[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E65"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. h3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be6 11. Qh4 Rc8 12. b3 Nh5 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. Rac1 Bf6
15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Bxh3 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. Qxe7 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Qxg3+ 20. Kh1
Rce8 21. Qxb7 Re5 22. Qg2 Rh5+ 23. Kg1 Qe3+ 24. Qf2 Qh6 25. Qxa7 Qg5+ 26. Kf2
Rh2+ 27. Ke1 Qxc1+ 28. Nd1 Qc2 29. Qe7 Qxa2 30. Rf2 Qa5+ 31. Kf1 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A61"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. Nc4
O-O 9. Bf4 Ne8 10. Qd2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 b5 12. Nb2 a5 13. e4 Qe7 14. Bd3 b4 15.
O-O Nd7 16. Nc4 Ba6 17. Rfe1 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Ne5 19. Bf1 Nc7 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. f4
Ng4 22. Bg5 f6 23. Bh4 Qg7 24. h3 Nh6 25. Kh1 Nf7 26. Bf2 Rab8 27. a3 f5 28.
axb4 axb4 29. cxb4 Rxb4 30. e5 Rb7 31. e6 Nh6 32. Rab1 Reb8 33. Rxb7 Rxb7 34.
Bc4 Rb2 35. Qe3 Rc2 36. Rc1 Qb2 37. Rxc2 Qxc2 38. Bb3 Qb2 39. e7 Kf7 40. Bh4
Qd4 41. e8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C95"]
[PlyCount "54"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c6 12. a4 Bb7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15.
cxb5 cxb5 16. Nc3 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 e4 20. Rxe4 Nf6 21.
Re1 Nxd5 22. Qb3 Qa8 23. Bd2 Rc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Qc6 26. Bd2 h6 27. Ne1
Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C83"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. Qd3 g6 15.
Bh6 Re8 16. Qd2 Nc4 17. Qf4 Nxb2 18. Bg5 d4 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Be4 Bd5 21. Bxd5
Qxd5 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Qh4 Rae8 24. Ng5 h5 25. Ne4 Qxe5 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Nxe8+
Rxe8 28. f4 Qf6 29. Qf2 d3 30. Rfe1 Rd8 31. Qd2 Qd4+ 32. Kf1 Nc4 33. Qd1 d2 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Nde2 h5 8. h3
Bd7 9. Bg2 Qc8 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd2 h4 12. Bc3 hxg3 13. Nxg3 Ne5 14. Qe2 Nxd5
15. exd5 Rh4 16. O-O-O Rc4 17. Qe3 Rh4 18. Rd4 Rxd4 19. Qxd4 Bh6+ 20. Kb1 Qc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Rc8 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. Kb1 b5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. f5 Nb4 14. a3 Nc6
15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Be7 17. Be2 Kd8 18. Rhf1 Rb8 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rxf6 b4
21. Rf5 e5 22. Qa7 Qb6 23. Qxb6+ Rxb6 24. Nd5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Rb8 26. f6 Bf8 27.
axb4 Kd7 28. g4 Rg8 29. h4 h6 30. Rg1 e4 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 Ke6 33. Bc4 Ke5
34. g6 Bh6 35. Ne7 Rgd8 36. g7 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B18"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nh3 Nd7 8. Nf4
Bh7 9. Bc4 e5 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2
Nxc5 15. Rhe1 Nf6 16. Kf1+ Kf8 17. b4 Nce4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bd3 Bxd3+ 20. Nxd3
g5 21. Re5 gxh4 22. Rae1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h4 h6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nge2 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. h5 g5 13. c5 dxc5 14. Bxc5 O-O 15. d6
Nc6 16. d7 Nxd7 17. Bxf8 Nxf8 18. Ng3 Nd4 19. Nce2 Bg4 20. f3 Be6 21. Qd2 Rc8
22. Nxd4 exd4 23. O-O Be5 24. Ne2 Nd7 25. f4 Bf6 26. Ng3 Nc5 27. Nf5 Qf8 28.
Rac1 gxf4 29. Qxf4 Bg5 30. Qg3 Bxf5 31. Bxf5 Rc6 32. b4 Na4 33. Rxc6 bxc6 34.
Be6 Nc3 35. Qd3 Be3+ 36. Kh1 fxe6 37. Qg6+ Qg7 38. Qxe6+ Kh8 39. Rf7 Qxf7 40.
Qxf7 a6 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qxc6 Nd1 43. Kh2 Nf2 44. Kg3 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B64"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. h4 Nb6 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Nb5 Na4 14. c3 Qa5 15.
Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nbd4 b5 17. Kb1 Rab8 18. Nb3 Qb6 19. Bd3 b4 20. cxb4 Qxb4 21.
Qxb4 Rxb4 22. g3 Rfb8 23. Rc1 Nc6 24. Rh2 h6 25. Ka1 Kf8 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. Rxc5
Ra4 28. a3 Nd4 29. Nxd4 Rxd4 30. Bc2 Rc8 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. b3 f6 33. exf6 gxf6
34. Kb2 Ke7 35. Kc3 e5 36. Bd3 Ke6 37. Rf2 Rxd3+ 38. Kxd3 Ba6+ 39. Kc2 d4 40.
fxe5 fxe5 41. g4 e4 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 Bd3+ 44. Kd1 e3 45. Rf4 Ke5 46. Rh4
Bg6 1/2-1/2

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

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. c3 Bg7 13. Qf3 Bg6 14. h4 e4
15. Qh3 h5 16. Nc2 O-O 17. Be2 Ne5 18. Nce3 Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 exd3 20. O-O Re8 21.
Rad1 Rc8 22. Nf4 Re4 23. Nxg6 fxg6 24. Rxd3 Rc6 25. g3 a5 26. Qg2 Qe8 27. Rfd1
b4 28. cxb4 axb4 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Bxb2 31. Rd8 Qxd8 32. Qxe4 Qd6 33. Qd5+
Qxd5 34. Nxd5 Ba3 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Kf3 g5 37. hxg5 Kg6 38. Kf4 Bc1+ 39. Ke4 Kxg5
40. Nxb4 Ba3 41. Nc2 Bc5 42. Kf3 Kf5 43. Ne3+ Ke5 44. Ng2 Kf5 45. Nf4 h4 46.
gxh4 Ba3 47. Ng2 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 c5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 cxd4 8.
Bxd4 Qxg2 9. Qf3 Qxf3 10. Nxf3 f6 11. Rg1 Kf7 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Bc5 Nge7 14.
Nd2 Nf5 15. Nc4 g5 16. f4 h6 17. Be4 Rd8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Rd1
Nc6 21. b4 e5 22. b5 Ncd4 23. c3 Nxb5 24. Rd8 Nc7 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxf5 Rh8
27. Nd6+ Kg7 28. Nxb7 Rxh2 29. c4 Rxa2 30. Bd6 Rf2 31. Bd7 Rf4 32. c5 Na6 33.
Bb5 Nxc5 34. Nxc5 Rf2 35. Ne4 Rf3 36. Kd2 Kg6 37. Ke2 Rb3 38. Bd3 Rb2+ 39. Ke3
Kf7 40. Bc4+ Kg6 41. Be7 Rb6 42. Nd6 a5 43. Bd3+ Kg7 44. Ke4 a4 45. Kf5 a3 46.
Bc4 g4 47. Ne8+ Kh6 48. Nxf6 Kg7 49. Nxg4 Rc6 50. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Nb5 Bb8
15. Nc3 Bd6 16. Bg5 Rae8 17. Re2 Ng4 18. h3 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Nh2 20. Kg2 Nxd4 21.
Re3 h6 22. Bh4 Bf4 23. Bg6 Bxe3 24. Bxe8 Nhxf3 25. Bxd7 Nxh4+ 26. Kf1 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Qc2 f5 11. f3 Nf6 12. O-O-O c5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Nb3 Qc7 15.
Rd2 f4 16. Bf2 Be6 17. Rhd1 Rfd8 18. Kb1 a6 19. Ka1 c5 20. Nd5 Nexd5 21. cxd5
Bd7 22. Rc1 Rdb8 23. Bc4 Kh8 24. Rd3 Ba4 25. Be1 Nd7 26. Ba5 Qa7 27. Qe2 Bf6
28. Nd2 Qb7 29. Nb1 Bd8 30. Bxd8 Rxd8 31. Ra3 Bb5 32. Nd2 Rdb8 33. Rb3 Qa7 34.
Ra3 Qb7 35. Rb3 Ra7 36. a4 Qc7 37. axb5 axb5+ 38. Kb1 bxc4 39. Rxb8+ Qxb8 40.
