc2 Ng4 13.Nb3 Nxb3 14.axb3 Ne5 15.Be3 
Nc6 16.Rad1 Nb4 17.Qc1 Bd7 18.Kh2 Qe7 19.f4 Bc6 20.Qd2 Qf8 21.Qf2 f5 22.
Bd4 Bxd4 23.Rxd4 Qf6 24.Rd2 Re7 25.exf5 Rxe1 26.Qxe1 Re8 27.Re2 Rxe2 28.
Qxe2 Qxf5 29.Bxc6 bxc6 30.Qe7 Qf7 31.Qe3 Qf5 32.Qe7 Qf7 33.Qe3 Qf5 34.Qe7 
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.07"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Ne2 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.Nbc3 Nc6 8.d3 Bd7 
9.h3 Ne8 10.g4 Nc7 11.f4 Rb8 12.f5 b5 13.Nxb5 Nxb5 14.cxb5 Rxb5 15.Nc3 Rb8
16.g5 Ne5 17.Nd5 e6 18.f6 exd5 19.fxg7 Kxg7 20.d4 cxd4 21.Qxd4 Qb6 22.Qxb6
Rxb6 23.exd5 Bf5 24.b3 f6 25.Be3 Rb7 26.gxf6+ Kxf6 27.Rac1 Re8 28.Rc3 Rbe7
29.Bd4 Kg5 30.Rg3+ Kf6 31.Be4 Rf7 32.Rc3 Kg7 33.Bg2 Kf8 34.b4 Rb8 35.a3 
Rb5 36.Rd1 Re7 37.Re3 Kf7 38.Rde1 Rd7 39.Rc1 Nd3 40.Rf1 Ne5 41.Rc1 Nd3 42.
Rc8 Ne5 43.Bxe5 dxe5 44.Rxe5 Kf6 45.Re3 Kg5 46.Rc5 Rb8 47.Kf2 h5 48.Rg3+ 
Kh6 49.h4 Rf8 50.Rf3 Rff7 51.Ra5 Rc7 52.Kg3 Rc4 53.Bh3 Rg7 54.d6 Rd4 55.
Bxf5 gxf5+ 56.Kf2 f4 57.Ra6 Kg6 58.d7+ Kf5 59.Rxa7 Rd2+ 60.Ke1 Rgg2 61.
d8=Q Rxd8 62.Rf7+ Ke5 63.R3xf4 Ra2 64.Rf3 Rdd2 65.Rf2 Rxf2 66.Rxf2 Rxa3 
67.Rg2 Ra1+ 68.Kf2 Ra2+ 69.Kg1 Ra1+ 70.Kf2 Ra2+ 71.Kg1 Ra1+ 72.Kh2 Rb1 73.
Rg5+ Kf4 74.b5 Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.10"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 c6 8.Qc2 
Nf8 9.Bd3 Ne6 10.h4 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.O-O-O Nc7 13.h5 Bg4 14.Kb1 O-O 15.
Ne2 Nb5 16.Ne5 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Qb6 18.Bxb5 Qxb5 19.f3 Bf5 20.Qxf5 Qxe2 21.
Rhe1 Qf2 22.Qg4 f5 23.Qh3 Rad8 24.f4 d4 25.exd4 Qxf4 26.Qb3+ Rf7 27.d5 
cxd5 28.e6 Re7 29.Rxd5 Rxd5 30.Qxd5 Qh4 31.Qe5 Qxh5 32.Qb8+ Kh7 33.Qd6 Qg5
34.g3 Qf6 35.a3 h5 36.Ka2 g5 37.Qd5 Kg6 38.Qd8 Kg7 39.Qd6 Kg6 40.Qd8 Kh6 
41.Qd5 f4 42.gxf4 Qxf4 43.Re5 Qf6 44.Qe4 b5 45.Qe2 a6 46.a4 bxa4 47.Qe3 h4
48.Re4 Kg6 49.Qe2 h3 50.Re3 Kg7 51.Qh2 Rb7 52.Qe2 Re7 53.Qh2 a3 54.Kxa3 
Rxe6 55.Qc7+ Qf7 56.Qc3+ Rf6 57.Rxh3 Qe7+ 58.Ka2 Qe6+ 59.Ka1 Kg8 60.Rh1 
Qc6 61.Qh3 Qa4+ 62.Kb1 Qe4+ 63.Ka1 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.10"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nf3 d5 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.a3 a6 11.b4 Bd6 12.Bb2 Bg4 13.Rc1 Bc7 14.Na4 Qd6 15.g3
Ne4 16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.Rxc5 Rad8 18.Nd4 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 Bb6 21.Rd1 
Bxc5 22.Bxc5 Qe5 23.Bxf8 Kxf8 24.Rd4 g6 25.b5 axb5 26.Qxb5 Qc7 27.Qb2 Kg8 
28.Qd2 Qc5 29.a4 Qa3 30.a5 Rc8 31.Rxd5 Qc1+ 32.Qxc1 Rxc1+ 33.Kg2 Rb1 34.g4
Kg7 35.h4 b6 36.h5 bxa5 37.Rxa5 Rb7 38.g5 gxh5 39.Ra6 Rb3 40.Rh6 Ra3 41.
Kg3 Ra1 42.e4 Rg1+ 43.Kf4 Rh1 44.e5 h4 45.Kg4 Rg1+ 46.Kf5 Rh1 47.Kg4 Rg1+ 
48.Kf5 Rh1 49.f4 h3 50.Kg4 Rg1+ 51.Kf3 Rf1+ 52.Kg3 Rg1+ 53.Kf2 Rh1 54.Rf6 
Ra1 55.Kg3 Rh1 56.Kg4 Kg8 57.Rh6 h2 58.Kg3 Rg1+ 59.Kxh2 Rg4 60.Rf6 Kg7 61.
Kh3 Rg1 62.Kh4 Rh1+ 63.Kg4 Rg1+ 64.Kf5 Rf1 65.Rc6 Kf8 66.Rc8+ Kg7 67.Rd8 
Rf2 68.Rd1 Rf3 69.Ke4 Rf2 70.Ke3 Ra2 71.f5 Rg2 72.Rd7 Rxg5 73.Kf4 Rg1 74.
e6 Rf1+ 75.Ke5 Re1+ 76.Kd6 h5 77.Rxf7+ Kg8 78.Ke7 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.10"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.b3 Nbd7 8.Bb2 b6 
9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.e3 c5 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nc5 14.Rfd1 Qd7 15.N2f3
Rfd8 16.Ne5 Qe8 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.Ndc6 Rxc6 19.Nxc6 Qxc6 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.b4 
Nfe4 22.bxc5 bxc5 23.Qg4 g6 24.h4 Qe6 25.Qxe6 fxe6 26.Be5 c4 27.Rc2 Nc5 
28.Rb1 Kf7 29.Bd4 Rd7 30.Rcb2 e5 31.Bxc5 Bxc5 32.Rc2 Rc7 33.e4 Ke6 34.Kf1 
Bd4 35.f3 c3 36.Ke2 Rf7 37.Rf1 Kd6 38.Kd3 Kc5 39.Re2 Rb7 40.f4 dxe4+ 41.
Rxe4 Rd7 42.Kc2 Kd5 43.Rfe1 Rb7 44.Kc1 Rb2 45.R4e2 e4 46.Rxe4 Rxa2 47.g4 
Rg2 48.f5 gxf5 49.gxf5 Rf2 50.Re7 Kc4 51.R1e4 Kd3 52.Rxd4+ Kxd4 53.Rxh7 a5
54.Rd7+ Ke4 55.h5 Rxf5 56.h6 Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.10"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E19"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 
Nxc3 9.bxc3 Nc6 10.Ne5 Na5 11.Bxb7 Nxb7 12.Qa4 d6 13.Nd3 Na5 14.c5 Qe8 15.
