[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B31"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 d5 5. Qa4 dxe4 6. Ne5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8.
Qxe4 Nf6 9. Qf3 Rc8 10. O-O Bg7 11. Na3 O-O 12. Re1 Rfd8 13. h3 Ne8 14. Qe3 a6
15. Bf1 Qf5 16. Qe4 Qxe4 17. Rxe4 Bh6 18. Nc4 Nd6 19. Nxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C76"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Be3 b6 10. c4 Nge7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nd5 Be8 13. Qd2 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Ne7
15. Bxe8 Rxe8 16. Qc2 Nc8 17. Rac1 Nd6 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Qd3 f5 20. f3 Rf8 21.
Rc6 Qh4 22. Rfc1 Bh6 23. Bxh6 Qxh6 24. Re1 Qh4 25. Rcc1 Qe7 26. exf5 gxf5 27.
Nc4 e4 28. fxe4 fxe4 29. Qg3+ Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Nxd6 cxd6 32. Rxc8 Rxc8
33. Rxe4 Rc5 34. Re7+ Kg6 35. Kf2 Rxd5 36. Ke3 Rb5 37. b3 Ra5 38. a4 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B65"]
[PlyCount "35"]

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 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 h6 11. Bh4 Qa5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Qxe5 14. fxe5
Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. Rhe1 Rd8 18. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C76"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3 b6
9. d5 Nce7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. c4 h6 12. Nfd2 f5 13. f3 Nf6 14. Nc3 f4 15. Bf2
a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D07"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7
8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Qd6 10. O-O Rad8 11. Rc1 Rfe8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 a6 14. a3
Nb8 15. Qb3 b5 16. Na2 c6 17. Nb4 a5 18. Nd3 a4 19. Qb4 Nc8 20. Qa5 Re7 21. Nc5
Ra7 22. Qc3 Nb6 23. e4 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Qf8 25. Nc5 Qd6 26. Rfe1 h6 27. Re2 Re7
28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Re1 Qc7 30. g3 Nc4 31. Kg2 Qa5 32. Qc1 Qc7 33. Re2 Kf8 34.
Qe1 Nd6 35. Qb4 Kg8 36. Bg4 Ne8 37. Ne6 fxe6 38. Bxe6+ Kh7 39. Bf5+ Kg8 40.
Be6+ Kh7 41. Bf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E75"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2
exd5 9. exd5 Qb6 10. O-O-O Re8 11. Bd3 a6 12. h3 Qa5 13. Nf3 b5 14. Rde1 Nbd7
15. Rxe8+ Nxe8 16. Re1 Ndf6 17. cxb5 Rb8 18. bxa6 Bxa6 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 20. Bh6
Nc7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Re7 Qf1+ 23. Ne1 Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B65"]
[PlyCount "100"]

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 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 h6 11. h4 Qa5 12. Be2 e5 13. Qf2 exf4 14. Bxf4
Be6 15. Rd4 Rfc8 16. Qg3 Rxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxa2 18. Qa3 Qxa3 19. bxa3 d5 20. exd5
Bxa3+ 21. Kd2 Nxd5 22. Bf3 Nxf4 23. Rxf4 Rd8+ 24. Ke2 b5 25. Ra1 Bc5 26. Ra5
Bd4 27. Bc6 Bc4+ 28. Kf3 Bb6 29. Rxb5 Bxb5 30. Bxb5 Rd2 31. Bc4 Rf2+ 32. Kg3
Rxf4 33. Kxf4 h5 34. g4 hxg4 35. h5 a5 36. Bb3 Kf8 37. Kxg4 Ke7 38. Kf5 Bd4 39.
Ke4 Bc3 40. Kf5 f6 41. Ke4 Kd6 42. Kd3 Be5 43. Ke4 Kc5 44. Kf5 Kb4 45. Kg6 a4
46. Be6 a3 47. Ba2 Kc3 48. Be6 Bd4 49. Bb3 Kb2 50. Kf5 Bc3 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B65"]
[PlyCount "34"]

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 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 h6 11. Bh4 Qa5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Qxe5 14. fxe5
Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. Rhe1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B65"]
[PlyCount "35"]

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 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 h6 11. Bh4 Qa5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Qxe5 14. fxe5
Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. Rhe1 Rd8 18. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D75"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. d4 c5 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qa5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14.
Qb3 Rb8 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Rem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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. b3 Bf6 11. Bb2 a5 12. Rad1 Na6 13. Qd2 Qe8 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15.
Nxg2 g5 16. f4 h6 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Rf2 Qg6 19. a3 Qg7 20. e3 c5 21. Rdf1 Rac8
22. d5 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Qxb2 24. Rxb2 exd5 25. cxd5 Rce8 26. Rbf2 Re5 27. h4 g4
28. d6 Rd5 29. e4 Rxd6 30. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C07"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qc6 7. a4 a6 8. Bb5
axb5 9. axb5 Qxf3 10. Rxa8 Qxg2 11. Qf3 Qxf3 12. Nxf3 Nfd7 13. Ne5 cxd4 14.
Nxd7 Kxd7 15. Rxb8 Bd6 16. Ra8 Re8 17. b3 Kc7 18. O-O Bd7 19. Rxe8 Bxe8 20. Rd1
e5 21. b6+ Kc6 22. Bb2 f6 23. c3 dxc3 24. Bxc3 Be7 25. Ba5 Kb5 26. Rd5+ Ka6 27.
Bd2 Kxb6 28. Ra5 Kc6 29. Ra8 Bf7 30. Rh8 Bxb3 31. Rxh7 Bf8 32. Rh8 Bd6 33. Rh7
Bf8 34. Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Vasilchuk, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E38"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. e3 Be7 11. a3 a6 12. Bd3 Bf6 13. Bc3 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3
O-O 15. O-O Qh5 16. Rfd1 Ne7 17. Be4 f5 18. Bc2 Nd5 19. Qe5 Bd7 20. e4 Nf6 21.
Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Qxe6+ Qf7 23. Bb3 Nc5 24. Qxf7+ Rxf7 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. exf5 Rd8
27. g4 Kf6 28. b4 Nb3 29. Re1 Nd4 30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31. h3 h5 32. Re6+ Kg5 33. Rg6+
Kh4 34. gxh5 Rd7 35. h6 gxh6 36. Rxh6+ Kg5 37. Rb6 Kxf5 38. a4 Kf4 39. a5 Rf7
40. Kg2 Rg7+ 41. Kf1 Rf7 42. Rg6 Kf3 43. Rg3+ Kf4 44. Kg2 Rc7 45. Rg6 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C89"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nf6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Ng4 14. h3 Qh4
15. Qf3 h5 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Ne4 Rae8 18. Bg5 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Bh2+ 20. Kf1 Bg3 21.
Bxf7+ Kh8 22. Bxh4 Nh2+ 23. Ke2 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Makarov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Bg5 O-O-O 14. Rc1 h6
15. Bh4 Kb8 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. a3 g5 19. Bg3 Bxg3 20. fxg3 g4 21. Ne5
Nxe5 22. Rxf6 Nd7 23. Rf4 e5 24. dxe5 Nxc5 25. b4 Qc7 26. bxc5 Qxe5 27. c6 Qe3+
28. Kh1 bxc6 29. Qb3+ Bb7 30. Rb1 Rd7 31. Rb4 Rhh7 32. Bxh7 Qxb3 33. R1xb3 Rxh7
34. Rxg4 Kc7 35. Kg1 Kd6 36. Kf2 Ba6 37. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rac8 15.
Bd3 Nc4 16. Ng3 exd4 17. Nxd4 Rfe8 18. b3 Ne5 19. Bb2 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 d5 21. Ndf5
dxe4 22. Qd2 e3 23. Rxe3 Bc5 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Rc1 Qb6 26. Qe2 Qe6 27. Qg4 Bf8
28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Nh6+ Qxh6 30. Qxc8 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Livshin, Iosif"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. Bg2 e5 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. e3 e4 10. Nfd2 Nf8 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 h5 15.
b4 Nh7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. b5 Nf6 18. Qc4 Qd7 19. Rc3 Bh3 20. Rfc1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Qf5 22. Ra3 Ra8 23. Qxc7 Rac8 24. Qa5 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Ng4 26. f3 exf3+ 27. Nxf3
Bxd4 28. exd4 Re2+ 29. Kf1 Qc2 30. Bd2 Qd1+ 31. Be1 Rf2+ 32. Kg1 Qe2 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Matzkevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Nbd2 c5 6. e4 cxd4 7. Bxd4 Nc6 8.
Bc3 Qb6 9. Qe2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qc4 Be6 13. Qh4 Ncb4 14. Bd3
Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 Qb4 16. Qe4 Rfd8 17. Qe5+ Kg8 18. O-O Qf4 19. d4 Qxe5 20. dxe5
Nf4 21. Ne4 Rac8 22. Ng3 h6 23. Rac1 Bd5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rd1 Rc2 26. Rd2 Rc1+
27. Nf1 Nh3+ 28. gxh3 Bxf3 29. h4 Re1 30. h3 Be2 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A50"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. d5 Na6 10. Nd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Nc5 12. Be3 e6 13. Qc2 a5 14. Rad1 Qe7 15.
Nb5 d6 16. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "51"]

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 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Be6 17. d5 Nb4 18. Bb1 Bd7 19. a3 Na6 20. b4 axb3 21. Nxb3 b4
22. axb4 Nxb4 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qc1 Qxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C76"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Be3 b6 10. Nbd2 Nge7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Bc2 Nc8 13. Nc4 Qe7 14. Rfd1 Rd8
15. Bb3 h6 16. Rd5 Be6 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Bc1 b5 20. Ne3 Bxb3 21.
axb3 Nb6 22. b4 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Qf3 Qe5 10. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. Kd2 Be6 14.
c4 Ke7 15. Rab1 Rhb8 16. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B51"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Na3 a6 6. Ba4 Nf6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5
Bd7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. O-O e6 11. Qf3 Rc8 12. d3 Be7 13. Qg3 O-O 14. Nc4 Qd8 15.
Bh6 Bf6 16. Nd6 Rb8 17. Ne4 Kh8 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. Bf4 Rbc8 20. Rfe1 b5 21. Bb3
b4 22. Bc4 bxc3 23. bxc3 Qxc3 24. Bxa6 Rcd8 25. Bc7 Nd4 26. Kh1 Ra8 27. Bc4
Rfc8 28. Rac1 Qa3 29. Bf4 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E74"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 Qa5
9. Bd2 e6 10. Nf3 Qd8 11. h3 exd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. O-O Bf5 14. g4 Bc8 15. Bg5
h6 16. Bh4 Nbd7 17. Bd3 Nf8 18. Qc2 Qc7 19. Kg2 h5 20. g5 N6d7 21. Bg3 Ne5 22.
Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Ne4 Nh7 24. f4 Bd4 25. f5 Rxe4 26. Bxe4 Nxg5 27. Bd3 Qd7 28. Bh4
Nh7 29. Rf3 g5 30. f6 gxh4 31. Bxh7+ Kh8 32. Kh1 Qe8 33. Bf5 Qg8 34. Raf1 Qg5
35. Bxc8 Rxc8 36. Rf5 Qg6 37. Qe2 Kg8 38. Rxh5 Qg3 39. Qg4+ Qxg4 40. hxg4 Re8
41. Rxh4 Re5 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Bd3 Nc4 16. b3 exd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5 18. Bb2 Rfe8 19. Ng3 Bf8 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Bb1
Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Qc5 23. Qd2 d5 24. f4 Ng6 25. e5 Ne4 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Kh1 f6 28.
exf6 Qh5 29. fxg7 Bxg7 30. Qe3 Nh4 31. Rc1 Qg6 32. Rg1 Bxd4 33. Qxd4 Nf5 34.
Qd1 e3 35. Be5 e2 36. Qe1 Ng3+ 37. Kh2 Nf1+ 38. Kh1 Qg3 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d6 8.
O-O Ng4 9. Be2 Qh4 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Bg3 Qg5 12. Na4 h5 13. c3 Ba5 14. Qd3 Bb6
15. Nxb6 axb6 16. f4 Qc5+ 17. Qd4 Ba6 18. Qxc5 bxc5 19. Rfe1 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Rfe8
21. Bh4 d5 22. e5 d4 23. Re4 Reb8 24. cxd4 Ra4 25. h3 Nh6 26. b3 Rxb3 27. dxc5
Rxe4 28. axb3 Rxf4 29. Bg5 Re4 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Bxh6 gxh6 32. Ra6 Rxe5 33. Rxc6
Re7 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Kf3 Rd7 36. Ke4 Re7+ 37. Kd4 Re2 38. Rxc7 Rxg2 39. c6 Kf6
40. b4 Rg3 41. Rd7 Ke6 42. Rd5 Rg1 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C27"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 c6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nxe5 d5 7. d4 dxc4 8.
dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Rd8+ 10. Ke2 Re8 11. Nxc4 Nxe4 12. Be3 Nxc3+ 13. bxc3 b6 14.
cxb6 Ba6 15. Kf3 axb6 16. Nxb6 Ra7 17. Rhd1 c5 18. Rd6 Bb7+ 19. Kg3 h5 20. h3
Ra3 21. Rad1 Nc6 22. Rd7 Ba6 23. R1d6 Ne7 24. Kh2 Nf5 25. Bxc5 Rxa2 26. Rd5 Nh6
27. Ra7 h4 28. Be3 Ra1 29. c4 Kh7 30. c5 g6 31. Nd7 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C76"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Be3 b6 10. Qe2 Nge7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Na3 Qc8 13. Nc2 Be6 14. b4 h6 15.
Bb3 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Re1 Bxb3 18. axb3 Qe6 19. Rab1 Nd5 20. Bd2 e4 21. Qc4
b5 22. Nfd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Qd6 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. bxc5 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Rf6 27. b4
Kf7 28. Rb3 Re8 29. g3 Rfe6 30. Kf1 Rd8 31. Ra1 Ne7 32. Be3 Nc6 33. Rxa6 Nxd4
34. Rxe6 Kxe6 35. Rb1 h5 36. Bf4 c6 37. Rc1 Nf3 38. Bd6 Ra8 39. Rd1 Ra3 40. Bf4
Rd3 41. Re1 Rd4 42. Rb1 Nxh2+ 43. Ke2 Nf3 44. Be3 Rd3 45. Rh1 Rb3 46. Rd1 Kf7
47. Kf1 Rxb4 48. Rd7+ Ke8 49. Rd1 Rb3 50. Ra1 b4 51. Ke2 Rb2+ 52. Kd1 b3 53.
Kc1 Rc2+ 54. Kd1 f4 55. Ra8+ Kf7 56. Bxf4 Rxf2 57. Kc1 Rc2+ 58. Kd1 Ra2 59. Rb8
Nd4 60. Kc1 Ne2+ 61. Kd1 Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Rem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Bf4 Ng6 11. Bg3 O-O 12. Nf5 Bf6 13. Qxd8 Bxd8 14. Rad1
h5 15. h3 h4 16. Bh2 a5 17. Rfe1 a4 18. a3 Re8 19. g4 hxg3 20. Bxg3 Nf8 21. Kh2
Ne6 22. f4 b5 23. Rg1 g6 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Ng4 f6 26. f5 Ng5 27. Rgf1 c5 28. e5
Bxf5 29. exf6+ Kf8 30. Ne5 b4 31. Nd5 Bxc2 32. f7 Re6 33. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Nfd7 7. Qg4 Bf8 8. Nf3
c5 9. Nb5 g6 10. Bd3 Rg8 11. c4 cxd4 12. cxd5 Nc5 13. Qxd4 exd5 14. Nd6+ Bxd6
15. exd6 Qxd6 16. O-O Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nc6 18. Rfe1+ Be6 19. Nd4 g5 20. Rac1 Kd7
21. Nf5 Qf8 22. Qb5 Rc8 23. Qxb7+ Rc7 24. Qb5 a6 25. Qd3 Qb8 26. Nxh6 Rg6 27.
Nxf7 Bxf7 28. Qf5+ Kd8 29. Rxc6 Rcxc6 30. Ba5+ Qc7 31. Qxf7 Kc8 32. Bxc7 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Vasilchuk, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. a4 h6 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Nfd2 Qd7 12. a5 Rab8 13. Qa4 f5 14. f4 exf4 15.
gxf4 fxe4 16. dxe4 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Ne4 b5 19. axb6 axb6 20. Ne3 Be6 21.
Qb5 Qc7 22. Ng3 Kh7 23. Ra4 Bd7 24. Re4 Nd4 25. Qd3 Bb5 26. Nc4 Ndf5 27. Rfe1
Rbd8 28. Qc2 Bc6 29. Re6 Bxg2 30. Qxg2 Rf6 31. Qe4 Rxe6 32. Qxe6 b5 33. Ne5 Nh4
34. Qg4 Bf6 35. Ne4 Qb6 36. Be3 h5 37. Qh3 Nef5 38. Bf2 Kh6 39. Nf7+ Kg7 40.
Nxd8 Bxd8 41. Ng5 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B52"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8.
c4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. d3 Ne5 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 Rad8 13. Nf4 Nc6 14. Be3 Nd4
15. a3 b6 16. Rc1 a6 17. Nh5 Nxh5 18. Qxh5 Bf6 19. f4 Qe7 20. Kh1 Kh7 21. e5
dxe5 22. fxe5 Bh4 23. g3 Bg5 24. Ne4 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Nf5 26. Rf3 Qb7 27. Re1 Nd4
28. Rf2 f5 29. exf6 Rxf6 30. Ref1 Rf5 31. Qh3 Rdf8 32. Qg2 Qd7 33. g4 Rxf2 34.
Rxf2 Rxf2 35. Nxf2 Qf7 36. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Makarov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C16"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Qg4 f5 6. Qg3 b6 7. a3 Bf8 8. Nh3 Nc6
9. Be3 Bb7 10. Nf4 O-O-O 11. Be2 g6 12. h4 Bh6 13. O-O-O Nge7 14. Kb1 Bxf4 15.
Bxf4 h6 16. Qe3 Ng8 17. b3 Qg7 18. Na2 Na5 19. Nb4 Qe7 20. Ka2 Rh7 21. Nd3 Kb8
22. Rh3 Bc6 23. g4 Rc8 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Rg1 Rg7 26. Rxg7 Qxg7 27. Rg3 Qh7 28.
Qf3 Ne7 29. Qh5 Rh8 30. Qf3 Be8 31. Qg2 Rg8 32. Rxg8 Qxg8 33. Qxg8 Nxg8 34. Be3
Nc6 35. Nf4 Bf7 36. c4 Nce7 37. cxd5 Nxd5 38. Nxd5 exd5 39. Kb2 c6 40. Kc3 Kc7
41. Bd3 Be6 42. a4 Bd7 43. Bc1 Kd8 44. Kd2 Ke7 45. Ke3 Ke6 46. Ba3 c5 47. dxc5
Kxe5 48. Bb2+ Ke6 49. cxb6 axb6 50. Bd4 b5 51. axb5 Ne7 52. b6 Bc8 53. h5 Nc6
54. Bg7 Ne5 55. Bxe5 Kxe5 56. f4+ Kd6 57. Kd4 Be6 58. Be2 Bc8 59. Bf3 Bb7 60.
Bg2 Bc6 61. Bf1 Be8 62. Be2 Bc6 63. b4 Bb7 64. Bd3 Bc8 65. b7 Bxb7 66. Bxf5 Bc6
67. Bg4 Bb5 68. Bf3 Be8 69. f5 Bd7 70. f6 Be6 71. b5 Bf7 72. b6 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. Nge2
a6 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 b5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Qxa5 Nxe3 14. Rc1
Nxc4 15. Rxc4 bxc4 16. Nc3 Rb8 17. Bxc4 Ne5 18. Be2 Be6 19. Rd1 Bc4 20. Rd2 Nc6
21. Qa3 Be6 22. Qxc5 Nb4 23. a3 Rfc8 24. Qxc8+ Rxc8 25. axb4 Be5 26. Bxa6 Rb8
27. g3 Rxb4 28. Kc1 Kg7 29. Bd3 Bd4 30. Nd1 h5 31. Re2 Rb3 32. Kc2 Rb6 33. Nc3
Bb3+ 34. Kc1 Rc6 35. Kd2 Rc5 36. Re1 Ra5 37. Bc2 Bc4 38. Bd3 Bb3 39. Bc2 Bc4
40. Bd3 Bb3 41. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Livshin, Iosif"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. b3 a5 7. a4 d5 8. Bb2 Nc6
9. Na3 Bf5 10. Nh4 Be6 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. Re1 Rac8 13. Nf3 Ne4 14. Nd2 f5 15. f4
h6 16. Nf3 g5 17. e3 g4 18. Nd2 Nb4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bf1 c6 21. Na3 c5 22. Bb5
Qc7 23. c3 Nd3 24. Re2 Nxb2 25. Rxb2 cxd4 26. cxd4 Qc3 27. Qd2 Qxd2 28. Rxd2
Bxb3 29. Rb1 Bd5 30. Rc2 Rxc2 31. Nxc2 Rc8 32. Rb2 e6 33. Kf2 Bf8 34. Ke2 Be7
35. Kd2 Kf7 36. Rb1 h5 37. Rb2 h4 38. Rb1 Rh8 39. Kc3 hxg3 40. hxg3 Rh2 41. Rg1
Rf2 42. Bd7 Bd6 43. Bb5 Rh2 44. Bd7 Ke7 45. Bb5 Kd8 46. Bf1 Kc7 47. Rg2 Rh1 48.
