[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. a4 a5 7. d3 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. h4 Nc6 10. h5 Nd4 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Nf3 c5 13. Ng5 Nd7 14. Bd5 Nf6 15.
Bc4 Ng4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. Nge4 Bf5 18. e3 Qd8 19. Qb3 e6 20. O-O-O Qe7 21. Qc2
Rfd8 22. Qe2 Ne5 23. f3 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxc4 25. dxc4 f5 26. Nf2 Qe8 27. Qc2 Qc6
28. e4 Rd4 29. Rxd4 cxd4 30. Kb1 Rc8 31. b3 Qd6 32. f4 d3 33. Nxd3 fxe4 34. Ne5
Bxe5 35. fxe5 Qb4 36. Qh2 Qxb3+ 37. Ka1 Qa3+ 38. Kb1 Qb4+ 39. Ka1 Qxa4+ 40. Kb1
Qb3+ 41. Ka1 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. d4 c5 5. dxc5 e6 6. f4 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bd2 e5 12. fxe5 Re8 13. O-O-O Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Qf1 Bb4 17. a3 Ba5 18. Kb1 Rc8 19. Na2 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Qb6 21.
Nc1 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nb3 a5 24. Rd4 a4 25. Rxa4 Qc6 26. Ra7 Qxc2+ 27. Ka2
Nd3 28. Qb1 e3 29. Rxb7 Qxb1+ 30. Rxb1 e2 31. Nd4 e1=Q 32. Rxe1 Rxe1 33. a4 Rc4
34. Rb8+ Kf7 35. Rb7+ Re7 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bxg2 7. Kxg2 Qc8 8.
Nc3 Qb7+ 9. f3 d5 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. fxe4 O-O-O 13. Qf3 Ne5 14. Qf5+
Nfd7 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bf4 e6 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qe2 a6 19. Nf3 Nc6 20. h4 Bg7 21.
Rd6 Nde5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Rfd1 b5 24. Qf2 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Nd7 26. Qf3 Rd8 27.
Qd3 Bf8 28. Rd4 Bc5 29. Bxh6 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Nb6 31. Qc5+ Qc7 32. Qxc7+ Kxc7 33.
Bf4+ Kb7 34. g4 Nd7 35. e5 Kc6 36. Ne4 Kd5 37. Nf6+ Nxf6 38. exf6 Ke4 39. Bh6
b4 40. Kg3 Rc8 41. a3 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. dxc5 Na6 7. c4 Nxc5 8.
Nc3 d6 9. Nd4 Qb6 10. b3 Ne6 11. Nc2 Bd7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Bc6 14. Nd5 Qd8
15. Ncb4 Ng4 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. Bc3 a5 18. Nd3 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Bc6 20. h3 Nh6 21. e4
f6 22. Qd2 Nf7 23. Qe3 Ne5 24. f4 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Nc5 26. Rd2 Nd7 27. Rfd1 Rc8
28. h4 b5 29. cxb5 Bxb5 30. Bh3 Kf7 31. e5 fxe5 32. fxe5 Nxe5 33. Bxc8 Qxc8 34.
Rf2+ Kg7 35. Rxf8 Qxf8 36. Qf4 Qc8 37. Rc1 Qb7 38. Nc7 Qb6+ 39. Kh2 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Qe2 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qc7 14. Rad1
Rfd8 15. Rfe1 Qf4 16. a3 Rd7 17. Bc2 Rcd8 18. Nb3 Bf8 19. h3 Qh6 20. Qf1 Bd6
21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Ne8 23. c5 Nc7 24. Rd6 Qg5 25. Be4 Ba6 26. Bd3 Bb7 27. f4
Qg3 28. Qf2 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Ne8 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Be4 Nc7 32. cxb6 axb6 33. Rc1
Nd5 34. Nd4 Nxd4 35. Bxd4 g6 36. Bxd5 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C98"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1 Be6 15.
Ne3 Rad8 16. Qe2 g6 17. a4 c4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ng5 Bc8 20. b3 Na5 21. bxc4
bxc4 22. Ra4 Bd7 23. Ra2 h6 24. Nf3 Be6 25. Nf5 gxf5 26. exf5 Bd5 27. Bxh6 Rfe8
28. Nxe5 Bf8 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Qe3 Ng8 31. Qf4 Qb6 32. Ba4 Re7 33. Rae2 Rd6 34.
Nd7+ Rdxd7 35. Bxd7 Rxe2 36. Rxe2 Nh6 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Qg5+ Kh7 39. f6 Qb1+ 40.
Kh2 Qg6 41. Qxd5 Qxf6 42. Qe4+ Kg7 43. Qe5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fridstein, Grigory"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
Re8 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Ng5 Ndf6 14. h3 Nh6 15.
f4 e4 16. Be3 a6 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. Rac1 Nf7 19. Nxf7 Qxf7 20. b4 Bd7 21. Rfd1 a5
22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. Nb5 Rea8 24. Nxc7 Rxa2 25. Nxa8 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Qg6 27. Kh2 h5
28. g3 h4 29. gxh4 Qh6 30. Nb6 Qxh4 31. Nxd7 Nxd7 32. Rg1 Kf7 33. Rg5 Bh6 34.
Rxf5+ Kg6 35. Bg4 Nf6 36. Rg2 Qe1 37. Bh5+ Kh7 38. Bg6+ Kg8 39. Rxf6 Qxe3 40.
Bf7+ Kf8 41. Be6+ Ke7 42. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Abramov, Lev"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. Qd4 Qa5 8.
Be3 d6 9. cxd6 Nd5 10. Qd2 Qxd2 11. Nbxd2 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Bxb2 13. dxe7 Re8 14.
Rab1 Bf6 15. Nd4 Bg5 16. Nc4 Rxe7 17. c3 Nc5 18. Rb5 Rc7 19. Bd5 Be6 20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. Bg2 Rd8 22. Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Kamyshov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C43"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Qh4 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. Rb1 Ne7 11. f5 Nc6 12. g3 Qd8 13. f6 g6 14. Qd2 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. Qc2 O-O
15. e4 e5 16. O-O Nh5 17. c5 Rc8 18. Bb5 Nhf6 19. dxe5 Rxc5 20. Qe2 Nxe4 21.
Rad1 Rc7 22. e6 fxe6 23. Ne5 Qg5 24. f4 Qe7 25. Bxd7 Bd5 26. f5 Qc5+ 27. Bd4
Nc3 28. Qg4 Qe7 29. f6 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Qxf6 31. Rf1 Qh6 32. Be8 Rc8 33. Bf7+ Kh8
34. Bh5 Kg8 35. Nf7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beilin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "E90"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Nb3 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 f5 12. O-O fxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bg7
15. Na5 c6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bxc6 Rb8 18. Qd5+ Kh8 19. Rxb8 Nxb8 20. Bxe8 Qxe8
21. Bxa7 Nc6 22. Be3 Be5 23. f4 Be6 24. Qd3 Bf5 25. Qd2 Bg7 26. Bf2 Qb8 27. Rd1
Bf8 28. Qd5 Qc7 29. Rd2 h5 30. a4 Kh7 31. Rb2 Nd8 32. Bb6 Qb8 33. a5 Bg7 34.
Rd2 Ne6 35. Qxd6 Qb7 36. Qd5 Qe7 37. Qd6 Qh4 38. Bf2 Qf6 39. a6 Qa1+ 40. Rd1
Qa4 41. Re1 Bf8 42. Qb6 Qxc4 43. Qb7+ Nc7 44. a7 Bg7 45. Re7 h4 46. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B62"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rfd1 Qb4 14.
Rab1 a5 15. a3 Qe7 16. Qd4 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Na4 e5 19. Qc4 Rfa8 20. Re1
Qg5 21. h4 Qf6 22. Rbd1 R6a7 23. g3 Re7 24. Qg4 e4 25. Rxe4 h5 26. Qe2 Nf4 27.
Rxf4 Rxe2 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. c4 Rc2 30. Rd4 Rb8 31. c5 Rb3 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Rf4
Kg6 34. Kf1 f5 35. Ke1 Rd3 36. Kf1 Kf6 37. Ke1 Ke6 38. Kf1 Ke5 39. b4 axb4 40.
axb4 Rd4 41. Rf3 Rxb4 42. Nc3 f4 43. gxf4+ Rxf4 44. Re3+ Kf5 45. Ne2 Rxh4 46.
Rf3+ Ke6 47. Re3+ Kd5 48. Rf3 Rh1+ 49. Kg2 Re1 50. Rf5+ Kc4 51. Nf4 Re7 52.
Rxh5 Kb5 53. Rh8 Kxc5 54. Kf3 Rd2 55. Rh7 Kc4 56. Ng6 Re6 57. Nf4 Rf6 58. Ke3
Rd4 59. Nh5 Rd3+ 60. Ke2 Re6+ 61. Kf1 Rh3 62. Kg2 Rh4 63. Kg3 Rh1 64. Kg4 Re5
65. Nf6 Rxh7 66. Nxh7 Kd4 67. f4 Re7 68. Kf5 c5 69. Kf6 Rc7 70. Ng5 c4 71. Nxf7
Rxf7+ 72. Kxf7 Ke4 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C07"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 Nxd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Bb5+ Bd7
8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. Qxe6+ Qe7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Qxe7+ Bxe7 13. Nf3 Bf6
14. Bf4 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Nc5 16. Be5 Rhf8 17. Rhe1 h6 18. Rd2 Ne6 19. Re4 g5 20.
Kd1 h5 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Rexd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxf2 25. Rd2 Rf5 26.
h3 Kc7 27. Ke2 Kc6 28. c4 a5 29. b3 b5 30. cxb5+ Kxb5 31. Ke3 Kb4 32. Rd4+ Kc3
33. Ra4 Kb2 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Rd5 36. Ke4 Rc5 37. b4 axb4 38. Rxb4+ Kxa2 39.
Rd4 Kb3 40. Rd5 Rc8 41. Rxg5 Kc4 42. Re5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Lyskov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B83"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 Bd7 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bf3 b5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. a3 a5
15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Qb7 17. g4 Rfe8 18. g5 Nd7 19. Bg2 e5 20. Be3 exf4 21.
Bxf4 Ne5 22. Nd5 Bf8 23. Qg3 Ra2 24. Rf2 Rb2 25. Qc3 Ra2 26. Qg3 Rb2 27. c3
Rxf2 28. Qxf2 Ra8 29. Qg3 Nc4 30. h4 Ra2 31. Rf1 Kh8 32. h5 Bxd5 33. exd5 Qe7
34. Re1 Re2 35. Kf1 Rxe1+ 36. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 37. Kxe1 Kg8 38. Bf1 f6 39. Bxc4 bxc4
40. b5 Be7 41. gxf6 gxf6 42. b6 Bd8 43. Be3 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. d4 e6 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc5 8. Qg4
O-O 9. Bd3 f5 10. Qh3 Be7 11. b4 g5 12. Qh6 Kh8 13. Nf3 g4 14. Nd2 Rg8 15. Bb2
Rg6 16. Qh5 Kg7 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Nxd5 Nf8 19. Ne3 Nd4 20. e6 Bxe6 21. Nb3 Bxb3
22. Rd1 Bf6 23. Bxd4 Be6 24. Bc5 Qc8 25. Ke2 Qc6 26. Kf2 Rh6 27. Nxf5+ Bxf5 28.
Qxf5 Bh4+ 29. Kf1 Qe6 30. Qxe6 Rxe6 31. g3 Be7 32. Bd4+ Bf6 33. Kf2 Rc8 34. Bc5
b6 35. Bxf8+ Kxf8 36. Rd2 Rcc6 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Khavin, Abram"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nd5
e5 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. c3 O-O 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 a6 13. Bc4 Bg4 14. e5 Qe7 15.
Bd5 dxe5 16. Bxc6 e4 17. Ba3 bxc6 18. Bxc5 Qf6 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. h3 Bh5 21. g4
exf3 22. Re1 Bxg4 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. b3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 c6 8. Nbd2
b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. e3 Rc8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. e4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Ba6 15.
Qc2 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 b5 17. Qe2 Qa5 18. f4 Ba3 19. Bxa3 Qxa3 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. Rd2
Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Nb7 23. Bf1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Qe7 25. Qe3 a6 26. a4 Qc5 27. Kf2 Kf8
28. Rd4 Qe7 29. Qc3 Qc5 30. Qe3 Qe7 31. Rd1 Qc5 32. Rc1 Qb4 33. Qc3 Qxc3 34.
Rxc3 Ke7 35. axb5 axb5 36. Bxb5 Kd7 37. Ba4 Nd8 38. g4 h6 39. f5 Ra8 40. Ke3
Ke7 41. Kd4 Rb8 42. Kc5 Rc8 43. Rd3 f6 44. exf6+ gxf6 45. b4 Nf7 46. fxe6 Ng5
47. Bxc6 Nxe4+ 48. Kd5 Nd6 49. Ra3 Rc7 50. b5 Nc8 51. Ra6 Kd8 52. Ra8 Ke7 53.
Rb8 f5 54. b6 Nxb6+ 55. Rxb6 fxg4 56. Rb7 Rxb7 57. Bxb7 h5 58. Ke5 h4 59. Ba8
g3 60. h3 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A17"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 c6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Bf5 9. Nh4 Be6 10. Qd3 Qc8 11. f4 Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13. Bd2 Nce8 14. f5 Bd7 15.
Rac1 Nd6 16. b4 Qd8 17. Bf4 Nfe8 18. Be5 Bg5 19. Rce1 f6 20. Bxd6 Nxd6 21. e4
Bxh4 22. gxh4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 a5 24. Na4 b6 25. b5 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 cxb5 27. Nc3 Re8
28. Rb1 Rxe4 29. Qxe4 Qe8 30. Qxe8+ Rxe8 31. Kf2 Rc8 32. Nd5 Rd8 33. Ke3 Be8
34. Nc7 Bd7 35. Ke4 g6 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. Rb2 b4 38. axb4 Rc8 39. bxa5 bxa5 40.
Na6 Bc6+ 41. d5 Be8 42. Kd4 a4 43. Nc5 a3 44. Ra2 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C05"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 b6 6. Ne2 c5 7. c3 Ba6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. O-O Qc8 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Rc1 Qb7 13. Ng3 g6 14. Qe2 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 h6 16. Rfd1 c4 17. Qd2 b5 18. h4 Qc6 19. Qf4 Nf5 20. h5 O-O-O 21. Nf1
Rdg8 22. Ne3 g5 23. Qg4 Nxe3 24. fxe3 f5 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Ne5 Nxg4 27. Nxc6
Kd7 28. Ne5+ Nxe5 29. dxe5 g4 30. e4 Rg5 31. exd5 Rxe5 32. Rd4 Rxd5 33. Rxg4
Rh7 34. b3 cxb3 35. axb3 Rxh5 36. Ra1 Kd6 37. Ra6+ Ke5 38. Ra5 Rb7 39. Rga4 Rf5
40. Rxa7 Rxa7 41. Rxa7 Ke4 42. Ra6 e5 43. Rb6 Kd3 44. Rxb5 Kxc3 45. g4 Rg5 46.
Kf2 Kd4 47. Ke2 h5 48. gxh5 Rxh5 49. Rb4+ Kd5 50. Rb5+ Ke4 51. Rb4+ Kf5 52. Rc4
Rh2+ 53. Ke1 e4 54. b4 Rb2 55. Rc3 Kf4 56. Ra3 Rxb4 57. Rc3 Ra4 58. Rb3 Ra1+
59. Ke2 Ra2+ 60. Ke1 e3 61. Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A90"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Qc1 b5 10. Ne5 a5 11. Ba3 b4 12. Bb2 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. a3 Na6 15. axb4
Nxb4 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Bd4 Rfb8 20. Qc3 Rb5 21. Rfc1
Qe6 22. f3 Rab8 23. fxe4 dxe4 24. Bxe4 Nd5 25. Qc2 Rxb3 26. Rxa5 g6 27. Ra7
R8b4 28. Qc5 Qg4 29. Bxd5+ cxd5 30. Qxd5+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D29"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
a6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Rac1 cxd4 14. exd4 Na5 15.