Qxe8 Rfxe8 16.Rb1 Rec8 17.h4 d5 18.Bf4 f6 19.Nb4 a6 20.cxb6 cxb6 21.Bd2 
Nc4 22.Be1 Bxb4 23.cxb4 Na3 24.Rb3 Nb5 25.e3 Rc2 26.a4 Nd6 27.a5 b5 28.Rc3
Rc8 29.Rxc8+ Nxc8 30.f3 Ne7 31.Bf2 Kf7 32.Rb1 Nf5 33.Kf1 Nd6 34.Rb3 Nc4 
35.Kg2 f5 36.Rb1 Nxe3+ 37.Kg1 f4 38.gxf4 Nf5 39.Kf1 g6 40.Rb3 Ke7 41.Rb1 
Kd7 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.10"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E64"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 Na6 8.O-O Nc7 
9.Nd2 Rb8 10.a4 e6 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Nde4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Bxc4 14.Bg5 Qd7 15.
Qxd6 Qxd6 16.Nxd6 Bxe2 17.Rfe1 Bd3 18.Be7 Bxb2 19.Ra2 Bg7 20.Bf1 Bxf1 21.
Kxf1 Nd5 22.Bxf8 Bxf8 23.Rae2 Bxd6 24.Rd2 Bf8 25.Rxd5 c4 26.Re4 a6 27.Rxc4
b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Rc7 b4 30.Rdd7 Ra8 31.Kg2 Ra2 32.Rxf7 b3 33.Rb7 Bc5 34.
Rf3 b2 35.Rd3 Bf8 36.Rdd7 Bc5 37.Rd8+ Bf8 38.Rdb8 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.10"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O c6 8.Re1 exd4 
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.Bf1 Ng4 11.h3 Qf6 12.hxg4 Qxd4 13.g5 Nd7 14.Bf4 Qxd1 15.
Raxd1 Be5 16.Be3 Nc5 17.f3 Be6 18.Rc1 a5 19.Rc2 a4 20.a3 Reb8 21.Rb1 h6 
22.gxh6 f5 23.f4 Bf6 24.e5 Be7 25.exd6 Bxd6 26.Rd1 Bf8 27.Nd5 Rd8 28.Nf6+ 
Kf7 29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Nh7 Ne4 31.Ng5+ Kf6 32.g4 Rd1 33.Nxe4+ fxe4 34.g5+ Kf7
35.Kf2 Rd7 36.Rd2 Rxd2+ 37.Bxd2 Bc5+ 38.Be3 Bd6 39.Bd4 Kg8 40.Ke3 Bf5 41.
c5 Bc7 42.Be2 Ba5 43.Bd1 Be1 44.Bxa4 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.10"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 d5 5.Bd3 c6 6.f4 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O b6 9.
Bd2 Ba6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Rfc1 a6 13.Na4 Ne4 14.Ne5 Bd6 15.b4 
Bxe5 16.fxe5 Bc6 17.Nb2 Be8 18.Rc2 Nd7 19.a4 Qg5 20.Rf1 b5 21.a5 Bh5 22.
Qe1 Rfd8 23.Rc6 Nf8 24.Bb1 Rdc8 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Nd3 Nd7 27.Nf4 Bf7 28.Bxe4
fxe4 29.Qb1 Rc4 30.Rc1 Qf5 31.Ne2 Bg6 32.Rf1 Qg5 33.Nf4 Bf5 34.Be1 Nb8 35.
Qb2 Nc6 36.Qf2 h6 37.Nxd5 exd5 38.Qxf5 Qxe3+ 39.Bf2 Qg5 40.Qe6+ Kh7 41.
Qxd5 Qg6 42.e6 Nxb4 43.Qd6 Nd3 44.h3 Rc2 45.Bg3 e3 46.e7 Qe4 47.Rf3 e2 48.
Qd7 e1=Q+ 49.Bxe1 Rxg2+ 50.Kxg2 Nxe1+ 51.Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.11"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B73"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.O-O 
Nc6 9.Qd2 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd4 12.c4 e5 13.f4 Be6 14.fxe5 Nxe2+ 
15.Qxe2 Bxd5 16.Rad1 Bxc4 17.Qxc4 Qc8 18.Qxc8 Raxc8 19.Rd7 Bxe5 20.Rxb7 
Rb8 21.Rxb8 Rxb8 22.b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.11"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.Nd2 c6 6.e3 Nf6 7.Be2 g6 8.O-O Bh6 9.
b4 O-O 10.b5 Re8 11.Nb3 Nbd7 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.Bd2 c5 14.dxc5 dxc5 15.Nd5 Qd6 
16.Rad1 b6 17.f4 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Nf6 19.Bc3 Bb7 20.Qb2 Ng4 21.Qc1 Bg7 22.h3 
Bxc3 23.Qxc3 Nf6 24.Bc4 Rad8 25.Rd2 h6 26.Nc1 Kh7 27.Ne2 Qf8 28.Rfd1 Rd6 
29.Qb3 Red8 30.Nc3 Qe7 31.Rf2 Bc8 32.Ne2 Be6 33.Nc3 Bf7 34.a4 Ne8 35.a5 
Qf6 36.Ra2 g5 37.Rf1 Qg6 38.axb6 axb6 39.Ra7 R8d7 40.Ra8 Nf6 41.Qb2 g4 42.
hxg4 Qxg4 43.Rd1 Qh5 44.Qf2 Qg6 45.Rc8 Ng4 46.Qe1 Ra7 47.Rc6 Ra3 48.Rc1 
Qf6 49.Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.11"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.Bf4 Bxc5 7.e3 Nc6 8.Nf3 
d5 9.a3 Qe7 10.Bg5 Rd8 11.Rd1 dxc4 12.Rxd8+ Qxd8 13.Bxc4 Be7 14.O-O Bd7 
15.Rd1 Qe8 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Ne4 Be7 18.Nfg5 h6 19.Nd6 Bxd6 20.Qh7+ Kf8 21.
Rxd6 hxg5 22.Rxd7 Qxd7 23.Qh8+ Ke7 24.Qxa8 Qd1+ 25.Bf1 Qb3 26.h3 Qxb2 27.
a4 Qb6 28.Qh8 Kf6 29.h4 Qc5 30.h5 g4 31.h6 Qg5 32.h7 g3 33.Qg8 gxf2+ 34.
Kxf2 Ne7 35.h8=Q Nxg8 36.Qxg8 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.11"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 exd5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Bb5 
Nxe4 9.O-O Nf6 10.Re1+ Be7 11.Qe5 O-O 12.Qe2 Re8 13.Bg5 Bg4 14.Rad1 h6 15.
Bh4 Ne4 16.Bg3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Bf6 18.Qxe8+ Qxe8 19.Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.Rxd5 Rc8 
21.Rd3 Nb4 22.Re3 Nxa2 23.h3 Bxf3 24.gxf3 Nxc3 25.Bd7 Rd8 26.Bf5 g6 27.Bd3
Nd1 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.11"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 d5 8.Qe2 Nbd7
9.b3 a6 10.Bb2 Bd6 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Bxe4 14.Qxe4 Qe7 15.
