[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Qe2+ Qe7 6. c3 c6 7. Qxe7+ Nxe7 8.
Ne2 Bf5 9. Bxf5 Nxf5 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Rfe1
f6 15. Kf1 Kf7 16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Kxe1 Nd6 19. Nd3 Nc4 20. b3 Nxd2
21. Kxd2 Ke6 22. f3 g5 23. Ke3 b6 24. h3 c5 25. dxc5 bxc5 26. b4 Kd6 27. f4 h6
28. fxg5 fxg5 29. bxc5+ Nxc5 30. Nxc5 Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d5 11. c4 Be6 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. O-O O-O-O
14. Be3 Be7 15. Rfd1 Bf6 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Be6 18. Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Nd7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8.
Nc4 f6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qe2 b5 11. Ncd2 Re8 12. d4 Bd6 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. g4 Qe6
15. Kb1 Qxg4 16. Rdg1 Qh5 17. Rxg7+ Kxg7 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rg1+ Kh8 20. Nf3
Rxe4 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3
d5 9. d3 Bg4 10. Bg5 d4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qd6 13. Nd2 dxc3 14. bxc3 Rad8 15.
Bc2 Nd7 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Rfd1 Bf6 18. Nf1 b4 19. Ng3 Ne6 20. Nf5 Qd7 21. cxb4
Ned4 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. Rab1 Rb8 25. a3 c5 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. fxe3
Be7 28. bxc5 Bxc5 29. d4 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 exd4 31. exd4 Bxd4+ 32. Kf1 g6 33. Rb7
Kg7 34. Bb3 Kf6 35. Ke2 Bc5 36. a4 Ke5 37. Kd3 f6 38. Rxh7 Rb8 39. Bc2 Rd8+ 40.
Ke2 Rb8 41. h4 Kf4 42. Rg7 g5 43. h5 Rh8 44. Rc7 Bd4 45. Rd7 Be5 46. Kf2 g4 47.
g3+ Kg5 48. Rg7+ Kxh5 49. Bd1 Rd8 50. Bxg4+ Kh6 51. Rb7 Rd2+ 52. Ke3 Ra2 53.
Bf5 Ra3+ 54. Kd2 Bxg3 55. Bd7 Be5 56. Rb6 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Grechkin, Dmitri"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bg4 8.
h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd7 10. Nd2 Bg5 11. Nc4 Bxc1 12. Raxc1 Qg5 13. Qe3 Qxe3 14.
Nxe3 Rd8 15. g3 O-O 16. Kg2 Rfe8 17. f4 c5 18. Rf2 f6 19. Rcf1 b5 20. Kf3 Nb6
21. Ke2 Na4 22. fxe5 Rxe5 23. Rf5 Nxb2 24. Rxe5 fxe5 25. Rf5 Re8 26. Nd5 c4 27.
dxc4 Nxc4 28. Nxc7 Re7 29. Nd5 Re6 30. Nc7 Rc6 31. Nd5 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. bxc3 c5 14. Rb1 Be4 15.
Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 O-O 17. Rd1 Qa5 18. Qe2 Qxc3 19. dxc5 Rab8 20. Be3 Rxb1 21.
Rxb1 Nxc5 22. Qb5 Ne4 23. Qa4 Qd3 24. Rd1 Qe2 25. Re1 Nc3 26. Rxe2 Nxa4 27.
Bxa7 Ra8 28. Rc2 Nc3 29. Rb2 h6 30. Rb8+ Rxb8 31. Bxb8 Nxa2 32. g3 Kf8 33. Kf1
Nc3 34. Ba7 Ke7 35. Ng1 Kd6 36. Ne2 Nb5 37. Be3 Kd5 38. f3 Be5 39. Kf2 Bd4 40.
Nf4+ Kc4 41. Bxd4 Kxd4 42. Ne2+ Kd3 43. Nf4+ Kd4 44. Ne2+ Ke5 45. Ke3 Nd6 46.
Nc1 Nf5+ 47. Kf2 Kd5 48. Nd3 e5 49. Nb4+ Kc5 50. Nd3+ Kd4 51. Ke2 Ne7 52. Nc1
f5 53. Nb3+ Kc4 54. Nd2+ Kc3 55. Nb1+ Kd4 56. Nd2 Nc6 57. Nb3+ Kc4 58. Nd2+ Kc3
59. Nb1+ Kd4 60. Na3 e4 61. f4 Kc5 62. Ke3 Nb4 63. h4 Nd5+ 64. Kd2 Nf6 65. Ke3
Kb4 66. Nc2+ Kc3 67. Na3 Nd5+ 68. Ke2 Kb3 69. Nb5 Nc3+ 70. Nxc3 Kxc3 71. g4
fxg4 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C61"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. O-O Nf6 7. c3 Nxe4 8.
Qh5 d5 9. Bxd5 Nd6 10. Qe5+ Be7 11. Qxg7 Kd7 12. Qg4+ f5 13. Qxd4 c6 14. Bf3
Bf6 15. Qc5 Qc7 16. d4 b6 17. Qa3 Nf7 18. Qb3 Rf8 19. d5 Ne5 20. dxc6+ Ke7 21.
Qb4+ Kf7 22. Bd5+ Be6 23. Bxe6+ Kxe6 24. Qb3+ Ke7 25. Re1 Rg8 26. Bf4 Rae8 27.
Qd5 Kf8 28. Nd2 Rg4 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Qxe5 31. Qxe5 Bxe5 32. Nf3 Bc7 33.
Rd1 Rg6 34. Rd7 Rxc6 35. Nd4 Ke8 36. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D76"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Bxc3 10. dxc6 Bg7 11. Qc2 bxc6 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Be5
f6 15. Bd4 e5 16. Bc5 Re8 17. Nd2 Qe6 18. Nb3 e4 19. Bd4 Ba6 20. Nc5 Qc4 21.
Qb1 Nd5 22. b3 Qb5 23. Bxe4 f5 24. Bxd5+ cxd5 25. Nxa6 Qxa6 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27.
Rxd5 Qxe2 28. Rd7+ Re7 29. Qd1 Qxd1 30. Rfxd1 Kf6 31. R1d4 Ke6 32. R7d5 Rb8 33.
Ra5 c6 34. f4 Rb5 35. Ra6 Rb6 36. Rda4 Rxa6 37. Rxa6 Kd6 38. Kf2 Kc5 39. Ra5+
Kb4 40. Ra4+ Kb5 41. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Vasiliev, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Nxe4 8.
Re1 Be7 9. dxe5 Nc5 10. Nc3 Nxa4 11. Nxa4 O-O 12. Bf4 f6 13. Qd5+ Kh8 14. Rad1
fxe5 15. Qxe5 Bd6 16. Rxd6 cxd6 17. Qe3 b5 18. Bxd6 Bb7 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Nc5
Bc6 21. Qe7 Qxe7 22. Rxe7 Kg8 23. f3 Kf8 24. Re3 a5 25. Kf2 b4 26. a3 Rb8 27.
axb4 Rxb4 28. Nd3 Rb6 29. Ke1 Bb5 30. Kd2 Bxd3 31. Rxd3 Rxb2 32. Rxd7 Rb1 33.
Kc3 a4 34. Rd4 a3 35. Ra4 Rg1 36. g3 Rg2 37. Rxa3 Rxh2 38. Kb2 h5 39. Rd3 Kf7
40. Kb3 g5 41. c4 h4 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. c5 h3 44. c6 Rh1 45. c7 Rc1 46. Rc3
Rxc3+ 47. Kxc3 h2 48. c8=Q h1=Q 49. Qf5+ Ke7 50. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C61"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O c6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8.
Re1+ Ne7 9. Bf1 Be6 10. c3 Qd7 11. Na3 Nc6 12. Qa4 Be7 13. Nc2 Bf6 14. Bb5 dxc3
15. dxc3 O-O 16. Be3 Rfc8 17. Rad1 a6 18. Bd3 Ne5 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Bf1 Ba4 21.
b3 Bc6 22. Bd4 Re8 23. f3 Re6 24. Re3 Rae8 25. Rde1 Nd7 26. Bxf6 Nxf6 27. Kf2
Bd7 28. Nd4 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Rc8 30. Ke1 Kf8 31. Kd2 Re8 32. a4 Rxe3 33. Kxe3 Ke7
34. Nc2 Kd6 35. Kd4 Ne8 36. c4 dxc4 37. Bxc4 f6 38. Bg8 h6 39. Ne3 Nc7 40. Nc4+
Kc6 41. Ne3 Be6 42. Bxe6 Nxe6+ 43. Kc4 h5 44. Nf5 Kd7 45. g4 hxg4 46. fxg4 g5
47. Kd5 b6 48. Nd4 Nd8 49. b4 Nf7 50. Nc6 Kc7 51. h3 Nh6 52. Nd4 Kd7 53. Nf5
Nf7 54. Ng3 Nd6 55. Nh5 Ne8 56. a5 Nc7+ 57. Kc4 bxa5 58. bxa5 Ke6 59. Kc5 Nd5
60. Ng7+ Ke5 61. Nf5 Ke4 62. Nd6+ Ke5 63. Ne8 f5 64. gxf5 Nf4 65. f6 Ke6 66.
Nc7+ Kxf6 67. Nxa6 Ke7 68. Nb4 Kd7 69. a6 Kc8 70. Nd5 Ne6+ 71. Kc6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Bb3 Nb6 10. Qg4 Kf8 11. Qf3 d5 12. exd6 Bf6 13. dxc7 Qxc7 14. Bf4 Qc6
15. Re1 Be6 16. Nd2 Nd5 17. Be5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Rd8 19. Rae1 Nb4 20. Qf4 Bxb3 21.
Nxb3 Nxc2 22. Re7 f6 23. R1e6 Qc4 24. Qg4 Rg8 25. Qh5 Qxe6 26. Rxe6 d3 27. Nc5
1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. O-O
Ng6 9. Qg3 Be7 10. f4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nf6 12. c3 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bf6 14. Qd3 O-O
15. Be3 Re8 16. a4 Qc7 17. a5 a6 18. b4 Rad8 19. Qc2 Nf8 20. Rac1 g6 21. Rfd1
Qe7 22. Bf3 Rd7 23. Qb3 Red8 24. Rd2 Rd6 25. Rcd1 Qd7 26. c4 Qc8 27. Rd3 Nd7
28. d5 c5 29. dxe6 Rxe6 30. Bf2 Be7 31. bxc5 Nxc5 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8
34. Bxc5 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Qd2 36. Kg3 g5 37. Bb4 Qxf4+ 38. Kf2 Re8 39. Qd3 Rc8 40.
Qd5 h6 41. Bd2 Qf6 42. Qd3 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lubensky"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Nge2
Nh5 9. Be3 f5 10. f3 f4 11. Bf2 fxg3 12. hxg3 Ndf6 13. Qd2 a6 14. Be3 Rf7 15.
O-O Qf8 16. b4 h6 17. c5 g5 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. a4 Rc8 21. Qd3 Nh7
22. b5 g4 23. fxg4 N5f6 24. bxa6 bxa6 25. Qxa6 Nxg4 26. Qd3 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Qe8
28. a5 Qh5 29. Rf3 Bf6 30. a6 Ng5 31. Bxg5 Bxg5 32. a7 Ra8 33. Qa6 Be3+ 34.
Rxe3 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Solmanis, Zigfrīds"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Nd4 Bxe2 11. Ncxe2 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. O-O-O Nbc6 14.
Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Rhe1 Kd7 16. Nf4 Rae8 17. Kd2 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. Rxe8 Kxe8 20.
Nd5 Kd7 21. Kc3 Ne7 22. Nxe7 Kxe7 23. Kd4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Pogrebyssky, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. a4 Na5 10. Bc2 Be7 11. axb5 axb5 12. Qe2 c6 13. d4 Qb8 14. Nbd2 Nd7 15.
b4 Nb7 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nb3 O-O 18. Be3 Qc8 19. Ra1 d5 20. exd5 f5 21. dxc6
Qxc6 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxh5 g6 24. Qe2 Nf7 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. bxc5 Qf6 27. Bb3
Kg7 28. Ra7 f4 29. Bxf4 Qxf4 30. Rxe7 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Aramanovich, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Qc7 8. f4
Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe1 Bd7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Qg3 O-O 13. e5 Ne8 14. Kh1 Kh8 15.
Nf3 dxe5 16. fxe5 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bf4 Qa5 19. Bg5 Be8 20. Bc4 Bf7 21. Rde1
Rcd8 22. Qh3 Qf5 23. Qxf5 exf5 24. Bd3 h6 25. Bd2 Nd5 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. Rxe5 Bf6
28. Rexf5 Be6 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Bxd5 31. Bc3 Be7 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 33. a4 Bc5
34. h3 Kg8 35. Kh2 Bd6+ 36. Kg1 Bc5+ 37. Kf1 Kf7 38. Be1 Be3 39. Bf2 Bc1 40. b3
Bb2 41. Be2 Bc3 42. Be1 Bd4 43. Bf3 Bxf3 44. gxf3 Ke6 45. Ke2 Bb6 46. Kd3 Kf5
47. Bg3 h5 48. b4 Ke6 49. Ke4 g6 50. Be1 Bc7 51. c4 Bd6 52. c5 Be7 53. Bf2 Bf6
54. Be3 Bc3 55. b5 axb5 56. axb5 Bf6 57. Bf4 Be7 58. c6 bxc6 59. b6 Bc5 60. b7
Ba7 61. b8=Q Bxb8 62. Bxb8 g5 63. Be5 c5 64. Bc3 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pirtskhalava, Akaki"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Qxd4 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Qh4 Nc6 10. Bh6 Re8 11. e4 d6 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. e5 dxe5 15.
Nxe5 Ndxe5 16. Rxd8 Raxd8 17. Nd5 Rd6 18. b3 e6 19. Qf6+ Kg8 20. h4 Rdd8 21.
Ne3 Rd4 22. h5 Nd7 23. Qg5 f6 24. Qh6 g5 25. f4 Ne7 26. fxg5 Bxg2 27. gxf6 Nxf6
28. Qg5+ Ng6 29. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B18"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 e6 7. h4 h6 8. Nf4
Bh7 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nfh5 Bxg3 13. Nxg3 Nbd7 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. Nh5 Nxh5 16. Qxh5 Nf6 17. Qe5 Qxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. f4 Nb6 20. Be2
Be4 21. h5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rg1 Nd5 24. Bd2 c5 25. a3 Ne7 26. g4 Nc6 27.
Be3 Nd4 28. Bd1 b6 29. Bf2 Kc7 30. Bh4 Rd7 31. Rf1 a5 32. c3 Nc6 33. Re1 Bd3
34. Bc2 c4 35. f5 Bxc2 36. Kxc2 a4 37. Re4 b5 38. Bg3 Kd8 39. Bf4 Ke8 40. Be3
Kf8 41. Bc5+ Kg8 42. Bd4 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Re1 d6 8.
d4 Qe7 9. h3 a6 10. Bf1 Nd7 11. a4 Re8 12. g3 Nf8 13. Bg2 Ng6 14. Nh2 Qf6 15.
Be3 Na5 16. Qh5 Nf8 17. f4 Nc4 18. f5 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 h6 20. h4 Nh7 21. Qe2 exd4
22. Ng4 Qe7 23. cxd4 h5 24. Nf2 Bxf5 25. Qxh5 Bd7 26. a5 c5 27. dxc5 dxc5 28.
e5 Bc6 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Rae1 Nf8 31. Ne4 Rab8 32. Ng5 Qc7 33. e6 Rxe6 34. Nxe6
Nxe6 35. Rf1 Rb2 36. c3 Qd7 37. Rf2 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 g6 39. Qf3 Ra1 40. Rd3 Qc7 41.
Qf6 Re1 42. Rfd2 Nf8 43. Rd8 Qe7 44. Qxe7 Rxe7 45. Ra8 Kg7 46. Rxa6 Re1 47.
Rxc6 Ne6 48. Ra2 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. Rd1 b4 11. a5 Kh8 12. h3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. d4 exd4 15.
cxd4 d5 16. Ng5 Qd7 17. e5 Ng8 18. Nf3 Rab8 19. Nbd2 Rb5 20. Nb3 Nd8 21. Be3
Nb7 22. Ne1 Bd8 23. Nd3 Ne7 24. Rdc1 Nc6 25. Ndc5 Nxc5 26. Rxc5 Na7 27. Rac1 c6
28. Qc2 Kg8 29. Rxb5 cxb5 30. Bd2 Be7 31. Qc7 Rd8 32. Qb6 Rc8 33. Rxc8+ Nxc8
34. Qxa6 Kf7 35. Nc5 Bxc5 36. dxc5 Na7 37. Qd6 Qc8 38. Bxb4 Nc6 39. Bd2 h6 40.
b4 Kg6 41. g4 Kf7 42. h4 Qb7 43. h5 Qc8 44. Kg2 Qb7 45. Kg3 Qc8 46. f4 Qb7 47.
f5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Grechkin, Dmitri"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B18"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nf4 e5 8.
