[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d5 Ne5 7. Bb3 Bg4 8.
f3 Bf5 9. Qe2 Ned7 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bd2 O-O-O 12. Na4 Qa6 13. Qxa6 bxa6 14. h4 h6
15. O-O-O Nb6 16. Nxb6+ axb6 17. Bc3 h5 18. g5 Ne8 19. Ne2 Bf5 20. Nd4 Bd7 21.
g6 Nd6 22. gxf7 Nxf7 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. dxe6 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Nd6 26. Rg1 Nf5 27.
Ke2 Rh6 28. Bd2 Nd4+ 29. Kd3 Nxf3 30. Bxh6 Nxg1 31. Be3 Nf3 32. Ke4 Nxh4 33.
Bg5 Ng6 34. Bc4 Nh8 35. Bxa6+ Kd8 36. Bf1 g6 37. Bf4 Bg7 38. Be5 Bxe5 39. Kxe5
g5 40. Kf5 g4 41. b4 h4 42. a4 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 Nfd7 7. Be3 Bh6 8. Qd2
Bxe3 9. Qxe3 O-O 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. h4 f6 12. f4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Qg3 Kh8
15. Be2 Qe7 16. Bf3 Be6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. e5 fxe5 19. fxe5 Bxc4 20. Bxc6 Rad8
21. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Nbd4 Re8 12. e3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxd4 14. exd4
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qb6 16. Be3 Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qxa2 18. Rxb7 a5 19. Qa1 Qxa1 20. Rxa1
Reb8 21. Rc7 Nb4 22. Ra4 Nd3 23. Be2 Nb2 24. Ra2 h5 25. Bc1 Nc4 26. Bxc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Ne5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14.
Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B15"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Qe7
8. Qxe7+ Kxe7 9. Ne2 Be6 10. Bd3 a5 11. O-O Na6 12. a3 b5 13. Bf4 g6 14. Rfe1
Nc7 15. Be4 Nd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Nc3+ Kd7 18. Bxd6 Kxd6 19. Ne4+ Bxe4 20. Rxe4
Rhe8 21. Rae1 Rxe4 22. Rxe4 Ra7 23. g4 Kd5 24. f3 Rd7 25. Kf2 Kc4 26. Ke3 g5
27. f4 h6 28. f5 Rb7 29. Re8 Rc7 30. h3 a4 31. Re4 Rb7 32. Kd2 Rd7 33. c3 Kb3
34. Kc1 Rb7 35. Re8 Rc7 36. Rd8 Re7 37. Rd6 Re1+ 38. Kd2 Rh1 39. Rxc6 Rh2+ 40.
Kd3 Rxh3+ 41. Ke4 Rg3 42. Rxf6 Kxb2 43. Rxf7 Kxa3 44. Rb7 Rxg4+ 45. Ke5 Rg1 46.
f6 g4 47. d5 g3 48. d6 Re1+ 49. Kd5 Rf1 50. Ke5 Re1+ 51. Kd5 Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C98"]
[PlyCount "46"]

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 Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1 Be6 15.
Ne3 Rad8 16. Qe2 g6 17. Nh2 Rfe8 18. Nhg4 Nxg4 19. Nxg4 Bxg4 20. Qxg4 Qd7 21.
Qxd7 Rxd7 22. Be3 Red8 23. Rad1 Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxe5 8.
Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Qg4 O-O 12. Bh6 Bf6 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Bf4
a6 15. Bd3 g6 16. Rfe1 Ne7 17. Qf3 Nd5 18. Bd2 b5 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Bg7 21.
Bb3 a5 22. Bg5 Re8 23. c4 Nb6 24. a3 a4 25. Ba2 Ra5 26. Be3 Bf8 27. Bc1 Raa8
28. g3 Rab8 29. h4 Qc8 30. c5 Nd7 31. Qc6 Ra8 32. Bf4 Ra7 33. Rb1 Nf6 34. Rb4
Qa8 35. Qxa8 Rexa8 36. Reb1 Nd5 37. Bxd5 exd5 38. Rb8 Rxb8 39. Rxb8 Kg7 40. Rc8
Rb7 41. Bxc7 Be7 42. Bf4 h6 43. c6 Rb1+ 44. Kg2 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Bd2 Rd1
47. Be3 Rd3 48. Re8 Bd6 49. Rd8 Bc7 50. Rd7 Bb6 51. Rxd5 Rxa3 52. Rb5 Rb3 53.
Rxb6 Rxb6 54. d5 Rb4 55. c7 Rc4 56. d6 a3 57. d7 a2 58. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B52"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 g6 7. e5 dxe5 8.
Nxe5 Qc8 9. Re1 Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qf3 Na6 12. Bg5 Nc7 13. Bxf6 exf6 14. Nc4
Ne6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. c3 f5 17. a4 Kh8 18. Rad1 Qd7 19. a5 Qc6 20. Re3 Bh6 21.
Re5 Rad8 22. Nde3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Bg7 24. Rd5 Rxd5 25. Nxd5 Rd8 26. Nde3 Nf4 27.
a6 bxa6 28. Ra1 Nxd3 29. Rxa6 Rd7 30. Rc6 h5 31. Kf1 Kh7 32. Nc2 Nxb2 33. Nxb2
Rd2 34. Ne3 Rxb2 35. Rxc5 Ra2 36. Rc7 Kg8 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Rc7 Be5 39. Rxf7+
Kg8 40. Rd7 Bxc3 41. Nd5 Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C96"]
[PlyCount "46"]

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 c6 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 g6 13. b4 Nb7 14. c4 Nh5 15. Bb2
f6 16. a4 Be6 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bb3 Nd8 19. axb5 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 cxb5 21. Rc1 Qd7
22. Qa5 Bxb3 23. Rc7 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Osnos, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "227"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. b3 cxd4 8. exd4
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. bxc4 Qc7 12. O-O Rd8 13. d5 Na5 14. Qe2 Nb3 15.
Rad1 Nc5 16. Bb1 Bf8 17. Qc2 g6 18. Nb5 axb5 19. Bxf6 Re8 20. cxb5 e5 21. Qc3
e4 22. Nd2 Qa5 23. Qxa5 Rxa5 24. Bd4 f5 25. d6 Rxb5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Nb3 Rb5
28. d7 Bxd7 29. Rxd7 Bxa3 30. Ba2 Kh8 31. Rfd1 Re7 32. g3 Kg7 33. Rd8 e3 34.
fxe3 Rxe3 35. Nd4 Rb2 36. Bc4 Bc5 37. Kh1 Rc3 38. Ne6+ Kf6 39. Nxc5 Rxc4 40.
Nd3 Ra2 41. Nf4 Kg5 42. R8d7 b5 43. Rxh7 b4 44. Nd5 Re2 45. Rb7 Rcc2 46. h4+
Kh6 47. Nf4 Re3 48. Rg1 b3 49. Rg2 Re1+ 50. Kh2 Rcc1 51. Rf2 Rh1+ 52. Kg2 Rhg1+
53. Kh3 Rc2 54. Rh2 Rc3 55. Ne2 f4 56. Rf2 Rc2 57. Nxg1 Rxf2 58. Rxb3 fxg3 59.
Rxg3 Ra2 60. Nf3 Ra5 61. Rg5 Ra3 62. Kg3 Rb3 63. Rd5 Ra3 64. Kg4 Ra4+ 65. Rd4
Ra1 66. Rf4 Rb1 67. Ra4 Rc1 68. Kf4 Rb1 69. Ra7 Rb4+ 70. Kg3 Rb3 71. Rd7 Ra3
72. Rd6 Kh5 73. Rd8 Kh6 74. Rd7 Rb3 75. Rd4 Ra3 76. Kg4 Ra1 77. Ne5 Rg1+ 78.
Kh3 Rh1+ 79. Kg2 Ra1 80. Ng4+ Kh5 81. Nf6+ Kh6 82. Rd7 Ra2+ 83. Kf1 Ra1+ 84.
Ke2 Ra2+ 85. Kd3 Ra3+ 86. Kc2 g5 87. h5 g4 88. Rd5 Ra4 89. Ng8+ Kh7 90. Rg5 Ra6
91. Rxg4 Rd6 92. Kc3 Kh8 93. Ne7 Rd1 94. Nf5 Rd5 95. Ng3 Kh7 96. Rd4 Rg5 97.
Rd3 Kh6 98. Kd2 Ra5 99. Ke3 Kg5 100. Rd4 Ra3+ 101. Kf2 Ra2+ 102. Kf3 Ra5 103.
Rg4+ Kf6 104. Rg6+ Kf7 105. Kg4 Ra1 106. Kg5 Ra8 107. Nf5 Ra1 108. Rf6+ Kg8
109. Ne7+ Kh7 110. Rf7+ Kh8 111. Ng6+ Kg8 112. Rf8+ Kg7 113. h6+ Kh7 114. Rh8#
1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D78"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Na3 g6 6. Nxc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
Be6 9. b3 Bd5 10. Ba3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 a5 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Rfd1 a4 14. b4 Ne4 15.
Qd3 Nd6 16. Nfd2 Bxg2 17. Nxd6 exd6 18. Kxg2 Qf6 19. e3 Qe6 20. Qc4 d5 21. Qc3
Nf6 22. b5 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 24. Kg1 cxb5 25. Qb2 h5 26. Qxb5 h4 27. Qf1 Rec8
28. Qg2 Qf5 29. g4 Qe6 30. h3 b5 31. Bc5 Bf8 32. Qf1 b4 33. Bxf8 Rxf8 34. Rc5
Rfb8 35. Qd3 b3 36. axb3 Rxb3 37. Qc2 Rab8 38. Rc1 Qf6 39. Rc8+ Rxc8 40. Qxc8+
Kg7 41. Qc2 Qf3 42. Kh2 Rb4 43. Ra1 Qe4 44. Qxe4 dxe4 45. Kg2 Kf6 46. Rc1 Rb6
47. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C61"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O c6 6. Ba4 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8.
Nd2 Nf6 9. f4 O-O 10. Kh1 d5 11. Bb3 Ng4 12. Nf3 dxe4 13. dxe4 d3 14. Qe1 Be6
15. h3 Bxb3 16. axb3 Nf6 17. e5 Nd5 18. cxd3 f5 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Qc1 Bb4 21. Bc3
Be7 22. Nd2 a6 23. Qd1 Qc7 24. Qf3 Qd7 25. Qg3 Qe6 26. Nf3 Rad8 27. Nd4 Qh6 28.
Ba5 Rd7 29. Ne2 Bb4 30. Bxb4 Nxb4 31. d4 Nd5 32. Rad1 Qe6 33. Qf3 Rfd8 34. Rg1
Ne7 35. Rc1 Rd5 36. g4 Rb5 37. Rg3 Qd5 38. Qxd5+ Rbxd5 39. Kg2 Kf7 40. Rgc3 Rb5
41. Rd3 Ke8 42. Kf3 Rbd5 43. Ke3 Rb5 44. Ng3 g6 45. gxf5 gxf5 46. Nh5 Nd5+ 47.
Kf2 Ne7 48. Nf6+ Kf7 49. Nh5 Ke8 50. Rg1 Rb4 51. Rgd1 h6 52. Nf6+ Kf7 53. Ke3
Nd5+ 54. Nxd5 Rxd5 55. Rc1 Rdb5 56. Rcc3 Rd5 57. Rc4 Rbb5 58. Kd2 Rd8 59. Rg3
c5 60. Rd3 cxd4 61. b4 Rbd5 62. Rg3 R8d7 63. Kd3 Rb5 64. h4 Rb6 65. h5 Re7 66.
Rxd4 Rc6 67. Rc4 Rb6 68. Kc3 Rd7 69. Rd3 Ke7 70. Rxd7+ Kxd7 71. Rc5 Re6 72. Kd4
Rb6 73. Kc4 Kd8 74. b5 Kd7 75. Kd5 a5 76. e6+ Ke7 77. Rc7+ Kd8 78. e7+ Ke8 79.
Kc5 Re6 80. Rxb7 Re4 81. b6 Rxf4 82. Rc7 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B73"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd2 d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qc3 Qc7 14. Bf4
Be6 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. a4 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 f5 18. h4 Kh8 19. Qc5 a5 20. b4 axb4 21.
a5 h6 22. a6 Kh7 23. Rd4 Rb8 24. Rxb4 Rxb4 25. Qxb4 Bc8 26. Qc5 g5 27. hxg5
hxg5 28. Bxg5 Bxe5 29. Qxe7+ Qxe7 30. Bxe7 Bd4 31. Bg5 Kg6 32. Be3 c5 33. a7
Bb7 34. g3 Kf6 35. Ba6 Ba8 36. Kf1 Bxe3 37. fxe3 Ke5 38. Bc4 Kf6 39. Kg2 Bc6
40. Kh3 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B15"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Qe7
8. Qxe7+ Kxe7 9. Ne2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. O-O-O e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. c5
Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 f5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Bb5 Nd8 13. Ne5 Nf7 14. Nxf7 Rxf7
15. O-O Qh4 16. f3 Nf6 17. Qf2 Qh6 18. Rae1 a6 19. Ba4 Bd7 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. f4
Rf6 22. Re3 Rg6 23. Kh1 Rg4 24. g3 g5 25. Ne2 Re8 26. fxg5 Rxg5 27. Qf4 Nf6 28.
h4 Rg6 29. Qxh6 Rxh6 30. Rb3 Re7 31. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. c4 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Ne5 Ne4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Be3 Qd5 14.
Qc2 Rab8 15. b3 Rb6 16. Rac1 Ba3 17. Rcd1 h5 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. h4
a5 21. e3 Re8 22. Rd2 g5 23. hxg5 Qxg5 24. Kg2 h4 25. Rg1 Re6 26. d5 cxd5 27.
Qc8+ Kg7 28. Qc3+ Rf6 29. Kf1 h3 30. Rh1 Qf5 31. Qxa5 Rc6 32. Qa3 d4 33. exd4
e3 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nfd7 7. h4 Nc5 8. Be3 a5
9. Nge2 Nba6 10. Nc1 b6 11. a3 Bd7 12. Bd3 Nxd3+ 13. Nxd3 Nc5 14. Qc2 f5 15.
O-O-O fxe4 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Nxe4 Bxg5+ 19. hxg5 Bf5 20. Qa4+ Kf7
21. Rdf1 Kg7 22. Kd1 Qe7 23. g4 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Rhf8 25. Rxf8 Rxf8 26. Qxa5 Rf4
27. Re1 Rxg4 28. a4 Rxg5 29. Qd2 Qf6 30. Kc2 Rg3 31. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Slepoi, Iosif"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. a3 e5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Bd4 Re8 11. Be2 Nxe5 12. Nd2 Qg5 13. g3 Qe7 14. Nf3 Bh3
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bf1 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 c5 18. Qd2 Qe4 19. Rg1 Qe5 20. Rd1 Bg4 21.
Be2 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 d4 23. Kf1 Rad8 24. Re1 Qe6 25. Rg2 d3 26. Qd2 Qa6 27. Kg1
Qxa3 28. f4 Qb2 29. Rf2 b6 30. cxd3 Qxb3 31. Rd1 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Neishtadt, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C98"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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 Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1 Bd6 15.
Bg5 Ne8 16. Ne3 f6 17. Nd5 Qb7 18. Be3 Be6 19. a4 Rb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qb1 Nc7
22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. Nh4 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Nxa8 25. Nf5 Bf8 26. Rd2 Qf7 27. Qd1 Nc7 28.
Nb6 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Ne8 30. Bd1 Qb7 31. Nd5 Ne7 32. Nfxe7+ Bxe7 33. Bg4 Bxg4 34.
hxg4 Bf8 35. g5 Kf7 36. Qe2 Kg8 37. c4 b4 38. Qg4 Qc6 39. Qf5 Kh8 40. gxf6 gxf6
41. b3 Kg7 42. Qh5 Kg8 43. Qxe8 Qxe8 44. Nxf6+ Kf7 45. Nxe8 Kxe8 46. Bg5 Kf7
47. Kh2 Kg6 48. Bd8 Bd6 49. Kg3 Kh5 50. Kh3 Kg6 51. Kg4 h5+ 52. Kh4 Kh6 53.
Bg5+ Kg6 54. g3 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "174"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 Bg4 8. c3
Qc8 9. Re1 e5 10. d5 Nd8 11. Nc4 Ne8 12. Ne3 Bd7 13. Nh4 Bf6 14. Nf3 Ng7 15.
Nf1 Be7 16. Bh6 f6 17. N3d2 c5 18. b4 Nf7 19. Be3 b5 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. a4 bxa4
22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Nfd2 Rab8 24. f4 Ne8 25. Qc2 Ned6 26. Nb2 c4 27. Nxa4 Nb5 28.
Nb2 Na3 29. Qc1 Rb7 30. Bf1 Bb5 31. Nd1 Qd6 32. Nb2 Rc8 33. Bh3 Bd7 34. Bf1 Bb5
35. Ra2 Qd7 36. f5 g5 37. Bf2 Bd6 38. Nd1 Qe7 39. Ne3 Kh8 40. Qd1 Rbc7 41. Qh5
Bc5 42. Rea1 Be8 43. Qf3 a5 44. Kg2 a4 45. d6 Bxd6 46. Nd5 Qf8 47. Nxc7 Rxc7
48. Kg1 Nd8 49. Bb6 Rc8 50. Bxd8 Rxd8 51. Nxc4 Bc5+ 52. Kh1 Nxc4 53. Bxc4 Qe7
54. h4 gxh4 55. gxh4 a3 56. Bd5 Bf7 57. Rg2 Bxd5 58. exd5 e4 59. Qg4 Re8 60.
Re1 Qd7 61. Rd1 e3 62. Qh5 Qe7 63. Re1 Rd8 64. Qg4 Qf7 65. Reg1 Re8 66. Qf3 Qe7
67. Qg4 Qf7 68. c4 Qf8 69. Qh5 Ra8 70. Qg4 Re8 71. Qh5 Ra8 72. Qf3 Re8 73. Qe2
Qh6 74. Rg4 Qf8 75. d6 Bxd6 76. Qg2 Rb8 77. c5 Be5 78. c6 Ra8 79. c7 a2 80. Rg7
Bf4 81. Rg8+ Qxg8 82. Qxg8+ Rxg8 83. Rxg8+ Kxg8 84. c8=Q+ Kg7 85. Qd7+ Kh6 86.
Qa4 Kh5 87. Qxa2 Kxh4 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Na4 Bd6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Nb5 Be5 15.
Ba3 Nb4 16. Rc1 a5 17. h3 Rad8 18. Nc5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Nxa2 20. Rc2 Nb4 21. Nd3
Bd6 22. Nxb4 Qe5 23. g3 d4 24. Qe2 dxe3 25. Bb2 exf2+ 26. Rxf2 Qxe2 27. Bxe2
Bxb4 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rxf6 Rfe8 30. Bc4 Re7 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Rf5 f6 33. Rcf2
Rd6 34. R2f4 Kg6 35. Rb5 h5 36. Bd5 b6 37. Be4+ Rxe4 38. Rxe4 Bc5 39. h4 Rd2+
40. Kh3 Bg1 41. g4 Bc5 42. gxh5+ Kxh5 43. Kg3 Rd3+ 44. Kf4 Kg6 45. Rc4 Rh3 46.
Kg4 Rh1 47. Rbxc5 bxc5 48. Rxc5 f5+ 49. Kg3 Rd1 50. Rxa5 Rd3+ 51. Kf4 Rxb3 52.
Ra6+ Kh5 53. Kxf5 Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D77"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qc7 9. Nxc4 Qxc5 10. Nba3 Nc6 11. e4 Bg4 12. Be3 Qxe3 13. Nxe3 Bxd1 14. Rfxd1
Rfd8 15. e5 Nxe5 16. Bxb7 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rb8 18. f4 Neg4 19. Nxg4 Nxg4 20. Rd7
Bxb2 21. Nc4 Bd4+ 22. Kg2 Bc5 23. Bf3 Rb4 24. Bxg4 Rxc4 25. Bd1 Re4 26. Bf3 Ra4
27. Rd2 Ra3 28. Bd5 Rc3 29. Bb3 Bb6 30. Rd5 Kg7 31. h4 h5 32. Re5 Kf6 33. Re1
Be3 34. Re2 Bb6 35. Re1 Ba5 36. Re4 e6 37. Re5 Bb6 38. Re1 Ke7 39. Re2 Rd3 40.
Bc2 Rc3 41. Bb3 Bd4 42. Rd2 Bb6 43. Re2 Rd3 44. Bc2 Rd4 45. Kf3 Rc4 46. Bb3 Rc1
47. Rd2 Rf1+ 48. Kg2 Re1 49. Kf3 Re3+ 50. Kg2 f6 51. Rc2 f5 52. Bc4 Re4 53. Bb5
Rb4 54. a4 Kf6 55. Be8 Rd4 56. Re2 Rd1 57. Rc2 Rg1+ 58. Kf3 Rf1+ 59. Kg2 Rd1
60. Kf3 Rd8 61. Bb5 Rd6 62. Be8 Kg7 63. Ke2 e5 64. Rc6 Rxc6 65. Bxc6 exf4 66.
gxf4 Bd8 67. Be8 Bxh4 68. Kf3 Be1 69. Bc6 Bd2 70. Bb5 Kf6 71. Bc4 h4 72. Bd5 h3
0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Ne2 e6 5. Nf4 h6 6. c3 Qb6 7. Nd2 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6
9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nxd3 a5 12. Qa4 Bf8 13. b4 Rc8 14. Be3 Qd8 15.
