[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.Bg2 c5 6.c4 Nc6 7.O-O d6 8.Nc3 Bg4 
9.h3 Bd7 10.d4 Qc8 11.dxc5 ( 11.Kh2 cxd4 12.Nxd4 $2 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Ng4+ $18 
) 11...dxc5 12.Kh2 Rd8 13.Qc1 Bf5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.cxd5 Rxd5 ( 
16...Nb4 17.Ne1 $16 ) 17.Ng5 ( 17.Qc3+ f6 18.Nh4 Re5 $10 ) 17...Rd8 18.
Qxc5 h6 19.Nf3 Qe6 20.Rfe1 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E58"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 Qc7 ( 9...dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Bd3 ) 10.Qc2 $6 ( 10.cxd5 exd5 11.a4 
( 11.Nh4 ) ) 10...Na5 11.cxd5 ( 11.Ne5 dxc4 12.Nxc4 Nxc4 13.Bxc4 cxd4 14.
cxd4 Bd7 15.Qe2 Rac8 16.Bd3 Ba4 $10 {Borisenko-Khasin, 23rd URS-ch, 
Leningrad 1956} ) 11...c4 12.Be2 exd5 13.Nd2 $1 Bg4 $2 ( 13...Re8 $142 {
(/\ ... g6, ... Bf5)} 14.Bf3 ( 14.h3 g6 15.g4 h5 16.gxh5 Bf5 ( 16...Bxh3 )
) ( 14.f3 Rxe3 15.Ne4 Rxe4 16.fxe4 Nxe4 $13 ) 14...g6 15.e4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 
Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Nb3 18.Ra2 Nxc1 19.Rxc1 Qf4 $15 ) 14.Bxg4 Nxg4 15.g3 f5 16.
Rb1 Nc6 $2 {Geller} ( 16...Qd7 ) ( 16...b6 17.a4 Rae8 18.Ba3 Rf6 19.Rfe1 
Qf7 20.Nf1 Rfe6 $36 {<-> e |^>> (Euwe)} ) 17.a4 Qd7 ( 17...Rae8 $142 18.
Rb5 Qd7 ) 18.Ba3 Rfe8 19.Rfe1 b6 20.Re2 $1 Qe6 ( 20...g6 21.Rbe1 Re6 22.f3
Nf6 23.e4 ) 21.Rbe1 Qh6 22.Nf1 Qh5 23.f3 Nf6 24.Nd2 Re6 25.e4 Rae8 26.e5 
Nd7 27.Nf1 $1 ( 27.f4 $6 Nf6 $1 28.Nf1 Ne4 29.Ne3 Rd8 $10 {Polugayevsky} )
27...Qxf3 28.Rf2 Qd3 29.Qc1 {/\ 30.Re3} 29...Nxd4 30.cxd4 Qxd4 31.Rd1 Qg4 
( 31...Qxe5 32.Bb2 Qd6 ( 32...Qe4 $2 33.Rd4 ) 33.Rxf5 $18 ) 32.Ne3 Qe4 33.
Rf4 $1 Qxe5 34.Nxd5 Qe2 35.Rf2 Qxd1+ 36.Qxd1 Re1+ 37.Rf1 Rxd1 38.Rxd1 Ne5 
39.Ne3 $6 $138 ( 39.Ne7+ {/\ 40.Nxf5} ) 39...c3 40.Kf2 g5 41.h3 Rc8 42.Rd5
Nc4 43.Bc1 Nb2 44.Nxf5 Rc4 $2 ( 44...Rc5 $142 ) 45.Rd8+ Kf7 46.Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.f4 Bc5 ( 4...Nxe4 5.Nf3 Nd6 ( 5...Nxc3 6.
dxc3 exf4 7.Bxf4 $36 ) 6.Bd5 ( 6.Bb3 e4 7.Ng5 h6 8.Ngxe4 Nxe4 9.Qe2 {
Bogoljubow-Romanovski,(m) 1924} 9...Nd4 $1 $14 ) 6...e4 7.Ne5 ( 7.Ng5 Nb4 
8.Bb3 h6 9.Ngxe4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 d5 11.Nf2 ( 11.Ng3 $6 ) 11...Qe7+ 12.Qe2 Bf5
13.d3 O-O-O $15 {Bronstein-Keres,Parnu 1971} ) 7...Qh4+ 8.g3 Qh3 9.Nxe4 
Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Bc5 $15 ) 5.fxe5 ( 5.Bxf7+ {Rabinovich-Alekhine} ) 5...Nxe5 
6.Bb3 ( 6.d4 Nxc4 7.dxc5 $14 ) 6...Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Nfg4 8.d4 Qh4+ 9.Kd2 Nc6 ( 
9...Qf2+ 10.Ne2 Qe3+ $10 ) 10.Qf3 Nf6 11.Kd3 b6 12.Be3 Bb7 13.Qf4 $14 Ba6+
14.Kd2 Qxf4 15.Bxf4 Nxd4 16.Bxc7 Nxb3+ 17.axb3 Bb7 18.e5 Ne4+ 19.Nxe4 Bxe4
20.Bd6 h5 21.Ra4 Bc6 22.Rf4 Rh6 23.c4 f6 24.b4 b5 25.b3 a5 26.cxb5 Bxb5 
27.Ra1 a4 28.bxa4 Rxa4 29.Rxa4 Bxa4 30.Kc3 Rg6 31.g3 Rg4 32.Rf5 Rg5 33.Rf2
Kf7 34.exf6 gxf6 35.Re2 Bb5 36.Re4 Rd5 37.Bc5 Rd3+ 38.Kc2 Rd5 39.Bd4 d6 
40.Rf4 f5 41.Kc3 Kg6 42.Rf3 Ba6 43.Re3 Kf7 44.Re1 Bb5 45.Ra1 Ke6 46.Ra8 
Kd7 47.Ra7+ Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Panno, Oscar"]
[Black "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 Nd7 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nh6 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 c6 9.
b3 Re8 10.Bb2 f6 11.Qc2 Nf7 12.Rfd1 Qc7 13.h3 Nf8 14.b4 Be6 15.Qe2 Qc8 ( 
15...Bd7 $1 {(/\ Ne6)} ) 16.Kh2 exd4 $2 ( 16...f5 ) ( 16...Bd7 ) 17.Nxd4 
Bd7 18.Qf1 Ne6 19.Nb3 Qd8 20.Rac1 Qe7 21.Re1 Rad8 $2 ( 21...Qf8 ) 22.Nd5 
$1 cxd5 23.exd5 Qf8 ( 23...Ne5 24.dxe6 Bxe6 25.f4 Nc6 26.Rxe6 $1 Qxe6 27.
Bd5 $18 ) ( 23...b6 24.dxe6 Bxe6 25.Bc6 Rf8 26.Bd5 $18 ) ( 23...Rb8 24.Nd4
) 24.dxe6 Rxe6 ( 24...Bxe6 25.Bxb7 Rb8 26.Bc6 $18 ) 25.Bxb7 Rxe1 ( 25...
Rb8 26.Bd5 $18 ) 26.Qxe1 Re8 27.Qc3 Qe7 28.Bf3 $138 h5 29.Nd4 Ng5 30.Bd5+ 
Kh7 31.h4 Ne4 32.Qc2 f5 33.Nf3 Ba4 34.Qe2 Nf6 35.Ng5+ Kh8 36.Qxe7 Rxe7 37.
Bxf6 Bxf6 38.Ne6 Re8 39.b5 Rc8 40.Re1 Re8 ( 40...Re8 41.Re3 Bb2 42.Bc6 Re7
43.Nf4 Rxe3 44.fxe3 Kg7 45.Be8 ) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O e5 $1 ( 7...
Bg4 ) ( 7...Rb8 {Bronstein,D-Pilnik,H/13.rd/} ) ( 7...a6 {
Bronstein,D-Spassky,B/ 3.rd/} ) 8.dxe5 ( 8.d5 $142 ) 8...Nxe5 ( 8...dxe5 
$142 9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.Bg5 Be6 ) 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Bg5 {/\ Ne4} 
11...Rd4 $1 ( 11...h6 $2 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nd5 $16 ) 12.b3 ( 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.
cxd5 e4 14.Rad1 Rxd1 15.Rxd1 Bxb2 16.Bxe4 $14 ) 12...c6 13.Be3 Rd8 14.Rad1
Rxd1 15.Rxd1 Be6 16.a4 a5 $10 17.h3 Bf8 18.f4 exf4 19.gxf4 Bb4 20.Na2 Be7 
21.Nc1 Bf5 22.Nd3 Ne4 23.Bb6 Bd8 24.Bd4 Bc7 25.e3 Rb8 26.Ne5 Rd8 27.Ng4 
Kf8 28.Bxe4 Bxe4 29.Bc5+ Kg7 30.Bd4+ Kf8 31.Bc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 b6 7.Ne2 ( 7.Bd3 Bb7 
8.f3 ) 7...Nc6 8.Ng3 O-O 9.Bd3 Ba6 10.e4 Ne8 ( 10...cxd4 11.cxd4 Nxd4 12.
e5 $1 Ne8 13.Bb2 Nc6 14.Qh5 g6 15.Qh6 Ng7 16.h4 $40 ) 11.Be3 Na5 12.Qe2 
Rc8 13.d5 ( 13.Rc1 ) 13...Qh4 $1 ( 13...Nd6 $2 14.e5 Ndxc4 15.Qh5 g6 16.
Qh6 {/\ Nh5 Smyslov} ) 14.O-O Nd6 15.Rad1 f5 ( 15...Bxc4 16.f4 $132 ) 16.
dxe6 dxe6 ( 16...f4 17.exd7 Rcd8 18.e5 ) 17.exf5 exf5 18.Qf3 Bb7 ( 18...f4
19.Qd5+ Nf7 20.Nf5 ) 19.Qf4 Qf6 ( 19...Qxf4 20.Bxf4 Ndxc4 21.Bxc4+ Nxc4 
22.Rd7 $1 ) 20.Bb1 ( 20.f3 $142 ) 20...Ne4 ( 20...Naxc4 $2 21.Ba2 b5 22.
Rxd6 $18 ) 21.Rd7 ( 21.Nxe4 fxe4 22.Qxf6 Rxf6 23.Rd7 Rf7 24.Rfd1 ) 21...
Qc6 $1 {/\ Nd2} 22.Rxb7 ( 22.Rfd1 Nf6 $19 ) 22...Qxb7 23.Nxf5 ( 23.Nxe4 
fxe4 24.Bxe4 Rxf4 25.Bxb7 Nxb7 26.Bxf4 Rd8 27.Re1 Na5 $17 {Smyslov} ) 
23...Rce8 ( 23...Nxc3 24.Qh4 Nxb1 25.Ne7+ ) 24.Qg4 Kh8 25.Ng3 ( 25.Nh4 $1 
) 25...Nxg3 26.hxg3 Qf7 {/\ Rxe3} 27.Qh4 h6 28.Bd3 Qf6 29.Qh5 Rd8 30.Be2 
Qf5 31.Qh4 Qf6 $138 32.Qh5 Nc6 33.g4 Qf7 34.Qh4 Ne7 35.Qh3 Ng6 36.Qh2 $2 (
36.g3 $1 ) 36...Nf4 37.Bf3 Qxc4 38.g5 Rd6 39.Rc1 ( 39.gxh6 Rxh6 40.Qg3 
Qxf1+ 41.Kxf1 Rh1# ) 39...Rg6 40.gxh6 Rxh6 41.Qg3 Qe4 $1 42.Qxf4 Qxf4 ( 
42...Rxf4 43.Bxe4 ) 43.Bxf4 Rxf4 44.Re1 Ra4 ( 44...Rhf6 ) 45.Re8+ Kh7 46.
Be4+ g6 47.g4 Rxa3 48.Re6 Rxc3 49.Kg2 ( 49.g5 Rh4 50.Bxg6+ Kg7 ) 49...b5 
50.f3 b4 51.g5 Rh4 52.Bxg6+ Kg7 53.Kg3 Rd4 54.Be8 b3 55.g6 Rd8 56.Re7+ {
Time} ( 56.Re7+ Kf6 57.g7 Rxe8 $1 ) 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.d4 d6 8.dxc5 
dxc5 9.Be3 Nd7 {This move rightly has a bad reputation.} ( 9...Qa5 {was 
better.} ) 10.Qc1 Nd4 $2 {After the obvious reply Black is practically 
forced to play ... e5, which creates weaknesses on the d-file.} 11.Rd1 e5 
12.Bh6 {White's plan is simple; he wishes, after exchanging the 
dark-square-bishops, to drive away the knight from d4, and then to 
intensify the pressure on the opponent's position.} 12...Qa5 {Threatening 
13...Qxc3.} 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Kh1 Rb8 {Black has a difficult position, since
it is not apparent how he can develop his queenside. On} ( 14...Nxf3 {
White can play} 15.Bxf3 Nf6 16.Qg5 {or 15. exf3 followed by 16.f4.} ) 15.
Nd2 a6 16.e3 Ne6 17.a4 h5 18.h4 f5 19.Nd5 Kh7 20.b3 ( 20.b4 cxb4 21.Qb2 {
was also possible, but White did not want to allow his opponent the c5 
sqare.} ) 20...Rf7 21.Nf3 Qd8 22.Qc3 Qh8 {Black defends tenaciously.} ( 
22...e4 {was weaker because of} 23.Ne5 {Having defended his e5 sqare, 
Black is now ready to play ... e4, which would greatly improve his 
position.} ) 23.e4 $1 {[#] Now the game is opened up, and all the 
drawbacks of Black's position are clearly revealed. It is not apparent 
what he can do against the threat of 24. exf5 or 24.Re1 followed by 
25.exf5.} 23...fxe4 {On} ( 23...f4 {White gains advantage by} 24.Ng5+ Nxg5
25.hxg5 fxg3 26.fxg3 ) 24.Nd2 Qg7 {Capturing the f2 pawn would have 
allowed White to create direct threats after 25.Rf1.} ( 24...Rxf2 25.Rf1 
$40 ) 25.Nxe4 Kh8 26.Rd2 Rf8 27.a5 Nd4 28.b4 cxb4 29.Qxb4 Nf5 30.Rad1 Nd4 
{Black has no useful moves, und White, without harrying, selects a target 
against which to strike the decisive blow.} 31.Re1 Nc6 32.Qa3 Nd4 33.Rb2 
Nc6 34.Reb1 Nd4 35.Qd6 Nf5 36.Ng5 $4 {This move does not require any 
commentary. A comic aspect of the blunder is that White leaves his queen 
en prise to the opponent's only active piece.} 36...Nxd6 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Black "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bb7 
9.Nc3 ( 9.c3 $142 ) 9...b4 10.Nd5 Na5 11.Ba2 ( 11.Nxb4 Nxb3 12.cxb3 d5 $1 
13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Qxd5 ) 11...Nxd5 12.exd5 ( 12.Bxd5 $142 ) 12...b3 $1 
13.cxb3 Bxd5 14.b4 Bxa2 15.Rxa2 Nc6 16.Bd2 Qd7 17.Qc2 {(/\ Rfc1)} 17...Nd8
18.d4 exd4 19.Nxd4 O-O 20.Ra3 Bf6 21.Rh3 g6 22.Bc3 Re8 ( 22...Bg7 $142 ) 
23.Nf5 $1 Bxc3 24.Nh6+ Kg7 25.Qxc3+ f6 26.f4 Nf7 27.Nxf7 Qxf7 28.f5 g5 29.
