[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qa5 11. d5 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Na5 14.
Bb5+ Ke7 15. Rac1 a6 16. Bd3 Rd8 17. Rc5 b6 18. Rc7+ Kf8 19. Ne5 exd5 20. Nxf7
Rd7 21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Ne5 Rd8 23. exd5 Bb5 24. Be4 Nc4+ 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. Ke3
Bxa2 27. Ra1 Bc4 28. Kd4 Bb5 29. Bxh7 Ke7 30. Re1+ Kd6 31. Re6+ Kc7 32. Bf5 Rd7
33. Ke5 Rf7 34. Be4 a5 35. f4 a4 36. Rg6 a3 37. Rg3 Re7+ 38. Kd4 a2 39. Ra3 Bc4
40. Kxc4 Rxe4+ 41. Kd3 Rxf4 42. Rxa2 Kd6 43. Rb2 Kc5 44. Ke3 Rh4 45. h3 Ra4 46.
Rc2+ Kxd5 47. Rc7 g6 48. Rg7 Re4+ 49. Kf3 Re6 50. g4 b5 51. h4 b4 52. h5 gxh5
53. gxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 a3 17. bxa3 Rxa3 18. Qc1 Qa5 19. Bb3 Bb7 20. Qb2 exd4 21. Nxd4
Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Qa8 23. e5 Nh5 24. e6 f5 25. f3 Ra6 26. Nf1 d5 27. Rad1 Qd8 28.
g4 fxg4 29. hxg4 Nf6 30. Ng3 g6 31. Qe2 Bc8 32. Qxb5 Rxe6 33. g5 Ba6 34. Qa4
Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Qd6 36. Kg2 Nh5 37. Nxh5 gxh5 38. Be5 Qe6 39. Bf6 Bf1+ 40. Rxf1
Bxf6 41. gxf6 Rxf6 42. Qd4 Rf5 43. Kf2 Rg5 44. Rg1 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D10"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Nge2 Nd7 8.
O-O Bg6 9. f3 Bd6 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Ng3 Qh4 13. f4 Nf6 14. Qf3 Bc7
15. Ba3 Rfe8 16. Be2 h6 17. Rad1 Nd7 18. e5 f5 19. c4 Nb6 20. Rb1 Rab8 21. Bd6
Qd8 22. Qa3 Nc8 23. c5 Bf7 24. Rb2 Qd7 25. Rfb1 b6 26. Qa4 Rd8 27. Qa6 g6 28.
Nf1 Kh7 29. Ne3 g5 30. Rf1 Rg8 31. Kh1 gxf4 32. Rxf4 Rg7 33. Bf3 Bg6 34. g4
Nxd6 35. cxd6 Bd8 36. gxf5 exf5 37. h4 Qe8 38. Rg2 c5 39. Qd3 cxd4 40. Qxd4 Qf7
41. Nxf5 Bxf5 42. Rxf5 Qe6 43. Qd3 Rg6 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiliev"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D76"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 Nc4 12. b3 Nd6 13. Bb2 h6 14. Rc1 f5 15. Nd2
c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Nd5 Nb5 20. Bc5 Be6 21. Nc4 Ncd4
22. Nce3 Rc8 23. a4 Nd6 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Nc4 Ne4 26. Nf4 Bf7 27. Re1 a6 28. a5
Bxc4 29. bxc4 Qxa5 30. Qh5 Qc5 31. Nd3 Qf8 32. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O a5 11. Qc2 Nb4 12. Qd1 a4 13. a3 Nc6 14. Qc2 Bd7 15.
Be3 Ng4 16. Bf4 Na5 17. Nd5 Ne5 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Rad1 Qb8 21. Nd5
Nb3 22. f4 Bg4 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 c6 25. Ne3 Qa7 26. Kg2 Rad8 27. Ng4 Qa5
28. Rfd3 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Nc5 30. Qc3 Qxc3 31. Nxc3 exf4 32. gxf4 h5 33. Ne5 Bxe5
34. fxe5 Rxe5 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Kf3 g5 37. Ke3 Re7 38. Kf3 Rd7 39. Rxd7 Nxd7 40.
Nxa4 Ne5+ 41. Ke3 Nxc4+ 42. Kd4 b5 43. Nc5 Nxb2 44. e5 Na4 45. Ne4 Kg6 46. Nd6
g4 47. Ke4 Nc3+ 48. Kf4 c5 49. Nb7 b4 50. axb4 cxb4 51. Nc5 Ne2+ 52. Ke3 Ng1
53. Kf4 Nf3 54. Nd3 b3 55. h3 Ne1 56. Nb2 gxh3 57. Kg3 h2 58. Kxh2 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O h6 7. Qe2 c6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Nh4 b5 10. Bb3 Nc5 11. f4 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bg4 13. Nf3 exf4 14. Bxf4 O-O
15. Qe3 Nd7 16. Kh1 Bc5 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6 Re6 21.
Qh4 Bxf3 22. Rxd7 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Rg6+ 24. Kh1 Rf8 25. e5 Be3 26. Ne4 Bh6 27.
Nf6+ Kg7 28. Nh5+ Kg8 29. e6 Bg5 30. Qg4 fxe6 31. Nf6+ Rfxf6 32. Rxf6 Qe3 33.
Rxg6+ Kf8 34. Qxg5 Qe4+ 35. Qg2 Qe1+ 36. Qg1 Qe4+ 37. Rg2 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhukhovitsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "A12"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bf5 5. g3 h6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e6 8. d3
Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Qb6 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bh7 13. e5 Ng4 14. Qe2 Nc5 15.
Bd4 Bd3 16. Qd1 f6 17. Nh4 Nxe5 18. f4 Rad8 19. Bf2 Ng6 20. Rxe6 Qc7 21. Re1
Nxh4 22. gxh4 Bf5 23. Be3 Nd3 24. Rf1 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Qe1 Rfe8 27. Qf2
Nd3 28. Qg3 Re2 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C08"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7
8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Nb3 Qxe2+ 10. Nxe2 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bc5 12. Nf4 Nf6 13. Nd3 Bb6
14. Bf4 O-O 15. O-O Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Re4 17. Kf1 Rae8 18. f3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Rxe1+
20. Kxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Kopylov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C74"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. d4 e4 8. Ng5
Be7 9. O-O b5 10. Bc2 d5 11. a4 b4 12. a5 h6 13. Nf3 Qd6 14. Nfd2 Qg6 15. Qe2
Nf6 16. Ba4 Bd7 17. f3 O-O 18. fxe4 Bg4 19. Qe1 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bf4 bxc3
22. bxc3 Rab8 23. Nd2 Bf5 24. Bb3+ Kh8 25. Bxc7 e3 26. Qxe3 Bg5 27. Bf4 Bd3 28.
Rf2 Rfe8 29. Qg3 Nxa5 30. Bf7 Qxf7 31. Bxb8 Qe7 32. Qxd3 Bxd2 33. Be5 Nb3 34.
Raf1 Rg8 35. Rxd2 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D17"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. Nxc4
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 b5 11. Ne5 Qa5 12. Qd2 Nd5 13. Rc1 f6 14. e4 fxe5 15.
exf5 exd4 16. Qxd4 bxa4 17. Kd1 Rxf5 18. Qe4 Re5 19. Qxe5 Nxc3+ 20. Qxc3 Bxc3
21. Rxc3 Qb4 22. Bc4 Qxb2 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Rd3 Na6 25. Re1 a3 26. Rd2 Qb4 27.
Bd8 Qa4+ 28. Ke2 Nb4 29. Kf2 a2 30. Bf5 c5 31. Rdd1 Nd3+ 32. Rxd3 a1=Q 33. Rxa1
Qxa1 34. Be4 Rb8 35. Bc7 Re8 36. Rd2 c4 37. Bf4 c3 38. Rd5 c2 39. Rc5 Qd4+ 40.
Be3 Qxc5 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nh5 7. Be3 f5 8. exf5
gxf5 9. f4 Nf6 10. Be2 O-O 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Nh3 Ng4 13. Ng5 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Nc5
15. O-O Bh6 16. h4 Qe7 17. b4 Na6 18. a3 Bg7 19. Rac1 h6 20. Nf3 e4 21. h5 Qf6
22. Nd2 c5 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Nb3 Nc7 25. Rfd1 Rd8 26. Na5 d5 27. Qc5 d4 28.
Nxc6 Bf8 29. Qe5 Qxc6 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Qxd4 Bg7 32. Qe3 Be6 33. c5 Rd8 34. Rd1
Rxd1+ 35. Nxd1 Qd7 36. Kh2 Qd4 37. Qxd4 Bxd4 38. g3 Bb3 39. g4 Kg7 40. gxf5 Kf6
41. Kg3 Bxd1 42. Bxd1 Bb2 43. a4 Ba3 44. c6 Bxb4 45. Kg4 Bd6 46. Bc2 e3 47. Kf3
Nd5 48. Be4 e2 49. Kxe2 Nc3+ 50. Kf3 Nxe4 51. Kxe4 Bc7 52. Kd4 Kxf5 53. Kd5
Bxf4 54. Kc5 Bc7 55. Kb5 a5 56. Ka6 Ke6 57. Kb7 Kd6 58. Kc8 Bb6 59. Kb7 Kc5 60.
Ka6 Bd8 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 h6 8. Nc4
b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. Ned5 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. a4 b4 13. Bb6 Qd7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.
Nd5 Bg5 16. a5 Bb7 17. h4 Be7 18. g3 Bd8 19. Bh3 f5 20. O-O Ne7 21. Nxe7+ Bxe7
22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Kh2 Bxh4 25. f3 Rf8 26. gxh4 Qf4+ 27. Kh3 g5
28. Qe1 Bxf3 29. Qg3 Qe4 30. Rf2 Rf4 31. hxg5 Qf5+ 32. Kh2 hxg5 33. Rg1 Qh7+
34. Qh3 Rh4 35. Rxg5+ Kh8 36. Rxf3 Qxc2+ 37. Rg2 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. d3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Ba3 c4 11. Nh4 f5 12. f4 Nc6 13. g4 Qa5 14. Bb2 fxg4 15. Bxg4
e6 16. Qe1 Bd7 17. a4 Rf7 18. Qg3 Ne7 19. Qh3 Qa6 20. Ba3 Bf8 21. Kh1 Rg7 22.
Bd6 Nf5 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Bf3 Qe6 26. Qh4 a5 27. Rfb1 Bc6 28. Qg5
Qd7 29. Re1 Re8 30. Qf6 Re6 31. Qg5 Qe7 32. Qxe7 Rgxe7 33. h4 Re8 34. Kg2 h5
35. Kf2 Kf7 36. Ke3 Rg8 37. Rg1 Ree8 38. Kd2 Ke6 39. Rgb1 Kd7 40. Rg1 Ke7 41.
Rg5 Rg7 42. Rag1 Reg8 43. Bxh5 Rh8 44. Bxg6 Rxh4 45. Bxf5 Rf7 46. Ke3 Bxa4 47.
Rg7 Be8 48. Rxf7+ Bxf7 49. Rb1 Bh5 50. Rxb7+ Kf8 51. Be6 Rh2 52. f5 Rxc2 53. f6
Rxc3+ 54. Kf4 Rf3+ 55. Kg5 Be8 56. Rh7 Rg3+ 57. Kf4 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 d4 4. exf6 dxc3 5. fxg7 cxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 7. Bxd2
Bxg7 8. O-O-O Nc6 9. Bb5 Bg4 10. Ne2 O-O-O 11. f3 Bd7 12. Bc3 Rhg8 13. Bxg7
Rxg7 14. g3 a6 15. Ba4 b5 16. Bb3 Ne5 17. Rhf1 e6 18. c3 Rgg8 19. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C63"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. exf5 e4 6. Ng5 Nd4 7. Ba4 c6 8. d3
e3 9. fxe3 Nxf5 10. e4 Nh6 11. e5 Nfg4 12. O-O d6 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Qe2+ Be7
15. Bf4 Qd4+ 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Bb3 Rf8 18. Rae1 O-O-O 19. Ne6 Qf6 20. Nxf8 Bxf8
21. Be6 Bxe6 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23. Rxe6 Ng8 24. Bg5 N4f6 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Nxf6 Bxf6
27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28. Rfe1 Nd5 29. a3 Kc7 30. g3 Kb6 31. Kg2 h5 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "192"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Qe7 8. a3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. e4 e5 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qd2 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Kh8 16. Kh1 Rg8 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Rg1 Qh4 19. Rg3 Rg6 20. Rag1 Rag8
21. R1g2 Nd4 22. Qd1 c6 23. Ne3 Qf4 24. Ng4 R8g7 25. Rh3 b5 26. Ba2 a5 27. Rgg3
Nxf3 28. Qxf3 Rxg4 29. Rxg4 Rxg4 30. Qxf4 Rxf4 31. Kg2 Rxe4 32. Bxf7 Re2 33.
