[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A37"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nh6 7. d3 Nf5 8. Bd2
O-O 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. a3 a6 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. e3 e6 15. d4
d5 16. Ne1 Nd6 17. Nd3 Nc4 18. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E75"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. Qd2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2
exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rfe1 a6 13. a4 Qe7 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Qf8 16. Bf4 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. d5
Bxf3 9. exf3 Na5 10. Qe2 c5 11. Bd2 a6 12. f4 Rb8 13. Rab1 Re8 14. b3 e6 15.
Qd3 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nc6 17. f5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qf6 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Rbe1 Kf8 21.
Re3 Nd4 22. Rfe1 b6 23. Kg2 Qf5 24. Qxf5 Nxf5 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27.
g4 Nd4 28. h4 Ke7 29. Bb7 a5 30. Bd5 Be5 31. Be4 Ne6 32. Kf3 Bf6 33. g5 Be5 34.
Kg4 Bd4 35. f4 f5+ 36. gxf6+ Kxf6 37. f5 gxf5+ 38. Bxf5 Ng7 39. Bg5+ Kf7 40.
Bd7 Ne6 41. Bxe6+ Kxe6 42. Bd8 a4 43. Bxb6 d5 44. cxd5+ Kxd5 45. Kf5 axb3 46.
axb3 Be3 47. h5 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Be2 Bd7 8. Nbd2 Na5
9. O-O Ne7 10. Rb1 h6 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. b3 cxb3 13. Nxb3 Ba4 14. Nfd2 Nec6 15.
Qb2 O-O-O 16. Nxa5 Nxa5 17. c4 Be7 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Bd1 Bd7 20. Bc2 Kb8 21.
Bd3 Rc8 22. Nb3 Nc4 23. Qa2 Ba4 24. Bf5 Bd7 25. Bd3 Ba4 26. Bf5 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. d5 c5
9. a3 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Ne8 11. b4 Qe7 12. Ne1 f5 13. Nd3 b6 14. f3 Bf6 15. Qa4 Bg5
16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qc6 Rb8 18. bxc5 Qe3+ 19. Kh1 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Qxc3 21. Ne6 Bxe6
22. dxe6 Qe3 23. Rfe1 fxe4 24. Qd7 Qc5 25. Qxa7 Nc7 26. e7 Rfe8 27. fxe4 Qc6
28. Bg4 Rb7 29. Bd7 Rxa7 30. Bxc6 Rxe7 31. a4 Ra6 32. Red1 Re6 33. Rb3 Kg7 34.
Rdb1 Rf6 35. h3 Na8 36. Kg1 h5 37. h4 Ra5 38. Rf1 Ra6 39. Rxf6 Kxf6 40. Rf3+
Ke7 41. Bd5 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E63"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. h3
Rb8 9. a4 a5 10. e4 e5 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nd5 Re8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ra3 Nb4 15.
Qd2 Nf6 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Rd1 Nxe4 18. Bxd8 Nxd2 19. Bxc7 Nxc4 20. Bxb8 Bxd5 21.
Ba7 e4 22. Ng5 h6 23. Rb3 Bc6 24. Nxe4 Bxa4 25. Rxb4 axb4 26. b3 Bxb3 27. Rb1
Nb2 28. Nd6 Re7 29. Bc5 Bc2 30. Ra1 Na4 31. Rxa4 Bxa4 32. Bxb4 Bc6 33. Bf1 Rd7
34. Nc4 Bb5 35. Nb6 Rd1 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B52"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. b3 Nf6 7. Re1 g6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Bb2 Bg7 10. Nxd4 Nh5 11. Bc3 Ne5 12. Nf3 Qe6 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Nd2
Rc8 15. Qf3 O-O 16. a4 Nf4 17. Nc4 b6 18. Rad1 Rc6 19. Bb4 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Buslaev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. a3
Bxd2 9. Bxd2 Qc7 10. h3 Be4 11. Bxe4 Nxe4 12. Rc1 d6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8
15. Be1 Rac8 16. b4 Ndf6 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. b5 Kf8 19. Kf1 Ke7 20. Qc2 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D39"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 e6 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. e5 Qd8 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Nxd4
Qc7 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rd6 Rb8 17. Rad1 Qa5 18. Qe3 Ba6 19. Bb3 c5 20. c4 Rb6
21. h4 h5 22. Qg5 Rxd6 23. exd6 g6 24. Qe7 Ra8 25. Kh2 Qb6 26. d7 Rd8 27. Rd6
Qc7 28. Kg1 Bb7 29. Bc2 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Kotkov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A38"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. a3 Nc6 6. Rb1 a5 7. Nf3 d6 8. d3 O-O
9. O-O Bd7 10. Bd2 Qc8 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Ne1 h6 13. Bd2 Bh3 14. Nc2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2
Qd7 16. e4 a4 17. f4 e6 18. Be3 Rfe8 19. Qf3 Na7 20. b4 axb3 21. Rxb3 Nc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Khalilbeili, Sultan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D03"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 Ne4 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nxe4 dxe4
8. Nd2 f5 9. Qh5+ Qf7 10. Qxf7+ Kxf7 11. f3 exf3 12. Nxf3 Nd7 13. Bd3 Re8 14.
O-O g6 15. e4 Kg8 16. Rae1 Nf6 17. exf5 exf5 18. Rxe8+ Nxe8 19. Re1 Kf8 20. Kf2
Nf6 21. Kg3 Bd7 22. Kf4 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. c4 Ke7 25. Ne5 h6 26. Be2 c6 27.
h4 Ne4 28. Bd3 Nf6 29. Be2 Ne4 30. Bf3 Nd6 31. c5 Nb5 32. d5 cxd5 33. Bxd5 Kf6
34. Nc4 Nc7 35. Bxb7 Ne6+ 36. Ke3 Nxc5 37. Bd5 Ne6 38. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. Re1
O-O 9. c3 b6 10. Qe2 dxe4 11. dxe4 a5 12. a4 Ba6 13. Qd1 Qc7 14. Bf1 Bxf1 15.
Kxf1 Rad8 16. Qe2 Bh6 17. e5 Bg7 18. Nc4 h6 19. h4 Rd7 20. Nh2 Nf5 21. Ng4 Qd8
22. Bf4 Nce7 23. Rad1 Nd5 24. Bc1 Qa8 25. Kg1 Qc6 26. Qc2 Rfd8 27. Qb3 Kh7 28.
Nh2 Kg8 29. Nf1 Kh7 30. Qc2 Kg8 31. Nfd2 Nde7 32. Qb3 Nc8 33. Nf1 Rd3 34. Qc2
Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Rxd1 36. Qxd1 Qd5 37. Qe2 Qc6 38. b3 Kh7 39. Nfd2 Nce7 40. h5
gxh5 41. Qxh5 Ng6 42. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bd3
Bxf4 9. exf4 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bb1 Na5 13. Ne5 Nc4 14. b3 Nd6 15.
Qd3 g6 16. Rc2 Qb6 17. Rfc1 Rfd8 18. h3 Be8 19. Ng4 Nfe4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Nf6+
Kg7 22. Nxe4 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Qxd4 25. Qxb7 Qxf4 26. Rf1 a5 27. Qe4
Qxe4 28. Bxe4 Rd2 29. Ra1 f5 30. Bb7 e5 31. Ba6 Bf7 32. Bb5 e4 33. g3 Bd5 34.
Bf1 Kf6 35. h4 Ke5 36. Rb1 Rxa2 37. b4 a4 38. b5 a3 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C16"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Ne2 b6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 Ne7 8. b4
O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Nbc6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. bxc5 Nxe5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+
Kg8 15. Qxe5 f6 16. Qe2 Rb8 17. a4 Rb4 18. Rd1 Qc6 19. Nb5 Ba6 20. Qe1 Re4 21.
Qa5 Rb8 22. Rb1 Ra8 23. c3 Qc8 24. c4 Nc6 25. Qd2 Rxc4 26. Nd6 Qd7 27. Nxc4
Bxc4 28. Qf4 d4 29. Qd6 Rd8 30. Qxd7 Rxd7 31. f3 e5 32. g4 Be2 33. Re1 Bxf3 34.
h3 Kf7 35. Kf2 Bd5 36. Bd2 g5 37. a5 e4 38. a6 Ne5 39. Kg3 Nd3 40. Red1 Nxc5
41. Bb4 Ne6 42. Rbc1 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E74"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Bd2 e6
9. Nf3 exd5 10. exd5 a6 11. O-O Qc7 12. h3 Nbd7 13. Qc2 b5 14. cxb5 Nb6 15.
bxa6 Bxa6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Rac1 Qb7 18. Rfd1 Rb8 19. Bg5 Nbxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5
21. Qe4 Nc7 22. Qxb7 Rxb7 23. b3 h6 24. Bf4 Nb5 25. Rc2 g5 26. Be3 Nc3 27. Rdd2
f5 28. g3 Rf7 29. Rd3 Nxa2 30. Bd2 Rb7 31. Rc4 Kf7 32. h4 g4 33. Ne1 Nb4 34.
Bxb4 Rxb4 35. Rxb4 cxb4 36. Nc2 Bc3 37. Ne3 Ke6 38. Rd5 Ra3 39. Rxf5 Rxb3 40.
Rh5 Rb1+ 41. Kg2 b3 42. Rxh6+ Kd7 43. Nc4 Rd1 44. Rg6 Rd4 45. Na3 Ra4 46. Nb1
Be5 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Voronkov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A00"]

{ 1-0 forfeit } 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A00"]

{ 0-1 forfeit } 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B95"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rad1 Rb8 12. a4 h6 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Qe2 Bd7 15.
h3 Rfc8 16. Kh2 Nc4 17. Bc1 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. f4 b4 20. Nb1 e5 21. fxe5 dxe5
22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Qa7 24. b3 Na3 25. Be3 Qc7 26. Nxa3 bxa3 27. Rf2 Qc3 28.
Qe1 Qc6 29. Ra1 Rd8 30. Re2 Bb4 31. Bd2 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Rc8 33. Qd1 Bxd2 34. Qxd2
Qxc2 35. Qb4 Qe2 36. Qxa3 Rc2 37. Rg1 Qxe4 38. b4 Qe2 39. Qa8+ Kh7 40. Qf8 Qh5
41. Rf1 Qe2 42. Rg1 Qh5 43. Re1 Qf3 44. Rg1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3
Nc6 9. Rc1 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Bd3 h5 12. dxc5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 h4 14. Bd6 Nxd6
15. cxd6 Bg4 16. Bb5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxd6 18. O-O O-O-O 19. c4 Ne5 20. Qxd5 Qf6
21. Qe4 h3 22. Rcd1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 hxg2 24. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D33"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 c4 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O
Nge7 9. Ne1 O-O 10. Nc2 Ba5 11. Be3 Bf5 12. f3 Bb6 13. Na3 Qd7 14. Na4 Bh3 15.
Bf2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nf5 17. Nc2 Rfe8 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Re1 Nd6 20. Qd2 Re6 21. g4
f6 22. Bg3 Rae8 23. e3 h5 24. h3 hxg4 25. hxg4 f5 26. Bxd6 Rxd6 27. g5 Qe7 28.
f4 Qe4+ 29. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E56"]
[PlyCount "27"]

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
cxd4 9. axb4 dxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C17"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 b6 8. Qg4
Nf5 9. Bd3 h5 10. Qh3 Qg5 11. Bxf5 Qxf5 12. Qxf5 exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D29"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Rd1 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. e4 b4 12. e5 bxc3 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. bxc3 cxd4
15. cxd4 Nc6 16. Ba3 Be7 17. d5 exd5 18. Rxd5 Qc7 19. Bb2 Rad8 20. Rc1 Qf4 21.
Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Bd5 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Ne8 8. Nge2
Bg5 9. O-O Bxc1 10. Qxc1 Nd7 11. Qd2 a6 12. b3 Rb8 13. a4 b6 14. Nc1 Nc7 15.
Nd3 b5 16. Nd1 Re8 17. Ne3 bxa4 18. bxa4 Nf6 19. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 20. Rxb1 Na8 21. a5
Qc7 22. Qc3 h5 23. h4 Ng4 24. Nf1 f5 25. f3 Nf6 26. Re1 fxe4 27. fxe4 Bd7 28.
Rb1 Rb8 29. Rxb8+ Qxb8 30. Nd2 Nc7 31. Qb2 Qxb2 32. Nxb2 Be8 33. Kf2 Kf8 34.
Ke2 Ke7 35. Bf3 g5 36. hxg5 Nh7 37. g6 Bxg6 38. Na4 Ng5 39. Bg2 Ne8 40. Ke3 Nf6
41. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Buslaev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C08"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8.
Ngf3 O-O 9. O-O Bxc5 10. Nb3 Re8 11. Qd3 Bb6 12. Bxd7 Nbxd7 13. Bg5 Qc7 14.
Rad1 Rac8 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. c3 a6 17. Nbd4 Qc4 18. Qxc4 dxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C75"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bc2 Re8 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 g6 13. h3 Bg7 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Qd2
Kh7 16. b4 a5 17. a3 b6 18. b5 Nd8 19. a4 Rg8 20. Rad1 Bc8 21. Nh2 Ne6 22. f4
Nxf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Qxf4 Rf8 25. e5 dxe5 26. dxe5 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Nd5 28. Qf3
Be6 29. Ne4 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotkov, Yury"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C73"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Be3 Ne7 8.
Nc3 Ng6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Rdg1 Qc8 12. h4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. f4
Ng4 15. h5 Rb8 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Re1 Qb7 18. b3 Rfe8 19. Nf3 Bf8 20. Nh2 Nxe3 21.
Rxe3 d5 22. Rg3 Qb4 23. Kb1 d4 24. Nd1 c5 25. Ng4 Bxg4 26. Rxg4 c4 27. Qxd4
cxb3 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. axb3 Rbd8 30. Qc6 Qxe4 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Nf2 Re2 33. Nd3
Rd4 34. Rg3 Bd6 35. Kb2 a5 36. Kc3 Rd5 37. Rh4 h6 38. Rhh3 f5 39. Rg6 Be7 40.
Ne5 Bf6 41. Kc4 Rd1 42. c3 Kh7 43. Kb5 Rf2 44. Nd3 Rc2 45. c4 Rc3 46. Nc5 Rxh3
47. gxh3 Rd4 48. Ne6 Rd3 49. Nxc7 Rxb3+ 50. Kxa5 Rxh3 51. Nd5 Bd4 52. Rg2 Rxh5
53. Rd2 Bg1 54. Rd1 Bf2 55. Kb5 Rh3 56. Rd2 Bg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalilbeili, Sultan"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D33"]
[PlyCount "20"]

