[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8.
Qh6 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. Bg5 Rg6 11. Qh4 cxd4 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 Rxf6 14. cxd4
Bd7 15. c3 Na5 16. Ng3 Bc6 17. Rb1 a6 18. Be2 Rc8 19. O-O Rg6 20. Rfe1 Bd5 21.
Rec1 Nb3 22. Rxb3 Bxb3 23. Nxe4 Ke7 24. Nc5 Bd5 25. f3 Rgg8 26. Kf2 h6 27. g3
Rgd8 28. f4 Rd6 29. c4 b6 30. cxd5 bxc5 31. dxe6 fxe6 32. dxc5 Rdc6 33. a4 a5
34. h3 Rxc5 35. Rb1 Rc2 36. Ke3 R2c3+ 37. Kf2 Ra3 38. Rb7+ Kf6 39. Rh7 Kg6 40.
Re7 Rc6 41. Ra7 Rc5 42. Re7 Kf6 43. Rh7 Rc2 44. Rxh6+ Ke7 45. Rh5 Rxa4 46. Re5
Raa2 47. Kf3 a4 48. Bb5 a3 49. Kg4 Rab2 50. Bd3 Rc1 51. f5 a2 52. Rxe6+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 e6 8. O-O a6
9. Ng3 exd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. f4 Ne8 12. a4 f5 13. Be3 Ndf6 14. h3 b6 15. Qd2
Ra7 16. Rfe1 Re7 17. Rab1 a5 18. Re2 Nc7 19. Rbe1 Rfe8 20. Bf2 Rxe2 21. Rxe2
Rxe2 22. Bxe2 Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A51"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O b6 8. Nxe5
Bb7 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Ba6 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Re1 Bb4 13. Bd2 b5 14. Ne3 Nb6 15.
e5 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nfd5 17. Qd2 Nd7 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bb4 Re8 20. Rac1 Rc8 21.
Ba5 Qe7 22. Bf1 Nb8 23. Bb4 Qb7 24. Bd6 h6 25. a3 Rc6 26. Bxb8 Rxb8 27. Rxc6
Qxc6 28. Rc1 Qb6 29. Qb4 Bc8 30. Qe7 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "E09"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Qc2
b5 9. c5 Qc7 10. Nb3 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bf4 Nfg4 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 f6 15.
dxe5 fxe5 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bd2 Be6 18. Ba5 Qc8 19. Nd2 Rf6 20. h3 Rh6 21. Be4
Rxh3 22. Bg2 Rh6 23. Ne4 Qe8 24. Rfe1 Qh5 25. b3 Rf8 26. Rad1 Bd5 27. Re2 Qh2+
28. Kf1 Rxf2+ 29. Rxf2 Ne3+ 30. Ke2 Nxc2 31. Rh1 Nd4+ 32. Kd2 Qxh1 33. Bxh1
Rxh1 34. Nc3 Bxc5 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "E13"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. h3 O-O-O 14. Bh2 Rdg8
15. e4 h4 16. f3 Nh5 17. Re1 Nf4 18. Bf1 Qd8 19. Qc2 Rf8 20. a4 a5 21. Rab1 Rh6
22. Rb2 f5 23. exf5 exf5 24. Nb3 Re6 25. Rxe6 Nxe6 26. c5 g4 27. c6 Bxc6 28.
Nxa5 Ba8 29. Qe2 g3 30. Qxe6 Qe8 31. Qc4 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 gxh2 33. Kxh2 Qf4+ 34.
Kg1 Qe3+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Qe3+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be3 Nge7 6. c3 Nf5 7. Qd2 Nxe3 8. fxe3
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Rac1 b5 14. Bxb5 Nxe5
15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Kh1 Qb6 17. Rf2 f5 18. Rcf1 Nf6 19. Ne1 Bd6 20. Ndf3 Ne4 21.
Re2 c4 22. Nd2 Qc7 23. g4 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 fxg4 25. Rg1 h5 26. e4 Bf4 27. Re2 Rf6
28. exd5 exd5 29. Rf1 Rcf8 30. Ref2 Qe7 31. Ng2 Bg5 32. Rxf6 Rxf6 33. Rxf6 Qxf6
34. Kg1 Qe6 35. Kf1 h4 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "E21"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Qe7 7. Be2 e5 8. Qc2
Re8 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Rfe1 Bg4 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qe4 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Nc6 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Rd5 b6 19. Red1 Na5 20. h3 Rxd5
21. Rxd5 Qe7 22. Bg4 Qb7 23. Bf5 Qb8 24. Rd7 Rd8 25. Qxe5 Nxc4 26. Qxb8 Rxb8
27. Be4 Na3 28. Bd5 Rf8 29. e4 a5 30. c4 b5 31. cxb5 Nxb5 32. e5 a4 33. f4 Nd4
34. Kf2 g5 35. g3 gxf4 36. gxf4 Ne6 37. Ke3 c4 38. f5 Nc5 39. Rc7 Nd3 40. e6
fxe6 41. fxe6 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 a6 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Qb1 Rfd8
15. Bf1 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Ne2 Bh6 18. Ba3 Ng4 19. Qd3 Nde5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21.
Ng3 Qf6 22. Nh1 d4 23. Qe2 Ne5 24. exd4 cxd4 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Re1 d3 27. Qd1
Bg4 28. Qa1 d2 29. Rxe5 d1=Q 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxf6 Be2 32. Ng3 Bg7 33. Qc6 Bb5
34. Qc1 Qxc1 35. Bxc1 Re1 36. Be3 Ra1 37. a4 Bd3 38. f4 Rb1 39. Kf2 Bxf1 40.
Nxf1 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Abramian, Suren"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C05"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 b6 6. Qe2 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nc6 9. Ngf3 Nb4 10. O-O Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. Re1 a5 13. Nf1 Ba6 14. Qe3 Rc8
15. Qf4 Bd3 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Rac1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Qb8 19. Qe3 Ba6 20. Ne1 Rc8 21.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Bxc3 Nb8 24. Bd2 Nc6 25. Be3 b5 26. Nd2 b4 27. f4
a4 28. Kf2 f6 29. b3 a3 30. Ndf3 h6 31. h4 h5 32. Bd2 Kf7 33. Ke3 Kg6 34. g3
Kf5 35. Nc2 Bb5 36. Be1 Ba6 37. Bd2 Bf8 38. Nfe1 Be7 39. Kf3 Kg6 40. Ke3 Kf5
41. Kf3 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nxc1+
8. Rxc1 e6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. Na4 Nd7 13. Rhd1 Be7 14.
Nxe6 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "E35"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
a3 Be7 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfc1 a6 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. b4 Nce4 16. Qd3 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Rxc3 18. Qxc3 Qb6 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Rc8
21. f3 Kf8 22. Kf1 Bd7 23. Bd3 g6 24. Ke2 Rc3 25. Kd2 Rc8 26. Ke2 Ba4 27. g4
Ne8 28. Bxe7+ Kxe7 29. h4 Nd6 30. Kd2 Bb5 31. Bxb5 axb5 32. Kd3 Kd7 33. Nb3 Nc4
34. Nd4 Re8 35. Nc2 Ne5+ 36. Ke2 Rc8 37. Nd4 Rc3 38. Ra2 Nc4 39. Nxb5 Rxe3+ 40.
Kf2 Rd3 41. Ke2 Rb3 42. Rc2 b6 43. Ra2 Re3+ 44. Kf2 Rd3 45. Ke2 Rb3 46. Ra1
Re3+ 47. Kf2 Rd3 48. h5 d4 49. hxg6 fxg6 50. a4 Rd2+ 51. Kg3 d3 52. a5 bxa5 53.
bxa5 Rb2 54. Nc3 Rc2 55. Nd5 d2 56. Rd1 Rc1 57. Ne3 Kc6 58. Kf4 Kb5 59. Ke4 h5
60. gxh5 gxh5 61. Kd3 h4 62. Ke2 h3 63. Ng4 Rxd1 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mazel, Isaak"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A19"]
[PlyCount "22"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. f4 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e5 Ng4 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qb3
Nb4 9. a3 c4 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qd1 Qb6 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Poliak, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Bb4 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. a3 Bd6 11. Qc2 dxc4 12. bxc4 e5 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 g6 16. Qc3 f5 17. Bc2 e4 18. c5 Bc7 19. Bb3+ Kf8 20. d5 Be5 21. Nxe5
Nxe5 22. Rad1 Bd7 23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. Rd6 Rad8 25. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Budo, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D26"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Rad1 Bc6 13. Ne5 Bd5 14. Bc2
Nfd7 15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bg5 17. Qh5 h6 18. Bg3 Qc7 19. h4 Bd8 20. Rd4 Qc5
21. Rg4 f5 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Be5 Bc6 24. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilyin-Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "132"]

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. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Nc6 15.
Ne3 Be7 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nh7 18. Bg3 Ng5 19. dxe5 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 dxe5 21.
Bb3 Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Red1 Qb6 24. Qh5 Bg5 25. Ng4 Qc7 26. Rd3 Kh7 27. Rad1
Red8 28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 Qb7 30. Qg4 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Bxd8 33. h4
Qf7 34. f4 Bf6 35. Bxf6 Qxf6 36. e5 Qd8 37. Kh2 Qd5 38. a3 Kg8 39. h5 a5 40.
Kh3 Qb3+ 41. Kh4 Kf8 42. Qe2 b4 43. axb4 Qxb4 44. Kg4 Qb3 45. Qd2 Qb7 46. Kg3
Qb3+ 47. Kh2 Qc4 48. Kg3 Qb3+ 49. Kh2 Qc4 50. Kh3 Qb3+ 51. Kh2 Qc4 52. Kg1 Ke8
53. Kh2 a4 54. Qf2 Qc1 55. Qd4 Qc2 56. Kg3 Qb3+ 57. Kh2 a3 58. bxa3 Qxa3 59.
Qc4 Qe7 60. Kh3 Qd7 61. f5 Ke7 62. Qg4 Qd3+ 63. Kh2 Qxf5 64. Qxf5 exf5 65. Kg3
Kf7 66. Kf4 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Gotgilf, Solomon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "David, Gundula"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A03"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Ne5
Bd7 9. d3 Ne8 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bxg7 Nxg7 12. Qe1 Qd6 13. Nd2 e5 14. Qf2 exf4
15. exf4 Rae8 16. Rae1 Re7 17. Bg4 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 20. g3 b6
21. Bf3 Nc7 22. Bg2 Kg7 23. a4 f6 24. Qe1 Kf7 25. Qe2 Ne6 26. Nf3 Ng7 27. d4
Nf5 28. c3 Qe7 29. Qxe7+ Kxe7 30. dxc5 bxc5 31. Nd2 Kd6 32. Kf2 Ne7 33. Bf3 c4
34. bxc4 Bxa4 35. cxd5 Nxd5 36. Ne4+ Ke7 37. c4 Nb6 38. Nc3 Be8 39. Be2 Bf7 40.
c5 Nd7 41. c6 Nb6 42. Ba6 Na8 43. Bd3 Nc7 44. g4 a5 45. Bc2 Bd5 46. f5 g5 47.
Ba4 Kd6 48. Ke3 Bxc6 49. Bxc6 Kxc6 50. Ne4 Ne8 51. Kd4 a4 52. Kd3 a3 53. Kc2
Kd5 54. Nd2 Kd4 55. Kb3 Ke3 56. Nc4+ Kf3 57. Nxa3 Kxg4 58. Kc4 Kxf5 59. Kd3 Kg4
0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8.
Nxc4 O-O 9. b3 Qe7 10. Bb2 Rfd8 11. Rc1 Nb4 12. a3 Nbd5 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Bd3
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nb6 16. Rfd1 Nxc4 17. bxc4 c5 18. d5 e5 19. Qf5 Nd7 20. Qh5 e4
21. Nd2 g6 22. Qh6 Be5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. f4 Qf5 25. h3 Re8 26. Rf1 Qf6 27. Rf2
Qg7 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. g4 f5 30. Kh2 Kf7 31. Rg1 Rg8 32. Rfg2 h6 33. a4 b6 34.
Nf1 fxg4 35. hxg4 Nf6 36. Nd2 g5 37. fxg5 hxg5 38. Rf1 Rh8+ 39. Kg1 Kg6 40. Ra1
Rh4 41. Kf2 Rah8 42. Rag1 Rh2 43. Ke1 Rxg2 44. Rxg2 Rh4 45. Ke2 Kf7 46. Rg1 Ke7
47. Rf1 Rxg4 48. Rf5 Nd7 49. Kf2 Kd6 50. Rf7 a6 51. Rg7 Ne5 52. Rxg5 Rxg5 53.
Nxe4+ Kd7 54. Nxg5 Nxc4 55. Ne4 Nb2 56. a5 bxa5 57. Nxc5+ Kd6 58. Nb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Qe2 Rfc8 14. Rc2 Ne8
15. Rfc1 Bd6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Be7 18. Bg3 Bb7 19. Bb5 Qd8 20. Ba6 Qd7 21.
Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Nb5 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 a6 24. Na3 Bd6 25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Bxg3 27.
hxg3 Rb8 28. Nb1 Kf8 29. Nc3 Nf6 30. Rc7 b5 31. f3 Rb6 32. Kf2 Ne8 33. Rc5 Rd6
34. Ne2 Ke7 35. Nf4 Rd7 36. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C73"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Nxe4 8.
Re1 f5 9. dxe5 d5 10. Nd4 Bc5 11. c3 O-O 12. f3 Ng5 13. Be3 f4 14. Bf2 Bb6 15.
Nd2 c5 16. N4b3 Ne6 17. c4 d4 18. Nc1 Bb7 19. Nd3 a5 20. Qc2 Qe8 21. a3 a4 22.
b4 axb3 23. Nxb3 Bc6 24. Nd2 Qh5 25. Rf1 Ng5 26. Be1 Rae8 27. Nb3 Rf5 28. Nd2
Re6 29. h4 Nf7 30. Ne4 Nxe5 31. Ng5 Re8 32. Nb4 Bd7 33. Nd5 Ng6 34. Nh3 Rxd5
35. cxd5 Qxd5 36. Ng5 c4 37. Bf2 Bf5 38. Qa4 Ra8 39. Qd1 Bd3 40. Re1 Ba5 41.
Re4 Bb6 42. Qc1 h6 43. Nh3 Bxe4 44. fxe4 Qf7 45. h5 Ne5 46. Qxf4 Nd3 47. Qxf7+
Kxf7 48. Kf1 c3 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "192"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. c4 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. d4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Qc7 11. Qd2 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rad1
Rad8 15. Qc3+ f6 16. e4 Kg8 17. Rfe1 Ne5 18. Nd4 Qc5 19. h3 Rc8 20. Qe3 a6 21.
f4 Nc6 22. e5 fxe5 23. Nxc6 Qxe3+ 24. Rxe3 Bxc6 25. Rxe5 Kf7 26. Bxc6 dxc6 27.