Be3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qd8 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. f3 Bd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Ra1 Qxb3 21. Rd3
Qd5 22. Rxa6 Qb7 23. Ra1 Nd5 24. Rdd1 Bf6 25. Ng4 Bd8 26. Bf2 Bg5 27. Ra5 b4
28. Rc5 Be7 29. Rcc1 Bd6 30. Bg3 Bxg3 31. hxg3 Qb6 32. Qf2 b3 33. Ne5 Rc2 34.
Rxc2 bxc2 35. Rc1 Qxb2 36. Rxc2 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 h5 38. Rb2 Qa1 39. Ra2 Qc3 40. Rc2
Qb4 41. Rb2 Qd6 42. Rb7 Qa6 43. Qb2 Qd6 44. Qa2 Nb6 45. Qa5 Nc8 46. Rd7 Qb6 47.
Qa3 Rd8 48. Nc4 Rxd7 49. Nxb6 Nxb6 50. Qc5 Rd5 51. Qxb6 g6 52. Kg1 Kg7 53. f4
g5 54. Kf2 g4 55. Ke3 Kg6 56. Qb8 Kg7 57. Ke4 Rf5 58. Kd3 Rd5 59. Kc4 Rf5 60.
Qd8 Kh7 61. Qf8 Kg6 62. Qc5 Kf6 63. Kb5 Kg6 64. Kc6 Kf6 65. Kd6 Kg6 66. Ke7 Rd5
67. Qc8 Rf5 68. Qg8+ Kh6 69. Kf8 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fridstein, Grigory"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C05"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 b6 6. f4 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Ndf3 g6
9. Ne2 Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bd2 Bg7 12. b3 O-O-O 13. a4 Kb8 14. Qc1 Na5 15. Bc2
f6 16. Qb2 Bh6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Ng5 Qe7 19. Rae1 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Be3 Bg7
22. Qb1 Bd5 23. dxc5 Nxb3 24. cxb6 a5 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 e5 27. Be3 Bc4 28.
Rf2 Bd3 29. Qa2 Rc8 30. Qd5 Rhd8 31. Qxa5 Bc4 32. Nxe4 Rd5 33. Qb4 Qxb4 34.
cxb4 Rcd8 35. Rd2 Bh6 36. Rxd5 Bxd5 37. fxe5 Bxe4 38. Bxh6 Bc2 39. a5 Ba4 40.
e6 Kb7 41. Rc1 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abramov, Lev"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B19"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Ngf6 10. O-O e6 11. Re1 Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Ne5 c5 14. Be3 cxd4
15. Bxd4 Qc7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Rad1 Qa4 18. b3 Qa5 19. c3 Rfd8 20. b4 Qc7 21.
Nh5 Nxh5 22. Qxh5 Rd5 23. Qg4 Bf8 24. f4 Rad8 25. Rd3 h5 26. Qg3 Qc4 27. Rd2 g6
28. Rde2 Rxd4 29. cxd4 Bxb4 30. Rxe6 Bxe1 31. Rxe1 Rxd4 32. f5 Qc5 33. fxg6
Rg4+ 34. Qf2 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 fxg6 36. Re7 Rxh4 37. Rxb7 Ra4 38. Rb2 h4 39. Kf3
Kg7 40. Rc2 Kh6 41. Rd2 g5 42. Rb2 Kh5 43. Rc2 Ra3+ 44. Kf2 h3 45. gxh3 Rxh3
46. Kg2 Ra3 47. Kf2 Kh4 48. Kg2 g4 49. Kg1 a5 50. Rh2+ Kg5 51. Rc2 a4 52. Kf1
Rf3+ 53. Ke1 Kh4 54. Rc4 Ra3 55. Rc2 Kh3 56. Kf1 Rd3 57. Rc4 g3 58. Rc8 Rd1+
59. Ke2 Ra1 60. Kf3 Rf1+ 61. Ke3 Rf2 62. a3 Kg2 63. Ke4 Kg1 64. Rc4 g2 65. Ke3
Rf6 66. Rc7 Rh6 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Kamyshov, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nd2 Bg7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Qc7 7. Ne2 Bf5 8. Bxf5
gxf5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nf3 Ne4 11. Bd2 e6 12. Be1 O-O-O 13. c4 dxc4 14. Rc1 Nb6
15. Ba5 cxd4 16. exd4 Kb8 17. b3 c3 18. Bxc3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Rc4 Rc8 21.
Kh1 Nd6 22. Ra4 Qb5 23. Ne5 b6 24. Bc1 f6 25. Ba3 Ne4 26. Qd3 Qxd3 27. Nxd3 Rc2
28. Ng3 Rhc8 29. Ne1 R2c6 30. Nd3 a5 31. Rc4 Rxc4 32. bxc4 Rxc4 33. Bb2 Rc2 34.
Rf3 Rd2 35. Kg1 Rd1+ 36. Nf1 Nd2 37. Nc1 Nxf3+ 38. gxf3 Ne3 39. Kf2 Nc4 40. Ne3
Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A26"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nge7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d6 8. Bd2
h6 9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Rb1 Bf7 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. b4 Nd8 14. Qc2 a6 15.
a4 c6 16. b5 axb5 17. cxb5 Qd7 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rb6 d5 20. e4 Ne6 21. Qxc6
Qxc6 22. Rxc6 dxe4 23. dxe4 Nd4 24. Rc7 Rxa4 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Beilin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. Rd1
Nbd7 9. e4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Be2 Nf4 12. O-O g5 13. Rfe1 a5 14. Bf1 g4 15.
Nd2 h5 16. a3 h4 17. Ne2 Qg5 18. Qc3 e5 19. Nxf4 Qxf4 20. c5 bxc5 21. d5 Ke7
22. Bb5 Rag8 23. Nf1 f5 24. Qxa5 fxe4 25. Bxd7 Kxd7 26. Qa4+ Kd8 27. Rxe4 Qf7
28. Qb3 Bc8 29. Qe3 Rh5 30. b4 cxb4 31. Rxb4 Rf5 32. a4 Rf8 33. Rb2 Rf4 34. a5
Ra4 35. Qa7 h3 36. Rc1 hxg2 37. Ng3 Rh8 38. Rbc2 Qh7 39. Nh5 Ra1 40. Kxg2 Qe4+
41. f3 gxf3+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. b3 g6
9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. h3 Qe7 11. O-O-O e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Qb2 Qxb2+ 18. Kxb2 f4 19. e4 Be6 20. Rhe1 Rad8
21. e5 Kf7 22. Kc2 d4 23. f3 Bd5 24. Be4 Ke6 25. Rxd4 Bxe4+ 26. Rexe4 Rxd4 27.
Rxd4 Rf7 28. Re4 g5 29. Kc3 Rd7 30. a3 Rd5 31. a4 Rd8 32. Re2 Rd5 33. Kc4 Rd1
34. a5 Ra1 35. Kb5 Rd1 36. b4 Rd5+ 37. Kc4 Rd1 38. Kc3 Rd5 39. Kc4 Rd7 40. Kc3
Rd5 41. Re4 Rd1 42. Kc2 Rd5 43. Rc4 Rd7 44. Rc5 h5 45. b5 Rd5 46. Rxd5 Kxd5 47.
h4 gxh4 48. Kd3 Kxe5 49. Kc4 b6 50. a6 h3 51. gxh3 h4 52. Kc3 Kd5 53. Kd3 Kc5
54. Ke4 Kxb5 55. Kxf4 Kc4 56. Ke5 b5 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "E06"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Qd3 Rfd8
15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Qe2 c6 17. g4 h6 18. h4 Nh7 19. Bg3 Re8 20. Kh2 Qd8 21. Kh3
Nf8 22. e5 Rc7 23. Ne4 Rd7 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. exd6 Qa8 26. Rc3 Rc8 27. Rdc1 c5
28. Bxb7 Qxb7 29. f3 h5 30. dxc5 hxg4+ 31. fxg4 Rxc5 32. Rxc5 bxc5 33. Rxc5
Qh1+ 34. Qh2 Qb1 35. Qg2 Qxa2 36. Qa8 Qa6 37. Rc8 Qf1+ 38. Kh2 Qe2+ 39. Kg1
Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 41. Bf2 Qxg4+ 42. Kh2 Rxd6 43. Rxf8+ Kh7 44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. Qg2
Qxg2+ 46. Kxg2 e5 47. b4 a6 48. Be3 f5 49. h5+ Kf7 50. Ra8 f4 51. Bc5 Rd2+ 52.
Kf3 Ke6 53. Ra7 Rh2 54. Rxg7 Rxh5 55. Ke4 Rh1 56. Rg6+ Kf7 57. Rxa6 Re1+ 58.
Kf5 Re2 59. Ra7+ Kg8 60. b5 f3 61. b6 f2 62. Bxf2 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Lyskov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "E49"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Ba2 Nbd7 11. O-O b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. c4 Rfd8 14. Qe2 cxd4
15. exd4 Qf4 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. Rad1 Nce4 18. f3 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 Rac8 20. g3 Qf5 21.
Qe3 h5 22. h4 Ba6 23. Rc1 Bb7 24. Kg2 Qa5 25. Rcd1 Ba6 26. d5 Bxc4 27. Bxf6
gxf6 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. dxe6 Rxd2+ 30. Rxd2 Rc3 31. exf7+ Kxf7 32. Rd7+ Kg6 33.
Qe4+ Qf5 34. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B18"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nh3 Nf6 8. Nf4
Bh7 9. Bc4 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 O-O 12. c3 Nd5 13. Qg4 Bxf4 14. Bxf4 Nxf4 15.
Qxf4 Nd7 16. Ne4 Nf6 17. Bd3 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Qb6 19. Rab1 Rfd8 20. Bf3 Rac8 21.
Re5 Nd7 22. Re3 c5 23. d5 exd5 24. Bxd5 Nf6 25. Bc4 Qc7 26. Re5 Re8 27. Rbe1
Rxe5 28. Qxe5 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Khavin, Abram"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B54"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. c4
Nbd7 9. Be3 Rc8 10. N1d2 O-O 11. Be2 Ne8 12. O-O Kh8 13. Kh1 Bg5 14. Bg1 g6 15.
Nc1 f5 16. b3 Qa5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 exf4 20. Bd4+ Kg8 21. Nd3
Nef6 22. Nxf4 Rce8 23. Bf3 Ne5 24. Bxb7 Qc7 25. Bf3 Ng6 26. Nh5 Nxh5 27. Bxh5
Bc8 28. Nf3 Bb7 29. Qd2 Re7 30. Bxg6 hxg6 31. Qh6 Kf7 32. Ng5+ Ke8 33. Qxg6+
Kd7 34. Ne6 Bxg2+ 35. Kg1 Rxe6 36. Qg7+ Re7 37. Qxf8 Be4 38. c5 dxc5 39. Bf6
Rh7 40. Rd1+ Ke6 41. Rd2 Qf4 42. Qd8 Qe3+ 43. Rf2 Qc1+ 44. Rf1 Qh6 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "E26"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Nc6 9. Ne2 Na5 10. e4 d6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. d5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Ba6 14. Qa4 O-O-O 15.
Nc1 exd5 16. exd5 Rde8+ 17. Kf2 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Nb3 Nxb3 20. Qxa6+ Qb7
21. Qxb7+ Kxb7 22. Rae1 Rhe8 23. Bxh7 g6 24. f4 Re4 25. g3 Nd2 26. f5 g5 27. f6
Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Rxe1 29. Kxe1 Nxc4 30. h4 gxh4 31. gxh4 Ne5 32. Bf5 Nf3+ 33. Kf2
Nxh4 34. Be4 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B94"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
O-O e6 9. Kh1 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. f4 Rfe8 14. Nf3 h6 15.
Bh4 Nc5 16. Bf2 Rad8 17. Rad1 d5 18. e5 Nfe4 19. Bd4 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 d4 21. Bb4
Na4 22. Rb1 Bxb4 23. axb4 Qe7 24. Qd2 Qd7 25. h3 Re7 26. Kh2 Qc7 27. Qf2 Red7
28. g4 f6 29. Qg3 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 Rf8 31. Qe4 f5 32. gxf5 exf5 33. Qf3 Nb6 34.
Qh5 Rdf7 35. Rg1 Nc4 36. Rg6 Nxe5 37. fxe5 Qxe5+ 38. Kg2 Qd5+ 39. Qf3 Qa2 40.
Rg1 Qxb2 41. Kh1 Qxb4 42. Rxa6 Qd2 43. Rb6 Qe3 44. Qxe3 dxe3 45. Kg2 f4 46. Kf3
Kh8 47. Rxb5 Re7 48. Rb4 Ref7 49. h4 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B71"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 Bg7 11. exd6 O-O 12. O-O exd6 13. Kh1 Nf6 14. Nxd6
Bg4 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qc7 17. Nc4 Rad8 18. Qe2 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. Nf3 c6 10. Qb3 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. O-O Ne4
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Re8 17. Rac1 Ra5 18. Rfe1 g6 19. Qd1 h5 20. Qc2 h4 21. f4
exf3 22. Nxf3 h3 23. g3 Bf5 24. Qd2 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Black "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C36"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. d4 Bd6 8.
c4 Qe6+ 9. Kf2 Qf6 10. c5 Be7 11. Qd2 g5 12. h4 h6 13. b4 g4 14. Ne5 a5 15. b5
Bxc5 16. dxc5 Qxe5 17. Qe2 Qxe2+ 18. Bxe2 Nd7 19. c6 bxc6 20. Bxf4 cxb5 21.
Bxb5 Rb8 22. Rhe1+ Kf8 23. a4 Rb6 24. Bxc7 Re6 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Bxa5 Rh7 27.
Bb4+ Kg8 28. Rd1 Rf7+ 29. Kg3 h5 30. a5 Kg7 31. Rd6 Nf6 32. Bc3 Rc7 33. Rc6
Rxc6 34. Bxc6 Ba6 35. Bxf6+ Kxf6 36. Be8 Kf5 37. Bxh5 Be2 38. Bxg4+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fridstein, Grigory"]
[Black "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Ne8 8. Nge2
Nd7 9. O-O Rb8 10. Kh1 Kh8 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 g5 13. Ng3 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Bg5
15. Nf5 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 Ne5 17. Qh5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Nf6 19. Qh3 Rg8 20. Rg1 Qe7 21.
Re1 Rg5 22. Rh4 Rg7 23. Rh6 Rbg8 24. Re2 Qd8 25. Rxf6 Qxf6 26. Ne4 Qd8 27. Qh6
Nxc4 28. b3 Ne5 29. Nxd6 f6 30. Nc4 Nxc4 31. bxc4 Qb6 32. Qc1 Rg4 33. Qe1 Rxc4
34. Re8 Rg4 35. h3 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Abramov, Lev"]
[Black "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be8 10. Nf1 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. Ng3 Bxa4 14. Qxa4
Nbxd5 15. Nf5 Bb4 16. Re5 Bd6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qb3 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Black "Kamyshov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B24"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 Nd4 7. Nce2 d5 8. c3
Nxe2 9. Nxe2 Qd6 10. exd5 exd5 11. Qb3 Nf6 12. Qb5+ Nd7 13. d4 b6 14. Rd1 a6
15. dxc5 axb5 16. cxd6 Rxa2 17. Bc1 Nf6 18. O-O Be6 19. Nf4 Kd7 20. Nxd5 Nxd5
21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 b4 23. cxb4 Rha8 24. Rfd1 Bxb2 25. Be3 Bc3 26. b5 Ra1
27. Kg2 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Bf6 29. Rc1 Bd8 30. h4 Ra5 31. Rb1 Kxd6 32. Rd1+ Ke7 33.
Rxd8 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 h6 9. Bc1 Ne7 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Nd2 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Ng6 14. Qf3
Re8 15. Ne3 c6 16. Nf5 d5 17. h4 Re6 18. g4 Qc7 19. Rb1 dxe4 20. dxe4 Rae8 21.
Rb3 Nf4 22. Nd4 exd4 23. Bxf4 Qd7 24. e5 dxc3 25. Reb1 Qd5 26. Rxc3 Qxf3 27.