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 Bb4 10. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Be6 11. b3 Bb4 12. Bb2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Rd8 14.
Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 b6 16. c3 Ke7 17. Kf1 h6 18. Ke2 c5 19. Be3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Bg5 c6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O a6 10. d5 c5 11. g4 b5 12. Ng3 Nb6 13. h4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15.
h5 Re8 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Rh4 Ra7 18. Rdh1 Ree7 19. Qh2 Bh8 20. Rh6 Qe8 21. Nf5
Red7 22. Ne3 Bg7 23. Rh4 Bh8 24. Nxc4 Qf8 25. Rh6 Rg7 26. Nb6 Bxg4 27. fxg4
Nxg4 28. Qh3 Nxh6 29. Bxh6 Raf7 30. Qe6 g5 31. Nc4 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Qh3
Nbc6 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Nf3 c4 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. a4 Qa5 13. Kd2 b5 14. Ba3 b4 15.
cxb4 c3+ 16. Kxc3 Qxa4 17. Rhb1 Qb5 18. Kd2 Rf5 19. Rb3 Ba6 20. Re1 Qb6 21. g4
Rf4 22. Bb2 Bc4 23. Rbe3 Qxb4+ 24. Bc3 Qe7 25. Bb2 Qb4+ 26. Bc3 Qb6 27. Ra1 a5
28. Kc1 Nb4 29. Bxb4 Qxb4 30. Rb1 Qe7 31. Rb6 a4 32. Rxe6 Qb7 33. Qh4 Rb8 34.
Re7 Qb2+ 35. Kd2 Qb4+ 36. Kc1 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Rac8
15. c4 Nb4 16. Bb1 cxd4 17. exd4 Bf6 18. Ba3 Na6 19. Qe3 Nb8 20. Ng5 g6 21. Ne4
Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Kg7 23. c5 bxc5 24. dxc5 Nc6 25. Rd6 Ne5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. g3 Rd4
28. Qe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Voronkov, Boris"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A00"]

{ 0-1 forfeit } 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A00"]

{ 1-0 forfeit } 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E64"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 Na6 8. O-O
Nc7 9. h3 a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. a5 Nd7 12. Bd2 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. b3 e6 15. dxe6
fxe6 16. Rc1 Ne8 17. Ng5 Qe7 18. Bf4 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Qd3 Nd7 21. Nd5 Qd8
22. Nxe6 Qb8 23. Nxf8 Nxf8 24. Rb1 Ne6 25. Be3 Kh8 26. Nf4 Nd4 27. Bxd4 Bxd4
28. e3 Be5 29. Nd5 Qc8 30. Kg2 Rf7 31. b4 cxb4 32. Rxb4 a5 33. Rb5 Nc7 34. Rxa5
Ne6 35. Nf4 Ng5 36. h4 Rxf4 37. exf4 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]

1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E75"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2
exd5 9. exd5 Qc7 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. Nh4 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. O-O Na6 14. Bh6 Rae8
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 Bf5 17. Nxf5+ gxf5 18. Bd3 Qd7 19. Rae1 Nc7 20. Qf2 Rxe1
21. Rxe1 Re8 22. h3 Kh8 23. Bc2 Rg8 24. Re3 a6 25. Ne2 Nce8 26. Ng3 Ng7 27. Qe2
Re8 28. Rxe8+ Nfxe8 29. Qd3 b5 30. Nxf5 Nxf5 31. Qxf5 Qxf5 32. Bxf5 bxc4 33.
Be4 Nf6 34. Bf3 Nd7 35. Kf2 Nb6 36. Be2 a5 37. g3 Na4 38. Bxc4 Nxb2 39. Bb5
Nd1+ 40. Kf3 Nc3 41. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Ne2 h6 12. Bh4 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. c3 Bd6
15. Qc2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Re8 17. Qf3 Rb8 18. b3 Be5 19. Rac1 Qd6 20. c4 Ne4 21.
Rfe1 Bf4 22. Ra1 Be5 23. Rac1 Bf4 24. Rcd1 Nc3 25. Ra1 c6 26. cxd5 cxd5 27.
Bh7+ Kxh7 28. Qxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 f6 10. Nh4 Nc5 11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 g5 13. Nf5 gxf4 14. Qg4+
Kf7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nge7 7. Bf4 Ng6 8.
Bg3 f5 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Bxg6+ Qxg6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nbd2 Bb6 13. Nb3 e5 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 d4 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nc4
b5 9. Ncd2 Nd7 10. a4 c6 11. Nb3 Nb6 12. axb5 cxb5 13. Ne1 a6 14. f4 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Ra7 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nd7 21.
Rf2 a5 22. Raf1 a4 23. Nd2 Nde5 24. Be2 f6 25. Qh3 Qd6 26. g4 Raf7 27. Qg3 Qb4
28. Nf3 Nxf3+ 29. Bxf3 Ne5 30. Bg2 Qe7 31. c3 Qd6 32. Rd1 Rc8 33. Rc2 dxc3 34.
d4 b4 35. Rd3 Qb6 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Buslaev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. O-O Bg4 10. c3 O-O 11. h3 Bd7 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Kh8 14. Nf1 Ng8 15.
Ne3 Rd8 16. Nd5 Bd6 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bh4 Nce7 19. Nh2 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Ne7 21. Bb3
Qg6 22. Rd3 Rfe8 23. Re1 f5 24. Rg3 Qh6 25. Bg5 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Bf6 13. Be3 Be6 14. Rc1 g6
15. Na4 Bg7 16. Nc5 Qf6 17. Qd2 Nxd4 18. Bg5 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kotkov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E74"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6
9. bxa6 Qa5 10. Qd2 Bxa6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Nf3 Rfb8 13. O-O Rb7 14. e5 Ng4 15.
exd6 exd6 16. Rac1 Qb4 17. Rc2 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Re1 Qd4 20. Qe2 Nc7 21.
Rd1 Qb4 22. Qf3 f5 23. h3 Rab8 24. Re2 Re8 25. Rde1 Rbb8 26. Kh1 Qc4 27. Bc1
Rf8 28. Rd1 Rbe8 29. Bh6 Rf7 30. Rde1 Rb8 31. Rxe5 dxe5 32. d6 Ne6 33. Rxe5 f4
34. Kh2 Nf8 35. b3 Qf1 36. Re7 Rf5 37. Ne4 Qa1 38. Qd3 Qd4 39. Qxd4 cxd4 40. d7
Rd8 41. Nd6 Rxd7 42. Nxf5 gxf5 43. Bxf8 Rd8 44. Bh6 d3 45. Bxf4 d2 46. Bxd2
Rxd2 47. a4 Rxf2 48. Kg3 Rd2 49. Rb7 h5 50. h4 f4+ 51. Kf3 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khalilbeili, Sultan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D28"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O c5 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxb5+ Nbd7 11. Ba4 O-O 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. h3 Ba7 14. e4 Rac8
15. Rd1 Ne5 16. Bf4 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qa5 18. Bc2 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rc8
21. Qd3 e5 22. Bg5 Bd4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qg3+ Kf8 25. Qh4 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Qxa2
27. Qxf6 Qxc2 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxe5+ Kf8 30. Rd7 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Kg8 32. Qf6 Rf8
33. Rxb7 Qd2 34. Re7 h6 35. f4 a5 36. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Bg5 d4 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Ne4 Qe5 10. Qc2 Be7 11. Nf3 Qf5 12. h4 Nc6 13. Bh3 Qf7 14. a3 h6 15.
O-O-O Bd7 16. Ne1 e5 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Nd3 b6 19. Kb1 a5 20. e3 Kc7 21. f4
exf4 22. Nxf4 dxe3 23. Nd5+ Kb7 24. Qb3 Ra6 25. Nxe7 Qxe7 26. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Nxc5 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 f5 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bg3 a6 13. Qd2 b5 14. a3 Ra7
15. Re2 Rb7 16. Rae1 b4 17. axb4 Rxb4 18. Nd1 a5 19. h3 Rb6 20. Ne5 Ba6 21.
Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. f3 Qd7 24. c3 Qb5 25. Nf2 a4 26. Ng4 Bd8 27. Kh1 h5
28. Ne5 a3 29. bxa3 Rxa3 30. Qc2 Ba5 31. Rb1 Qa4 32. Qg6 Qe8 33. Qxe8 Rxe8 34.
Nc6 Bxc3 35. Bd6 Rb3 36. Rxb3 Nxb3 37. Re3 d4 38. Nxd4 Bxd4 39. Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D48"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 e5 11. b3 Bd6 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Nd2 a5 15. Nc4 Nb6
16. Ng3 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Ne8 18. O-O Qh4 19. Be3 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Rxf5
22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. d6+ Kh8 24. Qd5 Bxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Rf8 27. Qxa8
Nxd6 28. Qd5 Nxc4 29. Qxc4 e4 30. h3 e3 31. Qc5 h6 32. Rc1 Rf6 33. Qe7 e2 34.
Rc8+ Kh7 35. Re8 Qf1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kh1 Rc6 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. Ne5
c6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O Nfd7 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Rc1 Nf6
15. Nb1 Ne4 16. a3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Na5 18. Qb2 Qd6 19. Bf1 h5 20. e3 Bxf1 21.
Rxf1 Bf6 22. Rc2 Nc6 23. b4 Ne7 24. Rfc1 Qd7 25. Nbd2 Nf5 26. Qb3 Nd6 27. Ne1
h4 28. Nd3 hxg3 29. hxg3 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 g6 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. dxe5 Nf5 33. Nf3 Kg7
34. Nd4 Rh8 35. Qd3 Qd8 36. Qe2 Qg5 37. Qf3 Nxd4 38. exd4 Qe7 39. Rc6 Rh5 40.
Qe3 Rh8 41. Qc1 Rd8 42. Kg2 Rd7 43. Rc8 Rd8 44. Qc7 Qxc7 45. Rxc7 b5 46. Rxa7
Rc8 47. Ra5 Rc3 48. Kf1 g5 49. g4 Kf8 50. Ke2 Ke7 51. Rxb5 Rxa3 52. Rb7+ Ke8
53. Rb8+ Kd7 54. Rb7+ Ke8 55. b5 Kf8 56. Kd2 Rb3 57. Kc2 Rb4 58. Kc3 Rb1 59. f3
Kg7 60. Rb8 Kh7 61. b6 Kg7 62. Kc2 Rb4 63. Kc3 Rb5 64. Kd2 Rb3 65. Ke2 Rb2+ 66.
Ke3 Rb3+ 67. Ke2 Rb2+ 68. Ke3 Rb3+ 69. Kf2 Rb2+ 70. Kg3 Rb3 71. b7 Rb2 72. Kh3
Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Voronkov, Boris"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E09"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Qc2
b6 9. e4 Ba6 10. b3 c5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Bb2 dxc4 14. bxc4 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Qc7 16. Nf5 Rfe8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Nxg7 Bf6 19. Nxe8 Rxe8 20. Bxe4 Bxb2 21.
Bxh7+ Kg7 22. Qxb2+ Kxh7 23. Qc2+ Kg8 24. Qf5 Nf8 25. Qg4+ Ng6 26. Rd7 Qc6 27.
Rd4 Bb7 28. f3 Qf6 29. Rad1 Bc8 30. Rf4 Qe5 31. Re4 Qc5+ 32. Kg2 Bxg4 33. Rxe8+
Kg7 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D90"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nh5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 f5 13. Rc1 e6 14. Ne1 Bd7 15.
Nd3 b6 16. g4 Qe7 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. g3 Bh6 19. Bf3 Kh8 20. Ne2 Rac8 21. Kg2 Nb4
22. Ne5 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Rh1 Bg5 25. Rxc6 Bxc6 26. Nc1 Rc8 27. Nd3 Kg7 28.
Ne5 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C16"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Bd3 Ba6 7. Nge2 c5 8. Nf4
cxd4 9. Nce2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 Nc6 12. Rc1 Nge7 13. O-O O-O 14. Ng3
f6 15. f4 fxe5 16. fxe5 Ng6 17. Rfe1 Qe7 18. Re2 Qh4 19. Rce1 Rf7 20. Nb4 Nxb4
21. Qxb4 Nf4 22. Rd2 d3 23. c3 Ne2+ 24. Rdxe2 Qxb4 25. cxb4 dxe2 26. Nxe2 Rc7
27. Nd4 Kf7 28. b5 Rac8 29. Rf1+ Ke7 30. h3 Rc1 31. Nc6+ R8xc6 32. bxc6 Rxf1+
33. Kxf1 a5 34. b3 Kd8 35. Ke2 Kc7 36. Kd3 Kxc6 37. Kd4 b5 38. a3 b4 39. axb4
axb4 40. Kd3 Kc5 41. Ke3 d4+ 42. Ke4 g5 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]

0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]

1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]

1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Buslaev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Kotkov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Khalilbeili, Sultan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]

1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]

1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]

1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Voronkov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]

1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]

