[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E03"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
Nf3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Nb3 Nxb3 11. Qxb3 Qc7 12. O-O Bc5 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Bf4
e5 15. Bg5 Rb8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. Rac1 Kg7 19. Rfd1 Ba7 20. Qc2 Qe6
21. Qc7 Bd7 22. Nb6 Bxb6 23. Qxd7 Bd4 24. Rc7 Qxd7 25. Rxd7 Bxb2 26. Rb1 Bd4
27. e3 Bc5 28. Rbxb7 Rxb7 29. Bxb7 a5 30. Bd5 f5 31. Kg2 Bb4 32. h3 Kg6 33. f4
exf4 34. exf4 Kf6 35. Bb3 Kg6 36. Bc4 Kf6 37. Kf3 Rc8 38. Bxf7 Rc3+ 39. Kg2
Rc2+ 40. Kf1 Rc1+ 41. Ke2 Re1+ 42. Kf2 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E47"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. Ne2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bd2
Bd7 9. a3 Ba5 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Rc8 12. b4 Bb6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. b5 Na5 15.
Bxa5 Bxa5 16. Bxb7 Rc7 17. Bf3 Qf6 18. Qc2 Rd8 19. Rad1 Bc8 20. Bc6 Bd7 21. Bf3
Rcc8 22. Rd3 Be8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Ng3 Qe5 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 f5 27. Ne2 g5
28. g3 Bg6 29. Qa4 Qa1 30. Kg2 Bh5 31. Qxa5 Qxd1 32. Ng1 Qd7 33. Qc3 Qb7+ 34.
Kf1 Qe4 35. f3 Bxf3 36. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 37. Ke1 Qe4 38. Kf2 g4 39. Ke2 Qg2+ 40. Kd1
Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B24"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 b6 6. Nge2 Bb7 7. Be3 e6 8. Qd2
d6 9. O-O-O Nd4 10. Kb1 Qd7 11. g4 O-O-O 12. f4 Ne7 13. Ng3 d5 14. f5 Be5 15.
Bf4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 gxf5 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Nxf5 Ndxf5 19. Bh3 Bc6 20. Rhf1 Kb7
21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxf5 Qd6 24. Be4 Qxf4 25. Bxd5+ Rxd5 26. Rxf4
f5 27. Rg1 Rc8 28. Rg5 Rc6 29. Rh5 c4 30. Rxh7+ Ka6 31. a3 cxd3 32. cxd3 b5 33.
Rf7 Rxd3 34. R4xf5 Rdd6 35. Rh7 Rh6 36. Rff7 Rxh7 37. Rxh7 Rf6 38. Rg7 Rf2 39.
h4 Rh2 40. Rg4 Kb6 41. a4 bxa4 42. Rxa4 Kb5 43. Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Zagoriansky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 12. Qe2 b6 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Ne5
Bb7 15. Rfe1 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qg4 Nf6 18. Qh4 Qb4 19. Nd3 Qd6 20. Re5 Rac8
21. Rae1 Rc7 22. a3 h6 23. h3 a5 24. Nf4 Rfc8 25. Ne2 Ne4 26. Ng3 Rc1 27. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 28. Kh2 g5 29. Qh5 Nxg3 30. fxg3 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qc7 10. O-O cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qh4 b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Ne7
15. Bd3 Ng6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. c4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qc6 19. Qf4 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A54"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Be2
Ne8 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O Nef6 11. b4 e4 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Rae1 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. Ndxe4 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Qxb4 17. Rb1 Qe7 18. Bd3 Nf8 19. Ne4 b6 20. Ng3 Bd7 21.
Rfc1 Rac8 22. Qb2 c5 23. Nf5 Qf6 24. dxc5 Qxb2 25. Rxb2 Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B59"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 h6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. Rad1 b5 12. f3 Bb7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Nd7 15.
Nc3 Nb4 16. Ra1 a5 17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21.
Rc1 Bc6 22. Kf2 Bg5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Bc4 a4 25. Nd5 a3 26. bxa3 Rxa3 27. Nxb4
cxb4 28. Rb1 Rc3 29. Bd3 Ba4 30. Rxb4 Bxc2 31. Bc4 g4 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Bxf7
gxf3 34. gxf3 Bd1 35. Bh5 g6 36. Bg4 Rc5 37. Kg3 Kh6 38. Rb6 Ba4 39. Rd6 Bb3
40. Kh4 Rc2 41. Kg3 Kg7 42. Bd7 Bf7 43. Rb6 Rc1 44. h3 Rg1+ 45. Kf2 Ra1 46. Rc6
Rb1 47. Bg4 Ra1 48. Rb6 Bc4 49. Kg3 Ra6 50. Rb4 Bf7 51. Kh4 Kf6 52. Rb5 Rc6 53.
Ra5 Rb6 54. Rc5 Ra6 55. f4 exf4 56. e5+ Kg7 57. Kg5 Ra7 58. Kxf4 Ra4+ 59. Kg5
Re4 60. Bf3 Re1 61. Kf4 Be6 62. Bg4 Ba2 63. Ra5 Bc4 64. Ra4 Bd5 65. Rd4 Bb3 66.
h4 Kh6 67. Bf3 Rc1 68. Kg3 Rc5 69. Re4 Bd5 70. Re3 g5 71. Bxd5 gxh4+ 72. Kf4
Rxd5 73. e6 Rd8 74. e7 Re8 75. Kf5 Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E49"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. f4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. Qe1 Nf5
15. e4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qc6 17. dxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Be3 Qc6 19. Bd4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Qxe4
21. Qxe4 Bxe4 22. g4 f5 23. g5 Kf7 24. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.
Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qc7
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Be4 Rfd8 17. g3 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 f5 19. Qe2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. b3 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qd6 23. Qxd6 Bxd6 24. Nd4 Kf8 25. Kf1 Ke8 26. Ke2 Kd7 27.
Kd3 Bc5 28. f3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. O-O Be7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Ne5 Rad8 13. f4 Ne4 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. dxc5 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 bxc5 18. Qc2 f5 19. Be5 Qe6 20. Rfe1 Rc8
21. Rc1 g6 22. Qb2 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxf6 Rxf6 25. Be2 Rd6 26. Bf3 a5 27.
Re2 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C17"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bxd2+ 8.
Qxd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nbc6 10. Bd3 a6 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Qe3 f6 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rd2 Qa5 16. a3 c5 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Qe5 Bd7 19. c4 Rc8 20. Re1
Be8 21. f4 d4 22. g3 Bg6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qd6 Qa4 25. Rc2 Kh7 26. Re5 Rff8 27.
Qxe6 Rce8 28. Qh3+ Kg8 29. Qg2 Rxe5 30. fxe5 Qb3 31. Kb1 Rf3 32. e6 Re3 33. Rc1
d3 34. Qd2 Re2 35. Rc3 Qb8 36. Qc1 d2 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qe2
a6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. a3 Ba5 14. Rac1 Bb6 15.
Bb1 Rac8 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. exd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qd3+ Kg8
21. Qxd4 Nc5 22. Qb4 Qf6 23. Qf4 Qg6 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. hxg3 Nb3 26. Rb1 Nxd2 27.
Rxd2 Rfd8 28. Rbd1 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Bc6 30. f3 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Ke3 a5 33. Rd1
Be8 34. Rd4 Rc5 35. Rd2 f6 36. Rd4 Bc6 37. Rd2 e5 38. Na2 Bd7 39. Nc3 Be6 40.
Ne4 Rc1 41. Nc3 b4 42. axb4 axb4 43. Nd5+ Bxd5 44. Rxd5 Re1+ 45. Kf2 Rb1 46.
Rd2 f5 47. Ke3 Ke6 48. f4 e4 49. g4 fxg4 50. Kxe4 Re1+ 51. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Randviir, Yury"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B62"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd3 Bd7 10. Rad1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Nd7 14. Bxe7
Nxe5 15. Bxd8 Rfxd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Kf8 19. f3 Ke7 20.
Kf2 Kd6 21. Ke3 Kc5 22. Nf2 Nc4+ 23. Bxc4 Kxc4 24. Ne4 f6 25. a3 Kd5 26. b3 e5
27. c4+ Ke6 28. g3 b6 29. Nc3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Shamaev, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D52"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qg5 10. g3 Bd7 11. Bg2 Nd5 12. O-O f5 13. e4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 f4
15. Rb1 b6 16. Qf3 Be7 17. Ne5 Rf8 18. Qd3 Bd6 19. Nxd7 Kxd7 20. e5 Be7 21. c4
Rac8 22. d5 cxd5 23. cxd5 Bc5 24. dxe6+ Kxe6 25. Qd5+ Kf5 26. Be4+ Kg4 27. Qe6+
1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qb3 c6 8. Be2
a6 9. O-O b5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rac1 Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 Rc8 14. Nbd2 Qb6 15.
Ne5 Bd6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. f4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Qc2 Qc7 21.
Qxc7 Bxc7 22. Nd3 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
b4 9. Na4 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Bd2 Ne4 12. Qc2 c5 13. Nxc5 Nexc5 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Bb5 Bd6 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 17. Rfd1 O-O 18. Rxd7 Qb6 19. Ng5 g6 20. Qc4 Bd6 21.
Nxe6 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 fxe6 23. Qh4 h5 24. Qe7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B62"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd3 Bd7 10. Rad1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. Rd3 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxg5 14.
Nxd6 Qf6 15. c4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 Bf6 17. Rd2 b6 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. f4 Kf8 20. Kf2
Ke7 21. Nb5 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 g5 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Kxf3 gxf4 25. Kxf4 a6 26. Na3 Rc8
27. b3 Rc5 28. Kf3 Rf5+ 29. Ke2 Rh5 30. h3 Rg5 31. Kf3 Rf5+ 32. Ke2 Rg5 33. Kf3
Rf5+ 34. Ke2 Ra5 35. Nb1 Bg5 36. Rc2 Re5+ 37. Kf3 Rf5+ 38. Ke2 Re5+ 39. Kf3
Rf5+ 40. Ke2 Bh4 41. Ke3 Rg5 42. Re2 Rg3+ 43. Kd2 f5 44. Nc3 Bg5+ 45. Kc2 Be3
46. Nd1 Bd4 47. Nb2 e5 48. Nd3 Kd6 49. Ne1 e4 50. Kd1 a5 51. Kc1 Bc5 52. Nc2
Ke5 53. Kd2 h5 54. Kd1 h4 55. Kd2 Rd3+ 56. Kc1 Kf4 57. Ne1 Rd8 58. Nc2 Kg3 59.
Ne1 Bf2 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bd2
a6 9. b3 Ba5 10. Rc1 Bc7 11. Qc2 b6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb7 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rfe8
21. Qc4 Bd6 22. Rfe1 Reb8 23. Qd5 a5 24. Rc4 Rd8 25. Qe4 Rab8 26. g3 Rb4 27.
Kg2 Bf8 28. Re2 Qa6 29. Ne5 a4 30. Rxb4 cxb4 31. Qf3 Qa8 32. Re4 Qd5 33. Nc4
axb3 34. axb3 g6 35. Re5 Qxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Bg7 37. Re2 Bc3 38. Ke3 Rd1 39. f4 Kg7
40. Ra2 Rb1 41. Kd3 Rd1+ 42. Ke3 Re1+ 43. Kd3 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. b3 e5 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb2 e4 12. Nfd2 Bg6 13. Nc3 f5 14. d5 Ne5 15. f4
Nf7 16. Ndxe4 fxe4 17. f5 Bf6 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Bg4 Ng5 20. Qd2 Rh4 21. Rf4 Be5
22. Nxe4 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 Nf7 24. Re1 Kf8 25. Rf1 Qe7 26. Nxd6 Kg8 27. Qxf7+ Qxf7
28. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zagoriansky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
c4 Nf6 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nc3 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qa6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Bb7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A91"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 O-O 8. Ne2
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. O-O Nc6 11. N2c3 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bg4 14. Rd3
Nb4 15. Rd2 Bg5 16. f4 exf4 17. Rf2 Rae8 18. a3 Nc6 19. Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Nbd4 Re8 12. b3 Bg4 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. h3
Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bf5 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Nd4 Be4 18. e3 h6 19. Rc1 Qa5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8
21. Qa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. a3
Bd7 9. Rb1 a5 10. d3 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 Ne6 13. Nd5 Ned4 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Bf4 a4 17. Re1 Ra5 18. e3 Be6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. exd4 cxd4 21.
Rxc6 Qb7 22. Rc7 Qb6 23. Qc1 h6 24. Be5 Bh3 25. Qf4 Qe6 26. Re4 Qb3 27. Qd2 Rd5
28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Rh4 Qb6 30. Rxh3 h5 31. Re7 Rc8 32. Qe2 Rdc5 33. Rxh5 Rc1+
34. Kg2 Qc6+ 35. Kh3 Rf8 36. Rf5 Qc8 37. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Bd5 8.
Qa4+ Bc6 9. Qd1 Nbd7 10. O-O h6 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. a3 Ba5 14. Bd2 O-O
15. Qc2 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Be4 17. Qd2 Nd5 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 c5
21. Rfd1 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A90"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nd7 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 f5 7. O-O Ngf6 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. gxf4 O-O 12. Na4 Nb6 13. Nc5 Qd6 14. Ne5 Rb8
15. a4 Na8 16. a5 Bd7 17. Rfc1 Bb5 18. e3 Rfc8 19. Ra3 Rc7 20. Rc3 Qe7 21. Bf1
Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Rbc8 23. Qb3 Ne8 24. Nxb7 Rxb7 25. Qxb7 Qxb7 26. Rxc8 Kf8 27. Rb8
Qe7 28. Rxa8 g6 29. Rcc8 Kg7 30. Rxe8 Qc7 31. Rec8 Qb7 32. Rab8 Qa7 33. Rh8 Qe7
34. Rbg8+ Kh6 35. Rxg6+ Kh5 36. Rg3 Kh4 37. Nf3+ Kh5 38. Rhg8 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. a4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nh5 13. f4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Qg4 Nc4 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. b3 Na3 19. Nxa3 Qxa3 20. Qxf4 Qb2 21.
Qd2 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 O-O 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Na5 13. Bc2 Nd7 14. Ng2 Re8 15. b4
Nb7 16. Bb3 c6 17. Be3 a5 18. a3 axb4 19. cxb4 Kh8 20. Nc3 Nf8 21. f4 exf4 22.
Nxf4 Bf6 23. Nxg6+ fxg6 24. d4 Ne6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Qd2 Re8 27. g5 Be7 28. Kg2
Qd7 29. d5 Rf8 30. Bd4 c5 31. Rxf8+ Bxf8 32. bxc5 dxc5 33. Bf2 b4 34. Ne2 Nd6
35. e5 Nc4 36. Qf4 Qxd5+ 37. Kh2 Qxe5 38. Qxe5 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Be7 9. a3 a6 10. e4 O-O 11. e5 Ne8 12. O-O Nc7 13. b4 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Bd3
b4 16. Ne4 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Qd3 h6 19. Bb2 bxa3 20. Bxa3 Qa8 21. Bxe7 Rxa1
22. Bxf8 Nxf8 23. Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Randviir, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. g3 c5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. dxc5 Nd5 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. O-O O-O 14. Qb1
Qxc5 15. Qb5 Qe7 16. Rab1 Qc7 17. Qxc4 Bd7 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Ng5 h6 20. Ne4 Be8
21. Rd3 Rac8 22. Qc5 b6 23. Qe3 Ne5 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Shamaev, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D51"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c6 7. e3 Bb4 8. a3
Be7 9. Qc2 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 Ne8 13. Bg3 Nd6 14. Ne5 Nf5 15.
Bf4 g5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qc7 19. f4 Bc5 20. Kf2 Kg7 21. cxd5
cxd5 22. b4 Be7 23. Rac1 Rac8 24. Qb2 Qb8 25. Nb5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8
Bxc8 28. Qc3 Bd7 29. Nd4 Kf8 30. Nf5 exf5 31. e6 Ke8 32. Qh8+ Bf8 33. exd7+
Kxd7 34. Qf6 Qd6 35. Qxf7+ Be7 36. Qxf5+ Kc7 37. Bg4 b5 38. Qd3 a6 39. Bf3 gxf4
40. gxf4 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D70"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qc2 Re8 14. g3
Bh3 15. Re1 Qf6 16. Rb1 Re7 17. Be3 Rae8 18. f3 Bd4 19. Qf2 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Bf5
21. Re2 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Qe6 23. Qb3 Qg4 24. Rbe1 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Qxe4
27. Qxb7 Qxc4 28. Qxa7 Qc1+ 29. Kg2 Qxb2+ 30. Kf3 Qc3+ 31. Ke4 Qc2+ 32. Kf3
Qd1+ 33. Kf2 Qd2+ 34. Kf3 Qd5+ 35. Kf4 Qd6+ 36. Kf3 c5 37. a4 c4 38. a5 c3 39.
Qa8+ Kg7 40. Qe4 Qc5 41. Qe3 Qxa5 42. Qd4+ f6 43. Qc4 Qf5+ 44. Ke2 Qc2+ 45. Kf3
Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 exd5 7. Qxd5 Bd7 8.
