[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B62"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 a6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Qg3 hxg5 13. Nf3 gxh4 14. Qxg4
e5 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A29"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Bxb6 cxb6
15. Nc4 Bc5 16. Na4 Bxc4 17. Rxc4 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 b5 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20. Nc3 Rad8
21. Qc1 f5 22. Qe3 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Na4 f4 25. Qc5 fxg3+ 26. hxg3 Rf8+ 27.
Kg1 Qf5 28. Qe3 Qh5 29. Rc1 Rd6 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Bxc6 Qf7 32. Bf3 Qb3 33. Qa7
h5 34. Kg2 Qd1 35. Nc5 Rxf3 36. Kxf3 Qh1+ 37. Ke3 Qg1+ 38. Kd2 Qxg3 39. Ne4
Qf4+ 40. Qe3 Qg4 41. Qg5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C70"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Nxe5+ Ke7
8. Qf3 Nf6 9. Nc3 Qe8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Bf4 Kd8 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ng4 Nxg4 14.
Qxg4 Qg6 15. Qxg6 hxg6 16. f3 Nc4 17. b3 g5 18. Bg3 Nd6 19. Rhe1 b4 20. Na4 Bc6
21. Nc5 Nb5 22. d5 Bxc5 23. dxc6 d6 24. Rd5 a5 25. Rxg5 a4 26. Kd2 axb3 27.
axb3 Ra2 28. e5 Nd4 29. exd6 Rxc2+ 30. Kd1 cxd6 31. Rxg7 Rc3 32. Bh4+ Kc8 33.
Bf6 Rd3+ 34. Kc1 Nxc6 35. Kc2 Rd5 36. h4 Kb8 37. Rg5 Rxg5 38. hxg5 Rh2 39. Re2
Nd4+ 40. Bxd4 Bxd4 41. Kd3 Bc3 42. Ke4 Kc7 43. Kd5 Kd7 44. Ra2 Rh1 45. Ra7+ Ke8
46. f4 Kf8 47. f5 Rh5 48. Ra8+ Ke7 49. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Qc2 c5 8. Ne2
Nc6 9. h3 O-O 10. g4 Qe7 11. Bb2 Na5 12. O-O-O b5 13. gxf5 bxc4 14. Be4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Bb7 16. d5 Rxf5 17. Rhg1 Rxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxd5 19. Qg4 Nc6 20. f4 Rb8 21.
Ng3 Qb7 22. Qe2 Bf3 23. Qd2 Ne7 24. Rf1 Nf5 25. Nxf5 exf5 26. Rf2 Bh5 27. Qe1
Qe4 28. Rd2 d5 29. Rc2 Be8 30. Ba3 Ba4 31. Rb2 Rc8 32. Qe2 h6 33. Rb7 a5 34.
Kb2 Kh7 35. Rb5 d4 36. Qxc4 Qc2+ 37. Ka1 dxe3 38. Rb2 Qd1+ 39. Rb1 e2 40. Qe6
Bc2 41. Rc1 Rb8 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 f5
9. O-O-O Rf7 10. Kb1 Na6 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. Nge2 Nf6 13. c5 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 fxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. fxe4 dxc5 17. Bxc5 Qg5 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Bg4 20. Rd2 b6 21.
Be3 Raf8 22. Nc3 Rf1+ 23. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kc2 Bf8 25. a3 Bd7 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27.
Kxd1 Kf7 28. Ke2 Kf6 29. Kf3 a5 30. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 Nf8 8.
Bd3 c6 9. Nf3 Ne6 10. h4 Nd7 11. O-O-O Bxg5 12. hxg5 Nxg5 13. e4 Nxf3 14. gxf3
Nb6 15. Kb1 Be6 16. e5 Qd7 17. f4 g6 18. Rh6 O-O-O 19. Rdh1 Kb8 20. Rxh7 Rxh7
21. Rxh7 Qc8 22. f5 gxf5 23. f4 c5 24. Rh5 Rg8 25. Qf2 cxd4 26. Qxd4 Nc4 27.
Rh2 Qc6 28. b3 Qb6 29. Qxb6 Nxb6 30. Ne2 Nd7 31. Nd4 Rg4 32. Rh8+ Kc7 33. Rh7
Kb6 34. Nxe6 fxe6 35. Rxd7 Rxf4 36. Rd6+ Kc5 37. Rxe6 Kd4 38. Be2 Rf2 39. Bd1
Rd2 40. Bc2 f4 41. Re7 Re2 42. e6 Ke5 43. Rf7 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C70"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Nxb3 8. axb3
f6 9. Nh4 Qd7 10. f4 Bb7 11. d5 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne7 13. Nf3 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15.
Nc3 Be7 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 O-O 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Rad1 Re8 20. Rfe1 Rc8 21. c3
Re6 22. Bg3 Qe8 23. h3 a5 24. Kh2 h6 25. Qd3 Bc6 26. Re3 a4 27. bxa4 bxa4 28.
Rde1 Qd7 29. Nf4 Re5 30. Nd5 Re8 31. Qc4 Qf7 32. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Skotorenko, Vasily"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "202"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 a6 8. a4 a5
9. b3 Na6 10. Bb2 Re8 11. e3 Bf5 12. Re1 e5 13. e4 Bg4 14. d5 Qc7 15. h3 Bxf3
16. Bxf3 Nd7 17. Ba3 Ndc5 18. Rb1 Bh6 19. Qc2 Nb4 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Na2 Qb6 22.
Qe2 cxd5 23. cxd5 Rec8 24. Red1 Na6 25. Bg4 Rc5 26. Nc1 Bxc1 27. Rbxc1 Rc3 28.
Rxc3 bxc3 29. Qc4 Nc5 30. Qxc3 Nxe4 31. Qc2 f5 32. Bf3 Nc5 33. Rb1 Qb4 34. Be2
f4 35. Bc4 Rf8 36. Kg2 e4 37. gxf4 Rxf4 38. Qc1 Rf8 39. Qe3 Nxa4 40. Qxe4 Nc5
41. Qe1 Qa3 42. Qe2 Qb4 43. Qe1 Qb6 44. Qe3 Qc7 45. Re1 Qf7 46. b4 Nd7 47. Qe6
Ne5 48. Qxf7+ Rxf7 49. Re4 Rf5 50. f4 Nxc4 51. Rxc4 b5 { # } 52. Rd4 Kf7 53. h4
h6 54. Kg3 g5 55. Kg4 Kg6 56. fxg5 hxg5 57. h5+ Kf6 58. h6 Re5 59. Rd2 Re4+ 60.
Kg3 Rh4 61. Re2 Rxh6 62. Re6+ Kg7 63. Re7+ Kg6 64. Rb7 Kf5 65. Rxb5 Rh4 66. Rb8
Rd4 67. b5 Rb4 68. b6 Rb3+ 69. Kf2 Ke4 70. Rg8 Rb2+ 71. Ke1 Kf4 72. Rb8 Ke3 73.
Re8+ Kd3 74. Rg8 Rb1+ 75. Kf2 Rxb6 76. Rxg5 Rb5 77. Kf3 Rc5 78. Rh5 Kd4 79. Ke2
Rc2+ 80. Kd1 Rg2 81. Ke1 Ke4 82. Kd1 Rb2 83. Kc1 Rb5 84. Kd2 Kd4 85. Ke2 Rb2+
86. Kd1 Kc5 87. Ke1 Rb4 88. Kd2 Re4 89. Kd3 Rd4+ 90. Kc3 Rd1 91. Kc2 Rxd5 92.
Rxd5+ Kxd5 93. Kd3 Ke5 94. Ke3 d5 95. Kd3 d4 96. Kd2 Ke4 97. Ke2 d3+ 98. Kd2
Kd4 99. Kd1 Ke3 100. Ke1 d2+ 101. Kd1 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Bg2 c5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Ne2 a6 14. a4 Qc7 15. Be3
b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. cxb5 Nxb5 19. h4 h5 20. Qd2 Nd4 21. f4 Rb8
22. f5 Qb7 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Qg5 Nf8 26. g4 Qb3 27. gxh5 Qe3+ 28.
Qxe3 dxe3 29. Rb1 Bf6 30. b4 Bxh4 31. Bf3 gxh5 32. Bxh5 Nd7 33. b5 Kf8 34. Nc3
Rc8 35. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E64"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 Na6 8. O-O
Nc7 9. e4 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 12. Bd2 b5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Rae1 bxc4 15.
bxc4 Rb8 16. Nd1 Nb6 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 e5 19. f4 Nd7 20. Nf2 Rb7 21. Nd3
Qe7 22. Bf3 Rfb8 23. Bg4 f6 24. h4 Nf8 25. Rf2 Rb1 26. Bd1 Ne8 27. Ref1 exf4
28. Rxf4 Nd7 29. Ba4 Ne5 30. Bxe8 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Nxd3 32. Bxg6 Ne5 33. Bh5 Kg7
34. Be2 Qb7 35. Rc1 Qb2 36. Rc2 Qxc3 37. Rxc3 Rb2 38. Kf1 Rxa2 39. Rb3 a5 40.
Rb6 a4 41. Rxd6 a3 42. Ra6 Kf7 43. Ra7+ Ke8 44. Ke1 Kd8 45. Kf1 h6 46. Ke1 Kc8
47. Kd1 Kb8 48. Ra5 Kb7 49. Ke1 Kb6 50. Ra8 Kc7 51. Kd1 Nd7 52. Ra6 Nb8 53. Ra4
Nd7 54. Ra6 Kb7 55. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rfe1 Ng6 12. Rab1 Bg4 13. Ne5 Bc8 14. b4 a6 15.
a4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. f4 Qh4 19. h3 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 d4 21. Rf3
dxc3 22. Qxc3 Be6 23. Be4 Red8 24. Kh2 g6 25. Re1 Rd7 26. f5 gxf5 27. Bxf5 Bxf5
28. Rxf5 Re8 29. Ref1 Re6 30. R1f4 Qe7 31. Rf6 Qe8 32. Qg3+ Kh8 33. Qf3 Kg8 34.
Rg4+ Kh8 35. Qf4 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 h6 10. Qc1 Kh7 11. Nd2 Nd4 12. Re1 c6 13. Nde4 a5 14. Nc5 a4 15.
Rb1 Nd7 16. b4 Nxc5 17. bxc5 Qa5 18. Ne4 Nb5 19. Bd2 Qa7 20. Bb4 Be6 21. a3 Ba2
22. Rb2 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Bd5 24. Qe5 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Rae8 26. Bd2 Rh8 27. Bf4 Kg8
28. h4 Qa5 29. Rc1 Qd8 30. Rc4 Qd7 31. Qb2 Ra8 32. Rb4 f5 33. Be5 Rh7 34. Bf3
e6 35. d4 g5 36. e4 fxe4 37. Bxe4 gxh4 38. Bxh7+ Qxh7 39. d5 Qg6 40. Qe2 h5 41.
Rxh4 exd5 42. Rxh5 Kf7 43. Rh4 Re8 44. Rxa4 Re6 45. Qf3+ Ke7 46. Rg4 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nh3 d6 7. d5 Na6 8. O-O
Nc5 9. Nf4 e5 10. dxe6 c6 11. Qc2 Nxe6 12. Rd1 Ng4 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. c5 d5 15.
e3 Qe7 16. Ne2 Rae8 17. Bd2 f4 18. Nxf4 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 g5 20. Re1 Bf5 21. Qb3
gxf4 22. gxf4 Rf6 23. e4 Bc8 24. exd5 Qxc5+ 25. Kf1 Ref8 26. Be3 Qa5 27. dxc6+
Be6 28. Qxb7 Bc4+ 29. Kg1 Rg6 30. Rad1 Bd5 31. Re2 Bxc6 32. Qb3+ Kh8 33. Rdd2
Rg8 34. Kh1 Rxg2 35. Rxg2 Bh6 36. Qxg8# { # } 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A23"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
Bg2 Nc6 9. Qd2 d4 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 O-O 12. Nh3 Bxh3 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.
Bxh3 d3 15. O-O dxe2 16. Qxe2 Nd4 17. Qg4 Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Nd2 19. Rfe1 Qxb2 20.
Rac1 Rad8 21. Bg2 b5 22. a4 b4 23. Rc7 b3 24. Qb4 Qf6 25. Rxa7 Qxf2 26. Rae7
Rb8 27. Qxb8 Qxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxb8 29. a5 b2 30. Bb7 Kf8 31. a6 Re8 32. Rd1 b1=Q
33. Rxb1 Nxb1 34. a7 Ke7 35. a8=Q Rxa8 36. Bxa8 Kf6 37. Kg2 Ke5 38. Bc6 g5 39.
Be8 f5 40. Bc6 Nd2 41. Kf2 Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "56"]

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. f4 d5 10. e5 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Ng4 12. f5 Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Bf4 Bc5+
15. Kh1 Nf2+ 16. Kg1 g5 17. Rxf2 gxf4 18. f6 Bd7 19. Rd1 Kh8 20. Ne2 Bxf2+ 21.
Kxf2 Rg8 22. Nxf4 Rg5 23. Re1 d4 24. Bc4 Ra4 25. Bb3 Ra5 26. Re4 Raxe5 27. Rxd4
Bc6 28. g3 Ref5 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3
d6 9. Ne2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. O-O a5 12. b3 Nc6 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Ng3 Ng4 15. h3
Nh6 16. f4 Qh4 17. Ne2 Be6 18. fxe5 g5 19. Rad1 Qh5 20. Ng3 Qg6 21. Bc2 Rf7 22.
Rd6 Raf8 23. Qd2 Rg7 24. e4 f4 25. Nf5 Rgf7 26. Qd5 Bxd5 27. Rxg6+ hxg6 28.
Nxh6+ Kh7 29. exd5 Kxh6 30. dxc6 bxc6 31. a4 g4 32. hxg4 Kg5 33. Be4 Rb8 34.
Rf3 Rd7 35. Bxc6 Rd1+ 36. Rf1 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Rxb3 38. e6 Rxb2 39. e7 Rb1+ 40.
Ke2 Rb2+ 41. Kd3 Rb3+ 42. Kc2 Re3 43. e8=Q 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Levit, Roman"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E91"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O a6 8. e5 Ne8
9. Bf4 Bg4 10. Ng5 Bf5 11. g4 Bc8 12. Bg3 f6 13. exf6 exf6 14. Nh3 f5 15. g5
Nc7 16. f4 b5 17. d5 bxc4 18. Bxc4 c5 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Be1 Nb5 21. Bc3 Nxc3 22.
bxc3 Rb8 23. Re1 Re8 24. Nf2 Nf8 25. Qc2 Bd7 26. Nd3 Re4 27. Rxe4 fxe4 28. Ndb2
Qe8 29. Re1 Qf7 30. Qf2 Qf5 31. Bb3 h6 32. h4 Bb5 33. Re3 Nd7 34. Kh2 Be5 35.
Nd1 Bxf4+ 36. Kg2 hxg5 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. b3
Re8 9. e3 Nf8 10. Bb2 e4 11. Nd2 Bf5 12. f3 exf3 13. Qxf3 Ne6 14. e4 Ng5 15.
Qd3 Bh3 16. Nd5 Bxg2 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Kxg2 Bg7 19. h4 Ne6 20. Nf3 Qd7 21. Bc3
Re7 22. Rae1 Rae8 23. e5 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Qd6 25. b4 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 Bxe5 27. Qxd6
Bxd6 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Kf3 Kf8 30. g4 Be5 31. Bd2 Re6 32. Rc1 Ra6 33. Rc2 Ke7
34. g5 Ra3+ 35. Ke4 Ke6 36. Bf4 Rc3 37. Rxc3 Bxc3 38. Bxc7 Bxb4 39. Bg3 Bd2 40.
a4 a6 41. Bf2 Kd6 42. Kd3 Bc1 43. Bd4 Bf4 44. Ke4 Bg3 45. h5 gxh5 46. Kf5 h4
47. Kg4 Be1 48. Kh3 Ke6 49. Kg4 Bd2 50. Bf2 h3 51. Bg3 Bc3 52. Kxh3 Kf5 53. Bc7
Kxg5 54. Kg3 Kf5 55. Kf3 h5 56. Bg3 Bf6 57. Be1 h4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5
Nc6 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. Qd3 Qd7 11. Rad1 Rfe8 12. a3 Na5 13. Nd2 Qc6 14. b4 Nc4
15. b5 Qd7 16. Nxc4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Bxa3 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Rd3 Kg7
21. Ra1 Bd6 22. f4 Rec8 23. d5 exd5 24. Qxd5 b6 25. Ra4 Rd8 26. Qc6 Bb4 27. Kf2
f5 28. Qf6+ Qxf6 29. Nxf6 Rxd3 30. cxd3 Kxf6 31. Rxb4 a5 32. bxa6 Rxa6 33. d4
Ke6 34. Kf3 Kd5 35. h3 Ra1 36. g4 Rh1 37. Kg2 Re1 38. Kf2 Rh1 39. gxf5 Rxh3 40.
fxg6 fxg6 41. Rb5+ Kc4 42. Re5 c5 43. dxc5 bxc5 44. Rg5 Kd3 45. Rxc5 Rxe3 46.
