[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D08"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Be6 6. e3 dxe3 7. Qxd8+ Rxd8 8.
Bxe3 h6 9. b4 g5 10. b5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bg7 12. f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 Rd4 14. Bg3 Bxe5
15. Bxe5 Re4+ 16. Kf2 Rxe5 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Be2 Ke7 19. Rhe1 Rd8 20. Nf3 Rc5 21.
Bf1 Ng4+ 22. Kg1 f6 23. Re4 Ne5 24. Rae1 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B05"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. c4 Nde7 8. Qa4
d5 9. Nc3 Qd7 10. Bg5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nxd4 12. Bd1 Qxa4 13. Bxa4+ c6 14. Rfd1
Ndf5 15. g4 h6 16. Bf4 Nh4 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rac1 O-O-O 20. Bg3
g5 21. Rd3 Ng6 22. Rf3 Rd7 23. Bc2 Re7 24. Bf5+ Kd8 25. b4 Nxe5 26. Re3 f6 27.
b5 Rc7 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Rb1 Bg7 30. f4 gxf4 31. Bxf4 Ke7 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Ra3
Re8 34. Ra6 Bf8 35. Rc1 c5 36. h4 c4 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Bc5+ 39. Kg3 fxg5 40.
Bg6+ Kf8 41. Bxg5 Nxg6 42. Rxg6 Be3 43. Rh1 Bxg5 44. Rxg5 Re3+ 45. Kf2 Ra3 46.
Rh8+ Kf7 47. Rxd5 Rxa2+ 48. Ke3 Ke6 49. Rd2 Rxd2 50. Kxd2 Kd5 51. Kc3 Kc5 52.
Rh5+ Kb6 53. Kb4 Rc6 54. Rb5+ Ka6 55. Ra5+ Kb7 56. Rb5+ Kc7 57. Kc3 Kd6 58. Ra5
a6 59. Ra4 Kd5 60. Ra5+ Rc5 61. Rxa6 Rb5 62. Rh6 Rb3+ 63. Kc2 Rg3 64. Rh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Ne4 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. O-O Re8 13. b4 Nf6 14. Rab1
Bd7 15. Rfe1 Ne4 16. Qc1 Qh4 17. f3 Nd6 18. Ng3 f5 19. b5 f4 20. bxc6 bxc6 21.
exf4 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Qxf4 23. Qe5 Qf8 24. Qh5 g6 25. Qh4 Re8 26. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O h6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. h3 Re8 13. g4 Bf8 14. Kh2 Qe7 15.
Be5 c5 16. Rg1 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Nd7 18. f4 Nxe5 19. fxe5 f6 20. g5 fxe5 21. gxh6
e4 22. hxg7 Bxg7 23. Be2 Rf8 24. Bg4 Rf6 25. Rg2 Raf8 26. Rag1 Kh8 27. Qd2 Rh6
28. Ne2 Qd6+ 29. Kh1 Bc6 30. Ng3 Bd7 31. dxc5 bxc5 32. Nxe4 Qc6 33. Bxd7 Qxd7
34. Ng5 Rf5 35. Rh2 Qe7 36. e4 dxe4 37. h4 e3 38. Qg2 Rf2 39. Qa8+ Rf8 40. Qg2
Rf2 41. Qa8+ Rf8 42. Qg2 Rf2 43. Qa8+ Rf8 44. Qg2 Bd4 45. Re1 Rf4 46. Qa8+ Qf8
47. Qxf8+ Rxf8 48. Ree2 Kg7 49. Kg2 Kg6 50. b4 Kh5 51. bxc5 Bxc5 52. Rh3 Rf4
53. Rc2 Bb6 54. Nf3 Re6 55. Re2 Kg4 56. h5 Rh6 57. Rg3+ Kf5 58. Rb2 Kf6 59. Nh2
Rxh5 60. Ng4+ Ke6 61. Nxe3 Re4 62. Nf1 Bc7 63. Ra3 Rg5+ 64. Ng3 Reg4 65. Rbb3
a5 66. Re3+ Be5 67. Rad3 a4 68. Kf2 Rc4 69. Re2 Kf7 70. Ne4 Rf5+ 71. Rf3 Kg6
72. Rxf5 Kxf5 73. Ng3+ Ke6 74. Ne4 Kd5 75. Kf3 Rc1 76. Ke3 Kc4 77. Nd2+ Kb4 78.
Kd3 Ba1 79. Re4+ Ka3 80. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "168"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 c5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Qe2 d6 10. Rfd1 O-O 11. Nf1 Qc7 12. Ng3 Rad8 13. Rd2 cxd4 14. exd4
Nb4 15. Bb1 Ba6 16. Ne4 Qxc4 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Bxh7+ Kg7 19. Qxc4 Bxc4 20. a3
Nc6 21. Bd3 d5 22. Rc1 Na5 23. Rc3 Nb3 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Rxd2 Rh8
27. f4 Bxd3 28. Rdxd3 Kg6 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rc3 Rf8 31. Kf2 a5 32. Rb3 Rb8 33.
Rb5 f5 34. Ke3 Kf6 35. a4 Ke7 36. b4 axb4 37. a5 Kd7 38. axb6 Kc6 39. Rxb4 Kb7
40. h4 Rh8 41. g3 Rg8 42. Kf3 Rc8 43. Kg2 Rh8 44. Kh3 Rh6 45. Rb1 Rh8 46. g4
fxg4+ 47. Kxg4 Rg8+ 48. Kf3 Rh8 49. Kg4 Rg8+ 50. Kh3 Rh8 51. Rb3 f5 52. Rb2 Rh6
53. Rb1 Rh8 54. Kg3 Rh6 55. Rh1 Rg6+ 56. Kf3 Kxb6 57. h5 Rg8 58. h6 Kb5 59. h7
Rh8 60. Ke3 Kc6 61. Kd3 Kb5 62. Rh2 Ka5 63. Ke3 Kb6 64. Kf3 Kb5 65. Rh1 Kc4 66.
Ke3 Kb5 67. Kd3 Ka5 68. Kc3 Kb5 69. Rh2 Ka5 70. Rh6 Kb5 71. Kd3 Ka5 72. Ke3 Kb5
73. Kd3 Ka5 74. Rxe6 Rxh7 75. Re5 Rh3+ 76. Ke2 Kb4 77. Rxd5 Kc4 78. Rxf5 Kxd4
79. Re5 Ra3 80. Kf2 Rb3 81. Kg2 Ra3 82. Re8 Kd5 83. f5 Kd6 84. f6 Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E91"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Nd2
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e5 10. d5 Nh5 11. g3 a6 12. O-O Qe8 13. f3 f5 14. Bf2 f4 15. g4
Nhf6 16. Rfc1 Rf7 17. b4 Bf8 18. Nb3 b6 19. a4 g5 20. c5 dxc5 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22.
Nxc5 bxc5 23. a5 h5 24. h3 hxg4 25. hxg4 Qd7 26. Qf1 Rh7 27. Nd1 c6 28. dxc6
Qxc6 29. Rab1 Nxg4 30. fxg4 Qh6 31. Qg2 f3 32. Qxf3 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 c4 34. Rxc4
Rd8 35. Rc2 Rf7 36. Qg2 Qf4 37. Kg1 Rd3 38. Nc3 Rf3 39. Re1 Bc5 40. Nd1 Rg3 41.
Bxc5 Qxg4 42. Ne3 Rxg2+ 43. Rxg2 Qxe4 44. Rxg5+ Rg7 45. Rxg7+ Kxg7 46. Rf1 Qg6+
47. Kh2 Qd3 48. Rf2 Qc3 49. Bb6 Qe1 50. Ng4 e4 51. Kg3 Kg6 52. Kg2 Qc3 53. Ne3
Kh5 54. Kh3 Qe1 55. Rf5+ Kg6 56. Kg4 Qg1+ 57. Kf4 Qh2+ 58. Kxe4 Qh1+ 59. Ke5
Qa1+ 60. Kd6 Qc3 61. Kd7 Qd3+ 62. Kc7 Qe4 63. Rd5 Kf7 64. Kb7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Vistinietzki, Itzhak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe3 Nc6 14. Rfd1
Qe7 15. Rd2 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Nb4 20. d6
Rc5 21. Ne1 Rc3 22. Kf2 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
e3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Rc1 h5 12. Ne5 h4 13. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 bxc6
15. Be5 Bd7 16. Qa5 Qe7 17. Be2 f6 18. Bxc7 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Rae8 20. Rhe1 Qxe3+
21. Kf1 g4 22. Ba6 Qd2 23. Rcd1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 g3 25. Bxg3 hxg3 26. hxg3 f5 27.
Re2 Qd1+ 28. Kf2 f4 29. Qc7 f3 30. gxf3 Bg4 31. f4 Qh1 32. Re3 Qh2+ 33. Ke1
Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Ratner, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "1"]

1. d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kopaev, Nikolai"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B05"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nc6 7. c4 Nde7 8. Qa4
Qd7 9. exd6 cxd6 10. Rd1 d5 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. d5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bxc4 Be6
15. Bf4 a6 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Ne5 Qe6 19. Re1 Bb4 20. Nxc6 Bxe1 21.
Nd4+ b5 22. Nxe6 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 bxa4 24. Nc7+ Kd7 25. Nxd5 Ba5 26. Nf4 Rc8 27.
Nd3 Rc2 28. Be3 Bd2 29. Bc5 Bc1 30. Ba3 Rd2 31. Nc5+ Kc6 32. g3 Bxb2 33. Bb4
Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Kb5 35. a3 a5 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A60"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. e4 d6 8. Ne2 g6
9. O-O Bg7 10. a4 b4 11. Nd2 Ba6 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. f4 O-O 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. h3
Nxd5 16. Nf1 Nc7 17. Be3 Rac8 18. Rad1 Ne6 19. Qd2 Nb6 20. b3 Rfd8 21. a5 Na8
22. f5 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Nd4 24. Rf2 Nxb3 25. Qd5 Nxa5 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Bg5 Qe6
28. Bxd8 Qxd5 29. exd5 Rxd8 30. Ra2 Nb3 31. Rxa7 c4 32. Rb7 c3 33. Be4 Bd4+ 34.
Kg2 Bc5 35. Rb1 Re8 36. Bd3 Nd4 37. R7xb4 Bxb4 38. Rxb4 c2 39. Rc4 Nb6 40. Rc7
Re1 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Arulaid, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D52"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 b6 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Rfd1 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Ba3 16. Rc2 Rfe8 17. c4 Bf8 18. h3 Qa4 19. Qb3 Qa6 20. Bg3 c5 21.
d5 exd5 22. cxd5 Re4 23. d6 Rae8 24. Qd5 g6 25. Ne5 R8xe5 26. Bxe5 Qa4 27. Rcd2
Rxe5 28. Qb7 c4 29. Rd5 c3 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Duz-Khotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c5 8.
Ng5 e6 9. Nge4 b6 10. d3 Bb7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. Rb1 Na6 14. Qb3 Nac7
15. Rfc1 Rab8 16. Nb5 Nxb5 17. Qxb5 Rbc8 18. a3 h6 19. Qb3 Rfd8 20. Be1 Kh7 21.
Nc3 f5 22. Rd1 h5 23. Qa4 Bc6 24. Qh4 Qxh4 25. gxh4 Bf6 26. Nxd5 exd5 27. f4 a5
28. b3 Be8 29. Rdc1 Bf7 30. Bf2 Be7 31. Rc2 Kg8 32. Bf3 Rb8 33. Kg2 Rdc8 34.
Kg3 Be6 35. Kg2 b5 36. Kg3 Kf7 37. Bg2 d4 38. Bf3 a4 39. bxa4 bxa4 40. Rcb2 Rb3
41. Rxb3 axb3 42. a4 Bd8 43. Be1 c4 44. dxc4 Bxc4 45. a5 Rc5 46. a6 Bb6 47. Rb2
Ba7 48. Bb7 Be6 49. Bd2 Rc3+ 50. Kg2 Bc4 51. Bc6 Ke6 52. Ba4 Bd5+ 53. e4 Bxe4+
54. Kf2 Bd5 55. Ke1 Rf3 56. Bb4 Bc4 57. Kd2 Kd5 58. Kc1 Rf1+ 59. Kd2 Rxf4 60.
Bxb3 Bxb3 61. Rxb3 Kc4 62. Rb1 Rf2+ 63. Ke1 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aratovsky, Nikolai"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A33"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 Be6 10. e3 Be7 11. Be2 Ng8 12. Bxe7 Ngxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bf3 Rc8
15. Qd2 Qa5 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rac1 f5 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nb8 20. Nc2 b5 21.
a3 Qb6 22. f4 Nd7 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Nd4 Qb7 25. Rf1 Re8 26. Ne6 Nxd5 27. Nxg7
Kxg7 28. Nxd5 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Nc4 30. Qd4+ Re5 31. Rd1 Qf7 32. b3 Nxa3 33. Kf2
Nc2 34. Qh4 h6 35. Qg3+ Kh7 36. Qf3 a5 37. Rd2 a4 38. bxa4 bxa4 39. Qd1 Na3 40.
Nb6 f4 41. exf4 Qxf4+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Podolny, Grigory"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D09"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Qd7 7. Bg2 O-O-O 8.
h3 Be6 9. a3 Nge7 10. b4 Ng6 11. Bb2 Ngxe5 12. Rc1 Be7 13. b5 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3
Na5 15. Qa4 b6 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. Nc6 Nxc6 18. c5 bxc5 19. bxc6 Rde8 20. O-O Kd8
21. Qxa7 Bf6 22. a4 Ke7 23. Ba3 Ra8 24. Qxa8 Rxa8 25. Bxc5 Rxa4 26. Bxd6+ Kxd6
27. Rfd1 Ra2 28. e3 Bb3 29. Rd3 Bc2 30. Rxd4+ Bxd4 31. exd4 Bb3 32. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Vatnikov, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Qc2 Ne7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Bd2
a5 9. f3 Na6 10. a3 Bd7 11. c5 Bc7 12. Na4 Nc8 13. O-O e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. e4
f4 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. exd5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 19. Kh1 Qb6 20. Qa2 c5 21. Bc3 Bd6
22. Qb1 Ne7 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Be4 Nf5 25. Qe1 Qd8 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Qd2 Qh4 28.
Ng1 b6 29. Rfe1 Rh5 30. h3 Rf8 31. Re2 Rff5 32. Rae1 Rxd5 33. Qc2 Rhf5 34. a4
Qd8 35. Rd1 Qg5 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Qb3 Bc7 38. Qc4 Bd6 39. Qa6 Rd1 40. Qxb6 Bxh3
41. Qb3 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. b4 c6 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. f3
Nef6 16. c5 Bb8 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Kh1 g5 19. h3 g4 20. fxg4 fxg4 21. Rf4 gxh3
22. gxh3 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Nd7 24. Rg4+ Kh8 25. Nf4 Rg8 26. Rcg1 Rxg4 27. Rxg4 Rg8
28. Qg2 Rxg4 29. Qxg4 bxc5 30. Nxe6 Bxe5 31. Bxe5+ Nxe5 32. Qf4 Qxe6 33. Qf8+
Qg8 34. Qf6+ Qg7 35. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E34"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. f3 O-O 13. e4 Rac8 14. Bd3
Qc5 15. Qf2 e5 16. Qxc5 Rxc5 17. Kd2 Re8 18. b4 Rcc8 19. Bb2 Rcd8 20. Ke3 Bc6
21. b5 Rxd3+ 22. Kxd3 Bxb5+ 23. Ke3 Nd7 24. Rc7 Bc6 25. Rc1 Nb6 26. Ba3 f6 27.
g4 h6 28. h4 Rd8 29. Be7 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Nxd7 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 Kf7 33. Bd8 Nf8
34. gxf6 gxf6 35. Rd1 Ne6 36. Ba5 Be8 37. Bb4 Bc6 38. Rh1 Kg7 39. Bd6 Nf4 40.
Bb8 a6 41. Bd6 Be8 42. Rc1 Bc6 43. Bc7 Ne6 44. Bb6 Kf7 45. Rc4 Kg7 46. a4 Kf7
47. a5 Kg7 48. Rc2 Kf7 49. Rh2 Kg7 50. Rd2 Kf7 51. Kf2 Be8 52. Be3 Bc6 53. Kg3
Be8 54. Rh2 Kg7 55. Rd2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A31"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. g3 e5 8.
Nb3 Qc7 9. Bg2 Bd7 10. O-O Bc6 11. Bg5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nbd7 13. Rc1 Qc6+ 14. f3
Be7 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Na5 Qd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Rfd1+ Ke6 19. Nb5 Rab8 20.
Nc7+ Kf5 21. e4+ Kg5 22. Nc4 Rhd8 23. Nxe5 Rxd1 24. Nxf7+ Kg6 25. Ne5+ Kh6 26.
Rxd1 Rc8 27. Ne6 Rc2+ 28. Kh3 Rxb2 29. g4 g5 30. Nf7+ Kg6 31. Nh8+ Kh6 32. e5
Ng8 33. Rc1 Ba3 34. Rc8 Ne7 35. Rf8 Nd5 36. Rg8 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D14"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5
Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Qa4 Qb6 12. a3 Be7 13. Na2 Rfd8 14. b4 Nb8 15.
Rxc8 Rxc8 16. Rc1 Rxc1+ 17. Nxc1 a6 18. Bf1 Nc6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Qd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A17"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 a5 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2
b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. O-O Qe7 12. d3 Nc5 13. e4 e5 14. Nh4 Nfd7 15. f4
f6 16. Nf5 Qf7 17. Rae1 Rfe8 18. Qc2 a4 19. b4 Nb3 20. Rf2 Nf8 21. d4 Nxd4 22.