Rd7 Rfe8 28. Ra7 Rcd8 29. Kf2 Rd2+ 30. Re2 Rd6 31. Rxa6 c5 32. a4 Red8 33. Ra7
R6d7 34. Rxd7 Rxd7 35. Ke3 Rd1 36. Rd2 Rb1 37. Rd3 Rb2 38. Ke4 Ke6 39. g4 Re2+
40. Kf3 Rb2 41. Re3+ Kf6 42. Ke4 e6 43. g5+ Ke7 44. Kf3 Kf7 45. Kg4 Rg2+ 46.
Rg3 Rb2 47. h4 Ke7 48. h5 Kf7 49. hxg6+ hxg6 50. Re3 Ke7 51. Kf3 Kd6 52. Ke4
Ke7 53. Rh3 Re2+ 54. Kd3 Rb2 55. Kc3 Rf2 56. Rh7+ Kd6 57. Rf7 Rf3+ 58. Kb2 Rf2+
59. Ka3 Rf1 60. Rb7 Kc6 61. Rg7 Rxf4 62. Rxg6 Kd6 63. Rg8 Rg4 64. g6 e5 65. g7
Ke7 66. Rb8 Rxg7 67. Rxb6 Rg5 68. Rb7+ Kd6 69. Rb8 e4 70. Re8 Re5 71. Rd8+ Kc6
72. Rd2 Kb6 73. Kb2 e3 74. Re2 Ka5 75. Kc3 Re8 76. Kd3 Rd8+ 77. Kc2 Re8 78. Kc3
Re7 79. Kd3 Rd7+ 80. Ke4 Re7+ 81. Kf4 Kb4 82. Rxe3 Rf7+ 83. Kg4 Rf8 84. Rf3 Re8
85. Kf4 Re7 86. Rd3 Re8 87. Kf3 Rf8+ 88. Ke2 Re8+ 89. Kd2 Rh8 90. Ke2 Re8+ 91.
Kf3 Re7 92. Kf4 Re8 93. Rh3 Re7 94. Re3 Rf7+ 95. Ke4 Re7+ 96. Kd3 Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C83"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. Bc2 Nc4 14. Qd3 g6 15.
Bh6 Nxb2 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Nd4 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. f4 c5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bxg6
hxg6 22. Qxb2 Rb8 23. Rad1 Qb6 24. Qc2 Kg7 25. Rf3 c4+ 26. Kh1 b4 27. Rg3 Rf5
28. Rxg6+ Kxg6 29. g4 Qe3 30. gxf5+ Kh6 31. Qg2 Rg8 32. Qxg8 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Qxd1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "B53"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6
8. Qd3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. Be3 Rfc8 12. a3 Na5 13. Nd2 Qc6 14. Rac1
Nc4 15. Nxc4 Qxc4 16. Bd4 Qxd3 17. cxd3 Ne8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 Rc5 20. Kf2
Rac8 21. Ke3 d5 22. exd5 Nf6 23. Kd2 Rd8 24. b4 Rc7 25. Rfe1 Rcd7 26. Re3 Nxd5
27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. Rc7 R5d7 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D39"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. e4 Bd7 8.
Qc2 h6 9. Be3 b5 10. h3 Ne7 11. Be2 a6 12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. a3 Bxc5 15.
Bxc5 Qxc5 16. e5 Nfd5 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. a4 Rb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nd4
Nc8 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Qe4 g6 24. Ra3 Kg7 25. Rg3 h5 26. Rc1 Qb6 27. Kh2 Ra8 28.
Nf3 Ra4 29. Bd1 Rb4 30. Qc2 Qa7 31. Qd2 Be8 32. Nd4 h4 33. Rg4 Qa2 34. Rc2 Qa7
35. Bf3 Qc7 36. Bxd5 Qxe5+ 37. Kg1 Ra4 38. Bc6 Ra1+ 39. Rc1 Rxc1+ 40. Qxc1 f5
41. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Abramian, Suren"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C24"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nb6 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Nc3 Kh8 14. Qf3 f5
15. g5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 17. Qg3 Qxg3+ 18. fxg3 Rae8 19. Rae1 c6 20. Kf2 Rxe5
21. Rxe5 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Ke3 g5 24. Kd4 Kg7 25. Ke5 Kg6 26. Ne2 Bd7 27.
Ng1 h5 28. c4 c5 29. d4 cxd4 30. Kxd4 Na4 31. Bxa4 Bxa4 32. Ke5 Bd1 33. b4 a6
34. c5 h4 35. gxh4 gxh4 36. Kf4 Kf6 37. a4 Ke6 38. b5 a5 39. c6 bxc6 40. bxc6
Kd6 41. Kxf5 Kxc6 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. Bc4 Nbd7 7. O-O Nh5 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Bf6 10. g4 Ng7 11. g5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Nb6 13. Bxf6 exf6 14. Be2 Bh3
15. Re1 Ne6 16. Kh1 Kg7 17. Rg1 Rh8 18. Rg3 Rh6 19. Ng1 Qh8 20. Nxh3 Rxh3 21.
Qg1 Rh6 22. f4 f5 23. Bd3 Kf8 24. c4 Re8 25. Nf3 Nd7 26. Re1 Nf6 27. Re2 Ng4
28. Kg2 c5 29. d5 Ng7 30. Kh1 Nh5 31. Rgg2 Nhf6 32. Ng5 Nh7 33. Nxh7+ Rxh7 34.
e4 fxe4 35. Rxe4 Rxe4 36. Bxe4 Nf6 37. Bc2 Rh4 38. Qf2 Qh6 39. f5 g5 40. Qg3
Ng4 41. Bd1 Ne5 42. Be2 Rh3 43. Qe1 b6 44. Kg1 Ke7 45. Bg4 Kf6 46. Qe2 Rd3 47.
b3 Qh4 48. h3 Rd4 49. a3 Rd3 50. b4 Rxa3 51. bxc5 bxc5 52. Qb2 Qe1+ 53. Kh2
Rxh3+ 54. Bxh3 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Qd2 Na5 11. Bh6 Rc8 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Rad1 Nc4 14. Bxc4
Bxc4 15. Rfe1 Qb6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 e6 18. Re3 Bxd5 19. Rh3 Rh8 20. Qh6+
Kg8 21. Re3 Qa6 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Nd4 Qc4 24. Nf5 gxf5 25. Rg3+ Qg4 26. Rxg4+
fxg4 27. c3 Re8 28. g3 Re6 29. Qg5+ Rg6 30. Qxd5 h5 31. Qxb7 h4 32. gxh4 Rxh4
33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Qxa7 Rgh6 35. Qd4+ Kf8 36. Qe4 Rxh2 37. Qxg4 Rh1+ 38. Kg2 Rb1
39. Qb4 Rg6+ 40. Kf3 Re1 41. Qd4 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mazel, Isaak"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bb2 d5 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Nce5 Qb6
15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qd4 Qb7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qe5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 h6 20. Rc1 b4
21. h3 Bd5 22. Ne1 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 Bxg2 24. Nxg2 Ne4 25. Nf4 Bd6 26. Qd4 Bc5 27.
Qd8+ Kh7 28. e3 Bd6 29. Bb2 Qc6 30. f3 Ng5 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Nh5+ Kh7 33. Qf6
Be5 34. Qe7 Qxf3 35. h4 Qxe3+ 36. Kg2 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poliak, Abram"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 Nd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Ngf6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Ne5 N6d7 14. Nf3 Ng6
15. Rab1 Ndf8 16. b4 Qf6 17. Kh2 Nh4 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. Bf5 Nd7 20. b5 Nb6 21.
bxc6 bxc6 22. Bxc8 Raxc8 23. Na4 Nc4 24. Rb7 Qf6 25. Qd3 Re7 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27.
Rb1 g6 28. Nc5 Qc7+ 29. g3 Qa5 30. Qe2 Nd6 31. Kg2 Qc7 32. Qa6 Re8 33. Rb3 Kg7
34. Nb7 Nc4 35. Qxa7 Qe7 36. Qc5 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 Ra8 38. Nd6 Qf3 39. e4 Qd1+ 40.
Kh2 Qe2 41. Kg2 Nd2 42. Qc1 Rxa2 43. Rb7 Qf3+ 44. Kg1 Nb3 45. Nf5+ Qxf5 46. Qe3
Qxh3 47. Rxf7+ Kxf7 48. Qf4+ Ke7 49. Qc7+ Qd7 50. Qe5+ Kd8 51. Qb8+ Qc8 52.
Qxb3 Ra1+ 53. Kg2 Qa6 54. Qb8+ Kd7 55. Kh2 Ra2 56. Qf8 Qf1 57. Qf7+ Kc8 58.
Qe6+ Kb7 59. Qd7+ Kb6 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Black "Budo, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "B16"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Ne2 e6 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. c4 Nd7 12. c5 Be7 13. O-O-O b6 14. Qc3 bxc5
15. dxc5 Qe5 16. Bd4 Qg5+ 17. Be3 Qe5 18. Bd4 Qg5+ 19. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Black "Ilyin-Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 f5 10. Qe2 Kh8 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Be7 14. Bb2 Bf6 15.
Rfd1 Qb3 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bc4 Qa4 18. Bb5 Qb3 19. Rd3 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Black "Gotgilf, Solomon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "David, Gundula"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A02"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. fxe5
Ng4 9. c4 Ndxe5 10. Nc3 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Qh4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. Qe1 Qxe1 14. Raxe1
Bd7 15. Nd1 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 f5 17. Rc1 b6 18. Nd3 Rfe8 19. Nf4 c6 20. Rc3 Rad8
21. b4 g5 22. Nh3 h6 23. Rfc1 Re7 24. Ra3 Be8 25. Kf2 Kg7 26. Ng1 c5 27. Rb3 d5
28. bxc5 dxc4 29. Rb2 b5 30. Ne2 Rd5 31. a4 a6 32. axb5 axb5 33. Nd4 Rxc5 34.
Rcb1 Ree5 35. Ra2 Rc7 36. Ra6 Rb7 37. Rb4 Bd7 38. Ra1 Rc5 39. h4 c3 40. hxg5
hxg5 41. d3 Rcc7 42. Ne2 c2 43. Rc1 Ra7 44. Nd4 Ra3 45. Ke2 Rc5 46. Rxc2 Rxc2+
47. Nxc2 Ra2 48. Kd2 Kg6 49. Kc3 Kh5 50. Rd4 Be8 51. Rd8 Bg6 52. Rb8 Kh4 53.
Rxb5 g4 54. Rb6 Be8 55. Nd4 Rxg2 56. Nxf5+ Kg5 57. e4 Rf2 58. Kd4 Bd7 59. Ne3
g3 60. Rb7 Be8 61. Rb1 Kf4 62. Rb8 Bg6 63. Rf8+ Kg5 64. Rxf2 gxf2 65. Ke5 Be8
66. d4 Bb5 67. d5 Kg6 68. Kd6 Kg5 69. Kc5 Kf4 70. Kd4 f1=Q 71. Nxf1 Bxf1 72. e5
Kf5 73. e6 Kf6 74. Kc5 Ke7 75. d6+ Kxe6 76. Kc6 Bb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D67"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 N5f6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. O-O e5 14. dxe5
Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rd4 Qf7 20. Rf4
Qe7 21. Rd1 Rad8 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. g3 Qd7 25. Qa3+ Kf7 26. Qxa7
Qd1+ 27. Kg2 Qd5+ 28. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D68"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. Qc2 exd4 14. exd4
Nb6 15. Re1 Qf6 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rce3 Rae8 19. Re5 h6 20. Qb3 Nd5
21. Qxb7 Nf4 22. Qxc6 Nd3 23. Rxe6 Nxe1 24. Rxf6 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Re1+ 26. Kg2
Rxf6 27. Qc2 Re7 28. Qc5 Kf7 29. Qc4+ Kf8 30. Qc8+ Kf7 31. Qc4+ Kf8 32. Qc8+
Kf7 33. Qc4+ Kf8 34. Qc5 Kf7 35. Qc4+ Kf8 36. Qc8+ Kf7 37. Qc4+ Kf8 38. Qc8+
Kf7 39. Qd8 Rg6+ 40. Kf1 Rb6 41. b3 Rbb7 42. Qd5+ Kf8 43. a4 Rbd7 44. Qc5 Rc7
45. Qd6 Rd7 46. Qc5 Rc7 47. Qf5+ Rf7 48. Qb5 Ke7 49. Qe5+ Kd7 50. b4 Rf6 51.
Qb5+ Kc8 52. Qe8+ Kb7 53. b5 a6 54. Qe4+ Kb6 55. Qa8 Ka5 56. Qd8 Rf7 57. d5 Rd7
58. Qa8 Kxa4 59. bxa6 Ka5 60. d6 Rc1+ 61. Kg2 Kb6 62. Qe8 Rxd6 63. a7 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Qe7 8. e3
b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 a5 14. Rac1
Rfe8 15. Qb3 e5 16. Qb5 Re7 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Qd7 Re7 20. Qb5 a4
21. Qb4 Re5 22. Bf1 Qg6 23. Qd2 Rae8 24. Rc3 Bf3 25. Re1 Rh5 26. e4 Bxe4 27.
Rg3 Rg5 28. Rxg5 Qxg5 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. f3 Bc6 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. Kf2 Kf8 33.
Ke3 Ke7 34. Kd4 Ke6 35. Bd3 c5+ 36. Kc3 d5 37. cxd5+ Kxd5 38. Be4+ Kd6 39. Bc2
Bc6 40. Bd1 f5 41. a3 Bb5 42. Bc2 Ke5 43. g3 Be2 44. Bxa4 Bxf3 45. b4 cxb4+ 46.
axb4 f4 47. Bd7 Ke4 48. Kd2 Kd4 49. b5 Bh5 50. h3 fxg3 51. Bc6 Bf7 52. Ke2 Be6
53. Kf3 Bxh3 54. Kxg3 Be6 55. Be8 Kc5 56. Kf3 Bc4 57. Kg4 Bxb5 58. Bg6 Kd4 59.
Kxg5 Bd3 60. Be8 Kc4 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 b6 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Qc2 h6 13. e4 Bg4 14. exd5 Bxf3
15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Bc4 Qe5 18. Be3 Rad8 19. Rac1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 e6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bf6 11. Qc2 g6 12. Rd1 cxd4 13. exd4 Bd7 14. Bh6 Re8
15. Rab1 Qc7 16. Ng5 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ne4 Ne7 19. Qb2 b6 20. c4 Ng8 21. c5
bxc5 22. dxc5+ e5 23. Nd6 Re7 24. Qc3 Bc6 25. Re1 f6 26. h4 Nh6 27. h5 Nf7 28.
Be4 Bxe4 29. Nxe4 f5 30. Nd6 Rb8 31. h6+ Kxh6 32. Rxb8 Qxb8 33. Nxf7+ Rxf7 34.
Rxe5 f4 35. Re1 Qc7 36. c6 f3 37. Re4 Qd8 38. Qe3+ Kg7 39. Qd4+ Qxd4 40. Rxd4
Rf6 41. Rc4 Rf8 42. c7 Rc8 43. g4 Kf6 44. Kh2 Ke7 45. Kg3 Kd7 46. Kxf3 Rxc7 47.
Rxc7+ Kxc7 48. Kf4 h6 49. Ke5 h5 50. gxh5 gxh5 51. a4 a5 52. Kf5 Kd6 53. Kg5
Ke5 54. f3 Ke6 55. f4 h4 56. Kxh4 Kf6 57. Kg3 Kg6 58. Kf3 Kf6 59. Ke4 Ke6 60.
Kd4 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd5 e5 6. e4 Nxd5 7. cxd5 Bb4+ 8.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Qd6 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qg5 f6 13. Qg3 Qb4 14. Rfc1
Nc5 15. a3 Qb6 16. Re1 a5 17. b3 Bd7 18. Nh4 Qd6 19. a4 Rac8 20. Rad1 Nxa4 21.