Rxf3 Nxg4 28. Rxb7 R6e7 29. Rfb3 Nxe5 30. Bxe5 Rxb7 31. Rxb7 Rxe5 32. Rxa7 Re4
33. a4 Rxh4 34. a5 Rc4 35. a6 Ra4 36. Ra8+ Kh7 37. a7 Kg6 38. Kg2 f6 39. c4 Kf5
40. c5 g5 41. Kf3 h5 42. Kg2 Ra3 43. Rc8 Rxa7 44. Rxc6 Ra5 45. Rc8 Kg4 46. f3+
Kf4 47. c6 Rc5 48. c7 f5 49. Rh8 Rc2+ 50. Kg1 Rxc7 51. Rxh5 Rc2 52. Rh3 Ra2 53.
Rh5 Ra4 54. Kg2 Rb4 55. Kg1 Kxf3 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Beilin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C73"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Be3 g6 8. Qd2
Bg7 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Bh6 Qe8 12. h4 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Qf7 14. Qe3 Bg4
15. Rd3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 exd4 17. Rxd4 f5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Rd7 Rad8 20. Rhd1 Rxd7
21. Rxd7 Qe6 22. Qd1 Rf7 23. Rxc7 Nd5 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Rc5 d4 26. Qe2 Re7 27.
Ra5 Qf6 28. g3 Re6 29. Qc4 Kg7 30. a4 e4 31. Kd1 e3 32. f4 e2+ 33. Ke1 Kh6 34.
Rd5 Re4 35. Qc7 Qf8 36. Qd8 Qb4+ 37. c3 Qxa4 38. Qf8+ Kh5 39. Rxf5+ Kg4 40.
Rg5+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. Qa4 Bd7 8.
Qe4 Ne6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Qxe5 Rb8 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qxc7 Nxc7 13. d3 Ne6 14. Be3
f6 15. b4 cxb4 16. Nd5 a5 17. Bb6 Ra8 18. Rfc1 Ra6 19. e4 Kf7 20. d4 Bc6 21.
Bf1 Rxb6 22. Nxb6 Nxd4 23. Bd3 e5 24. Nc4 a4 25. f4 exf4 26. gxf4 b3 27. Rcb1
Bc5 28. Kf1 Nc2 29. axb3 Nxa1 30. bxa4 Rd8 31. Ke2 Rd4 32. Rxa1 Bxe4 33. Nb2
Rb4 34. Nc4 Bxd3+ 35. Kxd3 Ke6 36. a5 Kd5 37. Nd2 Rxf4 38. Rb1 Bb4 39. Nf1 Rd4+
40. Ke2 Kc6 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Black "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Bd3
b6 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. O-O c4 11. Be2 Nbc6 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bg3 O-O 14. Nd4 Nxd4
15. cxd4 Qe7 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. f4 a5 18. Rfb1 Ba4 19. Qc3 Rfb8 20. Bf3 Nh4 21.
Bxh4 Qxh4 22. g3 Qd8 23. Rf1 Qb6 24. Ra2 g6 25. g4 Ra7 26. Kh1 Rab7 27. f5 Qd8
28. f6 Rb1 29. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 30. Kg2 h6 31. Rb2 Rxb2 32. Qxb2 Qc7 33. c3 Bb3 34.
Qc1 Kh7 35. h4 Qd8 36. Kg3 a4 37. Kf4 Qg8 38. g5 Qh8 39. gxh6 Qf8 40. Kg4 Qxh6
41. Qxh6+ Kxh6 42. Be2 Kh7 43. Bf3 Kg8 44. Kg5 Bc2 45. Kf4 Kf8 46. Be2 Kg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Black "Lyskov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B65"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Kb1 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2 Bxc3 14.
Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 Rd8 16. e5 d5 17. c4 Bd7 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Rd4 Rac8 20. Bd3
Rc5 21. Rd1 g6 22. c4 dxc4 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Rb5+ 26. Kc2
Ra5 27. Rxb7 Rxa2+ 28. Rb2 Ra3 29. g3 a5 30. Rb6 Kf7 31. Rf6+ Kg7 32. Ra6 Ra2+
33. Kc3 Rxh2 34. Kxc4 Rg2 35. Rxa5 Rxg3 36. Ra7+ Kf8 37. Kd5 Rf3 38. Kd6 Rd3+
39. Ke6 Rd4 40. f5 gxf5 41. Kf6 Ke8 42. e6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C73"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Be3 Ne7 8.
Nc3 Ng6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Bg4 11. h4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Ne5 13. Qf4 Qc8 14. Ne2
O-O 15. Ng3 Rf7 16. Bc3 Rb8 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Nxf3 19. Qxf3 d5 20. Rhe1 Bd6
21. Re6 Qb7 22. g4 Rbf8 23. Rg1 Qb5 24. g5 fxg5 25. Rxg5 d4 26. Bxd4 Qc4 27.
Qg4 Qf1+ 28. Kd2 Be5 29. Rxe5 c5 30. Re1 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Khavin, Abram"]
[Black "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "E47"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 e5 7. d5 Ne7 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 d6 10. Qc2 h6 11. O-O Nd7 12. f4 f5 13. b4 Nf6 14. Bb2 Bd7 15.
Rad1 e4 16. Be2 Kh7 17. Kh1 Qe8 18. Rd2 Ng4 19. Bxg4 fxg4 20. Qxe4+ Nf5 21. Qb1
Kg8 22. Re2 g3 23. h3 Nh4 24. e4 Ng6 25. Qc1 Qe7 26. Nb5 Bg4 27. Ree1 Qh4 28.
Kg1 Bxh3 29. Qc3 Rf7 30. Rf3 Bxg2 31. Rxg3 Qh1+ 32. Kf2 Rxf4+ 33. Ke2 Rxe4+ 34.
Kd1 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Bf3+ 36. Kd2 Qxe1+ 37. Kxe1 Re8+ 38. Kf2 Bh5 39. Bd4 Rf8+
40. Ke3 Re8+ 41. Kd2 Re2+ 42. Kc3 Re7 43. Bxa7 c6 44. Nxd6 cxd5 45. Re3 Rd7 46.
c5 Ne7 47. Re5 d4+ 48. Kd2 Bf3 49. b5 h5 50. Nf5 Nxf5 51. Rxf5 Rf7 52. Rxf7
Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. c4 O-O 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rd1 Qc7
15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qh6 Qe7 19. Rd3 Kh8 20. Nh4 Rg8 21.
Re1 Qd8 22. Rh3 Rg7 23. d5 Bf8 24. Qh5 Qd7 25. dxe6 Re8 26. Nf5 Rxe6 27. Rxe6
Qxe6 28. g3 Qe1+ 29. Kg2 Qe4+ 30. Qf3 Rg4 31. b3 Kg8 32. Rh5 a6 33. h3 Qxf3+
34. Kxf3 Rg5 35. g4 b5 36. Ke4 bxc4 37. bxc4 h6 38. f4 Rg6 39. Kd5 Kh7 40. Kc6
Rg8 41. Kb6 Bg7 42. Nxg7 Kxg7 43. Rxc5 Rb8+ 44. Kxa6 Ra8+ 45. Kb7 Rxa2 46. Rb5
Kg6 47. c5 f5 48. c6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. a3 Be7 11. Qd3 a6 12. Bg5 Nd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7
15. Rfe1 Bf5 16. Qd2 Qd6 17. Qg5 Be6 18. Na4 Nf5 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Qd2 Rc4 21.
Nc5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bc8 23. Qc2 g6 24. Nd3 Bd7 25. Qc7 Bb5 26. Nb4 Bc4 27. Qxb7
g5 28. Nc6 Qf4 29. Re1 g4 30. Nfe5 Nd6 31. Qe7 Ne4 32. Qh4 f5 33. f3 Nf6 34.
Qf2 Qg5 35. Qe3 f4 36. Qc3 Bb5 37. Nxg4 Nxg4 38. fxg4 Qxg4 39. Ne5 Qg7 40. b3
Be8 41. Qf3 Qg5 42. Qxd5+ Bf7 43. Qb7 Bh5 44. Nf3 Qf5 45. Qe4 Qa5 46. Qe5 Qxe5
47. Rxe5 Bf7 48. b4 Rc8 49. Rc5 Re8 50. Ne5 Ba2 51. Kf2 Rd8 52. Nf3 Bd5 53. Ra5
Bb7 54. Rg5+ Kf7 55. Rf5+ Ke7 56. Rxf4 Rc8 57. Rh4 Rc2+ 58. Kg3 Bxf3 59. gxf3
Ra2 60. Rxh7+ Ke8 61. h4 Rxa3 62. h5 Rd3 63. Ra7 Kf8 64. h6 Kg8 65. Rxa6 Rxd4
66. Rb6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A91"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nh3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Nf4
Bd8 9. Nd3 e5 10. d5 Nbd7 11. f3 a5 12. e4 fxe4 13. fxe4 Qg6 14. Qe2 h5 15. Bh3
Ng4 16. Rxf8+ Nxf8 17. Bg2 b6 18. b3 Nf6 19. Bd2 h4 20. gxh4 Bg4 21. Qf2 N6h7
22. Rf1 Qh5 23. Be1 Bf6 24. Bf3 Bxh4 25. Qg2 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Qxf3 27. Rxf3 Bxe1
28. Nxe1 Nf6 29. Nd3 Ng6 30. Rf2 Nf8 31. Re2 Kf7 32. Nb5 Rc8 33. a3 N8h7 34.
Na7 Rh8 35. Nb5 Ne8 36. Kg2 Nhf6 37. Nc3 Rh5 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 Rg5+ 40. Kf3
Rh5 41. Kg3 g5 42. h3 Rh4 43. Nf2 Nh5+ 44. Kh2 Nef6 45. Kg1 Nf4 46. Re3 Ke7 47.
Kf1 N4h5 48. Ke1 Kd7 49. Kd2 Rf4 50. Nd3 Rh4 51. c5 bxc5 52. bxc5 Nf4 53. cxd6
cxd6 54. Nf2 Ke7 55. Rg3 Rh5 56. Ke3 Nd7 57. Kf3 Nb6 58. Rg1 Nd7 59. Rh1 Rh8
60. Ncd1 Ra8 61. Ne3 Ra3 62. Rg1 Nb6 63. Rc1 Kd7 64. Rc2 Na4 65. Ng4 Nc5 66.
Nxe5+ dxe5 67. Rxc5 Nxh3 68. Rc6 Nf4 69. Kf2 Nd3+ 70. Ke2 Nf4+ 71. Kf2 Ra2+ 72.
Kf3 Ra3 73. Kf2 Nh3+ 74. Kf3 g4+ 75. Kxg4 Rxe3 76. Kf5 Nf2 77. Kxe5 Rxe4+ 78.
Kf5 Re2 79. Re6 Rd2 80. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Fridstein, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B71"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Qe1 b5 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Kh1 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14. e5 dxe5 15.
fxe5 Ng4 16. Bf4 b4 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Qxb4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nxe5 20. Rae1 Nc6 21.
Qc4 e5 22. Be3 Rfb8 23. Nc3 Rb4 24. Nd5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Abramov, Lev"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B19"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Ngf6 10. O-O e6 11. Re1 Be7 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Ng3 O-O-O 17. h5 Be7 18. Bf4 Qa5 19. a3 Nb6 20. c4 Qa4 21. b4
Qb3 22. c5 Nd5 23. Bd2 f5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Rab1 Qxa3 26. b5 Rhe8 27. bxc6 bxc6
28. Ne4 Be5 29. Nd6+ Bxd6 30. cxd6 Rxd6 31. Ra1 Qc5 32. Qa6+ Kd8 33. Qb7 Rd7
34. Qb8+ Ke7 35. Rxe6+ Kxe6 36. Re1+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Kamyshov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. h3 Nc6 7. c3 d6 8. Bc4
Qe8 9. Bh2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bb5 Nd7 12. Ne4 Qe6 13. Qd6 Qxd6 14. Nxd6 Ndb8
15. O-O-O b6 16. Bc4 Bd7 17. Bd5 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nb5 Na6 20. Rd6 Nd8 21.
Rhd1 Nf7 22. Rxe6 c4 23. Re7 Nc5 24. Nc7 Rac8 25. Kc2 Nd3 26. Bg3 Bf6 27. Nd5
Bxe7 28. Nxe7+ Kg7 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Nd2 b5 31. Ne4 g5 32. b3 h5 33. h4 gxh4
34. Bxh4 Nh6 35. bxc4 bxc4 36. Rb1 Nf5 37. Rb7+ Kg6 38. Bg3 Nxg3 39. fxg3 Ne1+
40. Kd2 Nxg2 41. Ke2 Rd8 42. Nf2 h4 43. gxh4 Nxh4 44. Rc7 Rb8 45. Nd1 Nf5 46.
Rxc4 Rb7 47. Rc6+ Kg5 48. Rc4 e4 49. Rb4 Rh7 50. Nf2 Ng3+ 51. Ke1 Kf5 52. Rb8
Rc7 53. Rg8 Nh5 54. Kd2 Rc6 55. Rb8 Nf6 56. Rb5+ Ke6 57. a4 Rd6+ 58. Ke2 Rc6
59. Ra5 Rc7 60. Ra6+ Ke5 61. Ra5+ Ke6 62. Kd2 Rd7+ 63. Kc2 Rg7 64. Ra6+ Ke5 65.
Ra5+ Ke6 66. Kb3 Rg2 67. Nh3 Rg3 68. Nf4+ Kd7 69. Rxa7+ Kc8 70. Rf7 Nd7 71. Nd5
Nc5+ 72. Kb4 Nd3+ 73. Kb5 Rf3 74. Re7 Rf5 75. c4 Ne5 76. a5 Nf7 77. a6 Kb8 78.
a7+ Ka8 79. Ka6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C09"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. O-O Ne7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Be2 Qc7 13. h3 Be6 14. Nbd4
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bc5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bf3 Rad8 18. c3 Qf6 19. Qd3 Rd6 20. Rad1
Rc8 21. Qe2 Ra6 22. a3 Rb6 23. Rd3 g6 24. Bg4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Rc4 26. Red1 Bxg4
27. Rxg4 Re6 28. Qd2 Rce4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Beilin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D64"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. a3 a6 10. Qc2 Re8 11. h3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bd3 Nhf6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. O-O Nf6 17. Qc5 Ne4 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Ne5 f6 21.
Nd3 Re7 22. Rc3 Bf5 23. Nc5 Rae8 24. Rfc1 Rc7 25. b4 Kf7 26. Na4 Ke7 27. Nb6
Kd6 28. Rc5 Ree7 29. f3 Bg6 30. Kf2 Be8 31. a4 g5 32. Re1 Bg6 33. h4 Re8 34.
Rec1 Ree7 35. Rh1 Rh7 36. Re1 Rhe7 37. Rec1 Rg7 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Re1 Rge7 40.
Re2 Re8 41. Re1 Ree7 42. Rc3 Bf5 43. Rec1 Bg6 44. a5 Rh7 45. Na4 Rce7 46. Nc5
Be8 47. e4 Rh4 48. Re3 Bf7 49. Rce1 Bg6 50. e5+ fxe5 51. Rxe5 Rxe5 52. Rxe5 Bc2
53. Nxb7+ Kc7 54. Nc5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
Nd7 9. Bb5 Qb6 10. Qa4 a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b4 c4 13. e4 Nf6 14. Ne5 Qb5 15.
Qxb5 cxb5 16. a4 Bb7 17. f3 dxe4 18. fxe4 Bxe4 19. Bg5 Bb7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Nd7 Bg5 22. Nf3 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Rfd8 24. Nc5 Bh6 25. Raf1 f6 26. Re1 Bf8 27. a5
Rd6 28. Rfe3 Kf7 29. Ne4 Rd5 30. Nc5 e5 31. dxe5 Rxc5 32. e6+ Ke8 33. e7 Bh6
34. bxc5 Bxe3+ 35. Rxe3 Rc8 36. Re6 Rxc5 37. Kf2 Rc7 38. Rxa6 b4 39. Ke2 bxc3
40. Kd1 Rd7+ 41. Kc2 Kxe7 42. Kxc3 Rd3+ 43. Kxc4 Rd2 44. Ra8 Ke6 45. a6 Kf5 46.
Kb3 Rd1 47. Rc8 Ra1 48. Rc6 Kg5 49. Kb4 f5 50. Kb5 Rb1+ 51. Ka5 Ra1+ 52. Kb6
Kf4 53. Re6 g5 54. a7 g4 55. Kb7 Rxa7+ 56. Kxa7 Kg5 57. g3 h5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "176"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. c4 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. O-O Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Rad1 Rc8 12. Ne5 Nxd2 13. Rxd2 c6 14. Rc1 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Bc5 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. exd4 Qc7 18. c5 b5 19. b4 Ra8 20. a4 a6 21. Qc3
Bc8 22. Ra2 Ra7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rxa7 Qxa7 25. Ra1 Qc7 26. Ra3 Bb7 27. Qa1 Rb8
28. Ra7 Qc8 29. Qa5 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Qxa8 31. Qc7 Bc8 32. g4 g6 33. gxf5 gxf5 34.
Qd8+ Kg7 35. h4 Qb7 36. h5 h6 37. Kf1 Qd7 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qg6+ Kf8 40. Qxh6+
Qg7 41. Qf4 Bd7 42. Be2 Be8 43. Bd1 Kg8 44. Qh4 Kh7 45. f4 Qa7 46. Kf2 Bf7 47.
