[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "A28"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Ne5 8.
Qb3 a5 9. a3 Bc5 10. O-O-O d6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e3 Rg8 13. Qc2 Rg6 14. Be2 Bd7
15. Nd5 Kf8 16. Nf4 Rg7 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 a4 19. Qh3 Kg8 20. Nh5 Rg6 21. f4
Nc6 22. Bd3 Qe7 23. Rhe1 Na5 24. Ng3 Qf8 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Ne4 Nb3+ 27. Kb1 Re8
28. Nc3 Kg7 29. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B52"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Be7 12. Re2 O-O 13. Ne1 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6
15. f3 Nd6 16. Bf2 Rac8 17. Nc3 Nf5 18. Nc2 Rfd8 19. f4 h5 20. Qd3 Re8 21. Rae1
Bd8 22. g3 Ba5 23. Qf3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Qf7 25. Ne3 Nd6 26. Nf1 Na5 27. Nd2 Nac4
28. Nxc4 Rxc4 29. Re5 Ne4 30. R1xe4 dxe4 31. Qe3 Rf8 32. Be1 Ra4 33. Qe2 e3 34.
Rxe3 Qf5 35. Rxe6 Qd5 36. Re5 Rxa2 37. Qf1 Qf7 38. Qb5 a6 39. Qb1 b5 40. Bf2
Rd2 41. Qe4 h4 42. d5 Qd7 43. Rh5 Qg4 44. Qh7+ Kf7 45. Rf5+ Ke8 46. Re5+ Kd8
47. Qe4 Rd1+ 48. Be1 hxg3 49. h3 Qxh3 50. Qg2 Qxg2+ 51. Kxg2 Re8 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bf3 Qc7 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nce2 Ne5 10. Ng3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Be7 12. c3 O-O 13. Nh5 Nxh5 14. Qxh5
b5 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. Rae1 Qc4 17. Re3 f6 18. a3 Rac8 19. Rfe1 Rf7 20. Rg3 Bd6 21.
Rh3 g6 22. Qg4 Be5 23. Be3 f5 24. exf5 exf5 25. Qg5 Bf6 26. Qh6 Re8 27. Rf1 a5
28. Nf3 Rfe7 29. Ng5 Bxg5 30. Qxg5 Re4 31. Qf6 f4 32. Rh6 Qd5 33. Bd4 Rxd4 34.
Rxg6+ hxg6 35. Qxg6+ Kf8 36. Qf6+ Qf7 37. Qxd4 Kg8 38. f3 Bc6 39. Qd6 Qf5 40.
Qd2 Re3 41. Re1 Qg5 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Qc7 8. f4
Be7 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Qg3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Rae1 b5
15. a3 Rac8 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. Qh3 g6 18. f5 e5 19. Be3 Kg7 20. Be2 Nf4 21. Bxf4
exf4 22. Rxf4 Bf6 23. Ref1 g5 24. R4f3 Rh8 25. Qh5 h6 26. Bd3 Qb7 27. Re3 Rce8
28. Qf3 h5 29. Rfe1 Bxc3 30. bxc3 f6 31. c4 Qf7 32. cxb5 axb5 33. Qd1 Re5 34.
Qa1 Ra8 35. Qd4 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B38"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Be3 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. f3 Qc7 12. Rac1 Qb8 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Bf1 Be8
15. Qf2 b6 16. Qh4 Qb7 17. b3 Ne5 18. Nd5 Nc6 19. Nc2 Nxd5 20. exd5 Ne5 21. Nd4
Bf6 22. Bg5 Nd7 23. Nc6 Rxc6 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. Re1 Qc7 27. Qd4
Bc6 28. Rcd1 Nh5 29. Qh4 Re8 30. Bd3 Ng7 31. Be4 Bd7 32. f4 f6 33. Bd5+ e6 34.
Bf3 Rf8 35. Qf2 Ne8 36. Qd4 Rf7 37. Qd3 f5 38. Qd4 Qc5 39. Qxc5 bxc5 40. Rb1 a5
41. a3 Kf8 42. b4 axb4 43. axb4 cxb4 44. Rxb4 Bc8 45. Bc6 Rc7 46. Bxe8 Kxe8 47.
Ra1 Ke7 48. Ra5 Bd7 49. Kf2 Bc6 50. g3 Be4 51. Ke3 Kf6 52. h4 h6 53. Kd4 g5 54.
Ra6 gxf4 55. gxf4 Ke7 56. Rb8 Bf3 57. Rh8 Rxc4+ 58. Ke3 Rc3+ 59. Kd2 Rc7 60.
Rh7+ Kd8 61. Rxd6+ Kc8 62. Rxc7+ Kxc7 63. Rxe6 h5 64. Ke3 Kd7 65. Rg6 Bg4 66.
Kd4 Ke7 67. Ke5 Kf7 68. Rg5 Kf8 69. Rxf5+ 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Qc2
Qa5 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Ne4 Nhf6 14. Nfd2 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 Nc5 16. Nd6 Re6 17. Rfd1 Bf8 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. a3 Qc7 20. b4 Nd7 21.
c5 Kg7 22. Rd2 Be7 23. Rad1 Nf8 24. Bg3 h5 25. h4 Bf6 26. Bc4 Ree8 27. Rd6 Rcd8
28. Qe4 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Qe7 30. f3 a5 31. Bb3 axb4 32. axb4 Ra8 33. Kh2 Ra3 34.
Rd3 Ra1 35. Rd1 Ra3 36. Bc4 Ra4 37. Be1 Ra3 38. g3 Kh7 39. Rd3 Ra1 40. Bc3 Rc1
41. Bb3 Bg7 42. Qc4 e4 43. fxe4 Be5 44. Kg2 Ne6 45. Rd4 Qf6 46. Qd3 Bxg3 47.
Qe2 Nxd4 48. Bxd4 Qxh4 49. Bd1 Rxd1 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "A31"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nc2 Ne5 7. b3 Qc6 8. f3
h5 9. Bb2 d6 10. Nc3 h4 11. g4 h3 12. Nd4 Qb6 13. e3 g5 14. Be2 Bg7 15. Na4
Qa5+ 16. b4 Qc7 17. c5 Bd7 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. Nb5 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bxb5 21. Qxd6
exd6 22. Nc3 Bc6 23. Ke2 Bxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Nd7 25. Rab1 Ne5+ 26. Ke2 Rc8 27. Ne4
Kd7 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Kd3 f6 30. Rbf1 Ke7 31. Ng3 Rc3+ 32. Ke4 Bxg3 33. hxg3
Ke6 34. Rf2 d5+ 35. Kf3 d4 36. Re2 Ke5 37. a4 Rh7 38. Rhh2 Kd5 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
c6 9. Rd1 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 f5 13. Bd3 e6 14. e4 Qf6 15. O-O
a6 16. Rfe1 Qf7 17. exf5 exf5 18. Re2 Nf6 19. Rde1 Ng4 20. Na4 f4 21. Re7 Qf6
22. gxf4 Rb8 23. Rc7 Be6 24. d5 cxd5 25. cxd5 Bf5 26. Ree7 Bh8 27. Re6 Bxd3 28.
Qxd3 Rf7 29. Rxf6 Rxc7 30. Re6 Rf8 31. Nc3 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chaplinsky, Edgar"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qb3 c6 8. Be2
a6 9. O-O dxc4 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qxc6 Ra7 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ne4 Rc7 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. Qe4 Bb7 16. Qb1 Qa8 17. Qd1 Rfc8 18. Bd3 g6 19. Qe2 a5 20. Rfd1 b4 21.
Nd2 Rd8 22. f4 a4 23. Nc4 Qa7 24. Rac1 b3 25. axb3 axb3 26. Qd2 Kg7 27. Kh1 Ba8
28. Rc3 Be7 29. Rxb3 Qa4 30. Qc2 Bb4 31. Rc3 Qa7 32. Rb3 Qa4 33. Rc3 Qa7 34.
Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. e3 Be6 8. Bb5
a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qa4 Qb6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 Qb4 14. Qxa6 dxe4
15. d5 exf3 16. dxe6 Rc7 17. Qd3 Qg4 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. gxf3 Bd6
21. Rac1 Rg8+ 22. Kh1 Be5 23. Rc2 Ra8 24. Re1 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rca7 26. Ree2 Rd8
27. Kg2 Rd1 28. Re4 Rad7 29. Rc4 R7d5 30. h4 Ra1 31. Rb2 Ke6 32. a4 h5 33. Re2+
Kf7 34. Rce4 Rdd1 35. Kg3 Rh1 36. Kf4 Rxa4 37. Kf5 Rxe4 38. fxe4 Rxh4 39. Ra2
Ke8 40. Ra8+ Kd7 41. Ra7+ Kd8 42. c4 Rh2 43. f4 Rc2 44. Kxf6 Rxc4 45. Ke5 Rc1
46. f5 c4 47. f6 c3 48. Ra8+ Kc7 49. f7 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D58"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O-O c5 12. h4 cxd4 13. exd4 Qd6 14. Kb1
Nc6 15. Be2 Nb4 16. Qd2 Bc8 17. Ne1 Qd8 18. Qf4 Be6 19. Bg4 Rc8 20. a3 Nc6 21.
Nc2 Qd7 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Qe3 Na5 24. g4 Nc4 25. Qd3 Bd8 26. g5 Rxf2 27. gxh6
Qf7 28. Rhg1 Bf6 29. Qg3 Nd2+ 30. Ka2 Rf3 31. Qg2 Rfxc3 32. Rxd2 R3c7 33. hxg7
Qh5 34. Qh3 Re8 35. Ne3 Rxg7 36. Ng4 Bd8 37. Rdg2 Kh8 38. Ne5 Bf6 39. Rxg7 Bxg7
40. Ng6+ Kh7 41. Qg3 Qf5 42. Qc7 Kh6 43. Nf4 Qf8 44. Qc2 Qf5 45. Rg5 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D95"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rd1 c6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Be1 Re8 13. a4 a5 14. Rac1 Bf8 15.
Bf1 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. g3 Re6 18. h4 Bd6 19. Bh3 f5 20. Nd2 Nf6 21. Rc2 Re7
22. Bg2 Qe8 23. Nf1 Bc7 24. Rdc1 Kh8 25. Bf3 h6 26. Qd3 Re6 27. Bg2 Ba6 28. Qb3
Rd8 29. Bd2 Ne4 30. Be1 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. f4 gxf4 33. exf4 Rg6 34. Qf3 Rdd6
35. Ne3 Bd3 36. Nxd5 Bxc2 37. Nxc7 Qc8 38. Rxc2 Qxc7 39. Qh5+ Kg8 40. Bxe4 fxe4
41. f5 Rh6 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qxe4 Qg7 44. f6+ Qg6 45. Qe7+ Kg8 46. Qxd6 Qxc2 47.
Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E26"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2
Ba6 9. e4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d6 12. f4 e5 13. d5 Nb8 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. O-O
Nbd7 16. Qc1 g5 17. Be1 Ne8 18. Ng3 Nd6 19. Qd1 f6 20. Qe2 Qe7 21. Bd2 Rae8 22.
Rae1 Bc8 23. Rf2 Ba6 24. Rff1 Bc8 25. Rf2 Ba6 26. Rff1 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fridstein, German"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Ne4 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Be7 8.
Qc2 f5 9. b3 Nd7 10. Bb2 c6 11. Ne1 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nf6 13. Nd3 Bd7 14. Rae1 a5
15. a3 Qc7 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Rc1 Qd8 18. f3 a4 19. b4 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Nd5 21. Kf2
Bd6 22. e3 Qg5 23. Rce1 Qh6 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 c5 26. bxc5 b6 27. e4 Rxc5
28. Qd4 fxe4 29. Rxe4 Rc2+ 30. Kg1 Rac8 31. Rf2 Bb5 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 33. f4 Bc6
34. Re1 Ne7 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
O-O b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. e5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 dxe5 13. Nc6 e4 14. Nxe4 Qc7
15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. c3 Rac8 17. Ne5 Ne8 18. Rfe1 Nd6 19. Bf2 e6 20. Rad1 Nc4 21.
Nxc4 Qxc4 22. a3 Rfd8 23. g3 Qb3 24. Qe2 h5 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Bf6 27. Qd7
Rd8 28. Qxa7 b5 29. Re2 Qd1+ 30. Re1 Qc2 31. f5 gxf5 32. Qe3 Qxb2 33. Qh6 Qxc3
34. Qxh5 Qxa3 35. Re3 Qc1+ 36. Kg2 Qc6+ 37. Kh3 Kg7 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D64"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. a3
a6 9. Qc2 b5 10. c5 e5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bd3 g6 14. Ne2 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Qe2 Ng7 18. f4 Qe7 19. O-O Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Qf6 21. Qf2
Bf5 22. Be2 h5 23. h3 Be4 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Ne6 26. g5 Qh8 27. Qh2 Qg7 28.
Nxc6 Qxb2 29. Bg4 Qxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Kg7 31. Kg3 Nc7 32. Re2 a5 33. Bf3 Bd3 34. Rd2
Bc4 35. Ne5 Rxe5 36. fxe5 Re8 37. e4 dxe4 38. Rd7 Ne6 39. Bg4 Nxc5 40. Rc7 Rxe5
41. a4 Nd3 42. Ra1 Rxg5 43. axb5 Be6 44. b6 Rxg4+ 45. Kh2 e3 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Pasman, Marks"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. a3
b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. O-O Qc7 12. b4 e5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qb8 15.
Bb5 Qd6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. dxe5 Be7 19. Qd3 Qe6 20. Ne2 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Nfd4 g6 24. f4 Qc4 25. Qxc4 dxc4 26. Nc3 a5 27. Nc2
axb4 28. Nxb4 f6 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. Nba2 Kf7 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. g3 Be7 33. a4 Bf6
34. Ke2 Kf5 35. h3 h5 36. Nb5 Ke6 37. Nac3 Kd7 38. e4 Be7 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4
Bd8 41. Ke3 g5 42. f5 Bf6 43. Nd5 Bb2 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 c6 11. Nd2 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bf3 Rfc8
15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qf6 19. Rad1 Rd8 20. Re3 c5 21.
Rf3 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 cxd4 23. Qd2 Qe7 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Qxd4 Qe7 26. Rd3 Rc8 27.
h4 h5 28. a3 Qc7 29. b3 a5 30. a4 Qc5 31. Qd7 g6 32. Rf3 Rf8 33. g3 Kg7 34. Kg2
Kg8 35. Rd3 Rc8 36. Rd6 Kg7 37. Kf1 Rc7 38. Qd8 Rc6 39. Rd7 Qf5 40. Qg5 Qe4 41.
Qe3 Qxe3 42. fxe3 Kf6 43. Ke2 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "A06"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. bxc4 e5 8. Nd5
Bd6 9. Qc2 Be6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bc3 Bf5 12. Qb2 b6 13. Be2 O-O 14. d3 Rfe8
15. Nd2 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. e4 Bd7 18. O-O Qe7 19. a4 Rab8 20. Qc2 a6 21. g3
Rec8 22. Rfb1 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qd1 Rb7 25. cxb5 Bxb5 26. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E04"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8.
dxe5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Nd5 10. Na3 Bd7 11. Nxc4 Bb5 12. b3 O-O-O 13. Bg5 Rd7 14.
Rac1 h6 15. Bd2 Kb8 16. a4 Ba6 17. Be1 Be7 18. e4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Nb6 20. Rxd7
Nxd7 21. f4 Rd8 22. a5 Kc7 23. h4 Nb8 24. Bc3 Nc6 25. Kf2 Nb4 26. Ke2 Na2
1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nbd2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Re1
Qc7 9. e4 cxd4 10. cxd4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Nf6 13. Re1 Be6 14. Bd2
Rfd8 15. Qa4 Bd5 16. Ne5 a6 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Qa3 Re8 19. f3 Qa7 20. Be3 Qb6 21.
b3 Bf8 22. Bf2 e6 23. Qb2 Rec8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Qd8 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Qc2
Qd8 28. Bc4 Kg7 29. Be3 Qd6 30. Bf1 Qd8 31. Qc1 Kg8 32. Bg5 Be7 33. Be3 Ne8 34.
Bc4 Nc7 35. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "A41"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. d5 Nce7 6. e4 Ng6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Be7 9. g3 Bg5 10. h4 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nh6 12. Bh3 c6 13. O-O O-O 14. dxc6 bxc6 15.