Rae1 Rfe8 16.Re2 a5 17.Rfe1 Bb4 18.Rd1 Rad8 19.Rd3 f6 20.Rde3 Qf7 21.g3 
Bd6 22.Qc6 Nb8 23.Qb5 Nd7 24.Kg2 Bf8 25.a3 Rc8 26.Qc6 Nb8 27.Qb7 Qd7 28.
Qe4 Qf7 29.Qg4 h5 30.Qe4 c5 31.Rd3 Nc6 32.Red2 cxd4 33.Nxd4 Ne5 34.Rc3 
Rcd8 35.f4 Ng4 36.Nf3 Rxd2+ 37.Nxd2 Rd8 38.Rd3 Rxd3 39.Qxd3 Qb7+ 40.Qe4 
Qd7 41.Nf3 Bc5 42.Bd4 Bxd4 43.Nxd4 Kf7 44.h3 f5 45.Qd3 Nf6 46.Nf3 Qxd3 47.
Ne5+ Ke7 48.Nxd3 Ne4 49.b4 Kd6 50.Ne5 a4 51.Kf3 g5 52.Ke3 g4 53.hxg4 hxg4 
54.Nxg4 Nc3 55.Ne5 Nb1 56.Kd3 Nxa3 57.b5 Nxb5 58.cxb5 Kc5 59.Nf3 Kxb5 60.
Nd4+ Kb4 61.Kc2 e5 62.fxe5 Kc5 63.e6 Kd6 64.Kc3 b5 65.Kb4 Ke7 66.Kc5 a3 
67.Kd5 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.11"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 c5 7.h3 Nc6 8.Nc3 Bd7 
9.dxc5 dxc5 10.Be3 Qc8 11.Kh2 Rd8 12.Qc1 Nd4 13.Rd1 Bc6 14.Ne1 b6 15.Bg5 
Bxg2 16.Nxg2 Qe6 17.Ne3 Ne4 18.Nxe4 Qxe4 19.Nd5 Qxe2 20.Qe3 Qxe3 21.Bxe3 
e6 22.Bxd4 Bxd4 23.Ne7+ Kf8 24.Nc6 Rd6 25.Nxd4 Rxd4 26.Rxd4 cxd4 27.Rd1 e5
28.Kg2 Ke7 29.f4 f6 30.Kf3 Ke6 31.Rc1 Rd8 32.fxe5 fxe5 33.Ke4 Rc8 34.a3 a5
35.b3 Rf8 36.c5 Rc8 37.b4 bxc5 38.Rc4 Kd6 39.b5 Rb8 40.a4 Rf8 41.Rc1 Rf2 
42.Rb1 c4 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.11"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 b6 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.Bd3 c5 10.O-O Nc6 11.a4 c4 12.Bc2 Ne4 13.Qe1 Re8 14.Bb2 Bf5 15.Nd2 
Qg5 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 Rxe4 18.Ba3 Rg4 19.g3 Re4 20.Rb1 Rae8 21.Rb5 Qd8 
22.Qe2 a6 23.Rb2 Na5 24.Rfb1 R4e6 25.Kg2 h6 26.Qh5 Nb3 27.Re2 Qd7 28.Bb2 
Kh7 29.h3 g6 30.Qf3 Re4 31.g4 f5 32.gxf5 gxf5 33.Rg1 Rg8+ 34.Kh1 Rxg1+ 35.
Kxg1 Re7 36.Kh1 Qe6 37.Qf4 Rg7 38.Kh2 Qg6 39.Qg3 Qh5 40.Qf4 Qg6 41.Qg3 Qe8
42.Qf4 Qe4 43.f3 Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.13"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Bxg2 9.Kxg2 Qc8 10.Qd3 Nc6 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Rd8 13.Rac1 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Bc5 
15.Qf4 Qb7+ 16.Kg1 d5 17.cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.13"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.b3 Qc7 10.Bb2 Nc6 11.Nce2 Bd7 12.c4 Rac8 13.Rc1 Qb8 14.Ba3 Rfd8 15.Qd2 
b5 16.cxb5 axb5 17.Bb2 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Qb6 19.a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.13"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 b6 7.d4 cxd4 8.exd4 d5 
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Re1 Nb4 13.Bf1 Ne4 14.a3 Nxc3 15.Rxc3 
Nc6 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.Rxe5 Bf6 18.Rh5 g6 19.Rch3 dxc4 20.Rxh7 c3 21.Qc1 Qxd4 
22.Qh6 Rfd8 23.Bc1 Bg7 24.Qg5 Qf6 25.Qg4 c2 26.Be2 Rd4 27.f4 Rd1+ 28.Bxd1 
Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.13"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 b6 6.Nf3 Bb7 7.O-O O-O 8.Na4 cxd4
9.exd4 Qc7 10.a3 Be7 11.Nc3 d5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Ne5 Qb7 15.Re1
Nc6 16.Qh5 f5 17.Nxc6 Qxc6 18.Bf4 Bf6 19.Rac1 Qa4 20.Be5 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Rac8
22.Qe2 Qf4 23.Qe3 Qxe3 24.fxe3 Rfd8 25.Ba6 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Be4 27.Bc8 Rd2 28.
Bxe6+ Kf8 29.Rc7 Rxg2+ 30.Kf1 Rxb2 31.Rf7+ Ke8 32.Rxa7 Rb1+ 33.Kf2 Rb2+ 
34.Kf1 Rb1+ 35.Ke2 Rb2+ 36.Ke1 Rb1+ 37.Kd2 Rb2+ 38.Kc3 Rc2+ 39.Kd4 Rd2+ 
40.Kc4 Rc2+ 41.Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.13"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.Qa4+ Nd7 8.h4
h6 9.Rb1 Bg7 10.Bg2 O-O 11.c4 e5 12.d3 Nb6 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.Be3 Qe7 15.Nd2 f5
16.Nb3 Rac8 17.Bxb7 Rc7 18.Bg2 f4 19.Bc1 Bc6 20.Bxc6 Rxc6 21.Nd2 fxg3 22.
fxg3 Nc8 23.Rb8 Nd6 24.Rxf8+ Qxf8 25.e4 Qc8 26.Nf1 h5 27.Ne3 Ra6 28.Nd5 
Qg4 29.Qg2 Nxc4 30.dxc4 Rxa2 31.Qxa2 Qxe4+ 32.Qe2 Qxh1+ 33.Qf1 Qh2 34.Be3 
Qxg3+ 35.Qf2 Qh3 36.Kd2 e4 37.Nf6+ Kh8 38.Nxe4 Qe6 39.Kd3 Qd7+ 40.Ke2 Qe6 
41.Nd2 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.13"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.a3 
Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 O-O 10.e3 c6 11.Ne2 Bf5 12.Nf4 Nd7 13.Be2 Rfe8 14.O-O Nf8 15.
b4 Ne6 16.Nh5 Qg6 17.Ng3 Rac8 18.Rac1 Ng5 19.b5 Ne4 20.Qa5 c5 21.Nxf5 Qxf5
22.dxc5 b6 23.Qxa7 bxc5 24.Bd3 c4 25.Bxe4 Qxe4 26.Rfd1 c3 27.Qd4 Rc4 28.
