[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. g4 Nxg4 10. hxg4 Bxg4 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Kg2 O-O 13. Qe1 Bd6 14. Nh2 Qd7
15. Kh1 Bh5 16. Rg1 Rae8 17. Rg5 Bg6 18. Qg1 c5 19. b3 Qc6 20. f3 c4 21. bxc4
Bc5 22. Qe1 Bd4 23. Rb1 Rb8 24. Rb3 f6 25. Rg2 f5 26. cxb5 axb5 27. exf5 Bxf5
28. Ne4 Bh3 29. Rg3 Be6 30. Bh6 Rf7 31. c4 Ra8 32. Rxb5 Bf5 33. Be3 Rxa2 34.
Rb8+ Rf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Bxd4 exd4 37. Qb4+ Kf7 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Qe7+ Kg6
40. Qg5+ Kf7 41. Qxf5+ Ke8 42. Ng4 Kd8 43. Qxh7 Kc8 44. Qh8+ Kb7 45. Qxd4 Qe8
46. Qe5 Qf8 47. Nc5+ 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Kots, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Ne1
Nbd7 9. Nd3 e5 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Ne8 12. Be3 f5 13. Qd2 Nef6 14. a4 e4 15.
Nf4 Nc5 16. Ra3 g5 17. Ne6 Nxe6 18. dxe6 h6 19. Rd1 Bxe6 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6
Rfe8 22. Rb6 Rab8 23. Ra1 Bf8 24. Rd1 Kf7 25. f3 Nd7 26. Rxe6 Kxe6 27. fxe4 Bc5
28. exf5+ Kxf5 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Rd5+ Re5 31. Bh3+ Kf6 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Ne4+
Ke5 34. Nxc5 Kd4 35. Nd3 Ke3 36. Bg4 Rd8 37. a5 Rd4 38. h3 Rd6 39. Kf1 b6 40.
axb6 Rxb6 41. Ke1 a5 42. Nf2 Kd4 43. Nd1 Rb8 44. Kd2 Rh8 45. Bh5 Rf8 46. Bf3
Rh8 47. e3+ Kc4 48. Be2+ Kc5 49. Nf2 Rf8 50. Nd3+ Kd5 51. Bh5 Rf6 52. Ke2 Kc4
53. Bf7+ Kb5 54. Bd5 Kb6 55. e4 Kc7 56. e5 Rb6 57. b3 Kd7 58. Ke3 Ke7 59. Ke4
1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O h6 11. Bf4 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Rfc1 Ne4 15. Bc7
Qe8 16. a5 Rc8 17. Qd1 Ndc5 18. Bb6 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Bd6 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Rc1 Qb8
22. Ne5 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. f3 Nf6 25. Qd2 Qb8 26. Nf4 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Qxe5
28. Nd3 Qf5 29. Nxb4 Qb1+ 30. Kf2 Qf5 31. Qc2 Qxc2+ 32. Nxc2 Nd7 33. Bc7 e5 34.
Ke2 f6 35. Kd2 Kf7 36. b4 Ke7 37. Kc3 Nf8 38. b5 axb5 39. Kb4 Kd7 40. Bb6 Kc6
41. Kc3 Nd7 42. Nb4+ Kd6 43. Ba7 f5 44. Nd3 g5 45. Kb4 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Usachiy, M."]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E30"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 d5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Nf3 a5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 a4 12. Bd3 Na5 13. Ne5 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nxc4
15. Bxc4 Bc6 16. O-O Be4 17. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E22"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qb3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. Be2 e5 8. d5
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Ne7 10. O-O a5 11. b3 Ne4 12. Qc2 Nc5 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. e4 Bg6 15.
g4 c6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bb2 cxd5 18. Qc3 d4 19. Qxd4 Ne6 20. Qc3 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Qe3
22. Bd3 Nc6 23. Rae1 Qh3 24. Nf3 Ne5 25. Bc2 Nxg4 26. Qd2 Ne3 27. Rf2 Bh5 28.
Ng1 Qh4 29. Bb1 Rfd8 30. Nf3 Bxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Rac8 32. Rg1 Rc5 33. Bc3 b6 34. Qe2
Rg5 35. Rxg5 Qxg5 36. Rf2 Qg4 37. Rf3 h5 38. h3 Qg5 39. Qf2 Nd1 40. Qxb6 Nxc3
41. Rxc3 Qc5 42. Qxc5 dxc5 43. Bd3 g6 44. Kg2 Kg7 45. e5 Nd4 46. Rc1 Nc6 47.
Be4 Nxe5 48. Bd5 g5 49. a3 Kf6 50. b4 cxb4 51. axb4 Nd3 52. Ra1 Nxb4 53. Rxa5
Nxd5 54. cxd5 Rd6 55. Kf3 Ke5 56. Ra7 Rxd5 57. Rxf7 Rd3+ 58. Kg2 Rd2+ 59. Kg1
g4 60. Rh7 g3 61. Rxh5+ Ke4 62. Ra5 f3 63. Ra4+ Ke3 64. Ra3+ Ke2 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Shishov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 c5 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 d4 8. Nb1
d3 9. g3 Be7 10. Bg2 Bf5 11. Na3 O-O 12. O-O Qc8 13. Nc4 Bg4 14. Qb1 Rd8 15.
Nce5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Be2 17. Re1 Ng4 18. Nxg4 Qxg4 19. Qc1 c4 20. bxc4 Rac8 21.
Bd4 Rxd4 22. exd4 Qxd4 23. Rb1 Rxc4 24. Qb2 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Bf3 26. Rg1 Rc2 27.
Qxb7 Bxb7 28. Rxb7 Qxg1+ 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8.
Qh6 c5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Bc6 11. dxc5 Nbd7 12. c4 Ng4 13. Qd2 Qh4 14. Bd4
O-O-O 15. f3 e3 16. Bxe3 Nxc5 17. Bg5 Rxd2 18. Bxh4 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Ne3+ 20. Ke2
Nxc4 21. Nh3 Nxa3 22. Kd2 Nb1+ 23. Ke3 Nc3 24. Kd4 N3a4 25. Be7 Nd7 26. Ng5 e5+
27. Ke3 Nc3 28. Bc4 Nb6 29. Bxf7 Ncd5+ 30. Kd2 Rg7 31. Be6+ Bd7 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Amirkhanov, Rinat"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C17"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Ne7
9. Nf3 Nbc6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. O-O a6 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bb6 14. Be3 Rc8 15.
Qe2 Nc6 16. Nb3 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Ne7 18. a4 O-O 19. Qh3 Ng6 20. Nc5 Rc7 21. Nxd7
Rxd7 22. b5 a5 23. Qe3 b6 24. Rf3 Qc7 25. Rh3 Qc5 26. Qxc5 bxc5 27. Rf3 c4 28.
Bxg6 fxg6 29. Kf2 d4 30. Ke2 Kf7 31. Raf1 Ke8 32. Rh3 Rh8 33. Ra3 Kd8 34. Kf3
Kc7 35. Ke4 Kb6 36. Rd1 Kc5 37. Rh3 Rd5 38. Rb1 d3 39. cxd3 Rd4+ 40. Ke3 Rxd3+
41. Ke2 Rxh3 42. gxh3 Rf8 43. b6 Rb8 44. b7 Kc6 45. Kd2 Rxb7 46. Rxb7 Kxb7 47.
Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Shestoperov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "D11"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. Bxf5
gxf5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qe2 e6 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Qd5 14. Qh4 Nd7
15. Re1 Qf5 16. Bh6 Qf6 17. Bg5 Qg6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Kh8 20. Rad1 Rae8 21.
g3 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 f6 23. Bxf6+ Rxf6 24. Qd4 a6 25. f4 Qg7 26. Rg5 Rg6 27. Qxg7+
Kxg7 28. Rd7+ Kf6 29. Rxh7 Rxg5 30. fxg5+ Kxg5 31. Kf2 Rd8 32. Ke3 b5 33. Rg7+
Kf6 34. Rc7 Rd6 35. h4 Kf5 36. Rg7 Kf6 37. Rg5 Rd5 38. Rxd5 exd5 39. Kd4 a5 40.
g4 Ke6 41. h5 Kf6 42. h6 Kg6 43. g5 Kh7 44. Ke5 Kg6 45. Ke6 b4 46. cxb4 d4 47.
h7 Kxh7 48. Kf7 d3 49. g6+ Kh6 50. g7 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A23"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 e4 8. Nd2 d5
9. f3 exf3 10. Bxf3 Bh3 11. Re1 Na6 12. e4 Nc7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Nf1
Nb6 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. a4 a5 18. Qb3 Bb4 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. Nc2 Qf5 21. Ne2 Bg4 22.
Rf1 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Qe4 24. Rf2 Na6 25. Nc3 Qd3 26. Bg5 Rd7 27. Rd1 Qg6 28. Bc1
Nc8 29. Ne3 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Qc6 31. Ra2 Ne7 32. Nf5 Nc7 33. Ba3 Re8 34. Rb1 Ne6
35. Bc1 b6 36. Rf2 Rc8 37. h4 h6 38. Qc2 Rb7 39. Qd1 Nf8 40. h5 Kh7 41. Qg4 Ne6
42. Nxh6 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Kots, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. d5 exd5 11. Ne1 Bf6 12. Qd2 Kh8 13. Rb1 Nc6 14. Bxd5 Qe7
15. b3 Rae8 16. e3 Nd8 17. Ng2 c6 18. Bf3 Nf7 19. Bb2 Ng5 20. Be2 Rd8 21. Nf4
Bxb2 22. Rxb2 Qe5 23. h4 Ne4 24. Qd4 Qe7 25. Bf3 c5 26. Qd3 Qe5 27. Rc2 Rf6 28.
Nd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. cxd5 d6 31. a3 Rf7 32. Rd1 Re7 33. Kg2 Nf6 34. Rc4
b5 35. Rc2 Rb8 36. b4 Nd7 37. bxc5 Nxc5 38. Rd4 a5 39. Rb2 Reb7 40. Bd1 b4 41.
axb4 axb4 42. Bb3 g6 43. h5 Kg7 44. g4 Kf6 45. gxf5 gxf5 46. Rb1 Ke5 47. h6
Rg8+ 48. Kf3 Rg5 49. Rh4 Kf6 50. Rf4 Rh5 51. Ke2 Ke5 52. Rb2 Rb8 53. Rb1 Rxh6
54. Bc2 Ne4 55. Kf3 Rf6 56. Rb2 b3 57. Bd1 Nc5 58. Rh4 h6 59. Rh5 Kxd5 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B71"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Bb5
Nd7 9. O-O Bg7 10. Be3 a6 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Qd2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Rc8 14. Rad1 Na5
15. Bb3 Nb6 16. Qd3 Nbc4 17. Bc1 b5 18. Kh1 e6 19. Rg1 Qc7 20. f5 Kh8 21. Rdf1
Qc6 22. Rg2 Rfd8 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. f4 Rf8 25. Nd1 Nb7 26. Qf3 d5 27. Bxc4 Qxc4
28. Re1 dxe4 29. Rxe4 Qc6 30. Rge2 Nd6 31. R4e3 Qxf3+ 32. Rxf3 Nf5 33. c3 Nd4
34. cxd4 Rxc1 35. Rd2 Bh6 36. Kg2 Rxf4 37. Rdd3 Rc2+ 38. Kg3 Rxf3+ 39. Kxf3
Rxh2 40. Nf2 Bg7 41. Kg3 Rh5 42. Kf3 Rf5+ 43. Ke3 g5 44. Ne4 g4 45. Ke2 h5 46.