Rfd1 Qe7 16. c5 Rad8 17. cxd6 Rxd6 18. Rxd6 Qxd6 19. Rd1 Qb8 20. h5 Nh8 21. b3
Rd8 22. Bd7 c5 23. Rd5 f6 24. Qe3 N8f7 25. Qxc5 g6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Kg2 Qb7
28. Bc6 Qc8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Nd5 a5 31. b4 axb4 32. Qxb4 Kg7 33. a4 f5 34. a5
Ng4 35. exf5 gxf5 36. f3 Nf6 37. Nxf6 Qxf6 38. Bd5 e4 39. f4 Nd8 40. a6 Qxa6
41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Qg5+ Kh7 43. Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D58"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O-O c5 12. h4 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. Kb1
Qd6 15. Be2 Bc8 16. a3 Rd8 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. g4 a6 19. g5 axb5 20. gxf6 Qf5 21.
fxg7 Qxc2+ 22. Kxc2 Bf5+ 23. Kc3 Na5 24. Kb4 Nc6+ 25. Kb3 Na5+ 26. Kb4 Nc6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Nbd4 Be6 12. b3 Ne4 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Rc1
Qd7 15. e3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Bh3 18. Qd1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rc8 20. Ne2
Qc6 21. Bd4 Bd8 22. Nf4 g6 23. Ba1 Nc3 24. Qf3 d4 25. Rc1 Qxf3+ 26. Kxf3 Rc6
27. Bxc3 dxc3 28. Nd5 Bf6 29. Nxf6+ Rxf6+ 30. Ke2 Ra6 31. a4 b5 32. axb5 Ra2+
33. Kd3 Rxf2 34. Kxc3 Kf8 35. Ra1 Ke7 36. Rxa7+ Kd6 37. Kb4 h5 38. Ka5 Ra2+ 39.
Kb6 Rxh2 40. Rxf7 g5 41. Rf5 g4 42. e4 Rh3 43. Rd5+ Ke6 44. Ka7 Rxg3 45. b6
Rxb3 46. b7 h4 47. b8=Q Rxb8 48. Kxb8 h3 49. Rh5 Kf6 50. Kc7 Kg6 51. Rh8 Kg5
52. e5 Kf4 53. e6 g3 54. Rh4+ 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Chaplinsky, Edgar"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B71"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 g6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Qf3 e6 12. Bd2 dxe5 13. fxe5 Qh4+ 14. Qf2
Qe4+ 15. Qe3 Qxe3+ 16. Bxe3 Bg7 17. Nf3 O-O 18. Bd4 Rfc8 19. O-O-O Bb5 20. Rhe1
a5 21. Kb1 a4 22. h4 Rab8 23. Nh2 Kf8 24. Ng4 Ke7 25. Nf6 h5 26. g3 Rc4 27. b3
Rc6 28. Bb2 Ra6 29. Re3 Bxf6 30. exf6+ Kd7 31. Be5 Rb7 32. Rd4 Bf1 33. g4 hxg4
34. Rxg4 Ra8 35. Kc1 axb3 36. axb3 Rh8 37. Ra4 Bb5 38. Ra5 Rxh4 39. Ra8 Rh5 40.
Rf8 Rxe5 41. Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nbd7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. h3 a5 11. Re1 a4 12. Bf4 Nfd7 13. Be3 c6 14. Rb1 Qa5 15.
Qd2 Qb4 16. b3 axb3 17. axb3 Ra3 18. Nce2 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Re8 20. f3 Ne5 21. Red1
Ned3 22. Bc3 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bf1 Ne5 25. Kg2 Ng6 26. Ra1 Rxa1 27. Bxa1 Kf7
28. b4 Na4 29. Nc2 Bxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 Nge7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d3
Be6 9. Nd5 Rb8 10. Nec3 Qd7 11. Rb1 Nd8 12. b4 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bh3 14. b5 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 f5 16. Ne2 Nf7 17. Qb3 Rbe8 18. h4 Bh6 19. Bd2 f4 20. exf4 exf4 21.
Nxf4 Ne5 22. d4 Ng4 23. Qd3 Bxf4 24. Bxf4 Rf5 25. Rbe1 Nf6 26. Bg5 Nxd5 27. Qb3
Kg7 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Qd3 Qf7 30. Qa3 Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. c3 Qe7 6. d5 Nd8 7. Be2 g6 8. c4 Bg7
9. Nc3 Nh6 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. b4 f5 13. f3 f4 14. Nb3 g5 15. a4 Nhf7
16. g4 h5 17. h3 Nh8 18. c5 Ng6 19. Ba3 Bf6 20. b5 Rf7 21. Kf2 Rh7 22. Rh1 Qf8
23. c6 bxc6 24. bxc6 Bc8 25. Bc4 a6 26. Na2 Qg7 27. Bb4 Qh8 28. Ba5 hxg4 29.
hxg4 Rh2+ 30. Rxh2 Qxh2+ 31. Ke1 Nh4 32. Be2 Rb8 33. Rb1 Bxg4 34. Bxc7 Rc8 35.
Bxd6 Nxf3+ 36. Bxf3 Qg1+ 37. Ke2 Qg2+ 38. Kd3 Bxf3 39. Qd2 Bxe4+ 40. Kc4 Qxd2
41. Nxd2 Bxb1 42. Nxb1 g4 43. Nd2 g3 44. Nc3 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b3
Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. Re1 a6 11. h3 e4 12. Nd2 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nf1 Nb8 15. Be3
Nc6 16. Rad1 Bf5 17. g4 Be6 18. f3 exf3 19. exf3 Rc8 20. Qd2 Qd6 21. Na4 Nd7
22. Rc1 Qb4 23. Red1 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Nb4 25. Rcd1 Nc2 26. Bf2 Bh6 27. Re2 b5 28.
Nb2 Nb4 29. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Fridstein, German"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "42"]

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 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 c6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7
15. Be2 Rfc8 16. Rfd1 c5 17. Qa3 Qf8 18. Ba6 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
a6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. dxc5 Nbd7 12. e4 Qc7 13. Bg5 Nxc5 14. Rac1 Rac8
15. Bc2 b4 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Bxa4 Qa5 18. Bc2 h6 19. Bh4 Rc5 20. Nd4 Qb6 21. e5
Nd5 22. Qe4 g6 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Qe3 Rfc8 25. Nb3 Nd5 26. Qd2 Rc4 27. Bd3 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Kg7 30. Qc5 Qd8 31. Qd4 a5 32. h4 a4 33. Nd2 Qc7 34.
Bc4 a3 35. bxa3 bxa3 36. Ne4 Qa5 37. Nd6 Bc6 38. Bb3 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qf1 40. Bc4
Qc1 41. Qa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B62"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
Qd3 a6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Rad1 Qc7 11. Kh1 Ne5 12. Qg3 h6 13. Bc1 g5 14. f4 gxf4
15. Rxf4 O-O-O 16. Qf2 Nh7 17. Rxf7 Nxf7 18. Qxf7 Bg5 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Qxe6+
Kb8 21. Qb3 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Ka7 23. Nd5 Qc5 24. Qd3 Ng5 25. b4 Qc6 26. a4 Rde8
27. b5 Qc5 28. Bf3 Rhf8 29. bxa6 bxa6 30. Be2 Qa5 31. Qd4+ Qc5 32. Qd3 Qa5 33.
c3 Rxe4 34. Nb4 Qb6 35. a5 Qb7 36. Qxd6 Rc8 37. Bxa6 Rxc3 38. Rb1 Qxb4 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pasman, Marks"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nh5 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7
9. O-O-O a6 10. Nge2 b5 11. g4 Nf4 12. Ng3 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb6 14. Bf1 Bd7 15.
Kb1 Qb8 16. h4 Qb7 17. Rh2 Rfb8 18. Rc1 Rd8 19. Qc2 Rab8 20. Qb3 c5 21. dxc6
Bxc6 22. Rhc2 Ne6 23. Qa3 Ra8 24. Qb4 Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Nd1 a5 27. Qd2 Be8
28. Rc7 Qb8 29. R7c2 d5 30. f4 dxe4 31. Nxe4 Nd5 32. Bg2 Ba4 33. Rc5 Nc3+ 34.
Nexc3 dxc3 35. Qe2 Rd2 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D01"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Rad1 O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qxe4 Qb4 14.
Rb1 Qc4 15. b3 Qc3 16. Rbd1 Nf6 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B93"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O b5 10. a3 Be7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Bg5 Nc5 14. Nh4 Be6 15.
Nf5 Bd8 16. Qe1 Nh5 17. Qh4 Nf4 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Rxf4 exf4 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21.
Bf6 Bxf6 22. e5 Nxd3 23. exf6 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nh3+ 25. Kf1 Bc4+ 26. Ne2 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rc1 Rfe8 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Bb5 Re7 14. Re2
a6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Ne5 Rc7 17. Rec2 Rdc8 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Qd2 b5
21. Rxc6 Rxc6 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. Qc2 b4 24. dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D07"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bf4 Nge7 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Ba6 9. cxd5 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nxd5 11. Bg3 O-O 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qd7 14. e4
Nde7 15. Rfd1 Na5 16. c4 Rfd8 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Rac1 Qe8 19. Rd3 c5 20. d5 e5
21. Nd2 Ng6 22. Qd1 Rd7 23. Nf1 Nb7 24. Qg4 Nd6 25. Ne3 h5 26. Qe6+ Qf7 27.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. f3 h4 29. Bf2 Nf4 30. Rd2 Rh8 31. a4 Nb7 32. Be1 g6 33. Rb1 Nd6
34. a5 Rh7 35. axb6 axb6 36. Rdb2 b5 37. cxb5 h3 38. gxh3 Nxh3+ 39. Kf1 Ng5 40.
Kg2 Rh8 41. b6 f5 42. Bh4 Nh7 43. exf5 gxf5 44. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4
Qxc5 15. O-O Qc7 16. Rac1 Nc6 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Ne2 Bd7 19. Nd4 Rfd8 20. Nxc6
Bxc6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. g3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D11"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. Bf4 Be7 7. Rc1 Nf6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bg3 O-O 10. e3 Nd7 11. Be2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Re8 13. O-O Bf6 14. Nh4 Bxh4
15. Bxh4 e5 16. Bg3 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18. Qa3 c5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Rd5 f6 21.
Rxc5 Rad8 22. Rb5 Qd6 23. Qxd6 Rxd6 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxb7 Ra5 26. Rb5 Rxb5 27.
Bxb5 Kf8 28. Kf1 Rd2 29. a4 Ke7 30. Ke1 Ra2 31. Rd1 Ra3 32. c4 Rc3 33. Ke2 Bg4+
34. f3 Be6 35. Kd2 Ra3 36. Rc1 Kd6 37. c5+ Kc7 38. Rc3 Ra1 39. Kd3 Bf5+ 40. e4
Bc8 41. Rc2 a6 42. Be8 Kd8 43. Bf7 Rxa4 44. Bg8 h6 45. Ra2 Rb4 46. f4 f5 47.
Bd5 fxe4+ 48. Bxe4 Kc7 49. f5 Bb7 50. Bxb7 Kxb7 51. f6 gxf6 52. Rf2 a5 53. Rxf6
Rb2 54. Rxh6 Rxg2 55. Kc4 a4 56. Kb4 Rc2 57. Rh5 Ra2 58. Rh7+ Kc6 59. Rh6+ Kc7
60. h3 a3 61. Ra6 Rb2+ 62. Kxa3 Rb5 63. Rd6 Rxc5 64. Rd3 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chaplinsky, Edgar"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B59"]
[PlyCount "42"]

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. Nxc8+ Rxc8 12. O-O Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Rhd8
14. c3 b6 15. Ba6 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Rxd8 Nxd8 18. Kf1 Kd6 19. Ke2 Ne6 20.
g3 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "A28"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
d4 exd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Be2 Qf6 12. Qb3 b6 13. Ba3 Rad8 14. Rac1
Na5 15. Qc3 Be6 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Qa3 Rc8 18. Ba6 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Bd5 20. Nd2 Qe6
21. Qb2 Bxa2 22. e4 Bb3 23. Ra1 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Bxc4 25. d5 Qc8 26. Rc1 b5 27.
Nxc4 bxc4 28. Qb4 Qa6 29. Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "A28"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. d5
Nb8 9. e4 Bc8 10. Ne1 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Ne8 12. b3 g6 13. Be3 Ng7 14. b4 f5 15. f3
a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Bg5 19. Qc1 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 fxe4 21. fxe4
Rxf1+ 22. Bxf1 b6 23. Nf2 Ne8 24. Nb1 Kg7 25. Nd2 Nef6 26. Nb3 Qf8 27. Qc3 h6
28. g3 Nh7 29. Bg2 Ba6 30. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D19"]
[PlyCount "91"]

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 Bg4 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qe7 13. e4 e5 14. d5 Rac8 15.
dxc6 bxc6 16. Ne2 Ne8 17. Ng3 Nd6 18. Nf5 Nxf5 19. Qxf5 Rcd8 20. Bg5 Nf6 21.
Bb3 h6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Rac1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Re8 26. Rd7 Re7 27.
Rd8+ Kg7 28. Rc8 Rb7 29. Bc4 Ba5 30. b3 Rc7 31. Rxc7 Bxc7 32. Ba6 Ba5 33. Bb7
c5 34. Kf1 Bb4 35. Ba6 Kg6 36. Ke2 Kg7 37. Kd3 Kf8 38. Kc4 Ke7 39. Kd5 Kd7 40.
f3 Kc7 41. h4 Kd7 42. g4 Kc7 43. Kc4 Kb6 44. Bb5 Be1 45. h5 a5 46. Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E63"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. h3 e5
9. e3 Re8 10. b3 Bf5 11. Ba3 e4 12. Nd2 h5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rae1 a5 15. Nd5 Nxd5
16. cxd5 Nxd4 17. exd4 e3 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. fxe3 a4
22. b4 Rae8 23. Kf2 f5 24. h4 Bh6 25. Bc1 c6 26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Bd2 d5 28. Re2
f4 29. gxf4 Bxf4 30. Rc1 R8e6 31. Ree1 Bd6 32. Rh1 Be7 33. Ke2 Rxd4 34. Be1
Rde4 35. Rh3 d4 36. Kd3 dxe3 37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38. Kxe4 Bxb4 39. Bxb4 Rc4+ 40. Kxe3
Rxb4 41. Kd3 Rb2 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Fridstein, German"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D79"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. d4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Ne5 e6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Be3 f5 13. Qd2 Qd6 14. Bh6 e5 15.
Bxg7 Nxg7 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Qxd5+ Qxd5 19. Bxd5+ Be6 20. Bxa8
Rxa8 21. Rfc1 Ne8 22. Rc5 Rd8 23. Ra5 Rd7 24. Rc1 Kf7 25. b3 Ke7 26. f3 Nd6 27.
Ra6 Nc8 28. Rxe6+ Kxe6 29. Rxc8 Rd2 30. a4 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Nbd7 8. g4
h6 9. g5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. Qd3 b5 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Kb8 18. Qe3 Rh4 19. Rd3 Rc8 20. Rc3 Rc4 21.
Rxc4 bxc4 22. Nc1 f5 23. Bg2 Qc5 24. Rd1 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Rh8 26. h3 e4 27. Ne2
Bg5 28. Ng3 g6 29. Nf1 Rc8 30. b4 c3 31. a3 a5 32. Ka2 a4 33. Rd4 Bf6 34. Rd1
Re8 35. Kb1 Re5 36. Ng3 Rxd5 37. Rxd5 Bxd5 38. Kc1 Bg5 39. Nf1 Bc4 40. Kd1 Kc7
0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D76"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Nb8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bf4 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. Rd1 Bd7
15. e4 Rc8 16. Qd2 Bg4 17. Nd5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nd4 19. Bg2 Nc4 20. Qb4 Nc2 21.
Qxb7 Nxa1 22. Rxa1 Bxb2 23. Rd1 e6 24. Bf1 exd5 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Qxb2 Rxe4 27.
Qd2 h5 28. Be3 Ra4 29. Bd4 Qe7 30. Re1 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Pasman, Marks"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D25"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Bxc4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Nfd7 8.