Bb5 Rd1 49. Bc4 Bb4+ 50. Nxb4 axb4+ 51. Kc2 Re1 52. Bxd5 exd5 53. Kb3 Rxe3+ 54.
Kxb4 b6 55. Rh2 Rxg3 56. Rh7+ Kc6 57. Rh6+ Kb7 58. Rf6 Rg1 59. Rxf5 g3 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Matzkevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. e4 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. Qd2
c6 9. O-O exd4 10. Qxd4 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nd5 13. Qd2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc5 15.
Bd3 Re8 16. Rfe1 Qa5 17. Rac1 Bg4 18. Bb1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ne6 20. c5 Be5 21. cxd6
Rad8 22. Qb2 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. e5 Rxe5 25. Qc2 Rxd6 26. Rcd1 Kf8 27. Kg2
Rde6 28. Rxe5 Qxe5 29. Qa4 Qc5 30. Qc2 Bc7 31. Qf5 Qxf5 32. Bxf5 Re2 33. Bc8
Bb6 34. Rf1 Rc2 35. Bxb7 Rxc3 36. Kg3 Rc2 37. a4 Ke7 38. h4 gxh4+ 39. Kxh4 Kd6
40. Kh5 Bxf2 41. Kxh6 Be3+ 42. Kg7 Ke7 43. f4 Rh2 44. Re1 Rg2+ 45. Kh6 Kf6 46.
Kh7 Bd2 47. Rh1 Rg7+ 48. Kh8 c5 49. Rh5 Be3 50. Be4 Bd4 51. Rd5 Rg4 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. d5 Rac8 15.
Bd3 Nd7 16. Nf1 Nc5 17. Bb1 Na4 18. Ne3 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Qxc4 20. Bd3 Qc7 21. Rb1
Nc5 22. Bc2 Nd7 23. Re2 Nb6 24. b3 f5 25. Ng5 Bxg5 26. Bxg5 h6 27. Bc1 f4 28.
Bd3 Qd7 29. Bd2 Qe8 30. Bb4 Qg6 31. f3 Nd7 32. Rc2 Rxc2 33. Qxc2 Rc8 34. Qd1
Nc5 35. Bf1 Kf7 36. Rc1 Ke7 37. Qe1 Qf6 38. Rc2 Qf8 39. Bxc5 Rxc5 40. Rxc5 dxc5
41. Qc3 Kf6 42. a4 b4 43. Qe1 g5 44. Bc4 Ke7 45. h4 Qf6 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. Qf2
Kd6 48. Qf1 Ke7 49. Qf2 Kd6 50. Qe2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 c6 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 Qa5 8. a3
e5 9. b4 Qc7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Nh5 13. Rad1 Nf4 14. Ne2 Nb6 15.
Bb3 Ne6 16. a4 Re8 17. a5 Nd7 18. c3 Nf6 19. Qc2 b6 20. axb6 axb6 21. Ng5 Nxg5
22. Bxg5 Be6 23. Ng3 Bxb3 24. Qxb3 b5 25. Rd3 Red8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Rd1 Qc7
28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Nf1 Bg5 30. Nh2 Rd8 31. Nf3 Bf6 32. g3 Rd6 33. Kg2 Qd7 34.
Rxd6 Qxd6 35. Qc2 Bd8 36. Qd2 Qxd2 37. Nxd2 Kf8 38. Nf3 f6 39. Kf1 Ke7 40. Ne1
Kd6 41. Nd3 Bb6 42. Ke2 Ba7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D14"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 Rfc8 13. Ne2 Ne7 14. Rxc8+
Rxc8 15. Rc1 Rxc1+ 16. Nxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5
Nxc5 9. c4 Bd7 10. Nc3 Bc6 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Rad1 Ne6 13. Qd2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nh4 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Kg8 18. e4 Rc5 19. Ne3 a6 20. Nd5 Nc7 21.
Nb4 Ne6 22. f4 f5 23. Rfe1 fxe4 24. Rxe4 Ng7 25. Nd5 e6 26. Ne3 Rc6 27. Ng4 b5
28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Qd4 Qb6 30. Qxb6 Rxb6 31. cxb5 axb5 32. Rc1 d5 33. Re2 Nf5 34.
Ng4 Nd4 35. Re3 Ra6 36. Rd1 Nf5 37. Re2 Rc8 38. Ne5 Nd6 39. Rdd2 Ne4 40. Rc2
Rc3 41. Rxc3 Nxc3 42. Rc2 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E74"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 e6
9. Qd2 Qa5 10. Ra3 exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Qf4 Qb6 15.
Bd1 Bxf3 16. Rb3 Qc7 17. Bxf3 Re5 18. g4 Rae8 19. Bh4 h6 20. Qd2 R5e7 21. h3
Ne5 22. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A88"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 f5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1
Kh8 9. d5 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b3 Na6 12. Nd4 Bg8 13. e3 Re8 14. Bb2 Qb6 15.
Nde2 Qc7 16. Rc1 Nc5 17. Rc2 Rad8 18. Rd2 a5 19. Qc2 Bf7 20. Nd4 Ng4 21. Nf3 h6
22. h3 Nf6 23. Nd4 Qb6 24. Rdd1 Kg8 25. Ba3 Rd7 26. Rc1 Rdd8 27. Rfd1 Na6 28.
Bb2 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 c6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Qd2 O-O 7. Be2 Qc7 8. Nf3
b5 9. a3 a6 10. O-O d5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. exd5 Rd8 13. Ne4 Rxd5 14. c4 Rd8 15.
Nxf6+ exf6 16. Rac1 Qa7 17. Qa5 Re8 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Kh1 Kg7 20. Bf1 Rc8 21. d5
Bg4 22. d6 Nd7 23. cxb5 cxb5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxb5 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rc2 27. Rf1
Qe3 28. Qxa6 Qd2 29. Be2 Qxe2 30. Qxe2 Rxe2 31. b4 Rd2 32. b5 Rxd6 33. a4 Kf8
34. a5 Ke7 35. a6 Nb6 36. Rc1 Ke6 37. a7 Kf5 38. Kg2 Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Ra2 40. Rc5+
Ke6 41. Rc6+ Ke7 42. Rxb6 Rxa7 43. Rb8 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D14"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 Rfc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A50"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Be3 c5 10. Qd2 d6 11. Bh6 Nc6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. d5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ne5
15. Bg2 Kg8 16. Qc3 a6 17. f4 Nd7 18. Bh3 b5 19. b3 Rb8 20. e4 Nb6 21. Qc2 Qe8
22. a4 bxa4 23. bxa4 Nd7 24. a5 Qd8 25. Qa4 Nf6 26. e5 Rb4 27. Qc2 Nh5 28. Rf2
Qc7 29. Qe4 Ng7 30. f5 dxe5 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Re2 Qd6 33. Qxe5 Rxc4 34. Qxd6
exd6 35. Re7 Re8 36. Rxe8+ Nxe8 37. Bf1 Rb4 38. Bxa6 Nc7 39. Bf1 Nb5 40. Bxb5
Rxb5 41. a6 Rb8 42. a7 Ra8 43. Kf2 Kf8 44. Ke3 Ke7 45. Kd3 Kd7 46. Kc4 Kc7 47.
Ra6 g5 48. Kb5 f5 49. Rc6+ Kb7 50. Rxd6 Rf8 51. Rd7+ Ka8 52. d6 f4 53. Re7 Rd8
54. d7 Kxa7 55. gxf4 gxf4 56. Kc6 f3 57. Re8 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Rem"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C89"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nf6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Ng4 14. h3 Qh4
15. Qf3 h5 16. Nd2 Bh2+ 17. Kf1 Bd6 18. Kg1 Bh2+ 19. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Rb1
O-O 9. Nh3 Qe8 10. f4 e4 11. O-O Kh8 12. Qc2 h6 13. Nf2 exd3 14. exd3 b6 15.
Bd2 Bd7 16. Nd1 Ng4 17. h3 Nf6 18. Ne3 Qg6 19. Be1 Rae8 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5
Ne7 22. Bf2 h5 23. Kh2 h4 24. gxh4 Qh6 25. Bg3 c5 26. c4 Ng8 27. Qf2 Nf6 28.
Kh1 Nh5 29. Bh2 Re7 30. Rbe1 Rfe8 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Rg1 Be8 33. Re1 Qf6 34. Bf3
Bf7 35. Rg1 Qc3 36. Rg5 Qc1+ 37. Rg1 Qxa3 38. Qd2 Qb4 39. Qd1 Nf6 40. h5 Qb2
41. Bg3 Qd4 42. h6 g6 43. Bh4 Rc7 44. Qd2 Ng8 45. Re1 Kh7 46. Re2 Rb7 47. Kh2
Kxh6 48. Rg2 a5 49. Bf2 Qf6 50. Qc2 Be8 51. Be1 Qd4 52. Kg3 Re7 53. Bc3 Qe3 54.
Bd2 Qd4 55. Bc3 Ba4 56. Bxd4 Bxc2 57. Bxc5 bxc5 58. Rxc2 Ra7 59. Ra2 Nf6 60.
Bd1 Nh5+ 61. Kf3 g5 62. fxg5+ Kxg5 63. Ba4 Kf6 64. Re2 Re7 65. Rxe7 Kxe7 66.
Ke3 Kf6 67. d4 cxd4+ 68. Kxd4 Nf4 69. c5 dxc5+ 70. Kxc5 Ke5 71. Bc2 a4 72. Bxf5
Kxf5 73. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasilchuk, Yury"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qd2 Qa5 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
O-O-O Nbd7 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 O-O-O 11. Kb1 Kb8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 c5 14.
Ne2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rc8 16. Qe3 Qc5 17. Rd2 Rhd8 18. Rhd1 Ne5 19. f4 Nc6 20. Ne2
Nb4 21. a3 Qxe3 22. fxe3 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Rc5 24. Rc2 Rh5 25. Rh1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+
Kxc8 27. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qc2 Qa5 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Ne5 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 O-O
15. b4 Be8 16. Rfe1 b6 17. Qe3 bxc5 18. bxc5 Rb8 19. Rab1 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Bc6 21.
h3 Bf6 22. Ng4 Be7 23. Ne5 Bf6 24. Ng4 Be7 25. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Makarov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
Bd7 9. a3 Qc8 10. Rb1 Bh3 11. b4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 e6 13. e4 Ne7 14. Bf4 Rd8 15.
Qc1 b6 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. f4 Ne8 18. f5 exf5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. exf5 d5 21. cxd5
Nf6 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Nf4 g5 24. Nh3 Nxd5 25. Ne4 cxb4 26. axb4 Rac8 27. Qe1 g4
28. Nf4 Nxf4+ 29. Rxf4 Rxd3 30. Qe2 Qd7 31. Rbf1 Rf8 32. Rf5 Rd4 33. Qxg4 Qc6
34. R1f4 f6 35. Qf3 Qc2+ 36. Kh3 Qc8 37. Qg4 Qd8 38. Qg6 Qd7 39. Rg4 Rf7 40.
Rh5 { Time } 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nc3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 c5
9. Bb2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Re1 dxc4 12. bxc4 Rc8 13. a3 Na5 14. Ne5 Qc7 15.
Nb5 Qb8 16. d5 exd5 17. Nd7 Qf4 18. g3 Qh6 19. Rxe7 Nxd7 20. Rxd7 dxc4 21. Bf5
Rc5 22. Rd8 g6 23. Qd4 c3 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. Bxc3 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 gxf5 27. Rd1
Qe8 28. Qf6 Bd5 29. Nc7 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Livshin, Iosif"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Ne2 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Nbc3
cxd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. O-O a5 11. Nb5 Nc5 12. Nec3 b6 13. a4 Ne8 14. Rb1 f5 15.
b4 axb4 16. Rxb4 Ba6 17. f3 Nc7 18. Re1 Nxb5 19. axb5 Bc8 20. Be3 Ra3 21. Qc2
Bd7 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Ra4 Rxa4 24. Qxa4 Bh6 25. Re2 Qa8 26. Qc4 Qa1+ 27. Kf2
Qc1 28. d6+ Kh8 29. Re1 Qd2+ 30. Re2 Qd4+ 31. Qxd4 exd4 32. Nd5 d3 33. Nxb6
Bxb5 34. Rb2 d2 35. Rb1 Bd3 36. Rd1 Bc2 37. Ke2 fxe4 38. f4 Bxd1+ 39. Kxd1 g5
40. f5 e3 41. g4 Rd8 42. d7 Bg7 43. Bc6 Rb8 44. Ke2 Bd4 45. Ba4 Kg7 46. Nd5 c4
47. Nc7 Kf6 48. Nd5+ Kf7 49. Bb5 c3 50. Ba4 Rd8 51. Kd1 Ra8 52. Ke2 Rd8 53. Kd1
Ra8 54. Ke2 Bf6 55. Bb3 Rb8 56. Bc4 Kg7 57. Bd3 Rd8 58. Nxe3 Rxd7 59. Bc2 d1=Q+
60. Bxd1 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Matzkevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A94"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d5 7. c4 c6 8. Ba3
Nbd7 9. Qc1 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Na3 b6 12. Nc2 Bb7 13. Qa3 Qf7 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Nce1 a5 16. Nd3 Rfc8 17. Nfe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qe8 19. Rfc1 Qd8 20. e3 Nc3 21.
Bf1 Rc7 22. b4 axb4 23. Qb3 Ba6 24. Qxb4 Nxa2 25. Qxb6 Nxc1 26. Rxc1 Bc4 27.
Qxe6+ Kf8 28. Qxf5+ Kg8 29. Qe6+ Kf8 30. Nxc4 Re7 31. Qf5+ Rf7 32. Qxh7 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
d4 Bd6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Bb4 12. Nb1 Re8 13. Nbd2 exd4 14. Bxd4
c5 15. Be3 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 Ne5 17. h3 Nc6 18. f3 Be6 19. a3 Rad8 20. Nb1 Ne5 21.
Qf2 b6 22. Nc3 f6 23. Rfe1 Nc4 24. Bc1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Re1 Qf7 27. f4 Bc8
28. Qg3 Bb7 29. Kh2 Qg6 30. Qf2 Re8 31. Nd5 Nd6 32. Nxc7 Rxe4 33. Rd1 f5 34.
Nd5 Bxd5 35. Rxd5 h6 36. b3 Qe6 37. Rd3 Nf7 38. Rd2 Kh7 39. Bb2 Re3 40. Qf1 b5
41. Qd1 Qe4 42. Rf2 Qc6 43. b4 Re6 44. Qh5 Nd6 45. Be5 Ne4 46. Rf3 Nd2 47. Rf2
Ne4 48. Rf3 Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E64"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3
Nc7 9. Bf4 b5 10. cxb5 Rb8 11. Nd2 Nxb5 12. Nxb5 Rxb5 13. Nc4 Nd7 14. Rc1 Nb6
15. b3 Nxc4 16. Rxc4 Bd7 17. Qd3 a5 18. Bh6 Rb4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rfc1 Bb5 21.
Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C96"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 Nc6 12. Nbd2 Qb6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nf1 Be6 15.
Ne3 Rad8 16. Qe2 g6 17. Ng5 Nh5 18. Nf5 Bc4 19. Nxe7+ Nxe7 20. Qe3 Nf4 21. Nf3
f6 22. b4 Nd3 23. Rd1 Nxc1 24. Rdxc1 Rc8 25. Nd2 Qc6 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27. Rab1
Rfd8 28. Qe2 cxb4 29. Rxb4 Rc7 30. Rxc4 Qb5 31. Ba4 Qa5 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Qxa6
Kg7 34. Bb3 Nc6 35. Qc4 h5 36. Rd1 Rxd1+ 37. Bxd1 Qb6 38. Bb3 Kh6 39. h4 Nd8
40. Qg8 Qd6 41. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C75"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Bc2 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Bg5 14. Qh5 h6
15. Bb3 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 Qe7 17. Nf1 Nd8 18. Ne3 c6 19. Raf1 a5 20. a4 d5 21. Bc2
dxe4 22. Rxe4 Qg5 23. Qf3 Be6 24. Re5 Qe7 25. Nf5 Qf6 26. Nxh6+ $1 Qxh6 27. Rh5
Qd2 28. Bh7+ Kh8 29. Rd1 Qxb2 30. Bg6+ Kg8 31. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E20"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Ne5
Nd5 9. Qc2 b5 10. a4 a6 11. Be4 f5 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. e4 Ne7 14. Rd1 Nd7 15. Be3
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc7 17. Na2 c5 18. Rd6 Rad8 19. Nxb4 Rxd6 20. exd6 Qxd6 21. Rd1
Qc7 22. Na2 Qc6 23. Nc3 Ng6 24. f4 b4 25. Nb1 fxe4 26. Nd2 Rd8 27. Nxe4 Rd5 28.