Be8 e4 34. Kf1 Rxb2 35. Bxc6 Bc5 36. Bxe4 Rxf2+ 37. Ke1 Rf7 38. Bc6 b4 39. axb4
axb4 40. Ba4 Bd4 41. Bb3 Re7+ 42. Kd1 Kg7 43. Bc2 h6 44. Rg3+ Kf7 45. h4 Rd7
46. Bg6+ Kf6 47. h5 Be5+ 48. Rd3 Rc7 49. Rb3 Rc4 50. Rf3+ Bf4 51. Rb3 Kg5 52.
Ke2 Be5 53. Kd3 Rh4 54. Rb1 Bd6 55. Ra1 Kf6 56. Rf1+ Ke6 57. Rf3 Kd5 58. Kc2
Rc4+ 59. Kb3 Rc1 60. Rd3+ Kc5 61. Be4 Bc7 62. Rd5+ Kb6 63. Rd3 Kb5 64. Bd5 Be5
65. Rf3 Rb1+ 66. Kc2 Rb2+ 67. Kd3 Bc3 68. Bf7 Rd2+ 69. Ke4 Ka4 70. Kf5 Rd6 71.
Be6 Ka3 72. Rg3 Rc6 73. Rg8 Rb6 74. Rg3 Kb2 75. Rg2+ Kc1 76. Rg1+ Kc2 77. Rg2+
Bd2 78. Rg3 Rb5+ 79. Kg6 Rc5 80. Bf7 Kc1 81. Be6 Re5 82. Bf7 Rb5 83. Be6 Bf4
84. Rg4 Be3 85. Rg3 Kd2 86. Rg2+ Kc3 87. Rg3 Kd2 88. Rg2+ Kc3 89. Rg3 Kd2 90.
Rg2+ Kc1 91. Rg3 Re5 92. Bf7 Kd2 93. Rg4 Rb5 94. Rg2+ Kd3 95. Be6 Ke4 96. Rh2
Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. b3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. b4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bb6
15. h3 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rad8 18. Qc2 Nd5 19. Bb2 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vasiliev"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D43"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. a4 Bb4 8. e3 b5
9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Qb6 11. Na2 Be7 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 a6 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Nc3
Bb7 16. Bg3 Rfc8 17. Rab1 Qd8 18. Nc4 Ne8 19. Rfd1 Ra7 20. Nd2 Bd6 21. Nde4
Bxg3 22. hxg3 Qe7 23. Bf3 Nef6 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. e4 Ba8 26. e5 Nd7 27. Ne4 Rb8
28. Nd6 c5 29. Qe3 Bxf3 30. gxf3 cxd4 31. Qxd4 Rc7 32. axb5 axb5 33. Rxb5 Rxb5
34. Nxb5 Rc5 35. Nd6 Rd5 36. Qa4 Rxd1+ 37. Qxd1 Nxe5 38. f4 Nd7 39. Nc4 Nf6 40.
Ne3 Qd7 41. Qb3 Qc6 42. f5 Ne4 43. fxe6 Qxe6 44. Qxe6 fxe6 45. Kg2 Kf7 46. f4
g5 47. f5 h5 48. fxe6+ Kxe6 49. Kf3 Ke5 50. Nc4+ Kd4 51. Nb6 Nf6 52. Nc8 Ng4
53. Nd6 Ne5+ 54. Ke2 Nd7 55. g4 hxg4 56. Nf7 Ke4 57. Nxg5+ Kf4 58. Ne6+ Kg3 59.
Nd4 Ne5 60. Nf5+ Kh2 61. Ne3 g3 62. Nf1+ Kh3 63. Nxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C82"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nbd2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Ng5 Ne5 14. Qg3 Qd6 15.
Re1 Nfg4 16. Nde4 dxe4 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Be3 Nxf2 19. Qh4 h6 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21.
Qxe4 Rae8 22. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Qd4 Qxd4+ 24. cxd4 Nd3 25. Re3 Nxb2 26. Rc1 Rf6
27. Rc6 Nc4 28. Re2 Nb6 29. Re4 Re7 30. d5 g6 31. h4 Kg7 32. g4 Na4 33. Rb4 Nb6
34. Re4 Na4 35. Re2 b4 36. Rxa6 Nc3 37. Rc2 Nxd5 38. Rcc6 Nb6 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. h3 e6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8. Nf3
Qc7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Nbd2 f6 12. Bh4 e5 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. Bc2 Nf6 15.
Nb3 Kh8 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Nbd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qxe6 dxc3 20. bxc3 Qxc3
21. Qxd6 Qxc2 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Qxd5 Raf8 24. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhukhovitsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Bf5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Qb3 Na6 8.
Rc1 Be7 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. a3 O-O 11. e3 Nh5 12. Be5 f6 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Rab8
15. Qa2 Rfe8 16. Be2 Bd6 17. b4 Qd8 18. Bxa6 bxa6 19. Nb3 Qe7 20. Qe2 Bc7 21.
Nc5 a5 22. Na6 Rb7 23. Nxc7 Rxc7 24. O-O axb4 25. axb4 Rb7 26. Na2 Rb6 27. Rc5
Qe4 28. Qb2 Reb8 29. Rfc1 Qe8 30. Qa3 R8b7 31. Qa4 Bd3 32. Rxc6 Rc7 33. b5 Bxb5
34. Rxc7 Bxa4 35. Rc8 Rb2 36. Rxe8+ Bxe8 37. Nc3 Bc6 38. Ra1 Rc2 39. Ra3 Rc1+
40. Kh2 Rc2 41. f3 a6 42. Na2 Bb7 43. Nb4 Rb2 44. Nd3 Rb6 45. Nc5 Kf7 46. g4
Bc8 47. Kg3 Ke7 48. f4 Kd6 49. Ra1 Rb8 50. Rh1 h6 51. Ra1 Ra8 52. f5 a5 53. Kh4
Kc6 54. Kh5 Kb5 55. Kg6 Ra7 56. Rb1+ Kc6 57. Rb8 Kc7 58. Rb3 Kc6 59. Kh7 h5 60.
Rc3 Kd6 61. Nd3 Bd7 62. Kxg7 Bxf5+ 63. Kxf6 Bxd3 64. Rxd3 hxg4 65. g3 a4 66.
Ra3 Kc6 67. Ke6 Ra5 68. Kf5 Kb5 69. Kxg4 Kb4 70. Ra1 Kb3 71. Kf5 a3 72. g4 Kb2
73. Rg1 a2 74. Ke5 a1=Q 75. Rxa1 Kxa1 76. g5 Kb2 77. g6 Kc3 78. g7 Ra8 79. Kxd5
Rg8 80. Ke6 Rxg7 81. d5 Kd3 82. d6 Kxe3 83. d7 Rxd7 84. Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Na5 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
dxc6 bxc6 9. Be2 Be7 10. c3 Nd5 11. Nf3 dxc3 12. Nxc3 Nxc3 13. Qxd8+ Bxd8 14.
bxc3 O-O 15. Be3 Bf6 16. O-O Be6 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Kopylov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. d3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Bxc5 Qa5 9. Be3 d4 10. Bd2 dxc3 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Qb4 13. hxg4 Qxf4 14. g3 Qa4
15. Rb1 O-O-O 16. Bg2 e6 17. Ng5 Bc5 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. Nxf3 Kb8
21. Ke2 Rd5 22. Rb3 Bd4 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. f4 Ra4 25. a3 h6 26. Rhb1 b6 27. Rxc3
h5 28. gxh5 Rxh5 29. Rb4 Ra5 30. Rd4 Rh8 31. Rd7 Rf8 32. Rcc7 f6 33. exf6 gxf6
34. Rf7 Rxf7 35. Rxf7 f5 36. Re7 Rxa3 37. Rxe6 Rc3 38. Kd2 Rc7 39. Rf6 Rg7 40.
Rxf5 Rxg3 41. Rf7 Rg2+ 42. Kc3 Rf2 43. f5 a5 44. f6 a4 45. Rf8+ Kb7 46. f7 Rf4
47. Kb2 b5 48. c3 Rf2+ 49. Ka3 Rf6 50. d4 Rf5 51. d5 Rf3 52. d6 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Nb1 c5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. exd4 Be7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Be3 Rc8 15.
Qe2 Nb6 16. Nfe5 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Nd5 18. Rfc1 Bd6 19. Rc2 Qh4 20. Rac1 Nf4 21.
Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Be4 25. Rd2 Rc5 26. Rd4 Rxe5 27.
Ba6 Bd5 28. Rxb4 Rxe3 29. a4 Rb3 30. Rxb3 Bxb3 31. a5 f5 32. Rc7 Rf7 33. Rc8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Ng3 Re8 8. Bd3
a6 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. b4 Bf8 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. Nce2 Ne5
15. Rc1 Nfg4 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Nf4 g6 18. Be2 Be6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Qb3 a5 21.
Rfd1 Rd6 22. b5 a4 23. Qa2 h6 24. Nf1 Qd7 25. Nd2 Rd8 26. Nf3 Nxf3+ 27. Bxf3
Qxb5 28. Rb1 Qc4 29. Qb2 R6d7 30. Rd4 Qc6 31. Qb5 Ra8 32. Bxd5 Qxb5 33. Rxb5
Bxa3 34. Bxb7 Rad8 35. Rbd5 Rxd5 36. Bxd5 Be7 37. e4 a3 38. Ra4 Rb8 39. Kf1 Rb2
40. f4 Bc5 41. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nc2 Bc5 9. O-O Qc7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. f4 d6 12. a3 Bd7 13. b4 Ba7 14. c5 dxc5 15.
e5 Nd5 16. Ne4 Nce7 17. Qh5 Nf5 18. Ne3 Ndxe3 19. Bxe3 cxb4 20. Bxa7 Rxa7 21.
Nf6+ gxf6 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. exf6 Kh8 24. Rf3 Qc3 25. Rxc3 bxc3 26. Rc1 Raa8 27.
Rxc3 Rac8 28. Qh6 Rg8 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Kg1 Be6 31. Kf2 b5 32. Qh3 Rc8 33. Qg3
Rg8 34. Qe3 a5 35. Qb6 b4 36. a4 Bd5 37. Qxa5 Rxg2+ 38. Kf1 Be4 39. Qxb4 Rg8
40. Qe7 Bd5 41. Qd7 Be6 42. Qb7 Rg6 43. a5 Rxf6 44. Kf2 Rh6 45. a6 Rxh2+ 46.
Kg3 Ra2 47. a7 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nb1 Bf5 6. d3 Nc5 7. Be3 e6 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Ncd7 11. c4 Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13. b4 f6 14. d4 fxe5 15.
dxe5 a5 16. c5 Qb8 17. Nb3 axb4 18. axb4 Be4 19. Nbd4 h6 20. Qb3 Qe8 21. Rxa8
Qxa8 22. Nd2 Bf5 23. f4 Qe8 24. N2f3 Qg6 25. Ra1 Be4 26. Ra7 Rb8 27. Qa2 Bd8
28. Bf1 Bd3 29. Bxd3 Qxd3 30. Qb3 Qxb3 31. Nxb3 Nb5 32. Ra1 Kf7 33. Nfd4 Nxd4
34. Nxd4 Nf8 35. Ra7 Ke8 36. f5 Kd7 37. b5 cxb5 38. fxe6+ Kc8 39. c6 b4 40. Ra1
b3 41. c7 Kxc7 42. Nb5+ Kc6 43. Na7+ 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C80"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 O-O 10. Qe1 Bd6 11. Re2 Nxa4 12. Nxa4 Qh4 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O
b5 9. Bf3 Ra7 10. a4 bxa4 11. Nxa4 O-O 12. Qe2 Rc7 13. Rfd1 Nbd7 14. Bd2 Qe8
15. Ba5 Rb7 16. Nc6 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Nb6 Qc6 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Bc3 Rb5 21.
Qd3 h6 22. Be2 Bc5 23. Qf3 Nxe4 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Be1 f5 26. Qe2 Bb6 27. c3 Rf8
28. Rac1 Rf6 29. Kf1 Rg6 30. f3 Ng5 31. Bh4 e4 32. Bxg5 Rxg5 33. fxe4 fxe4 34.
c4 b4 35. Re1 e3 36. Qf3 Qxf3+ 37. gxf3 Kf7 38. f4 Rf5 39. Kg2 Bd4 40. Rc2 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "B24"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. exd5 Nb4 7. Ne2 Nxd5 8.
d4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. c4 Nb6 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. b3 Ke7 14. Nc3 f5
15. Bg5+ Kf7 16. Rad1 a6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Ke7 19. e4 g6 20. exf5 gxf5 21.
Rfe1 Rb8 22. Ne2 Rf8 23. c5 Na8 24. Nf4 Rd8 25. Nd5+ Kf7 26. Nb6 Rxd1 27. Rxd1
Nxb6 28. cxb6 Ke7 29. Rc1 Kd6 30. Rc7 h6 31. b4 e5 32. Rh7 Bd7 33. Rxh6+ Be6
34. a4 e4 35. g4 Ke5 36. gxf5 Bxf5 37. Rh5 Kf4 38. Kf1 Rd8 39. Bh3 Bg6 40. Rh4+
Ke3 41. Rh6 Be8 42. Ke1 Bxa4 43. Bg4 Rd4 44. Rh3+ Kf4 45. Bc8 Bd1 46. Bxb7 Bf3
47. Bxe4 Bxe4 48. Rb3 Rd6 49. h3 Rxb6 50. Kd2 Bd5 51. Ra3 Ke4 52. Kc3 Rg6 53.
Ra5 Rg3+ 54. Kc2 Bb3+ 55. Kb2 Bc4 56. h4 Kd4 57. Rg5 Rh3 58. Rg4+ Kd3 59. Ka3
Rh2 60. Rg3+ Kd4 61. Ka4 Ra2+ 62. Ra3 Bb5+ 63. Kb3 Rh2 64. Ra1 Rh3+ 65. Ka2 Kc3
66. Rb1 Bc4+ 67. Ka1 Rh2 68. Rc1+ Kb3 69. Rb1+ Ka3 70. Rd1 Bb3 71. Re1 Ra2+ 72.
Kb1 Bc2+ 73. Kc1 Ra1+ 74. Kd2 Rxe1 75. Kxe1 Kxb4 76. Kd2 Kb3 77. Kc1 a5 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Vasiliev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D59"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qa4 c5 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rac1 Nd5
15. Nxd5 exd5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. b4 c4 18. Nd4 Rfe8 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. Bf3 Rad8 21.
Ne2 Qd6 22. Qc3 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Ne1 Nfd7 11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 e4 14. Qd2 Nf6 15.