Rd5+ Kc4 47. Rd6 Rd3 48. Rxg6 Kd5 49. Rg3 Rxg3 50. Kxg3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nc2 d4 8. O-O
Nc6 9. e4 Be7 10. Ne1 Be6 11. b3 O-O 12. Nd3 Nd7 13. Ba3 a5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
f4 f6 16. a4 Nb4 17. Na3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc5 19. Qb1 Bd7 20. Nb5 Bc6 21. f5 Rfd8
22. Ra2 b6 23. Rd2 Qb7 24. Re1 Rd7 25. h4 Rad8 26. Kh2 Kh8 27. Bf3 Bxb5 28.
axb5 d3 29. Re3 Rd4 30. Qd1 Qd7 31. g4 a4 32. bxa4 Rxc4 33. g5 Qd4 34. Re1 Rxa4
35. gxf6 gxf6 36. Rg2 d2 37. Reg1 Nxe4 38. Qb3 Qc4 39. Qe3 Ng5 40. Bg4 d1=Q 41.
Rxd1 Rxd1 42. hxg5 Rd3 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Skotorenko, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E65"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
Qa5 9. d5 Nb8 10. h3 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Qc2 e5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15.
Rad1 Nb8 16. Ng5 Nc6 17. Nce4 Qe7 18. Bc3 Ne8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f4 h6 21. Qc3+
e5 22. fxe5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 hxg5 24. e6+ Kg8 25. Rf7 Qxe6 26. Nxg5 Qxf7 27. Nxf7
Kxf7 28. Qh8 Be6 29. g4 Rd8 30. g5 Bxc4 31. h4 Ng7 32. Qh7 Ne5 33. h5 gxh5 34.
Qh6 Rd7 35. Be4 Be6 36. a5 c4 37. Qh8 d5 38. Bh7 Nf3+ 39. Kf2 Nxg5 40. Qg8+ Kf6
41. Qf8+ Rf7 42. Qh8 Nxh7 43. Qxh7 Kg5+ 44. Ke2 h4 45. Qh8 h3 46. e4 dxe4 47.
Ke3 Bf5 48. Qg8 Kg6 49. Kf2 Be6+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bf4 Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Ng4 14. Bd4 Qg5
15. h4 Qh5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxc5 Bxg2 18. Bxf8 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Bc6 20. Bc5 h6
21. Rd1 Nf6 22. Qe3 Qg4 23. Rd8+ Kh7 24. Kh2 Bd7 25. Qe5 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Bc6 27.
f3 Nd7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Bxa7 Qd5 30. Bd4 f6 31. Qxd5 Bxd5 32. a4 f5 33. Kf2 g5
34. Ke3 Kg6 35. Kd3 gxh4 36. gxh4 f4 37. Be5 Kf5 38. Bg7 h5 39. Kc3 Bc6 40. Kb4
Bd5 41. Bd4 Ke6 42. Ba7 Kf5 43. Bb8 Bc6 44. Bc7 Bd5 45. a5 Be6 46. Kc5 Bb3 47.
Kb6 Bc4 48. Kxb7 Bxe2 49. a6 Bxf3+ 50. Kb8 Be4 51. b4 Kg4 52. Bxf4 Kxf4 53. b5
Kg4 54. b6 Kxh4 55. b7 Kg4 56. Kc8 h4 57. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B95"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nbd7 9. Qh3 Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bd3 Nc5 13. Rhe1 Nxd3+ 14. Rxd3
Rc8 15. Kb1 Qc5 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. b4 Qc4 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Qh4+ Ke8
21. Qg5 g6 22. Red1 Rc7 23. Nb3 Bd5 24. Na5 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. Rxd5 exd5
27. Nb7 f6 28. exf6 Rf8 29. f7+ Kxf7 30. Qxd5+ 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e3
c6 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Nf8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxe5 Rd2 14. Na4 Ng4
15. Bc3 Rc2 16. Nxg4 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Rxc3 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Ne4 Rc2 20. Nd6 Kg7
21. Be4 Rd2 22. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Ne6 24. Bg2 Kf8 25. b4 Ke7 26. f4 f6 27. e4
Rb8 28. e5 fxe5 29. fxe5 Bd7 30. Bh3 Nf8 31. Bg2 Be6 32. b5 Nd7 33. Nxb7 cxb5
34. c5 Rc8 35. c6 Nxe5 36. Re1 Kf6 37. Nd6 Rd8 38. Ne4+ Kf5 39. c7 Re8 40. Nd6+
1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O a6 8. Be3
Qc7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. f5 e5 12. Nb3 Nb4 13. Rac1 b5 14. Bd5 Nbxd5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bb7 17. c4 bxc4 18. Rxc4 Qd7 19. f6 Bxf6 20. Rxf6 gxf6 21.
Qh5 Bc8 22. g4 Qb5 23. Nd2 Qxb2 24. Ne4 Qb1+ 25. Kf2 Rb8 26. Bc1 Rb2+ 27. Bxb2
Qxb2+ 28. Ke3 Qb1 29. Qh6 Rd8 30. Nxf6+ Kh8 31. Ne4 Qe1+ 32. Kd3 Qf1+ 33. Ke3
Bxg4 34. Ng3 Qe1+ 35. Kd3 Qd1+ 36. Ke3 Qf3+ 37. Kd2 Rb8 38. Qxd6 Qd1+ 39. Ke3
Qe1+ 40. Kd3 Qd1+ 41. Ke3 Qg1+ 42. Kd3 Qb1+ 43. Ke3 Qe1+ 44. Kd3 e4+ 45. Rxe4
Qd1+ 46. Ke3 Qf3+ 47. Kd4 Rc8 48. Re3 Qd1+ 49. Ke5 Be6 50. Nf5 Qa1+ 51. Kf4
Qf1+ 52. Rf3 Qc4+ 53. Ke5 Re8 54. Ne7 Qe2+ 55. Kf4 Qxh2+ 56. Rg3 Qf2+ 57. Rf3
Qh2+ 58. Rg3 Qh6+ 59. Ke5 Qh4 60. Qa3 Rxe7 61. Qc3 Rc7 62. Qa3 Rc5 63. Qxc5
Qxg3+ 64. Ke4 Bxd5+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E74"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Qd2 e6
9. Nf3 exd5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Bd8 13. Rad1 Nc6 14. Kc1 Re8
15. Nc3 f5 16. Bd3 Nb4 17. Rhe1 Nxd3+ 18. Rxd3 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Bf5 20. Rde3 Rxe4
21. Rxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Kf7 23. Re3 Bf6 24. Rd3 Rd8 25. Nd2 Bd4 26. b4 Re8 27.
Kd1 Kg8 28. bxc5 dxc5 29. Rb3 Bxf2 30. Rxb7 Re1+ 31. Kc2 Rg1 32. Ne4 Bd4 33.
Rxa7 Rxg2+ 34. Kd3 Rxh2 35. Ng5 h5 36. Ne6 Rh3+ 37. Ke4 Rc3 38. Nf4 h4 39. Ra6
Re3+ 40. Kd5 Re5+ 41. Kd6 g5 42. Ne6 Rf5 43. Ra3 g4 44. Nxd4 cxd4 45. Ke6 Rc5
46. Rd3 g3 47. Rxd4 Rg5 48. Kf6 Rg7 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A11"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Bf5 6. Na3 b5 7. Nc2 Be4 8. Ne3
Nbd7 9. b3 cxb3 10. d3 Bd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Qxb3 a6 13. a4 Nc5 14. Qc3 Nxa4
15. Qc6+ Nd7 16. Bf4 Qc8 17. Qxd5 Nc3 18. Qg5 h6 19. Qh4 Nxe2+ 20. Kh1 Nxf4 21.
Qxf4 Qb8 22. Qe4 Ra7 23. Rfe1 Qd6 24. Rac1 Nc5 25. Qb4 e6 26. Ne5 Rc7 27. Qa5
Rc8 28. d4 Qxd4 29. Rcd1 Qa4 30. Bc6+ Ke7 31. Qc3 Kf6 32. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. g4 Ne8
9. Qd2 f5 10. gxf5 gxf5 11. O-O-O f4 12. Bf2 a6 13. h4 Nd7 14. Bh3 b5 15. Be6+
Kh8 16. Nh3 Nb6 17. Ng5 Nxc4 18. Qe2 Ra7 19. h5 Bf6 20. Bxc8 Bxg5 21. Bh3 Ne3
22. Rdg1 Rg7 23. Nd1 Nxd1 24. Qxd1 c4 25. h6 Bxh6 26. Bf5 Bg5 27. Qf1 c3 28.
Rh5 cxb2+ 29. Kb1 Rff7 30. Rgxg5 Rxg5 31. Bh4 Rgxf5 32. Rxh7+ Rxh7 33. Bxd8
Rfh5 34. Kxb2 Rh1 35. Qd3 R7h2+ 36. Kb3 Re1 37. Bb6 a5 38. a4 Rhe2 39. axb5 Re3
40. Bxe3 Rxe3 41. Kc2 Rxd3 42. Kxd3 Nf6 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Levit, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E26"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Nf3
O-O 9. e4 Ne8 10. e5 f5 11. d5 Na5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. d6 Qc6 14. Be7 Rf7 15. Ng5
Qxg2 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 Qxh1+ 18. Ke2 Qg2 19. Nxf7 Ng7 20. h3 f4 21. Ng5 f3+
22. Ke1 Qg1+ 23. Bf1 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. Nbd2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. c3 d6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bd3
c5 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Qc7 11. a5 bxa5 12. Qa4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15.
Be2 Rfb8 16. Qh4 Qc6 17. Bf3 e4 18. Be2 a4 19. f3 Re8 20. Bd1 Qd6 21. Nc4 Qe6
22. Rxa4 exf3 23. gxf3 Nd7 24. Na5 Ba6 25. Bb3 c4 26. Bxc4 Bxc4 27. Qxc4 Nb6
28. Qxe6 Rxe6 29. Re4 Rxe4 30. fxe4 Re8 31. Rd1 f6 32. Bf4 Rxe4 33. Kf2 Bf8 34.
Rd8 Kf7 35. Nc6 g5 36. Bb8 Nc4 37. Bxa7 Nxb2 38. Rb8 Nc4 39. Rb7+ Kg6 40. Bd4
h5 41. Nb4 Rh4 42. Ke2 Rxh2+ 43. Kd3 Nb2+ 44. Ke4 h4 45. Rb6 Rf2 46. Nd5 Bg7
47. Ne7+ Kh7 48. Ra6 h3 49. Ra1 Bf8 50. Nd5 Bg7 51. Ne7 g4 52. Rh1 Bf8 53. Nd5
f5+ 54. Ke5 Bg7+ 55. Ke6 Bxd4 56. cxd4 Kg6 57. Nf4+ Rxf4 58. exf4 Nd3 59. d5 g3
60. d6 g2 61. Rg1 Nc5+ 62. Kd5 Nd7 63. Ke6 Nb6 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Skotorenko, Vasily"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A14"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bf6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd2 Ba6 14. Ne4 Qb2
15. Qc1 Qxc1 16. Rfxc1 Bxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rae1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nf6
15. Ne5 c5 16. f3 c4 17. Bf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Rad8 19. Qb1 Rd6 20. e4 Rb6 21. Qc2
Re6 22. Rb1 Qc7 23. h3 R8e7 24. Rfe1 Qa5 25. a4 a6 26. Rb4 Ne8 27. Reb1 Nd6 28.
Rb6 Re8 29. Kh1 R8e7 30. Qb2 Rc7 31. Qa3 Nb5 32. R1xb5 axb5 33. Rxb5 Qa6 34.
Rxd5 Re8 35. Qb4 Qf6 36. Nxc4 Rec8 37. Rc5 Rxc5 38. dxc5 Qc6 39. Nd6 Rc7 40.
Nb5 Rd7 41. Nd4 Qc7 42. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 d4 13. Ne2 Qd5 14. Bg3 Bg4
15. Re1 Rad8 16. h3 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Rfe8 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Qd2 Ne4 20. Re1 Re7
21. Qf4 f5 22. Bh2 g5 23. Qf3 Qe6 24. Qd1 Qf6 25. f3 Nc5 26. Rxe7 Nxe7 27. Bc4+
Kg7 28. Bg3 f4 29. Bf2 Nf5 30. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Rd1 d6 10. Qc2 Qc8 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nbd7 13. e4 a6 14. a4 Qb8 15.
Bf1 Ne8 16. Be3 g6 17. Bh3 Bc8 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 h6 20. Nf3 Ng7 21. Re1 Re8
22. Nd2 Qc7 23. Bf1 Nf8 24. Nc4 Rb8 25. e5 dxe5 26. d6 Qd8 27. Nxe5 Bb7 28. Bc4
Nge6 29. Rad1 Ng5 30. f4 Rxe5 31. fxe5 Nf3+ 32. Kf1 Qg5 33. Bd5 Nxe1 34. Rxe1
Bxd5 35. Nxd5 Ne6 36. Qf2 b5 37. h4 Qd8 38. Ne7+ Kf8 39. Nc6 Qb6 40. Nxb8 Qxb8
41. Qf6 Kg8 42. Rd1 Qa8 43. Kg1 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. Qd3
b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Nb5 Ba6 12. a4 Ne4 13. h4 h6 14. Rfc1 Bd6 15.
Qe3 Bxb5 16. axb5 Ndf6 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Ng4 19. Qf4 Ngxf2 20. Qf3 f6 21.
Bf4 f5 22. Rc7 Ng4 23. Raxa7 Rxa7 24. Rxa7 Qf6 25. Qd3 g5 26. Bc7 gxh4 27. Bxb6
hxg3 28. Bc7 Qh4 29. Bf4 Ngf2 30. Qf3 Ng5 31. Qxg3 Nh3+ 32. Kh2 Qxf4 33. Bxh3
Qxd4 34. Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Be4 Bd6 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh6 Bf8 13. Qg5 Qxg5 14. Bxg5
Bg7 15. c3 h6 16. Bc1 a5 17. c4 Ne7 18. Na3 O-O 19. Rd1 f5 20. Bc2 Rb8 21. Rb1
e5 22. f3 Be6 23. Rd6 Kf7 24. Bd2 e4 25. fxe4 Bxb2 26. Bc1 Be5 27. Rd1 f4 28.
Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Bxf4 Bxf4 30. Rf1 g5 31. g3 Ng6 32. e5 Bh3 33. Rf2 Ke7 34. gxf4
Nxf4 35. Be4 Rd8 36. Rc2 Rf8 37. Bf3 g4 38. Bd1 Rd8 39. Be2 Nxe2+ 40. Rxe2 Rd1+
41. Kf2 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Qxb2 7. Bd3 Qb6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. Ne3 Be7 11. c4 d6 12. Rb1 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 g4 15.
Nd2 Nxd4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 e5 18. Nd5 Qxc4 19. Re1 Be6 20. Rc1 Qxa2 21.
Nc7+ Kd7 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Ra1 Qb3 25. Rxa7 Qxd1 26. Rxd1 Kd8 27.
f3 gxf3 28. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Ke8 30. f4 f6 31. Rc1 Bd5 32. Kf1 Bf3 33. Rcc7
Bf8 34. Kf2 Be4 35. Ke3 d5 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Levit, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. b3
Re8 9. e3 h6 10. Ba3 Nh7 11. Qc2 Ng5 12. Rad1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 exd4 14. exd4 Nf8
15. Bb2 Ne6 16. Nd5 Ng5 17. Bg2 Bf5 18. Qd2 Bh3 19. Rfe1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qd7 21.
Nf4 d5 22. h4 Ne4 23. Qd3 c6 24. Qf3 Qd6 25. Re3 h5 26. Re2 Re7 27. c5 Qd7 28.
Rde1 Rae8 29. b4 Qf5 30. Qa3 Bf6 31. Bc1 Qg4 32. Qf3 Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Bxd4 34. a3
a5 35. bxa5 Bc3 36. Rd1 Nxc5 37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38. Be3 Nb3 39. Ne2 Be5 40. Bb6 Bc7
41. Bxc7 Rxc7 42. a6 bxa6 43. Kf4 Re7 44. Nc3 d4 45. Ne4 c5 46. Nd6 Re6 47. Nc4
Rf6+ 48. Kg5 Kg7 49. g4 hxg4 50. Kxg4 Rxf2 51. Rb1 Rc2 52. Nd6 c4 53. Re1 d3
54. Re7 d2 55. Rxf7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. O-O
Be6 9. Rd1 Bxb3 10. axb3 O-O 11. d4 Bb6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Qe7 14. d5 Nb8 15.