O-O axb4 16. cxb4 Ra8 17. Qb5 Qd7 18. a4 f5 19. Bc5 Nge7 20. Bd6 Nd8 21. Nd4
Nec6 22. Nc5 Qf7 23. Rfe1 Ra7 24. Ncxe6 Nxe6 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Qb8+ Nd8 27. e6
Qf6 28. Qxa7 Bxd6 29. Qd7+ Kf8 30. Qxd6+ Qe7 31. Qe5 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D11"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qa4 Nf6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. c5 b5 10. cxb6 Qxb6 11. Nh4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Ne8 14. Nf3 Bg6 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 f6 17. Be3 Qb7 18. f4 fxe5 19. fxe5 Nc7 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21.
Rf1 a6 22. h4 Nb5 23. h5 Bf7 24. Qf4 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Rb8 26. Bh3 Qd7 27. Qf3 Qe8
28. Qf2 Qe7 29. Kh1 Qe8 30. Bd4 Be7 31. Be3 h6 32. Rg1 Bg5 33. Bxg5 hxg5 34. e4
Qe7 35. Rf1 Rb7 36. Bg2 Rb5 37. exd5 exd5 38. Qf5 Rb8 39. Qf3 Be6 40. Qe2 a5
41. h6 gxh6 42. Qd3 Kg7 43. Rf6 Bf7 44. Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 d5 9. Nxd5 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bd3 O-O 14.
O-O Qe7 15. Qc1 Be6 16. Qb2 Rfd8 17. Be3 Rac8 18. Bb6 Rd7 19. Rad1 Nd4 20. f4
Bc4 21. fxe5 Bxd3 22. cxd3 Rc2 23. Bxd4 Rxb2 24. Bxb2 Qg5 25. Rf3 Rc7 26. Rg3
Qh6 27. e6 fxe6 28. Rf1 Qh5 29. Rgf3 h6 30. R1f2 Rc5 31. h3 Rb5 32. a4 Rb4 33.
Bc3 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Qc5 35. d4 Qc7+ 36. e5 a5 37. Rf8+ Kh7 38. R2f3 Qe7 39. Bxa5
Qg5 40. R8f4 h5 41. h4 Qg6 42. Bd8 Rd1 43. Rf1 Rd2 44. R1f2 Qc2 45. Rxd2 Qxd2
46. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Bc5 11. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E06"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 a5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qd3
c6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 a4 12. Bd2 c5 13. Bc3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Qc7
15. Rac1 Nc5 16. Qc2 f6 17. Nh4 Rd8 18. Rcd1 Ra6 19. Be3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Bd7 21.
Nf3 Rd6 22. Nd4 b6 23. Rc1 Qd8 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. cxb5 Nd3 26. Rf1 f5 27. Bc6 Bf6
28. Rb1 g5 29. f4 g4 30. Kf1 h5 31. Ke2 Nb4 32. Qc4 Nd5 33. Bd2 Nc7 34. Qc2 Kf7
35. Bb4 Rd4 36. Bc3 Rd6 37. Bb4 Rd4 38. Bc3 Rd6 39. Be1 Bd4 40. Bb4 Bc5 41.
Bxc5 bxc5 42. Rd1 a3 43. Rxd6 Qxd6 44. Qd3 Qxd3+ 45. Kxd3 axb2 46. Kc2 Ke7 47.
Kxb2 Kd6 48. a4 Nd5 49. Kb3 Kc7 50. Kc4 Nb6+ 51. Kxc5 Nxa4+ 52. Kd4 Kd6 53. Be8
Nb6 54. Bxh5 Nd5 55. Be8 Nb6 56. Bc6 Nc8 57. Bg2 Nb6 58. Bf1 Nd7 59. Bd3 Nb6
60. Bc2 Nd7 61. Kc4 Nb6+ 62. Kb4 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Osnos, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
e4 dxe4 9. Bb5 exf3 10. O-O Be7 11. d5 a6 12. dxc6 axb5 13. Qxf3 bxc6 14. Qxc6+
Bd7 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Ne4 Ra4 17. Rfe1 Rd4 18. Nxc5 Qd5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qh3 Kf7
21. f3 Rg8 22. Qxh7+ Rg7 23. Qh6 Bd6 24. Rac1 Bf4 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D74"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
Nb6 9. h3 a5 10. Bf4 a4 11. Rc1 Na6 12. e4 Be6 13. Qc2 Nb4 14. Qb1 f5 15. d5
cxd5 16. Ng5 Bc8 17. Nxd5 e5 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Be3 Qf6 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Rc7 h6
22. Bc5 hxg5 23. Bxb4 Rf7 24. Qc2 Be6 25. Rd1 e4 26. Ba3 Bxa2 27. Rd6 Qe5 28.
Bf1 b5 29. Rxf7 Bxf7 30. Qd2 e3 31. fxe3 Qxg3+ 32. Bg2 Be5 33. Rd5 Re8 34. Bc5
f4 35. Rd8 fxe3 36. Bxe3 Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Bc4+ 38. Kf2 Qg3+ 39. Kg1 Kf7 40. Rxe8
Kxe8 41. Bxg5 Bxb2 42. Bf4 Qg7 43. Qe3+ Qe7 44. Qb6 Qe6 45. Qc7 Bf6 46. Bd6 Bd5
47. Qb8+ Kf7 48. Qf8+ Kg6 49. Bxd5 Qxd5 50. Qe8+ Kh7 51. Qd7+ Kh8 52. Qc7 Bd4+
53. Kh2 Bf6 54. Kg3 Qf5 55. h4 Kg8 56. Bf4 Qg6+ 57. Kf3 Qf5 58. Kg3 Bg7 59. Bd6
a3 60. Qd8+ Kh7 61. Bxa3 Qe5+ 62. Kf3 Qc3+ 63. Kg4 Qxa3 64. Qd5 Qa6 65. h5 Qc8+
66. Kg5 Qc1+ 67. Kf5 Qc2+ 68. Kg5 b4 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. h4
Rac8 15. h5 e5 16. Be3 Nxh5 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Rd7 19. Bxa7 Rf8 20. Be3 Nf6
21. c4 h5 22. c5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Kf7 24. b4 Ke6 25. Kb2 Rfd8 26. Rhd1 Bf8 27. Kb3
Rc8 28. a4 Rdc7 29. a5 Kf7 30. R5d3 Ke8 31. Ka4 Ra8 32. Rc1 Rac8 33. Kb3 Kd7
34. Rdc3 e6 35. cxd6 Bxd6 36. Bc5 Bxc5 37. Rxc5 Rc6 38. Rxc6 bxc6 39. b5 Ra8
40. bxc6+ Kc7 41. Rc5 Rb8+ 42. Kc2 Rg8 43. Rxe5 Kd6 44. f4 Rf8 45. a6 Rxf4 46.
Ra5 Rf8 47. a7 Ra8 48. Ra6 g5 49. e5+ Kc7 50. Kd3 Rd8+ 51. Kc4 Ra8 52. Kc5 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
e3 Be7 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nxd5 Be5 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. exd4
Bxb5 15. Nxb5 Bf6 16. Qb3 a6 17. Nc3 Bxd4 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Bxb6 20. Rd7
Rab8 21. Nd5 Ba5 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Rfd1 g6 24. Kf1 Kg7 25. a3 Rfd8 26. Ke2 Rxd7
27. Rxd7 Kf6 28. b4 Bd8 29. Ng8+ Ke6 30. Rd3 f5 31. g4 Kf7 32. Nh6+ Kg7 33. Rh3
f4 34. Kf3 Bg5 35. Nf7 Kxf7 36. Rxh7+ Ke6 37. Rg7 Bf6 38. Rxg6 Kf7 39. Rh6 Rh8
40. Rxh8 Bxh8 41. Kxf4 b5 42. Ke4 Bb2 43. Kd5 Bxa3 44. Kc5 Ke7 45. Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. h4 Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. h5 Nxh5 7. Bxh5 gxh5 8.
Be3 e5 9. Nge2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Rxh5 Be6 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5
O-O-O 15. O-O-O Rde8 16. Nd5 Qa4 17. f6 Bf8 18. a3 Qg4 19. Qxg4+ Nxg4 20. Bd4
c6 21. f3 Ne5 22. Ne7+ Bxe7 23. fxe7 Rhg8 24. Bxa7 Rxe7 25. Rxh7 Rxg2 26. Rh8+
Kd7 27. Bb6 Nxf3 28. Rd8+ Ke6 29. R8xd6+ Kf5 30. R6d3 Kg4 31. Rf1 Rg3 32. Bf2
Rh3 33. Rd8 f5 34. Rg8+ Kf4 35. b4 b5 36. Kb2 Re2 37. Rg6 Ke4 38. Re6+ Ne5 39.
Ba7 Kd5 40. Rf6 Nc4+ 41. Kc1 Rxa3 42. Rd1+ Ke4 43. Re6+ Kf3 44. Rf1+ Kg2 45.
Rg6+ Kh3 46. Bd4 Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Alexander"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Nc3 d4 10. Nd5 Bh3 11. Nc7+ Qxc7 12. Bxh3 Nf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bf4
Qe7 15. Bg2 Rad8 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Nc1 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nd3 Qe7 20. Bf3 Rd6
21. Rc1 Nd8 22. Rc8 Qe6 23. Qa4 Nc6 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Rc1 Qe6 26. Nf4 Qf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A11"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. b3 f5 5. Bb2 Nf6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. Ne5 O-O 8. f4
Nbd7 9. O-O Qe7 10. Qc1 Rd8 11. d3 Nf8 12. Ba3 c5 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15.
Bf3 Be7 16. Rd1 Rac8 17. d4 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Ng6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. cxd5 Nh4 21.
Qd2 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qc5 23. Na4 Qc2 24. d6 Qc6 25. Rf1 b5 26. Nb2 Nd5 27. e4
fxe4 28. fxe4 Nc3 29. e5 Qb6 30. Kh1 Nxa2 31. f5 Rf8 32. d7 Rcd8 33. Rd6 Qb7+
34. Kg1 Qe4 35. Qd4 Qe2 36. Nd3 b4 37. Rxe6 Rxd7 38. Rd6 Rdf7 39. e6 Rf6 40.
Re1 Qh5 41. e7 Re8 42. Rxf6 Qg5+ 43. Kh1 Qxf6 44. Qc4+ Qf7 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. d3 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Qe7 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Nc4 Bg4 11. b4 Bb6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. h3 Bc8 14. Re1
Nd8 15. Bc4 Ne6 16. g3 Qf6 17. Nh2 Ng5 18. Qxh5 Nxh3+ 19. Kh1 Nxf2+ 20. Kg2
Bh3+ 21. Kg1 b5 22. Bg5 Bg4 23. Bxf6 Bxh5 24. Kxf2 gxf6 25. Bxb5 Ra3 26. g4 Bg6
27. Re3 Rd8 28. Nf1 Kg7 29. Bc4 Kh6 30. Bb3 Kg5 31. Kg3 h5 32. gxh5 Bxh5 33.
Rae1 Rg8 34. Nh2 Raa8 35. Rf1 Rad8 36. Rf5+ Kh6+ 37. Kh4 Bg6 38. Rf2 Rh8 39.
Ng4+ Kg7+ 40. Kg3 Rh1 41. Rh2 Rg1+ 42. Rg2 Rf1 43. Nh2 Rf4 44. Rf2 Rxe4 45.
Rxe4 Bxe4 46. Ng4 Rd3+ 47. Kh4 Bf3 48. Nh2 Bc6 49. Nf1 Rxc3 50. Ng3 Rd3 51.
Nh5+ Kf8 52. Nxf6 Rd4+ 53. Kg5 Rxb4 54. Ng4 Rf4 55. Rxf4 exf4 56. Ne5 Bb5 57.
Kxf4 Be8 58. Ng4 Ke7 59. Ke5 Bd7 60. Nf6 Be6 61. Bxe6 fxe6 62. a3 b6 63. a4 c6
64. Ne4 Kd7 65. Nd2 Kc7 66. Kxe6 Kb7 67. Kd6 Ka6 68. Nb3 c5 69. Kd5 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Slepoi, Iosif"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 f5 4. c4 Nd7 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 Nh6 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 Qe7
9. Bd3 a6 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O-O b5 12. c5 Bc7 13. Ne2 b4 14. Kb1 a5 15. Rc1 Ba6
16. Nf4 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 Nf7 18. Nfe5 Nfxe5 19. dxe5 Qe8 20. g4 Qb8 21. Nf4 Qe8
22. Nd3 fxg4 23. hxg4 Qg6 24. Nf4 Qxc2+ 25. Rxc2 Bxe5 26. Nxe6 Rf6 27. Nd4 Bxd4
28. Bxd4 Rf3 29. Rh2 Re8 30. Kc1 Re4 31. Rg2 Nf8 32. Kd1 Ne6 33. Bb2 Rh3 34.
Kd2 Kf7 35. Rg1 Rh4 36. g5 Reg4 37. Rxg4 Rxg4 38. f4 Rg2+ 39. Kd1 Rxc2 40. Kxc2
Nxc5 41. Be5 h5 42. gxh6 gxh6 43. f5 h5 44. Bc7 h4 45. Bxa5 Na6 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Neishtadt, Yakov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. b3 c5 8. e3 d6
9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Qe2 Qc8 12. Rfd1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nf6 14. dxc5 dxc5
15. Ne5 Qc7 16. e4 Rad8 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 e5 19. f4 Bc8 20. Qf3 f6 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Rf1 Bf6 24. g4 h6 25. Qg3 Qe7 26. h3 Kh7 27. Kh2 Kg8 28.
Rf3 Bb7 29. Rf5 Bc8 30. Rf3 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. Be3 O-O-O 10. O-O-O g6 11. Rd2 Nh6 12. h3 Nf7 13. Nb3 b6 14. Bd4
Be7 15. Ne2 Rhe8 16. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 d5 10. Nxd5 Bxa3 11. bxa3 Be6 12. Bc4 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 O-O-O 14.
Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Bb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bxd5 17. exd5 Rxd5 18. Ke2 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B65"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxe5 Qxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14.
Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Bd3 b6 16. Be4 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B53"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd1 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd2 Rc8 11. h3 a6 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. b3 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15.
Be3 Qe5 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. f4 Qa5 18. Bf3 Bc6 19. Qf2 Nd7 20. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nh5 7. Be3 f5 8. Qd2 f4
9. Bf2 Bf6 10. Nge2 Bh4 11. g3 Bg5 12. g4 Bxg4 13. fxg4 f3 14. Be3 Bxe3 15.
Qxe3 fxe2 16. gxh5 exf1=Q+ 17. Rxf1 Qh4+ 18. Qf2 Qxf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Bg5 a6 11. Bb3 b5 12. d5 Nc5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. Qc2 Qd3 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Nfe4 19. Qc2 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Nd3
21. Re2 Rxf3 22. Rxe4 Rf5 23. Be3 Nxb2 24. Rxe6 a5 25. g4 Rd5 26. Re7 Nc4 27.
Rc1 Rcd8 28. Kg2 a4 29. h3 h5 30. gxh5 Rxh5 31. Rc3 Rhd5 32. Rb7 R8d6 33. Bf4
Rg6+ 34. Bg3 Rf6 35. Bh4 Rff5 36. Rc7 Rd2 37. R7xc4 bxc4 38. Rxc4 Ra5 39. Be7
Rd3 40. Rf4 Re5 41. Bb4 Rg5+ 42. Kh2 Rdd5 43. Be7 Rgf5 44. Rxa4 Rxf2+ 45. Kg3
Re2 46. Ra7 Rd3+ 47. Kg4 Rg2+ 48. Kf5 Rxh3 49. a4 Rf3+ 50. Ke4 Rf7 51. Kd5 Rd2+
52. Kc6 Rf1 53. Rb7 Ra1 54. Rb4 Kf7 55. Bc5 g6 56. Bb6 Ke6 57. a5 Rc1+ 58. Kb7
Rd7+ 59. Kb8 Ra1 60. Rb5 Ra4 61. Bc7 Kf7 62. Rc5 Rd2 63. Kb7 Rb2+ 64. Bb6 Rba2
65. Rb5 R2a3 66. Rc5 Kg7 67. Bc7 Kh7 68. Bd8 Rb3+ 69. Bb6 Rba3 70. Bd8 Rd3 71.
Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Qxd5 Nf6 9. Qd1 Bc5 10. e3 Qe7 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. O-O g5 13. Nd4 h5 14. a3 g4
15. b4 Bd6 16. Ncb5 Bb8 17. Bb2 Ne4 18. Qc2 Rhg8 19. Bd3 Nxf2 20. Qxf2 Bxh2+
21. Kh1 Ne5 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5+ Kb8 24. Kxh2 Nxd3 25. Bf6 g3+ 26. Kh1 Qxe3
27. Rf3 Nf2+ 28. Rxf2 gxf2 29. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Osnos, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A60"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2
Ne8 9. O-O Bf6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. Re1 Nc7 13. a4 Re8 14. Ra3 b6 15. f4
Bb7 16. Nc4 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Qxe4 18. Nxd6 Qxd5 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Qxd7 Rad8 21.
Bf3 Qb8 22. Qg4 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Bf2 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Qe8 26. Kf1 h5 27. Qe2
Qxa4 28. Rc4 Qd7 29. Re4 Kf8 30. Re5 Rxe5 31. Qxe5 Qa4 32. h3 f6 33. Qxh5 Qxf4+
34. Qf3 Qc4+ 35. Kg1 Qd4+ 36. Qf2 Qe4 37. Qd2 Qe5 38. Qc3 Qd5 39. Bg3 a5 40. b3
Ke7 41. Kh2 Kd7 42. Qe3 Kc6 43. Qe8+ Qd7 44. Qxd7+ Kxd7 45. Kg1 Kc6 46. Kf1 Kb5
47. Bc7 c4 48. bxc4+ Kxc4 49. Bxb6 a4 50. Ke2 a3 51. Ke3 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4
e6 9. Qe2 c5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. e4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6
15. Bg5 Qa3 16. Rab1 Na5 17. Bb5 a6 18. Bd3 b5 19. Bd2 Rfc8 20. Bb4 Qa4 21. a3
Bf8 22. Ne5 Bxb4 23. axb4 Nc6 24. Nd7 Qa3 25. Nb6 Nxb4 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxb5
axb5 28. Qxb5 Bxe4 29. Qxb4 Qa8 30. Ra1 Qc6 31. Qd2 Qb5 32. Qf4 Bb7 33. Rdc1
Rf8 34. Rc5 Qb3 35. h4 h5 36. Rac1 Qd3 37. f3 Bd5 38. Rc8 Qf5 39. Qh6 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, V."]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. c4 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Bd2 Rb8 8. Qc1
a6 9. Bh6 O-O 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. O-O b5 12. Nh4 Bd7 13. f4 bxc4 14. dxc4 Qc8 15.
Qd2 a5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nd4 18. e3 Nf5 19. Nxf5+ Bxf5 20. Qxa5 Rb4 21. Qa3
Qb7 22. Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nf1 Nc6 12. Ng3 d5 13. O-O d4 14. Bb3 Be6 15.
cxd4 exd4 16. Ng5 Bxb3 17. axb3 Na5 18. Qd1 c4 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. dxc4 Nxc4 21.
Ra4 Ne5 22. f4 Nc6 23. Kh1 Nd7 24. Nf3 Nb6 25. Ra1 Re8 26. Qb3 Bc5 27. Bd2 Qe7
28. Rfc1 Rec8 29. Ng5 Nd7 30. Nf5 Qf6 31. Qd5 Rd8 32. Rxc5 Nxc5 33. Qxc5 Rac8
34. Rxa6 h6 35. Rxc6 Rxc6 36. Qxc6 hxg5 37. Qxf6 gxf6 38. Kg1 Re8 39. Kf2 gxf4
40. Kf3 d3 41. Kxf4 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 Be7 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 Na6 8. a3
Nc7 9. e3 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. Bd3 Ng7 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 a6 14. Na4 Nf5 15. Bg5
Re8 16. Ne5 Nd6 17. Nc5 Nh5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rae1 Ng7 20. h3 Bf5 21. a4 Bxd3
22. Qxd3 Ngf5 23. a5 Rad8 24. Qd1 f6 25. Ned3 Qf7 26. Qg4 Re7 27. Nf4 Rde8 28.
Qd1 Nc4 29. Nfd3 g5 30. Nb3 Qg6 31. Re2 Nh4 32. Ne1 Qf7 33. Nd2 Nd6 34. Nd3 Nb5
35. Ree1 Nf5 36. Nb3 Nfd6 37. Nbc5 Nc4 38. Kh2 f5 39. Nb3 Nc3 40. Qc2 Nb5 41.
Qd1 Nbd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Geller, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D88"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Bd5 Bc8 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bh4 g5 16. Bf2 e6 17. Bb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 b6 19. Rfd1 Ba6 20. Ng3 Qd7 21. Nh5
Bh8 22. d5 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Qe7 24. e5 exd5 25. f4 gxf4 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Re1 d4
28. Qf3 Qe6 29. Qe4 Rfd8 30. Bh4 Kf8 31. Qh7 Ke7 32. Nd5+ Kd7 33. Nxf4 Rh8 34.
Qe4 Qc4 35. Rd1 Kc7 36. Nd5+ Kb8 37. e6 fxe6 38. Bg3+ Kc8 39. Qxe6+ Kd8 40.
Bh4# 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e5 8. h3 b5
9. cxb5 a6 10. bxa6 Nh5 11. g3 Nxa6 12. Nh2 Nb4 13. a3 f5 14. Bd2 f4 15. g4 Ng3
16. fxg3 fxg3 17. g5 gxh2 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Na4 Rxa4 20. Qxa4 Qb6 21. Qa7 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
c6 9. Bg2 a5 10. O-O b5 11. Nf4 Ba6 12. Nce2 Bd6 13. Qc2 b4 14. Re1 Qe7 15. b3
a4 16. bxa4 bxa3 17. Nc3 Nbd7 18. Nb1 Rab8 19. Bxa3 Rxb1 20. Rexb1 Bxa3 21.
