[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.a4 
a5 9.d3 O-O 10.Be3 Ra6 11.Rc1 f5 12.Nb5 f4 13.Bc5 Be6 14.Nd2 Bxc5 15.Rxc5 
Nd7 16.Rc1 Nf6 17.Nb3 Bxb3 18.Qxb3+ Kh8 19.Qc4 fxg3 20.fxg3 Rb6 21.e3 Nb4 
22.Qxc7 Qxc7 23.Rxc7 Nxd3 24.b3 Nb4 25.Bxb7 Rb8 26.Bg2 Nbd5 27.Bxd5 Nxd5 
28.Rc5 Nxe3 29.Rfc1 Rf6 30.Rc8+ Rf8 31.Rxb8 Rxb8 32.Re1 Ng4 33.h3 Nf6 34.
Rxe5 Rd8 35.Kf2 Rd3 36.Re3 Rd2+ 37.Kf3 h5 38.Na3 g5 39.Nc4 Rh2 40.Re2 Rxh3
41.Kg2 g4 42.Re6 Kg7 43.Ne3 h4 44.gxh4 Rxh4 45.Nf5+ Kf7 46.Re7+ Kf8 47.Re5
Rh3 48.Ng3 Rh7 49.Rf5 Rf7 50.Kg1 Kg7 51.Rxa5 Rb7 52.Rb5 Rxb5 53.axb5 Nd7 
54.Kf2 Kf6 55.Ke3 Ke5 56.Ne4 Kd5 57.Kf4 g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 c4 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2
Nc6 9.Nc3 Nge7 10.O-O O-O 11.b3 cxb3 12.axb3 Be6 13.e3 Qd6 14.Ne1 Rfc8 15.
Nd3 b6 16.Rfc1 Na5 17.Qb2 a6 18.Qa3 Qxa3 19.Rxa3 Nac6 20.Kf1 Bf5 21.Ke2 
Bxd3+ 22.Kxd3 Nb4+ 23.Kd2 f5 24.Ra4 a5 25.Raa1 Kf7 26.Nb5 Rc6 27.Rxc6 
Nexc6 28.Rc1 Rd8 29.Nc7 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Rc1 Be6 12.Qa4 c5 13.Qa3 Rc8 14.Ne5 Kf8 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16.Be2 a5 17.O-O Nc6 18.Nxc6 Rxc6 19.Bf3 c4 20.Qxe7+ Kxe7 21.e4 
Rd8 22.exd5 Bxd5 23.Bxd5 Rxd5 24.Rc2 Kd6 25.Re1 Re5 26.Kf1 a4 27.Rec1 Kd5 
28.Rd1+ Ke6 29.Rd4 Rec5 30.Ke2 Rb6 31.Ke3 a3 32.bxa3 Ra6 33.Rc3 Re5+ 34.
Kd2 Rd5 35.Ke3 Re5+ 36.Re4 f5 37.Rxe5+ Kxe5 38.Kd2 Kd4 39.Rf3 g6 40.h4 h5 
41.Kc2 Ra7 42.Rf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.d4 b6 8.Nf3 
Bb7 9.Be2 Bd6 10.c5 bxc5 11.Qa4+ Bc6 12.Bb5 Bxb5 13.Qxb5+ Nd7 14.O-O cxd4 
15.Bg5 Qg6 16.Rfe1 dxc3 17.Rad1 Rb8 18.Qc6 Rb6 19.Qa4 Rb4 20.Qc6 Rb6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Scherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O c5 7.d5 Na6 8.Nc3 Nc7 
9.Nd2 a6 10.a4 Rb8 11.a5 Nd7 12.Qc2 b5 13.axb6 Nxb6 14.b3 e6 15.e4 f5 16.
Bb2 fxe4 17.Ndxe4 exd5 18.cxd5 Bb7 19.Rad1 Nbxd5 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.Bxg7 Bxe4
22.Qb2 Rf7 23.Be5 Bxg2 24.Rxd6 Rd7 25.Rfd1 Bd5 26.R1xd5 Nxd5 27.Rxd7 Qxd7 
28.Bxb8 Qc6 29.Qc2 Qb6 30.Be5 Qc6 31.Bb2 Qd6 32.Qc4 Kf8 33.h4 h5 34.Qe4 
Kf7 35.Ba3 Nb4 36.Qc4+ Kf8 37.Bc1 Qd1+ 38.Kh2 Qd5 39.Qxd5 Nxd5 40.Ba3 Nb4 
41.Kg2 Ke7 42.Kf3 a5 43.Ke4 Kd6 44.f3 Nd5 45.g4 hxg4 46.fxg4 Nc3+ 47.Kf4 
Nb5 48.h5 Nd4 49.h6 Ne6+ 50.Ke4 Ng5+ 51.Kd3 Ke5 52.Bxc5 Nh7 53.Be3 g5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 
Nxe4 9.Bxe4 O-O 10.O-O h6 11.Bc2 e5 12.Be3 Re8 13.Re1 e4 14.Nd2 f5 15.f3 
Nf6 16.Bf2 Qc7 17.h3 Bh2+ 18.Kh1 Bg3 19.Bxg3 Qxg3 20.fxe4 fxe4 21.Nxe4 
Nxe4 22.Bxe4 Bxh3 23.Qf3 Qxf3 24.Bxf3 Bf5 25.d5 c5 26.d6 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Rd8
28.Re5 Bb1 29.Bxb7 Rxd6 30.Rxc5 Rb6 31.Bd5+ Kh8 32.a4 Rxb2 33.Rb5 Rxb5 34.
cxb5 Bd3 35.Bc6 Kg8 36.a5 Kf8 37.a6 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 d5 4.Nbd2 Nc6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 
dxe4 9.dxe4 b6 10.e5 Nd7 11.Ne4 Ba6 12.Bf4 b5 13.c3 Qb6 14.Qc2 Rfd8 15.h4 
Nf8 16.h5 Rac8 17.h6 Ng6 18.hxg7 Kxg7 19.Qc1 Rd3 20.Bg5 Bxg5 21.Qxg5 Rxf3 
22.Bxf3 Nxe5 23.Qf6+ Kg8 24.Rad1 Bb7 25.Bh5 Bd5 26.Qg5 Nd7 27.Bxg6 hxg6 
28.Qe7 Rc7 29.Qh4 Rc8 30.b3 Kg7 31.Qe7 Nf8 32.Nd6 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 a5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.e4 Nb6
9.h3 c6 10.Nc3 Na6 11.Bf4 Be6 12.Re1 Qd7 13.Kh2 Rfd8 14.Qc1 Rac8 15.Rd1 
Qe8 16.Bh6 Bh8 17.Bf1 Bc4 18.Bxc4 Nxc4 19.Qc2 b5 20.Qe2 Nc7 21.Rac1 Nb6 
22.b3 b4 23.Nb1 Nb5 24.Be3 Nd7 25.d5 Nc3 26.Nxc3 Bxc3 27.dxc6 Rxc6 28.Qb5 
Rf6 29.Nd4 Nf8 30.Qxe8 Rxe8 31.Nb5 Be5 32.Nc7 Bxc7 33.Rxc7 Re6 34.Rd4 Ra8 
35.Rdc4 f6 36.Kg2 Kf7 37.Rb7 g5 38.f4 gxf4 39.gxf4 f5 40.Kf3 Rh6 41.exf5 
Rxh3+ 42.Ke4 Rh1 43.Rcc7 Re8 44.Bc5 Re1+ 45.Kf3 h5 46.Bf2 Rf1 47.Kg2 Ra1 
48.Bh4 Rxa2+ 49.Kf3 Rd2 50.Rxe7+ Rxe7 51.Rxe7+ Kg8 52.Ke3 Rd6 53.Ra7 Nd7 
54.Rxa5 Rc6 55.Ra7 Rc3+ 56.Kd4 Nc5 57.f6 Nxb3+ 58.Ke4 Rc6 59.Bg5 Nc5+ 60.
Kd5 Rc8 61.Bh6 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d6 6.b3 a5 7.a4 Nc6 8.Bb2 Bf5 
9.Nh4 Bd7 10.Na3 Qc8 11.Nb5 Nb4 12.Re1 c6 13.Na3 Bh3 14.Bh1 d5 15.Ng2 Nh5 
16.c3 Na6 17.e4 e6 18.e5 f6 19.exf6 Rxf6 20.Bc1 Qf8 21.Ra2 Re8 22.Nh4 Rf7 
23.f4 c5 24.Nb5 Nc7 25.Nf3 Bg4 26.Qd3 Bf5 27.Qe3 cxd4 28.Nbxd4 Bh6 29.Ba3 
Qg7 30.Ne5 Rf6 31.Bf3 Bh3 32.Rf2 Nxf4 33.gxf4 Bxf4 34.Qe2 h5 35.Bg2 Bxg2 
36.Rxg2 Kh7 37.Ndf3 Rg8 38.Bc1 Bxc1 39.Rxc1 Rf5 40.Ng5+ Kh8 41.Re1 Rgf8 
1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e3 b5 8.a4 c6 9.
Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Qb6 11.e4 Bb7 12.Qc2 a6 13.Rad1 c5 14.d5 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 O-O 
16.a5 Qc7 17.d6 Qc8 18.e5 Nd5 19.Qc1 Qc6 20.Rfe1 f6 21.exf6 N7xf6 22.Ne5 
Qxd6 23.Ng6 Rf7 24.Bf3 Re8 25.Ne5 Rff8 26.Ng6 Rf7 27.Ne5 Rff8 28.Ng6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Nf3 Ne7 8.Bd3 
Nd7 9.O-O c4 10.Be2 Nb6 11.Ne1 Na4 12.Bd2 Bd7 13.g3 O-O-O 14.Ng2 f6 15.
exf6 gxf6 16.Bg4 Ng6 17.Re1 Rde8 18.Qf3 Rhf8 19.Bh6 Rf7 20.Nf4 Qd6 21.Re3 
e5 22.Nxg6 hxg6 23.dxe5 Rxe5 24.Bf4 Rfe7 25.Bxe5 fxe5 26.Qf8+ Kc7 27.Bxd7 
Qxd7 28.Rae1 e4 29.Qf6 Qd6 30.Qxd6+ Kxd6 31.f4 b5 32.Kg2 Nxc3 33.Rxc3 d4 
34.a4 dxc3 35.axb5 Kc5 36.g4 Rd7 37.Re2 Kxb5 38.h4 a5 39.h5 gxh5 40.g5 Rd2
41.Kf2 h4 42.g6 Rxe2+ 43.Kxe2 h3 44.g7 h2 45.g8=Q h1=Q 46.Qd5+ Kb4 47.f5 
Qf3+ 48.Ke1 Qe3+ 49.Kd1 Qf2 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bg5 f6 7.Bf4 c4 8.e4 Bb4 
9.Nd2 Nge7 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qxd5 Qxd5 13.exd5 Na5 14.O-O-O Bf5 
15.f3 g5 16.Bc7 Kd7 17.d6 b6 18.Nxc4 Nxc4 19.Bxc4 Bxd6 20.Bxd6 Kxd6 21.Kd2
Rac8 22.Rc1 Rc7 23.Bb3 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Rc8 25.Rc3 h6 26.g3 Bd7 27.Bf7 Rf8 28.
Bc4 Rc8 29.a3 Bc6 30.Bd3 Re8 31.Bg6 Re7 32.Bf5 Bb7 33.Bc8 Bc6 34.Bg4 Re8 
35.Bh5 Re7 36.Rc1 Bb5 37.Rc2 Kd5 38.Rc8 Re2+ 39.Kc3 Rxh2 40.Rd8+ Ke6 41.
Bg4+ f5 42.Bxf5+ Kxf5 43.Rd5+ Kf6 44.Rxb5 Rh3 45.Kd3 Rxg3 46.Ke4 Rg2 47.
Rf5+ Kg6 48.Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.
Re1 g6 9.c4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bg7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Bd2 e6 13.Qd3 Rfd8 14.Qf3 Rdc8 
15.b3 Ne8 16.Rad1 Qc6 17.Rc1 Nc7 18.Red1 Rd8 19.Bf4 Rd7 20.Qe3 b6 21.h4 
Rad8 22.Rd3 Na6 23.f3 Qc5 24.Kf1 Nb4 25.Rd2 Qxe3 26.Bxe3 Bf6 27.g3 Kg7 28.
Ke2 h5 29.Bd4 Bxd4 30.Rxd4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 Nf6 4.d3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.c3 Nc6 8.Nbd2 Rb8 
9.a4 a6 10.Re1 Ng4 11.Nb3 e5 12.h3 Nf6 13.a5 Be6 14.Nfd2 Ne8 15.f4 exf4 
16.gxf4 Qh4 17.Nc4 Bxh3 18.Be3 Qg3 19.Qf3 Qxg2+ 20.Qxg2 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Rd8 
22.e5 d5 23.Nb6 d4 24.Bd2 dxc3 25.Bxc3 Nc7 26.Nxc5 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 
Bxe4 9.Ne1 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d5 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Nf4 Qb7 13.Be3 Nd7 14.Rc1 c5 
15.Nd3 cxd4 16.Bxd4 Rfd8 17.Qb3 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.c4 d4 5.a3 Nbd7 6.b4 e5 7.bxc5 Bxc5 8.d3 O-O 
9.O-O Re8 10.Nbd2 Rb8 11.Nb3 b6 12.Nxc5 Nxc5 13.Nd2 Bg4 14.f3 Bd7 15.Ne4 
Ba4 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Qe1 Nb3 18.Rb1 Nxc1 19.Qxc1 Bc6 20.Qd2 Qd6 21.Rb3 
Rbc8 22.Ra1 f5 23.a4 e4 24.dxe4 fxe4 25.a5 d3 26.e3 exf3 27.Bf1 Be4 28.
axb6 axb6 29.Rd1 Rcd8 30.Bxd3 Qg6 31.c5 f2+ 32.Kf1 Qe6 33.Qc2 Qh3+ 34.Ke2 
Qg2 35.Rf1 Bf3+ 36.Kd2 Qxf1 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.O-O Ne4 8.Nc3 
O-O 9.Nxe4 Bxe4 10.Ne1 f5 11.d5 Bxg2 12.Nxg2 e5 13.e4 fxe4 14.Qg4 Na6 15.
Rab1 Nc5 16.b4 Nb7 17.Qxe4 a5 18.a3 axb4 19.axb4 Nd6 20.Qe2 Ra2 21.c5 bxc5
22.bxc5 Nf7 23.Rbc1 Qa8 24.Qd3 e4 25.Qxe4 Rxd2 26.Qxe7 Qxd5 27.Ne3 Qh5 28.
g4 Qh6 29.h4 Nd8 30.Rcd1 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Qf4 32.Rxd7 Qxf2+ 33.Kh1 Qe1+ 34.Kh2
Qe2+ 35.Kg1 Qf2+ 36.Kh1 Nf7 37.Ng2 c6 38.Qe3 Qf1+ 39.Kh2 Qf6 40.Re7 Nh6 
41.Kg3 Qg6 42.Qe6+ Qxe6 43.Rxe6 Rc8 44.Ne3 Kf7 45.Rd6 Re8 46.Kf4 Re6 47.
Rd7+ Kf8 48.Rc7 Rf6+ 49.Ke4 Re6+ 50.Kd4 Nf7 51.Rc8+ Ke7 52.Nf5+ Kf6 53.Rf8
h6 54.Nd6 Re7 55.Nxf7 Rxf7 56.Rc8 Rd7+ 57.Kc4 Ke5 58.Rxc6 Rd4+ 59.Kb5 Rxg4
60.h5 Rg5 61.Rg6 Rxh5 62.c6 Kf4+ 63.Kb6 Rh1 64.c7 Rb1+ 65.Ka6 Rc1 66.Kb7 
Rxc7+ 67.Kxc7 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d3 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.cxd5 
Nxd5 9.Bd2 Nc7 10.Qc1 Re8 11.Bh6 Bh8 12.h4 Bg4 13.Qg5 Bf5 14.h5 Bf6 15.Qe3
Nd4 16.hxg6 hxg6 17.Rac1 Rb8 18.Nd2 b6 19.Nde4 Qd7 20.Bf4 Bg7 21.Qd2 Rbc8 
22.Be3 Red8 23.Kh2 Qe8 24.b3 Ncb5 25.Rh1 Nxc3 26.Nxc3 Qf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Scherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "197"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Qc7 8.Be3 
Be7 9.f4 Nc6 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qg3 Bd7 12.Rad1 Kh8 13.Kh1 b5 14.a3 Rfd8 15.Bd3
Be8 16.Qh3 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 e5 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 g6 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.Qh6 Kg8 
22.Bc3 Bf8 23.Qg5 Bg7 24.Be4 Rac8 25.Bb4 Qc4 26.Rfe1 f6 27.Qh4 Rd7 28.Rd3 
Rcd8 29.b3 Qc7 30.Rc3 Qb8 31.d6 Rxd6 32.Bxd6 Rxd6 33.Rh3 h6 34.c4 Bf7 35.
Rd3 f5 36.Bd5 Bxd5 37.Rxd5 Rxd5 38.cxd5 Qd6 39.Rd1 e4 40.Qf2 f4 41.Qc2 e3 
42.b4 Kh7 43.Qe4 Be5 44.Rc1 Qf6 45.h3 h5 46.Kg1 Kh6 47.Rd1 Kg7 48.Rf1 Qd6 
49.Rc1 Qf6 50.Kf1 Kh6 51.Rd1 Bd6 52.Qd4 Be5 53.Qd3 Bd6 54.Qd4 Be5 55.Qe4 
Bd6 56.Qf3 Qc3 57.Qe4 Qb2 58.Qf3 Qxa3 59.g3 Qxb4 60.gxf4 Bxf4 61.d6 Qc4+ 
62.Kg2 e2 63.Re1 Bxd6 64.Rxe2 b4 65.Qe3+ Kg7 66.Qa7+ Kh6 67.Qe3+ Kg7 68.
Qa7+ Kf6 69.Rf2+ Bf4 70.Qe3 Kf5 71.h4 b3 72.Qe7 Qd5+ 73.Kg1 Qd1+ 74.Kg2 
Qd5+ 75.Kg1 Kg4 76.Qe2+ Kg3 77.Rg2+ Kh3 78.Rxg6 Qc5+ 79.Kf1 Qc1+ 80.Kf2 
Qc2 81.Rxa6 Bg3+ 82.Kf3 Qf5+ 83.Ke3 b2 84.Rb6 Qe5+ 85.Kd3 Qd5+ 86.Ke3 Qe5+
87.Kd3 Qd5+ 88.Ke3 Qc5+ 89.Kf3 Qf5+ 90.Ke3 b1=Q 91.Rxb1 Qxb1 92.Qxh5 Qb3+ 
93.Ke4 Qc4+ 94.Ke3 Qc3+ 95.Ke4 Qc2+ 96.Kd5 Qd3+ 97.Ke6 Qd6+ 98.Kf7 Qd7+ 
99.Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E56"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Ba5 
9.cxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Bg4 12.c4 Ne5 13.Bb2 Nxc4 14.Bxc4 dxc4 
15.Qxd8 Rfxd8 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Rfc1 Be6 18.Nd4 Bd5 19.Nf5 Kf8 20.Nd6 b6 21.
Nxc4 Rac8 22.Nd6 Rxc5 23.Rxc5 bxc5 24.Nb5 a6 25.Nc3 Bc6 26.Rd1 Rb8 27.Rb1 
Rd8 28.Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.a3 Qc7 7.e3 a6 8.Be2 b6 
9.O-O Bb7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.b3 Be7 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Bf3 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Qe2 
d5 16.e4 Qb7 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Qe5 Bf6 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Qe2 Rfe8
22.Qd2 Bxb2 23.Qxb2 Re4 24.Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Scherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.d3 Nc5
9.f4 c6 10.h3 Ne6 11.f5 Nd4 12.g4 Ne8 13.Be3 a6 14.Qd2 b5 15.Bg5 Bf6 16.
Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.Ne2 Qb6 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Qh6 Bd7 21.g5 Nh5 22.Nf4
Ng7 23.f6 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.g3 e5 7.dxe5 Ng4 8.Bg2 Nxe5
9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.O-O c6 11.Nc3 Qe7 12.Qc1 Na6 13.Rd1 Rd8 14.Rxd8+ Qxd8 15.
Qe3 Qe7 16.Rd1 Bf5 17.h3 h5 18.Kh2 Nb4 19.Qc1 Rd8 20.a3 Na6 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 
22.b4 Nc7 23.Na4 Ne8 24.c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O c5 6.d4 d6 7.d5 Na6 8.Nc3 Nc7 
9.h3 Rb8 10.a4 a6 11.a5 Nd7 12.Bd2 b5 13.axb6 Nxb6 14.b3 e5 15.dxe6 Nxe6 
16.Ne1 a5 17.Ra3 Bd7 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Qf6 20.Nd3 Nd4 21.Bg2 Rxb3 22.
Rxb3 Ba4 23.Nc1 Nxb3 24.Nxb3 Qb2 25.Bxa5 Bxb3 26.Qxd6 Bxc4 27.Qxc5 Bxe2 
28.Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.e5 Nd7 10.f4 Kc7 11.Be3 b5 12.Ne4 Nb6 13.Bc5 Bxc5 14.Nxc5 Nd5
15.O-O Rd8 16.Rf3 f5 17.exf6 gxf6 18.a4 Kb6 19.Ne4 a5 20.Rd1 Ba6 21.axb5 
cxb5 22.f5 Ne7 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.fxe6 Bb7 25.Rd3 Rxd3 26.Bxd3 Bxe4 27.Bxe4 
f5 28.Bd3 Kc5 29.Kf2 b4 30.b3 Kd5 31.Ke3 Kxe6 32.Kd4 Kd6 33.g3 h6 34.h3 
Ke6 35.Kc5 Ke5 36.Kb5 Kd4 37.Kxa5 Kc5 38.Ka4 f4 39.gxf4 Nd5 40.f5 Nf6 41.
Ka5 Nd5 42.Ka6 Nf6 43.Kb7 Nd5 44.Bc4 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.d4 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.e3 Bg4 
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd7 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.b3 Qa5 13.Bb2 cxd4 14.exd4 Qf5 15.
