[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D19"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15.
Qe3 Rfc8 16. a5 a6 17. Ra4 Bg6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qb3 Rc4 20. Bg5 Qf8 21. Bd2
Bxd2 22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. Qxb7 Bxa5 24. Qxd7 Qe8 25. Qxe8+ Rxe8 26. Ra1 Rb8 27.
Kf1 Rb5 28. Ng5 Bd2 29. Nxe6 Rxb2 30. Rxa6 c3 31. Ke2 Bh6+ 32. Kd3 c2 33. Ra8+
Kf7 34. Ra7+ Kxe6 35. Ke4 Rb4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E29"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nc6 8.
Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. Be3 Ba6 11. Qa4 Qc8 12. O-O Na5 13. dxc5 d6 14. cxb6 axb6
15. Qc2 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Rfd1 b5 18. Ng3 Qc6 19. Qd2 d5 20. e5 f6 21. Bd4
fxe5 22. Bxe5 Nf6 23. Re1 Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Qd4 Rfd8 26. Qxe4 Qxe4 27. Rxe4
Rxa3 28. Rae1 Rda8 29. h4 Ra1 30. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 31. Kh2 h5 32. Bd4 Rd1 33. Rf4 Rd3
34. g4 Bd5 35. gxh5 Bf3 36. Kg1 Bxh5 37. Re4 Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rac1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rfe1
Rf6 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Rh6 17. f3 Re6 18. Re2 Re8 19. Rce1 Qg5 20. Nd1 Qh4
21. b3 Nf8 22. g3 Qh5 23. Kg2 Rh6 24. Rh1 Ne6 25. h4 Qf7 26. Ree1 Rg6 27. Kf2
Qc7 28. Rhg1 c5 29. dxc5 Qxc5 30. f4 Rd8 31. Qd3 d4 32. e4 fxe4 33. Rxe4 Qd5
34. Re5 Qc6 35. Rge1 Nxf4 36. Qf3 Nh3+ 37. Kg2 Nf4+ 38. Kf2 Qxf3+ 39. Kxf3 Nd3
40. Re8+ Rxe8 41. Rxe8+ Kf7 42. Rd8 Rf6+ 43. Ke4 Nc5+ 44. Kd5 Rf5+ 45. Kc4 Ne6
46. Rd7+ Kf6 47. a4 Rc5+ 48. Kd3 Rc1 49. Ke2 Rc7 50. Rd5 Rc2+ 51. Kf3 Rc1 52.
Ke2 Rc2+ 53. Kf3 a6 54. Rd7 Rc1 55. Ke2 Rc7 56. Rxc7 Nxc7 57. Kd3 Ke5 58. Kc4
b6 59. Nf2 Ne8 60. Kd3 Nd6 61. b4 Kd5 62. Nh3 Ne4 63. Nf4+ Ke5 64. Ne2 Nf2+ 65.
Kd2 Kd5 66. Nf4+ Kc4 67. Ne6 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B65"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 h6 11. Bh4 Qa5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Qxe5 14. fxe5
Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Bh7+ Kxh7 18. Rxd7 Nc6 19. Rxb7 Nxe5 20. Nb5
Rab8 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Gusev, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. O-O O-O
9. Re1 Nbd7 10. a4 Qc7 11. Qc2 e6 12. Bf4 Rae8 13. Rad1 e5 14. Be3 Nb6 15. a5
Nc8 16. Ra1 Ne7 17. Reb1 Nd7 18. Ne1 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 f5 20. f3 fxe4 21. fxe4 Rf7
22. Nd3 Ref8 23. b4 cxb4 24. Rxb4 Nf5 25. exf5 e4 26. Nf4 Bxc3 27. Ne6 Qc8 28.
fxg6 hxg6 29. Nxf8 Qxf8 30. Rab1 Bxb4 31. Rxb4 Qg7 32. Rb1 Qc3 33. Rd1 Ne5 34.
Bd4 Qxc4 35. Qxe4 Rf5 36. h3 Rf7 37. Re1 Rf5 38. Bxe5 Rf1+ 39. Kh2 Qxe4 40.
Rxe4 dxe5 41. Rxe5 Rd1 42. Kg3 Rd2 43. Kf3 Kf7 44. h4 Rd4 45. g3 Rd1 46. Ke4
Ra1 47. d6 Ra4+ 48. Ke3 Ra3+ 49. Kf4 Rd3 50. Re7+ Kf6 51. Rxb7 Rd4+ 52. Ke3 Ra4
53. Rb3 Ke6 54. Rd3 Kd7 55. Rd5 Rb4 56. Rg5 Ra4 57. Rxg6 Rxa5 58. g4 Ra1 59.
Kd3 a5 60. Kc2 Rh1 61. h5 Rh3 62. h6 a4 63. Kb2 Kc6 64. g5 Kd7 65. Rg7+ Kxd6
66. h7 a3+ 67. Ka2 Kc5 68. g6 Kb4 69. Rb7+ Ka4 70. Rb8 Rh2+ 71. Ka1 Rh1+ 72.
Rb1 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Uusi, Gunnar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. Ne3 Bf8 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh2 Rad8 17. Qf3 Be6 18. g4 Nb7 19. b3 Nd6 20. g5 Nd7 21. Nhg4 a5
22. Kh1 c4 23. b4 axb4 24. cxb4 Nc8 25. Rg1 Bxb4 26. Rb1 Qa5 27. a4 bxa4 28.
Nh6+ gxh6 29. gxh6+ Kh8 30. Nd5 Be7 31. Nxe7 Nxe7 32. Bg5 Ng6 33. Rbd1 f6 34.
Rxd7 Rxd7 35. Qxf6+ Kg8 36. Bh4 Rf7 37. Rxg6+ hxg6 38. Qxg6+ Kf8 39. h7 Qe1+
40. Kg2 Bxh3+ 41. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qe2 b5 13. Rad1 b4 14. e5 bxc3
15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rxd6 Rac8 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Rfd1 a5 20. Qd2
Qc5+ 21. Qd4 Qf5 22. Rd2 Be4 23. Re2 Bxc2 24. Re5 Qf6 25. Rxa5 Qh4 26. g3 Qh3
27. Bc4 Bf5 28. Rc5 Rxc5 29. Qxc5 Be4 30. Bf1 Qg4 31. Rd2 h5 32. Bg2 Bxg2 33.
Kxg2 Ra8 34. h3 Qg6 35. Qc2 Qxc2 36. Rxc2 Kh7 37. Re2 Ra3 38. h4 Kg6 39. Kh3
Ra6 40. Kg2 f6 41. a4 Rxa4 42. Rxe6 Ra2+ 43. Kf3 Ra3+ 44. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Qc7 9. a4 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Bf1 Nc5 15.
Nxc5 dxc5 16. Qf2 Rac8 17. Bc4 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Qe2 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 Qc8
21. Nc3 Ne8 22. Qd3 Nc7 23. Kf1 Bf8 24. b3 Bc6 25. Bg5 Qb7 26. Bd8 b5 27. Bxc7
bxc4 28. Qd8 cxb3 29. cxb3 Qxb3 30. Bd6 Qc4+ 31. Ne2 h6 32. Bxf8 Bxa4 33. Bxc5+
Kh7 34. Qd5 Qc2 35. Be3 Bb5 36. Qd2 Qc4 37. Kf2 a5 38. Nc3 Qf1+ 39. Kg3 Ba6 40.
Nd5 h5 41. h4 a4 42. Ne7 Bd3 43. Qc3 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C79"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. O-O Nxe4 8. Re1
Nf6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Nxe5 Be4 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. Bh6 Nxf2 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Bf6 Rd2 18. Kf1 Nd1 19. Nd3 Rg6 20. Bxe7
Rxd3 21. Bc5+ Re6 22. Raxd1 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Bd3 Nc6 16. Ne3 Nb4 17. Bb1 exd4 18. Nxd4 Rfe8 19. Nef5 Bf8 20. a3 Nc6 21. Bg5
Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Qc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Nh6+ gxh6 25. Bxf6 Bg7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27.
Bd3 Rce5 28. f3 f5 29. Rac1 fxe4 30. Rc7+ R8e7 31. Rxe7+ Rxe7 32. fxe4 Kf6 33.
Rf1+ Ke5 34. Bb1 Rc7 35. Rf5+ Kd4 36. Rf1 Rc4 37. h4 Bxe4 38. Bxe4 Kxe4 39. Rf6
Rc1+ 40. Kh2 d5 41. Rxh6 Rc7 42. Rxa6 d4 43. Kg3 Ke3 44. Re6+ Kd2 45. Rb6 Rc5
46. Rh6 Rc7 47. Rb6 d3 48. Rxb5 Kc2 49. Rd5 d2 50. Kf4 d1=Q 51. Rxd1 Kxd1 52.
b4 Ke2 53. h5 Rf7+ 54. Kg5 Kd3 55. Kh6 Ke4 56. g4 Rb7 57. a4 Kf4 58. g5 Rxb4
59. a5 Kf5 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eremin, Anatoly"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. a4
b6 9. Be2 Ba6 10. O-O Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nd7 12. a5 O-O 13. Qa6 Rfc8 14. axb6 Qxb6
15. Qa4 Qc6 16. Qxc6 Nxc6 17. Ba3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Na5 19. Rfb1 Rxc2 20. Bd6 Nc6
21. Rb7 Nf8 22. h4 h6 23. Ra6 Rc8 24. Bc5 Ng6 25. Bxa7 Nf4 26. Bc5 Nd3 27. Rbb6
Nxc5 28. dxc5 Rxc5 29. Rb7 Rc4 30. Rd7 Re4 31. Rb6 Nxe5 32. Nxe5 Rxe5 33. Rbb7
Rf5 34. f3 h5 35. Kf2 Rc2+ 36. Kg3 Rd2 37. Kh3 Rd3 38. Re7 e5 39. Kh2 Rd4 40.
Kg3 g6 41. Rb8+ Kg7 42. Rbe8 Kf6 43. Rd7 Rd3 44. Ree7 Kg7 45. Kh2 Rd4 46. Kg3
Kf8 47. Kh3 e4 48. fxe4 Rd3+ 49. g3 Rf2 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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. Be3 Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. f3 Bb7 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Qe1 d5 15.
exd5 Bb4 16. Qf2 Bxc3 17. d6 Qc6 18. bxc3 Nd5 19. c4 Nc3 20. a5 Nxd1 21. Rxd1
b5 22. c5 Nf8 23. Bd3 Qd7 24. Be4 Rac8 25. Qg3 Bxe4 26. fxe4 f6 27. Qf3 Ne6 28.
Qe2 Rf8 29. Qd3 Nd8 30. Nc1 Nc6 31. Na2 Rfd8 32. Nc3 Nd4 33. Nd5 Rxc5 34. c3
Rxd5 35. exd5 Nf5 36. Bb6 Rc8 37. Qh3 Rc4 38. Bc7 Rh4 39. Qf3 Nxd6 40. Bxd6
Qxd6 41. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
Nc6 9. Qd2 Na5 10. b3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bb2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Bf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rac1 Rd8 18. Ne4 f5 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nf3 f6 21.
Rc7 Rd7 22. Rc8+ Rd8 23. Rfc1 Rh7 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Nd4 Kd7 26. Rd1 Ke7 27. b4
Nb7 28. Nc6+ Ke8 29. Nxa7 Rc7 30. Rd2 Rc4 31. a3 Ke7 32. Nb5 e5 33. Rd3 Ke6 34.
Rc3 Rxc3 35. Nxc3 Nd6 36. a4 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Novopashin, Arkady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Yudovich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qe2 b5 13. Nxb5 Bxb5 14. Qxb5
Nxe4 15. f5 Bf6 16. Rad1 Bxd4+ 17. Rxd4 d5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rdd1 Qg5 20. Qe2
Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Qe1 Qe7 24. g3 Qc5+ 25. Kg2 Qd4 26. c3
Qd3 27. Qd1 Nc5 28. Bc2 Qxd1 29. Bxd1 Nd3 30. b3 Nc1 31. a3 Na2 32. c4 d4 33.
Kf3 Nc3 34. Bc2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljavdansky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Bd2
c5 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. Qe2 e5 14. Ba6 Bxa6
15. Qxa6 e4 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nh3 Rfe8 18. Qe2 c4 19. f4 Nd5 20. Kh1 b5 21. g4 g6
22. g5 h5 23. f5 N7b6 24. Qg2 Qd7 25. Rf2 a5 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Nf4 Kg7 28. Raf1
Ra7 29. Ne2 Qe7 30. Rb1 Qxa3 31. Rxb5 Qa4 32. Rc5 Qd1+ 33. Ng1 a4 34. Rf1 Qg4
35. Qf2 a3 36. Bc1 a2 37. Bb2 Qxg5 38. Rc6 Qf5 39. Qg3 Qg4 40. Qf2 Qd7 41. Rc5
Na4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Lepikhin"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B59"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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. Be3 Be6 10. Bf3 a5 11. Nd5 a4 12. Bb6 Qd7 13. Nd2 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb4
15. c4 Rfc8 16. Qb1 g6 17. a3 Na6 18. b4 axb3 19. Qxb3 Qe8 20. Rfb1 Nd7 21. Be3
f5 22. Qxb7 Rc7 23. Qb5 Bf6 24. Ra2 Qc8 25. Be2 Rb8 26. Qa5 Rcb7 27. Rb5 Nac5
28. a4 Ra8 29. Qb4 Rba7 30. a5 Bd8 31. Nb3 Nxb3 32. Qxb3 Rxa5 33. Raxa5 Rxa5
34. Rb7 Ra1+ 35. Bf1 f4 36. Ba7 Nf8 37. f3 Rxa7 38. Rb5 Bb6+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gusev, Yury"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C22"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bc4 Nb4 7. Qd2 c6 8.
a3 d5 9. Bb3 d4 10. Nce2 Na6 11. e5 Nd7 12. Nf3 c5 13. c3 dxc3 14. Qxc3 Nb6 15.