Nxg6 hxg6 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Ng4 11. Ne4 Nxe5 12. Be2 Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14.
g3 Ned7 15. c3 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Kc2 Nd7 18. Rad1 Nb6 19. Bf3 Rfd8 20.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1 22. Bxd1 Bd8 23. Bc5 a6 24. Kd3 Nd7 25. Bd6 Bb6 26. Ke2
Bc5 27. Bc7 Kf8 28. b4 Ba7 29. Bd6+ Ke8 30. Bf4 Ke7 31. Bb3 Nf8 32. Bg5+ f6 33.
Bd2 Ne6 34. Bc2 f5 35. h4 Kf6 36. f4 Nf8 37. Be1 Nd7 38. Kd3 Ke7 39. Ke2 Nf6
40. Kf3 Kf7 41. Bb3+ Ke7 42. a4 Bb6 43. a5 Bg1 44. Bc2 Ke6 45. Bb3+ Ke7 46. Bc2
Ke6 47. Bb1 Kd6 48. Ba2 Ke7 49. Bb3 Ba7 50. Ba2 Bg1 51. Bc4 Ba7 52. Bd3 Ke6 53.
Bb1 Bg1 54. Bd2 Ne8 55. Ba2+ Ke7 56. Bb1 Ke6 57. Bc1 Nd6 58. Ba2+ Ke7 59. Kg2
Ba7 60. Bb2 Nb5 61. Kf3 Bg1 62. Bc4 Nd6 63. Bd3 c5 64. bxc5 Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D59"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Be2 Nf6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qa4 c5 14. Rfd1 Rfd8
15. Qa3 Nd5 16. Na4 Bc6 17. dxc5 Bxa4 18. Qxa4 Nxc5 19. Qa3 a5 20. Ne5 Nb4 21.
Nd3 Ncxd3 22. Bxd3 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qb3 Nxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bg5
O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Bh6 Bh8 11. g4 d5 12. Ng3 d4 13. Nce2 Ne5 14. h3 f6 15. Qc1
Nf7 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. f4 f5 18. e5 b6 19. g5 Bb7 20. Rf2 Bxg2 21. Rxg2 Qd5 22.
Qf1 b5 23. h4 Bg7 24. h5 Nd8 25. Rh2 Ndc6 26. Kf2 Kf7 27. Ng1 Nb4 28. Bxb4 cxb4
29. Nf3 Rbc8 30. Kg1 a5 31. b3 Red8 32. Rb1 Qc5 33. Nh4 Nd5 34. Qf3 Rh8 35. Nf1
Nxf4 36. Qxf4 Bxe5 37. Qf3 Bxh2+ 38. Nxh2 Qd6 39. Qf2 gxh5 40. Re1 Rhg8 41.
N2f3 Rc5 42. g6+ Kf6 43. Nxd4 Re5 44. Ne2 hxg6 45. Nf3 Rc5 46. Qh4+ Kg7 47. Nf4
e5 48. d4 exf4 49. dxc5 Qxc5+ 50. Kh1 Rf8 51. Qxf4 Rf6 52. Nd4 Qd5+ 53. Kh2 Qd6
54. Re5 Qc7 55. Kh3 Kf7 56. Ne6 Qd7 57. Ng5+ Kf8 58. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qe7 11. Qc2 e5 12. e4 Kh8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 exd4
15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Be2 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. h3 Bd7 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 a6 21.
Rfe1 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vasiliev, Viktor"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2
Re8 9. b3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Bb2 c6 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. h3 a5 14. Ba3 h5 15. e3
Bd7 16. Nde2 Bf8 17. Nf4 Rad8 18. e4 Bc8 19. Rfe1 Nfd7 20. Bc1 Ne5 21. Be3 Qc7
22. a3 Bg7 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Na6 25. Qb3 Be6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. f4 Nf7 28.
Na4 Qe7 29. b5 Nb8 30. Qd3 h4 31. Bb6 Rd7 32. Bf2 g5 33. fxg5 hxg3 34. Qxg3 Be5
35. Qg4 Qxg5 36. Bf3 Qxg4+ 37. Bxg4 Nh6 38. Bh5 Rg7+ 39. Kh1 Rf8 40. Be3
1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 e5 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. d5
Nb8 9. h3 Bc8 10. e4 a5 11. Ne1 c6 12. Nd3 Na6 13. Be3 cxd5 14. cxd5 b6 15. a3
Nc5 16. b4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Ba6 18. b5 Bb7 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Rac1 Nc5 21. Bxc5 bxc5
22. Nb2 g6 23. Nc4 Bf6 24. a4 Bg7 25. Qd2 f5 26. f3 Rf7 27. Rb1 Bf8 28. Rf2 Bc8
29. Qe1 Rb7 30. Rfb2 Bd7 31. Bf1 h5 32. b6 Rab8 33. Qxa5 Qe8 34. Qd2 Bxa4 35.
Na5 Rg7 36. Bb5 Bxb5 37. Rxb5 fxe4 38. fxe4 Qc8 39. b7 Qxh3 40. Qg2 Qd7 41. Nc6
Rxb7 42. Rxb7 Qxb7 43. Rxb7 Rxb7 44. Qa2 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C46"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Rxd8 7. Bb5 f6 8.
Be3 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. b3 Bb4 12. Na4 Ne7 13. Bc5 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2
Nc8 15. f3 Be6 16. Be3 Nb6 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Kc3 Ke7 19. Rhd1 g5 20. g3 a5 21. a4
Nd7 22. Nd3 Ba6 23. Rd2 Rhd8 24. Rad1 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Nb6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8
Kxd8 28. Bd2 Nd7 29. Kc4 Nf8 30. Bxa5 Ne6 31. Bc3 h5 32. Kd3 c5 33. Bb2 Kd7 34.
c3 g4 35. fxg4 hxg4 36. Bc1 Kc6 37. Be3 Nf8 38. Kc4 Nd7 39. a5 f5 40. exf5 e4
41. b4 Ne5+ 42. Kb3 c4+ 43. Ka4 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C07"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. O-O Ne7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. Be2 Bc7 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Bxc7
Qxc7 15. h3 Be6 16. Nfd4 Nf4 17. Rfe1 Qe5 18. Bf1 Qg5 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Kh2 Qf6
21. c3 Rab8 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. b4 Qd6 24. Kg1 Ne6 25. Nxe6 Bxe6 26. Qd4 Rb7 27. a3
Rc7 28. Rad1 c5 29. Qd2 Qc6 30. b5 Qb6 31. Qb2 Rb8 32. a4 Qa5 33. Qa1 g6 34. h4
h5 35. Re5 Rd7 36. c4 Rbd8 37. Rde1 dxc4 38. Bxc4 Rd6 39. Bxe6 fxe6 40. Rxe6
Qc7 41. Re7 Qxe7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lubensky"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nce2 a5 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. Rc1 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Bc3 Qb6 16. Bb1 Rfe8 17. Ba2 Qc6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5
21. Rfd1 Nb6 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Solmanis, Zigfrīds"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qb6 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Bb5 Ne8 14. f3
Bf5 15. g4 Bg6 16. h4 Nd6 17. Bxd6 Bxd6 18. h5 Bc2 19. Ke2 h6 20. Rac1 Bh7 21.
a3 Bf4 22. Bd3 Bxd3+ 23. Kxd3 b5 24. Rhe1 Rfe8 25. Ra1 f6 26. Nf1 Re7 27. Ne3
Kf7 28. Kc2 Ke8 29. Kb3 Kd7 30. a4 bxa4+ 31. Rxa4 Rxa4 32. Kxa4 Re8 33. Kb5 Ra8
34. Nc2 Ra2 35. Rb1 Bc7 36. Kb4 Bd6+ 37. Kb3 Ra8 38. Ra1 Rf8 39. Rg1 Kc6 40. c4
dxc4+ 41. Kxc4 f5 42. g5 hxg5 43. Rxg5 Rh8 44. Nb4+ Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Pogrebyssky, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D74"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c5 8. e4
Nf6 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Ng5 cxd4 11. f4 Nc5 12. b4 f6 13. exf6 exf6 14. Nxh7 Kxh7
15. bxc5 Nc6 16. Bb2 Qc7 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Ne4 Rad8 19. h4 Qd7 20. h5 Bg4 21.
hxg6+ Kxg6 22. f5+ Bxf5 23. Nd6 Bg4 24. Be4+ Kh5 25. Rf4 f5 26. Rxg4 fxg4 27.
Qd2 Rh8 28. Kg2 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Aramanovich, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8.
h4 Bg7 9. h5 Qc7 10. Rb1 a6 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Rxh8+ Bxh8 13. Nh3 Rb8 14. Nf4 b5
15. Nd5 Qe5 16. Qa5 Bb7 17. d4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qh5 19. Nc7+ Kf8 20. Nxa6 Bxa6 21.
Qxa6 Bxd4 22. Bf4 Nc5 23. Qc6 Rb6 24. Qc8+ Kg7 25. Kf1 Re6 26. e3 Bf6 27. g4
Qxg4 28. Qxc5 Ra6 29. Qxb5 Rxa2 30. Qc4 Qe6 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. Rb6 Bh4 33. Bg3
Ra1+ 34. Ke2 Ra2+ 35. Kf3 Bf6 36. Rxe6 Kf7 37. Rc6 Ra5 38. Bh3 Rb5 39. Be6+ Kg7
40. Bf4 Ra5 41. e4 Ra3+ 42. Kg4 Ra4 43. Bc4 Ra5 44. Be3 Ra3 45. Rc7 Ra5 46. f4
1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Pirtskhalava, Akaki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Rac1 Qb6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ng5 Rad8
15. Nce4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bb4 17. Qh5 Bc8 18. Bxb4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Qxb4 20. b3 Qe7
21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. Nxc5 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Ke2 Ke7 26. Kd3 Nc6
27. Kc3 a5 28. Be2 b6 29. Nd3 Kd6 30. Nb2 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A99"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. b3 Qe8 8. Bb2 a5
9. Nc3 Qh5 10. Re1 Na6 11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Bf6 14. Qe2 Bd7 15.
Re1 a4 16. Bc3 axb3 17. axb3 Nc5 18. dxc5 Bxc3 19. Rh4 Qg6 20. Rd1 e5 21. cxd6
cxd6 22. c5 d5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. Qxe5 Qc2 26. Rf1 Rae8 27. Qd4
Bc6 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. b4 Rd8 30. Qe4 Qxe4 31. Rxe4 Rd2 32. f3 h6 33. Rf2 Rd1+
34. Kg2 Ra8 35. Rfe2 Rb1 36. Re8+ Rxe8 37. Rxe8+ Kh7 38. Re4 Rb2+ 39. Kh3 Kg6
40. Kg4 Kf6 41. h4 g6 42. h5 gxh5+ 43. Kxh5 Rg2 44. Kg4 h5+ 45. Kf4 Rb2 46. Rd4
Rb3 47. Rd6+ Ke7 48. Rxc6 Rxb4+ 49. Kg5 Rb3 50. Rf6 h4 51. gxh4 Rc3 52. Rf5 Rc1
53. Kg6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Grechkin, Dmitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C81"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. Rxd8 Rfxd8 14. Nbd2
Nc5 15. h3 Nd3 16. b3 Ncxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Rd4 20. Ba3 c5
21. Bb2 Rxc4 22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Re1 Rb4 24. Bc3 Rb6 25. Qg3 Bf8 26. a4 Rb3 27. h4
h6 28. Re3 Rb1+ 29. Kh2 Rd1 30. f4 Rd5 31. Qf3 g6 32. Qe2 Rc6 33. Re5 Bg7 34.
Rxd5 Bxd5 35. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B62"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 a6 8. Rd1
h6 9. Bc1 Be7 10. Qg3 Nh5 11. Qf3 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 e5 13. Rd3 Nf6 14. Be2 Bg4 15.
Qg3 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Qd7 17. Rhd1 Nh5 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. Kf1 O-O 20. Qe2 Rac8 21. Rg3
Kh7 22. Rdd3 Qe6 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Rc6 25. c3 f5 26. Rgd3 Rc4 27. exf5 Rxf5
28. b3 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Qxd5 30. Qc2 e4 31. Rc4 Qd3+ 32. Qxd3 exd3 33. Be3 Bf6 34.
a4 d5 35. Rc1 d4 36. Bd2 Kg6 37. Be1 Re5 38. Rd1 Re2 39. Rxd3 Rb2 40. f3 Kf5
41. Bf2 Ke6 42. Bxd4 Bxd4 43. Rxd4 Rxb3 44. Rg4 Kf6 45. Rf4+ Ke6 46. Rg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C79"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Nd7 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Re1 Ba6 11. Nf1 Bxf1 12. Rxf1 Bd6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Qd3
Qc8 15. Nd2 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Nb6 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Qb7 19. a4 Rdb8 20. b3 Qb4
21. Qxc6 Rf8 22. f3 Rab8 23. Rd5 Rfd8 24. Rad1 Ra8 25. Kf1 f5 26. Bd2 Qb8 27.
exf5 Rf8 28. Qc4 Kh8 29. Qe4 Qc8 30. g4 h5 31. Kg2 g6 32. Rxe5 Bxe5 33. Qxe5+
Kh7 34. fxg6+ Kxg6 35. Qxh5+ Kf6 36. Bc3+ Ke7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B18"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 Nf6 7. h4 h6 8.
Nf4 Bh7 9. Be3 e6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nd5 12. O-O-O Nxf4 13. Bxf4 Nd7 14. Kb1
Nf6 15. Be5 Qb6 16. Rh3 O-O-O 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Qf3 Rd5 19. c4 Ra5 20. d5 Ra3 21.
Nc3 cxd5 22. cxd5 Rd8 23. d6 Bf8 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qxf6 Rxd6 26. Qxf7 Rxd1+ 27.
Nxd1 Qd8 28. Qxe6+ Kb8 29. Nc3 Ra6 30. Qe5+ Bd6 31. Rd3 Qf8 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33.
Ne4 Kc7 34. Qxd6+ Qxd6 35. Nxd6 Kxd6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Vasiliev, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D22"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 a6 3. e3 Bg4 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Rd1 Be7 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. f4 h5 14. g5 Be4 15.
Nc3 Bc6 16. g6 Rh6 17. gxf7+ Kf8 18. e4 Bc5+ 19. Kh2 Qe7 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxh6
Qxe5+ 22. Kh1 gxh6 23. Bd5 Nf6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. exf5 Qxe2 26. Nxe2 Kxf7 27.
Rac1 Bd6 28. Rxc6 Ne4 29. Rd4 Re8 30. Kg2 Ng5 31. Nc3 Re3 32. Rh4 Rg3+ 33. Kf1
Nxh3 34. Rxh5 Rg1+ 35. Ke2 Rg2+ 36. Ke3 Rg3+ 37. Kd2 Rg2+ 38. Kd1 Nf2+ 39. Kc2
Ne4+ 40. Kb3 Nc5+ 41. Rxc5 Bxc5 42. Rxh6 Bd6 43. Re6 Rf2 44. Ne4 Be7 45. Nxf2
1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "177"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Be6 6. Be3 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nf6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. Bc4 Bc5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. O-O-O Ke7 14.
b4 Ncd7 15. Nf3 Ng4 16. Rd2 Rhd8 17. h3 Nge5 18. Bb3 Nxf3 19. gxf3 e5 20. Rg1
g6 21. h4 Nf8 22. Rdg2 Rd4 23. a3 a5 24. bxa5 Rxa5 25. Kb2 c5 26. Bd5 b5 27. h5
Rda4 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Ra1 b4 30. axb4 Rxb4+ 31. Bb3 Rxa1 32. Kxa1 c4 33. Ba2
Kf6 34. Rd2 Ne6 35. c3 Ra4 36. Rd6 Ke7 37. Rc6 Ng5 38. Kb2 Nxf3 39. Bxc4 Nd2
40. Bd5 Nxe4 41. Kb3 Nxc3 42. Kxc3 Rg4 43. Bc4 g5 44. Re6+ Kf7 45. Rxe5+ Kf6
46. Re1 Rf4 47. Bd5 Kf5 48. Kd3 g4 49. Ke3 Kg5 50. Rb1 Rf5 51. Be4 Rf6 52. Rb5+
Kh4 53. Bf5 Kg3 54. Ke4 Rf8 55. Rb3+ Kh4 56. Kf4 g3 57. Rb7 Rh8 58. Rg7 Kh5 59.
Rxg3 Kh6 60. Rg6+ Kh5 61. Rb6 Rf8 62. Rb7 Rf6 63. Rh7+ Rh6 64. Rf7 Ra6 65. Be4
Rb6 66. Rg7 Re6 67. Bf5 Ra6 68. Rg1 Kh6 69. Ke5 Kh5 70. Be6 Kh4 71. Bd5 Kh3 72.