Rxd5 exd5 29. Nxc5 b3 30. Qd2 Ba8 31. Qd4 Kf7 32. Bh3 Qf6 33. Qxf6+ gxf6 34.
Bd4 a5 35. Kf2 Ne7 36. Be6+ Kg6 37. g4 Nc6 38. Ke3 Nb4 39. Bf5+ Kf7 40. Bxh7
Bc6 41. Bc3 Be8 42. Bxb4 axb4 43. Kd4 Bc6 44. Bf5 Ke7 45. h4 Kd6 46. h5 c3 47.
bxc3 bxc3 48. Nxb3 Bxa4 49. Nc1 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c6 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 Nd7 11. Qc2 h6 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Bd3 c5
15. Bb5 cxd4 16. Rc7 a6 17. Bc6 Rb8 18. Ne5 Rd8 19. Bxd7 Bxd7 20. Nc6 Qd6 21.
Nxb8 Rxb8 22. exd4 Rd8 23. Rd1 g6 24. h3 Kg7 25. Rc3 Qd5 26. Qb3 Bb5 27. Qxd5
Rxd5 28. Rcc1 h5 29. h4 Kf6 30. f3 Ke7 31. Rc7+ Bd7 32. Kf2 Kd6 33. Ra7 a5 34.
Ke3 g5 35. hxg5 Rxg5 36. Rd2 h4 37. Rb7 Rb5 38. Rb8 h3 39. gxh3 Bc6 40. h4 a4
41. Rh2 Bd5 42. h5 Bxa2 43. h6 Rb3+ 44. Kf4 Bb1 45. Rh8 Rb4 46. h7 Bxh7 47.
R8xh7 e5+ 48. Ke3 exd4+ 49. Ke4 Ke6 50. R7h6+ f6 51. Rd2 b5 52. f4 d3+ 53. Ke3
Kf5 54. Kxd3 Rxf4 55. Rh5+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qd2 d5 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bf4 g5
9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. e5 Nh7 11. Ne2 g4 12. Nfg1 Ng5 13. Ng3 Qb6 14. c3 c5 15. Nh5
Bf8 16. Ne2 Ne6 17. O-O-O cxd4 18. cxd4 Bd7 19. Bc2 Rc8 20. Kb1 Rg8 21. Bb3 Nc7
22. Nef4 Rg5 23. Ka1 a5 24. h4 gxh3 25. gxh3 a4 26. Bc2 a3 27. Bb3 e6 28. Rc1
Bb4 29. Qe3 axb2+ 30. Kxb2 Qa5 31. Rc2 Nb5 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 33. Nf6+ Kd8 34. Ne2
b6 35. Ng4 Bd2 36. Qf3 Rf5 37. Qg3 Ba6 38. h4 Bf4 39. Qd3 Nxd4 40. Qxd4 Bxe2
41. Bc2 Qb5+ 42. Kc3 Bxg4 43. Bxf5 Bxf5 44. Qxf4 Qc5+ 45. Kd2 Qc2+ 46. Ke1 Qb1+
47. Kd2 Qxa2+ 48. Ke3 Qb3+ 49. Kd2 Qc2+ 50. Ke1 Bd3 51. Qe3 Qc3+ 52. Kd1 d4 53.
Qd2 Qb3+ 54. Ke1 Qd5 55. Rg1 Qxe5+ 56. Kd1 Qh5+ 57. Ke1 Qe5+ 58. Kd1 Bg6 59.
Re1 Qc5 60. f3 Ke7 61. Qc1 Kd7 62. Qd2 b5 63. Ke2 Qc4+ 64. Kf2 Qc2 65. Re2 d3
66. Kg3 Kc6 67. h5 dxe2 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Rem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C63"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. Bg5 d6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. b4 Bb6 11. a4 a6 12. Bc4 Ba7 13. O-O Bg4 14. c3 Qd7
15. b5 Nd8 16. bxa6 bxa6 17. Bxa6 O-O 18. Be2 Nb7 19. Ng5 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Nc5 21.
Kh1 Kh8 22. a5 h6 23. Nh3 Rab8 24. Nb4 Rb5 25. Ra3 Rfb8 26. f3 Ne6 27. Ra2 Bd4
28. Nd5 c6 29. cxd4 Nxd4 30. Qd1 cxd5 31. exd5 Qb7 32. a6 Qxd5 33. Ra1 Ra8 34.
Qd3 Ra5 35. Qg6 R5xa6 36. Rxa6 Rxa6 37. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Qb3 Nd7 9. Nf3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 c5 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nf6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. O-O
Rfd8 15. Qh4 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Vasilchuk, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
d5 9. e5 Ne8 10. f4 f6 11. O-O-O fxe5 12. fxe5 Nc6 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Nxd5 Rxf3
15. gxf3 Bxf3 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. Qf2 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Qc8 19. Bg5 Nxe5 20. Bb3 Nd6
21. Nxe7 Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C98"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nh2 c4 15.
Ndf1 Nd8 16. Ne3 Ne6 17. Nf5 Bb7 18. Qf3 Rfd8 19. Qg3 Bd6 20. Nf3 Nh5 21. Qg4
Nhf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. e5 Bc5 24. Ng5 Nxg5 25. Qxg5 Bf8 26. Nh6+ Kh8 27. Qf5
Rd3 28. Bxd3 cxd3 29. Nxf7+ Kg8 30. Ng5 g6 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Rad1 Rd8 33. Qg4
Bc8 34. Qxf4 Bc5 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Ne6 Bxe6 37. Qxe6+ Kg7 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qe6+
Kg7 40. Qf6+ Kg8 41. e6 Rf8 42. e7 Rxf6 43. e8=Q+ Kg7 44. Rxd3 Rxf2 45. Kh1 Qf4
46. Qe5+ Qxe5 47. Rxe5 Bf8 48. Rd7+ Kg8 49. b4 Rxa2 50. Re8 Rf2 51. Ra8 Rf6 52.
Rda7 Rf1+ 53. Kh2 h5 54. Rxa6 Kh7 55. Rb6 h4 56. Rxf8 Rxf8 57. Rxb5 Rf4 58. Rc5
Kh6 59. b5 Rf1 60. Rc4 g5 61. b6 Rf8 62. b7 Rb8 63. Rc7 Kg6 64. c4 Kf6 65. c5
Ke6 66. c6 Kd6 67. Rc8 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Makarov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 Ne8 8. Be3
Bg5 9. Qd2 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Na6 11. a3 Nac7 12. O-O Qe7 13. b4 b6 14. Rfb1 g6 15.
f3 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Nd1 f4 19. Qf2 Ng7 20. Nec3 Ba6 21. Qc2
Qh4 22. Nf2 Kh8 23. Rb2 Rab8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Rb1 Rxb1+ 26. Qxb1 Qd8 27. Ng4
h5 28. Nf2 Na8 29. Qe1 Bc8 30. Nb5 a6 31. Nc3 Qa5 32. Nfe4 Nf5 33. Nxd6 Nxd6
34. Qxe5+ Kg8 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Qf6+ Nf7 37. Bg6 Qc7 38. Ne4 Qe7 39. Qxe7+ Kxe7
40. Bxf7 Kxf7 41. Nd6+ Ke7 42. Nxc8+ Kd7 43. Na7 Nb6 44. g4 hxg4 45. fxg4 Nxc4
46. g5 Ne5 47. Nc6 Ng6 48. Nb8+ Kd6 49. Nxa6 Kxd5 50. Kf2 c4 51. Nb4+ Ke4 52.
a4 Ne5 53. a5 Ng4+ 54. Ke1 f3 55. a6 Ke3 56. Nc2+ Kd3 57. a7 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A81"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. c3 Bg7 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 d5 8.
Nxf6+ exf6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O Ne7 11. Re1 c6 12. Nf4 Qd6 13. Qb3 Rf7 14. Bd2
Bf8 15. c4 Nf5 16. Bc3 g5 17. Nd3 Be6 18. c5 Qd7 19. Re2 Re7 20. Rae1 Rae8 21.
Qa4 a6 22. Qc2 Ng7 23. a4 Bf5 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Qd2 Kf7 27. b4
Be4 28. Bf1 h5 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 cxb5 31. Nb4 Qd7 32. Qe2 Qf5 33. Qe3 Ne6
34. Bg2 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Qe4+ 36. Kg1 f5 37. Qxe4 dxe4 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Livshin, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B64"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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. Bh4 Nxe4 11. Bxe7 Nxd2 12. Bxd8 Nxf1 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
Be7 Ne3 15. Bxf8 Nxd1 16. Rxd1 Kxf8 17. Rxd6 Ba6 18. g3 Bb5 19. Rd7 Bf1 20. Ne4
a5 21. Nd6 f6 22. Rf7+ Kg8 23. Re7 Bh3 24. a4 g5 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Nxe8 gxf4
27. gxf4 Kf7 28. Nd6+ Kg6 29. Kd2 Bg4 30. c3 c5 31. Nb7 Kf5 32. Ke3 Bd1 33.
Nxc5 Kg4 34. b4 axb4 35. cxb4 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Matzkevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d3 Bd7 8. O-O
Qc8 9. Nf4 O-O 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. a3 a6 12. Bd2 Re8 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Ne5 15.
Qe2 Bc6 16. Nfd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bd7 18. Rfc1 Bh3 19. b5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qf5 21. d4
Nd7 22. bxa6 bxa6 23. Qxa6 Nf6 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Qa2 Ng4 26. Be1 Rc8 27. Qb1
Qd7 28. Qd3 f5 29. Rb1 Nf6 30. Rb6 Qa7 31. Qa6 Qxa6 32. Rxa6 Rb8 33. Ra2 Rb3
34. Kf3 Kf7 35. h3 h5 36. Ke2 Ne4 37. Kd3 Nf6 38. Kc4 Rb7 39. f3 g5 40. e4 Rc7+
41. Kd3 fxe4+ 42. fxe4 g4 43. h4 Nd7 44. Bd2 Rb7 45. Ra1 Rb4 46. Ne2 Rb3+ 47.
Bc3 Bh6 48. Ra7 Nf6 49. e5 dxe5 50. d6 exd4 51. Rxe7+ Kg6 52. Nxd4 Rb6 53. Re6
Kf7 54. Ba5 Ra6 55. Rxf6+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A86"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. c4 g6 2. b3 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 f5 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. d4 Nc6
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Qxd8 Nxd8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5+ Be6 14. O-O-O Bf8
15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Nc3 c6 17. Bg2 Bf7 18. f4 exf4 19. exf4 Ne6 20. Rd7 Nc5 21.
Rd2 Red8 22. Rhd1 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 a5 24. Kc2 Ke7 25. Ne2 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27.
Kc3 Kc7 28. Nd4 Kd6 29. a3 Nd7 30. b4 axb4+ 31. axb4 Nf6 32. Bf3 Nd7 33. c5+
Kc7 34. Nc2 b6 35. Kd4 Bb3 36. Ne1 bxc5+ 37. bxc5 Nf8 38. Nd3 Bf7 39. h4 h5 40.
Ne5 Be8 41. Bd1 Nd7 42. Nxd7 Kxd7 43. Bb3 Ke7 44. Kc3 Kd7 45. Kb4 Kc7 46. Ka5
Kb7 47. Bc4 Ka7 48. Kb4 Kb7 49. Kc3 Kc7 50. Kd4 Kd7 51. Ke5 Ke7 52. Be6 Kf8 53.
Kf6 Bf7 54. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B51"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. c3 Qb6 7. Na3 Nf6 8. Re1
e6 9. Qa4 Bxf3 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. gxf3 Nd7 12. d3 Be7 13. Qd1 a6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15.
a4 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Qe4 Nf6 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Kf1 b5 21. Ne3
Nb6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. f4 Rd8 25. Ke2 g6 26. c4 bxc4 27. dxc4 Rd4
28. b3 Rd7 29. Bb2 Rb7 30. Ra1 f5 31. Ra5 Nd7 32. Rb5 Rxb5 33. cxb5 Bd6 34. Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. Nbd2
Qd7 9. Re1 Rad8 10. e4 Bg4 11. d5 Nb8 12. Qc1 Bh6 13. Bd4 c5 14. Be3 Bg7 15.
Rb1 Na6 16. c3 Rfe8 17. Nh4 Bh3 18. Qc2 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 e6 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Bg5
Nc7 22. Nc4 h6 23. Bf4 Nh5 24. Rbd1 Nxf4 25. Nxf4 Qf6 26. Re3 b5 27. Na5 Rb8
28. b4 c4 29. Nc6 Rb6 30. Nd4 h5 31. a4 a6 32. a5 Rbb8 33. Rf3 Qg5 34. Nc6 Rbc8
35. Rxd6 Bf8 36. Rd7 Qg4 37. Qd1 Rxe4 38. Rxf7 { Time } 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A14"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qc2 c5 10. Nh4 Nc6 11. Nf5 d4 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. Nf3 Qd7
15. Ne5 Qh3 16. f3 Bd6 17. Rf2 Rfe8 18. Nd3 Re6 19. Nc3 Ng4 20. Rg2 c4 21. bxc4
Rg6 22. Nd1 Bxf3 23. exf3 Nxh2 24. Ne5 Rxg3 25. Ne3 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Nxf3+ 27. Kf1
Rxg2 28. Nxg2 Nxe5 29. Re1 Nf3 30. Re3 Rd8 31. Kf2 Nd4 32. Qa4 Qf5+ 33. Kg3
Qg5+ 34. Kh2 Ne6 35. d4 h6 36. d5 Nf4 37. Re8+ Rxe8 38. Qxe8+ Kh7 39. Qe4+ Ng6
40. Kg1 Qe5 41. Qf3 Qd4+ 42. Kh2 Qxc4 43. Qxf7 Qxa2 44. Kg3 a5 45. Ne3 Qb3 46.
Kf2 a4 47. Qf5 Qb2+ 48. Nc2 Qf6 49. Qxf6 gxf6 50. d6 Ne5 51. Kg3 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Rae1 e5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb4
15. Bxb4 Qxb4 16. a3 Qe7 17. Ng3 Nb6 18. Ba2 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. dxe5 Qxe5
21. f4 Qe6 22. e4 Qc4 23. Qd1 Kh7 24. e5 Nd5 25. Ne4 f6 26. b3 Qb5 27. Qc2 Kh8
28. e6 Qb6+ 29. Nc5 Rfe8 30. f5 Rad8 31. Rf3 Nc7 32. Qf2 Rd5 33. b4 Na6 34. Ne4
Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Kg8 36. g4 c5 37. bxc5 Nxc5 38. Nxc5 Rxc5 39. Rd1 Re7 40. Rfd3
h5 41. Rd7 Re8 42. Rd8 Kf8 43. R1d7 Rxd8 44. Rxd8+ Ke7 45. Rd7+ Ke8 46. h3 Rc2+
47. Kg3 Rc3+ 48. Kh4 Rxa3 49. Kxh5 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qd2 Rad8 14. Rfd1 Bb8
15. b5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Ne4 17. Qe1 Bg4 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. Rc2 Bf5 20. Nbd4 Nxd4
21. Nxd4 Bg6 22. Rdc1 Ng5 23. Rc3 Be4 24. f3 Bg6 25. Bb5 Rf8 26. a4 Bd6 27. Rb3
Rc8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rc3 Rd8 30. Qc1 Ne6 31. Ba3 Nxd4 32. exd4 Bxa3 33. Rxa3
Bf5 34. Rc3 Qb4 35. Qe3 h6 36. Rc7 Qb1+ 37. Kf2 Qb2+ 38. Kg3 Rd6 39. Bf1 Rg6+
40. Kf4 Re6 41. Qc3 Qf2 42. Kxf5 Qh4 43. Rxf7 Kxf7 44. Qc7+ Re7 45. Qg3 Qh5+
46. Kf4 g5+ 47. Kf5 g4+ 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Rem"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C79"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Be7 7. d4 Nd7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Bf6 10. a3 Nb6 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. d5 Ne7 13. c4 c5 14. b4 Nd7 15. Ba4
Rc8 16. Rb1 b6 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rb8 19. Qe2 Qc7 20. Rb3 Rfd8 21. Rfb1 Nc8
22. Bc6 Na7 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. a4 Rdd8 25. Qf1 Rdc8 26. Qc1 Be7 27. Qb2 Bd8 28.
Nf3 f6 29. Ne1 cxb4 30. Rxb4 a5 31. Rxb6 Rxb6 32. Bxb6 Qxb6 33. Qxb6 Bxb6 34.
Rxb6 Rxc4 35. Rxd6 Nc8 36. Ra6 Rxe4 37. Nf3 Rc4 38. d6 Nxd6 39. Rxd6 Rxa4 40.
Kf1 h5 41. g3 Ra1+ 42. Ke2 a4 43. Ra6 a3 44. h4 Kf7 45. Nd2 Ra2 46. Ke3 Ra1 47.
Ne4 Kg6 48. Kf3 Kf5 49. Nd6+ Kg6 50. Nc4 a2 51. Ne3 Rc1 52. Rxa2 Rc7 53. Nd5
Rb7 54. Rc2 Kf5 55. Rc7 Rb5 56. Ne7+ Ke6 57. Ng8 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. O-O
O-O 9. c3 d6 10. d3 Bb6 11. Bg5 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Bh4 Qe7 15. Bxf6
Qxf6 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nf1 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. N3d2 Rad8 21. Ne4
Qe7 22. Ne3 Be6 23. Qh5 Bc8 24. Nf5 Qe6 25. g4 Nc6 26. Kh1 Ne7 27. Nxe7+ Rxe7
28. f3 Bb7 29. g5 hxg5 30. Qxg5 f5 31. Nd2 c4 32. dxc4 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Bxf3+ 34.
Rg2 Qxc4 35. Qxf5 Rf7 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Qg6 Qc6 38. Qxc6 Bxc6 39. Bd3 Rf2 40.
Bf1 Rxb2 41. h4 Kf7 42. Ra6 Bxg2+ 43. Bxg2 Be3 44. Bd5+ Kf8 45. Ra2 Rb1+ 46.
Kg2 Rg1+ 47. Kf3 Bf4 48. h5 Rg3+ 49. Ke4 Re3+ 50. Kf5 Ke7 51. Ra5 Rh3 52. Rxb5
Rxh5+ 53. Ke4 Rh3 54. c4 Kf6 55. Rb6+ Kg5 56. Bf7 Re3+ 57. Kd5 Rd3+ 58. Kc6 e4
59. c5 e3 60. Bc4 e2 61. Bxd3 e1=Q 62. Kb5 Qc3 63. Bc4 Be3 64. Re6 Kf4 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasilchuk, Yury"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C75"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2
Ng6 9. Nc4 Be7 10. Ne3 Bg5 11. Nd5 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 O-O 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. O-O Na5
15. Ne3 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 Bc6 17. Qc2 Qf6 18. c4 Nf4 19. Rfd1 Rae8 20. Ne1 Qg6 21.
f3 Qg5 22. Kh1 g6 23. Nd3 f5 24. exf5 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 e4 26. fxe4 Bxe4 27. Qd2
gxf5 28. Nd5 f4 29. Nc3 Bc6 30. Nd5 Rf7 31. Rc3 b5 32. b3 bxc4 33. bxc4 Re4 34.