Rg3 Re5 30.h4 h6 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Rh3 Rae8 33.Qg3 {(/\ Qh2)} 33...Rh8 34.
Rxh8 Kxh8 35.Rc1 Qe7 ( 35...Rxf5 36.Qh3+ Qh7 37.Qxh7+ Kxh7 38.Rxc7+ Kg6 
39.Rc6 Rf4 ) 36.Qc3 Re3 37.Qd2 ( 37.Qxc7 $2 Re1+ 38.Kh2 Qe5+ 39.g3 Qe2+ 
40.Kh3 Qh5+ 41.Kg2 Re2+ 42.Kf1 Qf3+ 43.Kg1 Qg2# ) 37...Qe4 38.Rc4 Qe5 39.
Rxc7 Re1+ 40.Kf2 Rb1 41.Rc8+ Kg7 42.Rc7+ Kh6 43.Rc3 d5 ( 43...Qxf5+ 44.Rf3
Qe5 45.Rc3 d5 46.b5 axb5 47.axb5 d4 48.Rh3+ {(/\ b6=)} ) 44.b5 axb5 45.
axb5 Qxf5+ 46.Rf3 Qe5 47.Rb3 Qe4 48.Rh3+ ( 48.b6 Qc4 ) 48...Kg7 49.Qc3 
Qf4+ 50.Rf3 Qh4+ 51.Ke2 Qe4+ 52.Kf2 d4 53.Qd2 ( 53.Qb4 $2 g4 $19 ) 53...
Qh4+ 54.Rg3 Qh1 55.Rxg5+ Kf7 ( 55...fxg5 56.Qxg5+ $10 ) 56.Rg4 $1 Qg1+ 57.
Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D29"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2 Nbd7 ( 7...
Nc6 ) 8.Nc3 ( 8.Rd1 ) 8...b5 9.Bb3 Bb7 10.Rd1 b4 ( 10...Qc7 11.d5 ) 11.Na4
Qa5 ( 11...Qc7 $142 ) 12.e4 Qb5 $1 13.Qe1 ( 13.Qxb5 axb5 $17 ) 13...Bxe4 (
13...Nxe4 14.d5 $1 ) 14.Ne5 c4 ( 14...Rd8 15.Bg5 c4 16.Bxc4 Qxa4 17.Nxd7 
$16 ) 15.Nxc4 Be7 ( 15...Bd5 $142 16.Ne5 Be7 ) 16.Bf4 $1 ( 16.Ne5 Bd5 ( 
16...O-O $2 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Nb6 $18 ) 17.Bg5 ) 16...O-O 17.Nd6 Bxd6 18.
Bxd6 Rfc8 ( 18...Qg5 19.Qf1 ) ( 18...Bxg2 19.Bxf8 Qg5 20.f4 $1 ) 19.Qxb4 
Qc6 20.f3 Nd5 21.Qa3 ( 21.Qe1 Bxf3 ) 21...Bg6 {(/\ Ne3)} 22.Rac1 ( 22.Bxd5
Qxd5 23.Bc5 Bc2 $1 ) 22...Qxc1 $1 23.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 24.Kf2 a5 ( 24...N7f6 $142
) 25.Bxd5 exd5 26.Nc3 Nb6 {(/\ Rc2+, Nc4-e3)} 27.Qc5 Rc2+ 28.Kg3 Rxb2 ( 
28...Nc4 29.Qxd5 Rxg2+ 30.Kf4 $1 ) 29.Bc7 Rc8 ( 29...Rc8 30.Nxd5 Nxd5 31.
Qxd5 h6 ( 31...Rxc7 $2 32.Qd8# ) 32.Bxa5 Rcc2 33.a4 Rxg2+ 34.Kf4 $18 ) 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Bg5 Na6 8.Nf3 h6 9.
Bd2 Bg4 10.a3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nd7 12.Nb5 Qe7 13.Qc2 h5 {/\ Bh6} 14.h4 Bh6 15.
Bxh6 Rxh6 16.O-O-O Nf6 {/\ Nc7} 17.Qd2 Rh8 18.Qg5 Nh7 19.Qe3 Nc7 20.Be2 
Nxb5 21.cxb5 Nf6 22.Kb1 O-O-O 23.Rc1 Kb8 24.Qg5 Rde8 25.f3 Nd7 26.Qxe7 
Rxe7 27.g4 Nf6 28.g5 Nd7 29.Bf1 f6 30.gxf6 Rf7 31.Bh3 Nb6 32.Rhg1 Rxf6 33.
Rg3 Rhf8 34.Be6 a6 35.bxa6 bxa6 36.Rcg1 Rxf3 37.Rxg6 Rf1+ 38.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 
39.Ka2 Rf4 40.Bf5 Kc7 41.Rg7+ Kb8 42.Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.03.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.d5 Na5 
9.Nd2 c5 10.Qc2 Rb8 11.b3 e5 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bb2 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Nce4 
Bb7 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Rad1 Bg7 ( 17...Be7 $5 ) 18.Nf3 Bd5 19.Nfg5 Nc6 20.e3 
Qe7 21.h4 c4 22.bxc4 bxc4 23.a3 Rb2 24.Qa4 Ne5 25.Rxd5 exd5 26.Nc3 Kh8 27.
Nxd5 Qe8 28.Qxe8 Rxe8 29.f4 Ng4 30.Nf7+ Kg8 31.Nxd6 Rxe3 32.Nxc4 Rxg3 33.
Nxb2 Bxb2 34.Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.03.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E77"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.f4 c5 6.d5 O-O 7.Nf3 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.
exd5 Re8 10.O-O Ng4 11.Re1 Bd4+ 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 Qh4 14.Bd2 Qxh2+ 15.
Kf1 Na6 16.Bxg4 Bxg4 17.Ne4 Rxe4 18.Rxe4 Nc5 19.Re3 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.03.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.d4 O-O 7.O-O Qc7 8.Na3 Nc6 
9.h3 Rd8 10.Be3 e5 11.d5 Nb8 12.b4 Nbd7 13.Qb3 b6 14.Nc4 Ne8 15.g4 Bb7 16.
Ng3 Rdc8 17.Rfc1 Qd8 18.a4 Bf6 19.a5 b5 20.Nd2 a6 21.Nf3 Rc7 22.c4 bxc4 
23.Rxc4 Rb8 24.Qa3 cxb4 25.Rxb4 Rbc8 26.Bf1 Rc3 27.Qb2 Ba8 28.Bxa6 R8c7 
29.Ne2 Rc2 30.Qb1 R2c5 31.Bb5 Rc8 32.Bxd7 Qxd7 33.Bxc5 dxc5 34.Rb8 Nd6 35.
Nc3 h5 36.Rxc8+ Qxc8 37.Qb6 Be7 38.Nxe5 hxg4 39.Nxg4 Kg7 40.Qb2 Nc4 41.Qe2
1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.03.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Panno, Oscar"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 a5 7.d4 a4 8.Na3 c6 9.
Bb2 Nbd7 10.e3 Qa5 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.e4 Nxe5 15.exd5
cxd5 16.Bxe5 Bxa3 17.Qxd5 Qxd5 18.Bxd5 Ra5 19.Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.03.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O ( 7.d5 $5 Na5
8.Nd2 c5 ( 8...c6 $5 ) ) 7...a6 {/\ Rb8, b5} 8.h3 Rb8 9.Be3 ( 9.a4 $142 ) 
9...b5 10.cxb5 axb5 11.d5 Na5 12.b4 Nc4 13.Ba7 ( 13.Nd4 $142 Nxe3 14.fxe3 
) 13...Rb7 14.Bd4 e5 15.dxe6 fxe6 16.Bxf6 ( 16.Ne1 e5 $1 ( 16...d5 17.Nd3 
) 17.Bxb7 Bxb7 18.Be3 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Qd7 20.g4 ( 20.Kh2 Ng4+ ) 20...h5 $15 )
16...Qxf6 17.Rc1 d5 18.e3 Qe7 19.Nd4 Qxb4 20.Qd3 Qc5 21.Nb3 Qe7 22.Nd4 Qc5
23.a4 ( 23.Nb3 Qa3 ( 23...Qd6 ) ) 23...bxa4 24.Nxa4 Qd6 25.h4 Kh8 26.Ne2 
Rb4 27.Nac3 Ba6 28.Ra1 Rb2 29.Rfc1 {[#]} 29...Rfb8 ( 29...Rd2 30.Qb1 Bxc3 
31.Nxc3 Rfxf2 $17 ) 30.Rxa6 Qxa6 31.Nxd5 exd5 ( 31...Qa3 32.Qxc4 Rxe2 ) ( 
31...Rd2 32.Nxc7 ) 32.Bxd5 Rd2 ( 32...Rd8 $142 33.Bxc4 Qf6 ) 33.Bxc4 Rxd3 
34.Bxa6 Ra3 35.Bc4 Ra1 36.Rxa1 Bxa1 37.Kg2 c5 ( 37...Kg7 ) 38.Kf3 Rb4 39.
Bd5 Kg7 40.Nf4 c4 41.Ng2 Bc3 42.g4 Be5 43.Be4 Rb2 44.Ne1 Rd2 45.g5 c3 46.
Kg2 Bd6 47.Nc2 h6 48.Nd4 hxg5 49.hxg5 Be7 50.Kg3 Bd6+ 51.f4 Kf7 52.Kf3 Bc5
53.Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.c4 b4 12.c5 $5 Bb7 ( 12...exd4 13.cxd6 cxd6 14.Nxd4
Bb7 15.Nf5 $1 Nc5 16.Bg5 $16 ) 13.Qc2 exd4 14.c6 d3 15.Qc4 Nb6 16.cxb7 
Nxc4 17.bxa8=Q Qxa8 18.Bxc4 Nxe4 19.Bxd3 d5 20.a3 $1 a5 ( 20...Nc5 21.Rxe7
$1 ( 21.Bc2 b3 $1 22.Bxh7+ Kxh7 23.Rxe7 Ne6 24.Ng5+ Nxg5 25.Bxg5 Qd8 $1 {
/\ 26...f6} ) ( 21.Bf1 Nb3 22.Ra2 ( 22.Rxe7 Nxa1 23.axb4 Qc6 24.Nc3 Qd6 
25.Re5 c6 26.Bd2 Nb3 27.Bf4 Qxb4 {Bannik-Shianovsky/Ukraine-ch/1958/ / /} 
) 22...Nxc1 23.Rxc1 b3 24.Ra1 c5 25.Nc3 Bf6 26.Rd1 Rd8 $1 ( 26...Bxc3 {
Kotkov-Kortschnoj/URS-sf/1958/ / /} ) 27.Rac1 Qc6 ) 21...Nb3 22.Rxc7 Nxa1 
23.axb4 Qb8 24.Bf4 Qxb4 25.Be5 $16 {Suetin} ) 21.Be3 Nc5 $2 ( 21...Qb7 $5 
22.Nbd2 f5 $14 ) 22.Bf1 b3 23.Nbd2 $16 a4 24.Bf4 Bf6 25.Be5 Bxe5 26.Nxe5 
Ne6 27.Rac1 Qa5 28.Ndf3 c5 29.Red1 c4 30.Nc6 Qc5 31.Nb4 Rd8 32.Ne5 Nd4 33.
Rd2 f6 34.Ng4 Nc2 35.Nxc2 bxc2 36.Rcxc2 Rd6 37.Ne3 Kf8 38.Rd1 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d3 a6 8.Nd2 Rb8 
9.a3 Ne8 10.e3 Bd7 11.Qc2 f5 12.b4 e5 13.Bb2 g5 14.Nd5 Ne7 $2 ( 14...f4 
$13 ) 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.f4 $1 Nf6 ( 16...exf4 17.exf4 Bxb2 18.Qxb2 Qe3+ 19.
Kh1 Qxd3 20.Bd5+ ) 17.Rae1 h6 18.Nf3 Nh7 19.Bc3 $1 Rbe8 20.Qb2 Bf6 21.b5 
axb5 22.cxb5 Qg7 23.fxe5 dxe5 24.d4 e4 ( 24...exd4 25.exd4 {/\ Ne5} ) 25.
Ne5 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Be6 27.g4 $1 {/\ 28.gxf5 Bxf5 29.Rxf5 Rxf5 30.Bxe4+/-} 
27...Qg6 ( 27...fxg4 28.Bxe4 ) 28.Qb1 Bd5 29.gxf5 Rxf5 30.Rxf5 Qxf5 31.Qd1
Qe6 32.Qh5 Re7 33.Bh3 g4 ( 33...Qb6 34.e6 $16 ) 34.Bxg4 Rg7 35.h3 Qe7 36.