Qf6 Qd7 48. Be2 Qe8 49. Qg5 Qa8 50. Qf6 Qe8 51. Bf3 Qg8 52. Bd1 Qg7 53. Qg5 Qf8
54. Kg3 Qg7 55. Kh4 Qh6 56. Be2 Qf8 57. Bd3 Qe8 58. Bf1 Qf8 59. Bg2 Be8 60. Qf6
Bf7 61. Bh3 Qe8 62. Bxf5+ exf5 63. Qxf5+ Kg8 64. Qg5+ Kh7 65. f5 Qh8 66. Qe7
Qg7 67. f6 Qg8 68. e6 Kh6 69. exf7 Qg5+ 70. Kh3 Qxh5+ 71. Kg3 Qg5+ 72. Kf3 Qh5+
73. Ke3 Qg5+ 74. Kf3 Qh5+ 75. Kg2 Qg4+ 76. Kf2 Qf4+ 77. Kg2 Qg4+ 78. Kf1 Qf3+
79. Ke1 Qg3+ 80. Kd2 Qf2+ 81. Kc3 Qf3+ 82. Kb2 Qf2+ 83. Ka3 Qf3+ 84. Ka2 Qf2+
85. Kb3 Qf3+ 86. Kc2 Qf2+ 87. Kd3 Qf5+ 88. Ke3 Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Lyskov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D64"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. Nf3
Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. a3 a6 11. h3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bd3 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15.
Rfd1 Rec8 16. Qd2 Nhf6 17. Ne5 dxc4 18. Bxc4 c5 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Qe2 Qc6 21.
d5 exd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Qc7 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Rd6 Rd8 26. Rcd1 Qc7 27.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qxa6 Qd1+ 30. Qf1 Qc2 31. Qb5 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qd6+
33. f4 Kf8 34. Qc4 Qd2 35. Qb3 Qd6 36. Qc3 Qd5 37. a4 Kg8 38. Qe5 Qd8 39. b3
Kf8 40. Qe4 Kg8 41. Qc6 Kh7 42. Qe4+ Kh8 43. Kg3 Kg8 44. Qc2 Qd6 45. Kf3 Kf8
46. Ke2 Kg8 47. Qd3 Qf6 48. Kf3 Qe7 49. Qd5 Qa7 50. Ke2 Qa6+ 51. Kd2 Qa5+ 52.
Kc2 Qa7 53. e4 Kh7 54. e5 Kg8 55. f5 Qa6 56. Qe4 Qf1 57. e6 fxe6 58. fxe6 Kf8
59. Qf3+ Qxf3 60. gxf3 Ke7 61. Kd3 Kxe6 62. Kc4 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B55"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Nf5 d5 8.
exd5 a6 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Ne3 b5 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rd1
Rfd8 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. a3 Qc7 17. Be1 Bc5 18. Bh4 Qb6 19. Rd3 Bd4 20. Kh1 Re8
21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne4 Qg6 23. c3 Bb6 24. g4 Rcd8 25. Rad1 h5 26. gxh5 Qxh5 27.
Rg1 Kf8 28. Rg5 Qh3 29. Ng3 g6 30. Ne4 Qh4 31. Ng2 Qh6 32. Qd2 Re7 33. b4 Red7
34. Nf6 Rd6 35. Ng4 Qg7 36. Nxe5 Qf6 37. Ng4 Qh8 38. Nf2 Bxf2 39. Qxf2 Qf6 40.
Qd2 Kg7 41. Kg1 Bc8 42. f4 Kh7 43. Re5 Bb7 44. Rd4 R8d7 45. Qe3 Rd8 46. Qe4 Bc8
47. Qf3 Kg7 48. Qg3 Bb7 49. Ne3 Kf8 50. h4 Rc8 51. Ng4 Qg7 52. Nf2 Rcd8 53. Qe3
Qh6 54. Ne4 Qxh4 55. Nxd6 Rxd6 56. f5 Qh5 57. f6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khavin, Abram"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B54"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5
Qxd5 9. N1d2 Nbd7 10. Bc4 Qc6 11. Qe2 a6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Kh1 Nd5
15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Qf2 N5f6 17. Qh4 Rhd8 18. Rae1 Kf8 19. Ne4 Bxb3 20. axb3 h6
21. f4 exf4 22. Qxf4 Re8 23. Rd1 Re6 24. Ng3 Rce8 25. Nf5 Nd5 26. Qg3 Rg6 27.
Qh3 Rf6 28. Qg3 Rg6 29. Qf2 Rf6 30. Qd4 Qc5 31. Qg4 g6 32. Nxh6 Ne5 33. Rxf6
Nxf6 34. Qh4 Nxd3 35. cxd3 Kg7 36. Rf1 Re6 37. Qf4 Qe5 38. Qh4 Qe2 39. Rg1 Re5
40. Nxf7 Kxf7 41. Qc4+ Kg7 42. d4 Re4 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. e4 a5 11. Ne1 O-O 12. Nd3 Na6 13. f4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15.
Qe2 Ra6 16. Rac1 Re8 17. Qd3 Nd7 18. Qc3 f6 19. Nf3 Nf8 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Nh4
a4 22. Rf2 h6 23. Bf3 g6 24. Qe3 Kg7 25. Rcf1 Nh7 26. Bg2 Rf8 27. Rxf8 Nxf8 28.
Qc3 g5 29. Nf5+ Bxf5 30. Rxf5 Nd7 31. Bh3 Rf6 32. Qa5 Nb6 33. Rxf6 Kxf6 34. Qa7
Nxc4 35. Qxb7 Nb6 36. Qc6+ Qd6 37. Qe8 Qe7 38. Qg8 Qf7 39. Qb8 c4 40. d6 a3 41.
dxc7 Nd7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3
Nc7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 Be6 11. Nd2 Qd7 12. a3 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Na4 b6 15.
b4 Nd5 16. bxc5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qh6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Kg2 Bxa3 20. Rb1 Bb4 21.
Nxb6 Ra2 22. Ndc4 Qe6 23. Ra1 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 f5 25. Qa4 f4 26. Qb5 Rd8 27. Ra1
e4 28. Qg5 exd3 29. exd3 fxe3 30. Qxe3 Qxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Fridstein, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O
O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd2 c4 11. Bc2 a6 12. Ne2 Bc7 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Bc3 b5 15.
Nd2 Rb8 16. Qe2 Nf8 17. Rae1 a5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Qe7 20. Nh5 Ng4 21. Ng3
Bd6 22. Rb1 Ra8 23. Nf3 Ra3 24. Qd2 Ng6 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. Bxf5 Nf6 27. Qb2 Rea8
28. Qc2 R3a4 29. Rb2 Bxb4 30. Rfb1 Bxc3 31. Qxc3 b4 32. Rxb4 Rxb4 33. Rxb4 Ne4
34. Bxe4 Qxe4 35. Nd2 Qe7 36. g3 h5 37. h4 Qa7 38. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Abramov, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Bd5 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. Qa4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nbxd2 O-O 12. O-O b5 13. Qxb5 Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qxd4 16. Nf3 Qb6 17. Qe5 Rad8 18. Rac1 Rd5 19. Qxc7 Qxb2 20.
Rc2 Qa3 21. Rb1 h6 22. Rb3 Qa6 23. Ne5 Rb5 24. Qc6 Rb6 25. Rxb6 Qxb6 26. Qxb6
axb6 27. Rc6 Nd5 28. a4 Ra8 29. Nd7 Rxa4 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Nf8+ Kg8 32. Nxe6+
Kh7 33. Nf8+ Kg8 34. Rd8 f6 35. Ne6+ Kf7 36. Nxg7 Ne3+ 37. Kf3 Ng4 38. Nf5
Nxh2+ 39. Kg2 Ng4 40. f3 Ne5 41. g4 Ra2 42. Kf2 Ra7 43. Nxh6+ Ke7 44. Rd5 Ke6
45. Rb5 Nd7 46. Nf5 Rb7 47. e4 Nc5 48. Ne3 Kd6 49. Nd5 Kc6 50. Rb1 Nd7 51. Ke3
b5 52. Kf4 Kc5 53. Kf5 b4 54. Rc1+ Kd4 55. Rd1+ Kc4 56. Nxb4 Ne5 57. Rc1+ Kd4
58. Nc6+ Ke3 59. Nxe5 fxe5 60. g5 Kxf3 61. Rc3+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kamyshov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B71"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Nd7 9. exd6 exd6 10. Qe2+ Qe7 11. Ne4 Qe6 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Bc3 O-O 14. g3 d5
15. Nf2 Bf6 16. Qxe6 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 fxe6 18. Nd3 e5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Re8
21. Kd2 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A90"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 Qe8 10. Nbd2 Ne4 11. Ne5 Ndf6 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. f3 Nf6 14. e4 Qh5
15. Rae1 Bd7 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Re6 Rf6 19. Qe2 Qf7 20. Re1 Bb4
21. Re8+ Rxe8 22. Qxe8+ Qxe8 23. Rxe8+ Rf8 24. Re2 Nf6 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. Bf1 Re8
27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. Bd3 g6 29. h3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Beilin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. a3 c6 12. b4 Bg4 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Ne2 Qh4 17. Ng3 Re6 18. Kg2 Rh6 19. Rh1 Ne6 20. Qd1 Re8 21. Bf5
g6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. a4 g5 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Qd3 Rf8 27. Qxb5 Rhf6
28. Qd7 Ng7 29. Rc8 Rxf3 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. h3 g4 32. Qxb7 Qf6 33. Qb2 Qf3+ 34.
Kg1 Nh5 35. Nxh5 gxh3 36. Rh2 Qd1# 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D71"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nb6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. e3 Be6 10. O-O h6 11. h4 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qc2 f5 14. Qc5 e6 15.
Rfd1 Rf7 16. a3 a5 17. Rac1 Rd7 18. Qc3 a4 19. Be5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. dxe5
Bxg2 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Kxg2 Qd5+ 24. Kg1 c6 25. Qb4 Qd7 26. Rc4 Qd1+ 27. Kg2
Qd5+ 28. Kh2 Qf3 29. Rf4 c5 30. Qxc5 Qc6 31. Qe7 Rf8 32. Rd4 Rf7 33. Rd8+ Kg7
34. Qe8 Qxe8 35. Rxe8 Rc7 36. Rxe6 Rc2 37. Re7+ Kf8 38. Rxb7 Rxf2+ 39. Kh3 Re2
40. Rb4 h5 41. Rxa4 Rxb2 42. Ra7 Re2 43. e6 Rxe3 44. e7+ Ke8 45. Kg2 Re4 46.
Kf3 g5 47. hxg5 h4 48. g6 Rg4 49. gxh4 Rxg6 50. a4 Rg4 51. h5 Rg5 52. h6 Rh5
53. h7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "E16"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8.
Nc3 d6 9. O-O Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Rad1 Nd7 12. Rfe1 Nf6 13. Nh4 Bxg2 14. Nxg2
e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lyskov, Ivan"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B74"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Qc8 11. Kh1 Rd8 12. Bf3 Bc4 13. Rf2 e6 14. Rd2 d5 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. c3 Rxd2 19. Qxd2 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "111"]

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. Bf4 Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. Na4 Bd6 14. Nxc6 Rxc6
15. Rxc6 bxc6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qd4 Qe7 18. Rc1 Bf5 19. e3 Rc8 20. b4 Ne4 21.
Nc5 Nd6 22. Bf1 h5 23. Nb3 Be4 24. Bh3 Rc7 25. Na5 Nb5 26. Qc5 Qf6 27. Bg2 Nd6
28. Qd4 Qf5 29. f3 Nb5 30. Qd2 Bd3 31. Rxc6 Bc4 32. Rxc7 Qb1+ 33. Kf2 Nxc7 34.
Nxc4 dxc4 35. Bf1 Ne6 36. Bxc4 Qh1 37. Bf1 Qxh2+ 38. Bg2 h4 39. gxh4 Qxh4+ 40.
Kg1 g5 41. a4 Kf8 42. a5 Ke7 43. b5 Qc4 44. Bf1 Qc5 45. Kf2 f5 46. Qd3 Qe5 47.
Qa3+ Kd7 48. b6 axb6 49. axb6 Kc6 50. Bc4 Nc5 51. Qa8+ Kxb6 52. Qd8+ Kc6 53.
Qxg5 Qh2+ 54. Ke1 Qc2 55. Qf6+ Kb7 56. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black "Khavin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A52"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 Nxe5 5. Nf3 Nbc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Be2 Bc5
8. O-O d6 9. Nc3 a6 10. b3 h5 11. Na4 Ba7 12. Bb2 Qg5 13. c5 Bh3 14. Bf3 Rd8
15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Qc1 Qxc1 17. Raxc1 Bd7 18. Nc3 c6 19. Na4 g6 20. Rfd1 Ke7 21.
Kf1 f5 22. Rd2 Be6 23. Rcd1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 f4 25. h4 Rg8 26. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Bd2 f5 10. Ne5 Nhf6 11. e3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. f4 d4 15.
Nb5 dxe3 16. Bc3 Qb6 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. a4 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. h3 Nf2 21. Qxe3
Ne4 22. Bd4 a6 23. Rac1 Qd7 24. Nc7 Rac8 25. Bb6 Rfd8 26. Qb3 Nd2 27. Qa2 Qd3
28. Nxe6 Qxg3+ 29. Kh1 Qxh3+ 30. Kg1 Nf3+ 31. Kf2 Rd2+ 32. Ke3 Nxe5+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Re1 b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Rad1 Nd5 15.
Bc1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bf6 17. Ba2 Rc8 18. Bb2 Na5 19. Nd2 Qc7 20. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Fridstein, Grigory"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. exd5 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Bf1 b6 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8
15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bh2 Nd6 19. g4 Bd7 20. f4 e4 21. f5
c4 22. Qf4 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Bf8 24. Bg1 Qb4 25. Bd4 Re8 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Qf6 Nf7
28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Nxe4 Qe1 30. Qf4 Be7 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. Qxf6 Kf8 33. Bxb6 Bxa4
34. Bc5+ Kg8 35. Bd4 Kf8 36. Qg7+ Ke8 37. Qf6 Bxc2 38. Qc6+ Kf8 39. Qc8+ Ke7
40. Qc7+ Kf8 41. Qc8+ Ke7 42. Qxc4 Nd6 43. Bc5 a5 44. Bxd6+ Kxd6 45. Qc6+ Ke7
46. d6+ Kf8 47. Qf3+ Kg7 48. Kg1 Be4 49. Qf4 Qb4 50. d7 Qd4+ 51. Kh2 Qxb2+ 52.
Kg1 Qd4+ 53. Kh2 Qb2+ 54. Kg3 Qc3+ 55. Kf2 Qd4+ 56. Qe3 Qf6+ 57. Kg1 Bc6 58. g5
Qd6 59. Qc3+ Kf7 60. Qxc6 Qxc6 61. d8=N+ Ke7 62. Nxc6+ Kd6 63. Nxa5 Ke5 64.
Nc4+ Kf4 65. h4 Kg3 66. Ne5 Kxh4 67. Nf7 Kg3 68. Bc4 Kf3 69. Bd5+ Ke3 70. Kg2
Kd4 71. Ba2 Kc5 72. Kf3 Kc6 73. Be6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Abramov, Lev"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3
Nd7 9. d4 Bf6 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Bc2 c5 13. a4 Bb7 14. Qe2 Rb8 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Red1 Rfc8 18. Ne1 Ba8 19. f4 cxd4 20. cxd4 exf4 21.