Qxd5 c2 29.Rd2 Qxd5 30.Rxd5 Ra8 31.b6 Rb8 32.Rd6 Ra4 33.Rxc2 Rxa3 34.h3 
Rb3 35.Rcc6 Rb2 36.e4 h5 37.e5 h4 38.Rd4 R2xb6 39.Rxb6 Rxb6 40.Rxh4 Rb1+ 
41.Kh2 Re1 42.f4 Re3 43.Rg4 Kh7 44.Rg3 Re2 45.h4 Re4 46.Rf3 f6 47.exf6 
gxf6 48.Kg3 Kg6 49.Ra3 f5 50.Ra6+ Kh5 51.Rf6 Re3+ 52.Kf2 Ra3 53.g3 Rf3+ 
54.Ke2 Rxg3 55.Rxf5+ Kxh4 56.Kf2 Ra3 57.Rg5 Rb3 58.Rg1 Kh5 59.Ke2 Ra3 60.
f5 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.13"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 a6 7.O-O Bd6 8.d4 
O-O 9.Rd1 Qe7 10.Qc2 Rb8 11.Nc3 b5 12.e4 b4 13.Na4 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5
Qxe5 16.Bf4 Qa5 17.Rxd6 cxd6 18.Bxd6 Be6 19.Bxf8 Rxf8 20.b3 Rc8 21.Qd2 Bd7
22.Nb2 Be6 23.Nd3 Bxb3 24.Qxb4 Qxb4 25.Nxb4 Bc4 26.e5 Nd7 27.f4 g6 28.Rd1 
Nb6 29.Rd6 Na4 30.a3 Rb8 31.Bd5 Bxd5 32.Rxd5 Nb6 33.Ra5 Nc4 34.Rxa6 Nxa3 
35.Nd5 Nc2 36.Ra4 Kg7 37.Rc4 Rd8 38.Nf6 Ne3 39.Rc3 Nf5 40.Rc7 h5 41.Ne4 
Re8 42.Kf2 Re7 43.Rxe7 Nxe7 44.Kf3 Kf8 45.Nd6 Nc6 46.Ke4 Ke7 47.f5 Nb4 48.
f6+ Kf8 49.Nb7 Na6 50.Kd5 Nc7+ 51.Kd6 Nb5+ 52.Kd7 Nd4 53.Nc5 Nf5 54.Kd8 
Nd4 55.Nd7+ Kg8 56.Ke8 Ne6 57.Ke7 g5 58.Ke8 Nc7+ 59.Kd8 Ne6+ 60.Ke7 Nd4 
61.Nc5 Nc6+ 62.Kd6 Na5 63.e6 fxe6 64.Ke7 Nc6+ 65.Ke8 Ne5 66.Nxe6 Nf7 67.
Ke7 g4 68.Ng7 Nh6 69.Nxh5 Nf5+ 70.Ke8 Nd6+ 71.Kd7 Nf5 72.Ng7 Nh6 73.Ke7 
Nf7 74.Nf5 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.14"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "120"]

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.Rad1 Qe8 13.Qc2 Nd8 14.d5 Bxb2 15.
Qxb2 exd5 16.cxd5 c5 17.dxc6 dxc6 18.Ne5 Rf6 19.f4 Nf7 20.Rd7 Nxe5 21.fxe5
Qxd7 22.exf6 Rf8 23.fxg7 Qxg7 24.Qxg7+ Kxg7 25.e4 fxe4 26.Rxf8 Kxf8 27.
Bxe4 h6 28.Kf2 Ke7 29.Kf3 a5 30.Kg4 Bc8+ 31.Kh5 c5 32.Kxh6 Kf6 33.Bf3 a4 
34.bxa4 c4 35.g4 c3 36.g5+ Ke5 37.Bd1 Bg4 38.Bc2 Bf5 39.g6 Bxc2 40.g7 Bh7 
41.Kxh7 c2 42.g8=Q c1=Q 43.Qb8+ Kd5 44.Qb7+ Ke5 45.Qg7+ Kd5 46.Qf7+ Ke5 
47.h4 Qc2+ 48.Kg7 Qxa4 49.Qf6+ Ke4 50.Qe6+ Kf4 51.h5 Kg5 52.Qe5+ Kg4 53.h6
Qd7+ 54.Kf6 Qd8+ 55.Kf7 Qd7+ 56.Qe7 Qd3 57.Qe6+ Kh5 58.Ke8 b5 59.Ke7 b4 
60.Ke8 Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.14"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A54"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Qc2 c6 8.Bd3 
exd4 9.exd4 Re8 10.O-O h6 11.Bd2 Nf8 12.h3 Ne6 13.Rae1 d5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.
Qb3 Bf8 16.Re2 Qd6 17.Bc1 a6 18.Rfe1 b5 19.Bf5 Bd7 20.a3 Rac8 21.Qd1 Nc7 
22.Bxd7 Nxd7 23.Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.14"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Qc2 Bg4 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.e3 
Bd6 9.Bd3 Qc7 10.O-O-O h6 11.Bh4 Bb4 12.Kb1 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 O-O 14.h3 Bh5 15.
Qc2 Ne4 16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.g4 Bg6 18.Nd2 Nb6 19.Nc4 Nd5 20.Bg3 Qd7 21.Ne5 Qe6
22.Qb3 Bh7 23.Rc1 a5 24.Qxb7 Nb4 25.Nc4 c5 26.dxc5 Nd3 27.c6 f5 28.gxf5 
Bxf5 29.Rhg1 Bg6 30.Rc2 Rac8 31.Bd6 Rfe8 32.Qd7 Qf6 33.c7 Bf5 34.Qb5 Bxh3 
35.Bg3 Be6 36.Nd6 Nb4 37.Nxe8 Bxa2+ 38.Kc1 Qe7 39.Nd6 Nd3+ 40.Kd2 Rxc7 41.
Qe8+ Qxe8 42.Nxe8 Rd7 43.Rc7 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.14"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E87"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c5 8.Bd3 Nh5 9.
Nge2 f5 10.exf5 gxf5 11.Qc2 e4 12.fxe4 f4 13.Bf2 Nd7 14.Ng1 Qg5 15.Bf1 Ne5
16.Nf3 Qe7 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.O-O-O Nf6 19.h3 Bd7 20.Bd3 a6 21.Nb1 f3 22.gxf3
Nh5 23.Nd2 Nf4 24.Bf1 b5 25.h4 Kh8 26.Rg1 Bf6 27.Nb3 Rab8 28.Be1 b4 29.Kb1
Ra8 30.Bg3 Rg8 31.Qh2 Rxg3 32.Rxg3 Ne2 33.Qxe2 Qxg3 34.Nc1 a5 35.Nd3 Bd4 
36.h5 Qh4 37.Bg2 Rg8 38.Rh1 Qg3 39.Bf1 a4 40.Kc2 a3 41.b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.14"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O O-O 7.Qb3 Bxc3 8.Qxc3 
d6 9.b3 Qe7 10.Bb2 c5 11.d4 Nbd7 12.Rad1 Be4 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Qe3 e5 15.Bh3
a5 16.Nh4 Rfe8 17.f3 Bg6 18.Rd2 Rad8 19.Rfd1 Qc7 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.Bg2 Nh5 
22.Qc3 Nf6 23.e4 Nh5 24.Qe3 Nf6 25.Bh3 Nh7 26.Re2 Nf6 27.Rf1 Nh5 28.Bg2 
Qe7 29.Bc1 Qc7 30.Rd1 Kh7 31.Qf2 Nf6 32.Be3 Nh5 33.Rc2 f5 34.exf5 gxf5 35.
g4 Nf4 36.Bxf4 exf4 37.Qh4+ Kg8 38.gxf5 d5 39.cxd5 Qe5 40.Rcd2 Rd6 41.Rd4 
Qe3+ 42.Kh1 Re5 43.Qxf4 Qxf4 44.Rxf4 Re2 45.Rg4 Kf8 46.Rg6 Nb7 47.Re6 Rxa2
48.f4 Rb2 49.Rde1 Rxe6 50.dxe6 Nd6 51.e7+ Kf7 52.Bd5+ Ke8 53.Bc6+ Kf7 54.
e8=Q+ Nxe8 55.Bxe8+ Kf6 56.Bg6 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.14"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E64"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 c5 6.d5 e5 7.Nf3 d6 8.O-O Nbd7 
9.Qc2 Qe7 10.e4 a6 11.a4 Nh5 12.Bd2 Kh8 13.a5 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Nxb5 Ba6 
16.Na3 Bxf1 17.Rxf1 Nhf6 18.Nc4 Ne8 19.Bh3 Ra7 20.Be3 Rb7 21.Ra1 Nc7 22.