Nf4 O-O 16. O-O Bf5 17. Rd1 Qc8 18. Be3 c4 19. Bxb6 cxb3 20. Nd5 Qe8 21. Be3
Bc2 22. Rd4 Kh8 23. Rg4 Rc8 24. Rc4 Rxc4 25. Qxc4 b5 26. Qc3 Qd7 27. Nxe7 Qxe7
28. Qa5 Qb7 29. Nd4 Nc7 30. Rc1 Nd5 31. Bd2 Qe7 32. Nxc2 bxc2 33. Rxc2 Qxe5 34.
Qxb5 h6 35. g3 Re8 36. Rc5 Rd8 37. Ba5 Rd6 38. Qb8+ Kh7 39. Rc6 Re6 40. Qxe5
Rxe5 41. Rc5 h5 42. h3 h4 43. f4 Re2 44. Rxd5 hxg3 45. Bc3 Rf2 46. Rg5 f6 47.
Rxg3 Rxf4 48. Rg4 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Uusi, Gunnar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. a3 Be7 10. exd4 Qc7 11. b4 Ng4 12. g3 f5 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Bf4 d6 15. h3
Nf6 16. Qe2 Nd8 17. Rfe1 Nh5 18. Bd2 g6 19. Bh6 Re8 20. g4 fxg4 21. hxg4 Nf6
22. Nh2 Bf8 23. Bf4 Nf7 24. Rac1 e5 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Bg3 Bh6 27. Rcd1 Bf4 28.
Ne4 Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Bxg3 30. fxg3 Ng5 31. Bxb7 Qxb7 32. Rd5 Rad8 33. Red1 Rxd5
34. Rxd5 b5 35. Qd3 bxc4 36. Qxc4 Nh3+ 37. Kf1 Rf8+ 38. Ke1 Kh8 39. Qc5 Re8 40.
Nf3 e4 41. Qd4+ Kg8 42. Rd8 Rxd8 43. Qxd8+ Kf7 44. Ne5+ Ke6 45. Nc4 Qc6 46.
Qg8+ Kf6 47. Qh8+ Kg5 48. Qxh7 Kf6 49. Qh8+ Ke6 50. Qg7 Qb5 51. Qxg6+ Kd7 52.
Qxe4 Qa4 53. Qh7+ Kc6 54. Qxh3 Qc2 55. Qh1+ Kb5 56. Qd5+ Ka4 57. Qd1 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Nh5 8.
Be3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bc5 Re8 11. Re1 Qf6 12. Bf1 Rd8 13. Be3 Nf4 14. g3 Bg4
15. Qc1 Ne6 16. Nh4 Nf8 17. Nb3 Qe7 18. h3 Bc8 19. Nf3 Ne6 20. Bc4 Nb8 21. Bh6
Bf6 22. Qe3 Nd7 23. a4 Nb6 24. Bf1 a5 25. Nbd2 Bd7 26. Nc4 Nd4 27. Nxd4 exd4
28. Qf3 Nxc4 29. Bxc4 Be5 30. h4 Be6 31. Qb3 Ra6 32. f4 Rb6 33. Qd3 Bg7 34.
Bxe6 Qxe6 35. f5 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C95"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 ( 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Nf1 a4 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Ng3
g6 15. Nh2 h5 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 $16 ) 10... Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 c5 13.
Nf1 Re8 14. d5 ( 14. Ng3 g6 15. b4 $16 ) 14... Bc8 15. Ne3 g6 16. g4 c4 17. Nh2
( 17. b3 cxb3 18. axb3 Nc5 19. Nd2 h5 20. b4 Nb7 21. c4 Bd7 $16 ) 17... Nc5 18.
f3 h5 19. Re2 hxg4 20. hxg4 Nh7 21. b3 cxb3 22. axb3 Ng5 23. Kg2 ( 23. Qf1 Kg7
24. b4 Nd7 25. Bd3 Rb8 26. c4 Rh8 $17 ) 23... Kg7 24. b4 Nb7 25. Bd3 Rh8 26.
Nef1 ( 26. Bxb5 Rxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qh8+ 28. Kg1 Nxf3+ 29. Kg2 Qh2+ 30. Kxf3 Bxg4+
31. Nxg4 Qh3+ 32. Kf2 Bh4+ 33. Kg1 Qxg4+ 34. Kf1 Qf3+ 35. Kg1 Bf2+ 36. Rxf2
Qxd1+ $17 ) 26... Nh3 27. Rea2 a5 28. Be3 Bd7 29. Qd2 a4 30. c4 bxc4 31. Bxc4
Bg5 32. Bxg5 Nxg5 33. Bb3 Nh3 34. Bxa4 Rxa4 35. Rxa4 Bxa4 36. Rxa4 Qb6 37. Ne3
Nf4+ 38. Kh1 Rc8 39. Ra1 Nd8 40. Nhf1 f6 41. Ng2 ( 41. g5 { ! } 41... fxg5 42.
Nh2 Nf7 43. Nhg4 Rc7 $17 ) 41... Nh3 42. Kh2 Ng5 43. Ne1 Ndf7 44. Kg2 Rh8 45.
Nd3 Rh3 46. Qe3 Qb8 47. Nd2 Qh8 48. Rg1 Rh2+ 49. Kf1 Nh3 50. Rg2 Rh1+ 51. Ke2
Qa8 52. Rf2 Qa1 53. Nf1 ( 53. Rf1 Rh2+ 54. Rf2 Ng1# ) 53... Qa2+ 54. Qd2 ( 54.
Ke1 Qb1+ 55. Nc1 Nxf2 56. Kxf2 Qxb4 $17 ) 54... Qc4 55. Ne3 Nf4# 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Eremin, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E99"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. b4 g5 13. c5 Nf6 14. a4 Rf7 15. a5 Ng6
16. Nf2 h5 17. c6 Bh6 18. Bd2 Rg7 19. cxb7 Bxb7 20. Rc1 Bc8 21. h3 Nh4 22. Nb5
a6 23. Na3 Qe8 24. b5 Qg6 25. Rc4 g4 26. fxg4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 f3+
29. Bxf3 Bxd2 30. b6 Bxa5 31. Rxc7 Bxb6 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Nc4 Bc5 34. Rh1 Bd7
35. g5 Rf8 36. Qd2 Nh7 37. Nh3 Rxf3 38. Kxf3 Qh5+ 39. Kg2 Qg4+ 40. Kf1 Qxe4 41.
Nf2 Qxc4+ 42. Kg2 Bf5 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Novopashin, Arkady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E73"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5
Qa5 9. Nf3 a6 10. O-O Re8 11. a4 Nf8 12. h3 Qc7 13. Bf4 N8d7 14. Rfe1 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 a5 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. Bd3 b6 19. f4 Nh5 20. f5 Nf6 21. g4 Rf8
22. Rf1 Bd7 23. Nc3 Ne8 24. Rf3 Nd6 25. Raf1 f6 26. h4 Kf7 27. Qh2 Kg8 28. b3
Rf7 29. Rh3 Qc8 30. Qd2 Qf8 31. h5 g5 32. h6 Bxh6 33. Qh2 Bg7 34. Rxh7 Qe8 35.
Rf3 Rf8 36. Rfh3 Nf7 37. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Yudovich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E74"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 Qa5
9. Bd2 e6 10. Nf3 exd5 11. exd5 Bg4 12. O-O Qc7 13. a5 Nbd7 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Rfe8 16. Qa4 Re7 17. Rfe1 Ne5 18. Be2 Rae8 19. f4 Ned7 20. Bf3 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Rxe1+ 22. Bxe1 Nh5 23. Bxh5 gxh5 24. Ne2 Bxb2 25. Ng3 Nf6 26. Nf5 Kf8 27.
Bh4 Ng8 28. Qd1 Qxa5 29. Qe2 Bd4+ 30. Kh2 Qc7 31. Qxh5 h6 32. Nxh6 Nxh6 33.
Qxh6+ Bg7 34. Qh7 b5 35. Bg5 b4 36. f5 f6 37. Bh6 Qf7 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Bxg7 b3
40. Bh6 b2 41. Qb8 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Ljavdansky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Lepikhin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Bb4 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 c4 10. Bf5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nc5 12. O-O Nce4 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14.
Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nd2 O-O 16. f3 Rce8 17. Rae1 b5 18. Rf2 b4 19. Rfe2 Re6 20. cxb4
Qxb4 21. Nb1 Rfe8 22. Nc3 g6 23. Qd2 Kg7 24. Rb1 Qa3 25. Kf2 a6 26. Rb7 h5 27.
Nd1 h4 28. Rb4 Nh5 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. Nxc3 Nf6 31. Rb7 R8e7 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rb2
Re6 34. Rb8 Nd7 35. Rb7 Rd6 36. Ke2 Kf8 37. Kd2 Ke8 38. Ra7 Kd8 39. Ra8+ Ke7
40. Rh8 g5 41. Rh5 f6 42. f4 Kf7 43. fxg5 Kg6 44. Rxh4 fxg5 45. Rh8 Nf6 46. Rb8
g4 47. a4 Kf5 48. a5 Rd7 49. Rf8 Kg5 50. Rh8 Rb7 51. Kc2 Re7 52. h4+ Kg6 53.
Ra8 Re6 54. Kd2 g3 55. Rd8 Kh5 56. Nxd5 Ne4+ 57. Ke2 Kxh4 58. Rc8 Rg6 59. Rxc4
Rg5 60. Nb4 Rf5 61. d5 Rf2+ 62. Kd3 Rxg2 63. Kxe4 Rh2 64. Kf3+ Kh3 65. Nd3 Rd2
66. Nf4+ Kh2 67. Ne2 Kh3 68. Nxg3 Rxd5 69. Rc1 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A97"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Qe8 7. Nc3 d6 8. Re1
Ne4 9. Qc2 Qg6 10. Be3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Bf6 12. b4 Re8 13. c5 e5 14. cxd6 cxd6 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Rac1 Nc6 17. b5 Nd8 18. Red1 Nf7 19. Qb4 Be6 20. Nh4 Bxh4 21.
Qxh4 e4 22. Rc7 b6 23. a4 a6 24. a5 axb5 25. axb6 Bb3 26. Rdd7 Ra1+ 27. Bf1 f4
28. Bd4 Rd1 29. b7 Qf5 30. g4 f3 31. gxf5 fxe2 32. Qh3 Bc4 33. Rxc4 bxc4 34.
Rc7 Nd6 35. Rxg7+ Kf8 36. Rd7 exf1=Q+ 37. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Nb5 39. Bc5+ Kg8
40. f6 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gusev, Yury"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A11"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. Neg5 h6 13. Nh3 Nd5 14. a3 Bd6
15. Re1 Rc8 16. Bd2 Rc7 17. Rac1 Rxc1 18. Bxc1 Qe7 19. Qe4 N7f6 20. Qe2 Nd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Uusi, Gunnar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C70"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Nxe5+ Ke7
8. d4 d6 9. Bg5+ Nf6 10. Nd3 Kf7 11. O-O Bb7 12. Nc3 Be7 13. e5 dxe5 14. dxe5
Nd5 15. Qf3+ Kg8 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qg4 Qf8 18. a4 h5 19. Qe6+ Qf7 20. Qxf7+
Kxf7 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Rhc8 23. Rfe1 Bc6 24. Nd4 Be8 25. b4 Nac6 26. Nf3
Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Rb8 28. c3 Bd7 29. Ng5+ Kg6 30. h4 Kh6 31. Nf7+ Kg6 32. Ng5 Kh6
33. Nf7+ Kg6 34. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D76"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
O-O Nb6 9. d5 Nb4 10. e4 c6 11. Qb3 Na6 12. Rd1 cxd5 13. exd5 Qc7 14. Bg5 Re8
15. d6 exd6 16. Nb5 Qc5 17. Nxd6 Be6 18. Qe3 Reb8 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Nd4 Nba4
21. Rd2 a5 22. Be3 Ra6 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Nxb7 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bc3 26. Rd3 Bb4 27.
a3 Bf8 28. h4 Nec5 29. Rd8 Rxd8 30. Nxd8 Rb6 31. Rd1 Rd6 32. Rxd6 Bxd6 33. Bd5
Nc3 34. Bxf7+ Kf8 35. Bc4 a4 36. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E29"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nc6 8.
Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. O-O Ba6 11. Ng3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. f4 Nc6 14. a4 f6
15. Ba3 Rf7 16. e5 f5 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. c5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nc7 20. cxb6 axb6 21.
Ne2 Nd5 22. Nc3 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Ra8 24. Rd1 Qc8 25. Qb5 h6 26. Rc4 Qa6 27. Bd6
Na5 28. Rc3 Nc6 29. Rc4 Na5 30. Rc3 Nc6 31. Ra3 Qa5 32. h3 Kh7 33. Qd3 Nb4 34.
Qg3 Nd5 35. h4 g6 36. Qf3 Rc8 37. h5 gxh5 38. Qxh5 Rg7 39. Rh3 Rxg2+ 40. Kh1
Rg6 41. Qf3 Rc3 42. Qf1 Qa8 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8.
Qxb6 axb6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Kd2 b5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Kxd3 Nd7 13. Nge2 Nb6 14.
Ng3 Kd7 15. Nce2 Nc4 16. Kc2 Rg8 17. Nf4 Bd6 18. Ngh5 Be7 19. Rhc1 Nd6 20. Ng3
Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C70"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. Qxd4
Bb7 9. Bg5 Nxb3 10. axb3 f6 11. Bd2 Ne7 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Qe3 Be7 14. Nd5 O-O 15.