Bb7 Rb6 73. Be4 Ra6 74. Kf4 Rf6+ 75. Bf5+ Kh2 76. Rg5 Rf8 77. Kf3 Ra8 78. Rg2+
Kh1 79. Rd2 Kg1 80. Rd5 Ra7 81. Rd1+ Kh2 82. Be6 Ra3+ 83. Kf2 Rf3+ 84. Ke2 Rf2+
85. Ke3 Rf3+ 86. Ke4 Ra3 87. Rd2+ Kg3 88. Rd3+ Rxd3 89. Kxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 e6 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 a6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Ndf3
Ndxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc5 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. cxd4 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Kf8 20.
Kf1 Ke7 21. Ke2 Kd7 22. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Be6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qe2
Bd6 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Re1 Rhe8 12. Nf1 Bc7 13. Kh1 Ng4 14. Bg5 f6
15. Be3 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 exd4 17. cxd4 Kb8 18. Bc4 Nb6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Nf5 Rd7
21. Qf2 g6 22. d5 cxd5 23. exd5 Qf7 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. d6 Bxd6 26. Nxd6 Rxd6
27. Qg3 Qd7 28. Rd1 Nc8 29. Rc1 Ne7 30. h3 Nf5 31. Qf4 Ka8 32. Kh2 a6 33. Rc5
Rc6 34. Rxc6 Qxc6 35. Kh1 h5 36. Qb4 Ka7 37. Qe1 Qc4 38. Qf2+ Ka8 39. Qb6 Qc1+
40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kh1 g5 42. Qc5 Nd6 43. Qd4 Qxd4 44. Nxd4 h4 45. Kg1 Kb8 46.
Kf2 Kc7 47. Kf3 Kd7 48. g3 hxg3 49. Kxg3 Nc4 50. b3 Ne5 51. Kf2 Nc6 52. Nc2 Kd6
53. Ke3 Kd5 54. Ne1 Ne5 55. Nc2 f5 56. Nb4+ Kc5 57. Nc2 Nc6 58. a3 Kd5 59. Kd3
Ne5+ 60. Ke3 f4+ 61. Ke2 Ke4 62. Ne1 Nc6 63. Kf2 Nd4 64. b4 b5 65. Kf1 Nf3 66.
Ng2 Nd2+ 67. Kf2 Nc4 68. Ne1 Nxa3 69. Nf3 Nc2 70. Nxg5+ Kf5 71. Nf3 Nxb4 72.
Nd4+ Ke4 73. Nb3 Nd3+ 74. Ke2 f3+ 75. Kd2 Nf4 76. h4 f2 77. Kc2 Ke3 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Lubensky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B26"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Qd2
Ne8 9. Bh6 e6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. h4 Nf6 12. Nge2 h6 13. O-O e5 14. f4 Bg4 15.
Rf2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qb6 19. c4 dxc3 20. bxc3 Rfe8 21.
Kh2 f5 22. fxe5 Rxe5 23. d4 Re7 24. c4 Qd8 25. c5 Rc7 26. c6 g5 27. hxg5 hxg5
28. Qe3 Qf6 29. Kg1 Re7 30. Qd2 Kg6 31. Bf3 Bxf3 32. Rxf3 bxc6 33. dxc6 d5 34.
g4 Re4 35. gxf5+ Kf7 36. c7 Rxd4 37. Qc3 Rg4+ 38. Kf1 Qa6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Solmanis, Zigfrīds"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3 c5 7. O-O b6 8. e4
cxd4 9. e5 Nh5 10. cxd4 Nf4 11. Bb1 Qd7 12. g3 Nh3+ 13. Kg2 Qg4 14. Nb3 f6 15.
Be3 Nc6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bd3 g5 18. Bb5 Nd8 19. Rc1 a6 20. Be2 Nf4+ 21. Bxf4
gxf4 22. Ne5 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 fxg3 24. hxg3 Bxe5 25. dxe5 d4 26. Qxd4 Kh8 27. e6+
Kg8 28. Qg4+ Qxg4 29. Bxg4 Rf6 30. Nd4 Bxe6 31. Nxe6 Nxe6 32. Rfe1 Nc5 33. Rxe7
a5 34. b3 Rd8 35. Rc2 h6 36. Be2 Kf8 37. Rh7 Rd4 38. Kg2 Kg8 39. Ra7 Rfd6 40.
Bc4+ Kh8 41. Re2 Re4 42. Rxe4 Nxe4 43. Re7 Nc5 44. f4 Rd2+ 45. Kf3 Rxa2 46. f5
b5 47. Bxb5 Nxb3 48. Ke3 Rc2 49. f6 Rc3+ 50. Kf4 Kg8 51. Be8 Rc4+ 52. Kf5 Nd4+
53. Kg6 Rc8 54. Rh7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pogrebyssky, Iosif"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. d3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. Qg3 g6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Re1 Qa5 13. d4 h5 14. Qd3 b5 15.
Bd2 Qa4 16. Reb1 Nb6 17. Rb3 Nc4 18. Bc1 Rb8 19. Qd1 Kd7 20. Bd3 Rhc8 21. Qf3
Ke8 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 c5 24. Qe2 a6 25. Kg2 g5 26. Bh7 Kd7 27. Qf3 Rf8 28.
Bd3 Kc6 29. Rab1 f6 30. Qe2 fxe5 31. Bxc4 Qxc4 32. Qxe5 Bd6 33. Qe1 Rh8 34. Be3
Rh2+ 35. Kg1 Rbh8 36. Qd2 R8h4 37. Qd3 Rxg4+ 38. Kf1 Qxd3+ 39. cxd3 c4 40. dxc4
dxc4 41. R3b2 Ba3 42. Ke2 Bxb2 43. Rxb2 Rg1 44. a4 g4 45. axb5+ axb5 46. Ra2 g3
47. Ra6+ Kb7 48. Rxe6 gxf2 49. Bxf2 Rgg2 50. Rf6 b4 51. cxb4 c3 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aramanovich, I."]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Re1 b6 11. b3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 c5 14. Ne4 Bb7
15. dxc5 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxc5 17. Bxb7 Rad8 18. Qe2 Nxb7 19. c4 Rd6 20. Red1 Rfd8
21. Kf1 Nc5 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Rc1 f5 24. Qe5 Qd7 25. Qe3 a5 26. Re1 Qd6 27. Qe5
Qd3+ 28. Kg1 Rd6 29. h4 h6 30. h5 Nd7 31. Qb5 Qc3 32. Qa6 e5 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34.
Rf1 Qc2 35. Qe8 Qe4 36. Re1 Qg4 37. Nxe5 Nxe5 38. Qxe5 Rd2 39. Qe3 Rxa2 40.
Qxb6 Qxh5 41. Qd4 Qg4 42. Qxg4 fxg4 43. Rc1 Ra3 44. c5 Rxb3 45. c6 Rb8 46. c7
Rc8 47. Kh2 a4 48. Ra1 Rxc7 49. Rxa4 h5 50. g3 Re7 51. Kg2 Re5 52. Ra8 Rf5 53.
Rb8 g5 54. Ra8 Rf7 55. Rb8 Kg6 56. Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Pirtskhalava, Akaki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A94"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. b3 c6 8. Ba3
Nbd7 9. Qc1 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qb2 a5 12. Nfd2 b5 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. cxb5
cxb5 15. f3 exf3 16. exf3 b4 17. Re1 Qf6 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Bf1 Ba6 20. Re3 Rfc8
21. Rae1 Rc6 22. Qa1 Bxf1 23. Nxf1 Nd7 24. f4 Rac8 25. Nd2 Rc3 26. Nf3 Rxe3 27.
Rxe3 h6 28. Qe1 Rc6 29. a3 bxa3 30. Qxa5 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Rc2+ 32. Re2 Qf5 33. Qa8+
Kh7 34. Qxa3 Rxe2+ 35. Kxe2 Qe4+ 36. Kf2 Qc2+ 37. Ke1 Nf6 38. Nd2 Ne4 39. Nxe4
Qxe4+ 40. Kf1 Qd3+ 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kh3 Qxd4 43. b4 Qe4 44. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Ne4 8. Bg2
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bf6 10. Bb2 Na6 11. Nd4 g6 12. O-O Nc5 13. Qc2 d6 14. Rae1 Bd7 15.
Bc1 Bg7 16. h4 Qf6 17. e3 Rae8 18. c4 f4 19. Bb2 fxg3 20. fxg3 Qe5 21. Rxf8+
Rxf8 22. Kh2 Qxg3+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Grechkin, Dmitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. g3 e5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. d5 Nd4
9. h3 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. O-O c5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15.
Nd5 Qd8 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 Rb8 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Rae1 Qh4 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 21.
Rxf2 Bxd5 22. cxd5 d3 23. e5 Rfe8 24. Rd2 dxe5 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Kf1 Bg3 27.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Kg1 Re2 29. Rxd3 Bd6 30. Rb3 Bc5+ 31. Kh1 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D76"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 a5 10. Nd2 e5 11. d5 Nb4 12. Nb3 a4 13. Nc5 Ra5 14. N3xa4 Nxa4
15. Nxa4 Nxd5 16. Bd2 Ra7 17. Qb3 Bd7 18. Nc5 Bc6 19. Rfd1 b6 20. Bc3 bxc5 21.
Bxd5 Qa8 22. Qc4 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 e4 24. Qxc5 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Qxa2 27.
Qxc7 Qe2 28. Rd8 h5 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32. h4 g5 33. Qd8+
Kh7 34. Qxg5 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qe2 36. Qf5+ Kg7 37. Kg2 Qc4 38. Qg5+ Kh7 39. Qxh5+
Kg7 40. Qe5+ f6 41. Qd4 Qe6 42. c4 Kg6 43. Qd5 Qe8 44. c5 Qb5 45. Qxe4+ Kh6 46.
c6 f5 47. Qe6+ Kh5 48. Qf7+ Kh6 49. c7 Qc6+ 50. Kh2 f4 51. Qxf4+ Kh7 52. Qf5+
Kh6 53. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D98"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nf3 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Nce5 11. Qb3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bh5 13. f4 Bxe2 14. Nxe2
Nf6 15. f3 c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. O-O Qd7 18. Rad1 Qh3 19. Qd3 Rad8 20. Qxd8 Ng4
21. fxg4 Qxe3+ 22. Rf2 Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Bf8 24. Nc3 e6 25. f5 Qg5 26. f6 Qxg4+
27. Kf1 e5 28. Ke1 Qg1+ 29. Ke2 h5 30. a3 Qc1 31. Nd1 a5 32. Ke1 Qc5 33. Nc3
Kh7 34. Rd3 Bh6 35. Kf1 Qc4 36. Rf3 Bf4 37. Kg2 g5 38. Rd7 Kg6 39. Rfd3 Qb3 40.
Nd1 Qc2+ 41. Nf2 Qe2 42. Rc7 g4 43. Rc8 c5 44. h3 c4 45. Rc3 g3 46. Rxg3+ Bxg3
47. Kxg3 Qxb2 48. a4 Qd4 49. Kf3 c3 50. h4 Qd2 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D70"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nbd2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. b4 c5
9. bxc5 bxc5 10. Ba3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Rc1 Bxd4 14. exd4 Ba6
15. Re1 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nd7 17. Ne4 N7b6 18. Qa6 Nf4 19. Bc5 Qd7 20. g3 Nfd5 21.
Rc2 Nc7 22. Qe2 Nbd5 23. Rec1 Ne6 24. Qc4 Rec8 25. Qe2 Rc7 26. h4 h5 27. Qd2
Kg7 28. Ng5 Nxg5 29. Qxg5 Qf5 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. Rb2 Rac8 32. Rc4 Rd7 33. Ra4
Rcc7 34. Kg2 f4 35. Ra3 f6 36. Rb8 fxg3 37. Rxg3+ Kf7 38. Rf3 Nb6 39. Ra3 Rc8
40. Rxc8 Nxc8 41. Kf3 Rb7 42. Rb3 Nb6 43. Ke4 Rc7 44. Ra3 e6 45. Ra6 Nd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vasiliev, Viktor"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D74"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4
Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. dxc5 Na6 11. c6 bxc6 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. Nxd5 cxd5
15. Bg5 Bf8 16. Qd4 Rb8 17. b3 Nb4 18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. Nd4 h6 20. Bd2 Bb7 21. Bf1
Nc6 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Rac1 Rdc8 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 e6 27. Be3
a6 28. Bd3 Kg7 29. Kf1 f6 30. Bd4 f5 31. Ke2 Kf7 32. Kd2 Bb4+ 33. Bc3 Bc5 34.
Ke2 Ke8 35. b4 Bb6 36. g4 Kf7 37. f3 f4 38. h4 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Be1 Ke7 41.
Bf2 Bxf2 42. Kxf2 Kd8 43. a4 Bc6 44. a5 Bb5 45. Bxb5 axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4
O-O 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 f5 13. O-O-O e5 14. d5 Nf6
15. Nb1 cxd5 16. cxd5 Ne8 17. d6 Nxd6 18. Qc5 Rd8 19. Nc3 Be6 20. Qxe5 Nf7 21.
Qb5 Qc7 22. Kb1 a6 23. Qb4 b5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. g3 Ne5 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1
Bc4 28. Bxc4+ Nxc4 29. Qc3 Qd6 30. Kc1 Kf7 31. a4 Ke6 32. axb5 axb5 33. Qb3
Qd2+ 34. Kb1 Qd5 35. Kc1 Qd2+ 36. Kb1 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 a6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Kh8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Kh1 Rac8 14. Nf3 b5
15. e5 Ne8 16. Ne4 f5 17. Neg5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nb4 19. c3 Nd5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21.
Qh3 h6 22. e6 Bxg5 23. Nxg5 Bc6 24. Bh5 Qe7 25. Nf7+ Kg8 26. Qxf5 Nf6 27. Nxh6+
gxh6 28. Bf7+ Rxf7 29. exf7+ Kxf7 30. Qxc8 d4 31. Bxd4 Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qe4+ 33.
Rf3 Qg6+ 34. Kh1 Qb1+ 35. Bg1 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. Bc4 d6 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Ne2 Nf6 9. d3 Qb6 10. c3 dxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. O-O Bd7 14. a4 Rac8
15. Ng3 a6 16. a5 e6 17. e5 d5 18. exf6 dxc4 19. fxg7 cxb3 20. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 21.
Bb2 Bc6 22. c4 b6 23. axb6 Qxb6+ 24. Kh1 a5 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. dxe4 Rd8 27. Bf6
b2 28. Rab1 Rd2 29. c5 Qb5 30. c6 Qxc6 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. Bxb2 Qb5 33. Rf2 Qb4
34. Re2 a4 35. Kg1 f5 36. exf5 gxf5 37. Be5 a3 38. Kf2 Qb6+ 39. Kf1 a2 40. Re1
Qb1 41. h3 Kf7 42. Kf2 Ke7 43. Rf1 Kd7 44. Re1 h5 45. Ke2 Qc2+ 46. Kf1 Kc6 47.
Kg1 Qb1 48. Kf2 Kd5 49. Rf1 Kc4 50. Re1 Kb3 51. Re3+ Kb4 52. Re1 Kc4 53. Rf1
Kd3 54. Re1 Qb6+ 55. Kf1 Qc5 56. Rd1+ Kc2 57. Ra1 Qa7 58. Ke2 h4 59. Re1 Qa6+
60. Kf2 Kd2 61. Ra1 Qb6+ 62. Kf1 Qb5+ 63. Kf2 Qb3 64. Kf1 Qc2 65. Kf2 Qc5+ 66.
Kf1 Qb5+ 67. Kf2 Qb6+ 68. Kf1 Qa7 69. Bf6 Qa6+ 70. Kg1 Qb6+ 71. Kh2 Qb1 72. g3
Ke3 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Lubensky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E17"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 f5 9. d5 O-O 10. O-O Na6 11. Nd4 Nc5 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Nb3 Na6 14. a4 c5 15.
f4 Nc7 16. Rad1 Ne8 17. Bc1 Nf6 18. Nd2 Ng4 19. Nf3 exd5 20. Nh4 g6 21. cxd5 c4
22. e4 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Qf6 24. Bf3 Nh6 25. Be3 Rac8 26. Kh1 Bc5 27. Bc1 Rce8 28.
Rfe1 Nf7 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Bg4 Qd6 31. Qg2 Bxd5 32. Bf3 Bxf3 33. Qxf3 Qe6 34.
f5 Qe4 35. Qxe4 Rxe4 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. Nxg6 d5 38. Kg2 d4 39. Kf3 Nd6 40. Bf4
d3 41. Bxd6 Re3+ 42. Kf4 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Solmanis, Zigfrīds"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8.