Nbd2 Nbd7 16. Nf1 Rfc8 17. b4 Qf8 18. N3d2 g6 19. Qf3 Qg7 20. Ne3 Rf8 21. Kh1
Nh7 22. g4 f6 23. Rg1 Ng5 24. Qg2 c5 25. Nc2 cxb4 26. Nxb4 Nc5 27. Bg3 Qd7 28.
h4 Nf7 29. Qf3 Kg7 30. Bh2 a5 31. Nc6 Nd8 32. Nxd8 Raxd8 33. h5 g5 34. Nf1 Nb3
35. Rd1 a4 36. Ng3 Bc5 37. Rg2 Rb8 38. Qd3 b4 39. f4 bxc3 40. fxe5 fxe5 41.
Nf5+ Kh7 42. Qxc3 Rbc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Qd2 a6
9. h4 e6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qh6 exd5 12. cxd5 b5 13. h5 Nd7 14. Nh3 Ne5 15. Ng5
Ra7 16. Be2 Re7 17. f4 Nd7 18. e5 Qb4 19. O-O dxe5 20. d6 Ree8 21. Bg4 exf4 22.
Rad1 Ne5 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Nd5 Ng4 25. Nxf6+ Nxf6 26. d7 Rb8 27. Rd6 Rfd8 28.
hxg6 hxg6 29. Ne6 Nh5 30. Nxd8 Rxd8 31. Qg5 Qa5 32. Qxc5 Ng3 33. b4 Qa3 34. Re1
Qb2 35. Qe5 Qxb4 36. a3 Qxa3 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qxd8 Qc5+ 39. Kh2 Qh5+ 40. Kg1
Qc5+ 41. Kh2 Qh5+ 42. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B95"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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. Be2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Rhe1 O-O 14. Bd3 Rb8
15. Bg3 Bd6 16. Qe2 Nd7 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Rxd6 Qxd6 19. Bxe5 Qc5 20. Qg4 f6 21.
Bxe6+ Bxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Bxb8 Rxb8 24. Ne4 Qb5 25. Rd1 Nd5 26. b3 Nb4 27.
Qd6 Nxa2+ 28. Kb2 Nb4 29. Nxf6 Qb6 30. Nd7 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Skotorenko, Vasily"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nb6 10. Qd3 Nfd7 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 Ne5 13. Qd1 h5 14. f4 Ned7 15.
Qd2 Nc5 16. Rad1 Re8 17. e4 c6 18. h3 Qe7 19. Rfe1 a4 20. Qc2 Bd7 21. Nf3 axb3
22. axb3 Red8 23. Qf2 f6 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. b4 Nxc4 27. bxc5 Nxb2
28. Qxb2 Qxc5+ 29. Kh2 Bf5 30. Qb3+ Kh8 31. Ng5 Rf8 32. Nce4 Qe7 33. h4 Ra3 34.
Qb6 Bh6 35. Rf1 Ra2 36. Kh1 Ra3 37. Rf2 Rfa8 38. Kh2 R3a6 39. Qb2 Ra4 40. Nd6
Bxg5 41. hxg5 h4 42. Nxf5 gxf5 43. Rxf5 hxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Ra3+ 45. Bf3 Re3 46.
Rh1+ Kg8 47. Qc1 Raa3 48. Qc4+ Kg7 49. Qh4 Rxf3+ 50. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 51. Kxf3 Qf7+
52. Kg2 Qd5+ 53. Kh2 Qd2+ 54. Kh3 Qd3+ 55. Qg3 Qh7+ 56. Kg2 Qc2+ 57. Qf2 Qe4+
58. Qf3 Qc2+ 59. Kg3 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 cxb2 12. fxg7 Bxg7 13. Bxb2 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 Bh6
15. Bc1 Rg8 16. O-O Bxd2 17. Bxd2 Qd5 18. Bf3 Qxd4 19. Rb1 O-O-O 20. Rb4 Qd6
21. Qb1 Ne5 22. Be4 Ba6 23. Rc1 Bd3 24. Qb3 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Qd5 26. Qxd5 Nf3+ 27.
Kh1 exd5 28. Re7 Nxd2 29. Rxc6+ Kb8 30. Rcc7 Rd6 31. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D80"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Nf3 c6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. Bb3 Nd5 13. Ne5 Nxf4 14. exf4
Qd6 15. Re1 e6 16. Qf3 Re8 17. h4 f6 18. Nd3 b6 19. h5 gxh5 20. f5 Kh8 21. Nf4
Bb7 22. fxe6 Re7 23. Nxh5 Rf8 24. Ng3 c5 25. d5 c4 26. Nf5 Qc5 27. Bxc4 Rxe6
28. Rxe6 Qxc4 29. Qg3 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5
axb5 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Nxe4 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 O-O 13. O-O Bf5 14. Be3 Qd7
15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Nf3 b4 18. Ba4 Qe6 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. cxd4 b3 21.
Bb5 c6 22. Bd3 Rb4 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Qd2 Rc4 25. Rfc1 h6 26. f3 c5 27. Rxc4
dxc4 28. Rc1 cxd4 29. Rxc4 Qxe5 30. Rxd4 Kh7 31. Rd5 Qe6 32. Rd6 Qe7 33. h3 Rc8
34. Rd7 Qe8 35. Kh2 Rc2 36. Qd3+ g6 37. Qd4 Re2 38. Rb7 Qe6 39. Rb8 Qe5+ 40.
Qxe5 Rxe5 41. Rxb3 h5 42. h4 Re2 43. Kg3 f6 44. f4 g5 45. fxg5 fxg5 46. Rb7+
Kg6 47. Rb6+ Kg7 48. hxg5 Re4 49. Kf3 Rg4 50. g6 Kh6 51. b3 Rd4 52. Ke3 Rg4 53.
Kf3 Rd4 54. Re6 Rb4 55. Re3 Kxg6 56. Ke2 Kf5 57. Kd2 Rb8 58. Kc3 Rc8+ 59. Kb2
Rb8 60. Re2 Kf4 61. Kc3 Rc8+ 62. Kd4 Rd8+ 63. Kc5 Re8 64. Kd6 Rb8 65. Rb2 Kg3
66. b4 h4 67. Kc7 Rf8 68. b5 Rf2 69. Rb4 Rxg2 70. b6 Rf2 71. b7 Rf7+ 72. Kd6
Rxb7 73. Rxb7 h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E04"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nd5 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Ne4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qe5 Qc7 13. Qxc7 Nxc7 14. Nd2 c3
15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Rb1 O-O-O 17. Rb3 Nb6 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. Be3 Bc7 20. Rfb1 c5 21.
Bxc5 Be4 22. Rc1 Rd5 23. Be3 Ra5 24. Rb4 Bc6 25. a4 Nd5 26. Bd4 e5 27. Rc4 Bxa4
28. Nxe5 Bb3 29. Bh3+ Kb7 30. Rb1 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Ra1 32. Rxa1 Bxc4 33. Bxg7 Re8
34. Bd4 a6 35. e3 Kc6 36. Bg2 Ra8 37. Ra5 Kd6 38. Rc5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. f4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qc2 Bg5
15. Bc3 Qd5 16. Rf5 Bh6 17. Raf1 Rad8 18. e3 Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A61"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Nd2 Ne8 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. e3 f5 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. Be2 Qa5 15.
a4 Qd8 16. O-O Qe7 17. Rab1 Bd7 18. b4 c4 19. Rbc1 Rc8 20. Rfe1 g5 21. Bh2 g4
22. hxg4 fxg4 23. Bf1 Nf6 24. Bf4 Nh5 25. g3 Be5 26. Nb5 Bxb5 27. axb5 c3 28.
Qd1 Qg7 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. d6 Kh8 31. Qd5 Qf6 32. Rc2 Rcd8 33. Rd1 Rd7 34. Qc5
Ng7 35. Qxc3 Nf5 36. Qc4 h5 37. Bg2 h4 38. Qxg4 hxg3 39. Rf1 Rg7 40. Qf3 Nxd6
41. fxg3 Qxf3 42. Rxf3 Rxf3 43. Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E85"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Qd2
Nb6 9. b3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Be2 c5 12. Nc2 Nh5 13. O-O f5 14. Rad1 Bd7 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qh4 18. Nd5 Nd7 19. Qd2 Re5 20. Bf2 Qd8 21. g4
Nhf6 22. Bg3 Re6 23. Nf4 Re5 24. Qxd6 Qa5 25. Nxg6 Re2 26. Rf2 Rae8 27. Rxe2
Rxe2 28. Ne5 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 Qb6 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Rd7+ Be7 33. Qf4
Qf6 34. Qxf6+ Kxf6 35. Na3 a6 36. Rd1 Kg5 37. Nb1 Bf6 38. Rd5+ Kg6 39. Kf1 Rxh2
40. Nd2 Bd4 41. Ne4 Rxa2 42. Rd6+ Kg7 43. Rd7+ Kg6 44. Rxb7 Be3 45. Rb6+ Kg7
46. Rd6 a5 47. Rd3 Bd4 48. f4 a4 49. bxa4 Rxa4 50. Nd2 Kg6 51. Rb3 h5 52. gxh5+
Kxh5 53. Rg3 Ra2 54. Nf3 Rc2 55. Rg5+ Kh6 56. Nxd4 cxd4 57. c5 d3 58. Ke1 Kh7
59. Kd1 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A65"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2
Bg4 9. Nd2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne8 12. Nc4 Bf6 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5
15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. f4 Qd6 17. Rad1 f6 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Rf1+ Kg8
21. Nd1 Rc8 22. Ne3 c4 23. Qg4 Rc7 24. Nf5 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Rf7 26. d6 Qxd6 27. Rd1
Qe6 28. Rd8 g6 29. h3 Rf6 30. Nh6+ Kf8 31. Rd7 Qxg4 32. Nxg4 Rf1+ 33. Kh2 Nf6
34. Nxf6 Rxf6 35. Rxb7 Rb6 36. Rxa7 Rxb2 37. Rxh7 Re2 38. a4 Ra2 39. Rc7 Rxa4
40. Kg3 c3 41. Kf3 Ra3 42. Kg4 Ke8 43. Kg5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Levit, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A10"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 fxe4 4. d3 e5 5. g4 Nc6 6. g5 Ng8 7. Bg2 d6 8. Bxe4
Nge7 9. Nge2 Bf5 10. Be3 Qd7 11. Qa4 Bxe4 12. dxe4 Ng6 13. h4 Be7 14. O-O-O O-O
15. Rdg1 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Nd5 f3 18. Nd4 Rae8 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxc6 bxc6
21. Nxc7 Rb8 22. Ne6 Rfe8 23. Nd4 Bd8 24. Rg4 Bb6 25. Rd1 Rb7 26. Nf5 Re6 27.
Rd3 Bxf2 28. Rxf3 Bc5 29. Rgf4 Re8 30. Kc2 a5 31. Rd3 Rf8 32. Rf1 g6 33. Nh6+
Kg7 34. Rxf8 Kxf8 35. Ng4 Kf7 36. e5 Ke6 37. Rf3 Rf7 38. Rxf7 Kxf7 39. Kd3 Ke6
40. Ke4 d5+ 41. cxd5+ cxd5+ 42. Kd3 Kf5 43. Nf6 Bf2 44. Nxh7 Bg3 45. Nf6 Bxe5
46. Nxd5 Kg4 47. Ne7 Kh5 48. b3 Bd6 49. Nc6 Bc7 50. Kc4 Kxh4 51. a4 Kxg5 52.
Nxa5 Bxa5 53. b4 Bc7 54. a5 Kf5 55. a6 Bb6 56. Kb5 Bf2 57. Kc6 g5 58. b5 g4 59.
b6 Bxb6 60. Kxb6 g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B77"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bb3 b5 13. Kb1 Rfc8 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ exf6 17. Rxd2 Bxb3 18. axb3 Rc6 19. Rhd1 Rd8 20.
Rd5 a6 21. c4 bxc4 22. bxc4 Kf8 23. b3 Ke7 24. Kc2 Rb8 25. Ra1 Kd7 26. Rda5
Rbb6 27. Kc3 Kc7 28. b4 Kb7 29. R1a4 Rc7 30. Kd4 h5 31. h4 Rbc6 32. b5 axb5 33.
cxb5 Rc2 34. Ra7+ Kb6 35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36. Ra6+ Kxb5 37. Rxd6 f5 38. exf5 Rc4+ 39.
Ke5 gxf5 40. f4 Rc2 41. Kxf5 Rxg2 42. Rh6 Kc5 43. Kf6 Kd5 44. Rxh5+ Ke4 45. f5
Rf2 46. Rg5 Kf4 47. Kxf7 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Skotorenko, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. b3
Re8 9. e3 c6 10. Bb2 e4 11. Nd2 d5 12. f3 Bh6 13. Re1 exf3 14. Qxf3 Nf8 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxe3+ 19. Kg2 Be6 20. Rxe3 Bxd5+
21. Kf2 Rxe3 22. Kxe3 Rc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 f6 25. Nb1 Nd7 26. Ba3 Bc6 27.
Nc3 Nb6 28. Bc5 Nd5+ 29. Nxd5 Bxd5 30. Bxa7 Kf7 31. Kd3 Ke6 32. Kc3 Kd6 33. a4
Kc6 34. Bc5 Kd7 35. b4 g5 36. Kd3 f5 37. Ke3 Ke6 38. a5 h5 39. Bb6 Kd7 40. Ba7
h4 41. gxh4 f4+ 42. Kf2 gxh4 43. Bb8 f3 44. b5 Ke6 45. a6 bxa6 46. bxa6 Kf5 47.
h3 Ke4 48. Be5 Kd3 49. a7 Ke4 50. Bf6 Kd3 51. Bxh4 Kxd4 52. Be7 Ke5 53. h4 Kf5
{ # } 54. Kg3 Ke6 55. Bc5 Kf5 56. Bf2 Bc6 57. Be1 Bd5 58. Kf2 Kf4 59. Kf1 Bc4+
60. Kg1 Bd5 61. Bf2 Bc6 62. Kf1 Kf5 63. Ke1 Ke6 64. Kd2 Kd7 65. Ke3 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A81"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c6 7. b3 a5 8. a3 d5
9. c4 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nd7 11. e3 Bf6 12. Rc1 b5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Qe2
Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Be7 18. Rc2 b4 19. a4 Qd7 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Bd4 Ba6
22. Bf1 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Kf7 24. Ke2 Ke8 25. Qd3 Qb7 26. g4 g6 27. gxf5 gxf5 28.
Kd2 Rxc2+ 29. Rxc2 Kd7 30. Bc5 Rc8 31. Bd4 Rxc2+ 32. Qxc2 Qa6 33. Qd3 Qxd3+ 34.
Kxd3 Kc6 35. f3 Bc5 36. Bb2 Bb6 37. Ke2 Kd7 38. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bf3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Nc6 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. cxd4 e5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O exd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14.
Bf4 Bg4 15. Qd3 c5 16. Nb3 Rc8 17. Qg3 Be2 18. Rfe1 Nh5 19. Qg5 Nxf4 20. Qxf4
Re8 21. Nc1 Bd1 22. Nd3 Bxc2 23. Ne5 Bg6 24. Rad1 Qf6 25. Qg3 Qe6 26. h3 f6 27.
Nf3 Qf7 28. Qg4 Bh5 29. Qf4 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Bxf3 31. Qxf3 c4 32. Rc1 h6 33. Rc3
Qe6 34. Kh2 Qd6+ 35. g3 Qc5 36. h4 a5 37. Kg1 Kh8 38. Qe4 f5 39. Qf4 Qd5 40.
Kh2 Kh7 41. Qe3 Qe4 42. Qc1 Rc5 43. Qd2 Rd5 44. Qe3 Qxe3 45. fxe3 Rc5 46. Kg2
Kg6 47. Kf3 Kf6 48. e4 Ke5 49. exf5 Kd4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. d5
h6 9. Ne1 Nh7 10. Nc2 Ng5 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Qd3 Ngxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. f4 Bf5
15. g4 Nf2 16. Qd2 Nxg4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxh6 Re8 20. Rae1 Qh4
21. b3 Bf5 22. Be3 Qg4+ 23. Kf2 Bxh2 24. Rc1 Bg3+ 25. Kg1 Be4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A09"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 a5 4. b5 f6 5. e3 c5 6. bxc6 Nxc6 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. exd4
Qxd4 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Rc8 12. Rb1 Rxc4 13. Rxb7 Rb4 14. Qh5+ g6
15. Qxa5 Rxb7 16. Qa8+ Kf7 17. Qxb7 Qe5+ 18. Kd1 Nh6 19. Re1 Qxh2 20. Ba3 Ng8
21. Nd5 Qxg2 22. Qb3 Kg7 23. Nc7 Kh6 24. Ne6 Bg7 25. Qg3 Qd5 26. f3 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B74"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nb3 O-O 8.