Bb4 Qd7 37.Kh1 $2 ( 37.Rd1 $142 $1 c6 $16 ( 37...Qe6 38.Rxd5 Qxd5 39.Qe8+ 
$18 ) ) 37...Be6 38.Rd1 Bxg4 39.Qxg4 Qxg4 40.hxg4 Ng5 41.Kg2 Ne6 42.Kh3 
Rf7 43.g5 ( 43.b6 ) 43...hxg5 ( 43...Nxg5+ 44.Kg4 Ne6 45.a4 b6 46.a5 bxa5 
47.Bxa5 ) 44.Kg4 b6 45.a4 Kg7 46.Kh5 g4 47.Kxg4 Kg6 48.a5 bxa5 49.Bxa5 {
[#]} 49...Rf2 $44 50.Bxc7 Nxc7 51.Rd6+ Kg7 ( 51...Kf7 52.Rd7+ Ke6 53.Rxc7 
Kxe5 54.b6 Rb2 55.Rb7 $1 ) 52.b6 Ne8 ( 52...Na6 53.b7 ) 53.Rd8 Rb2 54.Rxe8
Rxb6 55.Kf5 Kf7 56.Ra8 Ke7 57.Ra7+ ( 57.Rh8 Ra6 ) 57...Ke8 58.Kxe4 Rb4+ 
59.Kf5 Rb6 60.Rg7 Rb3 61.e4 $10 ( 61.Kf6 Rxe3 62.Ra7 Re1 63.Ke6 Kf8 $10 ) 
61...Kf8 62.Ra7 Rb6 63.Rd7 Ke8 64.Rd6 Rb4 65.Rh6 Ra4 66.Rb6 Ke7 67.Rb7+ 
Ke8 68.Kf6 Rxe4 69.Ke6 Kf8 70.Rb8+ Kg7 71.Kd6 Kf7 {[Baranov]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ke8 10.b3 Be6 11.Bb2 Bb4 12.Rfd1 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 c5 14.h3 
Ne7 15.Bb2 b6 16.Rd2 h6 17.Rad1 Nc6 18.Nh2 Ke7 19.Nf1 Rhd8 20.Ne3 Rxd2 21.
Rxd2 Rd8 22.Rxd8 Kxd8 23.f4 Nd4 24.Kf2 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Nc6 12.Kh1 Qb6 13.Qd2 Rac8 14.Be3 Qc7 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Nd7 17.Rad1 Ne5 18.Qe3 b5 19.Qg3 b4 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 
g6 22.Bxa6 Ra8 23.Bb5 Ra5 24.Bc6 Nxc6 25.dxc6 Qxc6 26.c3 Rg5 27.Qf2 Qa6 
28.Qe3 Qb7 29.Rf2 Rg4 30.cxb4 Qxb4 31.Bc3 Qa4 32.b3 Qc6 33.Qxe7 Qxc3 34.
Qxd6 h5 35.h3 Rg3 36.Kh2 h4 37.Qf4 g5 38.Qf5 Qc7 39.Kh1 Qc8 40.Rd7 Qc1+ 
41.Kh2 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O b6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.a3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Qd3 Nc7 13.c4 Ne6 14.Bb2 dxc4 15.
Qxc4 Rc8 16.Rfd1 cxd4 17.Qe2 Qe7 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "86"]

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 Qc7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bb2 c4 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nh4 Ng4 14.g3 Ne7 15.Bc1 
Ng6 16.Ng2 f5 17.a4 Nf6 18.f3 Bd7 19.Ba3 Nh8 20.Qb1 g6 21.a5 Nf7 22.Qb4 b5
23.Rae1 Kg7 24.Bc1 a6 25.Qa3 Bc6 26.Qa1 Kg8 27.Bd2 Bb7 28.Qa3 Re7 29.Ra1 
Rae8 30.Qc1 Nd8 31.Be1 Nf7 32.Kh1 Qd7 33.Bd2 Qc7 34.Qe1 Re6 35.Nf4 R6e7 
36.Ng2 Bc8 37.Bc1 Re6 38.Bd2 Bb7 39.Qb1 Nd8 40.Qb4 Nc6 41.Qa3 Nd8 42.Kg1 
Nf7 43.Ra2 R6e7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "45"]

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 d6 12.Qd2 Qc8 13.Ne1 Nd7 14.Rd1 a5 15.d5 
Bxb2 16.dxe6 Nc5 17.Qxb2 Bxg2 18.Nxg2 Nxe6 19.Qd2 Qe8 20.Qd5 Kh8 21.e3 a4 
22.Nf4 Nxf4 23.exf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 d5 
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Qc2 Nc6 11.Rfd1 Rc8 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Qc4 Qxc4 14.bxc4 Bf6 
15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.d3 Rc7 17.Kf1 Rd8 18.Rab1 Nd4 19.Nxd4 Bxg2+ 20.Kxg2 Rxd4 
21.e3 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Panno, Oscar"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bd3 ( 6.Qb3 {/\ Bd2, Rc1} ) 
6...O-O 7.O-O Bg4 ( 7...c5 8.Qb3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nc6 $10 {Keres} ) 8.h3 Bxf3 
9.Qxf3 e6 ( 9...dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nbd7 {Marshall-Bogoljubov/Baden-Baden 1925/} 
) 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.b3 ( 12.b4 b5 {/\ Nb6-c4} 13.a4 a6 14.e4 Nb6
$2 15.a5 ) 12...Re8 13.Ba3 Nf8 14.Rac1 Ne6 15.Bb1 Ng5 16.Qg3 Nh5 17.Qd6 $2
f5 $2 ( 17...Qc8 18.Qh2 ( 18.Nxd5 Bf8 ) ) ( 17...Nxh3+ 18.gxh3 Qg5+ $17 {
/\ Bf8} ) 18.Qxd8 Raxd8 19.h4 ( 19.Ne2 f4 $1 20.exf4 ( 20.Nxf4 Nxf4 21.
exf4 Ne6 ) 20...Rxe2 21.fxg5 Bf8 $17 ) 19...Nf7 ( 19...Ne6 {/\ f4} 20.g3 )
20.Ne2 Nh6 21.g3 Ng4 22.Bc5 a6 23.Bb4 {/\ Be1} ( 23.b4 ) ( 23.a4 ) 23...
Re6 24.Kg2 Rde8 {/\ Nxe3+} 25.Bd3 Bh6 {/\ Bxe3} 26.Nf4 Nxf4+ 27.gxf4 ( 27.
exf4 $142 {Petrosjan} ) 27...Nf6 28.a4 Bf8 29.Bxf8 Kxf8 30.Rc3 ( 30.b4 
$142 ) 30...a5 31.Rc5 Ra8 32.Rb1 Ra7 33.Kf3 Ke7 34.Rc2 $138 ( 34.b4 $142 )
( 34.Rh1 {/\ h5! Nxh5 36.Bxf5} 34...Nh5 ) 34...Kd6 35.Rbc1 Re7 36.Rh1 Rf7 
37.Ke2 b6 38.Rhc1 Rac7 39.Kf3 c5 40.Bb5 Rf8 ( 40...cxd4 41.Rc6+ ) 41.Ke2 
Rfc8 42.Kd3 Ne4 ( 42...Nh5 {/\ Ng7-e6} ) 43.Ke2 cxd4 44.Rxc7 Rxc7 45.Rxc7 
d3+ ( 45...Kxc7 46.exd4 $10 ) 46.Kxd3 ( 46.Bxd3 Kxc7 47.Bxe4 dxe4 ) 46...
Kxc7 47.f3 Nc5+ 48.Kc3 Kd6 49.Be8 Ke7 ( 49...Ne6 50.Bf7 d4+ 51.Kd3 $10 ) (
49...d4+ 50.Kxd4 ( 50.exd4 Ne6 ) 50...Nxb3+ 51.Kc3 Nc5 52.Kc4 $10 ) 50.Bc6
Kd6 51.Be8 Ke7 ( 51...Ne6 52.Bf7 d4+ 53.Kd3 $10 ) 52.Bc6 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 g6 6.f3 Na6 7.Be3 Nc7 8.Qd2 a6 9.a4
b6 10.Bd3 Rb8 11.Nge2 Bg7 12.O-O Bd7 13.h3 O-O 14.Rae1 b5 15.axb5 axb5 16.
b3 Nfe8 17.Nd1 Na6 18.Nf2 Nb4 19.Bb1 Qa5 20.Nd3 bxc4 21.bxc4 Qa6 22.Nxb4 
Rxb4 23.Bd3 f5 24.Rb1 fxe4 25.fxe4 Rxf1+ 26.Rxf1 Qa3 27.Bg5 Bc8 28.Qe3 Rb7
29.Qf3 Qa7 30.Nc3 Rf7 31.Nb5 Rxf3 32.Nxa7 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Bd7 34.Nb5 Kf7 35.
Bd8 Bf6 36.Ba5 Be7 37.Bc2 h5 38.Kf2 h4 39.Bd1 Bg5 40.Ke2 Ke7 41.Kd3 Bf4 
42.Bb6 Bg3 43.Na7 Bf4 44.Nc6+ Kf7 45.Bd8 Nf6 46.Na7 Bh6 47.Nb5 Bf8 48.Ba5 
Be7 49.Bd2 Ne8 50.Ba4 Kg7 51.Bd1 Kf7 52.Na7 Bf6 53.Nc6 Ng7 54.Ba4 Nh5 55.
Ke2 Nf4+ 56.Kf3 Nd3 57.Bb5 Kf8 58.Ba5 Be7 59.Bd2 Bf6 60.Ke2 Nf4+ 61.Kf3 
Nh5 62.Ba5 Ng7 63.Nb8 Bc8 64.Bd7 Bb7 65.Bc7 Be7 66.Ba5 Ne8 67.Bd2 Nf6 68.
Bh6+ Kf7 69.Be6+ Ke8 70.Ke3 Nh7 71.Kd3 Bg5 72.Bg7 Ke7 73.Nd7 Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "195"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.e3 
Nc6 9.Ne2 Bd7 10.O-O Rc8 11.Ba3 Qa5 12.Qb3 Qa6 13.Nf4 b6 14.Rfe1 Na5 15.
Qd1 Nc4 16.Bc1 Qa4 17.Qxa4 Bxa4 18.Bf1 Nd6 19.Ba3 Bb5 20.Nd3 Nc4 21.Bc1 
cxd4 22.exd4 O-O 23.a4 Bc6 24.a5 Nxa5 25.Ba3 Rc7 26.Bb4 Nc4 27.Rec1 b5 28.
Ra6 Rfc8 29.Bc5 Nd2 30.f4 Be4 31.Rca1 $4 Bxd3 $4 32.Bxd3 Nb3 33.Rb1 Nxc5 
34.dxc5 Rxc5 35.Rxa7 Rxc3 36.Bxb5 Re3 37.Rd1 Bf6 38.Kf2 Rb3 39.Be2 Rc2 40.
Ra4 Rbb2 41.Re4 h5 42.h4 Kg7 43.Kf3 Rc3+ 44.Rd3 Rcc2 45.Rd7 Ra2 46.Re3 
Rcb2 47.Re4 Rb6 48.Re3 Rb8 49.Red3 Rbb2 50.Re3 Rc2 51.Re4 Rc8 52.Re3 Kf8 
53.Re4 Kg8 54.Re3 Rb8 55.Re4 Kf8 56.Re3 e6 57.Bc4 Rc2 58.Bd3 Rc1 59.Be2 
Be7 60.Red3 Rh1 61.Rc3 Bd8 62.Kg2 Rhb1 63.Rc2 Ke8 64.Rd1 Rxd1 65.Bxd1 Rb1 
66.Bf3 Ba5 67.Ra2 Be1 68.Re2 Ke7 69.Be4 Ra1 70.Bf3 Kd6 71.Rc2 Bb4 72.Rc6+ 
Kd7 73.Rc2 Bd6 74.Rd2 Ke7 75.Rb2 Ra4 76.Re2 Rd4 77.Re4 Rd3 78.Re2 Rc3 79.
Re1 Bc5 80.Re2 Be3 81.Rb2 Kd6 82.Bd1 Rc1 83.Be2 Bd4 84.Rd2 Kd5 85.Bf3+ Kc4
86.Be2+ Kc5 87.Bd1 Ra1 88.Rc2+ Kb4 89.Bf3 Bc3 90.Re2 Kc4 91.Bc6 Ra7 92.Be8
Kd5 93.Kf3 Bd4 94.Rc2 e5 95.fxe5 Bxe5 96.Rd2+ Ke6 97.Rd3 Rc7 98.Ba4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Panno, Oscar"]
[Black "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.Bf4 Re8 13.e5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Qe3 
Bg6 16.Bg5 Be7 17.Bxg6 fxg6 18.Rfc1 Bxg5 19.Nxg5 Nb8 20.Rc5 Nc6 21.Rac1 
Nxd4 22.Nxh7 Qh4 23.Ng5 Rf8 24.Rc7 Ne2+ 25.Qxe2 Qxg5 26.g3 Rad8 27.h4 Qf5 
28.Rxb7 Rc8 29.Rcc7 Rxc7 30.Rxc7 Rd8 31.Rc3 d4 32.Rf3 d3 33.Qd1 Qe4 34.Re3
Qc4 35.Kg2 d2 36.Kf3 Rf8+ 37.Kg2 Qc1 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 g6 6.Nf3 ( 6.f4 $6 exf4 7.Bxf4 Nh5 
8.Be3 Nd7 $15 {>< e5} ) ( 6.Be2 {/\ f4} ) 6...Bg7 7.Bg5 Na6 ( 7...h6 {
Petrosian} ) 8.Be2 Nc7 9.Nd2 Bd7 ( 9...a6 $5 10.a4 b6 {/\ b5} ) 10.a4 $1 
b6 ( 10...a6 11.a5 $1 $16 ) 11.Nb5 $1 Bxb5 $6 ( 11...Nxb5 $1 ) ( 11...Bc8 
{Petrosian} ) 12.cxb5 O-O 13.b4 $1 $16 {|^<<} 13...h6 14.Bxf6 ( 14.Be3 $6 
cxb4 {/\ Nd7-c5} ) 14...Qxf6 15.O-O Rfd8 16.Nc4 Bf8 17.g3 cxb4 18.Qb3 Kg7 
19.Rfc1 ( 19.Qxb4 Ne6 $1 20.dxe6 d5 $1 ) 19...h5 20.Ne3 Ne8 21.Qxb4 Rdc8 
22.Rc6 Qd8 ( 22...Rxc6 23.bxc6 {/\ Ba6-b7, a5+/--><<} ) 23.Rac1 Nf6 {/\ 
Nd7-c5} 24.Bf1 $1 Rcb8 ( 24...Nd7 25.Bh3 Rxc6 26.dxc6 Nc5 27.Nd5 {/\ 
28.c7+/-} ) 25.Bh3 a6 26.Re1 $1 {(/\ 27.Nc4)} ( 26.f3 axb5 27.axb5 h4 $132
{Petrosian} ) 26...axb5 27.axb5 Nh7 28.Nc4 Ra2 29.Bg2 Qf6 30.Rf1 Ng5 31.