Ra3 h4 47. Rxa6 g3 48. Rxe6 g2 49. Rg6 h3 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Usachiy, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Ne7 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qxd5 11. O-O Bd7 12. Qe3 Qc5 13. Rad1 g6 14.
Be4 Qc7 15. Qa3 f5 16. Bf3 Kf7 17. Qb3 Ra7 18. Rfe1 Qc8 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Rxe6
Kg7 21. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B77"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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. Bc4 Nd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 a5 12. a4 Ne5 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. f4 Ng4 15.
Bg1 Bh6 16. g3 Ne5 17. Rd2 Nc6 18. Ndb5 Nb4 19. h4 Ra6 20. Be3 Qc8 21. h5 Bg4
22. Qf2 Nc4 23. hxg6 Bg7 24. gxh7+ Kh8 25. f5 Ne5 26. Bg5 Qd8 27. Qf4 Rc6 28.
Kb1 Re8 29. Rh4 f6 30. Bh6 Bxh6 31. Qxh6 d5 32. Nxd5 Nxd5 33. Bxd5 Qb6 34. Rxg4
1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 e5 8. d5
O-O 9. O-O c6 10. Nbc3 cxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Ne4 Na6 13. N2c3 Qd7 14. Qb3 Rac8
15. Rd1 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Rc4 17. a3 f5 18. Nc3 Nc5 19. Qa2 f4 20. Bf1 Rd4 21. Rxd4
exd4 22. b4 fxg3 23. hxg3 Nba4 24. Bb5 Qg4 25. Nxa4 Qd1+ 26. Kg2 Qf3+ 27. Kg1
Qd1+ 28. Kg2 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 d5 5. c3 Be7 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O Qc7 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. e4 O-O 10. Qe2 Ng4 11. h3 Nge5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. exd5 exd5
15. Nf3 Ng6 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Qd2 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Qd4 a5 21.
Rf3 Bb5 22. Rf5 Rfe8 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. Bd3 d5 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c3 b6 8. Qe2 a5
9. a4 Ba6 10. Nbd2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 e6 12. b3 Qc8 13. Ba3 Nbd7 14. Ne5 Qb7 15.
Rac1 Rfc8 16. Rfd1 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qe2 c4 20. bxc4 Qc6 21.
c5 bxc5 22. Qb5 Bh6 23. Kf2 Qd5 24. Rc2 Rab8 25. Qe2 cxd4 26. exd4 e3+ 27. Kg1
Qc4 28. Bc5 Qxa4 29. Bd6 Rb3 30. c4 Qc6 31. c5 a4 32. Qc4 Ra8 33. Rf1 Ra7 34.
d5 exd5 35. Qh4 Bf8 36. Qd8 Ra8 37. Qf6 Qd7 38. c6 Qe8 39. e6 Qxe6 40. Qxe6
fxe6 41. c7 Bxd6 42. c8=Q+ Rxc8 43. Rxc8+ Kg7 44. Rc6 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Shishov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Be2 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 Nxf3+ 7. Bxf3 Ne7
8. O-O Nc6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. c3 Be6 11. b4 Bb6 12. a4 a5 13. Nxb6 cxb6 14. Be3 Qc7
15. Be2 Rae8 16. Re1 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bb5 Kh8 19. Bf4 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Ne5
21. Qd2 Rc8 22. Rd1 Bg4 23. Re1 Qxc3 24. Qxc3 Rxc3 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. h3 Bf5 27.
Bxe5 dxe5 28. Rxe5 Bg6 29. Re7 Rc8 30. Rxb7 Ra8 31. f3 h5 32. Kf2 Kh7 33. Kg3
Kh6 34. h4 Bc2 35. Rc7 Bb1 36. Rc1 Bg6 37. Rc5 Bf7 38. Kf4 g6 39. g4 hxg4 40.
fxg4 Ra7 41. Rc6 Be8 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A73"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. e4
Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Ne8 11. Nc4 b6 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. Nxa7 Qxe4 15.
Nc6 Ra8 16. Bg5 Kh8 17. Be7 Rg8 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Nxd6 Nxd6 20. Bxd6 Nxc6 21.
dxc6 Qxc6 22. Bf3 Qa4 23. b3 Qa6 24. Bxa8 Qxa8 25. Rad1 Bb7 26. f3 Bd4+ 27. Kh1
g5 28. Qe1 f6 29. Be7 Rg6 30. Qe6 Kg7 31. Qd7 g4 32. Bxc5+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ Kg7 34.
Qe7+ Kg8 35. Rxd4 gxf3 36. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Amirkhanov, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Shestoperov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B15"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Ne2 Bd6 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Qd2 Na6 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Nc3 Bxf4 11. Qxf4 Qa5 12. Bxa6 Qxa6 13. Kb1 Rfd8
14. Rd3 Qa5 15. Rg3 Kf8 16. Rd1 Rd7 17. b3 Rad8 18. Rgd3 Qf5 19. Qxf5 Bxf5 20.
R3d2 h5 21. Kb2 h4 22. f3 h3 23. g4 Be6 24. Ne2 Re7 25. Ng1 f5 26. g5 f4 27.
Ne2 Rd5 28. Rg1 Rf5 29. c4 Bd7 30. Nc3 Re3 31. Ne4 Ke7 32. Rf2 b5 33. Rc1 bxc4
34. Rxc4 Rd5 35. Rb4 a5 36. Rc4 Rb5 37. Rc3 Re1 38. Nc5 Bf5 39. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kots, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bf4 Qa5 6. Qd3 Na6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be2
e5 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 Qd8 13. Be2 Nc7 14. Rad1 Ne6 15.
d5 cxd5 16. exd5 Ng5 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nd7 19. Kh1 Nc5 20. Qg3 Nce4 21. Nxe4
Nxe4 22. Qf3 Ng5 23. Qd3 Bf6 24. Bg4 Re8 25. Bf5 g6 26. Bxg5 hxg5 27. Bxg6 Qe7
28. Qf5 fxg6 29. Qxf6 Kh7 30. Qd4 Qg7 31. Qb4 Rad8 32. Rde1 Rxe1 33. Rxe1 Qf7
34. h3 Kh6 35. Qd2 Rc8 36. c3 Rc4 37. Qd3 Rf4 38. c4 Qf6 39. b4 g4 40. Kg1 Qd4+
41. Qxd4 Rxd4 42. Re7 Rxc4 43. Rxb7 g3 44. Kf1 Rc1+ 45. Ke2 Rc2+ 46. Ke1 Rc1+
47. Kd2 Rg1 48. Rxa7 Rxg2+ 49. Ke1 Rf2 50. Rc7 Rf3 51. Rc1 Rxa3 52. Rb1 Rf3 53.
Rb2 Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "D90"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qa4+ c6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Bg4 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Rd2 b5
15. Qd1 Na5 16. Rc1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nc4 18. e5 Nxd2 19. Bxa8 Nc4 20. Bf3 Qa5 21.
Qe2 Rd8 22. g3 e6 23. Kg2 Qa3 24. Rd1 Nxe3+ 25. fxe3 Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Usachiy, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A14"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a3 Ng4 11. Qc2 Bf6 12. d4 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qf5 Nh6 15.
Qh5 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Re8 17. e3 Rc8 18. Bh3 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Rc7 20. Rfc1 Nf6 21. Qd1
Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. b4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 axb4 25. axb4 Qd6 26. b5 Kf8 27. Qd2 f5
28. Qa2 g6 29. Qb2 Nf7 30. Ra1 Ne5 31. Ra7 Re7 32. Bf1 Bd5 33. Rxe7 Kxe7 34.
Qa1 Qc7 35. Qa3+ Kf7 36. h3 h5 37. Qa1 Ke7 38. Be2 Kf7 39. Qd1 Qd7 40. Qc2 Kf6
41. Qc3 Ke7 42. Kg2 Kd8 43. Nc2 Qd6 44. Nb4 Bb7 45. Na6 Kd7 46. Bc4 Ke7 47. Bb3
Kd8 48. h4 Kd7 49. Ba2 Ke7 50. Nb4 Qc5 51. Qb3 Qxb5 52. Qe6+ Kd8 53. Nd5 Bxd5
54. Bxd5 Nd7 { ? } 55. Bc6 Qd3 56. Bxd7 Qxd7 57. Qxb6+ Ke7 58. Qxg6 Qe6 59.
Qxf5 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C05"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nh3 c5 7. c3 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qg4 g6 11. Nf3 h6 12. Nf4 Nf8 13. b3 Qd7 14. Be3 O-O-O 15.
a4 Kb7 16. a5 h5 17. Qg3 Nh7 18. c4 Nb4 19. axb6 axb6 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. dxc5 h4
22. Qg4 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Bxc5 24. Nd4 b5 25. Nfe2 Kb6 26. b4 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 Ra8 28.
Qxh4 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 f6 30. Ra5 Rc8 31. Rxb5+ Ka6 32. Qe1 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "D90"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ c6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. Ba3 b6 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. d5 Ne5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. h3 h5 19. f4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21.
f5 Qe5 22. Qh6 Qg7 23. Qf4 Rc2 24. d6 g5 25. Qe3 exd6 26. f6 Qg6 27. Bd3 Rxa2
28. Bb1 Rb2 29. Qd4 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Bxe4 31. Ra1 g4 32. Rf4 d5 33. hxg4 Rc8 34.
Rff1 Qg5 35. Qa4 h4 36. Qd7 Rf8 37. Qd6 Rc8 38. Qd7 Rf8 39. Kh2 a5 40. Qd6 Rc8
41. Qd7 Rf8 42. Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
O-O O-O 9. a4 c5 10. a5 a6 11. Qa4 e5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Ne1 Rb8 14. Nd3 Bf8 15.
Rfb1 Qc7 16. Bd5 Nf6 17. Ba2 Bf5 18. Rb6 Nd7 19. Rb2 Bh6 20. e4 Bg4 21. Rab1
Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Qc4 Bf8 24. f4 Qxa5 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. fxe5 b5 27. Qa2
Rxe5 28. d4 cxd4 29. cxd4 Bxa3 30. dxe5 Qb6+ 31. Rf2 Bc5 32. Qxf7+ Kh8 33. Rf1
Rf8 34. Kg2 Rxf7 35. Rxf7 Qe6 36. R1f4 Be7 37. Rf2 b4 38. h3 a5 39. g4 b3 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shishov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 a6 10. Qc2 e6 11. b3 Rb8 12. Bb2 b5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Nce4 Bb7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bh3 Qe7 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rad1 Rbd8 20. b4 Nc6 21.
Ne4 Qe5 22. f4 Nxb4 23. fxe5 Nxc2 24. Bxe6+ Kg7 25. Nxd6 Ne3 26. Rxf8 Rxf8 27.