Bg5 Nf6 9. Qd2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Qa5 12. e3 O-O-O 13. Nb5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2
Bg4+ 15. Ke1 Bb4+ 16. Nc3 Ne4 17. Be2 Be6 18. a3 Ba5 19. Rc1 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Rd5
21. Bc4 Rc5 22. Bxe6+ fxe6 23. Ne2 Rb5 24. h4 g4 25. h5 e5 26. Kd2 Bc7 27. Kc2
Rd8 28. Rhd1 Rbd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Kxd1 b5 32. Kc2 Bd6 33. Nd4
Nxd4+ 34. exd4 Bxa3 35. dxe5 Kd7 36. Kd3 Bf8 37. f4 gxf3 38. gxf3 a5 39. f4 Ke6
40. Ke4 a4 41. f5+ Kd7 42. Kd5 Ke8 43. Bf2 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C24"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Qxd4 Nc5 6. Bg5 f6 7. Be3 c6 8.
Nc3 d5 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qh4 Nbd7 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qxd5 Ne5 14.
Qxd8+ Bxd8 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Bxc5 Bg5+ 17. Kb1 Bd7 18. Rhe1 O-O-O 19. Bxa7 Bc6
20. g3 Bf3 21. Rd3 e4 22. Rd5 Rxd5 23. Bxd5 Bd2 24. Rg1 g5 25. c4 g4 26. Kc2
Bg5 27. Re1 Re8 28. b4 h5 29. a4 h4 30. a5 hxg3 31. hxg3 Bd8 32. Bb6 Bxb6 33.
axb6 Re7 34. Kc3 Kd8 35. Kd4 Rh7 36. Ra1 Rd7 37. Ra8+ Ke7 38. Ke5 e3 39. fxe3
Rd6 40. Re8+ Kd7 41. Rd8+ Kxd8 42. Kxd6 Kc8 43. e4 Kb8 44. Kd7 Ka8 45. e5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D97"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 c6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 a5 10. Qc2 a4 11. a3 Be6 12. Bf4 Bb3 13. Qc1 Na6 14. O-O Re8 15. Bd1
Bc4 16. Re1 Nc7 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Ne6 19. Be5 Rc8 20. Qe1 Qb6 21. Rb1 Bh6
22. Bxf6 exf6 23. g3 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Zagoriansky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D58"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. O-O c5 12. Qe2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bg3 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 cxd4 16. Rfd1 Bf6 17. exd4 a6 18. Qb7 Qc8 19. Qe4 Qe8 20. Bd3 g6 21.
Bf4 Bg5 22. h4 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 Kg7 24. Qd6 Ra7 25. Rc6 Qb8 26. Qb4 Qf4 27. Qc3
Nf6 28. d5 exd5 29. Rxb6 Qxh4 30. Bxa6 Re8 31. g3 d4 32. Qf3 Qg5 33. Rxd4 Re1+
34. Kg2 Rc7 35. Bc4 Ne8 36. Rc6 Rce7 37. Rd1 Rxd1 38. Qxd1 Qe5 39. b4 Nf6 40.
Rd6 Ne8 41. Rd4 Nf6 42. Bb3 h5 43. Qd3 Ng4 44. Rf4 f6 45. Bd1 Nh6 46. Qd4 Qc7
47. Bb3 Qc6+ 48. Qd5 Qb6 49. a4 Ng4 50. a5 Qa7 51. Qd4 Qb7+ 52. Qd5 Qa7 53. Qd4
Qb7+ 54. Bd5 Qa6 55. Re4 Rd7 56. Qc5 Ne5 57. Re3 Kh6 58. b5 Qxa5 59. Qf8+ Rg7
60. Qh8+ Rh7 61. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A81"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d5 exd5 7. Nxd5 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. c4 Ne5 10. b3 c6 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Ba3 Nf7 13. Qd2 Ne4 14. Qd4 Bd7 15.
Rad1 c5 16. Qe3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Bc6 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Bb2 Nh6 20. h4 Nf5 21. Qg5
e3 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. g4 exf2+ 25. Rxf2 Nxh4 26. Rxd6 Re4 27.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Kf2 Rxg4 29. Rxc6 Rg2+ 30. Kf1 Rg4 31. Rxc5 Rf4+ 32. Kg1 Nf5 33.
Bc1 Rg4+ 34. Kf2 Nh4 35. Ra5 h6 36. Rxa7 g5 37. c5 Rg2+ 38. Kf1 Rh2 39. Ba3
Rh1+ 40. Kf2 Rh2+ 41. Ke1 Ke8 42. c6 Nf5 43. Ra8+ Kf7 44. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Be4 10. Ne1 Bxg2 11. Nxg2 d6 12. b3 Bf6 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. Qd2 a5 15.
Ne3 Qc8 16. Rac1 Re8 17. a3 e5 18. Nd5 exd4 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21.
Qxd4 Rxe2 22. Qxf6 Qe6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Rfe1 Rb2 25. Rxe6 Rf8 26. f4 Rxb3 27.
Ra1 Rc3 28. Re4 a4 29. Ra2 Rf7 30. Kg2 Kf8 31. c5 Rxc5 32. Rxa4 Re7 33. Ra8+
Kf7 34. Rh8 Kg7 35. Ra8 h5 36. Kh3 b5 37. Kh4 Re4 38. Rb2 Re7 39. Rb8 c6 40.
Rd8 Rd5 41. Rc8 Rc5 42. Rd2 Rd7 43. Re2 d5 44. Re5 Rc2 45. Kg5 Rxh2 46. Rxc6
Rh3 47. Rg6+ Kf8 48. Rf6+ Rf7 49. Rxf7+ Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. b3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Bb2
O-O 9. c4 dxc4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. Nd2 cxb3 13. Nxb3 Be7 14. Bd4 Qb8
15. Na5 Bd7 16. Rab1 Qd8 17. Nc4 Nd5 18. Rfd1 Qc8 19. e4 Nf6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Nd6 Qa6 22. e5 Bd8 23. Nb7 Bc8 24. Nc5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc4 dxc4 12. d5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Rc8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. Qa4 Qf6 16. Qb5 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Rfd1 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Rxc5 20. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
a6 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. a3 cxd4 13. exd4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Na5
15. Ba2 b5 16. c4 Nc6 17. c5 Rfd8 18. Bf4 Be8 19. Rac1 Qb7 20. Bd6 Nd5 21. Bb1
Nce7 22. Qe4 Ng6 23. Ne5 f5 24. Qe1 Qc8 25. Ba2 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Bc6 27. Rd3 Ra7
28. Qe2 Rf8 29. Re1 Qe8 30. Rh3 Rd7 31. Qd2 Qg6 32. Rg3 Qh5 33. Bxg7 Rxg7 34.
Rxe6 f4 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Rxc6 f3 37. Bxd5 Qxd5 38. Qh6+ Kf7 39. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O
Nb6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. a3 Bd7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bd2 Rac8 13. Rac1 cxd4 14. exd4 Bf6
15. Qe4 Qd8 16. h4 Ne7 17. Bc2 Nf5 18. Qd3 g6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. h5 Nc4 21. g4 Bc6
22. hxg6 Bxe4 23. gxh7+ Kh8 24. Qxe4 Nxd2 25. Nxd2 Qxd4 26. Nf3 Qg7 27. Bd3 Nh6
28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Nh2 Rd8 30. Be2 Bd6 31. Rd1 Bxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Rxd1 33. Bxd1 Qxb2
34. Qf4 Kxh7 35. Kg2 Qg7 36. Bc2+ f5 37. f3 Qc3 38. Qa4 Qc6 39. Qxc6 bxc6 40.
Kg3 Kg7 41. Kf4 fxg4 42. fxg4 e5+ 43. Kxe5 Nxg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 c5 8.
d3 Bd6 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Qe3 g5 13. Bg3 Nd7 14. Nc4 f6 15.
Nfd2 Nf8 16. f3 Bd7 17. c3 Ne6 18. Nxd6+ cxd6 19. Rab1 a5 20. Nc4 Bc6 21. Qd2
O-O 22. Ne3 Rfd8 23. Nf5 Qh7 24. h4 d5 25. Qe3 d4 26. Qd2 Kf7 27. Kf2 Ng7 28.
Nxg7 Qxg7 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rh1 a4 31. Rh5 Rh8 32. Rxh8 Qxh8 33. cxd4 cxd4 34.
Rc1 Qf8 35. Bxe5 fxe5 36. Qxg5 Qg7 37. Qf5+ Ke7 38. Rh1 Rf8 39. Qh5 Rg8 40. g4
Rf8 41. Kg3 Bb5 42. Qh2 Qf6 43. Qe2 Qf4+ 44. Kg2 Qe3 45. Qxe3 dxe3 46. Re1 Rd8
47. Rxe3 Rxd3 48. Rxd3 Bxd3 49. Kf2 Kf6 50. Ke3 Bc4 51. b3 Bxb3 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Nxd4 Nc5 9. Nf5 Bf8 10. Re1 g6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nh6 Bg7 13. Qf3 Qe7 14. Bg5 f6
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qxf6 Rf8 17. Nc3 Ne6 18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 19. Ng4 h5 20. Ne3 Rb8
21. b3 Nf4 22. Rad1 Ke6 23. Na4 Rb5 24. Nc4 Rd5 25. f3 g5 26. g3 Ng6 27. Rxd5
cxd5 28. Nc5+ Kf5 29. g4+ hxg4 30. fxg4+ Kxg4 31. Ne3+ Kh3 32. Nxd5 Nh4 33.
Re3+ Nf3+ 34. Kh1 d6 35. exd6 cxd6 36. Ne4 Bb7 37. c4 Bxd5 38. cxd5 g4 39. Nxd6
g3 40. hxg3 Kxg3 41. Re8 Rf4 42. Ne4+ Kh3 43. d6 Ne5 44. Rh8+ Kg4 45. Nc5 Rd4
46. d7 Nc6 47. Kg2 Rd5 48. b4 Rd2+ 49. Kf1 Rxa2 50. d8=Q Nxd8 51. Rxd8 a5 52.
Ra8 Kf3 53. Rxa5 Rb2 54. Ra3+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Randviir, Yury"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "168"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bxb6 axb6 10. e5 Ne8 11. O-O Qe7 12. Qd4 Ra5 13. f4 d6 14. exd6
Nxd6 15. Bf3 Nf5 16. Qf2 Qb4 17. Rab1 Nd4 18. Be4 Nb5 19. Nxb5 Qxe4 20. Nc3 Qg6
21. Rbd1 Bf5 22. Rd2 Raa8 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qe2 Kf8 26. Qf2 h5
27. Kh1 Kg8 28. h3 Qf6 29. Kh2 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Qf3 Qd4 32. Ne2 Qxb2 33.
Qxc6 Qxc2 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qxf7 Bg6 36. Qe6 Be4 37. f5 Bxf5 38. Qe5 Qe4 39. Qb2
h4 40. Qd2 Qe5+ 41. Kg1 Qc5+ 42. Kh1 Qf2 43. Qg5 Bg6 44. Nf4 Qg3 45. Qe5 c5 46.
Nxg6 Qxg6 47. Qf4 Qf6 48. Qe4+ Kh6 49. a4 g6 50. Qe3+ Qg5 51. Qe8 Qc1+ 52. Kh2
Qf4+ 53. Kh1 Qd6 54. Qe3+ g5 55. Qe8 Kg7 56. Qe4 Qd1+ 57. Kh2 Qd6+ 58. Kh1 Kh6
59. Qe8 Qc7 60. Qe6+ Kg7 61. Qf5 c4 62. Qxg5+ Kf7 63. Qxh4 Qc5 64. Qh7+ Ke6 65.
h4 c3 66. Qc2 Kd5 67. Qb3+ Qc4 68. Qd1+ Kc5 69. Qc2 Qxh4+ 70. Kg1 Qe1+ 71. Kh2
Kd4 72. Qb3 Qe5+ 73. Kh3 Qh5+ 74. Kg3 Qg6+ 75. Kh4 c2 76. Qb4+ Kd3 77. Qb3+ Kd2
78. Qb4+ Ke2 79. Qe7+ Kf1 80. Qf8+ Kg1 81. Qf4 Qh7+ 82. Kg4 Qd7+ 83. Kh4 Qe7+
84. Kg4 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shamaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. c3
Bc5 9. Ng3 Nh5 10. Nxh5 Bxh5 11. h3 Ne7 12. Bc4 c6 13. Bb3 Kh8 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Be3 Bb6 16. Qe2 f6 17. Nh4 d5 18. Rad1 Qe8 19. Kh2 Rd8 20. Rg1 Bc7 21. f3 Bf7
22. Bc2 Be6 23. Kh1 Bb6 24. d4 exd4 25. cxd4 Qf7 26. b3 Rd7 27. Bf2 Rfd8 28. e5
fxe5 29. Qxe5 Bc7 30. Qe2 g5 31. Ng2 Rf8 32. Rd3 Qf6 33. Re1 Bg8 34. Re3 Qh6
35. h4 Ng6 36. h5 Nf4 37. Nxf4 Bxf4 38. Re7 Qd6 39. Bf5 Rxe7 40. Qxe7 Rf7 41.
Qe2 Qf8 42. Kg2 Qg7 43. Qe8 Rf8 44. Qe7 h6 45. Qxg7+ Kxg7 46. Re7+ Rf7 47.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 48. Bc8 b5 49. Bd7 b4 50. Bxc6 Ke6 51. Bg3 Kf6 52. Bf2 Ke6 53. Kf1
Bh7 54. Ke2 Bb1 55. Kd1 Bd3 56. Bb7 a5 57. Bc6 Ba6 58. Be8 Bd3 59. Bg1 Ke7 60.
Bc6 Ke6 61. Bb7 Kd6 62. Bf2 Ke6 63. Bc8+ Kf6 64. Bg1 Ke7 65. Bb7 Kd6 66. Bf2
Ke6 67. Be1 Be3 68. Bg3 Bxd4 69. f4 Be4 70. fxg5 hxg5 71. Bc8+ Ke7 72. Bc7 Bc3
73. Bxa5 d4 74. Bb6 Bb1 75. Ba6 d3 76. Be3 Bxa2 77. Bxg5+ Bf6 78. Bxf6+ Kxf6
79. Bc4 Kg5 80. Kc1 Kf4 81. Kb2 d2 82. Be2 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Ng6 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qc2 Bd7
15. a3 Re7 16. b4 Rae8 17. b5 Ne4 18. bxc6 Bxc6 19. Qb3 f5 20. Rfe1 Kh8 21. Bb1
h6 22. Ba2 Rd8 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. axb4 Kg8 25. Re2 Kf7 26. Rb2 Nxc3 27. Rxc3 a6
28. Bb1 Kf6 29. Bd3 Rd6 30. Rc5 Nf8 31. Ra5 Nd7 32. b5 axb5 33. Bxb5 b6 34. Ra1
Ke6 35. Rc1 Bxb5 36. Rxb5 Re8 37. Ne1 Ra8 38. Nd3 g5 39. Rb3 Rb8 40. Rc7 b5 41.
Rb4 Kf6 42. Nc5 Nxc5 43. Rxc5 f4 44. exf4 gxf4 45. Rbxb5 Rxb5 46. Rxb5 Kf5 47.
f3 Ke6 48. Rb8 Kf7 49. Rb7+ Kf8 50. Kh2 Ra6 51. Rd7 Ra5 52. h4 h5 53. Rh7 Ra4
54. Rxh5 Rxd4 55. Rg5 Ke7 56. h5 Kf6 57. h6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D48"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 c5 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 Be7 14. dxc5 Nd7 15.
Rd1 Qa5 16. b3 Nxc5 17. Bc4 Bf6 18. Bb2 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 O-O 20. Qd4 Rad8 21. Qh4
h6 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. Nd3 Qc6 24. Qg4 h5 25. Qh3 Nxd3 26. Bxd3 Qc3 27. Bc4 Bd5 28.
Rdc1 Qe5 29. Qg3 Qxg3 30. hxg3 a5 31. Rab1 Rd6 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. e4 Rd4 34. Rc5
Ra8 35. Rxh5 Rxe4 36. Rd1 e5 37. Rf5 Rc8 38. Rd5 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Ree1 40. g4 Rh1+
41. Kg3 Rc3+ 42. f3 f6 43. g5 e4 44. Rd7 exf3 45. gxf6 gxf6 46. Rxa5 Rc8 47.
gxf3 Rb1 48. Raa7 Rxb3 49. a5 Rb1 50. a6 b3 51. Rg7+ Kf8 52. Rh7 Kg8 53. Rag7+
Kf8 54. Rb7 Kg8 55. Rhg7+ Kf8 56. Rgf7+ Kg8 57. a7 b2 58. Rfc7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C59"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. f4 exf3 12. Nxf3 Bd6 13. O-O O-O 14. d4 c5 15.
Nc3 a6 16. d5 Re8 17. Kh1 Rb8 18. a3 Ng4 19. h3 Ne3 20. Bxe3 Rxe3 21. Rb1 Qe7
22. Qd2 Bf4 23. Qd1 Rb6 24. Nd2 Bc7 25. Rf3 Qe5 26. Nf1 Rxf3 27. Bxf3 Nc4 28.
Na4 Rb5 29. Qd3 Nd6 30. Qe3 Qd4 31. b3 Bf5 32. Rd1 Qf6 33. c4 Rb7 34. Nxc5 Bb6
35. b4 Re7 36. Qd4 Qg5 37. Qc3 Qh4 38. Qd4 Qxd4 39. Rxd4 Re1 40. Rd1 Rxd1 41.