Rcc1 Qg4 35. h3 Qh4 36. Nb4 Rd4 37. Qb2 Qxh3+ 38. Kg1 Rg7 39. Nxc6 f3 40. Ne7+
Kf7 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Qf3 e6 4. Qg3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nh6 6. Bc4 Nf5 7. Qc3 b5 8.
Bb3 a5 9. a4 b4 10. Qh3 Nd4 11. Ne2 Nxb3 12. Qxb3 Ba6 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. b3 Nf6
15. Bb2 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qd5 17. Ng3 Rd8 18. d3 h5 19. h4 Rh6 20. O-O-O Rg6 21.
Rde1 Bb7 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 c5 24. Ne4 f6 25. Ng3 Kf7 26. Ne4 Rg2 27. Rhg1
Rh2 28. Rh1 Rxh1 29. Rxh1 Be7 30. Rg1 Bxe4 31. fxe4 g6 32. f3 f5 33. Rh1 Bd6
34. Kd2 Bg3 35. Ke2 Rg8 36. Bc1 f4 37. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makarov, Andrei"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. a3 Nf6 7. Be2 b5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Bf3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Bg5 Bd6 12. g3 Be5 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Qe3 c5 15.
Bf4 Rad8 16. Ne2 Rd7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Rxd7 Rxd7 19. Bg2 h6 20. c3 Bxf4 21.
Nxf4 Ng4 22. Qe2 Ne5 23. Rd1 Qd8 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Bf1 c4 26. f3 Qd2 27. Ng2
Qc1 28. Ne3 Nd3 29. Nd1 g5 30. h3 h5 31. b4 Kf8 32. Kh2 h4 33. gxh4 gxh4 34.
Bg2 Ke8 35. Bh1 e5 36. Bg2 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qg3 38. Qd2 Bc8 39. Ne3 Bxh3 40. Nf1
Qg6 41. Kh2 Bd7 42. Qe3 Nf4 43. Qf2 Qg5 44. Bh1 Bh3 45. Ne3 f6 46. Nd5 Nxd5 47.
exd5 Bd7 48. Bg2 Qf4+ 49. Kg1 Qc1+ 50. Kh2 h3 51. Bxh3 Qh6 52. Qg3 Ke7 53. Kg2
Qxh3+ 54. Qxh3 Bxh3+ 55. Kxh3 f5 56. Kh4 Kd6 57. Kg5 e4 58. fxe4 fxe4 59. Kg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
d4 Bd6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Re1 Rf7 12. Qd3 Qe8 13. Rad1 Re7 14. h3 Nf8
15. dxe5 fxe5 16. Ne2 Ng6 17. Ng3 Kh8 18. a3 h6 19. Qc3 Be6 20. Nf5 Rd7 21. g4
Rad8 22. Rd2 Bg8 23. Red1 Qe6 24. b3 Kh7 25. Kg2 Nh8 26. g5 Nf7 27. Kh2 Bf8 28.
Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Nxe5 Nxe5 31. Qxe5 Bd6 32. Nxd6 Qxd6 33. Bf4 Qxe5
34. Bxe5 hxg5 35. Bxc7 Kg6 36. Be5 Be6 37. Kg3 Kf7 38. b4 b5 39. h4 gxh4+ 40.
Kxh4 Ba2 41. c3 g6 42. Kg5 Bb1 43. Kf4 Ke6 44. Bg7 g5+ 45. Ke3 g4 46. Kd4 Kd6
47. Be5+ Ke6 48. Bg3 Bc2 49. e5 Bg6 50. Kc5 Be8 51. Kb6 Kd5 52. Kxa6 Bd7 53.
Kb6 Be8 54. Kc7 Bg6 55. Bf4 Bf5 56. c4+ Ke4 57. Bg5 bxc4 58. a4 Kf3 59. a5 Kxf2
60. a6 c5 61. a7 Be4 62. e6 g3 63. e7 g2 64. e8=Q g1=Q 65. Qxe4 Qxg5 66. a8=Q
1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Livshin, Iosif"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A41"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. e3 f5 7. Nge2 Ngf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. f4 Nf7 11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qe7 14. Bf3 Bh3
15. Re1 Rae8 16. Bd2 d5 17. Kh1 Qd7 18. Bb4 Nd6 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Ng1 Rxe1 21.
Qxe1 Nxc4 22. Qe4 Nd6 23. Qf3 Bf5 24. Qg2 Re8 25. Re1 Rxe1 26. Bxe1 c6 27. Bf3
Qe6 28. Bb4 Nb5 29. b3 Nd4 30. Bc3 h5 31. Qb2 Qe3 32. Bg2 Kh7 33. Qd2 Qxd2 34.
Bxd2 Bb1 35. Nf3 Bxa2 36. Nxd4 Bxd4 37. b4 Kg7 38. h3 Kf6 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4
Ke6 41. Kh2 Bd5 42. Bf1 Be4 43. Bc4+ Kd6 44. Kg3 b5 45. Be2 a6 46. Kh4 Bf6+ 47.
g5 Bd4 48. Bg4 c5 49. Bc8 Kc7 50. Bxa6 Bf5 51. Kg3 Kb6 52. Bxb5 Kxb5 53. bxc5
Kxc5 54. Ba5 Kc4 55. Bc7 Kd3 56. Kf3 Be4+ 57. Kg3 Ke2 58. Bd6 Bf2+ 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Matzkevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. b3 Bf6 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Qd2 Ne7 13. Rad1 a5 14. a4 Qe8 15.
Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Qf7 17. f3 d5 18. e4 fxe4 19. fxe4 dxe4 20. Qf4 Ng6 21. Qxe4
Rad8 22. Ne3 Qe7 23. Ng4 Rf7 24. Kg2 Nf8 25. Rd3 Nd7 26. Rdf3 Rdf8 27. Qc6 Qd6
28. Qxd6 cxd6 29. Re1 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B95"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Qd2
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. g4 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. f4 Nb6 14. Qe3 Rfe8 15.
h4 Qc5 16. f5 e5 17. Nb3 Qxe3+ 18. Bxe3 Na4 19. Nxa4 bxa4 20. Nd2 Nxe4 21. Bf3
d5 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Bg5 f6 24. Be3 Rac8 25. Re2 Bc6 26. Rh2 Red8 27. Re1 Rd7
28. Bb6 Rb7 29. Ba5 h5 30. Nxe4 hxg4 31. Rg2 Bd7 32. Rf1 Rcb8 33. Bb4 Bxb4 34.
axb4 Bc6 35. Rxg4 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 Rxb4 37. Rxb4 Rxb4 38. Rd1 Rf4 39. Rd6 Rxf5 40.
Rxa6 Rf4 41. h5 Kh7 42. Kd2 Kh6 43. Ra7 Rd4+ 44. Kc3 f5 45. b4 axb3 46. cxb3
Kxh5 47. Rxg7 f4 48. b4 f3 49. Rf7 Kg4 50. b5 Rd6 51. Kc4 e4 52. Kc5 Rd1 53.
Re7 f2 54. Rxe4+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Nf6 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. Nf5 d5 10. Nxe7+ Nxe7 11. c3 Nc5 12. Bc2 Bf5 13. Be3 Bxc2 14. Qxc2
Ne6 15. Nd2 c5 16. Nf3 Qc7 17. Rad1 Qc6 18. Ng5 Nxg5 19. Bxg5 Ng6 20. Qd3 h6
21. Bc1 Rad8 22. Rfe1 Qe6 23. b4 c4 24. Qe2 Rde8 25. Qf1 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 f5 7. O-O Nf6 8. d3
O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. f4 c6 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. Bd2 Bd7 15.
a3 Qa6 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Qc2 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5+ Be6 20. Bxe6+ Qxe6
21. Bc3 Qb6 22. Qf2 Rad8 23. Rbd1 Rd5 24. Rd2 Bh6 25. Re1 Qb5 26. d4 e4 27. Rc2
Rc8 28. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Ne3 Re8 13. Ng4 Rb8 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6
15. Bf4 e5 16. Ng5 Nb6 17. Qh5 Bf5 18. Be3 h6 19. Nf3 d4 20. Bd2 Bg6 21. Qh4
Qf7 22. g4 c4 23. Qg3 cxd3 24. Nh4 Rbc8 25. Nxg6 Qxg6 26. cxd3 Na4 27. Be4 Qd6
28. g5 hxg5 29. Qxg5 Nc5 30. Bf5 Rc7 31. b4 Ne6 32. Qg6 Qe7 33. Qh7+ Kf7 34.
Bg6+ Kf6 35. Qh5 Qf8 36. Bxe8 g6 37. Qxg6+ Ke7 38. Bxc6 Kd6 39. Bh6 Qh8 40. Bg2
Rh7 41. Bf4 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B57"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8.
Bb3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Qd7 11. Kh1 b5 12. f3 Na5 13. Bg5 Nxb3 14. cxb3 Rac8
15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Qd3 d5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qxd5
21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22. Nc3 Rc5 23. b4 Rc4 24. a3 a6 25. Rd1 Kf8 26. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C17"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd2 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bxd2+ 8.
Qxd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nbc6 10. Nbxd4 f6 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. c4 Kh8 14.
Rd1 b6 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rfe1 Qd6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bb1 Ne7 19. Qe3 Nc6 20. Qd3
g6 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Na5 23. Rd7 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nc6 25. Be4 Re8 26. Re3 Ne5
27. Rxa7 Rd8 28. Rc3 Rf7 29. Rxf7 Nxf7 30. Rc6 Rb8 31. Rc7 Ne5 32. h3 Rf8 33.
Kg2 Rf6 34. b3 Kg8 35. Bd5+ Kh8 36. Be4 h5 37. Re7 Nc6 38. Bxc6 Rxc6 39. h4 Kg8
40. Rb7 Kf8 41. Kg3 Rf6 42. b4 Ke8 43. a4 Kd8 44. a5 bxa5 45. bxa5 Ra6 46. Rb5
Ke7 47. Kf4 Rf6+ 48. Kg5 Rxf3 49. Kxg6 Rxf2 50. Kxh5 Kf6 51. Kg4 Ra2 52. h5
Ra4+ 53. Kf3 Kg7 54. Ke3 Kh6 55. Kd3 Rh4 56. Kc3 Kg7 57. Kb3 Rh3+ 58. Kb4 Rh4+
59. Kc5 Rxh5+ 60. Kb6 Rh8 61. a6 Rb8+ 62. Kc6 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Rem"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B73"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Nb3 Re8 11. f4 a6 12. h3 b5 13. Bf3 Rc8 14. g4 Be6 15.
Nd5 Nd7 16. c3 Na5 17. Bd4 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Nc5 21.
Bd1 e5 22. Qe3 exf4 23. Qxf4 Qc7 24. Bc2 Re2 25. Rf2 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 a5 27. Re1
b4 28. h4 Nd7 29. Re3 Ne5 30. h5 Qe7 31. Rh3 Re8 32. Bd1 Qb7 33. Qd4 Qe7 34.
cxb4 axb4 35. Qxb4 Qf6+ 36. Kg2 Qg5 37. Qd4 f5 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. b4 fxg4 40.
Re3 Rf8 41. Rc3 Nf3 42. Qe4 Nh4+ 43. Kh2 Rf2+ 44. Kg1 Qd2 45. Rg3 Rf4 46. Qe8+
Kg7 47. Qe7+ Rf7 48. Qe2 Qd4+ { Time } 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B37"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc2 d6 7. Nc3 Nh6 8. Be2
f5 9. h4 O-O 10. Bxh6 Bxh6 11. h5 Bg7 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ne3 Qa5
15. Qd2 Nd4 16. Rc1 Qe5 17. b3 Rac8 18. Ncd5 Rf7 19. f4 Qe4 20. Rf1 Nxe2 21.
Qxe2 Be6 22. Rd1 Rcf8 23. Rd3 Bd7 24. g3 b5 25. Ng2 Qxe2+ 26. Kxe2 Bf5 27. Rd2
bxc4 28. bxc4 Be4 29. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasilchuk, Yury"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B98"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. e5 Qxf3 12. gxf3 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Bxe7
Kxe7 15. f4 g5 16. fxg5 Nxe5 17. Bg2 h6 18. Rhe1 Nd7 19. Nd5+ Kd8 20. Nf6 Kc7
21. Re3 Nxf6 22. Rc3+ Kb8 23. gxf6 e5 24. Bd5 Rd8 25. Bxf7 Rf8 26. Bh5 Rxf6 27.
Rd8 Rc6 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Bg4 Kc7 30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 31. Bxc8 Kxc8 32. Kd2 a5 33.
Kd3 Kd7 34. Ke4 Ke6 35. b3 h5 36. h4 c5 37. a3 Kf6 38. c3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Rb1 e5 8. d3
Re8 9. b4 h6 10. Ne1 Nc6 11. b5 Ne7 12. e3 Kh7 13. Ne2 c6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Bb2
Qc7 16. f4 Rb8 17. Bc3 Rxb1 18. Qxb1 Nd7 19. Nf3 Nc5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. d4 Ne4
22. Ba1 exd4 23. exd4 Ba6 24. Rc1 c5 25. Nf4 Rb8 26. Qd3 Qd6 27. d5 Bxa1 28.
Rxa1 Qf6 29. Re1 g5 30. Nh5 Qb2 31. Qe3 Rb7 32. g4 Bxc4 33. gxf5 Bxd5 34. f6
Nf5 35. Qd3 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Rb2 37. Rg1 Qe3 38. Qxe3 Nxe3 39. f7 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makarov, Andrei"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A26"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Ne7 6. Nge2 Nbc6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 c6 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Qd2 a5 13. h3 b6 14. g4 d5 15. cxd5
cxd5 16. Rac1 dxe4 17. Bc7 Qd7 18. Bxe4 Nd5 19. Bg3 Bb7 20. Rfe1 Rac8 21. Rxc8
Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Nb4 24. Qf4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qc8 26. Nxd4 Nxd3 27. Nc6
Qe6 28. Qxd3 Qxc6 29. Qd8+ Bf8 30. Bf4 a4 31. Bh6 Qd6 32. Qe8 Qe7 33. Qa8 a3
34. b3 f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Kf1 Kf7 37. Qxf8+ Qxf8 38. Bxf8 Kxf8 39. Ke2 Kf7
40. Ke3 Kg6 41. f4 Kh5 42. Kd4 Kh4 43. Ke5 Kxh3 44. Kxf5 Kg3 45. Ke5 h5 46. f5
1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 c5 10. c3 Qc7 11. Ne5 Rd8 12. Qe2 Nf8 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Bf4 Nd5
15. Bd2 Bd7 16. a3 Be8 17. c4 Nf6 18. Bc3 Rac8 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. b4 Ba4 21. Rc1
Be8 22. Bb2 b6 23. h4 N8d7 24. h5 h6 25. Bb1 Nf8 26. Qf3 N8h7 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28.
Qxe4 Nf6 29. Qc2 Kf8 30. Qe2 a5 31. Bc3 axb4 32. axb4 Ng8 33. Qe4 Nf6 34. Qf3
Bc6 35. Qh3 Be8 36. g4 Ng8 37. Qf3 Bf6 38. b5 Ne7 39. Qe4 Ng8 40. Qh7 Qc5 41.
Qh8 Bd7 42. Bh7 Ke7 43. Rcd1 Bxe5 44. Bxe5 Nf6 45. Qxg7 Nxh7 46. Bd6+ Qxd6 47.
Rxd6 Kxd6 48. Qxh7 Ke7 49. Qxh6 Rg8 50. Qf4 Rc5 51. f3 Rf5 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Livshin, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B72"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. O-O g6 8.
Be3 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. Bb3 Na5 12. f4 Nxb3 13. axb3 a6 14. Rad1 Qc7
15. Rfe1 b5 16. b4 Rfd8 17. Nb3 Bc6 18. Qf2 Rd7 19. Bb6 Qb8 20. Ra1 Bb7 21. Bd4
Rc4 22. e5 Ne8 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Ng7 26. Re2 Rxb4 27. Rae1 Qf8
28. Ne4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Rc4 30. c3 Rc5 31. Qe2 Rcc7 32. Ra1 Qc8 33. g4 Qb7 34. f5
Rd8 35. Re1 Rdd7 36. Rf1 Qd5 37. Qf3 Rc8 38. Qe2 gxf5 39. gxf5 Qf7 40. Ne6 Kh8
41. Rg4 Rg8 42. Kh2 Rdd8 43. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Matzkevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. c3 d5 8.
exd5 Qxd5 9. O-O Qd6 10. Nd2 b6 11. Ne4 Qd8 12. Qa4 Ne7 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1
Re8 15. Nf4 a6 16. Re2 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rde1 Re6 19. Qc2 f5 20. Ng3 Rxe2
21. Qxe2 b5 22. b3 Bb7 23. b4 Qd5 24. f3 Bc6 25. Rb1 a5 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27. a4
bxa4 28. Rb8+ Bf8 29. Qe7 Qd6 30. Rxf8+ Kg7 31. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 c6 8.
Nf3 Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Qa5 11. Rb4 c5 12. Ra4 Qc7 13. d3 b5 14. Rh4 Bb7 15.
Bh6 Bxh6 16. Rxh6 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rab8 18. Rh4 Qe5 19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qd6 21.
Qc1 Rfc8 22. Qh6 Nf8 23. Re4 Rc4 24. Rd1 b4 25. Qe3 Rc3 26. Qf4 Ne6 27. Qd2 a5
28. Re5 Qc7 29. Bd5 Nf8 30. Qf4 e6 31. Bb3 Nd7 32. Re3 Qxf4 33. gxf4 Rxe3 34.
fxe3 Nb6 35. d5 exd5 36. Bxd5 Nxd5 37. Rxd5 a4 38. Kf2 b3 39. axb3 axb3 40. Rd1
f5 41. Rb1 Kf7 42. e4 Ke6 43. exf5+ gxf5 44. Ke3 Kd5 45. Kd3 h5 46. Kc3 Ke4 47.
Rxb3 Rxb3+ 48. Kxb3 Kxf4 49. Kc3 Ke3 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C95"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 Bb7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Bxd8 13. Nxe5 Nxe4 14. Bf4 Nc5
15. Nd2 Nc6 16. Bc2 Ne6 17. Bg3 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Re8 19. Rad1 Be7 20. Nb3 Rad8 21.
Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Rd1 Bg5 23. Bf5 Bf4 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. Nc5 Bxg2 26. Nxa6 g6 27.
Nxc7 Re7 28. Nxb5 gxf5 29. Kh2 Bc6 30. Nd4 Bd7 31. c4 Ng6 32. b4 Ne5 33. c5 Nc6
34. Nc2 Na7 35. Ne3 Kf8 36. Kg3 f6 37. Rd6 Kg7 38. a4 Nc8 39. Ra6 Re4 40. Nd5
Be6 41. Nf4 Bb3 42. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Be7 7. g3 d6 8.