Nxc4 Nb6 41. Rc3 Na4 42. Rc2 Qb5 43. Qf2 Qa6 44. Qh4 Kg7 45. Kc1 Nb6 46. Nd2
Qe2 47. b3 Qxg2 48. Kb2 Qg1 49. Nb1 Na4+ 50. bxa4 Rb7+ 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Ne8 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qc1 Rb8 11. a4 a6 12. Bd2 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15.
Nd5 Bb7 16. Bh6 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nf6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qf4 Qb6 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21.
Re2 b4 22. Rae1 Qa7 23. b3 Rb5 24. Qh4 Ra5 25. Kh2 Ra1 26. Rxa1 Qxa1 27. g4 Qd1
28. Bf3 h6 29. Qg3 Qc1 30. Bg2 g5 31. Bf3 Kf8 32. Qg1 Qxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Rc8 34.
Kg2 Rc5 35. Kg3 Nxd5 36. Bxd5 Rxd5 37. Re4 e5 38. h4 Kg7 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Re2
Kg6 41. f3 Rc5 42. Kf2 f5 43. Kg3 Rc8 44. Rh2 f4+ 45. Kh3 e4 46. fxe4 Kf6 47.
Rf2 Rh8+ 48. Kg2 Rh4 49. Kf3 Rh3+ 50. Ke2 Ke5 51. Rf1 Rg3 52. Kf2 Rxg4 53. Ra1
Rh4 54. Ra5+ Kf6 55. Rd5 Kg6 56. Rxd4 Kh5 57. Rxd6 Kg4 58. e5 Rh2+ 59. Ke1 Kf3
60. d4 Ke3 61. Kf1 f3 62. Kg1 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lebedev, B"]
[Black "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A61"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. Nc4
O-O 9. Bf4 Ne8 10. Qd2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 b5 12. Nb2 Bb7 13. g3 Nd7 14. Bg2 Qe7 15.
O-O f5 16. Bg5 Nef6 17. Rae1 Qf7 18. c4 a6 19. f3 Nb6 20. e4 Rfe8 21. g4 Nfd7
22. gxf5 bxc4 23. Qc3 gxf5 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Ne5 26. Qc3 f4 27. Kh1 h6 28.
Bh4 Kh7 29. Rb1 Rg8 30. Rb6 Rg6 31. Rfb1 Bc8 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Qxe5 Rg6 34. Bf2
Bd7 35. Bf1 Rag8 36. Bxc5 Rg5 37. Qd4 Qh5 38. Qf2 Bb5 39. Bxb5 axb5 40. Bd4 Qh3
41. Rc1 R8g6 42. Rc7+ Kg8 43. Rc2 Rg3 44. d6 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E48"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. Qe2
a6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 b5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. a4 c4 13. Bc2 Ne4 14. Qe1 bxa4 15.
Nd2 Nxc3 16. Nxc4 Nb5 17. Na5 Nb6 18. Qd2 Re8 19. Bb2 Nd6 20. Ba3 Nbc4 21. Nxc4
Nxc4 22. Qd3 g6 23. Bxa4 Bd7 24. Bc1 Bb5 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. Bd2 Qb6 27. Rab1
Reb8 28. Bb4 Qc6 29. Rfe1 Re8 30. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qc2
c5 9. O-O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. h4 Qc7 12. Kb1 Rd8 13. c5 b6 14. Nb5 Qb8 15.
cxb6 Qxb6 16. g4 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. g5 g6 20. Bd3 Rb8 21. h5
Bf5 22. a4 hxg5 23. Rdg1 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Qxf2 25. Qa3 Qf5+ 26. Ka1 a6 27. hxg6
Qxg6 28. Nc3 Rb7 29. Rh3 Rc8 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. h3 Re8 10. Qd2 a6 11. g4 Nf8 12. Ng3 Bd7 13. Kf1 Qe7 14. Kg2 Reb8 15.
a4 Be8 16. f3 Qc7 17. h4 b6 18. b3 Ra7 19. Rag1 Kh8 20. h5 Ng8 21. Be3 Bf6 22.
Rh2 Qd8 23. g5 Be7 24. Rgh1 gxh5 25. Nxh5 f6 26. gxf6 Nxf6 27. Ng3 Bg6 28. Nd1
Ng8 29. Nf2 Be8 30. Ng4 b5 31. f4 Nf6 32. Nf2 bxa4 33. fxe5 dxe5 34. bxa4 Rab7
35. Bc2 Bg6 36. Qc3 Bd6 37. Bg5 Nxd5 38. Bxd8 Nxc3 39. Bf6+ Kg8 40. Ng4 Nd7 41.
Rf1 Nxf6 42. Nxf6+ Kh8 43. Nf5 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "D68"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. Qc2 e4 14. Nd2 Nf6
15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Be6 17. Ng5 Bxc4 18. Rxf6 g6 19. Qf2 h6 20. Rxc4 hxg5 21.
Rc5 Kg7 22. Rf3 f6 23. h3 Rac8 24. b4 Qd7 25. Qc2 Rf7 26. a4 a6 27. Qc3 Re8 28.
a5 Rfe7 29. Kf2 Qd6 30. Kg1 Re4 31. Qb3 Qd7 32. Qc3 Qe6 33. Kf2 Qa2+ 34. Kf1 g4
35. hxg4 Rxg4 36. Qc2 Qe6 37. Qc3 Qd6 38. Kg1 Rh4 39. Kf2 Qe6 40. Qc2 Rxd4 41.
Qc3 Qa2+ 42. Kg1 Rd1+ 43. Kh2 Qa1 44. Qxa1 Rxa1 45. Rc4 Rd1 46. Rcf4 Re6 47.
Rh4 g5 48. Rh5 Rb1 49. Rfh3 Rxb4 50. Rh7+ Kg6 51. R7h6+ Kf5 52. Rf3+ Ke5 53.
Kg3 c5 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E10"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bf6 11. Be3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 g6 13. Rc1 Bg7 14. Qe2 Bd7
15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Nc5 Be8 17. b4 Rd8 18. Be4 f5 19. Bb1 Bf7 20. Qb5 Rb8 21. Ba2
Rfd8 22. Rfe1 h6 23. Nd3 a5 24. Rc5 axb4 25. axb4 Ra8 26. Qc4 Rxa2 27. Qxa2 e5
28. Qb1 e4 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. Nfe5 exd3 31. Nxc6 Qe4 32. Nxd8 d2 33. Rd1 Qxe3+
34. Kh1 Bd5 35. b5 Qe2 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B77"]
[PlyCount "55"]

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. Bc4 a6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Bh6 Bd7
15. h4 b5 16. h5 b4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. g4 Qc5 21.
hxg6 hxg6 22. Qh6+ Kf6 23. Rh5 Qb6 24. f4 e6 25. Qg5+ Kg7 26. f5 Rg8 27. fxe6
Kf8 28. exd7 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Lebedev, B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. f5 e5 14. Bf2 b5
15. Bh4 b4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Rac8 19. Kh1 Qc5 20. Bb3 a5 21.
Rfd1 Qc6 22. a4 Qb6 23. Rd3 h6 24. Rad1 Rc6 25. g3 Kh7 26. Kg2 Qc7 27. h4 Bd8
28. Qd2 Be7 29. Qf2 Bd8 30. g4 Qe7 31. g5 Bb6 32. Qg3 Bd4 33. c3 bxc3 34. bxc3
Bc5 35. Bxf7 Kh8 36. Bd5 Rb6 37. R3d2 Rfb8 38. Rf1 Rb2 39. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 40. Kh1
Qf8 41. gxh6 gxh6 42. f6 Rb8 43. Kh2 Rb2+ 44. Kh3 Rb8 45. Kg4 Ba7 46. Kh5 Bc5
47. Qg6 Be3 48. f7 Qg7 49. Rf6 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Ne2
e4 9. Bb1 Bf5 10. O-O Qd7 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. f3 Na5 13. fxe4 Nxc4 14. Bd3 b5 15.
a4 c6 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Ba3 Nxe4 19. Qf3 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C88"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 b4 12. c5 Bb7 13. Nbd2 exd4 14. cxd6 cxd6 15.
Nxd4 Nc5 16. Bc2 Re8 17. f3 Nfd7 18. Nf5 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Nf1 Be6 21. Nxe7+
Qxe7 22. Qd4 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "215"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 f5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Ne2 d6 7. Qc2 c5 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. f3 Kh8 10. O-O-O e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. h3 a6 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 b5 15. g4
bxc4 16. Bxc4 Rb8 17. e4 f4 18. b3 Ne8 19. Na4 Ng6 20. Nb2 Nh4 21. Rdf1 Nc7 22.