Nxd4 exd4 23. Bxd4 c5 24. bxc5 Ne6 25. Be3 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Rd2 Qc7 28.
Red1 Re7 29. Rd6 Rae8 30. Qxa4 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. Rd7 Qb8 33. Qc6 R4e7 34.
R1d6 Rxd7 35. Rxd7 Qa8 36. Rb7 Qd8 37. Rd7 Qa8 38. Rd6 Qxc6 39. Rxc6 Re4 40.
Rxb6 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qb3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nb6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. a4 a5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Re8 14. Rad1 Bb4
15. Na2 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nc3 Bf5 18. Rd2 Re7 19. Rc1 Rae8 20. Qb6 Qb4 21.
Qc5 Nd7 22. Qxb4 axb4 23. Nd1 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25. Ne3 Be6 26. a5 Rxb2 27. f4
Re2 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Rc7 Nf8 31. Rxb7 Ra2 32. Rxb4 Rxa5 33. f5
g6 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Vistinietzki, Itzhak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D19"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bd3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxc3 12. Qc2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd5 14. Ba3 Re8
15. Rab1 b6 16. Rfc1 Nf6 17. Ne5 Qd5 18. f4 Rc8 19. a5 Qxa5 20. Be7 Qa6 21.
Qxa6 Nxa6 22. Nxc6 Nd5 23. Bd6 Nc5 24. Nb8 Rcxb8 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 26. dxc5 f5 27.
Ra1 Rb7 28. Ra6 Kf7 29. Rca1 bxc5 30. Rxa7 Rxa7 31. Rxa7+ Kf6 32. Kf2 Nc3 33.
Rc7 h5 34. h4 Kg6 35. Ke1 Ne4 36. Kd1 Nf2+ 37. Kc2 Ng4 38. Kd3 Nf2+ 39. Kc3 Kf6
40. Rxc5 Ne4+ 41. Kd4 Nxc5 42. Kxc5 Ke7 43. Kc6 e5 44. Kd5 e4 45. Ke5 g6 46. g3
Kf7 47. Kd5 Ke7 48. Ke5 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 c5 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Be2
Nc6 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Bxd1 Ne4 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc5 13. Rb1 O-O 14. Ba4
f6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nd4 e5 17. Nxc6 Ba6 18. Be3 Rfc8 19. Bxc5 Rxc6 20. Be3
Bxc4 21. Rfd1 Bxa2 22. Rb7 Be6 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Bxa7 Rxc3 25. h3 Kf7 26. Be3
Rc7 27. Ra1 Bd5 28. Ra7 Bb7 29. Ra5 g5 30. Bb6 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Rb1 32. Be3 Kg6 33.
Rc5 h5 34. Rc1 Rb4 35. Rc7 f5 36. Bd2 Rb5 37. Bc3 Kf6 38. h4 g4 39. Rh7 Rb3 40.
Ba1 f4 41. Rc7 g3+ 42. fxg3 fxg3+ 43. Kh3 Bd5 44. Rc3 Rb1 45. Ra3 Kf5 46. Kxg3
Rg1 47. Bc3 Rxg2+ 48. Kh3 Re2 49. Kg3 Re3+ 50. Kf2 Rh3 51. Bb4 Rxh4 52. Be7 Rg4
53. Rh3 Kg6 54. Ke3 Rc4 55. Kd2 Be6 56. Re3 Rd4+ 57. Kc3 Kf5 58. Rh3 Bf7 59.
Rh1 Ke6 60. Bc5 Rd5 61. Be3 Bg6 62. Bf2 Rd3+ 63. Kc4 Rd2 64. Be3 Rc2+ 65. Kb3
Re2 66. Bb6 Rd2 67. Ba5 Rd3+ 68. Kc4 Rd4+ 69. Kb3 h4 70. Be1 Rd3+ 71. Kc4 h3
72. Rg1 Bf5 73. Bf2 h2 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Ratner, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D57"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc6 14. O-O
Na5 15. Qc3 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 c6 17. Ne5 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kopaev, Nikolai"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E37"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Qxc5 13. Rc1 Qb6 14.
e3 O-O 15. Be2 Bg4 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. h3 Bh5 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. exd4
Bxe2 21. Rxc8 Bxd1 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 h5 6. h3 h4 7. Ne2 Bf5 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Bg5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxe5 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Qf4
e6 15. Bxh4 Bd6 16. Qc4 Be5 17. Bg3 Rd4 18. Qb3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qe5 20. Be2 Qxg3
21. Bf3 Qc7 22. Ne2 Rdd8 23. Rdf1 Nd7 24. Qa4 Qb6 25. Qf4 Nc5 26. Kb1 Rxd3 27.
cxd3 Nxd3 28. Qd4 Nb4+ 29. Be4 Qxd4 30. Nxd4 Bxe4+ 31. Kc1 Rd8 32. Rd1 Nxa2+
33. Kd2 Rxd4+ 34. Ke3 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Bxg2 36. h4 Bh3 37. Ra1 Nb4 38. Rxa7 Kb8
39. Ra4 c5 40. Kf4 Bf5 41. h5 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Arulaid, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B44"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Qd6 10. Bg5 Ng4 11. O-O-O Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Qc5 13. e5 Qxe5 14. Qxe5
Nxe5 15. Be2 f6 16. Be3 Nf7 17. c5 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Rd1 Nf7 20. Bc4 Kf8
21. f4 Ke7 22. Rd3 Nd8 23. Bd2 b5 24. Bb3 Nb7 25. Bc2 h6 26. Rg3 Kf8 27. b4 Bd7
28. Rd3 Be8 29. Bb3 Rd8 30. Re3 Bf7 31. Bxe6 Re8 32. Bxf7 Rxe3 33. Bxe3 Kxf7
34. f5 h5 35. h3 g6 36. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Duz-Khotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nh5 7. Be3 f5 8. Qd2 Nd7
9. O-O-O Ndf6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Nge2 Qe7 12. h3 f4 13. Bf2 b6 14. Kb1 Bd7 15. Rc1
Bh6 16. Bc2 Kg7 17. Rhe1 Ng3 18. a3 Nfh5 19. Na2 Nxe2 20. Rxe2 Ng3 21. Ree1 a6
22. Nc3 Nh5 23. Ba4 Nf6 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. Na2 Nc5 26. Qc2 a5 27. Nc3 Na6 28.
Nb5 Bg5 29. Re2 Bh4 30. Bg1 Qd7 31. Qc3 Rfc8 32. Rd1 Kg8 33. Red2 Be7 34. b3 h5
35. Ra2 g5 36. Bf2 Kf7 37. Rh1 h4 38. Rd1 Kf6 39. Rdd2 Qe8 40. Rac2 Qd7 41. Kc1
Nc5 42. Kd1 a4 43. b4 Nb3 44. Rd3 c6 45. dxc6 Rxc6 46. Rd5 Rac8 47. Qxe5+ dxe5
48. Rxd7 Rxc4 49. Rxc4 Rxc4 50. Rc7 Rxc7 51. Nxc7 Kf7 52. Nd5 Bd8 53. Nc3 Nd4
54. Bxd4 exd4 55. Nxa4 Ke6 56. Ke2 Bc7 57. Kd3 Ke5 58. b5 Bd8 59. Nb2 Kd6 60.
Kc4 Bf6 61. Nd3 Bg7 62. a4 Bf6 63. Nc1 d3 64. Nxd3 Ba1 65. Nb4 Bf6 66. Nd5 Bd8
67. Kd4 Ke6 68. e5 Kf5 69. Nb4 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Aratovsky, Nikolai"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E26"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Ne2
d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Ng3 g6 13. Bh6 Qe7 14. Qa4 Ba6 15. Rfb1
O-O-O 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Ne2 Qd7 18. Qc2 h6 19. a4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 f5 21. Ng3 fxe4
22. Qxe4 Bxc4 23. Qxg6 Rdg8 24. Qc2 h5 25. h4 Qh7 26. Qxh7 Rxh7 27. Ne4 Bxd5
28. Re1 Nc4 29. Bg5 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 d5 31. Re2 Kd7 32. Rd1 Kc6 33. f3 Rb8 34. Rf1
b5 35. axb5+ Rxb5 36. Bf6 d4 37. cxd4 exd4 38. g4 d3 39. Ra2 hxg4 40. fxg4 Ne3
41. Rf4 Rb4 42. Rxb4 cxb4 43. Rd2 Nxg4 44. Bd4 Rd7 45. Bxa7 Ne5 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Podolny, Grigory"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E16"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3
Be7 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. b3 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bb2 cxd4 14. Bxd4
Rac8 15. Nc4 Rfd8 16. Bb2 Qe8 17. Qe1 Qb5 18. Nd2 Ba6 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Qxc1
Qxe2 21. Re1 Nf4 22. gxf4 Qxd2 23. f5 Bc5 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Vatnikov, Iosif"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E48"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. f3 c5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Kh1 Re8 13. Qc2 Bf8 14. Rae1 g6 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. Bb5 Rc8 17. Nf4 d4 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Qb6 20. a4 Nb4 21. Qb3
Rxe4 22. exd4 Rxd4 23. Bc3 c4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. bxc3 Nd3 27. Nxd3
cxd3 28. Bxd3 Rxc3 29. Be4 Ba6 30. Rf3 Rc5 31. Bd3 Bb7 32. Be4 Re5 33. Rfe3 Bc5
0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 Rc8
15. Ne5 Nb6 16. Bc2 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. f3 Qd6 19. Qf2 h6 20. Bf4 Nh5 21.
Be3 Rfd8 22. Qd2 Bf8 23. Qd3 Nf6 24. Ng4 Be7 25. Bf2 Kf8 26. Ne5 Bd5 27. Bb1
Qb4 28. Rc2 Qa4 29. b3 Qa3 30. Be3 Bb7 31. Rdc1 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Nd5 33. Bxh6 Bf6
34. Bc1 Qd6 35. Qe2 Nf4 36. Bxf4 Qxd4+ 37. Be3 Qxe5 38. Bc5+ Ke8 39. Qxe5 Rd1+
40. Kf2 Bxe5 41. Re2 Bxh2 42. Bc2 Ra1 43. Bb4 Bg1+ 44. Kg3 Rxa2 45. Bc3 Bd5 46.
Rd2 Bb6 47. b4 Ke7 48. Bd1 Rxd2 49. Bxd2 Bd4 50. Bc2 f5 51. Kh4 Kf6 52. Kh5 Bf2
53. Bg5+ Kf7 54. Bd2 Bg3 55. Kg5 Bc4 56. Bd1 Bf1 57. f4 Bxg2 58. Bh5+ Kf8 59.
Be3 Bc6 60. Bc5+ Kg8 61. Bd6 Be1 62. Bg6 a5 63. bxa5 Bxa5 64. Bc5 Bd8+ 65. Kh5
Bf3# 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "169"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nc2 d6 8.
Bxc5 dxc5 9. Ne3 Be6 10. Be2 Ng6 11. O-O Nf4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 O-O-O 14.
Bg4+ Kb8 15. c4 Qxb2 16. Nd2 Ne5 17. Nb3 h5 18. Rb1 Qa3 19. Bf3 Rd6 20. g3 Nh3+
21. Kg2 Ng5 22. Be2 Ne4 23. Qc2 Nf6 24. h3 Rdd8 25. f4 Ned7 26. Bd3 Rde8 27.
Nd2 Re3 28. Rb3 Qa6 29. Rfb1 b6 30. Kf2 Rhe8 31. Bf1 R3e7 32. Bg2 Re2+ 33. Kf1
Qa5 34. Rd1 R8e3 35. Bf3 Rxb3 36. axb3 Re3 37. Rc1 g6 38. Kf2 Re7 39. Qd3 Ne8
40. g4 hxg4 41. hxg4 Nd6 42. Rh1 Re8 43. g5 Kb7 44. Qc2 a6 45. Ne4 b5 46. cxb5
axb5 47. Nxc5+ Nxc5 48. Qxc5 Qd2+ 49. Kg3 Qb2 50. Rc1 Re7 51. Rc2 Qa1 52. Kg4
Qh8 53. Qc6+ Kb8 54. Kg3 Nf5+ 55. Kg2 Ne3+ 56. Kg3 Nf5+ 57. Kg2 Qe8 58. Rd2 Re3
59. Qxe8+ Rxe8 60. Bg4 Nd6 61. Re2 Rh8 62. Bd7 Kb7 63. b4 Rh4 64. Rf2 Kb6 65.
Rf1 Rh8 66. Bc6 Nf5 67. Re1 Nd6 68. Rh1 Rf8 69. Kf3 Nf5 70. Rc1 Rc8 71. Ke4 Rh8
72. Ke5 Nd6 73. Bd7 Rh2 74. Kf6 Re2 75. Rc6+ Kb7 76. Rxd6 cxd6 77. Kxf7 Kc7 78.
Be6 Re4 79. f5 Rf4 80. f6 Rxb4 81. Kg7 Rf4 82. f7 b4 83. f8=R Rxf8 84. Kxf8 b3
85. Bf7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D08"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. a3 a5 8. Qa4
Ne7 9. g3 Nc8 10. Qb5 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Nb6 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. h4 Na7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7
15. e6 fxe6 16. Nxd4 Kf7 17. Nxe6 h6 18. Nxf8 Rhxf8 19. Bf4 c6 20. Rd1 Nf6 21.
Bc7 a4 22. Bh3 Rfe8 23. f3 Re3 24. Rd2 Rb3 25. Kf2 Re8 26. Rhd1 b5 27. Bb6 Nc8
28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. cxb5 Rxb5 30. Bd4 Nh7 31. Bc3 Nf8 32. Rd4 Ra8 33. Rf4+ Kg8
34. Rdd4 Ne6 35. Rxa4 Rc8 36. Rfb4 Rd5 37. Ra7 Rc7 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Rbb7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxd5 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qd1 c6 12. Bb3 Nxb3 13. axb3 f5 14. exf5
Rxf5 15. Qg4 Rf6 16. d4 Rg6 17. Qe4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Bf6 19. Qe3 a6 20. f4 Be7 21.
f5 Rf6 22. Bd2 d5 23. Bc3 Rf7 24. Rae1 Qd7 25. Bd4 Raf8 26. Qe6 Bh4 27. Qxd7
Rxd7 28. Re6 Re7 29. Rxe7 Bxe7 30. g4 Bh4 31. Rf3 Re8 32. Re3 Rxe3 33. Bxe3 Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Bd2
Be7 9. Qe2 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Rac1 c4 14. Bc2 Nc6
15. Be1 Bc5 16. Ba4 Bb6 17. b3 cxb3 18. axb3 Re6 19. h3 Qe7 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21.
Rxd5 Rg6 22. Rcd1 Qe4 23. Ng5 Qe7 24. Qh5 h6 25. Nf3 Rd8 26. Qf5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5
Re6 28. Kh1 Nb8 29. Re5 Bxf3 30. Rxe6 Bxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qxe6 32. Qxe6 fxe6 33. Bb5
Bc5 34. Bc3 Bd6 35. Kf3 Kf7 36. Ke4 g6 37. Bd4 a6 38. Ba4 Ke7 39. Bg7 h5 40.
Be5 g5 41. f3 Nd7 42. Bxd7 Kxd7 43. Bf6 Be7 44. Ke5 Bd6+ 45. Kd4 Be7 46. Bg7
Ke8 47. Be5 Kd7 48. Bg7 Ke8 49. Ke4 Kf7 50. Bd4 Bf6 51. Bc5 Ke8 52. Kd3 Kf7 53.
e4 Kg6 54. Be3 Be5 55. Kc4 Bb8 56. Kb4 Bc7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vistinietzki, Itzhak"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Ba2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. c4 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Nb5 Nfe4 18. f3 a6 19. Nd4 Nf6 20. Bc3 Nfd7 21.