Qxc6 Qd6 22. Qxd6 Bxd6 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Rd8 25. Bb7 Bd3 26. Rb3 Rb8 27.
a5 Bc4 28. Rc3 Rxb7 29. Rxc4 Kf8 30. e4 Ra7 31. a6 Ke7 32. e5 Bb8 33. Rc6 f6
34. e6 Nf8 35. Rb1 Ra8 36. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Slepoi, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D33"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 c4 7. e4 dxe4 8. Ng5
Qxd4 9. Bf4 Nf6 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. O-O-O Bc5 12. Ngxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Ne6 14.
Bxc4 Be7 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Be3 a6 17. Bc4 Nc7 18. Nc3 b5 19. Bb3 Be6 20. Bxe6
Nxe6 21. Rd7 Bc5 22. Ne4 Bxe3+ 23. fxe3 Rc8+ 24. Kd2 Ke8 25. Ra7 Rd8+ 26. Ke2
f5 27. Rxa6 Ke7 28. Ra7+ Ke8 29. Nc3 b4 30. Nb5 Rd7 31. Ra8+ Rd8 32. Nd6+ Kd7
33. Rxd8+ Rxd8 34. Nxf5 Ra8 35. Ra1 Kc6 36. Kd3 b3 37. a3 Nc5+ 38. Kc3 g6 39.
Nd4+ Kd5 40. Rd1 Ke4 41. Nxb3 Na4+ 42. Kc2 Kxe3 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neishtadt, Yakov"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A32"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
Qc2 d5 9. a3 Nxd4 10. exd4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. dxe5 Re8 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Be2
dxc4 15. O-O Nd5 16. Bg3 Be6 17. a4 Rad8 18. Bf3 Qa5 19. Rfc1 g6 20. Be4 Nxc3
21. Bxb7 Rd3 22. Bf3 Qc5 23. Be2 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 Qd4 25. h3 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C81"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 g6 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ne7 14. Nd4 c6 15.
Bg5 Qb6 16. Bf6 Rg8 17. Qe3 Bd7 18. Qf4 h6 19. Rfe1 Be6 20. Ra2 Nc8 21. Rea1
Qc7 22. Ra6 Rb6 23. Qe3 Qb7 24. Ra8 Kd7 25. Qf3 Bc5 26. Bh4 Re8 27. Nxe6 fxe6
28. Qf7+ Be7 29. R1a7 Qxa7 30. Rxa7+ Nxa7 31. Bxe7 Rxe7 32. Qxg6 Nc8 33. f4 Kc7
34. f5 exf5 35. Qxf5 Rb8 36. Qf6 Rd7 37. Qxh6 Nb6 38. h4 Re8 39. Qf4 Rde7 40.
h5 Kb7 41. h6 Rxe5 42. h7 R5e7 43. Qh4 Rd7 44. h8=Q Rxh8 45. Qxh8 c5 46. g4 c4
47. Ba2 Nc8 48. g5 Ne7 49. Qe8 Kc6 50. g6 Nxg6 51. Qxg6+ Kc5 52. Qe6 Rd6 53.
Qe7 Kc6 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 a5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c4
a4 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Rc1 c6 11. e4 Ne8 12. h3 Nc7 13. Nxa4 Nxa4 14. bxa4 Ne6 15.
Bc3 c5 16. d5 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Qa5 18. Ra3 Nc7 19. Qc1 b5 20. e5 bxc4 21. Qh6 f6
22. exd6 exd6 23. Re3 Rf7 24. Rc1 Ba6 25. Nd2 Qxa4 26. Qf4 Qd7 27. Re6 Rd8 28.
Rxf6 Rxf6 29. Qxf6 Rf8 30. Qb2 Qe7 31. Nxc4 Bxc4 32. Rxc4 Qe1+ 33. Bf1 Nxd5 34.
Rc1 Qb4 35. Qxb4 Nxb4 36. a3 Nc6 37. Bg2 Nd4 38. Rc4 Rb8 39. a4 Kf7 40. Bd5+
Kf6 41. f4 Rb2 42. Kf1 Ne2 43. Ke1 Nxg3 44. Rc3 Nh5 45. Ra3 Nxf4 46. Bc6 Rb6
47. Be8 d5 48. Kd1 Ke7 49. Bb5 Kd6 50. Rb3 g5 51. h4 h6 52. hxg5 hxg5 53. Rg3
Ne6 54. Be8 c4 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. a3 d6 8. Rb1
a5 9. O-O Bd7 10. d3 Qc8 11. Nf4 e6 12. Bd2 Ne5 13. Qc2 a4 14. Nfe2 Bc6 15. f4
Ned7 16. Nd1 b5 17. Ne3 bxc4 18. dxc4 Qb7 19. Nc3 Nb6 20. g4 Ne8 21. f5 Bd4 22.
Kh1 Nf6 23. g5 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Nxe4 25. Rxb6 Qxb6 26. Bxe4 gxf5 27. Bxc6 Qxc6+
28. Ng2 Rab8 29. Kg1 Rb3 30. Nf4 Qe4 31. Qxe4 fxe4 32. Nh5 e3 33. Bxe3 Rxc3 34.
Nf6+ Kh8 35. Bf4 e5 36. Bg3 Rxc4 37. Nd7 Re8 38. Rxf7 Kg8 39. Rf6 Rd4 40. Rh6
Kg7 41. Nf6 Rb8 42. Kg2 c4 43. Rxh7+ Kg6 44. Rc7 Kxg5 45. Nd7 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 b5 8. Bc2
O-O 9. d3 Re8 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nbd2 Bf8 13. d4 h6 14. h3 Bb7 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Qe2 Bc8 17. Nf1 Bd6 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. Nh4 Be6 20. Rd1 Qc8 21. Qf3
Qb7 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 Qc6 24. Nf5 Nxf5 25. gxf5 Bc8 26. Bb3 Bf8 27. Bd5 Qf6
28. Ra7 Re7 29. g4 c6 30. Rxe7 Bxe7 31. Bb3 Rb7 32. Be3 Rd7 33. Ra1 Bb7 34. Qe2
Rd8 35. Ra7 Rd7 36. Bc2 Qd6 37. b4 Qb8 38. Ra1 Qd8 39. c4 bxc4 40. Qxc4 Bg5 41.
Bc5 Bf4 42. Qc3 h5 43. Qh3 Rd2 44. Ba4 hxg4 45. Qxg4 Qf6 46. Qh5 Rb2 47. Bd1
Qd8 48. Be2 Rc2 49. Kg2 Bh6 50. Ra3 Bf4 51. Bd1 Rd2 52. Bb3 Rd7 53. Bc4 Bh6 54.
Rg3 Bf4 55. Rg6 Rd5 56. Rg4 Qf6 57. exd5 cxd5 58. Bb3 Qa6 59. Rh4 Bh6 60. Kg1
Qd3 61. Bd1 Ba6 62. Qf3 Qf1+ 63. Kh2 Bd3 64. Qh1 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3
Qc7 9. f4 Nc6 10. Qe1 Bd7 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Rae1 b5 13. a3 Rfe8 14. Bd3 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Kh1 Bd8 18. Be3 Be6 19. Be2 Rc8 20. Bg5 Nd7 21. Bh6
g6 22. Bg4 Nb6 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Rd1 Qb7 25. Rd6 Qe7 26. Rd3 Qe8 27. Qf2 Nc4
28. Nd5 g5 29. Bxg5 Bxg5 30. Rg3 h6 31. h4 Nd6 32. Qf3 Qd8 33. hxg5 hxg5 34.
Qh5 Rg6 35. Rh3 Kf8 36. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E66"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qd3 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 Nb7 12. Nd4 c5 13. Nc6 Qe8 14. a3 Bf5 15.
Qe3 Be6 16. Rb1 Rc8 17. b5 axb5 18. cxb5 Qd7 19. Rd1 Rfe8 20. Ne5 Qc7 21. b6
Qb8 22. Nc6 Qa8 23. Na7 Qb8 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Qf3 Na5 26. Bg5 Kf8 27. Bxf6 Bxf6
28. Nd5 Bg7 29. Nc7 Bc4 30. Rdc1 d5 31. Bh3 Rxc7 32. bxc7 Qxc7 33. Rxc4 Nxc4
34. Qxd5 Nd6 35. Qa8+ Ne8 36. Rb8 Bd4 37. Rxe8+ Kg7 38. Rg8+ Kh6 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Osnos, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B65"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Qd3 Rd8 12. Qg3 Bd7 13. Kb1 Rac8 14. Be2
Qb6 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Rxc3 17. Qxc3 Ne4 18. Qd4 Nxg5 19. h4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4
Bc6 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. hxg5 Bxg5 23. Rf1 Bxg2 24. Rg1 Bf4 25. Rxg2 Bxe5 26. Bf3
b6 27. Rd2 g6 28. c4 h5 29. b4 Bc3 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. c5 bxc5 32. bxc5 f5 33. c6
Be5 34. Rd7+ Kf6 35. Rxa7 h4 36. c7 Bxc7 37. Rxc7 g5 38. Rc4 e5 39. Rc6+ Kg7
40. Kc2 h3 41. Kd2 e4 42. Bh1 g4 43. Ke3 g3 44. Rc2 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 c5 7. a3 cxd4 8. axb4
dxc3 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. bxc3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. O-O a6 13. f4 b5 14. Kh1 Qb6 15.
e4 Ne3 16. Bxe3 Qxe3 17. Rf3 Qb6 18. Qe1 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Rb1 O-O 21. Qh4
Rfa8 22. e5 g6 23. Rh3 h5 24. Rg3 Qd8 25. Qxd8+ Rxd8 26. Kg1 h4 27. Re3 b4 28.
cxb4 Ra3 29. Nc1 Ne7 30. Rh3 Rd4 31. Bf1 Rxh3 32. gxh3 Rd1 33. Kf2 Nd5 34. b5
Nxf4 35. Ra1 g5 36. Nb3 Rxa1 37. Nxa1 Ng6 38. Nb3 Nxe5 39. Na5 Bd5 40. b6 Nd7
41. b7 Kf8 42. Bc4 Bxc4 43. Nxc4 Ke7 44. Ke3 f6 45. Kd4 Kd8 46. Nb6 Nb8 47. Na4
Kc7 48. Nc5 Nc6+ 49. Ke3 Nd8 50. Ke4 f5+ 51. Ke5 g4 52. hxg4 fxg4 53. Kf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 c6 8.
Nge2 h6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nf6 12. Qc2 Qa5 13. a3 Bd7 14. Nc1 Bd6
15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Rc1 Re8 19. O-O Qe7 20. Bf5 g6 21. Bxc8
Raxc8 22. Nf4 Kg7 23. Rfe1 Rc7 24. b4 h5 25. Kf1 Ng4 26. Nce6+ fxe6 27. Qxg6+
Kf8 28. Nxh5 Nh2+ 29. Kg1 Qh7 30. Qxh7 Rxh7 31. Nf6 Ree7 32. Nxh7+ Rxh7 33. e4
Ng4 34. e5 Bc7 35. f3 Nh6 36. g4 Bb6 37. Rcd1 Rf7 38. Re3 Rf4 39. Red3 Kg7 40.
g3 Rf8 41. Kg2 a5 42. Rb1 a4 43. Rh1 Kg6 44. Rdd1 Bd8 45. Rh3 Bb6 46. Rdh1 Nf7
47. f4 Bxd4 48. Rh7 b6 49. R1h5 Bxe5 50. fxe5 c5 51. bxc5 bxc5 52. Rh1 Rb8 53.
R7h5 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Be2 e5 12. d5 e4 13. dxc6 Ng4 14. g3 exf3
15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Bg2 Nxc6 17. e4 Be6 18. f4 Rad8 19. Qh5 f5 20. Be3 b6 21. Rae1
Ne7 22. g4 Bf7 23. Qh3 fxg4 24. Qxg4 Bc4 25. Rf3 Ng6 26. Kh1 Rf7 27. Bc1 Qe7
28. Rh3 Rd3 29. Rg3 Rd8 30. f5 Ne5 31. Qh5 Nd3 32. Bg5 Rxf5 33. Ree3 Rxg5 34.
Qxg5 Qxg5 35. Rxg5 Nf4 36. Re1 Rd2 37. Rg4 Ne6 38. Bf1 Bb3 39. Rg2 Rd8 40. Rb2
Bd1 41. Bc4 Kf7 42. Bd5 Bf3+ 43. Kg1 g5 44. Rf1 g4 45. h3 Ke7 46. hxg4 Bxg4 47.
a4 Ng5 48. a5 bxa5 49. Ra1 Kd6 50. Rxa5 Rd7 51. Kf2 Rc7 52. Ke3 h5 53. Rba2 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A60"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nd2 O-O 8. Nc4
Ne8 9. Bf4 Bf6 10. e3 Nd7 11. Be2 Nb6 12. O-O Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc7 14. Qe2 a6 15.
a4 b6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qf3 f5 19. Nc3 Rb8 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. Qe2 Bf6 22.
Rfd1 Bb7 23. Bf4 Qd7 24. Bg3 Re8 25. Qc2 g5 26. Ne2 Bc8 27. h4 h6 28. Bh2 Re4
29. h5 Re8 30. Bd3 Ref8 31. Qb3 b5 32. Bc2 b4 33. Bd3 Ne8 34. Ng3 Be5 35. Nf1
Bxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Nf6 37. Be2 Re7 38. Nd2 f4 39. Nc4 g4 40. Qd3 f3 41. Bf1 g3+ 42.
Kg1 gxf2+ 43. Kh1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Alexander"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
c6 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Rad1 Nh5 11. Rfe1 Re8 12. c5 dxc5 13. d5 Nf4 14. Bf1 Nf8 15.
dxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Bg4 17. Bxc5 Qf6 18. Rd6 Re6 19. Rxe6 N8xe6 20. Nd2 Nxc5 21.
Nxc5 Rd8 22. Nc4 Bc8 23. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A65"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 Be7 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3
Re8 9. Bd3 Bf8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b3 Rb8 12. Qc2 a6 13. a4 g6 14. Bd2 b5 15. axb5
axb5 16. Nxb5 Nxe4 17. Ba5 Qe7 18. Nc7 Bb7 19. Rae1 f5 20. g4 Bg7 21. Re2 Ra8
22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Qf7 26. Ng5 Qxd5 27. Rd1
Bd4+ 28. Rdxd4 cxd4 29. Qg2 Qf5 30. Ne6+ Qg6 31. Qxg6+ hxg6 32. Rxd4 Rxa5 33.
Rxd6 Rd5 34. Rxd5 Bxd5 35. Nd4 Nc5 36. b4 Ne6 37. Nxe6 Bxe6 38. b5 Bc8 39. Kf2
Kg7 40. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. dxe5 Nfd7 10. Bg3 dxe5 11. h4 g4 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Nb3 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Nxb3 15.
axb3 c6 16. h5 Na6 17. Bh4 Re8 18. Rd6 Be6 19. Bd1 Nc5 20. O-O a5 21. Re1 Bf8
22. Rd2 Be7 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Kh2 Kh8 25. Kg3 Rg8 26. Bc2 Ree8 27. Ra1 Ra8 28.
Rdd1 Kg7 29. Ra3 Ra6 30. Rda1 Rd8 31. Nd1 b6 32. b4 Nb7 33. Ne3 Raa8 34. bxa5
Rxa5 35. b4 Rxa3 36. Rxa3 Nd6 37. Bd3 b5 38. c5 Nc4 39. Bxc4 bxc4 40. Nxg4 Rb8
41. Nxe5 Rxb4 42. Kf4 Rb5 43. Nxc6 Rxc5 44. Nd4 c3 45. Nxe6+ fxe6 46. Ra1 Kf6
47. Rc1 c2 48. Ke3 Kg5 49. Kd4 Rc6 50. Kd3 Kxh5 51. Rxc2 Rxc2 52. Kxc2 Kg4 53.
Kd3 Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Slepoi, Iosif"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Bg5 Nb6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. a5 Nc8 14. Ne5 Be8 15.
Bc2 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Ncxe7 17. Ra3 Nb4 18. Be4 Rb8 19. Nd5 Nexd5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21.
Rh3 Nf4 22. Rh5 g6 23. Bxg6+ Kg7 24. Rh7+ Kf6 25. Qg4 Qxd4 26. Re1 Ke7 27. g3
Nbd5 28. gxf4 Qxf4 29. Qxf4 Nxf4 30. Be4 Rg8+ 31. Kh1 Rg5 32. Bf3 Rc8 33. h4
Rg8 34. Rg1 Kf8 35. Rg4 Rxg4 36. Nxg4 Rc2 37. Rh8+ Ke7 38. b4 Rb2 39. h5 Rxb4
40. h6 Rb5 41. Kg1 Ng6 42. Rg8 Bc6 43. Bxc6 bxc6 44. h7 Rh5 45. Ra8 Rxh7 46.
Rxa6 Kd6 47. Nf6 Rh4 48. Ra7 Ne5 49. Ne8+ Kc5 50. Nc7 Ra4 51. a6 Nc4 52. Ne8
Ne5 53. Nc7 Nf3+ 54. Kg2 Nd4 55. Rb7 Nb5 56. Nxb5 cxb5 57. a7 b4 58. Kf3 Kc4
59. Rxf7 Kc3 60. Rc7+ Kb2 61. Ke4 b3+ 62. Ke5 Ra6 63. f4 Ka2 64. Rb7 b2 65.
a8=Q Rxa8 66. Kxe6 Re8+ 67. Kf7 Re4 68. f5 Ka3 69. f6 Rb4 70. Rxb4 Kxb4 71. Kg8
b1=Q 72. f7 Qg6+ 73. Kh8 Qxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Neishtadt, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E41"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Nd2 e5 9. Bb2 b6 10. O-O Na5 11. f4 Qc7 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Rxf6 gxf6 14. Qf3 Bb7
15. Qxf6 Rg8 16. d5 Qe7 17. Ne4 Rg6 18. Qh8+ Kd7 19. Qxh7 Rag8 20. g3 Kd8 21.
Rf1 f6 22. Qh4 Rg4 23. Qxf6 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Rxe4 25. Qxe7+ Kxe7 26. d6+ Kxd6 27.
Bxg8 Rxe3 28. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. Qe4 g6 16. Qh4 Nd5 17. Be4 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Nf6 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Bf3 Rxb2
21. d5 exd5 22. Bxd5 Qb6 23. Qh6 Bb5 24. Rac1 Rxf2 25. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Ng4+
27. Kg3 Nxh6 28. Rc7 Rd8 29. Bb3 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Kf4 Kg7 32. g3 f6 33.
Ne6+ Bxe6 34. Bxe6 f5 35. h4 Kf6 36. Bb3 Ng4 37. Bd1 Nf2 38. Bc2 h6 39. Ke3
Ng4+ 40. Kd4 g5 41. hxg5+ Kxg5 42. Ba4 Nf6 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C82"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf2 13. Rxf2 Qxf6 14. Qf1 Rae8
15. Kh1 Bxf2 16. Qxf2 Bg4 17. h3 Bh5 18. Qg3 Ne5 19. Bd1 Nd3 20. Kh2 c5 21. Nf1
h6 22. Be3 Nxb2 23. Bxc5 Nxd1 24. Bd4 Qf7 25. Rxd1 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Qxf3 27. gxf3
Rxf3 28. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qd2 Qa5 7. O-O-O Nbd7 8.
Nf3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Qc5 12. Nd2 Qf8 13. Qh4 b5 14. f4 Qe7
15. Rhf1 Nd5 16. Qxe7+ Nxe7 17. g3 a5 18. Nf3 exf4 19. gxf4 Nc5 20. Ne5 Ba6 21.
Nd3 Nxd3+ 22. Bxd3 O-O 23. a4 b4 24. Ne2 c5 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. Rd7 Re6 27. Ng3
f5 28. e5 Nc6 29. Rfd1 Rf7 30. R7d5 c4 31. Rc5 c3 32. bxc3 bxc3 33. Rxc3 Kf8
34. Rd5 Rb7 35. Rb5 Rd7 36. Rb6 Nd4 37. Rc8+ Kf7 38. Rbb8 Ree7 39. Rh8 Ke6 40.
Rb6+ Kd5 41. Rc8 Rc7 42. Rd6+ Kc4 43. Rb8 Re6 44. Rxe6 Nxe6 45. Ne2 Nc5 46. Ra8
Nxa4 47. Rxa5 Nc5 48. Kd2 Rd7+ 49. Ke3 Rb7 50. Ra8 Rd7 51. Rc8 Ra7 52. Nd4 Kd5
53. Nb5 Ra5 54. Nc7+ Kc6 55. Na6+ Kd7 56. Rc7+ Kd8 57. Rxc5 Rxa6 58. Kd4 Ra4+
59. Rc4 Ra5 60. Rb4 Kc7 61. c4 Ra2 62. Kd5 Rxh2 63. Ke6 h5 64. Kf7 Re2 65. e6
Kd6 66. Rb5 h4 67. Re5 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A37"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 e5 7. b4 Nge7 8. Rb1
O-O 9. d3 h6 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. Nd5 b6 12. b5 Nd4 13. e3 Ne6 14. O-O Nc7 15. a4
Be6 16. Qb3 f5 17. f4 g5 18. Bb2 Ng6 19. Bc3 Qd7 20. Ra1 Bxd5 21. cxd5 exf4 22.
exf4 gxf4 23. gxf4 Rbe8 24. Rf2 Re3 25. Qc2 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Qg7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7
28. Nc4 Rxd3 29. Nxd6 Nxd5 30. Nxf5+ Kf6 31. Be4 Rc3 32. Nxh6 Ndxf4 33. Kf1 Kg5
34. Bxg6 Kxg6 35. Ng4 Kf5 36. h3 Rxh3 37. Nh2 Rfh8 38. Nf3 Rxf3 39. Rxf3 Rh1+
0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A88"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Qb3
Na6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. d5 Nc5 11. Qc2 e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bf4 Rad8 14. Ng5 Qe7 15.