Ba5 Qe7 23. a4 Rf7 24. Bd3 Na8 25. Nc4 Qf8 26. Qf2 Ng6 27. Kc2 Rfb7 28. Rb1 Qe7
29. h4 Nf8 30. h5 Nd7 31. Qh4 Nf6 32. g5 Ne8 33. g6 Qxh4 34. Rxh4 h6 35. Rb2
Kg8 36. Be1 Bd7 37. Na5 Rb6 38. Rh1 Kf8 39. Ra2 Ke7 40. Ra3 Nac7 41. Ra1 Nf6
42. Bc4 Kd8 43. Kb2 Nce8 44. Ka3 Kc7 45. Rb1 Rb4 46. Bxb4 Rxb4 47. Bd3 Kb6 48.
Nc4+ Ka7 49. Rbc1 Rxc4 50. Bxc4 a5 51. Bf1 Nc7 52. Kb2 Na6 53. Kc3 Nb4 54. Ra1
Kb6 55. Rh2 Kc7 56. Bb5 Bc8 57. Rg1 Kb6 58. Kd2 Kc7 59. Rc1 Kb6 60. Bf1 Na6 61.
Bh3 Bxh3 62. Rxh3 Nb8 63. Kd3 Nbd7 64. Rh4 Kb7 65. Rch1 Ka7 66. Rg4 Ka6 67.
Rhh4 Kb6 68. Kc3 Ka6 69. Rg1 Kb6 70. Kc4 Ka6 71. Kd3 Kb6 72. Rg2 Ka6 73. Rh1
Kb6 74. Rgg1 Ka6 75. Ke2 Kb6 76. Kf2 Ng8 77. Kg2 Ngf6 78. Kh3 Ka6 79. Kh4 Ng8
80. Kg4 Ne7 81. Rg2 Kb6 82. Kh4 Ng8 83. Rhg1 Ka6 84. Rg4 Ndf6 85. Re1 Kb6 86.
Re2 Nd7 87. Kh3 Ndf6 88. Rh4 Nd7 89. Rg2 Ndf6 90. Rgg4 Nd7 91. Kg2 Ka6 92. Kf2
Kb6 93. Ke2 Ka6 94. Rxf4 exf4 95. Rxf4 Ngf6 96. Rf5 Kb6 97. Kd3 Ne5+ 98. Ke3
Ned7 99. Kd3 Ne5+ 100. Ke3 Ned7 101. f4 Kc7 102. e5 dxe5 103. fxe5 Nxd5+ 104.
Ke4 Nc3+ 105. Kd3 Nd5 106. Rf7 Kd8 107. Ke4 Ne7 108. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Be3 c6 8. g4
Nbd7 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Ne8 11. Ng3 Bf6 12. Qd2 Bh4 13. Bd3 Nc5 14. Bc2 Bd7
15. b4 Na6 16. Nd1 Nb8 17. a4 a5 18. b5 Bc8 19. Ke2 Nd7 20. Nf2 Nc5 21. Nd3 b6
22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. Bh6 Ng7 24. Bb3 Ra7 25. Rad1 Kh8 26. Qc3 Re8 27. Nf1 f5 28.
Ne3 Bg5 29. Bxg5 Qxg5 30. h3 fxe4 31. fxe4 Rf7 32. Rdf1 Ref8 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34.
Rf1 Rf4 35. Rxf4 Qxf4 36. Bc2 h5 37. Nc4 hxg4 38. Nxe5 Qh2+ 39. Ke1 Qg1+ 40.
Kd2 gxh3 41. Qf3 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nh5 7. Be3 f5 8. Qd2 Na6
9. Bd3 Nb4 10. Nge2 Qh4+ 11. Bf2 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Qe7 13. Be3 O-O 14. O-O-O Bd7
15. Kb1 a6 16. Rd2 b6 17. Rc2 Rf7 18. Qd2 Qf8 19. Rhc1 Nf6 20. a3 h5 21. b3 Kh7
22. Rb2 Bh6 23. h3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Qh6 25. Qxh6+ Kxh6 26. Kc2 fxe4 27. fxe4 h4
28. Kd3 Nh5 29. Ke3 Raf8 30. Rg1 g5 31. b4 g4 32. hxg4 Bxg4 33. c5 Rf2 34. cxb6
cxb6 35. Rbb1 h3 36. gxh3 Bxe2 37. Nxe2 R8f3+ 38. Kd2 Nf4 39. Rge1 Rd3+ 40. Kc2
Rxa3 41. Kd1 Rd3+ 42. Kc2 Re3 43. Kd1 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lebedev, B"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bf5 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. b3 c5 11. Nc2 a6 12. Rb1 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. b4 cxb4 15.
Rxb4 Rb8 16. Nd4 Qc7 17. Qd3 Qc5 18. a3 Rfc8 19. Bd2 Nc4 20. Nb3 Qa7 21. Nb1
Nxd2 22. N3xd2 Ng4 23. h3 Ne5 24. Qb3 Nc4 25. Qa2 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Qc5 27. Kh2 Ra8
28. Be4 Ra4 29. Rxa4 bxa4 30. Kg2 Bb5 31. Bf3 Bd7 32. Be4 Bf6 33. Rd1 Kg7 34.
g4 h6 35. Qd3 Bb5 36. Qf3 Rb8 37. Nd2 Bb2 38. Rb1 Bc1 39. Nf1 Rc8 40. Rb4 Bd7
41. Qd3 Qc3 42. Qxc3+ Rxc3 43. Rb7 Be8 44. Rxe7 Bb5 45. Ra7 Rxa3 46. Bd3 Bxd3
47. exd3 Rxd3 48. Rxa4 Rxd5 49. Rc4 Bg5 50. f4 Bf6 51. Re4 Ra5 52. Re3 Ra2+ 53.
Kf3 Bh4 54. Ke4 Ra4+ 55. Kf3 Ra1 56. Nd2 Rg1 57. Ke4 d5+ 58. Kd3 Rh1 59. Ke2
Rh2+ 60. Kd3 Bd8 61. Nb3 Rf2 62. f5 Bg5 63. Re2 Rf3+ 64. Kc2 Rxh3 65. fxg6 fxg6
66. Nd4 Rg3 67. Re5 Rxg4 68. Rxd5 Re4 69. Nf3 Kf6 70. Nxg5 hxg5 71. Kd3 Re5 72.
Rd4 Kf5 73. Ra4 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B65"]
[PlyCount "231"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 h6 11. Bh4 Qa5 12. Bc4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qd3
Bg4 15. Rdf1 Rad8 16. Qg3 Be6 17. Rxf6 Bxc4 18. Rxh6 Bxh4 19. Rxh4 Bxa2 20. Qh3
f6 21. Rh7 Kf7 22. Qh5+ Ke7 23. Rxg7+ Rf7 24. Qh7 Kf8 25. Rg8+ Ke7 26. Qh8 Be6
27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28. Qh4 Qg8 29. Qf2 Qg5+ 30. Kb1 b6 31. g3 Kf8 32. Rd1 Rd7 33.
Rxd7 Bxd7 34. Qe2 Be6 35. Qd3 Kf7 36. b3 Qh6 37. h4 Qg7 38. Nb5 Kg6 39. Qd6 Bh3
40. Qd3 Kh7 41. Kb2 Kh6 42. Nc3 Kh5 43. Nd5 Bg4 44. Qf1 Kg6 45. Ne3 Kh5 46.
Nxg4 Kxg4 47. Qd1+ Kh3 48. Qf3 Qh6 49. h5 a5 50. g4+ Kh2 51. Qf2+ Kh3 52. Qxb6
Kxg4 53. Qxa5 Qxh5 54. Qd5 Kf4 55. b4 Qe2 56. b5 Qe3 57. Qc6 Qd4+ 58. Kb3 Qa1
59. b6 Qb1+ 60. Ka3 Qa1+ 61. Kb4 Qb2+ 62. Ka5 Qa3+ 63. Qa4 Qc5+ 64. Ka6 Qd6 65.
c3 f5 66. exf5+ Kxf5 67. Qb4 Qc6 68. c4 e4 69. Ka7 e3 70. b7 Qd7 71. Qb5+ Qxb5
72. cxb5 e2 73. b8=Q e1=Q 74. Qc8+ Kf4 75. b6 Qe3 76. Kb7 Kg5 77. Qd7 Kh4 78.
Qd6 Qe4+ 79. Kc7 Qc4+ 80. Kd7 Qg4+ 81. Qe6 Qd4+ 82. Kc6 Qc3+ 83. Kb5 Qb2+ 84.