O-O e5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Qb3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. e4 c5 14. Nf5 Bxf5
15. exf5 Rad8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qc2 Be5 20. Rad1 Qc8 21.
Qe4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Qxb7 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Qxb7 25. Bxb7 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pogrebyssky, Iosif"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8. h3 Bxf3
9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qf2 Ne7 11. Nd1 Qa5+ 12. c3 Nb3 13. Rb1 Qxa2 14. Qc2 Na1 15.
Rxa1 Qxa1 16. O-O Qa6 17. Ne3 O-O 18. g4 Kh8 19. Kh1 f5 20. Qb3 fxe4 21. dxe4
Rae8 22. g5 b5 23. Kh2 c4 24. Qd1 d5 25. e5 Nf5 26. Nxf5 Rxf5 27. Be3 Rf7 28.
h4 Qc8 29. h5 Bf8 30. Kg3 Bc5 31. Bc1 Bb6 32. Rh1 Qc5 33. Qc2 Rg7 34. hxg6 Rxg6
35. Bf3 Rg7 36. Bg4 Qe7 37. Rh6 Qd7 38. Qh2 Kg8 39. Qh3 Rg6 40. Rh4 Re7 41. f5
exf5 42. Bxf5 Qc7 43. Bf4 Rxe5 44. Kf3 Rxf5 45. Qxf5 Qc6 46. Rxh7 Kxh7 47. Qf7+
Rg7 48. Qf5+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aramanovich, I."]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C62"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
Qf3 Rb8 9. O-O Ng4 10. Qg3 h5 11. h3 h4 12. Qf3 Ne5 13. Qe2 c5 14. Nf3 Nxf3+
15. Qxf3 g6 16. b3 Bg7 17. Bf4 O-O 18. Rad1 Re8 19. Rfe1 Bc6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
exd5 Qf6 22. Bc1 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Bc3 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Kf1 Kg7 26. Be3 a6 27.
Rd3 Bf6 28. Bd2 Bd4 29. Ba5 Rc8 30. b4 Kf6 31. c3 Be5 32. bxc5 dxc5 33. c4 Rb8
34. Rb3 Rxb3 35. axb3 Kf5 36. Ke2 Bd6 37. Bd2 Bf4 38. Be1 Bd6 39. Bc3 Be5 40.
Be1 Bd6 41. Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grechkin, Dmitri"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bc1 Nxc3 10. Bd3 c5 11. dxc5 Nd7 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4
15. Qxe4 Nxc5 16. Qf4 b6 17. O-O g5 18. Qe3 Bb7 19. Nd4 Rd8 20. Bb4 Rg8 21.
Rfd1 a6 22. a4 Rd5 23. Nf3 g4 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 25. Ne1 Ne4 26. Rd1 a5 27. Bd6 Nxd6
28. exd6 Qc5 29. Qxh6 Kd7 30. Qf6 Kxd6 31. Qxf7 Rc8 32. Nd3 Qd4 33. Re1 Rxc2
34. Ne5 Qxe5 35. Qf8+ Kd7 36. Qf7+ Kc6 37. Qe8+ Kb7 38. Rf1 Qe4 39. Qf7+ Ka6
0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B62"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd3 Bd7 10. Rad1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. Qe3 Qa5 13. a3 Ng4 14. Bxg4
Bxg5 15. f4 Be7 16. Kh1 Qc5 17. Qg3 Bf6 18. Rf3 Rad8 19. b4 Qb6 20. Qe1 a5 21.
Rb1 axb4 22. axb4 Ra8 23. f5 Bd7 24. fxe6 Bxe6 25. Rxf6 gxf6 26. Qh4 Qd4 27.
Bxe6 fxe6 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Ne2 Ra1 30. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 31. Ng1 Qe5 32. Nf3 f5 33.
exf5 Ra8 34. g3 Qxf5 35. Qxf5 exf5 36. Nd4 Rf8 37. Kg2 f4 38. Ne6 Rc8 39. gxf4
Rxc2+ 40. Kg3 Rb2 41. Kg4 Rxb4 42. Kf5 Rc4 43. Nd8 b5 44. Nf7+ Kg8 45. Nxd6
Rc5+ 46. Ke4 b4 47. Kd4 Rc1 48. Nc4 b3 49. Nb2 Rc2 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Qb3 c6 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O-O Qb6 12. Qc2 Be6 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Rc1 Rac8
15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bf5 Qd8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qg6 e5 19. h4 Nf8 20. Qg4 exd4 21.
Nxd4 Rc7 22. Nf5 Rf7 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. Qxd7 Nxd7 25. Nf3 Bd8 26. Rc2 Nf6 27. Ng5
Rfe7 28. Nh3 Bc7 29. Rd1 Kh7 30. g3 Kg6 31. Ne2 Bb6 32. Nhf4+ Kf7 33. Nd4 Rd7
34. Nf3 Bc7 35. Nd3 Rde7 36. Nd4 Kg6 37. b4 a6 38. a4 Ne4 39. Kb2 Nd6 40. Nf4+
Kf7 41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 Nc4+ 43. Rxc4 dxc4 44. bxc6 Rd8 45. cxb7 Ba5 46. Kc2
Rxb7 47. Ra1 Bb4 48. g4 Rdd7 49. g5 Ra7 50. Rxa7 Rxa7 51. Nc6 Ra2+ 52. Kb1 Ra4
53. Ne5+ Kg8 54. Nxc4 Be1 55. Nb2 Rb4 56. Nd3 Rxh4 57. Nxe1 Rh1 58. Nd3 h5 59.
Kc2 h4 60. Nf3 h3 61. Kc3 Rg1 62. Nf4 Rxg5 63. Nxh3 Rf5 64. Nfg5 Rd5 65. f4 g6
66. Nf2 Kg7 67. Ng4 Rd1 68. e4 Kf8 69. Ne3 Re1 70. Kd4 Kg7 71. Nd5 Rd1+ 72. Ke5
Ra1 73. Nc7 Rc1 74. Nce6+ Kh6 75. Kf6 Rf1 76. Nf7+ Kh5 77. Ne5 g5 78. Ng7+ Kh4
79. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D96"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. Bg5 e6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Nxe4 O-O 11. O-O Bxb5 12. Bxf6 Qd5 13. Rfe1 Qxb3 14. axb3
Bc6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ne5 Rd8 17. Rad1 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. f4
Rc8 21. Re2 Rcd8 22. Red2 Rd5 23. Kf2 R8d6 24. Rd3 h6 25. Ke3 g5 26. g3 Rb6 27.
fxg5 hxg5 28. Rc1 Rdb5 29. Rcc3 Kg6 30. g4 a5 31. h3 Rb4 32. Kd2 a4 33. bxa4
Rxb2+ 34. Rc2 Rxc2+ 35. Kxc2 Rb4 36. d5 exd5 37. Rxd5 Rxa4 38. Rb5 Rc4+ 39. Kd3
Rc7 40. Rb6+ f6 41. Ke4 Rc3 42. Rxb7 Rxh3 43. Rb4 Rg3 44. Kd5 Rf3 45. Ra4 Rf1
46. Rb4 Re1 47. Ra4 Kf7 48. Ra7+ Re7 49. Ra6 Re3 50. Ra7+ Re7 51. Ra6 Re5+ 52.
Kd4 Re6 53. Rxe6 Kxe6 54. Ke4 Ke7 55. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Vasiliev, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Qxd4 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. b3 Nh5 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Nd4 Qd7
15. Rad1 g6 16. f3 Bg7 17. Rfe1 Bb7 18. b4 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 Ra8 21. g4
Nf6 22. Qd2 Ra3 23. Nb1 Raa8 24. c4 Qc8 25. Nc3 Nd7 26. Qe2 Ra3 27. Nb1 Ra4 28.
b5 cxb5 29. Nxb5 Ne5 30. Bd4 Ra8 31. N1c3 Qd7 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. cxd5 Rab8 34.
Bxe5 Bxe5 35. Nd4 Bf4 36. Qc2 Ra8 37. Re2 Qe7 38. Rb1 Ra3 39. Rb3 Ra1+ 40. Rb1
Qf6 41. Nc6 Rea8 42. e5 dxe5 43. Qb2 Rxb1+ 44. Qxb1 Ra3 45. Qb8+ Kg7 46. Qb2
Rd3 47. Nxe5 Rxd5 48. Nc4 Qxb2 49. Nxb2 Rd2 50. Rxd2 Bxd2 51. Nc4 Bf4 52. h3
Kf6 53. Kf2 Ke6 54. Ke2 Kd5 55. Kd3 Bc1 56. Kc3 g5 57. Kd3 Bf4 58. Nb2 Be5 59.
Nc4 Bd4 60. Nd2 c5 61. Ne4 c4+ 62. Kc2 f6 63. Ng3 Be5 64. Ne2 Kc5 65. Kd2 Kb4
66. Kc2 c3 67. h4 gxh4 68. f4 h3 69. fxe5 h2 70. exf6 h1=Q 71. Nxc3 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Qb6 7. Be2 Nge7 8. Na3
Nf5 9. Nc2 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Be7 11. g3 Bd7 12. Kg2 h5 13. h3 Rc8 14. b3 Nb4 15.
Nxb4 Bxb4 16. Bb2 h4 17. g4 Ne7 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Bxc1 Qa5 20. Qc2 Bb5 21. a3
Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Bxa3 23. Bxa3 Qxa3 24. Qb5+ Kf8 25. Qxb7 g5 26. Nxg5 Rg8 27. Nh7+
Kg7 28. Nf6 Rc8 29. Ra1 Qxa1 30. Qxe7 Qb1 31. Nh5+ Kg8 32. Qxh4 Qe4+ 33. Kg3
Qd3+ 34. f3 Qxd4 35. Qf6 Qg1+ 36. Kh4 Qe1+ 37. Kg5 Qc1+ 38. f4 Kf8 39. Ng7 Qc6
40. f5 exf5 41. e6 Qc7 42. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Ng3 b6 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Be2 Bb7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. d5 cxd5 13. Nd4 Bc5 14. Bh5
Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Kf8 16. Rfe1 Rc8 17. Qb4+ Nc5 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Qh4 f5 20. c4 dxc4
21. Qxc4 Rg8 22. f4 Qe7 23. Qd4 Ne4 24. Bf3 Nxg3 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. hxg3 Rc2 27.
Qd6+ Qe7 28. Qb8+ Kg7 29. Qe5+ Qf6 30. Rd7 Qxe5 31. fxe5 Rxb2 32. Rc1 Kg6 33.
Rxa7 Rd8 34. Kh2 Rdd2 35. Rg1 Re2 36. Ra4 b5 37. Ra7 Rxe5 38. a4 b4 39. a5 Ra2
40. a6 Ree2 41. Rb7 Rxa6 42. Rxb4 h5 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nf3 f5 6. Qc2 Nh6 7. Bd3 Qf6 8. b3 Bd6
9. Bb2 O-O 10. h3 g6 11. O-O-O Rf7 12. Kb1 Bf8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qg7 15. f4
Rc7 16. Qe2 dxc4 17. bxc4 Bd7 18. g4 Be8 19. Bc2 Rd7 20. Rd6 Rxd6 21. exd6 Qd7
22. Rd1 Bg7 23. e4 Rd8 24. c5 Kh8 25. g5 Nf7 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Bb3 e5 28. fxe5
Nxe5 29. Re1 Bf7 30. Qxe5 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Bxb3 32. Nd5 Kg7 33. Rxf5+ Kg6 34. Ne7+
Kh5 35. g6+ Qxf5+ 36. Nxf5 Bd5 37. gxh7 Be4+ 38. Kc1 Bxf5 39. h8=Q+ Rxh8 40.
Bxh8 Bxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lubensky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D90"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qa4+ c6 7. e4 Nb6 8.
Qc2 Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rd1 Kh8 12. Be2 f5 13. O-O f4 14. Bc1 Bxe5
15. dxe5 Qc7 16. Nb5 Qc8 17. Nd4 c5 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Qxc5 N8d7 20. Qd4 Qxe5
21. b3 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 e5 23. Rd2 Nf6 24. f3 Rfd8 25. Rfd1 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Rc8 27.
Bb2 Nbd7 28. Bc4 Kg7 29. g3 g5 30. Be6 Rc7 31. h4 h6 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. gxf4
gxf4 34. Rg2+ Kf8 35. Ba3+ Ke8 36. Rh2 Nc5 37. Rh8+ Ke7 38. Bc4 a6 39. Bb2 Ncd7
40. a4 Kd6 41. Ba3+ Kc6 42. a5 b5 43. axb6 Kxb6 44. Ra8 Kb7 45. Rd8 Nb6 46. Be2
Nfd7 47. Kf2 Rc2 48. Ke1 Ra2 49. Bb4 a5 50. Bd2 Kc7 51. Re8 Kd6 52. Kd1 a4 53.
bxa4 Ra1+ 54. Kc2 Ra2+ 55. Kd1 Ra1+ 56. Kc2 Ra2+ 57. Kc1 Ra1+ 58. Kb2 Rxa4 59.
Bb5 Rd4 60. Bc3 Na4+ 61. Bxa4 Rxa4 62. Rh8 Ke6 63. Rh6+ Nf6 64. Kb3 Ra7 65. Be1
Rh7 66. Rxh7 Nxh7 67. Bh4 Nf8 68. Kc4 Kd6 69. Kd3 Ne6 70. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Solmanis, Zigfrīds"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nge7 5. g3 d5 6. d3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O b6
9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd2 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nd1 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Nd5 14. c4 dxc3 15.
Nxc3 Bb7 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bg2 Re8 18. Qf2 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Bg7 20. f5 Qf6 21. Kh1
Qxf5 22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. Rxf5 Re2 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Bxd5 Rc5 26. Bxb7 Rxf5 27. Bf4
Ra5 28. d4 Raxa2 29. h4 Bxd4 30. g4 Ra1 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Pogrebyssky, Iosif"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1 Nfd7 7. Qg4 Bf8 8. f4
c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Nb5 g6 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. O-O Nc5 13. Rd1 Nxd3 14. cxd3 a6 15.
Na3 Qb6 16. Qg3 Bd7 17. Qf2 Be7 18. Nc2 f6 19. b3 fxe5 20. Qg3 O-O-O 21. Nxe5
Nxe5 22. fxe5 a5 23. Bb2 Kb8 24. Bxd4 Qc7 25. Rdc1 Rc8 26. Qe3 Rhf8 27. Bb6
Qxb6 28. Qxb6 Bc5+ 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. Nd4 Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 Rf4 32. Nc2 Bb5 33. Rd1
Kc8 34. a4 Bd7 35. Rf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Kc7 37. Ke2 Kb6 38. Ke3 Kc5 39. d4+ Kb6
40. Kd3 Be8 41. Ne3 g5 42. Ng4 Bg6+ 43. Kd2 h5 44. Nf2 Bf5 45. Nh3 g4 46. Nf4
h4 47. g3 hxg3 48. hxg3 Kc6 49. Nh5 Kd7 50. Kc3 b6 51. Nf4 Ke7 52. b4 Be4 53.
bxa5 bxa5 54. Kb3 Kd7 55. Kc3 Ke7 56. Kd2 Kf7 57. Ne2 Kg6 58. Nc1 Kf5 59. Nb3
Bb1 60. Nxa5 Ke4 61. Nb3 Ba2 62. Nc5+ Kxd4 63. Nxe6+ Kxe5 64. Nc7 Ke4 65. a5
Bc4 66. a6 Bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Aramanovich, I."]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 a5 7. O-O c6 8. d4 a4
9. Qc2 Na6 10. Nbd2 a3 11. Bc3 b5 12. Rad1 b4 13. Ba1 Bb7 14. e4 Rc8 15. Ne5
Nd7 16. Qd3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qc7 19. Qc2 Nb8 20. Rfe1 Ba6 21. Bf1
Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Rfd8 23. Nc4 c5 24. Qe2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Qg4 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1
Qc6 28. Qd3 h5 29. f3 Nd7 30. Ke2 Qb5 31. Nd2 Qxd3+ 32. Kxd3 Nb6 33. Ke2 Kf8
34. Kd3 Ke8 35. f4 g5 36. Nf3 g4 37. Nd2 Kd7 38. Nf1 Kc6 39. Ne3 Kb5 40. Nc2
Bd8 41. Ne3 Kc6 42. Nd1 Bc7 43. Nf2 Bd8 44. Nd1 Kb7 45. Ne3 Be7 46. Ng2 Ka6 47.
Ne1 Nc8 48. Nc2 Bf8 49. Ne3 Nb6 50. Ng2 Ka5 51. Ne1 Nd7 52. Nc2 Bh6 53. Ne3 Nb6
54. Nf1 Kb5 55. Ne3 Bg7 56. Nc2 Bf8 57. Ne3 Be7 58. Nc2 c4+ 59. bxc4+ Ka4 60.
Bd4 Nd7 61. Na1 Nc5+ 62. Kc2 Bf8 63. Nb3 Nxb3 64. axb3+ Ka5 65. Kb1 Ka6 66. Ka2
Kb7 67. Kb1 Kc6 68. Ka2 Be7 69. Kb1 h4 70. Ka2 h3 71. Kb1 Bc5 72. Bxc5 Kxc5 73.