Nxe6 Nxe6 16. Be3 a6 17. h3 Nh5 18. Bb6 Rd7 19. e3 g5 20. Re1 Be5 21. g4 fxg4
22. hxg4 Nhg7 23. Be4 h5 24. Kg2 Qf6 25. Rh1 Rdf7 26. Raf1 h4 27. f3 Ne8 28.
Rd1 N6g7 29. Rhf1 Qe6 30. Qd3 h3+ 31. Kh1 Qh6 32. Bd4 Bxd4 33. Qxd4 Qh4 34. Qd2
Nf6 35. Bg6 Re7 36. Qe1 Qh6 37. Bc2 Re6 38. Ne4 Nxe4 39. Bxe4 Qf6 40. b3 Qe5
41. Qd2 Rd8 42. Qd4 Qxd4 43. Rxd4 Kf7 44. Rfd1 Ke7 45. Kh2 Rh6 46. Bf5 Rh4 47.
R4d2 Rhh8 48. Kg3 Nxf5+ 49. gxf5 Kf6 50. Rxd6+ Rxd6 51. Rxd6+ Kxf5 52. Rd2 Re8
53. Re2 a5 54. Kxh3 a4 55. Kg3 axb3 56. axb3 Rd8 57. e4+ Ke5 58. Ra2 Rd3 59.
Ra5+ Kd4 60. Rxg5 Rxb3 61. c5 Rb5 62. Rg7 Kxc5 63. Rd7 Rb1 64. Kf2 b5 65. e5
Rb2+ 66. Ke3 Rb1 67. Kd2 Rb2+ 68. Kd3 Rb3+ 69. Ke4 Rb1 70. f4 Re1+ 71. Kf5 b4
72. Rb7 Re3 73. Kf6 b3 74. f5 Kd4 75. e6 c5 76. e7 c4 77. Kf7 c3 78. Rb4+ Kc5
79. Rxb3 c2 80. Rxe3 c1=Q 81. e8=Q 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Osnos, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "36"]

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 Qc8 10. b3 Be4 11. Bb2 Qb7 12. Ne1 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 Bf6 14. Rad1 c5
15. e3 Qf3 16. Qc2 Na6 17. dxc5 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C61"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Ne7 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8.
f4 O-O 9. Qh5 d6 10. Rf3 g6 11. Rg3 Kh8 12. Qh6 Bh4 13. Nd2 Bxg3 14. Nf3 f6 15.
hxg3 Bg4 16. Nh4 Ne7 17. f5 gxf5 18. Be6 Qe8 19. exf5 Qh5 20. Bd2 Qxh6 21. Bxh6
Rfe8 22. Bf7 Ng8 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Bf4 Re2 25. c3 Kg7 26. cxd4 Ne7 27. Kf1 Rxb2
28. Rc1 Nd5 29. a4 a5 30. Re1 Kf7 31. Nf3 Bxf3 32. gxf3 h5 33. Bh6 Ra2 34. Re4
Rxa4 35. Rh4 b5 36. Rxh5 b4 37. Ke2 b3 38. Rh1 b2 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, V."]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A37"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d3 e5 7. e4 Nge7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Nd4 10. Nh4 Nec6 11. O-O Rb8 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 b5 14. Bh6 Bxh6
15. Qxh6 Ne5 16. cxb5 f6 17. Nf3 Nxb5 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19. Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A92"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O Ne4 7. Nbd2 d5 8. b3
Nc6 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 c6 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. Qd3 Rad8 14. cxd5 exd5
15. e3 c5 16. Qc2 Bb5 17. Rfd1 Qa6 18. Ne1 Qh6 19. Nd3 Bc6 20. Nf4 g5 21. f3
gxf4 22. gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E35"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 c6 10. e3 O-O 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Ne5
Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Geller, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Bc4 Qh4
15. Bxd5 Rfd8 16. g3 Qh5 17. g4 Qh3 18. Be7 Rd7 19. Bxc6 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Rc8 21.
Rhd1 f6 22. Rd6 Kf7 23. Bd8 Bf8 24. Rxe6 Rxd8 25. Rxd8 Kxe6 26. g5 Qf1+ 27. Rd1
Qg2 28. Bd5+ Ke7 29. gxf6+ Kxf6 30. Kb1 Qxh2 31. Ne4+ Ke7 32. c4 Qe2 33. Nc3
Qf2 34. Be4 h5 35. Bxg6 h4 36. Bf5 Qxf3 37. Be4 Qf2 38. Bc6 Qf5+ 39. Be4 Qf2
40. Bc6 Kf7 41. Rd7+ Kg6 42. Be4+ Kh5 43. Rd5 Qg3 44. Bc2 h3 45. Ne4 Qf4 46. c5
h2 47. Rd1 Qf3 48. c6 Bd6 49. Nxd6 h1=Q 50. Rc1 Qxc1+ 51. Kxc1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B05"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nc6 7. c4 Nb6 8. exd6
cxd6 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Be4 Be7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Qc2 h6
15. a4 Rc8 16. Bf5 Ned7 17. Qd3 Bf6 18. a5 Nc4 19. Qh3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rc7 21.
Ra4 Nde5 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qxh6 Ng6 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Rxc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 d6 8.
Qd2 Qe7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. f3 Re8 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be6 13. f4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4
Bxg4 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Rhg1 f5 17. Rg3 c5 18. Qd5+ Qf7 19. Qxd6 Nf2 20. Rdg1
Nxe4 21. Rxg7+ Qxg7 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. Qxb7+ Kh8 25. Qd5 Nxc3 26.
bxc3 Rac8 27. Qxf5 Rc7 28. h4 Kg7 29. h5 Re1+ 30. Kd2 Ree7 31. h6+ Kg8 32. Qg5+
Kf8 33. Qf6+ Ke8 34. Qh8+ Kd7 35. f5 Kc6 36. Qa8+ Kb5 37. Qb8+ Rb7 38. Qf4
Rbd7+ 39. Kc1 Rf7 40. c4+ Kb6 41. Qe5 Rfe7 42. Qf6+ Kb7 43. Kb2 Rf7 44. Qe5 Rc7
45. Qd5+ Kc8 46. Qe6+ Kb7 47. f6 Rf8 48. Kb3 Rff7 49. Ka4 Rf8 50. Kb5 Kb8 51.
Qd6 Rf7 52. a4 Kc8 53. Qe6+ Kd8 54. a5 Rcd7 55. Kxc5 Rf8 56. Kc6 Rdf7 57. Qd5+
Kc8 58. Qf5+ Kb8 59. Kb5 Rb7+ 60. Kc5 Rc7+ 61. Kd4 Rd8+ 62. Kc3 Rf8 63. Qe5 Kc8
64. Qe6+ Rd7 65. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Slepoi, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B58"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. f5 Nb6 12. Qg3 Kh8 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Rad1 Qe7
15. Qh3 Rd8 16. Rf3 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Rg3 Qf6 19. Qh5 d5 20. Rgd3 d4 21. g4
g6 22. Qh6 Qg7 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nb1 g5 25. Ra3 a5 26. Nd2 a4 27. Kf2 c5 28.
h4 h6 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rh1 Nd7 31. Rh5 f6 32. Rah3 Nf8 33. Bc4 Ba6 34. Bd5
Rab8 35. b3 axb3 36. axb3 Rxd5 37. exd5 Bb7 38. Ne4 Bxd5 39. Nxc5 Rc8 40. b4 e4
41. Ra3 Rc7 42. Kg3 Re7 43. Rh1 e3 44. Re1 Bc4 45. Ra8 Kf7 46. Rd8 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neishtadt, Yakov"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C17"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Qg4 c5 6. dxc5 Nbc6 7. Bd2 Bxc5 8.
Qxg7 Ng6 9. Nf3 Bf8 10. Qf6 Be7 11. Qg7 Bf8 12. Qf6 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C75"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O Nge7 7. d4 Ng6 8. Be3
Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. Nc3 h6 13. b4 Nf6 14. Ne1 Nh7 15. g3
Qd7 16. Qh5 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Nxg5 18. Nd3 Nh7 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Nf6 21. Qf3 Qe7
22. Rae1 Nd7 23. Qg3 Rae8 24. Re2 Kh7 25. Rfe1 f6 26. Rg2 Qf7 27. Kh1 Rg8 28.
Reg1 Ngf8 29. f5 Ne5 30. Nf4 g5 31. fxg6+ Nfxg6 32. Nh5 Nd7 33. Qh3 Nge5 34.
Rg7+ Rxg7 35. Rxg7+ Qxg7 36. Nxg7 Kxg7 37. Ne2 Nf8 38. Nd4 Nf7 39. Qh4 Re5 40.
Nf5+ Kg6 41. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. h4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Kf1 Qxc5 8. Be3
Qa5 9. h5 Nc6 10. h6 Bf8 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. b4 Qd8 13. b5 Ncb8 14. Qd4 Nf6 15. Qc3
Nxd5 16. Qxh8 Nf6 17. Rh4 Nbd7 18. g4 g5 19. Bxg5 Nxe4 20. Be3 e6 21. g5 d5 22.
Qxh7 Nxg5 23. Qg8 Nh7 24. Nf3 Ndf6 25. Qh8 Bd7 26. Ng5 Qe7 27. Nxh7 Nxh7 28.
Rh5 f6 29. Bd3 f5 30. Bf4 Qf7 31. Rh3 Ke7 32. Qe5 Qf6 33. Re1 Qxe5 34. Bxe5 Kf7
35. Ree3 a6 36. bxa6 bxa6 37. Be2 Bb5 38. Rb3 Bxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Ra7 40. Rb8 a5 41.
Rg3 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Bb4 7. a3 Qa5 8. Bd2
d4 9. axb4 Qxa1+ 10. Nd1 Nf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Qg4 Nd7 13. Qxd4 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5
15. Bxa5 Qxa5+ 16. c3 Qc7 17. Qe4 Nxe5 18. d4 Nd7 19. Bd3 N7f6 20. Qf3 Qf4 21.
Qxf4 Nxf4 22. Bf1 Ke7 23. g3 N4d5 24. Bd3 Ra8 25. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. Nc3 f5 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Qc2 Ne7 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Nge2
a5 9. a3 Kh8 10. g3 Nd7 11. Nf4 Nf6 12. f3 Qe8 13. h4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Bd3
e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nce2 Bd7 18. Kf2 Nfd5 19. Rad1 Qb8 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Nf4
Bxf4 22. exf4 Qb6+ 23. Kg2 c5 24. Rhe1 c4 25. Bf1 Bc6 26. Re5 Rae8 27. Rde1
Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Qd4 29. Bc1 Nf6 30. Be3 Qd7 31. Rxf5 Re8 32. Kf2 Qb7 33. Bd4 Qd7
34. Bc5 Bb7 35. Be2 Qc6 36. Qc3 Kg8 37. Re5 Rd8 38. a4 Rd5 39. Qe3 Ba6 40. axb5
Bxb5 41. Bd4 Rxe5 42. fxe5 Nd5 43. Qg5 Nc7 44. Qd8+ Kf7 45. f4 Ne6 46. Bh5+ g6
47. Qf6+ Kg8 48. Bf3 Qd7 49. Bc3 Bc6 50. Bxc6 Qxc6 51. h5 Qc5+ 52. Kg2 Qd5+ 53.
Kh2 Nd4 54. hxg6 Nf3+ 55. Kh3 Ng1+ 56. Kg4 Qd7+ 57. f5 Qd1+ 58. Kg5 Nf3+ 59.
Kf4 Qc1+ 60. Kxf3 Qf1+ 61. Ke3 Qd3+ 62. Kf4 Qf1+ 63. Kg5 Qc1+ 64. Kh5 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Osnos, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Nxe4 11. Qe1 Nf6 12. Nf5 Qa5 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14. Rxd6
O-O-O 15. Rd2 Ne7 16. Qe5 Ned5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bxf6 Qxa2 19. Qc3+ Bc6 20. Qa3
Qxa3 21. bxa3 gxf6 22. Be2 Rhe8 23. Rhd1 d4 24. Bg4+ Kc7 25. g3 Re4 26. Kb2 Bd7
27. Bf3 Re3 28. Bh5 Be6 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 f5 31. Rd2 Bc4 32. Bd1 a5 33.
Bh5 Kc8 34. Rd4 Be6 35. Bd1 Kc7 36. c3 b6 37. Kc2 Re1 38. Rd2 Bc4 39. Rf2 Kd6
40. Kd2 Rf1 41. Rxf1 Bxf1 42. Ke3 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D33"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 c4 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O
Nge7 9. Ne1 O-O 10. Nc2 Ba5 11. Be3 Be6 12. f3 Rb8 13. Bf4 Bc7 14. Qd2 b5 15.
e4 b4 16. Ne2 b3 17. Ne3 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 dxe4 19. d5 exf3 20. Bxf3 Ne5 21. Qd4
Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Bd7 23. Nh5 f6 24. axb3 Rxb3 25. Qxc4 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Qb6 27. Qb3
Qc5 28. Qa3 Qxa3 29. Rexa3 Nxd5 30. Rxa7 Be8 31. Rxg7+ Kh8 32. Raa7 Bg6 33. Nf4
1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, V."]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 g6 3. c4 Nf6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxg7 Kxg7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qc1 Qd6 11. Na3 b6 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nb5 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A28"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d6 5. g3 h6 6. Bg2 Be6 7. O-O Qd7 8. Re1
Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nd2 Rab8 13. e3 Nf5 14. Nb3 d5 15. cxd5
Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. e4 Qxb5 19. a4 Qd7 20. exf5 Qxf5 21. Bb2
f6 22. Nxa5 Rfd8 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. d4 e4 25. Nc4 Bf8 26. Qc2 Re8 27. Ne3 Qd7 28.
Qe2 Ra8 29. Qb5 c6 30. Qf5 Qf7 31. d5 Bb4 32. Red1 Ra5 33. Rd4 Bc5 34. Rxe4
Bxe3 35. Rxe3 Rxe3 36. fxe3 Rxd5 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Bd4 Qe7 39. Bb6 Qe4 40. Rf1
c5 41. Qh3 Qxe3+ 42. Kh1 Rd1 43. Qf5+ g6 44. Qxf6 Rxf1+ 45. Qxf1 Qe4+ 46. Kg1
Qd4+ 47. Qf2 Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Qd5+ 49. Qf3 Qa2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Qg3 Nf6 7. d3 Nh5 8. Qf3
Nf6 9. Qg3 Nh5 10. Qf3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Geller, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B71"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Nd7 9. exd6 exd6 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qd4 Nf6 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. Bf2 O-O 14. Qxd6
Qb7 15. Bd4 Rb8 16. Qa3 Bg4 17. Ba6 Qc7 18. Be5 Qb6 19. Rd2 Rbd8 20. Bd3 Qe3
21. h3 Be6 22. Rf1 Rfe8 23. Nd1 Qb6 24. g4 Rd5 25. Bc3 Bc8 26. Re2 Rxe2 27.
Bxe2 h5 28. Bf3 Rd7 29. Re1 Bf8 30. Qb3 hxg4 31. hxg4 Qxb3 32. axb3 Nd5 33.
Bxd5 Rxd5 34. Re8 Bd7 35. Ra8 f6 36. Ne3 Rb5 37. Nc4 Bxg4 38. Bxf6 Rb7 39. Ne5
Bh5 40. Nxc6 Rd7 41. Rd8 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A09"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 d4 6. d3 e5 7. e4 dxe3 8. Bxe3
Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. a3 Bf5 11. Ne1 Qd7 12. Bg5 Ne8 13. Rb1 Nc7 14. Nd5 Rfe8 15.
Nxc7 Qxc7 16. Nc2 Be7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Ne3 Rad8 19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Qf3 Nd4 21.
Qxb7 Qxb7 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Bd5 Rb3 24. Kg2 Kf8 25. f4 Nc2 26. Rf2 Ne3+ 27. Kh3
Rb6 28. g4 exf4 29. Rxf4 Nxd5 30. cxd5 Re3+ 31. Kg2 Rxd3 32. Ra4 a6 33. Ra5 c4
34. Rc5 Rd4 35. h3 g5 36. Rc6 Rb3 37. d6 Rd2+ 38. Kf1 Rxh3 39. Kg1 Rg3+ 40. Kf1
Rxg4 41. Rxa6 h5 42. Re1 h4 43. Re2 Rxe2 44. Kxe2 Rd4 45. Rb6 h3 46. Kf2 g4 47.
Kg3 Rd3+ 48. Kh2 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C52"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. dxe5
Bb6 9. Qc2 dxe5 10. Ba3 Nge7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Bb3 Kh8 13. O-O f6 14. Rad1 Qe8
15. h3 Na5 16. Ba4 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Nc4 Qe8 19. Nxa5 Bxa5 20. c4 Rf7 21.
Rd3 Ng6 22. g3 Nf8 23. Rd5 Bb6 24. c5 c6 25. Rd3 Bc7 26. Rb1 b5 27. Nh4 g6 28.
Rbd1 Rd7 29. Rd6 Bxd6 30. cxd6 Rc8 31. f4 Qe6 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. Nf3 Qxh3 34.
Qg2 Qg4 35. Rf1 Qxe4 36. Nxe5 Qe3+ 37. Kh2 Qxa3 38. Rxf8+ Rxf8 39. Nxd7 Qxd6
40. Nxf8 Kg8 41. Qf3 a5 42. Nxh7 Kxh7 43. Qf7+ Kh6 44. Kh3 Kg5 45. Qe8 Kf6 46.
Qh8+ Ke7 47. Qc3 b4 48. Qg7+ Kd8 49. g4 Qe6 50. Qd4+ Kc8 51. Qb6 Qd5 52. Qa6+
Kc7 53. Qa7+ Kd6 54. Qb8+ Kc5 55. Qf8+ Kb5 56. Qf1+ Ka4 57. Qc1 g5 58. Kg3 c5
59. Qe3 c4 60. Qc1 Qe5+ 61. Kf2 Qh2+ 62. Kf3 Qf4+ 63. Qxf4 gxf4 64. g5 c3 65.
g6 c2 66. g7 c1=Q 67. g8=Q Qe3+ 68. Kg2 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Slepoi, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 a6
9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Rac1 Na5 13. Nd2 dxc4 14. bxc4 Bd6 15. g3
cxd4 16. exd4 Qe7 17. c5 bxc5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nce4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21.
Qxe4 f5 22. Qa4 Bb6 23. Rce1 Qd6 24. Rd1 Qe7 25. Rfe1 Qe8 26. Qb4 Bc7 27. Qc3
Qf7 28. Rxe6 Rab8 29. Rde1 Bd8 30. Qc2 Rb6 31. Rxb6 Bxb6 32. Re5 g6 33. Rxa5
1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neishtadt, Yakov"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B38"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nh6 7. h3 f5 8. Nc3
O-O 9. exf5 gxf5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qd2 Nf7 12. f4 Qa5 13. Be2 Rb8 14. O-O Nd6
15. Rab1 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Ba6 18. Bxa7 Ra8 19. Bd4 Ne4 20. Rfc1 c5
21. Be3 d5 22. Bd3 Bxc4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rb7 Rxa2 25. Rxe7 Rb8 26. Kh2 Rbb2
27. Kg3 Rxg2+ 28. Kh4 Ra6 29. f5 Rf6 30. Ra1 Ba2 31. Ra7 d4 32. cxd4 cxd4 33.
R1xa2 Rxa2 34. Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Bb3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Rad1 Nbd7 12. Rfe1 h6 13. Qe2 Kh7 14. Qd2 Rfe8
15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Bf8 18. Rd2 Kg7 19. f3 Bc5 20. Kf2 Kf8 21.
Red1 Bxe3+ 22. Kxe3 Nc5 23. Na4 Nxa4 24. Bxa4 Rac8 25. Bb3 Rc7 26. a4 Ke7 27.