Rc1 Bc6 28. Bh3 c4 29. a4 bxa4 30. Nxc4 Nxc4 31. Rxc4 Bb5 32. Rb4 Bc6 33. Rb6
Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Amirkhanov, Rinat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A06"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
O-O 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O Bf6 11. Ra2 Be6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Rc2 Qe7
15. b4 Ne4 16. Nd4 Rfc8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. Qd2 Qd6 20. Rfc1 Ng4 21.
g3 Rf8 22. f4 Rad8 23. Qe2 Nf6 24. Nd2 e5 25. b5 Na5 26. fxe5 Qxe5 27. Nf3 Qh5
28. Nh4 Qxe2 29. Rxe2 Ne4 30. Rc7 g5 31. Ng2 Nb3 32. h4 h6 33. hxg5 hxg5 34.
Rec2 Rf7 35. Kh2 Rdd7 36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. Bxe4 dxe4 38. Kh3 Kg7 39. Rc3 Nd2 40.
Ne1 Kg6 41. b6 axb6 42. g4 b5 43. Kg3 Rd6 44. Rc5 Nc4 45. Rxb5 Rb6 46. Rxb6+
Nxb6 47. Nc2 Kf6 48. Kf2 Nc4 49. Ke2 Ne5 50. a4 Nxg4 51. a5 Ne5 52. Nb4 Kf5 53.
a6 bxa6 54. Nxa6 Nd3 55. Nc7 Kg4 56. Nd5 Kg3 57. Nf6 Nc1+ 58. Kd2 Kf3 59. Kxc1
g4 60. Nd5 g3 61. Nf4 g2 62. Nh3 Kg3 63. Ng1 Kh2 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shestoperov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "D85"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
e3 O-O 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. e4 Qa5 13. Rb2 Qa6 14. Re1 Rfd8
15. Rd2 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Ba4 18. Qf3 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Bxd4 20. Ba3 Rc8
21. Bf1 Qa5 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 Qe1 24. Bh6 Bb5 25. Qg2 Bxf1 26. Qxf1 Bxf2+
27. Kg2 Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Bd4 29. Ke2 e5 30. g4 f6 31. Bd2 Kf7 32. Kd3 Ke6 33. Kc4
f5 34. gxf5+ gxf5 35. exf5+ Kxf5 36. Kd5 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Qc2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 d6 7. e3 e5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nge4 Na6 13. a3 Nxe4 14. Bxe4
Nc5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. b4 Nd7 17. Be4 c6 18. c5 Be6 19. Bf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 b6 21.
cxb6 axb6 22. Rfd1 g6 23. Qc2 c5 24. b5 c4 25. Nxc4 Rfc8 26. Qe2 Qe6 27. Nd6
Rf8 28. Qc4 Nc5 29. Qxe6 fxe6 30. Nc4 e4 31. Nxb6 Ra5 32. a4 Rb8 33. Rd6 Kg7
34. Rc6 Nd3 35. Rc7+ Kg8 36. Nc4 Raa8 37. b6 Nb4 38. b7 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Kots, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B49"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. f4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxe4 11. Bf3 d5 12. c4 O-O 13. cxd5 Nc3 14. Qd2
Nxd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. f5 f6 17. Rae1 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bd7 19. g4 h6 20. Re7 Qd6
21. Rfe1 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Qe3 Ba4 25. c3 Kf7 26. Qd2 Bb5
27. Kg2 Bc4 28. Kf3 Qe7 29. a4 Qe4+ 30. Kg3 h5 31. h3 hxg4 32. hxg4 Bf1 33. Qf2
Be2 34. Qf4 Qe7 35. Qe3 Qd6+ 36. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. f4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxe4 11. Bf3 d5 12. c4 O-O 13. cxd5 Nc3 14. Qd2
Nxd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. f5 f6 17. Rae1 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bd7 19. g4 h6 20. Re7 Qd6
21. Rfe1 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Qe3 Ba4 25. c3 Kf7 26. Qd2 Bb5
27. Kg2 Bc4 28. Kf3 Qe7 29. a4 Qe4+ 30. Kg3 h5 31. h3 hxg4 32. hxg4 Bf1 33. Qf2
Be2 34. Qf4 Qe7 35. Qe3 Qd6+ 36. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Usachiy, M."]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bg2 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. e5 Nd5 13. Na4 a5 14. c4 Nb6
15. Rc1 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 f6 17. c5 Qa7 18. Qc2 Rb8 19. Re4 Rb5 20. Be3 f5 21. Ra4
Qb8 22. Qc3 Bd8 23. b3 Bc7 24. f4 g5 25. Kh1 Rf7 26. Rd4 Rg7 27. Rd2 a4 28. Rd3
axb3 29. axb3 Ba6 30. Ra1 Ba5 31. Qc2 gxf4 32. gxf4 Qb7 33. Bg1 Bb4 34. Rg3
Rxg3 35. hxg3 Ra5 36. Rd1 Qa7 37. g4 fxg4 38. f5 Qb8 39. fxe6 dxe6 40. Rd7 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Re1 Bc7 11. h4 dxe4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ngxe4 Nf5 14. Nc4 Rb8 15.
a3 Nfd4 16. c3 Nf5 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 a5 19. bxa5 Nxa5 20. Nxa5 bxa5 21. Ba3
Re8 22. Rb1 Ba8 23. Rxb8 Qxb8 24. Re2 Rd8 25. Rb2 Qa7 26. d4 Bd5 27. Qg4 Kh8
28. Bc5 Qa6 29. Bf1 Qa8 30. Bd3 a4 31. c4 Bc6 32. Nd2 Ba5 33. Bxf5 exf5 34. Qf4
Bc3 35. Ra2 Re8 36. Nf1 Re1 37. d5 Bxd5 38. cxd5 Qa6 39. Qb8+ Kh7 40. Kg2 Qxf1+
41. Kf3 Qh1+ 42. Kf4 Re4+ 43. Kxf5 g6# 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e4 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
d6 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rae1 Nec6 12. f4 Rb8 13. g4 f5 14. gxf5 exf5 15.
Ng3 Be6 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 b6 18. Bc3 a6 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nc7 Rfc8 23. Ne6+ Kh8 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Ng5 b5 26. Rf2 h6 27. Nf3
Rcb6 28. b3 a5 29. Re6 bxc4 30. dxc4 Kh7 31. Rg2 a4 32. Nd2 axb3 33. axb3 Ra6
34. Rgxg6 Ra1+ 35. Kf2 Ra2 36. Ke1 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 Ra2 38. Ke1 Ra1+ 39. Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 a6 11. Be3 b5 12. c5 b4 13. Na4 Nxe4 14. cxd6 Nxd6 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rxe5 17. Bc5 Rxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxb2 19. Bxc6 Bxh3 20. Qd5 Bxa1
21. Bxa8 Qf6 22. Rd1 Nb5 23. Ne4 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Nge2
Ne4 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. f3 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 Nf6 12. O-O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bd3 a5
15. g4 a4 16. gxf5 exf5 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nxb5 Ba6 19. Nc3 a3 20. b3 Qa5 21. Bxa6
Rxa6 22. Ne2 Qc5 23. Rd3 Qxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Rc6+ 25. Kb1 g6 26. Nd4 Rb6 27. Rc1 Nh5
28. Bc7 Rb7 29. Be5 Bf6 30. Bd6 Re8 31. Nc2 f4 32. exf4 Rd7 33. Bxa3 Nxf4 34.
Re3 Rc8 35. Rd1 d4 36. Re4 d3 37. Ne1 Nd5 38. Bb4 Bc3 39. Rxd3 Bxb4 40. Rxb4
Ne3 41. Kb2 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Shishov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A66"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. e5
dxe5 9. fxe5 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. dxe6 Qh4+ 12. g3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qe4+ 14. Qe2
Qxe2+ 15. Bxe2 Nf8 16. Nf3 Nxe6 17. Bh6 Nc6 18. O-O Bd7 19. Ng5 Nxg5 20. Bxg5
h6 21. Be3 O-O-O 22. Bxc5 Rhe8 23. Rfe1 Re5 24. Bf2 Bf5 25. Rad1 Rxd1 26. Bxd1
Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 Ne5 28. Bd2 h5 29. Be3 b6 30. Bd4 Bg4 31. Bxg4+ Nxg4 32. Bg7 Kd7
33. h3 Ne3 34. Kf2 Nf5 35. Be5 Ke6 36. Bb8 a6 37. Kf3 Ne7 38. Ke4 b5 39. Bf4
Nc6 40. Bh6 b4 41. cxb4 Nxb4 42. a3 Nc6 43. h4 Ne5 44. Bc1 Nf7 45. a4 Nd6+ 46.
Kd4 Nf5+ 47. Kc5 Nxg3 48. Kb6 Kd7 49. Kxa6 Kc8 50. Ka7 Nf5 51. Bg5 Nd4 52. Bf6
Nc6+ 53. Kb6 Nb8 54. Bd4 Nd7+ 55. Kc6 Nb8+ 56. Kd6 Kb7 57. Ke6 Kc6 58. Kf6 Kd5
59. Bb2 Nc6 60. Kxg6 Nb4 61. Kxh5 Nd3 62. Bc3 Nc5 63. Kg6 Nxa4 64. h5 Nc5 65.
h6 Ne6 66. Bg7 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Amirkhanov, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Shestoperov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Kots, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 e6 8. Bg5
exd5 9. Nxd5 Be6 10. O-O Bxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Re8 13. a4 a6 14. Ra3 h6
15. Bh4 Ne5 16. Be2 g5 17. Bg3 Qe7 18. Rb3 Rab8 19. h4 Nfd7 20. hxg5 hxg5 21.
Qc2 Rf8 22. Qf5 Qf6 23. Qxf6 Nxf6 24. f4 gxf4 25. Rxf4 Rfe8 26. Rb6 Ng6 27. Rf1
Nd7 28. Rxd6 Bd4+ 29. Kh2 Kg7 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rxd7+ Kf6 32. Bxb8 Rxb8 33.
Rd6+ Kg7 34. Rd7+ Kf6 35. g3 Re8 36. Bh5 Rh8 37. g4 Be5+ 38. Kg1 Bxc3 39. bxc3
Ne5 40. Rxb7 Nxc4 41. Rc7 Ke5 42. Rxc5 Nd6 43. c4 Kd4 44. Rc6 Nxc4 45. Rxa6 Rd8
46. Bf7 Ne5 47. Rf6 Rf8 48. d6 Nxf7 49. d7 Rg8 50. Rxf7 Rxg4+ 51. Kf2 Rg8 52.
Kf3 Kd5 53. a5 Rd8 54. a6 Ke6 55. Rh7 Kd6 56. Ke4 Rb8 57. a7 Rd8 58. Rh5 Kc6
59. Ra5 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Usachiy, M."]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 f6 10. Nh4 Nc5 11. Kh1 Rf7 12. Be3 Be6 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. Ne3 g6
15. Nf3 Rd7 16. Qe2 Bf8 17. Ng1 Bh6 18. Ng4 Bg7 19. f4 exf4 20. Rxf4 Qe7 21.
Raf1 Rf8 22. Qf3 f5 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Rxf5 Bxf5 25. Ne3 Be6 26. b3 Qh4 27. Qe2
Re7 28. Nf3 Qh5 29. Nc4 Bf6 30. Qf2 Bd5 31. Nfe5 Bg7 32. d4 Re8 33. Re1 Rf8 34.