1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C16"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Bg5 Qd7 7. Bb5 c6 8. Bd3
Ba6 9. Nge2 h6 10. Bd2 ( 10. Qh3 $5 $142 Ne7 11. Bxa6 $11 { (Tal) } ) 10... Ne7
11. O-O c5 $11 { (Pachman 68) } 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ng3 ( 13. Bxa6 $5 ) 13... c4
14. Be2 Nbc6 15. f4 Nd4 $1 $15 { (Schwarz 67) } 16. b3 Nef5 17. bxc4 h5 18.
Nxh5 Bc5 19. Kh1 Nxe2 20. Nxe2 O-O-O 21. Neg3 Rh6 22. h3 Bb7 23. Nxf5 exf5 24.
Qe2 dxc4 25. Rad1 Qc6 $2 ( 25... Rdh8 $1 $17 { (Thomas) } ) 26. Ba5 Rd4 27.
Rxd4 Bxd4 28. Rd1 Bb6 29. Bxb6 axb6 30. Rd6 Rxd6 31. exd6 g6 32. Ng3 b5 33. a3
Qxd6 34. Qe8+ Kc7 35. Qxb5 Qxf4 36. Qc5+ Kb8 37. Qf8+ Ka7 38. Qc5+ Ka6 39. Kh2
Qd2 40. Qxc4+ Ka7 41. Qc5+ Ka8 42. Qf8+ Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B36"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Qd2 Bg7 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. b3 Nc5 11. Bb2 O-O 12. O-O a6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. b4 Ne6 15.
Nd5 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Bc6 17. Rad1 a5 18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nf4 21.
Bf3 Rc8 22. Qd4 e5 23. dxe6 Nxe6 24. Qxd6 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Nge2 b5 10. O-O e5 11. d5 b4 12. Na4 c5 13. g4 Qa5 14. b3 Qc7 15. Ng3
a5 16. Nb2 Nb6 17. a4 Ne8 18. Rae1 Bf6 19. Bh6 Ng7 20. Re2 Qd8 21. Rg2 Ra7 22.
Kh1 Bh4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nf5+ Kg8 25. Qh6 Bf6 26. Rfg1 Bh8 27. Nd1 f6 28. Nde3
Bg7 29. Nxg7 Rxg7 30. Nf5 Rgf7 31. g5 Qc7 32. h4 fxg5 33. Rxg5 Rf6 34. Rxg6+
hxg6 35. Rxg6+ Rxg6 36. Qxg6+ Kh8 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Qg5+ Kh8 39. Ne7 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B31"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 Qa5 6. Qe2 cxd4 7. O-O dxc3 8.
Nxc3 Nh6 9. Nd5 a6 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Be3 d6 12. Bb6 Qd7 13. Nc7+ Kf8 14. Bxc6
bxc6 15. Nxa8 Qb7 16. e5 d5 17. Nd4 Nf5 18. Rac1 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Qxa8 20. Qc2 Bd7
21. f4 h5 22. Qc5 h4 23. Rc3 Rh5 24. Rb3 Rf5 25. Qb6 c5 26. Qc7 Bb5 27. a4 cxd4
28. axb5 axb5 29. Ra3 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Buslaev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D14"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfc1 Nh5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qa5 14. Qb5
Qxb5 15. Nxb5 a6 16. Nc3 Rfc8 17. Kf1 Na5 18. Ne2 Kf8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rc1
Rxc1+ 21. Nxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nfd7 7. Be3 Bh6 8. Qd2
Bxe3 9. Qxe3 a5 10. Bd3 Na6 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Nge2 Ndc5 13. Bb1 Bd7 14. Nb5
Bxb5 15. cxb5 Nb8 16. h4 Nbd7 17. h5 O-O-O 18. b3 Nb6 19. Rd2 Qd7 20. Nc3 f5
21. exf5 gxf5 22. Qg5 Rdf8 23. g4 e4 24. gxf5 Rxf5 25. Qg4 Rxf3 26. Qxd7+ Nbxd7
27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Rf4 29. Bg2 Kd8 30. Kc2 Rg8 31. Rh3 h6 32. a3 Rg5 33.
Rf3 Rxf3 34. Bxf3 Ne5 35. Bd1 b6 36. Rf2 Ke7 37. Rd2 Rg3 38. Rd4 Rg2+ 39. Kc3
Rf2 40. Bc2 Rf3+ 41. Kb2 Kf6 42. Rd1 Rg3 43. Rc1 Rg2 44. Kc3 Kg5 45. Bg6 Kf4
46. Rf1+ Nf3 47. b4 axb4+ 48. axb4 Ke3 49. Ra1 Rg1 50. Ra8 Rc1+ 51. Kb2 Rc4 52.
Kb3 Nd2+ 53. Ka3 Kd4 54. Re8 Rc3+ 55. Kb2 Nc4+ 56. Kb1 Re3 57. Rh8 Kc3 58. Rxh6
Re1+ 59. Ka2 Re2+ 60. Ka1 Nd2 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kotkov, Yury"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C81"]
[PlyCount "113"]