Nh4 Re8 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. Rae1 Qd7 19. Bc3 Qf7 20. f3 a5 21. Rd1 b4
22. Bd2 Ne5 23. Be3 Rad8 24. Rd2 c6 25. Nf4 a4 26. bxa4 Nc4 27. Rdd1 Nxb2 28.
Ra1 Ra8 29. Rfb1 Nc4 30. Rxb4 d5 31. Rxc4 dxc4 32. Bd4 g6 33. Nh4 Bg7 34. Nh3
Bc8 35. Nf2 g5 36. Nf5 Bxf5 37. exf5 Qd5 38. Bc3 Re2 39. Ne4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Eremin, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E56"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Ba5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. c4 Ne5 13. cxd5 Bxf3 14. gxf3
Qxd5 15. Be2 Qxc5 16. Bb2 Rad8 17. Bd4 Qe7 18. Qc2 Qe6 19. Rfd1 b6 20. Rac1 Rd5
21. Bb2 Ng6 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. Kh1 Qe6 24. Qc6 Qf5 25. Qb5 Qe6 26. Qc6 Qf5 27.
Qc7 Qd5 28. Rd1 Qf5 29. Rc1 Qd5 30. Qc4 Qf5 31. Qd4 Rc8 32. Rxc8+ Qxc8 33. Bc4
Qf5 34. Kg2 Qg5+ 35. Kf1 Qf5 36. Kg2 Qg5+ 37. Kf1 Qf5 38. Be2 Ne8 39. Qd8 Qb1+
40. Bd1 Qxb2 41. Qxe8+ Nf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Novopashin, Arkady"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bf6 15.
e5 dxe5 16. Be4 Bb7 17. dxe5 Ndxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxe5 20. Rd7 Rab8 21.
Rxb7 Rxb7 22. Bxc6 Rc7 23. Bf3 Rd8 24. Rb1 c4 25. Bd2 c3 26. bxc3 Bxc3 27. Rc1
b4 28. Be3 Rcd7 29. Rb1 a5 30. Bb6 Rb8 31. Bc6 Re7 32. Be3 Rd8 33. h3 Bd4 34.
Rd1 Re6 35. Ba4 Red6 36. Bxd4 Rxd4 37. Rc1 g6 38. Rc7 R4d5 39. Ra7 Kg7 40. Ne3
Rc5 41. Bb3 Rf8 42. Nc4 Rf5 43. f3 Rd8 44. Ne3 Rf4 45. Rxa5 h5 46. Rd5 Rc8 47.
Rd3 Rc3 48. Rxc3 bxc3 49. Kf2 Rd4 50. Nf1 Kf6 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. g3 g5 53. h4 f6
54. a3 Rd8 55. Bc2 gxh4 56. gxh4 Rd4 57. Ng3 Rxh4 58. Ne2 Rh2 59. Bd3 h4 60.
f4+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Yudovich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 e5 7. e4 d6 8. Nge2 a6
9. O-O Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. f3 b6 13. b4 cxb4 14. Na4 Nbd7 15. Qxb4
Nc5 16. Nec3 Nfd7 17. Rab1 Rb8 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Qa3 Qc7 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. Na4
f4 22. Bf2 fxg3 23. hxg3 Bh6 24. Rb2 Kh8 25. Rfb1 Nxa4 26. Qxa4 b5 27. cxb5
axb5 28. Qh4 Kg7 29. Bh3 Bxh3 30. Qxh3 Qf7 31. Qg4+ Kh8 32. Rxb5 Rxb5 33. Rxb5
Qxf3 34. Qxf3 Rxf3 35. Rb3 Rf8 36. Ba7 Kg8 37. Kg2 e4 38. Rb8 Bd2 39. a4 h5 40.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Bb6 Ke7 42. Kf2 Bg5 43. Ke2 Kd7 44. a5 Bc1 45. a6 Kc8 46. Be3
Ba3 47. Kf2 Kc7 48. Kg2 Bb4 49. Kh3 Be1 50. Kh4 Kb8 51. Kxh5 Bxg3 52. Kg4 Be1
53. Kf5 Kc7 54. Kxe4 Bb4 55. Kd3 Ba5 56. Kc4 Be1 57. Kb5 Bg3 58. Bb6+ Kb8 59.
Kc6 Ka8 60. Bc7 Bf2 61. Bxd6 Be1 62. Bf4 Bb4 63. Be3 Be1 64. d6 Bg3 65. d7 Bh4
66. Bb6 Be7 67. Kd5 Bg5 68. Ke6 Bh4 69. Kf7 Bg5 70. Ke8 Bh4 71. Bc5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Ljavdansky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E64"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 Na6 8. O-O
Nc7 9. h3 e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Bf4 Nfe8 12. Qd3 d5 13. Rad1 d4 14. Na4 Na6 15.
Ng5 Bc8 16. Qa3 Qe7 17. Ne4 Be6 18. Nexc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Rc8 20. Nxe6 Qxa3 21.
bxa3 fxe6 22. Bxb7 Rxc4 23. Rc1 Ra4 24. Bc8 e5 25. Bd2 Nf6 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. Bb4
Rd8 28. Rc6 a5 29. Be7 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Lepikhin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B24"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5
Nd4 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 d6 12. Bh6 Qb6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. c3 Nc6
15. Kh1 e5 16. f4 f6 17. cxd4 exd4 18. g4 h6 ( 18... Bxg4 19. Ng3 Bd7 20. Rf2
$40 { 'with the idea' Rg1 } ) 19. Ng3 Bd7 20. Rf2 Qa5 21. Qe2 Rf8 22. a3 Rae8
23. Raf1 Qd8 24. b4 { ! } 24... Qb6 25. Qd2 Qb5 26. Bf3 { ! } 26... Ra8 27. Bd1
a5 28. h4 { ! } 28... axb4 29. a4 Qc5 30. Qe2 Qc3 { ? } 31. g5 fxg5 32. fxg5
hxg5 ( 32... Ne5 33. gxh6+ Kg8 34. h7+ $18 { ! } ) 33. Nh5+ { ! } 33... gxh5
34. Qxh5 Be8 ( 34... Rxf2 35. Qxg5+ Kh7 36. Rg1 $18 { ! } ) 35. Qxg5+ Bg6 36.
Bh5 Ne5 37. Qe7+ Kh6 38. Qg5+ Kg7 39. Qe7+ Kh6 40. Bxg6 Nxg6 41. Qg5+ Kg7 42.
Rg1 { ! } 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 e5 8. dxe5
Ng4 9. Nbd2 Ngxe5 10. Qc1 Re8 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Nc4 Qe7 13. Qd2 Nf8 14. Rad1 h5
15. Qa5 h4 16. Ba3 Qg5 17. Qxc7 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gusev, Yury"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D11"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. a3 a5 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e3 Bg4 14. Nbd4 Rfc8 15.
Qb3 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 a4 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qc2 Qe6 19. Re1 Bh3 20. Bh1 Bf5 21. Qd1
Ne4 22. b4 axb3 23. Qxb3 h5 24. f3 Rcb8 25. Qd1 Nc5 26. e4 dxe4 27. fxe4 Bg4
28. Qc2 Nb3 29. Rb1 Nd4 30. Rxb8+ Rxb8 31. Qf2 Qc4 32. Bf4 Rb3 33. Bg2 Rxa3 34.
Bf1 Qa4 35. Bg2 Ra2 36. Qf1 Qc2 37. Rb1 Bf3 38. Rb8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Uusi, Gunnar"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O a6 8. b3
cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Rac1 Nc6 13. Rfd1 Bd6 14. Na4 dxc4
15. bxc4 Nb4 16. Ne5 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 b5 18. Nc5 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Bd5 20. Nxd6 Qxd6
21. Ra3 a5 22. Bc3 e5 23. Qd2 e4 24. h3 Nh5 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. Bxa5 Nf4 27. Qe3
f5 28. Nb7 Qh6 29. Bd2 g5 30. Nc5 Qg7 31. Re1 Nxg2 32. Kxg2 f4 33. Qc3 e3+ 34.
f3 g4 35. Rg1 Bxf3+ 36. Kf1 g3 37. Bc1 g2+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A14"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 Nd7 10. Nbd2 c5 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. a3 N5f6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Nce4
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qa4 Qd7 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. Rfd1 Nb8 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 f6
21. Nf3 e5 22. Nh4 g6 23. f4 exf4 24. gxf4 Kf7 25. Nf3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bd6 27. e3
Re8 28. Kf2 Re7 29. Nd4 a6 30. Rc8 Re8 31. Rc2 Re7 32. Kf3 f5 33. Rd2 Rd7 34.
Ke2 Be7 35. Rc2 Bf6 36. Nf3 Bxb2 37. Rxb2 Rc7 38. Rd2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. O-O
Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Ne1 c6 11. Be3 cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. f3 Rc8 14. Qd2 Nh5 15.
Nd3 b6 16. Rab1 f5 17. b4 Nxd3 18. Bxd3 Nf4 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. Ba6 Ra8 21. Bb5
Rc8 22. Rfc1 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 fxe4 25. fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B95"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. Bb3
O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bh4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Nd2 b5 16. Qe2 Nd4 17. Qxe4 Qa7 18. Nf3 Nf5 19. O-O-O a5 20. a3 Bb7 21. Qe2 a4
22. Ba2 Rfc8 23. Rd2 b4 24. axb4 a3 25. b3 Qb6 26. c4 Qxb4 27. Rc2 Bxf3 28. Qd2
Qxd2+ 29. Rxd2 Bc6 30. Re1 h5 31. g3 Rab8 32. Kc2 Kf8 33. Kc3 Ke7 34. b4 Rc7
35. Bb3 Bd5 36. Ra2 Rd8 37. b5 Bxc4 38. b6 Rc6 39. Bxc4 Rd4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A63"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. Ne3 Ng4 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. h3 Bd7
15. a4 Nc4 16. Qc2 Na5 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. g4 f5 19. Nb5 fxg4 20. Nxd6 Rf8 21. Nc4
Qb4 22. Ne5 gxh3 23. Bf3 Qxf4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Eremin, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15.
O-O h6 16. Qe2 g6 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Rc4 Kg7 20. Rfc1 Nxe3 21. Qxe3
a6 22. Rxc5 axb5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Qb6 Bb7 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. exd6
Kf8 28. Ne5 Bd5 29. d7 Ke7 30. Nxf7 Kxd7 31. Nxh6 Bxa2 32. Nf7 Bb1 33. f4 Kc6
34. Kf2 Kd5 35. Ke3 Kc4 36. Kd2 Kd4 37. Ng5 Ba2 38. h4 Bd5 39. g4 e5 40. f5
gxf5 41. gxf5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Nd2 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O
b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. e5 Ne8 12. Nf1 Be7 13. Ne3 Nc7 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Qe4 c5 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Be3 c4 19. Ne1 Nb8 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Ng2
Nc6 22. Nf4 Qe4 23. Re1 h6 24. Rad1 Bg5 25. Bc1 Qc2 26. d5 Bxf4 27. dxc6 Bxc1
28. Rxc1 Qxb2 29. Qxc4 Rfd8 30. c7 Rd7 31. Red1 Rcxc7 32. Qxc7 Rxc7 33. Rxc7
Qxa2 34. Rxf7 a5 35. f4 Qe2 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Rdd7 Kg6 38. h3 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qe2+
40. Kg1 Qe3+ 41. Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E26"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Ne4 8.
Bd3 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Nc6 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 b6 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nd2 Ba6 14. Ke2
d6 15. Ne4 Rd8 16. Rac1 Ke7 17. Rc3 Rd7 18. Rhc1 Rc8 19. Nd2 Rdc7 20. R3c2 g6
21. f4 f6 22. g4 e5 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. dxe5 d5 25. c5 Bxd3+ 26. Kxd3 bxc5 27.
Rf1 c4+ 28. Kc3 Rb7 29. Kd4 Rb5 30. Rb1 Nc6+ 31. Kc3 Rxb1 32. Nxb1 Nxe5 33. Rb2
Nxg4 34. Kd4 Rc7 35. Nc3 Nf6 36. Nxd5+ Nxd5 37. Kxd5 c3 38. Rc2 g5 39. Kd4 Ke6
40. Rxc3 Rxc3 41. Kxc3 Ke5 42. Kd3 g4 43. a4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Novopashin, Arkady"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A54"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qc7 8. e3
g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rac1 Re8 12. Rfd1 Nf8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ne4 Bf5
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qb3 Ne6 17. Bc3 a5 18. a4 Nc5 19. Qa3 Qb6 20. Nd2 Be7 21.
Qa2 Bg5 22. b3 Rad8 23. Qb2 Bd3 24. Nf3 Bf6 25. h4 Qxb3 26. Bf1 Qxb2 27. Bxb2
Bxf1 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxf1 Nxa4 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Nxe5 Nc3 32. c5 Rd5 33. Ng4
Kg7 34. e4 Rxc5 35. Re1 a4 36. e5 a3 37. h5 gxh5 38. Nf6 a2 39. Kh2 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Yudovich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ljavdansky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lepikhin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Nde2 Bg4 8.
Bg2 Bg7 9. h3 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 O-O 11. O-O Qb6 12. c3 Rac8 13. Nf4 Qa6 14. Re1 b5
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Qb6 19. Qe2 Rb8 20. Kh2 Bf6 21.
Rb4 Qc7 22. f4 Nd7 23. Rc4 Qb7 24. g4 Nb6 25. g5 Bg7 26. Rc6 Rfe8 27. Qd3 Kf8
28. b4 Nd7 29. Be3 Ra8 30. Ra1 Nb8 31. Rc4 a5 32. bxa5 Qb5 33. Bb6 Nd7 34. Rb1
Qa6 35. Bf1 Nxb6 36. axb6 Rab8 37. Rc6 Qa2+ 38. Kg1 Rb7 39. Rb4 Ra8 40. Be2
Rbb8 41. b7 Qa7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Gusev, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D95"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8.
Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Bxe6+ Kh8 12. Ne4 Ne5 13. Bxc8 Nd3+ 14.
Ke2 Qxc8 15. Qxd3 Qg4+ 16. Ke1 Rad8 17. Qc2 Qxg2 18. Rf1 Rd5 19. Bd2 Re5 20.
Ng3 c5 21. Qd3 Rf6 22. Bc3 Rd6 23. Qc4 b5 24. Qf4 g5 25. Qxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5+
Kg8 27. Bxd6 exd6 28. Rd1 d5 29. Rc1 c4 30. Ke2 h5 31. Rfd1 h4 32. Nf1 Qg4+ 33.
Ke1 Qf5 34. Rd4 a5 35. Rcd1 Qc2 36. R4d2 Qa4 37. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Uusi, Gunnar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A19"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qe4 f5 8. Qe2
Bc5 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Nh6 11. f4 O-O 12. Nf3 a6 13. h3 Qa5 14. Bd3 b5 15.
O-O b4 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Bb1 Nb8 19. b3 Qc5 20. Nfd4 Kh8 21. g4
fxg4 22. hxg4 Nxg4 23. Qd3 g6 24. Qh3 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Qxe5 26. Qh6 Kg8 27. Rxf8+
Rxf8 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Qf6+ 30. Ke1 e5 31. Nc2 Nc6 32. Qh3 Qe7 33. Qg4 e4
34. Ne3 Ne5 35. Qf4 Nf3+ 36. Kf2 Nd2 37. Bc2 Qc5 38. Ng3 Bc6 39. Qf6 a5 40. Ke2
Nf3 41. Bxe4 Ne5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D84"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Bxc7 Nc6 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. f3 Rac8 11. Nc3 Qd7 12. Bg3 Be6 13. Be2 f5 14. O-O f4
15. Bxf4 Nxd4 16. Bg3 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Bc4 18. Rfd1 Qe6 19. Qf2 b5 20. e4 a5 21.
Nd5 a4 22. a3 Bb3 23. Rd2 Rc4 24. Qa7 Rc2 25. Rxc2 Bxc2 26. Qxe7 Qxe7 27. Nxe7+
Kf7 28. Nd5 Bxb2 29. Ra2 Bd4+ 30. Bf2 Bb3 31. Rd2 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rc8 33. Ke3 g5
34. g3 Ke6 35. f4 gxf4+ 36. gxf4 Rc1 37. Nb6 Ra1 38. f5+ Kf6 39. Kf4 Rf1+ 40.
Ke3 Ra1 41. Nd7+ Kf7 42. Nc5 Rxa3 43. Rd7+ Ke8 44. Kd4 Ra1 45. Rb7 Bc4 46. Ke5
a3 47. Ne6 Re1 48. Kf6 Bxe6 49. Rb8+ Bc8 50. Rxc8+ Kd7 51. Ra8 Re3 52. e5 Kc7
53. e6 Kb7 54. Ra5 Kb6 55. Ra8 Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A18"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 b6 8. Nf3
Bb7 9. Be2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Qa4 Qe7 13. Qb3 c5 14. d5 e5 15. Ng5
f5 16. Ne6 Rf7 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. f4 Nf8 19. Bh5 Nxe6 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7
22. Qc2 e4 23. Rad1 Bc7 24. Qe2 Kg8 25. Qe3 Bc6 26. g4 Rf8 27. gxf5 Qxf5 28.
Be7 Qg4+ 29. Qg3 Rxf4 30. Bd6 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Qxg3+ 32. Bxg3 Bd8 33. Kf2 Bf6 34.
Bb8 a5 35. Ba7 Bxc3 36. Bxb6 Bd4+ 37. Ke2 a4 38. Rf5 Bd7 39. Rg5 Be6 40. Bxc5
Bxc4+ 41. Kd1 Bf6 42. Rg4 Bd5 43. Rf4 Kf7 44. a3 g5 45. Rf2 Ke6 46. Kd2 Bc4 47.
Ke3 Bd3 48. Rxf6+ Kxf6 49. Kd4 Kf5 50. Bd6 Kg4 51. Ke3 Kh3 52. Kf2 Kg4 53. Ke3
Kf5 54. Bb8 h6 55. Bc7 h5 56. Bb8 Ke6 57. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. c3 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Qe2
Re8 15. Be3 a6 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Bd4 Qc4 18. Qe3 Bg4 19. Rd2 e5 20. dxe6 Rxe6
21. Qd3 Qxd3 22. Rxd3 Re2 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rd4 Bd7 25. Bxb7 Rc7 26. Bxa6 Rxb2
27. Rxd6 Bh3 28. c4 Re7 29. c5 Re5 30. c6 Ra5 31. Bc4 Rc5 32. Bf1 Rxa2 33. Rdd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Eremin, Anatoly"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 Bf5 6. Be3 dxe5 7. fxe5 e6 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qh4+ 12. Bf2 Qf4 13. Qc1 Qxc1+ 14. Rxc1
O-O-O 15. Rd1 Na5 16. c5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Bd3 Be7 19. Be4 Rdd8 20. b4 Nc6
21. a3 a6 22. f4 f6 23. Ke2 g5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. fxg5 Bxg5 26. Rhf1 Rhf8 27. h4
Bf6 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Rd3 Rg8 30. Re3 Kd7 31. Rf3 Be7 32. Rf7 h5 33. Be3 Ke8
34. Rh7 Rg2+ 35. Kf3 Rg4 36. Rxh5 Rxh4 37. Rxh4 Bxh4 38. Ke4 Rd5 39. Rh1 Bf6
40. Rh7 Rd7 41. Rh6 Kf7 42. Rh1 Kg6 43. Rg1+ Kf7 44. Rh1 Bg7 45. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 e6 8. Re1 d5
9. e5 Nd7 10. Bf4 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Ng5 Nb6 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Qd2 e5 15. Bg5
Qd6 16. Na3 Nb6 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Bh6 a6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Na3 Qd6 21. c4 Bh3 22.
Bxh3 Rxf3 23. Bg2 Nd4 24. Nc2 Rf7 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. cxd5 Nxd5 27. Qa5 b5 28. a4
Rb8 29. axb5 Rxb5 30. Qd2 Nb4 31. Be4 a5 32. h4 Qb6 33. h5 gxh5 34. Qg5+ Kh8
35. Rac1 Rf8 36. Qxh5 Qa7 37. Re2 Qf7 38. Qh6 Rg8 39. Qd6 Qf8 40. Qd7 Qh6 41.
Rc7 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Novopashin, Arkady"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B64"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 e5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nd4 13. Qg2 Rc8 14. Rg1 g6
15. Bd3 Ne6 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. f4 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5 19. Kd2 exf4 20. h4 Rc8 21.
Ke1 Qxc3+ 22. Kf1 Nh5 23. Qg4 Bc5 24. Rg2 Ng3+ 25. Rxg3 fxg3 26. Qxg3 Nxg5 27.
hxg5 Re8 28. Qf4 Bb6 29. Ke2 Qe5 30. Kf3 Qc5 31. Rf1 Re5 32. Kg4 Qe7 33. Qf6
Qe8 34. Qd6 Be3 35. Kf3 Bxg5 36. Rh1 b6 37. Bc4 Rxe4 38. Bxf7+ Kxf7 39. Qd5+
Re6 40. Qxg5 Rf6+ 41. Kg3 Qe4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Yudovich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljavdansky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. Nbd2 h6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. b3
a5 9. a4 Nbd7 10. e4 Bh7 11. Bb2 c6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bb4 15.
c3 Bc5 16. Nc4 b5 17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. Nxd6 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Qb6 20. Nc4 Qb5 21. Nd6
Qc5 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. cxd4 Rfb8 24. Re3 Rb4 25. Rc3 Rab8 26. f3 g5 27. g4 h5 28.
h3 hxg4 29. hxg4 Bg6 30. Rxc6 Rxb3 31. Rxa5 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Nh7 33. Ra7 Rd1 34.
Rcc7 Rf8 35. Ra4 Rd8 36. e5 Rb8 37. Raa7 Rf8 38. Rc4 Rb8 39. Rcc7 Rf8 40. Ra4
Rb8 41. Rb7 Rxb7 42. Nxb7 Nf8 43. Nd6 Bc2 44. Rc4 Bd3 45. Rc7 Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Lepikhin"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g4
h6 9. Rg1 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. Be3 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. h4
Qc7 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Rc8 18. Bg4 Nxg4 19. Rxg4 Qxc2 20. Qxb4 Bxg5 21. Rxg5
Bxd5 22. Nd2 Qc5 23. Qg4 Be6 24. Qg3 Qd4 25. h5 Qxb2 26. Rd1 Rc1 27. Qf3 Qc2
28. Qa8+ Qc8 29. Qf3 Qc6 30. Ne4 Rxd1+ 31. Kxd1 Bd5 32. Rxg7 Qxa4+ 33. Kc1 Qxe4
34. Qf6 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Gusev, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C75"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Qf6 7. Be3 h6 8. Nbd2
g5 9. d5 Nb8 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Qb3 b6 12. Qc4 Qd8 13. Nf1 Ne7 14. Ng3 Nf6 15.
h4 g4 16. Nd2 Qd7 17. h5 Bg7 18. O-O-O b5 19. Qe2 c6 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. f3 d5
22. Kb1 O-O 23. fxg4 Nxe4 24. Ndxe4 dxe4 25. Bc1 e3 26. Qxe3 b4 27. cxb4 Rac8
28. Qe4 Qb5 29. b3 Nc6 30. Nf5 Rc7 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. Rd6 Rh8 33. Re1 Qxb4 34.
Qxb4 Nxb4 35. Bd2 Nc2 36. Rxe5 Na3+ 37. Kb2 Nb5 38. Rxa6 Nd4 39. Bc3 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Uusi, Gunnar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E86"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O a6 10. Kb1 b5 11. Nc1 Re8 12. d5 b4 13. N3e2 cxd5 14. cxd5 Nb6
15. Qxb4 Rb8 16. Nb3 Nfxd5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Qxb8 Nxe3 19. Kc1 Bh6 20. Rd2 Nc4
21. Nc3 Nxd2 22. Nxd2 d5 23. Be2 Qg5 24. Rd1 Qxg2 25. Nxd5 Qxe2 26. Nf6+ Kh8
27. Nxe8 Bxd2+ 28. Rxd2 Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C89"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Qd3 Bf5 16. Qf1 Qg4 17. Be3 h5 18. Nd2 h4 19. h3 Qxh3 20. Qxh3 Bxh3 21. gxh4
Rae8 22. Nf3 Re4 23. Kh1 Rfe8 24. Bd2 Bg4 25. Kg2 Nf4+ 26. Bxf4 Bxf3+ 27. Kxf3
Rxf4+ 28. Kg2 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[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. Be3
O-O 9. g4 Be6 10. g5 Ne8 11. Qd2 a5 12. a4 Nc6 13. Nd5 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Rg1
Nb4 16. Nxb4 axb4 17. f4 Rc8 18. fxe5 Rxc2 19. Qd5+ Kh8 20. Nd4 Rc5 21. Qxb7
Bc8 22. Qb8 Nc7 23. Qb6 Nd5 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 25. Bf2 dxe5 26. Nf3 Rc2 27. Nxe5 Re8
28. Bb5 Bc5 29. Kd1 Rxe5 30. Kxc2 Bxf2 31. Rgf1 Ne3+ 32. Kb3 Nxf1 33. Rxf1 Bc5
34. a5 Be6+ 35. Ka4 b3 36. a6 g6 37. Rd1 Kg7 38. Bd7 Bc4 39. Bc8 Bb6 40. h4 Kf8
41. Rd7 Bb5+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qh5+
g6 9. Qh3 Nc6 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. O-O h6 13. a4 Nge7 14. Ba3 g5 15.
Nd2 Ng6 16. Nb3 Na5 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. Bxc5 Nf4 19. Qe3 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Bc6 21.
Bb4 Qa6 22. Qxa6 bxa6 23. f4 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C83"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Na5 14. Nxe6 Qxe6
15. Nd4 Qxe5 16. f3 Bd6 17. g3 f4 18. fxe4 fxg3 19. Nf3 g2 20. Kxg2 Rxf3 21.
Rxf3 Qxh2+ 22. Kf1 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Eremin, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B56"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. Be3
e5 9. Nde2 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Nb8 13. Bg2 Be7 14. O-O O-O
15. f4 Nbd7 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Bd4 Rfe8 18. h3 Bd8 19. Kh2 Rc8 20. Rf4 a6 21. a4
Qc7 22. a5 Nfd7 23. Ne4 Nf6 24. Bb6 Qd7 25. Bxd8 Nxe4 26. Bb6 f5 27. g4 Ng6 28.
Rxf5 Nh4 29. Rf4 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 Qb5 31. Bf2 Qxb2 32. Rb1 Qe5 33. Rf5 Qe7 34. Rb3
Rc3 35. Rxc3 Nxc3 36. Qd3 Qe4+ 37. Qxe4 Nxe4 38. Rf4 Nc3 39. Rd4 Re5 40. Rd3
Nxd5 41. Bg3 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E77"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. exd5 Re8 10. O-O Ng4 11. Bd3 Ne3 12. Bxe3 Rxe3 13. Qd2 Re8 14. f5 Nd7 15.
Qf4 Ne5 16. fxg6 fxg6 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Qf7+ Kh8 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. Rxe5 Bxe5 21.