Rxd4 Qb4 22. Rdd1 Nb2 23. Rb1 Nxc4 24. bxc4 Qxc4 25. h3 b5 26. Qa3 Qc3 27. Qa2
a4 28. Nf5 Bxf5 29. exf5 Qc4 30. Qd2 Rfd8 31. Rbc1 Qd4 32. Qa5 Qxd5 33. Rb1 Rb8
34. Rec1 Rd7 35. Qa6 e4 36. g4 Qe5 37. Rc8+ Rd8 38. Rxd8+ Rxd8 39. Rxb5 Qd4 40.
Qb7 Kh8 41. Qe7 e3 42. Qxe3 Qxe3 43. fxe3 Ra8 44. Rb2 a3 45. Ra2 Kg8 46. Kf2
Kf7 47. Kf3 Ra4 48. e4 Ke7 49. g5 Kd6 50. g6 h6 51. Kg2 Ke5 52. Kf3 Kd4 53. Ra1
a2 54. Rd1+ Kc3 55. e5 fxe5 56. f6 Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Abramian, Suren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qb3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. Qa3 b6 13. dxc5 Bb7 14. Bb5 Rc8
15. Rc1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nd7 17. c6 Qxa3 18. bxa3 Nc5 19. Ke2 f5 20. e4 fxe4 21.
fxe4 a6 22. Bc4 Rxc6 23. Ke3 Rac8 24. Rhd1 Kf8 25. Be2 b5 26. Rc2 Na4 27. Rd8+
Rxd8 28. Rxc6 Ke7 29. Rxa6 Nc3 30. Bg4 Rd6 31. Rxd6 Kxd6 32. Kd4 Nxa2 33. e5+
Kd7 34. Kc5 Nc3 35. Kb4 Ne4 36. f4 Nf2 37. Be2 Nh3 38. Bxb5+ Kc7 39. f5 exf5
40. Kc5 Nf4 41. Bc4 g5 42. a4 g4 43. a5 Ng6 44. e6 f4 45. Bd3 g3 46. Be4 Kb8
47. h4 Ka7 48. h5 Ne7 49. Kd6 Ng8 50. e7 Nf6 51. Ke5 Ne8 52. Kxf4 Ka6 53. Kxg3
Nf6 54. Bg6 Kxa5 55. e8=Q Nxe8 56. Bxe8 Kb6 57. Kf4 Kc7 58. Kf5 Kd8 59. Ba4 Ke7
60. Kg6 Kf8 61. Bb3 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nxc5 7. b4 Ncd7 8. a3
a5 9. b5 Nc5 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Be3 Nb6 12. a4 Bd7 13. Qd4 Rc8 14. Be2 Be7 15.
O-O O-O 16. Kh1 f5 17. Nd1 Be8 18. Ra2 Ncd7 19. Qa1 Nc4 20. Bd4 Bh5 21. Ne3
Nxe3 22. Bxe3 Nb6 23. Qe1 Nc4 24. Bd4 Qc7 25. Ng1 Bxe2 26. Nxe2 Bc5 27. Rf3
Rfe8 28. Rd3 Bb4 29. c3 Bf8 30. g4 Qf7 31. Qg1 Qg6 32. g5 Qf7 33. Ng3 Rc7 34.
Rg2 Rec8 35. Ra2 Bc5 36. Ne2 Nb6 37. Rg3 Qg6 38. Bxc5 Rxc5 39. Ra3 Nd7 40. Nd4
Rc4 41. Qd1 Nc5 42. Rh3 Ne4 43. Qe1 h6 44. gxh6 Rxd4 45. Ra2 Qg4 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Qe2 b6 9. Nxf6+ Nxf6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rad1 h6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. Ba6
Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 c6 18. c4 Nf6 19. Rd3 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rd7
21. Qa4 Rc8 22. h3 Ne4 23. Qc2 Rcd8 24. Re1 Ng5 25. h4 Nh7 26. Rg3 Nf6 27. Qe2
Ne8 28. Qh5 f6 29. Bf4 Rxd4 30. Qxh6 Rxc4 31. Be3 Qb4 32. Rf1 Rxh4 33. Qg6 Qe4
34. Rc1 Qxg6 35. Rxg6 c5 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Mazel, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. Rac1 cxd4 13. exd4 dxc4 14. bxc4 Qc7
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Nf1 Rfd8 18. Bb1 Nc5 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rc3 g6
21. Rh3 Qc6 22. Ne3 Ne4 23. Qe1 Nd2 24. Rg3 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Qxc4 26. h3 Qd5 27.
Kh2 Qd1 28. Qxd1 Rxd1 29. Bc2 Rd2 30. Rc3 Rxf2 31. Kg1 Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 Bc5 33.
Bc1 Rg1+ 34. Ke2 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Poliak, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Bd3 g6
15. a5 Rab8 16. axb6 axb6 17. Rfb1 Ra8 18. Nd2 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Ra8 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8
21. Qa4 Qd8 22. Be4 Qc8 23. Qa3 Bb7 24. Qe7 c5 25. h4 cxd4 26. exd4 Ba6 27. d5
Ne5 28. Qb4 exd5 29. Bxd5 Qc5 30. Qxc5 bxc5 31. Ne4 c4 32. Nd6 Kf8 33. f4 Nd3
34. g3 Nb2 35. Nxf7 Nd1 36. Ne5 Nxc3 37. Bxc4 Bxc4 38. Nxc4 Ne4 39. g4 h6 40.
Kg2 Nf6 41. Kf3 Kg7 42. f5 gxf5 43. gxf5 Nd7 44. Kf4 Nc5 45. Ne5 h5 46. Nc6 Kh6
47. Ke5 Kg7 48. Kf4 Kh6 49. Ke5 Kg7 50. Nb4 Kh6 51. Nd5 Kg7 52. Nf4 Nd7+ 53.
Ke6 Nf6 54. Ke7 Ng8+ 55. Ke6 Nf6 56. Nd5 Nh7 57. Ke7 Nf8 58. f6+ Kg8 59. Nf4
Nh7 60. Ne6 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Budo, Alexander"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 cxd4 4. Nf3 e5 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 dxc3 7. Nxc3 Nf6 8. e4
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 d6 11. Nh2 Be6 12. f4 Qd7 13. f5 Bc4 14. Rf2 d5 15. exd5
Nd4 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 f6 18. b3 Ba6 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qxd4 Bd6 21. Rf3 Rac8
22. Kh2 Be5 23. Qd2 Qc7 24. Rc1 Qa5 25. Rc2 Rc5 26. d6 Rd8 27. Ne4 Qxd2 28.
Rxd2 Rc1 29. Rff2 Bb5 30. Rc2 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Bd3 32. Rc7 Bxe4 33. Bxe4 Rxd6 34.
Rxb7 h5 35. Kg2 Rd2+ 36. Kf3 Rxa2 37. Bd5+ Kh7 38. Bf7 Rc2 39. Bxh5 Rc3+ 40.
Ke4 Bxg3 41. Bg6+ Kh6 42. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Ilyin-Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Nbd2 Be7 8.
Nxc4 O-O 9. b3 Nb4 10. Bb2 c5 11. Nfe5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 b5 13. a3 bxc4 14. axb4
cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxb4 16. Nc6 Qd6 17. Qxc4 a5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Qg4+
Kh8 21. Nxb4 axb4 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Qf3 Re8 24. Qxf6+ Kg8 25. h4 Qc3 26. Rd4
Qxb3 27. Qg5+ Kf8 28. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Gotgilf, Solomon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "David, Gundula"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "E85"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Ne7 8. Qd2 O-O
9. Nge2 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. O-O-O d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. exd5 Nf5 14. Ng3 Nxe3
15. Qxe3 Qa5 16. Nge4 Nd7 17. Nd2 Rb8 18. Nb3 Qb4 19. Qe4 Qe7 20. f4 Bh6 21. g3
Qf6 22. Ne2 a5 23. Rd2 Rb4 24. Qe3 a4 25. Na1 Ba6 26. Kd1 Bxe2+ 27. Qxe2 exf4
28. gxf4 Qxf4 29. Bg2 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Qxc3 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Be2 c5
15. Qa3 e5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Rcd1 g6 20. Qc3 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 Rxd2 22. Qxd2 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Qh4 24. Qd5 Rf8 25. Kg2 e4 26. Rd4 Re8 27. Bc4
exf3+ 28. Qxf3 Qg5+ 29. Kf1 Ne6 30. Rd7 Re7 31. Bxe6 Qb5+ 32. Qe2 Qxe2+ 33.
Kxe2 Rxe6 34. Kd3 Rf6 35. f4 Rf5 36. Kc4 Rc5+ 37. Kb3 Rb5+ 38. Kc3 Rc5+ 39. Kb3
Rb5+ 40. Kc2 Rc5+ 41. Kb3 Rb5+ 42. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 a6 8. a4 e6 9.
dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bf4 Ne8 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. Ne2 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Nb4 15.
Qd2 Be5 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bh6 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. O-O Qc7 20. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Ng3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8.
Bc4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. d4 Nbd7 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 g6 16. Bh6 Rfe8 17. h4 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Qf3 c5 20. h5 cxd4 21.
cxd4 Qb6 22. Qf4 Rac8 23. Rac1 Qa5 24. h6 Qb4 25. Qe3 Rfd8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. d5
exd5 28. Bf5 d4 29. Qe7 Qxe7 30. Rxe7 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Nf8 32. Bd3 Ne6 33. Re8+ Nf8
34. Re7 Ne6 35. Re8+ Nf8 36. Rd8 Rd1 37. Bc4 Rd2 38. Kg3 Rxb2 39. Rxd4 Rb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "E37"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Nd2 Nd4 11. Qd3 e5 12. b4 Qa4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qd1
Nc2+ 15. Kd2 e3+ 16. Kc3 Bf5 17. Bxe3 Rd8 18. Bd2 Qd7 19. Ra2 Qd4+ 20. Kb3 Qxd2
21. Qxd2 Rxd2 22. Kc3 Rd1 23. Rxc2 Bxc2 24. Kxc2 Re1 25. g3 Ke7 26. Kd2 Ra1 27.
Bg2 Rd8+ 28. Kc3 Ra2 29. Bxb7 Rxe2 30. Bd5 Rxf2 31. b5 f5 32. a4 Ra2 33. Kb3
Rd2 34. b6 axb6 35. cxb6 Rb8 36. a5 Kd6 37. Ra1 e4 38. Kc3 Rd3+ 39. Kc2 Kc5 40.
a6 Kxb6 41. a7 Rc8 42. a8=Q Rxa8 43. Rxa8 h5 44. Rh8 g6 45. Rg8 Kc5 46. Rxg6
Kd4 47. Bf7 Rc3+ 48. Kb2 Rf3 49. Rd6+ Ke5 50. c5 h4 51. Re6+ Kd4 52. c6 hxg3
53. hxg3 Rf2+ 54. Kb3 Rf3+ 55. Kb4 Rf1 56. c7 Rc1 57. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Abramian, Suren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D39"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Nxd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 fxg5 13. Nxc6 bxc6
14. Bxc4 Qc7 15. Rd2 Rd8 16. Rhd1 Ke7 17. Bb3 Bc8 18. g3 c5 19. Qc4 h6 20. f4
gxf4 21. gxf4 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Rd8 23. Re2 Kf8 24. Re5 Rd5 25. Qe2 Rxe5 26. fxe5
Qe7 27. Kb2 Qg5 28. Bc2 Bb7 29. Qb5 Qe7 30. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "B18"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 Nd7 7. Nf4 Ngf6 8.
Bc4 e5 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. dxe5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qxe5 13. O-O-O Qxe2 14.
Bxe2 Bc5 15. f4 Kf8 16. Bf3 Re8 17. Kb1 Nb6 18. f5 Nbd5 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Bxd5
Nxd5 21. c4 Nf6 22. Bg5 Kf7 23. h3 Re5 24. Bf4 Re7 25. Rhf1 Rhe8 26. Kc2 Re6
27. Rf3 Re1 28. Bd2 R1e6 29. Bc3 Re3 30. Rdf1 Rxf3 31. Rxf3 a6 32. Kd3 Rd8+ 33.
Ke2 Re8+ 34. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D01"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. f3 Nbd7 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 h6 7. Bh4 N7b6 8.
exf5 Ne3 9. Qe2 Qxd4 10. Bf2 Qxb2 11. Qb5+ Qxb5 12. Bxb5+ c6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14.
Bxe3 Nd5 15. Bd2 e6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Ne2 Bc5 18. Ng3 Nf6 19. Ke2 O-O 20. Rab1
Rf7 21. Bb4 Bb6 22. Rhe1 Rd8 23. Rbd1 Rfd7 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Kxd1
Nd5 27. Bd2 Bc7 28. Ke2 Kf7 29. Kd3 Ke7 30. c4 Nf4+ 31. Bxf4 Bxf4 32. Nf1 Kd6
33. g3 Bc1 34. Kc2 Bg5 35. f4 Bf6 36. Nd2 Kc5 37. Kd3 Kb4 38. Ne4 Bb2 39. Nd6
a5 40. Nb7 Bf6 41. a3+ Ka4 42. h4 h5 43. c5 g6 44. Kc4 e5 45. fxe5 Bxe5 46. Nd8
Bxg3 47. Nxc6 Bxh4 48. Ne5 Bd8 49. Nxg6 h4 50. Nf4 Bc7 51. Nh3 Kxa3 52. c6 Kb2
53. Nf2 Kc2 54. Kd4 a4 55. Ke3 a3 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mazel, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nc3 f5 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. Bd3 Ne4 8. Ne5
Bxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. f4 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qh6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Be2 O-O 14. b3 c5 15.
Ba3 a5 16. O-O b6 17. Rad1 a4 18. Bb2 g5 19. Rd6 Rf7 20. bxa4 Rg7 21. Qb3 Nf8
22. Rxb6 Qg6 23. Rd1 Bd7 24. a5 Rxa5 25. Rb8 Rf7 26. Qb6 Rxa2 27. Qxc5 Kg7 28.
Rd2 Ba4 29. Rdd8 Nd7 30. Rg8+ Kh6 31. Rxg6+ hxg6 32. Qc7 Nxb8 33. Qxf7 Rxb2 34.
fxg5+ Kxg5 35. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Poliak, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Rc1 a6 13. Nc3 Qd6 14. Na4 e5
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Be2 Bb5 17. Nc3 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Bc6 19. Qd4 Rfe8 20. Rfd1 Rad8
21. b4 Qd7 22. Ra1 Qh3 23. Kh1 Rd6 24. Rg1 Red8 25. Rg5 g6 26. a4 Qh6 27. Rag1
Qg7 28. b5 Be8 29. Bd3 h6 30. Re5 Bd7 31. Ne2 axb5 32. axb5 Nh7 33. Rxd5 Rxd5
34. Qxd5 b6 35. Rxg6 Nf6 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qd6 Ra8 38. Kg2 Ra4 39. Nf4 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Budo, Alexander"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D59"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nc3 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Bd3 c5 13. O-O c4 14. Bb1 Nd7
15. Qc2 f5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 b5 18. f4 Qc5 19. Qf2 b4 20. g4 g6 21. h4 Rad8
22. Rcd1 Rd7 23. Kh2 Rg7 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Rg1 Rf7 26. h5 Qf8 27. Bc2 Rxg1 28.
Rxg1+ Rg7 29. Qh4 Rxg1 30. Kxg1 Kh7 31. Kf2 a5 32. Qh3 Kh8 33. b3 Kh7 34. Ke2
Kh8 35. bxc4 dxc4 36. e4 b3 37. axb3 cxb3 38. Bd3 b2 39. exf5 Bc4 40. Kf2 Qc5+
41. Ke1 Bxd3 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ilyin-Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A97"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1
Nc6 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 e5 11. d5 Nd8 12. Nfg5 Bf5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ne4 Be7
15. Bd2 Qg6 16. b4 Nf7 17. Qc1 Qh5 18. c5 Rac8 19. Be3 Bh3 20. Qa3 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Nh8 22. Bd2 Ng6 23. h3 b6 24. Rac1 dxc5 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Rc3 Bd6 27. Qa6
Rcd8 28. Qd3 Rd7 29. Be3 Nf4+ 30. gxf4 exf4 31. Bxf4 Rxf4 32. Nxc5 Rdf7 33.