Ka2 Kd4 74. Kb1 Kxe4 75. Ka2 Kd4 76. Kb1 Kc3 77. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Pirtskhalava, Akaki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grechkin, Dmitri"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B58"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Qd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Qg3 Kh8 12. f4 Qc7 13. b3 a5 14. Na4 f5 15.
exf5 Rxf5 16. Bd3 Rf8 17. Rf1 Ba6 18. c4 d5 19. Bb2 Bf6 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Qh3
Nf6 22. Rae1 Bxb2 23. Nxb2 Rae8 24. Qh4 Bc8 25. h3 Be6 26. Na4 Bg8 27. c5 Re5
28. Rxe5 Qxe5 29. Qf4 Re8 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. Kf2 Nh5 32. Re1 Nf4 33. Bf1 Rxe1
34. Kxe1 Be6 35. Kd2 Bf5 36. Ke3 Ne6 37. Bd3 g6 38. Bxf5 gxf5 39. g3 Kg7 40. a3
Kf6 41. b4 axb4 42. axb4 Ke5 43. Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grechkin, Dmitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D97"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nf3 Na6 8.
Be2 c6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Rd1 a5 11. h3 a4 12. Qd3 Ne6 13. d5 cxd5 14. exd5 Nc5 15.
Qc4 b6 16. Qb4 a3 17. bxa3 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. Qh4 Qc8 20. Bb2 Nc5 21. Rd2
Qb7 22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. Ne5 e6 24. dxe6 Nxe6 25. Nb5 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Qe4 27. Qxe4
Nxe4 28. Re2 Ra5 29. Nc4 Rxb5 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Rxe4 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 b5 33. Nd6
Rb2 34. Kg3 Rxa2 35. Nxb5 Kf6 36. Re3 h5 37. Nc3 Ra1 38. Nd5+ Kg7 39. Rb3 Nd4
40. Rd3 Nc2 41. Ne3 Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grechkin, Dmitri"]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B18"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nf4 e5 8.
Nxg6 hxg6 9. Be3 exd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Bc5 13. Be2 Rh4 14.
Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Bf3 Ne6 16. h3 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grechkin, Dmitri"]
[Black "Vasiliev, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 a6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3
c5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. e4 b4 13. e5 bxc3 14. exf6 Bxf6 15.
bxc3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nc6 17. Bf4 Na5 18. Bc2 Qd5 19. Be5 Be7 20. Rab1 Rfc8 21.
Rxb7 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Nxb7 23. Rc1 Nd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Qc6 Rd8 26. Qxd6 Bxd6 27.
Kf1 h6 28. Ke2 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Grechkin, Dmitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. c4 c6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Ne4 10. c5 b6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Bh2 e5 15.
Qc2 bxc5 16. dxc5 Qa5 17. Rfc1 Kh8 18. a3 Qc7 19. b4 Rfd8 20. Rd1 a5 21. Rxd8+
Rxd8 22. Rd1 axb4 23. axb4 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Bg6 25. Qc4 h6 26. f4 exf3 27. gxf3
Bh7 28. Bb3 Qd8 29. Bg3 Bg8 30. Qxg8+ Qxg8 31. Bxg8 Kxg8 32. e4 Kf7 33. Kf2 Ke6
34. Ke3 g6 35. Kd3 f5 36. Kc4 fxe4 37. fxe4 h5 38. b5 cxb5+ 39. Kxb5 g5 40. Kb6
Bd8+ 41. Kb7 h4 42. Bh2 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Grechkin, Dmitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Bf5 6. d3 Nc5 7. Nfd4 e6 8. h4
h6 9. Nxf5 exf5 10. Nd4 g6 11. h5 Qe7 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. Nf3 Nbd7 14. d4 Ne4 15.
Nh4 Qe6 16. Bd3 O-O-O 17. c3 Be7 18. f3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. fxe4 dxe4 21.
Kf1 Rxd3 22. Qe2 Qd6 23. Be3 Bg5 24. Rh3 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Bxh4 26. Rh3 Bg5 27. Rd1
Qf4+ 28. Qf2 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Kc7 30. Rhh1 h5 31. Ke2 Rf8 32. Rd4 Bf6 33. Rd2 Bg5
34. Rd4 Bf6 35. Rd2 f4 36. Rhd1 Rf7 37. Rh1 Be5 38. Rhd1 g5 39. Rd8 g4 40. Rh8
0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grechkin, Dmitri"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C75"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2
Ng6 9. Nc4 Be7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ne3 Bg5 12. Nd5 Bxc1 13. Qxc1 Na5 14. Qe3 O-O
15. O-O Re8 16. Rfd1 b6 17. Rd2 Qc8 18. Rad1 Nxb3 19. axb3 Be6 20. c4 Qb7 21.
h3 a5 22. Nh2 a4 23. b4 Nf4 24. Nxf4 exf4 25. Qxf4 Bxc4 26. f3 Be6 27. Ng4 a3
28. bxa3 Rxa3 29. Nxh6+ gxh6 30. Qxh6 c6 31. Qg5+ Kf8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qg5+ Kf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Grechkin, Dmitri"]
[Black "Lubensky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O
Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Nh2 Be6 11. Ng4 Nbd7 12. Ne3 b5 13. Ncd5 Rc8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. a4 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nc5 18. c3 bxc3 19. b4 c2 20. Qxc2 Ne6 21. Qa2
Nd4 22. Bxa6 Rc2 23. Bb2 Ne4 24. Bd3 Nf3+ 25. Kh1 Nxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Rxf2 27. Rf1
Qh4 28. Rxf2 Qxf2 29. Qb1 Ne1 30. Be4 Rc8 31. Bh7+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Solmanis, Zigfrīds"]
[Black "Grechkin, Dmitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. Bb5 dxe4 6. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 a6
8. Ba4 Bd7 9. Nxe7 Bxa4 10. Nc3 Rd8+ 11. Bd2 Bxe7 12. Nxa4 Bg5 13. f4 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pogrebyssky, Iosif"]
[Black "Grechkin, Dmitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D77"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Nbd2 b5 8. b3
c3 9. Nb1 Bb7 10. Nxc3 a6 11. Ba3 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 c5 15.
Bxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Qa5 17. Qb2 Qb4 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Nd3 Qg4 20. Kxg2 Nd5 21. b4
Nxc3 22. Rxc3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Qxe2 24. Rd2 Qe4+ 25. f3 Qe3 26. Rc2 Red8 27. Nf2
Qxc3 28. Rxc3 Rd2 29. a3 Kf8 30. f4 a5 31. Kf3 axb4 32. axb4 Rb2 33. Nd3 Rxh2
34. Ra3 Rc2 35. Ra5 Rc3 36. Ke2 Rd8 37. Ne5 Rxg3 38. Rxb5 Ra8 39. Ra5 Rxa5 40.
bxa5 Ke8 41. Nd3 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Aramanovich, I."]
[Black "Grechkin, Dmitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D64"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c6 8. Qc2
Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Qb4+ 12. Nd2 Qxb2 13. Qb1 Qxb1 14. Rxb1
e5 15. Nf3 exd4 16. exd4 Rd8 17. Bd3 Nf6 18. h3 Rb8 19. Kd2 Be6 20. Kc3 b5 21.
Ne5 bxc4 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Rb1 Nd5+ 24. Kxc4 Nb4+ 25. Kc3 Nxa2+ 26. Kd2 Rxb1
27. Bxb1 Nb4 28. Be4 Bd5 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Kc3 a5 31. Nd7 f6 32. Kb3 Kf7 33.
Ka4 Nc6 34. Nc5 Nxd4 35. Kxa5 Ke7 36. Kb4 Kd6 37. Nd3 g5 38. Kc3 Ne2+ 39. Kd2
Nf4 40. Ne1 d4 41. Nf3 Kd5 42. Ng1 Nxg2 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grechkin, Dmitri"]
[Black "Pirtskhalava, Akaki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Qc7 8. f4
Be7 9. Qe1 O-O 10. Qg3 Nc6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Rad1 b5 13. a3 Rac8 14. Bd3 e5 15.
fxe5 Nxe5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Rxf5 Rfe8 18. Rdf1 Kh8 19. Bd4 Bf8 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21.
exd5 Re7 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Qf3 Kg8 24. d6 Qxd6 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27.
Qf5 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 g6 29. Qe6 Bg7 30. Qxa6 Rb8 31. b4 Qc7 32. Qe6 Qa7 33. Qh3
Qxa3 34. Qh4 Qa6 35. h3 Qe6 36. Qe4 Qe7 37. Ra1 Bf8 38. Rb1 Bg7 39. Ra1 Bf8 40.
Ra6 Bg7 41. Ra5 Qd7 42. Ra8 Rg8 43. Ra5 Rb8 44. Rxb5 Re8 45. Rb7 Qd4 46. Qxd4
exd4 47. g3 Be5 48. Kg2 Bd6 49. Rb6 Rd8 50. b5 Kg7 51. Rb7+ Kh6 52. h4 Re8 53.
Rd7 Bc5 54. g4 Re7 55. g5+ Kg7 56. Rxe7+ Bxe7 57. b6 Bd6 58. Kf3 Kf7 59. Ke4
Ke6 60. Bc4+ Kd7 61. Bg8 Bg3 62. Bxh7 Bxh4 63. Kf4 d3 64. cxd3 Kc6 65. Bxg6
Kxb6 66. Be4 Kc5 67. g6 Bf6 68. Kf5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E08"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nc3 b6 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Rac1 Qd7
15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Qb1 Rfe8 17. Rc2 Re7 18. Qc1 Rce8 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Re5
21. Qc1 a5 22. b3 h5 23. e3 h4 24. Nf3 hxg3 25. hxg3 Rh5 26. Qb2 Qd6 27. Rd4
Bc8 28. b4 axb4 29. Qxb4 Bf5 30. Rb2 Rh6 31. Nh4 Bh7 32. Bxd5 Qe5 33. Qc4 Rf6
34. Nf3 Qe7 35. Rbd2 Be4 36. Bxe4 Nxe4 37. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. Bxf5
gxf5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qb3 b6 11. Ne5 e6 12. Bd2 Nfd7 13. Nd3 Nc6 14. Ne2 Nf6
15. Rfc1 Qd7 16. Rc2 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Ne7 18. Ne5 Qe8 19. Bb4 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Rc8
21. Bxe7 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Qxe7 23. Qc8+ Bf8 24. a3 Ne4 25. Nf4 Nd6 26. Qb8 Qb7 27.
Qd8 Qe7 28. Qb8 Qb7 29. Qxb7 Nxb7 30. Nc6 a5 31. Nh5 Nd6 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Nd7
Nc8 34. Kf1 Bd6 35. f4 a4 36. Nde5 Bc7 37. Ke2 Nd6 38. Nb4 f6 39. Ned3 Kf7 40.
Na2 b5 41. Nc5 Ba5 42. b3 axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Vasiliev, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. Bxf5
gxf5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qb3 b6 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Rfc1 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Rc8
15. Rc2 Na5 16. Qd3 e6 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Nf4 Nb7 19. Nf3 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Rc8 21.
Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Nc5 24. g4 Qc7 25. b4 Na6 26. Qxc7 Nxc7 27.
gxf5 exf5 28. Kf1 f6 29. exf6 Kf7 30. Ke2 Kxf6 31. Kd3 Ke5 32. Ne2 Ne6 33. f4+
Kd6 34. Ng3 Ng7 35. Ne2 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D01"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. Qd3 Nbd7 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. Qxe4 Nf6
8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O Qd5 10. Qxd5 cxd5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. g3 h5
14. Nf3 e6 15. Nh4 Bd6 16. f4 f5 17. Rhe1 Rac8 18. Kd2 Rc6 19. Kd3 Rhc8 20. Re2
b5 21. c3 b4 22. cxb4 Bxb4 23. Nf3 f6 24. Nh4 a5 25. a3 Bd6 26. Rdd2 Bxa3 27.
Rc2 Bd6 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Rc2 Rb6 30. Re2 Rb4 31. Kc3 a4 32. Rd2 Kc6 33. Re2
Rb3+ 34. Kc2 Kd7 35. Re1 Bc7 36. Ra1 Rb4 37. Kc3 Rc4+ 38. Kd3 Bb6 39. Nf3 Rb4
40. Ra3 Kc6 41. Rc3+ Kb5 42. Rc2 Ba7 43. Rd2 Kc6 44. Kc2 Kd7 45. Rd3 Kc6 46. b3
axb3+ 47. Rxb3 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D95"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Qb3 e6 7. Bd2 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Rc1 Bb7 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Be1 Bf8 14. a4 a5 15.
Nd2 Re6 16. Bf3 Qe7 17. Nf1 Bh6 18. Qc2 Nb8 19. Na2 Na6 20. Qb3 Qc7 21. Nc3 Qd8
22. Ne2 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Bxa5 bxa5 25. Qxb7 Nb4 26. Rxc6 Nxc6 27. Qxc6 Rc8
28. Qa6 Re6 29. Qd3 Rb6 30. b3 Rbc6 31. Nd2 Qb6 32. h4 Qb4 33. h5 Rc2 34. hxg6
hxg6 35. Nf3 Rb2 36. Rc1 Rb8 37. Rc6 Rxb3 38. Nc3 Qb7 39. Ne5 Bg7 40. Nxg6 fxg6
41. Qxg6 Qe7 42. g3 Qd7 43. Rc5 Qh3 44. Rc7 Qh7 45. Qe6+ Kh8 46. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E69"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Re1 Nc5 11. h3 c6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Qd2 Ne6 15.
Rad1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Be6 18. b3 Red8 19. Re3 f6 20. Qd2 Rd7 21. Kh2
Ng7 22. Rd3 Ne8 23. f4 Rc7 24. Re1 a6 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Qf8 27. dxc6 bxc6
28. Qa5 Qf7 29. Rde3 Kf8 30. Qb6 Rac8 31. Qxa6 Ng7 32. Be4 Qd7 33. Qa3 Re8 34.
Qb2 Qf7 35. Qd2 Re6 36. Bg2 Rxe3 37. Qxe3 Nf5 38. Qb6 Qd7 39. Be4 Ne7 40. Qd4
Kf7 41. Bf3 Nf5 42. Qd3 Rc8 43. Re2 Re8 44. Rxe8 Kxe8 45. Qe4+ Ne7 46. Qd4 Kf7
47. b4 Qc7 48. a3 c5 49. Qc3 cxb4 50. axb4 h5 51. h4 Qa7 52. Qd2 Nf5 53. Qd5+
Ke7 54. Qb7+ Qxb7 55. Bxb7 Ne3 56. Be4 f5 57. Bd3 Kd7 58. Kg1 d5 59. Kf2 Nd1+
60. Ke2 Nc3+ 61. Ke3 dxc4 62. Bxc4 Ne4 63. Bf7 Nxg3 64. Bxg6 Kc6 65. Kf3 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Lubensky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D99"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bh5 14. f4
Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Qd7 16. h4 c6 17. h5 cxd5 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. f5 e6 20. Bxb6 axb6
21. Qh3 exf5 22. Qxh7+ Kf7 23. Rg1 Qe6 24. Nf4 Qxe4+ 25. Kf1 Qc4+ 26. Nd3 Qd4
27. f4 Ke7 28. Rxg6 Rf7 29. Qh5 Rh8 30. Qf3 Kf8 31. Nf2 Qc4+ 32. Kg2 Rh6 33.
Rg3 d4 34. Qa3+ Kg8 35. Kg1 Re6 36. Qa8+ Rf8 37. Qxb7 Rf7 38. Qa8+ Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Solmanis, Zigfrīds"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qc2 Qb6 9. Nd2 Rc8 10. Ngf3 Bd7 11. Ne5 Bb5 12. b4 Nc6 13. Bxb5 Qxb5 14. a4 Qb6
15. Qd3 e6 16. a5 Qd8 17. Qb5 Nd7 18. a6 bxa6 19. Rxa6 Ndxe5 20. Bxe5 Qd7 21.
Bg3 e5 22. O-O f6 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. Qa4 Rc7 25. Nf3 Nb8 26. Qxd7+ Rxd7 27. Re6+
Re7 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Nxe5 Bd6 30. Rd1 Ke7 31. Rxd5 Rc8 32. Nf3 Bxg3 33. hxg3
Rxc3 34. Rb5 Na6 35. Ra5 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Nxb4 37. Rxa7+ Kf6 38. g4 Nd3 39. g5+ Kg6
40. Kg3 Rc2 41. Ra5 Nxf2 42. Nh4+ Kh5 43. g6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Pogrebyssky, Iosif"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D97"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 c6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2
b5 9. Qd3 Qa5 10. O-O b4 11. Nd1 Ba6 12. Qc2 b3 13. Qc3 Qxc3 14. Nxc3 Bxe2 15.