Nc2 Bd7 16. Bd4 Qe8 17. Ne3 Qg6 18. Rf2 Rf7 19. g3 h5 20. Rg2 Ng4 21. Rf1 Re8
22. Ncd1 b6 23. Bxg7 Rxg7 24. Nf2 Nxf2 25. Rfxf2 Kf7 26. Qd4 Rh8 27. Rf1 Qf6
28. Qxf6+ Kxf6 29. Kf2 Rgg8 30. Nc2 Re8 31. Ke3 Reg8 32. b3 h4 33. Nd4 hxg3 34.
hxg3 Rh3 35. Rfg1 Rgh8 36. a3 Ra8 37. Bd1 Rb8 38. Be2 Ra8 39. Bf1 Rg8 40. b4
axb4 41. axb4 Na6 42. Nc2 Ba4 43. c5 Bxc2 44. Bxa6 Ba4 45. cxd6 cxd6 46. Kf2
Bb3 47. Bb7 Rg7 48. Bc6 Ra7 49. Rc1 b5 50. Bxb5 Bxd5 51. Ke3 Ke6 52. Be2 Ra3+
53. Kd4 Raxg3 54. Rxg3 Rxg3 55. Ba6 Ba2 56. Ra1 Bb3 57. Ra3 d5 58. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4
O-O 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rd1 Qe8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nh5 13. Bg3 Bf6 14. Bd5 Nxg3 15.
hxg3 Rb8 16. Bb3 Qe7 17. d5 Na5 18. Bc2 Nc4 19. Bd3 Nb6 20. Nbd2 c6 21. dxc6
Bxc6 22. c4 Na4 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Nf1 Qb7 25. Re1 Nc5 26. Bc2 Rfe8 27. Rad1
Rbd8 28. Bb1 g6 29. Ne3 Bg7 30. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Zhukhovitsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. b3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nbd7 11. Rd1 c5 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Ba3 Rc8
15. h3 a6 16. Nc3 cxd4 17. exd4 Bf8 18. Ne4 Qc7 19. Rdc1 Rab8 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6
21. Qe3 Qa5 22. d5 Bh6 23. Qxh6 Qxa3 24. Qd2 Rc7 25. Rb3 Qd6 26. Qb2 Nd7 27.
Nd2 Nc5 28. Rf3 Rbc8 29. Rd1 Nd7 30. Re1 Nc5 31. Qd4 Rd8 32. Nf1 b5 33. Ne3 e5
34. Qh4 Qe7 35. Qh6 Qf8 36. Qxf8+ Kxf8 37. cxb5 axb5 38. Rf6 Ra7 39. Rb1 Rb8
40. Nc4 Rxa2 41. Nxe5 Rb7 42. d6 Raa7 43. Rc1 Ne6 44. Rf3 Kg7 45. d7 f6 46. Nc6
Rc7 47. Re3 Nd8 48. Re7+ Kh6 49. Nxd8 Rxc1+ 50. Kh2 Rd1 51. Nf7+ Kh5 52. d8=Q
Rxd8 53. Rxa7 Rd2 54. f4 h6 55. Rb7 g5 56. f5 g4 57. Rb6 Kh4 58. hxg4 Kxg4 59.
Rxf6 h5 60. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "E28"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 d6 8. Ne2
e5 9. O-O e4 10. Bb1 Be6 11. d5 Bf5 12. f3 Nbd7 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. f4 h5 15. f5 h4
16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf6 18. Bb1 Bh5 19. Qe1 Ng4 20. h3 Ne5 21. f6 gxf6 22.
Qxh4 Bg6 23. e4 Re8 24. Rxf6 Nxc4 25. Bg5 Qa5 26. Rxg6+ fxg6 27. Bf6 Kf7 28.
Bd3 Nd2 29. e5 Rxe5 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kopylov, Igor"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. d5 Ne7 13. Bc2 bxa4 14. Bxa4 Nb6 15.
Bb3 c6 16. c4 c5 17. Bd2 Nd7 18. Nc3 g6 19. Ne2 Bg7 20. Qc1 f5 21. Ng5 Qc8 22.
Ne6 Rf7 23. Bh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Nf8 25. Ng5 Rg7 26. Ng3 Qd8 27. Bc2 f4 28. Nf1
Kh8 29. Nh2 Ng8 30. Qh4 h6 31. Nhf3 Qe7 32. Red1 Bc8 33. b4 cxb4 34. c5 Qf6 35.
c6 Rc7 36. Rdb1 Kg7 37. Rxb4 hxg5 38. Qxg5 Qxg5 39. Nxg5 Nh7 40. Nf3 Kf6 41.
Nd2 Ke7 42. f3 Ng5 43. Nc4 Nf6 44. Na5 Ne8 45. Rab1 Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2
Qe7 9. Qe2 e5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. f4 Qe7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. h3 Bd7
15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 Ne4 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. Bd3 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Rac8 20. Rad1 Nf6
21. Qd2 Qb6 22. Bf5 Rc4 23. Kh1 g6 24. Bb1 Rc6 25. Qd4 Rce6 26. Qxb6 Rxb6 27.
Rd2 Nh5 28. Rxd5 Rxb2 29. Rd4 Ng3+ 30. Kh2 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Nf1+ 32. Kg1 Nxe3 33.
Be4 b6 34. Rd3 Nf5 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Rd7 Rxa2 37. Bd5 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 Ra4 39. Rxf7+
Kh8 40. g3 h5 41. Be6 h4 42. Bxf5 Ra2+ 43. Kf3 gxf5 44. Rxf5 Ra3+ 45. Ke4 hxg3
46. Rg5 Ra4+ 47. Kf3 Ra5 48. f5 Rc5 49. Kf4 b5 50. Rxg3 b4 51. f6 a5 52. f7 Rc8
53. Ke5 Rb8 54. Kf6 Rb6+ 55. Kf5 Rb5+ 56. Kg6 Rb6+ 57. Kh5 Rb8 58. Kh6 a4 59.
Rg6 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D64"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. a3 a6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. O-O Nxc3
15. Qxc3 Nf6 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Qc2 Qd6 19. Nf1 Bc8 20. Ng3 Ng4 21.
Qd2 Qe7 22. Bb1 Qh4 23. Nf1 Rd6 24. f3 Nf6 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Rde6 27. g4
Rd8 28. Ng3 Ne8 29. h4 Nd6 30. Bd3 g6 31. g5 h5 32. Ke2 Re7 33. Kd2 Rde8 34. e4
dxe4 35. fxe4 Rd8 36. Rf1 Nb5 37. Bxb5 axb5 38. Ke3 Bg4 39. Rc2 Red7 40. Rd2
Be6 41. Rf6 Bc4 42. Nh1 Ra8 43. Nf2 Ra4 44. e5 b4 45. axb4 Rxb4 46. Rd6 Rb3+
47. Kf4 Bd5 48. Ne4 Bxe4 49. Rxd7 Bd5 50. e6 Bxe6 51. Rd8+ Kg7 52. Re2 Rb5 53.
Re8 Rf5+ 54. Ke3 Rb5 55. Rh2 Bd7 56. Re5 Rb3+ 57. Kf4 Be6 58. Re3 Rb5 59. Re5
Rb4 60. Rd2 Rb3 61. Re3 Rb5 62. Re5 Rb3 63. Re4 Kf8 64. Re3 Rb5 65. Re5 Rb3 66.
Re3 Rb5 67. Re5 Rb3 68. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "A22"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Be6 8. Be2
g5 9. Bg3 Qd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxe4 14. Bg4 f5
15. Bh5+ Kd8 16. Ne6+ Kc8 17. O-O Bb6 18. a4 a5 19. Re1 Nf6 20. Bf7 Kb8 21. h3
f4 22. Bh2 Nexd5 23. Nxg5 Ne3 24. fxe3 hxg5 25. Bg6 Ka7 26. b4 fxe3 27. bxa5
Bc5 28. Qb3 g4 29. Rab1 Rab8 30. Rbc1 gxh3 31. Re2 hxg2 32. Rxg2 Rxh2 33. Kxh2
Rh8+ 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Ng3
c5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Be7 13. Nb5 Ne4 14. Bb2 Nxg3 15.
hxg3 Qd7 16. Bd3 f5 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. Rfd1 a6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. exd4
f4 22. gxf4 Rxf4 23. Qe5 Rf7 24. Rac1 Re8 25. Re1 Rfe7 26. Qg5 Bf7 27. Re5 Rxe5
28. dxe5 Bg6 29. Bxg6 hxg6 30. Re1 Qe6 31. Qe3 Rc8 32. Rd1 Rc4 33. Rd4 b5 34.
Rxc4 dxc4 35. f4 Qc6 36. e6 Kf8 37. Qe5 c3 38. e7+ Kf7 39. e8=Q+ Qxe8 40. Qxc3
Qe4 41. g3 Qe6 42. Kf2 Qa2+ 43. Ke3 Qe6+ 44. Kf2 Qa2+ 45. Kg1 Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 Nc6 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 Bd7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rad1 Nh5
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. g3 Qb4 17. d5 Nd8 18. Ne5 Nf6 19. Nxd7 Qxc4 20. Qxc4 Rxc4 21.
Nxf8 Kxf8 22. Rfe1 Rb4 23. f4 g6 24. Re2 exd5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Ne6 27.
Rd7 b6 28. Rb7 a5 29. Re5 Rxb2 30. f5 Ng5 31. Kf1 gxf5 32. Rxf5 Rxh2 33. Rxb6
Ne4 34. Kg1 Ra2 35. Rxa5 h5 36. Rb3 Kg7 37. Re3 Ra1+ 38. Kg2 Ra2+ 39. Kg1 Ra1+
40. Kg2 Ra2+ 41. Kh3 f5 42. Rxf5 Kg6 43. Rxe4 Kxf5 44. Rb4 Kg5 45. Rb5+ Kg6 46.
Ra5 Ra1 47. Ra8 Ra2 48. Ra7 Kg5 49. Ra6 Kf5 50. a5 Kg5 51. Ra8 Kg6 52. a6 Ra4
53. Kg2 Ra3 54. Ra7 Kf6 55. Kh2 Kg6 56. Kh3 Ra4 57. Ra8 Kg7 58. Kg2 Ra3 59. Kf2
Kh7 60. Ra7+ Kg6 61. Kg2 Kf6 62. Kh2 Kg6 63. Kh3 Ra4 64. Ra8 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. b3
d5 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. e4 Qd7 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Na4 Qc7 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Qc1 Nd4 16. Ne4 Nb4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Re2 Ba6 19. c4 dxc3 20. Re3 c2 21. Rc3
0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vasiliev"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. b3
Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. e3 Nf8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. e4 Bg4 14. Ne2 N6d7 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qb6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Bc3 Ne6 19. b4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bd2
c5 22. Rb1 d3 23. Qb3 cxb4 24. Qxb4 Qxb4 25. Rxb4 Nc5 26. e5 b6 27. Bg5 Rb8 28.
Bc6 Rec8 29. Bd5 Bxe5 30. Rbb1 Na4 31. Rbe1 Bd6 32. Re3 Nc5 33. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Nc4 14. Ng3 Rfc8 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. b3 Nb6 18. c4 bxc4 19. Bb2 Re8 20. Qd2 cxb3 21. axb3
c4 22. Qa5 Qc5 23. Qxc5 Bxc5 24. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "A24"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 c6 8. Bd2
Re8 9. Rc1 h6 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Rfd1 Nc5 12. b4 Ne6 13. e3 Nh7 14. d4 Neg5 15.
Nxg5 Nxg5 16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Bg4 18. Rf1 Nf3+ 19. Kh1 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Qb6 21.
a3 Bd7 22. Rc2 Rac8 23. Rfc1 Rc7 24. Kg1 Rec8 25. Bf1 f5 26. Ne2 a6 27. Rxc7
Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. e4 Kf7 30. Qe3 Qc8 31. h4 h5 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Qf3 Kg6
34. Kh2 Bh6 35. Qd3 Bb5 36. Qd1 Kf6 37. a4 Be8 38. f4 Qc4 39. fxe5+ dxe5 40. d6
Bd7 41. Nf4 Qa2+ 42. Ng2 Qd2 43. Qxh5 b5 44. axb5 axb5 45. Bd3 e4 46. Bc2 Ke5
47. Bb3 Qxd6 48. Nf4 Qd2+ 49. Kh3 Qc1 50. Bd1 Bxf4 51. gxf4+ Kd6 52. Qe2 Qxf4
53. Qh2 Qxh2+ 54. Kxh2 Ke5 55. h5 Kf6 56. Kg3 Kg5 57. Kf2 f4 58. Kg2 Be8 59.
Bc2 Bc6 60. Bd1 e3+ 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zhukhovitsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C74"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Nbd2 Qe7 8. O-O
g6 9. Re1 Bg7 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Ne3 exd4 12. cxd4 Qd8 13. d5 Nb8 14. Bc2 Re8 15.
Nf1 Bg4 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Bh5 18. N1d2 Nbd7 19. Rb1 a5 20. a3 Ne5 21. Bg3 Nfd7
22. h3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 g5 24. f4 gxf4 25. Bxf4 Qh4 26. Bg3 Qxh3 27. Re3 Qg4 28.
f4 Qxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Ng6 30. Re1 a4 31. Kg2 Nc5 32. Bc2 h5 33. Kf3 f5 34. Rh1 Ne7
35. Rxh5 c6 36. dxc6 Nxc6 37. Bf2 Ne6 38. Bd3 Ncd4+ 39. Kg3 b5 40. exf5 Nc5 41.
Rg5 Ne2+ 42. Bxe2 Rxe2 43. Bxc5 Rxd2 44. f6 Kf7 45. fxg7 dxc5 46. Rxc5 Kxg7 47.
Rxb5 Kf6 48. Rc1 Rd3+ 49. Kf2 Ke6 50. Rc6+ Kd7 51. Rc3 Rxc3 52. bxc3 Rc8 53.
Rb4 Rxc3 54. Rxa4 Ke6 55. Ra5 Kf6 56. a4 Ke6 57. Re5+ Kf6 58. a5 Ra3 59. Rb5
Kg6 60. Ke2 Kf6 61. Kd2 Rf3 62. f5 Ke7 63. Rd5 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "B59"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Qb6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. c4
Ne4 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bf6 17. Rad1 Rfc8 18. b3 Nc3 19. Rd2 Ng6 20. Bg4 Nxf4
21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxf4 Bg5 23. g3 Bxf4 24. gxf4 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kopylov, Igor"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nfd7 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Qd2 h6
9. Nge2 Nc7 10. Nf4 Ne5 11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O h5 13. Nh3 a6 14. a4 Bxh3 15. gxh3
a5 16. f4 Nd7 17. Kh1 Na6 18. e5 dxe5 19. f5 g5 20. Bxg5 Qb6 21. Ne4 Nf6 22.
Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rg1 O-O-O 24. Rg3 h4 25. Rg4 Nc7 26. Nxf6 exf6 27. Rg7 Rd7 28.
Rag1 Ne8 29. Rg8 Rxg8 30. Rxg8 Rd8 31. Rg4 Nd6 32. Rxh4 Rg8 33. Qc3 Kd7 34. Rg4
Rh8 35. Rg2 Qd8 36. Qg3 Qf8 37. Qe3 b6 38. b3 Qh6 39. Qxh6 Rxh6 40. Bf1 Ne4 41.
Re2 Nd6 42. Kg2 Rh8 43. Kf3 Ke7 44. Rg2 Kf8 45. Re2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C16"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Nf3 Qd7 6. Bd2 c6 7. Ne2 Bf8 8. Nf4
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O h5 11. Ng5 g6 12. c4 Be7 13. Nfh3 Nh6 14. Rc1 Nf5 15.
Nf3 O-O 16. Bg5 Rac8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Nf4 dxc4 20. Rxc4 Qd7 21.
Qb1 c5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Rcc1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Kg7 25. Ne2 Qd3 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27.
Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. e4 Nh5 11. Bh2 e5 12. c3 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. g4 Re8 15.
Rfe1 Nf8 16. Rad1 Qd7 17. Qf1 Ne6 18. Qg2 Rad8 19. Qh2 d5 20. e5 c5 21. Nf1 Bc6
22. Bf5 gxf5 23. gxf5 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Qxf4 f6 27. Ne6 Rxe6
28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. fxe6 Qd6 30. Ng3 Rg8 31. Qe2 d4 32. c4 Rxg3+ 33. fxg3 Qxg3+
34. Kf1 Bf3 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "E06"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. d4 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Ne5
c6 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 b5 11. Ne3 Qb6 12. e5 Nfd7 13. a4 a5 14. Qg4 Rd8 15. Nc2
b4 16. Bh6 g6 17. Ne4 b3 18. Ne3 Qxd4 19. Rad1 Qxe5 20. f4 Qh5 21. Qxh5 gxh5
22. f5 Na6 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Bh3 Ndc5 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxf6 Nc7
28. Nc4 Nd5 29. Rf3 Ne7 30. Nd6 Nf5 31. Bxf5 Rxd6 32. Bg4 Nd7 33. Bxh5 e5 34.
Bg5 h6 35. Be7 Rd1+ 36. Kf2 e4 37. Rxb3 Rd2+ 38. Ke1 Rxh2 39. Rxb7 Ne5 40. Be2
e3 41. Bh4 Rh1+ 42. Bf1 Nd3+ 43. Ke2 Nc1+ 44. Kxe3 Rxf1 45. Rb6 c5 46. Rxh6 Nb3
47. Bf6 c4 48. Be5 Nc5 49. g4 Rg1 50. Kd4 Nxa4 51. Kd5 Rxg4 52. Ke6 Nc5+ 53.
Ke7 Rg7+ 54. Bxg7 Kxg7 55. Rh2 Kg6 56. Kd6 Na4 57. Rc2 Kf5 58. Kd5 c3 59. bxc3
Kf4 60. Kc6 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 d4 4. b4 a5 5. b5 e5 6. d3 Bb4+ 7. Nd2 Nf6 8. Nh3 Nbd7
9. O-O O-O 10. a4 h6 11. Nb3 Nc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. f4 e4 14. Nf2 e3 15. Ne4
Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Qd6 17. Qb3 Bg4 18. Bf3 h5 19. Bxg4 hxg4 20. f5 g5 21. f6 Qe5 22.
Ba3 Bxa3 23. Qxa3 Rfe8 24. c5 Kh7 25. c6 b6 26. Rac1 Rad8 27. Qa1 Kg6 28. Qa3
Rd6 29. Qa1 Rh8 30. Qa2 Rdd8 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Be2 Bf5 6. O-O e6 7. Nb1 Be7 8. d3
Nc5 9. Be3 Ncd7 10. d4 O-O 11. Nbd2 c5 12. c4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxe5 14. Qb3 dxc4
15. Qxb7 Nbd7 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Nxc4 Qc8 18. Qxc8 Rfxc8 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Ba6
Rd8 21. Rfd1 Bf6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bxa7 g5 24. Rc1 Kg7 25. Bb5 Rd2 26. Rb1 f4
27. a4 Ng6 28. Kf1 Ne7 29. Bc5 Nd5 30. Be2 Rc2 31. Ba3 Be5 32. a5 Bc7 33. Rd1
Nf6 34. Bd3 Rc6 35. Bb5 Rc2 36. Ba4 Rc4 37. Bb3 Rc6 38. Bb4 Ra6 39. Ra1 Ne4 40.
Bc4 Ra7 41. Bd5 Bd6 42. Be1 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D01"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. f3 Qb6 5. Rb1 Nbd7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8.
Nf3 exd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11. Be2 Nge5 12. Nf5 h6 13. Be3 g6 14. Ng3
Bc5 15. Bf4 b5 16. a4 a6 17. Nf1 h5 18. b4 Bd6 19. Nd2 Nf3+ 20. Nxf3 Bxf4 21.
Nd1 Ne5 22. O-O Nxf3+ 23. Rxf3 Be5 24. Ra3 Bg4 25. Bxg4 hxg4 26. axb5 cxb5 27.
g3 Ke7 28. c3 Bc7 29. Rba1 Bb6+ 30. Kh1 Rhd8 31. c4 bxc4 32. Nc3 Bd4 33. Rc1
Ke6 34. Na4 Rac8 35. Nc5+ Bxc5 36. bxc5 Rxc5 37. Rxa6+ Ke5 38. Ra7 c3 39. Rxf7
c2 40. Kg2 Rd1 41. Rf1 Rxc1 42. Rxc1 Kxe4 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vasiliev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 Bb6 6. d4 Nxe4 7. dxe5 O-O 8.
Nbd2 d5 9. Qe2 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qh4 13. Kh2 f6 14. e6 Ne7
15. Bd7 f5 16. f4 Bc5 17. Qf3 Bd6 18. Rae1 Ng6 19. Rg1 c6 20. Kh1 Rad8 21. Bc1
Bxf4 22. e7 Rxd7 23. exf8=R+ Kxf8 24. Rxg6 hxg6 25. Bxf4 Kf7 26. Qe3 Re7 27.
Qxe7+ Qxe7 28. Rxe7+ Kxe7 29. Kg2 Kf6 30. h4 c5 31. Kf3 b5 32. b4 d4 33. bxc5
dxc3 34. c6 Ke6 35. c7 Kd7 36. Ke3 b4 37. Kd3 a5 38. Kc4 c2 39. Kb5 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vasiliev"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Qb1 Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Qxb4
Kxh7 15. O-O Rh8 16. c5 Kg8 17. Ne2 Nc6 18. Qc3 Qh4 19. f3 Qxh2+ 20. Kf2 Be6
21. e4 Qe5 22. Bf4 Qxc3 23. Nxc3 Rh5 24. Na4 Rd8 25. g4 Rh8 26. Rfd1 Rxd1 27.
Rxd1 Bxa2 28. Nc3 Be6 29. Bxc7 f6 30. Rb1 Bc8 31. Nd5 Kf7 32. Nb6 Be6 33. Nd5
Bc8 34. Nb6 Be6 35. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhukhovitsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Vasiliev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nf3 a6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8.
Qxc4 b5 9. Qd3 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qb6 14. Nf3
Be7 15. Bf4 Nc5 16. Qe3 Rc8 17. Rac1 O-O 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ne4 Be7
21. b3 Qc6 22. Rd4 Qb7 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Ne4 25. Rdd1 b4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27.
Rd4 Nc3 28. Qd2 Qb5 29. e3 Qa5 30. Rd7 Qxa2 31. Qd6 Ne4 32. Qf4 Qxf2+ 33. Kh3
Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Vasiliev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D58"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Qc2 c5
9. O-O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Kb1 Nc6 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Rxd8 Raxd8 18. Qxc4 Rd2 19. b4 Rfd8 20. Re1
b5 21. Qxb5 Rc8 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vasiliev"]
[Black "Kopylov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Re8 9. Qc2 e4 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. Nb5 Nf8 12. Ba3 a6 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
cxd5 Rac8 16. Rfe1 h5 17. Nc4 Qg5 18. Qd2 Bh3 19. Bf1 h4 20. Kh1 Bd7 21. Na5 b5
22. Rac1 Qxd5 23. b4 Ne6 24. Nb3 Ng5 25. h3 Bf6 26. Rc2 Kg7 27. Rec1 c6 28. Qd1
Ne6 29. Be2 Bd8 30. Bb2 Kg8 31. Nd2 f5 32. Nb1 Qxa2 33. d5 cxd5 34. Bc3 Qb3 35.
Nd2 Qa3 36. Ra1 Qxc3 37. Rxc3 Rxc3 38. Rxa6 d4 39. exd4 Nxd4 40. Nb1 Rc6 41.
Rxc6 Nxc6 42. Bxb5 Ne5 43. Bxd7 Nxd7 44. Qxd6 Nf6 45. Nc3 Be7 46. Qc7 Bd8 47.
Qc6 Kf7 48. Nb5 Re6 49. Qc4 Bb6 50. Nd6+ Ke7 51. Nc8+ Kd7 52. Nxb6+ Rxb6 53.
Qf7+ Kd8 54. Qxg6 f4 55. Qg5 f3 56. gxf3 exf3 57. Qxh4 Kd7 58. Qd4+ Rd6 59. Qe3
Nd5 60. Qxf3 Kc6 61. h4 Rf6 62. Qe4 Kd6 63. Kg2 Rf4 64. Qg6+ Ke5 65. Qg7+ Kf5
66. Qg5+ Ke6 67. b5 Rb4 68. Qg8+ Ke5 69. h5 Rb3 70. Qg5+ Ke4 71. f3+ Kd4 72.
Qd2+ Ke5 73. h6 Ne3+ 74. Qxe3+ 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Vasiliev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 d6 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 c5 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Nd4 Qd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Qd3
Qc5 15. Rd1 Rfe8 16. Qf3 Rac8 17. Bf4 Bf8 18. Rd2 Nd7 19. Rad1 Ne5 20. Bxe5
Rxe5 21. Rd4 Qc6 22. Qd3 Re6 23. Rd2 Qb7 24. f3 Rc6 25. Kg2 Qc8 26. Rh4 g6 27.
Nd5 Rc1 28. b4 Bg7 29. Re4 Bh6 30. e3 Bf8 31. a3 Rxe4 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Nxe4 Qc4
34. Qxc4 Rxc4 35. Kf2 a5 36. bxa5 bxa5 37. Nxd6 Bxd6 38. Rxd6 Rc2+ 39. Ke1 Rc3
40. Ke2 Rxa3 41. h4 Ra2+ 42. Kd3 Rg2 43. g4 Rh2 44. Ra6 Rxh4 45. Rxa5 Rh1 46.
Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vasiliev"]
[Black "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "E00"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 Bd6 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O e5 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Qd3 exd4 11. Qxd4 Be7 12. Bf4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 c6 14. Rfd1
Nfd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Vasiliev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "E26"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Qa5 7. Bb2 cxd4 8.
exd4 O-O 9. Nf3 d5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd2 e5 12. O-O Qc7 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. c5 Nbd7
15. Rac1 b6 16. cxb6 Qxb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. c4 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 dxc4
21. Bxc4 Bf5 22. f3 Nd7 23. g4 Be6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rc7 Rf7 26. Rd1 Nc5 27.
Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Rd6 Ra7 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. Rc6 Rb7 31. Rc8 Kf7 32. Kg3 Nd7 33. g5 b5
34. Rh8 Kg6 35. h4 h5 36. gxh6 gxh6 37. Bc1 Kg7 38. Rxh6 Nf8 39. Rh5 b4 40.
Rg5+ Kh7 41. axb4 Rxb4 42. h5 Rb7 43. Ra5 Rg7+ 44. Bg5 Nd7 45. Kh4 Rf7 46. f4
Kg7 47. Ra7 Kh7 48. Kg3 Kg7 49. Bd8 e5 50. f5 Rxf5 51. Rxd7+ Kh6 52. Rd6+ Kxh5
53. Re6 e4 54. Rxe4 Kg6 55. Kg4 Rf1 56. Bb6 Kf7 57. Bd4 Rb1 58. Bf2 Rf1 59. Bg3
Rf6 60. Bh4 Re6 61. Rd4 Ra6 62. Bg5 Ke6 63. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vasiliev"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D95"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8.
dxc5 Qc7 9. O-O Qxc5 10. e4 Nc6 11. Be3 Qa5 12. h3 Ne8 13. Rfd1 Nd6 14. Bd5 Ne5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 e6 18. Rad1 Rb8 19. Bc6 Ne8 20. Bxe8 Rxe8
21. Nb5 a6 22. Nd6 Rf8 23. f4 b5 24. f5 exf5 25. exf5 b4 26. Rd5 Qb6+ 27. Kh1
Bxf5 28. Nxf5 gxf5 29. Rxf5 Qe6 30. Qxe6 fxe6 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. Rd6 Rf2 33.
Rxe6 Rxb2 34. Rxa6 b3 35. axb3 Rxb3 36. Ra7 Rc3 37. Kh2 Rb3 38. h4 Rc3 39. g3
Rd3 40. Kh3 Rd4 41. h5 h6 42. Ra6 Kh7 43. Rg6 Ra4 44. Rg4 Ra5 45. Kh4 Rb5 46.