Bc4 Rf8 28. b4 Rd7 29. a5 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Ne8 31. c3 Nd6 32. Bd3 Rc8 33. c4 c5
34. b5 Rd8 35. Be2 Ne8 36. Rxd8 Kxd8 37. f4 Ke7 38. g3 Kf6 39. h4 Nd6 40. Kd3
Ke6 41. Bg4+ f5 42. exf5+ gxf5 43. Be2 b6 44. axb6 axb6 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. Bd3 Nc8
47. Be2 Ne7 48. Bh5 Nc8 49. Be2 Nd6 50. Bd3 Nf7 51. Be2 Nd8 52. Bd1 Ne6 53. Be2
Nf8 54. Bh5 Ke6 55. Kd3 Ke7 56. Ke3 Kf6 57. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "33"]

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 Rfc8 12. Qe2 Ne7 13. Rc2 Rc7 14. Rfc1
Rac8 15. Nd1 Rxc2 16. Rxc2 Rxc2 17. Qxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A22"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. c5 dxc5 8. Nxe5
Na6 9. b3 Qc7 10. f4 Be6 11. d3 Rad8 12. a3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. e3 f6 15. Nf3
Nb8 16. Qc2 Nc6 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Rab1 Rfe8 19. Kh1 Bf8 20. Rfe1 Qa6 21. b4 cxb4
22. Bxb4 Bxb4 23. axb4 Qb5 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. bxc5 Re7 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. exd4 Kf7
28. Kg1 Bc8 29. Rxe7+ Kxe7 30. Ra1 a6 31. Re1+ Kd7 32. Bxd5 Kc7 33. Re7+ Kb8
34. Bc4 Rxd4 35. Kf2 a5 36. Ke3 Rd7 37. Re8 Rc7 38. Kd4 Ka7 39. Bb5 b6 40. c6
Ba6 41. Bxa6 Kxa6 42. Kd5 Kb5 43. Re1 a4 44. Rb1+ Ka5 45. Kd6 Rc8 46. Kd7 Rf8
47. c7 b5 48. Rc1 Kb4 49. c8=Q Rxc8 50. Rxc8 Ka3 51. Kc6 b4 52. Kb5 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Osnos, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Rb1
Rb8 9. b4 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. d4 Bd7 12. h3 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. Be3 Nh5 15. Nc1
Qe8 16. N3e2 f5 17. f3 Nxg3 18. Nxg3 f4 19. Bf2 fxg3 20. Bxg3 Ra8 21. Rb2 Ra4
22. Ne2 Qa8 23. Nc3 Ra3 24. Rb3 Nc8 25. Qe2 Nb6 26. Rxa3 Qxa3 27. Nxb5 Qxb4 28.
Na7 Qa4 29. Nc6 Bxc6 30. dxc6 Qxc6 31. Bf2 Bh6 32. Qb2 Nc4 33. Qb3 Kh8 34. Rd1
Na5 35. Qd3 Rb8 36. Rb1 Rxb1+ 37. Qxb1 Qc1+ 38. Qxc1 Bxc1 39. Bf1 Bd2 40. Bb5
c6 41. Ba6 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. e3 c6 7. Nge2 e5 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. b3 Qa5 10. Bd2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rad1 Nc5 14. Bc1 a5
15. Bb2 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Qb1 Qc8 18. Qa1 Bh3 19. Bh1 Ng4 20. Nce2 Ne5 21.
Nf4 Bg4 22. f3 Bd7 23. Bg2 Qc7 24. Bf1 a4 25. b4 a3 26. Bxa3 Nxf3+ 27. Nxf3
Bxa1 28. Rxa1 Ne4 29. Bb2 Bg4 30. Nd4 Nd2 31. h3 Nf3+ 32. Kf2 Nxd4 33. exd4 Bf5
34. Bg2 Qb6 35. a3 Qa6 36. Rec1 Be4 37. Bf1 Qa4 38. Rc3 Qa7 39. Rcc1 d5 40. c5
Qa4 41. Rc3 Bf5 42. Rac1 Re7 43. g4 Be4 44. h4 Qa8 45. Rd1 Qb8 46. Bc1 f6 47.
Kg1 Rde8 48. Nh3 Qc8 49. Nf2 Qc7 50. Bd2 Kg7 51. Nh3 Qd7 52. Nf2 h6 53. Bf4 g5
54. Bg3 Bh7 55. Kg2 Re3 56. Rdc1 Qe6 57. b5 Be4+ 58. Kg1 Bf3 59. bxc6 bxc6 60.
a4 Bxg4 61. a5 Rxc3 62. Rxc3 Qe1 63. Rc2 Be2 64. Rxe2 Rxe2 65. hxg5 hxg5 66.
Ne4 Qa1 67. Nd6 Qxd4+ 68. Kh1 Qd1 69. Kg1 Ra2 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, V."]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Nb6 15.
Bb2 cxd4 16. Nbd2 Nfd7 17. h3 Bh5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nxd4 Bg5 20. N2f3 Bf6 21. Ba3
Nc8 22. Qd2 Re8 23. g5 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Nc5 25. Nf5 Ne6 26. h4 Ra7 27. Nxd6 Nxd6
28. Bxd6 h6 29. e5 Bxc2 30. Qxc2 hxg5 31. Kh2 gxh4 32. Rg1 Rd7 33. Rg4 Rxd6 34.
exd6 Qxd6+ 35. Kg1 Nd4 36. Rd1 Re1+ 37. Rxe1 Nxc2 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. Rxh4+ Kg6
40. Rg4+ Kf6 41. Rg3 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Ne1+ 43. Kh2 Nf3+ 44. Kg2 Nh4+ 45. Kh3 Qd7+
0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A31"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Bg5 e6 7. e4 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Nxe4 10. Be5 f6 11. Qh5+ Ke7 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nc6 14. O-O-O Nxd4
15. Rxd4 Bc6 16. Nd5+ Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qe8 18. Qf3 Rc8+ 19. Kb1 e5 20. Ba6 Rb8 21.
d6+ Kf7 22. Rd2 h5 23. Bd3 Kg7 24. Qf5 Rc8 25. f4 exf4 26. Re2 Qf7 27. gxf4 Rc5
28. Re5 gxf4 29. Rxc5 bxc5 30. Qxc5 Qe6 31. Qxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nf6 7. g3 Bb4 8. Bd2
d4 9. Nb1 Qb6 10. b3 Na6 11. Qd1 Qc5 12. Bg2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Nb4 14. O-O a5 15.
a3 Na6 16. Qc1 O-O 17. Nd2 Nc7 18. f4 Nb5 19. Rf2 Nc3 20. g4 Nd7 21. Nf1 f5 22.
Ng3 g6 23. Qd2 Rf7 24. gxf5 exf5 25. Kh2 Kh8 26. Bf3 Raf8 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Rg2
Nf6 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Qxb4 31. Nxf5 Nfd5 32. Bxd5 cxd5 33. Nh6 Rf6 34. Ng4
Rxf4 35. Qe1 Qd6 36. Qg3 Qg6 37. Ra8 Rf5 38. Rxf8+ Rxf8 39. Qe5+ Qg7 40. Qd6
Qf7 41. Nh6 Qe8 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Geller, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Qc7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nde2 Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. g4 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. g5 Nd7 14. Be3 Nb6 15. b3
Rfd8 16. h4 Rac8 17. Qd2 Bf8 18. h5 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. g6 d4
22. Bf4 Bd6 23. gxh7+ Kh8 24. h6 g6 25. Bg5 Be7 26. Ng3 Ne5 27. Ne4 Ng4 28. Ng3
Bxg2 29. Bxe7 Qxe7 30. Kxg2 Qb7+ 31. Kg1 Qf3 32. Rae1 Ne3 33. fxe3 Qxg3+ 34.
Qg2 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rxc2+ 36. Kg3 d3 37. Rxf7 d2 38. Rd1 Rc1 39. Rff1 Rxd1 40.
Rxd1 Kxh7 41. Kf3 Kxh6 42. Ke2 g5 43. b4 g4 44. Rh1+ Kg5 45. Kd1 g3 46. Rh7 Rd6
0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. a3 Ne8 8. Rb1
Nc7 9. b4 d6 10. O-O Ne6 11. d3 Ncd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Ne2 b6 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15.
Bb2 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 e5 17. f4 f6 18. Rbf2 Rb8 19. h4 Qe7 20. f5 Bd7 21. b5 Rf7
22. Kh2 Rbf8 23. Bh3 Kg7 24. Qd2 Bc8 25. Qe3 a5 26. bxa6 Bxa6 27. Rb2 Rb8 28.
Rfb1 Qd8 29. Qf3 Rfb7 30. a4 Ra7 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. h5 Bc8 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34. Qg4
g5 35. Rxb6 Qd7 36. Kh3 Qxg4+ 37. Kxg4 Rxa4 38. Rxd6 Rc7 39. Rbb6 Rf7 40. Kf5
Ra2 41. h6+ Kxh6 42. Rxf6+ Rxf6+ 43. Rxf6+ Kg7 44. Rd6 Rf2+ 45. Kxg5 Rf3 46. g4
Kf7 47. Rd5 Ke6 48. Kg6 Rf6+ 49. Kh5 Rf3 50. g5 Rh3+ 51. Kg6 Rg3 52. Kh6 Kf7
53. Rd7+ Ke6 54. Rc7 Rxd3 55. Rc6+ Ke7 56. Rxc5 Ke6 57. g6 Rh3+ 58. Kg7 Rh4 59.
Kg8 Rxe4 60. g7 Kd6 61. Rd5+ Ke6 62. Kf8 Rf4+ 63. Ke8 Rg4 64. Rd7 e4 65. Re7+
Kf6 66. Kf8 e3 67. Rxe3 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C76"]
[PlyCount "200"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bg5
Bf6 9. Be3 Nge7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bb3 Bg7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. a4 b6 14. Nc4 Be6
15. Ng5 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Bg4 17. f3 Bc8 18. a5 b5 19. Nd2 h6 20. Nh3 Bxh3 21.
gxh3 Rfd8 22. Kf2 Rd7 23. Bc2 Rad8 24. b4 Nd4 25. cxd4 exd4 26. Bf4 d3 27. Bb3
Bxa1 28. Rxa1 Nc6 29. Rg1 Kh7 30. Rc1 Nxb4 31. Rxc7 g5 32. Be5 Rxc7 33. Bxc7
Rd7 34. Bb6 Kg6 35. Bd1 Nc6 36. Nb3 Ne5 37. Nc5 Rd6 38. Nxa6 Nc4 39. Nc7 Nxb6
40. Nxb5 Rc6 41. axb6 Rxb6 42. Ba4 Rc6 43. Ke3 Rc1 44. Nd6 Rh1 45. Kxd3 Rxh2
46. Bd7 Kf6 47. Nc4 Rh1 48. Bg4 h5 49. Bxh5 Rxh3 50. e5+ Kg7 51. Bg4 Rh1 52.
Nd6 Re1 53. Kd4 Kg6 54. Bf5+ Kg7 55. Bd7 Kf8 56. Bg4 Ke7 57. Bh5 f6 58. Nc4
fxe5+ 59. Nxe5 Kf6 60. Nd3 Rh1 61. Bg4 Rd1 62. Ke3 Ra1 63. Kf2 Rb1 64. Kg2 Ra1
65. Nf2 Kg6 66. Ne4 Rb1 67. Ng3 Rb4 68. Bf5+ Kg7 69. Be4 Ra4 70. Kh3 Ra1 71.
Kg4 Rg1 72. Bd3 Rg2 73. Bf1 Rf2 74. Bh3 Rh2 75. Ne4 Rh1 76. Nxg5 Kg6 77. Ne4
Re1 78. Kf4 Ra1 79. Bf5+ Kg7 80. Kg5 Rg1+ 81. Bg4 Re1 82. Be6 Rg1+ 83. Kf5 Ra1
84. Ke5 Rf1 85. f4 Re1 86. Bd5 Re2 87. f5 Re1 88. Ke6 Kf8 89. Kf6 Rd1 90. Be6
Rh1 91. Bf7 Rh6+ 92. Bg6 Rh4 93. Ng5 Kg8 94. Ne6 Ra4 95. Bf7+ Kh7 96. Nf8+ Kh8
97. Nd7 Re4 98. Be6 Rf4 99. Ke5 Rf1 100. f6 Rxf6 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Slepoi, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. a3 Nc6 6. Rb1 a5 7. e4 d6 8. Nge2
Bd7 9. O-O e5 10. d3 O-O 11. h3 Ne8 12. Kh2 f5 13. Nd5 Be6 14. exf5 Rxf5 15.
Nec3 Rf7 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 h6 18. Be4 Kh7 19. h4 Bf5 20. h5 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 g5
22. bxc5 Nd4 23. Be3 dxc5 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Qg4 Ra6 26. Rb2 Nd6 27. Nxd6 Qxd6
28. Kg2 Qe6 29. Qxe6 Rxe6 30. Rfb1 e4 31. Re2 e3 32. fxe3 dxe3 33. Rxe3 Ra6 34.
Rbe1 Ra2+ 35. R1e2 Ra1 36. Kh3 Rh1+ 37. Kg4 Bf8 38. Re1 Rh2 39. R3e2 Rxe2 40.
Rxe2 Bc5 41. Re6 Rf2 42. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neishtadt, Yakov"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nb6 9. O-O Bd7 10. f4 g6 11. Nf3 Nb4 12. Bb1 a5 13. a3 Nc6 14. a4 Be7 15. b3
Nb4 16. Ne1 Nc8 17. Nd3 Na7 18. g4 h5 19. f5 gxf5 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Ng3 Qb6 22.
Nxb4 Bxb4 23. Qd3 O-O-O 24. Nxf5 Kb8 25. Ra2 Rc8 26. Rc2 Nc6 27. Be3 Rhg8+ 28.
Kh1 Be6 29. Nh6 Rg7 30. Nf5 Rg6 31. Ng3 h4 32. Ne2 Bh3 33. Rg1 Bg4 34. Bf2 Nxe5
35. Rxc8+ Bxc8 36. Qe3 Ng4 37. Qf4+ Bd6 38. Qxf7 Rf6 39. Qxd5 Nxf2+ 40. Kg2 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B77"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Bc4
O-O 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. h4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Qd3 Nxb3 13. axb3 d5 14. Nde2 Be6 15.
O-O-O a5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Qb5 Ra6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Nc6 Qe8 20. Bxb6 Ra8 21. h5
bxc6 22. Qc4 Qb8 23. Bc5 Qe5 24. hxg6 Qg5+ 25. Kb1 Qxg6 26. g4 a4 27. bxa4 Rfb8
28. Bd4 e5 29. dxe6 Bxe6 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31. Rxd3 Bc4 32. Rdd1 Bf8 33. Kc1 c5 34.
Be5 Re8 35. Rh5 Ra6 36. b3 Rae6 37. f4 f6 38. Bc7 Ba6 39. Nd5 Rc6 40. Ba5 Be2
41. Re1 Re4 42. Rh2 Bf3 43. Rxe4 Bxe4 44. Ne3 Re6 45. Bd2 Bd6 46. Nc4 Bc7 47.
Rh5 f5 48. gxf5 Rf6 49. Ne3 Bxf4 50. Rh4 Bxe3 51. Bxe3 Bxf5 52. Bxc5 Rc6 53. b4
Kf7 54. Kb2 Kg6 55. c4 h5 56. Rd4 Be6 57. Kc3 Kf5 58. a5 Ke5 59. Bb6 Bg4 60. b5
Rh6 61. Bc7+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. a3
Rb8 9. Rb1 a5 10. b3 Na7 11. a4 Nc6 12. d3 Bd7 13. Bb2 Qc8 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15.
dxe4 Bg4 16. f3 Be6 17. Qd2 Nb4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Rb2 Rbd8 21. Nf4
Bc8 22. h4 e5 23. Qc3 f6 24. Ne2 Bd7 25. Rbd2 Bc6 26. g4 Kf7 27. Ng3 Ke7 28.
Bh3 Qc8 29. Kh2 Qe6 30. Rh1 Qg8 31. Kg1 Qg7 32. Rdh2 Kd7 33. Kf2 Kc7 34. h5 Kb6
35. Bf1 Rh8 36. Qd2 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Osnos, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B65"]
[PlyCount "44"]

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 Qa5 11. Kb1 h6 12. h4 e5 13. Qf2 exf4 14. Nd5 Qd8
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf4 Qa5 17. Bc4 Qb4 18. Bb3 Be5 19. Qf3 Be6 20. g4 Bxb3 21.
axb3 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Rae8 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B18"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 Nd7 7. Qe2 Qc7 8.
h4 h6 9. Nh3 Nb6 10. Bb3 e6 11. O-O Bd6 12. h5 Bh7 13. c4 Nf6 14. c5 Bxg3 15.
fxg3 Nbd5 16. Nf4 Be4 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Bd6 O-O-O 20. Bd1 Rde8 21.
Qd2 Re6 22. Bf4 Qd8 23. b4 Ne8 24. a4 g5 25. hxg6 Rxg6 26. Bh5 Rg7 27. b5 Rhg8
28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Rf2 f5 30. Be2 h5 31. Be5 Rg5 32. Ra3 h4 33. Rb3 Nc7 34. Qb2
Kd7 35. Bxc7 Qxc7 36. Rb7 Rxg3 37. Rxc7+ Kxc7 38. Ba6 Rb8 39. Qd2 Rb1+ 40. Kh2
Rh3+ 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B39"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 d6 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 Be6 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nxd4 exd4
15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Rc1 f5 17. f3 fxe4 18. fxe4 Qh4 19. g3 Rxf1+ 20. Qxf1 Qh5 21.
Bf4 Rf8 22. Qd1 Bg4 23. Qd2 Be5 24. Rf1 Bf3 25. Bh6 Bxg3 26. Bxf8 Bxh2+ 27.
Qxh2 Qg5+ 28. Kf2 Qe3+ 29. Kg3 Bxe4+ 30. Kh4 g5+ 31. Kg4 Bxd3 32. Rf2 Bxc4 33.
Bh6 Be6+ 34. Kh5 Bf7+ 35. Rxf7 Kxf7 36. Bxg5 Qf3+ 37. Kh4 h5 38. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 39.
Bxf4 Ke6 40. Kg3 Kd5 41. Kf3 Kc4 42. Bxd6 Kb3 43. Ke4 Kxa4 44. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. h3 Qc7 14. Ne3 Bf8 15.
Nh2 Be6 16. Nhg4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Rad8 18. Qf3 Nd4 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Bb3 dxe3 21.
Bxe3 Bxb3 22. axb3 Qc2 23. Qd1 Qxb2 24. Rxa6 d5 25. Qb1 Qxb1 26. Rxb1 d4 27.
Bd2 Rc8 28. Rb2 Rc5 29. Kf1 Rb8 30. Ke2 b4 31. Kd1 h6 32. Rba2 Be7 33. Ra8 Rcc8
34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Ra5 f6 36. g3 Kf7 37. f4 Bd6 38. Ra7+ Kf8 39. Rd7 Be7 40. Rd5
Ra8 41. fxe5 fxe5 42. Rxe5 Ra1+ 43. Kc2 Ra2+ 44. Kc1 Ra1+ 45. Kb2 Rg1 46. g5
hxg5 47. Bxg5 Bd6 48. Rf5+ Ke8 49. Bf4 Bxf4 50. gxf4 Rg2+ 51. Kc1 Rg1+ 52. Kd2
Rg2+ 53. Ke1 Rg3 54. Ke2 Rg2+ 55. Kd1 Rg1+ 56. Kd2 Rg2+ 57. Ke1 Rg3 58. Re5+
Kf7 59. Ke2 Rg2+ 60. Kf1 Rd2 61. Rb5 Rxd3 62. Rxb4 Rf3+ 63. Kg2 Rxf4 64. Rxd4
Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Bh2 Nd7 8. c3
e5 9. Bb5 Ncb8 10. O-O Qe7 11. b4 Nb6 12. Be2 a5 13. b5 N8d7 14. a4 f5 15. c4
Kh8 16. Nb3 f4 17. exf4 exd4 18. Nfxd4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Nf3 Rd8 21. Qe1
Be6 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Nxc4 24. Bf4 Rd4 25. Qc1 Kg8 26. Re1 Qf7 27. Bg5 Re8
28. Bf3 b6 29. Bc6 Rf8 30. Bf6 Nd6 31. Rd1 Nf5 32. Qc3 Rc4 33. Qd2 Rd4 34. Qg5
h6 35. Qc1 Rc4 36. Qd2 Rd4 37. Qe2 Bd5 38. Bxd5 Qxd5 39. Rxd4 Nxd4 40. Qg4 Kf7
41. Re1 h5 42. Qd1 Re8 43. Re3 Kg8 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Kf7 46. Qd3 Rg8 47. f3
Ke6 48. Kf2 Qa2+ 49. Kf1 Qxa4 50. Re4 Qb4 51. Kg2 a4 52. Bh4 Qb3 53. Rxd4 cxd4
54. Qxd4 a3 55. Qf4 Qb2+ 56. Kh3 Qxe5 57. Qc4+ Qd5 58. Qe2+ Kd7 59. Qe7+ Kc8
60. Bg3 Rh8+ 61. Kg2 Qd2+ 62. Kg1 Qc1+ 63. Kg2 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Alexander"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E91"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Ng1 Bd7 8. Nf3
Bg4 9. Ng1 Bxe2 10. Ngxe2 e5 11. d5 Nbd7 12. O-O Ne8 13. Qc2 Qh4 14. Be3 Bh6
15. Qd2 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Ne4 Nef6 19. N2c3 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf6
21. f3 Nxe4 22. fxe4 Rff8 23. g3 Qh5 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. Rae1 b6 26. Rf3 Rxf3 27.
Qxf3 Qxf3+ 28. Kxf3 Rf8+ 29. Kg2 Rb8 30. Re3 Kf7 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Ke2 a6 33. Rc3
Kd7 34. Rf3 Ke7 35. Kd3 b5 36. b3 a5 37. a3 Rb6 38. cxb5 Rxb5 39. Kc2 Rb8 40.
Rc3 Kd7 41. Rf3 Ke7 42. g4 h6 43. Rc3 Kd7 44. Rh3 h5 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Rxh5 Rf8
47. Rh3 Rf1 48. Kc3 Rc1+ 49. Kd2 Ra1 50. a4 Kc8 51. Rc3 Rh1 52. h3 Kb7 53. Ke2
Rh2+ 54. Ke1 Kb6 55. Rc6+ Kb7 56. Rc3 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bh6+ 13. Kb1 Bf4 14. fxe6
fxe6 15. Ne2 Be5 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. Nf4 O-O-O 18. g3 Kb7 19. Bh3 Rhe8 20. Bxe6
Rxe6 21. Qd5+ Bc6 22. Qxe6 Bxe4 23. Rhe1 f5 24. Qe7+ Kc8 25. Nd3 Bh8 26. Rxe4
fxe4 27. Qxe4 Qb7 28. Qe2 Qg7 29. Re1 Rf8 30. a3 Qf7 31. Qe4 Kc7 32. Nb4 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. dxc6 Qc7 13. Nbd2 Rfd8 14. Nf1 d5 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Qe2 Nxc6 17. h3 Be6 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Bf6 21.