Qb3 Rba8 32.h4 Nh7 33.Rxb6 Ra1 34.Rc6 R8a2 {(/\ Qf2)} 35.Qe3 Qd8 36.Rxa1 (
36.b6 $142 $1 {Petrosian} ) 36...Rxa1+ 37.Kh2 Nf6 38.f3 ( 38.Bh3 $5 ) 
38...Qb8 39.Qb3 Nd7 40.b6 Nc5 41.Qb2 Ra4 42.Qb5 Ra2 43.Rc7 $18 {(/\ 
44.Na5,45.Nc6,46.b7)} 43...g5 44.Ne3 gxh4 45.Nf5+ Kg8 46.gxh4 Ra6 47.b7 
Ra7 48.Rc8 Qxb7 49.Qe8 Nd7 50.Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D33"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Bc5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O O-O 11.Na4 Bb6 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Nxb6 Qxb6 14.Be3 Qb5 
15.Rac1 Bg4 16.Rfe1 Re6 17.a4 Qa6 18.h3 Bh5 19.b3 Rb8 20.Bf1 Qb7 21.Bd4 
Qxb3 22.Qxb3 Rxb3 23.Bxa7 Ra3 24.Ra1 Rxa1 25.Rxa1 Bxe2 26.a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.b3 a5 7.c4 a4 8.b4 c5 9.
bxc5 dxc5 10.Na3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Na6 12.Nab5 Nd7 13.Be3 Ndc5 14.Qc1 Bd7 15.
Rd1 Rc8 16.Qa3 Re8 17.Rab1 Bf8 18.Nc2 Qa5 19.Bxb7 Nxb7 20.Rxd7 Nac5 21.
Rdd1 Qa8 22.Nb4 e6 23.Qb2 Na5 24.Rdc1 Ne4 25.Na3 Rb8 26.c5 Nc6 27.Rc4 Nxc5
28.Bxc5 Bxc5 29.Rxc5 Rxb4 30.Qc3 Rxb1+ 31.Nxb1 Rd8 32.Nd2 Nd4 33.Qc4 Nb3 
34.axb3 a3 35.Qc3 a2 36.Ra5 Qxa5 37.Qxa5 Rxd2 38.Kg2 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 
Nbd7 9.Bb3 b6 10.a3 cxd4 11.Ne2 Be7 12.exd4 Bb7 13.Nc3 Ne4 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 
15.Re1 Bb7 16.Bf4 Nf6 17.Ne5 Nd5 18.Bg3 Bh4 19.Qd3 Bxg3 20.hxg3 Rc8 21.
Rad1 Rc7 22.Bc2 Nf6 23.Bb1 Qd5 24.f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 e5 4.d3 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.a4 a5 
9.Nc4 Nc5 10.Be3 Ne6 11.h3 ( 11.Ng5 $142 h6 12.Nxe6 Bxe6 13.Qd2 Bxc4 $8 
14.dxc4 $14 {^^ Brinckmann} ) ( 11.Ng5 $142 Nxg5 12.Bxg5 h6 13.Bd2 b6 14.
f4 $16 {|^>>} ) 11...b6 12.Qd2 Ba6 13.b3 Nh5 {(/\ f5, Bxc4)} 14.c3 ( 14.
Ng5 Nxg5 15.Bxg5 f6 16.Be3 Bb7 {/\ f5+/-|^>>} ) 14...Qe7 ( 14...f5 $2 15.
exf5 gxf5 16.Ng5 $18 {Petrosian} ) 15.b4 ( 15.d4 Nf6 16.Qc2 $13 {Ragozin} 
) ( 15.Ng5 $5 ) 15...f5 $1 16.exf5 gxf5 17.Ng5 f4 $1 18.Nxe6 Qxe6 ( 18...
fxe3 $2 19.Nxe3 $18 Qxe6 20.Bd5 $18 ) 19.b5 ( 19.Qe2 Bxc4 ( 19...fxe3 20.
Nxe3 ) 20.dxc4 ( 20.Bxa8 Rxa8 ( 20...Bxd3 21.Qxh5 fxe3 ) 21.Qxh5 Bxd3 22.
Rfd1 Bc2 ( 22...e4 23.gxf4 Bxc3 24.Rac1 axb4 25.Kh2 ) 23.Rdc1 Bg6 24.Qf3 
e4 25.Qxf4 axb4 $17 {Petrosian} ) 20...e4 $17 ) ( 19.gxf4 exf4 20.Bd4 f3 
$19 ) ( 19.Bxa8 Rxa8 $1 20.gxf4 ( 20.Qe2 Qxh3 $17 ) 20...Qxh3 21.f3 exf4 
22.Bxf4 axb4 $17 ) 19...f3 $1 20.bxa6 fxg2 21.Kxg2 d5 $17 22.Na3 Rxa6 23.
Qe2 Qg6 24.Kh2 ( 24.Qg4 $142 {Petrosian} ) 24...Raa8 25.Nc2 ( 25.Rae1 $142
{/\ Na3-b1-d2 Petrosian} ) 25...Rae8 26.Rae1 c5 27.Rg1 Nf6 ( 27...d4 $1 
$19 {Petrosian} 28.Bd2 c4 ) 28.Qd2 d4 29.cxd4 cxd4 30.Bg5 Nd5 31.Rg2 ( 31.
Re4 $142 ) 31...Rf3 32.Re4 Nc3 33.Rg4 h5 34.Rh4 Rxd3 $19 35.Qc1 Rd1 36.Qb2
Rb1 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Bd7 8.Qf3 Nc6
9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bc4 Be7 12.Rd3 e5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Rhd1 O-O 15.
Rxd6 Bc8 16.f5 Be7 17.R6d3 Rb8 18.Qh5 Rb4 19.Bb3 Rd4 20.Rxd4 exd4 21.Rxd4 
Qf4+ 22.Kb1 Qf1+ 23.Rd1 Qxg2 24.e5 g6 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Qh6 Bf5 27.Qe3 Bg5 
28.Qc5 Rd8 29.Rg1 Be7 $2 ( 29...Qf3 30.Qa7 $1 $16 ) 30.Bxf7+ $18 Kg7 31.
Rxg2 Bxc5 32.Bc4 a5 33.a3 Re8 34.e6 Bxe6 35.Bxe6 Rxe6 36.Rg4 Be7 37.Ne4 
Re5 38.h3 Kf7 39.Ka2 Ke6 40.a4 Kf5 41.Ng3+ Kf6 42.Kb3 g5 43.Rc4 Re6 44.Rc3
Bd8 45.Rf3+ Ke7 46.Kc4 Kd6 47.Nf5+ Kc7 48.Re3 Rf6 49.Nd4 Kd6 50.Rf3 Rg6 
51.c3 Bb6 52.Rg3 Bxd4 53.cxd4 Rg8 54.Rg4 Rh8 55.Rxg5 Rxh3 56.Rxa5 Rh2 57.
b3 Rc2+ 58.Kd3 Rc1 59.Rc5 Ra1 60.a5 Ra2 61.Kc3 Ra1 62.Kb2 Rd1 63.Rc4 Kc7 
64.Kc2 Ra1 65.b4 Kb7 66.Rc5 Ra2+ 67.Kc3 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "111"]

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.Rd1 Ng5 15.
Bf4 Ne6 16.Bg3 Qd7 17.h4 Na5 18.Bf5 Bg6 19.Nd4 Bxf5 20.Nxf5 O-O 21.b4 Nb7 
22.Nb3 c6 23.Qe4 g6 24.Nxe7+ Qxe7 25.Qe3 a5 26.a3 axb4 27.axb4 Ra4 28.Qb6 
Qc7 29.Qxc7 Nxc7 30.Nd4 c5 31.bxc5 Nxc5 32.f3 Rc4 33.Nc6 Na4 34.Ne7+ Kg7 
35.Nxd5 Nxd5 36.Rxd5 Nxc3 37.Rd7 Ne2+ 38.Kh2 Nd4 39.Ra6 Kg8 40.Rb6 Nf5 41.
Rxb5 Nxh4 42.e6 f6 43.Bxh4 Rxh4+ 44.Kg3 g5 45.Rbd5 Rh1 46.Kf2 Ra1 47.Re7 
Rh1 48.Rdd7 Rh6 49.g4 f5 50.Rg7+ Kh8 51.gxf5 Rxf5 52.e7 Re6 53.Rxh7+ Kg8 
54.Rg7+ Kh8 55.Rg6 Ree5 56.Rc6 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.Bd3 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 O-O 10.O-O a6 11.Bg5 b5 12.Ba2 Bb7 13.Rc1 b4 14.axb4 Nxb4 15.
Bb1 Qa5 16.Ne5 Rac8 17.Re1 Nbd5 ( 17...Rfd8 $2 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 
20.Qh5+ Kg8 21.Qxf7+ Kh7 22.Qxb7 $18 ) ( 17...Rcd8 18.Qd3 g6 19.Qh3 $40 
Nbd5 $2 20.Bh6 Rfe8 21.Nxf7 Kxf7 22.Qxe6# ) 18.Qd3 g6 19.Qh3 Qb4 $2 ( 
19...Nh5 $142 $1 20.Bxe7 ( 20.Bh6 Ndf4 $1 21.Qg4 f5 22.Qd1 Rfd8 ) 20...
Nxe7 21.Nd7 Rfd8 22.Nc5 Rxd4 $1 23.Nxb7 ( 23.Nxe6 Rd2 $13 ) 23...Qb4 $13 )
( 19...Qb6 $2 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Bxe7 Nxe7 22.Nd7 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Qxb2 24.Qh6 
$18 ) 20.Bh6 Rfd8 21.Ba2 $4 ( 21.Nxf7 $142 $1 $18 Kxf7 22.Qxe6+ Ke8 23.Bg5
$1 {/\Bxf6} ( 23.Bc2 {/\Bc2-a4+} 23...Nxc3 24.bxc3 ( 24.Qxf6 Ne4 $1 25.
Bxe4 Rxc1 ) 24...Qd6 $13 ) 23...Qd6 ( 23...Rd6 24.Qe5 Kd8 ( 24...Kf7 25.
Ba2 ) ( 24...Kf8 25.Ba2 ) 25.Bxf6 ) ( 23...Rc6 24.Nxd5 Rxe6 25.Nxb4 $18 ) 
24.Qh3 Qd7 ( 24...Rd7 25.Nxd5 Nxd5 ( 25...Rxc1 26.Nxf6+ Qxf6 27.Bxc1 $18 )
26.Qxh7 $18 ) ( 24...Nxc3 25.bxc3 Bd5 26.Bxf6 Qxf6 27.Qxh7 Bf7 28.Re3 {
/\Rf3} 28...Rxd4 29.Rce1 Rd7 30.Rf3 $18 ) 25.Nxd5 Nxd5 26.Bxg6+ $1 $18 ) 
21...Rd6 22.Bg5 Qxd4 23.Rcd1 Nf4 24.Bxf4 Qxf4 25.Rxd6 $2 ( 25.Nxf7 $142 $1
Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Bc5 27.Bxe6 Qxf2+ 28.Kh1 Rb8 29.Nd8+ Kg7 30.Nxb7 Rxb7 31.b3 
$10 ) 25...Bxd6 26.Nxf7 $2 Rxc3 $1 ( 26...Kxf7 27.Bxe6+ $1 ( 27.Qxe6+ Kg7 
28.Qf7+ Kh6 29.Qxb7 Qxh2+ 30.Kf1 Qh1+ 31.Ke2 Re8+ $19 ) 27...Kg7 28.Bxc8 
Bxc8 29.Qxc8 Qxh2+ 30.Kf1 Qh1+ 31.Ke2 Qxg2 $14 ) 27.Nh6+ ( 27.bxc3 Ne4 $1 
( 27...Kxf7 $2 28.Qxe6+ Kg7 29.Qf7+ Kh6 30.Qxb7 ) ( 27...Bc5 28.Rf1 Ne4 
29.Qxe6 Bxf2+ 30.Kh1 Ng3+ 31.hxg3 Bxg2+ 32.Kxg2 Qxg3+ 33.Kh1 Qf3+ 34.Kh2 
Qg3+ 35.Kh1 Qf3+ $10 ) 28.Nh6+ ( 28.Rf1 Nxf2 $1 29.Rxf2 Qc1+ 30.Rf1 Bc5+ 
31.Kh1 Qxf1# ) 28...Kg7 29.Ng4 h5 $19 ) 27...Kg7 28.bxc3 Bc5 29.Qg3 Qxg3 
30.hxg3 Kxh6 31.Bxe6 Ne4 32.Re2 Nxc3 33.Rb2 Bc6 34.Kh2 Bb5 35.f3 Kg7 36.
Rb3 Bd4 37.Bc8 a5 38.Ra3 a4 39.g4 g5 40.g3 Kf6 41.f4 Bc6 42.Bf5 h6 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d3 Be6 8.a3 a5 
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Nd4 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Ne4 Qe7 13.Nxc5 dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Bxf6 
gxf6 9.Na3 d5 10.Nxd5 Bxa3 11.bxa3 Be6 12.Ne3 Qa5+ 13.Qd2 Qxa3 14.Bd3 
O-O-O 15.O-O Rhg8 16.Rfb1 Rd7 17.Kh1 Rgd8 18.Qe1 Rd4 19.Qf1 Qc3 20.a3 Kc7 
21.f4 exf4 22.Qxf4+ R8d6 23.Rf1 Qc5 24.Rae1 Qxa3 25.Qxf6 Qa5 26.Qg7 Qe5 
27.Qxh7 Rd8 28.Qh4 Rh8 29.Qf4 Qxf4 30.Rxf4 Ne5 31.Be2 Ng6 32.Rf6 Rxe4 33.
Bd3 Reh4 34.Bxg6 Rxh2+ 35.Kg1 Rh1+ 36.Kf2 Rxe1 37.Kxe1 Rh6 38.Rxf7+ Bxf7 
39.Bxf7 Rh1+ 40.Kf2 Kd6 41.g4 Ke7 42.Bd5 Rb1 43.g5 Kf8 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Panno, Oscar"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Na6 8.b3 d6 9.