Bxd1 Nxc4 42. Be2 Nxa3 43. Ne3 Be4 44. Bxa6 Ba7 45. Kg1 Kf8 46. Kf2 f5 47. d6
f4 48. Nxe4 fxe3+ 49. Ke2 Nc2 50. b5 Ke8 51. Bc8 Kd8 52. Bg4 Na3 53. Nc3 Nc4
54. Nd5 Bc5 55. Nc7 Bxd6 56. Ne6+ Kd7 57. Nxg7+ Kc7 58. Be6 Be5 59. Bxc4 Bxg7
60. Kxe3 h5 61. g4 hxg4 62. hxg4 Kd6 63. Ke4 Bh6 64. Kf5 Be3 65. g5 Ke7 66. g6
Bd4 67. Ke4 Bc3 68. b6 Kd6 69. b7 Kc7 70. Bd5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Zagoriansky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A87"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O d6 8. c4 Kh8
9. Qc2 Na6 10. Nbd2 Nb4 11. Qc1 a5 12. a3 Na6 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Ne1 Bg8 15. Nd3
Qe8 16. Bc3 Nc7 17. a4 Ne6 18. e3 g5 19. Rad1 f4 20. exf4 gxf4 21. d5 cxd5 22.
cxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Rc8 24. Nc4 Nd4 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Bxg8 fxg3 27. Bd5 Qh5 28.
hxg3 Qxd5 29. Ne1 Rf3 30. Nxf3 Qxf3 31. Kh2 Rc5 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A97"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Qe8 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. Qb3 c6 10. Rad1 h6 11. Bc1 Qf7 12. Rfe1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. c5 Nxf3+
15. exf3 d5 16. Na4 Nh5 17. Re2 Rb8 18. Rde1 Bf6 19. h3 Bd8 20. Qc2 Bd7 21. b4
Re8 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Nb2 a5 24. a3 axb4 25. axb4 Bc7 26. Nd3 Bd7 27. Ne5 Bxe5
28. Rxe5 Re8 29. Bb2 Rxe5 30. Bxe5 Qe6 31. Qc3 Nf6 32. Bf1 Kf7 33. Bd4 Be8 34.
Qa1 Qd7 35. Bd3 Qe6 36. Kf1 Kg8 37. Qa8 Qd7 38. Qb8 Nh7 39. h4 Nf8 40. Qe5 Bg6
41. h5 Bxh5 42. Bxf5 Qf7 43. Kg2 Bg6 44. Bc8 Bd3 45. f4 Qg6 46. f3 Ba6 47. g4
Qf7 48. f5 Kh8 49. Be6 Qe7 50. Qd6 Qe8 51. Bxg7+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A33"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e4 e5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Bd3 Rb8 10. Rb1 Bc5 11. Bg5 d6 12. O-O h6 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. a3 Bg4 15.
Qc2 a5 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Ne6 20. f3 Nd4 21. Qc3
Bd7 22. c5 O-O 23. Be3 Ne6 24. Bc4 dxc5 25. bxc5 Bc8 26. Rbd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8+
Nxd8 28. f4 Be6 29. Bxe6 Nxe6 30. f5 Ng5 31. Bxg5 hxg5 32. f6 gxf6 33. Qf3 Qe7
34. Qxf6 Qxf6 35. Rxf6 Rb4 36. Rxc6 Rxe4 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. c6 Rc4 39. c7 Kf6 40.
Kf2 Kf5 41. h3 Kf4 42. g3+ Ke4 43. h4 g4 44. h5 Rc2+ 45. Ke1 Ke3 46. Kd1 Rd2+
47. Kc1 Rd7 48. h6 f6 49. Rf8 Rxc7+ 50. Kd1 Kf2 51. Rxf6+ Kxg3 52. Rf5 Rh7 53.
Rh5 Kf3 54. Rf5+ Ke4 55. Rh5 Kf4 56. Ke2 e4 57. Kf2 e3+ 58. Ke2 g3 59. Kf1 Kg4
60. Re5 Rf7+ 61. Kg2 Rf2+ 62. Kg1 Kf3 63. Rf5+ Ke4 64. h7 Rh2 65. Rf7 e2 66.
Re7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Nxd5 cxd5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. cxd6 exd6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. exd6 Nxd4 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.
dxe7 Rc8 15. d3 Rc6 16. Bd2 Qxe7 17. Re1 Ne6 18. Qg4 d4 19. f4 g6 20. f5 gxf5
21. Qxf5 Rg8 22. Rac1 Rg6 23. Qe5 Qd6 24. Qh8+ Kd7 25. Qxh7 Rg7 26. Qf5 Rc5 27.
Qe4 Rb5 28. b4 Qd5 29. a4 Qxe4 30. Rxe4 Rh5 31. Rf1 Rh3 32. g3 Rh8 33. Bf4 Rgh7
34. Be5 Rc8 35. Bxd4 Ng5 36. Rh4 Rxh4 37. gxh4 Ne6 38. Bxa7 Rg8+ 39. Kh1 Rg7
40. h5 Ke7 41. Be3 Rg4 42. h6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C74"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O Bd3 8. Re1
Be7 9. Re3 e4 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bc2 Bxc2 13. Qxc2 Nf6 14. d3 d5 15.
Nd2 O-O 16. h3 Bc5 17. Re2 Nh5 18. Nb3 exd3 19. Qxd3 Bb6 20. c4 Bxf2+ 21. Rxf2
Rxf2 22. Kxf2 Rf8+ 23. Kg1 Qf7 24. cxd5 Qf2+ 25. Kh2 Qf6 26. Bd2 Qd6+ 27. Kg1
cxd5 28. Be3 Rf3 29. Qe2 Rf5 30. Bc5 Qg6 31. Re1 Nf4 32. Qe8+ Qxe8 33. Rxe8+
Kf7 34. Re7+ Kg6 35. Bd4 Rf7 36. Re3 h5 37. Nc5 Rf5 38. Ne6 Kf7 39. Nxf4 Rxf4
40. Rf3 Rxf3 41. gxf3 g6 42. Kf2 Ke6 43. b4 Kf5 44. a4 c6 45. Bc5 Kg5 46. Be7+
Kf4 47. Bd6+ Kg5 48. Bg3 Kf5 49. Ke3 g5 50. Kd4 g4 51. fxg4+ hxg4 52. hxg4+
Kxg4 53. Be5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Qd7 6. Qxc4 Qc6 7. b3 Bd7 8.
O-O Qxc4 9. bxc4 Bc6 10. Nc3 a6 11. d3 Nbd7 12. Rb1 Bd6 13. Rd1 O-O 14. e4 e5
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Ba4 17. Rd2 b5 18. d4 f6 19. Bh3 Nb6 20. dxe5 fxe5 21.
Ng5 Nc4 22. Be6+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ Rxf7 24. Bxf7 Nxd2 25. Bxd2 Bc2 26. Rc1 Bxe4 27.
Ba5 Ra7 28. Be6 g5 29. f4 gxf4 30. gxf4 b4 31. f5 Kg7 32. Kf2 Bd3 33. Ke3 e4
34. a3 Kf6 35. Bxb4 Bxb4 36. axb4 Ke5 37. Rc5 Kf6 38. Bd7 Ke7 39. Bc6 Kf6 40.
Ra5 h6 41. Kd4 Bb1 42. b5 Bd3 43. d6 cxd6 44. b6 Rf7 45. b7 Rf8 46. Bd7 Rb8 47.
Bc8 Bb5 48. Kd5 Bd7 49. Bxd7 Rxb7 50. Kxd6 e3 51. Ra3 e2 52. Re3 Rb2 53. h4
Rd2+ 54. Kc7 a5 55. Re6+ Kg7 56. Be8 Rc2+ 57. Kd7 a4 58. f6+ Kh7 59. Re7+ Kg8
60. Bg6 Rd2+ 61. Kc7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C57"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bf1 Nd4 7. c3 Nxd5 8.
Ne4 Ne6 9. Bxb5+ Bd7 10. Qa4 Ndf4 11. d4 Nxg2+ 12. Kf1 Ngf4 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. dxe5 Nd3 16. Kg2 Nxe5 17. Rd1+ Kc6 18. f4 Ng6 19. Rf1 f5 20. Ng3
Nh4+ 21. Kh3 Be7 22. Re1 Kd7 23. Na3 Ng6 24. Rd1+ Kc6 25. Nxf5 Bxa3 26. bxa3
Rad8 27. Nd4+ Nxd4 28. cxd4 Rhf8 29. Kg3 Ne7 30. Bb2 Nd5 31. Rac1+ Kb7 32. Rf1
Rd6 33. f5 Rdf6 34. Rc5 Rxf5 35. Rb5+ Kc6 36. Rc5+ Kb7 37. Rb5+ Kc6 38. Rc5+
Kb6 39. Rxf5 Rxf5 40. Bc3 c6 41. Ba5+ Kb7 42. Bd2 Rf1 43. Rc2 Rg1+ 44. Kf3 h5
45. Rb2+ Kc8 46. Rc2 Kb7 47. Rb2+ Kc8 48. Rc2 Kd7 49. Rb2 Kc7 50. Ba5+ Kc8 51.
Ke4 Rg4+ 52. Kd3 Nf4+ 53. Kc4 Ne6 54. Bc3 h4 55. Rf2 Rf4 56. Re2 Kd7 57. Rb2
Kc7 58. a4 g5 59. a5 a6 60. Rb6 g4 61. Rxa6 g3 62. hxg3 hxg3 63. Ra7+ Kb8 64.
Re7 g2 65. Re8+ Kb7 66. Rg8 Rf2 67. a3 Nf4 68. Rg7+ Ka6 69. Bb4 Ne6 70. Rg8
Rc2+ 71. Kd3 Rb2 72. Bd2 Ra2 73. Rg6 Kb5 74. a4+ Ka6 75. Be3 Kxa5 76. Ke4 Nd8
77. Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C52"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 Qe7 7. O-O Bb6 8. a4
a6 9. a5 Ba7 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. d5 Nd8 12. d6 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15.
Rd1 d5 16. Rxd5 Ke7 17. Nbd2 d6 18. Nh4 Nc6 19. Rb1 Rb8 20. Kf1 Be6 21. Nf5+
Bxf5 22. exf5 Rhc8 23. Rd1 Bc5 24. Nb3 Rd8 25. Ke2 Ba7 26. Nd2 Rbc8 27. Rb1 Rd7
28. Bd3 Bc5 29. Nc4 Kf8 30. Nb6 Bxb6 31. Rxb6 Rcd8 32. Bb1 Ne7 33. Rd3 Nc6 34.
Rd5 Ne7 35. Rd3 Nc8 36. Rb4 d5 37. Rh3 Nd6 38. Rb6 Ke7 39. Rxh7 Rc8 40. Rh3 Rc5
41. g4 Nc4 42. Rb4 Nxa5 43. f4 exf4 44. Rxf4 Nc4 45. Bc2 Kd6 46. Rh6 Re7+ 47.
Kd3 Ke5 48. Rd4 Rcc7 49. Rh3 Nd6 50. Re3+ Ne4 51. Rexe4+ dxe4+ 52. Rxe4+ Kd6
53. c4 b5 54. Bb3 a5 55. Ba2 b4 56. Bb3 Re5 57. Rd4+ Ke7 58. Ba4 Re1 59. Rd5
Rc1 60. Rxa5 R1xc4 61. h3 b3 62. Ra8 b2 63. Re8+ Kd6 64. Rd8+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A60"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e4 e6 8. Nge2
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. a4 b6 11. O-O a6 12. h3 Nbd7 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Rb1 Qc7 15.
Qd2 Ne5 16. Qc1 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bf2 b4 20. Nb5 Rxb5 21. Qxc4
Ba6 22. Ra1 Ra5 23. Qc2 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Bxe2 25. Qxe2 f5 26. Rxa5 Qxa5 27. g4
Rxe4 28. Qf3 Qa2 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. b3 Qd2 31. Rd1 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Randviir, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A14"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O b6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bb2 Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. d3 c5
9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nbd2 Na6 11. Nh4 Ne8 12. Nf5 Bf6 13. d4 Nd6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nf3 Rac8 18. Rc1 Ne6 19. Qd2 h6 20. Rfd1 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qxd5 Qa1+ 24. Bf1 Nf8 25. Qd2 Bf5 26. a4 Be6 27.
Qc2 Nd7 28. Nd2 Nc5 29. e3 Bh3 30. Nb1 Be6 31. Nd2 Bh3 32. e4 Qe1 33. a5 Bxf1
34. Nxf1 Qxa5 35. Nd2 Qb4 36. Kg2 a5 37. Kf3 b5 38. Ke3 a4 39. bxa4 bxa4 40.
Nc4 Nb3 41. Nd2 Qb6+ 42. Kd3 Qxf2 43. Nxb3 Qf3+ 44. Kc4 axb3 45. Qd3 Qg2 46.
Kxb3 Qxh2 47. Kc4 Qf2 48. Kd5 Qf6 49. Qa3 Qe6+ 50. Kd4 Kh7 51. Qc5 Qg4 52. Qf8
f6 53. Qb8 f5 54. Qe5 Qxe4+ 55. Qxe4 fxe4 56. Kxe4 Kg6 57. Kf4 h5 58. g4 h4 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Shamaev, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A81"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qc1
Re8 9. Bh6 Bh8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Bg5 Qf7 13. Nb5 Nf8 14. c5 a6 15.
cxd6 Nd5 16. Nxc7 Nxc7 17. Qxc7 Nd7 18. Rac1 Bg7 19. Bf4 Bf6 20. Ne5 Qg7 21.
Bxb7 Bxb7 22. Nxd7 Bd5 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qh6 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Nxe8 f4 27.
Rxd5 fxg3 28. Qg7+ Qxg7 29. Nxg7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D95"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O
Na5 9. Qb4 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 Re8 12. Qa4 c5 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. f4 cxd4 15.
exd4 a6 16. Rae1 b5 17. Qd1 Nc4 18. Bc1 Qb6 19. Kh1 Rad8 20. Bf3 Nd6 21. Be3
Nc4 22. Bc1 Qc7 23. Re2 Ne4 24. Rc2 Qb6 25. Ne2 f6 26. Nd3 Ned6 27. Nc5 Nf5 28.
Rc3 Nce3 29. Qe1 Nxf1 30. Qxf1 Bc8 31. g4 Nh4 32. Be3 b4 33. Rd3 a5 34. Ng3 f5
35. gxf5 Nxf5 36. Bf2 Bh6 37. Qc1 Nh4 38. Bd1 Qf6 39. Be3 Qxf4 40. Bd2 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. d5 Nb8 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Nc3
a5 9. h3 Nh5 10. Be3 Nf4 11. Bf1 b6 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Qd2 g5 14. h4 g4 15. Nd4
Ne5 16. Nc6 Nxc6 17. dxc6 Bxh4 18. Rxh4 Qxh4 19. Nd5 O-O 20. Nxc7 Ra7 21. Qxd6
Qd8 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Nd5 Rd6 24. c7 Kg7 25. Rd1 f6 26. Rd3 a4 27. Kd2 h5 28.
Nxf4 Rxd3+ 29. Bxd3 h4 30. Nd5 Be6 31. Be2 h3 32. gxh3 gxh3 33. f4 h2 34. Bf3
Kf7 35. f5 Bc8 36. Ke3 Ba6 37. Kd4 Ra8 38. Nxb6 Rh8 39. b4 axb3 40. axb3 Rh3
41. Bh1 Rxb3 42. c8=Q Bxc8 43. Nxc8 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. b3 d4 5. d3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. e3 dxe3
9. Bxe3 Bg4 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. Na4 b6 12. h3 Bxh3 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxa8 Bxf1 15.
Qxf1 Be7 16. Rd1 O-O 17. Bg2 Qg4 18. d4 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Qh5 20. f3 Qg6 21. Qe1
Re8 22. g4 Nc6 23. Rd1 h6 24. Qf2 Bb4 25. Bf4 Ne5 26. Qd4 Nfd7 27. Bg3 Nc5 28.
Bxe5 Nxa4 29. Qa1 Qc2 30. bxa4 Rxe5 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Zagoriansky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A89"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bg5
Ne4 9. Be3 e5 10. d5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Na5 12. Qa4 b6 13. Nd2 Qe8 14. Qb4 f4 15.
gxf4 exf4 16. Bd4 Qxe2 17. Rad1 Qh5 18. f3 Bf5 19. Rfe1 g5 20. Re7 Rf7 21. Rde1
c5 22. dxc6 Bxd4+ 23. cxd4 Rxe7 24. Rxe7 Nxc6 25. Qxd6 Nxe7 26. Qxe7 Re8 27.
Qxa7 Qg6 28. c5 Qf6 29. Qa4 Rd8 30. Nb3 bxc5 31. dxc5 Rd1+ 32. Bf1 Qe5 33. Qc4+
Kg7 34. Kg2 g4 35. Qe2 gxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Rd3+ 37. Kf2 Qf6 38. Kg1 f3 39. Qe1 Rc3
40. Qg3+ Bg6 41. h4 Kh6 42. Nd2 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Zagoriansky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A94"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Ba3
Bxa3 9. Nxa3 Qc7 10. Qc1 Nbd7 11. Qb2 Ne4 12. e3 Ndf6 13. b4 Bd7 14. c5 b6 15.