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 Nc5 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Ne1 Qd7 14. a3 Qc6 15.
axb4 Bc4 16. Qg4 Ne6 17. Ne4 Bd5 18. Ng3 g6 19. Bh6 O-O-O 20. c3 Bb3 21. Rdc1
Kb7 22. Ra3 Qd5 23. Rca1 Ra8 24. Nf1 Bc4 25. Ne3 Qc6 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27. Nc2 g5
28. Ne3 Nf4 29. Bg7 Rhg8 30. Bf6 Bxf6 31. exf6 h5 32. Qf5 Rge8 33. Qc5 Qxc5 34.
bxc5 Nd3 35. Ra5 Re5 36. Nxc4 Rxc5 37. Rxc5 Nxc5 38. Ne5 Ne4 39. Nxf7 Rf8 40.
f3 Rxf7 41. fxe4 Rxf6 42. Ra5 Rd6 43. Rxg5 Rd1+ 44. Kf2 Rd2+ 45. Kf3 h4 46. Rd5
Rxb2 47. e5 h3 48. gxh3 Kc6 49. Rd8 Rxh2 50. e6 Rxh3+ 51. Kf4 Rh7 52. Kf5 Kb5
53. Rd7 Rh1 54. Rxc7 Re1 55. Kf6 a5 56. e7 Rf1+ 57. Ke6 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Khalilbeili, Sultan"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E85"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Qd2 Ne8 10. g4 f6 11. Be3 f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. O-O-O f4 14. Bf2 Bf6 15.
Kb1 Ng6 16. Nc1 Bh4 17. Nd3 Kh8 18. Rc1 Qg5 19. c5 Qh5 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Ne1
Bxf2 22. Qxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B37"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. f4 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nc2 Be6 10. O-O Rc8 11. f5 Bd7 12. g4 Na5 13. g5 Ne8 14. Nd5 e6 15. f6
exd5 16. fxg7 Nxg7 17. cxd5 f5 18. gxf6 Rxf6 19. Rxf6 Qxf6 20. Rb1 Nc4 21. Bxc4
Rxc4 22. Qe2 Bb5 23. h3 Nh5 24. Kg2 Nf4+ 25. Bxf4 Qxf4 26. Re1 Rc8 27. Qd1 Rf8
28. Re3 Bf1+ 29. Kh1 Qf2 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B29"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Bg5 Qc7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Qe4 d6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. O-O h6 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 O-O-O 14. Bxg7
f5 15. Qh4 Rhg8 16. Qxh6 Bf4 17. Qf6 e5 18. Bc4 Rxg7 19. Qxg7 e4 20. g3 exf3
21. gxf4 Qxf4 22. b3 Qh4 23. Rad1 f4 24. Rxd7 Rh8 25. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. Re1
O-O 9. c3 d4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nb3 Qb4 13. Bd2 Qb5 14. Rc1 b6 15.
d4 Bb7 16. dxc5 Bxb2 17. Rc2 Be5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Qg4 Rf7 20. Bh6 Re8 21. cxb6
axb6 22. Bf1 Qa4 23. Bc4 f5 24. Qd1 Nc8 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Rf7
28. Rc3 Bd5 29. Qd3 Bxc4 30. Rxc4 Qxa2 31. Rc2 Qa4 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Rxc8+ Re8
34. Qd8 Re7 35. Qxe7 Rxc8 36. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O Qc7 8. Re1
b6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe2 Nb4 11. Nf1 Ba6 12. a3 Nc6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. h4 Rae8 15. Bf4
Qc8 16. b3 Kh8 17. N1h2 c4 18. Qd1 cxd3 19. cxd3 Nc5 20. Bf1 Bb5 21. a4 Ba6 22.
Rc1 Qb7 23. d4 Bxf1 24. Nxf1 Nd7 25. Ng5 Rc8 26. Ne3 Rc7 27. Kg2 Bxg5 28. hxg5
Rfc8 29. Rh1 Nf8 30. Ng4 Ne7 31. Nf6 Rxc1 32. Bxc1 Qa6 33. Qh5 gxf6 34. gxf6
Nf5 35. Qxf7 Qe2 36. Bh6 Qg4 37. Bxf8 Qg8 38. Bg7+ Nxg7 39. fxg7+ Qxg7 40. Qxe6
Qg8 41. Qf5 Rc6 42. Rh4 Rg6 43. Rf4 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Voronkov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8.
Qd2 Bg7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. c5 h6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxe5 Bxe5
15. Ba4 Qc7 16. b4 Bg4 17. Ne2 a5 18. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B26"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 h5 7. h3 e5 8. Qd2 Be6
9. Nf3 Nd4 10. Ng5 h4 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. g4 Bh6 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15.
Rxd2 f6 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Rf1 Rf8 18. c3 Kd7 19. Bxh6 Rxh6 20. f4 exf4 21. Nxf4
Nxf4 22. Rxf4 g5 23. Rf1 Ne7 24. e5 dxe5 25. d4 exd4 26. cxd4 c4 27. Be4 Kd6
28. Bxb7 f5 29. Be4 f4 30. d5 Re8 31. Rc1 Rc8 32. Rc3 Rf6 33. Ra3 Rb8 34. Kc2
Kc5 35. Bf3 Rfb6 36. Kc3 a6 37. d6 Rxd6 38. Rxd6 Kxd6 39. Rxa6+ Kc5 40. Ra5+
Rb5 41. Rxb5+ Kxb5 42. b3 cxb3 43. axb3 Nc6 44. Bd1 Kc5 45. Kd3 Nb4+ 46. Ke4
Nd5 47. Ke5 Ne3 48. Be2 Nc2 49. Kf6 Nd4 50. Ba6 f3 51. Kxg5 f2 52. Bf1 Nxb3 53.
Kxh4 Nd2 54. Kg3 Nxf1+ 55. Kxf2 Nd2 56. Ke3 Nc4+ 57. Ke4 Kd6 58. Kf5 Ke7 59.
Kg6 Ne5+ 60. Kf5 Nf3 61. Kf4 Nh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E66"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Bd7 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. b3 Qc7 13. Bb2 b5 14. e4 bxc4 15.
bxc4 Ng4 16. h3 Ne5 17. Ne2 Rb4 18. Bc3 Ba4 19. Nb3 Rbb8 20. Bxa5 Qxa5 21. f4
Nd7 22. Kh2 Qb4 23. Rf3 Rb7 24. Bf1 Nb6 25. Rc1 Rfb8 26. g4 Nd7 27. Ng3 Qb6 28.
g5 Qb4 29. h4 Qa3 30. Rb1 Rb4 31. h5 Nb6 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. e5 dxe5 34. f5 Nxc4
35. fxg6 fxg6 36. Bxc4 Rxc4 37. Qxc4 Qxa2+ 38. Ne2 Qxb1 39. d6+ { 1-0 time }
1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
O-O-O cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. h4 Qc7 12. Kb1 Qf4 13. Ne2 Qe4 14. Qxe4
dxe4 15. Nd2 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxe4 e5 18. Nd6 Rd8 19. c5 Bg4 20. f3 Bf5+
21. Bd3 Bxd3+ 22. Rxd3 b6 23. Rc1 bxc5 24. Nb7 Rd7 25. Nxc5 Re7 26. Na6 g5 27.
hxg5 hxg5 28. b4 f5 29. a4 Kf7 30. b5 Rd8 31. Nc5 Rc8 32. Nb3 Rxc1+ 33. Kxc1
Nxb3+ 34. Rxb3 e4 35. fxe4 Rxe4 36. a5 Re7 37. Kd2 f4 38. Rb4 Ke8 39. b6 axb6
40. axb6 Rb7 41. Kd3 Kd8 42. Ke4 Kc8 43. Rb5 Re7+ 44. Re5 Rg7 45. Kf3 Kb7 46.
Rb5 Rf7 47. Kg4 f3 48. gxf3 Rf4+ 49. Kg3 Rf8 50. Rb4 Rf5 51. Kg4 Rc5 52. Rb1
Ra5 53. Rb2 Rc5 54. Rh2 Kxb6 55. Rh5 Kc6 56. Rxg5 Rc3 57. Re5 Kd6 58. Re8 Kd7
59. Re1 Rc8 60. f4 Rg8+ 61. Kh5 Rf8 62. Kg5 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Ba2 Qc7 14. Bg5 Rfd8
15. Qe2 Ng4 16. Nb5 Ba6 17. Qxe6 Bxb5 18. Qxg4 Be2 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Re1 Bxf3
21. Qxf3 Qd7 22. d5 Nd4 23. Qd3 Nc2 24. Bb1 Nxe1 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Bf5 Qxd5 27.
Rxe1 f6 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. h4 Rd8 30. h5 Qd3 31. Qxd3 Rxd3 32. Rc1 Rb3 33. Rc2
Kg8 34. g4 Kh7 35. Kg2 Kh6 36. f3 a5 37. Kg3 a4 38. Rc4 Rxb2 39. Rxa4 Rb3 40.
Ra8 Kh7 41. Kf4 b5 42. Ke4 Rc3 43. Ra5 b4 44. axb4 Rc4+ 45. Kf5 Rxb4 46. Ra7
Rb3 47. f4 Rb5+ 48. Ke6 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B94"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 h6 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Qe2 e6 10. a3 Be7 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. O-O Qa5 13. Rad1 Qh5 14. Qe1 g5
15. e5 Ng4 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Bd5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 dxe5
21. Rxe5 O-O 22. Rxe7 Rac8 23. Qe4 b5 24. Re1 Rcd8 25. c4 bxc4 26. Qxc4 Qg6 27.
Ra7 Rfe8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. g3 Re6 30. Kg2 Rf6 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. Rd8 Rxf2+ 33.
Kxf2 Qf6+ 34. Ke3 Qxd8 35. Qd3+ Qxd3+ 36. Kxd3 Kg6 37. Ke4 Kf6 38. g4 Ke6 39.
b4 h5 40. gxh5 f5+ 41. Kd4 Kf6 42. a4 g4 43. b5 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Buslaev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A64"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Na3 Bd7 15.
Bf4 Nc8 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. a5 Nh5 18. Bd2 Bb5 19. Ne3 Na7 20. Kh2 Qe7 21. Bf3 Nf6
22. Re1 h5 23. Nxb5 Nxb5 24. Nc4 Ne4 25. Be3 h4 26. g4 Bd4 27. Kg2 Bxe3 28.
fxe3 Nf6 29. Qc2 Nd7 30. Ra4 Ne5 31. Qe4 Qg5 32. Qf4 Qxf4 33. exf4 Nd3 34. Rh1
Nxf4+ 35. Kf2 g5 36. e3 Nd3+ 37. Ke2 Ne5 38. Nd2 Kg7 39. Rc1 Re7 40. Be4 Rbe8
41. Bf5 Ng6 42. Ne4 Re5 43. Rd1 Ne7 44. Nxg5 Nxf5 45. gxf5 Rxe3+ 46. Kf2 Re2+
47. Kf3 Nd4+ 48. Raxd4 R2e3+ 49. Kg4 cxd4 50. Rxd4 Re2 51. Rb4 Kf6 52. Nh7+ Ke5
53. Rxb7 Rg2+ 54. Kh5 Rg7 55. Kh6 Reg8 56. f6 Rg6+ 57. Kh5 Kf5 58. Rxf7 Rg2 59.
Rb7 Rh8 60. Rf7 Rg3 61. Kxh4 Rg5 62. b4 Kf4 63. b5 axb5 64. a6 b4 65. a7 Rgg8
66. Kh5 Kf5 67. Rb7 Rf8 68. Kh6 Rfg8 69. Rg7 Rxg7 70. fxg7 Ra8 71. Nf8 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Ne2 Be7 12. Nf4 Bg4 13. f3 Bc8 14. Qe1 h6
15. Bh4 g5 16. Qg3 Ne8 17. Nh5 Ng7 18. Bxg5 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Nxh5 20. Bxd8+ Nxg3+
21. hxg3 Rxd8 22. c4 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Be6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rac1 Rd5 26. g4 Rb8
27. Rc2 Rb4 28. Kh2 Rbd4 29. Re2 Kf7 30. Rfe1 Bb4 31. Rc1 Bd6+ 32. Kh3 Rd1 33.
Rxd1 Rxd1 34. g3 Kf6 35. b3 Rg1 36. f4 e5 37. Re4 exf4 38. gxf4 Rf1 39. Ra4
Rxf4 40. Rxa7 Rf2 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kotkov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E73"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.
f4 Be6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O c6 11. Ng5 h6 12. f5 hxg5 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Bxg5 Ke7
15. Rad1 Nf8 16. Rd3 Nh7 17. Be3 Rhd8 18. Bc5+ Ke8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+
21. Bxd1 a6 22. Bd6 Nd7 23. c5 Nhf6 24. b4 Bh6 25. Na4 Bd2 26. a3 Bc1 27. Bc7
Bxa3 28. Ba5 Kf7 29. Bc2 Bc1 30. Kf2 Ng4+ 31. Kg3 Ne3 32. Bd3 Nd1 33. Nb6 Nxb6
34. cxb6 Be3 35. Kf3 Bd4 36. Bxa6 bxa6 37. b7 Ba7 38. Bc7 Kf6 39. h4 Nb2 40.
b8=Q Bxb8 41. Bxb8 Ke7 42. Bxe5 Nc4 43. Bc3 e5 44. Ke2 Ke6 45. Kd3 Nd6 46. Be1
Nb7 47. Kc4 Nd6+ 48. Kc5 Kd7 49. Kb6 Nxe4 50. Kxa6 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Khalilbeili, Sultan"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c6 7. Be3 a6 8. d5 c5
9. Qd2 Re8 10. Nf4 Qa5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. g4 Ne5 13. g5 Nfd7 14. Rc1 b5 15. b3
Rb8 16. Nd1 Qa3 17. Kf2 bxc4 18. Bxc4 a5 19. h4 a4 20. h5 axb3 21. axb3 Nxc4
22. bxc4 Ne5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rc3 Qa4 25. Kg3 Nxc4 26. Qh2 Nxe3 27. Rxe3 Qd4
28. Ne2 Qd2 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Nf4 Rb1 31. Re2 Qd4 32. Reh2 e6 33. Nf2 Rxh1 34.
Rxh1 exd5 35. Rd1 Qe3 36. Rxd5 Re5 37. Qh4 Rxd5 38. Nxd5 Qd4 39. Qh1 Be6 40.
Qb1 Qb2 41. Qd3 Qc1 42. f4 c4 43. Qd1 Qxd1 44. Nxd1 Bxd5 45. exd5 Ba1 46. Kf3
c3 47. Ne3 Bb2 48. Ke4 Bc1 49. Nc2 Bd2 50. Nd4 Ke8 51. Nc2 Kd7 52. Nd4 Kc7 53.
f5 Kb6 54. fxg6 fxg6 55. Kd3 Bxg5 56. Ne6 Bd2 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Qe2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxc6
Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qc7+ 16. Bf4 Qxc6 17. Rad1 Be6 18. b3 Rad8 19. Qe5 Rd7 20. Rfe1
Rd3 21. Re3 Qd7 22. Ree1 Rd8 23. Rxd3 Qxd3 24. Re3 Qd4 25. Rg3 Qxe5 26. Bxe5 g6
27. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Bb4 8.
Qd3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. f4 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Bd3 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6
15. Ne2 Bd6 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Bd2 c5 18. c4 Bc6 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Qh3 dxc4 21.
Bxc4 Bd5 22. b3 Ne4 23. Bc1 Rf6 24. Nc3 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 Ref8 26. Bxd5 exd5 27.
Qf3 Qf7 28. g3 d4 29. Re2 h5 30. Rfe1 h4 31. Kg2 a5 32. Qd3 Kh8 33. Qc4 Qb7+
34. Kg1 Qf3 35. Rf1 Qg4 36. Qd3 Rg6 37. Rg2 h3 38. Re2 Re6 39. Rfe1 Rfe8 40.
Rxe6 Rxe6 41. Rxe6 Qxe6 42. Kf2 Qd5 43. Qf3 Qf5 44. Bd2 a4 45. Ke2 Bf8 46. g4
Qc8 47. Qxh3+ Kg8 48. Qf3 Qe6+ 49. Kd1 c4 50. f5 Qf7 51. bxc4 Qxc4 52. Qe4 Qxa2
53. Qxd4 a3 54. Bc3 Qb3+ 55. Kd2 Qf7 56. Kc2 Be7 57. Qxg7+ Qxg7 58. Bxg7 Kxg7
59. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
O-O-O c5 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 12. Bxe6 Nc5 13. Bf5 Be5 14. Be3
Qa5 15. f3 g6 16. f4 Bxf5 17. exf5 Ng4 18. Bg1 Bxf4+ 19. Kb1 Rad8 20. fxg6 hxg6
21. Qe2 Nf6 22. Bf2 Na4 23. Be1 Rfe8 24. Qf3 Be5 25. Nb3 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Nxc3+
27. Bxc3 Qc7 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Nxd4 Rc8 31. Nb3 Kf8 32. Re1 Rc7
33. h3 Nd5 34. Re4 Nf6 35. Rb4 Nd5 36. Rd4 Nf6 37. Na5 Ke7 38. Rb4 b5 39. a4
Nd5 40. Rd4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E75"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2
exd5 9. exd5 Qb6 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. Nh4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. O-O-O Na6 14. f3 Nb4
15. fxe4 Nxa2+ 16. Kb1 Nc3+ 17. Kc1 Nxe4 18. Qc2 Nxg5 19. Nf3 Nxf3 20. Bxf3 a5
21. Rd3 a4 22. Re1 Qb4 23. Re7 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Kb1 b5 26. Ra3 Re1+ 27.
Ka2 Qxa3+ 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Voronkov, Boris"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E75"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2
exd5 9. exd5 Qc7 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. O-O a6 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nbd7 14. h3 Rab8
15. a4 Rbe8 16. Rfe1 Nh5 17. b3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxe5 Bxe5 20. Re1 Re8 21.
Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "173"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. Nge2 dxc4 7. Ng3 Bd3 8. Bxd3
cxd3 9. O-O Ne7 10. Nce4 Nd5 11. Qxd3 Qb6 12. Rd1 h6 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Nh5 Rh7