Rd2 Na4 22. Bb4 Ndc5 23. Bb3 Qg5 24. Bc2 Red8 25. Rb1 e5 26. h4 Qf6 27. Nf5
Rxd2 28. Bxd2 e4 29. fxe4 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 Nxe4 31. Rf1 Nac5 32. Bc1 Na4 33. Qf3
Re8 34. Nh6+ gxh6 35. Qxf6 Nxf6 36. Rxf6 Rc8 37. Rf4 b5 38. Rg4+ Kf8 39. e4 h5
40. Bh6+ Ke7 41. Rg5 bxc4 42. Rxh5 c3 43. Bg5+ Ke6 44. Rxh7 c2 45. Rh6+ Ke5 46.
Rxa6 Nc5 47. Ra7 f6 48. Be3 Kxe4 49. Re7+ Kf5 50. h5 Nd3 51. h6 c1=Q+ 52. Bxc1
Rxc1+ 53. Kh2 Nf2 54. Kg3 Ne4+ 55. Kh2 Ng5 56. h7 Rc8 57. a4 Kg6 58. a5 Nxh7
59. a6 Rc3 60. a7 Ra3 61. Kg1 Ra2 62. Kh2 Ng5 63. Kg3 Nf7 64. Rd7 Ne5 65. Rc7
Kg5 66. Rg7+ Kf5 67. Rc7 Ra3+ 68. Kh4 Kg6 69. g3 Ra4+ 70. Kh3 Ra2 71. g4 Ra3+
0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 b4 8. Bd5
Nxd5 9. exd5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc4 c5 13. dxc6 dxc6 14. Qxc6
Ra7 15. Qf3 Rc7 16. d3 Bb7 17. Qd1 Bd6 18. Nd2 Re8 19. Nc4 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qh4+
21. Kg1 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rc6 23. Bf4 Qxf4 24. Rh1 Rf6 25. Rh2 Rg6+ 26. Kh1 Re1+
27. Qxe1 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Ratner, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Ba6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. b3 dxc4 11. bxc4 c5 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 g6 17. Rf3 Bb7 18. Rh3 a6 19. Rf1 Nf8 20. g4 Red8 21. f5
exf5 22. gxf5 Qxe5 23. Nd5 Rxd5 24. cxd5 Qxd5 25. e4 Qc6 26. fxg6 Nxg6 27. Qh5
Kf8 28. Qxh7 Ke8 29. Qxf7+ Kd8 30. Rg3 c4 31. Bc2 Bc5+ 32. Kh1 Nf8 33. Rg8 Qh6
34. Rd1+ Kc8 35. Qe8+ Kc7 36. Be5+ Bd6 37. Qe7+ Nd7 38. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Kopaev, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+
8. Be2 Qxg2 9. Qd6 Nd7 10. O-O-O Qg5+ 11. f4 Qe7 12. Qd2 c5 13. Bc3 Ngf6 14.
Bf3 O-O 15. Qg2 Rb8 16. Ne2 Ne8 17. Rhg1 g6 18. h4 Nd6 19. h5 b5 20. hxg6 fxg6
21. Bh5 Bb7 22. Qh2 Be4 23. f5 Bxf5 24. Rxd6 b4 25. Be1 Nb6 26. Bh4 Qb7 27. Ng3
Nxc4 28. Nxf5 Rxf5 29. Bxg6 hxg6 30. Rxe6 Ne5 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Qxe5 Kh7 33.
Bf6 b3 34. Qh2+ Kg8 35. Rxg6+ Kf7 36. Qh7+ Ke6 37. Be7+ Kd5 38. Qh5+ Ke4 39.
Re6+ Kd3 40. Qe2+ Kd4 41. Bf6+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 c5 8.
Nxe5 Qd4 9. Nf3 Qxe4 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. Re1 Nd6 12. d3 Be6 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. Ng5
Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rde8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Arulaid, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E29"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2
e5 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 Re8 11. d5 Na5 12. Ng3 b6 13. Rb1 Qe7 14. h3 h6 15. f4 Nh7
16. Qf3 f6 17. Rb2 Kh8 18. Rbf2 Qf7 19. Qe2 Nf8 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bxh6 Nh7 22.
Be3 Nb7 23. Nf5 Rd8 24. g4 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Nd6 26. R5f2 Qg6 27. h4 Rg8 28. g5
fxg5 29. hxg5 Rgf8 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Rxf8+ Nxf8 32. Qh2+ Kg8 33. Qxe5 Nf7 34.
Qf5 Qh5 35. e5 Qd1+ 36. Bf1 Qe1 37. Bf4 g6 38. Qf6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Duz-Khotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Nge2 Bg7 7. Ng3 h5 8. h4 Nh7
9. Nge2 Bg4 10. f3 Bc8 11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Ng3 Bf6 14. f4 Qe7 15.
Qxh5+ Kd8 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 exf4 18. Qxf4 Rf8 19. Qg3 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 Nf6
21. O-O-O Ne4 22. Qe1 Qg7 23. Kb2 Nd7 24. Rg1 Kc7 25. Be2 Rae8 26. g4 Nb6 27.
Kb3 Na4 28. Rd3 Nexc3 29. Rg2 b5 30. cxb5 Re4 31. Kc2 Rc4 32. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 33.
Kd1 Re8 34. Rg3 Kb6 35. Qd2 Qe5 36. Bf4 Qe4 37. Ke1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aratovsky, Nikolai"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bf6 11. Be4 Qd6 12. Qd3 g6 13. Bh6 Rd8 14. Bxd5 exd5
15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 a6 18. Nc3 Qg4 19. Nf3 Bf5 20. Qd2 Be4 21.
Ne1 Qh4 22. Rd1 Rd6 23. g3 Qf6 24. f3 Bf5 25. g4 Be6 26. Ng2 Re8 27. h3 h5 28.
Qf4 Qxf4 29. Nxf4 Kg7 30. Rfe1 hxg4 31. hxg4 Rh8 32. Kg2 g5 33. Nxe6+ Rxe6
1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Podolny, Grigory"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E28"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Ne2
e4 9. Bb1 Be6 10. Ng3 Bxc4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 d5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nd7
15. c4 c6 16. Rb1 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Qa6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qe2 Qg6 20. Rxb7 Qxg2 21.
Qf1 Qg6 22. Bd2 Rab8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Ke2 Rb3 25. Qc1 Qg4+ 26. Ke1 Qe4 27. f3
Qd3 28. Kf2 Nb6 29. Rd1 Nc4 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vatnikov, Iosif"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. b3 Bb7 5. Bb2 Be7 6. d4 c5 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bd3
d5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 cxd4 12. exd4 Bb4 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. Qe2 Nd5
15. f4 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. Ne4 Be7 18. f5 N7f6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Rf2 Rfe8 21.
Re1 Re7 22. Qd2 Rd8 23. Qd1 exf5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxe7 Bxe7 26. Qc2 Bd6 27.
Bc1 Bxg3 28. hxg3 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. h3 e5 8. Be3
c6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qd2 Qe7 11. Rfd1 Nc5 12. Bg5 Ne6 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Qe1 Nd7
15. Rd2 Re8 16. Bc4 Nf4 17. Rad1 Nc5 18. a3 Nce6 19. Kh2 Qf6 20. Ng1 g5 21. g3
Ng6 22. Be2 Bf8 23. Bg4 b5 24. Nf3 h6 25. Kg2 a5 26. a4 b4 27. Ne2 c5 28. Nh2
Bb7 29. f3 Bc6 30. Bxe6 Qxe6 31. Qf2 Rec8 32. h4 Be7 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Ng4 Kg7
35. Rh1 Bxe4 36. Nh6 Bb7 37. g4 Nh4+ 38. Rxh4 gxh4 39. Nf5+ Kg8 40. Rd1 e4 41.
Nf4 exf3+ 42. Kh3 Qe5 43. Rd7 Bg5 44. Rxb7 Rab8 45. Nd3 Bxe3 46. Qxf3 Qe6 47.
Re7 Qf6 48. Qxe3 Rb6 49. Nxc5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B60"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O Rc8 10. Nf5 a6 11. Ba4 h5 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Rfe1 Rg8 14. Rad1 Ne5
15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Qe2 e6 17. Ne3 Ng4 18. Nxg4 hxg4 19. Rd3 Qh5 20. Rh3 Qg6 21.
Rg3 f5 22. exf5 Qxf5 23. h3 Be7 24. Rxg4 Rxg4 25. hxg4 Qh7 26. Qf3 Rc6 27. g3
d5 28. Kg2 Qg6 29. Re2 Kd8 30. Qf4 Bd6 31. Qd4 Kc7 32. b3 Kb8 33. Qh8+ Rc8 34.
Qd4 e5 35. Rxe5 Qf6 36. Rxd5 Qxd4 37. Rxd4 Be5 38. Ne2 Rxc2 39. Re4 Bd6 40. a4
Rb2 41. Nd4 Bc5 42. Rf4 Bxd4 43. Rxd4 Rxb3 44. Rf4 b5 45. axb5 Rxb5 46. Rxf7 a5
47. f4 Rb7 48. Rf8+ Ka7 49. g5 a4 50. Re8 Kb6 51. g6 a3 52. Re3 Ra7 53. g7 a2
54. g8=Q a1=Q 55. Rb3+ Kc6 56. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B62"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
Qd3 O-O 9. Rd1 a6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qg3 Rd8 12. Kh1 Bd7 13. f4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Bc6
15. Bd3 Ne8 16. Nd5 exd5 17. exd5 Bf6 18. Rc4 Rab8 19. Qf3 g6 20. b3 Rbc8 21.
dxc6 bxc6 22. Re4 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Ng7 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. Bd3 Rxa2 26. Rc4 Ra6 27.
Rc3 Rb6 28. Be4 Ne6 29. Bxc6 Nxg5 30. Bd5 Qe7 31. Re3 Nxf3 32. Rxe7 Ne5 33.
Bxf7+ Kh8 34. Be6 Rbb8 35. Bd5 Rbc8 36. Rf2 Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Rxf8 38. Kg1 Rc8 39.
Be4 Rc3 40. Kf2 Ng4+ 41. Ke2 d5 42. Kd2 Rc5 43. Bd3 Nf6 44. Ke3 Rc6 45. Kd4 Kg8
46. b4 Kf8 47. Re1 Kf7 48. b5 Re6 49. Rb1 Rd6 50. b6 Nd7 51. b7 Nb8 52. Kc5 Ke6
53. Re1+ Kd7 54. Bb5+ Kc7 55. Re7+ Nd7+ 56. Rxd7+ Rxd7 57. Bxd7 Kxb7 58. Kxd5
Kc7 59. Be6 g5 60. g4 Kd8 61. c4 Kc7 62. c5 h6 63. c6 h5 64. gxh5 g4 65. Bxg4
Kb8 66. Kd6 Ka7 67. c7 Kb6 68. c8=Q Ka7 69. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "C89"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. d4 Bd6 14. Re3 f5
15. Nd2 f4 16. Re1 f3 17. Nxf3 Bg4 18. Re3 Ra7 19. h3 Bh5 20. a4 Raf7 21. axb5
axb5 22. Qf1 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Qd7 25. Ra5 Bc7 26. Rxb5 Rf6 27. f4
Rg6+ 28. Kh1 Qf5 29. c4 Rh6 30. Rb3 Qe4+ 31. Kh2 Bxf4+ 32. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 33. Rg3
Qxd4 34. b3 Rf6 35. Kg1 Ra6 36. Qe2 Rf6 37. Rd3 Qb6 38. Rxd5 h6 39. Qe3 Rg6+
40. Kh2 Qb8+ 41. Kh1 Qa8 42. Qf3 Qa2 43. Kh2 Kh7 44. Rd1 Qc2 45. Kh1 Kg8 46.
Rg1 Rd6 47. Qa8+ Kh7 48. Qb7 Qc3 49. Qe4+ Kh8 50. Rg3 Qa1+ 51. Kg2 Rd8 52. c5
Rf8 53. Rf3 Rd8 54. b4 Kg8 55. c6 Rd1 56. Rd3 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Vistinietzki, Itzhak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ndf6 6. Nc5 b6 7. Nd3 e6 8.
Be2 Bb7 9. O-O Ne7 10. Nde5 Ng6 11. Re1 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bd6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Bc4
Rf8 15. Qe2 O-O-O 16. a4 c5 17. c3 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bg3 Ne4 20. Ba6 Nxg3 21.
hxg3 Bxe5 22. Bxb7+ Qxb7 23. Qxe5 Qd5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Qf6 Rd2 26. b4 Qf5 27.
Qxf5 exf5 28. a5 Rfd8 29. axb6 axb6 30. c4 Kb7 31. b5 R2d4 32. Re5 R8d7 33. Rc1
f4 34. gxf4 Rxf4 35. g3 Rfd4 36. Kg2 Rc7 37. c5 bxc5 38. Rexc5 Rxc5 39. Rxc5
Kb6 40. Rf5 Rb4 41. Rxf7 Rxb5 42. Rf6+ Kc7 43. Rxh6 g4 44. Re6 Rb4 45. Re2 Kd6
46. f3 gxf3+ 47. Kxf3 Rb8 48. g4 Rf8+ 49. Kg3 Rg8 50. Re3 Kd5 51. Re1 Kd6 52.
Re4 Kd5 53. Rf4 Ke5 54. Rf5+ Ke6 55. Kf4 Ra8 56. Rb5 Rf8+ 57. Ke4 Rf1 58. Rb6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B60"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Qd3 h6 10. Be3 b5 11. f4 b4 12. Nd1 d5 13. Nf2 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd5 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. f5 e5 17. Rad1 Be7 18. Qc4 Bb7 19. Bf3 Qc8 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Bxd5
Qxc4 22. Bxc4 Be7 23. Rf2 Rc8 24. Bd5 Bc6 25. Bxc6+ Rxc6 26. Rd5 f6 27. Kf1 Kf7
28. Ke1 h5 29. Rd7 Rhc8 30. Kd1 R8c7 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rf3 Bc5 33. Bxc5 Rxc5
34. Rb3 a5 35. a3 bxa3 36. Rb7+ Kf8 37. bxa3 e4 38. Kd2 Rxf5 39. c4 Rc5 40. Kc3
e3 41. Rb2 Re5 42. Kd3 e2 43. Rxe2 Rxe2 44. Kxe2 Ke7 45. Kd3 Kd6 46. Kc3 h4 47.
g4 hxg3 48. hxg3 Kc5 49. g4 a4 50. Kd3 g6 51. Kc3 f5 52. g5 f4 53. Kd3 f3 54.
Ke3 Kxc4 55. Kxf3 Kb3 56. Kf4 Kxa3 57. Ke5 Kb4 58. Kf6 a3 59. Kxg6 a2 60. Kf7
a1=Q 61. g6 Qa7+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ratner, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bd3 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Nd7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qh4 Qc7 12. Qg3 Qxg3 13. fxg3 Be7 14. c3
O-O 15. Rf3 Rad8 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Bf2 Bf6 18. Re1 Rd7 19. g4 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kopaev, Nikolai"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Qa4 a6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8.
Qxc4 Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. d4 Nb6 11. Qb3 Nbd5 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Rd1 Qe8 14. e4 Nb4
15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Be3 Nc6 17. Qc4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. Rac1 Nb4 21.
Qe2 Bc8 22. g4 Ba6 23. b3 Nd7 24. Nf3 c5 25. Na2 c4 26. Nxb4 Bxb4 27. Qa2 Qc8
28. bxc4 bxc4 29. Bf1 Qb7 30. Nd2 Bxd2 31. Rxd2 Rfc8 32. Rdc2 Bb5 33. f3 h5 34.
gxh5 Nf6 35. h6 gxh6 36. Bxh6 Kh7 37. Bf4 Rg8+ 38. Rg2 Rxg2+ 39. Bxg2 Rg8 40.
Qf2 Rg6 41. Qh4+ Kg7 42. Be5 Qa6 43. Qf2 Qa3 44. Bf4 c3 45. Qc2 Nh5 46. Be3 Qd6
47. e5 Qd5 48. Qxc3 Be2 49. Kf2 Rxg2+ 50. Kxg2 Qxf3+ 51. Kg1 Kh7 52. Bf2 Bd3
53. Qc7 Kg7 54. Qd8 Bg6 55. Kf1 Nf4 56. Qf6+ Kh7 57. Qh4+ Bh5 58. Qg3 Qh1+ 59.
Bg1 Qe4 60. Be3 Qh1+ 61. Bg1 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E30"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf3 b6
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Be2 Rc8 14. O-O c5 15.
dxc5 Rxc5 16. b4 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Nc6 18. Qc2 Nd8 19. Ba6 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21.
Rd1 Rd8 22. Nd4 Qd7 23. Rc1 Nd6 24. Nc6 Rc8 25. b5 Kh8 26. Qd3 Qc7 27. h3 Nb7
28. Rc4 Nd6 29. Rc2 Nb7 30. Rc4 Nd6 31. Rc2 Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Arulaid, Alexander"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Bb1 d5 16. exd5 e4 17. Ng5 Bxd5 18. Nxe4 Rfd8 19. Nfg3 Nc6 20. Be3 g6 21. a3
Na5 22. Nd2 Qb7 23. b4 Nc4 24. Nxc4 bxc4 25. Bg5 Be6 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Qd7
28. Bxe7 Qxe7 29. d5 Qg5 30. Qa4 Bxh3 31. Qxa6 Re8 32. Bf3 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 c3
34. Qf1 c2 35. Rc1 Bd7 36. Be4 Qd2 37. Rxc2 Rxc2 38. Bxc2 Qxc2 39. Qe1 Qc8 40.
Qe7 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Qf5 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. Qa8 Qc2 45. f3 Qa4 46. Qb7
Qb5 47. Qa8 h5 48. Kf2 Qd3 49. Kg3 g5 50. Qb7 h4+ 51. Kh2 Qf5 52. Kg1 h3 53.
gxh3 Qb1+ 54. Kg2 Qb2+ 55. Kg3 Qe5+ 56. Kg2 Qe2+ 57. Kg3 Qf1 58. Qa7 Bxh3 59.
Qd4+ Kg6 60. Qe4+ Kh6 61. f4 Bc8 62. fxg5+ Kxg5 63. Qe7+ Kg6 64. d6 Qg1+ 65.
Kf4 Qc1+ 66. Ke5 Qc3+ 67. Kf4 Qf6+ 68. Ke4 Qxe7+ 69. dxe7 f5+ 70. Ke5 Bd7 71.
Kd6 Be8 72. Kc5 Kf6 73. b5 Kxe7 74. a4 f4 75. b6 Kd7 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Duz-Khotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A14"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 c5 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3
Qc7 9. Na3 b6 10. Nc2 Bb7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. d4 Rfd8 13. e4 Nf6 14. Qe2 Rac8 15.
Rac1 Qb8 16. Rcd1 Qa8 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nh4 Bf6 20. Bxd5 Bxb2 21.