Be2 a5 9. a4 d6 10. O-O Nb4 11. Qd2 b6 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. f3 Rc8 14. Bb5 Bc6 15.
Bxc6 Rxc6 16. e5 Ne8 17. Nd4 Rc4 18. e6 Qc8 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. Ndb5 Qb7 21. Qf2
Rc6 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. Ne6 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Nd5 25. Bd4 Qd7 26. Ng5 Rf5 27. Qh4 e5
28. g4 Rf4 29. Bf2 Nxc3 30. Rd3 Qe7 31. Bxb6 Rxa4 32. Qe1 Qxg5 33. Rxc3 Rxc3
34. Qxc3 Qf4 35. Bxa5 Qc4 36. Qxc4+ Rxc4 37. Rf2 Kf7 38. Kf1 Ke6 39. Ke1 Nf6
40. Kd1 Nd5 41. Bd2 Ra4 42. Ke2 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "?"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bb3 b5 13. Kb1 Rfc8 14. g4 Bxb3
15. cxb3 b4 16. Ne2 Rc6 17. a4 Rac8 18. Rc1 Nd7 19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Nd4 Rc5 22. h4 h5 23. Rg1 hxg4 24. fxg4 Nf6 25. h5 Re5 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Rh1
Rxe4 28. Qh6+ Kf7 29. Nc6 Qd5 30. g5 Qxc6 31. gxf6 Kxf6 32. Rf1+ Ke6 33. Qh3+
Ke5 34. Qg3+ Ke6 35. Qh3+ Ke5 36. Qg3+ Ke6 37. Qxg6+ Kd7 38. Qf5+ Kd8 39. Rc1
Qb7 40. Qf8+ Kd7 41. Qf5+ Kd8 42. Qf3 Kd7 43. Ka2 a6 44. Rc4 d5 45. Qf5+ Re6
46. Rd4 Kd6 47. Qf4+ Kc5 48. Rd1 Kc6 49. Rc1+ Kd7 50. Qf5 Kd6 51. Qf4+ Kd7 52.
Qf5 Kd6 53. Qf8 Kd7 54. Rc5 Rd6 55. Qf5+ Kd8 56. Qf8+ Kd7 57. Qf5+ Kd8 58. Rc1
Rf6 59. Qg4 Rd6 60. Qg8+ Kd7 61. Qg4+ Kd8 62. Rc5 d4 63. Qg8+ Kd7 64. Qg4+ Kd8
65. Qf5 d3 66. Qf8+ Kd7 67. Re5 Kc7 68. Rxe7+ Rd7 69. Qf4+ Kd8 70. Qf8+ Kc7 71.
Qf4+ Kd8 72. Re4 Qxe4 73. Qxe4 d2 74. Qh4+ Kc8 75. Qh8+ Rd8 76. Qh3+ Rd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. Nd5 Qxd2 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. Rxd2 Be7 16. g4 a6 17. Be2 Rac8 18. h4 Rfd8 19. h5 d5 20. hxg6 hxg6
21. Bd3 d4 22. Bf2 Bg5 23. Re2 Bf4 24. Bh4 g5 25. Be1 Kg7 26. Rg2 Rh8 27. Rgg1
Be3 28. Rf1 f6 29. b3 Bf4 30. Rfg1 Be3 31. Rf1 Bf4 32. Rfg1 Be3 33. Rf1 Bf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Levit, Roman"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Re8 8.
Ne2 Bd6 9. Ng3 c5 10. Nd2 b5 11. a4 c6 12. Nb3 Be6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Nd2 Nb6 15.
b3 Qd7 16. h3 Nc8 17. Nh5 Qe7 18. Qf3 f6 19. g4 Rf8 20. Kh1 Rb8 21. Rg1 Rb7 22.
Ng3 Qd7 23. Nf5 Ne7 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Ra6 Rb6 26. Rga1 Nc6 27. Nb1 Rfb8 28. Nc3
Rxa6 29. Rxa6 Bf8 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. exd5 Nb4 32. Ra5 Nxd5 33. Bd2 Ne7 34. Nxe7+
Bxe7 35. Kg2 Bd8 36. Ra6 Bb6 37. Be3 b4 38. Qe4 Qb7 39. Ra1 Qxe4+ 40. dxe4 Rd8
41. Kf3 Kf7 42. Ke2 Ke6 43. Rg1 g6 44. h4 Rc8 45. Kd3 c4+ 46. bxc4 Bxe3 47.
fxe3 Rd8+ 48. Ke2 Rc8 49. Ra1 Rxc4 50. Ra6+ Kf7 51. Rxa7+ Kg8 52. Kd3 Rc3+ 53.
Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C81"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Nc5 11. c4 d4 12. cxb5 d3 13. Qf1 Bxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 15.
Be3 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. Ne1 O-O 19. Nxd3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qa7 21.
Qd2 b4 22. Qf4 h6 23. h3 Qb6 24. Rd5 Be7 25. Nd2 Qe6 26. Qe4 Ra8 27. Kh2 c6 28.
Rd3 f6 29. Qc4 Kf7 30. exf6 Qxc4 31. Nxc4 Bxf6 32. Rd7+ Ke8 33. Rc7 Ra6 34. Kg3
Kd8 35. Rb7 c5 36. Kf3 Bd4 37. Rb6 Ra1 38. Re6 Rd1 39. Ke2 Rc1 40. Kf3 Rd1 41.
Ke4 Kd7 42. Rg6 Ke7 43. f4 Kf7 44. Rg3 Re1+ 45. Kd5 Kf6 46. Ne5 Bxe5 47. fxe5+
Rxe5+ 48. Kd6 Kf5 49. Rxg7 Re2 50. Kxc5 Rxb2 51. Kxb4 h5 52. g4+ Kf6 53. Rd7
Ke6 54. Rh7 hxg4 55. hxg4 Rg2 56. Rg7 Kf6 57. Rg8 Kf7 58. Rd8 Rxg4+ 59. Kc5 Ke7
60. Rd3 Rg8 61. b4 Rc8+ 62. Kb5 Rb8+ 63. Ka4 Ra8+ 64. Kb3 Rb8 65. Rd4 Ke6 66.
Kc4 Ke5 67. Rd5+ Ke6 68. b5 Rc8+ 69. Rc5 Kd7 70. b6 Ra8 71. Kd5 Ra1 72. Rc7+
Kd8 73. Kc6 Rc1+ 74. Kb7 Rb1 75. Rc2 Rd1 76. Kb8 Kd7 77. b7 Rh1 78. Ra2 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Skotorenko, Vasily"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4
Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qc8 10. e4 O-O 11. f3 Re8 12. b3 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Bf8 14. Qd2 Ne5 15.
Rad1 c6 16. Nf5 Qe6 17. Qg5 Ng6 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. Nf5 Qe6 20. Nd4 Qd7 21. Nf5 Qe6
1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bf4 Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rc1 a6 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. Qd3 Bb4
15. a3 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Rxc3 17. Qxc3 Qb6 18. Be5 Rc8 19. Qd2 Nd7 20. Bc3 Qb3 21.
Rd1 Nb6 22. e4 Na4 23. Bd4 dxe4 24. Bxe4 h6 25. Be5 f5 26. Bb1 Nc5 27. Rc1 Ne4
28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Qxc8 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qxb1 32. Qxb7 Kg6 33. Qxg7+
Kh5 34. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "166"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Re1 Be7 8. d4
Nd7 9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d5 c4 15. g4
Bg6 16. Nf1 Nb7 17. Ng3 Nbc5 18. Kh2 a5 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Rg1 Bf8 21. Nf5 Rb8 22.
Rab1 Rb7 23. h4 f6 24. Nd2 Kh8 25. Rg3 Nb6 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. a4 b4 28. Nxc4
Nxc4 29. Qxc4 Qb8 30. Rbg1 bxc3 31. bxc3 Rb2 32. Ne3 Qd6 33. Qd3 Rb7 34. h5 Bf7
35. Nc4 Qc7 36. Qf3 h6 37. Qd3 Rd8 38. Re3 Bxd5 39. Kh3 Be6 40. Qe2 Rbb8 41.
Kg3 Qf7 42. Na3 c4 43. Nb5 Bc5 44. Rf3 Rd7 45. Rd1 Rbd8 46. Rd5 Bxd5 47. exd5
Qxd5 48. Kg2 e4 49. Rf5 Qd2 50. Qxd2 Rxd2 51. Bxe4 Bb6 52. Bc6 Rc8 53. Bb7 Rb8
54. Bd5 Bxf2 55. Bxc4 Bb6+ 56. Kg3 Re8 57. Bf7 Re7 58. Bb3 Rd3+ 59. Rf3 Bc7+
60. Kg2 Rd2+ 61. Rf2 Bf4 62. Rxd2 Bxd2 63. Bd5 Kh7 64. c4 g6 65. Nd6 Bb4 66.
Ne4 f5 67. gxf5 gxf5 68. Ng3 Rg7 69. Kf3 Rg5 70. Bf7 Kg7 71. Bg6 Kf6 72. Ne2
Rg4 73. Nf4 Bd6 74. Nd5+ Ke5 75. Ne3 Rf4+ 76. Ke2 Bc5 77. Nc2 Rxc4 78. Ne1 Re4+
79. Kd1 Bb4 80. Nd3+ Kd4 81. Nxb4 axb4 82. Bxf5 Rh4 83. Bg6 Kc3 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Ng5 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. cxd5 d6 11. f4 h6 12. Nh3 c4 13. e4 Nc5 14. Nf2 a6 15. Be3
Qc7 16. Qc2 b5 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Bf8 19. Bd4 Nfd7 20. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bd3 b6 6. Ne2 Bb7 7. e4 e5 8. d5
Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Nd4 10. O-O d6 11. Be3 c5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Nd5 Ne7 14. f4 Nd7
15. Qg4 O-O 16. fxe5 Bxd5 17. exd6 Ne5 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. Qe2 Bb7 20. Bc2 Rac8
21. b3 Rc6 22. Bd4 Re6 23. Bc3 Re8 24. Rae1 Ng6 25. Qg4 Ne5 26. Qg3 f6 27. Rd1
Ng6 28. Rfe1 a5 29. Qf3 Qc5+ 30. Qf2 Qa3 31. Bd3 Ne5 32. Bb1 Qe7 33. h3 Nd7 34.
Bd4 Qb4 35. Bd3 a4 36. bxa4 Qxa4 37. Qc2 Qc6 38. e5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb2 e5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 a6 14. a4 Rfe8 15.
Rfd1 Rac8 16. Ba2 e4 17. Nh2 Na5 18. c4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Nd7 20. Nf1 Ne5 21. Ng3
Bg6 22. h4 h5 23. c5 Nac6 24. Bd5 Ng4 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Nf1 a5 27. Rab1 Qe7 28.
g3 Ne5 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Qc4 Bf5 31. Rd4 Re6 32. Qc3 Bh3 33. Nd2 Qf5 34. Qxa5
Kh7 35. Qb4 Rce8 36. Qc4 Re5 37. Rb7 R8e6 38. Qc2 Rxc5 39. Qb1 Rce5 40. f4 Rg6
41. Qe1 Re8 42. Nc4 Qg4 43. Rb2 Qxg3+ 44. Qxg3 Rxg3+ 45. Kh2 Rf3 46. Nd6 Re7
47. Rxe4 Rd7 48. Nc4 Bf5 49. Re5 Bg4 50. Kg2 Rd1 51. Nd2 Rh3 52. Rxh5+ Bxh5 53.
Kxh3 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5
c6 9. b3 Nfd7 10. Nd3 Bb7 11. Bb2 a5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf6 14. Ne5 Qc7 15.
Qf3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Ra7 17. Rfe1 Bd6 18. Qg4 Bc8 19. c5 Bxe5 20. cxb6 Qxb6 21.
dxe5 Rd8 22. Rad1 Rad7 23. Rd6 Rxd6 24. exd6 e5 25. Qh5 f6 26. Be4 h6 27. Qg6
Kf8 28. Ba3 Be6 29. Rc1 Rd7 30. Bc5 Qd8 31. Bd3 Bd5 32. Re1 a4 33. b4 Bxa2 34.
f4 Qe8 35. Qh7 Bg8 36. Qh8 Qe6 37. fxe5 a3 38. Rf1 a2 39. exf6 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A86"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nh3 d6 7. d5 Na6 8. O-O
Nc5 9. Rb1 a5 10. Be3 e5 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Nd5 Ng4 13. Bd2 c6 14. Nc3 g5 15. e4
Ne5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. g4 Rf8 18. Ne4 Nf4 19. f3 Nxc4 20. Nexg5 Nxd2 21. Qxd2
Bh6 22. Rbd1 d5 23. Rfe1 Nxh3+ 24. Bxh3 Bxg5 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. b3 g6 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. d3 Nc6
9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 h6 11. a3 g5 12. Nd2 Be6 13. b4 Qe8 14. Nd5 Rc8 15. b5 Nd8
16. e3 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bd7 18. a4 f4 19. Ne4 Qg6 20. f3 h5 21. Kh1 fxg3 22. hxg3
Nf7 23. Qd2 b6 24. Rf2 Nh6 25. Bf1 Nf5 26. Be2 Ne7 27. Nc3 g4 28. Rg1 Bh6 29.
f4 Qf7 30. Bd1 Nxd5 31. Ne4 Qe7 32. Rh2 Nf6 33. Nxf6+ Qxf6 34. Rxh5 Be6 35. Qh2
Bg7 36. Be2 Bd5+ 37. e4 Bb7 38. Rc1 d5 39. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 Be7 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Bxd8 7. Nc3 Nf6
8. Be3 Bg4 9. Bb5 Nd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Na4 Rb8 13. a3 Be6 14.
O-O-O Bd6 15. Nb1 O-O 16. Rd3 Rb5 17. Rc3 Ra5 18. b3 c5 19. Nb2 Rb8 20. a4 Rb4
21. Nd2 Nb6 22. f3 g6 23. g4 f6 24. Kd1 Kf7 25. Ke2 Nd7 26. Ndc4 Ra6 27. Rd1
Ke7 28. Rcd3 Rb8 29. Bf2 Rg8 30. Rg1 Nb8 31. Ne3 Nc6 32. Nd5+ Kf7 33. Nc4 Nd4+
34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. Nxd6+ cxd6 36. c4 Rb8 37. Kd2 Rc6 38. a5 Rc5 39. Ra1 f5 40.
h3 Bxd5 41. exd5 Kf6 42. Kc2 h5 43. gxh5 gxh5 44. Rd2 Rg8 45. Kd3 Rg3 46. Rf2
Kg5 47. b4 Rc8 48. b5 Kf4 49. h4 Rcg8 50. b6 axb6 51. axb6 Rb8 52. Rb1 Rg7 53.
Rfb2 Rgb7 54. Rb3 Ra8 55. Rg1 Ra6 56. Rgb1 Ra4 57. Rg1 Ra2 58. Rf1 Ra5 59. Rg1
Ra6 60. Rgb1 Ra8 61. Rg1 Rab8 62. Rgb1 Rg8 63. Rf1 Rg6 64. Rbb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E04"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d4 dxc4 6. O-O Rb8 7. Nc3 b5 8. e4
Be7 9. Be3 a6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rfd1 Bb7 12. d5 exd5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nxd5 Re8 15.
Nf4 Bc8 16. e6 Bd6 17. exd7 Bxd7 18. Nd5 Ne7 19. Qc2 Ng6 20. Nd4 Qc8 21. Nc3
Bg4 22. Rd2 Ne5 23. Bf4 Nd3 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. Rxd3 cxd3 26. Qxd3 Qc4 27. Qd2
Rbd8 28. h3 Be6 29. a3 Qc8 30. Kh2 d5 31. Re1 Qd7 32. Nce2 Bf5 33. Nxf5 Qxf5
34. Nd4 Qf6 35. Rd1 g6 36. Kg1 Rc8 37. Ne2 d4 38. Nf4 Rc5 39. Nd5 Qe5 40. Nb4
Qf6 41. Nd5 Qe5 42. f4 Qg7 43. Qb4 Rc2 44. Qd6 Rf8 45. Nf6+ Kh8 46. Qxd4 Re2
47. Be4 Rc8 48. Kf1 Rxe4 49. Nxe4 Qxd4 50. Rxd4 Rc1+ 51. Ke2 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Levit, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Nf8 9. O-O-O Be6 10. h3 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. g4 Nf6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. f4
Kb8 15. Nf3 Ne8 16. Rhe1 Nd6 17. f5 Bc8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Qc7
21. Rc1 Nd7 22. Qb3 Nb6 23. Ne5 Rhe8 24. Red1 f6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Nxc6+ Ka8
27. Nxd8 Qxd8 28. d5 Re7 29. d6 Rd7 30. Qe6 Bb7 31. Rd4 Nc8 32. a3 Nb6 33. Re1
a6 34. Qe8 Nd5 35. Qxd8+ Rxd8 36. Re6 Ka7 37. Rc4 Rd7 38. b4 Kb6 39. a4 Bc6 40.
a5+ Kb7 41. Rd4 Nc3+ 42. Kc2 Nb5 43. Rd2 Bf3 44. Re3 Bc6 45. Re7 Kc8 46. Re6
Kb7 47. Kb3 Na7 48. Kc4 Nc8 49. Kc5 Ba4 50. Rd3 Bb5 51. Rde3 Ba4 52. h4 h6 53.