15. Nc3 g6 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Kf8 18. Qh3 Ke8 19. Qe3 g5 20. Qd3 Rg7 21. Be3
Qa6 22. Qe4 Nb6 23. f4 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Rg6 25. Bg3 Rd8 26. Bh4 Bxh4 27. Qxh4 Nd5
28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Rd2 Qc4 30. Rf1 Rd7 31. b3 Qb4 32. Qf2 Qe7 33. Rd3 a6 34. Rf3
Qf8 35. Rf4 Qg7 36. Qf3 Kf8 37. b4 Kg8 38. a3 Rg5 39. Qh3 Rg6 40. R1f2 Rg5 41.
Qf3 Qg6 42. Qe2 Qh5 43. R2f3 Kf8 44. h3 Rg3 45. Qf2 Rxf3 46. Rxf3 Ke8 47. Kh2
Kd8 48. Rf6 Qd1 49. Rxf7 Rxf7 50. Qxf7 Qxd4 51. Qf6+ Kc7 52. Kg3 Qe3+ 53. Kh4
Qxa3 54. Qe7+ Kb6 55. Qc5+ Kc7 56. Kh5 Qg3 57. Kxh6 Qxg2 58. Qd6+ Kb6 59. Qxe6
Qd2+ 60. Kg6 Qd4 61. Qf5 a5 62. e6 a4 63. Kf7 a3 64. e7 Qc4+ 65. Kf8 Qxb4 66.
Ke8 Qd4 67. Qe6 Kc7 68. Kf7 Qf4+ 69. Kg6 Qg3+ 70. Kh5 Qf3+ 71. Kg6 Qg3+ 72. Kf7
Qf4+ 73. Ke8 Qd4 74. Qf5 Kb6 75. Qf3 Qb2 76. Kf7 a2 77. Qe3+ c5 78. e8=Q a1=Q
79. Qd8+ Ka6 80. Qa8+ Kb5 81. Qxb7+ Kc4 82. Qe6+ Kc3 83. Qf6+ Kc2 84. Qg2+ Kb3
85. Qb6+ Ka2 86. Qd5+ Kb1 87. Qd1+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. g4 h5 9.
h3 Na6 10. Qd2 Nh7 11. O-O-O h4 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nc7 14. Nf3 Re8 15. Re1 a6
16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Bd7 18. Bd3 Bf6 19. Rd1 Rf8 20. Ne4 Bg7 21. Nxc5 Bc8 22.
Kb1 Ne8 23. Bh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Qg5 25. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B66"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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 h6 9. Bh4 Nxe4 10. Qf4 g5 11. Qxe4 gxh4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Bd7 14.
Qe4 Rb8 15. Bc4 Bg7 16. Rxd6 Qg5+ 17. Qe3 Qxe3+ 18. fxe3 Bb5 19. Bxb5+ axb5 20.
a3 Rg8 21. Na2 Be5 22. Rd2 Rd8 23. Re2 Rc8 24. Nb4 Ke7 25. Nd3 Bb8 26. h3 Rg3
27. Rf1 Rcg8 28. Ne1 R3g7 29. c3 Rg5 30. Kc2 Bc7 31. Kb3 Bd6 32. e4 Bc7 33. a4
bxa4+ 34. Kxa4 Ra8+ 35. Kb3 Rb5+ 36. Kc4 Rbb8 37. Nd3 Rc8 38. Kb3 Rab8+ 39. Kc2
Bg3 40. Re3 Rc7 41. Ra1 Rcb7 42. e5 Rc7 43. Ra4 Rb6 44. c4 f6 45. b3 fxe5 46.
Nxe5 Rcb7 47. Ra5 h5 48. Rf3 Be1 49. Ng6+ Kd6 50. Rd3+ Kc7 51. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. exd5
exd5 9. c3 O-O 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Re1 a5 12. Be3 d4 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Nfxd4 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Rxe7 Qxb2 18. d4 Bg4 19. Rxb7 Qxb7 20. Bxb7
Bxd1 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Rxd1 Rb8 23. d5 Kf8 24. d6 Ke8 25. Re1+ Kf8 26. Kg2 Rd8
27. Rd1 Ke8 28. Re1+ Kf8 29. Rd1 Ke8 30. Rd5 Kd7 31. Rxa5 Kxd6 32. Ra3 Rb8 33.
Rd3+ Kc6 34. Rc3+ Kd6 35. a4 Rb4 36. Ra3 Kc6 37. a5 Kb7 38. Re3 Ka6 39. Re7 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Buslaev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B34"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Ng8 9. Bd4 f6 10. f4 d5 11. exd6 exd6 12. Qf3 Ne7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Bc5 d5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Rhe1 Rf7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Rxe7 Qxe7 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Qxd5+
Be6 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kf8 23. Rd7 Re8 24. Rf7+ Kg8 25. Bd5 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C73"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Be3 Ne7 8. c4
Ng6 9. Nc3 Rb8 10. Qc2 Be7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Ne2 Qe8 13. Ng3 d5 14. dxe5 dxe4
15. Nxe4 fxe5 16. Nfd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotkov, Yury"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C95"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Bb7 11. dxe5 Nxe4 12. Bc2 Nc5 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Qe2 Bf6 15.
Be3 Nbd7 16. Nbd2 Qc6 17. Bf4 Nb6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxe4 21.
Rxe4 Na4 22. Re2 Rae8 23. Rae1 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 c5 25. Rd2 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.
Bc1 Bf6 28. Ne1 Kf8 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Nd3 Kd6 31. Ke1 c4 32. Nb4 a5 33. Nc2 Nc5
34. Na3 Nd3+ 35. Kd1 Nxf2+ 36. Kc2 Kc6 37. b3 cxb3+ 38. axb3 Ne4 39. c4 Nd6 40.
cxb5+ Nxb5 41. Nxb5 Kxb5 42. Kd3 h5 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 g6 45. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Khalilbeili, Sultan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4
b6 9. Nf3 Be6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O c5 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Ba6 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5
15. Bg3 Qd8 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bc6 Rc8 18. f3 Bd7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. e4 dxe4 21. Qe2
e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E64"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3
Nc7 9. Qc2 Rb8 10. Nd2 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Qa4 d5 14. cxd5 Ncxd5
15. Nce4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 b5 17. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E74"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Bd2
Qc7 9. Nf3 e5 10. O-O Ne8 11. a3 Qe7 12. b4 Nd7 13. Ne1 f5 14. Nd3 Ndf6 15. f3
f4 16. Rb1 g5 17. g4 fxg3 18. hxg3 h6 19. Kg2 b6 20. Rh1 Nh7 21. Be3 Rf7 22.
Qd2 Nf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qa4 Bd6 7. Na3 O-O 8.
Nxc4 a6 9. Nxd6 cxd6 10. d3 h6 11. Bd2 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Rfc1 Qd7 14. Kh2 Rac8
15. b3 Ne8 16. Ne1 g5 17. Nc2 Qe7 18. Nb4 Nxb4 19. Qxb4 Rb8 20. Rc6 bxc6 21.
Qxb8 c5 22. Qb6 f5 23. Qxa6 f4 24. Re1 g4 25. h4 f3 26. exf3 gxf3 27. Bf1 Nc7
28. Qc6 Kg7 29. b4 Bd5 30. Qb6 cxb4 31. Qxb4 Bxa2 32. Rxe5 Qf7 33. Qxd6 Be6 34.
Rc5 Nd5 35. Qe5+ Kh7 36. d4 Nf6 37. Bd3+ Kg8 38. Kg1 Ng4 39. Qxe6 Qxe6 40. Bc4
Qxc4 41. Rxc4 Ra8 42. Kf1 Ra2 43. Ke1 h5 44. Rc3 Ra1+ 45. Bc1 Kg7 46. Kd1 Nxf2+
47. Kc2 Ra2+ 48. Kb3 Ra1 49. Rxf3 Ne4 50. Kc2 Kg6 51. d5 Ra5 52. Rd3 Rc5+ 53.
Kb2 Rb5+ 54. Ka3 Nf6 55. d6 Nd7 56. Ka4 Rc5 57. Bf4 Kf5 58. Kb4 Ke6 59. Rd2 Rf5
60. Re2+ Kd5 61. Kb5 Rf8 62. Rd2+ Ke6 63. Kc6 Rc8+ 64. Kb7 Rc3 65. Re2+ Kd5 66.
Re7 Nc5+ 67. Kb8 Rb3+ 68. Kc8 Ne6 69. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8.
d3 Nd7 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. Nd1 O-O-O 13. Ne3 Bb4 14. O-O-O
Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Rhe8 16. Qc3 Qf6 17. Nd2 Qxf2 18. Ndc4 Qh4 19. Rdg1 Qe7 20. h4
h6 21. Nf5 Qf8 22. h5 Bh7 23. a3 f6 24. Na5 Nb8 25. Rf1 Rd7 26. b4 Qf7 27. Nb3
Rdd8 28. a4 b6 29. a5 Kb7 30. Kb2 Bxf5 31. gxf5 Nd7 32. Ra1 Ra8 33. Ra3 Red8
34. Nd2 Nf8 35. Nc4 Nh7 36. axb6 cxb6 37. Qe1 Qd7 38. Qe3 Qd4+ 39. Qxd4 Rxd4
40. Kc3 Ng5 41. Nd2 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Voronkov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Na2 e6 8. Bxc4
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 a5 12. e4 c5 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. Bd3 Nbd7 15.
Bg5 Nxc5 16. Rac1 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C46"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Qd2 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Rad1 a6 11. f4 f5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. e5 dxe5
15. Qf2 Qe8 16. fxe5 f4 17. Bc5 Rf5 18. Bd3 Rg5 19. Ne4 Rxe5 20. Bd4 Nf5 21.
Bxe5 Bxe5 22. c3 Ne3 23. Rde1 Rd8 24. Rxe3 fxe3 25. Qxe3 Qe7 26. Re1 Bxh2+ 27.
Kxh2 Qh4+ 28. Kg1 Rxd3 29. Qe2 Rd8 30. Qe3 Qe7 31. Qf2 Re8 32. Qd4+ Qg7 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bf3
d6 9. a4 bxa4 10. Rxa4 Nd7 11. g3 Ngf6 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Ra1 Be7 14. Nb3 Nc4 15.
Ra4 Rc8 16. Bg2 O-O 17. Rd1 Rfe8 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. Ra1 d5 20. exd5 Nbxd5 21. Ndb1
h6 22. Bd2 Bc5 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Nf6 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. Nc3 Qxb2 27. Ra2 Qb7
28. Qxa6 Qf3 29. Qe2 Bxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rxc3 32. Bxc3 Ne4+ 33. Ke3
Nxc3 34. Rda1 Nxa2 35. Rxa2 f5 36. c4 e5 37. c5 Rc8 38. Rc2 Kf7 39. Kd3 Ke6 40.
Kc4 g5 41. Rd2 f4 42. g4 e4 43. Rd6+ Ke7 44. Rd5 e3 45. Kd3 Ra8 46. c6 Rd8 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E88"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Bd3 a6 8. Nge2 e5
9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. O-O Nh5 12. Qd2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 exf4 15.
Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. Rae1 Qb6 19. Ne2 Rae8 20. b3 Ng6 21. Bg3
Be5 22. Rf3 Bxg3 23. Nxg3 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Ne5 25. Nxf5 Kh8 26. Qa1 Bxf5 27. Rxf5
Rxf5 28. Bxf5 Qc5 29. Be6 b5 30. h3 Qf2 31. Qc1 Kg7 32. Qg5+ Ng6 33. a4 bxa4
34. bxa4 a5 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Qxf4 Nxf4 37. g3 Nd3 38. Bd7 Kf6 39. g4 Ke5 40.
Bc6 Kf4 41. Kg2 h6 42. Bb5 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Buslaev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A62"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Nd2 Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. Rb1 Ba6 13. b4 cxb4 14. Rxb4 Bb7 15.
Nb3 Qd7 16. h3 Rac8 17. Rd4 Ba8 18. Rd2 a6 19. e4 b5 20. Na5 Rfe8 21. Re1 bxa4
22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. e5 Qxc3 25. Bb2 Qb4 26. exf6 Bh6 27. f4 a3 28.
Ba1 Nb5 29. Re7 Rxe7 30. fxe7 Re8 31. Re2 Bg7 32. Kh2 Bxa1 33. Qxa1 Qc3 34. Qd1
Qf6 35. Qe1 Rxe7 36. Rxe7 a2 37. Bd5 a1=Q 38. Bxf7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D27"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. exd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Ne5 b6 13. Qf3 Ra7 14. Qg3 Nh5 15.
Qf3 Nf6 16. Na2 Nxa2 17. Bxa2 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotkov, Yury"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Be6 17. a3 Na5 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Bd3 Qb8 20. Qe2 b4 21. Bb5 bxa3
22. bxa3 d5 23. Rb1 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Nxe5 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalilbeili, Sultan"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E71"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. g4 cxd5
9. cxd5 a6 10. Nge2 b5 11. Ng3 Nbd7 12. f3 Nb6 13. h4 Bb7 14. a4 Rc8 15. Qd2
Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. h5 Qc7 18. g5 Nd7 19. Qh2 Rc8 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qh7+ Kf8
22. Nf5 gxf5 23. exf5 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Qxc3+ 25. Kf2 Qd3 26. f6 Qxh7 27. Rxh7 Nxf6
28. gxf6 Bxf6 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 Bxd5 31. Bd2 Ke8 32. Rh6 Be7 33. Rh8+ Kd7
34. Ba5 Bc6 35. Rh7 Ke6 36. Rh6+ Kd7 37. Rh7 Ke6 38. Rh6+ f6 39. Rh8 Kd7 40.
Ke1 f5 41. Bb4 f4 42. Rh6 e4 43. fxe4 Bxe4 44. Kf2 f3 45. Kg3 Bc6 46. Kf2 Bd5
47. Kg3 Be4 48. Kf2 Kc6 49. Kg3 Kd5 50. Kf2 Ke5 51. Kg3 Kd5 52. Kf2 Bf8 53. Rf6
Be7 54. Rh6 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe1 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e5
Be7 15. Ne4 d5 16. Nd2 Qb6 17. Bd3 g6 18. Rf1 h5 19. Nf3 b4 20. Ng5 Bb5 21. Qg3
Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Rc8 23. Kb1 Rc4 24. Nf3 a5 25. Nd2 Rc7 26. Qf3 Kd7 27. Rc1 Rhc8
28. Nf1 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
Nde2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. g4 Rad8 13. Bf4 d6 14. Qd3 Ne5 15.
Qg3 Qb8 16. Rad1 a5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. g5 Nh5 19. Qg4 Nf4 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Ne2
Bd6 22. Rd2 f3 23. Rxd6 fxg2 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 f5
9. O-O-O Nd7 10. Bd3 a6 11. Nge2 b5 12. cxb5 Nf4 13. bxa6 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Bxa6
15. Qc2 Qb8 16. h4 Qb4 17. h5 f4 18. Bf2 Rfb8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Kb1 Nb6 21.
Bxb6 Rxb6 22. Rd2 Rab8 23. Ka1 Bc4 24. Na4 R6b7 25. Nec3 Qa5 26. Kb1 Rb4 27.
Rc1 Bf6 28. Qd1 Qa7 29. b3 Bd8 30. Rb2 Ba6 31. Qh1 Bf6 32. Qh6 Kf7 33. Qh3 Bc8
34. Qh7+ Bg7 35. Qh1 Bd7 36. Qg1 Qa5 37. Ka1 Rd4 38. Qf2 Rdb4 39. Qc2 Qa7 40.
Qf2 Qa5 41. Qc2 Qa7 42. Nd1 R4b7 43. Nac3 Bf6 44. Kb1 Bh4 45. Nf2 Rc8 46. Nd3
Qd4 47. Qd2 Ra8 48. Ne2 Qb6 49. a4 Rab8 50. Rc4 Qa6 51. Nec1 Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C94"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Nf1 a4 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Ng3 g6 15. d4
c6 16. b3 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qa7 18. Rb1 axb3 19. axb3 Bb7 20. Be3 Qb8 21. b4 Bf8 22.
Bb3 c5 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. bxc5 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Ng5 Rf8 27. Bxf7+ Rxf7 28.
Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Rxb5 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qa7+ 31. Re3 Ba6 32. Rxe5 Qc7 33. Qd4 Rd8 34.
Qc5 Qb7 35. Kg1 Rc8 36. Qd6 Rc6 37. Re7+ Qxe7 38. Qxc6 Qa7 39. Kf2 Kg7 40. Qd6
h5 41. e5 Ng8 42. e6 h4 43. Qd7+ Qxd7 44. exd7 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Voronkov, Boris"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A00"]