Nc2 Rfb8 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Rfc1 c5 19. a4 c4 20. b5 Nd2 21. Nb4 Nb3
22. Nbc6 Bxc6 23. Nxc6 Qd7 24. Nxb8 Rxb8 25. f3 Rc8 26. Qc3 Ne8 27. e4 Nd6 28.
e5 Nb7 29. f4 N7a5 30. Bf3 h6 31. Bd1 Nxa1 32. Rxa1 Qe7 33. Bc2 Rc7 34. Rf1 Kf8
35. Rc1 Ke8 36. Rf1 Kd8 37. Rd1 Kc8 38. Ra1 Kb8 39. Kg2 Rc8 40. Rc1 g5 41. Rf1
g4 42. Rh1 Rg8 43. h4 gxh3+ 44. Rxh3 Qf8 45. Rh1 Ka7 46. Kf2 Rh8 47. Rh5 Kb7
48. Rh4 Rg8 49. Rh1 Rg7 50. Bd1 Rc7 51. Bc2 Qg7 52. Bd1 Qf8 53. Bc2 Ka7 54. Bd1
Kb8 55. Bc2 Kc8 56. Bd1 Kb7 57. Bc2 Rc8 58. Bd1 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Black "Zagoriansky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B38"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. e4 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. Be3 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f4 Rfd8 13. a3 Qc7 14. b4 Qb8 15.
Nd4 a6 16. h3 b5 17. cxb5 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 e5 19. Be3 axb5 20. Qe1 exf4 21. Bxf4
Re8 22. Bf3 Qa7+ 23. Kh1 d5 24. e5 d4 25. Qf2 Nh5 26. Bxh5 gxh5 27. Ne4 Rxc1
28. Bxc1 Bc6 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. exf6 Kh8 31. Bh6 Qxa3 32. Kh2 Qd3 33. Rc1 Ba8
34. Qe1 Qe4 35. Qg3 Qg6 36. Bg7+ Kg8 37. Qf2 h6 38. Rd1 d3 39. Rd2 Kh7 40. Ra2
Bd5 41. Rd2 h4 42. Bxh6 Qg3+ 43. Qxg3 hxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Kxh6 45. Rxd3 Bc4 46. Rf3
Re1 47. Kf4 Kg6 48. g4 Kxf6 49. h4 Bd5 50. Rd3 Re4+ 51. Kg3 Be6 52. Rf3+ Ke5
53. g5 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Zagoriansky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E06"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O b5 8. cxb5
cxb5 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Nbd2 Qb6 12. Nb3 Rfc8 13. Qd1 a5 14. Ne5 a4 15.
Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Rxc6 Bxc6 17. Nc1 b4 18. Bg5 Rc8 19. e3 Bb5 20. Bf1 h6 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Nd3 Be7 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Nxc1 Bd6 26. b3 axb3 27. axb3
Qb7 28. Qc2 Qa6 29. Kg2 Qa8 30. f3 f5 31. Nd3 Qb7 32. Nf2 Be7 33. h4 g6 34. Kh3
Qa6 35. Kg2 Qb7 36. Nd3 Bd6 37. Nb2 Kf7 38. Na4 Qa8 39. g4 Qb7 40. Kg1 Kf6 41.
Kg2 Qd7 42. Nb6 Qb7 43. Na4 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zagoriansky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. Bf4 Bf6 11. Rad1 d6 12. Qe3 Qe7 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Bxf6 Rxf6
15. Nh4 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Re8 17. b4 e5 18. Qa3 exd4 19. Qxa7 Ne5 20. Qb7 c5 21.
Qd5+ Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. e3 Nf3+ 24. Kh1 Rh6 25. h4 g5 26. exd4 Nxd4 27.
bxc5 dxc5 28. Rd3 Re2 29. Ra3 gxh4 30. Nxh4 Rhe6 31. Nf3 Nxf3 32. Rxf3 Kg6 33.
a3 Rc2 34. Rb1 Kg5 35. Rf4 Rc3 36. Rd1 Re4 37. Rxe4 fxe4 38. Rd6 Rxa3 39. Rxb6
Rc3 40. Kg2 Rxc4 41. Re6 h6 42. Kf1 h5 43. Ke2 Kf5 44. Rh6 Rc2+ 45. Ke3 Rc3+
46. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zagoriansky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 Qd7 5. Nc3 O-O-O 6. h3 Bf5 7. a3 Nf6 8.
Bf4 h6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Ne4 11. g4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be4 13. f3 Bg6 14. Qb1 f6
15. Bh2 h5 16. Qb3 hxg4 17. hxg4 e5 18. Rb1 Qc6 19. dxe5 Bc5 20. exf6 gxf6 21.
Bf4 Rxh1+ 22. Bxh1 Bb6 23. Rd1 Ba5 24. Bd2 Re8 25. Kf1 Qd6 26. f4 Qe7 27. e3
Be4 28. Kf2 Bb6 29. c4 Rh8 30. Bxe4 Qxe4 31. Kg3 Qh7 32. cxd5 Qh3+ 33. Kf2 Qxg4
34. Rg1 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Black "Zagoriansky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Rd1 Qb8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. d5 Na5 14. Bc2 c6 15. dxc6
Qxc6 16. Nbd2 Nc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nh4 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ng2
Rab8 22. Rab1 Bg5 23. h4 Be7 24. Kh2 Rb7 25. f3 h5 26. b4 cxb3 27. Bxb3 Rc7 28.
gxh5 Bxh5 29. Rbc1 Kh8 30. Bd5 Qd7 31. Ne3 g6 32. Qf2 Qd8 33. Kh3 Qc8+ 34. Kg3
f5 35. exf5 gxf5 36. Kh2 e4 37. Rg1 Bxf3 38. Rg6 Bf6 39. Rcg1 Rg7 40. Rh6+ Rh7
41. Rxf6 Rxf6 42. Rg8+ Qxg8 43. Bxg8 Kxg8 44. Qg3+ Rg7 45. Qf4 Rb7 46. Qg5+ Kf7
47. Nd5 Rg6 48. Qxf5+ Kg7 49. Ne3 Rf7 50. Qd5 Rgf6 51. Qd4 Kh7 52. Qd5 Kg7 53.
a3 Kh7 54. a4 Kg7 55. Qd4 Kh7 56. Qd5 Kg7 57. Qd4 Kh7 58. c4 Rg6 59. Qd5 Rgf6
60. Kh3 Rg7 61. a5 Rg1 62. Qb7+ Kh6 63. Qe7 Rh1+ 64. Kg3 Rg1+ 65. Kf2 Rgg6 66.
Ke1 Bh5 67. Kd2 Rf3 68. Qxe4 Rgf6 69. Qe7 R3f4 70. Kc3 Bf3 71. Qd8 Kg7 72. Qe7+
Kg6 73. Qe8+ Kg7 74. Qd7+ Kg6 75. Qc8 Rxh4 76. Qg8+ Kh6 77. Qd8 Kg5 78. Qg8+
Rg6 79. Qd8+ Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Zagoriansky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
e3 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Rd8 10. Rc1 c6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O Nf8 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14. h3 Be8
15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 17. Bb1 Bh5 18. d5 cxd5 19. cxd5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21.
Bxf5 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qe5 23. Rc3 Rb8 24. Rc2 Qd6 25. Qg4 Qd8 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. Bf7
d4 28. Rc4 Qe7 29. Bd5 Rd8 30. Bf3 d3 31. Rc8 d2 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Bd1 h6 34.
Kf1 Qd3+ 35. Qe2 Qd7 36. Qg4 Qb5+ 37. Qe2 Qxb2 38. Bb3 Qa1+ 39. Qd1 Qd4 40. Qf3
Ne6 41. Ke2 Nf4+ 42. Kd1 g5 43. Qxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Randviir, Yury"]
[Black "Zagoriansky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 b4 8. a5
O-O 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Be6 11. d3 Bxb3 12. cxb3 Qb8 13. Nbd2 Nd7 14. Nc4 Nc5 15.
Qc2 Qb5 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Rd1 Bf6 19. Qe2 g6 20. g4 Bg7 21. Nfd2
Ncd4 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Qf1 Bh6 24. Ne3 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Nc2 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shamaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Zagoriansky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e4 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d3
a6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Kh2 Rb8 11. Be3 b5 12. Qd2 Ne8 13. f4 Nc7 14. Rf2 Ne6 15. f5
Ned4 16. Raf1 Nxe2 17. Rxe2 bxc4 18. dxc4 Ne5 19. b3 Bc6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5
a5 22. Ref2 Qd7 23. Bg5 Rb6 24. Rd1 Re8 25. f6 exf6 26. Bxf6 Qe6 27. Bg5 Qxd5
28. Rxd5 a4 29. bxa4 Ra8 30. a5 Rba6 31. Rc2 Bf8 32. Bd2 Rb8 33. h4 Rb1 34. Kh3
h5 35. Kh2 Be7 36. Kh3 Kf8 37. Bh6+ Ke8 38. Bf4 f6 39. Bxe5 dxe5 40. g4 hxg4+
41. Kxg4 Rxa5 42. Kg3 Ra3+ 43. Kf2 Ra1 44. Rdd2 f5 45. Bf3 Bxh4+ 46. Kg2 Ke7
47. Re2 Ke6 48. Rb2 Ra6 49. Red2 Be1 50. exf5+ gxf5 51. Bb7 Bxd2 52. Bxa6 Bb4
53. Rf2 Kf6 54. Bc8 f4 55. Bb7 Rc1 56. Bd5 Re1 57. Rb2 e4 58. Kf2 Re3 59. a4
Ke5 60. Ra2 Ba5 61. Kg2 f3+ 62. Kf2 Kf4 63. Ra1 Re2+ 64. Kg1 Kg3 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zagoriansky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Nbd7 5. g3 a6 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Qc7 12. c5 Be7 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 Nf6
15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Nf3 Rfe8 18. Ne5 Bc8 19. f4 Re7 20. Rd3 Bd7 21.
Rad1 Be8 22. a3 Nd7 23. Nc4 Nf8 24. b4 Nd7 25. Re3 Nf6 26. f5 Bd7 27. Nb6 Ree8
28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. fxe6 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. Bf3 Nd5 33. Bxd5
Rxd5 34. Re1 Rxd4 35. Rxe6 Kf7 36. Re3 Rd2 37. h3 h6 38. Kf1 Rb2 39. Ke1 Rh2
40. h4 Rg2 41. a4 Rc2 42. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zagoriansky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D11"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Be2
Bg4 9. Nbd2 N8d7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 O-O 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. O-O Rac8 14. a4 a5
15. Qb3 Rcd8 16. Rc1 Nc8 17. Rfd1 e5 18. d5 c5 19. Nd2 b6 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Bh6
Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bb5 Nf6 24. f3 Nh5 25. Qc3 f6 26. b4 axb4 27. Qxb4 Nd6
28. Bf1 g5 29. Qb3 Nf4 30. Rb1 Rb8 31. Nc4 Nxc4 32. Qxc4 Qd6 33. Qa6 Qd8 34.
Bc4 h5 35. d6 g4 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Qa7+ Kg6 38. Kf2 Ra8 39. Qb7 Rxa4 40. Rh1
Nh3+ 41. gxh3 g3+ 42. Kxg3 Rxc4 43. Rhg1 Kh6 44. Kh2 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Zagoriansky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Qg4 f5 5. Qg3 cxd4 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 g6 8. h4 Qb6
9. h5 gxh5 10. Rxh5 Bd7 11. a3 O-O-O 12. Ng5 Bh6 13. b4 Qc7 14. Nf7 Bxc1 15.
Nxh8 Nxe5 16. Rxh7 Nf6 17. Rh1 Rg8 18. Qh3 Ne4 19. Qh7 Nf6 20. Qe7 Bb2 21. Qxf6
Nxd3+ 22. cxd3 Qc1+ 23. Ke2 Qxh1 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Qe2 Ndf6 11. Rac1 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Ba3 13. Bb2 Bxb2 14. Qxb2
dxc4 15. Bxc4 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. e3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. O-O
Re8 9. f3 exd4 10. Nxd4 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Bc3 Qb6
15. Qd2 Bd7 16. f4 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Bg4 18. h3 Bc8 19. Rad1 Rd6 20. Kh2 h5 21.
Nxc6 bxc6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. e4 d4 24. e5 Rdd8 25. Re4 c5 26. b4 d3 27. Qc3 cxb4
28. Rxb4 Qe6 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Qxa2 31. Qd4 Be6 32. Ra4 Qe2 33. Rxa7 Rc8
34. Qe4 Qf2 35. Ra3 Rc2 36. Qb7 Rd2 37. Qf3 Qc5 38. Rc3 Qd4 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A88"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nc3
Nh5 9. e4 f4 10. Ne2 e5 11. h3 fxg3 12. fxg3 exd4 13. g4 Nf6 14. Nfxd4 Qe7 15.
Bf4 Nbd7 16. Rad1 Ne5 17. Bg5 Bd7 18. Rf2 h6 19. Bh4 a6 20. Nf3 Rad8 21. c5 Be8
22. cxd6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Bg3 Qe7 26. Qd3 Qd7 27. Bd6 Nh7
28. Nf4 g5 29. Bxf8 Nxf8 30. Qxd7 Bxd7 31. Nd3 Bd4 32. e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E17"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nc3 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qa4 cxd4 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qxd7 Nxd7 14. Nxd5
Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Rac8 16. Rb1 Rfe8 17. Rd1 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "197"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bd6 14. a4 b4 15.
Bg5 Qc7 16. a5 O-O 17. b3 Rfe8 18. h3 h6 19. Bc1 Nf6 20. Bc4 Red8 21. Bb2 Nxd5
22. Re1 Nc3 23. Qc2 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Bh2+ 25. Kg2 Bf4 26. Qf5 Rd6 27. h4 Rf6 28.
Qg4 Kh8 29. Kf1 Bd2 30. Re4 Rg6 31. Qf5 Nxe4 32. Qxe4 Rd8 33. h5 Rg5 34. Bxa6
Bc3 35. Bxc3 bxc3 36. Bd3 f5 37. Qe3 Qd6 38. a6 Qxd3+ 39. Qxd3 Rxd3 40. a7 Rd8
41. a8=Q Rxa8 42. Rxa8+ Kh7 43. Ra4 g6 44. Rc4 f4 45. Rxc3 Rxh5 46. Rc4 Rf5 47.
b4 cxb4 48. Rxb4 g5 49. Kg2 Kg6 50. Rb7 Rf7 51. Rb5 Rf6 52. Kh3 Kh5 53. Rc5 Ra6
54. Rb5 Kg6 55. Rc5 Re6 56. Rb5 h5 57. Rb8 Re2 58. Kg2 h4 59. Rh8 Ra2 60. Rg8+
Kf6 61. Rf8+ Kg7 62. Rb8 Ra6 63. Kh3 Ra2 64. Kg2 Re2 65. Ra8 Kg6 66. Rg8+ Kf6
67. Rf8+ Kg7 68. Rb8 Rc2 69. Ra8 Kf6 70. Rf8+ Ke6 71. Re8+ Kf7 72. Rb8 Rc5 73.
Rb6 Re5 74. Ra6 Re6 75. Ra5 Kf6 76. Rb5 Re5 77. Rb6+ Kf5 78. Rh6 Rd5 79. Rh5
Rd8 80. Rh6 Rc8 81. Kh3 Rc2 82. Kg2 Rc5 83. Ra6 Ke5 84. Ra4 Rb5 85. Kh3 Kf5 86.
Ra8 Rd5 87. Kg2 Ke5 88. Ra4 Rd2 89. Ra5+ Kf6 90. Ra6+ Ke5 91. Ra5+ Rd5 92. Ra4
Rb5 93. Kh3 Rb2 94. Ra5+ Kd4 95. Rxg5 Rxf2 96. Kg4 h3 97. Kxf4 h2 98. Rh5 Rg2
99. Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D71"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nfd7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
d5 Nb6 9. Bxb6 cxb6 10. Qxc4 Bd7 11. Nf3 b5 12. Qf4 Na6 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Nd4 Qb6
15. e3 b4 16. Nce2 a5 17. O-O Rac8 18. Rac1 f5 19. Nf4 Be5 20. Rcd1 Qf6 21. Nd3
Nxd3 22. Qxd3 f4 23. gxf4 Bxd4 24. exd4 Qxf4 25. Qe3 Qf6 26. Rc1 b5 27. Rc5 Qh4
28. f3 Rf7 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Rc1 Bh3 31. Qe5 Bxg2 32. Rc8+ Rf8 33. Qe6+ Kg7
34. Qe5+ Kg8 35. Qe6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A89"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. b3
Bd7 9. Ba3 a5 10. Rc1 Nb4 11. Bb2 c6 12. a3 Na6 13. d5 Nc5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4
Nce4 16. Ne1 Qb6 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Qb3 Kh8 20. Bxf6 exf6 21. Bxe4
f5 22. Bg2 f4 23. Nd3 Rae8 24. Nxf4 g5 25. Nd3 Rxe2 26. c5 dxc5 27. Nxc5 Bf5
28. Qc4 Rd2 29. Rcd1 Rc2 30. Qa6 Qxb4 31. Nd7 Bxd7 32. Rxd7 Qc5 33. Qa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Randviir, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O b5 9. b3 bxc4 10. bxc4 Ba6 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. a3 Bxd2 13. Nxd2 Nb6 14. c5 Nc4
15. Nxc4 Bxc4 16. Bc1 Nd7 17. Bh3 Qf6 18. Be3 Rb8 19. Qd2 Rb7 20. Rab1 Rfb8 21.
Rb4 Rxb4 22. axb4 Qg6 23. Bf4 Rb7 24. f3 f5 25. Ra1 Nf6 26. Bf1 Qf7 27. Ra4 Ne8
28. Qe3 Nc7 29. Bxc7 Rxc7 30. Qe5 Qd7 31. g4 Rb7 32. Bh3 g6 33. gxf5 exf5 34.
e4 Qe7 35. Qxe7 Rxe7 36. exf5 g5 37. f6 Re1+ 38. Kf2 Re2+ 39. Kg3 a6 40. Bc8
Rd2 41. Bxa6 Bxa6 42. Rxa6 Rxd4 43. Rxc6 Rxb4 44. Rc7 d4 45. c6 d3 46. Kf2 Rc4
47. Rg7+ Kf8 48. c7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shamaev, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D66"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 a6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 Bb7 14. Nbd2 Qb6 15.