Re8+ Bf8 34. Ne4 Rf3 35. Qd2 Qxh3+ 36. Kg1 Rxc3 37. Nxc3 Rf6 38. Ne4 Rg6+ 39.
Ng3 Kf7 40. Re3 Bd6 41. Rf3+ Kg8 42. Qd3 Rg5 43. Re3 Qd7 44. Qb3 h5 45. Kf1
Bxg3 46. Rxg3 Rxg3 47. fxg3 Qf7+ 48. Kg2 g5 49. Kg1 Kg7 50. Qb7 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gotgilf, Solomon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "David, Gundula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "E85"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. h4 c5 10. Qd2 a6 11. g4 h5 12. Ng3 hxg4 13. h5 gxh5 14. Qh2 Ng6 15. Nxh5
Nxh5 16. Qxh5 Re8 17. fxg4 Nf4 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. O-O-O Qg5 20. Rd2 Ke7 21. Bxf4
exf4 22. Rh5 Qg6 23. Qxg6 fxg6 24. Rh7 Kf8 25. g5 Kg8 26. Rh4 Rf8 27. Na4 f3
28. Nb6 Rb8 29. Rdh2 Be5 30. Rh1 Rf4 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 32. Rh6 Kf7 33. Bh3 f2 34.
Be6+ Kg7 35. Rh7+ Kf8 36. Rf1 Rb8 37. b3 b5 38. cxb5 axb5 39. Kd2 Ra8 40. Ke3
Rxa2 41. Rc7 Ra8 42. Rxf2 Rxf2 43. Kxf2 Rb8 44. Ke2 c4 45. bxc4 b4 46. Kd3 b3
47. Rc8+ Rxc8 48. Bxc8 Ke7 49. Bg4 Bf4 50. Kc3 Bxg5 51. e5 Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qd3
a6 9. e4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qe2 b4 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Be3 a5 15.
Rfc1 Ba6 16. Qd1 Nb6 17. Nd2 Qd7 18. Bf1 Bxf1 19. Qxf1 Na4 20. Rc2 f6 21. exf6
Bxf6 22. Rac1 e5 23. Nb3 e4 24. Rc7 Qf5 25. R1c2 Nb6 26. Nd2 Bg5 27. Qe2 Rf6
28. Bxg5 Qxg5 29. R2c6 Raf8 30. Rxf6 Qxf6 31. Qe3 Nc8 32. Rc5 Ne7 33. Rxa5 Nf5
34. Qb3 Ne7 35. Qe3 Nf5 36. Qb3 Ne7 37. Qe3 Nf5 38. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd6 9. Nde2 Ne7 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 Bd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Rd3 Rhf8 14.
Rhd1 c5 15. Nfd5 Nc6 16. Na4 Ne5 17. R3d2 Rfe8 18. Nxc5 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d5 Nb8 7. h3 c6 8. dxc6
bxc6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Rd1 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Nfd7 13. Qe2 Qc8 14. Bg5 f6
15. Be3 Qa6 16. Rd3 Qc4 17. Nh4 g6 18. Bh6 Rd8 19. Nf5 Qe6 20. Rg3 Nf8 21. Rd1
Rd7 22. h4 a5 23. h5 g5 24. Na4 Raa7 25. c4 c5 26. Nb6 Rd8 27. Nd5 Nc6 28. Qg4
Rdd7 29. Rf3 Bd8 30. Qg3 Rf7 31. Bxf8 Rxf8 32. Rb3 Kh8 33. Qf3 Raf7 34. g4 Re8
35. Qd3 Nd4 36. Rb8 Ra7 37. f3 Nc6 38. Rb3 a4 39. Rb5 Nd4 40. Rb8 Nc6 41. Rb5
Nd4 42. Nxd4 exd4 43. Rb8 Ba5 44. Rb5 Bd8 45. a3 Kg7 46. Rb1 Kh6 47. b3 axb3
48. R5xb3 Qe5 49. Kg2 Ba5 50. Rb7 Rxb7 51. Rxb7 f5 52. exf5 Be1 53. f4 gxf4 54.
f6 f3+ 55. Qxf3 Bh4 56. f7 Rf8 57. Nf4 Kg7 58. a4 Bg5 59. Nh3 Bd8 60. g5 Bxg5
61. a5 d5 62. a6 dxc4 63. a7 Bf6 64. Qg4+ Kh8 65. Qg8+ Rxg8+ 66. fxg8=Q+ Kxg8
67. a8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qc7 8.
Nf3 Bd7 9. Bd3 Ba4 10. O-O Nd7 11. Ng5 Nb6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 h6 14. Bd2 Ne7
15. Bb4 Nf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Qh5 Qd7 18. Rac1 Nc4 19. g4 a5 20. Bd6 f4 21. Nh3
f3 22. Ng5 Nxd6 23. exd6 Bb5 24. Nxf3 O-O-O 25. c4 Bxc4 26. Ne5 Qxd6 27. Nxf7
Qf4 28. Nxh8 Rxh8 29. Rfe1 Rf8 30. Qh4 Kd7 31. Rcd1 h5 32. Qg3 Qxg3+ 33. fxg3
hxg4 34. Rd2 b5 35. Rf2 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Bd3 37. Ke3 Bf5 38. Rc1 b4 39. axb4 axb4
40. Kd2 Kd6 41. Ra1 Kc6 42. Ra5 Kb6 43. Rc5 Be4 44. Rc8 Kb5 45. Kc1 b3 46. Kb2
Kb4 47. Rc6 Bf5 48. Ra6 Kc4 49. Ra4+ Kd3 50. Kxb3 Be4 51. Rb4 Bf3 52. Kb2 Be4
53. Kc1 Kc3 54. Ra4 Bf5 55. Ra3+ Kxd4 56. Kd2 Ke4 57. Re3+ Kd4 58. Ra3 Ke4 59.
Re3+ Kd4 60. Ra3 Ke5 61. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Black "Abramian, Suren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "E85"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2
a6 9. d5 Na5 10. Ng3 c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Rd1 Nb7 13. c5 dxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Bc4 Nb7 18. Kf2 Nd6 19. Be2 Nb5 20. Rc1 Nd4 21. Nxc5
Bf8 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Nd3 c5 24. e5 Bb7 25. f4 Re8 26. b4 cxb4 27. Rc7 Bc8 28.
Ne4 Rd8 29. Bd1 a5 30. Bb3 Be7 31. Ra7 Kf8 32. g4 a4 33. Bxa4 Nb6 34. Bd1 Be6
35. Nec5 Bc4 36. Bb3 Bxc5 37. Nxc5 d3 38. Bxc4 Nxc4 39. e6 Rd4 40. Rxf7+ Ke8
41. Rd7 Rxf4+ 42. Kg3 g5 43. Na6 Re4 44. Nc7+ Kf8 45. Rxd3 Ne5 46. Rd8+ Ke7 47.
Re8+ Kd6 48. Nb5+ Kc6 49. Rc8+ Kxb5 50. e7 Re3+ 51. Kg2 Nxg4 52. e8=Q+ Rxe8 53.
Rxe8 Ka4 54. Re6 Ka3 55. h3 Kxa2 56. hxg4 b3 57. Ra6+ Kb1 58. Rh6 b2 59. Rxh7
Kc2 60. Rc7+ Kd2 61. Rb7 Kc2 62. Kf3 b1=Q 63. Rxb1 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "E06"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. d4 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c4 b5 8. cxb5
cxb5 9. Nb3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Rc1 Ne8 12. Ne1 Nd6 13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. Nd3 Qb6
15. Ndc5 Nf6 16. Qd2 b4 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. Nc5 Qb6 19. Rc2 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Rc7 21.
Nb3 Rfc8 22. e3 h6 23. Bf1 a5 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Qd1 Nd7 26. Rxc7 Bxc7 27. Qc2
Nb8 28. Bb5 Kf8 29. Qc5+ Qxc5 30. Nxc5 Ke7 31. Kf1 Bb6 32. Nd3 Kd6 33. Ke2 f6
34. f4 Nc6 35. Bxc6 Kxc6 36. g4 g5 37. h3 gxf4 38. Nxf4 e5 39. Nh5 exd4 40.
Nxf6 dxe3 41. b3 Kd6 42. Ng8 Ke5 43. Nxh6 d4 44. Nf5 Kf4 45. Nd6 Bc7 46. Nc4
Ke4 47. Nb2 Bd8 48. Nd3 Be7 49. Ne1 Bg5 50. Nd3 Be7 51. Ne1 Bf6 52. Nd3 Be7 53.
Ne1 Bh4 54. Nd3 Be7 55. Ne1 Bd8 56. Nd3 Be7 57. Ne1 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A09"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. exd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nb5 Qd8 8.
Qh5 Qe7 9. b3 Nf6 10. Qg5 a6 11. Ba3 c5 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Be2 O-O-O
15. Bf3 h6 16. Qe3 g5 17. h3 Bd6 18. g4 Rhe8 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bf8 21. Bb2
Bd7 22. h4 gxh4 23. Rxh4 Kb8 24. Qh7 Re7 25. Re1 Qd6 26. Qc2 f6 27. Bc3 Bc6 28.
Be4 b5 29. Bxc6 Qxc6 30. Qe4 Qxe4 31. Rxe4 b4 32. Bb2 Red7 33. Re2 Rd3 34. f4
exf4 35. Bxf6 f3 36. Rf2 Re8 37. Rh3 Re4 38. Kc2 Re2 39. Kxd3 Rxf2 40. Ke3 Re2+
41. Kxf3 Rxd2 42. Rh2 Rd1 43. Ke4 Rf1 44. Ke5 Kb7 45. Ke6 Rf4 46. Rd2 Rxg4 47.
Rd8 Rg8 48. Kf7 Rg2 49. Rxf8 Rxa2 50. Ke6 a5 51. Kd5 a4 52. Kxc5 axb3 53. Rf7+
Kc8 54. Kc6 Ra6+ 55. Kb5 Ra2 56. Kc6 Ra6+ 57. Kd5 Ra2 58. c5 b2 59. c6 Kb8 60.
Rf8+ Ka7 61. Bd4+ Ka6 62. Kc4 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Black "Mazel, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Qc2 Qf6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. b3 O-O
9. Bb2 Nd7 10. O-O-O a6 11. h3 b5 12. c5 Bc7 13. g4 fxg4 14. Bxh7+ Kf7 15. Ne5+
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. hxg4 g5 18. f4 gxf4 19. Rh5 Rd8 20. Rxe5 Qxe5 21. Ne4
Qc7 22. Nd6+ Rxd6 23. Be5 Rd7 24. Bxc7 Rxc7 25. Qh2 e5 26. Qh5+ Kf6 27. g5+ Ke6
28. Qh6+ Kd7 29. Qd6+ Ke8 30. Qxc7 Bg4 31. Rg1 f3 32. Qxe5 f2 33. Rf1 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Black "Poliak, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
c3 O-O 9. Qc2 c5 10. dxc5 Be7 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. h4 Nxc5 13. Neg5 f5 14. Kb1 h6
15. Nh3 Bf6 16. Nd4 a6 17. g3 Bd7 18. Bg2 Rab8 19. Nf4 b5 20. Nh5 Be5 21. f4
Bd6 22. Rhg1 Kh8 23. g4 fxg4 24. Bf3 Be8 25. Bxg4 b4 26. c4 Bxh5 27. Bxh5 Rxf4
28. Bg4 Re4 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 30. Bxe6 Nxe6 31. Qg6 Bh2 32. Qxe6 Bxg1 33. Rxg1 a5
34. Rc1 Qc5 35. Qd5 Qc7 36. c5 Rd8 37. Qe4 Rf8 38. c6 Rd8 39. h5 Kg8 40. Qc4+
Kh8 41. Qc5 Rd6 42. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Budo, Alexander"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c6 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Be2
c5 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Qa3 Qf8 17. Rc3 a5 18. Rdc1 cxd4 19. Qxf8+ Kxf8 20. Nxd4
Nc5 21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rd5 23. f4 Rad8 24. b3 g5 25. fxg5 Rxg5+ 26. Kf1 Rh5
27. Kg2 e5 28. Ne2 Rh6 29. Ng3 Rhd6 30. Nf5 Rf6 31. Ng3 Rd2 32. Rf1 Rxa2 33. e4
Rf4 34. Rc4 Rb2 35. Kh3 Rxb3 36. Rd1 Nxe4 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rdd8 Nxg3 39. fxg3
Rf6 40. Rg8+ Kh6 41. Kh4 Rg6 42. g4 Rb4 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilyin-Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bd7 6. d4 Nxd4 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
Nxd4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Ne7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qe3 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nd5 Rae8 14. Qg3
Bd8 15. f3 f5 16. Bg5 Ne5 17. Bxd8 Qxd8 18. exf5 c6 19. f6 Rf7 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21.
f4 Nd7 22. Qd3 Nxf6 23. Nf5 Ne4 24. g4 Qb6+ 25. Qd4 Qxd4+ 26. Nxd4 Nd2 27. Nf5
Rxf5 28. gxf5 Nxf1 29. Rxf1 Kg8 30. Rd1 Rd8 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Ke3 d5 33. cxd5
cxd5 34. Kd4 Kf6 35. Re1 Rc8 36. Re6+ Kxf5 37. Re7 Rc2 38. Rf7+ Ke6 39. Rxb7
Rxh2 40. Rxg7 Rxb2 41. Rxh7 Rb4+ 42. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Black "Gotgilf, Solomon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rabinovich, Ilya"]
[Black "David, Gundula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg5 Nc6 9. Nb3 a6 10. Qd2 b5 11. a3 Be6 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Bh6 Bxb3 14. cxb3 Qb6
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b4 Rfd8 17. Kh1 Ne5 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Qe2 Qb7 21.
Rfe1 Ne8 22. Rd3 Nc7 23. h4 e6 24. h5 Ne8 25. Rh3 Qe7 26. b3 Rcc8 27. Qd2 Nf6
28. f5 Nxh5 29. g4 Nf6 30. g5 Ng8 31. f6+ Nxf6 32. gxf6+ Qxf6 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34.
Qxh7+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Qxh8 36. Rxh8+ Ke7 37. Rxd8 Kxd8 38. Re3 Kd7 39. Kg2 f5 40.
Kf3 Ke7 41. a4 Rb8 42. axb5 axb5 43. Re1 Kf6 44. Ra1 Rh8 45. Kg3 Rc8 46. Nxb5
Rb8 47. Ra5 fxe4 48. Nxd6 Rxb4 49. Rb5 Rxb5 50. Nxb5 g5 51. Kf2 Ke5 52. Ke3 Kd5
53. Nc3+ Kc5 54. Kd2 e3+ 55. Kc2 Kd4 56. Ne2+ Ke4 57. b4 e5 58. b5 Kd5 59. Kb3
g4 60. Ng3 e4 61. Kb4 Ke5 62. Ne2 g3 63. b6 Kd6 64. Kb5 Kd7 65. Ka6 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D06"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. c4 Qa5 14. Bb2 e4
15. Qc3 Qg5 16. Rae1 Ne7 17. f4 Qh4 18. Qa5 h6 19. Qxc7 Nf5 20. h3 Ng3 21. Qa5
Nxf1 22. Nxf1 Re6 23. Qd2 Rc6 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. Qe2 g5 26. Rc2 Nd5 27. fxg5 hxg5
28. a3 f5 29. c5 Rd8 30. Bc3 Re6 31. Ba5 Rd7 32. Be1 Qh7 33. Bg3 f4 34. Qg4 Qg6
35. Bf2 Rf7 36. Rb2 Rc6 37. Rb3 Nf6 38. Qd1 Qf5 39. Nd2 f3 40. gxf3 Qxh3 41.
Qf1 Qh5 42. Bg3 exf3 43. Qxf3 Ng4 44. Qh1 Nh2 45. Rb1 Qe2 46. Qxh2 Qxe3+ 47.