Bb2 Bd7 10.Re1 Qa5 11.e4 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Rae8 13.Neg5 Nc7 14.Qd2 Qxd2 15.Nxd2
h6 16.Ngf3 g5 17.Rac1 Nh7 18.Bc3 Rf7 19.Re2 Nf8 20.Ne1 Nfe6 21.d5 Nd4 22.
Bxd4 Bxd4 23.Ndf3 Bg7 24.dxc6 bxc6 25.Nd3 Bg4 26.Re3 c5 27.h3 Bf5 28.Rd1 
a5 29.g4 Bc8 30.Nd2 Bd4 31.Re2 Kf8 32.Ne4 Ne6 33.Ng3 Nf4 34.Nxf4 gxf4 35.
Nf5 Bxf5 36.gxf5 Rxf5 37.Bf3 e6 38.Kh2 Kf7 39.Rg1 Be5 40.Rd2 Rb8 41.h4 a4 
42.Rb1 Ke7 43.Kh3 Bf6 44.Rd3 Bd4 45.Kg2 Be5 46.Kh3 Rff8 47.Bc6 a3 48.Kg2 
Rg8+ 49.Kf3 h5 50.Rh1 Rg4 51.Ke2 d5 52.cxd5 Kd6 53.Kf3 Bd4 54.Ba4 exd5 55.
Rd2 Bf6 56.Re2 Rg7 57.Be8 Re7 58.Rxe7 Kxe7 59.Bxh5 c4 60.bxc4 dxc4 61.Rc1 
c3 62.Bg6 Be5 63.h5 Kf6 64.Rc2 Kg5 65.Re2 Rb5 66.Rc2 Rc5 67.Rc1 Rd5 68.Re1
Bd6 69.Rg1+ Kh6 70.Re1 Bc5 71.Re2 Kg5 72.Rc2 Bb4 73.Re2 Bd6 74.Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g3 
Nbd7 9.Bg2 Nb6 10.O-O Re8 11.Nf4 c6 12.f3 c5 $1 13.Kh1 Bf8 14.Re1 Bd7 15.
Nd3 ( 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.Nfxd5 Nfxd5 17.Nxd5 Ba4 18.b3 Qxd5 ( 18...Nxd5 $15 )
) 15...cxd4 ( 15...c4 $2 ) 16.exd4 Rxe1+ 17.Qxe1 Na4 18.Ne5 Rc8 19.Nxa4 
Bxa4 20.Bd2 ( 20.Bh3 Rc2 ( 20...Bd7 $1 ) 21.Nxf7 Kxf7 22.Qe6+ Kg6 23.Bf5+ 
Kh5 24.g4+ ) 20...Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 f5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 d5 7.Bb2 Bd7 8.d3 Be8 
9.Nbd2 Nc6 10.a3 a5 11.Qc2 Qd7 12.cxd5 exd5 13.e3 Bh5 14.Bc3 Bd6 15.Qb2 
Ra6 16.Rfc1 Kh8 17.Bf1 Rb6 18.Bg2 Qe6 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 Ra6 21.b4 b6 22.
b5 Raa8 23.Nf3 Bxf3 24.Bxf3 Rae8 25.Rc6 Re7 26.a4 h6 27.Qb3 Kh7 28.Rac1 g5
29.R6c2 Qf7 30.Kh1 f4 31.gxf4 gxf4 32.Rg1 fxe3 33.fxe3 Ne4 34.Rg7+ Qxg7 
35.Bxg7 Rxf3 36.Qxd5 Ng5 37.Bd4 Ref7 38.Kg2 R3f5 39.Qa8 Nf3 40.Qh8+ Kg6 
41.Rc1 Rf8 42.Qg7+ Kh5 43.Kh1 Ng5 44.h4 Nh3 45.e4 R5f7 46.Qg2 Nf2+ 47.Kg1 
Ng4 48.e5 Bxe5 49.Bxe5 Nxe5 50.Qe2+ Nf3+ 51.Kh1 Rg7 52.Qf2 Rf4 53.Rc4 Rxc4
54.Qxf3+ Rcg4 55.Kh2 Kxh4 56.Qf6+ Kh5 57.Qf3 Kg5 58.Qe3+ Kf5 59.Qf3+ Ke5 
60.d4+ Kxd4 61.Qd1+ Kc3 62.Kh3 Kb4 63.Qc2 Rg3+ 64.Kh4 R7g4+ 65.Kh5 Rc4 66.
Qd1 Rgc3 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 c5 7.dxc5 dxc4 8.Qxd8 
Rxd8 9.e4 Na6 10.e5 Ng4 11.h3 Nh6 12.Bxc4 Nxc5 13.Ke2 Be6 14.Nb5 Rac8 15.
Nxa7 Ra8 16.Be3 Bxc4+ 17.Rxc4 Nd7 18.Nb5 Rxa2 19.Rb4 Nf5 20.Rd1 Raa8 21.e6
Nxe3 22.fxe3 Nc5 23.exf7+ Kxf7 24.Nbd4 Rd5 25.Rf1 Bf6 26.g4 Kg8 27.Rb5 
Rad8 28.Ra1 Bxd4 29.Nxd4 R8d6 30.Ra8+ Kf7 31.Rb8 h5 32.b4 Ne6 33.Rxd5 Rxd5
34.Nxe6 Kxe6 35.Rxb7 hxg4 36.hxg4 Rg5 37.Kf3 Rd5 38.Rb6+ Kf7 39.Ke4 Rd1 
40.g5 Rd2 41.Rb5 Ke6 42.Re5+ Kd6 43.Ra5 Rb2 44.Ra6+ Kd7 45.Rb6 Ke8 46.Kd4 
Kf7 47.e4 Rd2+ 48.Kc3 Re2 49.Kd3 Rg2 50.Rb5 Ke6 51.Rd5 Rb2 52.Kc4 Re2 53.
Kd4 Rd2+ 54.Kc5 Rc2+ 55.Kb6 Rc4 56.b5 Rxe4 57.Kc6 Rb4 58.Rc5 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 ( 7...
Be7 ) ( 7...a6 ) 8.Bxf6 ( 8.Bh4 Nxe4 ) 8...gxf6 ( 8...Qxf6 9.Ndb5 ) 9.
O-O-O a6 10.Be2 h5 ( 10...Bd7 11.f4 Qb6 12.Bh5 $1 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Qxd4 14.
Rxd4 $14 {Bondarevsky-Botwinnik, 19th URS-ch [#]} ) 11.Kb1 Bd7 12.f4 Qb6 
13.Rhf1 ( 13.Nb3 $1 O-O-O 14.Rhf1 Na5 15.Rf3 Nxb3 16.axb3 Kb8 17.Na4 Qa7 
18.f5 Be7 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Rxf6 $1 $16 {Keres-Botvinnik, 1956} ) 13...Qxd4 
14.Qxd4 Nxd4 15.Rxd4 h4 16.f5 Rc8 17.Rd3 Rc5 18.fxe6 fxe6 19.Rxf6 Rg5 20.
Rf2 ( 20.Bf3 Bg7 21.Rf4 Be5 22.Rg4 Rxg4 23.Bxg4 Bxh2 ) 20...Rhg8 21.Bf3 
Be7 ( 21...Bg7 22.Rxd6 Be5 23.Rd1 Bxh2 24.e5 $1 ) 22.h3 Rf8 23.Rfd2 Bc6 
24.Nd1 Kd7 25.b3 b5 26.Nf2 Kc7 27.Ng4 Rf4 28.Re2 Kd7 29.a3 Kc7 30.Kc1 d5 
31.exd5 Bxa3+ 32.Kd2 Bxd5 33.Bxd5 exd5 34.Re6 a5 35.Rh6 d4 36.c3 ( 36.Rxh4
Bb4+ 37.Ke2 Rc5 38.Kd1 Rf1+ 39.Ke2 Re1+ ) 36...dxc3+ 37.Rxc3+ Kb7 38.Rd3 
Rf7 39.Rxh4 Re7 40.Ne3 Bc5 41.Rg4 {[Vatnikov]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B59"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "44"]

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 a5 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb8 13.Qd3 Nfd7 14.Bg4 Qc7 15.
a4 Nb6 16.Nd2 N8d7 17.Bxd7 Nxd7 18.Nc4 Rac8 19.b3 Nc5 20.Bxc5 Qxc5 21.Kh1 
Bg5 22.Qf5 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.Qg4 g6
9.Bd3 Nxd2 10.Kxd2 c5 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.Rab1 cxd4 13.cxd4 Na5 14.Qf4 Bd7 15.h4
Rc8 16.h5 g5 17.Qf6 Qxf6 18.exf6 b6 19.c3 Nc6 20.Bb5 Nb8 21.Bd3 Nc6 22.Ba6
Rc7 23.Rhe1 g4 24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.Rxe5 Rg8 26.g3 Ba4 27.Rb4 Bc6 28.Be2 Kd7 29.
Rb1 Ba4 30.Rb4 Bc6 31.a3 Kd6 32.Rb1 Ba4 33.Rb4 Bd7 34.Rb1 Ba4 35.Ba6 Rb8 
36.Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B64"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "44"]

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 h6 10.Bh4 Nxe4 11.Bxe7 Nxd2 12.Bxd8 Nxf1 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Be7 Re8 
15.Rhxf1 Rxe7 16.Rxd6 Bb7 17.Re1 c5 18.g3 Rc8 19.b3 Kf8 20.Kb2 Ke8 21.Nb5 
Bc6 22.c4 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C99"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 Bb7 15.Bg5 h6
16.Bh4 Nh5 17.d5 Nd8 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Nfd4 Nf4 20.Nf5 Qf6 21.Re3 Kh7 22.a4 
bxa4 23.Rxa4 Bc8 24.Rb4 Nb7 25.Rc3 g6 26.Ne3 a5 27.Rb6 Qd8 28.Nc4 Ra7 29.
Nc1 Qg5 30.Rg3 Qe7 31.Ne2 Nxe2+ 32.Qxe2 Rd8 33.Ra3 Bd7 34.Qe3 Rc8 35.Bd3 
Be8 36.b4 a4 37.Kh2 Raa8 38.Be2 Rc7 39.b5 Qd8 40.Ra2 Kg7 41.Rc6 Rb8 42.Rd2
h5 43.Rd1 Kg8 44.Kg1 Kh7 45.Qa3 Qe7 46.Qxa4 Nc5 47.Qc2 Bxc6 48.dxc6 Rxb5 
49.Nxd6 Rb6 50.Bb5 Ne6 51.Ba4 Nd4 52.Qc5 Rbxc6 53.Bxc6 Rxc6 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.O-O d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.d4 Be7 8.Nc3 
O-O 9.Bf4 cxd4 ( 9...Be6 10.dxc5 d4 11.Nb5 Bxc5 12.Rc1 Qb6 13.a4 {/\ 14. 
Ba7;} ) ( 9...c4 10.Ne5 {/\ b3} ) 10.Nxd4 Qb6 11.Nxc6 ( 11.Nb3 d4 ) ( 11.
Be3 Qxb2 12.Ndb5 Qb4 ) 11...bxc6 12.Qc2 Be6 13.Be3 ( 13.Rac1 $142 ) 13...
Qa5 ( 13...c5 $1 14.Na4 Qb5 $1 15.Bxc5 Rac8 16.b4 Bxc5 17.bxc5 Bd7 $15 ) 
14.Qa4 $1 Qxa4 15.Nxa4 Nd7 16.Rfd1 Rfc8 17.b3 ( 17.Rac1 $142 ) 17...Ba3 
18.Bd4 Bg4 {>=} ( 18...f5 {/\ Kf7-e7-d6} ) 19.Rd2 Re8 20.e3 Bf5 21.Bb2 
Bxb2 ( 21...Bf8 22.Rc1 Rac8 23.Bf1 {/\ 24.Ba6;} ) ( 21...Bb4 22.Rd4 Bd6 $2
23.e4 $1 Bxe4 24.Bxe4 Rxe4 25.Rxe4 dxe4 26.Rd1 ) 22.Rxb2 ( 22.Nxb2 Nb6 ) 
22...Nb6 23.Nc5 a5 24.Rc1 Rec8 ( 24...a4 25.Nxa4 Nxa4 26.bxa4 Rec8 27.Rb6 
Rxa4 28.Rbxc6 Rxc6 29.Rxc6 Rxa2 30.Bxd5 $14 ) 25.e4 $1 Bg6 26.f4 f6 27.Bh3
Rcb8 ( 27...Re8 28.Be6+ Bf7 ( 28...Kh8 29.f5 ) ( 28...Kf8 ) 29.Bxf7+ Kxf7 
30.Nb7 {/\ 31.Nd6, 31. Rxc6} ) 28.e5 fxe5 29.fxe5 a4 30.bxa4 Nc4 31.Rxb8+ 
Rxb8 32.e6 Rb1 ( 32...Rb2 $2 33.e7 $1 Kf7 ( 33...Re2 34.Be6+ ) 34.Re1 Nd6 
35.Bd7 ) 33.Rxb1 Bxb1 34.Bf1 $1 Nd6 35.a3 Kf8 36.a5 Nc8 37.Kf2 Ke7 38.Ke3 
Kd6 39.Kd4 Bf5 40.Be2 Na7 41.a6 $16 ( 41.g4 Bg6 42.h4 h6 43.h5 Bh7 $16 ) 
41...Bh3 ( 41...Bxe6 42.Nxe6 Kxe6 43.Kc5 Kd7 44.Kb6 ) 42.a4 Nc8 $2 {>=} ( 
42...g6 43.g4 $8 Bg2 ( 43...h6 44.Ke3 h5 45.Kf4 ) ( 43...Nc8 44.Nb7+ Kxe6 
45.Kc5 Kd7 46.Nd6 ) 44.Ke3 $1 Nc8 ( 44...Kxc5 $2 45.e7 ) 45.Kf2 Bh1 46.Kg1
Be4 47.Nxe4+ dxe4 48.Bc4 $18 ) 43.Nb7+ Kxe6 44.Kc5 Kd7 45.Na5 ( 45.Nd6 $1 
Na7 46.Nb5 cxb5 47.axb5 Kc7 48.b6+ Kb8 49.bxa7+ Kxa7 50.Kxd5 ) 45...Kc7 
46.Nxc6 Nb6 47.Bb5 Nd7+ 48.Kxd5 $2 ( 48.Kd4 ) 48...Bg2+ 49.Ke6 Bxc6 50.