Kg2 d5 16.g4 Qf6 17.cxd5 Nb6 18.dxc6 Qxc6+ 19.d5 Qb7 20.Qf3 Rac8 21.Rac1 
Rc7 22.Rfd1 Rfc8 23.Na4 Bxb2 24.Rxc7 Rxc7 25.Nxb2 Rc2 26.Nc4 Nxc4 27.bxc4 
Rxc4 28.d6 Qxf3+ 29.Kxf3 exd6 30.Rxd6 Ra4 31.Rd2 Ra3+ 32.Kg2 Kg7 33.f3 g5 
34.Kg3 Kg6 35.Rc2 f6 36.Rh2 h5 37.Rc2 h4+ 38.Kf2 a6 39.Rb2 Rc3 40.Kg2 a5 
41.Rf2 Ra3 42.Kf1 Kf7 43.f4 gxf4 44.Rxf4 Kg6 45.Rf2 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Ne8 9.
a3 f5 10.b4 Na6 11.Rb1 Nf6 12.Bg5 Qe8 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Ne1 b6 15.Nd3 Nc7 
16.Bf3 Ba6 17.Qb3 Qd7 18.a4 Bd8 19.Ra1 Ne8 20.Nb2 Nf6 21.h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C46"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Bg7 6.Bg5 Nce7 7.Nxe7 Nxe7 8.
Bc4 h6 9.Bh4 O-O 10.O-O d5 11.exd5 g5 12.Bg3 Nxd5 13.Be5 c5 14.Re1 Nb6 15.
Bd3 Be6 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Ne5 Qf6 18.Qe2 Rfe8 19.Bb5 Bc4 20.Bxc4 Nxc4 21.
Qxc4 Rxe5 22.Qb5 Qb6 23.a4 Rae8 24.Rxe5 Rxe5 25.Qxb6 axb6 26.Kf1 Kf6 27.c4
Re4 28.Ra3 Ke7 29.Rb3 Re6 30.Rf3 f6 31.Rb3 Kd7 32.Rf3 Kc7 33.Rd3 f5 34.Rf3
f4 35.g4 Kb8 36.Rb3 Ka7 37.h3 Ka6 38.Kg2 Ka5 39.Kf3 Kxa4 40.Rd3 Kb4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.O-O d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.d4 c4 8.b3 cxb3
9.Qxb3 Be7 10.Ba3 O-O 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.e3 Rfc8 14.Ne2 Rc7 15.Nf4
Qd6 16.Ng5 Rac8 17.Qb1 h6 18.Ngxe6 fxe6 19.Bh3 Nd8 20.Qg6 Qe7 21.f3 Qf7 
22.Qxf7+ Kxf7 23.e4 g5 24.Nd3 Ke7 25.Rae1 Rc4 26.Nc5 dxe4 27.Nxe4 Rxd4 28.
Nxf6 Kxf6 29.Re2 Rc6 30.Rfe1 Rcd6 31.Kf2 Rd2 32.f4 gxf4 33.gxf4 Nc6 34.Kg3
R6d3+ 35.Kh4 Nd4 36.Rxd2 Rxd2 37.Re4 Nf5+ 38.Bxf5 Kxf5 39.Ra4 a6 40.Kg3 
Rd3+ 41.Kg2 Rd2+ 42.Kg3 Rd3+ 43.Kg2 Re3 44.Kf2 Rh3 45.Kg2 Rh4 46.Ra5+ Kxf4
47.h3 e5 48.Rd5 Kf5 49.Rd6 Ra4 50.Rxh6 Rxa2+ 51.Kg3 Ra3+ 52.Kg2 b5 53.h4 
Kg4 54.Kf2 e4 55.h5 Kg5 56.Rh8 Rf3+ 57.Ke2 Rh3 58.Re8 Kf4 59.Rf8+ Ke5 60.
Rh8 Kd4 61.h6 Kc3 62.Kf2 e3+ 63.Ke2 Kb4 64.h7 a5 65.Kd3 a4 66.Ke2 a3 67.
Kd3 a2 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.Qc2 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.Nf3 Qa5 8.Bxf6 
Rxf6 9.Bd3 cxd4 10.exd4 Nc6 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qc7 13.c5 Ne7 14.Qa4 Nd5 
15.Rfc1 b6 16.c4 Nf4 17.cxb6 Qb7 18.Ne1 Rg6 19.d5 axb6 20.Qb3 Qc7 21.Bf1 
Bb7 22.Nd3 Nh3+ 23.Kh1 exd5 24.c5 Kh8 25.cxb6 Qd6 26.Rc7 Ba6 27.b7 Rg8 28.
b8=Q Bxd3 29.g3 Nxf2+ 30.Kg2 Bc4 31.Rc8 Qxb8 32.Qxb8 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.Na3 Nf5 8.Nc2 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nb4 10.Nxb4 Bxb4+ 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 13.Qd2 Qb6 14.O-O O-O 
15.Rfc1 Rfc8 16.Bd3 Qd8 17.Bxf5 exf5 18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.Rc1 h6 20.Rc5 Be6 21.
h4 b6 22.Rxc8 Qxc8 23.Ne1 Bd7 24.b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.O-O Rc8 13.Qe2 c5 14.Rfc1 Bb7 15.
Ne5 Nd7 16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.dxc5 Rxc5 18.Rxc5 bxc5 19.Rd1 Qc6 20.f3 Qb6 21.Bc4
Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6 
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Qc7 12.Nf1 Nc6 13.Ne3 Re8 14.d4 exd4 15.cxd4 
Bf8 16.b3 Nb4 17.Bb1 Nxe4 18.Bb2 Bb7 19.d5 c4 20.bxc4 bxc4 21.Bxe4 Rxe4 
22.Ng5 Re7 23.Qh5 h6 24.Nf5 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 hxg5 26.Re3 Bc8 27.Bxg7 Bxg7 28.
Re8+ Bf8 29.Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 e5 6.d5 O-O 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 Na6 9.
g4 Nc7 10.h4 a6 11.h5 Bd7 12.Nge2 b5 13.Ng3 bxc4 14.a4 Qb8 15.Bxc4 Qb4 16.
b3 Rfb8 17.Rc1 Rb7 18.Bh6 Qa3 19.Rc2 Bxh6 20.Qxh6 Rxb3 21.Bxb3 Qxb3 22.Kd2
Bxa4 23.Nxa4 Qxf3 24.hxg6 fxg6 25.g5 Qf4+ 26.Kd1 Qf3+ 27.Re2 Qd3+ 28.Rd2 
Qb3+ 29.Ke2 Qc4+ 30.Kf3 Nh5 31.Rxh5 Rf8+ 32.Nf5 Rxf5+ 33.exf5 Qf4+ 34.Ke2 
Qc4+ 35.Rd3 Qe4+ 36.Kd2 Qf4+ 37.Re3 gxh5 38.Nc3 Qf2+ 39.Re2 Qxf5 40.Qxd6 
Qxg5+ 41.Kc2 Qg6+ 42.Qxg6+ hxg6 43.d6 Ne6 44.Rxe5 Kf7 45.d7 Nd4+ 46.Kd3 
1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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.a4 b4 10.d4 bxc3 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Nxc3 a5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.
Bxd5 Ra6 16.Be3 Bb4 17.Re2 Rd6 18.Qc1 c6 19.Bxc6 Be6 20.Qc2 Qb8 21.Bd5 
Bxd5 22.exd5 Rxd5 23.Rc1 Qd6 24.h3 Rd8 25.Qc4 h6 26.Rec2 Qe6 27.Qe2 Qd7 
28.Rc7 Qxa4 29.Bxh6 Rd1+ 30.Kh2 Rxc1 31.Qg4 Rh1+ 32.Kg3 Rd3+ 33.Be3 Rxe3+ 
34.fxe3 Be1+ 35.Kf3 e4+ 36.Kf4 Rf1+ 37.Ke5 Qb5+ 38.Kd4 Qb6+ 39.Rc5 Bb4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.Nbd2 Nf6 8.Nb3 Nd7 
9.Ng5 O-O 10.e3 dxe3 11.Bxe3 Bxb2 12.Rb1 Bg7 13.Nxc5 Nxc5 14.Bxc5 Qc7 15.
Re1 h6 16.Nh3 Bxh3 17.Bxh3 Rfd8 18.Bg2 e6 19.Be3 Rac8 20.Qd2 Kh7 21.Bf4 
Qd7 22.c5 Bf8 23.Rec1 e5 24.Be3 Rc7 25.Rb3 Nd4 26.Rxb7 Rxb7 27.c6 Rc7 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 c5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.dxc5 
dxc5 9.Be3 Qa5 10.Nd5 Ng4 11.Bd2 Qd8 12.h3 Nge5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Bg5 f6 15.
Bc1 e6 16.f4 Bd6 17.Nc3 Qe7 18.e3 Bd7 19.b3 Rad8 20.Bb2 Be8 21.Qe2 Qg7 22.
g4 e5 23.f5 gxf5 24.gxf5 Kh8 25.Rad1 Rg8 26.Rd2 Qh6 27.Ne4 Be7 28.Kh2 Rxd2
29.Nxd2 Nd8 30.Bc1 Nf7 31.e4 Ng5 32.Nf3 Nxf3+ 33.Bxf3 Qh4 34.Qe1 Qxe1 35.
Rxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.d3 
Nc6 9.O-O O-O 10.Ne4 c4 11.dxc4 Na5 12.Qc2 Naxc4 13.Rd1 Qe8 14.a4 a5 15.
Rb1 Bf5 16.Nd4 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 Nd6 18.Nb5 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 Qc6 20.Qxc6 bxc6 21.
Nd4 Rfd8 22.Be3 Rd6 23.Nf5 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Nd5 25.Nxg7 Nxe3 26.fxe3 Kxg7 27.
Rc1 Ra6 28.Rc3 Rb6 29.Rc5 Ra6 30.Kf2 Kf6 31.e4 Ke6 32.Ke3 Kd6 33.Kd4 Kc7 
34.e5 Ra8 35.Kc3 Kb6 36.Rc4 c5 37.Rf4 Rf8 38.Kc4 Kc6 39.Rf3 f5 40.exf6 
exf6 41.Re3 Rb8 42.Re6+ Kd7 43.Rxf6 Rxb2 44.Kxc5 Rxe2 45.Rf7+ Ke6 46.Rxh7 
Rb2 47.Rh4 Ke5 48.Rg4 Kf5 49.Rc4 Ke5 50.h4 Rb3 51.Rg4 Kf6 52.Kd5 Rc3 53.
Rf4+ Kg7 54.g4 g5 55.hxg5 Kg6 56.Rc4 Ra3 57.Kc6 Kxg5 58.Kb5 Kf6 59.Re4 
Rb3+ 60.Kxa5 Rb8 61.Ka6 Rb1 62.a5 Kg5 63.Ka7 Rb5 64.a6 Rb3 65.Ka8 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bf5 8.Bxf5 
gxf5 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Qb3 b6 11.Ne5 e6 12.Bd2 Nfd7 13.Nd3 Nc6 14.Ne2 Rc8 15.
Rfc1 Ndb8 16.Nef4 Qd7 17.Nh5 f6 18.Rc2 Ne7 19.Rac1 Rxc2 20.Rxc2 Rc8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Scherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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 Nbd7 10.a4 b6 11.f3 Bb7 12.Qd2 Qc7 13.Rfd1 Rac8 14.Bf1 d5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Qxc2 17.Qxc2 Rxc2 18.Rab1 Rd8 19.d6 Bf8 20.Nd2 Nf6 21.
Nc4 b5 22.axb5 axb5 23.Nxe5 Nd5 24.Bd4 Rxd6 25.Bf2 b4 26.Nc4 Re6 27.Bd3 b3
28.Na5 Rxf2 29.Nxb7 Rc2 30.Na5 Ne3 31.Nxb3 Rxg2+ 32.Kh1 Rh6 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Scherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E74"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 Qa5 8.Bd2 e6 9.
Nf3 exd5 10.cxd5 Re8 11.O-O Na6 12.Re1 Bg4 13.Bb5 Nd7 14.Be2 Rab8 15.a3 
Bxf3 16.Bxf3 b5 17.Na2 Qb6 18.Rb1 c4 19.Nb4 Ne5 20.Nxa6 Qxa6 21.Be2 Nd7 
22.Bf1 Nc5 23.Qf3 Rb7 24.Bb4 Qb6 25.Bxc5 Qxc5 26.g3 Rbe7 27.Re2 a5 28.Kg2 
b4 29.axb4 axb4 30.Rc1 c3 31.bxc3 bxc3 32.Qd3 Rb7 33.e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bf5 8.Bd3 
Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Be7 10.Nge2 Nbd7 11.O-O O-O 12.f3 Re8 13.Bf2 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 
15.Rad1 Ne5 16.Qb5 Qb6 17.Qxb6 axb6 18.b3 Nc6 19.Nf4 Nb4 20.Nd3 Nxa2 21.
Nxa2 Rxa2 22.Rfe1 Bd6 23.h3 Rc2 24.Kf1 Rc3 25.b4 b5 26.Re2 Rb3 27.Be1 Nh5 
28.g4 Ng3+ 29.Bxg3 Bxg3 30.Kg2 Bd6 31.Kf2 Rc8 32.Red2 Rc4 33.Nc1 Rbxb4 34.
Rxd5 Rb2+ 35.Ne2 Bb4 36.Kf1 Bc5 37.Nd4 b4 38.Rd8+ Kh7 39.Rc8 Rc3 40.Ne2 
Rxe3 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Nc3 Qc8 
9.d4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 d6 11.Nd5 Re8 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Qd2 Bxb2 14.Qxb2 Nd7 15.
Rfd1 Nf6 16.Ne1 Rb8 17.Rac1 Qf5 18.Bxb7 Rxb7 19.Ng2 Ng4 20.f3 Qc5+ 21.Qd4 
Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2 Nbd7 8.a4 
cxd4 9.exd4 Nb6 10.Bb3 Be7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Rd1 Nbd5 13.Ne5 Bd7 14.Bg5 Bc6 
15.Rd3 Qd6 16.Rad1 Rfd8 17.Rh3 g6 18.Bc1 Rac8 19.Qd2 Nh5 20.Rxh5 gxh5 21.
Ne4 Qb4 22.Qd3 h4 23.Ng5 Bxg5 24.Bxg5 f6 25.Bxd5 Bxd5 26.Bxf6 Rf8 27.Bxh4 
Qxb2 28.Nd7 Rc3 29.Qf1 Rfc8 30.Bg5 Bc4 31.Qe1 Qe2 32.Nb6 Rc6 33.a5 Qxe1+ 
34.Rxe1 Bb3 35.h4 Rd3 36.Re4 Rd6 37.Bf6 h5 38.Be5 Rc6 39.Rf4 Rd1+ 40.Kh2 
Ra1 41.Nd7 Rxa5 42.Rf8+ Kh7 43.Rf7+ Kg6 44.Rg7+ Kh6 45.Nf8 Bc2 46.Bf6 e5 
47.dxe5 Ra4 48.Rg8 Rxf6 49.exf6 Rxh4+ 50.Kg3 Rc4 51.f4 Rc7 52.Rh8+ Bh7 53.
Ne6 Rc3+ 54.Kh4 Kg6 55.f7 Kxf7 56.Ng5+ Kg6 57.Rxh7 Rb3 58.g4 hxg4 59.Kxg4 
Rb4 60.Rd7 Kf6 61.Rf7+ Kg6 62.Re7 a5 63.Re6+ Kg7 64.Kf5 a4 65.Re7+ Kf8 66.
Rc7 Rb6 67.Ne6+ Kg8 68.Kf6 a3 69.Rc8+ Kh7 70.Kf7 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 
cxd4 9.cxd4 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.Be3 Bg4 12.f3 Na5 13.Bd5 Bc8 14.Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 a6 16.a4 Bd7 17.Qd2 Rc8 18.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 19.Rxc1 Bxa4 20.Qb4 g5 21.Bxg5 
hxg5 22.Qxa4 e6 23.Ba2 Nc6 24.d5 exd5 25.Bxd5 Qb6+ 26.Kf1 Nb4 27.Qb3 a5 
28.Bc4 Qh6 29.h3 Be5 30.Qe3 b6 31.h4 Bf4 32.Nxf4 gxf4 33.Qd4 Qxh4 34.Qxb6 
Qh1+ 35.Qg1 Qh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 Nbd7 8.O-O 
Be7 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 O-O 11.Bf4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Nf6 13.Qe3 Qa5 14.a3 Rfe8 
15.h3 Rad8 16.Be5 Nd7 17.b4 Qa4 18.Bc7 Rc8 19.Bg3 b6 20.Rab1 Qc2 21.Rbc1 
Qf5 22.Rfd1 a5 23.Qb3 axb4 24.axb4 Ra8 25.Ra1 Nf6 26.Ne5 Rxa1 27.Rxa1 Qe4 
28.Qc3 Rc8 29.Kh2 Qe2 30.Ra7 Ne4 31.Qa3 Nd2 32.Ra8 Rxa8 33.Qxa8+ Bf8 34.
Nd7 h6 35.Qxf8+ Kh7 36.Qxf7 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bb5 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bd6 8.d4
Bd7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bb2 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Bxd7 dxc3 13.Bxc3 Qxd7 14.Qd4 f5
15.Qd5+ Qf7 16.Qxb7 f4 17.exf4 Qxf4 18.Qd5+ Qf7 19.Qg5 h6 20.Qg4 Rab8 21.
f4 Rb5 22.Bd4 Rb4 23.Qd1 Rd8 24.Be3 Qe6 25.Bf2 Rxf4 26.Qb3 Qxb3 27.axb3 
Rdf8 28.Rac1 a5 29.Rc2 Rb4 30.Rc3 Rfb8 31.Be1 Rxb3 32.Rxb3 Rxb3 33.Bxa5 
Be5 34.Rc1 c5 35.Be1 Bb2 36.Rc2 Bd4+ 37.Kf1 Rb2 38.Rxb2 Bxb2 39.Ke2 c4 40.
Ke3 Kf7 41.Ke4 Ke6 42.g4 Kd6 43.Bh4 Kc5 44.g5 hxg5 45.Bxg5 Kb4 46.h4 c3 
47.h5 c2 48.Kd3 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 
a6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Na3 Be6 11.g3 f5 12.Bg2 Bg7 13.Qd2 O-O 14.O-O Qa5 15.
Rfd1 Rfd8 16.Nd5 Qxd2 17.Rxd2 Rab8 18.Rad1 e4 19.b3 b5 20.cxb5 axb5 21.Nc2
b4 22.f3 Ra8 23.fxe4 Rxa2 24.exf5 Bxf5 25.Ncxb4 Rxd2 26.Rxd2 Nxb4 27.Ne7+ 
Kf8 28.Nxf5 Be5 29.Kf2 Ke8 30.e4 f6 31.Bf1 d5 32.Bb5+ Kf8 33.exd5 Rxd5 34.
Rxd5 Nxd5 35.Bc4 Ne7 36.Nh4 Bd6 37.Ke3 Kg7 38.Ke4 h5 39.Be6 Bc5 40.Ng2 Bg1
41.h4 Ng6 42.b4 Ba7 43.b5 Ne5 44.Ne3 Kg6 45.Nd5 Bf2 46.Kf4 Bc5 47.b6 Nc4 
48.b7 Bd6+ 49.Kf3 Na5 50.Bc8 Nc4 51.Nf4+ Kh6 52.Be6 Nd2+ 53.Ke3 Nf1+ 54.
Kf2 Nd2 55.Bd5 Nb1 56.Bf3 Nd2 57.Bxh5 Ne4+ 58.Kg2 Nc5 59.Bf3 Be5 60.Bd5 f5
61.Kf3 Bd6 62.Ne6 Nd7 63.Nd4 Kg6 64.Be6 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B95"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qf3 h6 8.Bh4 
Nbd7 9.O-O-O Ne5 10.Qe2 g5 11.Bg3 Bd7 12.h4 Rg8 13.hxg5 hxg5 14.Nf3 Qc7 
15.Qe3 Be7 16.Be2 b5 17.a3 Rb8 18.Nd4 Qc5 19.b4 Qc7 20.Bxe5 dxe5 21.Nb3 
Rc8 22.Rd3 g4 23.Kb1 Bc6 24.f3 g3 25.Qh6 Nd7 26.Qh7 Nf6 27.Qh6 Qa7 28.Bd1 
Nd7 29.Qh7 Rg6 30.Qh8+ Bf8 31.f4 exf4 32.Bh5 Rg7 33.Nd4 Ke7 34.Nd5+ Bxd5 
35.exd5 Nf6 36.Re1 e5 37.Nc6+ Rxc6 38.dxc6 Qc7 39.Bf3 Rh7 40.Qxh7 Nxh7 41.
Rd7+ Qxd7 42.cxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e3 e5 6.Nge2 Bd7 7.O-O Qc8 8.Nd5 Nd8
9.d4 c6 10.Ndc3 f5 11.b4 Ne7 12.Ba3 Be6 13.d5 cxd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.cxd5 
Bd7 16.Rc1 Qb8 17.Qb3 O-O 18.Rc2 Nf7 19.Rfc1 Rc8 20.Rxc8+ Bxc8 21.Qa4 Kf8 
22.f4 e4 23.Bf1 Ke7 24.Qb3 Bd7 25.Bb2 Bxb2 26.Qxb2 Qh8 27.Qa3 Qd8 28.Nd4 
Qb6 29.Rc3 Rc8 30.Qc1 Qd8 31.Bb5 Rxc3 32.Qxc3 Qc8 33.Qxc8 Bxc8 34.Kf2 Nh6 
35.h3 Ng8 36.Bc4 Bd7 37.Ke2 Nf6 38.Kd2 Be8 39.Ne2 Bf7 40.Nc3 h5 41.a3 Kd7 
42.Kc2 a6 43.a4 Kc7 44.Kb3 Bg8 45.Ka3 Bf7 46.a5 b5 47.axb6+ Kxb6 48.Kb3 
Bg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C86"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 
9.d4 Bg4 10.Rd1 exd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.exd5 Na5 13.Bc2 Re8 14.Nc3 Bb4 15.Qd3 
Bh5 16.Bg5 Bg6 17.Qd2 Nc4 18.Qc1 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Qxd5 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Bd3 Re6
22.a4 Rae8 23.axb5 axb5 24.h3 Kg7 25.Nh2 Qg5 26.Bxc4 Qxc1 27.Rdxc1 bxc4 
28.Ng4 Bd3 29.Ne3 c5 30.d5 Rb6 31.Ra5 Rc8 32.Ra4 Rd8 33.Ra7 f5 34.g3 Rdb8 
35.Ra4 Kf6 36.d6 Rxd6 37.Nxc4 Re6 38.Ne3 Be4 39.Rd1 Bf3 40.Rc1 Reb6 41.g4 
fxg4 42.hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E26"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3 d6 8.Ne2 b6
9.O-O Qd7 10.e4 Ba6 11.Bg5 O-O-O 12.Ng3 h6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nh5 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nxd4 16.Nxf6 Qe7 17.Qa4 Bb7 18.Nh5 Rhg8 19.Qd1 f5 20.Re1 Qh4 21.f4 e5
22.Rc1 exf4 23.Bf1 Qxe1 24.Qxe1 Nf3+ 25.Kf2 Nxe1 26.Rxe1 f3 27.gxf3 fxe4 
28.fxe4 Rdf8+ 29.Ke3 Bxe4 30.Bh3+ Bf5 31.Bxf5+ Rxf5 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E80"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 e5 6.d5 Nh5 7.Be3 f5 8.Nge2 O-O 9.