Bg2 Nf6 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Qd7 13. Qc2 c6 14. Nc3 Bh3
15. f4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 O-O-O 17. b4 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. b5 f5 20. Be3 Nxc3 21. Qxc3
Kb8 22. bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qxc6 bxc6 24. Rfc1 Kc7 25. Bd2 Rb8 26. Ba5+ Kd7 27. e6+
Kxe6 28. Rxc6+ Kf7 29. Rc7 Rhc8 30. Rac1 Rxc7 31. Rxc7 Rb2+ 32. Kf3 Ke6 33.
Rc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C27"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8.
Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. d4 Nxd4 13. Bg5 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3
Qxg5 15. Bd5 e4 16. Qb3 Ba6 17. Qc3 Ne8 18. g3 Qg4 19. f3 Qxf3 20. Qxf3 exf3
21. Bxf3 Nf6 22. a4 Ne4 23. g4 Bb7 24. gxf5 Bxa8 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. c3 Kc7 27.
a5 b5 28. Ke2 Bd6 29. Rag1 Re8 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "115"]

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 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. d5 Ne7 15.
Na3 Ba6 16. Nc2 Nc5 17. Nb4 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Bb7 19. Be3 Rb8 20. Nd2 h6 21. Qc2 c5
22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. f3 Qb7 24. Nb3 Ra8 25. Rd1 Nc8 26. Qd3 Be8 27. Ra1 Rxa1+ 28.
Nxa1 Bd8 29. Nac2 Bb6 30. Nd5 Bxe3+ 31. Ncxe3 Bc6 32. Nb4 Bd7 33. Kf2 Be6 34.
Nbd5 Kf8 35. f4 exf4 36. Nxf4 Qb6 37. Nd5 Qc6 38. Nf5 Bxd5 39. Qxd5 Qxd5 40.
exd5 h5 41. Ke3 g6 42. Nd4 Nb6 43. Nxb5 Nxd5+ 44. Ke4 Nf6+ 45. Kd4 Ke7 46. Nc7
Kd7 47. Nd5 Ne8 48. b4 Ng7 49. c4 Ne6+ 50. Ke3 Nd8 51. Nf4 Nc6 52. b5 Ne7 53.
Ke4 h4 54. Nd5 f5+ 55. Kf4 Nxd5+ 56. cxd5 Kc7 57. Kg5 Kb6 58. Kxh4 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Rem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E21"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. e3 Qa5 8. Bxf6
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxc3+ 10. Nd2 gxf6 11. Rc1 Qa3 12. Rb1 d6 13. Rb3 Qxa2 14. Bd3
Rd8 15. O-O Kf8 16. f4 cxd4 17. exd4 Nc6 18. Nf3 a5 19. Rb5 Nb4 20. Rh5 Bd7 21.
f5 Ke7 22. fxe6 Ba4 23. Qe1 Nxd3 24. Qe4 fxe6 25. Qh7+ Ke8 26. Qxd3 Qc2 27. Qe3
Kd7 28. Rc1 Qb3 29. Qxh6 Re8 30. Re1 Qxc4 31. Qxf6 Re7 32. d5 e5 33. Qf5+ Kc7
34. Qg5 Kd7 35. Qf5+ Kc7 36. Qg5 Kd7 37. Rh4 Qc5+ 38. Kh1 Bb3 39. Rc1 Qxd5 40.
Rd4 exd4 41. Qg4+ Qe6 42. Qxd4 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A92"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2
Qe8 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nd3 Kh8 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. Rb1 a5 13. b3 Rg8 14. Nfe5 g5 15.
f3 Nef6 16. e4 Nf8 17. Bd2 Rg7 18. Rbe1 h6 19. Re2 Qd8 20. Bc3 Bd7 21. Nxd7
Qxd7 22. Ne5 Qc8 23. exf5 exf5 24. Bh3 g4 25. fxg4 fxg4 26. Bg2 Kg8 27. Bd2 Ne6
28. Ref2 Nxd4 29. Qd3 Nf3+ 30. Nxf3 gxf3 31. Rxf3 Ne4 32. cxd5 Nxd2 33. Qxd2
cxd5 34. Qxh6 Qc5+ 35. Kh1 Qc6 36. Qh5 Rd8 37. Rf5 Qg6 38. Bxd5+ Rxd5 39. Qxg6
Rxg6 40. Rxd5 b6 41. Re1 Bb4 42. Re2 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Vasilchuk, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E58"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 b6 12. Ba3 Na5 13. Ne5 Re8 14. f3 Bb7 15.
Ra2 Rad8 16. Re2 Nc4 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Bb1 Nd5 19. Qc2 g6 20. Rfe1 Ba6 21. Bc1
cxd4 22. exd4 Qc6 23. Bd2 Bc8 24. Qa2 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Be6 26. Be4 f6 27. Qa1 Bf7
28. Qa3 g5 29. Qc1 Qd6 30. Qb1 h6 31. Qa2 Kg7 32. Bb1 Rh8 33. Re1 Qc7 34. Qc2
Qd7 35. Qa2 Rc8 36. Be4 Qc6 37. Rb1 Rb8 38. Qc2 Qd7 39. Kf2 Ne7 40. g4 Bd5 41.
h4 gxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D93"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qb3 Qa5 8. Nd2
Nbd7 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O b5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. a4 b4 13. Na2 Ne4 14. Nf3 e5 15.
dxe5 Rb8 16. Nc1 Ndc5 17. Qd1 Be6 18. Nd4 g5 19. Bg3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bxe5 21. f4
Bf6 22. Bd3 Ne4 23. Ncb3 Qb6 24. a5 Qd6 25. Qh5 Bg7 26. Rad1 f5 27. Bxe4 fxe4
28. Qxg5 Bd7 29. Rc1 h6 30. Qh5 Be8 31. Qg4 Bd7 32. Qh5 Rbc8 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34.
Nf5 Bxf5 35. Qxf5 Rf8 36. Qh5 Bxb2 37. Rd1 Rd8 38. g4 Bg7 39. g5 hxg5 40. Qxg5
Rd7 41. Nd4 Qf6 42. Qg4 Rc7 43. Qh5 Qf7 44. Qg5 Rc3 45. Rb1 Rc4 46. Kh2 Kh7 47.
Nf5 Qg6 48. Qh4+ Bh6 49. g4 Qe6 50. Kg3 Qg6 51. Rh1 Rc6 52. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Makarov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D50"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 Qb6 6. dxe6 cxd4 7. exf7+ Kxf7
8. Na4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qb5 11. b3 Nc6 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. Rc1 Ne4 14.
Qf4+ Qf5 15. Qxe4 Qa5+ 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Qf4 Rac8 18. Rc5 Ne7 19. e4 Rxc5 20.
Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Bc4+ Ke8 22. exf5 b5 23. Be2 Qc1+ 24. Bd1 Nd5 25. Qg5 h6 26. O-O
1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A88"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Na6 9. a3 Kh8 10. Bg5 Be6 11. b3 Rc8 12. Qd3 Bg8 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. Bc1 e5 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Bb2 Nc5 18. b4 Ncd7 19. Nd2 e4 20. Bh3 Rce8 21. f4 e3
22. Nf3 Bxc4 23. Rd4 b5 24. Rfd1 Re7 25. Bg2 Ne8 26. a4 a6 27. Qc1 Kg8 28. Kf1
Bxd4 29. Nxd4 Nb8 30. Nb1 Nf6 31. Na3 Bd5 32. Nf3 h6 33. Be5 Qa7 34. Bd6 Kh7
35. Bxe7 Qxe7 36. Ne5 Bxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Qxb4 38. Qxe3 Qe4+ 39. Qxe4 Nxe4 40. Nd7
Nxd7 41. Rxd7+ Kg8 42. Ra7 Nc5 43. Rc7 Rf6 44. axb5 axb5 45. Nxb5 cxb5 46. Rxc5
Rb6 47. Rc3 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Livshin, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "207"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 N5f6 12. Ng3 g6 13. O-O e5 14. Rfe1 e4
15. Nd2 Nb6 16. Bb3 Bg4 17. Rc1 Rfe8 18. Qb1 Nc8 19. Rc5 Nd6 20. Re5 Qd8 21.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Bc2 Bf5 23. f3 exf3 24. Bxf5 f2+ 25. Kxf2 gxf5 26. Nxf5 Nfe4+
27. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 28. Ke2 Qe6 29. Rf1 Re8 30. Rf4 Nd6 31. Rf3 Nxf5 32. Qxf5 Qxa2
33. Qg5+ Kf8 34. Qh6+ Ke7 35. Qf6+ Kf8 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Qf6+ Kf8 38. Qd6+ Re7
39. Qb8+ Re8 40. Qxb7 Qc4+ 41. Kd2 a5 42. Qb6 a4 43. Rf5 a3 44. b3 Qe6 45. Qc5+
Kg7 46. Rg5+ Kf6 47. Re5 Qd7 48. Rxe8 Qxe8 49. Qxa3 Qb8 50. Qc5 Qxb3 51. Qxc6+
Kg7 52. h3 h5 53. Ke2 Qb2+ 54. Kf3 Qd2 55. Qb5 Kg6 56. Qe2 Qc3 57. Qa6+ Kg7 58.
Qd6 Qd2 59. Qe5+ Kg6 60. Qg3+ Kh7 61. Qf2 Qd3 62. Kg3 Kg6 63. Kh2 f6 64. Qg3+
Kf7 65. Qf4 h4 66. d5 Qxd5 67. Qxh4 Qe5+ 68. Qf4 Qc5 69. h4 Kg7 70. Qg4+ Kf7
71. Qd4 Qf5 72. Qf4 Qd5 73. Kg3 Qc5 74. Qe4 Qh5 75. Qc4+ Ke7 76. Qc7+ Ke6 77.
Qc6+ Ke7 78. Qf3 Qe5+ 79. Qf4 Qd5 80. Qd4 Qf5 81. Qa7+ Ke6 82. Qa4 Ke7 83. Qb4+
Kf7 84. Qc4+ Ke7 85. Qc7+ Kf8 86. Qf4 Qg6+ 87. Qg4 Qd3 88. Qd4 Qg6+ 89. Kf4
Qxg2 90. Qxf6+ Ke8 91. Qe5+ Kd7 92. Qd4+ Kc7 93. h5 Qh2+ 94. Kg5 Kc6 95. h6 Kb5
96. Qf4 Qg2+ 97. Kf5 Qg8 98. e4 Ka4 99. e5+ Ka3 100. Qe3+ Ka2 101. Qa7+ Kb1
102. Qb7+ Kc1 103. Qc7+ Kb1 104. h7 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Matzkevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D16"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 Na6 7. Bxc4 Nb4 8. O-O
e6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. e4 Bg4 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rac1 Rad8 15.
g4 Bg6 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bg3 Nb6 19. Bb3 Bd6 20. f4 g5 21. e5 gxf4
22. Bh4 Bc7 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Qe4 N6d5 25. Ne2 Bb6 26. Kh1 Qa6 27. g5 g6 28.
Nxf4 Nxf4 29. Qxf4 Nd3 30. Qf6 Rxd4 31. Rf1 Rf4 32. Rxf4 Nxf4 33. Qxf4 Qd3 34.
Rc3 Qb1+ 35. Rc1 Qd3 36. Rc3 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qxb2+ 38. Rc2 Qxb3 39. Rd2 Qb1 40. h4
Qg1+ 41. Kh3 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C82"]
[PlyCount "86"]

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 Nc5 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Re1 d4 13. Bg5 Qxg5 14. Nxg5 Bxd1 15.
Bxd1 Nd3 16. Bf3 O-O-O 17. Bxc6 Nxe1 18. Nxf7 Nc2 19. Nxh8 Nxa1 20. Nf7 dxc3
21. Nxc3 Rd2 22. e6 Rxb2 23. Nd5 Rb1+ 24. Kh2 Re1 25. Bd7+ Kb8 26. f4 c6 27.
Bxc6 Rxe6 28. Ne5 Nc2 29. Nd7+ Ka7 30. Bxb5 axb5 31. Nxf8 Rd6 32. Nc3 Nd4 33.
a3 h6 34. Kg3 Ra6 35. Nd5 Rxa3+ 36. Kf2 Kb7 37. g4 Rxh3 38. f5 Kc6 39. Nb4+ Kc5
40. Ne6+ Nxe6 41. fxe6 Kd6 42. Nd5 Ra3 43. e7 Ra8 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B37"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc2 d6 7. Be2 Nh6 8. g4
Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qe5 10. Nc3 f5 11. f4 Qe6 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. Bh5+ Kd8 14. Qe2 fxe4
15. O-O-O Nf5 16. Rhe1 Bd7 17. Qxe4 Qxe4 18. Nxe4 Rc8 19. Ng5 Kc7 20. Bf7 Kb8
21. Bd5 h6 22. Ne6 Bf6 23. Kb1 Nd8 24. Nxd8 Rhxd8 25. b3 h5 26. Bc1 Rf8 27. Bb2
Kc7 28. Bf3 h4 29. Nb4 e6 30. Ba3 Bc3 31. Re2 Nd4 32. Re3 Bxb4 33. Bxb4 Rxf4
34. Re4 Rxe4 35. Bxe4 e5 36. Rf1 Bc6 37. Rf7+ Kb6 38. Bd5 Bxd5 39. cxd5 Rd8 40.
h3 a5 41. Be1 Rh8 42. Kb2 Kc5 43. Rxb7 Rg8 44. Bxh4 Rg2+ 45. Kb1 Kxd5 46. Bd8
Nc6 47. Rb5+ Kd4 48. Bb6+ Kc3 49. Rd5 Nb4 50. Rxd6 Re2 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B39"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. Ne2 Ne6 14. Rfd1 b5
15. cxb5 axb5 16. Rac1 d5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Nc3 Qa8 19. Nxb5 Rd8 20. Qe2 Bb7
21. f3 Qxa2 22. Bc4 Qa5 23. Nd6 Ba8 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Bc5 Bd5 26. b4 Qc7 27.
Ne4 Qb7 28. Ra1 Ra8 29. b5 Rdc8 30. Rxa8 Qxa8 31. Bf2 Qa4 32. b6 Qb3 33. Ra1
Rc2 34. Qd1 Bh6 35. Rb1 Qa2 36. b7 Rb2 37. Ra1 Qb3 38. Qxb3 Rxb3 39. Ra8+ Kg7
40. b8=Q { Time } 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Rem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. a4 Nb6 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Rxa8 Nxa8 16. Ne3 Nc7 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Bf6 19. d5 Nb4 20. Bb1 Nca6 21. Qb3
Re8 22. Qa3 Nb8 23. Bd2 N4a6 24. b3 h5 25. h3 g6 26. Bd3 Qb6 27. Nc2 Nd7 28. b4
cxb4 29. Nxb4 Nac5 30. Bc2 Bb7 31. Qe3 Ra8 32. Qf4 Bg7 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Ne5
35. Nxe5 Bxe5 36. Qf3 Qd8 37. Kg2 Qf6 38. Qxf6 Bxf6 39. g5 Bd4 40. Rd1 Ra1 41.
Rxa1 Bxa1 42. Bf4 Be5 43. Bxe5 dxe5 44. Kf3 f6 45. Bd3 Kf7 46. gxf6 Kxf6 47.
Bxb5 Bc8 48. Ke3 g5 49. Na2 Kg6 50. Nc3 Kf6 51. Nd1 Kg6 52. Nb2 Kf6 53. Nc4 Bh3
54. Nd6 Ke7 55. Nc4 Kf6 56. Na5 Bc8 57. Be8 Ke7 58. Bb5 Kf6 59. Kf3 Bh3 60. Nc4
Nd3 61. Nb6 Nf4 62. Kg3 Ke7 63. Ba6 Kd8 64. Be2 Bg2 65. Bd3 Bh1 66. Bc2 Ke7 67.
Kg4 Kd6 68. f3 Kc5 69. Nc8 Kd4 70. d6 Ne6 71. d7 Ke3 72. Bd1 Kd2 73. Bb3 Nd8
74. Nd6 Ke3 75. Bd5 Bxf3+ 76. Kxg5 Bg2 77. Kf6 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Rb1 Nec6 11. Ne2 f5 12. Nfxd4 cxd4 13. Bf2 fxe4 14. dxe4 e5
15. c3 dxc3 16. bxc3 Qe7 17. Be3 Be6 18. Qa4 Rac8 19. Rbd1 Qc7 20. f5 gxf5 21.
exf5 Rxf5 22. Rxf5 Bxf5 23. g4 Be6 24. Ng3 Na5 25. Bf2 Nc4 26. Qxa7 Bxg4 27.
Rb1 b6 28. Qxc7 Rxc7 29. Bd5+ Kf8 30. Rb4 b5 31. Rxb5 Ke7 32. a4 Be6 33. Bxe6
Kxe6 34. a5 Rc6 35. Rb7 Bf6 36. Ra7 Nxa5 37. Rxa5 Rxc3 38. Ra6 Rc2 39. Ne4 Be7
40. Kg2 Rb2 41. Kf3 Rb3+ 42. Ke2 Rb1 43. h4 h5 44. Ra8 Rb2+ 45. Kf3 Rb3+ 46.
Ke2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Vasilchuk, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 Qb6 8.
Nde2 Bg4 9. h3 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rb1 Rac8 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Rfd1
Ne5 15. Bd2 Rfe8 16. Be1 a6 17. a4 Qc5 18. Kh1 Nc6 19. f4 Nh5 20. Rd5 Qb4 21.
e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 e6 23. Rd7 Qc5 24. Rxb7 Bxe5 25. Ne4 Qf8 26. c3 Qh6 27. Bd2
Qg7 28. g4 Ng3+ 29. Nxg3 Bxg3 30. Rf1 Nd8 31. Ra7 Bb8 32. Rxa6 Rc5 33. Ra8 Bc7
34. Rc8 g5 35. a5 f5 36. a6 Qd7 37. a7 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A61"]
[PlyCount "166"]

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. e3 g5 11. Bg3 f5 12. f4 Qe7 13. a4 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Nd7 15. Be2
Ne5 16. O-O Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Nf6 18. Qf3 Ng4 19. Qg3 Ne5 20. Bb3 Kh8 21. Bc2 Rg8
22. Bg5 Bf6 23. Bxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qf2 Qg5 25. Rae1 Bd7 26. Re2 Raf8 27. Qf4 Qh5
28. Ref2 Rg4 29. Bd1 Rxf4 30. Bxh5 Rb4 31. e4 f4 32. Rxf4 Rxf4 33. Rxf4 Kg7 34.
Rf2 Bxa4 35. g4 Bd7 36. h4 a5 37. g5 a4 38. Bd1 b5 39. Bh5 h6 40. gxh6+ Kxh6
41. Bd1 Rd4 42. Bc2 b4 43. Nxa4 b3 44. Bxb3 Bxa4 45. Bxa4 Rxa4 46. Rf6+ Kh5 47.
Rxd6 Rxe4 48. Rd8 Kxh4 49. Kf2 Kg4 50. Rg8+ Kf4 51. Rf8+ Kg5 52. Rc8 Kf6 53.