Bf2 Qxd2 48. Re1 Rcf6 49. Re8+ Rf8 50. Rxf8+ Rxf8 51. Qg2 Rf7 52. Qg3 Qf4 53.
Kg2 Qxg3+ 54. Kxg3 Rf5 55. Be3 Kf7 56. Kg4 Kg6 57. Bg1 Rd5 58. Bf2 Kf6 59. a4
Ke6 60. a5 a6 61. Be3 Rf5 62. Bxg5 Rxg5+ 63. Kxg5 Kd5 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "B53"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 Qb6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Nd4 Rg8 12. O-O e6 13. Rfe1 O-O-O 14. a4
d5 15. a5 bxa5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. exd5 exd5 18. Rxa5 Bb4 19. Ra6 Kb7 20. Ra4 Bd6
21. Rea1 Ra8 22. g3 Be5 23. Nd1 c5 24. Kg2 Rxa4 25. Rxa4 c4 26. b3 cxb3 27.
Rb4+ Kc6 28. Rxb3 Ra8 29. Rd3 Ra2 30. Nc3 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A20"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4
Bg6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nh4 Nd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Ne4 Bb6 13. Kh2 Nd4 14. Ng5 Ne6 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. f4 c6 17. Bd2 Qe7 18. e3 d5 19. Qe2 Rae8 20. Rf3 exf4 21. exf4
dxc4 22. dxc4 e5 23. Re1 e4 24. Rg3 Qh4 25. Qf1 Ne5 26. Re2 g5 27. Rxe4 Bf2 28.
Rb3 Nxg4+ 29. Kh1 Rxe4 30. Bxe4 gxf4 31. Qg2 Bg3 32. Be1 Nf6 33. Bxg3 fxg3 34.
Bf5 Nh5 35. Bg4 Rf2 36. Qe4 g2+ 37. Kh2 Nf6 38. Be6+ Kh8 39. Qxh4+ 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Abramian, Suren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D79"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
a6 9. Ne5 e6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. Qd2 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bd7 14. Rfc1 Rc8 15.
Bd6 Re8 16. Bf4 Kh7 17. Qd3 Bc6 18. Rc2 Qb6 19. Be5 Red8 20. Rac1 Ne8 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Na4 Qa5 23. Nc5 Nd6 24. a3 Qb6 25. e3 Nc4 26. Qc3 Qa7 27. e4 b6 28.
exd5 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Nd3 Qe7 31. Nf4 Nd6 32. Qb4 Rxc2 33. Rxc2 a5 34.
Qd2 Qe4 35. Qe2 Nf5 36. Qxe4 dxe4 37. Rc6 Nxd4 38. Rxb6 Nf3+ 39. Kg2 Rd1 40. h4
Rg1+ 41. Kh3 Rh1+ 42. Kg2 Rg1+ 43. Kh3 Rc1 44. b4 a4 45. Ra6 Rc2 46. Kg2 Kf8
47. Ra8+ Ke7 48. Rxa4 Rc1 49. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Be2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. Nc3
d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 Nd7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qxd5
Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "E22"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 Qe7 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
g4 9. d5 Na5 10. Qa4 exd5 11. Nd2 Nxc4 12. Nxc4 dxc4 13. Bxc7 Ne4 14. Ba5 Qd6
15. Qc2 Bxa5 16. Qxe4+ Qe6 17. Qd4 Rg8 18. O-O-O Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qc6 20. Qe5+ Qe6
21. Qc3 Qc6 22. Qe5+ Qe6 23. Qc3 Qc6 24. Qe5+ Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Mazel, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A38"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. e4 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. d3
Nd7 9. Be3 Nde5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Rad1 Qd7 13. Nd5 Nc6 14. Nf4 Nd4
15. Qd2 b5 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. e5 Rab8 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Rc1 bxc4
21. Rxc4 Qa6 22. b3 Rfc8 23. Rfc1 Be5 24. Bc6 Rc7 25. b4 Bd6 26. b5 Qc8 27. a4
Qg4 28. a5 h5 29. a6 Rb6 30. Qh6 Be5 31. Rc5 Bd6 32. R5c4 Be5 33. Re1 Bf6 34.
h3 Qxh3 35. Bd5 Bg7 36. Bxf7+ Kf8 37. Qf4 e5 38. Bxg6+ Kg8 39. Qe4 Re7 40. Bf5
Qxf5 41. Qxf5 Rf6 42. Rc8+ Kf7 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Poliak, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A14"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Na6 10. Nf5 exf5 11. Bxd5 Nb4 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. Be3 Nxd5 14.
Nxd5 Bd6 15. Rfd1 Qa6 16. Qc3 f6 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxe2 19. Re1 Qxb2 20.
Ne7+ Kh8 21. Ng6+ hxg6 22. Qxf8+ Kh7 23. Re7 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Budo, Alexander"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A65"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Ng3 e6 8. Be2
exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O b6 12. Be3 h5 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Qd2 Nh7 15.
Bh6 Ndf6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bd3 Ng4 18. f4 Ra7 19. h3 Nh6 20. Rae1 f6 21. Qc2 h4
22. Nh1 Qd8 23. Qf2 g5 24. Qc2 g4 25. hxg4 Bxg4 26. Nf2 Kh8 27. Nxg4 Nxg4 28.
Rf3 Rg8 29. Rh3 Rag7 30. Rxh4 f5 31. Rh3 Qf6 32. e5 dxe5 33. Bxf5 Nf2 34. Rh2
e4 35. Qxf2 Qxf5 36. Nxe4 Re8 37. Ng5 Rge7 38. Rxe7 Rxe7 39. Rxh7+ Rxh7 40.
Nxh7 Kxh7 41. Qh4+ Kg6 42. d6 Qd3 43. Qg5+ Kf7 44. Qe7+ Kg6 45. f5+ Kh5 46. d7
1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Ilyin-Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A14"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3
Qa5 9. d3 Ba3 10. Qc1 Bxb2 11. Qxb2 Re8 12. Rad1 Nf8 13. d4 Ng6 14. Nd2 dxc4
15. Nxc4 Qc7 16. f4 Rd8 17. e4 Ne7 18. Qc2 b5 19. Ne3 Qb6 20. Qf2 Bb7 21. e5
Nfd5 22. Ncxd5 cxd5 23. f5 exf5 24. g4 f6 25. gxf5 Rf8 26. Qh4 Rae8 27. e6 g6
28. Ng4 Nxf5 29. Nxf6+ Rxf6 30. Qxf6 Rxe6 31. Qg5 Nxd4 32. Kh1 Rd6 33. Rxd4
Qxd4 34. Qe7 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Gotgilf, Solomon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "David, Gundula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "E65"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 c5 7. d4 Nbd7 8. b3
Nb6 9. Bb2 Bg4 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Ne5 Qc8 12. Nxg4 Nxg4 13. Qc2 Ne5 14. Ne4 f5
15. f4 Ng4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nf2 Nxf2 18. Rxf2 Rd8 19. Re1 e6 20. e4 Rd7 21.
Qc3+ Kf7 22. g4 Rd4 23. Qh3 Kg8 24. exf5 exf5 25. Re7 Rd1+ 26. Bf1 h5 27. gxh5
Qd8 28. Qe3 Kf8 29. Rh7 Qf6 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. fxe5 Rd7 32. hxg6 Rxh7 33. gxh7
Kg7 34. Rxf5 Nd7 35. Bd3 Re8 36. Rg5+ Kh8 37. e6 Nf6 38. Bf5 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "E00"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. e3 Rad8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 e4 14. Ne1 Nb8
15. Rc1 Rfe8 16. Rc3 Rd7 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 Qd8 19. Qf2 Bh5 20. Nh4 Qg5 21.
Rfc1 c6 22. dxc6 Nxc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rxc6 g6 25. Rc8 Re7 26. Ng2 Rxc8 27.
Rxc8+ Kg7 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. gxf4 Bf3 30. Rc3 Rb7 31. Ne1 Be4 32. b4 Kf6 33. Kf2
Kf5 34. Nf3 f6 35. Nd2 g5 36. fxg5 fxg5 37. Rc8 Rf7 38. Kg3 Bb7 39. Re8 Rc7 40.
e4+ Kf6 41. d5 Bc8 42. Kf2 Bd7 43. Rh8 Bb5 44. Nf3 Rc2+ 45. Kg3 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D29"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 c5 8. Qe2
Bb7 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 b4 13. e5 bxc3 14. exf6 Nxf6
15. Ba4+ Ke7 16. bxc3 Rhd8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Nd4 Bxd4
21. cxd4 Qa5 22. Qc2 Be4 23. Qb3 Rxd4 24. Qa3+ Qb4 25. Qxb4+ Rxb4 26. Rd7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Abramian, Suren"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C24"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Qe2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Qc7 7. Nc3 d6 8. a4
Nbd7 9. Rd1 h6 10. h3 Re8 11. d4 Nf8 12. a5 g5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. h4 g4 15. Nh2
Ng6 16. g3 Kg7 17. Nf1 Nh5 18. Ne3 Nhf4 19. gxf4 Nxf4 20. Qf1 Bxh4 21. Nf5+
Bxf5 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. exf5 Re5 24. Rd4 Rxf5 25. Qd3 Qe5 26. Qe4 Qf6 27. Rd6
Qg5 28. Bd3 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Re8 30. Qxe8 Re5 31. Qd8 g3+ 32. Kg1 Re7 33. Be4 f3
34. Bxf3 Qe3+ 35. Kg2 Qf2+ 36. Kh3 Qh2+ 37. Kg4 h5+ 38. Kf5 Qh3+ 39. Kg5 Re5+
40. Kf4 Rf5+ 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 h6 9. Bh4 Ne7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nh4 Ng6 12. Qh5 Kh7 13. f4 Rg8 14. fxe5
Nxe5 15. Nf5 Qf8 16. d4 Rg5 17. Qe2 Bxf5 18. exf5 c6 19. dxe5 cxb5 20. exf6 Qc8
21. h4 Rg3 22. Qe7 Qc5+ 23. Rf2 Qd5 24. Re1 Rag8 25. Qe4 Qc5 26. Qxb7 Rxg2+ 27.
Qxg2 Rxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qxc3 29. Re7 Qxf6 30. Rxa7 Kg7 31. Ra3 Qxh4 32. f6+ Kg8 33.
Rg3+ Kf8 34. c3 Ke8 35. Re2+ Kd7 36. Rf3 Kc6 37. Ree3 Qc4 38. Rf2 h5 39. Ref3
Qg4+ 40. Rg3 Qe4+ 41. Rgf3 Qg4+ 42. Kh2 Qh4+ 43. Kg2 b4 44. cxb4 Qxb4 45. a3
Qe4 46. Kh2 d5 47. Rc3+ Kd6 48. Rcc2 d4 49. Ra2 Kc7 50. a4 Kb6 51. a5+ Ka6 52.
Rfb2 d3 53. Rf2 Qh4+ 54. Kg2 Qg4+ 55. Kh2 h4 56. Rfb2 Qg3+ 57. Kh1 Ka7 58. a6
Qf3+ 59. Kh2 Qf4+ 60. Kg2 Qxf6 61. Rb7+ Ka8 62. Rbb2 Qg5+ 63. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D49"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 Qb6 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. Qe2 O-O
15. O-O Nc5 16. Bb1 f5 17. Bf4 Nb3 18. Bd3 Nxa1 19. Rxa1 b4 20. Bc4 Re8 21. Ng5
h6 22. Qh5 Re7 23. Nf3 Bb7 24. Nh4 Qc6 25. Rc1 Qe4 26. Bxh6 Qg4 27. Qxg4 fxg4
28. Nf5 Bxh6 29. Nxe7+ Kf7 30. Re1 Kxe7 31. Rxe6+ Kd7 32. Rxh6 Kc7 33. Rh7+ Kb6
34. Rxb7+ Kxb7 35. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mazel, Isaak"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 d5 7. exd6 f5 8. Nbd2
Bxd6 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Qxe4+ Qe7 11. Qxe7+ Bxe7 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Be6
1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poliak, Abram"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 d6 13. Bf4 Re8 14.
Bd3 Bd7 15. Re2 Bf6 16. Rae1 Rxe2 17. Rxe2 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Budo, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. dxc5 e6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. c3 Ng6 8. Bd4
f6 9. Bb5 fxe5 10. Bxe5 Kf7 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qd4 Nxe5 13. Nxe5+ Kg8 14. O-O
Qc7 15. Re1 Be7 16. Nd2 Bf6 17. f4 Bd7 18. Ndf3 Be8 19. Qe3 Rb8 20. b4 h6 21.
Nd4 Qc8 22. Ng4 Bh4 23. g3 h5 24. Ne5 Bf6 25. Re2 Rb7 26. Rae1 Re7 27. Qd3 h4
28. g4 h3 29. g5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rf7 31. f5 Rh5 32. Qg3 Qa6 33. Nxe6 Bd7 34. Nf4
Rh8 35. Ng6 Rxf5 36. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Ilyin-Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D43"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. c4 c6 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Nc3
dxc4 9. e4 e5 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. a4 Re8 12. Qe2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bf8 14. Qxc4 Ne5 15.
Qe2 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Be3 Rad8 18. h3 Bc8 19. f4 Ng6 20. e5 Nd7 21. Nb3 f6 22.
Bxa7 Kh8 23. Rac1 fxe5 24. Nb5 exf4 25. Qxe8 Qb6+ 26. Bxb6 Rxe8 27. Nc7 Re7 28.
Bf2 Nf6 29. Nd5 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Gotgilf, Solomon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "David, Gundula"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A03"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. f4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc1
Qc7 9. c4 Rd8 10. Nc3 e6 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Be5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Ne8 14. cxd5 a6 15.
dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nc3 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bf3 Nd6 19. Na4 Rac8 20. Nb6 Rc7 21.
d4 Qg5 22. e4 Qe7 23. dxc5 Nc8 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rxc5 26. Qh6 Nd6 27. Rae1
Qf6 28. Qe3 Qc3 29. Qe7 Re8 30. Qxe8+ Nxe8 31. Rxe8+ Kg7 32. Rd1 Rc7 33. Re4
Rd7 34. Red4 Rd6 35. Kh1 b5 36. h3 h5 37. R4d3 Qe5 38. Rd4 f5 39. a4 Kh6 40.
axb5 axb5 41. R1d2 g5 42. Be2 Qg3 43. Bf1 Qxb3 44. R4d3 Qc4 45. Rd1 b4 46. Rd4
Qc2 47. R4d2 Qc5 48. Rd3 g4 49. g3 Qf2 50. Bg2 b3 51. Rxb3 Ra6 52. hxg4 hxg4
53. Rf1 Qc2 54. Rb4 Ra2 55. Rg1 Qc3 56. Rb6+ Kg5 57. Rb8 Qxg3 58. Rg8+ Kf6 59.
Rh8 Kg7 60. Rh5 Kg6 61. Rh8 Qe5 62. Rh4 Ra1 63. Rh2 Rxg1+ 64. Kxg1 g3 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. b5 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Be2 d5 8. a4
dxc4 9. Na3 c3 10. Bxc3 Nd5 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. O-O Rd8 14. Qb1 Nd7
15. Nc4 Nc5 16. Rc1 Ne7 17. d4 Be4 18. Qb2 Bd3 19. dxc5 Qxb2 20. Nxb2 Bxe2 21.
Nd4 Bh5 22. cxb6 cxb6 23. Nc4 Rac8 24. a5 bxa5 25. Nxa5 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Kf8 27.
f3 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Nxc8 29. Ndc6 Ke8 30. Nxa7 Nb6 31. Kf2 Kd7 32. e4 f6 33. Ke3
e5 34. Kd3 Bf7 35. Kc3 Kc7 36. Kb4 Ba2 37. N7c6 g6 38. Nb3 Bb1 39. Nc5 Bc2 40.