Qe2 Nb6 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. Rd1 Bf5 11. a3 Qc8 12. h3 Bd7 13. e4 e5 14. Be3 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Be6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qd7 20. Qd2 Qd6 21.
Rc1 Rac8 22. Rh4 Nd7 23. Qh6 Nf6 24. Rb4 b6 25. Rc6 Qe5 26. Qf4 Nd7 27. Qxe5
Nxe5 28. Rc3 a5 29. Re4 Nd7 30. Rec4 Nc5 31. Bc2 Na6 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 b5
34. Rf4 Rcd8 35. Ra3 Rd6 36. Ra5 Ra8 37. Rxb5 c6 38. dxc6 Rxc6 39. Bb3 Rc7 40.
Ra5 Raa7 41. b5 Rcb7 42. Rfa4 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5
8. c3 e6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bg3 O-O 11. O-O Bxg3 12. hxg3 Qb6 13. Qb3 Qxb3 14. Bxb3
Rfd8 15. Nh4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Rad1 Kf8 18. Rfe1 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Re2
Re8 21. Rde1 Rxe2 22. Rxe2 Re8 23. Kf1 Re7 24. Ke1 Ke8 25. Kd2 Kd7 26. Rxe7+
Kxe7 27. Ke3 Ke6 28. Kf4 Kf6 29. b3 b6 30. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Bf5 7. Bxf5 gxf5 8.
b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 c5 10. c4 Nc6 11. Rb1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxe4 dxc4 14. Bxd4
Bxd4 15. exd4 fxe4 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qxe4 c3 18. Rbc1 Rc8 19. Rfd1 Qd6 20. Qe3
c2 21. Rd2 Rfd8 22. h3 e5 23. d5 Rc5 24. Rcxc2 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Qxd5 26. Rc5 Qd4
27. Qxe5+ Qxe5 28. Rxe5 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Rd2 30. Re7 Rxf2 31. a4 b6 32. Rxa7 Rb2
33. Rxf7 Rxb3 34. Rf3 Rb2 35. Ra3 b5 36. a5 Rc2 37. Rb3 Rc5 38. Rb4 Kg7 39. Kg3
Kf6 40. Kf4 Ke6 41. a6 Rc6 42. Rxb5 Rxa6 43. Rh5 Ra2 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B56"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Bc6 8.
Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bb5 12. b3 a5 13. c4 Ba6 14. Nc3 O-O
15. Be3 f5 16. Rc1 Bg5 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Bh6 19. Qd2 Nf6 20. Bd4 Nh5 21. Rf3
Re8 22. Rcf1 a4 23. Kh1 axb3 24. axb3 Qh4 25. Rh3 Qg4 26. Qf2 Nxf4 27. Rxh6 Nd3
28. Qd2 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Ra1 30. Qxd3 Rxf1+ 31. Bxf1 gxh6 32. Qg3 Kf7 33. Qxg4
fxg4 34. Bd3 h5 35. Ne4 Ke7 36. c5 dxc5 37. Bxc5+ Kd8 38. Bb6+ Ke7 39. d6+ Ke6
40. Bc4+ Ke5 41. d7 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Black "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. O-O d6 8. c3
Bg4 9. d3 Qd7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Nf1 d5 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. d4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 f5 17. f3 Nf6 18. e5 Ne8 19. f4 Na5 20. Bc2 c6 21. Bh4 Nc7
22. Be1 Nb7 23. Ne3 a5 24. g4 g6 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Bh4 Nd8 28.
Kh1 Ne8 29. Rg1+ Kh8 30. Qh5 Qf7 31. Qh6 Ne6 32. Bd1 N6g7 33. Qxc6 Ra7 34. Bf3
Ne6 35. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8.
Nf3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bf6 11. b3 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. Qd2 h6 14. Rad1 N8e7
15. h3 Be6 16. g4 g5 17. h4 Bxg4 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Bf5 20. Kg2 Bg6 21. Rh1
Nf5 22. Nf3 Nxe3+ 23. fxe3 Re8 24. Bd3 Qd7 25. Ne2 Ne7 26. Ng3 Nf5 27. Bxf5
Bxf5 28. Nh5 Bh8 29. Nf4 Re4 30. Rdg1 Bf6 31. Kf2+ Kf8 32. Ne5 Bxe5 33. dxe5 d4
34. exd4 Rxd4 35. Ne6+ Qxe6 36. Qxd4 Ke7 37. Qh4+ Kd7 38. Rd1+ Kc6 39. Qa4+ b5
40. Qa6+ Kxc5 41. Rc1+ Kd4 42. Rh4+ Be4 43. Rd1+ Kc3 44. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chaplinsky, Edgar"]
[Black "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Qa5 10. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Qxb4 Nxb4 13. Kd2 Ke7 14.
Rb1 Nc6 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Ke3 Rac8 17. Rhc1 Na5 18. Bxd7 Kxd7 19. Kd3 f6 20. Nd2
b6 21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. Rxc4 Rxc4 23. Kxc4 Rc8+ 24. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O c5 9. Rb1 Qa5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. c4 Qc7 12. d3 Rb8 13. Bb2 e5 14. Bc3 b6 15.
Qb2 Bb7 16. e3 Rbd8 17. Rbd1 Rfe8 18. Rd2 Nd4 19. exd4 exd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21.
Bb4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qc6+ 23. Kg1 Qf3 24. Qb1 Qc6 25. Re1 b5 26. Ba5 Rxe1+ 27.
Qxe1 Re8 28. Re2 Rc8 29. cxb5 Qxb5 30. Bb4 h5 31. a3 Ra8 32. Re7 a5 33. Qe4 Rc8
34. Qf3 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Qc6 36. Qxc6 Rxc6 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Bxa5 Rc2 39. Bb4 Bh6
40. Kf1 Ra2 41. Bc5 Bg7 42. Re4 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 Ra2 44. Bxd4 Rxa3 45. Bxg7 Kxg7
46. Re3 Ra2 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "C90"]
[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. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Ne3 Rfe8 15.
Qe2 Rad8 16. Bb3 Na5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nc6 20. a4 Ne7 21. Bb3
Ra8 22. h3 Rec8 23. Nd2 Ng6 24. g3 Bg5 25. Bd5 Ra7 26. axb5 Bxd2 27. b6 Qxb6
28. Qxd2 Ne7 29. Bc4 a5 30. Ra4 g6 31. Rea1 Rca8 32. b3 Kg7 33. h4 h6 34. f4 f5
35. Rf1 Qd8 36. fxe5 dxe5 37. Qe3 Qc7 38. Ra2 Rf8 39. Raf2 a4 40. bxa4 Rxa4 41.
h5 g5 42. exf5 Ng8 43. Re2 e4 44. Qxe4 Qxg3+ 45. Rg2 Qd6 46. Qe6 Qxe6 47. fxe6
Rxf1+ 48. Kxf1 Ra7 49. Re2 Rc7 50. Re5 Kf6 51. Re2 Ke7 52. Kf2 Nf6 53. Kf3 Ra7
54. Rb2 Nxh5 55. Rh2 Nf6 56. Rxh6 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Black "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3
a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Ba2 O-O 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 exf4 14. Rxf4 Be6 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rac8 17. c3 Nd7 18. Bd4 Ne5 19. Qc2 g6 20. h4 Qd8 21. g3 Bf6
22. Raf1 Bg7 23. Bb1 Qd7 24. Qg2 Rce8 25. h5 f5 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28.
Rh4 Kg7 29. g4 Qd8 30. g5 Rh8 31. Rh6 Qb6+ 32. Kh1 Qe3 33. Rf3 Rxh6+ 34. gxh6+
Qxh6+ 35. Rh3 Qc1+ 36. Qg1 Qd2 37. Bd3 Bf6 38. Bf1 Qxb2 39. Qh2 Qc1 40. Kg1 Re1
41. Rf3 Qg5+ 42. Qg2 Qxg2+ 43. Kxg2 Rc1 44. c4 Rc2+ 45. Rf2 Rxf2+ 46. Kxf2 Bd4+
47. Ke2 Kf6 48. Kd3 Bc5 49. a4 a5 50. Be2 g5 51. Bh5 g4 52. Be8 Kg5 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d4 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2
b5 9. c5 b4 10. a3 bxa3 11. Rxa3 Ne4 12. b4 Rb8 13. Qe1 Qc7 14. Bc1 e5 15. Be3
Qb7 16. Nbd2 exd4 17. Bf4 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 Ra8 19. Nb3 Bf6 20. Qd2 Re8 21. Bf3 Ne5
22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Nxd4 Bh3 24. Rb1 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Bf5 26. Rb2 Be4 27. Bg4 Bg6
28. f3 Re7 29. Ra5 Rae8 30. Kf2 Qb8 31. Bh3 Rb7 32. Ra6 Qc7 33. Qf4 f6 34. Qxc7
Rxc7 35. Rba2 Ree7 36. R2a3 Be8 37. Re3 Kf7 38. Rxe7+ Rxe7 39. Bf5 Rb7 40. Ra4
Re7 41. Bd3 h6 42. Bc2 Rb7 43. Ke3 Ke7 44. Kd4 Kd8 45. Kc3 Kc8 46. Bd3 Kb8 47.
Ra1 Bf7 48. Rb1 Be8 49. Ba6 Re7 50. Kd4 Kc7 51. Ra1 Kb8 52. g4 Bd7 53. h4 Re8
54. Bd3 Kb7 55. Rg1 Rh8 56. Rg2 Kc7 57. Rg1 Rb8 58. Kc3 d4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Fridstein, German"]
[Black "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "46"]

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. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O c5 13. c4 cxd4 14. Nxd4
dxc4 15. Bxc4 Ne5 16. Be2 Bd7 17. Rb1 b6 18. Qb3 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1
Rc8 21. Rc3 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Qc5 23. Qxc5 bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B84"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. Bf3 O-O 11. g4 Rd8 12. g5 Ne8 13. Bg2 Nb6 14. f5 e5 15. Nde2
Bd7 16. a4 a5 17. f6 gxf6 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Ng3 Be6 20. Nh5 Be7 21. Nd5 Nxd5
22. exd5 Bc8 23. Be4 Qc4 24. Qf3 f5 25. Qg2+ Kh8 26. Bxf5 Bxf5 27. Rxf5 Rac8
28. Bh6 Qxc2 29. Qxc2 Rxc2 30. Raf1 Nc7 31. Bg7+ Kg8 32. Rg1 h6 33. Bf8+ 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qc2 c6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Qb4+ 12. Nd2 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qxa2 14. Bd3 f5
15. Qh4 Qa5 16. g4 Qd8 17. Qg3 f4 18. Qg2 fxe3 19. fxe3 e5 20. h4 Nd7 21. g5
Nc5 22. Bg6 exd4 23. gxh6 Qe7 24. hxg7 Rd8 25. Rg1 Qxh4+ 26. Ke2 Be6 27. Nf3
Bxc4+ 28. Kd1 dxe3+ 29. Kc1 Qh6 30. Rh1 Qxg7 31. Rh7 Qc3+ 32. Bc2+ Kf8 33.
Rbxb7 Nxb7 34. Rxb7 Qa3+ 35. Rb2 Rab8 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pasman, Marks"]
[Black "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D07"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Qa4 Bxf3 5. gxf3 e6 6. e3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Nxd2 Ne7 9. f4 O-O 10. Bg2 Nf5 11. Nf3 Nce7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qc2 c6 14. O-O
Nd6 15. Kh1 Qc8 16. Rg1 Qf5 17. Qxf5 Nexf5 18. Bh3 f6 19. Rge1 g6 20. Rac1 Kf7
21. Nd2 Rae8 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Nf1 Re7 24. Ng3 Nd6 25. Red1 g5 26. fxg5 fxg5
27. Rc2 Kg6 28. Kg2 h5 29. h3 Ref7 30. Rdd2 Rf3 31. Re2 g4 32. hxg4 hxg4 33.
Rc1 Rh8 34. Rh1 Rxh1 35. Kxh1 Nf5 36. Nxf5 Kxf5 37. Rd2 Ke4 38. Kg2 g3 39. fxg3
Kxe3 40. Rd1 Rf2+ 41. Kh3 Rxb2 42. g4 Kf4 43. Rf1+ Kg5 44. Rf7 a5 45. Rg7+ Kf6
46. Rc7 a4 47. a3 Rb3+ 48. Kh4 Rxa3 49. Rxb7 Ra1 50. Rb6 Rh1+ 51. Kg3 a3 52.
Rxc6+ Kg5 53. Ra6 Rg1+ 54. Kh2 Ra1 55. Ra5 Kxg4 56. Rxd5 Ra2+ 57. Kg1 Rb2 58.
Ra5 a2 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D57"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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. Qb3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Rd8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Be2 c6 13. O-O Bg4 14. Rfe1 Rc8
15. Ne5 Be6 16. c4 Rc7 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nd7 20. e4 Qe6 21.
Qg3 Rcc8 22. Nd6 Rcb8 23. Nf5 Qf6 24. Qg4 Nf8 25. e5 Qg5 26. Qe4 Ne6 27. g3 Qd2
28. Re2 Qc3 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. h4 Rd7 31. Nd6 Rad8 32. Red2 Qb4 33. Qb1 Qxb1 34.
Rxb1 b6 35. f4 c5 36. dxc5 Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "93"]

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. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Rxc4 Nd7 13. O-O e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Re4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Be6 17. Bc4 Rad8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Rd2 20. Rxe6 Qf7
21. f4 Qf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. e4 Rc5 24. f5 Kf7 25. e5 Rxb2 26. f6 gxf6 27.
Rfxf6+ Kg7 28. Re7+ Kg8 29. h3 h5 30. e6 Rg5 31. Rff7 Rbxg2+ 32. Kf1 Rg1+ 33.
Kf2 R1g2+ 34. Ke3 Rg7 35. Rxg7+ Rxg7 36. Re8+ Kh7 37. Kf4 Rg2 38. Ke5 Kg7 39.
Rb8 Re2+ 40. Kd6 Rd2+ 41. Ke7 b5 42. Ke8 Rxa2 43. e7 Kf6 44. Rc8 Ke6 45. Rxc6+
Kd5 46. Kd7 Re2 47. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. Rae1 Be6 13. h3 h6 14. Bh4 Nd7
15. Bg3 Nc5 16. Bf5 Qd7 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Be5 Bd6 19. Qg4 f5 20. Qg3 Bxe5 21.
Rxe5 Ng5 22. Qd3 Rf7 23. f3 Re8 24. Rfe1 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Qd6 26. f4 Ne4 27. Re8+
Rf8 28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxf4 30. Re8+ Rf8 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. Qd4 Qe7 33. b4
Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Kh7 35. a4 h5 36. b5 Qe6 37. bxc6 Qd6+ 38. Kg1 Qxc6 39. Qxa7 Qxc2
40. Qd4 Qa2 41. Kh2 Qc4 42. Qa1 d4 43. a5 d3 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 c6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Rab1 Bg4
15. Ne5 Be6 16. b4 a6 17. a4 Rfe8 18. Rfc1 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Qc5 Qg5 21.
Qb6 Rab8 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Qd8 24. Qxd8 Rexd8 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. f3 Kf8 27.
Kf2 Ke7 28. e4 dxe4 29. fxe4 f6 30. Ke3 Kd6 31. h4 Rdc8 32. Ba6 Rxb1 33. Rxb1
Ra8 34. Bd3 Ra7 35. Rb8 Be6 36. Rb6 Kc7 37. Rb2 Ra3 38. Rc2 Kd6 39. Rc5 Bc8 40.
Kd2 Ba6 41. Bxa6 Rxa6 42. Ke3 Ra2 43. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Chaplinsky, Edgar"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. exd4 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. Ne5 Nb6 14. Rfe1 Nfd5
15. Be3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nd5 17. Qd3 Bg5 18. a4 Rc8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rec1 Rc7 21.
Rab1 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. Re1 Qg5 24. g3 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Qf6 26. Re3 Qg6 27. Bc2
Qxd3 28. Bxd3 Rd8 29. Rxb5 Bd5 30. c4 Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e5 Ne8 11. c3 dxc3 12. Nxc3 c6 13. Bf4 d5 14. exd6 Bxd6
15. Rad1 Qf6 16. Bg3 Bf5 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 19. Rxd6 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxe4
21. f3 Bd5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Rd1 Rfd8 24. R1xd5 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 b4 8. a5
O-O 9. O-O Bb7 10. d3 d5 11. c3 Rb8 12. Rd1 bxc3 13. bxc3 Ra8 14. Nbd2 d4 15.
cxd4 exd4 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. Nb3 Bc8 18. h3 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. Bg5
Rb5 22. Rdc1 Nb4 23. Qxc7 Nxd3 24. Qxd7 Nxd7 25. Bxe7 Rxb3 26. Bxf8 Nxc1 27.