Ne3 Bf6 22. Qh5 Ne5 23. f4 Ng6 24. Nhf5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Bd4+ 26. Rxd4 cxd4 27.
Nf6+ Kf8 28. Qxh7 gxf6 29. Re1 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aratovsky, Nikolai"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 c5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. e3 c4 11. Qd1 O-O 12. Be2 Rd8 13. O-O Rb8 14. Ne1 b5
15. f4 Ne7 16. g4 Qa6 17. Nc2 Bd6 18. a3 Qb7 19. f5 f6 20. Bf3 a5 21. Qe2 b4
22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxc4 Bf8 24. axb4 Qf7 25. bxa5 Rxb2 26. e4 Nc7 27. Ne3 Nb5
28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Nc4 Ra2 30. Nb6 Ba6 31. e5 Nxd4 32. e6+ Ke8 33. Bd5 Ne2+ 34.
Kh1 Nxc1 35. Rxc1 Rxd5 36. Nxd5 Bb7 37. Kg1 Bxd5 38. Rc8+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Podolny, Grigory"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E04"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Qxc4 Qe7 10. Bg5 Rc8 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne4 Bb6 14. Qd3 Rc7
15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Rfd1 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd6 18. Bh3 Qe5 19. e3 Kg7 20. Rac1 Rhc8
21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Bg2 Ba4 23. b3 Bd7 24. Qe2 f5 25. Qh5 Qf6 26. Qe2 a6 27. Qd2
Qe5 28. Ne2 Bb5 29. Nf4 a5 30. a4 Be8 31. Bf3 Rc3 32. Nd3 Qf6 33. Nf4 Qe5 34.
Nd3 Qc7 35. Rc1 Rxc1+ 36. Qxc1 Qd6 37. Qc3+ f6 38. Bxb7 e5 39. Qc2 Bg6 40. Bg2
f4 41. e4 fxg3 42. hxg3 Qd4 43. Nb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vatnikov, Iosif"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
Re8 9. d5 Nc5 10. Qc2 a5 11. h3 Nh5 12. Rfd1 Nf4 13. Bf1 f5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15.
Kh2 Ra6 16. g3 Nh5 17. Bg2 Bf8 18. Qe2 f4 19. Ne1 Rf6 20. Nd3 Rf7 21. Bf3 Qg5
22. Rg1 fxg3+ 23. fxg3 Nf6 24. Raf1 Bd6 25. Nd1 Ref8 26. Ne3 h5 27. Bg2 b6 28.
Rf2 Nh7 29. Rgf1 Rxf2 30. Rxf2 h4 31. Rxf8+ Bxf8 32. gxh4 Qxh4 33. Ng4 Bxg4 34.
Qxg4 Qxg4 35. hxg4 Kg7 36. Kg3 Kf6 37. a3 Ng5 38. Bf3 Nf7 39. a4 Bh6 40. b3 Be3
41. Bg2 Kg5 42. Bh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D97"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 c6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qd3 Qa5 10. Nd2 Rd8 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Qc2 Na6 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Rd1 Nb4 15.
Qb1 Bxb3 16. axb3 e5 17. Be3 exd4 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. Bxd4 Qd6 20. Be3 Qe6 21.
Bd1 Re8 22. O-O a6 23. f3 Nfd5 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Bc5 Bf8 26. Bxb4 Bxb4 27. Bc2
d4 28. Qd1 Rc8 29. f4 f5 30. exf5 gxf5 31. Kh1 Qd5 32. Bd3 Kh8 33. h3 Rg8 34.
Rf3 Bd6 35. Qc2 Qe6 36. Qf2 Qd5 37. Qh4 Qe6 38. Qf2 Bc5 39. Qc2 Bb6 40. Kh2 Rf8
41. Qd1 Bc7 42. Qc2 Bd6 43. Qf2 Qd5 44. Qc2 Kg7 45. Qf2 Rf6 46. Qc2 Rf8 47. Kh1
Kf6 48. Qe2 Rg8 49. Qe1 Rg7 50. Qh4+ Ke6 51. Qh6+ Kf7 52. Bxf5 Qxf5 53. Qxd6
Qb1+ 54. Kh2 Qxb2 55. Qd5+ Kf8 56. Rf1 Qc2 57. Kh1 Re7 58. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. c3
O-O 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e4 d6 11. Nc4 d5 12. Ncd2 Qc7 13. Re1 Rae8 14. e5 Nd7 15.
Nf1 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Qc2 h6 18. Bg6 Re7 19. Qd1 Nce5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Qg4
Nf6 22. Qh3 Bc8 23. Bd2 Bf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Qg3 Qxg3 26. Nxg3 Rb7 27. b3 a5
28. f3 Bd7 29. Nf1 a4 30. Nd2 Ra8 31. bxa4 Rxa4 32. Rab1 Rxb1 33. Rxb1 Kf8 34.
Nb3 c4 35. Nc1 Ra3 36. Ra1 Be8 37. Bxe8 Nxe8 38. Ne2 Nc7 39. Rb1 Rxa2 40. Kf2
Ke7 41. f4 Ne8 42. Rb7+ Kf6 43. Rb6 g5 44. Kf3 Ng7 45. g4 Rd2 46. f5 h5 47. h3
Rd3+ 48. Kg2 Re3 49. Kf2 Rxh3 50. fxe6 hxg4 51. Ra6 Nf5 52. e7+ Kxe7 53. Rg6
g3+ 54. Kg2 Rh2+ 55. Kf1 Nh4 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D97"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c6 9. O-O Qa5 10. h3 b5 11. Qd3 b4 12. Nb1 Nc7 13. Nbd2 Ba6 14. Qe3 Bxe2
15. Qxe2 Qb5 16. Qxb5 Nxb5 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne4 f6 19. Be3 fxe5 20. dxe5 Nxe3 21.
fxe3 Bh6 22. Kf2 Nc7 23. Rac1 Nd5 24. Rfe1 Rac8 25. Nc5 Rfd8 26. Rc4 Rb8 27.
Ne6 Rdc8 28. Rd4 Bg7 29. Rc1 Rb5 30. e4 Bh6 31. exd5 Bxc1 32. d6 exd6 33. exd6
Bxb2 34. Rd2 Bf6 35. d7 Rcb8 36. d8=Q+ Bxd8 37. Nxd8 Rd5 38. Nxc6 Rxd2+ 39.
Nxd2 Rb6 40. Na5 Rb5 41. Ndb3 Kg7 42. Nc4 h5 43. Nd4 Rd5 44. Ke3 Kh6 45. h4 Rc5
46. Kd3 Rd5 47. g3 a6 48. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vistinietzki, Itzhak"]
[Black "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nge2 Na6
9. O-O Nc7 10. a4 b6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Qb3 Nfe8 13. f4 Rb8 14. f5 a6 15. g4 f6 16.
h4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. cxb5 Nxb5 19. Nxb5 Nc7 20. g5 Bxb5 21. Qf3 gxf5 22.
exf5 Rf7 23. Rf2 e4 24. Qxe4 Re7 25. Qg4 Bxe2 26. Rxe2 Rb4 27. Be4 Kh8 28. Bd2
Rd4 29. Bc3 fxg5 30. hxg5 Be5 31. f6 Rf7 32. Qh4 Qg8 33. Bxd4 cxd4 34. Rg2 d3
35. g6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Black "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
a3 Be7 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. c4 c6 14. Bc3 cxd5 15.
cxd5 Bg4 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. Rc1 Bg5 19. Be2 Bxe2 20. Kxe2 Kh8 21. Rhe1
f5 22. exf5 Qd6 23. Bb4 Qh6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxe7 Bxe7 26. Qxb7 Re8 27. Qd7
Qa6+ 28. Kd1 Rb8 29. Re3 Bg5 30. Rxe5 h6 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. f6 Qxf6 33. Rxb8 Bxd2
34. Qb5 Qf5 35. Qb1 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ratner, Boris"]
[Black "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 c6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bc4 b5 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O Bb7 10. c4 bxc4 11. Nxc4 c5 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. exd4 Nd5 14. Bg5 N7f6
15. Bd3 a5 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Qd2 Ba6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Be4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Qb5 21.
b3 e6 22. Rec1 Rfd8 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Rc7 a4 25. Qh6 Rf8 26. bxa4 Bg7 27. Qh4
Rxa4 28. Ng5 h5 29. Nxf7 Qxd4 30. Qe7 Rxa2 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nh6+
Kh8 34. Nf7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Black "Kopaev, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B26"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Bd7 8. Nge2
Nd4 9. O-O Bc6 10. Nd1 Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 Ne7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 d5
15. Ne3 f5 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Rde1 Rae8 19. Qh4 Nb6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6
21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 Qd5 23. Qa4 e5 24. Qxa7 Ra8 25. Qb6 Rxa2 26. c4 Qd4 27.
Qe6+ Rf7 28. Rxe5 Rxb2 29. Rd5 Qf6 30. Qc8+ Rf8 31. Qxc5 f4 32. Rd7 fxg3 33.
hxg3 Rf7 34. Rd6 Qf5 35. Qd4 Re2 36. Rd8+ Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39.
Qxh7+ Kf6 40. Qh8+ Kf7 41. Qd4 Rd2 42. Rb1 Rxd3 43. Rxb7+ Ke6 44. Qh4 Rd7 45.
Rb5 Qf3 46. Qh3+ Ke7 47. Qh7+ Kd8 48. Qg8+ Ke7 49. Re5+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8.
O-O Bc5 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. h3 Nxe5 12. Re1 f6 13. b4 Bxb4 14. Qh5+ Kd8
15. Rxe5 Qxe5 16. Bxb4 Qxa1 17. c3 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Qxb1+ 19. Kh2 Qf5 20. Qf7 Re8
21. Bc5 Qg6 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. Bb7 Kd7 24. Ba6 Rab8 25. Bd3 f5 26. g4 Ke6 27.
gxf5+ gxf5 28. Kg3 Rb5 29. Bd4 Ra5 30. f4 c5 31. Be3 c4 32. Bb1 Rb8 33. Bc2
Rxa2 34. Bd1 Rb3 35. fxg5 Rxc3 36. Kf4 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arulaid, Alexander"]
[Black "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Bg5 b5 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. Nxb5 d5 10. exd5 cxb5 11. Bxb5 Qxd5 12. Be2 Ba6 13. c3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2
Nc6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. b3 a5 17. Rac1 e6 18. Nd2 e5 19. Nc4 Qb5 20. Qf3 Bg5 21.
Rb1 exd4 22. cxd4 Nb4 23. Re1 Qf5 24. Qxf5 gxf5 25. Re5 Bf6 26. Rxf5 Bxd4 27.
Rxa5 Rxa5 28. Nxa5 Ra8 29. Rd1 Bf6 30. a3 Rxa5 31. axb4 Ra3 32. Rb1 Bb2 33. Kf1
Rxb3 34. Ke2 Rxb4 35. Kd3 Bc3 36. Rxb4 Bxb4 37. Ke4 Kg7 38. Kf5 Bc5 39. f4 Bg1
40. h4 Bf2 41. h5 Be3 42. Ke4 Bf2 43. Kf5 Bg3 44. Kg4 Be1 45. Kf5 Bc3 46. g4
Kf8 47. g5 Ke7 48. h6 Bd2 49. Ke5 Ba5 50. Kf5 Bd8 51. Kg4 Kd6 52. Kf5 Kd5 53.
Kg4 Ke4 54. f5 Bxg5 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Black "Duz-Khotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E86"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Be3 e5 7. Qd2 O-O 8. Nge2
c6 9. d5 c5 10. g4 h5 11. h3 Nh7 12. O-O-O h4 13. g5 a6 14. Kb1 Rb8 15. Nc1 f6
16. gxf6 Ndxf6 17. Rg1 Nh5 18. Rxg6 Kf7 19. Rg1 Qf6 20. Nd3 b5 21. f4 exf4 22.
Nxf4 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 bxc4 24. Kc1 Ke7 25. Rxg7+ Qxg7 26. Bh6 Qf6 27. e5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Black "Aratovsky, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 d5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. O-O
Qc8 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg5 Qe6 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. f4 c5 13. f5 Qc8 14. e3 c4 15. Qd1
a6 16. g4 Nbd7 17. Qf3 b5 18. a3 h6 19. Bh4 Kf8 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Ng8 22.
Bxe7+ Nxe7 23. Qh5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Ng8 25. f6 gxf6 26. exf6 Qe6 27. Qg5 Rab8 28.
Ne2 d4 29. Nxd4 Rxd4 30. exd4 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Qe4+ 32. Rf3 Qg6 33. h4 Nh6 34. Kh2
Kg8 35. Rg1 Kh7 36. Qe3 Qh5 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. Rg5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Black "Podolny, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 a6 11. b4 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Bb2 Rc7 15.
Qe2 Qd6 16. Rad1 Qf4 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bf6 20. Bc1 Qg4 21. h3
Qh5 22. Qa2 Rd7 23. Bb3 Rxd1 24. Bxd1 Qg6 25. Bc2 Qh5 26. Be4 g6 27. Bf4 Re8
28. Kh2 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Qf5 30. Re8+ Kg7 31. Qd2 h5 32. Qd6 Ne7 33. Be5 Bxf3 34.
Rxe7 Bxe5+ 35. Qxe5+ Qxe5+ 36. Rxe5 Kf6 37. Re8 Bd5 38. Rb8 Ke5 39. Rb6 Kd4 40.
Rxa6 Kc3 41. h4 Bb3 42. Ra5 Bc4 43. Kg3 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Black "Vatnikov, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 Ne7 6. Bc4 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Qc3 Qe7 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nd2 Rg8 { ... } 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nce2 Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Qa5+ 9. Kf2 f6 10. Nf3 fxe5 11. fxe5 Be7 12. h4 Qb6 13. Kg3 Nf8 14. Rb1 Bd7 15.
Bd2 O-O-O 16. b4 Kb8 17. Qe1 a6 18. a4 Be8 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Bg6 21. Rb2 Rc8
22. Qa1 Nd8 23. Nc3 Nf7 24. Be2 Nh6 25. Rc1 Nf5+ 26. Kh2 Nxd4 27. Ra2 Nc2 28.
Rcxc2 Bxc2 29. Ra8+ Kc7 30. Nxd5+ exd5 31. Ba5 Rxa8 32. Bxb6+ Kxb6 33. Qxa8 Ng6
34. Qa2 Be4 35. Nd2 Bxh4 36. Nb3 Kc7 37. Qa5+ Kb8 38. b6 Kc8 39. Nc5 Kd8 40.
Qa8+ Ke7 41. Qxb7+ Ke8 42. Bb5+ Kf8 43. Ne6+ Kg8 44. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bf4 Nh7 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Rad1
Nf8 15. Qc4 Ne6 16. Bg3 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qb8 18. b3 Be6 19. Bf4 Qb7 20. Re3 Bf6
21. e5 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Rad8 23. Qf4 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Rd8 25. Nc3 Bxe5 26. Qxe5 Qb4
27. h3 Qd6 28. Qe4 Qc5 29. Rg3 Rd2 30. Qf4 Qd4 31. Ne4 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Kh8 33. c3
Qd5 34. Nf6 Qd2 35. Qb4 Qd6 36. Ne4 Qxb4 37. cxb4 Ra1 38. a4 Ra2 39. Rc3 Bd5
40. f3 Bxe4 41. fxe4 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Vistinietzki, Itzhak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E03"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 b5 8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Qd1 O-O 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Bf4
Nd5 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bd2 Qe7 17. Rc1 e5 18. e3 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 e4 20. Nfd4 f5 21.
a3 Ne5 22. Qd1 Nd3 23. Qb1 g5 24. Nc1 Nxf2 25. Nce2 f4 26. Rxf2 f3 27. Bh3 fxe2
28. Rxe2 Bxd4 29. exd4 e3 30. Qd3 Rf3 31. Bg2 g4 32. Bxf3 gxf3 33. Rxe3 Nxe3
34. Qxe3 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B39"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Nc6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 d6 12. Be2 Be6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bh6
Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Nd4 16. Qe3 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Rac8 18. b3 a6 19. Qd3 Rc5 20. a4 Rfc8
21. Rb1 Qb4 22. Rfe1 R5c7 23. Re3 Qc5 24. Rbe1 Qe5 25. Qe2 Kf8 26. Qd2 Kg8 27.
Rg3 Qa5 28. Qd1 Rc5 29. f4 Kf8 30. Rge3 f6 31. Qd4 Bxc4 32. e5 dxe5 33. fxe5 f5
34. e6 Kg8 35. Qh4 f4 36. Qxf4 Rf5 37. Qh4 Bxb3 38. Ne4 Rcf8 39. Rxb3 Rf4 40.
Qg3 Qxa4 41. Qd3 b5 42. h3 Qa2 43. Re2 Qa1+ 44. Kh2 Rf1 45. Ng3 Rd1 46. Rd2 Re1
47. Rbb2 Qa5 48. Re2 Rxe2 49. Qxe2 Qb6 50. Rb4 Rf6 51. h4 Rxe6 52. Qa2 Kf8 53.
h5 gxh5 54. Qb2 Rf6 55. Nxh5 Qd6+ 56. g3 Rh6 57. Qh8+ Kf7 58. Rf4+ Ke6 59. Qc8+
Kd5 60. Rh4 e5 61. Qc2 Qe6 62. Qc7 Qc6 63. Qf7+ Qe6 64. Qf8 Kc6 65. Qa8+ Kb6
66. Qb8+ Kc6 67. Qa8+ Kc7 68. Qa7+ Kc8 69. Qa8+ Kc7 70. Qa7+ Kc8 71. Qa8+ Kc7
72. Qa7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Ratner, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O
8. O-O Bg4 9. d4 Nd7 10. c4 Nb6 11. b3 Qd7 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Qd2 a5 14. Bb2 a4
15. Bc3 Qf5 16. Nh4 Qh5 17. h3 Bd7 18. Qd3 f5 19. Bf3 Qg5 20. Ng2 Bf8 21. h4
Qd8 22. Nf4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 axb3 24. axb3 Ra3 25. c5 Na8 26. Bb4 Ra6 27. d5 Qc8
28. d6 b6 29. Bh5 g6 30. Be2 Ra7 31. Qe3 Qe8 32. Qxe8 Bxe8 33. cxb6 Nxb6 34.