Re4 Ra5 47. Re3 Rb5 48. g4 Rb7 49. Kg3 Rf7 50. Re5 Kg7 51. Rf5 Ra7 52. Rf3 Rb7
53. Ra3 Rf7 54. Ra6 Kh7 55. Rg6 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vasiliev"]
[Black "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. g3 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Nc6 12. Bg2 e5 13. d5 Qb4+ 14. Qc3 e4
15. dxc6 Qxc3+ 16. bxc3 exf3 17. Bxf3 bxc6 18. Bxc6 Rb8 19. O-O-O Be6 20. Rd2
Rb6 21. Be4 Ra6 22. Bb1 g6 23. Rhd1 Rc6 24. Rd3 Bc4 25. Re3 Rb8 26. Rd4 Rbb6
27. a4 Bb3 28. Bc2 Be6 29. Rb4 Rxb4 30. cxb4 Bf5 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. e4 Be6 33.
Kd2 Rb6 34. Ra8 a6 35. Ra7 Rd6+ 36. Ke3 Rc6 37. Bd3 Bc8 38. Ra8 Bd7 39. b5 axb5
40. Bxb5 Rd6 41. Rd8 Bxb5 42. Rxd6 Bxa4 43. Ra6 Bb5 44. Ra7 c6 45. e5 Bc4 46.
f4 h5 47. h4 Bd5 48. Kd4 Kf8 49. Kc5 Ke8 50. Kd6 Kf8 51. Rc7 Be4 52. Rc8+ Kg7
53. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Vasiliev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C73"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Be3 Ne7 8. c4
Ng6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. c5 O-O 11. d5 dxc5 12. dxc6 Bd6 13. Qa4 Rb8 14. O-O-O Qe8
15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Qc4+ Be6 17. Qxc5 Rb6 18. Rd6 Nf4 19. Rhd1 Nxg2 20. Rd8 Qf7
21. R1d7 Bxd7 22. Rxd7 Nf4 23. Ne1 Qe6 24. Rxc7 Rbb8 25. Re7 Qg4 26. c7 Rbc8
27. Kc2 Kh8 28. Qd6 Ne2 29. f3 Nd4+ 30. Qxd4 exd4 31. fxg4 dxc3 32. b4 Kg8 33.
Rd7 Rf7 34. Rd8+ Rf8 35. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "A24"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 c6 7. f4 d6 8. O-O
Be6 9. d3 Qd7 10. e4 Na6 11. Rb1 Ne8 12. Be3 f6 13. b3 c5 14. f5 gxf5 15. exf5
Bxf5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Rxf5 Nec7 18. Qd2 d5 19. Bh6 Nb4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. a3
Nc6 22. Rh5 Kg8 23. Qh6 Ne8 24. Nxd5 Qg7 25. Qe3 Nd4 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. Qf3 Rd8
28. Rf1 Rf7 29. b4 Qg6 30. Rf5 Rd6 31. b5 Kg7 32. c5 Re6 33. a4 Nc7 34. Nxc7
Rxc7 35. Qd5 Qf7 36. a5 Rd7 37. Qe4 Rc7 38. Rc1 Qe7 39. Rh5 h6 40. Qg4+ Kh7 41.
Qh3 f5 42. Qxf5+ Kg7 43. c6 e4 44. Qg4+ Kh7 45. b6 axb6 46. axb6 Rcxc6 47. Rxc6
Rxc6 48. Rd5 Kh8 49. b7 Rb6 50. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zhukhovitsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. d5 Na7 15.
Bc2 Be7 16. g4 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nbd2 Re8 19. Qe2 Bf8 20. Nf1 Nc5 21. Ng3 g6
22. Rd1 Qb7 23. g5 b4 24. Nh2 b3 25. Bb1 Bb5 26. Qf3 Bd7 27. Ngf1 Qc8 28. h4
Qd8 29. Ng4 Bxg4 30. Qxg4 Qd7 31. Qf3 Ra8 32. Ne3 Qd8 33. Nd5 Nd7 34. Kg2 Nc6
35. Rh1 Ra1 36. Be3 Na5 37. h5 Nc4 38. Qg4 Bg7 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. Qh4 Nxe3+ 41.
fxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Bb1 Rc8 14. Bg3 Qb6 15.
Qd2 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Nb4 17. Ne5 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bh4 Qb7 21.
f3 Ne8 22. Qd3 g6 23. Bg3 Nd6 24. Ng4 Nc4 25. Qe2 h5 26. Ne5 Bf6 27. Bf4 Nxe5
28. dxe5 Be7 29. h3 Qb6+ 30. Kh2 Rc4 31. Bh6 Qc7 32. Kh1 Bf8 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34.
Qe3 Qc5 35. Qh6+ Ke8 36. Be4 Rd4 37. Rc1 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kopylov, Igor"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "A24"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Re8 8. Rb1
c6 9. b4 d5 10. b5 dxc4 11. bxc6 Nxc6 12. dxc4 Rb8 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. Ng5 Bf5 16. Bd5 Bxb1 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18. Be6 Rf8 19. Bxg4 Bf5 20. Bf3 h6 21.
Nge4 Nd4 22. Bg2 Rfd8 23. c5 Rbc8 24. Rb1 Rc7 25. h3 g5 26. Bf3 Bf8 27. Nb5
Rcd7 28. Nbd6 Bxd6 29. cxd6 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 Nxe2+ 31. Kg2 Nc3 32. Rb4 Nxe4 33.
Rxe4 b6 34. h4 gxh4 35. Rxh4 Rxd6 36. Bxh6 Kg8 37. Rg4+ Kh7 38. Bg5 Rg8 39.
Rh4+ Kg7 40. Re4 Re8 41. Bc1 Kf7 42. Be3 Kf6 43. Rh4 Rde6 44. g4 Kg7 45. g5 Kg6
46. Kf3 Kf5 47. Rh7 R8e7 48. Rh8 Rf7 49. Rc8 Ree7 50. Rd8 Rc7 51. Rg8 Rc6 52.
Kg3 Rc4 53. Kf3 Rc6 54. Rb8 Rg6 55. Rc8 Rgg7 56. Rc6 Rg8 57. Kg3 Re8 58. Kh4
Re6 59. Rc1 b5 60. Rc5 Rh7+ 61. Kg3 Rb7 62. Rc8 b4 63. Rf8+ Kg6 64. Rg8+ Kh7
65. Rd8 Ra6 66. Kg4 Rxa2 67. Kh5 Ra6 68. f4 b3 69. f5 Rh6+ 70. gxh6 b2 71. Rd1
b1=Q 72. Rxb1 Rxb1 73. Bxa7 Rf1 74. Kg5 e4 75. Bd4 Rf3 76. f6 e3 77. f7 e2 78.
Bf6 e1=Q 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8.
Nf3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bf6 11. Qd2 Re8 12. b3 d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. a3 Qd7 15.
b4 Nd8 16. Rfd1 c6 17. a4 Bg6 18. Bf4 Ne6 19. Be5 Bd8 20. h3 Ne7 21. Bd3 Bxd3
22. Qxd3 Ng6 23. Re1 Ng5 24. Bg3 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Bf6 26. Qd3 Re7 27. b5 Rae8 28.
Reb1 Nh4 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Bxh4 Bxh4 31. a5 Bf6 32. a6 Qc8 33. Kf1 g6 34. Ra2
h5 35. Rab2 Qc7 36. g3 Kg7 37. Rb7 Qa5 38. Kg2 Qd8 39. Qd1 Qa5 40. Qd3 h4 41.
g4 Bg5 42. R1b2 Rxb7 43. Rxb7 Re7 44. Rxe7 Bxe7 45. Ne2 Kf8 46. Ng1 Qa1 47. Nf3
Bf6 48. Qb3 Qxa6 49. Qb8+ Kg7 50. g5 Bxg5 51. Nxg5 Qe2 52. Qxa7 Kf6 53. Nf3 g5
54. Qc7 Qe6 55. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 b6
8. O-O Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bf4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Ne5
Rfd8 15. Rad1 Bd5 16. Bb1 Rac8 17. c4 Ba8 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. f3 Qd6 23. Bf2 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. Bxd3 a5
27. Be1 Bd8 28. a3 Kf8 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 cxb4 31. Bxb4+ Be7 32. c5 Bc6 33.
Kf2 Ke8 34. Ke3 Kd7 35. Kd4 f5 36. Bd2 Bf6+ 37. Kc4 g5 38. Bc3 Be7 39. Be5 h5
40. Kb4 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Bf5 10. Nh3 Re8 11. Nf4 Nh5 12. Nxh5 gxh5 13. Nd5 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Ne5
15. O-O c6 16. Ne3 Bg6 17. Qd4 Qe7 18. Rad1 Ng4 19. Nxg4 hxg4 20. e3 Qg5 21.
Qxd6 Rad8 22. Qb4 Qe5 23. c5 Bd3 24. Qxg4+ Kh8 25. Rfe1 Qxc5 26. Qh4 Qc3 27.
Rc1 Qb2 28. e4 Qxa2 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Rc5 Rd5 31. Rxd5 cxd5 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33.
Qxd5 Qd2 34. Qc5+ Kg8 35. Qe3 Qxe3 36. Rxe3 Rd8 37. Bf1 Bc2 38. Bc4 Rd4 39. f3
a6 40. Rc3 Rd2 41. Bd5 b5 42. Rc8+ Kg7 43. Rc7 Bd1 44. f4 Bh5 45. h3 Rd1+ 46.
Kf2 Rd2+ 47. Ke3 Rh2 48. f5 Rxh3 49. Kf4 Rh1 50. g4 Rf1+ 51. Ke5 Bxg4 52. Bxf7
Bxf5 53. Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Qe2 Bb7 15.
Bb3 Qd7 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Rad1 h6 18. Bc1 Rad8 19. Ng3 Bf8 20. a4 Nd5 21. axb5
axb5 22. Qc2 Ra8 23. Qb1 Nf4 24. Nxe5 Nh3+ 25. Kf1 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. d4
cxd4 28. cxd4 Ree8 29. f4 b4 30. Bc4 Qc6 31. Qc2 b3 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C64"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 c6 8.
Ba4 d6 9. Re1 Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Qe7 13. Nd2 Bg4 14. Qc2 h5 15.
h4 Nd7 16. Nc4 gxh4 17. Bh2 Rg8 18. Qd3 O-O-O 19. Bd1 Qe6 20. a4 Bh3 21. Bf3
Qg6 22. Ne3 exd4 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Nc5 25. fxg6 Nxd3 26. gxf7 Nxe1 27. Rxe1
Rh8 28. Re6 dxc3 29. bxc3 Rh7 30. Re7 Rhh8 31. Bf4 d5 32. Be2 Rd7 33. Re8+ Rd8
34. Bxh5 Bc7 35. Bg5 Rxh5 36. Bxd8 Rf5 37. Bxc7+ 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. a4 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Nc4 Qe7 10. b3 Rd8 11. Ba3 Qe8 12. Qe1 e4 13. Nfd2 Nb6 14. Rd1
Nbd5 15. Nb1 Bf5 16. Bb2 a6 17. Nc3 b5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. axb5
axb5 21. Na5 Rab8 22. b4 Qe6 23. Nb3 Qf6 24. Nd4 h5 25. Qd2 c6 26. Ra1 Qd6 27.
Rfd1 Kg8 28. c3 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. f3 e3 31. Qc1 Re8 32. Nxf5 gxf5 33. f4
Nxc3 34. Rxd6 Nxe2+ 35. Kf1 Nxc1 36. Bxc6 Rb8 37. Ke1 Rb6 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Bf3
Re6 40. Rd1 Na2 41. Bd5 e2 42. Ra1 Nxb4 43. Bxe6 Nc2+ 44. Kxe2 Nxa1 45. Bxf5
Nb3 46. Bb1 Nc5 47. Ke3 Kf6 48. h3 b4 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 b3 51. g5+ Ke6 52.
Kd4 Kd6 53. f5 Nd7 54. Ke4 Nc5+ 55. Kf4 Ke7 56. Kg4 Kf8 57. Kh5 Kg7 58. f6+ Kf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Zhukhovitsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 d6 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3
Bg4 9. d5 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nf1 c4 13. h3 Bd7 14. g4 Nb7 15. Ng3
Nc5 16. Be3 Rc8 17. O-O Kh8 18. Kh2 Ne8 19. Rg1 g6 20. Rg2 Ng7 21. Rag1 Qc7 22.
Bh6 Rg8 23. Ng5 Rcf8 24. Nf5 Bxg5 25. Bxg5 gxf5 26. gxf5 f6 27. Bh6 Rf7 28. Qh5
Be8 29. Rg4 Qe7 30. Qh4 Nd7 31. Qg3 Qf8 32. Bd1 Re7 33. Qh4 Qf7 34. Bxg7+ Rxg7
35. Rxg7 Qxg7 36. Rxg7 Kxg7 37. b4 Nb6 38. Qg3+ Kh8 39. Qe3 Rb7 40. Qh6 Nd7 41.
Bh5 Bxh5 42. Qxh5 Kg7 43. Qe8 Ra7 44. Qe7+ Kh6 45. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 a5 8.
b3 b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rfe1 Rae8
15. Nd2 Qf7 16. b4 e5 17. d5 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 f4 19. e4 f3 20. Bh1 Qh5 21. Bc1 h6
22. Qd1 Re7 23. Be3 Bc8 24. Rc1 Ref7 25. c5 Nf6 26. cxd6 Ng4 27. h4 g5 28. Rxc7
Rxc7 29. dxc7 gxh4 30. Bxf3 hxg3 31. Qe2 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 gxf2 33. Bxf2 Ba6 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kopylov, Igor"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nf1 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 exd4 16. Bf4 Be6 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Ng3 Rac8 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Nd5 21.