Qd2 Nd7 10.O-O-O Nc5 11.Kb1 fxe4 12.fxe4 Nf6 13.Bxc5 dxc5 14.h3 Ne8 15.Ng1
Nd6 16.Nf3 Nf7 17.Bd3 Bh6 18.Qf2 b6 19.Rdf1 Qf6 20.Qe1 Qe7 21.h4 Bg7 22.
Qg3 Qd7 23.Be2 a6 24.Nh2 Qe7 25.h5 Qg5 26.Qd3 gxh5 27.Nf3 Qg3 28.Rxh5 Bg4 
29.Rhh1 Nd6 30.Bd1 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O cxd4 7.exd4 Nc6 8.Nc3 
a6 9.Be3 Be7 10.a3 O-O 11.Ne5 Qc7 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Ba2 Rd8 14.Rc1 Qd6 15.
Qf3 Bd7 16.d5 e5 17.h3 Rac8 18.Rfe1 h6 19.Bd2 Re8 20.Ne2 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rc8 
22.Rxc8+ Bxc8 23.Ng3 Qd7 24.Bc3 Bd6 25.Bb1 Qc7 26.Bf5 Bd7 27.Bxd7 Nxd7 28.
Nf5 Bf8 29.d6 Bxd6 30.Qg3 g6 31.Nxh6+ Kf8 32.Qf3 Nc5 33.Qf6 Ne4 34.Qh8+ 
Ke7 35.Ng8+ Ke6 36.Nh6 Nxc3 37.bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 Nge7 6.Nge2 d6 7.d4 exd4 8.exd4 
O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.d5 Ne5 11.b3 Bg4 12.f3 Bc8 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 a6 15.Qd2 Nf5
16.Bf2 h5 17.h3 Rb8 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Bf5 20.f4 Nd7 21.Rfe1 Bxd4+ 22.
Qxd4 Qf6 23.Qxf6 Nxf6 24.Kf2 Kf8 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Re1 b6 27.Rxe8+ Kxe8 28.
Ke3 a5 29.Nb5 Kd8 30.a3 Ne8 31.Nd4 Ng7 32.Bf1 Bd7 33.Nf3 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.O-O O-O 8.Bd2 Bd6
9.b3 Qe7 10.Qc2 e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nd4 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Qe5 15.f4
Qe7 16.Rac1 Rd8 17.Rc2 Bc5 18.Na4 Bxd4 19.Qxd4 Bf5 20.Bb4 Qd7 21.Rc3 Ne4 
22.Rcc1 b6 23.Rfd1 f6 24.Nc3 Nxc3 25.Rxc3 Be4 26.Qd2 Qg4 27.h3 Qg6 28.Qf2 
h5 29.Kh2 a5 30.Ba3 b5 31.Bc5 b4 32.Rcc1 Rdc8 33.Bd4 Bc2 34.Rd2 Be4 35.
Rdd1 Qf5 36.Qe2 Qg6 37.Qf2 a4 38.Rxc8+ Rxc8 39.bxa4 Qe8 40.Rd2 Qxa4 41.Qh4
Rc2 42.Rxc2 Qxc2 43.Qg3 Qxa2 44.Bxf6 Qxg2+ 45.Qxg2 Bxg2 46.Bd4 Be4 47.Kg3 
Kf7 48.h4 g6 49.Kf2 Ke6 50.Ke2 Kf5 51.Kd2 Kg4 52.Bf6 Kg3 53.Be7 Kh3 54.Bf6
Kg4 55.Be7 Bf5 56.Bf6 Kf3 57.Be7 b3 58.Kc3 Be6 59.Bc5 g5 60.fxg5 d4+ 61.
exd4 Kg3 62.Ba3 Kxh4 63.Kd3 Kxg5 64.Ke4 h4 65.Kf3 Bd5+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c6 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3 e6
9.Bf4 Nc6 10.Ne5 Bd7 11.Qd2 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Rc8 13.Rfc1 Qe7 14.Rc2 Ne8 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Rac1 Nd6 17.b3 Bc6 18.e3 Rc7 19.Ne2 Rfc8 20.Nf4 Bb5 21.Rxc7 
Rxc7 22.Rxc7 Qxc7 23.f3 a5 24.Kf2 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 
Nxe4 9.Bxe4 O-O 10.O-O h6 11.b3 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Bb2 Qf6 14.Qd2 Nxf3+ 
15.Bxf3 Be5 16.Bxe5 Qxe5 17.Rfe1 Qc5 18.Qc3 a5 19.a3 Be6 20.Re5 Qb6 21.Re3
Qc5 22.Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd3 Ne4 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 
Nxc3 9.Qc2 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Qg5+ 11.Kh1 Qh5 12.Rg1 Qxf3+ 13.Rg2 f5 14.Qxc3 
Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Scherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O 
Nbd7 9.a4 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.f3 O-O 12.Qd2 Qc7 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.Bf1 Bc6 15.
Qf2 Qb7 16.Bc4 Nc5 17.Nxc5 dxc5 18.Qe2 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Ne8 20.Bd5 Bxd5 21.
Rxd5 Bd6 22.Qc4 Qc6 23.Rd1 Nc7 24.Qd3 Rd8 25.Nd5 Kf8 26.Qb3 b5 27.Nxc7 
Bxc7 28.Rxd8+ Bxd8 29.axb5 axb5 30.Qc3 Bb6 31.Qxe5 f6 32.Qc3 c4 33.Kf2 
Bxe3+ 34.Kxe3 Qc5+ 35.Qd4 Qg5+ 36.Kf2 Qc1 37.Qc3 h5 38.Kg3 Kf7 39.b3 g5 
40.bxc4 Qf4+ 41.Kf2 b4 42.Qxb4 Qxh2 43.c5 g4 44.Qb3+ Kg7 45.fxg4 h4 46.Qe3
Qe5 47.c6 Kg6 48.Ke1 Qa5+ 49.Kf2 Qe5 50.Kg1 Kg7 51.g5 fxg5 52.c7 Qa1+ 53.
Kf2 Qf6+ 54.Ke1 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 e5 6.Nf3 O-O 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 a5 18.Rc1 a4 19.Rc2 Be6 20.a3 f6 21.gxf6 Bxf6 
22.Rd1 Be5 23.Ne2 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 Bb4 5.e5 Ne7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 b6 8.cxd5 
Qxd5 9.Nf3 c5 10.c4 Qe4+ 11.Be2 Nbc6 12.dxc5 Nxe5 13.Bb2 Nxf3+ 14.gxf3 Qc6
15.Rg1 Qxc5 16.Bxg7 Rg8 17.Rg3 Nf5 18.Bf6 Qa5+ 19.Kf1 Nxg3+ 20.fxg3 Bb7 
21.Bd3 Qh5 22.Qa4+ b5 23.Qxb5+ Qxb5 24.cxb5 Bxf3 25.Bxh7 Rg4 26.Rc1 Ra4 
27.Rc7 Be4 28.Bxe4 Rxe4 29.h4 Kf8 30.Kg2 Kg8 31.h5 Ra4 32.Bb2 Re8 33.Rc5 
Kh7 34.Kh3 f5 35.Rc7+ Kh6 36.Bc1+ Kxh5 37.Rg7 Rg4 38.Rxa7 Rc8 39.Bf4 Rc3 
40.Be5 Rb3 41.Rh7+ Kg6 42.Rg7+ Kh6 43.Rxg4 fxg4+ 44.Kxg4 Rxb5 45.Kf4 Kg6 
46.Ke4 Rc5 47.Bd6 Rc4+ 48.Ke5 Kf7 49.Bb4 Rg4 50.Kd6 Kf6 51.Kc5 Ke7 52.Kc6+
Kf6 53.Kc5 Ke5 54.a4 Rg8 55.a5 Rc8+ 56.Kb5 Kd5 57.Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nf3 e4 3.Nd4 Nc6 4.Nxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.e3 Bd6 7.d4 exd3 8.Bxd3
Qe7 9.Qc2 Be6 10.b3 O-O-O 11.Bb2 h5 12.O-O-O h4 13.h3 Nd7 14.Bf5 Rde8 15.
Bxe6 Qxe6 16.Ne2 Rh5 17.Nd4 Qe4 18.Qxe4 Rxe4 19.Nf3 g6 20.Rhe1 Nc5 21.Kc2 
a5 22.Rd4 f5 23.Re2 g5 24.Rxe4 Nxe4 25.Nd2 Nxd2 26.Kxd2 Rh6 27.e4 Bf4+ 28.
Ke1 fxe4 29.Rxe4 c5 30.Bc3 a4 31.bxa4 Rb6 32.Ke2 Kd7 33.Kd3 Rb1 34.Re1 Rb6
35.Kc2 Rg6 36.Re4 Rd6 37.Re1 Rg6 38.Re2 b6 39.Re4 Rd6 40.Re1 Rg6 41.Re4 
Rd6 42.a3 Rg6 43.a5 Rg8 44.a4 Rf8 45.Re2 bxa5 46.Kd3 Rd8 47.Re4 Kc6+ 48.
Ke2 Kb6 49.Re6+ c6 50.Re7 Ka6 51.Re4 Kb6 52.Re6 Kb7 53.Re7+ Ka6 54.Re4 Kb6
55.Be1 Bc1 56.g3 hxg3 57.fxg3 Rh8 58.h4 gxh4 59.gxh4 Bb2 60.Bd2 Bd4 61.Kf3
Bb2 62.Bg5 Rf8+ 63.Rf4 Rg8 64.Rf5 Bd4 65.h5 Kc7 66.h6 Kd7 67.Kg4 Ke6 68.
Rf4 Rb8 69.Re4+ Kf7 70.Re7+ Kg8 71.Kf5 Rf8+ 72.Kg6 Kh8 73.Rh7+ Kg8 74.Rd7 
Kh8 75.Rd8 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 Ne4 7.Bd3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.e4 Qc7 12.Qe2 b6 13.Be3 Bb7 14.Bd3 Rfd8 15.
Rfd1 Na5 16.a4 Rac8 17.Ra2 cxd4 18.cxd4 Bb4 19.Rc2 Qe7 20.Rdc1 Ba3 21.Rxc8
Rxc8 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8 23.Qc2 Bb7 24.Ne5 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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 Bg4 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.
f3 Bd7 16.Re1 Ba4 17.Qb2 Rad8 18.Bf1 b6 19.c4 Qe6 20.Qc3 Nd7 21.Bb2 f6 22.
Rac1 Ne5 23.f4 Nc6 24.Be2 Ne7 25.Bf3 Rd6 26.e4 Rd4 27.e5 f5 28.Qe3 Rd7 29.
h3 Rfd8 30.Kh2 Bc6 31.Be2 Kf8 32.Qg3 Ba4 33.Bc3 h6 34.Qh4 Kg8 35.Qh5 Bc6 
36.Bf1 Ng6 37.g3 Ne7 38.Rcd1 Bb7 39.Rxd7 Rxd7 40.Qe8+ Kh7 41.Re2 Rd3 42.
Rd2 Bc6 43.Qf8 Rxd2+ 44.Bxd2 Qd7 45.Bc3 Qd1 46.e6 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.Nf4 O-O 7.Bd3 c5 8.O-O cxd4
9.exd4 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Qc7 11.Qf3 Nc6 12.c5 Bxd3 13.Nxd3 Na5 14.Bf4 Qc6 15.
Qxc6 dxc6 16.Bd6 Rfc8 17.f3 Nc4 18.Bg3 Nd5 19.Rfc1 Na3 20.Nb4 f6 21.Kf2 
bxc5 22.Nxd5 cxd5 23.Bd6 Nc4 24.Bxc5 Nb2 25.Ke3 Na4 26.c4 Nxc5 27.dxc5 
Rxc5 28.cxd5 Rxd5 29.Rc7 Ra5 30.a4 Rb8 31.Rd1 Rb3+ 32.Kf4 Rf5+ 33.Kg3 Rg5+
34.Kh3 h6 35.Rxa7 Rb2 36.g4 h5 37.Rd3 f5 38.Kh4 Rg6 39.Rd8+ Kh7 40.Raa8 
Rh6 41.g5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 
gxf6 9.O-O-O a6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.f4 Qa5 12.Bc4 Be7 13.Rhe1 Rb8 14.Qd3 Kf8 
15.Bb3 Qc5 16.Qf3 a5 17.e5 d5 18.f5 exf5 19.Qh5 Be6 20.g4 fxg4 21.exf6 
Bxf6 22.Ne4 Qe7 23.Nxf6 Qxf6 24.Re5 Rg8 25.Rde1 Rg5 26.Qh4 Qf4+ 27.R5e3 
Re5 28.Qg3 Qxg3 29.hxg3 Rxe3 30.Rxe3 Ke7 31.Re2 h5 32.Rh2 Rh8 33.Kd2 Kd6 
34.Ke3 Ke5 35.c3 c5 36.Re2 Bf5 37.Kf2+ Be4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Scherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 O-O 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qd2 b5 8.cxb5 
cxb5 9.a3 Nc6 10.g3 Na5 11.Qc2 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.b4 Nc6 14.Nd5 Bd7 15.
Nxf6+ exf6 16.Bg2 a5 17.O-O axb4 18.axb4 Qb6 19.Qd2 Kg7 20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.e5
dxe5 22.dxe5 Rd8 23.exf6+ Kh7 24.Qe3 Qxe3 25.fxe3 Nxb4 26.Rd1 Nc2 27.Bc6 
Bxc6 28.Rxd8 Nxe3 29.Nd4 Bd5 30.Nxb5 g5 31.Nc7 Bc4 32.Rd4 Ba2 33.Ra4 Bb1 
34.Kf2 Nf5 35.Nd5 Kg6 36.Ra6 g4 37.Ne7+ Kg5 38.Nxf5 Bxf5 39.Ke3 Kg6 40.Kf4
Be6 41.Ke5 Bf5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bb5 Qa5+ 7.Nc3 e6 8.Be3 Ne7
9.Bd2 Qc7 10.Be2 a6 11.O-O Ng6 12.Na4 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Ncxe5 14.Nb6 Rd8 15.b4 
Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 Bd6 17.g3 O-O 18.Rad1 Qc6 19.c4 Bc7 20.cxd5 exd5 21.Bc3 Bxb6
22.cxb6 Rfe8 23.Rd3 Ne5 24.Bxe5 Rxe5 25.Rfd1 Qxb6 26.Rxd5 Rexd5 27.Rxd5 
Rxd5 28.Qxd5 Qxb4 29.Qd8+ Qf8 30.Qc7 Qa8 31.h4 b5 32.Qb6 Qc8 33.Kg2 h5 34.
a3 g6 35.Kh2 Qf5 36.Kg2 Qe4+ 37.Kg1 Qe6 38.Qd8+ Kg7 39.Qa5 Qc6 40.Kf1 Kf6 
41.Ke2 Ke6 42.Kf1 Kd7 43.Kg1 Kc8 44.Qb4 Qd5 45.Qa5 Qd6 46.Qc3+ Kb8 47.Qe3 
f5 48.Qc3 Kb7 49.Qa5 f4 50.gxf4 Qd1+ 51.Kh2 Qe2 52.Kg2 Qg4+ 53.Kf1 Qxh4 
54.Qb4 Qh3+ 55.Kg1 Qg4+ 56.Kh2 Qe6 57.Qc5 Qf6 58.Qb4 Kc6 59.Kg1 Qd6 60.
Qe4+ Kb6 61.Kh2 a5 62.Qe3+ Ka6 63.Kh3 b4 64.a4 Kb7 65.Qe4+ Kc7 66.Qa8 Qe6+
67.Kh2 Qb6 68.Kg1 Qc5 69.Qg8 Qf5 70.Qc4+ Kd6 71.Qa6+ Ke7 72.Qa7+ Kf8 73.
Qa8+ Kg7 74.Qa7+ Kh6 75.Qb8 Qf6 76.Kg2 h4 77.Kh3 Kh5 78.Qc7 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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 Be7 10.Re1 d6 11.b4 Nbd7 12.Bb2 Re8 13.Nc3 Rc8 14.Nd2 Qc7 15.a4 e5 
16.d5 a5 17.Nb5 Qd8 18.bxa5 bxa5 19.Nb3 Nc5 20.Nxc5 Rxc5 21.Rb1 Rc8 22.Bc3
Nd7 23.Nxd6 Bxd6 24.Rxb7 e4 25.Qg4 Nf6 26.Bxf6 Qxf6 27.Rxe4 Qa1+ 28.Rb1 
Qxa4 29.c5 Qa3 30.Qe2 Rxe4 31.Qxe4 Qxc5 32.Qxh7+ Kf8 33.Re1 f6 34.Bf5 Qc1 
35.Rf1 Rc5 36.Be6 Qh6 37.Qg8+ Ke7 38.Qf7+ Kd8 39.Qd7# 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nc3 Nb6 7.Bf4 Bf5 8.Bd3
Bxd3 9.Qxd3 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.Rfe1 O-O 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nge4 Nbd5 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6
15.Be5 Bxe5 16.Rxe5 Qb6 17.Na4 Qb4 18.b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.e3 Qc7 8.d3 
dxe3 9.Bxe3 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Nb5 Qb8 12.Qa4 a6 13.Nc3 b5 14.cxb5 Bb7 15.
Bxb7 Qxb7 16.bxa6 Rxa6 17.Qb5 Qa8 18.d4 Ng4 19.Qe2 f5 20.Bd2 Rb6 21.b3 Ba3
22.Bc1 Bb4 23.Na4 Rc6 24.Bb2 Nf6 25.Rac1 f4 26.Rxc6 Qxc6 27.f3 h5 28.Bc1 
Bd6 29.gxf4 Nd5 30.Nc5 Bxc5 31.dxc5 Qxc5+ 32.Qf2 Qa5 33.Kh1 Nxf4 34.Bxf4 
Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c4 c6 6.d4 O-O 7.Ne5 dxc4 8.Nxc4 
Be6 9.Qd3 Na6 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.e4 Rd8 12.Qe2 Nc7 13.Nc3 Bh3 14.Bh1 Ng4 15.d5 
Nb5 16.Nxb5 cxb5 17.Ne3 Nxe3 18.Bxe3 Qc4 19.Qd2 Rdc8 20.Rdc1 Qa4 21.Bc5 
Rc7 22.b3 Qa6 23.Bb4 Rac8 24.Rxc7 Rxc7 25.Re1 Be5 26.Bg2 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 Qf6 
28.Rc1 Rxc1 29.Qxc1 g5 30.h4 h6 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Bd2 Qg6 33.Qc8+ Kg7 34.Qg4
f6 35.Bb4 Kf8 36.f3 Qe8 37.Qe6 Qd8 38.f4 gxf4 39.gxf4 Bd6 40.Bxd6 exd6 41.
Kf3 Kg7 42.Kg4 b4 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bc6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bf4
O-O 9.e3 Nbd7 10.Be2 e6 11.O-O Nb6 12.Qb3 Qe7 13.Ne5 Be8 14.Bf3 c6 15.Rac1
Nfd5 16.Bg3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 f6 18.Nd3 Bf7 19.Qb4 Qxb4 20.cxb4 e5 21.dxe5 fxe5
22.a3 Nc4 23.Nc5 e4 24.Nxe4 Bb2 25.Rc2 Bxa3 26.Rb1 Bd5 27.Nd2 b5 28.Nxc4 
bxc4 29.Ra2 a5 30.b5 Bxf3 31.gxf3 cxb5 32.Rxa3 b4 33.Raa1 c3 34.Be5 Rfc8 
35.Kf1 c2 36.Rc1 a4 37.Bd6 b3 38.Ba3 Rcb8 39.Bb2 a3 40.Rxa3 Rxa3 41.Bxa3 
Ra8 42.Bb2 Ra2 43.Bc3 b2 44.Bxb2 Rxb2 45.Ke2 g5 46.Kd2 Rb4 47.Kxc2 Rh4 48.
Rg1 h6 49.Rg2 Kf7 50.Kd3 Kf6 51.Ke2 Rh3 52.e4 h5 53.Ke3 Rh4 54.Kd3 Rh3 55.
Ke2 Rh4 56.Kf1 Rf4 57.Ke2 Rh4 58.Kf1 Rf4 59.Rg3 h4 60.Ke2 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4 
9.Qc2 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 d6 11.Bd3 f5 12.d5 exd5 13.cxd5 Bxd5 14.Nd4 Nd7 15.f3 
Nxg3 16.hxg3 Qf6 17.Bxf5 O-O-O 18.Qa4 a5 19.Kf2 h5 20.Rab1 h4 21.e4 Bb7 
22.gxh4 gxh4 23.Ne6 Ne5 24.Qd4 Rdg8 25.Nxc7+ Kb8 26.Qxb6 Nd3+ 27.Kf1 Nb4 
28.Rxb4 axb4 29.Nb5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Na6 8.Be3 
c5 9.d5 e6 10.Be2 exd5 11.exd5 Qb6 12.O-O Bf5 13.Nh4 Bd7 14.a3 Ne8 15.b4 
Nd6 16.Qb3 Rfe8 17.Rac1 c4 18.Qc2 Rxe3 19.fxe3 Qxe3+ 20.Kh1 Re8 21.Rfe1 
Nc7 22.h3 Qf4 23.Nf3 Nf5 24.Bf1 Ng3+ 25.Kg1 Rxe1 26.Rxe1 Nxf1 27.Kxf1 Bxh3
28.Qe4 Qg3 29.gxh3 Bxc3 30.d6 Bxe1 31.Nxe1 Qxd6 32.Qxc4 Ne6 33.Qe4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 c6 5.b3 Bg7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.O-O Na6 8.d3 b5 9.
Nbd2 Bb7 10.Rc1 Nd7 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.d4 Nf6 13.c5 Nc7 14.a3 a5 15.Qc2 a4 
16.b4 Bc8 17.Ne5 Ra6 18.Qb2 Be6 19.h3 h5 20.Kh2 Nd7 21.f4 f6 22.Nef3 Rh8 
23.Nh4 Bf7 24.Rce1 Ra7 25.Qc2 Nf8 26.Qd3 Qd7 27.Nb1 Ra8 28.Nc3 Rd8 29.e3 
Rh7 30.Rf2 Kg8 31.Kg1 Rg7 32.Ref1 Nh7 33.Kh2 Nf8 34.Rg1 Qe8 35.Bf1 e5 36.
fxe5 fxe5 37.dxe5 Nd7 38.Nf3 g5 39.Ne2 g4 40.Nh4 Nxe5 41.Qc3 Bg6 42.Nd4 
Ne6 43.Ndf5 Bxf5 44.Qxe5 Be4 45.Rf6 Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 g6 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Rc1 e6 8.h3 b6 9.
Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Qe7 11.Qb3 Rc8 12.Rfd1 Nbd7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.a4 Bf8 15.a5 b5
16.Nxb5 cxb5 17.Qxb5 Qb4 18.a6 Qxb5 19.Bxb5 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Rc8 21.Rxc8 Bxc8 
22.Ne5 Nxe5 23.Bxe5 Bd7 24.Bd3 Ne8 25.Bb8 Bc8 26.Be2 Bb4 27.Bf3 Nf6 28.Be2
Ne8 29.Bf3 Be6 30.Be2 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 
9.Qxf3 e6 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.b3 Re8 12.Bb2 Qe7 13.Qe2 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Nd5 15.Rac1
Nxc3 16.Bxc3 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Scherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C94"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Nb8 10.d3 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 a5 12.Nf1 a4 13.Bc2 Re8 14.Ne3 Bf8 15.Nf5 Nc5 
16.Ng3 g6 17.d4 Ncd7 18.Bg5 h6 19.Be3 c5 20.Nh2 cxd4 21.cxd4 d5 22.Ng4 
Nxg4 23.hxg4 Qh4 24.exd5 Nf6 25.dxe5 Rxe5 26.Bd4 Bxg4 27.Qd3 Rxe1+ 28.Rxe1
Bd7 29.Re6 fxe6 30.Qxg6+ Bg7 31.Ne4 Rf8 32.g3 Qxe4 33.Bxe4 Be8 34.dxe6 
Bxg6 35.Bxg6 Rc8 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd3 dxe4 5.Bxe4 Nf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5 Nbd7 8.Bd2
Nxc5 9.Bb5+ Ncd7 10.Nf3 a6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O b6 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Qe2 Bb7 15.
Rad1 Qc7 16.Bg5 Rfe8 17.c4 Rad8 18.Rfe1 h6 19.Nxf6+ Nxf6 20.Bh4 Bb4 21.Rf1
Qc6 22.Bc2 Be7 23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.b3 g6 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.Bxd1 e5 
28.Ne1 e4 29.Nc2 Qd6 30.Ne3 Qd4 31.Nd5 Bg5 32.g3 f5 33.h4 Bd8 34.Bc2 Kf7 
35.Qd1 Qxd1+ 36.Bxd1 Ke6 37.Nf4+ Kf6 38.Kf1 g5 39.hxg5+ hxg5 40.Nd5+ Ke5 
41.a4 Kd4 42.Be2 Bc8 43.Kg2 Bd7 44.Kf1 Be8 45.Kg1 Bf7 46.Kg2 a5 47.Kf1 f4 
48.gxf4 gxf4 49.Nxf4 Kc3 50.Bd1 Kd2 51.Bg4 Kc2 52.Be6 Bxe6 53.Nxe6 Be7 54.
Nd4+ Kc3 55.Nf5 Bf8 56.Ng3 Kxb3 57.Ke2 Kxa4 58.Nxe4 Kb3 59.Kd3 a4 60.Nd2+ 
Kb2 61.c5 b5 62.c6 Bd6 63.Ne4 Bb8 64.Nc3 a3 65.f4 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D50"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Be7 7.e4 Nc6 8.Qe3 
Nb4 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Qd2 exd5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.exd5 Bxc3 14.Qxc3
Nxd5 15.Qe5+ Kf8 16.Ne2 Re8 17.Qg5 f6 18.Qd2 Qb5 19.Kf1 Kf7 20.h4 Re5 21.
Rh3 Rhe8 22.Re1 Qc4 23.b3 Qg4 24.Rd3 Nf4 25.Nxf4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Scherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.d4 c5 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.O-O cxd4 
9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Nc3 Qa5 11.e3 Rac8 12.Re1 h5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Bg4 15.Qc1 
h4 16.Bc3 Qd8 17.Qb2 Ne5 18.Qd2 Qd7 19.f4 Nc6 20.Nb5 Qf5 21.Bg2 a6 22.Bxg7
Kxg7 23.Nd4 Qd7 24.Nxc6 bxc6 25.c5 d5 26.Qd4+ f6 27.e4 hxg3 28.hxg3 Bh3 
29.Bf3 Bg4 30.Bg2 Bh3 31.Bf3 Bg4 32.Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D33"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.g3 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg2 
d6 9.Nd4 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.O-O O-O 12.Bf4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Be6 14.Rfd1 Re8 
15.Be5 Qa5 16.Qd2 Qa6 17.Qd3 Qa5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Rad8 20.e4 Bxd5 21.
exd5 Bb4 22.Bf4 Bd6 23.Bd2 Qa4 24.Bc3 Qg4 25.Kg2 h5 26.Qf3 Re7 27.Re1 Red7
28.Rad1 Qxf3+ 29.Kxf3 Bf8 30.Ke4 g6 31.Kf3 Bg7 32.Bxg7 Kxg7 33.Re5 Kf6 34.
Ke4 Rc8 35.Rd2 Rc4+ 36.Kd3 Ra4 37.f4 Rxa2 38.Kc4 Ra4+ 39.Kb5 Ra1 40.d6 Ra6
41.Red5 Rc6 42.h3 Ke6 43.Re5+ Kf6 44.Red5 Ke6 45.Re5+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 d4 5.O-O c5 6.e3 Nc6 7.exd4 cxd4 8.d3 Bd6 
9.Re1 O-O 10.a3 a5 11.b3 e5 12.Qc2 Nd7 13.Nbd2 f5 14.Bb2 Nc5 15.Rab1 Qf6 
16.Ba1 Kh8 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Rxa1 19.bxc5 Rxb1 20.Qxb1 Bxc5 21.Qb5 Bd6 
22.Ra1 Qe7 23.Re1 Bd7 24.Qb6 Bc5 25.Qb1 Bb4 26.Re2 Be8 27.Ne1 Bh5 28.Bf3 
Bxf3 29.Ndxf3 Bxe1 30.Rxe1 Re8 31.Qb5 g6 32.Qb6 Qd7 33.Nxe5 Nxe5 34.Rxe5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nge7 7.Rb1 O-O 8.b4 Bf5
9.d3 Qd7 10.b5 Nd8 11.Re1 h6 12.Qc2 Bh3 13.Bxh3 Qxh3 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.cxd5 
Qd7 16.Bd2 f5 17.Rec1 Rf7 18.Rb4 a5 19.bxa6 Rxa6 20.Qb3 c5 21.Rb6 Rxb6 22.
Qxb6 e4 23.Ne1 Re7 24.Be3 Nf7 25.dxe4 fxe4 26.Ng2 Qf5 27.Rd1 g5 28.a4 Rd7 
29.a5 Ne5 30.a6 bxa6 31.Qxa6 Qh3 32.Qc8+ Bf8 33.Rc1 Ng4 34.Kf1 Nxe3+ 35.
fxe3 Rf7+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Bd3 e5 5.Na3 Nf6 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.Be3 
O-O 9.f3 Qe7 10.Qe2 Nc5 11.Bc2 a5 12.Qf2 Ne6 13.Ne2 b6 14.Nc1 Rd8 15.Nd3 
Nh5 16.g3 Ba6 17.O-O-O Rd6 18.f4 exf4 19.Nxf4 Nexf4 20.gxf4 Rxd1+ 21.Bxd1 
Nf6 22.e5 Ne4 23.Qg2 Rb8 24.Nc2 Nc5 25.Bf3 Nd3+ 26.Kb1 c5 27.h4 b5 28.h5 
b4 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.cxb4 axb4 31.Bd5 Bb7 32.Bxb7 Qxb7 33.Qxb7 Rxb7 34.Ne1 
c4 35.Nxd3 cxd3 36.Rc1 g5 37.fxg5 b3 38.axb3 Bxe5 39.Rc5 Bg7 40.Rd5 Rxb3 
41.Bc1 Kh7 42.Ka2 d2 43.Rxd2 Rb5 44.Rg2 Kg6 45.Ka3 Bf8+ 46.Ka4 Rb4+ 47.Ka5
Rc4 48.Be3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D50"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Be7 7.e4 Nc6 8.Qd2 
Nxe4 9.Nxe4 exd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Qxd5 O-O 12.f3 Nb4 13.Qd6 Qxd6 14.Nxd6 
Nc2+ 15.Kd2 Nxa1 16.Bd3 Rd8 17.Ne4 Rxd3+ 18.Kxd3 b6 19.Nh3 Bxh3 20.gxh3 
Rd8+ 21.Kc3 f5 22.Ng3 Rc8+ 23.Kd2 Rc2+ 24.Kd3 Rxb2 25.Rxa1 Rxh2 26.Nxf5 
Rxh3 27.Ke4 g6 28.Nd4 Rh5 29.Nc6 Rh4+ 30.Ke5 Rh3 31.f4 Rh5+ 32.Ke4 a6 33.
Rd1 Rh2 34.Ke5 Rc2 35.Nb4 Rc5+ 36.Rd5 a5 37.Rxc5 bxc5 38.Nd5 Kf7 39.Nf6 c4
40.Ne4 h5 41.Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 
b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.Kh1 Be7 11.f4 d6 12.Bf3 O-O 13.Qe1 Nd7 14.Qg3 Bf6 15.Nde2 
Nb6 16.Rad1 Nc4 17.Bc1 b4 18.e5 dxe5 19.Ne4 Be7 20.fxe5 Rad8 21.b3 Rxd1 
22.Rxd1 Nb6 23.Nf6+ Bxf6 24.exf6 Qxg3 25.Nxg3 bxa3 26.Bxa3 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ 
Nxd8 28.Ne4 e5 29.fxg7 Kxg7 30.Be7 Nc6 31.Nc5 Nxe7 32.Nxb7 Ned5 33.Be2 Nc7
34.c4 f5 35.Kg1 Kf6 36.Kf2 Nd7 37.Ke3 Nb8 38.Na5 Ne6 39.g3 Nd4 40.Bf3 Ke6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 c5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.Nc2 O-O 8.O-O 
d6 9.Nc3 Ng4 10.Bd2 Rb8 11.Qc1 a6 12.h3 Nf6 13.Bh6 Bd7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Nd5
b5 16.Nxf6 exf6 17.cxb5 Rxb5 18.Ne3 Qc8 19.h4 Ne5 20.b3 Be6 21.Rd1 Qb8 22.
Qa3 Rb6 23.Rd4 Rd8 24.Rad1 h5 25.Ra4 Qa7 26.Rd2 Rc8 27.Rad4 Rc3 28.Nd1 Rc5
29.Rxd6 Rxd6 30.Rxd6 Qc7 31.Rd2 a5 32.Ne3 Rc1+ 33.Kh2 Qc3 34.Rd8 Nd7 35.
Qe7 Qe1 36.Nf1 Qxf2 37.Qe8 g5 38.Qh8+ Kg6 39.e4 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Na5 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 Nxb3 8.axb3
Ne7 9.O-O Nc6 10.Qd5 Bb7 11.Ne5 Qe7 12.Bf4 Nd8 13.Qd2 Ne6 14.Bg3 d6 15.Nd3
Qd7 16.Nc3 Be7 17.f4 f5 18.exf5 Nd4 19.f6 gxf6 20.Rae1 Nf5 21.Nb4 O-O-O 
22.Ncd5 a5 23.Na2 Rde8 24.Nac3 Bd8 25.Ne4 Qf7 26.c4 b4 27.Bf2 Rhg8 28.Re2 
h5 29.Ra1 Qg6 30.Bd4 Nxd4 31.Qxd4 f5 32.Nb6+ cxb6 33.Nxd6+ Kb8 34.Nxe8 
Rxe8 35.Rd2 Bc7 36.Rad1 Rg8 37.Qf2 Bxg2 38.Qxg2 Qf7 39.Rd7 Rxg2+ 40.Kxg2 
Qg6+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "219"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.e5 Ne8 8.Bf4 
Nb6 9.h3 c6 10.Qc1 f6 11.exd6 exd6 12.Bd3 d5 13.Ne2 Nd6 14.Ng3 Be6 15.a4 
a5 16.b3 Qd7 17.Qd2 Rfe8 18.Rfe1 Nf7 19.h4 Nc8 20.c4 dxc4 21.bxc4 Ncd6 22.
Qc2 Bh6 23.Bxg6 Bxf4 24.Nh5 Kh8 25.Nxf4 Bxc4 26.Bd3 Bxd3 27.Qxd3 Qg4 28.g3
Rad8 29.Rad1 Rg8 30.Kf1 Rde8 31.Rxe8 Rxe8 32.Re1 Rxe1+ 33.Nxe1 Qf5 34.Nc2 
Qxd3+ 35.Nxd3 b5 36.Nc5 Nc4 37.Ke2 Nfd6 38.Ne3 Nb6 39.Kd3 bxa4 40.Kc2 Kg8 
41.Ne6 Ne4 42.Nf5 Kf7 43.Nd8+ Kg6 44.g4 Nxf2 45.Ne7+ Kg7 46.Nf5+ Kf8 47.g5
fxg5 48.hxg5 Nc4 49.Nxc6 a3 50.Kb1 Ne4 51.Ka1 Nc3 52.d5 a4 53.Nfd4 Nd2 54.
Na5 Ke8 55.Nc2 a2 56.Nc6 Nde4 57.Ne5 Nxg5 58.d6 Ne6 59.Kb2 Ne4 60.Nb4 Nxd6
61.Nd5 Ne4 62.Kxa2 Kf8 63.Ka3 N6c5 64.Nf4 Ke7 65.Ng4 Nc3 66.Kb4 N5e4 67.
Nh5 Ke6 68.Ne3 Ke5 69.Ng2 Kf5 70.Ne3+ Ke5 71.Ng7 Kd4 72.Nc2+ Kd3 73.Ne1+ 
Kd2 74.Nf3+ Kc2 75.Ne1+ Kb1 76.Nd3 Ka2 77.Nc1+ Kb2 78.Nd3+ Kc2 79.Ne1+ Kd2
80.Nf3+ Ke3 81.Ne5 Kf4 82.Nd7 Kg5 83.Nf8 h6 84.Nge6+ Kf5 85.Ng7+ Kf6 86.
Nh5+ Kf7 87.Nd7 Kg6 88.Nf4+ Kf5 89.Ng2 h5 90.Nh4+ Kg5 91.Nf3+ Kf4 92.Nh4 
Kg4 93.Ng6 Nd5+ 94.Kxa4 Nf4 95.Nde5+ Kf5 96.Nxf4 Kxf4 97.Ng6+ Kg5 98.Ne5 
Nd2 99.Kb4 Kf5 100.Kc3 Ne4+ 101.Kd4 Ng5 102.Nd3 Kg4 103.Ne5+ Kf5 104.Nd3 
Kg4 105.Ne5+ Kg3 106.Ng6 Ne6+ 107.Ke3 Nf8 108.Nxf8 h4 109.Ne6 h3 110.Ng5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Bd6 8.Nf3 
Nc6 9.O-O e5 10.h3 Bf5 11.d5 Ne7 12.Nd2 c6 13.dxc6 Nxc6 14.Qf3 Bg6 15.Nde4
Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Bc7 17.Bd5 Kh8 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Nc3 Qe8 20.e4 Qe6 21.Be3 Qb3 
22.Qe2 Rfb8 23.Rfc1 Ba5 24.Nd1 Bxe4 25.Bxa7 Bd3 26.Qe3 Rc8 27.Bc5 Re8 28.
f3 Rad8 29.Nf2 f5 30.Bb4 f4 31.Qc5 Bxb4 32.axb4 Bb5 33.Rd1 Qxb2 34.Rxd8 
Qxa1+ 35.Rd1 Qb2 36.Re1 h5 37.Qd6 Qc3 38.Rd1 Qc2 39.Ne4 Ba4 40.Rd2 Qb1+ 
41.Kh2 c5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Re1 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9.c4 O-O 10.Nc3 Qa5 11.Nc2 Rfc8 12.Ne3 Nb6 13.Qe2 Qa6 14.e5 dxe5 
15.b3 Nbd7 16.Bb2 Qe6 17.Rad1 e4 18.Ncd5 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 Bxb2 20.Qxb2 f5 21.
Qa3 Kf7 22.Qc1 Nf6 23.Qf4 Nxd5 24.Rxd5 Rd8 25.Red1 Rxd5 26.Rxd5 Qf6 27.h4 
Rc8 28.Kh2 Qc6 29.Qh6 Kg8 30.Qd2 Qf6 31.g3 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nf6 3.Nbc3 d6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O Nc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Bd7 9.Nde2 O-O 10.h3 Rc8 11.Nf4 Na5 12.Ncd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 e6 14.Ne3 Bb5 15.
Re1 Qc7 16.c3 Rfd8 17.Qf3 Nc6 18.Ng4 h5 19.Nf6+ Kh8 20.Bg5 Ne5 21.Qf4 Nd7 
22.g4 e5 23.Nd5 exf4 24.Nxc7 f6 25.Nxb5 fxg5 26.Nxd6 Ne5 27.Nxc8 Rxc8 28.
gxh5 f3 29.h6 Bxh6 30.Bf1 Kg7 31.Rad1 g4 32.Rd5 Bf4 33.Red1 Rh8 34.Rxe5 
Bxe5 35.Rd5 Kf6 36.hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 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 h6 12.Bf4 Re8 13.Rfd1 Bh5 14.e5 Nd5 15.Bd2 Be7
16.Ne4 Qb6 17.Be3 a5 18.Ng3 Bg6 19.Bxg6 fxg6 20.Qd3 Nf8 21.Ne4 Nb4 22.Qc3 
Nd5 23.Qc2 Nb4 24.Qc1 Qc7 25.Nfd2 g5 26.Nc4 Ng6 27.Ncd6 Bxd6 28.Nxd6 Rf8 
29.Qc4 Nd5 30.Bd2 Qe7 31.Ra3 Qd7 32.Rb3 b6 33.Rc1 Nge7 34.Ra3 Ra7 35.h3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 d4 4.e3 c5 5.b4 dxe3 6.fxe3 cxb4 7.d4 Nf6 8.Bd3 Nc6 
9.Nbd2 g6 10.Bb2 Bg7 11.Qe2 Nd7 12.h4 h6 13.Ne4 O-O 14.h5 f5 15.Nd6 Nf6 
16.Nxc8 Nxh5 17.Rg1 Ng3 18.Qf2 Ne4 19.Qc2 b3 20.axb3 Nb4 21.Qb1 Nxd3+ 22.
Qxd3 Qxc8 23.g4 g5 24.gxf5 exf5 25.Ra5 Qd8 26.Rd5 Qe7 27.Re5 Qb4+ 28.Ke2 
Rae8 29.Ra1 g4 30.Nh4 Bxe5 31.dxe5 Rd8 32.Bd4 Nc5 33.Qc3 Qxb3 34.Rxa7 Qxc3
35.Bxc3 f4 36.exf4 Rxf4 37.Ra3 Rxc4 38.Nf5 Re4+ 39.Kf2 Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 c5 4.d3 Nc6 5.Bf4 e6 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.Bd2 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 
9.Na3 e5 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Nc2 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Rb1 a5 14.a3 a4 15.Nd2 Be6 
16.b4 axb3 17.Rxb3 Qc7 18.e3 Rfb8 19.exd4 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 cxd4 21.Qb1 Be7 22.
Qb2 Ra7 23.Ra1 Bd7 24.Qb1 Ba4 25.Rb2 Bd7 26.Rb3 Ba4 27.Rb2 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Scherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "52"]

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.f3 Be7 10.g4 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Bxe7 Ncxe7 13.Ne4 Qc7 14.c4 b5 15.c5
O-O 16.Kb1 e5 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.gxf5 Rad8 19.Bd3 Nxf5 20.Qg5 Nd4 21.Nd6 f6 
22.Qh4 f5 23.Qh5 Nf4 24.Qg5 Nde6 25.Qg3 Nxc5 26.Rhg1 Ncxd3 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Ne7 4.Bc4 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 c6 8.Nc3 
O-O 9.Ne5 Be6 10.Bxf4 f6 11.Bxd5 cxd5 12.Nd3 Bf7 13.Qg4 Kh8 14.Bxb8 Rxb8 
15.Rae1 Re8 16.Ne5 Rf8 17.Nxf7+ Rxf7 18.Qe6 Kg8 19.Nxd5 Bf8 20.Re4 Bd6 21.
c4 b6 22.b4 Qf8 23.c5 bxc5 24.bxc5 Bxc5 25.dxc5 Qxc5+ 26.Kh1 Rd8 27.Ne7+ 
Kf8 28.Nc6 Qb5 29.Rfe1 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.g3 d5 6.Nd2 dxe4 7.Nxe4 e5 8.Nb3 
Qxd1+ 9.Kxd1 Nc6 10.Be3 Bg4+ 11.Be2 O-O-O+ 12.Nbd2 Bf5 13.Bd3 Bg6 14.a3 
Nf6 15.Nxf6 gxf6 16.Ke2 f5 17.f3 Bg7 18.Raf1 Rhe8 19.h3 b5 20.Ke1 e4 21.
fxe4 fxe4 22.Be2 Bxb2 23.h4 f6 24.h5 Bf7 25.Kf2 Nd4 26.Rb1 Bc3 27.Bg4+ f5 
28.Bh3 Bxh5 29.Nb3 Bg6 30.Nxd4 Bxd4 31.a4 Re5 32.axb5 axb5 33.Rb3 Rc5 34.
Bxd4 Rxd4 35.Ke3 Rdc4 36.Rhb1 Rxc2 37.Rxb5 R2c3+ 38.Kd4 Rxb5 39.Rxb5 Rf3 
40.Re5 Kc7 41.Kd5 Kb6 42.Kd6 f4 43.gxf4 Rxf4 44.Bg2 Bf5 45.Kd5 h5 46.Bxe4 
Bc8 47.Kd4 h4 48.Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.
Qc2 Nh5 10.Rd1 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Na6 12.Be2 Bb7 13.Qc1 Bg7 14.O-O Qb6 15.b3 
cxb3 16.axb3 O-O 17.e5 c5 18.Nxb5 cxd4 19.Nbxd4 Rfd8 20.Qe3 Nb4 21.Bc4 Rd7
22.Bb5 Rd5 23.Bc4 g4 24.Bxd5 Nxd5 25.Qd2 gxf3 26.Nxf3 Ba6 27.Rfe1 Qxb3 28.
Ra1 Bd3 29.Nd4 Qc4 30.Nc6 Qxc6 31.Qxd3 a5 32.f4 Nb4 33.Qb3 Bf8 34.Rec1 Qd5
35.Qa4 Nd3 36.Rc7 Nc5 37.Qc6 Qxc6 38.Rxc6 a4 39.Kf2 a3 40.Ra2 Nd3+ 41.Ke3 
Nb4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Bg2 e5 8.dxe5 
dxe5 9.O-O e4 10.Ne1 Re8 11.Nc2 c6 12.Qd2 Qe7 13.Nc3 Nf8 14.Rad1 Qe5 15.