Qa4 Nb8 23.Nb6 f5 24.exf5 gxf5 25.Qh4 Qf7 26.Bh6 Nba6 27.Nc4 Nb5 28.Ne3 f4
29.Bxg7+ Qxg7 30.Nf5 Qg6 31.Qg4 Qxg4 32.Bxg4 Ra7 33.Nd2 Nb4 34.Nc4 Rf6 35.
Rd1 Kg8 36.Bh3 Kf8 37.Kg2 Raf7 38.Nh4 fxg3 39.fxg3 Nd4 40.Be6 Rf2+ 41.Kh3 
Rf1 42.Rxf1 Rxf1 43.Nxd6 Nxe6 44.dxe6 Ke7 45.Ne4 Kxe6 46.Nxc5+ Kd5 47.Na4 
e4 48.Kg2 Ra1 49.Nc3+ Ke5 50.g4 Rxa5 51.Nf5 Nd5 52.Nd1 Ra1 53.Nf2 Nf4+ 54.
Kg3 Rg1+ 55.Kh4 Rg2 56.Nd1 Rxh2+ 57.Kg3 Rh3+ 58.Kf2 Rf3+ 59.Ke1 h5 60.Nde3
h4 61.g5 h3 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.14"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.d3 Bd7 7.Nd5 e6 8.Ne3 Nge7
9.c3 O-O 10.d4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Bxd7 dxe3 13.Qxd6 exf2+ 14.Rxf2 Nc6 
15.Bf4 Qb6 16.Rd1 Rad8 17.Qc7 Bd4 18.cxd4 Qxc7 19.Bxc7 Rxd7 20.Bg3 f5 21.
d5 exd5 22.Rxd5 Rdf7 23.exf5 Rxf5 24.Rfxf5 Rxf5 25.Rd7 Rf7 26.Rd6 Kf8 27.
a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Bd3 e5 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.
Re1 Bd7 16.Bb2 c4 17.Bxc4 Ng4 18.f4 Qc5 19.Qd3 Rad8 20.Rad1 Qb6 21.Qe2 
Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Qxb2 23.Re2 Qb6 24.Qxb6 axb6 25.Re7 Be6 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Bxe6 
fxe6 28.Rxb7 Rc8 29.Rxb6 Rxc3 30.Ra6 Kf7 31.Kf2 h5 32.a4 Ra3 33.h4 Kf6 34.
Ra5 g6 35.Ke2 Rg3 36.Rg5 Ra3 37.a5 Kf7 38.Kd2 Ke7 39.Kc2 Kd7 40.Kb2 Ra4 
41.g3 Kc6 42.Kb3 Ra1 43.Kb4 Rb1+ 44.Kc4 Ra1 45.Kb3 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9.Be3 O-O-O 10.O-O-O Ne7 11.h3 Ng6 12.Nb3 Bb4 13.Ne2 Rhe8 14.a3 
Bf8 15.Nc3 Be6 16.Rxd8+ Rxd8 17.Rd1 Rxd1+ 18.Kxd1 Ne5 19.Bc5 Bd6 20.Bxd6 
cxd6 21.Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O c6 8.d5 c5 9.
Ne1 a6 10.Be3 Ne8 11.Nd3 f5 12.f3 f4 13.Bf2 g5 14.b4 b6 15.bxc5 bxc5 16.
Rb1 Rf6 17.Na4 Nd7 18.g4 fxg3 19.hxg3 Rg6 20.Ne1 Ndf6 21.Nb6 Rb8 22.Nxc8 
Rxb1 23.Qxb1 Qxc8 24.Kg2 g4 25.Nc2 gxf3+ 26.Bxf3 Bh6 27.Qb6 Qd7 28.Qxa6 
Qg7 29.Rh1 Bf4 30.Rh3 h5 31.Kh2 Ng4+ 32.Bxg4 hxg4 33.Rh5 Bg5 34.Qc8 Qf7 
35.Kg1 Rg7 36.Rh2 Qd7 37.Qa8 Qd8 38.Qxd8 Bxd8 39.Ne3 Ra7 40.Be1 Nf6 41.Rb2
Bc7 42.Kf1 Kf7 43.Ke2 Nxe4 44.Nxg4 Kg6 45.Kd3 Ng5 46.Ne3 Ra3+ 47.Ke2 Bd8 
48.Bd2 e4 49.Rb8 Bf6 50.Ng4 Nf3 51.Nxf6 Kxf6 52.Bf4 Nd4+ 53.Kf1 e3 54.Re8 
e2+ 55.Kf2 Rf3+ 56.Kg2 Rf1 57.Bd2 Rd1 58.Bc3 Rc1 59.Bxd4+ cxd4 60.Rxe2 d3 
61.Rf2+ Ke5 62.Kf3 Kd4 63.g4 Kc3 64.Ke4 Re1+ 65.Kf5 d2 66.Rxd2 Kxd2 67.g5 
Kd3 68.c5 dxc5 69.d6 Re8 70.d7 Ra8 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Ne5 
Qc7 9.Nd3 Nc6 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.Bf4 Qa5 12.Bd2 Bxd3 13.exd3 Qc7 14.Be3 Rfd8 
15.Bxc5 Ne5 16.d4 Nxc4 17.Qe2 Nd6 18.a4 e6 19.a5 Nf5 20.a6 Nd5 21.axb7 
Qxb7 22.Nxd5 exd5 23.Ra4 a5 24.Qd3 Rab8 25.Rb1 Qb3 26.Qxb3 Rxb3 27.Rxa5 
Bxd4 28.Bxd4 Nxd4 29.Bxd5 Rb4 30.Kg2 Nb3 31.Bxb3 Rxb3 32.Ra3 Rb4 33.Rf3 
Rdb8 34.b3 R8b7 35.Kf1 Kg7 36.Ke2 R4b6 37.Kd2 Rb8 38.Kc2 Rc6+ 39.Rc3 Re6 
40.Re3 Rc6+ 41.Kd2 g5 42.Re4 Rd8+ 43.Ke1 Rh6 44.h4 gxh4 45.gxh4 f5 46.Rc4 
Re6+ 47.Kf1 Rd2 48.b4 Ree2 49.Rf4 Kf6 50.Rb3 Rb2 51.Rxb2 Rxb2 52.Kg2 Rc2 
53.Rd4 Ke5 54.Rd7 Rc4 55.Rxh7 Rxb4 56.h5 Kf6 57.Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.a4 Bd7 
9.Nc4 Qc8 10.Re1 Ng4 11.c3 h6 12.Qe2 Kh7 13.Nfd2 f5 14.f4 fxe4 15.dxe4 Nf6
16.Nf3 Bg4 17.Ne3 Bh3 18.Nh4 Bxg2 19.Qxg2 e6 20.Qc2 Ne7 21.Nc4 Ne8 22.Bd2 
Qc6 23.Re2 Rd8 24.Rae1 b5 25.axb5 Qxb5 26.Ne3 Rb8 27.Bc1 Bf6 28.Nf3 c4 29.