Nxe2 Nxe4 16. axb3 Nd7 17. Bf4 c5 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Nb6 21.
Be3 Nd5 22. c4 Nxe3 23. fxe3 a5 24. Ra2 Rcb8 25. Rc3 Rd8 26. Kf2 cxd4 27. exd4
Rxd4 28. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 29. Re3 Rb8 30. Ra3 Kf8 31. Ke2 Bxe3 32. Kxe3 Ke8 33. Kd3
Kd7 34. Kc3 Ra8 35. b4 a4 36. Kb2 Kc6 37. Rc3 a3+ 38. Rxa3 Rxa3 39. Kxa3 e5 40.
Kb3 f5 41. g3 g5 42. Kc3 h5 43. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aramanovich, I."]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Nde2 Qc8 10. Nf4 O-O 11. Ncd5 Re8 12. h3 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. c3 b5 15.
Qe2 a5 16. Be3 Rb8 17. Rfd1 Qc4 18. Bd4 Rec8 19. b3 Qxe2 20. Nxe2 g5 21. f4
gxf4 22. gxf4 Ng6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Kh2 Rc5 25. Kg3 Rg8 26. Rac1 Kf6 27. Kh2
Rgc8 28. Kg3 Bf5 29. Bf3 Rg8 30. Kh2 Nh4 31. Bh1 Rgc8 32. Kg3 Ng6 33. Bf3 Rg8
34. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E35"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 c6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. e3 Re8 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Rc1 Re6 14. O-O g6
15. Rfe1 Qe7 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Qb4 Qe8 18. Nf1 Re7 19. Re2 Be6 20. Qa4 a5 21. Qc2
Rc7 22. Ree1 b6 23. Ng3 c5 24. e4 c4 25. Qd2 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Rd8 27. Qf4 Qe7 28.
Bxg6 fxg6 29. Rxe6 Qxe6 30. Qxc7 Rxd4 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qc7+ Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vasiliev, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1
c6 9. a3 a6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Ba2 c5 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qe2 Ne4 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rfd1 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Rac8 18. e4 cxd4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Nxd4 Nc5
21. f3 Rd8 22. b4 Na4 23. Nb3 Nc3 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qc2 Qf6 26. Qd2 Nxa2 27.
Qxa2 Qc3 28. Kf2 Bc8 29. Nc5 Kf8 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. Qd2 Qxd2+ 32. Kxd2 e5 33. g3
Kd6 34. Nd3 g5 35. Ke3 f6 36. f4 Be6 37. f5 Bc8 38. h4 gxh4 39. g4 Bb7 40. Kf3
Bc6 41. Nf2 Be8 42. Kg2 h5 43. Kh3 hxg4+ 44. Nxg4 Ke7 45. Kxh4 Bf7 46. Nf2 Kd6
47. Kg4 Be8 48. Nd3 Kc6 49. Kg3 Bf7 50. Ne1 Kd6 51. Ng2 Be8 52. Ne3 Bc6 53. Kf3
Ke7 54. Ng4 Be8 55. Ke3 Bh5 56. Nf2 Kd6 57. Nd3 Kc6 58. Nc1 Bd1 59. Na2 Bb3 60.
Nc3 Bf7 61. Kf3 Bh5+ 62. Kg3 Bf7 63. Kh4 Kd6 64. Nd1 Bc4 65. Nc3 Bf7 66. Kg4
Kc6 67. Nd1 Kd6 68. Ne3 Kc6 69. Kg3 Kd6 70. Kh4 Ke7 71. Ng4 Bc4 72. Kg3 Bf7 73.
Kf2 Bb3 74. Ke2 Ba2 75. Kd2 Bf7 76. Kc3 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C73"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Be3
Rb8 9. b3 Nh6 10. dxe5 fxe5 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Qe2 Qe6 13. O-O Nf7 14. Bd2 Bg7 15.
Na4 O-O 16. Ng5 Nxg5 17. Bxg5 Qg4 18. Qxg4 Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D81"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 c6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rd1
O-O 9. Be2 Be6 10. d5 cxd5 11. exd5 Bc8 12. Nf3 N6d7 13. O-O b6 14. Nd4 Bb7 15.
Ne6 fxe6 16. dxe6 Kh8 17. exd7 Nc6 18. Qe6 Rf5 19. Rd2 Qf8 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21. Nd5
Be5 22. Bg4 Rf7 23. Nb4 Bd6 24. Rxd6 exd6 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Rxd6 Bxd7 27. Bd4+
Kg8 28. Qe5 Qg7 29. Qxg7+ Rxg7 30. Bxg7 Re8 31. f3 Bxg4 32. fxg4 Kxg7 33. Rd7+
Kf6 34. Rxa7 Re2 35. b3 Kg5 36. h3 h6 37. Ra6 b5 38. Kh2 b4 39. Ra5+ Kh4 40.
Ra4 Rc2 41. Rxb4 Rxa2 42. Rb6 Kg5 43. Kg3 h5 44. h4+ Kh6 45. g5+ Kg7 46. Rb7+
Kg8 47. Kf3 Rc2 48. g3 Rc3+ 49. Kf4 Rc5 50. b4 Rf5+ 51. Ke4 Kf8 52. Kd4 Ke8 53.
Rb6 Rf3 54. Rxg6 Rxg3 55. Re6+ Kd7 56. Re3 Rg1 57. Ke5 Rb1 58. Re4 Ke7 59. Kf5+
Kd6 60. Rd4+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 c5 5. Nc3 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qc2 Bf6 12. Rad1 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 Nd7 14. Rfe1
Nf6 15. Qb1 Be4 16. d3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rc8 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. Qb2 Rc7 20. d4 cxd4
21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. Qxd4 Rd8 23. Qb2 Rc8 24. Rd1 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lubensky"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C73"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Be3 Ne7 8.
O-O Ng6 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. Ne1 exd4 14. Bxd4 Be6
15. b3 f5 16. Nd3 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nb4 Bd7 19. f3 c5 20. Nbd5 Qd4+ 21. Qf2
Rac8 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Rcd1 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Rf7 25. Rfe1 Ne5 26. Kg1 g5 27. Ne4
Bxe4 28. Rxe4 a5 29. Nc3 Kg7 30. h4 h6 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Kf2 Rcf8 33. Ke2 Rh8
34. Kf2 Rhf8 35. Ke2 Rh8 36. Kf2 Rhf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Solmanis, Zigfrīds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Be2 e6 5. b3 Nf6 6. Ne5 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qc7 8. g4
Bg6 9. h4 Bd6 10. h5 Be4 11. f3 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Bc3 Qg3+ 14. Kd2 d4 15.
Bxd4 e5 16. Bc3 Na6 17. Qf1 Nxg4 18. Rh3 O-O-O+ 19. Kc1 Nxe3 20. Rxg3 Nxf1 21.
Bxf1 Bf5 22. Rxg7 Rhg8 23. h6 Nc5 24. Nd2 f6 25. Bc4 Rxg7 26. hxg7 Be6 27. Bb4
Bxc4 28. Bxc5 Be6 29. Be7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Pogrebyssky, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd5
Nxd5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. c4 bxc4 11. dxc4 e4 12. Ne1 a5 13. Nc3 f5 14. a3 Na6 15.
d6 Bxd6 16. Qd5+ Kh8 17. Qxa8 c6 18. Be3 Bb8 19. g3 Qc7 20. Bf4 d6 21. c5 Bb7
22. Bxd6 Qc8 23. Qxb7 Qxb7 24. Bxf8 Qxb2 25. Rb1 Qxc3 26. Rb6 Qc4 27. Ng2 f4
28. Bd6 Ba7 29. Rxc6 g5 30. gxf4 Kg7 31. Rb1 Qd3 32. Be5+ Kf8 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34.
Rb7+ Kg6 35. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aramanovich, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C17"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Ne7
9. Nf3 a6 10. Nxc7+ Qxc7 11. Bb2 Nbc6 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Nf3 Na7 14. a4 Nac8 15.
Bd3 h6 16. Qe2 Nb6 17. a5 Na4 18. Bd4 Nc3 19. Qe3 Bb5 20. O-O Bxd3 21. cxd3 Nb5
22. Bc5 O-O 23. d4 f6 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Ne5 Nf5 26. Qd3 Nfd6 27. Rac1 Rc8 28.
g3 Qd8 29. Rfe1 Qe8 30. Ng4 Rg6 31. Ne5 Rf6 32. Qd1 Nf5 33. Rc2 Nfd6 34. Qe2
Ne4 35. Ng4 Rg6 36. Ne5 Rf6 37. Qd1 Ned6 38. Rg2 Nc3 39. Qd3 Nce4 40. Rc2 Qa4
41. Rec1 Nf5 42. Rb2 Nfd6 43. Re1 Qe8 44. Rbe2 Rc7 45. Qb3 Kh7 46. Bxd6 Nxd6
47. Nd3 Ne4 48. Nc5 Nxc5 49. bxc5 Qd7 50. Qc2+ Kg8 51. Rb1 Rc6 52. Re3 Rc8 53.
Reb3 Rf7 54. Qb2 Rc7 55. Rb6 Re7 56. Re1 Rc6 57. Rb3 Rf7 58. Kg2 Kf8 59. Rbe3
Kg8 60. Re5 Rf6 61. R1e2 Qc7 62. Qd2 Qf7 63. Qe1 Kh8 64. Rb2 Qd7 65. Re3 Qc8
66. Reb3 Rf7 67. Qb1 Rcc7 68. Rb6 Kg8 69. Qe1 Rf6 70. Re2 Rc6 71. f5 Kf7 72.
Rb3 Rxf5 73. Qb1 Kg8 74. Rxb7 Rf8 75. Re7 Rf7 76. Rxf7 Kxf7 77. Rb2 g6 78. Rb8
Qd7 79. Qf1+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vasiliev, Viktor"]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D78"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. b3 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. Bb2 a4
9. bxa4 dxc4 10. Na3 Nbd7 11. Nxc4 Nb6 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Qb3 Qa6
15. Ng5 e6 16. e4 Qxa4 17. Bb2 h6 18. Nh3 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe4 20. Rfe1 Qxb3 21.
axb3 Rxa1 22. Bxa1 Nc5 23. Re3 Rd8 24. Kf1 Nxb3 25. Bc3 Be6 26. f4 Bf8 27. g4
Rd1+ 28. Ke2 Bxg4+ 29. Bf3 Bxf3+ 30. Rxf3 Nd4+ 31. Bxd4 Rxd4 32. Nf2 b5 33. Ng4
c5 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. Ra3 Ra4 36. Rd3 Be7 37. Nd5 c4 38. Rd1 Ra2+ 39. Kf3 Ra3+
40. Ke2 Bc5 41. Nc7 Re3+ 42. Kf1 Rf3+ 43. Kg2 Rxf4 44. Rd8+ Kh7 45. Nd5 Rf2+
46. Kg3 Bd4 47. e6 fxe6 48. Rd7+ Bg7 49. Kxf2 exd5 50. Rxd5 b4 51. Rb5 b3 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D22"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Ra7 8.
Nc3 c5 9. dxc5 Nd7 10. c6 Nc5 11. Qd1 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 b5 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5
Kd8 15. Kc2 Na6 16. Rd1+ Kc8 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. a3 Be7 19. b4 Nb8 20. Kb3 Rd8 21.
Bc3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Ne8 23. Bd4 Ra8 24. a4 g6 25. Bd3 Nc7 26. b5 Nd5 27. Be4 Bd6
28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Bb6 Bc7 30. Bxc7 Kxc7 31. Rxd5 Ra7 32. a5 Rxa5 33. b6+ Kxb6
34. Rxa5 Kxc6 35. Kc4 Kd6 36. f4 Ke6 37. e4 Nd7 38. Ra6+ Ke7 39. f3 Nf6 40. Kd4
Nh5 41. Ra7+ Kf6 42. e5+ Ke6 43. Ke4 Ng7 44. Ra6+ Ke7 45. Kd5 Nh5 46. f5 gxf5
47. Ra7+ Kf8 48. e6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Bf5 8.
Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qd7 11. c4 dxc4 12. Qxc4+ Kh8 13. Nc3 Nbc6 14. Bg3
Bxg3 15. hxg3 Rad8 16. Ne4 b6 17. Rac1 Qe8 18. b4 Rd7 19. a3 Nd8 20. b5 Nf7 21.
Qa4 Qa8 22. Nc3 Rfd8 23. Qb3 Nd6 24. Re6 Nb7 25. Rce1 Ng8 26. Qc4 Na5 27. Qa2
c6 28. a4 cxb5 29. axb5 Qc8 30. Ne4 Rd5 31. Re8 Qc4 32. Qxc4 Nxc4 33. Rxd8 Rxd8
34. Ra1 Rd7 35. Ra4 Na5 36. Ra3 Ne7 37. Rc3 h6 38. Kf1 Nd5 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. Rc1
Nc7 41. Nc3 Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. b3 Nc5 11. f3 c6 12. Bb2 Qb6 13. Kh1 a5 14. Rb1 a4 15. Ba1
axb3 16. axb3 Nfd7 17. Nce2 Ne5 18. Nf4 Ra2 19. Bc3 Rd8 20. Ra1 Qa6 21. Rxa2
Qxa2 22. Qa1 Qxa1 23. Rxa1 Ned3 24. Nxd3 Nxd3 25. Ra8 Re8 26. Kg1 Nc1 27. Bh3
Bd7 28. Ra1 Bxd4+ 29. Bxd4 Ne2+ 30. Kf2 Nxd4 31. Bxd7 Rd8 32. Bh3 Nxb3 33. Ra7
Rb8 34. Ke3 Kf8 35. Bf1 Ke7 36. f4 Kd7 37. g4 f6 38. h4 h6 39. Ra2 Re8 40. Bd3
Nc5 41. Kd4 Ne6+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Black "Lubensky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nf3 f5 6. Qc2 Nh6 7. Bd2 Bd6 8. Rc1
O-O 9. Bd3 Kh8 10. Ne2 Nf6 11. a3 Ne4 12. Bb4 Nf7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. cxd5 exd5
15. h4 Bd7 16. Nf4 Rae8 17. Be2 Bc8 18. O-O Qe7 19. g3 Rg8 20. Kg2 g5 21. hxg5
Nfxg5 22. Ne5 Ne6 23. Rh1 Qc7 24. Bh5 Re7 25. Rh3 Nxf4+ 26. exf4 Reg7 27. Rch1
Be6 28. Qe2 Qe7 29. Qd1 Qc7 30. b4 a6 31. Qc2 Qe7 32. Qb2 Bd7 33. Re1 Be8 34.
Be2 Qd8 35. Bd3 Qd6 36. Reh1 Qd8 37. Qa1 Qb6 38. R1h2 Re7 39. Bxe4 fxe4 40. f5
Bd7 41. Rxh7+ Rxh7 42. Rxh7+ Kxh7 43. Qh1+ Kg7 44. f6+ Kxf6 45. Nxd7+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Solmanis, Zigfrīds"]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 Qb6 10. Nd2 Bb5 11. Ngf3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 e6 13. O-O Be7 14. a4
O-O 15. Ne5 Rfc8 16. b4 Nc6 17. Bg5 Ne4 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qd2 Nd5
21. Rac1 Rc7 22. Rc2 Rac8 23. Rfc1 f6 24. Ng4 Qa6 25. Ne3 Qxa4 26. Ra2 Qb5 27.
Nxd5 exd5 28. Rxa7 Qxb4 29. Ra8 Qc4 30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 31. h3 Qb3 32. Qf4 Qb2 33.
Kh2 Re8 34. Qe3 b5 35. Qe1 Qa3 36. Ra1 Qd6+ 37. Kg1 Qb6 38. Ra3 f5 39. Qa1 Qd8
40. Ra7 f4 41. Qa6 e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Pogrebyssky, Iosif"]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A03"]
[PlyCount "233"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 c5 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d5 7. Qe1 Nc6 8. Nc3
d4 9. Nd1 Nb4 10. Nxd4 Nfd5 11. a3 cxd4 12. axb4 Qb6 13. c3 dxc3 14. bxc3 e5
15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. d4 Bg7 17. Ra5 Be6 18. e4 Nxc3 19. Nxc3 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 Qxc3
21. Bd2 Qd4 22. Bf3 Bc4 23. Rg1 b6 24. Ra3 Be5 25. Bc3 Qd6 26. g3 a6 27. Qa1
Bxc3 28. Qxc3 Rac8 29. Rd1 Qe7 30. Qb2 Rfd8 31. Rc1 Bb5 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Rc3
Rd8 34. Rc2 Qd6 35. Kg2 Qd4 36. Qxd4 Rxd4 37. Rb2 f6 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. h4 Ke6 40.