Ne6+ Kd6 41. Nf8 Bd3 42. g3 g5 43. Nxh7 Nd7 44. Na5 g4 45. Kc3 Bb1 46. Nc4+ Ke7
47. Nd2 Ba2 48. fxg4 Bg8 49. Nxf6 Kxf6 50. h4 Be6 51. g5+ Kg6 52. Nc4 Kh5 53.
b6 Bxc4 54. Kxc4 Nxb6+ 55. Kc5 Na4+ 56. Kd5 Nc3+ 57. Kxe5 Ne2 58. g4+ Kg6 59.
Kd6 Nc3 60. e5 Ne4+ 61. Kd7 Nc5+ 62. Kc6 Nd3 63. Kd6 Nf2 64. e6 Nxg4 65. e7 Kf7
66. h5 Ke8 67. h6 Nf2 68. h7 Ne4+ 69. Ke5 Nxg5 70. h8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Abramian, Suren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. h4 a6 10. a3 Nc5 11. Rh3 h5 12. Kf1 Bd7 13. Kg1 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qc7
15. Qd2 Qa5 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Rc8 18. Rd1 Rc4 19. Qd2 O-O 20. b3 Rc6 21. b4
Qb6 22. Be3 Qc7 23. Bd4 Rc8 24. Qe2 g6 25. g4 hxg4 26. Qxg4 Rc4 27. Rg3 Kh7 28.
h5 Rg8 29. Qf3 Be8 30. hxg6+ Rxg6 31. Rxg6 fxg6 32. Qh3+ Kg8 33. Ne2 Rxc2 34.
Nc3 Bg5 35. Qxe6+ Qf7 36. Qg4 Qf5 37. Qxf5 gxf5 38. Nxd5 Bc6 39. Ne3 Bxe3 40.
Bxe3 Ra2 41. e6 Rxa3 42. Kh2 a5 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. b5 Bxb5 45. e7 Rxe3 46. fxe3
Kf7 47. Rd5 Bc6 48. Rxf5+ Kxe7 49. Rxa5 b5 50. Kg3 b4 51. Kf4 b3 52. Ra3 Bd5
53. Ra6 Kd7 54. Rb6 Kc7 55. Rb4 Kc6 56. Ke5 Kc5 57. Rb8 Bc4 58. Rc8+ Kb4 59.
Kd4 Bb5 60. Rc1 b2 61. Rg1 Kb3 62. e4 Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 e5 3. g3 h5 4. h3 h4 5. g4 Nf6 6. d3 Nc6 7. Bg2 d6 8. Nbc3 Nd4
9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 d5 11. g5 Nh5 12. exd5 Be7 13. c3 Bxg5 14. cxd4 exd4 15.
Qa4+ Bd7 16. Qxd4 O-O 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Be4 Rfe8 19. Rg1 Qh6 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21.
fxe3 Nf6 22. Nf4 Rac8 23. Kd2 Nxe4+ 24. dxe4 Rxe4 25. Rac1 Rd8 26. Rc7 Bc6 27.
Rg5 Ra4 28. a3 Rc4 29. b3 Re4 30. Ke2 Bb5+ 31. Kf3 Rde8 32. Ne6 R4xe6 33. dxe6
Bc6+ 34. Rxc6 bxc6 35. exf7+ Kxf7 36. Rg4 a5 37. Rf4+ Kg8 38. Rxh4 Rb8 39. b4
axb4 40. axb4 Ra8 41. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "E88"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f3 d6 6. Be3 c6 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5 cxd5
9. cxd5 Na6 10. Nge2 Nc5 11. Bc2 Ne8 12. O-O f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ng3 Bxc2 15.
Qxc2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Nf6 17. Qd2 Qa5 18. Rc2 Qa6 19. Qe2 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 a6 21. Rd1
Rfd8 22. Kf1 Kf7 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Nge4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Rcc8 26. Re3 Bf6 27. Rc3
Rxc3 28. bxc3 Be7 29. Ke2 b5 30. Kd3 Rc8 31. Rb1 Ke8 32. a4 Rb8 33. axb5 axb5
34. Ra1 b4 35. Rb1 Ra8 36. Rxb4 Ra2 37. Rb8+ Kd7 38. Rb7+ Kd8 39. c4 Rxg2 40.
c5 dxc5 41. d6 Bxd6 42. Nxd6 Rxh2 43. Kc4 Rd2 44. Kxc5 g5 45. Kc6 Rc2+ 46. Kd5
Rh2 47. Kc6 Rc2+ 48. Kd5 Rh2 49. Ke6 Rh6+ 50. Kd5 Rh2 51. Rg7 g4 52. fxg4 e4
53. g5 e3 54. Ke6 Rh6+ 55. gxh6 e2 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Mazel, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 c6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 Ngf6 7. Bb3 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Bf4 Bf8 12. f3 d5 13. Qf2 Nh5 14. Be3 Qe7
15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Qe5 17. g4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Qxe4 19. Nc7 Qxg4+ 20. Qg2 Rxe3
21. Nxa8 Qh4 22. Qf2 Qg5+ 23. Qg2 Qe5 24. Nf3 Qf6 25. Nc7 Qxf3 26. Qxf3 Rxf3
27. Rd8 Bh3 28. Re1 g6 29. Nb5 Kg7 30. Nd4 Bc5 31. b4 Bb6 32. Rd6 Rf4 33. c3
Nf6 34. Rxb6 axb6 35. Ne2 Re4 36. Kf2 Be6 37. Rg1 Ng4+ 38. Ke1 Bxa2 39. Kd2 Bc4
40. Ng3 Re5 41. h3 Nf2 42. Kc1 Re3 43. Nf5+ Kf6 44. Nxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Poliak, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C53"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6 6. d5 Nd8 7. d6 Qxd6 8. Qxd6
cxd6 9. Na3 Ne6 10. Bd5 Nf6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Nh4 g6 13. Bh6 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nc5
15. O-O-O b5 16. Na3 Rb8 17. f4 Bd8 18. Nf3 f6 19. Rhe1 Kf7 20. b4 Na4 21. fxe5
Nxc3 22. Rd3 Nxa2+ 23. Kb1 Nxb4 24. Ng5+ fxg5 25. Rf3+ Bf6 26. Rxf6+ Ke7 27.
Bxg5 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Budo, Alexander"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "E16"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Qxd2 d6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nc3 c5 11. e4 Rd8 12. d5 e5 13. Nh4 g6 14. f4 exf4 15.
gxf4 Nh5 16. Qf2 Qf6 17. Rf1 Nd7 18. Rae1 Ba6 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Re8 21. Bh3
Rad8 22. Bg4 Ng7 23. Kh1 c4 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Re2 Rde7 26. Rfe1 Nh5 27. Ng2 c3
28. bxc3 Qxc3 29. e5 Qc4 30. a4 Qxd5 31. Rd2 Qc5 32. Ne3 Re6 33. Rc2 Qa3 34.
Nc4 Qxa4 35. Nxd6 Rxd6 36. exd6 Rxe1+ 37. Qxe1 Qxc2 38. d7 Qd3 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Ilyin-Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. d5 Nd4 6. Be3 Nxf3+ 7. gxf3 Bd7 8.
Nc3 f5 9. f4 Nf6 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Bb5+ Kf7 13. Bc4 Bb4 14. Rg1
Qd6 15. Bd2 Rad8 16. a3 Bc5 17. Bb3 e4 18. Qe2 Qxh2 19. O-O-O Rhe8 20. Rg5 e3
21. d6+ Be6 22. Rxc5 exd2+ 23. Qxd2 cxd6 24. Rc7+ Rd7 25. Rxd7+ Nxd7 26. Ne4
Ke7 27. Qg5+ Kf8 28. Bxe6 Rxe6 29. Qd8+ Re8 30. Qxd7 Qf4+ 31. Nd2 Re2 32. Qc8+
Ke7 33. Qxb7+ Kf6 34. Qxa7 h5 35. Qa5 h4 36. Qc3+ Kf7 37. Qf3 Qxf3 38. Nxf3
Rxf2 39. Nxh4 g5 40. Rxd6 gxh4 41. Rh6 Rf4 42. b4 Kg7 43. Rd6 h3 44. Kb2 h2 45.
Rd1 Rh4 46. Rh1 Kf6 47. Kb3 Ke6 48. c4 Kd6 49. Ka4 Rh5 50. Kb3 Rh3+ 51. Ka2 Rh4
52. c5+ Kd5 53. Kb1 Kc6 54. Kc2 Rh3 55. Kb2 Kb5 56. Ka2 Rh6 57. Kb3 Rh3+ 58.
Kb2 Kc6 59. Kc1 Kb5 60. Kb1 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Gotgilf, Solomon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "David, Gundula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. d5 Nb8 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nbd7 8.
g4 g6 9. g5 Nh5 10. Be2 h6 11. h4 Ng7 12. Qg2 hxg5 13. hxg5 Rxh1+ 14. Qxh1 c5
15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. a4 a6 18. a5 Qd8 19. Na3 Qc7 20. Nc4 O-O-O 21. Bc3
e5 22. b3 Kb8 23. Qh7 Re8 24. O-O-O Qd8 25. Rg1 Qe7 26. Bd2 Rd8 27. Rh1 Ne8 28.
Qg8 Bg7 29. Qh7 Nf8 30. Qh3 Nc7 31. Nb6 Nb5 32. Bxb5 axb5 33. Qd3 Qe8 34. Kb2
Kc7 35. Ra1 Rb8 36. Qf1 f5 37. a6 bxa6 38. Rxa6 fxe4 39. Qa1 Kd8 40. Qa5 Qf7
41. Ra7 Rb7 42. Ra8+ Ke7 43. Nc8+ Kd7 44. Qa6 Qxd5 45. Nb6+ Rxb6 46. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Abramian, Suren"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 Bg4 4. d4 e6 5. c3 Nd7 6. Be2 Ne7 7. O-O c5 8. Na3 Nc6
9. Nc2 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nfe1 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 c4 13. f4 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15.
Nf3 Qd7 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. g3 Ne4 18. Bc1 b5 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Bxd2 Bd6 21. Qg2
Qf7 22. Ne3 Ne7 23. Re2 a5 24. Rfe1 b4 25. Qh3 bxc3 26. bxc3 Nc6 27. Ng2 Nd8
28. Nh4 Re7 29. Rf1 g6 30. Nf3 Qf5 31. Qxf5 gxf5 32. Rb1 Bc7 33. Bc1 Rf6 34.
Ba3 Rg7 35. Kf1 h6 36. Bc5 Nf7 37. Be7 Rfg6 38. Nh4 Bd6 39. Nxg6 Rxg6 40. Rb7
h5 41. Reb2 h4 42. Bxh4 a4 43. Be7 a3 44. R2b6 Bxe7 45. Rxe7 Rh6 46. Rb8+ Kg7
47. Rbb7 Rf6 48. Kg2 Kg6 49. h3 e5 50. fxe5 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Qe2 Re8 9. Nd1 Nf8 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Bg4 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nd2 Ne6 15.
Nc4 b5 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. f3 c5 18. Nf2 Bc6 19. c4 bxc4 20. dxc4 Nd4 21. Bxd4
exd4 22. Qd2 a5 23. Nd3 Qb6 24. Qf4 Bd7 25. Rac1 Re7 26. h4 Rae8 27. Rc2 Be6
28. g4 Bf7 29. Kh1 Qa6 30. b3 a4 31. Rg1 axb3 32. axb3 Qc6 33. Rcg2 Bg6 34. Nf2
h6 35. Qg3 Rb8 36. Rb1 Reb7 37. g5 hxg5 38. Nh3 Rxb3 39. Rxb3 Rxb3 40. hxg5 f5
41. Nf4 Qe8 42. exf5 Bxf5 43. g6 Be4 44. Rf2 Re3 45. Qg4 Bc6 46. Qh4 Qe5 47.
Rb2 Re1+ 48. Kh2 Qf6 49. Rb8+ Re8 50. Rxe8+ Bxe8 51. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. g4 Rc8 11. h4 h5 12. gxh5 Nxh5 13. Rg1 Qa5 14. Rg5 Qd8 15.
Be2 Kh7 16. Rdg1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Nf4 19. h5 Rxc3 20. Qd2 Nxe2+ 21.
Qxe2 Rc5 22. hxg6+ Kg7 23. Rxc5 dxc5 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qh2 Ke6 26. Rg5 Rxf3
27. Qe5+ Kf7 28. Rg7+ Kf8 29. Rg1 Rf6 30. Qh5 Qc8 31. e5 Rf2 32. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mazel, Isaak"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Bxc6 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Ba3 Ne4 11. Rb1 Qf6 12. e3 Qg6 13. Rd1 O-O-O 14. Rc1
Nd6 15. Qxg6 hxg6 16. f3 b5 17. Kf2 f5 18. Be2 Nf7 19. Bd1 e5 20. Bc2 Rhe8 21.
g4 e4 22. Rcg1 Ng5 23. Rg3 Nxf3 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Rxg7 Rh8 26. h3 Rd7 27. Rg6
Kb7 28. Bd1 Rdh7 29. Kg3 Be8 30. Rf6 Rg8+ 31. Kf2 Nh4 32. Rh2 Rhg7 33. Be2 Rg2+
34. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 35. Kf1 Rh2 36. Rh6 Rxh3 37. Be7 Rh1+ 38. Kf2 Rh2+ 39. Kf1 Nf3
40. Rxh2 Nxh2+ 41. Kg2 Ng4 42. Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poliak, Abram"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Ne2
O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qc2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c5 12. Bg5 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc5 14. Qf4 f6
15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nd4 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Rxf4 18. Bxd8 Bxd4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Bg5
Bxb2 21. Rab1 Re2 22. Rfd1 Rae8 23. h3 d4 24. Bh4 b6 25. Kh2 Bc3 26. a3 Ra2 27.
Rb3 Ree2 28. Rd3 Reb2 29. Rbxc3 dxc3 30. Rxc3 Rc2 31. Rf3 Rc7 32. Bg3 Rd7 33.
h4 h6 34. Kh3 Rad2 35. Rc3 R2d3 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. a4 R3d4 38. a5 bxa5 39. Be5
R4d5 40. f4 h5 41. Rc6 Rd3+ 42. Kh2 Rd2 43. Ra6 Ra2 44. Bc3 Rc7 45. Bd4 Rcc2
46. Rxa7 Rxg2+ 47. Kh3 Rgd2 48. Rxg7+ Kh6 49. Be5 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Budo, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8.