Qd4 Qxd4 16.Rxd4 h5 17.Ba1 Ne6 18.Rdd1 Ng5 19.Rfe1 Bf5 20.Ne3 Nh3+ 21.Kf1 
Ng4 22.Nxg4 hxg4 23.f3 exf3 24.exf3 Rxe1+ 25.Kxe1 Re8+ 26.Kf1 gxf3 27.Bxh3
Bxh3+ 28.Kf2 Bg2 29.g4 f5 30.gxf5 gxf5 31.h4 Bf6 32.Kg3 f4+ 33.Kh2 Bxh4 
34.Na4 Bg3+ 35.Kg1 Bh3 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Bd3 e5 12.Qc2 Bg4 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.
f3 Be6 16.Re1 Rfd8 17.Rb1 c4 18.Bf1 Qc7 19.e4 Nd7 20.Be3 Nc5 21.Rb5 Nb3 
22.Qf2 f6 23.Bxa7 Rd2 24.Qb6 Qd7 25.Rb4 Rd6 26.Qf2 b5 27.Be3 Rxa3 28.Qg3 
Raa6 29.e5 fxe5 30.Qxe5 Rd5 31.Qb8+ Kf7 32.Bf2 h6 33.Bxc4 Rd1 34.Bxb5 Qd2 
35.Qf4+ Kg6 36.Qxd2 Rxd2 37.Bxa6 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D29"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 
9.a4 Nbd7 10.Rd1 Be7 11.dxc5 O-O 12.Bc2 b4 13.c6 Bxc6 14.Ne5 Qc7 15.Nxc6 
Qxc6 16.b3 Rac8 17.Ra2 Rfd8 18.Bd2 a5 19.Be1 Ne5 20.Nd2 Nd5 21.Nf3 Nxf3+ 
22.Qxf3 Nc3 23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.Qxc6 Rxc6 25.Bxc3 bxc3 26.Ra1 Be7 27.Rd1 f5 
28.Kf1 Bd6 29.f4 Kf7 30.Ke2 Kf6 31.Rd4 Bb4 32.Rd7 h6 33.h4 g5 34.hxg5+ 
hxg5 35.Rd1 Rc8 36.Rh1 Rg8 37.Kf3 Rd8 38.Rd1 Rh8 39.Rd7 Rh4 40.Rd8 Rh1 41.
Rd1 Rh8 42.Rd7 Re8 43.fxg5+ Kxg5 44.e4 fxe4+ 45.Kxe4 Kf6 46.g4 Kg5 47.Rg7+
Kh6 48.Rf7 Kg5 49.Rg7+ Kf6 50.Rd7 Rg8 51.Kf4 Ba3 52.Rb7 Bd6+ 53.Kf3 Rh8 
54.Rh7 Rxh7 55.Bxh7 Ke5 56.Bc2 Be7 57.Bb1 Bg5 58.Bc2 Kd4 59.Bb1 Kc5 60.Ke2
Kb4 61.Bc2 Ka3 62.Kd1 Kb2 63.Bg6 Kxb3 64.Bc2+ Ka3 65.Ke2 e5 66.Kd1 Bh6 67.
Ke2 e4 68.Bxe4 Kxa4 69.Bc2+ Kb4 70.Kd3 Bg7 71.Bd1 a4 72.Kc2 a3 73.Kb1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.d4 d6 8.c3 Bg4 
9.h3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Qd7 11.Kh2 Nh5 12.f4 Nxf4 13.Bxf4 exf4 14.Rg1 O-O 15.Qh5
Bf6 16.Nd2 Kh8 17.Bd5 Rae8 18.e5 Bd8 19.Ne4 g6 20.Qf3 Nb8 21.exd6 cxd6 22.
Qxf4 f5 23.Ng5 Bxg5 24.Qxg5 Re2 25.Rae1 Ree8 26.Qh6 Qg7 27.Qf4 Qf6 28.h4 
Kg7 29.b3 Re7 30.c4 Rfe8 31.Rxe7+ Rxe7 32.cxb5 axb5 33.a4 bxa4 34.bxa4 Na6
35.Bf3 Nc7 36.d5 Na6 37.Qg5 Nc5 38.Qxf6+ Kxf6 39.Ra1 Ra7 40.Bd1 Ke5 41.a5 
Kxd5 42.Kg3 Ke5 43.Ra3 Ne4+ 44.Kg2 Kd4 45.Be2 d5 46.a6 Nd6 47.Kf3 Nc4 48.
Ra1 Ke5 49.Ra4 Nd6 50.Bd3 h6 51.Ke3 g5 52.hxg5 hxg5 53.Kf3 Nc4 54.Bxc4 
dxc4 55.Rxc4 Rxa6 56.Rc5+ Kf6 57.Rc3 g4+ 58.Kg3 Kg5 59.Rc5 Ra3+ 60.Kg2 Rd3
61.Ra5 Kf4 62.Ra4+ Ke5 63.Ra5+ Ke4 64.Ra4+ Rd4 65.Rxd4+ Kxd4 66.f3 g3 67.
Kxg3 Ke3 68.f4 Ke4 69.Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 c5 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 e6 5.Bb5+ Nbd7 6.O-O Bd6 7.d4 O-O 8.Nbd2 
Qe7 9.Ne5 a6 10.Bd3 b6 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.c4 Rfd8 13.Rfd1 Ne4 14.Rac1 Nxd2 15.
Rxd2 cxd4 16.exd4 dxc4 17.Nxc4 Qg5 18.Ne3 Nf6 19.g3 Ne4 20.h4 Qg6 21.Ng2 
f5 22.Rdc2 b5 23.Qe3 Rf8 24.Nf4 Qh6 25.Bf1 Rad8 26.Bg2 Rd7 27.Re2 Re8 28.
Rd1 Rc7 29.Nd3 Qxe3 30.Rxe3 Rc2 31.Rc1 Rec8 32.Rxc2 Rxc2 33.Bf3 Bd5 34.Re2
Rc7 35.Bg2 a5 36.Nf4 Bxf4 37.gxf4 Nf6 38.Bxd5 Nxd5 39.f3 Kf7 40.Kf2 Nxf4 
41.Rd2 Nd5 42.Kg3 b4 43.f4 Kg6 44.Re2 Rc6 45.Kf3 Kh5 46.Rd2 h6 47.Re2 g6 
48.Rd2 a4 49.bxa4 Ra6 50.Re2 Rxa4 51.Rxe6 Rxa2 52.Re2 Nb6 53.Rg2 Nc4 54.d5
Nxb2 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Be2 Bd6 11.Nd2 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bf5 13.O-O Rc8 14.Ra2 Bb8 15.Qa1
Qd6 16.g3 Rfe8 17.Nf3 Bh3 18.Re1 Ne4 19.Bxg7 Qg6 20.Be5 Bxe5 21.Nxe5 Qf5 
22.f4 f6 23.Nf3 Nc3 24.Nh4 Qe6 25.Bh5 Nxa2 26.Bxe8 Rc1 27.Qxc1 Nxc1 28.Bb5
a6 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d3 c5 6.e4 Nc6 7.Nbd2 d6 8.a4 Ne8 
9.Nc4 e5 10.c3 f5 11.b4 cxb4 12.cxb4 fxe4 13.dxe4 Be6 14.Ne3 Nxb4 15.Rb1 
a5 16.Ba3 Nc7 17.Bxb4 axb4 18.Rxb4 Bh6 19.Rb6 Bxe3 20.fxe3 Bc4 21.Rxd6 Qe8
22.Re1 Rf7 23.Ng5 Re7 24.Bf1 Bxf1 25.Rxf1 Qxa4 26.Rd8+ Re8 27.Qf3 Qc4 28.
Rd7 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Scherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 e5 4.d5 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.Bg5 c6 8.Qd2 cxd5 
9.cxd5 Nbd7 10.f3 a6 11.Nh3 b5 12.Nf2 Nb6 13.b3 Qe8 14.O-O Nh5 15.a4 b4 
16.Ncd1 a5 17.Rc1 Bd7 18.Be3 Nc8 19.Rc7 f5 20.Qc2 f4 21.Bd2 Bf6 22.Rb7 Rf7
23.Ng4 Bxg4 24.Rxf7 Bxf3 25.Bxf3 Kxf7 26.Bg4 Ng7 27.Qc7+ Qe7 28.Qc6 Qa7+ 
29.Nf2 Qb8 30.Be6+ Nxe6 31.Qd7+ Ne7 32.Qxe6+ Kg7 33.Ng4 Ng8 34.g3 Qc8 35.
gxf4 Qxe6 36.dxe6 exf4 37.Rxf4 Re8 38.Rxf6 Nxf6 39.Bh6+ Kh8 40.Nxf6 Rxe6 
41.Nd5 g5 42.Bf8 Kg8 43.Be7 Kf7 44.Bd8 Rxe4 45.Kf2 Rd4 46.Ne3 Rd3 47.Bxa5 
Rxb3 48.Ke2 Ke6 49.h3 h5 50.Bd8 d5 51.Kd2 d4 52.Nc2 Rxh3 53.Bxg5 Kf5 54.
Be7 b3 55.Nxd4+ Ke4 56.Nb5 h4 57.Nc3+ Kd4 58.Nb5+ Kc4 59.Na3+ Kd5 60.a5 b2
61.Bxh4 Rxh4 62.Kc3 Rh2 63.a6 Kc6 64.Kb3 Kb6 65.Nc4+ Kxa6 66.Nxb2 Kb5 67.
Nd3 Re2 68.Kc3 Re4 69.Kb3 Kc6 70.Kc3 Kd5 71.Nb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.d4 Bd7 
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.O-O b5 12.Bc2 c5 13.Nb3 Qc7 14.Be3 c4 15.Nc5 
Bc6 16.b4 O-O 17.a4 Rfe8 18.f3 Nh5 19.g3 Qc8 20.axb5 axb5 21.Rxa8 Qxa8 22.
Qa1 Qc8 23.Kg2 f5 24.Rd1 Nf6 25.Qb1 f4 26.gxf4 Ng4 27.fxg4 Qxg4+ 28.Kf1 
exf4 29.Bd4 Qh3+ 30.Kg1 Qg4+ 31.Kh1 Qf3+ 32.Kg1 g5 33.Rf1 Bxd4+ 34.cxd4 
Qe3+ 35.Kh1 Qxd4 36.Qd1 Qe5 37.Rg1 Re7 38.Qg4 h6 39.Rd1 Kg7 40.Qc8 Be8 41.
Qd8 f3 42.Qd6 Qxd6 43.Rxd6 Ra7 44.Kg1 Ra2 45.Ne6+ Kh7 46.Nd4 Bg6 47.Rd5 g4
48.Rxb5 Ra1+ 49.Kf2 Rh1 50.Rb7+ Kh8 51.Nxf3 gxf3 52.Kxf3 Rxh2 53.Ba4 Rh3+ 
54.Kg4 Re3 55.Bc6 c3 56.Rc7 c2 57.Bd5 Bxe4 58.Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "112"]

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 b6 10.f3 Bb7 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Rfd1 Rd8 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nd7 15.
c4 Bf6 16.Bf1 Re8 17.Qf2 g6 18.Nd2 a5 19.Ne4 Bg7 20.Qh4 f5 21.Ng5 Nf8 22.
Qf2 Qe7 23.Ne6 Nxe6 24.dxe6 Qxe6 25.Bxb6 e4 26.Re1 Qe5 27.Rad1 Qxb2 28.
fxe4 Bxe4 29.Qxb2 Bxb2 30.Rxd6 Rab8 31.Bc7 Rb7 32.Bxa5 Ba3 33.Rd8 Bc5+ 34.
Kh1 Rxd8 35.Bxd8 Rb2 36.Bg5 Rxa2 37.Be3 Bxe3 38.Rxe3 Rc2 39.Kg1 Kg7 40.g3 
Kf6 41.Re2 Rxc4 42.Kf2 Ke5 43.Rb2 Ra4 44.Bg2 g5 45.Bf3 g4 46.Bxe4 fxe4 47.
Rb8 h5 48.Re8+ Kf5 49.Rf8+ Kg5 50.Ke3 Ra2 51.Rb8 Rxh2 52.Rb5+ Kg6 53.Rb6+ 
Kf5 54.Rb5+ Kf6 55.Rb6+ Ke5 56.Rb5+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4
c5 9.Bb2 Nc6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.Be2 Rd8 12.Qc2 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.c4 Nfg4 15.
Ng5 Ng6 16.Ne4 Nh4 17.Kf1 Qc6 18.Qc3 f6 19.f3 Ne5 20.Ng3 Be6 21.Kf2 Qa4 
22.Rhc1 Rd7 23.Nf1 Nhg6 24.f4 Nf7 25.Qc2 Qxc2 26.Rxc2 Nd6 27.Ng3 Rad8 28.
Bc1 Nf5 29.Ne4 b6 30.g4 Re7 31.Nc3 Nd6 32.f5 Nxf5 33.gxf5 Bxf5 34.Rd2 Rde8
35.Nd5 Rf7 36.Bb2 Be4 37.Rad1 Ne5 38.Nc3 Bb7 39.Nb5 Ref8 40.Nd6 Re7 41.
Nxb7 Rxb7 42.Bxe5 fxe5+ 43.Kg3 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.Qc2 g6 8.e3 Bf5
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nbd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rab1 a5 13.Qc2 Re8 14.Rbd1 Bf8 15.h3
Qb6 16.Kh1 Rac8 17.Bh2 Bg7 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Ne4 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Bxg7 
Kxg7 22.Qc3 f6 23.Rc1 Rcd8 24.Qc5 Qa6 25.Qc4 Qxc4 26.Rxc4 Rd5 27.a4 Ra8 
28.b4 axb4 29.Rxb4 Ra7 30.Rfb1 Rd7 31.g4 h5 32.gxh5 g5 33.h4 Kh6 34.hxg5+ 
fxg5 35.Kg2 Kxh5 36.Rh1+ Kg6 37.Rh8 Rf7 38.Rg8+ Kh5 39.Rh8+ Kg6 40.Re8 b5 
41.Rxe4 bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.c4 Bb7 5.a4 a6 6.axb5 axb5 7.Rxa8 Bxa8 8.Nc3 
Qa5 9.Nd2 b4 10.Nb3 Qb6 11.Na4 Qc7 12.f3 d6 13.e4 g6 14.Bd3 Bg7 15.O-O O-O
16.Bg5 e6 17.Nd2 Bb7 18.b3 Ba6 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.e5 Nh5 21.exd6 Qxd6 22.Ne4 
Bd4+ 23.Kh1 Qc7 24.Qe1 Nd7 25.Qh4 Bb7 26.Re1 Ne5 27.Be2 Rf7 28.Bd8 Qc6 29.
Bg5 Rf5 30.Bh6 Nf7 31.Bc1 Nf6 32.Bd3 Qc7 33.Nxf6+ Bxf6 34.Qg3 Qxg3 35.hxg3
Rh5+ 36.Kg1 Bd4+ 37.Be3 Re5 38.Kf2 Rxe3 39.Rxe3 Bc6 40.Nb6 Nd6 41.Ke2 Bxe3
42.Kxe3 Kf7 43.g4 h6 44.f4 g5 45.g3 Ke7 46.Bg6 Kd8 47.Kd3 Nb7 48.Na4 Ke7 
49.Ke3 Kf6 50.Be4 Bxa4 51.bxa4 Na5 52.Kd3 Ke7 53.Bg2 Kd6 54.Be4 Kc7 55.f5 
exf5 56.gxf5 h5 57.Bd5 Kd6 58.f6 h4 59.gxh4 gxh4 60.f7 Ke7 61.Be6 Nc6 62.
Bd5 Ne5+ 63.Kc2 Nxf7 64.a5 Nd6 65.a6 Nc8 66.Bg2 Kd6 67.Kb3 Kc7 68.Bb7 h3 
69.Ka4 h2 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "170"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c4 dxc4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Nc3 Nd7 7.Nf3 Nb6 8.Bb3 Ne7
9.O-O h6 10.Qe2 Ned5 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Bd2 a5 13.a3 Nd7 14.Rad1 O-O 15.Bc1 Qb6
16.Bc2 Rfd8 17.Ng3 Bg6 18.Bxg6 fxg6 19.Qe4 Nf8 20.Nh4 Bxh4 21.Qxh4 Rd7 22.
Ne4 Qd8 23.Qh3 b6 24.Nd6 Ne7 25.Qf3 Nf5 26.Qxc6 Nxd6 27.exd6 Rxd6 28.Qe4 
Rc8 29.Be3 Rdc6 30.Bd2 Qd5 31.f3 Qxe4 32.fxe4 Rd8 33.Be3 Nh7 34.e5 g5 35.
Rf2 Nf8 36.Rfd2 Ng6 37.d5 exd5 38.Rxd5 Re8 39.Rd6 Nxe5 40.Bxb6 Rxd6 41.
Rxd6 Nc4 42.Rc6 Re4 43.b3 Nxb6 44.Rxb6 a4 45.Kf2 axb3 46.Rxb3 Rc4 47.Rb2 
Ra4 48.Ra2 Kf7 49.Ke3 Ke6 50.Kd3 Kd5 51.Kc3 Kc6 52.Kb3 Rh4 53.Rc2+ Kb6 54.
h3 Re4 55.Rc4 Re2 56.Rg4 Kb5 57.a4+ Ka5 58.Kc4 Rd2 59.Kc3 Rd1 60.Kc2 Rd5 
61.Re4 Rd7 62.Rc4 Rd6 63.Kc3 Rd1 64.Rg4 Rd6 65.Rd4 Rf6 66.Kd3 Rf2 67.Rg4 
Rf6 68.Ke3 g6 69.Rd4 Rb6 70.Kf3 Rf6+ 71.Kg3 Rb6 72.Kg4 Rc6 73.Re4 Rb6 74.
Rc4 Rd6 75.Kf3 Rb6 76.Rd4 Rc6 77.Rg4 Re6 78.Rc4 Rb6 79.Ke4 Rb2 80.Rc6 Rxg2
81.Rxg6 Rg3 82.Rxh6 Kxa4 83.Kf5 Kb4 84.h4 gxh4 85.Rxh4+ Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb4 7.e3 Qe7 8.Bd3 
Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 d6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Nd2 e5 12.Be4 Bxe4 13.Nxe4 g5 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6
15.Bg3 O-O 16.f4 exf4 17.exf4 Qg6 18.Qf3 Rae8 19.Qc6 Nf6 20.f5 Qh5 21.Rae1
Qg4 22.Qxc7 Ne4 23.Qc6 Nxg3 24.Rxe8 Nxf1 25.Rxf8+ Kxf8 26.Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 Bd6
9.b3 dxc4 10.bxc4 e5 11.Bb2 Re8 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 h6 14.Rad1 exd4 15.
Bh7+ Kh8 16.Rxd4 Bc5 17.Rf4 Qe7 18.Re4 Qf8 19.Rh4 f6 20.Bg6 Re7 21.Rh5 Bd6
22.Rd1 Be5 23.Ba3 c5 24.Nh4 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Scherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.axb5 axb5 10.Rxa8 Qxa8 11.d3 d6 12.c3 Na5 13.Bc2 c5 14.Nbd2 g6 15.Nf1 
Re8 16.Ng3 Bf8 17.Nh4 d5 18.Qf3 Re6 19.Bg5 dxe4 20.dxe4 Bg7 21.Ra1 Qd8 22.
Rd1 Rd6 23.Rxd6 Qxd6 24.Nhf5 gxf5 25.Nxf5 Qe6 26.Qd3 Nc4 27.Qd8+ Ne8 28.b3
Na3 29.Bd1 Bxe4 30.Be7 Bc6 31.Bg4 Qd5 32.Qxd5 Bxd5 33.Bxc5 Bf8 34.Ne7+ 
Bxe7 35.Bxe7 Nb1 36.Bd7 Nc7 37.Bd6 Be6 38.Bc6 Nd5 39.Bxb5 Nbxc3 40.Bc4 f6 
41.b4 Nf4 42.Ba6 Kf7 43.f3 Ke8 44.Kf2 Kd7 45.Bc5 Bf5 46.Bf8 Ne6 47.Bh6 Nd5
48.Bd2 Nef4 49.g4 Bd3 50.Bxd3 Nxd3+ 51.Kg3 N3xb4 52.Kh4 Nc6 53.Kg3 Nd4 54.
g5 f5 55.h4 Ne2+ 56.Kf2 Nef4 57.Ba5 Nh5 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb4 7.e3 Qe7 8.Qc2 
Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 d6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Be2 Nd7 12.O-O O-O 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.Rac1 c5
15.b4 Qe7 16.bxc5 dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nc3 f5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Qb3 a5 6.Bd2 b6 7.g3 Bb7 8.Bg2 O-O 
9.O-O Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Be4 11.Rad1 a4 12.Qa3 Re8 13.Bh3 d5 14.Ne5 dxc4 15.Nxc4
Nc6 16.f3 Bd5 17.Ne5 Qc8 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Rfe1 Qb7 20.Bg2 Rad8 21.Bb4 Rd7 
22.b3 axb3 23.axb3 Red8 24.Qa1 h6 25.Bc3 Rf7 26.Bd2 Rfd7 27.Bc3 Rf7 
1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O d5 5.d4 Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.
Qc1 b6 10.Ba3 Bb7 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Qa3 Qxa3 13.Nxa3 Nbd7 14.Rfc1 Rfc8 15.
Ne1 Kf8 16.Nd3 Ke7 17.Rc2 c5 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Rac1 cxd4 20.Nb5 a6 21.Nxd4 
g6 22.Rc7 Rab8 23.Ne5 Rxc7 24.Rxc7 Kd6 25.Nxd7 Nxd7 26.Rc1 Rc8 27.Rd1 Nc5 
28.Kf1 Ne6 29.Nxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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.e4 c4 17.Be2 Qc5+ 18.Kh1 Rfe8 19.Qb2 Rac8 20.Bf4 Nh5 21.Bd2 f5 
22.Qxb7 Bb5 23.Rfe1 Rc6 24.Be3 Qe5 25.f4 Ng3+ 26.hxg3 Rh6+ 27.Kg1 Qxc3 28.
Qxa7 fxe4 29.Qd4 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A97"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 f5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.Re1 d5 
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Qb3 c6 11.e4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 fxe4 13.Rxe4 Qd8 14.Bf4 Na6 15.