{ 0-1 forfeit } 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Ne8 8. Nge2
Bg5 9. O-O Bxc1 10. Nxc1 g6 11. a3 Nd7 12. b4 a6 13. Nd3 b6 14. Qa4 Rb8 15.
Rfb1 f5 16. Ra2 Bb7 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Rab2 Bc8 20. Qc2 Bd7 21.
Na4 Bxa4 22. Qxa4 fxe4 23. Qxa6 Rf6 24. Qa4 Nd6 25. Qc2 Rf7 26. a4 Ra7 27. Ra2
Rba8 28. Bxe4 Ra6 29. Bd3 Qf6 30. Rab2 Nf7 31. Be4 Kg7 32. Bg2 Nd6 33. Rxb6
Rxa4 34. Bf1 Ra2 35. R6b2 R2a6 36. Qd2 R8a7 37. Qe3 Rc7 38. Rb6 Ra2 39. Rc6
Rxc6 40. dxc6 Nf5 41. Rb7+ Ne7 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A60"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2
Ne8 9. O-O Bf6 10. Nd2 b6 11. a4 a6 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. f4 Rb8 14. e5 dxe5 15. Ne4
exf4 16. Nxf6+ Ndxf6 17. Bxf4 Rb7 18. Bf3 Rd7 19. Ne5 Rxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21.
Qxd5 Nxd5 22. a5 bxa5 23. Rad1 Nef6 24. Bg5 Be6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Nd7 Ne3 27.
Nxf8 Kxf8 28. Rd6 Nxf1 29. Kxf1 a4 30. Kf2 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Buslaev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A24"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 e5 6. Nge2 d6 7. d3 Be6 8. h3 c6
9. f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 Bc8 11. O-O c5 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Nfd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Ne5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Nxd3 19. Be4 Ne5 20. Rf4 Nh5 21.
Raf1 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Nd7 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B31"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 a6 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Qb3 Nd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 c5
15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Qxb7 Bxe5 17. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Black "Kotkov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 Nh6 7. c4 Qd8 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Bxd1 Be6 10. Ba4+ Bd7 11. Bc2 Na6 12. Nc3 Nf5 13. Bd2 Nxc5 14. O-O-O
Bc6 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. Kb1 Bxd5 17. cxd5 O-O 18. Rhe1 Bf6 19. g4 Nh4 20. Nxh4 Bxh4
21. Re2 Rfd8 22. b4 Na6 23. Bb3 Nc7 24. g5 Nxd5 25. Rg1 h6 26. f4 h5 27. Rf1
Nc3+ 28. Bxc3 Rxc3 29. Rxe7 Rd2 30. Rxb7 Bf2 31. f5 Kf8 32. Rxf7+ Ke8 33. fxg6
Bd4 34. g7 Bxg7 35. Rxg7 Rxh2 36. Ba4+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Black "Khalilbeili, Sultan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B19"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Ngf6 10. Bf4 e6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. c4 O-O 14. Rhe1 Rfd8
15. Qc2 Bf8 16. Ne5 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Nf5 d4 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. g4 d3 21. Qc1
b5 22. g5 Nh5 23. Bd2 Qb6 24. cxb5 a6 25. Qc4 axb5 26. Qg4 g6 27. Nxh6+ Bxh6
28. Qxd7 Bf8 29. Qxd3 c4 30. Qf3 Qa6 31. a3 b4 32. Bxb4 Bxb4 33. axb4 Qa2+ 34.
Kc2 Qa4+ 35. Kd2 Qxb4+ 36. Ke2 Qxb2+ 37. Kf1 Ra5 38. Re2 Qb8 39. Qe3 Qh2 40.
Ree1 Nf4 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Qf3 Ra2 43. Ree8 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B24"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. e4 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3
Nd4 9. Qd2 Nec6 10. Ne1 Qa5 11. Bh6 d6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. f4 f5 14. Nb1 Qa6 15.
Na3 Ne7 16. c3 Ndc6 17. Nc4 Na5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Nf3 Bd7 21. a3
Rae8 22. Rae1 Qd8 23. d4 Bb5 24. Rf2 b6 25. dxc5 bxc5 26. Ng5 Qd7 27. g4 Nh4
28. Ne4 Nxg2 29. Rxg2 Bc6 30. Qxd6 Qxd6 31. Nxd6 Rd8 32. Ne4 Rxf4 33. Nxc5 Bd5
34. h3 Rf3 35. Rd2 Rc8 36. Nxe6+ Bxe6 37. Rxe6 Rxh3 38. Kg2 Rh4 39. Kg3 Rh1 40.
Re7+ Kf6 41. Rxa7 Rc4 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 c6 5. a4 Nf6 6. a5 O-O 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. a6 Qc7 11. axb7 Bxb7 12. Bc4 Nb6 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Rxa6 Nfd7
15. Be3 Rfb8 16. Qe2 Nf8 17. Rfa1 Ne6 18. Bxb6 Rxb6 19. Qc4 Qb7 20. b3 Nd4 21.
Ne1 Rxa6 22. Rxa6 Rd8 23. h3 Bf8 24. Na4 Qb4 25. Kf1 Qxc4+ 26. bxc4 Rb8 27. c3
Rb1 28. cxd4 Bb4 29. Ke2 Rxe1+ 30. Kd3 Rd1+ 31. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C73"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8.
Be3 Ng6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Ng1 Qb8 13. Nge2 Qb5 14. Kb1 Rb8
15. b3 Bf7 16. d5 c5 17. Ng3 Bf8 18. Nf5 Ne7 19. Nxe7 Bxe7 20. Kb2 Kd8 21. Qe2
Qb7 22. g4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Rh7 24. f4 exf4 25. Qxf4 Qc8 26. Rdg1 Qd7 27. Qf1 Ra8
28. Ne2 Kc8 29. Nf4 Kb7 30. Qd3 Rah8 31. h5 Bf8 32. b4 cxb4 33. Qd4 Qb5 34. Ka1
Qc5 35. Rb1 a5 36. Qd3 Qxe3 37. Qxe3 g5 38. Ne6 Bxe6 39. dxe6 f5 40. a4 Bg7+
41. Ka2 f4 42. Qd3 c6 43. Qxd6 Bc3 44. e7 Rc8 45. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E90"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Nd2 h6
9. Bh4 e5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. g4 a6 12. f3 Nh7 13. Bf2 Ndf6 14. a3 Qd8 15. h4 Kh8
16. b4 b6 17. Rb1 Ng8 18. Bd3 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. gxf5 Ne7 21. Qc2 Bxf5 22.
Nce4 cxb4 23. Rxb4 b5 24. Qb3 Rc8 25. Kd1 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Nf6 27. cxb5 axb5 28.
Rxb5 Qe8 29. Rb7 Qh5 30. Rh3 Nxe4 31. Nxe4 Nf5 32. Qd3 Qg6 33. Rh1 Qh5 34. Rg1
Rf7 35. Rxf7 Qxf7 36. Ke2 Rb8 37. Rc1 Rb2+ 38. Rc2 Rxc2+ 39. Qxc2 Qb7 40. Qc4
Qb2+ 41. Kf1 Nd4 42. Bxd4 exd4 43. a4 Qb1+ 44. Ke2 Qb2+ 45. Nd2 Qa3 46. Qb3 Qa1
47. Qb8+ Kh7 48. Qb1+ Qxb1 49. Nxb1 Bf6 50. a5 d3+ 51. Kxd3 Bxh4 52. a6 Bf2 53.
Ke4 Kg6 54. Kf4 h5 55. Nc3 Bg1 56. Nb5 Bh2+ 57. Ke4 Bg1 58. Nd4 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Voronkov, Boris"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A89"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. e4 f4 11. f3 g5 12. g4 e6 13. b3 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nd7 15. Ba3
Re8 16. Qd2 c6 17. Nc3 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Nxf8 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. Bf1 Bf7
22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rd4 24. Kf2 Kg7 25. Ke1 Ne6 26. Ne2 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Kf6
28. Kd2 Ke7 29. Nc1 Nd4 30. Be2 Kd6 31. Nd3 c5 32. Bd1 b5 33. Kc3 a6 34. Nb2
Be6 35. Nd3 Nc6 36. Be2 Bd7 37. Bd1 Nd4 38. Nb2 Be8 39. Kd2 Bc6 40. Kc3 h6 41.
Kd2 Bd7 42. Kc3 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8.
Nf5 Bxf5 9. exf5 Nc6 10. g4 d5 11. Bf3 d4 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bf4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bd6
15. Bg3 Re8 16. Re1 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Qd6 18. Qf3 Ne5 19. Qe2 Re7 20. Bxb7 Rae8 21.
Be4 Nd7 22. f3 Qxg3+ 23. Qg2 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Nf6 25. Rac1 Nxe4 26. fxe4 Rxe4 27.
Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Kf3 Re3+ 29. Kf4 Re2 30. Kf3 Rd2 31. Ke4 c4 32. b4 d3 33. cxd3
cxd3 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Rc7 Rxa2 36. Kxd3 f6 37. Ke3 Ra3+ 38. Kf4 Ra4 39. Kg3 a6
40. Rb7 Ra3+ 41. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nd5 8.
O-O c6 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bb3 Bf5 11. a4 b4 12. Ne4 Nd7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bxd5 cxd5
15. Rxd5 Be6 16. Rd1 Nxe5 17. Nd4 Bc4 18. Qe3 Rfd8 19. c3 Nc6 20. Rd2 Nxd4 21.
cxd4 Qa5 22. b3 Rxd4 23. Bb2 Rxd2 24. Bxg7 Rd3 25. Qe2 Kxg7 26. bxc4 Qe5 27.
Re1 Rad8 28. c5 f5 29. Ng3 Qxe2 30. Nxe2 Rd1 31. Kf1 b3 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Buslaev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. h3 O-O 13. Be3 Re8 14. a3 Nd7
15. f3 Nf8 16. Qf2 Bd7 17. Re1 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bc8 19. Nde2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kotkov, Yury"]
[Black "Buslaev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 Nf6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Be8 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. Nf1 Ng8 12. Ne3 f6 13. h3 Qd7 14. a4 Bd8 15. a5
Nce7 16. Ba4 c6 17. b4 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalilbeili, Sultan"]
[Black "Buslaev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. Qd2 Nh5
9. O-O-O f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Bd3 a6 12. Nge2 Qf6 13. g4 e4 14. gxh5 exd3 15.
h6 dxe2 16. Rdg1 f4 17. Rxg7+ Kh8 18. Bf2 Qxh6 19. Rhg1 Bf5 20. Nxe2 Nd7 21.
Nxf4 Ne5 22. Ng6+ Kxg7 23. Nxf8+ Ng6 24. Ne6+ Bxe6 25. Qxh6+ Kxh6 26. dxe6 Re8
27. f4 Rxe6 28. f5 Re4 29. fxg6 Rxc4+ 30. Kb1 hxg6 31. Rd1 Kh5 32. Rxd6 g5 33.
Rd5 b6 34. h4 Rxh4 35. Bxh4 Kxh4 36. Rd6 b5 37. Rxa6 g4 38. Rc6 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Buslaev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B39"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. e4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Qd2 d6 13. Ne2 Be6 14. f3 Qd7
15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Bf2 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Buslaev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E66"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 e6 11. Rb1 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. a3 Nd4 15.
Qd3 Qe7 16. Be4 f5 17. Bd5+ Be6 18. e3 Nc6 19. Nf3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. e4
Rae8 22. f3 h5 23. Bd2 h4 24. b4 hxg3 25. hxg3 Rf7 26. b5 Bf8 27. bxa6 bxa6 28.
Kg2 Bxd5 29. cxd5 c4 30. Qxc4 Qxa3 31. Ra1 Qb2 32. Ra2 Qb5 33. Rc1 Rd8 34. Qxb5
axb5 35. Bc3 Rc7 36. Rac2 Bg7 37. Bb4 Rxc2+ 38. Rxc2 Rd7 39. Rc6 Bf8 40. Rc8
Rf7 41. Bd6 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Buslaev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Ne5 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nd7 8. f4
Bb4 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh3 13. Qf3 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Qxf5
15. O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3 h5 17. Rd1 O-O-O 18. a4 f6 19. Ba3 Ne4 20. exf6 gxf6 21.
c4 dxc4 22. Rd4 Rxd4 23. exd4 Qd5 24. Bb2 f5 25. Kg2 c3 26. Bc1 h4 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Buslaev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bc5 7. Qe1 O-O 8. e4
Bg6 9. Qe2 Bh5 10. h3 Ne8 11. Re1 Nd7 12. e5 Qb6 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nb3 Bb4 15. Rf1
a5 16. a4 Qc7 17. Nbd4 Bc5 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Nb3 Be7 20. Nfd4 Nc7 21. Be3 c5 22.
f4 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Nc5 24. f5 Qb4 25. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 26. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 27. Kh1 Na6 28.
fxg6 fxg6 29. c3 Qc6 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. d4 g5 32. Qb5 Qc7 33. Kg1 Nb8 34. Qc5
Qxc5 35. dxc5 Na6 36. Bf1 Nxc5 37. b4 Ne4 38. bxa5 Nxc3 39. Ra3 Rf3 40. Kg2 Re3
41. Rb3 d4 42. Rxb7 Nxa4 43. a6 Ra3 44. a7 Ra2+ 45. Kf3 Ra3+ 46. Kf2 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Buslaev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Voronkov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D19"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bd2 Ba5 13. Rfc1 N5b6 14. Bb3 c5 15.
d5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Buslaev, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B31"]
[PlyCount "170"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Qa5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. e5 Nh6 8.
d3 Nf5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Ne3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nf1
Rad8 15. Qe2 Rd5 16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. h3 Rb5 18. b3 c5 19. Nf3 Rb6 20. Qd2 Rc6 21.
a4 b6 22. Bh6 Bh8 23. Qf4 Bd5 24. Re2 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Re6 26. Bf4 Bxe5 27. Rxe5
Rxe5 28. Kh2 Rd7 29. Qg3 Rdd5 30. Re1 f6 31. Re4 Qd6 32. f3 Kf7 33. Kg1 Qe6 34.
Bxe5 Rxe5 35. Qf4 Qf5 36. Qh6 Qh5 37. Qd2 Rd5 38. Qe1 Re5 39. a5 Rxe4 40. dxe4
c4 41. axb6 axb6 42. Qb4 Qc5 43. Qxc4+ Qxc4 44. bxc4 Ke6 45. Kf1 Ke5 46. Ke2
Kf4 47. Kf2 g5 48. g3+ Ke5 49. Ke2 h5 50. Kd3 h4 51. gxh4 gxh4 52. c3 dxc3 53.
Kxc3 Kf4 54. Kb4 Kg3 55. Kb5 Kxh3 56. Kxb6 Kg3 57. c5 h3 58. c6 h2 59. c7 h1=Q
60. c8=Q Qb1+ 61. Ka5 Qa1+ 62. Kb4 Qb2+ 63. Ka4 Qd4+ 64. Kb3 Kxf3 65. Qh3+ Ke2
66. Qh7 Qe5 67. Ka2 Kd3 68. Qh3+ Kxe4 69. Qg4+ Ke3 70. Qg1+ Kf4 71. Qc1+ Qe3
72. Qc4+ Qe4 73. Qc1+ Kg3 74. Ka1 Qd4+ 75. Kb1 e5 76. Qe1+ Qf2 77. Qc3+ Qf3 78.
Qe1+ Kh3 79. Qc1 e4 80. Qh6+ Kg2 81. Kc2 f5 82. Kd2 e3+ 83. Kd3 f4 84. Qg6+ Qg3
85. Qe4+ f3 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Buslaev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E63"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. h3
Rb8 9. a4 Na5 10. b3 Bd7 11. Bd2 c5 12. d5 Ne8 13. Ra2 b6 14. Kh2 Nb7 15. Qc2
Nc7 16. Qd3 Qe8 17. Re1 b5 18. e4 bxc4 19. bxc4 Na5 20. e5 Qd8 21. exd6 exd6
22. Ne4 Ne8 23. Bg5 f6 24. Bf4 Qc7 25. Nfd2 Rb4 26. Rb1 Rxb1 27. Nxb1 h6 28. h4
f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Kotkov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nc2 Nc6 8. Be2
Ne5 9. Ne3 Bb4 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qd3 O-O 12. f4 d6 13. Nc2 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 b5 15.
cxb5 Nb4 16. Nxb4 Bxb4 17. Bd2 Bb7 18. bxa6 Bxa6 19. Qf3 Bb7 20. Bd3 d5 21.
exd5 exd5 22. Qh3 d4 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Bxb4 Rfe8 25. a3 Re6 26. Rac1 Qxc1 27.
Rxc1 Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Nxh3+ 29. gxh3 Re3 30. Rd1 Be4 31. Bf1 Rd8 32. Bc5 Rb3 33.
Rxd4 Rxd4 34. Bxd4 Bd5 35. Bc3 f6 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Ke3 Ke6 38. Kd4 Rb8 39. b4
Ra8 40. Bb2 Kd6 41. Bd3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Khalilbeili, Sultan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B18"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 Ngf6 9. O-O Qc7 10. c4 e6 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Qe2 Qa5
15. a3 Bd6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Ne8 18. b4 Qc7 19. f4 Nf8 20. Bd4 Rd7 21. Ne4
Rad8 22. Qf2 f5 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Rd2 b6 26. Rfd1 Ng6 27. f5
exf5 28. Qxf5 Rd6 29. c5 bxc5 30. bxc5 Qd7 31. Qf2 Rd5 32. Bc3 Rxd2 33. Rxd2
Qe7 34. Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Qxf6 Qxf6 36. Bxf6 Kf7 37. Bg5 Ke6 38. Kf2 Ne5 39. Ke2
Kd5 40. h3 Nc4 41. Bc1 Kxc5 42. g4 Kd4 43. h4 Ke4 44. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C13"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bc4 Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O Nd7 11. a4 f5 12. Ng3 Kf8 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qxe6 Nf6
15. Nxf5 Bc8 16. Qe5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Qd5 18. Qf4 Rg8 19. Rae1 Rg4 20. Qh6+ Kg8
21. Rxe7 Qxf3 22. g3 Rg6 23. Qh3 Qg4 24. Qxg4 Rxg4 25. c3 Re4 26. Rxe4 Nxe4 27.
Re1 Re8 28. f3 Nd6 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. Kf2 Nd6 31. b3 b5 32. Ke3 bxa4 33. bxa4
Nc4+ 34. Ke4 Kf7 35. d5 c5 36. f4 a5 37. f5 Nb6 38. d6 Ke8 39. f6 Kf7 40. Ke5
Nd7+ 41. Kd5 Kxf6 42. g4 c4 43. Kc6 Ke6 44. g5 Nf8 45. h4 Nd7 46. h5 Ne5+ 47.
Kc7 Kf5 48. Kb6 Ke6 49. Kxa5 Kxd6 50. Kb6 Nd7+ 51. Kb5 Kc7 52. Kxc4 Ne5+ 53.
Kd5 Nf3 54. g6 hxg6 55. hxg6 Nh4 56. g7 Nf5 57. g8=N Kb6 58. Kc4 Ne3+ 59. Kb3
Nd5 60. c4 Nc7 61. Nf6 Ne6 62. Ne4 Nc7 63. Nf2 Ne6 64. Nd3 Nd4+ 65. Kc3 Ne2+
66. Kb4 Nd4 67. c5+ Ka6 68. Kc4 Nf5 69. Kd5 Kb7 70. Nb4 Ne3+ 71. Kd4 Nf5+ 72.
Kc4 Ne3+ 73. Kb5 Kc7 74. a5 Nf5 75. Nd5+ Kb7 76. c6+ Ka7 77. c7 Kb7 78. a6+ Ka7
79. c8=N+ Kb8 80. Kb6 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B51"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d3 e5 8.
Nbd2 f6 9. c3 Ne7 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bf7 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Rd1 Ng6 14. Nc4 Be7
15. Ne3 O-O 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Rac8 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 c5
21. Be3 Nf4 22. Rac1 Qb7 23. b3 Qa6 24. Rd2 Rb8 25. Qd1 Rb4 26. Qf1 Qb7 27. Rc4
a5 28. Qd1 a4 29. Rxb4 Qxb4 30. Qg4 axb3 31. axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A62"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Bf4 Nc7 11. a4 Re8 12. Nd2 Nh5 13. Be3 b6 14. Nc4 Ba6 15.
Qb3 Qd7 16. Bf3 Nf6 17. Bf4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 a6 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bg4
Qe7 22. Bf3 Rab8 23. Qf4 h5 24. Qd2 Be5 25. h4 Kg7 26. Rfc1 Rb7 27. Ne4 Reb8
28. Bg2 Kg8 29. Rab1 b5 30. f4 Bg7 31. Nxc5 dxc5 32. d6 Qe6 33. Bxb7 Bd4+ 34.
Qxd4 cxd4 35. dxc7 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Rc8 37. Bxc8 Qe4+ 38. Kh2 Qxe2+ 39. Kh3 f5 40.
Bb7 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. d5 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 c6 8. Nf3
cxd5 9. cxd5 Nc5 10. Bc2 a5 11. Be3 b6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. Nxe5 dxe5
15. d6 Bc6 16. dxe7 Qxe7 17. Qe2 Rfd8 18. Ba4 Bb7 19. Bb5 Rd4 20. f3 Nh5 21.
Qf2 Nf4 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. Bf1 c4 24. Kh1 h5 25. h4 g6 26. Kg1 Bc6 27. Rab1 R8d7
28. g3 Nd3 29. Bxd3 cxd3 30. Rd2 Qe6 31. Kh2 f5 32. Re1 fxe4 33. fxe4 Rf7 34.
Qg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Black "Voronkov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A00"]