Bxf4 Ng6 22. Bg3 Bh4 23. Bxh4 Nxh4 24. Bd3 Re8 25. Nd2 Bc6 26. Qf2 Ng6 27. Rac1
Qb6 28. Nef3 Nf6 29. Re1 Qb7 30. Qg3 Rbd8 31. d5 Qb6+ 32. Qf2 Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2
Bd7 34. Rc7 Rb8 35. Ra1 Red8 36. Raa7 Be8 37. Nb3 Nd7 38. Ke3 Nde5 39. Nbd4
Nxd3 40. Kxd3 Nf4+ 41. Kd2 Nxg2 42. Nc6 Bxc6 43. dxc6 Rf8 44. Ng5 Rbc8 45. Nxf7
Rxc7 46. Rxc7 Nh4 47. Rd7 Ng6 48. c7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamyshov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 e6
8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. b3 Rd8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Rfe1 Nd5 14. Qe4
Bb4 15. Bd3 Nf6 16. Qh4 Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Be8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 g6 20. Qf6 Rd7
21. Rd3 Qb4 22. c3 Qf8 23. h4 Rad8 24. Red1 Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. f4 h5 27.
Kf2 Rd6 28. Ke3 Kf6 29. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Beilin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bg3 Bxg3 8.
hxg3 Nd7 9. e3 Ngf6 10. Nh4 Bg4 11. Qc2 g6 12. Bd3 Qe7 13. Nf3 Kf8 14. O-O Kg7
15. Rfe1 Qd6 16. Rac1 Rae8 17. Na4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 Qe7 20. Qc3 Nf6
21. Qc5 Qe6 22. b3 a6 23. Qb4 Re7 24. Nc5 Qc8 25. d5 Nxd5 26. Qd4+ f6 27. Ndxe4
b6 28. Na4 Rd8 29. Nxb6 Qf5 30. Nc3 Ree8 31. Nbxd5 cxd5 32. f3 Bxf3 33. Rf1 Qg5
34. Rxf3 Re5 35. Rcf1 Re6 36. b4 h5 37. a4 Red6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. O-O Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Rad1 Nd5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Bb3 b6 14. c4
Nf4 15. Qe4 Ng6 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. Bc3 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Qd7 20. Ne5 Nxe5
21. Qxe5 Bf8 22. Qg3 b5 23. Be5 Rad8 24. d6 g6 25. Qf4 Bg7 26. Bf6 Bxf6 27.
Qxf6 c4 28. Bc2 Re6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. f3 Bd5 31. h4 Qxd6 32. h5 Rf8 33. Qg5
Qb6+ 34. Kh1 Qd8 35. Qxd8 Rxd8 36. hxg6 h6 37. Kh2 Kg7 38. Kg3 Kf6 39. Kg4 b4
40. Kh5 Rh8 41. Rd4 Kg7 42. Rf4 e5 43. Rf5 Re8 44. f4 a5 45. fxe5 c3 46. e6
Bxe6 47. Rxa5 Re7 48. bxc3 bxc3 49. a4 Bd7 50. Rd5 Bc6 51. Rc5 Bxg2 52. Rxc3
Be4 53. Bxe4 Re5+ 54. Kg4 Rxe4+ 55. Kf5 Rxa4 56. Rc7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. c4 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3
e6 9. e3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. d4 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nd7 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Qe2 Rac8 15.
Rfd1 Rfd8 16. dxc5 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Nxc5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rc1 e5 20. Rd1 Bxf3
21. Qxf3 e4 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qf4 f5 24. Qe5 Nd3 25. Qe6+ Kg7 26. Bf1 Qc7 27.
h4 a5 28. Bxd3 exd3 29. Qd5 Qc3 30. Qd6 d2 31. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lyskov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. h3 Bd7
9. a3 Nc7 10. b4 Na6 11. Rb1 b6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. b5 Nb8 15. g4 a6
16. a4 axb5 17. axb5 Ra3 18. Bd3 h6 19. Be3 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 f5 21. Qc1 Qa7 22.
Bg2 e4 23. Nge2 Qa5 24. Bd2 e3 25. fxe3 fxg4 26. Ne4 Qa4 27. Nf4 gxh3 28. Nxh3
Bf5 29. O-O Nd7 30. Nc3 Qxc4 31. Qxa3 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Bc2 Bd7 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Be3 Nd5 13. O-O Nxe3 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Qxe3 Be7 16. Be4 Qc7 17. Rfd1 O-O 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne4 Rfd8 20. Qe2 Qe5
21. Ng3 Qa5 22. Qc4 Qb6 23. Qe2 Rd5 24. Nf1 Rb8 25. Rab1 Bf6 26. Ne3 Rxd1+ 27.
Nxd1 Rd8 28. Qc2 Bg5 29. g3 Rd2 30. Qe4 g6 31. h4 Bh6 32. h5 Qa5 33. hxg6 hxg6
34. Ne3 Qxa2 35. Nc4 Rd5 36. Re1 Bg7 37. Kh2 Rc5 38. Nd6 Re5 39. Qxc6 Rxe1 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khavin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Rd1 a6 8. Nf3
c6 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. O-O b5 12. c5 Ra7 13. Ne2 Kh8 14. h3 g5 15. Bh2 f5
16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qe8 18. Nd4 Bd8 19. g4 Ng7 20. f4 Raf7 21. b4 Rg8 22. Kh1
Bd7 23. a4 Qe7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rg1 Qf8 26. Rdf1 Qe8 27. Qb2 Rff8 28. Ra1 gxf4
29. exf4 fxg4 30. hxg4 Qe7 31. Ra7 Ne8 32. f5 exf5 33. e6 Qh4 34. Nxf5+ Bf6 35.
Nxh4 Bxb2 36. Rxd7 Nf6 37. Ng6+ Rxg6 38. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Black "Fridstein, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O d4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qb6 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Bd3 Be6 18. Qf3 Rad8 19. Rfc1 Qg5 20. Be4
Rd2 21. Rc2 Rfd8 22. h3 g6 23. Rxd2 Rxd2 24. a4 Rxb2 25. Bxb7 Rb3 26. Qe4 Qe7
27. Bd5 Qf6 28. Rf1 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Abramov, Lev"]
[Black "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15.
Bf4 Be6 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. Ng3 g6 18. Ne2 Nb4 19. Nexd4 Nxc2 20. Rxc2 Bd7 21. e5
dxe5 22. Nxe5 Bb4 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Rc6 Qa5 25. Nb3 Qxa2 26. Re4 a5 27. Nc1 Qb1
28. Rxb4 axb4 29. Qxd7 Qxb2 30. Bg5 Qe5 31. Bf6 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Qxf2 33. Nd3 Qd2
34. Qd6 Rfe8 35. Qd5 Qe3 36. Rc7 Qe6 37. Qd4 Ra6 38. Be5 b3 39. Qf4 f6 40. Qh6
Re7 41. Rxe7 Qxe7 42. Qc1 Re6 43. Bg3 Re2 44. Nf4 Rc2 45. Qd1 Kg7 46. Qd5 Rc4
47. Ne6+ Kf7 48. Ng5+ Kg7 49. Bd6 Qe8 50. Qb7+ Kh6 51. Nf7+ Kg7 52. Ne5+ Kh6
53. Nf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Black "Kamyshov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Be3 Ne7 14. d5 Nc5 15.
Bc2 b4 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Nbd2 Ng6 18. Bd3 Be7 19. Nc4 Bd6 20. Bf1 Bd7 21. Ra5
Qf6 22. g3 bxc3 23. bxc3 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nfd2 Qg5 26. Bg2 Ra2 27. Qb1 Ra8
28. Qb7 Rd8 29. h4 Qe7 30. Rb1 Kf8 31. Qa7 Qe8 32. Nxd6 cxd6 33. Qb6 Ba4 34.
Nc4 Qd7 35. Bh3 Qe7 36. Ra1 Bc2 37. Ra7 Qf6 38. Ne3 Nxh4 39. Nxc2 Nf3+ 40. Kh1
Ng5 41. Bg2 h5 42. Ne3 g6 43. Kg1 Kg7 44. Qc7 Re8 45. Nc4 Nf3+ 46. Bxf3 Qxf3
47. Nxd6 Rf8 48. Qe7 Qxc3 49. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C08"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8.
Ngf3 O-O 9. Nb3 Re8 10. Be3 a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. O-O a5 13. Rfe1 Qc7 14. Qd1
Bg4 15. Nc1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Nd3 Qd7 18. Kh1 Qh3 19. Rg1 Bf8 20. f4 Qf5
21. Qf3 g6 22. Rg5 Qe4 23. Qg2 f6 24. Rg4 Bg7 25. Rg1 Rab8 26. b3 a4 27. f5
Qxf5 28. Rxa4 Re4 29. Ra6 d4 30. Bd2 Qe6 31. Rb6 Rc8 32. a4 f5 33. a5 Be5 34.
f3 Bc7 35. fxe4 fxe4 36. Re1 e3 37. Rxc6 Qf5 38. Bxe3 dxe3 39. Rxe3 Nf4 40. Qe4
Qg4 41. Nxf4 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beilin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 a6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. g4 Re8 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Qa5+
15. Ke2 Bxg5 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. h4 Bh6 18. Ng5 Bg4+ 19. f3 Bh5 20. Be4 Qc7 21.
Qc5 g6 22. Rag1 f6 23. Kf2 Qe7 24. Qc3 fxg5 25. Bxg6 gxh4 26. Bxh5 Bxe3+ 27.
Kf1 Bxg1 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. d5+ Kh7 30. Qd3+ Kh6 31. Kxg1 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C33"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qf3 O-O 7. Nge2 Bg4 8.
Qxf4 Bxe2 9. Nxe2 Nxd5 10. exd5 Na6 11. a3 Bd6 12. Qf2 Qg5 13. O-O Qxd5 14. d3
Rae8 15. Bf4 Bc5 16. d4 Qc4 17. Rae1 Bb6 18. c3 Re6 19. Ng3 c5 20. Rxe6 fxe6
21. Qe2 Qd5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Be3 Rxf1+ 24. Nxf1 Nd3 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. h3 h5
27. Ng3 h4 28. Ne4 Nf4 29. Qf3 e5 30. Ng5 Qd2 31. Qg4 Ne2+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+ 33.
Qxf4 Nxf4 34. Kg1 b5 35. Nf3 Nd3 36. b3 Kf7 37. Kf1 Kf6 38. Nxh4 Nc5 39. c4
Nxb3 40. cxb5 b6 41. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Black "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. d3 Nf6 8.
Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ng3 Nbd7 11. d4 Qb6 12. c3 a5 13. Bd3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Bc2 Rfd8 16. Rb1 Qc6 17. Qe2 Qa6 18. c4 Rd7 19. Bg5 Qc6 20. Rbd1 Rad8 21.
Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Re1 b6 23. Nf1 Qc8 24. Be3 Qd8 25. Rb1 Qc7 26. Nd2 Bd6 27. Nf3
Bf4 28. Bd4 Qd8 29. Bc3 Nd3 30. a3 Bc7 31. g3 Nc5 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Nb7 34.
Ng5 h6 35. Ne4 Ne8 36. c5 Rd5 37. Bb3 Rf5 38. Qa6 Qc8 39. Ba4 Nf6 40. Bxf6 gxf6
41. c6 Nd6 42. Qxc8+ Nxc8 43. Rd1 b5 44. Rd7 Bb6 45. Bb3 Rf3 46. Bd1 Ra3 47.
Bh5 Ra7 48. Bxf7+ Kf8 49. Bxe6 Rxd7 50. Bxd7 Ne7 51. Nc3 Kf7 52. Nxb5 Nd5 53.
Nd6+ Kf8 54. Nc4 Bc7 55. b5 Ke7 56. Bg4 Nb6 57. Ne3 Kd6 58. Nf5+ Kc5 59. Be2
Nd5 60. Nxh6 Nc3 61. Bd3 Nxb5 62. Bxb5 Kxb5 63. Ng8 Kxc6 64. Nxf6 Bd8 65. Ng4
Kd5 66. Kg2 Ke4 67. h4 Kf5 68. Kf3 Kg6 69. Ne3 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Black "Lyskov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B83"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Nb3 Na5 10. Qd2 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bd7 12. Bxa7 Bc6 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Be3
b5 15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxb5 Qb7 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. c4 Ne4 20. Qe2 f5
21. f3 Nc5 22. b4 Na6 23. Na7 Qb7 24. b5 Rxa7 25. Bxa7 Qxa7+ 26. Kh1 Nc5 27.
Qxe5 Kf7 28. Qd4 Qa5 29. g4 fxg4 30. Qxg4 Qd2 31. Qh5+ Kf6 32. Qh4+ Kf7 33. Qf2
Qb4 34. Qe2 Bf6 35. Rb1 Qb3 36. Rd1 Qxb2 37. Qxb2 Bxb2 38. Rd8 Ke7 39. Rc8 Bd4
40. b6 Kd7 41. Rc7+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C38"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Nd7 7. d4 Nb6 8. Bd3
h6 9. a4 a5 10. Ne1 Ne7 11. b3 O-O 12. Ra2 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Rd2 Qc7 15. Na3
Bd7 16. Bb2 Ng6 17. Qa1 Bc6 18. c4 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Qe5 20. Nb1 Qxb2 21. Rxb2 Ne5
22. Nc3 Rad8 23. Nd5 Nc8 24. Rd2 Nd6 25. Bc2 Kg7 26. Nf3 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Nc8 28.
Rfd1 Rd7 29. Kf2 Re8 30. Re2 Re5 31. Red2 f6 32. Rd3 Rf7 33. Nc3 Re8 34. Nb5
Rfe7 35. Nc3 Nb6 36. Rd6 Rf7 37. R6d2 Nd7 38. Bd3 Ne5 39. Be2 Rfe7 40. Nd5 Rf7
41. Bf1 h5 42. Bh3 Kh6 43. Bf5 Ref8 44. Rg1 Rd8 45. Rgd1 Rd6 46. Nc3 Rxd2+ 47.
Rxd2 Bd7 48. Bxd7 Rxd7 49. Rd5 g4 50. Ne2 Rxd5 51. exd5 Kg5 52. Nc3 f5 53. d6
Kf6 54. Nd5+ Ke6 55. Nxf4+ Kxd6 56. fxg4 Nxg4+ 57. Ke2 Ke5 58. Nxh5 Nxh2 59.
Ng7 f4 60. Ne8 Ng4 61. Kf3 Nh6 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khavin, Abram"]
[Black "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C26"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Be3 Nbd7 6. Qf3 c6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. h3
b5 9. Bb3 a5 10. a3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Nc5 12. Ba2 b4 13. Nd1 Be6 14. Bb1 Qb6 15.
O-O Rab8 16. Ng3 Kh8 17. Kh2 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Nf5 e4 20. Qf4 Bxf5 21. Qxf5
exd3 22. axb4 axb4 23. Nf2 d2 24. Ba2 b3 25. cxb3 Nxb3 26. Rad1 Qxe3 27. Ng4
Nxg4+ 28. Qxg4 Nc1 29. Bb1 g6 30. Qd7 Kg8 31. Qxd5 Rxb2 32. Be4 Na2 33. Qe5 Nc3
34. Rf3 Nxd1 35. Rxe3 Nxe3 36. Bf3 d1=Q 37. Bxd1 Nxd1 38. Qd4 Rb1 39. h4 h5 40.
g4 hxg4 41. h5 Re8 42. h6 Rb2+ 43. Kg3 Re3+ 44. Kf4 Rf2+ 45. Kxg4 Re4+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Fridstein, Grigory"]
[Black "Abramov, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Bb2 c5 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rfd1 Bf6 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. exd4
Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Rc8 16. Bb4 Bxe5 17. Bxf8 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Rxf8 20. g3
Qh3 21. Qe7 Bc8 22. Bf1 Qf5 23. Rac1 h5 24. Bd3 Qg4 25. Qe2 Qg5 26. Qd2 Qg4 27.