Ke3 Ke5 41. h5 gxh5 42. Rc2 h4 43. gxh4 Rxb4 44. Rc7 Rb3+ 45. Kf2 Kf4 46. Bg2
Rb2+ 47. Kg1 h5 48. Rf7 Kg3 49. Rg7+ Kxh4 50. Rg6 Be2 51. Rxf6 Kg3 52. e5 Bg4
53. Bf1 Rb1 54. e6 Re1 55. e7 Rxe7 56. Rxb6 a5 57. Rb3+ Bf3 58. Ra3 Re5 59. Bg2
Re1+ 60. Bf1 h4 61. Rxa5 h3 62. Ra2 Ra1 63. Rc2 Kg4 64. Rc4+ Kg5 65. Rc5+ Kg6
66. Kh2 Rxf1 67. Kxh3 Be4 68. Kg3 Bf5 69. Kg2 Rf4 70. Kg3 Kg5 71. Rc3 Rh4 72.
Re3 Be4 73. Rc3 Rg4+ 74. Kf2 Kf4 75. Ra3 Rg2+ 76. Ke1 Bf3 77. Rd3 Kg3 78. Rc3
Rh2 79. Rd3 Rc2 80. Re3 Kf4 81. Rd3 Rh2 82. Rc3 Ke4 83. Ra3 Re2+ 84. Kf1 Kf4
85. Ra7 Rb2 86. Rc7 Kg3 87. Re7 Ra2 88. Re3 Ra1+ 89. Re1 Ra3 90. Re7 Kf4 91.
Ke1 Be4 92. Kd2 Rd3+ 93. Ke2 Rc3 94. Rf7+ Bf5 95. Rf8 Rc2+ 96. Kd1 Rh2 97. Kc1
Ke4 98. Rf7 Ke5 99. Rf8 Be4 100. Rd8 Bd5 101. Rc8 Kd4 102. Rc2 Rh1+ 103. Kb2
Be4 104. Rc1 Rh2+ 105. Kb3 Bd5+ 106. Kb4 Rb2+ 107. Ka3 Rb7 108. Rd1+ Kc5 109.
Rc1+ Bc4 110. Rg1 Rb3+ 111. Ka4 Rc3 112. Rg5+ Bd5 113. Rh5 Rc4+ 114. Ka5 Rc2
115. Rh4 Ra2+ 116. Ra4 Rb2 117. Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aramanovich, I."]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D96"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 g6 5. Qb3 Bg7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. e3
e6 9. Be2 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rfc1 Bd7 13. b3 Na7 14. Ne5 Be8 15.
Kf1 h6 16. Bh4 Kh7 17. Ke1 Nd7 18. Nd3 Bf6 19. Bg3 Bd8 20. Na4 Nf6 21. Bc7 Bxa4
22. bxa4 Nc6 23. Bxd8 Rfxd8 24. Bd1 Nd7 25. Rab1 Kg7 26. Kd2 Kf8 27. f4 f6 28.
Bb3 Ke7 29. g4 Kd6 30. Ke2 Rdc8 31. Rg1 Na5 32. Rbc1 b5 33. axb5 Nxb3 34. axb3
Ra2+ 35. Kf3 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 Rxh2 37. Nc5 Nxc5 38. dxc5+ Kc7 39. Kg3 Rb2 40. Rh1
Rxb3 41. Rxh6 Rxe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Vasiliev, Viktor"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C61"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O c6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8.
Re1+ Ne7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. c3 O-O-O 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. d3 Bd6 14.
Nc3 Nxd4 15. Be3 Nc6 16. d4 f5 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Nb5 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Qb6 20. Nxa7+
Qxa7 21. Kxh2 h6 22. Bf4 Rhe8 23. Rac1 Rxe1 24. Qxe1 Kd7 25. Qe3 Re8 26. Qb3
Re6 27. Qxd5+ Ke7 28. Be5 g6 29. b4 Kf7 30. Re1 Ne7 31. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Vasiliev, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C75"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Qd3
Ng6 9. Qc4 Qf6 10. d5 b5 11. Qd3 Na5 12. Bd1 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. Nbd2 Be7 15.
O-O g5 16. a4 O-O 17. axb5 axb5 18. g3 Qf6 19. h4 Kg7 20. b4 Nb7 21. Rxa8 Rxa8
22. h5 g4 23. Nh4 Qg5 24. Nf5+ Bxf5 25. exf5 Ra2 26. Nb3 Nd8 27. Qxb5 Qxf5 28.
Qc4 Qxh5 29. Qxc7 Qg5 30. Bxg4 Bf6 31. Qc4 Rb2 32. Bf3 h5 33. Nc1 e4 34. Qxe4
Bxc3 35. Nd3 Rd2 36. Rd1 f5 37. Qc4 Rxd1+ 38. Bxd1 Bf6 39. Nf4 Nf7 40. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Vasiliev, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B24"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 Nd4 6. Nce2 Nf6 7. c3 Nc6 8. Be3
d6 9. h3 e5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qc2 d5 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Nh2 dxe4 15. dxe4
Qc7 16. Rad1 c4 17. Be3 Nb8 18. f4 Nbd7 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bd4 Rfe8 21. Nf4 Rad8
22. Rde1 Nfd7 23. Nf3 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Nc5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Kh2 Nd3 27. Nxd3
Rxd3 28. Qf2 Qe7 29. Bg2 Red8 30. Re2 Kg8 31. Qf4 Rd1 32. Ref2 Rxf1 33. Rxf1
Kg7 34. h4 h5 35. Rf2 Rd1 36. Qe3 Rd3 37. Qf4 Rd1 38. Qe3 Rd6 39. Rd2 Rxd2 40.
Qxd2 f6 41. Qd4 Qe6 42. Kg1 Kf7 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. Ke3 Qe5 45. Qxe5+ fxe5 46. Bf1
b5 47. b3 cxb3 48. axb3 Bc6 49. b4 Bd7 50. Be2 Kd6 51. c4 bxc4 52. Bxc4 Be6 53.
Bxe6 Kxe6 54. Kd3 Kd6 55. Kc4 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vasiliev, Viktor"]
[Black "Lubensky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B91"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. b3 b5 11. Bb2 b4 12. Na4 Nfd7 13. c4 Nc6 14. Bc1 Nc5 15. Nb2
a5 16. Be3 a4 17. bxa4 Qa5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. f4 Rfd8 20. Qc2 f6 21. Rfd1 Bg4
22. Rd5 b3 23. axb3 Nb4 24. Qd1 Nxd5 25. exd5 exf4 26. Qd3 fxg3 27. Nxg3 Bd6
28. Be4 h6 29. Nf5 Be5 30. Ne7+ Kf7 31. Nc6 Qc7 32. Nxd8+ Rxd8 33. Qc2 Bd4+ 34.
Kh1 Qe5 35. Rb1 Bxb2 36. Rxb2 f5 37. h3 Bd1 38. Qxd1 Qxb2 39. Bxf5 Qe5 40. Be6+
Ke7 41. Qg1 Qe4+ 42. Kh2 Qd4 43. Qe1 Kd6 44. b4 Rf8 45. Kg2 cxb4 46. Bf7 Qxc4
47. Qe6+ Kc5 48. Qe7+ Kd4 49. Qxf8 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Solmanis, Zigfrīds"]
[Black "Vasiliev, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C62"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Bf8 12. Qd2 g6 13. f4 d5 14. Rae1 Bc5+
15. Kh1 Bd4 16. Be2 c5 17. e5 Ng4 18. Bf3 Nxh2 19. g3 Nxf3 20. Rxf3 Bg4 21. Rd3
Qd7 22. Rxd4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Bf3+ 24. Kh2 Qg4 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 c5 27. Qc3
dxe4 28. e6 Qh5+ 29. Kg1 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Qd4 31. exf7+ Kxf7 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vasiliev, Viktor"]
[Black "Pogrebyssky, Iosif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D89"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Qa4 a6
15. Rad1 b5 16. Qa3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Rfe1 a5 19. d5 b4 20. Qa4 Qe8 21. Qc2
Rc8 22. Rc1 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Qa4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qa6 Rb8 26. Rc1 Bc3 27. Bf4 Re8
28. Qc4 Qd7 29. e5 Rc8 30. Qd3 Qf5 31. Qxf5 Bd4+ 32. Kf1 Rxc1+ 33. Bxc1 gxf5
34. f4 a4 35. d6 exd6 36. exd6 Kf8 37. Ke2 b3 38. axb3 axb3 39. Ba3 Ke8 40. Kd3
Bf6 41. Bc5 Kd7 42. Ba3 Kc6 43. h3 h5 44. Kd2 Bg7 45. Kd3 Kd7 46. Bb4 Bd4 47.
Ba3 Bf6 48. Kd2 Bg7 49. Bb4 Bh6 50. Kc3 Bxf4 51. Kxb3 Bxd6 52. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vasiliev, Viktor"]
[Black "Aramanovich, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E17"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. Nh4 Nc6 10. Nf5 d4 11. Bg5 Nb4 12. Qa4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 g6 14. Nxd4 cxd4
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qxb4 d5 17. Nd2 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Rc8 19. Qd3 Re8 20. Nf3 Qd5 21.
Rfd1 Rcd8 22. a3 g5 23. h3 h5 24. Kf1 g4 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Ng1 Re5 27. Rac1 Rh5
28. Qc4 Kg7 29. Qxd5 Rhxd5 30. Rd3 Rc5 31. Rcd1 Rdc8 32. f3 Rc2 33. R1d2 Rc1+
34. Rd1 Rxd1+ 35. Rxd1 Rc2 36. b3 Rc3 37. Rd3 Rxd3 38. exd3 Be7 39. a4 f5 40.
Ne2 Bf6 41. fxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8.
d4 Nd7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qe8 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Nh4 Nf6 14. Bg5 Qe6
15. Qf3 Ne8 16. Nf5 f6 17. Be3 g6 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. h3 Bb7 21. f4
d5 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Re1 Qd6 25. Rad1 d4 26. Bf2 Qc7 27. Ne2 Rf7
28. c3 Nf6 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. Bxd4 Rf8 32. Re6 Rcf7 33. Rf1 Kg7
34. g4 g5 35. Rb6 Bc8 36. c4 h5 37. h4 Kg6 38. gxh5+ Kxh5 39. Rbxf6 Rxf6 40.
Rxf6 Rxf6 41. Bxf6 gxh4 42. Kf2 h3 43. Be5 Kg4 44. Ke3 Kf5 45. Kd4 Bb7 46. Bh2
Be4 47. b4 Bf3 48. Kc5 Be2 49. Kd5 Bf3+ 50. Kc5 Be2 51. b5 Ke6 52. a3 axb5 53.
cxb5 Kd7 54. a4 Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. f4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. d3 Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. Bf2 Bb7 12. Rc1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Bxd4
15. e3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qd5+ 17. e4 Qxa2 18. Qf3 f5 19. h4 fxe4 20. dxe4 e5 21. h5
exf4 22. hxg6 fxg3 23. Qxg3 Ne6 24. gxh7+ Kh8 25. Kh1 Qe2 26. Qe5+ Ng7 27. Rg1
Rf7 28. Rg2 Qh5+ 29. Qxh5 Nxh5 30. Rcg1 Rxh7 31. Rh2 Re8 32. Re1 Nf6 33. Rxh7+
Kxh7 34. e5 Nd5 35. c4 Nb4 36. Bg3 Kg6 37. Re4 a5 38. Kg2 a4 39. Re3 Ra8 40.
Ra3 Nc2 41. Ra2 a3 42. e6 Nb4 43. Re2 a2 44. Be5 Nd3 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lubensky"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D21"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bh5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 c6 7. Nxc4 Nbd7 8.
g3 Nb6 9. Na5 Nbd5 10. Nb3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qd5 12. Bxf6 Qxh1 13. Be5 e6 14. Qd2
f6 15. Bf4 O-O-O 16. c4 e5 17. Qa5 exf4 18. O-O-O Qxh2 19. Qxa7 Rd7 20. Qa8+
Kc7 21. c5 Bxc5 22. Qxh8 Ba3+ 23. Kb1 Bg6+ 24. Ka1 Qxf2 25. Qa8 Bb4 26. Kb2 Qe3
27. Rc1 fxg3 28. Rc4 Bd6 29. Ka1 g2 30. Bxg2 Qg1+ 31. Rc1 Qxg2 32. Na5 c5 33.
Nc4 Qc6 34. Nxd6 Kxd6 35. Qf8+ Ke6 36. Rxc5 Qh1+ 37. Kb2 Qb1+ 38. Ka3 Qb6 39.
Qg8+ Bf7 40. Qxg7 Rxd4 41. Re5+ fxe5 42. Qh6+ Kd5 43. Qxb6 Ke4 44. Qf6 Bh5 45.
Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Solmanis, Zigfrīds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D03"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Nf3 Bc7 12. Bb5+ Ke7 13. O-O Be6 14. Re1 g5
15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Ne4 17. Bd3 Qb6 18. Qc2 Nf6 19. e4 d4 20. Nd2 h5 21. Nc4
Qc7 22. cxd4 cxd4 23. Qd2 h4 24. e5 Ng4 25. Rac1 hxg3 26. fxg3 Kf8 27. Qxg5 Qd8
28. Qf4 Kg7 29. Nd6 Rh1+ 30. Kxh1 Qh8+ 31. Kg1 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Qxg2+
34. Kd1 Ne3+ 35. Rxe3 dxe3 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Qh6+ Ke7 38. Qf6+ Kf8 39. Qh8+ Ke7
40. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Pogrebyssky, Iosif"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 c5 8.
d3 Qd6 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Nb3 Be6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nfd2 g5 13. a4 c6 14. f3 O-O 15.
Qf2 Rfc8 16. Rfd1 f6 17. c3 Rab8 18. a5 Rd8 19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qb4 21. Nc1
exd4 22. Bxd4 Ne5 23. Bc3 Qd6 24. Ne2 b4 25. Bd4 c5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. f4 Qxb2
28. fxg5 fxg5 29. Nf3 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rf8 31. Re1 Kh8 32. Qe3 Qg7 33. h3 g4 34.
hxg4 Qxg4 35. e5 Rg8 36. Nf4 Bf8 37. Qd2 Bh6 38. Re4 Qxf3 39. Ng6+ Rxg6 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Aramanovich, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 g6 6. Qe2 d5 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Nd7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 O-O
15. O-O-O g5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 Re8 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Qh5 Ne5 20. Rxd8 Rexd8
21. f4 Ng6 22. f5 Ne5 23. Re1 Nd3+ 24. Kb1 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7
8. Be3 Bd6 9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. O-O-O f6 11. Nc4 Bf8 12. e5 c5 13. Nf3 b6 14. exf6
gxf6 15. h3 Bc6 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Kc8 18. Nh4 Ne7 19. Bf4 Ng6 20. Nxg6
hxg6 21. Ne3 Rh4 22. Bg3 Rd4 23. c3 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Bh6 25. Ng4 Bg7 26. f3 c4
27. Ke2 Bd5 28. Bh4 f5 29. Ne3 c6 30. g4 fxg4 31. hxg4 Bh6 32. Nd1 c5 33. Bf2
Kd7 34. Be3 Bg7 35. Nf2 a5 36. Ne4 a4 37. a3 Kc6 38. Bg5 Be5 39. Ke3 Bg7 40. f4
Be6 41. Bf6 Bf8 42. Kf3 Bd5 43. Be5 Bh6 44. Ke3 Be6 45. Nf2 Kd5 46. Kf3 Bc8 47.
Ke3 Be6 48. Ne4 Kc6 49. Nf6 Bg7 50. Nh7 Bxe5 51. fxe5 Bxg4 52. Kf4 Bf5 53. Nf6
b5 54. Kg5 b4 55. Kh6 bxa3 56. bxa3 Kb5 57. Nd5 Be4 58. Ne7 Kb6 59. Kg5 Kc7 60.
Kf6 Kd7 61. e6+ Kd6 62. Nc8+ Kc7 63. Na7 Bf5 64. Ke5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lubensky"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 Nfd7 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Qe2 Ne6 14. Nc2 Nc6
15. Qd2 Qf6 16. Rad1 a5 17. f4 a4 18. Rb1 Qd8 19. Nd5 Nc5 20. Bf2 Na5 21. Na3
c6 22. Nb4 Bf8 23. Nd3 Be6 24. Qc2 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 f5 26. g4 fxg4 27. f5 gxh3 28.
Bxh3 Bf7 29. Kh1 Qg5 30. Rg1 Qf4 31. e5 Rxe5 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. Bd4 Qe4+ 34.
Qxe4 Rxe4 35. Bc3 Bg7 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Solmanis, Zigfrīds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8.