Qg1 Qh4 35. c3 Qf2 36. Ne3 Qxa2 37. Nd7 Ra8 38. Nxd5 cxd5 39. Qe3 Qxb3 40. Qe6+
Kh8 41. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 c6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. h4 Nb6 10. b3 exd4 11. Nxd4 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e5 Qe8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. f4 Bg7 16. Bb5 Qe7 17. O-O-O Bg4 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Ncxe2 f6 20. e6 f5 21. h5
a5 22. a4 Rfc8+ 23. Kb1 Nxa4 24. bxa4 Rc4 25. Rh3 Rxa4 26. Rb3 Rc8 27. Qb2 Rc7
28. Rdd3 Qh4 29. Qd2 Qh1+ 30. Qd1 Qxg2 31. h6 Bf6 32. Rb2 Rb4 33. Rxb4 axb4 34.
Nf3 Rc8 35. Ned4 Qg3 36. Qd2 Qh3 37. Qe2 Qh1+ 38. Rd1 Qxh6 39. e7 Re8 40. Qe6+
Kg7 41. Rg1 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 Nge7 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nce2 Ne5 11. Qc2 Qc8 12. Rd1 Bg4 13. f3 Bh3 14. e4 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 f5 16. Nf4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf5 18. Nde6 Re8 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. Re1 Qd7
21. Bd2 c6 22. Bc3 Kg8 23. Nd3 Nf7 24. Qf4 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. g4 Rxe1 27.
Nxe1 Ng7 28. Qf6 Ne8 29. Qd4 c5 30. Qe4 Qc6 31. Qe7 Ng7 32. Nd3 Qe8 33. Qxb7
Qe2+ 34. Nf2 h5 35. Qe4 Qxe4 36. Nxe4 hxg4 37. fxg4 Ne6 38. h4 Nd4 39. Kf2 Ne5
40. Nxd6 Nxg4+ 41. Kg3 Ne5 42. Kf4 Nec6 43. Ke4 Ne6 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. b3
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rb8 11. Ne4 b6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bb7 14. O-O Nd5 15.
Rf2 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Qc2 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Qxe4 Qxd2
21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Qe5 Qd6 23. Qxd6 Bxd6 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Be5 Bc7 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8
27. Kf2 Kg8 28. Kf3 Kf7 29. Ke4 Ke6 30. Bxg7 b5 31. g4 Bh4 32. Bf8 Bf2 33. e3
c4 34. bxc4 bxc4 35. Bc5 a6 36. Bb4 Kf6 37. Bd2 Kg5 38. Kf3 Bh4 39. Bc3 h5 40.
gxh5 Kxh5 41. e4 Bg5 42. e5 Kh4 43. e6 Kh3 44. Be5 c3 45. Bxc3 Kxh2 46. Bb4 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nd2 Na6 8. c3
Rb8 9. a4 Nd7 10. Nc4 Nc7 11. Re1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nf4 N7f6 14. a5 Bg4 15.
Qb3 Bf5 16. a6 bxa6 17. Qa3 Bc8 18. Na5 Qb6 19. Nd3 Bf5 20. Ne5 Rfc8 21. Nac4
Qc7 22. Qxa6 Rb7 23. Na5 Rb6 24. Qe2 c5 25. g4 Be6 26. c4 Nb4 27. d5 Bd7 28. h3
e6 29. Bf4 Qd8 30. Nac6 Bxc6 31. dxc6 Qe7 32. Ra5 Ne8 33. Rea1 a6 34. Rd1 Bxe5
35. Rd7 Qf8 36. Bxe5 Nxc6 37. Bxc6 Rbxc6 38. Ra3 f6 39. Rf3 f5 40. g5 a5 41.
Rb3 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Shishov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. g4 Ne8
9. h4 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. g5 a6 12. Nh3 b5 13. Qd2 b4 14. Nd1 Qe7 15. Qc2 a5
16. h5 a4 17. h6 Bh8 18. Rg1 f4 19. g6 Qh4+ 20. Bf2 Qxh6 21. gxh7+ Kf7 22. Ng5+
Ke7 23. Ne6 Rf7 24. Nxc5 b3 25. axb3 axb3 26. Qxb3 Rxa1 27. Qxb8 Qxh7 28. Ne4
Bd7 29. c5 Kf8 30. c6 Bf5 31. Nxd6 Re7 32. Nxe8 Bc8 33. Bc5 Qh4+ 34. Kd2 e4 35.
Bxe7+ Kxe7 36. Qc7+ Kf8 37. Qxc8 Bc3+ 38. Kc2 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E86"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qb3
Qe7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Qa3 Nb6 11. b3 exd4 12. Nxd4 c5 13. Nde2 Be6 14. Bf4 Rfd8
15. g4 a5 16. Nb5 Ne8 17. g5 a4 18. Nec3 axb3 19. Qxb3 Ra6 20. Be2 Nd7 21. Rd2
Ne5 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Rda8 24. Rc2 Ra4 25. Bd2 Qd7 26. Bc3 c4 27. Qb1 Nd3+
28. Bxd3 cxd3 29. Rb2 Rc4 30. Kd2 Bxc3+ 31. Nxc3 Rac8 32. Rb3 Qh3 33. Qf1 Qh4
34. Qg1 f5 35. Qg3 Qh5 36. Re1 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Bg4 9. d4 O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. exd5 Bd6 13. Na3 Qc8 14. Bd4 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Ng6 16. Re3 Nf4 17. Kh1 N6h5 18. Nc2 Qf5 19. Nb4 Nh3 20. Qf1 N5f4 21.
Nc6 Rae8 22. Rae1 Qh5 23. Bd1 Nd3 24. R1e2 Nhxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Rxe3
27. Bxe3 Qxd5 28. Nd4 c5 29. Bb3 Qh5 30. Ne2 Bxh2 31. Kg2 Bd6 32. Ng3 Qe5 33.
Bc2 Re8 34. Be4 g6 35. f4 Qe7 36. Qf3 h5 37. f5 Bxg3 38. fxg6 fxg6 39. Bxg6 h4
40. Qd5+ Qe6 41. Qh5 Re7 42. Bf5 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Amirkhanov, Rinat"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E71"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a6 8. g4 Bd7
9. Nge2 b5 10. Ng3 b4 11. Nb1 a5 12. a4 bxa3 13. bxa3 Na6 14. Nc3 Nc5 15. Bd3
Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Bc8 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Kf1 Nc5 19. Kg2 Bd7 20. a4 Rb8 21. Nb5 h5
22. gxh5 f5 23. h6 Bh8 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Rag1 Qh4 26. Kh2 Kh7 27. Rg2 e4 28.
Bxc5 dxc5 29. Re1 Be5 30. Kg1 Rg8 31. Qb3 Rg6 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Shestoperov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nh3 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Nc3
Nc7 9. Nf4 Rb8 10. a4 b6 11. e4 a6 12. Nd3 Nd7 13. Bd2 a5 14. f4 Na6 15. Nb5
Nb4 16. Bc3 Ba6 17. Nf2 Bxb5 18. axb5 Qc7 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bh3 f6
22. Rae1 Rf8 23. Be6 Rfe8 24. h4 Nf8 25. f5 Nxe6 26. fxe6 Rh8 27. Nh3 h5 28.
Rf3 Rbg8 29. Ng5 Kf8 30. Nf7 Rh7 31. e5 dxe5 32. d6 exd6 33. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kots, Yury"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kots, Yury"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Usachiy, M."]
[Black "Kots, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
a6 9. a4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Nc6 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bd7 13. a5 e5 14. Qd3 Be6 15. Nd5
Bxd5 16. exd5 Rac8 17. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kots, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C43"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Qf4 Be7 9. Bd2 Be6 10. O-O-O Qd7 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Qxg5 f6 13. Qf4 O-O-O 14. Be3
Qf7 15. Qa4 Kb8 16. Nb5 Nc8 17. Be2 a6 18. Nc3 Ne5 19. b3 Nb6 20. Qb4 Nc6 21.
Qc5 Nd7 22. Qa3 Qe7 23. Qxe7 Nxe7 24. f4 Rhe8 25. Bh5 Ng6 26. Rhe1 Kc8 27. g3
Ndf8 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. h4 Nd7 30. Bf3 Kc8 31. Bd4 Bf7 32. Rxe8+ Bxe8 33. Nd5
c6 34. h5 cxd5 35. hxg6 Bxg6 36. Bxd5 Bf5 37. c4 Bg4 38. Kd2 h5 39. Ke3 Kc7 40.
Be4 b6 41. f5 Nc5 42. Bc2 a5 43. a3 Nb7 44. Bd3 Nd6 45. Kf4 Kc6 46. b4 axb4 47.
axb4 Bxf5 48. Bxf5 g5+ 49. Kf3 Nxf5 50. Bxf6 Nd6 51. Bxg5 Nxc4 52. Bf6 Nd2+ 53.
Kf4 Kb5 54. Bc3 Nf1 55. Be1 Kc4 56. Kf3 Kd3 57. Bf2 Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Kots, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e4 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
d6 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rae1 Nec6 12. Bh6 Ne5 13. f3 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Nxd3
15. Nf4 Ne5 16. Nh3 f6 17. f4 Nf7 18. Qh4 Kg7 19. g4 Qd8 20. Qg3 Bd7 21. Nf2
Bc6 22. h4 a6 23. g5 fxg5 24. hxg5 e5 25. Nh3 exf4 26. Rxf4 Qe7 27. Ref1 Ne6
28. Rf6 Nfxg5 29. e5 dxe5 30. Qxe5 Nxh3+ 31. Bxh3 Rxf6 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. cxd5
Rf8 34. Bxe6 h5 35. Rf2 Kh6 36. Qe3+ Rf4 37. Rg2 Qf6 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kots, Yury"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kots, Yury"]
[Black "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O
b5 9. g4 bxc4 10. Bxc4 d5 11. Bb3 dxe4 12. g5 Nd5 13. fxe4 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb6
15. e5 Bf5 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. Qf4 Rab8 18. Rd2 Qb4 19. Nh4 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21.