Re2 Nc7 16.Rae1 Bf6 17.Qb4 Na6 18.Qb3 Nc7 19.Qb4 Na6 20.Qb3 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Bb3 
O-O 9.Be3 Bd7 10.f4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.Qd3 b5 13.a3 a5 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5
Nd7 16.Qe3 b4 17.axb4 axb4 18.Ne2 Ra5 19.c3 Bxg2 20.cxb4 Bxb4 21.Rxa5 Bxf1
22.Rb5 Bxe2 23.Rxb4 Ba6 24.Bc2 Qe7 25.Bc3 Rc8 26.Ra4 Bb7 27.Ra7 Bc6 28.Be4
Bxe4 29.Qxe4 Qg5+ 30.Kf2 Nc5 31.Qf3 Rf8 32.Ra8 Nd3+ 33.Ke2 Nf4+ 34.Kf1 Nd5
35.Rxf8+ Kxf8 36.Ke2 Qh4 37.Kd3 Qxh2 38.Kc4 Qc2 39.Qg3 Qa4+ 40.Kc5 Qb3 41.
Qh4 Ke8 42.Qg3 g6 43.Qe1 h5 44.Qg3 Qa4 45.Qg5 Kd7 46.Qg3 Ne3 47.Qf2 Qc4+ 
48.Kb6 Nd5+ 49.Ka7 Qa4+ 50.Kb7 Qb5+ 51.Ka7 Kc8 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Scherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "119"]

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.Rb1 Nfd7 13.Be3 c6 14.b3 Ne5 15.Qc2 a4 
16.Red1 axb3 17.axb3 Na6 18.Na2 Qe7 19.f4 Nd7 20.Bf2 Nac5 21.Nc3 Nf6 22.
Qd2 Ra3 23.Re1 Nfd7 24.Qc2 Nf8 25.b4 Nce6 26.Nde2 Bd7 27.Qd2 Rea8 28.Red1 
Be8 29.b5 Nc5 30.Qxd6 Qxd6 31.Rxd6 Na4 32.Nd1 Ne6 33.e5 Bf8 34.Rd2 Nac5 
35.Ndc3 Nb3 36.Rc2 Rd8 37.Ne4 cxb5 38.Nf6+ Kg7 39.Nxe8+ Rxe8 40.cxb5 Nbc5 
41.b6 Nd3 42.Bxb7 Nxf2 43.Kxf2 Bc5+ 44.Kg2 Rb8 45.Bd5 Rxb6 46.Rxb6 Bxb6 
47.Rc6 Ba7 48.Bxe6 fxe6 49.Nc3 g5 50.Rxe6 h5 51.Nb5 Ra2+ 52.Kf3 Bc5 53.Rc6
Bg1 54.f5 Rf2+ 55.Ke4 Re2+ 56.Kd5 Bh2 57.Nd4 Rd2 58.Rc7+ Kh6 59.f6 Bxg3 
60.Ke4 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.e4 O-O 8.Re1 Qc7
9.c3 b5 10.Nf1 dxe4 11.dxe4 Bb7 12.Bf4 e5 13.Bg5 Rad8 14.Qc2 Na5 15.a4 b4 
16.cxb4 Nc6 17.bxc5 Nb4 18.Qc3 Qxc5 19.Ne3 Nd3 20.Qxc5 Bxc5 21.Re2 Bxe4 
22.Bxf6 Bxf3 23.Bxf3 gxf6 24.Rd1 Bb6 25.Nd5 Nc5 26.b4 Nxa4 27.Nxf6+ Kh8 
28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Rxe5 Bd4 30.Rf5 Nb2 31.Ne4 f6 32.Nc5 Re8 33.Rd5 Bc3 34.b5 
Nc4 35.Bh5 Rb8 36.Nd7 Rd8 37.Be2 Ne5 38.Nxf6 Nf3+ 39.Bxf3 Bxf6 40.Rf5 Bd4 
41.Bc6 Bb6 42.Kg2 Rd2 43.g4 h6 44.h4 Kg7 45.Kg3 Bc7+ 46.f4 Rd3+ 47.Kg2 Bd8
48.g5 hxg5 49.hxg5 Bc7 50.Be8 Bb6 51.Rf7+ Kg8 52.Rd7 Ra3 53.Bf7+ Kf8 54.
Be6 Ra1 55.Kf3 Rg1 56.Ke4 Ke8 57.Kf5 Rb1 58.Rd5 Rb4 59.g6 Kf8 60.Rd7 Bd4 
61.Rf7+ Kg8 62.Rxa7+ Kf8 63.g7+ Bxg7 64.Rf7+ Kg8 65.Kg6 Bd4 66.Rf5+ 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 
b5 9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.f4 b4 11.Na4 c5 12.c3 Rb8 13.Bf3 e5 14.fxe5 Qxe5 15.g3 
g5 16.cxb4 Rxb4 17.Rc1 Bh3 18.Re1 Nd7 19.a3 Rb8 20.b4 Rd8 21.Qd5 Be6 22.
Qc6 cxb4 23.Nc5 h5 24.Red1 Rh6 25.Bd4 Qb8 26.Nxa6 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d5 6.c4 c6 7.Na3 e6 8.Bf4 b6 9.
Qc1 Bb7 10.Bh6 Nbd7 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.b3 Rc8 13.Qb2 Qe7 14.Rac1 Kg8 15.b4 
Rb8 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Rc2 a5 18.b5 Qb4 19.Rfc1 Qxb2 20.Rxb2 Rfc8 21.Rbc2 
Rxc2 22.Rxc2 Rc8 23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Nd2 Kf8 25.Nab1 Ke7 26.Nc3 Ne8 27.f3 Bb7
28.Kf2 Nd6 29.e3 f6 30.f4 f5 31.Bf3 Ne4+ 32.Bxe4 dxe4 33.Nc4 Bd5 34.Ne5 
Nf6 35.h3 Kd6 36.g4 Bb7 37.a3 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Nb3 Ne5 8.e4 
Bb4 9.Qe2 a5 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Bd2 O-O 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 b6 14.f4 Ng6 15.Bg2 
Ba6 16.Nd2 Rac8 17.h4 Bxc4 18.Nxc4 Qxc4 19.h5 Qxe2+ 20.Kxe2 Ne7 21.h6 d5 
22.hxg7 Kxg7 23.exd5 Nxd5 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.g4 Rfe8+ 26.Kf3 h6 27.Rac1 Kg6 
28.f5+ Kg7 29.Bd4 Rxc1 30.Rxc1 Re4 31.Rd1 b5 32.b3 a4 33.b4 Re8 34.Bb2 Rb8
35.Rxd5 Rb6 36.Bd4 Kh7 37.Bxf6 Rxf6 38.Rxb5 Rd6 39.Ke4 Kg7 40.Ra5 Kf6 41.
Rxa4 Rb6 42.Kf4 Rb7 43.Ra6+ Kg7 44.Ke5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.c3 d6 
9.h3 a5 10.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.Nc3 dxe4 14.Nxb5 Bb7 15.Nc3 
Qd7 16.Bf4 Rad8 17.Qe2 Qf5 18.Bxc7 Rxd4 19.Rad1 Rb4 20.Bd6 Bxd6 21.Rxd6 
Nh5 22.Nd5 Qe5 23.Rd7 Nf6 24.Nxf6+ Qxf6 25.Qh5 a4 26.Qc5 Rb6 27.Bxa4 Rxb2 
28.Red1 h6 29.Bb3 Bc8 30.R7d6 Be6 31.Bxe6 fxe6 32.R6d2 Rfb8 33.Qe3 Rxd2 
34.Rxd2 Rb4 35.Kh2 Kh7 36.Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.e3 d5 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.b3 Ne4 
9.Bb2 O-O 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Qc2 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Nf6 13.Rfd1 Qe7 14.b4 Ne4 15.
Be1 c6 16.Qb2 a6 17.Rac1 Rac8 18.a4 Rfe8 19.Bf1 b5 20.a5 Bb8 21.Nd2 Nd6 
22.Nb3 Rcd8 23.Bd3 Nc4 24.Qc2 Kh8 25.Nc5 Bc8 26.Bf5 Qc7 27.g3 Rd6 28.Bd2 
Rf6 29.e4 dxe4 30.Bxe4 h6 31.Bc3 Rd6 32.Re1 Ba7 33.d5 cxd5 34.Bxd5 Rdd8 
35.Rxe8+ Rxe8 36.Qd3 Bxc5 37.bxc5 Bb7 38.Qf3 Bxd5 39.Qxd5 Rd8 40.Qh5 Kg8 
41.Qg4 Ne5 42.Bxe5 Qxe5 43.c6 f5 44.Qb4 Rc8 45.h4 Kh7 46.Rc5 Qe4 47.Qxe4 
fxe4 48.c7 b4 49.Rc6 b3 50.Rxa6 Rxc7 51.Rb6 Rc1+ 52.Kg2 Ra1 53.Rxb3 Rxa5 
54.Kf1 Kg6 55.Rb7 Kf6 56.Ke2 Ra3 57.Rb5 Rc3 58.Rb8 Ra3 59.Rf8+ Ke5 60.h5 
Ra2+ 61.Kf1 Ra7 62.Kg2 Re7 63.Kh3 Kd6 64.Kg4 e3 65.fxe3 Rxe3 66.Kf4 Re6 
67.Rg8 Rf6+ 68.Ke4 Rf7 69.Ra8 Ke6 70.Ra6+ Ke7 71.Ke5 Rf1 72.g4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Nc3 Ne4 5.Bf4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.c5 
b6 9.cxb6 axb6 10.e3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Rxa6 12.O-O Qd7 13.Qe2 Qc6 14.Rfc1 Ra4 
15.Ne1 Nd7 16.Nd3 Rfa8 17.Rc2 e6 18.h4 Ra3 19.h5 Qc4 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.Qd2 
b5 22.g4 Re8 23.Rb1 e5 24.Rb4 Qc6 25.dxe5 Nxe5 26.Nxe5 Bxe5 27.Bxe5 Rxe5 
28.Qd3 Re4 29.Rxe4 dxe4 30.Qd8+ Kg7 31.Qd4+ Kg8 32.Qd8+ Kg7 33.Qe7 Qd5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E40"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 
O-O 9.Nd2 Re8 10.a4 e4 11.a5 Ne7 12.a6 bxa6 13.f3 exf3 14.Bxf3 Rb8 15.Ne4 
Nxe4 16.Bxe4 f5 17.Bd3 Rf8 18.Ra2 Ng6 19.Raf2 Qe7 20.Qa4 c5 21.Qa5 Rb6 22.
Qa2 Bd7 23.Qc2 Rbb8 24.Bxf5 Bxf5 25.Rxf5 Qe6 26.Qd3 Rxf5 27.Rxf5 cxd4 28.
cxd4 Rc8 29.d5 Qd7 30.Bb2 Rxc4 31.Rf2 Qc8 32.h3 a5 33.Bd4 a6 34.Kh2 a4 35.
Qa3 Qd7 36.Rb2 Ne7 37.Qd3 Rc7 38.Qxa6 h6 39.Rb6 Nf5 40.Rb8+ Kf7 41.Qf1 Kg6
42.Qd3 Kf7 43.Bb2 Rc8 44.Rb4 Kg8 45.e4 Nh4 46.e5 Qf5 47.Qxf5 Nxf5 48.exd6 
Rd8 49.g4 Nxd6 50.Kg3 Ne8 51.Rb5 a3 52.Bxa3 Nf6 53.d6 Ne4+ 54.Kf4 Nxd6 55.
Rd5 Rf8+ 56.Rf5 g5+ 57.Ke5 Nc4+ 58.Ke6 Nxa3 59.Rxf8+ Kxf8 60.Kf6 Nb5 61.
Kg6 Nd4 62.Kxh6 Nf3 63.Kg6 Ke7 64.Kf5 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4 Bb4 7.Bd2 Qe7 8.axb5 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.d5 Nf6 11.d6 Qb7 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Qd4 Nd7 14.Be2 Qb6 15.O-O 
Bb7 16.b3 Rg8 17.Rfd1 Qxd4 18.Rxd4 cxb3 19.Rb4 a6 20.Rxb3 Rc8 21.g3 Nc5 
22.Rb4 Kd7 23.Rf4 Kxd6 24.Rxf6 Ke7 25.Rf4 Nb3 26.Re1 Nc1 27.Bf1 Bxf3 28.
Rxf3 Rc3 29.Rf4 Nd3 30.Bxd3 Rxd3 31.Rc1 Rd7 32.Ra1 Ra8 33.Rb4 Rb7 34.Rab1 
Rc8 35.Ra1 Rc6 36.Kf1 Kd6 37.Ke2 Kc5 38.Rb2 Kb6 39.Rba2 Ra7 40.Ra5 Rc2+ 
41.Kf3 b4 42.g4 Rc5 43.R5a2 a5 44.Rb2 Kb5 45.Rab1 Rc4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 e5 6.Nge2 O-O 7.d5 Nh5 8.Be3 f5 9.
Qd2 a6 10.O-O-O b5 11.c5 b4 12.Na4 fxe4 13.fxe4 Nf6 14.cxd6 Nxe4 15.Qxb4 
Nf2 16.dxc7 Qxc7+ 17.Nec3 Nxd1 18.Kxd1 a5 19.Qb3 Ba6 20.Nb5 Qd7 21.Be2 Qf5
22.Kd2 Nd7 23.Nd6 Qf6 24.Ne4 Qh4 25.Bf3 Rab8 26.Bg5 Rxb3 27.Bxh4 Rb4 28.
Nac3 Rxb2+ 29.Ke3 Nb6 30.Ng5 Nc4+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nd7 5.Qc2 Ngf6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Bd2 O-O 8.O-O-O 
e5 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nb5 Bb8 11.Bb4 Re8 12.Nd6 Bxd6 13.Bxd6 e4 14.Bc7 Qe7 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Ng4 17.Bd6 Qe6 18.Kb1 Bd7 19.Qd2 Bc6 20.Bc5 Nxe5 21.Bd4 
Qf5 22.h3 a6 23.Rg1 Rac8 24.Ka1 f6 25.g4 Qd7 26.Be2 Bb5 27.g5 Bxe2 28.Qxe2
Nf3 29.gxf6 Nxg1 30.Rxg1 g6 31.h4 Kf7 32.a3 Rg8 33.f3 Rc6 34.h5 g5 35.h6 
Qc8 36.Kb1 Qf5 37.fxe4 Qxe4+ 38.Ka2 g4 39.Qh2 Qf5 40.Qg3 Rc2 41.Rh1 Rgc8 
42.Qd6 Qe6 43.Qb4 b5 44.Rh5 R8c4 45.Qb3 Qe4 46.Re5 g3 47.Rxe4 dxe4 48.Bc3 
g2 49.Qxc2 g1=Q 50.Qd2 Qg4 51.Ka1 Qg1+ 52.Ka2 Qg4 53.Ka1 Qg1+ 54.Ka2 
1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Scherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B71"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 
Nd7 9.exd6 exd6 10.Be3 Be7 11.Qd2 Qa5 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Kb1 d5 14.f5 Bf6 15.
Bd4 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Rb8 17.Qd2 Nc5 18.g4 Qb4 19.b3 Qxg4 20.h4 Bxf5 21.Bh3 Qh5
22.Bxf5 Qxf5 23.h5 Ne6 24.Ne2 g5 25.Rde1 h6 26.Qc3 c5 27.Rhf1 Qh7 28.Ng3 
d4 29.Qc4 Rb4 30.Qa6 Nf4 31.Re5 Rb6 32.Qxa7 Re6 33.Qxc5 Rxe5 34.Qxe5 d3 
35.Nf5 dxc2+ 36.Kxc2 f6 37.Qe4 Kh8 38.Kb2 Qd7 39.Nxh6 Re8 40.Qc4 Qd2+ 41.
Kb1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.c4 Bb7 4.Nc3 e6 5.a3 d6 6.e3 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Qc2 O-O 9.
O-O Nbd7 10.b4 e5 11.d5 c6 12.dxc6 Bxc6 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Bb2 Rfd8 15.Qb3 Rac8
16.Rac1 Nf8 17.Nd2 Ne6 18.Nd5 Qd7 19.Nc3 Qb7 20.Bf3 e4 21.Be2 h5 22.Qa2 
Qe7 23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.cxd5 Ng5 25.Rc6 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O cxd4 7.exd4 Nc6 8.Nc3 
a6 9.a3 Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Qd3 h6 12.Bh4 Nh5 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.Ne5 Nf6 15.
Rad1 b5 16.Ba2 Bb7 17.f4 Qb6 18.g4 Rad8 19.Bb1 Nc6 20.Nxc6 Qxc6 21.Qh3 Qb6
22.Qd3 g6 23.g5 hxg5 24.fxg5 Nh5 25.Qe3 e5 26.Qxe5 Rfe8 27.Qc5 Qe6 28.d5 
Qg4+ 29.Kh1 Rxd5 30.Rxd5 Nf4 31.Qg1 Qxg1+ 32.Kxg1 Nxd5 33.Ba2 Re5 34.h4 
Kf8 35.Bxd5 Bxd5 36.Rf4 Be6 37.Kf2 Rc5 38.Rd4 Ke7 39.Ke3 Rc8 40.Kf4 Rc5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 
b6 9.Nd2 Bb7 10.f3 Qe7 11.Bd3 e5 12.e4 Nf8 13.Bf2 Ne6 14.g3 O-O 15.Qe2 
Rfe8 16.O-O Ng5 17.Be3 Nfh7 18.h4 Ne6 19.Rae1 Qf6 20.Nb3 a5 21.a4 Qg6 22.
Qg2 Nf6 23.Kh2 Nh5 24.f4 exf4 25.gxf4 Qxg2+ 26.Kxg2 f5 27.d5 Nc5 28.Nxc5 
bxc5 29.e5 g6 30.Be2 Nf6 31.Bf3 Nd7 32.e6 Nb6 33.h5 Nxc4 34.hxg6 Ba6 35.
Rg1 Kg7 36.Kf2 Rab8 37.Rb1 Nb6 38.Bd2 Bc4 39.Be2 Bxe2 40.Kxe2 Nxd5 41.c4 
Rxe6+ 42.Kf3 Rxb1 43.Rxb1 Nb4 44.Bc3+ Kxg6 45.Rg1+ Kf7 46.Rg7+ Ke8 47.Rxc7
Re4 48.Bxb4 axb4 49.a5 Kd8 50.Rf7 Rxc4 51.a6 b3 52.Rxf5 Ra4 53.Rf7 Rxa6 
54.Rb7 c4 55.Ke4 Rc6 56.Kd5 c3 57.Kxc6 c2 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.b3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Bb2 d5 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.d3 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Qc2 Bf8 12.Rfe1 a5 13.Rac1 Bc5 14.Qb1 a4 15.
b4 Bf8 16.a3 c5 17.bxc5 Nxc5 18.Bc3 Nfd7 19.Bb4 Ne6 20.Bxf8 Rxf8 21.Qb4 
Re8 22.d4 Ra5 23.e3 Ba6 24.Qd6 Nef8 25.Bh3 Nb8 26.Qxd8 Rxd8 27.Ne5 f6 28.
Nc6 Nxc6 29.Rxc6 Rb8 30.Rb1 Rb5 31.Bf1 Rxb1 32.Nxb1 Bxf1 33.Kxf1 Ng6 34.
Nc3 Ne7 35.Rc7 Kf8 36.Nxa4 Rc8 37.Rb7 Ra8 38.Nxb6 Rxa3 39.Nd7+ Kf7 40.Nc5 
Ra1+ 41.Kg2 Ra8 42.h4 Rd8 43.Nd3 Rd6 44.Nf4 Rd8 45.g4 Rd6 46.Kf3 Kf8 47.
Kg3 Kf7 48.Nh5 g5 49.hxg5 fxg5 50.Ng7 Kxg7 51.Rxe7+ Kg6 52.Re5 Rd7 53.Re6+
Kf7 54.Re5 Kg6 55.f3 Rd6 56.Kf2 Rd7 57.Kg3 Kf6 58.f4 gxf4+ 59.exf4 Rd6 60.
g5+ Kf7 61.f5 Rd7 62.Kg4 Rd6 63.Kh5 Kf8 64.f6 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "115"]

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 Ne5 10.b3 Re8 11.h3 c6 12.Be3 a5 13.Re1 a4 14.Nxa4 Rxa4 15.bxa4 
Nxc4 16.Bg5 Qa5 17.Qc2 Qxg5 18.Qxc4 Qh5 19.e5 dxe5 20.g4 Qh6 21.Nf3 Be6 
22.Qc1 Qxc1 23.Raxc1 e4 24.Nd2 Bh6 25.Rc2 Bd5 26.Nc4 Ra8 27.Nd6 Rxa4 28.
Nxb7 Nd7 29.Nd6 f5 30.gxf5 gxf5 31.Nxf5 Bf8 32.Rb1 Kf7 33.Rb7 Ke6 34.Ne3 
Bd6 35.h4 Nf6 36.Bh3+ Ke5 37.Rg7 Bf8 38.Rg5+ Kd6 39.Rf5 Be7 40.Rg5 Bf8 41.
Rd2 h6 42.Rf5 Be7 43.Bf1 Ke6 44.Rc2 Rb4 45.Ba6 Rb1+ 46.Kg2 Rb8 47.Bc4 Bd6 
48.Kh3 Rb1 49.Kg2 Rb8 50.Kf1 Rb4 51.Bb3 Bxb3 52.axb3 Nd5 53.Rh5 Nxe3+ 54.
fxe3 Rxb3 55.Rxh6+ Kd5 56.Rd2+ Rd3 57.Ke2 Bf8 58.Rg6 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 d4 5.b4 c5 6.Bb2 Nc6 7.b5 Ne7 8.e3 dxe3 9.
dxe3 Qxd1+ 10.Kxd1 Ng6 11.h4 h5 12.Ke2 Ng4 13.Rd1 f6 14.a4 Bd7 15.Nfd2 
O-O-O 16.Nb3 N6e5 17.Na3 Kc7 18.f4 Nf7 19.Nb1 Nd6 20.N1d2 Nf5 21.Nf1 Be7 
22.Ba3 b6 23.a5 Bc8 24.axb6+ axb6 25.Bc1 Rxd1 26.Ra7+ Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Scherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 c5 6.c3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O Qb6
9.Qb1 e5 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.e4 Ncxe5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.exd5 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Bf5 15.