Rd3 Bb5 54. Rg3 Rf7 55. Rf3 Bc6 56. Rfe3 Rd7 57. g5 hxg5 58. hxg5 fxg5 59. Rg3
Rf7 60. Rxg5 Bd7 61. Reg6 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Skotorenko, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. Nge2
a6 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 Ne5 12. Nc1 Be6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Bxc5 Bxd5
15. cxd5 Rc8 16. Nb3 Qd7 17. Be2 Rfd8 18. Qb4 e6 19. Bb6 exd5 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21.
exd5 Nxd5 22. Qe4 f5 23. Qc2 Qe8 24. Nc5 b5 25. Qb3 Qf7 26. f4 Nc4 27. Bxc4
bxc4 28. Qb7 Qxb7 29. Nxb7 Rb8 30. Rxd5 Rxb7 31. Rd2 c3 32. Rc2 cxb2 33. Rd1
Bf6 34. Rc6 Kf7 35. Rxa6 Rc7 36. Rb6 h6 37. a3 g5 38. a4 Rc4 39. a5 Ra4 40. a6
gxf4 41. Rd7+ Kg6 42. Rdd6 Ra1+ 43. Kc2 Rc1+ 44. Kd2 b1=Q 45. Rxf6+ Kg7 46.
Rg6+ Kf7 47. Rxb1 Rxb1 48. Rxh6 Rb2+ 49. Kc3 Rxg2 50. a7 Rg8 51. Ra6 Ra8 52.
Kd3 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bf4 c5 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rad1 cxd4 13. exd4 Nb4 14. Ne5 Nbd5
15. Bc1 Rc8 16. Rd3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Rxc4 18. Nxc4 Ba6 19. Ne5 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qc7
21. f4 Rc8 22. Bb2 Nd7 23. Ng4 Qc4 24. Qd2 b5 25. Ne3 Qc6 26. d5 exd5 27. Nxd5
Bc5+ 28. Kh1 Nb6 29. Nxb6 Bxb6 30. Ba1 Qc4 31. Re1 Rd8 32. Qb2 Bc7 33. Qb4 Qxf4
34. Qxf4 Bxf4 35. g3 Bc7 36. Bb2 Rd2 37. Ba3 Rxa2 38. Bc5 f6 39. Re8+ Kh7 40.
Bd4 Kg6 41. Re7 Bd6 42. Rd7 Be5 43. Bxe5 fxe5 44. Rd5 e4 45. Rxb5 e3 46. Re5 e2
47. Kg1 Kf6 48. Re8 Ra1+ 49. Kf2 e1=Q+ 50. Rxe1 Rxe1 51. Kxe1 Ke5 52. Kd2 g5
53. Kc2 Kd5 54. Kb3 Kc5 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D21"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e4 b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. axb5 axb5 7. Rxa8 Bxa8 8.
Nc3 c6 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bh4 Nbd7 14. Ra1 O-O
15. Ra7 Re8 16. h3 Qb8 17. Ra5 Bb4 18. Ra1 c5 19. Bg3 Qb6 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. e5
Nd5 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Nc3 24. Qc2 Be4 25. Qd2 Rd8 26. Qe1 Nxe2+ 27. Qxe2
Bd3 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. fxe3 c3 30. bxc3 Bxc3 31. Rd1 Rd5 32. Rc1 b4 33. Be1 Bxe1
34. Nxe1 Ba6 35. Ra1 Bc4 36. Nc2 Rxe5 37. Kf2 Rf5+ 38. Kg3 b3 39. Nd4 Rg5+ 40.
Kf2 e5 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 Na6 7. Qd2 c5 8. Nge2
Re8 9. O-O-O b6 10. h4 Bd7 11. Bh6 Bh8 12. h5 Nc7 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. g4 Be6 15.
d5 Bf7 16. Ng3 e6 17. Bg5 e5 18. Bd3 Re7 19. Rh3 Be8 20. Rdh1 b5 21. cxb5 a6
22. bxa6 Nxa6 23. Qh2 c4 24. Bxc4 Rc7 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. Rxh7 Bg7 27. Qh4 Rxa2
28. Rxg7+ Rxg7 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Nxa2 Qe7 31. Nc3 Bd7 32. Qh4 Rg8 33. Bxf6 Qxf6
34. Qxf6+ Kxf6 35. Rh7 Bc8 36. Kd2 Rf8 37. Ke3 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Levit, Roman"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O f6 6. e4 d4 7. a4 Be6 8. Na3 Qd7
9. Re1 O-O-O 10. Nc4 Bh3 11. Bh1 Nge7 12. Bd2 h5 13. Qe2 g5 14. Reb1 Ng6 15.
Ne1 h4 16. c3 hxg3 17. fxg3 Be7 18. a5 Rh7 19. b4 dxc3 20. Be3 Nd4 21. Qa2 cxb4
22. a6 Kb8 23. axb7 Qxb7 24. Na5 Qb6 25. Nc4 Qc7 26. Qa6 Bc5 27. Ra2 Bc8 28.
Qxf6 c2 29. Rxc2 Nxc2 30. Nxc2 Rdh8 31. Nxb4 Ka8 32. Qxg6 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Skotorenko, Vasily"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A54"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Nbd7 4. Bg2 e5 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 e4 7. Ng5 d5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. Nh4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Re8 14. Nf5 Nb6
15. Nxg7 Kxg7 16. Bg5 Re6 17. Qc1 Qd6 18. Bh3 Ne4 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Bf6+ Kg6
21. Bh4 h6 22. Qc2 Kg7 23. Rf3 Qg6 24. Raf1 Be6 25. Qb2 Rc8 26. Qb4 Rc7 27. Bd8
Rd7 28. Bxb6 axb6 29. Qxb6 Nd2 30. Rf6 Qe4 31. R1f2 Qe3 32. Qb4 Rc7 33. Qd6 Rd7
34. Qb4 Bh3 35. Qa3 Ne4 36. Rf3 Qd2 37. Qb3 Re7 38. Qb5 Bg4 39. Qd3 Qxd3 40.
Rxd3 Nxf2 41. Kxf2 Rxe2+ 42. Kg1 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f5 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Qf4
Be7 15. Bd3 Qc5 16. Kb1 h5 17. Ne2 Rg8 18. g3 Qe5 19. Qf2 Qc5 20. Qf1 Rc8 21.
Nf4 Qe5 22. Qh3 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. Qxe6 Qxe6 25. Nxe6 h4 26. Nd4 Rc5 27.
gxh4 Rg4 28. Rd3 Rxh4 29. c3 Kd7 30. a3 Rch5 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "104"]

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 Be6 17. Qf3 c4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rad8 20. Bg5 Rd6 21.
Rad1 Nb7 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 Nc5 24. b4 Nd3 25. Bxd3 cxd3 26. Qxd3 Qd7 27. f3
f6 28. Be3 Rd8 29. c4 bxc4 30. Qxc4 Qb5 31. Qb3 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Qxd5 33. Rb1 Qxb3
34. Rxb3 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Ra1 36. Ra3 Bxb4 37. Rxa6 Kf7 38. a4 Ra2+ 39. Kf1 g6 40.
Ra7+ Ke6 41. Bb6 h5 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. a5 h4 44. a6 Bc3 45. Ra8 Bd4 46. a7 Kf5
47. Rh8 Ra1+ 48. Ke2 Ra2+ 49. Kd3 Ra3+ 50. Kc4 Bxb6 51. a8=Q Rxa8 52. Rxa8 e4
1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C81"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Nc5 11. c4 d4 12. cxb5 Nxb3 13. axb3 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8
15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 O-O 17. Qxb5 c5 18. Rd1 Qe4 19. Nd2 Qxe5 20. Nc4 Qe2 21.
Rf1 Rd8 22. Bf4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qxb2 24. Be3 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E69"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. b3 exd4 11. Na4 Qd8 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Nc3 Nc5 14. Re1 a5 15.
Rb1 Nfd7 16. Be3 Ne5 17. Qc2 a4 18. Red1 axb3 19. axb3 Qe7 20. f4 Ned7 21. Bf2
Nf6 22. Re1 Ne6 23. Nf3 h5 24. Rbd1 Nf8 25. Rd2 Qc7 26. Red1 Qe7 27. Nh4 N6h7
28. Rxd6 g5 29. Nf3 gxf4 30. gxf4 Ng6 31. Bg3 Bh6 32. f5 Be3+ 33. Bf2 Bxf2+ 34.
Qxf2 Ngf8 35. Na4 Kh8 36. Nb6 Rb8 37. Qg3 f6 38. b4 Qc7 39. c5 Rxe4 40. Nh4 Re7
41. Ng6+ Nxg6 42. fxg6 Nf8 43. Qf4 Be6 44. Qxf6+ Kg8 45. Re1 Rbe8 46. Re5 Ba2
47. Na8 Qxd6 48. cxd6 Rxe5 49. Nb6 Re1+ 50. Kh2 R1e2 51. Kg3 R8e3+ 52. Bf3 Rd2
53. d7 Rxd7 54. Nxd7 Nxd7 55. Qd8+ Nf8 56. g7 Rxf3+ 57. Kxf3 Kxg7 58. Qe7+ Bf7
59. Qxb7 Ne6 60. Ke4 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nc4 Re8 10. Ng5 f6 11. Ne4 Nb6 12. b3 Nxc4 13. bxc4 Nd4 14. Rb1 Bf8 15.
Re1 c6 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Qd2 f5 18. Ng5 Qc7 19. c3 Nxg5 20. Bxg5 Be6 21. Bf6 Bg7
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qe3 Bf7 24. Rb2 b6 25. g4 fxg4 26. Qe4 Rad8 27. Re3 Be6 28.
Qxc6 Qxc6 29. Bxc6 Bd7 30. Bd5 Kf6 31. f3 gxf3 32. Rf2 Bf5 33. Rexf3 Kg7 34.
Rg3 Rf8 35. Re3 Rd7 36. h3 Kf6 37. a4 Re7 38. Kh2 Rc8 39. Be4 Rd8 40. Kg3 Rd6
41. Bd5 Rd8 42. Rb2 Rd6 43. h4 a5 44. Rbe2 Rc7 45. d4 e4 46. Kf4 h6 47. Rf2 Rc8
48. Rg3 Re8 49. Ke3 Re7 50. h5 Rc7 51. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 Nh6 7. h3 f5 8. Be3 O-O
9. Qd2 Nd4 10. Nd1 Bd7 11. c3 Nc6 12. Nf3 Rc8 13. O-O b5 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5
Nf7 16. d4 Be6 17. Nf2 Bd5 18. Rfd1 cxd4 19. cxd4 e6 20. Ne1 g5 21. Rac1 Bxg2
22. Nxg2 Qd5 23. b3 Rfd8 24. Qe1 Bh6 25. Rc5 Qd7 26. Qe2 a6 27. Qh5 Bg7 28. Ne1
h6 29. Ng2 Ne7 30. Nd3 Rxc5 31. Nxc5 Qd5 32. Bf2 Nxe5 33. Ne3 Qf3 34. Qxf3
Nxf3+ 35. Kg2 Nxd4 36. Nxa6 Ra8 37. Nb4 Kf7 38. Rd3 Bf6 39. Nd1 Ndc6 40. Nxc6
Nxc6 41. Rd7+ Ne7 42. Ba7 Ke8 43. Rb7 Nc6 44. Bc5 Rxa2+ 45. Kf1 Ra1 46. Ke2
Nd4+ 47. Bxd4 Bxd4 48. Rxb5 Kf7 49. Ne3 Ra2+ 50. Kd3 Bxe3 51. Kxe3 Rh2 52. Kf3
h5 53. Rb7+ Kf6 54. Rh7 h4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E10"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. e4
Qe7 9. Bd3 Nxd5 10. O-O Nc7 11. Nbd2 Ne6 12. e5 Nc6 13. Nc4 Qd8 14. Re1 h6 15.
Qe2 Be7 16. a5 Rb8 17. a6 Ba8 18. Qe3 h5 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. exd6 O-O 21. Ne5 Re8
22. Qg3 h4 23. Qg4 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Qf6 25. Rh5 Nf8 26. Bg5 Qxb2 27. Rf1 Qd4 28.
Qxd4 cxd4 29. Rxh4 f6 30. Bd2 Ne6 31. Bc4 g5 32. Rxd4 Kg7 33. Bxe6 Rxe6 34.
Bxb4 Rb6 35. Ra1 Bc6 36. f3 Bb5 37. Bc5 Rxa6 38. Rxa6 Bxa6 39. Ra4 Bb5 40. Rxa7
Bc6 41. Kf2 Re5 42. Bb4 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B87"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
b4 9. Na4 Nxe4 10. Qf3 d5 11. c4 bxc3 12. Nxc3 Nc5 13. Bc2 Be7 14. Re1 O-O 15.
b4 Nb7 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Re3 Bf6 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. Bb3 Nc6 21. Nxc6
Bxc6 22. Rh3 Nd6 23. Be3 Nf5 24. Bc5 Bg7 25. Rd1 Qg5 26. Ne2 d4 27. Ng3 Nh4 28.
f3 Red8 29. Bc4 Bb5 30. Re1 Bxc4 31. Qxc4 Qd2 32. Qe2 Qxe2 33. Rxe2 Nf5 34.
Nxf5 gxf5 35. f4 Rd5 36. Rd3 Rad8 37. Kf2 Bf8 38. Rc2 f6 39. Bb6 R8d7 40. Rc6
Kf7 41. Bc5 Bxc5 42. bxc5 e5 43. Rh3 Ke8 44. Rc8+ Rd8 45. Rc6 R5d7 46. Re6+ Re7
47. Rxe7+ Kxe7 48. Rxh7+ Ke6 49. c6 Rd5 50. fxe5 fxe5 51. Rh6+ Ke7 52. Rh7+ Kd6
53. Rh6+ Kc7 54. h4 e4 55. h5 e3+ 56. Ke1 d3 57. Re6 f4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B05"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 dxe5 8.
dxe5 e6 9. c4 Ne7 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Re1 Kc7 13. Nc3 Ng6 14. Bg3
Bb4 15. Rac1 Rad8 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Nc5 18. b4 Na4 19. Rce3 Rd4 20. Be2 Rhd8
21. f3 Nb2 22. Rc1 h5 23. Be1 Nf4 24. Bf1 Nbd3 25. Rc2 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Rd2 27.
Rxd2 Rxd2 28. Re3 Ra2 29. g3 Ng6 30. Be2 Ne7 31. Kf2 a5 32. bxa5 Nf5 33. Rd3 c5
34. g4 Nd4 35. Re3 h4 36. f4 g6 37. Kf1 Kb8 38. h3 Ka7 39. Bf3 Rc2 40. Be2 Ka6
41. Bd3 Rc3 42. Kf2 Rxa3 43. Be4 Ra2+ 44. Kf1 Rxa5 45. Rc3 Ra1+ 46. Kf2 b6 47.
f5 Ra2+ 48. Ke3 gxf5 49. gxf5 exf5 50. Bd3 Ra1 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Levit, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Skotorenko, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 f5
9. O-O-O f4 10. Bf2 a6 11. c5 Nf6 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Kb1 b5 14. Nge2 Nbd7 15.
Nc1 Nb6 16. Nb3 Nc4 17. Qe1 Bd7 18. Rc1 Na5 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. Bd3 b4 21. Ne2
Rfb8 22. Qd2 Qd8 23. g3 fxg3 24. hxg3 a5 25. g4 a4 26. Ng3 a3 27. b3 Bb5 28.
Bxb5 Rxb5 29. Be3 Qd7 30. Rc4 Rab8 31. Rhc1 Ne8 32. Nf1 R5b7 33. Qc2 Bf6 34.
Rc8 Qb5 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Qc4 Qa5 37. Qc6 Qd8 38. Ba7 Ra8 39. Bb6 Qb8 40. Rc4
Bh4 41. Rxb4 Be1 42. Rb5 Qc8 43. Ne3 Qa6 44. Nc4 Rc8 45. Qd7 Bh4 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Skotorenko, Vasily"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D74"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 c5 8. e4
Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. dxc5 Na6 11. Qe2 Nxc5 12. Rd1 b6 13. b4 Ba6 14. b5 Bb7 15.