Ka4 Qd4+ 85. Kb3 Qd3+ 86. Kb4 Qd2+ 87. Kc5 Qa5+ 88. Kc6 Qc3+ 89. Kd7 Qd4+ 90.
Kc7 Qc3+ 91. Kd7 Qd4+ 92. Qd6 Qg4+ 93. Kc6 Qa4+ 94. Kd5 Qa2+ 95. Kd4 Qd2+ 96.
Kc5 Qa5+ 97. Kc4 Qa2+ 98. Kb5 Qe2+ 99. Kc6 Qf3+ 100. Qd5 Qf6+ 101. Kc5 Qe7+
102. Kb5 Qe8+ 103. Qc6 Qe5+ 104. Qc5 Qe8+ 105. Ka5 Qa8+ 106. Kb4 Qb7 107. Qd4+
Kh3 108. Kb5 Qe7 109. Qc3+ Kg2 110. Qc6+ Kh3 111. b7 Qe2+ 112. Qc4 Qb2+ 113.
Qb4 Qe2+ 114. Ka4 Qa6+ 115. Kb3 Qe6+ 116. Kc2 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. a4
b6 9. Bf3 Be7 10. g4 Be6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Na5 15.
Nxa5 bxa5 16. Ra3 O-O 17. Rc3 Qd8 18. Rg1 Rb8 19. b3 Rb4 20. Be2 Nc5 21. Bxc5
dxc5 22. Rh3 Bxg5 23. Rhg3 Bh6 24. Bc4 Rb6 25. Qh5 Rg6 26. Kf1 Qd6 27. Bd3 Rxg3
28. Rxg3 Kh8 29. c4 Qe7 30. Be4 Qd6 31. Rf3 Kg8 32. Rf5 f6 33. Rf3 Qd7 34. Rg3
f5 35. Qxh6 fxe4 36. Qe3 Qd6 37. Qxe4 Rf4 38. Qe3 g6 39. Rf3 Rxf3 40. Qxf3 Kg7
41. Ke2 Qd7 42. Kd2 Qe7 43. Qe3 Kf7 44. Kd3 Ke8 45. Qh3 Kd8 46. Qf3 Kc7 47. Ke4
Kd6 48. Qg4 Qf6 49. h4 h6 50. f4 h5 51. Qg5 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E47"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. Ne2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Nxc3 Re8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. b4 Qc7 12. f3 Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nf8 14. Bb2 Bd7
15. Rae1 Rad8 16. Ne2 Bc8 17. Ng3 g6 18. Qc3 N8d7 19. f4 Kg7 20. Bf5 h5 21.
Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Ne4 f5 23. Ng5 Kh6 24. e4 Rf8 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. h4 Nf8 27. Rxe5
Rxe5 28. fxe5 Be6 29. Qe3 Kg7 30. Rf7+ Qxf7 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32. Qxa7 Rd7 33. Qe3
Ke8 34. Bd4 Bxc4 35. Bc5 Ne6 36. Bd6 Bd5 37. Qh6 Rg7 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. a4 Ba2
40. Qc8 Bd5 41. Qxb7+ Kg8 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. d5 c6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 cxd5 8. cxd5
b5 9. Nge2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 b4 12. Na4 a5 13. f4 Ba6 14. Rf2 Nb6 15. Nxb6
Qxb6 16. g4 Nd7 17. Ng3 Bh4 18. Qf3 exf4 19. Bxf4 Ne5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Bf1 Bc8
22. Kg2 Bg5 23. Bc4 g6 24. Rd1 Qd6 25. Qe2 Rb8 26. Rf3 Bd7 27. b3 Kg7 28. Rdf1
Bd8 29. Qf2 f6 30. Ne2 Be7 31. Nc1 Rh8 32. Nd3 g5 33. Rh1 h5 34. gxh5 Rxh5 35.
Qa7 Rbh8 36. Nf2 Kg6 37. Be2 Bd8 38. Rc1 R5h7 39. Qa6 Qxa6 40. Bxa6 Bb6 41. Bf1
Rh4 42. Kg3 Bxf2+ 43. Rxf2 Bxh3 44. Be2 Bd7 45. Rc7 R8h7 46. d6 Rxe4 47. Bd1
Re3+ 48. Rf3 Rxf3+ 49. Bxf3 f5 50. Bd5 Kf6 51. Bg8 Rg7 52. Bc4 e4 53. Rc5 f4+
54. Kf2 g4 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B16"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 e6 7. Nf3 Qc7 8.
g3 b6 9. Bg2 Ba6 10. b3 Nd7 11. c4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Bb7 14. O-O c5
15. d5 O-O-O 16. d6 Ne5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Rfd1 Qd7 19. Bxb7+ Qxb7 20. Qg5 e4
21. Qe5 Rhe8 22. b4 cxb4 23. c5 f6 24. Qd4 bxc5 25. Qxc5+ Kb8 26. Rab1 Ka8 27.
Rxb4 Qd7 28. Rxe4 Rb8 29. Qc3 Rb6 30. Qf3 Qc6 31. Kg2 e5 32. d7 Rd8 33. Rc1 Qd5
34. Rc5 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O f6 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. c4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Bg5 Rd6 16. Re1 Be6 17. Bb5 e4 18. c4 dxc4 19. Qe2 h6 20. Bxe7 Qxe7
21. Qxe4 Qd8 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4+ Kh8 24. Qg4 Qf6 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. Rxd6
Qxd6 27. Qa4 Qd2 28. Qe4 Qc3 29. Qe7 Qd2 30. h3 a5 31. Re4 Rc8 32. Qf7 Qc1+ 33.
Kh2 Qxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Bb1 Nc6 16. Ne3 g6 17. d5 Nb8 18. Bd2 Nbd7 19. Bc2 Nc5 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Nf1
Ncxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Bxd5 24. Re1 Bxa2 25. Ra1 Qe6 26. Nd4 Qd5 27. Ne3
Qxd4 28. Rxa2 d5 29. Rxa6 Qd3 30. Ba5 Qxd1 31. Rxd1 d4 32. Nd5 Bg5 33. Bc7 Rfe8
34. Rb6 e4 35. h4 Bxh4 36. Rxd4 Bg5 37. Rxb5 e3 38. fxe3 Rxe3 39. Kf2 Rce8 40.
Rb8 Re2+ 41. Kf3 Rxb8 42. Bxb8 Rxb2 43. Be5 f5 44. Nf6+ Bxf6 45. Bxf6 Kf7 46.
Bg5 Ke6 47. Bf4 Rb3+ 48. Kf2 Rb6 49. Bh6 Kf6 50. Rd7 g5 51. Rxh7 Kg6 52. Rh8
Rb2+ 53. Kf1 Rb1+ 54. Kf2 Rb2+ 55. Kg1 f4 56. Bf8 g4 57. Bc5 Rb1+ 58. Kf2 Rb2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bb3
Na5 9. f4 b5 10. f5 e5 11. Nde2 Nxb3 12. cxb3 Bb7 13. Bg5 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. f6 g6 17. Nc3 Bc6 18. Rc1 Qb7 19. Rf2 h6 20. Bh4 O-O-O 21. Nd5
Kb8 22. Rxc6 Qxc6 23. Rc2 Qb7 24. Rc7 Qxc7 25. Nxc7 Kxc7 26. Qd5 Rh7 27. a4 Rb8
28. h3 h5 29. Qd2 Bh6 30. Qa5+ Kd7 31. Qxa6 Be3 32. axb5 Bb6 33. Qa1 Rhh8 34.
Qd1 Ke6 35. g4 Rbc8 36. Kg2 d5 37. Bf2 Bxf2 38. Kxf2 hxg4 39. Qxg4+ Kxf6 40. b6
Rhd8 41. Qa4 d4 42. b7 Rb8 43. Qc6+ Kg7 44. Ke2 e4 45. Kd2 e3+ 46. Kd3 Re8 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C64"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nge7 5. O-O Bb6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nc4 Qb4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Rc1
Rfe8 15. a3 Qb5 16. a4 Qa6 17. Bd2 Bg4 18. Nce5 Bh5 19. Qc2 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Ba5
21. Bxa5 Qxa5 22. Qxc6 Nf6 23. Ne5 Rad8 24. Qc4 Nd5 25. Red1 Qb6 26. Nc6 Rd6
27. b4 h6 28. b5 Qb7 29. g3 Qc8 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Qh3 32. Re8+ Kh7 33.