Rxc1 Nxf8 28. Rc6 Rb1+ 29. Kh2 d3 30. Rxa6 Rd1 31. e5 Ra1 32. Rd6 Rxa5 33. Rxd3
h6 34. Re3 Ng6 35. Kg3 Kf7 36. Re4 Rd5 37. h4 Rc5 38. h5 Ne7 39. Kh3 Nc6 40. g4
Rc3 41. Kg3 Ke7 42. Kg2 Rc5 43. Re3 Rc4 44. Nh2 Rc5 45. f4 Rc2+ 46. Kh3 Nd4 47.
Nf3 Nxf3 48. Rxf3 Re2 49. Ra3 Re1 50. Kg2 Re4 51. Kf3 Re1 52. Ra7+ Kf8 53. Ra4
Ke7 54. Kf2 Rh1 55. Ra7+ Kf8 56. Ke3 Rf1 57. Rb7 Rg1 58. Kd4 Rxg4 59. Kc5 Rxf4
60. Kd6 Rd4+ 61. Kxe6 Rd8 62. Rf7+ Kg8 63. Rd7 Re8+ 64. Kd6 Kf8 65. e6 Ra8 66.
Rf7+ Ke8 67. Rxg7 Ra6+ 68. Ke5 Ra1 69. Rb7 Rf1 70. Rh7 Re1+ 71. Kf6 Rf1+ 72.
Kg7 Ke7 73. Rxh6 Rh1 74. Kg8 Rh2 75. Rh7+ Kxe6 76. h6 Rg2+ 77. Rg7 Ra2 78. Rf7
Ra8+ 79. Kg7 Ra1 80. Rf6+ Ke7 81. h7 Rh1 82. Rg6 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. c4 Nc5 10. Bc2 Nb4 11. f4 d6 12. Bf5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Ncd3 14. Be3
Nxe5 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Qxe5 Bf6 18. Rxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxc7 Rd8 20.
Nc3 Rxd4 21. Rf1 Rd7 22. Qg3 Qe6 23. Re1 Nc2 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D57"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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 Be6 13. c5 b6 14. Rc1 Nd7
15. Qa3 Bg4 16. Nd2 Re8 17. Bb5 Qg5 18. h3 Bf5 19. Ke2 Qf6 20. Qa4 Re7 21. g4
Be6 22. f4 bxc5 23. dxc5 d4 24. Bc6 Rae8 25. Ne4 Bxg4+ 26. hxg4 Rxe4 27. Bxe4
Rxe4 28. Qxd7 Qa6+ 29. Kf2 Qxa2+ 30. Kg1 Rxe3 31. Rh2 Qa3 32. Rf1 Rg3+ 33. Kh1
Qxc5 34. Qc8+ Qf8 35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. Rc2 Rxg4 37. Rxc7 g6 38. f5 g5 39. f6 Kg8
40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. Rf8 Kg6 42. Rg8+ Kh5 43. Rg7 d3 44. Rxf7 Rh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Fridstein, German"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B59"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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 a5 10. a4 Nb4 11. Kh1 Be6 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Nd2 d5 14. fxe5 Nxe4
15. Ndxe4 dxe4 16. Rf4 Qxd1+ 17. Bxd1 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nd5 19. Rxe4 Bf5 20. c4
Bxe4 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rc8 24. Rd1 f6 25. Rd7 Kf8 26. exf6
Bxf6 27. Rxb7 Rxc2 28. Rb5 Re2 29. Bg5 Bc3 30. Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E04"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qd3 Bc6 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Bg5
h6 15. Bxf6+ gxf6 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Rac1 Kc7 19. Rxc6+ Kxc6 20.
Rc1+ Kb6 21. Nc3 Bd6 22. Na4+ Kb5 23. Nc3+ Kb6 24. Na4+ Kb5 25. Nc3+ Kb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B56"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Nf5 a6 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Bg5 Nxe4 10. Nxg7+ Bxg7 11. Nxe4 d5 12. Nf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Rg8
14. Bxe5 f6 15. Bg3 Qe7+ 16. Qe2 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Bf5 18. Rhd1 Bxc2 19. Rxd5 Be4
20. Rh5 Kf7 21. f3 Kg6 22. Rh4 Bc6 23. Rg4+ Kf7 24. Rxg8 Rxg8 25. Rd1 Rg5 26.
Rd4 Ra5 27. a3 Rb5 28. b4 Rd5 29. Rxd5 Bxd5 30. Ke3 Ke6 31. Kf4 Bc4 32. Be1 Kf7
33. Bc3 Bf1 34. g4 Kg6 35. h4 Be2 36. Kg3 Bb5 37. f4 Kf7 38. f5 Bd3 39. Kf4 Be2
40. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Pasman, Marks"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. c3
Be7 9. h3 Bd7 10. d4 O-O 11. O-O Qc8 12. Rd1 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 g5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. Nbd2 Nh5 19. Nf1 Nf4 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21. Nh4
Qd8 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Qg5 24. Nd2 Qxf5 25. Ra6 Nd8 26. Ba2 Qg6 27. Ne4 Nb7
28. Bd5 Kg7 29. Qf3 f5 30. Bxb7 fxe4 31. Bxe4 Qg5 32. Ra7 Rf7 33. b4 Re7 34.
Rd5 Qf6 35. Rd1 Qg5 36. Rda1 Kf8 37. R1a5 Kg7 38. Kh2 Rf7 39. R5a6 Re7 40. Kh1
Kf8 41. Ra1 Kg7 42. Rd1 Kf8 43. Ra5 Qf6 44. Kg1 Ree8 45. Rd5 Red8 46. Rdxb5
Rxb5 47. Rxb5 Qe6 48. Ra5 Ke7 49. Ra7 Rb8 50. Qd3 Kf6 51. Qe2 Qg8 52. Bf3 Qb3
53. Qd2 Qe6 54. Qc2 Qf5 55. Be4 Qd7 56. Qd1 Qf7 57. Qg4 Ke7 58. Bc6 Kf6 59. Qf3
Qg6 60. Be4 Qf7 61. Qd3 Kg5 62. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
Ne4 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Bd3 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7
15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Bb1 Qe7 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Rxc3 19. Qxc3 Nc6 20. Nb5 Rd8 21.
Qc2 g6 22. Nd6 Be8 23. Ne4 f5 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 25. Nc3 Qd6 26. h3 a6 27. Ba2 Bf7
28. Na4 Qc6 29. Qxc6 Nxc6 30. Nc5 Nd8 31. Kf1 e5 32. Bxf7+ Kxf7 33. Ke2 Ke7 34.
Kd3 Kd6 35. b4 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 e3 5. Bxe3 e5 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8.
Qh4 Qe7 9. Nd2 d5 10. O-O-O Bf5 11. Bb5 Qb4 12. Qxb4 Bxb4 13. Nb3 O-O 14. a3
Bd6 15. h3 a6 16. Be2 Rae8 17. g4 Bg6 18. Rhe1 Re7 19. Nf3 Be4 20. Nbd2 Rfe8
21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Nh4 g6 23. Ng2 Ne5 24. Nf4 Rf8 25. g5 Ne8 26. Nd5 Ref7 27.
Nc3 Nf3 28. Rh1 Re7 29. h4 Rf5 30. Rh3 b5 31. Nxe4 Rxe4 32. Bxf3 Re7 33. h5 Be5
34. Rd8 Bd6 35. Bc6 Rf8 36. Bd5+ Kg7 37. Bd4+ Be5 38. Rd7 Rxd7 39. Bxe5+ Nf6
40. gxf6+ Kh6 41. hxg6+ Kxg6 42. Be4+ Kg5 43. Rg3+ Kh4 44. Rg7 Rff7 45. Bg3+
1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. e3 c6 7. Nge2 d5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nf4 e6 11. b3 Re8 12. Nd3 b6 13. Ba3 Ba6 14. Re1 Rc8 15.
Rc1 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Qf3 Nxe5 19. Qxf6 Nd7 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21.
gxf4 Rc7 22. Bf1 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Rec8 24. Ne2 Rc2 25. Red1 Nf6 26. Ke1 Ng4 27. h3
Nh2 28. Rxc2 Nf3+ 29. Kf1 Rxc2 30. Rc1 Rxa2 31. Nc3 Rb2 32. Nb5 a6 33. Nd6 Nd2+
34. Ke1 Ne4 35. Nxe4 dxe4 36. Rc3 Ke7 37. Kf1 Kd6 38. Kg2 b5 39. Rc1 Rxb3 40.
Ra1 Rc3 41. Rxa6+ Rc6 42. Ra1 b4 43. f3 Rc2+ 44. Kg3 Re2 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Chaplinsky, Edgar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nc4 Nh5 11. Re1 b6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qc2 Qh4 14. Nd2 Rad8
15. g3 Qh3 16. Rad1 Kh8 17. Bf1 Qe6 18. Bg2 Qc6 19. Bf3 Qe8 20. Bg2 Qc6 21. Bf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Rd1
Qe7 9. Nc3 c6 10. e3 Re8 11. b3 e4 12. Nd2 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nb5 Nb6 15. Ba3
Qd8 16. Nc7 Nc4 17. Nxe8 Nxa3 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qb2 Nb5 20. Rdc1 Be6 21. Rc5
Nd6 22. Rac1 Ne8 23. Nb1 Qd7 24. Qe2 Be7 25. R5c2 Bg4 26. Qe1 Bd6 27. Qa5 Nf6
28. Nc3 Be7 29. Na4 Bd8 30. Qb4 b6 31. Qc3 Rb8 32. Qc6 Qe7 33. Qb5 Bd7 34. Qa6
Be6 35. Nc3 Ra8 36. Ne2 g5 37. Nc3 Kg7 38. a3 Ne8 39. Na2 Qd7 40. Nb4 Be7 41.
Nc6 Bd6 42. b4 Nf6 43. a4 h5 44. a5 bxa5 45. b5 Rh8 46. Qxa7 Qxa7 47. Nxa7 Rb8
48. Ra2 Rb7 49. Rxa5 Bc7 50. Ra6 Bb8 51. b6 Nd7 52. Nc6 Kf6 53. f3 exf3 54.
Bxf3 g4 55. Bg2 Bd6 56. Rb1 Nb8 57. Ra7 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B53"]
[PlyCount "175"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. O-O e5 8.
Qd3 Nf6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bg5 Be6 11. c4 Nd7 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bh4 Rb8 14. Rd2 g5 15.
Bg3 Be7 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Qe2 Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 19. Bh2 f6 20. Qe3 O-O 21. Ne2 Bg6
22. Ng3 a5 23. Ne1 a4 24. Kh1 Rb4 25. Qe2 Rfb8 26. Bg1 Ne6 27. Nd3 R4b7 28. f3
Bf8 29. Rc1 c5 30. Nf5 Qh7 31. Ne3 Nd4 32. Qd1 f5 33. Nd5 Bg7 34. Bxd4 cxd4 35.
exf5 Bxf5 36. Nf2 a3 37. b3 Qg6 38. Qe2 Qe6 39. Re1 Qf7 40. Ne4 Rd7 41. Qd1 Be6
42. Qc1 Bxd5 43. cxd5 Qxd5 44. Qxa3 Qa8 45. Qc1 Re8 46. Qb1 Qd8 47. b4 Rf7 48.
a4 d5 49. Ng3 Qd7 50. b5 Rxf3 51. gxf3 Qxh3+ 52. Rh2 Qxg3 53. Rf1 e4 54. Qa2
Qe5 55. fxe4 Qxe4+ 56. Qg2 Ra8 57. b6 Rxa4 58. Qxe4 dxe4 59. Rb2 d3 60. b7 Be5
61. b8=Q+ Bxb8 62. Rxb8+ Kg7 63. Rd8 Ra2 64. Rd6 d2 65. Rb1 Kf7 66. Rc6 Rb2 67.
Ra1 Ra2 68. Rf1+ Kg7 69. Kg1 e3 70. Re6 Ra3 71. Rd1 Kf7 72. Re4 Kf6 73. Kf1 Kf5
74. Re8 h5 75. Ke2 Kf4 76. Rf1+ Kg3 77. Rxe3+ Rxe3+ 78. Kxe3 h4 79. Rg1+ Kh2
80. Rf1 Kg3 81. Rg1+ Kh2 82. Kf2 h3 83. Rb1 g4 84. Rd1 g3+ 85. Kf3 g2 86. Kf2
g1=Q+ 87. Rxg1 d1=N+ 88. Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. a4 Na5 10. Bc2 Be6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Na3 Nc4 13. b3 Nxa3 14. Bxa3 c5 15.
Bb2 c4 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Ra1 Qb7 18. b4 Ra8 19. d4 Rxa1+ 20. Bxa1 Bg4 21. d5
Qa8 22. Bb2 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nh5 24. Bc1 Qa1 25. Qe1 Bg5 26. Bd2 Qxe1+ 27. Bxe1
Bc1 28. Bd1 Nf4 29. Bc2 f6 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Bd1 Kg6 32. Bc2 Kg5 33. Bb1 Kh4 34.
Bc2 Kh3 35. Kg1 h6 36. Bb1 h5 37. Bc2 Nd3 38. Kf1 Kxh2 39. Ke2 Kg2 40. Bxd3
cxd3+ 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "A02"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. d4 d5 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Qe1
Ne4 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Kh1 Rb8 12. Qh4 c4 13. Bc2 Nf6 14. Qe1 b5 15.
e4 Nfxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Bb7 19. Qe2 Bd5 20. Bd2 Rb6 21.
Rae1 Re6 22. Qf2 Rxe1 23. Qxe1 Qb7 24. Qh4 e6 25. Qh3 a5 26. a3 f6 27. Qg3 Rf7
28. h3 Bf8 29. Nh2 h5 30. Nf3 Rg7 31. Qe1 Bd6 32. Kg1 Qc7 33. Qe3 Qc6 34. Qe2
Qc7 35. Qe3 Qb8 36. Re1 Qa8 37. Kf2 Qb8 38. Kg1 Qb7 39. Kf2 Qc7 40. Kg1 Qc6 41.
Kf2 Bc7 42. Rg1 Kf7 43. g3 Bd6 44. Qe2 Rh7 45. Nh4 Be7 46. Re1 Qb7 47. Rg1 Rh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Fridstein, German"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "180"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Bf4 c5 8. e3
Nc6 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. Nd4 Qxc5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd3 a5 13. O-O Ba6 14. Rac1 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 Qb4 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Qf5 Qb7 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bh4 Ne4 21.
Bxe7 Nxc3 22. Bxd8 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Nxc1 24. Bf6 Nxa2 25. Qg4 g6 26. Ra1 Nb4 27.
Rxa5 Nd3 28. Kg1 Re8 29. Qd1 Qb6 30. Qa1 Rb8 31. Bh8 Kf8 32. Qg7+ Ke8 33. Ra1
Qxb3 34. h4 Qb2 35. Qxb2 Rxb2 36. Bxb2 Nxb2 37. Kf1 Nc4 38. Ke2 Kd7 39. Ra7+
Ke6 40. Rc7 Ne5 41. f3 Kd6 42. Ra7 h5 43. Ra4 c5 44. Ra6+ Kd7 45. Rb6 Ke7 46.
f4 Ng4 47. Rb7+ Ke6 48. Rc7 c4 49. Rc6+ Kd7 50. Ra6 Nh6 51. Kf3 Nf5 52. g3 Nd6
53. g4 hxg4+ 54. Kxg4 c3 55. Kf3 c2 56. Ra1 Nf5 57. Rc1 Nxh4+ 58. Ke2 Nf5 59.
Rxc2 Ke6 60. Rc7 Kf6 61. Kd3 Ke6 62. Kd2 Nd6 63. Rc6 Kd7 64. Ra6 Nf5 65. Ra3
Ke6 66. Kd3 Nd6 67. Kc3 Nf5 68. Kb4 f6 69. Kc3 g5 70. Kd2 gxf4 71. exf4 d4 72.