Bb2 Qc7 16. Na3 Rad8 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Bd4 Ne6 19. Nc4 Ndf4 20. gxf4 Bxf3 21.
Bxf3 Nxd4 22. Qe4 Nxb5 23. a4 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Nc7 25. f5 Na6 26. e6 Nc5 27.
exf7+ Rxf7 28. Qd5 Qf4 29. Ne3 e6 30. Qa8+ Rf8 31. Qxa7 Bd4 32. Rc4 Nd3 33.
Rxd4 Qxd4 34. Bb3 Nf4 35. Qe7 gxf5 36. Bxe6+ Nxe6 37. Qxe6+ Kh8 38. Kf1 f4 39.
Ng2 Qd3+ 40. Kg1 Qd4 41. Ne1 Rf6 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ Kh6 44. Nf3 Rg6+ 45. Kf1
Qc4+ 46. Qe2 Rc6 47. Nd2 Qxe2+ 48. Kxe2 Rc3 49. f3 Kg6 50. Nb1 Re3+ 51. Kf2 Kf5
52. Nd2 Rc3 53. Ke2 Ke5 54. Ne4 Re3+ 55. Kf2 Ra3 56. Ng5 Ra2+ 57. Kg1 h5 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Skotorenko, Vasily"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A09"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 c6 7. d3 e5 8.
Be3 Qd8 9. d4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Ne7 12. Ne4 Nf5 13. Bc3 f6 14. O-O-O
1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Skotorenko, Vasily"]
[Black "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Rd1 c6 10. e4 Qe7 11. b3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. f3 a6 14. Nde2 d5 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Bf4 Ncxe4 17. fxe4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Ng4 19. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Skotorenko, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E66"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 a6 10. a3 Qc7 11. e4 Rb8 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. f4 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Nxb5 Qb6 16. a4 Ba6 17. Qg4 Rbd8 18. Rf3 c4+ 19. Kh1 Bxb5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Bf1
Qb4 22. Rfa3 Nb3 23. Ra4 Qc5 24. Nxb3 cxb3 25. Rc4 Qb6 26. Qe2 Ra8 27. Be3 Nc5
28. Rac1 Ra2 29. e5 Qa6 30. Qd1 Qb7 31. Bxc5 dxc5 32. Qd2 f6 33. Rxc5 fxe5 34.
Rc7 Qb6 35. Rxe7 exf4 36. Rcc7 Bf6 37. Rb7 Rxb2 38. Qe1 Qd6 39. Rbd7 Qb6 40.
Bc4 Bxe7 41. Qxe7 Rxh2+ 42. Kxh2 Qf2+ 43. Kh1 Qf3+ 44. Kg1 Qxg3+ 45. Kf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Skotorenko, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. a4 Nbd7 7. a5 c6 8. Nbd2
Qc7 9. e4 e5 10. c3 Rd8 11. b4 d5 12. Bb2 dxe4 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15.
Bxe4 Nxe5 16. Qc2 f5 17. Bg2 Be6 18. Rfe1 Bd5 19. f4 Nd3 20. Qxd3 Bxg2 21. Qc2
Bd5 22. c4 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Bf7 24. c5 Rd3 25. Qf6 Rxd2 26. Re7 Qxe7 27. Qxe7 Re8
28. Qxb7 Ree2 29. Qb8+ Kg7 30. Qxa7 Rg2+ 31. Kf1 Rxh2 32. Ke1 Rde2+ 33. Kf1 Rb2
34. Kg1 Rbg2+ 35. Kf1 Kf6 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Skotorenko, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bf4 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 Qb6 8. Rb1
Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. e4 Nd7 11. O-O a6 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Bh6 b5 14. Nd1 e5 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Nh2 Nf6 17. Qe3 c4 18. b4 cxb3 19. cxb3 Qa7 20. Qd2 Nb7 21. Bd3 Nc5
22. Re1 Nh5 23. Bc2 Nf4 24. b4 Nd7 25. Ne3 Nb6 26. Bd3 f5 27. Rbc1 fxe4 28.
Bxe4 Bd7 29. Nf3 Rac8 30. Kh2 Nc4 31. Nxc4 bxc4 32. Re3 Rc7 33. Rec3 Rfc8 34.
R1c2 Qb6 35. a3 Qb5 36. Nh4 a5 37. Rb2 Rb7 38. Rb1 Qa6 39. g3 axb4 40. axb4 Nh5
41. Qg5 Nf6 42. Bxg6 h6 43. Qd2 Qb5 44. Rd1 Rf8 45. g4 Qb6 46. Bf5 Ne4 { # }
47. Bxe4 Rxf2+ 48. Kg3 Rxd2 49. Rxd2 Qxb4 50. Rdc2 Qb1 51. Nf3 Ba4 52. Re2 Qb4
53. Ree3 Rf7 54. Nh4 Rf4 55. Nf5+ Kf6 56. Rc1 Qd2 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Skotorenko, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. exd5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Re1 Na6 10. Bb5 Nb8 11. Qe2 a6 12. Qxe7 axb5 13. Bg5 Qxe7 14. Rxe7 b4 15.
Bxf6 bxc3 16. Bxc3 b5 17. Bd2 Bf5 18. c3 h6 19. Bf4 Rd8 20. Rae1 Rxa2 21. Re8+
Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Kh7 23. h3 Nd7 24. Bxd6 Rxb2 25. Re7 b4 26. cxb4 cxb4 27. g4 b3
28. gxf5 Rb1+ 29. Kg2 b2 30. Nd2 Rd1 31. Rxd7 Rxd2 32. Rb7 Rxd5 33. Ba3 Rxf5
34. Bxb2 f6 35. Bc1 Kg6 36. Be3 Kh7 37. Kg3 Kg6 38. Rc7 Ra5 39. Bc5 Kh7 40. h4
Ra1 41. Bd4 Ra6 42. Kf4 Rd6 43. Bc5 Rd1 44. Bf8 Rg1 45. Kf5 Kg8 46. Bd6 Kh7 47.
Ke6 Rg4 48. Bg3 Kg6 49. Ke7 Ra4 { # } 50. Rb7 Kh5 51. Kf7 f5 52. Be5 g5 53.
hxg5 hxg5 54. Ke6 Kg4 55. Rb3 f4 56. Bc7 Rc4 57. Bb6 Rc8 58. Bd4 Rc6+ 59. Ke5
Rc1 60. Rb5 Rd1 61. Bb6 Rd2 62. Rb4 Kf3 63. Rb3+ Kg4 64. Bd4 Rd1 65. Bc5 Rc1
66. Be7 Rf1 67. Bc5 Rc1 68. Bb6 Rd1 69. Ke4 Re1+ 70. Kd3 Re6 71. Kd2 Kh5 72.
Bd8 Kg4 73. Rd3 Re5 74. Bf6 Re6 75. Bd4 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Skotorenko, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bf4 d6 6. h3 c6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Be2
a6 9. a4 c5 10. O-O h6 11. d5 Qc7 12. e4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 g5 15. a5
Bd7 16. Qd2 Rac8 17. Rfb1 Qd6 18. Ra3 Rcd8 19. Qc2 g4 20. hxg4 Nxg4 21. Bxg4
Bxg4 22. f3 Bd7 23. Qf2 Rc8 24. Rb3 Qc7 25. Rb6 f6 26. d6 exd6 27. Nd5 Qd8 28.
Rxd6 Rc6 29. Bxc5 Rf7 30. b4 f5 31. Rxc6 bxc6 32. Nc3 f4 33. Rd1 Qe8 34. Bd6
Rf6 35. Na4 Rg6 36. Kf1 Qf7 37. Nb6 Be6 38. Qc2 Rg3 39. Bc5 Qh5 40. Bg1 Bh3 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Skotorenko, Vasily"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 b6 8. d3
Bb7 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a3 Re8 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. Ne5 Nfd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. d4 Na6 15.
e4 c5 16. Rfd1 Rac8 { # } 17. exd5 exd5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Ne4 d4 20. Ng5 g6 21.
Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Bxd4 h6 23. Nh3 Qe4 24. Qc3 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Qe5 26. Rad1 Nc5 27.
Nf4 Ne6 28. Nxe6 Rxe6 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. Qxe5+ Rxe5 32. Kf1 Re4
33. a4 Re6 34. Rd5 Rc6 35. Ke2 Kf6 36. Kd3 h5 37. Kd4 Ke7 38. c5 bxc5+ 39. Rxc5
Ra6 40. Rc7+ Ke6 41. Kc5 Ra8 42. Kb6 h4 43. gxh4 f6 44. Kb7 Rh8 45. Rc4 Rh5 46.
Kb6 Rf5 47. f4 Rh5 48. b4 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Skotorenko, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E71"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. g4 cxd5
9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Bd3 a6 11. Nge2 b5 12. a3 Nb6 13. b3 Bd7 14. Ng3 Rc8 15. Rc1
Be8 16. Rg1 Nfd7 17. b4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Qd2 f6 20. Nd1 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Nb6
22. Nb2 Rf7 23. Qb1 Na4 24. Kd2 Qc8 25. Rc1 Rc7 26. Ne2 Rxc1 27. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 28.
Kxc1 Nxb2 29. Kxb2 Bd7 30. Ng3 Kf7 31. Kc3 Ke7 32. Kd3 g5 33. Bb6 Bf8 34. Ke3
Bc8 35. Nh5 Bd7 36. Kf3 Bc8 37. Kg3 Bd7 38. h4 h6 39. Kh3 Bc8 40. Ng3 Bd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Skotorenko, Vasily"]
[Black "Levit, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Ba6 5. c4 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
c5 9. b3 Nc6 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. exd4 Nb4 12. Bb1 dxc4 13. bxc4 Nc6 14. a3 Rc8 15.
Bd3 Qd6 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Ne4 Qf4 19. Ng3 g6 20. Bb1 Bf8 21. Ba2
Bg7 22. d5 exd5 23. cxd5 Na5 24. Rd4 Qd6 25. Red1 Rc5 26. Ng5 Nxd5 27. N5e4 Qe7
28. Nxc5 Qxc5 29. Ne4 Qb5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. h4 Bg7 8.
h5 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. e3 a6 11. Bd2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Rb1
O-O 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Rb4 Be6 17. Rxb7 Qd5 18. Qb3 Rfb8 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20. Rb4
Rxb4 21. Bxb4 a5 22. Ba3 Bc3+ 23. Kd1 Bxa2 24. Kc2 Bf6 25. Bd3 Rb8 26. f4 a4
27. g4 Rb3 28. g5 Bg7 29. Be7 Rb2+ 30. Kc1 Rf2 31. Bc2 Bd5 32. Rd1 Rxc2+ 33.
Kxc2 Bb3+ 34. Kc1 Bxd1 35. Kxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 c6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O dxc4 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Bxc4 Nd7 12. Qb3 Bd6 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Rfd1 b6
15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Be2 Rfd8 17. Qc3 Qe7 18. b4 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 Nf6 21.
Qb3 Nd5 22. Rb1 Ra7 23. e4 Nf6 24. Bd3 c5 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. dxc5 Qxc5 27. Rbc1
Ra3 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C82"]
[PlyCount "62"]

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 Bc5 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bc2 Bf5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Nfd4 Nxd4 15.
cxd4 Bh7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 f6 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 c6 20. f3 fxe5 21. Bxe5
Ng5 22. Bxh7+ Nxh7 23. Qd3 Re8 24. f4 Qe7 25. b4 a5 26. Rfa1 Nf6 27. h3 Ne4 28.
Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Rxa5 Qh4 30. Ra7 Qf2+ 31. Kh2 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A22"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 Bc5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. Be3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd4 10. g3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Qd7 12. Bg5 Ne8 13. Nd5 f6 14. Bd2 c6
15. Ne3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nc7 17. Bb4 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Ne6 19. Qg2 Rad8 20. b3 d5 21.
exd5 cxd5 22. Rd2 Qc6 23. Ba5 Rd7 24. Rc2 e4 25. dxe4 dxe4 26. h4 Nc5 27. Bc3
Rd3 28. Bd4 Ne6 29. Rd2 Nxd4 30. exd4 Qd6 31. Rxd3 exd3 32. d5 Re3 33. Rf3 d2
34. Rxe3 d1=Q+ 35. Kh2 Qg4 36. Kh1 h5 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Qc2+ f5 39. Re3 Qc5 40.
Qf2 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
e3 Nc6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qa5 14. Bd3 h6
15. Bf4 Rfd8 16. Nb5 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Ne4 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxa2 20. Bb1 Qc4
21. Qd2 Qb4 22. Qd3 g6 23. Be5 Bf5 24. Qe2 Bxb1 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. Ne4 Qf4 13. Qe2 b6 14. a3 Be7 15.
d5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Ng3 Bc5 19. Qe4 Qxe4 20. Nxe4 Be7 21.
Rac1 Na5 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Nd4 Rfe8 24. f3 Nc5 25. Nc6 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Nxe4 27.
fxe4 Bf6 28. b4 a6 29. Re1 Re6 30. Nb8 b5 31. Rc1 Rxe4 32. Nxa6 Bb2 33. Rc8+
Kh7 34. Rb8 Re5 35. Nc7 Bxa3 36. Rxb5 Rxb5 37. Nxb5 Bxb4 38. g3 Kg6 39. Nc7 Kf5
40. Nd5 Bc5+ 41. Kg2 Ke4 42. Nc3+ Kd3 43. Nd5 Ke4 44. Nc3+ Kd3 45. Nd5 Kd4 46.
Nf4 Ke4 47. Ne2 f5 48. Nc3+ Kd3 49. Nd5 Ke4 50. Nc3+ Kd3 51. Nd5 Kd4 52. Nf4 g5
53. Kf3 g4+ 54. Kf2 Bd6 55. Ng2 Ke4 56. Kf1 Be5 57. Kf2 Bd4+ 58. Kf1 h5 59. Nh4
Bf6 60. Ng2 h4 61. Ke2 Bd8 62. Kf2 Bf6 63. Ke2 Bg5 64. Ne1 h3 65. Nd3 Be3 66.
Nf2+ Kd4 67. Kf1 Kc4 68. Ke2 Bd4 69. Kf1 Be5 70. Ke2 Kd4 71. Nh1 Bc7 72. Nf2
Bb6 73. Nd3 Kc3 74. Nf2 Kc2 75. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Nce7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 c6 13. Ne4 Qb6 14.
Rac1 Qxb3 15. Bxb3 Rd8 16. h3 h6 17. Kh2 Kf8 18. Nc5 b6 19. Nd3 Be6 20. Nfe5
Bf5 21. g4 Bh7 22. Red1 f6 23. Nxc6 Nxc6 24. Rxc6 Bxd3 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd3
Rad8 27. Rc7 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxa7 Rd2 30. b3 Rxf2+ 31. Kg3 Re2 32. h4 b5
33. Kf3 Rh2 34. Ra5 Kf7 35. h5 Ke6 36. b4 Rc2 37. Rxb5 Rxa2 38. Rb7 Rb2 39. Ke4
f5+ 40. gxf5+ Kf6 41. b5 Rb4+ 42. Kd5 Rh4 43. Rb6+ Kxf5 44. Re6 Rb4 45. Re5+
Kf6 46. Kd6 g5 47. hxg6 Kxg6 48. Kc6 h5 49. b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly"]
[Black "Levit, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D95"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6 7. Bd2 b6 8. Rd1
Bb7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Re8 12. a4 c6 13. a5 Rc8 14. axb6 axb6
15. Ra1 Ra8 16. Rfc1 Bf8 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qd1 Bd6 19. Ra1 Qb8 20. Ra2 Ne4 21.
g3 f5 22. Be1 h6 23. Nh4 Kg7 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. f4 Rf8 26. Bf1 Nf6 27. Qb3 Bc8
28. Qa4 c5 29. dxc5 Bxc5 30. Ng2 Bh3 31. Bc3 Qd8 32. b4 Bxg2 33. bxc5 Bxf1 34.
Kxf1 bxc5 35. Qa7+ Rf7 36. Qxc5 Qc7 37. Bxf6+ Kxf6 38. Qd4+ Kf5 39. Qxd5+ Kg4
40. Kg2 Rf5 41. h3+ 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B95"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 Be7 8.
O-O-O Qc7 9. g4 Nbd7 10. Rg1 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. a3 Rb8 13. Rg3 b4 14. axb4
Rxb4 15. Na2 Ra4 16. Kb1 Nc5 17. Qc3 Qb6 18. f3 Bb7 19. Bc4 Kd7 20. Rh3 Rc8 21.