Rc7 Nd3+ 54. Kf3 Re8 55. d6 Ke6 56. d7 Ne5+ 57. Ke4 Nxd7 58. Rc6+ Kf7+ 59. Kd5
Re2 60. Rc7 Rd2+ 61. Kc4 Ke6 62. Kc3 Rh2 63. b3 Kd6 64. Rc8 Rh3+ 65. Kc2 Nb6
66. Rg8 Kc6 67. Rg6+ Kb5 68. Rd6 Rh2+ 69. Kc3 Rh5 70. Kb2 Nd5 71. Ka3 Nb4 72.
Rd8 Rh6 73. Rb8+ Rb6 74. Rd8 Ra6+ 75. Kb2 Ra2+ 76. Kb1 Rg2 77. Rb8+ Kc6 78. Rd8
Kc7 79. Rd1 Nc6 80. Rd3 Na5 81. Rh3 Kc6 82. Rh8 Rg3 83. Rc8+ Kd6 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makarov, Andrei"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B36"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. f3 Nd7 13. Bd4 Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 a5
15. f4 Qc7 16. Kh1 Qc5 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. b3 Bc6 20. Bd3 Qb4 21.
Bc2 b5 22. cxb5 Bxb5 23. a3 Qc5 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Qc6 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Qxd3
Rc8 28. Nd5 e6 29. Ne3 Red8 30. Qd4 Qc3 31. Qxd6 Nf6 32. Qe5 Qxe5 33. fxe5 Nd7
34. Ng4 Kg7 35. h3 h5 36. Nh2 Nxe5 37. Nf3 Nd3 38. Rb1 Rc4 39. Ng5 Rd7 40. b5
Rb7 41. Rf3 Ne5 42. Ra3 h4 43. b6 Kf6 44. Nh7+ Kg7 45. Ng5 Kf6 46. Nh7+ Kg7 47.
Ng5 Nc6 48. Rb5 e5 49. Re3 Kf6 50. Nf3 g5 51. Rd3 Nd4 52. Nxd4 exd4 53. Kg1 Ke6
54. Kf2 f6 55. Kf3 Rc6 56. Rdb3 Rc2 57. Rd3 Rc6 58. Rdb3 Rc2 59. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A62"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Nd2 Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. Nc4 Ba6 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Re1 Nh5 15.
Bf3 Kh8 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. Bf4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 a6 19. e4 Rfe8 20. Qd3 Rad8 21. Bg5
Rc8 22. Nd1 f5 23. f3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra7 c4 26. Qd2 fxe4 27. fxe4 Qg4 28.
Bf4 Qg6 29. Nf2 h4 30. Kg2 Re7 31. Rea1 Rxe4 32. Bxd6 Ne8 33. Bb4 Rd4 34. Qe3
Rxd5 35. Bc3 Bxc3 36. Qxc3+ Qf6 37. Qxf6+ Nxf6 38. Rf7 Rd6 39. Raa7 b4 40. Ng4
Nxg4 41. Rxh7+ Kg8 42. Rag7+ Kf8 43. Rxg4 Rcc6 44. Rgxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Livshin, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ndf6 6. Ng5 Nh6 7. N1f3 Bg4 8.
c3 e6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd5 11. Bd2 Qf6 12. Qe2 Nf4 13. Qe4 Bd6 14. h4 Qf5
15. g3 Nd5 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. O-O-O Kd7 18. Bb3 Rhe8 19. c4 e5 20. Bc2 e4 21. Rhe1
Qg6 22. Qf1 Re7 23. c5 Bc7 24. f3 Nh5 25. fxe4 Bxg3 26. e5 f5 27. exf6 Qxf6 28.
Qh3+ Kc7 29. Rf1 Bf4 30. Bxf4+ Nxf4 31. Qg3 Rf8 32. Nxh7 Kc8 33. Kb1 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Matzkevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Qb1 c4 10. g3 Nge7 11. Bg2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Re1 h6 14. Qc1 g5 15.
h4 g4 16. Nh2 h5 17. Bg5 Rdg8 18. Bf6 Rh7 19. Rb1 Nf5 20. Nf1 Ng7 21. Kh2 Ne8
22. Bg5 f6 23. exf6 Rf8 24. Re2 Nxf6 25. Bf4 Ne8 26. Kg1 Ne7 27. Nh2 Rhf7 28.
Bd2 Rg8 29. Nf1 Nd6 30. Bg5 Nef5 31. Rb4 Qa5 32. Qe1 Re8 33. a4 Rff8 34. Ne3
Nxe3 35. Rxe3 Nf7 36. Bf4 Nd8 37. Bh6 Rh8 38. Bf4 Bxa4 39. Qa1 b5 40. Qe1 Kd7
41. Qe2 Qb6 42. Rb1 Nf7 43. Re1 Qc6 44. f3 Rhg8 45. fxg4 hxg4 46. Rf1 Nd6 47.
Re5 b4 48. Re1 Nf5 49. Bxd5 Qxd5 50. Rxd5+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 Be6 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Rac1 g5 14. Bg3 Rc8
15. Nb5 f6 16. Rfe1 Bf7 17. Qa4 g4 18. Nh4 Qd7 19. Nc7 Bb4 20. Red1 Be8 21. Qb5
Rf7 22. Nxe8 Qxe8 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Qxb4 Qe2 25. Re1 Re7 26. f3 Rc1 27. Rxc1
Qe3+ 28. Kf1 Qd3+ 29. Kg1 Qe3+ 30. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C82"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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 Nc5 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. Re1 d4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bg5 Qxg5 14. Nxg5 Bxd1 15.
Bxd1 Nd3 16. Bf3 O-O-O 17. Bxc6 Nxe1 18. Nxf7 Nc2 19. Nxh8 Nxa1 20. Nf7 dxc3
21. Nxc3 Rd2 22. e6 Nc2 23. Nd5 Re2 24. Bd7+ Kb8 25. g4 Nd4 26. Nf4 Rxb2 27.
Kg2 Rxa2 28. Ne5 b4 29. Nd5 b3 30. e7 Bxe7 31. Nxe7 b2 32. N7c6+ Kb7 33. Nd8+
Kb6 34. Bf5 h6 35. Bc2 Ra1 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Rem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. c4 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. d4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Bxb7 dxc3 12. Bxc3 Rb8 13. Bg2 Nh5 14. Rc1
Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Qc7 16. Qd4 Ng7 17. Rd1 Rbd8 18. c5 Rc8 19. Rdd3 bxc5 20. Qxd7
Qa5 21. a4 Nf5 22. e3 Rc7 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. axb5 Nd6 25. Bc6 a6 26. Rxc5 Rfc8
27. b4 Nxb5 28. Bb7 Rxc5 29. bxc5 Rxc5 30. Bxa6 Nd6 31. Rd4 f5 32. Kg2 Kf7 33.
Be2 Rc2 34. Bf3 Kf6 35. Rh4 Kg7 36. g4 g5 37. Rh5 h6 38. h4 fxg4 39. Bxg4 Ne4
40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Kg1 Rc1+ 42. Kg2 Rc2 43. Kg1 Kg6 44. Rh2 Rc4 45. Bf3 Nf6 46.
Kg2 g4 47. Be2 Rc1 48. e4 Kg5 49. Rh8 Kf4 50. Ra8 Rc2 51. Bd3 Rd2 52. e5 Nd5
53. Ra4+ Kg5 54. Bc4 Nf4+ 55. Kg3 Nh5+ 56. Kg2 Nf4+ 57. Kg3 Rc2 58. Bg8 Rc3+
59. Kh2 Rf3 60. Ra2 Kh4 61. Kh1 Rc3 62. Kh2 Rc1 63. Ra4 Nh3 64. Be6 Nxf2 65.
Ra8 Rc2 66. Rh8+ Kg5 67. Rg8+ Kf4 68. Rf8+ Kxe5 69. Bf5 Ne4+ 70. Kg1 Rf2 71.
Re8 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc5 8. Qg4
O-O 9. Nf3 f5 10. Qh3 Be7 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Be2 Rc8 14. Rd1 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Na4 16. Nxa4 Bxa4 17. b3 Qa5+ 18. Kf2 Bb5 19. b4 Qa6 20. Rd2 Bxe2 21. Rxe2
Rc4 22. Rd1 Rfc8 23. Qb3 b5 24. c3 Bd8 25. Re3 Qc6 26. Ke2 Bb6 27. Red3 Qe8 28.
Kf1 Qh5 29. Kg1 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxc3 31. Qb1 Bxd4+ 32. Rxd4 Qe2 33. Qd1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Black "Vasilchuk, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
d5 9. e5 Ne8 10. Bh6 Nc6 11. Bxg7 Nxg7 12. f4 Nf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Bd3 d4 15.
Ne2 Bxd3 16. cxd3 f6 17. exf6 exf6 18. f5 Qe7 19. O-O Rae8 20. Nf4 gxf5 21.
Rae1 Qf7 22. Ne2 Re5 23. Ng3 Ne7 24. Qf4 Qe6 25. Rc1 Nd5 26. Qxd4 f4 27. Ne4
Kh8 28. Nc3 Ne3 29. Rxf4 Rg8 30. Rf2 Nxg2 31. Kh1 Qh3 32. Rxf6 Nf4 33. Rg6 Qf3+
34. Kg1 Nh3# 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E05"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxc6 Rb8 13. Bf4 Rb4 14. Rfd1
Rf8 15. Na4 Be7 16. a3 Rb3 17. Rac1 Ba6 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Rc8 20. Nc5 Rb6
21. Nxa6 Rbxc6 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Nb4 Rc7 24. f3 Kf8 25. Kf2 a5 26. Na2 Nd5 27.
e4 Nb6 28. Nc3 Ke7 29. Ke3 Rd7 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Nxd1 Kd6 32. Kd4 e5+ 33. Kc3
Kc5 34. Ne3 g6 35. Ng4 Na4+ 36. Kc2 Kd4 37. Nf6 h5 38. Nd7 f5 39. Nf6 Ke3 40.
exf5 gxf5 41. f4 exf4 42. Nd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Black "Makarov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 b6 5. Qf3 c6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Nxe7 8.
O-O-O Qc7 9. Bd3 Nd5 10. Nh3 Nb4 11. Nhg5 Nxd3+ 12. Rxd3 O-O 13. Nf6+ gxf6 14.
Nxh7 f5 15. Qh5 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. Nb5 Be7 11. Nbxd4 e5 12. Nf5 Nb6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Be2 Rd8
15. Bd2 Bg4 16. Rc1 Qe8 17. Qe1 Rac8 18. h3 Bh5 19. Nh4 Rxc1 20. Bxc1 Qa4 21.
Bxh5 Nxh5 22. Nf3 e4 23. Nd4 Nf4 24. b3 Qd7 25. exf4 Qxd4 26. Be3 Qd3 27. Bxb6
axb6 28. Qb4 e3 29. fxe3 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 h6 31. Qc4 Qd3 32. Re1 Qg3 33. Rc1 Rd6
34. Qe4 Rg6 35. Rb1 f5 36. Qxb7 Qxf4 37. Qf3 Qxf3 38. gxf3 Rg3 39. Rf1 Rxh3+
40. Kg2 Rh4 41. Rc1 Rd4 42. Rc6 b5 43. Rc5 b4 44. Rxf5 bxa3 45. Ra5 Rd2+ 46.
Kg3 a2 47. Ra7 Kf8 48. b4 Ke8 49. b5 Kd8 50. b6 Kc8 51. f4 g6 52. Kf3 h5 53.
Kg3 Kb8 54. Kh3 Rd3+ 55. Kg2 Rd4 56. Kg3 Rd1 57. Rxa2 Kb7 58. Rg2 Kxb6 59. Kh4
Rd6 60. f5 gxf5 61. Kxh5 Kc5 62. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Black "Livshin, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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. Kh1 Na5 10. f4 Nxb3 11. axb3 Qd7 12. g4 b6 13. g5 Ne8 14. f5 Bb7 15.
Be3 Rc8 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Qg4 Rc7 19. Ndb5 Rxc3 20. Nxc3 Bc6 21.
Kg1 g6 22. b4 Ng7 23. Bd4 Qe7 24. Bf6 Qf7 25. Ne2 e5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nc3 Bd7
28. Qg3 Be6 29. Nb5 a5 30. bxa5 Bc4 31. axb6 Bxb5 32. Ra7 Be7 33. Qf2 Qe6 34.
Qf6+ Qxf6 35. gxf6+ Kxf6 36. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kliavinsh, Janis"]
[Black "Matzkevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8.
Qd1 Qg6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. Be3 d5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 O-O 13. Qd2 Qxe4 14. Bd3
Qa4 15. O-O f5 16. b3 Qg4 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. f4 Rd8 19. Qc3 b5 20. Bd5 Nd4 21.
Bxd4 exd4 22. Qc5 Rb8 23. Rad1 Bd7 24. Qxd4 b4 25. Bc6 Qh4 26. Bxd7 Rb7 27. Qe5
1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 exd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Nh5 12. Nf1 Bb4 13. Re3 g6 14. a3 Be7 15. b4
Nb8 16. Bb3 Bb5 17. Re1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 c6 19. Bh6 Ng7 20. Qd2 Nd7 21. Rfc1 Rc8
22. Ne1 Re8 23. Rc3 Ne6 24. Be3 Rc7 25. Nd3 b5 26. Rac1 Nb6 27. Rxc6 Nc4 28.
Bxc4 Rxc6 29. Bb3 Rxc1+ 30. Nxc1 Qd7 31. Nd3 Rd8 32. h3 a5 33. Nc5 Qc6 34. Qd3
axb4 35. axb4 Ra8 36. Kh2 Rd8 37. f4 Nc7 38. Bc2 Na6 39. Bd2 f5 40. exf6 Bxf6
41. f5 Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Rem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C28"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Ne2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. a3 Nxc3 8.
Nxc3 Bd6 9. Ne4 Bf5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qf3 Be6 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qd1 f6 14. Bxe6
Nxe6 15. Be3 f5 16. Nxd6+ cxd6 17. f3 O-O 18. O-O f4 19. Bf2 Rf6 20. d4 Rg6 21.
dxe5 Qg5 22. g4 fxg3 23. Bxg3 h5 24. f4 Nxf4 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. Kh1 dxe5 27. Qxb7
Rb6 28. Qxa7 Rxb2 29. Qc5 Qf5 30. Rae1 Rxc2 31. Qxe5 Qh3 32. Qe4 Re2 33. Qc4+
Kh7 34. Qc6 Rf6 35. Qf3 Rxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D99"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qb3 Nb6 8.
e4 O-O 9. Be3 Bg4 10. a4 a5 11. d5 Na6 12. Be2 Qd6 13. O-O Qb4 14. Qxb4 axb4
15. Nb5 Nd7 16. Rac1 Bxb2 17. Rc2 Bg7 18. Rb1 Nf6 19. Bd3 Bd7 20. Ne5 Rfd8 21.
f4 c6 22. Bb6 Rdb8 23. Nc7 Nxc7 24. Bxc7 Rc8 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Bb6 Rxa4 27. Bc5
Rb8 28. Bxe7 b3 29. Bxf6 Rb7 30. Rc4 Rxc4 31. Bxc4 Bxf6 32. Nxd7 Rxd7 33. e5
Be7 34. e6 Bc5+ 35. Kf1 Rd4 36. Bxb3 Rxf4+ 37. Ke1 Rb4 38. Kd2 Be7 39. Kc3 Rf4
40. Bc4 Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasilchuk, Yury"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "39"]

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. Nf4 O-O 13. Re1 Bd7 14. g3 Rae8
15. Be3 Qxb2 16. Rb1 Qxa2 17. Bd2 e5 18. Ra1 Qb2 19. Rb1 Qa2 20. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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. Ne5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Ng4 16. Be3 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Rxf2 18. Kxf2 Bc5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qd3+
Kg8 21. Nd1 Rf8+ 22. Kg3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 d4 24. Qe2 Bb5 25. Qg4 Rf5 26. Rc1 Qd8
27. h4 Bc6 28. Rc5 Qd7 29. Kh2 Rf1 30. Qe2 Qf7 31. Qg4 Rf4 32. Qg3 Qf5 33. Qh3
Rg4 34. Rc2 Qxe5+ 35. g3 Re4 36. Rxc6 Re2+ 37. Qg2 Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 bxc6 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makarov, Andrei"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Bf5 5. Bg2 h6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Nbd2
Bh7 9. c4 Bc5 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 O-O 12. e5 Ne4 13. Qe2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Qc7 15.
Ne4 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. f4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nc5 19. Bc2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21.
Rxd8 Qxd8 22. b4 Na6 23. a3 g6 24. h4 h5 25. Kh2 Nc7 26. Be4 Qd7 27. Kh3 b5 28.
cxb5 cxb5 29. g4 hxg4+ 30. Kxg4 Nd5 31. Kg3 Bh6 32. Bxd5 Qxd5 33. Bc1 Bf8 34.
Qf3 Qa2 35. Qd3 Be7 36. Be3 Qa1 37. Bf2 Qh1 38. Kg4 a6 39. Qf3 f5+ 40. exf6
Qxf3+ 41. Kxf3 Bxf6 42. Ke4 Bb2 43. Be1 Kf7 44. Bd2 Ke7 45. Be1 Bxa3 46. Bc3
Bc1 47. Kf3 e5 48. fxe5 Ke6 49. Ke4 Bh6 50. Be1 Bf8 51. Bd2 Be7 52. Be1 Bd8 53.
Kd4 Bc7 54. Kc5 Bxe5 55. Kc6 Bf6 56. Kc5 Be5 57. Kc6 Bd4 58. Bg3 Be3 59. Be1
Bd4 60. Bg3 Bf6 61. Bf2 Be7 62. Be1 Bd6 63. Bd2 Bg3 64. Bg5 Be1 65. Kc5 Bf2+
66. Kc6 Bg3 67. Kb6 Kd5 68. Kxa6 Kc4 69. Be7 Be1 70. Ka5 Bc3 71. Bd6 Bf6 72.
Bg3 Bd8+ 73. Ka6 Be7 74. Kb6 Bxb4 75. Kc6 Bc3 76. Kd6 b4 77. Bf4 b3 78. Bc1 Bf6
79. h5 gxh5 80. Ke6 h4 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. Bd3 Nh5
9. Qd2 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. O-O-O a6 12. Nge2 b5 13. g4 e4 14. gxh5 exd3 15.
Rdg1 Kh8 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qf6 18. Rg6 Qf7 19. Nf4 d2+ 20. Kxd2 Nd7 21.