Be2 Qf5 28. Rc7 Nf6 29. Qf4 Qxf4 30. gxf4 a5 31. Rc6 Re8 32. Bf3 Bg4 33. Bxg4
Nxg4 34. Rd2 h4 35. Kg2 Nf6 36. Rxb6 Re4 37. b4 axb4 38. Rxb4 Rxf4 39. a4 Ne4
40. Ra2 Rg4+ 41. Kh2 Ng5 42. Rb3 Ne6 43. a5 Nxd4 44. Rd3 Nc6 45. a6 d4 46. a7
Nxa7 47. Rxa7 Rf4 48. f3 g5 49. Rd7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamyshov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Fridstein, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D71"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
e3 O-O 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nf4 Rb8 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Rb1 b6 14. Ba3 Bb7
15. e4 e6 16. Ne3 Qc7 17. Qb3 Rfd8 18. Rbd1 Rbc8 19. d5 c4 20. Qc2 exd5 21. Be7
Re8 22. exd5 Qe5 23. d6 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rc5 25. Rd4 Qe6 26. Re4 Re5 27. Rxe5 Qxe5
28. Rd1 Rc8 29. Rd4 Qa5 30. Rd5 Rc5 31. Qe4 Rxd5 32. Nxd5 Qc5 33. Nc7 h5 34.
Qa8+ Kh7 35. Qf3 Ne5 36. Qd5 Qxd5+ 37. Nxd5 f5 38. f4 Nd7 39. Kf3 Kg8 40. Ke3
Kf7 41. Kd2 Nc5 42. Nc7 Ne4+ 43. Kc2 Bxc3 44. Nb5 Bb4 45. Nxa7 Ke6 46. Nc6 Bxd6
47. Bxd6 Nxd6 48. Kc3 Kd5 49. Ne7+ Kc5 50. Nxg6 Nb5+ 51. Kb2 Nd6 52. Nf8 Kd4
53. Kc2 Ke3 54. Ng6 b5 55. a3 Kd4 56. h3 Ke3 57. Nh4 Kd4 58. Nf3+ Kd5 59. Nh4
Kc5 60. Kb2 Kd4 61. Kc2 Ke3 62. Kb2 Kd3 63. Nf3 Ne4 64. g4 hxg4 65. hxg4 fxg4
66. Ne5+ Kd2 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Fridstein, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B59"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Be6 11. Bd3 a5 12. Kh1 a4 13. Nd2 a3 14. b3 Nb4 15.
Nf3 Nh5 16. Be3 Bf6 17. Nd4 g6 18. Be2 Ng7 19. Qd2 Be5 20. Ncb5 Nc6 21. Bg5 Qc8
22. c3 Na7 23. Nxa3 Bg4 24. Nc4 Bxe2 25. Nxe2 Qg4 26. Nb6 Rae8 27. Nd5 Nc6 28.
Bf6 Nh5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Nef4 Qg5 31. Rad1 f5 32. Nxh5 Qxh5 33. Nb6 Rxe4 34.
Qd5+ Kg7 35. Qxd6 Rd8 36. Qc7+ Re7 37. Qxe7+ Nxe7 38. Rxd8 Qe2 39. Rfd1 f4 40.
R8d2 Qe3 41. Nc4 Qxc3 42. Rd7 Kf6 43. Nd6 Qe3 44. Nc4 Qc3 45. R7d3 Qc2 46. R3d2
Qc3 47. Nd6 Qe3 48. Nc4 Qc3 49. Rd6+ Kg7 50. R6d3 Qc2 51. R3d2 Qc3 52. Rd7 Kf6
53. Nb6 Qc2 54. R7d2 Qc7 55. h3 Kg5 56. Nd5 Nxd5 57. Rxd5+ Kh6 58. R1d3 Qc2 59.
a4 Qe2 60. Kh2 Qe4 61. Rd7 Qe5 62. Rf3 Qe4 63. h4 g5 64. hxg5+ Kxg5 65. Rg7+
Kf5 66. Rxh7 Kg5 67. Rf7 Qc6 68. R3xf4 Qh6+ 69. Kg3 Qd6 70. Rf5+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beilin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Fridstein, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D76"]
[PlyCount "45"]

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. Qc1 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nb5 Qxb2 13. Qxb2 Bxb2 14.
Rab1 Bf6 15. Nxc7 Rac8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rfc1 Nd5 18. Bh6 Nc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20.
Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Rxb7 Ra3 22. e3 Rxa2 23. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fridstein, Grigory"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Be3 Qc7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Ne1 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 O-O 11. Nd3 Rfe8 12. f4 exd4 13. Bxd4 Bf8 14. Qf3 h6
15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Kh1 Nh7 17. Nf2 a6 18. Ng4 g6 19. a4 h5 20. Nf2 Bg7 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Rd2 a5 23. g4 hxg4 24. Nxg4 Ndf6 25. Nxf6 Nxf6 26. f5 Qe7 27. Rdf2 Rf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Black "Fridstein, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D75"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 O-O 8.
dxc5 Na6 9. Ne1 Ndb4 10. Qa4 Qc7 11. a3 Bd7 12. Qd1 Nc6 13. Nd3 Bf5 14. Nc3
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nxc5 16. Qd5 Nd4 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Qc4 Nce6 19. Qxc7 Nxc7 20. Rad1
Nce6 21. Rd2 Rab8 22. Rfd1 b6 23. Bd5 Kf8 24. g4 Rd6 25. Bxe6 Nxe6 26. Rxd6
exd6 27. Rxd6 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Ke7 29. Rd5 Rc8 30. f3 Rc4 31. Bd2 Nc7 32. Rd4 Rc5
33. c4 Ne6 34. Re4 Kd7 35. Kf2 f6 36. Ke1 Rc6 37. Bb4 Nc5 38. Rd4+ Ke6 39. Kd1
a5 40. Bxc5 Rxc5 41. a4 h5 42. h3 hxg4 43. hxg4 Ke5 44. e3 Rc8 45. Kd2 Ke6 46.
Kd3 f5 47. g5 Rh8 48. Rd5 Rh1 49. Rb5 Rd1+ 50. Kc2 Rd6 51. Kc3 Rc6 52. Rd5 Rc8
53. Kd4 Rb8 54. Rb5 Rd8+ 55. Kc3 Rd6 56. c5 bxc5 57. Rxc5 Ra6 58. Kc4 Kd7 59.
f4 Kd6 60. Kb5 Ra8 61. Re5 Rb8+ 62. Kxa5 Ra8+ 63. Kb4 Rb8+ 64. Kc4 Rc8+ 65. Kd3
Rc1 66. Re8 Rc6 67. Rf8 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Lyskov, Ivan"]
[Black "Fridstein, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B73"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. c4 Bd7 13. b3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5
15. f4 e6 16. Nc3 Qf6 17. Nde2 Rcd8 18. Nb5 e5 19. Rad1 Be8 20. Ng3 Qe6 21. Qd5
Qxd5 22. Rxd5 a6 23. Nxd6 Ne7 24. Rdd1 Bc6 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Ndxf5 Ng6 27. Nh6+
1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Fridstein, Grigory"]
[Black "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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. Bf4 Bf5 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. dxc5 d4 12. Nb5 d3 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 dxe2
15. Qxe2 Re8 16. Qb5 Be4 17. Rfd1 Qd7 18. Qb3 h6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Qf5 21.
Bxf6 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 gxf6 23. Qxb7 Re2 24. Qf3 Qxf3+ 25. Kxf3 Rxb2 26. c6 Kf8 27.
Rd7 Rb6 28. c7 Re6 29. Rd8+ Re8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Kf4 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fridstein, Grigory"]
[Black "Khavin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
c6 9. Rb1 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bc1 a5 12. b3 Re8 13. Ba3 Bf8 14. Qd2 Nh6 15. dxe5
Nxe5 16. Nd4 Nef7 17. Rbd1 Qe7 18. f4 Qc7 19. Bf3 Bg4 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 21. h3 Ngh6
22. f5 g5 23. Ne6 Qb8 24. Ne2 Be7 25. Ng3 a4 26. Bb2 axb3 27. axb3 Ra2 28. Nh5
b5 29. Ra1 Qa7+ 30. Kh1 bxc4 31. bxc4 Ne5 32. Bxe5 Rxd2 33. Rxa7 dxe5 34. Rb1
Kf7 35. Rb6 Ng8 36. c5 Rc2 37. Rxc6 Rc4 38. Rb6 Rxe4 39. Rbb7 Rc4 40. Rd7 Rb8
41. Nd8+ Kf8 42. Nc6 Re8 43. Nxe7 Rxe7 44. Rd8+ Re8 45. Rxe8+ Kxe8 46. Ng7+ Kf8
47. Ne6+ Ke8 48. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamyshov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Abramov, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 c5 8. e3
O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Rd1 Nxc5 14.
Rxd5 b6 15. Rd1 Bb7 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Rc1 Ne4 18. c4 Nd6 19. Nb3 Rc7 20. f3 Rfc8
21. Kd2 Nxc4+ 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Nxc1 Kf8 26. Kc3 Ke7
27. Kd4 Kd6 28. Ne2 Bc6 29. e4 Bd7 30. a3 b5 31. f4 Kc6 32. f5 f6 33. Nf4 Kd6
34. Nh5 Be8 35. Nxg7 Bf7 36. Ne6 Bxe6 37. fxe6 a6 38. e7 Kxe7 39. Kc5 h5 40.
Kb6 Kd6 41. Kxa6 Kc5 42. Ka5 h4 43. h3 Kc6 44. Kb4 Kb6 45. Kc3 Ka5 46. Kd4 Ka4
47. Kc5 Ka5 48. Kc6 Ka4 49. Kb6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Abramov, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. d3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Qe1 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Qd5 12. Qa4 Bd6 13. Be3 h6 14. Rae1
f6 15. Nd2 Rhe8 16. Ne4 Bf8 17. a3 a6 18. Rb1 Nd4 19. Rf2 Nf5 20. Bd2 Qc6 21.
Qxc6+ bxc6 22. Bc3 Rd5 23. Re1 Nd4 24. Ng3 Rd7 25. Nf1 Bd6 26. Ne3 Bc7 27. Nc4
Kd8 28. Ba5 Bxa5 29. Nxa5 Kc7 30. a4 Nf5 31. g4 Nd6 32. Rfe2 Rde7 33. Nb3 Nb7
34. Re4 Nd6 35. R4e3 Nb7 36. Re4 Nd6 37. R4e3 Nb7 38. Kf2 Kd6 39. Nd2 Kd7 40.
Nb3 Kd6 41. R1e2 e5 42. f5 Kc7 43. a5 Rd7 44. Re4 Rd5 45. Rc4 Rb8 46. h3 Rh8
47. Re1 Rb8 48. Rc3 Rh8 49. Ra1 h5 50. Kg3 hxg4 51. hxg4 Rh6 52. Rf1 g5 53.
fxg6 Rxg6 54. Rf5 Rd7 55. Nxc5 Nxc5 56. Rxc5 Rd4 57. g5 Kd6 58. Rc3 Rxg5+ 59.
Rxg5 fxg5 60. Ra3 Rb4 61. b3 Rf4 62. Ra1 e4 63. dxe4 Rxe4 64. Kf3 Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Abramov, Lev"]
[Black "Beilin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A18"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. fxg7 cxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Bxg7
8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Bxh7 O-O-O 12. Be4 f5 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14.
O-O-O Qf6 15. Be3 Ba4 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Bg5 Bxc2 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Kxc2 e5 20.
Nd2 e4 21. Rd1 Bd4 22. Nf1 Bxf2 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Kd2 Kd7 25. Ne3 Ke6 26. Ke2
Bg1 27. h3 Bh2 28. b3 Bd6 29. Nd5 c6 30. Ne3 Ke5 31. Nd1 f4 32. Nf2 Bc5 33.
Ng4+ Kf5 34. Nh6+ Kg6 35. Ng4 Bd4 36. Nh2 Kg5 37. Nf1 Kf5 38. Nh2 Be5 39. Ng4
Bd6 40. Nh6+ Kg6 41. Ng4 Kg5 42. Nf2 Kf5 43. Ng4 Bf8 44. Nf2 Bg7 45. Ng4 a5 46.
Nf2 Ke5 47. Ng4+ Kf5 48. Kf2 Bf8 49. Ke2 Be7 50. Kf2 Ke6 51. Ke2 Kd6 52. Kd2
Bg5 53. Kc3 Ke6 54. Nh2 Bf6+ 55. Kd2 Kd6 56. Ng4 Bh4 57. Kc2 Kc5 58. Nh6 f3 59.
gxf3 exf3 60. Kd3 Kb4 61. Nf5 f2 62. Ke2 Bf6 63. Nd6 Ka3 64. Nxb7 Bc3 65. Nd8
c5 66. Nb7 Bb4 67. h4 Kxa2 68. h5 Kxb3 69. h6 Bc3 70. Nxc5+ Kxc4 71. Ne4 Bb2
72. Nxf2 a4 73. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Abramov, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nb5 Nf6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. f3 Bh5 13. Bg5 Bg6 14. Re1
Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Qxb2 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qd2 Bxd3 18. Ra2 Qb6 19. Nxd5 Qd4 20. Qxd3
Qxd3 21. cxd3 Kg7 22. Nf4 Rfd8 23. Rb2 Rd7 24. Kg1 b6 25. Kf2 Ne5 26. Re3 Rc8
27. Rb3 Rd4 28. g3 Rc2+ 29. Re2 Rc1 30. Ra2 Rh1 31. Ke3 Rd7 32. Rc2 Re7 33. Nd5
Re8 34. Nc7 Re7 35. Nd5 Rd7 36. Nf4 Rf1 37. Rf2 Rc1 38. Nh5+ Kg6 39. Nf4+ Kh6
40. Ke4 Re7 41. Kf5 Ng6 42. d4 Nxf4 43. gxf4 Rd1 44. Kxf6 Re6+ 45. Kxf7 Rc6 46.
f5 Rxd4 47. f4 Rd7+ 48. Ke8 Rb7 49. Rh3+ Kg7 50. Rg2+ Kh8 51. Rd3 Rc8+ 52. Rd8
Rxd8+ 53. Kxd8 Rf7 54. Rg5 h6 55. Rg4 Rxf5 56. Ke7 h5 57. Ke6 Rf8 58. Rh4 Kg7
59. Rxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Black "Abramov, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Rac1 Qf6 13. Bd3 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 c5
15. Qc2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 g6 17. Be4 Rad8 18. Qa4 cxd4 19. exd4 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Nf6
21. Qxa7 Qb5 22. Rcc1 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Qxb2 24. d5 exd5 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Qb7 Rfd8
27. Rc8 Qe2 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Kg1 h5 30. Qxb6 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Rd3
33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qg3 Qd5 35. Qg2 Qxa2 36. h3 Qe6 37. Kh2 Qd6+ 38. Kh1 Qf4 39.
Re1 Kh6 40. Kg1 Qf5 41. Kh2 Rf3 42. Re2 f6 43. Qf1 Qd3 44. Re1 Qd6+ 45. Kg2 Qd5
46. Kh2 Qf5 47. Re2 g5 48. Ra2 Kg6 49. Re2 g4 50. hxg4 hxg4 51. Kg1 g3 52. Qg2
Qb1+ 53. Qf1 Qxf1+ 54. Kxf1 Kg5 55. Kg1 Rxf2 56. Re4 f5 57. Ra4 Rb2 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lyskov, Ivan"]
[Black "Abramov, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Qc7 8. f4
b5 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Kh1 Bc5 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Nxc5 Nxc5
15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Bg5 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qh5 Ra7 19. Rf4 g6 20. Qh4 f5 21.
exf6 e5 22. Rff1 Rd7 23. Rae1 e4 24. b4 Ne6 25. Bh6 Re8 26. Qxe4 Qxe4 27. Rxe4
Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Abramov, Lev"]
[Black "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C79"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bg4 7. c3 Nd7 8. d3
Qf6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne6 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Ne3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 Ng6
15. Ng2 Be7 16. Kf1 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Nxg5 18. Ke2 h5 19. h4 Nh3 20. Rh1 Nhf4+ 21.
Nxf4 Nxf4+ 22. Ke3 Ke7 23. Rag1 g6 24. d4 c5 25. Bb3 cxd4+ 26. cxd4 Rac8 27.