Kg2 Bg7 30.h4 Kg8 31.Rd1 Rc8 32.e5 dxe5 33.Qe4 Rc5 34.fxe5 Qc6 35.Nc2 Qxe4
36.Rxe4 Nc6 37.Ne3 Na5 38.Nd2 Nc7 39.Nexc4 Rd8 40.Rde1 Nxc4 41.Nxc4 Nd5 
42.Nd2 Rb8 43.Ra4 Rc7 44.Nf3 Nb6 45.Rg4 Kh7 46.Nd4 Re8 47.Rge4 a6 48.R1e2 
Nd7 49.Nf3 Rb8 50.Be3 Bf8 51.Ra4 Rc6 52.Bd4 Rb5 53.b4 Bg7 54.Rea2 Nxe5 55.
Nxe5 Bxe5 56.Bxe5 Rxe5 57.Rxa6 Rxa6 58.Rxa6 Kg7 59.c4 Kf6 60.b5 Re2+ 61.
Kf3 Rc2 62.Rc6 Rc3+ 63.Kf4 Rc1 64.b6 Rb1 65.g4 Ke7 66.Ke5 Re1+ 67.Kd4 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E45"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.Ng3 O-O 7.e4 d6 8.Bd2 c5 9.
a3 Ba5 10.d5 exd5 11.cxd5 Bxf1 12.Kxf1 Nbd7 13.h4 Re8 14.f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6
Qxf6 9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 Be6 11.O-O a6 12.Rfc1 Bd6 13.Qd1 Ne7 14.Na4 b6 15.Nc3
Rfd8 16.Qf1 c6 17.Na4 Rdb8 18.Rc3 a5 19.Rac1 Bd7 20.a3 Ng6 21.Bd3 Qe6 22.
Qd1 Bc7 23.Qc2 Ne7 24.Re1 f5 25.b4 axb4 26.axb4 Bd6 27.Rb1 b5 28.Nc5 Bxc5 
29.Rxc5 Ra4 30.Ne5 Rba8 31.Qe2 Be8 32.Qf3 Ra1 33.Rcc1 Rxb1 34.Rxb1 g6 35.
h4 Kg7 36.Qg3 Qd6 37.f4 h5 38.Be2 Ra4 39.Bd1 Rxb4 40.Ra1 Nc8 41.Ra8 Qe6 
42.Bxh5 Kf8 43.Bxg6 Bxg6 44.Nxg6+ Ke8 45.Ne5 Kd8 46.Qg7 Ra4 47.Rb8 c5 48.
Rb7 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.18"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nh3 e6 7.Nf4 Bd6 8.c3 
Nf6 9.h4 Qc7 10.h5 Bxf4 11.Bxf4 Qxf4 12.hxg6 fxg6 13.Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.Kxd2 
Nbd7 15.Re1 Kf7 16.Bc4 Rae8 17.Bb3 c5 18.Ne4 Nxe4+ 19.Rxe4 Nf6 20.Re5 cxd4
21.cxd4 Re7 22.Rhe1 Rhe8 23.Kd3 h6 24.f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.18"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E64"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 c5 6.d5 d6 7.Nf3 Na6 8.Nd2 Nc7 
9.Qc2 Rb8 10.b3 e6 11.Bb2 exd5 12.cxd5 b5 13.O-O Re8 14.e4 Ba6 15.Rfe1 Ng4
16.Ne2 Ne5 17.Rab1 b4 18.Nc4 Nb5 19.f4 Nxc4 20.bxc4 Nd4 21.Nxd4 cxd4 22.
Bf1 Rc8 23.Bd3 Qb6 24.Qb3 Re7 25.Kg2 Qc5 26.Qa4 Bb7 27.a3 a5 28.Bc1 f5 29.
axb4 axb4 30.Qxb4 Qxb4 31.Rxb4 fxe4 32.Rxe4 Bxd5 33.cxd5 Rxe4 34.Bxe4 Rxc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.18"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bb4 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 Ba5 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.b4 Bb6 8.b5 
Na5 9.Nxe5 O-O 10.d4 d5 11.Ba3 Re8 12.Qh5 f6 13.f4 fxe5 14.fxe5 Be6 15.Nd2
dxe4 16.Nxe4 Bxd4+ 17.Kh1 Bd5 18.Nf6+ gxf6 19.cxd4 Qd7 20.exf6 Qf7 21.Rf5 
Qxh5 22.Rxh5 Bf7 23.Rg5+ Bg6 24.Be7 Kf7 25.Rc1 Rac8 26.h4 Rg8 27.Re5 b6 
28.g4 Bd3 29.g5 Rge8 30.Rc3 Bc4 31.Rg3 c6 32.h5 Rg8 33.Bb4 Rce8 34.Rge3 
Rxe5 35.Rxe5 Be6 36.Bxa5 bxa5 37.bxc6 Rd8 38.c7 Rc8 39.d5 Bg4 40.Re7+ Kf8 
41.g6 hxg6 42.hxg6 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.18"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E76"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Bd3 Qxc5 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Qe2 Nc6 10.Be3 Qh5 11.h3 Ng4 12.Bd2 Nf6 13.O-O Nd7 14.Rad1 Qa5 15.Bb1 
Qb4 16.Be3 Nb6 17.Nd5 Qxb2 18.Qxb2 Bxb2 19.Nxb6 axb6 20.Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.18"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E87"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c5 8.g4 Ne8 9.h4
f5 10.exf5 gxf5 11.g5 e4 12.f4 b5 13.cxb5 a6 14.Qd2 axb5 15.Bxb5 Ba6 16.
Bxa6 Nxa6 17.Nge2 Nb4 18.O-O Nc7 19.Nc1 Qe8 20.a3 Qh5 21.Rf2 Qf7 22.axb4 
Rxa1 23.bxc5 dxc5 24.Bxc5 Rd8 25.d6 Ne8 26.Kg2 Bf8 27.N1e2 Nxd6 28.Qd5 Nb7
29.Qxf7+ Kxf7 30.Bxf8 Rxf8 31.Ng3 Nd6 32.Rd2 Ke6 33.Rd5 Rb8 34.Rxd6+ Kxd6 
35.Nxf5+ Kc6 36.Nxe4 Rxb2+ 37.Kf3 Rb4 38.Nfg3 Raa4 39.h5 Ra3+ 40.Kg4 Kd7 
41.g6 hxg6 42.hxg6 Ke7 43.Nf5+ Ke6 44.Ng7+ Ke7 45.Nf5+ Ke6 46.g7 Ra8 47.
Neg3 Rg8 48.Nh5 Rxf4+ 49.Kxf4 Rxg7 50.Nhxg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.18"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Bh2 b6 
9.O-O Bb7 10.c3 Qd7 11.Re1 Rfd8 12.Qc2 Rac8 13.Rad1 cxd4 14.Nxd4 d5 15.