Bc5 Nc8 35. Ba6 Rxa6 36. Rxe8 Nb6 37. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kopaev, Nikolai"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D49"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. O-O Qd5 14. Qe2 Rb8 15.
Bg5 Bd6 16. f4 Be7 17. Rac1 Bd7 18. Rf3 Qb7 19. f5 O-O 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ng4
Bg5 22. Rcf1 exf5 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Rfe8 25. Qd3 Be3+ 26. Kh1 Qe4 27. Qb3
Qe6 28. Qd3 Qe4 29. Qb3 Qe6 30. Qd1 f6 31. a3 Rb6 32. h3 Kh8 33. Qd3 Qc4 34.
Qd1 Rbe6 35. b3 Qc6 36. Qd3 Rb8 37. Rh5 Qe4 38. Rxb5 Rxb5 39. Qxb5 Re8 40. Re1
h6 41. a4 f5 42. Nf2 Qe6 43. Nd3 Rf8 44. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E03"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
Nf3 Qb6 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Nc3 b5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. a4 b4 14. Nb1 Bc5
15. O-O Bb7 16. Nbd2 Rc8 17. Nc4 Qa7 18. Nfe5 O-O 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7
21. Qd3 Nf6 22. Rad1 h6 23. Be5 Ng4 24. b3 Qa8 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. exf3 Nxe5 27.
Nxe5 Rfd8 28. Nc4 Rd5 29. Rb1 Rcd8 30. Rb2 e5 31. Rc1 Rd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33.
Kg2 Bd4 34. Rd2 Rb1 35. Na5 Kf8 36. f4 f6 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. f4 Kf7 39. fxe5
Bxe5 40. Kf3 Ke6 41. Rd3 Rc1 42. Nc4 Bc7 43. Re3+ Kf7 44. Rd3 Ke6 45. Re3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Arulaid, Alexander"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B59"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Ne5 11. Qd4 Qc7 12. Rad1 a6 13. Nc1 Be6 14. Nd3 Ng6
15. Bg3 Rac8 16. Kh1 Rfd8 17. Qf2 Qa5 18. a3 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Nxe4 20. Qf3 Nxg3+
21. hxg3 Qxa3 22. Qxb7 Qxc3 23. Nf4 Bf6 24. Bd3 Nxf4 25. gxf4 Qc5 26. Bxa6 Qxc2
27. Qb6 d5 28. Bd3 Qc3 29. Rfe1 g6 30. f5 Bd7 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Bb1 Kg7 33. Rf1
Rh8+ 34. Kg1 Bg5 35. Rf3 Qe5 36. Qd4 Qxd4+ 37. Rxd4 Be6 38. Ba2 Rd8 39. Kf1 Bf6
40. Ra4 Rd7 41. Ra6 Be5 42. Rd3 Bf5 43. Rxd5 Rxd5 44. Bxd5 Bd3+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Duz-Khotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. a3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 e5 9. b4 Nxb4 10. Rb1 Nc6 11. Rxb7 Rb8 12. Rxb8+ Nxb8 13. c4 Bxc5 14. Qb3
O-O 15. cxd5 Nbd7 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. Qa2 Nf8 18. O-O Qc7 19. Rd1 Ng6 20. Kh2 Nh4
21. Be2 Rb6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Rf6 24. Rf1 Qd7 25. Bg4 Qa4 26. f3 Rb6 27.
Rf2 g6 28. Qc2 Qa5 29. Kg3 Be7 30. Rd2 h5 31. Bd7 Rf6 32. f4 Qb6 33. fxe5 Rf3+
34. Kh2 Kh7 35. Qb2 Qc7 36. Rc2 Qxd7 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Aratovsky, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Ne5 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nd5 12. f4 f5 13. Qb3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qb6+
15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Bc2 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Rd8 18. Bb3 Kf8 19. Rf3 a5 20. a3 a4 21. Ba2
Bd7 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Ke7 24. Nh5 Bc6 25. Nxg7 Rg8 26. Rg3 Nd5 27. Rd1 Nxf4
28. Nxf5+ Kf8 29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Nxc6 bxc6 32. g3 Nd5 33. Kg1 Rb8
34. Rd2 Kg7 35. Kg2 Rb5 36. Kf3 Rc5 37. Bb1 Rb5 38. Bd3 Rb3 39. Ke4 h6 40. Kd4
Kf7 41. Kc5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Podolny, Grigory"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E17"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1
Be4 9. Qa4 Bb7 10. Nc3 d6 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Re8 13. e4 Bf8 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15.
Nh4 a6 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bd2 b5 18. Re1 Qb6 19. h3 g6 20. f4 Bg7 21. Kh2 Re7 22.
Be3 Rc8 23. Bf2 Ne8 24. Rad1 Qc7 25. Qd2 Qa5 26. Qc2 Qc7 27. g4 Nb6 28. Bg3 Nc4
29. Nf3 Rd8 30. b3 Na3 31. Qc1 b4 32. Na4 Nb5 33. e5 dxe5 34. Nxe5 Rc8 35. Nc6
Rxe1 36. Rxe1 Bxc6 37. dxc6 Nc3 38. Nxc5 Qa5 39. Qe3 Nc7 40. f5 N7d5 41. Qf2
Qd8 42. fxg6 fxg6 43. Ne6 Qf6 44. Qa7 Re8 45. Qd7 Re7 46. Qd8+ Kh7 47. Bxd5 Nb5
48. Ng5+ hxg5 49. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Vatnikov, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B59"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Bg5 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bxg5 10. Nxd6+ Ke7 11. Ne4 Bh6 12. O-O f5 13. Ng3 Qxd1 14.
Raxd1 b6 15. Bb5 Nd8 16. Rfe1 Nf7 17. Bc4 g6 18. Bd5 Rb8 19. Nd4 Nd8 20. Rxe5+
Kf6 21. Ree1 Bd7 22. Nf3 Re8 23. Rxe8 Bxe8 24. Re1 Bb5 25. c4 Bd7 26. Ne5 Bc8
27. Nd3 Ne6 28. Ne2 Nc5 29. Nef4 Nxd3 30. Nxd3 Bd7 31. Kf1 f4 32. Ne5 Bf5 33.
Nc6 Rb7 34. f3 Rc7 35. Rd1 Bf8 36. Nd4 Bc5 37. a3 a5 38. g4 Bd7 39. h4 h5 40.
g5+ Ke5 41. Nc2 Bh3+ 42. Ke2 Bf5 43. Ne1 Re7 44. Ng2 Bh3 45. Ne1 Bf5 46. Rd2
Be3 47. Rd1 Bc5 48. Rd2 Be3 49. Nd3+ Kd4 50. Rd1 Bd2+ 51. Be4 Bxe4 52. fxe4 Be3
53. Nxf4+ Kxe4 54. Nd5 Bxg5 55. hxg5 Re5 56. Nxb6 Rxg5 57. Kf2 Rf5+ 58. Kg2
Rg5+ 59. Kh1 h4 60. b4 Rg3 61. Nd7 g5 62. Nc5+ Ke5 63. Rd5+ Kf4 64. Rd3 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "C98"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Bb1 Bd7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Ne3 cxd4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 dxc3 18. dxc6 cxb2 19. Bxb2 Bxc6 20. Bf5 Rce8
21. Rc1 Qb7 22. Qc2 Bxf3 23. gxf3 g6 24. Be4 d5 25. Bd3 Bg5 26. Qc6 Qa7 27. Rc2
d4 28. Qc5 Qxc5 29. Rxc5 Bf4 30. Rc6 Ra8 31. Re2 Rfb8 32. Rec2 a5 33. Bc1 Bxc1
34. Rxc1 b4 35. Rc7 Rb6 36. Re7 a4 37. Rcc7 Rf8 38. Rxe5 b3 39. axb3 axb3 40.
Re1 b2 41. Rc4 Rd8 42. Bb1 Rb3 43. Rd1 Rxf3 44. Kg2 Rf4 45. Rd2 Re8 46. Rxb2
Re1 47. Bd3 Re5 48. Kg3 g5 49. Rbb4 Rd5 50. Rc8+ Kg7 51. Rbb8 Rd6 52. Rg8+ Kf6
53. Rb7 Rc6 54. Rxg5 Rxf2 55. Rh5 Rc3 56. Kxf2 Rxd3 57. Rxh7 Kg6 58. Rbxf7 Rd2+
59. Kf3 d3 60. Kg4 Rg2+ 61. Kh4 d2 62. Rhg7+ Kh6 63. Rh7+ Kg6 64. Rfg7+ Kf5 65.
Rd7 Ke4 66. Rd6 Ke3 67. Re7+ Kf3 68. Rf6# 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vistinietzki, Itzhak"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E50"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3
Qe7 9. e4 e5 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nbd7 14. h4 Nf8 15. hxg5
hxg5 16. Re1 Ng6 17. Nf1 Nf4 18. Bc2 Kg7 19. Ne3 Rh8 20. f3 Be6 21. d5 Bc8 22.
Kf2 N6h5 23. Rh1 Qf6 24. Bh2 g4 25. g3 Nh3+ 26. Kg2 gxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 28.
Kxf3 Ng5+ 29. Kf2 Nf6 30. g4 Nxg4+ 31. Nxg4 Bxg4 32. Bg3 f6 33. Rab1 b6 34. a4
Rxh1 35. Rxh1 Rh8 36. Rxh8 Kxh8 37. Ke3 Kg7 38. Bh4 Nf7 39. Bg3 Nd8 40. Bh4 Nb7
41. Kd2 Na5 42. Kd3 Kg6 43. Bf2 f5 44. Bh4 fxe4+ 45. Kd2 Nxc4+ 46. Ke1 Bf3 47.
Bb3 Ne3 48. Be7 Nf5 49. Bd8 e3 50. Bc7 Kh5 51. Bb8 a6 52. Bc4 Kg4 53. Bxa6 Kf4
54. Bc7 Bxd5 55. Bd3 Be4 56. Bf1 d5 57. Bxb6 d4 58. a5 d3 59. Bxc5 d2+ 60. Kd1
Ng3 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. Ne4 Qf4 13. Qe2 b6 14. a3 Be7 15.
d5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Bb7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Ng3 Qc7 19. Rfe1 Bc5 20. b4 Nd4 21. Nxd4
Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Qd2 Be6 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. f4 Qc2 27. Qxc2
Rxc2 28. f5 Bc8 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rf8 Rc7 31. Kf2 Bb7 32. Ne2 g6 33. fxg6+ Kxg6
34. Rb8 Ba6 35. Nd4 Kf6 36. Rh8 Kg7 37. Ra8 Bc8 38. Nb5 Rc2+ 39. Ke3 Bd7 40. a4
Bxb5 41. axb5 Rc4 42. Rxa7 Rxb4 43. Rb7 Rxb5 44. Rb8 h5 45. g3 Kf6 46. Rh8 Kg5
47. Kf3 Rb3+ 48. Kg2 Rb2+ 49. Kh3 Rc2 50. Rg8+ Kf6 51. Rh8 Kg6 52. Rg8+ Kh7 53.
Rb8 Rb2 54. g4 hxg4+ 55. Kxg4 Kg6 56. h4 Rb4+ 57. Kg3 Rb1 58. Kf4 Kf6 59. Kg4
Rb4+ 60. Kg3 Kf5 61. Rg8 Rb3+ 62. Kg2 Kf4 63. h5 Rb2+ 64. Kh3 Rb3+ 65. Kh4 Rb1
66. Rg4+ Kf5 67. Rg5+ Kf6 68. Rg2 Rb4+ 69. Kh3 Rb3+ 70. Kh4 Rb1 71. Rf2+ Kg7
72. h6+ Kxh6 73. Rxf7 Kg6 74. Rf8 b5 75. Kg3 b4 76. Kf2 b3 77. Rb8 Kf5 78. Ke3
1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ratner, Boris"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
f5 9. Ne5 Nd6 10. Bxb7 Nxb7 11. b3 Bf6 12. Ba3 d6 13. Nf3 Qe8 14. Rad1 Qh5 15.
Ne1 Nc6 16. e3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Kg2 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Bxc3 20. Nd3 Ba5 21. Nf4
Qf7 22. Rd3 Rae8 23. Rfd1 Nd8 24. Qa4 Ne6 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Qb5 Qf7 27. c5 Re5
28. Qa6 dxc5 29. Qxa7 Rfe8 30. Rd7 R5e7 31. Qxc7 h6 32. Bb2 Kh7 33. a4 Qe6 34.
Kg1 Qe4 35. h4 Rxd7 36. Qxd7 Re7 37. Qb5 Rc7 38. Rc1 Rc6 39. Bc3 Bxc3 40. Rxc3
Rd6 41. Qb3 Rd2 42. Rc1 c4 43. Qb4 Qd5 44. Qxb6 c3 45. h5 Qa8 46. Qb4 Qf3 47.
Rf1 Qc6 48. Rc1 Rd5 49. Qb3 Rc5 50. a5 c2 51. Qb6 Qc8 52. a6 Rd5 53. Rxc2 Qxc2
54. Qg6+ Kh8 55. Qe8+ Kh7 56. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kopaev, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B63"]
[PlyCount "166"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
Ndb5 a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd4 Qb6 11. Nb3 Bd7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Kh8 14. Kh1
Rg8 15. f4 Rg7 16. Bf3 Na5 17. Na4 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Qa7 19. Rac1 b5 20. Nc3 Rc8
21. Ne2 Rgg8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bh5 Qc5 24. f5 exf5 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Bxf7 Qe5
27. Nd4 Be4 28. Be6 Rc7 29. Bf5 d5 30. Bxe4 Bd6 31. Nf3 Qxe4 32. Re1 Bb4 33.
Qh6 Qg6 34. Qf4 Bxe1 35. Qxc7 Bf2 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39.
Qd6+ Kg7 40. Qe7+ Kh6 41. g3 Bb6 42. Qe6 Bc7 43. Qxd5 Qc2 44. Qd2+ Qxd2 45.
Nxd2 Be5 46. Kg2 Bxb2 47. Kf3 f5 48. Nf1 Bc1 49. Ke2 Kg5 50. Kd1 Ba3 51. Ne3
Bc5 52. h4+ Kh5 53. Nxf5 Kg4 54. Ng7 Kxg3 55. h5 Kg4 56. Ke2 Bb6 57. Kd3 Kg5
58. Ke4 Kh6 59. Ne8 Kxh5 60. Nf6+ Kg6 61. Nd5 Ba5 62. a4 bxa4 63. bxa4 Kg5 64.
Kf3 h6 65. Kg2 Kh4 66. Kh2 Kg4 67. Kg2 Kg5 68. Kh3 h5 69. Kg2 Kh6 70. Kh3 Kg7
71. Nf4 Bb4 72. Nxh5+ Kf7 73. Nf4 Bd6 74. Kg4 Kf6 75. Nd3 Ke6 76. Kf3 Kd5 77.
Ke3 Kc4 78. Kd2 Kb3 79. Kc1 a5 80. Kb1 Kxa4 81. Ka2 Bf8 82. Ne5 Kb5 83. Kb3 Bg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qc8 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Ne4 Rd8 14. Qc2 Qc7
15. Bf4 e5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Be3 Rd7 18. a4 Be7 19. c5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21.
Qxc5 Rd5 22. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arulaid, Alexander"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
c6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. Qf3 N6d7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. e4 Qb4 15.
exd5 Qxd4+ 16. Kh1 f6 17. dxc6 fxe5 18. cxd7 Bxd7 19. f5 Bc6 20. Be4 Qd6 21.
Rad1 Qh6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Ne4 Red8 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Ng5 Rd5 27.
Qb4 Qc5 28. Qxb7 Qb5 29. Qxb5 axb5 30. Kg1 h6 31. Ne4 Rd4 32. Re1 Nd7 33. Kf2
Kg8 34. Kf3 Nb6 35. Re2 Rd3+ 36. Re3 Rd4 37. Re2 Rd3+ 38. Re3 Rd4 39. Rc3 Nd5
40. Rc8+ Kf7 41. Rb8 b4 42. Rb7+ Kg8 43. Nd6 Kf8 44. Rf7+ Kg8 45. Rb7 Kf8 46.
Rf7+ Kg8 47. Rd7 Kf8 48. Nb5 e4+ 49. Kf2 e3+ 50. Ke1 Rd2 51. a4 bxa3 52. Nxa3
Rd4 53. Nb5 Rd2 54. Na3 Rd4 55. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Duz-Khotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nge2 e5 8. O-O
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 a5 12. Bf4 Nfd7 13. Be3 Ne5 14. b3 a4 15.