Qg4 Qc4 22. Qh3 Rf7 23. Rhd1 c5 24. dxc5 Nxe5 25. Rd4 Qxc5 26. Qxe6 Nc6 27. Rf4
Rf8 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Rd5 Qg1+ 30. Nd1 Qxh2 31. Nxg6 hxg6 32. Qxc6 Qf4+ 33. Kb1
Qe4+ 34. Ka1 Kh7 35. Qd7 e6 36. Qxf7 Qxd5 37. Qf1 Qxg5 38. a3 Qg4 39. Ne3 Bxb2+
40. Kxb2 Qd4+ 41. Kc2 Qxe3 42. Qxa6 Kh6 43. Qd3 Qc5+ 44. Kb3 e5 45. a4 Kg5 46.
Qg3+ Kf6 47. Qf3+ Ke7 48. Qb7+ Ke6 49. Qg7 Qd5+ 50. Kb4 Qd6+ 51. Kc4 Kf5 52. a5
e4 53. Qd4 Qe6+ 54. Kc3 e3 55. Kd3 Qa6+ 56. Kxe3 Qxa5 57. Qf4+ Ke6 58. Qe4+ Kf6
59. Qf4+ Kg7 60. Kf3 Qd5+ 61. Kg3 g5 62. Qf3 Qc4 63. Qf5 Qh4+ 64. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kots, Yury"]
[Black "Shishov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Kots, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Qe7 10. b4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 g6 12. e4 b5 13. Na5 Nxa5 14. bxa5 Ng4 15.
h3 f5 16. Bg5 Qg7 17. hxg4 fxg4 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Bh4 Rf7 21. Bg3
Qf6 22. a6 Bxa6 23. a4 Bb7 24. axb5 h5 25. e5 Qg5 26. Qc1 Qxc1 27. Rfxc1 Kg7
28. Bh4 Rd7 29. Bc4 Kf7 30. Rd1 Bd5 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. Ra6 Rh8 34.
e6+ 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Kots, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[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 Qe7 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 exd4 12. Bxc6 d3 13. Qxd3 bxc6 14. Bd2 a5
15. Rfc1 Rd8 16. Bxb4 axb4 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. Qc4 Qe4 19. Qc2 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Rxa2
21. Rxa2 b3 22. Ra3 bxc2 23. Rc3 g6 24. Rxc2 Ra8 25. Nb3 Kf8 26. f3 Ke7 27. Kf2
Ra6 28. e4 Rb6 29. Nc5 Kd6 30. Ke3 Rb5 31. Nd3 c5 32. Rc4 Ba6 33. Rc3 f6 34. b3
Bc8 35. f4 Be6 36. e5+ fxe5 37. fxe5+ Kd5 38. h3 Bf5 39. Nf4+ Kxe5 40. g4 Be4
41. h4 c6 42. g5 Bd5 43. Nd3+ Kd6 44. Nf2 Rb4 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kots, Yury"]
[Black "Amirkhanov, Rinat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shestoperov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Kots, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A70"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. h3 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. O-O Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15.
Bf4 Re8 16. Qc2 Nh5 17. Bh2 Qg5 18. f4 Qd8 19. Rae1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Qh4 21. Rd1
Bd7 22. Rf3 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. g4 Nf6 25. Ne2 c4 26. Nxd4 cxd3 27. Qxd3 Nxe4
28. Kg2 h5 29. g5 Rbc8 30. Rff1 Nc5 31. Qf3 Re7 32. Bg1 Ne4 33. Rfe1 Nxg5 34.
Qg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Ne4+ 36. Kg2 Kf8 37. Re3 Rc5 38. Kf3 Bxh3 39. Rde1 Bg4+ 40.
Kg2 Bf5 41. Kf3 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kots, Yury"]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Qa6 9. b3 e6 10. O-O b5 11. Qd3 b4 12. Qxa6 Nxa6 13. Na4 Bd6 14. Bd2 Ne4
15. Rfc1 Kd7 16. Rc4 Rhc8 17. Be1 f6 18. Rd1 Ke8 19. Rdc1 Rab8 20. Rxc6 Kd7 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxc8 Kxc8 23. Kf1 Kc7 24. Ke2 Kc6 25. Kd3 Kd5 26. Nb2 e5 27. Nc4
Bc7 28. Ng1 exd4 29. exd4 f5 30. Ne3+ Ke6 31. Nf3 g5 32. h3 Bf4 33. Nxf5 Nxf2+
34. Bxf2 Kxf5 35. g4+ Ke6 36. Kc4 Nc7 37. Kxb4 Kd5 38. Kc3 Ke4 39. Ne1 Nd5+ 40.
Kc4 Bd2 41. a3 Nf4 42. b4 Nxh3 43. Bg3 Nf4 44. a4 Nd5 45. Nc2 Bf4 46. Bf2 Nf6
47. b5 Nxg4 48. Bg1 Bc7 49. Nb4 h5 50. Nc6 h4 51. a5 h3 52. b6 Bxb6 53. axb6
axb6 54. d5 Ne3+ 55. Kb5 Nxd5 56. Bh2 Ne3 57. Bb8 Nf1 58. Ne5 Ne3 59. Nd7 g4
60. Nf6+ Kf3 61. Nh7 Kg2 62. Nf6 Kf3 63. Nh7 Nf5 64. Ng5+ Kg2 65. Ne6 Ng3 66.
Nf4+ Kf3 67. Kxb6 h2 68. Nh5 h1=Q 69. Nxg3 Qb1+ 70. Ka7 Qxb8+ 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Usachiy, M."]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5
9. exd5 Re8+ 10. Nge2 a6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Ng3 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Nbd7 14. Nce4 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 Qb6 16. Rhe1 Rb8 17. b3 Bb7 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. Re2 a5 20. Rde1 Rec8
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B19"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Bf4 Ngf6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Kb1 b5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qd5 17. Qg4 g6 18. Rhe1 Kh7 19. Rd3 Rac8 20. g3 b4 21.
Qe2 a5 22. Bf4 Bf6 23. Qd2 Bg7 24. g4 Rfe8 25. Be5 f6 26. Bf4 c5 27. dxc5 Qxc5
28. Be3 Qc6 29. Rd6 Qc4 30. Rd7 Rc7 31. Bxh6 Re7 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Rd4 Qb5 34.
Rd1 e5 35. Rd6 Qc4 36. f3 e4 37. Rd4 Qc6 38. Rd6 Qc4 39. Rd4 Qc6 40. fxe4 Rxe4
41. Rd6 Qc5 42. b3 a4 43. bxa4 Ra7 44. g5 f5 45. Qd3 Rc7 46. Rd7+ Rxd7 47.
Qxd7+ Re7 48. Qd4+ Qxd4 49. Rxd4 Rf7 50. Kc1 f4 51. Kd2 f3 52. Ke1 Rc7 53. Kf2
Rxc2+ 54. Kxf3 Rxa2 55. Rxb4 Kf7 56. Re4 Ra3+ 57. Ke2 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C88"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Nc4 14. b3 Nb6 15. Ne3
c4 16. bxc4 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Ba3 Rfe8 19. Rb1 Bf8 20. Qe2 Rab8 21. Rxb8
Rxb8 22. Rb1 Rxb1+ 23. Bxb1 Bb5 24. Qb2 Nd7 25. Bc2 f6 26. Bb4 Nb8 27. d5 Be8
28. Qa3 Bh5 29. g4 Bf7 30. Nd2 h5 31. Qa5 Qc8 32. Bd1 g6 33. Be2 hxg4 34. hxg4
f5 35. Nxc4 fxe4 36. Nxd6 Bxd6 37. Bxd6 Nd7 38. c4 Qb7 39. Qb4 Qc8 40. Qb1 Nc5
41. Bxe5 Nd3 42. Qb8 Qxb8 43. Bxb8 Nc1 44. Bf1 Nxa2 45. d6 Be6 46. Bc7 Bxg4 47.
Ba5 Kf8 48. c5 Bd7 49. Bxa6 Nc1 50. Bb7 Ne2+ 51. Kh2 Nd4 52. Bxe4 Kf7 53. Bc3
Bc6 54. Bd3 Nf5 55. Bc4+ Ke8 56. Be6 Bd7 57. Bd5 Bb5 58. Kh3 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Shishov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 a3 17. bxa3 Rxa3 18. Qc1 Ra8 19. Bd3 Qb7 20. Qb2 Bd7 21. Rab1
exd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Rfc8 24. Nc4 Be6 25. Nb6 Rxa2 26. Nxc8 Rxb2 27.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 28. Rxb2 Bc4 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Rb8+ Ne8 31. Ra1 h5 32. Raa8 Kh7 33.
Rxe8 Qb7 34. Ra7 Qb3 35. Be3 c3 36. Ree7 c2 37. Rac7 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Amirkhanov, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Shestoperov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C75"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nh4
Na5 9. Bc2 g5 10. Nf5 Nxf5 11. exf5 Bg7 12. O-O Nc6 13. d5 Ne7 14. Qf3 f6 15.
c4 Qc8 16. g4 h5 17. h3 hxg4 18. hxg4 Rh4 19. Kg2 Kf7 20. Rh1 Qh8 21. Rxh4 gxh4
22. Nc3 Bh6 23. Kh3 Ng8 24. c5 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 dxc5 26. d6 Bc6 27. Be4 cxd6 28.
Bxc6 bxc6 29. Qxc6 Rd8 30. Ne4 Qh6 31. Rd1 Qf4 32. Rxd6 Ne7 33. Rxf6+ Kg7 34.
Rg6+ Kh7 35. Qc7 Qf3+ 36. Kxh4 Qh1+ 37. Kg5 Qc1+ 38. Kf6 Re8 39. Ng5+ Kh8 40.
Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Usachiy, M."]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A19"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. f4 { ? } 5... Nc6 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. d4
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 b6 10. Ne4 Nf5 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Bd2 d6 13. O-O-O { ? }
( 13. exd6 { !? } ) 13... dxe5 14. fxe5 Qxd3 15. Bxd3 O-O-O 16. Bc2 Be7 17.
Rhf1 Rd4 18. Rde1 Rhd8 19. Bc3 Rxc4 20. g4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 { ? } 21... Bg5+ 22.
Kb1 Ne3 23. Rxf7 Rxe4 24. Rxg7 h6 25. Rxa7 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1 Nxd1 27. Rh7 Nxc3+ 28.
bxc3 Re1+ 29. Kc2 Rh1 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. c3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. a4 Qc7 11. a5 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Rfd1 Rfe8 14. Bh4 Bc6 15.
axb6 axb6 16. Qb3 h6 17. Bc4 Nf8 18. Bb5 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Ra8 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21.
Qa4 Qb7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. e4 Qc8 24. Nc4 Qb7 25. Ncd2 Qc8 26. Qa7 Qd8 27. Bc4
Ne6 28. Qa2 Kg7 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. h3 Bg5 31. Nxe5 Bxd2 32. Qa7+ Kf6 33. Nd7+
Kg5 34. e5 Bc6 35. Nf6 Bf4 36. Nh7+ Kh4 37. g3+ Bxg3 38. fxg3+ Kxg3 39. Qa1 Qd2
0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Shishov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. axb4 Nxb4 7. Nc3 Qf5 8.
d3 Nf6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O e6 11. Be3 Nbd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxa7 Be7 14. Bd4
O-O 15. Ne5 Bf6 16. f4 Nxf4 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Bg4 Bxe5 19. Bxf5 Bxd4+ 20. Kh1
exf5 21. Qf3 g5 22. Qxb7 Rd8 23. Re1 h6 24. h4 Bf6 25. c4 Nxd3 26. Re2 Kg7 27.
Rd2 Ba4 28. Qc7 Rd4 29. c5 Rxh4+ 30. Kg1 Bd4+ 31. Kf1 Rh1+ 32. Ke2 Nf4+ 33. Kf3
0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Amirkhanov, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Shestoperov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Usachiy, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Ne3 g6 14. h3 Bg7 15. Bd2
Nc6 16. Qe2 a5 17. a4 b4 18. Bb3 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Nc4 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22.