Nxc6 Qxc6 16.Qb3 Qc5 17.Qb5 Qxb5 18.Bxb5 Ne8 19.Bd3 Nd6 20.f3 Bh6 21.Bf4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.18"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 f5 8.O-O O-O 
9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Be4 11.Qb3 a5 12.Ne1 a4 13.Qd1 Bxg2 14.Nxg2 Bf6 15.Qd3 
Nc6 16.e4 fxe4 17.Qxe4 Qe8 18.Rad1 Qf7 19.Ne3 Qg6 20.Qxg6 hxg6 21.Rfe1 Na5
22.Re2 Rfe8 23.Rc2 d6 24.Kg2 Kf7 25.Rd3 Ke7 26.h4 Kd7 27.f4 Nb7 28.Ng4 Na5
29.Ne5+ Kc8 30.Bxa5 dxe5 31.fxe5 Rxa5 32.exf6 gxf6 33.c5 bxc5 34.dxc5 Rd8 
35.Rf3 f5 36.Re3 Re8 37.Re5 Kd8 38.Rce2 Rb5 39.Kf3 Rb4 40.c6 Re4 41.R2xe4 
fxe4+ 42.Rxe4 a3 43.Rd4+ Kc8 44.Ra4 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.20"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A96"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.b3 a5 8.Bb2 Qe8 9.
Nbd2 Nc6 10.a3 Bd8 11.Ne1 e5 12.e3 Bd7 13.Nc2 exd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 
Bc6 16.Nf3 Be4 17.Ne1 b6 18.a4 Nd7 19.Nd3 g5 20.Nc1 Ne5 21.Bxe4 fxe4 22.
Bxe5 Qxe5 23.Qd5+ Qxd5 24.cxd5 Rb8 25.Rd1 b5 26.g4 Bf6 27.Ra2 Be5 28.Kg2 
Rf7 29.axb5 Rxb5 30.Ra4 Bb2 31.Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.20"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C98"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Nf1 Rd8 15.Qe2 
Nh5 16.a4 Rb8 17.axb5 axb5 18.g3 g6 19.Kh2 Be6 20.Ne3 c4 21.Rd1 Rxd1 22.
Qxd1 Rd8 23.Qe2 Qc8 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.exd5 Rxd5 26.b3 Nf6 27.Ng5 Nd8 28.bxc4 
Qxc4 29.Qxc4 bxc4 30.Ra4 Nd7 31.Rxc4 Nc5 32.Ne4 Nde6 33.Nxc5 Nxc5 34.Rb4 
Nd3 35.Rb8+ Kg7 36.Be3 e4 37.Re8 Bf6 38.Rc8 Nxf2 39.c4 Ra5 40.Bb3 Ra3 41.
Bc5 Be7 42.Bxa3 Bxa3 43.c5 e3 44.c6 Ne4 45.Re8 f5 46.Bc4 Bd6 47.c7 Bxg3+ 
48.Kg2 Bxc7 49.Re7+ Kf6 50.Rxc7 f4 51.Kf3 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.20"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Bb7 7.f3 Nc6 8.e4 d6 
9.Bd3 Na5 10.Ne2 Qd7 11.O-O Ba6 12.Ng3 Bxc4 13.Bxc4 Nxc4 14.Qe2 Qc6 15.Bg5
h5 16.Bh4 O-O-O 17.f4 Rdg8 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Nxh5 f5 20.Ng3 fxe4 21.Nxe4 Rh3
22.Ng3 Rh6 23.Rf3 Rgh8 24.h3 f5 25.Nf1 Rg8 26.Rg3 Rxg3 27.Nxg3 a5 28.a4 
Rg6 29.Kh2 Kb7 30.Ra2 d5 31.Qh5 Qe8 32.Re2 Nd6 33.Re5 Qf7 34.Qf3 Qd7 35.
Qh5 Qf7 36.Qf3 Rh6 37.Re2 Qd7 38.Ra2 Qc6 39.Ra1 Qc4 40.Kg1 Qb3 41.Ne2 Qc2 
42.g4 fxg4 43.hxg4 Rh4 44.Rc1 Qh7 45.c4 Rh3 46.Qg2 Qd3 47.cxd5 Ne4 48.dxe6
Qe3+ 49.Kf1 Rf3+ 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.20"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 Nd7 10.Bg2 Nxd4 11.Bxb7 Rb8 12.Bg2 Rb4 13.e3 Ne6 14.Qe2 Ne5 15.f4 
Nd7 16.Nd5 Rb8 17.Qc2 c6 18.Nc3 Qc7 19.Rb1 a5 20.Bd2 Nec5 21.Ne2 Qb6 22.
Kh2 Rfc8 23.Bc3 Bxc3 24.Nxc3 Qa6 25.b3 Rb6 26.Ne4 Nxe4 27.Qxe4 Re8 28.f5 
Ne5 29.f6 Qa7 30.Rbd1 Rb4 31.Qd4 c5 32.Qh4 a4 33.Rxd6 axb3 34.axb3 Rxb3 
35.fxe7 Qxe7 36.Qxe7 Rxe7 37.Bd5 Rxe3 38.Rd8+ Kg7 39.Rc8 Nd3 40.Ra8 Re2+ 
41.Kg1 Rd2 42.Raa1 Nb4 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.20"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Qc2 c6 
9.Rd1 Re8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Ng5 Qe7 12.Nge4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Nc5 14.Nd6 Rd8 15.
Nxc8 Rxd1+ 16.Qxd1 Rxc8 17.Be3 Rd8 18.Qc2 f5 19.Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.20"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 c6 8.Qc2 
Nf8 9.Bd3 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rab1 a5 13.a3 Ng7 14.b4 axb4 15.axb4
Bf5 16.b5 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Nd7 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Qc2 Nf5 21.Na4 Qd6
22.Nb6 Nxb6 23.Rxb6 Ne7 24.g3 Rfb8 25.Rfb1 Rxb6 26.Rxb6 f6 27.Kg2 Kf7 28.
Nd2 Rb8 29.Qb2 Rxb6 30.Qxb6 Qa3 31.h4 Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.20"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 Bc6 7.Nf3 Bd5 8.Qa4+
Qd7 9.Qxd7+ Nbxd7 10.O-O c5 11.Nc3 Bc6 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Bf4 O-O 14.Rad1 
Rfd8 15.Bd6 Bxd6 16.Rxd6 Kf8 17.Rfd1 Ke7 18.R6d2 Nc5 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Rxd8 
Kxd8 21.Ne5 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.21"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Qb3 Na6 7.e3 Ne4 8.Be2 
Qa5 9.O-O Nac5 10.Qc2 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qxc3 12.Qxc3 Nxc3 13.Bf3 Ke7 14.Nb3 
N3a4 15.Ba3 d6 16.Na5 e5 17.Rfc1 Rb8 18.Rab1 Bf5 19.Rxb7+ Nxb7 20.Nxb7 
Rxb7 21.Bxb7 Rb8 22.Bc6 Nc5 23.f3 Rb6 24.Bxc5 dxc5 25.Bd5 Rb2 26.Rc3 Rxa2 
27.Rb3 Bd7 28.Rb7 Kd6 29.Bxf7 Bc6 30.Rb1 a5 31.Bd5 Bxd5 32.Rd1 a4 33.Rxd5+
Kc6 34.h4 Rc2 35.Rxe5 a3 36.Re6+ Kb7 37.Re7+ Kb6 38.Re6+ Ka5 39.Re8 a2 40.
Ra8+ Kb4 41.Kh2 Kb3 42.Rb8+ Kxc4 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.21"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E50"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 c5 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Qb3 
cxd4 9.Qxb4 Nc6 10.Qa3 dxc3 11.Qxc3 Ne4 12.Qc2 f5 13.a3 Rf6 14.b4 Rh6 15.