Bb3 Ra5 22. Rxh7 Nxe4 23. Qe3 Ng5 24. Rxf7 Nxf7 25. Qxe6+ Kd8 26. Qxf7 Re5 27.
Be6 Rb8 28. b3 Bc8 29. Nc3 Qxd4 30. Qg8+ Kc7 31. Rxd4 Bxe6 32. Rc4+ Bxc4 33.
Qxc4+ Kb7 34. Nd5 Bd8 35. Qb4+ Ka7 36. Qxd6 Ba5 37. f4 Re1+ 38. Kb2 Bd8 39. Nb4
Rxb4 40. Qxb4 Rd1 41. h4 Bb6 42. Qe7+ Kb8 43. Kc3 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Qe8 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Rd8 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Qf3
Bc5 15. Nb3 Nxe4 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qxc6 bxc6 18. Be3 Na4 19. Re2 Rfe8 20. Rc1
Nb6 21. Kf1 Nc4 22. Rce1 f6 23. Bc1 Rxe2 24. Kxe2 Kf7 25. b3 Nd6 26. Rd1 Re8+
27. Be3 Re5 28. Rd4 Ra5 29. a4 Re5 30. Kd3 Rh5 31. h3 c5 32. Rf4 Rd5+ 33. Kc2
g5 34. Rf3 c4 35. b4 Rd3 36. Bc5 Rxf3 37. gxf3 Nf5 38. b5 a5 39. b6 cxb6 40.
Bxb6 Ne7 41. Bxa5 Nd5 42. Bb4 Ke6 43. a5 Kd7 44. a6 Kc6 45. Ba5 h6 46. Bd8 f5
47. Kd2 Nf4 48. Ke3 Nxh3 49. Kd4 Nxf2 50. Kxc4 Nh3 51. Kd4 g4 52. fxg4 fxg4 53.
Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Re1 Be7 8. d4
Nd7 9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 c5 15.
Qb1 Nc4 16. Nxc4 Bxf3 17. Nd2 Bh5 18. f4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 f6 20. Nf1 Nc5 21. Ng3
Bg6 22. Qd1 Rc8 23. Rc1 Kh8 24. h4 Bf7 25. h5 Ne6 26. Be3 Qe8 27. Qg4 Rg8 28.
Qh3 Rc4 29. Bd3 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Nc5 31. Bb1 Be6 32. Nf5 Qd7 33. Qf3 Bxf5 34. exf5
Re8 35. Qd5 Qd8 36. b4 Nd7 37. Qb7 Bf8 38. Bf2 Nb8 39. Be4 Qe7 40. Qxe7 Bxe7
41. Bd5 Bf8 42. Rc7 a5 43. bxa5 Na6 44. Rd7 Nc5 45. Bxc5 dxc5 46. a6 c4 47. a7
Bc5+ 48. Kh2 Bxa7 49. Rxa7 Rb8 50. Rc7 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O a6 8. a3
Be7 9. Ba2 O-O 10. Kh1 Qd7 11. f4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. c3 b5 15. f5
Nxd4 16. cxd4 exf5 17. d5 Bb7 18. Be3 Rfd8 19. d6 Bf8 20. g4 Qe8 21. Rxf5 Rd7
22. Qd4 Kh8 23. Raf1 Rc8 24. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Nf3 Ba6 7. Nb5 Qd7 8. a4
Ne7 9. Bd3 Nf5 10. Bf4 c6 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Bxf5 Bf8 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. cxd3 a5
15. O-O Na6 16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. h4 Kb7 18. h5 h6 19. Rfe1 Rc8 20. b3 Nb4 21. Bxb4
Bxb4 22. Re2 Rhg8 23. Ne1 g6 24. Nc2 Bc3 25. Rb1 Qe7 26. g3 gxh5 27. Qxh5 Rg6
28. Kg2 Rcg8 29. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Levit, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. Re1 Rc8 10. Bb2 O-O 11. e4 Kh8 12. Rc1 b5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. c5 b4 15.
Qc2 Bb5 16. a4 bxa3 17. Bxa3 Nb8 18. Bb2 Nfd7 19. Bc3 Nc6 20. b4 Rb8 21. Ra1
Bf6 22. Nb3 Rb7 23. Na5 Nxa5 24. Rxa5 Nb8 25. Rea1 Qc7 26. Bf1 a6 27. Bxb5 axb5
28. Qd3 Qd7 29. Kg2 Bd8 30. Ne5 Qe8 31. Ra7 Rxa7 32. Rxa7 f6 33. Rb7 fxe5 34.
Rxb8 exd4 35. Qxd4 Qf7 36. Qe3 Qd7 37. f4 Qc6 38. Bd4 Kg8 39. Qd3 Bf6 40. Rb6
Qa8 41. Bxf6 Qa2+ 42. Kg1 Rxf6 43. Qxb5 Qa1+ 44. Qf1 Qd4+ 45. Qf2 Qd1+ 46. Kg2
g5 47. Rb8+ Kg7 48. Rb7+ Kg6 49. Re7 gxf4 50. gxf4 Kf5 51. Rg7 Ke4 52. Rg3 d4
53. Qa2 Kxf4 54. Qf2+ Ke5 55. Rg5+ Rf5 56. Qg3+ Kf6 57. Rxf5+ exf5 58. Qd6+ Kg5
59. Qg3+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 c4 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Nbxd2 Ne7 9. e4 O-O 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. O-O Nbc6 12. Ne5 Qxd4 13. Ndxc4 Qc5 14.
Re1 Be6 15. Qd6 Qb5 16. a4 Qa6 17. Qc5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Nf5 19. Qb4 Rab8 20. Rad1
Rfe8 21. a5 b6 22. Nc6 Rbc8 23. g4 bxa5 24. Qc5 Bb3 25. Rc1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Ba4
27. gxf5 Bxc6 28. Qxc6 Qxc6 29. Bxc6 Kf8 30. Ba4 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b3
Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. e3 Nf8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. a4 Bf5 14. Qa2 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Ba3 Qf6 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 e4 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Qc2 Qf5 21. h3
Rad8 22. g4 Qe5 23. Qxe4 Qc3 24. Rac1 Rxe4 25. Rxc3 Re7 26. Rc2 Red7 27. Kf3
Bb4 28. Ke2 g5 29. c5 Kg7 30. Ra2 Kg6 31. Rc2 f5 32. gxf5+ Kxf5 33. Ra2 h5 34.
Rc2 Kg6 35. Ra2 g4 36. h4 Kf5 37. Rc2 Rd3 38. Ra2 Bxc5 39. Rb1 Be7 40. Nc4 Bb4
41. a5 Ke4 42. Ra4 c5 43. Raa1 b5 44. axb6 axb6 45. Ra7 b5 46. Re7+ Kf5 47. Ne5
Rd2+ 48. Kf1 c4 49. Rb7 Rd1+ 50. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 51. Kg2 c3 52. Rxb5 c2 53. Nd3+ Ke4
54. Nb2 Rg1+ 55. Kxg1 c1=Q+ 56. Kg2 Qxb2 57. Rxb4+ Kd3 58. Rd4+ Kc2 59. b4 Qb1
60. Rf4 Qf1+ 61. Kh2 Qh3+ 62. Kg1 g3 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D88"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Bd5 Bc8 14. Bg5 Be6
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qa4 Rc8 17. Rac1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Nc6 19. Rd1 Qb6 20. Kf1 Bf6
21. Bxf6 exf6 22. Nf4 Kf7 23. Nxe6 Kxe6 24. d5+ Ke7 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Qa3+ c5
27. Rd5 Rc8 28. e5 fxe5 29. Rxe5+ Kf7 30. Qd3 Rc7 31. Qc4+ Kf8 32. h4 Re7 33.
Rxc5 Qb1+ 34. Qc1 Qxa2 35. Kg1 Qe6 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Qc3+ Kf7 38. Rh8 Qe1+ 39.
Qxe1 Rxe1+ 40. Kf2 Rh1 41. Rxh7+ Kg8 42. Rxa7 Rxh4 43. g4 Rh2+ 44. Kg3 Rb2 45.
Kh4 Rb5 46. Kg3 Kf8 47. Rb7 g5 48. Kf2 Re5 49. Rh7 Kg8 50. Rc7 Kf8 51. Rc2 Kf7
52. Re2 Ra5 53. Ke3 Kf6 54. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Nf3 c6 7. Be2 Ba6 8. O-O
Bxe2 9. Nxe2 Ne7 10. Ng3 Na6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nh5 O-O-O 14. Qf4 Nc7
15. c3 g6 16. Nf6 Bg7 17. h4 Kb7 18. g3 Ne8 19. Nxe8 Rdxe8 20. Rae1 Ka8 21. Kg2
Rhf8 22. h5 g5 23. Qd2 c5 24. Nh2 cxd4 25. cxd4 f5 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Rc3 Kb7 28.
Rfc1 Qd7 29. Nf3 Rfe8 30. Qc2 Rxc3 31. Qxc3 Bf8 32. Ne1 Be7 33. Nd3 a6 34. Rc2
a5 35. Rc1 a4 36. Rc2 Ra8 37. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O
c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Ne5 Bxd2 11. Bxd2 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Rfe1
Rab8 15. Rad1 Qb5 16. b3 c4 17. bxc4 Qxc4 18. Qxc4 Bxc4 19. a3 Rb2 20. e4 Nb6
21. Bc3 Rc2 22. Bb4 Rc8 23. Rc1 Bd3 24. Rxc2 Bxc2 25. Bf1 h6 26. f3 Ba4 27. Kf2
Nd7 28. Re3 Rc2+ 29. Re2 Rc1 30. Rd2 Ne5 31. Be2 Nc6 32. Bd6 e5 33. f4 f6 34.
fxe5 fxe5 35. Bg4 Kf7 36. Kg2 Rc2 37. Rf2+ Rxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Bc2 39. Ke3 Kf6 40.
Bc5 Ba4 41. Be2 Ke6 42. Bc4+ Kf6 43. Kd3 Na5 44. Ba6 Nc6 45. Kc4 Bc2 46. Kd5
Ne7+ 47. Bxe7+ Kxe7 48. Kxe5 Bb3 49. Bb7 Bf7 50. Bd5 Be8 51. Kd4 Kd6 52. e5+
Ke7 53. Bb3 Bb5 54. Kc5 Bd7 55. a4 g5 56. a5 h5 57. h4 gxh4 58. gxh4 Be8 59.
Kd4 Kf8 60. Ke4 Bc6+ 61. Kf4 Ke7 62. Bd1 Be8 63. Kg5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Levit, Roman"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 c6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. O-O-O Na6 12. f4 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. fxg5
hxg5 15. Bg3 Nc5 16. Rhf1 Be6 17. Bf3 Nfd7 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Nd5 g4 20. Be2
cxd5 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Nf6 23. Rdf5 Rac8+ 24. Kb1 Nxe4 25. Be1 Bh6 26. a3
Nd6 27. R5f2 Rc1+ 28. Ka2 f5 29. Bb4 Rxe2 30. Bxd6 Rxf1 31. Rxe2 f4 32. Re6 Kh7
33. Rf6 Bg5 34. Rf8 Rf2 35. Be5 Rxg2 36. Bxf4 Rf2 37. Bd6 Rxf8 38. Bxf8 Bf4 39.
Bc5 a6 40. Bg1 Kg6 41. Kb3 Kh5 42. Kc4 Kh4 43. Kc5 Bc7 44. b4 Kh3 45. a4 Bxh2
46. Bd4 Bc7 47. a5 g3 48. Kd5 g2 49. Ke6 Bg3 50. Kd7 Be1 51. Kc7 Bxb4 52. Kxb7
Bxa5 53. Kxa6 Be1 54. Kb5 Kg3 55. Be5+ Kf3 56. Bh2 Bg3 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
c6 9. Bg2 Na6 10. O-O Be6 11. b4 Nc7 12. f3 Qd7 13. Nf4 Rfd8 14. Rb1 b6 15.
Nce2 Bf5 16. Rb3 h6 17. Nd3 Nb5 18. Ne5 Qb7 19. g4 Bh7 20. Qe1 Nd6 21. Ng3 Rac8
22. Qe2 Rc7 23. Bb2 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Rcxd7 25. e4 dxe4 26. fxe4 b5 27. e5 Nc4 28.
e6 fxe6 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Bxc6 Bg8 31. Qxd7 Qxd7 32. Bxd7 Rxd7 33. Nf5 Bf6 34.
g5 Bxg5 35. Bc1 Nd2 36. Bxd2 Bxb3 37. Bxg5 hxg5 38. Re1 Rd5 39. Re5 Rd8 40.
Rxb5 Be6 41. Ne7 Rxd4 42. Rxg5 Bg4 43. Kf2 Re4 44. Re5 Rc4 45. Ke3 Kh7 46. Rc5
Be2 47. Nc8 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d3 e5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Ne7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. h4 h6 7. Bd2 d6 8. Qc1 Kh7
9. Nf3 Nbc6 10. h5 g5 11. Rb1 a5 12. a3 f5 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Nd4 15. e3 Ne6
16. Qc2 Kh8 17. Ne2 Qe8 18. Nc3 c6 19. Ne2 f4 20. gxf4 exf4 21. exf4 Nf5 22.
Kf1 gxf4 23. Bc3 Qf7 24. Rg1 Bxc3 25. Qxc3+ Qf6 26. d4 Ng5 27. c5 Ne4 28. Qd3
Neg3+ 29. fxg3 Ne3+ 30. Kf2 Bf5 31. Qb3 Bc2 32. Qb2 Bxb1 33. Qxb1 Ng4+ 34. Ke1
Rae8 35. Qb2 fxg3 36. cxd6 Qxd6 37. Ne5 Nxe5 38. dxe5 Rxe5 39. Bh1 Qf6 40. Kd1
Rd5+ 41. Kc1 Qxb2+ 42. Kxb2 Rd2+ 43. Kc3 Rxe2 44. Rxg3 Ref2 45. Rg6 R2f6 46.
Rg4 Rf5 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd5 Ra7 11. a3 Bd7 12. h4 Rc7 13. f3 Rc5 14. h5 Nxh5 15. g4
Nf6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. gxf5 Nbd7 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Bh6 Bh8 20. Qh2 Re8 21. Be3
Bg7 22. e5 Nh5 23. e6 Rxd5 24. exf7+ Kxf7 25. Nxd5 e6 26. Qxd6 exd5 27. Qxd5+
Kf8 28. Bc5+ Nxc5 29. Qxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kf7 31. Rc8 Bd4 32. c3 Be3+ 33. Kc2
Ne6 34. Rc6 Nhf4 35. Rxa6 Nd5 36. Rh7+ Kf6 37. Rb7 Bf4 38. Rc6 Nc7 39. Kd3 Ke7
40. Rb8 Kd7 41. Rcb6 Bd6 42. Rxb5 Nxb5 43. Rxb5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "A60"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2
Ne8 9. O-O Bg4 10. Nd2 Qd7 11. a4 Bh3 12. Nc4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Na6 14. e4 Bf6 15.
Be3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rd8 17. Bf4 Nac7 18. Qb3 f5 19. f3 h6 20. Qxb7 g5 21. Be3
fxe4 22. f4 Nf6 23. fxg5 Nfxd5 24. gxh6 Qg4 25. Qb2 Rf3 26. Qd2 Rdf8 27. Rfe1
R8f5 28. Nxd6 Rh5 29. Kg1 Kh7 30. Ra2 Rxg3+ 31. hxg3 Qxg3+ 32. Kf1 Rh1+ 33. Ke2
Qf3# 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Black "Levit, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2
cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. Bg5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Be7 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Bd3 a6
15. Ne5 b5 16. Qe3 Re8 17. Rfe1 b4 18. Ne2 g6 19. Nf4 Nd5 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Qg3
Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Rc8 23. Re3 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Bxa6 Qd5 26. Bf1 Qxa2 27. Qd6
Rd7 28. Qxb4 Rb7 29. Qa3 Qd5 30. Rc3 Rb6 31. Rdc1 Qxd4 32. Qc5 Qd8 33. Rd3 Qc7
34. Rd6 Qb7 35. Qd4 Rb4 36. Qc5 Rb6 37. b4 Qc7 38. b5 Be8 39. Rxb6 Qxc5 40.
Rxc5 Rxc5 41. Rb8 Kf8 42. f3 Ke7 43. b6 Rc1 44. Kf2 Rb1 45. Ba6 Bc6 46. b7 Kf6
47. Rh8 Bxb7 48. Bxb7 Rxb7 49. Rxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C61"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O c6 6. Be2 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8.