Kf1 Ne6 9. g3 g6 10. Kg2 Bg7 11. d3 Nc6 12. Be3 Ned4 13. Ng5 O-O 14. h4 h5 15.
f3 Ne5 16. Ne2 Nxc4 17. dxc4 b6 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Nf4 Qd6 20. Rc1 Bb7 21. Nd3
Rac8 22. b4 e5 23. Qb3 Qe7 24. c5 Bh6 25. Rc2 Bxg5 26. hxg5 Qxg5 27. b5 Rce8
28. c6 Bc8 29. Qd5 Be6 30. Qd6 f5 31. f4 exf4 32. Nxf4 Bf7 33. e5 d3 34. Rf2
Rd8 35. Qb4 a5 36. bxa6 Rc8 37. Qxb6 Qe7 38. Rd1 Qxe5 39. Rxd3 g5 40. Re2 Qf6
41. Nd5 Bxd5+ 42. Rxd5 Qxc6 43. Qxc6 Rxc6 44. a7 Rc7 45. Rxf5 Rxa7 46. Rxg5+
Kh7 47. Rxh5+ Kg6 48. Rc5 Ra3 49. Rc6+ Kg5 50. Rc5+ Rf5 51. Rc8 Rfa5 52. Rg8+
Kh5 53. Rh8+ Kg6 54. Rg8+ Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Ilyin-Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A28"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Be2 d6 8.
O-O Bd7 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Bf8 11. Qd2 g6 12. Rfd1 Bg7 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Nd5 Rc8
15. Qc3 Nh5 16. Qc1 Nf6 17. Qc3 Nh5 18. Qc1 Nf6 19. Bc3 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Ne5 21.
Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Bf3 Be4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Qa3 a6 26. Rac1 Qd7 27.
Rc3 Qb5 28. Qc1 Qb6 29. g3 Rb4 30. Qc2 Rb5 31. e4 Rc5 32. Rxc5 Qxc5 33. Qxc5
dxc5 34. f4 Kf8 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Ke3 h5 37. e5 Rd8 38. Ke4 Rd7 39. h3 Rd8 40. g4
hxg4 41. hxg4 Rh8 42. Rc1 Kd7 43. Rxc5 Rh4 44. e6+ fxe6 45. dxe6+ Kxe6 46. Rxc7
Rxg4 47. Kf3 Rg1 48. Rxb7 a5 49. Rb6+ Kf7 50. Ra6 Rf1+ 51. Ke4 Re1+ 52. Kf3 g5
53. fxg5 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Gotgilf, Solomon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "David, Gundula"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A03"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. f4 g6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bg7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qc2 c6 7. b3 Bf5 8. d3 Na6
9. Ne5 Nd7 10. g4 Nxe5 11. gxf5 Nf3+ 12. Ke2 Nb4 13. Qb2 Nxd3 14. Kxd3 d4 15.
Ke2 dxc3 16. Qc2 Nh4 17. Bh3 Qa5 18. e4 e6 19. Be3 gxf5 20. Rhg1 fxe4 21. Qxe4
Ng6 22. Rg5 Qa3 23. Bc1 Qd6 24. Be3 Rfd8 25. c5 Qf8 26. Rag1 Rd5 27. R5g3 Rad8
28. Bg4 Rd2+ 29. Ke1 Rxh2 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Qxe6+ Qf7 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. f5 c2
34. fxg6+ hxg6 35. Rf1+ Kg8 36. Rf2 Rd1+ 37. Ke2 Rxf2+ 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Abramian, Suren"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Abramian, Suren"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. e4 e5 10. Bg5 Qe7 11. d5 Nb6 12. Bb3 h6 13. Bh4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15.
g4 Bg6 16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 Bb4 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Bc2 Qe6 20. Bb3 Qe7 21. Bc2
Qe6 22. Bb3 Qe7 23. Bc2 h5 24. a3 Bd6 25. Nd2 hxg4 26. hxg4 Qe6 27. f3 Bc5+ 28.
Bf2 Bxf2+ 29. Qxf2 Rad8 30. Nf1 Nh7 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Rd1 Qf6 33. Kg2 Ng5 34.
a4 Rxd1 35. Bxd1 Ne6 36. Ne2 Qe7 37. Bb3 Nc5 38. a5 Nxb3 39. axb6 c5 40. bxa7
Qxa7 41. Ne3 f6 42. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Abramian, Suren"]
[Black "Mazel, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nd5 Bxd5 8.
Bxd5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. c3 O-O 11. O-O Nd8 12. d4 Bb6 13. a4 a5 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Nd2 c6 16. Bc4 Bc7 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. Nxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poliak, Abram"]
[Black "Abramian, Suren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C13"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 c5 7. Bxe7 Kxe7 8. f4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qb6 10. Qd2 Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. Rh3 Qa5 13. Rb5 Qd8 14. Nf3 Nc6
15. Be2 a6 16. Rb1 b5 17. Rg3 Kf8 18. Kf1 Bb7 19. Nd4 Qxh4 20. Rh3 Qd8 21. a4
Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Qb6 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. axb5 a5 25. Ra1 Ke7 26. Na4 Nd7 27. Rha3 f6
28. exf6+ gxf6 29. Nb2 Nb6 30. Rxa5 Rxa5 31. Rxa5 Ra8 32. Rxa8 Bxa8 33. c4 dxc4
34. Nxc4 Nxc4 35. Bxc4 Kd6 36. Kf2 Bd5 37. Bd3 h6 38. g3 Kc5 39. Ke3 Bb7 40.
Bf1 Bc8 41. Be2 Bd7 42. b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Budo, Alexander"]
[Black "Abramian, Suren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Nc6 11. a3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bb5 Rac8
15. Qc5 a6 16. Ba4 Nd8 17. Bb3 c6 18. Ne5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Be6 20. Kd2 f6 21. Nd3
Bd7 22. Rhc1 Ne6 23. R5c3 Kf8 24. Bd1 Ng5 25. f3 Ne6 26. Rb3 Rc7 27. Rbc3 Ke7
28. b4 Kd6 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. Bc2 Nf8 31. g4 Ree7 32. Bf5 g6 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34. a4
Rcc7 35. Kd3 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Rg1 Rg7 38. Rcc1 Ne6 39. Nxe6 Kxe6 40. b5
axb5 41. axb5 Kd6 42. b6 Rcf7 43. Ke2 Ke6 44. Kf2 Rg5 45. h4 Rgg7 46. Ra1 Rxg1
47. Rxg1 Ke7 48. Ra1 Rf8 49. Ra7 Rb8 50. Kg3 Kf6 51. Kf4 Ke6 52. Ra2 Rg8 53.
Ra1 Kf6 54. Ra7 Rb8 55. e4 fxe4 56. fxe4 dxe4 57. Kxe4 Ke6 58. Ra5 Rf8 59. Re5+
Kd6 60. Rh5 Re8+ 61. Kd3 Re6 62. Rf5 Re1 63. Rf7 Rd1+ 64. Kc3 Rc1+ 65. Kd2 Rh1
66. Rxb7 Rxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilyin-Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Abramian, Suren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C08"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Qe2+ Be6 7. Ngf3 Bd6 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Ndxc6 bxc6 14.
Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Ba6 Rb8 16. Bf4 Rb4 17. Bd2 Re4 18. Qf3 Re6 19. Rfd1 O-O 20. Bd3
Ne4 21. Be3 Qb7 22. Rab1 Bc5 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qe2 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 f5 26. Qb3 Qf7
27. Rd4 Rfe8 28. Rbd1 e3 29. fxe3 Rxe3 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rd7+ R8e7 32. Rxe7+
Kxe7 33. Kf2 Re4 34. Rd3 Rb4 35. b3 Rf4+ 36. Rf3 Rxf3+ 37. Kxf3 g5 38. b4 Kd6
39. c4 Ke5 40. Ke3 f4+ 41. Kd3 g4 42. a4 h5 43. b5 cxb5 44. cxb5 h4 45. Ke2 Kd5
46. a5 Kc5 47. b6 axb6 48. axb6 Kxb6 49. h3 f3+ 50. Kf2 gxh3 51. gxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Abramian, Suren"]
[Black "Gotgilf, Solomon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Abramian, Suren"]
[Black "David, Gundula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d5 11. O-O Bf5 12. Re1 Kd7 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14.
cxd3 Bd6 15. d4 Rhe8 16. Bd2 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Re8 18. Rxe8 Kxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "E69"]
[PlyCount "182"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qc7 10. Be3 Re8 11. d5 c5 12. Ne1 a6 13. Nd3 Nb6 14. b3 Bd7 15. Qd2
Nc8 16. a4 b6 17. Kh2 Rb8 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Nh5 20. Rae1 Qd8 21. e5 Bf5 22.
Ne4 dxe5 23. fxe5 Rxe5 24. Bg5 Qd7 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Nxe5 Bxe5+ 27. Rxe5 f6 28.
Bxf6 Nxf6 29. Qg5 Qg7 30. Rexf5 gxf5 31. Qxf5 b5 32. axb5 Qc7+ 33. Kh1 Rb6 34.
d6 Rxd6 35. Bd5+ Kh8 36. Be6 Qb7+ 37. Kg1 Qg7+ 38. Kh1 Ne7 39. Qxf6 Qxf6 40.
Rxf6 Ng8 41. Bxg8 Rxf6 42. Bd5 Rd6 43. bxa6 Rxa6 44. Kg2 Kg7 45. Kf3 Kf6 46.
Ke4 Ra7 47. Bc6 Ke6 48. Kf4 Rg7 49. Bf3 Kf6 50. h4 Rg8 51. Bc6 Rc8 52. Be4 h6
53. Bc2 Rd8 54. h5 Rd4+ 55. Be4 Ke6 56. Ke3 Ke5 57. Bg6 Rh4 58. Kd3 Rh3+ 59.
Kc2 Kd4 60. Kb2 Rh2+ 61. Ka3 Kc3 62. Ka4 Rb2 63. Kb5 Kd4 64. Ka4 Ra2+ 65. Kb5
Ra3 66. Bc2 Ra8 67. Kc6 Re8 68. Kd6 Re2 69. Bg6 Ra2 70. Ke6 Ra7 71. Kf6 Rb7 72.
Bf5 Rxb3 73. Kg7 Ke5 74. Bg6 Rc3 75. Bf7 Rf3 76. Bg6 Rf4 77. Kxh6 Kf6 78. Bd3
Rd4 79. Be2 Rd8 80. Kh7 Kg5 81. Kg7 Rd7+ 82. Kg8 Rd2 83. Bf3 Rf2 84. Bd1 Kh6
85. Bg4 Rg2 86. Kh8 Rg3 87. Be6 Rg5 88. Bf7 Rg7 89. Be8 Rg4 90. Bf7 Rd4 91. Bd5
Kxh5 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Mazel, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Qe2 O-O 9. Bd2 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. c3 c5 12. dxc5 Qd5 13. Ng5 Qxa2 14. Bb1
Qa1 15. Be3 h6 16. h4 bxc5 17. Qc2 Rfd8 18. Nh7 Nd5 19. Bg5 hxg5 20. hxg5 g6
21. Rh6 Ne3 22. Rxg6+ fxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Rh1 Rd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nxd1 26. Nf6
Qxb2+ 27. Kxd1 Rd8+ 28. Ke1 Qd2+ 29. Kf1 Ba6+ 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Poliak, Abram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Ne2 Bxd2+ 8.
Qxd2 Be6 9. Bb5 Ne7 10. c3 c6 11. Ba4 Qc7 12. Ng5 Bc8 13. f4 exf4 14. Qxf4 Ng6
15. Qd2 Bg4 16. Nf4 d5 17. O-O h6 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. Nf3 dxe4 20. Nd4 c5 21. Nb5
Qd7 22. h3 a6 23. Bb3+ Be6 24. Bxe6+ Qxe6 25. Na3 Kh7 26. dxe4 Nxe4 27. Qe3
Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Re8 29. b3 Qd5 30. Re1 Nf6 31. Qf2 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 b5 33. Qe2 Ne4
34. Qc2 h5 35. Kf1 Qf5+ 36. Kg1 Qf4 37. Nb1 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Qg3+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40.
Kh2 h4 41. Na3 Nd2 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Budo, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D95"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 c6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 e6 8. Rc1
Nbd7 9. Bd3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Na4 Re8 13. Bb4 Ne4 14. Rc2 a5 15.
Ba3 b5 16. Nc5 a4 17. Qb4 Nexc5 18. dxc5 Ne5 19. Be2 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bc8 21. Rd2
Bf5 22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. Qf4 Be4 24. Bb4 Be5 25. Qh6 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Qf6 27. Kg2 Bxb2
28. Rxb2 Qxb2 29. Rd4 a3 30. h4 Ra4 31. Qf4 h5 32. Kg3 Kg7 33. Bd2 Rxd4 34.
exd4 Kg8 35. Be3 Qxa2 36. Qf6 Rxe3 37. fxe3 Qb1 38. Qxc6 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qe2+ 40.
Kg3 Qe1+ 41. Kg2 Qxe3 42. Qa8+ Kg7 43. c6 Qe2+ 44. Kg3 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilyin-Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Ne5 Bh7 8.
Qh5 g6 9. Qf3 Nf6 10. Qb3 Qd5 11. Qxb7 Qxe5+ 12. Be2 Kd8 13. Qxa8 Qc7 14. a4
Bg7 15. Ra3 Nd7 16. a5 e6 17. Rb3 Ke7 18. Qb7 Qxa5 19. Ra3 Qe5 20. c3 a5 21.
O-O g5 22. d4 Qd6 23. Nh5 Rg8 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Bxg5+ f6 26. Bf4 Qd5 27. c4 Qf5
28. Rg3 Bg6 29. Bg4 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Gotgilf, Solomon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "David, Gundula"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A06"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Qc1 Bd7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Ne4 Qb6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Rfd8 14. f4 Bc6
15. Ng3 Nb4 16. Bc3 Bb5 17. Bxb5 Qxb5 18. f5 e5 19. Nh5 f6 20. Qd1 Kh8 21. Qg4
Rg8 22. Rf3 Qd7 23. Qh4 Nd5 24. e4 Nxc3 25. dxc3 c4 26. b4 Bxb4 27. Kh1 Bc5 28.
Rh3 Rgd8 29. Re1 Rc6 30. Ng3 h6 31. Nh5 Rd6 32. Rf3 Rd1 33. Rff1 Rd3 34. Nxf6
Qe7 35. Qg4 Qxf6 36. h4 Rxc3 37. Rb1 b6 38. Qh5 Rcd3 39. g4 Rh3+ 40. Kg2 Rxh4
0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mazel, Isaak"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Ne2 Nge7 7. Bf4 Bg4 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Qf4 Qxf4 12. Nxf4 Rad8 13. Nd2 Ng6 14.
Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Kf8 17. f3 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poliak, Abram"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Nc7 7. b3 e5 8. Bb2
f6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Na4 b6 12. Nh4 Nd5 13. a3 Be6 14. b4 Qd7 15. bxc5
b5 16. Nc3 Rad8 17. d3 a6 18. Nf3 f5 19. Qc2 Bf6 20. Rfd1 Nde7 21. Nb1 g5 22.
Nbd2 Rf7 23. Nf1 Ng6 24. d4 e4 25. d5 Bxd5 26. Ne3 Qe6 27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. Nxg5
Qe5 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Rd1 Qc4 32. Qxc4+ bxc4 33. g4 c3 34. e3
Nge5 35. gxf5 Nd3 36. Nxe4 c2 37. Nxf6+ Kf7 38. Rf1 Na5 39. Be4 c1=Q 40. Rxc1
Nxc1 41. Nxh7 Ncb3 42. c6 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Budo, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D01"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. f3 c6 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. O-O-O h6 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8.
e4 Bg6 9. e5 Nd7 10. f4 e6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 g6 13. g4 h5 14. f5 Qg5+ 15.
Kb1 Qxg4 16. fxg6 Qxg6 17. Qe2 Bb4 18. Nf3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 O-O-O 20. Rhg1 Qh6 21.