Ne5 Bd6 16. Bg3 Be7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rc7 Bc8 19. Qc2 e5 20. dxe5 Re8 21. Nb3
Nf8 22. a5 Qe6 23. Nd4 Qg4 24. h3 Qh5 25. Qc6 Bd7 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Qxd7 Bh4
28. Be2 Qg5 29. Bxh4 Qxh4 30. Qxd5 Rad8 31. Qc5 Qe4 32. Bf3 Qd3 33. Rd1 Qg6 34.
e6 fxe6 35. Bh5 Qf6 36. Bxe8 Rxe8 37. Qc6 Rd8 38. Rc1 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Qc2 d6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8. Nd2 a5
9. Ngf3 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. O-O Bd7 12. Ne1 Ne6 13. Nd3 Be8 14. e3 Bf7 15. Rae1
Ng5 16. f3 b5 17. c5 Qb8 18. e4 fxe4 19. fxe4 Ng4 20. h3 Nh6 21. cxd6 exd6 22.
d5 Qa7+ 23. Kh2 Be8 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. e5 Nf5 26. Nf1 Nd4 27. Qf2 Ndf3+ 28.
Qxf3 Nxf3+ 29. Bxf3 Rc8 30. Bg4 Rd8 31. exd6 Bf7 32. d7 Rxd7 33. Bxd7 Qxd7 34.
Ne5 Qf5 35. Ng4 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E03"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4
Bb7 9. Bg2 c5 10. O-O b4 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Qd3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc5 14. Qd3 O-O 15.
Nb3 Qe7 16. Be3 Be4 17. Qd2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Bd5 19. Nbd4 Qd6 20. Rfd1 h6 21. Bh3
Nb6 22. Ne5 Nfd7 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. f3 Ne5 25. Qf2 Qb6 26. Nf5 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2
Rc7 28. Ne3 Bb7 29. Rd4 a5 30. f4 Nd7 31. Nc4 Ra8 32. Nd6 Bd5 33. Nb5 Rc2 34.
Rxd5 exd5 35. Bxd7 Rxb2 36. Rd1 Rd8 37. Bc6 Kf8 38. Rd3 Ra2 39. Nd4 Ra3 40. Rd2
Rd6 41. Bb5 Rc3 42. Bd3 Rd8 43. Bc2 Ke7 44. Nb5 Rc5 45. Bb3 g5 46. Ke3 Kf6 47.
Kd4 Rc1 48. Rd3 Re1 49. e3 Rc1 50. Rd2 Rb1 51. Bxd5 Ra1 52. e4 Rxa4 53. Nd6 Ra1
54. e5+ Kg7 55. Rb2 Rb8 56. Kc5 Rc1+ 57. Nc4 b3 58. Kd4 a4 59. f5 Ra1 60. e6
fxe6 61. fxe6 a3 62. Nxa3 Rxa3 63. Kc3 Kf6 64. Bc4 Ke7 65. h4 Ra1 66. hxg5 hxg5
67. Kd4 Rg1 68. Ke5 Rxg3 69. Rh2 Re3+ 70. Kd4 Rxe6 71. Rh7+ Kd6 72. Bxe6 Kxe6
0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E27"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. f3 Re8 7. e4 d5 8. e5
Nfd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne2 c5 11. g3 Nc6 12. Bg2 Nb6 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc4
15. Rb1 Rb8 16. Qd3 Ne7 17. g4 b5 18. Nc3 Bd7 19. f4 Bxg4 20. f5 Qd7 21. f6 Bf5
22. Qg3 Ng6 23. Ra1 Be4 24. Bh3 Qc6 25. fxg7 Qb6 26. Qf2 Rb7 27. e6 Rxe6 28.
Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Bg5 Qg4+ 31. Qg3 Qxg3+ 32. hxg3 Rd7 33. a4 b4 34.
Rac1 Nd6 35. Bf6 Ne7 36. Rc5 e3 37. Re5 b3 38. Rxe7 Rxe7 39. Bxe7 Nc4 40. Bb4
a5 41. Bc3 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B73"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. f4 Ng4 10. Nxc6 Nxe3 11. Nxd8 Nxd1 12. Nxd1 Rxd8 13. c3 Bd7 14. Ne3
Bc6 15. Bf3 b5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 b4 18. cxb4 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1
Rdc8 21. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A50"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. g3 e5 5. dxe5 Ng4 6. Bh3 Nxe5 7. Nbd2 Nxf3+ 8.
Nxf3 Be7 9. O-O Bf6 10. e4 d6 11. Nd4 O-O 12. Bg2 Qc8 13. Be3 Re8 14. f3 Nc6
15. Qd2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Re7 18. Rac1 a5 19. Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. O-O g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. Qe2
Nc6 9. Nb3 cxd4 10. exd4 Qc7 11. Ba6 Bxa6 12. Qxa6 d6 13. Qc4 Rac8 14. Re1 Qb8
15. Qb5 e5 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Rad1 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bg3 Nh5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21.
Rd7 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Nbd4 Rc8 25. Nf5 g4 26. Qc4 h5 27. Ng5
Qd7 28. Nd6 b5 29. Qd3 e4 30. Qd5 Ne5 31. Nxc8 Qxc8 32. Qxe4 Qd8 33. Qh7+ Kf8
34. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D95"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Qb3 e6 7. Bd2 c6 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O Ne4 10. Be1 f5 11. Nd2 Kh8 12. Ncxe4 fxe4 13. f3 c5 14. cxd5 cxd4
15. exd4 Bxd4+ 16. Bf2 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 exd5 18. Qc3+ Qf6 19. Qxf6+ Nxf6 20. fxe4
Be6 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Raf1 Kg7 23. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nf1
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Qe2 d4 11. Ng3 Be6 12. O-O Qd6 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. a3 a5 15. Rfc1
dxc3 16. bxc3 b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Bf6 21. Qe4
b3 22. Bxb3 Nc5 23. Qc4 Nxb3 24. Qxb3 Qxd3 25. Qb1 Qd5 26. Ra4 Rb8 27. Qe4 Qxe4
28. Rxe4 Rb1+ 29. Be1 g6 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. g4 Kf8 32. Kg2 Ke7 33. g5 Bg7 34.
Bd2 Ke6 35. Be3 Kd5 36. Rh4 Ne7 37. Ra4 Nf5 38. Ra5+ Ke6 39. Ra6+ Kd7 40. Bc5
Rc1 41. Ra3 Kc6 42. Be3 Rc2 43. Kf1 Nxe3+ 44. fxe3 e4 45. Nd4+ Bxd4 46. cxd4
Rxh2 47. Ra6+ Kd5 48. Rf6 Kc4 49. Rxf7 Kd3 50. Rxc7 Kxe3 51. d5 Rf2+ 52. Ke1
Re2+ 53. Kf1 Rf2+ 54. Ke1 Rg2 55. Rc3+ Kd4 56. Ra3 Rg1+ 57. Ke2 Rg2+ 58. Ke1
Rxg5 59. d6 Rd5 60. Ra6 g5 61. d7 Rxd7 62. Rg6 Rd5 63. Ke2 Rf5 64. Rg8 Ra5 65.
Rg7 Rf5 66. Rg8 Ke5 67. Re8+ Kf4 68. Kf2 Re5 69. Rf8+ Kg4 70. Ke3 Kg3 71. Rf1
g4 72. Rg1+ Kh3 73. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 a5 12. Bf4 Nfd7 13. Be3 c6 14. Qe2 a4 15.
Rad1 Qa5 16. Qc2 Ne5 17. Nb1 Qb4 18. b3 axb3 19. axb3 f5 20. exf5 Ned3 21. Rf1
Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Bxf5 23. g4 Ne1 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. Bxc3 Nxg2 26. gxf5 Nf4 27. fxg6
hxg6 28. Rxd6 Ne4 29. Bb4 Nxd6 30. Bxd6 Nxh3+ 31. Kh2 Ng5 32. Nc3 Ne4 33. Nxe4
Rxe4 34. Bc5 Rd8 35. Be3 Rd3 36. Rb1 Re8 37. b4 Re4 38. c5 Kf7 39. b5 Ke6 40.
bxc6 bxc6 41. Rb8 Kd5 42. Rg8 Re6 43. Kg2 Ke4 44. Kf1 Rxe3 45. fxe3 Kxe3 46.
Rd8 Kf4 47. Rd4+ Kf5 48. Kf2 Re5 49. Rc4 Ke6 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Randviir, Yury"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C31"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Be6 6. Bxe6 fxe6 7. d4 exd3 8.
Nxd3 Bd6 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nf3 Rae8 13. Bd2 e5 14. fxe5
Nxe5 15. Nfxe5 Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Rae1 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shamaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C46"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Bd6 6. dxe5 Bxe5 7. Bd3 c6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. f4 Bd4+ 11. Kh1 d5 12. e5 Ng4 13. Qe1 f5 14. h3 Nh6 15.
Na4 Be6 16. Bb4 Re8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 b6 19. Bf2 Nf7 20. Bh4 Qc8 21. Rf3
Nh8 22. c3 Ng6 23. Bf2 Qb7 24. Rd1 Qf7 25. a3 Nf8 26. Qg1 Nd7 27. Kh2 Qe7 28.
b4 b5 29. Rg3 a5 30. Rg5 axb4 31. axb4 h6 32. Rg3 Ra3 33. Bd4 Rea8 34. Rf3 Ra2
35. Rf2 Qh4 36. Bc2 Qd8 37. Rdd2 Ra1 38. Bb1 Nb6 39. Rd1 R8a6 40. g4 fxg4 41.
f5 Qh4 42. Qxg4 Qxg4 43. hxg4 Bc8 44. e6 Nc4 45. g5 h5 46. Re2 c5 47. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 a6 7. b3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb2 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Bf5 Qe7
15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Na4 Qb5 17. Qxb5 axb5 18. dxc5 bxa4 19. cxd6 axb3 20. Rc7 Ba6
21. axb3 Red8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nd4 Rxd6 24. Nf5 Rdd8 25. h3 Kf8 26. Nh6 Kg7
27. Nxf7 Rdc8 28. Nd8+ Kg6 29. Ne6 Rxc7 30. Nxc7 Be2 31. Re1 Ra2 32. Nxd5 Ba6
33. Nxb6 Rb2 34. Ra1 Bd3 35. Nd5 Rxb3 36. Nf4+ Kh6 37. Nxd3 Rxd3 38. Kh2 Kg6
39. g4 h5 40. Ra5 hxg4 41. hxg4 Rb3 42. Kg3 Rc3 43. Kf4 Rc2 44. f3 Rc4+ 45. e4
Rc3 46. g5 fxg5+ 47. Rxg5+ Kf6 48. Rh5 Kf7 49. Rh6 Ra3 50. e5 Ke7 51. Ke4 Rb3
52. f4 Ra3 53. Kf5 Ra5 54. Rh7+ Ke8 55. Kf6 Ra4 56. f5 Kd8 57. e6 Kc8 58. e7
1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. a4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nh5 13. f4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15.
Qg4 Nc4 16. b3 Nb6 17. Nd2 bxa4 18. bxa4 c5 19. a5 Nd7 20. Nf3 Qc7 21. Bd3 Rab8
22. Qxf4 c4 23. Bf1 Rb5 24. Ra4 Rxa5 25. Rxc4 Qb7 26. Rb4 Qc6 27. Rc4 Qb7 28.
Bd3 Rc8 29. Rb4 Qc7 30. Rb3 Rb8 31. Rxb8+ Nxb8 32. e5 dxe5 33. Nxe5 Bd6 34. Nc4
Ra1 35. Qe4 Rxe1+ 36. Qxe1 Bxh2+ 37. Kg2 g6 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Ne3 Bd6 40. c4 Qe7
1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C26"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Na4 Nc6 6. Nxc5 dxc5 7. f4 Bg4 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. f5 b5 10. Bxb5 Nd4 11. Bc4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qh4+ 14. Kf1
Rad8 15. Be3 Nxf5 16. Qe1 Qh3+ 17. Kg1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Rd6 19. Kf2 Rfd8 20. Rag1
Rd2+ 21. Be2 Qh4+ 22. Rg3 Rxc2 23. Qg5 Qxg5 24. Rxg5 f6 25. Rg2 Rdd2 26. Ke3
Kf8 27. Rb1 c4 28. Rf2 g6 29. Rd1 Rd4 30. Rxd4 exd4+ 31. Kxd4 Rxb2 32. Kxc4
Rxa2 33. Kd3 Ke7 34. Rf1 Kd6 35. Rc1 Ra3+ 36. Kd4 Ra2 37. Ke3 c5 38. h4 a5 39.
Rb1 Ra3+ 40. Kf4 h6 41. Rb6+ Ke7 42. Bc4 g5+ 43. hxg5 fxg5+ 44. Kg4 h5+ 45.
Kxh5 Rxf3 46. Kxg5 a4 47. Ra6 a3 48. Bd5 Rd3 49. Kf5 Rh3 50. Ke5 Rh5+ 51. Kf4
Rh3 52. Rc6 Rc3 53. Ke5 Kd7 54. Rd6+ Kc7 55. Ra6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B59"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 h6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rad1 a5 12. Qc1 a4 13. Nc5 a3 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15.
Bc4 Qc8 16. Bb6 Na5 17. Bb3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Be3 b5 20. Rfe1 d5 21. exd5
exd5 22. Nb1 axb2 23. Qxb2 Ng4 24. Nd2 Qc7 25. h3 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Bc5 27. Qxe5
Qxe5 28. Rxe5 Rxf2 29. Kh1 Bb4 30. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
Nc6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Bg2 Nh5 11. g4 Nf6 12. d5 Ne5 13. b3 Qc8 14. Bb2 a5 15. Qd2
Ned7 16. f4 Nc5 17. Rae1 Nfd7 18. e4 Qd8 19. Nd1 e5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Ne3 e5 23. f5 g5 24. Nd5 h6 25. Rf2 Nf6 26. Nxf6 Qxf6 27. Bf3 Nd7 28. Kg2
Nb8 29. Kg3 Nc6 30. Rh1 Nd4 31. h4 Rh8 32. Rfh2 gxh4+ 33. Rxh4 b6 34. Rh5 Rag8
35. Qh2 c6 36. Kf2 Nxf3 37. Kxf3 d5 38. g5 dxe4+ 39. Kxe4 Qd6 40. Qxe5+ Qxe5+
41. Kxe5 Rd8 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B51"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c3 Bg4 6. d4 Qb6 7. Bxc6+ Qxc6 8.
Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qxg4 exd4 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. e5 Rd8 12. Nd2 h5 13. Qh3 g5 14. Re1
g4 15. Qd3 h4 16. Ne4 Bb4 17. Bg5 Bxe1 18. Bxd8 Bxf2+ 19. Nxf2 g3 20. Nh3 Kxd8
21. Qxd4+ Ke7 22. Qxa7 gxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Nh6 24. Qa3+ Ke6 25. Qb3+ Kxe5 26. Rf1 f5
27. Qe3+ Qe4 28. Qc3+ Qd4 29. Re1+ Kd5 30. Qb3+ Qc4 31. Nf4+ Kc5 32. Re5+ Kd6
33. Qxc4 Ng4+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Black "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Be3 Bd7 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O O-O-O 10. Kb1 Kb8 11. a3 g5 12. h3 Bg7 13. Qc3 Ne7 14. Ne5 Nd5
15. Qb3 Qe7 16. Be2 Nb6 17. Bf3 Ba4 18. Qc3 Nd5 19. Qa5 Be8 20. c4 Nxe3 21.
fxe3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Bc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Qb4+ Qxb4 25. axb4 Kc8 26. Kc2 Rhf8
27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Ra1 f6 29. Rxa7 Rf7 30. Ra1 fxe5 31. Rd1+ Ke7 32. Kc3 h5 33.
b5 cxb5 34. c5 Rf2 35. c6 Re2 36. Rd7+ Ke8 37. Rxc7 Rxe3+ 38. Kb4 Kd8 39. Ra7
Re2 40. Kc5 Rxb2 41. Kb6 Rxg2 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "160"]

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 Be6 9. Ng5 Bc8 10. Be3 c6 11. Rc1 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 e6 14. Nf3 Nc6
15. Qa3 Bd7 16. b4 a5 17. b5 Na7 18. Bxa7 Rxa7 19. Qd6 a4 20. b6 Ra5 21. Rb1
Bc6 22. Qf4 Rc5 23. Rfc1 e5 24. Nxe5 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Bxe5 26. Qxe5 Qxb6 27. Bxd5
Qb5 28. Rc5 Qb1+ 29. Kg2 Re8 30. Qd4 Rxe2 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Qd4+
Kg8 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qd4+ Kg8 36. Ra5 Qb7 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Qc5
Rxa2 40. Ra7 Qc8 41. h4 Re2 42. Rxa4 Qd7 43. Rd4 Qc7 44. Rc4 Re6 45. Qd4 Qd6
46. Qxd6 Rxd6 47. d4 h5 48. Kf3 Re6 49. Ra4 Kg7 50. Kf4 Re2 51. Kf3 Re6 52. Ra6
Kf6 53. Kf4 Kg7 54. Rb6 Kh6 55. Rb7 Kg7 56. Ra7 Kf6 57. f3 Kg7 58. Ra6 Kh6 59.