Bxc6 Kxc6 51.a7 Nb6 $2 ( 51...Nc5+ 52.Kf7 Kb7 53.Kxg7 Ne4 54.Kxh7 Nd2 $1 
55.g4 ( 55.h3 Ne4 ) 55...Nf3 {[#]} ) 52.a5 Na8 53.Kf7 $2 ( 53.h4 $18 Kb7 
54.Kf7 g5 55.h5 ) 53...g5 54.Kf6 g4 55.Kg5 Kb7 56.Kxg4 Nc7 57.Kg5 Nd5 58.
h3 ( 58.Kh6 Ne3 ) 58...Nc3 59.g4 Ne4+ 60.Kf5 Ng3+ 61.Kf4 Ne2+ 62.Ke3 Nc3 
63.g5 Nd5+ 64.Ke4 Ne7 65.Kf4 Nd5+ 66.Kf3 Ne7 67.h4 Kxa7 68.Kf4 Ng6+ 69.Kg4
Ne7 70.h5 $18 Ka6 71.Kf4 Kxa5 ( 71...Nd5+ 72.Ke4 Ne7 73.Ke5 ) 72.Ke5 Kb6 
73.Ke6 ( 73.Kf6 $2 Nd5+ 74.Kg7 Nf4 75.g6 Nxg6 $1 ) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.exd6 exd6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 
Bh5 9.c4 Nb6 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Nbd2 Bf6 12.Rc1 Re8 13.Re1 Bg6 14.Nf1 d5 15.c5 
Nc8 16.Qd2 a5 17.a3 h6 18.N1h2 N8e7 19.Ng4 Nf5 20.Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.Bb5 Nxe3 
22.fxe3 Be4 23.Rf1 Qe6 24.Rf2 f6 25.Nh2 Rf8 26.Nf1 Ne7 27.Ng3 Bh7 28.Rcf1 
c6 29.Be2 Qd7 30.Nh5 Be4 31.Nf4 a4 32.Bg4 f5 33.Bd1 Rf6 34.Qb4 g5 35.Nh5 
Rf7 36.Bxa4 Raf8 37.Qd2 Ng6 38.Bc2 Kh8 39.Ng3 Nh4 40.Nxe4 dxe4 41.Qc3 Kh7 
42.b4 h5 43.Qc4 g4 44.hxg4 hxg4 45.Bxe4 g3 46.Rf4 Ng6 47.Bc2 Qe7 48.Qe2 
Qg5 49.Qf3 Kg7 50.Rxf5 Rxf5 51.Bxf5 Nh4 52.Qg4 Rxf5 53.Qxg5+ Rxg5 54.a4 
Rh5 55.b5 Rh8 56.Rf4 Ng6 57.Rf3 Ra8 58.bxc6 bxc6 59.Rxg3 Rxa4 60.Rf3 Ra2 
61.Kf1 Ne7 62.Rf2 Ra3 63.Re2 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Bf5 4.f3 Bg6 5.e4 dxe4 6.Qd2 e6 7.fxe4 Bb4 8.Qe3 
Ng4 9.Qd2 Nf6 10.Qe3 Ng4 11.Qf4 Qxd4 12.Ne2 Bxc3+ 13.Nxc3 h6 14.Qxg4 hxg5 
15.Qxg5 Nd7 16.Be2 Rxh2 17.Rxh2 Qg1+ 18.Bf1 Qxh2 19.O-O-O Qh6 20.Qxh6 gxh6
21.Be2 O-O-O 22.Rh1 Rh8 23.Kd2 Kd8 24.Ke3 Ke7 25.Nb5 c6 26.Nc3 Ne5 27.Kf4 
f6 28.Na4 b6 29.Nc3 Be8 30.b4 h5 31.g3 Ng6+ 32.Ke3 h4 33.gxh4 Rxh4 34.Rf1 
Rh3+ 35.Kd2 Ne5 36.Rf2 Bg6 37.Rg2 Bf7 38.Nd1 Nf3+ 39.Bxf3 Rxf3 40.e5 Rf4 
41.exf6+ Kxf6 42.a3 Rd4+ 43.Kc1 e5 44.Ne3 Bh5 45.Rg8 e4 46.Rc8 Ke5 47.Rf8 
Bf3 48.Kb2 Rd7 49.Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g3 
Nbd7 9.Bg2 Nb6 10.O-O Re8 11.Nf4 Bf8 12.Kh1 Bf5 13.a4 a5 14.f3 h6 15.Nd3 
Nc4 16.Re1 c6 17.b3 Nd6 18.Ba3 Bh7 19.Qd2 Qc7 20.Ne5 Red8 21.Nd1 Nd7 22.
Bb2 Nxe5 23.dxe5 Nf5 24.Bc3 b6 25.f4 c5 26.Rc1 Qd7 27.Qb2 h5 28.Nf2 Qe6 
29.e4 dxe4 30.Nxe4 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E95"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 Nf6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Re1 c6 
9.d5 c5 10.a3 Ne8 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bd2 f5 13.Ng5 Nc7 14.exf5 gxf5 15.f4 e4 16.
Be3 h6 17.Nh3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Nf6 19.a4 Kh8 20.Nf2 Rg8 21.Kh1 Qe8 22.Rg1 Qg6 
23.Qd2 Bd7 24.g3 Rae8 25.a5 Re7 26.Rab1 Bc8 27.Rg2 Reg7 28.Rbg1 Nce8 29.h3
h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Black "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nh6 6.d4 Nd7 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 c6 9.
b3 Re8 10.h3 f6 11.Be3 Nf7 12.Qc2 Nf8 13.b4 Bd7 14.d5 Qc8 15.Kh2 cxd5 16.
Nxd5 Ne6 17.Rfc1 Nc7 18.Qd2 Nxd5 19.exd5 b6 20.c5 bxc5 21.bxc5 dxc5 22.
Rxc5 Qd8 23.Qa5 Bf8 24.Qxd8 Rexd8 25.Rc7 a6 26.Nd2 Nd6 27.Rac1 Rac8 28.h4 
Be8 29.Ne4 Bg7 30.Rxg7+ Kxg7 31.Nxd6 Rxc1 32.Nxe8+ Kf7 33.Bxc1 Kxe8 34.Be3
f5 35.Bf1 Ra8 36.Bc4 Kd7 37.Bb3 Rc8 38.Bd2 Rb8 39.Bc1 Rb4 40.Ba3 Rd4 41.
Bc5 Rd2 42.Ba4+ Kc8 43.d6 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.Nd5 Na5
9.Nxe7 Qxe7 10.d4 Bb7 11.Bg5 Nxb3 12.axb3 Bxe4 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Re1 exd4 
15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Rxe4+ Kd7 17.Qg4+ Kc6 18.Rf4 Qg6 19.Qf3+ Kb6 20.Rxf7 Qxc2 
21.Qf4 Qc5 22.Rxg7 Rad8 23.Rf7 Rd6 24.Rc1 Re8 25.h4 Qe5 26.Qxe5 Rxe5 27.
Kf1 c5 28.Re1 Red5 29.Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Panno, Oscar"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.d4 c5 8.dxc5 
Na6 9.Ng5 Ndb4 10.Nc3 h6 11.Nf3 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Be6 13.Ne1 Nxc5 14.Be3 Rac8 
15.Bd4 a5 16.Nf3 Nc2 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Rac1 Nb4 19.Nd4 Bc4 20.a3 Nba6 21.Bd5
Bxd5 22.Nxd5 Rcd8 23.Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.Nc3 c6 6.d5 d6 7.Nf3 e5 8.O-O cxd5 
9.cxd5 Nbd7 10.a4 $5 a5 11.Rb1 Nc5 12.Nd2 Bd7 13.b3 Rc8 14.Ba3 Ne8 15.Nce4
b6 16.Nc4 Bf5 17.Nxc5 $1 bxc5 ( 17...Bxb1 $2 18.Nb7 Qc7 19.Nbxd6 $18 ) 18.
e4 Bd7 19.Qd2 {>< a5} 19...f5 {19...Ra8 20.Bb2 /\ Bc3 >< a5} 20.Qxa5 Qg5 
21.Nb6 Rd8 22.b4 cxb4 23.Qxb4 Qh5 24.Qc3 fxe4 25.Nxd7 Rxd7 26.Bxe4 Nf6 27.
Bg2 e4 28.Qc4 e3 29.h3 Qg5 30.Rb3 Re8 31.Bc1 exf2+ 32.Rxf2 Qh5 33.Bb2 Rf7 
34.Rbf3 Re1+ 35.Rf1 Re4 36.Qc2 Re5 37.Bxe5 dxe5 38.Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4 d6 
9.c3 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Bc1 c5 14.Nbd2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2
Bxf3 16.gxf3 cxd4 17.Qxd4 Rc8 18.Bb3 Rc5 19.Bf4 Qc8 20.Rad1 Nh5 21.Bg3 Qh3
22.Bd5 Nxg3 23.hxg3 Qc8 24.b4 Rc3 25.f4 Qc7 26.Kg2 Rd8 27.Rh1 h6 28.Rh5 
Bf6 29.e5 dxe5 30.fxe5 Be7 31.Qe4 Rc4 32.Bxc4 Rxd1 33.Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Qb3 
Bb4 9.Bb5 Qa5 10.O-O O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Re1 Nd7 
9.Bc2 Bf6 10.Nbd2 Nb6 11.Nc4 Nxc4 12.dxc4 Be6 13.Qe2 Na5 14.b3 b5 15.cxb5 
axb5 16.Bb2 c6 17.Rad1 Qc7 18.Bb1 Rfd8 19.h3 Nb7 20.Bc1 Qe7 21.Nh2 Bg5 22.
Bxg5 Qxg5 23.Rd3 Nc5 24.Rg3 Qh6 25.Nf1 g6 26.Ne3 Kh8 27.Nc2 f5 28.exf5 
gxf5 29.Nd4 exd4 30.cxd4 f4 31.Rc3 Bd5 32.dxc5 Qg7 33.Qg4 Rg8 34.Qxg7+ 
Rxg7 35.Be4 Re7 36.f3 dxc5 37.Rc2 c4 38.bxc4 Bxc4 39.Rd1 Rxa2 40.Rxa2 Bxa2
41.Bxc6 Bc4 42.Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 e5 6.d5 Nh5 7.Be3 Na6 8.Qd2 Qh4+ 
9.g3 Nxg3 10.Qf2 Nxf1 11.Qxh4 Nxe3 12.Kf2 Nxc4 13.b3 Nb6 14.Nge2 f5 15.
Rhg1 O-O 16.Kg2 Bd7 17.a4 Bf6 18.Qg3 Nb4 19.a5 Nc8 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Ra4 Nd3
22.Rc4 Nc5 23.Ne4 Na6 24.Nxf6+ Rxf6 25.f4 e4 26.Nc3 Ne7 27.Re1 Raf8 28.b4 
c6 29.Nxe4 Bxe4+ 30.Rcxe4 Nxd5 31.Re8 Nac7 32.Rxf8+ Kxf8 33.Kh1 Rf5 34.Qh4
Nf6 35.Qf2 Nb5 36.Qe2 Nd5 37.a6 bxa6 38.Qe8+ Kg7 39.Qxc6 Kh6 40.Qxa6 Nxb4 
41.Qb7 Nd3 42.Re7 Nxf4 43.Rxh7+ Kg5 44.Qe7+ Kg4 45.Qe3 Kg5 46.h4+ Kg4 47.
Kh2 Nh5 48.Rh6 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c6 3.e4 d5 4.exd5 cxd5 5.d4 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 
O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Re1 a6 11.Bg5 b5 12.Bd3 Nb4 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Be4 Nd5 15.
Qb3 Bb7 16.Rac1 Rb8 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Bf5 g6 19.Bh3 Qb6 20.Qe3 Bc8 21.Bxc8 
Rbxc8 22.h4 Rc4 23.Rcd1 Rc2 24.Rd2 Rxd2 25.Qxd2 h5 26.Rc1 Re8 27.Rc5 Qe6 
28.Qf4 Kg7 29.Ng5 Qg4 30.Qxg4 hxg4 31.Kf1 Bxd4 32.Rxd5 Bf6 33.Rd7 Bxg5 34.
hxg5 Re5 35.Ra7 Rxg5 36.Rxa6 Rc5 37.b4 Rc2 38.a3 Ra2 39.Ra7 g5 40.Ra5 Kg6 
41.g3 f5 42.Rxb5 Rxa3 43.Rb6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Rb8 8.h3 a6 
9.a4 Nd7 10.a5 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.e4 b6 13.axb6 cxb6 14.b4 a5 15.bxa5 bxa5 
16.Ba3 Nc5 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.Qa4 Rb4 19.Qxa5 Rxc4 20.Rfc1 Qxa5 21.Rxa5 f5 
22.Bf1 Rb4 23.d6 Nc6 24.Rxc5 Bh6 25.Rxc6 Bxc1 26.Nd5 Rb8 27.Rxc1 fxe4 28.
Ne7+ Kg7 29.Ng5 Bd7 30.Nxe4 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.b3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Bb2 e4
9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.Ng5 Bf5 11.g4 Bxg4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Bxe4 Nc6 
15.Nc3 Nd4 16.f3 Bf5 17.Bxf5 Nxf5 18.Kf2 Rd2 19.Rac1 Rad8 20.Rfd1 Rxd1 21.
Nxd1 Kf6 22.e4 Nh4 23.Ke2 Ke6 24.Nf2 f5 25.Nd3 b6 26.Nf4+ Kf6 27.Ke3 g5 
28.Nd5+ Ke5 29.Ne7 f4+ 30.Ke2 Rd6 31.Rg1 Rd2+ 32.Kxd2 Nxf3+ 33.Kd3 Nxg1 
34.Nc6+ Kf6 35.Nxa7 g4 36.Nc6 Nf3 37.Ke2 Nxh2 38.a4 g3 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C86"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.O-O b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bg4 
9.c3 O-O 10.h3 Na5 11.Bc2 Be6 12.axb5 axb5 13.d4 Bc4 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 
Nc4 16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.b3 Qa2 18.Nbd2 Nxd2 19.Bxd2 Qxb3 20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Rb1 
Qa4 22.Bg5 h6 23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Rxb5 Rd8 25.Qe2 Qa1+ 26.Kh2 Qxc3 27.Rb2 Qd3 
28.Qxd3 Rxd3 29.Rb5 Rd7 30.Nxe5 Re7 31.f4 Bxe5 32.fxe5 Kf8 33.Kg3 c6 34.