Ne4 Bf5 22. Nf2 Qd7 23. Qxd7 Bxd7 24. g3 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bd4 26. Rxb7 Bh3 27. Re7
Rf8 28. Re2 Rf3 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Novopashin, Arkady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. Nf1
Bg7 9. Ng3 Qe7 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Qe8 12. Bc2 Kh8 13. Nh2 d5 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15.
hxg4 dxe4 16. dxe4 Nd8 17. Re1 Ne6 18. Nf5 Rd8 19. Qf3 gxf5 20. exf5 Bc6 21.
Qh3 e4 22. fxe6 Qxe6 23. Bf4 f5 24. gxf5 Rxf5 25. Bg3 Re8 26. f3 Rb5 27. Qxe6
Rxe6 28. Rab1 Be5 29. Bxe5+ Rbxe5 30. f4 Rf5 31. g3 h5 32. Kf2 h4 33. Ke3 hxg3
34. Rh1+ Kg7 35. Rbg1 Rg6 36. Rg2 Rg4 37. Rh3 Rgxf4 38. Rgxg3+ Kf8 39. Rh8+ Ke7
40. Rh7+ Rf7 41. Rxf7+ Rxf7 42. Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Yudovich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ljavdansky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D86"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. Qc1 Na5 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Rb1 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rd1 Rad8
15. f3 Qc8 16. Qa3 Rd7 17. Rbc1 e6 18. Rc2 c5 19. dxc5 Nc4 20. Qb4 Ba6 21. Rcc1
Bf8 22. Kh1 Bxc5 23. Qb3 Bf8 24. Nd4 h6 25. Bh4 e5 26. Nc2 g5 27. Bf2 Red8 28.
Nb4 Na5 29. Qb1 Bxd3 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. Nxd3 Nc4 32. Nb4 Bxb4 33. cxb4 Rd7 34.
Qb3 b5 35. a4 a6 36. axb5 axb5 37. h3 Qd8 38. Bc5 Rd3 39. Qa2 Rd2 40. Qa6 Qd7
41. Qxh6 Qd8 42. Ra1 Rd1+ 43. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 44. Kh2 Qd8 45. Kg3 Nb2 46. Be3 f6 47.
Qg6+ Kh8 48. Qf7 Nd3 49. Kg4 Nxb4 50. Bc5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Lepikhin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Qe7 8. Be2
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. cxd5 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Qe5 12. Rc1 Ba3 13. Rc2 Bf5 14. dxc6
O-O 15. cxb7 Rad8 16. O-O Bd3 17. Ne2 Ne4 18. Nd4 Bd6 19. g3 Rd7 20. Bb4 Bxf1
21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. Qxf1 Qd5 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. Nxb5 Rb6 25. Bxe4 Rxb5 26. Rc8 g6
27. Kf1 Kg7 28. Ke2 a6 29. f3 h5 30. Kd3 f5 31. Bc6 Rb6 32. Kc4 Rf6 33. Bd5 Rf8
34. Rxf8 Kxf8 35. Kc5 Rb5+ 36. Kc6 Ke7 37. Bc4 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gusev, Yury"]
[Black "Uusi, Gunnar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E64"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3
Nc7 9. e4 a6 10. a4 b6 11. e5 Ng4 12. exd6 exd6 13. Bf4 Rb8 14. Qd2 b5 15. cxb5
axb5 16. a5 Re8 17. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Nf6 19. Ng5 Bf5 20. h3 b4 21. Nce4 h6
22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 g5 25. Be3 Qxb2 26. Qxb2 Bxb2 27. Re7 Nb5
28. a6 Bf6 29. Rb7 Ra8 30. Rxb5 Rxa6 31. Be4 Ra3 32. Rb6 Be5 33. h4 b3 34. hxg5
hxg5 35. Bxg5 c4 36. Bh6 Ra8 37. Rb4 Rc8 38. Bf5 Bc3 39. Ra4 b2 40. Kg2 Bg7 41.
Rb4 c3 42. Rg4 c2 43. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gusev, Yury"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 d6 6. g3 e5 7. d3 Bg4 8. Bg2 Qd7
9. Nc3 exf4 10. Bxf4 O-O-O 11. O-O-O h6 12. Be3 Re8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qe6
15. Nd5 Ne5 16. Qe2 Kb8 17. Kb1 Nfd7 18. Nf4 Qe7 19. d4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Nc6 21.
Bc3 Nc5 22. Nd5 Qe6 23. Rhe1 Na4 24. Bd2 Ne5 25. b3 Nc5 26. Ba5 Rc8 27. Bc3 g6
28. Nf4 Qe7 29. Rd5 Bg7 30. Red1 Rc6 31. Qd2 Rhc8 32. Ne2 Rb6 33. Qc1 Qe8 34.
R1d2 Bf8 35. Bb2 Nc6 36. e5 Nb4 37. Nc3 dxe5 38. Qe1 Nxd5 39. Nxd5 Re6 40. b4
Na4 41. Nf6 Rxf6 42. Qxe5+ Rd6 43. Rxd6 Bxd6 44. Qxd6+ Ka8 45. Be5 Rxc4 46. a3
Qc8 47. Bf4 Rc2 48. Bf3 Rb2+ 49. Ka1 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Gusev, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bd3
Ba6 9. O-O Bxd3 10. cxd3 O-O 11. a4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nbc6 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. f4 Rc8
15. Ba3 Re8 16. Rf3 Ne7 17. d4 Ng6 18. Bc1 Re7 19. Bd2 Rec7 20. Rh3 Qd7 21. Qh5
Nf8 22. g4 Rc4 23. f5 exf5 24. gxf5 g6 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Qh4 Ne6 27. Rf3 Ng7
28. e6 Qxe6 29. Re1 Nf5 30. Qg5 Qd7 31. Re5 Rf8 32. h4 Rf7 33. h5 Rc6 34. Kh2
h6 35. hxg6 hxg5 36. gxf7+ Qxf7 37. Rfxf5 Rf6 38. Rxg5+ Kf8 39. Be3 Qh7+ 40.
Rh5 Qc2+ 41. Kh3 Rf3+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gusev, Yury"]
[Black "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B96"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Bd7 8. Qf3
Nc6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Be2 Qb6 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Rd2 Na5 13. e5 Nxb3+ 14. axb3 Qa5
15. Kb1 Bc6 16. Qe3 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Bf3 Nxe5 20. Qg5+ Kf8
21. b4 Qc7 22. Bxc6 f6 23. Rf1 bxc6 24. Ne4 Nf7 25. Qc5+ Qe7 26. Rd7 Qxc5 27.
Nxc5 Re8 28. Ra7 Ne5 29. Rd1 h5 30. Rd6 Rh7 31. Nxe6+ Kg8 32. Nf4 h4 33. Re6
Rxe6 34. Nxe6 g5 35. Rxa6 Rd7 36. Kc1 Kf7 37. Nc5 Rd4 38. Nd3 Nxd3+ 39. cxd3
Rxd3 40. Rxc6 Rb3 41. Rc4 h3 42. gxh3 Rxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Gusev, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bd7 8. a4
Qc8 9. Nd2 Bh3 10. Nc4 Na6 11. Re1 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 h5 13. h4 Nb4 14. e4 Ng4 15.
Ne2 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Ng1 e6 18. c3 Na6 19. Nf3 c4 20. Qe2 exd5 21. exd5
Qg4 22. Nd2 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Rfd8 24. Nxc4 Rxd5 25. Be3 Nc5 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Nxd2
Nd3 28. a5 f5 29. Nc4 Bf8 30. b3 e4 31. Bd4 Bc5 32. Bxc5 Nxc5 33. b4 Nd3 34.
Nd6 Kf8 35. Nxb7 a6 36. b5 Ke7 37. bxa6 Rxa6 38. Ra4 Kd7 39. Rc4 Rc6 40. Rxc6
Kxc6 41. Nd8+ Kb5 42. Ne6 Kxa5 43. Nd4 Kb6 44. f3 Kc5 45. fxe4 fxe4 46. Kf1 Kd5
47. Ke2 Nb2 48. Ke3 Nd1+ 49. Kd2 Nb2 50. Ke3 Nd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gusev, Yury"]
[Black "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D78"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Nc3
e6 9. f4 c5 10. dxc5 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nxc5 12. Be3 Ncd7 13. h3 Qe7 14. Qd6 Re8 15.
Rad1 a6 16. g4 Bf8 17. Qxe7 Bxe7 18. g5 Nh5 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Ng3 21. Rfd1
Nf5 22. R6d3 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Ra7 24. Ne4 b6 25. Rc3 Rd8 26. Nd6 Nc5 27. b4 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gusev, Yury"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Gusev, Yury"]
[Black "Eremin, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. e4 g6 12. e5 Nh5 13. Ne4 Rc8 14. Bh6 Ng7 15.
Nc5 Ba8 16. Be4 a5 17. Rfd1 Re8 18. Qc3 b4 19. Qe3 Qc7 20. Bd3 Rcd8 21. Bg5 Nf8
22. g4 h5 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Ne4 Nh7 25. Qf4 hxg4 26. Nf6+ Nxf6 27. exf6 Qb7 28.
fxg7 gxf3 29. Kh1 Kxg7 30. Rg1 Qe7 31. Bxg6 fxg6 32. Rxg6+ Kxg6 33. Rg1+ Kh7
34. Qe4+ Kh8 35. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Gusev, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. g3 e6 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8. Ng5
Bxc4 9. Qa4+ b5 10. Nxb5 Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ Nbd7 12. Bg2 Rb8 13. Qd3 O-O 14. O-O d5
15. Rd1 d4 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. Rb1 Qe6 18. b3 Nd5 19. Ng5 Qe5 20. f4 Qd6 21. Ba3 h6
22. Ne4 Qb6 23. Rdc1 Rbc8 24. Bh3 f5 25. Qc4 Qc6 26. Nxc5 Nb6 27. Qd3 Nc3 28.
Bg2 Qf6 29. Rb2 Qe7 30. b4 Rfe8 31. Bf3 Qf7 32. Rbc2 Re3 33. Qa6 Rb8 34. Rf1
Nc4 35. Bc1 Rb6 36. Qc8+ Re8 37. Qd7 Qxd7 38. Nxd7 Rxb4 39. a3 Rb3 40. Nc5 Rb6
41. Nd3 Kh7 42. Re1 a5 43. Bd5 Ne3 44. Bxe3 Rxe3 45. Bf3 g5 46. g4 h5 47. gxf5
g4 48. Bg2 Bf6 49. Kf1 Rb5 50. Rb2 Rxb2 51. Nxb2 Bh4 52. Nc4 Bxe1 53. Nxe3 dxe3
54. Kxe1 Kg7 55. Bc6 Kf6 56. Bd7 h4 57. Kf1 h3 58. Ke1 Nd5 59. Kf1 Nxf4 60. Ke1
Nd5 61. Kf1 Ne7 62. Kg1 Nxf5 63. Bc8 Kg5 64. Be6 Kf4 65. Bc4 Nd4 66. Bd3 Nc6
67. Bb5 Ne5 68. Ba6 g3 69. Bb7 Ng4 70. hxg3+ Kxg3 71. Kf1 Nf2 72. Ke1 h2 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gusev, Yury"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Novopashin, Arkady"]
[Black "Gusev, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne5 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Qxc5 12. Qe2 Rd8 13. Re1 h6 14. h4
Rd5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bf4 Bb4 17. c3 Bd6 18. Rh3 b6 19. Rg3 Kf8 20. Kg1 Bb7 21.
Bc2 Ra5 22. c4 Rc8 23. a3 Be4 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Bxe4 Rxe5 26. Qe3 Rxe4 27.
Qxh6+ Ke7 28. Rxe4 Bxg3 29. Qg5 Rg8 30. Qe3 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Yudovich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Gusev, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nb6 9. Nf3 a5 10. Nc3 a4 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Rc1 Na5 15.
Nd2 Rc8 16. Rf3 Nac4 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Rh3 f5 20. Qh5 h6 21. Qg6
Qe8 22. Rxh6 Qxg6 23. Rxg6 Rfc8 24. Ne2 Rc2 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Nc1 Rxb2 27. g4
fxg4 28. Rxg4 Bb5 29. Rg2 Rb1 30. Kf2 Bc4 31. Ke1 Bb4+ 32. Kd1 Bd3 33. Rf2 Bc3
34. Rf3 Be4 35. Rg3 Bf5 36. Bg1 Bb2 37. Be3 b5 38. Rg1 Bc3 39. Rg3 b4 40. Bf2
Kf7 41. h4 Bb2 42. Be3 b3 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gusev, Yury"]
[Black "Ljavdansky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gusev, Yury"]
[Black "Lepikhin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Uusi, Gunnar"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Uusi, Gunnar"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A54"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Ng4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. O-O-O f5 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. h3 Nh6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Be2 c6 14. Nc3 Qe7
15. g4 e4 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. Nb3 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. Qxd3 fxg4 20. hxg4 Bxg4
21. Rdg1 Bf5 22. e4 Bg6 23. f3 Rad8 24. Qe3 Nf7 25. f4 Nd6 26. Nd2 b5 27. cxb5
Nxb5 28. Ndb1 Nd4 29. Re1 Rfe8 30. Qf2 Qc5 31. Qg2 Ne6 32. Qh2 Qb6 33. f5 Nc5
34. Rd1 Rxd1+ 35. Rxd1 Bf7 36. Qc2 Qb4 37. b3 Bxb3 38. Qb2 Rb8 39. axb3 Nxb3+
40. Kc2 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Uusi, Gunnar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. h4
Nbc6 9. h5 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. h6 g6 12. Qg5 Rf5 13. Qd2 e5 14. Nf3 exd4 15.
cxd4 Rxf3 16. gxf3 Nxd4 17. Qc3 b6 18. Bg5 Qf8 19. O-O-O Nec6 20. Be3 Qf6 21.