Rhg1 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nei, Iivo"]
[Black "Livshin, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
e5 Ng4 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bd5 e6 12. Be4 Nc4 13. Rc1 Ncxe5 14. h3 f5
15. Bd5 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 e5 17. hxg4 exf4 18. gxf5 d6 19. Nd5 Bxf5 20. Ne7+ Kh8
21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Nc6 Qb6 23. Nxb8 Qxb7 24. Nc6 Qxb2 25. Qxd6 f3 26. Ne7 fxg2
27. Nxf5 gxf5 28. Rb1 Qxa2 29. Rb8 Qf7 30. Reb1 f4 31. R1b7 Qg8 32. Rxf8 Bxf8
33. Qe5+ Bg7 34. Qxf4 Bf8 35. Rb8 Kg7 36. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Matzkevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b4 e6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. a3 Bd6 5. e3 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. d4
Qe7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. g3 b5 11. Bg2 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. Qc1 Bb7 14. Nd2 Rfa8
15. Nb3 R5a7 16. Nb1 Nb6 17. O-O Nc4 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. Re1 b4 20. a4 Nxb2 21.
Qxb2 Rxa4 22. N1d2 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 24. Qxa1 Qd8 25. e4 Qa8 26. Qe1 Bf8 27.
e5 Qe8 28. Bh3 Bc8 29. f4 Nb6 30. Bf1 Na4 31. Qc1 Qd7 32. Bd3 g6 33. f5 c5 34.
dxc5 Qc7 35. e6 fxe6 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. c6 Nc3 38. Nf3 e5 39. Bf1 Bg4 40. Qe3
Bxf3 41. Qxf3 Qxc6 42. h4 Qe6 43. h5 Qf5 44. Qxf5 gxf5 45. Bh3 f4 46. gxf4 Ne2+
47. Kf2 Nxf4 48. Bg4 Kg7 49. Kf3 Kh6 50. Nd4 Nxh5 51. Nc6 e4+ 52. Ke3 Bc5+ 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Rem"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Bb3 a6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Qf3 Qc7 12. f5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. a3 Rab8
15. Bf2 a5 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 exf5 18. exf5 Bc6 19. Qd3 Rb4 20. Nc3 Qb7 21.
Rfe1 Rg4 22. g3 Bh1 23. Qf1 Bd8 24. Rad1 Rg5 25. Nb5 Be7 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Kxh1
a4 28. Bc4 Ne4 29. Nd4 Rg4 30. Bd5 Qe5 31. c4 h5 32. Be1 Re8 33. Qg2 h4 34. Qf3
Nf6 35. Bf2 h3 36. Bc6 Rb8 37. Re1 Qa5 38. Qe2 Qb6 39. Rd1 Rxd4 40. Bxd4 Qxc6+
41. Kg1 Re8 42. Qf1 Ne4 43. Qxh3 Ng5 44. Qf1 Re2 45. Bf2 Qf3 46. Ba7 Qh5 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 Nh5 8. Rb1
f5 9. Ng5 e6 10. f4 h6 11. Nf3 Kh7 12. d4 e5 13. e3 e4 14. Ne1 Ne7 15. d5 c5
16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Rf2 Rb8 18. Ra1 Qc7 19. Nc2 Rd8 20. Nd4 Nf6 21. Rd2 a6 22. h3
c5 23. Nc2 Be6 24. Bf1 d5 25. cxd5 Nfxd5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Na3 c4 28. Qe2 c3
29. Rc2 cxb2 30. Bxb2 Qxc2 31. Nxc2 Rxb2 32. Rd1 Rc8 33. Rd2 Bc3 34. Rxd5 Nxd5
35. Qxa6 Rc7 36. Bc4 Bg7 37. Bb3 Nxe3 38. Nxe3 Bd4 39. Kf1 Bxe3 40. Ke1 Bf2+
41. Kd1 Be3 42. Bc4 Rd7+ 43. Ke1 Bf2+ 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasilchuk, Yury"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B98"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. fxg5 Nfd7 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Kf8 13. Bb5 Kg7 14. O-O Qg8
15. g6 Bxh4 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Qxh4 Qd8 18. Rf7+ Kxg6 19. Re7 Rg8 20. Rf1 Qb6+
21. Kh1 Qe3 22. Rxe6+ Kg7 23. Qe7+ Kh8 24. Qxd6 Qg5 25. g3 Nf8 26. Rxh6+ Kg7
27. Rff6 Qc1+ 28. Nd1 Qxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Bd7 30. Qh5 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A67"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+
Nfd7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nf3 Na6 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 Nb4 13. Bb1 Nf6 14. a3 Na6 15.
Nc4 Ng4 16. Qe1 Nc7 17. h3 b5 18. Na5 Nf6 19. Qh4 Ba6 20. Nc6 Qd7 21. Rf3 Bb7
22. f5 Rf8 23. Bg5 Nce8 24. Ba2 c4 25. Raf1 Bxc6 26. dxc6 Qxc6 27. fxg6 fxg6
28. Bxf6 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Nxf6 30. Rxf6 Bxf6 31. Rxf6 Rxf6 32. Qxf6 Rf8 33. Qe6+
Kg7 34. Kh2 Rf1 35. Qe7+ Rf7 36. Qh4 Rf1 37. Qe7+ Rf7 38. Qh4 Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makarov, Andrei"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B66"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Be2
Bd7 9. Nb3 b5 10. a3 Ne5 11. Rd1 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc1 Be7 14. O-O Rb8 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. b3 cxb3 17. Nxb3 Qc7 18. Ne2 Qc6 19. Ng3 h5 20. h4 Rc8 21. Nd4
Qc5 22. Rfe1 Bf8 23. Qe2 a5 24. Qf3 Be7 25. Nde2 Qe5 26. Rd2 a4 27. Rb1 Qa5 28.
c3 Qe5 29. Rd3 Bb5 30. Rd4 Bc6 31. Nf4 f5 32. Nd3 Qa5 33. Nb4 Ba8 34. Qd3 f4
35. Ne2 Bxh4 36. Rxd6 Qc5 37. Rd4 Bf6 38. Na6 Qc6 39. Rdb4 Be5 40. Nb8 Bxb8 41.
Rxb8 O-O 42. R8b5 Rfd8 43. Rg5+ Kf8 44. Qf3 Qxe4 45. Qxe4 Bxe4 46. Rb4 f3 47.
Nf4 Bc6 48. Rxh5 Ke7 49. Rd4 fxg2 50. Nxg2 Rxd4 51. cxd4 Rg8 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Bd2 Bg4 10. b3 a6 11. Rc1 Rb8 12. Qe1 b6 13. e4 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Rd1
Qc7 16. Bf4 Rfd8 17. Qd2 Ng4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne5 20. Rfe1 Re8 21. h3 Qd8
22. Bg5 Qc7 23. Nh2 f5 24. Bf1 Nf7 25. Bf4 Ne5 26. Bg5 b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28. f4
Nf7 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Bxb5 Rb8 31. Qe2 Qb6 32. Bc4 Nxc4 33. Qxc4 Re8 34. Kh1
Re4 35. Qc2 h6 36. Bh4 Rxf4 37. Bg3 Re4 38. Nf3 Qa6 39. Re1 Rxe1+ 40. Nxe1 Qf1+
41. Kh2 f4 42. Bh4 g5 43. Bf2 g4 44. hxg4 Ne5 45. Qf5 Qxf2 46. Qc8+ Bf8 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Livshin, Iosif"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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. Kh1 Na5 10. f4 b6 11. e5 Ne8 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qg4 Rc8 14. Rad1 Nxb3
15. axb3 Qc7 16. Ndb5 Qb8 17. Bd4 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Qa8 19. Rd7 Nf6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6
21. f5 exf5 22. Rxf5 Rce8 23. Qg3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Re2 25. Nc7 Bxg2+ 26. Kg1 Qe4
27. Re5 Qxe5 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. Kxg2 Re2+ 30. Kg3 Re3+ 31. Kg4 Rxc3 32. Nd5 Rxc2
33. Rxa7 Rxh2 34. b4 f5+ 35. Kf4 Rd2 36. Rd7 Rd4+ 37. Kf3 Kh8 38. b5 g5 39.
Nxb6 Rxd7 40. Nxd7 Rd8 41. Ne5 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Matzkevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[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. Qxc3 b5 12. Nd2 b4 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Qe4 Qf6 15.
O-O-O Ba6 16. h4 Ng7 17. Bg5 Qxf2 18. Qc2 Qf5 19. Ne4 f6 20. Bh6 Qe5 21. e3 Re8
22. Bxa6 Nxa6 23. Nd2 b3 24. Qxb3 Rab8 25. Bf4 Rxb3 26. Bxe5 Rxe3 27. Bxf6 Nf5
28. Nc4 Rg3 29. Rd2 Kf7 30. Bc3 Re4 31. Na3 Nb4 32. Bxb4 cxb4 33. Nc2 h5 34.
Rf1 Ke7 35. Rdf2 Rxh4 36. Re1+ Kd7 37. Re6 Rhg4 38. Ne1 Rc4+ 39. Nc2 Rxc2+ 40.
Kxc2 Nd4+ 41. Kd2 Nxe6 42. Rf7+ Ke8 43. dxe6 a5 44. b3 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Rem"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B72"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qd2 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. a4 b4 14. Na2 a5 15. c3 d5
16. cxb4 axb4 17. Qxb4 dxe4 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qc6 Rxb3 20. Bd4 Qb8 21. a5 Rc8
22. Qa4 e5 23. Bc3 Nc5 24. Qc4 Ne6 25. Qa6 Nc5 26. Qc4 exf3 27. Bxf3 Nce4 28.
Qxe4 Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Rd8 30. Kh1 f5 31. Bc6 e4 32. a6 Qa7 33. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1
Rxc3 35. Nxc3 Qxa6 36. Bb5 Qb6 37. Bc4+ Kf8 38. Na4 Qf2 39. b4 Be5 40. Rf1 Qh4
0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Rem"]
[Black "Vasilchuk, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B39"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Ne2 b6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bf4 d6
15. Qd2 Be6 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. f4 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Rf3 Qf6 21.
Rg3+ Kf7 22. Bg5 Qe6 23. Qd1 Bg7 24. Qh5+ Qg6 25. Qh3 Re4 26. Bh6 Re3 27. Rxg6
hxg6 28. g3 Rae8 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qf1 R8e4 31. Rd1 Kf6 32. Kf2 g5 33. Rxd4
gxf4 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. Qd3 Ke5 36. Qc3+ Ke6 37. Qh8 fxg3+ 38. hxg3 Rg4 39. Kf3
1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Rem"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Bb3 Na5 10. f4 b6 11. e5 Ne8 12. f5 dxe5 13. fxe6 exd4 14. exf7+ Kh8
15. fxe8=Q Qxe8 16. Bxd4 Nxb3 17. axb3 Rxf1+ 18. Qxf1 Bb7 19. Qf2 Qd7 20. Rd1
Qg4 21. Qe2 Qg6 22. Rd3 Bh4 23. Re3 Rd8 24. Re6 Qf7 25. Nb5 Bd5 26. Re5 Bc6 27.
c3 a6 28. Na3 Bf6 29. Re6 Bxd4+ 30. cxd4 Qd7 31. Qe5 Rf8 32. h3 Re8 33. d5 b5
34. Nc2 Rxe6 35. dxe6 Qa7+ 36. Nd4 Qa8 37. Kh2 Kg8 38. Nf5 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Rem"]
[Black "Makarov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Be3
Bd6 9. h3 Bf4 10. Nc2 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. b3 Rfd8 14. Qd2 Bxe3 15.
Qxe3 Ne5 16. Be2 Ng6 17. Rfe1 e5 18. Bf1 d6 19. Nb4 Qc5 20. Nbd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5
Qxe3 22. Rxe3 Nd7 23. b4 Nf4 24. g3 Ne6 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. Nf5 a5 27. a3 axb4 28.
axb4 Ra4 29. Rb3 Nf6 30. Rb2 g6 31. Ne3 Nxe4 32. Nd5 Rb8 33. Bg2 f5 34. Bxe4
fxe4 35. Nc3 Ra3 36. Nxe4 Ke7 37. Kg2 Nd4 38. Rc3 Ra1 39. Re3 Rc1 40. Nc3 Ke6
41. Rd2 Nc2 42. Re4 Ne1+ 43. Rxe1 Rxe1 44. Nb5 Rd8 45. c5 bxc5 46. bxc5 d5 47.
c6 Rc1 48. c7 Ra8 49. Kf3 Rc5 50. Rb2 Kd7 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Rem"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C14"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3
c5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Qd2 b5 12. Qf2 Qb4 13. Qd2 Qxb2 14. O-O Qb4 15.
a4 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 b4 17. Ne2 a5 18. Rae1 g6 19. Bb5 Ba6 20. Ned4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4
Bxb5 22. Nxb5 O-O 23. Nd4 Rfc8 24. Rf3 Qe7 25. g4 Nc5 26. f5 Ne4 27. Qf4 Rc4
28. f6 Qf8 29. Rd3 Rac8 30. Ree3 h6 31. Rh3 g5 32. Qf1 Qc5 33. Rxh6 Rc3 34. Qg1
Rxd3 35. cxd3 Nd2 36. Rh5 Qc1 37. Rxg5+ Kf8 38. Rh5 Kg8 39. Rg5+ Kf8 40. Rh5
Kg8 41. Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Livshin, Iosif"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Rem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A12"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Nf3 h6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d3
Be7 9. Nbd2 Bh7 10. a3 a5 11. Ra2 O-O 12. Qa1 Ne8 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. b4 Nd6 15. b5
cxb5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. c5 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Matzkevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Rem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C58"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. d3 h6 7. Nf3 e4 8. dxe4
Nxc4 9. Qd4 Nb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. a3 Bf8 14. b3 c6 15.
e5 Nfd7 16. b4 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nb8 18. d6 Nc6 19. Qf4 f6 20. Bb2 fxe5 21. Nxe5
Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Bg3 Bd7 25. Nb3 Rad8 26. Na5 Bb5 27. Rfd1
Rd7 28. Rd4 Re6 29. h3 Bxd6 30. Bxd6 Rexd6 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Nxb7 Rd2 33. Nc5
Ba4 34. Ne4 Rd1+ 35. Rxd1 Bxd1 36. Kf1 Bb3 37. Nc5 Bc4+ 38. Ke1 Nd5 39. g3 Kf7
40. f3 Kf6 41. Kf2 Kf5 42. Ne4 Bd3 43. Nc5 Bc2 44. Nb7 Nb6 45. Nd6+ Ke5 46.
Nf7+ Kd5 47. Nxg5 Nc4 48. f4 Nxa3 49. g4 Ba4 50. f5 Bd7 51. Nh7 Ke5 52. Nf8 Bc8
53. Ng6+ Kf6 54. Kg3 Nc2 55. Kf4 Nxb4 56. g5+ Kf7 57. Ne5+ Ke7 58. h4 Bb7 59.
Nc4 Bd5 60. Na5 Nd3+ 61. Ke3 Ne5 62. h5 Kd6 63. Kf4 Nf7 64. f6 gxf6 65. gxf6
Kc5 66. Kf5 Kb6 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasilchuk, Yury"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B29"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Qe4 d6 8.
Bxd5 exd5 9. Qxd5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nc3 f6 12. Be3 Bf5 13. O-O-O+ Ke8 14.
Nd2 Nb4 15. Nde4 Nxa2+ 16. Kb1 Nxc3+ 17. Nxc3 Kf7 18. f3 h5 19. Ne4 a6 20. Rhf1
Rc8 21. Rf2 Ke6 22. Ng3 Bg6 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxf4 b5 25. Re2+ Kf7 26. Rd7+ Kg8
27. Ra7 h4 28. Nf1 Rh5 29. Rxa6 Rf5 30. g3 hxg3 31. hxg3 Rh5 32. Bc1 b4 33. b3
Rh1 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E21"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Nd2 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 O-O 11. e4 Qc8 12. a4 Qb7 13. f3 Ne8 14. Qe2 a5
15. Ba3 c5 16. Kg1 Nc7 17. f4 f5 18. Rab1 Qc6 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Qxa4 21. Qd3
b5 22. cxb5 Qxa3 23. Nc4 Qa4 24. b6 Nb5 25. b7 Rab8 26. Ra1 Qb3 27. Nxa5 c4 28.
Qe3 Qxc3 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. Qxd7 Qd4+ 31. Kg2 Qxd5+ 32. Kh3 Nd4 33. Rad1 Qxa5 34.
Rxd4 Rfd8 35. Qc6 Qb4 36. Rfd1 Qxb7 37. Qxc4 Qf3 38. Qa2 Rb5 39. Rxd6 Qh5+ 40.
Kg2 Rg8 41. Rd8 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makarov, Andrei"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C07"]
[PlyCount "175"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O a6 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. a4 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. Bg5 Ng4 13. h3 Nce5 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Bb3 h6 17. Be3 f5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Qf2 Bd7 20. Nc4 Be7 21.
Rad1 Rae8 22. Nb6 Bc8 23. Rd3 Bf6 24. Bc5 Nxf4 25. Rd2 Bh4 26. Qxh4 Qxc5+ 27.
Qf2 Qxf2+ 28. Rfxf2 Nd5 29. Nxd5 exd5 30. Rxd5 Kh7 31. Rd6 Re1+ 32. Rf1 Re2 33.
Rf2 Re1+ 34. Kh2 g5 35. Rfd2 f4 36. Bd5 Kg7 37. Bf3 Re7 38. Rb6 Rf6 39. Rxf6
Kxf6 40. Rd6+ Ke5 41. Rxh6 Bf5 42. c3 Be4 43. Bxe4 Kxe4 44. Rg6 Kf5 45. Rb6 Ke4
46. Rd6 Re5 47. Kg1 Ke3 48. Kf1 Ra5 49. b3 Ke4 50. c4 Rc5 51. Rb6 Rc7 52. Ke2
Kf5 53. a5 Re7+ 54. Kf2 Rd7 55. Ke2 Re7+ 56. Kf2 Rd7 57. c5 Rd2+ 58. Kf3 Rd3+
59. Ke2 Rd7 60. Rd6 Re7+ 61. Kf2 Ke4 62. b4 Rc7 63. Re6+ Kf5 64. Rb6 Ke4 65.
Ke2 Re7 66. Kf2 Rd7 67. Re6+ Kf5 68. Rd6 Re7 69. Rb6 Rd7 70. c6 bxc6 71. Rxa6
Rd2+ 72. Kf3 Rd3+ 73. Ke2 Rb3 74. Ra8 Rxb4 75. a6 Re4+ 76. Kd3 Re7 77. Kd4 c5+
78. Kxc5 Kf6 79. Rb8 Re5+ 80. Kb6 Re6+ 81. Ka5 Re2 82. a7 Rxg2 83. Rb4 Ra2+ 84.
Ra4 Rxa4+ 85. Kxa4 g4 86. hxg4 Kg5 87. a8=Q Kxg4 88. Qg2+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C27"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Na4 Nbd7 6. Nxc5 Nxc5 7. Nf3 Be6 8.