Rc5 Rc7 35.Kf4 Ke7 36.h4 g6 37.Ke3 Kd7 38.Kd4 Ra7 39.Rc2 Ra4+ 40.Ke3 Ra3+ 
41.Kf4 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Panno, Oscar"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.d4 e6 5.e3 Bb4 6.Bd3 Ne4 7.O-O f5 8.Ne2 Bd6 
9.b3 O-O 10.Ne5 Nc6 11.Bb2 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Bc5 13.Bd4 d6 14.Bxe4 Bxe4 15.Nc3 
Bc6 16.Bxc5 bxc5 17.exd6 cxd6 18.Qd3 Qg5 19.f3 Rad8 20.e4 f4 21.Rad1 Rd7 
22.Rd2 Qe5 23.Rfd1 Rfd8 24.Qc2 g5 25.Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g3 
Nbd7 9.Bg2 Nb6 10.O-O Re8 11.b3 a5 12.a4 Bb4 13.f3 Bf5 14.g4 Bg6 15.Bd2 h6
16.Re1 Bh7 17.Ng3 Nbd7 18.h4 Bd6 19.f4 Bb4 20.g5 Bxc3 21.Bxc3 Ne4 22.Bxe4 
Bxe4 23.Qg4 g6 24.f5 h5 25.Qf4 Nf8 26.Ra2 Qd7 27.Rf2 c6 28.b4 axb4 29.Bxb4
Bxf5 30.Bxf8 Rxf8 31.Nxf5 Qxf5 32.Qxf5 gxf5 33.Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.21"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "52"]

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 Bb7 13.Nf1 cxd4 14.cxd4 Rac8 15.Bd3 
d5 16.dxe5 Nxe4 17.Ng3 f5 18.exf6 Bxf6 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Bxe4 Rfd8 21.Qe2 
Re8 22.Nd2 Qd7 23.Qf1 Nc6 24.Nb3 Nd4 25.Bxb7 Qxb7 26.Nxd4 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.21"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 
O-O 9.O-O-O Be6 10.Kb1 Rc8 11.g4 Qa5 12.a3 Nd7 13.Be2 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Bxd4 
15.Qxd4 Nb6 16.Qb4 Qxb4 17.axb4 Bc4 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.cxd3 a6 20.Rc1 Kg7 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.21"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 Nc5 10.Bc2 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Bf4 Be7 13.Nbd2 d4 14.Ne4 d3 15.Nxc5 
dxc2 16.Qxd8+ Nxd8 17.Be3 Nc6 18.g4 Bg6 19.Rfe1 b4 20.c4 h5 21.Kg2 a5 22.
b3 O-O-O 23.Rac1 hxg4 24.hxg4 f5 25.exf6 Bxf6 26.Re2 Rd1 27.Rcxc2 Bxc2 28.
Rxc2 Nd4 29.Bxd4 Bxd4 30.Ne6 Bc3 31.Nf4 Re8 32.Nd5 Bd4 33.Nxd4 Rxd4 34.Ne3
Red8 35.Rc1 Rd2 36.Ra1 Rf8 37.Nd1 Kd7 38.Kg3 a4 39.bxa4 Ra8 40.Ne3 Rxa4 
41.Rh1 Raxa2 42.Rh7 b3 43.Rxg7+ 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.21"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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 Kh8 13.b4 cxb4 14.cxb4 Nc6 15.a3 exd4
16.Bb2 Nd7 17.Nxd4 Bf6 18.N2b3 Nb6 19.Qd3 Ne5 20.Qg3 Nbc4 21.Bc3 Bd7 22.
Ne2 Qd8 23.Nf4 Bh4 24.Qh2 Rc8 25.Nd4 Nb6 26.Nfe2 Bf6 27.Red1 Na4 28.Bxa4 
bxa4 29.Qg3 Bh4 30.Qe3 Bg5 31.f4 Nc4 32.Qf3 Bf6 33.Ng3 g6 34.Nde2 Bc6 35.
Rac1 Bb7 36.Bd4 Kg8 37.Kh2 Re8 38.Bxf6 Qxf6 39.Rd4 Nb6 40.Rxc8 Nxc8 41.Qd3
h5 42.Nf1 Qe7 43.Nc3 Qf6 44.Qd2 h4 45.Kg1 Re6 46.Nh2 Qe7 47.f5 gxf5 48.
exf5 Re3 49.Nf1 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.21"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D33"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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.a3 Ba5 10.e4 O-O 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Ng5 Qxd4 14.Qa4 Bd8 
15.Rd1 Qe5 16.Bf4 Qa5 17.Qxc4 Bxg5 18.Rd5 Be6 19.Rxa5 Bxc4 20.Rxg5 Nd4 21.
Re5 Ne2+ 22.Kh1 Nxf4 23.gxf4 Rad8 24.Bxb7 Rb8 25.Rc1 Rxb7 26.Rxc4 Rxb2 27.
Kg2 h6 28.Ra5 Rd8 29.f5 Rdd2 30.Rf4 Rb7 31.f6 g6 32.Re5 Rd6 33.Re8+ Kh7 
34.Re7 Rxf6 35.Rxb7 Rxf4 36.Rxa7 g5 37.Rb7 Kg6 38.Rb4 Rf5 39.a4 Rc5 40.Rb3
Ra5 41.Rb4 Rc5 42.Rb1 Ra5 43.Ra1 Kf5 44.Kf3 h5 45.Ra3 g4+ 46.Ke3 Ke5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.24"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D54"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Rc1 b6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Qf3 Be6 11.Bc4 c6 12.Bb3 Qd7 13.Nge2 Na6 14.Nf4 Rae8 15.O-O
Nc7 16.h3 Be7 17.Ba4 Rc8 18.Rfd1 Bd6 19.Nce2 Ne8 20.Nd3 b5 21.Bc2 Qe7 22.
Nef4 Bd7 23.a4 a6 24.Bb3 Nf6 25.Rc2 Ne4 26.Ra1 g5 27.Nh5 f5 28.axb5 axb5 
29.Qd1 Ra8 30.Rac1 f4 31.exf4 gxf4 32.f3 Ng5 33.Ne5 Be8 34.h4 Ne6 35.Nxc6 
Qxh4 36.Bxd5 Bf7 37.Qe1 Qxh5 38.Bxe6 Rae8 39.Bxf7+ Qxf7 40.Qh4 Qg7 41.Qh5 
Qg5 42.Qxg5+ hxg5 43.Kf2 Re3 44.Re1 Rxe1 45.Kxe1 Kf7 46.Re2 Ra8 47.Kd2 Ra1
48.Kc2 Ra4 49.Kd3 Rc4 50.Ne5+ Bxe5 51.Rxe5 Rb4 52.Rxg5 Kf6 53.Rc5 Rxb2 54.
Ke4 b4 55.Rb5 Rxg2 56.Rxb4 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.24"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E80"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 d6 4.e4 Bg7 5.f3 e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Be3 
Be6 9.Nh3 Bxh3 10.gxh3 c6 11.Rd1+ Nbd7 12.c5 Ke7 13.Bc4 Rhd8 14.O-O Nh5 
15.Rd6 Nf4 16.Rfd1 Nxh3+ 17.Kf1 Bf6 18.Na4 Bg5 19.Bf2 Nxf2 20.Kxf2 Nf6 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Rxd8 Kxd8 23.Bxf7 Ke7 24.Bc4 Bf4 25.h3 Nh5 26.b3 Bc1 27.Nc3 
Ba3 28.Na4 g5 29.Kg2 Kf6 30.Kf2 Bb4 31.Bg8 h6 32.Bh7 Ng7 33.Bg8 Ke7 34.Ke3
Kf8 35.Bc4 Ke8 36.Bg8 Ke7 37.Bc4 Nh5 38.Kf2 Nf6 39.Ke2 Nd7 40.Nb2 Bxc5 41.
a4 a6 42.Bd3 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.24"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 d6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 
Nd7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Na4 O-O 11.Be3 Bd6 12.c4 Qe7 13.Rc1 Qe6 14.Qc2 Re8 15.
Rfd1 Nf8 16.Qc3 a5 17.Bc5 Bxc5 18.Nxc5 Qe7 19.Qe3 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.24"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ ( 6.Ng3 ) 6...
Nxf6 7.c3 ( 7.Bc4 ) 7...Bg4 8.Be2 e6 9.h3 Bh5 10.Ne5 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Bd6 12.
Bg5 Qc7 $1 13.O-O-O ( 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Ng4 Be7 ) 13...Nd7 14.Rhe1 {/\ 15. 
Nxf7 Kxf7 16.Qxe6 Kf8 17.Re3} 14...O-O 15.Kb1 Rae8 16.Bc1 f6 17.Nc4 b5 18.
Nxd6 Qxd6 19.Rd3 Rf7 20.b3 Nb6 21.Bb2 a5 $1 22.Re3 Rfe7 23.c4 $1 {Black 
intended a4, ...axb3 with attack} 23...bxc4 24.bxc4 Na4 25.Ba1 ( 25.Ba3 $2
Rb7+ ) 25...Rb8+ $15 ( 25...c5 26.d5 Qb6+ 27.Kc2 $1 ( 27.Bb2 $2 exd5 $1 ) 
) 26.Rb3 Rb4 {[#]} 27.c5 $1 Qd5 28.Qf3 Qc4 29.Rc1 Qb5 30.Rxb4 axb4 ( 30...
Qxb4+ 31.Qb3 ) 31.Qb3 h6 ( 31...Kf7 $142 ) 32.a3 $1 bxa3 33.Qxb5 cxb5 34.
Ka2 Ra7 ( 34...b4 35.Kb3 ) 35.Kb3 Nb2 $1 36.Bxb2 axb2 37.Kxb2 Kf7 38.c6 
Ra8 ( 38...Rc7 39.Kb3 ) 39.Kb3 Ke7 40.Kb4 Kd6 41.c7 ( 41.Kxb5 Rb8+ 42.Ka6 
Kc7 ) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.24"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Na6 7.e3 Nb4 8.Qd2 
Bf5 9.Rc1 a5 10.a3 Na6 11.Nge2 Nc7 12.Ng3 Bg6 13.Be2 Be7 14.O-O O-O 15.Na4
Nd7 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Nc5 Ra7 18.Nd3 Ne8 19.Nf4 Nd6 20.Rfe1 Nb6 21.Bf1 Nbc4 
22.Qc3 Qd8 23.a4 Nb6 24.Qc5 Ndc8 25.b3 Nd7 26.Qc3 Nd6 27.f3 Ra8 28.e4 dxe4
29.fxe4 Qh4 30.Qf3 Rae8 31.e5 Nf5 32.Nxf5 Bxf5 33.g3 Qd8 34.Qf2 Be6 35.Qe3
Nb6 36.Bg2 Bd5 37.Bh3 f6 38.Qc3 fxe5 39.dxe5 Qg5 40.Qe3 Qd8 41.Rcd1 Qc7 
42.Qc3 Qf7 43.Qxa5 g5 44.Nxd5 Qf2+ 45.Kh1 Nxd5 46.Qd2 Qxd2 47.Rxd2 Re7 48.
Bg2 Nc7 49.Bf1 Kg7 50.a5 Ra8 51.b4 Nd5 52.Rd4 Rae8 53.Bg2 Rxe5 54.Rxe5 
Rxe5 55.Bxd5 cxd5 56.b5 Kf6 57.Kg2 Ke6 58.Ra4 Kd6 59.a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Bd3 e5 12.Qc2 Bg4 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.
f3 Bd7 16.Re1 Ba4 17.Qb2 Rad8 18.Bf1 b6 19.c4 Rfe8 20.Qxe5 Rxe5 21.Bb2 Re6
22.e4 Nd7 23.e5 Nb8 24.Be2 Nc6 25.Bd1 Bxd1 26.Raxd1 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Kf8 28.f4
Na5 29.Rc1 Re8 30.Kf2 Rd8 31.Ke3 Ke7 32.f5 g6 33.g4 gxf5 34.gxf5 Rg8 35.
Kf4 Rg2 36.Bc3 Nxc4 37.Be1 Nb2 38.Bh4+ Kf8 39.Kf3 Rd2 40.e6 fxe6 41.fxe6 
Rxh2 42.Bg5 h6 43.Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Panno, Oscar"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 
Nc6 9.Qf4 O-O 10.Rd1 Qb8 11.b3 Rd8 12.Bb2 Na5 13.Qxb8 Raxb8 14.Nb5 d5 15.
cxd5 a6 16.Nc3 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 d4 6.Nb1 Nc6 7.d3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 
9.e4 dxe3 10.Bxe3 Ng4 11.Nc3 Nxe3 12.fxe3 Qb6 13.Rf2 Rd8 14.Rd2 Bd7 15.d4 
cxd4 16.exd4 Be8 17.c5 Qc7 18.Kh1 Bf8 19.Rc1 Ne7 20.b4 g6 21.Rd3 Bh6 22.
Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.O-O e6 8.b3 
Be7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Rc1 Qa5 11.Na4 Rd8 12.Qc2 Nb4 13.Qb1 Nfd5 14.a3 Na6 15.e4
Nf6 16.Bc3 Qb5 17.Rfd1 c4 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Rxc4 Qa5 20.e5 Be7 21.Nc3 Bd7 
22.b4 Qxa3 23.b5 Nb4 24.Ng5 Bxg5 25.Qxb4 Qxb4 26.Rxb4 Be8 27.d4 Rac8 28.
Rb3 b6 29.d5 exd5 30.Nxd5 Kf8 31.Ra1 Bd2 32.e6 Bg5 33.h4 fxe6 34.Rf3+ Kg8 
35.Bh3 Bd7 36.Rxa7 exd5 37.Rxd7 Bf6 38.Be6+ Kf8 39.Rf7+ Ke8 40.Rb7 Rc1+ 
41.Kg2 Rd6 42.Bf5 g6 43.Bd3 Be7 44.Re3 Rd7 45.Rxb6 d4 46.Rf3 Bd6 47.Ra6 
Ke7 48.Ra8 Bc5 49.Rh8 Kd6 50.Rc8 Kd5 51.h5 Rc3 52.hxg6 hxg6 53.Rc6 Rb7 54.