Kb1 Bf5 22. Bb5 Bxc2+ 23. Kb2 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Rc8 25. f4 Kf7 26. Ba6 Rc7 27. Ka2
Rd7 28. Bc8 Rd6 29. Ba6 Nf5 30. Qc2 Qe6 31. Re1 Qf6 32. Rd1 Nce7 33. Bc1 Nxh6
34. Rh1 Kg7 35. Bb2 d4 36. Bc4 Nhf5 37. Qe4 a6 38. a4 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40. Bxb5
Qe6+ 41. Qxe6 Rxe6 42. Ba3 Nd5 43. Bc4 Nc3+ 44. Kb3 Rb6+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Uusi, Gunnar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qe2
a6 9. Rd1 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. a4 c4 13. Bc2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 15.
Bb2 f5 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Rxd2 Nb6 18. f3 Nd5 19. e4 Nf4 20. Qe3 Qc7 21. axb5
axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. exf5 exf5 24. Bxf5 Bd5 25. Qe5 Qxe5 26. dxe5 g6 27. Bc2
Rf8 28. Ba3 Ra8 29. Bb2 Rd8 30. Be4 Nd3 31. Bxd3 Bf7 32. e6 Be8 33. Ba3 cxd3
34. Kf2 Rd5 35. f4 Kg7 36. Ke3 Kf6 37. e7 Kf5 38. h3 h5 39. Kf3 h4 40. Ke3 Bc6
41. Bb4 Kf6 42. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 43. Kxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Uusi, Gunnar"]
[Black "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. Rd1 Qe8 11. h3 Bh5 12. a4 Kh8 13. d5 Na5 14. Bc2 c6 15. dxc6
Qxc6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nbd2 Nc4 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Nf1 Ra2 20. Bb1 Ra1 21. Bd3
h6 22. Ng3 Bg6 23. Nh4 Bh7 24. Nhf5 Bf8 25. Kh2 Ra8 26. b3 Na5 27. Bxb5 Qxc3
28. Bd2 Qc7 29. Ra1 Qd8 30. Qd3 Nb7 31. Rxa8 Qxa8 32. b4 d5 33. Bc6 dxe4 34.
Bxe4 Nxe4 35. Qxe4 f6 36. Qc6 Qb8 37. Bxh6 Bxf5 38. Nxf5 gxh6 39. Qxf6+ Kh7 40.
Qf7+ Kh8 41. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Uusi, Gunnar"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Uusi, Gunnar"]
[Black "Eremin, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Uusi, Gunnar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb2 e5 12. Qc2 e4 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Be2 Rad8
15. Nb3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nd5 17. Rfc1 Rd6 18. Nc5 Re8 19. Bb5 Rh6 20. g3 Bc8 21.
Nxe4 Bf5 22. Bd3 Qe7 23. Nf6+ Rxf6 24. Bxf5 Nxe3 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Qe2 Kxh7 27.
Re1 Re6 28. fxe3 Rxe3 29. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. d5 Rb3 32. dxc6 Rxb2 33.
cxb7 Rxb7 34. Rf1 Rb3 35. a4 Kg6 36. Kg2 Rb2+ 37. Rf2 Rxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Kf5 39.
Kf3 Ke5 40. Ke3 Kd5 41. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Uusi, Gunnar"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Uusi, Gunnar"]
[Black "Novopashin, Arkady"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Uusi, Gunnar"]
[Black "Yudovich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 d4 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nd6 Bg4
15. Qd2 Qd7 16. h3 Be6 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Rfd8 19. f4 Qxd6 20. Rf3 Bg4 21.
hxg4 Ne4 22. Qh5 Nf6 23. Qh6 Ne4 24. Qh4 Nc5 25. Rh3 Kf8 26. Re1 Ne6 27. f5 Ke8
28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Qh7 Ne7 30. Rh6 Kd7 31. Qe4 Qd5 32. Qxe6+ Qxe6 33. Rhxe6 Nd5
34. R6e4 Re8 35. Rxe8 Rxe8 36. Rxe8 Kxe8 37. Be4 Ne3 38. Bxb7 a5 39. Be4 Nxg4
40. Kf1 Ke7 41. Ke2 Ne5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Uusi, Gunnar"]
[Black "Ljavdansky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E76"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3
Qxc5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Be3 Qh5 11. h3 Ng4 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qe1 Nb4 15.
Qe2 Nc5 16. Bb1 Nc6 17. Be3 b6 18. Qd2 Na5 19. b3 Ncxb3 20. axb3 Nxb3 21. Qb2
Nxa1 22. Qxa1 Be6 23. Bd3 Rfc8 24. e5 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Nd5 Re8 27. Qxa7
dxe5 28. fxe5 Bf8 29. Ng5 Qe2 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Nxe8+ Kh8 32. Nxf7+ Kg8 33. Nh6+
1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Uusi, Gunnar"]
[Black "Lepikhin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C64"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Qf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Qg6 7. O-O dxc3 8.
Nxc3 Nge7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Bd3 Qh5 11. Ne4 Ng6 12. Bg3 d6 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Be2
Qf5 15. Bd3 Qe6 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. h3 Rd8 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Bh4 Qf8
21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Qb5 Bd5 23. Qxc5 Qe8 24. Rfd1 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Nxe5 26. Kg2 Nd3
27. Qxc7 Kh7 28. Rc4 g5 29. Qxb7 f5 30. Qxa7 Qe2 31. Rf1 Nf4+ 32. Rxf4 gxf4 33.
Qf7 Rd6 34. Qxf5+ Rg6+ 35. Kh2 Qxf1 36. Qh5+ Kg8 37. Qxg6 Qxf2+ 38. Qg2 Qa7 39.
b3 Kf7 40. h4 Qd4 41. Qe2 Kf6 42. Kg2 Kf5 43. Qe4+ Qxe4 44. fxe4+ Kxe4 45. Kf2
1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Eremin, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Bd5 8.
Qc2 Be4 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qd1 c5 11. Nbd2 Bc6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. O-O Qe7 14. Nb3
Nbd7 15. Bf4 Rd8 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qe1 O-O 18. Rc1 Bd5 19. b3 b6 20. Qb4 Qb7
21. Be3 Nd3 22. exd3 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Qxf3 24. Bg5 Rxd3 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Rc7 Rfd8
27. Rxa7 Qf3 28. Rc7 h5 29. Qxb6 Qe2 30. Qa6 Rxg3+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Bd2 b5 6. a3 a6 7. e4 Qc7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. Nd2 g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O Rb8 12. Qc1 O-O 13. a4 c4 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Ra2 b4 16. Nd1 c3 17. bxc3 bxc3 18. Nc4 Nxe4 19. Bh6 Rb4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nde3
Nb6 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. Bd3 Nd2 24. Rd1 Bg4 25. Qa1 Bxd1 26. Qxc3+ Kg8 27. Qxd2
Bg4 28. c3 Rb1+ 29. Bxb1 Qxb1+ 30. Nf1 Rb8 31. f3 Bf5 32. Kf2 Bd3 33. Ne3 h5
34. h4 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Novopashin, Arkady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Yudovich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Ljavdansky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A38"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O c5 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2
Bf5 9. h3 h6 10. d3 Be6 11. e4 Nd7 12. Nh4 Re8 13. f4 Nf8 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Nd5
e6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qb2+ Nd4 18. Nc3 Kg8 19. e5 Bc6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Ne4 dxe5
22. fxe5 Nd7 23. Nf3 Nxf3+ 24. Rxf3 Qc7 25. Re1 Rf8 26. h4 Kg7 27. Nf6 Nxf6 28.
exf6+ Kh7 29. Re5 Qd6 30. Qe2 a5 31. Qe3 Qd4 32. Kg2 Qa1 33. Rf2 a4 34. Qxc5
axb3 35. axb3 Qb1 36. Qxc6 Qxd3 37. Qf3 Qb1 38. Rxe6 Ra1 39. Kh3 Rb8 40. Re7
Kg8 41. Qd5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Lepikhin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B95"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bg3 Bd7 11. Nb3 Nc6 12. Qd3 Ne5 13. Qd4 Bc6 14. f4 Ng6 15.
Be2 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Nd4 O-O 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Qf3 Rb8 21. Bc4
Qa5 22. Bb3 Bb4 23. Rd3 Be7 24. Rf1 Rb4 25. Qf5 c5 26. a3 Rd4 27. Nd5 Rxd3 28.
cxd3 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Bg5+ 30. Kb1 Qd2 31. Bc4 Nf4 32. Bxf4 Bxf4 33. g3 Rb8 34.
Qxf7+ Kh8 35. b3 Be3 36. Qc7 Rxb3+ 37. Bxb3 Qxd3+ 38. Bc2 Qxf1+ 39. Ka2 Bd4 40.
Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ Qxf5 42. exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Eremin, Anatoly"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. e5 dxe5 8.
dxe5 Nd5 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Nf1 Nc5 11. Qd4 b6 12. Qh4 b5 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Bh6 Re8
15. Rad1 Ne6 16. Ne3 Bb7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd4 Qb6 19. Rd3 Kg8 20. Nef5 Nxd4
21. Rh3 h5 22. Nxd4 Bc8 23. Rg3 Bg4 24. c3 b4 25. h3 bxc3 26. bxc3 Be6 27. Qxh5
Kg7 28. Qg5 Rac8 29. h4 Kh7 30. h5 Rg8 31. hxg6+ Rxg6 32. Qh4+ Rh6 33. Qxe7 Rg8
34. Rxg8 Kxg8 35. Nxe6 Rxe6 36. Qg5+ Rg6 37. Qd2 Qe6 38. Qd4 Rg4 39. Qxa7 Qc6
40. Qb8+ Kg7 41. Qd6 Qxc3 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. Rd1 Qc2 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Qxd5 Qe2
46. g3 Rg5 47. Qd4 Rxe5 48. Kg2 f6 49. a4 Rf5 50. Rh1 Qf3+ 51. Kg1 Rd5 52. Qa7+
Kg8 53. Qh7+ Kf8 54. Qh8+ Ke7 55. Rh7+ Kd6 56. Qb8+ Ke6 57. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B30"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Ne5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O c4 11. Re1 Rc8 12. bxc3 g6 13. Qe3 cxd3 14. cxd3
Qxc3 15. Bd2 Qa3 16. Rab1 Qxa2 17. Rb7 Bg7 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Qf3+ Kg8 20. Qe3
Kf7 21. Qf4+ Kg8 22. Rxe7 Rf8 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 24. Bc3+ Kg8 25. Qd4 Qxf2+ 26.
Qxf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Bf7 28. Re7 Kf8 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30. Bxh8 Ke6 31. Ke3 Kd5 32.
Kd2 a5 33. Kc3 c5 34. Kb3 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E76"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 f5 13. Bd3 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Rf4
15. Qc2 Qa5+ 16. Nd2 Rf8 17. Rf1 Nd7 18. Rxf8+ Nxf8 19. Kf1 Nd7 20. Kg1 Nf6 21.
Bxe5 Bd7 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Bxc3 Re8 24. Bg6 Re2 25. Kf1 Re3 26. h3 b5 27. Re1
Rxe1+ 28. Kxe1 g4 29. h4 bxc4 30. Be4 Kf7 31. g3 Bb5 32. Bg2 Ke7 33. Kf2 h5 34.
Ke3 Bh6+ 35. Ke2 Bg7 36. Nf1 Ne8 37. Ke3 Bh6+ 38. Kf2 Bg7 39. Bxg7 Nxg7 40. Ke3
c3 41. bxc3 Bc4 42. a3 Kd6 43. Nd2 Bxd5 44. Bxd5 Kxd5 45. Kf4 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Novopashin, Arkady"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[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 Be6 13. Ne3 Nd7 14. d4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Rc8 18. Qd1 Qb6 19. Bb3 Bf6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
Bxd5 Bd4 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Nf6 24. Bb3 Qc5 25. Qd2 Rfe8 26. Rae1 Qe5 27. f3
Qc5 28. Qf2 a5 29. a3 a4 30. Ba2 Kf8 31. Rd3 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Ke7 33. Rd2 Rc5 34.
Red1 Rd8 35. Ke3 Ne8 36. f4 f6 37. Rd5 Rdc8 38. e5 fxe5 39. fxe5 R8c6 40. Rf1
Rxd5 41. Bxd5 Rc5 42. Kd4 Nc7 43. exd6+ Kxd6 44. Be4 Ne6+ 45. Ke3 g6 46. Rd1+
Ke5 47. Rd7 b4 48. axb4 Rc4 49. Rd5+ Kf6 50. Rb5 a3 51. bxa3 Rc3+ 52. Bd3 Rxa3
53. Ke4 Ng5+ 54. Kd4 Ra2 55. Rb6+ Kg7 56. h4 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yudovich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. d5 Rac8 15.
Bd3 Nd7 16. Nf1 Nc5 17. Bb1 Nc4 18. b3 Nb6 19. Ne3 g6 20. Ng4 Nbd7 21. Bg5 Qd8
22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Qd2 f6 24. h4 Kh8 25. h5 f5 26. exf5 gxh5 27. Ne3 Rg8 28. f6
Nxf6 29. Bf5 Rcf8 30. b4 Nce4 31. Qd3 Nxf2 32. Kxf2 e4 33. Qd4 exf3 34. Be6 Qg7
35. Qh4 Nxd5 36. Nxd5 fxg2+ 37. Kg1 Rf1+ 38. Rxf1 gxf1=Q+ 39. Kxf1 Qxa1+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Ljavdansky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Lepikhin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C88"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 Qc8 11. Nbd2 g5 12. Nf1 g4 13. Ng3 gxf3 14. Nxh5 Nxh5 15.