Ng5 Re8 23. Ne4 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Qd2 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 27. Qxf4 bxc3 28.
bxc3 Rd5 29. Rad1 Rxd3 30. Nd6 Rxd1 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Rxd1 Be5 33. Qxg6 hxg6
34. Nf7+ Kg7 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Nxd8 Bxc3 37. Kf1 Kf6 38. Ke2 c4 39. Kd1 Ke7 40.
Kc2 Be1 41. Nb7 Bb4 42. h4 Kd7 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Usachiy, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Nc7 8. d3
Be7 9. Be3 e5 10. Rc1 Bd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 Nd4 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15.
Bg2 Rxb2 16. Nc4 Rb4 17. Bd2 Bg4 18. Ne5 Bh5 19. Nf3 Rb2 20. Rb1 Qb8 21. e3
Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Bf6 24. Rxb2 Qxb2 25. Ne4 Kh8 26. Bc1 Qc2 27. Ba3
Ne6 28. d4 Qxa2 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Nxc5 a5 31. Qf2 Qc4 32. Qd2 Ra8 33. Ra1 a4
34. Qd3 Qxd3 35. Nxd3 a3 36. Ra2 g5 37. fxg5 Bxg5 38. Kf2 Kg7 39. Ne5 Be7 40.
h3 Rb8 41. Nd3 Rb3 42. Ke2 Bd8 43. Rc2 Rb1 44. Nc1 Rb2 45. Kd3 Rxc2 46. Kxc2 f5
47. Kb3 Be7 48. Nd3 Kg6 49. Ne5+ Kh5 50. Nf3 Bf8 51. Ka2 Bd6 52. Kb3 Bb4 53.
Ka2 Bf8 54. Kb3 Be7 55. Ka2 Bb4 56. Kb3 Bd6 57. Ka2 Kg6 58. Kb3 Kf6 59. Nd2 Bf8
60. Ka2 h5 61. Kb3 Be7 62. Nc4 Kg5 63. Ne5 Bb4 64. Nf3+ Kf6 65. Ne5 Be7 66. Nc4
Bf8 67. Nd2 Ke6 68. Nc4 Kd5 69. Nxa3 Ke4 70. Nc4 Kf3 71. Kc2 Kg3 72. Ne5 Kxh3
73. Ng6 Bb4 74. Kd3 Kg3 75. Ke2 h4 76. Kf1 h3 77. Kg1 Bd2 78. Ne7 Bxe3+ 79. Kh1
f4 80. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Usachiy, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "D54"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Ne2 Rd8 12. Nc3 c5 13. Be2 Be6 14. O-O cxd4
15. Qxd4 Nc6 16. Qa4 d4 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. Ba6 Rd7 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. Re5 Qf6 21.
Rce1 Qg6 22. Kh1 Nc2 23. Rf1 Rd4 24. Qb5 Bc4 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Qxc4 Rxe8 27. Qc7
Rd2 28. Qb7 Re1 29. Kg1 Qf5 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Usachiy, M."]
[Black "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nfd7 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. d5
Nd4 9. Nge2 c5 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. h4 Bf6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. h5 a6 14. Be2 Rb8 15.
a4 Qa5 16. Kf2 Qb4 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Qc2 Qb6 19. f4 Bd4+ 20. Kg3 Nf6 21. Bd3 e6
22. e5 dxe5 23. Bxg6 exf4+ 24. Bxf4 e5 25. Bxh7+ Kf8 26. Bh6+ Ke7 27. Qg6 e4
28. Bf4 Bf5 29. Qxf5 Rg8+ 30. Kh3 Rg7 31. a5 Qxb2 32. Qe6+ Kd8 33. Qd6+ Nd7 34.
Bg6 Qxc3+ 35. Kg4 Rxg6+ 36. Qxg6 Be5 37. d6 Nf6+ 38. Kf5 Bxf4 39. Rh8+ Kd7 40.
Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Usachiy, M."]
[Black "Shishov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 Bf6 9. Nc4 O-O 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 c5 12. a4 b6 13. Nfd2 Nf8 14. Ne3 Bg5
15. Ndc4 Ng6 16. Ng4 Bf4 17. g3 h5 18. Nge3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Qg5 20. Bc1 Bh3 21.
Ng2 Qg4 22. Qxg4 hxg4 23. Rd1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 a5 25. h3 gxh3+ 26. Kxh3 f6 27. Kg4
Kf7 28. Rh1 Rh8 29. Bd2 Ne7 30. f4 Nc6 31. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Usachiy, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. b3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Bb2 c5 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne8 14. cxd5 exd5
15. f4 f5 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. g4 fxg4 18. Qxg4 Rc6 19. Qd7 Bh4 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. e6
Nf6 22. Qf5 g6 23. Qh3 Qe8 24. Qxh4 Rxe6 25. Bc4 g5 26. Qh6 Rc6 27. Be5 gxf4
28. exf4 Qc8 29. Kf2 a6 30. Rd7 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Usachiy, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Nxe4 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. Qf3 Qa5 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Re1 d6 13. Qxd6 Rd8 14. Qf4
Qxc3 15. Be3 Nbd7 16. Nf3 e5 17. Qh4 Re8 18. Bd4 Qb4 19. Rab1 Qa4 20. Re2 Qxa2
21. Rbe1 Nf8 22. Bxe5 Ng4 23. Bd6 Rxe2 24. Qd8 Bd7 25. Qxa8 Be8 26. Rxe2 Qb1+
27. Re1 Qb6 28. Qxe8 Qxd6 29. h3 Nf6 30. Qe5 Qb4 31. Qe7 Qc3 32. Qd8 g6 33. Qd4
Qc6 34. Bc4 b5 35. Bb3 a5 36. Bxf7+ Kg7 37. Re7 Qa6 38. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Amirkhanov, Rinat"]
[Black "Usachiy, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qd3 Re8 13. Bf4 Bb6 14. Rfe1
Qh4 15. Qd2 Qg4 16. Rad1 c5 17. Ne2 Bc6 18. h3 Qg6 19. Bh2 d4 20. Nf4 Qf5 21.
c4 Rad8 22. Nd3 Qe6 23. Nb2 Qg6 24. Bg3 h5 25. h4 Bb7 26. Kh2 Qc6 27. f3 Qg6
28. Re2 Re7 29. Rde1 Rde8 30. a4 a5 31. Qg5 { ? } 31... Qxg5 32. hxg5 Ba6 33.
g6 fxg6 34. Bh4 Re6 35. f4 Kh7 36. Kg3 Rb8 37. Rf2 Ba7 38. f5 gxf5 39. Nd3 Bxc4
40. Nf4 Rb4 41. Nxh5 Rg6+ 42. Kh2 Rh6 43. Rxf5 Be6 44. Rg5 g6 45. Nf6+ Kh8 46.
Kg3 Rxa4 47. Rh1 c4 48. Ng4 Bxg4 49. Rxg4 Kg8 50. e6 Ra3+ 51. Kf2 Re3 52. e7
{ ? } 52... Rxe7 53. Rxg6+ Rxg6 54. Bxe7 a4 55. Ra1 Re6 56. Bg5 Bb6 57. Kf3 Re5
58. Bd2 c3 59. Bf4 Ra5 60. Ke4 Kf7 61. Ra2 a3 62. Bc1 Bc5 63. Bf4 c6 64. g4 Ke6
65. Bh6 Rb5 66. Ra1 Rb2 67. Kd3 a2 68. Bg7 Kd5 69. Bf6 Bb6 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shestoperov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Usachiy, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "D58"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg3 cxd4 12. exd4 Nd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bf6
15. Qe2 Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Nf6 17. h3 Qe7 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Rd2 Rd6 20. Rfd1 Rad8
21. Bb1 Kf8 22. f4 a6 23. a3 b5 24. Kh2 Nd7 25. Qe3 Nb6 26. Ba2 Qf6 27. g3 Bd5
28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30. Kg2 R8d7 31. Qd3 g6 32. Qe3 Kg7 33. Qc3 Qd8 34.
Qe3 Qc7 35. Qb3 Kg8 36. h4 Qb6 37. Qe3 Qc6 38. Kh3 Qc8 39. Kh2 Qc4 40. Kg2 Kg7
41. Kf2 Qc8 42. Kg2 Rc7 43. Kf2 Rc4 44. Kg2 Qd7 45. Kh2 Qb7 46. Kh3 Qc8 47. Kh2
Qa8 48. Kh3 Qd8 49. Kg2 Qb6 50. Kh3 Kh7 51. Qf2 a5 52. Qe3 Qc6 53. Kh2 b4 54.
axb4 Rxb4 55. Kh3 h5 56. Qf3 Qb6 57. Qc3 a4 58. Qc8 Kg7 59. Qc3 Qb7 60. Re2 Qb5
61. Rc2 Rb3 62. Qd2 Qd7 63. Kh2 Rdb5 64. Qf2 Qd5 65. Qe2 Kh7 66. Rdd2 Qb7 67.
Qf2 Rf3 68. Qe1 Rbb3 69. Rg2 Rbe3 70. Qa5 Qe7 71. Rc7 Qf6 72. Qg5 Kg7 73. Ra7
Qxd4 74. Qe7 Rxf4 75. Ra8 Kh7 76. Rf8 Ref3 77. Rd8 Qe5 78. Ra8 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Usachiy, M."]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "D93"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. h3 Qb6 8. Qb3
Nbd7 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Re8 11. Rfd1 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. Rab1 a5 14. a3 Qd8 15.
b4 axb4 16. axb4 Qe7 17. Na2 g5 18. Bh2 g4 19. Nd2 gxh3 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. gxh3
Qh4 22. Bf1 e5 23. d5 Nf6 24. Nc3 f4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Ra2 27. Bg3 Qh5 28.
exf4 Bf5 29. Qg2 Bxb1 30. Rxb1 e4 31. dxc6 bxc6 32. Re1 e3 33. Qxc6 Rxf2 34.
Bg2 Rd2 35. f5 Rf8 36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. Qxe3 Rd1 38. Be5 Rxe1+ 39. Qxe1 Qxf5 40.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 41. Qc3+ Kf7 42. c5 Rd8 43. Qc1 Qd3 44. Qf4+ Ke6 45. Kh2 Qd4 46.
Qh6+ Qf6 47. Qc1 Qe5+ 48. Kh1 Qd4 49. Qh6+ Qf6 50. Qe3+ Qe5 51. Qh6+ Qf6 52.
Qe3+ Qe5 53. Qb3+ Kf6 54. Qf3+ Ke7 55. Qf1 Rd2 56. Qb1 Kd8 57. Qf1 Ke7 58. Qb1
Kd8 59. Qf1 Ke7 60. Qb1 Kd8 61. Qb3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E63"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. h3
Rb8 9. e4 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. d5 b4 12. Ne2 Na5 13. Nfd4 c5 14. dxc6 e5 15.
Nb3 Nxc6 16. Qc2 Ba6 17. Qxc6 Bxe2 18. Re1 Bb5 19. Qc2 Qb6 20. Be3 Qa6 21. Qd2
Bc4 22. Bh6 Rfd8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qe3 Nd7 25. Nd2 Bd3 26. Bf1 Nc5 27. Red1
Bxf1 28. Nxf1 b3 29. a4 Rb4 30. f3 Rxa4 31. Rxa4 Qxa4 32. Nh2 h5 33. g4 h4 34.
g5 Ne6 35. Ng4 Rc8 36. Nf6 Rc2 37. Qe1 Nxg5 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shishov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "91"]

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 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 exf5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Bc4
O-O 15. Rhe1 Rc8 16. Bb3 Rc5 17. Rd2 Bg6 18. g4 Qc7 19. Bg3 Rd8 20. h4 Bf8 21.
h5 Bh7 22. Rde2 Rg5 23. Bh4 Rxg4 24. Qf2 Rxh4 25. Qxh4 d5 26. Rd1 Qc5 27. Re5
Rc8 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Rexd5 Qe3+ 30. Kb1 Rxc3 31. bxc3 Qb6+ 32. Ka1 Bxc2 33.