Bb3 Nxf4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxe7 d5 24. Qg4 Qf6 25. Ra7 Qe5 26. Kh2 h5 27. Qg3
Qxf5 28. Rxa6 Rc1 29. Rb6 Ne2 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. h4 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "173"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. dxc3 d5 5. c4 Be6 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8
8. Ng5 Bd5 9. e6 Bxe6 10. Nxe6+ fxe6 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Bd2 Kd7 13. O-O-O e6 14.
Bh6+ Ke8 15. Be3 Bd6 16. Bxe6 Nc6 17. Rhe1 Rd8 18. c3 Ke7 19. Bf5 h6 20. f3
Rhf8 21. Be4 Kd7 22. Bf2 Rde8 23. Bg3 Nd8 24. Re2 b6 25. Bg6 Re6 26. Bc2 Kc8
27. Rde1 Kb8 28. Bb3 Re7 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 g5 32. h3 Rf6 33.
Kd2 Kc8 34. Ke3 Kd7 35. Ke4 Nb7 36. Ke3 Nd6 37. Kf2 c6 38. Re2 Nc8 39. Bc2 Ne7
40. Be4 Kd6 41. Rd2+ Kc7 42. Ke3 Re6 43. Kf2 Rf6 44. b3 a5 45. Kg3 Rf4 46. Re2
Kd6 47. Bd3 Nd5 48. c4 Nc7 49. Re4 Ne6 50. Rxf4 Nxf4 51. Bf1 Ke5 52. h4 Nh5+
53. Kh3 Kf4 54. hxg5 hxg5 55. Bd3 Ng3 56. Kh2 c5 57. Kh3 Nh1 58. Bh7 Ng3 59.
Bd3 Nh1 60. Kh2 Ng3 61. a3 Nh5 62. Be2 Ke3 63. Bf1 Kf2 64. Bd3 Nf4 65. Be4 Nxg2
66. Kh3 Ne3 67. a4 Ke2 68. Kg3 Kd2 69. Kf2 Nd1+ 70. Kg3 Ke3 71. Kg4 Nf2+ 72.
Kf5 g4 73. fxg4 Nxe4 74. Ke5 Nd2 75. g5 Nf3+ 76. Kd5 Nxg5 77. Kc6 Kd4 78. Kxb6
Ne4 79. Kxa5 Nd2 80. Kb6 Nxb3 81. Kb5 Ke5 82. a5 Kd6 83. Kb6 Nd2 84. a6 Nxc4+
85. Kb5 Ne3 86. a7 Nd5 87. a8=N 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 Nf6 6. Bg5 c6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Rac1 Nf8 12. Na4 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nc5 Nd6
15. Rfe1 Bg4 16. Ne5 Bh5 17. h3 f6 18. Ng4 Bf7 19. Qc2 Ne4 20. b4 Ng6 21. f3 f5
22. Nh2 Nxc5 23. bxc5 f4 24. Ng4 fxe3 25. Rxe3 Qg5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Bxg6 Bxg6
28. Qc3 Re2 29. Re1 Rxa2 30. Re3 h5 31. Nf2 Rc2 32. Qe1 Rb2 33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. g3
Qxd4 35. Re2 Rxe2 36. Qxe2 Qxc5 37. Kg2 Kh7 38. Qe6 Qc2 39. h4 a5 40. g4 hxg4
41. Qxg4 Qf5 42. Qg3 Bh5 43. Nh3 Qxf3+ 44. Qxf3 Bxf3+ 45. Kxf3 a4 46. Ng5+ 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D58"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Qc2 c5
9. Rd1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc8 14. Be2 Nc5 15.
Rc1 Qb8 16. b4 Nce4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qd6 20. Bg3 Qd5 21. Qc4
Rfc8 22. Qxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Kh7 24. Rc7 Bxb4 25. Rxa7 Ne4 26. Rxf7 e5 27. Rf5
Bd6 28. f4 Nxg3 29. hxg3 Qe4 30. fxe5 Qxe3+ 31. Kh2 Bxe5 32. Nf3 Bf6 33. Rb5
Qe2 34. Rfb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "A24"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 c6 7. f4 d6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. b4 Re8 10. Rb1 exf4 11. Nxf4 Ne5 12. d3 Bg4 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. h3 Bd7 15.
b5 g5 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Nfe2 g4 18. h4 d5 19. Nf4 Ng6 20. Nce2 Rc7 21. Bd2 Bc8
22. Ba5 Rxe3 23. cxd5 Nxf4 24. Nxf4 Rxg3 25. Bxc7 Qxc7 26. Qxc6 Qe5 27. Qxc8+
Bf8 28. Rb8 Nd7 29. Qxd7 Qxb8 30. Nh5 Qb6+ 31. Kh1 f5 32. Nxg3 f4 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C96"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c6 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Kh8 13. Nf1 Ng8 14. Ne3 Bf6 15.
Ng4 Bxg4 16. hxg4 c5 17. g5 Be7 18. Nh4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nc6 20. d5 Nd4 21. Bd3
Qd8 22. Qg4 Rc8 23. Nf5 Nxf5 24. exf5 f6 25. g6 h6 26. a4 Qd7 27. Be3 Rc7 28.
axb5 axb5 29. Ra5 Rb8 30. Qb4 Rcb7 31. Rc1 Bf8 32. Ra6 Rc7 33. Rxc7 Qxc7 34.
Ra7 Qc8 35. Qd2 Rb7 36. Ra5 Ne7 37. g4 b4 38. Ba6 Qc7 39. Bxb7 Qxa5 40. Qc2 Qb5
41. Bc6 Qa6 42. Kg2 b3 43. Qc3 Qe2 44. Qb4 Qxb2 45. Ba4 Qe2 46. Bxb3 Ng8 47.
Kg3 Be7 48. Qc4 Qe1 49. Kg2 Qa5 50. Qa4 Qc3 51. Bd1 Bd8 52. Qe8 Qc7 53. Bf3 Qe7
54. Qf7 Qc7 55. Be2 Be7 56. Bb5 Qc2 57. Bd7 Qd1 58. f3 e4 59. fxe4 Qe2+ 60. Bf2
Qxg4+ 61. Kh2 Qe2 62. Kg1 Qg4+ 63. Kf1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. c4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 c5 6. dxc5 dxc5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. Rd1 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. Nf3 Ke8 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. e5 Na5
15. Kf2 Rd8 16. Be2 f6 17. e6 Nf8 18. f5 gxf5 19. Nh4 h5 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.
Rd1+ Ke8 22. Nxf5 Nxe6 23. Bh6 Rxh6 24. Nxh6 Ng7 25. Bd3 e5 26. Nf5 Nxf5 27.
Bxf5 Nxc4 28. Bg6+ Ke7 29. Bxh5 Nd6 30. Bf3 e4 31. Be2 Ke6 32. h4 Bd5 33. h5
Nf7 34. a3 Ke5 35. g3 Be6 36. a4 f5 37. Ke3 Bd5 38. a5 Be6 39. axb6 axb6 40.
Rb1 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zhukhovitsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nf1 h6 13. d4 Qc7 14. h3 Nc6 15. Be3
Nd7 16. Rc1 Ne7 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Red1 Nb6 19. b3 Be6 20. g4 a5 21. Ng3 Rfd8 22.
Kh2 a4 23. Rg1 axb3 24. axb3 Ra2 25. d5 Bd7 26. Rg2 Ng8 27. Rcg1 Rda8 28. g5
Qc8 29. gxh6 Nxh6 30. Nh5 Qh8 31. Ng5+ Kg8 32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33. Ne6+ Bxe6 34. dxe6
Rg8 35. Qxd6 Rxc2 36. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kopylov, Igor"]
[Black "Zhukhovitsky, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "E28"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bd3 e5 8. f3
e4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. O-O Bg6 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Rf4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qg5 17. Rb1 b6 18. Bd2 Qg6 19. Rf5 Nd7 20. Rbf1 Nf6 21.
R1f4 Re7 22. Qf1 Rae8 23. h4 Re4 24. Qf3 Rxf4 25. Qxf4 Re4 26. Qf3 h6 27. Qh3
Rxh4 28. Qf3 Rg4 29. Rf4 Qb1+ 30. Qf1 Qc2 31. Be1 Rxf4 32. Qxf4 Qe2 33. Bh4 Ng4
34. Qf3 Qxe3+ 35. Qxe3 Nxe3 36. c5 Nc4 37. Bd8 bxc5 38. dxc5 c6 39. cxd6 Nxd6
40. Be7 Ne4 41. c4 Nd2 42. Kf2 Nxc4 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Zhukhovitsky, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. b3 e5 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Rc1
Nd7 9. e3 O-O 10. Nge2 Ne6 11. O-O Nb6 12. Qc2 c4 13. Na4 Nxa4 14. bxa4 Nc5 15.
Ba3 Be6 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bg2 Bb4 19. Nc3 f5 20. f4 e4 21. Rfd1
Ba3 22. Nb5 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Qd3 24. Qd1 Rfd8 25. Nd4 Rxd4 26. exd4 Qxd4+ 27. Kh1
Rd8 28. Qf1 Qxd2 29. g4 e3 30. Re1 c3 31. gxf5 Bxf5 32. Bf3 Bd3 33. Qg1 c2 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhukhovitsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D58"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Qc2 c5
9. Rd1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Be2 Bxd4 14. exd4 Nd7
15. O-O Nf6 16. Bf3 Re8 17. Rfe1 Qd6 18. a3 Bc6 19. Qd3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 22. Qa6 Qf4 23. Qxa7 Qc1+ 24. Nd1 Qd2 25. g3 Qxd4 26. Qb8 Kh7 27.
Nc3 Bd7 28. Qd6 Be6 29. Kg2 g5 30. Bd1 Kg7 31. h3 Qd2 32. Bf3 Qd4 33. g4 Kg6
34. Nb5 Qxb2 35. Nc7 Qd4 36. Nxe6 fxe6 37. Qxe6 Qc5 38. Qf5+ Kg7 39. Qe5 Kf7
40. a4 Qc6 41. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Zhukhovitsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "A26"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. d3 Nge7 7. h4 Be6 8. h5 h6
9. hxg6 fxg6 10. Be3 Qd7 11. Qd2 Ng8 12. Nge2 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nb5 c5 15.
Nf4 Bf7 16. Bh3 Qd8 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. Bxe6 Ke7 19. Bh3 a6 20. Na3 Nf6 21. b4 b6
22. Nc2 Re8 23. O-O Kf7 24. Ne1 Kg8 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Rb1 Qc7 27. Ng2 g5 28.
Bf5 Rab8 29. f4 g4 30. Qe2 h5 31. Bg6 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Re7 33. Nh4 Bf8 34. Nf5 Re6
35. Bxh5 Qh7 36. Bxg4 Re8 37. Qf3 Qc7 38. Re1 Qa5 39. Re2 Qc7 40. Bh5 Qh7 41.
g4 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Zhukhovitsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. h3
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Nb3 Qa6 13. f4 Rfd8 14. g4 Na5 15.
Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Qf2 Bb5 17. Rfd1 Bc4 18. Bxa7 Nd7 19. Bd4 e5 20. Be3 exf4 21.
Bxf4 Be5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Rc5 25. Rd4 Nc6 26. Rd2 h5 27. c3
Qc7 28. gxh5 Rxh5 29. Qf6 Re5 30. c4 Re6 31. Qf2 Qe7 32. Rad1 Qg5 33. Kh1 Ra8
34. b3 Qe7 35. a4 Ne5 36. Rd5 Rf6 37. Qb6 Ra6 38. Qd4 Nf3 39. Qd3 Nh4 40. Qg3
Nxg2 41. Qxg2 Rf4 42. Re1 Qh4 43. Re2 Qf6 44. Rd3 Ra5 45. Rg3 Rh5 46. Kg1 Rhh4
47. Rd3 Qa1+ 48. Kh2 Qe5 49. Qg3 Qe6 50. Rde3 Rfg4 51. Qf3 Qe5+ 52. Kh1 Rf4 53.
Qg2 Qf6 54. Kg1 Rh5 55. Rg3 Qd4+ 56. Kh2 Qe5 57. Kg1 Kg7 58. Kh1 Rf1+ 59. Kh2
Rb1 60. Qf3 Rg5 61. Rg2 Rxg3 62. Rxg3 Rb2+ 63. Kh1 Rc2 64. Qe3 Kg8 65. Qf3 b6
66. h4 Rc1+ 67. Kh2 Re1 68. h5 Rxe4 69. hxg6 fxg6 70. Kh3 Kg7 71. Qc3 Rd4 72.
Qe3 Qf5+ 73. Kg2 Re4 74. Qf3 Qe6 75. Qc3+ Kg8 76. Qd3 Kf7 77. Kf2 Qe5 78. Rf3+
Kg7 79. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhukhovitsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "E91"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 c5 10. d5 a6 11. O-O Rb8 12. a4 Qb6 13. Qc2 e6 14. Be2 exd5 15.
cxd5 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Bf1 Qc7 18. b3 Re7 19. Rac1 Rbe8 20. Bd2 Qb8 21. Bd3
Ne5 22. Bf1 Ned7 23. Qb1 Rc8 24. Be2 Rce8 25. Bc4 Rc8 26. Qd3 Ne5 27. Qc2 Nxc4
28. bxc4 Rce8 29. Rb1 Qc7 30. Rb3 b6 31. f3 Nd7 32. Reb1 Rb8 33. Nd1 Bd4+ 34.
Kh1 Kh7 35. a5 bxa5 36. Rxb8 Nxb8 37. Qa4 Qa7 38. Qb3 Nd7 39. Bxa5 Re8 40. Qb7
Qxb7 41. Rxb7 Ne5 42. Bc3 Kg7 43. Rb3 Nxc4 44. Bxd4+ cxd4 45. Rd3 a5 46. Rxd4
Rc8 47. Nc3 Nb6 48. Nb5 Rc1+ 49. Kh2 Kf6 50. Kg3 Nc4 51. Rd3 g5 52. Na3 a4 53.
h4 Nxa3 54. Rxa3 Rc4 55. hxg5+ Kxg5 56. Rd3 Kf6 57. Kf4 h5 58. Ra3 h4 59. Ra1
Rb4 60. Ra2 Kg6 61. g4 hxg3 62. Kxg3 Kg5 63. f4+ Kf6 64. Kf3 Rb3+ 65. Kg4 a3
66. Ra1 Re3 67. Ra2 Rxe4 68. Rxa3 Rd4 69. Ra5 Kg6 70. Rb5 Rd3 71. Ra5 f5+ 72.
Kh4 Rf3 73. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Zhukhovitsky, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nbd7 4. e5 Nb6 5. Bd3 dxe5 6. dxe5 Nfd5 7. a3 c6 8.