Qxf3 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Qxf4 Ne5 18. Bd5 c6 19. d4 f6 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Qh6
cxd5 22. Rad1 dxe4 23. Qg7 Rf8 24. Qxh7 Ra7 25. Qxe4 Rg8 26. f4 Qxh3 27. b4 Qe6
28. fxe5 f5 29. Qf3 Rg4 30. Rf1 Bd8 31. g3 Bb6+ 32. Kg2 Qxa2+ 33. Rf2 Qxf2+ 34.
Qxf2 Bxf2 35. Kxf2 Re4 36. Rh1 Rxe5 37. Rh8+ Kd7 38. Rh7+ Re7 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nc7 6. Ne5 e6 7. e3 Be7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nc4 Nd5 11. Bf3 N7f6 12. d4 cxd4 13. exd4 b6 14. Bg5 Ba6
15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Rac1 Rc7 18. Nb5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 h6 20. Bd2 a6 21.
Nc3 b5 22. Na4 Qb8 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Rc8 25. Qc2 Rxc5 26. Qxc5 Qc8 27. Kf1
Nd7 28. Qxc8+ Bxc8 29. Nc6 Kf8 30. Ke2 Bb7 31. Ne5 Ke7 32. Nd3 Kd6 33. Bh5 Ke7
34. g3 N5f6 35. Bb4+ Ke8 36. Bf3 Nd5 37. Kd2 Nb8 38. Bc5 Nc6 39. h4 Bc8 40. Nf4
Nce7 41. Nd3 f6 42. Be2 Kd7 43. Nc1 Bb7 44. Nb3 Nc7 45. Bb4 Bc8 46. Nc5+ Ke8
47. Ba5 Ncd5 48. a3 Ng6 49. Bc3 Ke7 50. b4 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D09"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Be6 6. b3 Qd7 7. Bg2 O-O-O 8. O-O
h6 9. e3 dxe3 10. Qxd7+ Rxd7 11. Bxe3 g5 12. h3 Bg7 13. Nc3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5
15. Rac1 Ne7 16. Bxa7 Rd2 17. Be3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Rxa2 19. Rcc1 Nc6 20. Ra1 Rxa1
21. Rxa1 Rd8 22. Ra8+ Kd7 23. Bxc6+ bxc6 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. g4 f5 26. f3 Ke7
27. Bc5+ Kf7 28. Kf2 Kg6 29. Bd4 h5 30. Kg3 fxg4 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. fxg4 Bd7 33.
Be5 Be6 34. Bxc7 Bf7 35. Kf3 Be6 36. Bd8 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Eremin, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
c3 Be7 9. Qc2 b6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Bc6 Rb8 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Qc8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Rd7 Rfe8 17. Rhd1 Qc6 18. Qd3 h6 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. Nf6+
Kf8 21. Qh7 Ree8 22. Rd7 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B77"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bb3 Bxb3 13. cxb3 Rfd8 14. Kb1
Rd7 15. g4 Rad8 16. Qe2 Qa6 17. Qg2 e5 18. Be3 d5 19. Bg5 dxe4 20. Rxd7 Rxd7
21. fxe4 Qd3+ 22. Kc1 Rd4 23. Rf1 Rd6 24. Rd1 Qa6 25. Qf3 h6 26. Bh4 Qc6 27. h3
a6 28. Kc2 Rxd1 29. Kxd1 Qb6 30. Kc2 Qc6 31. Qd3 Nd7 32. b4 Bf8 33. a3 b5 34.
Qd5 Qc8 35. Bf2 Bg7 36. Bc5 Nf6 37. Qd6 h5 38. g5 Ne8 39. Qd3 Nc7 40. Nd5 Nxd5
41. exd5 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Ne5 Qb6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Bf5 10. Rb1 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Bb5 Qb6 13. Be5 Rfd8 14. Qe2
Rac8 15. Rfe1 Bxc2 16. Rbc1 Be4 17. Ba4 Bf5 18. Bb3 Qa5 19. h3 h5 20. f3 Be6
21. g4 hxg4 22. hxg4 Nd7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Kg2 Qb4 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Qxd4
27. Rcd1 Qc5 28. Nxe7 Rb8 29. Rd5 Qb6 30. g5 f6 31. Nxg6 Kxg6 32. Qd3+ Kg7 33.
Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Novopashin, Arkady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Yudovich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C22"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bc4 Nb4 7. Qd2 O-O 8.
a3 Nc6 9. Nge2 Bc5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 a5 12. O-O Ne5 13. Bb3 d6 14. Nd4 c5 15.
Nf3 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Bxa1 cxb4 18. Nd5 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Qh4
21. Kh1 Qh5 22. Qf4 Bd8 23. Rg1 g6 24. Qe3 Re8 25. c3 Bf6 26. cxb4 Be5 27. Bxe5
dxe5 28. Rc1 Qh3 29. Qe2 Kf8 30. Qe3 Re7 31. b5 Be6 32. b6 Kg7 33. Kg1 Rd7 34.
Rd1 Qh4 35. Rd2 Qd8 36. Kf1 Bxd5 37. exd5 Rxd5 38. Rc2 Qd6 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ljavdansky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B86"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Qc7 8. Qe2
Nc6 9. Be3 Na5 10. Bb3 b5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rad1 O-O 13. f4 Nxb3 14. axb3 b4 15.
e5 bxc3 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Qh4 Rg8 20. Qxf6+ Rg7 21.
Rf3 Bb7 22. Rxc3 Qd8 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. g3 Rd7 25. Kf2 Rg8 26. Nc6 Kg7 27. Ne5
Rdd8 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Rc7+ Kf6 30. Rxb7 Rc8 31. Rd2 h5 32. Rb6 d5 33. Rxa6 h4
34. Re2 hxg3+ 35. hxg3 Rge8 36. Kf3 Rc7 37. g4 Kf7 38. g5 Rb7 39. Rh2 Rb4 40.
Ra4 Rb6 41. Ra7+ Kg8 42. Rah7 Rf8 43. Rh8+ Kf7 44. R2h7+ Kg6 45. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lepikhin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D27"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. Rd1 cxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. a5 Nfd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ne4 Nc7 18. Nc5 Nb5 19. Bxb5 cxb5 20. Rac1 Rfd8
21. Qe1 Nd5 22. Nd3 h6 23. g3 Qf6 24. Qe4 Rd6 25. Ne5 Qd8 26. Rc6 Rxc6 27. Nxc6
Qd6 28. Ne5 Qb4 29. f4 Qxb2 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 31. f5 Qb3 32. fxe6+ Kg8 33. Re1 Re8
34. Kg2 b4 35. Kh3 Nc7 36. e7 Qd5 37. Qe3 b3 38. g4 b2 39. Qa3 Ne6 40. Rf1 Qxd4
41. Rb1 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Ne5 c6 9. Bg2 e6 10. Qe2 Bb4 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nxd5
O-O 15. Nf4 Bd6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bg2 Be5 19. c3 Qc7 20. Be3 Nb6
21. Rad1 Na4 22. Rd2 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qb5 Nb6 25. Qc6 Qb8 26. Qb7 Qxb7
27. Bxb7 Nc4 28. Bxa7 Rd7 29. Ba6 Nd2 30. Be3 Nxf1 31. Bxf1 Rd1 32. f4 Bb8 33.
b4 Ra1 34. c4 Rxa2 35. b5 Ra3 36. Kf2 e5 37. fxe5 Bxe5 38. c5 f5 39. gxf5 gxf5
40. c6 Rc3 41. Bg2 f4 42. Bd5+ Kf8 43. Ba7 Ke7 44. Ke2 Rxh3 45. b6 Rc3 46. b7
g5 47. b8=Q Bxb8 48. Bxb8 Rc5 49. Be4 Kd8 50. Bd6 Rc1 51. Kd2 Rc4 52. Kd3 Rc1
53. Kd4 Kc8 54. Be5 Rd1+ 55. Kc5 Re1 56. Bf5+ Kd8 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Eremin, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Qf3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Bc5 10. Be3 Qd6 11. e5 Bxf3 12. exd6 Bb7 13. Na4 Bxd6 14. Nxb6 Ra7
15. f3 Bc7 16. Na4 Ra8 17. Nc5 Bc6 18. b4 d5 19. b5 dxc4 20. Nxc6 Nxc6 21. Bxc4
Ne5 22. Nxa6 Rxa6 23. bxa6 Nxc4 24. Rfc1 Bb6 25. Bxb6 Nxb6 26. Rab1 Nfd5 27.
Rc6 Ke7 28. Rcxb6 Nxb6 29. Rxb6 Ra8 30. Kf2 g5 31. Rb7+ Kf6 32. a7 h5 33. Ke3
Kg6 34. Kd4 f6 35. Kc5 g4 36. Kb6 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 d5 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Nb6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nxd7 N8xd7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Be3 e6 14. Be2
Qd7 15. a4 h6 16. a5 Nbd5 17. Na4 b6 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Nc3 Rc7 20. Bd2 Rfc8 21.
a6 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Ne4 23. Be3 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Nxc3 25. Re1 Nxe2+ 26. Rxe2 Qxd4 27.
Qb1 Qc4 28. Ra2 Rd8 29. g3 h5 30. h4 Rd3 31. Qf1 Qd5 32. Re2 Bc3 33. Qg2 Rd1+
34. Kh2 Ra1 35. f3 Rxa6 36. Rc2 Ra3 37. Bc1 Rb3 38. Qe2 b5 39. Qe3 Qd4 40. Qg5
Qd1 41. Rf2 Rb1 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Novopashin, Arkady"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B56"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. Be3
e5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. g4 Be6 12. Nd5 a5 13. Bb6 Qd7 14. Bb5 a4 15.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nc1 d5 17. Nd3 dxe4 18. Bc5 Qc7 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Bxf8 exd3 21.
Bxg7 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Yudovich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B72"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. O-O g6 8. h3
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Bb3 Na5 11. f4 e5 12. Nde2 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bc6 14. Qd3 exf4
15. Nxf4 Re8 16. Nfd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nd7 18. Qd2 a6 19. Rae1 Qa5 20. Kh1 f5 21.
Bd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Re5 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Qh4 Qc5 25. Rd1 Qd6 26. Ne2 Rc8 27. c4
b5 28. Rc1 b4 29. Qe1 Nc5 30. Qxb4 Rb8 31. Qa3 Rxb3 32. Qa2 Qb6 33. Rc2 Qb4 34.
Kh2 f4 35. Nc1 Re3 36. Re2 Rxe2 37. Nxe2 f3 38. gxf3 Qd2 39. Kg3 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ljavdansky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Rc1 a5 15.
Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Nd4 Ncxe5 18. Bb1 Nf6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Re1 Ne4 21.
Bxe4 dxe4 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxd7 Qf6 24. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Lepikhin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Black "Eremin, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. e3 c6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Rc8 14. O-O Rxc5 15.
Ng5 Nxe5 16. Ne4 Ra5 17. Bc2 O-O 18. Qh5 Ng6 19. Ng5 Nf6 20. Qh3 Qd4 21. Rd1
Qe5 22. Be3 Rc8 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Rd4 Qxd4 25. Bxd4 Rxg5 26. f3 Rc2 27. Be3 Re5
28. Bxa7 Ree2 29. a4 Nd5 30. Rd1 Rxb2 31. Qg3 e5 32. Qg5 Rxg2+ 33. Qxg2 Rxg2+
34. Kxg2 b3 35. Rb1 Nf4+ 36. Kf2 Bd5 37. a5 Nd3+ 38. Ke3 Bc4 39. Rxb3 Bxb3 40.
Kxd3 Bd5 41. Bb8 f6 42. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Bg4 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. Nge2 h6 10. Bh4 Qc7 11. h3 Be6 12. Rb1 Nh5 13. g4 g5 14. gxh5 gxh4
15. Ng1 Nf6 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. b4 Rhg8 18. Nxh4 Nxh5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5+ Kb8
21. b5 Ng7 22. Bd3 cxb5 23. Nxd5 Qxc2 24. Bxc2 a6 25. Nf6 Rh8 26. Ke2 Be7 27.
Ne4 f5 28. Rhg1 Ne6 29. Ng3 f4 30. Nf5 fxe3 31. fxe3 Rhe8 32. Rg4 Nc7 33. Bb3
Bf8 34. Bf7 h5 35. Rg8 Nd5 36. Bxe8 Ba3 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Black "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D29"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. e4 cxd4 11. e5 Nd5 12. Rxd4 Qc7 13. Bd2 Bc5 14. Rg4 Ne7 15.
Nc3 Ng6 16. Ne4 Rc8 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. exd6 O-O 21.
Bc3 Bb7 22. h4 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Nde5 24. Qg3 Nxg4 25. Qxg4 Qxd6 26. h5 Qf4 27. Qe2
Ne7 28. Bd2 Qf5 29. h6 gxh6 30. Bb4 Qg5 31. Qe4 Rd8 32. Qb7 Nd5 33. Ba5 Qc1+
34. Kh2 Rc8 35. Bc3 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Rb8 37. Qxa6 Nxc3 38. bxc3 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qxc3
40. Qd6 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Black "Novopashin, Arkady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
a5 9. Rd1 Re8 10. Be3 c6 11. d5 c5 12. a3 a4 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. b4 axb3 15. Qxb3
Ng4 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. f3 Bc8 18. Nb5 Ra6 19. Rf1 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Rae1 h5
22. f4 e4 23. Qd1 Nd7 24. Qxh5 Nf6 25. Qd1 Bd7 26. Nb1 Kf7 27. h3 Rh8 28. Bc1
Bxb5 29. cxb5 Ra5 30. Nd2 Rxb5 31. Nc4 Ke7 32. Bb2 Rxb2 33. Nxb2 Ng4 34. Qb3
Bd4+ 35. Kh1 Qd7 36. Nc4 Kf6 37. Qb6 Ke7 38. Rb1 Rb8 39. g3 Rh8 40. Kg2 Nf6 41.