{ 1-0 forfeit } 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A00"]

{ 0-1 forfeit } 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B57"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. O-O g6 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. Re1 a6 13. c3 Re8 14. a4 Qc8
15. Bb3 Qf5 16. Bh4 Rac8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Bc2 Qd7 19. a5 Qd8 20. Ba4 Rf8 21.
Qb3 Rb8 22. Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kotkov, Yury"]
[Black "Khalilbeili, Sultan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. e3 Bf6 11. Bd2 d6 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Kotkov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E79"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. f4 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Qb6 10. Nc2 Qa5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bd2 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Nc5 14. Bf3 Bxc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotkov, Yury"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B29"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 d6 7. Bg5 Qa5+ 8.
Bd2 Qb6 9. Be2 Nc6 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Qxb2 13. c4 dxc4 14.
Bxc4 O-O 15. Rc1 Qf6 16. Bc3 Qf4 17. Bd2 Qf6 18. Bc3 Qf4 19. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Kotkov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bb6 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Nf3 a5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Qf4 Kg8 14. Re1 Bd7 15.
Bb2 Qb8 16. Qxb8+ Rxb8 17. Nbxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Kf7 20. bxa5 Ra8
21. Rab1 Rhb8 22. Nb3 Rc8 23. f3 Rc7 24. g4 h6 25. h4 Bc8 26. Nd4 Rxa5 27. Rb6
Re7 28. Nb5 Ne8 29. Kg2 Kf8 30. Bg6 Ra6 31. Rxa6 bxa6 32. Nd4 Nd6 33. Kg3 Nb5
34. Nxb5 axb5 35. Kf4 Ra7 36. Re3 Ke7 37. Ke5 Ra4 38. Rc3 Bd7 39. Bd3 g5 40.
hxg5 hxg5 41. Rc7 Ra5 42. Rb7 Kd8 43. Rb8+ Kc7 44. Rf8 d4 45. Kxd4 Kd6 46. Rg8
Ra4+ 47. Ke3 Rxa3 48. Rxg5 b4 49. f4 b3 50. cxb3 Rxb3 51. Ra5 e5 52. f5 e4 53.
Kxe4 Rb4+ 54. Ke3 Rxg4 55. f6 Be6 56. Kf3 Rh4 57. Bg6 Rh6 58. Rg5 Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Black "Kotkov, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 Ne8 8. Nf3 a6
9. Qc2 Nd7 10. a4 b6 11. g4 Nc7 12. Be3 Re8 13. Ke2 Nf8 14. Rag1 Bd7 15. g5 b5
16. b3 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Ng6 18. Qc1 f5 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Qf1 Nf4+ 21. Kd2 Rb8 22.
Ne1 Qc8 23. Nd3 Ng6 24. Nc1 Rf8 25. Qd1 Bh4 26. Rh2 Qd8 27. N1e2 Qf6 28. Ng3
Bg5 29. h4 Bf4 30. Nh5 Qe7 31. Nxf4 exf4 32. Bxc5 Qf6 33. Ba3 Ne5 34. Kc2 f3
35. Qd2 h6 36. Rhh1 Nb5 37. Bb2 Rfc8 38. axb5 axb5 39. Bxb5 Bxb5 40. Kd1 Nd3
41. e5 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotkov, Yury"]
[Black "Voronkov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 d6 8.
e6 fxe6 9. axb5 Ne7 10. Ng5 Nf5 11. Re1 Qf6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. b6 Bd7 14. Rxa7
Rxa7 15. bxa7 O-O 16. Nd5 exd5 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. Nf7+ Kg8 19. Nd8+ Kh8 20. a8=Q
Bxd8 21. Qa7 c5 22. Qa3 Nd4 23. Qg3 Nf5 24. Qg5 Qxg5 25. Bxg5 Bxg5 26. Qxb7 Rd8
27. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Kotkov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B27"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. e5 Ng8 6. c3 d5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. d4 Nc6 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nh6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bf4 Rac8 14. Qd2
Nf5 15. h3 e6 16. Rac1 f6 17. b3 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Kotkov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C16"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ba6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. cxd3 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. c4 Ng6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Re1 dxc4
15. dxc4 Qc7 16. Bd2 Ndxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bf4 f6 19. Qe2 Qf7 20. Bxe5 fxe5
21. f3 Qf4 22. Qxe5 Qxc4 23. Rac1 Qd4+ 24. Qxd4 cxd4 25. Rxe6 Rac8 26. Rd1 Rfd8
27. Re7 a5 28. Ra7 Rc5 29. Re1 d3 30. Ree7 d2 31. Rxg7+ Kf8 32. Rgf7+ Kg8 33.
Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Khalilbeili, Sultan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 f5 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Be6 8. Nd5
Nf6 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Nf3 Qd7 11. Rc1 Rb8 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
O-O 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. O-O Rff8 17. Rfd1 Rfc8 18. Qd4 b6 19. Rd3 Rc7 20. b3 Rbc8
21. Re3 Bf7 22. Rd1 b5 23. cxb5 Qxb5 24. h4 h5 25. Kh2 Qb6 26. Qxb6 axb6 27.
Rd4 Kf8 28. f4 Rc3 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. Rb4 Rc2 31. a4 Rxe2 32. Kh3 Re3 33. Rxb6
Bxb3 34. a5 Bd1 35. a6 Ra3 36. Rb2 Kg7 37. Rb7 Rxa6 38. Rxe7+ Kf6 39. Re1 Bg4+
40. Kh2 Ra2 41. Kg1 Be2 42. Rc1 Rd2 43. Rc7 Bb5 44. Bf3 Ke6 45. Rc1 Bd3 46. Rd1
Rxd1+ 47. Bxd1 Kd5 48. Ba4 Be2 49. Kf2 Bg4 50. Ke3 Kc4 51. Kd2 Kd4 52. Bc2 Bf3
53. Ba4 d5 54. Bc2 Bg2 55. Bd3 Bh1 56. Bc2 Bf3 57. Bd3 Bg2 58. Bc2 Bf1 59. Bb1
Ba6 60. Bc2 Bb5 61. Bb1 Bf1 62. Bc2 Kc5 63. Ba4 Bh3 64. Bc2 Bf1 65. Ba4 Bb5 66.
Bb3 Kd4 67. Bc2 Kc4 68. Bd3+ Kb4 69. Bc2 Bf1 70. Bd1 Kc4 71. Ba4 Kd4 72. Bc2
Bg2 73. Bd3 Be4 74. Bb5 Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalilbeili, Sultan"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nh5 7. Be3 f5 8. Qd2 O-O
9. O-O-O a6 10. Kb1 Bd7 11. Rc1 Nf6 12. c5 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxe4 15.
Bxe4 Nxe4 16. fxe4 Nd7 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nf3 Nf6 19. Ng5 Qd7 20. Qd3 Rfc8 21.
Ne6 h6 22. Rcf1 Nh7 23. Rf2 Nf8 24. Nxg7 Qxg7 25. Qd2 g5 26. h4 Nh7 27. hxg5
hxg5 28. Rf5 Rf8 29. g4 Rxf5 30. gxf5 Kf7 31. Rh5 Nf6 32. Rxg5 Qh7 33. Qg2 Rh8
34. Kc2 Qh2 35. Kd3 Qxg2 36. Rxg2 Rh4 37. Rc2 Rxe4 38. Rc7+ Ke8 39. Rxb7 Rg4
40. Rb6 Kd7 41. Bc5 e4+ 42. Kc4 e3+ 43. Kd3 dxc5 44. Rxf6 Re4 45. Re6 Rd4+ 46.
Kxe3 Rxd5 47. Ke4 Rd2 48. Rxa6 Rxb2 49. Kd5 Rf2 50. f6 Rc2 51. Ra8 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Khalilbeili, Sultan"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Qc7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O e5 14. dxe5
Nxe5 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Khalilbeili, Sultan"]
[Black "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Nf3 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rab1 Ndf6 14. b4 a6
15. a4 Bf5 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. Rfc1 Bh7 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 c5 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21.
f3 cxd4 22. exd4 Nf6 23. Bxh7+ Nxh7 24. Qc7 Kf8 25. Rc3 Ng5 26. Re1 Ne6 27.
Qxe7+ Rxe7 28. Rce3 Kg8 29. Rd1 Rc7 30. g3 Ra8 31. f4 Ra5 32. f5 Nf8 33. Ng4
Rxb5 34. Rd2 { 1-0 time } 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalilbeili, Sultan"]
[Black "Voronkov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E56"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. a3 a6 12. b4 Be7 13. Bb2 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15.
Kf1 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Khalilbeili, Sultan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 d5 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Qe2 b6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nc4 Bb7 13. a4 Rad8 14. h4 h5 15.
Bg5 Rd7 16. Rad1 a6 17. Bh3 Re8 18. Qf1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Na3 b4 21. cxb4
Ndxb4 22. Rd2 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Kh2 Qc6 25. Nc4 Kg7 26. Na5 Qb5 27. Nxb7
Rxb7 28. Qe2 Nd5 29. Bg2 Qd7 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Rc2 Rb3 32. Rd1 Reb8 33. Bc1
R8b5 34. Rdd2 Qf5 35. Kg2 Rb7 36. Qf3 Qxf3+ 37. Kxf3 f5 38. Ke2 Kf6 39. Rc4 Ra7
40. Kd1 Rb5 41. Ke2 Ra2 42. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Khalilbeili, Sultan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. d4 Bb4 10. e5 Ng8 11. Nd1 Bf8 12. Bd3 c5 13. c3 Ne7 14. Be3 Nc6 15. Qg3
g6 16. f4 Qb6 17. Qf2 h5 18. Kh1 O-O-O 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. b4 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 g5
22. fxg5 Ndxe5 23. Be2 Ne7 24. a4 Kb8 25. Qg3 Qc7 26. b5 N7g6 27. Rab1 Qxc3 28.
Rbc1 Qa3 29. Qf2 Qe7 30. b6 axb6 31. Nc2 Rc8 32. Qxb6 Qc7 33. Qf2 Qa5 34. Bb5
Rc3 35. Rb1 Qc7 36. Nb4 Ng4 37. Qg1 Nf4 38. Bd3 Ka8 39. Rf3 Nxd3 40. Rxd3 Rxd3
41. Nxd3 Qg3 42. a5 Qxd3 43. Qb6 Qa6 44. hxg4 hxg4+ 45. Kg1 e5 46. Qc7 Qc6 47.
Rc1 Qxc7 48. Rxc7 Rg8 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5 e5
9. Ne1 Qc7 10. Nd3 Nbd7 11. Bd2 Nb6 12. b3 cxd5 13. cxd5 e4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 Qe7 16. Bg2 Bxa1 17. Qxa1 f6 18. e4 Bd7 19. Re1 Rac8 20. Qd4 Bb5 21. Nf4
Rc2 22. Ne6 Rfc8 23. Bf4 g5 24. Be3 Nd7 25. a4 Be2 26. Qa1 Bh5 27. Nd4 Ne5 28.
Nxc2 Rxc2 29. Qb1 Qc7 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Qc3 32. Be3 Be2 33. h3 h5 34. Bf1
Nf3+ 35. Kh1 Bxf1 36. Qxf1 Qxb3 37. Qc1 Qxa4 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qxb7+ Kg6 40. Qb1
Qb5 41. Qd1 g4 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. Kg2 Qb4 44. Bf4 a5 45. e5 Qe1 46. Qxe1 Nxe1+
47. Kh1 fxe5 48. Bd2 Nf3 49. Bxa5 Nd4 50. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 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. Qe3 Qc7 17. Qh6 Rc8 18. Rc1 Bc6 19. Nf4 Qf7 20. Bd3 Ke7
21. Rhf1 Rhg8 22. Qh3 Bd7 23. Qe3 Qe8 24. Be2 Qf8 25. Nd3 Rxg2 26. Nxe5 dxe5
27. Bh5 Kd8 28. h4 Qc5 29. Qf3 Rd2 30. Qxf6+ Kc7 31. Rfd1 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Kb8 33.
c3 Bc6 34. Re1 a5 35. Bg4 Qd6 36. Qxe6 Rd8 37. Qxd6+ Rxd6 38. Bf5 Rd2 39. a4
Rh2 40. axb5 Bxb5 41. Rd1 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Ncb4 11. Be4 Nf6 12. Bb1 b6 13. a3 Nbd5 14. Qd3
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bb7 16. Ng5 g6 17. Bd2 Nh5 18. Nf3 Qd5 19. Re1 Bd6 20. Ba2 Qc6
21. c4 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. d5 exd5 24. cxd5 Qd6 25. Rad1 Rfe8 26. h3 Rac8 27.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. a4 h6 29. Kh1 h5 30. Kg1 Re7 31. Nd4 a6 32. Nf3 Rc7 33. Bc4 Rc5
34. Qe4 Kg7 35. Rd4 Bc1 36. Qb1 Bh6 37. Qb2 Kf8 38. Re4 Bg7 39. Qe2 Bf6 40. Qe3
b5 41. axb5 axb5 42. Ba2 Kg7 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Rc3 45. Qe2 Bxd5 46. Qd2 Rc5
47. g5 Bc3 48. Qd3 Qc6 49. Bxd5 Rxd5 50. Qe3 b4 51. Re8 Rd1+ 52. Kh2 b3 53. Rb8
b2 54. Qe7 Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Black "Voronkov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "E09"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Qc2 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. Rac1 c5 12. Qb1 dxc4 13. Nxc4 cxd4 14. Nxd4
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nc5 16. Rfd1 Qd5+ 17. f3 Rfd8 18. Nb5 Qa8 19. Bd4 Nd5 20. e4 Nb4
21. a3 Nc6 22. Ba1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. b4 Nb7 25. Rc1 Nd6 26. Ncxd6 Bxd6 27.
Qc2 Ne7 28. Qc3 e5 29. Nxd6 Rxd6 30. Qxe5 Rd2+ 31. Kh3 Qf8 32. Rc7 Ng6 33. Qc3
Rd8 34. Rxa7 f6 35. Qc4+ Kh8 36. Bd4 b5 37. Qc5 Qg8 38. Kg2 Qa2+ 39. Bf2 Ne5
40. Qxb5 Qb3 41. Qe2 h6
{ Adjourned. Voronkov withdrew from the tournament, and
the game was adjudicated 1-0 }
1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A00"]