Ng5 Rdf8 22. Rdf1 Rhg8 23. Nxf7 Rxg1 24. Nd6+ Kc7 25. Rxg1 b5 26. a4 a6 27. Kb2
Nb6 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ra1 Nc4+ 30. Kb3 Kb6 31. Kb4 Qh8 32. Qe1 Ra8 33. Qf1 Qb8
34. h4 Nxd6 35. exd6 Qxd6+ 36. Kb3 Rxa1 37. Qxa1 Qd8 38. Qe1 Qa8 39. Qe5 Qe8
40. Qd6 Kb7 41. Kb4 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilyin-Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Bg5 g6 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O f5 10. Nc4 d5 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Ng5 Qd8 14. f4 b5
15. Nd2 h6 16. Nh3 c4 17. Qc2 Re8 18. Nf3 cxd3 19. Bxd3 b4 20. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Be6 22. Nf2 bxc3 23. bxc3 Qa5 24. Bf1 Qxa2 25. Qxa2 Bxa2 26. Ra1 Bd5 27.
Ne5 Bxe5 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Rxa7 Rb1 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black "Gotgilf, Solomon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "David, Gundula"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A06"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. O-O Qe7 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3
a6 9. Qc2 Ba3 10. Bxa3 Qxa3 11. cxd5 exd5 12. d4 Re8 13. Rac1 c6 14. Bd3 Nf8
15. Na4 Qd6 16. Nc5 Re7 17. h3 g6 18. Ne5 N6d7 19. Nexd7 Nxd7 20. b4 Nf8 21. a3
Ne6 22. Rfe1 Ng5 23. f4 Ne6 24. Nb3 Bd7 25. Qf2 Ng7 26. Nc5 Bf5 27. g4 Bxd3 28.
Nxd3 Rae8 29. Nc5 f6 30. Nd3 Re4 31. Nc5 R4e7 32. Nd3 Re4 33. Qf3 R4e7 34. Kg2
a5 35. Nc5 axb4 36. axb4 b6 37. Nd3 Ra8 38. Ra1 Rea7 39. Rxa7 Rxa7 40. Qe2 Qe7
41. Rc1 Ra3 42. Kf2 Qe4 43. Ne1 Qe6 44. Ng2 Rb3 45. Qc2 Rxb4 46. Qxc6 Rb2+ 47.
Kg3 Qe4 48. Rg1 Ne8 49. Qc3 Rc2 50. Qb3 h5 51. gxh5 Nd6 52. Kh2 Nf5 53. Qxb6
Qf3 54. Qd8+ Kg7 55. h6+ Kh7 56. Qe7+ Kxh6 57. Qf8+ Kh7 58. Qf7+ Kh6 59. Qf8+
Kh7 60. Qf7+ Ng7 61. Qxf6 Qxe3 62. Qh4+ Nh5 63. f5 Qf4+ 64. Qxf4 Nxf4 65. fxg6+
Kxg6 66. Kh1 Nxh3 67. Nf4+ Kf5 68. Nxh3 Rd2 69. Rg5+ Ke4 70. Rg4+ Kf3 71. Rh4
Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poliak, Abram"]
[Black "Mazel, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 Nd7 5. Bf4 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Nxc4 Nb6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. O-O h6 12. a3 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. e4 Qe7
15. Qb3 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bb1 b5 19. Qd3 g6 20. h4 h5 21. Rfe1
Qe7 22. Ng5 Bd7 23. Qe4 Kg7 24. Red1 b4 25. axb4 Ra4 26. Rc3 Nxc3 27. bxc3 Ra1
28. Qf4 Rda8 29. Ne4 Rh8 30. Bc2 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 b6 32. Bf3 Bc8 33. Nf6 Bd7 34.
Qg5 Kf8 35. c4 Be8 36. c5 bxc5 37. dxc5 Qc7 38. g3 Bd7 39. Ne4 Be8 40. Qf6 Rh6
41. Nd6 Qe7 42. Qxe7+ Kxe7 43. Nxe8 Kxe8 44. Bxc6+ Ke7 45. Bb7 Rh8 46. b5 Rb8
47. c6 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mazel, Isaak"]
[Black "Budo, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "B16"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Nf3 h5 8.
Nh4 Bg4 9. f3 Bc8 10. f4 f5 11. Bc4 e6 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Re1 Bd6 15.
a4 Qc7 16. Qc2 Kf8 17. Ne5 Bd7 18. Bd2 Be8 19. Rad1 Ne4 20. Be3 Rd8 21. Bc1 Nf6
22. Qb3 Nd5 23. Bd3 Qb6 24. Qc2 Qc7 25. Qb3 Qb6 26. Qc2 Qc7 27. Bxf5 exf5 28.
Qxf5 Qc8 29. Ng6+ Kg7 30. Qxc8 Rxc8 31. Nxh8 Kxh8 32. g3 c5 33. Kf2 c4 34. a5
Bd7 35. Bd2 Kg7 36. Bc1 f5 37. Rd2 Nf6 38. Rde2 Ne4+ 39. Kf1 Bc6 40. d5 Bxd5
41. Rd1 Rc5 42. Be3 Rxa5 43. Bxa7 Kf6 44. Bb6 Rb5 45. Bd4+ Kf7 46. Ra1 h4 47.
gxh4 Bxf4 48. Ra8 Nd2+ 49. Ke1 Rxb2 50. Be3 Bxe3 51. Rxe3 Nf3+ 52. Kd1 Be4 53.
Rc8 b5 54. h5 Rxh2 55. Rb8 Rxh5 56. Rxb5 Rh2 57. Rc5 Kf6 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilyin-Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Mazel, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. c3 O-O 9. Qc2 b6 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bh7+ Kh8 13. Be4 Rb8 14. O-O-O
Bb7 15. h4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Qd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. g4 Rbe8 19. g5 Be7 20. Ne5 Bd6
21. f4 Kh7 22. Rhe1 f6 23. Nd7 Bxf4+ 24. Kc2 fxg5 25. Nxf8+ Rxf8 26. h5 Rf7 27.
Re6 Bd6 28. Kd3 Rf3+ 29. Re3 Rxe3+ 30. Kxe3 g6 31. hxg6+ Kxg6 32. Kf2 h5 33.
Re1 g4 34. Re8 h4 35. b4 h3 36. a4 g3+ 37. Kg1 Kf5 38. Rh8 Kg4 39. Rh7 Bf4 40.
Kf1 g2+ 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mazel, Isaak"]
[Black "Gotgilf, Solomon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mazel, Isaak"]
[Black "David, Gundula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "E85"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. g4 Ne8 10. Qd2 f5 11. gxf5 gxf5 12. Bh6 f4 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. O-O-O Ng6
15. Kb1 Nh4 16. Ng1 Rf6 17. Qf2 Rg6 18. Nb5 c5 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Nxa7 Bd7 21.
Rd3 Rh6 22. Ra3 Ne6 23. Bh3 Nd4 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Nb5 Rxa3 26. Nxa3 d5 27. Nc2
Nxc2 28. Qxc2 dxe4 29. fxe4 f3 30. Nxf3 Nxf3 31. Qg2+ Qg7 32. Qxf3 Rf6 33. Qh5
Qf7 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. a4 Rf4 36. a5 Rxe4 37. a6 Rd4 38. Kc2 c5 39. Ra1 Rd8 40.
Ra5 Ke6 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Budo, Alexander"]
[Black "Poliak, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "E16"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Re1 d5 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. Rad1 dxc4 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Nxc4
Qe7 15. e4 b5 16. Na5 Rb6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rc1 Nb8 20. Qc3 Rc8 21.
b4 Qd7 22. f4 Qf5 23. Qc2 Qg4 24. Qg2 Qd7 25. Rc5 Rd8 26. a3 Nc6 27. Nxc6 Rxc6
28. Qc2 Rxc5 29. Qxc5 c6 30. Rb1 Rc8 31. Qd6 Qg4 32. Kf2 Qh3 33. Kg1 Qg4 34.
Re1 Qe6 35. Qxe6 fxe6 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Rc1 Ke7 38. g4 Kd7 39. Rc3 Rf8 40. Rf3 g6
41. Ke3 Rf7 42. Rh3 Rg7 43. f5 gxf5 44. gxf5 exf5 45. Rh6 Rg4 46. Rxh7+ Kd8 47.
h4 Re4+ 48. Kd3 f4 49. h5 f3 50. Rf7 Rh4 51. Ke3 Rxh5 52. Kxf3 Rh4 53. Ke3 Re4+
54. Kd3 a6 55. Ra7 Kc8 56. Rxa6 Kb7 57. Ra5 Re1 58. a4 bxa4 59. Rxa4 Rd1+ 60.
Ke3 Re1+ 61. Kf4 Re4+ 62. Kf5 Rxd4 63. e6 Re4 64. Kf6 d4 65. e7 d3 66. Ra3 Rf4+
67. Ke5 Rf3 68. Ke4 d2 69. e8=Q Rxa3 70. Qd7+ Kb6 71. Qxd2 Kb5 72. Qd4 Ka4 73.
Qc5 Kb3 74. Kd4 Ra1 75. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilyin-Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Poliak, Abram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Rfe1 Qh5
15. Ne2 Nb6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ng3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Be6 20. Qb4 b6
21. Re4 Rfe8 22. Rae1 Qd5 23. Qd2 Kg7 24. Nh4 Red8 25. Qd3 Rd6 26. g4 Rg8 27.
Qh3 Qg5 28. Nf5+ Bxf5 29. gxf5 Kh7 30. Rh4 c5 31. dxc5 bxc5 32. Re7 Rg7 33. Re8
Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Qc1 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poliak, Abram"]
[Black "Gotgilf, Solomon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poliak, Abram"]
[Black "David, Gundula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "B75"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Nb3
Be6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. c4 Nd7 12. Be2 a6 13. Nf4 Nf6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15.
O-O Kh8 16. Rfd1 Qe8 17. Rac1 Qf7 18. Na5 Nxa5 19. Qxa5 Nd7 20. b4 Rfd8 21. c5
d5 22. c6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Qxd8+ Nf8 25. exd5 Rd6 26. Qc8 exd5 27. Bc5
Qe6 28. Qxe6 Rxe6 29. Kf1 Bf6 30. Rxd5 Rc6 31. a4 Ne6 32. Be3 Kg7 33. Rd7 Kf7
34. g3 Ke8 35. Ra7 Nc7 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 Rc3 38. Bf2 Nd5 39. b6 Rb3 40. b7
Be5 41. f4 Bb8 42. Ra5 Nc7 43. Bf3 Rxf3 44. Ra8 Na6 45. Rxa6 Rb3 46. Bb6 Kd7
47. Ra8 Rxb6 48. Rxb8 Kc6 49. Rh8 Rxb7 50. Rxh7 Kd7 51. Rg7 Rb6 52. Rg8 Rf6 53.
Kg2 Kc6 54. Rg7 Kd7 55. Kh3 Ke8 56. Kg4 Kf8 57. Rh7 Rf5 58. h4 e5 59. h5 Rxh5
60. Rxh5 gxh5+ 61. Kxh5 exf4 62. gxf4 Kf7 63. Kg5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Budo, Alexander"]
[Black "Ilyin-Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Budo, Alexander"]
[Black "Gotgilf, Solomon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "David, Gundula"]
[Black "Budo, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "B16"]
[PlyCount "197"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Nf3 h5 8.
Bd3 Qd7 9. Be3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Na6 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Qc4 e6 13. Qa4 Bh6 14.
Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Rhe1 Rg8 16. g3 Rhh8 17. Re3 Rd8 18. Red3 Kb8 19. h4 Qc7 20. Kb1
Rd7 21. Qc2 Qa5 22. Qd2 Qf5 23. Ka1 Rhd8 24. Qe3 c5 25. R3d2 c4 26. Ne1 Rd5 27.
Qe2 b5 28. Nc2 R5d6 29. a3 Nc7 30. Re1 Nd5 31. Qe4 Qxe4 32. Rxe4 Rg8 33. Re1
Kc7 34. Rde2 Kc6 35. Kb1 a5 36. Ne3 Nxe3 37. Rxe3 b4 38. axb4 axb4 39. Kc2 b3+
40. Kc1 Rd5 41. Rf3 f5 42. Kd2 Ra8 43. Rfe3 Ra2 44. Rb1 Rda5 45. Ree1 Kd6 46.
Ke3 f6 47. Kf4 Kd5 48. f3 Ra8 49. Red1 R8a7 50. Rg1 Ra8 51. Rge1 R8a7 52. Red1
Ra8 53. Rf1 R8a7 54. Rfe1 Ra8 55. Red1 R8a7 56. Re1 Ra8 57. Red1 Rh8 58. Re1
Rha8 59. g4 fxg4 60. fxg4 hxg4 61. Kxg4 Rg8+ 62. Kf3 Rh8 63. Rh1 Ra7 64. h5
Rah7 65. Ra1 e5 66. Ra5+ Ke6 67. dxe5 Rxh5 68. Ra6+ Kf5 69. Rxh5+ Rxh5 70. exf6
Rh3+ 71. Kg2 Rh7 72. Rc6 Rd7 73. Kf3 Kg6 74. Rxc4 Rd2 75. Rg4+ Kxf6 76. Rg2 Rc2
77. Re2 Kf5 78. Ke3 Rc1 79. Kd2 Rb1 80. Kd3 Rc1 81. Rf2+ Kg4 82. Kc4 Rc2 83.
Rf8 Rxb2 84. Rb8 Kf5 85. Rxb3 Rd2 86. Rb6 Ke5 87. Kc5 Rd5+ 88. Kb4 Rd1 89. c4
Rb1+ 90. Kc5 Rc1 91. Rb2 Ke6 92. Rd2 Ke7 93. Kb5 Rc3 94. c5 Rc1 95. Kb6 Rc4 96.
c6 Rb4+ 97. Kc7 Re4 98. Kc8 Rc4 99. c7 1-0

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilyin-Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Gotgilf, Solomon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "David, Gundula"]
[Black "Ilyin-Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[ECO "A03"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Ne5
Nd7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Qc1 f6 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. Na4 Nb6 14. Nb2 Ba6
15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Nd3 Nd7 17. Qb2 c4 18. Ne1 Nc5 19. Nf3 Rfd8 20. Qd4 Ne4 21.
Qb2 c5 22. Rfe1 Rab8 23. Rad1 Qa5 24. Qa1 c3 25. d3 Nd6 26. e4 d4 27. a4 Qc7
28. Re2 Re8 29. Rf1 Nf7 30. e5 Nh6 31. Qe1 Qc6 32. Nh4 Ng4 33. h3 Ne3 34. Rxe3
dxe3 35. Qxe3 fxe5 36. Qxe5+ Qf6 37. Nf3 Qxe5 38. Nxe5 Rb7 39. Re1 Rf8 40. Re4
Rb4 41. Nc4 Kf6 42. Kf2 Rc8 43. Re5 Rc6 44. g3 h6 45. Ne3 e6 46. Nc4 g5 47.
fxg5+ hxg5 48. Re4 Rc7 49. Re1 Rh7 50. Kg2 Rd7 51. Ne3 Rdd4 52. Kf3 e5 53. Nc4
e4+ 54. dxe4 Rdxc4 55. bxc4 Rxa4 56. e5+ Ke6 57. Kg4 Ra2 58. Re2 a5 59. Kxg5 a4
60. Re1 a3 61. Rc1 Rb2 62. Ra1 a2 63. h4 Rxc2 64. h5 Kxe5 65. h6 Rh2 66. Kg6 c2
67. h7 Rh3 68. g4 Kd4 69. Rg1 Rxh7 70. Kxh7 Kc3 71. g5 Kb2 72. g6 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "11th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gotgilf, Solomon"]
[Black "David, Gundula"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

0-1