Rb3 Nd6 73. Rb6 Kd5 74. Kd3 Ne4 75. Ke2 f5 76. Rb8 Nc5 77. Kf3 Ke6 78. Rd8 Nd7
79. Ke2 Ke7 80. Rc8 Nf8 81. Rc7+ Kf6 82. Rc1 Ne6 83. Rf1 Nc5 84. Kd2 Kg6 85.
Ke2 Kf6 86. Kf3 Ne6 87. Kg3 Kg6 88. Re1 Kf6 89. Rh1 Kg6 90. Kf3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B74"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Be6 11. O-O Rc8 12. f5 Bd7 13. g4 Ne5 14. Nd2 Bc6 15. g5
Nfd7 16. Qe1 f6 17. h4 Nc5 18. Qg3 fxg5 19. hxg5 Qd7 20. Qh3 b6 21. Rf2 d5 22.
Rh2 h5 23. gxh6 Bf6 24. exd5 Bb7 25. Rf1 Kh8 26. Bb5 Qd6 27. fxg6 Nxg6 28. Nc4
Qc7 29. Rg2 Rg8 30. h7 Rg7 31. Qh5 Nf8 32. Rxg7 Bxg7 33. Bf4 Bd4+ 34. Kh2 e5
35. Bxe5+ Bxe5+ 36. Qxe5+ Qxe5+ 37. Nxe5 Nxh7 38. Rf7 Rd8 39. Rc7 Kg8 40. Bc4
Rd6 41. Nb5 Rh6+ 42. Kg3 Kf8 43. Nd7+ Nxd7 44. Rxd7 Ba6 45. d6 Nf6 46. Rf7+ Ke8
47. Nc7+ Kd8 48. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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 d6 10. Qd3 f5 11. Qe3 Qc8 12. Bd2 Bf6 13. Rac1 Nc6 14. Bc3 Re8 15.
Rfd1 e5 16. d5 Ne7 17. Ng5 Ng6 18. Bh3 Nf8 19. Ne4 Bd8 20. Rf1 Ng6 21. f4 exf4
22. Qd4 Re7 23. Ng5 c5 24. Qd2 b5 25. b3 bxc4 26. bxc4 Qd7 27. gxf4 Bc8 28. e4
Qe8 29. exf5 Nxf4 30. Qxf4 Re3 31. Rce1 Qh5 32. Qxe3 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Pasman, Marks"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 d5 7. e3 O-O 8. O-O-O
Nc6 9. h4 Nb4 10. Qb3 a5 11. a3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nbd5 13. Kb1 h6 14. Bd3 Nxc3+ 15.
Qxc3 Rc8 16. Qc2 Qe8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 c5 21. g4
c4 22. g5 c3 23. Rc1 Qb5 24. Rc2 Be7 25. gxh6 g6 26. h5 Qf5 27. Qe5+ Bf6 28.
Qxf5 gxf5 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. bxc3 Kh7 31. Kc2 Rc8 32. Kd3 Kxh6 33. Rb1 Rc6 34.
Rb5 Kxh5 35. Nd2 Bd8 36. Nc4 Bc7 37. f4 Kg6 38. a4 Kf6 39. Rb1 Kg7 40. Rg1+ Kf8
41. Rh1 Kg7 42. Rb1 Kf8 43. Nd2 Rd6 44. Nc4 Rc6 45. Rb5 Ke7 46. Nd2 Rd6 47. c4
Rd8 48. Nb3 Kd7 49. c5 Kc6 50. cxb6 Bxb6 51. Nxa5+ Bxa5 52. Rxa5 Rb8 53. Rc5+
Kd6 54. Rb5 Rc8 55. Rb1 Ra8 56. Rb4 Kd5 57. Rc4 Kd6 58. Kc3 f6 59. Kd3 Ra7 60.
Rb4 Kc6 61. Kc4 Ra8 62. Kb3 Kd5 63. Ka3 Ke4 64. Rb3 e5 65. dxe5 fxe5 66. fxe5
Kxe5 67. Rb4 Kd5 68. Rd4+ Kc6 69. Rc4+ Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "A41"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. g3 g6 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8.
Bg2 c6 9. O-O Nf6 10. b3 Qc7 11. a4 a5 12. Ra2 Be7 13. Rd2 O-O 14. Bb2 Rad8 15.
Qa1 Ng4 16. h3 Nh6 17. Ne4 f6 18. g4 Nf7 19. Kh1 Bc8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. f4 f5
22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Ng3 Bh4 24. Nh5 Rd2 25. Bf3 Be6 26. fxe5 Qb6 27. Rg1+ Kf8 28.
Nf4 Ke7 29. Bc1 Qd4 30. Qa3+ Kd7 31. Bxd2 Qxd2 32. Nxe6 Kxe6 33. Qf8 Nxe5 34.
Qc8+ Qd7 35. Qxd7+ Nxd7 36. Rg7 Nc5 37. Rxh7 Be7 38. h4 Nxb3 39. h5 b5 40. axb5
cxb5 41. cxb5 a4 42. b6 Na5 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D07"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Qd5 8.
Nd2 Na5 9. Qg4 g6 10. e4 Qc6 11. Qg5 b6 12. d5 Qd6 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 f6
15. Qe3 c5 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Bd5 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Chaplinsky, Edgar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. Nb3
a5 9. a3 a4 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nbd4 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. c4 Qd6
15. Qc2 Ng4 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Bf4 Bf5 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Qc1 Rac8 20. h3 Nf6 21.
Rd1 Ne4 22. Be3 c5 23. g4 Be6 24. Qc2 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Qxa4
Qd3 28. Nd2 h5 29. Qb3 Qe2 30. Qd1 Qxd1+ 31. Rxd1 hxg4 32. Ne4 Bxc4 33. Nxc5
Bxb2 34. hxg4 b5 35. a4 b4 36. a5 Ra8 37. Na4 Bb3 38. Rb1 Bxa4 39. Rxb2 Rxa5
40. Rxb4 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. e4
e5 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Nc3 Re8 11. h3 a5 12. Be3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Rd2 Qe7 15.
f3 Nfd7 16. Re1 Ne5 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 f6 19. f4 Nf7 20. b4 Bd7 21. b5 c5
22. Nb3 f5 23. e5 b6 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. exd6 Nxd6 26. Nxc5 Bc3 27. Bf2 Qg7 28.
Rxd6 Bxe1 29. Nxd7 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qb2+ 31. Kf1 Qh2 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Qb3 Qh1+
34. Ke2 Qg2+ 35. Kd1 Qf1+ 36. Kc2 Rc8 37. Nd5 Rxc4+ 38. Nc3 a4 39. Qa3 Rc5 40.
Rd7+ Kh6 41. Qxa4 Qf2+ 42. Rd2 Qxg3 43. Rd3 Qe1 44. Qd4 Qe2+ 45. Kb1 Qf1+ 46.
Kb2 Rc8 47. Qe3 Rc4 48. Kb3 Rc5 49. Qg3 Rc7 50. Kb2 Kg7 51. Qe3 Kh6 52. Qxb6
Qxf4 53. Qe3 Qxe3 54. Rxe3 f4 55. Rf3 g5 56. a4 Kg6 57. b6 Rb7 58. a5 Kf5 59.
Na4 Ke4 60. Rf1 Kd5 61. a6 Re7 62. b7 Re2+ 63. Kc3 Re3+ 64. Kb4 Re4+ 65. Kb5
Re3 66. Nb6+ 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "C89"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Qf1 Bd6 13. Re1 Bg4 14. d4 Qh4
15. g3 Qh5 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6 18. a4 g5 19. axb5 Rh6 20. Qg2 Nf4 21. Bxf4
gxf4 22. bxa6 f3 23. Qh1 Bf4 24. Nf1 Bh3 25. Bd1 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Qb5 27. Bxf3 Bc7
28. a7 Ra8 29. b4 Bb6 30. Rfe1 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 Bxa7 32. Qg2 Qc4 33. Re3 Re6 34.
Qf1 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Na2 e6 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Bd2 a5 10. Nc1 Bb7 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. Qc2 O-O 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15.
O-O Bd6 16. Rfe1 Ng4 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. h3 Nge5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bf1 c5 21. f4
c4 22. Nd4 Nd3 23. e5 Qh4 24. Bxd3 cxd3 25. Qxd3 Bc5 26. Be3 Rfd8 27. Qf1 Bxd4
28. Bxd4 Rac8 29. Bb6 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 g6 31. Rd2 Qg3 32. Rd3 Qh4 33. Qf2 Rc1+ 34.
Kh2 Qxf2 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Bxf2 Rc2 37. Kg3 Rxb2 38. e6 Re2 39. Bd4+ Kh6 40.
exf7 Kh5 41. Bf2 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. c5
Nc6 9. Bb5 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Qc2 f5 12. O-O b6 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. Be2 Bd7
15. Ne5 Be8 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Bg4 Qd6 20. Qa3 Qxa3 21.
Bxe6+ Kh8 22. bxa3 Rb2 23. f3 Rf6 24. Bh3 h5 25. Rdb1 Rfb6 26. Rxb2 Rxb2 27.
fxe4 dxe4 28. Re1 g5 29. Be6 Ng6 30. Nc4 Rc2 31. g3 Nf8 32. Bd5 Bc6 33. Ne3 Rc3
34. Bb3 Nd7 35. d5 Bb5 36. Nd1 Rc1 37. a4 Bd3 38. Kf2 Ne5 39. Ke3 Nf3 40. Rh1
Kg7 41. h3 Kf6 42. Nf2 Rxh1 43. Nxh1 Ke5 44. Nf2 Nd4 45. Nxd3+ exd3 46. Kxd3
Nf5 47. Kc4 Nxg3 48. Bd1 Kd6 49. Bf3 Nf5 50. Bxh5 Ne3+ 51. Kb5 Nxd5 52. Ka6 Nc3
53. Kxa7 Nxa4 54. Kb7 Nc5+ 55. Kc8 Ne6 56. Bg4 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Fridstein, German"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "C61"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. O-O Nf6 7. c3 Bb6 8.
d4 Qe7 9. a4 a6 10. f4 exd4 11. e5 dxc3+ 12. Kh1 Ne4 13. Qc2 Nd2 14. Nxd2 cxd2
15. Bxd2 O-O 16. f5 d5 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. f6 g6 19. Bc3 Re8 20. Rad1 Qf8 21.
Rde1 Bf5 22. Qb3 Bc5 23. Qxb7 Bd6 24. Qc6 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Rd8 26. a5 Bd7 27. Qd5
Bc8 28. Qg5 Re8 29. Qd2 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Bb7 31. Qe2 Qc8 32. b4 c6 33. Kg1 Qf8
34. Bxa6 Bxa6 35. Qxa6 Qb8 36. Qxc6 Bxh2+ 37. Kh1 Bf4 38. b5 Qd8 39. Qf3 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D07"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. e3 Nge7 8.
Bd3 Bf5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. a3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Na5 12. O-O c6 13. e4 b6 14. Rfe1 Rfe8
15. Re2 Ng6 16. g3 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qd5 18. Rae1 Red8 19. b4 Nb7 20. Neg5 Nd6 21.
Ne5 Re8 22. h4 Nf8 23. Qf3 Rac8 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 f6 26. Nd3 Rxe4 27. Qxe4
Qxe4 28. Rxe4 Kf7 29. Nf4 Rd8 30. d5 g5 31. hxg5 fxg5 32. Ne6 Rxd5 33. Nxf8
Kxf8 34. Re6 c5 35. Rc6 cxb4 36. axb4 Ke8 37. Rc8+ Rd8 38. Rc7 Rd7 39. Rc6 Kd8
40. Rh6 Kc8 41. Kg2 g4 42. Rh5 a6 43. f4 Rd2+ 44. Kg1 Rb2 45. Rxh7 Rxb4 46. Ra7
a5 47. f5 Kd8 48. f6 Ke8 49. Re7+ Kf8 50. Kf2 Rb3 51. Rg7 Rf3+ 52. Kg2 Rxf6 53.
Rxg4 Ke7 54. Rg7+ Kd6 55. g4 Rf8 56. Ra7 Kc5 57. Kg3 Kb4 58. g5 a4 59. g6 Rf6
60. g7 Rg6+ 61. Kf4 b5 62. Re7 Rg1 63. Kf3 Ka5 64. Kf2 Rg6 65. Ke3 a3 66. Kd3
a2 67. Ra7+ Kb4 68. Rxa2 Rxg7 69. Ra1 Rg3+ 70. Kc2 Rg2+ 71. Kd3 Kb3 72. Rb1+
Rb2 73. Rh1 b4 74. Rh8 Rc2 75. Ra8 Kb2 76. Rd8 b3 77. Rb8 Rc7 78. Rd8 Kb1 79.
Kd2 Ra7 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "C64"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 f5 5. O-O fxe4 6. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 7. Rxf2 Nxe5
8. d4 Ng6 9. Nd2 c6 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Qf3 Qc7 12. Nc5 cxb5 13. Bg5 N8e7 14. Qf7+
Kd8 15. Qxd5+ Ke8 16. Re1 Rf8 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 18. Rf1+ Nf5 19. Ne6+ Bxe6 20.
Qxe6 Ne7 21. Bxe7+ Qxe7 22. Rxf5+ Ke8 23. Qg8+ Kd7 24. Qxa8 Qe3+ 25. Rf2 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Terpugov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Pasman, Marks"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D74"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Bg5 Re8 13. e4 Nc7 14. Ne2 f5 15.
Ne5 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Bf5 17. Qh4 Nbd5 18. Rac1 Qe6 19. g4 Bxe5 20. gxf5 Bxh2+ 21.
Kxh2 Qxe2 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rh1 Qh5 24. Qxh5 gxh5 25. Kg3 Kf7 26. Rxh5 Rg8 27.
Kf3 Ne6 28. Be3 Rxg2 29. Rf5+ Kg6 30. Re5 Nef4 31. Rxd5 Rxf2+ 32. Bxf2 Nxd5 33.
Ke4 Rh8 34. Bg3 Kf7 35. Re1 Rh3 36. Kf3 Nf6 37. Kg2 Rh5 38. Re3 Rb5 39. b3 Rd5
40. Bf2 Rg5+ 41. Kf1 Rf5 42. Re5 Rxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Ng4+ 44. Kf3 Nxe5+ 45. dxe5 Ke6
46. Ke4 c5 47. a4 b6 48. Kf4 Kd5 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D71"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
e3 O-O 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. O-O Nd7 11. e4 b5 12. Bg5 Nb6 13. e5 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7
15. e6 fxe6 16. Qb3 c4 17. Qc2 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Rab1 a6 20. a4 Nc8 21. Bf4
Bg7 22. Rfd1 e5 23. Be3 Ne7 24. Bc5 Rf7 25. Nc1 Nf5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Qb2 Bh6
28. Qe2 Qc6 29. Bb4 Ne3 30. fxe3 Qe4 31. Qg2 Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 e4 33. Qe2 Qf3+ 34.
Qxf3 exf3 35. Bc5 Rf5 36. Bd4 Rd5 37. Rf1 Ra3 38. Rf2 Rxc3 39. Na2 Rb3 40. Bb2
Bg7 41. h4 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chaplinsky, Edgar"]
[Black "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Re1 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. g4 Nxg4 10. hxg4 Bxg4 11. d4 exd4 12. Qd3 c5 13. Nbd2 Qd6 14. Nh2 Be6
15. Nc4 Qc6 16. Ne5 Qb6 17. b3 O-O-O 18. a4 h5 19. Nhf3 g5 20. Nc4 Qc6 21. Na5
Qe8 22. Ne5 Rd6 23. Nec4 Rd8 24. Ne5 Rd6 25. Ba3 f6 26. Nec4 Rd8 27. Reb1 b5
28. axb5 axb5 29. b4 bxc4 30. Nxc4 Qc6 31. b5 Qb7 32. Na5 Qb6 33. Nc6 Kd7 34.
c3 c4 35. Qxd4+ Qxd4 36. cxd4 Bxa3 37. Nxd8 Rxd8 38. Rxa3 f5 39. Ra7 fxe4 40.
b6 Rb8 41. Rxc7+ Kd6 42. Rb5 Bd7 43. Rxg5 Rxb6 44. Rxc4 Rb1+ 45. Kg2 h4 46. Rh5
h3+ 47. Kg3 Rb2 48. Rcc5 Be6 49. Rh6 Rb3+ 50. Kh2 Kd7 51. Re5 Bc4 52. Rxh3 Rb2
53. Rh7+ Kd6 54. Rh6+ Kd7 55. Kg3 Rb3+ 56. Kf4 Rf3+ 57. Kxe4 Rxf2 58. d5 Bb5
59. Rg5 Kd8 60. Ke5 Be8 61. Rg7 Re2+ 62. Kd6 Ra2 63. Rh8 Ra6+ 64. Ke5 Ra1 65.
Rb7 Rf1 66. Rb8+ Kd7 67. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. dxc6 Qc7 13. Bg5 Rfd8 14. Qe2 Nh5 15.