Ra5 f6 60. g4 hxg4 61. fxg4 Re1 62. Rc5 Re6 63. Rc1 Kg7 64. Ra1 Kh6 65. Ra6 Rd6
66. Ke3 Re6+ 67. Kf4 Rd6 68. Ra4 Re6 69. Ra7 g5+ 70. Kf5 Rd6 71. hxg5+ fxg5 72.
Ke5 Rd5+ 73. Ke4 Kg6 74. Ra8 Kf7 75. Rh8 Ke6 76. Rh6+ Kd7 77. Rg6 Rb5 78. Rf6
Rd5 79. Rf8 Rb5 80. Rf7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Randviir, Yury"]
[Black "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. Qe1 Nb4 11. Bd1 Be6 12. Qg3 Bc4 13. Rf2 Ne8 14. Qh3 d5 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Bf3 e4 19. Rd1 Qe6 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21.
Nd2 exf3 22. Nxc4 Nd5 23. Bd4 Nxf4 24. Rxf3 Rac8 25. Ne3 Ne2+ 26. Kf2 Nxd4 27.
Rxd4 Bf6 28. Rb4 b5 29. c3 Rfd8 30. Ke2 Rc5 31. Re4 Re5 32. Rxe5 Bxe5 33. Ng4
Bc7 34. h3 h5 35. Nf2 Rb8 36. Nd3 Bd6 37. Nf4 b4 38. c4 b3 39. axb3 Bxf4 40.
Rxf4 Rxb3 41. c5 Rxb2+ 42. Kd3 Rb8 43. c6 e5 44. Ra4 Kf7 45. Rxa6 Ke7 46. Ra7+
Kd6 47. Rxg7 Kxc6 48. Ke4 Kd6 49. Rg6+ Ke7 50. Kxe5 Rf8 51. Rg7+ Kd8 52. Rg5
Rf2 53. Ke4 Ke7 54. Ke3 Ra2 55. Kf3 Ra3+ 56. Kf2 Ra2+ 57. Kg3 h4+ 58. Kxh4 Kf6
59. g4 Ra8 60. Rb5 Kg6 61. Rb6+ Kh7 62. Kh5 Ra7 63. g5 Rc7 64. h4 Ra7 65. Rf6
Rb7 66. Kg4 Rb1 67. Rf4 Ra1 68. Re4 Ra7 69. h5 Rb7 70. Re5 Rb4+ 71. Kf5 Rb7 72.
Kf6 Kg8 73. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shamaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B53"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 e5 6. Qd3 Be7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Qxd6 Qb6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qd2 Be7 14.
Nxe5 Rab8 15. Nd3 Rfd8 16. a3 Rxd3 17. cxd3 Bg5 18. Na4 Bxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Qd4 20.
Nc3 h5 21. Re1 Rb3 22. Kc2 h4 23. h3 c5 24. Re3 Rxc3+ 25. bxc3 Qa4+ 26. Kc1
Qxa3+ 27. Kd1 Qa1+ 28. Ke2 Qxc3 29. f4 a5 30. Rf3 a4 31. d4 Bc4+ 32. Ke1 Qc1+
33. Rd1 Qc2 34. Re3 cxd4 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 f6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 d4 6. Nh4 Be6 7. d3 Nc6 8. Nd2
Nge7 9. a4 Qd7 10. Nc4 O-O-O 11. a5 g5 12. Nf5 Nxf5 13. exf5 Bd5 14. Be4 h5 15.
h3 Ne7 16. Bd2 Kb8 17. b4 Bxe4 18. dxe4 cxb4 19. Bxb4 Nc8 20. Bxf8 Rdxf8 21.
Qd3 Nd6 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. c4 h4 24. g4 Rc8 25. Rfb1 Rc5 26. Rb4 Rhc8 27. Rab1
R8c7 28. Qa3 Qc6 29. f3 Rd7 30. Rb5 Rxc4 31. Rd5 Rxd5 32. exd5 Qc5 33. Qb3 Rc1+
34. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 35. Kh2 Qc5 36. d6 Qxd6 37. Qg8+ Kc7 38. Qf7+ Qd7 39. Qxf6 d3
40. Qxg5 d2 41. Qe3 d1=Q 42. Qc5+ Qc6 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Ne2 b6 8.
Nf4 f5 9. Ng3 Qd6 10. Qf3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Bb5 O-O-O 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Qe3
Bg5 15. Ngh5 f6 16. d5 Bxd5 17. h4 Bh6 18. Kb1 Kb7 19. f3 Qc6 20. Nxf6 Bxa2+
21. Kxa2 Qc4+ 22. Qb3 Qxb3+ 23. Kxb3 Bxf4 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Nxh7 Rh8 26. Nf6
Rh6 27. Ne8 Bg3 28. Rh3 f4 29. h5 Kc6 30. Ng7 Kd7 31. Rh1 Ke7 32. Ra1 a5 33.
Rd1 Rh7 34. h6 Rxh6 35. Kc4 Rh7 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. e5 Ne8 8. h3 b5
9. Bb3 a5 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 d5 12. Nc5 Nd7 13. Nd3 Nc7 14. Re1 Ne6 15. c3 bxc3
16. bxc3 Rb8 17. Ba3 Nb6 18. Rb1 Re8 19. Re2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxb1 21. Qxb1 dxc4
22. Nb2 Nf4 23. Re1 Bf5 24. Qa2 Qd5 25. Qxc4 Nxh3+ 26. gxh3 Qxf3 27. Re3 Qd5
28. Qxd5 cxd5 29. c4 Bh6 30. Re1 e6 31. Bd6 Bd2 32. Re2 Bc3 33. Nd1 Bxd4 34.
Rd2 Ba7 35. c5 Rc8 36. Ne3 Be4 37. Ng4 Kg7 38. Nf6 Bf5 39. Nd7 Be4 40. Nf6 Bf3
41. Nd7 g5 42. Kh2 h5 43. Kg3 g4 44. h4 Kg6 45. Kf4 d4 46. Rxd4 Bc6 47. Nb6 Re8
48. Nc4 Bd5 49. Nxa5 Rc8 50. Rd3 f6 51. Rc3 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bd2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Be1 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qc2 f5 15.
Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 cxd4 17. exd4 Nf6 18. Qe3 Qd5 19. f3 Ng4 20. Qe2 Qxd4+ 21.
Kh1 Ne5 22. Bc3 Qxd3 23. Qxe5 Qd7 24. Rac1 Rac8 25. Rfd1 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nb6 9. O-O Bd7 10. a3 a5 11. b3 a4 12. b4 Rc8 13. Bb2 Be7 14. Ng3 g6 15. Rc1
Kf8 16. Qe2 Kg7 17. f4 h5 18. Nh1 Na7 19. Nf2 Qe8 20. Rc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Na8 22.
Nf3 Bb5 23. Nd4 Bxd3 24. Nxd3 b6 25. f5 bxc5 26. Nxc5 Rxc5 27. f6+ Kh7 28. bxc5
Nc7 29. Rf4 Qf8 30. Qc2 Qb8 31. Rh4 Kg8 32. Rh3 Na6 33. Nxe6 Qc8 34. Nf4 Qxc5+
35. Qxc5 Nxc5 36. Bd4 g5 37. Nxd5 g4 38. Ne7+ Kf8 39. Rc3 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B63"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Be2 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qc5 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. f5
h5 15. Rhf1 O-O-O 16. Rf3 Kb8 17. Rh3 h4 18. Qe1 d5 19. exd5 exf5 20. Rxh4 Bd6
21. Rxh8 Rxh8 22. h3 Re8 23. Qg1 Qa5 24. Bc4 b5 25. Bd3 Kb7 26. Kb1 b4 27. Ne2
Bb5 28. Nd4 Bxd3 29. Rxd3 Bc5 30. Qc1 Qb6 31. Nxf5 Bf2 32. d6 Rd8 33. a3 a5 34.
Qf4 Bc5 35. a4 Qc6 36. Qc4 Rd7 37. g4 Kb6 38. Ne7 Qxa4 39. Nd5+ Kc6 40. Nxf6
1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D76"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nb6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. d5 Nb8 10. e4 c6 11. Be3 cxd5 12. exd5 N8d7 13. Qb3 Nf6 14. Rfd1
Nbd7 15. h3 Ne8 16. Rac1 Nd6 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. Qxb5 Nb6 19. Nd4 Qd6 20. Qa5 Bd7
21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 Rfc8 23. Bc5 Qf6 24. b3 Rc7 25. Be3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Qd6 27.
Qa5 Bb2 28. Rc2 Be5 29. a4 Rc8 30. Rc5 Rxc5 31. Bxc5 Qc7 32. Qb5 Kg7 33. f4 Bf6
34. Qa5 h6 35. b4 g5 36. Qxa7 Nc8 37. d6 Nxd6 38. Qb6 Qxb6 39. Bxb6 gxf4 40.
gxf4 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Randviir, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. a4
Nxe4 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Bb3 dxe4 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Shamaev, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E29"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. Ne2
Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. f3 Re8 11. e4 h6 12. d5 Na5 13. Ng3 a6 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. h3 Bd7
16. f4 b5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Qf3 Rb6 20. Be3 c4 21. Bc2 Ra6 22.
Bc5 Nb7 23. Bb4 Nd6 24. Rf2 Qb6 25. Rf1 Rea8 26. Ra1 R8a7 27. Nf1 Nfe8 28. g4
f6 29. h4 Kf7 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Ke7 32. g6 Kd8 33. Ng3 Kc8 34. Kf1 Qb8 35.
Rh2 Qa8 36. Qe3 Nb7 37. Qc1 Kc7 38. Rh8 Qc8 39. Kg2 Bg4 40. Bd1 Bd7 41. Qe3 Qa8
42. Nh5 Rxa3 43. Rxa3 Rxa3 44. Nxg7 Ra2+ 45. Kg3 Ra1 46. Bf3 f5 47. exf5 e4 48.
Nxe8+ Bxe8 49. Qxe4 Qd8 50. Qe5+ Kb6 51. Qe3+ Ka6 52. Rxe8 Qc7+ 53. d6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E88"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Qd2 cxd5
9. cxd5 a6 10. Nge2 Ne8 11. g4 f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. O-O-O b5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Ne4 Bg6 16. Bg2 Nd7 17. N2g3 Nb6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. h4 Nf6 20. Rdf1 h6 21. Bh3
Nh5 22. Nxh5 Bxh5 23. Rhg1 Rxf3 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qg2+ Kh8 26. Rxf3 Rg8 27.
Rg3 Qc7+ 28. Qc2 Qxc2+ 29. Kxc2 Bg6 30. Re3 Rf8 31. Kd2 Rf4 32. Nxd6 Rd4+ 33.
Kc3 Rxd5 34. Nf5 Rc5+ 35. Kd2 b4 36. Rd3 Rc4 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rd7+ Kh8 39. Rd6
Bxf5 40. Bxf5 Rxh4 41. Rxa6 Rh2+ 42. Kc1 Kg7 43. Rb6 Rh4 44. Re6 Rf4 45. Bd3 h5
46. Rxe5 h4 47. Re4 Rf3 48. Rxb4 h3 49. Kd2 Kf6 50. Rb5 h2 51. Rh5 Rf2+ 52. Kc3
1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. a4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nd7 13. f4 exd4 14. cxd4 b4 15.
Re3 f5 16. Rh3 Qe8 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nb3 Nb7 20. a5 Nd8 21. Qf3 c6 22.
Bd2 Ne6 23. Kh1 g6 24. Rg1 Rf7 25. Bd3 Nec7 26. Rhg3 Qd7 27. Bc4 Rb8 28. Qe2
Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E37"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 e5 9. e3 Bf5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Bc4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14.
Kxd2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 O-O-O 17. Kc3 Rhe8 18. Rhe1 Bg6 19. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2
c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 c4 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. f3 b5 14. e4 Bg6 15.
exd5 Nd7 16. Ne4 Qf4 17. Qc1 Qxc1 18. Rfxc1 Nb6 19. a4 bxa4 20. Bd1 Nxd5 21.
Bxa4 Rab8 22. Bc6 Nf4 23. Rc2 Rb6 24. d5 Nd3 25. h4 Ne5 26. Rxa7 Nxc6 27. dxc6
Rxc6 28. Rd2 Re8 29. Rd4 Bxe4 30. fxe4 Rce6 31. Rxc4 Rxe4 32. Rac7 R8e7 33.
Rc8+ Kh7 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. g3 Re2 36. Rc6 h5 37. c4 f6 38. c5 Kg6 39. Rc7 Rc2
40. Kf1 Kf5 41. Rxg7 Rxc5 42. Kg2 Rc2+ 43. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. c4 e6 10. Rc1 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qe7
15. Bb2 Rfd8 16. Ba3 Rac8 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Rfe1 a6 19. Bf3 f5 20. Red1 Qe6 21.
Nc4 Ba8 22. Nb2 Ne5 23. Be2 f4 24. exf4 Nc6 25. Bxa6 Nd4 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxd4
Bxd4 28. Qd2 Qa6 29. Na4 Qa7 30. Qe2 Rc7 31. Bb2 Re7 32. Qd2 Bxb2 33. Qxb2 Bc6
34. h4 Bxa4 35. bxa4 c4 36. h5 gxh5 37. Qf6 Re2 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qg5+ Kf8 40.
Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qg5+ Kf8 42. Rb1 c3 43. Rb3 d4 44. Qf6+ Kg8 45. Rb5 Qf7 46. Rg5+
Kf8 47. Qh8+ Ke7 48. Qxd4 c2 49. Rc5 Re1+ 50. Kh2 c1=Q 51. Rxc1 Rxc1 52. Qe3+
Kf6 53. Qxc1 Ke7 54. Qc7+ Kf8 55. Qc5+ Kg7 56. a5 Qxa2 57. Qc7+ Kg6 58. Qe5
Qxf2 59. Qg5+ Kf7 60. Qxh5+ Kg7 61. Qg5+ Kf7 62. Qh6 Ke8 63. a6 Qd4 64. Qe6+
Kf8 65. Qe5 Qb6 66. Qh8+ Kf7 67. Qxh7+ Kf8 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "22"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nf6 3. e4 fxe4 4. dxe4 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Ng5 g6 7. h4 d6 8. h5
gxh5 9. Bxh7 Nxh7 10. Qxh5+ Kd7 11. Nf7 Ng5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Randviir, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Ne5
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qc2 Rc8
15. Qb1 f6 16. Rfd1 Qe8 17. Nc4 f5 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Rf7 20. b4 Ne6 21.
Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Qb3 Kh8 23. Bf1 Qe8 24. e3 b5 25. Bxb5 Qxb5 26. Qxe6 Qd7 27. Qb3
a6 28. Bc5 Qe8 29. Qa4 Qc8 30. Bb6 Rf8 31. Qd7 Bc6 32. Qd6 Bb5 33. Bc5 Re8 34.
Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Shamaev, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E20"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Be7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Bf4
Nd7 9. Be3 Bf6 10. O-O e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. b4 Ng6 13. g3 Be7 14. Ne1 Nf6 15. Nd3
Bh3 16. Re1 Qd7 17. f3 Nh5 18. Nf2 Qc8 19. Nxh3 Qxh3 20. Bf1 Qd7 21. c5 Rfd8
22. Rc1 a6 23. c6 bxc6 24. dxc6 Qc8 25. Qb3 Nf8 26. Nd5 Re8 27. Nxe7+ Rxe7 28.
a4 g6 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Ne6 31. Red1 Nf6 32. b6 cxb6 33. Rxd6 Qc7 34. Qb4
Rb8 35. Rd2 Ne8 36. Bb5 Nf6 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Ra1 Ree8 39. Ra6 g5 40. Qa3 Re7 41.
h3 h5 42. Bc4 g4 43. Bxb6 gxf3+ 44. Kh2 Rxb6 45. Rxb6 Qxb6 46. Qxe7 Qe3 47. Ra2
h4 48. Qa3 hxg3+ 49. Kxg3 Qf4+ 50. Kf2 Nxe4+ 51. Ke1 f2+ 52. Kf1 Nd2+ 53. Kg2
Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. b3 Bf6 11. Bb2 d6 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Nd7
15. Qc2 Rae8 16. Rfe1 Qf7 17. d5 Bxb2 18. dxe6 Rxe6 19. Qxb2 Nf6 20. Nf4 Re5
21. Qc2 Nh5 22. e3 Nf6 23. Nd5 Ne4 24. Kg2 Rfe8 25. Rd4 a5 26. a3 R5e6 27. Rh1
Rh6 28. h4 Rhe6 29. Ra1 Re5 30. Nf4 Nf6 31. Qd2 a4 32. Qc2 axb3 33. Qxb3 Ra8
34. Nd5 Ra5 35. Rad1 Ne4 36. Qb2 Re8 37. Ra1 Qd7 38. Qe2 Rea8 39. f3 Nc5 40.
Qc2 Rxa3 41. Rxa3 Rxa3 42. Qxf5 Qxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E91"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. e5 dxe5 8.
dxe5 Ng4 9. e6 fxe6 10. O-O Nc5 11. Bg5 Bf6 12. Qc1 c6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. b4
Ncd7 15. Qe3 e5 16. Ng5 Qb6 17. Qh3 Nb8 18. Qh6 e6 19. Nce4 Qc7 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6
21. Rad1 Rf8 22. Bg4 Re8 23. Rfe1 Qg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rxe5 Na6 26. f4 Nxb4
27. Bxe6 Nxa2 28. Bxc8 Raxc8 29. Rd7+ Kg8 30. Nxh7 Red8 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Rxb7
Rb8 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Qxd5 Nf6
8. Qd1 Nc6 9. e3 Qb6 10. Nf3 O-O-O 11. Bd2 Qxb2 12. Rb1 Qa3 13. Be2 Be6 14. O-O
Bb4 15. Nb5 Qxa2 16. Rxb4 Nxb4 17. Qc1+ Nc6 18. Nfd4 Kd7 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. Bc4 Qa4 22. Bb4+ Nd5 23. Bxd5 Qxb4 24. Bxc6+ Ke7 25. Qa1 Kf8 26. Bxb7
Rc5 27. Nd4 Kf7 28. Bf3 a5 29. Nxe6 Rc3 30. Ng5+ Kg6 31. Ne4 Rc2 32. Qe5 h6 33.