Qd3+ g6 34. Qf3 Kg7 35. Qe2 Nf6 36. Re7 Nd5 37. Qe5+ Nf6 38. Qf4 Qh5 39. Ne5
Qd1+ 40. Kg2 g5 41. Rxf7+ Kg8 42. Qf5 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 Rb8 7. a4 Bd7 8. O-O
Qc8 9. Be3 h5 10. h4 Nf6 11. Qc1 Ng4 12. Bd2 Nd4 13. f3 Ne5 14. Kh2 Nec6 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Rb1 O-O 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rf2 Qd8 20. Qe3 e6 21. Rbf1
f5 22. Bh3 b6 23. Qd2 Qc7 24. b3 a6 25. Qg5 Qd8 26. Qd2 Qe7 27. Ne2 Qf6 28.
Nxd4 Qxd4 29. Re2 Qf6 30. f4 Bc6 31. e5 Qe7 32. Bg2 Bb7 33. Bxb7 Rxb7 34. exd6
Qxd6 35. Rfe1 Kf7 36. Re5 Qc6 37. Qe3 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Lebedev, B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 e5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
O-O 9. g3 Re8 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Bf1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Bg2 a5 14. h3 Bd7 15.
g4 Re7 16. g5 Nfxe4 17. Rxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Rae8 19. Qd3 d5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. g6
Re1+ 22. Kg2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxf4 24. Rf1 Qg5+ 25. Qg3 Qd2+ 26. Qf2 Qg5+ 27. Kh1
Qh6 28. Rg1 Bd6 29. h4 Re3 30. Nf3 Qf4 31. Qxe3 Qxe3 32. Ng5 fxg6 33. Bxg6 Qf4
34. Nf7+ Kg8 35. Nxd6 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B57"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 g6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Ng4 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. h3 Ne5 12. Bb3 a5 13. Bd2 Ba6 14. Qe4 O-O
15. O-O-O Qb4 16. Rhe1 Rfd8 17. Qxb4 axb4 18. Na4 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Bh6 20. Rxe5
Rd8 21. Re3 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Ne8 8. Nge2
Bg5 9. O-O Bxc1 10. Qxc1 Qe7 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Nc1 a6 13. Nd3 Rb8 14. a4 Nc7 15.
a5 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. b3 Ne8 18. Nd1 g6 19. f4 f5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Qc3 Nd7
22. N1b2 Nd6 23. Rae1 fxe4 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Qf3 27. Qe1
Rxb3 28. Re3 Qg4 29. Re4 Qf5 30. Nxe5 Nf6 31. Rf4 Qc2 32. Rf2 Qe4 33. Nbd3
Qxe1+ 34. Nxe1 Rb1 35. Re2 a5 36. Kf2 a4 37. N1d3 a3 38. Ra2 Rb3 39. Nxc5 Rb2+
40. Ke3 Rxa2 41. d6 Rb2 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4
a6 9. b3 Rb8 10. Bb2 Bd7 11. Qd2 b6 12. Rac1 Na5 13. Rfd1 Bc6 14. e4 e5 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qd6 18. Rc2 Nd7 19. Ba3 f5 20. b4 Nb7 21. Nc1
Rf7 22. Nd3 Bf8 23. Qe2 Qf6 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. d6 Kh8 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. bxc5
bxc5 28. Nxc5 Nxc5 29. Rxc5 Rb5 30. Rxb5 axb5 31. d7 Rxd7 32. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "D50"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Be7 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Qd2 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 exd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qxd5 O-O 12. f3 Nb4 13. Qc5 Qxc5 14.
Nxc5 Nc2+ 15. Kd2 Nxa1 16. Bd3 Rd8 17. Ne4 Be6 18. Nh3 Rxd3+ 19. Kxd3 Rd8+ 20.
Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
e3 Nf6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c6 12. O-O Re8 13. Rfe1 Nf8 14. Ne5
Be6 15. h3 Rac8 16. f4 c5 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. g4 Qd6 19. Ne5 c4 20. Bf1 b5 21. g5
Nh5 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Nxb5 Qe6 24. f5 Qe7 25. Qg2 Nb6 26. Nc3 Qd6 27. Kf2 g6
28. f6 Kf8 29. h4 a6 30. Qh3 Re6 31. Bg2 Rce8 32. Bf3 Qb4 33. Re2 Rd8 34. Bg4
Rc6 35. Bxh5 gxh5 36. Qf3 Qd6 37. Rh1 Ke8 38. Qxh5 Nd7 39. Qxh7 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E31"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 exd5 8. cxd5
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. Ne2 Nxd5 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Qxc3 14. Be2
O-O 15. Be7 Re8 16. Bxd6 Nf6 17. Rc1 Qa5 18. Bxc5 Be6 19. a3 b6 20. Bd4 Qxa3
21. Bf3 Rac8 22. Ra1 Qe7 23. Qa4 b5 24. Qxa7 b4 25. Rfb1 b3 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27.
Kf1 Rec7 28. Bd1 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B56"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nde2 g6 7. g3 h5 8. h3
Bd7 9. Bg2 Qc8 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qd2 b5 13. Nd1 a5 14. Nf4 e5 15. Ne2
a4 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Rb1 axb3 18. axb3 Re8 19. h4 Bh6 20. f4 Ng4 21. O-O b4 22.
Nxg4 Bxg4 23. Nc1 Bh3 24. Nd3 Ra2 25. Qf2 Bxg2 26. Qxg2 exf4 27. gxf4 Qg4 28.
Qxg4 hxg4 29. Rfe1 Bg7 30. e5 dxe5 31. fxe5 Ra5 32. Kg2 Nxe5 33. Re2 Re6 34.
Bxe5 Bxe5 35. Rbe1 f6 36. Nf4 Rc6 37. Nxg6 Kg7 38. h5 Rac5 39. Nxe5 fxe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lebedev, B"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 c6 6. Ne2 Bd6 7. Bf4 Nf6 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. h3 b5 10. O-O Na6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Ng3 Nc7 13. Nce2 a5 14. a3 Nce8
15. c3 Qd8 16. Nf4 Nd6 17. Rae1 Rb8 18. b4 Ra8 19. Bb1 Nc4 20. Qc1 g6 21. Nd3
Nd7 22. Nc5 Qh4 23. Bd3 axb4 24. axb4 Nd6 25. Ne2 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Bf5 27. Qc2
Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Ne4 29. Nd4 Qf6 30. Re3 Ra2 31. Rf3 Qh4 32. Ne2 Rfa8 33. Rf4 Qg5
34. h4 Qe5 35. g3 Nxc5 36. Qd4 Rxe2 37. Qxc5 Qe6 38. Kg2 h5 39. Rd1 Re4 40. Rd4
Re1 41. Rd2 Raa1 42. Qb6 Rg1+ 43. Kf3 Rae1 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Qc7 Re4 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C81"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Nc3 Bc4 13. Rxd8+ Rxd8 14. Qe3 b4
15. b3 Be6 16. Ne4 Rd1+ 17. Ne1 Nd4 18. Bb2 Nxc2 19. Qe2 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 Nxa1 21.
Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Nd3 Bb6 23. Nxb4 O-O 24. Nc6 Kh8 25. Qd1 Nxb3 26. axb3 a5 27. h3
h6 28. g4 Bc8 29. Qd2 Be6 30. Qd3 Bc8 31. Kf1 g5 32. Ne7 Be6 33. Qf3 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C81"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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 Nxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 15.
Bd2 Nc2 16. Rxa6 Rxa6 17. bxa6 Bxb3 18. Bc3 Bc4 19. a7 O-O 20. Nbd2 Ba6 21. b3
Na3 22. Bb2 Qc8 23. Bxa3 Bxa3 24. Nc4 Bc5 25. Qxd3 h6 26. Qd5 Bxa7 27. Na5 Bb6
28. Nc6 Qe8 29. b4 Bc8 30. b5 Be6 31. Qe4 Qa8 32. h3 Qa3 33. Qc2 Qc5 34. Qa4
Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E88"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. dxc6
bxc6 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. c5 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Bb7 14. Qd6 Qh4+
15. g3 Qb4+ 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. O-O-O Nxa2+ 19. Kb1 Nb4 20. Be2 e4
21. h4 a5 22. Rh2 a4 23. Bd2 a3 24. Bxb4 axb2 25. Rf1 Bc6 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A76"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc7 14. a4 Qe7 15.