Re4 a5 22. g4 h6 23. a3 Rac8 24. Ne3 Nb6 25. Ng2 Bd5 26. Re2 Bf3 27. Re3 Bb7
28. Re1 Nc4 29. f4 g5 30. Kf2 gxf4 31. Be4 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Rd3 33. Nxf4 Bh4+ 34.
Ke2 Rg3 35. b3 Nd6 36. Re3 Rxe3+ 37. Bxe3 Rxc3 38. Rb1 Ne4 39. Nd5 Rc6 40. Kd3
Nc5+ 41. Kd4 Kg7 42. Nf4 Be7 43. b4 Na4 44. Nd5 Nc3 45. Nxc3 Bf6+ 46. Ke4 Rc4+
47. Kf5 Rxc3 48. Bxh6+ Kxh6 49. Kxf6 Rf3+ 50. Ke7 axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Slepoi, Iosif"]
[Black "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E66"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nfd2
c5 9. Nc3 a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. Qc2 e6 12. Rb1 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nc6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.
Ne4 Qe7 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bf4 Rd8 18. Nc3 Bf5 19. e4 Be6 20. Qd3 g5 21. Nd5 Qd7
22. Be3 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. b3 Ne5 25. Qc2 Qf7 26. f4 Ng4 27. h3 Nxe3 28. Nxe3
gxf4 29. gxf4 Kh8 30. f5 Bd7 31. Rbd1 Be8 32. Bf3 Qe7 33. Qc3 Bf7 34. Kh1 Bh6
35. Nd5 Bxd5 36. exd5 Bf4 37. Qd3 bxc4 38. bxc4 Rb2 39. Bg2 Qg7 40. Qf3 Re2 41.
Qe4 Rd2 42. Rxd2 Bxd2 43. Bf3 Rg8 44. Qh4 Bc3 45. Bg4 Be5 46. Rg1 Qb7 47. Qe1
Qb3 48. Qf1 Bd4 49. Rg2 Ra8 50. Rd2 Be5 51. Bd1 Qg3 52. Qd3 Qe1+ 53. Kg2 Rg8+
54. Bg4 h5 55. Re2 Qh4 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Neishtadt, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c5 12. Bc4 Rd8 13. h3 Qc7 14. d5 Nf8 15.
Nh4 Re8 16. Bg5 N6d7 17. Qf3 f6 18. Bd2 Ng6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Qg3 Kf7 21. h4
Rh8 22. f4 Nb6 23. Be2 Qe7 24. Rf1 Nd7 25. f5 Nf8 26. fxg6+ Nxg6 27. h5 Nf8 28.
Rf2 Ke8 29. Raf1 Nd7 30. h6 gxh6 31. Qg6+ Kd8 32. Rf3 Qh7 33. Qg4 Kc7 34. Rg3
b6 35. Qg7 h5 36. Rxf6 h4 37. Rgg6 Qxg7 38. Rxg7 h3 39. Bg4 hxg2 40. Rff7 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C55"]
[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. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c6 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Nf1 Nb7 13. d4 Bd7 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bg5
Rad8 16. Qd2 Bc8 17. h3 Ne8 18. Bh6 Ng7 19. Nh2 Bh4 20. Qe3 c5 21. dxe5 dxe5
22. Ng4 Bxg4 23. hxg4 c4 24. Nf1 Nc5 25. Qf3 Nce6 26. Ne3 Bg5 27. Nd5 Rxd5 28.
exd5 Bxh6 29. dxe6 Nxe6 30. a4 b4 31. cxb4 Bd2 32. Red1 Nd4 33. Qe4 Bxb4 34.
Rac1 Qd6 35. Bb1 Rc8 36. Ba2 Qe6 37. Rxc4 Rxc4 38. Qd3 Qxg4 39. Bxc4 a5 40. b3
h5 41. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Black "Osnos, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B65"]
[PlyCount "36"]

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 Qa5 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxe5 Qxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14.
Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Bd3 b6 16. Be4 Rb8 17. Rhe1 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A54"]
[PlyCount "172"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Qd2 Be7 8. Be2
Bd8 9. Bh4 e4 10. Ng5 Nf8 11. Ngxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxd8 Qxc3 13. bxc3 Nxd2 14. Ba5
Ne4 15. f3 Nf6 16. Bb4 d5 17. Kd2 Ne6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. c4 Bd7 20. Rac1 Ba4 21.
Rc3 dxc4 22. Bxc4 b5 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rc6 Kf7 25. Ba5 Rhc8 26. Rhc1 Rxc6 27.
Rxc6 Nd5 28. e4 Nb6 29. Rc7+ Kg6 30. Kd3 Nc4 31. Bc3 a5 32. d5 e5 33. f4 Re8
34. fxe5 Nxe5+ 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 36. Kd4 Re8 37. e5 b4 38. Ra7 b3 39. Rxa5 b2 40.
Ra6+ Kf5 41. Rb6 Rxe5 42. Rxb2 Re4+ 43. Kc5 h5 44. Rb7 Kf6 45. Ra7 Bd1 46. d6
Re2 47. d7 Rd2 48. h3 g5 49. a4 Ke7 50. g4 hxg4 51. d8=Q+ Kxd8 52. hxg4 Rg2 53.
Rg7 Rxg4 54. a5 Kc8 55. a6 Kb8 56. a7+ Ka8 57. Kb6 Bb3 58. Kb5 Be6 59. Re7 Re4
60. Kc5 g4 61. Rg7 Rf4 62. Kd6 Bb3 63. Kc5 Bd1 64. Kd5 Rb4 65. Ke5 Rb7 66. Rg8+
Kxa7 67. Rd8 Bf3 68. Kf4 Rg7 69. Kg3 Kb6 70. Rd4 Kc5 71. Rf4 Kd5 72. Ra4 Rc7
73. Ra8 Kd4 74. Rd8+ Ke5 75. Re8+ Kf6 76. Rf8+ Kg7 77. Rb8 Rc4 78. Rb5 Kf6 79.
Ra5 Bc6 80. Ra7 Bd5 81. Ra1 Be6 82. Rd1 Kg5 83. Rd3 Bf5 84. Rb3 Rd4 85. Rb8
Rd3+ 86. Kf2 Kf4 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, V."]
[Black "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. c4 Re8 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Rfe1 Ng4
15. Bf1 Ne5 16. Kg2 a4 17. bxa4 Qa7 18. f4 Ng4 19. h3 Nf6 20. Nb3 Nxa4 21. Nxa4
Qxa4 22. Rxd6 Qb4 23. Qd2 Qxd2+ 24. Rxd2 Nxe4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rde2 f5 27. Nc5
b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3
Be7 9. b4 c5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Rb1 Qc8 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
Bxd5 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. Qh5 Nf6 17. Qh4 Qd7 18. Rfd1 Rab8 19. Nf3 h6 20. Ne5 Qd6
21. Ng4 Ne4 22. Nxh6+ gxh6 23. Qg4+ Ng5 24. f4 h5 25. Qxh5 Rxb2 26. Rxb2 Be4
27. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A42"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Bg5 Nf8 6. d5 Nf6 7. f3 c5 8. Bd3 a6
9. Nge2 Rb8 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 Qa5 12. a3 Qc7 13. Kh1 g5 14. Ng3 Ng6 15. Nf5
Bxf5 16. exf5 Ne5 17. f4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Ng4 19. Rae1 Kf8 20. Bd2 gxf4 21. Bxf4
Bd4 22. f6 Nxf6 23. b4 Rc8 24. Ne2 Be5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. bxc5 Qxc5 27. Qf5 Rg8
28. Ng3 Rg5 29. Qf3 Qxc4 30. d6 Rc6 31. Nf5 Qe6 32. dxe7+ Ke8 33. Nd4 e4 34.
Qf4 Nd5 35. Qb8+ Qc8 36. Nxc6 Qxb8 37. Nxb8 Re5 38. Rf2 Kxe7 39. Rb2 Kd6 40.
Rxb7 f5 41. g3 f4 42. gxf4 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Black "Geller, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D54"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qf3 Be6 11. Bc4 c6 12. Bb3 Qd7 13. Nge2 Bg4 14. Qg3 Bxe2
15. Nxe2 Na6 16. Nf4 Bg5 17. Nh5 Qe6 18. h4 Bf6 19. O-O Rac8 20. Rc3 Rfd8 21.
Bd1 Qe7 22. Be2 Nb8 23. Rfc1 c5 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Bg4 Rc6 26. dxc5 bxc5 27.
Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Qxb2 29. Qc7 Qa1+ 30. Rc1 Qf6 31. g3 d4 32. exd4 Na6 33.
Qxa7 Nb4 34. Rc8 Rxc8 35. Bxc8 Nd3 36. d5 Qe5 37. Ba6 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kg1
Ne1 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Kf1 Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d6 5. d3 e5 6. e4 Nc6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Nh5 9. Nc4 Bd7 10. d4 Qc8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Re1 Bh3 13. Bh1 h6 14. a4 Qe6 15.
Nfd2 Rad8 16. Qe2 Rd7 17. Ne3 Rfd8 18. Nd5 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Ne3 Bd3 21. Qg4
Qf7 22. Ne4 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qh3 h5 25. Nf1 Rf7 26. Be3 e4 27. Nd2 Re8
28. Qg2 g5 29. f3 Ne5 30. Nxe4 Nxf3+ 31. Qxf3 Qxf3 32. Bxf3 Rxf3 33. Nc5 Rexe3
34. Rxe3 Rxe3 35. Kf2 Re2+ 36. Kf3 g4+ 37. Kf4 Bh6# 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B89"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qe2 Na5 10. Bd3 a6 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. f4 b5 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. Bc1 b4 15.
Nb1 Nc6 16. Nf3 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Nbd2 Rad8 19. Nb3 a5 20. Be3 Bc8 21. h3 a4
22. Nbd2 Nh5 23. Qf2 Nd4 24. g4 Nf4 25. Bxf4 Nxf3 26. Qxf3 exf4 27. Qxf4 Bd6
28. Qg5 Bb7 29. Nc4 Bc5 30. Qf4 Qe7 31. Ne3 g6 32. Rde1 Qe6 33. b3 axb3 34.
axb3 Rd4 35. Ng2 Kg7 36. Qc7 Qc6 37. Qe5+ f6 38. Qf4 Bd6 39. Qf2 Bc5 40. Qf4
Bd6 41. Qf2 Be5 42. Nf4 Qd6 43. Kg1 Kh8 44. Re3 f5 45. g5 Rd8 46. Ne2 fxe4 47.
Nxd4 exd3 48. Rxe5 Qxe5 49. Qf6+ Qxf6 50. gxf6 d2 51. f7 Rf8 52. Rd1 Rxf7 53.
Rxd2 Re7 54. Kf2 Kg7 55. Re2 Rxe2+ 56. Nxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Black "Slepoi, Iosif"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B58"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O
Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Be6 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Bf1 a6 13. h3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Rfd8 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nb8 17. c4 Nbd7 18. Bd3 Re8 19. Rac1 Bf8 20. Nh2 g6 21. Ng4
Nxg4 22. hxg4 Bg7 23. Re3 Bf6 24. Rh3 Bg5 25. Qe2 b5 26. Re1 b4 27. g3 Nc5 28.
Bc2 Qd7 29. Kg2 Qd8 30. Qd1 Nd7 31. Reh1 e4 32. Rxh6 Bxh6 33. Rxh6 Kf8 34. Qh1
Qg5 35. Rh7 Nf6 36. Bxe4 Nxh7 37. Qxh7 Ke7 38. f4 Qxg4 39. Bf3 Qf5 40. Qh4+ g5
41. Qxg5+ Qxg5 42. fxg5 a5 43. Be4 Kf8 44. Kf3 a4 45. Bd4 Rc7 46. g4 axb3 47.
axb3 Ra8 48. Kf4 Ra3 49. Bc2 Ra2 50. Be4 Rd2 51. Bb6 Rb7 52. c5 Ke7 53. Ke3 Rb2
54. Kd4 Rxb3 55. cxd6+ Kxd6 56. Bc5+ Kd7 57. d6 Rb8 58. Kd5 Rc3 59. Bf5+ Kd8
60. Bf2 Rb5+ 61. Ke4 Rxf5 62. gxf5 b3 63. Bd4 b2 64. Bxc3 b1=Q+ 65. Kf4 Qc1+
0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neishtadt, Yakov"]
[Black "Kondratiev, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qe2 a6 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. f4 Na5 12. f5 e5 13. Nf3 Nxb3 14. axb3 b5 15.
Bg5 Bb7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rfd1 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Rc5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
Rxd5 Rxd5 22. exd5 e4 23. Qxe4 Bxb2 24. Re1 h6 25. c4 a5 26. cxb5 Qxb5 27. Qc2
Bf6 28. Rd1 Rb8 29. Rd3 Qb4 30. Nd2 Re8 31. Qd1 Qg4 32. Qf1 Re5 33. h3 Qg5 34.
g4 h5 35. Qf3 hxg4 36. hxg4 Qh4+ 37. Kg2 Re1 38. Qh3 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Osnos, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. Nc3 Qf6 7. b3 Ne7 8. Bb2 Nd7
9. Qc2 O-O 10. h3 Kh8 11. O-O-O a6 12. g4 b5 13. g5 Qg6 14. h4 bxc4 15. bxc4 a5
16. h5 Qe8 17. c5 Bc7 18. Ne2 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Nf4 Nc8 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22.
dxe5 a4 23. Ng6+ hxg6 24. hxg6+ Kg8 25. Qe2 Qxg6 26. Qxa6 Nxc5 27. Qa5 Nd7 28.
Rh3 Qxg5 29. Qxa4 Ncb6 30. Qh4 Qxh4 31. Rxh4 Ra8 32. a3 Kf7 33. Rg1 Nc4 34. Rh7
Rg8 35. Rgh1 Rb8 36. Rg1 Rg8 37. Rgh1 Nc5 38. Kc2 Nxb2 39. Kxb2 Nd3+ 40. Kc2
Nxf2 41. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. d3
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 Rb8 11. d4 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. dxc5 Qxa2 14. O-O Qxb2
15. Rb1 Qa3 16. Rb3 Qa5 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. fxg5 Qc7 20. Be4 g6 21.
Rf6 Ne7 22. Qc3 Bc6 23. Bf4 Qd7 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 26. Rf2 Rf8 27. Qa5
Qd5 28. Rd3 Qxg5 29. Qxa7 Nc6 30. Qa3 Ne5 31. Rd4 Rc8 32. Rf1 h5 33. Rfd1 Ng4
34. Qc1 Qf6 35. Qf4 Rxc5 36. Qxf6 Nxf6 37. Rb1 Rc2 38. Kf1 Ng4 39. h3 Ne3+ 40.
Kf2 Nd5 41. Rxb7 Kg7 42. Ra4 Rc8 43. Raa7 Rf8 44. e4 Nf6 45. Ke3 Ng8 46. Kf4
Nf6 47. Re7 g5+ 48. Kxg5 Nxe4+ 49. Kf4 Nf2 50. Rxe6 Nxh3+ 51. Kf5 Rb8 52. Re3
Rb5+ 53. Ke4 Ng5+ 54. Kd3 Kg6 55. Ra4 Rb3+ 56. Ke2 Rb2+ 57. Kf1 f6 58. Re2 Rb1+
59. Kf2 Rb6 60. Kg2 Rc6 61. Rea2 Rb6 62. Ra6 Rb3 63. Re2 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, V."]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
Ng4 9. c4 h5 10. Nc3 Ngxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qd2 h4 13. Nd5 c6 14. Ne3 hxg3 15.
hxg3 Qf6 16. Rab1 Qe7 17. Rbe1 f5 18. f4 Nf7 19. Nd1 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Nh6 21. e4
Be6 22. Nf2 Qf6 23. Qd2 Rad8 24. Qe3 a6 25. Rd1 Bc8 26. Rd2 Rfe8 27. Rfd1 Nf7
28. Qf3 Re6 29. g4 Rde8 30. g5 Qh8 31. Re1 Qh4 32. Rde2 R6e7 33. exf5 Rxe2 34.
Rxe2 Rxe2 35. Qxe2 Bxf5 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qe3 Kf8 38. Be4 a5 39. Bxf5 gxf5 40.
Kf1 Qh8 41. Kg2 Qb2 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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. d4 Nd7 10. Nbd2 Bf6 11. Nf1 Nb6 12. h3 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d5 Nb7 15.
N3h2 g6 16. Ng4 Bg7 17. Ng3 Qe7 18. Rb1 Kh8 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Nxh6 Qg5 21. Ng4
f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Nh2 Qg8 24. Qh5 Nxd5 25. Rbd1 Nf4 26. Qf3 Rb8 27. Ne2 Ng6
28. Qh5 Be6 29. Nf3 Bc4 30. Bb3 Bxb3 31. axb3 Qxb3 32. Ng5 Qg8 33. Rd3 c4 34.
Rd2 Rbd8 35. Ra1 Rf6 36. Rd5 Ne7 37. Rd2 Rg6 38. f4 e4 39. Nd4 Nc5 40. h4 Nd3
41. Rf1 Rf8 42. g3 d5 43. Kh2 Nc6 44. Nc2 Qg7 45. Ne3 d4 46. cxd4 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E06"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. b3
f5 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Ne1 Bg5 11. Ndf3 Bf6 12. Nd3 a5 13. a4 b6 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
b4 Bb7 16. Qb3 axb4 17. Nxb4 Ra5 18. Rfd1 Qa8 19. e3 Kh8 20. Qc2 c5 21. Nd3 Bc6
22. Nfe5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. Nf4 d4 26. exd4 cxd4 27. Bxd4 Rc8
28. Qe2 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Qa1+ 30. Rd1 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 32. Qf1 Qxf1+ 33. Bxf1
Nxe5 34. Nd5 Nd7 35. Bd3 Nd6 36. f4 g6 37. Kf2 Kg7 38. Ke3 Kf7 39. h3 Ne8 40.
Bc4 Kf8 41. g4 fxg4 42. hxg4 Nef6 43. Nxf6 Nxf6 44. g5 Nh5 45. Ke4 Ng3+ 46. Ke5
Ke7 47. Bg8 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Geller, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 O-O 6. a3 cxd4 7. axb4 dxc3 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. b3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Nc6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. b5 Ne5 14. Qd4 Re8
15. Rd1 Ned7 16. Ba3 Ne4 17. Bb2 Ndf6 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Qd3 Re8 20. Ra4 Ne4 21.
Bf3 Qg5 22. Qd4 Nc5 23. Ra3 Ne6 24. Qd3 Rec8 25. Rda1 Nc5 26. Qd1 a5 27. bxa6
Rxa6 28. Rxa6 Nxa6 29. Ra4 Qd8 30. Rg4 f6 31. h4 Nc5 32. Rd4 Qe8 33. Bxd5+ Bxd5
34. Rxd5 Qh5 35. Bxf6 Rf8 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Qg4+ Kf7 38. Rf5+ Ke8 39. Qxh5+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A62"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Nd2 Re8 13. e4 b5 14. a4 Bd7 15.
Bf1 Na6 16. axb5 Nc7 17. Nc4 Bxb5 18. Na5 Qd7 19. Bg2 Rab8 20. Ra2 Rb6 21. Be3
Na6 22. Qd2 Nb4 23. Ra3 Ra6 24. Rea1 Qc7 25. h3 Qb6 26. Nc6 Rxa3 27. Rxa3 Nxc6
28. dxc6 Bxc6 29. Qxd6 Bxb2 30. Rxa7 Qxa7 31. Qxc6 Rd8 32. Bxc5 Qd7 33. Qb6 Bd4
34. h4 Bxc5 35. Qxc5 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qd4 37. Qe7 Qd6 38. Qa7 Kg7 39. f4 Rd7 40.
Qa8 Rd8 41. Qb7 Rb8 42. Qa7 Rb2 43. e5 Qd5 44. Qg1 Qd2 45. Kh3 Rb3 46. Kh2 h6
47. Qc5 Qe1 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D78"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. e3
Na6 9. a3 dxc4 10. Ne5 Qc8 11. e4 Bh3 12. Nexc4 Rd8 13. e5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nd5
15. Nf3 c5 16. Qe2 Qc6 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Na5 Qb6 19. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Slepoi, Iosif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8. a3
O-O 9. Rb1 Be6 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. Nec3 Qd7 12. b4 b6 13. b5 Nd8 14. a4 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. f4 f5 18. Bb2 Ne6 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21.
Ne7+ Kg7 22. Nc6 Rbe8 23. Nxe5 Ng5 24. d4 Ne4 25. Qe1 Qh6 26. Rb2 Rf6 27. a5
Rd6 28. Re2 Kg8 29. Nc6 Rd7 30. axb6 axb6 31. Qa1 Qh5 32. Ra2 Qg5 33. Rf3 Rf7
34. Ra8 Rxa8 35. Qxa8+ Rf8 36. Qa2 Re8 37. Ne5 Qh5 38. Rf1 Qg5 39. Rf3 Qh5 40.
Kg2 Qg5 41. Qa7 Qd8 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Qd7 Qa8 44. h4 Rxe5 45. dxe5 Qa2+ 46. Kh3
Nf2+ 47. Rxf2 Qxf2 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neishtadt, Yakov"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Ne6 13. Qf2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qb8 16. Nd2 Qb6 17. Nb3 Qxd4+ 18. Nxd4 Rfb8 19. b3 c5 20. Ne2 Re8
21. f4 f6 22. Nc3 Bc6 23. Rae1 fxe5 24. fxe5 Re6 25. Rf2 a5 26. Nb1 Rae8 27.