Qe6+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D76"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Bf4 Be6 10. e3 h6 11. h4 Nb4 12. e4 Bc4 13. Ne2 c5 14. b3 Ba6 15.
Qd2 Kh7 16. Rfd1 Nd3 17. Be3 cxd4 18. Nexd4 e5 19. Nc2 Qe7 20. Qa5 Rac8 21.
Nfe1 Nxe1 22. Nxe1 f5 23. Bh3 f4 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. Qxb6 fxg3 26. fxg3 Rc3 27.
Kh2 Rf6 28. Qg1 Qb4 29. Bg2 Be2 30. Rd2 Bg4 31. Nc2 Qa5 32. Ne3 Be6 33. Rad1 h5
34. Nd5 Bxd5 35. exd5 Qb4 36. Qe1 Qd6 37. Re2 Rc8 38. Rxe5 Rc2 39. Re2 Rxe2 40.
Qxe2 Rf5 41. Qe6 Be5 42. Qxd6 Bxd6 43. Rf1 Rxf1 44. Bxf1 g5 45. Kh3 g4+ 46. Kg2
Kg6 47. Bb5 Kf7 48. a4 b6 49. Bc4 Kf6 50. Kf2 Ke7 51. Bb5 Kf7 52. Bd7 Ke7 53.
Bf5 Kf6 54. Bd3 Kf7 55. Bc2 Kf6 56. Bb1 Kf7 57. Bh7 Kg7 58. Bc2 Kf6 59. Be4 Kf7
60. Bd3 Kf6 61. Ba6 Ke7 62. Bb7 Kf6 63. Bc8 Ke7 64. Bb7 Kf6 65. Bc8 Ke7 66. Be6
Kf6 67. Bg8 Ke7 68. Be6 Kf6 69. Bd7 Ke7 70. Bb5 Kf7 71. Bc4 Kf6 72. Bd3 Kf7 73.
Be4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D76"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Bf4 Be6 10. Ng5 Bc4 11. d5 Nb4 12. Rc1 h6 13. Nge4 g5 14. Na4 gxf4
15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Rxc4 Nxd5 17. Qb3 c6 18. Nc3 fxg3 19. hxg3 e6 20. Rg4 Kh8 21.
Rh4 Qf6 22. Be4 b5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Bb1 Qe5 25. Qf3 f5 26. Rh5 Rae8 27. e3 d4
28. exd4 Qe2 29. Qh1 Re6 30. Rxf5 Rxf5 31. Bxf5 Rf6 32. Qh3 Qxb2 33. Qg4 Qc3
34. Bb1 Qf3 35. Qc8+ Rf8 36. Qxb7 Qd5 37. Rd1 h5 38. Qe7 Qf3 39. Rf1 Qg4 40.
Qe3 Qxd4 41. Qe2 Qf6 42. Qxh5+ Qh6 43. Qg4 Kg8 44. Kg2 Qf6 45. Qe4 Rd8 46. Rh1
Rd2 47. Qe3 Rb2 48. Bh7+ Kf8 49. Re1 Qd8 50. Qc5+ Kf7 51. Qh5+ Kf8 52. Bg6 Bd4
53. Re8+ Qxe8 54. Bxe8 Rxf2+ 55. Kh3 c5 56. Bxb5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Randviir, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C03"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 f5 5. exf5 exf5 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. Ndf3 Bd6 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Ne7 10. Nf4 c6 11. Ba4 Qc7 12. Nd3 Ng6 13. Bb3 Be6 14. h3 Ne4
15. Re1 Rae8 16. Nfe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 f4 19. Bc2 f3 20. gxf3 Bxh3
21. fxe4 Qf7 22. f3 Qg6+ 23. Kf2 Qg2+ 24. Ke3 dxe4 25. Bxe4 Rxe5 26. Qe2 Rxe4+
27. fxe4 Qg3+ 28. Kd2 Rf2 29. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 30. Re2 Qg1 31. b3 Bg4 32. Bb2 Qg3 33.
Rae1 Bxe2 34. Rxe2 Kf7 35. c4 h5 36. Re3 Qg5 37. Ba3 Ke6 38. Bc1 h4 39. Kd1 h3
40. Re2 Qg4 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Shamaev, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3
Qc7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. Ba3 Bf5 11. Rac1 Rad8 12. Rfd1 Rfe8 13. Qe1 Bg4 14. d5 Nbd7
15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Bxg4 Nfxg4 18. h3 Nf6 19. Qe2 Qb7 20. Nf3 Ned7
21. Rc2 a5 22. Na4 Ne4 23. Qd3 f5 24. Bb2 e5 25. Ba3 Bf6 26. Qe2 Be7 27. Ne1
Ndf6 28. Nd3 Bf8 29. Bb2 Nd7 30. Qe1 Qa7 31. Kh2 Bh6 32. Nc3 Ndf6 33. Nxe4 fxe4
34. Nc1 a4 35. Qb4 Bf8 36. Qe1 Rd7 37. b4 d5 38. Rcd2 Bxb4 39. cxd5 cxd5 40.
Rxd5 Bxe1 41. Rxd7 Qxd7 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bg3 Nf6 7. Be2 Qe7 8. c4
O-O 9. Rc1 Rfe8 10. a3 Rad8 11. O-O Bxg3 12. hxg3 Bf5 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qa4 Nxc4
15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Rxc4 a6 17. Qa5 c6 18. Qb4 Qc7 19. Rfc1 Bg4 20. Bf1 Ne4 21.
Qe1 Qe7 22. Ne5 Bf5 23. f3 Nd6 24. Rc5 f6 25. Nc4 Nb5 26. a4 Nc7 27. Na5 Rb8
28. e4 Bg6 29. Qc3 Na8 30. b4 Red8 31. Nb3 Nb6 32. Ra1 Nd7 33. Rc4 Nb6 34. Rc5
Nd7 35. Rc4 Nb6 36. Rc5 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "175"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. Ne2 Bc5 11. Rd1+ Ke8 12. Nf4 Ne7 13. Nd3 Bb6 14. c4
Bf5 15. Nf4 a5 16. Bd2 Bg4 17. Bc3 Nf5 18. Rd3 Rd8 19. e6 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Bd4 21.
Re1 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 g5 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Nd3 Rhe8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Kf1 b6 27.
Rc1 Kf6 28. f3 Rd8 29. Ke2 Nh4 30. Rg1 Rd4 31. b3 c5 32. Nf2 Rd8 33. Ng4+ Kg7
34. Ne3 c6 35. g3 Ng6 36. f4 gxf4 37. gxf4 Kf6 38. Ng4+ Ke7 39. f5 Nh4 40. Nxh6
Rh8 41. Ng4 Nxf5 42. Re1 Rh3 43. Kd2+ Kd6 44. Kc1 a4 45. Kb2 axb3 46. axb3 b5
47. Re5 Rxh2+ 48. Nxh2 Kxe5 49. cxb5 cxb5 50. Kc3 Kf4 51. Nf1 Ng3 52. Nh2 Nh1
53. Kd3 Nf2+ 54. Ke2 Ne4 55. Nf1 Ke5 56. Kd3 Kf4 57. Ne3 Nf2+ 58. Ke2 Ng4 59.
Nd5+ Ke5 60. Nc7 b4 61. Kd3 Kd6 62. Ne8+ Kc6 63. Ng7 Ne5+ 64. Kc2 Nf3 65. Nh5
Kd5 66. Kb2 Ke4 67. Nf6+ Ke3 68. Nd7 Ne1 69. Kb1 Nd3 70. Kc2 Ke2 71. Nb6 Nf4
72. Na4 Ne6 73. Kc1 Kd3 74. Kd1 Ke3 75. Kc2 Ke2 76. Kc1 Nf4 77. Kb1 Nd3 78. Kc2
Ke3 79. Kd1 Kd4 80. Kd2 Ne5 81. Kd1 Ng4 82. Kc2 Nf6 83. Kd2 Ne4+ 84. Kc2 Nc3
85. Nb6 Ke3 86. Nd7 Ne4 87. Nb6 Nf2 88. Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. c4 Nbd7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 c5 8. Qc2
b6 9. d5 a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. O-O Ne8 12. Rad1 Ndf6 13. e4 Nh5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3
Kh7 16. h3 Bd7 17. g4 Nhf6 18. Nh4 Ng8 19. f4 e5 20. dxe6 Qxh4 21. Bf2 Qe7 22.
exd7 Qxd7 23. e5 Qe6 24. Bd3 dxe5 25. f5 Qc8 26. fxg6+ fxg6 27. Bxg6+ Kh8 28.
Bg3 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Nd6 30. Qd3 Qe6 31. Nd5 Rb7 32. Be4 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34.
cxb5 c4 35. Qe3 Nxb5 36. Nc3 Qb6 37. Qxb6 Rxb6 38. Nd5 Rb8 39. Rf2 Nd6 40. Bg6
Rb5 41. Nc7 Rb3 42. Kh2 Ne7 43. Ne8 Nxe8 44. Bxe8 e4 45. Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Qa4 Qb6 12. b3 cxb3 13. axb3 Nb4 14. Rac1 Rac8
15. h3 Rfd8 16. g4 Nd7 17. Nf3 Rc6 18. Qa1 Rdc8 19. Qb2 Qc7 20. Bd2 a6 21. Qb1
h6 22. Rfe1 Qb6 23. e3 Qa7 24. Nh2 b5 25. f4 f6 26. Nf3 Bf7 27. Nh4 Qb6 28. Ng6
Bd6 29. Rf1 Nf8 30. Nh4 a5 31. Nf5 Qa6 32. Nxd6 Rxd6 33. f5 Qb6 34. Nxd5 Bxd5
35. Bxd5+ Rxd5 36. Rxc8 Qd6 37. Qe4 Nc6 38. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Randviir, Yury"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B62"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O a6 9. Qd3 Qc7 10. Rad1 Bd7 11. Kh1 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ndb5 axb5 14. Nxb5
Qb8 15. Nxd6+ Ke7 16. f4 Bxb2 17. Nxf7 Qc7 18. Nxh8 Rxh8 19. e5 Nd4 20. Qg3 Rg8
21. Bd3 Qc3 22. Qh4+ Kf7 23. Bh7 Rh8 24. Qh5+ Ke7 25. Rd3 Qc5 26. Be4 Bb5 27.
Qg6 Rg8 28. f5 Qxe5 29. f6+ gxf6 30. Qxg8 Qxe4 31. Qg7+ Kd6 32. Qg3+ Kc6 33.
Rf4 Qe2 34. Rc3+ Kb6 35. Re3 Qxc2 36. Rxf6 Bc6 37. Rf1 Nf5 38. Rb3+ Ka7 39.
Ra3+ Bxa3 40. Qxa3+ Kb6 41. Qb4+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Shamaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3
a6 9. Rb1 Nd4 10. b4 cxb4 11. Rxb4 Nec6 12. Rb1 O-O 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Rb8 15.
Rfc1 Bd7 16. Kh1 Qa5 17. f4 b5 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qf2 Nc6 20. cxb5 axb5 21. d4
Rfc8 22. f5 Nb4 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Rf1 Be8 25. Bd2 Rc4 26. e5 d5 27. Nxd5 exd5
28. Bxd5 Qc7 29. Rxb4 Rd8 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Bc3 Bc6+ 32. Kg1 Ba8 33. h3 Qd7 34.
Kh2 Qd5 35. Rfb1 Kh7 36. Rb5 Qe4 37. Re1 Qc6 38. Rc5 Qe6 39. Rf1 Bd5 40. a4 Kg8
41. Rb5 Rf8 42. a5 f6 43. Rb6 Bc6 44. Qf3 Bxf3 45. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Rd1 Qe8 11. h3 Bh5 12. d5 Na5 13. Bc2 c6 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. Bg5
h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. g4 Bg6 18. a4 Rfb8 19. Rd5 Bd8 20. b4 Nc4 21. a5 Rc8 22.
Bb3 Be7 23. Ra2 Ra7 24. Rc2 f5 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Nd4 exd4 27. Rxf5 d3 28. Qxd3
Kh8 29. f4 Bf6 30. Rg2 Re8 31. Rd5 Rae7 32. Re2 Qc7 33. Bc2 Nb2 34. Qf3 g6 35.
Rg2 Rg8 36. Bb3 Nc4 37. Bc2 Reg7 38. Kh2 g5 39. e5 dxe5 40. fxe5 Bxe5+ 41. Kh1
Qf7 42. Qxf7 Rxf7 43. Bd3 Bg7 44. Bxc4 bxc4 45. Rb2 Re8 46. Kg2 Re3 47. b5 axb5
48. Rbxb5 Re2+ 49. Kg3 Re3+ 50. Kg2 Re2+ 51. Kg3 Re3+ 52. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C61"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O c6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8.
Re1+ Ne7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. a4 a6 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. d3 O-O-O 13. b4 Nf5 14. b5 a5
15. Bf4 f6 16. b6 Bc5 17. Bc7 Rde8 18. Na3 Bb4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Nb5 Qe6 21.
h3 Bc5 22. Qh5 Nh6 23. Rb1 Kd7 24. Bf4 Qf5 25. Qf3 g5 26. g4 Qxf4 27. Qxd5+ Bd6
28. Nxd6 Qxd6 29. Qxb7+ Kd8 30. Qa8+ Kd7 31. Qa7+ Kc6 32. b7 Qb8 33. Qxd4 Rd8
34. Qxd8 Qxd8 35. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C53"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6 6. d5 Nd8 7. a4 a6 8. d6
Qxd6 9. Qxd6 cxd6 10. Bd5 Rb8 11. O-O Ne7 12. Na3 f5 13. Rd1 fxe4 14. Ng5 Nxd5
15. Rxd5 Bc7 16. Nc4 b5 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Nf7 19. Rd5 Bb7 20. Rc5 Bc6 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Rxe5 Ra8 24. Ra3 Rxa3 25. bxa3 d6 26. Rh5 h6 27.
Kf1 Rc8 28. Ke1 Kg6 29. Rh3 Bd5 30. Kd2 Be6 31. Rg3+ Kf7 32. Kc2 Bc4 33. Be3
Rg8 34. h4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Randviir, Yury"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 b4 8. a5
O-O 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. d3 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Nh5 14. Nc4 Nf4 15.
Bxf4 Rxf4 16. g3 Qg6 17. Kh2 Rf7 18. c3 Raf8 19. Ne1 d5 20. Nd2 Bc5 21. f3 bxc3
22. bxc3 h5 23. Ng2 Be7 24. h4 d4 25. c4 Qh6 26. f4 exf4 27. gxf4 Rxf4 28. Nxf4
Rxf4 29. Rxf4 Qxf4+ 30. Kg2 Bxh4 31. Nf3 Qg4+ 32. Kf1 Qf4 33. Kg2 Bf6 34. e5
Nxe5 35. Nxe5 Bxe5 36. Qxh5 Qg3+ 37. Kh1 g6 38. Qe2 Qh3+ 39. Kg1 Bf4 40. Qg2
Qxd3 41. Rf1 Qe3+ 42. Kh1 g5 43. Rxf4 Qxf4 44. Qa8+ Kg7 45. Qxa6 d3 46. Qxe6 d2
0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shamaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "190"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d3 d5 6. Bf4 d4 7. Nb5 Qa5+ 8. b4
Nxb4 9. Nc7+ Kd8 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. Nxe6+ Bxe6 12. Bxb8 Kc8 13. Bg3 Qa3 14. Be2
Nxd3+ 15. Bxd3 Qxd3 16. Qb3 Qc3 17. Rb1 b6 18. f3 Nh5 19. Be5 Qa5 20. g4 f6 21.
Bxd4 cxd4 22. gxh5 Kb7 23. Kd1 Bd6 24. Rg1 g6 25. Qb5 Qxa2 26. Qb3 Qa5 27. Qd3
Qxh5 28. Rg2 Bxh2 29. c5 Bc7 30. cxb6 Bxb6 31. Qxd4 Rc8 32. Re2 Qh1+ 33. Re1
Rc1+ 34. Rxc1 Qxe1+ 35. Kxe1 Bxd4 36. Ke2 a5 37. Kd3 Be5 38. Nc4 Bxc4+ 39. Kxc4
h5 40. Kb5 h4 41. Kxa5 h3 42. Kb5 h2 43. Kc4 Kc6 44. Kd3+ Kd6 45. Ke2 g5 46.