Ne4 Qxb2 16.d6 Qb6 17.Rfe1 Qc6 18.Be7 c4 19.Qf3 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 Bxc3 21.Rc1 
f5 22.Re2 Qxf3 23.gxf3 Bg7 24.Rxc4 Rfb8 25.d7 Bf8 26.Rec2 Bxe7 27.Rc8+ Kf7
28.Rxb8 Rxb8 29.Rc8 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 Qa5 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.Qc2 d6
9.Nf3 e5 10.Nd2 Nd7 11.g3 Nb6 12.Bg2 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qa4 14.Qd3 Bd7 15.O-O 
O-O-O 16.f4 h5 17.fxe5 fxe5 18.Rxf7 h4 19.Rg7 hxg3 20.hxg3 Kb8 21.Bf3 Bc8 
22.Be4 Rdf8 23.Bg6 Rh6 24.Qc2 Rfh8 25.Kf2 Rh2+ 26.Ke3 Nxc4+ 27.Nxc4 Qxc4 
28.Qd3 Qg4 29.Kd2 c4 30.Qe4 Qg5+ 31.Kc2 Qxg3 32.Rf1 R8h4 33.Qf3 Qxf3 34.
Rxf3 Rxe2+ 35.Kd1 Rg2 36.Rf1 Rhg4 37.Rf6 Rxa2 38.Bb1 Rxg7 39.Bxa2 Rg1+ 40.
Kc2 Rg2+ 41.Kb1 b5 42.Rxd6 e4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 Bf5 7.O-O Qc8 8.c4 Bh3 
9.Nc3 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 Nbd7 11.Qc2 e5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nd5 Re8 14.e4 c6 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Rad1 Bg7 17.Rfe1 f6 18.Nd2 Nc5 19.Nf1 Ne6 20.h4 Bf8 21.Ne3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Be7 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Be2 d5 8.Nxc6 
bxc6 9.O-O Bf5 10.b3 Qd6 11.Bb2 Rfd8 12.Rc1 Ne4 13.cxd5 Qh6 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 
15.Rxc6 Qg5 16.Bf3 Rxd5 17.Bd4 Rxd4 18.exd4 Bxc6 19.Bxc6 Rd8 20.Bf3 g6 21.
Qc1 Rxd4 22.Qxc7 Bc5 23.Qa5 Rb4 24.Qa6 Rd4 25.Qa5 Rb4 26.Kh1 Qe7 27.g3 Bb6
28.Qa6 Rd4 29.Qc8+ Qd8 30.Qc6 Rd2 31.Re1 Qd4 32.Qe8+ Kg7 33.Re2 Rxe2 34.
Qxe2 Qxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Qe2 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 b6 9.
e5 Nd7 10.h4 Re8 11.Na3 f6 12.d4 cxd4 13.cxd4 fxe5 14.dxe5 Nc5 15.Rd1 Ba6 
16.Nb5 Qd7 17.a4 Rac8 18.Bg5 Bf8 19.Bf1 h6 20.Bf4 Qf7 21.Ne1 Be7 22.Qg4 
Rf8 23.Nf3 h5 24.Qh3 Qg6 25.Ng5 Rf5 26.b4 Nxb4 27.Nd4 Rff8 28.Bxa6 Nbxa6 
29.Ndxe6 Rfe8 30.Nxc5 Bxg5 31.hxg5 Rxc5 32.Be3 Ra5 33.f4 Qe4 34.Bf2 g6 35.
Qd7 Rf8 36.Rd4 Qf5 37.Rxd5 Qxd7 38.Rxd7 Rf7 39.Rd8+ Rf8 40.Rd6 Kg7 41.Bd4 
1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.a3 Ba5 8.O-O O-O 
9.Qc2 Bc7 10.Bd2 a6 11.Rad1 Qe7 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Rfe1 Qd8 14.e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 h6 16.Bc4 Nd5 17.Ba2 Re8 18.Nc3 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 N7f6 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.
Ne5 Be6 22.f3 Rc8 23.Qd3 Ba5 24.Ng6 Bxd2 25.Qxd2 Qd6 26.Nf4 Bf5 27.Bb1 
Bxb1 28.Rxb1 Rc4 29.Rc1 Kf8 30.b3 Rc6 31.Rxc6 Qxc6 32.Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.09"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb4 7.d5 c6 8.Ne2 e6 
9.a3 N4a6 10.Nbc3 O-O 11.O-O Nc7 12.Nf4 cxd5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nfxd5 exd5 
15.Nxd5 Nc6 16.Bf4 Bf5 17.Qd2 Qd7 18.Bh6 f6 19.Rfe1 Rae8 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Qc3 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Be6 23.Rd1 Bh3 24.Bf3 Ne5 25.Be2 Qc6 26.Qxc6 Nxc6 27.f4 
Rd8 28.Kf2 h5 29.Nc3 Rxd1 30.Bxd1 Kf7 31.Ke3 Be6 32.Nb5 Ke7 33.Bf3 Kd7 34.
Nd4 Nxd4 35.Kxd4 b6 36.Be4 Bf7 37.Bd5 Be8 38.h4 Kd6 39.b4 Bd7 40.Be4 Bf5 
41.Bf3 Bh3 42.Be2 Be6 43.Bf1 Bc8 44.Bb5 Bf5 45.Ba6 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.09"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d5 Na5 8.Nd2 c5 
9.Qc2 e6 10.O-O exd5 11.cxd5 Re8 12.b3 b5 13.Bb2 Rb8 14.a3 Bd7 15.Rfe1 Nb7
16.Nce4 Nxd5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qb2+ f6 19.Nxc5 dxc5 20.Bxd5 Nd6 21.e4 Rc8 
22.Rac1 Nf7 23.Nf3 Be6 24.Rcd1 Bxd5 25.Rxd5 Qe7 26.e5 Red8 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 
28.e6 Nd6 29.Qc3 Nf5 30.Re4 h5 31.Re1 Rd5 32.Qc2 Qd6 33.Qxf5 Rxf5 34.e7 
Qd7 35.e8=Q Qxe8 36.Rxe8 Rxf3 37.Re7+ Kh6 38.b4 Rxa3 39.bxc5 a5 40.Rb7 b4 
41.c6 Rc3 42.c7 b3 43.Rxb3 Rxc7 44.Ra3 Ra7 45.Ra4 Kg5 46.f3 Kf5 47.g4+ 
hxg4 48.fxg4+ Ke5 49.h4 Kd5 50.h5 gxh5 51.gxh5 Ke6 52.h6 Kf7 53.Rg4 Kf8 
54.Rf4 Ra6 55.Rg4 Ra7 56.Rf4 Kg8 57.Rxf6 a4 58.Rf2 Kh7 59.Ra2 Kxh6 60.Kf2 
Kg5 61.Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.09"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E26"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.Ne2 b6
9.O-O Qd7 10.e4 Ba6 11.Bg5 O-O-O 12.Nc1 Na5 13.Nb3 Qa4 14.Nxa5 Qxa5 15.Qc2
h6 16.Bd2 d5 17.cxd5 c4 18.Be2 exd5 19.e5 Ne4 20.Be1 Ng5 21.a4 Bb7 22.h4 
Ne6 23.f4 Bc6 24.f5 Nc7 25.Bg3 Bd7 26.Qd2 Kb7 27.h5 Rc8 28.Qc2 f6 29.e6 
Bc6 30.Bd6 Ne8 31.Be7 Ka8 32.Rfb1 Rb8 33.Bf3 Qa6 34.Qc1 Qb7 35.Qa3 Nc7 36.
Bd6 Rhd8 37.a5 b5 38.a6 Qc8 39.Bf4 Rb6 40.Qe7 Nxa6 41.Qxg7 Bb7 42.Qxf6 b4 
43.Qe5 Qc6 44.cxb4 Nxb4 45.e7 Rg8 46.f6 Qe8 47.Rxb4 Rxb4 48.Qe6 Qc8 49.
Qxc8+ Rxc8 50.f7 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.09"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 g5 5.Bg3 Ne4 6.Nfd2 Nxg3 7.hxg3 d5 8.e3 
c5 9.dxc5 Bg7 10.c3 Qc7 11.e4 O-O 12.Be2 Rd8 13.exd5 Rxd5 14.O-O Na6 15.
Bf3 Rd8 16.c6 bxc6 17.Qc2 Nc5 18.Nc4 Ba6 19.Nba3 Nd7 20.Rfd1 Nb6 21.Be2 
Bf8 22.Qe4 Nd5 23.Nc2 Rab8 24.Bd3 Bg7 25.N2a3 Qe7 26.Rd2 Re8 27.Rad1 Qc7 
28.g4 Rbd8 29.g3 Bc8 30.Qf3 Rf8 31.Ne3 Bb7 32.Be4 Rb8 33.Nac4 Nf6 34.Nd6 
Nxe4 35.Qxe4 Ba8 36.Qc4 c5 37.Ne4 Qc6 38.f3 Be5 39.Qxc5 Qxc5 40.Nxc5 Bxf3 
41.Nd7 Bxd1 42.Rxd1 Bxg3 43.Nxb8 Rxb8 44.Nc4 Rb7 45.Rd3 Bf4 46.b4 f5 47.
Na5 Rf7 48.gxf5 exf5 49.Nc6 g4 50.c4 h5 51.Rd5 Be3+ 52.Kf1 f4 53.Rxh5 f3 
54.Re5 Bf4 55.Re8+ Kh7 56.Ne5 Bxe5 57.Rxe5 Rf4 58.c5 Kg6 59.c6 Rxb4 60.c7 
Rc4 61.Re4 Rc1+ 62.Kf2 Kg5 63.Kg3 Rg1+ 64.Kf2 Rg2+ 65.Ke3 Rc2 66.Re7 f2 
67.c8=Q f1=N+ 68.Kd3 Rxc8 69.Rxa7 g3 70.Ke2 Nh2 71.Rg7+ Kf4 72.Rf7+ Kg4 
0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.09"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nh6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 f5 
9.d3 e5 10.Qd2 Ng4 11.Nd5 Ne7 12.Ne1 Bh6 13.e3 Nxd5 14.Bxd5+ Kh8 15.b4 Bg7
16.Rb1 Nf6 17.Bg2 Re8 18.Nf3 Nd7 19.d4 e4 20.Ne1 cxb4 21.Qxb4 d5 22.cxd5 
Nb6 23.Nc2 Nxd5 24.Qb3 b6 25.Rfc1 a5 26.Bf1 a4 27.Qb5 Ba6 28.Qc6 Ne7 29.
Qc3 Nd5 30.Qd2 Bxf1 31.Kxf1 Qd7 32.Kg1 Nf6 33.Ba1 Qe6 34.a3 Ra5 35.d5 Rxd5
36.Nd4 Qe7 37.Qb4 Qxb4 38.Rxb4 Ra8 39.Rxb6 Nd7 40.Rb7 Be5 41.Kg2 Kg8 42.
Rc6 Re8 43.h4 Rc5 44.Ra6 Nf6 45.Raa7 Ng4 46.h5 Rc1 47.Bb2 Rb1 48.hxg6 hxg6
49.Rxa4 Rc8 50.Rab4 Nxe3+ 51.fxe3 Bxd4 52.Rb8 Rxb8 53.Rxb8+ Kf7 54.exd4 g5
55.d5 Rd1 56.Rb7+ Kg6 57.Bc3 Rxd5 58.a4 Rd1 59.Rb3 Rc1 60.Ra3 Rc2+ 61.Kf1 
f4 62.g4 e3 63.Be1 Rh2 64.a5 Rh1+ 65.Ke2 Rh2+ 66.Kf3 Rh3+ 67.Kg2 Rh7 68.a6
Ra7 69.Kf3 Kf6 70.Bc3+ Ke6 71.Bd4 Ra8 72.a7 Kd5 73.Bf6 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.09"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bb5+ Bc6 11.Bc4 O-O 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.Qf3 Nd7 14.Bxd5 exd5 15.
Ng4 Nf6 16.Bf4 Ne4 17.Rfd1 Rc8 18.Rac1 Qd7 19.h3 f6 20.Ne3 Rfe8 21.Qh5 
Nxc3 22.bxc3 Ba3 23.Rc2 Qf7 24.Qf3 Qg6 25.Rdd2 Qe4 26.Qg3 Red8 27.Qg4 g5 
28.Bg3 Qxg4 29.hxg4 Bc6 30.Rd3 Ba4 31.Re2 Bf8 32.Rb2 Kf7 33.Nf5 Ba3 34.
Rbd2 Rc6 35.f4 Rdc8 36.fxg5 Rxc3 37.gxf6 Kxf6 38.Bh4+ Kg6 39.Ne7+ Bxe7 40.
Rxc3 Rxc3 41.Bxe7 Bd7 42.g5 Kh5 43.Kf2 Kg4 44.Re2 Bf5 45.Bd6 Be4 46.Be5 
Kxg5 47.g3 Ra3 48.Bd6 Rf3+ 49.Ke1 Kg4 50.a4 Rb3 51.a5 b5 52.Rf2 Bf3 53.Rc2
b4 54.Rc7 Rb2 55.Rxa7 b3 56.Rb7 Re2+ 57.Kf1 Re6 58.Be5 Ra6 59.Rxb3 Rxa5 
60.Rb7 Ra1+ 61.Kf2 Ra2+ 62.Ke3 Re2+ 63.Kd3 h5 64.Rf7 Ra2 65.Ke3 Bd1 66.Rd7
Ra3+ 67.Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.09"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Scherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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 Qc7 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.
Bd3 Ne5 16.fxe5 fxe5 17.Qb4 exd5 18.Nxd6+ Bxd6 19.Qxd6 Qe7 20.Qxd5 Bc6 21.
Qa5 O-O 22.Rde1 Rae8 23.Rhf1 f5 24.Qd2 Qe6 25.Rf4 e4 26.Rh4 Rf6 27.Qc3 Bb5
28.Bxb5 axb5 29.Qb3 Qxb3 30.axb3 Kf7 31.Rf4 Ke6 32.g4 Ke5 33.Ref1 Ref8 34.
Rxf5+ Rxf5 35.Rxf5+ Rxf5 36.gxf5 Kxf5 37.Kd2 Kf4 38.Ke2 b4 39.c3 h5 40.Kf2
h4 41.cxb4 b5 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.09"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.a3 c5 5.bxc5 Bxc5 6.e3 O-O 7.d4 Be7 8.Nbd2 b6
9.Ne5 Bb7 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.O-O Ne8 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.c4 Nf6 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Qe2 
Bb7 16.cxd5 exd5 17.f3 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Bd6 19.Nf1 Re8 20.Ba6 Qb8 21.Bxb7 Qxb7
22.Qc2 h6 23.Qc6 Qe7 24.a4 Ba3 25.Qc3 Bd6 26.Qb3 Qe6 27.Ba3 Bxa3 28.Qxa3 
Rc8 29.Rxc8+ Qxc8 30.Qe7 Qa6 31.Qb4 Qd3 32.h3 h5 33.h4 Qe2 34.Qa3 Qe1 35.
Qd3 Qxh4 36.Qa6 Qe1 37.Qxa7 Qb4 38.Qa8+ Kh7 39.Qc6 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.09"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Na5 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 Nxb3 8.axb3
Ne7 9.O-O Nc6 10.Qd5 Bb7 11.c4 Be7 12.Rd1 bxc4 13.bxc4 d6 14.Nc3 O-O 15.
Bf4 Qc8 16.Qh5 Qe6 17.Nd5 Bd8 18.Re1 f6 19.Ra3 Qf7 20.Qxf7+ Rxf7 21.Rb3 
Bc8 22.Rc1 Ne5 23.Nd4 Bd7 24.Bg3 a5 25.f4 a4 26.Ra3 c6 27.fxe5 fxe5 28.
Nxc6 Bxc6 29.c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.09"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Na5 6.O-O d6 7.d4 Nxb3 8.axb3 f6
9.Nc3 Bb7 10.Nh4 Ne7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qf3 Qd7 13.Rd1 Qe6 14.Be3 g5 15.Nxb5 
axb5 16.Qh5+ Qf7 17.Rxa8+ Bxa8 18.Rd8+ Kxd8 19.Qxf7 gxh4 20.Qxf6 Rg8 21.f3
h3 22.g3 Ke8 23.Qxe5 Rg6 24.Qxb5+ Bc6 25.Qb8+ Kf7 26.Qxc7 Rf6 27.Bg5 Re6 
28.b4 Kg8 29.Qb8 Ng6 30.Kf2 Ne5 31.b5 Be8 32.Be3 Bd6 33.Qc8 Kf7 34.b6 Rf6 
35.Bf4 Bd7 36.b7 Be6 37.Bxe5 Bxe5 38.b8=Q Bxc8 39.Qxe5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Scherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.h3 Nbd7 8.Bg5 h6 
9.Be3 e5 10.Qd2 Kh7 11.Rad1 Qe7 12.Rfe1 Re8 13.Nh2 Nb6 14.Bd3 Be6 15.b3 
Rad8 16.f4 d5 17.fxe5 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Qf2 f5 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Nxe4 Bh4
22.Qf4 g5 23.Qf6 Bxe1 24.Rxe1 Nd5 25.Qf3 Kg7 26.Bd2 Nf6 27.Ng3 Qd7 28.c4 
Qxd4+ 29.Be3 Qd3 30.h4 Bc8 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Nh5+ Nxh5 33.Qxh5 Qg6 34.Bd4+ 
Rxd4 35.Qxg6+ Kxg6 36.Rxe8 Bf5 37.Nf3 Rd1+ 38.Kh2 Ra1 39.Rg8+ Kf6 40.Rf8+ 
Ke6 41.Nd4+ Ke5 42.Nxf5 Rxa2 43.Ne3 Rb2 44.Rf3 Kd4 45.Nf5+ Kc5 46.Rd3 a5 
47.Nd6 b5 48.Nxb5 cxb5 49.Rd5+ Kb4 50.Rxb5+ Ka3 51.c5 Rc2 52.c6 Kb2 53.
Rxa5 Kxb3 54.Rxg5 Rxc6 55.Kg3 Kc4 56.Kf4 Kd4 57.g4 Ra6 58.Rb5 Ra8 59.g5 
Rf8+ 60.Kg4 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Na4 cxd4
9.exd4 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nc6 11.Be3 Re8 12.a3 Bf8 13.Nc3 Rc8 14.Rac1 Na5 15.Ne2
Nc6 16.Rfd1 e5 17.Bg5 Be7 18.Qh3 h6 19.Be3 Bf8 20.d5 Na5 21.b4 e4 22.bxa5 
exd3 23.Rxd3 bxa5 24.Ng3 Ne4 25.Qg4 Nxg3 26.hxg3 Bc5 27.Bxh6 Qf6 28.Be3 
Qb2 29.Rf1 Qc2 30.Bd4 Bxd4 31.Rxd4 Qc3 32.Rf4 Re1 33.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 34.Kh2 Qe7
35.Qh5 f6 36.Rh4 Rf8 37.Qh7+ Kf7 38.a4 Qe5 39.Rg4 Rg8 40.Qg6+ Kf8 41.Rh4 
Qc3 42.Qf5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.b3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Bb2 c5 8.d4 cxd4 
9.Nxd4 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 d5 11.Nd2 Qd7 12.cxd5 Qxd5+ 13.N4f3 Nbd7 14.Nc4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 Bg4 8.Bd3 
Bh5 9.Nge2 Bg6 10.Ng3 Na6 11.Bf5 Nh5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nxh5 Bxh5 14.Qb3 Bg6 
15.Bh3 Nb4 16.O-O Bc2 17.Qa3 O-O 18.Rac1 Rfe8 19.b3 Bg6 20.Rfd1 a5 21.g3 
h5 22.Bf1 h4 23.Qb2 Bh5 24.Re1 Bf3 25.a3 Na6 26.Nb1 hxg3 27.hxg3 Nc7 28.
Nd2 Bh5 29.Bd3 Ne6 30.Kg2 Nf8 31.Rh1 Bg6 32.Be2 Ne6 33.Rh4 f6 34.Rch1 Ng5 
35.b4 axb4 36.axb4 Kf7 37.b5 Qa3 38.Qxa3 Rxa3 39.bxc6 bxc6 40.Nb1 Ra2 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.Nc2 O-O 8.Nc3 
b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.b3 Nh5 11.Bb2 f5 12.e3 e6 13.Rb1 Na5 14.Nb5 Bxb2 15.Rxb2 
Bxg2 16.Kxg2 a6 17.Nd6 Qc7 18.Qd3 Nb7 19.Rd1 Nxd6 20.Qxd6 Qb7+ 21.f3 Rf7 
22.h4 Raf8 23.Ne1 h6 24.Nd3 Nf6 25.c5 Nd5 26.Kf2 bxc5 27.Rc2 Rc8 28.Rxc5 
Rxc5 29.Qxc5 Rf8 30.Qd4 Qc7 31.Rc1 Qa5 32.Rc2 Nf6 33.Ne5 Qd8 34.Nxg6 Rf7 
35.Qd6 Rg7 36.Qxa6 Ne4+ 37.fxe4 Qf6 38.Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Rc1 Bb7 
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Be2 Rc8 12.O-O c5 13.Qa4 Nd7 14.Rfd1 Nxc3 15.
Rxc3 a6 16.Qa3 Kf8 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Rdc1 Nd7 19.Qxe7+ Kxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d3 c5 6.e4 Nc6 7.Nbd2 d6 8.c3 Ne8 
9.Qe2 Nc7 10.Nb3 b6 11.Rd1 Ba6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Be3 Kh7 14.Qc2 e5 15.d4 Qe7 
16.d5 Nb8 17.a4 Nd7 18.a5 b5 19.Nxc5 Nxc5 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.d6 Qd7 22.dxc7 
Qxc7 23.c4 b4 24.Nd2 Rad8 25.Nb3 Bf6 26.Bf1 Bb7 27.f3 Bg5 28.Qf2 Be7 29.
Be2 Kg7 30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Rd1 Rxd1+ 32.Bxd1 Bc8 33.Qd2 Be6 34.Be2 Bg5 35.Qd3
f5 36.Kf2 f4 37.g4 h5 38.h3 Be7 39.Ke1 Bh4+ 40.Kf1 Qe7 41.Qd1 Qc7 42.Qd2 
Be7 43.Kg2 Qc6 44.Nc1 Qc7 45.Nb3 Bf7 46.Bf1 Kf8 47.Be2 Qc6 48.Nc1 Qc7 49.
Nb3 Ke8 50.Qd1 Be6 51.Kf1 Bd8 52.Kg2 Be7 53.Kf1 Kf7 54.Kg2 Kf6 55.Qe1 Qd7 
56.Qf2 Qd6 57.Bf1 Qc7 58.Qd2 Qc6 59.Qf2 Bf7 60.Qh4+ Ke6 61.Qf2 Kd6 62.Be2 
Kc7 63.Bf1 Kb8 64.Qd2 Kc8 65.Qf2 Qa4 66.Nxc5 Qxa5 67.Nd3 Bxc4 68.Qc2 Qc7 
69.Qa4 hxg4 70.hxg4 a5 71.Qe8+ Kb7 72.Qxg6 Bd6 73.Nc5+ Qxc5 74.Bxc4 Qxc4 
75.Qxd6 Qe2+ 76.Kg1 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nd7 5.O-O e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.e4 Ne7 8.b3 O-O
9.Ba3 Re8 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Nc3 Nd4 12.Qd3 c6 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.Nd1 Qa5 15.b4 
Qb6 16.f4 a5 17.bxa5 Qxa5 18.Rf3 b6 19.e5 Ba6 20.Qe4 Nxe5 21.fxe5 Rxe5 22.