Rfe2 Rf8 28. Nd2 Rf5 29. Nf3 h6 30. Nd2 Kf7 31. a3 Ke7 32. Nf3 g5 33. h3 h5 34.
h4 gxh4 35. Nxh4 Rf4 36. g3 Re4 37. Ng2 R6xe5 38. Rxe4 dxe4 39. Nf4 Rg5 40. Kf2
Kd6 41. Re3 Rf5 42. Re2 Ke5 43. Ke3 Rg5 44. Rg2 Bd7 45. c3 Be8 46. Ne2 Bf7 47.
b4 axb4 48. axb4 cxb4 49. cxb4 Bc4 50. Nf4 Bb5 51. Nh3 Rg6 52. Nf4 Rc6 53. Nxh5
Rc3+ 54. Kd2 Kd4 55. Nf4 e3+ 56. Kd1 Ba4+ 57. Ke2 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Osnos, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D74"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. e4
Nb6 9. h3 c5 10. d5 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Nh4 Nb4 13. Nxf5 Rxf5 14. Nc3 Bd4 15.
g4 Rf7 16. Ne2 Be5 17. Be3 Qd6 18. Nc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 N4xd5 20. Bd2 Rd8 21. Qe2
Na4 22. Rac1 c4 23. Qxc4 Ndb6 24. Qb4 Nd5 25. Qc4 Ndb6 26. Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, V."]
[Black "Osnos, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. e3 g6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 c6 7. e4 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qe3 d4 14. Qa3 Re8
15. Rfe1 Qc7 16. e6 fxe6 17. Qb3 Nf8 18. Re4 Rac8 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Qxc2
21. Qe3 Red8 22. Re1 Qxb2 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxe7 Rd7 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Qxe6 Rf7
27. Qe3 a6 28. h4 Qf6 29. g3 Kg7 30. a4 Qf3 31. Qd2 Qf6 32. Rc1 Qe5 33. Rc8 Qf5
34. Re8 Qf6 35. Rd8 Qa1+ 36. Kg2 Qf6 37. Rd4 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Qf5 39. Rd6 Qe5 40.
Rd5 Qa1+ 41. Kg2 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Osnos, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bb7 9. Qe2 Ba6 10. Nc4 Nc6 11. c3 Na5 12. Nfd2 e5 13. Re1 Ne8 14. b3 Nd6
15. Bf1 Ndxc4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. bxc4 Bc5 18. a4 Qf6 19. Qa2 Rfd8 20. a5 Bb7 21.
Be3 Qc6 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Qb2 Rd6 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. cxb5 Kf8 26. Ra4 Ke7 27.
Rea1 Rad8 28. Rc4 bxa5 29. Rxc7+ R8d7 30. Rc4 Kd8 31. Rxa5 Rc7 32. f3 Rxc4 33.
Bxc4 Kc7 34. Bxf7 Kb6 35. Ra2 Rf6 36. Bd5 Rxf3 37. c4 Bc8 38. Kg2 Rf6 39. c5+
Kxc5 40. Rc2+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Osnos, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E38"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
f3 b6 9. b4 Na6 10. e4 O-O 11. e5 Ne8 12. Nh3 d5 13. exd6 Nxd6 14. Bb2 f6 15.
Bd3 e5 16. Nf2 Nf5 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Qd3 g6 20. Ng4 Kg7 21. O-O Be6
22. f4 exf4 23. Rxf4 Rbd8 24. Bd5 b5 25. Ne3 bxc4 26. Nxf5+ Bxf5 27. Qxc4 Nc7
28. Bf3 Bd3 29. Qc5 Qxc5+ 30. bxc5 Ne6 31. Ra4 a6 32. Rc1 Rc8 33. c6 Rfd8 34.
Rb4 Kf7 35. Rb7+ Rc7 36. Bc3 Rc8 37. Bd5 f5 38. Ba5 Rxb7 39. cxb7 Rxc1+ 40. Kf2
f4 41. g4 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Alexander"]
[Black "Osnos, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. e4 c4 14. Bxc4 exd4
15. Bd3 dxc3 16. Qxc3 Bg4 17. Nd4 Rad8 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxc6 bxc6 20. Bc2 Be2
21. Re1 Bd3 22. Bxd3 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Osnos, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D78"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 d5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O c6 8. a4
Na6 9. e3 Nb4 10. Ne5 Bf5 11. a5 Qc8 12. e4 Be6 13. Qa4 c5 14. d5 Bd7 15. Nxd7
Nxd7 16. Bh3 f5 17. exf5 Ne5 18. Ne4 gxf5 19. Qb5 Nxd5 20. Nxc5 a6 21. Nxa6 e6
22. Nc5 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Nd4 24. Qxc4 b6 25. axb6 Rxa1 26. b7 Qc6 27. Bg2 Ra5 28.
b4 Rb5 29. Bb2 Rxb4 30. Qxb4 Nxb4 31. Bxc6 Nbxc6 32. Bxd4 Bxd4 33. Nxe6 Rb8 34.
Rc1 Rxb7 35. Rxc6 Bf6 36. Rc5 Re7 37. Nf4 Bd4 38. Rc2 Rb7 39. Kg2 Kf7 40. Rc4
Be5 41. Rc5 Re7 42. Nd3 Bb8 43. Rxf5+ Kg6 44. Rf3 Re4 45. h3 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Osnos, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B59"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 a5 10. Be3 a4 11. Nd2 Nd4 12. Bd3 Ng4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nd5 a3
15. bxa3 Ne3 16. Nxe3 dxe3 17. Nc4 d5 18. exd5 Bc5 19. Kh1 Ra6 20. d6 Qh4 21.
Qe1 Qh5 22. Rb1 Be6 23. Nxe3 Rxd6 24. Rxb7 Bd7 25. Be2 Qg6 26. Bd3 Qh5 27. Nc4
Rh6 28. Qg3 Qd5 29. Rc7 Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Qf3 Qd8 32. h3 Be6 33. Ne5 Qd4
34. Rb1 Rxh3+ 35. gxh3 Bd5 36. Rb8+ Bf8 37. Qxd5 Qxd5+ 38. Kh2 g5 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Osnos, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Slepoi, Iosif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. b3 b6
9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Rac1 Nb4 12. Bb1 dxc4 13. bxc4 cxd4 14. exd4 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Qxd4 16. Nd5 Qc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qe4 f5 19. Qf4 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Qxd5
21. Rcd1 Qc6 22. Kh1 Kh8 23. Qe5+ f6 24. Qe2 Bd6 25. Bd3 Bb8 26. Rg1 Rg8 27.
Bb5 Qc7 28. Rg3 Rcd8 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Rxg8+ Qxg8 31. Bc4 Qc8 32. Qxe6 Qxe6 33.
Bxe6 f4 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Kh3 Kg6 36. Kg4 h5+ 37. Kh3 Be5 38. Bd7 Bd4 39. Be8+
Kg5 40. Kg2 h4 41. Bd7 Kg6 42. Kh3 Kg5 43. Kg2 Bc5 44. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Osnos, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Neishtadt, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. c3
Qc7 9. Re1 O-O 10. e5 Nd7 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Nb3 Ne4 15.
Be3 Bd7 16. Rc1 Rae8 17. Ne5 Nf6 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. h3 Ne7 21. Bf4
Rc8 22. Qe2 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 Kf7 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. dxc5 Qc6 26. b4 Nf5 27. Bb2 Bxb2
28. Qxb2 Qc7 29. Qe2 Ng7 30. Rc1 Rd8 31. b5 Nf5 32. a4 e5 33. Qa2 Ke6 34. a5
Nd4 35. b6 axb6 36. axb6 Qc6 37. Kh2 Rf8 38. f4 Rf5 39. Qa8 exf4 40. Re1+ Kf7
41. g4 f3 42. gxf5 fxg2 43. Kxg2 Nxf5 44. Qd8 d4+ 45. Kf2 Qa4 46. c6 d3 47.
Qc7+ Kf6 48. Qe5+ Kf7 49. cxb7 d2 50. b8=Q Qh4+ 51. Kg2 dxe1=N+ 52. Kf1 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. h3 Nxd4 11. exd4 Nf5 12. Ne2 Qf6 13. Bxb7 Rae8 14. Bg2
Nxd4 15. Nc3 Bc6 16. Be3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nf5 18. Bf4 Qe6 19. Qd3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3
Qe4+ 21. f3 Qe2+ 22. Rf2 Qe7 23. h4 f6 24. Qd3 Rf7 25. h5 Ne3+ 26. Bxe3 Qxe3
27. Qd5 Re5 28. Qa8+ Rf8 29. Qb7 Rxh5 30. Qxc7 Qh6 31. Qxa7 Rh2+ 32. Kf1 Rh1+
33. Ke2 Re8+ 34. Kd3 Rxa1 35. Rd2 Qh1 36. Qb7 Qf1+ 37. Kd4 Rd1 38. Qd5+ Kg7 39.
Kc3 Rxd2 40. Qxd2 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B24"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 d6 6. O-O Rb8 7. a4 Nf6 8. d3
O-O 9. Nd5 e6 10. Ne3 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. d4 Be6 13. c3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15.
Qxd4 Qa5 16. Qh4 Rbc8 17. Ra3 Rfd8 18. Bh3 g5 19. Bxe6 gxh4 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21.
Nf5 Bf8 22. Rb3 Qxa4 23. Rxb7 h3 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Ne5 e6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Qxd7 Nxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Alexander"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. Nf3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nc3 c6 9. Qb3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rad1 Re8 12. Rfe1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qc8 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Bxe4 Rxe5 18. Qd3 c5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qd7
Qe4 21. Qc7 Re7 22. Rd8+ Rxd8 23. Qxd8+ Re8 24. Qd7 h5 25. h4 a5 26. e3 Re6 27.
Rd1 Qf3 28. Rd2 g6 29. a3 Kg7 30. Qd8 Qe4 31. Qd5 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 a4 33. Qc4 Qe4+
34. Qxe4 Rxe4 35. Rd6 b5 36. Ra6 Re6 37. Ra5 Rb6 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. Ke4 Ke6 40.
Kd3 f5 41. Ra8 Rd6+ 42. Ke2 Kd5 43. Kd3 c4+ 44. Kd2 Ke5+ 45. Kc2 Ke4 46. Rb8
Kf3 47. Rxb5 Kxf2 48. Rc5 Kxe3 49. Rxc4 Kf3 50. Rc3+ Kg4 51. b4 axb3+ 52. Kxb3
f4 53. gxf4 Kxh4 54. Rf3 Kg4 55. Rf1 h4 56. a4 h3 57. a5 Rf6 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Be7 6. e4 O-O 7. c4 d6 8. Ne1
Nd4 9. Nc3 a6 10. f4 b5 11. f5 Ne8 12. h4 Rb8 13. Nd5 Nc7 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.
Rf2 Bd7 16. Bh3 Ne8 17. Nc2 bxc4 18. dxc4 Bc6 19. Bg2 Qb7 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Qd3
Nf6 22. Re2 Rbe8 23. Bf4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Bxd6 Rfe8 26. b3 Qd7 27. Bxe4
Qxd6 28. Bg2 Re3 29. Qd2 Ng4 30. Re1 Qxg3 31. Rxe3 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. b3 Nd7 7. Bb2 Qf6 8. Qg3
d4 9. Ne2 e5 10. f4 Bd6 11. f5 g6 12. fxg6 hxg6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Kb1 Nc5 15.
d3 Ne6 16. Qe1 Qe7 17. g3 Nf6 18. Bg2 Ne8 19. Rf1 N8g7 20. h4 f5 21. c3 c5 22.
cxd4 cxd4 23. Rc1+ Kb8 24. Rc2 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Qd2 Nc5 27. Nc1 fxe4 28.
dxe4 Nh5 29. Qf2 Qe6 30. Bf3 Rf8 31. Qg2 Rf6 32. g4 Nf4 33. Qd2 Rf8 34. b4 Na4
35. a3 Rc8 36. Bd1 Nc3+ 37. Bxc3 Rxc3 38. Ne2 Nxe2 39. Qxe2 Rxa3 40. Qb2 Re3
41. Qa2 Qxa2+ 42. Kxa2 Rxe4 43. Rf6 Be7 44. Rxg6 Bxh4 45. Rg8+ Kc7 46. Rg7+ Kd6
47. Rxb7 d3 48. Ba4 Re2+ 49. Kb3 e4 50. Rxa7 d2 51. Kc3 e3 52. Ra6+ Ke5 53.
Ra5+ Kf4 54. Rf5+ Kg3 55. Bd1 Re1 56. Kc2 Be7 57. g5 e2 58. Bxe2 Rxe2 59. g6
Re4 60. g7 Rg4 61. Rf1 Kg2 62. Rf7 Bd6 63. b5 Be5 64. Kxd2 Bxg7 65. b6 Be5 66.
Re7 Bg3 67. b7 Rb4 68. Kc3 Rb6 69. Kc4 Kf3 70. Rf7+ Ke4 71. Kc5 Rb1 72. Kc6
Rc1+ 73. Kb6 Kd5 74. Rf5+ Ke6 75. Rc5 Rb1+ 76. Kc6 Rd1 77. Rc2 Ke7 78. Re2+ Kd8
79. Rg2 Rc1+ 80. Kd5 Rd1+ 81. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Slepoi, Iosif"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D82"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Qxb7 Nxd4 8.
O-O-O Ne6 9. Be5 Rb8 10. Qa6 d4 11. Nb5 Rb6 12. Qa5 Bh6+ 13. Kb1 Bxb5 14. cxb5
Qd5 15. Nf3 Rxb5 16. Qa4 Ne4 17. Qc2 Ra5 18. a3 O-O 19. Bxd4 Rb8 20. e3 Rxa3
21. Bc4 Qa5 22. Qxe4 Qa4 23. Kc1 Qxc4+ 24. Qc2 Qxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Nxd4+ 26. exd4
Ra2 27. Rb1 Bg7 28. Rhe1 a5 29. Red1 c5 30. Rd2 a4 31. Kc1 Bh6 32. dxc5 Rc8 33.
Kd1 Bxd2 34. Nxd2 Rxc5 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Neishtadt, Yakov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 b4 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. Nd2 Nxd4 13. cxd4 c5 14. dxc5 dxc5
15. e5 Nd5 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. a5 Kh8 18. Bc2 Qc6 19. f4 f5 20. Be3 Rad8 21. Rad1
g6 22. Bb3 Nc7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Nd5 26. Bc1 Kg8 27. Qf2 Qe6
28. Bf3 Bc6 29. Qd2 Nc7 30. Bxc6 Qxc6 31. b3 Qd5 32. Kf2 Qxd2+ 33. Bxd2 Kf7 34.
Ke3 Ke6 35. Kd3 Kd5 36. h3 h5 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Ke6 39. gxf5+ gxf5 40. Be3
Nb5 41. Nd2 Kd5 42. Nf1 Bh4 43. Bg1 Be7 44. Bf2 Na7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. a3 Be6 13. Nb5 Qxd2 14. Rxd2 b6
15. Nc7 Rac8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. g3 Kf7 18. Bh3 Rc4 19. Rhd1 e5 20. Be3 Rf8 21.
Rd3 Rc7 22. a4 Nd7 23. a5 b5 24. b4 a6 25. c3 Rfc8 26. Kb2 Bf8 27. Rc1 e6 28.
f4 exf4 29. Bxf4 e5 30. Bg5 Re8 31. Rf1+ Kg8 32. Rdf3 h6 33. Rf7 hxg5 34. Bxd7
Ra8 35. Be6 Rxf7 36. Rxf7 Kh8 37. Bd5 Rb8 38. Ra7 Bg7 39. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, V."]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A41"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. e4 e5 6. Bg5 f6 7. Be3 Nh6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Nc3 c6 10. Bh3 Qe7 11. Qd2 Nf7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rad1 Nb6 14. Bxc8 Rfxc8
15. b3 Rd8 16. Qc1 f5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rd1 f4 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8
21. h4 fxg3 22. Qe3 gxf2+ 23. Kxf2 b5 24. Ne2 Ne6 25. Kg3 Bf6 26. c4 bxc4 27.
bxc4 Ng7 28. Qa7 Nh5+ 29. Kg2 Qd8 30. a4 Qd3 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qxb7+ Kh6 33. Qb2
Qxe4 34. Qd2+ Nf4+ 35. Nxf4 exf4 36. a5 Be7 37. Qe1 Qc2+ 38. Kh3 Qf5+ 39. Kh2
Bd6 40. a6 Qc5 41. Qd2 Bb8 42. Qd4 Qe7 43. Qg1 Qe2+ 44. Qg2 Qe3 45. h5 Qe7 46.
hxg6 hxg6 47. Qb2 Qe8 48. Kh1 Qd8 49. Qh2+ Kg7 50. Qb2+ Kg8 51. Qb1 Qe8 52. c5
Ba7 53. Qd3 Kh7 54. Qd4 g5 55. Nxg5+ Kg6 56. Nf3 Qe3 57. Qd6+ Kh5 58. Qe5+ Qxe5
59. Nxe5 Bxc5 60. Kg2 Kg5 61. Kf3 Kf5 62. Nxc6 Be3 63. Na5 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, V."]
[Black "Geller, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 b6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. d4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. e4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qc4 Rfd8 20. Rad1 h6
21. h3 Nd7 22. Rd2 Ne5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Qa6 Qe7 26. Qa5 Rd5 27.
Re1 Qd7 28. Qc3 Rd1 29. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 30. Kh2 Qe2 31. Qxc5 Qxa2 32. b4 a6 33. f4
Qe2 34. Qd6 Kh7 35. f5 f6 36. Qf4 Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E21"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 d6 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 Nd7 11. e4 O-O 12. Be2 f5 13. exf5 exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A14"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. e3 c5
9. Qe2 Nc6 10. d4 dxc4 11. bxc4 Rc8 12. Rd1 cxd4 13. exd4 Na5 14. Nbd2 Ba6 15.
Rac1 Qe8 16. Ne5 Qa4 17. a3 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Bf1 Rfe8 20. Qh5 f5 21. d5 g6
22. Qe2 Bd6 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. Qd3 Qe7 25. Bg2 Bb7 26. Nf3 Nc6 27. Qb3 h6 28. h4
Qf7 29. Qc3 Kh7 30. h5 gxh5 31. Re1 Re4 32. Qd3 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Rd8 34. Bh3 Bc8
35. Qd5 Qxd5 36. cxd5 Na5 37. Ne5 Re8 38. Rc1 Bxe5 39. Bxe5 Rxe5 40. Rxc8 Rxd5
41. Rc7+ Kg6 42. Rxa7 h4 43. gxh4 Rd3 44. h5+ Kxh5 45. Bxf5 Rxa3 46. Rg7 Nc4
47. Bg4+ Kh4 48. Be2 Ne5 49. f4 Ra2 50. Rg2 Rxe2 51. Rxe2 Nd3 52. Re6 Kg4 53.
Rxh6 b5 54. f5 Kxf5 55. Rh5+ Ke4 56. Rxb5 Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn, V."]
[Black "Slepoi, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. d3 e5 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Ne1 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nd4 11. Qd1 Qd7 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. f5 Nd4 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. b4 Kh7 19. Rb1 b6 20. Rb2 Qd7 21. Rf3
Be5 22. f6 g6 23. Rh3 Rh8 24. Qc1 h5 25. Qg5 Kg8 26. g4 Kf8 27. Rxh5 Rg8 28.
Rh7 Ke8 29. b5 Rf8 30. Qh4 Kd8 31. Rh8 Qe8 32. Rxf8 Qxf8 33. g5 Qe8 34. Qh3 Rb8
35. a4 Qe6 36. Qxe6 fxe6 37. Ne7 Ke8 38. Nxg6 Kf7 39. Nxe5+ dxe5 40. Kg2 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neishtadt, Yakov"]
[Black "Lisitsyn, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O c5 10. Nb3 c6 11. f3 Ng5 12. c3 Be7 13. Be3 c4 14. Nd4 c5 15.
Ne2 Bc6 16. f4 d4 17. fxg5 dxe3 18. Na3 Qd3 19. Nf4 Qe4 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3
Bxg5 22. Ne2 O-O-O 23. Nxc4 Bb5 24. b3 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Rd2 26. f4 Bh4 27. Ng3
Bxg3 28. hxg3 Rhd8 29. Rfe1 R8d3 30. Rab1 Rxc3 31. Rb3 Rxb3 32. axb3 Rd3 33.