Qd4 Qe6 34. Rg1 f6 35. Kb2 Be4 36. Rd8 Qe7 37. Rd7 Qa3+ 38. Ka1 Bf5 39. Qd5+
Kh8 40. Qxf5 Qxc3+ 41. Kb1 Qb4+ 42. Kc2 Qc4+ 43. Kd2 Bb4+ 44. Ke3 Qc5+ 45. Ke4
Qc4+ 46. Kf3 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B97"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Be2 Qc5 13. Ne4 Qxe5 14. Bf3 Nf6
15. Ne2 Nbd7 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Rxb7 Bxb7 18. Bxb7 Ra7 19. Bc6+ Nd7 20. Bf4
Qa1+ 21. Nc1 e5 22. Qe3 Bb4+ 23. Kd1 Qc3 24. Qxa7 Qxc6 25. Nd3 Qxg2 26. Rg1
Qf3+ 27. Kc1 Ba3+ 28. Kd2 exf4 29. Re1+ Kd8 30. Qxa6 Bc5 31. Qa5+ Bb6 32. Qg5+
f6 33. Qxg7 Be3+ 34. Kc3 Re8 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Amirkhanov, Rinat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shestoperov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 e5 7. Nge2 exd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Qc2 Qf6 12. Na4 Nb6 13. c5 Nxa4 14. Qxa4 Bd7
15. Rb1 dxc5 16. Qa5 c4 17. Qxc7 Bg4 18. Re1 Rfc8 19. Qa5 Rab8 20. Bd2 Qd8 21.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. Ba5 Rd3 23. Bf1 Bxb2 24. Bxd3 cxd3 25. Re3 Be2 26. Bc3 c5 27.
Bxb2 c4 28. Kg2 c3 29. Bxc3 Rxb1 30. e5 Rc1 31. e6 fxe6 32. Bb4 Rc4 33. Be1 Rc2
0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. f4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. e3 Nc6 10. Ne2 Be6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nfxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd5 14. b3 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Qd5+ 16. Qf3 Bxd4 17. exd4 Rfd8 18. Ba3 e6 19. Rac1 Rd7 20. Rc5 Qxf3+
21. Kxf3 b6 22. Rc4 Rad8 23. Bb2 Nb5 24. Rd1 Nd6 25. Rc2 Nf5 26. Rcd2 Ne7 27.
Rc1 h5 28. h3 Nd5 29. g4 hxg4+ 30. hxg4 Kg7 31. Rh2 Rh8 32. Rxh8 Kxh8 33. Rc8+
Kg7 34. b4 b5 35. a3 Kf6 36. Rc5 Rb7 37. Ke4 Ke7 38. f5 Nf6+ 39. Kf4 g5+ 40.
Kf3 Nd7 41. Rc2 Nb6 42. Bc1 exf5 43. gxf5 f6 44. Rc5 Nc4 45. a4 a6 46. Rc6 Rd7
47. Rxa6 bxa4 48. Rxa4 Rxd4 49. Ke2 g4 50. b5 Kd7 51. Kf2 Re4 52. Kg3 Kd6 53.
Bf4+ Kc5 54. Ra6 Nb6 55. Bc7 Nd5 56. b6 Kc6 57. Bd8 Re8 58. Bc7 Rg8 59. Ra3 Rg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shishov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C61"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. c3 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Nf6 7. d4 exd4 8.
O-O O-O 9. e5 Ne8 10. Bc2 g6 11. Rd1 d5 12. cxd4 Be7 13. Nc3 c6 14. Bh6 Ng7 15.
Qe3 Be6 16. h3 Qd7 17. Rac1 Rae8 18. Na4 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Nc5 Qf7 21. Qd2
Bc8 22. Rf1 Re7 23. Nb3 Rfe8 24. Rce1 Nf5 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Bxf5 Bxf5 27. Be3
b6 28. Rc1 Qd7 29. Rd1 Bxh3 30. gxh3 Qxh3 31. Bf4 Qg4+ 32. Bg3 Bg5 33. Qc2 Bf4
34. Rf1 Bxg3 35. fxg3 Re3 36. Rf2 Qxg3+ 37. Kf1 Qh3+ 38. Rg2 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "D09"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Qd7 7. Bg2 O-O-O 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Ng6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qd2 Rhe8 13. Rfe1 Kb8 14. c5
Bc8 15. Rac1 Ngxe5 16. Nfxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qf6 18. e3 g5 19. f4 gxf4 20. gxf4
Ng4 21. Rc4 Rg8 22. Rb4 Nxh2 23. Qe2 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Bg4 25. Qf2 Nf3+ 26. Bxf3
Bxf3+ 27. Kf1 Qa6+ 28. Re2 Bxe2+ 29. Qxe2 Qg6 30. Qf3 Qg1+ 31. Ke2 Rg2+ 32. Kd3
Qb1+ 33. Kc4 Qxa2+ 34. Kd3 Qb3+ 35. Ke4 Qc2+ 36. Ke5 Rg8 37. f5 Qxb2 38. Kf6
Qb5 39. Qd5 Rc8 40. c6 Qb2 41. cxb7 Rf8 42. Kg7 Re8 43. Kxf7 Rxe3 44. Qc5 Qb3+
45. Rc4 Kxb7 46. Qc6+ Kb8 47. Qxc7+ Ka8 48. f6 a6 49. Kf8 Qa3+ 50. Qc5 Qd3 51.
Qc8+ Ka7 52. Qc7+ Ka8 53. Rb4 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A70"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. g4 c4 15.
Bc2 Ne5 16. Qe3 Nfd7 17. Rad1 Rab8 18. Kg2 Nc5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Ne2 b5 21. b4
cxb3 22. Bxb3 bxa4 23. Bc4 Qd6 24. Rc1 f5 25. f3 Rb2 26. Kh1 f4 27. Qc3 Rfb8
28. Rc2 a3 29. Rfc1 Nb3 30. Rxb2 axb2 31. Rb1 Nd4 32. Rxb2 Rxb2 33. Qxb2 Nxf3
34. Qc2 Ng5 35. Bd3 Nxh3 36. Qc6 Bf8 37. Kg2 Ng5 38. Qxd6 Bxd6 39. Nc3 a5 40.
Nb5 Nf7 41. Bc2 Kg7 42. Kf3 Kf6 43. Na7 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Amirkhanov, Rinat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shestoperov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "D72"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 e5 8. d5
c6 9. Nbc3 O-O 10. O-O cxd5 11. exd5 Nc4 12. b3 Nd6 13. Ba3 Bf5 14. Qd2 Na6 15.
h3 h5 16. Rac1 Re8 17. Kh2 Rc8 18. Qe3 b6 19. Ne4 Nb5 20. Bb2 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Nd4
22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Qd3 Nc5 25. Qd1 Qa6 26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxa2
28. b4 Nb3 29. Qf6 Qd2 30. Qc6 Re2 31. d6 Nd4 32. Qa8+ Kg7 33. d7 Ne6 34. Qc8
h4 35. gxh4 Qd6+ 36. Kg1 Rd2 37. b5 Qxd7 38. Qxd7 Rxd7 39. Bc6 Rc7 40. Rb1 a5
41. Rd1 Kf6 42. h5 gxh5 43. Bf3 Rc5 44. Be2 Ke7 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nge2 d6 8. O-O
Nd7 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 Ne6 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 c6 14. d4 Nf6 15.
Qd2 Ng7 16. Rf3 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. e5 Nfe8 19. Nf4 Nc7 20. Rf2 Be6 21. Raf1
Qd7 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. g4 Rxf2 24. Qxf2 b5 25. Qf6 Re8 26. Rf2 a6 27. Bf1 Rc8
28. Bd3 Na8 29. h4 Qa7 30. Kg2 Nb6 31. h5 Nc4 32. h6 Ne3+ 33. Kh3 Nxg4 34. Kxg4
Qxd4+ 35. Be4 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Shishov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A78"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 11. Re1 Nc7 12. a4 Rb8 13. f4 h5 14. h3 Nd7 15. Bd3
Bd4+ 16. Kh2 a6 17. Nf3 Bg7 18. a5 b5 19. axb6 Nxb6 20. Bf1 Nd7 21. Ra2 Nb5 22.
Nxb5 axb5 23. b3 Nf6 24. Bd3 Qc7 25. Rc2 Bd7 26. Bb2 Ra8 27. Kh1 Qb7 28. Bxf6
Bxf6 29. e5 Bg7 30. e6 fxe6 31. Bxg6 exd5 32. Bxe8 Rxe8 33. Ng5 d4 34. Rxe8+
Bxe8 35. Qd3 Qd7 36. Ra2 Bf6 37. Ra8 Bxg5 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Qxg5 Qe7 40. Qh6+
Kf7 41. Ra7 Bd7 42. Qh7+ Kf6 43. Qg8 Qe8 44. Qg5+ Kf7 45. Qf5+ Ke7 46. Kh2 b4
47. h4 Qd8 48. Qg5+ Ke8 49. Qg6+ Ke7 50. f5 d3 51. Qg7+ Ke8 52. f6 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Amirkhanov, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E47"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a3
Ba5 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bc7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Ncd7 13. Bb2 Nb6 14. Ba2 Bd7
15. Ne4 Rc8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qb2 Kg7 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Rd4 e5 20. Rd2 Na4 21.
Qa1 Rcd8 22. Ng3 Be6 23. Nh4 Kh8 24. Nhf5 Qe8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Rd1 Qc8 27. Ne7
Qb8 28. Nd5 Bd8 29. e4 Nb6 30. Qc1 Nxd5 31. Bxd5 Be7 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Rd7 Rf7
34. Qc4 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Shestoperov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Nge2 Bb7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nf4 Re8 12. O-O c6 13. Qg4 Nd7 14. Nh5 Bc8
15. Qg3 g6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kf8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Qxe4 Ba6
21. Rfe1 Bg7 22. Qh7 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shishov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "172"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Be3 c6 7. Qd2 b6 8.
O-O-O Bb7 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. Ne2 b5 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Qe7 14. Rhe1
O-O-O 15. Ng3 Nd5 16. Ne4 f5 17. Nc5 Qf6 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. Be2 h5 20. Bf3 h4
21. h3 Nh5 22. Re5 a6 23. a4 bxa4 24. Re3 Nf4 25. Ra3 Kc7 26. Rxa4 Ra8 27. Kd2
Rhd8 28. Ke1 Nd5 29. c3 Nb6 30. Ra2 Nd7 31. Rda1 Nxc5 32. dxc5 e5 33. Be2 Rg8
34. Kf1 Bc8 35. Bxa6 Be6 36. Ra3 Bd5 37. f3 Rab8 38. b4 e4 39. Be2 exf3 40.
Ra7+ Rb7 41. Bxf3 Bxf3 42. gxf3 Rg3 43. Kf2 Rxh3 44. Ke3 Rh2 45. R7a2 Rh3 46.