Rg5 f6 28. Rg3 Rh7 29. a4 Rc6 30. a5 b6 31. Rhg1 bxa5 32. Rxg6 Nxg6 33. Rxg6
Rb6 34. Bg8 Rh8 35. Bd5 Rxb2 36. Rg7+ Ke8 37. Ra7 Rb8 38. f4 exd4+ 39. Kxd4 Kd8
40. Rxa6 Kc7 41. Rxa5 Kb6 42. Ra1 Rhc8 43. Rg1 Rc2 44. Rg6 Rf8 45. Rh6 Rxf2 46.
Ke3 Rh2 47. Rxh5 f5 48. exf5 Rf6 49. Kf3 Kc5 50. Kg3 Rb2 51. Be6 Kd4 52. Rh8
Ke4 53. Re8 Kd4 54. Rd8 Ke3 55. Re8 Kd4 56. Ra8 Rb1 57. Ra4+ Ke3 58. Ra3+ Ke4
59. Kg4 Rg1+ 60. Rg3 Rxg3+ 61. Kxg3 d5 62. Kg4 d4 63. Kg5 Rf8 64. f6 Ke3 65. f7
d3 66. Bb3 d2 67. Kg6 Kxf4 68. h5 Rb8 69. Bd1 Ke3 70. h6 Rb1 71. f8=Q Rxd1 72.
Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Abramov, Lev"]
[Black "Khavin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. h4 c6
9. Qc1 Kh7 10. Nf3 Ng8 11. h5 g5 12. Qc2 Kh8 13. O-O-O Bf5 14. e4 Bg4 15. Rdf1
Nd7 16. Kb1 a6 17. Ne1 b5 18. f4 f6 19. Bh3 Bxh3 20. Rxh3 Rb8 21. Nd1 Qc7 22.
Rh2 exf4 23. gxf4 Nc5 24. Rhf2 Qe7 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Ne3 Ra8 27. Nf5 Qe6 28. b3
Ne7 29. fxg5 fxg5 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Bc3+ Kg8 32. Rf6 Qh3 33. Qf2 Nd7 34. Rxf8+
Rxf8 35. Qd4 Ne5 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Qxd6 Nf7 38. Qf6 c5 39. b4 Qxh5 40. bxc5
Qd1+ 41. Kb2 Qe2+ 42. Ka3 Qe3 43. Kb4 h5 44. Kxb5 h4 45. c6 h3 46. Bb4 Qa7 47.
Nf3 Ke8 48. Bxe7 Qxe7 49. Qxe7+ Kxe7 50. Nh2 Ne5 51. d4 g4 52. Nf1 Nf7 53. e5
Kd8 54. Kb6 Kc8 55. a4 Nd8 56. a5 Ne6 57. a6 g3 58. a7 Nc7 59. Nxg3 h2 60. e6
Nd5+ 61. Kc5 Nc7 62. e7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kamyshov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D49"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. Qf3 Qa5+ 14. Ke2 Bd6
15. Bd2 Qa6 16. a4 O-O 17. Bxb5 Qb7 18. Qxb7 Bxb7 19. Nc4 Be7 20. f3 Nd5 21.
Kd3 Rfd8 22. Na5 Rab8 23. Rhc1 Bf6 24. b4 e5 25. Nxb7 Rxb7 26. Rc4 e4+ 27. fxe4
Ne3 28. Rc6 Ng4 29. Rac1 Ne5+ 30. Ke2 Nxc6 31. Bxc6 Rbb8 32. Kd3 Be5 33. h3 Rd6
34. a5 Rg6 35. g4 Rf6 36. a6 Rf3+ 37. Kc4 Ra3 38. b5 d3 39. Bb4 Ra4 40. Kb3 d2
41. Bxd2 Rxa6 42. Bb4 Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Beilin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kamyshov, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3
Qe7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. Nh4 g6 13. f4 e4 14. g3 Nb6 15. a4
Bh3 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. Qb2 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Be2 Rxc1+ 20. Qxc1 Bb4 21. Ra2
Rc8 22. Rc2 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Qa3 25. Qd1 h5 26. Ng2 Qb2 27. Ne1 Qc3
28. Kf2 Bg4 29. Qc2 Qa1 30. Qd2 Kg7 31. Bxg4 Nxg4+ 32. Kf1 Qa3 33. h3 Nh6 34.
Qc3 Qd6 35. Kg2 Nf5 36. Nc2 Qa6 37. Kf2 h4 38. g4 Ng3 39. Qd2 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamyshov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. Bxf6
Nxf6 9. c5 b6 10. c6 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 e5 13. Nxe4 Qd5 14. Nc3 Qxc6 15.
Bd3 Qxg2 16. Be4 Qh3 17. Bxa8 Bg4 18. Qd3 Rxa8 19. Rg1 Bf3 20. Rg3 Qh5 21. e4
Qh6 22. Qd2 Qh5 23. Qe3 Bg4 24. dxe5 Bg5 25. f4 Bh4 26. Nd5 Rd8 27. Rxc7 Kh8
28. Rc1 h6 29. Kf2 Be6 30. Kg1 Bxg3 31. hxg3 Qg4 32. Nc3 Bc4 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34.
Qd3 Bxe4 35. Qxd8+ Kh7 36. Qd2 Qxg3+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Black "Kamyshov, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D75"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Qh5 11. dxc5 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bf6 13. h3 Bxh3 14. Rxb7
Rab8 15. Rxb8 Rxb8 16. Qa4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd5 18. Rd1 Qe6 19. Rd3 Rb4 20. Qa6
Kg7 21. Rb3 Rc4 22. Rb7 Qe4 23. Rc7 Nb4 24. Qb5 Nd5 25. Rxa7 Nxe3+ 26. fxe3 Rc3
27. c6 Qxe3 28. Qa6 Bd4 29. Rd7 Qf2+ 30. Kh3 Be5 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lyskov, Ivan"]
[Black "Kamyshov, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D03"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. e3 g6 7. Nbd2 Nxc5 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O a5 11. Nb3 Ne4 12. a4 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nf6
15. Nd4 e5 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. Kg2 Rad8 18. Qb3 Ne7 19. Rad1 Nf5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
e4 Nh4+ 22. Kh2 Bg5 23. Rh1 Bf4+ 24. Kg1 Qe7 25. Kf1 dxe4 26. fxe4 Rxd1+ 27.
Qxd1 Rd8 28. Bd3 Kh8 29. Ke2 f5 30. f3 Bh6 31. Qg1 Nxf3 32. Qg3 fxe4 33. Bxe4
Rd2+ 34. Kxf3 Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamyshov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "E37"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Nd2 Nd4 11. Qd3 e5 12. b4 Qa4 13. Ra2 Bf5 14. cxd5
Nxc5 15. Qc3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. e3 Qb3 18. Bb5+ Kd8 19. Qxb3 Nxb3 20. O-O
Ke7 21. d6+ Ke6 22. f3 a6 23. Bc4+ Bd5 24. Bxd5+ Kxd5 25. Rd1+ Ke6 26. Rc2 Rac8
27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Bb2 a5 29. f4 f6 30. fxe5 fxe5 31. d7 Rd8 32. Kf2 Rxd7 33.
Rxd7 Kxd7 34. Bxe5 g6 35. Bc3 Kc6 36. bxa5 Nc5 37. Kf3 Kd5 38. Bb4 Ne6 39. h4
h5 40. g3 Ke5 41. Bc3+ Kd5 42. Bd4 Nd8 43. g4 hxg4+ 44. Kxg4 Ne6 45. Kf3 Nf8
46. Bb6 Ne6 47. e4+ Kd6 48. Ke3 Ke5 49. Ba7 Nd8 50. Bd4+ Kd6 51. Kd3 Nf7 52.
Bc3 Nd8 53. Kc4 Kc6 54. Kd4 Kd6 55. Bb4+ Ke6 56. Kc5 Kd7 57. Kb6 Kc8 58. a6
bxa6 59. Kxa6 Ne6 60. Kb6 Nd4 61. a4 Kb8 62. e5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kamyshov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Khavin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O
8. Re1 Qc7 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Rd8 11. Be3 Nf8 12. Qd3 g6 13. c4 Ne6 14. Bf1 f5
15. Rad1 a5 16. a3 a4 17. Bd2 Bf8 18. Qe3 Bg7 19. Bc3 b6 20. d5 Bxc3 21. bxc3
cxd5 22. cxd5 Nc5 23. d6 Qb7 24. Qh6 Ne6 25. Bc4 Qd7 26. Rd4 f4 27. Ng5 Nxg5
28. Qxg5 Rf8 29. Re7 Qf5 30. Qh6 Qf6 31. Rxf4 Bf5 32. g4 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Kamyshov, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "E04"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8.
dxe5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Nd5 10. Na3 c3 11. Bxd5 cxb2 12. Bxb2 exd5 13. Nb5 Kd7 14.
Nc3 Kc6 15. Nxd5 Be6 16. e4 c4 17. a4 Rd8 18. Rac1 Bxd5 19. exd5+ Rxd5 20. Rxd5
Kxd5 21. Rd1+ Kc6 22. Rd8 Kc7 23. Ra8 Ba3 24. Rxh8 Bxb2 25. Rxh7 c3 26. Rh4 b5
27. axb5 Kb6 28. Rc4 Kxb5 29. Rc8 a5 30. f4 a4 31. f5 a3 32. e6 a2 33. Rb8+ Kc4
34. e7 a1=Q+ 35. Kg2 Qe1 36. Rc8+ Kb5 37. Rb8+ Ka6 38. e8=Q Qxe8 39. Rxe8 c2
40. Rc8 c1=Q 41. Rxc1 Bxc1 42. Kf3 Kb6 43. h4 Kc6 44. f6 g6 45. g4 Kd5 46. g5
Bxg5 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beilin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.
Qc2+ Bf5 15. Qxc5 Rac8 16. Qxd5 Rfd8 17. Qb5 Bd3 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Rfe1 Nb4 20.
Nd4 Nc2 21. Nxc2 Rxc2 22. Nf3 Be2 23. Qg5 Bxf3 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. gxf3 Rdd2 26.
Rf1 a5 27. Kg2 b5 28. a4 b4 29. Rad1 Re2 30. Kg3 Rb2 31. Rd5 Rxb3 32. Rxa5 Ra3
33. Rb1 b3 34. Ra8+ Kg7 35. a5 Raa2 36. Rxb3 Rxf2 37. Rbb8 f5 38. Rg8+ Kf6 39.
Ra6+ Ke7 40. Rg5 Rg2+ 41. Kf4 Ra4+ 42. Kxf5 Rxh2 43. e4 Rha2 44. Ra7+ Kd6 45.
Kf6 Rf2 46. Rf5 Ra3 47. Ra6+ Kd7 48. f4 Ra4 49. Rd5+ Kc7 50. Kf5 Rh2 51. Ra7+
Kc6 52. Rxf7 Rh5+ 53. Kg6 Rxd5 54. exd5+ Kxd5 55. Kg5 Ra1 56. Re7 Kd6 57. Re5
Ra4 58. Kf5 Kd7 59. Rd5+ Kc6 60. Rd1 Rxa5+ 61. Ke6 Ra2 62. Rc1+ Kb7 63. f5 Re2+
64. Kf7 Rf2 65. f6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B05"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 dxe5 7. c5 e4 8. cxb6
exf3 9. Bxf3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. bxa7 Nd7 12. O-O e6 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Qg4 O-O
15. Bh6 Bf6 16. Rad1 Kh8 17. Bc1 Be7 18. Rd3 Ne5 19. dxe5 Qxd3 20. Be3 Qc2 21.
Qc4 Rfd8 22. g3 c5 23. Rc1 Qf5 24. Nb5 Qxe5 25. b4 b6 26. a4 Qd5 27. Qxd5 exd5
28. a5 bxa5 29. bxc5 Rdc8 30. c6 Kg8 31. Bf4 Kf8 32. Bb8 Ke8 33. c7 Kd7 34. Kf1
Bb4 35. Ke2 Re8+ 36. Kd3 Kc8 37. Kd4 Re6 38. Rc2 Rb6 39. Re2 Re6 40. Re3 Rxe3
41. fxe3 a4 42. Nc3 Bxc3+ 43. Kxc3 f5 44. h4 g6 45. Kb4 h6 46. Kxa4 g5 47. hxg5
hxg5 48. Kb5 d4 49. exd4 Kd7 50. Kc4 Kc8 51. Kd5 Kd7 52. Ke5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+
8. Be2 Na6 9. Bc3 f6 10. Qd6 Bd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Qg3 g5 13. Rd4 Qg6 14. c5
Nxc5 15. Bb4 Na4 16. Ba5 Nb6 17. Ra4 e5 18. Qe3 c5 19. Qxc5+ Bc6 20. Bg4+ Kc7
21. Rb4 Kb8 22. Rxb6 axb6 23. Bxb6 Nh6 24. Qa5 Nxg4 25. Bxd8 Qf7 26. Bb6 Qc4+
27. Kd2 Be4 28. Nf3 Qd3+ 29. Ke1 Qb1+ 30. Kd2 Qxb2+ 31. Ke1 Qb1+ 32. Kd2 Qc2+
33. Ke1 Qb1+ 34. Kd2 Qd3+ 35. Ke1 Qa6 36. Qxa6 bxa6 37. h3 Nh6 38. Ke2 Kb7 39.
Be3 Rc8 40. Rc1 Rxc1 41. Bxc1 Nf5 42. Ba3 Kc6 43. g4 Bxf3+ 44. Kxf3 Nd6 45.
Bxd6 Kxd6 46. Ke4 Ke6 47. f3 a5 48. a3 Kd6 49. Ke3 Kc5 50. Kd3 Kd5 51. Kc3 e4
52. fxe4+ Kxe4 53. Kc4 f5 54. gxf5 Kxf5 55. Kb5 h5 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lyskov, Ivan"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Nf3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qa5 8. Qd2
Nbc6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Rb1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 b6 13. Bc3 O-O 14. Bd3
Rfc8 15. h4 Nd8 16. Kd2 Nec6 17. h5 Nb7 18. h6 g6 19. Ba6 Rc7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21.
Nh2 Rc7 22. Ng4 Rac8 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Rh3 Nb8 25. g4 Ba4 26. Rb4 Rc4 27. Rf3
Na6 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. g5 Rc7 30. Ng4 Kg8 31. Ne3 Rc8 32. Bb4 Nxb4 33. axb4 a5
34. bxa5 bxa5 35. Rg3 Rb8 36. Rg1 Rb4 37. Kc3 Kf8 38. Ra1 Ke7 39. Ra2 Kd7 40.
Rb2 Rxb2 41. Kxb2 Bb5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Re1 Ne7 9. d4 Ng6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Bxe8 Qxe8 13. Bc1 h6 14. h3 Bd7
15. Nh2 Bc6 16. f3 Nh5 17. Qe2 Qe6 18. Ng4 Kh7 19. Ne3 Ngf4 20. Qf2 g6 21. c4
f5 22. Nd5 fxe4 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. Nxc7 Qf5 25. Nxa8 exf3 26. g4 Qf6 27. Kh2 e4
28. Qg3 Qc3 29. Qf2 h5 30. Rad1 Qe5 31. Qd4 Qg5 32. Qd8 Qc5 33. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Khavin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. O-O Be7
8. h3 Bh5 9. d4 Nd7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bb3 Bd6 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 a5 14. c3 Nb6
15. a4 Bc7 16. Qf3 Qd6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bd2 g5 19. Re2 Rae8 20. Rae1 Rxe2 21.
Rxe2 Nd5 22. Kf1 Ne7 23. Qe4 Ng6 24. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Beilin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D58"]
[PlyCount "208"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bb1 Re8 14. Qd3 g6
15. Ne2 c4 16. Qc2 b5 17. Nf4 Nf8 18. Rfd1 Qd6 19. b3 Bc8 20. bxc4 bxc4 21. Qa4
Bg4 22. Qa5 Red8 23. Bc2 Qb6 24. Qa3 Ne6 25. Rb1 Qc7 26. Nxe6 Bxe6 27. Rb5 Rdb8
28. Rdb1 Rxb5 29. Rxb5 Rb8 30. Qb2 Rxb5 31. Qxb5 Qb6 32. Qb1 Kg7 33. h3 Qd6 34.
Qb2 Bd8 35. Ne5 Bc7 36. f4 Qb6 37. Qc3 Bd6 38. Kf2 Bb4 39. Qa1 Qa6 40. Bxg6 Qa3
41. f5 Bc8 42. Qb1 Bd2 43. Ng4 fxg6 44. Qb8 Qf8 45. Qe5+ Kg8 46. Nf6+ Kf7 47.