Rad1 Nd7 16. Be3 a6 17. Na2 Rac8 18. Qb1 a5 19. Bd2 b5 20. Bxa5 bxa4 21. Nc3
Ne5 22. Be2 Ra8 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Qc2 Reb8 25. Nxa4 Rb4 26. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. Qd2 Ne8
9. Bd3 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Nge2 a6 12. O-O-O b5 13. Rdg1 Nd7 14. g4 e4 15.
fxe4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 bxc4 17. Bb1 Rb8 18. N4c3 Ne5 19. Rf1 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Bxg4
21. Nf4 Qd7 22. h3 Bf5 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. dxe6 Qxe6 25. Bf5 Qe7 26. Bh6 Kh8 27.
Kb1 Bxh6 28. Qxh6 Nf6 29. Bc2 Ng8 30. Qh5 Qg7 31. Ka1 Ne7 32. Rd1 Nd3 33. Bxd3
cxd3 34. Rxd3 d5 35. Rd2 c4 36. Qh4 Rf8 37. a3 Nf5 38. Qe1 d4 39. Nd5 d3 40.
Ka2 Nd4 41. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Lebedev, B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B73"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd2 d5 10. Rfd1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nxe4 12. Qxd5 Nd6 13. Qf3 Bd7 14. Bg5
Bc6 15. Qf4 f6 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Bh6 Qb6 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Bb3 Rad8 20. Nd5
Bxd5 21. Rxd5 e5 22. Qa4 Nf5 23. Rd7+ Rxd7 24. Qxd7+ Kh6 25. Rd1 e4 26. Qe6 Rd8
27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28. Qd5 Qxd5 29. Bxd5 Nd6 30. Kf1 Kg5 31. Ke2 Kf4 32. f3 exf3+
33. Bxf3 b6 34. g3+ Ke5 35. Kd3 f5 36. Bc6 g5 37. c4 a5 38. a3 f4 39. gxf4+
gxf4 40. b4 axb4 41. axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. d3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. a4 Bg7 8. Nh4 e6
9. e5 Nd5 10. c4 dxe5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nc3 Na6 13. f4 O-O 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15.
Bh6 Re8 16. Nf3 Bh8 17. Qd2 Nb4 18. Rae1 Qd7 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21.
Nxe1 f5 22. Qf4 Qe8 23. Kf1 Be5 24. Qd2 Bc6 25. Nf3 d4 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Bxc6
dxc3 28. bxc3 Nxc6 29. Qa2+ 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B51"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 Be7 7. d4 Qc7 8. d5
a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. dxc6 bxa4 11. Qxa4 Rb8 12. Na3 O-O 13. Nc4 Rb5 14. Bg5 Qxc6
15. Rad1 Rd8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne3 Bb7 18. Nd5 Rxb2 19. Qa3 Rb5 20. c4 Rb4 21.
Nxb4 cxb4 22. Qxb4 Bc8 23. c5 dxc5 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Qd2 Bf6 26. Nxe5 Qc7 27.
Nc4 Bd4 28. Rb1 g6 29. Nb6 Be6 30. Nd5 Qe5 31. Qh6 Bxf2+ 32. Kh1 Bxd5 33. exd5
Bd4 34. Qh3 Qxd5 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. Qxa6 c4 37. Rc1 c3 38. Qd3 Qc5 39. a4 Be5 40.
Qe4 h5 41. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E08"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. d4 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Rd1 Bd6 11. Nh4 Nf8 12. Rb1 Ng6 13. Nf5 Bb8 14. f3 a5 15.
e4 Ba7 16. Kh1 Bxf5 17. exf5 Nf8 18. Qd3 N6d7 19. Ne2 Qf6 20. Bd2 Re7 21. Bc3
Rae8 22. Ng1 Re3 23. Qc2 h5 24. Rd3 Qxf5 25. Rbd1 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Qxd3 27. Rxd3
Bb6 28. Bf1 f6 29. Kg2 Kf7 30. f4 g6 31. Be2 Ne6 32. h4 Ng7 33. Bf3 Nf5 34. Ne2
Nf8 35. Bd2 Re7 36. Ra3 Nxd4 37. Nxd4 Bxd4 38. Rxa5 Bxb2 39. f5 gxf5 40. Bxh5+
Ng6 41. Ra8 Kg7 42. Rd8 Ba3 43. Bd1 Ne5 44. h5 Nf7 45. Ra8 Bd6 46. a4 Ng5 47.
a5 Ne4 48. Be1 d4 49. Bf2 d3 50. a6 bxa6 51. Rxa6 c5 52. Bf3 d2 53. Be3 Be5 54.
g4 Rd7 55. h6+ Kh7 56. gxf5 Nc3 57. Bh5 d1=Q 58. Bxd1 Nxd1 59. Bxc5 Kxh6 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C03"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. e5 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ne2 Bd7 7. Nb3 c4 8. Nd2 f5
9. Nf4 Nh6 10. Nh5 Nf7 11. g4 Ne7 12. h3 Qc7 13. b3 Qc6 14. bxc4 dxc4 15. Rg1
O-O-O 16. a4 fxg4 17. hxg4 Nd5 18. Qc2 g6 19. Ng3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nge4 Kb7
22. Bg2 Be7 23. Rb1 Kc7 24. Nf1 Qa6 25. Bd2 Bc6 26. g5 Ra8 27. Bh3 Nd8 28. Nf6
Qa4 29. Qxa4 bxa4 30. Ng3 a3 31. Ke2 Ba4 32. Bg2 Kc6 33. Bc1 Bc2 34. Ra1 Bd3+
35. Kd2 Nb7 36. Bf3 Na5 37. Bd1 Rhb8 38. Bxa3 Bxa3 39. Rxa3 Nb3+ 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E75"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3
exd5 9. exd5 h6 10. Bd2 Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. h3 b5 13. cxb5 Ncxd5 14. Qc1 Kh7
15. Rd1 Be6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bc4 Nc7 18. Bf4 Ne8 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qf6 21.
Rb1 Rd8 22. a4 Nc7 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. b4 Ne6 25. bxc5 dxc5 26. Be5 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1
Rd8 28. Qe1 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 c4 30. Rc1 Rc8 31. Nd2 Qa3 32. Qc3 Qxa4 33. Ra1 Qxb5
34. Rxa7 Qf5 35. Nxc4 Nf4 36. Qb3 Qd5 37. Qb7 Qxb7 38. Rxb7 Rxc4 39. Rxf7+ Kg8
40. Rd7 Ne6 41. g3 Rc7 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E90"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nd2 h6
9. Bh4 Na6 10. Be2 Nc7 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. a4 b6 13. O-O g5 14. Bg3 e5 15. Nb5 a6
16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Nb1 Qe7 18. Nc3 Bd7 19. Rfb1 h5 20. f3 h4 21. Bf2 Nh5 22. b4
Nf4 23. Bf1 g4 24. fxg4 Bxg4 25. Nd1 Qg5 26. Ne3 Nh3+ 27. Kh1 Nxf2+ 28. Qxf2 f5
29. Nxg4 fxg4 30. Qe1 g3 31. h3 Bh6 32. Ra2 cxb4 33. Qxb4 Rf6 34. Be2 Qe3 35.
Bf3 a5 36. Qa3 Qd4 37. Qb3 Be3 38. Re2 Bf2 39. Rd1 Qc5 40. Rb1 Rbf8 41. Qd3 Bd4
42. Rc2 Rf4 43. Bg4 Qa3 44. Qe2 Qe3 45. Bf5 Qxe2 46. Rxe2 Kg7 47. Rbe1 Kh6 48.
Ra2 Kg5 49. Rae2 Rf7 50. Rc2 Rc7 51. Bg4 Rf2 52. Be2 Kf4 53. Ra2 Kxe4 54. Bf1+
Kf4 55. Rae2 Rxe2 56. Bxe2 Bf2 57. Rb1 e4 58. Rb3 Ke5 59. Bf1 Bd4 60. Rb1 Rf7
61. Re1 Bc3 62. Rc1 Rf2 63. Kg1 Bd4 64. Kh1 Ra2 65. c5 bxc5 66. Bb5 Ra1 67. Bf1
e3 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lebedev, B"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. e4 f5 11. Nd3 c5 12. f3 Nb6 13. Qb3 a6 14. Bg5 Nxc4 15. Nxc5
Na5 16. Qa3 dxc5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qxa5 Rb8 19. Rad1 Qd6 20. Rfe1 f4 21. Ne2 g5
22. Qc3 Bd7 23. g4 b5 24. h3 Rfc8 25. Bf1 b4 26. Qd2 c4 27. Kg2 Bf6 28. Nc1 Bd8
29. b3 c3 30. Qc2 Bb6 31. Bxa6 Rc7 32. Bc4 Ra7 33. Nd3 Ra3 34. Re2 Rba8 35. Qb1
Kg7 36. Rh1 Be3 37. Rc2 h5 38. h4 hxg4 39. hxg5 Qg6 40. Kf1 Qxg5 41. Nxb4 Rh8
42. Rxh8 Kxh8 43. Rh2+ Kg7 44. fxg4 Bxg4 45. Nc2 Bh3+ 46. Ke2 Qg3 47. Qh1 Bg1
48. Nxa3 Bxh2 49. Kd1 Qf2 50. Be2 Qd4+ 51. Kc1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "D83"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Ne5 Be6 12. Be2 Rc8 13. O-O Nc6 14. a3 Na5