Kf2 Bd4+ 47. Kg2 Be5 48. Rb1 Ke6 49. Rb7 Bf4 50. Ra7 Be5 51. Ra8 Bf4 52. Re8+
Kf7 53. Rh8 Ke6 54. Ra8 Be5 55. Re8+ Kf7 56. Rc8 Ke6 57. Rc6+ Kf7 58. Rb6 Bf4
59. Rb1 Ke6 60. Kf2 Kf7 61. Kg2 Ke6 62. Kh3 Be5 63. Rb6+ Kf7 64. Rb7+ Ke6 65.
Kg2 Bf4 66. Rh7 Be5 67. Rh8 Bf4 68. Rd8 Be5 69. Rd5 Bf4 70. Rd1 Be5 71. Kh3 Bf4
72. Kg4 Be3 73. Kh3 Bf4 74. Rh1 Ke5 75. Rd1 Ke6 76. Rb1 Be5 77. Rh1 Bf4 78. Kg4
Be5 79. Kh5 Bg3 80. Kg4 Bf4 81. Kh3 Be5 82. Rb1 Bf4 83. Rb6+ Kf7 84. Kg2 Be5
85. Ra6 Bf4 86. Ra7+ Ke6 87. Rh7 Be5 88. Rh6 Bf4 89. Rh8 Be5 90. Re8+ Kf7 91.
Rxe5 fxe5 92. Kxh2 Kg6 93. Kg3 Kh5 94. Kh3 Kh6 95. Kg4 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A93"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. d4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Ne4 8. Nbd2
f5 9. Qc2 c6 10. Bb2 Qe8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bd7 13. Nf3 Rc8 14. e3 g5 15.
Nd4 g4 16. Rac1 Ng5 17. Qd3 h5 18. Ne2 Rd8 19. Nf4 Bc8 20. Rfd1 Qf7 21. Qc3 Qh7
22. b4 h4 23. b5 hxg3 24. fxg3 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Qa5 Bg5 28.
Ba3 Rfe8 29. Bc5 a6 30. Qb6 Qb7 31. Rxd8 Bxd8 32. Qxb7 Bxb7 33. Rd1 a5 34. Nxe6
Bb6 35. Rb1 Bc8 36. Ng7 Kxg7 37. Rxb6 Be6 38. Rxc6 Bxc4 39. a3 Re6 40. Bd6 Bb3
41. Rc7+ Kg8 42. Rc8+ Kg7 43. Kf2 Rg6 44. Ke1 Kf7 45. Rc7+ Kg8 46. Kd2 Rh6 47.
Kc3 a4 48. Kb4 Rxh2 49. Re7 Rh7 50. Re8+ Kf7 51. Rf8+ Ke6 52. Kc5 Rh2 53. Re8+
Kf7 54. Re7+ Kg6 55. Kc6 Rc2+ 56. Bc5 f4 57. gxf4 g3 58. f5+ Kxf5 59. Rg7 g2
60. Kd6 Rd2+ 61. Bd4 Ba2 62. Ke7 Bd5 63. Bc5 Bb3 64. Bd4 Bd1 65. e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. a4 Qd7 11. d5 Na5 12. Bc2 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nbd2
Rac8 16. Qe2 Nd4 17. cxd4 Rxc2 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qd3 Rfc8 20. d5 Bd8 21. Nh2
Bb6 22. Nhf1 Bg6 23. Ne3 R2c7 24. Kh2 Nh5 25. g3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 f5 27. exf5 Qxf5
28. Nf1 Nf6 29. g4 Qc2 30. Qd2 Ne4 31. Qxc2 Rxc2 32. Ne3 Rxf2+ 33. Kg1 Rf7 34.
b3 Nf2 35. h4 Nd3 36. Rd1 Rf3 37. Bd2 Be4 38. Rf1 Rh3 39. Ng2 Rg3 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C56"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Neg5 O-O-O 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Rxe6 Bd6 13. Bg5 Rde8 14.
Qe2 Kd7 15. Re1 Qxe1+ 16. Nxe1 Rxe6 17. Qg4 Re8 18. Nd3 Ne5 19. Nxe5+ Bxe5 20.
g3 h6 21. Bf4 Bf6 22. h4 Kd8 23. Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shamaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Randviir, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "204"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
d6 exd6 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Bf4 d5 11. Bd6 Qxe2+ 12. Ngxe2 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bb3
Nb6 15. O-O Bb7 16. a4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Ra1
Kd7 21. Bc5 Bd5 22. Ra7+ Kc6 23. Ra6 Bxb3 24. Rxb6+ Kc7 25. Nc3 Bc4 26. Nxb5+
Bxb5 27. Rxb5 Ra8 28. g4 Ra1+ 29. Kg2 Rd1 30. Ra5 Bxd4 31. Ra7+ Kc6 32. Bxd4
Rxd4 33. Rxf7 Rd2 34. Kg3 Rxb2 35. Rxh7 Kd5 36. Re7 Rb3+ 37. Kg2 Rf3 38. Re8
Rf6 39. h3 Rf3 40. Rg8 Rf6 41. g5 Ra6 42. Rf8 Ke5 43. Kg3 Ra3+ 44. Kg4 Ra1 45.
h4 Ra4 46. Re8+ Kd5 47. Kg3 Ra3+ 48. Kg2 Ra7 49. Rf8 Ra2 50. Kg3 Ra3+ 51. Kg4
Ra4 52. Rf4 Ra1 53. Rf6 Ra4 54. Kf4 Ra2 55. Kg4 Ra4 56. Rf4 Ra1 57. Rf8 Ra4 58.
Kf4 Ra2 59. Rd8+ Ke6 60. Ke3 Kf5 61. Rf8+ Ke5 62. Rf6 Ra3+ 63. Ke2 Rh3 64. Rxg6
Rxh4 65. Rg8 Rg4 66. Ke3 Ke6 67. Rg7 Kf5 68. Kd4 Rg1 69. Rf7+ Kg6 70. Rf8 Kg7
71. Rf5 Rg4 72. Ke5 Kg6 73. Rf6+ Kxg5 74. Rf8 Kh6 75. Rf4 Rg8 76. Rxe4 Kg5 77.
f3 Re8+ 78. Kd4 Ra8 79. Ke3 Kf5 80. Rh4 Ra3+ 81. Kf2 Ra8 82. Kg3 Rg8+ 83. Kf2
Ra8 84. Rh7 Rf8 85. Rg7 Kf6 86. Rg4 Kf5 87. Kg3 Ra8 88. Rf4+ Ke5 89. Rh4 Rg8+
90. Rg4 Ra8 91. Rg5+ Kf6 92. Kg4 Ra4+ 93. f4 Ra8 94. Rf5+ Ke6 95. Rh5 Rg8+ 96.
Rg5 Ra8 97. Rg6+ Kf7 98. Rh6 Ra5 99. Rh5 Rxh5 100. Kxh5 Kf6 101. Kg4 Kg6 102.
f5+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Randviir, Yury"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxe2 10. Nxc6 Bxd1 11. Nxd8 Rxd8 12. Kxd1 Bc5 13. Ke2 f6 14. Rd1
Ne7 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bf4 Kf7 17. Kf1 a6 18. Rd3 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Rad1
Rhd8 21. Rh3 Kg7 22. Rd4 Ng6 23. Rh5 Ne7 24. Rdh4 Rh8 25. Rg4+ Kf7 26. Rd4 f5
27. g4 fxg4 28. Rxg4 h6 29. Rf4+ Ke6 30. Ne2 Nc6 31. Rhf5 Rh7 32. Rf8 Ke7 33.
Ng3 Re6 34. Rg8 Rf7 35. Rgg4 Rxf4 36. Rxf4 Rf6 37. Rh4 Kd6 38. Rxh6 Rxh6 39.
Nf5+ Ke5 40. Nxh6 Kf4 41. Ke2 Ne5 42. Ng8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Randviir, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qe2 c5 10. c3 Qc7 11. Ne5 b6 12. f4 Bb7 13. f5 Bd6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15.
Bg5 Kh8 16. Nh5 Be7 17. Rf4 Nxh5 18. Qxh5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 f6 20. Qg3 e5 21. dxe5
fxe5 22. Rh4 Rf6 23. Re1 e4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Rhxe4 Qxf5 26. Re5 Qg6 27. Qxg6
hxg6 28. h3 Kh7 29. Re7 Rd8 30. R1e2 a5 31. Kh2 Kh6 32. R7e6 Rxe6 33. Rxe6 b5
34. Re2 Rd3 35. a3 a4 36. h4 b4 37. cxb4 cxb4 38. axb4 Rb3 39. g3 Rxb4 40. Kh3
Rb3 41. Kg4 a3 42. bxa3 Rxa3 43. Re8 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Randviir, Yury"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nc2 Bxe3 8.
Nxe3 O-O 9. g3 d6 10. Bg2 Qh6 11. O-O f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Nxf5 Rxf5 14. Qd2
Qf6 15. Na3 Be6 16. Nc2 Ra5 17. b3 Rf8 18. Ne3 Qh6 19. f4 Qh5 20. Rf2 Bxb3 21.
Qb2 Ba4 22. Qxb7 Qc5 23. Nd5 Rb5 24. Qxc6 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rb2+ 26. Kf1 Bxc6 27.
Ne7+ Kf7 28. Nxc6 Re8 29. Bd5+ Kf6 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Kxe1 Rxh2 32. Nxa7 g5 33.
a4 gxf4 34. gxf4 Kf5 35. a5 Kxf4 36. a6 Ke3 37. Nc8 Rc2 38. Kf1 Rxc3 39. a7 Ra3
40. a8=Q Rxa8 41. Bxa8 Kd4 42. Bc6 Kc5 43. Be4 h6 44. Ne7 Kd4 45. Bc6 Ke5 46.
Nd5 h5 47. Nxc7 d5 48. Nxd5 Kd6 49. Ba8 Ke5 50. Kg2 h4 51. Kh3 Ke4 52. Kxh4 Kf3
53. Kg5 Ke4 54. Kf6 Kd4 55. Nf4 Kc4 56. Ke5 Kc5 57. Bd5 Kb4 58. Kd4 Ka3 59. Kc3
Ka4 60. Ne6 Ka3 61. Nd4 Ka4 62. Bb3+ Ka5 63. Kc4 Kb6 64. Kd5 Kc7 65. Nf5 Kb6
66. Ne7 Kc7 67. Ke6 Kd8 68. Ba4 Kc7 69. Nd5+ Kd8 70. Kd6 Kc8 71. Bc6 Kd8 72.
Nc3 Kc8 73. Na4 Kd8 74. Nc5 Kc8 75. Bd7+ Kb8 76. Kc6 Ka7 77. Kc7 Ka8 78. Kb6
1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Shamaev, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E36"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Be4 c6 12. Nge2 Bb7 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rfd1 Rc8
15. Rac1 Qc7 16. b4 Nf6 17. Bf3 Ng6 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. N4g3 Qe7 20. Bh5 Nh4 21. e4
Nf6 22. Nf4 Rfd8 23. Be2 Nd7 24. Nd3 e5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Bg4 Rb8
28. h3 Ng6 29. Rd2 a5 30. Rcd1 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 axb4 32. axb4 c5 33. Bf5 Bc6 34.
Bxg6 fxg6 35. Rc1 Kh7 36. Qe3 Re8 37. bxc5 b5 38. Qc3 Qf4 39. Qe3 Qe5 40. Qc3
Qf4 41. Qe3 Qe5 42. Qc3 Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shamaev, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C43"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 c6 8. Qc2
Bf5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bg6 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Bd2 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5
15. Rfd1 Bc2 16. Rdc1 Bd3 17. Qe1 Qd7 18. Be3 Be7 19. Rd1 Qf5 20. Nd4 Qg6 21.
Qc3 Be4 22. f3 c5 23. fxe4 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Bf8 25. Rd5 Qxe4 26. Bf2 Rac8 27. Rc1
b6 28. Bg3 Red8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Bf2 Qe2 31. Re1 Qd2 32. a4 Bb4 33. Qxd2 Rxd2
34. Rb1 Re2 35. Bg3 Kf8 36. Kf1 Rc2 37. b3 Ke7 38. Rd1 Rc3 39. Rb1 Rc2 40. Rd1
Rc3 41. Rb1 Ba3 42. Bf2 Ke6 43. a5 bxa5 44. Bxa7 Kxe5 45. Rd1 Rxb3 46. Rd5+ Ke6
47. Rxa5 Bd6 48. Bd4 Rb4 49. Bxg7 Rxc4 50. Rh5 f6 51. Bh6 Kf7 52. Be3 Kg6 53.
Rh6+ Kg7 54. Rh3 Rc2 55. Rf3 Kg6 56. h3 Be5 57. Rf2 Rc3 58. Rf3 Ra3 59. g3 Kf7
60. Kg2 Ke6 61. Bh6 Ra2+ 62. Rf2 Ra1 63. Bf4 Bd4 64. Rd2 Be5 65. Rf2 Ra3 66. h4
Rb3 67. Rf3 Rb6 68. g4 Rb7 69. Kh3 Kd5 70. Kg3 Ke4 71. Re3+ Kd4 72. Ra3 Rb1 73.
Ra4+ Kd3 74. g5 Rg1+ 75. Kf3 Rf1+ 76. Kg4 Bd4 77. Kf5 fxg5 78. hxg5 Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Shamaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D43"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e3 b5 8. a4 c6
9. Nd2 Bb7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. Bf3 Qb6 13. Nde4 Rd8 14. Qe2 Be7 15. Bg3
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. a5 Qa7 18. Bc7 O-O 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Rfc1 Nxe4 21. Bxe4
Bb4 22. b3 c3 23. Qf3 Qa8 24. g4 Rf8 25. Rd1 Qc8 26. Qf4 Qd8 27. Qf3 Qc7 28. h4
Bxa5 29. g5 f5 30. gxh6 gxh6 31. Qh5 Kh7 32. Bc2 Bb4 33. e4 Qf4 34. exf5 exf5
35. Rd3 Bc8 36. Rg3 Qd6 37. Re1 Qf6 38. Re8 Bd7 39. Rxf8 Qxf8 40. Kf1 Qf6 41.
Qg4 Qf7 42. d5 c5 43. h5 c4 44. bxc4 bxc4 45. Rf3 Bf8 46. Bxf5+ Bxf5 47. Rxf5
Qe8 48. Qxc4 Bg7 49. d6 Qd7 50. Qd3 Kh8 51. Rc5 Qb7 52. d7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E90"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Ng1 Nd7
9. Be3 Nc5 10. g3 a5 11. Be2 Nf6 12. Qc2 Ne8 13. g4 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. O-O-O
Nf6 16. exf5 Kh8 17. Nf3 Nh5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxh5 Bxf5 20. Qe2 Qf6 21. Nb5
Bd7 22. Nd4 a4 23. Nf3 Bf4 24. Rd4 Bh6 25. Qd2 Nb3+ 26. axb3 axb3 27. Qc3 Ra1+
28. Kd2 Bxe3+ 29. fxe3 Rxh1 30. h4 Rf1 31. Ng5 Qf2+ 32. Be2 Qe1+ 33. Kd3 Qxe2+
34. Kxe2 R8f2+ 35. Kd3 Rd1+ 36. Qd2 Rdxd2+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. c5 Be7 7. b4 O-O 8. Nf3
Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Rb1 Bf6 12. Ne2 a6 13. a4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bf4 Qc7 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. O-O Bd7 19. Rfe1 Rf6 20. f4 Qc7 21. g3
Rg6 22. Kf1 a5 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. b5 Bh3+ 25. Kf2 Rf8 26. Ke3 Rgf6 27. Qc3 d4+
28. Kxd4 Rd8+ 29. Kxe4 Bf5+ 30. Ke3 Rd3+ 31. Qxd3 Re6+ 32. Kd2 Bxd3 33. Kxd3
Qxc5 34. Nc3 Rd6+ 35. Kc2 Qf5+ 36. Re4 Qh5 37. Rbe1 Qxh2+ 38. R1e2 Qxg3 39.
Re8+ Kf7 40. R8e7+ Kg6 41. f5+ Kxf5 42. R7e3 Qf4 43. Re4 Qf1 44. Re7 Kg6 45.
Rxb7 Qf5+ 46. Kb3 Rd4 47. Ree7 Rb4+ 48. Ka3 Qf8 49. Re6+ Kf5 50. Rbe7 Qc8 51.
Rc6 Qg8 52. Rc5+ Kg4 53. Rd5 Qf8 54. Rde5 g5 55. Nd5 Rd4 56. Kb3 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C88"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
exd4 9. e5 Ne8 10. Bd5 Rb8 11. c3 dxc3 12. Nxc3 Nb4 13. Be4 Bb7 14. a3 Bxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nc6 16. Qd5 Na5 17. Bf4 Nc4 18. b3 Nxa3 19. Qd3 b4 20. Nfg5 g6 21. Qh3 h5
22. Rad1 d6 23. e6 f6 24. Nf7 Qc8 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Nf5 Qd8 27. Neg3 Rb5 28.
Nxh5 Rxf5 29. Ng3+ Kg8 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. Rd3 Ng7 32. Rg3 Re8 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34.
Qh6+ 1-0