Rb1 axb3 16. axb3 Bd7 17. Re2 Ra6 18. Rd2 Qc8 19. Kh2 f6 20. Ndb5 Ne6 21. Nd5
Nf7 22. Nbc3 Nf8 23. Bd4 Qd8 24. Nf4 c6 25. Qc2 f5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. exf5 Bxf5
28. Be4 Bd7 29. Rbd1 Qf6 30. Bg2 Bf5 31. Qc1 Nd7 32. Re2 Rxe2 33. Ncxe2 h5 34.
Nd4 Nde5 35. Nxf5+ Qxf5 36. Qe3 Ra2 37. Be4 Qd7 38. Bb1 Ra5 39. b4 Ra8 40. Qc3
Kh6 41. Kg2 Qe7 42. Re1 Qd7 43. Nxg6 Nxg6 44. Qf6 Nh8 45. Re6 Rg8 46. Qxh8+
Rxh8 47. Rxg6+ Kh7 48. Rxd6+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Aratovsky, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A98"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. d4 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Qc2
Qh5 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Rad1 Bd7 11. d5 Nd8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nb5 e5 14. Nxc7 Rc8
15. Ne6 Nxe6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Rxd6 Bxc4 18. b3 Ba6 19. Qd2 e4 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21.
Qxd4 Bxe2 22. Re1 Bd3 23. Rd7 Qh6 24. Rxb7 a6 25. Rd7 Rce8 26. Bf1 Bxf1 27.
Rxf1 f4 28. Rd6 Qh3 29. Rd7 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Podolny, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A24"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 d6 7. f4 c6 8. O-O
Be6 9. d3 Nfd7 10. Rb1 f5 11. Qc2 a5 12. b3 Na6 13. a3 Rc8 14. Qd2 Bf7 15. b4
axb4 16. axb4 exf4 17. gxf4 Re8 18. b5 Nac5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Nd4 Qa5 21. Rd1
Ne6 22. Nde2 Nd8 23. Rb2 Nf6 24. Ra2 Qc7 25. h3 Rb8 26. Nd4 Nd7 27. Nce2 Nc5
28. Qc2 Rb6 29. Bd2 Qe7 30. Rb1 Rxb1+ 31. Qxb1 d5 32. cxd5 Bxd5 33. Bxd5+ cxd5
34. Qb5 Bf8 35. Nc3 Qd7 36. Qxd7 Nxd7 37. Nxd5 Nb7 38. Ra7 Nbc5 39. Bb4 Bg7 40.
Rc7 Nxd3 41. Rxd7 Nxb4 42. Nxb4 Rxe3 43. Kg2 h6 44. Nbc6 Bf6 45. Rd5 Re4 46.
Kf3 Re1 47. Ne5 Rf1+ 48. Kg3 g5 49. Nxf5 gxf4+ 50. Kg2 Ra1 51. Nxh6+ Kh7 52.
Nhg4 Bh4 53. Rd7+ Kg8 54. Nh6+ Kf8 55. Nf5 Re1 56. Rf7+ Ke8 57. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Vatnikov, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A10"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 Ne7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg5 Nd7 10. Rb1 h6 11. Bf4 Nb6 12. b4 a6 13. a4 g5 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15.
Ne5 f4 16. b5 cxb5 17. axb5 Bf5 18. Rc1 a5 19. Na4 Nxa4 20. Qxa4 b6 21. Nc6 Ng6
22. Qb3 Be6 23. Nxa5 f3 24. Rc6 Qd7 25. Bxf3 Rxf3 26. Qxf3 bxa5 27. Qf6 Bf7 28.
Rfc1 a4 29. b6 a3 30. Rc7 Nf8 31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. Qc6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vistinietzki, Itzhak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. h3 Bf5 6. d3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e6 8. Rb1
Qc7 9. Bf4 Be7 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bg3 c5 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O h5 14. Re1 hxg4 15.
hxg4 O-O-O 16. Rb5 Rh6 17. Qe2 Rdh8 18. Reb1 b6 19. a4 Qd7 20. Nd2 Bd8 21. Qe3
f6 22. exf6 gxf6 23. a5 e5 24. axb6 axb6 25. Rxb6 Bxb6 26. Rxb6 Ne7 27. Qxc5+
Qc7 28. Qxc7+ Kxc7 29. Rxf6 Ra8 30. Bxe5+ Kd7 31. f4 Rh4 32. f5 Rxg4 33. fxg6
Nxg6 34. Nf3 Ke7 35. Rc6 Ra2 36. Bf6+ Ke8 37. Nh2 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 Rf4+ 39. Kg3 Rf5
40. Nf3 Nf4 41. Kg4 Rxf6 42. Rxf6 Nxg2 43. Re6+ Kd8 44. Re2 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bd3
Qc7 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qc3+ 11. Qd2 Qxa1 12. O-O exd5 13. Bb2 Qa2 14. Qb4
Nc6 15. Qc3 Na5 16. Nd2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Qb3 19. Qxa5 Qxb2 20. Rb1
Qa2 21. Qb4 Be6 22. Qxb7 Rad8 23. Qxa7 Bd5 24. Bd3 Bc4 25. Be4 f5 26. Rb7 Rf7
27. h4 fxe4 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ratner, Boris"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bg5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
a4 c4 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Bf3 Nb6 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qc2 Nd5 21. Ne4
Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Ra8 23. Rb1 Qc6 24. Ng5 g6 25. Ne4 Kg7 26. g3 Ra3 27. Qc1 Ra2 28.
Nf6 h6 29. Ng4 g5 30. h4 Nxc3 31. Qxc3 Qe4 32. Rxb5 Qxg4 33. hxg5 Qd1+ 34. Kg2
Ra1 35. gxh6+ Kg6 36. g4 Qh1+ 37. Kg3 Rg1+ 38. Kf4 Qxh6+ 39. Ke4 Rxg4+ 40. Kf3
Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kopaev, Nikolai"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B59"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 h6 8. Qd3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Nd1 Qc6 14. Bf3 Be6 15.
Ne3 Rac8 16. b3 Bd8 17. Bb4 Bc7 18. c4 a5 19. Bd2 Bb6 20. a4 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 b6
22. h3 Nd7 23. g4 Nc5 24. Bg2 f6 25. f4 exf4 26. Rxf4 Qc7 27. Rd1 Rce8 28. Qc3
Bc8 29. Be3 Bb7 30. Qc2 Re6 31. Bd4 Rfe8 32. Re1 R6e7 33. Rf2 Bxe4 34. Bxe4
Nxe4 35. Rfe2 d5 36. Qd3 Nc5 37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38. Rxe7 Qxe7 39. Qf5 dxc4 40. bxc4
Qd7 41. Qf2 Qc6 42. h4 Nxa4 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 fxg5 45. Qg3 Nc5 46. Qe5 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 e5 10. e4 Re8 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nb3 a5 13. a4 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4
15. f3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bb2 Nb4 19. Qc3 Qg5 20. d5 c5 21. Nd2
Ba6 22. f4 Qf6 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Re3 Kf8 25. Rh3 Nc2 26. Bxf6 Rec8 27. Rxh7 Ke8
28. Nf3 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arulaid, Alexander"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. e5 Nd7 8. Ne2
Nb6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Nf4 Rc8 12. h3 Nb4 13. Bb1 Qc7 14. Nh5 g6 15.
Nf6+ Bxf6 16. exf6 Nc2 17. Bxc2 Qxc2 18. Qe1 Qc7 19. Qb4 Qd8 20. b3 h6 21. Bf4
Qxf6 22. Be5 Qe7 23. Qxe7+ Kxe7 24. Bxh8 Rxh8 25. Ne5 Be8 26. Rac1 Kd6 27. Rfe1
f6 28. Nd3 Bd7 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. f4 Na8 31. Rc3 Nc7 32. a4 b6 33. Rec1 Na8 34.
Ne4+ dxe4 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. Rxc8 Nc7 37. Rd8+ Kc6 38. Rh8 e3 39. Rxh6 Kd5 40.
Rh7 Na6 41. Rxa7 Nb4 42. Rd7+ Ke4 43. Rd6 Nd5 44. Rxe6+ Kd3 45. b4 Kd2 46. a5
bxa5 47. bxa5 Nc7 48. Rb6 e2 49. Rb2+ Ke3 50. Rb1 f5 51. Re1 Nb5 52. a6 g5 53.
Rxe2+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Duz-Khotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B27"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nf6 8. e5
Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bf3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Na6 12. Qe2 Nc5 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Rad1 Qe8
15. Bh4 f6 16. f4 fxe5 17. fxe5 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 d5 19. Qf3 Ne4 20. Ne6 Bxe5 21.
c4 Rc8 22. Qd3 Qd7 23. cxd5 Nf6 24. Bxf6 exf6 25. Qd2 f5 26. Re1 Qd6 27. g3
Bxg3 28. Qd4 Rc7 29. Nxc7 Bxe1 30. Ne6 Qe7 31. Qe5 Bb4 32. Qb8+ Kf7 33. Qh8 Qh4
34. Nd8+ Ke7 35. Nc6+ Kd7 36. Qg7+ Be7 37. Ne5+ Kd6 38. Nf7+ Kxd5 39. Qe5+ Kc6
40. Qe6+ Kc7 41. Qe5+ Kd7 42. Qd5+ Ke8 43. Nd6+ Bxd6 44. Qxd6 Qe7 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aratovsky, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Bf5 6. d3 Nc5 7. d4 Nca6 8. Ng3
e6 9. Nxf5 exf5 10. Bd3 g6 11. e6 fxe6 12. Qe2 Nc7 13. Ng5 Bd6 14. Nxe6 Nxe6
15. Qxe6+ Qe7 16. Qxe7+ Kxe7 17. h4 h5 18. Bg5+ Kf7 19. g3 Nd7 20. Rg1 Bf8 21.
f3 Bh6 22. Bxh6 Rxh6 23. Kd2 Re8 24. Raf1 Nf6 25. b3 Rhh8 26. Re1 Rxe1 27. Rxe1
Rd8 28. a4 Re8 29. Rxe8 Nxe8 30. Ke3 Nc7 31. c4 b6 32. c5 bxc5 33. dxc5 Ne6 34.
b4 Ke7 35. g4 hxg4 36. fxg4 fxg4 37. Bxg6 g3 38. Bf5 Nf4 39. b5 cxb5 40. axb5
Ng2+ 41. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Podolny, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qe2 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Rac1 a6 14. Bf5 Bf8 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Na4 Qc6 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rxc5 Rac8
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Nd4 g6 23. Qd2 Qb6 24. Rc1 Rc7 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Qc2 Qa5 27.
h3 h5 28. Qc1 Qb6 29. a3 a5 30. Qc3 Kf8 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Ke7 33. Qc5+ Qxc5
34. bxc5 Ba6 35. h4 f6 36. f3 g5 37. g3 Bd3 38. Kf2 Kd7 39. Ke1 Ba6 40. Kd2 Bf1
41. Kc3 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vatnikov, Iosif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc5 10. Qg4 Nxa4 11. Qxa4 O-O 12. Bf4 d5 13. exd6 Bxd6 14.
Nc3 Bd7 15. Qd4 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. Nd5 c5 18. Qd2 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Rae8 20. Rfe1
Bc6 21. c4 Re6 22. Rxe6 Qxe6 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. f3 h6 25. Kf2 Bxd5 26. Qd2 Qh3 27.
Kg1 Qh5 28. Qd3 Qe5 29. b3 Rd6 30. cxd5 g5 31. Kf2 Kg7 32. Rd2 Kf6 33. Qc4 b6
34. Qxa6 Rxd5 35. Qxb6+ Kg7 36. Qa5 Rxd2+ 37. Qxd2 c4 38. b4 Qa1 39. Qc2 Qd4+
40. Ke2 Qe5+ 41. Kf2 Qd4+ 42. Ke2 Qe5+ 43. Kd1 Qa1+ 44. Qc1 Qxa2 45. Qc3+ Kf8
46. g4 Ke7 47. Kc1 Kd7 48. Qd4+ Kc6 49. Qc5+ Kb7 50. Qb5+ Ka7 51. Qd7+ Kb6 52.
Qd6+ Kb7 53. Qd5+ Kb6 54. Qd8+ Kb7 55. Qe7+ Kb6 56. Qc5+ Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vistinietzki, Itzhak"]
[Black "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qc2 Rd8 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. Qa3 Nd7 14. Bb5 b6
15. Bc6 Rb8 16. O-O Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Rfd1 Rc7 19. Rac1 Rdc8 20. Rc2 Qf6
21. Rdc1 Qd8 22. Qa6 Kh7 23. b4 g6 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Qd6 c4 26. Rd2 Qf6 27. Rd4
Nb6 28. Ne5 Qe7 29. Qxe7 Rxe7 30. e4 Rec7 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Ke2 f6 33. Ng4 f5 34.
Ne5 Kf6 35. f4 fxe4 36. g3 Kf5 37. b5 h5 38. Nc6 Re8 39. Rd6 Rb7 40. Nd4+ Kf6
41. Ke3 c3 42. Kxe4 Nd5 43. a4 Rc7 44. Rc6 Rd7 45. Re1 Kf7 46. Nf3 Nf6+ 47. Ke3
Ng4+ 48. Ke4 Nf6+ 49. Ke3 Ng4+ 50. Ke4 Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ratner, Boris"]
[Black "Vistinietzki, Itzhak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 c5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. dxc5 O-O 13. Qxd5 Rad8 14.
Qe4 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Rd5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rfd1 Rxc5 19. Rac1 Rb8
20. Rc2 Rb6 21. f4 Ra6 22. Rd8+ Kh7 23. Rd6 Ra3 24. Rd7 Kg6 25. Kg2 Rcxc3 26.
Rxc3 Rxc3 27. Rxa7 f5 28. a4 c5 29. Rc7 c4 30. Rc6+ Kf7 31. Kf3 Rc2 32. a5 Ra2
33. a6 c3 34. Rc7+ Kf6 35. a7 c2 36. Rxc2 Rxa7 37. Rc6+ Kf7 38. Kg3 Ra5 39. Rc2
Rb5 40. Re2 Rb3 41. Kg2 Kg6 42. f3 Kf6 43. e4 g5 44. fxg5+ hxg5 45. exf5 Kxf5
46. Ra2 Rb4 47. Kg3 Kg6 48. Ra6+ Kf5 49. Ra5+ Kf6 50. Ra8 Kg6 51. Rf8 Ra4 52.
Re8 Kf5 53. Re4 Ra8 54. Rb4 Rh8 55. Rb5+ Kg6 56. h3 Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kopaev, Nikolai"]
[Black "Vistinietzki, Itzhak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E28"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Ne2
e4 9. Bc2 Be6 10. Ng3 Bxc4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 c6 13. Rb1 d5 14. Bd3 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 b6 16. O-O Nd7 17. c4 Nf6 18. a4 Rc8 19. Ba3 Re8 20. c5 Qc7 21. Rfc1
Ng4 22. g3 Re6 23. Qa6 Rb8 24. Qe2 h5 25. Rb2 Rbe8 26. Rc3 f5 27. Qf3 bxc5 28.
Bxc5 Qa5 29. Bb4 Qxa4 30. Ra3 Qb5 31. Qxf5 g6 32. Qb1 h4 33. Be1 Qc4 34. Rc2
Qb5 35. Rb2 Qc4 36. gxh4 Rf8 37. h3 Nh6 38. Rc2 Qb5 39. Rb2 Qc4 40. Qd1 a5 41.
Rxa5 Nf5 42. Ra4 Qf1+ 43. Kxf1 Nxe3+ 44. Ke2 Nc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Vistinietzki, Itzhak"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A83"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 d5 5. fxe4 dxe4 6. Bg5 c6 7. Bc4 Bg4 8.
Nge2 Qa5 9. Qd2 b5 10. Bxf6 exf6 11. Nxb5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Kd7 13. Nbc3 Bb4 14.
a3 Bxe2 15. Bxe2 Bxc3+ 16. Kxc3 Kd6 17. Rhf1 Nd7 18. Bg4 Rae8 19. Rae1 Re7 20.
Bf5 Rhe8 21. Bxh7 Nf8 22. Bf5 g6 23. Bh3 f5 24. g4 Rh7 25. Re3 fxg4 26. Bxg4
Rxh2 27. Rf6+ Kc7 28. Rf4 Nh7 29. Rf7+ Kb6 30. Be2 Rh4 31. Kd2 Ng5 32. Rb3+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arulaid, Alexander"]
[Black "Vistinietzki, Itzhak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Qa5 8. Qd2
Nbc6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Ba3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Nf5 13. Rb1 b6 14. c3 Na5
15. Bb4 Nc4+ 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. a5 Bc6 18. Ne1 Kd7 19. Ra1 h5 20. f3 h4 21. h3
Rh5 22. axb6 axb6 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Rg1 Rg5 25. Ke2 f6 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Nc2 e5
28. dxe5 fxe5 29. Ne3 Nxe3 30. Kxe3 Bd5 31. Rd1 Ke6 32. Rd2 Rg8 33. Ra2 Rg3 34.
Re2 Rg7 35. Ra2 Bb7 36. Rb2 b5 37. Bf8 Rd7 38. Rxb5 Rd3+ 39. Ke2 Bd5 40. Bb4 e4
41. fxe4 Bxe4 42. Rg5 Kf6 43. Rg4 Kf5 44. Kf1 Rd1+ 45. Ke2 Rd3 46. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vistinietzki, Itzhak"]
[Black "Duz-Khotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 b5 3. a4 b4 4. e4 d6 5. f4 Bb7 6. c4 e5 7. Nf3 exf4 8. Bxf4 f6
9. Bd3 a5 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Nh4 g6 12. Nhf3 Qe7 13. h4 Kd8 14. h5 Bh6 15. Bxh6
Nxh6 16. Qe2 Kc7 17. O-O-O Nf7 18. Rde1 Rae8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rxh8 Nxh8 21.