Qxc6 Re1+ 23.Bf1 Bxf1 24.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 25.Kxf1 Qxa3 26.Rb1 d3 27.Rxb6 Rd8 28.
Qc7 Qa8 29.Rb7 Rf8 30.cxd3 Qxa2 31.Rb8 Qxh2 32.Rxf8+ Bxf8 33.Nf2 Qh5 34.g4
Qd5 35.Qc8 h6 36.Ke2 Qe5+ 37.Kf3 Qd6 38.Qc4 Bg7 39.Ne4 Qh2 40.Qc8+ Kh7 41.
Qd7 Qh3+ 42.Kf2 Qh2+ 43.Ke3 Qa2 44.Nd6 Qd5 45.Ke2 h5 46.gxh5 Qxh5+ 47.Ke3 
Qe5+ 48.Kf3 Qd5+ 49.Ke2 f5 50.Kd2 Qg2+ 51.Kd1 Qf3+ 52.Kd2 Qf2+ 53.Kd1 Qf1+
54.Kd2 Qf4+ 55.Kc2 Kh6 56.Nf7+ Kh5 57.Qe7 g5 58.Nd6 Qa4+ 59.Kd2 Qa2+ 60.
Kd1 Qb3+ 61.Kd2 Qc3+ 62.Ke2 Qc2+ 63.Ke1 Bc3+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Rc1 Bb7 
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Bb1 Re8 13.Bg3 Nf8 14.Ne5 a6 15.Qf3 
Bd6 16.Rfd1 b5 17.Nd3 c4 18.Nc5 Bxg3 19.hxg3 Bc8 20.Bf5 b4 21.N3a4 a5 22.
Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 h6 7.Bh4 Na6 8.a3 Nc7
9.e3 Be7 10.Bd3 O-O 11.Nf3 Re8 12.O-O Ne4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Ne5 Nf6 15.Rae1 
c5 16.f4 c4 17.Be2 b5 18.g4 Nd7 19.Bf3 Bb7 20.Nxd7 Qxd7 21.h4 a5 22.g5 Ra6
23.Qg2 f5 24.gxf6 Rxf6 25.Nd1 Qf7 26.Kh2 Bc8 27.Rg1 Re7 28.Nf2 Bf5 29.Bg4 
Be4 30.Bf3 Bf5 31.Bg4 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.b3 Bf5 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.d3 Nbd7 
9.Nc3 h6 10.Re1 Bh7 11.d4 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Nd2 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 a5 15.e4 a4
16.Qc2 Bb4 17.Bc3 Qa5 18.Bxb4 Qxb4 19.Rab1 Nf6 20.e5 Nh7 21.Re3 b5 22.a3 
axb3 23.Rexb3 Qa4 24.cxb5 cxb5 25.Qd3 Rfc8 26.h4 Nf8 27.Rxb5 Qxa3 28.Qxa3 
Rxa3 29.Rb8 Rac3 30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.Rb7 Rc2 32.Nf3 Rc8 33.Nd2 Ng6 34.h5 Nf8 
35.Kf1 Rc1+ 36.Kg2 Rc2 37.Nf3 Rc8 38.Nh4 Rc4 39.Rb8 Rxd4 40.f4 Ra4 41.f5 
exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E26"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.Ne2 b6
9.e4 Qd7 10.Bc2 Ba6 11.O-O Bxc4 12.Re1 e5 13.d5 Ne7 14.Ng3 O-O 15.Bg5 Ne8 
16.Ba4 b5 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Nf5 Qc7 19.Bc2 g6 20.Ne3 Ng7 21.Nxc4 bxc4 22.Qe2
Rab8 23.Reb1 Rxb1+ 24.Rxb1 Qa5 25.Qxc4 Qxa3 26.Ba4 Ne8 27.g3 Nc7 28.Qb3 
Qxb3 29.Rxb3 f5 30.Rb7 Ne8 31.exf5 gxf5 32.Rxa7 Nf6 33.Bd7 Ne4 34.Be6+ Kh8
35.Rd7 f4 36.g4 Nxc3 37.Rxd6 Ne2+ 38.Kf1 Nd4 39.Rc6 Re8 40.Bd7 Rd8 41.Rc7 
c4 42.Be6 Nxe6 43.dxe6 Re8 44.e7 Kg7 45.f3 Kf6 46.h4 Rxe7 47.Rxc4 Re6 48.
Ke2 h6 49.Kd3 Rd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O cxd4 7.exd4 Nc6 8.Nc3 
a6 9.a3 Be7 10.d5 exd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 O-O 13.Qb3 Qa5 14.Be3 Qb5 15.
Qxb5 axb5 16.Rac1 Bd7 17.Rfd1 b4 18.a4 Bf6 19.b3 Be6 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Nd4 
Bxd4 22.Bxd4 Rfd8 23.Bb6 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Ra6 25.Bc7 Ne7 26.Rd7 Ng6 27.g3 Rc6
28.Ba5 Rc3 29.Rxb7 Rxb3 30.Bxb4 Ne5 31.a5 Nc6 32.a6 h5 33.Bc5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O e5 6.d3 Be7 7.b4 cxb4 8.a3 bxa3 
9.Qa4 Bd7 10.Bxa3 Nf6 11.Qb5 O-O 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Qxe5 Bxa3 14.Rxa3 Bc6 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16.Re1 Qb6 17.Nd2 Qb4 18.Qa5 Qd6 19.Rb3 Rfe8 20.Rb7 Re5 21.Qc7 
Qe6 22.Nf3 Rh5 23.Nxd4 Qe8 24.Reb1 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kan, Ilia"]
[Black "Scherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B62"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Qd3 a6 10.Rad1 Qc7 11.Kh1 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 b5 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.a3 Bb7 15.
f4 Rac8 16.f5 Qc5 17.Qd2 Qe5 18.Qh6 Kh8 19.Qh3 a5 20.Bd3 b4 21.axb4 axb4 
22.Ne2 d5 23.exd5 exd5 24.Nf4 Bd6 25.b3 Rce8 26.Qh4 Rg8 27.Rde1 Qc3 28.Ne2
Qb2 29.Nd4 Be5 30.Nf3 Qc3 31.Bb5 Rc8 32.Bd3 Rce8 33.Bb5 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 O-O 10.O-O cxd4 11.cxd4 Be6 12.Ba3 Bd5 13.Bxd5 Qxd5 14.Nf4 Qd7 
15.Qa4 Rfd8 16.Rfd1 Qf5 17.Rab1 Qe4 18.Nd3 b6 19.Nb4 Nxb4 20.Qxb4 e6 21.
Rbc1 h5 22.Qc4 Rd5 23.Qd3 Qxd3 24.Rxd3 e5 25.Bb2 exd4 26.Bxd4 Rad8 27.Rc7 
R8d7 28.Rc8+ Kh7 29.Rc4 b5 30.Rc2 a5 31.a3 Bxd4 32.Rcd2 Kg7 33.exd4 Rc7 
34.Kg2 g5 35.h3 f5 36.g4 hxg4 37.hxg4 fxg4 38.Kg3 Rf7 39.Kxg4 Rf4+ 40.Kg3 
Kf6 41.f3 Ke6 42.Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 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.Qb3 Ne7 14.Na4 b6 
15.Nc3 Rfb8 16.Qd1 Rd8 17.Re1 Ng6 18.g3 Qe7 19.Bf1 c5 20.Bg2 Qa7 21.Nd2 
Ne7 22.Qh5 Rac8 23.dxc5 Bxc5 24.Nb3 d4 25.exd4 Bxd4 26.Nxd4 Rxd4 27.Qe2 b5
28.a3 b4 29.axb4 Rxb4 30.Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Na5 6.O-O d6 7.d4 Nxb3 8.axb3 f6
9.Nc3 Bb7 10.Qe2 Ne7 11.Rd1 Qc8 12.Nh4 Qe6 13.Be3 Rd8 14.d5 Qd7 15.Qf3 Kf7
16.Ne2 c5 17.Ng3 g6 18.Qe2 Bg7 19.c4 b4 20.Rf1 Rhf8 21.f4 exf4 22.Bxf4 Kg8
23.Nf3 Rde8 24.Qd2 Nc8 25.Bh6 Nb6 26.Bxg7 Qxg7 27.e5 dxe5 28.Ne4 Nd7 29.
Qf2 Rc8 30.Nd6 Rb8 31.Qh4 h6 32.Nxb7 Rxb7 33.Rxa6 f5 34.Re6 e4 35.Qg3 f4 
36.Qxg6 exf3 37.Rxf3 Qxg6 38.Rxg6+ Kh7 39.Re6 Rf6 40.Re7+ Kg8 41.Rf1 Kf8 
42.Rfe1 Rf7 43.Re8+ Kg7 44.Rc8 Ra7 45.d6 Ra6 46.Rd1 Rf8 47.Rxf8 Kxf8 48.
Kf2 Kf7 49.Kf3 Ke6 50.Kxf4 Rxd6 51.Rxd6+ Kxd6 52.h3 Ne5 53.Ke4 Ke6 54.g3 
Nc6 55.g4 Nd4 56.h4 Nxb3 57.g5 h5 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Be2 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.Qe1 c5 7.d3 Nc6 8.c3 Bg4 
9.Nbd2 Qc7 10.Nb3 b6 11.d4 cxd4 12.exd4 Ne4 13.Be3 Bxf3 14.Rxf3 f5 15.Rh3 
e6 16.Rc1 Ne7 17.Qh4 Kf7 18.Nd2 Nxd2 19.Bxd2 Ng8 20.c4 Rac8 21.cxd5 Qxc1+ 
22.Bxc1 Rxc1+ 23.Kf2 Bxd4+ 24.Kf3 exd5 25.Qxh7+ Bg7 26.Rg3 Ne7 27.Rxg6 
Nxg6 28.Qh5 Bxb2 29.Bd3 Kg7 30.g3 Rc3 31.Ke2 Rc6 32.h4 Re8+ 33.Kf1 Re3 34.
Qxf5 Ne7 35.Qh7+ Kf8 36.g4 Bg7 37.Kf2 d4 38.g5 Rc3 39.Be2 Rc5 40.h5 Rf5 
41.h6 Rxf4+ 42.Ke1 Be5 43.Kd1 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Ne2 
cxd4 9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Be3 O-O 11.O-O Bg4 12.f3 Na5 13.Bxf7+ Rxf7 14.fxg4 
Rxf1+ 15.Kxf1 Qd7 16.h3 Qe6 17.Qd3 Qc4 18.Qd2 Qa6 19.Qc2 Nc4 20.Qb3 Kh8 
21.Kg1 Nd2 22.Bxd2 Qxe2 23.Be3 Rf8 24.e5 b5 25.Rc1 a5 26.Bg5 h6 27.Bxe7 a4
28.Qd1 Qe3+ 29.Kh1 Rf2 30.Qg1 Qf4 31.a3 Kh7 32.Bc5 h5 33.gxh5 Bh6 34.hxg6+
Kg7 35.Re1 Qg3 36.Bb4 Be3 37.Qh2 Qg5 38.e6 Bf4 39.Qg1 Qh4 40.e7 Rf3 41.Qh2
1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.14"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.Qc2 Na6 8.a3 
Nc7 9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 Nce8 11.O-O Nd6 12.b4 g6 13.a4 Nh5 14.Be5 Bg4 15.b5 
Qd7 16.bxc6 bxc6 17.Nd2 f6 18.Bg3 Nxg3 19.hxg3 Bf5 20.Rab1 Rab8 21.Na2 
Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Qf5 23.Qc3 Rxb1 24.Rxb1 Rc8 25.Nb4 Nc4 26.Rc1 Bxb4 27.Qxb4 
Nxd2 28.Qxd2 Qd7 29.Qb4 Kf7 30.a5 Qe7 31.Qb3 Qd6 32.Qb7+ Qc7 33.a6 Ke6 34.
Rb1 Kd7 35.Qb3 f5 36.Kf1 h5 37.Kg1 Rh8 38.Qb4 Rc8 39.Qb2 Rh8 40.Qb7 Rc8 
41.Qb3 Ra8 42.Kh2 Rc8 43.Kh3 Qa5 44.Qd3 Qa2 45.f3 Rc7 46.Kh2 Qf2 47.Rf1 
Qb2 48.Re1 h4 49.Qf1 h3 50.Kxh3 Qb5 51.g4 Rc8 52.gxf5 gxf5 53.Kg3 Rg8+ 54.
Kf2 Qb8 55.f4 Qb2+ 56.Re2 Qb5 57.Qh1 Rg7 58.Qh5 Kc7 59.Rc2 Qxa6 60.Qxf5 
Rd7 61.Qe5+ Rd6 62.Qe7+ Rd7 63.Qc5 Rd6 64.Rb2 Qa4 65.g4 Qa1 66.Qb4 Rd8 67.
Qb7+ Kd6 68.Rc2 Qa4 69.Qh7 Rh8 70.Qg6+ Kd7 71.Kg3 Re8 72.Qf5+ Kd6 73.Kf3 
Re4 74.Qf8+ Re7 75.Rc1 Kd7 76.Rb1 Re8 77.Qf5+ Re6 78.g5 Qa3 79.Qf7+ Kd6 
80.Qf8+ Re7 81.Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.14"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D08"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Ngxe7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.
Nb3 Nf5 9.Qd2 a5 10.Rd1 a4 11.Nbxd4 Nfxd4 12.Nxd4 Nxe5 13.e3 Qf6 14.Be2 
Qg6 15.Rg1 Qh6 16.h3 a3 17.b3 Qf6 18.f4 Nc6 19.Nxc6 bxc6 20.Bd3 c5 21.Kf2 
Bb7 22.Rge1 Rad8 23.Qc2 Qh4+ 24.Kg1 Rfe8 25.Bf1 Rxd1 26.Qxd1 Rd8 27.Qc1 
Qg3 28.Re2 g6 29.e4 h6 30.Qxa3 Qxf4 31.Qxc5 Rd1 32.Qf2 Qc1 33.Qf6 Bc8 34.
Rf2 Be6 35.Qf4 Qb1 36.Rd2 Rxd2 37.Qxd2 Qxe4 38.Qxh6 Qc2 39.Qe3 Qxa2 40.Be2
Qb1+ 41.Kh2 Qb2 42.Bf3 Kg7 43.Kg3 Kg8 44.Bg4 Bxg4 45.hxg4 Qf6 46.g5 Qd6+ 
47.Qf4 Qd3+ 48.Kh2 Qxb3 49.Qxc7 Qe3 50.Qd8+ Kg7 51.Qd5 Kf8 52.c5 Qf4+ 53.
g3 Qf2+ 54.Kh3 Qf1+ 55.Kh4 Qe2 56.Qd8+ Kg7 57.Qd4+ Kf8 58.Kh3 Qf1+ 59.Kg4 
f5+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.14"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.a4 Bb4 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 
9.Qc2 h6 10.axb5 Bxc3 11.bxc3 cxb5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nd2 Nc6 14.Ne4 a5 15.Rd1 
Rb8 16.Rb1 Qe7 17.f4 Rd8 18.Bd2 Qa7 19.Nd6 Rxd6 20.exd6 Qd7 21.Bf3 Qxd6 
22.f5 exf5 23.Re1 Be6 24.Qc1 Nce7 25.Ra1 a4 26.Qa3 Qb6 27.Kh1 Nc6 28.Qd6 
Rd8 29.Qg3 Kh7 30.Bc1 Na5 31.Bxd5 Bxd5 32.Ba3 Qg6 33.Qh3 Be4 34.Ra2 Re8 
35.Ree2 Re6 36.Kg1 Qg5 37.Bc1 Qxc1+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.14"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 c6 7.Nc3 a6 8.e4 b5 9.
Qe2 bxc4 10.Qxc4 a5 11.Re1 Nfd7 12.Na4 Nb6 13.Nxb6 Qxb6 14.Qc3 Na6 15.Be3 
Nc7 16.Rec1 Bd7 17.Qd2 Rfb8 18.Rc2 a4 19.Bf1 Qb7 20.Bc4 Bg4 21.Ne1 Be6 22.
Nd3 a3 23.Rb1 Ra4 24.b4 Bxc4 25.Rxc4 Ne6 26.Qc2 Qb5 27.Rc1 Raa8 28.e5 dxe5
29.dxe5 Bxe5 30.Nxe5 Qxe5 31.Rxc6 Qb2 32.Rb1 Qe5 33.Qc4 Qf5 34.Rb3 Rd8 35.
Kg2 Rd1 36.Rc8+ Rxc8 37.Qxc8+ Kg7 38.Qc6 Rd5 39.Rxa3 h5 40.h4 g5 41.Bxg5 
Nxg5 42.hxg5 Qxg5 43.Re3 e6 44.a4 Rd4 45.a5 h4 46.a6 Qf5 47.Rf3 Qb1 48.Qb7
h3+ 49.Kh2 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.14"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.c3 e5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Ngf3 Bg4 7.Bc4 Bxf3 8.Qb3 
Na5 9.Qa4+ Qd7 10.Bxf7+ Kd8 11.Qxd7+ Kxd7 12.Nxf3 exd4 13.Nxd4 c5 14.Nf3 
Ke7 15.Bd5 Nf6 16.Bg5 h6 17.Bxf6+ Kxf6 18.O-O-O Bd6 19.g3 Rhe8 20.Nd2 Bf8 
21.Ne4+ Kf5 22.f3 Red8 23.h4 Nc6 24.h5 Be7 25.Rhe1 Ne5 26.Nf2 g5 27.hxg6 
1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.14"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O c6 6.d4 d5 7.b3 Ne4 8.Bb2 Nd7 
9.Nfd2 Ndf6 10.Nc3 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Be6 12.Na4 b6 13.Rac1 Qd7 14.Rfd1 Rac8 15.
Qb4 Bh3 16.Bh1 Rfd8 17.Nc3 Bh6 18.Rb1 Bf5 19.Ra1 Bc2 20.Rf1 Bd2 21.Qa3 b5 
22.Nb1 Bh6 23.Qa5 Be4 24.Bxe4 Nxe4 25.cxb5 cxb5 26.Na3 a6 27.Bc1 Bf8 28.
Nb1 Rc2 29.Qxa6 Rdc8 30.Na3 Rxe2 31.Qxb5 Qxb5 32.Nxb5 Rcc2 33.Be3 Rxa2 34.
Rxa2 Rxa2 35.Rc1 Ra8 36.Nc7 Rd8 37.f3 Nd6 38.Nxd5 Nf5 39.g4 Nxe3 40.Nxe3 
Rxd4 41.Rc3 e6 42.Nc4 Bb4 43.Rc2 Rd3 44.Kg2 Rxb3 45.Rb2 Rxb2+ 46.Nxb2 Bd6 
47.Nd3 f6 48.h3 Kf7 49.Kf2 e5 50.Ke3 Ke6 51.Ke2 f5 52.gxf5+ gxf5 53.Kf1 
Kf6 54.Kg2 Kg5 55.f4+ exf4 56.Ne1 Bc7 57.Nf3+ Kf6 58.Nh2 Ke5 59.Nf3+ Ke4 
60.Ng5+ Ke3 61.Nf3 h6 62.Ng1 Bb6 63.Nf3 Ke2 64.Nh2 Bg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.14"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d3 e5 8.e4 Bg4 
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd7 11.Bg2 a6 12.Be3 Nd4 13.Qd2 c6 14.Kh2 h5 15.Ne2 Nxe2
16.Qxe2 Nc5 17.f4 exf4 18.gxf4 Qe7 19.Rae1 a5 20.Kh1 Rfe8 21.f5 Nd7 22.Rg1
c5 23.Bf3 Ne5 24.Bxh5 Qh4 25.Bg4 Bh6 26.fxg6 fxg6 27.Bf2 Qe7 28.Bg3 Kh7 
29.Ref1 Rf8 30.Kh2 Bg5 31.Kh1 Bh6 32.Bh2 Rxf1 33.Rxf1 Rf8 34.Rxf8 Qxf8 35.
Kg2 Qf6 36.Bg3 Bg7 37.b3 b6 38.Bf2 Nc6 39.Bg3 Ne5 40.Bc8 Qf7 41.h4 Bh6 42.
Bg4 Kg7 43.Qd1 Be3 44.Be2 Qf6 45.Qh1 Qe6 46.Qh2 Kf7 47.Be1 Ke7 48.Qg3 Bh6 
49.Bc3 Bg7 50.Bg4 Qf7 51.Bh3 Qf6 52.Bg4 Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.14"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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.e4 Ng4 11.h3 Nh6 12.Be3 Qe7 13.b4 f5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 dxe5
16.b5 f4 17.gxf4 Qh4 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.f5 gxf5 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Ne4 Re6 22.
Bg5 Bxe4 23.Qd2 Rg6 24.Bxh4 Rxg2+ 25.Kf1 Bf3 26.Bg3 Rf8 27.Qg5 Nf7 28.Qe7 
Bh6 29.h4 e4 30.Re1 Bd2 31.Re2 Ba5 32.Qe6 Kg7 33.Rb1 Bb6 34.c5 Bxc5 35.Rb7
Bxe2+ 36.Kxe2 Bd4 37.Qxe4 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.14"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Scherbakov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd3 dxe4 5.Bxe4 Nf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3
Qc7 9.Nf3 c4 10.Be2 Nd5 11.Qd2 Nd7 12.a4 N7f6 13.Qg5 O-O 14.Qh4 Nxc3 15.
Ra3 Nxe2 16.Kxe2 c3 17.Rd1 b6 18.Kf1 Ba6+ 19.Kg1 Be2 20.Re1 Bxf3 21.gxf3 
Nd5 22.Re5 f5 23.Bf4 Qd8 24.Qg3 Qf6 25.Kh1 Qg6 26.Qh4 Qe8 27.Ra1 Rf6 28.
Ree1 Rg6 29.Bg5 Qf7 30.Rg1 f4 31.Rg4 Qf5 32.Rag1 Qxc2 33.Bh6 Qf5 34.Rg5 c2
35.Qh5 Rxg5 36.Bxg5 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.03.14"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 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.a3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bc5 13.Nb3 Be7 14.Rfd1 Ne5 15.Ba6
Bxa6 16.Qxa6 Qc8 17.Qb5 Qc7 18.Nd4 a6 19.Qe2 Rfc8 20.a4 Qc4 21.Be1 Bb4 22.
b3 Qxe2 23.Ndxe2 Rd8 24.Nd4 Rac8 25.Rac1 Kf8 26.Kf1 Ke8 27.Ke2 1/2-1/2