15. Nb5 Ne8 16. Rfd1 f6 17. Nd3 Nb3 18. Rc3 Rxc3 19. Nxc3 Bf7 20. Bg3 e6 21.
Nb4 Bf8 22. f3 Bh6 23. e4 Bc1 24. exd5 exd5 25. Nbxd5 Bxb2 26. Nxb6 Rd8 27. Nb5
Nxd4 28. Kf1 Nc6 29. Rxd8 Nxd8 30. Nc4 Ba1 31. Nb6 Kf8 32. Nd6 Bb3 33. Nxe8
Kxe8 34. Bb5+ Ke7 35. Be1 Bd4 36. Bb4+ Ke6 37. Bd7+ Ke5 38. Nc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nb6 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Ba3 Re8 14. c5 Ne4 15.
Rc1 Nd7 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nb5 e3 18. fxe3 Qg5 19. Qf3 Ne5 20. Qf4 Qh5 21. g4
Bxg4 22. hxg4 Nxg4 23. Bf3 Re5 24. Bxg4 Rg5 25. Rc4 f5 26. Qh2 Qxh2+ 27. Kxh2
fxg4 28. Nd6 h5 29. Ne4 Re5 30. Bc1 a5 31. Nd6 Re7 32. Kg2 Ra6 33. e4 Rc6 34.
Bg5 Re5 35. Be3 Re7 36. a3 Be5 37. Bg5 Rd7 38. Bf4 Bb2 39. a4 b6 40. cxb6 Rxb6
41. e5 Rxb3 42. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a3
cxd4 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. axb4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 dxe3 13. Bxe3 Nfd5 14. Bc5
Re8 15. Re1 Be6 16. Nd4 Nf4 17. Nxe6 Qxd1 18. Bxd1 Nxe6 19. Bf3 Rab8 20. Be3
Re7 21. Rxa7 Nd4 22. Rd1 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Nc4 24. Bc5 Rc7 25. f4 Nxb2 26. Rd2 Nc4
27. Rd4 Rc6 28. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E48"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Qxe5 15. f3 c4 16. Bxc4 Rac8 17. Ba2 Rxc3 18. Qf2 Rc6 19. Bb2 Qc7 20. fxg4 Rc2
21. Be5 Qxe5 22. Qxc2 Nxg4 23. g3 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lebedev, B"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O a6 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. Qd3 h6 11. Bc1 Bd7 12. f4 O-O 13. Be3 Kh8 14. Rad1 Rfd8
15. a3 b5 16. Bc1 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bc6 18. Qe3 Rab8 19. Bd3 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21.
Qh3 d4 22. Ne2 Kg8 23. Ng3 Bf8 24. Nf5 Rd5 25. Qh4 Kh8 26. Qf2 Qd7 27. Ng3 Ng4
28. Qg1 Re8 29. Rfe1 Rxe1 30. Qxe1 Bc5 31. b4 Bb6 32. Rd2 Ne3 33. Re2 Rd6 34.
Nf1 Qg4 35. Nxe3 dxe3 36. Qf1 Re6 37. Kg1 Bd4 38. f5 Re8 39. Qe1 Bf3 40. c3
Bxc3 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "D71"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Nge2 e5 9. d5 c6 10. e4 c5 11. Be3 Na6 12. b3 Bd7 13. Qd2 Nc8 14. O-O Nd6 15.
Bh6 f6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rac1 c4 18. f4 Qe7 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Rxf8 Rxf8 21. Qe3
b6 22. Nd1 Rc8 23. Nf2 cxb3 24. axb3 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Bb5 26. Nc3 Nc5 27. Qa3 Qc7
28. Qb2 Nd7 29. Bf1 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 Qc5 31. Ne2 Nf7 32. Nf4 Qb5+ 33. Kg2 Nc5 34.
Ne6+ Nxe6 35. dxe6 Nd8 36. Qa3 Nc6 37. Qd6 Qc5 38. Qd7+ Ne7 39. Nd3 Qc2+ 40.
Kh3 Kf6 41. Nxe5 Kxe5 42. Qxe7 Qxe4 43. Qxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Lebedev, B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Black "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Be2 Bd7 8. O-O f6
9. Nbd2 Nge7 10. Bxc4 fxe5 11. dxe5 Ng6 12. Ba2 Ncxe5 13. c4 O-O-O 14. b4 Be7
15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Rb1 Kb8 17. c5 Qa6 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5+ Bxe5 20. Nf3 Bf6 21.
Qc1 Bb5 22. Re1 Bd3 23. b5 Bxb5 24. Qf4+ Ka8 25. Qb4 Bd3 26. Rxe6 b6 27. Rbe1
bxc5 28. Qxc5 Qb5 29. Qc1 Bc4 30. Bxc4 Qxc4 31. Qe3 d4 32. Qe4+ Qd5 33. Qd3 Rc8
34. h3 Rc3 35. Qb1 d3 36. Qb4 d2 37. Nxd2 Qxd2 38. Qe4+ Kb8 39. Rb1+ Kc7 40.
Rb7+ Kd8 41. Rb8+ Rc8 42. Rxc8+ Kxc8 43. Qa8+ Kc7 44. Qxa7+ Kd8 45. Qb6+ Kc8
46. Rc6+ Kd7 47. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C63"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. exf5 O-O 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8.
d4 Nf3+ 9. Qxf3 Bxd4 10. Nc3 c6 11. Bd3 d5 12. Ne2 Be5 13. c3 Bd7 14. Bf4 Re8
15. g4 Qc7 16. Rae1 Re7 17. g5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Rae8 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21.
f6 Be6 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qh4 gxf6 24. gxf6 Rf7 25. Nf4 Rg8+ 26. Kh1 Bd5+ 27.
Nxd5 Qxd5+ 28. Qe4 Qxa2 29. Rg1 Rxf6 30. c4 Rxg1+ 31. Rxg1 Rg6 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33.
Rd1 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Black "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. c4 Qc7 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Bd2 b6 12. Rae1 Bb7 13. Ne5 Nf8 14. Bc3 a5
15. a3 Rad8 16. Bc2 Rb8 17. f4 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5+ 19. Kh1 Rbd8 20. Ba4 Re7 21.
Rd1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Ne8 23. Nh5 f6 24. Ng4 Bc6 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Rd8 Nd7 27. b4
axb4 28. axb4 Bd6 29. Bxf6 Nxf6 30. Ngxf6+ gxf6 31. Rxe8+ Kf7 32. Rh8 Qa4 33.
h4 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Qb1 35. Qf3 Qf5 36. c5 bxc5 37. bxc5 Bc7 38. c6 Re8 39. Rxe8
Kxe8 40. Ng7+ 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B64"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 hxg5 12. hxg5 Ng4 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qe4
f5 15. gxf6 Nxf6 16. Qxe5 Qb6 17. Bd3 Rd8 18. Rh3 Bd7 19. Rdh1 Kf7 20. Ne4 Nxe4
21. Qh5+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. Qh5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Black "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C94"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
d4 Ncd7 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nf3 Bf8 18. Nh2 exd4 19. cxd4 c5 20. d5 Bg7 21. Nf3 c4
22. Be3 Rc8 23. Qd2 Kh7 24. Nd4 Nc5 25. f3 Nfd7 26. b4 cxb3 27. axb3 Nf6 28.
Rad1 Qc7 29. Rc1 Qb8 30. Kh1 Re7 31. Ngf5 gxf5 32. Nxf5 Re5 33. Nxd6 Nxb3 34.
Bxb3 Rxc1 35. Qxc1 Qxd6 36. Bc5 Qc7 37. Bd4 Re7 38. Qxc7 Rxc7 39. d6 Rd7 40. e5
Nh5 41. Kh2 Nf4 42. Bc2+ Kg8 43. Bf5 Ne6 44. f4 h5 45. h4 Bh6 46. Be3 b4 47.