Bb2 d6 16.Rad1 Qe7 17.Bd3 a5 18.b5 Nb8 19.Bxe4 Bxe4 20.Qe2 Nd7 21.Ne1 e5 
22.f3 Bb7 23.Qf2 Rc8 24.Rc1 Qe6 25.f4 e4 26.Nc2 Nc5 27.Nd4 Qf7 28.Qg3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.21"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O a6 8.Be3 
Qc7 9.Bb3 Na5 10.f4 b5 11.f5 Nxb3 12.cxb3 Be7 13.Rc1 Qd7 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.
b4 O-O 16.Qb3 Kh8 17.h3 e5 18.Nf5 Bb7 19.Nxe7 Qxe7 20.Bg5 h6 21.Bxf6 Rxf6 
22.Rxf6 Qxf6 23.Rf1 Qg6 24.Qd1 Rc8 25.Qf3 Rc4 26.Rd1 Kh7 27.a3 Bxe4 28.
Nxe4 Rxe4 29.Rxd6 Re1+ 30.Kf2 Qxd6 31.Kxe1 Qg6 32.Kd2 e4 33.Qf2 Qg5+ 34.
Ke2 Qd5 35.Ke3 Qd3+ 36.Kf4 g5+ 37.Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.21"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Ng3 
Re8 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O a6 11.Qc2 Bf8 12.Bd2 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Rad1 Bg4 15.
Be2 Be6 16.Nf5 Rc8 17.Nd4 Bd6 18.Bf3 Nce4 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Qb3 Nc5 21.Qa2 
Qc7 22.g3 Qf7 23.Bc1 Be5 24.Ne2 Rc7 25.Bg2 g6 26.Qb1 Nb3 27.Bd2 Nxd2 28.
Rxd2 Rec8 29.h3 Rc4 30.Rc1 Qc7 31.Rxc4 Qxc4 32.f4 Bb8 33.Nd4 Qc1+ 34.Qxc1 
Rxc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.21"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E64"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 Na6 8.Nd2 Nc7 
9.Qc2 Rb8 10.b3 b5 11.Bb2 bxc4 12.Nxc4 Ba6 13.Ne3 Rb4 14.O-O Qd7 15.h3 
Rfb8 16.Rab1 Qc8 17.Kh2 Nce8 18.Ba3 R4b7 19.Rfc1 Qd8 20.Na4 Nd7 21.Be4 Nc7
22.Bb2 Nf6 23.Bd3 Bh6 24.f4 Qd7 25.Nc3 e6 26.Ne4 Nxe4 27.Bxe4 f5 28.dxe6 
Qxe6 29.Bxb7 Rxb7 30.Qc3 Ne8 31.Qd2 Re7 32.Nd5 Qxe2+ 33.Qxe2 Rxe2+ 34.Kg1 
Kf8 35.Re1 Rd2 36.Red1 Re2 37.Nf6 Bg7 38.Nxh7+ Kg8 39.Bxg7 Kxg7 40.Ng5 Re3
41.Re1 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.21"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.b3 e5 7.dxe5 Ng4 8.Bb2 Nc6
9.c4 Re8 10.Nc3 Ngxe5 11.Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.21"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.Rc1 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.e3 
O-O 9.Be2 d6 10.O-O Bxc3 11.Rxc3 Nd7 12.Nd2 e5 13.Bf3 Bxf3 14.Nxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.23"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 Re8 
9.h3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Re1 a5 12.Qc2 Nfd7 13.Rd1 c6 14.Be3 a4 15.Rab1 
Qe7 16.Re1 Ne5 17.b3 axb3 18.axb3 Ned3 19.Re2 Nb4 20.Qd1 Qc7 21.Rd2 Qa5 
22.Nde2 Bf8 23.g4 Ne6 24.Ng3 Qe5 25.Nce2 Ra3 26.Nd4 Qa5 27.Nc2 Nxc2 28.
Rxc2 Qb4 29.Bd2 Qb6 30.Be3 Qb4 31.Bd2 Qb6 32.Be3 Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.23"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.b3 Re8 
9.Qc2 c6 10.Rd1 e4 11.Ne1 Qe7 12.h3 a6 13.a4 d5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.a5 b5 16.
axb6 Nxb6 17.Qd2 Be6 18.Nc2 Qd7 19.Kh2 h5 20.Na4 Nxa4 21.Rxa4 Qc7 22.Kg1 
Reb8 23.Na1 Kh7 24.Qa2 Rb6 25.Bf4 Qd7 26.Kh2 Ne8 27.Rc1 Nd6 28.Bxd6 Qxd6 
29.e3 h4 30.b4 Bh6 31.Rc3 Rxb4 32.Nb3 Rxa4 33.Qxa4 Bd7 34.Qa5 Bb5 35.Nc5 
Rb8 36.Qa1 Bg5 37.Qd1 hxg3+ 38.fxg3 f5 39.Qe1 Bc4 40.Kg1 Bd8 41.Rc2 Bc7 
42.Bf1 Bxf1 43.Kxf1 Qxg3 44.Qxg3 Bxg3 45.Nxa6 Rb3 46.Ke2 g5 47.Nc5 Rb6 48.
Ra2 f4 49.Ra7+ Kg6 50.Ra6 f3+ 51.Kf1 Rxa6 52.Nxa6 Bd6 53.Kf2 Kf7 0-1

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.23"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Ng3 c5
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.O-O Re8 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.b4 Bd6 13.Bb2 Be5 14.Na4 Bxb2 15.Nxb2
Bg4 16.Be2 Bxe2 17.Nxe2 Qd6 18.Nd3 a6 19.Rc1 a5 20.b5 Nd8 21.a4 Ne6 22.Ng3
Qa3 23.Ra1 Qc3 24.Rc1 Qa3 25.Ra1 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.23"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 exd5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Bb5 
a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.O-O Be7 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Qxg7 
Rf8 15.Re1 Qd6 16.Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.23"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Qb3 
Bb4 9.Bb5 Qa5 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13.bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.23"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qe2 a6 
9.a3 cxd4 10.exd4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Be7 12.Ba2 Nb6 13.Bg5 Nfd5 14.Bxe7 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Qxe7 16.c4 Na4 17.Bb3 Bd7 18.Qc2 Nb6 19.c5 Rac8 20.Ne5 Rfd8 21.Qe4 
Nd5 22.Bxd5 exd5 23.Qf4 f6 24.Nxd7 Qxd7 25.Rab1 Re8 26.f3 Re7 27.Rf2 Rce8 
28.Rfb2 Re1+ 29.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 30.Kf2 Re8 31.Rb6 Qe7 32.Qd2 Rd8 33.Qe3 Qxe3+ 
34.Kxe3 Rd7 35.h4 Kf7 36.h5 g5 37.hxg6+ Kxg6 38.Kf4 h5 39.g3 Rh7 40.Ke3 
Re7+ 41.Kf4 Rh7 42.a4 h4 43.gxh4 Rxh4+ 44.Ke3 Rh7 45.Rd6 Re7+ 46.Kd3 Kg5 
47.Rxd5+ Kf4 48.Rd6 f5 49.Rf6 Re1 50.Rf7 Rb1 51.a5 Rb3+ 52.Kc4 Rb1 53.Rf6 
Rh1 54.Rb6 Rh7 55.Rb3 Rd7 56.d5 Ke5 57.d6 f4 58.Rb1 Rh7 59.Re1+ Kf6 60.c6 
bxc6 61.Kc5 Rh2 62.Rd1 1-0

[Event "candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1953.10.23"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E95"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Re1 
exd4 9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.Bf1 Re8 11.f3 Nfd7 12.Be3 c6 13.Qd2 a5 14.Rad1 a4 15.
Nc2 Be5 16.Bd4 Ne6 17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.Qf2 Qe7 19.g3 Nf6 20.b4 1/2-1/2