Rh1 Qg7 22. Qf2 Nf7 23. Bc2 Rh8 24. Rf1 Bc8 25. Kb1 Rf8 26. Nb3 Kb6 27. Nfd4
Nde5 28. Nb5 f5 29. Nxd6 Nd7 30. Nxf7 Rxf7 31. e5 Qxe5 32. Re1 Qc7 33. Re6+ Ka7
34. Rc6 Qd8 35. Nxc5 Ka8 36. Ne6 Qh8 37. Rc7 Bb7 38. Nc5 Ne5 39. Rxf7 Nxf7 40.
Nxb7 Kxb7 41. c5 Qe5 42. c6+ Kc8 43. Qa7 Qc7 44. Qa8+ Qb8 45. Qxa5 Ne5 46. Qc5
Nf7 47. Bd3 Nd6 48. Qd4 Kc7 49. a5 Nc8 50. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vistinietzki, Itzhak"]
[Black "Aratovsky, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A83"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. c3 d5 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Nh4 Rf7 12. Qh5 Qd6 13. O-O Bd7 14. f4 Rg7
15. Rae1 Rf8 16. Re3 Be8 17. Qh6 Nd8 18. Rg3 Bg6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Nxg6 Nf7 21.
Qh4 Re8 22. Qxf6 Nh6 23. Ne5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vistinietzki, Itzhak"]
[Black "Podolny, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D22"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4
c5 9. e5 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Qf4 Bxf3 12. exf6 Bc6 13. Nd5 gxf6 14. Nc7+ Ke7
15. Re1 Qg8 16. Nd5+ Kf8 17. Qh6+ Ke8 18. g3 Kd8 19. Nxf6 Qg6 20. Nxd7 Kxd7 21.
Rd1+ Ke8 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. Bf4 Ke7 24. Rac1 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bf1 Bd4 27.
Rc2 e5 28. Bg5+ f6 29. Be3 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Rd7 31. Bg2 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 e4 33. Kf2
Ke6 34. Ke2 g5 35. Rd2 Rh7 36. Kf1 g4 37. Kg2 Re7 38. h3 gxh3+ 39. Kxh3 Rc7 40.
Rd4 f5 41. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vistinietzki, Itzhak"]
[Black "Vatnikov, Iosif"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. b3 Nd7 8. Bb2
Nf6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. f3 Ng6 11. O-O-O Nh4 12. Rhg1 Qc7 13. f4 Ng4 14. Qd2 a5 15.
c5 Be7 16. Na4 Nxh2 17. Nb6 Ra7 18. Bc3 Ng4 19. Rdf1 Bd7 20. g3 Ng6 21. Bxa5
Be8 22. Re1 Nh2 23. b4 Nf3 24. Nxd5 Qb8 25. Nxe7+ Nxe7 26. Qb2 Nd5 27. e4 Nxe1
28. Rxe1 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Bh5 30. Ng1 Bg4 31. Qc2 h5 32. Qh2 Qa8 33. Qd2 Nxb4 34.
Bxb4 Rxa2 35. Qc3 g5 36. Bb1 Ra1 37. Kd2 Ra4 38. Ne2 Qa6 39. Bc2 Ra2 40. Qb3
Bf5 41. Rc1 Ra8 42. Ke3 g4 43. Bd3 Rb2 44. Qxb2 Qxd3+ 45. Kf2 Qf3+ 46. Ke1 Bd3
47. Rd1 Kf7 48. Nc1 Qe3+ 49. Ne2 Ra4 50. Bc3 Bxe2 51. Qxe2 Qxc3+ 52. Kf2 Ra3
53. Rg1 Rb3 54. Qe4 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ratner, Boris"]
[Black "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D21"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. a4 Nf6 5. e3 Bg4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. a5
Rb8 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Qa4 c6 12. f4 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qh3 14. Bf1 Qh5 15.
Bg2 Nc5 16. Qc2 Rd8 17. O-O Bd1 18. Qc3 Be7 19. b4 Rd3 20. Qb2 Nb3 21. Ra2 Bxb4
22. Be4 Rd7 23. Nc3 Nxc1 24. Qxc1 Bb3 25. Ra1 O-O 26. Rb1 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 Bd1 28.
Bxh7+ Kh8 29. Be4 Rfd8 30. Rf2 Be2 31. Kg2 Bg4 32. h4 Bf5 33. Bf3 Qg6 34. Rb4
Bg4 35. Be4 Qh5 36. Rd4 Rxd4 37. exd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kopaev, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e5 5. dxe5 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 Nc6 7. f4 Bf5 8.
Nf3 O-O-O+ 9. Ke1 f6 10. Bb5 Nge7 11. Kf2 a6 12. Bxc6 Nxc6 13. exf6 gxf6 14.
Be3 Rd3 15. Re1 Be7 16. Nbd2 Rhd8 17. Nb3 b6 18. Ke2 a5 19. Rad1 a4 20. Nc1
Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rg8 22. Kf2 Na5 23. Nd2 Bc2 24. Re1 f5 25. Ne2 Bh4+ 26. g3 Bf6
27. b4 Nb7 28. Nc4 Kc7 29. Rc1 Be4 30. Ne5 Rd8 31. a3 h5 32. h4 Bd3 33. Rd1
Bxe2 34. Rxd8 Nxd8 35. Kxe2 Bxe5 36. fxe5 cxb4 37. cxb4 b5 38. g4 fxg4 39. Kd3
Kd7 40. Kd4 Ne6+ 41. Ke4 g3 42. Kf5 Nd8 43. Kf6 g2 44. Kg6 Nc6 45. Kxh5 Nxe5
46. Kg5 Nf3+ 47. Kg4 g1=Q+ 48. Bxg1 Nxg1 49. Kf5 Ke7 50. Ke5 Ne2 51. Kd5 Kf6
0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B63"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
Rd1 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Qa5 14. Qd2
Rd8 15. Bd3 Kf8 16. Rb1 Bd7 17. b4 Qc7 18. Nd1 Ba4 19. Ne3 Bc3 20. Qe2 Rd4 21.
a3 a5 22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. f4 Bd7 24. Rb3 Rc5 25. Kh1 f5 26. Qf3 Bc6 27. Nd1 fxe4
28. Qe3 exd3 29. Nxc3 Qd6 30. f5 Rxf5 31. Rxf5+ exf5 32. Qf2 Rf4 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Arulaid, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D90"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Nxd5 Qxd5
8. e3 O-O 9. Bc4 Qh5 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Qb3 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Bc3
Be6 15. b3 Ra7 16. Nd2 Rfa8 17. a4 Na5 18. Rb1 c5 19. Bxa5 Rxa5 20. Nc4 Bxc4
21. Bxc4 cxd4 22. O-O Rf5 23. Rbd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Duz-Khotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Black "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1. b4 f5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. f4 e6 4. a3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O a5
9. b5 Ne4 10. d3 Nc5 11. Ne5 d6 12. Nc4 Nbd7 13. Bf3 Bf6 14. Bxb7 Bxb2 15. Nxb2
Nxb7 16. d4 Nf6 17. c4 Qd7 18. Nc3 Rae8 19. Nd3 Ne4 20. Rc1 Qe7 21. Qf3 d5 22.
Qe2 Qxa3 23. Nb1 Qb3 24. cxd5 Qxb5 25. dxe6 c5 26. Rfd1 Rxe6 27. Qa2 Qe8 28. d5
Rd6 29. Ne5 b5 30. Na3 c4 31. Qb2 c3 32. Qxb5 Qh5 33. Nf3 Rg6 34. Qe2 Rff6 35.
Rc2 Rh6 36. Rb1 Rb6 37. Qc4 Nbd6 38. Qc7 Rxb1+ 39. Nxb1 Qe8 40. Nxc3 Nxc3 41.
Qxc3 Rf6 42. Ne5 a4 43. Rc1 h6 44. Ra1 Qb5 45. Qd3 Qa5 46. Qd4 a3 47. Qd3 a2
48. Qb3 Qd2 49. Nf3 Qa5 50. Rxa2 Qc5 51. Rc2 Qa7 52. Ra2 Qc5 53. Rc2 Qa7 54.
Rc1 Rf8 55. Nd4 Rb8 56. Qd3 Qa2 57. Nxf5 Qb2 58. Ne7+ Kf8 59. Ng6+ Kg8 60. Rf1
Rb3 61. Qa6 Rb6 62. Qa8+ Rb8 63. Qa7 Rb7 64. Qc5 Qf6 65. Ne5 Rb2 66. Qa3 Rd2
67. Qb3 Kh7 68. Rd1 Rxd1+ 69. Qxd1 g5 70. Qc2+ Kg7 71. Qc7+ Kg8 72. Qb8+ Kg7
73. Qc7+ Kg8 74. g3 Nf5 75. Qc6 Nd6 76. Qd7 Kf8 77. Qh7 Ke8 78. Qg8+ Ke7 79.
Qb8 h5 80. Qc7+ Ke8 81. Qd7+ Kf8 82. Qh7 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aratovsky, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8.
Bd5 Rb8 9. Qxd4 Ne7 10. a3 c5 11. Qd3 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Bb7 13. Qd3 d5 14. exd5
Bxd5 15. O-O Be7 16. Re1 Be6 17. Qf3 O-O 18. Bf4 Rc8 19. Nc3 Re8 20. Rad1 Qa5
21. Be5 Bf8 22. Qg3 Bf5 23. Nd5 Kh8 24. c3 Bc2 25. Rc1 Bg6 26. Bc7 Rxe1+ 27.
Rxe1 Qa4 28. h3 Qc2 29. Nb6 Qd2 30. f3 Rd8 31. Bxd8 Qxd8 32. Nd5 f6 33. Nf4 Bf7
34. Ne6 Bxe6 35. Rxe6 Qc8 36. Qe1 c4 37. Re8 Qc5+ 38. Qf2 Qd6 39. Qd4 Qxd4+ 40.
cxd4 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Podolny, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D74"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 Ng4 8.
Nxg4 Bxg4 9. Bxb7 Nd7 10. Bxa8 Qxa8 11. f3 Nb6 12. e4 Bh3 13. Be3 f5 14. Rg1
fxe4 15. fxe4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qxe4 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Bxd4 Na4 20. Kd2
e5 21. Bxe5 Nxc5 22. Rab1 Ne4+ 23. Ke3 Ng5 24. Rb8 Bc8 25. h4 Ne6 26. Re1 Re8
27. Bd6 Rd8 28. Rd1 Ng7 29. g4 Ne8 30. Be5 Rxd1 31. Rxc8 Kf7 32. Rxc4 Rd5 33.
Bd4 Ra5 34. a4 h5 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. Kf4 Ke6 37. Rc5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kirillov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vatnikov, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 f5 5. Nh3 Bd6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Bf4 Ng6 8. e3 O-O
9. Nd2 Nxf4 10. exf4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Bc7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. b4 Nf6 15. a4
Nd5 16. Qb3 b5 17. Nce5 Qd6 18. Rfc1 Bb7 19. Nd3 a5 20. Nc5 Rfb8 21. Ne5 bxa4
22. Rxa4 Bc8 23. Ncd3 Nxb4 24. Nxb4 Rxb4 25. Rxb4 axb4 26. Nxc6 Ra6 27. h4 Rb6
28. Ne5 Ba6 29. d5 Bc8 30. h5 Kh7 31. Ng6 Qd8 32. Re1 exd5 33. Bxd5 Bd6 34. Bf7
Bd7 35. Re8 Qxe8 36. Bxe8 Bxe8 37. Qe6 Ba4 38. Qxf5 b3 39. Ne7+ Kh8 40. Qf8+
1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kopaev, Nikolai"]
[Black "Ratner, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. c5 b6 8. b4 a5
9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Bf4 Ne4 12. Ne2 Qe8 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. c6 Bxb4+ 15.
Kf1 Ndf6 16. Qb5 Bd6 17. Ne5 Bc7 18. Nd7 Nxd7 19. Bxc7 Nb8 20. f3 Nd2+ 21. Kf2
Nc4 22. Bxb6 Nxc6 23. Bc5 Nb4 24. Qxe8 Nd3+ 25. Kg3 Rfxe8 26. Rab1 Nxc5 27.
dxc5 Rab8 28. Nd4 Kf8 29. c6 Rbc8 30. f4 f6 31. Rb7 Nd6 32. Rd7 Ne4+ 33. Kh4 e5
34. fxe5 fxe5 35. Rf1+ Nf6 36. Nb5 Rxc6 37. Nc7 Kg8 38. Rxf6 Rxc7 39. Rff7 Rxd7
40. Rxd7 d4 41. a4 Kf8 42. Kg5 Re7 43. Rd5 e4 44. Rxd4 e3 45. Rd1 e2 46. Re1
Ke8 47. Kf4 Kd7 48. Kf3 Kd6 49. g4 Kc5 50. Kf2 Kd4 51. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 52. Kxe2 Kc4
53. g5 Kb4 54. Kd3 Kxa4 55. Kc4 Ka3 56. Kc3 Ka2 57. Kc4 Kb2 58. Kb5 Kc3 59.
Kxa5 Kd4 60. Kb5 Ke5 61. Kc4 Kf5 62. Kd4 Kxg5 63. Ke3 Kg4 64. Kf2 Kf4 65. Ke2
Kg4 66. Kf2 Kh3 67. Kg1 g5 68. Kh1 g4 69. Kg1 h6 70. Kh1 h5 71. Kg1 h4 72. Kh1
g3 73. Kg1 g2 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ratner, Boris"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B73"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. h3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bf3 Qc4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. c3
Rb8 15. Qd2 Rb7 16. b3 Qa6 17. Bh6 Rd7 18. Qc1 Rfd8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qg5 Qb6
21. Rad1 f6 22. Qc1 Qc5 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Bf5 26. Qe3 Qd6
27. Be2 c5 28. Bc4 a5 29. Qe1 Kf8 30. a3 Qf4 31. Qe3 Qxe3 32. fxe3 e5 33. Bd5
Bd3 34. e4 Ke7 35. Kf2 f5 36. Ke3 Bf1 37. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Arulaid, Alexander"]
[Black "Ratner, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1
cxd4 9. exd4 h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nd5
15. Bg3 N7f6 16. Ne4 Nh5 17. Qb3 f5 18. Nc3 f4 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21.
Bxa8 Qxa8 22. Qe6 Bd8 23. Qg4 Qd5 24. Rfe1 fxg3 25. Re5 gxf2+ 26. Kg2 f1=Q+ 27.
Rxf1 Qxa2 28. Rxh5 Qxb2+ 29. Rf2 Qc1 30. Re5 Bf6 31. Re6 Qc3 32. d5 Bd4 33.
Rfe2 Qa1 34. Re8 Qg1+ 35. Kh3 Qf1+ 36. Qg2 Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Kg8 38. d6 Bf6 39. d7
a5 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Re8+ Kf7 42. d8=Q Bxd8 43. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Duz-Khotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Black "Ratner, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. b3 Nc6 5. Bb2 Bg4 6. Nf3 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nbd2
Qb6 9. O-O c4 10. Be2 Be7 11. Rb1 cxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Nd7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Rfd8 18. Qh5 Nc5 19. Ng3 Qb4 20. Qf3 Rd5 21.
Bc3 Qb6 22. Rbd1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. Bxd4 Qc7 26. Qc3 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ratner, Boris"]
[Black "Aratovsky, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A82"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 e3 5. Bxe3 d5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. O-O-O Qd7 13. g4 O-O-O 14. Rde1 g6
15. Qe2 Ne8 16. Nb5 Kb8 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Bf2 Nc7 19. Bh4 Rde8 20. Bg3 Nc6 21.
c3 a6 22. h4 Qg7 23. Qh2 h5 24. g5 Ka8 25. Qc2 Ne7 26. f5 Nxf5 27. Bxf5 exf5
28. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Re8 30. Re5 Rxe5 31. dxe5 Nb5 32. Qf2 Qd7 33. Qb6 f4
34. Bc5 Kb8 35. e6 Qe8 36. a4 Nc7 37. Bd6 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Podolny, Grigory"]
[Black "Ratner, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 a6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O-O c6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Kb1 Nf8 12. h3 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxe4 dxe4
15. Ne5 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ratner, Boris"]
[Black "Vatnikov, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D10"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qd7 6. Qxd5 Nc6 7. Qxd7+ Bxd7
8. Nf3 Nb4 9. Rb1 O-O-O 10. a3 Nc2+ 11. Kd2 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Be8 13. Ke3 e5 14.
Nb3 f5 15. f4 Bf7 16. Nd2 Bc5+ 17. Kf3 exf4 18. g3 Be3 19. Bh3 Bh5+ 20. Kg2
Bxd2 21. Bxf5+ Kc7 22. Rd1 Ne7 23. Bxd2 Nxf5 24. Bxf4+ Kc6 25. Rbc1 Rxd1 26.
Rxd1 h6 27. Rd5 g6 28. b4 Rf8 29. e4 g5 30. Bxg5 Bf3+ 31. Kxf3 Ng7+ 32. Bf4 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kopaev, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B58"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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. f4 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Qg3 f6
15. b3 Be6 16. Na4 Qb4 17. c4 Rad8 18. Rac1 Ng6 19. Be3 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21.