Kf1 Rxb3 34. Ke2 Rb4 35. Ra1 Kb7 36. Rd1 Kc7 37. Ra1 Kb6 38. Rd1 a5 39. Rd6+
Kc7 40. Ra6 Rxc4 41. Rxa5 Kb6 42. Ra8 Re4 43. Rb8+ Kc6 44. Rc8+ Kd5 45. Rc7 c4
46. Rxf7 c3 47. Rd7+ Kc4 48. Rc7+ Kb3 49. Rb7+ Rb4 50. Rxb4+ Kxb4 51. Kd3 Kb3
52. e6 c2 53. e7 c1=Q 54. e8=Q Qd2+ 55. Ke4 e2 56. Qe6+ Kb2 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A32"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
Be2 Nxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 exd5 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rc1 Be6 14. Bd3
Rfe8 15. Re1 Ng4 16. g3 Nf6 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. c4 dxc4 19. d5 Bxd5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7
21. Qxd5 Nb6 22. Qb5 a6 23. Qa5 Qc6 24. Red1 Re6 25. Be3 Nd7 26. Qd5 Qxd5 27.
Rxd5 Nf6 28. Rc5 b5 29. a4 Ne4 30. Rc7 Kg6 31. Bf4 Rd8 32. h4 f5 33. axb5 axb5
34. Ra1 Nf6 35. Raa7 Re1+ 36. Kg2 Ne8 37. Rc6+ Kh7 38. Rc5 Rb1 39. Rb7 Nd6 40.
Bxd6 Rxd6 41. Rxf5 c3 42. Rc5 b4 43. Rxc3 bxc3 44. Rxb1 c2 45. Rc1 Rc6 46. Kf3
Kg6 47. Ke3 Kh5 48. Kd3 Rd6+ 49. Kxc2 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Alexander"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "219"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Be4 10. b3 c5 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Qd2 cxd4 13. Bxd4 d5 14. cxd5 Bxd5
15. Rfd1 Nc6 16. Rac1 Bxf3 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Bxf3 Rad8 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. gxf4
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rc1 Nd4 23. Kg2 Kf8 24. Rc7 Nb5 25. Rb7 Rd6 26. e3 a5
27. a4 Na3 28. e4 Nc2 29. e5 Rd4 30. Bc6 g5 31. f5 exf5 32. Rxb6 Nb4 33. Bb5
Nd3 34. Ra6 Nc5 35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. Bc4 Nxa4 37. Ra7 Nc5 38. Rxf7+ Kg6 39. Rc7 Ne4
40. Bf7+ Kg7 41. Be6+ Kg6 42. Bf7+ Kh6 43. e6 Nf6 44. e7 Re4 45. Rc6 Rxe7 46.
Rxf6+ Kg7 47. Rxf5 Rxf7 48. Rxg5+ Kf6 49. Rxa5 Rb7 50. Ra3 Rb4 51. f3 h5 52.
Kf2 Rh4 53. Ra6+ Kf5 54. Ra5+ Kg6 55. h3 Rb4 56. Ra3 Kg5 57. Kg3 h4+ 58. Kf2
Rb8 59. Ra5+ Kg6 60. Ra6+ Kg5 61. Ra5+ Kg6 62. Ra4 Rxb3 63. Rxh4 Ra3 64. Kg3
Ra8 65. Rg4+ Kf5 66. Rf4+ Kg6 67. Rb4 Ra1 68. Rb6+ Kf5 69. Rb5+ Kf6 70. Kg4
Rg1+ 71. Kf4 Rh1 72. Rb6+ Kg7 73. Kg3 Rg1+ 74. Kh2 Ra1 75. Kg2 Kh7 76. Rb3 Kg6
77. Rb4 Kg5 78. Rg4+ Kh5 79. Kg3 Rb1 80. Ra4 Rg1+ 81. Kf2 Rb1 82. Kg3 Rg1+ 83.
Kf4 Rh1 84. Ra8 Kg6 85. Rg8+ Kf6 86. Rg3 Ra1 87. Rg2 Ra4+ 88. Kg3 Kf5 89. Rc2
Ra1 90. Rc5+ Kg6 91. Kg4 Rg1+ 92. Kf4 Rh1 93. Rc6+ Kg7 94. Kg3 Rg1+ 95. Kh2 Ra1
96. h4 Ra4 97. Kg3 Ra5 98. Kg4 Ra1 99. Rc4 Ra5 100. f4 Rb5 101. f5 Rb1 102. Kg5
Rg1+ 103. Rg4 Ra1 104. h5 Rb1 105. h6+ Kh7 106. Rh4 Rg1+ 107. Kf6 Ra1 108. Re4
Ra2 109. Re8 Ra1 110. Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E04"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Na3 a6 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qxb4 Bxg2 13. Rg1 Bc6 14.
Qxc4 O-O 15. f3 Qf6 16. Qc3 Rfd8 17. Rd1 e5 18. dxe5 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Qe6 20. b3
Qh3 21. Rh1 Qg2 22. Qe1 Bxf3 23. exf3 Qxa2 24. Nc2 Qb2 25. Qd2 Qb1+ 26. Qc1
Qxb3 27. Ke2 Qb5+ 28. Kf2 Qxe5 29. Re1 Qd6 30. Re4 b5 31. Nd4 Rd8 32. Nc6 Rf8
33. Qc3 f6 34. Rd4 Qe6 35. Nd8 Qe7 36. Qd2 Re8 37. Kf1 Qa3 38. Rd3 Qa1+ 39. Kf2
h6 40. Rd7 Qe5 41. Rd5 Qa1 42. Rd7 Qe5 43. Nc6 Qc5+ 44. Nd4 Kh8 45. Kg2 Qc4 46.
Kf2 Qc5 47. Qd3 Qc1 48. Kg2 Qb2+ 49. Kh3 Qf2 50. Ne6 Rg8 51. Nd8 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. d3 e6 7. Nh3 Be7 8.
Qa4+ Nd7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 a6 11. O-O Rb8 12. Rfd1 e5 13. f4 b5 14. Qa5 b4 15.
Ne4 Rb5 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qc2 Nbd5 18. Bd2 exf4 19. Nxf4 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Bg4 21.
Re1 Qd7 22. Kh1 Rd8 23. a4 bxa3 24. bxa3 Ne6 25. d4 Rbb8 26. Be3 Nxd4 27. Bxd4
cxd4 28. Rg1 Rb6 29. Qc7 Qxc7 30. Rxc7 Kf8 31. Bf3 Bxf3+ 32. exf3 Rb3 33. Ra7
Rd3 34. Kg2 Re3 35. Rb1 f5 36. Nf2 d3 37. Rbb7 Re2 38. Kf1 Rxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Bc5+
40. Ke1 Bxa7 41. Rxa7 Rd4 42. Rxa6 Rxf4 43. a4 Rxf3 44. Ra7 Re3+ 45. Kd2 Re2+
46. Kxd3 Rxh2 47. Kd4 f4 48. Ke4 f3 49. Kxf3 Rh4 50. Kg3 Rxa4 51. Kf3 h5 52.
Kg3 Kg8 53. Kh3 Kh7 54. Kg3 Kh6 55. Kh3 g6 56. Ra6 Kg5 57. Kg3 Ra3+ 58. Kg2 h4
59. Rb6 Ra5 60. Rb4 Kh5 61. Rb8 Ra2+ 62. Kf3 Ra3+ 63. Kg2 g5 64. Rc8 h3+ 65.
Kh2 Kh4 66. Rc4+ g4 67. Rb4 Ra2+ 68. Kh1 Re2 69. Kg1 Kg3 70. Rb3+ Kf4 71. Rb4+
Kf3 72. Rb3+ Re3 73. Rb1 g3 74. Rf1+ Kg4 75. Ra1 h2+ 76. Kh1 Kh3 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Slepoi, Iosif"]
[Black "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E56"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Ne2
cxd4 9. Nexd4 Nxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rd1 Nd5 14. Bd3
Nf6 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Ne5 Qd8 19. Bb1 Qd5 20. f3 Rb8
21. Qf2 Rd8 22. Qd2 Bc5 23. Qe1 Bxd4+ 24. Kh1 Rc8 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qg3+ Kf8
27. Ng4 Bxb2 28. Qe1 Qxd1 29. Qxd1 Rc1 30. Qxc1 Bxc1 31. Nxf6 h6 32. Kg1 Ke7
33. Ng8+ Kd6 34. Kf2 a5 35. Kg3 f5 36. Kh4 Bc6 37. g4 Ke5 38. Kg3 Bf4+ 39. Kf2
Bg5 40. Kg3 Bf4+ 41. Kf2 Bg5 42. Kg3 f4+ 43. Kg2 Be8 44. h4 Bxh4 45. Nxh6 Bg5
0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rovner, Dmitry"]
[Black "Neishtadt, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. dxc6 Qc7 13. Nbd2 Qxc6 14. Nf1 Nc4 15.
Ne3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 h6 17. a4 Bh5 18. Qe2 Qb7 19. Bd2 Rfe8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bd3
Rxa1 22. Rxa1 d5 23. Re1 dxe4 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 f6 27. h3
Ra8 28. b4 Ra2 29. Be1 Bg6 30. Re3 Bd8 31. Nd2 Bb6 32. Rg3 Bf7 33. Rd3 f5 34.
Rd6 Ba7 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rd7 Kg6 37. Nf3 Bb8 38. Rb7 Ra8 39. Rxb5 e4 40. Nd2
Bc7 41. Rc5 Bf4 42. g3 Ra1 43. gxf4 Rxe1+ 44. Kg2 Kf6 45. Rc6+ Ke7 46. Rc7+ Kf6
47. Rc6+ Ke7 48. Nf1 g5 49. Ng3 Be6 50. Rc5 Kf6 51. fxg5+ hxg5 52. Nh5+ Kg6 53.
Rc6 Kxh5 54. Rxe6 f4 55. b5 f3+ 56. Kh2 Rf1 57. Rxe4 Rxf2+ 58. Kg3 Rf1 59. b6
f2 60. Rb4 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A24"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d3
c6 9. h3 a5 10. Be3 Rb8 11. f4 b5 12. f5 bxc4 13. dxc4 Nb6 14. b3 gxf5 15. Bg5
d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Qd6 18. Kh2 Bd7 19. Qd2 a4 20. bxa4 Ra8 21. Rab1 Nxa4
22. Nxa4 Rxa4 23. Nc3 Rd4 24. Qe2 Ne8 25. Be3 Rb4 26. Qf2 Rc4 27. Rb6 Qa3 28.
Rb3 Qd6 29. Bc1 Qc7 30. d6 Nxd6 31. Nd5 Qd8 32. Ba3 Bc6 33. Rd1 Rd4 34. Rxd4
exd4 35. Qf4 Bxd5 36. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. e3 Nc6 7. c3 Qe8 8. Bh2
e5 9. Bb5 Nd7 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nb3 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Na5 c5 14. Nc6 Qe6 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Qd5 Qxd5 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Nxd5 Ra7 19. Rad1 Re8 20. e4 Nb8 21.
Ne3 f6 22. Nd2 Be6 23. Ndc4 Nc6 24. Nd5 Nd8 25. f4 c6 26. Ndb6 exf4 27. Bxf4
Nf7 28. Rfe1 Rb7 29. b3 Bf8 30. Kf2 Kg7 31. g4 g5 32. Bg3 h5 33. gxh5 Bxh3 34.
Na4 Bg4 35. Rd2 Re6 36. e5 fxe5 37. Bxe5+ Nxe5 38. Rxe5 Rxe5 39. Nxe5 Bxh5 40.
Rd7+ Rxd7 41. Nxd7 c4 42. Nxf8 Kxf8 43. b4 Bg4 44. Nc5 Bc8 45. Ne4 g4 46. Kg3
Ke7 47. Kf4 Be6 48. Ke5 Bd5 49. Ng3 Kd7 50. Nf5 Kc7 51. Kf4 Bf3 52. Ne3 Kb6 53.
Nxc4+ Kb5 54. Nb2 c5 55. a4+ Kc6 56. Nd3 cxb4 57. cxb4 Bd1 58. b5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "D06"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bb4 9. f3 c6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. O-O-O h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Nf5 g6 14. Nd6 Kg7
15. Bc4 b5 16. Bb3 Nc5 17. e5 Nxb3+ 18. axb3 Ng8 19. Nxc8 Raxc8 20. f4 Rc7 21.
Ne4 c5 22. Rd5 c4 23. Kc2 a6 24. Rhd1 Be7 25. Bxe7 cxb3+ 26. Kxb3 Rxe7 27. Rd7
Rfe8 28. Kb4 f6 29. e6 f5 30. Nc5 Ra8 31. R1d6 a5+ 32. Kxb5 Kf6 33. Rd8 Rxd8
34. Rxd8 Kg7 35. Kc6 Nf6 36. Kd6 Re8 37. Rxe8 Nxe8+ 38. Ke7 Nf6 39. Kd8 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Slepoi, Iosif"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. a3 d6 6. Rb1 a5 7. d3 Nh6 8. e3 f5
9. Nge2 e5 10. Nd5 O-O 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 cxb4 13. Nxb4 Nxb4 14. Rxb4 Qe7 15.
Nc3 Ra1 16. O-O Kh8 17. Qb3 g5 18. Bxb7 Bxb7 19. Rxb7 Qe8 20. Qb5 Qh5 21. Qd7
Rg8 22. Kg2 f4 23. exf4 exf4 24. Ne4 f3+ 25. Kg1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Ng4 27. h4 gxh4
28. Kf1 hxg3 29. Nxg3 Qh6 30. Rc2 Bd4 31. Qe7 Ra8 32. Rb1 Qh3+ 33. Ke1 Bxf2+
34. Kd2 Qxg3 35. Rh1 Qf4+ 36. Kc3 Qd4+ 37. Kb3 Qb6+ 38. Kc3 Ra3+ 39. Kd2 Be3+
0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neishtadt, Yakov"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nce7 8. Qd2
h6 9. Ng1 Bxe2 10. Ngxe2 f5 11. f3 Nf6 12. O-O-O fxe4 13. fxe4 Ng4 14. Bg1 O-O
15. Ng3 Qd7 16. h3 Nf6 17. Be3 Kh7 18. Qd3 a6 19. Kb1 b5 20. Nf1 b4 21. Ne2 c6
22. c4 bxc3 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. Nxc3 Rab8 25. Ng3 Rb4 26. Rd2 Rfb8 27. Rc2 d5 28.
exd5 e4 29. Qe2 Nexd5 30. Nd1 Nd7 31. Re1 Qb7 32. Rc4 Rxc4 33. Qxc4 Nxe3 34.
Nxe3 Bxb2 35. Qb3 Bg7 36. Rf1 Qd5 37. Qxb8 Qd3+ 38. Kc1 Qxe3+ 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Alexander"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A64"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nc3
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Nc4 Nb6 13. Na3 Bd7 14. Bf4 Nh5 15.
a5 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Na4 18. e4 Nxc3 19. Qd3 Nb5 20. Nc2 Qf6 21. Qe3
Qc3 22. Qc1 Rab8 23. Re1 b6 24. axb6 Rxb6 25. Ne3 Qxc1 26. Rexc1 Nd4 27. Nc4
Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Rb4 29. Nxd6 Nxc1 30. Nxe8 Nb3 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Rxa6 Bb5 33. Rb6
Na5 34. h3 Nc4 35. Rb7 Kxf6 36. e5+ Kg7 37. d6 Ba4 38. d7 Bxd7 39. Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 Ne4 11. Qb3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ndf6 13. Qc2 c5 14. Bb2 Rc8
15. Qe2 a5 16. a4 Nd7 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ba3 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Re8 20. Rfc1 Re6 21.
Bb2 Rg6 22. c4 cxd4 23. exd4 Ba6 24. d5 Qh4 25. Ra3 e3 26. Rac3 h5 27. Qxe3
Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Bxc4 29. Qf3 Ba6 30. d6 Kh7 31. d7 Qg5 32. Rd1 Qd8 33. Qxf7 Bb7
34. Rd2 b5 35. e6 Qb6+ 36. Kf1 bxa4 37. Qf2 Ba6+ 38. Kg1 Qd8 39. e7 Qxe7 40.
d8=Q Qe4 41. h3 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Slepoi, Iosif"]
[Black "Geller, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E64"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3
Nc7 9. e4 Rb8 10. a4 b6 11. Re1 a6 12. Bf1 Bd7 13. e5 Nfe8 14. Bf4 b5 15. axb5
axb5 16. b3 bxc4 17. bxc4 Bg4 18. Ra3 Rb4 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 dxe5 21. Bxe5
Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Alexander"]
[Black "Neishtadt, Yakov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "C56"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Nf6+ Kd8 14. Bg3 Be7
15. Ne4 Kc8 16. Ne5 Rd8 17. Qf3 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 a5 19. c3 dxc3 20. Rac1 Rd7 21.
Nxc3 Ra6 22. Qg3 f6 23. Na4 Qb5 24. Bxc7 Qxa4 25. Bb6+ Bc4 26. b3 Qc6 27. Rxc4
Qxc4 28. bxc4 Rxb6 29. Qh3 Kc7 30. Qxh6 Rb2 31. h4 gxh4 32. Qf4+ Bd6 33. Qxf6
Rxa2 34. Qf5 b6 35. Rf1 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d3 Ne7 8. Nc3
Nbc6 9. e4 d4 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Ne1 Be6 12. f4 f6 13. Nf3 Kh8 14. fxe5 fxe5 15.
Ng5 Bg8 16. Rxf8 Qxf8 17. Bd2 h6 18. Nh3 a5 19. Qa4 b5 20. Qa3 b4 21. Qa4 Rb8
22. Rc1 Be6 23. Nf2 Qf7 24. Ra1 Rf8 25. Nh1 Rb8 26. Rf1 Qe8 27. Nc1 Nc8 28. Nf2
Nb6 29. Qd1 Qd7 30. Bf3 Rf8 31. Be2 Kh7 32. Nb3 Na4 33. Bc1 Rf7 34. Kg2 Bf8 35.
h3 Nb6 36. Bg4 a4 37. Nd2 Qd6 38. b3 Bg7 39. Bxe6 Qxe6 40. Nc4 Nxc4 41. dxc4
axb3 42. axb3 Qc8 43. Nd3 Rxf1 44. Qxf1 Qa8 45. Qd1 Qa1 46. Qc2 Qc3 47. Qxc3
dxc3 48. Be3 Bf8 49. Kf2 Kg7 50. Ke2 Kf6 51. Kd1 h5 52. Kc2 Ke6 53. c5 Kd7 54.
Nxb4 Nxb4+ 55. Kxc3 Na6 56. Kc4 Kc6 57. b4 Nc7 58. Bg5 Bg7 59. Be7 Nb5 60. g4
1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Slepoi, Iosif"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A64"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nc3
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. e4 Ne5 13. Qc2 Nfd7 14. f4 Ng4 15.
Nf3 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Ndf6 17. Ne2 Qe7 18. Nexd4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Neishtadt, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "A97"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Qe8 8. Re1
Qg6 9. Bg5 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd5 Bd8 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nh4 Qh5 14. Bh3 Na6
15. e3 Qxd1 16. Rexd1 c6 17. Nc3 Be6 18. Nxf5 Bxc4 19. Nd6 Bf7 20. Nxf7 Kxf7
21. Rd7+ Kg6 22. e4 Rf7 23. Rad1 Bc7 24. Be6 Rg7 25. Bf5+ Kh6 26. Rxg7 Kxg7 27.
Rd7+ Kf8 28. Rxh7 Rd8 29. h4 Rd2 30. Na4 Kg8 31. h5 Rd8 32. h6 Rf8 33. Rg7+ Kh8
34. b3 b5 35. Nc5 Nxc5 36. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Slepoi, Iosif"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E64"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. d5 d6 7. O-O Na6 8. Nc3
Nc7 9. e4 Nd7 10. a4 a6 11. Qc2 b6 12. b3 Rb8 13. Bb2 Nf6 14. Rfe1 b5 15. axb5
axb5 16. Nd1 bxc4 17. bxc4 e5 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. Bc3 Bb7 20. Qd3 Re8 21. Nd2 Nd4
22. Ne3 h5 23. Nc2 Nxc2 24. Qxc2 h4 25. f4 hxg3 26. hxg3 Qc8 27. Qd3 Qg4 28.
Nf1 Rbd8 29. Rab1 Bc8 30. Rb6 Be6 31. Nh2 Qh5 32. Bf3 Qh3 33. Bg2 Qh6 34. f5
1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Neishtadt, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2
b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. e3 Rc8 11. Qe2 dxc4 12. bxc4 c5 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. d5 exd5 15.
Nh4 dxc4 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Nf5 Rfe8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. Nd6 Qc6 21.
Nxc8 Qxc8 22. Qxc4 Qc6 23. Rfd1 h5 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qf4 Qxf4 26. gxf4 Nf6 27.
Rd8+ Kh7 28. Kf1 Rc7 29. f3 c4 30. Rcd1 b5 31. Ke2 b4 32. e4 h4 33. e5 Nh5 34.
R8d4 Rc5 35. Rc1 Ra5 36. Rcxc4 Rxa2+ 37. Rd2 Ra4 38. f5 g5 39. e6 fxe6 40. Rd7+
Kh6 41. fxe6 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neishtadt, Yakov"]
[Black "Slepoi, Iosif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[ECO "B44"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Na3 Be6 9. Nc4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Bxd5 13. Nb6 Rd8 14.
Nxd5 Rxd5 15. Bc4 Rd7 16. c3 Be7 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 O-O 19. Ke2 Rd8 20. Rd1
Kf8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Kd3 f5 23. f3 Ke7 24. Bc5+ Kf6 25. Bd5 Bc7 26. h3 h5 27.
b4 Nd8 28. a4 b6 29. Be3 Ne6 30. Bxe6 Kxe6 31. c4 Kd6 32. Bf2 Bd8 33. Be3 Kc7
34. b5 axb5 35. cxb5 Kd6 36. Kc4 Bc7 37. Bg5 Ke6 38. Bh4 Kd6 39. Be1 Bd8 40.
Bf2 Bc7 41. Bh4 Ke6 42. Bg5 Kd6 43. Bd2 Ke6 44. Be1 Kd6 45. h4 Bd8 46. Bf2 Bc7
47. Be3 Bd8 48. Bf2 Bc7 49. Be3 Bd8 50. Bg1 Bc7 51. Bh2 Bd8 52. Bg3 Bc7 53. Bf2
Bd8 1/2-1/2