Qh5 Be6 9. Nf3 Qd7 10. Ng5 g6 11. Qe2 Bg7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Na4 15. Qe3 Kb8 16. c4 Nb6 17. Qc5 f6 18. exf6 exf6 19. Bf4+ Ka8 20. Nxe6 Qxe6
21. Rab1 Nc8 22. Rfe1 Qd7 23. Be4 Rhe8 24. Kf1 Re6 25. Qa5 Rde8 26. Red1 Qe7
27. Bf3 f5 28. Bc7 Bc3 29. Qxc3 Qxc7 30. c5 g5 31. g3 g4 32. Bg2 f4 33. gxf4
Qxf4 34. Rd7 Re2 35. Qg3 Qxg3 36. fxg3 R2e7 37. Rd4 h5 38. Bxc6 bxc6 39. Rdb4
a6 40. Rf4 Re5 41. Ra4 Ka7 42. Rab4 R8e7 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Kopylov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. d4 e4 7. Nfd2 O-O 8. Nc3
Re8 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. h4 c5 12. g5 cxd4 13. exd4 hxg5 14. hxg5 e3 15.
fxe3 Nh7 16. Nd5 Nxg5 17. Qb3 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Rh2 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21.
O-O-O Qe7 22. Bd3 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Nf1 Ne4 25. Rc2 Nf2 26. Re1 Ng4 27.
Rce2 Bh6 28. Kb1 Qe4+ 29. Ka1 Rf2 30. Rxf2 Nxf2 31. d5 Bg7 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33.
Qb2+ Qe5 34. Qxe5+ Rxe5 35. Rb1 Re7 36. Kb2 Ne4 37. Kc2 g5 38. Nh2 Nc5 39. Rg1
f6 40. Kd2 Re4 41. Rc1 Kg6 42. Nf3 Rg4 43. Ne1 Rh4 44. Rc2 Kf5 45. Ke2 Rh3 46.
Nd3 Rh2+ 47. Kd1 Rxc2 48. Kxc2 Nxd3 49. Kxd3 b6 50. a4 Ke5 51. Ke2 Ke4 52. Kf2
f5 53. Ke2 f4 54. exf4 gxf4 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 c5 8.
Bxc4 Qc7 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. e4 O-O 14. f4 e5
15. f5 Na5 16. Bd3 Rfd8 17. Rf3 c4 18. Bc2 Nb3 19. Bxb3 cxb3 20. Rb1 Qb6+ 21.
Qe3 Nxe4 22. Rxb3 Qxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Nxd2 24. Rxb7 Nc4 25. Re1 f6 26. Rc7 Nd6 27.
g4 h6 28. Be3 Nb5 29. Rc5 Nxa3 30. Bf2 Rdc8 31. Ra1 Rxc5 32. Bxc5 Nb5 33. c4
Rc8 34. cxb5 Rxc5 35. Rxa7 Rxb5 36. Kf2 h5 37. h3 h4 38. g5 fxg5 39. Ra6 Rb3
0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "A06"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. O-O h6 7. c4 Bd6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Rc1 c6 10. d3 Qe7 11. Re1 Rad8 12. Bf1 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. h3 Bb8 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. Na4 Qc7 17. g3 Nh7 18. f4 Rfe8 19. Qf3 Qe7 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. e4
dxe4 22. dxe4 Bd6 23. b4 b6 24. e5 Bb8 25. Nb3 Qxb4 26. Qxc6 Be6 27. Re4 Qe7
28. Qb5 Rc8 29. Ree1 Nf8 30. Nd4 Bxa2 31. Nc6 Qe6 32. g4 Bd5 33. Nxb8 Rxb8 34.
f5 a6 35. Qxa6 Qd7 36. Bb5 Qd8 37. Bxe8 Qxe8 38. Rc7 Nd7 39. Qb5 Nc5 40. Qxe8+
Rxe8 41. e6 fxe6 42. Rxg7+ Kf8 43. f6 e5 44. Bxe5 Re6 45. Bc3 Rc6 46. Rd1 Rd6
47. Be5 Rd8 48. Bc7 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. O-O a5 10. b3 b6 11. Bb2 Ba6 12. Re1 dxc4 13. bxc4 Bxc4 14. Nd2 Ba6 15.
Bxc6 Rc8 16. Bb5 Bb7 17. e4 Nb8 18. Bf1 Nc6 19. Nb5 Ba6 20. Nf3 Bxb5 21. Bxb5
Na7 22. Bd3 b5 23. Qe2 b4 24. a4 Nc6 25. Bc4 Nb8 26. Rac1 Nfd7 27. Red1 Nb6 28.
Bb3 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 N8d7 30. Qb5 Qa8 31. d5 exd5 32. exd5 h6 33. Rc6 Rb8 34. d6
Bf6 35. Bxf6 Nxf6 36. Bxf7+ Kxf7 37. Ne5+ Kg8 38. Rxb6 Rxb6 39. Qxb6 Qe4 40. d7
Qe1+ 41. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "B52"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d3 Nc6 8.
Be3 Nh6 9. h3 f5 10. Bxh6 Bxh6 11. exf5 gxf5 12. d4 Qe6+ 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Nxe2
O-O 15. d5 Nb4 16. O-O b5 17. a3 Nd3 18. cxb5 Nxb2 19. Ng3 f4 20. Ne4 Rf5 21.
Ra2 Nc4 22. Rd1 Nb6 23. Rad2 a6 24. a4 axb5 25. axb5 Ra4 26. Nxc5 dxc5 27. d6
Nd7 28. dxe7 Nf6 29. b6 Rb4 30. Rd6 Kf7 31. Re1 Ne8 32. Rxh6 Rf6 33. Rxh7+ Kg8
34. Rh5 Rbxb6 35. Rxc5 Rbe6 36. Rxe6 Rxe6 37. Rf5 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C51"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Be7 5. b5 Na5 6. Be2 d5 7. d4 dxe4 8. Nxe5
Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 Nd7 11. Qa4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 b6 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. Nc3 a6 15.
Qc2 Qc8 16. Nxe4 Nb7 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qc3 Ra5 21. f4
f6 22. c5 Nxc5 23. Bc4+ Be6 24. exf6 Rf7 25. Bxe6 Nxe6 26. fxg7 Raf5 27. g3 Qe8
28. Re1 Qa4 29. Rad1 Qa5 30. Qc4 Nc5 31. Ng5 b5 32. Qd4 R7f6 33. Re7 Nb7 34.
Ne4 Qb6 35. Nxf6+ Rxf6 36. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C28"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Ne2 Ne7 8.
O-O g5 9. d4 d6 10. Qd3 Bd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 c6 13. Qb3 a5 14. a3 cxd5 15.
axb4 Bb5 16. Nc3 Bxf1 17. Nxd5 Qd8 18. Rxf1 O-O 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21.
Qxb7 Qd6 22. Rd1 Rfa8 23. h3 Ra1 24. Kh2 Qa6 25. Qxa6 R8xa6 26. Rxa1 Rxa1 27.
b4 Kf8 28. c4 Ke8 29. b5 Kd7 30. c5 Rc1 31. c6+ Kd6 32. c7 Rxc7 33. Nxc7 Kxc7
34. h4 f6 35. Kh3 h5 36. g4 hxg4+ 37. Kxg4 gxh4 38. Kxh4 Kb6 39. Kg4 Kxb5 40.
Kf5 Kc4 41. Kxf6 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kopylov, Igor"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D43"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 c5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Ke7 13. Bf3 Nd7 14. Rc1
Ne5 15. Ke2 Nxf3 16. gxf3 Bd7 17. a3 Bd6 18. b4 Rhc8 19. c5 Bf4 20. Rcd1 b6 21.
Ne4 Ba4 22. Rd3 g6 23. h4 Be8 24. Rc3 Rd8 25. Rd1 f5 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. cxd6+
Rxd6 28. Rc7+ Kf6 29. f4 a5 30. Ke3 axb4 31. axb4 Ra3+ 32. Rd3 Ra1 33. Nf3
Rxd3+ 34. Kxd3 Ra3+ 35. Rc3 Bb5+ 36. Kd2 Ra4 37. h5 gxh5 38. Ne5 Rxb4 39. Ke3
Re4+ 40. Kf3 Be2+ 41. Kg2 Rxf4 42. Nd7+ Kg5 43. Nxb6 Rg4+ 44. Kh2 Kf4 45. Nd7
e5 46. f3 Rh4+ 47. Kg2 e4 48. fxe4 fxe4 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Black "Kopylov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 O-O 7. h3 d6 8. e3
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bf5 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qe2 e5 12. Bg5 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. exd4 h6
15. Be3 Qb6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nd5 18. b3 Rc3 19. Qb1 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Rxe3 21.
Nc4 Qxd4 22. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Bxa1 24. Qxa1 Re8 25. Qf6 Qe7 26. Qf4 h5 27.
Rd1 Qe5 28. Qb4 Qg3 29. Qxb7 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 31. Kh2 Qe5+ 32. Kh1 d5 33.
Qxa7 d4 34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Qf3 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qc3 37. Kg3 h4+ 38. Kf4 Qe1 39. Qd3
g5+ 40. Kf3 Qe5 41. Qe4 Qg3+ 42. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kopylov, Igor"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D54"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nf3 Be6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nf3 Nf6 13. Be2 Nbd7 14. O-O
Rfd8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ne4 17. Nb5 c5 18. f3 a6 19. Na3 Ng5 20. f4 Ne4 21.
f5 Bc8 22. f6 Qxe5 23. fxg7 Be6 24. Rc2 Ng5 25. Qd2 Bf5 26. Rcc1 Be4 27. Rf4
Qxg7 28. Bg4 Bg6 29. Rcf1 d4 30. Bf5 Bxf5 31. Rxf5 d3 32. Nc4 Ne4 33. Qd1 Ra7
34. Ne5 Rd5 35. Nxd3 Rad7 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Qc2 Rg5 38. Nf4 Qe5 39. Rd1 Nf6 40.
Rd8+ Kg7 41. Qe2 Qe4 42. Qd3 Re5 43. Qxe4 Rxe4 44. Rd6 Ra4 45. Rxb6 Rxa2 46.
Kf2 Ne4+ 47. Ke2 c4 48. Kf3 Nd2+ 49. Kg4 Nf1 50. e4 Ra5 51. h4 f5+ 52. exf5
Ne3+ 53. Kf3 Nxf5 54. g4 Nd4+ 55. Ke4 Nb3 56. Nh5+ Kh7 57. Rb7+ Kh8 58. Ra7 Kg8
59. Nf6+ Kf8 60. Rc7 Rb5 61. g5 hxg5 62. hxg5 Rb7 63. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Kopylov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 Nc6 9. Be3 a5 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rac1 a4 12. Rfd1 Bf5 13. h3 Qc8 14. g4 Be6 15.
Ng5 Rd8 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Rc5 e6 19. Rdc1 Nd5 20. Bh6 Bh8 21. d4
Nde7 22. e3 Bf6 23. Qe2 Nd5 24. e4 Nde7 25. d5 exd5 26. exd5 Na7 27. Nxa7 Rxa7
28. Rxc7 Qd6 29. Be3 Ra5 30. g5 Be5 31. f4 Bg7 32. R7c5 Raa8 33. Rb5 Nf5 34.
Qf2 Re8 35. Rb6 Qd7 36. Bc5 Rac8 37. Kh2 Bd4 38. Bxd4 Rxc1 39. Bc3 Qc7 40. d6
Nxd6 41. Qd4 Rxc3 42. bxc3 Nf5 43. Qb4 Qd8 44. Rxb7 h6 45. gxh6 Nxh6 46. Qc4
Qh4 47. Rb1 Rd8 48. Rb2 Ng4+ 49. Kg1 Rd1+ 50. Bf1 Qg3+ 51. Rg2 Qe3+ 52. Kh1
Qxh3+ 53. Kg1 Qxg2+ 54. Kxg2 Ne3+ 55. Kf2 Nxc4 56. Bxc4 Rc1 57. Ke2 Rxc3 58.
Bd5 Kg7 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kopylov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "B05"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. Ng5 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 dxe5 8.
dxe5 e6 9. O-O Nd7 10. c4 Ne7 11. Nc3 Nf5 12. Rd1 Be7 13. Nce4 c5 14. Qh5 g6
15. Qf3 h6 16. Nh3 Nd4 17. Qd3 Nxe5 18. Qf1 Qc7 19. Bf4 g5 20. Bg3 f5 21. f4
fxe4 22. fxe5 e3 23. Qd3 O-O-O 24. Qxe3 Nc2 25. Qe4 Nxa1 26. Rxa1 Rd4 27. Qe2
Qd7 28. Be1 Rd8 29. Nf2 Qc6 30. Bc3 Rf4 31. Re1 a6 32. b3 Kb8 33. Ne4 Ka7 34.
h3 Qd7 35. Nd6 Rdf8 36. Qe3 Qc7 37. Ne4 Qc6 38. Qe2 h5 39. Bd2 R4f5 40. Bc3 g4
41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Qxg4 Rf4 43. Qg6 R8f5 44. Nf6 Rf2 45. a4 Rc2 46. Qg3 Qc7 47.
Ne4 Qd8 48. Qe3 Qf8 49. a5 Bh4 50. Bb4 Ka8 51. Bxc5 Qg8 52. Re2 Rxe2 53. Qxe2
Rxe5 54. Qd3 Qd8 55. Bd4 Rxa5 56. Qc3 e5 57. Bf2 Qd1+ 58. Kh2 Bxf2 59. Nxf2
Qh5+ 60. Kg1 Ra2 61. g4 Qf7 62. Qe3 Qf4 63. Qb6 Qg3+ 64. Kf1 Qf3 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kopylov, Igor"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nd7 4. Bg2 Bd6 5. O-O c6 6. c4 f5 7. b3 Qf6 8. Ba3
Bxa3 9. Nxa3 Nh6 10. Nc2 Nf7 11. Rc1 g5 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Nce1 dxc4 14. Rxc4 e5
15. dxe5 Ndxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rd4 f4 18. Rd6 Qe7 19. Nf3 Nf7 20. Rd4 c5 21.