Nxd5 Qd8 48. fxg6+ Kxg6 49. Nf4+ Kh7 50. Qe4+ Kh8 51. Qc6 c3 52. Qxh6+ Kg8 53.
Qg6+ Kf8 54. Qh6+ Kg8 55. Qg6+ Kf8 56. Qh6+ Ke8 57. Qg6+ Kd7 58. Qf5+ Kc6 59.
Qe4+ Kc7 60. d5 Qh4+ 61. g3 Qf6 62. g4 Qh4+ 63. Kf3 Be1 64. Qc4+ Kd8 65. Qc6
Qf2+ 66. Ke4 Qc2+ 67. Ke5 Qh7 68. Kd4 c2 69. Ne2 Bd2 70. d6 Ba5 71. e4 Bb6+ 72.
Kd3 Ba6+ 73. Kxc2 Bb7 74. Qb5 Qxe4+ 75. Kb2 Bc6 76. Qg5+ Kd7 77. Nc3 Qb4+ 78.
Kc2 Qxd6 79. Qf5+ Kd8 80. g5 Bd7 81. Qh7 Qh2+ 82. Kd3 Qg3+ 83. Kc2 Qxg5 84.
Qh8+ Kc7 85. h4 Qf5+ 86. Kd2 Qf2+ 87. Kd3 Bf5+ 88. Kc4 Be6+ 89. Kd3 Bxa2 90.
Qe5+ Kd8 91. Qg5+ Kc8 92. h5 Qd4+ 93. Kc2 Bc4 94. Qf5+ Kd8 95. Nd1 Qd5 96. Qf6+
Ke8 97. Qh8+ Kf7 98. Qh7+ Kf8 99. Qh6+ Ke7 100. Qg7+ Qf7 101. Qe5+ Be6 102. Ne3
Kd8 103. Kd3 Qh7+ 104. Ke2 Kd7 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Black "Beilin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D59"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qd2 Be6 12. b4 c5 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. dxc5
Rc8 15. Be2 Rxc5 16. O-O Nd7 17. Nd4 Rac8 18. Rac1 Nb6 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4
21. f5 c3 22. Qe1 Bxa2 23. f6 Qe4 24. Rf4 Qg6 25. Qf2 Bb1 26. h4 Be4 27. Qe2
Re5 28. fxg7 c2 29. g4 Rb8 30. Kf2 Rb1 31. Qd2 Rxc1 32. Qxc1 Qd6 33. Nxc2 Qc7
34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. Qd1 Qh2+ 36. Kf3 Re8 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lyskov, Ivan"]
[Black "Beilin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "174"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. O-O
Be7 9. f4 Nbd7 10. f5 Bxb3 11. axb3 b5 12. Bf3 O-O 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Kh1 Qc7 15.
Qd2 Rfd8 16. Qf2 Nbd7 17. b4 Qc4 18. Bd2 d5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 e4 21. Be2
Qxc2 22. Bc3 Bf6 23. Rfc1 Qb3 24. d6 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qd5 26. Rd1 Qe5 27. c4 bxc4
28. Bxc4 Rab8 29. Qd4 Qxf5 30. Rxa6 e3 31. Qxe3 Rxb4 32. Rf1 Rb1 33. Rxb1 Qxb1+
34. Qg1 Qb4 35. Qf1 Ne5 36. Bd5 Qd4 37. Ra8 Rxa8 38. Bxa8 Qxd6 39. h3 g6 40.
Qa1 h5 41. Be4 Qf6 42. Qa8+ Kg7 43. Qa1 Qf4 44. Qe1 h4 45. Bd5 Kh6 46. Qc3 Kh7
47. Kg1 Kh6 48. Bb3 Qe4 49. Qd2+ Kg7 50. Kh2 Nd3 51. Bc2 Qe5+ 52. Kh1 Nf4 53.
Bd1 Nd5 54. Bf3 Ne3 55. Qc1 Nf5 56. Kg1 Qd4+ 57. Kh2 Qe5+ 58. Kg1 Qd4+ 59. Kh2
Ng3 60. Qe1 Qf4 61. Kg1 Kh6 62. Kh2 Kg5 63. Kg1 Nf5 64. Kh1 Qe3 65. Qxe3+ Nxe3
66. Kg1 Kf4 67. Kf2 Nf5 68. Bb7 Nd6 69. Bd5 Ne4+ 70. Kg1 f6 71. Bc6 Ke3 72. Be8
g5 73. Bd7 Ke2 74. Bc8 Ng3 75. Bd7 Ke1 76. Bc8 Ne2+ 77. Kh2 Kf2 78. Bd7 Nd4 79.
Kh1 f5 80. Be8 f4 81. Bd7 f3 82. gxf3 Nxf3 83. Bg4 Kg3 84. Bf5 Nd4 85. Bg4 Nc2
86. Kg1 Ne1 87. Be2 Ng2 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Beilin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B91"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 b5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O
e6 9. a3 Qc7 10. Nde2 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. h3 Nc5 14. Qd4 Rfd8 15.
g4 Rac8 16. Ng3 Ne8 17. Qe3 Bf6 18. Nge2 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 d5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21.
Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Bd3 e5 23. Bf5 Ra8 24. Qc3 Qd6 25. Qb4 Qc6 26. Bd3 d4 27. f3 e4
28. fxe4 Nxe4 29. Qxb5 Qc7 30. Qf5 Re8 31. Rae1 Ng5 32. Qxg5 Rxe2 33. Bxh7+ Kh8
34. Rf4 Rxe1+ 35. Kf2 Qe5 36. Qxe5 Rxe5 37. Bd3 Bd5 38. a4 g6 39. Rxd4 Kg7 40.
c4 Bc6 41. Rd6 Re6 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khavin, Abram"]
[Black "Beilin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "C25"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Bc4 d6 4. d3 Be6 5. Bxe6 fxe6 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qh3 Qf6 8.
Nf3 h6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O-O Nge7 11. Ne2 Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Rhf1 O-O-O 14.
Nd2 Kb8 15. f4 Bb6 16. Nc4 Nc6 17. Rf3 d5 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Qg3 Ka8 20. e5 Qe7
21. Kb1 Rc8 22. Qf2 Qb4 23. Rg3 Rhg8 24. h4 Qa4 25. Nc1 Ne7 26. h5 gxh5 27.
Rxg8 Rxg8 28. Rh1 Qe8 29. Ne2 Nf5 30. Nxd4 Nxd4 31. Qxd4 Rxg2 32. f5 Qc6 33. c4
Qa4 34. Rc1 Rg4 35. cxd5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. c4 b5 6. Nc3 b4 7. Ne2 Bb7 8. Nf4 Bd6
9. dxe6 dxe6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Nd2 g5 13. Nh5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 Nxh5 15.
Bxh5 Be5 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Nf3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rg8 19. e4 Nc6 20. Rg1 Raf8 21. Qh3
Qe7 22. Rb1 Nd4 23. Be3 Ne2 24. Rge1 Nf4 25. Bxf4 Bxf4 26. Rbd1 Rd8 27. Kg2 Be5
28. b3 Qf6 29. Rh1 Kg7 30. Bg4 h6 31. Qh5 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Rd8 33. Qh1 Rd4 34.
Rxd4 cxd4 35. Qc1 d3 36. Qe3 Qd8 37. Qxa7 d2 38. f4 gxf4 39. Bd1 Bd4 40. Qb7
Qh4 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lyskov, Ivan"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 Bb7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nd7 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8.
Nd2 Qc8 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. O-O g6 11. Bb5+ c6 12. Bc4 c5 13. c3 Bg7 14. Qa4+ Nd7
15. Bb5 a6 16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Nc4 Kc7 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Bxe7 Bd5
21. Nd2 Rab8 22. Rfb1 c4 23. Bb4 Rb5 24. Rc1 Rxb4 25. cxb4 Bxb2 26. Nxc4 Bxa1
27. Nd2+ Kb6 28. Rxa1 Rc8 29. Kf1 Rc2 30. Ke1 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Bxa2 32. Nxe4 Bd5
33. Nf6 Bxg2 34. Kd2 h5 35. Kc3 Kc6 36. Kd4 Kb5 37. Kc3 Kc6 38. Kd4 Kd6 39. e4
Ke6 40. Nd5 Bf1 41. h4 Kd6 42. f4 Bg2 43. f5 gxf5 44. Nf4 Bf3 45. exf5 f6 46.
Ke3 Bg4 47. Kd4 Bf3 48. Ke3 Bd1 49. Kd4 Bf3 50. Ke3 Bg4 51. Kd4 Kc6 52. Nd5 Kb5
53. Kc3 Bxf5 54. Nxf6 Bg6 55. Nd5 Be4 56. Nf4 Bf3 57. Ne6 Bg4 58. Nd4+ Kb6 59.
Kc4 Bd1 60. Kd5 Bg4 61. Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "A18"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. fxg7 cxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Bxg7
8. Qc2 c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bd3 f5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. g4 fxg4 13. Bxh7 gxf3 14.
Qg6+ Kf8 15. Bh6 Qf6 16. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Khavin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "D01"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1
Be7 9. dxc5 O-O 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Qxd8 Rfxd8 13. Nxe4 Rac8 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Red1 f5 16. Nd6 Rc7 17. Rd2 e5 18. Rad1 e4 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Bf6
21. Rd5 Bxb2 22. c4 a6 23. g4 fxg4 24. Nxb7 Rxd5 25. cxd5 Rxb7 26. d6 Be5 27.
c6 Ra7 28. c7 Rxc7 29. dxc7 Bxc7 30. Rd7 Bf4 31. Ra7 e3 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33. fxe3
Bxe3+ 34. Kf1 Kf6 35. Rxa6+ Ke5 36. Rc6 g5 37. a4 Kd5 38. Rf6 Kc5 39. Rxf7 Kb4
40. Re7 Bf4 41. Re4+ Ka5 42. Kg2 Kb6 43. Rc4 Ka5 44. Rd4 Kb6 45. Rd5 Ka6 46. a5
Be3 47. Re5 Bf4 48. Rf5 Kb7 49. Rf6 Ka7 50. a6 Kb8 51. Rf7 Ka8 52. Rb7 Bd6 53.
Rb5 Bf4 54. Rb4 Ka7 55. Ra4 Bd2 56. Kg3 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lyskov, Ivan"]
[Black "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B19"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Bd2 Ngf6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Ne4
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Rhe8 16. Rhe1 Nf6 17. Qe2 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. g3 Qg4 20. Rd3
Nd7 21. Qd2 Qf5 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Qg4 24. Qe3 Re7 25. Re4 Qh5 26. Re5 Qg6
27. a3 Red7 28. Qf4 Rd5 29. h5 Qf6 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Qxf6 gxf6 32. Rf3 f5 33.
Rf4 Kd8 34. c4 Rd7 35. Kc2 Ke7 36. Kc3 Kf6 37. Rh4 Rd8 38. b4 Rg8 39. Kd3 a5
40. bxa5 Ra8 41. Kc3 Rxa5 42. Kb4 b6 43. a4 c5+ 44. dxc5 Rxc5 45. Rd4 Ke7 46.
Kc3 Ra5 47. Kb4 f4 48. Rxf4 Rxh5 49. Rh4 Rf5 50. Rxh6 Rxf2 51. Kb5 Rb2+ 52. Kc6
Rb4 53. Rh4 f5 54. c5 bxc5 55. Kxc5 Rb3 56. Rh7+ Kf6 57. a5 Rxg3 58. a6 Ra3 59.
a7 e5 60. Kb6 e4 61. Rh8 Rxa7 62. Kxa7 Ke5 63. Kb6 Kd4 64. Rd8+ Ke3 65. Kc5 f4
66. Kd5 f3 67. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Black "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. Qd2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. f3
Ne8 9. g4 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. gxf5 Nc5 12. Nge2 Bxf5 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Be2 Qh4
15. O-O-O b5 16. Bg5 Qh3 17. cxb5 Nf6 18. b4 Nb7 19. Bf1 Qd7 20. h4 Nh5 21. Bh3
Qe8 22. Nxh5 Bxh5 23. Rdg1 Kh8 24. Bh6 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 Qf7 26. Bg4 Bxg4 27. Rxg4
Qf6 28. Qg5 Rf7 29. Ne4 Qxf3 30. Rhg1 Qa3+ 31. Kd1 Qd3+ 32. Ke1 Qb1+ 33. Ke2
Qc2+ 34. Ke3 Rf3+ 35. Kxf3 Qd3+ 36. Kg2 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khavin, Abram"]
[Black "Batuev, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. Nge2 Nb6 10. Qb5 Bd7 11. Qa5 Bg4 12. d6 Qxd6 13. Bxb7 Nc4 14. Qa6
Rab8 15. Qxd6 exd6 16. Ba6 Nxb2 17. Rb1 Rb6 18. Rxb2 Rxa6 19. d4 Bf3 20. O-O
Nd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Nc3 Bf3 23. Be3 Rc6 24. Rb3 h6 25. Rfb1 g5 26. Kf1 f5 27.
Ne2 f4 28. gxf4 Bxe2+ 29. Kxe2 gxf4 30. d5 Rc2+ 31. Kd3 Rxa2 32. Bd2 Rf5 33.
Be1 Rxd5+ 34. Ke4 Rh5 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. R8b7 Kg6 37. Bb4 Be5 38. Rg1+ Rg5 39.
Rd1 Rb2 40. Rd2 Rxd2 41. Bxd2 Rg2 42. Be1 Rxh2 43. Rxa7 Rh1 44. Bb4 Rd1 45. Kf3
h5 46. Ra8 Rd3+ 47. Kg2 f3+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lyskov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B66"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. f4
h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 Qd8 11. O-O-O Be7 12. g4 Bd7 13. h4 Qa5 14. Bh3 O-O-O
15. g5 Kb8 16. Kb1 Qc5 17. Qe2 Na5 18. Nd4 hxg5 19. hxg5 Rh4 20. f5 Rdh8 21.
Qf3 Nc4 22. f6 gxf6 23. gxf6 Ne5 24. Qf1 Bd8 25. Bg2 Rxh1 26. Bxh1 Ng4 27. Nb3
Qe5 28. Qg1 Nxf6 29. Qg7 Rg8 30. Qh6 Be7 31. a3 Rg3 32. Rf1 Bc6 33. Qh8+ Ka7
34. Qh2 Rg5 35. Qf2+ Kb8 36. Nd4 Qc5 37. Nxc6+ bxc6 38. Qe2 Ka7 39. Qd3 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khavin, Abram"]
[Black "Lyskov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 Qd8 8. Bb2
Bd7 9. Ne5 Rc8 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Re1 Be7 12. d3 O-O 13. Nd2 Rfd8 14. Nc4 Nd4
15. a4 Qc7 16. Rc1 Nd5 17. Kh1 Bf6 18. f4 Nf5 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Nb6 21. Na3
a6 22. a5 Nd5 23. Nc4 b5 24. axb6 Nxb6 25. Nd2 Nd5 26. Qf3 Rb8 27. Qf2 Nb4 28.
Nc4 h6 29. Be4 Ne7 30. Rf1 Nc8 31. g4 Rd7 32. g5 hxg5 33. Rg1 Qd8 34. Qxc5 Rb5
35. Qe3 Na2 36. Ra1 Nb4 37. Rxg5 Nxc2 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Rg1+ Kf8 40. Qh6+ Ke8
41. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1949.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Khavin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.25"]
[ECO "B15"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 Qc7 9. Be3 Re8 10. Qc2 g6 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 b5 13. h4 Nd7 14. h5 Nb6
15. Rh4 Nd5 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Rdh1 f5 18. g4 Rf8 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5
21. Qe4 Nxe3 22. Rxh7 Qxh7 23. Rxh7 Kxh7 24. fxe3 Raf8 25. Qxc6 Bh2 26. Kc2 g5
27. Qe4 Kh6 28. Kd3 Kh5 29. d5 g4 30. Nd4 R5f7 31. Ne6 Rg8 32. Qg2 Bd6 33. Qh1+
Kg6 34. Qh4 Kf5 35. e4+ Ke5 36. Qg3+ 1-0