Bg5 d5 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Bf3 Be4 25. Re1 Qf7 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. h3
Nf4 28. Rc2 Rd3 29. Re3 Nh5 30. Qg5 Qf1+ 31. Kh2 Rd1 32. Qxh5 Qg1+ 33. Kg3
Qxe3+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kopaev, Nikolai"]
[Black "Arulaid, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. f4 Ne4 12. Qb3 Ndf6 13. Qc2 c5 14. Bd2 Rc8 15.
Rac1 a6 16. Be1 b5 17. Qd1 Qb6 18. Ne2 Rc7 19. g4 Nd7 20. Kh1 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Bg5
22. Nf4 cxd4 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. exd4 Qb6 25. Be2 Rc8 26. Kg2 f6 27. h4 Bxf4 28.
Rxf4 fxe5 29. dxe5 Re8 30. Qc1 Rxe5 31. Bb4 Nf6 32. Bf3 Re8 33. Qc5 Qxc5 34.
Bxc5 Nd7 35. Bd4 Rf8 36. Kg3 Rxf4 37. Kxf4 Kf7 38. g5 g6 39. Bg4 Bc6 40. b4 Ke7
41. h5 Kf7 42. h6 Ke8 43. Be2 Bb7 44. Bd3 Kf7 45. Bc5 Kg8 46. Bd4 Kf7 47. Be2
Ke8 48. Bd1 Bc6 49. Bc2 Kf7 50. Bc5 Kg8 51. Ba7 Kf7 52. Bb1 Bb7 53. Bd3 Kg8 54.
Be2 Kf7 55. Bg4 Ke7 56. Be2 Kf7 57. Bg4 Ke7 58. Bc5+ Ke8 59. Bd6 Nb6 60. Be6
Nc4 61. Bc5 Bc6 62. Bg8 Bb7 63. Be6 Bc6 64. Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kopaev, Nikolai"]
[Black "Duz-Khotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. f3 a6 4. a4 b4 5. c4 a5 6. Bd3 g6 7. Ne2 Bg7 8. O-O c5 9.
d5 d6 10. f4 Nd7 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. Rb1 Kb8 14. Ng5 Rf8 15. Be3 Ngf6
16. h3 Bc8 17. Nc1 h6 18. Nf3 Nh7 19. Nb3 g5 20. e5 gxf4 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. Bd2
e5 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Nxa5 Qc7 25. Nb3 Ne5 26. Ne1 Nc6 27. Bxh7 Rxh7 28. Nd3 Be5
29. Ndxc5 Rg7 30. Rf2 Rfg8 31. Nd3 f3 32. Qxf3 Nd4 33. Nxd4 Bxd4 34. Be3 Bxe3
35. Qxe3 Rg3 36. Qd2 Bb7 37. Nf4 e5 38. Nd5 Qxc4 39. Ne3 Qc5 40. Rc1 Rxg2+ 41.
Rxg2 Rxg2+ 42. Qxg2 Qxe3+ 43. Qf2 Qxc1+ 44. Kh2 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Aratovsky, Nikolai"]
[Black "Kopaev, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E37"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxc5 12. Qxc5 Nxc5 13. e3 Nb3 14.
Rd1 Nxd2 15. Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Podolny, Grigory"]
[Black "Kopaev, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 a6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 b5 11. e4 Nb4 12. Bb1 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb7 14. Neg5 h6 15.
Nh3 Rc8 16. Ne5 Qb6 17. a3 Nbd5 18. Qd3 Rfd8 19. Qg3 Kf8 20. f4 b4 21. a4 a5
22. Bg6 Bc5 23. dxc5 Qxc5+ 24. Kh1 fxg6 25. Qxg6 Qe7 26. Ng1 Qe8 27. Ngf3 Ne7
28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Qxe8+ Kxe8 30. Be3 Ned5 31. Re1 Nxe3 32. Rxe3 Nd5 33. Re1
Nxf4 34. Kg1 Rc8 35. Nd4 Nxg2 36. Rf1 Ne3 37. Re1 Nc2 38. Nxc2 Rxc2 39. Nd3 Bd5
40. Nf4 Kd7 41. Nd3 Rg2+ 42. Kf1 Rxh2 43. Re3 g5 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vatnikov, Iosif"]
[Black "Kopaev, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B26"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. Nge2 Nd4 8. O-O
Ne7 9. g4 e5 10. Ng3 O-O 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Be6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Ne3 Ndc6 15.
c3 f6 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. Rc1 Rad8 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Ne4
f5 22. Nd6 Bxg2 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Kxg2 Nxd4 25. Qxb7 Ne6 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. Bg3
f4 28. Be1 Rxd6 29. Bb4 Rb6 30. Bxf8 Rxb2+ 31. Kh1 Bxf8 32. Rc6 Re2 33. h4 Kg8
34. Rb1 Nd4 35. Rc3 Rxa2 36. Rb8 Kf7 37. Rc7+ Ke6 38. Re8+ Kd6 39. Rc4 Nf3 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Black "Arulaid, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D88"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. O-O b6 12. Qa4 Na5 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Qa3 e6
15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Ba6 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Bc6 18. f3 Qd7 19. Rc2 Ba4 20. Rc3 Bb5 21.
Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Kf2 a6 23. Rc7 Nc4 24. Qb3 Nxe3 25. Qxb5 Nd1+ 26. Ke1 axb5 27.
Kxd1 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Rd8 29. Rc6 Rxd4+ 30. Ke1 Rc4 31. Rxb6 Rc2 32. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Duz-Khotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A97"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. b4
Qh5 9. c5 a5 10. cxd6 Bxd6 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. a4 Ra8 14. Nb5 Ne4 15.
Qc4 Rf6 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 f4 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. gxf4 Rxf4 20. Kh1 Ra5 21.
Rg1 Raf5 22. Bf1 Qh6 23. Rg3 Rh5 24. Bg2 Rf7 25. Kg1 Qf4 26. e3 Qf6 27. Ra2 Rf5
28. e4 Rf4 29. Re2 Rd7 30. e5 Qd8 31. Ng5 Nxd4 32. Re1 Rf5 33. h4 h6 34. Ne4
Rxe5 35. f4 Rh5 36. Nc5 Rf7 37. Nxb7 Bxb7 38. Bxb7 Qxh4 39. Qe3 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aratovsky, Nikolai"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Be4 10. Ne1 Bxg2 11. Nxg2 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf4 c5 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. Rad1 Nc6 16. Qf3 Nd4 17. Qd3 Bf6 18. b3 Qd7 19. Be3 Rac8 20. Qd2 Rfd8
21. Nf4 Rc6 22. b4 Nf5 23. Bxc5 d4 24. e4 Nd6 25. Qd3 Nb7 26. Bxa7 Ra8 27. Bxd4
Rd6 28. Nd5 Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Qh3 30. Rd2 h5 31. Qe5 Re6 32. Qf5 Qxf5 33. exf5 Rea6
34. Ra1 Ra3 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Black "Podolny, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A20"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 Qf6 6. Qd2 Bc5 7. e3 Ne7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Nc3 Qg6 11. Bf3 a5 12. a3 Re8 13. Na4 Nf5 14. Nxc5 Nh4
15. Qd5 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 dxc5 17. Bd2 c6 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Qf4 Bh3 20. Qg3 Qxg3
21. hxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vatnikov, Iosif"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "B62"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. g3 a6 8. Bg2
Bd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Nce2 Ne5 11. b3 b5 12. h3 Rc8 13. Bc1 Nc6 14. Bb2 O-O 15.
Rc1 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 e5 17. Qd3 Qb6 18. Kh2 Bc6 19. a3 a5 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Bb7
22. f4 Rfd8 23. Nc3 Rc4 24. Rcd1 Rxb4 25. Ba3 Rd4 26. Qxb5 Qxb5 27. Nxb5 Rxd1
28. Rxd1 Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Nxe4 30. Re1 Nd2 31. Re2 Nc4 32. Bb4 Rb8 33. Nc7 Rxb4
34. Nd5 Rb7 35. Re4 Nd2 36. Re3 Nf1+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arulaid, Alexander"]
[Black "Duz-Khotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Nxd4 Nc5 9. Nf5 Bf8 10. Qg4 g6 11. Nh6 d5 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qd4 Be6 14. Nc3
Nd7 15. Qa4 Nxe5 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Bf4 f6 18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. f4 Qd7 20. fxe5 Bf8
21. Rad1 Bxh6 22. Ne4 dxe4 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. Rd1+ Ke7 25. Qxe4 Bg5 26. h4 Bh6
27. Qxc6 Be3+ 28. Kh1 Bb6 29. Rd7+ Bxd7 30. Qf6+ Ke8 31. Qxh8+ Ke7 32. Qxa8 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aratovsky, Nikolai"]
[Black "Arulaid, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ba6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
cxd5 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 exd5 10. Bb2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. c4 O-O 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Rd1 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Qe7 17. Qd5 Na6 18. Qc6 Qf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rd6
Nc7 21. Rxf6 Rfb8 22. O-O Ne6 23. Nf4 Kg7 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Nxe6+ Kf6 26. Nc7
a5 27. Nxa8 Rxa8 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. f4 c4 30. e4 Ke6 31. Kf2 Kd6 32. Ke3 Kc5 33.
f5 Rb8 34. f6 Rf8 35. e5 Kd5 36. Kf4 Re8 37. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Podolny, Grigory"]
[Black "Arulaid, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
a6 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Bb4 12. O-O Nxf6 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rb1 O-O 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 Ne4 18. Qc2 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Rfd1
Qe5 22. Qxc6 Bb7 23. Qxb7 Qxe2 24. Qe7 Kg7 25. a3 Rab8 26. Re1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1
Rc8 28. Qa7 Rc2 29. Rf1 Ra2 30. Rb1 Qd3 31. Re1 Rxa3 32. Kh2 Qd5 33. Re3 Ra1
34. Rf3 e5 35. Qe7 Qe6 36. Qc5 Re1 37. Qc3 Re4 38. Rd3 Qc4 39. Qd2 Rd4 40. Rxd4
exd4 41. Qa5 d3 42. Qe5+ Kh7 43. Qf5+ Kg8 44. Qd7 Qe4 45. Qd6 Kg7 46. Qd8 g4
47. Qd6 a5 48. Qd8 a4 49. Qd6 Kh7 50. Qd7 Qc4 51. Qd6 a3 52. Qxa3 Qd5 53. Qc1
d2 54. Qc2+ Kg7 55. Qd1 Qd4 56. Kg1 h5 57. Kh2 Kh6 58. f3 gxf3 59. gxf3 Qf2+
60. Kh1 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vatnikov, Iosif"]
[Black "Arulaid, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D75"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. g3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Qh5 11. dxc5 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bg7 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Rfd1 Bf5
15. Rbc1 Bh3 16. Bh1 h6 17. Bf4 e5 18. Be3 Rfe8 19. Rd6 e4 20. Nd2 Qxe2 21.
Nxe4 Nd4 22. Bxd4 Rxe4 23. Be3 Rbe8 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Qxf7 Be6 27.
Rd2 Qh5 28. Qxb7 Qf3 29. Rd3 Bg4 30. Rb1 Bf5 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Bxh6+ Kxh6 33.
Rxf3 Rc4 34. Rxf5 gxf5 35. Rb5 Kg5 36. Kg2 Ra4 37. c6 Rc4 38. Ra5 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Duz-Khotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Black "Aratovsky, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. b3 e5 8.
dxe5 Ng4 9. Rb1 Ndxe5 10. Be2 c6 11. Bb2 Re8 12. h3 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Nf6 14. c4
Bf5 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. a3 dxc4 17. b4 Qc7 18. Bxc4 Rad8 19. Qb3 Re7 20. Bd4 Ne4
21. Rfd1 Rde8 22. a4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 a5 24. b5 c5 25. b6 Qc8 26. Rdd1 Bxh3 27.
gxh3 Qxh3 28. Nh2 Nxf2 29. Rf1 Qg3# 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Podolny, Grigory"]
[Black "Duz-Khotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. f3 a6 4. Bd3 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Qd2 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nc6 9. Ne2 e6 10. O-O Nge7 11. Nbc3 O-O 12. Rad1 Qa5 13. Bc2 d6 14. Bb3 b4 15.
Na4 Qb5 16. d5 exd5 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Qg5 21.
Qxb4 Qe3+ 22. Rf2 Qxe4 23. Qxd6 Rad8 24. Bxf7+ Kg7 25. Qf6+ Kh6 26. Rdf1 Nd5
27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Nc3 Rxf6 29. Nxe4 Rxf2 30. Nxf2 Bxa2 31. Ra1 Bc4 32. Ng4+ Kg7
33. Rc1 Bb5 34. Rc2 h5 35. Rc7+ Kf8 36. Ne3 Rd3 37. Nc4 Rd1+ 38. Kf2 Rc1 39.
Rc8+ Ke7 40. Nb6 Rxc8 41. Nxc8+ Kd7 42. Nb6+ Kc6 43. Nc8 Kc5 44. Ke3 a5 45. g3
a4 46. Ne7 Be8 47. Ng8 Kc4 48. Kd2 g5 49. Nf6 Bg6 50. Nd7 Kd4 51. Ke2 Bf5 52.
Nb6 Bd3+ 53. Kd2 Bb5 54. Nc8 Bd7 55. Nd6 g4 56. Nb7 Bc6 57. Nd6 Kd5 58. Nf5 Be8
59. Ke3 Kc5 60. Kd2 Bg6 61. Ne3 Kd4 62. Ng2 Bf7 63. Nf4 Ke4 64. h3 h4 65. gxh4
Kxf4 66. hxg4 Kxg4 67. Kc2 Ba2 68. b4 axb3+ 69. Kb2 Kxh4 70. Ka1 Kg3 71. Kb2
Kf2 72. Ka1 Ke3 73. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Duz-Khotimirsky, Fedor"]
[Black "Vatnikov, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b4 e6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. a3 c5 5. bxc5 Bxc5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. c4 e5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qc2 h6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qe7 14. Be4 Bd7 15.
Qb2 Rab8 16. Rfe1 f5 17. Bd5+ Be6 18. e4 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Qf7 20. d3 Qh5 21. a4
Rf4 22. Re3 Rg4 23. g3 Rxe4 24. dxe4 Bc5 25. Nxe5 Bxe3 26. Nxc6 Bb6 27. Ne7+
Kf7 28. Nd5 Qf3 29. Nf4 Re8 30. Rf1 Bc4 31. a5 Bxf1 32. Qb3+ Bc4 33. Qxc4+ Ke7
34. axb6 axb6 35. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aratovsky, Nikolai"]
[Black "Podolny, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+
8. Be2 Qxg2 9. Bf3 Qg5 10. Ne2 Na6 11. Rg1 Qf5 12. Bf8 Nf6 13. Bxg7 Rg8 14. Nd4
Qe5+ 15. Kf1 Bd7 16. h4 O-O-O 17. Rg5 Qf4 18. Nf5 exf5 19. Bxf6 Be6 20. Rxg8
Bxc4+ 21. Kg2 Rxg8+ 22. Kh3 Bf1+ 23. Qxf1 Qxf3+ 24. Kh2 Nc5 25. Rc1 Qf4+ 26.
Kh3 Ne4 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vatnikov, Iosif"]
[Black "Aratovsky, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "A99"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b3
Na6 9. Ba3 e5 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nd5 exd4 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Nxd4 Qf6 14. Re1 Bd7
15. f3 Ng5 16. f4 Ne4 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Qd5+ Qf7 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rab8
21. Qd4 b6 22. Bb2 Rbe8 23. Bc3 Nc5 24. Rad1 a5 25. Kg2 Kh8 26. f5 Nd7 27. g4
Qf6 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. Kf3 Kg8 30. Kf4 Kf7 31. h3 Ne5 32. c5 bxc5 33. Bxa5 Re7
34. Bc3 Ra8 35. Rd2 Rxa2 36. Rxa2 Nd3+ 37. Kg3 Nxe1 38. Ba5 Nd3 39. Rd2 Nc1 40.
b4 Nb3 41. Rb2 c4 42. Kf3 d5 43. h4 d4 44. g5 d3 0-1

[Event "17th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Vilnius URS"]
[Date "1949.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vatnikov, Iosif"]
[Black "Podolny, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1949.05.22"]
[ECO "D76"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Bg4 10. d5 Nb8 11. Nc3 Na6 12. a3 Qc8 13. Bf4 Bf5 14. e4 Bg4 15.
Re1 c6 16. Ne5 cxd5 17. Nxg4 d4 18. Nh6+ Bxh6 19. Bxh6 Re8 20. e5 dxc3 21. e6
f6 22. b4 Rd8 23. Be4 Kh8 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Qxg6 Rg8 26. Qh5 Qe8 27. Qh4 Qg6
28. Re4 Qh7 29. Rd4 Rg6 30. Be3 Qxh4 31. Rxh4+ Kg8 32. Bd4 Rc8 33. Rc1 c2 34.
f4 Rc4 35. f5 Rg5 36. b5 Nc5 37. Bxf6 Rxh4 38. Bxg5 Rc4 39. Bxe7 Nd3 40. f6 Ne5
41. Rf1 c1=Q 42. f7+ Kh7 43. f8=Q Qe3+ 44. Qf2 Nd5 45. Bd6 Ng4 46. Qxe3 Ndxe3
47. e7 Rc2 48. Rf7+ Kh6 49. Rf1 Rg2+ 50. Kh1 Rxh2+ 51. Kg1 Rg2+ 52. Kh1 1/2-1/2