Bxe6 Nxe6 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Be3 c6 12. g3 Qc7 13. Nh4 d5 14. f3 Rad8
15. Qe2 Rd7 16. Nf5 Red8 17. Qf2 c5 18. g4 dxe4 19. dxe4 Nf4 20. Kh1 Ne8 21.
Qh4 b6 22. Rae1 Ng6 23. Qf2 Nd6 24. Re2 Nc4 25. Bc1 Rd3 26. b3 Nd6 27. c4 Ne8
28. Ne3 Nf4 29. Nd5 R3xd5 30. cxd5 Nxe2 31. Qxe2 Qe7 32. g5 Nd6 33. Rg1 Rc8 34.
Qa6 Qd7 35. Bb2 Re8 36. a4 Qb7 37. Qd3 a6 38. h4 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40. Qc3 c4
41. b4 Kf8 42. Qe3 Nc8 43. Qc5+ Kg8 44. Kh2 Qb6 45. Bc3 h6 46. Qxb6 Nxb6 47.
gxh6 g6 48. h5 Na4 49. Bd2 c3 50. Bg5 c2 51. hxg6 fxg6 52. d6 Nb6 53. Rc1 Rc8
54. Kg3 Rc4 55. Rh1 Kh7 56. Ra1 Nd7 57. Ra7 c1=Q 58. Rxd7+ Kg8 59. h7+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Livshin, Iosif"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Be6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. O-O
Nge7 9. b4 a6 10. Qb3 Qc8 11. Re1 Bh3 12. Bh1 O-O 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. a4 Be6 15.
Nd5 Qd7 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Nd8 18. d4 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Kh8 20. Rec1 f5 21. Rc2
Nf7 22. Rac1 Rbc8 23. Qb4 e4 24. Nf4 g5 25. Ne6 Nxd5 26. Nxf8 Bxf8 27. Qb3 Qe6
28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 g4 30. Rxb7 Ng5 31. Rb8 Kg7 32. Qc2 Be7 33. Qc8 Nh3+ 34.
Kf1 Nxe3+ 35. fxe3 Qb3 36. Qg8+ Qxg8 37. d5+ Kf7 38. Rxg8 Kxg8 39. b6 Bd8 40.
Bd4 Kf7 41. b7 Bc7 42. Ba7 Kf6 43. b8=Q Bxb8 44. Bxb8 Ke5 45. Bc7 Ng5 46. Bg2
Kxd5 47. Bd8 Nf3 48. h4 gxh3 49. Bxh3 Ke6 50. Kf2 h5 51. Bf1 Kd7 52. Bh4 Ke6
53. Be2 Nd2 54. Ke1 Nb1 55. Bxh5 d5 56. Bd8 Na3 57. Bb6 Nc4 58. Bd4 Nd6 59. Be2
Nf7 60. Kd2 Kd6 61. Kc3 Ng5 62. Ba6 Kc7 63. Be5+ Kd7 64. Bf4 Ne6 65. Bb7 d4+
66. exd4 Nxf4 67. gxf4 Kc7 68. Bxe4 fxe4 69. Kd2 Kd6 70. Ke3 Kd5 71. f5 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Matzkevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B38"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
Be3 d6 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. O-O Qc8 12. f3 Be6 13. b3 b6 14. Rac1 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Qc5 17. Rfd1 Rfc8 18. Qf2 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Rc5 20. g4
Rac8 21. Ne2 Kf8 22. Ke3 Bd7 23. Nf4 Ke8 24. a4 Be6 25. h4 h6 26. Nd3 R5c7 27.
g5 h5 28. Rf1 Bd7 29. Rcd1 a6 30. Nb4 Ra7 31. Ra1 e6 32. Rfd1 Ke7 33. f4 Rca8
34. e5 dxe5 35. fxe5 a5 36. Na2 Rc7 37. Nc3 Bc6 38. Rd6 Rb8 39. Rad1 Ke8 40.
R1d3 Ke7 41. Kf4 Ke8 42. Nb5 Bxb5 43. cxb5 Rc1 44. Rc6 Rh1 45. Kg3 Re1 46. Kf2
Rb1 47. Rc7 Rb2+ 48. Kf1 Rd8 49. Rxd8+ Kxd8 50. Rxf7 Rxb3 51. Rb7 Rb4 52. Rxb6
Rxa4 53. Rxe6 Rxh4 54. Rxg6 Rb4 55. b6 Ke7 56. Rc6 a4 57. g6 a3 58. Rc7+ Kf8
59. e6 a2 60. Rc8+ Kg7 61. Ra8 Rxb6 62. Rxa2 Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasilchuk, Yury"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nc2
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Ba3 d6 11. O-O Ne5 12. f4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b5 14. Bxd6 bxc4
15. Qd4 Re8 16. e5 Nd5 17. Qxc4 Bb7 18. Qd4 Rc8 19. c4 Ne7 20. Ne3 Nf5 21. Nxf5
exf5 22. Rab1 Qd7 23. Rb6 Be4 24. c5 Re6 25. Re1 Bc6 26. Reb1 Rg6 27. R1b2 h5
28. R6b3 h4 29. Qc4 a5 30. Re2 a4 31. Rb6 h3 32. g3 Kh7 33. Kf2 Re8 34. Ke1 Ra8
35. a3 Ra5 36. Reb2 Ra8 37. Rd2 Rc8 38. Rd3 Be4 39. Re3 Bg2 40. Rc3 Bc6 41. Re3
1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasilchuk, Yury"]
[Black "Makarov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B28"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nf5 d5 8. cxd5
Bxf5 9. exf5 Nd4 10. Bd3 Nxd5 11. Be4 Nb4 12. O-O Qd7 13. a3 Nbc6 14. Nd5 Bc5
15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Rc1 Ba7 17. Kh1 O-O 18. f6 g6 19. Rc3 Rfd8 20. Rh3 Ne6 21. Qg4
h5 22. Rxh5 gxh5 23. Qxh5 Nxg5 24. Qxg5+ Kf8 25. Bf5 Bb8 26. Nb6 Ke8 27. Nd7
Ne7 28. fxe7 Rxd7 29. f4 e4 30. Re1 e3 31. Qg8+ Kxe7 32. Rxe3+ Qe5 33. Bxd7
Qxe3 34. Qe8+ Kd6 35. Qxe3 Kxd7 36. Qb3 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasilchuk, Yury"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Nc4 14. a4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Rfc8 16. Re2 Nb6 17. b3 bxa4 18. bxa4 a5 19. Bb3 exd4 20. Bb2 d5 21. e5
Ne4 22. Bxd4 Nc3 23. Bxc3 Qxc3 24. Ne3 Be6 25. Rc2 Qb4 26. Rb1 Rxc2 27. Bxc2
Qc5 28. Rb5 Qc7 29. Qb1 Bc5 30. Bxh7+ Kf8 31. Bf5 d4 32. Qc1 Rc8 33. Bxe6 fxe6
34. Nc2 Qd7 35. Qf4+ Kg8 36. Ncxd4 Nd5 37. Qg4 Nc3 38. Rb2 Nxa4 39. Rc2 Bxd4
40. Rxc8+ Qxc8 41. Nxd4 Nc5 42. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Livshin, Iosif"]
[Black "Vasilchuk, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nc3 Na6 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2
Re8 9. Nf3 Nc7 10. a4 Na6 11. O-O Nb4 12. e4 Nd7 13. Rad1 a6 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15.
h3 Rb8 16. Re2 b6 17. Qe1 f6 18. Qd2 Nf8 19. Bf1 Bd7 20. Ree1 g5 21. Be3 Ng6
22. Kh2 Rbd8 23. Ng1 e5 24. Be2 Qc8 25. Bh5 Rf8 26. f3 Ne7 27. Rf1 Kh8 28. Rf2
Qb7 29. Nge2 Rb8 30. f4 gxf4 31. gxf4 f5 32. Rg2 Bf6 33. Ng3 Rg8 34. fxe5 dxe5
35. exf5 Bh4 36. f6 Rxg3 37. Rxg3 Bxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Nf5+ 39. Kh2 Be8 40. Bxe8 Rxe8
41. Qf2 Nxe3 42. f7 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasilchuk, Yury"]
[Black "Matzkevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. N5c3 Bc5 7. Nd5 Nf6 8.
Nbc3 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 d6 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Be3 b5 12. Be2 Be6 13. O-O Nd4 14. f4 Rc8
15. Bf2 Bb6 16. Rae1 Bc4 17. Qg3 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Nxc2 19. Rd1 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Qb6
21. Nc3 Nd4 22. Kh1 f6 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. h4 h6 25. f5 Rc5 26. b4 Rc4 27. Qa3 Qa8
28. Rc1 Qa7 29. Rxc4 bxc4 30. g4 Nb3 31. Rg2 Nd4 32. Qc3 Rc8 33. g5 fxg5 34.
hxg5 hxg5 35. f6 gxf6 36. Qh3 Rf8 37. Nxf6+ Rxf6 38. Rxg5+ Qg7 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. Qxc4 Rf2 42. Qxa6 Nf3 43. Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makarov, Andrei"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B66"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Be2
Bd7 9. Nb3 b5 10. a3 h6 11. Bh4 Qc7 12. Rd1 Ne5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qd4 Be7 15.
O-O h5 16. Kh1 Rc8 17. Rde1 Nc4 18. Nd1 h4 19. f4 Qb6 20. Qd3 Bc6 21. Nd4 Bb7
22. c3 h3 23. g3 f5 24. Bf3 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 26. Rxe4 Qb7 27. Nf3 Nd2 28.
Nxd2 f5 29. Qf3 fxe4 30. Nxe4 Qc6 31. Ndf2 d5 32. Nd2 d4 33. cxd4 Qxf3+ 34.
Nxf3 Rc2 35. Nd3 Kd7 36. Nfe5+ Kc7 37. Rf2 Rxf2 38. Nxf2 Bf6 39. Ne4 Bxe5 40.
dxe5 Kd7 41. Nd6 b4 42. axb4 Rb8 43. b5 axb5 44. Kg1 Ra8 45. Nxb5 Ra1+ 46. Kf2
Rh1 47. Nd4 Rxh2+ 48. Kg1 Rxb2 49. Nf3 Rg2+ 50. Kh1 Rxg3 51. Ng5 Rg4 52. Nxh3
Kc6 53. Kh2 Kd5 54. Kh1 Rh4 55. Kg2 Ke4 56. Ng5+ Kf5 57. Kg3 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D20"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 a6 5. Bxc4 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Rac1 Nf8 13. Nb1 Rc8 14. Nbd2 N6d7
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. a4 c6 17. Nb3 Qb4 18. Qc2 e5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 c5 21.
Nxc5 Rxe5 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. Nxb3 bxa4 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. f4 Re8 26. Nc5 Ne6 27.
Nxe6 Bxe6 28. Bxa6 g6 29. Rd2 Ra8 30. Bb7 Ra7 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Bd5 Bxd5 33.
Rxd5 Rb7 34. Rd2 Rb4 35. Re2 f5 36. exf5 gxf5 37. g3 Kf6 38. Kg2 Rb3 39. Kh3
Kg6 40. Kh4 Rb6 41. Rc2 Kh6 42. h3 Kg6 43. g4 h6 44. Rd2 Rb4 45. Rd6+ Kg7 46.
Kh5 Rxf4 47. Rg6+ Kf7 48. Kxh6 fxg4 49. hxg4 Rb4 50. Rg7+ Kf8 51. g5 Rb6+ 52.
Rg6 Rxb2 53. Rf6+ Kg8 54. Ra6 Rb8 55. Rxa4 Rb6+ 56. g6 Rb8 57. Ra7 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Livshin, Iosif"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C89"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nf6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Ng4 14. h3 Qh4
15. Qf3 h5 16. Nd2 Bh2+ 17. Kf1 Bd6 18. Kg1 Bh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Matzkevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 d5 7. e3 O-O 8. Rd1
Nbd7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne5 Nhf6 14. f4 c5 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. Qe2 a6 17. Qf3 Nf8 18. Bb1 Ne6 19. g4 cxd4 20. exd4 Qb4 21. Qf2
Rad8 22. a3 Qd6 23. Rfe1 Nd7 24. Qg3 f6 25. Ng6 Ndf8 26. Rf1 b5 27. Nh4 b4 28.
Nf5 Qb6 29. axb4 Qxb4 30. Rf2 Nc7 31. g5 g6 32. Nxh6+ Kg7 33. gxf6+ Kxf6 34. f5
1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rc1 Rac8 12. Qe2 a6 13. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makarov, Andrei"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Nb8 6. Bd3 Nc5 7. Nxe5 Nxd3+ 8.
Nxd3 d6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qe2 Bf6 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4
Nd7 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Qb4 Nb6 17. a4 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 a5 19. Qb5 Qd7 20. Qxd7 Nxd7
21. c4 b6 22. b3 Kf8 23. Bd2 Re8 24. Kf1 Bd4 25. Rxe8+ Kxe8 26. Ke2 g6 27. f3
f5 28. Nf4 Nc5 29. b4 axb4 30. Bxb4 Be5 31. Bxc5 Bxf4 32. Bg1 Kd7 33. Kd3 Kc8
34. g3 Be5 35. Bd4 g5 36. Bxe5 dxe5 37. g4 fxg4 38. fxg4 Kd7 39. Ke4 Kd6 40.
Kf5 Kc5 41. Kxe5 Kxc4 42. Ke6 Kc5 43. Kd7 Kxd5 44. Kxc7 Kc5 45. h3 h6 46. Kb7
b5 47. axb5 Kxb5 48. Kc7 Kc5 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Livshin, Iosif"]
[Black "Makarov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A10"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O c6 8. d3 a5
9. a3 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Qe8 11. Qc2 Qh5 12. e4 fxe4 13. dxe4 Nc5 14. exd5 exd5 15.
Rae1 Bf5 16. Qc3 Bd6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Re3 Nce4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. h3 Rfc8 21.
Qe1 Bc5 22. Nd4 Qe5 23. Qd2 Qd6 24. Rd1 Rf8 25. f3 Bg6 26. Kh2 b6 27. Re2 Qd7
28. Ne6 Rfc8 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. f4 Kh8 31. Qxd5 Qe7 32. Qd7 Rab8 33. Qxe7 Bxe7
34. f5 Be8 35. a4 b5 36. Nf4 Ba3 37. axb5 Bxb5 38. Re6 Bb2 39. Nd5 Bd7 40. Re2
Rxb3 41. Nxf6 Bxf5 42. Be4 Bxe4 43. Nxe4 a4 44. Nd6 Rcb8 45. Nc4 a3 46. Nxa3
Bxa3 47. Red2 Be7 48. h4 Re3 49. Rd3 Rb3 50. Rxe3 Rxe3 51. Kg2 Kg7 52. Rf1 Kg6
53. Rf3 Re2+ 54. Kh3 Bd6 55. Rd3 Be5 56. Rf3 h5 57. Ra3 Kf5 58. Rf3+ Ke4 59.
Ra3 Rc2 60. Rb3 Rf2 61. Ra3 Rf3 62. Rxf3 Kxf3 63. Kh2 Bd4 64. Kh1 Kf2 65. Kh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makarov, Andrei"]
[Black "Matzkevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Bf4 c6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O
a6 9. a4 Ne8 10. Qd2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Qe7 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. Rfe1 Nc5
15. Bc4 Be6 16. Bxe6 Ncxe6 17. e5 Rad8 18. Qe2 Qb4 19. Ne4 Nf5 20. c3 Qb3 21.
g3 Kg7 22. Ra3 Qb6 23. a5 Qc7 24. Nf6 Nc5 25. g4 Ne7 26. c4 Ne6 27. Qe4 h6 28.
Qe3 Rh8 29. Ne4 h5 30. Neg5 Qc8 31. Nxe6+ Qxe6 32. Qf4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Nc8 34.
Ng5 Qe7 35. Rf3 Rhf8 36. Qf6+ Qxf6 37. exf6+ Kg8 38. Kg2 Rd4 39. Rg3 Nd6 40.
Rh1 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Livshin, Iosif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D81"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Be6 6. Qb5+ Nc6 7. Nf3 Rb8 8.
e4 a6 9. Qd3 Bg4 10. Be3 Bg7 11. d5 Bxf3 12. dxc6 Qxd3 13. Bxd3 Bxg2 14. Rg1
Bh3 15. Ba7 O-O 16. Bxb8 Rxb8 17. cxb7 Rxb7 18. O-O-O a5 19. Bc4 Bh6+ 20. Kc2
Rb4 21. b3 Kg7 22. Rd3 Bc8 23. f3 Bf4 24. Rd8 Bd7 25. Rd1 Bc6 26. h3 h5 27. Nd5
Bxd5 28. Bxd5 h4 29. Bc4 Nh7 30. Ra8 Ng5 31. Rxa5 Rb8 32. Be2 Kf6 33. a4 e6 34.
Rb5 Rh8 35. Bf1 Nxf3 36. a5 Be3 37. Rb7 c5 38. Rdd7 Ne5 39. Rd1 Ra8 40. a6 c4
41. Bxc4 Nxc4 42. bxc4 Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Matzkevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D54"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. g3 c6 11. Bg2 Re8 12. Nge2 Nd7 13. O-O Nf8 14. b4 Ne6 15.
b5 Nc7 16. bxc6 Ba6 17. Nf4 Bxf1 18. Qxf1 a6 19. Ncxd5 b5 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. Nd5
Qa5 22. c7 Rac8 23. Bh3 Ra8 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Qe2 Qa3 26. Rc5 Qb4 27. c8=Q
Raxc8 28. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zamikhovsky, Abram"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D95"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6 7. Bd2 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rfd1 a6 11. Rac1 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qa3 Re8
15. Be1 Ne6 16. Bf1 Qb8 17. h3 b5 18. Ne2 Ne4 19. Ned4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Qe5 21.
Rc2 Rac8 22. Rdc1 Bf8 23. Qd3 Rc4 24. Qd1 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Bd6 26. Nf3 Qe7 27. Qc1
b4 28. Nd4 Qe5 29. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Matzkevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Livshin, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D85"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Ne2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. d5 Na5 14. Bd4
Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Qb5 17. Nf4 Rc4 18. Qe5 Rac8 19. Rxc4 Nxc4 20. Qxe7
Nd2 21. Re1 Re8 22. Qf6 Rxe4 23. Ra1 Nb1 24. h3 Re1+ 25. Kh2 Qf1 26. Ne6 fxe6
27. dxe6 Qg1+ 28. Kg3 h5 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Qxh5+ Kg7 31. Qf7+ Kh6 32. Qf6+ Kh7
33. e7 Nd2 34. Qf7+ Kh6 35. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Livshin, Iosif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 c5
9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rad8
15. Bb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Qb8 17. Nd4 Qb7 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Rd7 20. Nc6 Ra8 21.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rfd1 f5 24. Rc4 Kg7 25. Kf1 h5 26. a4 Kf6 27. Rc6
Rb8 28. b4 Rbb7 29. h4 Rbc7 30. Rdc1 Rxc6 31. Rxc6 Rd7 32. Ke2 Ke7 33. Rc8 Rd8
34. Rc7+ Rd7 35. Rc8 Rd8 36. Rc1 Rd5 1/2-1/2