Qxb7 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Black "Yudovich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Black "Ljavdansky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E90"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Bd3 e5 8. O-O Nh5
9. Re1 Na6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Rf7 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. Bf1 Bd7 14. a3 h5 15. Nb5 Bf8
16. b4 h4 17. Nb3 b6 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Rb1 Rh7 21. h3 Bc8 22. Nc3
Qd7 23. Rb3 Be7 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Be2 Bd8 26. Bg4 f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Bf3 Bf6
29. Re6 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 Qd8 31. Qd3 Bxe6 32. dxe6 Rb8 33. Qxf5 Qf8 34. Qd5 Kh8
35. Rd3 Rb6 36. Bh5 Rhb7 37. Bf7 Qh6 38. Kh2 Kg7 39. Qf5 Qf6 40. Qg4+ Kh7 41.
Rd5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Veltmander, Ioganess"]
[Black "Lepikhin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Eremin, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. Be2 h6 10. Be3 b5 11. a3 b4 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. f3 Qc7 14. g4 Rc8
15. h4 e5 16. Nb3 d5 17. g5 d4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bxd4 hxg5 20. hxg5 Qa5 21. Kb1
Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 Qa2+ 24. Kc1 Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Qxh1 26. gxf6 Na2 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Novopashin, Arkady"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg5 Na5 9. Nd2 Re8 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 b6 12. Rfe1 Nb7 13. Nf3 Nd6 14. Ne5 Bb7
15. Nf4 g5 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Bg6+ Kg8 18. Bf7+ Kh8 19. Qg6 Ng4 20. Nh5 Rg8 21.
Bxg8 Qxg8 22. Qxg8+ Rxg8 23. Rxe7 gxh4 24. h3 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Ne4+ 26. Kg1 Ba6
27. Nf4 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yudovich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C93"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 h6 10. a4 Bb7 11. d3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Nf1 Bf8 15. Ne3
g6 16. Nh2 Bg7 17. Neg4 Nxg4 18. Nxg4 Kh7 19. f4 h5 20. Nh2 d5 21. f5 dxe4 22.
dxe4 Qxd1 23. fxg6+ fxg6 24. Rxd1 Bc6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nf3 Nb7 27. Be3 Bf8 28.
Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Nxe5 Be8 30. Nd7 Be7 31. e5 Ra2 32. Be4 Na5 33. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 34.
Nxc5 Rxb2 35. e6 Nc6 36. Rd6 Ne7 37. Rd8 Bc6 38. Bxc6 Nxc6 39. Rc8 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ljavdansky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B95"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 Nbd7 8.
O-O-O Qc7 9. Qg3 b5 10. a3 Rb8 11. b4 Bb7 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. Ndxb5 Qc6 14. Nxd6+
Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 17. Rhd1 Rc8 18. R1d2 Bd5 19. Bf4 Qg6 20. Kb2
Qxg3 21. Bxg3 h5 22. h4 Ke7 23. f3 f6 24. Ra6 Ra8 25. Bd6+ Kf7 26. Rxa8 Rxa8
27. Bc7 Ke7 28. Rd4 Ne5 29. Bxe5 fxe5 30. Rd3 Kf6 31. Rc3 e4 32. fxe4 Bxe4 33.
g3 e5 34. Rc7 Bf3 35. Kb3 e4 36. Rc3 Re8 37. Re3 Ke5 38. a4 Kd4 39. Re1 e3 40.
c4 e2 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lepikhin"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Qc7 9. g4 h6 10. h4 Be6 11. Rg1 Nfd7 12. g5 hxg5 13. hxg5 Nb6 14. Bg4 N8d7 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qg4 Nf8 17. O-O-O Nc4 18. Rg3 Rc8 19. Bd2 b5 20. a3 Qc6 21. Kb1
a5 22. Na2 Bd8 23. Bc3 Qd7 24. Nd2 Ng6 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. Rh3 Rxh3 27. Qxh3 Bc7
28. Bd2 Rb8 29. Nc3 Ke7 30. Qh5 Qe8 31. Qe2 Qc6 32. Qh5 Qb7 33. Bc1 Nf4 34. Qh7
Kf7 35. g6+ Kf6 36. Rg1 Ke7 37. Qxg7+ Kd8 38. Rh1 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eremin, Anatoly"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eremin, Anatoly"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eremin, Anatoly"]
[Black "Novopashin, Arkady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eremin, Anatoly"]
[Black "Yudovich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Eremin, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ljavdansky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B91"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b3 b5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Rb8 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Ba3 Nf6 15.
Qd3 Qb6 16. c4 Rbc8 17. Nc3 Qa5 18. Bc1 bxc4 19. bxc4 Qc5 20. Nd5 Bd8 21. Ba3
Qxc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Bxd6 Re8 24. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Nxd5 26. exd5 e4 27.
Rd1 Ba5 28. Bf4 f5 29. d6 Kf7 30. d7 Rh8 31. Bf1 Bd8 32. Bc4+ Kf6 33. h4 h6 34.
h5 Ke7 35. Be5 Rh7 36. Bg8 Rh8 37. Bb3 Rh7 38. Bb2 Bb6 39. Ba3+ Kd8 40. Be6 e3
41. fxe3 Bxe3+ 42. Kh2 Rh8 43. Bxf5 Bc6 44. Rd3 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eremin, Anatoly"]
[Black "Lepikhin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Novopashin, Arkady"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B69"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Rc8 13. Bd3 Qa5 14. Kb1 Nb4
15. Nd4 Bf8 16. a3 Nc6 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qf4 Be7 20. Qg4 Bd7 21.
Qg7 Rf8 22. Na2 Rf7 23. Qh6 Bf8 24. Qh4 Qd8 25. Rhf1 a5 26. Be2 f5 27. Qh3 Qc7
28. Rd2 Kd8 29. exf5 exf5 30. Nc3 b4 31. Nd5 Qc5 32. Bh5 Rg7 33. Qh4+ Be7 34.
Nxe7 Rxe7 35. Re1 d5 36. Rde2 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Yudovich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B91"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 b5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Re1 d6 10. a4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 Nbd7 12. f4 Be7 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Ng8 15.
Ncb5 Qb6 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Ngf6 19. Nf5 O-O 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21.
Rh4 Rfd8 22. c4 a5 23. g4 Nf8 24. g5 Ne8 25. c5 Ra6 26. Qh5 g6 27. Qh6 Nxd6 28.
b4 f6 29. Bb2 e5 30. gxf6 Nf5 31. Bxe5 Re6 32. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Ljavdansky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B58"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O
Be6 9. Re1 Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. Bf1 Rc8 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb8 14. c4 Nbd7 15.
b3 Nh7 16. Bb2 f5 17. Rc1 Ng5 18. Nxg5 Bxg5 19. Rc2 b6 20. b4 e4 21. Bd4 Qe7
22. Kh1 Rce8 23. Rc3 Bf6 24. Ra3 Ra8 25. Rc3 Be5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Qd2 a5 28.
f4 Qf6 29. a3 axb4 30. axb4 Ra7 31. Rc2 Rfa8 32. Kh2 Ra3 33. Re3 Ra1 34. Re1
Rxe1 35. Qxe1 Ra1 36. Rc1 Ra2 37. Rb1 Qd4 38. Rd1 Qb2 39. Rb1 Qc2 40. Rc1 Qb2
41. Rb1 Qc2 42. Rc1 Qa4 43. Rb1 Kf8 44. c5 bxc5 45. bxc5 Nxc5 46. Rb8+ Kf7 47.
Qh4 Qa7 48. Rh8 Qe7 49. Qh5+ Kf6 50. Bb5 Nd3 51. Qh4+ Kf7 52. Be8+ Qxe8 53.
Qh5+ g6 54. Rh7+ Kg8 55. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lepikhin"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B84"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. a4
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. a5 O-O 12. f4 c5 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. Qe1 d5 15. e5
Nd7 16. Bd2 Rae8 17. Qg3 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Nd1 Bd6 20. Qh4 d4 21. Bxb7 Qxb7
22. Ra3 Qe4 23. Rd3 Nd5 24. g3 Qg6 25. b3 Rf5 26. g4 Bxf4 27. Kh1 Rff8 28. Nf2
Bxd2 29. Rxd2 Ne3 30. Rg1 e5 31. g5 Rf4 32. Rg4 Nxg4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Black "Novopashin, Arkady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E69"]
[PlyCount "171"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
a5 9. Re1 c6 10. h3 Re8 11. Qc2 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Be3 Nfd7 14. Rad1 a4 15.
f4 Qa5 16. a3 Nf6 17. Bf2 h5 18. f5 Nfd7 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Nf3 Ne5 21. Rxd6 Be6
22. Ne2 Rad8 23. Red1 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Bf7 25. Nf4 Ne6 26. Nxe6 Rxe6 27. c5 Qc7
28. Rd2 Nxf3+ 29. Bxf3 Be5 30. Kg2 Rf6 31. Qd1 Be6 32. h4 Qf7 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34.
Bd4 Bb3 35. Qd2 Qe7 36. Bxe5 Qxe5 37. Qd7+ Rf7 38. Qd4 Re7 39. Kf2 Qxd4+ 40.
Rxd4 Re5 41. Rd7+ Kg8 42. Rxb7 Rxc5 43. Ke3 Kf8 44. Kf4 Rc1 45. Rc7 Ke8 46. e5
Rf1 47. Ke3 Kd8 48. Ra7 Re1+ 49. Kf4 Rf1 50. Ke3 Re1+ 51. Kf2 Rxe5 52. Bxc6 Kc8
53. Rg7 Bc2 54. Rb7 Rc5 55. Bf3 Rf5 56. Rb4 Kd7 57. Ke3 Rf6 58. Be4 Bb3 59.
Rb7+ Kd8 60. Kd4 Re6 61. Rg7 Ke8 62. Rc7 Rb6 63. Rc6 Rb8 64. Bxg6+ Bf7 65. Bc2
Rxb2 66. Bxa4 Ke7 67. Rc3 Kd6 68. Bc2 Rb7 69. a4 Rb4+ 70. Ke3 Rb2 71. Kf4 Be8
72. Kg5 Ra2 73. Rd3+ Ke7 74. Bd1 Ra1 75. Bxh5 Bxa4 76. Rf3 Rc1 77. Bg6 Bc6 78.
Rf7+ Ke6 79. g4 Rc5+ 80. Rf5 Rxf5+ 81. Bxf5+ Kf7 82. Kh6 Kg8 83. g5 Be8 84. h5
Bf7 85. g6 Bxg6 86. hxg6 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Black "Yudovich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A75"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Bg7
9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. h3 Nxe4 13. hxg4 Bxc3 14. Qb3 Bb4 15.
Bd3 Qf6 16. Bh2 Nd7 17. g5 Nxg5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Bxd6 Nf6 20. Rad1 Rad8 21.
Bc7 Rxd5 22. Bc4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Kg7 24. Bd8 Qf5 25. Bxf7 Re2 26. f3 Qg5 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Black "Ljavdansky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Black "Lepikhin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novopashin, Arkady"]
[Black "Yudovich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novopashin, Arkady"]
[Black "Ljavdansky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novopashin, Arkady"]
[Black "Lepikhin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ljavdansky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Yudovich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. d4 Bf6 13. Nf1 Nb6 14. d5 g6 15. Bh6
Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ng3 b4 18. cxb4 cxb4 19. Qd2 Bg4 20. Qxb4 Nbc4 21. b3 Rb8
22. Qc3 Na3 23. Bd3 Nb5 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Rec1 Qb6 26. Nd2 Rfc8 27. Qd3 Bd7 28.
Ngf1 f5 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Qe3 Qb7 31. Ng3 Qe7 32. Nde4 Bd7 33. h4 Nb7 34. Rxc8
Rxc8 35. Qb6 Be8 36. a4 bxa4 37. bxa4 Qc7 38. Qxc7+ Rxc7 39. a5 Rc8 40. a6 Ra8
41. Rb1 Nc5 42. Nxc5 dxc5 43. Rb7+ Bf7 44. Ne4 Rxa6 45. Ng5 Rf6 46. d6 h6 47.
d7 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yudovich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lepikhin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ljavdansky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lepikhin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C07"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. dxe6 Qxe6+
8. Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. c3 Rhe8 12. Re1 Qf5 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Be3
g5 15. Ng3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 h5 17. Qc2 f6 18. dxc5 h4 19. gxh4 gxh4 20. Nd4 Nxd4
21. Bxd4 h3 22. f3 h2+ 23. Kxh2 Rh8+ 24. Kg1 Rh1+ 25. Kxh1 Ng3+ 26. Kh2 Qxc2
27. Kxg3 Rg8+ 28. Kf4 Qd2+ 29. Re3 Qxg2 30. Rae1 Qg6 31. R3e2 Qg3+ 32. Ke3 f5
33. Rf2 f4+ 34. Kd2 Rd8 35. Ree2 a5 36. b3 Qg1 37. Kd3 Qb1+ 38. Rc2 Re8 39. Kc4
Qe1 40. Kb5 Qe6 41. Kxa5 Kd7 42. Kb4 Qe1 43. Rh2 Qd1 44. Rcf2 Qd3 45. Rh4 Qf5
46. Rg2 Kc6 47. Rg7 b6 48. Rh6+ Re6 49. Rxe6+ Qxe6 50. cxb6 Kd5 51. Bc5 Qc8 52.
Rc7 Qe8 53. c4+ 1-0