{ 0-1 forfeit } 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Bf3 d6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. g4 O-O 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. g5 Nd7 15.
Be3 Qb7 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Bc1 a5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Na4 20. Rd3 g6 21. Nd1
Rfd8 22. Qg4 d5 23. e5 d4 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 Rd8 27. Qf4 Nc3
28. Nxc3 Qxc3 29. Be3 Rd5 30. Rb1 Qxc2 31. Rc1 Rd1+ 32. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 33. Kg2 Qb3
34. Bd2 Qd3 35. h4 Kf8 36. Be3 Ke8 37. Kh2 Qc3 38. Qf3 Kf8 39. Kg3 Qxb4 40. h5
gxh5 41. Qxh5 Qe4 42. Bf4 Qd3+ 43. Be3 b4 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Ne4 Be6
15. h4 h6 16. Bc4 f5 17. Nd6 Re7 18. g4 Rd7 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Rdg1 Qf6 21. h5
Nf4 22. Ne8 Rxd2 23. Nxf6+ Kf7 24. Bxe6+ Nxe6 25. Kxd2 Nxc5 26. Nh7 Rh8 27. Rg6
Ne6 28. Rd1 Rxh7 29. Ke1 Ke7 30. b4 e4 31. fxe4 fxe4 32. Kf2 Bd4+ 33. Kg3 Be5+
34. Kg4 Rf7 35. Rxh6 Rf4+ 36. Kh3 Rf3+ 37. Kg4 Nd4 38. Rxd4 Bxd4 39. Rxc6 Be5
40. h6 Rf4+ 41. Kg5 e3 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Nxe4
8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Re1 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nxf7 Bxf7 12. Qxe7 Qd4 13. d3 Nd5 14. Be3
Qg4 15. Qe4 Qh5 16. Ne2 Rae8 17. Qd4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 c5 19. Qf4 Bb3 20. Ng3 Qd5
21. c4 Qxd3 22. Qxc7 Bxc4 23. Qxc5 Rc8 24. Qd4 Qc2 25. Red1 Qf2+ 26. Kh1 b5 27.
Ne4 Qe2 28. Re1 Qh5 29. Ng3 Qg5 30. b3 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Voronkov, Boris"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A00"]

{ 0-1 forfeit } 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A00"]

{ 1-0 forfeit } 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 a6 8. Bd3
Nxc5 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf1 Kh8 12. Rb1 b5 13. Ne2 f5 14. Ned4 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 Bd7 16. f3 Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B55"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Nc2
O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 14. Kf1
Re8 15. a3 Bc5 16. Bf4 Qf6 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Voronkov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A00"]

{ 1-0 forfeit } 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bf1
Qc7 9. c3 e5 10. Qe2 d4 11. Nb3 Be6 12. Bg5 Ne8 13. Rec1 f6 14. Bd2 Bxb3 15.
axb3 Na5 16. Qd1 Qb6 17. Rxa5 Qxa5 18. cxd4 Qb6 19. dxe5 Nc7 20. Be3 Rad8 21.
Qc2 Ne6 22. Qc4 Kh8 23. b4 Nd4 24. bxc5 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Qxb2 26. e6 f5 27. f4
Rf6 28. exf5 Rxf5 29. Qe4 Rfd5 30. c6 bxc6 31. Rxc6 Qb7 32. Qc4 h6 33. Rc7 Qb4
34. Rxa7 Qd6 35. Ra5 Qb8 36. Bb6 R8d6 37. Bc7 Qf8 { 1-0 time } 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. h4 h5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 b5 8. a3 Bb7
9. Nf3 Ng4 10. Nh2 Nxh2 11. Rxh2 Nd7 12. Rh3 a5 13. g4 hxg4 14. Bxg4 Nb6 15. b3
Bc8 16. Rg3 b4 17. Ne2 Bxg4 18. Rxg4 c5 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. dxc5
dxc5 22. Kf1 Be5 23. Qd3 Qc6 24. Nf4 Bd4 25. Ne2 Be5 26. Nf4 Bd4 27. Ne2 Bb2
28. Nf4 Nd7 29. Qd5 Qa6+ 30. Qd3 c4 31. Qe2 Ne5 32. Kg2 Nxg4 33. Qxg4 Qb7 34.
Nd5 cxb3 35. cxb3 e6 36. Bf6 Bxf6 37. Nxf6+ Kd8 38. Qg5 Kc8 39. Qc5+ Qc7 40.
Qxb4 Rd8 41. Qb5 Rd1 42. Qa6+ Qb7 43. Qc4+ Kb8 44. Qc5 Qc7 45. Qb5+ Ka7 46.
Qa4+ Kb7 47. Qb4+ Kc8 48. Qf8+ Rd8 49. Qb4 Rh8 50. Qb5 Kd8 51. Qg5 Kc8 52. Qb5
Kd8 53. Qg5 Qd6 54. h5 gxh5 55. Ng8+ Kc7 56. Qg7 Rxg8 57. Qxg8 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Voronkov, Boris"]
[Black "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A00"]

{ 0-1 forfeit } 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Be6 7. Nd5 Qc8 8. Nec3
Nf6 9. Nb5 Bxd5 10. cxd5 Ne7 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Nc3 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. O-O d5
15. Qc2 c5 16. b3 Rb8 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Rac1 Rb6 19. Na4 Rc6 20. Nxc5 Nd7 21. b4
Nxc5 22. bxc5 Qa6 23. Qb3 Rcc8 24. Rc3 d4 25. Bb7 Qxb7 26. Qxb7 dxc3 27. dxc3
Nc6 28. e4 Red8 29. Kg2 Na5 30. Qa6 Nc6 31. Rd1 Rc7 32. Rd6 Rdc8 33. Qd3 Bf8
34. Rd7 Be7 35. Qd5 Kf8 36. Bc1 Ke8 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. f4 h5 39. Be3 Rc8 40. f5
g5 41. Qd1 g4 42. h3 Rd8 43. Qa4 Kd7 44. Qb3 Rb8 45. Qd5+ Kc7 46. hxg4 Rb2+ 47.
Kf1 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Chukaev, Egor"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "A60"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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. Bd3 Bf6 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. O-O Qe7 12. Re1 Ne5 13. Be2 Ng6 14. Bg3 Bd7 15.
Bf1 a6 16. a4 Bg4 17. Qd2 h5 18. h3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 h4 20. Bh2 Bg5 21. f4 Bh6 22.
Bg2 Qd7 23. f3 f5 24. Rf1 Nf6 25. Ne2 Nh5 26. Ra3 Rf7 27. Qe1 fxe4 28. fxe4
Nhxf4 29. Nxf4 Bxf4 30. Bxf4 Nxf4 31. Qxh4 Raf8 32. Raf3 g5 33. Qe1 Qxa4 34.
Rg3 Qd4+ 35. Kh1 Qe5 36. Qe3 Rg7 37. Rg4 Rff7 38. Qd2 b5 39. Ra1 Nh5 40. h4
gxh4 41. Rxh4 Ng3+ 42. Kg1 Nxe4 43. Qe1 Qxb2 44. Rh2 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Voronkov, Boris"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]

0-1

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Voronkov, Boris"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. a3 Bf6 11. Be4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Qd3 g6 14. Rb1 a6 15.
Nd2 Qc7 16. Nc4 b5 17. Qf3 1-0

[Event "24th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS"]
[Date "1956.11.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Kasparian, Genrikh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1956.11.17"]
[ECO "B16"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Bf4 Nd7
8. Nf3 e6 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. Re1 Nd5 12. Bg3 b5 13. a4 b4 14. a5 Be7
15. Qd3 O-O 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Qf3 Kh8 18. c4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Rg8 20. Nf1 Bg4 21.
Qd3 Bf5 22. Qd2 Bd6 23. Ne3 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Rb8 25. Bc4 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Rg5 27. Qa2
Qc7 28. Qa3 Bg4 29. Re4 Kg7 30. Qc1 Bf5 31. Re5 h6 32. Rc5 Qb7 33. Qa3 Bb1 34.
Bf1 Rxc5 35. Qxc5 Qb2 36. Ra4 Qc1 37. Qc4 Rb2 38. Rb4 Rd2 39. Kh2 Rd1 40. Rxb1
Qxb1 41. Kg1 Qb5 42. Qxb5 cxb5 43. f3 Ra1 0-1