Rxg6 Rxd3 55.Rxd3 Kc4 56.Rd1 d3 57.Rc1+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E75"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nf3 exd5 
9.exd5 Bg4 10.O-O Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nbd7 12.Qd2 Re8 13.Qf4 Re5 14.Qh4 Qb6 15.
Rab1 a6 16.Bd1 Rae8 17.Ba4 Rf5 18.g4 Nxg4 19.Qxg4 Ne5 20.Qd1 Rxg5+ 21.Kh1 
Re7 22.f4 Rh5 23.fxe5 Bxe5 24.Rf2 Qb4 25.Bb3 Bg3 26.Qxh5 gxh5 27.hxg3 Qa5 
28.Rbf1 Qd8 29.Bc2 Qd7 30.Bf5 Qe8 31.Kg2 Re3 32.a4 Kh8 33.Rf3 Re5 34.Be6 
f5 35.Rxf5 Rxf5 36.Rxf5 h4 37.Rg5 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.28"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Panno, Oscar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E86"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 e5 6.Nge2 c6 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Qa5 
9.O-O-O b5 10.cxb5 cxb5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nd5 Qxd2+ 13.Rxd2 Nxd5 14.exd5 b4 
15.Ng3 f5 16.Bg5 Nd7 17.Bb5 Rb8 18.Bc6 Kf7 19.Rc2 Bf6 20.Bxf6 Kxf6 21.Rd1 
Rd8 22.Nf1 Nb6 23.Rc5 Bb7 24.Ne3 Rbc8 25.Nc2 Bxc6 26.dxc6 Rxd1+ 27.Kxd1 
Na4 28.Ra5 Nxb2+ 29.Kc1 Nd3+ 30.Kd2 e4 31.fxe4 Ne5 32.Rxa7 Nxc6 33.Ra6 Ke5
34.exf5 gxf5 35.Rb6 f4 36.Ke2 Ke4 37.Kf2 Rc7 38.h3 Kd5 39.Nxb4+ Nxb4 40.
Rxb4 Rc2+ 41.Kf3 Rxa2 42.Rxf4 Ke6 43.Rh4 Ra7 44.Rh6+ Kf5 45.h4 Ra3+ 46.Kf2
Kf4 47.Rxh7 Ra2+ 48.Kf1 Ra1+ 49.Ke2 Ra2+ 50.Kd3 Rxg2 51.Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.28"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C97"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "181"]

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 Re8 13.Nf1 Nc4 14.a4 Bd7 15.b3 Na5 
16.Ne3 Bf8 17.Rb1 bxa4 18.bxa4 g6 19.Qe2 cxd4 20.cxd4 exd4 21.Nxd4 Bg7 22.
Bb2 Nb7 23.Qf3 Qd8 24.Nc4 Qc7 25.Ne3 Qd8 26.Nb3 Bc6 27.Nc4 Rc8 28.Nd4 Bxe4
29.Bxe4 Nxe4 30.Rxe4 Rxe4 31.Qxe4 d5 32.Qf3 Rxc4 33.Ne6 fxe6 34.Bxg7 Nd6 
35.Be5 Rc8 36.Qf4 Nf7 37.Rb7 Qf8 38.Kh2 Rc4 39.Qf6 Nxe5 40.Qxe6+ Nf7 41.g3
Rxa4 42.Qxd5 Rb4 43.Ra7 Rb5 44.Qa2 Rf5 45.Rxa6 Qc5 46.Ra8+ Kg7 47.Qb2+ Kh6
48.Qd2+ Ng5 49.Ra2 Kg7 50.Qb2+ Rf6 51.h4 Nf3+ 52.Kh3 Nd4 53.Kh2 Nb5 54.Qd2
Nd4 55.Qb2 Nc6 56.Kg1 Ne5 57.Qb7+ Rf7 58.Qb2 h5 59.Ra8 Kh7 60.Rd8 Qa5 61.
Rd1 Qa4 62.Rd8 Qe4 63.f4 Qe3+ 64.Kh2 Ng4+ 65.Kh3 Nf6 66.Rb8 Qe6+ 67.Kh2 
Qe1 68.Qg2 Re7 69.Rb7 Nd7 70.Rb2 Qe6 71.Rb7 Qg4 72.Rb2 Nc5 73.Qd2 Qe6 74.
Qg2 Nd7 75.Rb7 Kg8 76.Rc7 Kf7 77.Ra7 Qc4 78.Kh3 Qe6+ 79.Kh2 Qe2 80.Ra2 
Qxg2+ 81.Kxg2 Re3 82.Ra7 Ke7 83.Ra6 Nf6 84.Ra7+ Ke6 85.Ra6+ Kf7 86.Ra7+ 
Re7 87.Ra3 Rc7 88.Kf3 Rc5 89.Re3 Nd5 90.Re2 Rc3+ 91.Kf2 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.28"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Re1 b5 
9.Bc2 d5 10.exd5 Qxd5 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Ne4 Rae8 13.Be3 Kh8 14.Nfg5 Qd8 15.
Nxf6 Bxf6 16.Qh5 Bxg5 17.Bxg5 Qd5 18.d4 e4 19.Qh4 f6 20.Bd2 f5 21.Re3 Qd8 
22.Qh5 h6 23.Rg3 Re6 24.Bf4 Qe8 25.Qxe8 Rexe8 26.Bxc7 Rf7 27.Bb6 Rf6 28.
Re3 Nb4 29.cxb4 Rxb6 30.Rc3 Rd6 31.Rd1 Red8 32.Rc7 Bd5 33.Kf1 R8d7 34.Rxd7
Rxd7 35.Bb3 Bxb3 36.axb3 g5 37.Ke2 f4 38.d5 Kg7 39.Rd4 Kf6 40.Rxe4 Rxd5 
41.g4 Rd8 42.f3 Kf7 43.Re5 Rd4 44.Rc5 Rxb4 45.Rc3 a5 46.Kd2 Ke6 47.Rd3 a4 
48.Kc2 Ke5 49.bxa4 bxa4 50.Rd8 Rb6 51.Rd7 Rc6+ 52.Kd2 Rb6 53.Kc2 Rc6+ 54.
Kd2 Ra6 55.Rd3 h5 56.gxh5 Rh6 57.Ra3 Rxh5 58.Rxa4 Rxh2+ 59.Ke1 Rxb2 60.
Ra5+ Kd4 61.Kf1 g4 62.Ra4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.28"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qc2 
Nd7 9.Ng3 c5 10.Bd3 N5f6 11.O-O b6 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Be2 Bb7 14.b4 Ncd7 15.
Bb2 a5 16.Qb3 axb4 17.axb4 Qb8 18.Bb5 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 Rd8 20.Rd1 Nf8 21.Na4 
Bd5 22.Qc2 Rc8 23.Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.28"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E89"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Nf6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 c6 8.d5 cxd5 
9.cxd5 a6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.Nc1 Nh5 12.Nd3 f5 13.O-O-O Nb6 14.Nb4 Bd7 15.Kb1 
Rc8 16.Qf2 Na4 17.Nxa4 Bxa4 18.b3 Bd7 19.Bb6 Qe8 20.Qd2 fxe4 21.fxe4 Bb5 
22.Nd3 Nf6 23.Qb4 Qe7 24.Nb2 Bh6 25.Bxb5 axb5 26.Rhe1 Qd7 27.h3 Ne8 28.Nd3
Nc7 29.Be3 Bxe3 30.Rxe3 Na6 31.Qd2 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 Nf6 8.Bd2 
Qc5 9.Qd3 Bg7 10.Nb3 Qh5 11.Nb5 Na6 12.Bg2 d6 13.h3 Nd7 14.Qc2 Ne5 15.N3d4
O-O 16.O-O-O Nc6 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Bxc6 Rb8 19.Bf3 Qe5 20.Bc3 Qc5 21.Bxg7 
Kxg7 22.Qc3+ Kg8 23.a3 Be6 24.Nd4 Bd7 25.h4 h6 26.h5 g5 27.Be4 Rfc8 28.Kb1
d5 29.Nf5 Bxf5 30.Bxf5 e6 31.Bxe6 fxe6 32.Qf6 Qf8 33.Qxe6+ Kh8 34.Qe5+ Qg7
35.Qxg7+ Kxg7 36.Rxd5 Nc5 37.Rc1 a5 38.Rd6 Ne4 39.Rd7+ Kg8 40.Rd4 Nc5 41.
Rcd1 Re8 42.R4d2 Ne4 43.Rc2 a4 44.c5 Nxf2 45.Rd6 Kg7 46.c6 Rbc8 47.Rd7+ 
Kf6 48.c7 Ng4 49.Rd4 Ne5 50.Rxa4 Re6 51.b4 Ke7 52.b5 Rb6 53.Rb4 Nf7 54.a4 
Nd6 55.Rc5 Nb7 56.Rc3 Kd7 57.Rbc4 Nd6 58.Rc5 Ra8 59.Kb2 Rxa4 60.c8=Q+ Nxc8
61.Rxc8 Rb4+ 62.Kc2 R4xb5 63.Rh8 Rb2+ 64.Kd1 Re6 65.Rcc8 Rbxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "102"]

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 Ba5 10.Rb1 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.b4 cxb4 14.axb4 Bc7 15.e4 e5
16.d5 Rc8 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bd2 Ne8 19.Nd1 Nd6 20.Ne3 Nf6 21.Nd1 Nxd5 22.exd5 
e4 23.Bc2 exf3 24.Qxf3 Qh4 25.Qd3 f5 26.Ne3 Bb6 27.Rbc1 Qd4 28.Rfd1 Qxd3 
29.Bxd3 Rce8 30.Nc2 Bxd5 31.Be3 Bxe3 32.Nxe3 Bb3 33.Bc2 Bxc2 34.Rxd6 Bb3 
35.Rc3 Ba4 36.g3 f4 37.gxf4 Rxf4 38.Rxa6 Ref8 39.Ra7 Rxf2 40.Rcc7 R2f7 41.
Nd5 Bb3 42.Nc3 Rf1+ 43.Kg2 R8f2+ 44.Kg3 Rf3+ 45.Kh4 Rf4+ 46.Kg3 R4f3+ 47.
Kg2 Be6 48.Rxg7+ Kf8 49.h3 Bxh3+ 50.Kh2 R1f2+ 51.Kg1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Panno, Oscar"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Rc1 b6 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.e3 Bb7 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.O-O c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Qc2 Rc8 14.Rfd1 Qb6 
15.b3 Rfd8 16.Bg3 Nf8 17.Nh4 Ne6 18.Nf5 Bf8 19.Na4 Qa5 20.Be5 Ne4 21.Bd3 
c4 22.Bf1 d4 23.exd4 cxb3 24.Qxb3 Bd5 25.Qb5 Qxb5 26.Bxb5 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 
Bxa2 28.f3 Nd6 29.Nxd6 Bxd6 30.Nc3 Bb3 31.Rb1 Bc2 32.Rb2 Bxe5 33.dxe5 Bd3 
34.Ra2 Bxb5 35.Nxb5 Rd5 36.Nxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 
O-O {The main continuation in this position is 9.dxc5, after which, be 
declining to regaining the pawn - 9... d4 10.Na4 Bf5 - Black obtains a 
prolonged initiative, which compensates for the sacrified pawn.} 9.Be3 Be6
( 9...Ng4 {puts the knight on a poor square, but the text move is simply 
bad.} ) 10.dxc5 Ng4 {Black is nevertheless forced to make this move, 
without which be cannot regain the pawn at c5.} 11.Bd4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxc5 
13.Nb3 {Attacking both the black bishop and the d-pawn, which now falls.} 
13...Bb6 14.Nxd5 Rc8 15.e3 {This game played an important role: in the 
event of a win I would have gained good chances of second place in the 
tournament. White avoids simplification (15.Nxb6 Qxb6 16.Qd4), so as not 
to give the opponent any drawing chances.} ( 15.Nxb6 $6 Qxb6 16.Qd4 ) 
15...Bxd5 16.Bxd5 {Now further loss of material is inivitable for Black. 
On 16... Nxf2 White simply takes with the king. Naturally, I declined the 
draw offered here by Keres.} 16...Rc7 17.Qf3 $2 ( 17.Bxf7+ $142 Rcxf7 18.
Qxg4 {was more resolute; when Black cannot play} 18...Rxf2 19.Rxf2 Bxe3 
20.Qe6+ {The two extra pawns would have ensured a win.} ) 17...Ne5 18.Qg2 
Qe7 19.Nd4 Rd8 20.Rad1 g6 21.b3 Rcd7 22.e4 Rc8 23.Kh1 {In this position 
Keres again offered a draw. White at first declined, but after considering
the variation} ( 23.Kh1 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Rc2 25.Qh3 h5 {he agreed. Indeed, 
with White seriously short of time and in an inferior position, his extra 
pawn does not play any role.} ) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Pilnik, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.c4 dxc4 7.Na3 Nc6 8.Nxc4 
Be6 9.b3 Qc8 10.Re1 Rd8 11.Bb2 Bd5 12.e3 a5 13.Ncd2 Ne4 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.
Qe2 a4 16.Bc3 axb3 17.axb3 Qf5 18.Nh4 Qd5 19.Qc4 Bxg2 20.Nxg2 Rxa1 21.Rxa1
Qe4 22.Nf4 h5 23.Qd3 Qf3 24.Qe2 Qxe2 25.Nxe2 e5 26.dxe5 Nxe5 27.Ra7 Rb8 
28.Kg2 c5 29.Bxe5 Bxe5 30.Nf4 Bxf4 31.gxf4 Kf8 32.Kf3 Ke7 33.f5 g5 34.e4 
Kd6 35.Ra1 Kc6 36.Ke3 Rd8 37.f6 Rd6 38.h4 g4 39.e5 Rd4 40.e6 fxe6 41.Ra8 
Rd7 42.Ke4 b5 43.Rc8+ Kd6 44.Kf4 c4 45.bxc4 bxc4 46.Rxc4 Ra7 47.Rd4+ Kc5 
48.Ke5 Kc6 49.Kxe6 Ra2 50.Rc4+ 1-0