Be3 Nc4 16. Bb3 Qxc6 17. h3 Bd7 18. Nfd2 Nxe3 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qxh5+ Kg8 21.
Rxe3 Rf8 22. Rg3 Rf7 23. Na3 Raf8 24. Rf1 Qc5 25. Qe2 Be6 26. b4 Qc6 27. c4
bxc4 28. Naxc4 Bh4 29. Na5 Qb6 30. Rf3 Qxb4 31. Rxf7 Rxf7 32. Nac4 g6 33. Ne3
Bg5 34. Rb1 Qc3 35. Nf3 Bxe3 36. Qxe3 Qxe3 37. fxe3 Bxa2 38. Rb6 Bc4 39. Rxd6
Re7 40. Rc6 Bd3 41. Rc5 Bxe4 42. Nxe5 Rb7 43. Nf3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e3
Re8 9. b3 exd4 10. exd4 Nf8 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Nh4 Bg4 13. Qd2 c6 14. h3 Bd7 15.
Rad1 Qc7 16. Qc1 Re7 17. d5 c5 18. Qa1 Ne8 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Qd8 21. Nf3
h6 22. Ne4 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Bf5 24. Nc3 Qf6 25. g4 Bd7 26. Qd2 Rd8 27. Ne4 Qg7 28.
Qf4 g5 29. Qd2 b6 30. Bf1 Ng6 31. Ng3 Nf4 32. Kh2 Nf6 33. Bd3 Re8 34. Bf5 Qf8
35. Bxd7 Rxe1 36. Qxe1 Nxd7 37. Nf5 Kh7 38. h4 gxh4 39. N3xh4 Ne5 40. Kg3 Nfg6
41. Ng2 a6 42. f4 Nd7 43. Qh1 Nf6 44. g5 Ng8 45. Nge3 f6 46. gxh6 Qe8 47. Kf3
Qd7 48. Qb1 Kh8 49. Kg3 b5 50. Qe4 N6e7 51. Qe6 Nxf5+ 52. Nxf5 Qh7 53. Nxd6
Qd3+ 54. Kh4 Qc2 55. Nf5 Qf2+ 56. Kg4 Qg2+ 57. Kh5 Qf3+ 58. Kg6 bxc4 59. bxc4
a5 60. Kf7 a4 61. Kf8 Qg2 62. Nh4 Qg3 63. Qf7 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Black "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D12"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Qxb6 axb6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nh4
Bc2 9. Bd2 Be7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O b5
15. Ne1 Bg6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 Rfc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D59"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. Nf3
Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bc4 Rd8 12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 a5 14. O-O Na6
15. Rd1 c5 16. Rcd3 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Nc5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Ne1
1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fridstein, German"]
[Black "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. b3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Nb5 Nb4 13. Ne5 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 dxc4 15.
bxc4 Nd7 16. Nf3 Bb7 17. Nxa7 Ra8 18. Nb5 Rxa2 19. Qb3 Ra8 20. Ra1 Nf6 21. Rxa8
Bxa8 22. Ra1 Ng4 23. Ra7 h5 24. h3 Nh6 25. Ne5 Nf5 26. g4 Nh4 27. Rd7 Qxd7 28.
Nxd7 Nf3+ 29. Qxf3 Bxf3 30. Nxf8 Kxf8 31. gxh5 Bxh5 32. Ba3 Be2 33. Bxe7+ Kxe7
34. Na3 Kd6 35. f4 Kc6 36. Kf2 Bd3 37. Ke3 Bf1 38. h4 b5 39. cxb5+ Bxb5 40. Nb1
Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qe1
Be7 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. e4 O-O 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bf4 Nxe4 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. Bh2 Ng5
15. f4 Nf7 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. d4 Qc7 18. Qd2 g5 19. Ne2 Rae8 20. Bg1 gxf4 21. Nxf4
e5 22. dxe5 Nfxe5 23. Nd3 Ng6 24. Rae1 Nf6 25. Nc5 Nf4 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Re1
Rxe1 28. Qxe1 Bxc5 29. Bxc5 b6 30. Bd4 Nxg2 31. Kxg2 Qd7 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Kf3
Kf8 34. Qh4 Qe7 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. c3 Qe4+ 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Kg3 c5 39. Qh5+ Kg7
40. h4 Qe3+ 41. Kg2 Qe2+ 42. Kg1 Qf3 43. Kh2 Qf4+ 44. Kh3 Qe3+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 46.
Kh3 h6 47. Kg3 b5 48. Kf2 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Qb3 c6 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. Rd1 a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bb1 Rc8 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f4 Nc5 18. Qb4 Qc7 19. Ne2 a5 20. Qe1 b4 21. Nd4
f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Nf3 Bc6 24. Qd2 Bb5 25. Rfe1 b3 26. axb3 Nxb3 27. Qf2 Rcf8
28. Qg3 Qb6 29. Ne5 Rxf4 30. Ng6 R4f6 31. Nxf8 Kxf8 32. h3 a4 33. Kh2 Bc4 34.
e4 Qf2 35. Qb8+ Kf7 36. Qc7+ Kg8 37. Qc8+ Rf8 38. Qxe6+ Kh8 39. exd5 Nd2 40.
Qg6 Nxb1 41. Qxb1 Be2 42. Rc1 Qf4+ 43. Kh1 Bf3 44. Qg6 Bxd5 45. Rcd1 Qh4 46.
Re3 Bb3 47. Rd7 Qf6 48. Qxf6 Rxf6 49. Rg3 Bf7 50. Rg4 Kh7 51. Ra7 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Black "Pasman, Marks"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D74"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 c6 9. Bf4 N8d7 10. Qc1 Re8 11. Rd1 Nf6 12. Ne5 Nbd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qc5
Be6 15. Rac1 Nh5 16. Be3 a5 17. Qb5 Nf6 18. b3 a4 19. bxa4 Qa5 20. Qxb7 Qxa4
21. Nc6 Bf8 22. Rd2 h6 23. Rb2 Kh7 24. Ne5 Rec8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qb3 Qa5 27.
h3 Ne4 28. Nd3 Bg7 29. Rc2 Rc3 30. Rxc3 Nxc3 31. Nf4 Nxa2 32. Bxd5 Bxd5 33.
Qxd5 Qxd5 34. Nxd5 e6 35. Nc7 Kg8 36. Nb5 Nb4 37. Bd2 Nc6 38. e3 Kf8 39. Kf1
Ke7 40. Ke2 Kd7 41. Kd3 h5 42. e4 Bf8 43. f4 f5 44. Nc3 Bb4 45. Nb1 fxe4+ 46.
Kxe4 Bd6 47. Be1 Ne7 48. Nd2 Nd5 49. Nc4 h4 50. Nxd6 Kxd6 51. g4 Nf6+ 52. Kf3
Kd5 53. Bxh4 Ne4 54. Ke3 Nd6 55. Bf6 Nc4+ 56. Kf3 Nd2+ 57. Ke2 Nc4 58. h4 Ke4
59. h5 gxh5 60. gxh5 Kf5 61. Be5 Nb6 62. Kd3 Nd7 63. Kc4 Kg4 64. h6 Nf8 65. Kc5
1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Chaplinsky, Edgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D76"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Nb6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. e3 a5 10. Na4 Nxa4 11. Qxa4 Bd7 12. Qc4 Be6 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. a3 Nd5
15. e4 Nb6 16. d5 Bg4 17. Be3 Na4 18. Qc2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Qd7 20. Rab1 Rfc8 21.
Be2 c5 22. Qb3 c4 23. Bxc4 Nc5 24. Qc2 Qa4 25. Qxa4 Nxa4 26. Bb5 Nxb2 27. Rfc1
a4 28. Kf1 h5 29. Bd2 Kf8 30. f4 Bd4 31. Ke2 f6 32. Bb4 g5 33. Bd7 Rxc1 34.
Rxc1 gxf4 35. gxf4 b5 36. Rc7 Bb6 37. Rb7 Ba5 38. Rxb5 Nc4 39. Bc6 Bxb4 40.
Rxb4 Nxa3 41. Bxa8 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Be3 c4 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. Qd2 Rad8 13. Rad1 Qa6 14. f4 b5 15. f5
Bc8 16. Bg5 b4 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Bxf6 Rxd4 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxe7 Qb6 21. Nxc4
Nxe2+ 22. Kh2 Qc7 23. Bxf8 Qxg3+ 24. Kh1 Bb7 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. b3 Bf5 10. Be2 Bf6 11. O-O d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. Rc1 N8e7 14. h3 Be4 15.
Nh2 Nf5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. d5 Nb4 18. Bc4 Nxa2 19. Rc2 Nb4 20. Rd2 Bc3 21. Re2
Qe7 22. Qb1 Rfe8 23. Rd1 Be5 24. Ng4 Nxe3 25. Rxe3 Bf4 26. d6 cxd6 27. cxd6
Bxd6 28. Rd4 Qd7 29. Rdxe4 b5 30. Nh6+ Kf8 31. Bxf7 Rxe4 32. Qxe4 Qc6 33. Bd5
Qc1+ 34. Re1 Qxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Re8 36. Qd1 Nxd5 37. g3 Re5 38. Ng4 Rg5 39. h4 Rxg4
40. Qxg4 Nf6 41. Qd4 Be7 42. Qxa7 b4 43. Kg2 h5 44. Qc7 g6 45. Qc4 Ng4 46. Qe6
Nf6 47. f3 Bd8 48. g4 hxg4 49. fxg4 Kg7 50. g5 Ng8 51. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E35"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 Be6 9. O-O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 g5 11. Bg3 Nbd7 12. e4 O-O 13. exd5 Nxd5 14.
Qa3 Nxc5 15. Ne2 b5 16. Nd4 b4 17. Qf3 Qa5 18. Bc4 Rac8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qh5
Kh7 21. Kb1 b3 22. a3 Qa4 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rhe1 Rce8 25. Bd6 Ne4 26. Bxf8 Rxf8
27. f3 Qc4 28. Rc1 Qd3+ 29. Ka1 Nd6 30. Re7+ Kg8 31. Qxh6 Nf7 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33.
Rc7+ Ke8 34. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B05"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Nb6 7. exd6 cxd6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nc3 N8d7 11. b3 f5 12. Qd2 h6 13. Ne1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Bf6 15.
Rd1 Qe7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. f4 g6 18. Nf3 Bg7 19. Rfe1 Nf6 20. d5 e5 21. fxe5 dxe5
22. Bxh6 Ng4 23. Bxg7 Qc5+ 24. Kf1 Kxg7 25. h3 Rde8 26. hxg4 fxg4 27. Ne4 Qa3
28. Kf2 gxf3 29. g3 Rh8 30. Rh1 Qf8 31. Qg5 Nd7 32. Rh4 Rxh4 33. Qxh4 Nc5 34.
d6 Qf5 35. Ke3 f2 36. d7 Rf8 37. Qe7+ Kg8 38. Qxf8+ Qxf8 39. Nf6+ Kf7 40. Ng4
Nxd7 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Fridstein, German"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 c6 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rfd1 Nd7
15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Qd3 c5 17. Qe2 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 cxd4 19. exd4 Nf6 20. Ba6 Nd5
21. Rc4 Rd7 22. Rdc1 Rad8 23. Bb5 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "A28"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
d3 Be6 9. a3 Qd7 10. Qc2 f6 11. b4 a5 12. b5 Na7 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. a4 c6 15. e4
Bf7 16. b6 Nc8 17. Be3 Bd8 18. Rab1 Re8 19. Rfd1 Qe6 20. Bc5 Ne7 21. d4 Kh8 22.
d5 cxd5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Bc4 Bg6 25. Qb3 Bxb1 26. Bxd5 Qc8 27. Qb5 Bg6 28. Nh4
Bh5 29. Bf3 Bf7 30. Bd5 Bh5 31. Bf3 Bf7 32. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D43"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Nd7 9. g3 e5 10. Bg2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nb6 12. Qd3 Bc5 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Ne4
Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Rd8 17. Rhd1 Ke7 18. Nc5 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Bc8 20. Rd3
Nd7 21. Ne4 Ne5 22. Ra3 a6 23. Rb3 Kd7 24. Bh3+ Kc7 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Nc5 Rb8
27. Re3 Ng6 28. Rd3 Nf8 29. Rf3 f6 30. Rb3 a5 31. g4 g6 32. Rf3 Kb6 33. Na4+
Kc7 34. Rxf6 Kd7 35. Rf3 Ne6 36. Rf7+ Kd6 37. Rh7 Rf8 38. Nc3 Ke5 39. f3 b5 40.
Rxh6 Nf4 41. Kd2 Rd8+ 42. Ke1 a4 43. Rh7 a3 44. bxa3 Ra8 45. Re7+ Ne6 46. Ne4
Kd5 47. Rd7+ Ke5 48. Rd3 Rh8 49. Re3 Kd5 50. Rd3+ Ke5 51. Rd6 Rxh2 52. Rxc6
Rxe2+ 53. Kxe2 Nd4+ 54. Ke3 Nxc6 55. Nc3 Na7 56. f4+ Kd6 57. a4 bxa4 58. Nxa4
Kd5 59. Nb6+ Kc6 60. Nc4 Kd5 61. Ne5 g5 62. Nf3 gxf4+ 63. Kxf4 Nb5 64. a4 Nd6
65. a5 Kc5 66. Nd2 Kb5 67. Nb3 Kb4 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Pasman, Marks"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. g4 Re8 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. g5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb4+ 14. Kf1
Qxg5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Rxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf5 18. Qf3 Bg4 19. Qg3 Qf5 20. a3 Bd2
21. Ne2 Re8 22. Nf4 Qb5+ 23. Kg2 Bf5 24. Rhg1 Qxb2 25. Kh1 g6 26. h4 Qc2 27.
Raf1 Qe4+ 28. Qg2 Qe7 29. Qg5 Qxg5 30. Rxg5 Ba5 31. Rxf5 gxf5 32. Rb1 Bb6 33.
a4 Re7 34. d5 cxd5 35. Nxd5 Re4 36. f4 Rxa4 37. Nxb6 axb6 38. Kg2 Re4 39. Kf3
Re6 40. Rb5 Rf6 41. Rd5 Kg7 42. Rd7 Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Chaplinsky, Edgar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 O-O 8. Qd2
Nh5 9. O-O-O a6 10. Kb1 Nc5 11. Nge2 f5 12. Nc1 b6 13. b4 Nb7 14. Nb3 Bd7 15.
Kb2 a5 16. a3 Qe7 17. Bd3 Nf4 18. Bc2 Rfb8 19. g3 Nh3 20. Qe2 Kh8 21. Ra1 Rf8
22. Bd2 Nd8 23. Qg2 fxe4 24. Nxe4 c6 25. Rad1 a4 26. Nc1 b5 27. Bc3 bxc4 28.
dxc6 Nxc6 29. Rxd6 Nd4 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Nc5 Qc8 32. Be4 Rb8 33. Qf1 Ng5 34.
Qxc4 Nxe4 35. fxe4 Qh3 36. Kb1 Qg2 37. Bxd4 Qxh1 38. Bb2 Rfc8 39. Qe2 h6 40.
Ka2 Rf8 41. Nd7 Qg1 42. Nxb8 Rxb8 43. Nd3 Qb6 44. Nc5 Qc6 45. Qd1 Ra8 46. Qd5
Qxd5+ 47. exd5 Rd8 48. Nxa4 e4 49. Bxg7+ Kxg7 50. Nc3 e3 51. a4 Rxd5 52. a5 Kf7
53. Kb3 Rd8 54. h4 Ke6 55. Kc4 Rd2 56. a6 e2 57. a7 e1=Q 58. a8=Q Qf1+ 59. Kb3
Qd3 60. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chaplinsky, Edgar"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "A27"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 Ne7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Qd2 g5 12. Be3 Nf5 13. Bc5 d6 14. Bxc6 Ra6 15.