Kf4 Rb8 47. Ra7+ Rb7 48. Ra8 Rb8 49. R8a7+ Rb7 50. Ra8 Rb8 51. R1a7+ Rb7 52.
Ra6 Kd7 53. Rf8 Ke7 54. Rh8 Rd7 55. Ke3 Rd1 56. Rxc6 Rf1 57. Kd4 Rfxf3 58. Rch6
Rxc3 59. Kd5 Rhd3+ 60. Kc6 Rc4 61. Rb8 Rb3 62. Rb7+ Kf8 63. Rh7 Rcxb4 64.
Rhxf7+ Kg8 65. Rg7+ Kh8 66. Rh7+ Kg8 67. Rhg7+ Kh8 68. Rh7+ Kg8 69. Rbg7+ Kf8
70. Rd7 Kg8 71. Rhg7+ Kh8 72. Rgf7 Kg8 73. Rxf5 Rg4 74. Rh5 Rc3 75. Rd8+ Kg7
76. Rdh8 Rgc4 77. R8h7+ Kg6 78. R7h6+ Kg7 79. Rd6 h3 80. Rdd5 Rb4 81. Kd6 Rb2
82. Rdg5+ Kf6 83. Rf5+ Kg6 84. Rhg5+ Kh6 85. Rh5+ Kg6 86. Rhg5+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Black "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. h3 Rb8 10. Be3 Ne8 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc7 13. Ndb5 b6 14. Nxc7 Qxc7
15. Rc1 Qb7 16. b3 Qa6 17. Qd2 Qa5 18. Rfd1 Rfc8 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Be6 21.
f4 Kf8 22. g4 Rb7 23. e5 Rd7 24. Be4 dxe5 25. f5 gxf5 26. gxf5 Bxf5 27. Bxf5 e6
28. Nxb6 Rxd2 29. Nxc8 Rd8 30. Nxa7 Nxa7 31. Bxe6 Nc6 32. Rf1 f6 33. Bd5 Nd4
34. Bxd4 exd4 35. Rf4 Bh6 36. Rxf6+ Kg7 37. Rf7+ Kg6 38. Rf3 Kg7 39. Kf1 Re8
40. b4 Bd2 41. b5 Re1+ 42. Kf2 Rb1 43. Rb3 Ra1 44. c5 Be3+ 45. Kf3 Rf1+ 46. Ke4
Re1 47. c6 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Amirkhanov, Rinat"]
[Black "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Qd2 c6 7. f3 Nbd7 8. Nh3
b5 9. Nf2 Nb6 10. b3 a5 11. O-O Re8 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. f4 e6 14. Bf3 Bb7 15. g4
b4 16. Ne2 Rad8 17. g5 Nfd7 18. c4 c5 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Bc8 21. Ng4 Nf8 22.
Ng3 Bf5 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. gxf6 Ng6 26. Qd3 Kh8 27. Bc1 Nh4 28.
Kh1 a4 29. Bb2 a3 30. Ba1 Qd7 31. Rd2 Nc8 32. Bg2 Rg8 33. Bh3 Rg6 34. Re1 Rdg8
35. Qe3 Rh6 36. Rde2 Ng6 37. Qf3 Rh4 38. Re7 Qd8 39. Rxf7 Nxf4 40. Bxf5 Ng6 41.
Bxg6 Rxg6 42. Rfe7 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shestoperov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 c6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. b4 Nf8 10. d5 Bd7 11. a4 Ng6 12. a5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rb8 15.
b5 Bh3 16. Re1 Rf8 17. Ba3 Kh8 18. Qb3 f5 19. f4 Bg4 20. Bb2 Bf6 21. a6 b6 22.
Rac1 Qe8 23. Bc6 Qf7 24. Bd5 Qe8 25. Nc3 Ne7 26. Bg2 Qh5 27. Nd5 Ng6 28. Nxf6
gxf6 29. Qd3 Rbd8 30. Qd5 Rg8 31. Rc2 Bh3 32. Qe6 Rdf8 33. Bd5 Nh4 34. Rf2 Bg4
35. Ref1 Bh3 36. Qxd6 Bxf1 37. Bxg8 Kxg8 38. Qd5+ Kg7 39. Kxf1 exf4 40. gxh4
fxe3 41. Rg2+ 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ufimtsev, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shishov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shishov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. h3
Ne8 9. d3 Nc7 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Be3 a6 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne6 14. Nde2 Na5 15.
b3 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nd5 b4 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. Rc1 Bd7 20. Be3 Kh8 21. Qd2 Qa5
22. Rc2 Rfe8 23. Rfc1 Qb5 24. f4 f5 25. e5 Qa6 26. Nc7 Nxc7 27. Bxc6 Bxc6 28.
Rxc6 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shishov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Amirkhanov, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shishov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Shestoperov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C73"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. c4 Ne7 8. Qa4
Bd7 9. c5 Ng6 10. Be3 Be7 11. h4 O-O 12. h5 Nh8 13. Nc3 Nf7 14. O-O-O Qc8 15.
Qc4 a5 16. a3 f5 17. dxe5 Be6 18. Qa4 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. h6
g6 22. Qxc6 Ra6 23. Qe4 c6 24. Rd6 Bxd6 25. cxd6 Re8 26. Qxe5 Qd7 27. Bd4 Kf8
28. Ne4 Bg8 29. Qg7+ Qxg7 30. hxg7+ Kf7 31. Ng5# 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Black "Shishov, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E71"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Be3 c6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. g4
e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. a4 Nc5 12. Ng3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Ra2 a5 15. Bc4
Bd7 16. b3 Rac8 17. Be3 Qd8 18. f3 Ne8 19. h4 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 Qc7 21. Bb5 Qxc3+
22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23. Kd2 Rc7 24. Bb6 Bxb5 25. Bxc7 Nxc7 26. Rc1 Ba6 27. Rxc7 Bf6
28. g5 Bd8 29. Rd7 Bb6 30. Rxd6 Bf2 31. Ne2 Bxh4 32. Rc2 Bxg5+ 33. Ke1 h5 34.
Kf2 Kg7 35. Nc1 h4 36. Ne2 Rh8 37. Rxa6 bxa6 38. Kg2 Rb8 39. Ng1 Rb4 40. Nh3
Be3 41. Ra2 Kf8 42. Nf2 Bxf2 43. Kxf2 Ke7 44. Ra1 Rb2+ 45. Ke3 h3 46. Rh1 h2
47. Kd3 Kd6 48. Kc3 Rf2 49. Kc4 g5 50. Rb1 Rxf3 51. Rb6+ Kd7 52. Rh6 Rf2 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c4 7. Be2 dxe4 8.
Bxc4 Qc7 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Bb3 exf3 13. Nxf3 Nd5 14. O-O
b5 15. Qxb5 N7b6 16. Qd3 h6 17. Ne5 f6 18. Ng6 Re8 19. Rae1 a5 20. Qg3 Qxg3 21.
hxg3 Ba6 22. Rf3 a4 23. Ba2 Bc4 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 25. Bc1 Nc7 26. Nf4 e5 27. Ng6
Nb5 28. dxe5 fxe5 29. Rd1 Nbxa3 30. Rd7 Kh7 31. Nh4 Rad8 32. Ra7 Rd1+ 33. Rf1
Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Nxc2 35. Rxa4 N2e3+ 36. Ke2 Nb6 37. Ra7 Ned5 38. Nf5 Kg6 39. g4
Nxc3+ 40. Kd3 Ncd5 41. Rxg7+ Kf6 42. Rh7 Rd8 43. Rxh6+ Kf7 44. Nd6+ Kg7 45. g5
Ne7 46. Ke4 Nbc8 47. Nxc8 Rxc8 48. Ba3 Ng6 49. Kf5 Rc6 50. Bf8+ Kxf8 51. Rxg6
Rc2 52. Ra6 Kg7 53. Ra7+ Kg8 54. Re7 Rc6 55. Kxe5 Ra6 56. Kf5 Rb6 57. Kf4 Rb4+
58. Kf5 Rb6 59. Re6 Rb7 60. Rd6 Kg7 61. Kg4 Rb1 62. g6 Rb4+ 63. Kh5 Rb5+ 64.
Kh4 Rb4+ 65. g4 Rb5 66. Ra6 Rc5 67. Re6 Ra5 68. g5 Ra1 69. Kg4 Rg1+ 70. Kf5
Rf1+ 71. Ke5 Re1+ 72. Kd6 Rxe6+ 73. Kxe6 Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Amirkhanov, Rinat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nc3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Qe2 Bb4 11. Rac1 Qe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6
Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Ba3 16. Rcd1 Bd6 17. Bb2 c6 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Qxa7 Ra8 20. Qb7
Rfc8 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Qxe7 Bxe7 23. dxe5 Rxa2 24. Bd4 c5 25. b4 c4 26. Bc3 Ra3
27. Rfd1 Rb3 28. Rxd5 Bxb4 29. Bxb4 Rxb4 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Rd7 h5 32. Rc2 c3 33.
Ke2 Rb3 34. Rb7 Ra8 35. f4 b5 36. g3 b4 37. Kd3 Ra1 38. f5 Rb2 39. e6 fxe6 40.
fxe6 Rd1+ 41. Ke2 Rd2+ 42. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 43. Ke1 Rd3 44. Ke2 c2 45. Kxd3 c1=Q 46.
Rxb4 Qa3+ 47. Kc4 Qa2+ 48. Kd3 Qxh2 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shestoperov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E10"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Ba2 Rc8 13. Qd3 Qd6 14. Bg5 Rfd8 15.
Rad1 Ng4 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Neg5 Nf5 19. Rxe6 Rxd4 20. Rde1 g6 21.
Qe2 Rdd8 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Qc6 24. f3 Nd6 25. Kh1 Nc4 26. Nxf7 Rd2 27. Qxd2
Nxd2 28. Nd8+ Qc4 29. Bxc4+ Nxc4 30. Re8+ Kg7 31. Nxb7 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Amirkhanov, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Shestoperov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherbakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Amirkhanov, Rinat"]
[Black "Shestoperov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Amirkhanov, Rinat"]
[Black "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ebralidze, Archil"]
[Black "Shestoperov, Aleksej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Ng3 Na6 11. Bd2 Nc7 12. a4 Rb8 13. h3 b6 14. Rb1 Nd7 15.
Re1 Qh4 16. Bf1 Ne5 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. axb5 Rf8 19. Ra1 Rb7 20. Qc1 h6 21. Ra3 g5
22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Qd4 24. Rd1 Qe4 25. Qb1 Qxb1 26. Rxb1 Rc8 27. g4 Bf6 28.
Kg2 Kg7 29. Ra4 c4 30. Bb4 Nd3 31. Bxd3 cxd3 32. Rd1 Bxb2 33. Rxd3 Rc4 34. Rb3
Be5 35. Ra2 Rbc7 36. Rd2 h5 37. f3 Rc2 38. Kf1 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 h4 40. Ba3 R1c2 41.
Rd3 R7c3 42. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 43. Kg1 Kf6 44. Kf1 0-1