Nc4 Qe7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Ne3 Bg6 11. Nh4 O-O-O 12. Nef5 Bxf5 13. Nxf5 Qd7 14. Bg5
Be7 15. Qf3 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 Qe6 18. Ng7 Qd6 19. O-O-O Bf8 20. Nf5 Qe6 21.
Kb1 c5 22. h4 g4 23. Qe2 h5 24. Qe3 Rg8 25. Rhe1 Nd7 26. Qd2 Nb6 27. Qc3 f6 28.
Ne3 Rd4 29. Qb3 c4 30. Nxc4 Nxc4 31. c3 Na3+ 32. bxa3 Rd6 33. Kc2 Rg7 34. Qxe6+
Rxe6 35. a4 Rc6 36. Rb1 Bc5 37. Kd2 Bb6 38. Rec1 Ba5 39. Rb3 Bb6 40. Rcb1 Ba5
41. Kc2 Bb6 42. Rf1 Rc5 43. Rbb1 Ba5 44. Rb3 Bb6 45. Rb2 Ba5 46. c4 Rc6 47. f4
gxf3 48. Rxf3 f5 49. exf5 e4 50. dxe4 Rxc4+ 51. Kd1 Rxe4 52. Rd3 Reg4 53. Re2
b5 54. f6 Rf7 55. axb5 Rxf6 56. bxa6 Rxa6 57. Re8+ Kb7 58. Re5 Bb6 59. a3 Ra5
60. Rxa5 Bxa5 61. Ke2 c5 62. Kf3 Kc6 63. Rd6+ Kb5 64. Rd5 Ra4 65. Rxh5 Rxa3+
66. Kg4 Ra4+ 67. Kh3 Ra3 68. Kh2 Kc6 69. Rh6+ Kd5 70. Rh5+ Kc6 71. Rh8 Kd7 72.
h5 c4 73. h6 c3 74. Rc8 Bb6 75. Be5 Kxc8 76. h7 c2 77. h8=Q+ Bd8 78. Bf4 Rb3
79. Qe5 c1=Q 80. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Pogrebyssky, Iosif"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B73"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. f4 Qb6 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Nf5 Qe6 13. Nxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd2
Kg8 15. Rae1 Nc6 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. h3 Nh5 18. Qf2 Ng7 19. Qh4 Qd8 20. Ne4 f6 21.
Nc5 Ne5 22. Be4 Nf5 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Qg3 Qc8 25. Nb3 Nc6 26. Bc5 Rf7 27. Rf2
b6 28. Bd4 Be6 29. Bc3 Bxb3 30. axb3 e5 31. Rd1 Qc7 32. Rdf1 Qd6 33. Qh4 f5 34.
Qc4 Qc5 35. Qh4 Rd8 36. b4 Qe7 37. Qc4 Nd4 38. Re1 b5 39. Qa2 Qd6 40. Kh1 Qd5
41. Qa1 f4 42. Qa6 f3 43. Bxd4 exd4 44. Qe6 Qxe6 45. Rxe6 d3 46. cxd3 fxg2+ 47.
Rxg2 Rxd3 48. Kh2 Rff3 49. Rc2 Rxh3+ 50. Kg2 Rdg3+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Aramanovich, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C17"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Nb5
Bc7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Bxe5 11. Nf3 Rh8 12. Qd3 Bf6 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Nc7+ Kf8
15. Bg3 e5 16. Nxa8 Nc6 17. Qb5 Kg7 18. h4 Qe7 19. O-O-O Bf5 20. h5 Rc8 21. Bd3
e4 22. hxg6 exd3 23. Rxd3 Nxb4 24. Qxb4 Bxd3 25. Qxe7 Bxe7 26. Nc7 Bxa3+ 27.
Kd1 Bxg6 28. Nxd4 Bc5 29. c3 Be4 30. f3 Bb6 31. fxe4 Bxc7 32. Nf5+ Kf6 33. Bh4+
Ke6 34. Ne7 Rh8 35. exd5+ Kd7 36. Nf5 Be5 37. Re1 f6 38. Bg3 Rh5 39. Bxe5 Rxf5
40. g4 Rxe5 41. Rxe5 fxe5 42. g5 Ke7 43. g6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Lubensky"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D88"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bc4 Bg7 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Na5 14. Bd3 b5
15. d5 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qa5 20. Nc3 Qa6 21.
Rb1 Rb8 22. Qe5 Qd6 23. Qxd6 exd6 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Rb1 Rxb1+ 26. Nxb1 f5 27.
exf5 Bxf5 28. Nc3 Kf7 29. f4 h5 30. Kf2 a6 31. Ke3 Bd3 32. g3 Kf6 33. Kf3 Bf5
34. Ke3 Bd3 35. Nd1 Bc2 36. Nf2 Bb1 37. a3 c3 38. h3 c2 39. Kd2 Kf5 40. h4 Ba2
41. Kxc2 Bxd5 42. Kc3 Bf3 43. Kd4 Ke6 44. Ke3 Bg2 45. Kd4 Bb7 46. Nd1 Bf3 47.
Ne3 Kd7 48. f5 gxf5 49. Nxf5 Kc6 50. Ke3 Bg4 51. Kf4 Kc5 52. Ne3 Be2 53. g4 d5
54. gxh5 Bxh5 55. Nxd5 Kxd5 56. Ke3 Kc4 57. Kd2 Kb3 58. Kc1 Bg6 59. h5 Bh7 60.
a4 a5 61. h6 Bg6 62. Kd2 Kxa4 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Solmanis, Zigfrīds"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 c6 7. d3 g6 8.
Bb3 Bg7 9. Bg5 d6 10. h3 Be6 11. Nd1 h6 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. Ne3 Nd7 14. Bxe6 Qxe6
15. O-O O-O-O 16. a4 Rdf8 17. Qe2 f5 18. f3 f4 19. Ng4 h5 20. Nh2 Bf6 21. Be1
g5 22. Bf2 Bd8 23. Rfd1 Nf6 24. Kf1 Rhg8 25. d4 g4 26. hxg4 hxg4 27. d5 cxd5
28. exd5 Qd7 29. Nxg4 Nxg4 30. fxg4 Kb8 31. Rd2 Rxg4 32. Re1 Rg3 33. Qe4 Qg4
34. Rd3 Qh5 35. Rb3 Rxb3 36. cxb3 f3 37. gxf3 Rf4 38. Qd3 Bb6 39. Ke2 e4 40.
Qc3 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Pogrebyssky, Iosif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Ne2 Be7 9. Kh1 Bf6 10. Be3 Re8 11. Qd2 Nf8 12. Bg5 Bg4 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nfg1
Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Ne6 16. f3 c5 17. Qc3 Qg5 18. Rae1 Rad8 19. g3 b6 20. f4 exf4 21.
gxf4 Qh4 22. Ng3 Nd4 23. Qd2 Re6 24. Re3 Rg6 25. e5 Qh3 26. Rfe1 Nf5 27. Nxf5
Qxf5 28. Re4 Rg4 29. Qe3 Re8 30. Rg1 Re6 31. Rxg4 Qxg4 32. Qe2 Qf5 33. Qf3 h6
34. Re3 f6 35. exf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Aramanovich, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Qc7 11. Qe2 Rd8 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Rac1 Be8 14. Rfd1 Rac8
15. Ba2 Qb8 16. h3 h6 17. Rd3 Bf8 18. Rcd1 Ne7 19. Ne5 Ned5 20. Bc1 Nxc3 21.
bxc3 Bd6 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 Kf8 24. Rf3 Rc7 25. Qxe6 Re7 26. Qg6 Qc7 27. Qh7
Re2 28. Bb1 Bc6 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. Bxe3 Bd5 31. Re1 f6 32. Bd2 Bxa3 33. Bg6 Bg8
34. Qh8 Bd6 35. Bxh6 gxh6 36. Qxf6+ Bf7 37. Bxf7 Be7 38. Qg6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pirtskhalava, Akaki"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D77"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8.
Qxc4 Be6 9. Qa4 Nd5 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. Qd1 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxd4 14.
Nb5 Be5 15. Bxb7 Rab8 16. Bf3 Nc8 17. Nc3 Rd8 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Nb6 20.
Bf4 Bd6 21. b3 Nd5 22. Bxd6 cxd6 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rc1 Be6 25. Rc7 Rc8 26.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. b4 Kf8 28. f4 Ke8 29. Kf2 Kd7 30. Ke3 Kc6 31. Nc3 f6 32. a4 a6
33. Kd3 Be6 34. h4 h6 35. Kd4 Bb3 36. e3 e5+ 37. Kd3 d5 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Kd2
d4 40. exd4 exd4 41. b5+ Kb6 42. Ne2 a5 43. Nxd4 Bxa4 44. h5 gxh5 45. Nf5 Bb3
46. Kc3 Be6 47. Ng7 Bg4 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Solmanis, Zigfrīds"]
[Black "Lubensky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Rfd1 h6 13. f3 Nb4 14. Nc1 Qc7 15.
Nd3 d5 16. exd5 Nbxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. c3 Rfd8 19. Bf2 Bg5 20. Qe1 Ne3 21. Rd2
Bf5 22. h4 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Rxd3 25. Bxd3 Rd8 26. Bd4 Bxd3 27. Qxd3
exd4 28. Rd1 Qf4 29. Qe4 Qxe4 30. fxe4 d3 31. Kf3 Kf8 32. b4 Ke7 33. Ke3 d2 34.
c4 Ke6 35. Rxd2 Rxd2 36. Kxd2 a5 37. bxa5 Kd6 38. h5 g6 39. hxg6 fxg6 40. Ke3
g5 41. Kd4 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lubensky"]
[Black "Pogrebyssky, Iosif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 c6 8. Qc2
h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. Nf3 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Na4 Nf8 14. Rfe1 Ng6
15. Rac1 Qf6 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. Qxc5 Bg4 18. Nd2 Nh4 19. Be2 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Qe6
21. g3 Qg4 22. Rce1 Nf3+ 23. Nxf3 Qxf3 24. Qd6 Re4 25. Qd7 Rae8 26. Rd2 R8e6
27. Qxb7 h5 28. Qb3 h4 29. Qd1 Qf5 30. b4 hxg3 31. hxg3 Rh6 32. f3 Qh3 33. Rg2
Rxe3 34. Kf2 Rxe1 35. Qxe1 Re6 36. Qd2 Qh5 37. Qf4 Qh1 38. Qd2 Rf6 39. a4 Qa1
40. a5 Qa3 41. f4 Re6 42. Kg1 Qa1+ 43. Kf2 Re4 44. Rg1 Qa3 45. Rc1 Rxd4 46.
Qxd4 Qxc1 47. Qxa7 Qd2+ 48. Kf3 d4 49. a6 Qe3+ 50. Kg2 Qe2+ 51. Kh3 Qh5+ 52.
Kg2 Qd5+ 53. Kf2 Qa2+ 54. Kf3 Qb3+ 55. Kg2 Qc2+ 56. Kh3 Qh7+ 57. Kg2 Qe4+ 58.
Kf2 Qc2+ 59. Kf3 d3 60. Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lubensky"]
[Black "Aramanovich, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nc3 Ne8 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. b3 Nf6 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. h3 Be6 13. Qf3 Re8 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 f5 16. Qd4 Bf8 17. Qf4 Bd6 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Rxe6 Rxe6 20. Qxf5 g6 21.
Qg4 Re7 22. Qg5 b5 23. Qf6 Rf8 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Qxh7+ Ke8 26. Qxg6+ Ref7 27.
Bf6 Be7 28. Re1 Kd8 29. Bxe7+ Rxe7 30. Qg5 Qd6 31. Qxe7+ Qxe7 32. Rxe7 Kxe7 33.
g3 a5 34. f4 a4 35. bxa4 bxa4 36. Kf2 Rb8 37. Kf3 Rb2 38. Bc4 Rxc2 39. d3 Rh2
40. Kg4 Kf6 41. Bg8 a3 42. h4 c5 43. Kf3 c6 44. Bc4 Kg6 45. Be6 Kf6 46. f5 Rd2
47. Ke3 Rg2 48. Kf4 Rf2+ 49. Kg4 Rg2 50. Bc4 Rh2 51. Bg8 Rd2 52. Bc4 Rh2 53.
Kh5 Kxf5 54. g4+ Kf6 55. g5+ Kg7 56. Kg4 Rg2+ 57. Kf4 Rh2 58. Ke5 Rxh4 59. Kd6
Rg4 60. Kxc5 Rxg5+ 61. Kxc6 Kf6 62. d4 Ke7 63. Bd5 Rg3 64. Kc5 Rg5 65. Kc4 Kd6
66. Bf7 Rg7 67. Be8 Ra7 68. Bb5 Ra8 69. Kd3 Rc8 70. Bc4 Rb8 71. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pogrebyssky, Iosif"]
[Black "Solmanis, Zigfrīds"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A09"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. b4 dxe3 5. fxe3 Nxb4 6. d4 e5 7. a3 e4 8. axb4
exf3 9. Qxf3 Bxb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Nf6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O c6 14. h3 a5
15. Qf2 c5 16. Qh4 h6 17. Rf3 Nh7 18. Qf2 Ng5 19. Rg3 cxd4 20. exd4 f5 21. Be2
f4 22. Rga3 f3 23. Bxf3 Bxh3 24. Qe3 Re8 25. Qc3 Bc8 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. Nf3 Ne4
28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxa5 Rxa5 30. Rxa5 Bg4 31. Rd5 Qf6 32. Ne5 Rf4 33. Qg3 Rf1+
34. Kh2 Be6 35. Rd6 Qf5 36. Ng6+ Kh7 37. Nh4 Qb1 38. Qg6+ Qxg6 39. Nxg6 Bxc4
40. Ne5 Ba2 41. Rb6 Rb1 42. Rxb1 Bxb1 43. d5 Kg8 44. d6 Kf8 45. g4 Be4 46. Kg3
b5 47. Kf4 Bd5 48. Ke3 b4 49. Kd4 Be6 50. Kd3 Ke8 51. Kd4 Bg8 52. Kd3 g6 53.
Kd4 b3 54. Kc3 h5 55. g5 h4 56. Nxg6 h3 57. d7+ Kd8 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aramanovich, I."]
[Black "Solmanis, Zigfrīds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 g6 6. Qb3 Nc7 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. d3
Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 b6 11. a4 Ne6 12. Ne4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. e3 Ba6 15.
Rfd1 c5 16. Bc3 Qc7 17. d4 cxd4 18. exd4 Bg7 19. Rac1 Be2 20. Re1 Bc4 21. Qa3
Rac8 22. Bb4 Nxd4 23. Nd2 a5 24. Bxe7 Rfe8 25. Rxc4 Qd7 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Rf1
Qd7 28. Bg5 h6 29. Be3 Nc2 30. Qb3 Nxe3 31. fxe3 Rxe3 32. Qd5 Qxd5 33. Bxd5 Rd3
34. Bxf7+ Kh7 35. Nf3 Bxb2 36. Kg2 Rd6 37. Bc4 Kg7 38. Rf2 Bf6 39. Rd2 Rc6 40.
Bb5 Rc8 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42. Nh4 Rc2+ 43. Kh3 g5 44. Ng6+ Kg8 45. Kg4 Be7 46. Nxe7+
Kf8 47. Nf5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Solmanis, Zigfrīds"]
[Black "Pirtskhalava, Akaki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Be2 Bf5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bd2 O-O-O
8. Nb5 Qb6 9. a4 a5 10. c4 Nb4 11. Bxb4 axb4 12. a5 Qa6 13. c5 Qe6 14. a6 bxa6
15. c6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pogrebyssky, Iosif"]
[Black "Aramanovich, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]
[ECO "B26"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nc6 6. Be3 Rb8 7. f4 Nd4 8. Qd2
Qa5 9. h3 b5 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. O-O b4 12. Nd1 Nxf3+ 13. Rxf3 Bc6 14. Rf1 Qc7 15.
a3 a5 16. axb4 axb4 17. d4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Qb6 20. Qxb6 Rxb6 21.
Ne3 Kf8 22. e5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Kg7 24. Ra7 Rb5 25. exd6 exd6 26. Rd1 Nh6 27. g4
Rd8 28. Rd4 g5 29. fxg5 Rxg5 30. Rxb4 Re5 31. Kf3 Kg6 32. Re4 Rb5 33. b3 Ng8
34. Rf4 Nf6 35. h4 h5 36. g5 Nd7 37. Nc4 Rc5 38. Ra5 Rxa5 39. Nxa5 Rc8 40. c4
f6 41. gxf6 Nxf6 42. Rd4 d5 43. b4 dxc4 44. Nxc4 Kf5 45. Ne3+ Ke5 46. Rf4 Rc3
47. Rf5+ Ke6 48. Rc5 Rxc5 49. bxc5 Nd7 50. c6 Ne5+ 51. Kf4 Nxc6 52. Kg5 Ne5
1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1949.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aramanovich, I."]
[Black "Pirtskhalava, Akaki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.04.25"]

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