Bb5 dxc5 16. Bxa6 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bxa6 18. e3 Bxc4 19. Kc2 Rb8 20. Rab1 Be6 21.
b3 Nd6 22. e4 Bxc3 23. Kxc3 Nxe4+ 24. Kb2 a4 25. f3 axb3 26. a4 Nd2 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Black "Chaplinsky, Edgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B34"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Ng8 8.
Bc4 Qa5 9. Qe2 Bg7 10. f4 Nh6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 d5 14. Bd3 Qxb2
15. Rfb1 Qa3 16. Nxd5 Bg4 17. Bb4 Qxb4 18. Rxb4 Bxe2 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Bxe2 f6
21. Nxc6 Rac8 22. Bf3 fxe5 23. fxe5 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Rxc6 25. Rb8+ Ng8 26. Re1 Re6
27. Ra8 Re7 28. c4 g5 29. c5 Bxe5 30. c6 Kg7 31. c7 Bxc7 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33.
Rxe7 Bb6 34. Kg2 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Chaplinsky, Edgar"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 d4 7. Na4 Nfd7 8. d3
Nc6 9. Ng5 Qc7 10. a3 Rb8 11. Rb1 a5 12. Ne4 b6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bd2 h6 15. g4
Nf8 16. e3 Ne6 17. Qf3 Bd7 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Qxf6 Rh7 20. exd4 cxd4 21. b4 axb4
22. axb4 Qd8 23. Qf3 h5 24. g5 h4 25. b5 Ne7 26. Qf6 Nf4 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Rfe1
Bf5 29. Re5 Kf8 30. Rbe1 Ng8 31. Re8+ Qxe8 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Qd6+ Kg7 34.
Qxd4+ f6 35. h3 Rh5 36. Nxb6 Rxg5 37. Kh2 Re1 38. Nd5 f3 39. Bxf3 Rgg1 40. b6
Bc8 41. Ne3 Ne7 42. b7 Bxb7 43. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fridstein, German"]
[Black "Chaplinsky, Edgar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E66"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Nb3 a5 12. a4 Nd7 13. Nb5 Nde5 14. c5 Nc4 15.
cxd6 exd6 16. N3d4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bg4 18. h3 Qb6 19. Nb5 Bf5 20. Ra2 Rac8 21.
Bf4 Be5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. b3 Rfd8 24. Qe1 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27.
Qxd2 Rc2 28. Qd5 Rxe2 29. Qxb7 Qxb7 30. Bxb7 Bxh3 31. Rc1 e4 32. Ra1 e3 33.
fxe3 Rxe3 34. Kh2 Be6 35. b4 axb4 36. a5 Ra3 37. Rb1 Ra2+ 38. Kg1 b3 39. a6 b2
40. Rxb2 Rxb2 41. a7 Ra2 42. a8=Q+ Rxa8 43. Bxa8 Kg7 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chaplinsky, Edgar"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "A19"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nb5 a6 7. Nd6+ Bxd6 8.
exd6 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qe5+ 10. Qe2 Qxd6 11. Qg4 Qe5+ 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. O-O-O f5 14.
Qh5+ g6 15. Qh4 Qc5 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Nxd4 18. Bc3 e5 19. Rxd4 exd4 20.
Bxd4 Nf6 21. Bxf6 O-O 22. Be5 Re8 23. f4 b6 24. c5 b5 25. Bd3 Bb7 26. Rd1 Bxg2
27. Bc2 Rxe5 28. fxe5 Bc6 29. Rd6 Kf8 30. e6 Ke7 31. Kd2 a5 32. Ke3 Rc8 33.
exd7 Bxd7 34. Kd4 Be6 35. a3 b4 36. axb4 axb4 37. Bd3 f4 38. Be4 g5 39. Rb6 g4
40. Rxb4 f3 41. Ra4 Rb8 42. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Chaplinsky, Edgar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "A76"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nf3 d6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. Bf4 Nb4 13. Qb1 Nh5 14. Bg5 f6 15.
Bh4 g5 16. Nd2 Nf4 17. Bg3 Nxe2+ 18. Rxe2 f5 19. a3 f4 20. axb4 fxg3 21. hxg3
cxb4 22. Nd1 a5 23. Ne3 b5 24. Nf3 a4 25. Nc2 g4 26. Nfe1 b3 27. Nb4 Bd7 28.
Qd1 Rc8 29. Nc6 Qb6 30. Rc1 Kh8 31. Nd3 Bxc6 32. dxc6 Rxc6 33. Rxc6 Qxc6 34.
Nf4 b4 35. Nd5 Rc8 36. Re1 Qc2 37. Qxg4 Rf8 38. Re2 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 a3 40. Nf4 a2
41. Qh5 Rxf4 42. gxf4 Qxf4+ 43. g3 Qh6 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pasman, Marks"]
[Black "Chaplinsky, Edgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E65"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 a6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. h3 Rb8 10. a4 b6 11. Qc2 Ne8 12. Ra2 Nc7 13. b3 b5 14. a5 Ne8 15. Bb2
Qc7 16. Nd1 bxc4 17. bxc4 Rb4 18. Nd2 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 Ng7 20. Nd3 Rb8 21. Qa4 Bb7
22. Rb2 Ba8 23. Rfb1 Rxb2 24. Rxb2 Rd8 25. h4 Ne8 26. Bh3 Nef6 27. e4 Re8 28.
g4 Rb8 29. g5 Rxb2 30. Nxb2 Qb8 31. Nd3 Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Qb1+ 33. Bf1 Ne5 34. Nxe5
dxe5 35. Ng3 Qb8 36. Qd7 Kf8 37. Ne4 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. h3
c6 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Be6 14. b3 Nd7
15. Rac1 f5 16. Rfd1 Kf7 17. Na4 Bf8 18. Rd3 e4 19. Rdd1 Re8 20. Bd4 Bg7 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rd6 Kf6 23. Rcd1 Ke7 24. f3 exf3 25. Bxf3 Rad8 26. Kf2 Nf8 27.
Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. Ke3 Kc7 31. b4 b6 32. Nd3 Ba6 33. c5
Bxd3 34. exd3 bxc5 35. bxc5 Ne6 36. d4 g5 37. h4 f4+ 38. gxf4 Nxf4 39. hxg5
hxg5 40. Ke4 Nd5 41. Kf5 Nc3 42. Kxg5 Nxa2 43. Kf4 Nb4 44. Ke3 Nc2+ 45. Ke4 Nb4
46. Ke3 Nc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B72"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. g4 Nd7 11. f5 Bxb3 12. axb3 Nc5 13. Bf3 e6 14. O-O Be5 15.
g5 f6 16. Qd2 fxg5 17. Bxg5 Bf6 18. Bh6 Rf7 19. Kh1 Kh8 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. b4
Nxb4 22. Rg1 Be5 23. Rxg6 Rxf3 24. Qg2 Rf7 25. Rg1 Rh7 26. Bg7+ Bxg7 27. Rxg7
Rh6 28. Rf7 Qg8 29. Qf3 e5 30. Rxg8+ Rxg8 31. Rf6 Kg7 32. Rxh6 Kxh6 33. Nb5 Nc6
34. c3 Rg6 35. Nxd6 Rxd6 36. Qf8+ Kg5 37. Qxd6 Nxe4 38. Qd7 Nc5 39. Qd2+ Kh5
40. Qe2+ Kg6 41. Qg2+ Kh6 42. b4 Na4 43. h4 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "A24"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. f4
Be6 9. d3 Qd7 10. e4 Na6 11. Rb1 Rab8 12. b3 b5 13. f5 gxf5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Bxc6 Qc8 16. Bg5 b4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. dxe4 Bd8 20. Nd5 Qg4 21.
Nec3 Qg6 22. Nb5 Bb6+ 23. Nxb6 Rxb6 24. Rf5 Nc5 25. Qd5 a6 26. Nd4 Ne6 27. Nxe6
Qxe6 28. Qd2 f6 29. Qh6 Rb7 30. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Fridstein, German"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D57"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. c4 Be6 12. Qb3 Rd8 13. Rc1 b6 14. Bd3 c5
15. dxc5 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Rc8 18. Qb5 bxc5 19. O-O Nd7 20. Qb7 Rcb8
21. Qd5 Rc8 22. a4 Nf6 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. Nxe5 Rab8 25. Rc4 Rb4 26. Rfc1 Rxc4 27.
Rxc4 Kf8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke2 Ke6 30. f4 Kd5 31. Kd3 Rb8 32. e4+ Kd6 33. Nxf7+
Ke6 34. Ne5 Rb3+ 35. Kc2 Re3 36. Nd3 Nxe4 37. Rxe4+ Rxe4 38. Nxc5+ Kd5 39. Nxe4
Kxe4 40. Kc3 h5 41. Kc4 h4 42. f5 Kxf5 43. Kb5 Kf4 44. Ka6 g5 45. Kxa7 g4 46.
a5 g3 47. h3 Ke3 48. a6 Kf2 49. Kb6 Kxg2 50. a7 Kh2 51. a8=Q g2 52. Qa2 Kh1 53.
Qd5 Kh2 54. Qe5+ Kh1 55. Qe4 Kh2 56. Qf4+ Kh1 57. Qxh4 g1=Q+ 58. Kc6 Qg6+ 59.
Kc5 Kh2 60. Qg4 Qc2+ 61. Kd4 Qd2+ 62. Ke4 Qb4+ 63. Kf5 Qc5+ 64. Kg6 Qd6+ 65.
Kh5 Qe5+ 66. Qg5 Qxg5+ 67. Kxg5 Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Ne4 Ba6 8. Ne5 Qd5
9. Ng5 Nh6 10. e4 Qd8 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bxh6 Qh4 13. Be3 Qxe4 14. Qh5+ g6 15.
Qh3 Qf5 16. g4 Qf6 17. Nxc4 Be7 18. Bd3 Nd7 19. g5 Qf7 20. f4 Rd8 21. Ne5 Nxe5
22. Bxa6 Nd7 23. Bc4 Nf8 24. Qg2 Rd6 25. O-O Nd7 26. a5 O-O 27. Rfe1 Rd8 28.
Bb3 Bf8 29. Rac1 Bg7 30. Rxc6 Nf8 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Qe4 Qc7 33. d5 exd5 34.
Bxd5+ Kh8 35. Bd4 Qd7 36. Bxg7+ Qxg7 37. Re2 Rd8 38. Bb3 Rd4 39. Qe7 Qxe7 40.
Rxe7 Rxf4 41. Rxa7 Rg4+ 42. Kf2 Rxg5 43. Rf7 Rxa5 44. Rxf8+ Kg7 45. Rf7+ Kh6
46. Rb7 Rh5 47. Kg3 Rg5+ 48. Kf3 Rf5+ 49. Ke3 Rh5 50. Bg8 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. fxg7 cxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Bxg7
8. Qc2 Na6 9. O-O-O Qb6 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Qd2 Bf5 12. g4 Bxg4 13. Be2 Bf5 14. Nf3
Nb3+ 15. axb3 Qa6 16. Qc2 Qa1+ 17. Kd2 Qa5+ 18. Kc1 Bxc2 19. Kxc2 Qf5+ 20. Kc1
Rd8 21. Rhg1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rg8 23. Rg3 c5 24. Ne1 Kf8 25. Rf3 Qe4 26. Bd2 Bd4
27. Rf4 Qh1 28. Kc2 Rg1 29. Bf3 Qxh2 30. Bd5 Rxe1 31. Rxf7+ Ke8 32. Bxe1 e6 33.
Rxb7 exd5 34. cxd5 Qh1 35. Bd2 Qxd5 36. Rxa7 h5 37. Ra6 h4 38. Rh6 Qf5+ 39. Kd1
Qxf2 40. Re6+ Kd7 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Pasman, Marks"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E17"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Nc3 d6 11. b3 Qb8 12. Bb2 e5 13. e3 Nb4 14. Qb1 Bc6 15. Ba3
Qb7 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Na6 18. e4 Nc7 19. Ne3 Ne6 20. Ncd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 a5
22. Qd3 Rfd8 23. Rab1 Bg5 24. Rf1 Bh6 25. Kh1 Rf8 26. Bb2 Rfd8 27. Bc3 Qa7 28.
f4 exf4 29. gxf4 Re8 30. Rbe1 f6 31. Re3 Nc7 32. Qd2 a4 33. bxa4 Kh8 34. a5 Re6
35. Qd3 Rae8 36. Re2 Nxd5 37. cxd5 R6e7 38. a6 Ra8 39. e5 Qxa6 40. Qxa6 Rxa6
41. e6 Re8 42. f5 Ra3 43. Rc2 Rb8 44. Rff2 Kg8 45. Rb2 Rba8 46. Rfc2 Kf8 47.
Rb7 Rxa2 48. Rxa2 Rxa2 49. Rb5 Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. Nb5 Be7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 a6 13. Nc3 b5 14. Qf3 Rb8
15. Bb3 Bb7 16. Qh3 c5 17. Rd1 c4 18. Bc2 g6 19. f5 exf5 20. e4 Qb6+ 21. Be3
Bc5 22. Rxd7 Bxe3+ 23. Kh1 f4 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rbd8 26. Rad1 Rfe8 27. e6
fxe6 28. Rd7 h5 29. e5 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 Bf2 31. Bxg6 Qe3 32. Qxe3 fxe3 33. Bxh5
Rc8 34. g3 b4 35. Rd1 c3 36. bxc3 bxc3 37. Be2 c2 38. Rc1 Be1 39. Rxe1 c1=Q 40.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 41. Kg2 a5 42. a4 Ra1 43. Bb5 e2 44. Bxe2 Rxa4 45. h4 Rb4 46. h5 a4
47. Ba6 a3 48. Bc8 Rb6 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b3
Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. Bb2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Rad1 a5 13. e4 Qb6 14. h3 a4 15.
Rfe1 axb3 16. axb3 Nfd7 17. Nce2 Ne5 18. Kh2 Ra2 19. Nc1 Rxb2 20. Qxb2 Nxc4 21.
Qc2 Ne5 22. Nce2 Qb4 23. Rf1 Ned7 24. f3 Na6 25. Qd2 Qb6 26. Rb1 Nf6 27. b4 Nc7
28. Rfc1 d5 29. exd5 Nfxd5 30. Rb3 h5 31. h4 Ne6 32. Nc2 Nc5 33. Rbb1 Na4 34.
Ncd4 Nac3 35. Nxc3 Nxc3 36. Rxc3 Bxd4 37. Rc4 Rd8 38. Qe2 Be6 39. Rcc1 Ra8 40.
f4 Ra3 41. b5 c5 42. Be4 c4 43. Rf1 Qa5 44. Rbc1 Qxb5 45. Bxg6 Qb3 46. Qe1 Ra2+
47. Kh1 Bd5+ 48. Be4 Qb2 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Fridstein, German"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B24"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nge2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. h3 Qb6 11. Nce2 Re8 12. c3 Bf8 13. Qb3 Qa6 14. Be3 Bd7
15. Nf4 Na5 16. Qc2 Nc4 17. Bc1 Rac8 18. Rd1 Bc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bf1 Qb6 21.
Qb3 Bc5 22. Nd3 Bd6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. b3 Ne5 25. Bb2 Ne4 26. Kg2 Nxd3 27. Rxd3
Ra8 28. Re3 Ba3 29. Bxa3 Rxa3 30. Bd3 Nd6 31. Rxe8+ Nxe8 32. Kf3 Kf8 33. Ke3
Ke7 34. Kd2 Nf6 35. Kc2 Kd6 36. Kb2 Ra7 37. Re1 b5 38. a3 h6 39. Ra1 Re7 40.
Kc2 Ne4 41. Bxe4 Rxe4 42. Kd3 c5 43. a4 bxa4 44. bxa4 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "C34"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. Qe2 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. g4 fxg3 8. Qg2
d6 9. hxg3 Bg4 10. Nh2 Qd7 11. Nxg4 Qxg4 12. Be2 Qxg3+ 13. Qf2 Nc6 14. Rxh5
Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 g6 16. Rh3 Nxd4 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Bd3 Rfe8 19. Nc3 Bc5 20. Kg2
Ne6 21. Bd2 Rad8 22. Rf1 Bd4 23. Ne4 Bg7 24. Bc1 Rd4 25. c3 Rd5 26. Bc4 Re5 27.