Bh3 b3 48. g3 Bf8 49. f5 Ng7 50. Bc5 Ne8 51. f6 Bc6 52. e6 Rxd6 53. Bxd6 Nxd6
54. e7 Bh6 55. Rd1 b2 56. Rxd6 b1=Q 57. Rxc6 Qb2+ 58. Bg2 Qb8 59. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Black "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Black "Lebedev, B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A11"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 e5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 e4 6. Ne5 Nc6 7. Bf4 f6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. e3 Ne7 11. Ba6 Qb6 12. O-O Nf5 13. h3 h5 14. Be2 g5 15. Bh2
Qxb2 16. Rfc1 Qa3 17. Qd1 g4 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Bxg4 Bd6 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. exf4
Qf8 22. Ne2 Qh6 23. Bh3 Ne7 24. Rc3 Kf7 25. Rb1 Rag8 26. Kf1 Bxh3 27. Rxh3 Qg6
28. Ng3 Rxh3 29. gxh3 Qh6 30. Kg2 Qxf4 31. Rb7 Ke6 32. Qh5 Ng6 33. Rh7 Qg5 34.
Qxg5 fxg5 35. Rc7 Nf4+ 36. Kh2 Kd6 37. Rxa7 Rh8 38. a4 Nxh3 39. Nf5+ Ke6 40.
Ne3 Nxf2+ 41. Kg3 Rf8 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Qc7 8. Bb3
Nc6 9. Kh1 Na5 10. f4 b5 11. a3 Nxb3 12. cxb3 Bb7 13. Qf3 Be7 14. f5 e5 15.
Nde2 Qc6 16. Ng3 d5 17. Bg5 Nxe4 18. Bxe7 Nd2 19. Qe2 Nxf1 20. Rxf1 Kxe7 21.
Qxe5+ Kf8 22. f6 gxf6 23. Qf4 h5 24. Qb4+ Kg8 25. Nf5 Re8 26. Qf4 Rh7 27. Nd4
Qb6 28. h3 Rg7 29. Rf3 Rg6 30. Rg3 Re5 31. h4 Qc7 32. Nce2 Qe7 33. Nf5 Rxf5 34.
Qxf5 Qxe2 35. Rxg6+ fxg6 36. Qxg6+ Kf8 37. Qxf6+ Ke8 38. Qd6 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qxh4+
40. Kg1 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qe7 42. Qb8+ Kf7 43. Qf4+ Kg6 44. Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 c6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. O-O Bb7
15. b4 a5 16. Rb1 axb4 17. Qxb4 c5 18. dxc5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Qh5 21.
cxb6 Qxf3+ 22. Kg1 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Nxb6 24. Qxb6 Qxc4 25. Qb3 Qc6+ 26. f3 Rfc8 27.
Rb2 Ra5 28. Rg2 Rc5 29. Qb2 Rc3 30. e4 Rd8 31. Rg3 g6 32. Rfg1 e5 33. Rh3 Qc5
34. Rhg3 Rc2 35. Qb7 Kf8 36. Qb1 Rdd2 37. Rh3 Kg7 38. Qe1 Rxa2 39. Qg3 Qd4 40.
Rh5 Kf8 41. Rxe5 Rxh2+ 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C35"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxe4 6. Ne5 Ng5 7. d4 d6 8.
Nd3 f3 9. gxf3 Nh3 10. Be3 O-O 11. Kd2 Nc6 12. Qf1 Bf6 13. Ne2 Re8 14. Re1 Ng5
15. h4 Ne6 16. Qf2 d5 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. f4 Na5 19. Bxd7 Nc4+ 20. Kc1 Qxd7 21. f5
Nxe3 22. fxe6 Rxe6 23. Nc5 Qc6 24. Ng3 Re7 25. c3 Rae8 26. Reg1 Kh8 27. Nh5 b6
28. Nxf6 Qxf6 29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. Nd3 Re4 31. h5 h6 32. Rg3 Rg8 33. Rf3 Ng4 34.
Nb4 Rg5 35. Kd2 a5 36. Na6 Re7 37. Re1 Rxe1 38. Kxe1 c6 39. b4 Rxh5 40. bxa5
bxa5 41. Nb8 Rh2 42. Nxc6 Rxa2 43. Ne7 a4 44. Nxd5 a3 45. Nb4 Rb2 46. d5 a2 47.
Nxa2 Rxa2 48. d6 Ne5 49. Rxf6 Kg7 50. Rf5 f6 51. c4 Kf7 52. c5 Ke6 53. Rh5 Rc2
0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Lebedev, B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soloviev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lebedev, B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "E49"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. c4 Qc6 11. e4 Qc5 12. Rb1 e5 13. Rb5 Qc7 14. Rxe5 Nc6
15. Rb5 Re8 16. O-O a6 17. Rb2 Bg4 18. Re1 Ne5 19. Be2 Nxe4 20. Qxd4 Rad8 21.
Qe3 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nxc4 23. Rc2 Ned6 24. Qc3 Nb5 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C95"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 Bb7 12. Nc3 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Bf6 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Bc2 g6 18. Qd2 a5 19. a3 bxa3 20. Rxa3 a4 21. Rea1 Qd7
22. Qd1 c6 23. Qf3 Qe7 24. dxc6 Ba6 25. Nf5 Qe6 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27. Bxc5 Qxc5 28.
Qxf6 Bc4 29. Rc3 Qb5 30. Qd4 Be6 31. Rc5 Qb6 32. Rxa4 Rac8 33. Qc3 Rfd8 34. b4
Rd6 35. b5 Qd8 36. Ra1 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Lebedev, B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B94"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 e6 8.
O-O h6 9. Bh4 Ne5 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Rad1 g5 13. Bg3 Bd7 14. f4 gxf4
15. Rxf4 Nh7 16. Kh1 Nf8 17. Nf5 exf5 18. Nd5 Qb8 19. exf5 Bc6 20. Nxe7 Kxe7
21. f6+ Ke8 22. Rfd4 Ng6 23. Rxd6 Kf8 24. Bxe5 Qe8 25. Re1 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8
27. Rd1 Qa5 28. Bd6+ Kg8 29. Qg4 Qg5 30. Qxg5 hxg5 31. Bg3 Kh7 32. Bxf7 Rf8 33.
Bd5 Bxd5 34. Rxd5 Rxf6 35. Kg1 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Black "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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. g3 g6 12. Ng2 Be6 13. Nce3 Qd4 14. Qe2 Rae8
15. Rd1 Qd7 16. Bd2 Bd6 17. c3 f5 18. f3 f4 19. gxf4 exf4 20. Nc2 Qf7 21. b3 g5
22. Nd4 Bh3 23. Rf1 Nd7 24. Rf2 Ne5 25. b4 c5 26. bxc5 Bxc5 27. Kh1 Rd8 28. Rg1
Kh8 29. Bc1 h6 30. Ne1 Kh7 31. a4 Rd6 32. Nf5 Nxd3 33. Nxd3 Rxd3 34. Nd4 Rxc3
35. Bb2 Bxd4 36. Bxc3 Bxc3 37. Qd3 Be5 38. Rc2 Qe7 39. Rd1 Kg7 0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Black "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Black "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Black "Lebedev, B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Black "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Black "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Black "Lebedev, B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Black "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "B95"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bg3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Ne5 12. Qe2 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. f4 Nxd3+
15. Rxd3 O-O 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. Bf4 Rfd8 19. Rg3 Bf8 20. Rd1 Kh8 21.
Qf2 Nc5 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qf6+ Kh7 24. Nf5 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Nb3+ 26. Kb1 Nd2+ 27.
Ka1 Nb3+ 28. Ka2 1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Black "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Black "Lebedev, B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 h6 8. Nh4
g6 9. g3 Nh7 10. Ng2 h5 11. h4 Qc7 12. a4 Ndf6 13. Ne3 g5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
hxg5 Nxg5 16. Nf5 Ngxe4 17. Nxe7 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qxe7 19. Bg5 h4 20. Bxh4 Rxh4
21. gxh4 Bd7 22. Bd3 O-O-O 23. Qf3 Rg8+ 24. Kf1 Qe6 25. a5 e4 26. Rxe4 Nxe4 27.
Bxe4 Qc4+ 28. Qd3 Bh3+ 29. Ke2 Qe6 30. Ra4 Bg4+ 31. Kd2 f5 32. Bf3 Rd8 33. Rd4
Re8 34. Kc1 Qa2 35. Qd1 c5 36. Rd5 Bxf3 37. Qxf3 Qa1+ 38. Kd2 Qe1+ 39. Kd3 Qf1+
40. Kd2 Qe1+ 41. Kd3 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Black "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Black "Lebedev, B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

0-1

[Event "23rd URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Black "Lebedev, B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1955.11.15"]

1-0