Rd3 Bf5 22. Rc3 Rad8 23. Qc1 fxg3 24. fxg3 b6 25. Re3 Qd6 26. Qc4 h6 27. Nxg5
Qd2 28. Ref3 Rd4 29. Qa6 Nxg5 30. Rxf5 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 Rxf5 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Qxf5
Qxe2 34. Qf6+ Kh7 35. h4 Rd2 36. Rg1 Qg4 37. Re1 Rd1 38. Qe7+ Kg6 39. hxg5 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nf6 8.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Qe3 b6 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Rhe1 O-O-O 14.
Bc2 Rhe8 15. a3 h6 16. Kb1 Qd6 17. b4 Qc7 18. c5 Ba6 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. Bd3 Bxd3+
21. Qxd3 b5 22. a4 a6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Kb2 Kb7 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Nb3 Qxh2 27.
Na5+ Kc7 28. Qf3 Nd5 29. g3 Qh3 30. Nxc6 Kxc6 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Qxf7 Nc7 33.
d5+ exd5 34. Re7 Ra7 35. Qg6+ Kb7 36. Qb6+ Ka8 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Qxc7 Qf1 39.
Qc8+ Ka7 40. Qd7+ Kb8 41. Qd8+ Ka7 42. Qd7+ Kb8 43. Qe8+ Ka7 44. Qe7+ Ka6 45.
Qe6+ Ka7 46. Qf7+ Kb8 47. Qg8+ Ka7 48. Qxg7+ Ka8 49. Qh8+ Kb7 50. Qh7+ Kb8 51.
Qg8+ Ka7 52. Qf7+ Ka6 53. Qf6+ Kb7 54. Qg7+ Kc8 55. Qd4 h5 56. Kc3 Qe2 57. Qxd5
Qxf2 58. Qc6+ Kd8 59. Qe4 Kc8 60. Qe8+ Kc7 61. Qe5+ Kb7 62. Kd3 Qf1+ 63. Ke4
Qe1+ 64. Kd5 Qd2+ 65. Qd4 Qg5+ 66. Ke6 Qg6+ 67. Ke7 Qg5+ 68. Kf7 Qxg3 69. Qd7+
Qc7 70. Ke6 h4 71. Qxb5+ Ka7 72. Qa4+ Kb7 73. Qa3 h3 74. b5 Qc8+ 75. Ke5 Qh8+
76. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "A31"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O d5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. e4 dxc4 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rd1 Ba6 13. Bg5 Qb7 14. Qc2 h6
15. Bf4 Rfd8 16. Bf1 Nd7 17. Na4 Nb6 18. Be5 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Qb5 20. Qxb5 cxb5
21. a4 b4 22. Bc7 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rc8 24. Bf4 g5 25. Be3 Bc5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. f4
Bb7 28. Rc1 gxf4 29. gxf4 Bxe4 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. Bxc4 Kf8 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. Ke3
Bd5 34. Kd4 Kd6 35. Bxd5 exd5 36. f5 f6 37. b3 h5 38. a5 h4 39. h3 a6 40. Ke3
Ke5 41. Kd3 d4 42. Kd2 Kxf5 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "A28"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 e4 5. Nd2 Nxd4 6. Ndxe4 Nxe4 7. Qxd4 Nxc3
8. Qxc3 d5 9. e3 Be6 10. Bd2 Be7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Qb3 a5 13. Bc3 a4 14. Qc2 c6
15. Kb1 Qb8 16. f4 f5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Bd3 Qc8 19. e4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21.
Qxe4 Qf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. Rhe1 Bf8 24. Re4 b5 25. g4 Rd5 26. Rxd5 cxd5 27. Re6
b4 28. Be5 Rd8 29. Kc2 Rc8+ 30. Kd3 g5 31. fxg5 Rc4 32. Bf6 Rxg4 33. Re5 Rg2
34. Re2 Rg1 35. b3 a3 36. Rd2 Rb1 37. Kc2 Rh1 38. Rxd5 Rxh2+ 39. Rd2 Rh3 40.
Rd7 Rh2+ 41. Rd2 Rh1 42. Kd3 Kf7 43. Rf2 Kg6 44. Kc4 Rd1 45. Kb5 Rd5+ 46. Kc4
Rc5+ 47. Kd4 Rc6 48. Kd5 Rd6+ 49. Ke5 Rd1 50. Ke6 Bc5 51. Rh2 Bf8 52. Rf2 Rd6+
53. Ke5 Ra6 54. Rd2 Ra8 55. Rd8 Ra5+ 56. Ke4 Kf7 57. Rd7+ Kg8 58. Be5 Ra8 59.
Kf5 Rc8 60. Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "E09"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2
b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. e5 Ne8 13. c5 bxc5 14. dxc5 a5 15.
Nf3 Ba6 16. Re1 Qa7 17. Be3 g6 18. Rac1 Rb8 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Ng7 21. Qd2
a4 22. Nf3 Qb7 23. Bh3 f6 24. Rc2 Qb4 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Ne5 Qxd2 27. Rxd2 Rb7
28. Nxc6 Rc7 29. Nd4 Bc8 30. c6 Nf5 31. Bxf5 gxf5 32. f4 Ba6 33. b4 axb3 34.
axb3 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. d3 Nf6 5. Ng3 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O Nd4 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bf1 Re8 11. Bg5 Ne6 12. Bd2 Bf8 13. Nh5 Nxh5 14. Qxh5 d4
15. Ne4 g6 16. Qf3 f5 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. c4 dxc3 20. Bxc3 Qd5 21. Qg3
Bf7 22. Be2 Rad8 23. Bf3 Qd7 24. h4 Bd6 25. Qh3 h5 26. g3 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Bf8
28. Qg2 b5 29. a3 b4 30. axb4 cxb4 31. Bf6 Re8 32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33. Bd5 Qd7 34.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Be5 a5 36. Qa8 a4 37. d4 Bg7 38. Qa5 Bxe5 39. dxe5 Ke6 40. Qxb4
Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D69"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. Qe2 Be6 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. a3 Qf6 19. Rcd3 Rxd3 20. Rxd3
Rd8 21. Qd2 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 h6 23. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. f3 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Ne2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Ng3 c5 13. f4 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15.
h3 Qc7 16. Bb2 Ne6 17. Rae1 Nc5 18. Bxd4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Be6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Rc1 Rac8 22. Qc3 Bxc4 23. Nf5 Qc5+ 24. Kh2 Re6 25. Qg3+ Kf8 26. Qg7+ Ke8 27.
Qg8+ Kd7 28. Qxf7+ Kd8 29. Rfd1 Rc7 30. Qf8+ Kd7 31. Nxd6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6+ Rxd6
33. Rxc4 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Black "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. Bg5 b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. Qd3 b4 14. Bb1 g6 15.
axb4 Nxb4 16. Qe2 Kg7 17. Qd2 Ng8 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Ne4 a5 20. Qf4 Ned5 21. Ne5
Kg8 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Ne4 Qb6 24. h4 Nc6 25. Nf6+ Nxf6 26. Qxf6 Qd8 27. Qf4 Bb7
28. Be4 Qb8 29. Qh6 f6 30. h5 Qc7 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Rac1 Rac8 33. d5 exd5 34.
Bxd5+ Rf7 35. Qxg6+ Kf8 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 g6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bg7 7. c3 a6 8. a4 b6
9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Re1 Ne8 12. Qb3 Nc7 13. Ng5 e6 14. dxc5 d5 15. Bxc7
Qxc7 16. Bf1 bxc5 17. Qc2 Ne5 18. Ngf3 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 e5 20. e4 dxe4 21. Ng5 e3
22. fxe3 h6 23. Ne4 f5 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. Nd2 e4 26. Rad1 g5 27. Nf1 f4 28. exf4
gxf4 29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 e3 31. Rdd1 Be5 32. Nh2 f3 33. Nxf3 Rxf3 34. gxf3
Rg8+ 35. Kf1 Qg7 36. Ke2 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "A88"]
[PlyCount "180"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. d4 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2
Kh8 9. b3 Be6 10. Bb2 Na6 11. Rad1 Qa5 12. a3 Rac8 13. b4 Qd8 14. Qd3 Nc7 15.
Ng5 Bg8 16. f4 b5 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Rfe1 h6 19. Nf3 Bc4 20. Qb1 Bb3 21. Rd2 Nd7
22. e4 e6 23. Nh4 Kh7 24. d5 Nb6 25. dxe6 Nc4 26. e7 Qxe7 27. exf5 Nxd2 28.
Rxe7 Nxb1 29. Nxb1 Ne8 30. Nd2 Ba2 31. Be4 Kg8 32. Bxg7 Nxg7 33. fxg6 d5 34.
Bf3 Rc2 35. Nf1 d4 36. Rd7 Ne6 37. f5 Ng5 38. Bg4 h5 39. Bxh5 Bc4 40. g7 Nh3+
41. Kh1 Rf6 42. Bf3 Rf2 43. Bg2 Rxf1+ 44. Bxf1 Bxf1 45. Rxd4 Kxg7 46. Ng2 Be2
47. Nh4 Bf1 48. Ng2 Be2 49. Nh4 Ra6 50. Kg2 Ng5 51. Kf2 Bc4 52. Ke3 Rxa3+ 53.
Kf4 Nh3+ 54. Kg4 Bf1 55. Rd7+ Kf6 56. Rd6+ Ke5 57. Re6+ Kd5 58. Re8 Nf2+ 59.
Kf4 Rb3 60. f6 Rxb4+ 61. Kf3 Nh3 62. f7 Ng5+ 63. Kf2 Nxf7 64. Kxf1 a5 65. Nf5
a4 66. Ne3+ Kc5 67. Rc8+ Kd6 68. Nc2 Rb2 69. Ke1 b4 70. Kd1 a3 71. Kc1 Ne5 72.
Rd8+ Kc5 73. Rc8+ Kd5 74. Rd8+ Kc4 75. Rc8+ Kb3 76. Nd4+ Ka2 77. h4 Nd3+ 78.
Kd1 b3 79. Nb5 Rg2 80. Ra8 Nb2+ 81. Ke1 Nc4 82. Nc3+ Kb2 83. Nd1+ Kc1 84. Ra4
Rc2 85. Nf2 a2 86. h5 Rxf2 87. Kxf2 b2 88. Rxc4+ Kd2 89. Rd4+ Kc3 90. h6 b1=Q
0-1

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "B59"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. O-O Ne8 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. f4 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Nf6 13. a4 a5 14. Nd2 Qxb2
15. Nb5 Qb4 16. c3 Qc5 17. Nb3 Qe3 18. Nxd6 Be6 19. fxe5 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21.
Re1 Qxe5 22. Nd4 Bd5 23. Bf3 Qf6 24. Rb1 Rad8 25. Rb5 b6 26. h3 g6 27. Qe2 Rd7
28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Bxf3 30. Nxf3 Nc8 31. c4 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Nd6 33. Rbd5 Rxd5
34. cxd5 Rd8 35. Nd2 Kf8 36. Re1 Nc8 37. Rc1 Ne7 38. Nc4 Nxd5 39. Rd1 Ke7 40.
Re1+ Kf8 41. Rd1 Ke7 42. Re1+ Kf8 43. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Ne2 Nge7 7. Bf4 Bf5 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bxf5 Nxf5 10. Qd3 g6 11. Nd2 h5 12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Rhe8 14.
Rhe1 Re7 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. Rxe7 Qxe7 17. hxg3 Rd6 18. Re1 Re6 19. Rxe6 Qxe6 20.
Kd2 a6 21. Qe3 Kd7 22. Qxe6+ Kxe6 23. Ne1 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "B73"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. c4 Qe5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bf3
Qc7 15. Rad1 Be6 16. b3 a5 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 c5 19. Qe3 Ra6 20. Rd3 a4 21.
Rfd1 axb3 22. axb3 Rd6 23. Rxd6 exd6 24. h4 Rb8 25. h5 Qb6 26. h6 Qxb3 27. Qxb3
Rxb3 28. Rxd6 Kf8 29. Bd5 Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Rd1 31. Rc6 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Rxd5 33. Rc7
Ke8 34. g4 Kd8 35. Rxf7 Rd7 36. Rf4 Kc7 37. Kg3 Kb6 38. Rf8 c4 39. Rb8+ Kc5 40.
Kf4 c3 41. Ke5 Re7+ 42. Kf6 Rc7 43. Rb1 c2 44. Rc1 Kd4 45. f4 Ke4 46. f5 gxf5
47. gxf5 Kf4 48. Rf1+ Ke4 49. Re1+ Kd5 50. Rc1 Kd6 51. Kg5 Ke5 52. f6 Rc5 53.
f7 Ke6+ 54. Kf4 Kxf7 55. Ke3 Kg6 56. Kd3 Kxh6 57. Rxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]

1-0

[Event "16th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1947.10.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1947.10.11"]
[ECO "C61"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Nf6 7. b4 Be7 8.
d4 d5 9. exd5 exd4 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Bxd4 c6 12. Nc3 Bxb4 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6
gxf6 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nf6+ Kh8 17. Rad1 Bc3 18. Nh5 b5 19. Be2 cxd5 20. Bxb5 d4
21. Nf4 Rb8 22. Rb1 Kg7 23. Bd3 Bd7 24. Rb3 Rxb3 25. axb3 Rd8 26. Ne2 Be6 27.
Nxc3 dxc3 28. Rd1 f4 29. Kf1 f3 30. gxf3 Bf5 31. Ke2 Re8+ 32. Be4 Bc8 33. Rg1+
Kh6 34. Kd3 f5 35. Bd5 Rd8 36. Kc4 Ba6+ 37. Kc5 Be2 38. Re1 Ba6 39. Re6+ 1-0