Nf6+ Bxf6 28. Rxf6 b5 29. Bf1 h5 30. Re3 Rd5 31. Be2 Kg7 32. Rf2 Red8 33. c4
bxc4 34. Bxc4 R5d6 35. b3 Kg8 36. Ref3 R8d7 37. Ba3 c5 38. Rf6 Rc7 39. Bb2 Rcd7
40. Bb5 Re7 41. Bc4 Red7 42. Be5 Rb6 43. a4 Ng5 44. Rxb6 axb6 45. Rf6 Rd2+ 46.
Kf1 Ne6 47. Bxe6 fxe6 48. Rxg6+ Kf7 49. Rg7+ Ke8 50. Rb7 Rd5 51. Bb8 Rd1+ 52.
Ke2 Rb1 53. Rxb6 Kd7 54. a5 h4 55. a6 Ra1 56. a7 h3 57. Rb7+ Kc6 58. Rh7 Kb5
59. Kd3 e5 60. Bxe5 Ra3 61. Kc3 c4 62. Bd6 Rxb3+ 63. Kc2 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. Nb5 Qe7 10. Bd2 Ne4 11. Be1 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Be2
Rd8 15. Qa4 Nd2 16. Nxc7 Bd7 17. Qa5 Nxf1 18. Nxa8 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Rxa8 20. Qb4
Qxb4 21. Bxb4 Be6 22. Bc3 f6 23. a3 Rd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Bd5 26. h3 Kf7
27. Kf2 Ke6 28. Bc2 g6 29. Kg3 b6 30. a4 Nd7 31. b4 Ne5 32. h4 f5 33. Kf4 Nf7
34. g4 fxg4 35. Kxg4 Ke7 36. Kf4 Ke6 37. Bd4 Nd6 38. e4 Bc4 39. h5 gxh5 40. e5
Nf7 41. Bxh7 h4 42. Bf5+ Kd5 43. Bc3 Bb3 44. a5 bxa5 45. bxa5 Nd8 46. Be4+ Ke6
47. Be1 Ba4 48. Bxh4 Nc6 49. Bf5+ Kd5 50. Bd7 Nxe5 51. Bxa4 Ng6+ 52. Kg3 Nxh4
53. Kxh4 Kc5 54. Bd7 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Pasman, Marks"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B26"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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. f4 O-O 10. Kh1 Rb8 11. Ng1 b5 12. Qd2 b4 13. Nd1 Nb5 14. Nf3 Qc7 15. Qf2
Bb7 16. g4 f5 17. Qh4 Qd7 18. Rg1 Nc6 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nf3 Ncd4 21. gxf5 exf5 22.
Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Qf2 Qf7 24. c3 Nc6 25. e5 dxe5 26. Bxc5 Rfd8 27. a3 bxc3 28. Nxc3
Rxd3 29. Rad1 Rbd8 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. Qc2 e4 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Qc4 34. Qd6
Kh7 35. h4 Qf7 36. h5 gxh5 37. Nd1 Qf6 38. Qd7 Qh4+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qh4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. fxg5 Ng4 13. Qd2 Be7 14. Be2
Ne5 15. Kb1 hxg5 16. Bg3 b5 17. Qe3 Qb8 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Bg4 Qb7 20. Rhf1 b4
21. Ne2 Bxe4 22. Ng3 Bxg2 23. Qxe5 Rh7 24. Rf2 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Nf5 Qd5
27. Nd6+ Ke7 28. Qg3 Bh1 29. Nc8+ Kd7 30. Qb8 Qd4 31. Rf1 Bc7 32. Nb6+ Qxb6 33.
Qxb6 Bxb6 34. Rxh1 f5 35. Be2 g4 36. Bxa6 Kc7 37. Bc4 g3 38. Bf1 gxh2 39. Bg2
Bg1 40. Kc1 Rg7 41. Bf3 e5 42. Kd2 e4 43. Be2 f4 44. c3 bxc3+ 45. Kxc3 f3 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Black "Fridstein, German"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B58"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bf1 Be6 11. h3 Rc8 12. b3 a6 13. Bb2 Qa5 14. a3 Nb8 15. Qd2
Qc5 16. Rac1 b5 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Qc6 19. Qe3 Nbd7 20. c4 Qb7 21. Ra1 Rb8
22. Nd2 Nh5 23. g3 Bg5 24. Qe2 Qa7 25. Qxh5 Bxd2 26. Red1 Bb4 27. Kg2 Nc5 28.
Nxc5 Bxc5 29. Rd3 f5 30. Ba3 fxe4 31. Bxc5 Qxc5 32. Re3 Rf6 33. Qe2 Rbf8 34.
Kg1 Rf3 35. Rxa6 Bc8 36. Ra8 d5 37. cxd5 Qxd5 38. Qxf3 Rxf3 39. Bc4 Qxc4 40.
bxc4 Rf8 41. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 h6 8. b4
Bd6 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Qc2 Ne7 11. Rfe1 Ng6 12. g3 Bh3 13. Nf1 c6 14. Ne3 Qd7 15.
a3 Be7 16. c4 d4 17. Ng2 b6 18. Bc1 Red8 19. Bd2 Bg4 20. Qd1 Bd6 21. Nfh4 Nxh4
22. Nxh4 Bh3 23. Bf1 g5 24. Bxh3 Qxh3 25. Nf5 Ne8 26. Qg4 Qxg4 27. Nxh6+ Kg7
28. Nxg4 Nf6 29. f3 Nxg4 30. fxg4 Be7 31. Rf1 Rh8 32. Rf5 f6 33. Raf1 Rh7 34.
Bxg5 fxg5 35. Rf7+ Kg6 36. Rxh7 Kxh7 37. Rf7+ Kg6 38. Rxe7 a5 39. Rxe5 axb4 40.
axb4 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Ra2+ 42. Kf3 Kf6 43. Rf5+ Kg6 44. e5 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B05"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Be3
O-O 9. exd6 cxd6 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Nbd2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 f5 14. f4 Bf6
15. c5 Nd5 16. Bf3 dxc5 17. dxc5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qe7 19. Nc4 Kh8 20. Nd6 Rc7 21.
Nb5 Na5 22. Qa4 Rxc5 23. b4 Rxb5 24. Qxb5 Bxa1 25. bxa5 Bf6 26. Bxb7 e5 27. Kh1
exf4 28. exf4 Qc7 29. a6 Qxf4 30. Qc5 Qb8 31. Qxf5 Bd4 32. Qh5 Qf4 33. Bg2 g6
34. Qh3 Rf5 35. Rf1 Qe3 36. Qxe3 Rxf1+ 37. Bxf1 Bxe3 38. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Black "Pasman, Marks"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "C73"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Qf3 c5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 Nf6 12. Qc6+ Nd7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nd5
Ra7 15. Bf4 Nf6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rfe1 Qd7 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Re7 Rd8 20. Rae1
Raa8 21. Bd2 Kf8 22. Ba5 Ra7 23. f3 Rb7 24. b3 Ra7 25. c4 Rb7 26. R1e3 h6 27.
Kf2 Ra7 28. g4 Rb7 29. h4 Ra7 30. Kg3 Rb7 31. f4 d5 32. g5 dxc4 33. g6 fxg6 34.
fxg6 Nf6 35. Rf7+ Kg8 36. Ree7 Re8 37. Rxg7+ Kh8 38. Bc3 Nh5+ 39. Kg4 Nxg7 40.
Rxe8# 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fridstein, German"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Qe8 9. Ne5 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Bd2 Be7 13. a3 b4 14. Ne4 Nd5 15.
Qc2 f5 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 bxa3 18. bxa3 Rf6 19. Rab1 Nb6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21.
Rfc1 Bd5 22. Qxc7 Rg6 23. g3 Nd7 24. Qd6 Qd8 25. Qc7 Qe8 26. Qd6 Qd8 27. Qc7
Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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. Qc2 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. O-O c5
15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. b4 Qe7 18. Be2 Qg5 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Qd5 21.
Rc2 Na6 22. a3 Rd7 23. Rd2 Qb7 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. h3 Qd3 27. Nd4
Qxc3 28. Rxc3 Kf8 29. Nb5 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Rd7 31. Rc8+ Ke7 32. f4 Rb7 33. e4 Kd7
34. Ra8 f5 35. Rg8 Kc6 36. Nd4+ Kd6 37. exf5 e5 38. Rd8+ Kc7 39. Ne6+ Kc6 40.
fxe5 Kb5 41. Rg8 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f4 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. Qd3 a5 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Qc6 17. Qb5 Qc7 18. Bb6 Qxc2 19. Bd1 Qc8 20. Nxa5 Ba6 21.
Qxe5 Bxf1 22. Qxe7 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Qxb4 Rfb8 25. a5 Bd3 26. Ba4 Qg6 27.
Re1 Qf6 28. e5 Qg6 29. Bb3 Bf5 30. Bd5 Rxa5 31. Qxa5 Qxb6 32. Qxb6 Rxb6 33. Re2
Be6 34. Bxe6 Rxe6 35. Kg1 Kf8 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. Kf3 Rb6 38. Ke4 Ke6 39. Kd4 Rb8
40. Kc4 Rc8+ 41. Kd4 Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pasman, Marks"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D25"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Bxc4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qe2 Nfd7 8.
Rd1 Nb6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Na3 Bd7 11. b3 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Bb2
Qf6 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Rad8 18. f4 Qf6 19. Bd5 Bc8 20. Rac1
Qb6 21. Kh1 Rd7 22. Bf3 Rfd8 23. h3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 c5 26. Qd5
Qc7 27. Kg1 b6 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Ke1 Be6 30. Qd3 f6 31. g4 h6 32. h4 Qd7 33.
Qxd7+ Bxd7 34. Kd2 Kf7 35. Kc3 Be6 36. a3 Ke7 37. Be2 Kd6 38. Bf3 Bd7 39. Be2
Bc8 40. Bf3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Fridstein, German"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nbd2 b6 8. b3
Bb7 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. e4 Ne8 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qe2 Nc7 14. Rad1 Rfd8
15. Bh3 Ne8 16. f4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 g6 18. Ba1 Bf8 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Rc7 21.
Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Bxe6+ Kg7 23. d5+ Nf6 24. g4 Qc5+ 25. Kf1 Be7 26. g5 Kf8 27. gxf6
Bd6 28. f5 cxd5 29. Qd2 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fridstein, German"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "176"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Nc3
d5 9. Ne5 Qe8 10. Re1 b5 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. Qb3 b4 13. Na4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15.
Bd2 Bc4 16. Qd1 Rfc8 17. Rc1 Qe8 18. b3 Bb5 19. Nc5 a5 20. Be3 Rc6 21. Qd2 Rac8
22. a4 bxa3 23. Qxa5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Ra6 25. Qd2 a2 26. f4 Ne4 27. Qb2 f6 28. Bd4
Qg6 29. e3 h5 30. Bxe4 Qxe4 31. Qg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Ra3 33. Ra1 Rca8 34. Rec1
Rxb3 35. c6 Bc4 36. c7 Rb7 37. c8=Q+ Rxc8 38. Rxa2 Rcb8 39. Ra5 Rb1 40. Rxb1
Rxb1 41. Ra1 Rb4 42. h3 Bd3 43. g4 h4 44. Ra8+ Kf7 45. Rh8 Be4+ 46. Kf2 Rc4 47.
Rxh4 Rc2+ 48. Ke1 Rc8 49. g5 Kg6 50. gxf6 gxf6 51. Rg4+ Kf5 52. Rh4 Kg6 53.
Rg4+ Kf5 54. Rh4 Rc1+ 55. Kd2 Rc2+ 56. Kd1 Rh2 57. Rh5+ Kg6 58. Rh8 Kg7 59. Re8
Bf5 60. Re7+ Kg6 61. Re8 Kf7 62. Rb8 Bxh3 63. Rb2 Rh1+ 64. Kd2 Kg6 65. Rb8 Bg4
66. Rf8 Kg7 67. Rb8 Rh2+ 68. Kc1 Rh5 69. Rb7+ Kg6 70. Re7 Rh8 71. Kd2 Rf8 72.
Kd3 Kf5 73. Rg7 Bh5 74. Re7 Ra8 75. Kd2 Ra2+ 76. Kc1 Re2 77. Kb1 Bg4 78. Rf7
Ke4 79. Rxf6 Rxe3 80. Bxe3 Kxe3 81. Kc1 d4 82. Rf8 d3 83. Rd8 Bf3 84. Rd6 Bd5
85. Kd1 Bf3+ 86. Ke1 Bg4 87. Rd8 Bf5 88. Rd7 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Pasman, Marks"]
[Black "Fridstein, German"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "D78"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bf4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Be5 f6 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Qa4 b5 13. Qxa7 Be6 14. Nd2 f5
15. Bxc6 b4 16. a4 bxc3 17. Nf3 Qd6 18. Bb5 Bd5 19. Rfd1 c2 20. Rd2 Qa3 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E41"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3
d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Nb3 Nb7 13. Qh5 O-O 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3
Qe7 16. Rae1 a6 17. g3 Nd8 18. f4 b5 19. f5 b4 20. cxb4 cxb4 21. c5 Nxc5 22.
Nxc5 dxc5 23. Rc1 Nb7 24. d6 Qxd6 25. Bc4+ Kh8 26. g4 Qd7 27. Rf3 g6 28. fxg6
Qxg4+ 29. Qxg4 Bxg4 30. Rg3 hxg6 31. Rxg4 Kg7 32. Bd5 Rab8 33. Kh1 g5 34. Rg2
Rh8 35. Bxc5 Rhc8 36. Rgc2 Nxc5 37. Rxc5 Rxc5 38. Rxc5 Kg6 39. Rc7 g4 40. Be6
Rd8 41. Kg2 Rd6 42. Bxg4 Kg5 43. Rd7 Rc6 44. Bd1 f5 45. exf5 Kxf5 46. Kf2 Rh6
47. Bc2+ e4 48. Ke3 Rxh2 49. Rd5+ Ke6 50. Bb3 Rh3+ 51. Kxe4 Rh4+ 52. Kd3 Rh3+
53. Kd4 1-0

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Pasman, Marks"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Nge2
cxd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. O-O a5 11. a3 Nc5 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. h3 Nf6
15. Nc1 b6 16. Re1 Ne8 17. Nb3 Nd6 18. a4 Bd7 19. Bf1 f5 20. Nd2 f4 21. g4 h5
22. f3 Bf6 23. Qe2 Bh4 24. Red1 Qf6 25. Bg2 Kg7 26. Rf1 Rh8 27. b3 Bg3 28. Nc4
Nxc4 29. bxc4 Rh7 30. d6 hxg4 31. fxg4 Rah8 32. Nd5 Qg5 33. Nxb6 Be6 34. d7
Rxh3 35. Bxh3 Rxh3 36. Rfd1 Qh4 37. Qg2 Rh2 38. Ra2 Rxg2+ 39. Rxg2 Bf2+ 0-1

[Event "20th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pasman, Marks"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. O-O Ng6 12. Re1 a6 13. a4 Qe7 14. g3 Bg4 15. Be2
Rae8 16. Nd2 Bc8 17. Nc4 Bb4 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Bf3 Be7 20. h4 h6 21. Be3 Bd6 22.
Nxd6 cxd6 23. Bb6 Nh7 24. Bg2 Qe7 25. Rc1 f5 26. exf5 Bxf5 27. Ne4 Rc8 28. Rxc8
Rxc8 29. Qh5 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 Ngf8 31. Qg4 Nd7 32. Bxh7+ Kxh7 33. Be3 Qf7 34. h5
Kh8 35. Rd1 Rc7 36. Qe6 Qxh5 37. Re1 Nf6 38. Kg2 Ng4 39. Qxd6 Nxe3+ 40. Rxe3
Rc1 41. Qd8+ Kh7 42. Qh4 Qd1 43. Rxe5 Qf1+ 44. Kf3 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Qf1+ 46. Kf3
Qd1+ 47. Kg2 Qf1+ 48. Kf3 Qd3+ 49. Kg2 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