Bf4 d5 9. Nd2 Ne7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Be5 c5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. c3 dxe4
15. dxe4 Bg4 16. Rad1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qf6 18. e5 Nxe5 19. Bxb7 Rad8 20. b3 Rfe8
21. c4 Qb6 22. Bd5 a5 23. h3 Qb4 24. Qg5 Nd7 25. Bc6 h6 26. Qg3 Re7 27. Bxd7
Rdxd7 28. f4 Re3 29. Qf2 f5 30. Qxe3 dxe3 31. Rxd7+ Kf8 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Rd7+
Kf8 34. Rc1 g5 35. g3 gxf4 36. gxf4 Qb8 37. Rd5 Kg7 38. Re5 Qd6 39. Rxe3 Qxf4
40. Rce1 Kf6 41. R1e2 Kg5 42. Kg2 h5 43. Rg3+ Kf6 44. Rf3 Qd4 45. Ref2 Qe4 46.
Kg1 Ke5 47. Rxf5+ Qxf5 48. Rxf5+ Kxf5 49. Kf1 Ke5 50. Ke2 Kf4 51. a3 h4 52. Kf2
Ke4 53. Ke2 Kf4 54. Kd2 Ke5 55. Kc2 Kd4 56. Kd2 Ke5 57. Kc3 Kd6 58. Kb2 Ke5 59.
Kc2 Kd4 60. Kd2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. a4 Rd8 12. Ba3 b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Ba2 e5 15.
Ng5 Rd7 16. d5 Na5 17. c4 h6 18. Nf3 Ne8 19. Bb2 f6 20. Nd2 Nd6 21. Qc2 Re8 22.
Qg6 Rde7 23. Rac1 Bc8 24. Bb1 f5 25. f4 e4 26. Be5 Rxe5 27. fxe5 Rxe5 28. Rf1
Qe7 29. Ba2 Bd7 30. Nb3 Nab7 31. a5 bxa5 32. Nd4 cxd4 33. exd4 f4 34. dxe5 Qxe5
35. Rb1 Bf5 36. Qh5 e3 37. Rbe1 Qd4 38. Qe2 Nc5 39. Rd1 Qe5 40. Bb1 Bxb1 41.
Rxb1 Nce4 42. Rbc1 Nf5 43. Qg4 e2 44. Qxe2 Qd4+ 45. Rf2 Nfg3 46. Qb2 Qe3 47.
Rd1 Nc3 48. hxg3 fxg3 49. Rf1 Ne4 50. Qb8+ Kh7 51. Qf4 Qd4 52. d6 gxf2+ 53. Kh2
Qd3 54. d7 Nf6 55. Rxf2 Nxd7 56. Rd2 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Qf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Ba6 7. Bd2 Na5 8. Qe2
d5 9. cxd5 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qxd5 12. f3 Qc4 13. Qd2 Nb7 14. b3 Qb5
15. Ne2 O-O 16. O-O Rfd8 17. e4 c5 18. d5 Ne8 19. Nf4 c4 20. a4 Qc5+ 21. Rf2
cxb3 22. Qb2 Rac8 23. Rc1 Qe3 24. g3 e5 25. Ng2 Qc5 26. Qxb3 Ned6 27. Rc2 Qc4
28. Qa3 Qd3 29. Ne1 Qe3 30. Qa1 f6 31. Kg2 Rc4 32. Rfe2 Qc5 33. Nd3 Qc7 34. Nb4
Na5 35. Qe1 Rc8 36. Bb2 Rxc2 37. Nxc2 Qxc2 38. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 39. Kh3 Rxb2 40. Qf1
Nac4 41. f4 h5 42. Qf3 g6 43. g4 Nd2 44. Qe2 Rb3+ 45. Kg2 N2c4 46. Qe1 exf4 47.
gxh5 g5 48. a5 Ne3+ 49. Kg1 Nxe4 50. d6 f3 51. d7 f2+ 52. Qxf2 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E71"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. dxc6
bxc6 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. O-O-O Rd8 11. Nf3 Na6 12. g4 Bb7 13. g5 Ne8 14. Nh2 Nec7
15. Ng4 Ne6 16. h4 Nac5 17. Kb1 Rab8 18. h5 Ba6 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. f3 Nf4 21.
Qh2 Nh5 22. Bc1 Qf7 23. Ne3 Ne6 24. Be2 Nef4 25. Bf1 Bf8 26. Qc2 Ng3 27. Rh4
Be7 28. Qa4 Bb7 29. Rg4 Nxf1 30. Rxf1 Ne6 31. Ng2 Nc5 32. Qd1 Qxc4 33. Rh1 Bc8
34. Rxh7 Bxg4 35. Qh1 Bh5 36. Rxh5 gxh5 37. Qxh5 Bf8 38. Ne3 Qe6 39. Ng4 Bg7
40. g6 Kf8 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Levit, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E41"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Be3 a6 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Rad1 b5 13. d5 bxc4 14. dxc6 Nd5
15. Bd4 a5 16. Rfe1 Bb4 17. Qxc4 Ba6 18. Qb3 Qd6 19. Qc2 f6 20. Ne4 Qf4 21. Nc5
Bxe1 22. Nxe6 Qg4 23. Nxf8 Nf4 24. Nxe1 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Nxd4 26. Qxh7+ Kxf8 27. f3
Qe6 28. Qh8+ Qg8 29. Qxg8+ Kxg8 30. Rxd4 Re8 31. Rd1 Re2 32. Kg1 Rxb2 33. c7
Kf7 34. Rd7+ Ke6 35. Rxg7 Rxa2 36. h4 Ra1 37. Kf2 Rc1 38. h5 a4 39. h6 a3 40.
h7 a2 41. h8=Q a1=Q 42. Qe8+ Kd5 43. Rd7+ Kc4 44. c8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C83"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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. a4 b4 11. a5 O-O 12. Bf4 Nc5 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. Nbd2 Ne6 15. Bg3
bxc3 16. bxc3 Bh5 17. Bd3 Bg6 18. Be2 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Nb3 Re8 21. Rc1 Be7
22. Nfd4 Ncxd4 23. cxd4 Ba3 24. Rc6 Rb8 25. Bg4 Bd6 26. Rxa6 Nf4 27. Bxf4 Bxf4
28. Rxg6 hxg6 29. Nc5 Qd6 30. g3 Bg5 31. Qa4 Re7 32. Bd7 Ra8 33. Bb5 Bf6 34. a6
Ra7 35. Rd1 c6 36. Bxc6 Rec7 37. Bb7 Kh7 38. Qb5 g5 39. Qe8 g6 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Ne2 Bf5 6. Nf4 e6 7. Be3 h6 8. Nd2
Nge7 9. Be2 Nc8 10. O-O Be7 11. Nh5 O-O 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. cxd3 f5 14. exf6 Bxf6
15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Nf3 Nd6 17. Bxh6 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Bg5 Qf7 20. Qxd4 Qxh5
21. Be7 Nf5 22. Qe5 Rf7 23. Bxb4 Qg4 24. Bc5 Rf6 25. f3 Qa4 26. Bf2 Qa6 27.
Rab1 b6 28. Qe2 Re8 29. g4 Nd6 30. Bg3 e5 31. Bxe5 Nf7 32. f4 Rfe6 33. Qf3 Qxa2
34. Ra1 Nxe5 35. fxe5 Qb2 36. Qxd5 Qxe5 37. Qxe5 Rxe5 38. Rxa7 Rd8 39. Rf3 Red5
40. Ra3 b5 41. Kf2 Kh7 42. h3 Kg6 43. Ra6+ Kg5 44. Kg3 g6 45. Ra7 R8d7 46. h4+
Kh6 47. Rxd7 Rxd7 48. Kf2 Rd4 49. Rg3 g5 50. h5 b4 51. Ke3 Rf4 52. Rg1 b3 53.
Kd2 b2 54. Kc2 Rb4 55. Kb1 Rd4 56. Rg3 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 c6 5. c3 e6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Nbd2 h6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. c4 Qb6 14. Qc3 Nf6
15. b4 a5 16. a3 Ra7 17. Nb3 axb4 18. axb4 dxc4 19. Rxa7 Qxa7 20. Ra1 Qb6 21.
Nc5 Rd8 22. Qxc4 Ne8 23. e3 Nc7 24. h4 Bg6 25. Bf3 Ra8 26. Rxa8+ Nxa8 27. Qa2
Nc7 28. Qa5 Qxa5 29. bxa5 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C81"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 g5 10. Rd1 g4 11. Ne1 Rg8 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Qd3 c6 15.
Qxh7 Rg6 16. a4 c5 17. Qh8 Qd7 18. axb5 Nxb3 19. cxb3 Qxb5 20. b4 O-O-O 21.
bxc5 g3 22. hxg3 Bxc5 23. Qh4 Qe2 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Kf1 Bg4 27.
Nc2 Qe2+ 28. Kg1 Qxc2 29. Rdb1 Re8 30. Rf1 Qd3 31. Rae1 Be6 32. Rf3 Qc4 33. Qd4
Re7 34. Ra1 Qc6 35. c4 dxc4 36. Rfa3 Rd7 37. Qf2 Rc7 38. Rxa6 Qc5 39. Ra8+ Kd7
40. Rd1+ Kc6 41. Rd4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Levit, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "86"]

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. Qe1 h6 10. Bh4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Qa5 12. Bg3 e5 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. f4 Be6
15. a3 b5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Nd7 18. Bd4 b4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Qg3 Qa1+ 21.
Kd2 Qxb2 22. Bxa6 Nc5 23. Bxc8 Nxe4+ 24. Kd3 Nxg3 25. Nb5 Nxh1 26. Rxh1 Qxd4+
27. Nxd4 Bxc8 28. Nc6 Bd6 29. Ra1 Kd7 30. Nd4 Bc5 31. Nb3 Bb6 32. c4 Kc6 33. c5
Rd8+ 34. Ke4 f5+ 35. Kf4 Bxc5 36. Kg3 Bd6+ 37. Kf3 Be5 38. Rc1+ Kb6 39. Ke3 Ba6
40. Rb1 Bb5 41. Nc1 g5 42. Ne2 Rd3+ 43. Kf2 Rd2 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B94"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e5 7. Nf5 Bxf5 8.
exf5 Nbd7 9. Bc4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Qf3 b5 13. Rfd1 Nc5 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 a5 17. a3 Qd7 18. c3 Qc6 19. Rd5 Qb6 20. Rad1 Rfd8
21. Qd3 Rb8 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 b4 25. cxb4 axb4 26. a4 e4 27.
Rd7 Kf8 28. Rxf7+ Ke8 29. Rc7 Bxb2 30. Rc4 Kd8 31. Rxe4 Rc8 32. g4 Rc1+ 33. Kg2
Bc3 34. Re2 h6 35. h4 Bf6 36. Re4 Bc3 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Rb1 39. f6 gxf6 40.
g6 f5 41. Rxb4 Ke7 42. Rb7+ Kd6 43. a5 Ra1 44. g7 Bxg7 45. Rxg7 Rxa5 46. Kg3
Ra3 47. Rb7 Ke5 48. f4+ Ke4 49. Rb4+ Ke3 50. Kh4 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. Bb5 e5 10. Bxc6 exd4 11. Qxd4 bxc6 12. b3 Bg4 13. Bb2 c5 14. Qc4
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rb8 16. Nb5 Re8 17. Rad1 Re6 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Bc3 Qd7 20. Kh1
Qc6 21. e4 Rbe8 22. Rg1 g6 23. Qd3 Nd7 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Nb6 26. Rd2 f6 27.
Rgd1 Rd8 28. a4 Kf7 29. a5 Nc8 30. b4 cxb4 31. Bxb4 Re7 32. Rc2 Rb7 33. Rd4 Ke6
34. Rdc4 Ne7 35. a6 Rb5 36. Bd2 Rd7 37. Ra4 Rb6 38. Be3 Rb5 39. Kg2 h5 40. f4
f5 41. f3 Rb3 42. Bf2 fxe4 43. fxe4 d5 44. Bh4 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"]
[Black "Levit, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 b6
9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Na4 dxc4 14. bxc4 Na5 15.
Ne5 Be4 16. Re1 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nd7 18. Ng4 Nf6 19. Ne3 Qd7 20. Nc3 Rfd8 21. Rcd1
Qe8 22. d5 Bc5 23. Nb5 Nxc4 24. Bxf6 Nxe3 25. Rxe3 gxf6 26. Rg3+ Kh8 27. Qf3 f5
28. Nxa7 Ra8 29. Nb5 Qe7 30. Qc3+ e5 31. Qd3 e4 32. Qd2 Qe5 33. Qc3 f6 34. Qxe5
fxe5 35. Rb3 f4 36. Kf1 e3 37. fxe3 fxe3 38. Ke2 Rf8 39. Rf1 Rf2+ 40. Rxf2 exf2
41. d6 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Levit, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "E41"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Be3 a6 11. Qe2 b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Bc2 Nc4 14. Bd3 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Bb7 16. Bg5 Qd5 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. Qc2 h6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Be4 Qd7 21. Qc1
Kg7 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qf4 Rg8 24. a4 Nb2 25. axb5 Nd3 26. Qg3+ Kf8 27. Qd6+ Qe7
28. Qxe7+ Kxe7 29. Red1 Nf4 30. bxa6 Rxg2+ 31. Kh1 Rxf2 32. Nd2 Rg2 33. a7 Rgg8
34. Ne4 f5 35. Nc5 Ra8 36. Rdb1 Nh3 37. Nd3 f4 38. Rb7+ Kf6 39. Rf1 Kf5 40.
Rxf7+ Ke4 41. Nxf4 Ng5 42. Rf6 Nf3 43. Nxe6 Nd2 44. Nc5+ 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D89"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Rc1
Bxa2 15. d5 a6 16. Qa4 Bb3 17. Qa3 b5 18. Bc5 Re8 19. Bb4 Qb6+ 20. Bc5 Qd8 21.
Bb4 Qb6+ 22. Bc5 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "D91"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 c5 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. axb3 Be6 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd5 14. Rc1 f5
15. f3 O-O 16. Be2 Rad8 17. Rc5 b6 18. Rxd5 Rxd5 19. Bc4 Nb4 20. Ke2 b5 21.
Bxd5+ Nxd5 22. g3 a5 23. Rc1 Ra8 24. Rc5 e6 25. Bd6 Ra6 26. Rc8+ Kf7 27. Bc5 e5
28. Rd8 Nc3+ 29. Kd3 exd4 30. exd4 Na2 31. Rb8 a4 32. bxa4 bxa4 33. Rb7+ Kg8
34. Rb8+ Kf7 35. Rb1 Rc6 36. Nc4 Ke6 37. Ba3 Rc7 38. g4 fxg4 39. fxg4 h5 40.
gxh5 gxh5 41. Ra1 Rd7 42. Re1+ Kf5 43. Nd6+ Kg6 44. Rg1+ Kh7 45. Nf5 Bf6 46.
Kc4 Rc7+ 47. Bc5 Nc3 48. Re1 a3 49. Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Levit, Roman"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B34"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Ng8 8.
Bc4 Bg7 9. Bf4 f5 10. g4 fxg4 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Bf7+ Kf8 14. Bxg8
Rxg8 15. Qxd7 Qxd7 16. Rxd7 Bc8 17. Rc7 g5 18. Bg3 h5 19. h4 gxh3 20. f3 h4 21.
Bh2 Bf5 22. Re1 Bh6 23. Rxc6 Rg6 24. Rxg6 Bxg6 25. Kb1 Rd8 26. b4 Bh5 27. Ne4
Bxf3 28. Kb2 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Levit, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "C53"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne1 f6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. f3 Ba6 13. fxe4 fxe5 14. Rxf8+ Qxf8
15. Nf3 exd4 16. Nbd2 Re8 17. e5 d3 18. b3 g5 19. h3 h5 20. Bb2 Bc8 21. Ne1 g4
22. Nxd3 Ba6 23. Qc2 Qh6 24. Bd4 gxh3 25. Nf3 Rf8 26. Nde1 Rf7 27. Rd1 Bg5 28.
Qf2 hxg2 29. e6 Rf5 30. Qg3 Kf8 31. Nxg5 Rxg5 32. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "22nd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Levit, Roman"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[ECO "B56"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O e5 8.
Nf5 Bxf5 9. exf5 Qd7 10. Bg5 O-O-O 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qd5 Kb8 13. Rad1 Rg8 14.
Ne4 Be7 15. Nc5 Qc8 16. Nxb7 Nb4 17. Nxd8 Nxd5 18. Nc6+ Kc7 19. Rxd5 Bf8 20.
Rd3 Qxf5 21. Rc3 Kb6 22. Rb3 Kc5 23. Nd8 Qg5 24. Bc6 d5 25. Rb5+ Kc4 26. g3 Bb4
27. Rxd5 Rxd8 28. Rxd8 f5 29. Rd5 Qg6 30. Ba8 Qg8 31. Bb7 Qb8 32. Rd7 e4 33.
Rfd1 Qe5 34. R1d4+ 1-0

